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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

successful in our undertakings IA not
onlv desirable, but necessary, for we
are gauged largely by what we accom-
piish. But the mere getting Of riches
as the sole aim OF life is after all but
narrow conception.
THE development Of public senti-
ment towards the demand for moral
rectitude Is growing rapidly. We
are seeing more clearly the need for
clean men and clean methods A few
years ago the modern educator con.
tiunally held before his pupil. as the
ideal to attain to, the man who had
acquired great wealth by his own
effort. No questions were asked ss To
now he had succeeded. but the dollar
getting habit was the doctrine OF the
school men. These things are rapidly
changing, aud The rich men Them
selves are setting the pace. They are
calling attention 10 the fact that the
mere dollar within itself has no last
ing yalue--it is medium OF exchange
for the things desired.
Solomon said Wisdom IA the
principal. thing; therefore get wis
dom; and with all thy getting. ee
understanding. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
NElGHBORHOOD CLUB.
Summer Resort Society That Secures
Clean Paths and Neat Beaches.

The nelghborhood improvement club
Idea. so popular and successful in Chi
cago. has spread to the summer re-
sort, says Bay View (NIich.) special
dispatch to the Chicago Post. The
Bay View Cottagers' association has
been doing for the country just what
the local reform clubs do for the city.
1t has worked for clean paths and neat
beaches. 1t has tried to encourage the
summer colony to take care Of the
porches and to raise garden truck in
an orderly manner.
Professor W. S. MCGEE Of the HYDE
Park High school of Chicago has been
the leader Of the garden cult. He first
made people understand that thriv.
ing garden could be located on the
sandy soil Of Bay View, and his sue.
cess with Sweet corn and peas has in.
spired a host of imitators. This move
ment has been one of the ideas encour.
aged by the Cottagers' association, and
1t is planned to offer prizes for the
best amateur garden grown next sea.
son.
When the association held its final
meeting reports were read on the
years work, and 1t was decided that
the organization should not seek any
official connection with the govern.
ment OF the community President ].
s. Osgood Of st. Louis said that In his
opinion the purposes of the associa.
ton were best served by keeping II
Unofficial, like the neighborhood i'm.
provement clubs in Chicago and other
cities.
The question Of muddled skirts was
raised by several of the woman cot.
tagers. They complained 1t was
impossible to wear white skirts
or white shoes because O. muddy
crossings Of the main Bay thor.
oughfares. The assoclat once
turned Its attention TO the .-.a, Of the
settlement, located the offending cross.
ings and made formal recommendation
to the Bay View authorities that repair
work be done at once. The crossings
were fixed up before night.
Another scheme launched by the cot
tagers for next year is the establish.
ment Of an information bureau. This
Will be intrusted with the duty of see
Ing that strangers find quarters at Bay
View without the delay and confusion
that has existed in past years. 1t will
be sort Of home finding committee.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
MEN WHO SUCCEED
ARE THE WORKERS
But the Mere Getting OF Riches Is
q Narrow Conception
of Life.

In this day Of commercialism an d
money getting, the following under
the caption MEN Who Succeed, P"
from the Financial Bulletin, of Den
yer, Colo. is timely and well worth
remembering:
sit has been said that it is the dis
cernment of the opportunity that
makes successful men. Some men are
particularly we'll poised in these
qualities and are alert to grasp oppor-
tunities when they are presented-in-
deed they create them. They are fear
less, assertive, positive; while others
hesitate, are fearful of results and
make no special effort TO see beyond
a narrow horizon. They do not real
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
TO INTEREST BOYS.
How q Towns Young Folks Were
Enlisted For Civic Improvement.

HOW q Towns Young Folks Were
Enlisted For Civic Improvement.
In letter to the American Civic as.
sociation Rev. R. S. Kellerman, presi-
dent Of the Civic Improvement club OF
Bradford. Pa, tells this interesting
story:
1.-The Bradford idea of interesting
children, especially boys, In municipal
matters started on one of the unpaved
streets Of the city. The president OF
the Civic Improvement club went out
personally with q rake and began to
clean up the rubbish. A neighbor boy
saw him and came out with his rake
Then others came out. The president
asked one of the boys If he had mat
took or a pick, saying that the stones
that stuck up ought to be got out
There were five boys out at this sug
gestion with picks and rakes, working
and sweating like Trojans. In a day
or two the street was cleaned up nice
ly. The city teams came and carted
the rubbish off. When ii was all co n
pleted the president wrote an account
of it, including in it the names of tine
five boys, and it was published in the
daily papers.
"From this one example the thing
has spread TO other parts of the city
The president reports all new work
including the names of the boys. and
gives 1t TO the press, which is glad tc
get 1t and seconds every move that is
made. Observation shows that boys
like to do things and like to see their
names in print They will respond II
suitable calls are made on them. Nat
urally active, they will turn their tai.
ents to good account in public under
takings If they are properly aided and
encouraged"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14


short, he simply demonstrated the
soundness of his major premise, "If
can get rid of the mud the roads will
cease to be muddy" The device he
made he called "split log road drag"
The man who had by such simple
means worked such wonders with his
road is D. Ward King of Maitland,
No.
Even after having perfected the road
drag the reason that it worked this
wonder was not entirely clear to its
inventor until he received inspiration
from observing hog wallow. He says;
"One day | noticed that water was
standing in one of these wallows long
after the ground all about 1t had be-
come dry Probably | had many times
before observed this fact, but not until
now had II occurred to me TO Inquire
into its cause. Examining the edges OF
the wallow. | was impressed with the
fact that it was almost as hard as
piece of earthenware Clearly this was
because the wallowing of the hogs had
mixed or 'puddled' the earth and the
water together, forming a kind OF &c
ment which dried into a hard and
practically waterproof surface"
The cost of making and operating
this drag is so small and the idea that
is embodied in 1t is so simple mat the
wonder of il is that its application
has not already become universal
Roads can be worked up into an excel
lent condition and maintained at
cost of from So to $40 mile. The
dragging accompllshes a number OF
useful things. The most important one
is that by giving 1t smooth SURFACE
and a rounding shape It makes II pos
sible for the road to shed water IN
stead Of absorbing It Then, too' II
kills the weeds and takes out the
bumps at the sides Of the culyerts' II
also destroys the old trail and thus
prevents deep ruts being formed Inc
time to use the drag and the manner
Of its use are important Until ROAD
has been worked into some sort OF
shape the frst dragging should De
dsue when 1t is very wet or when II Is
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

'uru hfnE Invented His
"a Dray-Iiighsvays Put In Ex-
e~t Condition and Maintained
Ut small Cos, by the Plan.
rooably no invention for road i'm
pio'einent has been talked about ana
written about as much as the King
ioau drag, and 1t has aroused great
interest among the farmers through
out the country. In the following
aYscie from Farming will be found
solne new and interesting facts about
unis nethod of improving country high
ways at small cost:
len ye@rs ago Missouri farmer
VINO had grown tireI of wading through
slough of Gcspond" every spring
When the roads were soft. and who had
seen his ne!ghbors lose time. money
hhd patience when their wagons were
hu0 deep in the rlire or their horses
Juggling ana strainiag in their harness
10 get half load to market, decided
that there must be some remedy for
thls condition. One day in thinking II
over he made the astonishing discovery
that what male the roads muddy was
mud, and that If the road was worke ed
into such shape that the water would
drain off instead of soaking into the
ground after every rain the roads
would cease to be muddy.
he rugged up n homemade CON
trivance out of an old wooden pump
stock that the frost had spoiled and an
oak post. By means of three pieces of
renee board he nailed these together
so that they We're held parallel to each
other Then he made a rough plank
platform on which to stand and by
means of wire hitched his team to this
clumsy affair at such point that IL
would drag along over the road with
slant of about forty-five degrees.
He began with the road that ran in
front of his own farm. When il was
at its worst he drove up and down
from his own front gate to that of his
nearest neghbor. Like huge masons
trowel smoothing off mortar, it scrap
ed along, cutting down the inequalities
and rough places and filing up the
wagon ruts. He kept at 1t, and, after
number Of draggings, in place of the
nat basin that had served as water
course for every storm to settle in, he
had built up road with a crown and
surface that was smooth enough to
shed water like ducks back" In
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

Let us learn to love and appreciate
the beauty which we see around us
every day. There are beautiful things
everywhere. Some Of us see them
some do not. 1t all depends upon om
education. A beautiful flower may
grow by the wayslde. one person may
pass 1t by and not even see it, or he
may trample 1t under foot and call II
an ugly weed Another may see the
very same flower and rs he looks upon
II marvel at It's beauty and recognize
the handlwork Of God. One Of these
persons mas no love for the beautiful
In his soul. and the other has. That IS
the only difference. Some people viii.
tell you that it g. 20; practical q
care for ueau.'c'N tiE;r I- f. rs''
is pracicll c-
life swee;cr a2d
Il well wl"'l
the holuti
II In your ir
ing to nar- VIII.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

The Southern Pacific is pushing it $
work as rapidly as men can be Sc
cured The new steel bridge over Elk
creek has been completed and wor ,
has begun on the Pass creek bridge.
The steel gang on the Drain Coos Bay
road is at II with a vim. The steam
:bovels will soon be at work on the
his cnt west Of town. Gardner
Gazette.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
Special Sale


You've seen the sign
many times. Special sales
are not infrequent. but
you've never seen a special
sale in our line that would
compare with the special
sale we have arranged for
this season. Prices revised
to make them move. A real
ly remarkable opportunity.
Come early.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

thawed ON top during the early spring.
After that the time to drag Is aftsr q
rainstorm or wet spell when It begins
to dry out.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
DRAGGING THE ROAD
MISSOURI FARMERS DEVICE FOR
IMPROVING THE HIGHWAYS.

~ Ward King Invented His
Dra--iiighsvays Put In Ex-
@t Condition and Maintained
h' Small Cos, by the Plan.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

lACk the Vital organs, causing CataTTh ~
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys aud
cure is obtained quickest by proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability TO hold urine and
sealding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
II stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
eovery and book that tells all about IT,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
nner & Co., Binghamton, y. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root. DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address. Binghamton, n. Y, on every
bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

Gov. Aycock attributes the pros
perity In the State to democratic
rule, but in the nation he says it
came when 1t did because of the fact
that the Klondyke opened up its
gold mines and the English oer
war and our war with Spain brought
prosperity by raising prices.
It has been several years since the
Boer war, and the war with Spain
was fought eight years ago, so they
could not cause the prosperity we
are enjoying today, which has no
equal in the history of our country.
Republican policies have caused this
era Of prosperity in both nation and
State, and if the Republicans were
not In control nationally North Caro-
lima would be witnessing the hard
times she saw under Cleveland,s adj
ministrstion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

One Of our subscribers at Easi
Lake has asked our views - TO
electing Boards Of Education by s
direct vote OF the people.
We believe in local self-govern-
ment, aud We therefore believe IL
best to elect the County Boards OF
Education by q vote Of the people.
At present there Is not Rspubli-
can on the board in this State, not
even In the Republican Counties.
They are all appointed by the demo
cratic machine TO further its politi-
cal ends. At present the public
schools are simply democratic foot
ball.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

We wish to call special attention
to the supplement to The Caucasian
this week which, contains Judge
Douglas Address to the Voters of
this State. The matter contained in
the supplement was omitted from
our regular issue for want Of space.
Judge Douglas is the Republican
nominee for Corporation Commis-
sioner, and his address should be
read by every voter in the State.
Judge Douglas is a man of expert
ence and ability, and if elected he
will give the people of the State a
square deal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25
spasernaiism- ia N.w z..,-

'pasernailsrn- Ia New zs.,..
.'Ali employed women ami ga
dFen we're plscrd un1sr ssssrs -,
pxoseStio1.n says Charles Eaw,-s
Rasssil. writiug Ct The Nex zs.a,.s
Government In .ssoadSsr~ of "a.
Ccmmoa 0ooi." In the Novsu,e-.
Ey~ryhcdya "No child cxsuls =
be employed anywhere In .nvw.w
si m earlier are than fcursrcn yp.-s
Frum fourteen 10 eighteen yuzr~,w
employed persons mus, b. yrovss.,s
nth . cerszscs,e Of sgv and Of las.
ing ra~-ed the foarth standard -,
animation la the pahlIc ~rhe.aa,
Ami here wss someshing elze !.
make our eyes ealgc. No wouaas =
any age and no boy beswc~a fos,-
teen and eighteen years OF age euasa
work overtime In their empaoyus~s,
except On iweniy-eIght days 10 II.
year and then for not more tk,n
| thrce hours In each OF the txputv.
eight days. In order TO obtain svs.
this overtime the employer must =
each OCCASION file at the nearest or
Of the labor dep rtment ~ appgszA.
ton and secure = permit. The At.
plicAtion must state the name AID
age Of each person OF whom ovrr.
time work ~as desired and "a.
ams unt Of overtime expected. Ths~s
names were ordered 10 be KEEP. -
ale In the labor Offices. Before u,
permit could be issued the recori,
must be examined. If any person In
the submitted list had within twelve
months worked overtime on twenty.
eight occasions the application FOR
that person must be rejected. And
for all the overtime work allowed
the employer must pay . prioe aud
10 half.
ain our own happy land, where
the freedom Of contract Is inviola.
ole, We proceed In quite q differeu,
way. Imagine the salesglrls In a
great department store restricted BIZ
law TO three hours daily overtime
in the Christmas season, paid for
that at enc and q half times their
regular wage, and provided with
supper money or car fare to 70
home! But In the New Zealand
stores you do not see those pale,
thin, exhausted young women,
struggling on with overtaxed frame.
and weary feet, that brighten for Il.
the merry Yuletide."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

In his speech at Hickory some
days ago ex-Gov. Aycock said that
while he was Governor he sent Treas
urer Lacy to New York and Dor
rowed two hundred thousand dollars
without any legislative authority,
for school purposes.
But the question arises, was all
this money spent for school pur-
posess Wasn't some of it spent on
party pets to pay political debts :?
If all Of that money in addition to
the regular school fund was spent
on the public schools of the State.
education certainly came high un-
der Aycock's administration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

The Eastern Reflector, a demo-
cratic paper, asks els the Republi-
can party refuge for the lawless ?"
Mr.. Reflector, we are surprised at
you for bringing up the subject.
Didn't your party pass law in 1900
to protect ballot box thieves and ap-
propriate money for their defense,
and thereby encourage crime in this
State? The Republican party has
never been guilty Of such acts, but
ON the other hand, has always pun
ished the guilty regardless of poll.
tics. Now which party Is the refuge
of the laWless?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25
"GIVE THE FACTS"

"Auditor Dixon has been pump
ing hot air over the State and boast
ing how much money we are dish
ing out to Confederate pensioners.
Why don't he tell his hearers that
not half of the old veterans in the
State who should be getting a PEN
sion are even On the pension roll at
all, and those who are on the roll
are getting less than six cents a day.
Give all the facts, bud."-Char-
lotte Peoples Paper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

ton or the rank and Ola Of the party
With the Management OF the state
government by the Simmons INA
chine.
.Besldes this.. be added. s'the
people are prosperous and satisfied
with the Roosevelt administration"
He continued with q chuckls: ssGood
times, yen know, aud successful Re-
publican administrations ernbxrrass
and eonfound our Demo.rxtie breth-
rem"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25
Democratic Evidence.
Hickory Times Mercury.l


In the campaign of 1898 every
Democratic candidate, speaker and
paper bitterly denied that they
would frame an amendment to the
constitution If they carried the leg
islature. They said they could not
If they would, and wouldn't If they
could, because 1t would be mean and
unjust.
They got the legislature. The
first thing they did was to go back
on their promises and declarations.
The only man who kept his word
was Mr.. J. F. Reinhardt, of Lincoln
county. He said his party had de-
clared against it, and he had told his
party he would not vote for 1t and,
like Washington, he could not lie,
and hence voted against 1t.
Mr.. Reinhardt is still proud of his
vote. In this county, last week, he
said if he had voted for that amend
ment to disfranchise folks, Lincoln
county would today be Republican.
He said he never went back on his
pledges, but Simmons and the lead
ers went back on theirs. When he
said this, some of his own party
said, "the old fool had better leave
the county; he will hurt the cam
pa'gn. According to Mr.. Reinhardt.
all the rest Of his party lied; and
he to-day is running on a platform
which boasts that they did lie.
Hence, Mr.. Reihhardt is out of har-
mony with himself as well as with
his party. If elected will he vote
for Simmons who went back on his
promises ?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

While Josephus Daniels and other
candidates are yelling "nigger" for
effect, some of the Democratic can
didates for the legislature are on a
still hunt trying to capture the ne
gro vote in the coming election.
This is especially true in counties
where they think the result will be
close. The negro is very respectable
in their sight if he votes the Demo-
cratic ticket, but if he fails to do
that they look upon him as an ordi-
nary negro, only fit to be cussed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

The following Is clipped from the
editorial columns Of the Durham
Sun (democratic):
"The Governor states that there
will be no appointment of an IN
spector General for the North Caro-
lima National Guard until after the
first of November, as he will be so
busily occupied until that time that
he will not be able TO give the mat
ter attention"
Yes, occupied making political
speeches, while Simmons is in Wash
ington trying TO have Republican
officials prosecuted because some OF
them take an interest in the cam
paign.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

"a report from the Agriculture
Department says that the coming
wheat crop will be over six hundred
millions bushels. Now it is up to
the Republican managers to "p0int
with pride. "-Durham Sun.
The Republican managers can
"pOint with pride" alright-snd
justly 80, for under Cleveland the
wheat crop was several millions
short and still the price was only
one-half the price paid the farmers
today for their wheat. What else
but Republican principles has caused
the high prices that are paid the
farmers for their products?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25
They Wrote. Justices Speech and He
Forgot 1t.

Ihey Wrote. Justices Speech and He
Forgot 1t.
In reporting the speech of Mr..
Justice in joint discussion with
Judge Adams at Albemarle. the
News and Observer states MANY
things that Mr.. Justice did not even
refer to. Since Mr.. Justice went
down to Raleigh before meeting
Chairman Adams, the inference ia
that Joe Daniels and Senator Chair
man Furnifold Manifold Simmons
liked up speech for him and the
News and Observer published it, bat
Mr.. Justice couldn't "get it off,
lnasmuch as that paper purported to
give the exact language used by Mr..
Justice, the report was ridiculous.
Wonder how many speeches reported
in the News and Observer were
never delivered Hickory Times
Mercury.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-25

Conductor Killed In Freight Wreck ut
Dunn.
Dunn, N. G., October 19.-The
through freight going north was
wrecked here last night, killing w.
j. Turbeville, Of Florence, 8. O., the
conductor and a negro bsakeman.
The fagman and fireman were in
jured, but they will recover. The
engine was ditched and several cars
derailed. The cause of the wreck is
unknown. The track was cleared
about O'Clock this afternoon. The
body of Conductor Turbeviile was
taken to Florence this morning.