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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

III. i. Reed went to Ashland this
mornlng TO attend tho reunion.
Alberta peaches sSc u bon. J tor
Si.o0 Al tho White House 0rocery.
N, n, Edwarda arrived here from
F1prenee and left thla morning for
Medfcrd,
Goodyear 1891" combs, sabin
haa theal. %
wm, cur,ain, car mapector. re-
turned ,hia morning from business
trip 10 Portland.
rerria uunnipg left last niaht. rc-
turning TO the nremerton navy yard,
hts farloash having expired,
A tine selection OF ladies' coats
lust arrived, Mrs, n, Rshkopf, u
Mrs, John Patrick and Mra
Martha Jess went TO Ashland thla
morning TO attend the reunion,
Mrr, Ella Wilson arrived thia
morning from Cottage Grove TO visit
her daughter Mira. 3 J. NAsor
Alberta peaches sac a box. ! TOR
si,oo at tho White House Grocery,
Mm Mary Siiye~ returned 10
Rosshurg thia mornlas, after srend'
Ing several months In the city,
Victor N. brown, owner OF con-
aiderahle property In this county, ar
rived from pit,sharg last night,
New wool, sweater coa,s-jas,
nne tor coo, days Mrs v Reh-
kopt Ntt
Mrs, ], r, parr and two children.
who visited Mira, Barr's mother Mrs,
stephen Jewell loft this mcrntnG.
rssarainx to their home at sheridan,
Alberta peaches use a box, \ tor
~ 90 AZ the White House Grocesy,
Walter nalslger stopped OF here
this muralng on his way from Port
hand 10 Chico, and Is spending the
aay with his cousin. Elmer Raisiser,
Mira y, I, Parsons and daughter.
Mrs. Ada 2, Merritt, after visitlng
the children Of Mrs, Parsons, A. y,
Parsons and pr, Carte y, Anderson
ef selma FOR three weeks, have re-
turned 10 ioag Reach, Cal
Come 10 the Riverside Orchard
and buy your peaches in bulk and
save money, Good eaaaius peaches
can 10 seesred at ie per pound.
fr~sA frum the ,rees. or pick them
ycarssit At Mree-auarters cents per
pound Jus, east OF sugar beet fac
tory oee A. Hamihons resi-
denec,
The Waite House Grocery Is sell
mg hair gallon Mason se,t~s~aling
lars tor si,ss a des, ~
Mr~, Jeaals Kemp, state president
% the W, c, T, u, who spoks At
the patriotic meeting Friday, and
saeat sesers, days With her sister.
Nrs, J, \. HAIR, lets this mernias for
veacolla, who're she spsAks tonight
rNmerrew she speaks At Satheriin.
aaa the following dAy At Eagsne.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

every legal poin, ho,ly eon,enacd u
the general forecast
yec Guk. with Suey fong and
low i.u. alleged Sucy Sing rnnmea
are charged with the murder OF ohit
Hong. June ?.
More than a score OF Chinese gun
men will be tried on murdci
charges here during the last few
months. the trial opening hero to-
day being the hrst.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
CARD oe THANKS

We wish TO express sincere thanks
and appreciation to oar friends Who
during the sickness and death Of our
loved one, assisted US ey lovtns
words ot sympathy. acts Of kindness
aud the many beautiful floral trte-
utes.
Mr.. and MRS HARRY SMITH
and FAMILY,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

The special train for tho so Long
Lefty" performance at Ashland win
leave Grants Pass At 6;l6 O'Clock
tonight arriving at Ashland at S.io,
Leaving Ashland at 1i;So and ar.
riving at Grants Pass at iss5 a, m,
The train arrives aud departs at the
uptown depot at Ashland,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
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ooAISa EVENTS

Sept. is. Wednesday, Meeting OF
women's Council OF Defense ai
Chamber Of Commerce
Sept. Is. Saturday Red Cross dance
al Murphy, 80
Sent. Is -- Tuesday ---- Courier Bar,
gain Day,
Sept. ~. Saturday Pomona Grange
At Williams
Sent $3.50. Saturday and sunday
&. n. disirie, convention at Ash
land,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

lad n~sAks wrtst--t
Leo Bunch. the young son Of o. O.
Bunch. will be laid up for some
weeks with u broken wrist, tho lad
having fallen on tho porch at tho
bunch homo saturday, Leo was
planning on starting TO school on
Monday,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Musical tasirNesi~n---
Miss Woke announces that she
viii now receive papIls In plano and
hArmony, During the summer she
has made q special ssady Of graded
courses In music and kindergarten
work. and Is nov prepared 10 give
y ~ell,xraded. systematic course ct
distraction, Prospective papils may
call al her heme, roe North Firth
street. or phone her. NJ, seS-t> Sc
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Mrs, E. I, Ludden and sqn left
iast night FOR Newport, They VIII
also visit at salem, Portland and
Eugene. expecting 10 be away for
abnnt six weeks,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Adlatant ], u, Peterson OF Grants
Pass was In the city today en- route
TO attend the annual eneampment OF
the Southern Oregon soldiers aud
sailors association in Ashland, He
reported that there will he large
attendance at the encsmpmen, but
with fewcr veterans than ever, In
the Grants Pass Grand Array post
alene this year IL members died, he
reports. -Medfcrd sun,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Honor Guard Tonight--
Tho Glrls Honor Guard mcets to-
night at TAO In the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Mcshe<iiss Aid Meets
There will be an Important bus
mess meeting OF the Methodist
Ladies' aid society at the home OF
Mrs, {, {, Presley, zoo North Fourth
street "Wednesday at s;So, All
mcmsevs are requested to he pres
ent and bring their needlework,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

The lecsl exemption eS'ara has
aaSsea saa certified ser service
FIRED David wilson, SANsr address
u ahrtt0r1, coan. II Is FroeAele
tia, As viii be Perai,,et 20 enter
Nae " the westsra divisions 4 teS
DAYS asN wallace Roo, " Nr~ss Az
eearsa Setor~ the ASNAra and ~aS
exsmp,eA es the grounds " Aavsas
aeeeaaeet xtte.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
,lorc fur o. n, ilcpartmcMt---

Moro for Y, N. pcpar,mcnt---
Homer white and nert Huver OF
the Illinois valley have enllsted In
the ouartcrmaster's department and
lett Monday evening for Portland
and Vancouver
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
Remember the 18th

Courier pargain Day. on which
day stSo pays one years subscrip-
tion to tho Daily Courier, Arrear-
ages must he paid TO September at
tho regular rate,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
naul,rr No.,

she made a s@,s' - hcrscif-
"liavE'
Trying 10 aet IKE chicken Hos,
ton Transcript.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
me WararehN CleAner.-

Tue Wardrobe CieSNer~--
Al as North SIXTH street, Phone
let, Receiving once with Peerless
Clothing Co, Cleaning. pressing and
repairing, We call for and deliver, n
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

classified AID RArES-.S
vords. two lssaes. sSe: six issacs,
soc. one month. 3i.Se. when paid In
advance. When not raid In advance.
Sc per line per issael
ELECTRIc VACUUM CLEANER for
rent. soc for half DAY. Bush
Electric store. n
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
Rc,i Cr~a nullctinA---

Ncu trSssA uuticttnS--
The Chamber OF Commerce 10 In
receipt Of regular weekly Red Cross
bulletins which are kept On Tile In
their reading room, The general
public " cordially invited to make
use OF the same
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
Arc You Nrw,fa,--

II you are, mail a check FOR st,So
TO tho Courier to be held until the
18th. when Il win be credited and
q receipt issued, A dosen or more
have already done so,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

Red ONss Luncheon Wednesday,
The directors OF the local Red
Cross viii meet at luncheon In the
Chamber ot Commerce rooms to-
morrow "wednesday noon I'm
portaat matters will he brought be.
torc the meeting,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
Fna SALE on TRAnE-Fsar r0ss,

-NAS SALE On VElAL&---tenr rco-a
Ass'Rs~. oas strrs Net Waived a.
s59a CNpSs Bay. Vaeasy w0s2. lsss
than mile n Snish nials kat a<w
sAi9 yIrAS WI. trade IS yart
sayusas ca sS 70 40 tSrss near
Rega@ Rivsr sr Geit HEa M1ss
e~ tss trris trVss ana a, lsass ~
arrSs u utl1ess ha,t ant Wassr
t0r } servs or asssss Nes mgrs
saaR 0a~ ana cn--aalf zr1ss b
~hscl Will assume n,srsra.rs
sQr as~ h1a4rsS d'aJiars Al sss
lrserese T. 1. Ben So J. C. ssst-
uss. NlrsoH<al orS 81
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11
NEW ropaY ,'ilI'',, !.

Courier Bargain pay. Sept. is.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

cNarter sAssais DAY, sept, IS
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

CRAwyuRD gSaenss .er sale. tsr~~
Aoxss .0r stys4 Pseas siA-F-5t
S.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-11

FOR SAI.E--Ripe Crawford peaches
al ie per poaad. fresh from trees.
or pick them yourself At three-auar-
tiers cents per porrd. Geo, HAM
ii,on, East ot sagzr factory. 81
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
PROFESSIONAL REFORMERS

Professional reformer! is the epi-
thet hurled against any one who
does not truckle to special inter-
ests.
Professional Reformer! What a
great indictment that must appear
to the graft-lovers. Anyone who
dares to stand for fair play and
decency is branded as a professional
reformer.
If there ever was thankless work,
as far as personal immediate reward
goes, it is the job of prodding the
beast and the gang surrounding it.
Most any person who is stirred by
just resentment against wrong and
does something to right it, would. be
perfectly willing, we believe, to let
the other fellow have the job.
The idea of the gang is that these
political and public leeches should be
left alone; then we would be all
right. Let the special interest tools
make our laws, run our affairs and
make financial slaves of the COM
mon people, then things would run
smoothly.
Professional Reformers! What an
argument. Kitsap County Herald.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
LABOR EDITIONS

The Tacoma Labor Advocate is
sued Labor Day edition on August
81. 1t was in book form on good
book paper and contained Ga pages
inside the cover. 1t shows much
union and industrial advancement.
The Tri-City Labor Review, COW
ering the field of Rock Island and
Moline, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa,
issued 36-page edition, showing a
prosperous condition existing in that
part of the country.
The Toledo Union Leader is out
with creditable 20-page edition.
The Square Deal, of Jackson, Mich
igan issued a 16-page Labor Day
edition.
The Cincinnati Chronicle printed a
24-page edition on September 1.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
EPITONIE OF LABOR LEGISLATION
in 1916, SHOWING ADVANCEMENT

the pattern of the federal statute on
the subject Most of the states of
the union have compensation laws,
reproduced up to the end of the year
1916 in Bulletin No. % of the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics. A few
states retain the liability doctrine,
and the action of South Carolina
and Virginia tends at least to har-
monize federal and state practice,
though not coming up to the COM
pensation standards generally ac-
cepted.
AS affecting the employee and the
public as well, a few states have
laws prohibiting the giving or re-
ceiving of tips. Such law was
enacted by the Tennessee legislature
of 1915 and vetoed by the governor.
This veto was subsequently, held void,
and the act is reproduced in the pres
ent bulletin. Tennessee is the sixth
state to have law of this kind.
The idea of requirement of ar
tizans of certain classes to secure
licenses continues to spread, laws of
this class relating to BARRIERS, plumb
ers, horseshoers, chauffeurs, electric
ians, and moving picture machine op-
orators having been enacted during
the year. The physical conditions of
employment also received attention
in the enactment of number of reg
ulations affecting factories and mines,
while the settlement of labor dis
putes is the subject of an act of the
South Carolina legislature. The lat
ter act provides for arbitration on
request, and gives a board of con-
ciliation power to make investiga-
tions on its own motion, with COM
pulsory attendance of witnesses, in
cluding the production of books and
documents; a report may be publish
ed if majority of the board ap-
prove.
Besides the text of the laws, Bull
letin 213 contains a readable review
of the acts in considerable detail,
and a cumulative index covering the
complete body of the labor legisla-
tion other than workmen's compen-
sation laws, as compiled by the
United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only
IL state legislatures and the Federal
Congress had regular sessions last
year; other state legislatures met
in special session.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
INJUNCTION DENIED
TO OPEN SHOP FIRM

The Cohn & Roth Electric Com
pany of Hartford, Conn, sought an
injunction against the Hartford
Structural Building Trades Alliance
for refusing to work with its open
shop employees and Judge Milton
A. Shumway denied the injunction.
An Appeal was taken to the supreme
court, which sustained the decision
of Judge Shumway that labor union
bodies affiliated in the Hartford Struc-
tural Building Trades Alliance did
not perform an unlawful act in con-
Quoting pressure against the Cohn
& Roth Electric Company which con-
Quoted an open shop in this city.
The decision was hailed by union
labor as an important victory. The
Supreme Court finds no error in the
decision given by Judge Shumway
in the Superior Court where the
case was tried out at great length.
The Cohn & Roth Company charg-
ed that union labor bodies conspired
against it in refusing to work on
jobs with the Cohn & Roth employees
and as a result of the alleged con-
spiracy, the Cohn & Roth Electric
Company made application to Judge
Shumway for an injunction to re-
strain the labor union bodies affiliat-
ed in the Hartford Structural Build
ing Trades Alliance from continuing
the alleged conspiracy and the al
legged monopoly of the work of their
several trades, the claim being that
the acts of the respective unions and
individual members of the unions
were illegal.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
URGED TO RESTORE
COMPENSATION TO
LONGSHOREMEN

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-A bill is to
be introduced in Congress at the pres
ent session restoring to injured work
men engaged in loading and un-
loading vessels the protection
of workmen's compensation of
which they were deprived recently
by the courts, according to an an
nouncement today by the American
Association for Labor Legislation.
An appeal is made for the passage,
as an emergency measure, of federal
legislation to place these workers
definitely under the protection Of
workmen's compensation laws.
"Longshoremen and their families
are now made to suffer unjustly the
loss of compensation benefits they
have been accustomed to depend
upon in common with other workers"
says Secretary John B. Andrews.
"The divided opinion of the United
States Supreme Court in the Jensen
case left these workmen without the
protection of compensation laws by
ascribing such cases to maritime liza
bility jurisdiction. Many states are
seriously affected by this decision.
In New York State alone, it is es-
timated that 5000 of these workmen
are seriously injured in the course
Of their employment every year.
To leave this army of workmen at
the mercy of expensive and uncer-
tain court trials is repugnant to the
enlightened and accepted national
policy of accident compensation.
Upon official request already receiv-
ed, this Association is prepared to
lay before Congress legislation to
afford the necessary relief"
Referring to the dock workers as
"these indispensable workmen who
in this critical time are to our Allies
and to our country so peculiarly the
first line of Defense" the Association
statement says:
at is a matter of great national
Importance that the daily occupa-
tion of these Observation-Disclosures
at all times and now imperatively
essential to the successful conduct
Of our shipping in the great war
be not surrounded with additional
anxieties and sources of personal
friction"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

Perhaps the most striking legisla-
tion reproduced in the annual volume
of labor laws of the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics, which has just been
issued as Bulletin 213, is the act of
Congress establishing eight hours as
standard work day for employees
operating trains on steam railroads
in Interstate commerce. Next to
this may be placed the federal sta
tute excluding from interstate traffic
the products of the labor of children
employed in mines or quarries under
the age of 16, or in mills, canneries,
factories, ETC., under the age of IA
years; the hours of labor of chill
dren under 16 years of age must not
exceed 8 per day, nor may such
children work between p. m. and
6 a. m.
State laws affecting the employ
ment of children are also strengthen
ed, as in South Carolina, where the
age for employment in factories is
raised from II to Ia years, while in
Maryland the 14-year limit is ex-
tended to practically all industries
except canning and packing. Laws
regulating the employment of wo-
men are comparatively numerous in
1916, and it may be said that laws
affecting women and children con-
stitute the largest single group of
laws appearing in the bulletin. In
addition to statutes, there are i'm
portant orders of industrial and well
fare commissions fixing wages and
hours for these classes of employees,
and regulating the conditions of en-
ployment generally. Of special in
terest is a rule issued by the Ore
gon Industrial Welfare Commission
fixing the hours of labor, minimum
wages, and learning periods of wo-
men and minors, including males
up to 18 years, in a wide range of
employments. This is in compli-
ance with the provisions of the
minimum wage law of the state,
which was recently declared consti-
tutional by tie vote of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
one justice not voting.
The effect of federal legislation on
State action is apparent in the enact
ment of liability laws for railroad
employees in South Carolina and Vir-
ginia, which follow in large degree
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

the whole governmental fabric, Dame
Nature with her bountiful gifts in
resources, and all things else were
created for his benefit.
This kind of employers are very
near traitors, for if they think of
anything but piling up dollars they
must know that labor efficiency is
necessary to the country in this time
of war. Near traitors ?-worse than
traitors-for they hide behind false
claims of patriotism.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14
LABOR COMMISSIONER
CANNOT SUSPEND LAWS
Employers, Thinking He Has Such
Power, Request Relief From
Statutes During War

Judging from the numerous re-
quests received, some employers of
the state appear to be laboring un-
der the delusion that C. H. Younger,
state labor commissioner, has au-
thority to suspend the labor laws
relating to the employment of wo-
men and children. Now that many
of the factories that employ women
and children find themselves crowd
ed with rush orders of one kind or
another, they appeal to him, claim
ing that they should be permitted to
forget the labor laws, particularly
if they have a contract with the
government for some kind of an
article.
But Labor Commissioner Younger
has no rower to suspend the laws
even if he wanted to and right now
h., certainly has no intention of coun-
tenancing any such procedure He
does not believe the labor situation
is in such shape as to require it and
is strictly adhering to his announced
policy of seeing to it that all labor
laws are strictly lived up to dur
ing the war period.
1t is expected that since the new
federal child labor law has gone into
effect the office will be deluged with
requests for permission to ignore
some of its provisions. However,
as he has no power to suspend any
of the state statutes, Commissioner
Younger says he does not see how
he can possibly have any authority
to suspend federal laws.-State Cap
itol Record.
For that matter, there is no one
with a good thinking apparatus in
his brain who can see what ad-
vantage employers would gain by
the suspension of labor laws. Such
an act would decrease the efficiency
of labor and work to the detriment
of employers.
War conditions are making prof
its larger but the profiteers, in their
haste to get rich quick are anxious
to reduce the pay of the men and
women who are making wealth for
them.
An employer that would ask for
the suspension of labor laws is either
obsessed by the selfish thought that
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

and national life no dull, stag
nant thing, but a great, stirring ad-
venture, peace that has it's victories
more renowned than war, if such
peace, the only peace that is worth
while, is to come, it is the workers of
Europe, and none but they, who
will usher it in.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

The Seattle Central Labor Council
advocates the Communicating of the
Puget Sound saw mills by the gov
ernment Nothing could happen that
would help the business and labor
interests of this section more than
such movement on the part of the
government.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

VIM. H. Reid is contributing a la
Dor column to the Sunday Morning
Tribune. Billy furnishes some spicy
stuff all right.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-14

Mining Company Law in Bisbee
But this group was only a part
of those deported, July IL and aft
erwards, scores, probably hundreds,
left voluntarily for less lawless quar-
ters. Others were deported individ-
ually, and are still being deported.
Whenever a strager arrives without
a satisfactory explanation of his mis-
sion in the town, he is hailed before
the kangaroo court" the committee
of the Citizens Protective League
which forms sort of provisional
government at Bisbee, though with
out any legal authority. IL the
N-.-~s
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Try "BLUE RIBBON" Cigar. Sc.
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