Rogue River courier., August 29, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913.
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WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COURIER
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Weekly
Rogue River Courier
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
A. E. Voorhiea, Proprietor
Entered at the Grant Past, Ore
gon, post office as ocond-rla&i mall
natter.
SUUSCRIITIOX RATES
Year 1160
Hz months 76
Three Monthi 40
AFTER THE FRAUDULENT LO
CATOR. Federal prosecution of those laud
locators who Lave been active during
tbe past five years, and v. bo have
filched thousands from tbe pockets of
those upon whose cupidity they
worked, is to come without delay,
Judging from activity around tbe of
fice of the district attorney in Port
land. An assistant to Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds has arrived prepar
ed to prole the affair to tbe com
pleted extent, and his evidence will
be presented to the federal grand
Jury on October 8th. These locators
have done an Immense business in
Josephine county, and have pocketed
many hundreds of feus ranging from
(100 to $300 for making filings up
on tbese O. & C. lands upon which
there was no possible chance of the
locator ever getting a look-in. Speak'
Ing of these coming prosecutions,
the Oregonlan says:
"Tbe Btatute under which the proj
ection will be conducted in the same
under which A. J. Mehl, Involved In
the Columbia Orchards swindle, was
recently convicted. So much evi
dence Is already In the hands of Dis
trict Attorney Reames nnd so much
more is coming in dally that he and
Special Assistant Pagan expect to he
engaged for nt least two weeks In
classifying and arranging it.
"Since the expose of the swindle
Mr. RenmcB has received over .100
letters from victims in all parts of
tho country and Canada, and the enso
of the Vancouver people who recov
ered $300 each is only one of many
Instances In which money either has
been returned or the prospective
dupe has been prevented from pay
ing. "While there are several classes of
operators who have been concerned
In the fraud, the class in which the
government prosecution will be par
ticularly Interested Is the "locator"
who has pretended to be able to
place people on certain tracts withlu
the railroad land grant under assur
ance that It would he possible to so
cure title by the payment of $2.50 nr.
acre, either to the railroad company
or tho government or otherwise.
"One Instance of this dnss of ac
tivity reveals that on one single quar
ter section of timber land not less
tbau 20 "locations" have been Hied.
For this service of "locating" a
clulmaut on 100 acres of tbe land
tbe "locutors" have charged all tbe
way from $10 to $200, and In boiuu
Instances It Is kuowu that as high as
$300 Iuib been obtained.
"It lias lift'ii estimated that at
least 20, (mmi "locations" have beeu
made, for which there has passed
in'o the hands of the "locators" fees
approximating $1,000,000."
for iu:tti-:i: roads.
The duct lino of good roads receiv
ed a Kie.U linoM when delegate from
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three states gathered ut Eureka, Cal-lable
Komila, t-liis week and outlined plana
for co-operative road IniioWuK that
will bu carried on The building itf
coast kli;hwuf la the nxiwi Irne of
activity iw iih tire orgaui.Mttini
the rninltt of states will n'ucern
ItHt'lf, but lu addition will tu a cam
paign for the betterment of the hi 4i-
ways in all parts of the state, and
to provide uniform lobulation fori
road construction and maintenance
in the different stu'es
An executive committee which will
meet the third Sat ird.v of January
and of July each year will control
the workings of the association,
vlille an annual meeting will lo held
at n timo nnd place to be designated
by the executive committee. The
next meeting Is to be hold at Med-
ford Beit summer, the exact date to
be selected later.
The officers elected are as follows:
President, Dubley W. 6eltier, Red
ding; vlce-pretldent for Washington,
E. S. Collins, Ostrander; vire-pres-
Ident for Oregon, J. W. McCoy, Ash-
land; vice-president for California,
Dr. J. D. Bullitt. San Joie; treasurer, ,
13. F. Lynlp, Alturas; secretary, Geo.
E. Boos. Medford; executive com- "While the Pacific Highway com
mittee, Washington, Samuel Hill, 'mission is being called to lay out the
Maryhlll; Frank Guilbert, Spokane:
J. F. Ronald, Seattle; E. T. Griggs,
Tacoroa. Oregon, II. L. Pittock, !
Portland; George Rodgers, Salem;
William Graves, Marshfleld; Charles,
Renfro, Eugene. California, W. J.
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Dalton, San Francisco; X. B. John-
son, San Mateo; G. A. Webb, Crescent logical one and will be of vital In
City; T. H. RaniBey, Red Bluff. erest to them from all point! of
LAWS FOR THE AUTOMOBILIST.
With tbe increasing use of the
automobile throughout the country
the need for regulations and cus
toms of the read becomes more
pressing. All states and nearly all
towns have made an attempt at en
acting laws for the regulation of
auto traffic, but the result has been i his Influence with the forest defart
a more or less complicated and con- ment in order to wake this road pos-
tradlctory mass of statutes. There
should not only be good laws enact
ed, but the laws should be as nearly
uniform as between states and vari
ous communities of the states as
possible. A new state automobile
law has Just become effective in Call-
fornin, of which the following are;
a few of the essential features:
The new law prohibits any person
under the age of 16 years from oper
ating a motor vehicle.
No person is allowed to leave an
automobile on the street with the
motor running.
Automobiles left standing on thei,np earliest possible day. and the
street must have their right Bides fac-
Ing the curb.
The law prohibits the use of "muf-
fler cut-outs" in incorporated towns.
Always keep to the right of the
street when traveling.
Do not forget to have your lights
both front and rear burlng after sun-:,he
set.
Public lands that have been sur
veyed and are unreserved and non
Irrigable are to be designated for
entry as enlarged homesteads under
a new ruling by Secretary of the In
terior Lane. Large tracts will be so
designated at once, and the entryman
will have to determine the availabil
ity of each quarter section of such
land when he visits the district land
office. The recent practice has been
that the department waited for peti
tion In each case before It designated
a tract as ready for enlarged home
scad entry.
BETTERING THE HIGHWAYS.
Road building has become almost
a hysteria with the people of tbe
west. But It is hysteria of the right
kind. It is something that can not
be overdone if directed by wisdom
and good judgment. Millions of
dollars have been thrown away un.
der the guise of road building, but
with the newer idea of highway con
struction the people are getting
more of real value for their money.
There Is now a distinct movement
on for the bettering erf the road
through to Crwu'cnt City and from
there to Eureka, and maklne it avail-
fo.r Pacific Highway travel. It
wonld glvo an alternative route, and
auto? thst are making a round trip
over the Highway would have the
advantage of tfie added s enery and
a ooast route.
Now come the residents of tae low
er Rogue, seeking to have the road
from Grants Fns down the river
built that part of the Pacini Highway
traffic may bo diverted In that di-
rection, ami then aloi.g the toast to
Crescent City and Eureka. The fol
lowing bearing upon this point Is
from the Saturday issue of the Fort
laml Journal:
"In a letter received In Tor: land
by S. R. Archer of the Archer-Wiggins
company from decree W. Bill
ing! of Marlal. a settlement in Curry
county, It Is stated that commercial
organlzatlons la the southern part of
the state are making every effort to
have tbe Pacific highway routed
from Crescent City along the coast
to Gold Beach, and from that point
up Rogue river to Grants Pass. As
there Is already a road from Cres-
cent City to Grants Pass, a road up
Rogue river from Gold Beach would
form a rough triangle.
highway along tbe lines mentioned,
!the boosters of the proposition are
expecting the forest department to
build the road to Marial. which is
in the Siskiyou foret reserve. Gov-
ernment engineers have viewed the
proposed route and declare It is a
'view. Marlal Is the converging
j point of nine Important trails through
.the forest and It has been tbe policy
of the government to recommend a
roaj to the junction of any four or
more trails.
"Forest Supervisor Macduff has
been Interested la the matter and
Senator Lane has been urged to use
Bible, and to ask congress lor a spec
lal appropriation for It."
Here Is opportunity for a scenic
route that will have no equal on the
American continent. The 'triangle
from Grants Pass down the river to
Oo'.d Beach, then along the beach to
Crescent City and back by the way
of the great redwood forests and the
mines of the Illinois valley, would
be filled with wild beauty and na
tural wonders every foot of the way.
The road down the Rogue is one re-
.nulling a good deal of expense in
!t,'e building, but it must be built at
recent visit of the forestry officials
hasten the day. The route to
Crescent City and through to
Eureka requires but little work to
Dlilk " equally as good as the route
ovt'r tne mskivous, ana in tact mere
ar0 travelers who now Bay that It is
len9t difficult of the two.
PROFITS FROM THE BARTLETTS.
The outcome of the fruit industry
is a question that has disturbed the
rest of thousands of people who
have purchased high priced lands
and have expended fortunes in plant
ing and caring for orchards. In times
when the fruit market seemed glut
ted through an "over-production," or
when prices were depressed from
other reasons, the carpers have been
gleefully ambitious in spreading the
dubious information, with its ap
pended "I-told-you-so." A country
that can produce fruit of tbe qual
Ity of that of the Rogue valley, how
ever, need have no fears for the fu
ture. It has held its own, and more,
In competition with other fruit pro
ducing districts even in the face of
the freight-rate handicap, and with
that removed it will be beyond the
pale of ruinous competition
Tuesday a Rogue valley orchardlst
was loading boxes of great and lus
dons Hartlett pears iuto the wagons
to haul to the packing house. He
was making tho last picking from a
small orchard of two acres of trees
that are approximately a dozen years
'eld. and he said he would have 1250
j boxes of shipping fruit from the
small plat. These he had sold
through fhe Josephine County Grow
ers' association at $1.60 per hex f. o.
b., or a net return of $lS7o from the
acres. This is not a fictitious case,
and can be verified by application to
H. T. Prltchard, secretary of the
Grower' association, and owner of
the tw0 acres in question. Neither
Is this a recerd case, as there are
numerous cases where rears have
made much greater returns than this,
but hero we have nn absolutely au
thentic example of a pear orchard as
a commercial proposition producing
at the rate of nearly a thousand dol
lars per acre.
There mav be plenty of districts
that c.m produce good apples, but the
rlaces where pears or Tokay grapes
erow to perfection are few nnd far
between, and this valley need have
no fear that there will ever be an j
overproduction. ThU is also a year
of profit for the apple grower,)
and while competition may be a bit i
more keen in the apple iuraet, the
outlook for that branch of the fruit j
industry was never better. I
RIG TENT SHOW COMING.
Burk's Rig "Uncle Tom's Cabin t'o." ,
Will Exhibit at Grunts Pass
Tliurs. Night, Sept. 4. j
This is'the first time that tbe pub-
lie has had an opportunity of see- j
ing the "New Version" of 'iUncle
Tom's Cabin," the greatest drama-'
tizatlon of this popular play ever
written. Mrs. Stowe'a historical play !
has ever been a favorite with the
women and children, and they al
ways go to see it whenever an op
portunity presents Itself. Burk'a big
"Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." has the dis
tinction of being the largest organ
ization of its kind on the road. They
carry a special train of their own
cars to transport their people,
horses, ponies, donkeys, dogs, char
lots and other paraphernalia neces
sary to present the only grand spec
tacular production of this, the most
successful drama ever written. The
characters of Uncle Tom, Eliza, Lit
tle Eva and Marks are all ably pre
sented by a competent cast, and the
dancers, blood hounds, etc., give a
realistic and sensational naturalism
to the performance. The scenic and
mechanical effects are good, and the
picturesque transformation scene
forms a fitting finish to the whole.
So rarry the news and tell your
neighbors. The only big show com
1ns will exhibit at Grants Pass on
Thursday night, Sept. 4th.
Economy Jar caps at the Rogue
River Hardware. tf
Order butter wrappers from the
Courier office printed with your
farm name and other Information
required by law. The price is $1
for 100; $1.50 for 300. Best qual-
ty parchment paper.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Five acres, two sub-lrrl
gated, one acre garden, several
thousand celery set out, two flowing
wells, every acre good soil, four
room bungalow, barn, chicken
houses, all fenced. Fronting east
Gth St., fronting Washington Blvd.
west, only 3 blocks from paved St.
$27 monthly income from milk.
Will give terrfis; a snap. R. F. D.
1, Box 69. Grants Pass, Oregon.
8-1-tf
FOR SALE 7 h. p. T. T. model In
dian motorcycle as good as new.
Price $300 complete, with tandum.
Inquire No. 1269, care Courier.
8-22-4t
FOR SALE or trade One registered
Angora billy goat. Address E. C.
Neeley, R. F. D. No. 2, Grants
Pass. 8-22-4t
GOLD MINING property 5 miles from
Talent, Ore., on Wagner creek, for
examination or sale. Write, en
closing stamps to Luman N. Judd,
Talent, Ore. 8-22-4t
FOR SALE 5 acres, l1 miles
north of P. O., 2 acres sub-Irrigated,
1 acre garden, several thou
sand celery set out, 2 flowing
wells, 4-room bungalow, barn and
chicken houses, 4 tons hay, 1 cow,
and all crops; $28 monthly ln-
como for milk; $2600, part cash, j
balance on time. A snap. Ad- i
dress Box 69, R. F. D. No. l.j
Grants Pass, Ore. 8-29-tfj
FOR SALE Five Jersey cows, two
thoroughbreds, three high grade,
young stock. Call on or address
F. M. Stason, near depot Wolf
Creek. R-29-tf
WESTERN HOTEL Rooms 50
cents. Rates by the week. Mod- j
em. tie. to and homelike. Your pat
ronage solicited. Cor. 6th and D
streets. Grants Pass. 7-11-tf
800 HOP PUHtURS vvanttd for Flan
agan & Cornell Hop Yards. In-!
quire of Dr. Flanagan. Grants !
Pass, or at ranch. Ticking rem- j
mVnck's about August 23. 8-15-Ct1
FOR RENT House furnished or un
furnished. A. llartlett, 64 S N. 4th,
phone ItM-L. 907
FOR EXCHANGE Pair of tine resl-1
dent lots. 13 minute car service to'
tenter of city. $330, Denver, fcir i
got d value in unimproved land I
within 10 miles of Grants Pass, j
Mrs. Manel Miller, 796 Wyandotte!
St.. Denver. Colo. S-22-3t !
R ANNIE, the plumber, Is ready at
sny minute to reprlr your plumb-"-9
II trMV Telephone
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All ZXZZX.
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"The Mainspring of the Farm."
Gasoline Engines
For All Power Work.
Drives the Cream Separator, Churn, Wash
ing Machine, Feed Cutter, in fact anything
that can be hitched to them.
THE FAMOUS FARM PUMP ENGINE
Fits any pump and makes it hump. Let us
figure with you on a pumping or power
plant of any kind.
JEWELL HARDWARE CO.
GRANTS PASS
Thursday Nig'ht
BURK'S BIG UNCLE
UNDER BIG TENT.
Attention to Apple Growers
We are in the nmrket, and solicit tenters of apple in loU of
10,000 to lOO.OOO, delivered to our packing house in Merlin, Ore.
They must p-nile F.vtm Fancy, tint lie mt les than 2 3-4
inthen in diameter. They niu 1h clean, hand picked, free from
all bruises, skin puncture or fungus diseases ami absolutely true
to name. The fruit must he well matured and at least 75 per
cent xifet in color according to variety.
Preference will be given to red varieties particularly Spitz
enhergs f yellow variety the Yellow Newtown.
Apples may be delivered in hi.lxes, or any receptacle
that will fcisure delivery from tbe orchard direct. In perfect con
dition. All fmiit will he
PAID FOR IN CASH
on delivery to our parking house. Quote price per 1.000 npples.
Address Fiscal V General Manager.
F. C. ALLEN & CO.
10.-. W MONROE ST CHICAGO, 111.
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TOM'S CABIN CO.
At Popular Prices
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