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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13
THAT hoy.

While the law gives the father tho;
unpaid services of his son until the SON.
becomes Of age, it is mighty poor pol-''
icy to be guided by the law rather
than by humane and decent regard
for the boy. We believe that as soon
as boy is able to render service on
the farm of money value to his father
he should be paid something for his
work, and so paid that the old man
does not have string hitched to his
wages. A good boy is worth raising
altogether aside from his economic
balue to his sire, and one way to raise
a good boy, who will stick to his dad
to the last ditch, is to treat the boy.
fairly in this matter Of compensation.
for the work done by him. When .
boy is worked by his father till of age.
without recompense save his board AND
clothing the boy is sure to be glad to
get emancipated and leave home, and
1t is sometimes hard work to get him
to come to the old mans funeral
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

A new variety Of potato, single po-
tato, was recently sold in Ireland for
$3.50, and single eye from it brought
$100. This extravagant price was JUS
titled on the ground that the variety
was rot proof.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

We have several inquiries how to get
rid Of moles and ants in lawns. These
are both serious pests and often great
" injure the lawn. While we have
never been obliged to try the plan, 1t
is claimed that little gasoline squirt
ed into the embryo ant hill will dis
perse the colony at once As for moles,
there are but two ways to head them
off. One is to use the regular mole
trap; the other to watch for them when
they are engaged in burrowing, their
work being easily traced by the gradual
upheaval Of the sod over their burrow.
When thus found it is easy to kill them
by showing sharp spade across the
runway just behind them and then dig
them out. AS they do most of their
burrowing during the night, 1t is not
always easy to catch them at work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

The good horse is just as salable as
ever and is the most profitable animal,
save possibly sheep, to be found on the
farms Of the country today. The 1900
pound, well broken draft animal, If
sound, will sell for 5000 today and
really does not cost over $65 to pro-
duce.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

There Is quite little agitation in
progress over the question Of introduce
Ing agriculture as one of the studies to
be taught in our country schools. We
do not think any formal attempt to
teach this branch In the schools would
be success. The pupils are burdened
with multiplication of studies as it is.
The average country schoolteacher
could not qualify herself to teach this
study probably. Still, we do most
heartily favor the taking up as rec
reation, for such it will become, some
practical work In this line-the grow
ing Of plant, tree and flower by the pu-
pills and the study by them of the habits
Of such things.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

Try caponizing the young ROSTERS
and get S1.25 apiece for them next win
ter, instead of 80 cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

The vast deposits Of Ignite coal in
North Dakota and Montana will solve
the fuel problem for a vast area Of
treeless prairie in those states. I'm
proved methods Of using this coal are
being adopted, greatly increasing the
utility Of this fuel. For Minnesota,
Wisconsin and northern Iowa there are
vast bodies Of excellent peat, which we
believe will some day be used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

There is scad Of inferior draft
horses being imported into the country,
5000 plugs, which are being sold for
$4,000 here on the ground that they are
imported stock. A lot Of Belgian horses
recently shipped here cost the buyer
in Belgium less than 5000 each and
were so poor a lot that the owner would
not allow them to be photographed by
an American as they were being put on
the ship.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

The dairyman and the poultrynan
each receives more than so per cent
more for their products during May,
June, July and August because Of the
system of cold storage in general use
than they could otherwise do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

You are getting handsome reward
about now if you set out that aspara-
gus and strawberry bed last year. Not
everything which we do is as sure to
bring satisfactory reward as this.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

Another good chance for a young
man to get start is to get piece Of
cheap land in northern Wisconsin aud
just stick to potatoes, cows and clover.
This combination may not make him
rich, but 1t will keep him out Of the
poorhouse for sure as long as he lives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

A friend who did not know better or
dered hundred strawberry plants last
August for fall planting, and Of course
every one persisted. Then he made an
other mistake in paying cents apiece
for the plants. There is lots Of this
sort Of work going on. No man should
go into the sheep business, the bee bust
ness or the fruit business until he has
learned the A. B @ Of the trade; most
sure to get stuck IL he does.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

We are asked whether the present
summer is likely to be dry one Or a
wet one. Nobody knows. Droughts
and floods employ no advance advertis-
ing agents. Only superstitious and
weakminded people take any stock in
weather prophets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

We have several more inquiries as to
alfalfa-when to SOW, how much Seed
etc. We will only say now that August
is the best time to SOW alfalfa, and
just prior to the proper seeding time we
will give detailed article covering all
points. Should it be given now, in May,
it would be all forgotten by August.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

A lot of scrub bred hens may lay a
lot Of eggs. but there is not half so
much pleasure in having them around.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

The production of almoJt all our
crops is very closely connected with
the rainfall of the growing season. AS
Stunning that winter rains and snow
have well saturated the ground prior
to seeding, it may be said that about
ten inches Of water coming at the right
time during such season Is necessary
for the healthy maturity Of such crops.
When the rainfall is less than this
some crops are sure to suffer, as they
are when this amount is precipitated
in only two or three storms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

One man says that the cucumber
beetle-the little yellow striped fellow
can be got rid Of by selecting ground
for planting removed from where Gu
cumbers had been grown the previous
year. He Is badly off in this. Two
years ago we planted melons, cucum-
bers and squashes mile away from
any garden, right in newly cleared
timber lot, and squads of these beetles
sat around for week waiting for the
stuff to peep through the ground; never
saw SO many Of them at any place as
there were there. Easiest way to head
them off Is to make a small frame and
tack over the top piece of cloth or
mosquito netting.
The semiannual fight between the
sun and the frost is over, the sun al
ways winn.Ie out in the spring and
the frost IN the fall. 1t Is interesting
to watch how reluctant each Is to give
up Its domination Of the earth. Little
by little In the spring the sun creeps
up and loosens the hold of the frost,
while bits OF green in sheltered hooks,
a few frost proof flowers and some
precocious fruit blooms are tempted
out the frost getting several parting
digs at them, but gradually loosening
Its hold and power until by early May
it withdraws to the far north and the
sun reigns supreme. In the fall the
process is reversed, and the rule Of the
sun is assaulted, lightly at first, but as
it sinks lower and lower to the south
the frost becomes more and more ag-
! gressive until the king Of the cold
] rnlaa nnnhnllanrad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

There has been enough loose and run
away water rampaging around in the
desert sections Of Arizona and New
Mexico of late to raise pile Of crops
if it was only properly controlled.
Where the food and the desert meet,
there is the chance for man to do some
Of his best work. Not drop of water
should be allowed to go to waste in
that country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13

There are lot Of drainage dogs in
the manager all over the large area in
the northwest, where it is sought to re-
claim and improve lands by extensive
systems Of drainage. Drainage propo-
sitions involving large sums Of money
and promising immense benefits to
many landowners are held up By the
selflshness and mulishness Of few
men who are able to use the law Of
the land for this purpose. Men whose
land will be advanced in value from
$50 to $40 per acre are fighting drain
age schemes because they will be tax
ed from So to 81 per acre to carry such
scheme out.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
HUSBAriD MUST SUPPORT
WIFE AND CHILDREN
This Is the Ruling of Judge
Frazier. OF Porila n d, and
Is Sound Law.

Circuit Judge Frazer Of Portland
has rendered decision in his court
that husband can bo made to sup
port his wife aud children, whom he
has deserted even though he has
published notice that ho will not pay
their bills, the filing Of divorce suit
by tho husband or wife being all that
will terminate the husband liability
to the support of his family.
This ruling of Judge Frazer is OF
special interest in Grants Pass fer
there are half dozen or more, de.
serted wives in this city who ate
struggling TO support themselves and
their children, while their faithless
husbands are able TO shirk their pal /
of the burdens that bear so heavily
on the helpless women aud children.
Louisiana has law that makes IL "A
crime for a husband TO desert his
family and not provide for their sup.
port, and ho Is liable to term In
prison and to have his property ap.
piled to maintain his wife and child.
rem
Wife dcSrtion is becoming such
a frequent crime in Oregon that more
drastic laws should be enacted to
punish such husbands. Such a law
would do moro to prevent tho mar.
riage Of irresponsible mcn and
thoughtless women than all the re-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
GOLD MEDAL AWARDED
FOR NUGGET DISPLAY
Grants Pass Banking and Trust
Company Given Honor by
Lewis and Clai k Fair.

Manager l.. L. Jewell, Of the Grants
Pass Banking & Trust Company, re-
ceived Saturday the gold medal and
the accompanying diploma that was
awarded his bank for its display of
gold in nuggets and quartz form, at
the Lewis and Clark fair. This was
the only gold medal that was awarded
to Josephine county exhibit, and
being given in contest with gold ex-
hibits from all sections of the Pacific
Coast and Alaska is fine compliment
to the Grants Pass Banking q Trust
Company, as we'll as high honor to
Giants Pass and to this mining district.
The Grants Pass Banking s. Trust
Company buys more gold from miners
thsn any other bank in Southern Ore
gon, with the possible exception of the
First National Bank of this city. and
1t is quite certain handles more Id
than any bank in the other mining
districts of Oregon. This exhibit
was made up from the stock of gold
that had come to the bank in the or.
binary dealings with the miners and
no nuggets were purchased or Dor.
rowed from other banks to complete
the display A display almost as
large and fine can be seen at any time
at this bank, for new purcha'es are
regularly made and a considerable
quantity is carried as "A part of the
cash reserve fund. A special burglar
proof safe carries this treasure and it
is one Of the interesting sights to
visitors to Grants Pass, and Manager
Jewell always extends the court' sy of
showing the exhibit to persons who
visit his bank, aud desire to see one
of the products for which Southern
Oregon is noted and which does so
much toward giving this section the
substantial prosperity that II enjoys.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
THE OBSERVER FAV0RS
JAPANESE IGRAT ION
That Paper Taken to Task for
Advocating Such Un-
American Ideas.

Editor Courier. As an American
and a working man, cauuot refrain
from answering in your paper, an ar
ticle published in the Observer Of
December 18Th, relative to the indig
nation Of President Roosevelt over the
exclusion Of the Japare,o from the
Pacific Coast.
The Observer says that the Califor.
mans evidently have poor csncep.
tion of the fitness Of things when they
desire the restriction Of japanese i'm.
migration.
Let us see what the Observer
evidently considers the III order Of
things. According TO good authority
nearly all white foreigners, and
Americans also, are forced by japanese
competition to leave the HaWaiiah
Islands. where these Asiatics al every
position from common laborer up.
The little Brown man works for the
sum Of tl4 a month and boards him.
self and proportionally cheap a,
different kinds OF skilled labor
The Jap is clever ia all kinds OF
business from shoe shop to a general
merchandise store. And 1t is pretty
near safe to say can live two-third'
cheaper than a white man, who hai
to support his family IN a decent
manner according 10 the requirement.
OF civilization How can the whit,
business man compete with the oheaI
rice eating Jap that lives In a boar,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22

outlying residence districts remain.
ing uninproyed and there would be a
section OF mudoovered streets to con-
meet the macadsmized county roads
with the paved business streets. And
there would be no way of raising this
mud blockade on the country traffic
reaching the city.
To depend on the assessment system
for improving the streets of Grants
Pass would be certain to result ia
dtfering for an indefinite period the
betterment of the streets Of this city.
very large part Of the property Of
Grants Pass is owned by the ocou.
pants and the larger majority of these
persons are in moderate circumstances,
for they are new people who have
come here to get financial start and
while having success in their efforts,
they are not able to meet big street
assessment all in one payment. 1t is
more than probable thst the improve.
ment of Sixth street would not be
undertaken for several years yet if
the matter was decided on the peti.
tion of the abutting property owners.
And it is equally certain that the
residence streets would not be macada.
mized for years to come if the expense
is to be borne by the adjoining prop
erty holders, for they would not sign
an improvement petition that would
almost be sure to lead to the selling
of their lots to ray the street assess.
ments. With the whole city sharing
in the expense thereby rendering the
burden light on the individual prop
erty holders, the betterment of the
streets can be undertaken and from
now on one or more streets can be
paved each year, and soon Grants
Pass would have system of splendid
streets that would do more than any
other undertaking to attract the at
tention of investors and the better
class of homeseekers to this city, and
to put il at the front of the progres.
sive cities of Oregon and to make it
the largest city and the metropolis of
Southern Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
DANCING HARMFUL
ONLY WHEN MADE so
A Correspondent Submits His
Ideas on This Vexed
estion.

Editor Courier-As some of your
readers are hunting a solid founda-
tion for their views on the dancing
question, permit me to give them a
little assistance.
The question of dancing, like many
other questions, must be settled at
the bar of common sense. There is no
divine law on the subject, aud very
little in any of our civil codes. Alb
stractiy, it is neither sinful nor dis
graceful. A man may engage in
dancing and still be Christian. a
gentleman, and democrat.
There are, however, many evils as
sociated with some of our modern
dancing parties, but. these same evils
are found at other kinds Of parties.
The ball games, the Christmas tree
party aud the chutch festival are not
always free from disorderly. conduct.
Those who can see SO much harm in
dancing, and SO little harm in some of
the things that are being done every
day ale certainly very unsafe adj
viseTs. A wellbred gentleman will
behave at the dance or anywhere else,
and when our young people learn to
discriminate between the true gentle
man and the hoodlum, there will then
be little room for complaint. What
we need is thorough reformation
of the present social life. Begin at
the dance il necessary, but don't stop
there. If custom admits the un-
worthy to the dance, then let us
change the custom. II dancing is
healthful and refining, as some claim
1t to be, we should see that its beauty
and pleasure are not marred by any
thing degrading. Neither dancil g
nor any other kind of amusement
should be carried 10 excess.
The young ladies OF our country
should enter into. an agreement to
not associate with any yourg man
who visits the saloon and the gamb-
ling den. This might be little hard
on the politicians, but it would be
most powerful reform remedy. When
we eliminate the drunkard, the gam
bier and the CRATER, wo may then get
ready for the millennium.
STEPHEN JEWELL.
Grants Pass, December rs.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
MAGNESlTE lEDGES
WILL BE OF VALUE
Big Deposits in Josephine County
Awaiting Development
Be Great Industry.

California is the only state, accord
ing to a report issued by the Geologi-
cal Survey, that produces magnesite,
which is native magnesium carbon
ate, composed of 4I6 per cent mag
nesia and 52.4 per cent carbon dioxide
During 1904 the quantity of crude
magnesite produced was 1850 tons.
There are vast deposits of magnesite
in Josephine county, it being especi-
ally plentiful on Limpy creek, IA
miles west of Grants Pass, and on
Taylor creek in the Galice district.
This magnesite is of very pure quality
and will become of great value when
railroad transportation is had.
When the Grants Pass and Crescent
City railroad is built and a branch line
run down Rogue river to the Galice
district the production of magnesite
will become one of the big industries
of Josephine county.
Magnesite is valuable for variety
of purposes, chief Of which is in paper
manufacture, for soda and other miner
al waters andfiTe brick for furnaces
The rock, which is pure white and looks
so ne like quartz, in the preparation for
its various uses is first burned in an air
tight oven. A ton of magnesite will
give off about 500 pounds of carbonic
acid gas, which is condensed into a
liquid form and shipped in heavy
steel tanks 10 the soda water factories
The remainder of the rock, which is
magnesia, becomes soft white pow
der This powder is used as sizing
in the manufacture of paper TO give
the pulp a close body that enables a
smooth ini,h to be given to the paper
This powder is also used to manu-
facture fire brick and the lining Of
fuInacrs where intense heat is re-
quired. The demand for magne'ite In
the United States is large and rapidly
increasing. All that is now used IN
the Eastern States is imported from
Europe The California manufact.
urers are able to supply the demand
on the Pacific Coast The freight rates
are so much less from Europe 10 the
United States, than are the rates from
the Pacific Coast to the East. that it
is not profitable TO ship magnesite to
the Eastern paper mills, soda works
and brick manufacturers. Whenever
the railroads cut down their exhorbi-
tant freight rates, both 10 the Port
land and the Eastern markets the vast
deposit Of magnesite about Grants Pass
will become valuable and great la.
dustry will be built up that will
bring big payroll and large freight
traffic 10 add TO the factors that are to
make Southern Oregon one Of the most
prosperous sections OF the Pacific
Coast.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
No. 3S.

strictions ON divorce that could be
brought about by church g lets and
moral reformers. As the law now is
husband has but to cody walk away,
leaving his wife and helpless children
to struggle as best they may with
want, while he goes to another dis
tant locality and secures a divorce,
publishing notice 10 tho defendant
wife in some obscure paper. where
sh e will never see it. Did term in
the penitentiary and property loss
stare man in the face when he stood
before the marriage altar. he would
be more likely to make good his
promise to protect and support the
woman be was about to marry than
he now is when a marriage compact
is more easily broken than business
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22

shanty9 Are thousands Of young
white men of Christian parents to be
obliged to work for starvation wages.
or be driven from the walks OF busi.
ness life by the men from the
Mikado's dominion?
Are our white brothers to be
poverty stricken and their prospects
ruined, in order to insure the pros.
perity of the Pagan JapY
And when the Observer refers to
the English and Irish in his com.
parison, 1t is to be deplored that he
seems to be incapable of making at
least slight distinction between his
fellow white men and Brown
Asistic. There are at present 60, 600
japanese in California, and because
the Intelligent people of that state
rememonstrate against the influx of
this class, that threatens ruin to
themselves and their families, the
Observer thinks the Californians have
poor conception OF the fitness Of
things.
When the Observer says it is such
an outrage to exclude the Japanese
because they possess so much valor
and learning, let him remember that
many of the dark colored descendants
of Mohamet and his followers, were
great warriors aud learned men, and
yet who is it today that wishes they
had conquered and dominated EuropeY ?
Yours truly,
WILLIAM MACKAY.
Grants Pass, December rs, 1908.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
Cured His Mother Of Rheumatism

My mother has been sufferer for
many years from rheumatism, says
W. Ii. Howard of Husband Pennsyl-
vania. AT times she was unable to
move at all, while at all times
walking was painful. | presented her
with bottle of Chamberlains Pain
Palm and after a few applications she
decided II was the most wonderful
pain reliever she had ever tried, in
fact she is never without 1t now and
is at oil times able to walk. An oo.
casional application of Pain Balm
keeps away the pain that she was for
merly troubled with. " For sale by all
druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
REDUCED RAILWAY RATES
The 5 r Co. Reduces r a ties for
the Holidays.

On December %, "a. %. 30, 81. 1905
and January lst 1906 tickets will be
on sale to all points on Oregon Lines
at uns aud one-third fare with "a mini.
mum rate Of Fifty CJOj cents, Children
of half fare age, half rate with mini.
mum Of % cents.
Return limit January 2nd. Stop.
overs will not be PERMITTED.
a. /. CRAIG, G. p. A.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
Furious Fighting

For seven years, writes Geo. ".
Hoffman. Of Harper, Wash, II had a
bitter battle. with chronic stomach
aud liver troubles. bat at last won.
and cured my diseases, by the use Of
Electric Bitters unhesitstingly
recommend them to all, and don't
intend in the future TO be without
them in tho house. They are GER
tainly a wonderful medicine, 70 have
cured such a bad case ss mine. "
Sold, under guarantee to do the same
for you. by all druggists, at 5Oc bot
tie Try them today.