Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, June 13, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textt FIUDAY, JUNE 13, 1913. WEEKLY BOQUC KIYER COURIER V AGE FOIR Weekly Rogue River Courier COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. A. K. Voorbies, Proprietor Entered at the Grants Pui, Ore ton, poit office as aecond-rlaas mall natter. BtB8CRIPTIO. KATES one Tear $1.60 Hi mosths 75 T&ree Months 40 FRIDAY, JINK 13, 1U13. NEW GAME LAW FEATURES. The county clerk's office has re ceived the supply of fish and game li censes for use under the new law which became operative Tuesday, Hereafter payment of a single dollar will buy a fishing license for anyone, resident or non-resident, the license being required of both men and wo men who angle, and also of boys und girls of fourteen or more years of age. There la no change in the amounts of the hunting license fee, residents paying $1 and non-resldentB $10. Aliens, however, are required to take out a $2C license from the state game warden, and then must pay another $10 for a non-resident li cense. The new law also contains some pretty stringent regulations concerning the sale of revolver and pistols, and prohibits the dlttplay in how rasea or window of the short but dangerous weapons. Police and other officers can still purchase the arms, but for the ordinary mortal & permit must be obtained from some Judge, Justice of the peace, or other qualified official, and the presenta tion of a document bearing the signa ture of two people showing that the armament Is wanted for some good purpose. The indiscriminate sale of gone to would-be homicides and sui cides Is at an end in this state. THE COW, ADVANCE AGENT OF PROSPERITY The first of the developments In a commercial way promised for GrantB Pass this season hue taken shape with the purchase of a lot ana the letting of the contract for tne building of the Rogue Valley cream ery. This institution will be man ufacturing butter and coining al falfa into dollars within the next few weeks. Its influonce will be felt In all lines of trade. It will open the way for the farmer to make for himself a regular payroll, and will allow him to realize on an asset that has been neglected In the past. The country with the cow is a prosperous country. There Is ample market for good butter, and there need be no fear of an overproduction. The cow Is (he advance agent of prosper ity, nnd hpr coming to the Rogue will bring with it a long list of other benefits. A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE. The decision rendered by tlio su preme court of the United States up holding the Beveral stutea In thoJr regulation of railroad freight and passenger rates is a victory of more than pausing moment to the common people. It has been u mooted u liga tion bow far the Individual states could go In the regulation of com mon carriers and other public service corporations, and this decision of the highest court of the nation will put a curb upon the greed of the corpor ate Interests. In 1907 the legislature of Minnesota, In common with the legislatures of several other states, enacted a law reducing passenger fare and rates. In the instance of the 6tate of Minnesota passenger fares were i educed to two cents per mile nj commodity freight rates were re d'tcod 7.35 per cent., with orders of the railroad commission reducing freight rates about one-fourth. This law and the order of the commission were attacked by the Minnesota rail roads, and like cases In other states, together with much railway legisla tion, were held In abeyance pending the division that has Just been ren dered. In the Minnesota case Federal Judge (Unborn sustained every con- tention of the carriers. He declared the lawi "lubetaotiallr burden and directly regulate Interstate commerce, reate unjust discriminations, are con fiscatory and rlolate the commerce clause of the constitution." He en Joined the commiaeioners from en- offred lnfer,or ln qual,ty orcisco- 11 now elops. according to forcing the rate orders. 'in Pick. 8o is some of that from any a report recently Issued by the Bu- Manlpulatlon of their accounu dur- locality, and local patriotism does not reau of Commerce and Labor, that the ing the year the rates were tested In jmean that inferlor berrie snou,d jln:wn: lessees, in defiance of the law operation waa charged by the com- Purchased Just because they were 'governing the situation, have deplet mlssloners. The railroads declared rown here- Tb Roue ey.ed the Beal herd t0 8oraetD,nS ,e88 they operated at a loss. They con- row a brT' unequalled anywhere, than 135.000 (from an original 4, tended that the Minnesota rates dis- but nt a11 of tne take the 700,000). and that the government I . M . . A.. svf laeQ criminated aealnst cities of other states, caused reduction of their In terstate tariffs and caused chaos In national tariffs, usurping functions of the Interstate commerce commission. In their brief the governors de clared if the states are denied author ity to fix Intrastate rates the inevit able effect would be destruction of "state rights," Including all control of a state over its own affairs. CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK. The appointment of Will G. Steel as superintendent of Crater Lake Na tional Park is a most excellent one. Steel has since the time when the lake was first generally exploited been Its foremost champion, realizing its value as one of the scenic won ders of the world, and he has gained a comprehensive understanding of the needs of the park. He baa already mastered the requirements of the park from an administrative point of view, and as Its superintendent will maintain the park Itself and make Its beauties available to the outing pub lic. There are many reasons why the Oregon Cave territory, now a "na tional monument," should be set aside as a national park, and a superinten dent put In charge. As a monument It Is simply held against location or settlement, but the supervision over It Is not aa thorough as It would be If It were a national park. In the lat ter event appropriations would be made for Its maintenance, and leases could be given to private parties who desire to build hotel accommodations there for travelers who desire to visit the caves. As a monument, there Is no authority for granting of such leasee. Only last season the parties were here with the capital available to build a hotel, but there was no one of authority to make such a lease as was necessary. ARE YOU PATRIOTIC? j It Is said that shipments of Wil lamette strawberries are being re- j celved In this city and sold to Grants I Pass people for Grants Pass money, the money ln turn finding Its way into I the pocket of a Willamette valley I farmer, or such part of it as 1b not gobbled up by the transportation I company. At the same time local strawberries are being hawked I about, there being more raised right i here at home than the home market can cousume. Shipments of local berries have been made in turn to Medford and other points south, all to the enrichment of the railroad com pany, but to the Impoverishment of the producer. This system of exchauge would look like the poorest kind of econ omy, with profit to no one except a corporation that Is least In need of j the profit. In fact, !he only party in-1 terested in the transaction who is! sure of any profit whatever is the ! transportation company. The ac-1. reptunce of shipments of berries from the Willamette or any other outside district when the Rogue has more than enough for home consumption Is a showing of a want of patriotism and of local pride. It forces the price to the lowest ebb, for the shlpped-ln berry Is sold' at a cut-rate In order to get rid of It at all. and the choicer home grown product Is forced to compete with It or be given to the railroad compauy to carry out of town. The system means poorer ser vice all around lth the crippling of sn Industry that should be given ev- cry encouragement. It puts the cash of the consumer In the coffers of the r;.llroad company Instead of giving It to the man who la building up the country by tilling the aoll. The con- umer ia the person to remedy thla defect Aak for the "Grown In Grants Pass" kind and the deed Is done. It la true that some of the local ewe necessary to grow it rigm or to get It to the market in fresh and at- tractive form. The consumer has the right to demand the best service, and it is only by the completest co-opera- tion between the producer and the c.usumer that the valley can come Into its own and occupy its rightful position. The public market comes nearest to meeting this condition as m brings the producer and the con- sumer together and puts the proper iremlum on quality and on methods, of the several neighboring cities in of preparing the produce for the mar- 'the Rogue valley inviting the people i ket. m i ii (in the big celebration of the Fourth The New York attorney who has of July. Ashland was first to re been heie the past few days invest!- jspond, and In a letter from the board gating in- $200,000 bond Issue finds of trustees of the Commercial club, no objection to the proceedings that(f,ate8 tDat the project here Is given would warrant the calling of a sec- endorsement, and agrees to give a ond election at this time. He does 'snare of the local publicity to the ask, however, that the matter of the right of a city to build a railroad be put up to the state supreme court for a decision and the case to that tri bunal will be outlined at once, the at torney preparing the papers for the suit. It Is understood that about three weeks will be required to get the decision from this court, and that when that Is done, buyers are ready to take the Issue. EXHIBITS OF ROGUE PRODUCTS. The Oregon State Immigration Communion hn mii . mil nnnn tho local Commercial club for exhibits of building of the creamery has been the products of the Rogue Valley to let tbe structure to be ready for op be shown throughout the east during ration not later than August 1st, the coming winter. Products of all 'and il Is evident that the date Is ktnds are wanted, and the fact thatJnone ,0 soon at the rale the dairy now is the sroper time to select and save samples of grasses and grains Is Impressed upon the farmer. These samples should be gathered and brought to the secretary of the Com mercial club, who will prepare them for shipment to the proper place, no expense whatever being attached to the making of the display. Later as the fruits and vegetables come into season these will be preserved, and a most creditable display of the pro ducts of the farm and orchard should be obtained tast year the gathering of the exhibit was left till so late a jPrtant conventions and congresses of Rt thnt nniv n to Dnmnie hithe United Kingdom will be held at talned. One of the most Interesting of the displays that the club could make, and one that would attract the great est amount of attention, would be of the fish of the Rogue Glass Jars 0f Lni, , , v ,, . , I Dieted all arrangements for the fun sufficient size to hold one of the larg-1 . . ,,. . . ,. . est of the chlnook salmon should be !0bta,ned' " We" 88 tberB f0r tbVtop King George's entry, Anmer, ln steelheads and other trout. The pense for preserving would be small. THE GOVERNMENT LEASING SYSTEM. Few of our citizens know that this government has made what ought to be copsldered a very fair test of the policy of leasing the public domains to private concerns, says an exchange. s far back as 1800, It leased the lead 4 mines of Michigan and the coal lands Of Iiiwn nn,i fi panies. ana men lougnt through all the courts in an effort to recover some of the loss resulting from the venture. A more recent. In fact a present- ,.. ,. . . t i da, upphcatlon of the theory, is pres- ent ln the Instance of the Prlbllof Islands, off the coast of Alaska. When the government first took possession of the fur seal herd, ln lSR7.fi It l leasi it tn h ai..i, n .i leased it to the Alaska Comnierc al company for twenty years. At that j time the herd consisted of 4.700.00O seals. During the period of this lease l7ft.ion i . ! , .vv, mo irsgt-fs 100 K I SSfi.224 seals, deriving therefrom ,4 'net profit of $18,753,911.20. while .the net profit of the government 'therefrom was but $5,264,230.08. ! March 12, 1890. a second lease was entered with the North American Commercial company, of San Fran- nas sunerea a prop .. v. v. than thirty million dollars. There is not a single Instance on Record ln this country and the ex 'perlment has been tried many times J where the government leasing system Jhas resulted In anything but disaster ,to the government. ; ' Courteous letters were dictated by the officers of the Commercial jclub to the commercial organizations iof the cities to Join with Grants Pass celebration. When the 46 bead of beautiful dairy cattle passed down Sixth street bound for the alfalfa fields of the Rogue from their Wisconsin home, the fact that the dairy Interest has really taken a hold on this district could be appreciated. This Is the second shipment of blue ribbon dairy .stock to be unloaded at Grants Pass jwithin the past few weeks, and buy- Lr8 are now out after other shlp- ments that will come wlthin the next few days, i ne contract ior tne her1s are beinS increased liOM'ON LABOR TEMPLE TO COST $1,000,000. London, June 12. London is soon to have one of the finest labor temples In the world. Plans were formally approved today for the new central labor hall to be erected here at a cost of nearly $1,000,000. The building will have offices to be used as the general headquarters of the various general labor bodies, and will also contain a large auditorium capable of seating 4,000 persons. All the im- ,the new auditorium. Sl -KFKAGETTE DEMONSTRATION AT DAVISON FT N ERA L. j London, June 12. The militant lslllTri,gotte organization today com- rial VI .1UUJ J-'aVlSUU, HUU Ult'U of her wounds after attempting to ex-;he Derby. A solid mile of suffra- Bettes four abreast is planned as the feature of the funeral. All will be clad In purple and white with mourn ing bands on their sleeves. Mrs. Pankhurst may participate ln the demonstration. MARKET XDITIONS NOT RESPONSIBLE 4 M'AIhki STATEMENT. 4 4 Washington, June 12. Flat denial of reports that market 4 conalt,on, prompted him to 4 4 tell the national banks of the 4 country that he was prepared (o lf8e $300,000,000 of emerg- 4 ? 'TT' TiCed 4 to b Secretary McAdoo. 4 .-For 8nme tlme . 8a!d Mc. Adoo, inquiries have been re- 4 celved from banks as to wheth- 4 er the tra,,, 'B prepared to is- 4 sue sucn currency. I merely 4 ftn8Werl these Inquiries pub ic- i.. Tk . T I. The fact that the statement 4 4 was issued at a time when the 4 market was suffering from de- 4 I,re8sIn was merely a coind- 4 dence. 44444444 4 444444 WHY THE SIDWAY IS GUARANTEED Just a Word From the Company. Every Sldway Collapsible Guaranteed Ruby Carriage leaving the factory not only represents the beat efforts of an exceptional, ly equipped plant but in constructed of higher grade material than were ever before used in collapsible baby carriages. We have sufficient confidence in our produce to guarantee it to withstand any umj it receives In two years. If any port wears out or breaks during that period, we will replace it free of charge and Py the transportation charges to any part of the world. Wliat more can one ask than a guarantee like that. Why not buy the hahy buggy that the company stands back of. The Sid way Collapwiblie Baby Buggy, the Iwt on the market. A. M. McFARLAND mm 605 G ST. GRANTS PASS, ORE. CHICKKN 1)1 N Kit FOR S CENTS. Will be served each Saturday and Sunday at the American restaurant, formerly the Good Eats, opposite city band stand, Grants Pubs. Prices for other meals as reasonable. Clean rooms and comfortable beds for 25 and 50 cents. Mrs. H. M. Parham, Prop. 6-13-tf COr.VCV TREASURER'S CALL HR WARRANTS. All Josephine county warrants protested prior to .March 1, 1911, are payable at my office and inter est will cease on June 10, 1913. J. E. PETERSON", C-13-4t County Treasurer. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the co partnership heretofore existing be tween W. H. Cook and Woodford & Son, doing business at Merlin under the Drm name of Woodford & Cook, is this day dissolved by mutual con sent, W. H. Cook retiring from the firm. The business will be continued by Woodford and son, each party to be responsible for the debts contract ed by himself. 5-16-5t (Signed) W. H. COOK. CALL FOR RIDS. District No. f7 asks for bids for the construction of a frame school house at the county ferry. Plans and specifications may be seen ai the home of J. A. Rusk, R. F. D. 2. Seal ed bids will be received until June 10. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Address .1. A. Husk, clerk, H. F. I). 2, Grants Pass. Oregon. Fi-30-6t NOTICE TO (X)NTRACTORS. . Sealed proposals for the construc tion of one mile, more or less, of as phalt macadam, to be built according to plans on file in the office of the county clerk for Josephine county, Oregon, will be received at said office at any time before 10 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, June 4, 1913. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids or award the contract as may be to the best Interest of the county. By order of the county court. E. L. COBURN, 3t County Clerk. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals for the construe. tidn of a wooden or steel bridge across the West Fork of the Illinois river, beyond Waldo, on the Crescent City road, t0 be built according to speci fications on file in the office of the county clerk of Josephine county, Oregon, will be received at said office at any time before 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesday, June 4, 19U. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids or award the contract as may be to the best Interest of the county. By order of the county court. E. L. COBURN, 3t County Clerk. CAMBRIDGE L. L. I). DEGREE FOR AMERICAN" ARTIST. London. June 12. The degree of L. L. D. Is conferred here today on John Singer Sargent, the American artist, by Cambridge university. The reasons which led the university to confer this honor on an American were told In Latin sentences by Sir John Sandys. CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SAL FOR SALE 50 acre dairy ranch720 acres under cultivation, fruit trees, alfalfa, clover, good timber, house and barn, water piped Into all buildings. One and one-fourth miles from station. For particn lars apply to owner, W. R. New man, Wolf Creek, Oregon, 5-23-8t FOlTsALE VlioTuTbuys a $ 1 5 0.80 brand new 4 h. p. Aeromotor gaso line engine. We have only one at this price. Cramer Bros. 3-21-tt FOR SALE Choice five (5) acres In Three. Pines fruit district, two (2) roomed house, land ready to plow. Chas. Bee, Three Pines, Ore. 4-25-tf FOR RENT Forty acres good land on Wilderville road nine miles from town, some grain, vegetable gardens, plenty of water, good five room house. Price $6.00. Address No. 834, care Courier. 839 FOR SALE Two good milk cows! One four-year-old Jersey-Durham, will be fresh in few days. A big milker, gentle and a regular pet One eight-year-old brindle Jersey, giving over three gallons rich milk per day, now on grass. Will be fresh again ln September. Gentle for man or woman to milk. Price $75 each. II. L. Keyte, Merlin, Ore. tf FOR SALE Cider mill, disc harrow, five kegs, three ladders, two scythes and snyth, spray pump, pair rubber spray blankets, three spray barrels, plow, 200 apple boxes, three barrels, double shovel plow, harrow. Inquire Box 32, Merlin, Oregon. 6-13-lt M I MC K LLAN K "w RANNIE, the plumber, Is ready at any minute to repair your plumb ing. 609 H street. Telephone 140-R. 4-J-tf Old Hampshire Bond and Coupon Bond are ln stock constantly at the Courier office. Many cheaper pa pers also, suitable for office station ery. Leave your order. will be at Grants Pass Hotel June 13 and 27. After that date will be there on July 11 and 25. Let ters should be addressed to Box 421, Medford Ore., and will receive prompt answer. U HADGER. Agent. St. Helens Hall POBTLAKD, OHIOOK Resident and Day School for Girls la fhirnot Sluteri of Ht.Jnhn Bnptlit (Fplxvp!' Coil.ji.u. Aeulrau in 4 llMMatary Daptruuau. Mint, Art, dentin, DoMitlt Art. Doaiiuc Seine. Taawima. t'orcsuloa tdilrtM THESISTrR SVTERIOn, Office 26 fit. Brlrm Hall HOME CANNING Steam pressure way V .