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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
is A GROWING INDUSTRY
Many People Expect to Engage
In Poultry Business.

The following from the Valley
Record indicates that the poultry
industry will receive greater atten-
tion then formerly: The poultry rails
ing industry keeps up its forward
movement in the Rogue river valley.
Notwithstanding that the output has
been greatly increased the past few
years, the constant demand and the
high prices prevailing tho past season
has caused more preparation to be
made for the coming year in this val
ley than any season in its history,
Our climate seems better adapted to
poultry culture than the principal
poultry centers ON the coast and there
is no apparent reason why the indus.
try should not thrive until tho valley
gets as famous az Petaluma, Santa
Clara, Alameda and other noted
districts to the south of u.s.
s. X. Adams, as soon as ho rotires
from the harness business In Ashland,
will engage in poultry and hog rails
ing on the 60 acre place he bought Of
Fred Hansen at Table Rock. He is
among the number who have been
inticed into the poultry business by
the prevailing fancy prices and the
adaptability Of the country for that
industry.
Rev. Geo. O. Love, who is extern
sively engaged in the fancy poultry
business, has an egg laid by a white
Wyandotte hen that is as large as q
goose egg-being ShxGl9 inches in size
and weighs nealry four ounces. Mr..
Love has sent for six more incubators.
John Mcintosh. the craftsman,
while in charge Of the Tom Brown
farm near Ashland went into the
poultry business quite heavily having
nearly q thousand chickens, mostly
Barred Plymouth Rocks. He says
his experience proved profitable aud
chat he will engage in It again. The
granite soil of Ashland is a very dc.
sirable feature in the winter months,
As chickens do much better on n dry
warm location during the rainy
season. Mr.. Mcintosh will make
use Of his fine experience gained in
the business in this section.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Chnnge in Ashland Firm

An announcement has been made Of
a change in proprietorship OF the big
drygoods firm Of Vaupel, Norris q
Drake at Ashland j. r. Norris has
sold his interest in the business TO Il.
A. Kinney and left on Tuesday for
Oakland. Cal, where he will become
a member OF now firm. Mr.. Norris
has been in business IN Ashland for
the past lS years and has been active
in ali public movements for the bene.
ft Of the city during that time, and
Is at present member Of the City
Board OF Education. Mr. Kinney,
his successor, was formerly for a
number Of years popular business
man Of Ashland and has just returned
from three years residence at Red
ding GAL
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
MAKE TOWN BEAUTIFUL
What a n Improvement Society Is
Doing.

Hamilton, Ont, is being made more
attractive every year through the ef
forts of the Civic Improvement socle-
~, which awards prizes for the best
kept lawns, flower boxes and gardens,
says the Toronto Mail and Express.
The idea Is 30 excellent that It Is re-
marknble that It has not been more
generally adopted.
The natural tendency Of all centers
Of population is toward ugllness and
untldlness. To resist this and aspire
toward "the town beautiful" Ia wOr-
thy effort. We are Influenced more
than we are generally willing TO ac-
knowledge by our surroundings. The
power Of beauty TO cheer and purify
human nature IL immeasurable. Why,
then, should all the natural beauty Of a
city be confined to It's parks or It's bou-
leyards, which are visited only on rare
and exceptional occasionsi
Here and there II is true, efforts are
mado TO beautify the daily surround
ings. In Toronto some OF the modern
ihNpOIlth uIt uhotutu WIN hDNfln uHh
clinglng ivy. For this and the conse-
quent appearance Of checrfulness the
public, we believe, Is sincerely CRATE
ful. II Is a contribution TO the comfort
Of every one. The splendid lawns and
the gardens OF our residential quarters
also appeal to public appreciation.
But there are districts OF the city IN
which the sun OF beauty seldom shlnos
Prominent among these are the bust
ness quarters, where the tiresome mo
notony Of brick walls ia rarely relieved
by the presence Of any green thing II
Is here that the people spend most OF
their time, and here II Is that beauty
and freshness are most required In
the more humble quarters, too, though
there Is many a homely garden ant
many an effort TO catch an inspiration
from nature. the lack OF beauty Is OF
ten painful and depressing
Anything that will awaken an inter
est in the adorument OF n town ant
stimulate effort along that line Is I
wholesome and valuable influence. Bl
all means let us beautify our towns
and II Hamilton has shown us how &
do II thoroughly and well we shall b
grateful.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
PROGRESSIVE CLARlNDA
Public Spirited Citizens Building
Up Their Town.

Clarlnda, Ia, is a homellke town, oc-
cupying Il beautiful situation surround.
ed by rolling prairie, with shaded
streets 160 feet wide, well kept lawns,
comfortable but unpretentlous houses,
an imposing courthouse and school
house, an excellent hotel, several banks
whose combined deposits exceed ST.
100000, and blocks OF stores whose
shelves are loaded with all kinds OF
goods, writes w. IL. Curtis In the Chi
cago Record Herald. When Clarlnda
was first founded in 1852 this was a
bare prairie. Now It Ia verltable
grove OF elms, chestnuts and naples,
all OF which have been planted by the
hand Of man, but they look like native
trees.
was planted with several hundred
young elms few years ago, which are
thriving beautifully and are an object
lesson to all other Iowa towns, as they
illustrate what can be done In this soil
and climate in the way Of arbor cul-
ture. Almost everybody owns the
house he occupies, and property very
seldom changes hands. There are nc
advertisements Of houses for rent, be-
cause every one is occupied, and new
comers are Obliged to build, so the
town is gradually extending In every
direction.
There are no saloons ia Clarlnda
and no permit TO sell liquor has been
issued since 1882. The drug stores are
not even permitted to sell upon physi
clans prescriptions. When saloons
were allowed there was license fec
OF $1,000, and the proceeds were al
needed to pay police expenses, bu
since saloons were abolished no polio,
have been needed and the only pro
lection the town now has are two nigh
watchmen, who look out for fires, bur
glars and tramps
The taste and culture OF the people ar,
illustrated by the large attendance a
the annual Chautauqua assembly, nov
In its seventh year, upon the fall
grounds, which belong TO the municl
pality. Back OF the assembly ar,
eighty business men, public spirited
citizens. representing all denomlna
tons, who have managed the affair 3,
successfully that at the close OF th,
last session after every bin was palt
and extensive improvements wer,
made there was n surplus OF S2,2OO II
the treasury.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
A BIG CATCH OF SKUNKS
Ja ckson County TrApper Doing
Land Office Business.

The Ashland Tidings is authority
for the following: A trapper who
has been operating few miles south
Of Ashland the past few months has
made a catch of 81 skunks. The
skins of these animals, which have
been unusually plentiful recently,
yield the trappcr. 1t is said, not less
than 81 each, and he extracts the oil
for medicinal purposes and realizes 81
per quart for it, And the catch has
not been confined to varmints of
odious perfume. An owl got into one
Of the traps and it found market
with tho recently organized Owl Club
Of Ashland, for whom it is to be
mounted The trapper also found
big eagle held in one Of his steel vises
a short time ago and has made pet Of
the bird while waiting for an oppor-
tunity to sell it.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
AN INDIAN AND WHISKEY
Drunken Del Norte Indian Robbed
and Murdered.

Last Monday morning the body of
winchuck Jack, an Indian, was found
in a ditch along side the county road
about mile and quarter above
the Corners. Every indication was
that he had been murdered. The
body was in nude condition and
showed signs of having been teaten
and dragged. Part OF his clothing
was over the fence in the westbrook
field, and part in the ditch just be-
low where the body was found. One
shoe and socks were lying in the road,
and bride belonging on the horse
he was riding was lying in the ditch
just above the body. The clothing
showed unmistakable signs Of having
been cut and torn in removal.
At the inquest nothing developed to
show who committed the crime. The
Indians knew nothing about the mat.
ter, or pretended they did not. Ac-
COiuink w thc ihtts oAiOittu W iuNluNh
Jack came to the Corners Sunday
afternoon slightly intoxicated and
imbibed further, starting for his
home at the mouth Of Winchuck about
8 o'clock. having a flask of whiskey
and from IS to $3.50 in money in his
pocket A little later he was seen
by Bert Beoksted and Jas. Taggert,
sitting alongside the wagon road
about three quarters Of a mile below
the Corners, his horse standing along,
side. He appeared to them to be
pretty we'll intoxicated. That is the
last time he was seen alive by any
person.
A large number of Indians gathered
at John Tryon's Sunday to play base
ball, and most all OF them becam,
intoxicated. One theory is that Win
chuck Jack was murdered by some oi
them who met him while ON theil
way home to the Island. Tho facl
that he was naked. indicates
that it was tie work of Indians -
Del Norte Record.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Perfect connd,nes.

Where there used to be feeling OF
uneasiness and worry in the household
when a child showed s. symptoms Of
Group. there is now perfect conf
ence. This is owing to the uniform
success Of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy in the treatment Of that dis
ease. Mrs ". L Basford, Of Pools
willie. Nd. says: II have world OF
confidence in ChAmberlsin's Cough
Remedy for / have used it with per
feet success Ny child Garland is
subject TO severe attacks Of Group and
1; always gives him prompt relief -
For sale by all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
APPLES WERE FREE OF PEST
A Pioneer Says Goblin Moth Is
Not o No tive.

A pioneer citizen, says the Oregon
ian, who was buying apples, observed
a wormy one In box and expressed
his disgust for the Goblin moth which
has put orchardists in this state to SO
much trouble and expense. He said
for many years after he arrived In
Oregon he never saw nor heard Of a
wormy apple, and it was not till
within 10 or 90 years that anything
had been heard of the terrible San
Jose scale. The dealer explained that
the Goblin moth was imported into
Oregon from Missouri, which is q
great apple-producing country. 1t
did not cross the plains in an OK
wagon as many other Missouri
products did, but soon after the rail-
road across the continent was COM
pleted, there was snort crop Of ap-
Piles in Oregon and few carloads
were shipped in from Missouri by
rail. In them the codlin moth ar
rived, and sad day it was for Or
chsrdists The San Jose scale also
found its way into Oregon by acoi-
dent. A party Of Portland people,
old-time residents, spent the winter
in San Jose some 20 years ago, and
ON returning in the spring brought
home lot Of plants and shrubs.
Nothing was known here of the San
Jose scale at that time, but when
these plants all died and the shrubs
and trees of neighbors began to die,
an investigation was started, and il
was found that Oregon had acquired
another insect pest, and one Of the
worst kind. Later II was ascertained
that the scale was introduced into
San jose from China. its home. II.
B. Miller, American Consul to
China, hunted up Its record there
and found that the lady bug, COM
mon there, had Kept the scale within
bounds. He sent lot Of these lady
bugs to Washington, where they were
propagated, and have been sent out
to places where the scale is destruct-
i've. Some were sent to Southern
Oregon not long ago. and it is hoped
that they will flourish and spread all
over the state and in time partially
exterminate the San Jose scale. II
would scarcely be imagined that such
tiny pests could travel so far as Ore
gon, or do so much damage as they
have since arriving here.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04

MORE RAILROAD RUM0RS
Northern California and Southern
Oregon Scene OF Work.

II is rumored that the s. p. Co. in
tends doing away with the horseshoe
bend between Sisson and Dunsmuir,
in order to. save distance and steep
grade, also to make straight and
shorter road in Shasta Valley from
Edgewood to Julion's, besides cutting
out the heavy grade at Bailey's hill
north Of Hornbrook. With these
changes, the line can be shortened
several miles. No new heavy rails
havo been laid in the section named,
as ON other portions of the route,
which gives showing Of credence.
II is also stated that the directors OF
the California Box and Door Co..
with extensive timber holding at
Mofiit Creek, are considering the
proposition of building branch line
to their plant from some point on s.
=. line between Julien's and Gazelle,
or possibly from one Of the two points
named A survey will probably be
made to decide the matter, and should
tho company conclude to build,
efforts are likely to be made towards
an extension to Scott Valley. Efforts
may also be made in the near future
to extend the Yreka railroad into
Scott Valley, which II partially ex-
tended, could be continued by degrees
with the aid of earnings derived from
increase of traffic. The Scott Valley
people are very anxious for railroad
connection to any point on the main
line, and will do all they can do to
aid such project for more general
development Of the country. Exten-
sions are anticipated on the McCloud
River railroad into northern portions
of Shasta county and to Modoc county
from Upton, with extension Of the
railroad from Weed station to Eastern
Siskiyou towards Butte Greek, and a
futher extension Of the Klamath Lake
X. II. from Lairds into Southern
Oregon. With all these new roads
reaching out to the outer boundaries
Of the county and beyond. Siskiyou
is likely TO have more branch rail-
road lines than any county in the
state the principal business for them
being the transportation Of lumber
from the various mountain forests.
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Remember Joseph Moss has the larg-
est list Of real estate with the best
prices and best terms Office on Il
street, west Of Sixth street.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
BELIEVE IN PRINTERS INK
People OF Hood River Believe In
Advertising.

Hood River never misses all oppor-
tunity to secure an advantage when
ever even the least opportunity pre-
sents Their latest point to gain,
says the Jacksonville Sentinel. is
that Of securing special fruit train
to be run during their strawberry
season. 1t will be but few years
until there will be fast fruit trains
sent out daily from Rogue River. 1t
is not uncommon during the height Of
the shipping season, for six to eight
refrigerator cars loaded with fruit to
be sent out daily. How the Hood
River Fruit Growers Union secured
their special fruit train is told in the
following from the Hood River
Glacier:
L. II. Shepard and @. ]. Gesslin X
Of the Fruit Growers union did some
effective work among the railroad
people during tile association meet at
Portland last week. They made such
showing to the railroad people that
they agreed TO give the fruit ship.
pers strawberry special out Of Hood
River during the height Of the season,
running it on passenger train time,
the shippers to furnish the railroad
company with an estimate Of the num-
Der Of cars in the morning and they
will start light train out Of Port
land with just enough cars so that
the strawberries will complete the
train. This was Mr.. Gessling's sug-
gostion, and after the railroad people
had il under consideration for day.
they came to the conclusion that this
would be the best ISOLATION Of the diff
Guilty
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
FRUIT CROP Sd DISTRICT
Estimated Output Lost Year
Wos S64O.000.

The third district. composed OF
the counties Of Douglas jackson.
klamath, Josephine. Coos. Garry and
Lake. A. II. Carson commissioner,
reported as follows: Unfavorable
weather at blossoming period Of the
peach in my district cut the yield
down to 20 per cent in some and 40
per cent in other sections but what
was put on the market was Of su.
perior quality and brought top prices
The apple, pear and prune were
record. breaking crops, by far the
largest ever grown in this district.
Prices are good, due to Eastern and
European shipments being strong,
averaging 40 per cent higher than last
year.
At ruling prices place the yalGe Of
the fruit crop in the third district a,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04

seeks the means OF health she is often
like a woman blindfold. She has no
confidence. She cannot tell what her
effort will lead to. She turns now to
this side and then to the other in uncer-
taiutv and 1ouHt.
Jir sice IN who uses DR.. Pierce's
Favorte Prescription may do so with
absolute confidence. 1t invites open
eyed investigation There need be no
hesitation in following the hundreds Of
thousands Of women who have found a
per ct cure Tor womanly Ills in the use
Of this medicine.
vFavorite Prescription cures irregu-
larity and dries weakening drains. II
h ais inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness.
f'fuh heart full of gratitude to vou for send
..' over th7 land our wonderful medicine
It'e -'f hoping hat sUme poor suf
NnHH $500 .1 Dr. Pierce's medicines .
SCOT OF Greenspriug Fur
Cos MARYLAND ri had suE
.f. -Il .ualc weakness and had to
L in bed a great deal Of the time Had head
ache backaohe, and pain in len side when lying
down. ! commenced taking Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription, and had not taken two bottles
when was able 10 be around again and do my
woft "f' title pain. Can now eat any.
ln'' er hurts me any more Have
u rNu lies o. Or Ierce's Favorite Pre-
So |HH sue Of his Compound Extract Of
s' Ar. Hd several vials OF his Pleasant
Pe,as' I.-H better every day. My hus-
lLnd saws ao, better every dayu
DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
susness and sick headache.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Group

Begins with the symptoms Of a
common cold; there is chilliness,
sneezing. hot skin, quick pulse,
hoaTsensss and impeded respiration.
Give frequent small doses Of Ballard =
Horehound Syrup, (the child will cry
for itl and at the nrst sign Of a
croupy cough. apply frequently Bal
lard's Snow Liniment to throat
Mrs. n. A. vliet. New Castle, Colo. f..
writes, March 18th, 1901: II think
Billiards. Horehound Syrup a won
derful remedy, and 30 pleasant 4" 25c,
50c and si.O0 at Slower Drug Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Senator Depew TO Retire.

II il announced that Chauncey NJ.
Depew will not again be candidate
for U. s. senator from New YORK.
It is likely that 4. II. Hartman,
president Of the Southern Pacific rail.
way systems will succeed him, or at
least will be an important figure in
the contest for the position. This is
taken TO mean that the trancsontinen.
tai railways are preparing for a great
er fight than ever against the 18th
mian canal.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
smeIter.' Stag For Country road.

smelters' Stag For Country Roads.
Stag Is TO be used In making road,
In Utah, says the Salt Lake City Trib-
une. The Salt Lake county commits
sioners-ut q recent meeting decided "a
make some extensive repairs on the
roads Of the county, and with that
object IN view the chairman was au
thorized 10 sign leases with the Ger
mnnla smelter at Murray and the Min
20 smelter at Sandy for their sing
dumps. This Stag makes good. service
able roadbeds. and Il is understood
that the county can secure Il from The
smelling companies a. reasonable cost
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Chambsflsia's Stomach and Liver Tablets
uneouaIIsd for Con,tlpation.

Mr. a. r. Kane, a prominet drug
gist Of Baxter Springs, Kan, says
"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
fn biots are. in my Judgment. the
most superior preparation Of any
thing so use today for constipation.
For sale BY al druggists
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
MYSTERIOUS Circumstance.

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the
differenceY She who is blushing with
health uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills
to maintain it, Try them. Only 20
cents at National Drug Store and
Grants Pass Pharmacy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
Case OF Rhsum stism Cured BY
chsmbsrlAin's Pain Balm

The ~fhicacy Of Chamberlain's Pain
slm in the relief Of rheumatism is
ling demonstrated daily. Parker
,irittf. of Grig-by. Va, says that
iainbrlaiu's Pain Balm gave him
rlnaneht relief from rheumatism in
ha<} when everything else failed,
"a be y onid not BE- without 10. For
10 BY 81 druggists
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04
What Are Thsyi

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets A new remedy for stomach
troubles, biliousneEs, and constipa-
tion, and a good one. Price 25 cents.
Ere sale by all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04

The increase in value and quantity
Of fruit over former years Is lot en-.
tirely due to the heavy crop. bat "a
many new orchards coming into
bearing for the first time and more
and better methods In spraying and
cultivating
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-04

"A F---=~-Ftael'
y Asallow complexion, dizziness.
biliousness and a coated tongue
are common indications of liver
and kidney diseases. Stomach and
howeLtrouhles. severe as they are.
give inme are warning by prin,
hnt hyc kidney trauuies.
N Irl at tr- rt. are \
n ,1 cure. I-,iyrd's \
biack-DfaI Ight never fails to bene- I
fit diseased liver and weakened kid
neys. II stirs up the torpid liver
to throw off the germs of fever and }
ague. y Is a certain preventive
Of cholera lnd Bright disease of
the kidneys. Will dneys re- Z
inforced by Thedford's Black <
nrsrght thousands Of persons have
dwe't Immune IN the midst of vel
low fever. Many families live in
p7rlect hea'th AMI have no other I
4ei9r t-m Ihi's h'a.k-
fei .,is u hlla u
~ a1 en oy @l
many e2 ut- ,-ls OF q d0.,ur
Mullins, S. C.. March 10, 1901.
have used Thsdiord's Black.Drausht ;
Tor three years and have not had Ito 90 }
to doctor since have been taking Il.
II Is the best med., &C for me that Is
on the market for i've, and kidney 4
toublss end dysrepgia and other (
ss,npiaints. Rev A. G. LEWIS. e.
t, - 90 q.
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Remember Joseph Moss has the larg-
est list of real estate with the best
prices and best terms. Office on Il
street, west Of Sixth street.
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