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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
Crazy Man Deluges Jail.

Crazy Man DeIuges Jail.
;. Learning that Josephine county
had not had crazy man for whole
month past, Bert Smith. native of
Indiana dropped into Grants Pass,
Saturday and he bired a small boy
paying him 30 cents to hunt up
Sheriff Russell for him. The Sheriff
was found and Smith was lodged in
Jail and Saturday night he heSrd
strange noises and thought that the
yieilsnts were after him. So he
proceeded to forthwith tear up the
water pipes, as he said he bad to have
club with which to meet the-in.
truders, with the results that he LEI
the water rush into his cell, fairly de-
luging everything and when he wa'
rescued, Sunday morning, he very
much resembled drowning rat dc
told the officers that he really had tc
do it in self protection. He ia sin
gle man, 27 years of age and Drs. j.
@. Smith and Cora b Lemon were
unable to find that he was addicted
to any bad habits or had a disease.
But they pronounced him in bad
condition and directed that he be con
fined in the state asylum, at Salem and
an atterr - me down and escorted
him up place Of confinement.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

that come into that office. He finds
that the number of mortgages has
been on the decrease, whereas the
number of deeds has been increasing
right along, until now he has to
fairly hustle in order to keep from
getting showed under" with the
realty transfers. The following
transfers have been placed on record:
W ] Russell, Sheriff's deed, to wm
Olson, part sec "a tp 80, s, 6,
s53S. 80.
Ben Batty ct ux to E Dimon, of
Santa Clara, Cal, part sec %, tp 36 S,
r 8, 800.
Jennie G Curry ct mar to VIM AL
fred ct al 8 acres in sec 81, tip 96 5,
r 5. s75.
NJ W Wheeler ct ux, to Albert
Morris, acres in sec 92, tip 80, s, 8,
$50.
II K Miller ct ux to Ore & Gal R R
Co, ditch right through land 10 sei
8, tip "A 8, r 6, $4,000 (In making fill
near Leland, the railroad practically
ruined an irrigation ditch for said
premises and had to pay the same.
State of Oregon Land Board to
Henry Masters so acres in sec 96,
tip 80 8, 8, 800.
Frank Z Thompson to David Briggs,
100 acres in sec A tp 80 rs $4,000.
Josephine County to R G Smith aud
@ r Ray, tax deed to so acres, in sec
8. tp SO s. 6, $25 and 100 acres in
sec 8, tip SO 8, r 8, $25.
SaDusl Chr site ct ux to R Thomas,
200 acres in sec II, tip 36,s,r 6, $1,000
(This valuable piece of property is
located near the Eismann place.
Mary Waller to ] F Lloyd, lot T.,
block 6S. o T of Grants Pass 81.
S K Dillworth, relinquishmen to
Ore. & Cal r r Co, Of 40 acres in sec
81, tp 38 s,r5.
John O'Neil to Oliver S Brown,
lot IL, block 9S, and lot 6 block 80.
Riverside add to Grants Pass, $500.
W G Harmon ct ux to D g Duncan
ct al, lot 6. Judson q Chanslor's g sui
division of lot z Of Bourne's First
add to Grants Pass. $40.
David o Hayes ct ux to Geo A Wat
son, ct al, 10 acres IN sec IS, tp 81 8,
r 3, 800.
BENZ F Bull, Jr, to Jessie L
Knighton. NJ of lots IL and l2,
block 20, o T S OF Grants Pass,
$3.50.
Henry Danneborg ct ux to n
Overman. lots and 6, block 81, Of
. L S to Grants Pass, $3.50.
Jos. Hill ct ux to Hiram Perky
lots Z, s, 8. 10, II and 10, block O.
Riverside add..to Grants Pass, 81.
Jno II Williams ct al to Mary
Catherine Christy, lots and 6 OF
block "a, Riverside add TO Grsnts
Pass, $3.50.
q NJ Parcel ct ux to A Morris, par
sec 80, tip 35 s, .. $50 = =.
Joseph Moss ct ux to j ] NJ Atkins
lots 3 and 6, block B, Moss add tC
Grants Pass, s225.
Lynn d Allen ct ux to Lillian Gil
bert, part sec "a, tip S6 S, 6. $1,000
Lillian Gilbert to Lynn d Allen
bond for deed to A acres in sec 8, tE
6s, re, $1,000.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
CHURCH NOTICES
Christian Church.

Sunday schoo IL 100 a. m. Mrs. Bat
man, superintendent. Preaching SER
vice at Ii u. IN. Subject "Giving up,
taking up and keeping up" Junior
8 p. M. Evening worship 1880 p m.
Sermon: "The Man Christ Jesus.
Endeavor 6 80 p. IN. You ara vel.
come at all these services.
AUSTIN J. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Minister
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

The following schedule Of themes and
services will obtain at Bethany
church the coming Sunday, October
q. II a. m. Morning Worship.
Theme Of the sermon by Evan p.
Hughes; "A Strange Paradox: IAN
Easy Yoke. " 7;S0 p. IN. Evening
worship. Theme of sermon-"what
About the Book called the Bible 20
10 a. m. Bible School under the su-
perintendecy of H. C. Kinney.
$3.50 p, m. Devotional Hour of the
Y. P. S. c. Z. To all these services
the public is most cordially invited
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
His Dear Old Methsr

My dear old mother, who is now
- years old, thrives on Electric Bit.
ters, writes W. B. Brunson. Of
Dublin, Ga. "She has taken them
Tor about two years and enjoys an ex.
cellent appetite, feels stroug and
sleeps well. y That's the way Electric
bitters affect the aged aud the sams
happy results follow in all cases of
iemsl weakness and general debilitv
Weak, puny children too, are greatly
strengthened by them. guaranteed
also fer stomach, liver and kidney
troubles by all druggists 5Oc.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
Have a Hearing.
axI


This IS the week when the dis
gruntled taxpayers Of Josephine
county, if there be any, will have q
chance to air their grievances before
the county board Of equalization.
This body consists of Judge Stephen
Jewell, Assessor W. Fl. Fallin and
Clerk f. S. Cheshire. AS Mr.. Fallin
has endeavored to do his duty by all
parties concerned, it is more than
likely that little alteration will be
made in his fgures. However !.
is Just possible that the Southern
Pacific may enter q protest, as Mr..
FaiTin has them assessed at $4,000
per mile for the road bed, which
makes that corporation pay one-fourth
Of the entire amount Of taxes raised
in Josephine county. But, inssmuch
as other counties to the north have
placed the figures at $50, 900 per mile,
they may not bother with this county.
Assessor Fallin hopes that the other
counties will make their figures stick
and then, next year, this county will
make similar raise. AS it is now,
he does not want the funds TO be tied
up with an injunction suit, thus de-
priving the county of the use Of the
same possibly for two or three years.
Besides. he does not think this county
cares to fight any big law suits of
this kind
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
Newman NJ. +. Church.

Next Sunday morning at II the
pastor, G. o. Beckman, Will speak
upon the first 20 chapters of Revela-
tiou. This is the second on Revela.
tion. Sunday is known as National
Prison SOnday. In the evening the
pastor will speak on THE Care OF
Criminals" Sunday school at 10 a
m. Junior League at p. m. Ep-
woth League at $50. II interested
in any of these services and attend
you will find cordial welcome
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
COFFEE

Nothing does more for
a grocer, one way or the
other, than coffee. He
must sell poor; Che needn't
sell it to you) it is good
that makes him.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
like Schillins's Best; we pay him.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
Baptist Church

The morning worship is at 1890
with sermon by the pastor on the
theme Life Tanning" Bible
school meets at II 40. The Young
people have Conquest meeting at
s 80 Subject, Africa, The topic for
the evening service at 80 is Jesus
AS Doctor" Each service begins
promptly. A cordial welcome awaits
yot,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
Much Realty CHANCES Hand.

Zone of theIduties Of Deputy County
Clerk e 5. --..vestchyis TO .--record.the
deeds aud--the .instrumeuts Of writing
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

Next Tuesday evening the mem bers
of Thermopylae Lodge No. 30 K.P.will
hold high jinks," so it is rumored,
the occasion being big banquet and
a general good time Just what will
be the exact nature of the affair is
kept profound secret, but it goes
without the saying that the Sir
knights will have high old time"
of it.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

Grants Pass has number of entb.
usiaStic Elks aud it is understood that
they are thinking, quite seriously of
having lodge of this popular order
established here. 1t is we'll known
that the order grew SO rapidly when
1t was allowed that branches might
be established anywhere, aud so. a
rule has been made that no city hsv
ing less than 5000 population should
be permitted to have B. P. o. E.
lodge. But Grants Pass has the 5000
people and now there is good material
for perfectins a strong lodge Of the
order in this city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

The various Odd Fellows orders of
the city have in contemplation thefur-
nishing Of their hall with hand
some lot of new furniture and fixtures
and what is still better, they propose,
II possible, that these articles shall
be made of Josephine county oak and
further, they want to see them manu-.
factured right here in Grants Pass.
Other secret orders will watch their
movements in this direction with
much interest and if they are success
fully carried out, it is safe to guess
that many other local lodge rooms will
be likely to have similar treatment
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
DOINGS At THE COURT HOUSE

Items of Interest the Taxpayers of Josephine County
From the Various County Officials
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

The members Of Grants Pass Camp
No. S007, NJ. W. A, are planning to
have a very novel entertainment for
the members and invited guests quite
soon. IL is proposed to have regu-
lar. good. old fashioned hunting party
The membership will be divided into
two separate parties, each to strive to
see which .can succeed in running
down and killing the largest number
of jack rabbits. The members are
looking forward to the coming event
with pleasurable anticipation, for
they feel sure that it will provide
some very wholesome amusement.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25

Job work at Portland prices at the
Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-25
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AMONG THE LODGES

Tomorrow evening the members Of
wenonah Council No 10, Degree of
Pocahontas, The companion order to
that of the Improved Order of Red
men, will hold an important nesting
and the brave warriors from Takilma
Tribe will attend and assist in the
big banquet whichwill be forthcoming.
Grand Master Richard Scott and
Grand Patriarch II. M. Beckwith, of
the Oregon l. o. o. f. have been
swinging around the circle. making
the various lodges an official visit
and they are said to have the Grants
Pass lodges on their list and may
soon be expected to drop in here to see
how the orders are progressing.
Wednesday evening Reames Chapter.
R. A. NJ. held an important meeting.
Several applications for mem
bership were passed upon and the in
dications point to very lively fall
aud winter campaign. In fact there
will probably be special meetings
every week for some time to come, in
order to put the many cand dates who
are in waiting through the gauntlet.
Tuesday evening Grants Pass Camp
No. SOO7. Modern Woodmen of Ameri
ca will assemble to attend to business
of more than passing Importance. In
the very near future J. W. Simmons.
the hustling state deputy will be here,
for the purpose of securing a large
class of initiates and when these are
brought into the mysteries of the
order, it will be made the occasion fol
a rousing rally of the various camps
in Southern Oregon.
After having been defunct in thi,
city for time, the Order of Pendo ID
again to be started and this is due tc
the untiring efforts of N. G. Boynton,
the energetic local deputy. He has
secured large number of applica
tions for membership and these viii
be taken through the trying ordeal il
the near future.
That was indeed an enjoyable
gathering of Masons who attended tn,
Saturday evening session Of Grants
Pass Lodge No. "a. A. F. & A. M.
when one Of those social sessions fol
which this order is noted was had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
MARCH OF THE CORN BELT.

While the wheat belt Is pushing out
towards the Colorado line and down
into the southwest corner of the
shortgrass country, the corn belt is
disputing it's territory futher east and
is slowly but surely encroaching on it
as land becomes more valuable in
central Kansas. Illustrative of this
fact is this brief item in the Kingman
Journal:
&c. T. Belt, one OF the prosperous
Penalosa farmers, was in the city
Monday attending to business. He is
another one of those who are aban-
doning wheat for corn, and told US his
reason for it was substantially that in
the first place, you may fail to raise it
at all. or not have a big crop; in the
second place. you cannot harvest it on
account of lacking harvest help; in
the third place, you cannot ship 1t be-
cause the railroads refuse to furnish
cars Corn. however, is easy to raise,
easy to harvest because you take your
time to it, and IL the roads won't haul
it you can feed it to hogs and make
money"
Wheat is a good thing with which
to conquer a new country. 1t grows
readily long before the sod will sus-
tain a corn crop. A few weeks work
in the fall. and it needs no more at
tention from its owner until harvest
time. Then there Is a short period of
strenuous exertion during harvest and
threshing time, the crop is sold, and
no more work Is to be done until the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Will Montana or Medicine Hat or
whatever the foreign cline may be
where they are Matched. please keep
their May snow storms at home after
this. Don't let them run over other
peoples premises. We trust we won't
have to speak about this again.
# *%
Mighty lucky for Colonel Jennings,
of the weather bureau, that the snow
didn't get here 16 hours earlier.
People will forgive most things, but
it would be difficult to overlo ok. such
bad weather on the opening day of
the baseball season.
The w. Y. Morgans will not go TO
Europe next fall as announced. Mr..
Morgan is anxious to go to Greece
and Turkey, but Mrs. Morgan has
picked out Japan as a nice place to
visit. This MEANS" says Mr.. Nor
gan, that we viii go to Japan"
=
By the way, now that it is too late
to do any good, we will warn you that
you ought to have taken your garden
in out of the cold last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Too many of US consider an excuse
reason.
Everybody believes in Christian
Science little.
No one ever got fat by eating the
stuff prepared in a chahng olsh.
Second hand experience never
teaches a man not to eat too much.
The philosophical person is apt not
to be when considering troubles of
his own.
Men have a good deal of trouble,
but wrinkles never seem to bother
them much.
1t is said of an Atchison man that
his actions are always those of per-
feet lady.
The Dalai Lama has been found.
Perhaps YOU had forgotten they were
looking for 1T.
When a shoe dealer speaks of a
neat-fitting shoe, he means one that
hurts your foot.
a good start toward becoming good
for nothing.
A farmer hates to be up late at
night as bad as town man hates to
get up in the morning.
Around nearly every barn, you can
find an old paddock or two, the keys
of which have been lost.
velops a row that is rather hard on
the Brotherly Love idea.
You can learn a few things about
contempt by getting baseball play
er's opinion of lawn tennis.
A boy goes to bed at night thinking
of the good time he will have eating
breakfast the next morning.
1t is all right to be reasonably par
ticular, but the man who selects his
own coffin seems to be OVERRIDING it..
Listen to any crowd of girls talk,
in any town, and you will hear this:
There aren't any boys in this town."
Probably amateur entertainers
hope of getting their audience used
to 1t.
When a very old man can get
around without an invalid's. chair,
people are sure to describe him as
"hale and hearty.
When an acquaintance says to
you: "I am going to be honet with
you" brace yourself to hear some
thing disagreeable.
What has become of the old fash
toned boy, who, when asked where he
got his new hat, replied: Sold eggs
and buyed it,"
Most of US when we ride a free
horse start out on a walk; quicken in
to a brisk trot, then break into a wild
gallOp and are thrown.
Every farmer believes he is a good
Judge of seed corn and the best breed
of hogs, but there continue to be
many varieties of both.
Already six Carnegie hero medals
have been found in pawnshops. which
Is further proof that the stage hero
is the only real success.
When town man wants to talk
with a farmer over the telephone, he
calls him up at noon, knowing he will
then be in from the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the PhiladeIphia Recort

[From the Philadelphia Record.]
The very best thing to have for din
ner-a good appetite.
A fellow doesn't have to go to the
rink to get a skate on.
Lots of men always know what to
do: few of them know what not to do.
Some people would be OF absolutely
no Importance If 1t wasn't for their an
cestors.
The criminal who is brought from
another state is naturally railroaded
through.
The fellow who takes too many eve
openers may still be blind to his great
est fault.
Is the woman who makes a cloak
of her religion clothed in her owl
Righteousness?
Mr.. Buggins-'when I married you
threw myself away" Mrs. Buggins
-"Oh, rubbish"
1t takes a certain amount of cheek
to kiss girl, but the girl generally
furnishes the cheek.
The Victim-"Your stories are like
your customers" The Barber-''TIov's
that?'' The Victim-''Cut and dried
Hoax-'I hear your friend the prize
fighter is dead" Joax-"Yes, he was
killed in action" Hoax-"Ah. talked to
death, eh?''
Scientists say that women require
more sleep than men. If we could only
convince our wives of that maybe thew
wouldn't wait up for us.
A Manayunk man has invented n
baby carriage that shuts up. If he had
only invented that kind of baby there
might be some sense in it,
Scribbler-"Have you read my new
book? Some of the critics say IT *
the cream of literature" Scrawler-
'Oh, I've SKINNED through it,"
THAT looks like a connfortnhla ra,-
of slippers You have on" Remarked
Muggins to his friend Buggins. "TIuh.''
ponds on what part of the Rodrr thsw
are applied to-" ss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04

fields are to be plowed and seeded
again.
For these reasons wheat is an ideal
crop for new and sparsely settled
communities, If sufficient help can be
imported for the harvest, but it does
not pay SO well in older communities
where land is more valuable and the
returns per acre must be larger. The
farmer must work his land more
steadily and without having to- pay
out the large sum for help that the
wheat harvest requires. And so he
does not farm such a large area as the
wheat grower, but he puts his ground
into corn and diversified crops, which,
along with his live stock, gives him
steady employment nearly the entire
year, and his returns per acre are
much larger than those Of the man
who grows wheat exclusively on
cheaper land and has eight months
out of every year to give to other pur-
suits.
That is why the corn belt is push
ing the wheat belt steadily up the
slope towards the Rockies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
SPRING MANEUvERs.

The drowsy earth awakes from sleep
AS DER the lea the south winds creep
The streamlet breaks its icy chain
And leaps and frolics once again..
The grass is green, the stream beside,
The buds are swelling UP with pride
The pussy willows 'mong the trees
Fling out their banners to the breeze.
The robin and his mate have come
To choose place to build a home.
The red bird and his palmer spouse
Are planning for summer house.
The sDeckled hen, with cunning care,
A coy nest does now prepare.
me ten white eggs which In IL lie
Give promise of early fry.
The sturdy farmer thinks that now
It's surely time to start the pillow.
He yokes his team and drives afleld,
And dreams of crops of wondrous yield.
John takes his hoe and rake and seeds
And to the garden quickly speeds
He spades the ground and rakes and noes
And plants the seeds in hills and rows.
Neat Nancy armed with brush and broom
Surveys the house from room to room
He snarls and roarS and shakes his name.
And wisely plans the spring campaign
And then Old Boreas turns again,
He snarls and roars and shakes his main.
At his command the north wind blows
And then it SHOWS, and SHOWS and SHOWS.
Waverly, Kan. Mrs. NJ. A. Stewart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04

he completed with a laugh. Il nave
been hearing about you, but the eeacn-
err never Miss Mayo" -
They are all wrong" she cried Dit
terly. 81 did not want their sons, nor
to- disappoint their daughters 1usl
wanted to be left alone to earn my Nv
ing, and they would not do It," az
II understand" he said gently.
studied in old school Four myself when
1 was a shaver. This is my home to"h'
you know" 80
you come from Milton?'' she asked.
Somehow 1 thought you had peeh JUN
in the city, ,,b-
ed. This is my first visit here since
left for college. have bought up tile
Milton pulp mill and am going
settle down here for the summer.
suppose you realize that you are
trespasser on my land this very mln-
ute?"
1T won't be for long" she smileo
sadly az am leaving for town III t..e
morning to find a school for next
sWhy not stay here?" he urged.
"Bess, you must know that love you,
dear. felt ought to wait until you
left Bryn Mawr before ! spoke Due L
thought you understood"
Scarlet flooded her face. she nao
thought she understood, but when the
crash came Harvey had given no sign.
ST was in Europe when your fatner
TRAN excursion and word did nor
reach me until well toward the END OF
summer. Then 1 hurried nome, ana
you had left no trace. May l say now
what was in my heart then? VIII you
marry me. dear?'
She restrained her impulse to yielo.
at is not because you are sorry that
have lost the position?' she de-
manded.
ITS not question of sympathy"
he said. ut is love. love that was
born long ago.
do you know she said pensively.
at was trying to realize what 1t would
mean to go back to the city and leave
the river behind? I have grown very
fond of the river. Jim
He took her in his arms with a
happy laugh. He was familiar with
her oddly of expression and knew
that while she spoke of the river,
there was a deeper reason.
Now let the alarmed mothers set
their minds at rest" he said as he
settled himself with his arm about
her. "a most dangerous person has
been made harmless by Dan Cupid. I
think I am a public benefactor to
Milton
"You are more than that to me-"
she whispered contentedly, as with
her head against his shoulder she
looked out across the siIvery blue wa
ter and realized that through it she
had found peace and the man she
loved.-(C Copyrighted. 1907, by E. C.
Parcells.)