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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1010.
PAGE FOEB
ROGUE BITER OOUUER
GO CARTS
EASTER
We would not be so persistent, but we are
S-U-R-E
that our immense line of Go Carts is far prettier and
lighter and more durable than what you get elsewhere
-and, above all, are LESS EXPENSIVE.
One motion collapsible at once from $6.00 to $25.
O'NEflLL'S
The advent of Easter marks the return of Spring, and the time to shed your
Winter raiment. Most men in the Easter parade will be well dressed, and
the best dressed men will be our patrons.
Watch and See if this isn't so
The Rogue River Courier
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C. 0. COUTANT, Editor.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910.
TAFT'S FIRST YEAR.
; President Taft on the fourth of
this month completed his first year
I In the White House and It can be
said that ho has been the busiest
; man In the nation ns well as having
; had more to do during his first year
. than any other president In the same
' length of time In the past. He has
at times had his troubles with con
gress the same as Roosevelt had. but
j was not as fortunate as the latter In
. securing legislation. Mr. Taft has
, certainly been shabbily treated by the
1 national legislators; that Is, members
of his own party who have so far
failed to redeem party promises In
the lost campaign. True, there has
been no absoluto refusal but long
, drawn out procrastination, which has
evldontly worried the president.
The Balllnger-Plnchot Investiga
tion has been another source of an-
. noyanro to the administration, but
through It all Mr. Taft hns shown
himself courageous for the right and
has given tho country a clean admin
istration, rerhnps there Is more
ground for fnult finding In regard
to tariff legislation than In anything
else, but as this Is a matter of opinion
ns well ns pnrty, he has not been
gTeatly Injured by his course In sup
porting this kind of legislation. The
prosldent has during the past yenr
visited nearly all pnrts of the United
States and ha was received every
where In a manner that proved the
confidence of the masses In his In
tegrity. OUR rUGET SOUND NEIGHBORS.
The Puget Sound excursionists
who will arrive here from the north
on Sunday morning will be as wel
come to Grants rasa as the flowers
of spring. The people of the com
mercial metropolis of the Roffue
River valley will extend the . glad
hand to each and every one of our
neighbors of the Sound country who
are making this pilgrimage over the
mountains, the plains and through
the valleys of Southern Oregon Into
ill
California. We will have but a single
regret and that will be the short
time which these visitors will be able
to spend with us. A full day In
auto rides througn the orchards and
vineyards around Grants Pass would
bo delightful. Here where spring
follows quickly after the fall roses
cease to bloom and where robin red
breast consents to remain the year
round. This city Is located on the
banks of Rogue river, which affords
us the best fishing In the world, be
sides boating with gasoline launches,
row boats and canoes, and bathing
during the long and delightful sum-mo-
months. Tf our citizens wtre
given the opportunity they would be
pleased to extend every courtesy to
these good people and make them
realize that they were Indeed In the
lnnd of promise, which for climate,
soil nnd products hns no superior
under the shining sun. Let ns sny to
our good friends whose visit Is nil too
short that they will find a welcome
to Grants Tnss ns often ns they may
come this wny In the future.
SHERMAN'S PIHZE GRAPE
DISTRIBUTION.
It will bo seen by an article on the
first pago of this Issue that W. R.
Sherman will soon make his second
annunl prize distribution of Tokay
grape vines to the school children of
Grants Pass and the principal schools
of the county. This work which Mr.
Sherman hns entered upon so anspl-
elonsly and has carried forward so
patriotically must result In benefit
to the rising generation and to our
city and county. These lessons In
grape vine planting and cultivation
must result In attracting a consider
able percentage of our young people
and finally be the cause of their be
coming prnctlcal grnpe growers. Mr.
Sherman hns done much toward the
development of the fnmous Tokny
grnpe In this section nnd making
Ornnts Pass known as the Tokay city.
Tho citizen who does these things Is
entitled to the lest wishes of the
people of his city and county.
THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY.
Strangers entering Grants Pass
from the north should be Informed
that this '- the central part of the
Rogue River valley. Here commence
the orchards whoso fruits have be
come famous, not alone In the United
States, but In I,ondon, Paris, Berlin
and In almost every other capital of
Europe. This Is the land of the
Spltzenherg, the famous red apple
and the wonderful Yellow Newtown,
both of which have a flavor which
excells that of apples grown In any
other part of the world, an the
keeping qualities of which excel! all
others. Here grow peaches which
have no superior, and here la the
Spring Suits, Fancy Veits, Hats, Haberdashery--Everything in Clothes and Toggery
Handsome conservative Suits for Men of Affairs $15 $20 $25 to $40
Smart snappy Suits for swell young fellows $10 $12.50 $15 to $35
Correct Hats and exclusive Haberdashery. Outfitting that's different at pleasing prices.
Our store is a blooming garden of new Spring things, and you know we never consider it
the elighest trouble to talk clothes with you and to show you anything you desire to see.
natural home of the Flaming Tokay
grnpe, which comes to perfection In
this favored locality, .with better
shipping qualities than can be found
In California or elsewhere. The
grnpe Is solid nnd meaty and has a
rich flavor which makes It the best
grape In the market.
Tho resources of Josephine county
comprise not only fruit and other
farm products, but there are many
vnluable gold and copper mines; thd
pincers alone In the past have yielded
mnny millions of dollars, and still
the harvest of wealth goes on with
bright prospects for tho future. There
hns been developed within the post
few years mnny valuable quartz
mines which are fast becoming pro
ducers.
A laborer at Salem on Thursday,
who was ehgaged In mixing mortar,
found a $150 diamond ring In some
of the gravel he was handling. That
was good paying dirt, but It did not
make as much talk as some Grants
rnss Gravel did recently.
Let Mrs. Weldman supply you with
your Easter Millinery, Conklln Dldg.
Rest for the Housewife.
An housewife of experience advo
cates taking one hour's rest In bed
In tho afternoon by every woman
who has the burden of the household
thrust upon her. She dwells on the
Importance of observing this custom
at a certain hour every afternoon
and the necessity of not allowing any
thing to Interfere with It. She says
she tells her children not to disturb
her during that hour under any cir
cumstances unless by chance one of
them gets killed. An hour's rest
every afternoon Is certainly all Im
portant to every hard-working house
keeper. Such a custom will give
health and prolong life. Get In the
habit of doing this and you will like
It.
Specially prepared Chick Food for
baby chicks at Cramer Pros.
7. N. Agee, of Portland, represent
ing the Jackson Ixian A Trust Co.,
will be In the city, at the Josephine
hotel, all next week and will be
Pleased to talk with anyone who
wishes to secure 5 per cent loans for
the purpose of building a home.
The right prices prevail at M. E.
Moore's Furniture store. Highest
grade goods nt lowest prices. Every-
ming new. 3-18-2t
Maud Powell. In her entertnlnment
nt tho opera house Monday night dls-
ployed her wonderful mastery over
the violin and delighted a smnll
audience of music lovers by her ren
dition of the work of the masters.
As nn artist she easily stands at the
head of her profession and Grants
Pass hns heen given a rare opportun
ity of listening to her. The pure,
sweet tones of her Instrument as
she made it speak or eep or laugh,
went straight to the soul of her hear
ers nnd for the time the trials and
cues of this life were forgotten In
the enjoyment of the soul of music.
The f.n-t that the audience wns smatf!
very small, seems to indicate that the
visits of musical artists to this place
will b. few In the future. Mr. Kin
ney dt'serren L'r.t .-...ii t,-i--
1..-, ,,,r unTinK
Riven us Maud Powell for one night.
J. J. HILL PLEADS
FOR WISE ECONOMY
Debt, nnd Extravagance, Says Rail
road Rudder, Are Nation's
Menace.
ST. PAUL, March 17. James J.
Hill delivered an address at the Min
nesota Conservation convention to
day In which he urged the conserva
tion of capital, condemned extrava
gance, gave his views of the causes
of the Increase In prices and said
that the situation described by him
might be remedied. Mr. Hill declared
that "we are living In an age of
world-wide financial delirium," that
next "after conservation of land, its
area, use and fertility, must come
the conservation of national capital
in the shape of cash and credit." Mr.
Hill said In part:
"The Immense Increase of wealth
all over the world has greatly aug
mented the supply of capital. The
mobility of this capital, the ease b
which through International ex
change It can be made to satisfy n
need now In one country now In an
other, strengthen the Impression
that It Is Inexhaustible. The addi
tion of uncounted billions to the ag
gregate wealth of the world hns stim
ulated the spirit of mankind. Its
availability has lulled to sleep natur
al prudence and quieted the alarm
of moments of sanity in the spend
thrift's life.
Ilorrowlng Too Easy.
"Increase of apparent resources by
an easy resort to borrowing, the
mortgaging of a patrimony not our
own toobtaln material for present
extravagance, the diversion of wealth
from productive to unproductive uses
all these have gone farther than
most people realize.
"The people of the United States
Inherited from Its founders a whole
some tradition against debt, which t
only now disappearing from the con
duct of national affairs. If the ad
vocates of large bond Issues for all
manner of Internal Improvement.
should carry their point. If that re.
source Is not definitely restricted to
the emergency of war, we will be la
the condition of Europe, where the
motto of every chancellory now
seems to be, 'After us the deluge.
"In our cities, modern extrava
gnice finds its most untrammelled
exprcslon. The total debt of t..
states Including all minor civil divi
sions Increased $13,921,443 or 1 !
percent between 1SS0 and 1890. lie-
HZ?m 1890 and 190:- !t leased
$7:7.778,393, or 64 per rent. Nearly
three-quarters of a billion In 12
years, an average of $60,000,000 a
year In the amount borrowed by the
reople. ought to make any countrv
stop and think.
Tax Increase Ke-ponslblo.
"Pebt figures, however, do not be
Rln to tell the story of our nation.)
extravagance. Oily a small part of
our expenditure Is represented by
debt tables. Th rt I. ..I.-. . .
Increased taxation.
"It Is alwayi averted, when the
ruth is told and a demand for rcon.
jomy is made, that the development
I of the country and Its Increase of
I wealth hnv been so great as both to
, require and Justify outlay. The apol-
th
ogy Is neither relevant nor true. It
is not necessary tnai expense snouia
Increase In the same ratio as growth
Dut the growth of expenditure has
so far outrun the growth of the coun
try that the actual figures are al
most incredible.
"J?he phenbmenal Increase of pub
lic expenditures has already produced
a plentiful crop of public Ills. It Is
one of the causes for the Increase In
prices now disturbing the people.
This Increase follows In a suggestive
way the Inflation of national and lo
cal budgets. The average cost of the
supplies that must be bought for
practically every household has In
creased about 50 per cent between
1896 and 1900. During the past year
there has been a marked lifting of
the price level. Foodstuffs cost from
10 to 70 per cent more than 10 yean.
ago.
"Something of this is due to
enormous currency Inflation. The
total per capita In the United States
In 1896 was $21.41 and In 1909 it
was 35.01. Although the population
has grown' by many millions In these
13 years, the amount of money of
each Individual has increased by
$13.60, or more than 60 per cent.
Tariff Explains Only Partially.
"The tariff Is another contributing
cause. It Is true that it can furnish
but a partial explanation. For to
only a limited extent can the rise In
food prices be affected by or traced
to the tariff. Combinations which are
actually a restraint of trade, which
have monopolized their field and are
either controlled by a common secret
management of a secret agreement
to maintain exorbitant charges, are
partly responsible. Still more of the
rise of prices Is due to the decline of
agricultural products as compared
with the increase of population. De
crease In the number of cattle and
swine Is also given as a reason.
"When due allowance has been
made for the effect of these force
that make dearer living there sttn
remains a large unexplained balance.
rnis must be credited to the lavish
expenditure which has now grown to
be a national trait. Waste, Idleness
and rising wages, all Inter.riint0
to one another.
, ms vouo-o auu
now as effect, are next to nn I..,,-
of Irredeemable paper, the three most
powerful forces In the world to raise
prices.
"Perhaps the greatest tnrtn t .n
In the price problem is thm
rate. Everybody knows hnt i0i,.
cost Is the principal Item In all forms
or industry. The wage rate has been
rising steadily in this country To
resist It Is difficult and may be dan
gerous. Th. paving feature of our situation
I that It Is not complex and the rem
edy la not obscure. The Ideal of In
ol Igent economy must be restored.
Lot the rule be that every dollar un
profitably spent marks a crime
MMtut posterity just as much as
does the dissipation of material
purees. Expenditures must be cut
-u un aiong the line. Credit every.
here should be conserved by a aharo
tii tiny of new bond Issues.
"Stop grafting, the offspring of
P'.b ir extravagant. and tn parfnt
ff clvle decay. Individual and puhll
nomy; a ,,t distinction between
Mgh standard of comfort on on-
side and vulgar ostentation or crim
inal waste on the other; a check on
income wasting, debt creation and
credit inflation these are the essen
tials of the new and better conserva
tion." The address of Mr. Hill was the
feature of the forenoon session at
which Howard Elliott, president of
the Northern Pacific railway, pre
sided. The general subject was agri
cultural development in Minnesota. '
THE APPLE BOX IIEAIt- ,
ING COMES TO END
The Pacific Const Is Now Confident,
of the Defeat of the La f can
Measure.
The hearing on the Lafean apple
box bill has concluded, but the com
mittee on agriculture will not be
able to consider the bill Inside of
two weeks. The northwestern men
who appeared before the committee
feel confident that the bill will not
be reported In Its present shape, if
nt all, for It admittedly discrimin
ates against the Oregon and Wash
ington apple Industry by imposing
restrictions which will deprive
northwestern apples of those advan
tages they nntlirallv rinqHOna nur
eastern grown fruit.
Oregon and Washington men not
only objected to the change in the
size or boxes they now use, but stren
uously objected to the standard,, t.
tempted to be fixed by the bill
which recognizes apples 2 inches
In diameter as the highest trade-
proposed to be fixed by the govern
ment, inasmuch as a large percent
age of western apples are i
Inches and more in diameter Th
Inslts. If there be grades establish
ed, that the superior wqtm emit
be used as a basis and mora thnrt
three grades be fixed.
It was shown at the
the packers and commUni mn.
who supported the Lafean bill are
irjmg to break up the method of
marketing Oregon and Washington
apples, so that they can get a better
nom on this trade, and that dls.
closures will tend to
chances of the bill when the com-
mission comes to consider it.
Among those who nmwr, in
opposition to the bin t h
Tltchenal, of Wenatchee talley;
A. Wilson, of Hood River; W K
Newell and C. T. Whlsler, represent.:
In the Oregon horticulturists, and
Hepresentatlve Ilawley, who made
the closing speech for the northwest
em Interests.
COMING EVENTS.
March 21, Monday Annual meettng
of the Commercial Club. Election
of officers and hilarity doings.
Mnr. 29, Tuesday Laurant, the man
or Mystery, closing; number of En
tertainment Courao.
April 6, Wednesday High tchool de
bate, Grant PaBa T. Bandon;
"Guarantee of Bank Deposlti."
April 1$, Monday The Gingerbread,
Man at Opera house.
May M0, Monday and Tuend t
Commercial Clue minstrels, local-talent.