Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, October 31, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFIUOAV, OCTOBEH 31, 1013 PAGE FOUR WEEKLY KOCI E RIVER COURIER . Weekly Rogue River Courier eor.vrv official paper. A. E. VoorhJes, Proprietor Entered at ibe Grants Pass, Ore- Con. pott office as second-Mass mall natter. 8lllUUPTIO HAT EM hSB Year 1160 li inooins iu i'arett Months .40 THURSDAY'S VICTORY. The vote for the railroad bonds at the special election last week is an ven greater victory than that of last December. True, the majority has been reduced by a fraction, but it is remarkable tbat after the differences and tbe disappointments of the year the personal factors tbat have In jected into tbe campaign, 86 per cent, of tbe people should vote one way. It proves that the progress and prosperity of the community do count for more than mere Individual dif ferences, and that the spirit of the community Is a commendable spirit, i . . . , T ; ;h ; , . T livens ui mo iiugue ia tor uig things, and that.a solid front will be presented against a common enemy. This solidifying of Interests, this evl-l denre given the world that Grants m Knows its own mind and stays with it, is worth all that the railroad to Wildervllle will cost. It puts this city on the map of the world, an4 every citizen feels a greater pride in almself nnd his community. The direct result of the vote will tne completion or the road to tbe;cordIng tQ the Bchedue c(mtalned ,n j Ablegate valley, and the giving of tho act on account bf any lnJurjr 8UB. the promoters of the coast road j UIned ,n the coure of empl ! ometnmg nennite upon which to operate. So long as there was an element of uncertainty regarding the action of the city of Grants Pass In lending assistance to the project, Just o long was there uncertainty In the attitude of the financial Interests that must be brought Into tbe proposition. ' fft. J ft. . . ..i- .ew uusy-Doates wno were so r tlve in opposing the bonds made as much noise as the Kansas coyote that we read about, but they were Just about as effective when the light of the ballot was shed upon them. The cntslder did not know It was all noise, however, till after the ronnt of tbe votes. THE FIVE REFERENDED MEASURES If a state wbb ever put to unneces sary expense, it Is Oregon in being called upon tq expend $100,000 or v.--.Fww-..wul.uu(,ulu,mand t0 pay hlB re(luirod Contribu-l referring to the people of five meas ures passed by the last legislature. I There was no especial call for the referring of a single one of these measures, nd had It not been for the j fight made by selfish Interests ngalust 1 the stnte university It Is not likely' i that any of the five would have been ' i referred. A special election, with nil ! Its expensive machinery, is required.) as there Is no general election this fall. Of the five referred measures two are appropriation Mils providing funds for tho erwtlon of new build ing ami the rrpnlr of old ones at the state university. It was nntaponlsm to this Institution tint led a Tort land attorney to head the movement to rofcr the 1 111 to the people, bis plan belnc; to ultimately consolidate the university nnd the state agricul tural collego located nt Corvallls at some placo other than Eugene. Tbe time Is past for the talk of conoid . tlou of these Institutions. even If then., had been merit In con- solldatlon. Each has Its work map- red out. nnd neither can be spared fror.i the state's educational system. Consolidation Is the dream of the man with an ax to grind, and tbe defeat of the two bills will but rrlp- p!o tho t;rlerslty for the time holng,"11' Habil'ty system. , only a coincidence that a special train nnd will result In no benefit to the' Figures compiled by the Oregon of four cars should stand or. the sid stato nt large. The amount Involved i Bureau of Labor show that in the ins near tho center of the city Thurs In the two bills Is $165,000. j month of July 372 persons were In- day night and that tho slumbers of rr . . Ml if 1.1,1 .u- ' I.... . In IVia In t.iL-t i-l.ia i t V. I n rlntn .1.. 1. 1 . . . .. i ne Bieiinzimon imii, wie purpose of which la to authorize the state board of health to perform such sur gical operations as It shall adjudgo upon habitual criminals, moral degen- erates and sexual perverts, both male A.tA1 tvawaW hnth mtloMav la vh nHA naM hv lahM f ap km nf thft Jv r.. nan aeUUVU III liCiV m and female, defines the persons coin-j the conduct and upbuilding of lndus ing within the operation of the meas-j try In Oregon. In Washington, with ure, and the rights of the unfortun-: its more varied and extensive Indus ates seem to be sufficiently safe-1 tries, one life Is lost every day in the guarded. The right of appeal to the ' year. cojrtg , ,Ten b al, rergon8 COmlng Wlinin ine scope 01 me measure, ouu there seems no danger tbat any of the rights of society will be trampled j upon or that the law will be unjustly : MtwA j The county attorney act was in i tended to give to each county in the state a prosecuting attorney Instead I oi the present system of district at ! torneys with deputies for part of the ! counties. The law establishes the 'salaries which shall be paid, the at i tornev for Josephine to get $1,200, the same salary that is now paid the : district attorney's deputy for this county. This bill should pass as i the argument in its favor is obvious, i Of greatest Importance among the j five referred measures is the Work j men's Compensation act, the purpose of which Is to create a state Indus trial commission composed of three members, and to provide a fund for the compensation of Injured vork.!Prospector was given almost entirely : men employed In the state In hazard ous occupations. This bill was draft ed by a commission upon which all the affected Interests were represent ed, and was carefully considered, both . 4t , . . . 4. by tbe commission and by the i . 1 . - L t- 3 f. . almost iaiure, wnicn passea u oy an aimost i unanimous vote. j The act provides that any employe i of any employer Bubject to the act, 'or his dependents in case of death, I aha! he entitled to eomnensatinn regardle8a of the rause of tne iniurv. whether the result of necli- gence or otherwise, save only the willful act of the workman commit ted' for the purpose of sustaining the injury. The schedule fixes various amounts, depending on the severity of the injury, and in case of death ,.npn,,ne on thfl niimhp, and rpla.8ive methods of handling. With the tIonBh,p of the penjon8 dependent on the deceased and the great dePsit3 of copper will The advantages of this plun tojbecome among the chiefest of south the workman and his family will bejern Oregon's resources, and thous apparent when it is recalled that uu-;and9 of men will be given employ der (he employers liability method, I ment ln making this wealth avail now in vogue, only about one work-!ab,e- Meantime southern Oregon is man out of eight has a legal claim almnst vlr8ln ground for the pros for damages. Pctor- ana wnI'o It Is one of the old- The compensation provided by the . C8t mln,ng dlstrlcts ,n the we8t- " act is exclusive and neither the work-' developing new things man nor his dependents have any;antl wringing new surprises, claim agalnBt the employer, unless! - - the employer has refused after de-i THE COW FOR PROFIT tiou to the fund, or. unless the com- special dairy cows that are really mission entrusted with the admlnis- worth considering by dairymen of tration of the act determines that; this state," Bays Dr. James Wlthy the employer has violated the gener-' combe, director of the College Experi al Btatutes of the state with respect , ment station. "These four are the to some safety appliance and the Jersey, Guernsey, Holsteln and the injury has resulted from Buch vlo-' Ayrshire. Each of these breeds pos ition, sesses a superior adaptability to cer- The fund from which compensa- tain conditions, tion Is to be juiid Is made up from "On the small farm or on high tho following sources: Three-fourths to bo paid by the employer, one- i eighth by the workman and one- eighth by the state. For a short period, nnd until a surplus required I for the necessary security is provided, i nil employers pay at tho same rate, but thereafter tho payments depend upon the eaio exercised" by each em- i plover and the number and extent of tho accidents occurring in his plant or works. V mler the system In vogue in Ore- . a,, ,,,t1 l'1''"' ll,,,e, probably not . ,mir" ,hau 12 or 15 l'er x- of tho '-,s",", ni"r noyes could have .recovered damages for their Injuries. 1,1 1,10 roilrts- n!ul "Porlonco shows thlt nt K:l8t le-half of tho amount, s0 'ered would havo gone to tho attorneys nnd for other Items of ex- IH,,,S ,,;st r necessary part of j" q muun n- vi u.n mam and that ln five cases the Injuries terminated fatally. In August there ( were 888 injured and eight killed, j An average of one life every other day is the price paid by labor for A voter la safe in voting for the passage of each of the five referred bills. They were enacted by the leg islature and approved by the gov ernor after much argument and con sideration, and while all laws that pass the legislature are not good laws, the five to be voted upon In clude some of the most meritorious measures that passed the 1913 legis lature. A COUNTRY OF MINERAL WEALTH Stories of rich finds of gold in southern Oregon have long since ceased to excite wonder or to create stampedes. For sixty years these discoveries have occurred with sin gular regularity, and it has come to be an accepted fact that the hills are filled with unfound wealth. In the earlier days the attention of the to tbe search for the rich placers la the creeks and tbe rivers, and these were hastily worked over, the cream tatan, and the miner hurried on to other "diggings." Some of this ground has been worked over three ' nd tmr tlrne8 WDiIe otner ground Is still untouched . All miners know that where there has been such an amount of placer !gold there ,8 8ure to be 1uartz leads ac-itnat wl!1 return rlch vaIues- bt the development of these quartz claims has been retarded by the difficulty of transportation. Some few mills have been carted in, and other mine owner8 nave DUUt arastras, ana wltn i in. these crude methods have extracted much gold. Some copper mines have also been developed in a way despite the handicap of no transportation facilities, the richness of the ore making it possible to employ expen- coming of a railroad the quartz mines "There are only four breeds of priced land where the production of butter fat Is the principal object the Jersey is the best. If the production of high class milk for city trade Is desired, no breed surpasses the Guernsey. Guernsey milk Is highly colored and excellently flavored. In sections where there Is an abun- dance of cheap feed, and milk is to bo produced for condensing or cheese making, no other breed equals that veritable milk machine, the Holsteln. J I'nder more rugged pasture condl- . on hcre a S1 quantity of milk ls dp9,rod w,lh0lIt heaVjr ?raln rt' Ing the Ayrshire Is the cow that best H" the bill." ' S. 1 OFFICIALS KNOW. Tue lllgn ilU)guis of the Southern ync railroad sure know what the Grants Pass spirit is like, it was uie oigsesi guns 01 uio llarrim.in interests should bo disturbed by the booming of the little brass cannon that announced that Grants Pass )trcd 0f waiting upon unkept prom- ises of the S. P., bad decided to help herself, and tbat she had voted to build the railroad to develop the country to the west without help from the 8. P. Chief among those who occupied the four special cars, and who tried to sleep while Grants Pass celebrated, was Julius Kruttsohnitt. general manager, director of maintenance and operation of all the Harrlman Interests in the United States, who had come all the way here from Chicago to hear the Grants Pass spirit Jubilate. With Mr. Krutt schnltt was Wm. Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific, whose head quarters are in San Francisco, as well as engineers, superintendents and high dignitaries without end. Few people knew of their presence here, and it was not premeditated tbat the cannon should rattle their win dows and break. In upon the visitation of Morpheus. It is announced that tbe railroad party was on a tour of inspection over the system, and that it stopped wherever night overtook It tbat Its travels night all be made by day. It had come from Dunsmutr Thurs day, and got here Just ln time to help with the big celebration that will mark the escape of a community from bondage to the great corpora tion whose destinies they control. And from now on they will not; need to hunt up an Espee timetable to tell you where Grants Pass Is lo cated, i THE TIDE HAS TURNED. The publication of the statements of the three banks of Grants Pass shows that finances ire in a much Improved condition throughout this district, the deposits of each bank ! showing extensive increases. This i is a direct result of marketing of the crops of the valley at prices that ! leave big margins for the growers, ' and bring many thousands of new : dollars into the country. It can truth" fully be said that the tide has turn ed, and that the dollars are now , coming toward the Rcsiie valley In stead of away from it. There is an ; Increase from year to year in the pro duction of the valley, not only through the new orchards that are coming into bearing, but also thron-h ; the growing of a greater variety of CLASSIFIED ADS MtM KM..VK(i " GOATS IS Angoras and 6-year-old Bnlv for Bale at $60.00. Billy wo-th $30, Inquire J. S. Hill, Merlin. TO ALL KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS You will pleaBe take notice that Thermopylae Lodge, No. 50, holds its conventions in the W. O. W. hall on the first and third Tues days of each month; that the regu lar conventions will bo held at 7:30 o'clock p. m. from November 1, 1913, to April 30, 1914. Remem her tho place; remember the time; prove your faculty to remember by appealng in personam. J. D. Wurts baugh, chancellor commander. A.MD.NK wishing to lease a placer mine will apply to C. D. Sexton, Hugo, Oregon. 10-31-3t TIUr.EK LAND for exchange, with part cash. Approximately :',O0U, Otm feet of Oregon pine, with 10 per cent, of sugar pine, on 1C0 acres, 15 miles east of Grants Pass. 2 1 ,5" a reasonable valua tion. Would take $1,500 or $2,ouO la cash, remainder in Grants Pass lots or Rogue River valley farm In,' land between (irants Pass and 1" miles out. or Credent City lots. Address Marie H. Hall, Long Beach, Calif., care of General De Hyery. 10-31-tf NOW 13 the time to order your fruit trees for fall set ing. Cheaper than ever. I handle only the best, tleo.ge II. Parker, 103 West D St., Phone 2S.-.-Y. 10-31-ot VVLh Y0UR STUMPS I will pull all your stumps up to 10-lnch diameter for ten cents each, and larger ones for same If don't have to u?e powder. If powder Is used' to shake them, the cost of the powder extra. Sam Cahlll, 605 West C St., Grants Pass. 10-31-tf I! 4 " V I tV Ida nl.inl,.. - -. any minute to replr your plurab Ine fing h ti,, Tolepbonf Hot LaKe HOT LAKE, OREGON (Union County, 9 miles east of La Grande) Nature's Wonderful Cure The hottest and most curative (.prlng in the world REACHED ONLY VIA THE GET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Extensive improvements have been made in all department Special Reduced Fares from all O-W. It. & X. stations The MEDICATED MUD, VAPOR and MINERAL BATHS of Hot Lake have proven a boon to sufferers from Rheumatism, Blood, Kidney and Liver Complaints. ..Accommodations at the sanatorium delightfully complete, and mtes within the reach of all. Apply to any agent for particulars and ask for booklet telling all about the Springs; or write to G. W. TAPE, the new Manager at Hot Lake, Ore. j products. There is also an awaken ing in the mining Industry, and there is a continuous stream of wealtn from this source. Naturally this new wealth from field and orchard finds' Its way to swell the deposits of the local banks, and this great Increase which their reports show speaks vol umes for tbe prosperity of the dis trict. EXPERT TESTIMONY I.V MEXDEL REIMS TRIAL Kieff, Russia, Oct. 30. The tak ing of expert medical testimony con tinued today at the Mendel Bellls trial. The prosecution's witnesses uniformly upheld the theory that Andrei Muschlnsky, the 12-year-old boy whom Bellls Is accused of killing, was the victim of a crime answering the descriptions of the alleged "ritual murders." Those for the defense held the opposite view, adding that two persons must have been con cerned In the butchery, that the hairs found on the hoy's clothing were evi dently from a man's beard and that they were not of the same color as Bellls'. MILLION'S OF SPAWNING SALMON" ARE KILLED Washington, Oct. 30. Because blasting operations near the Fraser river killed more than a million sal mon about to spawn, the department of agriculture today advised artificial propagation in Washington state and in British Columbia to offset a threa tened Ash famine. lili LIME, BLUE STONE And SPRAY PUMPS JEWELL HARDWARE CO. Springs WELL WIRE BRIEFS. Los AngeleB, Oct. 30. Peter Stormberg, recent arrival from New Orleans, stepped on a banana peel, dived through a sidewalk trap door" and landed in the lard vat of a butcher shop. He got a bath at the police station. Los Angeles, Oct. 30. Several ar ticles of intimate feminine apparel, dangling from a trolley wire, tied up traffic on the Grand Avenue line here today. A nimble conductor finally unwound them from his trolley wheel. Portland, Oct. 30. That by com muning with the spirits Eliot Tuford and wife in Portland became con vinced their daughter In Los Angeles was being ill-treated by her hus band and Induced her to return to tueni, was the allegation of Harry Piatt, the son-in-law, in suing them for alienating his wife's affections. Oakland, Cal., Oct. 30. Mrs. Laura Osborne, married 28 years, prefers her clubs to her husband. She filed suit for divorce when Osborne de clared "Women's lodges and clubs were the downfall of all women." They Make Yon Feel Good The pleasant purgative effect pro duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and the healthy condition of body and mind which they create makes one feel Joyful. For sale by all dealers. A classified ad does It. Spray Time Is Here ...V