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PAGE FOUR WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COt'RIER . ' FRIDAY, XOMBKK II, 19 , . It - I. na.tA vnnna int f t n A . - ' - '-' " I I iucurJurai urn vi&uik, ujqbo iuiu . i Weekly Rogue River Courier COUNTY OFF! CELL PAPER. A. E. Yoorhie. Proprietor Entered at the Grants Pass, Ore gon, pout office as second-class mall natter. SIW.IUPTIOX It A TEH utt Year 11.60 8U months 75 Three Monthi 40 MIGRATORY BIRD LAW. The State Fish and Game Commis sion has supplied the following syn opsis of the new federal law for the protection of migratory birds, which became effective October 1, supersed ing all state laws upon the same sub jects: A dally closed season on all mi gratory game and insectivorous birds between sunset and sunrise. A five-year closed season beginning October 1, 1913, on the following game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, lit tle brown, sandhill and whooping cranes, swans, curlews, wood ducks, and all shore birds except black breasted and golden plover, Wilson or Jack snipe, woodcock and greater nd lesser yellowlegs. Open season on ducks, geese, rails, coots, galllnules, from October 1 to January 15, dates Inclusive. Open season on black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or Jack snipe and greater and lesser yellowlegB, from October 1 to December 15, dates Inclusive. All migratory Insectivorous birds protected Indefinitely. soil, thus Increasing the rapidity of Its decay. "On a very poor soil where ample moisture is lacking and cultivated crops hardly seem worth while, sweet clover may be sown lightly on a well disked seed bed and then allowed to reseed Itself year after year, furnish Ing a fair amount of pasture and Im proving the soil conditions. In all cases where It Is given a trial It should be guarded closely against spreading as It Is likely to become a bad weed pest." SWEET CLOVER AS A FARM CROP Sweet clover, which grows so lux uriantly along rocky river banks and In other localities where practically no other vegetation can get a root bold, has created something of a stir among agriculturists, and the beretoforo bated legume now has many wnrm supporters. Trof. Scud der, agronomist at the agricultural college, Is not a great supporter of the possibilities of the clover as a farm crop, however, and sees Us chief value as a green manure for the adding of humus and nitrogen to the soil. The professor says: . "Although livestock will graze up on It when young and make fair use of It as a pasture, and will even con sume it as hay when forced to, all antmals prefer other pasture and forago to this because of Its bitter flavor. There is no question thnt nl falfa, red clover, alslke clover or vetch nre preferred to sweet clover by all livestock, and are superior In feeding value to it. "The growing of sweet clover Is neither less costly nor moro certain iiinlt'i' unfavorable crop conditions than the li'gmiicH named. It costs no mo1 to seed to alfalfa or red clo ver than it does to sweot clever. Neither will sweet clover endure drouth conditions any better than al falfa, or the humid conditions of western Oregon any better than red or alsike clover or vetch. "It lias been found that wherever sweet clowr Is prolific one or moro of the valuable legume crops can ho grown success fully. The Baltic strains of alfalfa are grown success fully on our dry farming lands throughout eastern and central Ore gon where the annual rainfall Is ten Inchon or less and the elevation varies from 1,000 to 4.000 feet nbovo sea low 1. On the other hand the alfalfa stands tli' acid soils of western Ore gon as well as docs the sweet clover. "As a green manuring crop it makes a very rank growth of straw and rapidly increases the humus and the nitrogen content of the soil. It should ho sow n In a well prepared heed bed at the rate, of 2 to 8 pecks of unboiled seed per aero, depending upon the amount of soil moisture available. It may bo sown, with or without n nurse crop, either In the latter part of August or very early in the spring. It should be thoroughly chopped up with a disk, then plowed under and chopped again, In order to JOSEPHINE'S NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY. William T. Miller, appointed county attorney of Josephine county by Governor West, is a native of West Virginia, having been born In Raleigh county in 1880. He has been a resident of the state of Ore gon for the past 19 years, however, having gone with his parents to Wal lowa county on their removal to the west. After completing the course of study In the Wallowa high school, Mr. Miller engaged In the operation of a saw mill, later entering law school at Chattanooga1, Tenn., from which Institution he graduated with the class of 1910. Returning to Ore gon, he continued his professional studleB in the state university, and was admitted to the bar In June, 1911. He hung his shingle to the breeze In his home town of Wallowa, where he was In active practice till his removal to Grants Pass in the Bprlng of 1913. Soon after his com ing to this city Mr. Miller was com missioned by the state tax commis sion with the duty of checking up the assessed valuations of Josephine county, his satisfactory services be ing In a measure responsible for his later recognition by the chief execu tive of the state, -his appointment as county attorney following closely up on the announcement that the mea sure had been npproved by the voters nt the Tuesday election. In politics Mr. Miller Is a democrat. ll . J .1 J Jit flit fill 1 Get Ready for Thanksgiving A man may be just as thankful in his old clothes as in new ones, but he doesn't look it. Let Us Serve You this season by sending your correct measure and choice of woolens for an Autumn Suit to v ftp MERCHANT TAILORS Ed. V. PnCe & Co. CHICAGO, U. 8. A. You'll like the clothes immensely from every point of view. Geo. S. Calhoun Co. JOSEPHINE AT THE BIG FAIR. The opportunity afforded Jose phine county of supplying the two great timbers that are to stand guard at the entrance to the Oregon state building at the 1915 fair in San Francisco offers an excellent chance to exploit one of our chief resources. These giant plnea will claim first at tention when one approaches the structure. They will occasion com ment, and will cause many to Inquiro Into the timber wealth of this south western county. In constructing the building the- commissioners should also call on this county for blocks of copper ore for the foundation and slabs of marble for' the fireplace mantle. WOl'1,1) KE-AUKANGE SCHOOL PERIODS. There is a waste of at leust two years in the present plan of American education. This is the conclusion reached by a committee of prominent educators In a report on "Economy of Time In Education" just Issued by the I'nltod States Bureau of Education. Ing to wait until 27 to start his pro fessional career. The report insists that the present elementary course is too long; that the ground now covered In eight years can be covered Just as effici ently in six, allowing secondary work to begin at the age of 12. To save on elementary achoollng they urge: "Choose the most important subjects and the most important topics; make a distinction between first-rate facts and principles and tenth-rate. Con fine the period of elementary educa tion to mastering the tools of educa tion. Include the last two years of the present elementary school In the period of secondary education and be gin the study of foreign languages, elementary algebra, constructive ge ometry, elementary science, and his tory two years earlier than at pre sent." Emphasis Is laid on the necessity of concentrating on a few valuable studies: "The great mistake of our education Is to suppose that quan tity and strain constitute education. Education is a question of doing a few essential things well and without overstrain. The college has commit ted a grievous mistake In demanding ever more In quantity rather than In quality produced under condition of healthy normal development." The report takes up the problem of saving time in education from the point of view of the college, the school, and society at large, as well as of the Individual pupil ;and it con tains opinions on every phase of the question from representative school men and the general public. intelligently applied even to orchard lands has been seen to nasten the bearing period and to Improve the quantity and the quality of the pro duct. Many small individual Irriga tion plants have been installed, and these have been satisfactory in their way though expensive of mainten ance. The need of the valley is an irrigation system that will cover the entire valley, that will make available the water now flowing westward to the sea unappropriated and unclaim ed, water that applied to our fertile acres will spell prosperity for the tiller of the soil. There are thous ands of acres of valuable lands lying back from the river that will con tinue to produce only brush and Jack rabbits till the water is brought to it. Then It will produce and make traf fic for the railroad and the railroad will make its produce valuable. So you see where transportation and Ir rigation dovetail. There Is the promise that Irriga tion will not be long delayed. In fact the hope Is held out that the ditch diggers may be at work before the new year is many moons old, and the hop? spenis based upon excellent authority. flying the American flag Is 113,000 a year. The humiliating sequel is that the cargo capacity of vessels in American registry is only 900,000 tons, while the cargo capacity of American owned vessels flying under foreign registry is 2,000,000 tons. Some day we shall modernize our navigation laws. Journal. STORM ON LAKES CLAIMS 150 VICTIMS THE VALLEY'S TWIN NEEDS. The two requisites for progress and prosperity in southern Oregon have been said to bo transportation and irrigation. It would be a toss-up as to which should be given first place as a need, for the demand for each is pressing, and the one is dependent Ti ls conclusion follows an Inventl-1 largely upon the other, nation lasting nearly 10 years by aj The Kogue valley Is fortunately committee of the National Education j situated "s regards its climatic con AsBoclaMon. of which President James; dltions. It is neither an arid dis 1!. naker of the University of Color-! trict where agricultural effort with ado Is chairman. The committee out irrigation makes no returns what havo endeavored to form a plan th.it j ever, nor has it the condition that was would do away with tho two-year loss. ; accepted ns typical of Oregon and They propose that six years be as-'that accounted for the "webfoot" Blgnci! to the elementary school In-' trademark. There are seme "sub- !toad of right as nt present: tha' the Irrigated" tracts where irrigation high school period be from age 12 to probably may no' be needed in the 18, divided Into two parts, of four valley, and upon nearly all the lands and two years each; tlt college fair returns can be made by follow, work extend from IS to 2P, or 16 to Ing certain dry-farming methods, but 20. according to the method of dls- It Is only by irrigation, and by fol trlbutlng the last two secondary ' lowing intensive farming methods, ! years; and that graduate or rrofes-:that the lands can be made to pro 1 slcnal work nt a university cover the dure equlva'ent to the values that years from 20 to 24. This would en- are placed upon them. Irrigated, and able boys and girls to get ample vo-1 farmed Intensively, there fc almost catlonal training after the age- of j no limit to the price that can be safe 12; it would enable those who go on ly paid for them, and upon which to college to get through their college ; they will make good returns. Or work nt the age of 20; and It would ', chsrds thrive and bear enormous save the professional man from hav-' crops w ithout Irrigation, but water OUR FLAG AT SEA. We had less tonnage under the American flag last year than we had in 1 810, more than a century ago. Last year, British ships carried United States imports and exports valued at nearly five times as much as was carried in American vessels. Only ten jier cent, of American for eign commerce was carried in American vessels last year. During the year ending June 30, 1913, more American cargo by $160,343,473 than in the preceding I year was tarried by British ships, j The mere gain was nearly half the j American cargo carried under the American flag. Once we carried 90 per cent, of our foreign commerce. For 72 years, from 1789 to 1 S61, the average of foreign commerce carried in our own ships was 80 per cent. The truth is that the incumbrances and restrictions of our antiquated navigation laws have driven Ameri can owned ships Into foreign registry. Because of these rules, it take $8,000 a year more to operate an average ship under the American flag than an aveinge British ship under the British flag. It costs an . additional $8,000 a year for the privilege of flying the stars and stripes because an American merchantman must have ex'ra hands, extra oflbers, must ray additional harbor charges, must comply with Bhlp measusements, and rigorous In spections not required by the Lloyd rules under wfclch the ships of every other nation now sail. Captain Robert Dollar Insists that the extra cost to larger vessels for Chicago, Nov. 13. Estimates of the number of sailors drowned dur ing Sunday's and Monday's storm on the great lakes reached 150 today. At least 23 big steamships were lost. Of the number of smaller craft which went down and of the extent of the damage to lake ports it was impos sible to do more than guess vaguely. A majority ot the fatalities occur red on Lake Huron. The west shore is usually the safest during heavy storms and when the recent blizzard broke many boats put in toward it for safety. The wind, however, shifted and the usually sheltered coast received its full force. Its violence was such that the stanchest vessels, of recent construc tion and representing the best in marine architecture, were dashed on the rocks and smashed like egg shells. Anchors failed to hold or engines to make headway against the terrific power of the gale. Next to Lake Huron the storm was worst on Lake Superior. There, however, the wind did not shift, so that craft reached sheltered places before the storm had reached its prospective point. The seas were rapidly subsiding to day and a systematic search of the shores of all the lakes was begun for wrecks. To the previously pub- lished lists there was added today the II. M. Hanna, a modern steel steamship, which the waves plied up ; on the beach at Point Aux Barques ! and broke In two. ; With the washing ashore of 15 ! members of Its crew, it also became ! certain that the steamship CharleB j Price was lost, presumably with Its full complement of 28 men. Two bodies were picked up, too, wearing life belts with the stencil of the Bteel freighter John McGean, one of the finest boats on the lakes, which, If lost, as It evidently was, would account for 28 more men. Besides these boats four steel steamships, with crews of 20 men each, were 80 hours overdue on Lake Huron and grave fears were entertained for them. A score of corpses were washed up on the Lake Huron and Superior shores today. C1IICKEX DINNER FOR 25 CEXTS. Will be served each Saturday and Sunday at the American restaurant, formerly the Good Eats, opposite city band stand, Grants Pass. Prices for other meals as reasonable. Clean rooms and comfortable beds for 25 and 50 cents. Mrs. H. M. 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