A. I A.
VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1908.
No. 7.
A RICH STRIKE
ON WILLIAMS
Harrison Brothers Have
Taken Out $30,000.
$7000 SECURED ONE DAY
HlV Been. Taking Out From
$200 to $500 a. Day for
the) Past Month,
One of the most exciting mining
reports which has stirrsd the Rogoe
River Valley 'conn try for many yean,
and which at the same time has every
appearance of reliability, was brought
into Grants Pai Monday of thu week
by Rebert Harrison of Harrison
brothers, who hare besn prospecting
and mining out on Williams Creek
einne early ia February.
Mr. Harrison reports having himself
taken oat one pan of dirt Thursday
of lait week whioh contained six
poands and three onnces of gold,
aggregating something over $1,300
Mr. Harrison says that their first
big strike was made on Easter Sunday
when they tookont a pnoketeentaicing
between $5000and $7000in tne one day.
They have since been taking oat pock
ets of from 50 upwards. Mr. Harri
son says that for the past 80 days he
and hit brother have ' been taking out
from $300 to $000 per day. They now
have an apparently well defined vein
on the water shed ef Butcher Guloh
running from one to nine inches in
width. They have opened up a 100 foot
chate on this ledge and Mr. Harrison
said Tuesday that, at a very con
servative estimate they bad 176,000
worth of ore in sight.
Since the Harrisons went oat to
Williams Creek in February, they
have taken out close to $80,000 worth
of theyellow metal
As a matter of fact the information
which Mr. Harrison gave out here
this week is a verification of the ro
mor current here a coo pie of weeks
ago but which at that time, owing
to the reticence of the people in the
neighborhood, could not be confirmed.
It now tarns oot that the romor was
the real thing and that there most be
a lot of good mineral on Williams
creek which only awaits intelligent
develepmeut to make a good camp.
Many leaser strikes in Colorado, Neva
da and other mining sections . have
received many times the amount of
publicity and attention.
There are now 14 other prospect
ors at work in this same district
where the Harrisons are operating In
cluding minrs from Colorado and
other states. Only one of these, how
ever, a Mr. Cooper, who came here
from the north, is reported to have
struck anything big. Mr. Cooper
took out a pocket one day last week
containing something over $1200.
C. C. Jones of Jones Brothers, who
have a marble quarry near this mine,
who is in partnership with Benjamin
Barrisou who are said to have dis
covered a rich claim on which they
are now working. No figures have
been given oat as to the amount of
gold tbey have taken out.
It is the opinion of many in and
about Grants Pass that the mining re
sources of the Rogue river valley hae
only been scratched over, and that it
s only a question of time when the
nines will be intelligently developed
aud giveu the prominence which tbr
industry merits.
RobTt Harrison and his bride, they
were niarrl-d Tuesday nigh', accom
panied by Dao Joimson, retnrned to
Williams Creek Wednesday.
A HEALTHFUL CLIMATE
AND A FERTIL SOIL
The Courier, desiring to secure the
opinion of men who have recently
come into the country regarding im
preesions aa to soil, climate and pro
ductions of this part of Oregon, ap
proached C G. Coolant who came
h-re with bis invalid wife during
March last and wbo since his arrival
has made a study of the country by
visiting many sections of the Rogue
River valley. He visited this city for
the first time last November on which
occasion be became acquainted with
some of oar citizens which led to his
return here this spring.
"Yes,", said Mr. Coutant "loan
say a word for this country for it has
bsen good to me and mine. My wife
has greatly improved in health and the
whole family are glad they came.
Like the oonotry? That don't half ex
press it, for there can be no more
healthy locality, nor is there a place
where the sun shines brighter or
where the people have greater cause to
be happy and contented. All this has
been said regarding health, let us
speak of the producing capacity of
the country
"It can be said that nearly every
farm product will reach perfection on
the rich lands of this section. We
are told of men 'Ye shall know them
by their fruits,' so these rich val
leys are and will continue to be known
by tbeir fruit. The vl e and the
tree will make Jthe husbandman wax
fat. Eoengh has already been accom
plished to convince the world gener
ally that the apple and the grape
reach here tieir highest perfection and
they command the highest prioes
in our home and foreign markets.
"I have been asked if anyone and
everyone can grow grapes and apples.
I always reply, yes; after tbey learn
bow. Observation teaches me that
fruit growing must be learned. The
man who would succeed in It must oe
a worker and to such a man suocess
comes as a matter of course. These
things were not new to me when I
came to Grants Pass, but what I have
seen here convinces me anew that
fruit growing demands intelligence of
the first, order, and if men will learn
the business, suocess will crown their
efforts, i Nature has produced here
the soil, climate and surroundings
and has left man to do the rert. The
person who will come here aud plant
an orchard or a vineyard will grow
rich at the occupation of fruit grow
ing if he will give it that close atten
tion which all other callings demand
wben success is desired.
"Iam convinced from what I have
seen, that great opiwrtooitics are
offered in this country to those who
may desire to make frail growing a
business and now is the time to se
cure fruit land at low prices; lnds
that will be double the present
figures a year or two later."
Were Here Monday Night.
Supt. L. R Fields, T W. Younger,
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" . . . c . , nii . ,u- ly; where the expenditure of Industry,
Divifion Enginrer W Bollons of the " r
d ... ir sobriety, aud the exertion of inherent
Southern Pacific arrived in the city, . . .
. i , j . ! 'rel gioos instinct havs combined in
from the South Mouday evening in j
: , , . . . i tbe transformation of a once volcanic
tneir private car auu '
in Grants Pass. These officials were
on an inspection tour of roai bens and
depots. Tl.ey were met at the car in
the eveunig by President lieo. 8. Cal
houn aud Secretary H. L. Andrews
of the Commercial Clnb. They de
clared, however, that no special sig
nificance attended their vicit here at
this time.
Mr. Bob", by Locfkl Talent.
The graduating eierciss of the
High fchcol promise to be oniqne and
interesting. On Tuesday. MT 28. as
prt of ths Clars Day exercises, a
cooi'dr in two arts entitle! "Mr.
Bob," will be presented by the class,
oharging an admiasion of 25 cents.
On Friday, May 29th at the com
mencement exercises preper, Pres. P.
L. Campbell of the University of
Oregon will address ths class, at
which an admission of 15o wilt be
charged to defray expenses. 5-15 3t
Send to the editor of the Grants Pan
Bolletin for a ropy of tbat paper which
will tell you about grape culture and
muck other information about Grants
Pass and the Rogoe River Valley.
It's free for the asking.
JOSEPHINE, THE
LAND OF PLENTY
Apples, Pears, Grapes and Small Fruits
Produce Abundantly Gem of
Rogue River Valley.
That the Psoiflo Northwest and
Southern Oregon in partionlar la the
gosl of western emigration, is daily
confirmed by tourist travel west of ths
Mississippi river and the emigration
which is pouring into the Rogue river
valley. There is a reason for this
influx of new blood, energy, brains
and active capital ; and this reason is
not difficult to discern by those who
have been here for even a few weeks.
We have a climate unexcelled, a soil
so sensitive to the tonch of husbandry
that the most skeptical are won't to
marvel at its productivity, while the
scenio grandeur of this section Is akin
to the sublimeand beyond a commen
surate description of either tongue sr
pen; and the edocatioual and intellect
ual standards of its present population
are second to none.
By reason of the asaidioua industry,
thrift, enterprise and public spirit of
the people of Southern Oregon, the
Rogue River valley has come to be a
household word in the homes of east-
jern and central states whoie people
.are oomiog here in increased numbers
'each year to get close to nature; to
enjoy the wholesomeness and subliml-
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY
ty of simple li'e and the emoluments
of reasonable indutsry.
The Rogue River valley, aside Irom
the euphony of the title, as well as the
western activity which that rt-veied
name might suggest to futore gen
erttinns, is favorably known beyond
both the Atlantic and the Pacific, for
the frnit products of its splendid soil
hae tickled the palate of both the
Britan and the Ctbstial. followed by
a strong rlemaud for more Sp tzenbmg
and Newtown apples and Tikay grapes
from the orchards of thn Rogue Kier
valley in Southern Oregon.
Josephine oounty is the M-cca of
this splendid section, npon which
God anrt nature have smiled so lavish-
rexion to that of peace, pl-uty and
sood will tow aid men. Josephine
county is the o nter of the (sgar pine
district in Oregon; ike c uter ol
the richest mines iu Oregon : the cent- r
of the fruit industry ef the famous
Rogun river valley ; it is unequalled
iu its possibilities for divtr.inVd
faimicg, stock raisinK and dai-ying
Grants Pass is the county seat of
Josephine count? and the most pict
uresque and sobstatial city In thr
Rogue River valley. Vagus local tra
dition lias it that the revered warrior
and preeideot of the nation, while cross
ing this section in the early 'AO's
stopped on the site of the present
prosperous city snd while engaged in
a social gam of poker with bis staS
officers, beloved Ulysses S "passed."
and this, some people say, wss respon
sible for christening the town Grants
Pass. Its scenic grandeur, pore water,
sunshine and climatic tonio have lured
the statesman, the literateur, ths
ettbeto, the artisan, the tradesman all
to her oozy limits aa the Ideal
place for a permanent borne ; and few
indeed are tboee,wbo, ones ensoonssd
within its corporate limits, have
sought more of temporal blessings. '
In this connection it is only pertinent
to suggest a few of the natural adan
tages whioh make Grants Pass a haven
of joy, peace and prosperity. Among
these Grants Pass ' enjoys the distinc
tion of being the healthiest oity of
its sice in the United States. It is
a growing city of 6000 people, and it
the only town of more than 200 popu
lation in a vast territory of rich and
varied industries ef an area eqnal to
Delaware or Rhode Island. It hat
more miles of sewers than any other
city in Oregon of less than 10,000 pop
ulaion. I has more miles of graded
treeta than any other city in Oregon
of less than 10.000 population. It has
more and better school buildings than
any other oity in Oregon of less than
10,000 population. It has more church
es than any other oity of Its size in
the state.
It has more solid brick business
blocks than any other city of its size
on the Pacifio coast.
It has two beautiful parks, one on
the opposite bauk of the Rogoe river
jest east of town and another, Tuffs'
park, still more ideal of Tokay
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TOKAY GRAPE DISPLAY.
Heights, reosntly given to (he city
by W. B. Sherman. The latter com
mauds a most perfect view of Grants
Pas. boluR on a gradual fouth-wester-ly
stop at an elevation of 800 feet
aoove the city. It has greater nat
ural water power at its dnor than any
other citv in the stite, with the possi
ble exception or Oregon City; but
were tl e Rosue pmperlv h,mnsed it
would develop eqm'ly ss gr -at power
as the falls of the Willamette.
It has a big fruit and vegetable
cannery, and more acres of available
bottom and bximli land tributary to
it thtn any other city in Southern
Orevon. It is t'e center of the richest
timbir and mining districts In Ore
gon. It has two box. rash snd door fac
tories, a foundary, machine shop, one
electric light and two ice plants, a
vimgir. spr y and canning factory,
and is th dixtr billing point for the
prodoct of 14 sawiiills.
It is dirt ci ly on the line of the
cross state railroad ibat moat ultiniaie
ly be built a roi-e Or-gon from ths sea.
It is the center cf tne b-st grape
producing senion on the Pacifio coast.
The Rogue River valley and particu
larly that section of which Josephine
county and OrauU Pass are the cen
ter. Is known throughout the United
States for its wonderful fruit produc
tion. Its Spitzenburgs snd Newtown
apples and Comics pears, as well as '
Tokay grapes briug top prices in the
New York market while many of the
pples are sent to England and the
Orient where they have established a
lucrative market.
Strawberries, Logan berries, black
berries, raspberries aud other small
fruits are prolific bearers in this sec
tion and many fro it raisers are now
giving special attention to these vari
eties. And while the people of the
e tat and middle west have been shiver
ing with the cold, and frosts have de
vastated many of their orchards and
berry fields, the people of Josephine
county and the Rogue river valley have
been pioklng strawberries for the past
two or three weeks. One of. the most
important features of the frnit indus
try iu Josephine county, however, is
the culture of the grapes
n.e sou about Grants Pass seems
to possess all the essential elements
for the production of the Ideal Tokay,
the one grape above all others whioh
is most sought- and command the
highest price in the eastern market.
As is well known perfect color Is the
prinoipal consideration when It comes
to marketing the Tokay. The Tokay
of Josephine county withinSO minute
ride of Grants Pass preset) t a color and
perfect duster exoeediug those raised
in California and unequalled in any
other country.
Grape culture in and about Grants
Pass affords the most remunerative
and interesting industry in the valley.
Within four years after planting the
Tokay will net the raiser from $300
to $500 per acre, and at a less cost than
that Involved in the production of
apples or any other fruit. The eastern
er or middle westerner oan adopt no
more desirable or money-making busi
ness than raising Tokay grapes right
here in Josephine oonntv.
The possibilities of the nnfermented
grape juice Industry are also worthy
of consideration. Five tons of Con
cord grapes oan be raised on an acre of
ground. The Concord, unlike the To
kay, may be raised on any slope or
soil in the valley. These grares will
make 200 gallons of unfermented
grape juice per ton or 1000 gallons per
aore and this juice, which has found
a popular sale at the soda fountains
wherever known, brings from $3 to
,$3.25 per gallon.
! There is one grape vine not far from
:
Tit
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Grants Pass which Is 60 feet long, is
as large in diameter as a man's body
and its branches cover a quarter of an
acre of ground. This vine produces
from one to two tons of grapes per
year.
W. B. Sherman, who came here some
six or ssveo years ago from Trsers
City, Micb., has recently snreyed aud
platted one of his large tracts, consist
Ing of 830 acres and adjoining the
city of Urants Pass on the north and
east, into residence and acreage prop
ernes wuicu ne is now placing npon
the market. These residence lots are
located on Tokay Heights.oomroandlng
an ideal view of Grants Pass. A
gionmr ijuuiuo oi me tract is on a
brautiful sidehill at an elevation from
1UU to 800 feet above the city and
gradually sloping to the south and
Contlnted on Third Page.
Latest
Wall
sasaaaaaw W 'V ail
Now to be seen at our store
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums,
I.ace Curtains, Por
tieres, Mattresses,
Pillows, CoU, Wall
Paper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Shades, Picture,
Picture Moulding.
R. H. 0 HI
THE M0USEFUHN1SHEH
front 5t bet. 6 and 7
COUNCIL CALLS
BOND ELECTION
Asks $60,000 for Street
Paving Improvement.
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ELECTION THE 3D OF JUNE
Ordinance Providing for Pave
ment and Outlining Paving
District Ptxseed.
At the adjourned session of the oity
oounoll last Monday night, there be
ing no quorum the meeting was again
adjoored to Wednesday night wben the
mayor and all members except Kelson
and Toffs were in attendance.
The report of the street committee
with estimate and. a list of property
benefited by improvement of sidewalks
as provlved by ordinances 801 and 812,
providing for pavement of District No.
1. was read and placed on file.
A similar : report by the aame oomJ
mlttee on improvements provided for
in ordinances 808 and 813 was also
placed on file .
Ordinance No. 805, calling for a
special eleotion to vote npon ths prop
osition of the issue of oity Improve
nient bonds in the sum of $00,000,
iu accordance with the city charter's
provisions, the proceeds of aaid bonds
to be osed only for the grading and
paving with bltulithio pavemet, of
what will be know as Improvement
district No, 1, and repealing ordiuanoe
803, was read iu full the first time and
the second time by title. An emer
gency was then declared and the ordi
nance was read the third time in full
and finally pased, all present voting in
the affirmative.
Wednesday, June 8d, Is designated
as the date for ' the special election
provided for Iry-ordioanee 805. Follow
ing are the ipolliug plaoea and the
olerks and jodges of election appoint
ed: First ward Guild hall, J. &
Paddock, R. D. Cole and J. D. Fry,
judges; J. E. Peterson and G. H.
Slover, clerks. Second Ward Court
house; J. C. Campbell, N. B. Meade
and W. H. Freed, judges; E. S. Van
Dyke and J. 11. Nelson, clerks. Third
Ward City hall; Harry Smith, W.
E. Dean and, W. M. Hard, judges;
Lincoln Savhge and P. P. Proctor,
clerks. Fourth Ward Polling place,
southeast corner of ' G and Fourtn
street; Geo. Cronk, Jas. Woodson and
John Niday, judges; T. G. Y. Dean
and Joe McKinney, clerks.
Paving and improvement district
No. 1, the sectloo to be improved un
der this ordinanoe, is as follows :
Sixth street betweon the north line of,
the Intersection of B and the south
line of the intersection of L street ; G
street between the west intersection of
Fourth street and east iuterseoton of
Seventh, and F street between the west
intersecton of Fifth aud east intersec
tion of Seventh.
Ordinance No. 818 providing for the
numbering of buildings and namluR
str ets within the corporate limits of
the city was read the first time In full
and seoond time by title and referred
to the judiciary oommittee.
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designs of
Paper
Moves and Ranges,
Oraniteware,
Agteware, Tan ware,
Wooden wars,
WlUoware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamps,
Glassware, fancy
China, Uo-CarU,
Baby Carriages.