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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12
EARMARKS OF FORGERY
ALSO PREDICTS VETO
Makes Malicious Statement about City Council
May Investigate Conduct of w. c. Mer-
rill, Special Agent Pacific Tele-
phone Telegraph Co.

any out of the way to take such an
action as we are sure we have many
citizens of good repute who do not
care to associate In a business way
with this type of society. And we
would further suggest that the re-
monstrance presented to the City
Council Of Grants Pass might be like
wise investigated.
Mr.. Merrill's broadside in the To-
cal paper of our neighbor city of
Grants Pass, while he was on his
way to unknown parts is only a
repetition of series of acts In this
city, which made 1t necessary for
him to take his departure between
the two lights Of day.
If the gentleman giving the ac'
count of the meeting of last Sunday
in the Citizens Telephone Company
Office in the Pacific Outlook Building
ing In Grants Pass would have done
as the gentlemen present at th'
meeting did our national reputation
| would be of a somewhat bolder type
as our Spokane friends who spen
their hard earned money to call OF
us were disappointed at their re
ception and the display Of our pro
ducts presented at this time, and
would be safe to say that the gentle
man who spent all his spare energ
in the concoction of this conglomei
alton of foolishness was not presen
at the meeting of our Spokan
friends and we'll wishers.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

will be thoroughly remodeled and a
plate glass front Of the most modern
atvle will be put In, and every ap-
nointment about the place VIII be
up-to-date.
Thee first step toward remodellins
will be a collosal sale for which oc-
casion tn present stock has already
been marked down
A. c. Holcomb and ]. +. Halligus
e,ce here from the state OF wash
ington. They are solid men ana
will add to the business Interests OF
our community. Mr.. Halligus has
not vet arrived but will be here Win
his family in three or four weeks
Mr.. Holcomb has TO family.
The sale OF the Harth business
means the severance OF old associa-
tions by Mr.. Harth and his famliy
He came here 10 years ago ana ha'
been in business in the city dur
ing that period and has made fo'
himself and family many stront
friendships. We have not yet learned
lust what will be determined as u
the future residence Of Mr.. and Mrs
uarth. A son resides In Rosebur
; and married daughter in Portland
II is quite natural that one OF thes
places viii become some time thei
|. home. But for tho present, nothin
|, permanently settled.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

he can be depended upon to work
at all times for the best interests OF
that organizations. His loyalty to
the club and his impartiality as re-
CARDS every member will never be
questioned. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Blanchard will give only one
half of his time to club work, but
the rooms will be kept open at all
hours.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

There was a meeting Of the Jose
phine County Irrigation & Power
Company In the parlors Of the First
National Bank on Thursday after
noon at which 1t is learned, some
important business was transacted.
There has been a deal on hand,
which to some extent has been
known by the public, between the
company and the parties owning the
Ament dam. For time the attor-
neys representing the respective
parties have been at work drawing
the papers which we're to convey the
dam and the valuable water rights
connected Herewith. Senator Nor
ton, who represented the Ament's,
has been In Salem attending to his
legislative duties and this made 1t
difficult to bring the negotiations
to conclusion. Finally on Tuesday
last, o. s. Blanchard, the Attor-
ney for the Josephine Irrigation Il
Power Company went to Salem and
had a conference with Senator Nor
ton which resulted in the two reach
ing an agreement as to all the points
which had been at issue, and the
papers were prepared for signature
Mr.. Blanchard returned to Grants
Pass on Thursday morning and al
once Secretary Riggs notified the
directors Of the company to attend
the meeting at the bank as above re
ported. The meeting was called II
order by President Gilkey, all th'
directors being present. The docu
ment conveying the dam, the waite
right and the land on both sides o
the river together with the contract
" leading to the date of the full trans
fer of the property were read an
after a full discussion by section
resolution was offered and passed
authorizing the president and secrt
tary OF the company to afiix the
;, names to the various document
u Representatives of the Golden Dri
. and the Grants Pass Orchard Con
a pany came next in order, and al'
g affixed their names but this was NJ
10 done until the next morning Pres
y dent Gilkey and c. w. Ament al
IL some Of the directors Of the compai
y went up to the dam in the afterno'
'' and selected a location for the nj
B. ditch. Work upon this will be col
menced as soon as a few other II
'' portant details relating to ditch CO
S' struction have been attended TO.
as II will now be only a question
III finding farmers enough to take I
d water to insure the immediate &C
ne struction of bitches on both sides
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12
DAN DEAL HAS
BEEN CLOSED
Purchase of the Big Golden Drift and the Grants
Pass Orchard Company Properties By
Our Local Irrigation Co.

the river. There will be gravity
ditch on either side and suitable
high line bitches to convey the wa
ter to the lands where 1t may be re-
quired. The company has made
every arrangement to construct such
bitches as will place considerable
section under irrigation this year.
Nothing will prevent this unless
those who own the land refuse to
sign and take the water. From what
is learned the whole irrigation bus
mess is In the very best shape and
the water will be placed within the
vided Of course as has been men
toned the water user will do his part.
Dry farming has been so unsuc-
cessful and unsatisfactory in this
valley that few will be willing to risk
It longer. Irrigation will insure a
full crop every year and 1t is quite
certain that the many will avail
themselves of this opportunity to Sc
cure 1t.
The Courier learns that there Will
be no delay now that the legal part
or the business has been fully pro-
vided for, but the directors had re-
solved to be sure that everything
was all right before they would &c
ahead. These gentlemen have given
much time to the subject and 1t IL
quite certain they will make few Il
any mistakes.
We nope to be able to announce II
our next issue that the farmers whit
have been asking for irrigation ar
signing up rapidly.
1t has come down to real bushes
with the officers of the company an
they will give water for money o
| its equivalent In work. The man
who have stood by this enterpris
from the first until now have a
= opportunity to give much neede
r help. First they must sign up fe
!. themselves and then urge the
I neighbors to do likewise.
= This is the consummation OF u
q greatest enterprise that has ev'
4 been undertaken in Josephine coun
+ and is a matter Of much rejoiciI
A but let 1t be understood 1t has n
v yet been entirely accomplished.
n takes money and labor to bui
s, bitches and this must be forthcom'l
=. or the work will lag. We have fai
- however, to believe that the spi
~ which has stood by and carried Il
ward this enterprise during the p'
30 six months will continue with US u
,o I'll our irrigation plant will be
n accomplished fact, from riverside
NJ foothills
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12
Harth Business Sold.

A. c. Holcolmb and J. F. HALL
gus have purchased the p H. Harth
Furnishing Goods ana
Boot and shoe establishment one OF
the oldest and most successful stores
in Grants Pass. Under the new hrm
the store will be known as''The Ideal
Clothing Company" The store room
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12
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3.S3O.O0O
ss,SsO.OO0

The Union Telephone Construc-
tion Company was given $l,5OO,OOO
in preferred stock for building the
plant, with switchboard capacity
of 5000 automatic telephones.
Whether or not any OF the balance
OF the bonds and stock has been Is
sued we are unable to state, but II
not, t.len the outstanding capitali-
zatlon of telephone plant OF 5000
stations is 100000. or $500 per
station. The amount OF water In
this may be imagined when one
considers the fact that the Bell tele-
phone plant at Omaha is capitalized
at only ss7 per station.
The Union Telephone Construc-
tion Company and It's fiscal agents
met with poor success In their at
tempts TO unload these "securities'
in Omaha. It Ia understood that
: most OF the real money put into the
construction OF the plant came from
the Pacific coast, The funds were
realized from bonds held by the Ore
: gon Savings and Trust Com
I pany. Of Portland. which failed In
! August, 1907, because II was not
+ gon Savings and Investment Com
v able TO realize on the securities ol
y which II held to the value OF $1,000,
900, Some OF the bonds were solo
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12
A SAMPLE OF FARCICAL
TELEPHONE PROMOTION
An Interesting Story of the Independent Telephone
Company of Omaha, Nebraska, Up to
Date Financial History
Is Farce.

dent" telephone plant. 1t has been
In operation since December 2,
1907, more than year. The "su-.
perior" service consists of not more
than 1000 stations as against about
&c, 700 stations of the grinding mo-
nopoly."
Independent Rates are Higher.
The rates of the independent"
are higher than those OF the grind
ing monopoly" The independent"
charges So month for business
telephone and the old company
charges Sc month for business
telephone. Some thoughtless people
may conclude from this statement Of
facts that the Independent" rates
are lower, but not so. There's
simple deduction to be made here.
The man who buys 10000 pins for
SO gets a lower price than the man
who buys 1000 pins for 50. The Sc
purchaser gets his pins at 30 cents
per thousand, while the 81 pur-
chaser pays so cents per thousand.
The illustration is fair and applica-
BILE. No one rents telephone to
decorate his desk or wall; man
pays for telephone for the SER
vice he gets out Of II, and It's worth
to him is measured by the amount
OF such service. A telephone
through which you may commune
cate with 10000 other telephones
certainly costs more to furnish and
is worth more to the user than q
telephone through which you can
reach only 1000 other telephones.
The merchant who gets a 10000
station telephone service for $6 per
/ month is buying his telephone ser
I vice at a lower rate than the mer-
Y chant who pays 50 per month for a
: 4000-statioh service.
q In the, construction Of the Omaha
= Independent" plant many men were
employed for some months, 1t Is true
o but their aggregate wages will not
e balance the waste forced upon hun
Q dreds of business houses for. years
y by the necessity OF having two tele'
10 phones on account of the division
& made In the local telephone service
|y It Is a clear case Of one class OF citi
lie zens gaining at the expense OF an
at other class, and on the whole sucl
ar transactions bring no benefit to an,
d. community. Furthermore, many o
is the workingmen who were engage
O. in building this plant took part O
IL their wages in the bonds OF the CON
ey pany, which are Of doubtful value
Financial History Farce.
ty The financial history of the lnd'
pendent Telephone Company OF Om'
ha Is a comedy, The authorized cal
en- italization is as follows.
IN Capital stock ........,.$b,ooo'oc
i'm Bonds .,.''''''''''' o,ooV'o'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

Quartz blanks ct the Courier
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-12

tContinued on last page)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
DEATH OF MRS. HERMAN

Mrs. Jennie Lopez Herman, wife of
j. E. Herman, of this city, died yes
terday afternoon at 5 o'clock, at her
home on Williams street, after an ILL.,
ness of about three weeks.
Mrs. Herman's death was caused by
complications arising form childbirth,
it is said, and her condition was not
considered serious until within the
past few days, an dher death yester-
day afternoon was, therefore, not
wholly unexpected.
Deceased is survived by a husband,
j. E. Herman, two single sisters and
brother, Mr.. w. A. Lopez, who is
now in Ell Paso, Texas, all of whom
have the sympathy of a large circle
Of friends.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock, and the remains interrde
in the City Cemetery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
RESCUED BY HIS FRIEND
FROM CLUTCH OF OCTOPUS
BALTIMORE FISHERMAN HAS A
DESPERATE FIGHT FOR HIS
LIFE IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

New York.-After an exciting fish
ing experience in Conception bay,
Newfoundland, William H. Bucholz
and James V. Lorber arrived on the
Red Cross liner Rosalind on their way
home to Baltimore. While out fish
ing Bucholz in trying to land a big
fish, was pulled overheard and
dragged some distance from the boat
before he could get free from the line.
Finding that the boat in which his
friend and Jacques lie BURN, the
guide, were trying to reach him, was
a long distance away, Bucholz swan
to what he thought was a log on the
water.
The instant he grasped the log 1t
came to life, and the man found him
self in the grasp of giant octopus.
Il strove to escape" said Bucholz,
but the whiplike arms entangled me.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13

ment, there was a great hue and cry
for the favored ones picture. But not
until now has it been possible to Sc
cure one.
Somehow the impression has gone
forth that Mrs. Taft's secretary is I'M
attractive and of middle age. On the
contrary, Miss Blech is most attractive
looking and is in the early twenties.
She has smooth brown hair and al
ways wears neutral shades or white,
which throws It into a beautiful con-
trast.
Miss Blech has mastered seven Ian
guages. Probably the one thingh which
attracted Mrs. Taft to her was the fact
that she was told that the young wo-
man was a thorough pianist, having
won much applause in the local mu-
steal circles.
Miss Blech has filled difficult role
most successfully and has made her
self favorite, not only at the White
House, but in official circles general
ly, by her efficiency, tact and diplo-
macy.
Tall, slender, quiet and reserved
Miss Blech has charming manner
and delightful personality, which
have won for her host of friends
She is we'll known to Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. William S. Cowles, both OF
whom have shown an interest in her
She has lived much of her time on the
continent, and at Alexandria, Egypt
and has the poise and reserve of the
travelled woman of culture. She does
not appear In society. and lives quietly
with her mother In an uptown apart
ment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
| O0C10/ and Personal
KATIE J.. l..
B tn PHI MES Ks
Il ATE J.. I. ALLEN

Peacher, Agnes Arnold Bessie Coxer,
and Mrs. Dan Gilman. Guests:
Messrs. Covers Meadow, Ernest Par
ker, Leslie McNair, Tom Smith and
Ross Lewis.
In Search Of the South Pole
Mrs. Kathleen Scott, wife of the
British captain who has planned an
expedition in search of the South
Pole, is one of the most talented
women sculptors says an exchange.
She has received medals for ex.
hiblts both in London and Paris.
Her work IS said to possess unusual
strength and individuality for wo-
man. She is also credited with fine
and sympathetic imagination. She
was married year ago and is the
mother of boy one month old. She
viii so with her husband to New
Zealand, the last civilized spot az
which the Scott-eXpedition will touch
before striking into the ice fields for
the Pole.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
MRS. TAFT's AIDE TO WE'D
Miss Alice N. BIech, Says Washington
Rumor, Is to Be Richard VAIN
wright's Bride.

Washington.-Once again Washing
ton official society is on the qui vive
for the very latest rumor is that Miss
Alice M. Blech, secretary to Mrs. Taft.
will soon resign her position to as
sumo that of the wife of Richard
Wainwright, the son of Admiral Vain
wright Ever since last winter gos-
sip has been busy in prophesying Miss
Blech's engagement. The couple have
been almost constantly together.
Perhaps never before has the sec.
rotary to the wife of the president
been as averse to public notice as has
been Miss Blech. When 1t was dis
covered that Mrs. Taft, following Mrs
Roosevelt's example, had chosen her
amanuensis from the state depart.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
additional Society From Page Two)
SOCIAL CALENDER.


Tuesday.
Afternoon-NIrs. Fielder Cook enter
tains the Sowania Club in honor of
Miss Laura Haney.
Afternoon-W. C. T. U. meets with
Mrs. I. o. Watkins at 3 o'clock.
Afternoon-The Trail Club meets
with Mrs. Henry D. Foote at o'clock
at Mrs. G. c. Robertson's.
Wednesday.
Morning-Field-Haney wedding al
Trinity Church at II o'clock.
Afternoon-Wednesday Club with
Mrs. w. w. Crawford.
Afternoon-The Woman's Club
meets with Mrs Charles F. Ames at
$3.50.
Thursday.
Afternoon-Little Girls Sewing
Club with little Edwina McSwain.
Friday.
Afternoon-NIarried Ladies' Card
Club meets with Mrs. Dryfus.
Saturday.
EYening-Eyening Whist Club with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Morford.
Class and Club Meeting With the
Misses Gilmore.
The Philomathean Glass and the
Daisy Davies Foreign Missionary
Society of Broad Street Methodist
Church met Friday evening with the
Misses Gilmore on Miller steret.
The decorations in the parlor and
dining room were ferns and chrysan-
themums. An interesting program
was rendered. after which Misses
Beulah and Daisy Gilmore served re-
freshments.
Miss Matte Mcintosh was elected a
delegate to the District Conference
which meets at Broad Street Church
Friday. Gold and blue were decided
on for the colors.
Miss Agnes Arnold will be the next
hostess Of the Philomatheon clas,.
and the Daisy Davies Society will
have their next meeting with Misses
Mary and Marie Roberts on Columbia
street
The members present were: Misses
Cammie Helveston, Hubert Barksdale,
Mary and Make Roberts, Maud Wall,
Viola and Beulah Gilmore, Alberta
Parker. Alma Lewis, Matte Mcintosh,
Clara Meadow, Minnie and Connie
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13

followed. The governor reviewed the
work that has been done in the Ma
tional park by the Federal govern
ment, the States, and the South in
part;cular--not, he said, in honor OF
victory or defeat, but to -commem-
oratethe heroism of American sol
diers on both sides.
Blewett Lee, in the name of the
Secretary of War. then accepted the
memorial for the Federal government.
The sight of the son of Gen. Stephen
D. Lee was a signal for more cheer
ing by the old veterans. many Of
whom had served under his father
upon the field where they now stood.
The old rebel yell again broke forth
and echoed among the blood-stained
hills.
Mr.. Lee was followed by Col H. M.
Street, speaker of the House Of Rep
resentatives, and Congressman B. G.
Humphreys.
The benediction was then pro-
nounced by Rev. Father Oliver, OF
Jackson, Miss.
Congressman Owens then delivered
the chief Grafton. paying an eloquent
tribute to the soldiers of the South
| and their place in the war. u
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13

ments, which consisted of dainty
lunches in lunch boxes.
Those present were: Gertrude and
Edgar Polk, Zoe McDuff, Ivy Batson,
Mabel Nixon, CANINE Rosalie and
Earl HartZoZ, Ruth Bowen, Ruth Pitts
Hattie Pearl Langford, Florine Mil
ner, Lamar Robertson, Wilbur Nc
Gregor, Percy Breland, Curtis Ferrill,
Jack Hill, Benton Holmes, Earl Pitt
man, Lonnies Conner, Tom Longre
'Bryan Edmonson and the honoree,
Marie La Croe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
BEWARE ~ ointments sor cssarrh -
Contain Mercury. q

~ mercury will surely destroy ~
---se of smell and completely derang6
The whole system when entering 4
through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used excepe
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they win do -
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derice from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
G Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mes~
curry, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure yqp ge1
the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio. by =. !.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c Per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consts-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
To MOVE CLERICAL
OFFICERS OF X. P.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 1S.-After
having remained in Nashville for
twenty-five years, the clerical offices
of the supreme lodge. Knights Of
Pythias, will be transferred within
the next few weeks to Minneapolis.
This was he Information given cut
by Gen. Fred e. Wheaton. who sue
lceeds the late DR.. R. L. C. White.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
Main Street Methodist chu oh

Sunday school at 9:45 a. m proceed
ed by the Teachers Meeting at $50
Morn;ng service at eleven O'Clock
Sermon by he pastor. Epworh League
devotional sslvice at $50 p. n Eve
ming service at 1880. Sermon by 'he
pastor.
The monthly meeting of the church
conference will be held at the close OF
the morning service. A. F. Watkins,
Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
RELIGIOUS.
Announcements Of Services By
Various Denominations
Tomorrow.
Broad Street Methodist.

Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Ep
worth League at 6:15 p. m. Servic.
at IL a. m. Sermon by Rev. Hardy
Noteworthy. Worship at us p. m.
conducted by R. L. Bennett.
Everybody invited to these services
The pastor, Rev. o. S Lewis, is al
Biloxi, where he is assisting Rev. E
w. Lipscomb in a revival meeting. He
will be absent from the city for sew
eral days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
MERIDIAN Contractor
LOSES HIS LIFE
By Associated Press.

MERRIAM. Nov. 13.-C. T. Terry, a
prominent contractor of this city, lost
his life yesterday afternoon in a cave
in of earth at an excavation where a
bridge was being built across a creek.
George Johnson, mulatto, was badly
injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
The Whip Like Arms Entangled Me.

The giant squid was thrashing the
water like mad. I shouted for help
and Lorber and Jacques headed the
boat for me-"
Lorber could not wait for the maneu-
vering of the boat. but, Selling a
short-handled Ratchet, he jumped
overheard and swan to his friend. He
chopped away at the tentacles of the
octopus. and after several had been
severed the fish released its hold and
sank. The guide assisted both ex
hausted men back into the boat.
When Bucholz arrived. his body still
bore the marks of the tentacles that
had encircled him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
Bay Street Presbyterian Church.

Services by pastor morning and
evening. Morning service, II a. M.
and evening service, Z p. m. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Young people
meeting at 6:15 p. m.
Preaching at Eatonville at $50 p.
m.
To all of these services the public
is cordially invited.-R. L. Campbell,
Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
Columbia Street Baptist Church.

]. N. McMillin has returned from
the Baptist State Convention at Wi
mona, and will occupy tie pulpit of
his church at II a. m. and p. m.
tomorrow. A full attendance of the
membership is desired, as important
announcements will be made touching
the future work of the church.
The public is cordially invited.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-13
Will COME TO
Continued from page one.)

called to order and explained that
Rev. DR.. Sproles. of Clinton, who was
to have delivered the invocation, had
found it impossible to attend, and
called upon Rev. DIR. Hillhouse, of
Vicksburg. DR.. Hillhouse. expressing
regret at the absence of DIR. Sproles.
then read the invocation which had
been prepared for the occasion by the
latter.