VOL. XXII. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906. No. 14. THE FRUIT GROWERS ADOPT CONSTITUTION Get Ready for Bueineee Hold Sea ion Thia Saturday to Arrange (or Purchase of Supplies. The adjourned meeting for perfection the organization of the Grants Pans Fruit Growers Union was held last Saturday afternoon iu the Cornier office. There waj a good attendance of fruit growers and the spirit of co . operation and of confidence in what a I anion can accomplish for its members gave the assurance that they were one set of farmers who could and woold - work together in harmony and would maintain an organization that would be of great financial gain to them selves and a strong factor in bringing a greater prosperity to Josephine cooaty. The meeting was called to ordei by the chairman, Fred D. Eisman. Prior to the regular business of the meeting a general discussion of the work of fruit growers unions was bad. Hod. A. H. Carsoni commissioner for the First District of the State Board of Horticulture, spoke on what unions had accomplished in putting the fruit industry on a paying basis at Hood River, Medford, Ashland and other places. To enforce the itate law and compel owners of diseased fruit trees to either clear the tress of pests or to cut them down was another work that a fruit growers onion in Jose phine county oould undertake. Mr. Carson thought the anion should rec ommend and secure the appointment by the oouoty court of a man who had the knowledge, the tact and the energy to execute the duties of fruit inspector. Then to make it possible to fully enforce tbs law the union .should strongly back the inspector and eduoate popular opinion to secure con victions by juries in the county should obstinate violators of the law be brought up for punishment. Mr. Carson stated that for this year he could not join the union as he was now the only one who had grapes to market and preferred to handle them himself. Copies of ' the constitutions and tales and regulations of both the Hood River Fruit Growers Union and of the Rogue River Fruit Growers Union of Medford had been secured and each were read by Secretary Meserve. In the discussion that followed of the obligations that these rules imposed on the members Henry Ruch, manager of the H. B. Miller orchard, stated that be could not sanction the rale that compelled members to market their fruit through the uuion. For this year he had arrangements made with dealers in China to handle his crop and therefore would not join the 4kv ViVsVsVaViV'sV'sV'sVft 1 1 Sell siWsViViVsVsViVsVsyiViVsViWsVsV NOTICE Miners and Hill Men ! If you are going to need any machinery in the line of Hydraulic Machinery and Air Compressors Steam Power Plants Light and Heavy Saw Mill and Transmission Machinery Edwards' Friction Log Turner Cleveland "Sweet Temper" Machine Knives Hamilton Machine Tools DROP ME A POSTAL stating W. L. IRELAND, Courier Building fc Grants Pass, Oregon. anion. Ail the other fruit growers sanotionnd this rale for without it designing dealers would break up the union by bidding up member's fruit and then when the union was wrecked proceed to pay the hapless growers 79 cents a box for fine Spitzenbergs .as was the hard experiences of an Ap plegate orchardist last year, who made a shipment that had the fruit been handled by a uuion would have netted him $2 or more a box. Every grower present had a hard luck story to tell of the way they had lost on their fruit through the greed or dishonesty of the middlemen. The adoption of a constitution was then taken op and the best features of the constitutions of the Hood River and Medford anions were embodied in the constitution for the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union, which ii pub lished herewith in full. The rules governing picking, grading and pack ing of fruit, the sale to members of supplies, etc, will be deferred to future meeting pending thorough consideration of the matter and a comparison of the roles of other unions. ' The membership roll was then signed ap by Eismann Bros., J. H. Robinson, R. A.. N. ' Reymers, K. M. Robinson, J. T. Morrison, E. Erickson, C. H. Sampson, H. C. Bobzieo, J. H. Colby, E. N. Provolt, O. O. Lund and C. F. Lovelace. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: President, Fred D. Eisman ; vice-president, R. M. Robinson ; secretary, Charles Me serve ; directors, three years term. Fredrick D. Eismann, R. M. Robinson, R. A. N. Reymers; two years term, J. H. Robinson, Chris Eismann, E. Erickson one year term, H. C. Bob aien, J. T. Morrison, J. H. Colby. The election of treasurer was deferred until the next meeting and President Eismann was authorized to arrange with one of the banks of Graots Pass to act as oostodian of the funds of the anion and to have a person of the bank fill the position of treasurer. J. A. Perry, manager of the Rogue River Fruit Growers Union, having been invited to attend this meeting was unable to do so and sent a letter stating that be could not come to Grants Pass by reason of an important meeting of. the Medford union. Manager Perry was again invited to meet with, this Union at its next meeting for the purpose of taking op with him the proposition of the two Unions jointly purchasing boxes, paper and nails needed by the mem bers of the two organizations. On the request of President Eisn.anu all members of this Union are to bring a statement to the next meeting giving an estimate of the number of boxes of fruit that they will have to market so that an .estimate can be made as to the amount of boxes, paper and nails that the union will be required to purchase, and also that Real Estate AND Rent Houses W. L. IRELAND, T5he Real Estate Man. Ground Floor, Courier Bldg. Grants Pass, - Oregon. your wants and I will save you money COPPER MINE INVESTORS VISIT GRANTS PASS Blue Ledge Beintf Thoroughly De veloped and a Smelter la Cer tain to Be Erected. Dr. J. F. Reddy and Fred Perry, the well known mining men of Med ford and Jacksonville arrived in Grants Pass Monday evening to meet a promiennt Spokane mining niau. Tbuesday morning the three left by private conveyance for Crescent City on a copper mine deal, that if oon- sumated will mean much to Southern Oregon. Dr. Reddy stated to a Courier repre sentative that development work was being pushed on the Blue Ledge oop- per claims by Superintendent Car nahan with a force of 100 men. Both tunneliug and drilling is being car ried on, 'a large compressor and power drills being ased in the former work and a diamond drill In the lat ter. ine most tnorougn work ever done in Southern Oregon is being done on the Blue Ledge claims and when this development is done a very comprehensive idea will be bad of the extent and value of the ore body. There is every reason to believe, so Dr. Reddy states, that the New Tork company now owning the Blue Iiedge will erect a smelter on that property within the next year. So well is the mine showing op that it is quite probable that the oompany will begin this Fall on the construction of a railroad to Blue Ledge on which to take In the smelter plant and to afford transportation for the matte and coke. As to whether the road would go in from Jacksonville or go up the Apple gate from Grants Pass. Each route has advantages and the road will likely be built from the town offering the best advaptages and inducements. The Opp mine, in which Dr. Reddy and Mr. Perry were owueis at the time it was equipped with a 10-stamp electio power mill is now running steadily and the New Tork people, who now own it are well satisfied with their investment. The mill has been inoreased to 20 stamps and the mine is now one of the biggeBt gold prodaoers In Southern Oregon. County Court Hold a Shoit Session. County court convened Thursday and Judge Stephen Jewell and Com missioner M. A. Wertz took their seats. Judge J. O. Booth, the retir ing county judge was not present, he being out of the city on business, he having gone oat of office the pre vious Monday when Judge Jewell took the office. The retiring commis sioner, O. F. Lovelace, was present to greet his successor. The first busi ness done was to pass on the bonds of Clerk S. F. Cheshire, Sheriff J. W. Russell, Surveyor D. J. Law too, Coro ner Dr. T. E. Beard and Treasurer J. T. Taylor. Tiie bonds were all approved and then the court took up the auditing of the usual grist of bills against the coanty and there was little else of business on Clerk Cheshire's docket to demand the attention of the court so it will probably adjourn this Friday evening. an estimate of county can be the fruit orop in this given to buyers who place a bid with the may desire to Union. Ibe meeting adjourned to Saturday, July 7, at 1 :80 p. m. Tbe following is the constitution and by-laws of tbe Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union : ARTICLE I. Section 1. The name of this organ ization shall be the Grants Pas Fruit Growers Union. ARTICLE II. . Section 1. The object of this anion shall be to promote the fruit industry of tbe Rogue River Valley, and to secure to the fruit growers of said valley, all the advantages possible to their Industry ; to establish and main tain a uniform standard of picking, drying, grading and packing of dried and green fruits, and of other farm produots; to advertise and increase the demand for Rogue River Valley farm products, and to buy, sell and handle tbe earns j to purchase such supplies and materials as tbe members of this Union may require to carry on their business and to lease or purchase real estate, rent or build warehouses (Conanued on Page Two. SPECIAL TRAIN TO ASHLAND JULY 17 One Fare for the Trip Matting of Rosjue River Develop ment League. Dr C. R. Ray, the tyee booster of Southern Oregon and the president of the Rogue River Valley Development League, arrived in Grants Pass Mon day evening from Gold Ray. The Doctor came pwn to see what bad become of this end of the boosters ex cursion to Ashland on Development League Day at the Chautauqua assem bly and finding nothing done and the time all but op in which to make the guarantee to the Southern Paciflo of the required number of tickets in or der to secure the one-fare for the round trip he took op the work him self of securing sufficient pledges from those who woold go to insure securing the extra low fare. Though Tuesday was the hottest day of this season and the doctor is stoat of baild yet he put in the entire day as a commit tee of one, for be could get no one to help him. In presenting the exoarsion question fend the features of the De velopment League meeting to the business men of this city. He was entirely suooessfal and secured such co-operation as to insure big at tendance from Grants Pass to the De velopment League convention which will meet In Ashland on July 17. The special train will leave Grants Pass at 8:80 a. ni. aud reach Ashland by 210:30. Stops will be made at Woodville, Gold Hill, Gold Ray, Tolo. Central Point, Medford, Phoenix and Talent, and it is expected that 600 or more persons will make the trip, of which fully 250 will be from Grants Pass. The forenoon in Ash land will be devoted to the regular Chautauqaa program, and at noon a states reunion will be held in the Cbautauqoa Park on Ashland oreek. A basket dinner will be the feature and those from each state will eat together and make merry. In the afternoon the Development League meeting will be held in the Chautau qua auditorium. Addresses win oe made by Tom ' Richardson manager of the Portland Commercial Club, Jadge Cnk of Portland, Colonel Hofer of Salem, President Campbell of the State University at Eugene and other prominent speakers. Musical features of a high order will be inter spersed in the program. The evening will be devoted to the regular Chau tauqua program. The special train will leave Ashland at 10:80 p.m. By having an entire day and even ing in Ashland it will give the visit ors ample time to sue that handsome city and to visit the Normal school, the fine orchards and other points of interest as well as to attend the De velopment League convention and the Chautauqaa assembly. MEDFORD ORCHARDS NOT UP TO HOOD RIVER Chris Eismann Visits Jackson County and Find Fruit Pros pects Fine. Acreage Large. Christopher Eismann, of Eismann Bros., thej-hampjon apple growers of Josepliiue cuuuty audauioug the largest orcbardists of Rogue River Valley, returned Wednesday evening from Medford where he had been for a couple of days on au inspection trip of the big orchards of that vicinity, To a Courier representative Mr Eismann stated that be found the fruit prospect about Medford to be first' class. A to the care of their trees by the big orcbardists of Jackson oounty Kr Eismann stated that tbey hardly equalled the Hoood River growers in thoroughness. As a rale he found that they did not prune as closelynor thin as largely and carefully as nas been done to produce the famous Hood River apple. The ; spraying tnougn had been well done aud the crop would be free from pests or defects. Mr. Eismann is a director.in the recently orgaoized Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union and while In Mediord be called on Manager J. A. Perry of the Rogue River Fruit Growers Union, who gave him moobvaluable information on the detail workings of the union. Manager Perry stated that the market outlook was very en couraging and that he had received many inquiries .from the big Eastern and English buyers aud be believes that good prices would be realised this Fall for strictly high grade fruit. Mr. Eismann has worked at the fruit business since bis boyhood days and when 18 years old he was made a fore man by J. A. Whitman, a big fruit buyer of Medford, aud has had charge of a big packing crew that packed apples and pears in the var ious large orchards in Southern Ore gon. Mr. Eismann ban made several trips to Hood River, as has also his brother Fredrick D. Eismann, who Is president of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union, to study the methods that have enabled tbe Hood River growers to get 13 to $3 per box for their apples while the Josephine county growers were able to realize but 60 cents to 11.60 a box for their apples. Mr. Eismann is also a close student of all work on horticul ture and puts in all his spare time reading. As the best all around work and what is really a textbook on Oregon fruit raising. Mr. Eisman woold recommend the report of tbe Oregon State Board of Horticulture to the orobardittM of Josephine county. Mr. Eismann is confident that there is no single book pablisbed that is so oomlete a guide to the Oregon farmer who is striving to grow fruit that will sell at profitable prices as is the report of the State Board. GRANTS PASS THE BIG STAGE LINE CENTER More Stages Thavn Any Other Oregon Town Many Are Concord Type. While the day of the stage coach with its romance and its hardships to the traveling public is rapidly pass ing on the Paciflo Coast, yet Grants Pass remains an important stage oenter, and It is probabe that more stages arrive and depart eaob day than from any other town in Oregon over the three lines that terminate here. The stages operated oat from Grants Pass are of the best, most of them being tbe famous Conoord, type wblob is used altogether on the line to Cres oent City. Tbe Granite Hill line has very easy riding coaches. The Will- iams-Applegate line baa oome oat with a new stage that is both nobby and well adapted to the , large trafflo that is had in that route. The new stage was put in commission Monday and its wbite canvass top aud yellow running gears make quite a color contrast. Ed Herriott, the owner and the driver on this route is giving a first-class service and is building op a fine business. With July 1st a new schedule went into effect on this route and now the stage lays over night in Williams instead or urants rass. The staire now leaves Williams each morning and arrives in Grants Pass by 11 a. m. and leaves on the return to Williams at 2 p. in f Or. SSSSSStts gffiilf the Extraordinary Values we more such values in Chairs. Sanitary and healthful; no disease germs or dirt can lodge in our Beds; a fine line of colorings, smooth and hard as marble. Another lot of GO-CARTS just in. More of those uew style Mattresses have arrived Look our stock over when shopping this week. Thomas & 0 Ncill The IlousefurnishersJ BIG STEAMERS CARRY APPLES TO EUROPE New Line of Refrigerator Vessel From New York to London Adve.nte.ge to Growers. The members of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union will be in terested in the subjoined dispatch that appeared in the Portland" Journal Wednesday. That the fruit exporting trade has grown to such proportions as to make full cargoes for large steamers especially fitted with re frigerator compartments is one of the developments of traus-Atlantio com merce. The inauguration of this fast steamer line will help the fruit growers of Rogue River Valley for the principal market for the fancy Newtowns and Spltzenberg apples grown here is in London, Liverpool and Paris. These apples are sent from Grants Pass and other Rogue River shipping poiuts in oar load lots direct to Mew York Jfor foreign ship ment!, but the time is not distant when fruit by the train load will be sent oat of this Valley. The following is the dispatch above mentioned i New York.' July 4. The fint steamship service aver operated ex clusively for the exportation of American apples is now being ar ranged for by Harry M. Isaao of a firm of fro it importers of London. The ships will ply between Boston and Lon don. Formerly it hat been the cus tom to ship the apples on large freight ships, but the business has grown so as to support a line of steamers. Isaao, who is in Mew xori, says the exportation of apple will be greatly expedited by the new service aud that much fruit will be marketed to a better advantage abroad. Tbe seamers will salt every fort night and will have a capaolt? of 20,000 barrels. The total exports of pples last season from all ports was !i, 41 1,473 barrels. No July tVrm of Circuit Court. Monday is the day for the July term of circuit court to convene, but thers is so little on the docket that Judge H. K. Hanna has decided not to hold a session. There is but one prisoner in, tbe jail, Smith the cloth ing store pilfer.' and it is cheaper for the oounty""to bonrd him uutifihe September term than to be to the ex pense of a jury summoned just for his case. So to save expense on the tax payers Judge Hanua will let Smith do a little sweating and repenting during thtjse hot Summer days. Mrs. Hanna left last week to spend the Sumner with their daughter and son in Oakland, Cal., and the Judge, accompanied by his son, Herbert, will leave next week for Cinnabar Springs to spend a. month at that famous re sort in the Siskiyou mountains. i, and Rockers ARM ROCKERS rodded stroug and durable; worth $3 50, for ... . $2 Many took advantage of such prices last week. We want more people to see are offering We have a dozen HOT WEATHER are our guaranteed years BEDS for 10 Iron Beds BRASS, up to !"p?:?!.$38 V