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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
GRANTS PASS,
OREGON
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Timber Land, Act June 8. 1878.

Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878.
Roseburg, Oregon, May 90, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions of the act
OF Congress Of June 8, 1878, entitled
q An act for the sale of timber lands
in the States OF California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" az
extended to all the Public Land States
by act of August 4, 1899,
THOMAS JUSTIN BALDWIN,
of Hope, county of Steele, State Of
North Dakota, has this day filed in
this office his sworn statement No.
6S23, for the purchase of the NWL or
Lots "a, So NW1 of Section No. 4
in Township No. 38. s. Range No. 8
w. and will offer proof to show that
the land sought is more valuable for
its timber or stone than for agricul.
tural purposes, and to establish his
claim to said land before Arthur Con-
kiln, u. s. Commissioners. at his Office
at Grants Pass, Oregon, on Saturday.
the 22d day of September, 1906.
He names as witesses; w. II. Nip
per. W. II. Pattillo, Howard Mitchell.
aud W. b. Sherman, all of Grants
Pass, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the described lands are
requested to file their claims In this
office on or before said 22d day of Sep
tember, 1906.
BENJAMIN l.. EDDY, Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
Don't Be Blue

and lose all interest when help is
within reach. Herbine will make
that liver perform its duties properly.
j. b. Vaughn, Elba. Ala, writes
Being a constant sufferer from con-
stipation and disordered liver. |
have found Herbine to be the best
medicine. for these troubles, on the
market. l have used it constantly. |
believe it to be the best medicine of
its kind, and ] wish all sufferers from
these troubles to know the good Her.
bine has done. - Sold by National
Drug Co. and Rotermund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
Twenty Year Battle.

II was loser in a 90 year battle with
chronic piles and malignant sores.
until / tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
which turned the tide, by curing both.
till not a trace remains.'' writes A.
M. Bruce. of Farmville, Va. Best for
old Ulcers. Cuts, Burns and Wounds.
25c at all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
Don't Grumble

when your joints ache and you suffer
from rheumatism. Buy bottle of
Billiards. Snow Liniment and get in
stant relief. A positive cure for
rheumatism, burns, cuts, contracted
muscles, sore chest. etc. Mr.. l. T.
Bogy, prominent merchant at Will
low Point, Texas, says that he finds
Bsllard's Snow Liniment the best all
round Liniment he ever used. Sold
by National Drug Co. and Roter-
mund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
LAUREL GROVE

Mr.. Haberman is busy hauling hay
to Grants Pass.
JEFF Winner and family were visiting
in Grants Pass last Saturday.
]. B. Lindsay and brother Dave are
hauling coke for Capt. McIntire at
present.
o. A. Williams and johnson Bros.
are engaged hauling lumber from the
Murphy mill
Mr.. Stinson of this place but former
ly of Medfcrd, is suffering from erysip.
elias at present.
Still it is hot and dry and very dus-
ty. A small rain cloud adorned the
sky one day last week, but no rain
here.
Hop men are seen every day in our
little burg looking for pickers and
seem to be having trouble in finding
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Swinden have
been on the sick list the past week,
but are getting better at present. Also
Arch Bunch. Chills seem to be the
rage at present
Mr.. Brown, of Eastern Oregon, was
the gentleman WI had the runaway
ON Sundayiweek ago. He was water
ing his fine mare and she became
frightened and ran, he being out of
the buggy.
l.. II. Carson, one of our progressive
farmers and fruit growers, was in
Grants Pass one day last week trans
acting business with the local mer-
chants. He reports the grape crop as
looking fine. Mr. Carson and his father
have one of the finest vineyards in the
state aud receive good returns from
the labor bestowed on their crop.
JUMBO.
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icate the love longing from woman
heart. So let her have all she wants.
x
I am writing all this now because | want
to keep you from settling down in the all
too customary way after your return from
your wedding trip You will have to re-
sumo the chase after dollars, and you'll
have to sprint a little faster than before,
but that won't justify you in putting the
little girl up on a shelf like a piece of valu-
able brlc-a-brac nor in showing her back
into the kitchen to become your cook. She
is neither goddess to be worshiped from
afar nor mental to be bossed at close
range. She is Just a delightful bundle OF
flesh and blood and nerves. designed for
everyday wear and attaining her highest
happiness in loving and helping you.
Do all you can. therefore, to keep thar
love light burning brightly. for If you are
the right sort your own happiness VIII be
based upon hers. Love her always and let
her know, let her know. let her know that
YOU love her That is the fatal mistake OF
SO many-keeping their love to themselves,
as IL It were something to be ashamed OF,
until continual suppression extingmshes IL
entirely. Exercise Is as necessary 10
love as Ii is to all attributes OF life, physi-
cal mental or spiritual. This is not theory,
but fact which has been proven over and
own experience does not differ from that
of countless thousands of others who bear
testimony to It's truth.
Your mother reminds me that It is time
for me to be in bed, so / must bring TINS
epistle to close. With love TO the new
ON JOHN sNEED.
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the period of courtship and that Immediately
following the wedding are 1nconpdtipie
with the struggle for living; that me KISS,
the caress the little compliments, are not
only unnecessary, but even foolish II you
desire happiness as nearly absolute as
possible here below. don't make that mis-
take.
X
Love alone is not sufficient for woman
She hungers for It's outward and visible
manifestation. and il is a hunger that can
never be fully appeased. A man can rest
content in the confidence of his wifes al
lection and doesn't worry IL she neglects to
express ii in words or actions. But she ID or
different fiber She wants to hear you say
II love you" once in while, to feel your
arm steal around her and your lips pressed
to hers She never grows weary or these
things and she never grows too OLD 10 ap-
preciate them. Their neglect Is the pegih-
ming of Indifference, and Indifference Is
loves deadliest foe. Without love marriage
degenerates first to mere convenience
and then to condition OF bondage IN Whien
iron chains take the place OF roses ehaii!s
which the divorce courts are too oleen call
ed upon to sever. If you do not give your
wife frequent evidence or your ahectioh'
you will have only yourself TO Diane IL sue
turns to some one else for that which her
nature demands No; you cannot possibly
attach too much Importance to these SEEM
ingly insignificant things. They are the very
foundations OF domestic happiness You
NAV provide q comfortable home and every
material desire of her heart. you may treat
her with courtesy and kindness. you may
give her high social position. but II she
loves you all these are as nothing II unac-
corapanied by the purely sentimental ex-
pressions OF your own affection for her.
With visible love she Will live happily IN the
Slumblest cottage.
Some people would smile at TINS some
would call AZ an old-fashioned idea that has
no place in the advanced civilization or to-
day The mountains and the hills, the lakes
and the rivers, are old fashioned. and ley
are no more ifnmutable than human nature.
Of which love is the highest expression. In
spite of all of our culture, mer ana women.
under the veneer. are just the - ne as they
were when Pan played nus sSspes IN .i ie
groves or Arcadia We are God made
us. and while we may develop the brain we
can't alter its composition, nor can we Grad
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band. but I don't care to discuss that side
oi the question I don't feel competent.
X
You may wonder that I don't suggest a
study Of your wife's virtues. Lord bless
you. my boy. you don't need to study them.
They will fall upon you and envelop you
and permeate you. and all you have to do
Is to appreciate them and give frequent evil
dence Of your appreciation. Virtues sell
dom cause domestic trouble unless they ara
allowed to become aggressively active, and
then, as rule, they cease to be virtues.
Just confine your attention to her faults.
II these are little ones be thankful and let
them alone If any should look to be seri-
Gus don't try TO remove them with an ak.
You are likely to sprain your arm and dull
the tool. Treat them with tact and pa
tence and love, and in the course of time,
perhaps a long time. you modify
them that they will become unobjectionable
or even Hkable
All this. however. presupposes some at
tention to your own failings, which are
probably more numerous and more pro-
nouneed than hers. and In the case OF
man there are more circumstances which
call for the use OF a metaphorlcal surgical
instrument. If you don't WELD 1t yourself
the little girl ought to, and II you need 1t
she Will, unless | am mistaken in my judy
ment or her. But you can't treat q Wom-
an faults in that way. Dictation. oppe-
at the expense of happiness. You can't
run home as you would a factory. Your
wife Is not a servant your inferior In
anything but physical strength. Besides,
she is woman. and as such Is entitled to
the fullest measure OF that chivalric
courtesy which every gentlewoman owes to
the other sex. That she is your wife in
creases your obligation In this respect.
have heard of women who doubted their
husbands love II they neglected the peri
odieal beating, bat never saw any of that
class and / doubt their existence. No, the
only way to correct woman's fault. IL II
really needs correction. is by a pressure
so gentle she never suspects its existence.
applied with the patient persistence that Is
| IN all things irresistible. You know that
In the grinding OF a lens for a great teie-
scope the final work is done with the palm
of the bare hand. II you bend a twig
SHARPLY Il VIII break. but If you bend II
gently and secure II In it's new position you
can by constant repetition of the process
mold 1t to any form you desire. So the
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tory where they assist In astronomical cal
culatlons for the Nautical Almanac-the Tea
bible on which mariners depend-and other
scientific work In connection with that Du-
reau.
The 8.SS2 women clerks in the govern
ment departments at Washington form an
important factor in its civic life. Many of
them are taxpayers and the majority nave
others depending upon them for support.
Those who waste their salaries In feolish
ways are merely the exceptions necessary
to the making of rule. AS in the Ola
days there are many clerks who continue
10 copy stupid things in big books, but
even IN this work there IS always some
ambitious woman 10 rise above her occupa-
tion and make such notable record Tor
rapid legible and intelligent penmanship
az &c win for herself an increase in salary
and perhaps a promotion to some more I'M
pOrtant desk. The rank and file of copyIsts,
however are typewriters and the speed
attained by individual woI kers is frequently
a matter of comment in the press rake
for instance. the small army Of typewrlters
in the patent office, where nearly every
clerk takes pride In exceeding the daily
average expected. The typewriter who
copies a patent specification must be as
faithful to the text as the actor who makes
a study of Shakespeare'S Ines-and yet
there are clerks engaged in this work who
are constantly striving for supremacy. each
overwhelming the record of the other, until
the result In some divisions, is phenomenal
work from all
Accuracy first and speed afterward is the
business watchword in all government de-
partments. consequently, when a young
woman get her name, and often her photo-
fsraph In the papers because of her ability
to do several days work in one. it is safe
10 infer that she has followed copy as
faithfully as the fellow clerks she left so
far behind. These less notable typewriters
sometimes intimate that squirt" records
are always succeeded by days of reaction,
and that, therefore. the much exploited
mistress OF the keyboard does no more
work than Others IN the long run.
In the days Of political influence any
clerk with a lucky share of it, had no need
10 worry whether she did intelligent work
ar not. but the civil service law requires
a fair days labor for a fair days pay and
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If she attract notice for marvellous
speed and accuracy in her work much
the better are her chances for promotion.
x
Higher education is always in demand,
and the college bred woman who has ac-
CURED practical knowledge along special
lines Of study, ard who wishes to secure
an appointment under the government, can
nearly always connect herself with its pay
roll
There are women in the treasury who are
so expert in counting greenbacks and in
detecting counterfeits that there are few
hours in any day that they are not subject
to inspection from tourists on the corridor
Side OF the wire-net doors. Other women
help to print currency, bonds and postage
stamps. over at the bureau of engraving
and printing. H. the various libraries there
are women attendants who have attained
university degrees. Many bright women
employed at the Library of Congress.
The scientific library at the Agricultural
Department, which is said TO be the largest
or its kind In the world is In charge of a
woman, and another woman, Mrs Fuller,
has presided over the library of the Interior
Department for q number of years. The
library at the Navy Department is
trolled almost entirely by women Part of
their routine work Is to prepare collected
data for the Navy War Record. which has
now reached It's twentieth volume Among
this corps OF cultured and widely read wo-
men Is the widow Of a former naval officer
This lady Is actively identified with the
compiling of the record. Each clerk under
stands her work thoroughly and does
IL so cpnscieutiously that she needs no SUI
perVisor. She goes about her clerical duties
she would make a garment for herself
or arrange her home. according TO her
thorough knowledge Of how 1t should be
done.
While women have won recognition in
each and every branch of the government
service in which they are employed 1t is
noticeable that they attain to greater prom
inence in scientific fields where they have
better chances for the practical develop
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THE MAKING OF A SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND

plants that he expected TO flower are killed
by the hot sun or choked under heavy or
dry soil.
The amateur who would rival the pro-
fessional florist IA the radiance of his gar
den Should make a start now by sowing
the seed of many kinds of snowy annuas
In boxes or pots. TO be kept Indoors for
awhile The boxes should have holes for
drainage in the bottom, but should not De
so open as to keep the soil dry. Ordinary
garden soil may be used IN the bottom, but
at the top there should be lighter soil
we'll mixed. The small seed should oe
sown the surface; then fine soil spread
over them and pressed down, but not 80
hard as to cause the soil 60 bake.
Coarse seed best be planted in little
drills, each seed pressed down into the
ground, ard the whole covered with thin
layer of earth, as with the small seed. The
soil should be gently sprinkled with water
Immediately after the planting. Only the
quantity OF water which the soil can aBsorp
without becoming soggy should be given
The box should be watered subsequently
whenever the soil becomes dry little be-
low the surface.
1t is good practice to sow the SEED ~
rows as this enables the soil to be stirred.
to prevent IL from baking. The box should
be set by the window and given plenty OF
light but at the same time shielded IRON
The hot sun. When the plants have grown
to a fair size IL viii be warm enough TO set
them out IN the garden. Only the stronger
plants should be chosen for reolanting.
Agerturns sweet alyssuI. snaGDdraSofs,
heliotropes Iobeiias, nasturtiums and YER
benas can be treated successfully THIS way
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womans company after Office hours. The
women would rather work with men.

woman's company after Office hours The
women would rather work with men.
Men once were wont to declare that wom-
en- were incompetent and too delicate for
the work usually performed by males. That
reas son has forever passed, since the records
prove them to be efficient as their
brothers.
One masculine visitor from Alaska who
went through the departments here not
long was shocked and, as he said, dis
gusted at the number OF young, staiwart
men who ought to be making good names
and fortunes for themselves out in the
open, sitting cooped up at desk Killing
billets fit only for women. 1t was his Idea
that the country is full OF opportunities for
a healthy, Intelligent man, and that he
ought If only for chivalry's sake, give up
to woman the sheltered work of the desk.
Washington has discovered that women
make fine notary publics There are now
about fifty doing active work here, and as
this line of business makes a profitable
addition to the income of the stenosrapher
and typewriter, there Is every reason TO
suppose that the present number will be
increased.
One very young and very clever type
writer employed by n leading real estate
firm made such financial success of her
first years work as a notary that she has
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who took her degree at Cornell. and has
member of the faculty Of George Wash
ington University, makes special study
o: mosquito life and is doing valuable
work along that line.
Miss Flora Wambaugh Patterson of the
bureau Of plant industry has gained prom
iueEce as a mycologist, and Miss Mary c.
Gannett, who is identified with the herbari-
UNI in the bureau of forestry is Il graduate
of Radcliffe and Leland Stanford Univer
sity. She has taken special courses at the
Yale school of forestry, and has pursued
her studies in the Rocky mountains.
Miss Carrie Harrison, who WIS signally
conspicuous in the work of placing the
United States herbarium under the Durand
system, was educated at Wellesley and Cor
nell and continued her scientific studies
abroad.
Miss EstelIe Reel, superintendent of In
dian education, Is one of the few women
specialists in the government service WHO is
fortunate enough to spend part of her time
in the field. Her visits of inspection cover
nearly 800 schools. scattered through the
south and far west, and so thoroughly does
she look into the methods of the J, coo teach
ers engaged in the work that she rarely
sUerds more than three months of each
year at her office in the Interior Depart
ment Miss Reel was state superintendent
OF public schools Of Wyoming when she re-
signed her position to accept her present
most about seven years ago.
The question as to whether woman
makes as good q clerk as a man depends
entirely upon who debates the problem. III
is said that the majority OF men prefer
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nerves if we had to associate with them.
Nor Is perfection to be desired In genuine
flesh and blood woman. This would be
mighty tIresome world II all of us did
exactly as we ought. 1t Is mainly our
faults and the faults Of others that fur
ntsh us the diversion that makes life worth
while That isn't strictly orthodox but
It's true, and l believe 1t will continue to
be true as long as humanity retains that
innate cussedness which dominates Il.
Don't infer, however, that | consider i'm
projections and attractions TO increase In
corresponding ratio. A little salt is neces-
sary to make your food palatable but
very little more will spoil II. A faultless
wife Is likely to be insipid, and good,
healthy imperfections should rather be
cause for rejoicing than lament. SO, my
boy, when you find one in your dear little
bride, don't have a conuiption fit, but
make note OF It. and when you get an
opportunity, analyze it tenderly They may
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ment of the best that is in them. For such
g nue of work there is no more desirable
atmosphere than the Agricultural Depart
ment, the National Museum and the Smith
sonian Institute. The majority OF the bright
young scientists in these departments are
college women, but it does not necessitarily
follow that all the honors go to the woman
with a degree
One of the most prominent scientists In
her field. either in this country or in Eu-
rope, is Miss Mary J. Rathbun of the divi-
sion of marine Invertebrates, Smithsonian
Institution. She is a native of Buffalo N Y,
but has held her present post for a number
of years. The other day she sat at her desk
within eye range of countless bottles, large
and small, filled with specimens of crabs
and shrinps collected from the arctic coast
of Alaska to southern California The col
lection was made by Prof AgassIz with
the Albatross. and represents three expedi-
tions, the last having been made in 1905 A
small crab had fallen to pieces in the aIco-
hol and Miss Rathbun was fitting the parts
together with an ease born of her thorough
knowledge of anatomy. When in Europe
ten years ago she made a study of the
crab and shrimp collection in the museum
in Paris, which by right of the almost
worldwide possessions of France is prob
ably the largest apd most varied In exist
eRce After her return to this country
she was requested by the authorities of
the musium to write a report of this col
lection. She did so, and being a thorough
French scholar forwarded her work in
that language. Miss Rathbun's latest
official bulletin is an exhaustive report of
the crabs Of Porto Rican waters
Miss Harriet Richardson Phi. d, NaSsar
graduate, who secured her degree at the
George Washington University. is another
widely known employee of the Smithsonian.
She Is the author of several scientific
works her thesis on Isopods, or types of
animal life. being accepted authority
by men scientists engaged III the same
field
Miss Evelyn Groesbuck Mitchell. zoolog st,
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German Farmers Protect Birds.

From the London Field.
German farmers are trying to induce the
smaller birds to return to Their old haunts
about the fields, and for this purpose are
setting out boxes and other artificial De
vices to serve the birds for homes
The farmers need the birds to destroy
the insects, but the birds are disappear
ing. not only because of their direct siaugh-
ter. but also because the old trees In the
decayed hollows OF which they built their
nests. the old copses which they haunted.
and both of which are prolific In insects. to-
gether with the .stagnant pools which yield
ed them food IN abundance. are all disap-
pearing before the closer cultivation of
tie present time.