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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
BUILDING UP HOME TRADE.
Local Merchants Must Advertise 10
Compete With Persistent Outsid.rs


"A hundred yea,s ago 1t was NOT
necessary 10 do any considerable
amount OF advertising, but this is the
twentieth century. mud conditions are
quite different" say. an old advertis.
Ing expert. Nowadays the merchant
who neglects to put his 1aEes before
the public through IL, puallc prints ia
surely destined to Z. away back and
sit down, while his myre up to date
competitors keep ginc coward the
front Advertising ia ths life Of trade
That statement has been mlde so often
that 1t Is trite, but ii Is alwiys true.
Much is heard In ihes. tays about
the mail order concero5 In tie biz cities
taking away the .4ie Of the nar.
chants In the smalles t3vls and citles
II Is an undeniable ssc. tnLt the cata.
logue, with its price Ia, Il everything
under tho sun, accompanied hy numer.
Gus allur'ng cuts 10 re1rssen. The ro,1s
offered, Is attracting rullio.s of dol
lars from the great pusl.c PICKET This
money before the iu1eDr,Sn uf ,he mail
order scheme went into The pockets NJ
local merchaaNS The NAH ,~jer nao.
pie also persistenuy sdve,.ise their
wares In the various little publications
which are known to the trsd. ns .r,,p
order journals Thus tho ,,vp and
country people are kept constantly IN
touch with possible bargain. bavinr
only to send in an order by mail and
receive the goods. whether ssHsfac.
tory or not by return mail.
Some local merchants make j., rrso.
to do about this sapplng OF their sinh
stance, but II they fan 70 take tho
only obvious method OF SELF dsra,ss
there Is not much sympathy N no
wasted upon them. The onlv obvi,Ts
method IS TO shoot the same kind ~
ammunition that Is shot by the corrna,
ing houses II the big cities This IN,
nunluon IS called sdvertii,ns Everv
small town now has It's io.al waapl-
newspaper, which practically aver
body In the town and lis o,tlvin, -
ntoTy reads regularly, kye-y goo4
sized town has It's daily pafer Tbsse
are the guns which the local nar,bsr..
must load with the proper sort ~ an.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
THE ROYAL BOX.

The German emperor never travels
incog.
King Leopold has just settled a sum
Of Il 100000 on the child Of bis NOR
ganatic marriage with the Baroness
Vaughan.
The Grand Duke Alexis, the cars
son, now three years and three months
old, is one OF the handsomest OF the
royal children in Europe.
Prince Gustav OF Denmark. aged
twenty. weighs 336 and is growing
He Is the heaviest Of European royal
ties and has jolly disposition.
His majesty Edward VII is fire.
quenty referred to as "EdreI"-yery
obviously derived from the royal sig
nature, Edward Rex. Prior to bis as
sumption Of the crown he was famil-
iarly known as "Bertie" and by the
other members OF the royal family as
the guv'nor."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

nunltlon If they expect to nght the
competition from the outside.
I'm many towns the merchants have
discovered this fact and are lombard
Ing the enemy furlously. Reports Of
The battle usually show that the bonn
bandment is effective. OF course q
mere scrap OF ammunition, a charge of
bird shot, won't do much good. but q,
Few cannon balls will show results.
Those who hold that advertising doesnt
pay do not know how to advertise.
They are bad marksmen. They ionr
shoot straight, or perhaps they use am-
nun'ton that is too ancient. People
IKE TO read advertisements that are I'D
TO date and striking Nobody is aoing
to get ahead in these sharply comper.
tive days unless he keeps wide awake
ana always has his gun cooked ready
10 shoot when the game is In sight"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Laundry Lines.

SIX handkerchlefs washed in clear
water with pure CASTLE soap look like
new.
Many washerwomen. In order to pre-
vent the iron from sticking to a
starched article when pressing II, take
the precautlon to add n little sosp
wnter to the starch
In boiling clotlrf. cs"cola'I" fur NJ
ems and lingerie r-
boiler always pm
prevents the po
The best in"
made frOf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

the sun. tie dark body would begin to
shine by reflected light. In about ten
years It would have become so bright
as 10 be visible to the naked eye. In
fifteen years II would be brighter than
any object except the moon. Very soon
afterward would come the great catas-
trophe OF its collision, moving at 400
miles second. with the sun moving
at the same speed. Dundee Observer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
END OF THE WORLD.
One Scientific Theory OF How Our
Planet MAY Perish

4 scientific forecast OF how the end
Of the world might come has been
given by Professor Euard Gore His
theory is that final cataclysm may pos
sibly be the result OF collision be.
tween the sun and some dark. dead,
dcrellct planet
Although astronomers have ne ac-
tual proof that such dead suns exist.
without lie or light and carcerlnc
about in space. they believe it quite
possible, The result OF collision be
tween the sun aud a dark planet
would hc that the formers light and
heat would be enormously increased
and the earth instantly destroyed by
combustion
Professor Gore tells how we should
he warned of our approaching doom.
When about 100000 miles from
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

40 mend amber ornaments dissolve.
piece OF amber in chloroform and
WIN WIN 'nls mend the broken article after
urst warming the pieces. Care must
.e 'aAen to see the pieces are clean be-
tore the cement is applied. and careful
handling is necessary in order that the.
once more.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

% Is Imported that the board OF coun.
N commissioners 90 Wyaudottc coun
~, Ran VIII oil thirteen miles OF
mac0dam roads lu the county as an
experiment The cost ot the oiling is
estimated at $40 % mile The roads
arc first swept then Sprlnklcd with
VI. and after ,he ol has soaked 90
tyrevu,ncs arc again scattered owe,
the roadbcds 10 is proposed 70 giv,
the roads about three applications ci
'l during the year
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

Friday is the weekly fraud. Every
thing goes wapper jawed, and the sail
or man who sails finds himself food for
whales, and the man who killed a
friend ON Friday meets his end. on
Friday trade is slack. all the trains
run of the track; William Doe. to his
amaze, draws $40 and ten days: brick
bats fall from buildings high, break
your neck and make YOU cry; fevers.
fires and froStS abound. earthquakes
come aud snort around Old SubScrib-
or In a pet comes to swear az the Ga
Eette, Every one is feeling blue. ev-
erything is hind end 10. yet some com
fort we may seek. Friday comes but
once week.-Emporia Gazette.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Market Value Of Eli..

s-1I 1ne market value Of flies in Brazil Is
So, s.y0 ION England buys eles at that
price and uses them to feed cb,ckens
anu captive birds and fishes. There
are almost no flies in England.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Rogue y Rive r y Fruit - Notes
Profitable Pointers riding Industry "a
Various Sources This Favored of Oregon.

Talking bout fresh berries snd
fruits being gathered in Oregon at
Thanksgiving time, as was the case
here 10 Josephine county. the Courier
can tell Of some OF the finest of Toksy
grapes which grew in the yards of
@. II. Sampson. corner Of Fifth and
G streets, Grants Psss and which we're
gathered on New Years day. Thev
were decidedly delectable. as the
Courier force can we'll attest and were
pronounced first-class in every par
ticular. And there we're more where
these came from. Mr.. Sampson is the
! csnnery man and makes q specially
Of looking out for fruit Of all kinds,
but nowhere has he found any nicer
grapes than those grown in bis own
yard.
W. s. Barrie. after trying his
best to make dsirying pay in this re-
gion, has concluded that he can do
much better growing fruit and he has
therefore purchased choice 10 acres
Of suitable orchard land here in the
edge Of the city, out Oh Sixth street
and now he will proceed to try his
hand in this line of work. He is
very enthusiastic over the matter and
sees a great future for this industry
in this favored valley.
Commenting upon the movement Of
the Josephine county fruit growers to
name their respective farms the
Lakeview Herald has this oomm ment to
make: "While the above will be all
right, no doubt, in Jose phine county,
We should think 1t would be good
plan to use here In connection with
the Fiuit Growers Union. II would
enable each grower to get credit for
his lsbors and would also create q
demand for his fruit. as by hAv-
ing his name on his boxes il would
guarantee the purchaser against get.
ting bad fruit, and as the Oregonian
says. IL your neighbor shipped scsb-
by and wormy apples. he would get
the credit, and not the whole commu.
nifty"
| 4
County Fruit Inspector Eismann il
finding that his is no child's job and
that the undertaking Of trying to
satisfy every body 10 truly a gigantic
one. But he feels confident that in
the..dsys to come some people who are
not feeling like blessing him, will
think more fAvorsbly OF his efforts
TO better the fruit conditions in Jose.
phins county. He proposes to dc
the square thing by the growers. as
nearly as he can and II be makes
mistakes. he says they will be Of the
head and not the heart" for he II
conscientious In the matter, even
though some folks are inclined to
misconstrue his motives.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Misht Be Mnrs.

you this winter. - Ne'e' ~
n'0'y-I know It won't, mamma. but
D. r,S sN1'es will, so don't let's worry
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

Newtown, less than a century ago,
charming district on Long Island,
N. Y. the place where the famous
Newtown Pippin originated. is now
the Second ward of Queeusborough in
Greater New York. They are hav ng
a. a..dispute over the naming and re-
naming OF their streets. One party
insists on sacrificing old names and
substituting such misfts as Ajs1
avenue, Neptune avenue, Venus
avenue, and so on. for Horse Brook
road, Old Shell road, Feather BED
lane, and the like. Among the his
toric names that have been sacrificed
is Washington street, which was laid
out through field in which Washing
ton encamped in 1916. The native
town OF Oregon great Newtown Pip
pin deserves better handling This
apple, like all great fruits, was a
freak or accident. Exchange.
IL now looks very mucn as though
! Josephine county would not long be
without q frstclass commercial nur-
sery. Aessrs. s. J. HsrmeliDg &
Sons, who have been engaged In the
nursery business, very extensively
and successfully, at Vasbon. Wash. 1,
are the people who are proposing to
start up the new industry which is
certainly much needed in this region.
One Of the sons has been in Grants
Pass for the past week, going into
details and gathering information,
which shows oonclusively that they
propose to go in with the idea OF Civ
ing the people of this valley an up-to-
date nursery. He states that the firm
has practically decided to come here
and that now about all that is lack
ing Is that they secure the minute
details which they find are necessary.
He is oaptivated with the climate,
we'll pleased with the people and likes
the lay Of the land very much.
County Fruit Inspector E. q. Arm.
strong has been engaged for some
time in making an examination of the
orchards Of Marion county growers
and is now serving formal notices on
those whose orchards were found to be
affected. calling on them TO clean up
their trees. spray them and take such
steps a. are necessary to prevent the
spread OF any affection which the
trees may show evidence Of having.
Mr.. Armstrong states that there ID
considerable San Jose scale In the
county and that no pains win be
spared to keep the pest under control.
The Inspector states that while it i,
too early to say with certainty what
next years fruit crop will amount to.
there is every indication that il will
be larger even than that of last Sc esson.
Mr.. Armstrong has compiled some
interesting figures on the value Of the
Marion county fruit crop for the past
year.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

-lS-. ia may drop In such a way
r.-. .l"t nothing could be louder.
~ 49,. e.op redhot one some day
Boston Herald.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Aches.


,'S,.'Hs heart is pretty bad
W.. EST Il seemeth so to youth
-" most fear an aching tooth.
kansas City Times.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

No sensational or questionable mat
ter allowed in the Courier
Legal blanks at the Courier Office
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

lob work at Portland prices at the
Courier once.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
First For Referendum.

1t appears that the question as to
whom is responsible for direct legisla
tlon in states of the north west is under
discussion, and credit in that line is
being given to w. s. TReu of Oregon
Doane Robinson of the stats historical
society has been doing Il little invest
eating and finds that Father Robert
w. Haire of Aberdeen was pushing the
cause of the referendum in the early
eighties, and that Ii l.. Loucks az g
leader in the old Farmers Alliance
move in Dakota Territory secured its
adoption as one Of the policies OF tina;
organization The initiative and ref
ferendum was adopted as a part of
the constitutional law OF South Dako.
ia in 1898, and was not taken up in
Oregon until 1902, and the Oregon pro
moters secured ali their information as
to procedure and methods from CORE.
spondence with South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Politics Not All.

Some newspaper men seem to thiak
that the only matters of interest to-
their readeIs are the ambitions Of a LOT
OF hungry yawps for office.
Nine -tenths of the newspapers Of
this country devote the greater part of
their editorial space to politics in sea-
son and out Many discuss no other
subject The editors seem to be under
ehe Impression that nothing else under
the sun is worth speaking Of.
A newspaper that is newspaper
goes to the home Of the community in
which it is published. Granted thas
the heads Of all households are mad nm
politics. it must be admitted that there,
are mothers and growing boys and
girls to whom the weary details Of
campaigns and candidates. are insult.
ferably tedious.
IL would increase the educational
ald moral value of American news
papers If they would endeavor 10 rea-
lize that the game Of politics is not ALI
there is in life
M
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Rates Reduced.

Sioux Falls S. d., April 10. Special:
Residents OF the western half Of South
Dakota and shippers in general who
send goods to that partof the state will
be greatly benefited by new schedule
OF freight rates which was adopted by
the state board of railroad commission
ers at meeting in Sioux Ealls today.
lG was not until late this afternoon
That the board concluded the work of
adopting the new schedule, which has
been under consideration for some
months.
The entire reductions in freight rates
III western South Dakota made by the
board range from 43 per cent. to 10 per
cent on merchandise classes and will
show an average reduction Of is per.
cent. on such classes.
On immigration moyables on a dis
tance ct 300 miles the rate on carload
lois is reduced from 43 cents per 100.
pounds to 17}a cents per 100 pounds, or
an average reduction OF about 30 per.
cent
The new rate, based on distance Of
o2o miles, which perhaps is the greatest
distance freight can be hauled from
east to west in South Dakota, shows q
reduction rs cents per 100 pounds to
80 cents per 100 pounds on immigrants
goods.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Activity in Mining Affairs.

Owners and operators of mines, to
gether with those engaged in mining
pursuits in the Black Hills, are conf
dent that the section is about to ex-
perience the front end OF mining
boom. One enthusiast placed the out
put of their mines as high as ten mil
lion dollars for the year All were Ger
tain that the output Of gold this year
would beat all previous records for
that section. The old established
mines are working to their fun capa-
city, and many Of the new develop
ments which have been under way for
several years are becoming producers,
and will help to swell the total when
the report of this years work is made
up. After the set back of last year on
account of the great Hcmestake fire.
all are feeling especially good over the
present outlook.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Power Breakers Coming In.

-Four power breaking plow rigs were
unioaded in Pierre last week, and as
many more were landed at Blunt aud
Harold At the present time four
teen OF these machines are being
operated in Hughes county and great
or number are turning sod III Sully
county. The power rigs that were
shipped to Stanley county this spring,
could not be profitably operated in that
section, for the reason that only tracts
OF from five to twenty acres are to be
broken there this year, and the big
plows were shipped back TO this sec
tlon OF the state east of the river A
larger acreage OF prairie sod will be
turned over in Hughes and Sully coun.
ties this year than for any year since
the settlement of this locality quar-
ter OF century ago In fact the break
ing Tor this year now promises to al
most if not fully equal all which has
been done in tie county from the time
OF settlement TO the present time. The
coming of the power plow is what is
making the difference. Twenty five
outfits are at work in these counties
this spring, and are turning over more
than section of land every day, and
with the horse drawn plows will east
ly make tho record of a thousand acres
for every working day, Most of this
will be put into flax and corn, and will
largely increase the crop area OF these
counties,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
The Coming Primary.

The primary election for nominating
state, county and legislative candidates
will be held on June 9th.
Every candidate for a county or
legislative office must file his petition
with the county auditor at least thirty
days before said primary election; that
is not later than May 9th.
Republican candidates in Lincoln
county must have not less than 35 nor
more than IS of qualified voters of
Lincoln county upon his petition.
Twenty days before the primary the
candidate must file written request
with the auditor to place his name up
on the primary ticket. This request
must be filed not later than May 18th.
Forms for both the petition and the re-
quest to the auditor are prescribed in
section 8 of the primary election law
and must be carefully followed.
At the time of filing the nominating
petition the following fees must be paid
to the county auditor:
Sheriff, treasurer, auditor and regis
terof deeds fifteen dollars each. Clerk
OF courts, county judge, county attorney
and uperintendent of schools ten
dollars each. Senators and representa-
tlVes In the legislature, county COM
mlssloners, surveyors and coroner five
dollars each Constables, justices and
delegates to state conventions and state
committeeman one dollar each.
All candidates VIII, comply with the
foregoing requirements will have their
names printed upon the official ballot.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Blacks Not For Taft.

Washington, April ia letter ad-
dressed to Representative Rainey of
Illinois, by Walter S. Thomas, chair
man Of the Ohio Afro American league
was read in the house today. The let.
ter points out that grave injustice was
done the negro race by the discharge of
the members of the Twenty y-ffth in
fantry, and states that the negroes of
the country will support no candidate
for president who does not stand squar-
ly upon the board principles of justice.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16

Some industrious patriot has dis
covered that Daniel Webster, in a
speech delivered in the United States
senate in 1898, paid his respects to the
persons who constantly clamor," and
his discovery has been passed about
the cloakrooms as being curousIy per-
tinent to conditions today. This is
what Webster said seventy years ago:
"Phey complain Of oppression, specu
lation and the pernicious influence Of
accumulated wealth They cry out
loudly against all banks and corpora
tions, and all means by which small
capitals become united in order to pro-
duce important and beneficial results
They carry on mad hostility against
all established institutions. They
would choke the fountain of industry
and dry all the streams. In country
of unbounded liberty they c)amor
against expressions. In a country OF
perfect equality they would move hea
ven and earth against privilege and
monopoly. In country where prop
erty is more evenly divided than any
where else they rend the air shouting
agrarian doctrines liz country
where the wages of labor are high be-
yond parallel they would tie ch the
laborer that he is but an oppressed
Rlaya"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Score: Taft 234, Others $50.

Washington, D. c., April 12--As a
result of the weeks republican conven-
tions and primaries in various states
the opposition to Secretary Taft now
has a total of 25O delegates toithe Chi
cago convention, while Taft has 234
conceded to him, all that are claimed
by his supporters. This makes a grand
total OF 464 delegates elected to the
Chicago convention, which includes
the sixty-four delegates chosen in
Pennsylvania yesterday, all of which
are conceded to Senator Knox A
statement given here by the press
bureau OF the "allies" comedies only
l76 instructed delegates to Taft, but
this falls to take into account many
delegates who are admitted to be for
the secretary of war, though not in
structed, AS practically all the flavor
ite SON" states have now chosen their
delegates to Chicago, and some states
that are counted for Taft Will hold
their conventions this week, il is prob
able the lead which the opposition has
over the war secretary at present will
be maintained only a few days 1t is
probable that by next saturday night
the Taft column will once more total
more than the combined colums of the
allies,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Pontoon Across Missouri.

The Minneapolis & ST. Louis road is
providing a pontoon bridge for LeBeau
to be put in early this summer. The
pontoon bridges on the Missouri at
this city and Chamberlain never proved
d success, with the exception of the
railroad pontoon now at Chamberlain,
which is more pile bridge than it is a
pontoon While the people up the
river may make success of such a
crossing, this point long ago gave it up
and allowed the boats to do the work
until the railway came to take their
place.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Widows Pension Bill Favored

Washington, April I3 The con-
fefees on the widows pensions bill
reached an agreement today by adopt
ing the bill practically in the form
passed by the house. 1t increases from
30 to Sl2 a month the pensions of
widows of soldiers of the Mexican,
Indian and civil wars, and will increase
the pension list about Sl2,00O,00O.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-16
Names Of States.

Ihe name Colorado, as applied to the
state, comes from the past participle Of
the Spanish .colorar," to color. The
state is SO called, probably, from its
tinted peaks or from its vegetation,
rich in many colored flowers.
Louisiana was named after Louis
AlV of France, 1914, by its discoyerer,
La Sale.
Wisconsin was named after its prin-
clpal river, which in the Indian tongue,
means wild, rushing river .