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..
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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