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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
1T IS UNDEREsTIMATED

The Medford Mail Tribune says
that the placers OF Southern oregon
have produced 100000, 900 in gold
and that the ground has only been
scratched and mining is still In It's
infancy. This estimate Of the gold
production of Southern Oregon falls
far short of the amount secured by
the miners since the country was set
tied. The single camp Of Galice. in
Josephine county, has produced be-
tween thirty-five and forty-five mil
lion dollars alone, and there are
many other camps in this section
which have been abundant producers.
While we have not the figures to
verify the statement, we think It con-
servative to say that the Rogue River
valley and It's tributaries have furn-
ished not less than 100000, 900 in
gold since the days OF "49." The
pioneers in the mining business in
Southern Oregon, we believe, will
sustain this estimate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

ternational Peace conference. The
conference also urged the negotia-
tlon OF general treaties of arbitration
OF unlimited scope, and suggested the
renewed consideration by the nations
OF some mutual plan for opposing
further increase in armament. This
latter proposition will be the all i'm
portant point upon which will be con-
centrated the work OF future confer
ences. 1t begins to look as II the ma
tions OF the world will take a deep
interest In the arbitration OF all
questions which may arise between
nations so as to avoid the necessity
OF over taxing the people In the cause
OF war.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
ROSE CARNIVAL
WAS A SUCCESS
Continued from First Page.)

Best collection, varieties-prun-
Ing shears from Portland Seed Co.,
T. P. Cramer.
Second best collection-Garden
spray from Rogue River Hardware,
Mrs II. c. Kinney.
Best individual rose--Bath rug
from A. U. Barnard furniture store,
Mrs. w. c. Hale.
Best general exhibits order for
roses from Portland Seed Co., T. P.
Cramer.
Best blooms, one varlety-Salad
dish from O'Neills furniture store,
Mrs II. D. Norton.
Baby Show Awards.
Three prizes were awarded for
pretty girl babies-Baby Stricken,
bonnet from Kinney & Truax; Fern
Jolek. toilet case from Sabln's
Marjorie Bobzlen, Jacket from Gold
en- Rule store.
Two prizes for pretty boy babies
Baby Buell., spoon from Letcher's;
Ralph Scovill, toilet set from Dem
arrays.
biggest boy baby in proportion to
age-Peter P. Proctor. ring from
Barnes,
Biggest girl baby-Katherine
Pook bonnet from Mrs. Rehkopf.
Tlniest baby In proportion to age,
Violet Bruner, spoon from Curtis,
Pearl Helms Jones, pins from a
friend
Youngest baby al the show, Lloyd
HALEY Ruud, month old, baby
book from Clemens.
Best decorated carriage Beverly
Ingles, parasol from Goes; Fern
Jolek, pins from Smith Racket store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
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Rose Carnival at Ashland.

The ladies Of the Ashland Civic
Improvement society will give rose
carnival and strawberry festival on
June 2 and 3. There will be a par
ade and all sorts Of things doing
generally. and the occasion will b, a
good time for Grants Pass people to
visit Ashland.
Mrs. A. f. Kinney, one OF the
prominent ladies of Ashland, has
been in Grants Pass representing the
big festival during this week al l ev-
tends cordial invitation to every
body to participate in the festival.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
CLASS OF FOURTEEN
is GRADUATED

The closing week OF the public
schools marks an event in the lives
OF all scholars, whether high school
students or In the lower grades for
promotions are the order OF the day.
The week in Grants Pass has been
a busy one, commencing Sunday with
the oaccalaureatc sermon, Monday
might the class day exercises In which
the members OF the graduating class
appeared In program. and Friday
night the address by Bishop scad-
ding and presentation Of diplomas
by chairman Of the board. Or. J. c.
Smith.
The class OF 1910 numbers H.
only two OF whom are young men
The members OF the class are,
Misses Gladys Archer, Louise Birds
ALL Elccta Chapman, Emma Lough.
ridge, LaCo'ts Naugum. Geneva
Myers, Genevleve Pattlllo, Fora Per-
ry Winnifred Paddock. DeFt,e
rethciov, Alma wolke. Lolita Wood.
cock; he'srs. Roy Cheshire and
Errol Gilkey
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
DIED..

PENCER-At the family home, 4O6
Fourth street, Grants Pass, Ore
gon, Friday, May 80, 1910, Isaiah
c. Spencer, aged rs years, 5
months and 10 days, of cancer of
the stomach.
The death of Mr.. Spencer removes
from the scene Of action another of
those sturdy pioneers who came to
Oregon, crossing the plains In the
sos, and has lived an honored life.
He was born at Hoosic Falls, N. Y,
December 1, 1881. In 1853 he mar
ried Miss Allen, who has been his
constant companion for so years. In
1859 they left Wisconsin for the
west, travelling with a party Of which
Mrs. Spencer's father, David Allen,
was captain. They have been re-
spected residents of Grants Pass for
the past II years. There survives
his wife and three children, VIM.
Spencer, of Watsonville; Mrs. Emma
Webb, Of Mercedes, Tex, and Mrs.
]. R. Cunning, of Grants Pass, all
of whom were with him in his last
days and when death came to relieve
his suffering of 19 months. The
funeral was held at the family home
on Saturday afternoon, with inter-
ment at the I. o. o. F. cemetery.
HOLCOMB-At Grants Pass, Ore
gon, Sunday, May 22, 1910, Mrs.
r. A. Holcomb, aged 70 years.
The deceased, though poor in
health for some months past, was
seriously Ill for only a short time
prior to her demise. She was the
mother of Mrs. John Lance, of this
city, at whose home the funeral serv-
ices were held Tuesday, May "a. with
interment at l, o. o. F. cemetery.
Flower Mission day will be OBJ
served June 10, with appropriate
program and sale of potted plants.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

large holdings to cut them into small
er tracts. Young men from the east
will come in and purchase, as soon
as they have been here a short time
they will be enchanted with climate
that can not be surpassed In this
broad land The magnificent seem
cry and all your other conditions will
appeal to them and in turn they will
write to their friends. They will
come, and before you realize 1t, your
valley will be populated with people
of this kind. Who built up the Med
ford valley? It was not the large
land owners, but the young blood
that came in there and they have
brought their friends from all sec
tions.
"As to my proposition, have
nothing to say. 1t is with the people
to judge. If in their opinion there
are others which are better, they owe
1t to themselves to take them. But
what I do wish to impress upon all
is that that which will do the great
est good to the greatest number Is
the proposition that the people In
this valley should have"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
THE LIBRARY QUESTION.

The Courier having given a regu-
lar space in It's pages to the discus
sion OF the library question, II In
fairness feels obliged to give oppor-
tunity for n full investigation of the
subject. be II for a Carnegie or other
kline OF library In this Issue will be
found communication by w. A.
Warren against the acceptance OF n
public library building at the hands
OF Andrew Carnegie. The communl-
cation Is an able denuncIatlon OF the
man who is disposlng OF a large for
tune by founding libraries. II can
be truthfully said that our cores.
pondent prefers TO appeal to the pre-.
judlces OF his readers rather than to
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
1T LOOKS RIGHT

The public work which is going
on In connection with street paving
rs a source OF satisfaction to every
patriotic citizen Of Grants Pass.
From all appearances paving will
continue all summer and this city
Will take It's place in the near future
with a full quota OF the best hard
pavement yet discovered,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1910.
SAYS WOMEN ARE UNCIvILIzEI

SAYS WOMEN ARE UNCIvILIZED.
DR.. Max Baff, who Is connected
with an eastern college and who, ac-
cording TO his own estimation, Is a
great man, though no one ever heard
OF him before, tells us that women
are not nearly ready for suffrage be-
cause, as he claims, they have not yet
passed the savage stage. He lilens
women generally TO the American
Indian brave. They have a desire
to wear feathers and gaudy colors, TO
adorn their ears and fingers with
Jewels, wear their hair long, dress
In wraps, hang beads about their
necks and paint their faces. He
points out that the noble white man
has grown out OF all these charac-
teristics and keeps himself in the van
OF civilization while women has re-
NAMED stationary. even II she has
not retrograded. This same doctor
has evidently forgotten to mention
that the noble white man has some
Indian traits, such Ms drinking fire
water, and he can get as drunk as
an Indian, shoot up the town and
raise hades generally. He degrades
himself 20 the level OF the Indian
brave in the use OF tobacco in all It's
disgusting forms He can steal horses
equal to the best untutored savage
and run n close second TO the noble
red man in all degrading conditions.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
"a c.L-k 2O1 Sixth Street,
SHdS. Es OIOlIS GRANTS PASS, OREGON

parties and a few friends. The
young people have been residents of
Oregon but a short time, the bride
coming from Pennsylvania one
month ago, she being preceded a
short time before by the groom. They
will reside at Evergreen cottage,
Penn-Oregon Orchards.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
AIMING AT UNIVERSAL PEACE

HI"INN NJ UNIVFNSAI PEAVE,
The Lake Mohank peace confer
ence which has Just closed has adopt
ed resolutions commencing the an.
nouncoment OF Secretary OF State
Knox that he believes an information.
al court OF arbrItral justice will be In
operation before the Third Hague In.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

discuss the broad subject. There is
certainly room for such discussion
and II may be that some one will take
up the challenge which is offered.
Fault finders as a rule delight in
destroying what we have, but never
give anything In its place.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

We can, for the consolation of
those who have been in an agony Of
suspense kept awake nights fearing
that the comet would bring the
world to an end, say that they can
now sleep in peace until the day Of
judgment, or at least until the comet
comes around again Is years hence.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

May 29, Sunday-Memorial Day.
May 80, Monday Decoration Day.
June /, Wednesday," "Esmeralda,
at the Grants Pass Opera
House.
June 8, Wednesday-Edith Coburn
Noyes In recital under auspices
Of Ladies' Auxiliary.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
UNFORTUNATE QUEEN LII

The irrepressible ex-Queen Lillouo-
kalani has been defeated In her little
suit for $450,OOO against the United
States for the loss OF her "crown
lands" The queen should remem-
ber that 1t is an old saying that re-
publics are ungrateful, but she
should not become discouraged, for
when Pinchotism becomes the settled
policy OF the government the supreme
court will be taught that there Is
such thing as "crown lands" as. well
as Grown forests" Pinchot brought
to this country from Germany the
doctrine that the forests belong to
the emperor and that the pioneers
who build up states and develop EN-.
pires are nothing but trespassers
When this doctrine Is fully under.
stood and approved the good queen
will come to her own.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

THE DEADLY CANNON CRACKEF

THE DEADLY CANNON CRACKER
AS our national natal day is fast
approaching, It will be well for the
city of Grants Pass to take up one
important feature which is always
present in this and most other cities
on such an occasion, and that is the
deadly cannon cracker and other ex-
plosives equally dangerous to life
and limb. The city government can
with small effort prevent the killing
or manning Of some luckless boy
who has n desire to outdo in the way
OF loud explosives. A revision Of the
police regulations will be In order
during the next four weeks.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
Short Talks ON Opportunities

~ HE greatest falacy inflicted the public is that
pernicious saying Opportunity knocks but once at each
mans door," There is not person In the state OF
hear the echo or the loud
nockngs that Opportunity making day in
the years passed They have become SO accustom
ed to that they fail to realize that there Is
present pounding clearer and more persistent than
ever before years advertised in these columns
tract of land finally sold to S. A. Reynolds OF Port
land at later sold 1t again. at $oo per
acre assuring the buyer it bargain 1t soon SOLD
aeain at a good profit and last prominent men of
Grants paid $3.50 for small pieces OF the org
nal they made good buys Today the fellows who
turned it waiing the lost chance they can not
hear the sedgehammer blows Opportunity delivering while
she is standing left hand pointing to the Three Pines
Fruit Tracts that offering for sahey live in the past
there hope for them But to the young man and the
Young woman say attention to past visits of
Opportunity look closely into what she has TODAY am
her in the Three Pines district Just as was
at three years Have talk with me and let me
show you land its location its SOIL its producveness
tell YOU of its prices terms and how know
it is the buy in the of small tracts that will ever be
offered Josephine County Let help the door
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-10 acres river bottom
land, nice building site fronting
river, cheap. Address Box 665,
Grants Pass. 5-27-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

Carl Williams and P. A. DeGen-
ault have purchased the barber shop
formerly owned by NJ. Santor, near
Grants Pass hotel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
The Rogue River Courier
Published every Friday by
A. e. VOORHEES,, Proprietor.
G. G. CoUTANT, Editor.

Entered at the Postoffice at Grants
Pass, Oregon, as second-class matter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
TWO IRRIGATION
PROPOSITIONS UP

Continued from First Page.)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
Subscription Rates.

Subscription Rates.
One Year, In advance $3.50
Six Months .75
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Single Copies .O5
Advertising Rates
furnished on application at the office
or by mall.
Obituaries and resolutions OF con-
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line: card OF thanks. soc.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27
COMING EVENTS.

Classified Ads on page s.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

Flower Mission day will be OBJ
served June 10, with appropriate
program and sale of potted plants,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-27

DECHER-WEAvER - AZ Leland.
Oregon, Tuesday, May "a. 1910,
James o. Decher and Minnie Maud
Weaver; Rev, W. c. Long officiat.
Ing.
BucK-KENT--At Grarts Pass. Ore.
son, May 20, 1910, Guy Dillon
Buck and Miss Ethel T. Kent. both
OF Grants Pass; Judge Stephen
Jewell officiating.
BRATToN-SARTAlN-At Evergreen
Cottage, Penn-oregon Orchards
Wednesday May IA, 1910. Miss
Grace Irene Sartain, OF Mifflin.
town, Pa. and Ray Bratton. OF
Huntington, Pa; Rev Clemo. OF
wIldervllle, officiating
The pretty ceremony was perform.
Cd at 6 y. m in the midst Of immedl.
ate relatives Of the sontractlnp
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
TROOPS GUARD CAIRO
FURTHER DANGER OF MOB VIO-
LENCE IS NOT FEARED.
Negro Who Caused the Riot Is Con-
victed and Secretly Removed
From the Scene.

Cairo, Ill.-With three companies OF
militia guarding the courthouse and Jail,
this city settled down Friday night to
complete quiet, after a strenuous twenty
four hours, and the authorities believe
they have the situation well in hand.
Threats have been made against Sner-
if Fred ID. Nellis for the killing of AL
exsnder Halliday early by his deputies
and the %wounding of four others in
battling back the mob that attempted to
lynch a negro purse snatcher, but the
presence of the soldiers is having a saIu-
tary effect in preventing further demon
strationA.
John Pratt, the negro the mob intend
ed to lynch, and who was given an in
determinate sentence of not more than
fourteen years in the Chester peniten-
tiary on each of two charges of robbery
will be taken secretly to the prison with
twelve other convicted prisoners, in a
special train. His removal, 1t is De
lieved, will remove the last apprehen-
sion of another assault on the Jail.
Pratt's indictment and sentence took
less than half an hour. At 3 O'Clock
the indictment was returned, and ten
minutes later he pleaded guilty and was
sentenced by Circuit Judge William But
ler
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
WHO KILLED HALLIDAY
CORONER'S JURY UNABLE TO
FIX BLAME FOR IT.
Troops Patrol Streets Of Cairo-Cir-
cult Court Adjourned On Ac-
count OF Excitement.

Cairo, Hl.-No individual deputy sher'
if was pamed in the verdict of the core
ner's jury which investigated the death
of Alexander M. Halliday, who was
killed in the mob Thursday night seeking
the life of John Pratt, the negro purse
snatcher. The verdict was returned at
ter the taking of the testimony of many
witnesses.
1t found that Halliday came to his
death by a gunshot wound caused by a
weapon in the hands of one of Sheriff
Fred d. Nellis' deputies, fired from the
north window of the Circuit Clerks Of
fee in the courthouse.
The happenings of the day did not
tend to allay the excitement of the citi'
zens. Judge w. N. Butler dissolved the
grand jury at the request of the jurors,
and now Sheriff Nellis will have the Sc
lection of a new grand jury, which prob
ably will convene March z.
In addition to dissolving the grand
jury, Judge Butler adjourned court for
two weeks because of the unusual excite
ment.
The arrival of Company Fl of Shelby
vile made the number of militiamen on
duty here about $50. The new arrivals
Immediately began patrolling the city.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
WILL TRY COTTON LEAK MEN
Theodore Price, Peckham and Moses
Haas Lose Case.

Washington.-Moses Haas, Of New
York, indicted in the District OF Column
bia. in connection with the cotton leak
scandal of the department OF agriculture
in 1905, must come to Washington foi
trial. Such was the decision today Of
the United States supreme Court.
Later the Supreme Court announced
hat it had decided that Theodore II
Price and Frederick A. Peckham, in
dicted at the same time as Haas, must
also come to the District of COlumbia
for trial. They were indicted in connec
ton with the scandal.
The court held that where indictments
were made in two jurisdictions, as In
this case, the government may elect
where the accused should be tried.
Haas appealed from the refusal of the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York tc
release him from the custody of the
United States marshal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
INSIST ON COTTON BAGGING
Farmers Union Officials Call on
Secretary Never,

Washington, d. C.-The navy depart
ment will unite with the war department
in insisting upon the use of cotton bag
ging in the handling of supplies to that
department. r. ID. Bowen of Paris, chair
man of the executive committee of the
northeastern district of the Farmers
Union of Texas; d. j. Neill of Fort
Worth, former president of the Farmers
Union of Texas, and E. +. Brooks of
Gibson county, Tennessee, called on Sec
rotary Meyer of the navy department to
discuss with him the use of cotton bag
ging material in navy supplies. Secre-
tary Meyer said that he would adopt the
policy agreed upon by the war depart
ment. The war department has ruled
that wherever practicable supplies shall
be packed in cotton sacks. If the secre-
tary of the navy adopts the same pro-
gram the demand for cotton goods will
be greatly enhanced.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
MOB SPIRIT REVIVED
FRIENDS OF HALLIDAY WOULD
AVENGE his DEATH.
Remarks Made by Negro When
Halliday Cortege Passes Causes
Renewal of Bitter Feeling.

Cairo, Ill.-Company II of S~helbyville
of the Illinois National Guard was Sun
day ordered to report here by Adutant'
General Dickson.
Police officers are searching the city
for a negro suspected of purse snatehing
and another clash between the authori
ties and the citizens is feared if the man
is caught.
Nearly 600 persons attended Halliday's
funeral, and accompanied the body to
Mounds, ILL.,, in a special train. As the
train was passing through the negro dis
trict east of Cairo negroes collected on
the streets to watch its passage.
At Thirty-frst street, members of the
funeral party charge, an insulting demon
stration was made.
An effort was made to organize q party
on the train during the return trip to
Cairo to wreak summary revenge on the
negroes, but nc disturbance resulted.
The home of Sheriff Nellis is guarded
by the militia and he is given a military
escort when he leaves the courthouse.
Popular feeling is against him for using
negro deputies and allowing Halliday's
body to lie in front of the jail for three
hours.
The ministers in their pulpits FOR the
most part Sunday united in urging the
citizens to support the law. The Rev.
Frank Thompson of the First Christian
Church said in part:
mo American whose heart is filled
with passion for the commonwealth can
approve mob law, yet things have oc-
CURED in Cairo which, if they had not
moved Cairo's brave men to deeds-dar-
ing and desperate deeds-and Cairo's fair
women to tears, would have lowered
them to the level of the unfeeling OK,
which calmly feeds as his comrade suf-
fers or dies"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
SOLDIERS ARE UNDERFED
Man Who Once Said They Were
Diverted Changes Views.

Washington.-Maj. Charles E. Wood
ruff of the army medical corps has taken
sharp issue with some college theorists
who think the regular army soldier is
overfed. Some years ago a squad of sol
dicrs were fed on a greatly reduced diet,
under the supervision of a college pro-
%fessor, to demonstrate his point that peo-
pie in general could live on much less
food than they consumed. Apparently
a satisfactory showing was made, but
now Maj. Woodruff has gathered evil
dence that most of the soldiers suffered
severely from the experiment, and that
as a matter of fact they would have
been much more seriously affected had
they not secretly and unknown to the
professor INDUCED in extra meals during
the test.
Maj. Woodruff wants even more food
for the army, declaring the United
States army is behind European armies
in that matter, and favors an allowance
of so cents per month for each soldier to
buy extra food.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
HIDDEN FORTUNE FOUND
Bundles of Currency and Much COLD
and Silver Uncovered.

Memphis, Tenn.-Mrs. j. w. Madden
22O South Main street, died Monday
morning, after having lived alone in a
room over her grocery and soft drink
establishment for over twenty years
She had never left the house and during
this time never went to church, for In
this room it is said she guarded a for.
tune, not yet estimated.
Following her death, as soon as the
sun arose, E. J.. HALEY, her gray-haired
adopted son, searched the room and
found a fortune in currency, gold and
silver. The room was a veritable vault
of money. This he removed to a bank
Immediately, pressing a hack into serv.
ice. When the hack load was deposited
in the Commercial Trust and Savings
Bank the deposit slip showed over $780,.
900 on account.