Rogue River courier., November 24, 1911, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8

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VAGE EIGHT
W EEKLY ROGl'E ftlVER COURIEri
COUNCIL REFUSES HOME
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
The present city administration,
In lut dying days, bas become
"skeery" of granting franchises un
less cash bonds of $5000 or $10,
000 are given by the applicants; not
only bonds but some other things
are demanded.
As a result of this program the
Home Telephone company has been
refused a franchise until it complies
with certain demands; not only that,
but the franchise will not be granted
to this company without a favorable
vote by the people.
Several weeks ago, E. T. Charl
ton, who represented himself as the
manager of the Home Telephone
company, appeared before the coun
cil asking that body to grant a fran
chise to his corporation, and Mr.
Charlton presented a proposed ort'l
nance for the councilman to peruse
at their leisure. The paper was re
ferred to City Attorney Clements.
In the proposed ordinance, however,
Charlton Individually was named as
the one to whom the franchise was
to be granted. When the city coun
cilmen discovered this, they looked
at the document with cross eyes and
tongues in cheeks.
"I do not like the looks uv ye,"
said one.
"Me, too," said another.
"Me, too," said a third, and the
"me toos" went the rounds.
In the meantime, the city attorney
referred the document back to the
council, the attorney asking the
council what was wanted, that the
ordinance was referred to him, but
for what he did not know.
No answer.
Then the Judiciary committee fell
heir to It. The judiciary committee
Is composed of Strieker and Wol
fersberger. Then "Doc" Strieker
and Mine Herr Wolfersberger sat in
state together and looked long at
.the franchlne document. Finally,
Wolfersberger quit smoking dot
pipe long enough to pick up the
paper and smell it. "Don't schmell
gute." said the Knickerbocker states
man. Doc ran a prr'ie Into it to see
If he could make any plsen squirt
out. Ho thought some did; so
thought Wolfersberger. Then they
sharpened a poose quill and drew up
the following:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council:
Your Judiciary committee to
whom was referred an ordinance
granting to R. T. Charlton a tele
phone franchise beg to make tb
following report:
We would recommend that the
v franchise be not Rrnntd unVss the
following nro compiled with:
1. The ordinance shur'd
the system proposed.
2. That n five thousand dollar
bond be deposited with the city as
n guarantee of good faith and pro
tection to the city.
3. That the franchise be not
transferable without the consent of
the council.
4. It should be ascertained If
the majority of the people concerned
wish tl.lH franchise to be granted.
F. D. STRICKER,
J. V. WOLFRRSnEROER,
Judiciary Committee.
The repot t was adopted.
Mayor Myers stated later that the
city administration did not favor ftir
thr franchises to Individuals who
would hawk them over the country
for le and meet with failure;
neither giant them to men who could
snci.Msfiilly transfer them to people
who would carry out the enterprise,
wh itever It might, be. In the first
Instance. I! hurt the town, argued
the minor, and In the second In
Mince. the i, an who sold the fran
chise to others and who would p'ook
et $1,200 r l,i0ft or more would
put money In his purse that the city
shouM have had. In other words. If
a corporation will pay nn individual
for a franchise It got for nothing,
the city was out that much, because
the corporation could have paid the
municipality the money for the fran
chise. Thus. It will he seen that until the
Home Telephone company appllee In
the tlrst person, puts up a cash bond
ntiil does some other things, Its re
quest for a franchise will meet with
scant respect, with the present ad
ministration at least. And accord
ing to the report of the Judiciary
enmnltte nn adopted hy the council
the franchise kMU will not be grant
ed unless on a favorable vote of the
people.
And there mo people In the citv
who want a dnnl telephone system
and there are people In the city who
do not w:nt a dual system
August Fetsch left Tuesday even
ing for Portland where b Mil spend
several days
r . :
Mill) f
ALL the proper fixin's
for your Thanksgiv
ing dressing are
here; Suits, Overcoats, Hats
and Toggery!
Our good wearables are
so stuffed full of quality and
so well spiced with style,
that they will tickle the
taste of the man with any
sort of an appetite for good
choice dressing.
SUITS $10, $15, to $30.00
OVERCOATS $10.00, $12.50
to $25.00
Our Hat and Haberdash
ery Department are full of
the correct styles styles
that are new exclusive
different-styles you'll like.
REMEMBER, PLEASE
This store will be closed on
THANKSGIVING DAY
Just 4 Weeks More
THEN SOME ONE WILL BE THANKFUL TO THE
TUNE OF A $400.00 PIANO
Have you caught the idea? Just four weeks more
and the beautiful "Upton" Parlor Grand is yours, Miss
Hustler, and it hasn't cost a cent! We're on the home
stretch of this great contest votes are beginning to
count dozens of contestants are bending every energy
in rallying to their support the many friends who are
only too glad to help. Get out and canvass every spare
moment. Some one MUST win and why not YOU?
The first five in the contest make kaleidoscopic changes
weekly. Grants Pass had about everything last week;
this week the out-of-town girls carry off the honors and
win a round of applause from the galleries.
No. 29 that young lady from Gold Hill no wonder
she's popular, and no wonder she figures on the piano as
her own. She simply jumps from nowhere to first place
without a hitch. No. 26, of Murphy, wheels into line
behind Gold Hill at 2nd, and No. 120, of Glendale, comes
out of the tall timber up in Douglass county, to make
a killing that gives her 5th place with ease.
Don't forget we sell a thousand, things that make
good Christmas presents, and no one carries a bigger,
better or more reasonably priced stock of high grade
furnishings than we.
This has been a clean, fair race so far and we mean
to keep it so; we therefore warn you not to hold back
votes. All votes issued before December 1st, must be in
on that date to be counted and from that date on, we will
call in all votes each week and change colors. Remem
ber this fact and don't lose a lot of good votes because
you failed to have them counted at the proper time.
Here's The Standing's:
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No. 17
No. 22
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FRIDAY, JTOVWUB aut mL
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION
IN ROGUE RIYER YALLEt
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(Medford Mail-Tribune.)
Every fruit grower as well as e?.
ery farmer in the Rogue river va
should . realize the advantage of fc.
rigation.
. It makes no difference how 8uo. f
cessful the non-irrigated orchard U. I
or how prosperous the dry farm has !
been, irrigation increases the gU(.
cess of the on and the prosperity
of the other. '
Irrigation Is a form of crop ij. ?
surance against failure. Properly
applied, it not only increases the '
yield, but renders the return cer. '
tain. It overcome the season-, J
deficiencies and" multiplies the soll'i V,'
productiveness. V
Most of the more successful or- f
chards In the valley, those that yield !
year in and year out, which have
good crops in an off year like the
present, are irrigated orchards, L
Those that are not would make i C
more favorable showing if they were, f
There are few soils more fertile! i
few climates more advantageous tot ?
fruit and produce production than I
that enjoyed in the Rogue river val-
ley. But to realize these posslblll-
ties irrigation is an essential. V
It is perhaps unfortunate that ir-
rigation Is not absolutely necessary
here, that good crops and money
making yields can often be secured
without Irrigation, and are thus se
cured. It makes the Boil cultivator
slow to admit the necessity and value
of water. He can and does make
money without irrigation, but he
would make more with it.
Thn Rnirnn rlvAr vallnv
pend upon intensive cultivation. The
tiller of the soli must get the most
out of It. He must make ten acres f
yield as much as ten times the quan
tity of scratched land elsewhere. To
do this, he must have water. L
Farmers and fruit growers are f
slow to grasp the situation. Coop- V.
eration seems to be a minus quantity
with them. They do nothing to im- J
prove the situation. Many who have ,
water flowing past their doors refuse f.
to use it, not only injuring them-
selves thereby, but the valley also. '
Growers in each section should
unite. While the young orchards
are coming into bearing some kind
of a crop can be raised to make the
place self sustaining. It is in the v,
choice of such a crop nnd in the " '
marketing of the output that cooper
atlon Is essential.
In order to market any such sub- "
I sldiary crop, it Is essential to be able ;
to ship in quantity. Community co- '
operation supplies this desired quan- . ;
tity, no matter what the crop 1b, ,;
whether of vegetables, potatoes, ,
beans, strawberries or other fruit.
For over a year The Mail Tribune
has been clamoring for a public
market for the benefit of both pro- ;
ducers and consumers. As a result,
' the city council will establish such
J an institution. But the farmers
j themselves have taken no part in the
j agitation, and have been powerless
j to take effective part, because they ,
i did not cooperate and wero not or
j ganlzed. They have to sell their .
j crops in a catch-as-catch-can fashion 5
! for the same reason.
Farmers and fruit growers, like
I every one else, must work out their
I own salvation. To reap the most
: from their soil opportunities, they
1 must irrigate, and to harvest their
! products most successfully they ;
! must cooperate. Upon the way
they solve these problems depends y
not only their own success but the j
future of the valley. j
If there Is a magic word to unlock j
' the door of prosperity to the produc- !
j er, it is "irrigate. and if there is j
another to enable him to reap the re
sult of his Industry, it Is "cooperated
And yet how few of our producers
j pay any attention to either. And
yet until these facts are grasped, the
! balance of trade will be against us,
and it will coBt us more to live than
we make.
tr
i
horn.
; SMITH At Grants Pass, Oregon,
Saturday, November 18, 1911. t
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Smith,
Bon.
IIGGAN At Grants Tass, Oregon
Sunday, November r, 1911. W
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hogan,
Bon.
DEAN At Grants Pass, Oregon,
Saturday, November 18, 1911, t
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dean.
daughter.
Get Community silverware to send
to your far-away friends for Xnias.
The Ito;?ue Rlvor Hardware Company
has an elegant new stock. Make
your selections early before the
stock Is broken. eodSTO"
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