The Bogue River Courier
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.FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909.
PLANT AN ORCHARD.
If you will keep your own best In
terest! In view and at the same time
would look to the welfare of yo'ir
county plant an . orchard. It may
bo either of apples or pears; either
one will grow Into great value in a
Tcry few years. It will pay no mat'
ter what price the land may be
Land that coals from $lfl to $100
per acre will answer every purpose,
provided It Is located so as to be
under irrigation. The latter simply
insures, first the growth of your
trees and later, the growth of you
fruit. Remember the cheapest land
will be worth from $250 to $500
per acre when your tres are five
or six years old and you cau wifely
add another hundred dollars an
nually to the value of your orchard
up to the time when your trees are
fifteen years old. The orchard v. ill
be worth these figures for the very
substantial reason that it will bring
this amount in cash and whui Ik
more your returns per acre will,
without doubt, be twenty-five per
cent of the amount mentioned.
Orchards above tho frost Mm me
priceless today. Apples and pears
are safe as a rule on almost any
land but occasslonally th) or
chards which are located in the
broad bottoms are caught by the
late frosts in spring and yet sconce
has found a way to protect them,
This la done by burning cruda oil
In the orchards when the thermom
eter indicates that the frost limit
bas boon reached. A thermometer
is so arranged that it will give the
alarm at the proper moment. Tho
duty of the burning oil is to cause
a rise In temperature Just enough
to clear the frost. This Is said to
be an inexpensive method of pro
tection and if the owner will give
the subject attention It Is absolute
ly sure to keep away the frost blight.
Planting an orchard Is the highest
conception of husbandry and It as
General Washington said "Agricul
ture Is the most noble, the most
profitable and t ho most healthful
occupation of man," then planting
and caring for an orchard Is the
highest branch of that noble calling.
The man who plants fruit trees and
protects them from their enemies
will always remember with pleasure
bis experience and will bless the day
dial nave him the wisdom and eour
ii' (0 undertake the task.
HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE.
The future and lasting wealth of
Jowihlne county will he its water
power and It la to be hoped that
tho people will rise up and protect
this reat source of potential energy
that can be made a wonderful and
laming foundation of prosperity,
for our county when the time of Its
development Is reached. We are
an proud to point to our rlcn soli,
our minerals, our timber and our
rich prospects In general but all
these are subject to exhaustion, but
the water In our rivers never grows
less, but year after year becomes
more valuable. The future of rail
roads and manufacturing plants de
pends In a large degree on power
which ran be developed along our
mountain streams and therefore this
essential in the world of action
made n valuable asset to be placed
to the credit of the people, and by
them handed down to succeeding
fenerations. Did the reader ever
realise that the water which goes
fiaMhlng and foaming throush our
mountain gorge Is more precious
and more lasting than gold. The
gold when once spent Is ours no
longer but the water may be used
to generate power year after year
for men who toil
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and century after century, its force !
never weakening or diminishing
through the flight of time. Then
let us rise as one man and compel
our legislature to protect this one
great wealth of this and future gen
erations against the ravages of the
great corporations who are even now
In this county securing to themselves
this heritage of the people, for which
they do not propose to pay one cent.
They should not be allowed to ac
quire In fee simple rights to our
water power. The plan should be
an annual rental at a price com
mensurate to the service rendered.
THE TELEPHONE SITUATION.
During the past week there has
been no little speculation regarding
the rival telephone companies. The
ordinance covering the new com-
nany. which was pasHed at the last
meeting of the city council by a vote
of five to one, has been savagely at
tacked by the old company in the
papers and has brought out much
comment on the part of our citizens
who have use for a telephone.
As usual there are two sides and
the people have ranged themselves
for the new company and agalnBt the
old, or vice versa. There is also a
third narty and these want a better
telephone service and care not which
company furnishes it. Out or all
this may come a considerable
amount of good to the telephone ser
vice, which in the past has been,
most subscribers claim, anything but
satisfactory.
The one complaint we hear most,
is that the system is obsolete, that
thero Is none of the Improvements
made In telephoning during the lasi
20 years In us here. The company
apparently pleads guilty, but makes
promises of rebuilding the system
and Introducing all the new methods
This paper has tried to be fair In
this matter. It has no Interest In
either telephone company except to
get the best service for Grants Pass.
In the news columns will be found
articles from both companies, which
are paid for at regular advertising
rates, and the publisher of this paper
disclaims any responsibility for the
statements therein.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
The catalogue houses which have
been doing a very large and con
stantly increasing business, suddenly
laBt year experienced a remarkable
falling off in trade amounting to
fully $10,000,000. They claim that
the loss of this largo amount is due
first to the great and small news
papers, and secondly to the retail
trado of the smaller cities. The ar
gument of the newspapers awakened
their readers to the importance of
buying at home. A point has been
renchod when men feel ashamed to
send their money to the catalogue
houses. The successful home mer
chant of the future will be a man
who buys for hla trade the best
goods, sells at a living profit and ad
vrtlses largely.
Not many years hence Grants Pass
will have a residence section on the
high hills above the town. The up
per slopes of these hillsides are tree
from froHt and there tho choicest
fruits will continue to ripen even as
late as the middle of December.
There above the fog and In the bright
sunshine Invalids will find nature's
cures for all diseases. Even at this
time we should have a sanitarium
for the uso of persons in search of
health. It Is generally understood
that our rltmatn will do this for most
people but better results might be
reached l certain cases If their res
idence could be fixed on the high
and dry lands of the hills where all
the conditions are favorable to the
restoration of health. An automo
bile road up these bill would be a
matter of slight coat and It would
become a popular highway for all
classes when an outing was desired.
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It litis ln'i'U suggested that tho
management of the Agricultural Col
lege be requested to open a tempor
ary school In Grants Pass to teach Ir
rigation, nml It U believed that the
faculty of the college can and will
provide us with a professor learned
In the art of raising crops by the uxc
of water. Now Is the time to open
such a school n the irrigating
canals will be pietty sun to be In
Grants Pas on or before the first of
June this year.
The rush to Grant Pins will be
on early n Munl hiuI therefore let '
us get ready for It. Whut the people- '
who come want, will be for tho most !
part, orchard lam! i, mul what we,
want Is help to develop the co uitrv.
The people who come bet" will Mud
that this Is k !,u!, of opportunity
and we nm,' nil we can to make
them web on
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MORAL
The Visit of the Spokane
Excursion.
"MADE FUN OF APPLES"
The Laws Against Vending Diseased
Fruit Must be Strictly Enforced
in Grants Pass.
The Spokane Excursionists passed
south on Sunday last and made
the usual stop in Grants Pass but
were nearly unnoticed by our citizens
except a few loud mouthed venders
of wormy apples who from all ac
counts badly represented the city.
The excursion was composed of some
of the leading people of Spokane
and numerous citizens of Idaho,
Montana and the province! of British
Columbia and Alberta.
They were under the direction of
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce;
the president of that organization be
ing In charge. The Medford Trib
une says that they were received on
their reaching that city by the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce and Mr.
Colvlg, the president of that body
made them a speech of welcome and
gave them a hearty invitation to stop
over at Medford on their return trip,
with boxes of the finest apples.
The Medford Tribune of Monday,
in its account of the excursion prints
the following delicately worded ref
erence to our city and let us thank
that paper for its extreme courtesy
in this matter.
Here Is the item which appears in
the regular report of the excursion.
The head Is the Tribune's:
Mude Fun of Apples.
"When the excursionists entered
the northern end of the valley, they
were met by a crowd of howling boys
who sold them apples of Inferior
quality which led the excursionist to
make all manner of fun of the "won
derful Newtown Pippins." Needless
to say, Medford corrected this im
pression by giving them some of the
finest grown anywhere."
This reminds us to say that there
Is not a pasenger train goes through
this city that men and boys are not
violating the law by exposing for
sale diseased fruit. Let us Inquire
whose duty It la to stop thse viola
tions of law?
For tho present we will refer the
matter to the city marshal. Many
good people have in the past been an
noyed by the vendors of scaley fruit,
at the trains and not a few have
made determined efforts to have
these disgraceful practices stopped
but nothing has come of It. The men
who spend their money to clean their
orchards and are fighting the disease
of their fruit trees protest agalnit
making Grants Pubs a breeding
ground for all manner of fruit dis
eases. They call upon the sheriff
and all others In authority to clean
up the pests and make the city
worthy of the orchards which will
with sllRht help make Grants Pass
the center of the best fruit Bectlon
In the world. The commercial club
had this subject up for discussion
last Tuesday night, but no action
was taken.
The moral of this story Is that It
Is a bad way for Grants Pass to ad
vertise Its fruits and Its fine or
chard lauds.
How to Clean a Sewing Machine.
To keep n sewing machine In good
condition It needs an occasions! clean
ing with keroNi'ne. Snturnte the nm
ihlne Willi kciMKene ami thou run the
machine briskly for several minutes
without thread, of course. Tills w!'!
Usen nil old oil and dust, which
should to wiped nwiiy with a soft
cloth until the mnehliie U nortt
ctMn. Tlieu oil It with machine oil.
Hew to Make Pumokin Pie.
Poll and press through n sieve a
quart of pumpkin. Add two quarts of
ri b milk. Sweeten It t taste, adding
spiff nod a little nutmeg. A piece of
butter the sire of nn ejrc mny le added
while the pumpkin Is still 'hot. Ijmt.
add st eegs we'l beaten nil.! pour the
mixture Into th prepared crust nnd
Nke pit'-r slowly. This will iake
two larse pies.
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Spraying Outfit
This outfit is self-contained, consisting of the 1-H. P.
air cooled Famous engine mounted on a platform and
connected with a pitman power spraying pump. This
pump has a 2-inch brass lined cylinder, A inch stroke,
ground brass seats and brass ball valves. The valves are
located on the side of the pump and can be reached by re
moving the nut immediately over them. Either valve can
be removed separately without disturbing the others. The
outfit is furnished with a strainer, pressure gauge, relief
valve, six feet of wire bound suction hose and two Ver
morel nozzles.
Total weight of engine, platform, battery box
and Spray pump 327 lbs.
We guarantee every one of these outfits we sell, to
give satisfaction. ,
CALL AT OUR STORE AND SEE SAMPLE
HAIR-RIDDLE HDW. CO.
sampson3 Spray
Application for Grazing Perinita.
Notice is hereby given that all ap
plications for permits to graze cat
tle, horses, and sheep within the SIS
KIYOU NATIONAL FOREST during
the season of 1909, must be filed In
my office at Grants Pass, Oregon, on
or before March 15, 1909. Full In
formation in regard to the grazing
fees to be charged, and blank forms
to be used in making application will
be furnished upon request. M. J.
ANDERSON, Supervisor.
Grants Pass Is known as a town
having a larger percentage of church
members than any other town In the
state, and It Is also recognized that
more men attend church in this city
than in any other place In Oregon.
CLASSIFIED ADS.
NEW TODAY.
WHITE WYANDOTTS I will fur
nish to the right party a new 160
egg Cyphers incubator and eggs
to fill It from pure bred-to-lay
White Wyandottes on shareB
Jessie Cahlll, 605 West C street,
Grants Pass. 2-12-2t
WANTED To purchase a span of
good heavy work horses, also. Bpan
of mares to work on ranch, also
span of good mulea and two Jersey
cows or other high grade cows.
Send full parU-ulars and best
price in first '.w..er. Address P. O.
box 418, Medford, Ore. 2-12-2t
EQG8 for hatching for salo Barred
Plymouth Rocks, setting $1.25;
Buff Leghorns, per setting $1.25;
Brown and White Leghorns, per
setting 75c; incubator lots $7 and
$5 per 100. Some Leghorn Btock
for sale. It. L. Newman, R.F.D.
No. 1, Grants Pass. 2-12-tf
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Poland
China hogs, and pure bred Brown
Leghorn cockerels. J. II. RoblnBon
R.F.D. 2, Grants Tass. 2-12-U
FOR RENT Five acres bearing or
chard, 5-room house, barn, pump
ing plant. Terras reasonable. In
quire of A. Smith, 1015 North 6th
street. 2-12-tf
EGGS Black Mlnorka eggs for set
ting, $1.25 for IB. Inquire E. 8.
Ventch, 654 North 3d St. 2-12-tf
Window Glass at Halr-Rlddle's.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Ten-horse power gaso
line wood saw, one set work har
ness, plow and cultivators. Will
take wood for rnrt pay. "Hend
qiiia t. r.i,M City Hall. 2-5.1t
FRIDAY, FEBRJARY 12, 1909.
Spray Hos
BERRY tips for sale Mammoth and
Himalaya Blackberry, Logan and
Phenomenal, also Magoen straw
berries. W. J.Sturges, Box 2!,
City. , l-29-2t
FULL blood White Wyaadstte
Rooster for Bale, also Black Ma
norck for sale or exchange. Robt
Huck, phone, Frultdale 817.
l-29-3t
DESIGNS.Cut flowers, potted plants,
bulbs. Medford Greenhouse,
phone 606. f U-t t
FOR SALE Saloon in the best
Smelting and mining town in
Northern California. For particu
lars address Fred Jensen, Coram,
Cal. l-29-9t
FOR RENT.
FARM for rent 26 acres 2 miles
west of town on river road. Call
on or address M. C. Garber, R. F.
D. No. 2. 1-15-U
FURNISHED cottage for rent, J
rooms. Inquire box 325, or
White House Grocery. 1-8 tf
OFFICE! Rooms la the Courier
building for rent. Ally to A. I
Vooralea. FIVH ROOM cottage, 811 N 7ti. SU
for rent. Inquire J. L. Scorllls.
8S0 N 7th. Ml tf
MISCRLLAN BOU 9
THB OREGON Fire Relief (McMInn
vllle Mutual) Association and th
"Queen City" (Standard eompinj)
are banner companies nons bet
tor. Have reduced their rate
try them. II. B. Hendricks, Agt,
6th street, office over Sabln's drug
store, Grants Pass. 12- l
EGGS for hatching Rhode Island
Reds, Plymouth Rock, White Ply
mouth Rooks, and White Leghorn,
for sale at $1 for 18 eggs; I18
dlan Runner Duck eggs at $1-60 Pf
doeen. The above are an lrc
pure bred stock. ApplT ot
ChallBon, 400 West O 8t l-!11
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trder of absolutely rabbit proot
feaoe in this country. See J. &
Fraaklla. 1MM
MONEY to loan on real estate.
Mortgages bought and sold. Maf
cus Robblns, lawyer. l-l-M
F. A. PIERCE Registered A'!
ras. Flock headed by ont
the famous bucks of the "Klnl
Arthur," also other bucks
differs it strains of breedia
Does of the noted strains. Bc"
for sale, Merlin. Ore.
FRANK BURNETT UphoUtortnl
Mission furniture madi toord'.T.