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FRIDAY, JILY 12, 1912.
WEEKLY ROGll WVER OOCHlEJt
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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.
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RMtittat tnd Da; School for Glrli in'k
rhlrjr of Bittrra of St. Jchi Bitit (Kpiropll
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