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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, i9l0 ROGUE A-iVER COURIER PBOFESSIONAL CARDS M. C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT Glasses fitted and furnished Office hours 9 to 12; 2 to 6; and appointment. Phones 1S2 and 166-R. Grants Pass, Oregon S. LOUGimiDGE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Res. Phone G9-J City or country calls attended day or night. Sixth and H, Tuffs Bids. Office Phone 182 CraatJi Tomi Oregon WHY TRY TO STOP COMMERCIAL FISHING i Will Cut Off a $20,000 Kevcnue from the Fishermen of Thin City. NATION MOURNS DEATH OF MARK TWAIN Tlie Mict Successful Author of Any Country or Age, and His Works Are Everywhere. B. F. DeVORE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON City and country rails promptly answered. Office baurs 9 to 12 a. na. end 2 to 5 p. is. Phones: Res. 196-R, Office 94-J. Rooms 1, 2, 3, Shnllborn Bldg. Grants Pan . Oregon DR. H. 0. KIMCLEY OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN General, Acute and Chronic Practice Office Honrs: 9 to J 2 a. m., 1 to 6 p. m. Other hours by appointment Phones: Office 17-R; Residence 282-J Rooms 201-201 Conklln Bids. GraaU Pans Oregon W. 13. FIELD Pianist and Theorist Studio over HaH'B Art Store Res. I'hono 1G8-R . Pupils received Grant I'hhn - Oregon H. D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and Federal Courts. Office Opera House Bldg (rant Pass, Oregon OLIVER S. BROWN, LAWYER Office over BIJou Theater Grants Pans ... Oregon O. S. BLANCIIARI), ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all Stnte and Federal Courts. Ranking fc Trust Co. Bldg. Grants Punk, Oregon D. L. JOHNSTON ANSAYICIt Rooms 6 and 7 Opera House Block North Stairway GRANTS PASS, OREGON GRANTS PASS TRUCK CO. HUNCH HUOS., Proprietors (Successors to N. E. McGrew) PRO.MIT AM Itl I IMU.i; HKItVK'i: PlanoM mid Organ Carefully Itcinoml Phoe inoi (ruiitM I'hhn, Ore. j Grants Pass, Ore.. April 25, 1910. Editor Courier: We see by the last Issue of the Courier that there is a bill being drafted to close the Rogue river flBhlng except by angling. I am authorized by the Rogue River Fishermen's union to ask you to pub lish the facts of the fishing Industry here. . I wish to state that the books of the union show that from the loth of April, 1909, till the first of Aug ust, 1909, 1187 pounds of steelheads and over 92 tons or 184,000 pounds of Chlnooks were caught; and this season so far about 100 pounds of steelheads and 18,000 pounds or over of Chinook salmon. Now it Is a fact that over $20,000 are taken in by the fishermen here in one season, and this money is ...l..nll .11 onnnt In tVilo plt Thin il llUlltail J ail ni-uv ... i shows a big financial benefit to the community. Now why close the river? We un derstand that the steelhead Is a sportsman's fish and the greatest objertlon to the net fishing is that we are destroying or rather catching them. The figures previously men tioned will show that there are prac tically no steelheads caught except very large oneB and It Is time these large ones were caught as they are great devourers of small fish. The nets used in the summer fishing are 9-lnrh mesh for rhlnook snlmon and even a little larger Is better when very large fish fchlnookl are run ning, which allows the steelheads to pass through. We admit that most of the Kteelheads are caught In the winter, and we are willing that the winter fishing be closed; as a rule the river Is so high it Is impossible to use a net. Thi winter fishing is done with a fi-lnch mesh net. There Is nlrendy a law making It unlaw ful to operate any trap, weir, fish dnm or fish wheel on Rogue river. Now the rhlnook salmon does not ns a rule tnke a halt; he comes up the river to spawn and then returns to the ocean. If they do not 'die from some cause, such as battering themselves against dams that have fish ladders that need sign boards to show the direction to find them. They do not feed to any extent In fresh water. Now If the fishing should be closed and a large run of chlnook snlmon should come up, the river there would be an Immense quantity (I am afraid to try to give figures) that would kill themselves on the dams along the river, the cur rent would wash them. on the bars and with the heat of the Bummer sun would become a menace to the health of the Inhabitants along the river. At present they are caught and turn ed Into revenue to assist the com munity financially. Yours respect fully, II. E. GETIIIXG. : Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), the great American humorist, died on Thursday of last week at the age of 75 and the entire nation mourns his loss. His writings have done much to lift the public out of the slough of despond and make people see the bright side of life. Ills books are in every library and in almost every home. Unlike many noted authors, Mark Twain made news paper, magazine and book writing a financial success. According to the members of the firm of Harper & Bros., Mark Twain's publishers, the noted humorist died a very wealthy man, worth probably $1,000,000, or more, even after he had sacrificed one great fortune to pay debts of a bankrupt publishing firm In which he was financially Interested.. "A rough financial estimate, by no means accurate, of the number of Mr. Clemens' books that have been published in America alone would be between $5,000,000 and $5,500, 000," said a member of the Harper firm. "It la no exaggeration to say that even at this late day the works of Mark Twain are selling more ra pidly than those of any other author, living or dead. "While we do not care to say what we paid Mr. Clemens for his num erous Bhort stories, which we pub lished In our magazines, or what royalties we paid him when the stories were later put Into book form, It has been truly said that Mark Twain rerelved more per word for his stories and higher royalties for them In book form than any liv ing author." PARCEL POST LAW DECLARED ASSURED Congressmen Fish Kinds Sentiment Favorable to It Steadily Grow ing Stronger. M. T. UTLEY CAItPIONTF.U (iK.VbltAL COMItACTOIt lUll.DKH Jobbing Work a Kpecinlty Phone 'J 1 1 '713 N. olh Street, (iimils Pass, Ore. 1-1 of a Pound n Week at least, Is what a young baby ought! to gain In weight, poos yours? If' not there's something wrong with Its digestion. Give It McGee's Hnby Kllxlr and It will begin gaining at . once. Cures stomach and bowel j troubles, aid digestion, stops fretful-1 ni'ss, good fur teething babies. Price' 25c and 50c. Sold by National Prugl Store. , MF.PM 'INK Ti:STi:i ON okpiiws, is ciiAiu.r: MEN AND WOMEN WANTED The (iovenitnenl (ilves lUilway Mail I ( lei Km $NO( to fHI'JOO, and other employes up to Hi'J.-.OO annually Uncle Sam will hold examinations i Muoughout the coun'ry for Postal i llinployes, Custom House Clerks,; Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Pepart inontnl Clerks ami other Government Positions. The wotk Is pleasant, hour short and a position for life. Thousands of appointments will ! made. Any man or woman over 18 In City or Country nut get tree In formation and Instnu Uon, Ml Ham lin Building, Rochester, N. Y. In 0.1 Per Cent or Philadelphia F pei'inieiilx Result It Said to Have Been Fatal. On Candy The Seal of Purity 'is a (imruuteo 'in uiility mid Flavor fl PrttrDniiil'vlf.h.ri JWr" II Stilts tc'Klwri, H' i , IVesl. 0rM KI.HCTK1C motor, horsepower, for m1. 0 cyclf. A. C. At ths Courier office. 31 if A press report from Philadelphia dated April J says that the Hloxk ley hospital for orphan children, con ducted under the auspices of the Sisters of St. Vincent tie Paul, it Is charged that physicians have been using babies and children as human "material" for medical experiments According to the sisters, 95 per cent of the cases treated experimentally result, d fatally. Over their own signatures two physicians who made experiments In Inoculating babies for measles report a failure and sav the experiments were un.ln-i ifiahte In one case the child will lose the sinht of an eve as the result of a te-t As a result of hu Investigation In to the treatment of the helpless and destitute orphans the entire hoa,-d of physicians at the hospital has re signed. Best, Irs I.U ,hlMitn treat,., I at St. Vincent's, 'V, hai,,.H f,,,,,, (, Philadelphia hospital v., ,.p.'r. tnented Upon Mai: ol tin in ,.,e had their cncsu-.M ,i ,s' ,, cording to the tepett h's tnhet culln was In. tilled Into t:, , rubbed on he fv ,,( (),,, , , j ; , )m the form of el; iceH. I. !,,-, , Slll,. cntennonsh. and h, tv fointt, test both bovine ,v, Sim.m fihercnlin ; were used. The tee ,,t i ,1 1 ales the sisters Congressman Hamilton Fish, of New York, an ardent advocate of the parcels post, Is highly elated over the fact that both the republican and democratic candidates to succeed the late James B, Perkins, of Rochester, have Indorsed this postal reform and pledged themselves to work for It. "Mr. Havens, the democrat, first pledged his support for the parcels post," said Mr. Fish. "The follow ing night Mr. Aldrldge, the republi can, publicly announced that he, too, would work for the enactment of a parcels post law In the event of his election to congress. This Is only one of many signs. The parcels post law Is coming. While I am expecting action at this session of congress, if It does not come now It must come In the near future." , Fish Is earnestly In favor of the passage of the Inheritance bill, af fecting the district of Columbia, which was Introduced by Congress man Miller, of Minnesota, and favor ably reported by the district commit tee to the house. "New York state has an Inheritance law," said Fish, "from which It receives on the aver age nhout $11,000,0(10. The small man gets much the worst of It In the way of taxation In this city. About eight years ago a personal tax law was passed. Hut some shrewd law yer saw t It that the measure pro- j vlded only for the taxing of tangible; personal property. This means, of! course, Hint the government employe who receives only a moderate salary j and owns his own little home Is tax-1 ed on everything In sight In the I shape of personal property, while' the wealthy Individual who lives In j a palace and can well afford to pay his share of faxes gets off very easy. I Pnder the law hiru-e holdings of! stocks and bonds are exempt, al-l though they constitute real personal' propfrty." j Coining a It does from n rich man I this statement of Congressman Fish marks him n an earnest ndv-rvve of a mi mice deal to nil the people In fact, that was ,u platform in his campaign for congress. BOH AMD-GIRLS 2 Do you want a- : BICYCLE FKEE rTO any boy or girl under 18 years of age this store will give a bicycle free, and this is the way it willl be done : Every $1.00 purchase will be good for 10 votes, and any friend or relative buy ing goods at this store can vote for you, they receiving 10 votes for every dollar's worth they buy. The bicycle will be given away on June 1, 1910, to the one having the greatest number of votes. Next week the standing of the contestants will be published in this paper. Buy your shoes at this store and get your friends to buy and vote for you and get the bicycle. Remember that this store has one of the best lines of Shoes this year ever brought to Southern Oregon, and we know we can please you. fin it m nn fin WE FIT THE FEET AND FINANCE DA ii n u Everyday Pointers. What is character? It is the busi ness end of the vertebra of good horse sense. What is sympathy? Psually it con sists of the big bank roll, with bills of large denomination on the outside, as a "filler" for "home use only," with a dirty one dollar bill for a wrapper for emergencies. What is talent? It is a good qual ity of gray matter very much alive, In great demand, at good pay with choice of hours and environment. What is honesty? It Is the es sence of purity, long suffering, self sacrif'ce, forgiveness, love, in em bodiment, true as the needle points to the pole, unalte'-a'ily fixed upon the ten plo of the soul. What Is conscience? ft s the torn cat. of truth scratching up the shingles upon the roof of the porch of your Port of Entry of final reck- (nlng. What fs an "old maid"? One stl'l living in the dormitory of hope, well "fortified" A Juicy lemon, never allowed to hr plucked or pinched. Notice to Contractor and Itnlldeis. j S.-aled bids w be received t.y th" nisttht School Hoard for the con-! strnction of n new school building at! Cold lli'l. according to the pht,s nttd , speclfhatlotw on f"e at the office of j The Podge Company, Gold Hill.! l! ilMln: to he a two-sfnrv brick .! feet bv M feet, with concrete founda tions and flat roof pids will be re cehed until 1ii a. pri n, tl, office of .1. r llammersly. Gold 11111 hank The board reserves the right I.' re loot any nm! all bids Py order of the Plstrlct School PHid. II. tV Ue.nl, Clerk. 4-29-3t CURE YOUR KIDNEYS. Not r.mLingcr Idle When a Omit Pii"s Citizen Shows You the Cure. Why wilt people continue to suffer the agonies of kidney complaint, backache, urinary disorders, lame ness, headaches, languor; why allow themselves to become chrotilc in valids when u certain cure Is offered them? Poan's Kidney Pills ts the remedy to use, because It gives to the kid neys the help they need to perform their work. If you have any, even one, of the symptoms of kidney diseases, cure yourself now, before diabetes, dropsy or Prlghfs dlseaso sets in. Head this Grants Pass testimony- Mrs. .t. a. nish, si'j Eighth 8tr(M,t) Grants Pass. tire., says: "We keep Moan's Kidney puis In'the house and when they are used, th,.v never fall to bring prompt relief from back ache and other symptoms of kidney trouble. I have entoyed good health since last using them " Eor sale by all dealers. prre SO cents Foster-Mllburn Co., Huffnio, New York, sole agents for the Cnlted States. Ketnetuber the nd take no other. EASY TO CURE. Coughs, Colds, Sore Tlinmt Hiid Catarrh. Breathe Hyomel. It will cure ca tarrh or any nose or throat trouble if yoy follow directions. Don't lay it aside when the snuffling, hawking and spitting have ceased. Stick to it daily until you are sure that the ca tarrh germ Is dead, and that your air passages are free from their poison ous Influence. Hyomel (pronounced High-o-me) Is the only treatment for nose, throat and lnug troubles that has ever been sold with the under standing that If it did not cure, it was to cost absolutely nothing. Hyomel can be obtained nt drug gists everywhere and at C. II. Dem aray's, who guarantees ft to cure catarrh, croup, sore throat, coughs and cold. A complete outfit $1.00, which is mighty cheap for a remedy that has cured more cases of catarrh than all the catarrh specialists on earth. An outfit consists of an Inhaler, a bottle of Hyomel, a supply of anti septic gauze, a medicine dropper, and full Instructions for use. The in haler Is made pocket size, of hard rubber, and will last a lifetime, And bear In mind that extrn bottles of Hyomel, If needed, cost only 50 cents. .i JTl'T? (,,om'loh h,1,ry. ww Btora-, ach, belching, and cures all stomach dig-1 raw oMnoney back. Largo bos of tab- j leta 60 cents. Druggists iu all towj 1 Fruit and Alfalfa Ranch for Sale Last Large Tract in the Valley ISO acre, all under Irrigation, Willi plenty of water, 10O ncrv cl-ar-ed mid iu crops, a fine orchard In bearing, :J."iO licud of stock, farm implement and equipments, fine furni buildings, iNviutlfully located. This ruiich wuf never placed on tlie market lioforc, but owtug to the advanced age of the owner lie hat decided to ncll out and retire. U Is suitable for suImIU idlng uud will make one of the ln-st tracts for a coimnci-ciul orchard lu the llogue Klver valley. Price and term r'ght. John A. Dale Sole Agent. (irants 1'nss. Ore. Good Eating' ! Interests about 999 out of 1000 ' humans, and this ad Is Intended to j catch the eye of the majority. We don't need to tell our customers what delectable dish Is Spring lamb ; rooked from meat bought here, but you may not know. Why don't you lo us up? Slang pardoned, please. Courier Want Ads ilet Mlewmen. CITY MEAT MARKET J. H. AHLF, Propr.