Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, May 16, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE JXJIK Weekly Rogue River Courier COUNTY OFFICIAL rAPKR. A. B. Yoorttiea, Proprietor Estered at the Grant Put, Ore goa. pent office as secon4-iass mall matter. Bl'IWCRlPTlO.V RATEH un Year f 1 .60 U nonths 76 Three Mentha 40 F1UIMV, MAV 18, 1013. THE SISKIYOi HOAD. Southern Oregon is alive to the I Pacific Highway situation, and if the I districts traversed by that thorougb- f;ir In th north ulll ,t il,,.!.. I u ' to interest for years In building a a well as will this section, there . . ... , road to the Illinois valley. At one will be do more agitation for the I., . ... . . . .time I was one of those who believed changing of the route to tbe east' . . . . , , ,. . i that a road to Sucker creek would be hide of tbe Cascade mountains. Jose- , v .v , . ... of greater benefit than a road to the pblne county has already done ex- cellent work upon tbe roud, and tbe ' fifty or sixty miles of the Highway ' in this county have been put in ex cellent repair. Hut the county Is not going to stop the good work, and while tho grades have been reduced, and the roadway made Arm and smooth, plans are now In mind to macadam tbe roadway from tbe JackHoa to the Douglas county line. Jacksou county has a much harder portion of the road to build than has Josephine, that part over the Hlski you mountains being especially dif ficulty of construction, but it Is the portion that Is largely the key to the situation. It Is this stretch of the road that determines the date when the road Is pnsHable for automobiles, the grades being steep and the snow late of leaving in the spring. When Josephine's roads are In perfect con dition, thej'oiid over the KlHklyoiis Is often Impossible of travel. To solve this situation, Jackson county's court bus authorized a survey of the Sis kiyou roil (I, and proposes to rod me the grades and com memo the con struction of a permanent highway that will not be n menace to travel over the most scenic part of the Pa cific Highway. The road through t ho Klsklyous is traveled largely by the through traffic, ami It would seem proper that tho two states of Oregon un tl California should not throw tbe burden of building the road upon the individual couiiMoh in which it hap pens to lie, but that It should be built by state, aid. And meantime Jnckson county In commended for tbe effort It Is making to Improve the Highway. It can ! some good work with the minimum of expense over along the Josephine lint1, and thin will greatly facilitate travel between the cities of the Itogue valley. MAYOR SMITH TELLS OF RAIL ROAD SITUATION. Dr. J. F. Roddy mid Mayor Robert inny iu,iit,VP that tho greatest mls G. Smith, who have been In San Fran-JtllKo undt.r t,e circumstances would Cisco for the past week on business,!,,, t0 1(t ,hls ,,rojeet full into the connected with tho financing of thejhll(U r ,,,8,, wno thl8 Griuits PaHs-Crescent City railroad, jnmi , t)l( ninos valley nnd let us returned homo Sunday evening, filled j ,.,, , ,i ,lp without oast con with optimism and firm tn the belief ',.,,,, fr aii ,le years to come." that the road will soon lie built to the I - . roast. Regarding tbe present rail road Hltuittli'ii Mayor Smith gave the Courier the following statement : , I uo BpendiiiK of the public fundi "After spending a week for good roads Is au investment that Franklin Helm In San Francisco. 1 am iJ'VVs continuous and heavy div: anUsnod ho and his associates will j 5oin.l. It is an expenditure of the undoubtedly build n railroad from public money also that was aptly 11 hero to Crescent Ctty and commence .lustrate-d by rretldent Kroh whei work at an early dat. Somo of,1"' "i 'mi1 simply tho tak- those Interested will be hero this lu '"l,ney out of one pocket and tho week. The construction and railroad ; putting it in another, for it remained companies have been organized and the community and ln i Irculation. the financial arrangements practical-1 There is a growing BetUlmeiu in fa ly settled. Vor of road building, but there is "I went to San Kramisco to make , llU'w iM ;l Jcinaud that tho building a Personal Investigation and I found i1'0 HlonR ,no,' Pvrmanont lines than Mr Helm to be a man whoso business, lu8 ,"'" l"1, at all times under associates extend beyond the United,1110 R,,"'r!lll' .epted methods, with States to England and France. Mr. wllNtl of ,1,e Jollftra f the t!U" Helm and Ills asso.latos will not only )ayer The l,roU'8 l,( past havo build the railroad, but will bo ablenot beon th general public to take hold of and Interest others ln ;objected to good roads, but rather any Industry that can bo carried onjthat the Bystom n :1 o" In this country. They have alreadv ini1 ,hiit Permanent work did not -o- hiu'nnm lntMrMr.l In pnmwir mlntntf and will soon have In this county the world's best mining equipment to preliminary to future work In Jose tnake a thorough investigation. I 'phlne county, a system of roa.J huild don't know that any man ever came ing be developed, and a definite plan to this county who baa the ability to interest capital that Mr. Helm hai. The delay on bis part la due to the quibbling of New York attorneys over the city bonds, but that can be arranged satisfactorily. "The building of tbe road, I under stand, la contemplated by others who have recently appeared on tbe acene owing to the delay of the city dispos ing of tbe bonds. In view of the fact that Mr. Helm and hia associates have expended several thousand dollara in organization and investigation and have Interested capitalists from sev eral states, It would be calamitous as well aa unjust to turn tbe matter over to others whom we have tried . ... I coast, but information received from I . . . , . j sources that cannot be doubted shows i.... , ,.,, , ,u , that the developing of the copper mines on the head of Indian creek presages the development of a copper camp that may equal Butte. This ore must find an outlet to a smelter on the coaat. If the road Is built to the coast, the shortest outlet for these mines Is to conned with it. If this road Is not built and tbey build their own road, they will go down tne Klamath. Mr. Helm has become In terested In the mines of that country. Farlsh Brothers, of New York, have one mine In whlch.,1,000,000 tons of ore sre blocked out and ready for mining. A few mines like this would mean a market at our very doors for more tTian we ran produce "It has been earnestly asserted by some people whj seem to be afraid the present plans would succeed, that the rewood would not be shipped over such a road. I called on Mr. HotchklHS nnd he said to me, 'If I had a railroad, I would not ship a splinter by boat.' "Taking these facts into consider ation In connection with the reduced freight rates that would ensue when tho harbor developed. 1 am satisfied that a road to the coast would be worth twice as much to this commun ity as a Jerkwater road running thir ty miles from here. When in San Francisco, I called on Mr. Sproule, president of the Southern rnciflc, and asked him specifically, because of certain rumors, If the Southern Ta clfle desired to build the road or had authorized anyone to say that his company ho desired, and ho told me that the rompany did not contemplate building the road and could not un dertako It because of the unmergtng of the Southern Pacific under the 'court decrees, and had not authorized any one to say the company would ibulld. "In conclusion, 1 want to say I JOSEPHINE ROAD llUlLUINi;. ,8Ull irOm lt lt has been sugges'ed that as a WEEKLY lUVKK COIIULR adopted. To thla end a general aur-'weight.' and the name and address purpose Is returned to the commun vey of tbe roads of the county shou.d of tbe manufacturer. Any person lty ten-fold, not necessarily In dol be made by a competent engineer, 'offering or exposing for sale dairy lars and cents, but in the more per and every dollar expended could then j butter not branded in compliance manent. more valuable assets of be toward tbe working out of a pre-with this ruling will be prosecuted greater happiness, comfort and pro determined plan, and the coun'y ' under the statutes provided for the great of the people. A city la the court would at all times have work- i branding of food products." expression of every life within its ing plans before them. The charac-: s borders, and every Increase in pro- ter and cost of each mile could be I NEWCOMERS ABE WELCOMED, grees and efficiency In the individua, worked out as railroad builders de- j It u announced in the public press rltlzen. is progress for the whole, termine cost, and money would not'tnat the four Russian emissaries who be blindly expended. Debt for road oave been touring "the Willamette building, where there is value re-!and the Rogue valleys seraching for ceived for tbe debt incurred, need!an(j" have purchased a tract near frighten no one. It is the best in vestment that can possibly be mad.-. There Is coming more and more the demand that the roads ov.r which the heaviest traffic prevails be made of hard surface pavement. The cost of thi, I. not greatly more than the less permanent kinds, ana it aaa3 to tbe comfort and pleasure and to the ultimate profit of tbe community as no other road can. Bonding to ; Albany country that has attracted a lot of smooth faced kids to spend build tbe main roads of the county of the new 8ettler8, but lt linfalr to , .S" Ctl bard surface pavement is meeting !,ay tnat the prospectors selected i you oupnt t0 try t0 Uve up to the dig with public approval. But first the lone district In preference to another nlty of that beard of yours." county should work out a plan that when the clalm8 of the one were , meets the greatest general approval DeVer investigated, and no compari- tirel to his corner of the art room to and work always toward that plan. '0n of tne tw waB ever attempted. : think it over In a few minutes he ! put on his lint and coat and slipped nnr t-V v a i i vv rTKvvuv Tb people from the DOrth ar oat. and he didn't come back for two HOGLh, VALLEY CANNLKY. wm find v eithpr Rut wWj,n fin nour aft. Tbe cannery company is making Iectlon made anywhere in the state - Ms departure th..nj-ttor progress, and has announced a defl-of Oregon Is a good selection, though , bropnt ln pasteboard box such as nlte uolicv for tbe n resent season. ..v ... - iivirinni HilTpr. florists use to pack flowers In. The r -w yet ms- tured. It is proposed, however, to equip and maintain the cannery this j season to handle all the tomatoes and pears that come to it, and an ef - fort is now being made to have the!other ,orape rropgi whlle frult and plantings of tomatoes as large as possible. It will require less time and less capita, to stay by these pro- h been ample, and wnlle the weath. U ducts and not dabble this season in er has heen cool and fi0mewhat back- i was only the theft of a pocket band various lines of which but small jward ,t wag be8t a8 ,t deIaved tne , kerchief from a pocket but the clrcum crops could be grown, so equipment frult m u had paB8ed the fr08t per. I of e. pta.n tehj- will probably not be installed to can ,od flnd Wflg the be8t p0BgIble for the , wpre 0n their trial for assaulting a man Other vegetables and berries till an-! js a fert ge3,nn j In his house nt Ponder's End putting . ,, . . hn ; him n fenr and stealing from him. and other season. It is probable, how- lfor fhe 1na,lgnratlon of the dalry ,D. ! ()np pf thpm rcpve(1 th(? tedlum of the ever, that apples will be canned af- teregtg trial, which lasted eight hours, by pick- ter the pear season. : ing the pocket of one of the turnkeys , ... ' as he stood ln tho dock. An official had The plantings of tomatoes are THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, A PUBLIC ' (ho plseIU,,. of mlm1 t0 or(lcr tbe re9. very large, and the cannery assoela- NECESSITY. i toration of the hanilkerchief. nnd the tlon has provided many tomato pianis ior uiose who n.io noi diieau made provision. A shipment of 5,- 000 was received Tuesday, and other shipments will follow, in addition to the many thousands of plants that I commendable, writes Chalmers Had were available locally. The com- j ley Xo t0WQ can hope to ve up pany Is anxious that the entire crop jt0 U(J greategt p0Bslbllitie8 wIthout a be handled through It. though the llbic ljbrary( and none wlth a g,n. shipping tomatoes will be sent north as long as the market justifies. In taking up this branch of the market- ing problem, the cannery manager Is to find the best markets for the surplus tomatoes, it is believed that the cannery will later take up the marketing question in a much larger sense, and that all tho fruits and vegetables of the stockholders will find market through the common source. The details of the cannery sltua- jtlon have not been entirely settled, and the directors are not yet ready to announce whether it will be the purpose of the company to take over the old plant or make other provis ion for this season. liRANiUNO DAIRY lil'TTKR. l'he Oregon state dairy and food 'commissioner has just issued ivgula- tiouj for the branding of the bufer product of creameries and dairies, The statutes are strict regarding this, and It is well tor the butter maker to hear them well in mind, I The law requires that the creamery prodmt be branded with name and , ,, , i , . address ot the maker, but da.ry b,,,- ter need have only the net w.ight branded upon it. thus making it practically impossible t0 trace the a P'iblle library, but any institution manufacturer in rase of lomplamt which enriches and uplifts the lives as to tho quality of the product er of of the people Is the greatest econ short weight. To cover this omis- omy. Any attempt to conduct civic skm from tke statute. Commissioner ' affairs without a reasonable expen Mickle has formulated the following dlture of money for such influences jrullng for the marking of dairy made butter: AU dr, butter offered or ex- ,c and the public library ha, long posed for sale will be considered since established Its claim as one of t misbnuulod If it dees sot have plain- the most potent remedies for such ! ly marked on each roll or square the conditions. j words, Dairy Mutter.' it ounces; It is no waggeration to state that ! full weight.' or .,.. ftt Albany, and the fact is advanced as an argument in favor of the northern valley. Ag a matter of fact the four ad- I jTan,.e agents of the colony that con- 'templates coming from the frozen t north did DOt come lDt0 the Rogue jvnijey, and so far aa Is known no ef- fort was ever made to bring them . here. This 1b not to discredit the ' i nriM hi r 1 1 1 rviiii nc iiivii nu nui u .n nt nnlntnn as to which mlsht .vv w r 'be aDI,0utely the best. Thp anrn!r tn date has been ideal a 1 or tne gr0wth of alfalfa and the !yegPtable8 are mMns satisfactory, j growtni rainfall of the spring Any consideration of a public li- brary proje(.t is complimentary to a rfrnini,nl.v ,i,ftwin na ,t Hnp n j sense of civic responsibility and a j JeBire for juture progresg wnlcn are lMre deg,re nee(J fae den,ed the ble8 :,ng8 wh,ph reguU from 8Uch ftn ingt, tutlon There are few communities which . ii t , would not provide for a public li- " brary, if its advantages were appre- ciated, for it 1b a remedy for many Ills and is all-embracing in its scope. It vitalizes school work, ami receiv ing the pupil from the school, the li brary continues his education throughout life. It is a Lome mis sionary, sending its messenger?, the books, into tvery shop and home. With true missionary zeal, it uot only sends help, but opeus its doors to every man, woman and child, ln most towns, there are scores of young men and boys whose ev, nin-s are spent in loafing about the streets, and to these the library offers un at- 'ractive meeting place, where the t'p may be spent with jolly, wise friends in the books. The library substitutes better for poorer read- Ing, and provides story hours for the , children who are eager to hear be-! , . fore tbey aro able to read. It also i Increases the earning capacity of . people, by supplying information and ! . , . ! advice on the work they are doing. Increased taxation is one of the greatest hindrances to the opening of i ts the grossest extravagance. No economy result, frnm t,n,n .. ! .....j. for library i HIS FACIAL FOLIAGE. Ita Fate When Living Up to Its Dignity Was Suggested. rtun u a romlc artist on a New Tork wf)0 nsed t0 drlnk , uttle too much and a little too often. Also wore a heav-v brown beard of wh,b he was very proud, Cne m0rnlng he came to the office, showing signs of indiscretions the fZT- mDt "Old man.- ne saia 8.y. too old and too smart to be doing this an. . , . It m,,.t be all -j-nt for oiiitnr mil (lio trrnnnlnpR " . .. . " and openea me ox. There was nothing Inside except a heavy brown beard, which had been newly sheared off tbe owners face. ua m,0i. n o.. W I Ul Ulie lUlJtT IWM'UUU iVWDin ,u -" center of it.-l'hiladelphla Saturday Evening Post An Old Time Playful Prisoner. Over a century ago there occurred ln V 1 t ...,nl DnntotnH loll. i prisoner had enough presence of mind , . . .. lth mnst ,,.. ,,,. fereiice." but the court, we read, "were I horror struck." Justice, however, pull- ed itself tocetlier sufficiently to sen tence ull four men to death. The Changing Death Rate, The last generation has progressed remarkably tn snving the babies, but has let the middle aged people die. Below the age of ten the death rate has been diminishing. Above the age of forty the death rate has been In creasing, nt least in America. No in crease Is reported from Europe. Intemperance in eating, drinking and i working, especially working. Is the I most probable explanation of this pe- ,, , , t . collar nnd unfortunate mortality. j The nation hu made great advances iln community hygiene. It Is time the people tiegun to advance a uttle in personal hygiene. Chicago Journnl. Looked Like It. The small but observant son of a New York traveling salesman noticed when his father came home that he had had n front tooth Glled with gold while he was away. . "Top." said the boy. "you've got 'your tooth buttoned on with n collar i button, haven't you?"-New York Sun. Made Them Laugh. "My friends," said a politician the ottipr i'v ivlfh n hnrcf tf IniTaniiniia e,oqlu.n,.o; , bc nom,st.." The terrific outburst of applause which followed this remark entlrelv upset the point which the orator was about to Introduce. Ixmdoti Telegraph. by hunger and privation, n't Ilala, in central Africn. May 1. 1873. These were brought down to the coast, to- gether with his body, by his faithful ,,,nck ",,l'.V!S" and were published in uoeemtier. i( I. ti ...i.i ... ..... ... , . ".' viisi mm iarreaeuing discoveries and explorations undertak- ''" ,!"(1,'r "1",s, l"''(,'lvnble condl- tions of hardship and privation. In fil,t. Livingstone literally laid down ,lis ,ifl f,,r bis country since to his pio- l"'0r "te,'!'ii-e is largely due the fact that so great a part of Africa is today colored red upon the map.-London An swers Where the Benefit Wat. Widow's Daughter Mamma, why did you tell Mrs. Iunode that I am only eighteen when 1 am really twenty four? Widow Reonuse eighteen ts all .vwirs "mll'r twenty-four, my dear. dou: .voars at my nge. do I ? , '(U,0W-N',, flt m-v chId. but There are pro-er dignity nnd propor- !" '"u' ouwrvea in tne performance f ,.v..rv ;,-t of if,. -Marcus Aurellus. THIEF TAKES CLOTHING PROVIDED FOK 8UUDK. SAN PEDRO, Cal., May 15. Staring eyes of a corpse and the ghastly atmosphere of an undertak ing establishment here failed to af fect a hardy thief who Is at large to day, clad in the sombre black suit that had been provided for the dead man and a hat that formerly be longed to a suicide. To find hia way about tbe death room, the thief un screwed an electric light bulb that hung over the face of the corpse and carried it to another connection in a far corner of tbe room. Even the new underclothing provided for tbe deceased was stolen. r.MCl'H WITNESS IS LOS ANGELES HIN(X) VASE, LOS ANGELES, May 15. Testi mony of II. A. Unruh, who, as Its ex ecutor, doubled the "Lucky" Bald win fortune. Is entered today la the records of Lee Rial, alleged to have fleeced O. P. Frlesz of $5,000 in a fake pool room game. Unruh testi fied that a private telegraph line was maintained to the Oakford hotel, Arcadia, a portion of the Baldwin es tate, but denied that the defendant or any of his assistants had used It. The trial was delayed yesterday pending the arrival here of other witnesses. The Medford Sun Is authority for the statement that the Rogue River Public Service Corporation, the com pany organized by Geo. E. Sanders, has contracted to supply 2,000 horse power of electrical current for the Portland Beaver Cement Co., that Is to put in a $500,000 plant at Gold Hill for the manufacture of cement. CHESCKXT CITY REAL ESTATE FOIt SALE AT A ItAlttiAIN. Notice Is hereby given by the un dersigned executors that they will sell at public auction at the law of fice of Geo. V. Howe in Crescent Cify, Del Norte county, California, at 12 o'clock, noon, on May 31st, 1913, the following real estate belonging to tho estate of Christian Fafri, de ceased: All that part of Original Lot No. 45, of Crescent City, in Del Norte county, California, fronting f.O feet on Front street and 116 feet on "I" street of said city, same being a rectangular piece of land 00 feet by 116 feet In dimensions. This is a choice piece of property, ln the heart of Crescent City, corner lot, full cement sidewalk, saloon build ing on premises, size of building about 30 feet by 70 feet, together with rooms for storage. W. T. BREEN, CHRIST ETTER, Executors of Estate of Christian Fafri, Deceased. Address of Executors: Crescent City, Del Norte Co., California. Office stationery at the Courier. Legal blanks at tho Courier. CLASSIFIED ADS fOU SAl.fc FOR SALE -Lots In Laurel Crest; good soil, shade trees, irrigation: beautifully located for a charming home or choice Investment; prices lower than lots less desirable. Nel lie O. Miller, Owner, 109 N. 6th St. 11-15-tf FOR SA LE $12 0.00 b uysT f 150.00 brand new 4 h. p. Aeromotor gaso line engine. We have only one at this price. Cramer Bros. 3-21-tf FOR SALE OR TRADE Nearly new, Singer sewing machine, cheap. G. W. Farleigh, Leland, Oregon. 4-25-3t FOR SALE Choice- five (5) acres in Three Pines fruk district, two (2) roomed house, land ready to plow. Chas. Bee, Three Pines, Ore. 4-25-tf j FOR SALE CHEAP Going away I one surrey, two buggies, harness, buggy pole, double work harness, forge, drill, sickle grinder, scales, saddles, scythe, corn drepper, log chain, spray pump and barrels, kitchen cabinet, side board, baby bed, hens, also house to rent. R. Huck, 627 North 3rd St. Phone 379-J. TO EXCHANGE One hundred blooded White Leghorns, cocks alone worth $25, for cow, wood or anything I can use. Address H. O. Marshall, 917 Orchard Ave. 2t M!3tELEAJT6on RANNIE. the plumber, Is readyjH any minute to repair your plumb ing. 609 H street. Telephone llO-R. 4-J-U