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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

make improvements and put in the
crops fer the summer.
suiet wedding was solesnized
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S,
DosyRs in Grants Pass Saturday,
March 20, when Miss Lena Smith
and Ira Nay were sEited in marriage
by Frederic NJ Brooke, pastor OF
the Christian church. Both the
young people have lived here for
several years, and have host Of
friends to wish them a long and pros
porous journey on life's matrimonial
sea. The young people of the neigh
borhood met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. II. May Sunday evening TO
welcome the newlyweds home. On
account of il being Sunday evening
tin cans and COW bells were dispensed
with, but cheers could not be sup
pressed rs the young couple drove
into the yard about 1890 o'clock.
The buggy was quickly surrounded
and amid congratulations the young
couple were escorted into the house
where an hour or more was spent
very enjoyably by all
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
FRUITDALE.

Henry Thompson spent Saturday
and Sunday at Jerome Prairie.
Miss Evelyn Curcice of Grants
Pass was visitor this week at the
Henry Huck home.
Joe Pardee and Earle Voorhies
were in Fruitdale Saturday and cook
ed their dinner on top of Badly
mountain
DR.. and Mrs. Walker and son, Ray
mond, spent Sunday at Red Acres,
guests of Mr. and Mrs, Hafey.
Ladies of Fruitdale are preparing
for a sale of aprons and Easter
goodies" at the Pardee store, Fri
day, April 5.
The county's traction engine was
at work on the Pacific Highway last
week. Work on the new road near
the school house is progressing. We
don't know Just where it's going, but
it's on its way,
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Jones and
daughter. Leona, Mrs. HOFFMAN, and
Mrs. Heyer enjoyed a drive to Saw
age Rapids Sunday and were callers
at the Haviland home on the return
trip.
The many friends of Mrs. Howe
who. with her daughter, Mae, spent
year with her son, Charles Howe
in Fruitdale, will be grieved tC
learn of her sudden death at Ions
Beach, Cal, on Monday of las
week.
Grange will meet Saturday OF thi
week. the regular day, April g, be
ing given over to Pomona Grange a
Murphy. In place of the usual pic
mic dinner the meal will be serve'
, at the supper hour,
Climbing Badly mountain seems t
, be a popular fad, and numerou
parties ranging in size from tn
, small but delightful company o
, two. to the larger picnic crowd pas
Fruitdale almost daily.
1 Coming events cast their shad
ows before" and Judging from tn
G extensive accumulation of tin cans
etc. already dumped on the Pacit
Y Highway, by the time Grants Pas
n finished her spring housecleanin
that stretch of road will be a thin
8 of beauty and a JOY forever (O.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
SELMA.

h. A. Perkins and family have
moved to the II. Il. Gale ranch west
of Merlin, where Mr.. Perkins has taxi
EN- a position.
There is quite a bit of enthusiasm
here as the result of the three auto
loads of business and railroad men
which were through our country
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Close of Wilderville was In
our vicinity last Monday.
]. r. Tucker and family were in
Grants Pass the first of the week on
business.
Elbert Tucker spent Saturday and
Sunday in our neighborhood.
w. A. Hague went to Grants Pass
Tuesday, moving Will Eggars.
The neighbors enjoyed a merry
and pleasant dance at Mr. Caseys in
the Selma hotel last Saturday night
Mr.. Hough of Jerome Prairie was
in our neighborhood the past week
j. r. Tucker went to the city Tues
day and r. c. Churchill returned
Tuesday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
NIILIAltS.

BeS Riselsw asd O. F. Bhoapssn
spent Saturday and Sunday N Grants
Pass.
The Williams stsSe Is anser new
management, Messrs. Fred 0'Keny
aud VIII Carl having bought the
Gibson company branch located here.
Mr.. O'Kelly will be manager and Mr..
Carl will haul the goods from town.
Mr.. O'Kelly has thorough knowl-
edge of the business and he will run
the store with that success which
has characterized it in the past. Both
proprietors are good, genial fellows
and are we'll liked in this commun-
ity.
Frank Davis is a visitor at the
Dave Vinyard home.
Courtney Thompson is visiting his
/ brother, the school teacher. He will
stay on Williams for some time.
Bert Bigslow is having his bitches
cleaned preparatory to the spring ir-
rigating With a force of four men
the work will soon be completed
Riggs & Lucas are on the creek
again with number of men who are
interested in the building of a rail-
road up the Applegate and Williams
rivers. 1t is to be hoped that they
will be satisfied with this country to
an eXtest that a railroad will be the
result
School still continued in District
No. 81 with Charles f. Thompson in
charge This year bids fair to
eclipse all former years in the re-
suits obtained by the pupils. Mr..
Thompson and the district are to be
congratulated on the success.
Revival meetings are being con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Stormer with the
help of Mr.. Ryan at the M. Il. church
The attendance is good and hopes
are high that a great many conver'
sions may be made during the series
viii Carl made a trip to Grant:
Pass Monday, bringing out load o.
groceries for the store.
The two Lemons boys, Jesse anC
Perkins, are hauling hay from thu
upper ranch to the home ranch a
: Bigelow's.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
JEROniE PRAIRIE.
Hard dware Co.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. 5. Dobyns of
Grants Pass were here Sunday to
attend Sunday school and to spend
the day with old friends Of the
Mrs. G. j. Armstrong is visiting at
the home of her brother, j. b. Bor-
ough On Rogue river.
Word is received that Miss Susie
May, who has been in Chico, CAL for
some time, will soon return home
Young Charles Geiyitz and wife,
young couple from the east who
have been visiting for some time
with the young mans father, J. Gel
yitz, left this week for California,
where they expect to visit for some
time before locating
Messrs Roe and Workman have
been cutting wood for Paul Rutten-
cutter
Mr.. Lathrop's sister and husband
and little daughter from Portland
are visiting with Mr. Lathrop for a
few days before going to California
where they expect 10 locate
Mr.. Thompson from Fruitdalo
spent Sunday in our midst
Mr.. J. Geiyitz has been improving
/ his farm by pulling stumps the past
/ week.
Mr. J. 3 Borough and son FLOYD
| intend 10 move on his place or
Cherry creek soon They expect t'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
INDUSTRIAL CONTEST
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Josephine county is to have the
most unique industrial contest for
boys and girls of any county in the
state. Each county has arranged for
a contest and the county prize win
ners are to take their products to the
state fair. The fair board has ap-
propriated $1,000 for prizes and
about $4,000 worth Of commodities
have been contributed by stock grow
ers, poultrymen and merchants. The
prizes include sewing machines,
writing desks, fireless cookers,
chests of tools, thoroughbred stock
and booded poultry. Superinten-
dent Lincoln Savage has just re-
ceived the bulletins from State Sup
erintendent L. r. Alderman, and has
distributed them to the school chill
dren of the county.
In every other county the prizes
for the local contest consist of cash
or some commodity but in Josephine
the prizes are all to be fine poul-
try. There will be 27 entries for
children of under twelve years OF
age and q for children OF twelve
years and over. In each case the
first prize will be trio of chickens,
the second prize pullet and a cock
erel, and the third prize a cockerel
According to Mr.. e. F. Carleton
assistant state superintendent, who
stopped off here from a tour of Wis
iting high schools, to assist Superin
tendent Savage in organizing the
contest for this county, no othel
county has specialized in its list o
prizes. and Mr.. Carleton predicts
that Josephine county will have thu
most successful contest of any coun
ty in the state.
The plan of Offering these prize
was determined at a meeting of tn
officers of the Grants Pass Poultr,
association held late Wednesday al
, ternoon. The association will secur
the prizes, and the time of holdin
the contest and other details will b
? arranged by a committee represent
ing the Pomona grange and a CON
mittee of teachers appointed by Sup
! erintendent Savage, at meeting t
e be held in this city next Saturday.
- The products to be exhibited ar
a as follows; Field corn, pop corr
o sweet corn, watermelons, muskme
t ons, pigs, potatoes, pumpkins
+ squash, onions, cabbage, aster
g sweet peas apron (hand made
It apron (machine made), dress, dari
7. ing, bread canned fruit, piece
furniture, labor saving device, duck
= chickens in Mediterranean clas
j American class, English class an
d miscellaneous, such as bantams ar
r game.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
MONEY BACK
Here's Some Talk on square Deals
Lines.

Here's Some Ialk on square btdis
Lines.
Fifty cents; that's all, for box OF
MI-O-NA stomach tablets that will
bring a smile TO your 'yspept'c coun-
tenance ten minutes after the first
dose.
And c. H. Demaray states that II
MI-O-NA doesn't end the misery Of
indigestion or Danish stomach dis
tress OF any kind, you can have your
money back
This guarantee applies to the fol-
lowing ailments, gas, acidity. heavi-
ness. distress after eating, fermes-
tation. heartburn, waterbrash, belch-
ing. sourness. pain in stomach. bill
iousness. dizziness, nervousness,
sleeDlessness. bad dreams, night
sweats. headache, constipation. des-
pondency. bloating, foul breath,
coated tongue. sea or car sickness,
morning sickness
FIFTY cents a box for Nl-O-NA
stomach tablets at G. II Demaray s
and druggists everywhere
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

Mrs. Josephine Niske<sen, who has
bee1 in southern Oregon since the
death st her father. Br S. HeltOH,
several weeks ago. left Tuesday af-
teraosH tsr SsiS hHi. where she
will spezd a few days vita frtesss
aRs the. go to her home N SissoH,
Cal
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
Jap-a-Lac

Cash Hendricks is here from Wolf
Creek, near which place he is en-
gagged in mining, to spend few days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ii, b.
Hendricks.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
Corning Egg Books

The Courier has ordered a number
of Corning Egg Books. which are
considered the highest poultry au-
thority and as soon as they arrive
from the east they will be placed on
sale The price is 81. 465-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
A NIarriage

A Marrlage-
Iesse w. Shook and Miss Maud
York we're united in marriage Mon
day March %. 1912, at the Newman
M.E. parsonage. Rev w. R. jeffrey
officiatlng. The bride is a sister Of
Mrs Fred Mensch OF this city. The
voung couple left Wednesday morn
ing for Portland on a wedding trip.
and to visit with relatives. They
viii reside in Veil Oregon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
MARRIED.

Ira w. May and Lena Smith, both
of Josephine county, were united In
marriage at the home of j. S. Dobyns
on Saturday, March 30, 1912, Fred
eric NJ. Brooke officiating.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
Box supper at Dixie school House
Ohio Visitors Here

Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Eddy of Lor-
ain. Ohio. arrived in Grants Pass
"Wednesday night and will spend
couple of weeks visiting various sec
tions of the county. Mr.. Eddy has
been a reader of The Courier for two
years past and is much interested in
this section, and will probably locate
here when he quits railroading. He
Is now the oldest engineer. in the
point OF service, on the Baltimore *
Ohio railroad.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
PObhry Journal

The Courier has made clubbing ar
rangemeRts with the Petaiuma Foul-
try Journal and can supply that pub
lication to paid in advance Courier
subscribers at so cents additional.
The subscription price Of the Poultry
Journal without the club rate is 81.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
THIS BOOK WORTH READING.

The Adler-i-ka book. telling how
you can EASILY guard against APP
pendicitis, and how you can relieve
constipation or gas on the stomach
almost INSTANTLY, is offered free
for short time by The National
Drug Store
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
y y y \ y \ y \ y y y y y \ y y
= PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

Edgar Perry returned Tuesday
from Los Angeles.
have 100000 to loan on real
estate, in amounts ranging from
$500 to $4,000. W. B. Sherman.
Judge Stephen Jewell was bus
mess visitor to Medford Tuesday.
Frank Barrie left Tuesday for
Ashland. He will visit San Fran
cisco before returning here.
Bee hives at the Rogue River
Hardware Co. 3-22-4t
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. McNair came
from Ashland Wednesday morning
to visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. l.. Hobart.
Why do you continue to let those
gophers destroy your alfalfa and
garden when you can kill them with
25-cent can of Gophergo. The
Rogue River Hardware Co. will be
glad to show you how to use it.
3-29-2t
There is no use in killing your
horse with a heavy, hard running
wagon when you can get a Weber
that runs like a buggy and will
carry all your horse can pull. You
will find a good line of Weber wag-
ons in stock at the Rogue River
Hardware Co.'s at prices that are
right. 3-22-2t
r. c. Robertson arrived in Grants
Pass Tuesday, coming from Parich
N. Y, to remain here indefinitely
while looking after the Greenbacf
mining property at Placer, which he
and his son, Frank Robertson, are
working. Mr. Robertson went t
Placer Tuesday.
Use Orwood Lice Killer and Disin
fectsnt in your chicken house anC
your chickens will keep free iron
lice and disease 1t is only 80 cent
a can at the Rogue River Hardwar
Co.'S 1922
Keystone Installing -Four stamps
J.F. Dwyer, connected with tn
Keystone mine, on lower Rogue rive
near Mule creek, has been in the cit
for several days on business, and vii
return to the mine shortly. For tn
past two months they have been cor
structing buildings and installing
4-stamp mill, which is expected
be in running order within the neN
10 days. Frank c. Hammond,
Portland, who opened up minin
property in the Althouse district las
summer. is manager of the propert
Rox Supper at Dixie School House
On April the Sunday school wi
give a box social at the new scho
house near Dixie ranch ior the pu
pose of raising the funds necessal
to buy an organ for the churc
About half the amount has alreaC
been secured through a social give
several months ago and it is hope
tn get the balance at this time
Everyone is cordially invited.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

Hoes, rakes, spading forks and
hand cultlvators with genuine hick-
ory handles can be had at the
Rogue River Hardware Co.'S. 3-22-2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the school
board of School District No. 3S,
county of Josephine, Oregon, for the
building of a new school house in
said district. Plans and specifica-
tions will be on file at the postofiice
in Kerby and with the district clerk.
Bids will close at noon on April G..
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids
w. d. HUNT,
3-22-3t District Clerk.
Buggy whips at the Rogue River
Hardwar. Co.'S. 3-22-2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

At Wilderville, Oregon,
Thursday, March 2S, f912, to Mr.,
and Mrs. Robert Powers, son.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
ADS


hNlk HAjIf
FOR SALE 25 pure bred Barred |
Rocks young hens and pullets;2 !
fine cocks. inquire at 1915 North |
Sixth street. 3-29-1t !
FOR SALE Good strong farm team
and wagon, especially good for or
chard work Each horse weighs
1900 pounds Call at Gruetter's
orchard on lower Applegate or tel
ephone 712-X-5. 3-29-3t
QUARTZ MILL for sale 5-stamp
mill, engine and Whitley concen-
traitor Also a fine riding saddle,
practically new c. l.. Mangum,
9O2 D street. Grants Pass, ore. It
NURSERY STOCK at reduced prices
To close out will sell all stock on
hand at greatly reduced prices.
Still have nearly everything In
nursery line Geo. II. Parker, 4O3,
West y street Phone 2S5-Y 1t
TOK SALE-Fresn COW; also
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for
Matching. 7jc for 10. Henry
Huck, Fruitdale Phone 703-F-
10, Grants Pass, ore 3-22-1t
FOR SALE Four acres Of good
fruit land inside city limits un-
der city water; good, well-built
six-room house and pantry; some
bearing orchard within two blocks
OF North Main street, $4,000.
Write Box lG7 Ashland, ore q
FIVE ACRES or LAND, two miles up
the river, with small, new house,
for sale Call at Courier office
g-8-4t
/ FOR sALE-8O acres. mostly creek
bottom land. can be irrigated part
cleared and in crop good build
ings. at your price II taken al
once. Terms Also best business
location In Merlin Address own
or Box lG, Merlin oregon 2-1G-4
, THOROUGHBRED Brown and Whit
} Leghorn eggs 800 per settling
} also a few hens and puiIets. F. Q
} Wilcox. 407 Rogue River AVG
} Phone 323-R 2-9-l3
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

II you want to increase your
crses one half use our land plaster.
Cement Products Co., opposite S. P.
depot. 3-22-ti
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

IRELAND Grants Pass, Oregon
Thursday, March 2S, 1912, to Mr.
and Mrs. w. l.. Ireland, daugh-
ter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
BORN.

DOUGLAS At Grants Pass Oregon,
Sunday, March "a, 1912, to Mr.
and Mrs. r. l. Douglas, a dughter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

Bee supplies at the Rogue River
Hardware Co. 3-22-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

Telephone batteries, the good
kind, at the Rogue River Hardware
Co.'S. The Bio Red Front 3-l5-2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29
EsTRAN NOTICE.
MIST CELLANEOUs

EARL V. INGLES, b. Sc-General
assay and analytical work. Cement
and asphalt testing. Best equipped
assay office and testing labora-
tory In Oregon. All worl guaran-
teed. Calvert-Paddock block.
Phone 370-J
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-03-29

THOROUGHBRED Brown and White
Leghorn eggs 800 per setting
also a few hens and puliets. F. o.
Wilcox. 407 Rogue River Ave
Phone 323-R 2-9-13t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14

ever this year for two reasons; be-
cause he had better backing and
because Griffith taught him how to
pitch. But Griff couldn't have given
him speed if he had lacked 1t, and,
after all, Johnson's speed Is what
makes him one of the most feared
pitchers in baseball.
Fred Merkle, who has not been
smiled on by fate very often, was
unfortunate enough to be up in the
pinch in an inning when Wood
showed his, best speed of the re-
cent series. He was out on strikes,
having swung at every one.
MerkIe Didn't See a Ball.
What was the matter?" asked
McGraw on the bench.
Not a thing" replied Fred III
/ got that kind of pitching all the
time | wouldn't hit .026. l didn't
see a single ball he pitched, and
just judged he was pitching by
watching his arm come around
If Wood had happened to be wild
and had sent one at Merkle's bean
the latter wouldn't have had
chance to get out of the way. The
fear of being wounded is another
thing that makes the batter dislike
fast pitching. no matter how often
he may swear he prefers it to SLOW
The man with a Comparatively
small amount of smoke starts a
game under a disadvantage, for the
hitters go to the plate safe in the
knowledge that even if they are
beaned they will live to read about
it next day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
BY Sam Crane.

NEW YORK, Nov. l4.-There
" is little more that can be
said in praise OF Ty cobb
than has already been written but
his batting average Of 40 per cent
that he made the past season. to-
gether with his average of 400 per
cent he accomplished last season.
places him in a class by himself as
batsman,
During the season OF 1912 he
again came out ahead OF those
great batters Of the American
league--Joe jackson Iris Speaker
and Napoleon Lajoie. TO perform
that feat is high honor enough, but
together with that record. he has
the better one of having led the
league for six consecutive seasons
and bids fair 10 do the same for
another half DOZEN years to come,
provided the Detroit club can az
ford to Keep him that long. with
the raises in salary that he will de-
mand and by all right is entitled to
get
Cobb's record Of. 420 last season
was the greatest batting that any
player ever succeeded in accom-
plishing. other players have en-
celled those figures in percentage,
as follows;
Duffy, 4SS; Turner 42&. i'm 1894;
Burch. .42S; Burkett, %, in 1895
and LaJoie, Az. in 1901. but all
those big averages were made be-
fore the present foul strike rule
was adopted. and when batters like
Burkett and Duty could KIN the
good ones" with ridiculous ease by
Intentionally fouling off the ball,
and even under those favorable
conditions they did follow up their
big averages for six years hand
running,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
Batsmen Sure Do Not Relish Fast Ball Pitching
Demand Of All Managers Is for "Smoke Artists"

pitched. If a pitcher were to hurl
nothing but his speediest straight
ball all through the game, the
chances are he would be pounded
pretty hard before the finish, for
the batters would grow accus-
toned to it and time their swings
to meet it. But think how much
harder walloping a pitcher would
take if he sent up nothing but
straight slow ones.
Before the worlds series Christy
Mathewson wrote that the Giants
would probably solve Wood because
they could hit speed. Joe gave
them plenty of it in the first game,
and they scored three runs, but
lost the battle. They didn't see
Smoky Joe at his fastest then, and
were led to believe that he had
been overrated and that they would
surely get him next time out
Woody crossed them by free use
Of his curve ball in his second start.
on a dark day, too. They were
looking for fast straight ones, and
they didn't get many of them. But
they didn't demonstrate at any
stage of the series that they could
do anything with real speed. Hugh
Bedient handed them little else,
and their batting average against
him was nothing to boast of.
Great Speed in Demand.
With due respect to the value of
q curve, spitball, 4 slow one or a
knuckle ball, present day managers
are in the market for pitchers with
great speed A man who can throw
a ball over the plate with lightning
rapdity can be taught to mix up
something else with his smoke, but
a man without smoke can't have it
wished on him.
Ed Walsh would hardly have at
tanned his present status without
the spitball. but minus his speed
the splitter wouldn't be worth a
wooden nickel, While his great
speed alone might be worth some
thing. even if he didn't have the
spitball perfected. Some day next
season Ed intends to pitch whole
game of fast ones, merely bluffing
at moistening the ball His mates
believes he will score a shutout.
for the batters will be constantly
looking for a change. But if he
should use his spitball exclusively
through nine innings, he would
scarcely fool anybody.
Walter Johnson was better than