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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-17
Hen LAYS Empty Shells.

William Medows. OF Bedford. Md.
has a white Wyandotte hen that lays
empty egg shells The shells are
large. well shaped and resemble an
ordinary eggs. but they contain nei-
Their yolx nor white matter. One shell
Is laid each day By the hen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-17
Produ, ION Of Chinese Coal.

Coal mining in the province Of
Shantung. China. is steadily increas-
Ing. Last year one district produced
i36.9g0 tons. or 100000 tons more than
the year before.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-17

She came from a race % soldiers.
Y They, too. had suffered and died. and
their honor had been stainless. Why
should She make any allowance for my
suffering and weakness When an <
said. weakness 10 her meant cow
ardice. She forgot. as the world had
forgotten, that II is not so difficult 10
be brave when the danger Is a famil-
lar one. She looked al me quite ua-
moved
The rocks" continued. were coz
cred with snow and were iceglazei.
\ Willouehby was anxious now And
yet y was impossible 10 linger: no
one would dream Of looking for us on
this side az The mountain So that
\ presently when the sun rose higher
and We were partially warm. STUN
BLEED painfully and slowly after my
I companion
For time followed him mechan-
icaily IN perfect silence. suddenly he
came 20 a pause he told me very
quietly that VIC We're lost. He point
ed as a proof OF that 10 the overhang-
ing ledge around which we had
climbed the evening before. am
nearly al The end Of my story. Miss
Brett"
Again she shuddered, and we both
looked az the little beacon light flick
erins very family now. About rs the
people laughed and talked: the or
chestra was playing a Strauss waltz.
DO NOT spare me- please wills
pered Helena
10 retrace our steps was impossi-
BILE Just around the mountain side
we knew that we should find ourselves
in comparative safety But 20 climb
down the oyerhanging precipice had
been appaNingly difficult the day be-
fore Now. exhausted in mind and
body. the rocks slippery with snow
and ice. il seemed impossible-for me,
at least And vet q IS who am alive
10 tell YOU how desperate that chance
was
Generous to the last. he insisted
that go first The rome was fastened
about my waist. ! climbed down the
overhanging Cliff, supported by the
rope held by my companion above
Il reached the ledge. I was safe.
But ! had put forth the last Of my
strength could only stand there.
fighting for my breath. Almost imme-
diately Willoughby flung down the
rope and warned me that he
was coming. and that / should
be ready TO give him what as
sistance l could. I tried 10 speak
to implore him 10 delay the
descent for a few moments; my voice
seemed a mere whisper. Probably he
did no, hear me or he dared not de
lay lest he should lose his own nerve
for he must have known that tbs
chances were wholly against him
Not even for YOU can | finger ovel
the details NJ these last awful mo
ments He had almost accomplished
the impossible He was just above
me. could have reached up an
clasped his body And then what
had feared. what had known woul
happen. did happen His fee
slipped He was hanging by his arms
He called 70 me in a strong an
steady voice 10 come 10 his aid
did not At least. until il was To-
late He hung there one frightful in
slant. and then"
Helena clasped her hands con
vulslvely And so the end came.
she murmured And he died with
ont one word9"
hesitatei
1T is my right 10 know" Sh'
looked az me with burning eyes.
Yes. he spoke one word-one-"
And that was"
Coward" I whispered.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-13
Stock Foods.

For a long time the Progressive
Farmer has been denouncing the
numerous stock foods which are ad-
vertised as being SO valuable for all
kinds of domestic animals. Now, we
find an article in the Journal of Agrl-
culture which corroborates all that
the Progressive Farmer has said The
editor of The Journal says:
The Journal Of Agriculture has had
much to say Of the benefits of using
the different stock foods as system
toners. The Iowa station seems tc
believe there is but little value in
them. A digest Of recent bulletin
has this to say:
"Ihe Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Station has received forty-three differ
ent stock foods during the last eigh
teen months, and has done consid-
cradle experimenting with them. If
some of the stock food cOmpani
foods would cure "Texas fever"
which is caused by a tick, and tuber-
were reliable, almost any of these
culosls, which is caused by germ.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-13
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in accent boxes, AID retails for about
$IO82 per hundred.

in accent boxes, AID retails for about
$Io.82 per hundred.
The stock foods do not have
uniform composition. A feeder may
be giving a dose of one food at one
time and dose of an entirely differ
ent food that goes under the same
name at another time. A most inter-
estlng feature is the amount of salt
which these stock foods contain.
There is from one to eighty-hve
pounds Of common salt to 100 pounds
of stock food This is the reason
that cattle like these compounds, and
after once having tasted them are
eager for more. A teaspoonful of
such mixture fed morning and night
would not put stock on the market
in thirty days less time; neither would
it double the flow of milk of the dairy
herd; it would not prevent cholera
In hogs, abortion in cattle, roup in
chickens, nor CHAMBERS in horses.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-13
Goats as Land Improvers.

tor associated with the place, climate,
herbage and district.
The last Australian mail brings me
an interesting letter from a breeder
who is pushing ahead with Angoras,
and among otner- things he says: Il
am always interested IN your views
on mOha1r, and always read your
articles. | would have replied before,
only the wool season is very busy
time, and afterwards l have to attend
shows up country and travel. | have
Just driven 1000 miles straight off
with one pair Of ponies, and can still
raise 10 miles per hour out Of them,
which is not a bad performance for
horse flesh on Our roads. Now, for
mOhalr. The Angora industry is 60
ing ahead steadily, and seems to be
making sound progress. The chief
factor at present in bringing Angoras
into favor with land holders here, is
their utilization for clearing land more
prOhtably than it can be done by
labor with the axe and mattOCk, l. e.,
ring barking the trees and doing out
the seedlings. For, instance, if land,
as it very frequently does, takes IS
per acre to improve with an axe and
mattoCk, | claim that this land can
be more economically improved with
goats; for if the goats eat the leaves
OF the shrubs after ring-barking and
off-seedling, they will die, as the
leaves are the lite of the tree Thus
you get your labor done by goats,
Ii you can only shear, say, one sh1l
lings worth per head Of mOhair and
put two to the acre, this is a better
proposition than paying out SIS per
acre to laborers. In New South
Wales, Queensland and Victoria, |
should think there are about 1000 pure
500" There seems to me to be a
lot Of sound common sense in the
above remarks, for if land can be
cleared by goats, and the mohalr pro-
duct afterward sold, that will tell
far different tale to a selector be-
ginning farming operations.
No better means, nor yet more pro-
htable, Of clearing land can be found
than by employing Angora goats, for
they will pay for their keep and eff
feet wonders on common scrub land
in very short time. In a country
like the United States they have I'm
doubtedly been Of material benefit
where employed, and instances can
be multiplied where even average goat
stock have left behind good interest
On the capital expended In this way
the Angora goat will always be able
to uphold it's own, and on land where
selectors are settling and goats OBJ
tanned, it is still the best means of
land improvement, because afterwards
the stock can be sold as a rule at
what it costs. Wherever the Angora
goat has been farmed it has always
left behind a good record, and if mo-
hair markets today are not in a boom
ing condition, still the price obtainable
for good classes Of mohair is good
and likely to be.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-13

A dose of the same mixture will
loosen the bowels when cOnstipated,
and tighten them when securing.
They will prevent abortion, milk fever
and red water, and are great pre-
ventlve against blackleg in cattle.
They cure liver rot and catarrh in
sheep; dlstemper, nasal gleet,
CHAMBERS and pinkeye in horses, and
measles in either man or beast. They
will not only cure disease, but will
add to the feeding value of each BUSH
el of corn or it's equivalent on other
feed with which it is fed 6 to II
cents per bushel at a cost Of 3 to 9
cents per bushel. Four quarts of
oats with stock food will do the work
Of five quarts without.
The station made some experiments
with one particular stock food that
are interesting. They took two lots
Of twenty cattle each and fed one
lot corn only and the other lot ra-
ton of stock food and corn, accord
ing to the company's direction. The
length of the feeding period was the
same in both cases.
The corn fed lot gained 4387.5
pounds; the stockfood-fed lot gained
37Io.o. The cost Of producing 100
pounds grain: Corn-fed lot, $Io.7I;
the other lot, $I3.4I. The use of
stock food increased the cost Of beef
production "a per cent. Similar ex-
periments were made with other
stock foods, with like results. These
experiments show that the condimen-
tai stock foods and tonics do not pro-
duce such prodigious results as claim
ed, but rather increase the cost, scat
tered broadcast over Our agricultural
districts and agents of various stock
food companies herald the great prop
critics Of their goods. These herald
ings are backed by Testimonial" Of
certain feeders, giving proof of the
value of these foods. A man on one
side of the road may use stock food,
while one on the other side does not.
If the feeder using it gets better re-
suits than the one not using it, the
stock food is given credit, regardless
of the feeders and the care given the
animals.
Stock foods and tonics are made
by mixing compounds together. The
Iowa bulletin gives the tables show
ing the substances found in the differ
ent stock foods and tonics. They are
largely made up Of common, cheap
feeding stuffs, such as bran, mixed
with charcoal, salt and small
amount Of cheap drugs These drugs
are present in such small quantities
that they do the animal no good.
When AN animal is we'll, it does not
need drugs, and when it is sick, a
veterinarian should be consulted.
The actual cost Of manufacturing
a ton of stock food is comparatively
small. The most expensive one is
reported in a certain condition pow
der which costs the manufacturer
$3.50 per hundred pounds, and is sold
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-13

Christian Church-Sunday School 10
a. M; sermon II a. nl.; Endeavor Gas
P: m. Strangers especially invited.
All are welcome. J. w. B. Smith, pas
tor,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
VACATION TIME.

Take these sultry afternoons in Jni(
summer and ones ambitious begin Il
lag under the heat and glare o. the S' Ii
1t is then that one thinks of the COO
sea beach or the mountain spring in the
shade Of mammoth trees and the long
ing to be there proves irresistible tC
most of us. A certain amount of loaf
ing is necessary if we wish to preserve
our health and the vacation habit is
growing on the American people. Mach
inery has to have rest spells as we see
in the ease of the rail roads where the
engines are changed at division points
and new ones sent out. The human body
is a more delicate mechanism than the
latest model from the Baldwin Works
and it needs its rest spell too. The
great trouble with the average vaca-
tion is that the person taking it prac-
tically exhausts himself before he starts
in and then he proceeds to make hard
work out of the vacation. It some
timesrequires a great deal of ability
to do nothing, especially in an artistic
manner. The most stimulating vaca-
tion is where there is an entire change
Of scene and occupation A person
living on the sea shore is rested and
refreshed by going to the mountains
and vice versa. The individual who
does mental work of any sort; teach
ing school, keeping books etc gets out
and does some physical labor which
clears up the dusty corner Of the brain.
And the man who lives on the farm
wants to 60 to the city and shoot the
chutes and take in all the rattle and
hustle Of the city for his vacation.
Everything for variety.
OFT times the right people do not get
the vacation that they deserve. The
tired mother is often left at home a
sacrifice to her maternal love and your
dear hubby has to swelter in the heat
to pay for the clam chowder at the
seaside hotel for his frivolous wife
The Old Puritan believed it was sin
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

| THE WRECK OF THE COLUMBIA.
II is getting so with the many disast-
ers on sea and land that it is unsafe to
travel and one is never sure when he
starts out that he will arrive at the
journey end in safety. Wrecks on the
sea seem the most horrifying on ac
count Of the great loss of life aud this
wreck Of the Columbia Off the North
orn cost Of California has been no eX
ception. Out of two hundred passeng
ers nearly seventy were drowned.
This terrible percentage is what makes
the heart sick and makes one fearful
Of the sea, but on the other hand the
per centage of deaths in railroad
wrecks is higher than on water Whoa
one considers the width of the Pacific
Ocean 10 would seem almost impossible
for collision TO occur. The size of
the ship measured in feet and the
oceans width measured in thousands Of
miles. but they do occur and tb,
steamboat tracks become almost a.
narrow as % railroad right of way
This last wreck occurred when % rog
covered the ocean and it would seom
tlut "a eIo9v rpka ,F s,...J and o..
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
FRIDAY. JULY 2G, 1907.
WORK.

Faith is all right and is neces-
sary requisite towards accomplishing
any euds but the great factor IN all
progress is work Work and good
hard work is the only thing that will
accomplish anything worthy of the
name The only man that ever en-.
joyed a Paradise without work was
Adam and he could not stand pros
perity Since then Paradises have
only been acquired after good, hard,
sweaty labor In business it is the
same way. J he merchant cannot
idly twirl his thumbs and expect
trade to come pouring into his store.
He has got Co be- wide awake, TO have
husIliug ability aud staying qualiHes
10 keep up with the procession The
merchant to be- successful must know
how to display his stock TO adyan
tago, to have ueaness and fresh
ness about everything aud last, bu,
not least, he must know how, when
aud whore to advertise Now all
this applies to the town that would
build itself up. That has got to
work. There Is just as much com
petition between towns as between
individuals Like the merchant, if
town has certain great natural ad
vantagos, 1t must bring them to the
front and let the outside world know
what they are The town too, must
consider it's personal appearance for a
town has II personal appearance as
much AZ any individual The sue.
cesstul town must have well kept
streets. The sidewalks must be- such
that you will not endauger your life
10y walking over them after dark.
The water systems, lights and sewers
are part Of the domestic economy that
have to he attended with careful /
eye. Then town has TO do a Ger.
tain amount of ADVERTISING It does
not have to bu of sensational nature /
or of the boom sort, hut this is %
reading age and facts have t1 bo pre- .
sented in an agreeable light Co. attract.
attention. Then tho individuals .
that go 90 mako up the town h1yt|
much to DO They have ,hur own
homes aud places Of bus.uvs- .u
brighten uU, And gr,At,.t tf.H.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

income to the family without any effort
on their part and so for 80 years the
of II. L. Pittock will be
assured of a princely income no matter
what their business ability. This trans
action may occur in Grants Pass for
it is wonderful the changes that often
come to a town in the short space OF
time of even a decade and the young
man of today can make no better
provision for his old age than in the
investment of some Of his savings II
real estate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

just as well decide to remain in the
background for in the nature Of
things, it is impossible that it can
ever amount to much There has
got TO be cooperation to build up. If
the bees did not work together we
would never have the perfect honey
comb and you cannot have the per
feet town without harmony of effort.
All this has been general in its aim,
but if you wish to make it particular
and applysit to any one town. it will
do no harm and may do some good.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
COMING EVENTS.

Aug. s, Thursdav-Excursion to Med
ford by Grants Pass business men
and Jospehine county fruit growers
to attend the meeting OF the Oregon
Horticultural Society.
Aug. 9, Friday Dance at the Savage
Creek hall Dance and supper 81.
Aug s, 9, l0-Meeting in Medford Of
the Oregon Horticultural Society
and Mgdf0rd Business Mems Carni-
val
Aug 81. Thursday-B4nefit ball game
followed by balloon ascension at a.
A. c. grounds
Dance records for disc talking ma
chimes at the Music store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

40 ACRE FARM for sale or trade for
city property Mostly bottom land,
10 acres under fence, seven acres in
cultivation, plenty of running water
for irrigation, broom cottage barn,
small orchard. one half mile from
school house, post Office and rail
road station. Price right-easy
terms Inquire of W. c. Henry,
Hugo. 6-2S If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

RESIDENCE-On account of going
East wish to rent my furnished resi-
dence on North Sixth street Tor
three months from about September
1st John Summers. i-Zo-1
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

A. F. PIERCE-Registered 'Angoras,
Flock headed by one of the famous
bucks Of the king Arthur also
other bucks of different strains of
bleeding. Does of the noted
strains; bucks for sale, Merlin, Ore.
7.5 If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
CLASSIFIED ADS.
NEW TODAY.

COLLEGE pin, with initials &c o X"
on back lost Wednesday night near
: the depot. Finder please leave at
this office. f-2o-lt
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

A FINE Jersey COW, jersey heifer
soon fresh, good set double harness,
organ, sewing machine, range
chiffoner, bedsteads and other house
hold articles. Mrs o. E. Hollo-
way, West Main St, opposite race
track. 7-l9 If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

LARGE Refrigerator for sale cheap
adapted for Hotel or Restaurant.
White House Grocery. 7-l2 If.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

THOROUGHBRED Poland Chinas;
Six unrelate strains in stock. j. Ii
Robinson, r. f. d. No 2, Grants
pass 1926 ct
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
WANTED.

WANTED-Oragnizers, either sex, on
salary of 500 month and expenses
for an up-to-date Association, pay
ing weekly sick and accident benefits
and furnishing free medical attend
ants to all members. Liberal
contract will be made with pro.
ducers of business
American Sick q Accident Asso,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
HELP WANTED.

If you wish 90 secure work hands.
leave word with NeIdin & Conger-
Employment office and Real Estate.
l-19 it
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
Published Every Friday.
AdvarLIaInp Rates

Advertising Races
Furnished ON application at the office, or
by mail.
Obituaries and resolutions OF con
dolence will be charged for at DC per line
card of thanks SOC
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
A. e. VOORHEES,, PRoPR.

Entered at the post Office at Grants Pass
Oregon. as second-class mail matter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

YOUNG man with AL references
wishes room and good board ID
private family. Address O. S. 5,
care Courier. 1'26 u
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
ASHLAND COMMERCIAL
COLLEGE

Complete and thorough training.
Commercial, Shorthand and Eng
lish courses.
individual instruction at. about
one-half the usual eXpence.
Note Our Special Offer.
Students who enter at the beginning
Of the school year, Sept. g. 1907, and
secure a months scholarship for SIS
VIII be entitled to initructiOu in any
and all the departments to July1, 'OS.
This is your opportunity to complete
the combined course. Ask for i'm
formation.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

2''r'- s'aats a. The Courier oiHse
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

Legal blanks at the Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

VERMONT Maple sugar, pure, gov
ernment inspected, in l0-lb cans
for sale by w. Chase, Phone 1898.
Delivered free 10 If.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

FRANK Observation-Disclosures,
mission furniture made to order.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Organ. Lounge and
Range. Call on or address r. o.
Wilcox, South Sixth street near
bridge Il Et
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26

GIRL to do homework in small
family Mrs w. S. Msrray, North
Sixth St, Grants Pass.
WANTED-Sa.asmen. Many Make
500 to $3.50 per month some even
more Stock clean; grown ON Reser-
walton, far from old orchards. Cash
advanced weekly. Choice of terri
tory. Address Wasbintson Nursery
Company Toppenish, Washington.
WANTED - Grain Sacks Tools and
other secondhand goods Harrison
Bros, Second haud-store, corner
Sixth and j streets 2-g If