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VOL XXIV. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1908 No. 5. 1 i j i MSS MEETING Property Owners Talked Matter Over. KEETING WEIX ATTENDED ' City Attorney Clement Outlined Proposed Improvement and Msxnntr of Paving, The mass meeting called for last Monday night at tbe city hall by Mayor Smith for an informal discus '. aion of the proposed parement of ' Sixth itreet and intersections, wag , well attended and intense interest manifested throughout The meet ; ing was called to order by the mayor : and City Attorney Clements opened .the discussion by briefly reviewing (be pavement project from the pro 1 visional ordinance op to date. He ? gave a concise, .yet lncid ootline of the work and .explained the Bancroft bonding act and the limit of the city ooancil's action in the matter under its present charter. Tbe next speaker was Ex-Judge J. , M. Chiles, who, though not essen tially opposed to the pavement, wis , nnder somewhat of a misapprehen ' slon as to tbe general plao. He was .;' opposed to the widening of tbe side ; walk in the proposed paved district . and presented a remonstrance against tbis featare of he new improvement. ;i Many of the signers of tbe petition, however, were not witbin the paving district and it appeared that a number ' of the signers were nnder tbe impress Ion that tbe widening of sidewalks as ' suggested wsis to be extended ontside of tbe paved district, while such, is " not the case. """City- 'Englneer" Hobsohffdm'his preliminary survey gave the estimated cost of tne pavement, if bitulithio was used, to be, approximately $6.60 per ! front foot for half the width of the street. Relative to the grades and : drainage he stated that ample drain age might be affected by running the water from Sixth street to Seventh on the east and to Fifth on tbe west. R. L. Coe, who recently returned from a trip east, while in favor of substantial and permanent work in the matter of pavement, favored mac adam as against bitnlitbio on ac- ' count of tbe relatively lower cost, and cited bis observations whlie in tbe east. Objections to' macadam were raited by others on account of tbe rough surface and difficulty in keep ing it free from ice withoat injury to (he pavement. J From the remarks of Couucilmau Co ' burn it was gleaned that, along with the pavement of Sixth stteet tbe council has under consideration tbe ' proposition of lessening the width of 'sidewalks on residence streets by ex tending the curb line farther into ' the street and thus Hiving room for a "! row of trees along the curb line just j outside the walks. This is the plan ; recently adopted in other' cities which has added much to the beauty tf the :' towns and should especially a i peal to the people of Grants Pass at this J time. All in all Monday utyht's meet inn, 7 even though informal, gave new im petcs to civic improvement, aud par ( ticolarly to the new paving propiai- tion, in that those who were in at- v tendance at the nireling received new iulormatioo snd were set aright ou various points. The large attendance of Monday night's meeting argues morn for civic improvement in Granst Pass within the next 12 mouths, and when the rjaveuient is down, which, in Ml probability will be the case by Sey- teinber if not before. Grants Pass will have a sanding advertisement which will attract the attention and impress more people than twice the amount of money spent in any other way. Declamatory Contest. In one of a series of deolatnatory contests given in the city schools laft C .1 , I . - U . -U ft i -J A 1 r.u.,. v K""! won we decision in tne contest ue tween the Third and Fourth grades, n tbe East building and Edna Tryer of tbe Sixth grade won in tbe contest between the Fifth and Sixth grade? at the Central shool. Each were awarded a gold medal by the Rev. Alexander Malean. Tuesday evening there was a con test between the First and Second and the Seventh and Eighth grades. Tbe decision between the First and Seoond was won by Pansy Dukes of the First grade ; and in the Seventh and Eighth Merle Caldwell of the Eighth won out. Miss Emma Loughridge of the Seoond year was victorious in the High School contest. This is Miss Loughridge's second medal. Tbe medals were presented by Rev. Lovett. From the number of kegs purchased at the street sale last Saturday by City Attorney Clements, there should be no further question as to the result of tbe municipal election next June. Of coarse Mr Clements says pickle kegs and all that- sort of thing but there are a few about town who ex pect to refresh themselves with a draught of Tokay from these tame kegs in the city attorney's cellar after the saloons have been closed. GRANTS PASS IS TO HAVE A NURSERY Harmeling Bros, of Vtxshon Is land Havs Purchased Lands sxnd Located Here. In view of the thousands of apple. pear, peach and otber trees, as well as grapes and other small -fruit. planted in Josephine county every year, it seems strange that a nurserv has. not been established here in Grants Pass ootil now. Vary few of the orchardists, therefore bave been priviledged to go to the Dursery and select their stock from the rows. Harmeling Brothers, until re- oenty with the Vasbon nurseries at Vashon Island, Washington, bave de cided to open a nursery here in Grants Pass and bave already pur chased desirabe lands for nurserv pur poses, i E. V. Ingles of this city is also interested with tbe Harmelings. Owing to the delay in the selection of the proper land they will have but a small stock of trees for this season. They have, however, a choice lot of Tokay grapes, liavidtr purchased 800,000 California cuttings, including the car load recently pur chased by W. B. Sherman. These grapes-will be grown on the Sherman tract north of the city and irrigated from the springs on the tract This new nursery is a much needed institution in the Rogue River valley and there is little doubt that it will prove a very remunerative enter prise within a very short time. SOUTHERN PACIFIC MEN HERE SATURDAY NIGHT Gent ral Manager J. P. O'Brien the Southern Pari fie, and Mrs. O'Brieu, accompanied by Division Sapt. t. J. Fields, Division Engineer Waj. Bollous and Master Mechanic Youugher arrived in Grants Pass last Saturday night from the south on a tour of inspection of the line and the yards in tbe principal towns along the line, in tbeir private cars aud re mained here over night, leaving by special train for the north at 7:80 Sunday morning. While there was no spoial signifi cance' attached to the briif tarry of three officials here at tbis lime, their visit was ostensiMy for tbe purpose of considering the paving proposition here and wiiat would be required of tbe company when the pavement really begins. Secretary Andrews of the Commer cial club. Judge Durham and others, and a coterie tf ladies chaperonsd by Mr. Durham, met the officials at Manager O'Brien 's car in ths early evening and a very pleasant half bour was spent. The special bearing tbe officials left at 7 :30 Sunday morning ith the ex pectaton of spendiog the night at Eugene. They were making an all daylight trip. The arches over Sixth street were lighted ia recognition of their visit, and in reply to a question, Secretary Andrews, in bis affable manner in- j formed Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien that one of the arches was lighted for bim and the otber for Mrs. O'Brien. Step ladders at Hair-Ridd'ea. JOSEPHINE COUNTY IS NOT INJURED Friday Night's Frost Was Not Disastrous ' PROSPECT ABOVE AVERAGE Statements In the Oregonian Wednesday Were Grossly Erroneous. ol It is a lamentable faot that Wednes day morning's Portland Oregonian, contained among other things a special from Grants Pass relative to the effect of the frost in the Rogoe River valley lai-t Friday and Sunday nights, which was both- erroneous and detrimental to this section of the fruit belt of the valley. The item in question contained the statement that the fruit crop in this section bad been damaged fully 25 per oent, when, as a matter rf fact such is far from the actual condition. Tbe Courier has taken special care to in terview old fruit raisers who hive been in the city since the frost, and wbile there are those who say that some garden stuff was nipped, do not consider that apples, pears and peaches in Josephine county have been matreially injured. Moreover one of the most prominent orchardsits in the county stated last Saturday night that the frost had really been a benefit to the fruit ' crop for the reason that it thinned out tbe orchards to an extent which would save many orchardists considerable expense. of bard work later in the sea son. The statements contained in Wed nesday's Oregonian were so glaring and so at variance with the actual situation that Secretary Audrewa of tbe commercial olub summoned a meeting of ths executive hoard at 9:80 yesterday morning for the purpose of taking action upon the statements contained iu the Oregonian, and Pre sident Geo. fc. Calhouu and Secretary Andrews were authorized to prepare a correction of the staetments that have gone oot aud to have tbe same pub lished in the Oregonian. It is generally conceded all aloug this line that Grauts Pass aud Jose phine orchards aud gardens were le-s affected by tbe recent froBts than any section in the Rogue River valley. Secretary 'Andrews, who has been a resident of this sectiou for the I at 15 yjats is emphatio in his declaration that in all those years lie has not seen the orchards of the county clothed in sn prcl fio a bloom as is shown this spring and that under the most un favorable conditions the fruit crop in the county this year will be above tbe average. It is scarcely necessary in this con ui ction to tate that the special from Giants Pass relative t) the effect of tbe lrost in this vicinity was prepared before the real conditions werekuown Grauts Pnss and Josephine county constitute one of tbe fruit oenters of th Rogoe -rlvrr valley aud the or chardists are sanguine in the predio lion that tbe crop of 1008 will far ex ceed that of any previous year in both quantity and quality. Dennis Stovall and Roy Wilson, the automobile men, went out this morn ing with a coterie of gentlemen, repre senting ths local press, aud the re-i-deut correspondents of thtt Cortland dalles, to make a careful examination of the orchards aud gardens aud a certain tbe extent of the damsge done by the frost. The party consisetd of W. B. Sher man, Mr. aud Mrs. Stoval for the Portland Journal; Attorney H. C. Clements for the Oregonian, Attorney Marcos Robbins for the Portland Tele gram, H. S. Prescott of the Ooilook, M. L. Opdyke of th Observrr, A. E. Voorhies of tbe Courier, and h. L. Andrew, secretary of tbe commercial club. The party went down tbe river lev- eral miles, examining along the route tbe orchards of Eisman Bros., R. A . N. Reyiners, Herman & Flanigan and T. W. Pack. They found on close examination that the apples and peaches, wbile they bad been nipped by the frost, would require a thinning out of tolly 60 per cent Those or chards sre all, on tbe low lands where the frost is supposed to bave done the greatest damage. A trip oot on Tentb street north of town to Joe Calhoun's and H. V. Donee's strawberry patches and other mall fruits, revealed that these had not been hurt and that each would bave lots of small fruit. Thus it will be seen that the frost basreally been a benefit lather than a detriment to the frnit industry in Josephine county. Do Not Be Mistaken. I wish to correct the fallacious im pression entertained by parties who have been led to believe that they might secure water from the Heckus springs ou the Sherman tract north of the city for domestio purposes, be cause this land might be nnder the pipe Hues to be constructed oa the Sherman tract. I wish to make it clearly understood that none of this water will be sold to other parties and that its nse will be confined strictly to my East Side addition, exoept one other tract wbioh I am negotiating for now and which will be announced later: W. B. SHERMAN. CITY COLLIDES WITH INJUNCTION SUIT Rogue River Water Co. Granted Temporary Restraining Or d.r Against New Rales. A temporary injunction was issued last Friday by Judge Hanna of the circuit court restraining the city from enforcing the new water rates estab lished by the city coonoil a.few weeks since and which were to have been in affect during the month" of April. The oity authorities are cited to show cause on Jone 1st in chambers at Jacksonville, why the temporary In- j notion should not be made perma nent. Tbs pettioo of the water com pany is a voluminous paper including affidavits of members of the oompany tending to show that the adoption of t' e rates established by ths city coun cil would scarcely more than cover op erating expenses. However, city Attorney Clemens lias the matter well in hsnd aud it may be reasonably presumed that the contest has not even begun so fir as the oity is concerned. Dr. Alineda M. Martin, who is a specialist in osteopathy in the diseases of women and children, has opened an office in room 21KJ in the Conklin building. Here husband is also a graduate physician and surgeon, bnt at the present time is devoting Ills attention to fruit culture on a splen did little fruit farm a tew miles distant from the capital of Josephine couoty and Ib reveling the while in Oregou's illimitable climate. NEW MACHINERY FOR GRANTS PASS CANNERY A Cyclone pulp machine, an ex hauster and a tomato tiller were in claded in a shipment of new ma chinery received last Monday by the Grants Pass Canning Co., and which will be installed in time for the open ing of the coming canning season. This equipment Is the most modern now iu i k and will greatly facilitate the handliog of tbe present season's pack. The tomato tiller is especially a desii able machine in that it is auto matic and obviates all hard work down to the suldering. Manager S'inpson is unusually felicitioos over tbe acquisition ot tin se new utensils aud is looking for ward to a splendid run for ihe factory tliis sea win. He is also of the opinion that tbe frost tbis week will not re sult as serious it as some have pre dicted aud that the factory will make a strong record for Ibe season. As a further indication that the management of ths orants Pass Can ning Co. is greatly in earnest and is anixoos to aid the froit growers of this section in every way possible. Mr. Sampson baa prepared a spray consisting of arsenate and lead, which be is giving to the fruit growers ol the section absolutely free ; that ia each orcbardist w bo will call for it is given three pounds of the solution, which wben mixed with water makes 50 gallons of spray. This is sertainly a guarantee of good faith and the offer should be taken advantage of by the orchardists of this section that tbey may test the merits of the solution. HENRY JONES NOT MURDERED Appears at Siskiyou, Cal. After Five Years. WILL NOT TALK OF PAST District Attorney Reamee Made Affidavit That Jenea' Body .Was Cut to Pieces. Yreka, CaL, April 3D. The estate of Henry Jones, deoeased, which baa been in the Soperior court of Siskiyou oounty and in wbiob Supervisor Ed ward O'Connor wartdministrator and District Attorney Charles J. Lockkrell the .attorney, is out of court. This morning Henry Jones appeared as if from the dead and was identified. His wife, Mrs. Oro Jones, had made an affidavit that her basband was killed for bis money on May 15, 1908. A. E. Reamee, the district attorney of Josephine County, Or., made an affidavit to the effect that Jones wa murdered and that his body was oot to pleoes and parts buried in the oity limits of Grants .Pass, Ore. Reames says that Andrew Ingrams, charged witb murder.at Grants Pass, told bim be knew the person who committed tbs murder and nnder these affidavits tbe estate was administered, a mort gage foreclosed and 780 taken from a safe. Mrs. Jones and her son, who was boru three months after her husband's disappearance, and who is now nearly 5 years old, are living near Grants Pass Mr. Jones says he has been In British Colombia, but .refused to talk ou the subject. The above special appeared iu Wed nesday morning's Oregonian.' The item is of interest to tbe people of Grants Pass particularly because that Jones was last seen in this city prior to his mysteriosi departure, and beoaose of the supposition that he bad been murdered in or around this oity. On the day he dropped oot of sight here he had come from Woodville. ostensi bly for the purpose of buying a cow, $20 AND COSTS FOR STRIKING HARRY SCHMIDT A. T. Boyd, Animal Trsxlner with Clrcue, Now Languishing In County Jll. A. T. Boyd, an animal traloir witb the Norris A Rows circus, is now laying out a fine of 30 and costs at the couny jail as ,the result of having struck Harryf Schmidt on the back of the head during a fight at the show grounds Wednesday morning. Schmidt aud a lady friend were in suited by one of the circus gang selling robber Dalonns on the street dnring the parade, and later when Schmidt fonod tbe baloon man at the show grounds he landed on ths foxy show man, whom he was pommeling in furniture and Car pete, Linoleums, Lacs Curtains, Por tieres, Mattresses, Pillows, CoU, Wall Paper, Clocks, Mirrors, Window Shades, - Picture, Picture Moulding. R. H. I r - THE HOUSEFUPJSlStlEU I ront St., bet. 6 and 7 regulation style when Boyd oame op from behind and 2traok Schmidt on the back ot tbe head with a heavy club, cutting a gash two and a hatf inches long. Schmidt was inmmedl ately brought to town by Mrs. Lough ridge in the automobile. Five stitches were necessary to olose the wound. The sherilff and polios officers were immediately notified bot did not find Boyd unjil about 11 o'clock-Wednesday night as the circus was loading for de parture, when Sheriff Russell got wind of the foot that Boyd was locked in the bear rage. Just as ths bear cage wagon neared the sheriff's house, it tipped over and Joe immedlatnly got busy. Iu.the absence of a key the sheriff seoored a hatchet and smashed the lock and Boyd spent the renialnd erof the night in the city bastile. Boyd plead goilty to a charge of assault ansXbatteryefore county Judge Jewell at' a o'clock yesterday after noon, whereupon the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs. Being withoot the necessary coin Boyd is now a star boarder at the oounty i jail in lieu of the "twenty." While Schmidt is np and around as usual, it seems a mystery that his sknll was not cracked. A NEW BEGINNING . AT WOLF CREEK Stock Re-nch Soon Will the Be Transformed by Orchardiat. The following special appeared in Tuesday's Portland Joarnal and wm be of interest to Courier readers since Wolf Creek Uin Josephine county! Wolf Creek, Ore., April 28. The beginning of a new .condition here Is alresdy evident. W. Q. 8mith, who took over the property April 10, is on the ground with his family and al ready has two families from Pennsyl vania, one from Michigan aud one from Ohio established on the place. Anothsr is expected from Ohio this week to take charga of the 14-room hotel. Several other parties are only awaiting the survey to select tracts on which afoltoe) to begin improvements. This vast estate, which has hitherto been used wholly as a stock ranch, promises soon to be one of the most noted fruit sections of the northwest. The altitude, climate, rainfall, depth and richness of tbe soil all add wolght to the convlotion that this valley with Its wild name. i unex celled for Newtown and Spitsenberg apples. Tokay grapes, aed all kinds of pears and peaches. 8everal acres of applesnd pears, and 2000 grape ont tngs have already been set, and a con siderable acreage of corn and potatoes will uow be planted. Te little alfalfa alreudy on the place Is so promising that 80 or 100 aores will be sown next season. Experiments will be made with the ditch already constructed, and if irrigation provss advantageous hundreds of acres can at very small cost be irrigated. In the center of a considerable tract adapted for alfalfa is a large, new barn Intended for dairy purposes, but never so used, and as there is an excellent opening here for this in dustry, it is tbe hope of the owner to Bad a suitable party for this line of development. No more loxortoos bloom is seen any where in tbs Rogue River valley than now covers every tree here. "LENT ilAS WENT" Which is tho usual way with things that are lent This is the season of good will to all, gisid fellowship aud glad tidings We have gtxAl news for thrifty buyers this week, but the news will keep till you come in. You will want to see the ; Late tkrrlvevls in WALL PAPER Htoves and Ranges, 0 Neill Oranltewara, Agteware, Itaiware, Wooden ware. Willoware, Cutlery, Crockery, Lamps, Glassware, Kancy China, Uo-CarU, Baby Carriages. ,w