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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-14
FARMER WINS $40 PRIZE
BY RAISING % CHILDREN

LONDON, Aug l4.-For the aston
lshing feat OF raising family OF
twenty.three children on an income or
less than four dollars week, George
Farmery. farm laborer. has won q
prize of 500. This sum was offered
by the Lincolnshire Agricultural so
ciety 20 the farm laborer who pro
vided for the greatest number OF chil
dren without help from the poor-law
authorities.
Farmcry. who is sixty-seven. mas
been twice married. having had ten
children by his first wife and thirteen
by the second. He managed To feed.
clothe and start In life all these littlc
ones on a weekly wage that never
rose above 1915. and has been as
low as 1925 There have constantly
been six or more, OF the children at
home TO be provided for, w
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-14
T e M PL e
0OMlOUE-R anduIph & Gratiot

Heal VuudevilIe-A mission and 100
Billy A. Falls. black face comedian;
Burkhart n Nelson, singing OF Irish
songs-talented entertainers; Sam ".
Rn'coe. that versatile comedian ana
character actor; CIartce TempletOn
THE girl with the golden voice" in
operate selections. Pictorial Bnliads--
Lillian Knox and Arthur Fiest. Special
Self Explanatory Animated Pictures.
Continuous performance. 1880 to II pm.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-14
75c-ToLEpo AND RETURN-75e
Sunday Excursions

Michigan Central announces the
above rate on regular morning and
noon trains each Sunday during the
summer season, good for return on
all regular trains same date.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-14
TEMAeAMI DISTRICT.
Grand Trunk Railway System.
Thursday, AUG. 10th.

Special through sleeping cars, Tema.
gami, SIPS; New Liskeard. s775. Re
turn limit. Sept 3d.
City Ticket once. 12i Woodward.
ave. Phone NJ. 80.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
All Details Have Been
Nicely Arranged.
IT WILL BE GALA DAY
Max Zimmerman Here With His
Fine Team Predicts
Big Day.
Yes, Max is in town.

Yes, Max is in town.
Colgate is here with their fire team
to head the procession.
Yes, everything is ready for Market
Day tomorrow.
Mr. Zimmerman said they had q
splendid day at Roseburg last Satur.
day, but'that the first monthly Market
D ay which will be pulled of here
tomorrow will be "Rreatly more so. !"
Mr.. Zimmerman is enthusiastic over
the prospects for tomorrow's Market
Day in Grants Pass, though he does
say that things in the matrimonial
line do not portend areal wedding on
Market Day. After careful canvas
he finds that the dear girls are coy
and the young fellows are somewhat
Indifferent. However. he has a few
prospectives on his little note book and
advises the Courier that there is an ex-
quisite little couple on the list whom
he expects to be ready tomorrow after
noon.
Mr.. Colgate arrived in the city Tues.
day with Mr.. Zimmerman handsome
chestnut sorrel team and buggy which
will head the parade. In brief inter.
view this morning Mr.. Zimmerman
stated that he thought his Grants Pass
engagement would be one Of the most
enthusiastic held in the Rogue River
Valley.
Farmers are earnestly requested to
bring in their live stock on this day
anything they may have to sell There
will be no suotioneer's fees. Then
the merchants of the town have re.
sponded nobly in the matter of making
special prices-you'll find bargains in
nearly every store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
Steals a Wheel.

A young fellow giving his name as
J. II. Grove. arrived in the city last
Friday la bicycle. He had not been
in town long when City Marshal Nc
Grew received a telephone inquiry
from !, ,edford about a man answering
Crowe2 description who was wanted
there fer stealing bicycle. The
marshal promptly bagged his man and
notified the Medford authorities and
the owner Of the "bike" came and
got his wheel. The Medford author
tiles thereafter wanted the fellow
pros scuted here, Notwithstanding that
the theft had been committed in Jack
son county. OF course this would not
work and. instructed by the Medford
police to release the man. Grove had
not been out of the city Jail more than
an hour when the Medford authori
ties again called up the marshal here
stating that they wanted Grove.
Marshal MoGrew told them that the
man had been released AMI IL they
wanted him to come down here ant
find him. This closed the episode
Nothing more doing with Grove. HI
did not state whether or not he was I
relative of the notorious Pat
Grove.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17

by the sheriff, Miss Robinson was.
ostensibly due to extreme modesty.
very reticent about the matter and
little could be learned upon which to
bssse..a theory or establish clue as
to the identity of the author OF the
assault.
Miss Robinson described the man
who entered her home as of small
stature, wearing light hat and dark
clothes, with mask over his face.
Upon entrance, at about O'Clock
Friday night, Miss Robinson sus-
pected that he was bent on robbery
and without delay handed out her
pocket book. The masked man re-
marked that it was not money he
wanted but it was she he was after.
He then attacked Miss Robinson with
his revolver. hitting her over the head
and also scratched her about the face.
She finally made her escape by
jumping through the window when
the fiend caught her skirts and
pulled them of. Her screams at.
tracted people Of Galice, nearby,
who came to her rescue and the
masked man made his escape in the
dark. Search was instituted imme.
diately but without avail. A young
man in the district upon whom some
supsicion seemed to rest, soon oon
vinced Sheriff Russell that he wa,
not the author Of the assault, ant
after trip to Silver creek, he re
turned to Grants Pass at II 80 Monday
day morning without having dis
covered any clue. Deputy Sheriff
Guthrie who is an assistant 4
Supervisor Anderson of the Forest Re
serve here, who was doing some worl
at Gslioe, happened to be there at tn,
time, but was unable to get anythin,
tangigble to work upon. There i
still a possibility that something ma.
yet devslop which will aid in the ap
prehension of the fiend of last Frids.
nights tragedy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
BRUTAL ASSAULT OF
WOMAN AT GALICE
Ma sked Man Beats Aged Lady
Near Galice and Makes
His Escape.

The following special appeared in
last Saturdays evenings Portland
Telegram
Miss Emma G. Robinson, who is
holding down and handling a mining
claim near Galice, was perhaps fatally
beaten last night, Some person as yet
unknown broke into her cabin, beat
her fearfully with revo yer, tied
her and tore all her clothing off.
She is in serious condition. The
sheriff and a posse have gone to ar
rest a man who is suspected. The
community is greatly excited.
THE crime occurred near the Gslice
mine, which is 90 miles over the
mountains from Merlin. and is sup
posed to have been the result Of
t1uble over mining claims
Miss Robinson is about 80 year old
and taught school in Portlaud 4
nearly % years.
Emma G. Robinson, fIr ne'rlS
.hres decades was an instructor in ta'
lloal school department in snd wsf
held in high esteem. She resign I'D
from the educational staff of tbs
Couch School two years ago and de
voted her attention to real estate, il
which line she is said to have bee
successful in accumulting a smsl
fortune
For many years Miss Robinso
taught in the old Harrison stree
school and afterwards was assigne
to the Williams avenue school He
brother-in-lsw, Professor Henderson
who was formerly one Of the fscult
of the West Side High School. is no.
connected with the University {
Idaho, at Moscow.
Sheriff Russell was notified OF Il
assault on Miss Robinson about
clock Saturday morning and in
, mediately left for the scene. reachin
there at p IN. On being questions
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17

rowed, ne sprayed aud cultivated. and
In the fall the Lord of the harvest
rewarded his lsbors. He gathered and
sold from his trees prunes enough to
pay of his debt all of it. including
the prices of the orchard and the cost
OF the team and drier, with a hand.
some surplus to buy new dress for
his wife and some other luxuries.
Here opportunity met with a man
who knew how to use it; and he is
not the only one. There is a true
story OF man near Grants Pass who
arrived there from the East with
out penny in his pocket. He hired
out to work on a farm and saved
enough before spring to buy a span of
horses and a wagon. With this capi.
tai he went in debt for quarter Sec
tion of fruit land, some OF it already
set with bearing trees.
In five years he had paid for the
whole and had new orchard mature
enough to produce fruit the next sea-
son. Such are the rewards of industry
combined with common sense in this
part of the world.
These two cases are not excep-
tionaL They are typical. Men are
doing similar things all over the state.
And the beauty of it is that there are
hundreds of thousands of acres in one
part of Oregon or another, which will
make fortunes for the the men who
will bring them into tillage. Some
of this land is adapted to prunes,
some to wslnuts, some to apples.
There are great areas which are more
suitable for grazing than anything
else. The climate of the state Is &C
varied in different portions, the soil
so diversified and the climate every
where so pleasant that man who
wishes to earn competence from the
soil can find an opportunity, whatever
his taste may be. There are but few
places in Oregon where five acres of
land properly titled will not support q
family in abundance. Small farms
give enormously greater returns thar
large ones in proportion to the capita
and labor invested. In all our val
leys, on every hillside, there srt
homes waiting for new owners, home
by the hundred thousand where gar
dening, dairying, fruitgrowing, al
the rural trades, will prosper. Where
are the people who will grasp the op
portunities and reap he destined re
wards?"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
None of Four Criminal
Cases Taken Up.
WATER CASE DISMISSED
The Ordinance Under Which
Fritz Schaumann Was Ar
rested UnconstitutionAl.

The July term of the Josephine
county circuit court convened Monday
with Judge H. X. Hanna on the bench
and Prosecuting Attorney b. Y. Mulk-
ey and Stenogrspher +, NJ. Calkins in
attendance. According to iurispru-
dence in this state the four criminal
cases Oh the docket could not be taken
up at this term and .hence no jury
was impaneled and only equity cases
were considered. Following are the
cases thus far disposed of:
7. X. Anderson. administrator of
the estate of II. A. Williamson and
Andrew Phillip. contestants, vs. Grant
Phlegley and Emma Robinson, de-
murer taken under advisement at last
term of court overruled; defendants
granted ten days in which to file an
swer. Involved In this case is the pos.
session of mining property at Galice
aud the Emma Robinson mentioned is
the woman assaulted at her home on
the property in litigation last Friday
night. mentioned elsewhere In this
issue.
City OF Grants Pass VS.. Rogue River
Water Co., dismissed; Court decides
that neither party to the action shall
recover costs from the other.
L. 7. Mckinney VS.. II. II. Triplett,
suit to recover commission for the
sale Of land, motion sustained and de
fendant granted right to file secont
appeal.
Ray Wood vs. Siskiyou Sunse
Mining aud Development Co. sale o.
land confirmed.
Fritz Schaumsnn vs.. city Grants
Pass, demurrer to answer sustained.
This was the result of an actor
against the plaintiff by the city TO
taking orders for teas aud coffess IL
the city without license and the de
cision of the circuit court amounts Il
declnaration that the ordinance un
der which Schauman was arrested |
unconstitutional.
Isaac Custer VS.. W. II. Whipple, de
fault, judgment for plaintiff.
Francis Belle Borchert vs. Carl Boz
ebert. divorce, decree granted.
Walter Talmadge vs.. Maude la
madge, divorce, decree granted.
G. L. Barlow, vs. ID. l.. Smith, sC
tion for money, default considere
and plaintiff given judgment for $3.50
OF, costs aud disbursements.
Julia G. Olds vs.. Ira p. Olds, deere
of divorce granted.
John p. Rsnzau ct al vs. s i
, Clyburn, injunction, dissolved. Tn
was case wherein the plaintiff sougl
TO estop fishermen from using ce
tain island below Grants Pass as
landing place in the course
r fishing operations and the outcome
d Of much importance to the local fisl
Q ing industry here.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
NEW RAILROAD PRO-
JECT PROGRESSING
Promoter u. A. Collins Greatly
Pl-ased With Outlook For
Electric r DAD.

Glenville A. Collins the engineer
and promoter whom it WAS mentioned
in these columns last week was in the
city with view to building an cleo
uic line bt tw en- Grants fS nd the
Illinois Valley has been lotk = over
the proposed rad bed and the country
contiguous to the proposed ! nud in
a brief interv ew with Cour epre
sentative yesterday aftenrour, confi-
IDENTIFY stated that there was doubt
about the construction of tie linz.
During the week Mr.. Collins, in
company with Elmer Shank, the real
estate man, visited Takilms, Althouse,
Swede Basin, Selma and Waldo and
Mr.. Collins is immeasursbly pleased
with the sentiment OF the people whom
lie has met and the general outlook
! for the road.
Though a young man he has hac
exceptional experience in railroad en-
gineerng. He is exceptionally franl
in his statements and one feature o
his preliminary observations which
seems 70 impress the people Of Grant
Pass is the fact, that in tspite Of hi
own enthusiasm in the new road h
has dispensed none Of the ''hot air
species Of promotiOn-he asks no boDu
nor is he promising anything in tn
way Of construction which is beyon
the SCOPE Of physical possibility.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS
QUARTERLY SESSION
r eports of President and Secre-
tary Show Good Work Done
Election Of Officers.

An enthusiastic quarterly meeting of
the commercial club was held last
Tuesday eveing at which 20 members
were present. The presidents and
secretary's reports were read, showing
that much good work had been ac-
complished during the past quarter,
including the organizing of Ladies
Auxiliary, the holding of first an
nual Rose and Flower Festival and
preliminary steps looking to an cleo
trio rail road to the Illinois valley
had been taken. The secretary s
report contained the Interesting fact
that upwards of 1000 letters of in
quiry were being received monthly
that there was still more demand
for houses to rent than could be met /;
large number of houses were being
erected in all parts Of the city. CON
siderably more than in any year in
the previous history of the city.
County Judge Jewell presented
letter urging the holding of a good
roads convention and committee
was appointed to arrange for th'
same. The election of officers wa
held and Geo. S. Calhoun was ra
elected president; Elmer Shank
treasurer. Executive committee-Jes
Moss. o. :. Blanchard, Isaac Bet, VI
] Anderson, q. II. Durham, S ephel
Jewell, f. NJ. South.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
Disastrous Hall Storm.

One Of the severest if not worst hail
storms recorded in the history of this
section of Oregon occurred between
Z aud 8 O'Clock Monday morning. The
heaviest part of the storm was between
Glendale and Tunnel 8 on the Seuth-
ern Pacific road north and west OF
this city.
Every orchard and farm in the path
of the storm was devastated and or
chardists particularly lost heavily.
Many of the hail stones, which were
flat and irregular in shape, were as
large as lemons and not only ruined
all the fruit but seriously injured the
fruit trees.
B. W. Riggs one of the engineers
who came down on No 10 Monday
morning said that near Tunnel there
was a regular cloud burst and that "A
stream of water and hail stones came
over the banks on either side of the
road ut the entrance OF the north end
Of the tunnel like water over dam.
Water was also running over the
track at this point and the rainfall was
so dense that he could not see the Sec
ton house at the side OF the track.
c. w. Tripett. one OF the leading
orchardists near Hugo sustained a loss
Of at least $4,000 on his fruit crop. He
had gathered about half OF his cherries
and had intended to pick the balance
for the cannery this week, but the hail
literally stripped the trees of fruit,
leaves and portion of the limbs. He
also lost between 800 and 900 boxes
of apples and all his pears, peaches
and other small fruit.
p. Peterson WAS another fruit
raiser who lost heavily and anothe r
farmer in the vicinity lost all his
chickens besides fruit and garden stuff.
All the gulohes in the vicinity were
roaring torrents ana when the storm
abated hail stood on the ground from
two to six inches deep, while the
mountain sides resembled winter
scene with their blanket of hail stones.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17

Geo Peter, ct al VS. 5. b. Pettin-
gill, injunction, decree for plaintiff.
Mary Cobel VS.. ALERT J. Cobel. ai-
vorce, dismissed for want of prosecu-
tion.
Jos. Sans VS.. A. M. Jess, ct al.
suit in equity, dismissed on motion Of
plaintiff.
JAS Neeley VS.. A. D. Leroy. fore
closure, settled and dismissed
Petition of Morris Marks an alien, a
Russian. jew to become a citizen of
the United States, dismissed in de-
fault of petitioner.
Court adjourned last evening
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17

Waldo Meeker son Of f. o. Meeker
of Merlin, .entered the Courier office
last Monday morning with n purpose
to learn all the various crooks and
turns of journalism aud the 'art pre-
sorvstive." Waldo, is a grand nephew
OF Ezra Meeker the pioneer and the
author of numeruos practical works
on the western country and its re-
sources.
Pocket knives, Hunting knives.
Kitchen knives, at Cramer Bros.
Jos. Woke and family left Thurs
day by automobile for Gasquet, on the
Crescent City stage road. where they
will spend the coming two weeks.
They will also visit Crescent City.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
A Great Sale.

OF five and 10 acre tracts, two
miles from Medford, Tuesday and
Wednesday, July IA aud 10. Prices
800 to $3.50 per acre. Terms third
cash. balance /, 2 and years at o
per cent interest. Free transportation
from the city.
@. H. PIERCE & SON. Owners.
ITO 2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17

Cfamer Bros, hard ware dealers
have a unique and most inviting win
dow display this week in the way of
a camping outfit. A tent has been
erected in the north window, inside of
which lay the old Winchester. belt
of cartridges, and other things while
outside the tent are the camp stove.
cooking utensils, az, etc, then there
are the fishing rods, tackle and all
that It really makes one want to
HE away to the hills in these days
of the good old summer time.
The Grants Pass Canning factory
started up for the season yesterday,
beginning on cherries. Despite somt
unavoidable conditions Manager Hert
Sampson is expecting "a .hesvyipaci
this season.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-08-01
NOT ONLY COULD, BUT DID.
Mr.. Grandon Able TO Bear Testimony
to Wife's Accomplishments.

Sometimes there is a drop OF regret
In the cup Of Joy served by fate to the
husband OF brilliant talker. Il
should think II would be a privilege
TO sit at the table with your wife
three times a day said one OF Mrs
Grandon's ardent feminine admirers
Only twice day" said Mr. Gran
don. with bow. Il do not go homo
nj noon"
Too bad" said the admirer. We
could not gel on without her at club
I'm sure. Why. | believe she could
talk intelliscrtly on a thousand top
ics.'
she can-and does" said Mr.. Gran
don. and with another bow he slipped
out Just as his wife appeared. -
Youths Companion.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-08-01
BEDROOM SETS IN WHITE.
Effective Designs That viii Be Appre.
eiated by All.

The girl or housewife who takes
great pride In her rooms can have
nothing prcttler In the way OF bed.
room set than white lawn embroidered
in colored shadow work 4 design OF
Wild roses and bow knots. caught to.
Ecthcr In long rambling pattern Is
most effective and dainty aud pretty
enough 10 please anyone. The set con.
hisjs of covers for bureau. dressing
table and chl'Ionicr and nj least one
pillow cover, II one Is energetic. and
has the time 10 spare. the curtains and
bed valance done In the same way will
add greatly to the appearance OF the
room
Other pretty covers for use in bed,
rooms are made by stcncIlng un.
bleachcd muslin. or any material for
that matter, Tho stencil designs may
be- purchased at any Of the ar, good
stores and II a. mn easy matter 10
apply the wafer colars.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-08-01
SELF-MADE MARTYR
CRITICISM OF THE WOMAN WHO
WORRIES.
Mistake Made in Letting Ones Self
Become the Victim OF Evils
That Are More or Less
Imaginary.

She is the woman who bothers over
tribes and lets the big things slide.
She will tell you she can't take eXer-
cises to keep herself from getting fat
because she is compelled to sit so
much to sew for the children.
II she is thin she will .ell you she
can't get fat because she has to run
around the house so much trying 10
get everything done.
II you speak of another woman's
pretty costume she bitterly says she
cannot see how women who have fam
flies get time TO make pretty clothes.
That she also likes lovely things. but
1ife is so full of cares that she hasn't
the time 10 achieve them.
IF she is told to read a certain fasci.
mating book she will elevate her eye
brows and say she has no time TO
read; that her husband doesn't like
To have her engrossed in book in the
evening. and she hasn't a minutes
time during the day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-08-01
cU1IcURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch.
ire. Burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.

"Mv baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that | did for II took
effect until used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full OF letter or some sim.
liar skin disease. II would itch and
burn so that could hardly stand II.
Two cakes OF Cuticura Soap and box
OF Cuticurs Ointment cured me. Two
years after II broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes ! would 60
nearly crazy for It itched so badly. l
went back to my old standby. that
had never failed me-onc set OF Cuti.
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncles baby whose
head was cake OF sores. and another
baby who was In the same fix. Mrs
Lille Wilchcr. 40 Eleventh St. Chat.
tanooga. Tenn. Feb. l6. 1907"
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-08-01
MsibSin Paris.

Nine. Melba has seldom received
such a remarkable ovation AS that
which greeted her appearance. at the
recent opera gala performance In
Paris. 1t cannot. however. compare
In dcllrious enthusiasm with one she
received some years ago Ia 81. Peters.
burg. on one memorable night. after
the close OF the opera, she was called
before the curtain again and again
for more than nm hour. until she was
80 exhausted that she could scarcely
stand. Her enthusiastic admirers
then followed her carriage 10 the no.
tel. where they sercnaded her. al.
though (, was bitterly cold night.
until three o'clock In the morning, On
III" following day when she reached
the station to depart the platform was
crowded with hundreds OF adorinE
music lovers. As the train WAS lcav.
ing they took tho pencil with which
she had written her autograph for
al who could get near her. bit II into
small pieces and passed them around
- souvenirs.