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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
CELEBRATE 65TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY,

Thursday, July IS. occurred the
65th wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Nickerson, Of 516 West
Bridge street, the event being cele-
brated quietly by a dinner at the
home of VIM. .Erakes, brother of Mrs.
Nickerson.
The publisher of the Courier call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs, Nickerson at
their comfortable home yesterday
and enjoyed a pleasant chat with the
aged couple who make less of their
infrmities than many couples Of half
their age. Mrs. Nickerson, who will
be IS years old September IS, de-
eiares that she enjoys life as much
as she ever did. is well and happy
and has a good appetite and barring
a slight lameness, cares for the
house as easily as in her younger
days. Mr.. Nickerson is equally ro-
bust and gives their splendid half
acre garden great care notwithstand-
ing his So years
This couple were married in Por-
ter county July 1S, 1S47 and in
1874 moved to Josephine county
which has been their home since
with the exception Of few months
spent in Washington. They first
took up a homestead on the Apple
gate, which property has changed
hands many times, and is now owned
by R. L. Coe. After leaving the
farm Mr.. .Nickerson with Wm
Frakes conducted a grocery store al
726 G street and later sold to MS
partner. He then went into the rea
estate business and building OF resi-
dences on property he owned. Fol
lowing this he bought a farm OF
Sucker creek, where their golden an
niversary was celebrate j years
ago, and where they lived until a fe"
years ago.
This couple have never had an!
children, but Mrs. Frakes IS grand
ma to many of the younger genera
tion, and they both number thel
close friends by the score.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
COW HAD APPETITE
FOR EXPENSIVE JEwELRY.

JOLIET, Ill.,, July 30.-A box Of
jewelry stolen three weeks ago from
the home of Miss Josephine Schultz
here was found today In the stomach
of a COW butchered at the Adler
slaughter house. The COW came
from a farm eight miles from Joliet
and no clew can be found to trace
the journey Of the jewelry from the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02

4 vast amount Of ill health is due
to impaired digestion When the
stomach fails to perform its functions
properly the whole system becomes
deranged. A few doses Of Chamber
lain's Tablets is all you need They
will strengthen your digestion, In
yigorate your liver. and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with
that miserable feeling due 10 faulty
digestion. Try A. Many others have
been permanently cured-why not
you? For sale by all dealers
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
ALFALFA WORTH $50
WHEN FED To COWS.

Alfalfa hay is worth $40 per ton
on the Applegate.
But TO get its real worth out lf
the legume you have to deliver it in
the shape of butter-fat, and not in
the bale or by the ton.
That was the gist of statement
made to the Courier by A. L. Bates,
manager OF the Valley Pride cream
cry, who was in the city from the up
per Applegate Friday.
The creamery is now paying 80
cents per pound for butter-fat, and
at that price the farmer realizes
fully $40 for every tone Of alfalfa he
feeds his cow" said Mr.. Bates. We
pay as high as 81 cents per pound
later in the season, and the price is
good the year round. A reasonably
good COW will pay better than 800
per year" continued Mr.. Bates, and
the farmers are changing the sys-
TEN, and instead OF making the long
haul to market with the hay are COM
Ing to feed it to dairy cattle and get
double price for It.
1t was four or five years ago that
the dairy type Of COW was introduced
into the Applegate country. Up to
that time only the range animal was
known, and even yet many of the
farmers are milking cows that we're
developed from the range stock.
Herds Of Jerseys have been estab-
lished, however and change is fast
taking place, The value OF the be-
ter type Of stock is appreciated, and
good cows are advancing In price.
The contest being instituted by the
directors of the Josephine County
Grange fair to determine the best
COW in the county will greatly stim-
ulate interest, and will cause the
dairyman to study the performance
of each individual member of his
herd, thinks Mr.. Bates. TOO many
dairymen never know which OF his
COWS pay dividend, or the ones that
do not pay their way, and a contest
of the nature Of that proposed will
cause them TO look more carefully
into that vital feature OF the dairy
mans business" added Mr. Bates.
There Is one herd on the Apple
gate, however, whose individual per-
formance is matter of record. For
this herd consists OF single animal.
The cow, a grade, supplies the fam
lily with milk and butter, and last
month there was sold to the cream
cry q pounds OF butter-fat from
her This is not a record that beats
the world, but It takes a good COW
20 DO it, according to Mr.. Bates.
Crops of all kinds are excellent,
never better" said Mr. Bates. Tho
hay crop has been harvested in good
shape, but the fact that alfalfa is
selling at only 50 per ton where the
usual price has been nearly twice
that is largely responsible for the
revival Of interest In dalrylng"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
GRAVE CREEK HIGHWAY
FINE PIECE OF ROAD

The people Of Josephine county as
a whole can have very little idea as
TO the extent Of the quality and
general condition OF our roads. It
can be said that extensive improve.
ments have been made during the
last year on all the highways
throughout the county, and in places
long stretches Of permanent road
way have been made. It was the
pleasure Of the writer to make a trim
from Grants Pass over to the Grave
Greek country by invitation Of Thos
j. Brinkerhof, general road super
visor OF this county. We We're ac.
companied by Lincoln Savage. the
accomplished county school superin-
tendent, who placed us under obliga-
ton by using his Ford, ive-passen-
ger car. The day was fine, and the
trip was highly enjoyable, as the
roads were in prime condition all the
way from Grants Pass to and through
to Grave Creek valley.
From the earliest days the old
road from the foot of Smith hill to
the top Of that eminence and down
again on the other side has been
terror to all kinds Of vehicles.
For years the county officials have
talked about laying out a new road
across this hill, but It was a long
time before they had the courage to
undertake it. Finally the county
board instructed Mr.. Brinkerhoff
the road supervisor, to plan a new
road on the best grade possible to be
found over what has so long been
known as the Smith hill. After run
ming number of lines It was dis
covered that It was possible to make
an percent grade over the hill This
having been established the work
OF construction was commenced. A
dozen men with axes and teams
felled the trees, the stumps were
pulled out, a roadway fourteen feet
wide was graded and at all needed
points concrete culyerts we're put In
and the lower side of the road was
built up with rock, riprap forming a
strong retaining wall This was
done in all places where the nature
Of the soil demanded IT, The dis
tance from the foot Of the hill on the
south side to the top was one mile
and a half and it was a mile and a
quarter down on the other side. The
grade was as smooth and perfect as
any roadway that was ever construct
ed and today It is spoken of as the
finest piece Of work OF the kind be-
tween Portland and Sacramento.
All that IS needed to make this
road a perfect highway is top dress
ing Of crushed rock to give it a sur
face that will withstand the winter
rains, and make Of it an all-the-year-
round road for heavy traffic
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
LOCAL COMPANY WILL
WORK PLACER GROUND.


Another one of the placer mines
of the Grants Pass district that has
been lying unworked and dormant
will be made to yield up the fortune
that is known to lie hidden in its
gravel.
This latest property upon which
active development work is to be
done lies on the west fork of Cow
creek, about on the boundary line
between Josephine and Douglas
counties, and is being brough to the
dignity of a producer by Grants Pass
men who have associated with them
experienced mining operators from
Nevada and California.
This property, known as the Dead
River placer claim, embraces 100
acres of ground, but the company has
an option on another 100 acres ad-
joining. 1t is being exploited by the
Oregon Keystone Mining company,
of which w. S. McCuistion. late of
the Goldfelds, New, district, is pres
ident. The other officers are w. II.
Parkey, vice president, and w. A.
Fuller, secretary and treasurer.
These gentlemen, together with Rob
ert Woodriff and c. E. NIllburn. the
latter of Maricopa, Cal, are the di
rectors.
Active development work on the
property has already commenced, the
first being the installation of a saw
mill to work up the timber standing
on the property into flume and other
lumber, 1000 feet of flume to be con-
structed as soon as the lumber can
be got out. This mill, which will be
for the use Of the Oregon Keystone
people alone, will have to be packed
TO the mine over twenty miles OF
the Eden trail A number giant
outfit has been ordered, and this will
be installed in time to be put into
operation when water is available
this fall.
Extensive tests of the property to
arrive at its value have been made.
One test of 70 cubic yards of the
gravel yielded S45 in dust and mug
gets, while others, taken at random,
show that the gravel will pay from
% to 60 cents per yard. This gravel
is from ten to forty feet deep to bed
rock. AS the giant being installed
will wash 500 yards of gravel per
day the reason for the enthusiasm of
those who are so fortunate as to be
interested in the mine is at once ap-
parent.
The development of these many
mining properties in the territory ad-
jacent to Grants Pass is having
wholesome effect upon business con-
ditions, and makes itself telt in all
lines of commercial activity. Every
mine upon which development work
IS done makes new business in all
other lines, in addition to its mater
lal contribution TO the wealth of the
community in the value of the pro
duct.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02

Hot weather brings skin troubles
Precipitation irritates
Sleeping" eczema is brought TO
the surface
Rash. dlsfguring pimpes, Ivy pol
son. bites. hives, prickley heat are all
common during the summer season
often. TOO, serious skin troubles
begin this way.
The thing 20 DO Is to cool the skin
and for this there Is nothing 80 good
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
Cool Your Skin

as that cooling, soothing wash the
d. D. D. Prescription for eczema
A 25 cent trial bottle Will give YOU
instant relief
We have made fast friends of
more than one family by recommend
Ing this d. d. y. Prescription to a
skin sufferer here and there, and We
want you 10 try It now on our pos
ltiye no pay guarantee. Clemens
Sells Drngs.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02
schultz home TO the farm. The box
contained two brooches, one diamond
ring and a gold watch.
WILSON ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
is PRACTICALLY COMPLETED.

SEA GIRT, n. j., July S0,--Gover-
nor Wilson suspended work today on
his practically completed speech OF
acceptance OF the democratic presi-
Dental nomination and went to Tren-
ton to attend to state business.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02

Mr. W. 5 Gunsalus, a farmer liy-
ing near Fleming, Pa says he has
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in his fam
lily for fourteen years, and that he
has found il to be an excellent rem
edy and takes pleasure in recon-
mendIpg IL. For sale by all dealers.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-02

One Of the most common ailments
.bat hard working people are aiiiict-
"a with is lame back. Apply Cham
barlair's Linimsnt twice day and
message the parts thoroughly az eacn
an,li.aton. and y0u will zet quick
relief Fer sale by al dealers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-31
ny The WAY
81 HARVEY PARsolEA

Madero says he will let the law take
it's course SO far as the disposition OF
Felix Diaz is concerned. Those, as
we remember it, are the exact words
of Diaz the elder, when he received the
erroneous report that Madero had beeL
captured.
A Jack the Bitter has appeared in
Kansas City. Another crime to charge
to the meat trust
But; according to reports, the high
cost of living will not constitute d
perfect defense if the miScreant ls
caught. His preference for white meat
might be construed by the judge as an
evidence that he was too particular
Comes now an account of man
named Parsons who was found to DC
full of nails and other hardware. How
ever, we are glad that our namesake
was not full of prunes or breakfast
food.
PERSONAL: Ponce and Leon Mac
Arthur will oblige by sending IN thelr
present addresses The alleged book
will be out presently, and our ex-con-
tributors have been sentenced to re-
ceive autograph copies.
1t looks good in print, but there is a
wide spread suspicion that SCuDDS Sol
a line on Hen Martins personal views
before inviting him to become a party
to the compact.
But at that, it was a smooth way
to hedge. It was so smooth that Dave
Leahy is suspected of framing it,
Quinine leaves a bitter taste, but the
taste is worse and lasts longer when
a man has to F1etcheriZe his own
words.
Compositors still have something To
be thankful for. Chowfa Maha Va
iiravudh, emperor of Siam, is in no
way connected with the Turko-Balkan
war.
It is comparatively easy to find
safe place to store your cash, but nc
vault-door is thick enough to battle
the burglar who goes after your rep
utation.
When a girl gets her first beau, he
looks pretty good to her; it is when
the time comes to present him for
parental inspection that she commences
to have doubts.
Some politicians have n pull Just as
long as the supply of legs holds out.
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GLOBE SIGHTS
az THE ATcHIso1s GLOBE

Every day one runs up against the kind
of truth that hurts
Dont De IKE the gas supply. and al
ways weaken at the wrong time
Just about the time one thinks he knows
1t all he cuts another wisdom tooth.
Letting well enough alone has mada
more men wealthy han gold mines
There are two sides to the set rich Quick
game, and only one of them can beat it.
One disadvantage of being a good whist
player is the pain poor partners are bound
to cause.
With all due regard to system in bust
ness, we know a number of prosperous
men who keep books in their head.
Without saying very much for either, it
may be pointed out that caTelessness is a
worse habit than cigarettes.
When a widower begins to talk about
missing his Home it is sign he has quit
looking around and decided upon Number
Two
Even when I used to ride a bicycle.
some people accused me of being lazy
There are times when it seems difficult
to get justice in this world-"-Rufe Hos
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says UNCLE CAV

That wave of sympathy for the Bal
kan countries that is going over the
world like wildfire is just another proof
of the fact that it doesn't pay to kick
the under dog. Taking the situation
by and large, the under dog is just
about the most popular animal going
There are a lot of folks in this world
that you wouldn't speak to on a bet If
they drove by in motor cars that you
would dig up a dime and a kind word
for if they went on crutches. The bel
ligerent that you drive from your gate
claims your charity If he returns with
a limp.
Selfish interests may from time to
time bring us to the side of the bully
Few of us like to have our noses rub
bed into the dirt and the best of US are
likely to bend the pregnant hinges of
the knee that thrift may follow fawn-
ing. We may join in sort of con
cert of powers to keep the little fell
low from starting a riot and calling out
the police reserves Just as we were
about to take a nap, but in the end
the under dog asserts his rights and,
whatever our selfish interests, our love
of fair play, which is stronger even
than greed, brings US to the side of the
unfortunate
He who begins life with grit and the
lot of the under dog is lucky There
is one thing that will break down the
barriers of greed and oppression quick
er than anything else; and that's
heroism in the face of odds. We delight
to elevate our. self-nade man. The salt
of the earth of these United States is
the son of the washerwoman, the farm
hand and street sweeper. If you are
trying to make good and know how to
tell a modest tale of hard luck over
come. the world is yours. Grit that
sticks out of misfortune like light
house from the rocks is the most
powerful human appeal. If you don't
believe it, keep your eyes on that little
jamboree and your ears open for the
comment Of your neighbors.-(Copy-
right 1912 by the Mcclure Newspa per
Syndicate)
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loween prank, and were about to de-
post the carriage on the porch OF
some one else-as we did when we
were youngsters-when all of a sud-
den 1.-THE baby, I mean-Wiggled
and cried and-well, you know the
rest.
AS if they all suddenly understood
the situation-and each other-the
three looked at the carriage and
laughed.
1T is my sisters baby" the girl
was saying, while the two men
watched her flashing smile and beau
IlIul eyes, and she and the baby's
rather have gone to a dance. 1 said
l would play nurse, and was nap
ping on the couch just within that
window. We always let the baby
sleep out of doors until we retire
were fresh air fiends, you know.
aho-WeH, L never thought of Hal
loween In the city, live in the
clty-we SO seldom remember that
mere is such holiday, and-Oh, it's
too dreadful. isn't it?' She looked
at them both and laughed again.
can't see it-now," said Tom.
Nor l." added Ben. But I'm
awtully sorry we gave you a fright.
we we were only trying to be boys again
ana play a Halloween prank. We,
TOO. live in the city now, where ali
such wholesome fun is lost
BIT by bit, as they stood there, the
story came out, and when the men
again lifted the baby carriage it was
TO replace it on the porch for Helen
Hamiton and, at her invitation, to
slt ooWn on the steps with her to
guard it until the father and mother
should return.
It's a jolly homecoming for me,
Ben, old boy" said Tom as the two
walked along the tree-lined avenue
some hours later. II think I've
round the making of a real home if
If she'll have me-" he added.
On she'll have you, Tom; you're
the salt of the earth and she can't
help seeing it when she learns to
know know you" said Ben, putting his arm
e4Iousn ms friends arm as they
McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-31
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

Inc other evening I was calling on a
friend OF mine who boards and found her
sIttlnS IN her room reading by an electric
Hsht OF no great strength, and placed
several feet above her head
asked her if reading with a light like
mat mat did not try her eyes. and she said
me she had a kerosene reading Iarnn 7
might use, but 1 should have to fiji n ana
take care of it myself. It's too much
1t is really startling to me to notice
what things we foolish nortals call too
Nothing apparently is too important
nothing Is too vital, nothing can have too
tremendous consequences for US to saw
sereneIy in regard to it. 'ft's too r,i,c5
bother"
know a woman who is a great sufferer
from indigestion. She has consulted a
haL-dozen doctors, she has taken enough
meo1clne TO stock drug store and still
she is steadily drained of efficiency and
vitality by this miserable trouble. The
last time l saw her she said, This new
long walk before breakfast every morning
1t would help me-"
And didn't it?" I asked
We'll tried it few times" she said
and l think it was doing me some good,
but have kind of dropped it lately. ms
such bother.s
Is now facing her first problem in dis
cfpline The youngster has reached the
age when he wants to throw his play
things on the floor to see someone Uick
them up. His mother made a few feeble
attempts to teach him that he must not
DO this, and that if he did the toys would
stay on the floor, but the youngster
promptly raised rumpus and his mother
soon gave up the struggle and devoted
herself to picking up the toys whenever
they were thrown overheard. Its so
much easier to do that" she explained
when an older woman protested. 81 can't
fight it out with him every time. It's too
much bother"
Another young woman, who had been
married just long enough to get into the
ve-got-him- so-it-doesn' t-matter-attitude,
was reproached by one of her unmarried
friends for not dressing up in the after
noon before her husband came home.
You have some pretty dresses. Why
don't you wear them?' said the critic.
And, of course, you know what the lady
answered.
Is it too much bother to have good eye
sight?
Is it too much bother to be well?
Is it too much bother to have obedient
children?
Is it too much bother to have a husband
who likes to look at you?
The world is full of good things for
those who do not find it too much
bother to take them.
Be one of these.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.J
How a woman doesn't enjoy holding her
tongueI
It is bard work for a lazy man to ac-
quire sufficient rest
Predatory wealth has a sorrovyfuI SOM
to the other fellows
A ,woman's opinions never become musty
for lack of being aired.
Even a square man prefers a woman
who Is more or less round
Few people can afford to feather their
nests with borrowed plumage.
Any man likes to be called a hero he
cause he really believes he is
When a man thinks he's eating brain
food he is really feeding his vanity.
Every time man speaks to a girl or Is
the oil and velvet shows up in his voice
The girl who remains faithful to her
ideals is likely to break into the spinster
class.
Cut out the worry about yesterdays
sorrows and get busy with the joys of to-
day.
1t always surprises a girl more or less
when a man tells her that he loves her.
just as If she didn't know it all the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-31

| 383 persons as urban" population, an
increase of 34.S per cent, while the
"ruraP' population. 49,S4s,SSS, showed
only 11.2 per cent. increase.
You ought to find in these figures,
one of the chief causes of the high
cost of living, Notwithstanding the
frantic agitation of Mr.. Lawson TO the
contrary. Only IL per cent more
persons were engaged in producing
food for an urban population that had
increased more than "a per cent. in ten
years.
Is the deduction logical?
A total of S78,798,325 acres is repre-
sented in farms. against S3S,5s1.774
acres ten years previous, while the
number of farms has increased 624,-
$50, OF 100 per cent. Thus there is
an increase of As acres in farms,
against an increase of 1913 in the num-
Der of farms.
The average acreage of farms has
naturally decreased and is 1891,
against 1862 ten years ago, or 5.5 per
cent
The average size of improved farms
is 1872 acres, against 1872 acres ten
years ago, while the percentage of
total land area improved is 25.1,
against Els ten years ago.
Farm land has increased in value to
s40,991, $4,000, against S20,43S, 901,-
164 in 1900, a gain of $40, 551, 547,926.
or 1905 per cent, while the valuation
is divided as follows: Land, $28,475,-
674,169, against $13,O58, OO7.995, an in
crease of ISL per cent; buildings,
$685.. 1,52S, against $3,556, 639,496,
an increase of 77.S per cent; irnple-
ments and machinery, $1,265,1 1888,
against $74s, IT'S. $40, an increase of
68.7 per cent, while dom an mails,
poultry and bees are valued at $685.
1850, an increase of 60.1 per cent.
The average value of all property
to the farm is $6,444. against 1868,
an increase of 500 per cent, and the
average value of all property, by the
acre of land in farms, is $46.64, an in
crease of GA per cent.,whfle the av-
erage value of land is $32.4o an acre
against s15.57 in 1900, or an increase
of 1881 per cent
Some of you gentlemen who ind
causes in things, or believe you do,
might take fall out of these figures.
It might do Mr.. Lawson some good to
think them over.