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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29
SALEM DEBATERS WIN
S. 0. CHAMPIONSHIP
Orants Pass Team Did Excellent
work and Gave the Salem
Boys a Good Run.

Inc man or woman is indeed dead
10 all that is most chivalrous, gener.
GUS and optimistic in life who does
not feel thrill OF rare pleasure in an
exhibition of such splendid ambition.
courage and enthusiasm as WAS wit
messed at the debate on last Friday
evening between the respective teams
OF the Salem and Grants Pass High
Schools.
40 one who has passed through Just
such an experience, as an actor therein.
IN the dim heroic past OF his own
high school or college days the in
fiuenoe OF such an event is rejuvenat-
Ing and inspiring, to one to whom
through mischance or lost opportunity
1t has been denied it brings regret
coupled with firm determination
that the children of this and future
generation shall not forego the educs.
tional advantages which the condi.
tons of time gone by denied to him
and to one whose hair is silvered with
the hardship and endurance of msny a
pioneer Winter of strenuous endeayor il
brings a glow Of pride that partly bv
his own efforts such a golden oppor
tunity is available to the lad and
maiden Of today.
The debate was upon the subject
Resolved, That the Government
should own and operate the Railroads
of the United States" &" the Salem team
of three bright young men sustaining
the affirmative of the issue while the
budding statesmen of Grants Pass up-
held the negative.
Both teams produced strong and
plausible argument for their respect
i've contention and each tried severely
the mettle Of the other. The Salem
boys we're perhaps little the sti onger
in we'll ordered outline, rebuttal and !
In the force and fulness of authority, |
NV 'SAAAO bCoLh Ntl6 PARTICULARLY
deserving of merit in breadth of argu-
nent and strong array of fact intro
iuced as we'll as in the quiet dignity
and excellence of diction with which
hey clothed them. The Salem boys
IRE particularly fortunate in the fact
hat they have the State library at
salem to draw from rs to authority
while the Grants Pass boys we're
to rely more upon their
'wn reasoning, what the leader of the
negative so aptly termed good COM
non sense, and the doubtful author.
ty of magazine writers. The leader
If the Salem team was a former
irants Pass boy, William Perkins, he
,eing supported by Howard thinner.
nan and Charles Harrison, while Her
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29
ing by April LIST and to have the
factory in operation early in May.

ing by April LIST and to have the
factory in operation early in May.
Mr.. Johnson has been buying lum-
Der and now has the cut contracted
for from several of the sawmills of
the Valley. The lumber he now has
bought will amount to 5000. 600 feet
and he expects to buy as much more
during the year. The best grade
will be shipped East and the common
grades will be worked into boxes and
other stock and then shipped TO
Eastern and California markets.
This factory. with the various
industrial establishments that Grants
Pass now has will give this city
larger payroll than any other place
on the Southern Pacific south of
Portland. That this S25O0 bonus will
be a most profitable investment to
the citizens of Grants Pass will be
demonstrated by the increased pros
perity that will come to the city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29

de cautioned against flooding an,
:old the meeting it was the moderat
and not the extreme use of waite
that accomplished the most good.
1t was ]. T. Porter's opinion ,ha
after tree got to be from 10 to l.
years old it could not be supplied
with sufficient moisture by cultiva
tion and irrigation was absolutely
necessary.
Murray Kay, who had been in com.
munication with the agricultural de.
partment at Washington, stated that
the department had been making an
Investigation in regard to the effect OF
irrigation On fruit trees and had is.
sued number of bulletins on gthe
subject. The conclusion arrived at
by the government experts was that
the moderate application of water
was beneficial in every respect.
A. l. Mason, who was the greatest
exponent of not irrigating at the
meeting, said he wanted to answer
Mr.. Davidson's allusion to the sue.
cess of the Struck orchard which he
said was not due to the liberal use of
water, but the fact that the trees in
1t had never exhausted the natural
elements in the soil as they had never
been brought to their fullest bearing
capacity up to the time they bad been
top grated In addition to this Mr..
Struck had manured the land very
heavily and used artificial fertilizers.
This was the secret of his success and
not water. AS to his own orchard it
had never had drop of water on it
and never would have any. He did
not think it was necessary. When it
came to keeping quality and flavor
he was so sure the non-irrigated apple
was the best keeper and as to flavor he
had been attending fruit meetings all
over the Northwest for several years
and had eaten apples from every Sec
5ion of it. He thought his mouth
was as good judge OF the flavor of
apples as any he knew of aud in his
opinion the irrigated apple had a
better flavor than the irrigated. A |
stranger who was present aud said he
vas a tenderfoot, engaged the atten.
ion of the chairman and said be
would like to know if it was neces. |
AIRY to irrigate straw berries why it
vas not also necessary to irrigate ap-
lies. Mrs. VIM. Kerr quickl ly arose
md stated that she was not a member
# the society but her husband was
nd that it was not necessary to irri-
ate berries. She had eaten strawber-
les raised in Michigan that had never
cen irrigated and which were finer
han any she had ever eaten at Hood
river and concluded by remarking:
When it comes to fine favored
you Hood Riverites
ont know what they are. Mrs.
Continued OH Page Three
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29
Listen

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A prominent business man Of Hem
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l was great sufferer from Rhuema.
tism and Neuralgia. am pleased to
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your liniment. For sale by National
Drug Co. and by Demaray.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29

bert Gilkey bore the brunt of the bat
tie for Grants Pass, his colleague
being Randall Hood and Harold
O'Neill.
The judges, who were Hon. Geo
W. Riddle of Riddle, Oregon E. P,
Hughes and Rev. F. c. Lovett, botl
of this city, gave their decision in
favor of the affirmative, the vote
standing two 10 one, wereupon a per.
feet bedlam Of cheers for the Salem
boys broke from the .throats of 80 OF
more students of the Grants Pass
High School who were determined
that the visitors from the Willamette
valley should receive royal well
come and an appreciative reception.
Congratulations were in order aud
the Grants Pass debaters lost no time
in giving to their visitors the praise
and commendaiton which they bad so
hardly won.
A very delightful reception was
rendered the Salem boys by the
teachers and pupils of our local High
School, and if our visitors did not re-
turn to the capital city loud in their
praises of the hospitality, the gener-
osity as well as the high standard of
excellence maintained by our High
School they would be indeed base in
CRATES But be it said to their credit
that they showed in manly manner
their appreciation of everything that
was done for them and we as a school
and community stand high in their
estimation. The reception was held
in Veronica hall which had been taste
fully decorated in bunting, pennants
and almond blossoms by the co.eds of
the High School and deli ,ious re-
freshments of sherbet, cake and win.
tergreen waters were served. Each
guest received as a souvenir of the
occasion water color sketch of a
maroon colored passenger coach in
scribed "Salem aud G. P. II. S. r.
r. Co., ..while clever little verse
was penned upon the reverse side of
the card.
All in all the debate was a marked
success and the good people of Grants
Pass deserve much commendation for
the loyal way in which they defied |
the battling elements without doors
to give ready encouragement to those
within.
Such contests are events in the in
tellectual life and development of our
,ity which we can we'll afford to ell.
courage and stimulate for they add
assets to the mental and moral fiber
If our young boys aud girls which
will stand not only them but our
whole community in good stead in the
coming years
We gave you royal welcome,
Salem, we appreciate your talents.
your manliness and your worth and |
we bid you come again. Although |
We hope that the eagle of victory
Will hover over our camp next time,
get wo know that we will have foe
nan worthy of r.steel. ES.V.D.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29
Don't Complain.

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Ballard's Horehound Syrup. The re-
lief it has given me is all that is
necessary for me to say" For sale by
National Drug Co. and by Demaray.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-29
FRUIT POINTERS FOR
ROGUE RIVER GROWERS
=. .,d River Orchardists Discuss
Discuss Problems that Ap-
ply to this Valley.

While the fruit growers of Hood
uivar are considered among the hest
.o.tsd in the United States yet they
nis, no Cpl ortunity to gain new
,isas and to profit by each other s
.,oerience. With this object in view
init growers meetings are frequently
,.H and as was the case last week
rDsp they do not get through with
,heir discussions at meeting they
| siourped to another day and then
omplste the program. The discus
aims at their last meeting covered
nuics that are Identical to those that
me- fruit growers of this valley have
a meet and for the benefit of the
rsders Of the Courier the following
.count taken from the Hood River
Slscier is herewith republished
The meeting of the local Horticul.
anal society was continued Saturday,
,bOut 100 members were present and
ruch interest was manifested. The
ijcussions were lively and interest
us end several topics were quite
tbOroughly canvassed. Secretary G.
q Sproat, presided.
The first subject for discussion was
tst Of irrigation or non.irrigation
LCth Of which had adherents. 1t was
Ipparent, however, that irrigation had
rme friends than did dry farming.
]. Porter started the ball rolling.
Mr. Porter is friecd of irrigation
I'd stated why. He was followed by
/ L. Smith who did not think that a
pantry where there was 81 inches of
su needed much, if any irrigation,
nd thought that better fruit could
raised without the use Of water.
HF. Davidson stated that he had |
Ken in the valley for 10 or 16 years
d nd that his experience had been that /
! judicious use Of water was bene-
cia in the growing of the best fruit.
L thought this was particularly the
r~ with old trees. AS case in
Mint he cited the Struck orchard, the
lees in which are over 20 years old
hi the profits derived having been
Rsveral years, over $1,000 an acre.
D was of the opinion that water
proved both the quality and keep
b properties of apples. That young
FSs under which the ground could
cultivated and the moisture kept
it. probably did not require irriga-
l but when the trees got so that it
HnOt possible to drive around them.
fgatlOn was absolutely Necessary.
+, Tucker, who talked next, was
the opinion that prevailing condi-
10: should be taken into considera-
% in the questio on of irrigating and
he thought that moderate use
water, when the trees needed it,
most beneficial. He said that
Watching the trees carefully it
y possible to tell when they needed
ru by the appearance of the
lage. When the leaves looked dry,
p and dropping the trees needed
'sar, which, if judiciously applied,
nd soon show its terminating effect
The fresh appearance of the leaves.
sy would take new life, become
ssn and stand up. He had found
'h seasons varied In the amount of
NuTe retained in the ground and {
acted accordingly. Sometimes he
Irrigated but once in season and
''ners he found it necessary TO ir-
aIe as frequently as three times.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-31
American Zionists

The Federation of American Zionists,
which is the representative in this coun-
try Of the Zionist movement, which has
as it's object the creation Of a legally
secured home for the Jewish people IL.
Palestine, has received dispatch from
the Zionist headquarters in Cologne,
Germany, to the effect that the eighth
Zionist congress will be held at the
Hague, from the 18th to the goth OF Au-
gust. This will be the second congress
held since the death Of Doctor Herzl, the
creator Of the Zionist Congresses. AL
the last congress, DR.. Max Nordau OF
Paris was the chairman. 1t is expected
that the American organization will send
a large delegation to the Hague 1t is
thought that one Of the reasons that the
Hague was chosen as the place of meet
ing instead Of the Basle, Switzerland,
where the congresses have taken place,
is because of the desire of the Zionist
leaders to bring the matter Of Zionism
to the attention of the Hague Peace
Conference and the Hague Tribunal.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-31

century. Matters have, however, chang
ed since the first -Rothschild-was
admitted to the existence and very select
House of Lords Nobody in England
who has any education is now ashamed
of being a Jew. The latest instance we
find is the pride taken by the governor
of Hongkong, who has allowed himself
to be nominated e-presidcnt Of the
Anglo Jewish Association. Sir Matthew
Nathan, by the way, has just been pro-
moted from Honkkong to the governor
ship of Natal, which is a very difficult
post. This is Sir Matthew Nathan's
fourth colonial appointment, and there
is no doubt whatever that the present
generation of English Jews will be able
in the near future to point with pride
to a co-religionist who will be governor
general of Canada, or Australia, and
perhaps viceroy of India, for once an
able English government official is
launched on his career he must reach
the top places in due time. Noted in
stances Of secessions, in the past, on the
other hand, are just now brought to
mind by the death the other day of Miss
Abigail Samuda at the age of ninety
eighty, who was the last Jewish member
of the Samudas and the D 'Aguillar who
gave the famous Grace D'Aguillar to
Judaism. The old lady followed her sis
ter into the grave within the last six
months. Both refused to associate with
their distinguished brothers, who were
great engineers and shipowners, on ac
count of having forsaken judaism
Emanuel.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-31
Secessions From Judaism

The secessions from Judaism, in con-
sequence of social ambitions, have in
deed, been numerous amongst the Eng
lish Jews up to the middle Of the last
The Jewish outlook., 1907-05-31

sisting of thirty members, who will fill
the eight vacancies on the Board OF Gov
ernors, of the Hebrew Union College at
meeting to be held in Cincinnati on
Sunday, June End. Mr.. Morris 10th, OF
Cincinnati, at present in Lakeside hos
pital because Of an accident he met with
while visiting in this city, is also mem
Der of the same committee. 1t is not
likely that Mr. 10th will recover in tim,
to return to Cincinnati to attend the
meeting. The eight members OF the
Board Of Governors, to be elected, will
serve for three years beginning January
l, 1908 Mr.. Bernhard Bettman of Gin
cinnati, is the president OF the Board OF
Governors and has been president sine"
the foundation Of the college in 1878.
The Cleveland members of the Execu-
tive Committee are seriously considering
the war that has beer started against
Dr. Hirsch and have not yet made up
their minds how to vote on the PROPOSE
ton.
A Home for Friendless Jewish Girls
is soon to be established by the Council
of Jewish Women of Cleveland. In the
president s report read at the annual
meeting of the Council at the Temple,
Mrs. A. Wiener announced to the COun-
Gil that property for that purpose was
under consideration. The Federation
has given it's approval to the plans OF
the committee and an option has been
secured on the former home of Malcolm
Villas, at 1924 East Forty-sixth street
Mr.. Villas has offered the place rent free
for one year, at the end Of which time
the privilege of purchase will be given
Donations amount of $1SO.5O toward the
home fund were announced yesterday,
Mrs Simon Fishel giving $780, Mrs.
Theodore Fishel, $25; Miss Sophie
Fishel, $25; Mrs. j. p. Kohn, $25 and
a disbanded whist club, $5 so.
The committee appointed by the pro-
moters of the Orthodox Home for Aged
Jews to make house to house collections
in order to defray expenses for the pur-
chase of house on Scovill avenue, has
met with remarkable success. The com
mittee has reported that the sum of
$4,000 has already been subscribed and
in the next two weeks the committee be-
lieves sufficient will have been contrib
uted to almost wipe out the debt.
The Bekur Cholom, society organ
lied for the assistance Of the sick poor,
of which M Zeman is the president and
which meets monthly in the Jewish
Shelter Home, decided at the last meet
ing to contribute $25 toward the project
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
Honey as a Natural and Safe Food.

There is great demand just now
for accurate information regarding
the physiolog ical effect of different
kinds of food Oh the human system,
and consumers generally are only
beginning to learn the tremendous
importance of the subject from
every point of view. To a very
great extent people have found out
they have been misled, end are
now looking for facts which can
be relied on. Probably the lead
ing feature of the new century
will be the great study of the
prevention of diseases in mankind
by sanitary measures. Already
public opinion has greatly changed,
and as yet we have made only be-
ginning. We do not know just
where this agitation will lead us,
but we realize it will make for bet
ter things.
One thing we feel sure of,
natural foods such as honey are
likely to come to the top of the
heap, for it is already clear that
human nature abhors all made
or artificial substitutes for real
food. There is also a recoil against
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Mountain Home, Idaho, April
9th, 1907.
The village board of trustees met
in adjourned session with Members
Eyster, Rhoades, Harley and
Whitson present. The chairman
being absent, Eystcr was on mo-
ton chosen chairman pro tenn.
The principle object of the meet
ing was the selection of the differ
ent officers that come under the
jurisdiction of the board.
]. A. Siiffert was elected village
clerk by reclamation, all members
responding in the affirmative to the
roll call.
BY a motion of Whitson, the clerk
was instructed to procure a new
minute and ordinance book.
BY motion of Rhoadcs all ap-
plications for the position of village
marshal were laid over until the
next regular meeting and the pres
cnt street commissioner to be con-
tinued in office and be instructed
to collect road tax.
0. E. Cannon was nominated by
Harley for village treasurer. A
motion by Whitson that the NOM
cast the ballot for the board in ia
vor of Cannon was unanimously
carried.
On motion of Whitson A. A.
Adams was appointed village attor.
ney until the next regular meeting
Whcreupon the board adjourned
subject to the call of the chair.
J. A. EYSTER, Chairman Pro Ten
Attest: ]. A. SIFFERT, Clerk.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

the excessive use of particular foods
which of themselves are all right
in moderation-for example, sugar,
which the American people eat to
excess.
Proprietary or prepared FOODS
would seem to have hard time OF
it under the new dispcnsation, AND
some we thought we'll of will have
to go because they have no merit
that would entitle them to live. In
this connection we particularly re-
fer to the foods popularity known
as ''baby foods,' and often spoken
of as being ''predigested-'
Probably honey stands as good
chance as anything to gain by the
new agitation, because, as a food
for mankind, particularly for chill
dren, it will bear the strictest kind
of criticism. 1t supplies the nat
urai craving in young people tor
sweets in way nothing else can
do, and it can be shown that much
of the confectionery hitherto given
to children was simply slow-acting
poison. Parsffinc, it has been
proved, was absolutely dcletcrious,
and much OF it has been used in
candies. Gclatinc is also bad, as
likely to carry disease germs, being
produced under filthy conditions.
) Bccswax on the other hand, is per-
| fectly safe. Perhaps the best thing
J bec-kcepers can do is to let the
mothers know that no sweet can
: equal honey for children. We can
{ rest assured the next generation
t will entertain very high opinion
: of honey. 1t can, for example, be
I pointed out that while honey is {
: hig hly nutritious article Of food, i
r leaves no residue to distress the
z kidneys, spleen, or bowels, ano
h practically all of it is digested ant
: used up by the body. 1t is also fire.
i from bacteria of pcrnicious type
a and it is, in tact, an antiscptic, S
o that it carries no contag ion
: Physiology cally speaking, then
d honey is practically perfect food
-Gleanings.