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WEEKLY ROGUE BITER COURIER
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, uu
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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
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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. ,