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VOL. XXIII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 1908 NO. 44. GREAT SINGER NORDICA TO MARRY MINING MAN INTERESTING DIGEST OF MORE TALK REGARDING . THAT NEW RAILROAD OREGON'S NEW TAX LAW Owner of Josephine Countv Mine Soon Captures Bril liant Singer. Showing Some of the Radical Crescent City Peepers a. re Relia bly Informed that Survey ors will Work. Changes Proposed by the ' Legislature. Mr Here is a telegram from New York City, wbioh conveys some newi re garding the sensational greeting which was accorded Geo. W. Young, who is well known in Grants Pas, as being the sole owner of the Preston Peak Copper Mines, located near Waldo, Josephine county, and Mine. Li Lian Nordica, the .world renowned singer: New York, Jan. 2 "Hello. George. How are yon?" said Madame Nordica today as she stepped from train at the Grand Central station and kissed George W. Yoang, head of the banking house of George w. Young & Company, wbo had been waiting bsr arrival from Chicago. The affectionate meeting of the couple was expected in view of the story telegraphed from Chioago that Mmt. Nordica left there yesterday, that she had oorae East at the urgent solicitation of Mr. Young' and thai the pair would be married in the East within a few days. The singer herself as well as Mr. Young are silent on this phase of her trip. Mr. Yonng and Mme. Nordica have been associated in business. Mr. Toung was the former president of the United States Mortgage and Trait Company. His first wife, who gave him his freedom two weeks ago was Miss Natalie B. Bray. The marriage would be the third of Mme. Nordica. Her last husband was Herr Doehtne. EASTERNERS LOOKING OUR COUNTRY OYER The Courier has been handed a copy of the Beaver'.Falls, Pa., ""Renew,1 of recent date, which mentions hir ing beard from some natives ef their section, who are looking over Oregon state, uome of the items are a bit incorrect, as will be seen from the following : "We are in reoeipt of some scenery Tiews from the Webfoot State, from a party of New Sewiokley folks, who lets for the"Paoifle Slope, tiie latter part of October, after submit ting to "totteriug monopoly" for one week. They brust forth one bright morning along about the first November, 1907, "into the realm of eternal summer, greeted by the rich dor of violets, the everblocming rose aud the twittering of ""birds amongst tbe dense foliage of the magnolia. It is expected that they will locate permanently en the South ern Paoifio at M idford, a town near the Big Butte, with a popualtion of 967 inhabitants." "Oar friends way out back of the Cascade mountains of Oregon have again sent ns some very Sue scenic Tiews, and write t lat they are think ing of quitting Medfotd and take op their abode, three hundred in i lei north, in the beautiful city of Port land, known as the Rose City. The Bogse river valley of Oregon, is fanjed for it's red and yellow apples. The thermometer there seldom get below 60 degrees, flowers bloom the whole year round. Active garden making cornmenoed along about the first of February. In the distance you cn ere the white cone of tha Cascude mountains covered with snow to a deptli of appareutly 30 feet or so. One of the party climbed to dizzy heights on Eagle Point, getting inte the suow. " Had they but stopped off and viewed the landscape o'er tuey Mould hate gone no farther. When they behold eur 10 pound potatoes, 40 pound cab bages, immense buuclies of Tokay crapes, roses blooming every day in the year, mild ilimate aud oihet tliinis too DomtTom to m-ntioi, they woo Id have aiked firiiomce proof of the fai t that i is in very truth "God's country." This week F. W. Steele wss operated upon for a tad caie of ap pendicitis and Dr. Longhridge dis covered a miniature fishbonein the ap pendix, which wis successfully re moved aod now the patient is getting along nicely Rumor has it that Grants Pass is aoen to have a nw bank, as well as Another abstract company. Taxes will become delinquent the first Monday in April. If the fall amount is paid on or before the 15th of March, a rebate of three per cent. will be allowed. If one-half of the above taxes are paid on or before the first Monday in April, the time for the remaining half will be extended to the first Monday in October; if not so paid and become delinquent, a penalty bf 10 per ceut and 13 per cent interest will be added. The following sections found in the statutes, vA also have a tendency to enlighten those not posted on the law: Sec 65 All lots, tracts and parcels of laud opon whioti taxes remain due and unpaid at the date of the tak ing effect of this act aud which have not heretofore been sold for such taxes, either to the county, or to any ether person, except the taxes for the onrrent year shall be deemed to be delinquent nnder the provisions of this act, and the same proceedings may be bad to enforce the payment of such unpaid taxes, with penalty, in terest and costs, and payment en forced and liens foreclosed nnder and by virtue of the provisions of this act, the date of delinquency shall be construed to mean tbe date when the taxes first oecame delinquent pro vided, at all sales of property for which certificates of delinquency are held by the county, if no bids are re ceived, tbe county shall be con sidered bidder for the full area of each tract or lot to trie amount of such taxes, penalties, interest and jjosts due thereon, and where no bidder ap pears acquire the title thereto as ab solutely as if purchased by an indi vidual under the provisions of this act ; all bidders except the county at sales of property for which certificate of delinqoenoy are held by the county shall pay the full amount of taxes, penalties,, interest.. mi costs for all subsequent year doer on said property at the date of sale. Seo. 56 The tax collector shall, up on tbe issnanoe of a certificate of delinquency, collect 50 cents. For making a deed, to include not more than 10 trsots or lots aud including ali services rendered, Including sales and posting notices, 13. The clerk of the oouuty shall collect from each contestant at the time cf filing suoh content (5. Mrs. J. W. Lewis, of Holland, who has been paying her mother a six weeks' visit, at Fresno, Cal., returned home, yesterday. POULTRY SHOW PROVING TO BE A BIG SUCCESS The First Annual Poultry Show of the Rogue River Valley began in this city, Thursday and will con tinue through Saturday. Tlie indi cations point to an itneresting and successful iffair. There were some thing like 60 exhibitois made entries the first day, witb others to come in as the Show progressed. The exhibit is being held in the new warenonne or ueitirs. Cramer Bros., on II street. Here some 60 exhibit pens were prepared before the opening of the display, the officers thinking that perhaps they would bo ufncieul, bat it looks very much as though they would have to provide extra pens, fcr more chicken tenders will undoubtedly come in today and tomorrow. Elmer Dixon, the prominent Oregon City poultry mni, who has acted in the capacity of judge in so many such shows, is here to perform a liiep ser vice and he informs the Courier that the showing made by tbe poultry men of Ron tie River at this time is very crelitable and that for the first effort it is fully equal to any that have been giveu in the state. He sees a very marked and rapid growth in this prticulaar industry here and all ovtr the state and predicts thatsoon i will have developed wonderfully, adding greatly to the productions of this great and growing common wealth. Masters Clarence and Chester Mew ton, whs have been visiting Wood barn relatives, returned home, this week, aocompanied by their aunt, I Mi's Vesta Miller, of Woodborn. i , Grants Pass Successiul High. School Debaters These speakers met and vanquished the Boseburg and Elamath Falls teams and now tbey will meet the Marsh- field debaters in the First Baptist Church ef Boseburg, when they will contest OREGON FRUIT STORY . TOLD ALL OYER WORLD Commercial Bodies of the State Unite In Setting Forth In teresting Facts. (Special Correspondence) Portland, Ore., January 27, 1908. Working in connection with several commercial bodies over the state, and aided by individual frnit growers, the Portland Commerial Club has is sued fro it bulletin com posed of four pages of the New Year's Oregoniau. Each psp?r sent oat bears a para graph, coueplouously stamped' In two places, telling tbe reader that be can boy his tioket on tbe road meet con venient to bim at a remarkably low colonist rate between March 1st and April SOth. The $30 rate from the great middle west is made tbe strik ing featore of tbe stamp. Of course mention is made also of rates from other sections. The bulletins are prepared in advance for the nse of the agents employed by tbe .various 'ail roads, localizing the rate for - their partioular line. Tbe Mid-Winter Livestock Show at Denver joat closed was a tremendous success, and many of the exhibitors expressed a' determination to be pres ent at the Livestock Show in Portland this coming Fall. The Portland Country Club and Livestock Associa tion have promised the Hunt Club that accommodations will be ready for them in June, and ' an army ef men and horns are at work at the preaeut time to make this pledge good. The Paoifio Coast Ad Men's As sociation will hold their next annual convention in Portlaud during tbe Rcse Festival. The Oregon Development League is exceedingly prosperous. The past two weeks have added three members to Hie organization. The Stayton Com mercial Club, W. L. Freres, President, R. A. Elwoed, secretary; the Com mercial Club of Mailer Valley, with Dr David RobiniooM secretary ; the Scio Commercial Club, T. J. Hon kers, president, and A. G. Prill, secretary The Hood River Commercial Club will hold its third annual banquet Friday evening, January SI. Delega tions will De present from Portland, The Dalles and other cities through out tbe state. Newberg will have a house warminir, under the auspices of the Newberg Board of Trade, on February lat, celebrating the opening of their fine new Imperial Hotel. The Executive committee of the Portland Commercial Club are appeal ing for additional fui.di to advertise the resources of Oregon, and at no time daring the active work of that Committee have responses been so generons. New snbsotiptlons are coming in, former contributors are either doubling or materially increas ing their subscriptions, aod every cent of it is devoted to advertising tbe State md not tbe city. Coaplete plans have been decided upon for the Oregon Building at the Alaska-Yukon Paoifio Eiposition, aod up to date it is the moit attractive state building yet shown in America opon tbe grounds of a great Fair. Will L. Lynn, representative of the Paclfio Printers' Supply Co., of Seat tle, was looking after the interestsof tbe local newtpaper plants, Wednes day. REPORTS TELL OF MANY PEOPLE COMING WEST Easterners are Looking This Way as Never Before. With Longing Eyes. All indications point to a big influx of easterners this way, the coming season. The various railroads are giv ing special rates, as an inducement and there is some most judicious ad vertising being done in the Eastern and Middle states, setting forth, in an attraotive manner the many good things which might be said about tbs Beavsr Stats. Every day signs of these ' facts are coming Jin evidence and bare is newspaper clipping from one of the big dailies of Chicago, handed to the Courier by A. B. Cornell, who re ceived it front bis "sister in the east. This will serve as a sample of the way tbey are talking back that way: It is estimated that 60.000 persons in tbe territory west of the Mississippi Rivsr . availed themselves of the first of tbe .bomrseekers' rates, wbiob went into effect yesterday,' and de parted for points west of the Mis soon. Notwithstanding the protests of two or three roads operating east of the' Missouri River only the low fares will be continued throughoat the year. The excursions will be run the first and third Tuesdays of eauh month. The rate will be one fare for the round trip, plus 13 and the terri tory covered will be practically everything west of the Mississippi except California. The tickets will be sscoud-class that is, will not be honored in first class sleeper, but will be good in the tourist oars. To a majority of tbs points the final limit for return trip will be 30 days and atayovers will be allowed at nearly any point west of the Miatouri River.' including tbe larger qities like Denver, Pueblo, Salt Lake City aud Ogrien From Chicago it is estimated that 6000 persons went on the rates by the various roads during the day. Though the tickets are of the contract form, tbey are open to the public, which means that a certain per centage of them were ued by regular travelers. A large per cent of the transportation, however, was sold to bona fide home seekers boeud for different polots in the gTeat Wmt to look over prospec tive farms, factory sites aud locations for biiBues. One of the windows of tbe Geo. S. Calhoun Co., has quite an attraction in tbe shape of a couple of civet cats, i which were captured out in the woods by timber cruisers. Messrs. Conger i to Verdin. Tbe animals aleep during the day, but are up to all kinds of pranks after niiilit. aa many a miner can well attest, when they carried off his box, aod various articles or clothing. But they put an end to all: rats and mice, aronnd tbe premises. ' Oovernor Geo. E. Chamberlain baa appointed T. P. Judson a notary pub lic. R; B. Reed, father of Robert Reed arrived from Bidding, Cal., Saturday, where he went some wseks ago, to look after one of bis mining claims. He has been very ill with pneumonia, but is now on ths mend. Fred Meosch has been out doing some surveying of several mineral claims, in the vicinity of Eerby, tbe past week.. .WOP 9 for the honors in'thi" district. GRANTS PASS POSTOFFICE MAKES WONDERFUL GAIN Annual Report Makes sx Fine Showing Which is Decid edly Creditable. The annual report of the Grants Pass postoffloe, which has juat been complied, makes a very gratifying showing of tbe steady and substantial growth of this city, in this most Im portant direction. Tbs following' figures tell the tale and lndioate very plainly how ths volnnie of boslneas has materially in- creased during tbs past id months: 1007 revenue from sale of starapsnd box rent, 19956. 03-1800-03?3. 90, making a gain of 681. 15. 1907 In meny order department 7768 orders issocd, for $83,103.89; 19067319 orders. $58,606.09- gain of 634 orders sad $44,697.80 in cash. While the number paid out in 1907 was 6058, valued at $60,037.20, as against 6189, worth $47,648.03, in 1906, making difference is favor of 1907 of $8489.18. During 1907 thers wets 3697 let ters registered, while in 1906 the number was only 3308, making a difference for 1907 of 289. Far some menths past all of the boxes have been takeu and tbe ap plications for more of thsm have been constantly on the lnorease. In fact the business of this offlc has beon growing right along at a steady rate aod Uncle Sam hss no ccouiplalnt to make as rsgards the Grants Pass office, for the revenue hss been quits considerable and is becoming greater all the lime. COUNTY TREASURER'S CALL FOR WARRANTS There are funds In the Treasury to pay all warrants registered prior to September IS. 1904. Interest will cease from this date. January 80, 1908. J. T. TAYLOR, Co. Treasurer. List Yonr Timber Lands Witb Herzinger & Mitchell. U 20 tf Something J Extraordinary The big sale of Graniteware is still on 20 per cent off of Marked Prices Furniture and Car pets. Linoleums, I.a Curtains, Por tieres, Mattreaneii, Pillows, Cots, Wall Paper, Clocks, Mirrors, Window Bbadea, Picture, Picture Moulding. R.H.0UI THE HOUSEFURNISHER ( ront St., Ever and anon cornel a welcome rumor, wafted by the breezes from over Crescent City way, bearing the good tidings that soon the Southern Pacific surveyors will be at work, lay lug out the long expected, much de sired line of railroad, which will oonuect Grauts Pas with the coat. At Minus it has sveuied as though this food hope ' was about to be realized. Now comes the Crescent City News, which declare, "We are informed by reliable authority that there is good prospect of the Southern Pacific rail road surveyors resuming operatiens through this seotion, witbin two or three months. " Other items of a like nature have been coming at intervals from various sources, whiob, while not containing positive information, yet they have tended to confirm ths belief some people bold that this road is really goiug to materialize, one of these days, and that, too, in the not very distant future. CITIZENS HOLD WATER WORKS fiASS MEETING . .. The mass meeting held at the ooort house, Friday evening, in the inter ests of the msnioipal ownership of the waterworks, was pretty well attended and much Interests was manifested. Mayor Smith presided and Citv At torney Clements was called upon to state the objeots of the gathering, which be did in a few, wall chosen remarks. Then cams , an sxtended talk by W. B, Chase, ths consulting sngineer of Portland, wbo went into detail regarding the equipment of this plant, and uuoh other valuable in fotmatlon. He answered questions that were propounded and went over the ground very carefully. It was tbs unanimous consensus' of opinion, that steps should be taken tf wards ths olty's securing this or some other plant. To this end Messrs. ;H. O. Kinney W. T. Uoburn and J. T. Tuffs were appointed a committee to secure the aervioes of a oompetont engineer, whose doty it shall be to estimate the oost of a plant similar to his one and also to carefully go into the relative value of the plant which is now offered the city by its preient owners, Messrs. Morris Bros. The nisetlng was vary haruiouious and muoh interest wss taken in tbe proceedings. It will tase some little time for the oommlttee thus appointed carry out the wishts of the ootntnu nltv and report its findings. There will be preaching services at Newman M. E. Church, Sunday morning, in ths nature of s union service between this churob sod the M. E. Church South, Rev. O. H. Cleaves, of the latter church preach ing. Sunday school at 10 under the leadership of Superintendent, H. " L. Gilkey. The Epworth League wiU hold its usual devutioual service in the League room of the church, at 6:30. A cordial welonms is slven to everyone to attend these services. Htovea and Ranges, Graniteware, Aglewsre, 'Isuware, Woodenware, Willonsre, Cutlery, Crockery, I.smpa, Ulaitsware, Fancy China, Oo-CarU, Baby Carriages. bet. 6 and 7