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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
DEMARAY will demonstrate the
Corona
LUMBER BUSINESS IN
BETTER SAYS Il. h. Man


(By United Press Leased wn'e.(
Wenatchee, Wash, nAc. 4~-iSe-
claring that eastern prnsperi.3 N
working westward. General Sunertn-
tendeut J. J. O'Neill, Of the Grenf
Northern railway. here oraa tria oil
inspection. says the luuaber aiia
shlLgie traffic whkih his ruad Is nov
enjoying is the heaviest sisee thep bis
year OF 1907.
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I.orai,on nor,oes. ''Nir'.v ofice.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
Classified Advertising
TIME CARD.

California and Oregon Coast
Railroad Company
(The Oregon Caves Route)
Effective Monday, October 10, 1915
Train No. lv. Grants Pass 700 am.
Arrives Wilderville .-.-.- S:oesm.
Train No. . ". Wtldsryille b:00'D.n.
Arrives Grants Pass. 600 pm.
Every day in the week. including
Sunday
All trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner Of @ and Eighth streets,
opposite the Southern Pacific depot.
For all information regarding
freight and passenger service call at
the ONCE OF the company, Public Ser
vice building, or phon l3S-R Tor
same.
Train will stop on flag 1t any point
between Grants Pass and Wilderyille.
Passenge. service every day In the
week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

Trespass aoiicss, priated on cloth.
st tho Ceurise onos.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

pue n l,ttlo s'0ets. Ite on. 10 driea % ence.
Thcre's nothing to stick. Put shoes
and stockings on right oynr IT No
main. no fuss. IS l9hours--corns gDnea Gets
ftwneyer hurts the true flesh. .nevermAkes
toes sore. Ityou havetried nimostsverys
thing else for. cornss, you VIII ~ muca sh
easily your Icorns and cnlluqes wtll come
right on with "Gets-It." Quit nmping
wrinkles. Try "Gets,It" teniEhe ON thai
corn, callns. wart oc buninns ana youaA
eGetss sfts Is soRd by all druEgists'
csc a hottle, or sent, dtroet by ".
Lawrence q Go" Citicogo..
Sold in Grants Pass and recon-
mended as the worlds best corn
remedy by Geo. G. Sahin-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
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FARMERS AND HOME-NiAkERS' WEEK |
and RURAL LIFE CONFERENCES
Jaauary 8 to s. 1910
nsve Information, Practesa Help for thu Hoae
the FARM the Community
Conventions. Of orago,t's Greatest Industries
Conferences on Crogons Most vital frohlems
LRcTuREs- DEMONSTRATIONS
EXHIBLrioNs-ENrE
Two thousand psople attended last yeaf. II iaa
great mace 10 make ftends-with live
thinkers andslive thoughts, good
workers. and good work.
WINTER SHORT COURSE
January 10 to February 4, Isso
A. A.rraetical Agricultural Course IN N1 she'll
Applied Science In Actual Work Of
the Farm aud household
co,,rses An FRUIT. RAISING, FARM CROPS,
soiI.s, STOCK RAISING DAlNy WORK,
POULTRY RAiSiNG, GARDENING, COOK.
ING, SEWING, iiOOSEtIuLD Arts, puMh
NuNSTNC, RUSINkSS METHODS, RoAD
| DuuD DING rARM kNGlN NkttRtNt', RURAL
oRGA NizATIoNS, MARKErfNo, ~
CORRESPONDENCE Courses without Tuition.
Expert Instruction " Masic.
aA Rsduced railroadrafsA,
! por program write to Tho ce.ss%Esshmgs orsec,
Agricultural College. CorvsVAA uw'isi eor'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
PANAMA-PAC|F|C
EXPOSITION HAS
COME TO A CLOSE
! \ y \ \ = \ \ \ <<<<<< y
: WILSON'S CLOSING
y TOAST TO EXPOSITION

\ "The Panama-Paclhc interna- y
\ tional Exposition: =
= (which In its conception and =
= successful accomplishment gives =
y striking evidence Of the prac- =
= tical genius and artistic taste =
\ OF America; =
\ (Which In its interesting and =
\ unusual exhibits gave force to =
= the arts OF peace: aud y
= (which In It's motive and OBJ =
\ jects was eloquent OF the new =
y spirit which is to unite east and =
! west and make all the world \
y partners In the common enter =
= prises OF progress and hu- =
\ manity." =
\ \ y y \ y \ y y \ = <<<< 4
San Francisco. Dec. 4.-The ma
tion's gem city within . sity--the
Panama Pacific International expo
sition--threw open wide It's gates to-
day for the last time.
Song and dance and play sped the
hours. The thousands who crowded
past the turnstiles gave promise that
the total attendance mark would ex-
coed 1880. 900. far beyond the
dreams OF the men who founded the
exposition to commemorate the we'd
ding OF the waters OF the Atlantic and
Pacific via the Panama canal.
Al noon, amid an impressive ST.
lence. the throngs Mt the beautiful
Court OF the Universe heard the
crackle OF the wireless sending forth
President Wilson's toast to the expo
sition. President Moore figuratively
then relayed II to the world and sent
to President Wilson an appreciativt
response.
As the last spark died out Of the
wireless, a band burst forth into thu
star Spangled Banner" cannon OF
warships In the bay beyond doomed
farewell salute. while thousands
stirred. stood with uncovered heads
This afternoon flags on the vario'r
palaces were hauled down with cere
mony. while elsewhere through tn
grounds thousands made merry Wit
dances and sports.
Tonight. just before the midnigh
chimes sound across the bay. solem
services will bring the fair to an Of
fetal close, while Daredevil Art
Smith writes in letters OF fire agains
the sky with his aeroplane., "F'rn'
we'll p. p. I, E."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

REGISTERED H0LSTEIN BULL
cAtF--Good individual. we'll bred.
high record ancestry, price low.
Registered Berkshire pigs by
Laurel Champion, worlds record
sire. F. r. Steel, Winona Ranch,
Grants Pass, Ore. II
ALFALFA HAY--First, second.
third and fourth cuttings. 1850
per ton. Sleepy Hollow ware
house, opposite 8. P. roundhouse.
Open Saturdays. 5Setf
HARLAY, pure bred fercheron stall
lion, registered. state licensed. VIII
stand for late fall breeding at
Brownies Livery barn, Grants
Pass, Oregon. G. 8. Etnier,
owna, 614
FOR sALE-Good, gentle work
horse, weight about 100 lbs, will
ing worker. bay color. very cheap.
A. N. Parsons. 6s4tr
FOR SALE--F'resfr Jersey cow, high
testing, three years old last spring.
good mixer, very gentle. w. @.
white, r. F. D.. A. Grants Pass.
Provolt central. SIo
FOR SAL.E-One horse, weight 1000
lbs; sound, gentle; wiling; ride or
drive: buggy and harness IN good
condition. Price reasonable. In
quire Homewood FARM Telsphone
WiIderville central. 6S2
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

Legal elauSa, csurisr once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
o. s. BLANCHARD. Attorney-at-LaW.
Grants Pass Banking Co. building.
Phone 27O. Grants Pass, Ore.
DRAYAGE.AND TRANSFER

COMMERCIAL TRANSFER co. All
kinds of drayage and transfer
work carefully and promptly done.
Phone 132-R. Stand at freight
depot. A. Shade. Propr.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
Ssl77.oo

THE ordinary service 10 about
Y Inch. but there arc about 100
1-inch services. ten 2-inch services.
one s-inch service and one 4-inch
service.)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

r G. ISEAM, drayage and transfer.
Safes, pianos and furniture moved,
packed, shipped and stored.
Phone Clark & Holman. No, SO.
Residence phone 124-h.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
eTATEMENT BY MANAGER
OF WATER COMPANY

In tho Rogue Rivor Courier OF tho
aSrd inst. appears an editorial on
titled "Wanted---A Moses" tho gist
OF which Ia that tho voters have no
definite data upon which to base 4
vote on tho proposition Of tho pur-
chase OF tho present system or any
other. The same editorial very truly
says. Statements OF the value OF
tho present system have boon banded
about. usually by people who have
no more definite idea OF the value OF
a water plant than they have Of a
horse simply because II was horse"
A statement from the manager OF
the present syetem at this time
should therefore bo OF assistance to
the voters In arriving at tho value
OF the plant. tho purchase OF which Ia
To bc voted on at tho election Deem
ber Q, 1915.
A very large part OF the system
has beon renewed or installed with
In tho past eight years.
At tho present time there Is In
service over 2b miles OF pipe limo
within tho city limits.
A condensed statement OF equip
ment Of tho Rogue River Water CON-
pany In actual and active use at this
date 10 given below:
Present
Transmission Mains Value.
9.tii feet l2-inch pipes 14.00s.00
Distribution Mains
$500 feet 10inch pipe,
5000 feet s-inch pipe.
$500 feet 6-inch pipe,
2s.2sB feet t-inch pipe.
s2.bss feet 2-inch pipe.
1886 feet l-inch pipe,
3.t64 feet Y Inch pipe. B6.177.00
I.0&t services or connec-
tions TO mains. inciad-
Ing 31.320 feet Of pipe.
two cut-oR cocks for
each service. clamps.
etc. ,................~......... $4,000
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

,.ora,,on oor'r"~, ra'r'-, ofic".
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
PHYSICIANS

!. o. CLEMDNT, N. D.-Prsctics
limited to diseases Of the eye. ear,
nose and throat. Glasses fitted.
Once hours slf2. 2-b, and on 80
pointment. once phone So; resi-
dence phone 35S1J.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

e. s. vANDyKEs. Attorney. Practice
in all courts. First National Bank,
Bldg.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

8. LoUGHRIDGE. M. D.. Physician
and surgeon. City or country calls
attended day or night. Res.
phone $50: ONCE phone 1Ss.
Sixth and H. Tufts Building.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

COLVTc d wILLIAlSsA Attorneys
At-Law. Grants Pass Banking Co..
Building, Grants Pass. Ore
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05

M. R. BRITTEN; Dentist. Rooms .
and 8. LundhurEbuiidtng. opposite
post once. Hours o .. m. to IL
M; 1880 to"5.p M : Saturdays >
q. m. to I'm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26
is 1T A COALITION
OR A CONSPIRACY?

Latest developments in regard to
the so-caled socialists scheme to put
over constitutional amendment
that will place the election machinery
of the state in the hands of the mi
nority parties go to prove that there
as well understood plan and work
ing agreement between the leaders of
the socialist party and that particular
clique and relic of the old republican
machine which is represented by
Geissler, and of which the Oklahoma
City Times, under its present manage
ment, has become the active and vol
uble spokesman. In other words, tie
machine elements of the republican
party are working hand-in-glove with
the socialists to destroy majority rule
in the state and to bring back ma
chine rule of character that would
make Tammany and the Philadelphia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26
CALOMEL DYNAM|TES
A SLUGGISH L|VtR
Crashes into sour bile, making you
sick and you lose
days work.

Calomel salivates! It's mercury
Calomel acts like dynamite on a
sluggish liver. When calomel comes
into contact With sour bile it crash
es into it. causing cramping and
nausea.
II you feel bilious, headachy, con-
stipated and all knocked out, just
go TO your druggist and get a so
cent bottle CT Dodson's Liver Tone,
which is a harmless vegetable sub
stitute for dangerous calomel. Take
a teaspoonful and If it doesn't start
your liver and straigh;en you up
better and quicker than nasty calo-
mel and without making you sick,
you just go back and get your
money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and naus eated tomorrow; be
sides, it may salivate you, while If
you take Dodson's Liver Tone you
will wake up feeling great, full Of
ambition and ready for work or play
It's harmless, pleasant and safe to
give to children; they like it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26

not to become unnecessarily oil-soak-
ed after the shot did its work. Sud
denly the WELL as if made sick by tae
noXious dose befre it had reached
the stomach, began to flow. The can
of nitro was hurled up through the
derrick with the oil and gas, careened
gracefully to one side and struck on
grassy hillock, some distance away,
without exploding.
All the attendants had taken to
their heels, expecting to hear a loud
explosion, and they were surprised
when none occurred The shooter,
realizing that the can had struck safe
ly, ran quickly to it, righted it, and
then began to scoop up with his hands
the nitroglycerine that had emptied
from the can while it was lying on
its side. He saved the greatest part
of the explosive in this way and again
placed the can in the well and lower
ed it. Soon afterward an explosion
occurred at the bottom of the hole
and the force sent a stream of cruce
oil over the top of the derrick.
Much Shooting in Progress.
Shooting oil wells has continued to
be active during the summer months
and particularly so in the southern
portion of the field, where the older
wells have needed shots to revive
them. Curing the earlier part of
the summer, or for ninety days pre-
vious to July l, stimulation" of the
wells in this manner was resorted to
frequently. Anywhere from sixteen
to eighteen nitroglycerine wagons
were in the field all the time. each
with its several cans OF explosive SIS
pended at the side
The shots put in, in this field, have
not been large, as a rule, running
from 20 to 10 quarts. Not always has
one shot been sufficient to revive a
we'll for any length of time, and the
records show where some of the wells
we're shot five different times while
one was givep seven separate iniec-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26

tions. Occasionally some good results
were obtained, but as q rule the flow
of oil is increased but for a short time.
The theory behind the frequent
shooting of well is that it stimu-
lates the production as long as the
gas pressure is strong; by the great
effects of the great shock and press
ure of the explosive, as well as by
keeping the hole cleaned of paraffine.
Shooting did have a remarkable e.
feet on some of the wells, several of
the older producing tracts of land
having been increased ten-fold in pro-
duction. This heavy increase follow
ed only the first shot, as a rule, and
the wells responded less and less
with the successive shot, until at the
present time three-fourths of them
in the old part of the field have been
stimulated to their utmost. Later
shots have had little or no effect.
Small Year for the Nitro.
The last possibility of shooting in
an oil pool. according to an oil man,
lies in pulling the casing in the well
and shooting the entire sand. There
seems to be general opinion, how
ever, that this would result in but
little good.
The Quaker Oil and Gas company
was the foremost exponent OF stimu-
lation by nitroglycerine shots and
commenced such over a year ago on
one of its big leases near Drumright.
The Okla and the Gypsy companies
have also followed the shooting pro-
gram closely in the older field. They
reported good results after the first
shot but with practically no increase
shown after the second and third
shots. The White & Sinclair inter
ests shot all their wells in that vicin-
ity.
The heavy business in the oil field
this year was a life-saver to the
shooter and a great boon to the nitro
glycerine companies. For eight or
ten months prior to the shooting cam
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26

paign being started in the southern
end of the pool, these companies had
but little to do.
For eleven months ending March
10, 1915 said the manager of one of
the nitro companies, Eve did a shoot
ing business that aggregated about
one months average in the latter
part of 1913. Had it not been for
the business in this field, our busi-
ness this spring and summer would
have been the smallest for the last
eight years"
Shooting began in the more north
ern portion of the field about rnd-
summer and has been followed con-
sistently ever since. All the produc-
ing companies have participated, to
some extent at least, the shots of the
nitroglycerine ranging from 90 to rs
quarts. 1t was found, from past ex-
perience, that heavier shots were LA
bic to shoot the wells into salt water,
thus running them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26

machine in their palmiest days, green
with envy.
The socialist scheme for so-called
fair election law provides that the
state election board is to be selected
by the chairmen of the three leading
political parties within the state.
Just now those parties are the demo
Gratis, republican and socialist parties.
This means that the republicans and
socialists, if they can secure this con.
stitutional amendment, are to be p'ac-
ed in charge of the state election ma
chinery. The same provision of this
nefarious amendment provides taat
the county election boards shall be
chosen by the chairmen of the county
committees, who in most cases will
choose the precinct board. This is
provision for one-man rule in each
of the political parties, and for coal
ition of the minority parties to con
troll absolutely the election machinery
of the state from the precinct to the
state board.
The republican party, as a party
can have no more interests in com
mon with the socialists than have
the democrats, and this attempt on
the part of few self-constituted rep
resentatives of that party to fuse
with the socialists in fastening the
worst form of machine rule ever in
vented upon the voters of this state
and to commit their party to its sup
port smacks strongly of a conspiracy,
which has for its purpose the cont,ol
of elections and division of the spoils
Of office which they hope to gain by
this unholy alliance
Under the specious plead for
fair election law" the "Kumrids" as
sert that they have secured sufficient
signers to warrant the initiation of
the amendment, while the Times and
It's Oklahoma City cohorts have pledg-
ed the republican party to the sup
port of the measure. The arguments
used to secure signers have been
based on false statements and preten-
ses, and while no fear is felt that a
majority of the voters of this state
can be fooled into a support of such
a monstrosity at the polls, yet tie
time has come to turn on the light
and analyze the motives that have m
duced republican leaders to lend them
selves and pledge their party to tae
support of this socialist measure
1t is a movement for the coalition
of the two minority parties, or is it
simply corrupt conspiracy between
the leaders of these elements by
which they hope to su5vert the rule
of the majority and acquire control
of the state for the special interests |
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26

whose oil influence and financial sup
port are visibly felt to be in the back
ground of these activities?
Honest elections and a fair election
law. forsooth Does anyone believe
that either a fair election or an hon
est election could or would be held
under election boards created, nomi-
mated and controlled by slippery and
shifty politicians of the Geissler, Ma
gle and Sinclair stamp? Where do
the people or the rank and file of the
parties come in for representation r.n-
der such a scheme?
The present law provides for the
selection of the secretary of the state
board by the state senate of the state
for the selection of the other two
members of their central committees
of the two principal political parties
OF a list of names to the governor,
who is an officer of the state, and
as such is authorized to make the
selection This state board is author
lied to make the selection of a secre-
tary of each county board and the
chief political parties either in con
vention or through their county COM
mttees are authorized to name the
other two members of the county
boards. This provision makes it i'm
possible for the governor or for the
state board to build up a political
machine since the law makes it man
datory that the selection of the party
in the county, or of its representa-
tive, must be appointed. The only
apparently unfair provision under the
present law, if the county units are
given precedence, would be the selec-
ton of republican members of cleo
ton boards in those counties in
which the socialists have the majority
vote, but the election laws are based
on the state unit and when the social
ist party outvotes the republican par
ty, which they claim they will do in
the next election, that party will then
succeed to the minority positions on
the election board.
No one believes that the rank and
file of the republican party when duly
advised of the fact that this socialist
amendment would mean an abandon;
ment of the fundamental republican
principle that a majority shall rule,
will ever give it the support of their
votes, but it is being so cunningly
and aggressively promoted by cam
paign of falsehood and specious argu-
ment that the true facts in regard to
its doubtful parentage and these revo-
lutionary tendencies should be called
to the attention of thinking men,
Shawnee News-Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-26
OIL WELL SHOOTING
AND NITRoGLYCERlNE

Pemeta, Okla, Sept. 25.-Playing
with nitroglycerine is considered,
generally, to be dangerous occupa-
tion, yet the men who become accus-
toned to handling the explosive pull
off many hair-raising stunts" and
provide onlookers with thrills in plen-
ty. After watching proceedings for
short time, the onlookers, by the
way, manage to be watching from a
safe distance. An accident is liable
to happen at any moment, and nitro
glycerine is no respecter of persons.
Only recently there was near
tragedy near Skiatook, an explosion
that shook the town, but fortunately
did no personal damage. The M'lli-
ken Oil company was preparing to
shoot a WELL and two cans of nitro
glycerne, or a total of forty quarts,
were being lowered into the well at
the same time. One can broke loose
and exploded, blowing the second can
out OF the hole and it exploded some
distance away when it came down on
pile of pipe, luckily quite way
from where anyone stood.
Shooting a we'll at a time when it
is liable to flow, is always fraught
with unusual danger, for should the
flow start after the can of nitroglycer-
Inc is being lowered into the hole,
it is thrown upward and outward with
the oil and gas. At such times the
shooter is supposed to stand close to
the hole and grab the can in his
arms, hugging it closely to him, saw
ing himself as well as the property
of the oil company. 1t is said that
the shooter becomes expert at this
grabbing game. Standing close to-
the hole. lowering over it really, he
keeps an eye well open for the can
and snatches it quickly as it is about
to pass him. He knows that much
destruction of property and perhaps
some deaths will result if he fun
bles or makes an error. An oil fed
man, who is something OF fan, says
the fielding averages of the shooters
is remarkable, all ranking in the 1000
per cent column
scooped Nitro With Hands.
Within the past ten days there was
near-accident. with numerous at
tending hair-pulling thrills, that &C.
CURED in section 3. six miles south
east Of Pemeta. Here one of the
had decided to shoot an
old well. in order to revive it. Ii bad
been almost a dead one for several
months and had not flowed in a much
longer time. No person was expect
ing il to flow and Just why it did, at
this particular time. has not been cx-
planned.
The shooter had lowered the can OF
and he. with all others
in attendance at the ceremonies had
withdrawn to a safe distance, so as