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ROUSING CELEBRATION '
- FOR GRANTS PASS
Big Crowd evre Expected From
Valley Town e-nd All Parte
of the Country.
'i By far the most successful celebra-
tion ever planned by a Southern Ore
' gon town ii the one arranged by the
, Red Men for July 4tb and5thin
, I Grants Pass. Intense interest la Doing
.shown by theoitizeng in the suocesg of
i these two day's Hports which ' are
the beat array of their kind ever put
The Medford Band of 15 pieces,
A under, tbe leadership "of Prof. "John
'. A. Norling has been engaged to fur
5 nish musio. This band is better than
I -ever this year and Grants Pass people
'! may expect some of the best musio
.. " I beard here in years. ! Every feature
in the celebration will be the peer of
anything of its kind ever seen in
Grants Pass. : Lovers of the National
game will receive treat .long to be
. .remembered in the base ball history
of Southern .Oregon. The Medford
, and A. A. O. teams which ate to com-
pete for honors on both days played a
J 19 inning game in Medford laet'Sun-
-day with a score of 8 to 1. While the
' purse for the drilling contest is not so
' " large as some previously offered in
; -Grants Pass, the contest promises to
I be the best. Four teams have already
declared their intention of entering
" the oonteat and among them are some
: of the beBt drillers on the coast
" Another novel feature will be the log
rawing contest given nnder the ana
'i pices of the Modern Woodmen. A
purge of $115 will be given for the
double hand contest and 5 is the price
I for the single handed, $1 entrance
I f ee will be charged for the former
-and 60 cents for the latttr, entrances
' -I in both instances to .be second money.
These contests are to be open only to
I members of the M. W. A. of South-
ern Oregon. . .,.
Last, but not least on the list
. of athletic events oomes the horse
JJ races of July 6th. Some of the best
horses of the coast have heen entered.
-, in fact some of the horses entered
1 hold coast reoords. A bunch of out
' side horses will be here and the races
. . will be hotly contested.
Another .pleasing feature 'of the
celebration will be the display of
. fireworks on the night of the 4th.
" The special set piece will represent an
Indian chief's head and will be one of
' the grandest and most spectacular
events of the celebration. In addition
' to this will be the numerous display
of rockets, etc. The masio for the
free platform dances each evening
will be famished by the Norling or
... chestra? of Jacksonvile, the best in
Southern Oregon. Other events too
numerous to receive mentionwili be
ootinaally going on. The parade
; will no doobt be the largest aver
- , participated in by Grants Pass people,
j The speaker of the day, Seuator
r Fulton, is one of ttie best orators of
' the state and l'l fact the celebration
- promises to be a phenomenal supcees
. in every way. There will not b a
dull moment some event will be
going on every minute. Most of
the people from Medford will be here
' as well as enormous crowds from the
varioos towns this side of Medford.
.. At the lt at calculation the visitors on
that day will l ouibtr 3000.
, The Crescent City News reports
, that thtre will be a big crop of wild
'I blackberries in the Coast district
this season.
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A BARGAIN
j! Large Frame Bam
(oOxlOO feet each) close to the center of
town (barn will hold ions of hay and
stand 20 head of horses) for only $300.00.
Can give time on one-half of price if wanted
W. Xj. IRELAiTD
THE REAL ESTATE MAN
Ground Floor, Opera House Block
IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION
TO MEET HERE
Follows Immediately After the
Ne.tlone.1 Irrigation Congress
at Sacrexmento.
The I5(h National Irrigation Con
gress will be held in Sacramento for
the fire days from September 2 to 7.
This congress will be attended by
folly 1000 persons made np of repre
sentatives of state and local irrigation
societies, fruit growers and farmers
organizations, chambers of commerce
and commercial clubs, cities, towns
and counties. These meetings are
held annually and are attended by the
beads of the reclamation service of the
Government, and other irrigation ex
perts, senators, congressmen, gover
nors, mayors, farmers, stockmen, lum
bermen and others interested in the
development that irrigation will
bring to the country.
The Californiaos are making prepar
ations on the big and thorough scale
that they always do to entertian their
goests of the irrigation congress.
One feature will be a thousand mile
ride over the irrigated sections of the
state to show tbem the marvelous de
velopment through the intelligent ap
plication of water. An exposition
will be held of the products of irri
gated lands and exhibits are requested
from every state. Forestry will also
be considered and that the conserva
tion of the timber on the hills and
mountains it essential to a greater and
more regular water supply will be
demonstrated.
The Oregon State Irrigation Asso
ciation, which met in Hood River las'
Fall, Was secured for Grants Pass
this Fall by Charles Meserve, repre
senting the Fruit Growers Association
and the Commercial Club, of this
city. The date was not fixed that be
ing left to the convenience of Grants
Pass. It is possible to make this
meeting of the State Association the
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SOUTHERN OREGON
NORMAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Sessions Begin July 8, Continue
Until August 12 Through
Che.ute.uqna.
The Southern Oregon State Normal
School will conduot a Summer School
tliis year, begiuniug with the 8th of
Joly and continuing until Tuesday,
the 12th of August.
The purpose of this school U to af
ford opportunity for a study cf the
several branches preparatory to exam
ination for Coonty and State Certific
ates and State Diplomas.
In addition, daring the first two
weeks, instruction will be given in
nithodsof teaching, reading, phonics
and laoguage in the primary grades of
the public schools. Supt. P. H Daly
of Jackson County is assisting in the
arrangement and will be one rf the in
tractors. Prof. W. T. Van Scoy, Mrs.
Emma B. Wicketshain and Pre). Mul
key of the Normal faculty will be the
other instructors.
Pres. H. M. Crooks of Albany Col
lege and Pres. P. L. Campbell of the
State University of Oregon will de
liver lectures opoa chool topic.
The Southern Oregon Chautauqua
A socistion holds its tension this year
at the eamx time that the Summer
School js iu sesi on.
(Coutiuned on last rag)
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and Two Choice Lots
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINB COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21,
THE POLICY OF THE
FOREST SERVICE
Superintendent Anderson Gives
Valuable Information Regard
ing Forest Reserves,
Grants Pass. Ore., Jane 18,1907.
Grants Pass Commercial Club, Grants
Pats, Ore.
Gentlemen : To your request that I
give you an outline of the policy of the
Forest Service for publication in the
local papers:
I appreciate the favor and the spirit
in which the request was made, but as
I can go but lightly into the subjects
interesting to Southeru Oregon people,
will be pleased to glve'ioformation at
greater leugih to individuals Inter
ested in any partioolar line.
All agricultural land included in
the National Forests (surveyed or on
surveyed ) is subject to homestead en
try nnder act of June 11, 1908. This
covers any land that could be taken
under the original "Homestead Act"
witbost committing perjary. The act
permitting soch settlement was passed
at the request of the Foreternd oc
cupation of the land euoooragei by
every forest official.
The settler is given free use from
the National Forests of all timber to
be nted for improvement of his land.
for foel.or any other nan-commercial
purpose. Prospectors are also given
all necessary timber to be need in de
velopment work if they have not a
sufficient supply on their olaims.
Mature timber is for sale to lumber
manufacturers nnder a contract that
they use all parts of the tree that Is
merchantable, and hande it as nearly
as possible without destruction of
the growing crop. The contract pre
vents large interests from holding this
timber for speculation by providing
continuous cutting or a forfeiture of
the contract. It is to the advantage
of small mill owner, beoanse be can
contract up to five years' supply,
and pay for each year's cutting, thus
"tying np" only the money repre
senting one year's supply of timber.
The price of stumpage is fixed by the
distauoe from market, difficulty f
logging, price of lumber and any
other local conditions that affect the
lumberman's profit The laud is not
sold, but i( protected to provide for a
future crop. Contrary to the general
impression, the regulations .for cat
ting are not unreasonable, and the
mills within 20 miles of Grants Pass
which I have examined are cutting
very cl.Me to Uoverumtnt rules.
No mines or other private lauds
within the National Forests are in
terfered with in auy way. The miner
is spared the fear that some conscience
lfss timber locator will locate a "ten
ueifuot" on Ii is claim under the pro
visions of the Timber & Stone Act,
as is being done ouUide the Kreots iu
Josephine and Jacktou Counties. This
abase lias become to rank Unit in some
dixlrict the rniuers are kept bu,y con
testing timber eutiies ou land that baa
been mined ooniianooaly for years.
A charge is made fur stock graziuv ou
theloretK Th cottier regDlarly uting
the range has preference, and foreign
stock is uot allowed on the.range until
local stock is amply provided for.
Southwestern Oregonstock interests are
not large enough to ihoroughly
appreciate the importance of the
grazing regulations, I. e., the bodies
of gnzing laud are not great enough
to nave attracted the alteutiou ol
ouisiue stockmen to the drtrimeut ol
the mm; bat the rauge wars of late
yars resulting from the tttempt to
oiowd oot local siockuibu in suUicleut
evidence that government ptoteoiion
to small stockmen ooold not come too
soon lhe local benerlts to the
stock men are many, however, iie is
protected from oaUi.'e .stock, trails
are opened to allow the more conven
ient movement of the stock, esuh
rsnger is sapplied with a copy of the
varioos brands and marks, the name
of the owner and location of bis
range. If stock isonnd at aistauce
from the range it is reported by the
rauger.and the owners notified through
this office. This makes It practically
mpoMioie ior cattle to bi lout by
straying or by being driven from their
range by rustlers.
In the fight made by the enemies of
the Forest Service last winter in the
V. a Senate every possible criticism
was made; the whole system was dis
eased thoroughly and the fight baokrd
by some of the strongest corporstion
interests in the United States; bat de
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STRAWBERRY SEASON
IS NEARLY CLOSED
Josephine Co. Growers Should
Realize Better Prices
Next Season.
" The strawberry season for Rogue
River Valley is practically closed for
this year, though that does not mean
no more fresh strawberries ran be had
in the markets of Grauts Pass. As a
matter of fact there are fresh straw
berries brought inhy the farmers and
sold to the local trade every week
from the middle of April until the
first of November. In having straw
berrie that are really everbearing
Rogue River Valley leads all other
sections of Oregon. And these berries
that are grown daring the Summer
and Fall are fine in size and flavor as
those ripened in the Spring and
bring as high a price.
Lst year large quantities of Sacra
mento Valley and Willamette Valley
strawberries were sold in Grants Pass
and even Hood River berries were
shipped in. This year the market has
been fully supplied witli local grows
berries exoept very early in the
Spring when California ' berrlea
brought in before the Rogue River
berries were ripe. When the local
growers get onto the method of grow
ing early berries they will be able
to open the season earlier than tbey
now do. This Spring strawberries
from Umpqua Valley were being ship
ped to Portland full 10 days before a
Rogue River berry was to be seen in
the Grants Pass market Big prioes
are had for the flrtt berries in the
msrket and that extra 10 days to tbs
Umpoa growers meant a double the
price that they got for the next 10
days.
With the large planting of straw
berries that was made last year and
this Spring in this county there will
be berries enough to swamp the local
market and prices would drop to
practically nothing and quantities of
strawberries would be left to lot on
the vines as was the ease a few years
ago after there had been a big boom
in planting srtawberries, but there is
no possibility of the price dropping
ruinously low again for the new
cannery will be in operatiou next
Spring and will take all the surplus
berries at a fair price. As there will
be strawberries enough next season to
justify shipping the Fruit Growrrs
Association will handle them as long
as the price will warrant. A big
profit to the growers can bit made on
early berries shipied to Portland,
Seattle, Victoria and other northern
cities and when shipments can bs
made in car lots it will pay well to
send beiries to the markets of Mon
tana, Dakota, Manitoba and on fur
ther east. Hogne River strawberries
have proven to be as good shippers as
tlioKe of Hood River and when the
growers lit re are able to supply them
in car loads' and of uniform size snd
packet! up to the Hood River itandard
tbev will lie among the mot profitable
of the fruits raised in this Valley.
The first sales of Hood River straw
berries this season nettled the growers
to a crate and iheir lowest net price
was l.05. The members of the Ash
laud are te ported to have tealized an
average of I-1. 15 a cm to net on their
strawnerriei for this sessou. The
Grauts Pan growers selling in only
the local market got no suoh profit
able pri ee as did the growers of
Hood -Rivrr sud Ashland for they
sold straw rerns as low as fl a crate
and toik their pay in trade at the
stores. But hereaft r they will be
able thruugh the Fruit Growers As
sociatioi and the Grants Pas Can
nery to get the canh and a profitable
price for their strawberries and all
other fruit
A four foot ledge of pure ralcite has
beeo found in the Meadows district
and the development of which would
mean a new impetus to the commer
cial growth oi Southern Oregon.
Calcite, which Is strongly a lime bear
ing rock, is osed in the nisnoravtore
of cement sud oihr hydraulic mot
tars, and is an nncommoo mineral in
this part of the county. Ibslidgeis
fonr feet wide, and from the small
re March that has been made it gives j
e-ery assnranoe of being lsr one.
The locators are very atvrre to giv
iog anythiug for publication, bot they
feel certain that they have opened a
ledge' that will devslos into much im
portance. Gold Hill News.
Quarts blanks at the Cosrier office.
1907.
TWO NEW RURAL
NAIL ROUTES
The Applegsvte Valley txnd Illinois
Ve.lley Will Soon He.xe
the R.. r. D.
Josephine coonty now has two rnral
mail routes and two more 'are soon to
be established, one in 'Apt legate Val
ley and one in Illinois Valley. The
Arplegate route will begin at Murphy
and go up the east side of the river
to Applogate village where it will
cross to the south side and thence
down that side to the bridge at
Murphy and crossing over to the
tetmluus at that place. The route
will be about 85 miles long and will
supply over 100 families. The, mail
for this ' route - will be brought to
Murphy by the Williams stage, which
will leave Grants Pass at 7 a. m. and
arrive at Murphy at 9 a. m. The
rural carrier will leave Morphv at 9
o'clock add get to Applegate at noon
and back to Murphy 0 p. m. This
roots will be pnt into effect early ia
July and it will oause Davidson and
Kabll postoffloes, on the north side of
the river and now supplied from Ap
plegate, to be discontinued, end Pro
volt, on the ' south side of the river
and now supplied by the Grants Pass-
Williams stage, wiUJalso be discon
tinued. . The Williams stage, will
carry the mall to Williams as usual,
bot beginning with next Monday will
leave Grants Pass in the morning
instead of at noon as nnder the pres
ent schedule and arrive back at 7 :S0
p. m. ,
The Illinois Valley route will be
established August 1 and will start
from Eerby and go np the west side
of Sucker Creek Valley to Brown-
town and then back to Kerby by way
of the louth side of the Valley. This
route will cause Althonse postofflos
to be. disnoontioed. It will be about
S3 miles long and will supply about
100 families.
VALUABLE PROPERTY
ON LITTLE APPLEGATE
Shipping Ore to Kennett for
Treatment It Shows
Good Value
Teams are now engaged in hauling
ore from J. H. Clark's i roperty on
Little Applegate, near the mouth of
Sterling Crrek, to Jacksonville from
wheuce it is being shipped to the
suie!tirs at Kennut for treatment.
The ote is taken font the surface, the
vein being eight feet in width. But
little development work has been
done on the property, the greatnnt
d'ipth attained so far being only about
23 feet, but extraordinary values havo
been obtained, a smelter test showing
an average of Htl.40. An analysis of
tne smelter test, however, shows an
GET MARRIED!
S CORKS of young men are wasting tho best years
of tlieir life by putting off tlioir wedding day bo
cause they "have'nt got tho prico." Young nan, got
married. We'll stand by yon. We'll pull you through
J-W SJktfj the "ardest part of the
SfeSfeSf nowly.m.rried road-
us bring her pick out what you want to fix tin th.
little house. Then we'll astonish you when we in
form you how little it will cost. You furnish the girl
we furnish tho home.
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
l.a a Curtains, Por
tiere, Mattretnea,
Hlluwi, ( oti., Wall
l'aper, Clocks,
Mirror, Window
Blit.Ien, I'iiturek,
Picture Moulding.
R. .H O'Neill
THE HOUSEFUHNISHER
I ront St., bet. 6 and 7
:i : No. 12
MAY RESUME WORK '
ON GREENBACK MINE:
Proposed Visit of Mr. , Brevorl
Givee Rise to Rumor Thtt
Mine Will Sicvrt Vp. '
W. H. Brevort, of New York, owner
of the Greenback mine, for years the
biggest quarts gold producer in
Southern Oregon nntil it was shot
down last Fall, Is to arrive here about
July 1. No information is had as to
the object of his coming bot mining
men believe that It means that Mr.
Brevort will have work resumed at
the Greeuback. '
. ' No reason was ever given as to why
the Greenback was shut down, but '
one rumor was that the mine was
worked out and another that it was a
scheme , to euable the adjoining;
properties to be bought np cheap. It
ia most extensively developed and has
the la'gest equipment of any'miue in
this distrtot A depth of 1300 had '
been reached and miners say that the
ore still showed np well and carried
good values. The mill has.40 stamps
operated by eloctrio .power, supplied
by the Condor Cotnpauy from .its
Grants Pass wires.,- There is also ft
complete cyanide plant The mill
was also equipped with stoarn power
but the boilers and engines have been
sold this Spring and removed.'' On
the apper working of the Greenbaok
was 10 stamp mill but that wae
dismantled last year and five of the
stamps were set op at tbe Martha -mine,
an adjoining property gowned . 1
by Mr. Brevort and leased to J. M.
Clark. It is ' equipped with steam
power. Air. Clark has been operating
the Martha since last Fall and is
getting good returns from -tbe
property. .
The Greeuback ' district contains ft-
no tuber of promising mining proper- . -ties
and eventually it is quite certain
to yet become one of the big gold
prodoolug . dlstriots of Southern
Oregon. A two-stamp mill operated
by water power has lately been in
stalled by -Howe A Blalock on
mine that lies Just east of the
Martha. The rook is averaging tiO
a ton and tbs vein is showing np
well undef the development work '
that ia being done. Should the
Greenback be again put in operation
it will give this district a boom and
cause a large number of the adjoiulng
properties to be equipped aud put on
a working basis.
average of 1208.00 per ton in gold,
silver and copper. This is one of the
richest surfaoe propositions ever dis
covered In Southern Oregon, and as
the ledge increases in width with
depth there is every indication that ft
large and paying mine will be openel
up.
About five car loads of ere are ou
the dump ready for hauliug and all of
it shows values equal to that now
being shipped to the smelters. Jack
sonville Post
inai oi iurnisning a homo
fit to livo in fit for her.
Wo are not afraid to
"take chanco" on you.
We make a specialty of
furnishing homes for be
ginners in housekeeping,
and thero are special
credit concessions to
newly married couplos.
Get married. Come to
Stoves and Ranges,
Oraniteware,
A g tew are, Tinware,
Woodenware,
Wlllowire, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Glsaswsre, Fancy
Chins, Oo-l'arU,
Baby Carriage.
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