VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1908.
No. 3.
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GEO. S. CALHOUN PRESI
DENT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Officers and New Board of Dliect
bre Elected at Quarterly Meet
ing Tuesday Night.
The prinoipal feature of business of
the Grants Pass Commercial Club at
itB quarterly meeting Wednesday
evening was the election of officers,
aod in recognition of his indefatiga
ble efforts in behalf of the club or
ganization and the interest! of Qrants
Psas and Josephine county dnriog his
Incumbency hearty vote Jof thanks
was tendered L. B. Hall the retiring
president, at the suggestion of O. S.
Blanohard, who was the olub's first
president
Tbe new offioers and directors are :
Geo. 8. Calhoun, president; hlmer
S. Shank, treasurer; directors, , Jos.
Moss, O. S. Blanchard, Thou. W.
Pack, Q. H. Durham, M. J. Ander
son, F. M. South', and Judge Stepehen
Jewell. The board of directors in
cludes the president and treasurer of
the club and tbe board elects its secre
tary from among the members of the
olub and outside of the board. The
secretary of a real live commercial
olub rally has all the hard work to do,
and upon the energy and efficiency of
tbe secretary depends, very largely,
the snooess and achievements of the
commercial club and the growth of
the town and community for wbiob it
is working.
Harry L. Andrews,' who has acted as
secretary the past year at a nominal
salary, has, very wisely been retaind
for the ensuing year at a salary of
9100 per mouth. By both nature and
Aoquisitiou, Mr. Andrews is pe
culiarly adapted for the portion
Original, alert, energetio and atten
tive, be nevet misses an opportunity
to aid in keepidg things up-to-date or
to suggest needed improvements. Tbe
inquirieJ and general correspondence
of the dob has increased to soch an
extent within the past few months
that nearly Mr. Andrews' entire time
. is demanded Inquiries about Grants
. Pass and Josephine county, Mr. An
drews says, ' trebled within the pant
month as a result of the full page ad
about Grants Pass which the club is
now oatrying in the Sunset magazine
The board of directors have author
ized secretary Andrews to go to Port
laud to read and revise the proof and
half tone views which are to go into
the new advertising pamphlet 'being
published by the SuDset magazite
people for Grants Pass. Mr. Andrews
will leave for Portland next Monday.
' The matter of naming the streets and
numbering the houses was considered
and a oommittee was appointed to
cooperate with the council in com
pleting tbis much needed publio con
venience. The oommittee appointed to look up
the project of completing a wagon
road direct from Grants Pais to
GalicH, reported progress and asked
for further time. It was the consen
sus of opinion of tbe club, however,
that a determined effort should be
made to complete this proposed road
fromits present terminus at Picket
creek to Massie ferry, a distauoe of
about three miles, which will give a
spleudid water grade road bed direct
from Grants Pass to Galice creek.
Ibe commercial club now has a live
membership of 108, meets regularly
aoh month and is ever on the lookout
lor anything that will improve trie
town or the conntv. It is ready to
assist any wotthy enterprise.
PRESBYTERY MEETS HERE
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING
The Presbytery of Southern Oregon
will oonveoe in semi-annual session
t the Presbyterian church in th
city next Thursday evening, April 21i-t
A he meeting will be railed to order
at 7:30 by the retiring moderator,
the Rev. J. E. Dy cf VNrodyilie.
The s ssion will be orgmized at 8:30
when a new uiode'iitor will b elected.
Tbe convention will close, Thursday
aftirnoju at at 4 :b0.
The Soahtt-rn Oreifou Pre-bytery
includes Klamath, Jackson, Dooglas,
Curry and Jo-epbiue counties.
Following is the program for tbe
session :
Tuesday, April 21
1 :S0 p. m. Sermon by Retiring
Moderator.
8:30 p. m. Organization, Election
of Moderator
Wednesday, April 22.
9 :00 a. in. Devotional Serivcee,
led
by Rev. G. T. Pratt.
9 -.30 a.m. Business, Appointment
of Committees.
13.-00 m. Recess.
1 :30 p. in. Devotional Services,
led by Rev. R Ennis
S :00 pm Report of Committee on
Sabbath Observance
8 :00 p m Election of Commis
sioners to General Assembly
3:15 pm Report of Committee on
Narrative
8 :30 p m Renort of Committee on
Home Missions
4 :00 p m Recess
7 :30 p m Popular Service
Temperance and the Local Option
Campaign" Report of Committee on
Temperance ' to be followed by ad
dresses Speakers Rev W W Mao"
Henry and Rev J A Townsend
Thursday, April 23
9:00 am Devotional Servics, led
by Rev W S Smith.
9 :30 a m. Business.
10 a m Report of Committee on
Foreign Missions.
11:00 m Report of Committee on
Sabbath School Work.
12 rtX) m Recess
1 :30 p. m Devotional Services, led
by Rev. L. M. Anderson
2:00 p m Business
4 :80 p m Adjournment.
GRANTS PASS SHOULD
BE IN THE SWIM
G. B. Thomas of Portland arrived
in tbe city Wednesday morning iu the
Interest of the Rose Carnival to be.
held at Portland, June 1st to 6th in
clusive. It is the plan to have ever;
town of any size in tbe state repre
sented in the parades with a large
float presenting the various resources
of each locality, ' and the consumma
tion of tbis object is what brought
Mr. Thomas here Wednesday.
Mr. Thomas, submitted to Secretary
Andrews and the advertising oommit
tee of the Commercial club the general
plan of town representation and the
sketch 'of a suitable tloat showing
grapes, apples and pears, Wednesday for
approval. This float will cost be.
tween $100 and 1500, the carnival
people to build the float, furnish the
horses to draw it, during the parad s
and furnish all the electric fights,
etc., nescesary. -
Appreciating the advertising value
of the enterprise many of the larger
towns In Southern Oregon, such as
Albany, Eugene, Roseborg and. others,
are singing np contracts for floats.
Josephine county, with her wealth
aod varied resources ran shine as
loudly aa any of the localities men
tioned aod Grants Pass can't afford to
stay out. Grants Pass, the thriving
little capital of Josephine county,
should have one of the most striking
and noique floats in the carnival it
will be a valuable advertisement for
the town and county.
Mr. Thomas If ft Wednesday afer
noon for other points south and will
return here today with a view to
closing a conraot for a float for thin
city.
Prof. Tomer, superintendent of the
city schools, who is also a member of
tbe board of examiners of state normal
schools, left Saturday evening to join
the other two members of the board
at Weston, where they will spend a
couple of days inspecting the school
there. From Weston they will visit
the normal at Monmouth, and from
there tbey go to Drain and Ahlaud
They will file their report with the
governor, who in turu will transmit
the report to tbe board of regents.
Prof. Turner will begone a couple
of weeks and during his absence Prin
cipal Smith of the High school will
aol as superintendent.
T. H. Robinson, one of the leading
fruit growes of the Applegate valley
who has a fine orchard near Wilder
villa, is making two or three trips to
Grants Pa' a each week now to supply
fie local demand for apples. Mr.
Kobinson will have old apples until
the new crop is ready for market
which admirably attests tbe keeping
qualities of Rogue River Valley ap
pies. It may be hard for the easterner
to believe bot Mr. Robinson ex
hibited a box of apples of the 1906
crop and a box 'of the 1907 crop at the
Josephins County fair here but fall
hich were picked from the same
1 old timers say that the Rogue
I River apple keeps better than those
I raised anywhere else in the United
I States.
IS CHRISTENED
"TUFF'S PARK'1
w.
B. Sherman Tokay Grape King
Gives City Beautiful Tract on
Tokay Heights.
"Tokay Heights," one of the popu
larly known points on the 850-acre
tract of land recently acquired by W.
B. Sherman, the grape king, and on
which is loo ted the old stage bouse
where tbe Jones family were killed
by the Rogue River Indians in the
early fifties, was the scene of a
felicitlous and impressive ceremony
last Monday, when parcel of IS acres
more or less, as the council may elect,
was tendered to tbe city for a park,
and tbe tract was very appropriately
christened "Tuffs Park" in honor of
Mrs. Margaret Tuffs, one of the first
settlers of this section of the Rogue
River Valley, aod from whom Mr.
Sherman purchased tbe property.
Mr. Sherman had secured trans
portation by automobile for the band,
the mavor, city counoil and numerous
oitizens to the grounds and the
schedule began at 9:30 Monday morn-
iug. Prof. Rowell and the Grants
Pars boys band of 27 pieces preceded
the crowd io the four automobiles en
gaged for the day and after these
came Mayor Smith and the city
council, followed by tome 800 of the
leading oitizens of the town who
alighted near the old stage house aod
ascended the bill overlooking this
historical struture on a veritable
carpet of flowers to listen to a number
of well rendered selection! by tbe
baud, which fittingly prefaoed tbe
day's ceremooies.
The crowd waa then led to tbe
center of the tract which Mr. Sher
man had generously offered to tbe
oity, and which bad been uniquely
marked off by a line of small Ameri
can flags on all sides. Here, with
an unexcelled view of the inviting
and prosperous little oity of Grants
Pass the assembly listened to se
lection by the band, after which Har
ry Audrews, the affable and ever
ready secretary of the . commercial
club, opened tbe oeremonies of tbe
day with appropriate remarks aud the
announcement that water would be
piped to the park and surrounding
ground from the springs a couple of
miles distant.
Mayor Smith was then authorized to
formally break the ground for one of
a series of reservoirs to be built on
the tract for irrigation purposes.
whereupon the mayor delegated this
authority to Councilman T. P.
Cramer, chairman of the park com
mittee, and Mr. Cramer swung the
pick with the dexterity of an old
timer. The assembly then repaired
to a spring just above the old stage
boofe where attorney H C. Clement
delivered the address of the day and
the tract was christened "Tuff's
Park." Following is a brief synopsis
of Mr. Clements addross, which was
atteotivtly listened to and greeted with
hearty applause:
"I do not feel that in this im
promptu speech I can do justice to
the o'casion or add to what has al
ready been laid. We frequently find
ourselves between two extremes, in
fact, phyrcially we live between tbetn
the past and the future. From tht ee
two limits the mystery of success is
he'd in solution; tbe growth and
development of a country sets its
pice by the growth and development
of the meo who occupied it. It is
ratnral for man to expand beyond
the oommon reach. We get our theory
from the Pilgrims and the many
enoeetore who developed the Atlantic
coast. ' Ihe early years of our govern
ment have seen the gralual encroach
tuent upon the Western unoccupied
lands. Pouring over tbe Allfgh'-ny
mountains into the Mississippi valley
until the latter had become a bee bive
of industry; the pioneer shouldered his
ax and with his ox team and the
slowly sinking sun as a compass
started over tbe hills, climbed the
Rocky mountains and settled. The
ground opon which we have gathered
to witness the ceremonies of dedicat
ing a park to the city by W. B. 8b er
man has a coveted history buried in
tbe archives of la few highly respected
families who followed tbe burning
trail la the earl; fifties and oameto
the Rogue River Valley.
Here the burdens of opening and
developing the rich resooroes which
yon and. I today enjoy was amply
worked out by tkoso certain families
who passed through many hardships.
Who could not, standing in tbe edge
of t: Is forest primeval, and looking
Westward say 'As you behold our
te ruing little oity, girt round the
rugged mountains Fair Grants Pass
lies '
"About 1851 J. E. Jones and wife
took np what is knwon as donation
land claim number 38 and since tbe
governmental . survey it is known as
sections 16, 17 and 20. Having staked
out their claim and built a rude oabin
they liyed a short time in happiness
and without disturbance. Tbe family
consisted of husbaud and wife and
one brother. The cabin was bnilt so
to oocapy two claims and shelter
two families. Along in October 185ft
on the morning of Jthe 9th, the little
heme, with the nearest neighbor at
Venoy Ferry down the river and the
nearest Post office at Rook Point, tbe
Jones family found themselves sur
rounded -with Rogue River Indians
who were hostile and on the war
path, as it was the approach of a
general outbreak of these Indians
throughout the valley. The Jones
family were first to suffer. Mr. Jones
waa killed first. Mrs. Jones escaped
to the vicinity of this spring and at.
tempted to hide but an Indian sbot
her, the ball passing down the arm
into her body. She was found later
by neighbors who were apprehensive
of ludiao difficulties, and taken to
the Venoy Ferry, where she survived
for 48 hours.
"Tbis.iooident of the death of Mr.
and Mr. ' Joues brought the title to
this land iu question as to who died
first and for this information it was
necessary to get the affidavit of Mrs.
Margaret Tuffs, who has been a resi
dent of Rogue River Valley since
1H50. 'After the death of Mr. and
Mrs. Jones 'the land passed to the
Swartz and then to Scholes and in
1869 Margaret Tuffs aud husband ac
quired this part of the claim and
lived here for many years. It was
here they raised their family of
children to manhood aod womanhood.
And 1 may here remark that very few
pioneer families have found their
children so closely Identified with suo
cess at In this instauce. I speak
specially of the one who has been nm
ployed in our public school for the
past decade aud of the other who is
one ol tlie lending members oi our
council aod president of one of the
banking institutions of the city. In
these we find the attributes worthy of
mother's pride. Is it any wonder
that grandma Tuffs sits io our pres.
euoe here today and looks yearningly
upon past recollections of this endear-
ng old homestead ' ' Let me add the
sentiment of the port, 1 Pity old age
withiu whose gray hairs honor aud
revereuoe evermore bath lain.'
i "Lit os close this incident by
naming the park today dedicated to
the city of Grants Pass 'The Tuffs
Park' in honor of Margaret Toffs and
br worthy family, who hate lived in
our community for the past half cen
to ry."
The assembly was then taken back
'o tbe city in automobiles in time for
the noonday lunch, refreshed and
greatly plaased with the morning out'
ing aod the enrobes
Mr. Sherman secured' this tract of
800 acres with a view to planting it
lo Tokay grapes, and afterwsrds sob
dividing it in acreage property and
placing it on the market. lie has
tendered 15 acres or whatever parcel
of land the citv may elect, for a park
at whatever time the the oity oooncil
may see fit to take it for park pur
poses, and in whatever part of the 35u
acre tract the oooncil may elect, even
inoloding the historic old staje bonse,
the only condition being that tbe oity
will repair and maintain the stage
coach house in a manner commensur
ate with its b is tor I o importance.
The water supply from the springs,
of which there are about 25, tome
two miles distant on the same tract is
sufficient for the use of the town of
Grants Pass, but no water will be
sold to outside parties. Ths supply
will be confined to the need ol the
new park and Sherman's addition.
Mr. Sherman's splendid generosity
in offering this park to the city of
Grants Pass could have been no bet
ter emphasized 'than in the fact that
he did not stipulate that the park
should bear his 'name, bot left this
honor to the discrimination of the
oity counoil ' and the people. This
feature stands out as somewhat
unique, slnoe it is the oommon custom
to name a gift of .this kind for the
doner.
The oity oooncil will in all proba
bility take the property over in due
time and make it one of the attrac
tions to which the citizens of the
pleasant and prosperous little oity of
Grants Pass wl'l point with pride and
to whioh ber citizens will fondly
escort its visitors in tbe years to
oome.
In apreoiation of Mr. Sherman's
generosity and the solemnity of the
dedication of the new park, the lead.
ing business houses were doted from
9:30 to 11, to give proprietors and
clerks an opportunity to attend the
oeremonies.
JACKSON COUNTY WILL
DDADIDIV PA 44TVTJV"
r avdhois i uv vni
The following item appeared as
a special in last Saturday's Portland
Telegram and is aiugificant in view of
the approaohing election and the wide
spread inlerst being manifested in the
temperance cause :
"The local option campaign in
Jackson County it not receiving as
muoh attention just now aa it will
after the party nomination primaries
are over next week. However, the
anti-saloon foroes have been holding
meetings and spreading the gospel of
prohibition t tbe four coiners of tbe
county by means of publio addresses
and literature. Hie saloon forces are
understood to be doing some effec
tive work, but in a more quiet way.
The best informed people Jn the
county, however, are free to express
the opinion that it will be dry by a
good majority, as a result of the elec
tion in June. Ashland is dry by a
large majority already, while Med
ford is pretty eveuly divided, with
the rural precincts pretty 'sure to re
turn a strong dry majority. Gold
Hill and Jacksonville, always sup.
posed to be saloon strongholds, are
said to be weak in tbe faith them
selves, and their vote as a result will
not be heavy against local option in
all probability." .
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Clevenger left
Wednesday for Roseburg to be in at
tendance at a family reunion, of Mrs.
Clevenger's parents on the occasion
of her father's birthday. The gather
ing was planned for yesterday and it
was anticipated that all the children
and grandchildren would be present
New Stock of
Wall Paper
at O'Neills
Have you seen their special lines
DON'T MISS THEM
Furniture aod Car
pet. Linoleums,
Lace Curtains, Por
tieres, Mattresses,
Pillows, CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Shades, Pictures,
Picture Moulding.
R. H.
THE HOUSEFUHNISHER
I ront St.,
APRIL TERM CIRCUIT
COURT NEXT MONDAY
Sixty-Nine Case on the Docket.
Sixteen of Which Are
for Divorce.
The April term of the Josephine
county circuit court will convene here
next Monday with Judge H. K. Han-
na on the bench.
For the present term there are 69 cases
on the dooket Of these bot four are
criminal cases, as follows :
State vs 1) B Winkle, lewd cohabi
tation; State vs Blane Clark, larceny
in an of floe ; State vs Ed McLaugh
lin, trading domestic animals affectol
with oontaslous disease, and James
MoCumber, laroeny from the person.
Of the remaining 65 cases, 16 are
suits for divorce, 23 are equity cases
eight are for foreclosure, , aud the
balance are miscellaneous.
Following la the list of jurors
drafted for the term :
Grants Pass A T Martin, J J Trice,
W A Paddock. J D Drake, O G
Ament, J A S lover, M A Mitohell,
O L MoPherson. W F Hogoe.
Merlin E1 C Neeley, A I Hussey,
H O Booth, J W MoCaalln.
Kerby Frank Desslnger. J E Hodg
don. J E Howard, H U Glbbs.
Belma John Herman, D H Hens
com. Williams-J A Go toner, Rail Cougle,
W D John.
Wildervllle A T Cart, J T MoOann.
Provoli E M Provolt, Fred M Mil
ler. "
Leland-T J Mackln.
Wolf Creek-Uriah Miller, Geo R
Hoiie,
Holland J E Lewis W A Leonard.
TOM HAS BEEN LOOKIN'
AT US RECENTLY
The following letter from Tom
Richardson, the resourceful manager
of the Portland Coin met oial Club in
evidence of tbe fact, that, despite his
arduous aod multitudinous duties as
the head and front 'ot Portland's Com
mercial Club, he does manage to glance
at tbe country papers of . tbe state.
And this faol makes us appreciate
the mote the kindly expressions.
Tom says:
Portland, Ore., Apr. 18, 1908
Mr. A. E. Voorhies,
Editor Rogue River Courier,
Grants Pass, Ore.,
My dear Mr. Voorhies :
I was delighted to note' In ths first
oolumn of the first page of the Courier
of the 10th, that Grants Pass got four
of the eighty prizes offered by the
Portland Commercial Club. That
means that if all the cities In the
country bad done as well as Grants
Pass the prizes would have been divid
ed among the people of 20 cities.
The Courier 'is running a mass of
advertising and I want to especially
congratulate you upon tbe typographi
cal appearance of the double page
of the Golden Rale, and the full
page of the Grants Pass "Business
House." And then I note that your
clothiers are using tbe most up-to-date
outs.
Wishing yon continned success, I
am Truly yours,
TOM RICHARDSON,
Manager.
titoves and Ranges,
0 lleill
Oraniteware,
Agteware, Tinware,
Woodenware,
Willoware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
OTIauware, Fancy
China, Uo-Caris,
Baby Carriages.
bet. 6 and 7