11 I II
VOL. XXIV.
JAMES FARREN AGED 102,
IS HALE AND HEARTY
ut.r Drsxnk Duffey a nor
Chewed Tobacco Voted for
Andrew Jsxckeon.
Mr. Editor: As we have a very
worthy centenarian in this county and
a man of nnoommon physical strength,
i . I T ntonaw him
IS Aava oast for the purpose of writ
log op this sketch to which be, James
Fnrren hid no objections. Ana in re
ply to my questions, I got the fol
lowing sonnnary:
"I was born in McMinnvilU, War
ren conny, Tenn , July 4th, 1806, and
hence if I survive four months longer,
I will be 103 years old. My father,
Timothy Farren died at the age of 101
years, sitting at the breakfast table.
Ha was a revolutionary soldier and
emigrated Aom Virginia into Tennes
e. Among my early reoolleotions
there were but few good wagon roads
in Tennessee. I bad never beard of
each a thing as a grain cradle and the
first that 1 saw was thought to be a
grand thing in the way of invention
and progress in development All
clothes cotton, wool and flax, were
spnn and woven at home and after
ward made by hand into olothing and
other articles by the women at home.
The firat time that I voted was for
Andrew Jackson for president, in J828
at the age of 21 years. The prioe of
common labor was $10 per month, in
cluding board and washing.
"At the age of lor 20 years I moved
to the state of Missouri and after
wards married in that state to a Ken
tacky girl and .lived in that state
about 40 years.
"I never drank any of Dnffey's pore
malt whiskey and never took but one
chew of tobacco, which made me so
violently sick that I bad no desire to
repeat the dose. From the state of
Missouri I moved into the state of
Kansas and from thenoe into Califor
nia, in the year 18R3, and in the year
1878 I moved into my present local
ity of Joephlue oounty, Oregon and
Battled on Briggs Creek, where I have
been for 35 years past engaged in
farming, miniug, cattls raising and
packing goods over the trail and there
is no wagon road across the mountain
op to the present time. At my pres
ent age I have strength to do some
work of most any character and dur
ing the past winter have ridden on
horseback from my place on Briggs
Creek to - Grants Pang, a distanoe of
30 miles in a day's time and I feel
tally competent to make a horsebaok
ride of 25 miles in a day. My life has
been simple and temperate iu the
mountains away from excitement I
have killed a great deal of game and
consumed it as food, suoli as deer,
Ur and other an inula. My mind is
clean, recollection good of all past
events. I claim to be a Christian,
although I have never been Identified
with any denomination.
"I am the fattier of 14 children, bat
all except three are dead. I think
that they inherited tuberculosis on
mother's side.
"It I live to see the next presiden
tial election, the number will set me
free, as it will be the 21st. since I be
came a voter. Respectfully
JAMES FARREN."
Bv J. M. Chile.
Edward Baxter Will be Here
April 14.
Of Edward Baxter Perrv, the con
cert uinit and lecturer, who is to
app-ar iu Grants Pass Tuesday, April
Hth, in a mosicale under th direc
tion of Miss Ethel Palmer, the New
York Musical Courier says:
"Mr Perry is the originator and
principal exponent of the 1-cture-re
cital Idea. He is the only blind
Pianist in the world's history who
has succeeded in winning an onques
tinned position in t lie fiont rank of
his profession. He is t"e only Auie'i
cau oianitt who ev. r i laved at the
Imperial Co irt o O-nnaii Hei-th
only pianist, American or foreign, who
ver sustained liim elf for 10 succens
ive tHAon by concert playing alone in
the TJuited State. He is ;the oily
Fisulat, living or WA, of any
country, who ever played 1200 con
terta D 10 oonsecutive tears.
Will Build New Office.
Oue of the ost important commer
cial euterprises in Grant Pass is its
w fruit box factory, recently
rected by fie Grants Pass Bex Co.,
which is said to be one of the best
of its kind on
The faotory has a canacitv nf f,n,
16,000 tO 20,000 boxes Der dV. arnnr
ing to the class of boxes wanted and is
capable of handling from 40,000
uu.ow reet of lumber per day at fall
uapaciiy.
manager Hroner and SwirotAr
ouorj,, are doih bustlers and they gay
thatdeipite the financial flurry and
the so-called depression la business
they are receiviug plenty of orders
ana that the factory will probably
soon be running two shifts.
The ooaipany has just let a contract
lor the ereotion of a splendid new
ornce building which will be com
pietea by early June and one of the
adjuncts to the bnsiness' very much
needed.
The company is now paying off the
labor notes for February.
Fulton Replies to Heney.
uespita brief announcement, Sena
tor Fulton was greetd by a good
audience at the opera house last
Tuesday night.
Ihe senator stated that while he
had not expected to leave Washington
in betialt of bis re-election at this
time, that some of the recent state
ments of Francis J. Eent-y seemed to
demand a personal reply. In the
course of bis address Senator Fulton
presented affidavits indicating the
malicious falsity of Mr. Heney s
accusations.
Sentor Fulton, while he did not
deolare himself as absolutely in favor
of Statement No. 1, did not oppose
the proposition and at the same time
pointed out the evils resulting from
the present system, but was willing
to leave the matter to the judgment
of the voters The senator left here
Wednesday noon for his home and
will remain in Oregon until after the
primaries.
THE BOOSTING FEVER
BECOMING CONTAGEOUS
(Special Correspondence.)
The Oregon advertising fever is
both contagions and infectious, and
the remarkable part of the present
epidemic is that those towns which
have heretofore been normal now
have the highest temperature
Hon. Paul Morton, formerly Secre
tary of the Navy in President Roose
velt's cabinet, is being entertained.iu
Porilai d. Mr. Morton is a Western
man apd is making an extended tour
of the Pacifio coast with a view to in
vestments. People from all parts of
Oregon should make it a point while in
Portlaod to visit the Forestry Building
and familiarize themselves with the
timber wealth of this state. That
building is now in charge of M. W.
Gorman as a aoperintendeut, and he
thoroughly knows the forests of the
Northwest and the value of svery tree.
Mr. C. C. Mkhener, field secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. of America, recently
visited the Forestry Building and r
niaikad that it was the most satisfy
ing and Intrtstiug building on ihis
continsut and that his hour with Mr.
Gormon was the most instructive he
bad experienced in many years.
MoMiuville heads the list for a
Yamhill County advertising fund of
$10,000 with, a 14000 subscription. M.
O. Lownesdale is president of the
Yamhill County Development League
and has the backing of the people of
his county. That famous old county
intends to be heard from.
Educators throughout the Pnited
State are asking for pictures illustrat
ing the industrial, agricultural and
horticultural proiiress of Oregou, and
the? are beinii supplied.
The Portland Ounjourclal Club a
correspondence includes a g'ear. many
inquiries from people who want to
work ou farms. There inquiries and
the tacts coucerning tbsin are being
sent to all of the commercial bod ins
composing the Oregon Duvelopmeut
L aae.
The Corvallis Commercial Club,
which claims with perfect confidence
ht its ouaiters are the baucsomest
of any western city or town of 5000
population, will have a fcousewarming
nn Anrll 1UU!
Delegations win v
nrosnnt from many points In Oregon !
equipped institutions
the Pacific coast.
aud the occasion will be an interesting ' ,jaT Chairman Hamilton, of this corn
one. miCTee, accompanied by George
Klamath Falls and Astoria are the Gebers, road supervisor for tbe Sooth
latest Oregon olties that have deter- Grants Pass district, and Chatles Me
mined to have floats in the great serve appeared before tbe county
parade. "The Spirit of the Golden court to represent tbe matter of aecui
Weat" which takes place in Portland ing assistance from the county on this
nn Toasdav evening. Jane a, or ttose
Festival " week.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL
GRANGE TAKES UP
CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS
Appoints Committees on Good
Roads. Rural Mall .nd
Rural Telephone. .
The Grange movement is making
good headway in Josephine county
and the county now has five Grangis
with encouraging prospects for at
least six more before the close of the
year.
Last Saturday afternoon a Grange
was organized at the Centennial
school house, three miles southeast of
Grants Pass, by State Dputy W. J.
Dean, of Talent. This Grange started
off with 28 members and it is ex
pected that the charter will contain
folly 85 names when it is closed at the
meeting that is to be held this Satur-
day afternoon. The work of seooring
the members for this Grange was done
by Mrs H. M. Parham, Secretary of
the Dimick Grange recently or
ganized in the Dimick district west
of this city, of which the membership
list was also secured by Mrs. Parham.
Mr, rarnam has ;teen recently ap
pointed a oounty deputy by State
Master Austin. Buxton and she will
later on when the farmers are through
witb the harry of thalr work take np
the organization of Granges at Mur
phy, Merlin, Wolf Creek, Williams,
Provolt, Leland and probably at some
other places in the county.
As there are several Centennial
Granges in the United States it was
decided to name the new Grange in
the Ceoetnnial district a 'different
name than that of the school district,
which got its name from the fact that
it was formed daring the Centennial
year. The name selected was Fruit
dale, so given from the fact that the
residents of that sections are all go
ing into fruit raising and are located
in one of the riobest and handsomest
valleys in the county. The officers
for Fruitdale Grange are H. C. Bate
ham, master; G. A Hamilton, over
seer; Prof. R. R. Turner, lecturer;
Mrs. G. A. Hamilton, secretary;
Henry Hues, treasurer; Mr'. F. A.
Clements, chaplain; E. H Wise,
steward; W. H. Kiucaid, assistant
steward; Mrs. E. H. Wise, lady as
sistant seward ; F. A. Clements, Kate-
keeper; Mrs. A. C. Haark, ceres;
Mrs. Henry Hack, ponicna; Mrs. O.
Euglish, flora.
The n?xt meeting of Fruitdale
Grange will be held Saturoay
afternoon at 2 p. in., sharp, the regu
lar meetiugs being on the first and
third Saturdays of each month.
mick Grange will also meet this
Saturday, but at 8 p. in.
The members of Fruitdale Grange
are planning to carry out io full the
poroses that the Grange stands for iu
farming oommanity, which is the
saine, as that of the commercial club
to a town, and will take up the in
auguration of several publio utilities
that will make for the betterment of
conditions in their settlements. For
the present the Improvement of the
roads and the securing of a rural mail
route and a rural telephone line con
necting with Grants Pass will be.on
drrtaken. A committee consisting of
U. A. Hamilton, H. O. Batehain and
F. A. Clements was named to solicit
contributions of money and labor for
grading the main road to Gants Pass
and to take np the matter with the
Oounty Court relative to secuing the
co-otieritioo of the oounty in doing
the work. The plan is to ask each
land owner in 'the iettleni'ut to con
tribute 10 ceuts an acre in cash or
work to the road improvement. As
the Fruitdale road is one of the most
attiaotiv drives out of Grin's Ps
the automobile owners will be asked
to each give 12. SO to this rued fund.
The highway up the south ride of
Kogae river is one of the oool-it lo
summer and one of the most romantic
pleasure driveways in the Valley.
The upper section of this road is
(alr!y good at all times of the year
bnt the last two miles toward this
city owiug to the heavy travel over it
and the many stamps and roots is very
rough even in the dry sea-on. This
will be tornpiked and as much more
the funds will permit of. Wednes
roaa won. vouuiy uug wm (uU
! Commissioner Werts assured Chair
man Hamilton that SupervisorGebers
with the county grader and team
would be sent to grade all tbe road
tnat bis committee would get cleared
ot stumps and other obstructions and
plowed. The soliciting for fnnds has
been begun and work of preparing the
roadbed will be commenced next week
so as to get the grading done before
the dry season oouies.
To secure a rural mail route for the
settlement a committee consisting of
K. H. Wise, Prof. R. R. Turner and
W. H. Kinoaid was appointed. The
route that will be oovered with this
rural mail service will be from Grants
Pats through Fruitdale and thence by
the Salt Spring road to the Murphy
road at the Perry place and thence by
way of Morphy, the New Hope settle
ment and down Appleagte Valley to J,
H. Robinson's and thence to Grants
Pass by way of the Jerome Prairie
road. It is expsoted that the require
ment of the Postofflce Department can
be met in securing tbe not less than
75 box holders on tbe route. Post
master G.W. Donnell, of Grants Pass,
is giving the committee all the assist-
anoe possible and it is expected to
have .the mail route in operation
within the near future.
A committee consisting of G. A.
Hamilton, Prof. Turner and Robert
Hock was chosen to secure the sub
sclbers for a rural telpehone to con
nect Fruitdale with Grants Pass and
to bave charge of the'work of install
ing the system. The committee Is
having tbe best of suooess and will
have .not less than 12 subscribers to
the telphones and they hope to have
the line np and telephonic communi
cation with this city established witb
in the next two weeks.
Millnery Opening
A beautiful line of Pattern Hats and
Novelties on display Thursday, April
12, at Mrs. M. P. Anderson, over
Gompert's. Wait until you see our
line, as the bats are very reasonable.
WORK BEING PUSHED
ON GOVERNMENT TRAIL
Work is progressing constantly on
the government trail down Rogue
River and as soon as the bridge plans
are returned from Washington, where
they were sent for approval, work
will be commenced and soon a seven
foot bridge with 150 foot span will be
placed across the river. The com
pletion of this trail, which will be
about July 1, will open Curry county
to the world by land. The people
of that county have promised assist'
anoe in the work and the county la
expected to make an appropriation to
ward the expense. The five miles of
this (rail 'completed wilt be the
very best trail iu the West, and
about half of the distance was
blasted from the solid rock at an
expense of over $1000 per mile. In
plaoes the workmen had to be let
down from above by ropes in order to
di ill for the blasts, and much more
of the work was very dangerous.
This route was reported ou adversely
by sev-ral engineers and other said it
could not be done, but through the
persistence of Supervisor Anderson,
tbe woik has b en accomplished and
soon we will bave a connceting link
between Jo-iephiua and Curry counties
which will be open winter and sum
mer and is on a water grade.
Moch more work is planned for this
section, one improvement being the
coiifctrwctiou of a telephone 35 miles
to the month of ' Whiskey creek.
Twenty-live uiihs of the line to be a
mctalic circuit and all constructed in
thorough manner. Cedar poles are to
be used and they will be treated with
preservative, and No. 9 wire la to be
strung from Galice west Work will
tm couimeuc-d on the telephone line
about May 1.
Mr. Anderson will have on hand be
tween 117,0(0 and 118,000 which will
be available abont May 1, outside of
salary rolls and he hopes to carry on
the work during the remainder of the
season without interruption.
Narrow Escape for Fish Warden.
Deputy Fish Commissioner John Wil
son of Roseburg narrowly escaped
drowning Thursday of last week, while
examining a fish ladder at the Golden
Drift dam.
While looking over the ladder bs
pipped and fell into the current and
was carried more than a hundred yards
before he succeeded in teaching shore.
Mr. W.lson has been stopping: at the
Lav too tbs past week and looking
after official matters here. , r
3. 1908.
WORK ON BED ROCK
MACHINE COMMENCED.
Inventor Gilman Here to Com
mence Work on Bargee
for Machine.
Frank L. Oilman, inventor of Gil-
man's patent mining machine for
mining the bed of rivers, and presi
dent of the Oilman Bed Rock Mining
Co.. was in Grants Pass
the first of
the week to explain his machine to
some of those Interested in tne com
pany and to select m place for the
building of the necessary barges which
will support the machine. Mr. Gil
man will return about tbe middle of
the month and will then commence
work on the barges and la May the
machine, now being constructed at
the Phoenix Iron Works, is to be
ready for shipment. This machine
is in shape something like an immense
hollow sad iron, something over 80
feet long and 16 feet high, to be con
structed entirely of steel and will
bave a weight of 23 tons. One of
Mr. Oilman's patents oovers the au
tomatic siphon with a 14-Inch nor.ile
and it is calculated to "dry" the ma
chine in a very few minutes. Mr.
Oilman has made two smaller ma
chines and be says that they worked
to perfection.
It is well known that the bed of
Rogue River is riob in fine and
coarse gold, and the exposing of bed
rock by any means bas meant rich
returns. The diverting of the water
from Ihe river t ed at the Gold Ray
dam while it was under construction
uncovered an Immense amount of gold
which was quite an item in helping
the expense aooount. If Mr. Oilman's
machine proves to be the success
whioh he bolleves It will be it will
mean big dividends to the stock
holders. Mr. Oilman is not a stranger to
Rogue River as he was one of the two
men who first went from Grants Pass
to the coast down the river about 14
years ago, building their boat at
Grants Pass and making the start
from here. He has also spent many
months prospecting on the river. His
home for many years has been at
Eugene where his family now is.
They will, however, make Grants
Pass their home later.
Mr. Oilman returned to Grants Pass
Friday morning and work will be
oommenced immediately.
Sulllvexn'e & Conidine'e Vaude
ville Company,
Local Theatre-goers will shortly
have an opportunity to witness Sulli
van's aud Considiue's big vaudeville
company, which is slated to sppear in
this city, at the Opera House, the
evening of Wedneday, April 8, The
list of artistes appearing with the
company contains the names of some
of the bright particular stars of the
vaudeville wot Id. 'Rlchey Craig,
the droll oomediao, is to present his
latest comedy offering, "I've Got A
Job Now. " The act is replete with
New Stock of
Wall Paper
at O'Neills
Ilave you seen their special lines
DON'T MISS THEM
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
Lace Curtains, Por
tieres, UattTMitea,
Pillows, CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Bbades, Pictures,
Picture Moulding.
R. H.
THE HOUSEFURMSHER
front St
No. 1.
catchy lines and Mr. Craig's quaint
humor is certain to bring the bouse
down. Young Buffalo, tbe champion '
rifle shot of the world, will furnish a
marvelous exhibition of his skill.
Young Buffalo does all kinds of fancy
stunts with the rifle, among them
being his wonderful human target
work. The star feature of Buffalo's
act is his disrobing of a young woman
by shooting the buttons from her
olothing. Davis, Lee aud Company
will be seen in the sere lining comedy
sketch,
"The Ballot Girl." Mr.
i Davis is . a well known Eastern
comedian and his
are performers
O'Neill Brothers
and dance's and
presents a dainty
assUtauts in the act
ot ability. The
are a trio ot singers
Miss Maud .Sutton
little comedy crea
tion abounding in catchy situations
and bright linos. Brooks & Jeatiette,
Sketch. The cast is an all star one
and the S. R. O. sign will donbtless
be hung pot long before the doors
open. The company will appear here
for only oue performance.' 4-8 It
That New Trtvln Schedule.
According to the latest reports,
Sunday, April 19th is the date set
now for the installation of the new
limited passenger train on the South
ern faoino tnrougn nere, wnen at
least one train additional dally eaoh
way will be added to the present ser
vice. The aobedule as now proposed,
it is said, will bring passenger trains
into Ashland early in the morning
from either direction.
Work has been going on this week
at the Southern Paoiflo depot install
ing two quadra pie x telegraph ; ma
chines, and a new battery room baa
been provided at the east end of the
big passenger depot building. Mr.
Charles Day, of San Francisco, has
been In Ashland since last Monday
superintending the work, whioh will
inorease tbe railroad company's tele
graph facilities in this city materially.
Ashland Tidings.
Quarts Blanks at the Courier office
GRANTS PASS BALL
TOSSERS WARMING UP
i
The Grants Pass j ball team, whioh
carried off the psoaut last season, as
the best team in the Rogue River
Valley league, bas bloomed again this
spring. At a meeting held last week
Fred Roper was unanimously elected
Manager and Paul Setter was chosen
captain. Iu an interview Captain Set
ter advises the Courier that ths team,
though somewhat handicapped in the
box, will maintain last years' stand
ard. There are 18 in the list now trying
cut and exceptionally strong flleding
and batting has already been mani
fested. Theie seems no special rea
son why Grants Pass should not have
a splendid ball team aud tbe boys are
worthy of support and encouragement.
The Grants .Pass team will play
the Jacksonville nine on the 12th;
Medford the following 8onday and the
University of Oregou Juniors on the
23d.
Htoes sod Ranges,
Oraniteware,
Agteware, Isnwars,
Wooden ware,
Willoware, Cutlery,
Crockery, .Lamps,
Glassware, Fancy
China, Uo-Carta,
Baby Carriages.
0 tleill
bet. 6 and 7