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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-04
FREE TELEPH0NINC TO
APPLECATE VALLEY
From Grants PAss-Rural Lines
to Be Put In By Co-operA-
tive Company.

Grants Pass is soon to have two
additional rural telephone lines.
making five rural lines that connect
with the city system. One of these
new lines will cover the Louise Greek
Valley and it is expected that the line
will be strung from the Merlin road
up the Valley to the Granite Hill
mine and it may be extended on
across to Upper Jump-off- Joe Valley.
The other rural line will cover Apple
gate and Williams Valleys.
The Applegate and Williams Valley
telephone system will be owned and
operated by the Applegate Valley
Telephone Company, farmers co.
operative company organized last
Spring and Of which the following
are the officers: President, E. Bad
ger. Provolt; vice-president, O. o.
Bigiow, Williams; Secretary. Ellis A.
Imbler. Provolt; Treasurer. J. w.
Pernoll. Applegate. The directors
are e. Badger and e. N. Provolt Of
Provolt; O. o. Biglow and B. s. Sar-
gent. Of williams, ]. w. Pernoll Of
Applegate, W. b York Of Missouri
Flat, J. W. Gilmore Of Murphy. G. G.
English Of South Grants Pass.
Charles Meserve. Grants Pass. The
company has recently made contract
with the Pacific States Telephone
Company for . connection with the
latter oompany's Grants Pass and
rural line system. The terms of con-
tract are that the Pacific States Tele.
phone Company give the Applegate
Valley Telephone Company free
switching on the Grants Pass system
and with the other rural lines that
connect with the city central station
and furnish to the Applegata Com
pany new, Hrst-olass telephones at q
q year, the latter Company to take
the phones at the warehouse in Grant,
Pass and meet the expense Of In
stalling them but the Pacific Statel
Company is to keep them in repair
The Applegate Company takes ovel
under lease the Pacific States lin,
from Grants Pass to Williams for I
period Of two years with the privi
lege Of continuing the lease for i
years. No rent is to be paid bu
the Applegate Company is to pa
the taxes on the 20 miles Of line an
keep it in repair to the oity limit
and to return it at the termination @
the lease in as good condition a
when taken. The Applegate Com
pany are to havo all tolls for non
member messages that go over thi
line and its other lines, but all Grant
Pass city and rural telephone sui
scribers or the Pacific States Compan
are to have free switching ovor til
lines Of the Applegate Company
The lease has been sent to San Fran
cisco for the approval of the officers {
the Pacific States Company an
County Manager A. T. Marshall Q,
poets that the contract will be signe
up and that he will be able to tor
over the Williams line to the Appl,
gate Company in few days.
The Applegate Valley Teiephon
Company will put in branch lines
connect all the settlements of tn
Applegate Valley with the main lin
to Grants Pass. A central Office wi
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-04

The Classified Ad columns Of the
Courier contain many items which
will be of interest to you and You
should make it point to read them
each week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-04
|ACER MINES MOI
/ LARGELY WORK OUT
|ers of Josephine Aros'ns
Fortunes BY Not 81
Thsir vAlues

I aldo, Oregon. Decemes lSoo.
)itor Courier: In yPsue VI
kmber 81, discussing tHfy ana
tock meeting at KeEarried
by your enthusissn tnese
stries, you said: "In ioneer
Illinois Valley was for its
cold mines. the fad Sailor
ings and Sucker or q AIT
being among the r mines
lis coast. The placd coming
II vorked ont the I'd on de-
bed, etc. = II was pc ex-
ned placers that ID our
o1ation; it was mite
- In the north and iioing
= on Of the Portland-S Pncisco
bad across the easter OF the
~; the first caused psh OF
Hrs, some Of whom hpld the
- that they left bet4ggings
y they found in the Eldo-
:; the last were atti by the
Dad and they had nofy with
! to open up mine&e only
Be Of mining In section
y has received it, d is the
Dw pick and shoI ggings
: cheap water. The OF Gil
npld Deposited in o&vels by
6se is here yet. and 1peAr
- with modern n y Tor
Ing fine values. inc piati-
corroded and float We are
Ne . mining era in jose
compared to VII past
Be % q niokle to .
placer miners herr sing at
30 per cent Of all values;
do not know it, te they
8 actually see 1t on and
pre they will nd eve 1t.
pee q plant insta Galice
which saves a. in fine
~ the mine y Prom Its
J, and yet they " believe
he ssme is possible& &eir own
In shs near futts are to
machinery which Ave. in
Of 40 per cent q values
30 to 95 per cent aHn many
~ not now in oper will be
Nd proftsbly and thRw pay
onder suoh wasteful bds will
nonAnzas within them and all
the dumps and old pill Hailings
4 pay to work over al
; are losing our corr@n md float
and nearly all of latinum
-. Mr.. Sanders, ilder Of
0alice creek black saint, says
hines carry gold in differ.
tvArieties and plati in five
ties. He says the y plati'
of which we lose most il
noinum in combil with
10 iron. and chron( IN gen.
called black s. Th,
Gravel Mining Co, receip
btter from David y Wash
D. c., dated OctS, 1906
lows, to.wit:
le weight of youfple wa
rams which reprf as W,
stand it. about on}c yard
I'd 1t to assay 10 cor cubi,
~ gold and 10 cent cubi,
Do platinum and tatinun
1ls, computing these 3 at s3
n Cnnce. which is the, 'nt mar
- rice Of platinum"
Ills ton of gravel was tom tn,
NJ bank by Profs. J. mp an
expressly for the at tn
og1s and Clark fair il 1906
Y Was taken from thi rim o
= ohanuel where the p}vel wa
~ and the wash very there
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
HOUGHTONV VILE.

Mrs. Will Austin and daughter,
Ola, of Chester visited at F. d.
Blood's over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Howe were
i'll Westmi1 ster the first of the
week.
Mrs. Abbie Divoll died Wednes :
day. The funeral was Saturday at
2 O'Clock. Among those from out
of town who attended the funera
were Mr.. and Mrs. G. S Burbee
If Westminster, Mr.. AMI Mrs. Viii :
lis futile, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Di-
voll, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Reed, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Farnum.
Mr.. and Mrs. German Futile r
and Mrs. Moran visited friends out
of town recently.
Lauren Williams has been i'll
with the grip the past week.
Mrs. Nancy Bennett of Weston
visited at A. c. Nourse's recently.
The infant daughter of R E.
Divoll died Sunday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
BRATTLEBORO.

Caleb Willis, IS, died late
Wednesday night at the Brattle-
boro home for the aged and dis
abled. He had been in feeble
b alth two years and had been i'll
with heart disease two weeks. Mr..
Willis formerly lived in Vernon.
The women of the Congregation
al church held a business meeting
Wednesday afternoon. Reports from
the fair and festival asst week showed
that the net receipts were 1854.
which was in excess of the amount
raised at preceding fairs. .-..
The selectmen have caused bull
dog which chased William Wins
lows sheep Tuesday to be shot.
The dog was caught in Mr.. Wins
lows barn after it had bitten one of
the sheep so badly that it had to be
killed.
The newly elected board of vii
lage bailiffs have appointed James
II. Evans chief of police. Mr.. Ev-
ans has been acting as night officer
for some time and has given emf
nent satisfaction. His appointment
has met with universal approval
He was born in West Arlington in
1871 and has been in this town four
years and half and has been on
the force ever since. He is six feet
tall and weighs 22O pounds.
At meeting of the directors of
the Brattleboro Base Ball associa-
ton held Saturday night, M. j.
Moran, president of the board, asked
to be relieved of the Office on &C
count of lack of time. His resigna-
ton was accepted and William r.
Daley was elected president. Alden
II. Pattee was elected to fill the va
cancy in the directorate.
Charles Harris, we'll known
farmer of West Brattleboro, was
stricken with a stroke of paralysis
Thursday night and died Friday
afternoon He would have been
so years cid Saturday and prepara-
tions were being made by his chill
dren and grandchildren to celebrate
the anniversary by family reunion
at the homestead where he had
lived for o' err fifty years,
Myron Ward of Brattleboro
thinks LIE has discovered an excel
lent remedy for ivy poisoning
Some time ago Mr.. Ward was bad
ly poisoned and one day in desper-
atom painted the affected portions
of his body with common whitewash.
Mr.. Ward says that this treatment
relieved the irritation Immediately
Why d 10 Chicago complete
its list of residential streets? 1t
could rename State street Roosevelt,
as it is SO dangerous to cross. -Du-
luth News-Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
SPORTING NOTES.
Saturdays College Base Pail

Saturdays College Base Pail
Cornell /, Harvard o.
Pennsylvania 4, Yale 3.
Princeton 10, Dartmouth 3.
Holy Cross 8, Fordham 2 I'll in
nings).
Williams 10, Wesleyan 3.
Massachusetts "Aggies' IS, Nor
witch O.
Bowdoin 8, Maine O..
Trinity 3, Stevens 1.
Annapolis 4, Dickinson 2.
Lafayette 6, Columbia 4.
Tufts Z, Vermont 6.
Virginia 5, West Point 4.
1t is expected that a state rifle
competition will be held at the state
range in Westminster the coming
season.
Harvard and Colu nbia resumed
their university boat races on the
Charles river Saturday afternoon
after lapse of 20 years, and Column
bia won by three-quarters of
length in 9 m. Is s.
The Washington American league
club has sold cake" Stahl to the
Chicago American club for price
said to be 81 900. The action is the
result of recent decision of the ma
tional commission requiring the
Washington club to dispose of Stahl
within week.
A baseball league has been formed
in Lebanon, Claremont, Newport,
N. Fl , and Woodstock, VT, and
each is scheduled to play ~ games,
each team playing 81 at home. The
season will begin July 1 and close
about September 7.
Frank Worthen, who pitched a
few games fol- the Randolph S. BIS.
last season playing most of the time
in left field, is being given trial in
the box by the Barre M ontpelier
team of the Hampshire league
Davis, who covered first base for
Woodst ock last year, is playing the
same position with the East Man
chester team of the same league.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Home of the Peanut.

Botanists have placed the home OF
the peanut in Africa, but some au-
thorities think it native to Brazil
Louisiana finds the Spanish variety
"a small, but fine nut-best adapt
ed to the climate of that State. The
"goober grabbers" of Georgia and
South Carolina like the small white
and red peanut of Tennessee, and
each years shows an increasing cuI-
tivation in those states of that va
riety
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
STOMACH ON STRIKE.
SUCCESSFUL TONIC TREATMENT
FOR INDIGESTION
Woman and Have Cured Many
Hundreds Of Other Casos Of
Affr~

Or. Williams Pink Pills Cured This
Woman and Have Cured Many
Hundreds Of Other Casea Of
Common Ailments
Loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad
taste in the mouth, heavy dull headache
and q dull, sluggish feeling these are
the symptoms of stomach trouble They
indicate that the stomach is ON a strike;
that it is no longer furnishing to the
blood the full quota Of nourishment that
the body demands, hence every organ
suffers.
There are two methods Of treatment,
the old one by which the stomach is
humored by the use of predigested foods
and artificial ferments, and the new one
by which the stomach is toned up to do
the work which nature intended of it.
A recent cure by the tonic treatment is
that of Mrs. Mary Stackpole, of 81
Liberty street, Lowell, Mass. She says:
II suffered constantly for years from
stomach trouble and terrible backaches
and was confined to my bed the greater
part of three years. l was under the
care of our family physician most of the
time, but did not seem to get better.
II was completely rundown and was
not able to do my work about the house.
My blood was impure and my complex
ion pale. / suffered from flashes Of
heat, followed suddenly by chills. I
had awful headaches, which lasted from
three to four days. could get but little
rest at night, as my sleep was broken
and fitful. AS q result lost several
pounds in weight and became very ner-
vOuS.
az was in o wretched condition when
heard about DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
l started to take the pills at once and
began to gain in weight and health.
was encouraged by this to keep on until
/ was cured My friends and neighbors
often remark what changed woman
am and l owe it all to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills
These wonderful pills are useful in
wide range of diseases such as anemia,
rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous
headaches, and even locomotor ataxia
and partial paralysis.
The great value of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do it's work.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt
OF price, 80 cents per box, six boxes for
81. so, by the Dr. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Demand for Good Sight.

The specialized youth of poor
physique is becoming a great deal
too common at Sandhurst. 1t has al
wa\s been a mystery that the stand
ard required for eyesight is not
In these days of very long-range fir
ing, invisible uniforms and visual
signalling, good eyesight is of the
utmost Importance to good officer,
and the lack of it may risk his mems
lives.-London Truth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Japanese "Inccnsc Parties"

Incense parties" were a common
feature of old Japan. Each of the
guests had a little furnace, a small
wooden box, packed with sand. On
the top of this a small charcoal fire.
Each woman in turn burned some in
cense and the others had to guess
what 1t was. After every burning the
windows were thrown open the
room was cleared for the next ex-
pertinent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
RUSSIAN DANGER SIGNALS.
Bells Tell of Trouble on Railroads in
Cars Empire.

Bells Tell of Trouble on Railroads in
Cars Empire.
At every distance of one verst. or
two-thirds of a mile, along every
Russian railway, there is a bell.
which is connected with the others
by an electric wire. These bells, or
gongs, were put up for the the pur-
pose of giving two signals of distress
in winter; one signal was that of
showed up" and the other was
"help," "help!" During the summer
this signaling apparatus has not
been used much, and now they are to
give only one signal, namely, bur
glars" When this signal is given,
owing to the many attacks being
made on Russian railways and rail-
way stations, the nearest telegraph
office has to give the alarm to the
two nearest stations, SO that for a
distance of a few miles the entire
neiShborhood can be surrounded by
troops and local policemen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Vegetable Hair.

One of the most interesting
though perhaps least known indus
tries of Algeria is the production of
vegetable hair This hair or fiber
is made from the dwarf palm which
grows In large quantities along the
coast of Algeria. A few years ago
this plant was looked upon as a use
less weed; now 1t has been found to
contain q most useful fiber and Is
largely sought after. The fiber Ia
an excellent substitute for horse
hair and is in great demand among
upholsterers, mattress makers, har-
ness makers and carriage builders
on the continent for the cheaper
class Of goods.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
DisDlay of Cunning.

A we'll known city officer In Aud
Reekie was celebrated for his cum
ming and wit. His mother having
died in Edinburgh. he hired a hearse
and carried her to the family bury
Ing place In the Highlands. He re-
turned with the hearse full of snug
gled whisky. and being teased about
1t by a friend, he said: ooh, man,
there is no harm done! l only took
away the body and brought back the
spirit"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
W. FL, Pritchard. a Fair Have1

W. FL. Pritchard, Fair Haven
sculptor, has completed for Fair
Haven council, No. SO, life size
reproduction in marble of Canova's
bust of Columbus. The piece is
considered one of the finest repro
auctions ever made in this country
and will occupy a pedestal at the
right of the grand knights chair in
the lodge room of the Knights of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
FIorida's Pestiferous Ants.

Anyone who is acquainted with
the insect life of Florida will remem-
Der the ubiquitous ant; and nov
comes the alarm sounded in the En-
ties of tropical ants have been dis
covered in Florida and Alabama. be-
ing recent introductions. One of
these, which is an especially destruc-
tive pest, feeds on either vegetable
or animal substances.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Green GE4ta-Percha.

Green gutta-percha Is now obtain
ed from the leaves of the caoutchouc
tree, and is said to be more durable
than that procured by cutting into
the stem of the tree. Unlike the or
binary product, it does not require
an expensive process of publication,
so that its cost Is cheapened In
France green gutta-percha Is now
being employed In the construction
of submarine cables.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
The Age of the Incubator.

A wellknown professor has =
bright boy, who one day at the age
of four appeared in his fathers study
clasping in his hands forlornlook-
ing little chicken, which had strayed
from a neighboring incubator.
Willie" said his father, take
that chicken back to it's mother"
'Ain't dot any mudder," answered
Willie.
We'll, then, take it back to its
father said the professor, deter
mined to maintain his authority.
Amt dot anythin' but an old
lamp"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Saving a Coal Bill.

Paris pays to foreign countries
100000 a year for coal There is
a project on foot of saving at least
100000 of this by conveying cleo
trio power for light, heat and motor
purposes from the River Rhone, by
damming it near the falls of Belle
grade, and thus securing a fall 65
meters high. which would mean
100000 horse power.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Moving "A Lighthouse.

The feat of moving a lighthouse
without taking it apart or dismant-
ling 1T in any way has recently been
accomplished at Ashtabula The
range light, weighing S. tones and
standing 65 feet high. was placed on
lighter and towed along the river a
distance of $50 feet. and then sue
cessfully placed on a new site. 1t
was raised by the use of jacks and
moved on rollers to and from the
lighter. Guy ropes held it in position
while moving.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Longevity of the Horse.

horses average from twenty to thirty
years of life and dogs from twelve to
fourteen years. A French encyclo-
pedist credits the horse with thirty
to forty years. the dog with twenty to
twenty-four. There Is sufficient
range of uncertainty in these figures
to cause doubt whether detailed
study has been made of the subject.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
ALL SORTS.

Guy Howe, aged IL years, of
West Chesterfield, n. H, was
drowned Thursday evening in a
brook which flows past Ford's mill
in West Chesterfield. He and
Richard Amidon, seven years old
son of G. F. Amidon, were fishing
when the younger boy fell in. The
Howe boy went in after him, but be-
came exhausted and sank. Mr. Am
idon went to the brook on learning
that his boy had gone there, and ar
rived on the scene just in time to
see his boy climbing up the bank.
The lad told his father that the
Howe boy was in the brook, and Mr.
Amidon soon afterwards recovered
the body. DIR. Charles S. Pratt of
Brattleboro was summoned. He
spent two hours trying to resuscitate
the boy. The father of the drowned
lad died recently.
There is little bird in India
which is known as the tiger bird
and, while no larger than a sparrow
it will give real tiger all the fight
it wants. The bird will not attack
the beast if it is alone, but when a
flock of the little feathered things
get together they will make tiger
take to the brush in short order.
There is big farm in Minnesota
now which is worked entirely by ma
chinery, no horses being used for
anything Automobile plows, bar
rows, and harvesters are busy all the
time, and it is said that they can
work prairie land better than horse
drawn machines.
Camphor trees grow we'll in Flor
ida, as shown by the report of a man
who has one at Richland. It was
planted II years ago and is now 40
feet high and it's branches cover 40
feet of ground. The trees produce
gum few years after they are
planted.
The women of the island of Yez-
20, from which the original inhabit-
ants of Japan are supposed to have
come, have peculiar custom MAX
ing up their faces to look as if they
have mustaches. These are the
Anus women and on the upper lip
of each is tattooed long flowing
mustache. To have particularly
fine piece of tattooing marks wom-
an as belle and greatly increas es
her ehalces of making go mar
riage.
! English judges are much bette r
paid than those IN this country. The
lord high chancellor gets $50, 900 a
year, the encouragement s35, 900
and fees which are worth about $780,
900 more, the solicitor general $780,
600, justices of the court of appeals
and justices of the high court of JUS
tice $4,000, and common police
judges about $4,000.
Laramie, Wyo, May IL For
twenty-four days snow storm has
ragged in the southern Wyoming
mountains and. the SLOW is seven
feet deep On level. Since April
Is the sun has not shone and the
storm has not ceased. The temper
ature has been Letweeh zero and 10
degrees below during that time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
An Economy.

Paul Morton, in a recent address
on insurance, said of a certain pro-
posed economy:
That would not be AN economy
but an extravaganza, in the long run.
1t reminds me of the boy and the
jam.
My son. said the boys mother,
Isn't 1t rather an extravaganza to
eat butter with that superb jam7'
No, ma'am, it's an economy"
the boy answered. The same piece
of bread does for both"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
Work of Book Restorers.

Book restorers, as a rule, are most
ingenious artists, and they can pro-
duce an imitation of page of a rare
book which will deceive hundreds of
collectors One particular restorer is
known to have 'doctored" over q
thousand old books during the last
two years, producing pages in fac
smile and supplying colophons or
decorated capitals. There is not a
thing wanting to make book COM
plete that this man cannot skilfully
fake" and the market is now being
fairly flooded with his productions
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
More News from the New England State.
New Views Of Ncro.

During a recitation in history In q
Baltimore public school, the teacher
once put the question::
''Who was Nero?"
II don't know exactly, Ma'am,"
said the pupil addressed, girl OF
ten. But think he's the one they
sings about in Sunday school"
I'm Sunday school," repeated the
teacher, unable to recall any religt-
Gus music having Nero as Its theme.
What do you mean?"
Don't you know the hymn.
Ma'am?" asked the girl, surprised.
Its Nero, My God, to Thee.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16

Behring'S 1000 feet deep in New
Orleans have encountered nothing
more solid than mud, sand and lit
tie thin clay, hence the problem CT
making safe foundations for the piers
of giant railroad bridge which IL
to be built across the Mississippi
near the city Is hard one for engi-
neering science. The piers will rest
on timber caissons, each measuring
over 60x126 feet and 40 feet high.
The bottoms of these caissons will be
ITO feet below the surface of this