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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
By COL. JOHN S. MOSBY

headquarters, one of my scouts
~ reported, greatly to my surprise,
that outpost of thirty or
forty had been established at Hern-
don station the railroad leading from IL
Alexandria to Loudoun County. The place
is only six or eight miles from the Potomac, -.
and was at that time easily open to attack, "
the nearest support being at Dranesville ~,
some miles away-the camp of the First a.
Vermont cavalry. The news surprise -
to me, and l remarked that the outpost
seemed to have been put there to get caught ~
The commander in Fairfax had apparently hds
learned nothing by experience. ~
Heretofore my attacks had been at night ~
l concluded that they would not expect me ~
in the day time and the chances of surprise rs,
would be better. We camped that night ESAI
about ten miles from Herndon, and started AZ
off early in the morning. John Underwood, M
who second Kit Carson guided AF
through the pines. 1t was bright sunshine; I'll.
the soft snow favored the enterprise We IN
reached the road leading from Dranesville
to Herndon in the of the picket post ~
without being discovered.
Soon came upon a vidette he was
not looking for an enemy to approach from
the direction of his camp and a
prisoner before he could fire or give the alarm.
We rode toward the station. When got
within hundred yards of it the Green
Mountain boys lounging around sawmill taking
sun bath, with their horses hitched by halters to
the fence. They expecting the relief from
camp every minute, and until we raised yell and
dashed them they probably mistook us for
friends, though we were all dressed in gray.
The numbers on each side were about equal; but,
as my used to say, had the bulge on them.
The Vernonters had no time to mount. They ran
into the sawmill and then up the steps to the top
\ floor, following on their heels AS started up
the steps gave the order in loud tone which could
be heard all the building, to set fire to the mill
1t full of dry wood and shavings. A spark of
fire would have sent it up in roar. Then, rushing
up the head of the steps, shouted again for
render AS the Vermont men did not care to be
burned alive, they surrendered. Soon we had the
whole outpost mounted except one who was too
badly wounded to be carried off, and took them
with us.
Meantime we had noticed four horses standing at
the front gate of neighboring house. Their equip
ment showed they officers horses. Some men
went to bring them and their owners. They found
three of the officers but the other was missing.
ordered another search Two of my went up
stairs; there garnet with no floor, only laths
and plastering. 1t was pitch dark. They called ;
there was One of Them Ames, who had
recently deserted from the Fifth New York Cavalry
thought that a shot in the dark would do no harm;
he fred There WAS and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

Leave battles to the Turkish hordes,
And shed the blood of Solos vine.
Byron
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

My a few days after the capture
of General Stoughton and his
headquarters, one of my scouts
reported, greatly to my surprise,
that an outpost of thirty or
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
Rural Mails and Good Roo Js.

The rural free mail delivery is be-
coming strong power In pushing the
cause of good roads for the postoffice
department will only grant rural routes
in sections where the roads are in such
condition at all seasons of the year
that the mail vehicle can readily make
the required speed of four miles an
hour
On this ruling of the posoffice de-
partment the st. Louis Globe Demo.
orat has the following to say:
In the last report of the postmaster
general is this strong incidental argu-
ment for good roads: The require
ment precedent to the establishment of
rural delivery shall be a possible pat.
ronage Of 100 families on a standard
route of "a miles; that the roads be
kept in good condition, unobstructed
by gates and with all streams fordable
at all seasons of the year. The world
is getting to be poor place for neigh.
borhoods with mudhole roads"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
NEW LAW TO ENFORCE
KILLING OF FRUIT PESTS
Compels Farm RS and Town Peo.
pie 10 Spray Their Trees or
Cut Them Down.

In order to let those who are not
familiar with the laws in regard to
the sale of and handling wormy fruit
and trees know what they are in re-
gard to this matter, we publish the
following:
Section !. II shall hereafter be un-
lawful for any person, firm or corpora
tion owning or operating any nursery,
fruit orchard of any kind, hop yards,
flower gardens or ornamental trees, to
throw any cuttings or runnings from
any fruit trees, nursery, stock, orna-
mental trees or hop vines into any
public road, highway, lane or other
Enclosure, or into any water course of
any kind; but shall destroy such cut
tings or prunings with fire within &c
days from the time such cuttings or
prunings are made.
Section requires that any nursery.
fruit orchard, hop yard, or garden or
ornamental trees infected with any
kind OF insects, pests or disease, must
be Immediately sprayed or destroyed
in such manner as the fruit commits
sioner Of the district may direct.
Section 5. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to i'm.
port, or sell auy infected or diseased
fruit of any kind in the state of Ore.
gon.
Section z. Any person, firm or cor.
poration violating any of the pro-
visions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished
by fine of not less than $25 nor more
than 800.
County Inspector.
Section l of the law of 1905 provides
for the appointment of county in
spector. whose duty it shall be to in.
spect the apple or other fruit orchards
in this county and to enforce all laws
applicable to the growing, handling,
and selling of fruit.
Section provides that the county
inspector may cause an inspection of
any orchard, tree or vine, or fruit
packing house, store room or sales
room, at any time, and if found in
Tested with any pests OF disease of an
injurious nature, sahll notify the
owner or person in charge to eradicate
or destroy said insects or petss, or to
treat said disease within a certain
specified time. Such places or fruit
thus infected shall be deemed public
nuisance, and if not abated by the
owner within the specified time, shall
be abated by the inspector. the ex-
pense of such abatement shall become
lien on the property from which
said nuisance shall have been re-
moved, and may be recovered in the
circuit court.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
PURE SORGHUM SYRUP
Applesate Farmers Find Cane a
Profitable Crop q md Will
Increase Acreage.
Waldo, Ore.

X. j. Kubli, postmaster and mer
chant and farmer at Kubli, was ir
Grants Pass Monday accompanied BY
James Cook, who has an adjoining
farm. Both these farmers raised
sorghum last year and found it SC
profitable that they will plant larger
acreage this seasoa. Each expects
to plant three acres and Isaac Vim.
cent, an adjoining farmer, will plant
three acres to cane. Their land is on
rich Applegate bottom in the Missouri
Flat district which is famous as one
of the best corn growing sections of
Rogue River Valley.
By going into sorghum raising on
= large scale these Missouri Flat far.
mers plan to be able to put better
article Of syrup on the market and in
a more attractive shape. With i'm.
provements in their mill and the pro.
cess of treating the juice they expect
to make syrup that will be of
beautiful golden color and to be Of
smooth flavor and no injurious
chemicals will be used in clarifying
the syrup, as is the case Of so much
of the syrup on the market. Last
year both Mr.. Kubli aud Mr.. Cook
sold their syrup in five gallon cans,
but this year they plan to also have
gallon and half gallon cans so that
customers can take small quantity
II they wish.
On the warm, sandy soil of the
streams in Rogue River Valley. sor-
ghum cane grows very thriftily and
produces q large quantity of juice that
is quite sweet. Il is neither difficult
nor expensive to manufacture the |
syrup and at the price that the
glucose and sugar refinery syrup sells
Tor in the local market il can be made
profitable product . to the Rogue
River Valley farmers. Mr.. Kubli
tates that he has found sorghum
yrup to be more profitable product
han hay. grain. or hops at the prices
uling the past year for these COM
noiities. |
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
Grip Quickly Knocked Out.

"Some weeks ago during the severe
Winter weather both my wife and my.
self contracted severe colds which
speedily developed into the worst kind
of la grippe with all its miserable
symptoms, says Mr.. J. S. Egleston
of Mapel Landing, Iowa Knees
and joints aching, muscles sore, head
stopped mp, eyes and nose running,
with alternate spells of ohills and
fever. We began using Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, aiding the
same with double dose of Chamber.
lsin's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and
by its liberal use soon completely
knocked out the grip" Sold by NJ.
Clemens
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
Just Because

your cough is only in the throat and
does not trouble you now, don't think
that it needs no attention. When it has
not had much of start is the time
60 check it. The slightest cough
easily leads to Pneumonia, Bronchitis
and Consumption. A bottle Of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup will cure that
cough. The price puts it within
reach of all For sale by Rotermund
and National Drug Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04

Grants Pass in those days; a race
track was built and speeding trotting
stock was a common occurrence. III.
b. Miller, +. W. Van Dyke, Il. +.
Judson and A. j. Strohecker owned
the best horses. in fact Mr. VanDyke
brought out from the East fine Ham
iltonian stallion. Before the race
track was built there were some scrub
races on Sixth street; at one time the
'iipsies did quite bit of business
running their fastest horses against the
horses OF j. b. Hutch and others. 1t
was not unusual to see Mr.. Hutch,
who was a man over 20 years old,
dash up and down Sixth street on his
race horse.
The Courier makes plea for a
bounty on coyote scalps of s. each,
saying that they had wiped out the
sheep business in the county and
would eventually, as the brush got
thicker. clean out the hogs.
At the regular election, June. 1885.
John Goodell and John Hannum made
bargain by which if Mr.. Hannum
voted for Goodell for justice of the
peace and be should be elected he was
to marry Hannum free at any time
during his term of office if called MP.
on to do so. Guodell regarded it as a
joke, but on Sunday, Nov.7, 1886, Mr.
Hannum was married by Mr.. Goodell
as agreed.
The Courier of August 27, 1886, says
that X. d. Sanford whose farm was
on Rogue River about five miles bes
low Grants Pass, showed samples of
onions raised on his farm that yielded
90 600 pounds per acre. He was at
that time cutting his third crop OF
clover and without irrigation.
]. s. McFadden of Applegate wrote
the Courier, September II, 1886, say
ing. 1.-Two years ago this Spring l
planted an orchard of plums and
peaches and the growth of the same is
simply marvellous. Plum trees IL
inches in circumference with shoots
OF this years growth of 10 feet in
length and plums that measured seven
inches in circumference. Peach trees
IN inches in circumference and
peaches II inches in circumference. /
have two grape vines planted, eight
years ago from cuttings, that cover
trellis 80 feet square and have this
year at least 1000 punches of grapes.
The largest vine as near as | can
measure is so feet. One new growth
last year was 80 feet long In the or
chard there is cherry tree seven
feet in circumference. apple trees 4
feet, 8 inches, pears feet, 8 inches,
plums 3 feet, inch. l have raised
five tons of oat hay to tue acre; |
have samples of rye 91a feet long,
oats S1a feet long. Some years ago
had two potatoes that weighed 10
pounds, three squashes that weighed
respectively l24, Ill and l0S pounds
a mustard stock IA feet high and corn
lS feet high but it did not ripen.
In the hope that some old timer
more capable than myself will con-
tinue and complete the past history
OF Grants Pass and Josephine county,
am yours truly,
W. j. WIMER,
Waldo Ora
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
Why

have a torpid liver when Herbine, the
only liver regulator will help you
There is no reason why you should
suffer from Dyspepsia, Constipation
Chills and Fever or any liver com
plants, when Herbine will cure you.
F. G. Waite, Westville, Fla. writes (:
II was sick for month with chills and
fever, and after taking two bottles of
Herbine am we'll and healthy" For
sale by National Drug Co. and Roter-
mund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
Settle Up.

The Carmen Hemenway accounts
have been placed in my hands for
collection. All persons knowing
themselves to be indebted to the above
firm are notified to call at the Grants
Pass Banking aud Trust Co., and
make immediate settlement.
2-3O At +. s. VEATCH.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04
DR.. J. c. SMITH

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office at National Drug Store.
Phones, Office 355; Res 1915.
Residence cor. 9TH and d streets.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
WILL DROWN A TOWN.
More Valuable for Storing Water
than for Housing People.

More Valuable for Storing Water
than for Housing People.
A lively little Colorado town has been
sentenced to death. It is to have four
years Of grace. Then they are going to
drown it. Lyons is a fourishing village
of about 800 inhabitants, 25 miles from
Denver, with which it has direct railway
connection. 1t was started about 25 years
ago and seems good for ten times % years
to come. 1t is solidly built, with stone
church, stone houses and public build
ings. 1t has a fire department, a tele-
phone system and is piped for water and
for acetylene gas, which it manufactures.
1t is in the center of a fertile valley,
raising big crops of alfalfa, wheat, corn,
sugar beets and fruit. Four years from
now the whole place will be under 24O
feet of water.
There is only one chink in the hills
surrounding the basin where the town is
built. Through this chink flows the st.
Vrain river. The thing is too tempting.
A dam, 1900 feet long at the top and
$50 feet high at its greatest elevation,
will close that outlet and s,ore ND bill
ons of cubic feet of water. A mpa
to be capitalized at 100000 is getting
exceedingly busy md when they have re-
modelled that corner of Colorado its own
Mother Nature won't know it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
News Of Minor Note.

Miss J.. Loughborough, "a years old, Of
San Francisco, CAL, died in Rome.
The average price of wool in Arizona
this season is 20 cents, the highest ever
known there.
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs sold a fve-acrs
tract of submerged land off Fort Mason,
Cal. to the government for a sum ex-
ceeding $25O,OOO.
DR.. William +. Brooks, director Of
Smith observatory, Geneva, N. T., says
that his new comet was now moving to-
ward the southwest.
The yiceroy of Foochow has been or
dered to execute the leader of the Chinese
moi which wrecked the Catholic and Eng
fish missions at Changpu. y
Hundreds of persons are said to have
been killed by earthquakes in the prov
ince of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. The village
of Pinguagi was inundated by a tidal
wave
The dead body of John Cameron, q
saw1nilI proprietor at Hamilton, Ohio,
who was missing two days, was found IN
the cellar of his house, the head badly
bruised.
The government has taken a hand IN
the fight over a railroad right of way on
the Columbia river in Washington and
the Columbia Valley railroad may loss
its rights.
A. a. Wolf, ST., aged 20, a member
of the Wolf & Marx Compary, . dry
goods firm at San Antonio, Texas. con-.
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
PELEE SHOOTS OUT FIRE.
I'm Martinique Again i
Violent EruntiOn.

Volcano I'm Martinique Again In
Violent Eruption.
A Barbados dispatch says that Mont
Pelee, in Martinique, is again active, and
the inhabitants of the island are in ter
ror Of a recurrence of the great erup-
tioa4 of four years ago. Five persons
are in the hospital in Fort de France
who were struck by falling rocks thrown
up by the volcano. BY day a column of
heavy black smoke several miles high
rising from the crater was visible thirty
miles away, and at night the flames could
be plainly, seen at a greater distance.
TIL tow of st. Pierre, island of Mar
Unique, was destroyed by the eruption of
Mont Pelee, May 8, 1902, with the loss
Of $4,000 lives. This was the greatest
disaster of modern times. Only one man,
who was confined in a dungeon, and a
few persons on the seashore on the out
skirts of the own survived the catastro-
phe.
In 1902, as in the present year. the
seismic disturbances had continued for
several weeks before Mont Pelee showed
signs of activity. Then, on May S, it
suddenly burst into violence, pouring out
great quantities of ava and smoke day
and night. Still there was little alarm,
us the people VI 81. IIefEe udu UeCOuue
accustomed to the activity of the volcano.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of May 8,
after the volcano had been quiescent for
nearly eighteen hours, there was an ex-
plosion within Mont Pelee which from a
new vent on the side of the crater forced
a great blast of flame down the side of
The mountain, over the city of Mont Pc
lee IA far out over the harbor.
That fearful blast of flame brought
death to the inhabitants of st. Pierre.
The town itself was destroyed and the
fame even destroyed the shipping in the
harbor, one steamer alone being able to
escape half burned.
Al! this fearful destruction of life and
property came in an instant, and in an
instant it was over. One breath of fame
wiped out the city and people Then for
days Mont Pelee poured a sea of lava
and mud down the side of the mountain.
burying the destroyed city, so that to-day
only traces of it may be seen.
Tn eruption of Soufriere. the island Of
st. Vincent volcano, occurred at the same
time. Half the island was devastated by
floods of burning lava. Plantations were
wiped out and small towns destroyed.
The city of Georgetown itself escaped Sc.
rious injury. .&
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
Rinr, OF r'ungus Growth.

Before people studied nature to
learn the truth, and when they delight.
ed in ali sorts Of fancies, 1t was
claimed that rings OF fungus growths
were caused by the dancing of fairies.
by Il thunderbo,t entering the ground.
or by the work of noles. Various 9th
er equally absurd explanations have
been given. Now we know that the
first fungus plant growing from 9
spore takes from the soil under and
near it all or most Of the special food
that the plant requires. Only the
spores from this plant that fall just
outside the exhausted soil will find
good fungus food. and so the circle OF
successive growths widens because
only the spores outside of the ring can
find fOOd.-St. Nicholas.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

An old English sport that sim surs
wives from the days when the bow
and arrow were In use is that Of arrow
throwing, and In parts OF Yorkshire Il
Is still made one Of the features Of
athletic meets. The arrows are straight
shafts three feet long, without either
barb or feather, and are thrown BY,
the aid OF a bit OF string wrapped
about the thrower's hand and about
the butt Of the arrow. A skillful man
can send the FRO one hundred and
fifty yards, though 1t requires some
experience to cause the arrow to leave
the string without tangling. Once the
knack is acquired the sport is said to
be more fascinating than putting the
shot or throwing the hammer. There,
is a movement on foot to have the
sport made n of the features Of the
college games, since both skill and
strength are required.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09


12G6-Battle of Benvcnto.
1553-Four English noblemen executed
as accomplices of the Duke of Som
erSet.
lJJJ--EIenry Grey. Duke of Suffolk, be-
headed. ... Thomas Wyatt beheaded
for instruction against Queen Mary.
lJS2-Reformation of the calendar in
PRODUCED by Gregory XIII.
16OO-Robcrt, Earl of Essex, beheaded.
1G3O-First day of public thanksgiving IN
Massachusetts.
1GG4-Treaty of Pisa between France
and the Pope.
171G-James, Earl of Derwentwater, be-
headed for treason.
1732-George Washington born.
176G-British stamp act repealed.
111S3-Denmark recognized independence
of the United States. First Unit
ed States bank chartered.
1S15-Napoleon escaped from Elba .
Treaty of Vienna.
1S2O-House of Representatives passed
the Missouri bill.
1S33-"Compromise tariff" passed the
House of Representatives.
1S37-Ship Jane and Margaret lost off
Isle of Man 2O6 persons persisted.
1S3S-Duel between William j. Graves
of Kentucky and Jonathan Cilley Of
New Hampshire, members of the
House of Representatives.
1S5S-Earthquake nearly destroyed Co.
rinth, Greece. @gE e.
1S62-Formal surrender of Nashville,
Tenn, to Gen. Buell.. =. Jefferson
- Davis inaugurated, President of the
Confederate States.
1S63-Territorial government established
in Arizona.
1S6S-President johnson removed Stan
ton and appointed Gen.. Thomas Sec
rotary of War. House of Repre-
sentatives voted to impeach the
President. r, ,..
1S71-Meeting at Washington Of joint
high commission on Alabama claims
80. District of Columbia made a ter
~ritorial government.
1S7S-National Greenback party organ
lied at Toledo, Ohio.
1SSO-Ferdinand De Lesseps received by
the American Society of Engineers.
1sS4-South African republic, Transvaal,
recognized by treaty with Great Brit
ain.
1SS5-Washington monument at national
capital dedicated.
1sS6-Discovery of rich gold fields in
Patagonia.
1SSS-Earthquake felt throughout Cali
fornia.
1SS9-Congress appropriated $250,OOO to
aid American workingmen thrown out
Of employment BY the stoppaye Of
work on the panan2 canal. .,.Acr
dividing Dakota in'o We Sites
passed = =. 6. senate. 80 Confess
sion by Richard Pigott that he forg-
ed the Parnell letters.
1S0O-Pan-American Congress voted for
an international railway.
1S97-The powers ordered Greece to
withdraw from ~Creto.
19O2-Twenty-one lives lost in burning
of Park Avenue Hotel, New York.
19O4Panama canal treaty ratified.
19O5-Federal government indicted Cas-.
sic L.. Chadwick.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
FIERCE RACE o
Sob In Springfield, o., Negro Quar-
ter Dispersea by Militia.

MOD IN SHIlhS hcAus op Nu~A~
ter DisperseA by Militia.
A white mob of several thousand
men attacked the negro quarter Of
Springfield, O., known as 1.-THE Jung.
les,' Tuesday night and state troops
had to be called out to quell the riot
ing. The outbreak was the result OF
attacks on two white men, Martin
Davis and Earl Sulkins, by Preston
Ladd and Edward Dean, negroes.
For several hours, until after mid
night, the negro section was in a
state Of terror, the police being pow
erless. The local militia was called
out by the mayor, but var slow to re-
spond.
At midnight, however, eighty men
assembled at the armory and were sent
out to reinforce the police. The eighty
militiamen and the police however,
were unable to handle the, mob, and 1t
was not until the arrival of two com
panies from Dayton and one from
Xenia 0 after midnight that the
mob could be handled. Then, with the
butts of their rifles and without firing
Il shot the soldiers pushed the mob
back both ways in Columbia street,
east from Water street and west from
Foster street.
When dawn came quiet had been re-
stored in the negro section. with 1.-THE
Jungles" still in charge of the militia.
No lives were lost in h riot. The re-
suit of the mob was the destruction of
six negro houses, one saloon and the
damaging of several others.
1.-THE Jungles" is the name given to
East Columbia street, where a number
of notorious dives ~frequented by ne
groes and low whites are located. Six
or seven of these joints were wiped out
by the mob with the torch. The most
Infamous place was literally torn to
pieces and burned half down by the
rioters