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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-05

years. The set piece, however, was
disappointment and required great
stretch of imagination to make an
Iudian chief appear from the sput-
tering mass of sparks. Dancing in the
pavilion was INDUCED in by many
until late hour ON both nights
Ths Balloon ascension which occur
reduat about o'olocok Friday morn
ing was by far the best exhibition Of
the kind ever witnessed in Grants
Pass. Prof. Berry, who is Grants
Pass boy has lived hera for number
of years had new 65 foot balloon
which shot straight upward when lib
Grated aud not until an elevation OF
1000 or more was reached did the big
bag float off to the south east. 1t kept
rising until about 500 feet when it be-
gan to settle and came earthward for
1000 feet before the parachute could be
released. The descent to earth was
successful in every way, Mr.. Berry
dikhtluS WI hio ioct III ti'o .oeioos hoe
far from the starting point while the
balloon dropped near thesriver. There
was an anxious moment for the aero
naut and his friends when the para
chute release failed to work but he
kept tugging at the rope until it final.
ly released.
The rock drilling contest followed
the ascension. There were two teams,
Carlton & Brown and Sandry &Johns.
the former winning, having drilled 20
inhes in 10 minutes. The actual drill
ing time Of Sandry 81 Johns was II
minutes and 10 seconds when they ran
into an old hole In the rock and they
were unable to move the drills. This
lost them the contest but In that time
they drilled 2S1S inches. On the 4th
they won a contest at Kennett.
The horseraoing was feature out.
side the 4th Of July committees, and
there was considerable kicking by
those who had paid their 30 cents to
stand in the broiling san.
The half mile running race, three
heats. was won by Brookwood against
Rinaldo. In the three-eiRhts dash.
Quo vadis. Baber Bros. mare, won
easily, and Fred Knox's pony won the
saddle race.
The crowds in general were good
natured aud orderly and trsmped up
and down the hot pavements to the
various places Of amusement. The
two merry. .go-rQunds. did thriving
business even though there was con.
siderable rate outting. The water
barrels along the streets were well
patronized and pink lemonade lad q
ready sale while a considerable num-
Der OF citizens tried to knock the
heads off the niger babies. at. the rate
of ~ cents for three throws. No shell
games nor gambling devices Of any
kind were permitted and while there
were number Of cases Of drunken
ness, there were a minimum number
of street brawls, which usually are
associated with celebrations. The
great majority OF people went home
tried and willing to wat 10 months
for another July 4th.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-05
A PROBLEM FOR
THE FRUIT SHIPPER
Fruit Growers of South .rn Ore
gon Associations Must
Improve Pack.

Charles Meserve. manager of the
Grants Pass Fruit Growers Associa
tion WAS in Ashland last Saturday to
meet with the Ashland Fruit Gro wers
Association to consider several matters
of interest to the two Associations,
the principal of which was to effect a
corporation in the shipping of fruit
and the buying of paper AMI other
supplies.
The Ashland Frnit Growers Asso-
citation, has l4S members and is the
Oldest and largest Association in
Rogue River Valley. The president is
E. D. Briggs, one of the leading law
yers of Ashland and also large fruit
grower, he having 40 acres to peaches
and large amount of small fruit and
an apple orchard of 40 acres that is
just coming into bearing. s. F.
johnson is manager and he and book
keeper and secretary are kept busy
early and late getting of the big ship
ments of berries of various kinds that
the Association is snow making and
has besn doing for the past two
months. The Association owns its
warehouse, a large structure located
on sidetrack exclusively for their
use. The yield of fruit Of all kinds
is up to the average about Ashland
and the Association will handle more
this season than in any previous year,
owing to the gain in membership and
in young orchards coming into bear
ing.
All is not success with the Ashland
Association and it has troubles in
plenty and that are serious and which
can only be sradicated by thorough
campaign of education with the mem
bers and the strict enforcement of the
same grading ana packing rules that
the Hood River Association has so
successfully employed to give that
famous district the highest prices
had by growers in the United States
for apples and Strawberries, the two
fruits that they grow. Prior to last
year the members did their own grad
ing and packing with the result that
the buyers made such a kick about
poor packing, bad fruit in the center
of ths boxes and cups and short
weight that many of the best GUS
toners were lost to the Association
Last year the Association did all the
grading and packing. The dealers
were delighted and orders came in
plenty, but the mossback element in
the Association opposed this innova-
tion aud this Spring it was voted by
a small majority that the members
again do their own grading and pack
lug. As the other fruit growers as
sociations of the Pacific Coast have
been raising the standard of their
pack the buyers were less inclined
than ever to stand the inferior pack
that the Ashland Association was
shipping them so they cancelled or
ders by wire and by mail and crisis
was brought on Manager johnson s
Office.
To take measures to remedy this
state of affairs President Briggs called
meeting of tue Association last Sat
urday afternoon that was attended
by large unmber of the members.
Confined On last page)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-05
fTEENTH NATIONAL
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
We the Forests. Store the Floods
Reclaim the Deserts. Make
Homes on the Land.

An advance copy of the Official Call
the Fifteenth National Irrigation
Pngress has been received by the
Pgue River Courier 1t is issued
pm the headquarters of the con-
ess at Sacramento, and announces
Rt this important convention will
held in that city September 81 in
hsive next The document recites
purposes of the congress, invites
appointment of delegates by or
nized bodies of all kinds, and an
unces special Railway Rates over
Railway lines to California. An
terstate Irrigation and Forestry Ex.
sitiont, the California State Fair
d special harvest excursions over
lifornia are among the entertain
bnt features promised those who at.
nd
Inc purposes of the Congress are
clared to be "Ssve the forests, store
Hoods, recalim the deserts, make
mes on the land" and all who are
crested in these objects or in any
them are invited to participate
the deliberations and thereby con-
butte to wise direction of
htional policies and development of
hCtical methods Of conserving and
veloping ithe great natural re-
hrces of the century.
Ehe personnel of the congress, as
ted in the Call, inc udes the pre-
lent and vice-president of the
hited States, members of the cabi.
{, senators and representatives,
vernors of State and Territories,
Pmbsrs Of State and Territorial leg
htures and State Irrigation. Forestry
4 other Commissions. Delegates
Ry be appointed by Governors of
htes and Territories, Mayors of
Ties, County governing boards,
Icial and unofficial public bodies,
q organizations of every kind in.
ding agricultural, horticultural
d commercial. as vel rs Boards of
pde, Chambers of Commerce and
|elopment Associations.
rhe Interstate Exposition of Irri-
ted land products and Forest Pro-
cts wills be held simultaneously
tn the Irrigation Congress. The
Fgest and finest list of trophies aud
ICES ever offered. will stimulate
meptition. The California State
ir will follow the Congress with
int opening and closing ceremonies
pended by great Irrigation ce!ebra-
Pn, Che day closing with magni-
ent allegoricsl Irrigation parade
d electrical Examinations.
Especisi emphasis is laid upon the
portunity afforded by this Congress
the study of irrigation. Irriga-
IN Practices and results, irrigated
bps of every kind and irrigation op-
rtunities. Sacramento is situated
hr the center OF the Great Valley of
lifornia which extends lengthwise
rough the State distance of nearly
y miles and comprises approximately
erly l0,0O0, 900 acres of fertile land.
lossal plans of the construction of
prage dams, and distributing canals
/ the irrigation of this great plain
now being made by engineers of
Reclamation Services aud money
been apportioned from the Re
lmation Fund tor the construction
an initial unit of tho great system
htemp plated,
Special excursions will enable dele
tes 60 zee California These will
yer the Sacramento and San Joaquin
Alleys, the mountains, the copper
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-05

belt. the vintage districts, the red.
woods, sea coast and mountain re-
sorts, orange and lemon districts and
irrigated districts. Special Railway
rates to California will prevail over
all Traus. continental Lines.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-05

9uuc H. lNf.
We have now completed the out.
ward 1000 miles Of our trip and can
rest for about seven weeks. The last
two days on shipboard were very
pleasant and after we saw the Scilly
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-03
Artistic Work Of Primsvs,

At Combarelles. departm.nl Of
Dordogne, France. there 10 a Erotl
Of the old stone age, having Its wall.
engraved with figures, including that
II the horse, OK, aurochs, antelope,
reindeer and-what is more remark
able and quite new-the mammoth. II
has long been believed by arthropolo
gists that man hunted the mammoth
In Europe, but we think II was hardly
suspected that he was An artist In
those days. Nevertheless we are In
debted to his picture for description
81 the animal The front OF the head
vas very high. with medal con.
cavity; the tusks were very short and
the body was covered with hair. The
irawings OF these early men are
similar TO those on bones OF tie later
.Magdalennian" epoch, and apparent
" as well done.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-03
PROPOSES BUYING LAND.
Boulder. Colo. April 30, 1907.

To the Editor OF The Statesman:
Dear Sir-Will you allow me space
enough In your valuable paper to ask
OF the progressive people Just few
questions OF interest to our race?
lst-Are we not overlooking a
golden opportunity by allowing all
other nations and classes to cooper.
ate for the purpose OF settling the
barren land so easily accessible TO us
while we stand aside doing nothing in
that directions
2nd-Are We not neglecting a duty
10 ourselves as citizens not to assist
In cultivating the barren and waste
lands OF the state as well as a duty to
the race by not providing plan for
the betterment of conditions and for
the employment OF our idle labor?
3rd-Do you not think the time Is
ripe for some OF our representative
men TO look into proposition to Sc
cure n few sections OF land near Den
yer for the purpose of organizing a
company for district settlement
not as an emigration or colonization
scheme. but purely as business
transaction for the benefit OF both
promoter and occupant
Every day we read in the papers of
vast tracts of dry land being pur-
chased by syndicates for the purpose
OF forming settlements Why not we.
too Our salvation is In the earth and
the sooner those of us who are adapt.
ed to the work get at II with pick ana
shovel the sooner our worth as n pro
Ercssivc people viii be recognized.
To promote a proposition OF this
nature requires men OF executive sbil.
hy-mcn who have the interest OF the
race fully at hcart-meu who are free
from selfish motives. but who realize
that in helping others they help them
selves. There are such men in this
state, and hope this important mat.
ter VIII be considered by them.
Respectfully.
o. T JACKSON.
Boulder Colo
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-03
This Is Awful.

why are the grocery clerks heay.
er than dry goods clerks?" asked the
nan with the fool conundrum habit
Give It up" rejoired the party O..
he second par. why are they,"
Because they weigh more" ans
sored the other With 6.rdiSh PRIV
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-03
GOlOFIelD, NEVADA.
Boulder Colo.

To the Editor of The Statesman:
This leaves our camp in very prom
Using prospects. because the miners
seem about settled. and II seems as II
they are going TO work again They
have not done any work for about a
month now.
We are having very nice weather at
present believe they are going to
try TO grow a grass here that grows
In Africa without water. i, will i'm.
prove this dry land some
There seems to be great many of
our people coming in the camp. and
they all seem to be doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone are rejoicing
over a twelve.pound boy that arrived
at their home on the 9th inst Mrs
Some will be remembered as Miss
Blanche Moore.
Any one wanting to buy any stock
just write to January Jones and he
viii be glad 10 give you any informa
,on tina, they would like TO know in
regards TO stocks.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-03
REGISTER HERE

Inquiries for heb - b work ~ continually
coming 10 Us and trsqusnty cannot give satisiaes
~ answefI
Inquiries also cons 70 u for Accommodations a N
kinds, furnished and unfrnished rooms With and With
ot board. Persons who havs such. should also reR-
istef with u In eass this practice becomes general
viii greatly aid u n endeavoes to further TIE puh
Rs welfare tn thsss Two particular Rhha, eaQ
wits q phone -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
RECENT EVENTS THAT SEEM TO DsPRovE OLD SAYING
SAY NO LONGER THAT 1T is
"THROUGH HIS STOMACH"
LATEST LOVE ROUTE NOW "rHRoUcH HIS FINGERS"

New York.-The way to n mans
his stomach--thats a
dead letter now. The new love route
is through his fingers.
If you doubt the suggestion read the
facts.
All the pretty manicure girls seem
to be winning husbands just now be-
cause they can polish and prink up
the finger nails of the rich young men
who wouldn't dare to be seen at any
dance or dinner after candlelight with
out having their fingernails immacu
lately groomed.
The latest capture is William A.
Dunlap, son and heir of the million
aire Billy" Dunlap, as he
is known around where men.about-
town-most do congIegate, says the
World.
Just before Easter there was ten
tative announcement of his engage
ment to Miss Lavender Byers, the
prettiest girl in q fashionable mani
cure establishment on broadway,
which is conducted by Miss Mary II.
Peart And Miss Byers Is not the first
who has been won from that resort
OF the young men who feel chat IL Is
absolutely essential to have their nails
carefully tended.
Two other pretty yonng women
have already put aside the nail paste
and the polisher for the pleasanter
duties OF running some rich young
mans home. Two Others of Miss
Peart's staff have become the wives oi
wealthy patrons.
Tried to Keep It Quiet.
OF course, inasmuch as Mr. DUNLAP
has been divorced once, and sued foI
breach of promise by another young
woman, he made every effort 10 hay,
the engagement kept strict secret
But somebody told II TO somebod,
else. and that somebody else told 4
to "A third person-and there You are
Finally Mrs. Byers had TO tell it to
few of her intimates, and then every
body knew. Mother and daughte
have gone to Chicago, where they hay,
met Mr.. Dunlap. just from Nevada
where-he has been making all kinds o
money. The rest Is easy to guess
They were married in Milwa ukee las
| week. Fat3
Young Mr.. Dunlap, who has bee
around town now these fifteen year.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27

Mr.. Dunlap promised TO marry her,
but that he eventually told her that he
couldn't. SO she sued. Unless the
suit has been since settled In secret.
Just as Mr.. Dunlap's divorce was oh.
tained. the case is pending yet.
But this didn't seem to upset the
young wooer. He told all and pro-
posed TO Miss Byers. She confessed
her love then and there, and promised
to marry the young millionaire any
time he choose, no matter what came
of the breach Of promise suit
IL was all a whirlwind courtship.
There was daily manicuring and
dinner or the theater at night.
Then the young people told Mrs. BY
ers. She was, taken completely by
surprise. She hardly knew the man
any more than that he sometimes
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27

care Of an aunt In New orleans. wne
moved to New York.
When she was old enough to ste
port herself Miss Mcdonald becn4e q
manicure and went to work 81 b HNa
ber shop. But she won't have to nian.
iciire nails any more. and she VIII
bring the young man--his Name sne
won't tell--enough dowry to keep. tine
wolf from both the front and the baek
doors. .x s..
Then there was dainty Irfft 3nse
Hannah Becker, who worked ~ sltnsus
icure I'M q John street shots
sohmer Victim Of Cupid.
There came there one day yopuo
Edward Sohmer, son of state senator
William Sohmer. He wanted his nails
polished and Miss Becker was assign.
ed TO the task. He was 81, good loorS
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
SSNMEpg

ing, rich. She was 2s, good looking.
poor. Wasn't that enough material
for Cupid TO work upon?
Disparity of age? Fiddlesticks!
Wasn't she the prettiest girl In NeM
York?--that is, If young SohmerA
opinion counted. Well, at any rate.
he fell head over heels in love, ana
he asked the pretty manicure to bA
his bride. She said the Yes" he
crayed, but then there was the sepas
tor
But with him the young man pIea6A
ed his suit equally well, and the fathen
capitulated. lie summoned his family,
took them all to the Little ChuToh
Around the Corner" and there Dr.
Houghton tied the knot. Then IN q
shower of rice the pretty bride went
away on honeymoon trip to Atlantic
City and Richmond, Va, where her
people live. BY this time the family
must know well the young and ardenu
bridegroom, who carried his suit, by
storm from manicure table 10 the very
altar. When they come home Mr.. and
Mrs. Sohmer will live AT No. GO West
One Hundred and Twenty-eight street.
IF she can make biscuits as wen al
she can manicure my nails, she's the
| girl for me-" laughed the young bride
| groom, as they started on their we'd
| ding journey.
| Then there was Spencer q. Prime,
| just graduated from the University Of
| Syracuse. As soon as he got HIS sheep
skin he married Miss Julia Burr, who
had manicured his nails throughout
his college course. Some day the
young man will inherit the millions OF
his father, S. w. Prime. But what
young Prime did was in no way diher.
ent from another OF his classmates,
Homer Wheaton, who married a dkifs
ty little manicure, Miss Florence C9S
nahan. =
Wealthy Brewer Smitter. ..,g
Then there was Miss Lydia q
Moore, manicure girl OF the famous
Hotel Bellevue.Stratford, philadelphia.
Hers was romance indeed. f. W.
Schmidt is one of Philadelphia's mjl-
lionaire brewers, and Is regarded Ae
| one OF lue DtSJ uTeSSeu tneu IN lu3
city. He met Miss Moore at one of the
Glover dances-among the smartesr
affairs in the slow city by the Schuyl'
kill.
Imagine his surprise a month tfter
when he went to the Bellevue. STRAIT.
ford to have his nails fixed up To had
that his cotillon partner was nothinH
but a manicure, Then he became in
terested.
He found II necessary after that q
have his nails manicued every day.
And so deftly did Miss Moore DO Il
that finally she came into the, hptel
one day with big diamond solitaire
on the third finger of her left hand-.
she was engaged to Mr.. Schmidt; Thai
very afternoon she gave away all hi
, manicure implements to the otheI
girls and now she is Mrs. Schmidt
wife OF millionaire and mistress 0f I
; splendid country estate at Hadnop
! Philadelphia's smartest suburb. \.
: And who'll deny now that tho sHsS
! to "A mans heart Is not throuG6 ~
finger tips2 "a. ~, 4
-.-..---- - = -...,-sfsr-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27

and policies are boffomed oh IDEAS
which he borrowed from Democrats.
1t 90 happened that on the night Of
DatutdHy, April O. Hon. william q.
Bryan and myself spoke at Jefferson
club banquet at Des Moines, la. Incl
dentally It may be stated that 1t was q
great function. From the jumbled
press report sent out 1t was difficult to
tell what Bryan said and what I said,
but he came nearer using the language
attributed to me than did. Here is
precisely what he said In that connec.
tion: Roosevelt Is too Democratic to
suit the corporations, too little Demo
cratic to suit the Democrats ,,,s
The thing, however. to which ] de
sire to cnll attention Is the last sen.
tence In the excerpt from the Post
Perhaps he is merely trying to suit the
common people" Now, pray, who are
the common people? NinetyInine pei
cent of all the common people In Amer
lea are either Democrats or Republic
ans, and if had used the language at
tributed to me and 1t Is more compre
/ hensive than that used by Mr.. Bryan
and IL it Is true, then 1t follows that
Colonel Roosevelt is not pleasing 9s
per cent of the people. The Post seems
to think that the common people are
neither Democrats nor Republicans
That's like the delusion Of Charlie
lands that 1t was not the American
people, but the Inhabitants of another
planet, who carried the country To-
tariff reform in 1892.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-27
ahip aubsidx Rsdlviyus.

When Senator Carmdck or tennessee
talked the ship subsidy bill to death In
the closing days of the last congress,
very much to his own glory, most folks
believed and many asserted that we
would hear no more Of that pestiferOus
ana smalodorous measure. This con-
clusion was based partly on the fact
that General Charles Henry Grosvenor
OF Ohio, the sage Of Athens and daddy
Of. the s. 8. bill, was retiring from
public life. But this conclusion was
erroneous, as Is shown by President
Rooseyelt's remarkable letter to Rep
resentative Pollard of Nebraska, one
OF the proponents of the defunct bill.
How the president happened to write
to Pollard Is not known, but the
chances are that when Pollard return-
ed to his district he did not find his
AGRICULTURAL constituents as enthusias-
tic for ship subsidy as were the lobby
lists at Washington, who were anxious
to raid the treasury and perhaps con-
veyed news of their lack Of enthusiasm
to the White House. Ergo the presi-
Dental letter to Pollard, which NO
doubt the latter viii ever cherish az
among the most valuable OF all his pos
sessions, handing II down to. the young
Pollards as precious heirloom. Ihls'
however, IL q mere guess. The Provl'
fienee Or. ~ Journal, a Republican pa
per. makes this comment on it;
The presidelits letter to Congressman
pollkr6 of Nebraska II a curious docu'
insgt It is certainly a novelty to CONS CONS
from the White Hoiise two weeks aitei
confrc.s has adjourned. The president
SA6resses Mr. Pollard. but his remark,
az intended to apply 70 all the western
c6nsre sstneri who voted for the ship sub
xiHv bill. In Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion tiieti
6ori1uct was especially patriotic because
fllsfs was no Immediate gain Tor the wes
in His praise OF the bin itself 10 tfs
ne ~ conspicuous BY reason OF the YER,
,Suatifisd supp6rt he gave, II In the nrs
.tiaSs. Now he IL convinced that it ~
~. ~ Tar enough, -
III --~D~.s~s