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THDKSDAY. M'lUL 14, 1M4.
Don't forget to resistor.
Tlio second edition nf the Ilmnlioldt
County Souvenir, issued by I lie
Ilamboldt Timed, 1ms been received
at tills office. The souvenir is nn
onmistntalily handsome publication
of 210 tinges, beautifully illustrated
and Is credit to us publicum ana
to its district.
HussU lias a plan by which s.ic
hopes io drive llio Jups from lund and
sea licit unimer, if t ho latter do
nothing to derange tlio scheme. It
' would not ho surprising, in view of
tlio feeling that now exists, If the
matter should bo patched up on some
terms and peaco declared before tin
real horrors of war aru inaugurated.
A tolcpraui was cent and circulated
recently raving that V. H. Hearst
' had withdrawn from thn presidential
- contest, lieu rut njadu u strenuous
denial of thin stiitciiicnt which he de
clared was a trick to Influence the
Indiana primaries ngiili.ut. Hi nding out
Ilearst deli Kiiten. The llourul boom
is not fulfilling the beet xjh ctut iuiih
of I In promoter.
The friends and tho enemies ol
Dinger iloriuiuiu have an opportunity
to agruo on at lenst one pomi concern,
ing him. Ho is a "might;" hard
Diau to beat. Thn u.Oft minimi.iiig
euleu lut ion of liis prohahln strength a
few weeks ago gave him only u few
votes thort of a majority. .Since then
he has beeu securing dclegnUoun
marked doubtful and Homo which had
been conceded to Harris. Hermann
looms bigger as thn convention draw
bear wliilo tho pronpeets of the other
candidates grow coirmjicniMngly less.
Dinger Iiermauii wan uoiiiiiiated hy
accliiinatlon Wednesday ufternooii, its
the republican candidatu for congress
from this district, lu tlio congresHional
convention at Halein,
."Blugeror bust" might well have
been tho motto of the Jackson county
republican convention which met In
Ashland Saturday to select delegates
tostato and congressional conventions.
Tho word was bruited abroad among
the delegates that tho Anil land con
tingeut was inimical to thn Interests
of Ileruiiiiin and it was forthwith re
solved to cut that city out of the. run
ning and slates were prepared accord
ingly. The innuiigcmcnt of the
uffair Is credited to " Doc" Keeno of
Dig liutte and Henry Kubli of Apple
gate. Tbe congresninnul delegatei
Were chosen and the AshliiiulcrH
Wero.bntli grieved and shocked lo ills
oover that they had no representation
therein. It required all the eloquent
nf Hcnalor Carter and an appeal from
the chairman's decision to secure
representation for Ashli.nil in the slate
convention. Tho Ashland delegates
and Hoplo were greatly wrought up
over tho manner In which the couven
tlou was handled anil profess 'ittlc
love for Keono and Kubli.
BOOTH-TUCKER WAS ILL
And Unable to Stop olf a.t Grants
Pass.
A lury audience h.-m milled at the
opera Ileum on Thursday evening
With tho exsctiilioti nf seeing and
listening to Couiinmiihr 1 tooth
Tucker, tho famous Salvation Army
leader, lu this respect they w re
disappointed, as the cMiiiiinndcr had
boon too ill to have his beitli on the
train and had gone on to Suleiu, his
next stop.
A very lively mid interest ing Sil
Yatioii Army imeiiug, however, was
nevertheless enjoyed by the ai.dli nee.
Maj ir Dubbin of Portland vwis res
cut, Mrs. l'tcuch, wife of Colonel
French of Sun I 'ram I sc., Colonel Os
borne ol New V,.ik, Mot.e, the
daughter of 1'ooih.To.cU r, ami others.
A brief address wan given by liev.
J. W. McDougall of the M. I), dim,-!,
and there v is an interesting talk let
Mrs. French. Mis. I t, tu is Irish
and is proud of It. She told of the
worn of the niuiy in r.m I'mucisc o
Slid nave a number of renunisi . mo
describing tlio way m v.hi. h the nioM
abandoned chatacteis bad been to
claimed by the j i r.-t'teot method of
tin" army. Mis. I nn, h fled
by Colonel (Isboine, v.l.n,,. t . 1 1 k w ;
hli'iig similar lines, i,.ing or the
woik in New York city. Mt, ,
Booth-Tucker saii-. ii:,d thiee j,.uug
girle of tin. .H-,, ainii, ,, omi-aiiy.ng
thelUM Ives III, ewlh,l,, 1mi CiC
tribute! a mi::g. The gnl. , .,,
sweetly and their an.. .nam e ,,t the
army meeting, is nUa haii.-d v ub
delight. Major Dubbin, with bis
Seelisli.nml liiimoti nn remark. , an
tributid much to the g .d burner and
plcil. ure of tho lli(etiliK
wiig to very important
peiidii. in Washing e,, v
bil
is lOH
ll would
e riila'i lib. lit
lend" at uir
no well in see V. li,
tiinbcr claims aud bom,
earliest cnnveuli in ,..
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Fill out the Ht
'ovo ioiisin and nd
mis oltite,
Skit OF SASH FACTORY
Vi llll&ms Bros. e.nd Booth Kelley
Co Sell Their Stock.
J. E. Hair, Dr. . B. Parker and
Dr. Lockridgo have purchased the
Williams Bros., and Booth-Kcllcy in
terests of the Williams Bros. Bash,
Door & Lumber Co. of this city.
Tho purchasing parties am also con
nected with tho Applegate Boom &
Lumber Co. Tho proiierty lenialus
nnder the management of Williams
Bros, until thn lath.
The Williams Bros, sash and door
factory is among tho largest and best
equipped plants of its character on
thn coast, there being one only f
greater capacity. Besides a large
local business, thn factory lias a wide
export trade, reaching into tho eastern
itutes.
COMING EVENTS.
April, 14 Thursday W. K. C.
Chicken pio snpper.
April Iff, Saturday Democratic County
Convention.
April 18, Monday Circuit court
meets
Ajril 18, Monday Portland Italian
B ind. Oticra house.
Stray Bicycle
About two months ago a bicycle was
left i,t Otli and II streets, Grants Pans.
Owner can have samu by proving prop
erty and paying advertising charges.
There Is a good deal of inquiry as
to whether tho Htono and Timber Aid
Hid Oonimutntinii laws have been re
pealed. As yet they have not. W.
11. Hln rinan is of the opinion, how
ever, that both laws will ho repealed
in the near future. However, he
ilho advises us that we may not ex
pect It tn take effect for 10 to 30 days
ifler'ratilleatloil hy tin) prcsi lent.
Goods
Spring
Arriving Daily
in
All Departments
at
E. C. DIXON,
SHOES AND FURNISHING GOODS.
l.rl&nd Sidings.
Horn To Mr. ami Mrs. Waller Hay,
i sou.
The roinls are getting in better
ilnip'. Teaming to Greenback "lid
olhcr points is a daily occurrence.
The Yellow Horn quints mine at
I'hieer v ill resume work in the near
future, Other mines that have been
idle there, will soon resume work.
We have no sickness to report.
Some ople are complaining ot linr
ing the spring fever as the weather
'iirucil from cool to warm weather, so
suddenly.
1 (). Virtue brought up some
line nuggets from lower tiiave creek.
Some were very coarse. H. G. re
ports great activity in both quarts
and placer mining.
McCreu it llusey on Brimstone
mountain have washed off large
amount of ground and it is a foregone
oncliisiou that they will have a good
lean up as they have good ground.
Ileuiy liraikmeii and John lilacs
made our town a lsil list week.
liny have beeu milling on I'pper
Grao creek. Last winter they did
well, nliliMiiijli the snow was verv
deep.
Mr. Philip's boy, while holding
i reiolver last week, shot himself
throcgli Hie Meshy part of his leg.
While it js a painful wound, it is not
dangerous At las' accouiitj be was
getting aloil llicel".
The outlook for jsai lies is good, as
I be . a. h trees are In bltHun mid no
filets , vet n nip them, other fruit
no always have in abundance. The
l'iosHet for grain is good, winter
sown grain came through in good
shape; so did all kinds of stock.
1 he miners will soon begin to clean
up, as they have bad a good run. We
can look for g od clean ups. J. C.
Lew is lias two mines here, lie ha
washed eft more grouud than ever
Is fore lie Las Is en winking on
Koo,l ground, wi we kuow be will
make a big clean up, although the
publi never knows what bis receipts
are.
Fine warm weather predominates
and H ople are making gardens. The
spring Is a little backward, but we,
in this climate always raise a good
crop, If It is late, and our markets
take all can iaie. Some pooplo !
are late lu pulling in tli-ir grain but
Hie high hind Is so saturated with
water that the grain land will hold
nioiluie snllicli nt to secure a crop.
I ewn Ci, , re opening u some
g-c-l niiu. s in tint iiiitT. T,y
own a big h i i.I laud in Uni uclnity
FILINGS ARE NOT AFFECTED
Subsequent Lews Cannot Affect
Filings Previously Made.
According to the constitution of the
United States, any filings made ondcr
the 'resent Timber and Stone A-t
or Homestead laws, will not be effect
ed hy the rtqieal of such laws.
Tic re are yet In this locality 42
quarter suctions of government lands
from six to 20 miles from the railroad
on good wagon roads. Hot exiled
lauds but very accessible and carrying
from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 feet to
each quarter section, of sugar, yellow
and Oregon pine and cellar. These
lauds can yet be filed on and paid for
st f0 per acre, nnder the Stone and
Timber Act, which is now and has
been in afTect siuce.Juno 8, 1878.
Several of theso quarter sections
could be taken as homesteads and
held as such for Ave years when a
patent from the government will be
issued without charge or at the ex
piration of 14 months can be com
muted by paying the government
l. SO per acre.
Those expecting to use their stone
and timber or homestead rights before
the repeal of these laws should call
on W. B. Sherman of Grants Pass.
Bummer Gulch Mine SeJe.
Thn Mt. Pitt Hydraulic & Quartz
Mining Co. has purchased of I low land
& Cook their mining property on
Bummer gulch in the upper Jump-otf-Joe
district. The property contains
I .'10 acres, embracing two quartz
claims. Tim placer property is locut
ed directly above the famous Wines
diggings. Bummer gulch has long
been known as a producer of heavy
g'll.
It. Wallace fe Sons' silver plated and
sterling sller W'arnauitabln.for we.l
iling presents at Letcher's. .
of Greenback, in fact they have
bought up so much grouud that it has
hindered pros'otlng iu that district.
The Greenback is running full blast
with two mills continually. Their
mine is sopjiosed to ba the docM's(.
In Houthern Oregon. Your corres
IHindent is told that the quarts runs
from three to sli feet ill width.
Gold can be seen all through the rock.
H. G. Virtue is interested in the
Ajas quartz mine. He has a promis
ing ledge Arehey Virtue is also
working a ledge on Mt. Reuben.
Owing to that lioriiMn road from
Glendale tho mall, and also some
light freight goes to Gold Bug from
Ix-land. The snow is so deep that
heavy freight cannot bo packed.
If the wagon road was completed
from I.eland to the top of Mt. Hon
bcu, then the road could be kept Oion
snow or no snow. The piosectors
Iihv come out from that district as
the snow is so deep. Some have tak
en wood cutting to make a stake to
pross'ct on this uininer. More pros
pecting will be done this summer
than ever before.
Wide Awake.
Wildorvtlle Items.
My! but isn't this "growing
weather 1
Miss Addle Robinson ssut Sunday
w ith her pnrcnls.
Z Mr. and Mrs. It. D. Lindsay made a
trip to tin Pass the first of the win k.
Mr. Mears preached su Interesting
sermon at Wildervllle Sunday morn
ing William Munson and Mr. Cora are
up from California for a visit w ith
relal ivi s f Mr. .Munson.
I he lid lary Saturday evening was
not lory well intended us these .ire
busy til es fi
the farmers.
There v as quite an interesting
Arbor day pn giain rendered at tbe
school house, Friday after- imiii of last
week
ii . . it ,. , i ,
...... ..anoaii ,. oveu.ee nan ine mis-
oriune io I all and cut her face quite l.iv ,, tuTtUYi April lit.
bad!;-, no day last wck while play- Th fllow ,r ,,ll(.,lH, iu ,
"'l'01'1 throe Grants Pass precinct.. ;
We ure soery to be .r i f thi il.ath of j North (Jtauts PasaH. iX Norton.
. saiall chiid U longing strangers, R. G. Smith Dr. J. Jennings, John
in Ibis county. The death was ' Hall. Dennis 11. Siovall.
thocghl lo hive been caused by tho South Grants Pasi T. Y. Diau, J.
little. ne inislaling toad stools for H. Challon. O. K. Swcariui:. r. W.
mushrooms, w hich caused a very pain
ful death. Oi; m ii'i atj-y ls extended
to die Nriawd parents. Zinonl.
My ottice 10 and lit Masonic Temple
Is o'ii to you for any information or
as.mtnu t w call render in the Inn
bcr line. Am exclusively in tbe tim
ber business. W. B. Sherman.
LIVE NEWS FROM PROVOLT
Progress In Mining, Lumbering
and Agriculture.
Mr. Bi rrr of Provi It
on Mis-
sonri Fiat Monday.
Tho. Lewman of Provolt was at
Williams Saturday doing business.
John Ptfrnoll, thn Applegato mer
chaii! was at Grants Pass Monday and
Tuesday.
Lewis & Chatman. titer shingle men
of Williams were at Provolt this
week on business.
Jeff Pence of Williams was at Pro-
volt Saturday, purchasing oats to sow
this spring for hay.
K. Davidson of Jacksonville was
visiting relatives and friends at Pro-
volt and Williams Tuesday.
'Win. Sonson, a prosperous farmer of
Provolt, is busy hauling potatoes to
Grants Pass at present. Mr. Bonsou
has 10,000 pounds eugaged to haul.
George Hoffman, the Jackson
county assessor was visiting the
farmers of Provolt mid Applegate this
week, altjugh tho taxes were as
usual, I can say that Jackson county
is reasonable, but Josephine county
is unreasonable with taxes this sea
son. The shingle mill of Williams is busy
at work at present, sawing shingles
They have several thouiiaifiis oil baud
that can bo purchased at t2.2. They
are sugar pine hearts. They can also
furnish pine or fir if preferred. They
guarantee the shingles to bo first
class.
John Behknpf, tho owner of the
Modle hop yard of Applegato is out
from Grants Pass this ween looking
after tho yard while Suiicrinteiideiil
Kd Estis hauls hop poles from Thomp
son creek, which were cut a short
time ago by F. Rush. They have five
miles to haul them, but the poles
are tho finest that bavo ever been
presented to this district since the
yard was put nut.
Too primaries were held at Will,
iams creek for Iho purpose of electing
delegates for the county convention
tn be held at Grants Push. The dele
gates were E. N. Provolt, Chris.
Owen and L. Sharp. K. N. Provoil
will nlso run for county commissioner
of Josephine county. Wo wish Mr.
Provoft success in being elect, d to
that office. Ho is a cattle raiser of
Provolt and highly respected through
out Josephine county. It ia the- winli
of both republicans and democrats
that Mr. Provolt bo elected next
Juno.
Lna Loesh, the ownci of tho Yullow
Girl yard ms his new yard all put
out and is now all rendv to start
plowing the first of next week.
The Baldwin ynrd is now grubbed
and I M0 now poles out, which will
be hauled next week uud also the
new yard is now plowod. An ad
ditional yard will bo put in this sea
son. Thero are two men nt work
plowing the old yard.
Ed Low-man and James Coffee, both
of Provolt, and the Howell Bros .
who have the McDmiiel's farm rented
are now pntting in their new sets this
week. By the last of next month thev
will bo r.-ady to start plowing. They
Intend to reap a harvest to a certain
extent this season, which will pay for
thi picking this year if possible.
Wo have received good news from
Tr.uity county, Cal. George I.ow
miin, the sun of John Lewman of
Provolt, has been lu Trinity county
mining since lMSKl. Last week Mr.
Low man nutdo a rich find in a new
ciuim, which he had purchased from
a miner who was going to leave the
country. He thought the mine had
been worked out, so he sold for .'(HKi
atfu a short run. Mr. Lew man was
looking over the bedrock, wlitru he
had ground sluicing, and picked up
one piece which contained .V. 18 and
many others of .'o and 10. In three
hours he piekel oil the bedrock, '.ioo
of nuggets noiio of which were less
than f.Vi. He thinks he will probably
clean up $iiMH) dollars during the four
mouths run.
O. M. Knox aud John llaekett,
the Powell's creek saw mill men
were at Grants Pass this week pin
chasing material for tho spring and
summer run, which will lie n long
one. They have 1,."h.H),(SKI feet to cut
this season. They have a tine body
of fir aud tinu limber to saw up this
run, which will he haulnl by Tlpp
Summer of Williams. Tin y have
two men at work at present cut
ting logs and making logs, roads, and
also rcmring th machinery around
the mill. They will start sawing
Monday, if nothing prevents. The
Stortch Bros, of Williams are also
getting their mill building in full
headway and the machinery isnl'eadv
in the ground. They w ill start tbe
wheels turning iu July and inayb
sooner.
Real F'.stMe Transfers.
John II. Williams and Joseph Mo
to Lincoln Savage, Lot K Block '.'I,
Riverside Add lion; also bus A and l,
Block S' Riverside Addition to Peter
Gravlin
E. L. Cass and Maude K. Cass to
Mrs. Mareia B. Sllsby, Ixit I, Block
tn, R. It. Addition.
V. M. Cheshire and Mary A.
Cheshire to Miss Harriott Silsby, Lot
i in Hlock 4 J, 1. R Addition.
All of the above sales were made
through the real estate agency of
Joseph Moss.
Democratic Primaries
Tl.n democrats of Jos. phi m county j
held primaries on Saturday to select
nclcgalcs for the deinoorm io county '
wllVl.lllllH1 wiU meet
in Hi:
11 Flanagan, H
C. Perkins, Walter
Smith.
West til ants IS-ss I L. Jennings
Jas. T. Burns, Slepheu Jewell, Jewe
Mash.
It is a fact that you can yet get
lands uud.r lh Stone and
Act. W. B. Sherman.
Timber
REPEAL OF THE LAND LAWS
W. B Sherman Gives His Views
on the Subject.
Recently locth lias cpinired lu the
press respecting th'j ahu-o of tlio pres
ent laud laws and a demand is heard
in some quarters for the repeal of
these laws. A. V. S. grand jury in
si-ksiou In tlio city of Portland lias
made a startling statement and recom
mendation in refciciiee to the matter.
The decision they render mcst occa
sion surprise to the fainninded. At
tention is calit d to tho fact that tho
laws have been nhimcd ljti'riri.nrntinn
, llll)a ra),tM rK But what law
has not been alnsed? Tho fact that
a law has been abused does not iirpue
that it is a bad law. Twenty and
25 years ago many quarters were in-
' felted by horse thieves. Tho wrong
"a" gotten rid of, not by repealing
thtj law against stealing but by get
ting lifter the horso thieves. Not
ninny years ago. timber steailug was
quite rommod iu Eaftern stales, but
in dead of repealing the law- agaimt
stealing, they kept' after the thieves,
limber stealing is now unknown,
practically speaking.
Why did the grand jury not give at
tention to the crin.e proper, namely,
that speculators owning scrip have
succeeded in having vast tracts cf
land cuS into forest reserve nntil
snch time an the timber and stone
act nnd commutation laws arc repnl
etl, when the forest reserve would be
thrown open to tho owners of the
crip.
It is ccilainly cleisr I mm w hat
quarter conns the deiiK.nd for the
re-al of these lints. Governor Ln
Folllcttu of Wisconsin iu a recent
speech made the startling iinnonnco
mont that tho evidi nrn was cleat
that scarcely a law was unide Ht
Washington that was unt made nnder
pressure. With this high npiuiou we
are lend to believe that there is snnio
pressure at present ia Washington
with respect to thn repeal of the pn h
ent hind Inwa. However, we want to
believe that our licncrable board of
Unilid Slates Jurors are not working
In conjnnction w ith the f-yri-l ir it tr
lohbyHs.
We linrdly know where to piece our
towns-paper, the Observer, judging
from its rcciit editorials of March
3d, entitled "Timber Limits. " Per
haps for want of material, they have
copied ill part from other pupils.
For they show themselves lo be in
deep waters when they speak of
"timber limits, " no such term being
known iu connection with timber
laws. Moreover, wo believe if they
were writing what they believed, ere
this they would bavo secu tho error
and folly of having allowed f'JOOO for
SJ acres of timber lands In Southern
Oregon, in a recent deal nnd would
havo hunted up snino pious "manu
facturer" to whom to give this hind.
Certainly a good nianufai'tnrer would
accept such with grace. This, they
of the Observer, ought willingly to
do, siuco they tell us further that
timber "is of no utility whatever to
persons who are not lumber manu
facturers. "
The Obesrver tells us Hint, accord
ing to the prcMiit method, timber
lands are "passing into ti e hands of
speculators." Will tho editor, with
his timber land see to it that hij does
not pass that way, or has it already
gone that way? Further, we would
like to have them define the word
"speeulator"in this ease. Iu I ho-same
paragraph the word "nmnufactnrer"
is used. We would like tn know if
tho terms "speculator" nnd "manu
facturer" are rynnnyimius ; for the
speculator makes lumber out of tim
ber and the manufacturer makes
I u uilie r out of timber, according to
the Observer, yet one appears to be
bad and the other good.
Is the "good manufacturer" spoken
of un ordinary man who has taken
advantage cf the present timber laws
and secured it quart. ir section nnd
then by proper handling of bis hold
ings and careful nuiuagcuicut became
himself a manufacturer? Or is this
"niatiutaetiircr" an infallible creature
that (iod has carefully designed and
placed uixui the earth, whose mission
is to see that the forests are properly
slaughtered and the lumber properly
distributed to the pcq dc?
Since we have no large mills
manufacturing lumber 'n Southern
Oregon, what would this section of
country be w ithout the sin ill mills
and is it n it possible for some of
these mills under, the isc uianage
ui 'iit of moll w ith .s.uail holdings to
grow Into larger m unifactiiriug
plant.-? Is it possible that the Obser
ver would discourage progress iu this
direction ? The gran I jury charges
that syndicates Icve r:etised the
fraud of sending cut cc; rs to locate
lands, right and hti. Me upon and
prove up and their turn them over to
the syudicatis. later, these lands
no t brow n into
fol
St
reserves and
s.-np fMr tbe
io. d on other
isti ucy. For
hi:, way, the
lb.1 s a lie lie l--e
- i:c. e, wl.ii !i n. ay
be p!
valuable lulls.
Put io-; .co the
li, se lard-i gi tun
sjii iicate, tin, ul
it, pays the go.
til
lie
e oliiu for
ineiit
i- .'M
fl.si for a j
n - lor the
j qu irter 0' ton the i
! til'iigs, proving up, etc
i 1,1 llllMUl i.i 'm. it
cale can purchase scrip ins.n tbe
market for $1 r sere orf.'.Of'rn
quarter section, thus h aving less than
t-'OO with nhiidi to pay the i xtvnse cf
importing the one who has fraudn-
leiulv tiled for ibe svndiciite. together
,,-itli salaiy for the H r.i.uulis. Now,
taking it for granted that the syn.li-
eato is in business f.
proms rather
than for the i leasure of st-alin. we
would lil.e to knew where their
prot lis conic in, in ucli tiatis.v lion.
They also i barg ' (bat ci rp intictis
have hid cruisers ' take up a tract cf
laud, the luuK r is then cut crT, (Ins
l.udis later thrown into forest re
si rve and the coritrat u in received
scrip fir this north!. laud. Will
the grand jury please cite us to a
single cise of this sort of fraud en the
Pacitie c.sssi
This same jury luaku this Strang-'
statement witn rcsp-H't to the home
stead icsnmulat ou law. "Still
auotle r f.aud t hit has been cal K1 to
lour silent ion aid that khculd l uu.de
mei i mm u
; Horn we are Informed that the law
itself is a fraud. How singular!
And the jury carries this charge to
the conclusion that the man who takes
advantages of this law is fraudulent,
for it continues" dbw the commutation
clause merely gives the dishonest
claimant the chance to sell out after
he has held his property a little over
a year." "Dislio-est claimaut!"
Will somebody tell us bow a man be
comes a "dishonest claimant" who
flies upon a piece of land according to
the law and commutes the same ac
cortlius to the law? Is it possible
tiiat a United States grand jury would
overlook the fact that the millions of
aens of scrip v now owned by a few,
cannot be disposed of by the repeal of
tho Stone and Timber Act or 'the
Commutation law or tho making or
unmaking of any law? Is it not a
fact that our government has entered
into contract to furnish lieu lands,
acre for acre, for the script already
issued aud the apparent proposition of
the scrip owners is to get the most
valuable lauds they can iu lien. This
cati be had by disposing of the com
mon people in the repeal of the Tim
ber and Stone Act aud commutation
laws aud theu reopening the lauds
which have bien apparently set aside
to create a forest reserve whiie we be
lieve the real purpose was to stop the
progress of the common peopl" filing
timber claims and homesteads until
such time as tho sndicates could
lobby through a rept-Bl of Die Timber
aud Stone Act and Connnutatioii laws
which wero proving to be so disas
trous to their interests, as tho common
people could singly act quicker than
the syndicato ecrip people could in
the matter of cruising and filing,
sinco large bodies of necessity, move
slowly. And furtfior, it is clear Hurt
the scr p owntr wants bis holdings
in large, o!id iiacts and not with the
best quarter seetiois cut ou' bj the
filings of the common peoplo th.ougb
the Stone and Timber Act mid Com
luutetion laws.
Is it possible that the IJ. S. grand
jury are not nwnio ihat there is now
scrip enonah in' the hands of the few
to cover all the most valuable lands
which are now held by the Uiiiied
States in forest reserve aud otherwise:
Is it not a fact therefore that if the
Sto.no nnd Timber Act nnd Commu
tation laws aro repealed that the
value of tho scrip would be enhanced
from probably $.' to .'0 per acre
which would mean fmui fa.OtiO.OOO to
f.0.000,(K)0 for each million acres of
scrip which they now hold. It is
clear, thcrcforo that a large amount
of lobbying can bo doue on a small
percent of tho profit that will be
mado by tho syndicates who now hold
the scrip, were the Stone and Tim
ber Act aud Commutation laws repeal
ed. Therefore whether it is or is not a
fact that thero is an enormous amount
of lobbying being dono and pressure
brought to bear for the rejical of
these laws, is it not a fact that the
syndicates or company owning this
scrip will bo worth hundreds of mill
ions of dollars more after tin se laws
are repealed nud the forest reserves
thrown open? W. B. SHERMAN.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY ORE.
As Soen by the Salem Statesman
Correspondent.
Jusepliino county, Oregon, is located
in tho Bouthwest corner of the state
and is bounded on the south by Cali
fornia, ou the north by Douglas
county, on the west by Curry county.
It has an area of 1 5)08 square miles,
and lies betwieu the Cascade and
Coast ranges of mountains and is con
siderably broscn by mountains, val
leys and streams. It is well watered
and drained by the Rogue river anil
its innutaries. i ne great Rogu- river
valley traverses the entire northern
portion of the county, while th
Illinois, vippicgarc, titni Williams
drain the southern portion. Josephine
county is noted for its gr.at wealth
ol natural resources. Diversified
farming, fruit growing, rich gold nnd
oopp-r mines, exteimive timber lands,
and stock raising, nnd large bodies of
line marble nil I limestone, are among
the, iartially dcveloed resources
that ure uow attracting widespread
attention.
The bench lands, valleys and river
bottoms make the finest kind of fruit,
agricultural and tiivirsilled farming
lands, especially when brought under
irrigation, while the mountains, bill,
sides and old river beds or channels,
are fairly teeming with rich deposi s
of gold, copper and platinum.
Strange as it may seem, this county
prodeues scarcely one-fourth cf the
quantity of butter consumed by its in
habitant .
At thr present time there is not a
creamery ill the county, although the
merchants of virniils Pass send out of
this county about IS,ik) annually for
burn r. The same is to a large extent
tree cf eggs, potatoes, h ay tbiur and
all kinds of canned goods
Grants Past is the county s. at of
Josephine ccuntv and has a population
of about 4003. It lies '.. ml !e s.iiul,
j0f Poitlaud.Hiid 4:5 miles north nf s,.
Kraiuisco, with both of which cities
lt is connected by the Sicthern Puelflr.
w ill amount I railrcad. It is a Kr.-wit.K. busy littl
same syiuli- ,..i,v .,.,,1 u . ,, ..., .,,
the entire Southern Or. gnu milling
district, embracing all of Josephine
ami part of the adjoining counties.
1'hu towii is biantifully situated on
the banks of Kogue river, surrounde l
by ever given and Ivauitful moun
tains, with a gentle slope from the
foothills to the river. It has an alti
tude ot uearly liloO f,.,t and lies
nestled iu the hills, yet with suRicieot
rorm for a city of Ji001 people.
Grants Pass is au incorporated city
jnd has a progressive corns of rtHe..r
l! is the shipping point for aliuosi the!
entire b-.siuess of Josephine county
Its chief supiwt is tbe great miueral !
wealth found all around it and. in
deed, almost within the corporate lim
its; but the luii'berinir. manufactur
ing, argicultural and fruit
raising interests which also con
tribute to its support, are not small
vid are capable of gretter develop
nietit. All Hues of commercis. aud
prof. ssioinl Iif are well repiesvuted.
I owev. r, there is room for a found-1
Collie ;md ssee our
New Baby GoQarts
and Buies
Quality and price all right.
A. U. BANNARD
FURNITURE and
HOUSEFURNISHER.
lilG STORE NORTH SIDE
Grants Ias, - - -. - Oregon.
ry for thn manufacturing of milling
machinery and hydraulic pipe, for a
creamery and for a cannery. These
ucw enterprises have lately been under
consideration by the hoard of trade.
Tho mining investor or operator who
sliuuld take up his abode iu Grants
Pass would End an excrediugly intel
ligent nnd cultured population one
keeping well nbreimf of the world iu
ail lines of thought. It is safe to say
that no place of the same population
lias a greater amount of musical tal
ent. It is, too, oil the whole, a relig
ions community. This city has earned
the distinction and honor of support
ing two of the strongest aud largest
denominational churches in the state,
outside of Portland ; namely, the Pres
byterian and the Mi-tln list. These
two as well as six others churches,
have large and commodious houses of
worship, and nrj well supported by a
loyal church-going community. This
means that the city has n heallhy
mornl lone and that respect for human
life and liberty, und for prop.-rlty,
its well grounded.
The school facilities are iiuioug the
best anywhere. The public school
building, a laige three-story brick,
testifies to the importance attributed
to the tdncational side cf life by the
people cf the place. Here, under ti e
supervision cf a priucii.nl ai d a corps
of teachers, between 8(0 and 800 child
ren nro daily, timing the scholastic
year, grounded iu the elementary priii
oiples of knowledge. The school has
three departments primary, grnniniar
and high school. Iu the first two
iiamed s.ch branches are taught as aie
uscaly maintained 111 graded public
schools, each guide requiring a four
rears' course. The high school course
litis been e.vii tided so as to make it an
accredited school to the I'niversity of
Oregon, and all the other leading ed
ucational institutions of the state.
The city high school has been made
the official county high school; to
wliiei, all pupils in the county, who
having completed the eighth grade
work, are admitted to, aud given in
structious free. The city now has one
lareo, two-story, eleven-room school
building, one large, one-sto'y framt
ward school bnilding in the southern
part of the city, and a large brick
ward school building iu the northern
part of the city.
Grants Pass lias the climate com
mon to all the valley of Kogue river.
The four seasons are definitely mark-
id, with none of them extreme. "The
summers aro warm, but are teniiered
by tile breezes of the Pacific ocean
and the Invariably cool nights. The
winters are always mild. The climate i
of Oregon is apparently the one thing
winch thn people of the Fast find it
difficult to understand. Oregon is of
ten referred to us the plat e w here it
rains all the time. A more erroneous
idea of ,he rainfall cf the state is m-1
possible. Grants Pass, in the center'
of the Kogue river valley, has a-j av-1
Mrs. J. A. Rehkopf
h ilis'ilaying a
Large Assortment
- OF
...TRIMMED HATS...
All aro invite.! to attciul this disj.Iay of Mil-'
Imcry. Tlio cntiro stock is new and 'tho
prices lower than ever l.oforo known in
li rants 1.19.
ll0!"0ll'll0r tltc I'la. South Sixth Street, Grants Pass, Ore.
MAUULE AM) GRANITE "VOKKS
3. H. I'ADKlCK, Psoig.
I sin prenere.l lofiirnish anithinj ; ii. n . r,
f MARBLE ur GEANITE. '
HOT;n
Can f'lrriiah ,Mit in .. .1. o .
a,b:e. v"""' 0"e
front Street. Ne,t ,.. .ireon--. Cu.,.hop.
No. 3 A
To the Kcklaker th c,
o..ll ,,, asU for anything
.su.., 4x.s'.. Call
I.' Is in d-iylight-dcvelop
U Kodak $:).00-E Developing Machine $7.50
.guri r lmc. s .r
Cr" " A- n.
er.ige annual rainfall of 32 inches
while the eastern cities average from
five to 12 inches more. The rhiny
season begins about December 1st,
though steady rains seldom are seen
before Christmas, aud they continue
until March 1. However, during all
this period there are frequent spells
of bright, sunshiny weather, some
times lasting as long as six weeks at
x time. The extreme limit of the
thermometer in tlio summer is 100 de
grees, while in tlio winter it sinks as
low a-i 10 degrees above, zero. The
average temperature for winter is 40
degrees and for summer, 60 degrees.
Snow seldom fulls In the valley and
raiely renmius nioro than a few hours.
ri;c air is scented with pine, fir and
cedar, aud the mountains which sep
arate Grants Pass from the ocean, AO
miles distant, while not catting off
the oceau bretzes, yet shelter from tbe
ocean fogs. For theso reasons the
equable climate of the locality stauds
without a superior for the cure of all
iuHiiniinutory diseases of tlio nose,
lliro.it and lungs. Governmental sta
tistics give Grants Pass the Iowisr.
deathriitu of any cil? iu the United
tntes. Salem Statesman.
The United States senate has in
creased the salary of II B. Miller,
consul at Niu Chwung iu view of the
recently increased importance aud re
sponsibility of tlio cilice.
Candidate Cards
For Representative
R- cxar'kk
Republican Nominee.
CLASSIFIED ADS.
FOR. SALE.
Heavy WAGONS and HARNESS for
sale. Inquire Golden Drift Miuini!
Co. office.
.A KM KIK S.U.i:-t,i miles from Mer
lin, inn ai res -snout So seres ot good
Mitkiin hind, -.;, acres in cultivation, small
bouse inid ham ami nlxiut ao acres under
fence, bslanee ol liitul miilfll,l r..r .,.l.u...
or posture. For further particulars ad-
ilr ss v. ji. 1 row. Merlin, Oregon.
200 M KK' ranch, good prune and
apple oiehard. small fruits in
sliundiuiee; water lor inigalion, besides
springs on every 40 acres: center of a good
rnnee country; two dwelling houses, big
barn, every tiling complete; well sheltered
from frost.. himI milling markets, one
Iiuif mile nnrili ot Tunnel !, price t'J .'.
Inquire si tins othce.
FOR RENT.
KOO.MS Furnished rooms can be had
at 4th and li streets. Mrs C. E.
Coifiumi.
HOC.;;; close to the center of town for
rent, $10. Inquire at this oflice.
-
cemetery ork in .n, kind
-U my ,,,
or An""cn Gr.nite or .ny kindcf
J. H. PADDOCK,
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