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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. 1013. WEEKLY ROGUE RITEB OOURIKS PAGE THREE 1 "Our Personal to all V? have been In business in this town ?S8 in this town I for ion., t.nie. and we are looking to I build up trade b alvttys advising our I'atrona UgliU So when we tell you that we hav fount! the eczema remedy and tat we bland back cf it with the manufacturer g iron clad guarantee, backed by ourselves you can ilvpemt i:on it that we tlve our advice not In order to sell a few bottles of medicine to skin sufferers, Tmt he cause we know how tt will help our business if we help our natrons. We keep in stock and sell, all tha well known skin remedies. Hut we will say this: If you are suffering from any kind of skin trouble, eczema, peoriaaift, rash or tetter, we want you to try a full sise bottle of D. L). V. Prescription. And. if a does not do (ha worU. this Clemens sella drugs. REV. ROBT. H'LEAN WRITES OF TRAVELS Editor Rogue River Courier: It is Bald that travel is a great educator, and it surely Is In some things. One needs to leave home in order to appreciate the blessings of home. I have heard people knock- ing Grants Pass, the Rogue River valley, and all that pertained there- to, until I almost thought that In the dispensation of Providence we had not had a fair deal. The ad vantages of southern California, in soil and climate, have been so per sistently extolled, contrasting that section with Rogue River valley, to the disadvantage of the latter, that one might almost imagine a transi tion from north to south would be a step from purgatory to paradise. 1 had a great desire to visit the south country and see for myself the won ders of which I had so often heard. I came. I saw. I compared, and Rogue river conquered. In all my journeying I have seen no place that combines the advantages of climate, variety and resources with beauty of surroundings that we find in and about Grants Pass, no place so de sirable as a place of residence the year around. It Is true that my visit to southern .California was at a time when they were In mourning because of the killing freeze; but making all allowance for that, there are things that deeply Impress one coming from the north that are entirely indepen dent of the accidents of frost. There are beautiful orange groves, though many look as if they had been fire swept, there are beautiful homes with a wealth of verdure and flowers, but back of all is the natural deso lation that makes one feel as if na ture there is an enemy that must be overcome, rather than a smiling, benevolent co-worker. I could not help contrasting the arid, desolate background with the emerald setting of Grants Pass, and as my thoughts turned to the valley where the green, protecting mountains are round about it as were the mountains round about Jerusalem of old, I found my self quoting: "I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills;" and if my heart did not "with rap ture thriir'lt was at least filled with content that I still had a home in the valley that is "without com pare." After leaving Oakland I found myself in a compartment in the par lor car with three typical southern California land boomers. In all the time they were with me I heard nothing but land, land, and still more of southern California land. One man, the principal orator, had a great assortment of language, but it was so mixed with profanity that it was hard to follow his line of argu ment. By careful attention I man aged to sort out enough of language 5 from his oaths to learn that there were a lot of blankety-blanked fools In the world who would go to Oregon to buy land Instead of going to southern California, "Where every prospect pleases," and only the ora tor of the occasion was vile. Grants Pass seemed to be the red rag be fore this bull, so I paid close atten tion to learn his particular griev ance; and I found that there were two principal heads: 1st. That he could not get a drink of whiskey there; and 2nd, that there was a church on every corner. Incident ally the land was high and worth less in quality as compared with southern California land, and no Oregon man would buy any land in California without first submitting a pound or two of it to his pastor. Then followed another tirade aealn-t the churches and ministers. I final ly asked: "Will yon 'please tell me what Is your particular grleva.ice against churches and ministers?" This called forth a most remarkable characterization of ministers; and what did the blankety-blanked mln- Guarantee Skin Sufferers" hnltla .111 ..nu. . to iuJe . 8 lone Again and again we i.ave seen how a fe drop of tills simple wash applied to the skin, takes away tlie Itch, in stantly. And the cures all seem to be permanent. I. l. D. Prescription made by the r. D. 1. I-fi burn lories of t'hlcaso. is composed of thymol, glycerine, oil of winlerreen and otlier healing, soothing, cooling ingredients. AmK ii you are Just crazy nith itch, yon will feel t-oothed and cooled, the Itch absolutely washed away the moment you applied this D. D. D. We have made fast friends of more than one family by recommending this remedy to a skin sufferer here and there and we want you to try it now on our positive no-pay guarantee. Isters know about land and business anyway? After listening a while I said, "Look here, my friend, I have been a minister for more than 25 years, and I have never, met the class you describe, not one that would fit your idea of a minister, The man opened his mouth, but for a motrenr n0 sound came; then his companljns slapped him on the knee and gave him a great laugh. He then found tongue to apologize; he had no idea that I was a minister, etc., etc. I told him no apology was necessary; I was glad to get his point of view. I then proceeded to give him some light on Grants Pass and the Rogue River valley. He found tongue again to say, "You can't tell me anything about Grants Pass, for I lived there two years." I told him I had the ad vantage of him by about 14 years; and Inasmuch as he did not know there was a valley below Grants Pass, and ;ould not name a promi nent business man in the place, I concluded his acquaintance had prob ably, begun and ended with the at tempt to get a drink while the train was stopping there. I relate this incident to show the attitude of the typical land boomer of southern California toward Ore gon. We passed the Salton sea in the night, but morning found us passing through arid Arizona. Near me was a man from Tombstone, who was counting the stations till he should reach home. For him Arizona was the finest place on earth. I looked out over the desert and sand, sage brush and cactus and felt thankful we did not all want to live in the same place. That night we reached El Paso, Texas, and after a good night's sleep I made up my mind to run over to Juarez, in old Mexico, and see what was going on. The street cars run across the bridge, pass through the town of Juarez, make a loop and re turn to .El Paso by another way. There were several Americans on the car, but when they reached the town the most of them thought It looked too tough to make it safe to go about the streets. The fact that the rebels were threatening Juarez again may have added something to their natural feeling of insecurity. I got out and went all over the town, finally coming to the public market, where I was alone in the midst of old Mexico. I sat down at one of the tables, closed the eyes of my stomach, and ordered hot chocolate and tortillas. The last tortilla I ate was about 45 years ago, and It was the last food I had and nothing more in sight. Somehow it tasted better than those I ate In Juarez. Returning from the market 1 came to a street where the only oc cupation was open air gambling. A sport came to conduct me down the broadwey, but I knew that there was the place where I would get hustled, so I pulled out for the car, and back to the protection of Uncle Sam. In my next I win tell you auour. some of the points of interest In this region. My work here promises to be intensely Interesting, and there are many places of Interest that, could you produce half-tones of them, would Interest your readers. The weather is cold, but the sun Bhlnes brightly and the air Is a tonic. ROBERT McLEAN. Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 4, 1913. 1 110 SURPRISE TO MANY IN GRANTS PASS- Local people are surprised at the quirk results received from simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed In Adler-1-ka, the German ap pendicitis remedy. The National Drug Store states that this simple remedy antlseptlrlzes the digestive system and draws off the Impurities so thoroughly that a single dose re lieves sour stomach, gas on the Btom ah and constipation Instantly. W. T. Coburn of Glendale spent Monday In the city. YOU CAN CURE THAT BACKACHE. Pain along the back, dizziness, headache and general langour. Get a package of Mother Gray's Aromatic-Leaf, the pleasant root and herb cure for all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. 'When you feel all run down, tired, weak and without energy use this remarkable combin ation of nature's herbs and roots. As a tonic laxltlve It has no equal. Moth er Gray's Aromatic-Leaf is sold by druggists or sent by mail for 50 cts. Sample sent free." Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. RIVERSIDE PARK TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS Riverside park will bloom like the rose this summer, and as a resort for the public In its minutes of rest and recreation will be a beauty spot un equalled in the valley. Under the expert direction of E. Mayer, the florist and landscape gardener, the park is being transformed, and many changes for Its Improvement are now In progress.' Around three sides of the park a border of shrubbery and evergreen trees is being planted, out, and five great flower beds filled with flowering perennials are being plant ed. Each of these beds Is eighteen feet In diameter, and one will be filled with German Iris, another with cannas, and another with phlox, while flowers yet to be selected will fill the others. The space between the waters' edge and the park proper will be set with native trees, and a forest of rugged beauty will be grown. Num erous of the native shrubs, especially of the flowering azalea, are also be ing planted in various parts of the park. The bridge leading from the street down Into the park Is now about completed, and will make the park much easier of approach, the step1? being entirely done away with. The city council now has under consideration the advisability of plating electric lights throughout the park, this improvement being a most necessary one In view of the exten sive planting of flowers. The put1 ting of the park property under the control of the city police force Is also needed. JAR OF GOLD COMES FROM OA LICE CREEK H. A. Corliss came In from the Ca lico creek mine Saturday with a jar containing thirteen ounces of the yellow metal that returned values of 18 per ounce, the result of a short run In the CorliBS & Dean placer mine. Three men working with pick and shovel In this mine recently took $400 worth of nuggets and dust from the Bluice boxes In ten days, and are now expecting to do even better when more water is available. Mr. Corliss says that the creeks are now getting low as the snow in the rnoun tanB is not melting very fast. The National Drug Store reports tnat A SINGLE DOSE of simple buck thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as com pounded in Adler-1-ka, the German appendicitis remedy, stops constipa tion or gas on the stomach INSTANT ly. Many Grants Pass people are be ing helped. EXPIXISION OF GAS INJURES S. I. HOSTLER G. W. Scott, hoBtler at the South ern Pacific round house was badly burned early Saturday morning by the explosion of gas in the fire box of one of the locomotives. Mr. Scott had built a fire in the fire box and cut the air off before the fire was fairly started. He then turned on the oil. Gas formed and when he opened the fire box the explosion oc curred. Mr. Scott's face and hands were badly burned, and his eyebrows and hair singed. His injuries are painful but not serious, although he will be laid up a week or more. RURAL ROUTE NO. 3 IS TO HE EXTENDED A telegram received by the Cour ier from Washington City Saturday was to the effect that Representative llawley had seen the postmaster general personally and had received his promise that the desired exten sion of rural route No. 3 ot of Grants Pass would be ordered. This extension of the route will serve some eighteen families living on the road that turns off to the left above the Jones crpek bridge, and will lengthen the roure to a full 24 miles. It Is now 22 1-2 miles long. The order will be effective March 1st. PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 7 2. Prof. Thomas J. Preston of Wells College, with his bride, formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland, left here today for Florida. NEW EXHIBIT OF MINERALS 18 WANTED Editor Courier: I desire through the columns of your paper to call the attention of the public to the coming session of the Southern Oregou and Northern California Mining Congress, which la to convene at Redding, Cal., in May. This association is now in its third year and it is the desire of the man agement to make this next session even more successful and Interesting than either of the pervious ones If possible, Now, speaking personally. not as chairman of this association, but as an interested ' citizen, I am desirous of au entirely new exhibit from our county; one which will not rival if possible any other section of the district, either of 'this state or our sister state just south of us. To gather and arrange such au exhibit as would attract attention in a eliv situated like Redding, In the . very heart of the best producing mining region of California, it will necessi tate the hearty co-operation of the entire mining fraternity of the coun ty and the business men of the city and the undivided support of the Grants Pass Commercial club as well. We have within the radius of Jose phine county many producing mines both quartz and placer, as well as some magnificent copper properties. Now, with our new railroad building into the very heart of the richest copper and gold region in the county, It is up to the owners of those prop erties especially to make it an ob ject to have an up-to-date and cred itable exhibit sent In for our collec tion. Again I am further desirous that we not only gather and arrange exhibits of our gold and copper ores, but that we do our very best to ob tain a fine showing of high-grade ore and placer gold. At the recent ses sion of the congress at Yreka, the county of Siskiyou specialized on a high-grade exhibit and every visitor from this city who had the pleasure of viewing the same, will bear me out In the assertion that the advertise ment accruing from that beautiful, rich and valuable collection will be lasting, as no one who saw It will ever be able to disassociate the two Yreka and high-grade ore. Now it Is up to us to make the name of Josephine county also Indelibly as sociated with high-grade ore and golden nuggeta such as she can and does produce as abundantly as Sis kiyou county. This la going to be a big opportunity for advertising our greatest natural resources, as Red ding Is so situated In close proximity to Sacramento and San Francisco as to naturally attract many Interested visitors and prospective Investors from both cities to the mining con gress. Redding is going to make the congress worth while, and will make the three days' session not only In teresting but enjoyable as well. The program will appear In the local pa pers at an early date. H. L. IIERZINGER, President Southern Oregon and Northern California Mining Con gress. Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 4, 1913. THOROUGH WORK. How Grant Pans Citizen Can Find Freedom From Kidney Troubles. If you Buffer from bacttache From urinary disorders Any curable disease of the neys, Use a tested kidney remedy, Doan's Kidney Pills have tested by thousands. Grateful people testify. kid been Can you ask more convincing proof of merit? L. H. Dyer, 77 Pine St., Ashland. Ore., says: "For five monthB I suf fered from kidney troubles. The kidney secretions . were unnatural and I had pains that extended from the small of my back Into my shoul ders. My head bothered me. My sppetite failed and the kidney secre tions contained sediment. Nothing helped me In the least until I used Doan'3 Kidney Pills. This prepara tion not only rid me of kidney com plaint but mado me feel better In every way." For sale by all dealers. Price B0 cents. Foster-MIIburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agentB for the United States. Remember the name Dean NATIONAL LEAGUE UMPIRES. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. A sched ule was adopted and the llHt of um pires for the 1913 season announced! at tho conference of tho National j League hero today. The umpires are: It. W. Emslie, W. J. Klcm, Charles Rlgler, Clarence Owen, Wll-j llam Ilrennan, Al Orth, M. W. Fa- j son, W. J. Guthrie and W. J. Ilron. i The lant two named were In the In-; ternational league laHt s'-anon. It was announced that If Hank O'Day Is willing, he will be added to the list of umpires. IrWlL BAKING PIWER Absolutely Pure Tho only Baking Powder mado from Royal Grapo Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO UME PHOSPHATE TEN 1ULLS PASS HOUSE. SALEM., Feb. 12. The house to day passed ten bills. The most Important were two relating to state banks. One of these was for the pur pose of enabling state banks to ac cept postal savings deposits, the same as national banks, and the oth er limits deposits In state banks to ten times the capital and surplus. For Hair Health ir Reiall "93" Hair Tonlo doe net improve the health of your scalp and hair, wa will pay for what you ua during the trial. We could not no strongly endnrae Rexall Hair Tonio and eoutinue to toll it to the came people if it did not do all we olaim. Should it not prove entirely natufeetory our cue tomera would lone faith in uj, wa would lone their patrousge, and ou buainea would suiter. If your hair is falling out or you suffer any tralp trouble, we believe Reiall "U." Hair Tonio will do mora to eradicate the dandruff, jive health to the aoalp, utimulate new hair growth and prevent premature bald Dees than any other human agi-noy. Wa want you to make us prove thii. We aak you to rink no money whatever. Ituy a bottle of Reiall "03" Hair Tonic, uae it according to lirectioni for thirty daye; then if rou are not entirely satianed, coma and tell us and we will promptly hand bark tlie nioiny you paid ua for it. Wa won't auk you to sign any tiling, nor even to bring the bottle back. We won't obligate you in any way. We will take your mera word. Could anything be more fairT Could we do anything more to prove eur belief in Retail "U3" Hair Tonic, and our honesty of purpose in recom mending it to your , 1 Retail "93" Hair Tonio ia aa pleaa ant to uaa aa spring water and has but a faint, pleaning odor. It eomea In two tue ol bottice, 60o and $1.00. You can buy Reiall "03" Hair TooU In thii community only at our itorat M. CLEMENS Oranta Pais Oregon There la a Reiall Store In nearly every town and city In the United BUm, Canada and Great Britain. Tbre ia a different Retail Remedy tor naarlv everv ordinary buman IU each expeclaUy d fulfil! lor tlie pertioular ill lor which II is recommended. Thai Raaail Storae are AmarUa'a GraaUet brig Stone THE MONEY SPENT TODAY will not support you ten years from today. Provide for such a condition by open ing a Savings Account at Grants Pass Banking & Trust Company WHY WOBBLE ? A month n you luul In mind to hlnrt an account with lliitt bank. Several times since you 'uve renew ed your remilvc. Each time you have wohllI put It off, tomor rownext week -MMiietimo. IM) T WAIT AN V LONGER. COME I.N TODAY AND START. JOSEPHINE COUNTY BANK i Oranta Paaa REPORT COUNTY RECORDS IN GOOD CONDITION The report of O, F. Calllson, who was employed to audit the books of the various county officials, has oeen presented to the county court, and was formally approved by that body. Of the clerk's office the report says that the records were "accurate ly and neatly kept," the fees collec t ed during the year ending Decem ber 31st, last, amounting to $5, 389.SS. A total of $251,627.82 were col lected through the office of the sheriff during the year, and turned over to the county treasurer. There was Included In this total $7,331.93 of delinquent taxes collected, the bal ance, $244,295.84, being of the 1911 assessment. The report cred its the books of the sheriff's office as having been kept in a "neat and accurate manner." From all sources there had been turned over to the county treasurer $268,447.47, of which the office had disbursed through the varlnui chan nels all but $14,698.67, the latter be ing the amount still In the hands of the guardian of the funds on the first of tho new year. The auditor finds that all the funds that came In to the hands of tho treasurer had been properly accounted for, a few minor clerical errors only , being found In them. The auditor also states In his re port that ho found the probate rec ords of tho county In excellent shape. Thse records are kept by the coun ty Judge. CRISIS FEARED IN ADK1ANOPLE. PARI3, Feb. 12. Following Bui garla's edict that no foreigners be allowed to leave Adrlanople, the government has demanded today that the French residents of that city be authorized to seek safety elsewhere at once. A crisis la feared. Oregon.