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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.
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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
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