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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30
ON
/ THE CAMPAIGN

wv YORK. Oct 30.-Frisnds
ar and Bryan are discussing
nzs no statement made BY John
] sacz<telles in which he declares
| y ne republican presidential
nnsase N What be terms a cam
~ Il personalities Rockefei-
IN tselsrss that the party lines on
|srra issues are not clearly de-
|Eaef ~ slthsr candidate aud the
s.xfnu IA his mind resolves itself
|A'p q 1eclsion BY the voters a. to
|f.1 i tie better man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30
THESE TWO REPRESENT MILLIONS
0F FARM AND CITY TOILERS

~. executive heads Of what are
..' -. shs two most Influential
pos ..nsss,,ons IN he United States
oss s .sewn Aere side Ay aide. Preai.
IT. 80 'T ss.,rsif' Aslasta. Ga 4 presi.
go 49, A ne Nssioaal Farmers
go -, wa,ch has 8 membership Of
a. a. oea accurding to National Sec
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30
.SMOTHERE[)
| To DEATH
N BED

-, Ney. oct SO William
NV rreminent business man
pfslsa was found dead IN
- hrathef's home here this
- while suffering from an
- 4, he had relied onto his
q EsFlea hls head y q pillow
NJ s~,s,hsres 70 death. Dietrich
~ s,sm n considerable wealth
= ~ known IN this state and
. ~ coast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30

WASHINGTON. ovt 50 --Hee Rotary
Metralf - stiii ruufinnd 90 hts bed
with diaardofea liver. ard has
been obliged te cancel all his Pc
titicai engagements Tor the near ia i.
tare. His malay 10 yielding 70
medlrAi treatment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30
WILL rssoH m,srKSs.

TACOMA oct ab.--Thls rify'm
schools are q have . trained uurse
who will ba given authority 20 cd.
hg9isna
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30

HN0HOAiat. orf ap,--Ihs peopis
% Hnnfpfnish are aroused every
morning ~ thousands ~ wild Keesr
snd ducks whioh rs over the cfty
AZ VERY los elevhtioa pegnd for
the south
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-30

rtuT Ncfsneugh Gompers Is
sns Ard fsrri 81 the American Fed.
,ntur q Labor. with over i.To0. 600
rsnbsx When Gompers started
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24
CALIFORNIA PEOPLE WILL
PROSPECT FOR COAL
Will Lease Larse Trnct In
Rogue River Valley-Tools
Now In Transit.

The Medford Mail.says..the property
OF N. ID. Mcdowell. three miles north
west Of Eagle Point has been leased
by a California syndicate. whose head
quarters ara in Pasadena, Cal. which
win Immediately begin prospect work
to determine the amount Of coal un.
derlying tho place. The tools have
been shipped from California and are
expected within a short time.
The price paid for the lease on the
property Is 800 an acre, The place
consists Of 200 acres Of land, aud on
the land are some very fine prospects
for coal. There seems but little doubt
but that q wealth OF coal underlies the
land and the new company. will
verify few Of the prospects before
purchasing the property.
The work is to be undertaken with
In a short time. according TO the in
terested parties, and will be carried
on throughout the summer II tn,
prospects are as good as is though
the syndicate will purchase thu
property and will develop it.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
REAL ESTATE D0INGS

Willis Kramer ct ux, warranty, to
FIJI Dill, Nwli of SWli and NW4
of NWli, Sec IS, 7 35. range 6, $40.
Samuel Gerke ct TX, warranty, to
II G Stoddard, tract Of land, south
side lot Z, sec "a T SO, range 6, 1915.
Diadama and E 7 MoKinstry. var.
ranty, to Fl Hubbard. S16 of Sell,
Sec "a T, 50, Range 7, 81.
] u Hayes ct uS, quit claim, to
Vim L and Ira E Hayes, VIZ SEA
and Sell of SWli and SWA of MEL,
Sec is, T ~, range 8, 800.
Alice Spsrlin quit claim, to VIM
and Ira L Hayes, VIZ of SEA of SEA
of SWL of SW4 of NElI Sec ls, 7
81, range 5. 8 66.67.
DAVID Shultz warranty to Huldah
Brown, the Denise Ranch. east OF the
Applegate river in SEA OF SWA OF
Sell, sec 30 T 80. range 6, $1,000.
Thos B Meade ct ux to Lemuel
Trask ct ux, lot | block 70 original
townsite Grants Pass, $500.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

How many boys Of the present day
are taught this lesson: Ny son, follow
not the footsteps Of the losfer, and
make no example Of him who was
born tired, for verify I say unto you.
their business is overstocked and the
seats in these corners are all taken.
and the wbittling places are all ooou.
pied it Is better TO saw wood at two
bits cord than to whittle In loaf.
ing mattel. and ouss the government.
My son whilst thou has left in thy
skull the sense of jaybird break
away from the cigarette habit for 10
thy breath stinketh like a glue fac
tory and the whole appearance is less
than stone dummy. Yea thou art
cipher with the rim knocked off.
The Ashland Tidings is responsible
for the statement that there Ia talk Of
putting on new fast train over the
Southern Pacific from Portland to
San Francisco.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

the advertisers words: Il did and
| am wreck.
Oh, that boys could look into the
future and see themselves wrecks in
the prime of life because they have
drank the poison, it matters not by
what name it is called, advised by
liquor dealers and their followers
Oh, that we had the power to write
in letters of fire, this truth on the
hearts of our boys: "The only safety
lies in the total abstinence Of intoxi.
eating liquors." May God watch
over aud save our boys for the great
need of the world demands this
PRESS COR.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

t We know young man who said Il
will drink liquor Whenever | please
nnd it is nobody's business y Yet
this same boy became a drunkard.
Was it none of his mothers business
that her boy was lost2 And what OF
the swestheart whose heart broke be-
cane her idol fellG Young man, it is
somebody's business-no one liveth TO
him elf. You have no right to make
hearts to ache, to ruin your life
prospects, to defile your own body
with this curse which is evil and only
evil; for know ye not your body issthe
temple Of the Holy Ghost which is in
you which ye have of God, and ye
are not your own!
Our county has voted out the saloons.
Will somebody tell US why their signs
are not removed? There may be some
who like to read these tokens of what
has been. but there are others who dc
not cafe to be reminded continually
Of that which has caused so much Of
sin and sorrow.
In Puget Sound there i 5 an old boa
that has been cast aside as useless OF
which some enterprising ADVERTISED
of the curse has painted "Drinl
Marks Rye and Yellowstone Whis
ksy." Some man, adrift on the se'
of life. the beauty Of his manhood
marred by sin. saw this wrecked boa
and beholding in it a likeness of hi
own wasted life, wrote directly undel
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
W. C. 7. U. NOTES
<eSe>>~<~%~~>~%<<<~~><>><

A very interesting aud profitable
meeting of the W. c. t. U. was held
last Friday afternoon at the home of
Ms. Weidman. After the business
was finished, Mrs. Gould presented a
short but interesting program after
which our hostess served ice cream
and cake. During August the Union
will take a vacation ana in the mean
tims stand ready for any work that
comes to hand.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

Chas. Short, the real estate maguste
from our thriving little suburb on the
west, Merlin, was doing business in
the county seat last Saturday. He re-
ports a thriving business in real es-
tate lines.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

The Takilms smelter closed down
last Monday after a months ron owing
to lack Of ore. Mr.. Mcintyre, who
has charge OF the hauling Of supplies
and copper mat states that the ore
this season has been Of an unusually
high grade, averaging over per cent,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

but that it has been impossible to
work enough men in the mine TO keep
the smelter going, Eleven car loads
Of matte or nearly 800 tons were ship
ped to Tacoma during the month.
Mr.. Mcintyre will leave tomorrow
night for Tacoma to look after some
business matters for the Tskilma
Smelling Co. where he will be oc.
eupied for perhaps month. after
which he expects to go to the
klamath county to engage In freight.
ing.
Supt. Geo. Corral Of the Takilma
smelter, accompanied by Chas. Tull,
Jr., son of the president Of the Takil.
ma, left last Friday for Mexico where
the company has extensive copper
roperties and smelling interests.
Art Lester Of Leland who owns the
lie Roy and American Girl mines in
that district has been In the city the
past week to confer with parties from
Seattle relative to more extensive de-
velopment of his properties.
The Greenback mine expects TO start
up soon with five stamps and may
increase to 10.
The Opp mine over in jackson
county has recently installed one Of
the best and most complete cyanide
plants in Southern Oregon.
To make Merry widow" hat at
home: Take one bicycle wheel.
Superimpose on the hub one deep
granite saucepan. first shipping of
the handle with an axe. Stitch on
cover Of wine oolored velvet from
your season before. lasts coat suit.
Put on three inch binding around
brim, canary colored taffeta silk from
your great grandmother's party dress.
Rip nineteen yards Of box ruching
off your shirt waist box, and wind
about the crown. A soup lsdle and
joint fork will give a isunty effect IL
used as hat pins,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24
.t.f.f-.'i..t 'i'.t-i..t't'.t.t 's.-t-.s.'t.i
Z
MINING MATTERS.
.i.....s..s....s. .s..s..s....i.

The Alameda Consolidated Copper
Company is now putting up a smelter
in the Galice district on what is
known as the Big Yank Ledge which
is rich in both gold and copper. They
also. have large sawmill in operation
and now have 100. 600 feet of timber
cut for bunk houses, hotels ore bins,
etc, for handling 1000ton capacity.
The present smelter capacity how
ever, is but 100 tons per day. Masons
are now at work on the foundatin for
the smelter and other necessary build.
ings. Work has been going on at the
mines of the company for the past
three years and considerable ore is
already blocked out. The smelter
will blow in about October LIST of the
present year The matte from this
smelter will be hauled to Merlin for
shipment. The com any also purpose
building a railroad from Leland down
to Galice which will undoub btedly
boom the Galice district, which has
been unusually active during the pres.
ent year and particularly this spring.
More activity in the Galice district
this spring than ever known in the
history Of the country; more prospec-
tors have been in this region than ever
before. The Golden Ledge Mining
Co.. Philadelphia concern of
which E. d. Briggs is manager,
have just finished a crushing mill
and a cyanide plant which started up
last week. This company has a splen-
did body of rotten porphry which
carries COOL values.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

The Opp mine over in jackson
county has recently installed one Of
the best and most complete cyanide
plants in Southern Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24

The Greenback mine expects TO start
up soon with five stamps and may
increase TO 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

ed his successor. l.. Enfant. Feeling that
he had been robbed of the credit which
belonged to him. retired from the scene of
his aborS a disappointed and emhittered
man. The following spring Washington
and jefferson conferred with the commits
Soners to the compensation due him.
and a city lot. with 500 guineas, was
agreed upon. This L.'Enfant refused 10
accept, and for twenty years he was sunk
out of the public eye.
Anxious to provide for his support. Mad
ison offered him the professorship of en-
gineering at West Point but the commits
sion. upon which written Not ac
cepted and not refused" was returned.
During the war of 1912 Monroe. then Sec
rotary of War. employed him to construct
fort the Potomac nearly opposite
Mount Vernon, called Fort Washington.
but. disagreeing with the authorities to
details. he was dismissed. While
gagged upon it he became acquainted with
Thomas Digges. the owner of the land.
his farm When Mr. Digges died he ac-
cepted an invitation from his nephew.
Dudley Digges of Chellum Castle manor.
near Observation-Disclosures wife was
daughter of Daniel Carroll, who gave the
land upon which the Capitol and the Con-
sressional Library stands-to spend the
remainder of his life with him. To avoid
passing through Washington he made
wide circuit and after his establishment
never left the place. sending TO Bladens-
burg for a tailor to take his measure for
the small clothes which ne always wore.
He built summer house within the in
closure and laid off the grounds after the
plan of the garden at Versailles There
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marked grave may still be seen. Having
long ahss:tted himself from mass and
confession. he was denied the last rites
appraised they were valued at So. His
plan of Washington. which is still eXtant.
was secured by the government. and
proves him beyond all peradventure to
have been its architect.
Chillum Castle Manor. now known as
Green Hill. was afterward bought by the
late George Riggs. the Washington bank
er. and is now the summer home of his
heirs 1t was the blossoming time of the
ysar when the writer visited the spot and
plotted by the gardener wandered
through the scene of l. Enfant's last pro-
fessional achievements. The summer
house had fallen to decay. but the
fragrant garden, gay with bloom, was
the same. In it's midst, designated by a
cedar tree at its head, was the grave
over which nature had thrown a lea,y
covering. starred with blue periwinkles
Within the same Enclosure stood pretty
chapel for the use of the household
while near-as if to supply the last fine
dramatic touch to its unmarked COM
panion-was a tiny mound above which,
on a marble slab was inscribed: ITO
Jennie. a favorite dog"
But l. Enfant needs no memorial stone.
In the National capital. pronounced by
Matthew Maury the most beautiful city
in the world. he has erected to himself
"A monument which shall last as long as
the republic endures.
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Decline of the Riviera.
From the London Globe

From the London Globe.
On dark, dismal days such as fall to
the lot of Londoners at this time of year
20. to be out of England now that
January's here!'-one thinks, if not. like
Pistol, Of Africa and golden joys. at any
rate. of the Riviera and sunny hours.
And 1t comes as somewhat of a shock to
learn that the Riviera is declining in pop
uarity among English visitors. The Ger
man contingent is there. of course, strong
er than ever; the Russian is still to be
found as of yore, but the Briton has de-
serted the south for Switzerland and the
snow. Possibly 1t is the sports of Adel-
boden and Les Avants which attract him
there are enticing placards to be seen
and perhaps it is with some idea of the
strenuous life that he deserts one of the
most beautiful coasts in Europe for the
mountains. Truth to tell. life on the Ri
viera is lazy. and we all indulge in hardy
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stays all the year round. and you'd have
that dog busy every day Of the year
Yes sneered Brownlee. only there
are no stays. And he hasn't any stag
hound blood in him. Pity there are no
dachs in this state. too. isn't 1t? Then
Murchison could hire his dog at night.
too. They hunt dachs at night don't
they. Massett? Only there is no dachs-
hund blood in him either. If there was
and If there We're few dachS-
Massett was mad.
Yes lie cried. And you, with your
Cuban bloodhound strain. l suppose If it
was the open season for Cubans you'd go
out with the dog and tree few! Or put
on snow shoes and follow the kamtchat
to his icy lair.
Brownee doesn't get mad easily.
Murchison." he said, leaving out Mas
sets dreary nonsense about staghounds,
| can tell you that dog would make the
finest duck dog in the state. He's got all
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son all the marks by which he could tell
the different kinds of dog that We're com
bined III Fluff, and every time they dis
covered a new one they held sort of
jubilee, and Dragged and swelled their
chests They seemed to spend all their
time thinking up odd and strange kinds
Of dog that Fluff had in him BroWnlee
discovered the traces o. Cuban blood
hound kamchatka hound beagle Brague
de Bensae and Tibet mastiff but Mas
Sett first traced the staghound Turkoman
watch dog dachshund and barrier in him.
Murchison. not being a doggish man,
never claimed 10 have noticed any of these
family resemblanceS, and never said what
he thought the do" really was. until
month or two later when he gave il as
hi opinion that the dog was a cross be-
tween a wolf. a Shetland pony and hyena
1t was about that time that Fluff had To
ne chained. He had begun to eat other
dogs and children and chickens. The first
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night Murchison chained him to his ken
mel Fluff walked half mile. taking the
kennel along. and then only stopped be-
cause the kennel got tangled with a lamp
post. The man who brought him home
claimed that Fluff was nearly asphy MATED
"hen he found him: said he gnawed half
through the lamppost and that gas got
in lis lungs. but this was not true. Muir
Gibson learned afterward that ii was
only a gasoline amppost, and a wooden
one.
II there were only some stays around
this part of the country" said Massett,
the staghcund strain in that dog would
be mighty valuable. You could rent him
out to everybody who wanted TO go stag
hunting. and you'd have a regular monop-
oily. because he's the only staghound in
THIS part of the country. And stag hunt
NJ would be POI ular. too. out here be-
cause a. re are no game laws that inter-
ter- with tag hunting in In s stat There
Is no closed season. People could hunt
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prised and startled. but if he heard 1t in
the bosom o. his family. with all his
friends calmly seated about he would
think 1t was natural thing and accept
ii as such.
So Brownlee put d shell in his gun and
MaSsett and Murchison sat on the porch
steps and pretended 10 be uninterested
and normal, and Brownlee stood up and
aimed the gun in the air. Fluff was eat
ing a bone. but Brownlee spoke to him
and he looked up. and Brownlee pulled the
trigger. 1t seemed about five minutes be-
fore Fluff struck the ground he jumped
high when the gun was fired. and then
he started north by northeast at about
sixty miles an hour He came back all
right. three weeks later, but his tail was
still between his legs.
Brownlee didn't feel the least diScour-
aged He said he saw now that the whole
principle of what he had done was wrong !:
that no dog with any brains whaieve.
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the points for a good duck dog and !
ought to know, for l have two of the best
duck dogs that ever lived. All he needs
is training If you will train him right
you'll have a mighty valuable dog
But ! don't hunt ducks, said Murchi-
SON. land don't know how to train even
a lap dog
You let me attend to his education,
said Brownlee. Il just want to show Mas
sett here that 1 know dog when l see
one. I'll show Massett the finest duck
dog he ever saw when l get through with
Fluff
So he went over and got his shotgun,
just to give Fluff his first lesson. The
first thing duck dog must learn is not
to be AFRAID of gun, and Brownlee said
that if dog first learned about guns
right at his home he was not SO apt to be
afraid of them. He said that If a dog
heard gun for the first. time when he
was away from home and in strange sur
roundinSs he was quite right to be sur
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sports nowadays. and. what is worse. have
to pretend that We like them, lest fashion
desert US. But even Monte Carlo is suf-
ferng from neglect: he place where the
purse proud Briton was so welcome
now knows him less than before Are
we growing more moral. or less venture
some? IT, as one may suspect to be the
case, 1t Is simply fashion that has led to
the decline of the Riviera, In popularity.
fashion will bring its votaries back to
the old shrine in due course. and mean
while 1t is all the nicer on the south
coast of France for those who are brave
enough to go there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Food Converts.
ON Pearson's Weekly.

From Fearsons Weekly.
Vegetarianism and temperance are
making great Roadway among the arts
tocracy. Both the Earl and Countess OF
Warwick are abstainers. while. besides
the Countess of Essex. the Duchess OF
Portland never touches meat. Even at
state banquets she sticks TO her pfin-
ciples. and diets on boiled eggs. milk.
fruit vegetables and cheese. Strictly. the
duchess is not vegetarian. or sne would
refuse eggs and milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
w. B. MOSES & SONS, F St., Cor. 18th.

readers interest from the beginning to
the end. excluding other characters eX
cept those bearing directly upon the love
affair between these two. favoring or OPP
posing, and admitting no feature or in
cident which did not either directly
heighten the romance or roughen its
course?
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cusssd the matter with LEnfant and the
commissioners and arranged with the
owners Of the land for its transfer
to the government On one point
L'Enfant was determined. In the i'm
HlenSe resources of the country ne
saw corresponding development. He
would plan, therefore. NOT for years
but for ages. not for thirteen states
but for Il vast republic with billions
Of inhabitants. All during the spring
of 1871 he brooded over the subject. rid
ing from point to point on the George
town heights and rowing up and down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
MEMORIAL STONE FOR PIERRE L'ENFANT
WHO PLANNED THE CITY'S BROAD AVENUES

Jealous for the success of his plan. how
ever. To heed either warning or reproof.
and refusing to surrender it TO the COM
missioners for publication. lest speCula-
tors should seize upon choice locations
and build shantieS in vistaS and archi-
tectural squares, he was Informed that
his services were no longer needed.
Refused 500 Guineas.
Mai. Ellcott who from his familiarity
with the partially executed plat was able
to prepare facsimile of il, was appoint
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could be anything but frightened to hear
gun shot off right in the bosom of his
family. That was no place to fire a
gun. He, said Fluff evidently thought the
whole lot of us were crazy, and ran in
fear of his life. thinking we were insane
and might shoot him next He said the
thing to do was to take the shotgun into
Its natural surroundings and let Fluff
learn to love it there. He pictured Fluff
enjoying the sound of the gun when he
heard it at the edge of the lake.
Murchison never hunted ducks. but as
Fluff was his dog he went with Brownlee
and of course Massett went. Massett
wanted to see The failure. He said he
wished stays were plentiful as ducks
AID he would show Brownlee!
Fluff was a strong dog-he seemed to
have a strain Of OK in him. so far as
strength went-and as long as he saw
the gun he insisted that he would STAY
at home but when Rrownlee wrapped III
gun IN brown paper 50 IL looked like 4 big
parcel from the meat Shop, the horse that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Lost Fiction.

From Harpers Magazine.
Why for the past generation have we
not had in periodicals the kind of short
stories of romantic love which abounded
sixty years repositories in which the
youth and the maiden occupied the