Rogue River courier., April 12, 1907, Image 1

VOL. XXIII.
OfWERCIAL CLUB
DOING GOOD WORK
.... inn Mtmlwri Arrt Ahl
ior n" '
to do More for This City
and County.
n,. meeting of the Commercial
hk Tuesday evening was an added
. . i O I-
oof tbav urauu raa id luaiDg ou
L life and determination and that
-at ii now more or the hearty spirit
.operation than has been shown
. epat and that is so essential to
C. upbuilding of a town. The
Ltiog was also notable as celebrat-
I the passing 01 tue luutn mark
(he membership roll and of there
flg present more members than at
VmrefiouB regular meeting in the
gory ol the (J1QD almost ever; mem
1 being present. There were two
Uons held, the first being a bnsi-
I - Un nl i.1 M
tceri nd to attend to the regular
3k of the CluD and was held in he
;t'j room, while the seoond was a
Ljl gathering for good fellowship
Li (or outlining a campaign of
Lter work for Grants Pass and
Upbine county, and it was held in
L banquet room adjoining Hall's
being called to order by Presi-
UL B. Hall and some routine
fciaMB transaoiea ine election oi
Kceri was held. For president Mr.
bwai re-elected by a unanimous
in accepting the honor Mr.
J thanked the members for their
Silence in him and said be would
-,xw to cse bis best endeavors to
Tince the interests of the Olub and
it be hoped every member would
rb constitute himself a committee
. to work for every undertaking
it would tend to add to the proa
rity of tbia community. The seven
presidents and who are chairmen
oe standing committees and who
btitDte the ezeontive committee.
:eech selected by annimous vote
: its as follows : R. W. Clark, in
itial; H. L. Qilkey, municipal;
i 0. Eisniann, agricultural: O.
Blaochard, civio iaiprovements ;
V. Smith, timber; Frank South,
ng; George C. Ualhoun, irriga
. L. Churchill was re-elected
wrer by unanimous vote. The
ary is chosen by the executive
aittee and H. L. Andrews was
J the position at the meetins of
eommitte the following day.
Club having voted to pay the
ary a salary Mr. Andrews' offer
the work for 15 month was
fWd. Ou being called on to tell
JMfordwas doing in advertis
ers Dennis H. Stovall stated
that town was getting out pain
that wa9 to be the finest ever
a oat iii Southern Oregon. It
1 be printed ou th- best enameled
iod profusely illustrated with
lhalf-tones and will cost about
1 Mr. Stovall prepared the copy
; the Medford Commercial Club
;? Mm $100 for the work. T. P
Mr Mated that he would shortly
rtot a trip to Europe aud to visit
Miner houie in Holland aud that
"ald williualv distribute anv
' supplied him by the Club,
b the closing of the busiuesa
th members aud a number of
1 paired to the banquet roo i
to hours were spent in ht-
! to a well prepar-'ri lunch and
ig various topics of vital
t to the development of the re-
Mf this section of Rogue River
H. D. Norton acted as
"mter and he did the honors in
" fcptahla nia'iner. The tlrst
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907.
No. 2.
'r ",0 be "sponded to was "The
Aeeds of Josephine Countv" bTT
C. Hough, who spoke of irrigation,
timber, mines, fruit and roads and
made a convincing argument ;in favor
vi mese factors
wealth. O. S.
in the conntv'a
Blanchard
for the Commercial Club opened with
a humorous sketch that put his
hearers in a receptive mood when he
told them of the small beginning of
the Club and of the Jurong member
ship it now had and Af th n,i.
had done and the greater.work for the
Cl1' ana conty that it would do in
the future. Q..H. Durham presented
thffrnitjln dustryand made a strong
showing of w'bat itsde'7elopment
would do in bringing prosperity io
the farmers. The haudioap :that the
present bad roads are to Josephine
county was the theme .that H. L Gil
key spoke on, and with figures he
proved that the best investment that
Grants Pass and Josenhiue oonntw
could make would be to build good
roads. R. G. Smith hail
" .iv
umoerand mines. Of the timber he
stated .that within .three years it
would be necessary to build railroads
to enable the .mills to get.their lum
Der io market as by that time the
neaiby timber would be all cut. The
railroads were also essential to the
development of the agricultoral aud
mineral resources of the county.
The needs and benefit of irrigation to
this section of Rogue River Valley
was ably presented by R. L. Coe and
he advocated that the citizens of
Grants Pass do as they had done to
secure another (box faotory and a can
nery in getting irrigation for this
section and that.is to take bold them
selves and.make a start and then cap
italists could be induced to continue
the work and then soon there would
be a home on every 10 acres of laud of
the vast area now vacant about
Grants Pass. Speaking for the mer
chants of Grants Pass L. B. Hall
stated that ihey were awakening to
the benefit that the Commercial Club
was to tbe city and that they were
now giving it a hearty support and
were co-operating as never before
in all measures for the common good.
The meeting closed with the general
feelilng that a new spirit of energy
and co-operation among the members
of the Graotsseetass Commercial Club
and the certainty t that more would
be doce for the .upbuilding of the city
this year than in any previous year
of its history.
FRUIT PEST LAW
NOT TO BE ENFORCED
That May Be h. Outcome of the
Obstacles That Couniy In
spector is Up Against.
Mr. Lawton Secures English
Patent.
D. J. Lawton of this place has just
received notice of the granting of a
patent in England on his smoke Puri
fier and Uas Collector. American
patents were issued about a year ago
and Canadian patents some six mouths
ago. This invention is intended to
destroy the poisonous fumes from
smelting plants and save the values in
sulphur aud arsenic which ate so
deadlv to vegetation wherever
smelters are in operation. A wotkiug
model liss been in sucessful operation
in Grants Pa-s and was liter taken to
Portland.
M. Lawtou will put his invention
on the market aud hopes to be able to
have It tested on an extensive scale at
i.ue of the larger smelters iu Montana,
Why
have a toruid liver when Herbine,
f'e only liver regulator will help yon?
I bete is no reason why jou should
sutler irom Dysiepsia, Constipation.
Chill" and Yewr or any liver com
plaint, when Herbine will cure vuu.
F. C. Waite. WVstville, Fl.. writes:
"lws-ickfor mouth with chills
and lever, and after Liking two bot
tles of lierbiue am well aud heaiilif."
For sain "y Ndtiounl Drug Co., and
by D ins ray
'Not since the pests appeared in
Josephine county have the fruit trees
iu the county been given such prun
ing and spraying as has been done
this past Winter and 1 am certaiu that
a more tbotough campaign of extermi
nation against the pests has been
waged in this county than in anv
other of the states with the exception
of Wascoouuty where is located the
ttooJ River district. There are not
over 23 orchards, and most of them
small and on railroad and non-resident
iaoa, mac are not sprayed. Out of
this number there are seven that the
owners refues to spny. I determined
to make these obstinate owners either
spray or cut down their trees but now
I am stopped by th actioD of tbe
county court and of Commissioner
Carson. Commissioner Carson has
refused to approve my bill against the
county for the 11J days that I have
charged for my labor as fruit in
spector since I was appointed last
Winter. Without his approval the
county court will not issue me a war
rant. But an intimation has come to
me that Commissioner Carson will
O. K. my account for tbe $34.60 that
tbe county owes me on condition that
I will resign as fruit inspector. 1
am not for sale that chean and I
don't intend to resign until the fruit
growers are dissatisfied with mv
work. The county commissioners are
opposed to my work and Commis
sioner Logan has not soraved his
trees ana is not likely to nntil the
law is enforced. Judge Jewell is in
favor of the strict enforcement of the
pest law but in view of the fact that
have not the co-operatiou of
Commissioner Carson and of the
county commissioners thinks that it is
best that I ileeud only on moral
suasion to get the few remaining fruit
trees sprayed and not bring an action
to make the balky owners obey the
law. I shall bring the matter before
the Fruit Growers Union and the
Grants Pass Commercial Club aud if
they hold that 'he fruit industry of
Josehpiue couuty is worth saving I
will then make a test case on the or
chards of those who positively re
fuse to obey the law. The fruit pest
lawjhas been through the courts io
other counties and the supreme court
has held that it is constitutional and
it is sheer folly for a person to defy
this statue quite as mncb as to
violate the law against cootageous
diseases among people or animals.
There were between 50,000 and
60,000 fruit trees planted in this
county this Winter "and Spring. And
this is the first large planting of trees
that has been made ciuoe tbe pests be
came so numerous bnt not a tree of
this lot wonld have been planted had
tbe orchardists supposed that the
pest laws were not to be enforced.
It is certain that fully 13,0000 fruit
trees and vines will be planted this
next Winter if tbe pests are subdued
but if the farmers are to have no pro
tection from t'ie diseased trees of a
few obstinate persons then they
will plaut iro more trees and the
fruit industry, that promises to bring
so much wealth to the county, will
come to au end. The splendid pros
perity that Jackson county is now
having is largely due to tbe cash that
the fruit sale brings in and Josephine
oounty would not have tbe stagnation
in laud values and Grants Pass would
not have so many vacant houses were
the thousands of acres of fine fruit
land in bearing orchards and vine
yards. The business men of Grants
Pass have put up $7,1 a month for
three years to keep op a mining ex
hibit. If they would spend that same
amount of money in protecting the
fruit industry of tbe county in five
years there woo Id be 1000J cars ot
fruit shipped with the amount gain
ing each year thereafter.
CHARLES MESERVE,
County Fruit Inspector.
GRANTS PASS WILL
CELEBRATE THE 4TH
WOODVILLE PROGRES
SIVE AND ORDERLY
Ray. J. E. Day Has Busy Sun
days Preaching at VVlmer
and Woodvllle.
Order of Red Men Have Taken Up
the Matter and Will Arrange
for a Big Celebration.
Takilma Tribs of Redmen have de
cided that Grants Pais needs a oele
bration on July Fourth and they have
taken the preliminary steps toward
arrangements tor such a celsbratiou
in the appointment of an executive
committee as follows: Geo. S. Cal
houn, chairman ; Robt. Ellison, D.
E. Dotson, W. D. Thresher and G.
D. Williams.
Tbe Takilma tribe now numbers
over 200 uieuibeM, all energetic and
enthusiastic workers aud Grants Pass
may exepct to have a celebration the
like of which has not been held in
Southern Oregon for many year".
Quartz blanks at the Courier office.
I C. P. H. S. News Notes
Rev. J. E. Day, pastor of the Pres
byterian church at Woodville, was in
Grants Pass last week. Woodville is
a small village and one of the most
progressive and orderly towns in
Rogue River Valley. It has a good
graded school of two rooms and one
church edifice, the Presbyterian, and
four well-stocked stores. Rev. Day
stated that his church was well at-
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
AND TELEPHONES
Upper Williams a Remote But
Progressive Section to Build
a New School House.
C. H. and John Stepheus, who re
side in the npper settlement in Will
iams Creek Valley, where they are
engaged iu stock aud hay raising, re
port that stock have Wintered well
and will go on the range in good con
dition. That their setlement, though
remote for it is 27 mill's to Grants
Pass, their nearest railroad point, is
progressive, keeping up with the
tended and prospering, having but 'other sections fit .the county, Messrs.
MUUMUwmviHMvuwivuuvmHtmmvivimu(
The Betta Gamma Party. ! exira fJergy. Arouse new hoe and
Tl, rurti- civpii hv .Iih K,.it,i nm. 'y'1 wi" h'"1 iff" belong to the Ra-
n,. . n Salnrrlot, ...or,!.,., v. a. I ! I'll nCL laca I Onler.
Hall's I all in
STOSE
$2000 COUNTRY
A stock of General Merchandise, located in a very
rich farming and fruit district, good clean stock,
very little credit, doing a good business, Fot
Office in store, daily mail, creamery near by, no
rem to pay.
It" o i want to go into business and havn't
i,ni ,anitai here is vour chance. Owner
good K-LSn for seiling. Call on or write
but
has
THE REAL ESTATE MAN
Ground Floor, Opera House Block
- - . . mmmmm m
fvciy way a success,
which it was held
rated with red and blue crt jie pnj.tr
aud banners bearing ti e emblem nf
the society, a skull aud cross hones, j
During the tally t.art of the fvening l
game re played interspertei with j
vocal musio by some of the H. S girl I
and inn sic by a grapho Lone The i
boys then mrved all the company
with dooghiints and a brilliuat blue i
and T'-d concoctiou which tliey called i
"Bettn Gamma cocktail." The colors
were so nnussal that fw ventured to
partase of the new drink ; but these
who dared pronounced it dt-lic'ons.
Then the glafses were removed and
ice cream and cike wero fervd.
Souvenirs in the form oftknlisttd
with red and blue ribbons were givt-n
to each person present. The guests
were then favored with a m-rtley sung
by six of the Betta. Gamma boys, and
so great was the applause that V e
performance was repeated. A very
amusing take on on the rfcei i per
formance of "Maro, the Magician"
was given by Alfred Letcher, amistpd
hy Fritz Dean. All who were for
tunate enough to be present congratu
late the Petta Gammas on their pro
ficiency in entertaining.
i hour in harrt shirty
H end another
and you will find
ils chiss to he Amiioperiu. Continue
ihe search and I riiir mv within two
1 honrs yoo will find it to be of the
I ()rthorh ncl'ns s ei'i- s. Another
course of s'ndy will proe that its
ieim is I anuucnloH. This is what
we do in liotany and we Botany
stndeiita will gilK'sntee that anyone
attempting it will lea n how tn ap
preciate a little butiercop growing
hy lb'- ro:idsi''e
The Salem Dthatiug Team, having
won the championship of estt-rn
On gnu by defeating the Grants Pass
High S chool March 22, have just
recently challenged the champion de
biting :eaiu tf h'as'ern Oregon with
the xp'Catiou of wiuniug the chain
piouship of Oregon.
recently taken in seven new members.
The Sunday school is also well at-
tended, there frequently being 60
present. John B. Hair is the superiu
tendent and he is a most capable
officer and it is largely through his
efforts that the Sunday school has
such interest and is steadily saining
in members. On tbe first Sunday
evening in each month Rev. Day
holds no regular service but the time
s given over to a temperance meeet-
ing that is under the direction of Mrs.
Whipple. Tbe program for these
meetings is made np of short talks,
recitations aud musical selections and
the large attendance indicate that tbe
meetings are popular with tbe people
of that section.
Rev. Day Is a strenuous worker aud
in addition to doing the pastoral work
for the church at Woodville is pastor
for the church at Wimer where a neat
chapel was built a year ago. Mr.
Day preaches each Sunday morning
and evening at Woodville and at 8
o'clock holds services at Wimer, to
make tbe round trin of 14 miln
preach a sermon and get back to
Woodville ready for evening servioes
allows him no time to rest in tbe
afternoon or for that matter no rest
for the entire Sabbath day.
In addition to being a successful and
energetic worker for his churches
Mr. Day has taken up fruit raising
and intends to have a fine fruit farm
to retire to when age shall limit bis
work in the cause for which he has
devoted many years of his life. Last
Kali he bonght 40 acres of fine land on
Wards creek, a mile from Woodville.
Two acres bad been cleared, but
abandoned aud grown up to brush.
This tract he cleared and set this Win
ter to apples and reach trees. II
will clear additional laud and con
tinue planting fruit trees until he has
20 acres to orchard. He may also
plant some walnut trees. About
Woodville is one of the best fruit dis
tricts of Rogue River VHlley and there
already are some very good orchards
in that suction.
liev. Usy stated that Rev. Robert
Tweed, bis predecessor aB pastor of
the church at Woodville, aud well
known in this city, loft Merrill iu
Klamath county, where he has been
stationed for the past year, last month
for Southern Idaho, where lie was
railed to take charge of a uiisxiou
work. Rev. Tweed is a builder of
churches aud wherever he is stationed
he leaves a commendable record of his
work. He got the church built at
Wimer aud last Fall, completed the
first church building at Merrill, that
cost I4(X). Rev. Tweed's family are
living ou a suialll farm mar Ashland
so that the children may attend ti e
Ashland wrhtwil and the Pollign.
Stephens stated that their school dis
trict would soon let the contract for
the erection of a new shcool building,
the present one being too small to
meet the needs of the steadily in
creasing attendance. They also will
shortly have telephone connection
with tbe other sections of Applegate
Valley and with Grants Pass as the
Williams Creek line of the Applegate
Valley Telephone Company is to be
extended to their settlement. . The
roads are being improved each year
and with the rich soil, splendid
olimate and the extensive took range
in the nearby hills and mountains at
this section of Williams Valley offers
a good opportunity to hoineseekers to
get land at a low price and be in a
prgressive, prosperous community.
Value of s Good Name,
The value of a good name as a trade
mark in winning the confidence and
esteem of large numbers of peotde
oannot be over-estimated and was
never better exemplified than in the
case of tbe well known Mhowmen.
Norrls & Rowe. ' Each season this
really meritorious organisation comes
to ns again and we commend the
honest policy which "gives Jmore than
is promised. The present tour is
known as the "Jubilee Souvenir
Seasou" as it marks the 20th vear of
the partnership of Norris & Rowe.
Costly souvenirs will be distributed
to every one as Norris & Rowe wish
to acknowledge the compliment of
many past seasons of excellent patron
age of the public that has always
greeted their efforts so generously.
Norris & Rowe promiae us a great big
new circus this vear and as tholr
promises have boen kept in the past
there Is no reason to doubt the truth
of their aunounosmeuta this season.
They travel in a train of three sectluus
of 15 cars each, making 4ft cars In alL
Exhibitions will be given at Grants
Pass, Tuesday, April 23.
An Unusual Agreement to Pla.no
Buyers,
For the benefit of those who may
feel obliged to other dealers we think
' the following will be of interest: Go
to any dealer aud select any piano
, he may have for sale. Get, his low-
est price and terms. Come to us aud
we will sigu an agreement to furnish
you mi EXACT duplicate of any piano
you may select within W0 days for 110
less than the price quoted. During
that time we will furnish you free
any piano you care to select from our
stock. If we fail to keep our agree
ment, we put up fiO as a bond and
forfeit this at the cud of the W) days.
OILMORE PIANO CO.
Advertisers
Courier.
get results in the
Botany.
Take a little flower, commonly
called "Buttercup." Pick it to
pieces gently and place its parts under
the microscope. After study in care
fully, read over several reference
books ontil you get a clue as to tbe
family. This will probsbly take
several hours of your precious time
but don't get discouraged. Get np
The final trto'it for the purpose of
choosing the paiti:i ants to represeut
the High School iu the Declamatory
contest on Friday evening was held iu
the High school room on Monday
afteruoi.n. Ihe decision of the
judges E. P. Hughes, F. C Lovett
aud E. S. Van Pjke, were as follows:
Niua Pad'iixk, from the Senior class,
Ethel Kiggs from the Junior clas-,
Genevieve Patillo from the Sopho
more class ami Mmiia Lotignrnlge
from the Freshmen class.
Furniture and Car
pus, Linoleums,
l.ace Curtains, i'or
tieres., Mattresses,
I'illowi, Cots, Wall
I'sper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Hindu, l'ii tures,
Picturs Moulding.
R. H. O'Neill
THE HOUSEFUNISHER
nujet ami lUngea,
(iranlU-KSre,
Aiflcwsre, Tinware,
Wooden wars,
Willoware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Jiwr, Fancy
Chins, Go-Carts,
llfthy Carnages.
The first division in rhetoric ren
dered their last program for this yesr
on list Friday afternoon. The pro
gram consisting of music, recitations
and essays was well rendered and a
credit to the FirBt Division. The
Second Division will render their last
progtam on next Friday afternoon.
Now btitig in full controll of the business of
Thomas & O'Neill, I pnrpose to make this store
the cheapest and best place to buy Furniture and
Furnishing Goods in Southern Oregon.
T5he Week Ending' Apr. 20
I will give a boni-fied discount of 10 off any
last years patterns of Caapets,
i.
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