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VOL. XXIII.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY; OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1908.
No. 45.
READY TO UNWATER
THE GRANITE HILL
All PrtparsUlone Hm Been
Made to Lowtr Flood in Mine
and Rium Operation.
A representative of the Courier this
week visited the Granite Hill mining
camp, and was ihown over the prop
erty and through the works of the
American Gold Fields company by
Superintendent Charles Morpby. As
the stated Jin the Courier a few
weeks sinoe, the company is makiog
preparations to on water , the mine,
and again resume operations' A
crew has been constantly employed in
and around the mine, since it was
forced to oloee.down because of the in
rush of water on the lower levels.
The mill, and hoist, concentrating
plant, and power plant are all in ex
cellent condition, and are ready for
operation on a days notice. Splendid
rock ballasted roads have been built
in the camp, connecting the mill with
the Bed Jacket mine, and also with
the sawmill and wood camps. A fine
ekid road connected the company's
sawmill with the timber camo, and
the logs are skidded to the mill at
email cost ; in fact, the entire cost of
catting the logs, skidding to the
mill aid tawing into lumber is but
46 per thousand feet
About S00 cords of wood have been
ut and delivered at the mill, and an
equal mount will be Jpiled ia the
-woodyard within reach of the boiler
room, within the next few weeks.
The rockDallasted road allows this
wood to be hauled at one-half the
former cost. The wood will be nsed
in supplying fuel for the furnaces
while the mine is being pumped out.
The entire works have been over
hauled, repaired and pot in shape to
operate with greater ( ease and less
ost. The main idea of superinten
dent Morphy is to out the operating
expenses down, and widen the margin
Of profit. The value of the Granite
Hill quartz is a known quantity, aud
it remains to mine and mill the ore
at as small cost as possible. He has
demonstrated that the ore can be re
moved from the lower levels, crushed,
milled and concentrated at a coet of
1.85 per ton. The rock road con-'
necting the Granite Hill mill with
the Red Jacket allows the ore to be
hauled from the latter property at a
cost of but 25 cents per ton for trans
portation; and this can be done win
ter or summer.
The big hoist, with its immense
double drums and twin engine, has
been plaoed on new and deepset
concrete foundation, the head frame
has been better anchored aud new
mortar blocks placed under the mill
stamps. The benoh at the collar of
the shaft has been widened by re
moving a portion of the mountain
side, giving greater room for the ore
tracks, shops, and hoisting phnt.
The power house has been set farther
back. In truth the whole oamp has
been oleaned up and improved, so
that ft is one of the neatest aud beet
kept mining towns in the state. ' The
buildings, residences, mess boose.
rooming house and offices are electric
lighted, with mountain water piped
verywhere needed.
Foreman Thomas has remained on
the mine. He has mined in many of
the best districts of the world, and in
some of the biggest and richest
propretites, but he considers the
Granite Hill, in the matter of its ore
composition, stableness aud general
character equal to any he has seen of
the same class. With the prepara
tions that have been made, re
peeially in the matter of road work
and cainp improvements, the mine cu
be onwatered in less time and at
mach less cost than before. Every
thine is in readiness, so there will be
no delay; once the skips are started
they wilt be operated day and night
till the mine ia drained.
Superintendent Morphy states that
he can nnwater the property in 40
days time, aud that within four
months frooi the time the slips are
started, he and his foreman will have
the tunnels aud ilr fit rvtiuibere't,
the stopes cleaned, an everything iu
shape to begin milling. The 20-stanip
mill will crush 100 tons lot ore daily,
operating day and night, and there is
enough ore blocked out on the 400 foot
level alone to keep the mill pounding
eteadly for many months.
The owners of the Granite Hill,
all of whom are Eastern people, have
act lost faith, even through the mis
fortune of flooding and the conse
quent suspension of milling and min
ing operaions. Many of them have
visited the mine in person, are ac
quainted with conditions, and are
determined to yet make the property
win. It is these sort of people.that the
mines of southern Oregon need peo
ple who will not Rive up and bark
down at the first appearance of
trouble, who will overcome every ob
stacle, wbo will not give up. It is
just snch bull-dog determination and
grit that will make the Granite Hill
a great mine.
' Fight the Fruit Peeta.
A meeting for the fruit growers was
held at the opera house last Saturday
which was well attended by those in
terested in frail growing and a
goodly number of prominent.'speakers
were present. The pear light was
one of the leading topics discussed.
Prof. O'Gara, of the department of
agriculture in charge of the fight in
California against the pear blight gave
an address on the subject and told how
to recognize it and how to eradicate it.
This pest has ruined the pear industry
in the East aud sotne Mparts of Califor
nia and should it get firm foothold
in the Rogue River valley woold
ruin the pear industry. Every froit
grower and any other person who has
an interest , in the fnture of this
oounty should carefully examine every
pear tree which they come across for
signs of the blight. The county court
should appoint a permanent fruit in
spector whose duty it will be to at all
times visit orchards with authority
to destroy any trees infeoted with a
disease. It has come to our notice
that peach trees with the blight have
been shipped into Grants Pass from
nurseries within the state. It has
been the duty of inspectors to examine
trees shipped into the state bot no
account has been taken of trees ship
ped herefrom a nursery within the
state. The county cannot afford to be
without a fruit inspector for a single
week. ,
ROGUE RIVER FAIR AT
MEDFORD THIS YEAR
The, .commissioners of the First
southern Oregon 1 District Agricul
tural Society met in annual meeting
in Ashland Mnndav to elect officers.
transact business routine, and select
the place for holding the 1903 fair of
the society. Those present were L.
B. Hall, Granst Pass, president; A.
T. Marshall, .Grants Pass, secretary;
H. L. Gilkey and Chas. Mese've,
Grants Pass; J. A. Perry and John
D. Olwell, Medford; E. T Staples,
Ashland
The Board after doe consideration
voted to hold the 11)08 fair at Med
ford, to be known as the Rogue River
Industrial Fair, and to hold the fair
of 1D09 at Ashland.
New officers: J A Perry, presi
dent; J D Olwell, vice-president; J
E Watt, secretary; John 8 Orth,
treasurer; J A Perry, J D Olwell and
E T Staples, exicmive committee.
Joint Deb&te.
The members of the Bethany Frater
nal Club, an organization for the
benefit of the boys of the town, has
arranged for an entertaiumeut to be
held at the opera honse, Wednesday
evening, February 12, in tWe nature of
a joint debate on the subject: Re
solved, "That the jorv system should
be abolished." Attorneys Blanchard
aod VanDyke have the affirmative
and Attorneys Norton and Clement!
the neiiative. A very entertaining
musical program will also be ren
dered, which will Include vocal se
lections by the Bethany choir and Ibe
male quartet, ladies chorus, and Mrs.
W. L. Ireland, also inueio by Miss
Palmer aod M-ssrs. Cheshire and
Whartou.
Frank Fctscli and family have had
since New Years Day as a part of
their diet, new potatoes grown to
maturity in their own Harden since
September of last year. This ia quite
unusoal. but Mr. Fetsck vooohes for
the truth aod has had the potatoes on
exhibition to spak for themsevlss.
He explains ,.tbat part of the; far
den was planted to potatoes and at
maturity those were dug with the ex
ception of a few which migbt have
been missed and covered up. Cab
bage was -then matured on the same
plot and the ground plowed. The
potatoes left in the ground sprouted
and grew, blossoming in the usual
time aud on New Years day the pota
toes were ready for the table.
i BEAUTIFUL Valentines from 1 cent
up. Howell's Music Store. 2-7 It
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS
INVITED TO OREGON
Delegation to National Democratic
Convention will Be Urged to
Corns to Portland.
Special Correspondence
Port and business men have deter
mined to make a united and most en
thusiastic effort to sec ore for the
Trans-Continental Passenger Associa
tion a special rate through to Portland
and other points in the Pacific North
west for delegates and others who
will attend the National Democratic
Convention t ) be held in the metropo
lis of Coronado next July. This was
the topic of a meeting held at the par
lors of the Portland Commercial Club
Friday night and letters were for
warded Saturday to the meeting of
the Passenger Agents now in session
at Colorado Beach, California. The
round trip rates that will be in vogue
from Portlana and other Oregon
points to Denver will make it easy to
organize a party of representative
business men from all parts of the
State and seud them on a speoial train
to Denver where an extraordinary
effort will be made to oonvlnce tbe
delegates In attendance upou tbe con
vention of the special attractions of
the Oregon climate daring the hot
season.
February 22d has been selected as
"Rose Planting Day." Five thous
and bushes will be planted that day
ia tbe city parks, and it is confidently
believed that 60,000 more will be pat
out in the yards .aud gardens of Port
land and vicinity.
An exteoded editorial in tbe Bill
ings, Mont., "Gazette" speaks of tbe
vast s amount 'of advertising Oregon
is receiving through the newspapers
of that state as a direct resultjof the
prize offer made by Jtbe Portland
Commercial Club.
Three hundred persons were in at
tendance npon tbe third annual ban
quet of the Hood River Commercial
Ulub on the evening of Janaary Slat.
A special Pullman sleeper went from
Portland, filled to its capacity with
representative business men of the
metropolis. Amoag the guests .was
Governor Chamberlain.
A number of Eastern people are
anxioos to establish btnks in Oregon,
particularly those with a capital of
from 115, C00 to 125,000, with the new
comer putting in.from$5000 to $16,000
Portland has determined to aiv the
great "Inland Empire Excursion,"
which spends all day Saturday, Feb
ruary 8th, in this city, a most oor
dial reception. Two hundred and
fifteen persons compose this prtrt he
trip Is made onder the auspices of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce and
Walla Walla Commercial Club and the
entertainment they receive here will
be an index of that exteoded at other
Oregon points where they make stops.
The purpose of this exenrsion is to in
duce the thousands of tourists now in
California to return to their homes by
way of the Northwest route.
Big cargoes of lumber are leaviig
Portland to be used in the'oouitruolion
of the Panama canal.
K. of P. Elect Of ficera.
Thermopylae Lodge, Knights of
Pythias held their annual election
of officers at their looge hall Tuesday
evening, resulting in the election of
the following persons to hold office for
one year :
C C P P Proctor.
V O W H Hoggerth.
K of S Lincoln Savage.
M F-M T Ultey.
M E Jos. Moss.
M W-W T Cobnrn.
8 A Jos. Chau'se. ,
I G Morgan Powell
O G T W Williams.
After the election tbe members aod
wives and the Rathbone Sisters sat
down to an elaborate feast aod lis
tened to interesting speeches.
Tbe installation of ofdeers will be
held Tuesday. February 18.
Betheiny Church Election
The aunaal meeting of Bethany
Presbyteriaa church was held at the
chur.h Thursday eve. Reports from
the various departments of church
work were read aud the following of
ficers elected : Elders, J Pardee and
P H Harth, both re-elucted ; Deacon,
George H Parker; Trustees, H O Kin
ney, four years, T P Cramer, two
years. W E Willis, one year. Treas
urer, Geo. P Cramer ; Clerk, A E
Voorhles; Sunday School 2 Super
intendent, II C Kinney; Assistant
J Superintendent, Mrs W L behind.
APPLEGATE VALLEY
TELEPHONE CO. GROWING
Eighty Phonea Will Soon Be
Place Conetitullon and By-
t Laws of Organization.
in
The Applegate Valley Telephone
Conipauy, organized under the laws
ol Oregon less than two years ago
now has a membership of nearly 200
fully paid up stockholders and a list
of 60 phone subscribers. This will be
increased to 8.1 or more when the two
additional lines which are now nnder
oonstruotion are finished. Since
the company was organized it has
constructed 19 miles of line, not in
cluding about 89 miles of line which
the company assisted in erecting into
the forest reserve. When the. two
lines now under construction, which
are each 10 miles in length, are com
pleted there will be nine linas run
ningt to the company's central at
Provolt, and extending to Grants
Pass, Williams Creek, Thompson
Creek, Steamboat and Blue Lead,
at the headwaters of the Applegate
river.
The of fioers of the oompany who are
chosen at the annual meeting in
January are C O Bigelow, president;
H DKubli, vice-president; W S
Bailey, secretary and John W PernolL
treasnrer.
The tvlephone company ia order to
form a more perfect organization for
the transaction of the company's
business, and the enforcement of soch
roles and regalations as the'oompany
shall deem necessary to protect the
individual interests of each member,
as well as the oompooy at large, have
adopted tbe following constitution and
by-laws:
Section 1. This oompany shall be
known as the Applegate Valley Tele
phone Company. Its principle place
of business shall be at Provolt, Ore
gon. This company shall have power
to do a general telpehone business and
to build, own, lease lines and install
eentral office at such places as its
business may warrant.
Sec. 3. The Capital stock of the
Applegate Valley Telephone Company
shall consist of 11000 in shares of $8
each, and the amonnt of this stock, or
the value of the shares shall neither
be Increased nor decreased, nor an
assessment levied on tbe stock except
on two-thirds affirmative ballot 'of
all the stockholders. This ballot to
be taken only at a regular meeting of
the stockholders and of which 30 days
notioe has been given by notioes
posted at the central stations nfthis
Company.
Sec. 3. Only "stockholders of this
company can become subscribers for
telephones, and only one vote shall be
allowed for each fully paid op share
of stock. A stockholder drginug to
transfer his share of stock shall first
give this oompany the preference to
purchase same, aud s''all not receive
for it more than the par value of $V
Any stork so purchased by this com
pany shall be held as common stock
until such time as it can bs sold to
new members.
Sea 4 The Applegate Telephone
company shall equip and maintain all
central offices and shall ereot all wire
lines connecting these offices, and
also all connecting wires with the
systems of other telephone companies
with which traffic arrangements may
be made. All branch lines connecting
t lephouea with the centrals shall be
erected at the expense of the stock
holders usiug such liues, such coo-
stroctioa work and installing phone
to he done nnder the rules and regnla
tions of this company; the proportion
ate cost of such lines to be adjusted
between tbe builders on a basis es
tablished by this oompany. On tbe
completion of these branch lioee they
shall become the property of this oom
pany and be maintained onder the
general regalations governing the
lines of this company.
Sec. 6. All traffic arrangements
with other companies shall not be in
effect until approved by a majority of
all the stockholders of this company.
The fixing of monthly telephone does
aod of salaries of officers shall be
made on two-thirds ballot of all the
stockholders.
See A. This company shall have
the power to make such rules and
regalations governing the installing
aod eslng of telephones as tbe ef
ficiency and economy "of tbe service
may require. Whether the telephones
used on this company's lines shall
be owned or leased by each stock-
bolder or owned or leased by this
company shall, be deoided by a two-
thirds affirmative ballot of all the
members.
Sec 7. No property of this com
pany shall bs sold, transferred or
leased except lit is authorised I by '
three-fourths vote by ballot of al
the stockolders at a meeting of wb ich
30 days notioe kaa beeu given by post
ing notices at all the Company's cen
tral stations, said notioes to state the
proposition to be voted on.
Sea 8. This oompany shall, im
mediately after the adoption of this
constitution, and aunually there
after, elect a board of nine directors
by a majority ballot of the stock
holders present 'at such meetiug, who
shall serve u itil the next annual
meeting, or until ttieir successors are
duly elected and qualified. The
directors elected at such meeting
shall qualify by taking tbe prescribed
oath of office.
Seo. 9. The officers of this com
pany shall consist of a President, vioe-
president, seoretary aod treasurer,
wbo shall be elected aunually by a
majority ballot of the directors at
a regular meeting. Officers elected
at such meeting to serve for one year,
or until their successors are elected
and qualified. Any officer who re
moves both his place of residence and
business from the territory covered by
the telephone system of this oompany
shall forfeit his office.
Sea 10. The president shall pre
side at all meeting of the oompany
and of tbe board of directors and be
shall decide all questions that may
arise on points of order, subject al
ways to an appeal to the bouse, and
preserve order and decorum in tne
meetings and see that the rights of
all the members are respected. He
shall enforce tbe provisions of this
constitution aud by-laws and sot in
conjunction with the directors In se
curing the best possible efficiency in
Continued on fourth page.
IN REGARD TO
RAILROAD LANDS
Office of the Commissioner, Depart
ment of the Iuterior, 'General Land
Office, Washington. January 2. 190R.
To Registers "and Receivers, United
States Land Offices, Gentlemen :
There has been industriously circu
lated by way of newpsaper advertise
ments, and otherwise, over tbe name
of F. P. Rolfe, statements to the
effect that Congressman Tawney, after
a conference with the Commissioner
of the General . Land Office, advised
bis sen that perloni filing on the Ore
gon and California railroad lands
woold, withoot doubt, be able to se
cure the lands. These advertisements
are untrue and misleading. Tbe ten
dency of such advertisements is to im
pose upon innocent aud nnsuspeoting
persons. You will please give as wide
publicity as possible to the above set
forth. Very respectfully,
R. A. BALLINGER,
Commissioner.
Barney Oldfiehl, the speed demon,
who broke the world's record last
yeart tbe Irvlngton track has signed
this year aud will sgain enter the
New York Antotnobite races. Old
field had annonaced that he had quit
racing but tbe exoitement of tbe raoe
is too much to be given op.
Something
Extraordinary
The big sale of Graniteware
is still on
20 per cent off of Marked Prices
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
Lat Curtains, Por
tieres, MattresMs,
Pillows, Cots, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Minors, Window
8hades, Picture,
Picture Moulding.
R. H.
THE HOUSEFURNISHER
f ront St.,
BIG SHELTER ORDERED
FOR SOUTHERN OREGON
Alevrneda People He-ve Placed an
Order In Portland For IOO
Ton Smelter for Gallce.
Down on the Rogue river in the
Galioe uiiniug district a few meu have
been drilling and blasting for the
past eight years, unocvering the
largest body of copper bearing ore
known in the Pacific nnrihwost.
Work has beeu quietly done and the
result is shown by the placing of a
contract Saturday by the Aimed
mine, a local corporation with the
Willamette Iron and Steel omupaoy,
for a 100-ton smelter to cost f 10,000.
Bids were called for recently from
manufacturers of smelters aud the
local concern was not overlooked.
Much to the surprise of the mine
management the beet proposition was
submitted by the Willamette people,
who begin construction this week.
The plant will consist of a standard
waterjacketed furnace 80 by 72 by 84
occupying a building at the mouth of
the mine 80 by 110, which will house
tbe engine, boilers and ore crusher
wiht charging floor of 200 square feet.
The oompany owns its own saw mill
and is cutting thousands of feet of
lomber for the building, ore bins, etc.
It ia expected that the plant will be
in aotive operation by the last of
April and another dividend paying
property added to the already growing
list of southern Oregon. Josephine
oounty will then be tbe possessor of
the only two copper smelters in the
state.
The present installation on the
Almeda will be followed by farther
series as fait as oondltious warrant
giving employment to a large force,
which will add considerably to the
increasing pay roll of the oounty.
Considerable of the capital In the Al
meda mine comes from Iowa, whioh
should be doubly interesting at the
present time, considering the recent
difficulties, aud speaks well for the
Almeda property and its management.
In the faoe of recent oondittona the
carrying out of tBIs project Is cer
tainly a credit te tbsj mine manage
ment and should eutnuse tne mining
interests of Snuthreu Oregon, for it
is oue more link forged in upbulldiug
of the industry that is rapidly niakinsr
the sentberu part of the state, and
particularly Josephine Coaoty, known
throughout the United States as a
section warranting the investuieut of
capital iu no nnoertain manner.
The Almeda property proper is loca
ted on the Big Yank ledge, which is
acknowledged by mining men to be
the largest body of oopper-bsarlag ore
in the Northwest.
COUNTY TREASURER'S
CALL FOR WARRANTS
There are funds In the Treasury to
pay all warrants registered prior to
September 16. 1904, Interest will
cease from this date.
January 80, 1908.
J. T. TAYLOR.
Co. Treasurer.
List Yoar Timber
Hercinger aV Mitchell.
Lands With
13-20 tf
Htoves and Ranges,
0 HI
Graniteware,
Agteware, tan ware.
Wooden ware,
Wllloware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Glassware, Fancy
China, Go-CarU,
Iiaby Carriage.
bet. 6 and 7
t