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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-26

the Woman's building. Within a
very few days work will be begun
on the athletic stadium, American
Woman's League building, Yakima
county structure, Daughters of the
American revolution, Japan gov
ernment building, Latin-American
Republics, live stock, masonic,
Arizona, Hoo-Hoo, reproduction of
Hudson bay company's fort at Mani
amo, model dairy, several res
taurants and number of fraternal,
patriotic buildings. Many states
now in session will make appropria-
tions.
THE amusement features are
rapidly being installed and the en-
tire Pay Streak is alive with build
ing operations. Exhibits are being
offered in quantity and quality that
guarantee a large and instructive
display Just before my departure
from Seattle | was advised by the
department of special events that
the following special days had beer
designated for Oregon Cities:
A Publicity Representative.
One of the pleasantest gentle
men in the party was Lloyd w. Nc
Dowell, representing the publicit!
department of the fair. He is a reg
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-26
The Work ON the bitches.

There are now two engineering
parties working on the irrigation
ditches, one on each side of the river
On the north side they are engaged
on the 20O-foot level ditch which
will supply water for many OF the
small farms and gardens around
Grants Pass. The one on the south
side is the 35O-foot level. This last
ditch will cover Fruitdale and much
of the land west and southwest of it.
The surveyors will soon be through
their work of locating the first
named ditch and they will then take
up the big gravity ditch on the north
side This will cover nearly all OF
the land in the river bottom below
town. The next thing in order VIII
be the rights-of-way This Is very I'M
nortant work and it will be pushed
bv local committees in the various
districts. 1t is hoped that the ex'
annie Of Fruitdale in giving free
rlghts-of-way will have a good ell
feet in other sections. On TUESDAY
and Wednesday officers Of the com
pany were out making examinations
with view to locating the line o
the several bitches to be built In tn
near future. The irrigation compan'
has decided to purchase some larg
improved machinery used In dltcI
construction and for this purpose su
perintendent Garner went to Port
land on Thursday night. He VIII re
t turn Immediately, and as soon as h
arrives teams with plows an
scrapers will be sent out to work o
the 2OO-foot level ditch.
The money subscribed at the irr
= cation meeting at the opera houi
T. last Saturday is already been paid
/. at the Office of Secretary RIGGS.
: II Garner took in his check for S5'
II Thursday forenoon, that Is one-thil
= OF his last subscription.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-26
The Auxiliary Reception.

The members Of the Ladies Auxll-
iary were hostesses to a large num-
her Of friends last Friday afternoon
The hall had been tasteiully decor
ated in green and white, the color
scheme being carried out by res
icons Of crepe paper, beautiful pot
ted plants. ivy and laurel The
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-26

event when the body of the hero of
Appomattox was being prepared for
the grave, they found the entwined
locks of hair which he had carried
on his person for more than a third
OF century. That incident should
silence the tongue Of the slanderer.
The next speaker was George H.
Stone Of the Tacoma Chamber of
Commerce. After the third speech,
Mayor Kinney was called for, but it
was found that he had started for
church the moment the last speech
was closed.
The excursionists gave three
cheers for Grants Pass and it was re-
turned with will by our citizens.
The waiting locomotive of the train
gave hoarse whistle and ali aboard
was shouted and the Seattle and Ia
coma boosters, with another three
cheers for Grants Pass and the wav-
ing of handkerchiefs by everybody,
passed up the Rogue River and were
soon. out of sight.
DirectOr--Geueral Talks.
The train was in charge of I. A.
Nadeau, director general of the 1909
Exposition. The writer was so for
tunate as to have met Mr.. Nadeau
while both were travelling in Alaska
three years ago. Arriving in Grants
Pass he proved to be the same gen.
ial gentleman he had been in the
north country. He was full of the
subject of the great Exposition and
spoke in assuring terms of the bie
| coming event. He said three
months in advance of the opening
day the Alaska-Yukon-P Pacific Expo
sition is so far advanced that it
completion before the opening TIM
is now assured.
"No Exposition in history eve
made such remarkable progress Il
the construction of its buildings ant
already the grounds have the ap
pearance of a great worlds fail
Many of The larger buildings stan
complete and the structures t
house the great display to be mad
ty .he United States government ar
" ell advanced.
"The grading, installation Of wa
ter, sewers, steam, gas, electricit!
heat and all underground work
done. Service buildings complet
and in use are the fire station, eme
gency hospital, administration built
ing and the power station. The a;
iiculture, fisheries, mines, manufa'
lures, machinery, auditorium, mus
temple, Oregon and California sta'
buildings and the Cascades and ge.
ser basin are complete.
"The structure to house the eX
, hibits from European countrie
the fine arts building, the Orient
. building and the music temple a
more than ninety per cent comple
= and the Arctic Brotherhood, fore
a try, Spokane, King county, Unit'
= States government group consistn
p of the main exhibit palace and sepa
! ate structures to house the eXhibi
I. from Alaska, Hawaii and the phil
mines as well as the government lis
{ cries and a biograph building are
d ner cent complete and are bonded
t be completed in every detail Ap
= 30. The government appropriate
a for participation at Seattle "
Is sGOO,OOO Just before we lett ee'
l, tie work had commenced on the so
If roads building, one Of the interesti
n features of the fair.
e "Plans have just been approx
g and work begun on the enema
Ie county building, the dairy eXni'
'e machinery annex, model school,
is tor boat pavilion, transporta'
If palace. Canadian government oul
is ing. New York State structure
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-02-26

Coron-Booth Hardware Company
sell ranges on easy payments. you
can pay weekly payments. 2-26-tl
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

That the ignorant and the foolish
may be instructed in the understand
ing of wisdom.
Whose giveth ear, to him these
words be as riches;
To him that heedeth them not.
to the same shall come emptiness
forever. ~
Thus speaketh he, giving counsel
unto his son.
Be not thou puffed up with thy
learning; honour the wise, neither
withhold thou honour from the sim
pie.
The gates of art are closed unto
none; whose entereth threat though
he seeketh perfection, yet shall he not
find it.
But the words of wisdom are hid,
even as the emerald is hid in the
earth, and adamant in the rock,
which the slave diggeth up.
Yield unto him whose strength is
more than thine who falIeth upon
thee in anger, be not thou inflamed,
neither lay thy hands upon him. so
shalt thou escape calamity.
He is forward, it shall not profit
thee to contend against him; be con-
tanned, and when he rageth against
thee, oppose him not; so in the end
shalt thou prevail over him.
If one rail against thee, and flout
thee, answer him not again, but be
as one who cannot be moved; even
so shalt thou overcome him. For
the bystanders shall declare that he
who, being provoked, holdeth his
tongue, is greater than he who pro-
voketh; and thou shalt be honoured
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
well as a material aspect" {"

well as a material aspect"
Mr.. Hill then proceeds to explain
his fears for the future. He esti-
mates that "by about the middle of
the present century, or in less than
fifty years." the population of the
United States will be 100000, 900.
At the same time, according to our
present standard of living and ad-
vance In population, and taking into
consideration the rising price of
wheat and the limited possible in
crease of wheat production by in
creasing acreage" he figures that
each year we will come short of feed
ing these coming millions" by a
shortage of 40O,000,00O bushels of
wheat. Moreover, even now the
growth of wheat production no lon
ger keeps pace with the growth of
our population, and we must there
fore provide from some source for
an annual deficit of more than 49,
100000 bushels" To quote further:
IT have stated the national prob
lem in terms of wheat for the sake
of clearness; its solution admits of
similar statement. The average
wheat yield per acre in the United
States in 1907 was IA bushels. The
average for the last ten years is
1888. That is, in 1907 it required
45,211,000 acres to produce the 634,-
087,000 bushels that we raised. It
is disgraceful record. Sup-
pose that the United States produc-
ed % bushels, or double its present
showing. That would be nothing ex-
traordinary In view of what Euro
pean countries have done with in
ferior soils and less favorable cli-
mates. 1t would have added 634,-
100000 bushels to our product last
year.
Here we perceive an answer to the
question that the future asks. Here
we see how the 200,000,OOO people
of about the year 1850 are to be fed.
Here we see where the money will
come from for our national support.
1t must be earned by and paid to the
farmers of this country. But that
implies a kind of agriculture differ
ing greatly from that which now
prevails.
1--WE can not feed our future pop
ulation with our present methods.
We must improve; and years of sci
entific investigation and practical ex-
perience have demonstrated how it
may be DONE"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
FUEL-sAvING DEVICE.
Test Made by the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road Company.


road Company.
One hundred and fifty locomotives
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad have
been equipped with a new fuel-sav-
ing device which is expected to prove
of immense value to railroads
throughout the country. Economy in
fuel has been, for many years, one of
the great problems for railroad off,
cials, so that they will welcome this
new device with unusual interest.
On all locomotives there are air
brake pumps operated by steam, and
it has been the practice to conduct
the exhaust steam from the pumps
to the Smoke box" to which the
stack is attached, and there release
it. The effect is to create a draft
on the fire. Since much of the work
of the brake pumps is done when the
locomotive is at standstill or going
down grade, this means that fuel is
consumed uselessly.
The new arrangement is simply to
carry the exhaust steam pipe outside,
instead of inside, the smoke stack
The piping is carried forward in the
usual manner, then upward around
the smoke box, and is clamped
against the stack. A 4-inch pipe, 15
inches long, Is used to muffle the
sound.
The arrangement is particularly
economical in locomotives which
have two air pumps, because the ex-
haust from two pumps creates prac-
tically a continuous draft on the
fire, when the engine is standing or
drifting, and necessitates a constant
replenishing of the fuel
Actual tests made by the Lehigh
Valley show that the company is
saving about 1000 pounds of coal
per engine on the descent of the
grade from Glen Summit to Penn
Haven Junction, Pa, distance of 26
miles. In addition to the 150 loco
motives already equipped others are
being equipped as they pass through
the shops.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

William Jennings Bryan has come
out f1at-footed for Prohibition and
will line up for Local Option and
with the Anti-Saloon League. This
means trouble for the liquor inter-
ests, for all the temperance forces
need to carry the war still further
into the camp of the enemy is an
able leader. Bryan will fill the bill,
and with a live issue that appeals
to every home, and to every good
thinking voter, he will cause such a
rattling of dry bones in the ranks of
the older parties that will cause their
leaders to sit up and think. Bryan,
although handicapped in his previous
campaigns with lot of decayed
policies and ideas, managed to keep
the Republican party on the anxious
seat until the votes were counted,
may possibly be carried into the
Presidential chair by the wave of
moral uplift that is now sweeping
over this country and engulfing the
saloons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
The Model auhscriher.

Good morning, sir; Mr.. Editor, how
are the folks to-day? l owe you for
next years paper, and l thought ia
come in and pay. And Jones ia go
In to take 1t, and this is his money
here, shut down lendin' 1t to him
and then coaxed him to try It a year.
And here Is few little items that
happened last week out our way: I
thought they'd look good for the pa
per and 30 l Just jotted 'em down.
And here is basket of apples my
wife picked expressly for you: and
here Is pumpkin from Jennie-sha
thought she must send something.
too. You're doing the politics bully.
as all Of our family agree; but keep
your old goose quill a-flappin' and
give bad men a good one for me.
And now you are chuck full of busi-
ness, and l won't be takin' your time:
I've things of my own 1 must tend
to-good day, sir, l believe l will
climb" The editor sat on his hard
bottom chair, and brought down his
tist with a thump, God bless that
sturdy farmer" he muttered, "he's
regular ole trump" And it's thus
with our noble profession, and thus
1t will ever be still, there are some
who appreciate its labor, and some
who perhaps never will. But in the
great time that Is coming, when Ga
briel's trumpet shall sound, and they
who have labored and rested, shall
come from the quivering ground,
when they who have striven and suf-
fered to teach and ennoble the race,
shall march at the head of the col
umn, each one in his God given
place, as they march through the
gates of the golden city with proud
victorious tread, the country editor
and his devil will travel not far from
the head.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

What is dollar, anyhow" The
question is an easy one to answer.
1t is something a newspaper man
enjoys more in anticipation than in
reality. 1t is the price of a days
work for some men and single
nights drink for others. 1t is what
the wife frequently needs, but seldom
has. 1t is the power that makes or
unmakes men. 1t is the hardest thing
to get and the easiest thing to get
rid of, known to mankind. 1t is a
blessing in a small measure and a
curse in many instances. 1t is Nigh
ty and scarce. No man ever had
more than he wanted and no man
ever will. A dollar Is snare and a
delusion, and every one of us are
chasing the delusion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

The farmer is the man who moves
the world, we might say. If he would
go out on strike and refuse to raise
a crop for single year, it would un-
doubtedly produce more disastrous
effect than would result from a uni
versal strike of all the other labor
organizations combined. In fact he
could paralyze the world; yet there
are many people who don't seem to
know how much more our prosperity
depends on the farmer than it does
on the dude with the cane and waved
mustache. 4. '..'..i...
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
Farmers Week at State COLLEGE.

Hundreds of the progressive farm
ers of Pennsylvania spend one week
of the winter at their State School of
Agriculture and Experiment Station.
The time is known as Farmers
Week" and this year it begins Mon
day, December 9th, and closes Sat-
urday, January 1st. Over one hund-
red lectures are given by State Col
lege scientists, experts from various
parts of the state, and some of the
most noted agricultural authorities
of other states. Five sections of work
are running nearly every period
throughout the week. One section
is devoted to soils, farm crops and
farm management; another deals
with practical problems in animal
husbandry; another is devoted to
horticulture; a fourth section deals
with the problems of the dairyman
and creameryman; a fifth section
deals in part with domestic science.
In the evening the various sections
come together for addresses by gen.
tlemen of national reputation. The
evening program for this winter pro-
vides for illustrated lectures by Pro-
fessor w. ]. Spillman, of Washing
ton, Professor G. G. Williams, of
Ohio, Mr.. B. D. White, of Washing
ton, Professor r. L. Watts, of State
College, and others. One evening
will be devoted largely to an address
by d. Ward King, the road expert.
Other persons of note appear on the
evening programs. All lectures are
free.
Reduced fares to State College for
Farmers Week have been granted
by all railroads in the Trunk Line
Association. The rate is two cents
per mile in each direction from points
in Pennsylvania. Tickets will be sold
to Lemont, or Bellefonte; or Will
Transport. The reduction is an open
one and 1t will not be necessary to
secure orders for tickets. Simply
ask your railway agent for tickets at
the reduced rate.
The program for Farmers Week is
now ready. Send a postal card to
Alva Agee, State College, Pa, for a
copy. 1t will give you information
concerning the lectures to be given
each day OF Farmers Week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

A peculiar condition of affairs
exists in Scranton. The Democratic
organ-The Scranton Times-has
started in it's columns a crusade
against the saloons by the way of
the Ladies Entrance" 1t pictures
in its vivid way the evils that are
enacted in the back rooms of Scran-
toms saloons. Mayor Van Bergen,
who was elected on the Republican
ticket, comes out with wishy-washy
letter in which he claims that the
motive of The Times is not to sup
press the evils it mentions, but to
reflect discredit upon his administra-
tion, and endeavors to impress the
people that 1t is a political move.
Everybody knows this and good
thinking people all agree that 1t is a
good move, for If political animosity
can be turned in the direction of
helping to stamp out the curse which
The Times claims exist, it will accom-
plish infinitely, more good than politi-
cal combinations do when they elect
men who are morally and intellectu-
ally unfit to hold office of trust and
responsibility. Mayor Van Bergen
Is fitted by his past business expert
ence to ascertain whether The Times
is printing the truth or is making
lone grand BLUM" about these things
and If he does not get busy and fol-
low up the clues that The Times is
giving him, and suppress or curtail
these evils, 1t will look as II Scran-
ton has Mayor who is affiicted with
q moral curvature OF the spine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

People are blamed curious Great
ures. When attending, public en-
tertainment they all make a rush
for the front seats, but when those
same folks attend church the rush
is right the reverse, everybody crowd
ing into back seats until the empty
pews are all between them and the
preacher. 1t looks as if they are
afraid to get salvation right off the
bat, but would rather get it on the
first or second bound.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

Reform is the grandest thing in
the world, when it is reform, but the
professional reformers like Hearst of
New York, Guffey Of Pennsylvania,
Davis Of Arkansas, Tillman Of South
Carolina and the fifty-seven varieties
of professional crooks make reform
almost obnoxious. The pure food
law should be applied to these un-
worthy takers. They are hindrance
to real reform.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
Advertised for q Wife.

UP in Towanda a man named Fred
Springer, an attache of the Hotel
Kinney of that place, advertised for
a wife; one who could sew, and cook
and bake, and save money. Since he
sent the advertisement to the papers
he has become the busiest man in the
busy village of Towanda, for up to
yesterday he had received 7S7 letters,
200 telephone calls and he answered
the letters and the telephone him
self. Sayre appears to be the town
with the greatest number of comely
maidens who are anxious to secure
a real live man, one they can love,
cherish and obey.
Following is sample from one of
the anxious ones:
Freddie, Dear:
THANK you for your picture and
for your lovely letter. I think that
you are too sweet for anything. After
doting on your photo, hasten to say
that l would; fain consider it a. pleas
ure to bake your pancakes and send
the washing out.
with love in advance, 90.
CONSTANCE"
, Sayre, Pa, Nov. 20.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

Alabama, in one of the hottest
contests ever known in that state,
decided by a majority of $1,000
not to amend the state constitution
and place the state in the Prohibi-
ton column. Feeling ran 80 high
that fst-hghts were too numerous
to keep account o. The State has a
local option law. Only three, possi-
bly, four, counties in the State, had
majorities for the amendment.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01
The Oldest Book in the World.

The Oldest Book in the World,
The Oldest book in the world is a
papyrus scroll now preserved in the
National Library at Paris, says the
Japan Register and Messenger. The
scroll is very old; it was written
about the year B. C. 25OO-about
441O years ago! Yet the scroll it.
self is only a copy of a much older
treatise, and is said to date from
the year B. G. 3400 or thereabouts-
about 5310 years ago,-truly an old
book, and one which shows that CIV
ilization and culture Is by no means
a new thing in the world.
The book is called the precepts of
Ptah-Hotep, an Egyptian Viceroy,
and son of one of the ancient kings
of Egypt. 1t is said to have been
written by its author late in life,
as book of guidance for his sons.
In style 1t is very like the Proverbs
of Solomon; indeed 1t is very difficult
to suppose that King Solomon, who
was great scholar, and had many
afinities with Egypt, was unacquaint-
ed with the book when he was COM
piling the collection of old sayings
which bears his name. The subjoin-
ed extract will give an idea of the
character of the book.
Here beginneth the book of the
wise sayings of the Lord Prefect
Ptah-Hotep, the first-born, the son of
the King, the well-beloved OF the
Lord:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

We ardently wish that John ].
Ingalls, was on earth again-just to
see what he would have said about
Tillman refusing to cough up ten
dollars for a dinner to the President.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

One of the Judges behind that
sweeping Standard Oil decision is a
jurist named Hook. Another cage
of hook-worm Mr.. Rockefeller?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-01

The man who dyes his hair doesn't
fool any more people, submits the
Philadelphia Record, than the man
who whitewashed his conscience.