FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1009. THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER. PAGE THREE Grants Pass Hdw.Co. Plumbing and Heating a Specialty Hammocks and Refrigerators Rubber-tired Buggies Road Wagons Everything in General Hardware AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS LEARN OF RESOURCES C32X3S PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 23 (Spe cial) Agricultural experts of the country, who have been in session in Portland during the past week, closed their most successful annual gathering Saturday with an attend ance even larger than that at a re cent convention in Washington, D. C. The session was one that means much to the Pacific Northwest for It was attended by men who are keen students of agricultural possibilities and what they saw here Impressed them. They were afforded an od- portunlty to Inspect the various farm ing districts of the state by means of special trains run by the Portland Commercial Club to Willamette Val ley points and Hood River. On these trips they were the guests of the Commercial Club and were escorted by a special committee of prominent Oregon people who gave all the Information desired on the different districts inspected. The results of the conventions will be far reaching, It is believed by those who are familiar with the work of the organizations. President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College, was chosen the head of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment stations for the coining year. President Kerr secured the convention for Portland while In at tendance at last year's session. President Tafl will be made the "THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" rpntor (,f a b, fcnionstrntlon when Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon gg A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal ,,P (onu's to October 2. Old in years, new in methods, admittedly the high-standard w,m ,"' m,1 !"'iva,, l'"t"'-,:'i"i commercial school of the Northwest. Open all the year. More calls for help than we can meet position certain. Class and! visit. There win be n big parade individual instruction. Bookkeeping from written forms and hy jin the President's honor, in which lie office practice. Shorthand that excels in every respect. Special iwl11 rl,1, imi' whe re he may be seen penmanship department. Write for illustrated catalogue. bv ,lu ,1,mis:1",,s w"i want jhave a look at the nation's executive. ; President Taft will lie asked to make jan address at the Armory In the ntternoon and attend a banquet at the Commercial Club at night on October 2. Plans for Sunday, which i will be spent here, are not made up I yet, but the President will probably attend church and spend the re mainder of the day resting. Mayor Simon has named a prominent com mittee of Portland people to arrange the President's entertainment. On a tour of the Northwest to get material for a series of letters to his Gollege Pfepartory and Business School FIRST TKK.M OPKXS SKPT. 0, lt0!) State High School, College Preparatory, Teachers' Review, Book keeping and Stenographic Courses Taught by Competent Teachers. THOROUGH XKSS OlJt MOTTO W. T. VAN SCOY, A. H., President A. V. CKKWS, Secretary I As Usual Pag'e Fence Leads Four Carloads delivered last week THERE IS MORE PAGE FENCE SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY THAN ALL OTHER MAKES COMBINED THERE IS A REASON BEST WIRE, BEST STYLES, MOST REASONABLE PRICES Page Rabbit, Stock and Poultry Fences LEADS THEM ALL AND WE CAN PROVE IT Why pay almost as much for a soft, fllmBy wire fence that the manufac turer! of Insist for "protection against stock, three, four or more strands of barbed wire" should be stretched along side the so-called rabbit fence to protect the hinge joints and trip hammer kinks from Injury by stock, when you can buy a real 54-Inch PAGE Rabbit -Stock FENCE A fence that Is all fence able to protect Itself, stands the enormous com bined breaking strain of over 17,000 pounds, requires fewer posts, has 5 spaclngs at the bottom of only 1 Vt Inches, next spaces only 2 Inches and so on up, We assist In the erection of and guarantee every rod to be superior to any fence of this style sold la this country and this fence sella for ONLY 55c PER IROO Remember that fencing is our business aad If we bate not what you want we can get It for you. Investigate all other fences then call and let us prove to you the vast superiority of PAGE FENCE and get our prices. Gaddis h Dixon "15ht PACE FENCE MEN" paper, the Chicago Record-Herald. William E. Curtis, probably the best known correspondent in the world, was a Portland visitor during tho past week. In discussing cne Rosj City he said: "Portland is the best city on the Pacific Coast and I would rather live here than in any other city of which I know. Portland is farther along than any other city on the Pacific Coast; by that It meaa it is more mature than any of the big cities of the West." These are strong words, coming as they do from a man who has traveled all over the world. An event of great Interest, especi ally to the Pacific Coast, will be the visit of 30 of the leading business men of Japan, who will arrive on September 6 for a tour of 50 cities of the country. The . visitors are coming to learn of the resources and commercial methods of the United States. The trip about the country will be made In a splendidly equip ped special train at a cost of (75,000, contributed by the business Interests of the United States. A committee of prominent men has been named to have charge of the visitors while In Portland and arrange for their en tertainment here. THE SICK MAN STARTS FOR HOME Hurl iinaii, the Great 1 tit 1 1 road King, Now Almartl Ship Hound for New York. The cable brings from Cherbourg, France, tills important news regprd 'r. the physical condition of I he great American railway magnate. Tin- i able says that all doubt of the serious condition of the health of K. K. Haniiuati was removed tod'iy when be was carried aboard the liner Kaiser Wilhelni 11, apparent Iv too weak to walk. His appearance and condition in dicated that the entire trip through Europe In search of health had been a failure. The llarrlman pluck was strongly In evidence, however, and after at tempting to veil his movements In se crecy to prevent any effect on the stock market, he said: "I am not In a serious condition at all. The baths at Had Gastein weak ened me and the German food dis agreed with me. Then, too, 1 was continually annoyed by the crowds In the hotels and wherever 1 went. In fact, knocking about the continent proved very tiresome." Accompanied by his wife, two daughters and his son, his private secretary and three servants, the wizard of finance arrived here in a special train from Paris this morn ing. Harrlninn's extreme weakness and lassitude were shown when he wbb helped from his private car. He was almost lifted into a wheel chair and was rolled from the railway to the tender In which he was taken out to the big liner. It was clear that he was unable to walk and as soon as he was on board the Kaiser Wllhelm II he was taken Immediately to the handsome suite that had been reserv ed for his party. llarrlman Intimated that as soon as he reached America he would re tire to Arden, his magnificent coun try place just north of New York city, on the Hudson. He cable orders to have a suite of rooms prepnred at Arden for his 'reception. The mansion at Arden, which Is reported to be a chateau such as America has never seen be fore, Is not yet finished. Take Kodol at the times when you feel what you have eaten is not di gesting. Kodol dlgestB what you eat so you can eat sufficiently of any good, wholesome food, If you will Just let Kodol digest It. Sold by all druggists. J. D. FRANKLIN, Local Representative Office with Coron-Booth Hardware Company GRANTS PASS, OREGON The Dangerous Trump Nuisance. The tramp has become a nuisance to be feared In many sections of tho country. He Is not only Impudent, claiming bb hl rlRht the things he needs, but Is vindictive towards In dividuals or a community who may refuse his demands. In many other wbvb he Is a troublesome character and needs looking after. The burn ing last week of a box car at Water loo, a station on the Northern Paci fic, five miles wHt of Walla Walla, In turn Ignited tho warehouse of the Pug't Sound Warehouse company, completely d'-stroylng It together with 324 2 sacks of grain, which were stored there, musing a loss of $1000. This was the work of tramps and al most dally we read of suh thing In various parts of th country Grants Pass hns Its visitor of tbb class but the tH"" ordi r them prompt to move em find see to I' that 'hey obey ordi t PERSONAL AX I) LOCAL Mrs. Jasper Jennings, of Hugo, was in the city Saturday on business. Mrs. Elmer Nell, wife of Station Agent Nell, of Merlin, was a visitor to our city last Friday. Miss Mabel Trimble returned Sun day from Hilt, Cal., after a few days' visit with relatives there. Mrs. M. H. Henry came up from Hugo Friday to spend a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Schmidt. A. Vmphlette returned to Glendale Sunday after a few days spent re newing old acquaintances In this city. L. R. Larophere has gone to Myrtle Creek to do a job of painting and papering hanging and will be away for two weeks yet. Kenneth Williams who has been playing base ball with the Hilt, Cal., team for the past month, goes with them to Redding, Cal, to play Sun day. John Denison and Paul Schallhorn returned Friday evening from a incut enjoyable two weeks' outing which they spent at Eugene, Newport, Port land and Seattle. Mrs. Cornelia T. Jewett and Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, of the Union Sig nal staff, are visitors In our city. The W. C. T. U. extends a hearty welcome. Have Presley, brother of C. C. Presley, of this place, who was In jured by being struck by a train at Ashland recently, Is reported as get ting nlong fairly well, lie Is at the Good Samaritan hospital and hopes ue now entertained of his recovery. Allen MaeKen7.lt returned last week from Mazallan, Mexico, where he has spent the past several months employed on the Southern Pacific of Mexico, and expects to return to that place after a short, visit with rela tives here. Mr. and Mrs. George Trimble ami little son who spent several days here last week with their cousins, Mrs. It. A. Williams and James Trimble, of this city, left Friday evening for their home at l.ordiiburg, New Mexico. Mr. Trimble Is an engineer and has been on the road for 20 yenrs. ('. H. Sams, formerly of Woodvllle, but now of Ashland, was a visitor at Giants Pass Tuesday. Mr. Sams sold his fruit farm at Woodvllle In the spring and during the summer has been building a residence on the two acre truct recently purchased at Ash land. Miss Luella Carlson, of Morris, III., and Miss Rose Knutson, of Jollet, 111., have been the guests during the past week of Mr. and Mrs. Egberg at their camp above the Anient dam. The girls have had quite an experi ence In Western camp life and will carry with them pleasant memories of their outing on the Rogue. E. A. Crawley, of Philadelphia, Pa., was In town a few days last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Canby. Mr. Crawley Is at the head of tho mathcmntlc de partment of the Philadelphia Uni versity. He left Thursday evening on his return home. Judge J. O. Ilooth received a tele gram last Friday morning, stating that M. I). Wisdom, secretary of the Oregon Commission of Alaskn-Yu-kon-Paclflc exposition, died at Port land Thursday, August 19. The tele gram was sent by W. H. Wen rung, who Is president of tho commission. Mr. Wisdom was afflicted with lung trouble and that was the cause of tils death. E. 8. VanDyke has been Interview Ing the business houses and citizens endeavoring to secure a sufficient number of subscriptions to bring to Grants Pass this winter a course of entertainments of an exceptionally high order. The cost of these en tertainments will be $750 and this requires 300 ticket holders, as the season tickets are $2.50 each. He now has 216 subscribers and It Is hoped he will be able to securo the full 300 and bo able to bring to our city this high-class course of enter talnments. Mr. and Mrs. Andy McCnrthy and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith returned Sunday from their ramping and hunting trip at West Fork. The ladles took an Bctlve part In the hunting expeditions, and packed Into the mountains with their husbands, carrying packs and firearms and en joying the sport with all the rxctte- ifat as Coffee The kind that makes the break fast real Coffee through and through always tha same. Your grocer will grind ik better if ground at home not too fine. Object to Medical Kxanilnatloii. The new marriage law of the state of Wahslngton which requires tho contracting parties to show a certi ficate that they are In good health and that there exists no reason why they should not marry, Is not taken to kindly by parties matrimonially inclined. A dispatch from Spokane says: 'The new marriage law Is costing Spokane nlononll the way from $1000 to $1500 monthly and tho number of marriages In adjacent states between Washinutci couples Is rapidly Increasing. Tb v are go ing to Oregon, Idaho, Mo 'tana and across the line to Canada to be mar led and returning to Washington to live. "Spokane county records show that the county alone Is losing from $200 to $300 n month by the le- renso In the Issue of mnrrlngo II- 'cnses. After that Item, (lie money tbnt Is passing by the hotels, the ministers anil the Justices of tho nonce must be figured. Take it for the year through with the number of marrying couples rapidly Increas ing and nn Idea of the price the state of Washington Is pnylng for clean marriages within Its borders may be gained. "Records at tho courthouse In Spokane show almost a 50 per cent decrease In tho Issue of marriage li censes for the month of July as com pared with that, month last year. This month bids fair to show a de creaso of more than (10 per cent as compared with the corresponding month of 1908. Neighboring States Profit. In county seats of Idnho, Oregon and Montana near the border lines of Washington, a noted increase In the Issue of marriage licenses Is be ing realized. Rpokano county Is en deavoring to Induce young men and women to be married In this state, as before the new law went Into ef fect, by securing the co-operation of the county physician, who Is per forming the required examinations free of charge and other physicians for a small fee, but still Washing ton's young people aro flocking to ad jacent states to be married. As the county officials nee It, Washington's new marriage, inw will never be a financial success till all her sister states and perhaps the Dominion of Canada adopt laws of the same character. It Ih purely a dread of the examination that Is do ing It all. Few seem to fear that they cannot pass the required exam ination, as physicians declare they have not found a case yet that falls to pass tho examination." How This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IB years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and fin ancially able to carry out any obliga tions made by his firm. WALD1NO, KINNAN ft MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh. Cure Is taken In ternally, acting directly upon tha blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Tllla for constipation. Narrow Kmspe of President's Hon. A dispatch from Balern, Mass., mv thnt Chnrlle Taft. tho Presl- rnent of old hunters. Mrs. McCarthy hR(, a p(.ap ff(jm had the honor of securing the first -rownnt on Thursday of last week gnme. The first day out she became whw h( fcn(, ft POmianloll WPro . much exdted over an animal ahef)g , g -0y whrh rnpH,7i, whn saw in the distance and exclaiming ;out t gfMt AMMn , tne Ufi Tn, that she saw a deer, she Immediately ;t)nys r,( (0 th8 bfmt nd r opened fir" with tho result that a W)on roB(;uod email chipmunk wss brought to earth. The huntt-rs soured one deer u yop ord(,r at ,h(J Co(Jrlrr before return!" homce, f(jp hfjJ U(ko( of ,)np ,,,,.,,