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The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
RABBITS BRAVERY
SURPRISED STOAT
Instead of Meekly Submitting to
Fatal Bite, Bunny Kicks
Foe Breathless.
FrOm the London Magazine.

The strange fear that seems to paralyze
a rabbit when it is attacked by any of the
weasel tribe has often been observed. Ap-
! parently II cannot make-the slightest ef-
! fort at defense, and submits to the fatal
! bite without a sign OF resistance. That
I there are exceptional rabbits, however,
appears from an incident that Mr.. F. st.
Mars once saw. He thus describes IL:
Something was creeping very quietly
through the grass. You could tell this
only by the waving OF the blades. About
twenty yards away. out in the field, a
rabbit squatted in the afternoon sunshine
"a hunched. fat. comfortable looking lit
tie gray-brown figure. He had been there
for half an hour. quite motionless.
The hidden creature in the long grass
was slowly and surely stalking the rob-
bit AT length the waving grass stems
ceased to move The stalker had got to
within two yards OF the rabbit. and was
about to make its rush. The long grass
ceased here and beyond the stalker had
no cover.
Then, all of a sudden. the rabbit re-
versed its position. 1t did il so quickly
and quietly that l scarcely saw il.
Moreover. although the rabbit still sat
as motionless as before. his nose was
constantly working" and that meant
that he was smelling hard. The hidden
the rabbit down wind
Since there was no longer any. need of
concealment, the enemy stood up and
came forth-a beady-eyed and sinister
male stoat He was really a pretty little
chap. neat and spruce as a dandy. look
ing anything but the professional slayer
that he was
He stood looking at the rabbit for a
few moments his keen head well up,
poised on his long. snalIy neck.
Then he made his rush. II was quite
slow-a leisurely, sidelong gallop. No
creature would have any difficulty in
avoiding it.
When the stoat was within about two
inches OF the rabbit he stopped short
and then, very quickly. darted round be-
hind bunny. This is the regular stoat ma
neuver-to dart round to the side OF the
prey and, leaping on to the back OF the
neck, TO deliver that single terrible bite
of all the weasel tribe at the soft car
tilage at the base OF the brain.
The next instant the stoat was lying on
his back, with all the wind knocked out
OF him, and the rabbit was quietly sit
ting, hunched up, and facing him as be-
fore. 1t was a most surprising and un-
expected defeat. As the stoat reared to
deliver the fatal bite bunny pivoted to
meet him. quickly jumped into the air.
and landed a full power kick with both
Of his long. powerful hind legs on the
stoats chest.
A rabbits hind legs are very long and |
strong, and. like the kangaroo's legs, !
they are a most effective weapon. Fortu- !
nately for their foes, rabbits do not ap- !
pear TO have found out what a useful
weapon they possess. How this one
found 1t out would be hard to say-pos-
sibly in fighting some other buck rabbit.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
EARLY RECORDS DENY TRADITIONS

garded as an authority. which was writ
ten by a daughter of John Kinzie, who
at the time of the massacre was a
trader at the fort. The woman's his
tory, by Implication at least, finds Heald
guilty of criminal stupidity.
Another error of the woman is her ac-
count of the destruction of the liquor and
surplus arms in the fort at the time of
the evacuation. According to her, Heald
was preparing to turn these arms and
liquor over to the friendly Indians, when
John Kinzle persuaded him this would be
q dangerous thing to do.
As matter of fact, according to Quaife
Hulrs orders to Heald were specific on
the point that he must destroy the arms
and intoXicants.
Kinzie's claim to the title Father Of
Chicago" also is disputed. According to
Prof. Quaife, that honor belongs to
Capt John Whistler, who built Fort
Dearborn and for seven years dominated
the life in and around its walls
Prof. Quaife also has unearthed the
story of the Factory" or Indian store
house, which stood on the site of the
present Chicago In the early years of the
nineteenth century.
Among the documents are the daybook
kept by Mathew Irwin. the factor, from
1903 to 1872; the Chicago order book and
the petty ledger, kept until July S, 1872,
when Irwin locked the storehouse and,
giving the key to DR.. Van Voorhis, de-
parted, in advance Of the coming storm,
carrying the ledger records with him.
More important than these, from the
local point of view, is the discovery of
the muster roll Of the Fort Dearborn
garrison for May q, 1872 Each year the
local patriotic, societies hold an exercise
at the Massacre Monument in comemora-
tion of those who fell; but until now the
celebrants have kn6wn the names of
only a few of the heroes whose virtues
hey were commemorating.
The history covers the period from 1913
10 1855
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

make a lawyer out of you when you are
old enough
How old must be- the boy asked
"'oh,' my father replied, laughing
fourteen at least.
THE conversation, of course, slipped
out of my fathers mind. He hadn't been
serious anyway. The day the boy was
fourteen years bld he appeared at our
house and reminded my father of his
promise. He was taken into our family.
At the age of sixteen he appeared pro-
fessionally before the justice of the peace
at Moretown. He won the case-which.
oddly enough. was against his own grand
father-and was given gold ring worth
s. by his client.
THE name OF that boy was Matthew
Hale Carpenter. From Waterbury he went
to Boston. where he studied law under
Rufus Choate. He began his practice in
Wisconsin and was opposed in a large
land suit by Abraham Lincoln.
George white, the Rank RobBer.
Years afterward. Judge jeremiah s.
Black said that he was the finest consti-
tutional lawyer in the United States The
Legislature OF Wisconsin twice elected him
to the Senate. ] studied law in his Of
flee. Our house was always his home after
he came to us in the way I have men
toned. His wife was my sister,
As a prosecuting attorney in Vermont,
many years ago. Senator Dillingham;
broke up the worst band of bank robbers
in the United States
George White" he told me- was the
most dangerous bank thief in the country
and boasted of his ability. He wrote a
book called From Boniface to Burglar
in which he made record of his sue
cessful adventures with other peoples
property. The book had been published
before | made his acquaintance. He came
one night to Barre. in our State. with
three assistants. The cashier of the bank
was captured in his own house. gagged
and marched through the main street
with pistols pointed at his head. He was
compelled to open the outside door of
the safe. There was time lock on the
inside door. however. and all the rob-
bers got were some unsigned national
bank notes.
"One of the thieves was caught in New
Another fed to Europe. The
third one gave himself up in New York
as fugitive from justice. He had been
sentenced there and knew exactly how
long he would have to stay in prison.
There was no telling what might happen
If he returned to Vermont We caught
White in New York City. A long legal
hEht followed. But We took him back to |
Barre, the jury declared him guilty and !
the judge sent him to the penitentiary for |
fifteen years"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
JACKRABBIT STOPS A TRAIN.
Little Animals Body Hurled Against
Air Hose, Setting Brakes.

NtF nose. Sett1nE braAcs.
Spokane, Wash. Dec. 27.-How a jack
rabbit stopped the crack Great Northern
express train is related by H. II. Dean, of
Hillyard. the engineer who stood at the
throttle when the incident occurred. Here
is the engineers own version Of the af-
fair:
I'VE were coming through NaylOr when
the accident occurred" declared Mr..
Dean. I'VE were bowling along about
fifty miles an hour, pulling our full COM
plement Of coaches, when l saw jack
rabbit coming toward US full speed in the
middle OF Ihe track. The animal evil
IDENTIFY was confused by the brilliant glare
from the electric headlight and made no
effort to get out of the way. Just before
We struck him he stopped and crouched
down, and after the engine pilot passed
over him the airbrakes began to work
and the train came to a sudden stop. the
air register showing the brakes set on
the emergency.
The fireman and 1 got out to investi-
gate, and found that the air-hose had
been uncoupled between the engine and
tender. There were bloodstains and
pieces Of fur on the coupling, and it was
evident that the body of the rabbit had
been thrown against the hose with suf-
ficient force to break the connections.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

40 shares of our stock at par. He paid
US $4,000 in cash. He was president of
a railroad and We thought his connection
desirable. While We sole some of our
stock to outsiders, the two Rockefellers,
Samuel Andrews, and myself kept $500.
900 of II in our own hands
We'll, Vanderbilt began to show signs
of nervousness, and sent for me. 1
called, and he proceeded to beat around
the bush and ask questions. l could see
plainly enough that he wanted TO sell out
There are but twenty shareholders
in ALL / said. The oil business is new
and unknown, and you can't go into the
market and find purchaser who will pay
you what the stock is actually worth
In few days Vanderbilt sent for me
again. ! repeated my former state
ment. You bought the stock at my sug-
gestion and it has paid you 10 per cent
year in dividends Put II away l ad-
vised him. and forget that you own it
When he asked me the third time TO
call at his house, l laid the case before
John d. Rockefeller. This man. I said.
does not appreciate the favor / have
done him l will see him in the morning
II ne is still on the anxious seat. / will
buy him out at as low figure as | can
and put his stock back in our treasury
Il got his shares at $3.50. 1t is a simple
matter of arithmetic TO figure his loss and
his gain. He paid 5000 for the stock
and. sold it to the Standard for S195, 600
Besides, so long as he ownedSit, he re-
ceived a yearly dividend of Is per cent
He did very well, but he could have done
much better.
I'VE kept our surplus over dividend pay
ments in the trea sury until we were
Justified in raising our capitalization to
S3, 10000 and then to 100000 0O0 Wander
bits 80 shares would have become 225
shares at the first increase and $500
shares at the second increase, and, at
present prices, s610. would be worth S32,-
DOG, 900. In the meantime he and his heirs
would have been paid many millions of
dollars in dividends
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
How Matt Carpenter Read Law.

The Dillinghams, father and son, be-
came lawyers Each, also. was elested
governor of Vermont William P DiIling-
ham, now a Senator, a tall, brown-eyed
man with a blunt gray mustache, has a
bill in Congress to slow down the mighty
procession of unskilled workers that is
coming in ships across the Atlantic from
Southeastern Europe He has studied
the immigration question in 200 American
communities and can be called a special
list in that subject
During my childhood" Senator Dill
ingham said to me, lawyers in New
England often Travelled long distances in
the practice of their profession. We lived
in Waterbury. The village of Moretown
was across the mountains. My father
would go there several times each year
on horseback. A deputy sheriff by the
name of Carpenter attended to some of
his business.
Carpenter had a small son. At Car
penters house one day. my father took
the little boy on his lap and said: I'll
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
COPS ON BEAUTY SQUAD"
Keen Rivalry for Detail ON Sextet
of ''HaRdsomest."

Chicago, Dec. H.-The charity ball Is
now rampant in Chicago, the unusual
needs OF charity having made an uE-
usual crop OF charity balls, theater bene-
fits, and like events. One which has
come and gone, with large financial sue
cess, brought into the limelight of fame
sextet Of policemen, who are said to
be the handsomest on the force. They
were chosen from various precincts to be
guardians Of this ball. for which some
1000 tickets had been sold
A request for ten of the hondsomest
officers was politely turned down until
the rivalry among the precincts made
the competition interest Assistant Chief
Schuettler. He ordered the detail, but
limited the list to six. One OF those
chosen was too modest to give his name
for the roll Of the beauty squad"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
senator Lewis Murder Case,.

All of the fifty-five persons whom
James Hamilton Lewis defended against
the charge OF murder escaped the execu-
toner. He mentioned the total number
with the quiet contentment of a farmer
whose fat fields have broken the wheat
record of the neighborhood. And the
hangman didn't get any of them" may
be pious soliloquy or an open boast
The listener cannot tell.
In his practicing days, Senator Lewis
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
How Ashurst Escaped Death.

Born while his parents were emigrating
in a covered wagon from California to
the Southwest. where they planned TO
go into the sheep business, Henry F.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03

RAILROAD BUILDING ERA HERE.
When an era OF railroading strikes
country the steel ribbons soon
reach into every possible nook. The
state OF Washington, which is years
ahead OF oregon in railway develop
men, is crossed and crisscrossed with
these arteries Of trade. Once 1t be-
came the fashion to build roads, they
were constructed wherever there was
any possible excuse for one. And
they all pay. They develop latent
resources, and make possible indus
tries that we're unthought OF before.
This era OF development is now
upon Oregon. Everywhere the rail-
road surveyor is setting his grade
stakes. and miles OF rails are being
laid every month. At least three diff
ferent roads are now in the Grants
Pass horoscope. One, the Pacific
Interior, brought about by the spirit
OF doing that has taken hold OF the
community, Is fast shaping itself, and
will be under construction WITHIN the
next few days. A second, the Grants
Pass-Bandon route, is in a most
hopeful condition, and recent word
from Mr.. Lee, who is promoting this
line, Is that he expects TO have
definite results in the near future.
The surveyors for this road have
about completed the survey to Eagle
Point having run the line through
this city during the last week
The Oregon Electric railway has a
surveying party in the field working
toward Grants Pass from the north,
and the head engineer has said that
his men would reach this city within
the next week The party was late
ly at work near Glendale. It is the
general prediction that the electric
line will be continued through the
Umpqua and the Rogue valleys with
in the next year.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03

Said sale is made by virtue of an ex-
ecution issued out of the circuit
court of the state of Oregon, for the
county of Josephine and is to satisfy
the Judgment obtained by the plain
tins in the action OF j. w. Morris
and BENJAMIN Hays and Peter Han
sen and 4 nomas Ray and w. A. Nor
ris. plaintiffs, versus Dorothy Cam
eron, Benjamin Healy Jr., Joseph
Healy. Gertrude Duffy, Susan Peters
and Water Healy, defendants, to sat
isfy the Judgment given on the fore
closure of lien of ]. w. Morris for
the sum OF s15S.66.
Lien of Benjamin Hays for the
sum of s129.3S.
Lien of Peter Hansen for the sum
of s4S1.16.
Lien of Thomas Ray for the sum of
Soils.
Lien of w. A. Morris for the sum
OF s126.54.
And the further sum OF forty-sev-
en- dollars costs and the costs of sale.
WILL C. SMITH, Sheriff.
Date of first Pub. Jan. 3, 1913,
and date of last publication Jan. 81,
1913.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03
COUNCIL ACTION COMMENDED.

The action OF the city council at
the special session held during the
closing hours OF the departing year
is matter Of congratulation on the
part OF the city business methods
and unanimous spirit marked It's
course In handling the Pacihc-lnter-
ior railroad matter It being the evil
dent desire OF every member to ex-
pedite the bond issue and to proceed
with actual construction at the earl.
lest possible moment
A committee from the council to
be composed OF three members and
the mayor to act with the railroad
directors, will safeguard the eNpen.
diture OF the city funds TO the fullest
extent There will be a double
check ON all the actions, and the full
publicity which is being given to all
the business transactions Of the new
company speak for the full value tol
every dollar that Is appropriated All
the meetings Of the directors and
the council are open, aud the citizen
stockholders are at all times vel
come. A project was never launched
M any community whore better feel
ing existed than is found behind On,
Grants Pass railroad
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03

for its game fishing, would be i'm
proved. But in the destroying OF
the industry that put many thous-
ands OF dollars annually into the
channels OF trade, the object aimed
at was defeated rather than gained:
The game fishing is not as good as Il
was when the taking of the salmon
by net was permitted. There are as
many game fish in the river as evet,
but with the stream filled with
spawn, the trout will seldom raise
TO the fly.
AS an asset the game fish OF the
Rogue are as valuable as are tho
commercial fish. But it is possible
to enact legislation that will protect
the one and at the same time protect
the other. There need be no clash in
the two interests whatever. The
status OF the steelhead should be
clearly defined. That the steelhead
is a true trout is agreed by all who
have made a study OF the trout and
salmon OF the west coast. The nets
allowed on the river should be Of
sufficient mesh to permit the steel
head to pass through, and seining
should be prohibited altogether
Then by requiring that all nets be
lifted for a certain period of eacn
week, there is no reason why the
commercial fisherman and the sporl
lfisherman should not find the river
Improving each from his own point
OF view. Fishing with hook and lint
as at present should be allowed nj
all seasons of the year, but the trout
should never be offered for sale.
Legislation must be enacted 70,
the Rogue alone. There is no Other
stream in the state in which cordi
tions are the same. As a salmon
stream 1t is second only to the Co
lumbia, and second to that only in
point of size. AS a home of the
game fish there is none to compare
with II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03
WELCOME 1913.

Grants Pass has made material
advancement during the year just
closed It's business houses have In
the main prospered, and numbers OF
them have built new homes or re-
modelled the old til this city now
claims the handsomest mercantile
establishments and the most up-to-
date stocks OF goods to be- found in
southern Oregon, Trade shows an
improvement over year ago, and
conditions have been continually ON
the upgrade.
In the way of public improvement
the city has had record year In
addition to the building Of the mag
nincent new city hall, there has
been much activity In street and
public work, and several miles OF
paving have been put down, sewers
have been extended and the walks
and parks improved
But II 1912 was kind, the new
year is filled with the greatest prom
lse, Chief among the big things that
had been given birth in the old year
and that will be developed in the
new are the railroads that are needed
to make available the wealth OF re.
sources now lying dormant. The as
surance OF the Crescent City line viii
bring with It many other industries
that will add to the full measure O
the prosperity of 1918. The futur,
is bright Welcome the new year
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03
CANNERIES AND EVAPORATORS
NEEDED.

Medford has undertaken the rails
ing of funds for the building of Il
Icannery. Every community in the
valley should have a cannery Until
there is such an establishment at
every center the Rogue empire will
not become an empire. Until there
is such provision made for the care
of the surplus fruits and vegetables
the glutted market will keep prices
below a living mark.
But it is not necessary that Med
ford, or any other community, build
a cannery for "the future as some
of the Medford people demand.
Grants Pass has tried that This city
put thousands into a magnificent
plant that would have served the
community years in advance Of the
time of its building. The result was
the obvious one 1t was an expensive
plant to keep up and to be profitable
1t should have been kept in continu
GUS employment Machinery that
was installed for the future" be-
came obsolete, and the cannery
stands idle.
Canneries can be installed on a
most modest basis and it is easy to
add TO them as occasion requires. Be-
fore another producing season is no
on us Grants Pass should follow the
lead OF Medford and make provision
for canning our surplus fruit New
comers have been advised to plant
loganberries and other small fruits.
Many Of these are coming into bear
ing for the first time this season. The
.loganberry especially will not stand
shipment for any distance, and must
be cared for here at home. In he
Willamette valley this berry is dried
and in that form is in growing de.
.maud throughout the east, An evap.
'orating plant is inexpensive, and tn,
.loganberry industry would at once
become a leader in the Rogue valley
II an eyaporator could be installed
here. Many other forms OF produc.
could be handled through the eyupor.
.ator. and the freight question could
thus De In a measure solved. Next
TO the railroad, Grants Rass can helr
herself most by encouraging the co,
Operative cannery and the evaporat.
ing plant
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03
THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY.

Col, Chas. w, Thatcher, the good
roads apostle" who was in Grants
Pass for several days during the
I'm the interests OF the Pacific High
way which he proposed to run
through Grants Pass to Crescent
City and on through TO San Francisco
and the south via the coast route, IS
now at Redding, Cal, whore he is
representing the Eastern Oregon in.
terests in an endeavor to get the
Highway route via klamath and
eastern Oregon
In writing to the people of Klam-
ath the colonel says IF central Ore
gon really wants the Pacific High
way something will have to be don't
quickly. Late developments have
been very nattering for central Ore
gon, but many things will have to be
done, requiring live boosting, and
that within the next thirty days #
We are to pluck this plum Of greet
price"
This plum OF great price" has al
ready been plucked, colonel How
ever, It behooves the people of south
ern and western Oregon to bear in
mind the fact that the travellers over
the Pacific Highway will demand that
the Highway be improved where inn
lprovement is needed, and that the
difficulties to travel be reduced or
eliminated as rapidly as possible
Travel over the Highway will in.
crease as the years go, and especially
win travel over it be heavy during
l1915 when the big fair is on at San
Francisco This travel is worth d
great deal to the territory It ira
verses There is certain amount o
trade that follows Il, but its greatest
value is other than the purely com
Imercial one, There is no DANCE; thai
this roadway will be lost 70 western
Oregon II the people Of the distric
but show that they appreciate the ad
yantsges OF It's location here. Tn,
natural advantages are an here, an,
the difficulties OF winter travel ca,
be eliminated with proper effort
While We are discussing railroads
and counerles and other enterprises
let us not forget the plum" We al
ready have. for the Pacific Hlghwa!
is real asset
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-01-03


THE NEW YEAR.
(By Celia Doerner.)
II the old year has been happy.
Filled with deeds that serve and
bless,
With tasks we'll done, soul-battles
won,
Joy-lighted by success
Then never fear.
The bright New Year
VIII bring you happiness.
II the old year was not happy
Nor filled with deeds that bless,
II tasks we're slighted, hopes were
blighted
Through your own thoughtless-
All, then, | fear
Fen this New Year
VIII not spell happiness.
But, whether sad or joyful,
Put od-year thoughts away,
Now face about, hearts brave and
stout,
Your part In life to play
And never fear,
A glad New Year
Begins this New Years Day