Rogue River courier., July 23, 1909, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8

PACK EIGHT
GIVE EAR
Fruit Jars
and Fruit to put in them
GROCERIES
j. Pardee
T5ht Front Street tirocer
Suggestion Comment.
Editor Courier: I am glad you
opened the subject matter contained
In Mr. Lucke'a letter to the public.
Perhaps there la nothing interests us
farmers bo much ua the relations ex
isting between the town people and
ourselves, As for a rest place for
fanners' families when In town, what
la the matter with the Commercial
Club rooms? I do not speak with
authority, but I understand the
Commercial Club rooms are for the
use of all who may have no other
place to go, be It Btrangers from
other towna, or farmers from the
country. And, by the way, why
wouldn't It pay the farmers to Join
the Commercial Club? It seems to
me, Mr. Editor, that the people of
Grants Pass are doing a great deal
for the farmer. They are advertis
ing his Innda and his products bo
thct ""! Is a bigger demnnd for
hla fruits and other produce than he
tan fill. Yes, Mr. Lueko, the beat
way to treat the knocker Is to kill
him and put him out of hla misery,
for there la certainly something
wrong with a man who expects
somebody elae to do everything for
lilui, There la an old story nbout a
man who was too lazy to open his
mouth for the fruit too drop Into It.
I havo an Idea that man lived nround
here nnd n good many of bis de
scendants nro In the country yet.
Tim trouble Is not with' the mer
chants, you cannot expect them to
buy more stuff than they can sell.
And you can't ask them to ship a
carload unless you give them notice
beforehand.
At thl point In our argument
ton no will mention the Fruit Kx-
rhungo- and that brings' me to Mr.
Rrovllle's letter. He says the
trouble with the farmer la that he
wants too much, that If hla crate of
benles sella for J1.T.0 the farmer
ought to- net only $1.00. And then
he urges the farmer to Join the Fruit
Exchange--nnd pny a rominlsHlon
for having hla Muff sold to the mer
chant. If Mr. Scovllle can persuade
the farmers to do this he certainly
deserves a bigger salary, na ln must
be a "wU."
N'o, Mr. Editor, I don't believe the
moat earnest advocates of co-operation
enn show a successful example
of their theory operating to such an
.extent na to have all the farmers
bring all their produce to one man
to bo graded am! sold na he directs.
If the morrhnnt with whom I denl Is
willing to trade mo hla goods up to
within ten per cent of the selling
Talno of my perishable produce, I
am satisfied. And when I want cash,
I can either take a little less for my
produce or use up Borne of my time
lu peddling It. These are renditions
that exist in all small towns, with
tlie added advantage that better
rices ar paid for garden produce
here than In most places. The
trouble Is with the farmer. If he
grows the right kind of stuff, and tn
quantities to ship, he ran find buyers
easily enough and the express rate
won't break him either. I.et the
farmers get In and boost by raising
hay, or onions, or potatoes, or cab
bage, which la shipped In here. Yours
truly. R. 0. SCOTT.
Of Interest to Farmer and Me
rbftiilcs.
Farmers and mechanic frequent
ly meet with slight accidents and
Injuries which cause them much an
noyance and loss of time. A cut or
bruise may be cured In about one
third the time usually required by
Applying Chamberlain's Liniment as
soon as the Injury U reeelvrd. This
liniment la also valuable for sprains,
soreness of the muscles and rheu
matic pains. There Is no danger of
Mood poisoning resulting from an
Injury when Chamberlain's Liniment
la applied before the purls become
Inflamed and swollen, For sale by
V. Clemens.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEN'S PILGRIMAGE
(Continued from Page One.)
need the roads and what we need we
must have. Good roads help bring
the market nearer to the farmer's
produce. Yon all know what that
means to one who., raises market
produce or perishable fruits. Judge
Jewell will alng the praises of good
roads, I need not dwell upon this
subject. I can come to my particular
pet, the electric road. There Is
nothing that helps develop a coun
try like the railroad. Many large
cities owe their very existence to its
presence. I have seen dying towns
In New England made Into prosper
ous communities by the Introduction
of tills means of transportation. The
railroad la a life giver, a life suatain-
er. It Is as necessary to tne ore or
a community as breath Is to the body
of a human being. Therefore any
project for the development of a
railroad in this country la worth
staking your last cent on.
"We have the power; we need the
money. I think there Is enough capi
tal in our own midst to carry a
scheme through. This Is a thought
that you should let simmer In your
brain during the cornln months. It
would be glorious if It might bear
fruit some good, substantial stock
company, home developed, home
controlled. We showed the weak
kneed knocker what we could do In
Irrigation. Now about trying our
hands at a new business? We need
not cry for new worlds to conquer.
Here Is one1 at our very door.
"It means a great future for this
beautiful valley when Its pitiful still
ness Is disturbed by the humming of
the electric railway. What a wealth
of undeveloped resources lies hidden
in our hills, our fields, our glorious
river. We need but the railway to
.help us share our blessings with the
world.
"If we but rlao to our opportunl-1
A I it . 1. i ... 1 '
ties the lime la not far distant when
Crants Pass will be the metropolis
of Southern Oregon nnd the sur
rounding country n veritable treas
ury of Midas, as It Is certain to be a
second graden of Kden. Into the
city beautiful we will be speeding
day after day; the nutos of the pros
perous farmers bringing hla fruits to
markets, his wife for her shopping
or hla family to church. Then the
life on the farm will be freed from
Ita monotonous drudgery. The good
roads, the nutos, the railways will
have leveled all barriers and made
the city nnd the country one.
"To accomplish my dream for the
future la your duty and mine. Let
there be no false rivalries among ua,
but let there be a unity of purpose
agaitiKt which no obstacle can stand.
We have a great country to develop.
It la the land of opportunity. It Is
ours, we love it. we snoulil innuo
It, If we are true to ourselves, to our
purpose, the "Pnrndlse or the l'acl-
flc" one of the few places on this
earth where a man can breathe a
breath of good fresh nlr every day
in the year and be happy."
L, H. Hall spoke on what the Com
mercial Club ia doing for Josephine
county; spoke of the needs of the
county and the need of organization,
and eo-opcrntlon. He also spoke of
the Josephine county and Grants
Pu.u booklet, what It was published
for and that It must help Kerby too
as well as other sections.
Judge Jewell was then called up
on., lie said:
"When 1 see mud holes and
stumps In the streets 1 know the peo
ple are behind the times. The times
are chnnglng, The needs of a hun
dred years ago are not the needs of
today. Mud holes were to be ex
pected In the earlier days, but now
there Is no necessity for them. The
roads must be Improved and the
roads must be made permanent."
Ho then spoke of the work that
had been done by Tie county court.
The Allen Creek bridge, he said, had
cost the county $1500 In the last 8
years, besides a law suit on account
of a horse killed there. Total cost
In 8 years has been $2000 and a new
bridge necessary. The county nut In
a concrete bridge and fill at a total
cost of $900, and this will Inst "till
your great grand children are gray
headed." lie believes In making one
piece of rend permanent nnd then
going to work on another piece of
road, nnd not do a little patching all
over the county and calling It road
work. Kvery Hcctlon must help It
self and the county help all.
Forest Supervisor M. J. Anderson
wns called on to speak on the
"Forest ivpnrtmcnt'a attitude to
ward the people of this county."
lie think this county the bent un
developed county in the state
and the Illinois valley the best sec
tion and with the greatest natural
resources of any part of Oregon. i(-t-
XHK BOGUS RIYSR COURIER.
ter than the famous Hood River
country, and when transportation
facilities are provided will become
a great producer. There are 50,000
acres of good fruit land subject to ;
Irrigation In the valley and every ;
drop of water from the hills will be 1
needed to Irrigate It. He men
brought In the need of conserving the
timber in the high hills. He also
spoke at some length most Interest
ingly, when Jim Tuffs came In with
the Kerby goat and asked for a per
mit to graze it on the reserve. The
dignified U. S. official was without
further ceremony placed upon the
goat and took a ride around the
room. This broke up the gathering
and the local managers cleared the
floor of the seats and "On with the
dance" was the order, and our
dignified representatives of the Com
mercial Club sought out fajr maid
ens as partners and danced until the
eastern sky showed signs of coining
day..
HOLLAND, July 227 1909. (From
our special Correspondent) The
first accident of the trip occurred
soon after leaving Kerby this morn
ing, then Jim Toffs' auto, with M. J.
Anderson, Rev. Bartlett, C. F. Cent
ner and Dr. Dixon aboard broke a
rear shaft and the gentlemen were
unable to get to Waldo, but Jos.
Wolke made a special trip and took
tnem to Holland for the night meet
ing. The trip to Waldo was made by
noon, the pilgrims stopping at the
iogan placer, to Inspect tne mine
and big elevator. After a fine din
ner at the Waldo hotel, the crowd
and a few residents of Waldo gather
ed on the shady hillside and after
a concert by the band, W. J. Wlmer,
master of ceremonies, extended a
cordial welcome and called upon
O. S. Blanchard, who told of the
get-together-trip and our desire to
learn more of the Waldo section to
the end that we may work more In
harmony for all our Interests. He
said Grants Pass had one of the
best commercial clubs on the coast,
composed of nearly every business
mnn In the city and we propose to
boost for better roads and for a
railroad. We want, to get facts re
garding resources from Grants Pass
to Crescent City so we can get a
prospectus to Interest capital and
within a few years we will have n
railway. We have nothing to sel!
you this trip, nor to give away, and
don't want to sell anything, but we
do want, to shake your hand and If
iyou people can unite In a club or or
ganization It will be mutually bene
ficial. j Geo. C. Sabln was called on nnd
i spoke as a newcomer from Dakota,
; where they depend on grain or stock.
i Here we have many resources, fruit,
mines, stock, etc.
Judge Jewell spoke of this visit
na a missionary tour nnd an In
novation. He said that othor clubs
had gone on palace car trips to re
sorts for their enjoyment, but never
a trip like ours, covering 100 miles
In the dust. All actions of the coun
ty should be united. H takes time to
divide nnd then unite and we have
no time to divide. We have greatly
Improved Grants Pass and we are
still Improving It and we expect to
Improve the county. In the past
much money has been wasted by not
studying the needs of each section,
but now we want to reduce the
waste to the mlnlm-Mii.
At 3 o'clock the start wni made
to Holland, many of the party visit
ing Taklluia smelter nnd the Waldo
copper mine.
Holland was. readied for supper,
the last team arriving nt about 7:30.
Mrs. Smock had a fine supper ready
and the good things disappeared
rapidly before the 4- hungry men.
A little burfo furnished a great
deal' of entertainment for the
crowd sometimes. The animal's dis
position had at one time been
ruined nnd has since remained so,
but he was handy with his hind legs.
Ilobr.eln at once made friends with
him and stumped Geo. Calhoun to
ride. George rode the donk, but he
was In the dust part of the time.
George won nnd the burro admitted
that the clothier was boss.
The neighbors soon began to ga
ther and by the time the band had
rendered a selection or two, "0 or
SO of the people of the neighbor
hood had gatherel to hear the talks.
Fred T. Osborn, a new comer, was
Introduced nnd he spoke with elo
quence of the advantages of this sec
tion as compared with other sec
tions with which he was familiar.
From the Irtish Columbia line to
,. ..,. no piace as ravor -
aide as Josephine county and the best
of he county he considered was
Sucker Creek valley. Oregon Is
"Pable of supporting a population
"0 times as big as It now has nnd
n Josephine county there Is room
. .......annus o! new people, ir they
ii 1 1
county
I'utnu, quantities of gold,
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Everything in
goods goes at prices that will surprise you
Not only in the summer line, but any and all we have in Ladies' and Children's
UNDERWEAR and HOSIERY. If you will be needing these later on you will
be Saving 25 per cent by buying now!
A Genuine Bargain Sale to close out these goods
In our Millinery Department
All Trimmed Hats goat One Half
Regular Price
Nothing left over from last season's stock. ALL ARE NEW AND UP-TO-DATE.
Visit the store. We will be pleased to quote you prices.
This Sale Ends July 31
Mr
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but the amount Is only a drop com
pared to the amount of its other' re
sources. This Is the most ideal place found
In many years of travel and Sucker
creek holds out greater inducements
for pleasure or profit than any other
section. Out of the eighty or nine
ty millions of neonle in the 1'nltert
States there are hundreds of thous
ands who would be glad to come to
Josephine county if they only knew
about It and it: is our duty to help to
spread the news of this favored sec
tion. Judge Jewell responded and
among other things said, we need
you nnd yon need us. Our Interests
ire yours and your interests are
ours. and. we must work together.
Time was when one community
thought It must grow by tearing
down some other community, but
that day Is now past. We must
grow In proportion to the growth of
other communities. Ten years
from now there will be thousands of
people here where there are hun
dreds now.
Then O. S. Mlnnchnrd was called
upon and gave an enthusiastic
speech which of necessity touched
on the subjects he had spoken on
at other points, but re had a new
story and the talk was Intertalnlng
to all.
Rev. Fredk. Partlett was called
upon to speak on transportation and
he reviewed the history or growth
of countries worked by progress In
transportation facilities. The city
depends on the country for products
and the country dwpends upon the
city for Ita supplies, and transporta
tion facilities are necessary and
means of rapid transit are demand
ed. The Illinois and Sucker Creek
valleys are capable of sustaining
an Immense population, for Its fer
tile fields are well Irrigated and
there are yet many acrea to be
cleared and cultivated.
M. J. Anderson In his speech, In
which he explained the attitude of
the Forest Service to the agricul
turalist, spoke of the need of a rnll
rond and the possibility of securing
one. Ho Mated that there are R
billion feet of timing ti-l ,,...,. -
Grants Pa,s nd this means that to
, transport It will require two trains
, a day from now until the youngest
child In the audience would be grnr
hrndd
! A railroad will par as soon a
Wlldervllle Is roehed'nnd he slated
.that we will have the road. He n1o
said that anyone who wants to
eo-
can do so on any agricultural land.
the line of spring
'It
208 South Sixth Street
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that It Is not the policy of the gov
ernment to withhold the tillable
land from the public, but Its de.V.re
Is to conserve the water and timber.
I'he band then gave a co;iert after
which the people went to their homes
and the business men sought repose.
Some of them being unable to secure
beds slept in the bay mow and others
made their cot on the porch of the
hotel, requisition having been made
on the store for blankets.
The start from Holland was made
after one of the breakfasts which
make the Smock hotel so famous,
'and the procession headed toward
home with the Intention of stopping
at Selnia. When the vanguard
reached that point Inquiry waa made
for the master of ceremonies, but no
one seemed to know anything about
the arrangements or whether there
were any. The hotel slated that they
..ad not made calculations for feed
ing the people and In the absence of
any information, and after an, hour's
delay, pushed on over Ilnyes hill and
dlnnered at Love's station. The rest
of the party followed on and Selnia
was left behind, until another rig
stopped and Inquired as to arrange
ments and found that some of the
people of the country were gathering
with baskets and It was found that
a picnic dinner had been planned so
the party of five stopped and a
spread was laid In the R. C. Churchill
dining room and a couple of hours
were spent visiting with the Selnia
representatives who had come to
meet the Grants Pass business men.
Finally another carriage with repre
sentatives stopped and as best they
could ninde amends for the crowd.
The people of Selma may feel sure
that the business men of Grants Pass
would not have passed them by on a
trip of this kind had they been cor
rectly Informed In regard to the
true standing of matters.
The return of the pilgrims from
the Illinois valley covered the entire
day Thursday, the last rig renchlng
home at about 7:30 o'clock In the
evening.' Karl V. Ingles made the
round trip on his bicycle and arrived
home nt 12:4." p. m.
The band was a decided feature of
the pilgrimage and made music fre
quently at all stops.
FIVE THOUSAND
ATTEND EXPOSITION
Portland Day was celebrnted at
people ,,f tho city of Portland. The
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1909.
and summer
true Oregon spirit was present on
that occasion nnd Portland domin
ated everything on that day. livery
stranger on tho grounds could not
.help finding out that it was to honor
the big city of the state of Oregon.
The whole grounds were strewn with
rosea by the Portland crowd. The
formal services took place at the
Oregon building at three In the after
noon. No set speeches were made
but the boosters were much in evi
dence and much good feeling pre
vailed throughout the crowd.
Tho reception nt the state building
lasted for more than two hours.
Tuesday, in consequence of Portland
Hay wns one of the big days of the
exposition and it Is said th.u Seattl
people were greatly surprised at the
number present. The railroads were
taxed to their full capnclty.
torn"
P.!
This store lins just re-
t ceived a pretty line of
lloyal Bayrcuth Ware of
tho latest designs and I
Ti .i in if
X snapes, ana the putno is
invited to call and look
it over,as it is something X
out of the ordinary.
Also, we have a complete
line of Chinaware for decorat
ing. All styles and kinds ot
dishes to select from.
And a new shipment ol the
famous Johnson Bros, Por
celain Ware.
Also many other new and
atf active lines that will please
? the eye nO pocket book.
Hall's
Art Store
Store Telephone, 1051
Residence Telephone, 10T-3
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