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mm GRANTS PASS. JOSKPHINB Co9JTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907. VOL. XXII. No. 40. acer ekes koi ! LARGELY WO: OUT t tare of Jooephlno oslng I Fortune by Not Sal ; Their VeJuea. jTaldo, Oregon, Decern I906 Jitor Courier: In ybsoe of taber 91, discussing tuV J nd Itook meeting at Ke tried f by your enthusiasi these itriee, you said: "In lioneer IUinoia Valley was i ifor its Sgold mines, thejfai Sailor tings and Sucker'cri A AH t being among the r mines ila coast. Tbe plac oming jly worked out tbe po on de )ed, etc." It waa 8e ex led plaoera that d id 0Br lation; it was mij excite- in the north and I Uding T on of tbe Portland-Si moisoo oad across tbe eastel of the ty; the flrat caoe4 ot , aome of whom h, aid the W that they left bet?8lnS i they found in thef BWo j the last were att J by the Md and they bad no2y with h to otwn qd mine ooly re of mining in i baa reoeired ita ym niok and sho i cheap water. The oto deposited In o ra la hum vet. and with modern m? b fine values, ino , corroded and float e a mining era in compared to whf ie as a niokle to a 4 placer miners her Ing at SO per cent ot all do not know it, t actually tee it Values; ie they on and Tore tbey will no jjeve it. see a plant lnstaj I Qalice ii which HfH as 1 1 in fins as tbe mine yi from Its a. and vet they w I believe ,ie same is possible ' - i L In ill near fat machinery which i of 40 per cent , 90 to 96 per cent asji not now in open M profitably and thlw pay ander anoh wasteful bds will Xianzas within tbemj sad all tie dumps and old pi Bailings 1 pay to work over ai I are losing our corr nd float 1 and nearly all of N. Mr. Sanders, latifium ilder of 3alice oreek black saint, says nines carry gold ink differ- varieties and plat in Ova ties. He says the f plati most is , of which we lose inum in combii with 'o iron, and chroilu J called black S Oravol Mining Col receipt atter from David rJl Wash- l, D. C, dated Octfc, 1906, lows, to-wit: le weight of yool pie wai Jrams wnion repri as we stand it, about onto yard. d it to assay 10 cr cnbio . In gold and IS cent cubic In platinnm and fat inum 5e, computing these Is at 81 3inoe, which is tbejnt mar- loe of platinum." la ton of gravel was om the i bank by . Profs. J. hup and expressly for the at the ' and CU.rk fair i4e, 1905, was taken from th rim of ohanuel where the pivel waa and tbe wash very tarried less values m Crj m i , m a m er and riober deposit below it. This certain piece of ground from the pooraat of which tbia sample was taken has yielded $48,000 in gold. Now, then, if Mr. Day ia right, 173,000 or more waa lost in mining tbe ground for there waa no corroded or float gold saved and bat little pi tinom metals. If by impro ed machinery the output of the mines can be doubled without materially increasing tbe expense it necessarily follows that the placer mines of Southern Josephine county have a vety bright future before them, for we have very extensive beds of gold and platinum bearing gravels. These gravel deposits are deep and it will require large oapital to develop and work them, but ther contain more thousands than the cents that have been taken from them. One gigantio mining scheme possible in tbis valley is the lowering of the bed of the main Illinois river (which of itself is full of gold) by removing tbe numerous falls in it ; this would give sufficient grade to admit of working tbe entire country tributary and is en tirely leasible. This would drain a section of gold and platinum bearing gravel some 15 miles square; it would require as much capital as the build ing of a railroad but would pay better than any railroad not operated on watered stock and the rebate system. Being isolated baa kept oar section down, bat the future is bright. W. J. WIMER. BETTER FARM METHODS INCREASE THE PROFITS Applegate Valley Farmer Plans to Keep Abreast of th Tims Buya Pure Bred Stock. J. B. Lindsay was in Grants Pasa Saturday from his ranoh on the Apple gate three miles above Murphy. Mr. Lindsay i making most commendable progress in bettering bis farm methods and increasing Its product iveness. Ha has been engaged in dairying in a small way for several years past, Mrs. ' Lindsay making bat ter for the Grants Pats market, bat as farm batter does not bring tbe top price their cows were not so very profitable. Bat now that a creamery is being put in at Provolt thereby making dairying more profitable Mr. Lindsay has began to. increase the number of cows on his farm and he ia now milking six and he will bay additional cows until be will have 10 to milk in tbe Spring. Recognizing that beef and cream can not be profit ably had from the same cow he will hereafter breed only Jerseys and as a beginning to bring up his herd to be high-class milkers be baa purchased a Jersey ball. He also keeps a small band of sheep and these be will breed up and for that purpose he has bought a thoroughbred Cotswold that was imported fioin England. Mr. Lindsay is also a fro it raiser and shiDDed this Fall tbruogh the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union, of vhinh I.a is a member, some of the lamest and highest polored Spltzen berg apples ever sent from Rogue River Valley, and tbey were folly the emml to the beat that Hood River can produce. His orchard was badly in footed with codlin moth last season and there was some scale. He will aive more attention . to bis orchard now that be oan get more profitable returns for the froit and will tlinrnnahlv mrav and care for tbe tnua TTifl land ia amonsr the best in Appl'gate Valley for froit and he plans to enlarge another year bis present orchard of three acres to 10 acres ana k there-1 to plant additional trees as be gets tie deep- more land cleared. eini Lstate SURETY BONDS, FIRE INSURANCE ; AND RENT HOUSES. W. L. IRELAND, pjtf Real Estate Man. K Ground Floo4ier.Bailding, Grants Pass, Ore. ANOTHER INDUSTRY FOR GRANTS PASS On of the Most Vp-to-Devte Vln egar Work on Const Now ' in Operation One of the new industries of Grants Pass that gives promise of being an important factor in the city and county's prosperity is tbe Sampson Vinegar & Cider Works. This factory was established this Summer by Her bert Sampson, who waa given sub stantial finanoial backing by bis father, C. Southern Sampson whiob be H. Sampson, tbe veteran Paoifio engineer. Mr. erected a large building equipped with a complete plant for the the manufacture of pure apple vinegar and cider. And there is probably not a more up-to-date plant on the Coast and everything is scrupulously clean. Power for operating the engine and ppmp and steam for keeping tbe generators op to the required temperature ia had from a boiler. No work is done by hand elevators handling the apples and pulp and a pomp forcing tbe juice to the receiving tanks. From these the Juice that is for cider is barrelled or bottled and that for vine gar ia pumped to the generators from where It is carried by gravity to the tank from whiob it is run into barrels or bottles. Tbe handling of tbe vinegar genera tors is the most partcnlar part of the entire business for inattention or lack of knowledge here means an Impure article and an imperfect vinegar that can only be brought up to tbe re quired strength by the addition of aoid that also renders the vingare very dangerous to people's health. ' Mr, Sampson dependa on'y on nature's chemistry to produce bis vinegar. This is dona not by the process of pioneer days of patting the cider in barrels and letting it stand for a year or two to become discolored and foal while it ia changing to vinegar bat by a scientific oo-operation with Nature that enables a clear, pure vinegar of fall 90 (trains strength to be made in 24 boors.' This accomplished by having generators that are large, tall tanks into the top of which cider is slowly poured and passing through various filters and a bank of corncobs that bave been inoculated with the cultures or bacteria that act cn the cider to make it into vinegar. These bacteria work best in a temperature of 75 degrees and a higher heat will kill them and a lower will render them Inactive. Mr. Sampson, aided by his brother, Arthur, who is taking coarse in electric engineering at Stanford University, and wbo has been home for the past month on a vaca tion, has fitted up an electrio attach ment to a thermometer that rings a bell ' whenever the temperature goes too high or too low in the generators. An electric bell also gives notioe as to the regularity ot th e supply oi cider for the generator, which if too fast gives a vlngar that is of little strength and if too slow a loss in the producing capaoitv of tbe generator. The generator is fed two gallons of cider every two boors by an auto- matio feeder that works day and night. There are three of these generators and at each trip of the tank at the two-hour period the bell rings, one stroke for tbe first generator, two strokes for tbe second and three for the third generator. There are other electrio signals bells and wherever Mr. Sampson may be in the building be can know just how tbe various parts of tbe plant are operat ing. Mr. Sampson haa no seoret processes nor unsightly place about hia factory and he is willing at all times to show visitors about the es. tabUhment, and be fs espeoally de siroua that msrchants and otben who may patronize bim should come and see bow the vinegar is made. And another thing of interest to tbe public ia that tbe high fregbt rate oo adult erants shipped in will not oause bim to close bis factory as did a vinegar works in a Willamette Valley town last year, for Mr. Sampson never buys even an ounce of acid or adulterant. Mr. Sampson now has several thousand gallons of vinegar, all ffoanrteed 90 Brains strength and of tbe purest, clearest quality. This he is now putting on the market at a very reasonable price. Tbat the pubUo may know bis vinegar from tbe good and )he bad article that is offered for sale by other factories he puts a handsome lithographed label on each bottle, keg or .barrel. As Grants Pass haa the need of a larger payroll and the keeping at home of as much of the money as passible tbat ia now sent abroad for various supplies and the farmers a market for their inferior fruit it ia good business policy tbat all give the preference in purchasing vinegar to tbat mads at home and which ia known to be pure and wholesome. If Mr. Sampson meets with tbe patronage that he anticipates he will next Spring enlarge his cider ' and vinegar plant and add tbe manufac ture of jellies and apple batter and possibly later on putting in a canning department ' . TAKILNA SMELTER WILL BLOW-IN THIS SPRING Ce.pt. Mclnty re's Trtvlns Will Re- ; sum Hsvuling Coke as Soon a Possible. Capt J. M. Mclntire waa in Grants Pass Tuesday for the day attending to business matters pertaining to hia large freighting contracts in Southern Oregon. Sinoe early last Spring Capt. Mclntire haa bad a large number of six to eight-mole team , hauling freight to the construction camps on the government irrigation works in Klamath county and to the merchants of Klamath Falls, he having teams on both the roads from tbe railroad at Pokegama and from Grass Valley. The bottom having gone ont of the road he has laid off bia teams until Spring. . Capt. Mclntire stated that it was the plan for tbe Takilma smelter to start early tbia Spring and that ao soon as the roads would permit he would pat on about 15 teams hauling out coke to tbe smelter and matte to Grants Pass for shipment to the re finery. He will continue his teaming in Klamath county and will employ abonf 26 teama there next Summer. Capt Mclntire stated tbat Mrs, Mclntire has been seriously ill at a hospital in Forland where she was operated upon. She is now oonvales oeni and haa every hope of regaining her health. His daughter, Miss Mclntire is at present with an aunt at Arlington, Oregon, and will return to Grants Pass la the Spring to resume her duties as superintendent and book keeper for her father's freighting bos iness. DEADLY POISON IN CHRISTMAS CANDY Mrs. H I Reynolds of Thia City Ws s Ssvved Only by Its Ovei dosing. Ao attempt to poison Mrs. H, Reynolds, of this city, was made by some unknown person during Christ mas, by sendiug ber a box of bonbons containing some strong poison. Tbe candy was so thoroughly saturated with the poison that it aeveraly burned her mouth and tongue, and prevented her swallowing any of it The candy has been examined by local chemists and found to contain enough acid to kill several persons. The box of candy was mailed in this city, bat so far nothing has da veloped to Indicate the sender. Fully believing it waa a present from friend who had neglected to enolose card, she had no hesitancy in eating the apparent sweets, and would have swallowed a dangerous portion of it had not the acid severely burned her the moment it tooohed ber lips. Postmaster Harmon baa turned the box and wrapper, Just aa it was passed through the mail, over to tbe postal authorities, and an investiga tion will oe made at once. $100 Reward, $100. The "Readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that tbere is at liast one dreaded disease that science has been able to care in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Core la the only positive cure now known to the fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease, requires a) constitutional treatment Hails Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mo oous surfaces of tbe system, thereby destroying the foundation of tbe di sease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer 100 for any case that it fails to care. Send (or list of testimonials. Address: F. .J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Dm twists, 75o. lake Halls lamilypjlhtfor constipation. FREE TELEPCOrOKG TO APPLEGATE VALLEY F rant Grants Pass Rural Line to Be Put In by Co-opera-, tive Company. Grants Pass is soon to have two additional rural , telephone lines. making five rural lines that connect with tbe city system. One of these new lines will cover the Louse Oreek Valley and it is expected that the line will be strung from the Merlin road op tbe Valley to the Granite Hill mine and it may be extended on across to Upper Jump-off-Joe Valley. Toe other rarai line will cover Apple- gate and Williams Valleys. ' The Applegate and Williams Valley telephone system will be owned and operated by tbe Applegate Valley Telephone Company, a farmers co operative company organised last Spring and of whiob tbe following are tbe offioera: President, E. Bad ger, Provolt; Vice-president, C. O. Biglow, Williams; Secretary, Ellis A. Imbler, Provolt; Treasurer, J. ,W. PernolL Applegate. Tbe directors are E. Badger and E. N. Provolt of Provolt; a O. Biglow and B. & Sar gent of Williams, J. W. Pernoll of Applegate, W. B. York of Missouri Flat, J. W. Gilmore of Murphy, a C. English of South Grants Pass, Charles Meserve, Grants Pass. Tbe company baa recently made a contract with the Paclflo States Telephone Company for a connection with tbe latter company's Grants Paaa and rural line system. The terms of con tract are tbat the Pacific States Tele phone Company give tbe Applegate Valley Telephone Company free switching on the Grants Pass system and with tbe other rural lines that oonneot with the city central station and famish to tbe Applegate Com pany new, first-class telephones at $5 a year, tbe latter Uompany to take the pbonea at the warehouse in Grants Pass and meet the expense of in stalling them bat the Paoifio States Company is to keep them' in repair, Tbe Applegate Uompany takes over under lease the Paoifio States line from Grants Pus to Williams for a period of two years with the privi lege of continuing the lease for 10 years, rio rent is to be paia bat tbe Applegate Company is to pay the taxes on the 20 miles of line and keep it in repair to the oity limits and to return it at tbe termination of tbe lease in as good oondition as when taken. Tbe Applegate Com pany are to bavo all tolls for non- member messages that go over this line and its other lines, but all Grants Pass city and rural telephone sub' scribers oi the Pacific States Company ars to have free switching over the lines of the Applegate Company. Tbe lease has been sent to San Fran oisoo for the approval of the officers of the Paoifio States Company and County Manager A. T. Marshall ex pects that the oon tract will be signed up and that he will be able to torn over the Williams line to the Apple gate Company in a few days. The Applegate Valley Telephone Company will pat in branch lines to connect all the settlements of the Applegate Valley with tbe main line to Grants Pass. A central office will Home Furnlwhed Immense Carpet Sale Carpets at the Prices of Common Matting 500 YARDS AT 30 CENTS PER YARD For immediate purchase only and cash at the time ol purchase, you can have it delivered any time. These goods are sold at 50 cents any where. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS SALE Thomas Headquarters for be put In at Provolt to accommodate the local lines np Applegate and Will iams Valley and to Missouri Flat and so soon as tbe business will warrant at Murphy and at South Grants Pasa for the Centennial district and other sections south of Rogue river. The company will put in all the main branch lines but tbe subscribers will build the local lines to give them connection. Three branch lines are to be pat in at once to extend from Will iams poatoffioe up tbe Valley four miles, and one from Provolt across Applegate river to Missouri Flat and one up tbe Applegate Valley from Provolt to Applegate poatoffioe. It is expected in the near future to build a line from Murphy down the Applegate to give oonneotiou with the New Hope and the other settlements below. Tbe contract has been let to J. W. Pernoll to pat up the poles on the line from Provolt to Applegate and it is expected to string the wire next week. While the Grants Pasa-Willlama line now baa but six telephones on ia yet with the low rates that the Ap plegate Company will be able to give will bring in a large patronage and it is expected that within a yaar there will be 200 or more telephones on the Company's system. The Applesate Valley ia one of tbe largest trade distrlota tributary to Grants Pass and the installation of a complete tele phone system over the entire Valley will be of great advantage to business men of this city aa wnll as to th farmers and business men of that sec tion. RANGE CATTLE YET IN GOOD CONDITION Progressive Farmer Who ia Im proving Both Stock and . Fruit Troes. O. F. Lovelace was in Grants Pasa Wednesday from his farm on Slat oreek at Wilderville. Mr. Lovelace Is engaged In both stock and fruit raising. He is making beef production a specialty and has at the bead of hia herd a registered Shorthorn boll that weighs over a ton and is one of the beet of his type In Rogue River Valley. Mr. Lovelace stated that stock on the range waa in fine oondition tome steers being al most fat enough for beef. Fully half of bis oattle were yet in the bills and would not likely come borne for feed until driven in by the snow. Mr. Lovelace baa five acres to or chard, the trees of which are wall nared for and are healthy aud proliflo bearers, bat are most of common varieties, tbere being bat few Spltzen bregs and Newtowns. As tbe Spitzenberga and New tons are by far tbe best sellers Mr. Lovelace in tends to graft the trees of tbe oommon kinds to these standard varieties. The trees are 13 to 20 years old bat Mr. Lovelace anticipates no difficulty in grafting them as they are very strong and comparatively free from pests. The Classified Ad oolumus of the Courier contain many items which will be of Interest to you and yoo should make it each week. a point to read them Quarts blanks at the Courier office. 531 Coin p let o L O'Neill, tilings for tho House