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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01

Chappcd skin, whether ON the
hands or face may De cured In one
night by applying Chamberlain IS
Salve 10 Is also uneQualed for sore
nipples. burns and scalds. For sale
by NJ. Clemens.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
Registration of land Title.

In the Circuit Court OF the State
Oregon for the County of Jt
phine.
Application No. 2.
In the Matter of the Applica-
tion of Margaret Tufts,
widow, to register the title to
/ the following described par
eel of land, to-wit: Beginning
at a point 21.75 chains north
and 0.2o cnains east OF the
southwest corner of Section
| 16, Township SO South, of
Range 5 West of the William
ette Meridian, Josephine
County, Oregon running
thence east 2794 chains,
more or less, to the east line
of the Joshua Scholes' Dona-
tion Land Claim No. 81;
thence north 1896 chains to
the southeast corner of par
eel of land decided to Riley
II. Cain; thence west 2.95
chains thence north 6.24
chains; thence south 70.75
degrees east 3.12 chains to
the east line of the Joshua
Schoes' Donation Land
Claim No. 81; thence north
1920 chains to the northeast
corner of the Joshua Scholes'
Donation Land Claim No. 81;
thence west $50 chains;
thence south 4.19 chains to
the center of the county road;
thence south 501a degrees
east along said road LA
chains; thence south S,79
chains to the center line of
the prolongation of ID"
street, of Grants Pass, Ore
gon; thence west along the
center line of the prolonga-
ton of ID" street 22.S4
chains to a point OPS chains
east of the west boundary of
Section 16; thence south
1916 chains to the point of
beginning, containing 52.39
acres, more or less,
VS..
John X. Jones; Ruth Ann
Jones; Joshua Scholes, SEMI
or; Joshua Scholes, junior;
Joshua Scholes; Deborah
Scholes; A. c. Swartz; Melis-
sa Scholes; Melissa Scholes;
Meals Scholes; Hannah CroX-
ton; Thomas Croxton; J. T,
Flynn; and to all the heirs
at-law of any defendant who
may have departed this life;
lne w. B. Sherman Realty
Company, a corporation, AMI
to all whom it may concern,
defendants,
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY C
CERN: Take notice, that on the 2
day of September, A. D. 1909,
application was filed by said NJ
garet Tufts in the Circuit Court
Josephine County for initial re-
tration of the title to the land alb
described Now, unless you app
on or before the 3Oth day Of Octol
A. d. 1909, and show cause Y
such application shall not be gra
ed, the same will be taken as. C
fessed and a decree will be ente
according to the prayer of the
plication and you will be fore
barred from disputing the same.
(Seal) S. f. CHESHIRE, Gle
o. S. BLANCHARD,
Applicants Attorney.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01

Oliver Chilled Plows at Cramer
Bros.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of jose
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Franchises Are Assessed.

The state board of assessment met
and completed the work of placing a
valuation on the franchise and rolling
stock of the various railroads. This
valuation will be distributed to the
various towns of the state under the
terminal tax law according to mileage
of the railroads.
The actual value per mile of the
franchise and rolling stock of the
Union Pacific and it's branches is the
same as last year, while the North
western is increased from $4,000 a
mile to $ll 500 a mile. The Missouri
Pacific is decreased on it's main line
from $4,000 mile to $4,000. Both
of its branches are also decreased
The following table shows the value
of the franchise and rolling stock per
mile of the various railroads of Ne
braska fixed by the state board of
equalization:
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
SUMMARY !
Of A
WEEKS EVENTS :
Latest News Of Interest
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man.
Foreign.

The pOstoflice in Vienna was robbed
Of $4,000. While an official was called
TO the telephone. probably as a ruse,
the thieves reached across the counter
and distracted gold notes to that
amount
The Cuban congress adjourned Fri.
day evening.
Prince Chun, regent Of China, re-
Ceived an extended visit to the
United States. An imperial edict
was issued making Tang.Shao-Yi ex-
pcctant vice.president of one Of the
imperial boards. This is interpreted
as meaning that his services are not
to be recognized by the Chinese gov
ornment.
The meetings of the international
banks. so far as London is concerned,
have been concluded with arrange
ments for the participation of Amer
leans I'm the HankowSze Chuen rail-
road loan of $27,50O,000 being agreed
upon. The negotiations however. are
still going on and further meetings
will be held In Paris and probably
Berlin. The meeting was adjourned to
permit of government consultations
The official journal published an
imperial degree appointing DR.. Alex.
ander Wekerle premier OF Hungary.
The other members of his cabinet
are re.appointed.
A bill levying an export duty on
potash has been drawn up by Herr
Delbruk, minister OF commerce and
industry. who admitted during the f.
nance debate in the reichstag that the
government would bring the measure
forward in the event of the potash
syndicatc's being broken up. He ar.
gued that foreign countries least of all
the United States, could not regard
such an enactment as unfrienly.
The French government has decided
that 1t is at present unable, on ac.
count of the budget situation and other
conditions. to accept the American
proposal to enter upon negotiations
with the view of establishing a 2-cent
rate on letters between the two coun.
tries.
Incomplete reports from Palermo,
Sicily, say that violent rioting has
broken out in many parts of the city
following the imposition of new
tax assessed for the benefit of the
shipping industry. The people were
bitterly opposed to the tax and fought
against it step by step. The au-
thorties had their way, however, and
since the decision of the government
was announced there has been con
slant danger of an outbreak.
Emperor William was entertained
at dinner by Allison V. Armour, of
New York, on board the yacht
Ctowana.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Propose Lands for Entry.

Westinghouse number of land res
torations were announced at the in.
terror department. the acreage amount
ing to approximately 1S,25O0OO acres.
In North Dakota $1,000 acres are re-
stored to the public domain of land
formerly withdrawn in connection with
the Buford.Trenton irrigation project.
and $500 of that previously reserved
under the Nesson project, with $500
of that previously reserved under
the Nesson project. In Washington
$4,000 acres formerly withdrawn from
entry in connections with the Yakima
project were restored. All Of the lands
again made part OF the public do
main will be open to entry by Novem
Der 4.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
To Study Fish Diseases.

DIR. II. b. Ward of Nebraska univer.
sity accompanied by George La Rue of
Spencer, Ia, IA university student, and
Edward Davis of Lincoln, also a uni
versity student, have started on a trip
to Alaska for the purpose of studying
the diseases of the salmon. They ex-
pect to be gone until September and
Will travel over great deal of Alaskan
fishing territory.
DR.. Ward goes under the direction
of the government bureau of fisheries
and the expenses of himself and one
OF the boys is borne by the govern
ment. The University of Nebraska
bears the expense of the other assist
ant. AS result the university will
receive a large number of valuable
specimens. The party will be given
assistance not only by the government,
but by all the large salmon Gamers,
who are interested in the work. Fleets
OF boats will be at their command, as
we'll as the aid of a number OF expert
fishermen.
The salmon. according to DR.. Ward
have been suffering from large num-
Der of diseases which are rapidly de-
creasing the supply. 1t Is to find some
means of checking and preventing the
spread of these diseases that Dr. Ward
is being sent on this mission He is a
well-known expert along this line, his
work in connection with the white fish
industries on the great lakes being
especially commended.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Novel Idea In Service

Cincinnati, Oo.-The presence Of
thirty-tve canary birds as a part of
the choir and participating in the
Sabbath morning musical program.
constituted unique and novel limo
walton in the regular religious ser
vices at Lincoln Park Baptist church
Sunday. The idea of calling the birds
into commission as part of the choir
was original with the pastor, the Rev.
DR.. George II. Robbins, and the effect
of the use of the canaries along with
the choir voices and the great church
organ was declared by DIR. Robbins,
and the members of the congregation
added greatly to the choir service.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Says Assessment Is Too Low.

Attached to the history of bond
issue of the village of Cambridge is
certified statement from the village
clerk, w, j, Holley, to the effect that
for bond issue purposes and for taxa
ton purposes the property of the vii
lage has a different valuation. The
part of the certified statement bearing
oil that subject is as follows: The as.
sessed value of real estate and per-
sonal and other property, equalized in
1908, is Sl69,125. The assessed valua-
ton is the same as returned by the
assessor for 1908
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
ALL TRAVEL |MPEDED
KANSAS CITY ALMOST EXCLUDED
FROM TRAIN SERVICE.
CHICAGO TRAINS ARE DETOURED
General Rains In Kansas and Mis-.
souri, Continue and Situation
In Traffic World Consid-
cred Serious.

Kansas City, Mo.-With hundreds
Of travellers detained in Kansas City
awaiting the movement of their trains
which have been delayed because of
washouts due to the heavy floods prev.
alent in Missouri and Kansas Sun.
day, all trains west were from one to
ten hours late, while 1t was merely
conjecture as to the arrival time OF
Chicago trains detoured by way of st
Louis.
Two railroads, the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe. and the Chicago, NIL
waukee and st. Paul, annulled their
regular Kansas City.Chicago trains on
Sunday night. The Milwaukee road,
however, sent a special out of here
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon for CHI
cago detoured via St. Louis.
Practically all Chicago trains are be-
ing detoured over the Missouri Pacific
route to st. Louis. To travellers leav.
ing Kansas City. the railroad prom.
ised they would be landed safely In
Chicago, but all figures as to prof.
able time were abandoned.
The Chicago and Alton railways 6
o'clock train for Chicago left here on
time, but its later Chicago trains
were annulled. This train was routed
via the Missouri Pacific to Sedalia,
thence via the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway to Higbee. Mo-, there
to continue on it's own track to Chi
cago. The Burlington's train to Chi
cago was detoured via Cameron juno
ton, st. Joseph, Mo-, and Pacific
Junction, H., and from the latter point
on the main line to Chicago.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacl-
fiv ran its Chicago trains over it's own
track to st. Louis, via Eldon Mo-, and
the over the Chicago and Western H.
linois road. Several other lines de-
toured over the Rock Island route.
The Wabash trains were running al.
most on schedule
The Missouri river continues to rise
slowly and the Kansas river was
slightly above it's Saturday night
stage. Rains were general in the
Kansas watershed Saturday night. To-
peka reports a precipitation Of 1.6
inches, and Manhattan inches. This
rainfall will have no noticeable effect
on the river at Kansas City for thirty.
six hours.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
A TEST OF SAMPLES
INVESTIGATIONS BY THE NE.
BRAskA SEED LABORATORY.
RESULTS THAT WERE SECURED
State Board Of Assessment comnIetes
the Work Of Valuation of
Railroads.

| The experiment station bulletin No.
| ITO presents In popular form the
most important results secured by the
Nebraska Seed Laboratory from the
time of its establishment to July l.,
1908, together with a statement show
ing the various tests made up to May
/, 1909
A grand total of 463 samples was
| received and 636 different tests made
during the first year and 617 samples
ana 800 tests during the second year
up to May |. 1909. over so per cent
of these samples were received from
the farmers and seedsmen of Ne.
braska.
Alfalfa.-The POI samples of alfalfa
examined varied in purity from Sc per
cent to SO per cent; in termination
from 90 per cent to 100 per cent and
contained from OIL per cent of inert
matter and from 0 per cent to 36. per
cent of foreign seed. Four species of
dodder were found in varying
amounts. One sample of alfalfa con-
tanned over 9 per cent of dodder and
II this seed had been sown at the
rate OF 16 pounds to the acre there
would have been sown 1886 dodder
seeds to the square rod. Buckhorn.
wild carrot, wild chicory, lambs
quarters and the seeds of about 20
other weeds were found in the alfalfa
samples
Red Clover-The 81 samples of red
clover examined varied in purity from
10 per cent to 80 per cent: I'm germina.
ton from 81 per cent to 100 per cent
and contained from 0.3 per cent to II
per cent inert matter and from o. per
cent to 22 per cent foreign seed
Glover dodder seeds were found in
eight OF these samples and a total of
over 10 other more or less noxious
weed seeds were found in the various
clover samples. Buckhorn, for ex.
ample, was present in nearly so per
cent OF the clover samples.
Bronze Grass-The 20 samples of
awnless bronze grass examined varied
in purity from 33 per cent to 90 per
cent; in termination from 0 per cent
TO SO per cent and contained from 2
per cent to as per cent inert matter
ana from O.1 per cent to &c per cent
foreign seed. The various species of
wheat grass are most frequently found
in awnless bronze grass, though COM
mon cheat and other sorts of bronze
grass of little or no value are often
present.
Pure Seeds and Sure Seeds-Farm-
ers should not buy and plant weed
seeds. The Nebraska Seed Labora-
tory is prepared to undertake, without
cost, the study of any samples of seed
sent to it for the purpose of determin-
ing the following points:
l. Presence of adulterants or dod-
der
3 Mechanical purity.
3. termination.
The bulletin may he obtained free
of cost by writing the Nebraska Elk.
pertinent Station, Lincoln, Neb., and
asking for Bulletin No. 40.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Weston Four DAYS Late.

Sacramento, Cal.-With 10S miles of
the 3,975-mile walk from New York
to San Francisco still before him, Ed.
ward Payson Weston rested Sunday
at Roseville, eighteen miles north of
here. He will start on his last lap
Monday morning at o'clock and now
expects to deliver the letter from
Postmaster Morgan of New York, to
Postmaster Arthur G. Fisk, San Fran.
cisco, Wednesday morning, four days
behind his schedule of 100 days. Wes-
ton says he is feeling fine, but admit
ted when found lying in the shade Of
a tree that he was somewhat tuckered
out"
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Domestic,

Ten persons were injured two
probably fatally, when trolley car
on the Warren and Bristol line of the
Rhode Island suburban railroad com.
pany left the rails at a curve at West
harrington ana crashed into tree.
The fatally injured are Augustin
Fletcher, motorman and George
Green. conductor.
John ID. Rockefeller has given an.
other $1O,OOO,OOO to the general edu.
cation board.
The Lake Champlain precautionary
celebration came to a close Friday
evening.
The Nebraska liquor dealers have
decided TO fight the early closing
law.
Omaha gets the next meeting OF
the Missouri river navigation con.
Gress.
Hundreds of saloons now operating
In Iowa under saving clause of the
new Moon law, limiting the number
OF saloons to one for every 900 popu.
lation in Iowa, We're ordered closed
Icy Attorney General Byers He de.
-'arcs that all saloons which opened
since April 10, after having secured
the consent OF majority of the
voters, are operating in violation OF
the law. and he has instructed prose.
cutors I'm every city OF the state to
institute proceedings against the sa.
loonists.
A new west-bound record was estab.
lished by the Cunard liner Mauretania
which arrived off Sandy Hook light
ship at 9:16 o'clock Thursday. The
boat clipped seventeen minutes from
her best performance heretofore, GOV.
ering the long course in four days,
sixteen hours and thrty-six minutes.
The allied printing trades council
of New York sent letter of Governor
Haskell OF Oklahoma, calling his at.
tention to the fact that the union label
does not appear on the books now be.
ing manufactured for the state as
specified in the contract with print.
ing house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Extra Session Probable.

Should the federal court make per-
manent the temporary injunction
against the banking law going into eff
feet, 1t is my intention to call spe-
cial session of the legislature imme-
diately after the decision is known"
GOV. Shallenberger made this state
ment, THE decision will set out Just
what is wrong with the present law
and then 1t will be an easy matter to
prepare a bill in accordance with the
decision. see no necessity for wait
ing until the supreme court of the
United States passes on the question Z"
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Washinutor.

First Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant,
third corps of engineers, United States
army, grandson of President Grant,
was appointed superintendent of the
state war and navy building in the
city of Washington.
President Taft will make an extend.
ed tour of the western and southern
states, starting on his birthday, Sep
TENDER IL.
The tariff bill passed the senate
by n vote of A. to "a and Is now
ready for final action by the house.
There are strong indications. that
James 7, McCleary OF Minnesota, for
mer assistant postmaster general, will
be appointed director of the mint, to
succeed Frank Leach, resigned. Nc.
Cleary Is known to be the choice of
Secretary McVeagh and his nomina.
ton is expected before the expiration
OF the present session.
Investigation by government author
tues INTO the cargo of the British
steamer Ethelwood has convinced
them that the vessel cannot lawfully
be detained longer at the port of New
York.
Commander John Hood has been
designated as the head OF the board
appointed to make n second inquiry
INTO the cause of the death OF Second
Lieut.. James II. Sutton of the marine
corps at Annapolis in October 1907.
Sutton's mother declares that he was
murdered instead of having commit.
ted suicide as stated at the time.
Rear Admiral William f. Potter,
who commanded the fourth division
OF the Atlantic feet on its voyage
around the world, became chief OF the
bureau of navigation, relieving Rear
Admiral John +. Pillsbury. retired.
The Italian Red Cross society has
presented to the American National
Red Cross society beautiful gold
medal and handsome diploma as
tokens of appreciation OF the great
assistance rendered by the United
States after the earthquake in Sicily
and Calabria, Italy,
Engineers in charge of the construc.
ton Of the Panama canal have decided
to use rails no longer fit for use on
railroads for the purpose of reinforc-
ing the concrete work on the locks of
the canal, About 10000 tons of this
kind Of rails have already been collect.
ell IN the isthmus.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
Urge Tariff Commission.

New York,-Delegates of a number
of New York business associations will
go to Washington early this week to
urge that a tariff commission be in.
corporated as part of the tariff bill
finally agreed upon by the senate and
house conferences having that meas.
ure in charge. Delegates from com.
mercial bodies from other parts of
the country will meet the New YORK
delegation at Washington, and the
combined gathering will urge the need
of a change in present tariff making
methods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
CHOOSING OF JUDGES.
Secretary Of state Junkin Gives Some
Instructions,

W StotV Wives SOWlC
instructions.
County clerks have been instructed
by Secretary of State Junkin to in.
clude state officers in getting out their
election notices. This means that un.
less the supreme court overrules the
decision of the Lancaster district court
In declaring unconstitutional the nom
partisan judiciary act, candidates for
supreme Judge and regents of the state
university will be nominated at pri-
mary elections.
Numerous county clerks have called
the secretary over the telephone and
have written him for instructions and
one of them when instructed TO include
the state officers replied that the gov
ernor had not yet issued proclama-
ton for primary election. The secre.
tary OF state holds this makes no DIFF
ference. The secretary has been man.
damused to place the name of John NJ.
Regan on primary ballot as a repub.
lican candidate for supreme Judge and
he will follow the instructions of the
lower court unless this decision is set
aside by the supreme body.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15

of A. I. Veasey, young white man
Among those present at the eKecu
ton were the four sisters OF the muir
dered man, one Of whom asked to be
allowed to spring the trap. Her re-
quest was refused.
james Yadkin Joyner, of North
Carolina. was elected president of the
National Education association.
The Alpha.Portand Cement com.
pany announced ten per cent in.
crease in the wages of It's 1000 labor.
ing men. The company says the ad.
ditional pay is granted in considera.
ton of the high cost OF living.
Joseph II. Brown was inaugurated
governor Of Georgia at noon Saturday.
The Missouri and Kaw rivers are
very high and great damage is being
done in many parts Of Missouri and
Kansas.
The United Society of Christian En-.
deavorers is in session at st. Paul,
Mimi.
The Missouri river congress con-
vened in Yankton, S. d.. this week
with seven states represented. Oma-
ha Is bidding for the next congress.
Riddled with bullets, the body OF
Stephen Kish. thirty years old, of West
Berwick, Pa, was found in deserted
section of the town. He had been
dead but a few hours. There is no
clue TO the identity of the slayer, nor
to the motive for the murder.
An ordinance was passed by the city
council and signed by the mayor. le-
CALLING the erection in Kansas City of
new union railroad station. The
proposed station, It is said, will cost
$20OO0,OOO
Members of the South Carolina
press association are assembled for
their annual meeting.
The street railway strike at Pitts.
burg, Pa, has been settled.
Former President Charles w. Eliot
OF Harvard University, has been elect
ed president emeritus of the institu-
ton.
The Nebraska Securities company
has been organized for the purpose of
taking over and financing the Omaha
Independent Telephone company.
Harry X Thaw has been released
from the asylum and placed in the
custody of the sheriff pending the
hearing to determine his sanity.
Oscar Strauss, who was recently ap.
pointed American ambassador to Tur-
key, sailed for his new post at Con-
stantinople.
The twenty-fifth biennial convention
OF the Kappa Alpha fraternity has at
tracted to Birmingham, Ala, several
hundred delegates representing many
of the prominent colleges and univer-
stiles of the country.
A court martial convened at Denver
for the trial of Lieut.. Clarence S. Net
ties, u. S. A., retired. on charges of
financial irregularities preferred by
General Thomas, commanding the de-
partment of Colorado.
The last round of shots in the Gun
nlson irrigation tunnel at Montrose.
Co., was fired at $50 Tuesday after
noon. A few minutes later, when the
debris had been cleared away, the
workmen from the two holdings shook
hands through the opening. The tun-
mel is six miles long and has been four
and half years under construction.
Allan Collins, Wallace Sauer and
a companion, members of prominent
Mississippi families, were killed by
lightning during severe storm which
did considerable damage, twelve miles
north of Long Beach, Miss.
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-15
New Laws Ready.

The first copies of the session laws
were received by the secretary Of
state last week from Timothy Sedg.
wick. The book is smaller than that
OF two years ago, cost less and is
printed on book paper and is pro-
nounced by the secretary of state to
be the best looking yet turned out in
that line.