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VOL. XXII
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1906.
No. 4.
P
WHEN THE EARTH
TREMBLED AT FRISCO
Gi sxnte Pass People Tell of Their
Experience in the Stricken
City.
Cbas. D. Mowers: My wife, baby
nd myself arrived in Grants Pass on
tbe delayed train Sunday morning;
wo lost everything except tbe work
ing clothes in which we are clad.
You people can form no part of an
idea of the situation in San Francisco,
of the thousands who have lout every
thing, who last week were millionaires
and today they are wearing clothes
provided by strangers. At the first
shock we got up and rushed oat of
the boose, bat later went in and dress
ed. The ho use was a wreck and had
sank eight feet. Later in the day we
started for the ferry and had to make
oar way over several blocks of the
burnt district in the dense smoke and
with danger on every side and we
finally reached the ferry, my wife and
baby getting a ride on an express
wagon and I banging on behind. One
of my neighbors just escaped from
their house aa it fell in bat another
neighbor lost his wife and child and
he escaped with one arm orushed.
We, saw three men' shot down by the
soldiers for looting, and in the park
where we were sleeping one of the
richest women in the city was sleep
ing wrapped in a blanket the same
as the rest of as."
Qeo Merritt, who with his family
left Grants Pass for Oaklaud, writes
friends iu this place that they are safe
but had ru experience which they
hope never to have repeated. Their
bouse was rocked like a boat, dishes
in the pantry, pictures on the walls
and everything portable was thrown
down; the chimney also falliug, iuauy
of the bricks goiug through the roof.
Thousands of homeless people are in
the city with no earthly possessions
more thane in be carried in a small
grip or tied up in a handkercief.
Many children are there who Jlo not
know where their parents are
whether they are alive or not. It is a
ad experience for California. He
.says that Ed Payne, a former Grants
Pass resident, lived iu Sun Francisco,
but they have not heard a word of
them.
Mrs. F. E. Willet, formerly of this
place, but who has been iu the hos
pital in San Fraucisco for some time
past, writes in a private letter to
friends in this city that sue escaped
foui the hospital after the tint shock
of tbe earthquake, with a skirt and
a man's coat as her only clothing.
She is at the present time cooking her
meals over a fire built in the street',
bat hays it seems good to still be
under the old flag.
Miss Delia Price, who was attending
the university at PaloAlto, writes that
they were badly shaken up, all tbe
chimneys were kuocsed down, and
plastering oracked and falling. The
university buildings are badly dam
aged. Mrs. Mary B. Wadsworth, who spent
thi winter in Gruats Pass but left for
California several weeks ago, writes
that she was not in Sao Francisco, as
some of her friends thought but was at
Fowler when the shock occurred. At
first she rather enjoyed the' sensa
tion of uu earthquake experience but
the enjoymeut was of short duration.
Mrs. Wadxworth expects to reach her
India r 1. 1 home early iu May.
Miss Ethel Palmer re.uroed this
week from San Francisco and has a
thrilling story to relate of her exper
iences in tile doomed city. At the first
shock sue was thrown on', of bed; she
arose and mude for a door but was
aain brought to the floor, hi'iug hit on
the head and shoulders by glasswaie
and crockery which fell lroiu shelves
that had been torn from the wall.
She finally retched the street and put
on a bath robe whicii she had secured
in h -i flight. Later she entered the
house and procured clothing bat felt a
greater sense of security in preharing
her toilet in tbe street than in tbe
house Carl McCtoskey, who roomed
several bock from Miss Palmer went t
her rescue and t ig ether they sorted
over the belongings of both, packing
their most valuable articles in
one trnnk and decided to turn their at
tention to the saving of the trunk.
Carl secured a pair of roller skates and
mounted the trnuk upon them. Miss
Palmer loaded some articles on a Mor
ris chair aud together they started foi
a place of safety, he pushing tbe trunk
mounted on skates and she, palling the
chair with ropes over her shoulders.
They gave oat many times but finally
with the friendly help of Fred Rose,
formerly of Josephine county, they
reached the J. W. Howard house late
in the evening after having spent the
whole day saving their effects. They
offered greatly owing to lack of water.
The sight of the dead lying in the
streets and the utter desolation
wrought by the shock and the fire let
an imprint on (heir minds that will
take years to efface.
P. H. Harth arrived in San Fran
cisco only a day or two te ore the
shock and it was several days before
any word was received from him.
Ha returned home Wednesday evening
ccomanied by Mrs. Dean and Phil
Harth. Henry's store was destroyed
by fire but the. borne was saved.
J. W. Howard was in Grants Pass
and his family iu San Francisco. He
left for that place immediately and
found his family all safe. Their
house was among the number of tbe
saved.
OFFICIAL RETURNS PRIMARY ELECTION
FOR JOSEPHINE COUNTY APRIL 20, 1906
CANDIDATES
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TAX DODGERS TO
BE HUNTED
UP
JeLckson County to Mewke All
Pay Their I axes And
No Escblp,.
Jackson county has undertaken an
active campaign against taxdodgers
and has adopted the plan in vogue in
many Eastern Btates of giving a per
cent of the tax collected for the year
on property that is not on the tax
roll. To encourage this detective
work the county will give to the in
former 10 per cent of the tax that
shall be collected on unassessed prop
erty. It is expected that considerable
securities, personal property and cash
will be reported to the county. In
diana has suoh a law and it has
proven a success and has greatly in
creased the taxable property of the
various county. The liberal reward
given has caused men to devote their
entire time to hunting up smuggled
stocks, bonds aud other taxable prop
erty easily hiddeu from the assessor.
They are known as "lax ferrets" and
travel from county to county and so
tboroagb are they in their detective
work that very little property is now
untaxed. There is a penalty on per
sons who fail to give iu all their tax
able pro.erty aud this increase to
their taxes pays the per cent that goes
to the tax ferrets. Though .the law
has been in effect bet a few years it is
said to have pnt on the tax roll goodly
amounts to the credit of persons pre
viously on for very small suiub. Such
a law for Oregon would be certain to
greatly increase the tax roll aud there
by more nearly equalize the burden
on tbe taxpayers.
REPUBLICAN
U.S. Senator (fill vaoancy )
Fred W. Mulkey, Multnomah
U. S. Senator
Jonathan Bourne, Multnomah
H. M. Cake, Multnomah. . . .
Stephen A. Lowell, Umatilla
K L. Smith, Wasco county .
E. B. Watson, Moltnomab . .
Representative, 1st Dist
Willis C. Hawley, Marion.
SamuelB.Hnston, Washiug'n
Walter L. Tooze, Marlon
Governor
Harvey K. Brown, Baker. . .
T. T. Geer, Marion county .
Charles A Johns, Baker
Charles A. Sehlbrede, Coos..
James Withycombe, Benton
Secretary of State
Frank W. Benson, Douglas
Claud Gatch, Marion..
Lot L. Pearoe, Marion
Frank T. Wrightman, Marion
State Treasurre
John H. Aitkin, Baker
E. V Carter, Jaokson.
Ralph W. Hoyt, Multoomah
Augustus G Jennings, Lane
Thos. F. Ryan. Clackamas
Geo. A. Steel Clackamas
Supreme Judge
Robert Kak in, Uoion . .
Attorney General
A. M. Crawford Douglas. .. .
George H.Durham, Josephine
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J. H Ackerman Multnomah 214 1 IT
Siate Printer
Win J. Clarke Marion
Willis S. Daniway, Multuo
J. R. Whitney, Linn
Couiinisaiouer of Labor
O. P. Hon", Multnomah
Representative, Josephine
E. E. Dunbar
L. L. Jewell
County Judge
F. W. Chansso
T. B. Cornell
Joseph Moss
Sheriff
Charles A. Crow
Ed Lisier
J. P. McCounell
W. I. Sweetland
A. Umphlett
Count Clerk
S F. Cheshire
Treasurer
Eclus Pollock
Surveyor
D. J. Lawton Ill 81
Fred Mensch 1B9
Coroner
T. E. Beatd 228
Commissioner
A. F. Knox 78
W. H. Simmous 27
M. A. Wertz 186
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John M. Gearin, Multnomah 40 49
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P. A. Cochran, Marion . 16 20
('has V. Galloway, Yamhill 25 21
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P. H. Sroat, Marion 41 46
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J. D. Matlock, Lane 42 48
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T. O. Hailey, Umatilla. 44 49
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J. Scott Taylor, Klamath. 41 49
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Milton Reynolds ! 6 5
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W. F. Kremer 15 19
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DORA JENNINGS IS
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Jury Out But Two Hours Women
vnd One Juryman Kisa
the Girl.
The second trial of Dora Jennings
closed this Thursday evening and went
to the jury. Public opinion is divid
ed as to whether the jury will disagree
as the one on her pre ious trial did or
wilLoonviot her, which will likely be
for murder iu tbe second degree or
manslaughter.
The jury after being out two hoars,
at midnight, brought in a verdiot of
not guilty. Judge Hanna was sum
moned to the court house aud Dora
was brought to tbe court room from
the jail. On hearing the verdict
read she shed tears aud thanked the
jurors and her attorney. A number
of women had remained in the court
house, among them being her mother
and her sister, and they all rushed
forward and kissed Dora as did one of
tbe jnrymeu. She then left the court
house in the company of her mother
and friends. It is the opinion
of many that she was guilty or at
least knew of the facts connected
with the murder of her father, but
the evidence was not sufficiently
stroug to convict her, at least that
was the opinion or two juries. Her
acquittal may have an important bear
ing on the case of her brother. Jasper
now in the penitentiary, under a sen
tence of death, awaiting the actiou of
the supreme court on the application
of his attorney, H. D. Morton, for a
new trial. If a new trial is not grant
ed a petition will quite likely be pre
sented to the governor asking that the
death sentence be commuted to im
prisonment. BIG MULE TFAMS
BEGIN SEASON'S WORK
Mclntire Transportaion Co. Has
Large Contracts Takilmev
Smslter to Start.
Oapt. J. M. Mtlutire, president of
the Mclntire Trans, nation Comjiany,
tbe largest freighting company iu
Southern Oregon, anticipates that
this will be one of the best seasons he
has yet had iu freighting in this sec
tion. Ha has taken the contract for
hauling the supplies for the contract
ors on tbe Klamath irrigation system
now being constructed by tho govern
ment. The contractors now have 200
meu and a large number of teams em
oyed and will put on 400 more men
in the near future. All the vast
quantities of supplies for this army
of men and teams have to be hauled
from the railroad terminus at Po
kegama to the camps near Klamath
Falls. 1 'apt Mclotire sent two eight
mule teams to Pokegama three weeks
ago to begin hauling and thN week he
sent two more eight-mule teams.
He is also hiring a number of team
sters having tennis to haul on this
i-outnu't as his own beams cannot
meet the demand.
Oapt. Mclntire has the contract
again this ysajt to haul the ore to the
Takiltna smelter and to haul the
matte to Grants Pass aud coke from
this oity to the smelter. He lirtB had
a force of men improving the mile of
road between the miues and the
smelter and this Friday he will put
two six-mule teams to hauling ore to
have the bins Oiled by the time the
smelter starts about the 10th of May.
So soon as the smelter starts be will
put on six or eight big teams, eaoh
hauling three wagons, taking oat coke
and bringing iu matte for shipment
to the refinery. Oapt. Mclntire also
has a number of other smaller freight
ing contracts and to do all his work
he will require a large naipber of ad
ditional teams, a part of whiob he
will purchase and hire the others.
Of the road between Grants Pass
and Takllma Capt. Mclntire states
that it is now in the best condition
that it has been in the Spring of any
year since he b'gan teaming over it.
The work that has been pat on it last
Summer and this Spring has been of
a permanent character and where bad
places have been fixed the road has
been pot in good shape for heavy
traffic. Tbe road though Is far from
being a modern highway. It has
many unnecessary heavy grades that
could be avoided, by a change of route
or by cutting down the hills.
Favors Accepting Government
Offer.
E. N. Provolt one of tbe most suc
cessful fanners in Applegate Valley,
and whose place is near Provolt post
office, was in Grants Pass Wedensday.
Mr. Provo'.t is a strong advocate of
the good roads movement in Josephine
county and ou that issue he has been
nominated foi commissioner on the
democratic ticket. Mr. Provolt re
cently made a trip to Talent in Jack
son county. lie traveled in his bug
gy so be had good opportunity to ob
serve the roads of that county. Jaok
son is one of of the few counties in
Oregon that is building modern roads
and doing the work with a road orew
under the foremauihip of a roadmaster
and expert, aud it was to thete roads
that Mr. Provolt paid particular no
tice. The road bewteen Talent and
Medford is oue of the Jackson county
roads that has been maoadamlzed and
though it is a part of the mala
thoroughfare through Rogue River
Valley and had heavy hauling over it
all Winter Mr. Provolt found It as
smooth as a paved street and in suoh
condition that a two-horse team could
chsiIv haul a two ton load over It It
was free from mud iu the Winter and
dost in the Summer and was an ideal
driveway for light rigs. The comfort
of driving over suoh a road and the
ease with which his team could travel
made Mr. Provolt a stranger advocate
thao ever of Josephine county adopting
the modern system of road building
snd of as fast as the finances of tbe
county will permit constructing sec
tion after section ol permanent Highway
Gf the offer of the government to
furnish the machiuerry and to have
an expert supervise tbe construction
of a half-mile of sample road for Jose
pme oountr snd 01 tne user 01 the
Southern Paoiflo to give free transpor
tation to the machinery and for the
rook for macadam Mr. Provolt
strongly favored the acceptance of the
offer. He thought the best aud most
needed section for this improvement
was the half mile of road from Rogue
river bridge at Grants Pass to tbe
forks of the Waldo and Williams stag
roads. As this is heavily traveled and
in a very bad condition and its im
provement would benefit Grants Pass
as well as the connty, he was of the
opinion that the city and the county
should jointly bear the expense of
providing the labor required.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
FOR GRANTS PASS
while
PRICES LOW
they are
SURE - ADVANCE
Organization Effected and Active
Promotion CrxmprMgri
Begins
Call and see me about some good
investments I now have.
m. L. IRELAND. "The Real Estate Man"
t Ground Floor Courier Bldg. Grants Pass, Obb. m
A second one of the meetings to 01
ganize a commercial club for Grants
Pass was held Monday eveniug at tbe
j City Hall. O. S. Bianchard acted as
, chairman aud R. S. Wilson as secre
Itary. A constitution aud by-laws
were adopted audr the membership fee
j flexd at $10 and tbe monthly dues at
' Thirty-five members were secured
and H. L. Gilkey, B. G. Smith and
j Geo. S. Calbonn ware appointed a
committee to secure additional mem -1
hers.
, Cio. a. Cult b on, uuauioaa of the
I Medford excursion committee, au-
nounced that the railroad company
had grai ted a rebate of 656 ou the
I charter of tbe train used, which
amount wss turned over to tbe club.
A committee of 10 was appointed
to attend the meeting in Ashland
Friday to organize the Rogue Klver
Development League, the commit
teemen being O. 8. Bianchard, Geo.
E. Good, H. L. Gilkey, R. L. Coe,
Geo. S. Calhouu, W. B. Sherman,
R. G. Smith. F. M. Sooth. H. C.Kio
ney, C. A. Dlokisou and R. S. Wilsou.
Tbe Club will meet again next Mon
day at the City Hall.
As we go to press It is learned that
, the San Franoisco disaster will not de
lay the Californi a and Oregon Coast
railway project more than a few days.
Ool. Draper wrtes his attorney that the
capital is turuleheu by Kastern riuan
clers and the work will be poshed
with, all possible apeed.
More New Wall Papers
More NewLlling Papers
heavy greons
and blues
5c to 75c Roll
Paste
Tacks
House Linings
Tents, Camp Furniiurc, (Jots
Now's the time, let us quote you.
Couches More new ones.
Go-Carts Another lot new patterns aud prices.
Carpets Closing out some remnants at great reduction.
Stoves and Ranges $.2Q to$so.oo.
New Glassware More like Cut Glass than anything
you ever saw. Popular prices.
The 10c Courter Is still doing a big business, the va
riety is far too large to specify, we name a few to give
you an inkling of the nnny good things to be had.
More New Dressers ah prices.
Quality First Lowest possible prices always and
money back il you are not satisfied, our maxmiutn, and
a house to tie to if you want satisfactory dealings.
Thomas & 0 Neill
Tat Largttt flmusfurniihisg Coactrn in Southern Orrgon. 7)