Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-10-17
CITIZENS OF TWO
COUNTIES WILL CONFER

/ At the meeting OF the Commercial
Club held Monday arrangements
were completed for the joint meeting
OF the citizens of Josephine and Jack
son counties at Medford tomorrow
Wednesday, October l5, at 1880 pm.
AS previously announced, this
meeting is being held for the purpose
OF working out some plan whereby
the travelling public, and especially
that of the Panama Exposition year,
1915, may be induced TO stop and
visit the Rogue River valley towns,
instead OF going direct from San
Francisco to Portland, as practically
all OF 1t does now without stopping.
To bring about the desired results
work must be started now and a
campaign inaugurated to call atten-
ton to the people Of the east and
middle west that in order to take ad-
vantage of the privilege Of stopoyer
they must so state when purchasing
tickets.
The Grants Pass delegation VIII
leave on the 1888 a. M. train and re-
turn at either $50 or on the motor
at $50; a rate Of s1.S0 for the round
trip has been secured and 1t is hoped
to have a large and representative
delegation OF men and women from
Josephine county, SO that the next
meeting can be secured for Grants
Pass.
The ladies are especially invited,
and all will have a voice in the meet
ing.
Tom Richardson, who spent Friday
and Saturday in Grants Pass, on his
return to Medford said;
Josephine county will come to
Medford with large delegation of
representative men and women on
Wednesday, the 18th, to Medford
Wednesday, the 18th. Ashland will
also be here in goodly numbers, and
it now devolves upon Medford to get
busy, urging the presence of the COM
men and women of all the
other communities of the Rogue
River valley
This meeting should be just be-
of a continued movement
which will unite all the interests of
this valley. The Rogue River valley
must look the facts in the face. Ex-
tremely little travel stops at any sta.
ton in the valley. Most of the travel
is from city to city or from San Fran.
cisco to Portland and Portland to
San Francisco. Now the only way
to help out this situation is active
work here at home. No other COM
munity on the coast knows the game
better than the people of the Rogue.
"Seventy-five per cent. of the peo-
pie who visit Rogue River valley
points leave home with that inten-
tion. They buy their tickets with
that purpose in view. Complaining
about the railroads do no good, but
do q lot of harm by eXcusing your
home folks from doing their duty.
Blaming another community for
your misfortunes only advertises you
as a coward.
Competition between Rogue
River valley points is helpful, but the
constant hammer leaves dents that
hurt. There are many good things
to come out Of this convention next
Wednesday. Medford need not spend
one dollar in entertaining her visit
ors-they don't expect it, They come
as nelghbors for a business confer
ence. Blowing money upon such oc-
casions hurts more than 1t helps.
How we are to stop the people at
Rogue River valley points will be
discussed How money can be had
for the small farmer will be explain
ed. Our big cities on the coast can
take care of themselves; let us peo-
pie the farm and develop the mine,
ranch and orchard "