Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, April 21, 1911, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR WEEKLY ROGUE BITER COURIER FRIDAY, APRIL 21, uu , - I "" Weekly Rogue River Courier. Am Udepeadmt New Paper Established lx 1887. Pnblllied wrery Prid Entered at the port office at Graata Paw. Oregon, for tranimlMion tfcronfh the nalla aa ecomd-claM matUr. K. VOORIIIES, Publisher and Proprietor. C. G. COUTAXT, Editor. Sabacriptlon llatee. Weekly Br mail Per ytar, $1.50; six month, 76 centi; four monthi, I eenta; alngle coptea, 6 cenU. , JtmUj DellTered by carrier or tkrougn the malls Per year, $5; tlx months, $S; one monea, 60 cents; blcgle eoplea, 6 centi. GRANTS PASS, ORE., FRIDAY, APRIL 21 1911 DANGER IN LIMESTONE WELLS There appears to be a great desire on the part of a num ber of our citizens to use well water for drinking and domestic purposes and quite a number have gone to the trouble and expense of digging such wells so as to avoid using river water. A little investigation will prove that in Grants Pass during recent years there has been typhoid where well water has been used altogether. The United States geological survey report for this month has a valu able paper on the subject and it should be read by thought ful people everywhere. Mr. Matson, the writer of the article in question, takes up the matter of the pollution of underground water in limestone. In substance he says that the water which supplies weMs in limestone regions usually makes its way along enlarged joints in the rock, which may in some places be extensive caverns. The en largement is due to the solution of the limestone by water containing carbonic acid. In many of these underground channels, where the surface covering is a thin mantle of more or less porous material, the dangers of pollution, which may result in typhoid and other diseases, are very great, and there is practically no opportunity for natural purification. The danger is increased by the fact that per sons using underground water are apt to rely on its gen eral appearance and temperature as indications of purity. It is generally considered that water which is clear and cold is pure, but no such conclusion is warranted, for some of the most dangerously polluted waters are free from ecdiment and deliciously cold. FISHING, BOATING AND BATHING Fishing and boating are now in order on Rogue river for all lovers of these sports. It is pleasing to note that these recreations are becoming more popular in Grants Pass each recurring season. This is the one city in the Rogue River valley which has opportunities for bathing, boating and fishing and we owe it to ourselves to make these advantages known far and wide. They will prove a drawing card to many thousands of people. There is no more healthful exercise than rowing, and nothing takes the place of angling for those who love that kind of sport. Bathing, in many cities, is becoming more popular every year, and in some places where opportunities are not as good as they arc here. Our citizens should learn to value what wo have in this line, for it is one of the greatest as sets of Grants Pass. THE WEST HAS A KICK COMING Once more the solid south is running things in the house of representatives and there is blood on the moon, democrats refuse to submit to Dixie dictation. Of the fifteen important committeees of the house tne : west has in all only eighteen members. .No man irom pe- ( yond the Mississippi is a member of the appropriation ! committee, judiciary committee or the committees on; foreign affairs, naval affairs, postoffice or insular af-j fairs. Western people are highly indignant over this! treatment and trouble may be looked for. The west has great interests affected by the legisla tion referred to in all these committees. A special from Washington reports that on seven other big committees the west has but a single member each. There is no westerner on the committee on ways and means, which is to report the Canadian reciprocity bill and all tariff measures. This committee is to originate these bills, the most important of all legislation to be con sidered at the special session, and California alone is rep resented, of all the states beyond the Mississippi Valley. Likewise, the west has only one member each on the com mittee of rivers and harbors, military affairs, public buildings and grounds, banking and currency, territories and immigration. This is a bad send off for the democratic majority and the result may be far reaching, in view of the presidential election next year. - THE PACE IS CERTAINLY VERY FAST Grants Pass is proud of its long cavalcade of automo biles which daily dash up and down Sixth street, but there are some good people who shake their heads and really fear that there will be a tragedy enacted at some of the crossings. They will tell you every day that it is time to slow up some of these joy riders and the council is ex pected to do it. Fortunately only one person, so far, has been injured and this was a lad who admits that it was his own fault, as he attempted to dash across the street just ahead of the oncoming auto. Let that one case be a warn ing not only to those driving the cars but pedestrians who carelessly place themselves in danger. Some one has sug gested to The Courier that it would be a good plan to pub lish an extract from the state law regarding the rights of all parties, and this may be done in the near future. Q U A L I T Peerless Clothing Co. 114 South Sixth Fit, Durability and Style Highest quality is our proud boast. Our $15 Suits are away ahead of any other $15 suits in Grants Pass. Our $15 Suits are guaranteed equal in tailoring and qual ity to any $20 suits of other stores. We can prove it. PROSPERITY IN THE BUILDING LINE It is a noticeable fact that Grants Pass has at the pres ent time what amounts to a considerable army doing con struction work on fully n hundred buildings, great and small; and the best part of it is that these houses, stores and factories are all needed for present use. There arc a considerable number of other buildings needed, such as rooming houses and small up-to-date cottages. If some one will construct anywhere from twentv-fivc to fifty four- or five-roomed residences and furnish them, tenants can bo found for them as fast as they are completed, and such buildings will be a paying investment. RICH VALLEYS TO BE DEVELOPED Thero may bo many persons who do not fully appre ciate the importance of the railroad which is now building up tho Applegate and Williams valleys. To these let it be said that the sections mentioned are rich in undeveloped resources. President Powen and his associates investi gated theso and this determined them in building the road they now have under construction. There are many millions of feet of the finest timber in Oregon growing within reaching distance of this railroad, which offers op portunity to bring this much needed commercial article to market. The valleys mentioned havo other rich aud important resources in the building lino which are to com mand the attention of the people of tho entire state. What is needed in every town of this state is material for the construction of modern buildings and such supplies will find a ready market. The two valleys through which the Grants Pass and Rogue River railroad will run are furn ished with the richest contributions for the use of man, and tho road in question will make them available to the industrial world. Tho frost of last week caused no little anxictv among tho orchardists in this section, but after the scare it has been found there was little real damage done. Some of tho pears and peaches were injured, but, fortun.it civ, it is said, the effeqt of the frost only amounted to properly thinning the fruit, as tho blossoms promised an over abun dant yield. In this instance nature was kind in having given us enough and to spare. Mnv we alwavs be as for tunate in our dealings with the frost king. SAID TO BE A POLITICAL ALLIANCE The correspondent of The Orejronian at Salem claims to have discovered a political alliance between Governor West and his newly-appointed secretary of state, Ben W. Olcott. This writer says that Olcott has agreed to get inmscii nominated as tne republican candidate for gov ernor and West will, of course, be nominated by the demo crats. Well, that is all right. Such an unholy alliance would be its own cure. Mr. West A cratic party any more than Mr. Olcott does the republican inu iiuuner oi tnem is as big as he imagines he is. West has already damned himself with the people of the state and Olcott is sufficiently damned bv retarybyWest. h ir THE "KNOX" HAT They are always better than the other stores' best that's why they are here with us. SPRING SHIRTS STREET PAVING BEFORE THE COUNCIL Some very important matters will come before the city council tonight, and among other things, the sub ject of paving certain streets. There seems to be a dif- VL as 10 tne material that shall be usedi on residence streets and there will be an effort to get together tonight and adopt that kind which will best serve the property owners, who are to pay for it. There w plenty of room to make a mistake in choosing mater ial to be used for this work. What will serve in one country is often totally unfit in another. The winter rams m Grants Pass arc severe and not all kinds of pav ing will stand during the wet season. Owners will find it necessary to take up this subject and investigate i inrfV" 8tfiudIHits. Pavinpr of streets is expensive and it is quite natural that owners of property will be anxious to reduce the price to the very fewest poin but his can be overdone ty getting an article wLh w neither stand the climate or the test of daily traffic As mentioned before, this matter is for the property owners .to decide and yet all citizens are interested in puttfng SnTSSfwS.00' strccts as wiU staud the tcst ? ALLEGED SCAIH1Y CATTLE BARKED FliOM FOREST PORTLAND, April 20. Fearing I that thousands of cattle In Lako and l other southern Oregon counties might become Infected by the scab and that the DesChutes national for lest would become a source of lnfrc j tlcn, the United States government today secured nn Injunction from (United States Judge Wolverton re jtsralnlng the Chewauccan Land and j Cattle company from turning 4000 I cattle loose on the forest reserve j The government alleged that a larg per cent of the cattle In the ban were Infected with scab. MOTORMAX INHERITS $70,000 , BUT COXTIXl'ES WOUK REDONDO, Cal., April 20 Al though Motorman Edward McGulre, of the Taclflc Electric company, ws notified yesterday that he had fallen heir to $70,000, the news of bis for tune did not prevent him from ap pearing for work today, lie took out his regular run at 5:15 a. m. Mc Gulre's fortune comes from hli father's estate, which consists of tracts of coal and timber lands in Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Virginia. , If President Taft docs not get the bin- head after be ing mtroducod by Mrs. Matthew P. StCp EsU eTo f t l c I nughtm of the Involution, as, "the greatest nil r of i est na ,on ,n the world," he can be elected president m 1)1 lhe .most ion is, did Mrs. Scott intend to make fun of the president by her seemingly laudatory renwks r was he Wt and really thinks Mr. Ta the nvatesr Pivsnlen the United States has ever ha d! W0 w 5 2 that ours is the greatest government on e' r 1 t when you set Mr. Taft up as greater than wX ' I-". Grant and a fJoth. 7n Poor Lorimer! 11 nto trio.l "T ? " e uimeu Mates sen- v, vl ! Rlvc hl,m a ,lcan l,iH of "OHcstv, but it didn't work. It IS HOW fonn, 1 .. , . fuildimwni.illt.t. VV T. WiW a VlWMIU SlUSll limn esi'eeian m sni incwiii i.:,. . . .i- ... discovp n,l v i iV, u . nmion niui tins new v ri L ' tneSlls 1,1 llll,10is arc it is claimed a red hot time, with n mn.i ,,n,- t i t. . .l,a'Hau?a font home in diwaee. Vl myw U101r lavolt(, FOR SALE 256 ACRE RANCH Located within one-fourth mile of Selma postof fice in Illinois Valley, 22 miles southwest from Grants Pass in the coming future fruit section of Southern Oregon. All bottom land. 75 acres cultivated. 20 acres of choice young orchard. Newtowns and Spitzenbergs. 240 rods rabbit wrire fence around orchard. 3 miles new post, rail and board fence. First right to 100 miners' inches of water from Clear Creek, ditches dug. 25 acres in alfalfa, clover and wheat. Fine garden, house, barns, outbuildings, small fruits, 4 horses, 2 cows, 4 hogs, complete outfit wagons, farming tools, small tools. The Grants Pass and Western R. R. survev goes by the place. Selma depot located about 15 rods from house. Title perfect, no incumbrance. This will make one of the finest fruit farms in Josephine county. Purchase price $1G,000, terms on part if desired. J arm can be divided to advantage. Possession given on sale. It will pay you to look into this before' purchas ing elsewhere. Inquire on premises of E. M. VAN SLYCK, SELMA, OR. ,