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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

An Atchison man is such Sis that
he carries powder rag in his purse.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Bank robbers are more plentiful
than ducks-and just about as hard
to land.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

An Italian brand OF weather pre-
vailed in Norfolk during that paving
riot, all right.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The only starter Sunday in the Chi,
cago-New York air race will be the
nephew of a Norfolk woman. Get
there, Ely!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

contractors: Put on a night shift.
You're welcome.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

This would be a wise world if the
acquiring the other fine points of an
education as he is in learning to like
tobacco.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Some people are never satisfied un-
less they are maintaining a nuisance,
and quarreling with the neighbors
about their rights"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

We learned years ago not to be i'm.
pressed with Big Tales.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

One Norfolk woman will allow her
husband to smoke a pipe in the house
but she does draw the line on cam
paign cigars.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

There has been considerable curl
osity concerning the gasoline engine
that has been installed in a shed just
outside of Mrs. Lysander John Apple
tons door, and Globe reporter was
detailed today to find out what it
was for. The scheme is good one.
Every member of the family having
broken off his, or her. nails in getting
Mrs. Appleton's dress to meet in the
back, the gasoline engine has been
installed for the purpose of drawing
her corset strings tight. 1t draws her
straight-front so tight that her waists
meet in the back without trouble, and
hooking becomes easy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

A Boston pastor approves of the
hobble skirt, as he likes variety. 1t
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

1t is related that once upon a time
Daysey Mayme Appleton attended a
musical entertainment in which there
were five fiddlers who had to give
their instruments the usual amount of
preliminary attention before playing.
The curtain had gone up and the five
men tuned, and adjusted their strings
and adjusted them again. Isn't that
beautiful" said Daysey Mayme wear.
ing the rapt, far-away expression she
had read about in books. THAT is the
Ungarische Lustspiel from Bella, and |
just love it," Then the men, having
adjusted their strings to suit them,
struck up "My Bonnie Lies over the
Ocean" But Daysey Mayme was not
crushed, She thinks they played two
pieces and that the first was so much
finer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Actors are pretty apt to judge a
town by the way it patronizes his
show. But there is a good deal
of that sort of selfshness in the opin-
ions of others than actors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

without regard TO wards. They are
paid enough to permit them to devote
the necessary time to the work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

An old fashioned argument against
woman's suffrage is that the women
cannot qualify as soldiers in time of
war. But we notice the women con.
tinue to kill a good many men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Why do the women have any limit
at all to the amount of hair they
wear?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

There is one sensation that defies
description at the hands of an ordi
nary typewriter. That's the sensation
that creeps through a golf lovers
blood wnen he sits at the window ana
watches other golfists whiz linksward
automobilistically realizing the while
that he has a shoulder which is trai-
tor to him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

No man ever invented anything as
intricate as the bung hole in a bar
rel without pausng to figure what he
would do with an income like Thomas
A. Edison's.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

sentences. Truth is demanding recog.
milton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

1t is only fair to the men to say
that there are more good husbands
in the world than there are husbands
who pay attention to chorus girls and
actresses.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

A Norfolk man likes the crust of
the pie better than any other part, and
always insists upon eating the crust
left by his wife.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14
eAYNoR DOES NOT WANT 1T.

The Nomination for the Presidency
Has no Charms.
New York, Oct. 12.-That Mayor
Gaynor has no ambition to be presi.
dent is the inference gained from a
letter, The letter was written to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Every father helps his son at least
to the extent of boarding him several
years when he is not productive, and
sending him to school. But not every
son helps his father.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The next time you quit work to act
on the committee for nothing, look
over your children's teeth, and see
if they do not need fixing more than
the public needs your service.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

This is the open season on banl
robbers in Madison county.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Why should shoulders soldier on a
man at this time of year?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

A Texas man says the Globe is
unfair with Clifford Pinchot. We know
it, no newspaper can dislike man
and be fair with him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The Town Bad Man said today; 81
have been mean, as all the world
knows, but | never induced a woman
to get ready to marry me and then
failed to show up"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Is Braden going to have a chance
to come across with that ten?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

If the boy king of Portugal had
been up-to-date he would have cried,
IAN airship! An airship! My king.
dom for an airship!"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

A reporter on The News, whenever
he makes a note on scratch paper
about "Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so," writes
it "So-and.so & H."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The enterprising aviator is the one
who keeps up on things.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

Necktie bills are high for the man
with rough beard on his chin. The
beard scratches the neckties to pieces.
So in some ways woman is lucky to
be a woman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

count of important business (Cong. Re-
cord, December 14th).
February Sth he was granted leave
of absence on account of important
business (Cong. Record, page 2,14D.
He missed and failed to respond to
twenty-four out of a total of ninety
seven roll calls during the session.
AROUND TOWN.
Look out. There's a bank robber.
There's a hobble skirt in Norfolk.
How do these March winds strike
you?
That's some harvest moon, believe
us.
Where's your money-Cubs or Ath.
letics?
The Manuel training system has had
a setback.
The enterprising aviator is the one
who keeps up on things.
Is Braden going to have a chance
to come across with that ten?
Why should shoulders soldier on a
man at this time of year?
This is the open season on bank
robbers in Madison county.
Why do the women have any limit
at all to the amount of hair they
wear?
Bank robbers are more plentiful
than ducks-and just about as hard
to land.
Here's a suggestion to the paving
contractors: Put on a night shift.
You're welcome.
An Italian brand of weather pre-
vailed in Norfolk during that paving
lloI, till ilSII'
The only starter Sunday in the Chi
cago-New York air race will be the
nephew of a Norfolk woman. Get
there, Ely
One Norfolk woman will allow her
husband to smoke pipe in the house,
h,,t oh l1 1s,,1
paign cigars.
A Norfolk man likes the crust of
the pie better than any other part, and
always insists upon eating the crust
left by his wife.
If the boy king of Portugal had
been up-to-date he would have cried,
IAN airship! An airship! My king.
dom for an airship!"
A reporter on The News, whenever
he makes a note on scratch paper
about "Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so," writes
it "So-and-so & H."
Necktle Dllls are hlgh Tor the man
with a rough beard on his chin. The
beard scratches the neckties to pieces.
So in some ways a woman is lucky to
be a woman.
There is one sensation that defies
description at the hands of an ordi,
nary typewriter. That's the sensation
that creeps through a golf lovers
blood wnen he sits at the window ana
watches other golfists whiz linksward
automobilistically realizing the while
that he has a shoulder which is a trail
tor to him.
For the benefit of those who seem
to have misunderstood, just because
one asks whether your wife will let
you smoke a pipe in the house, doesn't
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

you needn't worry about my not
being punished for my sins" man
said to his pastor; indeed, I some
times think ] get more than is justly
coming to me-"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

In Missouri when a man has so
much money he doesn't work much,
people say when asked what he does,
"He plays with jack knives"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

About the only new thing that
happens to this town." says the Cool
idge Enterprise, "is to have a new
damage suit filed against it."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

When a man is grumbling, he says
'it happens that way every time" al
though the wrong he is grumbing
about may be the first.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The Manuel training system has had
q setback.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14
AROUND TOWN.
Look out. There's a bank robber.

Where's your money-Cubs or Ath,
letics?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

every Friday. BY mail per year, $3.50.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

uynanlteu
ATcHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.
We learned years ago not to be i'm.
pressed with Big Tales.
An Atchison man is such Sis that
he carries a powder rag in his purse
We sometimes think no one is try.
ing very hard to please the real Sc
we're critics.
Boys believe that unless they spit
every time they see caterpiller, they
will have typhoid fever.
Ever see two women meet at re-
ception or millinery opening, and en-
gage in a smiling match?
Some people are never satisfied un-
less they are maintaining a nuisance,
and Quarreling with the neighbors
about their rights"
A Texas man says the Globe is
unfair with Clifford Pinchot. We know
it, no newspaper can dislike man
and be fair with him.
In Missouri when a man has so
much money he doesn't work much,
people say when asked what he does,
"He plays with jack knives"
When a man is grumbling, he says
'it happens that way every time" al
though the wrong he is grumbing
about may be the first.
About the only new thing that
happens to this town" says the Cool
idge Enterprise, "is to have a new
damage suit filed against it."
you needn't worry about my not
being punished for my sins" man
said to his pastor; indeed, | some
times think ] get more than is justly
coming to me-"
The Town Bad Man said today 81
have been mean, as all the world
knows, but I never induced woman
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
SONG WRITER IN PooRHoUsE.

Just what kind of wreck whiskey
will make OF man who can not re-
sist its use Is well illustrated in the
case of Hugh Cannon, popular song
writer, whose ragtime melodies were
whistled and sung throughout the
English speaking world On last
Monday press dispatch from De-
troit, Mich, says he was sent to the
poorhouse. He was a perfect wreck
and, as he expressed 1t, was down
and out.
II started the booze route when
was 16 years of age, I'm 36 now and
except for seven months on the
wagon, during which time / got of
frequently to pick up the whip, I've
been picked most Of the time. II
was 20 years-20 black, nasty, sick
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
GOVERNORS IN CONFERENCE.

Having for their object the fur
therance OF uniformity Of state laws,
the executives OF 30 states met in
Washington on the 18th and held a
three days conference, which, It Is
thought, will exert a tremendous in
fluence on legislation In the common
wealths represented. This was a
Roosevelt idea In the beginning
though at first 1t only took up con
servation of the resources OF the
states and nation. The meetings are
now taking very important turn
covering as they do, legislation, there
being many laws which should bt
duplicated In all the states.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1910.
POPULATION OF GRANTS PASS.

POPULATION OF GRANTS PASS
It is now claimed on the authority
OF the Pope directory that Grants
Pass has population OF 1853. That
is an estimate based on the fact that
the book prints list Of 1856 names
In the department OF the directory
devoted to this city. The canvass
was made last September and fully
one hundred families have located
here since that time. They estimate
that there are three persons to every
name that appears and this makes
the population as above stated BY
this same method Medford has 1865
population and Ashland 676S. This
II must be admitted is very loose
way OF estimating and 1t reminds us
of the way they weighed pork In the
early Dutch settlements OF Pennsyl-
vania. They would put long slab
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
ity in life then it is our bounden
duty tn vote the bonds.

ity In life then 1t Is our bounden
duty to vote the bonds.
II the fact that we will have supe-
rior opportunities for the education
of the young will bring to us better
class of homeseekers who are par
tial to such a location, and this will
help us in the upbuilding Of the city,
then it is our duty to vote the bonds.
If better opportunities for educa-
tion along industrial lines are offer
ed and this will save the already too
numerous class whom the county
court has been sending to reform in
stitutions, Their it is our duty to vote
the bonds.
IL you think that making Grants
Pass a city noted for its educational
advantages and in public estimation
the equal in this respect of any other
city in the Rogue River valley Is
desirable, then by all means vote
the bonds.
In this matter we must be broad
minded enough to look to the future
and wise enough to see that thi'
bonded debt will be paid not alone
by those who live here today, bu
by that large class who will maxi
their homes with us, brought her
+, by our advantage Of climate, soil
, location, business, educational ad
vantages and numerous other thing
;, which will surely make this cit
many times larger than 1t Is today
= The day has come for us to conside
:, these things and build for the futur
=, and not be confined to our presen
:, environment, which is too apt t
warp our judgment and make ou
:. expenditures for improvements use
- :, less before the present decade
ended.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
TREE ORDINANCE NEEDED.

The city council, 1t seems to US,
would do well to pass tree planting
ordinance requiring that the principal
streets of the town have shade trees
planted on either side OF the street.
Such an ordinance would reach va
cant lots which are held by specu-
lators and have never been improved
and the owners OF which will not
plant shade trees unless they are
Obliged to. Many OF the streets In
the city, in fact majority OF them,
have fine shade trees growing along
the sidewalk, but most Of the vacant
lots have nothing of the kind, and 1t
Is high time that the city council
take this matter in hand and compel
those who own the property to do
their share In the civic betterment OF
| the city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

president, has left his name untarn-
ished. Ballinger whom the president
desired to save, simply because he
was a member OF his cabinet has yet
to face a trial by congressional
committee which will make him fair
ly stencil in the nostrils OF the Ameri-
can people. At the best, through
the influence OF the president, he can
only hope to secure Scotch verdict
OF mot proven"
Mr.. Ballinger is truly to be pitied,
and he may be entirely innocent OF
any wrong doing, yet he will in the
end be driven out of the cabinet. II
was said in these editorial columns
months ago that these charges
against Secretary Balllnger were un
fortunate and that the chances wer'
he would be obliged to go, as th'
American people demand a cabine
officer should be like Caesars wife
"above suspicion" The presiden
evidently finds at this day that h
has been drawn into an affair inter
minable and he sees only one wa
Of Kidding his administration OF
scandal and himself of responsible
ity and that is to have the legislator
of the state OF Washington take Ba'
linger off his hands by sending hir
TO the United States senate to sue
eeed Senator Pyle.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

p - 80 = ~-NS~YHHYHV' ~
\ BUSINESS POINTHRs

DIR. Flanagan,
Physician and Surgeon.
Big Bargains in Heating Stoves
for a few days at the Rogue River
Hdwe. Co.'S.
Kindergarten, Primary, All C st.
Peterson. .PioneerInsuranccMan.
Go to the Grants Pass Art Studio
for photographs of every kind.
Free to all carpenters, a Zenith
Carpenters Pencil at Cramer Bros.
Alfred Letcher, Registered Optic
metrist and Jeweler in Dixoa's old
stand, Front St. Eyes tested free.
BIG DICOUNT on HEATING
STOVES at the Rogue River Hdwe,
Co.'S for a short time only.
Curtiss & Co., jewelers., are still
in business at the same old stand,
! Rannie, the plumber.
Highest cash price paid for green
and dry hides at ]. H. Ahlfs meat
market. iViA
4 you want fine portraits of your
self or family call on Grants Pass
> A-t Studio 12~31-tf
If you are going to need a heating
stove for next winter, you can save
a big proportion of the cost by buy
ing now at the Rogue River Howe,
Co.'S.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

years-with only a little brightness
now and then when | made good with
some song.
az quit the coke (cocaine) easy.
Fifteen days In jail cured me OF tnat
hit the pipe in New York for
year and stopped that. | went up
against morphine hard, but quit. But
the booze, the red, oily booze, that
got me for keeps"
It may sound strange to say that
there are many men just as brilliant
as this gifted song writer who are
victims to the drink habit. They are
in every state and community and
the great pity Is that they cannot be
saved from this worse than death;
as long as the tempter can reach
them they not only drag themselves
down but their families and friends
There appears to be only one way
to protect them, and that Is to ban
ish the liquor. Nothing short OF this
will save men and women from this
evil and this is why men are banded
together to drive intoxicating liquors
from our counties, states and the ma
ton, and from what has happened II
the way of legislation along prohibi
ton lines within the last 10 years, !
must be concluded that national pro
hibition is in sight. There are man
men and women working to this en-
who hope after time to succeed
They realize that they may encour
ter many failures but they believ
that 1t Is better to have made the ei
fort and failed than never to hav
, done anything to break the power
the demon of intemperance. The
, feel that success will come throug
education, and a campaign Is now b'
ing conducted with this end In viey
= but they understand 1t cannot CON
all at once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
THE BALLINGER SCANDAL.

The Ballinger-Pinchot fight Is still
on. though Mr.. Pinchot is out Of It,
being practically dead as far as the
world cares. Yet fair-minded men
will say of him that he was patriot
and loyal follower Of ex-President
Roosevelt and that his advocacy OF
preserving to the people the forests,
power sites and all that pertains to
the public domain except the rights
of the homesteader was worthy OF
the twentieth century.
Plnchot, though removed by the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

We are seemingly credibly inform
ed that Bryan will again become a
candidate for presidential honors.
Giving Richard L. Metcalf, editor OF
Bryan's Commoner, as authority, the
Omaha Bee makes the announce
ment. On the same authority it is
announced that under no circum-
stances will Mr.. Bryan be a candi.
date for United States senator from
the state of Nebraska.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

Since buying the Laurel Grove
Dairy | have been giving 1t a general
cleaning up and have also built
new milk house, sanitary In every
particular, and the place is now as
recommended by the dairy inspector
to the former owner,
1-2S-1t ]. R. SCOVILL.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
NOTICE.
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular meeting Of the stock
holders of the Josephine County Ir-
rigation and Power Company will be
held on Monday, February 21, 1910,
at 2 o'clock p. m, in the Commercial
Club rooms in the city of Grants
Pass, Oregon, for the purpose Of
electing a board of directors and the
transaction Of such other business
as may come before the meeting,
Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon,
January %, 1910. ]. R. RIGGS,
Secretary.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
SCHOOL BONDING QUESTION.

, On another page will be found the
statement of the school board regard
ing the election called for voting on
the proposition Of Issuing $4,000
In bonds for the erection of high
school building in this city. and for
the further purpose of selecting a
site whereon to place the high school
building This Is one of the most
important questions that has ever
come before the voters Of Grants
Pass. It means the choosing of a
road that shall lead the city upward
and onward along the paths of high
er education or the placing OF a
stumbling block in the way of max
ing this a great educational center
which shall help the child of every
citizen to secure a high school edu
cation.
There can be only one way to look
at this question and that is the bene
tit 1t will be to Grants Pass. II
building this high school will give
our boys and girls better opportun
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

Harvey Crump, who has been con-
fined to the South Pacific hospital
for the past three weeks with bull
let wound in his head, has so far re-
covered that he left the hospital and
went to his home at Jacksonville
Thursday afternoon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

from the saw mill across a fence and
place the pork on one end OF the
slab and balance 1t by piling stone on
the other; then they would estimate
the weight OF the stone.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28
COMING EVENTS.

Feb. 7, Monday-Annual meeting OF
the Fair Association to lay plans
for the fair In Grants Pass next
fall.
Feb. 12, Saturday--Annua meeting
of the Fruit Exchange.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-28

Barrel Spray Pumps, just the
kind for small orchards and small
trees at the Rogue River Hdwe. Co. s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-14
The Evening Chit-Chat
Nv RUTH CAMERON

lating and approving in her Older
daughter a far worse tendency-that
is, the tendency to regard another per-
sons terror as a cause of amusement.
Just a few years ago one of my
neighbours children. a high strung. ner-
vous boy. who had foolishly taken
dare to go through a cemetery alone al
midnight. was frightened into hyster-
les and almost into idiocy by one of his
companions hiding behind a gravestons
and jumping out at him.
Plenty of cases are on record where
actual loss of reason has been the re-
suit OF FRANKS like these.
And the children who play them. OF
course, say afterward that they did IL
for fun"
There is no fun in fear
You can't hammer that into your
child's conscious ness too thoroughly.
Don't let the simplest, apparently
most harmless, tendency on the part OF
your child to amuse himself at the ex-
pense of anothers fear go unreproved
walked up with the nightmare and was
too frightened even to call to you. and
ask him If he wants any one else to
feel even a little bit that way.
If he is a child who can be reached
by reasoning that ought to be enough.
And if he isn't-well, you probably
know best how to reach him.