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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-16

crime except to assist in searching the
cabin, but stigmatizes Andrew In
gram as the instigator Of the murder.
No promises had been held out to
Dodson to make this statement, He
made 1t voluntarily knowing it
would hang him, AS part of the
same statement he made the assertion
that he would rather be hanged than
go to the penitentlary for life.
Though Docson's crime is henious
one, the course he has taken in max
ing full and open confession and his
apparent determination TO face the
extreme penalty for the decd shows
him to be not without certain man
illness which obtains for him consider
able sympathy.
Ingram was sentenced on Thursday
TO life imprisonment, that being the
statutory punishment for tho crime OF
murder IN the second degree. Dodson
will receive his sentence ON Satur-
day.
Other cases acted on at this court
term are as follows;
Kinney & Truax vs.. II. c. and
Myra McIntosh--judgment for Sl52. 10.
H. W. jackson w. G. W.. Baker
iudgmeut for stOO 10
l.. T.. Jewell, ct al, vs.. M. M.
Miller-dismissed
DEGREES were granted in the follow
ing divorce cases;
II. J.. Reed VS.. Hattie Il. Reed
Della Abernaihy w. Elias Aber
nathy; @. A. SchmithlinR vs..
Joseph Sohmithling.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Eberle had ai
their guests Thursday and Friday
Joseph Hodges and Chas. Lewis from
Bryant, South Dakota. These gentle
men are exteneive farmers, MI,
Hodges having 1000 acres and Mr.
Lewis 200 acres Of land, and they
were neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs
Eberle, when the latter resided 1t
South Dakota,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-16

have two choice re.idcnce 10 for
sale In lne location Price SI00
each. SIS down aud SIS per mouth.
w. l.. IRELAND. THE REAL ES.
TATE MAN, Ground noor. Courier
Building.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-16

In the case Of Dodsou a form Of
trial was necessary, the Law not al.
lowing the mere statement Of q pre-.
sumed criminal to condemn hm to
death This trial Of Dodson was held
on Friday morning. No jury was
necessary as in such cases the court
has power of judge aud jury 60 de-
termine the weight Of the evidence
and the degree Of the crime. a state.
ment Of thu facts % the crime which
had been made TO the district at.
torney by the prisoner was produced,
verified by the witnesses. aud was
then read by the district attorney
The facts ia the case being plain
and the crime itself being one Of the
most deliberate and inexonsablo mur-
ders ever committed In Southern Ore
gon, only one decision was open to
the court and Dodson's crimo was de-
clsred 10 be murder in the fret de.
gree. a crime for which the law pre-
scribes only one peralty. that Of hang
ing The Judge expressed y mpa.
thy for the prisoner, saying that he
was but pntty in the hands Of one
mentally stronger thau himself
Dodson's statement fastens no guilt
on Lloyd Ingram and no part in the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-16
BORN.

State Maps-Courier Building.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
ForgetfuI

An amusing little anecdote of one Of
Mark Twains recent witticisms is now
going the rounds. A friend desiring TO
know the humorists opinion on a cer-
tain matter, wrote to him, and after
waiting several days for the reply
wrote again. The second letter was
also ignored. A day or two elapsed,
and then third note was sent, this
time enclosing a sheet of paper and Il
postage stamp. BY return mail came
a postcard containing one line by
Mark Twain: Paper and stamp re-
ceived. Please send envelope"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
THE INTELLIGENT CROW
Stories of Wisdom Displayed by the
Bird at Times
From Field and Stream.

From Field and Stream.
BY this title to an article in a recent
issue by Charles Hallock, l am re-
minded of many of the doings of tame
crows that L have known.
I wonder how many know that by
getting young crow before he is able
to fly, and by patience and persever-
ance for few days, or perhaps weeks,
it can be taught to talk, and after the
first few words that it learns to pro-
nounce it learns much faster than any
child that 1 ever knew or heard OF. .
Among wild crows 1 never have seen
one that talked, so 1 cannot say
whether talking would frighten crows
or not, but / presume 1t would. L wish
that pair of talking crows could be
mated and raise a brood to see whether
they would teach their young to use
human speech.
One of the talking crows that have
known was owned by a man of the
name of Lew Labady, who Kept ho-
tel in Petoskey, Mich, and his wife
one day, in a fit of anger, for some
misdemeanor that the crow had cut up,
grabbed him and took him out in the
yard and chopped his head off, the crow
shouting "Oh, dontI" "Oh, don't!'' as
she carried him to the block.
I suppose 1 should not write this last
publish it; but was angry at her for
killing the crow, for I had taught him
to talk several years before, and the Of
fense was small. He had undertaken
to fly off with small bottle of some
thing, ink probably, and had dropped
it, and the bottle had broke and made
stain on the carpet. Her husband
would have been willing to recarpet
the room rather than to lose the crow.
and he was as angry about it as was.
I don't know that all crows could be
taught to talk, for it seems reasonable
to me that some of them might be
much more intelligent than others.
have known three talking crows, and
they all spoke in a higher key than peo-
pie commonly do, but not more so than
a few persons that 1 have known; but
their talk is very much palmer than
that of any parrot, and a crow does
not use a lot of meaningless words,
and he knows what he is talking about.
One. of these crows was owned by a
man that lived in Cena. Upper Michi-
gan. / don't know as he or the, crow
either is living now or not, for 1T has
been a long time since I was there, but
that crow had a knowledge and COM
mand of wit and repartee that would
beat the best criminal lawyer that ever
tried to tangle witness in his evil
dnce.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
BRAGl AND BURRo
BY Robert w. sturges-Age IA Years.
Class A

In the Norseland, in the good old days
man named Burro. Although he was so
small he had a very deep voice, of
which he was quite proud. He tried to
develop this voice to very great per-
lection because his wife's voice was
very shrill and he was ashamed Of 1t.
In the course of time he became
quite an orator, but he kept on training
his voice. growing more and more con-
ceited all the time. Soon his fame
surpassed that of many mortal man. He
then declared that he was as good as
Bragi, the Morse god of eloquence, and
that by exerting himself a little he
could outdo Bragi any day. One of
Odin's ravens heard this on his way
home from his daily trip around the
world. He reported it to Odin that
joining room, heard it.
He was much enraged at Burro and
decided to punish him severely. The
more he thought of 1t the more en-
ragged he grew, until he finally called
public meeting of gods and men, and
in the presence of these he told of
Burro's rash statement and gave Burro
a chance to take it back. But Burro's
pride would not let him do this, and so
Bragi stated that he should be severely
punished. At this Burro fell on his
hands and knees before him and begged
for mercy. but Bragi said that he had
spoken too late.
Bragi pronounced an awful sentence
over both Burro and his wife. at which
they turned to four-legged animals
with great long ears, as a mark of
Burros foolishness. Burro and his
wife both gave an awful groan when
they saw what had taken place, and
these sounds intermingled, the deep
with the shrill, into the rasping, up
and-down voice which all burros have
since possessed.
Later the gods took pity on the Burro
family and allowed them to carry bur-
dens for people instead of carrying
such heavy load of sorrow.
Thus we see how such a small animal
has such big ears and such a fearful
voice, and why it is pack animal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
LITTLE NELL AND THE DOG
BY Olive Rothrock-Age ID Years.
Glass C

Nell was little girl years old, who
lived in the country, and who had q
large Newfoundland dog named Rover.
Rover was always taught to stay by
little Nell and watch over her.
Not far from where Nell lived was a
railroad track, and she was often
warned by her mother and father never
to go near it for fear of getting run
over by passing train.
One bright sunny morning little Nell
wandered down the track, for it was
beautifully strewn with flowers, but
Rover followed close by her side. Little
Nell was gathering wild flowers and
wandered farther and farther down the
track.
After while she sat down on the
track and began playing with the
flowers. But faithful Rover, fearing
she might get hurt, lay down close by
her.
Little Nell played on the track for a
long time. till growing tired she fell
asleep. Rover seemed very anxious
about something and stood up, pricked
his ears up and barked loudly.
In few minutes came big black
engine around the curve. Rover barked
still louder, but the child slept on. The
engineer saw the sleeping child on the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

pigs belonging to the son of some
wealthy man, and in which the owner
perhaps does not take as sfmuch interest
as the less fortunate lad in his motley
collection of ordinary animals.
A dog. the most common of all pets,
him to lie down in, to turn around in
and to snuggle down in among the
straw in the winter time.
Dog houses can be made any size to
accommodate the dog, so that no ac-
curate sizes can be given as suitable
for all dogs, but for one of average size
the house can be made feet wide, 3
feet long, 2 feet high at the sides and 80
inches at the peak, or middle of ends.
From narrow matched boards make
two ends "a inches wide, "a inches high
at the sides and 80 inches high.
These ends are built up against the
front and back ends of the floor and are
strengthened half way to the top with
battens as shown at A in Fig. 1.
At the front an opening is cut for a
doorway, and this must be governed by
the size of the dog, and not cut too
large, for rain and snow would beat in.
The battens are three inches wide
and fastened on with chinch or steel
wire nails bent over and beaten down.
The floor is "a inches long and "a
inches wide, nailed to three cross strips
liz inches square, as shown in Fig. l.
Between the two peaks a ridge pole Q
inches square is made fast with long
steel wire nails, as shown in the fig
ure drawing.
The sides are made of matched boards
Sc inches long, driven to the edges of
the front and back, as shown in Fig. l.
For rabbits there are several shapes
of hutches that can be made, but the
one shown in the illustration is about
as easy and serviceable as any to make
and will be found very good shelter
for two or more rabbits.
A hutch should not be too small for
it does not give the rabbits room to
move around, and If there should be
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Prize Stories Written by
The HeraIdS Young Folks

track, but could not stop the train;
so he pulled the lever and turned his
head, for ne hated to see the child's
death.
Just then the child awoke, but was
too startled to move. Suddenly Rover
grabbed NelI's dress and pulled her off
the track.
Little Nell looked for Rover; but
alas! he was crushed under the wheels
of the engine.
Nell hurried home and told her
mother the sad story about Rover Her
father hurried to the track and brought
home the remains of poor Rover. Nells
father buried them under an old oal;
tree, and the grave was remembered
long and lovingly by little Nell, and
this broke her of running away.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
An Anecdote of Dumas

Dumas, pere, who was proud of the
prices he received for his work, was
once boasting of the fact.
Beyond a doubt" he remarked, u
am the best paid of living men of let
ters; 1 receive 80 sous a line"
Indeed. monsieur" said by
stander II have never worked for less
than 5000 pounds a line. What do you
think of that?'
you are joking" responded Dumas.
in irritation.
mot at ALL
For what do you receive such rates
per line?"
For constructing railways" was The
answer.-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

| two feet square and the peak rests on
the top of the post.
1t is supported at the four corners
with props one by two inches and
twenty-four inches long. From the in
side of these props to the post dowels
are let in to act as perches,
The bowels should be half an inch in
diameter and can be had at hardware
store for a few cents a dozen. They
are three feet long, but can be cut to
the proper lengths.
The easiest way to set them in place
is to bore holes through the braces and
into the post, then drive them in, leav-
ing the ends to project and attract the
birds to the perches. One side of the
drawing shows this idea, but if it is not
desired the perches can be cut off flush
with the braces.
For guinea pigs a good run is shown
in the drawing. This is twenty-four
inches wide and fifty inches long. The
bottom and sides are made from
matched boards and the top is covered
with two lengths of tarred paper,
painted white to protect the paper and
make it cooler. One end of the run is
enclosed to form dark room, for both
guinea pigs and rabbits like a dark
place to stay in during the brightest
part of the day. A door is provided at
one end of this compartment so the pigs
can be got at, and on the run side an
opening is made in the partition so as
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
FRED'S BIRTHDAY
BY Gladys Wyatt-Aee IL Years.
Class B

Erred" said Mrs. Harris. II want you
to go to the store for me-"
"Oh, dear" said Fred, who was maxi
ing mud pies in the yard; I'm so busy,
can't cook go?"
mo- said his mamma; "cook is
buster than you; run along like good
boy, and perhaps I will give you a sur
prise when you get back. Hand the
clerk this paper and he will give you
what 1 want
This being Fred's birthday his cous-
ins, Nell and Elsie, came over to help
him celebrate. Mrs. Harris was going
to give him party
The storekeeper gave Fred u large
bag which excited his curiosity and on
his way home he peeped into it.
1t was filled with delicious marsh
mallows. Fred thought he had for
gotten how marshmallows tasted, so
he put one in his mouth. 1t was very
good and he ate another and another,
till soon the bag was empty. He was
so ashamed of himself he went home
and crept into the clothes basket The
little girls went home disappointed that
Fred had not come.
After supper Mrs. Harris found Fred
in the clothes basket. She talked to
him about his sin, and he promised not
to be naughty any more.
Fred never forgot the birthday he
spent in clothes basket.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Comfortable Quarters forDoor Yard Pets

more than two their quarters should be
generously large. A good hutch is 4
feet long. feet wide, feet high at the
front and back and "a inches high at
the peak.
1t can be made from narrow matched
boards and the lines in the drawing will
show which way the beams run.
A large box can be adapted as a
hutch if a peaked roof is made to it so
as to shed water, but the boards should
be not less than seven-eighths of an
inch in thickness. otherwise they will
warp when wet and dried again.
One end of the hutch. IS by "a inches.
can be enclosed as compartment, and
a floor can be added so as to make it
a double deck house.
A feeding door is made at one end
just large enough to pass green food
through, such as plantains. lettuce,
cabbage and other things rabbits are
fond of.
Across the open space at the front
some galvanized screening can be made
fast with galvanized staples. This
should be of stout wire, so the rabbits
cannot break out nor outsiders break
in, for if care is not taken dogs will
get in and kill rabbits.
On high pole in the back yard it is
nice to erect bird shelter where birds
can alight during a rainstorm or get
under the canopy from the hot sun.
The shelter shown in the drawing is
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
A YouthfuI Aaassiz

"And what did my little darling do
in school today?" a Chicago mother
asked of her young soma second
grader"
1--WE had nature study, and it was
my turn to bring a specimen" said
Evan.
"That was nice. What did you do
'I brought cockroach in a bottle
and 1 told teacher we had lots more
and If she wanted 1 could bring one
every day."-Youth's Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

to afford access. A feeding trap door
is made at one end of the run similar
TO that in the rabbit hutch, and across
the front open space a wire mesh is
stretched and made fast with staples.
This run should be supported on posts
to keep it above the ground and coat
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Had Reason for Fear

II am glad I don't live in Germany
right now" said the man who was try
ing to occupy three seats at once in the
street car. I'm AFRAID of cholera" 4"
mo doubt you are" said his neighbor,
savagely. II know farmer who had a
whole drove die of it the other day.
Cleveland Leader
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Success is Different

Polk-When fellow starts to Go
anything he can always succeed if he
only sticks to it.
Jolk-Not always. How about when
you start to remove sheet of sticky
fly paper that you've sat down on?-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

of paint will make it presentable in the
yard where everything is nicely kept
and in order. The ingenious boy can
make other shelters for different kinds
of pets. If one or two of these are made
first, then it will be easier to make
others il required.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
Boys in Danger

Nothing but poverty or common
sense will keep the average parents
from making a saphead of their boy.
Unfortunately, neither of these is very
fashionable at the present time,-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

LMOST every boy has at one time
IA or another some kinds of pets for
which he delights in caring. 1t
may be but a mongrel puppy, whelp
or a hound of low degree, but to him it
is as dear as the thoroughbred Angora
cat of his neighbors or the prize guinea
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

~ oBERT w. sTURGEs, Claremont.
TX Glass A-$2 90.
Gladys Wyatt, 4037 Trinity
street, Class B-$2. co.
Olive Rothrock, Long Beach, Class c
81 .00
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
JoHNNYs JOY

His optics glad he opens wide,
And gazes fond and long;
A golden candy steed astride,
He skins the realms of song,
His merry feelings know no bounds,
His COLDS without alloy;
And in his dream he simply sounds
The very depths Of JOY.
He seems to dance though standing still,
And sing though staring mute.
While all the things that fill the bill
His visions constitute.
And all las spirit quite bewitch,
And make his fancies skim,
While he looks through that hole of which
The doughnut is the rim.
-R. K. MUNKITTRICK.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
His merry feelings know no bounds
HE ooId'a without ALLOW.

And in his dream he simply SCUM
The very depths of joy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-24
BEEF TRUST INVESTIGATION.
Every Witness Who Will Testify is
Being Closely Guarded by a DeteC-
tive.

Chicago, March 21.-Fifteen secret
service men have been brought to Chit
cago to guard witnesses who will tes-
tify before the special grand jury which
tomorrow will begin investigating the
so-called "Beef Trust Sc great is the
desire of the federal officials to main
tain a strict secrecy In h investiga-
tion,th every witness who testifies be-
fore the inquisitorial body will be
closely guarded by n of the detectives
the purpose being to prevent the wit
nesses being approached by newspaper
men or agents of the packers.
C. B. Morrison, who was today APP
pointed United States dictrict attorney,
vice. S. H. Bethea, recently promoted to
be district judge, declared tonight that
a person speaking to any witnesses
will be liable to be held in contempt ce
court, even if the speaking should go
no further than inquiring the name CT
the witness.
Twenty men have qualified as grand
jurors. Tomorrow others will report to
be questioned concerning their qualifi-
cations. 1t is hoped by the federal Of
fcials that the list Of jurymen will be
completed tomorrow. The work Of m
vestigation will then Immediately be-
gin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-24

ten Sewerage station. who was with
Engineer Rockwell az the Grover fac
tory ave snirs~zses before eae explosion
occurred. sad to-day that when ne left
Rockwell the team WIS below ;1e a1fs-
~ auEs and tae<e was plenty Of water
IN the glass. azs he was running the
cd b&sse-. TIE roIce today in expaain-
ssg the failure ~ = number of employees
u. report their escape. cited an instance
which indicated to them thai many of
psos1oa. joseph Jones. employed IN TIE
sestcAsng room. escaped with scarcely
more tAan few h~uiseS In a confused
shoe factory IN the oa;y. applied for
and was given employment. and IN a
mechanical sort Of way he worked
throughout h day. Not untl he re-
turned 80 has hosne and found his famii?
grief stricken and mourning asisn "a
dead was the mans brain sufficiently
clear 10 enable him 10 tell the indsop.s
- the day.
The state boiler Inspectors were here
today and devoted considerable time
&, a minute inspection Of che boiler
particularly with reference to any pos
si6le weakness in its construction.
Treasurer Emerson az ~he Grover Csa-
rany sa4d today that heavy damage
suits would be Instituted against his
firm.
Captain X. E. Grover. prcStder: Of the
r. b. Grover Company. who has been
IL for several weeks, vas Informed to-
day of the oss Of life which attended
the destruction of his factory. He Was
temporarily overcome. but was bette:
tonight. Captain Gzover was tod yes-
terday OF he destruction of his factory.
bur not Of the loss Of life At that
time. ne exclaimed: II am glad pa
lives were lost Had there been, /
should nave felt il my duty to care for
the families as cong as I Aved."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-24
MONUMENT AT ApPOMATTOx.
DWELLING CEREMONIES WILL
TAKE PLACE APRIL 10TH.
Confederate Veterans Are Being In
vited-Several Addresses to he
Nade-EfOrtS to Form a Virginia.
Carolina Baseball Leagne-WOrk
Soon to Begin on the Elks Temple.
Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., March Il.
Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, as secretary
to the North Carolina Appomattox
Commission, ds issuing invitations 10
Confederate veterans in all parts of the
state ito attend the unveiling OF the
monument at Appomattox on April
10th. The invitation states that North
Carolina proudly boasts of having been
the last at Appomattox' and she can
also boast of being the first to erect a
permanent memorial of the mistaken
fidelity with which her soldiers re-
manned faithful to the end" An
nouncement is made that addresses
will be made by the governors of North
Carolina and Virginia, and by Generals
Cox and Roberts. whose commands so
greatly distinguished themselves on the
occasion to be comme1norated. A raie
of one fare for the round trip a been
granted by the railroads, but effort Is
being made to secure the still further
reduction of one cent a mile. The in
vitations are signed by Major H. a.
London as chairman of tine commits
sion.
A is being made to draw
Raleigh into a Virginia-Carolina base
ball league this season. A meeting IS
to be held in the next few days and the
natter settled. Charlotte, Greensboro
Roanoke and Lynciburg are said TO be
already in such a league with Danv1lle
TO be probably added. The greatest dif-
ficulty here is claimed to be the matter
of suitable grounds. The "cranks Say
the state Fair ground is out of the
question for this purpose although ii
has been used for these games for many
years.
Raleigh lodge of Eks, al an eIfthusi-
astac meeting last night elected J.. =.
Ferrin representative to- the Grand
Lodge at Buffalo next July and an
nounced that work will begin within
he next few days on their splendid
new temple, IT being their purpose to
celebrate their fourth anniversary i'll
it in November.
Mr.. II b. Eldrfdge, telegraph editor
The Post. left last evening Tor Rich
to attend the funeral OF his moth
er who died in Chase City yesterday
morning. She suffered stroke of par
a few days aga.
Nh. c. A. johnson received a Iele-
gram last night from Mrs. johnson
her mother died IN Morganton last
afternoon Mrs. johnson had been at
her bedside Tor several days Pneumo-
was the cause Of b death.