FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13, lB11
WEEKLY KOGIX RIVER COURIER
PACK FOUB
Weekly Rogue River Courier
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
AT E. ,VOoiuiIES, Pub. and Prep.
C. O. COl'TANT, Editor.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1011.
OPERA HOUSE MEETING.
The opera house good roads meet
log Friday night was tho most en-
business men that has taken place In
Grants Pass for a long time Ft was
an assemblage of strong and determ
ined men who had resolved to look
after one of the most important In
terests of Josephine coanty. They
were In happy accord from the very
first, resolving to bring about -suits.
Those attending the meeting
had do quarrel with the Southern Pa
cific railroad, and yet they felt that
their own Interests must be protect
ed against the extortionate chtuges
of that corporation. To them it was
a matter of business and their pur
pose was to find transportation
which would save from the double
tribute In iho way of freight rates
charged by this company. An auto
tiuck road from Grants Pass to the
ea was the slogan of the hour and
to bring this about they wero resolv
ed to build to the California line
where they would be met by our
Crescent City neighbors, who are as
anilous as ourselves for a perman
ent road from that place to the me
tropolis of Josephlna county
Not alono did the nioremen: fav,r
this Important road but It mean: tho
opening of trunk lines through our
cmnty from north to south and
from east to west uad besides these
main lines there will be u network
of icads connecting with ihe mala
highways. Judge Jewell of the
co.iity court, who was present, gave
the Information that there are 400
miles of road In the county and that
it was these highways which were
to be changed from their present
condition Into permanent roads to
enable the farmer to haul four or
five tons on a wagon where only one
can be hauled now. In this matter,
the people of the county will with
out doubt unite to bring about the
Important results sought by those In
attendance at the opera houBe meet
ing Friday night. The Idea seemed
to prevail that It will require the
bonding of the county In the sum of
$500,000. This Is not an extrava
gant amount and, If It will give us
money enough to build the needed
roads, It will be an Investment which
will pay good .Interest. By what
method of flguVlng sum mention
ed waa determined, we are unnble
to say, but when we ask for the
bonds, we should get enough to do
the work In the most thorough man
ner, as the Investment Is o-,e thai
will give general satisfaction to all
the property owners In tbv county
It Is not out of place to suggest that,
If the half million mentioned Is not
enough to meet the dennadi of the
work, more should bo added.
KIND OF FARMING THAT PAYS, likewise of a highly beneficial char
School teacher, after all know! "ter, that Is. on the road to mine,
some things outside of their profe COUDt' ftnd 11
out travel to crescent cjij. it wo
C8n have rock and gravel roads, It
will be of great service in the devel
opment of the mining, farming and
business interests generally within
this county. The satisfaction which
govd roads give will we hope Induce
the county board to go on with the
work, but business methods must be
observed always.
The county will get better result,
if the board will let all work by con
tract, placing an engineer In charge
who knows what Is to be done, and
how it Is done. Other states have
found this a great saving. The
Courier favors permanent work in
the many places where the winter
rains and the heavy travel cut up
the roads. The county has good ma
chinery now and can make roads of
a better class than it was possible to
do It a year ago and if practical men
can be secured to do the work, per
manent roads will occupy the places
which have heretofore ' been mud
holes. In these matters The Courier
is in favor of making haste slowly
in order that mistakes may be avoid
bIod. The newspapers ure telling
jobout one who quit the schools and
j went to farming and has made a
wonderful success, a thing that most
'anybody else could do if proper at
tention was given the subject. The
man was E. U Brewer or menaus
county In the state of Washington.
At a country fair he was induced to
tell a newspaper man his story,
which 1b as follows:
"Without kiting checks, but with
credit that was good, I bought 182
acres upon the Installment plan, al
though I bad $60 less than nothing,
which Is the amount a school teacher
ought to have. Jersey cattle were
my hobby, and upon a scientific bas
is I have managed to breed a herd of
Jerseys with 'character.' There Is
one three-year-old in the exhibit
herd here that brings me as high as
$40 a month in pure cream alone.
She averages $400 a year in profits,
and I can f -" (he herd at a cost of
$37 a year average. I'm now milk
ing 30 bead of these three-year-olds, i
I have about 60 head, all told, beside
100 hogs and a dozen or more
horses.
"When I started in, I realized that
It required 'charactei in stock to
make it record-breaking, so I be
cbaracter of my cows. I started by
gan by developing the individual
trying to have calves as well born
as It Is possible to have them, by
studying the needs of the Individual
cow. One feature is in that fact
that I keep close tab on the feed,
weighing the cows frequently, and
keeping them so that the food ele
ments do not feed off the bodily
v eight of the animals."
This is the dairy part of the story.
Now comes the mixed farming ex
perience of Mr. Brewer. It Is report
ed that from 100 acres of his farm
there was a yield of $10,000 and
this was not his whole crop. Now
here is mixed farming to an extent
that will prove there is no busi
ness In the world, not even a gold
mine, that will equal farming when
it is carried on In a scientific man
ner. A herd of Jersey cows on a farm
under Irrigation near Grants Pass
will make the right kind of a farm
er rich every time. Fruit Is a good
thing, but It Is putting "all your
eggs Into one basket," and there
fore, Is, to some extent, risky, when
you have to buy hay and grain. But
dairying and general farming is a
business that can be depended upon
for results; In short, is a money
getter and there Is little risk to run.
We need both the fruit grower and
the mm who can grow feed for live
stock. Doth of these will find abun
dant opporunltles In Josephine
county.
The election reports from Califor
nia which have been unfavorable to
woman's suffrage up to yesterday,
are now changing, and it is thought
that there Is still a chance that suf
frage will win. Our United Press
leased wire reports today show that
the back counties In the mountain dis
tricts are likely to offset the antl
majority secured in San Francisco.
It may be that It will require the
official count to determine the result.
DESIRABLE PEOPLE COMING.
There are many visitors coming
It was pleasing to thus present ito GrantB raM dur,D 111,31 lho
at the opera house meitln to note ,ter Part of the tllu? colonl8t rate are
that the county court was In happ : ou and u can be 8ftld tnat t0 nU ai"
accord with the spirit which pre- Poaran.es these are of a very dosir-
vallod. We should go Into this mat- able cla88 nd u ,8 to be hIK'(1 lnnt
Ar with a full and fair understand-1 n,nny ,u lofate ,n thla )Brt of tht
Ing ax to the responsibility Incurred , K8,ie Rlver Tney l0U,e
by tho taxpayers of both city and from U'lnc-'8. Iowa, Missouri, Kau-
eounty. They should know Just whati8""' Nebraska, North and South Da
roads are to be built and their char- j kola ani1 80nie few from Colorado,
atter. Everybody will be favorable . 0ur rpnl t8late men ar do,nK
when they can feel that It Is t j part In receiving and entertaining
square deal all round. It will be!tnese Bod )0llle and already some
Just a well to have all these mat-; l"Mortant sales have been made mid
ters understood at the outs-t so thnt ' doubtless more will follow. Our de
v may avoid entanglements as,811'10 ,ands wh,rn w,u bp U,U,,M
well ns explanations. Of course no , Irrigation and our ' promising' mines
election can take place until It Is ptfT opportunity to all who may
determined that the people of a
county have the right to vote bonds
such as contemplated. This will be
known, It Ih supposed, at no distant
day, as It Is understood thnt Jack-
BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
Bonding the county for the pur
pose of building good roads is a mat
ter of the highest importance to
our taxpayers at this time. That
we need the improvements is a self
evident fact and that, if we could
build them at this time, the money
that would be distributed In the
county would approach a real bles
sing But we must not forget this
is a business proposition and there
fore should be treated in a business
manner. First. It must be deter
mined whether or not we have a
legal right to vote road bonds at this
time. We cannot afford to incur
on expense of something like $2500
in holding a special election, to find
out afterwards that the bonds were
illegal If Issued, and that bond buy
ers would not, as a consequence, pur
chase them.
The Courier said editorially last
Sunday: "Of course no election can
take place until It Is determined that
the people of a county have the right
to vote bonds such as contemplated.
This will be known, It la supposed,
at no distant day, as It Is understood
that Jackson county will have this
matter up before the supreme
court."
The above contains the whole
matter In a nut shell and should
be the policy in treating the matter
of Issuing good roads bondB. Any
other method would be unbuslne!!
like. Better take the advice of
David Crockett: "Be sure you're
right, then go ahead."
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ri,vrl.ht H.rt XrhilTner & Mrx
WATCH the Clothes-game in this town;
notice the fellows who look like winners ;
you'll find a lot of them wearing
Hart Schaffner & Marx
, olothes. You may not think it's easy to be a winner; but
we'll show you how easy it is to look like one.
Suits $18 and more Overcoats $16.50 and more
' Other suits and overcoats $10.00 to $16.00.
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CALHOUN'S
OUTFITTERS TO BOY AND MAN.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE
WE HAVE several thousand feet of
good sound dimension lumber
which we will sell at $8.00 per
thousand. 2x6, 2x8, 2x12, etc.
' We desire to clean up the yard
hls month. Grants Pass Box Co.
East end of J St 10-13-lt
come.
Ol'R ROADS BEING IMPROVED.
There Is no policy which we can
.adept thnt will pay better lu Joseph-
ion county will hnv this matter up . I county than the making of good
bf'cre the supreme court The tt . romli. Some Illustrations have been
thing In order Is a campaign of edu- Riven ulmm this line during the
ration so that the people of the en-'l-'esent sea.ton. The Improvements
tire county will fully understand the i-n th' rond to dallco have been of
good roads movement and the prop- sm'h a character as to Increase the
oxltlon upon which they will he ask- amount of travel to that prosperous
ed to express their lsht st ttw mlnlnu .district and the work now
ballot box.
The beautiful weather which w,-
are now enjoying is greatly In con
trast with that repotted from quite
a number of the Rocky Mountain
states. Visitors who come from thus
section! are charmed with the clim
ate of Josephine county and many
express a determination to locate
here.
Curbing, mittoilni; and pavlnt; are
going along most satisfactorily and
much work will he completed before
the season end. It did look at one
time as If there would be 1 It lo or
no public work done till fall b 't
good sense prevailed In a ti'tmber of
quarters an 1 the result U tr.at tbe
vrar 1911 will not be a blank In
FOR SALE A young, first class
milk cow, fresh late this spring.
Inquire of D. Bennett at old pow
er house. 10-13-2t
WE PAY cash for any Oregon ses
sion laws before 1866. Also want
senate journals 1862 and 1864.
Also codes, 1851, Journal of coun
cil, 1851, statutes of 1854, 1855,
and code of civil procedure and
Also code of civil procedure and
general laws 1862, and archives
" 1843-49, Write Geo. A. BRteson
& Company, Inc., Portland, Ore.
10-6-4t
A FIVE STAMP MILL for sale at a
bargain; also, a Scotch marine
boiler, nearly new. Some gold
prospects. E. B. Hawkins, Apple
gate, Oregon. 9-24-4t
FOR SALE 45 acres, one mile from
Murphy, three-fourths mile from
school; unimproved. Enough wood
on place to pay for It Price $25
per acre. Terms can be had. E.
Loughrldge, Wlldervllle, Oregon.
-8-6t
STRAWBERRY PLANTS for sale
Several varieties of each. Inquire
of C. R. Brechtblll, North Tenth
street. 9-15-81
Shipped Direct From England
We Import our por
from the maker In B
It here, but we save t
Big shipment just In.
design. It's plain whl
celaln and semi-porcelain direct
ngland; takes us six months to get
he purchaser the middleman's profit
new patterns, rich and elegant 1'
te with dark lino and rich
GOLD BANDr,
It's an elegant thin
England- hou know
16-Inch platter to b
so Jon can fill your so
In the window.
g, made by J. & G. Meaklns, Hanley,
what that means. Anything from
utter chip. It's an open pattern, so
ts, if any piece la broken . See It
HALL'S ART STORE
GermsSpreadinSIdn
. '.j mi 'n the iVma country si('.rstt Pass
VOH SALE Timber claim, NWfc
Sec. i4. Twp 17, 7 West. Jose
phin county. For particulars
address H. Walter, conductor, 3 re
and Townsead streets, 8. P. Co.,
San Francisco, Cat. -S-u
1 1 ' K I. LA X IX) I'M
ka.vmk, tiiu plumber, ts ready a
njr nitnut to relr your pluuil
"- M Mirot Teleuhon.
4-j-r
Ecxema, Psoriasis and other skin
troubles are cauned by myriads of
frtrms at work in the skin. Vnlean
ttiese germs are promptly destroyed
they rapidly multiply, gnawing their
way deep Into the nennltive tissue.
This is what causes that awful Itch,
and what seemed a mere rash
may grow worse and develop into a
loathsome and torturing skin disease
With Its years of misery.
ron't take any chances! Destroy the
Terms at the beginning of the trouble
with that soothing and cleansing wssh,
the r. D. 1). Prescription for Kciema.
A Ua bottle will prove this to yuu,
We have had experience with many
remedies for akin trouble but have
never seen euch remarkable cures as
those from I). D. D. Prescription. In
etent relief from the very flrBt appli
cation. We are so confident that D. D. v.
will reach your case that it will cost
you nothing if the very first full sire
bottle falls to make good every claim.
If you have skin trouble of
kind, we certainly advise you to drop
In and investigate the merits of. D.
V. anyway. We know that D. V. U
will help you.
M. Clemens, opp. Opera House.
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ELECTRIC TRT8TS CONFESS
II. .E(lr. COMIUNVriONS
TOLEDO, O., Oct. 12. The Gen
eral Electric company ( the trust)
I'l d i her supplies eompnnles ap
peared here In th U. S. rourt today
and withdrew their answers to the
government's suit alleslne they
were an Illegal combination. They1
threw themselves on the mercy of
the court.
Judo K. lilts held that numerous
acts of the defendants were Illegal
!"d crdered the Gnersl Electric
pauies to dissolve. He also laid
down rules for the future conduct
of the companies.
LICENSE FEE AGAtXST
MERCHANTS K1M- I
TACOMA, Oct. 12. By a decision
yesterday by Federal Judge Hanford
merchants using g'reen trading"
stamps' are relieved of the payment
of the $100 license fee levied by the
city. Judge Hanford sustained the
trading stamp concern's contention
thaf the fei was exorbitant, and con-
'not and its subsidiary
com- fVatorr.
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