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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE.

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue OF an execution on foreclosure
OF real property duly issued by the
clerk Of the circuit court of the State
OF Oregon for Josephine County, dat
ed the 18th day OF December, 1911,
in certain suit in the Circuit Court
for Josephine County, State OF Ore
gon, wherein Hugh McCourt Is plain
till and Ralph H. Bacon and Jessie
L. Bacon, ct al, are defendants, the
plaintiff did on December 2, 1911, re-
cover Judgment and decree against
the defendants for the sum of s2.-
0S5.13, and $5925 costs and dis
bursements, and $4,000 attorneys
fees. and for the sale of the Zeal
property hereinafter described for
the satisfaction of said judgment,
costs, attorneys fees and accruing
costs of sale.
Now. therefore, will on the 18th
day of January, 1912. at the Court
House in Grants Pass In said coun-
ty, at ten o'clock In the forenoon OF
. said day, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash. the follow
ing property, to-wit:
An undivided one-half interest in
and to the southeast u of the north
east 4 and the northeast u Of the
southeast Y of section II, and the
west y OF the northwest u of sec
tion 16, and the south X OF the
southeast u of section Is, and the
southeast 4 OF the northwest u
and the southwest 4 OF the north
east 4 and the northeast 4 OF the
southwest Y and the northwest Y OF
the southeast Y Of section 6, all In
township 35 south, range 6 west OF
the Willamette meridian, Josephine
County, Oregon.
But will first sell the south Y OF
the southeast 4 of section i6, and
the southeast u Of the northwest u
and the, southwest u OF the north
east u and the northeast u Of the
southwest u, and the northwest u
OF the southeast a of section 6, all
In township 35 south, range 6 west
Of the Willamette meridian, Jose
phine County, Oregon, and so much
of the remainder OF the lands above
described as may be necessary to
satisfy the said execution taken and
levied upon as the property Of the
said Ralph H. Bacon and Jessie l.
Bacon, ct al, or as much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy the said
Judgment in favor of Hugh McCourt
against said Ralph H. Bacon and
Jessie l.. Bacon, ct al, with interest
thereon, together with all costs and
disbursements that have or may ac'
crue.
WILL c. SMITH,
Sheriff.
Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon, this
fAth Jou ne naoapnhar 1911
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
ra7H--
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office at Rose
burg, Oregon, December 9Th, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Herbert
Banta, Of Dryden. Oregon, who, on
November 26, 1909, made Homestead
entry serial No. 056S1, for Lots /, 2,
3 and 4, Section is, Township 3S s,
Range 6 West, Willamette Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
Final Communication Proof to estab-
ish claim to the land above described'
before Herbert Smith, United States
Commissioner, at Grants Pass, Ore
gon, on the 18th day of January,
1912.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Clarnee Messenger, Albert Male,
A. Male and A. l.. Tabor, all Of Dry
den, Oregon.
BENJAMIN FA JONES,
Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given, that Hattie
NJ. Harrison, the undersigned, has
been appointed Administrative OF the
estate Of Marie Il. Fem, deceased, by
the county court of Josephine county,
Oregon and all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present the same, duly
verified, to the undersigned admin
istratrix at Grants Pass, Josephine
county, Oregon, on or before the ex-
piration of six months from the date
OF the first publication of this notice.
Date OF first publication January
12, 1912.
HATTIE M. HARRISON,
Administrative.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office at Rose
bIrg. Oregon, December 10, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that o. l..
Barrett, of Kerby. Oregon, who. on
November 21, 1911, made homestead
entry serial No, 07663, for NJ Ny
section 16, township 80 S, range 7
west Willamette meridian, has filed
notice Of intention to make final
commutatlon proof TO establish claim
to the land above described. before
Herbert Smith, United States COM
missioner, at Grants Pass, Oregon, on
the 23rd day of February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Annie Driscoll, Jasper Garrison,
Jess Barnett and Lawrence Leonard,
all of Kerby, Oregon.
BENJAMIN f. JONES,
Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

United States Land Office at Rose
burg, Oregon, November 27, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Benja-
min X. Goodnough, whose postoffice
address is Grants Pass, Oregon, did,
on the 25th day of April, 1911, file in
this office Sworn Statement and APP
plication, No. 0715S, to purchase the
SEA, Section 32, Township SO s,
Range w, Willamette Meridian,
and the timber thereon, under the
provisions Of the act of June 8, 1878,
and acts amendatory, known as the
Timber and Stone Law" at such
value as might be fixed by apprais-
ment, and that, pursuant to such ap-
plication, the land and timber there
on have been appraised, $4,000, the
timber estimated 730, 900 board feet
at 75 cents per M, and the land
nothing that said applicant will Of
fer final proof in support of his ap-
plication and sworn statement on the
10th day of February, 1912, before
Herbert Smith, United States Com
missioner, at Grants Pass, Oregon.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initi-
ate a contest at any time before Pat
ent issues, by filing corroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry
BENJAMIN F. JONES,
Register.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office at Rose
burg, Oregon, December 13, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Annie
Driscoll, OF Kerby, Oregon, who, on
November q, 1911 made homestead
entry serial No. O7664, for Lots ]
and 2 and M SWh section 49,
township 80 s, range 7 west william
cite Meridian, has filed notice Of in
.tention to make final commutation
proof. to establish claim to the land
above described. before Herbert
Smith. United States commissioner,
at Grants Pass, Oregon, on the 25rd
day Of February. 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses
Jesse Barnett. Lawrence Leonard
Jasper Garrison and D. /. Barrett
all Of Kerby, Oregon.
BENJAMIN F JONES,
Register
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

G. r. Walker, who spent few
days looking over Grants Pass and
adjacent country, returned to his
home at Tekoa, Wash, Tuesday. Mr.,
Walker expects to return In a short
time to Grants Pass, as he is looking
for a location In this part OF the
Rogue river valley.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

Mr.. and Mrs. William Calkoff and
Clyde Pilgrim, who have spent sew
eral weeks at the home Of Mr. Pill
grim's brother-in-law, ]. A. Pilgrim,
left Tuesday for their home at Duns-
muir. Cal.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE

To Whom 1t May Concern: Motto
IS hereby given that I, the unde'
signed, owner Of one-half interest,"
the Sugar Pine mine at Galice, Or
gon. will not be responsible for sn
debts Incurred against said sugA
Pine mine or for any labor or II
provements performed thereon; s'
that no person entering on said pro-
ises for any reason whatsoevrr NE
remoye iherefrom any ore. mineral r.
timber.
nst-d February %. 1910
Stgred, & RNlCP7
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

W J. Darneille went to Medford
today to spend few hours on busi-
ness.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

- G. Jewett OF Denver is late
arrival IN Grants Pass who Is looF-
ing over the possibilities Of The
Rogue yaliey.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12

Roy Gates of Galice was spending
Friday and Saturday with friends in
this city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Dated at Grants Pass, Oregon, thi:
14th day OF December, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29

tion since d905, when a state commits sion was raised to take up the sub- ject of a direct primary law.
 The commission was not partisan Its chairman was former Judge Perry of Southport, and it's members, among others, were Col. N. G. Osborne, edi- tor of the New Haven Journal-Cour- fer ans :-..arles Hopkins Clark, edi- tor of The Courant.
 This commission reported in 1907 and again in 1909, sending in draft of very fair bill indeed. The meas ure was sidetracked in 1909 and again in 1911
 It is little tough on Republicans, however, that the only voice raised in Republican circles in favor of di- rect primaries should be that ot Roosevelt.
 The Democrats of Connecticut are not similarly embarrassed. The Dem ocratic platform adopted at the last state convention declares in favor o1 direct nominations through direct primaries, and every Democratic IT Connecticut who does not stand by that doctrine has something to ex- plain to his fellow Democrats and the people of his state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29

Roosevelt occasionally advocates pop ular legislation many Republicans fol- low him, believing that the good he does exceeds the evil. Human nature runs like that. An employer who en- joys the services of a salesman who returns him, as he may believe, @ profit, is likely to look leniently up- on accusations of personal fraility brought against his servant.
 Roosevelt indicated his resource fulness and readiness to take advan- tage Of strong popular feeling while on his way to Worcester to scarify President Taft. Leaving the train at Willimantic. he s4id: "I would have come into Connecticut to fight the peoples fight. but the people have no voice here. They cannot vote in di- rect primaries"
 He also said, "Taft owes his dele gates to politicians" which is true, and to such politicians as John Hen- ry, John T. and an assorted lot of the railroad crew.
 Roosevelt was right The people do have hard work to express them selves in Connecticut. The politicians have deprived them of direct pri- maries, although direct primaries legislation has been under considera
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
FIRST THINGS

The first railroad company in the United States, the Baltimore 6 Ohio, was organized eighty-four years ago yesterday. Construction work was commenced shortly afterward at Bal timore. The rails were made of wood covered with iron bars. July 4, 1929. the road was formally opened. At that time the company owned but one locomotive, and horsepower was large ly used until 1882, when a sufficient number of locomotives were secured to tive built in the New World was for the Baltimore 6 Ohio road. It was small machine, constructed by Peter Cooper at his foundry near Bal timore, and on its trial trip it: drew an open car, filed with directors, from Baltimore to EIlicott's Mills at the amazing speed of eighteen miles an hour!
 The first railroad in Persia was opened twenty-six years ago today, connecting Teheran, the capital, with Shah Abdul Azim, shrine and place of pilgrimage six miles south of the city. The line was built and operat- ed by Belgian company. The jeal- ousy of the European powers has pre- vented the building of important lines of railway in the ancient country. For the poorer classes in most sections of portation have improved but little since the days of the great empire Of Cyrus and Darius. The automobile, however, is in general use among the wealthy Persians and regular motor car lines have been established in some of the more populous parts of the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
KANSAS CITY
 DEEP IN DEBT
Deficit of $75O,OOO Revealed by Suspicious Death of
 Controller

Kansas City, Mo-, April 29-Kansas City has a deficit of $750,000. ''The exact deficit will not be known" M. A. Flynn, City Controller, said today. "until all the bills chargeable against the revenue collected for the year ended April 15 are ascertained."
 Because of the death of Gus Pear son, then City Controller. under pe- culiar circumstances in Chicago, and the involved condition of his accounts with the city, Mir. Flynn is reluctant to make any statement reflecting on the official conduct of his predeces- sor. Nevertheless, it now appears that Controller Pearson was largely responsible for the present conditions. The fact that he certified appropria- tions when there was no money to meet them made possible a steadily increasing deficit in the last four years. It was his duty to prevent it.
 Unless the expenses of the various branches of the City Government are greatly curtailed, an additional defi- cit of $35O.000 will be added in the next two years. No funds will be available to meet the city payrolls until the tax collections and other revenues for this year begin to come in, which will be in June. During that month each year more than 50 per cent of the city's revenue is col- lected. The employees and holders of bills against the city may have to carry their warrants until that time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Total.

These figures have just teen com piled by special investigators of the Stanley committeee. The steel trust tried it's utmost, first to prevent and then to sidetrack, the investigation which resulted in the above accurate state of affairs becoming public. Con- gressman A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, the chairman of the committee, re- fused to be coerced or frightened into abandoning the investigation at its most critical stage. He resisted the strongest kind of pressure.
 It should be remembered that un- der the Roosevelt and Taft admins crations all resolutions or bills hav- ing for their object the investigation of the steel trust died in committee. Nor did President Roosevelt ever pro- test. The steel trust was in the sad de in Washington when MT. Roose- velt was in the White House, and not only with his consent, but with his cooperation.
 The Stanley committee developed the fact that while Frank Kellogg, the great and much-heralded trust buster, was receiving money for the alleged purpose of breaking up trusts. he was at that very time also re- ceiving money as attorney for one of the subsidiary companies of the trust. It is steel trust money that is now meeting the expenses of the Roosevelt campaign.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
GRAvITATION WAS ANNOUNCED
 226 YEARS AGO

Two hundred and twenty-six years ago the Royal society, an organiza- tion of the learned scholars of Eng land, held meeting in a small hall science that day-April 2S, 16S6-is the most important in the annals of tne world, and yet none of the gentle men present realized at the time that they were about to hear something that would mark an epoch in human knowledge. The meeting drOned along, as the sessions of the wise are wont to do, until pr. Vincent arose and informed those present that he had "a communication from MT. Isaac Newton That communication was the first public announcement of Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation The knowledge of that law of nature made clear thou sand mysteries. and the scientists listened with rapt attention and at the conclusion almost broke into ap- plause! The story of Newton and the apple is as familiar as the fable of Washington and the cherry tree
 Yesterday was the date of the an- cient Roman festival Of F1oralia, which was instituted at Rome in the year 241 B. C., and continued for cen turies to be celebrated every year on the twenty eighth of April. Flora, af- ter whom the festival was named. was her job was to see to 1t that the fields and orchards were rendered fer tile. The day passed with dramatic performances and dancing of char acter that would make the bunny hug and the Apache dance seem, by com dishness Indeed, the ancient chroni- ,lers declare that the costumes worn by the maidens in the dance of Flor aiia consisted of one piece of gauzy cloth-entwined about the head. It was also custom for young men trees to the doorknobs of their below ed, probably corresponding to the more modern Infringing in the May" The Floralia feast is continued to the present day as the May Day festival.
 Yesterday was Monroe Day. the 18th anniversary of the birth of James Mon- roe. the fifth President of the United States and the author of the famous doctrine" that bears his name. His greatest claim to fame is due to his promulgation of the American policy of neither entangling ourselves in the broils of Europe, nor suffering the powers of the Old World to interfere with the affairs of the New and that "any attempt to extend their sys- tenn to any portion of this hemisphere would be dangerous to our peace and safety
 Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth, in 1792, of Matthew Vassar. who founded Vassar college, one of the most famous of American instftu- tions for the education of the fair sex. Robert Bonner, who made a fortune from his weekly storp paper, the New York Ledger, which he adver- tised in a manner that was considered highly sensation in that day, was born lightweight years ago today. Today is the anniversary of the death in 1865. of Sir Samuel Cunard, founder of the Cunard steamship lines, and, in 1905 of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Ameri- can soldier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
RULE OF SEA IS LAW OF NATURE

The New York Sun indulges in the view that the action of the men on the Titanic in sending the women overheard in boats was predicated up- on common sense only; upon the be- lief that they could better save them selves in the absence of the weaker and more helpless.
 This newspaper has already, per haps, sufficiently indicated it's belief that the conduct of the males was not an act of common sense, but an act based upon racial instincts, strengthened by the moral and in- tellectual impulses which support the idea of duty among civilized persons.
 The case is well put by reader of The Sun, who, in showing the fallacy of the rule of common sense says:
 '.No dog ever fights a female dog. The gorilla, supposed by some theorists to have been the ancestor of the northern races, readily gives his fife to save and to protect the female and the young ones. All strong men who live natural lives and follow nat ural instincts do the same, and have done so since the days of the cave men.
 .'The second officer of the Titanic. who appears to be whole man, was right in correcting the expression. the unwritten law of the sea- by simply saying Tt is a law of human nature
 ''On land. in fire and flood and war. the same law prevails and has pre- vailed. Artificial habits of thinking and living (which are second nature). the tmpulsive instinct of self-preser- Vation. violent passions and the panic of crowds have caused the law to be broken again and again in single cases, but as general rule it re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
STEEL TRUST AND ROOSEVELT

to their absolute domination of the country's industrial combinations. . Here is a list of the 23 men wfio Ia addition to being officers and di- rectors of the billion dollar steel trust. virtually control, through interlock' ug boards of directors, all the great raIl- road systems, street railways. express companies. telegraph companies. steamship companies. the large in- dustrial corporations. a system of powerful banks and trust companies and the great insurance companies. The figures show the total valuation of the various classes of financial in- stitutions which they help to direct:
 Industrial corporations, railroad, telegraph and steamship companies, and banks, insurance and trust com panies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
IRISH GIRLS FOUGHT TITANIC
 SEAMEN TO GET DROWNING
 BROTHER IN THE .LIFEB0AT
Hoping Lass in Parry of Thirty From the Same Village Lost Fiance Who
 Gave Her His LifebeIt

told of burning her large straw hat in the night of terror they spent on the seas trying to attract help.
 We were down in our compart- nent singing and having a good time," she. said, when we got the in county Sligo had a premonition that something bad was going to hap pen. That is the reason I took pas sage on the Titanic, for I thought it. would be a safe steamship, and l had heard that it could not sink. A girl from my. own parish, Anna Elem ing, was entertaining us with Irish songs when the first word of trouble came. She went down with the Ti- tanic, poor girl. and believe she was singing or Joking at the time, she was that jolly.
 There was lad in one of the ad- joining compartments who told us of the danger He said the steamship was sinking, and that we all had bet ter get out on one of the uppermost decks. We did not believe word he said, but needed his warning be- cause he appeared so sincere. took all my luggage with me. It was little bother, as had to leave it all be- hind. s3 swse &4s
 Thougl,t Fearful Ones Crazy.
 'To tell the truth, I stood with a
 
 crowd on one of the decks, watching with admiration, the skyrockets of distress that were sent up. It was the prettiest sight ever saw. I laughed and joked with those around me and thoueht the entire party was crazy. The first serious moment came to me when sent a young man bach down in his cabin for his hat. He came back, white as ghost, and shouted that the ship was full of wa ter, and he could not reach our deck. I cried for minute or so. then knelt down and prayed. was satisfied to go myself, but I prayed for my mother and two sisters had left be- hind.
 There were only twenty-six per sons in our lifeboat, and I thought afterward, when I heard the dreadful news of the many deaths. that it was shame. We assisted the oarsmen with turn at the oars. and in the night I burned a large straw hat try ing to attract the attention of ves- sel that seemed to be hurry1ng away from us as we rowed for dear life in her direction"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29

While Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States, and was ostensibly endeavoring to dis solve, or regulate the great industrial trusts, he was holding secret confer ences with agents of J. Pierpont Nor gan. and especially with George w. Perkins, who is now so active in dent1al nomination.
 Morgan is the financial dictator of the Steel Trust. The Steel Trust IS the organization which Roosevelt per- mitted to absorb the Tennessee Iron & Coal Company, upon the pretense that a panic would otherwise be averted, although the merger of the two concerns was a violation of the law of the land. It will be interest ing to see what kind of a corporation the Steel Trust is and what it repre- seiats, for the purpose of perceiving the potent part that it may now be playing in Roosevelt's' campaign. and that we may be better able to under stand why Roosevelt always culti- vated its friendship.
 The report of the Stanley Commit tee furnishes the necessary and hith- erto officially lacking information.
 Twenty-three men-officers and directors of the United States Steel Corporation-are in absolute contro. of corporations representing a capi- talixation of $s5,521,143,o09.
 Pause end think over the fact that the total wealth of this nation is only a little over three times this sum. and then comprehend what this means.
 It means that a mere handful of three in number-are In control of more wealth than 30 mill Hon people combined.
 And because of their unlimited power to charge the public whatever price they desire to exact for a pub lie service over which their chain of monopoliss extends, these twenty three mon are daily growing still richer than they are even now. while s0,ooO,oo0 people are daily becoming poorer. In other words, the strangle hold these twenty-three maa hold over 90, ,ooo. 900 people enables them. by the simple process of tightening the screws. to charge any price they may desire up to the ability of the people to pay.
 Senator LaFollette asserts that 70 pen cent. of this capitalization is wa ter. Conceding that only 25 per cent. of 1t is water, the answer is that ths public is being forced to pay in ex- cessive charges for the things that are necessary to live, dividends on a capitalization of $Ss,s02.s57.52 that is absolutely nothing more than thin air. Thus the public is forced to pay annually to a small group of men millions upon millions of dollars, not for service or goods, but as tribute