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. r VOL. XXII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 19f7. No. 41. :PfflNE ICOUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS OMrt Asks For Bids For Build- t ing e.r Annex to the ' Court House. Oourt met Wednesday, January 2, 97,.- there being present: Stephen well, judge; J.. T. Logan, com issioner; M. A. Wertz, com ans wer; S. F. Cheshire, clerk; W. J. isiell, sheriff. Co the matter of the appointment of unty board of road viewers for 1007, is ordered that 0. F. Lov elaoe and V, Stephenson be and are appointed aot with the country surveyor to istitote said board for the rear 1907. uiieense to sell liquor in the town of rby for a period of six months nted to Qilmore & Keffer field notes of resarvey and report county surveyor on snrvev of inty road from south end of R. R dge to southeast corner of O. G imidt's land, aocepted and approved I the same ordered to be placed m the proper records etition of H. O. Kinney, et al for d in NEJi section 13, township south, range 5 west, beard npon rd reading of road viewers report 1 toe matter continued for the term. .11 that part of Road ditrict No. 8 th of the T townships ind US south, range 6 and 7 west. annexed to and make part of id district No. 9. tefnnd of amount paid by Rhea m On tax sale of NE section 25, nsnip 36 south, range 5 west al ed in the sum of $10.60. reposition of Mr. Homer to import minery and perform labor npon aim portions of the connty roads waDly considered. i the matter of the petition of W. Sale for refund of amounts paid x sales of the Bingamau Estate la , Petition allowed aud clerk oted to draw connty wrarant in irof W. C. Hale in the amount si- lie time for filing sheriff's report IMS oolleoted and amounts delin it on 1905 roll is hereby extended is next session of this court the matter of the bids for phyei a to the ooanty paupers, bids ted aud contraot awarded to Dr. k fi. Lemon. w tax roll for year 1906 approved, clerk ordered to issue warrant wlleotion of tax thereon ' taxes oolleoted foc'itsarrises ; oaddist. No. 5 is hrrn'rv : paid by the oouqrtr inpervisor of road diKa ry list :of 200 names rn and list ordflod filed titlou of R. E. Reed for liquor ise In the town of Lelaud granted period of 13 months, tltlon bf W. F. Orimmett et al onnty road from Caldwell ford to toroia Bir is hereby oontiuued ocoont of petition and affidavit j incomplete. the matter of the petition of P. . Barrows for County roads in on 1, townshhip 87 south, range ast, view oidered. Viewers to Friday, February 1. 1907, aod port at next term of court, tition of George Strong for liquor in town of Leland. presented ;he same granted for period of aonhs. the matter of building an annex mrt House, painting and other ary improvements the said mat i hereby referred to the County e, Sheriff, Clerk, Assessor aud School Superintendent and the above named parties are hereby appointed to ascertain the neoessary improvements, secure plant and specifications and advertise for bids on some and re port at the next term of the court. Petition of W. A. Massie for Ferry license considered and allowed. Li cense to issue when bond is filed,, It appearing to the court that during the month of Februarv. 1907. one of the insnrance polioie a amount ing to 11000 covering the Court bouse building will expire therefore it is ordered that npon the expiration of said policy the county clerk is herebv authorized and direoted to renew said policy, with an additional insurance covering furniture, records and fix tares, in the sum of $1000. The following levy is herebv made lor 1S08 tax : County tax, General purposes 5 mills. State tax, 2 mills. School purposes ( including school library) 4 mills. Road tax, 3 mills. Publio High School, milL Total H mills. Road diet No. 5 abandoned and all territory now embraced in said dis trict No 5 annexed and made a Dart of diet. No. 7. All that part of Road distrt. No. 13 lying east of the west line of township 89 south, ramre 7 west, and north of Socker Creek an nexed to and made a part of Road district No. 15. Appointment of Road Supervisors : Dist. No. 1. A. Morris. Dist. No 3. Geo. Uebers. Dist. No. 3. Henry Gross. H. L. Lewis. Wm. Light OUR GOLD FIELDS ATTRACTING ATTENTION Brig-fa Nine nd Others Merged In Two Million Dollar Company. Joseph Hill. C. F. Gentner. Geo. Sparlin. Dist. No. 4. Dist. No. 6. Dist. No. 7. Dist No. 8. Dist. No.. 9. Dist No. 10. Dist. No. 11. Dist. No. 13. Dist No. 13. "T. G. .Burrows. Dist. No. 14. J. G. Hiatt Dist. No. 15. W. A. Leonard. Dist. No. 16. D. S. Shaffer. Dist. No. 17. Billgpaid: - J R Yetter, care county hoipi John Haokett, lumber for roads W H Wlmer, work on roads.. O R Swearinger.l day viewing roads Wilson Mer do. mrioa fnr rnnrla H H Uibbs, sup dist No. 15... James Stewart, work nn mnAa James Holman, justice fees. State va Woolfann T J Mackin, mdse for paupers Merlin Mer Co, mdse paupers George Cronk, burial of rauprs J Q Randle. RArvinc inhnmnia Buttons. & Co, asp.... , 178 83 .. 8 88 10 00 4 00 3 40 35 00 6 60 4 55 8 00 51 95 23 00 90 24 00 The famous Wounded Buck, In Jose phlne and the Forest Creek. Blossom and No Name mines of Jackson county nave all been merged nnder a new $3,000,000 company, savs the Ashland Tidings. G. R. Harris of Cincinnati and New York has been here with E. T. Stanle. ror several days comnletinir the nnr chase of several rich minim? nrrmer O a m ties for operation bv the Harms Mining Company, recently organized tor tnat purpose. No more imnnrrant transaction has occurred in this part or the state for great while. The properties taken over hv Mr Harms and his associates are the famous Wounded Bock croon di. covered by the boy Roy Briggs, in June, 1904, tbe cropping of which were so rich in gold as to excite the whole coast. E. T. Staples of Ash. land bought this property in Jul v. 1904, and contlnuons. careful develop- ment has been going on ever aloca under his management until now it has in sight 700,000 tons of $30 ore. ine forest Creek mine near Jack sonville is an old discovery but has never been worked to derth until re cently. Several years ago few tons hers and there from cuts, short tunnels and shafts were hauled to an old custom mill and from $C0 to $100 in gold per ton recovered. The miners were of tbe "pocket hooter" kind and did not believe this vein would pay to follow with depth and they only worked the three outcropping ohlmneys so long as oxidized ore showed free gold. In 1905 Messrs Jos. Griffin, Geo. Hoff and R. L. Burdio porohased the property and began development with the result that a tunnel on tbe vein at a lower level than had ever been worked, strook a pay shoot of verv rich ore. In driving tbs tunnel the ore taken out before the nav shnnt was reached was hauled to an old rat. tie-trap mill and $23 per ton reooverd from the plates. About this time Mr. Startle. brought Mr. Harm's attention to this mine and also the 'Blossom and No Name near Gold Hill also owned hv the same men. and Tan notion w given Mr. Harms, who at once began aggressive development on all three properties with remit that ti fti-H al ohU rich par THE STORY OF NELBA'S SON'S LIFE George ArpAStreAg Longs No More For His Kle.me.th County CePln, ADDITIONS TO OREGON'S WEALTH A Chicaso Armstrong, sott of Mme. Melba, whose recent marriage to the heiress, Ruth Otway, in London was attended by Dckes, Marqoises and Barons was until three years ago a lonely shep- uera on ni. rmriar'i Mnnh ,...... -----. v .uuu. urat luamath Falls. Or. He was livina- in rude cabin with his father and was tolerably well satisfied with his lot in lire. He had not seen bis mother since she deserted when be was a little child in Australia bat had been oared for and educated through obild noon and youth by bis father. "This is only a part of the pathetio story. Mme. Melba in tier pro fessional career, has shown no dis position to look after her husband and son. Three years ago after the boy bad passed his 23d birthdav Mr. Arm. strong reoeived a letter from bis wife aaaing him to send their son to San Francisco, where she would meet him on a certain date. Sbe said that the father bad enjoyed his companionship for 33 years, and now it was the mother's tarn. The father and sob agreed that It was just and proper that the boy should aooept his mother's invitation, and at least make her acquaintance. If, after a fair trial, he found, he did not anlov tbe life sbe lived, be would return to his father's cabin, where, until then. he bad been perfectly content. "Tbe boy met his mother, and the score of years of separation was bridged by a burst of maternal passion and filial fascination which amaa Phoenix-like from the ashes, of the diva's life, and he again became the child of tbe incomparable songstress. xorjng Armstrong writes reurularlv to bis father, but baa lost forevei all interest in tbe life offered by the Klamath Falls ranch." APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE TAXES Josephine County Will Pay $9,225 For SteUe Government In 1907. G H Douglas, Ex of Insane... 6 00 D P Love, Ex of insane 6 0 'J James Oswald, work on roads 8 00 J J Brown, work rm road s nn TT Hill, 44 registrations.... 4 40 Irwin-Hodson Co, gnp 80 80 Williams Bros D & L Co, lamber for roads 7 AO A Morris, wood for paupers.. 7 00 I) M Ktitna. Onlainu t.imhar land 811 00 W H Wimer. sunervisinn mad dint Nn. U An nn George Lewis Sr., wik on rds 88 00 voiuey uoivig, 1 day viewing roads i no Miss E Lomas, norsing pauper 3 00 Williams Bros, lmn fnr rnarU 89 117 Jame. Hnlmnn. 4nhtinA fnpa Statu Wairnar A 7n m . .. inas a urowe, witness justice court I 90 R W Colbv. wit 1na court 1 HO Jesse H Booth, wit jus court 1 90 J C Handle, oonstable fees vm P U',on.r OIK R A Pierce, sup rd'dist No 17 17 50 (Continued on Page Four.) DAD n A i M C ? $750 -5 acres of choice land, all cleared, with cottage and barn, only mile out of city limits: an ideal nlaee to rain? nnnltrv and hogs; must be sold quickly. Terms, if wanted. 1AA 2 choice lots and large barn, with shed on two sides; close to central part of town; f barn alone is worth the price. This is a Jiiap for some one with a team, as there is plenty af room on the place for a dwelling. W. L. IRELAND : THE REAL ESTATE MAN Several good HOUSES FOR RENT. GRANTS PASS. ORE. nd white quarta . with gold every piece one may break ont of it. It also shows a trace of tellurium, wuioh is not strange since rich streaks of tbts metal have been fre quently found in the Opp mine four miles distant The assays of samples from the Forest Creek range from $10 to up ward of $200. The majority of the pay shoot runs above $100. Tbe Blossom and No Name have both shown np ore in lame Quantities of values ranging from $6 to $80, aod are ready for a mill which will b installed this Spring. There are many miners hereabouts who hive seen the ore in these properties. All pronounce them very rioh aod the future very promising. It is certain that this new com pany which has taken over these mines will push development and operation. The personnel of the company is remarkably strong. Millionaires of prominence in New York and Nevada are at the helm. The directors are as follows: O. R. Harma, president and general mana ger, a capitalist of Cincinnati, O. j Q. R. Bauman, treasurer of the com pany, vice-president Commercial Trust Co, New York Hollis E. Cooley, president Greenroom Club New York; H. W. Buckhordt. Cia- cinnati. O.. principal oil dealer out side of Standard Oil Co. ; E. N. Wil son, secretary of oompany, auditor of Oilsey House, New York. Among tbe prominent capitalists who have become Interested in tbe new company, are Mr. Siegel, of Siegel, Cooper & Co., W. O. Green, of tbe Green Consolidated, and otbeis of commanding position. Tbe superintendent of tbs properties and their development la E. T. Staples of Ashland. Quarta blanks at the Courier office. Tbe total estimated eipeuse of th in it.., tate of Oreion' for' the vear 1007 u hoot 8vJlvV?J1.000 iaihi.iBteei.tJ , The Bureau of Labor Give Some Interesting faUstlcs, Concern ing the vVeexIth. The reporter the bureau of labor statiftios accredits Oreeon with the following additions to the nation's wealth : The sales of nursery stock for the year just closed amounts to 3,000,000 trees and 1,000,000 vines and bushes. There are about 1100 acres of nur sery stock. The estimated value of the orchard product In Oregon for 190(1 II, 008, 000. There are about 900 FRED MARTIN DOES MURDER, THEN SUICIDES Former Ashland Boy Kills Sister In Le.vr, Shootg Wife, cvnd Kjily Himself, A startling tragedy, as a result of which two foriar well known Jack son connty yonng people, Fred Martin and his sister-in-law. Miss Emm Helms, are dead, and Mrs. Martin. whose maiden name was Anna Helms, was Slightly wounded, was ennnrnri ttk Portland, Sunday afternoon, with Martin wielding the weapon of de struction in eaoh instanoe, a revolver, with which he first shot and Hllr! " uicoerry anu oewnerrv t.ha i i. v .... ... - - v d.dw.-iu'mw, buui nuu siifiniry vines, 810 acres in entrants, 805 acres wounded hi. w.f -h i. a ,.aats..i.JUtw,, ,b state treasory isttiaUJ ready annliwl hv Ian. i. m.. .,ir--- - r M J .a va ,U U4 VI fi35,585.88. The following shows the per cent of state tales appor tioned to each county and the total sum eacd connty will be oalled on to pay in to the state treasury : Baker . Bnton . . . Clackamas Clatsop. . . , Columbia . Coos Crook Curry .2114 .oaoa .0!185 .0213 .010H .0203 .0130 0040 DoogIs .0845 Gilliam -0087 Grant noo'i Harney n i mi Jackson 0814 Josephine 001KI Klamath . in is Lake ; 0107 Lane 043 Liucoln Oi'M Linn . ot.ok Malheur 0094 Marlon 0fiJ3 Morrow oo5 Multnomah 8123 Polk 0807 Sherman 0087 Tillamook 0087 Umatilla 0490 Union 0223 Wallowa 0073 Wasco 0234 Washington 0301 Wheeler 00R7 Yamhill 08(U I 23.98S.00 20, 70S. 00 84,337.50 21,730.00 JO, 80S. 00 20,807.60 13,325.00 4,100.00 85,3C2 50 8,917.50 9,480.00 16,40(1.00 82,185.00 9,225.00 11.787.60 10,967.60 47,865.00 5.637.50 53,915.00 9,835.00 62,832.50 9,787.60 820, 107 60 81,467.60 8.917.50 8,917.50 60,226.00 22,867.60 7,483,60 33,085.00 80,853.60 6,867.60 40,077.60 In gooseberries. 2117 acres in rasn perries and Logan berries, and of other fruits 850 acres. Tbe estimated number of apple, aprioot. cherrv. plum and peach trees in the state is 6,610,000. Oregon produces about 7.100.000 bushels of oats from 283.000 aores of land, an average yield of 35 bushels per acre. The rye grown in Oreson ia of th best quality. The estimated yield for 1906 bas been given this offloe as 148,000 bushels from 11.000 acres of land. Average yields per acre, 18 bushels. One who deals extensively in pota- toes plaoea the 'aoreasa for 1006 t 44,848 acres, with yield of 4,458,680 bushels, the prioe of which varina from 86 to 70 cents a bushel. ; It is estimated that Oregon bens produced 16,000,000 dozen eggs this year, worth on an average of 20 oenta per dozen, or I'J.OOO.OOO. , The esti mated numehr of imm. tnl-v. chickens in tbe state is 3,600,000. Oregon this year ranks fifth in the wool producing states, and the astl. mated output is between . la nno ono ana 20,000,000 pounds. The prioe to the grower will verage 19 cents per pound. On April 1. 1904. Oreann hul 9 onn . 000 head of 'sheep, with an average weight of fleece of seven and one fourth pounds, or a total of 14,600,000 pounds of wool, washed and on. washed, or 4.465.000 nonnd. of scoured wool, while in 1906 the esti mate of the Oreson wool 19,000,000 or 20,000.000 pounds. Th. average prioe paid for wool to the growers Is 19 cents per pound al- Hiougti prices varies from lljf oents for ooarse sandy clips to 23, cents for first quality. There were 2,533,868 sheep in the state at shearing time. - Grain dealers estimate that Oregon , "2 tijaA 600,000 ; aores in wheat. t.-ietryabert! ; 080. 000 bushel, of ' la. our 6T'V v grown. ..They j" ' average yield pf',"(aqji The average value '.j In Oregon is plaoed . tti f 3. 40. .-it,..,, rifj -,,jh :r!H i i ,vw ousneis, of hospital and will likely recover, than shot and killed himself. Friends and relatives at Ashland aud Jacksonville, the former home of Martin and the Helms girls respectively, have known for some time that all was not h.r. monloua between them, sava th A.h. land Tidings. In faot, Martin and bis ife who were married nnu ara ago (her first husband who died was a telergaph operator named Dunn) were reported as havlnir Mn.rat.ui Martin for soma time naat has bwn living in tbe vioinity of San Fran. oisoo and was employed as steward on a boat He returned durlno- the hnll. days to Portland where bis wife and her sister oonduoted a boardinir house, near Ella street Martin' friends say that he attributed the ea. trangement with his wife to her sister who was the first viotlm in Sunday's unfortunate tragedy. Mrs. Martin and Miss Emma Helms were members of, well known aud respected pioneer family . of Jacksonville, being daughters of tbe late Hermann Helms. Tbelr mother resides at Jaoisonville, as do also brother, Ed Helms, and their sisters, Mrs. James Cronemiller and Miss Amanda Helms. Fred Martin was Raised In Ashland and was about 80 yeara of. age. He was the son of the te L. Martin, for some years a olothlng merchant there. He went some eight or 10 years ago to Portland where his mother, now Mrs. J. H. MoBrlde, now resides. He followed several employments after going to Portland. He was for some time with Fred Merrill, the bicycle man, and with a real estate firm in Portland. For some jtlme be ran out of Portland as a news agent on the Harriman line. $100 Reward, $100. The Readers of this naoer will ha pleased to learn that there is at hast one dreaded disease that sclenoe has been able to oure in all its staeea. and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Ore Is. the only positive onr nnw t1-4 fraternity. Catarrh be--onal disease, requires nrerrjeot. Halls1 The Class! Bed Ad oolumns of the Courier oo: tiin many items which will be of interest to you and you should make it a point to read them each week. Job work at Portland prices at the Courier office. 6twiro.io the., foundation el tbe 4-r seats, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Ihe proprietors have so much faith In its curative powers that they offer 1100 for any case that it fails to oure. Bond for list of testimonials. Address: F. .J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by DruugistH, 75o. 'lake Hall. Kamilv Pill- ... ... i pation. Totals 1.000 $1,025,000.00 Curt Old Sort Westmoreland, Kane., May 5, 1903. Ballard Snow Liniment Co. Ynnr Snow Liniment cured an old the side of my chin that was supposed to oe a cancer. The sore was stub born and would not yield to treatment until I tried Snow Liniment. .Mxh did the work in short nrdr w. sister, Mrs. Sophia J. Carson. AJIena- vllle, Mlffln Co.. Pa., has a mr. an mistrusts that it is a cancer. Pl.aa send her a 50c bottle." Pnr..i. k- National Drug Co. and Rotermund. Com p le t Immense Carpet Sale Carpets at the Prices of Common Matting 500 YARDS AT 30 CENTS PFR YARn For immediate purchase only and cash at the time of purchaso, you can have it delivered any time. These goods are sold at CO cents any where. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS SALE Thomas (& O'Neill, Headquarters for things for the House