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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

eign labor. and California is more
than half right in taking summary
action. This is a form of protection
that should be handled by the ma
tional government, but if not there,
then individual states will be called
upon to meet 1t.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.


Almost everybody nowadays has
his pet cause and remedy for the
high cost of living. says the Inter
Ocean. We are told by some that
the tariff is responsible. others in
sist that 1t is the railroads and trans
portation costs. High rents are
blamed by the city merchants. 1T
isn't the high cost of living but the
cost of high living says James ].
Hill. Our farmers do not get all
there is to be got out of the ground.
We need more scientific farming"
shout the agricultural specialists.
The truth is that there are many
factors which enter into our highly
complicated economic structure of
today which account for the enorm-
ously increased expense of the things
necessary to support life adequately.
In Chicago at the first national
conference on markets and credits
Tuesday there were delegates pres
ent from twenty-seven states and
four provinces of Canada. These
delegates principally dealt with the
fact that, although products of the
farm are usually sold cheaply enough,
they cost a great deal before they
reach the ultimate consumer.
Colonel Frank P. Holland Of Dali
las, Texas, permanent chairman of
the conference, outlined the purpose
OF the gathering when he said:
"our aim is to find a remedy for
the giant paradox of our time, the
high cost of living and the lack of
profitable returns on farm invest
ment and labor"
Instances were cited where farm
products we're rotting in the fields of
Texas for lack OF purchasers at a fair
price, while the people OF the north
ern cities were paying exorbitant
prices for them. Apples were sold
by a Missouri farmer for so cents
a bushel to a wholesaler and sold at
retail for 1925 per bushel in Madi-
son, Wis.
1t is not necessary to go far from
home to find cases that are even
more pronounced in the unequal d.
vision Of the final selling price than
that of the Missouri apple. And
transportation is not the only cause
Of this wide range in prices. There
are too many profits between the
producer and the consumer.
The man who first solves this ques-
ion OF distribution will have en-
'olled his name along with those of /.
he worlds great benefactors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

some day and find that some truth
full madam had solved the question OF
eternal youth. and was just as young
as she was a decade or more ago.
Affidavit that one has reached the
age OF 21 should be all-sufficient.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18
THE PUBLIC FORUM.

(Artieles bearing on public Ques-
tions, free from personalities or
other Objectionable matter. will be
published under this head. Publica-
tion does not necessarily imply en-
dorsement, and the Courier assumes
no responsibility for statements
made. Communications must be linn
ited TO 400 words)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lots in Laurel Crest;
good soil, shade trees, irrigation;
beautifully located for a charming
home or choice investment; prices
lower than lots less desirable. Nell
lie o. Miller, Owner, 1O9 N. 9Th
st. 11-15-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

FOR SALE-$12OOO buys a $4,000
brand new 4 h. p. Aeromotor gaso-
line engine We have only one at
this price, Cramer Bros. S-21-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

FOR SALE-Two 5O-egg Petaluma
incubators, good as new; also one
Pinch centrifugal pump and belt.
f. w. Diedericks, East A st. 14-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS

RANNlE, the plumber, is ready at
any minute to repair your plumb
ing. 60s H street. Telephone
lto-R. 4-2-u
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

HATCHING EGGS-White Leghorn
$500 per 100; White Leghorn day.
old chicks, s12.5O per 100. Geo.
P Cramer. phone 55-J. 4-1S-2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18
AGE AND THE VOTER.

There is good common sense in
the suggestion OF the Oregou Jour
nal that tho question OF age In reg.
istration OF voters is not essential
except In SO far as lt establishes the
fact that the voter has reached the
voting age A sreat many women
and some men, for reasons best
known to themselves. object to tell
ing Just how many seasons they have
witnessed the return OF the robins.
and while none would deliberately
falsity, memory is sometimes treach-
erous, and Il would be embarrassing
TO dig mp the registration record
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

CLYDESDALE stallion, Robert
Burns No 1868, will stand at
Grants Pass livery barn Monday
and at Williams and Applegate
balance of week during season;
price SIS to ensure foal. C. c.
Brown, Provolt. 4-11-4t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-04-18

FOR SALE acres, 1-2 sub-irri-
gated family orchard, good soil,
? IL acres in crop, four-room
bungalow, store room, wood shed,
barn for four COWS, three wells,
two with running water, three
chicken houses for 500 chickens,
$40 monthly income from milk,
two miles out on North 9Th st.
from postoffice, one-Quarter mile
north of city limits. A bargain.
Terms. Joe Martelletti, box SO,
R. F. d. /, Grants Pass. 4-11-4t
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
DISPOSING OF THE CASE

One day the Hare was peep
ing out Of her burroW. the Fox
came along and charged her
with rebating,
Why. | don't even know the
meaning of the term." indig-
nantly replied the hare.
oh. don't try to play inno-
cent with me. You have been
fayoring the giraffe over the rhi-
nocerou>. and that't rebating "
But | deny it. >
But YOU will have to come to
the Lion with me and let him
judge -
The Hare went willingly, and
when the Lion had heard the
case he said:
Il am in doubt about it. |
think You had better take this
case before the Eagle.
The Eagle heard the evidence
and pondered over it, and said
that while he was quite satisfied
that the Hare was guilty, he
would like the opinion of the
Buffalo.
The Buffalo looked wise as the
case was laid before him. and
decided for the Hare. but asked
that the Python pass on the case.
The Python digested it and said
the Hare was either guilty or
not guilty. and he would like to
know what the Giraffe and Rhi-
nocerous thought. 1t turned
out that one thought one way
and one the other, and the Fox
and the. Hare were about to 90
to the .iackal for st,Il another
opinion when Reynard suddenly
seized Bunny in his Jaws and
said
To save further time and
trouble, Will simply eat the
case up.
Moral: 1t may or may not
have rebated, but it appears to
have dovourrd Uncle Sam just
the same M. Quad.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
WANTS 1T FREE.

Having received the same re-
quest. We endorse the following
sentiments:
We have a request from tile
Insurance Department of the
great and wealthy state of Mis-
souri, to send them the Banner
free, or in exchange for official
bulletins. which. SO far as meet
ing our payroll is concerned.
amounts to the same thing. The
department desires to keep tab
on fires in the state and 10 study
plans for curbing the same.
Everybody else connected with
this problem receives payment
for services rendered. The state
eXacts , per cent on premiums.
we believe. from the companies
for doing business. The Insur-
ance Commissioner gets his sal
ary. SO do the clerks in his de
partment. Postage and printing
supplies are paid for without a
murmur. Why, then, should the
newspapers contribute their pro
duct free.
The Banner makes these re-
marks in no contentious spirit.
but we are asked to do so many
things for nothing that some
times the custom pals on us
The rule of this Office regard
ing free publications in the paper
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

The leading railroads of Mis-
souri, will accept the verdict Of
the |. s. Supreme Court in tie
matter of the tWO-cent rate law
so far as to give the new rate
a ninety days trial, 10 detern-
Inc whether they can prOlitably Y
carry passengers at that price
or whether the rate is c0ntiScu-
tory and therefore ruinOuS to
the railroads. In the event Of
the latter showing, the roads
will take their cause before the
State Public Utilities ColnmiS-
sion. which. it is contended. has
jurisdiction in these matter. and
apply for a readjustment Of the
rate upon a profitable basis.
This appears to Us as a reason
eble course and the happiest
solution OF the Question AS to
whether or not the railroads
are robbing the public when
they charge more than two cents
per mile for transporting pas
sengers. As ion" as railroads
are built and operated by pri-
vate capital it is necessary to
establish such rates as will rem
der Il reasonable return upon
the money invested. Therefore.
it would seem wrong fu1 HAT
element of society which is haul
ed to arbitrarily tx the price of
the service upon the element
which does the hauling. The
people have empowered state
board with authority over the
public service companies. whose
function it is to protect the in
terests Of the public in its re-
lations with such companies
without impairing the efficiency
of the service or the value of the
capital invested in the utility.
Any rate, then, that the Public
Utilities Commission may de
termln. as right and just, in the
event the railroads call upon it
for a readjustment, should be
accepted in the same spirit by
the people that has been mani
tested by the railroads in accept
ing The ruling of the Supreme
Court. If the people want trans
portation the actual cost. they
should hasten to own the rail
roads.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
FINDS Origin. OF PUEBL.OS
Cliff GWelters Represent Ama!ga-
nation of Two Races

The Pueblos. it is reasonably GER
tam. are a composite race formed by
the amalgamation OF the ancient cliff
dWei!ers with stronger nomadic tribes
which conquered them, intermarried
with them, and then to large extent
as&imilated their culture This opin-
ion was advanced and strongly sup
ported with indirect evidence by DR..
Edgar l., Hewitt several years ago,
says the Christian Herald. 1t has
lately received confirmation that ap.
pears to remove it from the domain OF
conjecture into the realm OF fact.
For years past Doctor Hewitt has
from time to time conducted eXcava-
tions among the numberless ruins
west of Santa Fe. BY measurement of
the skulls found in the course Of these
excavations he has proved that the
cliff dwellers were dolicocephalic
(long- g-headed) race. The Pueblo Indi-
ans are predominantly brachycephalic
fshort-headedJ, with a noticeable per
centage Hrom 10 to % per cent? of
the other type. The difference be
tween The two types is fundamental.
and proves conclusively that the Pu-
ebIos differ widely from the ancient
people of the cliffs.
Nevertheless, the similarity of their
architecture. their industries, their
culture and their religion unmistaka-
bly, Indicates tkat the Pueblos are the
inheritors of the institutions of the
vanished race. Some of the existing
communities even possess traditions
to the effect that their ancestors dweit
in the cliff homes. All these ciIcum-
stances led to the conjecture that at
some remote period in the past the
people Of the cliffs haJ been Conquered
b. a more warlike people. and that
the modem Pueblos represented the
ana lgamation Of the victors and the
yanquished
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

and 1t may De tnau only part OF the
original cart that is left is the holes
in the wheels where the axle goes
through.
The wheels are hewn bodily out of
huge pieces Of sycamore and are 3S
inches in diameter, six inches thick at
the rim aid two feet through at the
holes. The great antiquity of the We
hicle is proved by the fact that there
is not a nail nor piece Of metal OF
any kind used in 1t. 1t is built entire
ly Of wood and Is fastened together
either with wooden pins or thongs OF
rawhfde. 1t is an interesting fact
that this cart is made exactly like the
OK carts tl1at have been in use in
southern Europe from the earliest his.
toric times. One sees. for example.
just such cars to this day in Thessaly
and parts of Turkey.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
THIS MULE THINKS.

The Old theory regarding a
mules lack of intelligence was
given a severe shock at junction
City, Kan. last Thursd: V. ac-
cording to Il press dispatch from
that place, when mule belong
ing top. II. Smith, an express
man walked from its stable to a
hlack>mith's shop. where he was
accustomed to be Shod, and had
a nail removed from his foot.
The mule held up the injured
hoof and the blacksmith, on eX-
amining the houf, found the nail
and removed it. The mule then
walked home. He will be 10
years old July I, and is the old
est mule in the state.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
HlCH-PKlCED OAK.

y high price was paid in Rip
ley County the past few days for
ten White oak trees which a fur
nltnre manufacturer ia Indiana
bought from Ben Slaylan at En-
nest. The trees were giants
of their kind, measuring IS TO 4,
inches in diameter. tall and
sound, and brought the remark
able price Of 800 each at the
stump. The trunks were cut in
to saw lengths and hauled to
this city. Several Thousand such
trees were cut i'll this county 20
years ago old made into cross
ties at 223 cents each. the tim Der
being worth from So to So Der
tree at that me.-Doniphan
Republican.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
was small, in its moral aspect,

was small, III It's moral aspect,
compared with the attempt Of
the present Attorney General to
defeat justice by delaying and
hampering the prosecution of
men indicted under the federal
statutes protecting young girls,
merely because the alleged often
der's father is a prominent work
er in the Democratic party and
an appointee Of the President to
an important public office. And
while, because Of the publicity
that has been given the matter,
President Wilson has ordered
the courts to proceed III the case
without delay. it does rot clear
his administration Of the respOn-
Sibliity of this attempt to defeat
the ends OF justice while he re-
talnS an improper man as an Of
flcer whose chief dutVit l., to see
to it that the laws are properly
and promptly enforced. regard
less OF interest or person.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
A Bird Of 4 Fi.h Story.

Two clever kiugilshers have estab-
lished home in a gravel bank within
a few rods If Highland lake, near
Winsted. Conn, whore fishing boats
assemble every morning. The birds
watch operations from the holes In the
bank, and when I'll" fishermen begin
TO pull in fish. generally perch and
rock bass. the hingfshcrs swoop
down upon the fishermen. scizing the
fish as they are lifted above the wa
ter.
sometimes the fish are SO securely
hooked that lie kinGtishers cannot
snatch them iIo,H ibe hooks, but oc-
casionally they are borne away by the
long billed binds. Sow fishermen re-
turning emi:y.handet! tell stories
about the h!s cEcs' tnat the birds
swiped on II u
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
Barytes Production.

The production Of cruz, ,ur}-
! tes IN the United States in 1912
according to figures coniniied BY
}, NJ. Hill, Of the United States
Geoiogical Survey, was 37,47-
short tons, valued at S153.313.
Compared with the production
OF the preceding year this was
a decrease Of 967 tons in quanti-
tN but an Increase Of S3O,3o1 in
value, the average price per ton
reported to the Survey in 1912
being 81 90, compared with :,3. 10
for 1911. At the close Of 1912
there were 6,262 short tons of
crude baryteS unsold at the
mines. There were also oo''>f5
tons Of barytes imported. having
Il value Of >19,313. and s376.O17
worth Of barium salts. Including
artificial barium carbonate and
blanc tiXe.
The greater part Of the barytes
produced in the United States is
ueed as pigment in the manu-
facture Of mixed paints. 1t is al
so used in the manufacture OF
llthODhOnc, ii white pigment.
Other uses for the mineral are
IN the manufacture Of rubber.
wall paper, asbestos cement and
poker chips and in tanning leath-
er. A use Of baryteS in Italy i
III the manufactures Of gorGun-
ZOla cheese. The cheese receives
a covering in the form oi thick
crust Of the finely ground mate
rial which has the property Of
atfording Just sufficient protec-
ton from aeraiiun.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
Baekhander.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, en- route
for the suffrage congress at Budapest.
said on the Minneapolis
Il see that q number of influential
women have appeared as anti-suffra.
gists before the senate committee
I'm sorry To-. this.
These women declare that they
wish their sex well. but it is hard to
understand their attitude. To me they
seem to be striking ck-handed
blow at progress. They are like the
spiteful woman who said to an old
friend:
You don't show your age at all,
darling
Oh. don't II cried the old friend,
delighted.
No. said the other. L was looking
Tor it in the sittfng-room. When did
you scratch It out OF the family 81.
ble?'"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

There is nothing in the organ
Ic law of the country which con
stituteS the chief executive Of
the government as the law giver
of the people. This duty is del
egated upon the representatives
of the people, who make up the
two houses of congress; but here
we have President Wilson writ
ing the law and relegating upon
congress the perfunctory duty
of accepting and approving what
he has written, even though the
representatives of the people
may feel that the President S
personal views of what the coun-
try wants are at variance with
the welfare and prosperity of the
nation. Since the party in ma
-iority in the national Legislature
has not backbone enough to as
Sert and stand by its own pre-
negatives, it's tiddllng away lot
of time in the pretence of fran
ing tariff and currency leg,sla-
ton. Let Congress 0. X. the
President bills, since it must,
and adjourn.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
BODY WAS PETRIFIED.

The REMAINS of Mrs. Caroline
Elliott. wife Of A. Elliott. we're
removed from the Alverson GEM
etery, in Dillon township, last
week to the ROlla cemetery.
When the coffin was opened it
was found that the body had
turned to stone. and it took sew
en- men to raise it out of the
grave. Mrs. Elliott died some
twelve years ago. 1t is report
ed by those who assisted in the
removal that her features looked
natural. and that gloves on her
hands and her clothing were
well preserved, This is one of
the rare cases Of a human body
being petritied. Rolla New Fra.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
Time For Friends.

The funeral procession was
short; someone commented on
this fact, ana an old neighbot
said: She never had time to
make friends. " Looking back
over what We knew OF this lady :
life. we felt that her nri4!ibol
was right-sl,e never took time
to make fricn,l>. She had So
much work to do. she didn / want
her neighborS botlrring her by
calling: if she had time 10 visit.
she would rather drop down on
the lounge ana read the latest
magazine She b"grudg"d the
bother Of neighbour oud fcStiv.-
ties. and refused t. take part in
them. She dIdn t want her chill
dren to take part in school en-
,ertainments. She had enough
to do to without bothe,'ing about
costumes and teaching pieces. "
She was so ontspokenlN glad that
her huS band didn't belong to a
lodge that he never dared say
that he WASH t also glad.
Once she was gone for two
months. called home by her
mother 5 illness and death. She
would have welcomed the com
panionship of her neigIlbors then
but they didn't know, We cease
to knock at friendship door if it
is always slow in opening.
When she was bedfa>t for two
months, the neighbUI~ tinidly
offered their services, and a> she
felt the comfort She and her fam
lily took in meeting friends and
neighhors. she bitterly repruach-
ed herself that she had not given
them larger opportunities that
she had not taken time to make
friends. Once She motlOnoH ner
daughter to com" to her bedside:
Don stay 1t home TOO close. y
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

Ii you are a housewife yoU cannot
reasonably hope to he HEALTHY ar
beautiful by washing dishes. swceping 9
and doing housework all day, and
crawling into bed dead tired at night
You must get out into the open air
and sunlight. II you do this every
day and keep your stomach and bow
els in good order by takin" Chamber
lain's Tablets when needed, YOU
should become both healthy and
beautiful. For sale by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

In the past ten years the price
of bacon has advanced III per
cent, with a similar advance in
other classes of pork. Who is
getting this advance. the man
who raises the hog? Hardly.
Hogs arenow quoted in the neigh
borhood of 9 cents per pound
We do not know just what they
were quoted at ten years ago.
but we are safe in assuming that
there is not a difference of more
than = or ) cents, and the ad
vance to the farmer on his hogs
cannot possibly be more than -
or 30 per cent. We are also safe
in assuming that the packers
were making profit from their
products ten years ago at the
prices then prevailing, and it has
never been shown that the cost
of labor in the packing business
has advanced in proportion to
the advance in pork products.
Therefore this III per cent in
crease conceals mystery that
tho oOpSnrnor xuol1l0 l,lxo tO bavo
explained. Someone is evident
ly ''hogging" it.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
OLDEST OK CART IN AMERICA
Vehicle on Exhibition at Los Angeles
That Dates Back to the Seven
teenth Century.

There is on exhibition in Los An
seies "hat is claimed TO he the mos,
ancient wheeled vehicle in America,
SAYS the Pathfinder. It was last used
some years ago by a Pueblo Indian of
the village Of Tesuqae. y. NJ The
tradition was that this "carreta," or
OK cart had been handed down from
father to son in the same family for
enough generations 70 carry its ori-
gin'tack into the seventeenth century
The car, however. shows evidences OF
having been repaired time and again.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

Less than four months old, we
already find the Wilson admins
tration involved in a disgraceful
scandal through the misconduct
of two of the Presidents cabinet
officers. President Taft's ad-
ministration was troublous
enough because of the attitude
of his Secretary of the Interior
Department toward the policy
conservation Of the natural re-
sources of the country, but this
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

Over in Illinois the women will
in the future have a right to vote
in presidential elections This
blocks all hope of the Democrats
ever carrying Illinois again. The
Dem oc ratio legislature of Mis-
souri, had this danger in mind
last winter when it squelched fe-
male suffrage in Missouri.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

The St. Louis Times says: We
are rapidly moving away from
the puerile point of view which
regards with suspicion the tinan-
ciers of the nation" Maybe so,
maybe so; but who was to blame
for the suspicion?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

The fiftieth anniverary Of the
battle of Gettysburg, just cele-
brated on the field of that terri
BILE conflict, will probably be the
last great reunion of The men
who fought the civil war The
veterans are fast passing away.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

How much longer will the peo-
pie permit the corporations to
capitalize their necessities and
squeeze the money out Of them
by ballooning the cost of living
to pay dividends on this capital
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02

Congressman Hensley is get
ting an earful of groans every
time he recommends man for a
postmastership. There are so
many also rams who are unhappy
over the selection.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-07-02
Sl.OO Per Annum.

An alienist has just said that
women must adopt trousers to
keep from going crazy. Some
of them are quite crazy to do SO.