VOL. XXIII,
MILROAD PEOPLE WILL
RENDER ASSISTANCE
Ihev Tell the Courier That They
Will do This StSLte Very
Much Good.
D, Fenton, who stands at the
Ld ot the legal department of the
P. in Oregon, informed a Courier
1 .i-n that i Ixia .
E plenum m " uia uiuiuu LiiC
ilruad was not going to lose any of
land obtained nnder the grant,
hich is so much talked about those
Ction tbaf. the road officials would
(roofed to bare the land reappraised,
lbs records were all burned in the
L Francisco fire, and this work will
done in the spring, as soon as the
leather will permit the surveyors to
oat. This land that is good for
vricaltoral and mineral purposes, hs
kinks and feels confidently, will be
kid at reasonable figures to home
itkers. ' But the land best suited for
Lnber and which has timber on it
i ii accessible, will be retained by
Ie rairoad, as it is going to need all
e timber it can secure, fur its own
kaiumptlon and it woo Id be unwise
dispose of the land suitable tor
i purpose and then hare to turn
bond and boy 'other land. Bathe
inks that where there is timber land
out-of-the-way places and near
iwnllls, that the timber lands of
lit kind will likely be sold to the
Lions directly interested.
JHs goes to San Francisco shortly
this matter will then be
kso up formally with the head of
Les. and he thinks with very good
fciptots of being favorably acted
loo.
Assistant Passenger Agent, J. M.
lort, gave erery - evidence of being
rf to the best iuterests of this sec-
aof country. He told how in '08
t road would oondnctVoampaign of
rr aggressiveadvertising through-
tbe eastern states, the like of
dch had never before been known
bi there. He thinks that next
it wiU prove a record-breaket in
matter of the coming of desirable
lMswkerB Into Southern Oregon.
lie also mentioned that the tourist
tsI would be bronght"olosely in
with the Josephine county
which the. railroad folks are
pmg: "The Marble Halls ot Ore-
Iu order to arouse and create
ksit all over the country in these
kderfol caves, the railroad peoplein-
pw Joaquin Miller and other noted
pons to make personal inspection
(these wonderful attractions. And
have secured the oooperation of
forestry service in making the
to that resort much better and
they are sure of having the tourists
here to enjoy seeing thosa great
pnt. This means . that they
naka Grants Pass a visit, for this
litis gateway for approaching
vs. He thiuks tins item alone
no small importance to the
Ipls of Grants Pass and Josephine
Inty.
aey win also set forth the attrao-
ot Crater Lake to the outside
as well as telling of the
prableness of coining to camp on
Siskiyou mouutains in summer
for an outing.
Iwaking of the traiu service, Mr.
expressed the belief that early
llit spring, or just as soon as the
picked np materially, the
F't service would aitaiu be in-
He is quite optimistic
p the future growth and develop-
of this valley aud in Ins mind's
cau look ahead and see a special
rger service for the Rosue RivtT
covering the same territory
the fast freitiht now makes.
honestly believes that ere many
Mhis farorved spot will be boast-
' half million people.
wintendnnt L. R. Field told of
lod wi rk belli don i" bal.imt-
roadbel with decomposed
r" and hnv fha nr wnt liiade-
'equipment was to to repl ei in
ext year or no with a fine lariie
better ni.jarthirHr nod frviaht
aud mauv such important ini-
roeots.
GRANTS PASS. JOSKPHINB COQNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1907.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TRANSACT BUSINESS
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the Xmas season has again rolled around, the Cocrier would take this means of
wishing for it's many friends and patrons all the happiness that could be desired.
May this be a time of great rejoicing for you, one and all is our wish, and may nothing
be lacking to make it a time when you will have such an occasion that will prove to
be one long to be remembered in after years.
pound rails are laid, and nothing is
to be left undone to better and im
prove the service.
On the whole, the visitors were
very able and it did the business men
of Grants Pans good to thus come
more closely in touch with the men
at the helm in the railroad's affairs.
Such meetings cannot help but be pro
ductive of good for all parties con
cerned.
COMING EVBNT5.
Deo. 21, Saturday Meeting of 0. P.
Fruit Growers' Association.
Deo. 23, Monday The Holy City, at
tue jNew opera House.
Deo. 24, Tuesday, Dance at Savage
Creek Hall. 11.50 including supper
and horse feed. 12-13 2t
Dec. 25, Wed. Christmas day.
Deo. 25, Wednesday Stanford Glee
and Mandolin dabs, at New Opera
House.
Dec 81, Tuesday New Years Dance
at Savage Creek Hall, f 1.50 Includ
ing supper and horse feed. 12-13 3t
Jan. 1, Wed. New Tear's day.
Jan. 7, Tuesday-Meeting of G. P.
Poultry Keepers Association, in
Guild Halt
Janu?ry 10, F'iday, at New Opera
House, Roseburg High School vs.
O. P. High School, Joint Debate.
Jan. 13, Monday Circuit Court
meets.
Jan.30,81 and Feb.l, Thu.Fri and Sat.
First Annual Show, Grants Pass
Poultry Keepers Association.
JaD. 80, 81 and February 1, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Horace K.
Turner Art Exhibit, at High School,
afternoons aud evening.
Jan. HI, Friday Meeting In Grants
Pass to organize the Rogue River
G at Breeders' Association.
Jan. 31, Friday Colt and Fioe Horse
Show in Grauts Pass, under aus
pices of Grants Pass and Eerby
Breeders' Asfociations.
Feb. 1, Saturday Fruit Grower'
Meeting in Grants Pans, Under Aus
pices of Grants Pais Fruit Growers
Association.
The Wilderville Grange is planning
to have au"Open Session," en Thurs
day, Deoernoer 2. The forenoon
will be devoted to transacting some
impottant business, including the
reception of a number of new mem
bers and in the afternoon everybody
will be welcome to enjoy the "open"
meeting, when many matters of much
Importance to the neighborhood will
be discu-sed. Among other things
will be the quf-stiou of having the
telephone line from Appletfate Val
ley extendel to that district and to
that end that the populace may be
fully enlitibtened, Chas. Mesorve has
b.en inited to address the people
on this matter.
Seen those Comfoitable Slippers yet?
iarths.
The Bijou Theatro has opened up in
Hall's ball aud gives continuous per
lorniauofs. with Moving Picturss and
Illustrated songs. The gentlemen who
Bre affording Grants Passes this at
traction are experts at the business
and have come to Grauts Pass to stay.
18ving taken out a city license for one
They also conaaoi -
attractions
FINANCIAL SITUATION
ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY
Grants Pass Banks are Doing
Business at the Old Stand
txnd Everybody Smiles.
ROGUE RIVER APPLES
TO BE SENT BACK EAST
Passenger Agent McMurray will
Send Many Boxes Back to Ad
vsrtlse Resources.
year.
..-"... : t Medford. The
r nnauc al flurry blow, over . w,k, . will
ll win, tneo us win r
afford a great
ment
Pects it will, then "03 will
great and lastins- iiunrove-
H'll the rnathsri rnllinu stock I
SOeral eouiDment of the lines
Frtout Oregon.
uuw the curves are Dein? , men
,17d'aa'reat amount of euwrtaio-
Cnurt Josephine, Vo. 21
t ...a-;ra meets r irst
" rY.-r ; ..h month
Foresters
and Third
in Rod-
Hall
R -'FraiikFetsch. Sec 12-20 tf
The "lid" was taken off of the
Grants Pass banks, Monday morning,
although the said institutions really
began paying out the ready cash
Sa'urday, aud there was not the
slightest indication of anything out
of the ordinary.
The Courier man visited both banks
Monday forenoon and found every
thing moving along in the even tenor
of its way. At toe First National
Assistant Canhier Roy Hackett greet
ed him very cordially and reported
that there was nothing at all ont of
the way and on the contrary that
the deposits were fully equal to the
withdrawals. He said they were
much pleased with the way matters
ware going and that everything in
dicated that there would not even
be anything like a ripple on the local
financial surface.
At the Grants Pass Bank inn &
Trust Co., Cashier L. L. Jewell aud
his able assistants were found greeting
their may patrons wiih smiling
countenanues and when accosted by
the newsgatherer, Mr. Jewell re
marked that "everything was lovely."
He also stated ttmt tne line of deposits
were comiDg in nicely and were
fully equal, if not greater than the
cash that was Koing ont. Of course
he was more than pleated with this
state of affairs and did not hesitate to
say so. Me tiunks tnat tne nurry
is all over and that new the busiuess
world will settle down to its normal
condition.
Business men were Interviewed by
the reporter and without exception
they were one aud all found to I ot
a very optimistic frame of mind aud
thsy predicted that conditions would
continue to improve right along froui
this time on and that in a few weeks
there would be no trace left of this bit
of financial excitement.
Citizens iu general who were ap
proached by the pencil pusher, were
wearing hopeful countenances and
they talked in a manuer to indicate
all too plainly that ttiey were deeply
interested in this matttr They too
felt good over the way thing were
going and likewise predicted that the
strigency was a thing of tua ia?t aud
that n"w confidence would be restored
right along aud the basinets world
would get back Into its customary
channels. Everybody seems glad of
the final outcome and oae and all be
lieve and trust that nothing of the
kind will aver occur again.
Arthur Fitzgerald, aged 3fl and
Arthur Hansen, aged 12. residrnts of
Iowa street, celebrated a simultan
eous birthday last Friday evening at
the borne of Mr. FiUgerald. Mrs.
Fitzgerald, to make the occasion more
enjoyable, invited the neighbors and
friends to Join in a; surprise party.
They presented themselves eo masse
at the Fitzgerald home and spent a
most enjoyable evening with games
and other social amusements. Mrs.
Fred.Meoaoh won the Cinderella prize (tupptd on
offered by the hostess. Refreshments , tQtl mountains.
of candy, cocoa and cake were served
That the Southern Pacific officials
are doing what they can to advertise
the Rogue River Valley in the east is
shown by the fact that William Mo
Murray, general passenger ageut, has
personally spent 1135 for 80 boxes of
fancy apples, which at his own ex
pense he has placed where they would
do the most for this section, saya the
Medford Tribune. This is probably a
larger amount than any resident has
expended this year in m. king southern
Oregon fruit famous. These apples
were mostly sent to prominent men in
the east and all brought forth letters
of highest commendations.
Two of these boxes, one each of
Spitzenberg aud Newtowr.s, were
placed on exhibit at the international
livestock exhibition held at Chicago
last week, where they attracted
general attention. Writing of this
exhibit,' James Hursburnh, Jr., gen
eral passenger agent of the Hani
man lines in California, states:
"George L. MoDonough, who un
packed the exhibits, says: 'While
we ware opening (he two boxes of
Medford apples, the Spitzenberg and
Newtown Pippins, two parties stop
ped and watched. One said 'I won
der what tbey are worth.' The other
spoke up: 'I don't know what they
oousider them worth, but I wiU pay
$3 a box for them gladly.' "
. "Of the Spitzenbergs there were 80
J in the box, of the Newtown Pippins
'M. That would make them 10 oents
apiece for the SpiUenbergs and Dear If
15 cents apiece for the Newtowns.
"McDouougli says everything is the
same way and that our exhibit is
ahead of everything."
Duriug the exhibit the Southern
Pacific carried a good-iizrd displav ad
iu the Chicago papers eutitled "The
Greatest Attraction at the Inter
; national Livestock Exposition Is the
! Wonder of the West, northwest corner
I R cord building, an exhibition show-
ing the agricultural wealth of the
; (oliowiuK suctions: O egon 1. Rogue
j River Valh y. 2. Gr at Klamath
country." These were the only sec
' tions of the state represented, though
California and Idaho were repre
I snted. The Newtowns on display
j were grown by H. C. Cook of Central
i Point aud Spitzeubergs by Tronaon &
j Guthrie of Kagle Point.
Wood Jeter, of Williams alley was
at the county seat, the other day and
told the reporter that the work he has
been eogagjd In helping to build a
trail for the forestry service, from the
end of the Williams county road to
the "Marble Halls of Oregon." is
progressing nioely. It is finished to
a point on Central creek, where the
trail forks, one branch going to the
caves aud the other to Bigelow'a
place. There have been several
changes iu the trail and it has been
considerably shortened. The trail al
together is only about nine milea from
the wagon road. The work bas been
account of the snows in
November Weather.
following summary is taken from
the report for November of J. B.
raddock, observer Grants Pass for
he U. S. Weather Bureau :
Mean temperature of November. 4
aegrees.
Hishest temperature, 65 degrees on
the Uth.
Lowest temperature, 27 degrees,
on the 9th.
Total rainfall 1.94 inches.
Snowfall nobs.
Clear days, 9; partly oloudy 2;
oloudy 9.
Prevailing wind, showers.
Hold .n adourrd Meeting at
Which Matters of Interest
are Considered.
An adjourned meeting of the
County Commissioners was held Moo
day, with Judge Jewell, Comruis-iouer
M. A. Werta. Clerk S. F. Cheshire
and Sheriff W. J. Russell iu ittoud
auoe. The follow log business was
looked after :
Ihe petition of C. A. Trelothen,
for a liquor license in the Althouee
precinct was granted.
No bills were allowed but these
wore laid over uutil the January
meeting. . '
In the matter of printing the de
linquent tax list, there were two bids
offered, one from the Outlook boing
tor 20 ceuts per lise each Insertion
and the other for 8 oents per line, by
the Observer. Tne latter bid was
duly accepted.
Bids for the supervision of the
county poor farm were opened and
the contract was given to F. n
Burns, at $50 per month. Sheriff W.
J. Russell, showed the board that ha
was carrying two bonds, each in lbs
sum of 110,000, one being personal
eeonrlty and the other by the National
Surety, Co., the Sheriff paving
for the latter. Upon suoh represen
tation, the last named bond was re
leased, said release to date from July
8. 1907.
Tha time far tha flllno nt
the cronnaed hnllriinir nf a nmm hrl.l
over Rogue River, here In Grants
Pass, was extended to Febraarv 5,
1U0H. at 10 a. m. . when tha mitlar
will be formally acted upon.
TliArA hniiitf nn fnrt.liAP hnilnM.
come up at this session, the board ad
journed to meet Wedaeeday, Jan. 1.
Brass Canlde Sticks at Clemens.
Toys Express Wagons at Cramer Bros.
Right in j
I thfheautI iJ,
CONVERSATION OVERHEARD
Mr. Boostrk Fat man.
A Touuist The other fellow
Tourist Say.Mr. Fat Man
where can I buy some Good
Furniture, Stoves and Goods
to go housefurnistfinK with?
I know where to buy the other
kind but I want something
extra good.
Mr. Boostkr - Why, ro to
O'Neill's, the largest house
furnisher of them all. He buys
direct from the manufacturer
and guarantees every piece of
goods sent out of his store.
Say, Mr. Tourist, be carries
everything you can think of
for the house. His prices are
right, and there's nothing
small about him.
Seeing Grants Pass
is not complete without seeing the
large and splendid Holiday Display at
R. H. O'Neill's, which is recognized
as headquarters for this line.
lie purchases all g.ods direct from the factory and
ships in CHrload hU. This gives the buyer the very
finest apsortmeint, and
when it comes to priceB,
ho is t h u 8 enabled
to give bottom figures.
Newcomers and all will
discover that he has by
far the largest establish
ment in this part of the
State. Ladies will find
the display of articles
very attractive and just
what tbey are looking for
S f E l NO 1 C
Furniture and Car
pels, Linoleums,
I.are Curtains, Por
tieres, MattresMis,
Pillows, CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Shades, Pictures,
Picture Moulding.
R. H. O'UI
THE HOUSEFUHNISHER.
f rorvt St., bet. 6 and 7
Stoves and Ranges,
Oranitewart,
Agieware, Ifciware,
Wooden ware,
Wllloware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Ulaaswera, fancy
China, Oo-Carts,
Baby Carriages.
h out of the road and heavy, 8 Bryan,