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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-05-09

HeT fifteenth birthday was The -
easi0n Of Miss Maud Smith enter
tanning eighteen q Aer friends N
a mos charming manner ~ her home
IN Eass FL. Tuesda9 evening Music
and various games fled the evening
The most popular contest vas the
guessing contest which Eas test 81
one-s ability 10 rad picture
Pictures representing The popular
songs we're passed around and each
named tn song he picture rep
resented N this contest Miss Issaisale
Bennett and Ernesf Lindskog Eon
prizes Pearl Decker vas given a
horn On which % practice for the
next contest PEI aps the crown
ing event Of the evening was when
the doors OF the large dining room
Were thrown open revealing q large
table Just grooming With good things.
in the center OF zhieh was The
largest and finest birthday cake ever
seen in the district. Mss Maud re-
eeived many handsome presents
and good wishes from her host Of
friends The birthday cake vas .
gift from the StepIoe hotel The
guests we're: Misses Hazel Reed.
Isabelle Bennett, Florence Williams.
Yerna crxst. Madge Smith. Ruth
Huddigson. Jessie Couzens. Willie
Neil. Ernest Lindskog. Leo Deckel-
man. Dan Deckelman. Pearl Decker.
james Crysf. Thomas Carol. John
Belford. Tom Smith. and Roy Sturm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fesler entertained
four tables at progressive bridge
Thursday evening in honor OF Cover
nor and Mrs Diekerson- The Cover
nor distinguished himself as the
best OF bridge players and was pre-
sented wifh a handsome stein. Mrs
T. L. Mitchell won the ladies prize,
a handsome cut glass dish. Mrs.
Dickerson received as guest prize 3
very handsome cream and sugar set
At eleven O'Clock the guests we're IN
vited into the dining room, where
each one found their places around
the prettily appointed table by means
of a dainty place card in gold and
white. Here was enjoyed a most
excellent and elaborate lunch With
many good stories interspersed- Il
was early morning when the gay
party dispersed. Those present who
enjoyed the evening we're: Governor
and Mrs. Dickerson. Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Clark. Mr. and Mrs l. @.
Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Bedford. Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Stevens. Miss Mollie
Fulmer. Mrs r. 2 Seyin. and Mr..
and Mrs. T. l.. Mitchell.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-05-09

Mrs. Joseph Stevens and daughter
Geneyiye returned Monday evening
from an extended visit in San Fran
cisco and other California points
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
=. Y. % debate Utah

rnree men trained in the Oraso,
High School Debating League bavs
!us' won first honors in debate at the
university of Oregon, having been
CHOSEN after a series of hard try outs
IN which a large number OF men com.
peted, to represent the university
against the university of Utah IN
lneir annual debate on January "a
me team chosen is as follows.
rercy Collier, leader of the Eugene
high school league team of last wear.
carlton e. Spencer. of Cottage Grove.
graduate of the Roseburg High
school and leader of its team two
years ago against Ashland: with
howard zimmerman. a graduate OF
'ne salem High school and a member
OF the Salem team last year, as al
ternate. The Utah sebate is consider
eu one OF the most impe.-~. debates
that the university enters. On nc.
count OF the distance between the two
schools, each team Is composed NJ
TWO men. In previous contests the
university of Oregon has won one
and lost one.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
III You Have II, Read This Letter
= III

III hou Have II, Read This Letter
{. II. bemaray Guarantees Mi-o-na
II was taken last August with a
severe stomach trouble. The doc
tor said it was nervous dyspepsia
He gave me medicine for that. |
took his treatment four weeks, didn't
| feel any better at the end of four
weeks than | did when I commenced
taking his medicine. I took every
thing ! heard Of The first day OF
December, 1908, got a box OF Mi
o-na tablets. took them that after
noon and the next day, and haven't
had one bit of pain in my stomach
since the 2nd Of December. | took
five boxes Feel well now sleeD
good that is something | haven't
done in n number OF years. ."--Mrs
NJ. p, Maxfleld, r. #. d. 3, Avoca,
n. y, June .. 1909.
Mi-o-na in the form OF tablet Is
the best prescription for indigestion
ever written.
II relieves after dinner distress,
belchlng Of foul gas, foul breath,
heartburn, etc. in five minutes.
II Is guaranteed by G. II. Demaray
10 permanently cure indigestion.
acute or chronic, or any disease OF
the stomach, or money back
Mona Is sold by leading drug.
gists everywhere, and in Grants Pass
by G. H. Demaray at so cents a largo
box. Test sample free from Booths
Mi-o-na, Bnffalo, n. Y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
NEW TRAIN SERVICE ON
CORVALLIS 6 EASTERN

On November / straight passen,
ger train was established on the Cor.
wallis q Eastern between Albany
and Yaquina, leaving Albany at
1885 D. m. and arriving in Yaquina
at S;15 p. m. Returning leave
faquina at 7:15 a. m. arriving in
Albany at 1915 a. m. making direct
connections at Corvallis and Albany
with Southern Pacific trains to and
from Portland and other s. p. points
north and south.
Newport In Winter.
Newport Is an ideal winter resort
and the low rates now In effect from
all s, P. and c. & e. points, with the
improved train service now establish
ed. places It within few hours ride
from the Valley. arriving there at
500 p, m, In time for dinner Ex-
cellent hotel accommodations at rea-
sonable rates.
For further particulars call on any
3. n q. or s, p. agent, or write to
VIM. McMurray, General Passenger
Agent. Portland. Ore. 11-19-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the County Court OF the State of
Oregon, for the County OF Jose
phine, in the Matter of the Estate
OF Eda M, Larson, deceased
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned is appointed admihis-
traitor OF the estate OF Eda M. Lar-
son, deceased, by the County Court
Of the State Of Oregon for the Coun-
ty OF Josephine, and that all persons
having claims against said estate
are notified TO present the same duly
verified to said Administrator at the
office OF Marcus w. Robbins, attor.
ney-at-law, Grants Pass, Oregon, on
or before six months from the date
OF the first publication OF this no.
tlce, which date Of said first publca-
tion is Friday. November 49, 1909.
JOHN A. LARSON. Administrator
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
NOTICE OF CHANGE
or CORPORATE NAME

Notice Is hereby given, that pur-
suant to meeting of stockholders
OF tne Hair-Riddle Hardware Com
pany, corporation, heretofore or
ganized upder the laws OF the State
of Oregon, held at the office OF the
company on NRember /, 1909, at
which were present all the stock.
holders OF said corporation, and at
which meeting was voted all the
stock issued by said corporation; a
resolution was unanimously adopted
10 change the name of the corpora
tion to Rogue River Hardware Com
pany, and the directors of said cor
poration were therby authorized and
directed to file with the Secretary OF
State and with the County Clerk for
Josephine County, Oregon, supple
mental articles OF incorporation,
changing the name OF the corporation
as aforesaid, and to publish notice
thereof within Josephine County.
Oregon, as required by law.
That pursuant TO such resolution
the board OF directors have filed
said supplemental articles OF incor-
poration with the Secretary OF State
and the County Clerk as directed.
and do hereby give notice that the
said Halr-Riddlo Hardware Company
will hereafter be known and trans
act It's corporate business under the
name and style OF Rogue River Hard
ware Company,
Dated November 0, 1909.
GEO x. RIDDLE,
NJ. G, RIDDLE,
w. j.. IRELAND.
Directors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN. .
Good Shot.

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Good Shot.
FIVE bootleggers in Eugene bav,
5use been given sentences of s1or
i'ne each and thirty days in iail
Just the day previous, Decembe,
10, four men in Dallas were f,naa
800 each and given TWENTY-FIVE davs
in Jail.
On the same day the mayor n,
Albany issued proclamation clos,
ing all the near beer" joints in tha,
CITY, The ordinance passed by the
council to that effect was sustained
by the referendum, so tne "h,,ns
pig will have to find its wav with
out guide and will have no r,vaa
sty In which to dwell.
And Why Should Not These Men
Be Jailed?
The saloon keeper is a,wov, -,
e'erywnere an habitual and persist.
eht law breaker. He never ohevs M
Jaw any farther than he is compelled
TO- Inc saloons are the habitual re-
sort of prostitutes and thieves ana
the spirit of lawlessness is alwavs IN
the air. -
Yet 1t Is easier to catch and nm
ish these law breakers than 1t is to
catch the thugs who are having their
way In Portland night after night
lnen why should we tolerate these
crime breeders?
The Delineator for January has
an excellent article on the saloon
question which is worth reading
The following is taken from If to
snow some of the reasons for the
growth of the hostility to this form
of crime:
1t has been growing harder and
| harder for men who drink to get mr.
Keep Jobs, One after another of the
great railroads have posted notices
warning their employees of instant
dismissal If they are known to
drink. Frick's great iron and steel
works at Homestead are under an
/ absolute total abstinence regime
Marshall Field & Co. enunciated a
rule that has been followed to a less
or greater extent by other mercan-
tile establishments, We will not, to
eur knowledge, place in our business
man who drinks Many a bank
clerk has passed a very humillating
| quarter of an hour in the office of
some surety company while learning
that because he was known to drink
the company would refuse to sign his
bond unless he could furnish accept
able security.
The United States labor depart
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORs'

Notice Is hereby given, that G. A
Baldwin, the undersigned, has been
appointed administrators OF me estate
of Henry j. Rogers, deceased, by the
County Court for Josephine County
Oregon, and all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby noti-
fled to present the same, duly veri-
fled, to the undersigned administra-
tor at the law office OF II, ID. Norton,
at Grants Pass in Josephine County,
Oregon, on or before the expiration
of six months from the date OF the
first publication OF this notice,
Date OF first publication, Novem-
Der 10, 1909.
G. A. BALDWIN, Administrator.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
The Correct Time

10 stop cough or cold is Just as soon
as 1t starts-then there will be no
danger of pneumonia or consump-
ton. Just a few doses of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup taken at the star,
WIZ stop the cough. II II has been
running on for sometime the treat
ment will be longer, but the cure IL
sure Sold by National Drug Store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
and What Does the Saloon Give
In Return for This Inssp

| Nah ior lufS IOSSv
Nothing but a debased manhood
the ruin Of body, mind and soul. I,
~ any wonder that there is an nm
i'Sins against this dragon, one tina,
MAKES the one slain by st. George
look like a pet lizardg
Inc article in question presents
reports OF lunacy commissions show,
'ns lnat In New York state there arc
not less than 800 persons whose in.
sanity is directly due to alcoholism
Experts estimate that each insane
person is an approximate loss 10 the
state OF $500 year. Hence the loss
IN actual money to the state of New
iorK through the alcoholic insane is
TWO million four hundred thousand
dollars each year, and to the whole
country twelve million.
NOR does this finish the counts.
Inc state of Maine has been held
up as an example of the failure of
prohloition; and 1t has been asserted
that more liquor is consumed than IN
an open state. Let us see some fig
ures:
Louisville has about one-fourth
the population of Maine. Kentucky
mas been an open state, so the COM
parison is fair. In 1908 there were
~ homicides in the city of Louisville
and in the same period there were
3 In the state of Maine.
Another comparison is made be-
tween Maine and Massachusetts.
where the conditions are nearer
alike, perhaps.
Number of insane to each 100
600, Massachusetts, 2S.S5; Maine
1858.
NUMBER In almhouses each 100,-
600, Massachusetts,, 1878; Maine,
1851.
Deaths from alcoholism in each
100000, Massachusetts, 6.S; Maine
.2.2.
And yet there are "molders of
public opinion" who will advocate
licensing this thing for. the sake of
revenue,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17

Specifications for the Construction
of Dam Situated on Briggs
Creek, Josephine County,
Oregon.
Dam to be constructed as follows:
Excavation Of Dam.
| me excavation TO be taken out az
ioliows' All surface formation TO be
removed down TO the solid rock:
noth ends of dam 10 be excayated in
TO the solid rock to a depth OF l0xs
with timber sitting on the solid
rock at each end; all excavation
work to be taken out In workman.
Ike manner and In accordance with
the plans and specifications.
Width OF Dam,
The width OF dam to be 75 feet
by feet In the clear and TO be built
OF the very best of rough timber and
TO oe well strutted together: All
knots to be cut level with logs and
laid even throughout; ,all ends OF
logs to be sawn off level so as to
form an even close Joint throughout
the length. the dam to be well stay
ed throughout the full width and
completion of same.
Lining OF Dam.
The dam to be lined throughout
with " tongued boards we'll nut
together and cramped up; the flood
gate OF dam to have an opening of
seven feet, to be boarded throughout
with boards same as lining Of dam.
Supports for Dam.
Supports to be joggled into solid
rock at the lower end OF stays.
rugging of Dam.
The dam to be well and faithfully
plugged to stop any leaks or any
soakages that might occur with the
weight OF water therein; also the
side nearest the placer formation to
be well and faithfully built to pre-
vent any breaking away on the side
of the gravel deposits.
Dam to be excavated back TO the
length OF ESQ feet from abutments OF
dam on each side and also fun basin
to be sloped on each side with bat
ter OF In 40.
Completion OF Contract.
The contract TO be completed with
In months OF signing OF same.
p. S. Excavation also to be taken
out tor water wheel II feet by 4
feet In the clear; the place to be se-
lected upon after completion OF dam.
p. S.--The depth of excavation OF
dam rom the center Of embankment
70 be not less than fifteen feet and
to taper out In one even average to
the full extent OF two hundred and
fifty feet In length and breadth
Specifications to be seen at the
Courier office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual stockholders meeting
OF the Wildervllle Irrigation Com
pany will be held at the residence
OF Jacob Wagner, Wllderville, Ore,
January 6, 1910, at l o'clock y, m.
A. Il. SHEEHAN, President.
PAUL RUTTENCUTTER,
l2-3-5-t Sec. and Treas
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
The largest Grapevlne.

The largest grapevine In the world
is 10 years old and Is at San Gabriel.
CAL planted by Franciscan friars.
The stalk Is one and half feet in
diameter and eight feet high, and the
branches and foliage cover an area
Of 5000 square feet. Its average crop
OF grapes is two and a half tons year.
ly 1t forms the summer dining place
OF the San Gabriel hotel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17
War With Japan

could not possibly make so many
crlpples as rheumatism does every
year. And yet there Is no reason
why this disease should cripple any
one, II all sufferers will rub the af-
fected parts night and morning with
Ballard's Snow Linlment. Cures all
aches and pains. Sold by National
Drug Store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17

The best pill is DeWitt's Little
Early Risers-the safe, easy pleas
ant and sure little liver pills. De-
Wits Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
Is the original, Good for cuts, burns
or bruises and especially for piles,
Sold by all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17

Tea was cultivated In China 200
years before the Christian era and In
that country was first used as bev-
craze
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-17

lnen'' using percentages based on
several thousand reports, found that
ninety per cent of the railroads.
seventy-nine per cent of the manu-
lacturers' eighty-eight per cent of
the trades and seventy-two per cent
Oh the agriculturists discriminate
against drinking employees
Evening star., 1909-07-11
ac1e Sam Employs Ninety Two Chapans to Care for
Spiritual Welfare Of His Boys in Blue in Army and Nav

worth. there are two chaolains, one .
Protestant and the other Roman
Catholic. One of these. doing religious
work alone, receives 5000 year. while
the other, drawing $500, has various
administrative duties In addition 10
those of pastoral nature. He must
ing mail of prisoners and must keep
record of il In book whether IL in
clude letters. parcels or papers All
money sent TO prisoners also goes
through his hands. He is also the prison
librarian and the censor of all reading
matter entering the cells. At the fed
eral prison. McNeils Island, state or
Washington. the chaplains thus far have
been supplied by the religious organi-
Zations.
1:
\ sensational effort TO oust all chap
lains from tie federal service was made
half century and more ago by GER
tain members of Congress and outside
politicians, who sought vengeance
against the thousands of the clergy who
had been instrumental in memorialiZinx
Congress against the repeal of the Mis-
souri, compromise, against the Kansas
Nebraska bill and against the running
OF the mails on Sunday. The move be
gan by an attempt to prevent the cleo
tion OF a chaplain of the House and TINS
was followed up by an attempt to abol-
ish the Office of chaplain also in the
Senate. the army and navy and IN the
Indian service. as we'll. The contention
of those favoring the proposition was
based on two clauses of the Constitution,
one providing that mo religious test
shall ever be required as qualification
to any Office or public trust under the
United States" and the other specifying
that Congress shall make no law re.
specting an establishment of religion.
This troublesome matteriwas referred TO
the House judiciary committee for which
James Meacham of Vermont prepared an
adverse report. remarkable document.
in which he defended the army, navy
and Indian service chaplains and had
this to say about the necessity of re-
tanning those at the Capitol:
IF there be a God who hears prayer.
as we believe there is.-we submit that
there never was a deliberative body that
so eminently needed the fervent prayers
Of righteous men as the Congress OF the
United States"
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
Evening star., 1909-07-11

lain David Fleming. now of the I'd Cav
airy.
Our only Unitarian army chaplain.
George d. Rice. now. of the 9th Infantry,
has been our only army chaplain 10 re-
ceive a medal of honor in recent years
This he received for devotion to the
wounded and assisting them from the
firing line'' at Fort Bayan. Mindanao. in
May, 1892. He was also honoraoly men
toned for absolute and fearless devotion
to duty in administering to the wounded
under heavy fire, Our first Unitarian
army chaplain seems TO have been the
Rev. William A. Whitwell, appointed al
Hancock barracks in 1910. The nrst OF
this faith in the navy appears to have
been Protius Fisk. detailed to the Pensa-
cola navy yard in 1S44, while the second
was j. Orville Dewey. appointed in 1891.
There is no Unitarian chaplain in the
navy at the present time.
Our two dozen naval chaplains rank as
captains. commanders. lieutenant COM
manders or lieutenants, according to how
long they have been in the service. Those
on sea duty receive from $500 to S4.4OO
a year, while those on land duty get from
$1,000 to $4,000. Their function is SINH
lar to that Of the army chaplains, and
Evening star., 1909-07-11


ical examination, as well as to educational
tests Having been confirmed by the Sem
ate. he enters with the rank of lieutenant
and soon learns that his duties are not to
be confined to preaching and praying. In
addition to holding religious services at
his post each Sunday he must perform
burial services over the dead of his COM
mand distribute reading matter among
the sick in the hospitals and the prison.
ers in the guardbouse, give instruction
in the common English branches of edu-
cation to the enlisted men OF his regi-
ment identify the dead after a battle, act
often as counsel for the defense It courts
martial and serve generally as post treas
urer.
There are four colored chaplains in the
army. three Methodsts and one Baptist,
all attached to negro regiments.
The ranking army chaplain, the Rev.
Henry Swift of the 18th Infantry. was
wounded in action at San Juan and hon
orably mentioned for bravery there as
we'll as at the Siboney pest hospital dur
ing the great yellow fever epidemic in
Cuba. where, while ministering to the
sick. he contracted the disease himself.
Before entering the army he was an Epis-
copal missionary among the Indians
Chaplain Cephas c. Bateman Of the Coast
Artillery performed some valuable ethno-
logic work in the Philippines. where the
Moro dattos are said to have connded
to him information never before given to
an American. One Of our heroes at the re-
lief of the siege of Peking was Chaplain
Walter Marvine. now of the Coast Artli-
lery, who was intrusted with the identifi-
cation and burial Of all our soldiers who
died in China.
"There isn't a braver man in the regi-
ment," said Roosevelt In his farewell
address to his regiment when speaking
of Henry A. Brown, ''the Rough Rider
chaplain now of the Engineer Corps.
HE was right there on the firing line"
the colonel continued. tending to the
wounded. and when we went up that hill
I caught him with a carbine in his
hands"
When Manila was taken Yankee
wearing the Latin cross in his shoulder
straps stood guard over the wounded
Spaniards and at the point of a pistol
held at bay force of Filipinos which
rushed up to bolo them. This was Chap
Evening star., 1909-07-11
Corpse Excursion Ticket.

fIT T may be economical, ii is certainly
! ridiculous said Senator Tillman OF
a proposition he opposed. IT reminds me
OF Calhoun White.
Calhoun White stuck his head in
through the ticket window of a depot rail-
road station. and said:
".Boss, gimme two round-trip tickets
to Society Hill, one for myself and one
fur a corpse
81 never heard of nobody buying ex-
cursion tickets for corpses,' said the
agent What's the meaning of this"
".Wel boss, Calhoun White replied,
My brother Webster died yesterday, and
want to take the corpse up 10 society
Hill and let the family review the re-
mains, and then I'll bring him back 70
Salters depot here and bury him. Thatil
he big sight cheaper than for the whole
family to traipse all the way from So
ciety Hill and all the way back again."
Evening star., 1909-07-11

of course, be in addition to his salary as
pastor of All Souls Church, Washington.
Dr. Pierce is fcrty-three years the junior
of his predecessor. DR.. Hale. His forty
first birthday will occur Wednesday next.
Both were graduated at Harvard-Dr.
Hale in 1899 and DIR. Pierce fifty-two years
later; and both were born in New Eng
land DR. Hale in Boston and DIR. Pierce
in Providence.
That Uncle Sam employs ninety-two
clergymen is fact which will surprise
nearly every one. They receive all the
way from s4,4OO to 5000 a year, and all
bear the title of chaplain" Sixty-two
belong TO the army, twenty-four to the
navy. four to the federal penitentiaries
and two to Congress.
Twenty-one are Roman Catholics TWEEN
ty-one are Methodists. nineteen are Epis-
copalians. ten are Baptists. eight are
Presbyterians and four are Congregation
alists, while the Unitarians, Universalfsts
and Disciples of Christ are represented
by two each and the Lutherans. Dutch
Reformed Church and United Brethren
in Christ each by one minister of their
faith.
The two chaplains of Congress are elect
ed by their respective houses as are