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Fill DAY, DECEMIiEIt 8, 10U. WEEKLY ROGUE IUVEK C0URIE11 I'.Wiii l'OLit Weekly Rogue River Courier! ZTZt hlblt that Granta Pass and Josephine county might desire to send them. It Is presumed that the Harrlman lines would convey our exhibit to KanBas City and return It after the show Is A. E. VOOKHIES, Pub. and Prop. C. O. COUTANT, Editor. Dully Delivered by carrier or by mall Per year, $5; six months, 13; one monthi 50 cents; single copies, 5 cents. ! ever. . FRIDAY, DECEMBER H, 1011. THE RESULTS OF AN EARNEST CAMPAIGN. Honorable R. G. Smith, the suc cessful candidate for mayor of Grants Pass, Is entitled to congratu lations for the victory he has won. He had the courage to pledge him self, If elected, to enforce the law and to make this a clean city. Those who voted for this candidate took him at his word and they feel cer tain that their confidence has not been misplaced, The Courier has ao hesitation lu saying that it believes Mr. Smith will keep every promise and redeem every pledge, and the only reason we have for saying this is because we believe his whole fu ture depends on his making good; for only In this way can he continue to hold the respect of those who so earnestly supported him in the most stirring campaign Grants Pass has ever experienced. Next year this city will need a stronger municipal government than in any period of the past. There will be many things of importance that will come before the mayor and council and it will require an able government to meet the demands which will be made upon it. The time has come when thli municipal ity must be represented on every im portant question by men of ability and strength of character. There never was a stronger council in this city than will be inaugurated for the year 1112 and this Is as It should be and onr cttlsens can be proud of their representation In the council chamber, and the year 1912 can be predicted as a record one in the his tory of our beantlful and progressive city. GOOD WORK DONE ON THE DAM. BE LOYAL TO YOUR TOWN. Mud ford merchants have resolved to extend tbeir trade relations over a wider stretch of territory, and this includes Josephine county. They are advertising extensively and, through some sort of a deal, propose to pay the railroad fare of buyers from Grants PasB to Medford and return. The way this matter is worked is this. You buy yourself a roundtrlp ticket and go to Medford, and when there you are asked to get a rebate book at any of the stores named In the advertisement and If you do this your fare will be conditionally re funded; that Is, you are to do your trading In Medford. You are not to get something for nothing. Most any one can see through this. The facts are that Grants Pass Is underselling Medford every day, and has been doing It right along. No one knows this better than do the residents of our slBter city. Grants Pass rents are cheap, while those of Medford are two, three, and often four times what they are here, and the customers must pay the bill. The big houses there want more ti'ade, which Is perfectly natural, and they have adopted a scheme to get It, but the people of this city and county need not expect to buy goods as cheap In Medford as they are buying them In Grants Pass. There is another side to this sub ject. No resident of this city or county, be he merchant, professional man, farmer or laboring man, can af ford to send his money to another city If he cBn get the same article here at the same or Jess price. The money If spent here gets In the chan nels of trade and It may come back to the original possessor, but If sent out of town It Ih gone forever. If you buy tit home your merchant guarantees every article purchased, while If you buy abroad you must be satisfied with Remember this; 't l Rflhitff nor i COMING home for the winter vacation going away for school or business -coming and going, we get the l oung men who appreciate quality in clothes. , Hart Schaff ner & Marx quality is a prime factor in the attractions of this store for young men, and men of all ages. ' Style, all-wool quality, perfect tailoring. SUITS $18 AND UP OVERCOATS $16.50 AND UP. OTHER SUITS AND OVERCOATS F OR MEN $10.00 to $15.00. You'll find here a fine line of suit cases for travelling; there's a lot of style to them; such leathers as you will be glad to associate with. Good values at $5 and better. If you are doing much auto riding, we can outfit you in such togs, too. Auto coats, warm gloves, caps for it, warm stuff for body and feet. Fine furnishings; things you'll be delighted with. Shorts and neckwear. There's nothing in fine dress for men that is not here. CALHOU Outfitters to Boy and Man N The repair work on the Golden Drift dam has progressed rapidly of what you get late and a visit there will convince pays to be loyal to your own town, so any person that our chances to secure make a note here, lest you forget. water for irrigation this year are de- . . Cldedly good. The concrete work put IMPORTANT WORD3 TO FARMERS In amounts to 3,500 tons, fourteen hundred tons of which have been put in wlthlu the laBt month. The char acter of this cement work laid Is of the very best. The dam Is now In shape so that Hie highest water will not disturb It. The central portion remains as it was before, but the north end Is as solid as the rock base upon which the concrete Is lnld, to the top lino of the dam. Workmen are now engnged In clearing up for wint er and the high wnter ami In a few days everything will bo In readiness for the storms which may be expected in the near future. experience with irrigation has since shown that even on soils naturally rich and moist irrigation may be used to advantage for various crops,' and that on the higher and dryer lands of the valley it is a great help to fruit trees and vines; that it often makes both feasible and profitable the production of alfalfa and other crops not well suited to natural con ditions. "Of late years the wonderful pros perity and progress of the northwest and of Colorado and other states in the 'arid region, has been due large ly or chiefly to tho government JOSKHMNIi COUNTY'S OIM'OU IT NIT Y. I Down In California, it appears, they have the same kind of trouble ' and the name kind of people that we jhave In tho Rogue River valley; that i Is, a large number of the owners of I farms see no necessity of Irrigation ; and, as a consequence, sometimes , i,... . i i . not .The Sacramento Bee, In dls- cuhhIik this matter, has this to say: "Mead and other government engi neers most eloquently described, lu niiu ial reports, the uoudorful t'ci tU-, . . ' WASHINGTON, Doc. 7. Follow -tty of the valleys lands and the ad- , , .... lint; a hot. clash with President M. vantage of the dlmate tor the pro-.,, Rynn f iternilllonnl Assori- diutl.Mi of alfalfa, vegetables uud utlon of Hrldgo & Structural Iron other crops with the- aid of Irrigation, Vorei-s. Provident lioinpers of the lie showed that the proper uce of .American Federation of Labor today locked his doors to all reporters. turns from three car loads netted more than $20,000. With proper smelting capacity the mine will net a king's ransom every month. s S. B. Edwards, E. M one of the group of American mining engineers that has set the pace for mining op erators and metallurgists In this country and abroad, has arrived to take charge of the mine and smelter as general superintendent, Mr. Edwards Is a technical man in the highest sense, and the manage ment of the big rich Almeda mine Is to be congratulated on securing the services of such an engineer. Mr. Edwards, as Is all of the real American mining engineers, Is dem- MlSCKLLXKOlK KANNIE, the plumber, u ready any minute to repair your plumb lng. 609 H street. Telephoui 140-R. i-t-V WANTED Peking ducks and Taul ouse geese at Pleasant Valley farm Woodvllle, Ore.. Home telephone from Grants Pass botel. ll-1011t .tlillMlll. i'IIiii ,..,1 .i iiii, ,k.H. hilltop phtiuwu. amateur ftiilnr. in;, t'liu." tnl - . 'ii'Ii'h hi !!.. Aiudii Mthitij, ftx'.t s'.vu ir' EARL V. INGLES, B.. Sc General assay and analytical work. Cement and asphalt testing. Best equipped assay office and testing labora tory In Oregon. All work guaran teed. Calvert-Paddock block. Phone 370-J. fmsiaff tni houiing poultry it conuinra in c e iti-n edition ot Lt.il t Poultry Book juft printed. Scad lor copy, lit. ' TOm. H. Lilly Co.. JWtL doors so loudly and persistently." water would multlnlv the nroductlve- I , , ,, , , . . ,i It Is understood that tho clash was A lOrn-a Hly land show combined ness ol tho soil, and that Instead of j K ,,,, of th(J romalnhl with the colonists' uud tourists' ex- one crop of wheat In two years, un-, l0Ul.y n ,no McNnmnra defense ! . .... i htl'itlon, under tho auspices of the! dor tho summer fallowing system, 1 fund, and that Frank M. Morrison, Kansas Cltv Post and the 'Denver lands then devoted to wheat could Post, will take place on February ' bo mado to produce at least throe or 20. 1912, and will continue until j four crops of alfalfa annually. U March 9. This exposition or land' pointed out that such use snow win. without doubt, lead all oi er wuum prom me most ein-j AU Qutlug Flauuel, including others In this line of exploitation of eaclous solvent for the evil of land . Daisy Cloth aud Teazle Downs Sat the resources of the wet.t and south, i monopoly, as exhibited by numerous urday and Monday, 10 cents. Kinney Louis W. nuckley, who Is well known J rpt ranches scattered through the In Grants Pass, will have charge i valley, each embracing thousands of of the Important exhibition and hut acre and some containing scores of ocratlc In manner and a gentleman works of Irrigation. They have pro- j of pleasing personality. He Is re nted by the failure of the Sacramento i luctant to talk of what he "will do," valley to graBp the magnlfllcent op- which Is an assurance that he will do l portunlty that came knocking at her; rnur'1 j Asked for some expression as to the mine and the smelter, Mr. Ed-. . wards stated that he did not care to j Potted Palms at Cramer Bros. iisijtalk In detail at this time, but that I . when he had familiarized himself! more fully regarding tlio big property he would cher-rfully give a statement j for publication. Tie did state, how-, ever, M'.it the smelter Is not working , to full capacity, but will bo within: n few weeks, nnd hp nlno said that! the matte being produced Is nf high! grade, which means that money Is flowing In now after so many years of money flowing out. ' Mr. Edwards pronounced the Al meda mine as among the most val uable on the Pacific coast. secretary and treasurer of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, undertook to upbraid Ryan, who resented It. A Ileal Outing Manuel Sale. 1 & Truax. large experience warrants the asser tion that It will be a success. It would bo a good thing If Jose phine county could take a position In this big show and be advertised along lth other parts of Oregon which will exhibit on that occaslou. It so happens that our county has some thing to bring before home seekers, land buyers and those who desire to Invest In mines and mining, This rounty Is well represented In Kansas City as it Is the home of the Rogue River Orchard company and without doubt Messrs, Reed and tteod. of thfl square miles. "Unfortunately, the laud owners, as a rule, were strongly prejudiced agalnot Irrigation. They had not practiced It an1 knew little about It, J mistaken belief prevailed that hotneseekers could best be drawn to the valley, and Induced to become land buyers and residents, by Insis tence that Irrigation was not needed, the average annual rainfall being claimed to be sufficient. "This was and remains true. In a measure, for grain crops, and tor cettajjvrops on bottom lands. Hut GRATIFYING NEWS FROM ALMEDA MINE Most gratifying news comes from the Almeda, whlih Includes many Improtcment to he made at the mine In the near future. The tests made through the operation of the smelter prove that the rich ore body will Jutlf th. doing of many things la the way of development of the prop erty and the enUt cement of tl' smelter, an well as the completion of the tie Kind from the railroad to the M il).'. which has been Milp has proven to !. verv Just received a: Cramer Rros. a fine assortment of Totted 'Ferns, Palms and Flowers for the Holiday trade. 381 CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE FOR SALE Timber claim. NW Sec. !4. Twp 87, 7 Wen. Jose phine county. For particular! address H. Walter, conductor, 3rd and Townsend streets, 8. P. Co., San Francisco, Cal. j-3-tt Sterling sliver "spoons and ladlesTt Cramer Rros. 3gj The CUM. e,l of late IX)8T, LOST-Between Golden Drift dam and Grants Pass, a gold watch and woven gi.ld fob. Burlington spec ial movement. Monogram C. V. A. on front lid. Liberal reward If returned to Courier office, 12-S-lt Merry Christmas ! It may look a little too early, but in order to be ready for a Merry Christmas you should do your Christmas shopping now. We shall have our Silverware Opening' Saturday, Dec. 9 and have the finest assortment of Table Silver in the city. ROGERS BROS. 1847 "VINTAGE." COMMUNITY SLIVER "RELIANCE." A handsome Oak Chest COLUMBIA plate ; 26 Pieces $10.00. CRAMER BROS. Odd Fellows Block. CASSEROLES CHAFING DISHES. WONDERFUL MAGAZINE SPECIALS We are making tho maBt spectacular magazine offer ever heard or m this city. Come In and get catalogue of prices of combina tions with any publication on earth. We have 'em all. See these Samples- j The Housekeeper $i.8o s. Woman's Homo Companion 1.5o for both' Kevlew of Unions McClure's Mnpu.lnp i 5o $3.00 for both CLEMENS. Sells Drug's The Rexall Store I l
