VOL XXIV.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1908
No. 5.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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