Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-06-20

The mhnight saloon closing ordin-
ance. which has been in effect In Mon.
terey. Cal, Tor the past six months. was
repealed by the city council.
War between the sheepmen and cat.
tlemen Of the northwest has begun, and
promises to have many exciting phases.
Q. I. Van Allen, sheep-raiser from
Utah, reports that many sheep in Wyo.
ming have already been killed by
masked mep representing stock owners
interests. He estimates that the ranges
OF Washington, Idaho, Oregon. Utah.
Wyoming and Montana now contain
upward Of o million sheep more than
the ranges will sustain. They must be
sold or starve. This condition results
from the big influx of settlers In the
states named and increase in sheep.
The naval board appointed to examine
into the advantages Of Lakes Union and
Washington. near Seattle. as fresh
water basins for laying up naval vessels
has made an adverse report upon the
proposition. The majority find that
fresh.water basin in this location, sep
arated by some distance from the naval
station on Puget sound, would bo very
expensive to maintain, and In the end
one or the other would have to be aban-
doned. The minority Of the board
make strong plea in favor Of the pro-
posed naval basin, and discuss at some
length the engineering work that would
be required to carry out the project.
Miss Alice Wolverton Eyre, a refined,
educated and stylish young woman, has
arrived at San Jose and proposes to
establish there colony which is to be
devoted to higher spiritual life, and
advocates the unrestricted marriage
theory lately put into practice by Pro-
fessor Heron. "The colony" accord
ing to circular, "shall be governed by
the law of love alone. II will be
realm in which there will be neither
mine nor thine; realm beyond the
reach of weights and measures, morals
aud laws, In which there is neither
wage nor interest, neither price nor bar.
gaid, servant nor master"
Frank ID. aud Annie l.. Crafts traded
their girl baby Marguerite aud house
and lot ut Stockton, Cal, for u span OF
mules and u camping outfit, the other
parties to the trade being Mr. aud Mrs.
Dickinson, who camo from Nevada to
Stockton with the camping outfit, aud
who have no children. Crafts had four
children, and he explained the appar.
emily inhumun deal by saying that ho
ana his wife were too poor properly to
raise four children. aud that they would
rather part with thoir youngest than
see II grow up Ia poverty.
Mrs. Ph1be Davis, an aged woman Of
Los Angeles, walked in her sleep OIL
the rear platform OF fast moving train
near Wnnemucca, New. and escaped
with only superficial injuries. She was
taken back to Winnemucca aud put on
the second section Of the train from
which she had fallen.
Captain John Hansen, who had his
license suspended for one year by Cap
tains BOlles and Bulgor for losing the
steamer willamette, neac Vancouver
Island. appealed from their decision,
but Captain Birmingham, federal IN.
spector OF steamships, sustained tho de-
cision OF the lower court, and consured
Captain Hansen for unskillfulness aud
negligence. The willamette WAS a fine
vessel, valued at 100000.
Three thousand Indians presented tho
Passion Piay ut ChIlliwack. B. q. The
tableaun and all the ceremonies In con-
nection were the most elaborate OF tho
kind ever produced ON this continent.