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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
The PcstiferOus JnY.

Truly the path of the up-to-date
fruit grower is hard one, as eternal
vigilance Is the price of perfect fruit.
Small wonder 1t is, under the circum-
stances, that the demand for fancy
fruit Is constantly on the increase.
for there are so many enemies which
must be destroyed in order TO secure
tirst-class apples, pears, peaches or
other fruits A few days ago our at
tention was called to number of
apples brought in by r. C. Bateham
from his orchard north OF town
These apples, after running the
gauntlet OF codling moth, scale and
fire and the trees being carefully
cultivated, summer pruned and the
truit thtnned, another enemy nut in
an appearance and this was the pestI.
ferrous blue jay Fine large apples
handsomely colored, had been pecked
into by these birds and DESTROYED
Ne"towns and Spit2enbergs which
would not be ripe for many weeks arc
falling a prey to this obnoxious ont.
law.
These birds establish themselves in
an orchard and selecting the falrest
specimens destroy at least a bushel
of apples day
Mr. Bateham says that growers are
becoming alarmed at the depreciation
of these birds and talk of offering n
bounty Of five cents for each one de-
Stroyed This Is a timely topic and
growers should unite in killing off
the blue Jay for he is certainly an
OUTLAW, and besides destroying fruit
fobs the nests ot insectlyorous birds.
According TO the old song
He feeds ON small birds eggs
To make his voice clear"
But he is not even songster.
simply a chatterer and the enemy of
ull the birds protected by law Or
chardists can do only one thing. and
tha, Is Kim the blue Jay on sight and
when the race ls extinct the fruit will
uv sawed from this hrd OF evil fame.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
Band Concert Friday Evening.
EAGLES CUT OUT
INTOXICATING LIQUORS

The Order Of Eagles has taken an
advanced step and will cut out in
toxicating liquors in dry territory.
This fiat has gone forth from the
headquarters of the organization at
Kansas City.
Frank f. Herring, the head of the
order, has declared for the discon-
tinuance OF the sale OF liquors in
buffets by the locker system, or in
any other form by every Eagle club
located in a prohibition state or in
a local option city or county The
trustees of the order have sanction
ed the action of the president
This organization has in the dry
territories throughout the country
conducted lockers by virtue Of the
liberal policy on the part of many
cities and the present edict applies
to some 1000 subordinate lodges
with membership of something
like 100000 living In saloonless ter
ritory, Under this mandate these
buffets will be closed in local option
sections all over the south, and
greater part of Ohio and Indiana
and throughout the prohibition
states.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
RECEPTION IN HONOR
OF MRS. SHEPARD

Last Saturday evening was the oc-
casion of one of the most enjoyable
social affairs yet held under the aus
pices of the w. c. T. U. At this
time Mrs. Kendalls lawn was the
place Of meeting, where about sixty
people gathered under the soft light
of Japanese lanterns to greet Mrs.
Shepard, Of Salt Lake City, in whose
honor this reception was given
The piano music by Prof. Fiel II,
and the vocal solos by Mrs. Wal r
and Miss Gussie Parker, were en-.
Enthusiastically applauded, while Mrs
Shepard's talk on THE Mormons. 4"
gave us some new ideas Of .he9c
people.
Ice cream and waters were served
while a delightful social hour was
spent b. those present.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
RATTLESNAKES TREE
AUTOMOBILES DRIVER

A remarkable snake story comes
from the wet county of Jackson. 1t
Is thrilling tale, worthy OF the
worst whiskey that finds It's way
into this valley The telegraph ac-
count sent out reads as follows
To be "treed' by rattlesnakes on
the desert was the thrilling expert
ence of Walter McCulum. of Med
ford Mr. McCullum was homeward
bound In his automobile about 70
miles north Of here, when the steer
ing gear went out Of commission. He
stopped the machine and got out 10
investigate, when a chorus OF rattles
made him climb back into the car.
They seemed 10 be all around the
car and for four hours McCulmm
pcrched on the top Of the back seat
wondering what he was going to
do about It. The rattlers finally
retired and McCullum was free To
pursue his way McCullum states
that this was not fishing excursion
and that there was no booze"
along
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
Shipping Pears.

J + Burke has shipped his Bart
lett pears through the Rogue River
Fruit Growers association. VIII
Scoville has also shipped his, like
wise r. Thomas. Several other par
ties have shipped Bartletts, making
two carloads in all. These go to
Chicago. Another shipment of
these same pears will be made on
Saturday of this week From this
on the Rogue River Fruit association
will be busy shipping peaches, APP
pies and plums II is generally be-
lIeved that double the amount OF
fruit will he shipped this year than
there was last season,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

Iof his case was granted. Andrew
Carnegie will not permit any man
who drinks in his steel factories and
he has made 1t worth while for his
men to leave 1t alone by promsie to
pension them when old age comes
on. In Marshall Fields great de-
partment store in Chicago and John
Wanamaker's stores in Philadelphia
and New York-each employing
from five to ten thousand persons,
no drinker is kept in the employ.
want to say to the young men here
tonight that there are forty-three
avenues Of commercial industry
closed to the young man who drinks
or who smokes cigarettes. Today
the world is demanding the best
brains and is paying the best wage
and only the best is wanted. So we
took Commercial peak and all these
victories have been leading down to
the great battle that is now being
waged in the plains.
For years the liquor traffic has
said that a temperance war could not
be started and now that II Is started
we have got the enemy on the run.
They are afraid of our great water
wagon, which Is no ordinary sprinkl-
ing cart that has to stop at every
plug, but we have a water wagon
that can beat any auto or aeroplane.
for 1t never breaks down. II Is hay-
ing a triumphant march over the
land, and today nine great states
are riding along serenely, and four
teen state capitals, as we'll as thous.
ands Of counties, cities, towns and
hamlets. The water wagon has
reached Oregon and 21 counties OF
this great commonwealth have
found It a most convenient way OF
travel for It Is a protection to their
homes and their children and the
enemy the Liquor Dealers Assocla-
tion of Portland has heard the
rumbling Of this great water wagon
and are getting anxious as November
s. 1910. draws near, for they real
lze that a law that closes the saloon
cripples their business; but law
that closes the distlllery and the
brewery, as we'll as the saloon. kills
their business. believe I'm the
rreat-hearted men Of Oregon. and
believe that when the vote is count.
ed on November that we will prove
to the Benhadad liquor interests that
our Lord is the Lord Of the plains
as well as the hills.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
BIG TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Continued from First Page

that today every state in the union
has splendid scientific temperance
law, and we have not stopped in our
country. but are reaching into all
the leading foreign countries. The
enemy did not like the advance be-
ing made and often appeared with
their gold and silver to buy off legis-
lation, but our Lord was the Lord of
the hills and victory crowned every
effort.
The next peak taken was Scien-
tific peak II was no easy matter to
get the scientists TO declare against
alcohol, which they had regarded as
u food for so long, but year after
year as they met In the great centers
OF the old world one skeptic after
another was convinced but Il was
great German scientist who brought
finally the convincing arguments. lie
tried the effect Of alcohol on human
beings, instead Of cats. dogs and
rabbits, and found that few drops
of alcohol In a little water caused
a man To- become color blind. one
who knew colors we'll before using
the alcohol could not tell one color
from another after It's use lie aran
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

words, misplaced sentences and mis-
punctuation. When he came for
ward with his splendid conclusions,
the scientists at last gave out to
the world that alcohol is a poison
and not a food.
About this time an agitation was
awakened by Golfers Weekly
against patent medicines. Any of
you ever hear of Peruna, that won
derful cure-all? Many woman
who would not take a glass of beer
will take Peruna, and beer only
contains Az per cent OF alcohol and
Peruna IS per cent Perhaps you
are congratulating yourself that
YOU have never taken Peruna-say
did you ever take Lydia Pinkham s
compound. or Hostetter's stomach
bitters or celery compound, or beef
wine and iron, or Duffy's malt whis-
key or Hoods sarsaparilla for that
tired feeling? Well, they all run
from is per cent to IS per cent al
"ohol Many person Is in more
danger today from patent medicines
than from almost any other one
thing, for they know little of the
danger that turks in medicine so
largely made mp of alcohol. The
liGNor traffic didn't like the agita-
tion against the patent medicines.
for they realized that appetites for
strong drink were being created
through this channel
But we took the peak and in all
states today the dangers of patent
medicines are being heralded II
YOU are sick, consult a doctor
The next peak taken was Com
mercial peak The old line life in
surance companies had carefully
compiled statistics and had found
that moderate drinker did not
have the chance for long life as did
the total abstainer, and so they
would not issue a policy for the same
premium to the drinker. aud no poll
ley would be given to man connect
ed with q brewery. for he was con.
sidered q hazardous risk and his
business a hazardous business Then
the railroad companies discovered
that the heavy loss of life through
wrecks was due largely to drunken
man In authority, and they issued a
law that no man could work for
them and drink while on duty or off
duty They placed spoilers In an the
division points and man being
found habitual visitor to a saloon
was at once dismissed and no appeal
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

Senator Albert II Cummlns. of
Iowa, is out with a strong dcnuuca-
tion OF John u. Rockefeller and An
drew Carnegie He charges that the
millions ot dollars which thcy give
to public libraries ana educational
institutions are nothing moro than
returning a part OF their great profits
Go the American people by way of
Htonpmyut However that sort of
otonemcut win uoyar cNputc the
wrougs that the, have done iu the
N.'d- uf Industry
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
MARRIED.

PATRICK-WILSON-At the New
man NJ +. church, Saturday after.
noon, July 30, 1910, Chas, G.. Pat
rick and Miss zetta ]. Wilson, both
of this city.
The ceremony was performed In
the presence Of a few friends, Rev.
u, II Leech officiating The young
people will make their home In this
city, whore they have many friends
TO wish them happiness and prosper
ity.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
International bible students Assoc
ciation-Frcc Lecture.

Topic Was Chust's Mission to
the World a Failurc9" Don't fail
20 hear A. II Macmillan, Of Brook
lyn, n. Y, deliver his noted lecture,
illustrated 10y large colorcd chart,
County court rooms next Monday
evening, at o'clock, No collections,
All welcome.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
FIRST Christian Science Society.

Christian Science service will be
held in w. o. W, hall Sunday, Aug
ust I, 1910, at IL a. m; subject,
spirit" Wednesday evening meet
ing at p. m. in the same hall. You
are cordially invited to be present
Reading room, room 5, same hall,
open every afternoon from to A.,
except Sunday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
COMING EVENTS.

Sept o, Monday Ladies' Auxiliary
holds its opening meeting at 3
D. m
Sept 10, Thursday Primary regis
uation books close.
Sept "a, Saturday Primary election
Sept gS, "Wednesday Registration
books open Tor general election
Nov S. Tuesday Gcucru election.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
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\ CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY. \
Bethany Presbyterian Church.

The topic for the morning service
next Sunday, August 7, will be "The
Relation OF Conscience to Charac-
ter" The union service will be held
at the Baptist church, the Rev. Rob-
ert Mclean preaching the sermon.
The topic will be, Gods Challenge
to the Individual" Sunday school
will meet at 10 a. m. The Young
Peoples union meeting will be held
at the Baptist church.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
First Baptist Church, Sun, Aug.

The pastor will preach at 10:3O
upon the topic BAD Farmers" The
session of the Bible school will i'm
medlately follow the observance Of
the Lords Supper and the giving Of
the right hand of fellowship to new
members Union evening services
will be held in this church. The
Young Peoples meeting will be at 7
p. m. and at the final service Rev.
Robert Mclean, pastor Of the Pres
byterian church will preach. A cor
dial welcome Is extended.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

The county court has been m sts-
sion three DAYS this week.. and ad.
iourucd on Thursday afternoon The
official proceedings will be- publish.
cd tn the Courier next week
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
BUSINESS POINTERS

Dr Flanagan.
Rnnulc tho plumber
Physician and Surgeon
lE EPctcrson rioncorlusurauceNau
Alfred lctchor. Registered Opto.
motrlst and Jowelcr In nNou's old
sthnd. Front st Eyes tested free.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
ROGUE RIVER
FISHERMEN'S UNION
Argument Against the Closing OF
the River 10 Commercial
Fishermen.

In reply to the argument of the
so-called Rogue River Fish Pro-
tective association, of Medford,
which is on file with the secretary of
state and which demands the clos
ing of Rogue river to commercial
fishing the Rogue River Fishermen S
union, OF Grants Pass, has sent the
following argument against the pas
sage Of such a bill to the secretary
Of state.
Argument Against Bill.
The initiative measure to close
Rogue river to commercial fishing
Is uncalled for because section 41O6
Ballinger and Cotton Code, provides
for closing any stream to protect
fish and authorizes the fish COM
mission to take such action when
advisable. No state fish warden
has thus favored closing the Rogue
river and Former Master Fish Ward
en- H. c. McAllister by his letter of
June Is, 1910, to Rogue River Fish
ermen's union stated, ''I am opposed
to the bill for closing Rogue river"
The fishermen are residents and
mostly farmers, only five men now
being non-resdents and the argu-
ment for bill is misleading and
false.
The run of salmon is not dimin-
ishing as stated and in 1909 there
was the heaviest run in many years,
and the catch of steelheads small,
being only one ton in a total of nine
ty-three caught and marketed last
year. Small mesh nets are not
used, the smallest being an S-inch
mesh in summer and a 5-inch mesh
in winter, no one inch mesh used on
river. The laws were strictly en-
forced on this river and the present
master fish warden received his pro-
motion from the ranks for his eff
ficient services.
Dams and defective fish ladders
are the primary cause of salmon not
reaching the government hatchery,
and these barriers should be remod-
eled by competent supervision, not
by repeating the law which permits
commercial fishing.
The annual revenue to salmon
on the river at Grants
Pass is $20,O00.OO annually, and
Curry county much greater, and the
entire catch may be classed as Chin
ook salmon, which fish do not take
the fly nor spoon except by accident
and during spawning season.
We ask the voters Of the state
not to cast their ballots for this law
depriving thereby a large class Of
worthy citizens from gaining a live
Iihood by a legitimate industry.
Rogue River Fishermen's Union.
Per II. f. Gething, Sec. and Man. |
Endorsed by Grants Pass CONNER
cial Club, per II. L. Andrews.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05
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y SOCIAL EVENTS y


A number Of the young people of
the Christian church left this city
Tuesday evening on good old
fashioned picnic excursion, going in
a hayrack to a point near Savage
Rapids, where the evening was
pleasantly spent In genuine picnic
style with games and various out
door sports. A bountiful lunch had
been prepared by the girls and this
was served and heartily enjoyed by
the crowd, there being about twenty
six in attendance. The straw ride
to and from the picnic grounds was
one OF the most enjoyable features
of the excursion and there will prob
ably be many more like It before the
summer is over.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

To celebrate the victory OF their
team over the Presbyterians in a
score Of 4 to in the ball game
Wednesday evening Of last week,
the girls class Of the Christian
church celebrated the event in a
manner most agreeable to the
gentlemen by serving them an ex-
cellent supper Thursday evening in
the Riverside park. Besides mem
bers Of the class and the team, there
were quite number of others
present, numbering about thirty-two
in all, and jolly, good time was en-
joyed and the team was entertained
in a manner which will cause them
to remember their victory for some
time and will probably act as a
stimulus In the next game to be play
ed and urge them to another victory.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

ELECTRIC motor u horsepower.
for sale. so cycle, 4. c. At the
Courier office S.lS.t,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-05

Economy Fruit Jar Caps at the
Rogue River Hdwc. Co.'S 6.g4-tf
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-30

THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE is SUPREME.



The county democratic committee
at its meeting Saturday adopted a res
olution providing for the people to ex-
press their choice at the polls for cir
cult judge.
The committee, as far as we can
see, acted within it's powers and GER
tainly their action will receive the
hearty sanction of the people.
a great many people have expressed
wish to vote for the judiciary in
nearly every county, and no matter
for whom that vote is cast, we believe
that the governor will in measure DE
governed in his appointment of a cir
cult Judge by such vote. He cannot
we'll afford to do otherwise, unless he
wishes to bury himself politically, as
the will of the people is supreme, and
if fair expression of their will is
had upon this question, the governor
will, beyond a doubt, accept the vote
as indicative of such will.
1t is understood that every commit
tee in this circuit that have had a
meeting have adopted similar resolu-
tions to the one adopted here Satur-
day, and it is expected that the race
for circuit judge will be an interesting
one-QuinCy Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-30
The Central
Bank.

The Bankers Magazine of New York
says If We boil down all the high
sounding phrases in regard to the cen.
trail bank they will come to this:
A scheme devised to compel the
country banks, and through them the
entire business interests, to pay
tribute to central "bank' or pawn
shop for performing a service which
the country banks themselves might
perform more efficiently and economi
cally.
Do not the bankers of the country
realize that the creation of a central
bank is but the first step to the intro
duction of the branch banking system
in the United States?
A central bank to be efficient must
have branches, and here We will have
the branch system already applied tc
note issues.
Why should country bank have to
beg a central bank, managed in some
distant city, for a few notes with
which to move the crops?
Which is the better Judge Of the
local needs for currency in Dakota OF
in Texas-the central bank, managed
by high financiers in the distant city
or the officers of the local banks who
are an actual part of their business
communities?
Are the country banks and the bust
ness interests they sustain to be de
pendent upon the pleasures of the cen
trail bank management?
But our contemporary forgets thai
the more centralized any giver
scheme, business, or other interest, t
say nought of power, may be, the more
blessed it looks to the party now il
control of our affairs-both private
and public if you please. 1T is the re
publican ideal to yoke eighty-nine mil
lion and nine hundred thousand of us
together and guide us as so many
goats, by the gilded ribbons pulled
apparently, from the capitol dome al
Washington. while in reality the line
that pulls us catches its guiding fore
from Wall street from the remainins
few of our population.
Barnum was right when he said tina
the American people like to be hum
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-30
A Great State Papers"
Littleness.

The great state paper" over at
Jacksonville is just now giving beau
tiful illustration of the innate little
ness of which it has always been
possessed.
No one familiar with the Times
Unions policy needs to be told that
the Jacksonville paper has always
been an organ" first and a newspaper
afterwards. Most papers consider
themselves under a contract with their
readers to give them the news The
Times-Union makes a practice OF
giving its readers the news unless
there is a personal interest to be
served by suppressing the news.
When the Flagler divorce bill was
passed, the Times Union had a corps
of men at Tallahassee handling the re-
ports of the proceedings of the legisla
ture. Every other bill was included
in these reports but the bill under
which the East Coast magnate was t.
be enabled to get divorce from his
insane wife. This, the Times-Union
studiously suppressed. No where did
1t ever refer to the bill. It's whole
policy has been a policy of suppression
wherever the publication of a news
report or the expression of an opinion
was thought to be dfspleasing to the
special interests which the Times
Union serves.
Just now this great big state
Sner." as it likes to call itself, is
another exhibition of its regu-
of supnressing the news.
1900 people witnessed
! q series OF racing events
ehsacola. On Monday nearly as
many attended the second event of
the series, Yet a reader of the Times
Union would never know that a 3O-day
racing event was on in the deep
Water City. The ''great state paper
had plenty of time and space in which
to tell its readers the news of the
Joliet, Latonia, Metropolitan, Saratoga,
and other tracks. It gave the selec-
tions of the London critics, and it re-
ported the fact that Governor Harmon
had prevented a prize fight, Coming
nearer home it had something to say
about the hill climb OF the Georgia
Automobile Club. But not a word
about the Pensacola races in it's own
state.
For a big thing, the Times Union
has some of the littiest traits and
policies conceivable. They are too
little for a reputable newspaper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-30
Jefferson County Democratic.

Resolved, That it is the sense of the
executive committee of Jefferson coun-
ty, Florida, that the names of candi-
dates for circuit judge and states at
torney of the several circuits be
placed on the tickets to be voted for
at the primary elections. The names
of the persons receiving the majority
of the votes cast in the several coun-
ties for judge and states attorney, re-
spectively, to be certified to the gov
ernor direct-Resolution adopted at
meeting Jefferson Elk. COm.-From the
Monticello News.