GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. 1908.
NO. 52.
GRANTS PASS AS SEEN
THROUGH THE OREGONIAN
Editor Conklln of tho Outlook
Interviewed a.nd Telle of
Our Activity.
Tbe following interTiew with
Editor Conklin of tbe Pacific Outlook
of tbia city which appeared in Mon
day evening ' Portland Telegram ii a
partial Tarifloation of the old "saw"
that we sometimes have to go away
from home to get tbe news.
Brother Conklin went down to Port
land a few days ago to look after
business matters and encountered a
Telegram man with the reaalt that
many other people will sit up and
take notice that Grants Pass and this
vicinity on the Rogue River are not
only wonderfully resourceful, bat
entering opon a new and .splendid
growth which the soil and other
natural advantages here so abundantly
justify. Following is .the interview
and Mr? Conklin has not exagger
ated one jot or tittle :
' 'Southern Oregon, aocording to re
port, is not only forging ahead rapidly
in the production of fruit and grapes,
but the various cities of that fart of
the state are making wonderful strides
in popualtioa and developing civic
pride, causing them to make many
improvements. The outlook is said to
be roseate, indeed, for the region as a
whole, and Grants Pass is asserted to
be in the vanguard of this noteworthy
progress.
"It is asierted by Arthur Conklin,
proprietor of the Paoiflo Outlook,
succeeding the Oregon Mining Jour
nal, of Grant Pass, that tbe city now
wears quite a metropolitan aspeot.
"One large steel bridge across tbe
.Rogue river will soon be in process of
construction and another is planned ;
many street improvements are under
consideration and automobiles are
getting to be as common as other ve
hicles. 'Grants Pass is growing
rapidly,' said Editor Conklin, 'and
settlers in that district are coming
from all parts of the United States.
The immigration from eastern Oregon
and from Spokane has been large.
A number of settlers have even come
from Hood River. We had a few
arrivals recently from South Dakota.
"Many tracts of property large and
small are being sold right along tor
fruit lands and vineyard. The keen
est inquiry,is for property on whioh
to grow Tokay grapes. There is
plenty of sidebill land, with a south
eastern exposure, which exactly fills
tbe bill for Tokay grapes. I have no
figures with me, but think that au
acreage of somewhere between 600 and
1000 has been planted iu grapes this
year. Tokays are usually planted
because that grape is the beet market
able. "A. H. Carson of our section may
be looked on as the father of the grape
industry. His example was followed
by a tew, and in a short time the
vommeroial advantages ot that part of
the state for produoing grapes was
realized generally, because of the su
perior quality, the flrmuets and juci
uess of the grapes. Then almost
everybody planted vines, and it is now
a big industry. We have some of the
best river land for apples of any place
in ihe aoutnero part of the state.
"Orautt Pass lias received a great
in. pit us tiiis last year and the popula
tion has increased from about 2000 to
6000 or 6000. The Commercial Club
has taken up the matter of advertising
tbe district through the Southern
Pacific; we are getting up a 04-pag
pamphlet, descriptive if our cliuiau',
natural advantages, resources and
other desirable tatures, aud 2000.
of them will be placed in chelation.
They will be distributed fruui railway
stations aud many of them willie
sent to perous making inquiry by let
ter. The amount raised for udvertis
ioR purposes is about $3000. AU te
real estate dealers are instrting ad
vertisements iu the Eastern uew
Paper and in realty journals.
"Tnecity is also making nio"
toward development in the way of
paviug the streets. The city o-aucil
bai this matter under consideration,
and as the sentiuient is sirougly in
favor of such a step, there is no ques
tion that ordinances authorising the
vork will be adopted. Tbe Commer
cial Club is proving a valuable factor
in tbe progress of the community. Its
secretary. H, L. Andrews, is a wide
awake man, who is giving general
satisfaction. Tbe membership of the
club is more than 100. It is doing
everything possible to send Josephine
county ahead. "The county court
has just awarded a contract for the
Duuaing of a double span steel bridge,
concrete pillars, across the
Mogue Kiver, at the foot of Sixth
street, and is thinking of putting in
an other across the river lower down.
"This spring a number of brick
buildings are to go up in the business
section ot the city and considerable
activity is shown in tbe building of
reeiaeuas m th Lincoln Park Addi
tion. Bungalows seem to be the de
sign most favored. Nine handsome
residences are in coarse of erection
in that part of the city alone. Emp
ty homes are hard to find iu South
ern Oregon towns just now.
"This winter unusual activity has
been shown in the placer miuing dis
tricts of Josephine County and some
splendid runs have been made. De
velopment is progressing swiftly on
quartz properties, also.
Our two box factories are again in
active operation and bope to get suf
ficient orders to keep them busy
through the season. The saw mills
will start up as soon as the condition
of hauling are favorab'e. The demand
for lumber this year is exnected to be
larger than in any previous year.
The Grants Pass cannery made a
good run last year and was able to dis
pose of its entire product as soon as tbe
season closed. This year the inten
tion of tbe management is to employ
more bands and double tne capacity
of tbe plant Already contracts have
been signed or tbe output of a large
acreage of fruit and vegetables. At
this season the cannery is turning out
vinegar and the Sampson spray for
fruit trees.
"Nearly every real estate ( man at
Grants Pass intends to bay an auto
mobile this year. New arrivals as a
rule have touring cars, and the
realty agents do not intend taking
back seats. For this reason in
arge measure the county will devote
special attention this year to better
ing the condition of the roads.
"Mr. Conklin cams to Portland last
Friday to attend to business matters
connected with his paper. He is ao
companied by his wife. Tbey will
return to Great s Pass tbe latter part
of thlsfweek." '
A GRANTS PASS BOY
MARRIES YALLEJO BELLE
In a ceremony of the utmost sim
plicity, "Jack" Galvio, editor of the
Vallejo News, formerly of Grants
Pass, Ore., and Miss Jewel Harris,
one of Vallejo's fairest and most
popular girls, plighted their troth in
St. Vincent's Church at 8 o'clock
Sunday moruing and left on the
9:45 o'clock trip of the Southern Pa
cific on their honeymoon. The brief
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father Clyne of Beoioia and imme
diately upon its conclusion the party
was driven to tbe home of the bride s
parents on Carolina street, where an
elaborate wedding breakfast was ser
ved and numerous toaBts proposed aud
responded to The young couple were
giveu a noisy farewell at Georgia
street wharf and were showered with
rtee at Vallejo Junction. Mr. (Jalvin
and his briae spent the day iu an
automobile ride and late in the after
noon dined at an elegant dinoirin
Thompson's Cafe. From the city the
couple went to Del Monte and Carniel
by the Sea, where they will reoiaiu a
wek on their honeymoon. On their
ret rn they will reside in Vsllejo.
Mrs. Galvin is a native daughter of
that city aud has taken a prominent
nait in the society of the younger set,
where her musical genius was always
iu Oemand. She is voted one of tne
nrfttiest aiils in the city and is the
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. E. B. Har
ris.
"Jack" Galvin, the lucky groom, is
perhaps one of the best known and
uievrreet lewsrapennen in California.
Forjearshe was identified with the
Sau Francirco dailies, assistant editor
of the Superior California Department
of the SaLrameuto Bee and is now
editor of the News. Few men in
Vallejo ran claim a wider circle of
friends than "Jack," and this popu
larity is State wide.
The future plans of tbe young peo
ple have not beeo determined, but
they will probably occupy a oozy
home which is be fitted out upon
their return to Vallejo.
Daniel Leslie, one of the mining
men of Gold Hill was in Grants Pa
last Saturday.
CANNERY IS TAKING
ON A NEW STIMULUS
A New Building Will Soon Bo in
the Process of Con
struction. With the beginning of the new
year, and, indicative as well, of the
new spirit of progress which has
struck Grants Pass and the rest of the
Rogue River Valley, the Grants Pass
Canning Co. is making preparations
for tbe coming season by the erection
of a new addition and the addition of
new and better facilities in the can
ning department
The iuprovements include a new
building 44xfi0 feet adjoining the pres
ent oannery. The latter building will
be used as a ware house. The present
capacity of the Grants Pass Canning
Co. is 20,000 caas of fruit each day.
The company has also ordered new
macinery which will enable them to
increase the. output one hundred per
cent. This new machinery is now
in transit and will be erected imme
diately upon Its arrival.
The Grants Pass Canning Co. now
can apples, peaches, pears and toma
toes. Iu addition the company aUo
maufactures and excellent vinegar and
an apple spray known as "Sampson's
Lime and Sulphur Solutiou," which
has already gained a strong demand
io Douglas and Jackson counties be
sides the home trade.
H. U. Sampoo, the versatile mana
ger of the Grants Pass Canning Co.,
adises the Courier that the demand
for spray has increased more than ttO
per cent since last season and that
they have been kept unusually busy
filling the outside orders tbe pres
ent season. This fact not only attests
the quality of the product of the boose
but suggetss the fact that a new in
dustry is being established here in
Grant Pass, wuioh should elicit the
attention and interest of - not only the
Commercial Club but the permanent
residents of the oouaty. The enter
prise i a substantial asset of the
commercial wealth and importance of
the city of Grants Pass.
During tbe coming season the fac
tory will employ over 60 girls and
10 men. The fioanoial feature is,
therefore, one which should appeal to
the people of Grants Pass and the
people of Josephine county, who are
earnest in their anticipation of the
future development of tbia portiou of
the great Rogue River Valley's possi
ble auhieveuieota as a commercial cen
ter and a large city.
The company has already signed
coutraots for lorty -eight acres of to
matoes and will be prepared as soon as
the teason opens to receive all apples
that may be produced by the iruit
growers if this section of beautiful
Oregon.
Let us all stand op for Giants
Pass. Sister Eugene, Cousin Ash
land. Brother Medford, Uncle Rose
burg ail take the position tbat Grants
Pass is behind the times let's give
'em one mors guess within tne next
six months.
NEW MINING ENTERPRISE
FOR JOSEPHINE COUNTY
Oilman Bed Rock Mining Co.
Will Opertuo Fntirly New
System of Pioneering.
We are informed tbat the, Gilmau
Bed Rock Miuiug Co. uiadt applica
tion ou March 17th tor attic! s of iu-
rporitioo, with priuciial place oi
busiuets to be at Grants Fa s. Tne
company is capitalized at fi50,0U0
and wo onderUud tbat tne uiunuy
bas already been praised land tberder
placed fur .the machinery. The pur
pose of their machine is to dry and
mine Rogue River bed rock, and it
will be entirely set up after construe,
tion at Sacreamnto, Pal., and will
then be taken entirely apart, and
shipped to Grants Pass, where it will
be reconstructed ou Kogue River be
tween two large barges or scows aboot
60 feet io length. The machine itself
will be of steel and will be built ou
the principle of a coffer dam, except
that it will have two domes, one inside
the other to form a dead water space
between tbe two domes. The sides
are made of eight inch places which
I work on grooves or slots, so as to oon
! form to tbe uneven surface of tbe
I river bed. After dropping this dam
I in tbe river, tbe water is removed
from within by.rceans of an automatic
siphon which dries the surtaoe inside
the dam and enables one to work
with a pick and shovel to just as good
advantage as though rn a drv bar.
The arranegments for procuring the
material necessary in the construction
work of this machine is just being
completed at San Franoioso and Saora
mento and it will require four to five
carloads of steel and iron for the
work.
It is expected that Frank L. Gil
man, tbe inventor, of the machine,
will arrive in . Grants Pass about
April 15th to superintend the con
struction of the barges noeded in the
work, aud by the time they are com
pleted the material for the machine
itself will be on the ground. The
company expects to complete its con
struction work by June 25th and by
July 1st the machine will have been
floated down the river to Jthe place
where actual operations are to com
mence. If this machine will do what is
claimed for it by its exponents and
the numerous engineers who have
passed so favorably on its feasibility,
tbe stockholders in ' the Oilman Bed
Rock Mining Co. are sore to reap a
rich harvest and we natorally wish
them every success.
SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN ON
IN ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Hon. H. M. Cake Spastica at Crania
Pass and Favvore Statement
No. I.
The Oregon senatorial campaign
was made a proimeent faotor in the
loci politics of Rogue River valley by
the coming this week of Hon. H. M.
Cake, of Portland, one of the leading
candidates for the honor of being one
of the repesentatives of this state in
congress.
Mr. Cake arrived on the noon train
and spent the afternoon calling on
friends and in making acquaintances
and In building a section to his politi
cal fence, and from the oordiality with
which he was greeted and the large
number of Statement No. 1 supporters
that he met the outlook appeared very
encouraging that he would carry Jose
phine county at the primary election,
and also at the June eieotlon, provided
he get the nomination at the April
eleotion.
in the evening Mr. Cake spoke at
the Opera House outlining his position
on the various pnblio questions.
Owing to the abienoe from tbe oity
of tbe person who was expected to do
the advertising for the meeting but
little publicity ws given it and con
sequently there was only a fair sized
audience present. Mr. Cake has a
strong personality and he is a forceful
speaker who can make his polnts'in
few words and readily understood by
bis hearers. His address was a clean-
cut statement of how he stood on the
matters ot vital interest to the people
of Oregon and he made no personalities
or unfair allusions of his opponents in
the senatorial race. On Statement
No. 1, that is being fought so bitterly
by the old-line politicians aud the
members of tbe third house at Salem
to whom sectorial coo test in the legis
lature is a ricli harvest, Mr. Cake
slated that lie was willing to stand by
the decision of the voters of Oregon In
bis contest for the seotorship 'and he
should expect that the members of the
Oregon legislature elscUd in June
would stand by the will of the people.
The deadlocks and corruption to often
the leading feature of an election of
United States senators by legislatures
had made it imperative that the peo
ple themiulvs should elect the sena
tors. On th oontrul of railroads
and trust revision of thv tariff, for
eign immigraion, rights of labor,
and on the other great problems
that confront the American pvople
Mr. Cake favored soch legislation as
would give justice to all, special
favors to none.
D. H. Stovall left Thursday evening
for Seattle, where he will make a
selection of three four-clyioder
power Winton touring cars from the
Seattle branch of the Winton aeto
mobile company. Tbe cars desired
are for Mayor J. C. Smith, Doctor
W. W. Walker and Doctor E. H.
White, and Mr. btovaU. Mrs. Stovall
accompanied Mr. Stovall and wils
visit friends a few days at Portland
aod Seattle.
Give Coles cough and consumption
core a trial It .cores when all others
fail. For sale at the National drug
store, GranU Pass, Ore. 8-27 4t
BIG OPPORTUNITIES
FOR POULTRY RAISING
C(ge Should Be Supplied by
Homo Production lneteevd
of Shipping In.
(Special Correspondence. )
Ground will be broken for tbe Ore
gon Building at the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Exposition at Seattle on Wed
nesday, the 18th instant, with appro
priate ceremonies.
The Sohwarzschild & Sulzberger
Packing Com pnay is asking permission
of the oity of Portlaand to cover 14
acres io the suburbs with plant a
which will repieeent an outlay of
11,600,000. Coming immeditely after
the definite announcement of the
14,000,000 establishment which Swift
Ss Company are to .build during 1908,
uregon stockmen are jubilant over
the recognition aooorded this section
of .the United States as a packing
center.
Secretary F. A. Welch, of the
Oregon State Board of Agriculture, is
asking the oo -ope ration of the various
County Courts of the state in arrang
ing for exhibits at the State Fair held
annually at Salem. It requires fore
thought at the beginning of the plant
ing season to secure attractive dis
plays, which become of more vital
importance each year in view of the
immense number of' newoomers seek
ing locations in Oregon.
Every one of the merchants in Cen
tral Point, Oregon, and many in
Grants Pass are using special station
ery designed 'in snob a way that the
low colonists rates are forced upon
the attention of the recipient Rail
road officials on various roads have
reported travel which indicates 80
trainloads of homeseekers now en
route to the Paoiflo Coast. Fruit,
dairying and other industries of Ore
gon have .all been given their share of
publicity, but poultry raising is
rarely mentioned outside of the publi
cations whioh are either devoted to
poultry or have special department for
it.
$6,000,000 annually is a very conser
vative estimate of the returns from this
industry to Oregon farmers, aud yet
thousands of cases of eggs are shipped
in every year from the Middle West to
supply the demand here. Expert
poultry raisers say that the climate of
Western Oregon in particular is con
ducive to very rapid and healthful
growth there is one community alone
in Southern Oregon tbat annually
markets betweeu $40,000 and 960,000
worth of turkeys.
The series of meetings being held by
Secretary Tout Richardson of the
Oregon Development League, is focus
lug the attention of the whole state.
At Ashland there were three enthu
siastiu gatherings one at tbe Normal
school, a second at the Commercial
College and the last in the evening
attended by the citlzeus generally.
For Medford's meetiug a speolal train
from Jacksonville brought 160 people
who came down to participate.
Why Did You Do It !
Because
Maybe you did not know we had it
Maybe you thought we could not make the
price.
Maybe you forgot that wo know our busi
ness. Maybe you forgot to figure freight.
Maybe yu forgot that we can sell goods as
cheap as any catalogue house anywhere.
Confess. It is good for the soul. But
Don't Send Away Again
DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE AGAIN, SEE O'NEIU,
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
Lace Curtains, Por
tieres, Mattresses,
Pillows, CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Bhades, Pictures,
Picture Moulding.
(1 H.
THE HOUSEFURNISHER
I ront St.,
Grants Pass was next, then Roeeburg,
where the substantial interest aroused
was best evidenced by the raising of
$0600 for ao immediate campaign.
Albany and Stayton had meetings on
Friday and Saturday. A Commercial
Club baa just been organised at Bend.
Got off the Porch. ,
In the beginning God created th
heavens and the earth and all things
therein, 'He then - created man tnd
woman and left the loafers on the cor
ners, and in due time they multiplied
and then spread out on the railroad
park fence, from where tbey over
flowed to tbe depot and the sidewalk
at the corner. They are busy chew
ing tobacco and discussing state aud
national problems that have vxed
great minds. For diversion they
make insulting remarks about ladies
who are obliged to pass them. While
they are thus engaged, tbe wivs of
many of these loafers are out washing
for the neighbors and the helpless
ohildren are left at home to take care
of themselves as best they oan. There
la nothing more noticeable in Grants
Pass than "roosters" on the park
R. L. Ooe is elected home Baturday
night from his business trip to St.
Louis.
GRANTS PASS BECOMING
A CITY OF AUTMOBILES
That Grants Pass is rapidly taking
oo oity airs is further indicated by
tbe number of automobles which
her People are buying. A oar load of
six nw tnachlines, all 30-horse power
touring cars was leceived here last
Saturday afternoon by Roy Wilson,
the local agent for the "Tourist" and
all weut into commission Sunday
afternoon.
Among- the surchasers was Dr,
Loughrldge, who will hereafter jerk
pvple from the jaws of death a la
automobile. A number of other con
tracts have been signed op and Mr.
Wilson is expecting another shipment
ion.
It Is pertinent to suggest in tins
oonneotlon too, that fast driving is
fraught with . many serions and fatal
accidents and that the speed msnlao
miorobe should be oonsidered by the
oity fathers at an early date in the
shape of a speed ordinance.
E. J. Porteous, superintendent of
the Rogue River Mining and Develop
ment Co, arrived In the oity Monday
aod met his wife and son, who
arrived from Los Augeles Thursday.
Herman Wise, mayor of Astoria, ar
rived In the oity Wednesday morn
lug to spend a day ec route south
on a recreation trip. Mr Wise is
just recovering from an attack of the
grippe aud endeavoring to recuperate.
He was very muob Impressed with
Grants Pass and soenio surroundings.
He left in the evening for Medford
and expects to go down into Califor
nia before retorolng home. Mayor
Wise is one of those broadmlnded,
genial gontleineot, whom it is a pleas
ure to meet.
Htoves and Ranges,
0 Ml
Oraniteware,
Agteware, Hauware,
Wooden ware,
Wllloware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Glassware, Fancy
China, Uo-Carta,
Baby Carriages.
bet. 6 and 7