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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28

yention some valuable hints. In all
due respect to the preachers. they do
not make votes, so you should not be
so concerned about them" was his
advice, but for us to get the sympa-
thy Of one old line, grating politi-
clan and he would do more for votes
for women than several preachers.
Tell them II they refuse to help you
nov, you will work against them la
ter" There is no argument used by
the anti-suffragists that will stand
the test, aud the only reason that
II is even an organization, is that IL is
backed by money, put up by big cor
porations which do not want the eight
hour law for working girls, who do
not want the minimum wage laws
passed, nor rigid enforcement OF pure
food laws. when a woman opposes
suffrage for women she refuses the
only weapon with which she can lie
commercialized vice, the very back
bone Of the anti-suffrage movement. "
Mrs Ehrgott gave a brief history
Of the beginning OF equal suffrage in
Oregon.
Mr.. Davis, president OF the men 5
equal suffrage club Of Portland to-,
, of the splendid work being done by
their club, which claimed In Its mem
bership many influential men who are
in favor of amendment No. /.
A vote Of thanks was extended Dr.
Chapman of the oregonian for his
many torceful editorials endorsing
this movement.
A large sum Of money was raised
to meet the necessary expenses o.
sending out literature and speakers
Among other plans discussed for fur
therlng the work was that OF forming
q stenograpners league.
Mrs. Ringer OF California, a mem
ber Of the Catholic church, asked 70
volunteers to distribute llteratur,
written by leaders of thought amonl
the progressive men OF her own de
nomination as the Catholic priest
and writer's are authors OF much o
the best literature on this subject.
Miss Whitney OF California is lend
Ing her valuable assistance to ou
work in Oregon, and urged that tn
gap be filled between our progressive
sister states, California and Washing g
ton.
MARGARET N. LoUGHRIDGE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
NEW DEPOT FOR
TOWN OF R0GUERIVER

The year 1912 is bringing great
changes for Woodville and at the pace
that this enterprising town is making
II will be we'll to the front Of the Is
other towns in Rogue River valley
by the close OF the year Starting out
in pioneer days under the classical
name of Tallhold, later to he changed
to Woodville, In honor of John Wood,
the first postma ster, and having this
spring installed a municipal-owned
water system, put in electric lights,
built sidewalks and cleaned the
streets, prohibited hogs and other
stock from running on the streets,
and developed from a grove OF native
oaks and other trees one OF the hand
soonest parks in the valley the VII
layers became 50 infused with pro
gressiveness that they changed the
name Of their town and now call II
Rogueriver, and the name has been
accepted by the postoffce department
snd by the Southern Pacific railroad
And now they are to have a new
depot that having been recently
promised by the Southern Pacific Of
fclals In appreciation Of the enter
prise OF tie town and Of It's lmpera.
tive need for larger and better trans
portation facilities. It will be Of
wood. but will be a handsome struc
ture and large e. .ough to aceommo-
date the growth OF traffic for years q
come. And Il VIII have the furthe-
advantage that It will be located on
the same side OF the tracks as the
town so that people will not be pre-
e,et from reaching it when a train
is In as is now the case with the pres
emit depot And IT will not block th'
main street Of the town as does b,
one nov in rse but viii be placed 'r
/ rre side Of the street It IS eype'tcc
tlat work on the new depot will b
commenced within the next GO days
and that It will be ready for use earll
this fall
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
LOCAL FLORIST BUILDS
A NEW GREENHOUSE

E. Mayer, proprietor of the Grants
Pass Foral and Nursery Co., is con-
structing a second greenhouse on his
property on South Sixth street, jus,
across the steel bridge.
The new house will be lSxl10 feet
in size, modern in all particulars as
regards construction and heating ar
rangement and will be blilt espec-
tally for the production of carnations
1t will have three rows Of benches
Mr. Meyer will have the house
ready to fill within a few weeks, and
expects that next winters demand
for carnations can be fully supplied
with home grown beauties, and not
with flowers imported from other
cities.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28

stock certificates printed at The
Courier 0'nHe
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
WOULD BUILD ROAD TO
CAVES; ALSO HOTEL

DR.. Maxine Shumann, a Portland
capitalist, was at the Josephine Fri
day. The doctor was one of party
interested in building an auto road
to the Oregon caves and establishing
a summer resort these; but the
plans were blocked by the refusal OF
the government to issue a permit, on
the grounds that 1t was impossible
to decide what department of the
government had jurisdiction in such
matters. He will make a personal
investigation of the caves and sur
rounding country during his visit in
Southern Oregon and is anxious that
all obstacles to his plans be removed
This is a matter OF Importance to
Grants Pass and an effort should be
made to induce the president tc
change by proclamation the Oregon
caves from a national monument to
q national park and by this action
make 1t possible to open this great
natural wonder to the people. II
this could be done. it would ado
greatly to the prosperity of this city
as it would be the means of bringing
Grants Pass to prominence before
the public, as it would be the point
where the travel would leave The
railroad for the marble caves. The
Courier understands that Dr. Shu
mann and his associates stand read!
to furnish the necessary capital no
only to build large hotel at the
caves, but to construct an automo
bile road from the main county high
way at Holland to that point This
matter is of such great importance
that 1t would seem that it will pa,
the business men of Grants Pass t
interest themselves to the extent o
assisting DR.. Shumann in securing
the change required from a monu
ment to a park
The doctor left the city on thu
motor to visit the eastern part o
the valley, but will return in few
days.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28

Artistic Job work at Courier office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
Finn SAYS TAFT
WILL BE DEFEATED,

PITTSBURG, June 25.-Home
from the stirring times at the Chi
cago convention, William Finn. ar
dent Roosevelt man and erstwhile
member Of the republican national
committee from Pennsylvania, today
heatedly declared that Taft will be
defeated"
While Finn himself refused TO dis
euss the third party movement. II was
learned from close friend that
should the democrats at Baltimore
nominate a progressive candidate for
president the chances are all in ia
vor OF the Roosevelt progressive wing
Of the republican party swinging over
to support the progressive democrat,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
CHICAGO-ROGUE RIVER
COMPANY IN BANKRUPTCY

The Chicago-Rogus River Co..
through rs president. A. ]. Wither-
al, filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States district court at
Portland Friday, and Judge ]. n.
Johnston Of Grants Pass, has been ap-
pointed the referee in bankruptcy.
The order OF the court was received
by Mr. Johnston yesterday
The petitioners gave their liabil-
tiles as s77,7sS.S7, which consists
of secured claim amounting to S4s,-
S74.20, and unsecured claims of s27,-
S24.67, the latter being largely owed
the merchants and laborers of the
Grants Pass district The assets OF
the company were represented as ap-
proximately $3.50, 900, including real
estate valued at $4,000; stocks and
negotiable bonds of the Golden Drift
Mining Co., s2ss,S7S, and unliQuidat-
ed claims 5000.
Referee Johnston states that a
meeting of the creditors will be held
on July 9TH, at which time he will
appoint a receiver In bankruptcy, the
receiver first to be designated by the
majority vote Of the creditors. This
receiver will then be In charge OF the
property of the Rogue River Co., and
make such disposition Of It as the
court may order, with the view OF
realizing TO the best possible adyant-
age for the creditors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
MEETING OF EQUAL
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
NlOLE a. Nl1l@hl i&.' ..
rants Pass. June "a, 1912

The Oregon State Equal Suffrage
league met for its state convention
10 the spacious parlor Of the Hotel
Portland owing to the Illness Of its
president Mrs Abigail Scott Duna-
WY, the vice president, Mrs Henry
Waldo Coe. presided Mrs Millegant
OF Bend, ore, gave the report from
Crook county. Their league had just
been organized. Miss Ship Of Prime
vile reported a strong league there
and many men we're not only IN sym.
oathy with but working for the cause
Mrs. Washburn OF Eugene paid high
tribute 70 Mrs. Abigail Scott Duna'
way, who despite her age and Illness
is directing the great campaign for
equal suffrage.
DR.. Chapman, who is on the editor
lal staff Of the Oregoaian, and who
gives such good articles through 'ha
paper gave in his address TO the con
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
STRAWBERRIES PAY RATE
OF $500 PER ACRE

The average farmer would be we'll
satisfied with net return from
land OF $500 per acre.
Not always so, however, with the
farmer of rich Rogue river bottom
lands. H. NJ. Webb, who is tilling
a tract within the city limits Of
Grants Pass, has made an eighth of
an acre of strawberries pay him, net,
right at 500, 80 near is the figure
to the century mark that Mr.. Webb
quotes the round number. Still, he
does not wear the smile OF satisfac-
ton, for he says, 81 can make It pay
better than that, and I'll not rest
content, till get all the value there
is out Of It,
The Webb strawberry patch con-
tains three varieties OF fruit, the
August Luther being grown for the
earliest, while Dunlap and Brandy
wine are midseason and late. The
Oregon eyerbearing, grown so large
ly in this state, is not favored by Mr.
Webb, as he finds any of the others
mentioned more profitable.
All or the rruit pr0uuced Is dis
posed of in the local markets and
prices have at all times been salts
factory.
In quoting the net return from
the patch, Mr.. Webb has deducted
the cost Of picking and of boxes.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
SPECIAL EXCURSION TO COLE
STEIN AND RETURN.

Southern Pacific company will run
special excursion next Sunday, June
80. 1912, to Colestein Springs
and return for exceedingly
low rate of sl.95 for the round trip.
Leave Grants Pass $50 a. m, arrive
Colestein 10 a. m, returning, leave
.Colestein p, m. Take your lunch
or secure hotel accommodation on
the grounds. No better place to
spend a quiet day. For further par
ticulars telephone j. NJ, Islam,
agent.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28

whose murder she is charged with
having committed May 2S. will be re-
leased from jail tonight on $1,000
baih She will be given her liberty
that she may recover from the nerv-
Gus collapse from which she is suf-
lering. Attended by her sister, MIRA
frankie Yeon, the defendant sat
trembling in cushioned chair today
and watched the proceedings in her
trial.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
Eastern Lumber Men Here

Messrs. John S. owen and c. w.
Lockwood headed a party of five
gentlemen who arrived here Satur-
day from Eau Claire, Wis, to in
vestigate tracts of timber lands in
which they are interested, They left
by stage for Crescent City Cal,
near which place they have hold
ings of redwood adjoining the
Hobbs-Wall tract. The visitors are
all engaged in the lumber and log
gine industry in northern Wiscoa-
sin, but believe that there will be a
sleat revival of numbering on the
west coast with the completion Of
the Panama canal.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE,
sUSTAINs MAYORS VETO

W. +. Wessen, who rides on the
Grants Pass water wagon is tired OF
his Job and wants to resign, unless the
council will construe the contract
more liberallv Earlv In the snring
tne city council advertised for bids
for keeping the streets sprnkled
during the summer months, and Mr..
Wessen was the successful bidder,
his offer Of $S.95 per day being ac-
cepted. For this sum he was to fur
nish and care for his team the coun-
ell to supply the wagon, tank and
water. Nine hours was specified as
days worS, with overtime at fifty
cents per hour. When not sprinkling
streets Mr.. Wessen was to do other
work for the city at the same rate.
He had been laid off a number OF
days however, and at a special ses-
sion of the council Friday night he
offered to resign II the council would
pay him for straight time since he
had commenced work, and also re-
turn to him the 800 cash bond
which he put mp when awarded the
contract, his resignation to be ef-
fective unless he could be given con-
tinuous work. A special committee
composed Of Councilmen Mclean,
Caldwell and Daniels will Investigate
and report.
Sewer viii be Constructed.
The petition of Herman Wester-
held for the construction of a sewer
In the alley between Burgess and
Briggs streets was granted and the
city attorney was instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance providing for the
Improvement, the cost to be assessed
against the benefited property
Ordinances Are Passed.
An ordinance providing that wa
ter companies shall make no charge
for the installation Of water meters
was passed. Under the new ordinance
the cost of the meter will have to be
borne by the water company An or
dinance prohibiting the maintaining
Of nuisances was passed This new
law is especially aimed at the man
who allows dead animals, old hides
or other foul smelling and unsanitary
objects to lie around the alleys and
back yards. An ordinance repealing
the city park ordinance was passed
This action was authorized at the
last session when Il was voted tC
give the Ladies' Auxiliary $50 pei
month for the care Of the four parks
The mayor returned an ordinance
b providing for the handling OF publll
funds, passed at the last session
without his approval lie pointed
out several defects In detail In III
81 ordinance, and after unanlmousl
sustaining the veto, the council in
structed the city attorney 70 draft
81 new one with the defects eliminated
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-28
CHARGED WITH MURDER,
WOMAN RELEASED ON RAIL.

SPOKANE, June 25.-Mrs. Della
Olds, young and beautiful wife OF DR.,
w. H. olds, a pioneer physician, with
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Prayed That She Might Die to Get
Relief From Her Great Pain
United Doctors Cure Her.
SUFFERED TEN YEARS.
Some Doctors Said Nothing Could Be-
Done-0thers Wanted to Operate
= In Spite Of Danger.

- -. = 4
"I wish to make statement says
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of Clinton,
H., "of what the United Doctors have
done for me.
About ten years ago 4 was taken
with a severe pal inn my stomach and
right side. The pain would come on
every few days and last from one to
six hours. The pain was so severe,
that nay friends could not bear to stay
in the room and see me suffer when
/ had one Of these attacks. When ]
think of it now wonder how T lived;
and many nights I have prayed that
/ might die to get relief from this ter
rible pain. *
Sometimes the attack would only
last one or two hours, but If 1t came
on for only an hour and then quit
it would be two days before could
recover enough to get on my feet.
During these y 3rs had number
Of doctors and th y all told me had
Gall Stones and nothing could hHlpSbut
an operation and that would be very
serious on account of my weakened
physical condition, and that IL 4 lived
through that, the stones might form
again, no one could possibly tell how
soon. Each doctor assured me moth
ing could be done to check these pains.
only ease them little with opiatesl
and that Always made matters worse;
for me. q
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Violating Labor Laws.

Norfolk, Va, October 30.-Fifty-two
merchants and operators Of factories
in this city have been summoned to
appear before the police Justice to an
swer> charges of violating the Labor
laws Of Virginia. Warrants. were
sworn out by a special agent of the
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Stats
tics of Virginia, alleging that two fac
tories are violating the law prohibiting
the working of children under the age
Of IA years, and also that merchants
are not providing seats behind the
counters for women; that stores and
factories are working women more
than ten hours a day and that numer-
GUS institutions are failing to provide
separate toilets for male and female
employees It is stated that the viola
tors of the law were notified nearly a
year ago and warned to keep within
the law, but apparently no attention
has been paid to the warning, thus
making it necessary to commence legal
action against those who are trans
crossing the laws Of the state.
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local corporation viii be entered
into. The corporation is to pay 81 Tor
each acre in the tract and a royalty
of 61s cents a ton for coal mined dIl.
ing the first i've years and 8 cents
for the following five yeasr. At'e2
that the royalty will be liked by e
Secretary Of the Interior, the ieasins
corporation having the right to. rene
the lease M to thirty years. ..Accors:
ing to the present determination at
government proposes to maintain 8
rigid supervision over tie manner in
which the coal is taken from the
ground and will prohibit subleasing,
traffic in intoxicants on the premis es,
and destruction or flut4fation OF tne
property, and will reserve the right 10
revoke he lease at any time for viola
ton Of rules the, department estab-
lishes.1
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WANTED TODIE OWING
TO GLADSTONE PAINS

any doctor said AI6nE all this time
was that he could q nothing but op-
erae and had to put up with my
suffering.
went to the United Doctors institute
Through the advice of friend l
(The United DocterS% Wheeling med
ical institute being on he second floor
of he McLain Bldg., at. AZ 18th ST.,
near Market ST. The physician in
charge said / could be cured without
an operation. 1t seemed too good to
be true. I had almost lost faith in
medicine and doctors, bat decided to
try again. -
Now, after few months treatment
the results are wonderful. l have q t
had pain in fourteen weeks; my
health is good in every way and am
gaining in flesh. For the last three
months / have never felt better in my
lifes / can now 90 out among people
without the constant fear Of one Of
those attacks returning, for whenever
enc of the pains seized me, had to
be put to bed. From the way feel
now, however am certain the trouble
Will not return.
T trust this viii be of use to some
one afflicted as was and for any all
meAt from which they may be suffer
ing.
The above is q fair example of the
nen-surgical cures accomplished by
the United Doctors. They never oper-
ate or use the knife and yet cure all
forms of chronic ailments, such as
Gall Stones, goitro, rapture, hemor-
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could tend-7why do We not have the
woollen clothing and the leather
shoes we need?
mold fifty million fruit trees, whose
fields are filled with food-why are
we hungry?
West Virginia, whose flashing cas-
cades drop thousands of feet and
could furnish power to turn a million
wheels of industry; whose navigable
streams. could float bulls enough to
bring to every mans front door the
things he needs and return from him
with products sof his labor in ex-
change-why are we deprived of the
necessities of life?
Why are the million West Virgin
ians hungry, and naked, and home
less when there Is food, clothing and
shelter in our state for ten million
souls?
That is the question that we must
solve. For. fifty years the politicians
TO whom, In our, blind confidence, we
entrusted our lives, have failed utter
ly. Starting with a clean slate and
nothing but assets, we now owe mil
I1OuS anu are DaQKrup. -
.
We turn to~thO Republicans and
they tell US that We are being agita-
ed to death; We TINA 10 the Demo
Gratis and they TIL - that we are
being taTiff.RFe4ectA4 b death; we
turn to the pyuAIA14aoSsts and they
tell us that We are AEtnhing ourselves
to death. Yet we RDk back through
the fifty years q eHr history and we
find that in Democrat or Republican
times alike, our people suffered, as
we suffer now. We lock about through
Our state and see that in DRY" and
wet" counties alike the people suf-
fer from the same ailment. And we
know that neither Democratism, or
Republicanism, or Prohibition can be
the cause.
Thus we have learned that we are
not being agitated to death, or being
tariff-protected to death, or drink
ing ourselves to death. Thus we
learn that We are working ourselves
to death.
Yes, even though we have no Job,
for the hardest work in all this
world is looking for a job-the weary
round of the factory gates, the eager
scanning of the help wanted" col
umns Of the papers. and then the
return to that place we call home,
but which is SO bare Of many OF
the comforts that a. home should
have, and the fearful facing of the
anxious wife and appealing children
10, that is infinitely harder than any
manual labor-harder than any men
tai labor.
And whether we work or not, we
are starving ourselves of all, the
good things of this life, which nature
produces in such profusion and
which somehow are Kept from us.
We work, and the, product of our
labor is taken from us. We are sur.
rounded by natures offerings, and
as we reach out, our hand is stricken
down. 5
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sHINeLE WEAV ERs.

Seattle. Wash, Oct. 31.-One large
single mill at Whatcom Falls, another
at Bellingham, Wash, are voluntarily
paying the union scale Of wages for the
first time in yeasr, as a result OF a
vigorous contest against them. The
strike against the West Side Lumber
and Single Company at Portland
Greg, has resulted in doing away
with the night shift. The waste OF
timber, due to inefficient employees,
has caused this company to sustain
considerable loss. and is hard pressed
to get men to do it's work The Uni
versity Lumber and Single Company
of the same place. it is rumored, is to
soon pass into the hands of fair en-
ployer, and if this transpires the
single weavers will get justice. Or
ganizing work is being continued
among the single weavers at Ballard,
Wash, with brighter prospects than
ever before to secure a good organiza-
tion
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send YOUR work to YOUR Office.
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NlNE-HouR DAY ASSURED

Washington. Oct. 30-The latest fe-
mort regarding the struggle of the iron
molders throughout Ontario, Can, for
fhe nine hour day, are encouraging.
Manv settlements have been secured,
and nresent indications are that sue
cess is in sight. At most points Were
The controversy exiss the employers
are showing more conciliatory spirit
and disposition to grant the demands
of the molders. The International Iron
Molders' Union is militant lighting
nadine and the craft in the Province
Of Ontario has given indisputable evi
dence of it's ability to make a fight
hat insult eventually succeed. ?
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. 70 LEASE coal LANDS.

Washington, Oct. S1.-Agreeable to
the demands of the conservationists
that coal lands be leased by the gov
eminent to private concerns instead Of
being allotted or sold, the Interior De-
partment has announced that the plan
viii be tried. a lease of 2, 400 acres Of
government coal land ID Wyoming To-: