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) s to" ' Mi VOL. XXII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1906. No. 38. CLARK MAY BUILD 0 ROAD INTO OREGON Would Open Vp a. Section Rich in Timber e-nd Other Resource. , k press dispatch from Washington, ; under , date of - December 1, says: "Oulooel Hofer, representing tlie 3 yVillamette valley' interests, Peter j. IIjoggie of Coos bay and Senator Ful , ton of Oregon have had an extended m, conference with Sentor W. A. Clark of Montana, whom the Oregon men wish to have extended his railway , system into Oregon, k "A branch of Clark' Utah and Ne I fada system of railroads is now com pleted to within a comparatively short distance of Goldfleld, Nevada, and it was represented to Clark that this branch con Id be rxtended into Oregon to reach Klamath Falls and the center of the proposed Klamath irri gation district by practicable route of a boot 100 miles in length, and an additional 100 miles of construction would take the road to Coos bay. "The Oregon men showed Senator Clark maps and famished him with . statements of the products of the ' country which the desired extensions , Cld reach and which the senator laid were surprising and gratifying. Be was particularly interested in ' statistics of the timber resources of the region proposed to ba tapped by the extension, the demand for this product in Nevada mines beiug at the present time enormous. "Senator Clark promised he wonld -' have experts examine the country and the routes suggested, aud received an 0 argent invitation to visit Oregon per sonally to look into the situation. Clark was interested in the route from Yaquina bay to the Mount Jefferson country through antiam pass, operated by the Hammond ratt le way line, which is now for sale, and a iked many questions concerning it." AAPPLECROPOFTHE . UNITED STATES No Danger of the Market Ever Be ing Glutted With Good Fruit. The apple crop of the United States this season is 36,000,000 barrels against 23,000,000 laet year aud a trifle ver 40,000,000 each of the two years before. The immensity of the figures ihows that Oregon, with all her .tdapted soils in apple-bearing, would Dot, great as would be the aggregate, nave appreciable effect in the way of '. over-production. In any event, were the world's apple stocks over abundant the Oregou apples will sell, and they will go at the best price, for they are sought by those ble to pay fancy figures. found the way to the ti Tney have tables of the New York and the Loudon rich , aud the question of the cost does not A figure. Hood Kiver apples at 13 a box and more this season, with Rogue River apples selling almost equally well, afford proof that the world p knows where the fancy apples are aud ,' i is going to have them regardless of prioe. It is an opportunity that Oregon lifght not to fail to rifle to. The lands J vie here, so is the climate, aud liood J-YVer has led the way to an open and '"r'ns market. All that remains I Sell 13 ssm Ground Floor, Courier we bave, and intelligence to be ap plied in those we are yet to plant. It has been repeatedly established that spraying will reduce the loss from codlin moth to five per cent or less, and that San Jose scale and other diseases are asilv controlled. It is a fixed fact that apple lands are worth from $100 an acre and upwards and' that they will pay handsome returns on that invetsmeut in addition to the labor and expense of culture. All these fortuitous conditions open up Visibilities in the apple field to which there could be a seqnel in advancing lands and hustling industry of which we" do not dream. If only they of the over crowded bast kuew what Oregou offers them in orcharding, thousands of them would be quick to accept the challenge and come to the golden West. Portland Journal. A COLT SHOW THAT ' PLEASED HORSEMEN Half-breed Percheron Colt. Five Months Old. That Is ex Win ner For Size. One of the interesitog features of the dairy and fine stock meeting in Grants Pass Thursday of last week was the colt exhibit made by E. N. Provolt, the well known stock raiser whose fine farm is on the Applegate near Provolt. Mr. Provolt brought in from his place two colts and the dam of the youngest one and had tbem on ex hibition at George Lewis' stable. The oldest colt was two years old and was half Shire, its dam being a small common mare aud its sire the fine Shire horse owned by C. O. Big'ow. It was the size of a common three year old and will make an animal that will readily sell for $200 or more. The younger colt though was a won der to the farmers who have only had experiene with just common horses, for though it was but five months old it was as tall as its dam and weighed almost as much. , The dam was a Cay use mare from Eastern Oregon and weighed less than 900 pounds, while the sire was the 2000 pound Percheron horse owned by the Grants Pass Breeders Association of which Mr. Provolt is a member. At the close of the fanners institute a large delegation visited the stable to see this practical demonstration ot the crossing of the big Percheron draft horse with a small, common mare. At the request of Mr. Provolt and other horsemeu present, E. T. Judd, the well known raiser of reg istered Percheron horses of Turner, Oregon, and who was one of the speakers at the institute, gave a highly instructive talk ou the nlative iu Tits of the colt and of the success that could be made in breeding small, common marts to the large draft horse. Mr. Jndd stated that it bad been demonstrated many times that the first cross between a 1000 pound mare and a 2000 pouud horse would be a horse weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds and worth 150 to f200, while the second cross vtould bring a horse of 1400 to ISiOO Bonds -end which I would readily sell at from 1200 to ! $250. Such colts as these are far more 1 profitable for the farmer to raise than jthe light wtight colts that develop j into horses that sell for but $75 to ' 4125 and which do not have the speed and action for fine drivers nor th,e 1 weiirht and strength to euable them to pull a heavy load. Placer and quartz locatiou notices. mine deeds, leases, etc.. at the Courier office. SBBB Real tstate SURETY BONDS. FIRE INSURANCE AND RENT HOUSES. W. L. IRELAND, C Real Estate Man. Building, Grants ass, Ore. gk DAIRY AND FINE STOCK "MEETING AT KERBY Attendance Larger Than at Any Previous Meetings. RegUterad Stock Being Bought. E. T. Judd of Turner, and William Sohulnierich, of Hillsboro, and Charles Meserve returned Sunday from Kerby, where they had on the preivous day held a farmers' , insti tute, dairying aud fine stock being the features of agricultural work taken up. Dr. James Withycouibe was to have been one of the speakers at this In stitute but at the close of the institute in Grants Pass be had to go direct to Corvallis as important work demanded bis presence at the Agricultural College. The attendance ' was very large for that sparcely tettled Valley, there being fully 73 farmers present as well as many of their wives. Sucker creek and Deer creek, the two principal dairy sections of Illinois Valley were well represented and there were farmers at the institute who bad oome as far as 18 miles. The first farmers institute held in Illinois Valley was two years ago and then there were but a score of farmers in attendance. A Beoond was held last Winter and though a big storm' was on and the streams so hign that many of tbem could not be forded, yet there was nearly double the attendance of farmers over the previous year. And the encouraging feature is that the attendance last Saturday was double that of last year. In the pioneer days Illinois Valley was noted fur its rich gold mines, the famous Sailor Diggings . and the Sucker creek and Althouse being among the richest mines on the Pa cifio Coast. The placers becoming largely worked out the population of the Valley greatly decreased and Waldo, which had become thriving town of more than 600 population, built at Sailor Diggings, went down to a mere stage stuf.oo with a small store, hotel aud stable. Kerby, once thriving town and county seat of Josephine county felt the loss of trade and became almost a dead town. The few remaining settlers in the Valley took up stock raising, a few continuing mining in a small way. The continued low price of beef for the last few years aud the prospect that the beef trnst would continue to hold the prico down caused the entile men of Illinois Vallev to turn their tteution to dairying. With the splendid natural advantages of th Valley supplemented by the work of the farmers institutes where Dr. Withy- combe and other eiperts in diirvinif gave the farmers instructions in how to maKti the milk cow more profitable than the beef animal, dairying has had a big growth iu the last two years iu the Illinois Valley. The funnels have begun to breed up their herds aud they now have many high grade aud registered cows mostly Jerseys. The most approved methods of hand ling the milk are being adopted and there are between 80 aud 40 separators iu the the Valley aud the number will be almost doubled this coming year. .Last June a creamery was put in on Sucker creek by George Mathow son and Carl Johns in, two farmers of that section. Owing to a series of reasons it was not well Datrouiznd. but the outlook is encouraging for the organization of a co-optratlve creamery company that will take over this creamery and secure to it the pat ronage of all the dairymen of the Valley. As there are nut cows enoogh in the Valley to warrant two cream eries it is likely that the present creamery will be removed to Kerby so as to be more centrally located. This matter is under consideration and if the business men of Kerby offer suffi cient inducements it is probable that the fnu'TifSivk.T crvek would consent to continue tln-ir ratronak.' to tbs creamery if Kerby. - it was removed to "In addition ti dairying tlw fanners of Illinois Valley ara taking up rain" ing draft hor.es aadjja't y'-arVcouT pany was formed and the purchase Uvvle of a fine Perch" rim Htttllinn at a cost of f0O. .StvrHl of the farmers have' brought in registered bi, representing a and a number thtaudarllbre!s of the herds i .( cat' are now heidd by rei.-ter.-J bulls or high grades, JeTsey, AyershiriShorl horu aud Herefords being the breeds mostly favored. Illinois Valley is a large section of country for it is about 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Through the center' of the Valley flows tie Illinois rivei', so named because the early set tlers were largely from Illinois, which with a , network of creek and small streams makes it a well watered sec tion. Along eauh of the streams is flue land easily irrigated that produces three to four crops of alfalfa. At the suggestion ot Dr. Withyoombe vetch was given a trial, the first being sown two years ago. Now it is said every farmer has a field of vetch sown this Fall. As the vetch can be grown ou hind too dry for alfalfa its cultivation will more than double the feed sup ply of the Valley for cattle and horses. In feeding value it is the richest in proetin of any forage plant, it having 3 to 4 per cent more proetin than alfalfa. Under Dr. Withy combe's direction a specie of vetch is being developed at the Oregon Ag ricultural College experiment station that averages 20 per cent proetin'and individual plants have been fonnd to contain as high as 84 per oent of the substance that enables the oows to give the rich milk. . With the many natural advantages that Uilnois Valley has in climate, soil, water for irrigation and with the interest the farmers of that section are taking in breeding the best stock it will be but a few years uutll it will b noted for its high grade milk oows, big draft horses and thorough bred hogs and goats. And now that the farmers are adding dlrying to their other industries that Valley will with in the next flte years become one of the most prosperous sections of Oregon. J. M. Smock, who conducts the post office at Holland, and a store at that plaoe that is one of the best country stores in the county is also a farmer and a progressive one at that. On bis fine farm on Sucker creek he is plaoing the best of cattle, horses aud bogs. Last week he received from one of the noted breeders of Willamette Valley a pair of Jersey Red hosts. They , are thoroughbred') aud registered and were two as fine hog as ever were broavht to this county. The Jersey Red is a vigorous, quick growing hog, a good rustler yet takes on fat readily and is noted for the fine quality of baoou that it produces. OREGON'S WEALTH IN STANDING TIMBER CaJiiomio. Paper Gives Some In teresting Facts About the Industry. The State of Oregon has approxi mately a(K),000,000,000 leet hoard lucas ure, of standing timber, aocordiug to the average of the estimates made by different timber men aud experts who have made the matter a thorough study. This is a much greater amount than is possessed by any other Stat iu the Union, aud is nearly one sixth of the total amount of standing ait reliau table timber of the United States. The value of this immense body of timber is two-fold : Fisrt, as a source of lumber supply; secoud, as a factor in the maintenance of a per pettial Mow of water In the streams aud rivers of the State, by retarding the melting of the snow and holding a continuous supply of moisture in the ground during the Summer month. Other minor uses or forests are as a fuel supply; and as a source of orna mental trees and shrubs, and in the production ot medicinal and edible products useful to mankind. Com mercially, the value of the standing timber of Oregou when manufactured into lumber and sold at the rate of $12 per thousand board feet would be $.1,fi()0,OOJ,000, a sum in excess of the total amount of money iu currency in the United States at the present day. The most densely timbered area in the State is west of the Cascade Range. This is due to more humid conditions, favorable to rapid and abundant de velopment of plant life. Thus we find that eighty per ceut of the total j stand of timber is found on an area i which is 30 per cent of the total area j ot tlie State. The average stand of ! timber on the forested area west of 1 the Cascade Range is 17, 700 feet per ; ' cfe- Localities where the stand is 50,000 feet per acre are common, as in ! portions of Clatop, Tillamook, Polk and other coast counties. Western Tours. - j Legal blanks at the Courier office, j EVANGELISTIC MEET - INGS CLOSED TUESDAY Nearly" Five Hundred Persons - Cams Forward During the Meetings. Evangelists Honeywell aud Bilhorn left for Chicago on the southbound train Tuesday evening after spending a month in evanglistio work in this plaoe. They labored almost to the very moment of departure and left the meeting to go directly to the de pot. A largo proportion of the con gregation assembled at the depot to bid tbem farewell. It had been an nounced that the Sunday evening meeting would be the last of the series but the evangelists, at the last mo ment consented to remain two more days, being impelled to this decision both by the urgently expressed wishes of the people and by the condition of the woik at that time. The Sunday evening meeting will long be remembered in Grants Pass. The - tabernacle was packed to the doors with people and many were compelled to turn away. The sermon by Mr. Honeywell was masterly, strong and remarkably impressive and when the invitation was given it was responded to with readiness which has never before been seen in Grants Pass. About 100 persons came for ward, inoluding people from all walks of life many of them being prominent business and professional men. The Monday and Tuesday evening meetings were also very successful. Alto gether, nearly 600 converts were"nT celved during the revival. " r ManyoYthe musical features ol the past week have been exceptionally enjoyable and Mr. Bilhoro's solos have been received each evening with enthusiastic appreciation as have also his da jts with Mrs. W. L. Ire laud. A, song that was greatly"en" joyed was the duet on one evening by Mrs. Ireland and Mrs. E. S. Veateh, who sang a new composition of Mr. Bilhoru's, the song never having been sung before. On Tuesday evening the Burns brothers, on request of Mr. Bilhorn, came up from the oongrega tion and sang a trio without accom paniment, the melody in their voice taking the andience by storm. Mr. Bilhorn reooived a call I y wire Saturdayto jonDJ Wf" Potter, oue of the greatest evangelists of the'pres eut time and aiiotably sucoessful'VT M. C. A. worker, in a'sories of meet ings at Ottnmway, Iowa, to begin January 6. Prior to begiiiuing these meetings he will attend the Evangel- istio and Honl Winning conference which will be held In Chicago from January 1 to 8, at which uibuv evan gelists will be present, among them such eminent men as Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. W. Potter and Wm. A Sunday, known to the world as "Billy" BnudAy, with whom Mr. Honeywell is a co-worker. Mr. Sun day, BFslsted by V. G. Fisher, a nephew df Mr. Bilhorn, has just closed a series of meetings at Kewa - nee. III., a city of 1S.0OO inhabitants, in which nearlv 4000 n,,.Ur.. received. The talternacle and expenses of this meeting cost S0O0 and a 14000 offering was taken for the evan gelists on the last Sunday of the meeting. Mr. Bilhoro's services are This Space IJclougs to Thomas an 1 O'Neill NOTICE! Owing to tlie unprecedented call for adver tising space in this paper during the holiday sea son we have temporarily heen compelled to transfer our advertisement to the 3rd page Read it and note the prices, then call and see for yourielf,it will pay you. Thomas (Si O'Neill, Headquarters for Christmas Gilts. in great demand and be has been com pelled to refuse a number of culls, one of them being for himself and Mrs. Bilhorn at Hoqoiam, Wash., where he was formerly engaged in a series of meetings with Mr. Honey well. On Tuesday evening Mr. Honeywell and Mr. Bilhorn were each presented with a very pretty gold nugget pin as a token of remembrance and apprecia tion from the choir. ILLINOIS VALLEY AS A FRUIT DISTRICT Has Favorable Soil and Climate and Many Orchards Planted ; But Pest Have Come. J. B. Grifllu, who with bis wife , were in Grants Pass Monday making holiday purchases, was a caller at the office cf Charles Meoerve, county fruit Inspector. Mr. Griffin is oue of the progressiva farmers of Illinois Val ley, having a dairy and fruit farm on Sucker creek near Holland, and he and Mrs. Griffin were in attendance at the farmers institute held at Kerby Saturday. For the present Mr. Griffin Is giv ing the greater part of his attention to dairying, but he expects to take np fruit raining more extensively here after. He now has a fine young or chard of 600 trees, of apples, pear, penoh and cherry, though the larger number are Spitzenberg and Newton apples. His orchard is coming into bearing aud so prollflo are the trees aud (he fruits of such fine color and size that it proves that fruit raising can be made as profitable in industry for his farm as is dairying. So soon as he oan get more land cleared ho will plant a large orchard. Mr. Griffin stated that many of the fatmers of Illinois Valley were planting or chards with the expectation that by the time the trees were In full bear ing a railroad wonld be built into the Valley. So far the fruit trees of ths Valley are quite free of pests but a few old orchards are badly infeoted with scale and other diseases and it was to have the law enforced to have the orchards cleaned np was the occa sion of Mr. Grlffins'i call at the oouuty fruit inspector's office. In spector Meeerve will make a trip through the Illinois Valley In January aud he will inspeot all orchards and the owners of diseased trees will be made to free them of pests or out them down. For some time engines have been takiug water without stopping, and mail cars have beeu picking mail sacks from posts without so run oh as a pause. Now au appliauce for ooallug englues without stopping has been Invented aud experiments with it are said to have been satisfactory. The next movement to save the run ning time of trains will be a device I for throwing passengers on board and nff wtt.lwmf utnnti I tir. ' MASONIC BRETHREN, NOTICE, I OnuU Pass Lodge No. 84, A. K. ' na neames l.liapter o. an, i& A. WBrjR. A. M., will hold a joint iustalla other i tion at the Masoulc liall Wednesdav evening, December 21, to which all members and visiting brethren and their wives are cordially invited to attend. By order of Committee. J :