FRIDAY, Al'GVST 13, 1009.
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER.
' FAGS THR23
College Prepartory and Business School
FIRST TERM OPENS SEPT. 6, 1009
State High School, College Preparatory, Teachers' Review, Book
keeping and Stenographic Courses Taught by Competent Teachers.
THOROUGHNESS OUR MOTTO
T. VAN SCOY, A. B., Prwldent A. C. CREWS, Secretary
"THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY"
Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon 3 3 A. P, Armstrong, LL.B., Principal
Old in years, new in methods, admittedly the high-standard
commercial school of the Northwest. Open all the year. More
calls for help than we can meet position certain. Class and
individual instruction. Bookkeeping from written forms and by
office practice. Shorthand that excels in every respect. Special
penmanship department. Write for illustrated catalogue.
TwnTrTfTJ
Grants Pass Hdw. Co.
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Plumbing and Heating
a Specialty
Hammocks
and
Refrig'erators
Rubber-tired Buggies
Road Wagons
Everything in
General Hardware
Rlngling Bros Rig Circus
Rlngling Brothers' World's Great
est Show Is to visit Medford on Sat
urday, August 28, coming this sea
son with new laurels won at Madi
son Square Garden In New York be
cause of the unprecedented excell
ence of their performances. It is in
all respects the very best circus that
was ever organized, and the perform
ances that will be given in Medford
will be given exactly as they were
presented in Manhattan, not the
slightest change having been made
since the season opened there.
Tnere are no less than seven sensa
tions on the program, any one of
which is great enough to give a cir
cus distinction. There are the won
derful Schumann horses which waltz
on their hind legs, drink from large
glasses and roll each other around
in huge barrels; elephants that use
the telephone, conversing with each
other over the wire from one end of
the main tent to the other; the
thrilling double somersaulting auto
mobile act, performed by a young
French girl; Koblidollo, the Mexican
wire wizard; the wonderful Loreh
family of acrobats and 100 other
great acts that are new to America.
The parade will be given at 10
o'clock in the morning and it is an
j entirely new spectacle. Some of its
features are Camels, Zebras, Deer,
; Elephants and Llamas driven in
teams like horses and harnessed to
'ornate tableaux. The parade will be
three miles long. The mennuorio.
too, is a wonderful affair, greatly en
larged and filled with strange spocl-
mens of the animal world. At the
bead of the menagerie is Darwin, i
THE WASHINGTON
MARRIAGE LAW
Prospective Brides and Grooms Rush
to Oregon to Re Joined iu
Marriage.
.the missing link, which lives in a
, miniature bouse with windows, elec
tric lights, hot water beater, chairs
ami tr.Mep. Darwin cats with a knife
'and fork, drinks from a bottle and
shaves himself.
The Laziest Man in the Wovhl
would not be contented to be kept
in the house and doing nothing
by rheuniatls'in. .Wither are you,
who are always busy and a tlve.
Then don't iiogject the first twinge
of an ache or pain that you might
think Is just a "crick." Hub well
with Ballard's Sno'V Liniment and
no matter what the trouble Is. It will
disappear nt once. Sold by National
: Drug Store.
Closing out Kcl'rigcrutors nt HO
per cent discount, at Ilalr-I!i(hllc
Hardware (Vs.
As Usual
Pae Fence Leads
Four Carloads delivered last week
THERE IS MORE FACE FENCE SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY THAN
ALL OTHER MAKES COMBINED THERE IS A REASON
BEST WIUE, BEST STYLES, MOST HEASONAHLE PRICES
ag e R abbit, StocK and Poultry
- - - - - ' Fences
LEADS THEM A En AND WE CAN PUOVE IT
Whv pay almost as ,rrh l..r a M.ft. flliu-y ire ";" be :mr.,f.e
turers of insist for Hon ".. X '.' K. Hire, four or m.,v MtaM,s
of barbed wire" should be str-Mud ab.ng nd- Uv :-. Ml-.l rah In. ..,e
to protect the hinge joints mi' LaMmr kinks f.ou. Inlu.y by
when you ran buy a i ' al
54-Inch PAGE Rabbit-Stock FENCE
. nil f,.:,eo- abb- to pro!-(t U '.I, Mar.U It... ct,.,rn..cn cm-
bin brcnU,g strain of -r IT.. l-nvK nwuircs cut post, has 6
11 at th" bottom of only 1 '..,,,. n-xt sp, only , nt.
The last legislature of the stntA
of Washington passed a law requir
ing all brides and grooms to submit
to an examination by a physician
and have a certificate certifvine to
their physical soundness before the
marriage ceremony can take nlace.
and the result is that many hundreds
of these people come to the state of
Oregon to have the ceremony per
formed. A Portland paper has this
to say on the subject:
"County Clerk Fields is besieged
dully with letters from Washington
young people contemplating matri
mony who desire to know the Oregon
marriage laws. Of course, these
letters are courteously answered.
with the result that the county's cof
fers are bulging with marriage li
cense receipts, and the judges of the
county are faring sumptuously upon
the marriage fees, with none ,to say
them nay with the exception of
Justice of the Peace Olson, whose
marriage business is the heaviest.
and against whom Countv Judge
Webster, whose marrying. business is
among the lightest, has begun a cain-
aign to put a stop to the monopoly.
"I'pon looking over the records for
last month, that is, so far as the re
turns are in, one is met with the as
tounding fait tbat judges and Just
ices of the peace in" Multnomah coun
ty married nearly three times as
many couples hist month as during
July, 1908.
"In answering the letters from
love-smitten Washingtoninns, Mr.
Fields always tells them that they
will be obliged to bring a witness to
swear that the bride-to-be is a resl-
il"nt of Multnomah county, of legal
age, and that there is no legal lin
pediinent to the marriage. Hut to es
cape this twist of (he law seems to
be an easy matter, especially when
Cupid leads the way. The couples
come to Portland, stay here a few
days so that they can say the bride
Is living here, get the hotel clerk to
net as a witness, seek out the Justice
of the peace, and, purchasing enough
cigars nt the Courthouse stand to last
the obliging hotel clerk a month, hie
them away to the home of the
groom."
What la taking place In Portland
Is undoubtedly duplicated m ninny
other towns In this stale, to evade
the law Is the one object of making
Oregon the Gretna C.reen of these
people who have been inudo captive
by Cupid. The object of the law Is
comnienduble, but, like other laws.
It will be evaded. Just what per
centage of Washington couples get
married at home would be Interest
ing to know.
How This?
Ve offer One Hundred Dollars lie
ward for any enso of Catarrh that
cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
P. J. CIIEXRY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, hnve known
F. J. Cheney for tne Inst 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
In nil business transactions and fin
ancially able to enrry out any obliga
tions made bv his firm.
WALDINO, K INN AN & MARVIN,
Whoh hnh' lirugglsts, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free,
I'll' e c nt ; j,er buttle. Sold by
all Drngflsts.
T1:h Hall's Family Pills for con
si I pa I Ion,
!!!!!'
,1 of tile I g latan'i e . . IV J oil to be
... ... .... , na'Ut In the ci'itior
superior to any fence of thU Myle ,uld In -bis country tmd this f,.
tella for
ONLY 66c PER IRLOD
n,w that fencing I. our business and If e bare not what you
lium 1
. . - It fnr VOU.
Wni w cau bi
'I'll
Vii, I l.lltelnl.
1 ti !.! ul i of that se( tlnu of
tv alor : i:;et , and the upper
Ditch Co.: Dob Mansfield, J. L.
Myers, Mort Luckett, Everett Brown,
H. L, Gilkey, W. A. Newell, C. V.
Anient, H. C. Bobieln, Amos Myers,
R. W. Rogers, M. J. Chapman, E.
A. Ruth, V. II. Swindon, John De
veney, H. H. Easier, G. J. Dobson,
Geo. H. Smith, M. J. Griffiths, R. W.
Woods, M. A. Conger, J. E. Hair,
Elmer Shank, I. J. Widgeon, F.
Smith, Mrs. T. P. Judson, S. J. Dls
brow, Isaac Best.
THE BANCROFT ACT
THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED
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Gaddis b Dixon
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m-i II 'I I "''- - : n -' ; -. , 'li'ii' i:rr vTn ! it -t" '
ul '! Till. Mb, ;uh and inth itre-tM
I'.ive orc.aiil.i'd what they (all the
l I. it' ial association, which Is
to sci ve t lii in w It h wiiti r talvi ii fn,in
the nu fool P v. l ditch. This n'-'io-'l.iMiiti
has L'i Tn 'T) 1 1 h is who have
paid for the amount of water they
will use n ml have also paid their
share of the xpetiso of the coiihIii;
tlou of tin. lateral. Tim wiite,- Is
taken from the main ditch between
Ninth and Tenth streets and runs
through Amos Meyer's place to Sav
age street nnd crosson th old county
road going through the Itobzeln or-
.chard, through Newell's place to
I Ninth street to Joe Fetunor'H cortn'r
and along his prfiperty to Eighth
street and down this street to A
street. From this main lateral all
'members of the association tnko
water. In this way It serves an Im
portant purpose to each water uKnr,
iThere will undoubtedly ho other
latersl associations alone this rnimn
dlt'h snd those who ar WiVIng for-
iwnrd and expect to ti water next
'yenr rhouM take early steps to form
their ssxoclntlon ami do the noress
nrr construction work.
Th following are thn nntnes, who
jso far han Joined the No. 1 Lateral
Grants Tass, Aug. 5, 1909.
Editor Courier: Dear Sir, refer
ring to our recent conversation on
the subject of street Improvement
in this city, I infer from your ques
tions that a considerable portion of
our citizens do not understand the
scopo nnd purpose of the act of the
legislature which Is known as the
Bancroft bonding act. By Its terms
this act provides that whenever an
Incorporated city In this state has a
population of 2500 or more, nnd the
common council shall have proceeded
to improve any street nnd shall have
assessed the cost, of such Improve
ment to tho property benefited
thereby, It shall bo lawful for the
owner so assessed for such improve
ment, In the sum of twenty-five dol
lars or more, nt any time within ten
days after such notice of assessment
is first published, to file with the
auditor a written application to pay
said assessment in Instalments: the
written application shall state that
said applicant and property owner
does thereby waive nil Irregularities
or detects, jurisdictional or other
wise, In the proceeding to Improve
the street, which said assessment Is
levied nnd In the apportionment of
the cost therefor.
Said application shall contain n
provision that the said nppllcant and
property owner agrees to pay said
assessment in ten annual Instalments
with Interest at the same rate on all
said assessments which have not
been paid as that expressed In the
bonds issued to pay such Improve
ments. Said application shall also
contain a statement by lots or blocks,
or other convenient description of
the property of the nppllcant assess
ed for such Improvements thereupon.
The statute provides for additional
stepH to be taken by the auditor and
the council and that the city shall
Issue Its bonds In convenient denom
inations not exceeding $"(iil each,
and In all equal to the total amount
of Unpaid assessments for such street
Improvement. Tho bonds aro then
sold and the contractor paid from
the proceeds. This procedure does
not require any vote of the city. The
right to pay such assessment In ten
annual Instalments Is a personal
right granted by law to each owner
and he has a right to avail himself
of the provision of the law without
consulting his neighbor or getting
the consent of any one. The con
stitutionality of this act has been
sustained by the Supreme Court of
the slate and no difficulty has ever
been met iu finding a ready sale for
such bonds at par. Should our citi
zens contemplate availing themselves
of the privileges of this net, their
attention should bn directed particu
larly to the fact that, they have but
ten days after the first, notice of as
sessment, within wlibh to file their
application with the nudllor. If
they let that period go hy (hey lose
their right to ta he advantage of the
act, By adopting this nielli Ol of
paying for the street Improvements,
the burdi n Is distributed over a
period of d n years nnd tho enhance,
merit, of values oeejn lotied by the Ini
p'oveiiient v! Invariably be so great
that the rout th-re.,f will hardly be
Tell. I Cilnk I have covered fully
the qui tloiM a'd.id. Itcnpeetfiilly
yours. CKO. H. IH'ltlf AM,
City Attorney.
Southern Oregon Pioneer Aim billon.
Silas .1, Pay, secretary of the pio
neer society nf Southern Oregon, but
caused to be Issued th following no
nce regarding tne nnniin reun on o
the society, which will bo held at
Ashland, August 2(1,
"Tbi 33d annual reunion of the Pi
oneer society of Southern Oregon
will bo held nt Ashland, Ore., on
Thursday, August 2fl. Wo hope to
hnve the plensurn of greeting you on
that occasion, together with your
family nnd friends. It Is desirable
that tho annual reunions of tho so
ciety bo perpetuated. Prof. B. F.
Mulkey, of Jacksonville, Ore., will
deliver an address to tho pioneers
and their friends on thnt ocraslon.
Como and brlnn your badges with
you."
I
Coffee
S i an
k best product sold in 1 lb.,
2 lb., 25 lb.' and Sib. cans.
; Your procer will grind It
;! better if ground at home not
too lino. t
i
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be passed. Ho proposes to levy a tax
of $2 and 25 per cent, ad valorem.
on every revolver, dirk, stiletto.
bowle knlfo or pair of metal knuckler
manufactured hero or Imported. Al
so ti tax of one-tenth to one-fifth o!
a cent on cartridges according ts
size. He sn.vs that he estimate!
"that the tax on weapons would pro
duce about $ 1 ,500,000 and on cart
ridges $500,000 a year.
"There Is no use for n pistol or
stiletto but to kill. Those who us
I hem cause the government much ex
pense, and there Is no reason why
they should not coutrlbuto to th
treasury. Tobacco, whisky and cards
are subject to taxation, and It would
be well enough to add an assessment
on the owners of deadly weapons.
It would be better to tax pistols anfi'
not plows, cartridges nnd not cora
plant era."
( bauilieiliilirs Colic, Cholera mul Di
arrhoea l'eineily Never Known
to l ull.
"1 have used Chamberlalim ('ollr.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy since
It was first Introduced to tho public
In 1S72, and have never found one
Instance where a cure was not speed
ily effected by Its use, 1 have beet
a commercial traveler for elghteea
years, and never start out on a trip
without this, my faithful friend,"
says 11. 8. Nichols of Oakland, IniL
Tor. For sale by M. Clemens.
For tho newest In tailor mnd
suits see Kllen In Albert Bulldlug.
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SOID BY DRUGGISTS EVCRYWHLRE
arm
$422 $522
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For thirty
years, men
have worn
the PACKARD
shoe. Made
better every
year. Get
lilted today
You'll be satis
fied too.
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Look Mke a flood Bill.
Congressman Slsson shows Rood
sense In his bill which Is before Con
ttross snd will, w hop, some tlms
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& CO.
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