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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

several months men have been work
ins to bring about that for which
we are gathered here. Bat further
lack than that, the Messrs. Ament
recognized this strategic point of the
Rogue River and harnessed its wa
ters We have tried several times to
malgurate an irrigation scheme but
rave failed because the farmers
'o'l' not be interested. All great
enterprises in this county must have
the support of the farmers and last
iaII after the dry season and the fail
'r' OF the crops the farmers were
ready ~ give their support. and so
we a"a here today to begin work on
ire ditch which shall bring great
.Wosoerty to this part of the Rogue
Liver Valley.
We want better things in this
county We want a better city, bet
ter streets, better homes. better
lawns, more flowers and more of
everything that goes to make our
city more attractive. And so in this
first shoyelfull of earth from these
irrigation ditches that shall encom-
pass our city and valley, pledge
Josephine County through its officers
to more earnest work for the well
fare of the county. We want better
roads that the products of the far
mers may be brought to the market
with the least expense.
pledge the Commercial Club
through its president to greater eff
forts towards unifying the business
men and interests in building up our
city and letting the outside world
know Of the opportunities with
which We are surrounded
pledge the city through It's Coun-
ell and Mayor to more efficient labor
In bringing about better conditions
In our town. We want paved streets
In the business district that they may
be clean and attractive. There are
going to be things done from now on
and pledge YOU one and all that
when improvements are proposed
that YOU consider them well and then
use every bit OF your influence in the
rieht direction that our city may be-
come what It's surroundings call for
'he prettiest city on the coast.
The Mayors speech was we'll re-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23
DITCHI BUILDING
NOW GOING ON
TO DEVELOP ABOUT EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES
READY FOR THIS SEASON
our bitches Under Construction at
the Present Time, Two North
and Two South of River.

Work on the irrigating bitches
which are to supply the Rogue River
valley in Josephine county was COM
menced on the 18th day of February
OF the present year and construc-
ton has been pushed from that time
down to the present. The one idea
has been to have the water for ir-
rigating the present season, and
there is every reason to believe that
this will be accomplished, at least
on the land under three of the
bitches.
The fifty miles of Irrigating ditch
es which are under construction
around Grants Pass will water in the
neighborhood of eighteen thousand
acres and later from six to ten
thousand can be added to the mum
Der. The canals or bitches will be-
long to the farmers and within two
years the great dam across the
Rogue river which supplies the
water will also be part of the ditch
system and be owned by the possess
)r5 OF the soil. This irrigating sys-
TEN when completed will be as near
perfect as any on this continent.
Irrigation has been the one thing
needed In this valley but it's eX-
expense was SO great that 1t was an
undertaking seemingly beyond the
reach cf the land owners of the val
ley, but during 1908 the matter was
taken up in earnest and by untirins
eNertion and the enthusiasm of the
many it became possible to get the
necessary capital to commence the
work, In the neighborhood of $50
business men became interested and
put mp the money necessary to in
augurate construction.
At the present time the company
Is building four bitches, gravity
ditch from point below the Ament
dam down and through the city of
Grants Pass and beyond to a point
covering the rich bottom lands be-
tween the Rogue river and the high
bench that runs along the north
side of the valley. This ditch will
cover in the neighborhood of six
thousand acres Another ditch un-
der construction is what is known
as the 200-foot level on the north
side This ditch starts from a point
on the hillside 200 feet vertically
above the dam and is supplied with
water by a pump which it is said is
the largest in the world. The ditch
follows along the contour of the
hills northward above the city of
Grants Pass 1t will also supply the
lawns and gardens of the city. The
two ditches mentioned are both on
the north side Of the river.
On the south side there is a $50.
foot contour ditch which starts on
the hillside over the dam and follows
along southwest and covers the
noted settlement known as Fruit
iale. Work is progressing rapidly
'n this ditch and It is hoped to furn-
sh water TO all the settlers in this
district on or before the first day Of
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

done something FOR the good Of Che
world, and not SO much the men who
have talked and written This enter.
prise Is going to be a success We
know that Il can he done We know 10
should be- done. and We believe that
those who have the work In hand are
able ~ do Il.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

Mayor II. c. Kinney OF Grants
Pass was the last speaker. He said:
Ever enterprise whether great or
small requires a great deal of pre-
liminary work and while some here
may tbir.k this is the beginning of
this irrigation work, it is not so, for
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

good, 1t is very necessary that all
things be first put together for that
purpose. never could find any fault
with nature The laws of nature
and the productions Of nature are all
right; and when we become wise
enough 10 rightly use what nature
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

bounding on It's way to the sea, to
take its part in carrying the com
merce Of the world. On either side
and above US are the towering
mountains, the hills who wear their
CAPS OF snow in the very presence OF
the regal sln, while below us lies
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-04-23

The Mayors speech was we'll re-.
0..yed and at lts close he placed the
shovel which he had been holding In
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
FRENCH SCIENTIST CLAIMS Tc
HAVE SOLVED PRo6LEM.
Magnetic Currents Travelling from
Northern to Southern Extremities
Of the Globe May Be Used by
Man, Declares Expert.

Washlngton.-To make some prac.
teal application Of those vast mag.
netic waves that are continually flow
ing between the poles OF the earth has
been for centuries the dream Of the
scientist and the student Of the nat
ural laws OF the universe. Since Ben.
jamin Franklin caught the lightning
on his kite. and down through the won
derful development Of electricity and
its application to commercial and
curative uses. Investigators have
sought to discover and apply the
waves that connect the poles with an
Invisible and never ending stream Of
energy.
That this has been done is the be-
lief of members Of the medical pro
fession and other scientific men in
this city. Emile Bachelet, a French
scientist, recently from Europe, and
now in Washington, claims to have
perfected a machine which has har-
messed the magnetic waves as Frank.
lin caught the lightning.
That the claims of Bachelet are in.
dorsed by the medical profession and
by learned men Of the physical
sciences is evidenced by the notice be.
ing taken of the invention and the ar.
ticles that are appearing about it in
different scientific and medical jour.
mails of the country.
Briefly stated. the principle of the
invention is somewhat similar to wire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Carpenters Limb, Crushed Out of
Shape, Made Nearly Whole.

Oakland, CaL-To piece together
the bones and flesh Of a mans leg and
foot after they have been mangled be.
meath the wheels of a freight car IL
the unique experiment being made by
Drs. Hamlin, Smith and Reinle, who
were called TO attend John Wright, a
carpenter, after he had been run over
by a train. Two wheels OF a box car
passed over Wright, crushing his right
leg between the ankle and the knee
and smashing his right foot from the
arch to the toes.
Wright is 10 years OF age and re.
sides at 1896 Thirteenth venue He
wal injured while walking from Mel.
rose toward Oakland. He had taken
the wrong train from the Mole and
was walking back to East Oakland,
A box car, which had been shunted
down a switch. struck him, Knocked
him down and both front trucks ran
over him.
The injured mar protested against
the amputation of his leg and foot.
claiming that II he lost them he would
no longer be able to follow his trade
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
+. SolUe LiUe Bone Puzzle

as a carpenter, and that he was tot
old to learn a new one. Drs. A. I
Smith and George @. Reinle decided
to experiment and see II the injured
member could be saved. They called
In DR.. o. d. Hamlin, chief surgeon al
the Emergency hospital. and the three
surgeons are handling the case.
The shattered pieces OF bone TeF
taken by the surgeons and placed IL
the position where they had been De
fore the accident. After each vestlE'
of the bone was in its proper place
the mangIed leg and the crushed 100,
we're inclosed in splints. BY artlilca
means circulation was restored De
tween the practically dlsmemoerec
parts. Tho doctors hope that 'nt
shattered bones will ultimately hea
together and Wright viii be saved the
use of his leg and foot. although they
Will necessarily be weaker than Tot
merly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
FLOW CAUGHT

less telegraphy. Waves of magnetic
force that flow between the poles are
caught by the Bachelet machine, In
somewhat a similar manner that wire
less waves are caught out OF the air
by the invention OF Marconi. The In
vention, like other great discoveries,
is not complicated. One car cit In an
ordinary chair. between the two poles
Of the machine and feel flowing through
his body the waves that are flowing
between the poles OF the earth, though
they are. Of course, greatly modified.
1t is well known that magnetism
and electricity are nov conceded to be
the fundamental principle OF all life
on this planet. The relation between
electricity and magnetism can be de-
fined by saying that electricity Is mag.
netism concentrated, and magnetism
Is electricity dinused.
While the Bachelet invention at
present is useful principally for the
cure OF various diseases, II Is stated
that the application Of the method to
catch and utilize he magnetic polar
W viii eventually open up a vast
field for other scientific study.
In the North American Journal of
Homeopathy for January DIR. Theodore
c. Virgins, a prominent Brooklyn
physician, published ar interesting
article of the Bachelet invention, and
gave instances of cures that have been
made by it.
DR.. Bachelet is in Washington for
the purpose Of securing patents on
his invention, which have already been
granted. The machine will be pro.
tected by patent in all the countries
Of the world, bnt the inventor intends,
according to a statement he made last
evening to allow its use by the medi-
cal profession.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
DEVOTE LIVES TO TWO LEPERs.
Parents Spend Fortune Hiding Dis.
ease Of Sons and Nursing Them.

Galveston. Tex.-A pitiful case of
parental devotion and s~elf-sacrifce has
been brought to light by the discovery
OF two cases Of leprosy In this city.
The victims are brothers, one 81 years
of age and the other Is, and they are
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Younger,
who for nearly twelve years have kept
the secret Of their sons afiiction from
the public and have practically kent
them prisoners in their home.
Twelve years ago the family was
comfortably well to do, when the cid.
est son contracted the loathsome dis.
ease and became a prisoner in the
home. The parents cared for him and
sacredly guarded their secret. Five
years ago the other o was stricken.
Both are declared to be beyond cure.
The expense Of caring for the two
lepers was a constant drain upon the
resources of the family, and their last
piece Of property the homestead. Is
about to be sold for taxes. With the
discovery of the lepers by the authori.
ties the aged parents, realizing their
hopeless fight, are willing to have
them sent to an institution for treat.
ment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Finds Dollar Lost In Wreck.

Capt. William Randall has identified
a silver dollar bearing the date of
1900, found recently in the surf at
Eastport, ~. Y, by a ~lifesaver, as one
he lost when his schooner was
wrecked IS years ago.
The vessel stranded of Smiths
point, and was a complete wreck,
Capt. Randall losing all his posses.
sions. He learned Of the finding Of
the coin through a newspaper notice,
and paid the fortunate finder a tidy
sum for its recovery.
Capt. Randall offers 800 reward for
the return of a gold watch or the
cases which he lost at the same time.
New York Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
He Makes a Landscape In Oil In Two
or Three Minutes.

Hamburg, Pa.-Every town has its
genius, born with some intellectual
faculties. gifted in a special way.
Hamburg's is William Bodenborn, who
has lived here ever since 1880, though
he was born in Annville, Pa.
When he went to school he cared
very little for books; but every min.
ute that he could dodge the study Of
history, grammar, or arithmetic he
would take a pencil and draw pictures
always, however, with some fear that
the teacher would detect him, which
he occasionally did, when Bodenborn
squared matters by drawing a special
picture for the teacher.
His great skill was tirst brouyb, 70
the eye Of the public at Lebanon
when William Showers was hanged
for murder. Bodenborn was attn
school boy, and he drew a picture ~,
the schoolhouse where Showers We
caught. which sketch was nsed ta,as
as evidence in the trial, and also tor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
MAN IS LIGHTNING PAINTER

Illustrations by many papers through.
out the state.
Mr. Bodenborn took a special course
uhue John R. Kessel, a famous artist
and critic at the Academy of the Fine
arts OF Philadelphia, and since her
mas devoted his time mainly to oil
ana landscape painting and Biblical
Iresco work. While thus engaged NJ
~bodenborn developed a manner =,
making oil paintings, which he calls
ne one-to-three-minute method Ne
Sits In front of his easel with ,ho
palette and the oil colors in one bonS
and the brushes in the other 49,
with a dozen strokes this wav as
many another. and a few toncbe, -.
.he corners, the novel little oIl nstn,
lug Is uone Most of them are made
IN one and one-half minutes Zach
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
TO MOVE TOWN ON ROLLERS,
Canadian Pacific viii Transport Cow
ley Two Miles to New Line

Winnipeg. Mana town viii @
moved bodily from one site TO another
in a few days when the Canadian rD
cifc railroad begins work on the lm'
provements to the line near McLeou'
Alberta. The company is shorlehlus
it's line between Frank and McL@Nu,
and the new line leaves Cowley Sou'e
two miles to the north Of the rallroau.
When the residents of Cowley heaIu
this they appointed a delegation con
sisting of the mayor and several piou
inent citizens, to come to Winhip.s
and interview the railroad oilclaLs,
The company agreed to move the 'o"a
over to the railroad, lock, stock an.
barrel, and will pay all the efpense
of moving. One by n the buil',u'.
stores. business blocks and ho1eis
will be put on rollers and moved g"'
to the new site by traction ebylne''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Starch
Eaters
AS Truly Enslaved
as Are Drug
FiendS
BY DR.. ]. r. GIBBS.
New Ioh Cio.

RR SHORT time aeo | was called in to a case Of a girl who
a was suffering from anaemia. She WORKED n a laundry.
4 questioned her closely as 10 her habits Of eating and living
- regulated her diet and gave her strong medicines The case
q bahed me. Finally she happened to remark that sne ehewed a
EqtAAf lot Of starch. l ordered her to quit IT, and she promised me
ArAH she would. But she broke her word again and again. l Ia
FEEH bonsd with her three months before she finally gave up starch
- eating.
From this girl 1 got nv insight into a habit which after
ten vear Of stulv I now do NOT profess to understand. Lake many work
ing girls she was a gum3hewer. l wonder how many gumehewers realize
the strength of the hold the habit has upon them: This girl one day for
got to stock up with gum before gong to the laundry Once at her
work she could not get avay. For weeks and months she had eheWed
gum as she worked. Her jaws had been incesantly IN notion On inns
day she was constantly conscious Of the absence Of the gum. She was
unhappy. She had nothing to chew on. She eheNet her handkerehHei'
but it had not the consistency Of gum and did not SATISFY Inc thoug"
of gum became almost an obsion-
Finally, in desperation. she thought Of starch. 1t was white and
powdery. but in a short time the moisture of the mouth and the manipuia-
ton of the jaws reduced il to somewhat Of the consistency OF gum 1t
was a poor substitute.
She ehewed starch all that dsy. The longer she chewed a "wad Of
starch the sweeter it became. That evening she noticed that her teeth
were whittier than they had ever been before. She conhded this discovery
TO another girl in the Laundry, who informed her that she had been chew
ing starch a long time.
The second girl had a complexion which was much admired 1t was
and coloHess but very clear. Ny patients informant told her that
laundry girls chewed starch for the complexion
So my patient gave up gum and cheEed starch constantly True, her
complexion improved, but she did not know that a clear, white complexion
IS but an indication Of impoverished blood. She kept on.
The odd thing about starheating is that starch has absolutely no
medicinal virtue, nor dies it exhlarate or depress. 1t is simply an in
food which makes habby, worthless flesh. 1t is a clog to the diges-.
i've apparatus, and the starvation Of the blood is a sure result Of its long
continued use. | cannot understand where the appette-if there is an
lppetite-comes in. Yet persuading a ~starch-eater to give up the habit
E q long and difficult process.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
HERMIT AwEs BRIDGE MEN,
Thrice ForeteIis Destruction BY Flood
and Names Exact Dates.

Muskogee. okla.-On the banks O,
the Canadian river, near Forum. in ,
log hut, lives Pierre Davis. an AGED
hermit, who has SO accurately fore
told the weather conditions that work
men on the Midland Valley railroad
regard him with superstiuous awe
Three times be has predicted foods ID
the Canadian river and every time Bis
predictions were accurate.
While workmen were completing q
new bridge to replace one washed
away the hermit made his arst appear
ance. For a time he regarded the
bridge workers silently. Then be
spoke TO the foreman OF the gang.
You rec little water in the river
bed now" he said: but In thirty day,
the foods win come and the bridge
win be carried away"
Exactly 20 days later the food came
and the railroad bridge was swept
away. The bridge was rebuilt twice
and twice washed away on the exact
DIES predicted by the hermit.
Undaunted, the company again re
built the structure, completing Il on
December 3, and the hermit prophe
sled that no trains would go over #
until December l5. This prophecy alst
proved true.
The hermit is a man more than si
feet tall and finely built, though age
is beginning to tell on him. He has
lived for 80 years in a cabin on The
banks Of the Canadian river, and dur
ing all that time has never been fur
Their from his home than Forum, si
miles away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Lar CHILD SMASH TU1s.
Enulishman Warns Mothers Ausir,,
the Crushing Of Genius"

New York.-Supposc you are tho
fond anu dotink parent OF a youtbmt
and imaginative child. 10 whom yon
present a beautiful and attractive Inv
which the child forthwith proeee1s h
demolish. what would you do? would
you admonlsh the child severely. d,
would you ever be led TO innIet soma
sort Of mild physical chastlsemcDt ,or
what you consider the beginning Of a
sinful trait?
II SO, you would thwart an impulss
Of scientific investigation; you Womb
dash to the ground a spirit Of lnoplry,
you would throw cold water 400 me
lnclinatlons Of an embryo explorer
in short, you would be nlpping the
budding genius OF your imaginative
child before II starts.
All this and much more Harold +
Gorst, who has come over from Lon
don to tell us how modern education
Is at fault. explained to the member,
OF the Women's University club ms
UNIT aAASAAOous WHAT makes the
child break his toy. according to Mr.
Gorst. Is not the instinct to destroy
but rather the craving to dlscoye,
what is inside and further the desire
Of the young producer to utilize its
component parts by exerting ideas Of
his own.
The whole trouble with education
both on this side and in England, Mr.
Gorst declared. is that the talents and
virtues which nature has bestowed are
interfered with BY an artificial method
Of s%tuiing the intellect with a lot oi
useless rules and dates which do moth.
ing toward fitting the average person
for the place he is intended to fill.
Remember this" admonished Mr.
Gorst, every time you drive a fac,
into a child's head you drive out an
idea Of his imagination"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
a-PnIlceMomanp Wanted.

Seattle. Wash.-The city counci.
finance committee has RECOMMENDED
for passage a council bill to appropri
ate SITS a month with which to pay
the salary and expenses of a woman
police officer. whose duties will be &c
advise young girls and women who
come to the city during the fair agains.
the dangers which threaten them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01

Trotter-How is your old friend
Blank getting along?
Homer-oh, he's making a fortune
out of an infant industry.
Trotter-Infant industry?
Homer-Yes. He manufactures in.
cubators.-Chicago Daily News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01

What makes your hair snap SOL"
asked the child who was watching hts
mother comb her hair.
Electricity" his mother replied.
we are a funny family" remarked
the child after a few moments Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01

thought. The other day you said
papa had wheels in his head and now
you've got electricity in your hair. II
you put your heads together Won
might make an electric motor.
mightn't your"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Roads to Unhappins..

Hioney and time r the beavie,,
ouruehs OF life, and the unhappies, =,
all mortals are those who bay" VI
u e,.ner than they know how to uss
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
Praise and PuddIna.

We are thankful for words Of
praise, but pudding, as well as praise
is essential to the well being OF every
human being here below.-WesterO
School Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01
False Term.

Janitor-Did you refer to this here
apartment as hell?
Cold Tenant-Hardly. You can't
freeze to death In heIl.-Life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01

To this question, the verdict Of the ma
jOrty Of people nowadays is decidedly
No The world is recognizing the fact
that many Of its eleyerest women elect to
remain spinsters in spite Of various offers
of marriage. Why the term spinster
should continue to be applied to single
women, few people can adequately explain.
The derivation Of the word is from one who
spins-a maiden; but how many maiden.
Of the present generation spin, or, indeed
ever saw a spinning wheel?
Then, again, women until recently, il
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-01

HlOut. q 0IaOc Ffd1 tnhI Y
Is possible to hnd exactly the hal
-.a-ls