Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
A Real lady Bouniiful.

future and while we are anticipating
70 make our coming 1876 full days the
greatest in the history Of Oregon g
stat. hood, let us not forget TO pause
and pay our respects 10 the 40 great
est a d noblett lady IN our midst. II
is ptrbsps needless to ssy that she Is
a high born princess OF the realm
wi o gather, about her courts, high
and low, rich and poor alike. From
ey-ry land and cline. has she enter
tained great scholars and titles. both
Diplomatic and scientific d thrown
open her doors to the poor and needy,
whom she has fed. clothed and with
cheerful assurance, started them on
the road TO SUCCESS Many storm
has she brsved while the winds were
bowling and teari g around the
mountain peaks and crags, piling up
huge drifts 10 the high canyons and
then descending with mighty rush TO
the foothills below, where many a
noble fir or sugar pine succnmbed to
its Invisible power and went crashing
to mother earth. While the steady
downpour Of the rain swelled every
mountain draw and valley, their
waters rushing downward. mingling
together, making creek and mighty
rivers, that go rushing over rocks and
through fallen timber, rapids after
pids, now with mighty leap
through space, they shoot downward,
hundreds of feet to the unprotected
rocks in the canons below. Onward,
still onward they go, growing larger
every minute, jumping. whirling,
bounding, roaring until they become
boiling. seethiDg mass Of foam in
their mad rush to the sea. No storm,
no flood, no sweltering heat or chok-
ing dust has ever stayed her errRDds
Of mercy.
For many years has she at yule-
tide. visited the mansions. cottages,
cabins and shacks Of our county.
There has been no chimneys too
small, no hearth to poor but her foot
prints Of love were found in the
ashes. She has distributed fruit from
her orchards and vineyards and filed
lsrders from her garden and ranch.
There are nuts in her grove for the
children. fish in her ponds and game
in her park for the nimred. She owns
thousands Of acres Of land, comprising
meadows. nelds of grain, orchards,
pastures, parks, forests and rugged
mountains. She has pockets OF gold
and veins OF mineral which she gives
to the finder. She looks with favor
a upon enterprise and extends a glad
hand to the home builder. Many
years ago she donned dress Of green
velvet. which fades not by the heat
OF summer or the rains OF winter
She bAres her head TO Soils soorchins
rays iu summer and sleeps bereath
the cool evergreens at might, where
be-
and when winter comes with its three
months OF rain, she begins her daily
sblutions, her laundry work washing,
ironing and mending are all done uT
, for year ahead while at the same
4 time she scatters words of hope and
comfort 10 her children and when the
mists have been chased away by the
- advance of spring, she comes forth
smiling radiantly. looking younger
[ aud more beautiful than ever.
The season OF 1908 will find hel
absorbed in her missions more busily
5 than ever. There will be more people
to care for, more homes to builu. more
- influx OF capital and enterprise, more
mines to he opened up, more orchard,
and vineyards 20 plant, more expert.
? meuts TO make more OF every.
thing and this fair lady will be the
leading predominant spirit through
= all Listen to the cadence OF her
voice Ms she bids welcome to the
homo seeker. watch the glow Of pride
in her face N she shows him the
work OF her sous and tho product OF
her climate aud soil. How gladly she
hastens to welcome the tourist and
skips lightly along to show him the
marvellous beauties Of nature that
adorn her estates, caves Of mammoth
side lofty peaks. deep canyons, iunu.
merable cascades, rushing river,
placid pools aud and-will the list
ever run outg
Oh. fair lady Of our lsud, Thou art
greater than any crowned queen,
} more lovely and emblematicsl 20 us
} than the Goddess OF liberty that stand,
. in Castls Garden. Men of our county
. fall in line, right about, face On,
cover your heads Attention Now
7 salute your Josephine
EBEN.
He Escaped.
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