Rogue River courier., September 26, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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WEEKLY KOtil'E RIVER COURIER
Weekly Rogue River Courier
COl'NTY OFFICIAL PAI'KK.
A. E. Yuorhip,
Proprietor
Entered at the Grants Pass, Ore
ion, post office as second-lass mall
natter.
Kl'llKC'RIITION RAT EH
una Year 1150
(six months 76
Three Months 40
PROFITING DOTH WAYS.
The public market Is being estab
lished for profit to no one except the
producer and the consumer. It Is
Intended to solve tho marketing
Sjucstion from both end of the
ganie, and to pruwde the opportun
ity for iHbh sale of the products of
the valley and to give the consumer
the best possible servlre In his buy
Uf. The expenses of establlHhing the
market have been met by the coni
tolttf e from the Commercial club,
and no commission will be charged
Ither buyer or seller, the only ex
pense to the farmer who makes use
of the market being 20 or 25 cents
for each day that be rents a stall
and this rental will not be charged,
we understand, till the market Is
firmly established. Fourteen booths
each 8x10 feet In slzo, with a coun
ter In front, are provided In the
building at 211 N Sixth street. These
will be allotted to the farmers with
out other charge than the small
dally rent which will help to pay the
wage of the market master. In
these booths, or "stalls" as they are
more commonly called, only the pro
ducts of the farmer con be offered,
and It goes without saying that the
farmer who brings In his produce In
the most attractive form will be the
one to make the best and quickest
ales. First It Is up to the producer
to have the goods at the market
ready for sale. There can be no
market without the things to offer
the would-bo purchaser. This Is not
the most propitious time of the year
for the establishment of the mitrket,
but there are many lines of produce
that are In season, and with the
market established the farmer can
plant next spring to meet its de
mand!. When tho market opens Wednes
day morning there should be an of
fering of all the varieties of fruits,
vegetables and other produce now In
season. When the producer has
done this It Is tben up to the con
sumer to do the rest. Ask for the
things you want, and if they are
not at the piH.kut Wednesday thoy
may lie there on the next market
(lay, or as soon as the grower can
provide for the demand. A balance
will be Btrni-k ns soon as the needs
of the public are known.
Alongside the market building Is
a vacant lot that has been made
ready for the farmer who has a load
of wood or of ha or of other bulky
produce for sale, and the day should
not bo fur distant when the market
will be the center for all commerce
between the producers of the valley
and those who consume their pro
ducts. PAYING
itu mi cii for school
LOOK
Tin- slate supm inunOcut of puli
lic iiiftrui turn mils atteution to the
Ian thai too much is being t luirM d i
lor ceiuin school books In some
i.im's It would seem that too much !
ii li. ini; i harmed In a good many
c.is.'-. In.t In tbts Instance the sup-
ei ihtctidi'iit imies that tho publish-j
its have been nipped at their graft,
In a communication to this paper he
fays;
"In our contrai's with tho var
ious hool book publishers the law
requires the stnt board of educa
tion to take tho prices as reported
to us by the state text book com
mission. "In oar contracts, honever, vr
added a clause to which all of tho
publishers (rred and signed with
out protest, to the effert that the
publisher will not ssll aay book at
a greater pries than Is uharges1 for
.such bock in any other state In the
United States.
"This department discovered a
short time ago that ' the Palmer
Writing Lessons for primary grades
was selling In other states for 15
cents, while the contract price In
thtg state Is 20 cents. The higher
book, known as Palmer Method of
fluslness Writing, Is selllna; In Chi
cago for 16 cents while the contract
pdlce In this state Is 25 cents. We
took this matter up with the Palmer
people and after threatening to
bring suit on their bond w? got With the publi- market system the
them to Instruct their agent In this j grower himself accepts the respon
state to notify all dealers that these jsibiiity of pleasing the ultimate cou
books would be Bold for 15 cents jsuiner, and selling for cash is la a
and lfi rents respectively. If any position to deal with his merchant
of the children in your community
have paid a higher price than this
they should take the books bark and
ask for the difference. The J. K.
Gill company, agents for the pub
lishers, Informs me that the pub
llflhers will make the amount good
to your local dealer.
"This department Is endeavoring
to do all that is possible In securing
for the boys and girls of Oregon,
books at as low a price as they can
be secured anywhere tn the United
States. We will continue our In
vestigations on every book con
tracted for use In our schools."
EQUALIZING THE TAXES.
The arriving at an absolutely fair
and equal basis of property values
fc: the purposes of taxation is a dif
ficult matter, especially in a county
like Josephine where there is no es
tablished valuation of real estate,
and Btah a range In realty values.
It is notable, therefore, that there
were so few complaints before the
board of equalization that has just
been In session. The chief conten
tion before the board was the eora-
pir.lnt of the Southern Pacific rail
ioad, which objected to the assess
r ent by the county of elsht acres In
the heart of the city of Grants Pass.
The bonrd refuspd the petition of
tho S. I'. company for the cancella
tion of what they termed this
'double, assessment." The ret'usul
was based upon the judgment of the
county assessor, who had made the
original assessment, and supported
by the state tax commission which
v rote the board that It did not con
sider the acreage as operating prop
erty within the meaning of the law,
ni'd that It was not Included in the
Ptsessment made by the state com
mission upon the company'! oper
ating property. The action of the
county assessor In placing this upon
the roll makes a substantia! In
crease In the taxable property of the
city and county. Other complaints
before the board were adjusted, a
few Increases and a few decreases
being the net result of the delibera
tions of the board.
AN ENCOURAGING RECEPTION.
There can le no fault found with
the reception which the people of
Grauts l'as uccordod the public
market. They were there by the
score whon the market opened its
doors and during all the morning
hours there ai a procession of
market baskets along the street,
There was no shortage ln the supply
of pun ha.-ers. The shortage was in
the supply of srutf to purchase, but
thin la a feature that time will rem-
edy. Many of those v.ho were
rended upon to be among the pro -
ducers at the market were busy In I
the arranging of exhibits at the fair,
and of necessity could not be at
both places at the same time. They
will be found at the market Satur
day, however, mid they should he
greeted by just ns strong a display of
market baskets as on the first morn
ing. The public market is some
thing thut must be developed. Time
will establish the balance between
demand and supply, nnd the balance
of course hinges uron the question
of demand. As soon as the farmers
know what the demand Is. they will
meet It.
Tho public market win work both
toward a better grade of produce
and a more sanitary and satisfactory
'mode of placing it before the trade.
There can be no criticism of the
merchant for not dealing upon a
j different basis with the grower, for
In a great many cases the grower
tas offered a most Inferior article,
poorly packed or not packed at all,
and then found fault if the cash
was not forthcoming for it. The
ii.tri.hant could not buy it and have
it ieit ijpou bis hauJti to spoil, con
sequently the market was demoraliz
ed and the grower disappointed.
I upon a cash basis, a more Btitiaiac
tory system for all concerned. In
many well established public mar
kets, that at Medford for instance,
tlie business houses themselves pur
chase their supply of vegetables
through the market, thus being as
sured of "market quality," for it
jmust not be supposed that the public
j market will put the grocer out of the
vegetable business. It will, however,
make a more satisfactory way of
dealing between the merchant and
the grower as well as between the
consumer and the grower, and for
this reason, little opposition has been
voiced to the establishment of the
market here.
SLAVERY IN PHILIPPINES.
A new light has been shed upon
the demand for the independence of
the Philippine Islands by the report
Just made on slavery conditions
there. Of course those who profit
by the ownership of human beings,
and who know that slavery can not
exist under American government,
are anxious that Uncle Sam should
stay on his own side of the earth,
and it is largely from that element
in the islands that the demand for
"freedom" is coming.
Whatever the policy of the Unit
ed States so far as the future of the
Philippines may be, its first duty
should be to see that all the people
who reside upon them are given ab
solute freedom before the islands
themselves are Bet free to establish
their own government. It would be
a travesty upon right and Justice for
an administration to allow slave
owning citizena of the Philippines to
set up a "free" government. The
American government has got a
whole lot of work cut out for itself
before it can grant independence
to the Philippines.
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
Unfamillarlty with the issues to be
Toted on at the special referendum
election of November 4 has been
found quite general throughout
Oregon, says the Guard. Some vot
ers have an understanding of one,
some of two or three of the Issues,
but few of the entire group.
The five Issues are as follows:
Shall an appropriation of $100,- In the Industry, especially in that j' ine ,aw inai anects foreigners who
000. made by the 1913 legislature, branch of It allied to dairying, andjare ln the I)ri,cess of becoming na
to construct and equip au adminia- the dairy herds have been greatly ln- j tl,ralll!e(l American citizens. All for-
tratlon an.j classroom bulldintr for
i
tho University of Oregon and to ex- j
tend the heating plant through it. I
bo permitted to stand?
Shall nn appropriation of $75.000, ,
(made by the 1913 legislature, for
additions and repairs to three Uni-'
de-lversitv of Oreeon hnlldlnirs unit n '
the University's central heating!'"' nre In the contest, with a dozen
plant, be permitted to stand? 1 wore that should have been Included.
Shall tho sterilization act, passed j
by the 1913 legislature, to protect j
the public from habitual criminals
and moral degenerates be permitted
to stand?
Shall the act of the 1913 leelsln-j The stock Industry pays in more
ture providing a county attorney for (ways than one. Through the direct
each county and Using salaries, ;retu: ns from the dairy herd in milk
8tnn(,? Jnd butter produced, and of the hams
Shall the worklncmen's compec- and baron and lard from the swine,
sntlon act stand? corr.e the most noticeable additions to
Chief interest appears to center !the bank account, but these are not
round the fa to of the two University jb any mean, the only sources from
appropriations and that of the com- j which tbs profits of the herds art, de
lation act. Relievers In ednca- jrtved. The lands of the Rogne taller
tlon throughout the state an. ron- be ln some Instance. h..n t 'a
siderablr wrought tip over th!i lat-
est attask upon the University's pro- i
gress. They state the case in part j
as follows: '
No new building has been erected j
at the University for six years, dur-j
Ing which period attendance has j
doubled. As far back as 1910 in-j
structlons was being given under ex-j
treme difficulties. The 1911 lecls-
lature came to the rescue by appro-!
priatlng money for fvo new build- i
ings. Personal enemies of the Uni- i
versify resorted to the referendum
and no buildings could he erected. It j
i
then became necessary to begin hold-
lng classes In basements, in hallways :
and In temporary places hastily j
thrown together and substantial I
enough only to keep out wind and 1
rain.
The 1913 legislature attempted a!
second rescue. It appropriated funds i
for one new structure, but added in !
a second bill $75,000 for repairs and j
additions, as follows: j
To the library building, $30,uu0;
engineering building, $15,000; j
Heady ball, $10,000; men's domitory,,
$10,000; heating plant, $10,000. j
Again the referndum has been in- J
voked, and again the University is j
put under the utmost strain to handle :
the incoming students, who this fall
will probably number 850 In the col
leges of liberal arts and engineering
alone. The $175,000 is available at!
the state treasury, and construction j
of the one building and repairs and
additions to the others will be begun
at once If the voters uphold the two
appropriations. To uphold the appro
priations will enable the University to
accomplish its work more satisfactor
ily until the millage bill takes effect
and removes both the University of
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural col
lege from politics.
The sterilization act Is "referended"
by the anti-sterilization league, which
pleads the individual's private rights
and the probability of unjust opera
tions. Authority to order steriliza
tion is vested In the state board of
health. The intended patient is per
mitted an appeal to the courts.
District Attorneys now often hold
office for several counties. The
county attorney act provides for one
attorney in each county and fixes
salaries, which range from $4,000
a year In Multnomah to $600 each In
Curry and Lincoln counties.
The workmen's compensation act,
with which most voters are familiar,
created a state Industrial commls
s'on and provides an industrial ac
"Ident fund, made up from assess
ments upon employers. In case of
accident, the employe's compensa
tion comes from this fund, In an
amount fixed hy the commission.
Personal damage suits are expected
to he eliminated under this act.
STOCK INDUSTRY GROWS.
It is encouraging that the Interest
In the stock industry Is growing in
the Rogue Valley. Within the past
year a great advance has been made'tentlon of the Cour'er to a provision
creased through shipments from the i
outside. At the fair now being held
Sn Grants Pass the entries ln the stock
lino are many times larger than last
-vear. though not by any means as
,arPe hi; they Bhonld be at that. Lastent montn' otherwise they will have
year not an entry tried for the honors !
In the milk cow confpt. an th! '
Another enocurnijinc feature Is the
Improvement made In the quality and
number on the swine exhibits during i
?ne twelve months, this class being es-
peciallv well filled. I
i
'!UJ-'J
frr two sod thres score years without
a j - t i ism i
i
"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 aay kind.
JEWELL HARDWARE CO.
the returning to the aoll of the fer
tility that had been taken from It
through repeated cropping. There is
rf turned to the soil through the dairy
herd more than Is removed from it,
and the waited fertility of some of
these overworked farms will be built
i'l' through the raising of stock. No
si 11 can stand a continuous draft up
on its store of fertility, unless some
thin? Is returned to It to make up
lor the annual robbery, without In the
end becoming a bankrupt soil. The
training of the native fertility of the
isoll will be one of the benefits derived
from the building np of the utock In
terest. County Clerk Coburn calls the at-
1,1 s w" nave laKen "t their first
papers, or made declaration previous
to September 27th, 1900, will have
to file their petitions for final papers
on or before the 27th day of the pres-
gln a11 over a?aIn. and will be
"naole to recister or vote. Hereafter.
the second papers must be taken out
not later than jeven years after the
first.
WOVLD MAKE WHITE SLAVERY
EXTRADITABLE OFFKXse.
W'ashlngton. Sept. 25. A bill
making white slavery an extraditable
offense was introduced ln the house
today by French of Idaho.
''HICK EX DINNER FOR "3 CENTS.
Will lp served each Saturday and
Sunday at the American restaurant,
formerly the Good Eats, opposite
ci'y bund Mand. Grants Pass. Prices
for other meals as reasonable. Clean
"jonis and comfortable beds for 25
nd f.O cents. Mrs. H. M. Parham.
Prop. e.1Mf
1-4 f .H -
spiaivKu riiumcTs ax
ADEQUATE MEAT Sll'l'LV.
Chicago, Sept. 23. Editor James
fool of a livestock publication here,
addressing the American Meat Pack
ers' association,' took a more hope
ful view than most of the other
speakers concerning future prices of
meat In America.
He predicted that the government
would make the domestic meat sup
ply adequate within 10 years and,
by way of hastening matters, sug
gested that the association launch a
movement for the advancement of
$30,000,000 to farmers and cattle
raisers to finance increased beef pro
duction. The executive committee of the
association in its annual report,
i rged the public to eat more pork,
which is comparatively plentiful,
and less beef, which is constantly
growing scarcer.
INCOMPLETE REPORT
OF TARIFF COXFEREES.
Washington, Sept. 25. An Incom
plete report In an effort to effect a
compromise is the announced Plan
here voday of the tariff conferees.
The incomplete report goes to the
house calendar and will be called up
tomorrow when th conferees expert
to have a supplemental report rov
erln th controversies ln the mea
sure. CLASSIFIED APS
MTSCKLLAXKOro
LOST Between Grants" Pass-aid
Savage creek, front door of small
cook stove. . Finder will be suit
ably rewarded for Its return to
Letcher's & Son, Jewelry. tf
WESTERN HOTEL Rooms 50
cents. Rates by the week. Mod
ern, clean and homelike. Your pat
ronage solicited. Cor. 6tb and D
streets. Grants Pass. T-ll-tf
RANNIE. the plumber. Is rdy '
sny minute to repair your plumb
ing. 609 H street. Telephone
n-n 4-i-t
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