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VOL. XXII.
GRAFTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1906.
No. 16.
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ROGUE RIVER ORCHARDS
TO EQUAL HOOD RIVER
Fruit Growers Meeting to Be Held
: to Te.ch Beat Method of '
R-aiaing Fruit. .
Arrangement have been oouipleted
bv the Grants Pass Fruit Grower!
Union with Dr. James Witbveonibe,
director of the State Agricultural Col
lege, for holding a eerie of six
farmers institutes and fruit growers
meetinss in Josephine county tbe first
"week in September. The itinerary
will be as follows: Grants Pass,
Monday, September 8; Provolt, Tues
day, September 4 ; Murphy, Wednes
day, September 6; Wilderville, Thrrs
day, September 6 ; Lee School House,
Friday, September 7; Merlin Sator
day, September 8. At the meeting of
ttrt Fruit Growers Union this Satur
day a committee will be appointed
for each of the above places to bare
charge of securing balls and attend
ing to other details pertaining to tbe
institutes. It is tho plan to have at
the places where there are no hotels
to supply accommodations picnic din.
oers and a social noou hoar. This
will enable many farmers to attend
from distance who would be nnable
to go to their borne for dinner. Then
the noon time can be made a pleasant
"jocial time to all present and the
farmers can talk over the points made
in the discussions and also ask snob
questions as they may desire of those
taking part in the exercises.
Dr. Withycombe writes Secretary
Meserve of the Fruit Growers Union
that tbe College will be represented
by himself, Prof. A. B. Cordley and
Prof. O. I. Lewis and he will also
have E. H. Shephard and A. J. Mason
of Hood River to take part in the
institute. In the program for these
meeting Dr. Withyoombe will speak
ou the growth of the fruit market
keeping pace with increase in pro
duction of fruit and be will sbow that
though Rogue River Valley was one
great orchard yet such is tbe growing
demand for tbe best grades of fruit
each - a thil - Valley produces' in the
East in Europe, in Alaska tbe Orient
and other parts of the world that tbe
farmers will 'always get a good price
for their fruit. Fruit pests are the
most formidable obstacle that the
farmer ha to contend with to make
his orchard profitable. Prof. Cordley
tbe entomologist at tbe Agricultural
College f id who ia credited 'by tbe
Agricultural Department with being
one of tbe best posted men in bis line
of work in the United States, will tell
the farmer bow to recognize the var
ious pest and how to eradicate them
and how to guard against them. In
response to tbe request of the various
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Hydraulic Machinery and Air Compressors
Steam Power Plants
Light and Ilea vy Saw Mill and
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Cleveland "Sweet Temper". Machine Knives
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by selling to you at jobber's prices.
W. L. IRELAND,
Courier Building Grants Pass, Oregon.
fruitgrower union of the state and
of the Horticultural Society and of
the State Board of Horticulture tbe
board of Regent of tbe State Agri
cultural 'College have added tbe
chair of horticulture to the College
staff.. To . fill this very important
position ' tbey secured Prof. O. L
Lewi one of the best posted men on
practical orchard work in tbe United
States.. 'Prof. Lewis will be one of
the speakers, at these institutes and
will give tabUuitions ' on' soil, tree,
plantings cultivation ana pruning
that will be of great value to all who
are or intend to go into fruit raising.
Hood River has earned the reputa
tion of having the most expert fruit
raiser in the world and this claim ia
made good br the fact that in toother
section of the United Statea flo they
receive such high prices for apples,
pear . and strawberries as is bad by
the grower of that famou valley.
Tbe Hood River Frait Growers Union
ha been the chief factor in making
possible these almost fabulous prioe
that are bad for Hood River fruit.
Tbe manager of this, the most suc
cessful union on the Paoiflo Coast, E.
h. Shephard will be present and tell
the member of the Grants Pas Fruit
Growers Union how bis union carries
on it work, and how tbey secure tbe
big price for tbeir fruit. In prun
ing, thinning and the other work of
growing? fruit the Hood River or
chardUtsT .' are ' the , acknowledged
leaders in Oregon and A. J.Mason,
one of their most expert froit raiser,
will give practical talk at the
institute that will be worth 910 to
each orchardist present.
Those attending these institutes
will be expected to ask questions
freely on points that interest them
and whioh may not be fully explained
by tbe speaker in tbeir addresses.
A question box will be provided and
tabs of paper distributed on which
tbe questions will be written and then
deposited n the box. During the last
hour of tbe i meeting the box will be
opened and tho questions auswered
and discussed.
In November it is expected to hold
another series of farmers institutes at
which dairying, fine stock and general
farming- will be tbe leading questions
divussefl?'' Tneen institutes will be
held at Kerby. Williams and the other
stock and dairy sections of the county.
S. P. NO. 16 WAS
A HOODOO TRAIN
Passengetrs Were Landed in Port
land Safely but Out of
Humor.
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lrain .No. 16, on the Southern
Paoiflo, wbioh left San Francisoo on
Frday, the 13th day of July, arrived
in Portland Sunday afternoon, eight
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Ground Floor, Courier Bldg.
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SOUTHERN OREGON
HOSPITAL NOTES
Not v PcUlent Has Died and Every
One Well Pleased With,
Its Servece.
Affairs at the Southern Oregon
General Hospital are moving along at
an even tenor with the number of
patients up to the average. So sue
cessful has been this hospital that
thoogb it has been in operation six
month and it roll ba numbered
some very grave "surgical operation
and some seriously sick pateiuts yit
not a death has taken oil one of the
large number of persous treated in it
This fine record is due quite a much
to the excellent care given patient
and the perfect sanitary conditions
maintained, as to the high clans of
medical and surgical skill employed.
Tbe patronage of the hospital is
steadily increasing, and it list of
patients embrace persons from all
sections of Southern Oregon and
Northern California.
Of the patient qow in the Hospital
all will be ont within 10 day. Mrs.
J. F. Sargent, who wa operated on
three week ago for appendioitis and
for tbe removal of an abdominal
tumor, is regaining her strength at a
remarkable rate considering the
gravity of tbe operation wbioh was
the most complex ever performed in
Josephine county and it is a compli
ment to the skill of Dr. Loughridge,
who had charge of the case. A re
markable feature of this csae was that
wben tbe appendix wa removed it
was fouud to contain a hog' bristle
fully a quarter of an inch in length.
Ibat it bad been in the position
where found for some time was in
dicated by tbe fact that it was encas
ed in a hard substance of a mineral
natnre that bad been deposited by
tbe system.
Milton Beiuburger who was operat
ed on three weeks ago for appendicita
is now able to be about tbe street
and expects to leave for Smith River
in Del Norte county, wbere be is de
veloping a copper claim. v ,
Mrs. Mary Mo"arty will be able iu
a week or 10 days to return to her
home in Myrtle Creek iu Douglas
county. Mrs. McCarty bad cataracts
on her eye -'and six weeks ago Dr.
Findley removed that from one and
two week ago be removed the
growth from the other eye. Though
she is well along in year yet o suc
cessful was the operation that she
will fully regain her sight, which at
tbe time she came to the hospital was
so far gone that Bhe was practically
blind.
Mrs. A. L. Randle who was operat
ed on last Toosday by Dr. Loughridge
for appendicitis is recovering very
rapidly and will be able to return to
her Home ac the Columbia mine cu
Grave Creek within a week or so.
James Barnett who has been under
treatment for acute heart trouble will
be able to be out of the hospital with
in a few days.
A change in housekeeper at the
hospital will take place Monday when
Miss EuDioe Plinily will return from
her borne at Granite Hill, whew she
ha been for the past month, and re
sume her former position, relieving
Miss Maud Belnap who will return to
ber borne at Granite Hill.
hours late. It killed a man daring
the trip, was delayed bv a wreck t
Clawson, had a bead on collision at
Wilbur, when both eoirines were nnfc
out of commission, aod was delayed
again at Junction by the breaking of a
drivius rod. which
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theengines.
The first bad luck encountered was
at Cole. CaL. whnn - ....... n. i
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on the track was run down and
Kruuuu io aiqms. f ollowing this. No.
16 wa delayed by the wreck in the
Siskiyon Mountains, where two men
i.u uoou uiea oy a train getting
beyond control of the engineer
auuiuw awn wa made, and while
the train was running .
speed it crashed into a light engine
" . , - "" "iu near Wilbur.
Botb engines on the passenger train
were damaged to such an extent that
Jbtr looomoti had to be secured.
with a fresh engine and a tired
lot of passengers No. 18 wa soon on
it wav airain inlnn .i .
time. VVhile running at a high rate
ftf 111001 tha VJiH
r- t . " uig roa on tne left
hand side of th , l- .-j
did so much damage that still another
w.Vu. ui iu oe seoorea to bring tbe
train into Portland Th. u.j
- midiubu uau
a narrow escape from death.
nun m u-am nnany arrived at its
destination late Sunday afternoon
tber wasnt a good natared passenger
aboard, but all wtre mighty glad to
get to Portland at last
FREIGHT TRAIN RUNS
DOWN MOUNTAIN GRADE
Piles Vp in Terrible W reek-Kills
Part of Crew and Infures
the Others.
Locomotive Engineer Robert Steiger
and Brakenian O. D. Lookerman are
dead and tBrakemaa Sam Wylie was
severely injured as tbe result of the
wild runaway, derailment and wreck
of SoutbTrn "Paoflcfreighttraln Ao.
222, a few minutes after noon ou Sat
urday, On the north side of tbe Siski
yons, just tenth of Ashland. The
wreck ia the most disastroos in the
history of railroading on tbe Siski
yous. The other members of the train
orew, who were Conductor Louis
Hilty, Fireman Galbraith and Brake
man Ranse Morris, were more fortu
nate than tbeir companions and "came
through the frightful experienoe
without injury. Two hobo riding
between car behind tbe locomotive
had every stitch of clothing torn from
their bodies bnt were otherwise unin
jured. Tbe train, drawn by one of the new
big mountain clldibers, aod compris
ing 17 cars wa piled into an inde
scribable mas of wreckage at the eaat
end of tbe siding at Clawson, ' five
miles south of AshlanJ.
Lookermin, the head brakeman, was
picked np more dead than alive under
a mas of tbe wreckage of tbe first
four car which were jammed Into
the space of one. Wylie wa pitched
off further back on the train. Fire
man Galbraith had crawled out of tbe
engine cab on top of the car to try to
help et the end brakes, bat nnble to
hold his feet in the whirlwind of the
onruBhing train crawled back to tbe
cab. The next thing he knew he was
pitched somehow through the engine
cab window, and got only at scratch.
Conductor Louis Hilty from hi sta
tion in the caboose had also climbed
on top tbe train to lend hi help at
the brakes and with the rear brake
man Ranse Morris was on the last
fonr oars of tbe train which were not
upturned, when the derailment came.
Quickly as possible the injured men
were removed from the wreckage and
taken to Asbland on a section car,
Conduotor Hilty of the wrecked runa
way train, coming down the track
ahead of them to flag the first section
of passenger train No. 15 which he
met two miles out of Ashland.
In the wreck, Steiger, wlio Btu'lTTo
his post, was pinned beneath the en
gine by the right leg in such a way
that he was terribly scalded before be
oonld be extricated. As the doctors
worked with him, he was heard to
murmur. " Let go boys, I'm all scald
ed." Tbe doctors gave him a hypo
dermic injection of morphine which
teuded to ease bis pain.
Brakeman Lockenuin's injuries
consisted of severe lacerations about
the head aod body, the skull being
duelled behind the left ear. He was
conscious wben brought to Ashland
aud was gritty to the eud. A soon
as the physicians bad dressed his in
juries, be was borne to the rooms of
his sister in the Imperial Flats, where
death soon relieved l bim of his suffer
ings. BrakeiLan Wylie is suffering
from tbe effect of a broken arm and
several cuts about the face.
As soon as the Injuries of the
wounded men coal 4 be carefully
drefsed a special train which wa to
take them to the hospital at Portland
wa made ready and started ont with
Wylie and Steiger at about 6 p. m.
Just before reaching Rosebnrg at
about 7 :30 death relieved Steiger from
his agony. He leaves a wife and
young baby iu Dunsmuir besides a
host of friends among whom he was
always very popular.
The Southern Paoiflo has always
been very fortunate in its experience
in moving trains on the steep grade
of tbe Siaiyoa Mouutain. and have
bad very few accident. Not a little
of the credit for this I due to tbe
ooolheadednea . and bravery of the
men who manage tbeir freight and
passenger train with hundreds of
live daily.
Saturday' occurrence was no exoep.
tion to tbe rule, and the engine and
craw of freight No. 223 all faced death
in a wild ride down the north side of
the mountain. They endeavored, un
til the train no longer held the rails,
to atop it tremendous and furious
rush towards Ashland, and "all went
down in the wreck.
Speculation 1 wide a to wbat
would have happened if, Instead J,uf
being ditched at Clawson, tbs runa
way train had continued on and
smashed into tbs two Motion of the
southbound train No. 15, which was
just starting from Ashland, loadel
with passenger.
A head-on collision between a light
freight engine and north-bound pass
enger No. 15 occurred at tbe north
limit of the Wilbnr Station yards
after 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
Both engineer were slightly bruised
and the engines were put out of com
mission. An etxra sooth-bound freight, in
charge of Conductor Reid and Engi
neer Mills, was given a time order to
reach Wilbur ahead of the delayed
first section of passenger train No. 16,
northbound, and this train, which
had the right of way, wa given an
order to wait at Wilbur until d3 :05 a.
m. for the freght, a tbeir time, wa
np and there is no telegraph station
at Wilbnr, Conductor Kingsley gave
tbe out-of-town signal and tbe train
pulled out. Meanwhile tbe freight
bad been laboring hard to make this
point, and finding that he wonld be
nnable to do so iu time, the ' engineer
ont off tbe engine and hurried to bold
the passenger nntil he oonld make
Wilbnr with tbe freight. As the en
gine rounded a curve going into Wil
bur the passenger and light engine
met. Engineer James Wagonblast of
engine No. 8194, the lead or helper
engine of the passenger, and Engi
neer Mill, of freight engine No.
2085, were badly braised.
TAKILMA SMELTER
STARTS SEPTEMBER 1
Capt Mclnttr Will Begin Hauling
Coke August 20 With Big
Force of Teams.
Through one of those alips that oc
cur in newspaper offioea despite the
best of efforts the Courier lait week
stated that the Takilma smelter would
tart up August 1st and that Capt.
Mclntire wonld start hi team haul
iug ooke on July 20tb. The fact la
that the time for the starting of the
smelter and hauling of ooke la to be
on September 1st and Augnst 20.
Capt,. Mclntire has all hi team and
a large number of hired teams hauling
supplies from tbe railroad to Klamath
Fall for tbe big Urination ystem
that the government is putting in
Klamath ooouty. He will have bis
teams all back in Grants Pat by the
20th of August when a large consign
ment of coke will arrive by tbe
Southern Pacific and then he will
pot all the teams to hauling that ha
can secure. As to how long the
smelter will run that I not given
out by the management but from the
extensive development that has been
done since last f all it Is possible that
it will be run all Winter, an extra
supply of coke being hauled in this
Fall.
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Beautiful patterns, Oil Finish,
neat turaed spindle work or band
sawed, all complete $2.20 up to
$3.00. 2 ft 8 in x 6 ft 8 in.
CANVAS HAMMOCKS-good
for 1000 lbs.
Camp Goods, all kinds.
Thomas
The Housefurnishers.
APPLES $8.00 A BOX
IN NEW 0RK
Price PeUd Tot Fancy - Oregon.
Apples by Millionaires Com
pliment by Big Railroader.
Jame J. HID, at tbe head of the
Great Northern, and the Norther
Pacific railroad and allied line and
who (hare .with E. H. Harriniaa,
bead of the Southern Pacific and
allied lines, In being one of the two
biggest railroad men n th world,
was in Portland last' week and iu ait
interview given iu Oregonian be told
of the vast railroad building that his
oompany ba in hand that directly
and indirectly affect for the better
tbe development of the varied re
son roes of Oregon. In speaking of tbe
fruit industry of Oregon the develop
ment of wbioh be think has bat be
gun the great 1 railroader paid a very
high compliment to tbe apple raised
here. Of the almost fabulous prioe
that the etxra fancy pack bring la
New York and of their quality fully
justifying thil prjoe Mr. Hill said tbe
following s .;; ,
"I know you raise frait here, be
cause I have paid $3 a box for Oregon
apples in New York. When Califo
4i ia orauge were selling for H m
box, Oregon; apple came at the prioe
of jost two j California erange boxes.
Whenever we wanted apple In New
York, the Oregon brand always
seemed the best. I have sent them te
Europe to .friends on several occa
sions."
And it Is a faot that Rogue Rive
aud Hood River are tbe only two mo
tions of Oregon that can grow these
8 apple that are sought after for tbs
tables of the New York millionaires.
Josephine county, owing to it in
difference and lack method ha here
tofore raised few apple that woolA -
grade a fancy jwok and still fewer
that would go In tbe 8 class. Tha
oil andjthe olimate are here and now
that a fruit , grower anion ba bees
formed to teach the farmeis how te
grow good fruit and tben get for tlirna
the top market price for their ap
ples, pears, peach, grapes and other,
fruit in which this Valley exuelli,
the orchard will rival the gold mines
a wealth producer.
Prof. A. E. Harrison, prlnolpal of
the High SafcoeL, arrived baokfrom
Albla, Iowa, wbere lie ba been since
school closed to'" May. Before return
ing to his former home Prof. Hariisoa
bought a 11 lie, i acre tract on Iowa
avenue and contracted for the ereotloai
of a handsmpe ' cottage. Tbe bouse Is
now completed i and will be ocoupled
by the Professor aud his parent, Mr.
aud Mr. T. H. Harrison, who corns
to Grauts Pas from Albla, Iowa, te
make, this oity their home.
5St3 THE GREATKST
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WHY?
Because it has 8 walls,
saves ice and has a
dry circulation of air
not cheap but the very
best at ft reasonable
price, ball;? and boo
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