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VOL. XXIII.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1908.
No. 50
COAT MEN
FORM ORGANIZATION
M..tmd in Grants Pa Con
stitution adopted by
Oregon Breeder.
The nest meeting of the Southern
Oregon Angora (Breeders Association
will be bald in Graoti Pass on Satur
day, March 21. at 1 :30 p. m. sharp.
The meeting of the Soothern Oregon
Angora Breeders Association held io
this i-ttv SatnrdaT. February 29, was
pretty badly stormed and drowned out.
for the day was the most stormy of
this winter, and one of the worst for
10 years past. It snowed and rained
all day, as it had done the previoos
day, making the traveling by team so
disagreeable that bnt few farmers
braved the storm to come to town,
notwithstanding the discouiagement
of bad weather and bad roads there
was a very fair attendance at the
meeting, which was held in the City
Ball, of Angora goat breeders and
others Interested .in the ;dvtlopnient
of the Aogora indastry in Southern
Oregon.
The meeting '.was 'called to order by
Charles Meserve, secretary, owing to
the absence of C. E. Harmon, the
president, who had gone daring the
week to his goat ranch in Deer
Creek Valley and was there storm
bound. A. It Jess, of Wilderville,
was made temporary chairman. A
resolution to that effect bating been
passed at the preliminary meeting of
the Association Secretary Meserve
had invited C. A. Malboeaf, of
Portland, dietriot fright agent for the
Soothern Pacific, and Edward L.
Naylor, of Forest Grove, and. one of
the leading Aogora breeders of the
Willamette Valley, and these gentle
mea were present at tne meet
ing and each gave a highly appre
ciated address.
Mr. Malboeaf spoke on the develop
ment of the. Angora goat indastry in
Oregon. Ten years ago there were so
few Angora goats in Oregon that goat
raising was not counted as one of the
industries of the state yet so rapidly
has it grown that the shipments of
mobair to the East for 1907 bad a
value of over 19,000,000, while the
fr lit crop, for which the state is
' lirated and whiuh has been a factor
i i t e state's wealth for more than
28 years, amounted to bat little over
4.000,000. And the price of the mo
hair has shown a satisfactory gain,
for eight years ago the average price
was 33o a pound while for last year it
sold for from 28 to 80 cents a pound.
And speoial lots of extra fine qeality
and length has sold as high as fl.50 a
pound. The first five years of the
Angora industry in Oregon proved
that this state had perfect climatic
and feed conditions fortthe Browing
of vigorous, healthy goats that pro
duced mohair of extra quality and
length. With the passing of the ex
perimental stage in the Angora in
dastry and it having been dMiuon
strated that Boats were more profit
able, where range conditions were
favorable, than sheep, cattle or horses
the growth of the indaitry in this
state took on a very rapid rate and
for the past five years the remark
able gain of 100 , per cent a year has
been made.
Io regard to markets for mohair and
the freight rates Mr. Malboeaf stated
that while thesa were good now that
with the growth of the Angora in
dastry in Southern Oregon greater
advantages io thee lines would ootue
to the goat breeders. By the. co-operating
of the breeders tbiouRh an as
sociation aod the pooling of their
mohair the quantity iu one lot would
be so large that the buyers would
come direot from the factories in
the East to make purchases. And tlie
making of shipments in ca' lots woold
suable a large saviug in freight rates
to be male.
CONSTITUTION
S (V AVuuRA BREEDERS ASS ).
ARTICLE I.
Section 1. The name rf this or
ganization hall he t Southern
Oregon Angora Goat Breeders Associa
tion. ARTICLE II.
8eo 1. Tho object of this Associa
tion shall b- to pro in te the Angora
goat indastry in Soothern Oregon and
to secure to the Angna breeders of
said section all the advantages possi
ble to attain ; to ' ship mobair direct to
the factories in the East; to co-operate
in the buying and selling of breeding
animals; to hold an Angora goat show
THE
annually at, some point in Southern
Oregon; to allay the prejudice and
teach the publio that roat meat is as
palatable and tender as is the best
mutton ; to wage war on coyotes and
other pests of the range ; to bold meet
ings from time to time to discuss the
varioas factors that enter into the soo
cess of the Angora indastry and to se
cure instruction for the members a
to how best to care for aod shear their
goats and bow to grade aod bale the
mobair that will enable the highest
prices to be obtained; to supervise the
registration of goats that belong to
members of this Association aod to
attend to it that other breeders in
Southern Oregon do not register un
worthy goats ; and for such other pur
poses as may be of motoal benefit to
the members of this Association.
ARTICLE UL
Seo. 1. The prinoipal place of bosi-
oess for the Southern Oregon Angora
Breeders Assooiatlonn shall be in the
city of Grants Psss, Orsgon.
ARTICLE IV.
Seo 1. Any person interested in the
development of the Angora goat in
dustry in Southern Oregon may be
come a member of this Association by
having his name proposed by a mem
ber and whose application for mem
bership has been approved by a two
thirds vote by ballot at any regular
meetiog and by paying a fee of $1.
The annual dues shall be $1 payable
in advano, bat no dues shall be
assesssd on a new member for the
fiscal year, that closes with the an
nual meeting, in whioh he joins.
Persons not residents of this section
of Oregon and who have rendered ef
ficient servioe in the development of
the Angora goat indastry in Southern
Oregou may be made honorary mem
bers of this Association.
;Seo. : 2. Any member desiring to
terminate his membership in this
Association shall file a written notice
with the secretary at least 80 days
before the Board may act upon his
application and then after a fall set
tlement of all accounts between the
said member and this Association
has been made the Board of Directors
shall grant the release to the members
applying.
ARTICLE V.
Sec. 1. . The officers of this Associa
tion shall consist of a president, vice
president, secretary, treasursr and a
board of nine directors.
Sec. 2. The President shall be a
member of the Board of Directors and
he shall preside at all meetings of this
Association and of the Board of Di
rectors. He shall direot the secretary
to call snob meetings of the Associa
tion and of the Board as he may
deem necessary, or that may have
ben asked for by members of the As
sociation or of the Board. He shall
sign all warrants that have beeu or
dered drawn upon the treasurer and
sign all contracts and other instru
ments of writing that have been en
tered into by the Board of Directors
and he shall sign all certificates of
membership. He shall exercise a
general supervision over the affairs of
this Association, and execute such
nr1r and instructions as may b
given to biui by the Board of Di.
rectors.
Seo. 3. The Vice-president shall
be a member of the Board of Directors
and he shall discharge all tbe doties
pertaining to the president's office
whenever the president is absent or
incapacitated tiom carrying on his
work.
Sea. 4. The duties of the Seen tary
shall be to keep all books and ac
counts and records cf the Associa
tion and other proceedings cf the
Board of Directors. He shall carry
on all oorraspuudenoB and perform
such other duties as may be requireo
of him by the President, Board cf
Continued on second page.
Bid Wanted
Notice is hereby giveo that bids to
furnish School District No. 7 of Jose
phine Conutv. Ore., wilh 125 cords of
twofoot woed, half fir and half oak,
o be delivered to the several school
houses In Grants Pass on or before
-nnAr 1. 1908 in whatever
n.n,;fi.i and proportions as shall
be determined opon by the board of
education of said distriot, will be re
ceived by said board on or before the
Ktbdayof March, ;i08 at the of Bee
of the clerk; said Doara ei
tion at that time receiving the ngnt
to reject any and all Bias tnereiore.
Board of Education of School District
therefore.
No. 7. . , t,v
EDWARD S.
m-ik
Dated at Grants
March 4, 1908.
Pu, Oreson.
8-o at
KING BOOSTER
VISITS CITY
"Tom" Richardson Visits Grants Pass
and Addresses-Large and En
thusiastic Audience.
"Tom" Richardson, Oregou's "Big
Booster" was Grants Pass' go est
Wednesday. He arrived ' from the
south in tbe forenoon and visited ths
publio schools during the day, making
the scholars an address that inter
ested them very much and in the
evening he delivered a telling ad
dress at the opera house before the
Commercial Club ' and their friends
In his evening address Mr. Richard
sou told tbe people of Grants Pass of
the latent prosperity and wealth of
thii splendid section and vividly
pointed out tbe doty of every citizen
in helping to show to the world the
advantages we possess. He spoke of
prosperous Ashland and its vigorous
effort for the development of that
section. He told of the efforts of
Medford and ber great appreciation of
tbe possibilities that surround that
town and then he told tbe people of
Grants Pass at the Booster meeting of
their apparent lethargy along the line
of progress and development of a sec
tion even superior to that ,of the
silendid town just mentioned.
Tom knows Oregon from A to Z
and be told ns oandidly of our latent
power in the building of a splendid
city right here at Grants Pass. All
the ingredients are here to make this
tbe commercial center aud it is np to
ns to make this, garden of tbe
Rogae River, bloom and prosper. He
says we are a notch or two behind
vigorous Ashland and strenuous Med
ford in the matter 'of progress, but
that we have even better resources and
greater possibilities and it is our re
ligions doty to let tbe Easterners
know of this great ooaotry and its
wonderful resources. He said that
every letter sent out should teem with
the home .sentiment and tell of the
possibilities which are here for the
taking.
At this juncture be requested all
who had come here within the past
five years to staud up and be was as
tonished to fiod that about 80 per cent
of the audience were on their feet.
Basing his estimate udoo this faot aud
io view of the fact that such seems to
GRANGE ORGANIZED
IN DIMMICK DISTRICT
There's an Encouraging Outlook
for X.a,ge Membership
of Workers.
A Grange was instituted last
Thursday evening at the Dimmick
school house, 1 miles west of Grants
Pass, by W. J. Dean, of Taleut, dis
trict deputy. This Grange is to be
known as Dimmick Grauge and
started off with 85 charter member.
Over 60 names had been secured to the
membernhip list by Mrs. H. M. Par
ham, who had made a canvass of the
neighborhood, but as the night the
Grange was organized was one of the
stormiest of this winter, only 85 of
the slgoers braved the disagreeable
weather to atteud With the addi
tional names tbat have beeu received
to the list this week .it is expected to
have over 30 new members to take
in at the next meeting, which will
be oo Saturday evi-niug, March 21.
Suoh is the interest taken io the
work of the Grange that the mem
bership of Dimmick Grange will
probably be raised to over 100 within
the next two months.
The officers for ths Dimmick
Grange are as follows:
Carl G. Allen, master; Charles
Ferdine, Sr. overseer ;. Mrs. Hattie
M. Parham, secretary; Mrs. Lillian
E. Gilbert, treasurer; Mrs. Ada Mor
rison, lectsrer; H. B. Alverson,
i chaplain; Arobie Reynolds, steward ;
I F. Sebastian Allen, assistant steward ;
Mrfc jjmie Reynolds, lady assistant
j sWWMd . Mr. Heien Alverson, flora
iMUaBmliy Lwton, ceres; miss vir
is-iaia Morrison, pomona; Charles
ixeraine, Bw
There is a likelihood that a
i
be the case all over Oregon, be pre
dicted that Oregon's population was
going to go ahead 'kith leaps and
bouuds. He reported that in his ad
dress at ths sohool he mads tbe same
request aud found that fully one-half
of the scholars present had come to
Grants Pass in that short period.
These facts were a surprise to Tom
who is accustomed to rspid growths
in population aud even mots of a
surprise to our residents to whom
the growth bas been apparent but
not startling. Mr. Richardson ad
vised the people of Grants Pass te
'get boay" right now and thus se
cure her jnst share of the permanent
wealth and prosperity doe this fa
vored section of the great state of
Oregon by reason of the superior le
oation and great natural resources.
One faot be noted, that the Rogue
River Valley produoed the highest
priced pears ever grown in tbe world,
was worth thousands of dollars as a
mere advertisement.
Mr. Richardson's words should be
an impetos to the growth of Grants
Pass and we should have a population
of at lest 10,000 people within tbe
next five years; we should have a
splendid street oar system, witbin
the next dscadn, free mail delivery
withiu a year, and a courthouse
which would be the pride ef every
citizen of the municipality ; we
should have paved streets before the
fall. Grants Pass, located right here
between Eugene and Medfnrd, awaits
only magio touch of home apprecia
tion and a booster spirit to makejier
the commercial center of this entire
section. We have the climate; we
have tbe soil ; we have the braius and
the money. Let us do it let us DO
IT NOW.
Mr. Richardson's story of Gea.
Grant, with whom ha was personally
acquainted, was greatly appreciated
by the audience and be was heartily
applauded throughout his discourse.
Mr. . Richardson spoke in blgbet
term of the good work done by
Secretary Hairy Andrews for tbe
G-antd Pass Commercial oiub.
I Grange will be instituted in tbe
I rVnCunniol Di.trlot. three miles
southeast of Urants Pa, and at
Mornliv. seven miles south ' of this
city. A numoer of farmers in both
districts are taking- an active interst
in the Grange movement and have
taken up with Eistrict Deputy Dean
the matter of organizing Granges in
their respective communities. Dis
trict Deputy Dean has employed Mrs,
H. M. Parham to make a canvass of
the Ceotsunlal Distriot aud if she
oan secure the required 30 members
be will iustitute a Grange there,
Later the work will be taken np in
the Murphy and other sections of the
county where there is a possibility of
organizing Granges. Josephine county
now has four Granges, these being at
Diuimlck, Wilderville, Dryden and
Holland. Jackson county has two,
tbeije being, at Talent anl Central
Point.
See Lowell's "Anchor" ad today.
BOBV.
OALVIN In Grants Pans Ore., Toes
day, March 10, 1908, to Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Ualvin, a son
EBB At Sent, Ore., Monday, March
2. 1908, to Mr. and Mrs. Ebb, a
daughter.
ORIMEh At "Madams" oreek, near
Wilderville, Ore., Saturday, Febru
ary 8, 1908, to Mr. aud Mrs. L O.
Grimes, a daughter.
LLOYD At Chsney Creek, Ore.,
Ibursday, February 13, lK)8. to Mr.
aod Mrs. John Lloyd, a daughter.
MASHED.
MURRAY McMANNIS At the home
of C. M. Smith, in Graots Pass,
Ore.. Friday evecing, March 6,
1908, Riley Murray aud Mrs. Sosaa
McMannis, residents of this city,
Judge Setphen Jewell officiating.
Don't forget that you can get Col
ombia Bicycles at Cramer Bros.
ANTI-SALOON FORCES '
PLAN FOR CAMPAIGN
Prominent Temperance Worker
Meet and Prepare for th
Coming Contest.
Quite a goodly number of repre
sentative oltizens assembled at the
Courthouse, Monday evening, to meet
with the Anti-Saloon workers and to
plan for an active campaign, looking
to tbe banishment of the saloons
from Josephine couoty. Some time
waa taken in considering the matter
of state funds and when it was ascer
tained that the big donation made for
the cause whils the venerable Dr.
Chapman waa here, during December,
was to go towards the liquidating of I
the debt inourred during last cam -
paign, there was a disposition on tbe
part of some to protest, as it was very
generally understood that said funds
were to be used largely to carry on
the work in this county. However,
after the matter had been discussed,
pro and con, it Waa unanimously de
cided ' that the work mast not stop
and accordingly the meeting deoided
to begin an active and aggressive
campaign.
A central committee, composed of
leading oitisens of the county was ap
pointed and step taken to begin the
work at once, the members' entering
into the plans with mnob enthusiasm
and each one resolved to do his utmost
to see the undertaking successfully
carried out. ,
President Ward McHenry, of the
Jackson oounty eentral committee,
who bas jnst been makiag a thorough
canvass of that oounty, was present
and brought very enoonraging word
from the sister oounty. He stated
that he had been agrseabbly sorprised
to find how widespread the movement
had become and said the ptople were
looking upon it as a business propo
sition and not nierly one of sentiment.
Ashland, whioh is already "dry,"
he said would roll up a big majority,
while Medford business men were
taking a deoided stand in favor of
making the entire oounty "dry".
At Gold Hill, business men informed
blni that they were in favor of it, be
cause the saloons 'here drove away
business that would naturally coins
from Sams Vallley and other tributary
sections.
Gold Hill business men ioformed
him that when Sheriff Jackson oame
there and (stopped the gambling that
had beiu going on, they found they
were gettiug money from oustomers
who before were never able to pay,
but who now kept their earnings for
their families, instead of spending it
gambling. And throughout the
country distriot he found many peo
pie, who were drinking persons, but
who were going to stamp out the
curse because of the ruin it wonld
work i'n their families. Mining men
who said they bad been working bard
for weeks and months and then who
wonld go to town and in a day or two
squander all their bard earnings over
the salooo bar were coming to their
senses and proposed to put tbe temp
tation out of the way and to thereby
make their wives aad children happy
by giving them food and clothes.
Mr. McHenry's address brought
Your Washing
Let O'Neill know and he'll send tbo
agont around to your home, with the
famous Neostyle Washing Machine
to do your washing.
Many orders have already been taken
from people who have seen this labor
and time saving machine work,
i
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
Lace Curtains, Por
tieres, Mattresses,
Pillows. CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
8hades, Picture,
Picture Moulding.
R. H.
THE HOUSEFUllNISHER
I ront St.,
fo-tb snuch hearty cheering and
tended to greatly encourage the local
workers, wbo enter into the contest
with mach enthusiasm.
Already the aggressive campaign
bas been i nan go rated and tbe workers
propose to keep "everlastingly at it,"
until the idea of June have rolled
around and tbe ballot box tellls ths
tale. They say that from all parts of
Jospehine couoty comes reports to
the effect (bat the people are taking a
very lively interest in this matter and
they firmly believe that Josephine
oounty will go "dry" at the June
election by an overwhelming majority.
Amende. E. Harriot. 1 '
Amanda E. Harriott was born in '
Haooock county, Illinois, November
17, 1848 and died at Ashland, Ore.,
February 27, 1908.
She crossed the plains in 186S with
1 her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Knox, coming to Josephine oounty
and settling on tbe Applegate where
she resided nnltl ber marriage with
Wm. Harriott, January, 17, 1856.
Since then she baa resided in Jack
s"u county. She leaves an aged
mother, three sisters, six brothers.
11 children and 24 grandchildren to
mourn her loss. Her mother still lives
on the home farm where the funeral
services were conduoted. She waa,
laid to rest in tbe Missouri Flat
oemetery by the side of ber husband
wbo died inMarob, 1898.
Her children are Mssdames Menerva
Topping, Kate Hyde, Lola Bonob
and Nellie McCraken of Murphy;
Ida McKee of Evans Creek and Annie
M Fieker of Riddle. Messrs. Thomas,
John and Benjaman Harriott of Ap
plegate, George Harriott of Provolt,
aod Edward Harriott of Grants Pass.
She; was 'residing in Ashland in
order tbat her youngest son oould at
tend the baslncssfoollege at that place.
Her sister, Mrs, Hackney, was with
ber at the time of heifdeath.
Mrs. Harriott had a slight attack of
themeasels but tbe immediate cause 1
of ber death was heart, failure. Her
death was a great shook to all as she
was supposed to be far on the road to
recovery. She made no complaint me
day of her death, except that she fell
tired and would try to sleep and she
was supposed", t be resting nicely
when her son J went J to her bedside
aud discovered that her spirit had
taken its heavenward flight. She
was a loving wire ana niomer, a
kind and generous neighbor.
A. D. 8.
Colonist Rates.
As has been tbe custom for several
years past the Railroads leading to
the coast have agreed on a colonist
rate, a little higher than in years
past, but still a very attractive rate,
and it ought to have tbe effect of
bringing a . large number of immi
grants to Oregon this spring. The
rate is effective from March 1st to
April 80th aud is substantial as fol
lows: from Chicaiio IM8; from Mis
souri river common points, Council
Bluffs to EansHS City inclusive, St,
Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, etc., H0;
St Louis, $-'15.50. Usual stopover
privileges will be given on these
tickets. 1-24 it
Ths Oliver Plow, none better, sold
only by Cramer Bros.
Cash paid for Green and Dry Hides,
Furs and Wool, J. H. Ahlf. at City
Market. 3 28 tf
for Nothing
Utovss and Ranges,
O H
Oranlteware,
Agteware, Ten wars,
Woodenware,
Wllloware, Cutlery,
Crocksry, Lamps,
Glassware, Fancy
China, Uo-Carts,
Baby Carriages.
bet. 6 and 7