FIUDAr, JOE 13, 1913.
Nl;V HON. IIK.MS.
A parly was given recently at the
borne of Mr. and Mrs Warner. Af
ter a pleasant evening, refreshments
wrere nerved to the following at 11
o'clock; MeBura and Mesdames Wy
cant, Morcy, Fldler and Cruse, Mca
dainea Siefort, Messenger, Sleigh.
Mellenn, Ilth, McAllister, Messrs.
McKay, ItutlshaiiHi.-r, MatHon and An
nabels arid Ian Lolth, Nina and Nel
lie fllefert, Herbert. Ralph and I'earl
Hull, Myrtle Conger. Florence Wy
nant, Ilia ri' h, Fred and Khilton
Morey, Kuril'o and Coleman Cruse,
Jleno, Lola, Kdlfh, Thelma and Mel
vln llulxr, Florence, llernlco and
Clifford Weigh, Mary and Albert
Mellenim. Melon, Ernest, Harry, f.lal
and Frances McAllister, Hoy Wlrner.
Itny Wilson, Hob Fldler, Raymond
Messenger and Alvln (leorge.
Mrs. Messenger and son, Raymond,
were In Crania Pass Haturday.
Mr. and Mr. Scherz visited with
Mrn. Messenger Hmiday.
Mr. and Mr. Wynant and dingh
ter. Florence, spent Saturday In
Grants Pass.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer York imd
daughter, Ruhy, spent Bunday with
Mri. Messenger.
It. h. Coo was aeon on our streets
Punday.
Mr. Warner hua an Id Haven huad of
bla fine dairy cows. ICmll HutlHhnu
ner iiImo Hold some,
Itayinond Messenger la mm'imI I n u
few days with hla aunt, Mra. John
Hcher., of Jerome I'ralrle.
Mr, Sleigh left Haturday for Clon
daln, having been called there on ac
count of the aerloiiN II Iiichh of hla
mother.
Mr. I.o.lth waa seen In our vlrlnliy
fixing up our telephone, line.
Mr. and Mra, Dutchcr and family
Mended church In town Saturday.
WOMAN HI li lt(ii: CAMI'AKJN
( ARItlKDTO IH'UApi'lHT.
Vienna, Juno 12. Tho greatest In
teriial lnuil gathering of women
Vienna has ever known left hero to
day afler three 1 : 1 V H of meetings and
confel eii (H for MildapeHt, where, tho
convention of lint liilernnt Ional Wo
man Suffrage Alliance opctiH on Hun
day, June IT) anil continues through
the twentieth. lurlllg the three days
that (ho delegates mid visitors were
guests of tho Austria Woman Suffrage
association, American women played
an Important part In planning the pre
liminarily of the meal HiulapcHt con
vention. Thoro were more than one
thoiiHand delegates and visitors lu the
parly which left today. Miss .lane
AddaniB, of Chicago, and Mrn. Stan
Icy McCormlck, dolegnlo from Massa
chusetts hnvo heen the lenders of the
Aiiierlcnn delegal Ion here.
f'lilcf on Hie War l'uth
t'lilof Mcl.nne nnuuiincea that ho
will hood he doing a hi nip dance
about the lialllw hits of some of the
people of (Irani I 'ass If they do not
net busy Mini cut down tho grass and
weeds growing nhoiit their promises.
He says that If the place are not
denied up forthwith ho will put a
man imi Hie loli and tax the costs up
to Hie property.
The Secret of Motor Car Economy
lie in tlir io o( n 11 fret lubtuatinti oil. nn
oil tli.it rlomnatrs tui tion niul allows nil llir
hivi id the rus'iir to b utilirvl.
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wi;nnoT iiuuks
IlKAT THE WOULD.
I'ortland, June 7. On ac-
count of the examining phyal-
clang finding ao many of the ba-
Ilea practically physically per-
feet, It waa very probable today
that an elimination contest
would be necessary to select the
winners of tho eugenic show
hi ld here Wednesday under the
auspices of the North I'ortland
Improvement dub.
According to Dr. Holt C. Wil-
son, one of tho experts, the av-
erago set by, Portland babies
waa far ahead of the eastern
standard,
SIX BRONZE MEDALS
FOR ROSE FAIR PRIZES
Klx bronze medala are available as
awards In the Koho Show to be hold
next Friday, Win. Hofaker of Phil
adelphia, whose generosity haa been
appreciated by Granta Paaa on var
ious 'prnvloua occaalona when he haa
presented trophleH for baaeball gamea
and other eventa, having placed the
medala at the dlapoaal of the commit
tee In charge of tho Roho Fcatlval.
Mr. Hofakor wrltea that he had
kept Informed of tho arrangement!
for the Featlval through the columns
of the Courier, nnd that the medals
which Im would supply could bo
placed on whatever exhibits the cotn
ii! I Men desired. Mr. Hofaker also
spoke of the Twilight league baseball
.rut'ies, tho playing of which ho fol
lowed through tho Courier. Last year
Hie pennant which the tennis repre
senting the four Sunday school organ
izations battled for was presented by
Mr. Hofaker, who Is an Illustrator on
the Philadelphia North American.
The arrangements for tho Rose
I'Vatlvnl nnd Homo Products dinner
are now practically all made, and tho
display of roues at the show, which
will bo held In tho room formerly oc
cupied by tho Southern Oregon Sup
ly Co., will be tho best yet niado.
The prizes offered ill tho various
clasnes are on exhibition In Tracy's
window.
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Chicago, June 1L Jane Ail-
dams for mayor In Ifltn. This
Ih the suggestion flying today
among Chlcngo club women nnd
suffragettes as tho result of the
act Ion of the legislature in ex-
tending the franchlso to women
In Illinois. Miss Adilams Is
abroad ami It Is not Known
whether she would make the
ran-. Kmm.v effort, however, Is
to be made to Induce her to al-
low her name to go In as a can-
f dldate,
Artistic1 job work at Courier ofllce.
for Motor Cars
nironiplinlir r.ti'tly llii'c icmiIk.
I lundirlo( ovinris of motoi tnu ki
Icll UK tlmt 7l'.KlM.I .Nl". is 0110 of
tlir umin (m ton in llic irdm lioix ol
thnr nintrniur ilwufs.
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pioof ml. Sihl by ilculrm
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S S I K CIC0
SITUATION CONCERNING THE
GRANTS PASS-CRESCENT RY.
Iroin official tureen Uie Courier l.-rus tlmt ibe follow ing to Uie
latent news regarding the railroad aituatjon:
.Mr. Helm and MfutoriaKw, among wliom are .Mr. hheppard of llo-
Ion. .Mr. Cliartier, Mr. IK ckman am Mr. MrMre of Ix Angeles, with
their engineer, will arrive In Grants I'u Satur.bi). The gentle-
men will nu.ke a trip to Cresrent City and return. While here Mr.
Helm will present a prKitlon to (be cilien alfe K-d, Involving the
building of Iho road through to Crew-cut City. These gentlemen
luive organized a ronMrm Hon ompany and have had a contractor
over Hie proved route, and us soon an they ran tome lo an
ngi cement with (Vranta I'm an, ( rescent City Uiey will be pre-
pared lo iK-gin work and ""h ' road to 1 iiipletiHi within a lini-
ited time. Mr. Helm has arrange,! for one of the firm of Caldwell,
Mnhlicli and Hc-I, New Vork attorney to whom the .bond Isf-uc
was submitlel, to come here and take it up with the city officials.
He will piolxiMy he here in a fcw days and the course In that mat-
ler wi'l Im- determinel. While here Mr. Helm will submit a roN-
sllioi, to the citi.ciiM toncerning the plans for the consideration of the
public. Judge Childs of Crescent City who in in l-o Angeles, writes
Dial he has mel Mr. Helm's associate in the enterprise and that
I hey will present a piMsjil lo the people and that he Udieves they
have a proposition that we can accept.
OKiAM.IJ Mill-: I'KO-
Ti; Ti i; AvSOCI A I IOV.
Thero Is a inovement under way
for the organization of a local pro
tection association lu this county to
enablo timber land owners to meet
the requirements of chapter 247 of
tho laws of Oregon for 111 13 In ef
fect June 3, 1913.
This act makes it compulsory for
every timber land owner In the Btate
of Oregon to provide a sufficient fire
patrol therefor, during the dry sea
son of the year when there la dang
er from lire, which patrol shall meet
with the approval of tho board of
forestry.
Sectoln 3. For the purposes of
this net, any land shall bo consider
ed timber land which has enough
limber standing or down to consti
tute lu tho judgment of the state
loard of forestry a fire menace to
Itself or adjoining lnnds.
.Section 4. The owner of any land
coming under tho provisions of this
act who shall reside within ono and
one-half miles of said land, shall bo
considered, by virtue of said resi
dence, to maintain a sufficient fire
patrol and shall not be compelled to
maintain additional patrol on such
land.
Section 5. For tho purposes of
this act, an adequate patrol shall be
construed to mean one equal to that
maintained by To) per cent of the
timber owners in tho same locality
or under similar conditions in other
localities, who are In good faith pa
trolling their lands against lire.
Section 1! of this act provides
among other things that in case any
owii'T or owners shall fall or ne
glect t0 provide such fire patrol,
then the stato forester, under direc
tion from the state hoard of forestry,
shall provldo the same at a cost not
to exceed live cents per acre per an
num. Any amounts so paid or con
tracted to be paid by tho state for
ester shall be a Hon on the property
and shall be levied and collected with
the ii' A taxes on such lands in the
same manner as taxes are collected.
It will be seen that this act is
stringent and means that all tim
ber lands under private ownership
must be guarded during Ore season
at the expense of the owner.
If the state lias a right to provldo
this protection, nn assessment of not
over Ave cents an acre can be made.
If live cents, it would mean a tax of
$n for tiro protection for each 1 1 0
acre i hum.
Itv such an organization as is con
templated a secretarv -treasurer will
l.v elected who will work ill co-operation
with the state board of for
es: ry. This secretary-treasurer will
collect from all desiring to join the
1 association a $'J initiation fee or
.-ciuie such amount for one ear's
'.1 ic.- With money derived from this
source a tire guard can ho emploed
'in each timbered locality in the
county to look after the private hold
ings of all members of the tissue ia
I in 'tat i'utti. ular district. Six
: " en in t h - 1 ount w ould give all
ownership ample patrol which would
.I'.c.i'. ;in expenditure of $ I . ".5 ." 0 . Ilg-
.;-. ' " men! h per man.
Siic !i 01 gani.'..itioiis have been very
..!'.. r -orv in other counties in
time pas and meet the hearty np-p-c-v
il of t!ie state board of forestry.
' 'mpl a matter of tho or
i .-, iv. ' .1: 10:1 oi the l.uicl owners for
ai ptvte . tion l-esides enabling
?he:!i through their own handling of
lie sit u.i' 1,0.1 ',i ni.ike a saving of dol
lar A:i information regarding sue ti
a-i organization can h, had by ad-
,.!-esing or railing 011 11 V. Ander
son, supervising" tire warden for
1 Josephine county, room ?, Rogue
1 K:er ll.udw are huildttw
OREGON RATE CASE
UPHELD BY U. S. COURf
Washington, June 10. The su
preme court today declared valid the
Oregon law of 1907 creating a stato
railroad commission and sustained
that commission's order to the Port
land Railway, Light & Power com
pany, directing it to reduce by five
cents the fares on its Milwaukee,
Oregon and Oregon City interurban
divisions.
Attorney General McReynolds
said today of the case:
"The decision Is an ubolute defin
ition of the rights of the state pub
lic utilities commissions. It sets at
rest, once and for all, the question
of the right of a state commission
to regulate Intrastate rates."
Senator Nelson said:
"I do not think congress will at
tempt to take from the state the
power to control intrastate rates. I
heartily agree with the prlelples laid
down nnd consider this one of the
most Important decisions In years."
Two Test Cases Itrougbt.
The Southern Pacific, O. R. & N.,
and Oregon fir California railroads
attacked the Oregon laws in two
cases.
The Southern Pacific sued to en
Join reduced class rates fixed by
the Oregon railroad commission
south from I'ortland, alleging an an
nual loss of $150,000 thereby. The
railroads alleged the Oregon law
creating the railroad commission
was invalid because its order affect
ed Interstate commerce, provided
excessive penalties, was not uni
form, and conferred judicial and
legislative powers upon the commis
sion in violation of congress' right
to regulate interstate commerce. An
injunction was refused and the rail
roads appealed.
In the other Oregon test case, the
O. R. & N. railroad, of the Harrlman
system, appealed from a judgment
of the Oregon federal court giving
'judgment to shippers for freight
J groceries from Portland to' Oregon
Irate overcharges on shipments ot
groceries from Portland to Oregon
1 cities. It was contended by the
J railroad that the groceries, in orig
inal packages, were first shipped
I from California and remained "In
terstate" freight, making the rail
road commission's rate reduction or
der an Interference with Interstate
commerce.
The court held that the rates to
Oregon City and Milwaukee way
points as compared with the fare to
I-ents, were not necessarily unrea
sonable, but were discriminatory and
ordered the company to reduce the
fares and to give the passengers
free transfer privileges within the
limits of Portland. The court also
sustained the Oregon railroad com
mission's orders to regulate the
fares to the Oak Grove district.
j Washington, June 9. Staunchly up
I holding the authority of tho states to
I regulate railroad rates within their
own borders, the I'nlted States su
' premo court today declared constitu
tional a Minnesota law- reducing
I freight and passenger rates within
that commonwealth.
The death blow aimed at "states
(rights" by forty allied railroads af
jfeeting six states immediately, and
; every state In the union ultimately,
j was defeated by the decision w hich
was read by Justice Charles E.
I Hughes. It was specifically stated
I that Intra-state rate regulation by
i s:at- railroad commissions Is not In
terference with Interstate commerce
;or a usurpation of federal powers.
Tho decree 19 generally considered
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a great victory of the states as against
the railroads.
The court held that states can reg
ulate intra-state rates when congress
has not acted in that fiold, subject to
the rights of the railroads to apply
to the court to ascertain whether the
rates made confiscatory.
Findings of the Court.
The court held in the Minnesota
case that two-cent fares were reason
able as to the Northern Pacific and fected but congress must be the judge
Great Northern cases but were con-! of the necessity of federal action or
flscatory as to the Minneapolis & St. j regulation or of a necessity to display
Louis railroad. The court declared j local laws by laws of Us own. Until
1 The constitution gives congress .congress acts the power of the state
authority adequate to secure freedom i's Plenary."
of interstate commercial intercourse;
from state control and to provide ef- j Tacoma, June 9. The decision of
fective regulation of that intercourse i t!ie United States supreme court to
ns national interests may demand. Ida' 'U'holding the contentions of the
2 Commerce that is confided with-1 Minnesota W commission in the
in one state and which does not affect rate case n,eans the drPPinS of
other states, is reserved to the state isuit brouSht b" -he railroads In this
This reservation is onlv of that pow--Jstate l have the distributive raw
er w hich is consistent with the grant " se ruling of tne ashlnSt011 pubI Jc
to congress. Ice nnthnrifv f 'service commission set aside, accord-
gress extends to every part of Inter
state commerce and every instru
mentality and agency by which it is
carried on, and full control by con
gress over the subject committed to
Its regulation is not to b denied, or
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thwarted by the commingling of in
trastate nid interstate operations.
3 Even without action by con
gress the commerce clause of the
lonstiuitiou necessarily excludes the
state from direct control of trans
portation carriers.
In reading the decision Justice
Hughes also said:
"The states may make regulations
- ! although commerce Is Incidentally af-
in? to Jesse Jones, who was a mem
ber of the commission up to 1'a5i
month and who sat through the rate
hearin??.
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