4 FRIDAY, JILY 12, 1912. WEEKLY ROGll WVER OOCHlEJt i Weekly Rogue River Courier COUNTY OFFICIAL PAT KB. k. Ij. YoorhW, Proprietor C. H. CouUj t, Editor tigered la the D. S. Poit OmciTt Stints Pmi, Oregon, ti second clua Ms.'l matter. SIIISCIUPTIOX It.mi8 One Year 11.60 Mi months 75 Three Montbi 40 I'ajibble in Advance. FUIDAY, JILY 12, 1012. HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS TO BUILD NORTH. Tbe State Highway commission of California hai let a contract for 38 miles of bard surface road coming $295,000, which la to be taken from tbe California $18,000,000 state high way bond Issue. Tbe Humboldt Times, which gives this news In a special from Sacramento, makes tbe follow ing comments: "The great state highway will pass through Humboldt county to tbe Oregon line, the Men docino strip Is located In what Is known to the highway commissioners as route number two through which tbe road will be built frcm San Fran cisco to Oregon along the coast. "For the past few months a large crew of surveyors have been In the leld In Mendocino county and' In southern Humboldt under tbe direc tion of State Highway Division Engi neer Soniner of Wllllts. The sur veyors are now working in the neigh borhood of Oarbervllle along Sproul creek. "Later the crew will survey north through Humboldt, following the line Of tbe present county road, and Into Del Norte county." This matter concerns Grants Pass to a very large extent. If tbe people of Del Norte county will have thU road continued from Crescent City to the state line near Waldo, Josephine county will complete It between Grants Pass and the California line Much of our part of this road has a! ready been completed and If we :an secure a highway through to the sea we can reduce the freight rate to al. points along the Pacific. We hope that the people of Del Norte county are fully alive to the situation and Importance of this hard surface rovl. Crescent City will profit grently hy getting the California Highway com missioners to build to the Josephine county line, but If they cannot do thin, have Del Norte county build the road. HE ONLY PKKTENLiEl) TO SLEKP. The congressional Investigation, which Is going on at Seattle in the Impeachment proceedings of Judge Hantord, has resulted In no little evi dence that the Judge was In the habit of Indulging In "boore" quite fre quently and appeared on the bench In an Intoxicated condition. To meet this charge, ten character witnesses were placed on the btand last Satur day, who explulned thai the Judge's appearance of napping on the bench was merely a habit. They said that the Judge at all times, when closing his eyes and seeming to Bleep, paid strict attention to what was going on In the court. Judge Han'ord Is not the only man who has been accused of sleeping at his post of duty. Mad Anthony Wayne was charged with sleeping on tbe battle field In the midst of a terrific fight with Indian.). Napoleon, blatory says, wss asleep In his saddle at the battle of Waterloo. This sleep habit, while not a crime. Is decidedly out of place In a court room or, for that matter, on a battle field, but the question appears to be, was he asleep or merely making be liever WONDERFUL GOOD ROADS MOVE MENT. A dispatch from Kppiugham, III.. has this to say In regard to the good roads movement which will be read with lutereHt by the meu and women of Josephine county who have so earnestly urged the build ing of permanent roads "One hundred and forty thousan.l good roads VooMers have Jolr.eJ t!u movement for a national highway. At a meeting today In Highland 20, 000 members were pledged and the campaign In Illinois was started. "Missouri Is tbe banner state, with 43,300 members. The Golden Rod of the Show You State waves In tri umph over the sunflower of Kansas. Judge J. M. Lowe of Kansas City, 'president of tbe National Old Trails IOrean-to-Ocean association, and Col. I Del M. Potter will go to Washington on tha Times car to present the ar gument for federal aid for a nation al highway to President Taft, and later to Congrets, and It Is estimated that when this tour ends 300,000 voters will be pledged to work for l national highway over the old Cumberland pike." Th time wll! soon come when there will be good roads In every state. No movement during this part of the century has made pro gress as rapidly as this and the fu ture looks even irighter than the past. Tbe roads are being Improved everywhere and tbe automobile man ufacturers are as rapidly Improving their machines. No longer is tills horseless vehicle a plaything. It has entered Into the business of every day life, taking the place of the horse on all kinds o' road rolling stock. A TERRIBLE MODERN PEST. Tbe caterpillar plague in Colo rado Is of a character never before equaled. To illustrate a dlnpath from Central City says that mllllors of these worms have sprung Into ex istence in the gulches near that city and are destroying tbe forests, eat ing the crops and have even tied up tbe tramways used to bring down ore from the mines. They have made the tramway rails so slippery that they cannot be operated until the Insects have been scrubbed of and the rails Handed. The accouni continues that the mines have be?u Invaded, their galleries made so slip pery with their crushed bodies that operation of the mines has bee j un hazardous. The miners, the farm ers and all claws have appealed to the state forestry department for re lief. Will our scientists be good enough to hazard a guess as to the reason for the visit of the caterpil lar? These Insects are even worgj than the 17-year locust, but fortun ately that plague has not put In au appearance for at least 30 yea s. The caterpillar has this year spread over a number of states and Its en croachment Is being fought by tte authorities In a number of common wealths. IF THE CAMPAIGN WERE ONLY OVER. If the political campaign were only a thing of the past, most peo ple would be greatly pleased. It does seem as If common, ordinary presidential politics are one of the worst scourges Inflicted on the country. The desire to bring about productive conditions In the United States is so universal that It may be said that tbe business world Is ready for expanded enterprises as soon as politics take a more settled shape .NEWSPAPER OPINIONS OF WOOD ROW WILSON. It Is Interesting to watch tbe great . -iewpapers of the country in their omments on the nomiuailon of Woodrow Wilson for president by ihe democratic party These papers Slnmst regardless of politics, speak .In the highest terns cf Mr Wilson, and a large mnoii:) t.f them pro phecy his rid tiou. A few of them nentlon a joss'He tt:lrd party, which they say mlht maUe a difference, put others claim tNit null a new or , anlratn would orly Incite the suc cck 0f the democrats. The mot of i the editorial writers talk about the American i eople s being capable f rcansKlng their own affairs and naive tlu claim tluu the days of )otmii are gone foiever. It Is cou edej that the progressives of the two parties ate likely to Hue up for tie New Jersey governor. This, of course. Is only newspaper talk, but, like straws, It tells which way the lnd blows. It will take fully an other fortnight to gain a clear com .)rehensk n of the polltl a! situation nationally. THE SEASON OF 1912. This has been an exceptionally cold spring and late summer, but we have finally come down to tbe old fashioned summer time and peo ple enjoy It hugely. Old timers talk about our late rains and cool weath er as being something that visits us about once In every ten years. Tht may be unpleasant to some people, but tbe farmers rejoice as such a con dition brings rood crops of all kinds. This season will be pleasantly re membered by most people for tbe many good things It has brought us. There have been more farms de veloped this year than In any one )ear In the history of the county and the outlook la good In mining and 'all other lines of Industry. All we are called upon to do is to unite our energies and work together for the common good. A YEAR OF BUMPER CROPS. Kansas made a call for 30,000 farm bands to assist In harvesting her wonderful wheat crop. The Sun Flower state has long bad the rec ord In wheat growing, but this year she outstrips herself. Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri, like Kansas, have also wonderful crops In both wheat and corn. The states mentioned are not the ouly ones which are fortun ate In crop growing this year. The whole country Is rejoicing and when market day cornea, the returns will bring prosperity to the people of the various sections. Prosperity alwsy follows when our farmers are suc cessful and this year there will -be no exception to the rule. THE NEWEST DANGEROUS.. EPI DEMIC DISEASE. The hookworm disease seems to be spreading with great rapidity. Virginia and other extreme southern nates la where it has prevailed for a long time but It bag now entered Kentucky. During the fall of 1910, the surgeon ueneral of the United States army announced that a large portion of the recruits from that sta'e were Infected with this terrible disease. This announcement creat ed such interest throughout Ken tucky that an appropriation was se cured from the next legislature and an Investigation started which has never ceased since then, and It was found that the disease exists In 28 counties in different parts of the state. The hookworm disease Is io called from the fact that a small round worm about one-half Inch in length and about is thick as an ordinary hairpin Is the cause. Tbe sufferer from the disease Is said to be a piti ful object, ine first symptoms show Intense anemia. As the disease takes further hold the sufferer sw-ellg in all parts of the tody, the skin becomes mr iiue lOKes ITS 100K 01 in- (tel)ii:ene: in children the growth Is tunted and the victim looks prema turely old. Extreme lassitude is a never falling first symptom; then the swelling begins and continues to gether with the lassitude until the victim dies. The loth annual international congress on hygiene and demography, which meets in Washington in Sep tember, win take tip and discuss this terrible epidemic disease. The Ken tucky state board of health has al ready determined that the general disregard for sanitation in the coun try and small towns, and the out skirts of larger ons, is respeii for nearly all ras of tne hookwi.rtr. malady. MONEY SAVED TO PROPERTY OWNERS. j The people of Grants Tats have been rewarded for their practical business methods In providing fire prou- t.Vn (or this ty A!:t..tf. flee Insurance companies have re duced their rates to an extent that, will pay tbe cost of the fire fighting j apparatus every year, so It will be I seen that it pays the property holders . to provide fire protection by Invest ing In a machine that Is equal to the best In use. TLe ouly regret la that Grants Pass Day at the Southern this policv was not adopted at least Oregon Chautauqua at Ashland, Wed flve years' ago. It would have saved eBday. was participated in by hun dreds of Ashland people besides sev- , urge auburn n who are so unforunate as to have i fires. SOCIALISTIC VIEW OF THE TARIFF. The Chicago Evening World (So ciallst) takes up the subject of tar iff as connected with the two parties. It says: old "It 1b clear that the republican 'and democratic parties are getting -the addlt0n 0f readings by Mrs. ready for another sham battle. They Laura Thomas Gunnell, which added are trotting out tbe olJ moth-eaten j greatly to the pleasure of the after- 'tariff question as the great issue of on. Miss Ethel Palmer played the I v . a, -second piano part In two four-hand the day. They hope thereby to dl- ... , ,v . Pr. I numbers, taking the place of Pror I vert the attention of the workers who notlfled tne COmmittee from the problems with which they.iate the previous afternoon that he 'are really concerned. would be unable to attend. Great i -The democratic platform de- "edit Is due Miss Palmer for her I , u . ..v. u v. hiio masterful rendition of these two dlf c area that the high republican tar- I flcult pieces with so short a time for (iff Is tbe principal cause of the un- preparatloni jequaled distribution of wealth.' This Tne Ashland people were enthus iatatement Is absolutely false, and thelast!c In thjr applause, and to the 'men who wrote It know that it is question propounded by President 'false. They know that In free-trade Billings; "What's the matter with r . Grants Pass?" there came back the I England, where there la no protec Bpontaneou8 regponge ..g., al, jtive tariff, the extreme of poverty rght glven wlth a heartiness I and rlche3 are even greater than In which assured the visitors that their the United States. efforts had been appreciated. The hypocrisy of the capitalistic . . parties, notn in tne tniiea states ana - ' ... T - . j Pattlllo and Miss LaCosta Mangum j England, la shown by the fact that each gftVe rleaglng vocal selections. ;in England, where they have free ; jn the afternoon Rev. Robt. Mc trade, the conservative party tells Iean conducted the round table, tak jthe workers 'your misery' la due to Ing as his topic the Latin republics !free trade. Your poverty will be hawkIXS IS XEW rfljollshed if we establish a protective MANAGER FN1TEI) PRESS. 'tarlfr : NEW YORK, July 11. Announce- ! in the United States, on the oth- niert lg made today of tne appoint- er hand, the democratic pary puts mem, effective at once, of W. W. forward exactly the opposite proposl- Hav kins, first vice president of the tion, and tells the workers that their !Unl ed Pre88- as eneral newa man- poverty Is due to the high protective tariff." j That was a terrible fight that W. 'J. Bryan had with the Tammany Tiger at Baltimore. The brute went limping back to New York but the GENERALS MOVE IN MEN Nebraska statesman turned his face' ICAN CHECKER GAME, to tbe west and reached his home i EL PASO, July 10. General near Lincoln without the sign of a Huerta of the federal army Is moving scratch made by the tiger's claw. . tne regt 0j njg jQi troops from En- The people of this county must diias to Juarez, the move being has not forget that the big Grange fair tened by the approach of the feder als tbe place to make a display of al8' ' believed tbe rebels will at ..v ...i j. w tempt to hold Juarez against the fed- I nuuie uiauuianureu gooua. sucn an exhibit can be made very Inter esting and will astonish most peo- pie. NEW HOPE. j Hughle York, Miss Flo Wynant, Mrs. Messinger and Mr. Parkey spent the Fourth at Ashland and report a fine time. 1 Miss Eva McAllister spent the 'Fourth at Swede Basin. ! Miss Grace McAllister attended the ! dance at Wilderville Thursday. 1 Misses Grate and Eva McAllister and Miss Hilda Lempke took dinner with Miss Flo Wynant Sunday. George Barden Is In the chicken business. He has two dozen and a half hens and some days . he gets three eggs. Everybody is busy making hay now. j Mr. Warner and family spent the Fourth at Ashland. Miss Hilda Lempke of Grants Pass Is visiting relatives here for a week. Mrs. Lawless entertained Mrs. John Scherz on the Fourth. Mrs. H. S. Wynant entertained Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks and two sons, Mr. and Mr. McAllister and family, land Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and son on the Fourth. Ice cream and cake In abundance were served. Later In the day they all went to the Leonard Or chard, where there was lots to eat jand everything was fine. Mr. Hill Is jcertalnly doing a noble work cn the place Get our title now from the luvie ; River Hardware Co while they have 'a complete sunk. Renietnlr it is 'n!y nhon' three v.'.. ".v.'W rh.' d'cr ' eason is op -n ", ,-2t HUNDREDS ATTEND ill era, bundred Grants Pass residents, and added another success to the credit of this city. A special train leaving at 9 o'clock carried about 100 passengers for Ashland, while many went earlier in the day, and there were already scores of Grants Pass people In attendance at the sessions, these all helping to swell the crowd that filled the assembly hall in the 'afternoon. The program was rendered as pre viously published In tbe Courier with A the evening session, before the regular program, Miss Genevieve ager of the organization. The new head of the United Press, who, at varLd times, has served as manager of the Albany, Washington and San Francisco bureau, succeeds Roy W. Howard, recently elected to the board of directors. .toward Juarez from Chihuahua. Gen eral Orozco, during the night, moved erals as tbe rebel capital. ILEY PREDICTS ELECTION WILSON AND MARSHALL. CHICAGO, July 11. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former republican office holder, believes Wilson and Marshall will sweep the country. Wiley made this assertion here today. "I think Wilson and Marshall will sweep the country with their kind of progressivelsm," said Wiley. "They are both progressives from principle and not from policy, as Is one person I might mention. I think Roosevelt will run far ahead of Taft on a third party ticket." ASHLAND Money Paid For Rent is Gone Forever It Yields Xo Interest and You Never See the Prin cipal Again. YOUR RENT MONEY WILL PROVIDE YOU A HOME IN Beautiful LAUREL CREST That will ENHANCE IN VALUE while you are paying for it. If You Want to Live IN YOUR OWN HOME and realize that now is the time to start, but lack a large amount of money $75 will secure a CHOICE LOT in this ideally situated sub-division and suit able time will be eiven on the balance. REMEMBER your homo can be equipped with all city conven iences, electric lights, telephones, and WATER FOR HOUSE AND GARDEN. Lots $150 and upwards. Nellie O.lMiller, Owner GRANTS CHAUTAUQUA and discussing the question of the Inked States establishing a protec torate. His time was very short oa account of the length of the after noon program. Many Grants Pass people remained at Ashland to attend the closing ses sions of Chautauqua. The following was the musical pro gram arranged by tbe people of this city: Overture "Semlramlde".... Rossini Orchestra Ladles Quartette "Song of the Seasons" Hawley Mrs. Sabln, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Herrlck, Miss Pattlllo. For Two Planoa: a. Concerto lu G. Minor Mendelssohn Miss Winifred Flanagan. b. Danse Macabre St. Saena Miss Bernlce Qulnlan Vocal Solo "When the Heart Is Young" Dudley Buck Mrs. W. W. Walker Clarinet Quartour Mayeur Messrs Wharton, Hulblrt, New ell and Applesoft Double Quartette "Nightingale and Rose" C. Lehnert Misses Nina Paddock,' LaCosta Mangum, Genevieve Pattlllo and Millie Drake Messrs. L. L. Herrlck, G. P. Cra mer, A. E. Voorhles, Theo. P. Cramer, Mrs. L. L. Herrlck, Ac companist. Piano Solo "Scherzo" Chopin Miss Ethel Carolyn Palmer Vocal Duet "Excelsior" Balfe Miss LaCosta Mangum, Prof. MacMurray Overture "William Tell Rossini Orchestra PHISONKRS EAT GAME COCKS. REDWOOD CITY, Cal., July 11. Thirty thoroughbred gamecocks, cap tured In a raid on an illegal cock- ' fight, were served at dinner to the city jail prisoners here. Some of the feathered warriors were tough and ! battle-scarred, but the guests voted i the banquet a success. ! Call Dr. Bestul, the veterinary sur !geon. Phone 222-J. 6-14-tf ECLUS POLLOCK of Grants Pats Ore. Regular Republican Nominee for ASSESSOR JOSEPHINE ! COUNTY Present Incumbent. W. M. CHESHIRE of Grants Paas, Ore. Regular Democratic Nominee for SHERIFF Eight years in sheriff's office as deputy. mm portUad, Orrcon X RMtittat tnd Da; School for Glrli in'k rhlrjr of Bittrra of St. Jchi Bitit (Kpiropll I little. Art, ElcKtttoB, OjBonlnm. I Forctlc Hdr.THE MsTEH M PEKIOB I I OfflreSl. 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