Rogue River courier., January 07, 1910, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

IFWDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910.
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER
PAGE THREE
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Sure Mike
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Our Sale of Vehicles has been so great that we have
had to order
ANOTHER CAR OF
EOAKER VEHICLES
Consisting of
AUTOMOBILE SEAT BUGGIES
RUBBER TIRED BUGGIES
NOVELTIES IN BUGGIES
We have a Fine assortment of Lap Robes ranging
in Price from $3.00 to $20.00
JEWELL HARDWARE COMPANY
JOB PRINTING NEATLY DONE AT THE COURIER OFFICE
From Arctic to Tropics
in Ten Minutes
No oil heater has a higher
efficiency or greater heating
power than the
PERFECTION
Oil Heater
(Equipped with Smokeless Device)
With it you can go from the
cold of the Arctic to the warmth
of the Tropics in 10 minutes.
The new
Automatic Smokeless Device
prevents smoking. There is no possible question about it.
This means greater heat-power, a more rapid diffusion of heat
and a sure conversion of all the heat:energy in the oil.
In a, cold room, light the heater and in 10 minutes you'll have a
glowing heat that carries full content.
Turn the wick up as high as it will go no smoke no odor.
In everything that appeals to the provident and the fastidious, the
Perfection Oil Heater, with its new automatic smokeless device, de
cisively leads. Finished in Nickel or Japan in various styles.
Every Dealer Everywhere. If Not At Yours, Write (or Descriptive Circular
U the Nearest Agency ei the
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Incorporated)
JOSEPHINE'S VALUATION
SLIGHTLY LOWERED
Assessor Eclus Pollock has just
received notice from the secretary
or state that his return of the taxable
property of Josephine county has
been cut down $94,020. The assess
ed valuation of taxable property as
turned In by the assessor was $8,
771,179, and the amount equalized
by the State Tax Commissioners Is
$8,677,150. The proportion which
the equalized value of taxnble prop
erty within the county bears to the
total amount of taxable property In
all counties in the state la .01249.
The equalization affects every
county in the state, some being
raised and others lowered. Baker
county assessment was raised over
$6,000,000, changing the assessed
valuation from ten to sixteen mil
lions. Clatsop county was also
raised from less than nine millions
to over fifteen millions. The Uma
tilla county assessed valuation was
lowered over eight millions. The
total taxable property as turned In
by the assessors of the counties of
the state was $694,727,631.90, and
the assessed valuation as equalized
by the State Tax Commission Is the
same, the valuations being changed
In the various counties according to
the Judgment of the commission. ,
Many Years With 5:1 Sundays.
To the Editor of the Rogue
River Courier.
Dear Sir: In last week's Courier
there appeared an article copied
from an exchange stating that the.
year 1910 contains D3 Sundays and
that this will not occur again for 110
years. 1 do not. wish to dispute the
statement, but feel bound to make
two important corrections. In the
first place, this year does NOT con
tain 53 Sundays: in the second place,
instead of our having to wult 110
years for such an occurrence, It will
take place next year and eighteen
times more during this century, mak
ing twenty-one times In all between
1900 and 2000. This may be easily
verified by any one. Following are
the years of this century containing
an extra Sunday: 1904. 1905, 1911,
1916, 1922, 1928, 1932. 1933, 1939,
1944, 1930, 1936, 1960, 1961, 1967,
1972, 1978, 1984. 1988, 1989, 1995.
CELIA DOERNER.
then
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you'll be over It In no time. The
sure cure for coughs, colds, bron
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Too Much Fhcpi
Yon feel as If you had one face
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don't you? Save the face, you mav
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Finest thing In the world for rheu
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The Courier 4 months for (0 cents
You'll feel better after taking De
Witt's Little liver pills. If you would
lie sure of good results Insist on De
Witt's Carbollzed Witch Hazel Salve,
the original. It is good for big ruts
or little ones, small scratches or
bruises or big ones, but It Is especial
ly good for piles. Sold by all druggists.
With eggs tipping the scales at 53
cents and up per dozen, wholesale,
the fowl that lays them appears
closely related to that bird of the
golden egg. A flock of such fowls
would make the owner's heart light
and his purse heavy In the October
and November days. y .
"That's all very fine," grumbles
the farmer, "but when you get down
to facts there's nothing doing among
the flocks In the October and Novem
ber days."
Very true. It requires judicious
outlay, study and work, seasoned
with that "infinite pains" which is
the earmark of genius, to produce
eggs in quantity during the off sea
son of egg production, and these
things the majority of poultry keep
ers are not going to bestow on so
insignificant a creature as a chicken.
So there will always be "nothing do
ing" in the majority of flocks at this
season, and incidentally there will
always be a golden harvest to be
reaped by the small minority of
farmers and other poultry keepers
who realize that money and effort
are not thrown away in the breeding
and care of fowls.
"But," says another farmer, "I
put a good bit of money in chicks
last spring and they have had a
whole lot of care, and have got
away with a lot of high-priced feed;
some of 'em are more than 6 months
old, and nary an egg or prospect of
one In Bight."
We happen to be familiar with
this case, and it is typical of many
others. Some 200 day-old chicks of
uncertain Leghorn stock and of dif
ferent ages were bought; part were
placed with hens, fifty or so to a hen,
and part were brooded In boxes. All
were kept in an Inclosure where
there were a number of old fowls.
An epidemic of vermin broke out
two or three times and was subdued
by whitewash and Insect powder,
but was not eradicated by persistent
after treatment. Though the feed
ing, together with the general care,
was not always regular or of the best,
it was so much better than had ever
before been given on that farm to
chickens that naturally much was ex
pected in return.
At present there is quite a bunch
of pullets and some cockerels run
ning and rooBtlng all together,
! though of different ages and sizes,
and a few among them are very fair
birds; but none of them have had the
steady and vigorous growth neces
sary to the production of the October
and November layers. At the best,
it will be along In January and Feb
ruary before there will be regular
laying for even the most forward of
the lot.
The gilt-edged egg Is not secured
without effort plus a knowledge of
the right methods. Had our farmer
In the above case put the same
amount of money In fewer and but
ter chicks, bad he brooded them
properly, fed them well and regular
ly, kept them free from insects, and
yarded them according to ago and
vigor; In short, kept them growing
every minute of their chlckhood,
they would now be returning him a
nice profit on his Investment and
work instead of being a dead expense
till the price of eggs begins to drop
toward spring.
No weakly or stunted pullets, nor
even an organically strong one which
hns not had regular and systematic
feeding and care from the egg up, Is
going to lay In October and Novem
ber. If eggs were easy of production
during this time It would not be the
seaaon of maximum prices. As with
everything else in price, to get the
best results from poultry we must
give It our best efforts.
The pullets for fall and winter
laying should, not be allowed with
the general flock or with fowls of
different age. Those to begin laying
the last of September should be sep
arated, In bunches of twenty-five or
thereabouts, In August and yarded
In comfortable quarters. Any change
must be made considerable time bo-
fore the pullets begin to lay; for
though they are not greatly affected
by such things In the natural laying
season, even a change of roosting
quarters In the fall and winter will
often check laying for weeks. The
writer once moved a flock of pullets
Just starting to lay to a ranch seven
miles distant on the 19th of October.
They were moved at night and with
the greatest care; but, whereas
there were forty eggs laid the day
they were moved, there wero only
few scattering eggs laid thereafter
until along In the month of January
Many people look upon an animal as
a sort or automattn witnoui any
special nerves or feelng. In reality
the animal economy Is much the
same whether It belongs to a human
beast, or bird, and a laying hen often
"nerves" than the fine lady. Any
thing that frightens her or makes
her uncomfortable or dissatisfied,
checks egg production. Harsh or
rough treatment by the caretaker,
children and dogs dashing through
the yards or chasing the fowls, or the
"shooing" and throwing at them al
lowed to most small children, all re
duce the profit from a flock of pul
lets or hens and tend to scare away
that shy production the nickel egg.
M. R. James, In P. R. Press.
Mules Make Good Farm Tennis.
During the past few years mules
have come to be in better favor
everywhere draft animals are want
ed. The. demand for them for con
struction purposes and for city use
almost exceeds the supply. Hence
the present high prices.
There was a time when in certain
sections of the country no animals
other than mules were used for farm
work. Then came the time when
the man with a span was considered
out of date. Now the reaction has
come.
In a certain region in Ohio from
which 5000 to 6000 high-class draft
ers are shipped each year, hundreds
of farmers allow the big 1900-pound
horses to fatten In the stables, while
the farm work Is done by the faith
ful mule. These farmers say that
though a large team of mules costs
about $430, it will outlast a pair of
horses costing the same money, out
work them, take one-half the care,
about one-half the feed, and are
twice as tough.
Such would not make a bad work
ing pair for anyone, and would make
the Ideal team to be left In charge
of the average hired man who, is
sometimes incline to cripple up a
good team of horses In a- short time.
C. A. Waugh, in Farm and Home.
COMMISSIONER CARSON
ON' FUUIT ritOSPECTS
A. H. Carson, commissioner of
horticulture, hits the nail squarely
on the head in the following com
munication addressed to the Courier.
Many people are of the opinion that
freezing weather destroys a class of
Insects that prey on fruit trees. Mr.
Carson sounds a warning that this
belief is only a fallacy.
"Editor Courier: The present cold
weather Is favorable for fruit produc
tion next year, keeping the trees dormant.
"After thirty-five years here as a
fruit grower, I have always observed
that when we have a prolonged cold
Bnap In December and January when
It does become warm it remains so
during the spring months and kill
ing frosts hardly ever occur during
the blooming period.
"There is one warning I am sure
I should sound, that is that this cold
weather will In no way lessen Insect
life. When It turns warm the ne
cessity for spraying with the lime coast.
pleted, the road having gone Into the
hand3 of a receiver after fourteen
miles of grading had been done and
before any equipment had been de
livered. About the same time, John Rob
erts Allen, a New York operator.
who Is Bald to have acted before In
the capacity of a Hill scout, appear
ed at Medford, and In July and Aug
ust negotiated and completed the
purchase of the Pacific & Eastern
railway.
Following this purchase graders
were at once put to work, and it
was discovered that the contract had
been glVen to the same Porter Bros,
who were doing the work on the Des
chutes line.
Allen did not stop with the pur
chase of the bankrupt road. Be
fore he left for the east he had se
cured a nrty-year rrancnise tor an
interurban trolley line running
through the Rogue Rlyer valley, and
incidentally had picked up an In
terest in several timber holdings
and probable townstte locations.
Among other things, Allen made
a careful personal Inspection of the
country between Medford and Cres
cent City, Del Norte county, along
the line of the old Draper survey.
Togtber with a man by the name
of Towne, he owns the Blue Ledge
copper mine, at the point where the
old survey crosses the California
Oregon line. He was also in fre
quent conferences with representa
tives of the owners of the redwood
timber lands in Del Norte county,
which would be benefited by a line
from Crescent City to a transcontin
ental connection, and after he left
Medford he had a conference with
Stevens in Portland, at which, it Is
presumed, the plans of the building
of the line from Bend, the terminus
of the Deschutes road, southwest by
the Crater Lake park, and crossing
the Rogue River valley into the red
wood timber of Del Norte county to
the coast at Crescent City were dls
cussed.
These facts were learned yester
day from a confidential source. They
appear to give a more reliable in
sight Into one aspect 6"f the Hill plans
In Northern California than anything
which has heretofore come to tight
In the meantime Allen has return
ed to New York, where he is selling
the bonds of the Pacific & Eastern.
The road is announced as tapping 8,
000,000,000 feet of timber, and open
ing the pathway to the Crater Lake
park.
Contracts .have been let for the
construction as far as Butte Falls,
thirty-one miles from Medford, and
the line Is surveyed as far as the
park. From Butte Falls to Bend
the distance is roughly 200 miles,
and those who claim to speak ad
visedly say that this gap will be
rilled and the Hill line built Into the
Rogue River country and on to the
1
Coffee
The aroma-tight can protects
It against impurities and deteri
orationnever sold in bulk.
Your grocer will grind it
better if ground at bonis not
foo line. ,
road north from Anderson, and
Walker has a survey which could be
coupled with this road leading
through the Pitt River timber.
This Is one of the routes which It
has been conjectured Hill might
take In coming into the central Cali
fornia valley, and the association of
Walker with the Minneapolis rail
way magnate has given color to this
assumption.
Tax on Good Looks.
An Incident has just come to light
which suggests wherein some money
could be made by some deserving
society or anyone else desiring to
take the matter in hand. 7-ast Satur
day three of our promising young
men, Fred Blackman, Arthur Denl
son and August Goettsch attended
a hard time dance at Glendale.
Everyone wearing jewelry or other
articles of finery were fined accord
ing to the value of the articles worn,
also there was a fine payable by those
blessed by good looks. These gentle
men, wearing their working clothes
were exempt from the first tax, but
got caught on the last. Being ex
tremely modest in regard to their
personal charms It has been impos
sible to find out just how large , a
fine was Imposed, or which one was
taxed the heaviest, but the fact that
three of our townsmen were fined
for their manly beauty Is in Itself
sufficient to warrant us In getting up
a beauty contest among the young
men of our city, for, with all respect
to these fortunate three, we believe
there are others Just as good look
ing as they.
and sulphur compound Is necessary
to 'control scale and other Injurious j
Insects. i
"The fruit grower that should
omit to spray, believing that the cold ,
weather will kill off the injurious I
The redwood holdings in Del Norte
which would be: benefited by the con
at ruction of a line from Crescent
City to the Columbia liver are those
of the Hobbs, Wall & Company, the
Hotchklss Lumber company and the
HILL IS HEADING
FOR ROGUE VALLEY
ITS A BIRD
Insects that prey upon the fruit will j Del Norte Lumber company.
be sadly disappointed. Any eniom- obviously the significance of Al-
ologlst will tell you that Insect llfe,on'8 operations In this territory de
an, when in tne dormant stage, ; .)(,n(v on nlg rations with T I 111 , but
stand any degree of cold and be i tno Interest shown bv Stevens Is tak
eady for activity when it turnaen ns evidence to this point by thine
warm. A. ll. LAKbU.N, w,o have been following the develon-
"Com. Third Dlst." nionra nf tho Inst summer.'
These people do not believe that
HIM Intends to continue building
down the coast from Crescent City.
There are other Indications In the
activity of the Walker Interests, in
adding to their holdings in Shnstt
(Continued from Page 1.)
I n tr It n n fs IniniMtwitml n a hiiinn.
which Stevens made from Bend to " l ul."" "
Medford, coupled with the activity
of John Roberts Allen in and about
Medford, and particularly In the pur
chase of the Pacific & Eastern rail
road, may Indicate what Is on the
cards.
Ing that 1 1 1 1 1 will build south through
'the Klamath Lake country and on
I through the timber belt where Walk-
or and tho Terry company are lo-
cated.
; In this connection It Is said that
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Contracts have been let for the I Walker and the Terry company have
grading of the Deschutes line f rom j recently come Into a better under
the Columbia river south as far as ..,,.,. Thft Tprrv .,..,
Bend, Oregon. These contracts are
held by Porter Brothers and the
work Is In progress. Beyond Bend
the course which will be taken by
Hill In entering California has been
largely a matter of conjecture, al
though the Impression Is gaining
strength that some sort of a connec
tion with the Western Pacific Is a
part of the plan. The later informa
tion, however, Indicates that a line
to the southwest Is also In contempla
tion. In June last Stevens and a party
of Hill enalneers came south from
operating a broad gauge logging
That's what the boat ad.
vortiaors aay of this paper,
WHY NOT MAKE IT SING
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MORE FOR YOUf
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f if
Bend In an automobile by the way I blHliop. full width, se
of the Crater Lake national park xklrts with Inverted plait
to the Rogue River valley and to
Medford, which Is on the line of the
Southern Pacific between Ashland
and Grants Pass.
For the last fifty miles of Ihls
trip the route taken by tho Stevens'
party was through the country In
which the Pacific k Eastern railway
has more cause to complain of her I had been projected, but never corn-
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