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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1910.
from tbe saw mill across a fence and
place the pork on one end of the
slab and balance It by piling stone on
the other; then they would estimate
the weight of the stone.
president, has left his name untarn
ished. Balllnger whom the president
desired to save, simply because he
was a member of his cabinet has yet
to face a trial by a congressional
committee which will make him fair
ly stench in the nostrils of the Ameri
can people. At the best, through
the Influence of the president, he can
only hope to secure a Scotch verdict
of "not proven."
. Mr. Balllnger Is truly to be pitied,
and he may be entirely Innocent of
any wrong doing, yet he will In the
nrt he driven out of the cabinet. It
was said In these editorial columns
months ago that these charges
against Secretary Balllnger were un
fortunate and that the chances were
he would he obliged to go, as the
American people demand a cabinet
officer should be like Caesar's wife,
"above suspicion." The president
evidently finds at this day that he
,has been drawn Into an affair Inter
Imlnable and he sees only one way
of ridding his administration of a
scandal and himself of a responsibil
ity and that Is to have the legislature
of the state of Washington take Bal
llnger off his hands by sending him
to the United States senate to suc
ceed Senator Pyle.
POPULATION OF GRANTS PASS.
It Is now claimed on the authority
Of the Pope directory that Grants
Pass has a population of 6859. That
Is an estimate based on the fact that
the book prints a list of 1950 names
In the department of the directory
devoted to this city. The canvass
was made last September and fully
one hundred families have located
here since that tlmo. They estimate
that thero are threo persons to every
pame that Appears and this makes
the population as above stated. By
this same method Medford has 79G5
population and Ashland 6768. This
It must be admitted Is a very loose
way of estimating and It remlndH us
of the way they weighed pork In the
early Dutch settlements of Pennsyl
vania. They would put a long slab
TREE ORDINANCE NEEDED.
The city council, it seems to us,
would do well to pass a tree planting
ordinance requiring that the principal
streets of the town have shade trees
planted on either side of the street.
Such an ordinance would reach va
cant lots which are held by specu
lators and have never been Improved
and the owners of which will not
plant shade trees unless they are
obliged to. Many of the streets in
the city, In fact a majority of them,
have fine shade trees growing along
the sidewalk, but most of the vacant
lots have nothing of the kind, and It
Is high time that the city council
take this matter In hand and compel
those who own the property to do
their share In tbe civic betterment of
the city.
GOVERNORS IN CONFERENCE.
Having for their object the fur
therance of uniformity of state laws,
the executives of 30 states met In
Washington on the 18th and held a
three days' conference, which, It 1b
thought, will exert a tremendous In
fluence on legislation in the common
wealths represented. This was a
Roosevelt Idea In the beginning,
though at first It only took up con
servation of the resources of the
states and nation. The meetings are
now taking a very important turn,
covering as they do, legislation, there
belnK many laws which should be
duplicated In all the states.
years with only a little brightness
now and then wnen i mane ""
some song.
r iha cnUc (cocaine) easy.
Fifteen days In Jail cured me of that.
I hit the pipe in New xorn ior a
year and stopped that. I went up
against morphine hard, but quit. But
the booze, the red, oily booze, that
got me for keeps."
It may sound strange to say that
there are many men Just as brilliant
as this gifted song writer who are
I victims to the drink habit. They are
j in every state and community and
jthe great pity Is that they cannot be
saved from this worse than death;
as long as the tempter can reach
them they not only drag themselves
down but their families and friends.
There appears to be only one way
to protect them, and that Is to ban
ish the liquor. Nothing short of this
will save men and women from this
evil and this Is why men are banded
together to drive Intoxicating liquors
from our counties, states and the na
tion, and from what has happened In
the way of legislation along prohibi
tion lines within the last 10 years. It
must be concluded that national pro
hibition Is In sight. There are many
men and women working to this end
who hope after a time to succeed.
They reallize that they may encoun
ter many failures but they believe
that It Ib better to have made the ef
fort and failed than never to have
done anything to break the power of
the demon of Intemperance. They
feel that success will come through
education, and a campaign Is now be
ing conducted with this end In view,
but they understand It cannot come
all at once.
THE BALLINGER SCANDAL.
The Dalllnger-Pinchot fight Is still
on, though Mr. Plnchot Is out of It,
being practically dead as far as the
world cares. Yet fair-minded men
will say of him that he was a patriot
and a loyal follower of ex-President
ItooHovi'lt and that his advocacy of
preserving to the people the forests,
power Bites and all that pertains to
the public domain except the rights
of the homesteader was worthy of
the twentieth century.
Plnchot, though removed by the
Ity In life then it is our bounden
duty to vote the bonds.
If the fact that we will have supe
rior opportunities for the education
of the young will bring to us a better
class of homeseckers who are par
tial to such a location, and this will :
help us In the upbuilding of the city, I
then It Is our duty to vote the bonds.
If better opportunities for educa-!
tlon along industrial lines are offer-1
ed and this will save the already too j
numerous 'lass whom the county
court has been sending to reform ln-j
stitutions, then It 1.3 our duty to vote
the bonds.
j If you think that making Grants
jPass a city noted for Its educational
advantages and In public estimation
I the equal In this respect of any other
I city In the Kogue River valley Is
desirable, then by all means vote
the bonds.
In this matter we must be broad
minded enough to look to the future
and aloA pnnn eh to see that this
bonded debt will be paid not alone
by those who live here today, but
by that large class who will make
their homes with us, brought here
by our advantage of climate, soil,
location, business, educational ad
vantages and numerous other things
which will surely make this a city
many times larger than It Is today.
The day has come for us to consider
these things and build for the future
and not be confined to our present
environment, which Is too apt to
warp our Judgment and make our
expenditures for Improvements use
less before the present decade Is
ended.
. .
Bt'hlXGSS POIXTBIta
Dr. Flanagan,
Physician and Surgeon.
Rig Ilargalns in Heating Stoves
for a few days at the Rogue River
Hdwe. Co.'s. '
Kindergarten, Primary, 411 C St
J.E. Peterson, PioneerlnsuranccMaa.
Go to the Grants Pass Art Studio
for photographs of every kind.
Free to sil carpenters, a Zenith
Carpenter's Pencil at Cramer Bros.
Alfred Letcher, Registered Opto
Imetrlst and Jeweler in DIxoa's old
stand, Front St. Eyes tested free,
j BIG DICOUXT on HEATING
! STOVES at the Rogue River Hdwe. -i
Co.'s for a short time only.
Curtiss & Co., Jewelers, are still
in business at the same old stand.
Rannie, the plumber.
Highest casb price paid for green
and dry hides at J. H. Ahlf's meat
market. I0"1"1'
;f you want fine portraits of y-wi-jelf
or family call on Grants Pftss
Art Studio. 12-31-lf
If you are going to need a heating
stove for next winter, you can save
a big proportion of the cost by buy
ing now at the Rogue River Hdwe,.
Co.'s.
SONG WRITER IN POORIIOUSE.
Just what kind of a wreck whiskey
will make of a man who tan not re
sist Its use Is well Illustrated In the
case of Hugh Cannon, popular song
writer, whose ragtime melodies were
whistled and' sung throughout the
English speaking world. On last
Monday a press dispatch from De
troit, Mich, saya he was sent to the
poorhoiiBO. He was a perfoct wreck
and, as he expressed It, was down
and out.
"I started the booze route when I
was 16 years of age, I'm 36 now and
except for seven months on the
wagon, during which time I got off
frequently to pick up the whip, I've
been pickled most of the time. It
was 20 years 20 black, nasty, sick
SCHOOL BONDING QUESTION.
On another page will be found the
statement of the school board regard-!
lng the election called for voting on
the proposition of Issuing $45,000
In bonds for the erection of a high
school building -in this city, and for
tne further purpose of selecting a
site whereon to place the high school
building. This is one ot the most
Important questions that has ever
come before the voters of Grants
Pass. It means the choosing of a
road that shall lead the city upward
and onward along the paths of high
er eduiatlon or the placing of a
stumbling block In the way of mak
ing this a great educational center
which shall help the child of every
citizen to secure a high school edu
cation. There can be only one way to look
at this question and that Is the bene
fit It will be to Grants Pass. If
building this high school will give
our boys and girls a better opportun-
We are seemingly credibly Inform
ed that Bryan will again become a
candidate for presidential honors.
Giving Richard L. Metcalf, editor of
Bryan's Commoner, as authority, the
Omaha Bee makes the announce
ment. On the same authority it is
announced that under no circum
stances will Mr. Bryan be a candi
date for United States senator from
the state of Nebraska.
COMING EVENTS.
Feb. 7, Monday Annual meeting of
the Fair Association to lay plans
for the fair In Grants Pass next
fall.
Feb. 12, Saturday Annual meeting
of the Fruit Exchange.
Carpenters step into Cramer Bros,
and get a Zenith Pencil free of
charge.
Harvey Crump, who has been con
fined to the South Pacific hospital
( for the past three weeks with a bul
let wound in his head, has so far re
covered that he left the hospital and
went to his home at Jacksonville
Thursday afternoon.
Since buying the Laurel Grove
Dairy I have been giving It a general
cleaning up and have also built a
new milk house, sanitary in every
particular, and the place is now aa
recommended by the dairy Inspector
to the. former owner.
1-2 8-1 1 J. R. SCOVILL.
Barrel Spray Pumps Just the
kind for small orchards and small
trees at the Rogue River Hdwe. Co.'s.
NOTICE.
Stockholders' Meeting.
The regular meeting of the stock
holders of the Josephine County Ir
rlgatlon and Power Company will be
held on Monday, February 21, 1910,
at 2 o'clock p. m., in the Commercial
(Jlub rooms In the city of Grants
Pass, Oregon, for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and the
transaction of such other business
as may come before the meeting.
Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon,
January 22, 1910. J. R. RIGGS,
Secretary.
AT
WIND-UP
SALE
Of All Water Damaged and Heavy Winter Goods
The fur will now fly for we have determined to close out every dollar's worth of Winter Clothing, Overcoats,
Trousers and Furnishings, with what water damaged goods we have left. All have received orders to vacate at
once-and go they must, at some price.
We Don't Want Profit These Days;
We want Customers
Leave a portion of your money at home; come here with the balance and secure a spendid Suit or Overcoat or any other outfitting you may
need for LESS THAN HALF iti real value. You will find prices here no man can resist unless he is bargain proof.
Men's High Grade Suits
Money never did command such grand opportunities
as we are now giving (all this season's garments,
mind.) (larments that in material and workman
ship are not surpassed by the very hest eustom pro
ducts. Only ahout 00 left to close out at less than
the eost of material. It will he like finding n suit.
Come while vour size is still here.
Men's Fine Overcoats
We shall now proceed to close out our Overcoats
in short order. At the" end of this sale wc want every
Overcoat out of our store. To do this we have de
cided to sell them at just
HALF PRICE
This means a $15 Overcoat for $7.50, etc, etc.
Only ahout !10 left; so first here, first served.
About Trousers
We are sole agents for the Famous Dutchess
trousers, sold under the guarantee of ten cents a
button or a dollar a rip. We have about 300 pairs of
these, which we have placed in two lots.
Lot No. 1 Values $2.50 to $5.00 at $1.98
Lot No. 2-Valucs $1.25 to $3.00 at 98c
Men's $3 Hats at $1.98
Men's 75c t $1.2S Caps 49c
Men's Extra Heavy Work Sox 7c
Regular 10c Canvas Gloves 4c
Men's $3 Sweaters at $j29
Men's $3 Flannel Shirts ! . . 1 . . . ! 1 !$L98
AND YET THE STORY IS NOT HALF TOLD. W? CAN'T TELL IT IN THIS PAPER-THERE ISN'T ROOM-BUT WE WILL SFTT tup
GOODS AT SUCH PRICES AS WILL BRING BUYERS TO OUR STORE BY THE SCORE
Cor.
Gth and
II Sts.
PEERLESS CLOTHING COMPANY
Phone
35-J