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FKIDAV, PECEMIiF.K 13, 1012
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CtJCNTi OfHCIAL PAI LU.
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A. 1. VoorbJes,
i. V. CouUrt,
Entered at the Grant. Pass, Ore-
ion, post office as second-elass mall
matter
SllJSCKIPTION HATES
UM Year 11.60
Six months 76
Ttre Mnth' 40
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POMONA GRANGE PROMISES
GOOD WORK.
The officers and members of the
Pomona Grange are starting In to do
things In an up-to-date manner. They
know the situation In regard to the
necessity of a market for tho pro
ducts of tho farm and are determined 1
to find a remedy for existing evils, 1
and by the time another harvest I
comes around arrangements will have
been completed to secure nn outlet
for the crops grown on tho farms In
Josephine county.
When the railroad to Crescent
City Is built that will give ns accsg
to the cities of Paget sound and
Alaska, but the railroad cannot be
completed In tlmo for next year's
crop therefore tho wise men of. the
grange have resolved to provide for
1913.
The grange can be made one of
the most powerful organizations In
the Btnte as It Is founded on the '-
operation of the people and they rnn
be depended on at all times when
they have tho right kind of lenders.
Tho Pomona grange of Josephine
county Is showing every evidence of
future usefulness by working along
practical linen and much good will
follow If this plan Is continued.
CATTI.K Kl'HTMiUS.
It si'ciiiK rather remarkable that i
right in the outskirts of Portland cat-!
tie rustlers are gettlug iu their work. ;
Had this occurred some twenty-live
years ago It would not have been so '
surprising, but at this day it Is cer- '
talnly out of place. The ofllclals of
Multnomah county will find It neces
sary to clean up the gang. Uy tho
way there are other counties In the
state where cattle rustling Is prae
tlced to even a larger extent than in
Multnomah, the stock raisers of Jose
phine county have lost a large num
ber of cattle within the last twelve
mouths.
If tho Btockgrowers of south"-u
1
Oregon have proper protection t
cattlo Industry will become nn iui-1
portant business In this part of t'. e I
Btt.te. Cnttlo growers will do well to j
bnnd together so ns to protect their
holdings and tn tho event of theft
prompt legal action phould be taken.
PRESIDENT TAIT'S FARM CREDIT
PLAN.
!
rough! out
Had President Taft
his farm credit plan long enough be-
fore election to have made It known
to the people of the country he would he mar. lied through tho streets,
have received the support of many Be it said to the honor of the 1111
thousnnds of farmers. It is quite ,1'ort un ite emperor, he did not order
certain thnt "as easy exchange be-.the military to shoot them down,
tween capital niul tho fanners" will but directed the city government to
bo of great service In the develop- make certain important improve
ment of the country. If we are to nn nts and to build a Hue (ity, em
rod neo the cost of living wo must , plo lug every man who asked for
bring under cultivation a much larg- work.
er acreage than at present and to do n,,. engineer who ducted the op
this we must emplov modern ma- orations laid o it his plans on a largo
chlnery, modern methods of cultlva- scale and ave tnidov merit to
tlon and more farm labor. These thousands of men who gladly sought
things will require additional capb ie opportuni!. The result was
tal but the farmer will be unable to that Paris became the most he. .'in
take a loan unless be Is given the ful .ity in the world and "as (he
benefit of .1 low rate of Interest. The linv monument left by the emperor,
government can and should do this Me claim. -d that arc rk that
If It would have prosperous condl- i,;,utiiled the clt ad. led to Its realty
Hons prevail. ,;,lll( ,nul exnenditu-es of this
TDK K.Ml.ROVD ENTERPRISE.
. 1.11110.1,1 man s.tm to tne writer i
only a shor; time aco that C.rants
Pass was the onlv city iu the Rogue
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river valley uat nad an opportuuitv
to become a railroad tenter of im-
nortan.e. its It abut., loss.. 1 ,,t.
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Il-IB 111 1. 1. 1.1. -1 ...in ill I e, I ..'i.e.. t Ills IU
course must be apparent to every
, kn p f
sources gives it a leading place for
P 'early development on a large wale,
EdJ,OP! Within the next twelve months
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.thousands of road builders will be
strung along the line of survey from
Grants Pass to Crescent City, and
by the time the Panama canal Is de -
! -laro.l open to commerce, the work
f . instruction will have been com -
iplced and trains will be running
o the road, riiis. of oui.-. ,ie-
' ourselves. It is clear lo
everv riuht minded it!zen that K Is
''
our duty to work" for the best inn r-
'ests of this municipality which is'
tronolU of
destined to become the tne
Much de-
-J
!the Iioiiiie river valley.
liends on the ek'etion which is
to
jta.( (.(je on (h() 1S)) of (hs n.()nh
If the bonds are carried, that date' in
December will mark an era in the
history of this proud city and the '
raslon will be remembered iu the
beginning of real prosperity.
A large amount of private capital
is awaiting the decision of Grants
Pass to become invested In various
Industries In this country. Among
tho number tire lumber operators,
miners and numerous farmers who
are all anxious to engage in enter- jmove to urants rass with tneir iam- tne voting 01 uie oonus oa me im
prises of moment and they openly Hies to get their share of the era- Inst. Is now the keynote of the situ
declaro that they are only waiting ployment offered. ation.
I
opportunity to do bo.
! If the people of this city so will it
Ithey can have this road under con -
'strnction before the Christmas hol-lwill
L;(VS lm.iv(, ,,1t PVlrvthini; milst eep, and all the hotels will be rtlled
Uw (mt everv)m, ' wlth transients w ho w ill be called
L (liat )li(,re ,s a (,trtajiity ,n thelht,I, , a v?ry sho,, tlme thfl
jon)s viirnU ,,. ()f the (.Uy wi double anJ
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(irants rass nas long waited ior
another
railroad and many persons (
liae taken tin
matter of construct-
lug one under advisement, but each ;
and every time the Southern Pacific
managed to prevent the financing of
the enterprise for the pvrpose of de-
lay. This same company last ear
survey. -d a route to the Illinois val-
ley and made every promise that the
road would be built, but after wait-
Ing month after month and being put
from , ,
ar-
rived and the old story of "nothing
doing" was told over again.
It is said that there conies a time
when patience tenses to be a virtue
and this was the case with the pen-
pie of this city when the many
promises of the Southern Pacific
came to naught; they then resolved
to build a road of their own and
they have joined with their neigh-
mis on the toast and the line will
lle blt which will give us an outlet
to the sea and hcrn.it us ,0 escape
the grinding monopoly which has
weighted us down since Its first
train passed through the valley.
GOOD INVESTMENTS BRING PROS
PERITY. Dining the time of Napoleon the
Third in France a mob assembled in
Paris and with banners upon which
was inscribed. "Blood or bread,"
kind wero the
most profitable that
could made
'pp,. p;.i,i ,.f the Hire
was later adopted by th
coverniueiit to make th
Nr. pel
Atber
!:.t:i,
on
. an
i.al
.apl'al a da e
even mo,e beautiful
than Paris
man To ,1,. it was
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sT..'..l: V T . u- ''it . .. 1 . t,
- in- n- ii
proud of
ths ,uy wbKh is ur uaiiu,iai wat
iUVl.runu.4Jti aud tlle Wl,rh btil,
Koes on. in bom tascs me n-iui-
rtam thins was the pay roll which
It afforded and the prosperity of the
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lowed.
Other cities in the tnitetl states
jand foreign countries have adopted
like plans to make a pay roll ami 111
'every Instance 011 record they have
been successful. Money eluded
.oinmunitv for permanent im-
in a ominu.in. 1
j pruveinents such us building rail-
.
roads, whidi will add to the pros-
'pel ity of the people, is a safe invest-
incut, as it comes back through the
'merchants and gives added value to
realtv holdiiigs. Anything that will
ilii' rease tne unsiness 01 uie uij ui
Jpay u g0U(1 tere8t on the invest-
'meiit
This brings ns to the railroad anl
the bond question which is to b
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From t'e
very day tho bonds are carried !.
bor will be in demand and the pay
roll for Grants Pass will be started.
Within the next few weeks every
citizen who needs work will be of-
fered it and as time passes more
work will be added and men will
I .
j if there are any empty nouses.
they will be rented. Iloard'iu
houses will be filled with men who
have the wherewith to pay their
nran,a !WU ttl i. 1,,,,,, f;,r n.i
v
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" UI' ils 1 I"1" -' "i oppo.ui.ui. .v..
this can be brought about if we will.
Of course, there will be now and
' then a knocker. Their arguments
; neither have force nor effect on
'a rltlzpn wno Unows tho 'Hfference
between a dead town and one that
lilI,d I'rosperity. Good in-
.vestments are always profitable,
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GOOD WORK MY COM.MKUCI A!,
CLUB.
The Monday night meeting ot the
commercial dub was in every re-
spect worthy of the organization,
.Matters of the highest importance
were discussed and acted upon with
unanimity. These meetings have
been highly interesting for some time
ami the members can be sahl to be
enthusiastic for everything that
builds up either Grants Pass or Jose-
phine county. The commercial club
is certainly standing by the town
and It is only right for us all ,0
stand by it. There were between i!0
and 70 members out Monday night
and every one to a man was not only
in favor of building the railroad but
voting the bonds. It was the genor-
al opinion that here was the oppor-
tunity to benefit the city and that
every loyal resident rf Grants Pass
phould vote nnd work for the bond
jSSnp
MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUES.
The bonding of municipalities tor
public improvements is 110 new thing.
The directors of the Pacific-Interior
railway point out elsewhere in the
Courier today that Cincinnati many
years ago voted $ JL'.Ouo.uoo 0f bonds
for the (oustrintion of a railroad,
and that the venture was a highly
profitable ,me. The case of Grants
Pass i- a parallel one with that of
the Ohio tity. except that there is lit
tle liMihood that this ti'y win c,m
tinu.d in tho railroad business, as it
;s more than probable that capital
will bo ready t,. take the proposiuon
over before it has even been place,! tn
operation. But should it not be tak
en over
t will prove a profitable
.lertaking. and either leased or
ated. it 1 an be made to pay di blends
upon the capitalization.
It is not the intention of the local
company to spread the $20O,0i'O
realized from the bond issue over the
entire course of the road to the sea.
Su.h Part of the ron.t tho h.,,.i t.
that every Aim-man is
, ,ur tout- 01 uie coining
sue will finance will be owned In its
urn... liv ..... s , .....
' .' ,... ,i conns cr ,
citv.
stocks will Ire pun based and such
i,r,r,y !,s ,s a,',,ui,e,, wm at a"
(imt.8 ,,e maintained, and operated In
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uie .mm nm,. . mc . .... . ..v ...
rectors of the holding company have
adopted the wise plan of givlnc. the
ui,i..j r.nt.iicif v m nil of its art Its'
; ' ' , ...iwere business Ui,or. from here to
meetings are ... ..., ,c .u . ,
public is at an times nmie.i u
present.
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it is neuevea mat i.rar.i. a u.
be able to finance the bMiKlin.c of the
road to the App.egate valley even If
outside capital should not at this tlmo
come Into the project. This
would N a noon to tne u. itmi
would develop a locality that can not
come Into its own without the road
This much of the road would oper. up
the lime and cement plant which in
u.-eu oum us iuuwuj
magnitude and a substantial pay roll.
Hut those who are closest in touch
with the unfolding of the plan seeja good norse is Daa on any one, aim
the success of the project in Its full-,'" lri'? they are selling at now
nra anmo finipa tiaril tn renliiee and
ness. and s'ate that actual construe -
tion will conune.ice at each end of the
line within a short time, l rescent
City and the lumber interests h.ive
met all the demands tha' have "eer
made upon them. Grants Tass can
assure the success of the project by
meeting the demand made upon her:
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FAKM EXPERT IS NEEDED.
The farmer of all now countries Is
met with two great problems. The
first of these is the growing of his
produce, and the second Is its mar
keting The commercial club can well
afford to expend its energy along the
line of solving these questions, for"
upon the prosperity of the producer
depends in a large measure the pros
perity of the ((immunity. Three out
of four of those who come into the
Rogue valley to locate tire amateurs
in farming. With no guidance they
'make errors that are expensive and
discouraging, whereas had they been
wisely directed in crops and In meth
ods they would have met with un
qualified success.
The best investment that can be;anuual nlet,till., of tlle stockholders
made at this time would be in the en-' of the Joseph no County Rank will
l'ml'Ihl' of a farm exnert or farm agent be held at the Ranking rooms on
to Hv h. tin,, an,, his n.ulce ,
those who are developing the acres of
(m rtouiK
This expert can advise
what crops to grow and how to grow
(jlpll) jj0
can look up the market
and assist in making shipments. By
having a central selling and shipping
agency under his control, standard
ization of shipments could be effect
ed, and better prices obtained for the
l)u.pd pr0(llire A few dollars of diN
fercnpe jn Balnry ghoul(1 not gtand ,
the way of getting the right man.
lf some of those maudlin senti-
,m",:llis w are trylnij so hard to
,n'vnil ,he nmwr 10 flve
W0I'thless necks from the noose could
,K,Vt " l'i,'tll,'e ot I'001'- inoffensive
John York as they rescued his body,
with its load of rope and log chain,
from the Kogue, they would be moved
less by compassion. The dispatching
of Mikv Mnrir.m tn tVio nnl.-nr.u-n Prf
.!lV will tint Vifttir Vrtf!.- ,s
"" "Ul ' b "aia l" ""- your temper and your hand on your
but it may save some other John York pocket book." is the formal advice is
frotn a like fate. Sad that these jsued to women Christmas' shoppers by
things happen, but happening, they j c"hiof of I'olice Sebastian. Women
must be dealt with dispassionatelv. lalso aro advised t0 banish nobb'e
1 skirts during the holiday rush.
Grants Pass can buy herself a love
ly Christinas present by voting unan
imously for the issuance of those
bonds on the Isth inst. ?he will then
wake up on Xmas morning with a
railroad in her stocking.
There promises to be a great re
vival of the poultry iudustry in the
1111-'Grants Pass district thia .nn.tn.r
oper-'spring. The past season has brought
. many stories of succes. and while
there are also those talcs of disauir-
jacement. they all point their own
moral, and will help in establishing
the business upon a firmer basis The
wonderful advancement made will be
nn.n.i . .t, ...... .t
"..c- ,.i nir co m in t i
'chicken show, to !. hnt.r in p..,..
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i ass . .mn.irv lith Kit,
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Ml KPHY NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie and daugh-
1 ter were viMtors from here to Grant
. . ,s SlUv!a Mr!i,
1 nghter remaining
j few days.
1
Guthrie and
in town for a
Eugene Carls
O. E. Ilarpvr and
Those who visited Grants Pass
from here Tact-day were Henry
. . . ..
Pll,s j. w. York. 1. K. Mel-adclen
J and William llaherman.
j M.,. l.r Green who has been
J Vill'nS 5MS ",nnl Us,,t',n Ior
I last inontli. returned to her home at
j T(osJay
Iv a a ,s moving into his
I10W house near the old Hathaway
j place on the road between Murphy
jan.l Grants Pass. He has sure erect-
i,u " "
piece of property.
. . . f j,
' por loslnR ,lLs valiable horse in
grants Pass this week, as the loss of
, ' " '
harder to match. I
0lnK to your forrospontlent be!nK
j very busy the last few days he Is
j unable to send in much news at this
I writing but will try and make up for
it later on ' in the week. Just wait
until these railroads materialize and
then watch the Murphy items.
NOTK 1:
OF STOCK HOLDFHS'
MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of The First National Rank
,.r , it . 1, ..
"'""' """" I'"
ot electing directors and transacting :
other business that may come before 1
the meeting, will be held at the of-
lice of said bank Tuesday, January
14th. 1!)13. at 3:30 p. m.
Dated at Grants Pass. Oregon, De
cember the .'.Ih, litlL'.
Signed, II. I,. G1I.KKY.
l2-13-.'.t Cashier.
NOTICE.
The stockholders of the Wilder
vine Irrigation company are hereby
notified that their annual meeting
j will be held at the residence
E.
II.
-If
I.onghridue Thursday,
lit l.'l, at 1 o'clock 11. in.
Janua rv
OIK F.
Notice is lie. 'el
eby given
that tho
Tuesday. January 14th, at the hour
of 3:30 p. 111
Tin. .u...w f u.il,l
meeting is the election of a board of
directors and any other business
that may legally come before said
meeting. SAM H. MAKER,
Sec. Josephine County Rank.
WIRE MUFFS. -
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.'. Grab
bing today's date, l-lM.', as its
motif one live department store here,
advertises a whole page of goods from
1 cents up through $1.U', etc.. to
$12, featuring the naive promise not
to do it again for 100 years
LOS ANllELES, Dec. 12. A mask
ed negro footpad got the surprise of
his life when he ordered Mrs. Walter
Wallace to throw up her hands. She
complied, knocking both the gun and
his head spinning, and following with
an attack on his shins. He fled,
screaming.
I LOS ANGELES, Dec
'
12. "Keep !
TIIOl SAXDS FOIl
COMEDY ACTRESS.
LONDON, Pee. 12. May Kinder! 1.M
Astley, an American comedy actress. Vrcnvh Ij,n(1'T 15j,sk,,t (,VI"
Is named today as chief beneftciarv in IV lift'in,e) .-, "
the will of Henry Astley. the aviator, (More lllri tl,J,n a
killed at Belfast Sept. 21 last. jof darning et.tton for the wiles
Astley married Miss Kinder shortlv
before his death. All of the $32S.003
estato core tn tl.o n-t.ir.n- en
000 bequeathed to relatives.
All kinds of legal blanl.s at the
Courier.
Mining Blanks at Courier office.
DR. E. W. BARNES
PHYSICIAN AND Nl RCJEON.
Will ansvvpr all Htv r ,.,. rn.
, v "mill 'tills?.
Rooms 1 and 2 Schmidt Bldg.
A Regular
Xmas Special
On Candy, Nuts,
Fruit and Other
Good Things x
Good plain Mixed Candy, 1;. ,,.r
pound, '2 pounds o-H
Lumps and Drops, a hard ItHt tie
Candy at l.V or '2 lbs for o-
Ninas Mixed Creams, etc, p,.r
pound ol(c
French or Fancy Mixed Fine lion
lions at per pound
Ch.Kolate Drops, assorted (h.vors,
per pound
iOe
Nuts
Walnuts. 11)12 iron, nci- iiimn.i -...
AllllllI1,K soft ,,,. , ,
i .inomis, hard shell, per lb... 12 l.c
,.w.lllls )M,r M)m '
x . ... .
nrii11 inns, per ikuiiki oK.
Our Spial ( hiistinas Mixed Nuts
containing llnglish Walnut,
Pecans, Itrazil Nuts, Fresh Pea.
nuts, Almonds, Mlack Walnuts,
per pouml i5c
Table Hitisins, pound clusters, per
pound 2(K"
Table liaisins, pound packages,
each i,-M.
Four pound loose Muscatel Rais
ins for 25c
Seeded nnd Seedless Raisins, lit
O'. OjU'LlliriHi. J f,il :..
'Candied Citron, Lemon
and
Orange l'ocl
Golden Dates and
-lc to 2.V
Fa rd Dates
.12 1-2 to l.V
( alil'oriii;' White Pulled l is (IN
! tin Fancy) per pound 12 l-2c
California Rl.n k Figs iu oval wood
packages, delicious l.V
Niix a! Ore. naes at per tic, .'."c, lilc
and Sue
Tangerines, the only sweet orange
at this season, per doen ()
j Raiiaiias, per dozen :50 to 10c
Rest Cranberries, per quart l.V
Hawaiian Pineapple now each
j loc to 5(lc
Pop Corn, 2 years, Illinois, 0c per
', pound, '.I pound', for 2.V
jNew, Ilipe Olives, "Finnan's" Very
Tasty, pint 2.V
ueen Olives, imported, Spanish,
per pint :50c
Fresh llonio-imide Mince .Meat,
j "like mothers," per pound l.V
lllein, Plum Pudding:, each l.V
1 "1 Vrrtt Cake, pound ..10c
I'I'Ult
lake, 1 1 ounce
packages 3lr
llein. Dill Pickles, "most all suf
fragists like them," 2(c,
llein. Sweet anil Sour Pickles.
Wisconsin and Tillamook Full Cream
Cheese.
N FF( TIATI'I, and ltoquefoi t Cheese.
Olive Oil We aim to carry only the
pure and biuh untile kind in 1
mestie and Imported, bottles and
tins,
Extracts
Burnetts
and
..cv''
Vanduzers
Huniett's Color Taste, endoistsl by
leading culinary experts, jar . !('
SOMETHING NEW IX FANCY
FRENCH WILLOW 15ASKKTS.
Dainty Rjtssinetts for that new
ha by, each 12.-.)
I'.unsalovv WinkI Baskets for par
lor, coch S-f""
si. each
t'hr,!,,n,,w I'"'"-'
j Lil,to"'s 1,nl 1 1 n-n i
"nil Indian Teas.
Cej 1"
Sealshipt Oyster
Pint
in bulk. l'r
',1V
Ia Angeles Head Letruce. Celery
nnd Seasonable Vegetables.
GROCERY
Al TOMOBII.K DFL1VFRV SKl
VICE.
WHITE HOUS