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PAGE EHiHT. PLACER Homer Inmaa returned borne from Murphy last Weduesday, where he hag been grading apples. Election day was a quiet one, only four women voting. Remember, ladies, that the men have given you the right to be rltizi-ns and you should surely take time to register ahd vote. Turner and Dewey Anderson spent the first of the week In Grants Pass having dental work don. P. S. Williams was a Grants Pass Ylsltor Wednesday. J. Turnbow of Palouse, Wash., ar rived in Leland Monday. He expects to spend the winter with his friend, George Speaker. Miss Duncan, th Grave teacher, was 111 Sunday and Monday, but Is Improving rapidly now. A few dnys' rain this week has loosened up the ground, enabling the farmer to get his plowing done. Also a clear sky makes us think more of Oregon weather than ever. KERRY Mrs. Everett Hogue Is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hogue suffer ing from severe fright and a crushed arm sustained In a runaway. Dr. Dixon was railed and placed the arm In a plaster cast. Mrs. Everett Hogue, Mrs. Frank Hogue and daughter, Agnes, spent the afternoon visiting friends. Returning home, one side of the shafts of the buggy rame loose. The horse lunged, cramping the rig nnd throwing Mrs. Frank Hogue, who wag driving, out of the rig. severely bruising her fare nnd shoulder. With the lines on the ground, the frighten ed horse rnced down the rond, swing ing the buggy from side to sldn, fin ally pitching Mrs. Everett Hogue out against the wheel, catching her arm In the spokeR. Agnes Hogue wbb carried a quarter of a mil farther on, finally Jumping. The horse ran Into Kerby and stopped. The new tunnel on the Mnngnnese Consolidated property has been driven 35 feet. A fine body of ore has been exposed. Assnya from Col orado and also loral nssnys show a rich vein. Friends of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. F, Shep herd hnve word thnt they will spend the winter at Arnliella soda springs, California. Mrs. Enrlo Young has returned from a trip to Ragle Point, where ghe attended the Reboknh convention as delegate from the local order. NEW HOPE Mr. and Mrs. H. S. .Wynant spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Warner. Mr. and Mrs. Willis York of Mis souri Flat spent Sunday with Mrs. Messenger and children. Mr. McAllister took a load of wood to town Monday. Chester York and Miss Florence Wynant spent Sunday In Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wynant have rented tho Fayslett place for three yoari. Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister and family spent Saturday In Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Hort York spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. John McAllis ter. Mr. Warner has sold his place to Mr. ITtley of Grants Pass, the price being $11,000. FRUITDALE SCHOOL RcKirt for .Month Ending November 7, 101.1 Number of pupils absent during month, 2. Numlier of pupil tardy during month, 3. Number of pupils neither tardy nor absent, 10. Names of those perfect In attend ance: Arthur Lycan, Johnny Proff, Esther Hnrke, Chas. Campbell, Robert Campbell, William Halverson. Wanda Wardrlp, William Hreltmayer, Glenn Hamilton, Mildred Hamilton. Friday, November 7, was parents' and visitors' day in Fruttdale school. There were twenty-seven people pre sent. Nearly every home In the dis trict was represented. The dally program was carried on that parents might see their children at work. We have five more names to add to the list of those perfect In attend ance and hope to be able to add those next month. JAMES LARK IN RELEASED By I'nlted Press Leased Wire. Dublin. Nov. 13. The government today released James Larkln. the transport workers' strike leader, who was serving seven months for sedi tion. It did so In deference to the working classes' clamor, which was beginning to mske the administration uneasy. WOLF CREEK The adopted three-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Laniond died suddenly after a few hours' ill ues last Wednesday morning and was buried the following day. Rev. Davis officiating at the funeral. The Southern Pacific is longthn iug the siding three miles below town, grading for which affords work for a few weeks for most of the men and teams in this vicinity. We have never seen finer looking, nor tasted finer flavored grapes than some grown above the depot here this season Tokays, Haniburga, Malagas and Thompson's seedless. The vines have not yet been touched by frost this season. Some planted down In the valbey at the same time . were, injured by frost quite a while ago and have not matured so nicely. There is a lesson for ranchers here , In the fact that two carloads of hay were shipped in this week. We un dcintand that a considerable acre-j age will be seeded to alfalfa in the spring. ILLINOIS VALLEY ITEMS A social party was given at the home of C. A. Hervey on Friday ev-j iilng In honor of Miss Dlffenderfer, j who will soon return to her home. Aj very enjoyable evening was spent by . all in attendance. Jack Eggera and family, of Men-1 docino county, arrived at Takilma' on Tuesday to spend the winter with J the former's father. , A dance, was given at the new re-1 sidence of Mr. Zuver near Waldo on ! Saturday evening. A large crowd j was In attendance. . j Miss Agnes George has been spend-; Ing a few days with Miss Julia O'Hrlen. j Mrs. A. N. McVay has returned! from a business trip to Grants Pass. Carl Johnson Is busy delivering lumber to Mr. McFurland on the Illin ois river. He Is erecting a house on his homestead. DIXIE RANCH ITEMS Preaching services at the Dixie school house were well attended last Supday. Tim services were conduct-1 ed by Rev. V. C. Long of Grants Pass. Miss GllflUan and Ted Cramer assisted in the Hong service. The neighborhood greatly appreciate the visits of these young people. Mrs. II. E. Cooper, wife of Fore man Cooper of Dixie, is spending a few days in the Pass this week visit ing friends. L. L. Jewell and a party of friends of Grants Pass were trying their lurk fur llsli on Dixie ranch last week. They say the fish were biting good and report a good catch. C. II. Roberts and family and llaskel Wyatt visited Mr. Wyatt's parents last Sunday, who now reside north of Grants Pass. LELAND J. 1'. Duncan and daughter, Golda, are spending the week at Oregon City j looking over their new property. ! Mrs. S. I., ltrooks is very ill at 1 this writing. Mrs. W. liialork, her mother, Is nursing her. Mr. Fair, wife and daughter came from Oregon City yesterday to take charge of the Grave Creek ranch. Dewey and Turner Anderson were ; I. eland visitors Wednesday. T. J. Macklin is putting up some) new buildings on his ranch. i Several of the young people attend-j ed the grange dance at Hugo and re-! port a very pleasant time. " ' Weather still on its good behavior, j Phew! Aren't we glad we're not back there with those Ohio nnd Pennsyl-' vanla people. SPENCER FINDS MATCH IN FAIR WITNESS Wheatou, 111., Nov. 13. Miss Nina Anderson, live feet tall and pretty, was tlie. principal witness today at the trial of Henry Spencer for the murder of Mrs. Mildred Alllsou-Rex-roat. Spencer attempted to abuse Miss Anderson lu the same way that he has shouted at Judge Slusser and his own counsel, but met his match. "You're a liar," Spencer shouted at Miss Anderson when she started her testimony. She sprang from her chair and approached the prisoner. "Don't you dare Interrupt me again," she said, shaking her finger iu his face. "And don't you call me a liar, either. If 1 were running this jury 1 would see that you got all you deserved. Now you sit quietly in that chair and keep your mouth slnit." I .os Vngeles. Nov. 13. -While the streets ran full of storm water. John Hailing. In rubber boots, earned Jfi.20 In three hours carrying pedes trians across the raging torrent at a flat ten cent rate. WEEKLY ROGUE DEVELOPMENT MEETING. (Continued from page 1.) If each locality tried individual en terprises of this nature, and, it Is urged, the exhibit at Ashland will do more for the state as a whole than if the entire exhibit were placed in San Francisco, where It would be In a confusion of other exhibits. Thus being at the veritable southern gate way of the state it would be a proper welcome to all visitors, as well as a comprehensive and impressing fare well review of the resourcea of the state. Create State-Wide Sentiment However, Mr. Richardson stated, it is not yet time to effect a bound or ganization, for the first step Is to create a state-wide sentiment in favor of the plan, through the personal ef forts of the members present. That the idea merits of the greatest, per sonal effort he showed by demonstra ting the purely business side of the hue. The immediate work Includes the gaining of approval of all the commercial organizations of the state, o; the favor of the press, and by working through the peoples as a whole the favor of the legislative rep resentatives of the people. Commissioner Rootli for Organization Commissioner Booth of the Oregon Fair Commission next spoke on the need of Interest In the fair exhibit In connection with the Ashland ex hibit, and told briefly of the work ani plans of the Oregon commission. He. told of the recent meeting In Albany of the representatives of the eight Willamette valley counties and of the organization they had effected for ad vertising and exhibit work to bring travelers to their district, showing the imperative need of such organiza tions throughout the state if the rest of the districts wish to maintain a place. Grape Grower for Diversity A. II. Carson, the grape grower of the Applegate, showed the pressing need In the valley of a. diversifica tion of farming, so that we may have more than one line of endeavor to offer the prospective settler. He pointed out the danger of too close confinement to fruit growing or any other line, and stated thnt "a suc cessful fruit Industry goes hand In hand with other lines of farming," and that to make the most of our great opportunities then must he a more varied farming In the valley. Aid for Municipalities Prof. Sowers of the newly estab lished University of Oregon muni cipal bureau spoke In behalf of that hureau, stating their willingness and anxiety to be of all possible aid In municipal policies. W. W. Truax of Gold Hill spoke of the recently authorized Jackson county highway bonds as an adver tising proposition and urged the plan at hand, as did Editor Greer of Ash land, who urged a plan of concerted action as the only means of gaining the proper development of southern Oregon. , Talks by Judge Colvlg, Addison Rennett of Portland and others showed the trend of sentiment, and the subsequent motion of Judge Col vlg approving and urging an exhibit at Ashland in 1915 verified this, be ing passed unanimously. Next Convention nt Roseburg Secretary Schlosser of Roseburg now Invited the next meeting of the convention to be In that city on De cember 4, and the Invitation was ac cepted, each local organization prom ising to send a delegation. Mr. Rich ardson also stated that the southern Oregon representatives would be met In Roseburg by delegations from the north. Delightful entertainment was furn ished during the program In the na ture of a song by Mrs. Walker and a reading by Mrs. Baker. The platform was most tastefully and appropriately decorated, fitting the complete success of the develop ment convention. IDENTITY OF FLOATING HI LK UNDETERMINED Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 12. The Identity of the big freight steamer hulk, bottom-upward, off the lake shore north of here, was still In doubt today. Though the craft was so deeply submerged that It was difficult to determine Its identity, tug boatmen who visited the spot stated positively yesterday that they had recognized the wreck as the steamer K. A. 8. Clarke. Early today, how ever, ten corpses from the wreck were washed ashore and eight of them were Identified as members of the crew of the Canada Interlake liner Regina. Tugs with divers were sent to in vestigate. If the ship proves to be the Regina, It will leave the E. A. S. Clarke, with a crew of about 40 men. still unaccounted for. RIVER COCKIER 'MIGHT XOT RIGHT" SAYS SECRETARY OF LAHOR Seattle, Nor. 12. Exposing cor poration greed as it exists in the cop per districts of Michigan, and declar ing for a federal employment bureau under supervision of the department of labor, with the assistance of the postal department. Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson made an address before the A. F. of L. convention here today, in which be stated the depart ment would co-operate with the trade union movement to elevate the stand ards of society. Wilson's statement of what he bad found from invesigatlon of the Cal umet strike caused a sensation among the delegatea. "I want to take you into my eon fldence about the work of the depart ment at Calumet," said Wilson, while recounting the work accomplished since his appointment. "We not only sent a man to confer with the strik ers and employers but an expert to look into the earning capacity of the companies Involved. It hag been the custom In cases of strikes to find out what wages were paid, the hours of work and the condition of labor, and to make these public. We propose to go a step further and make public the earning capacity of the companies Involved. Here Is what I want to tell you. The largest corporation In volved In the strike at Calumet was organized in 1870 with a capital stock of $2,500,000, the stock valued at $25 per share. This stock was sold at that time at $12.50 per share, so the actual cash value of the origin- al Investment was $1,250,000. i "During the 42 years this company has been In existence It has declared dividends amounting to $121,000,000 and made re-Investments amounting to $75,000,000. This after paying all expenses and enormous salaries to officers. "Then the men In control refused to meet with their employes, and de clined to accept an offer of arbitra tion. They say the property Is theirs and they can manage It to suit them selves. "May be it Is. But I say that the age has gone by when he holds who can. and might Is right. All title to property now existing is by law, and the law of titles was made by society as the best way to preserve the wel fare of the community and not the in dividual. Whenever the individual or corporation uses the title to prop erty in such a way as to Injure the welfare of the community, then he will force society to modify its laws." Concerning the federal employment bureau, Secretary Wilson said: "At present, under the system of private employment bureaus, they can be used to supply strikebreak ers. Men are deceived into going to distant plates to get jobs, then taken to a place where a strike exists and forced to work under guard. I have in min4 a plan which It may be pos sible to work out of a federal agency, exactly a bureau of labor Information. I want to see created under this de partment a bureau which will col lect and dispense labor Information after the plan now used by the weath er bureau. Through many sources In formation could be gathered as to where men can find employment, the wanes paid, whether trade unions are recognized, and last, but not least, w hether a strike exists in the section mentioned. All of this information could be taken and condensed Into a report small enough to be posted daily in every post office in the land as well as every other public place where men gather." RANCHER'S WIFE DIES FROM Rl'RNS RECEIVED Bend, Ore.. Nov. 12. Mrs. Ella N. Bragg, wife of a rancher, died to day from bums received when her bouse was destroyed by fire. How the the originated is not known, as her husband was absent at the time. ARREST TWO UNDER STATE RLl'E SKY LAW Portland, Nov. 12. L. R. Kaylor and A. D. Baker, stock brokers, are at liberty today on $1,000 ball each following their arrest on charges of violating the state blue sky law. These are the first arrested under the provisions of this act. They are charged with offering stocks for sale contrary to the act, which provides that it Is unlawful to deal In stocks or Securities of any company unless a permit is first se cured from the state commissioner of corporations. The penalty for vio lating the law is a fine of not less than $100 or more than $10,000. or Im prisonment of not less than 90 days or more than one year, or both. Old papers for sale. Courier. SAYS SECRETARY OF LAROK , IS A 'TEAX I T POLITICIAN Calumet, Mich.. Nov. 13. Of Sec retary Wilson's Seattle speech before the A. F. of L. yesterday, condemn ing the policy of the copper mining companies of Michigan In the copper strike, General Manager James Mac Naughton of the Calumet & Heda Mining Company said In part: Mr. Wilson, through representa tives of his department, made a thor ough Investigation of strike condi tions. Upwards of twenty of the min ing companies answered a series of 110 questions each. Mr. Wilson's criticism of the mines In this district is based upon the reply of one com pany to two of these questions, those pertaining to capitalization and to dividends. Evidently Mr. Wilson could find no fault with the answer to the other 1 OS questions asked the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, or to the 110 questions asked each of the other companies. He selected for the purpose of his confidential advance statement answers to two questions which had no bearing what ever on the controversy. Such poli tical buncombe Is worthy only of a peanut politician.' A man of Mr. Wilson's position should be above It. "Mr. Wilson's statement that the mining companies refused to meet committees of worklngmen Is abso lutely false. Mr. Wilson offered his services as mediator In the strike In Michigan, and such services were de clined. The good Judgment display ed by the mining companies In de clining his offer must now be appar ent to the public." SPENCER CONTINUES PLAY OF' INSANITY Wheaton, 111., Nov. 12. Attorney Anton Zemou, representing Henry Spencer, on trial here for the mur der of Mrs. Mildred Allison-Rexroat, was knocked down at the opening of court today by his client. "I am damned tired of this delay," shouted Spencer. Then he struck Zemon twice, flooring him. Sheriff Kuhn and two deputies overpowered Spencer. Court attaches were unable to quiet Spencer. "I don't need an attorney," he shouted. "You plnheads are simply wasting time. The Judge here Is the biggest fool in the court room. He has about as much brains as a sack of sawdust." "I committed every one of the crimes published in the papers. I killed Mrs. Rexroat and then drank her blood. Why don't you fatheads string me up and have it over with?". FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED Villaroublay, France, Nov. 12. Ills aeroplane engine stopping unex pectedly while flying here today, Cap tain LaCarde of the army aviation corps fell and was killed. The Required Recipe. A woman of uncertain nge required the services of a page boy and insert ed iii the local paper an advertisement headed "Youth Wanted." One of her friends, with litjle humor and less taste, sent her a bottle of a celebrated wrinkle remover, a pot of fairy bloom a set of false teeth anil a Maxell wig! London Telegraph. Office stationery at the Courier. SYNDICALISM. Syndicalism is not a revolution ary and alarming conception. It is simply perfected unionism. In this country the principle has been more generally designated "Industrialism." What we are working immediately for Is to better conditions of labor, to shorten hours and to eliminate unemployment. Think what It would mean In raising the level of society If every man and wo man were sure that so long as he or she worked honestly there would always be work to do! Think what the specter of un employment meaus lu decreased deficiency and economic wastel Think how senseless it Is that workers should be overdriven at times nnd forced to Idleness and starvation in Intervening pe riods! You tell me that the agi tation of industrialism Is de nounced for breeding "class ha tred." Some people are unwill ing to admit that there is "class." I would refer them to John Ruskin's letters, In which he described his awakening to the realization of industrial con ditions, and his seven years' struggle in vain to arouse the people of hi class and his ml mission that the ruling class of England iuld not lie brought to h 1'istlee to the working class t'.v agitation unsupported by force.-Tom Mann. English La t'or Leader FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1913 NOTICE OF ROM) REDEMPTION Notice is hereby given to owners and holders of municipal city im provement bonds that at tho semi annual interest payment period on the 1st day of January, 1914, the city of Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, will redeem the following outstanding city improvement bonds, viz.': Bonds numbered 6-6 and 7 of North Sixth street Improvement. Said bonds were issued and dated the 1st day of July, 1911. Said bonds will be redeemed at the office of the city treasurer of the city o Grants Pass, Josephine county, Oregon, on the 1st day of January, 1914, which Is the- time fixed for such redemption, and the time at which Interest shall 'be taken up and can celled by virtue of the laws and acts providing for the Issuing of such bonds. Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon, this 11th day of November, 1913. 979 G. P. JESTER, City Treasurer. CITY TREASURER'S NOTICE There are funds In the city treas ury to redeem all warrants drawn on the current expense fund protest ed to August 15th, 1913, Inclusive. Interest will cease after November 15th, 1913. Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon, Nov ember 10th, 1913. O. P. JESTER, City Treasurer. NOTICE OF ESTKAY Notice is hereby given that one biuck and white spotted barrow hog, marked square crop off left ear, was taken up October 2, 1913, by H. M. Dartlett. Said hog will be offered for sale near the south end of Rogue river bridge at 10 o'clock a. m. on November 17, 1913, to satisfy the costs and damages, if the owner does not appear and claim property. J. C. RANDLE, Constable. STRAYED There came to my place on Green's creek October 1, 1913, one black and white barrow hog, square crop off left mr. Owner can have same by paying for advertising, posting no tices and other charges. H. M. BARTLETT. WOMAN FATALLY BURNED IX COAL OIL EXPLOSION Sacramento, Nov. 12. Her body thrown across the kitchen, Mrs. Ora Perkins was probably fatally burned by an explosion of coal oil here today. Her son, Leonard, age 17, was also badly burned while trying to rescue his mother. The boy probably will recover.. CLASSIFIED ADS .HfSCKLLAN'EOC" ANYONE wishing to lease a placer mine will apply to C. D. Sexton, Hugo, Oregon. 10-31-3t TIMBER LAND for exchange, with part cash. Approximately 2,000, 000 feet of Oregon pine, with 10 per cent, of sugar pine, on 160 acres, 15 miles east of Grants Pass. $4,500 a reasonable valua tion. Would take $1,500 or $2,000 in cash, remainder in Grants Pass lots or Rogue River valley farm ing land between Grants Pass and 10 miles out, or Crescent City lots. Address Marie E. Hall, Long Beach, Calif., care of General De livery. 10-31-tf NOW IS the time to order your fruit trees for fall setlng. Cheaper than ever. I handle only the best. George II. Parker, 403 West D St., Phone 2S5-Y. 10-31-5t E STRAYED One red and white spotted yearling heifer, marked crop and two splits In left ear. Any Information concerning same will be thankfully received by J. B. Borough, R. F. D. 4. Phone G12-F-21. ll-7-3t PL'LL YOUR STUMPS I will pull all your stumps up to . 10-inch diameter for ten cents each, and larger ones for same if don't have to use powder. If powder Is used to shake them, the cost of tha powder extra. Sam Cahill, 605 West C St., Grants Pass. This ad will not appear again. Remem ber the place. It WANTED Two milk cows. Address F. J. Williams. Box 29. R. F.. D. No. 1, Grants Pass. Ore. 11-14-4t FOR SALE Two pure bred Jersey cows, four and eight years old. One fresh since September 15, other due in few days. $RT each. T. M. Uimond, Wolf Creek, Oregon. RANNIE. the plumber. Is ready any minute to reprlr your plumb ing. (509 H street. Telephone 140-R. 4-J-tf