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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS. OREGON MAY IS. 1908 GROCERIES JOSEPHINE COUNTY Edlt.S Bf IB. H. . riKHAM B. r. .., " ...Ir.tl... ror tkli S.part t iksal aMnsse. YOU can be umpire in our good-clothes match if you'd like to; and we know we'll get the decision as soon as you look GRANGE DEPARTMENT Stawberries daily Will soon have those that are home grown J. PARDEE Front Street, Cranti Pus, Oregon GILMAN BED ROCK COLD MINING COMPANY Buildlntf Barge, and Will Work Bed of River the Latter Pari of Jurta. Tlio Oilman Bod Rock Mining Co the president of which, L. F. Oilman ba Id vented a machine especially da slirned for securing the gold from river bed, received a cr load of lom bar yesterday from the Willitnai Broa. mill near Reuben, and are now bmy at tlieir catnp on the banks of the river went of town building the two large AO-foot barges to ba used In 0erat1ng thin new mnclilne. Tba Brit machine according to Mr. Uilmin'a model, i now being built at Sacramento, Cal and will ba completed the middle or latter part of next month when It will be ihlpped to Uranta Pari after which it will be act In operation in Rogna river a short distance below the city, Mr. Oilman a Invention la built on n entirely new theory for bed rock miuiug and Its sucoci'sful operation promiief to revolutloulss thia claaa of liiluing beside, giving great Impetus to the industry throughout the stato I he ooiupauy haa been organized ou the basil of practical operation and not merely ft scheme to tmodwltik the pub lie. However, a limited aiuuont stock is being sold tiie proceeds which are to be utilized in the ci tiftruo tlun of bara.eM,and skiffs and foroperat Ing expenses. The principal part thin stock lias been purchased by real dents of Grants Pass and vicinity There are still a few mora hundred shares to be had at the low rate of 2.1 cents per share, but Intending pur chatters will do well to commit Mr, Oilman at ouoa as the stock will soou be sold. The officers of the company have had a small working model on display at Hursliiier A Mitchell's ral estate office and have also demount rated ita operation on the river bed. The machine will ba in ojieratiou ou Rogue river neiir town about the flint of July, when it is confidently predicted thai the company's stock will go to an enormous premium. SaJmort AgtWn Scare. Ton days of saluinu flshiug in the Columbia River show the salmon sup ply still on the wane. This is the sea aon of the finest salmon of the river the bout in the world. Soon these fish will lie an eitiuct breed. They are the Bah that made the Columbia River famous. The few remaiuing speci mens should be protected with closed neason. The open season should be pot off from April 15 to May 13. After that there should tie th closed Sunday and rigid regulation of all kinds of gear gilluets, trapa, seines and wheels. Msstor Fish Warden Van Pnsen qntt his his office Mav 1, leaving the industry in a bad plight. It is too much to say that be is wholly to blame for this condition of affair. Bnt the fad leu with which he haa been allied is as much to blame as any other, and is more grasping and nous has defeated as much remedial legis lation. Oregoniau, April 37th. The United States Batvea of Fish eries has fur a loug time been endeav. orlug to secure Just such reuisdial legislation as ia being objected to by the lower river Interests. A short time ago Secretary Strauss, of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, set forth a list of thing uecea aary to save the industry. Initiative bill No. 818 yes was framed to carry out their ideas. We commend it to your favorable consideration. Going Camping thia Summer. Try Newport or Ye,ulna. Roand trip ticket from Qraute Pass for flO good ai months. Immaterially; after June 1st. Ak me fur further infor auati.Hi iXlK MONTGOMERY, r - Local Agent Believing in tha purpoae of the Orange and tbe power that the order can eiert In the development of the agricultural resources of Josephine county and of raising the standard of farming and the bettering of life on the farm, the poblislier of the Courier, A. E. Voorhles, has given the free use of space in bis paper for a county Orange colsmn. Mrs. H. M. Par- bam, county organizer, has been se cured to lake editorial management of this column and all the Oranges of the county have been requested to Ppoint reporters to write up the proceeding of tbe Oranges tiiat are of publio nature. Space will be given in this department to any member of tb order who wishes to contribute a short, concise article on any topio of iQter-t to tha farmers. It is txperted to make the Oranga column a strong factor Id the buildiug of the order in Josephine county and of bringing about a higher standard of farmioir and a betterment of the educational, social and other condi tions of farm life and of enabling the farmers to attain a greater dergse of prosperity. Preparations are now well under way for the county Orange ptonio that is to be held at Wilderville on the Fonrtb of July. Thia celebration is to be under tbe auspices of the five Oranges lu Josephine county, through an eieootive committee that will have general super-vialou of arrangements. This committee haa been appointed by tbe various Oranges, the members being Charles Mserve lor Dimick Orange, H. C. Batbam. for Frultdale Orange, 0. F. Lovelace for Wilder ville Orange, M. F. Crook for Deer Creek Orange and M. M. Kohler for Illinois Valley Orange. This commit tee will meet with Wilderville on Saturday afternoon. May 33, when the various local committees will be ap pointed and plans outlined for mak ing the pionio the splendid suooess that it is certain to be. A. T. Shoemake, master of Deer Creek Orange, aud Mrs. Shoemske, who were recently elected delegates from the Josephine oounty Graugea to tbe State Oranire, were in Grunts Pans Monday on their way to Eugene where the State Grange convened Tuesday. Mr. Shoemake is one of the strong workers in the Orange as is also his wife aud they will make rapuble deli-gate who will well reprenent the O.ange interests of Josephine county iu Gtlie State range. Wildervilln Grunge, Reporter O. L. WoellTle: Regular meeting was held last Saturday evening with a good attendance and much interest was manifested iu the program. A part of the evening was taken iu discus sion of some of the ID messnr 'S that are tube voted on at the Jane electiou. J. 12. Robineou gave a talk on the proposed tax law amendment in winch he opposed the measure. Tbe sentiment of those preient was aKRiimt the new tax law, increasing the pay of members of the legislature, aud the armory appropriation aud the Reddy saloon lioens) measures were severaly denounced and onauimouily voted agaliiat Equal suffrage, the recall act, to permit state institutions to be located at other places than Salem, changing state election from June to November were favored aud a unanimous vote was giveu iu favor of Statement No. 1 The propoaltiou of holding a county grange picnic at v llcierviue on the Fourth of July was considered and it was decided that this Orange would do all possible to make the celebration a splendid success. C. F. Iovelare was appointed to represent this Orauge on the oounty Orauge ex ecutive committee that Is to have general charge of the picnic. A special uieetiug was authoriird to be hold ou Saturday afternoon of May 33 when this Orange will nivet with the county Orauge execntiv commit tee to appoint the local committees and to arrange the details for the Fourth of July celebration. The next regular meeting of this Orange will be on Saturdy evening, Jane IS. No regular calendar date is observed but the regular meeting for each mouth held on or before tbe full moon. at the score we're making. Every point is honestly earned. HART SCHAFFNER & MARX clothes are making good with every man who knows them; they're getting the decisions of every body who can judge of clothes quality, style, fit, tailoring. They're all-wool respond with a bright oniia saying, that they have heard. The roll call is one of the most interesting and profitable features of our exeroise The special oomml'teea reporrea encouraging prorgess wun me uuuer Ukinga they bad in band. O. A. Hamilton, chairman ol the telepnone committee, reported that subscrlDers bad been secured for 10 telephones and that an order for their purchase had been placed and a contract secured with the Pacific States Telephone Company for free switching with the Grants Pass city system and the connectiog of regular lines. An order for five miles of wire had been placed and it was expected to have the tele phone system installed within two weeks. H. U. Bateham, chairman of the road committee, reported that the committee had bad good success in getting all the land owners in Fruit dale to si en no an assessment of 10 oenU an acre on their holdings for the road Improvement fund and they bad had the best of success in securing contributions for the road fund from the real etsate dealers and automo bile owners 'of . Grants Pass. Con siderable worx had been done in blasting stomps and otherwise clear ing the right of way on the Grants Pass-Fruitdale-Luther Gap road and so sooo as more raios fell to sot ten the ground grading would be undertaken Only the worst places will be at tended to this spring, owing to the dry weather making the grade into a dust bank, the principal work being Dostooued until fall when some four mile of turnpike will be built E. H. Wise, chairmm of the committee on roral mail, reported that 68 aigna tores had been secured to the petition for a rural mail route that is to leave Grants Pass and go by way of Fruit dale, Murphy, New Hope, Jerome Prairie, and the road on the south bank of Rogue river to the place of beginning. Jerome Prairie and the River road settlements are yet to be canvassed and a few settler that were missed in tha other settlemenBt when the full 100 names is expected to be secured and tbe approval of the Post-! I . , . office Department had for tbe es-1 tat t,,e Grange had accomplished in attorney was authorized to draw an thli.hn.Nnr nf th. rvip national ana state wgisiauuu G. A. Hamiltou outlined the sood was proof of the power aud tad features of several of tne order in law ineHaurR that rn to hn vntwd on in ' reudered June aud a xeueral discussion was had, but no vote was takeu to show ,on' Marie how the nimitwrri Htnod nn th fiiaiui. OoldS. The ures. Ttiis will be done at tbe nxt 0 Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner & Marx always; can be. Let as good as us show ;you how you'll look in one of the Varsity models. This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes, and all the other good things to go with them. . Geo. S. Calhoun Co. OUTFITTERS TO BOY AND MAN uieetiug, which will be held on Sat urday afteruoou, May 25. Dimick Orange lit Id an open sessiou lact Saturday afternoon that was well aiteuded, for school i-eats as well as a row of benches about the wall aud 60 chairs that had been hired for the occasion. A program of special iulerest had been prepared under the supervision of a special 1 committee consisting of Mrs. H. M. 1'arham, Mrs. Ada Morrison, Mis. H. B. Alversou. Mrs. T. J. Cook and Misi Emily Lawton, and it was well rendsred nndur the direction of Mrs. Parham. An opening soug was well given by a double quartette with Mrs. H R. Atkin aooompani.t on the or gan. Aa address of welcome was then given by H. B. Alversou which he gave a br.ef statement what Dimmick Grange had accoui- that of this great making matters. Well recitations were given by ! Graudma "Reynolds, Virginia Mom- Edwards, Archie Rey guitar selections and comic songs by R. G. Scott that were (nfprmwrced in the DroKram, so pleased the audience that Mr Soott was (riven repeatd eucores to which he consented to respond. A number of Dleasiug selections were .. . . 1 crivnn hv f.liA ntiartatte. were n Ilea , 0 . ' . ' : . .. At tue close 01 tne literary exer cises ice cream and cake were served and a delightful social hour was speut by those present, and the oppor tunity was taken by the membership committee to secure a number of ap pliactions for membership in the Grange. The next meeting of Dim mick Grange will be on Saturday eveniug, May 16. in I of COUNCIL CALLS BOND ELECTION (Continued from First Page.) pliahed and hoped to accomplish that was a coaiplimeut to the energy of the members of this Orauge. Of other addresses there were several and they were on timely topics and to the point aud they were listened to with much attention by the audience. Ordinance 8H establishing grades and providing for the construction of granite sidewalks on Tenth, between I H aud I, was read the first and second times and referred to tl4 street com mittee. Ordinacne 315 is a similar ( measure providing for granite walk along the north side of I for a distance JConnty Judge Stephen Jewell spoke 0f 100 feet east of Tenth, and was like- iv-au pryuiem wl80 reaj twice and reftrred to the and his plan of work aud statement l lwt committee of what bad been accomplished aset j Ordinance 816 provides for the ex- . . .. ",,'mT"' 01 n0M Pfwut. ; tension of a lateral sewer in the 11. . naieimio, masier or fruit.Iale of hlm-k 44 lately Frultdale Orange, reporter Mr. Robert Hnck ; This Orange met Satur day evening al the Fruitdalo school house with all the officer present aud a good attendance of members In response to the roll call had by the lecturer, Mr. H. C. Bateham. th. member responded with a two-minute talk on some important event of which they had heard or read. K01 roll call al the next meeting the men will respond with a brief sutemeut regarding om problem pertaioin lo fruit growing, and tb women will vii.oiio nuu lately rum uwi Kitrr, gave au interesting account of the work of the Orange iu the develop meut of the famous Hood River val Uy. Charle Meserve spoke of the purpose of the Orauge, which is to do for the farm communities what the commercial club dees for the town. ' There are now five Orauges in Jose-1 phiue coonty and when there is aj Orange in every neighborhood in the j county then would a more tapid ad-1 vancemeut be made in the beltermPnt j of the roads, schools, social and moral oonditiou. every farm home supplied with rural telephone and mail more comfortable farm home, and more at tractive farm life, J higher stand ards iu fruit Ernwin rf.ir.in stock raising and the other branches of agriculture. Mr. Ada Morrinon ! alley It wag read twice and referred to the sewer oommiltee. Councilman J Kinney reported that in the matter of lighting the arches across Sixth strtet, that the Rogue River tlectrio Co. would furnish the lights free for all special occasions, whereupon thenigbt warshall was authorized to turn on the lights when ever so instructed by the mayor. The council then adjourned. j The city oouncil convened In regn I lar session Thursday night of last , week, Mayor Smith and all member I except Fetscli being present. The , petition of Luke Lilly and others pray I ing tot the placing of a street light at , the corner of Rogue River avenue and , Pine street was referred to the light committee. . 1 i-....uu vi d. ji. juiiee ana .r mm.c. wrauge. read other, remonstrating against "any ''t wmprehen. change in th. width of th. sidewalk sive sutemeut of the Orangeove- 1 v. as laid on the table T?-? th! QTDS too4for' Onmotionlthe petitio. of Ed IBar of n,l r "tnd,ulufi.-j;ker. asking for th. extension a riJ. - fr-?1- fl -wsr through block .of th. read a jiaper giving .rtatement of old townsit. was granted and th. city ordinance to cover the same, In the matter of the petition of A. Richard aud others asking that parts of Tenth and Second streets be graded and granite Bide walks be constructed on the east Bide of Tenth Btreet be tween H and I streets and on tbe north side of I street from Tenth to the eant liue of Boundary Line ad dition, the committee on streets re commended tbe granting of that part of the petition providing for granite sidewalk on Tenth and 100 fett eaBt from Tenth on the north side of I. The balance of the petition was re jected and the city attorney was in structed to draft the necessary ordi nance. The health committee reported re lative to complaints made by residents in the vicinity of the county property occupied by Iudian Mary, that the couuty court refused to ocmpjl her to vacate the property and that the only thing the city council could do in the matter was to exercise police regulations. The following bills were favorably reported by the finance committee: Mrs L W Smith, board of city prisoners f 9 88 F O Wilcox, labor 17 00 Geo W Lewis team work 10 00 H Couehteam work 10 00 L K Robinson labor on grader.. 60 75 J H Ward, labor on street 62 00 W. F. Woodsoh, labor ou street 53 00 K O Wilcox, labor 00 grader... 163 00 J C Wflls, special police 3 00 W Capp, sp cial police 8 00 J A SI vei, recording d -eds 3 65 O H Clements, compiling or dinances 103 0 W R Rannie, repair 3 25 Williams Bros. Sash, & Door & Lumber Co 24 86 J R Wells sect of fire May 6th 5 00 H Hudion, acct tire Mav 6th.. 2 60 F Co k. acct fire May 6th 2 50 W Riggs, acct fire May 6th.... 3 60 F Kills, acct Are May 6th .... 3 60 Jarvis, acct fir. May 6th.... 3 60 K Weriz, acct tire Ma; 6th 3 60 A Johnson, acct fire May fl'h.. 3 60 K McOrew, acct fire May 6th.. 8 60 H Croisant, acct fire May 6th.. 3 60 H Shade, aoct fire May 6th.. 3 60 L Weiland, acct fire May 6th.. 2 50 On account of tb. fir. of May 2, there was also paid ont tb. sum $13.75 and on account of the fire of April 80th. 12 50. The bill for fir. of April 3d of 113.75 was rejected. On motion th. committee' report 00 th. foregoing bijs was accepted and warrants or dered drawn in payment of the same. Ordinance No. 813 treating sewer district No. 1 and declaring ao emer gency was read first time in full and on motion read th. second tim. by title and third time in full and finally passed, all members present voting aye. Ordinance No. 307, relative to the construction of gran it. sidewalk on J s:reet was read in fall th. third time and on motion placed upon its final passage, all present Toting aye. Ordinance No. 308 relating to build ing;granite walks on I street was read in full th. third time and passed, all voting aye. Ordinance 809 relating to the licens ing of roller skating riukg was taken up and after seme debate the license was fixed a $50 per quarter. The or dinance was then read tbe third time and finally peased. Ordinance 801, known as the automo bile speed ordinance, provides for a speed limit for automobiles and motor cycles of not to exceed 13 miles per hour for Btraight away and six hours while turning street corners. The city engineer was authorized to change the established street grade of Fifth street at the rear of the First National bank. This change, bow ever, is only clerioal, and no changs will be made in the contour of the ground. The ohange ia merely a cor rection in the figures of the records. The note for $150 held by Mrs. S hall horn, and being the final payment 00 the city park across the river, was or dered paid. The oouncil then adjourned to Moo day night. PUe.se Call and Settle. All those knowing themsevles indebt ed to me on account will please call and settle the same at as early a date as possible. My residence aud the most of my furniture .having been totally destroyed by fire Wednesday, May 6th, I shall need the money now due with which to rebuild. Please do not de lay. J. C. SMITH. Independent Candidate for Sen ator. Editor of the Courier: Dear Sir: Since I have consented to be an independent candiate for Stat. Senator for Josephine County, many inquiries have com. to me as to my position regarding the election of United State Senator. ;.I desire to say thro your columns, to those voters who may be intersted to know that I be liev in the election of United States Senator by the people direct, and if elected I will at all times daring my tsrra of office support and vote for the candidate for United States Senator who receives the highest vote of the electors of the State of Oregon at any electioo in which tbe matter may be submitted to them, regardless of who that person may be, or what political party be may represent By so doing, the legislature would become free daring the forty days al loted to it, to legislature on matters pertaining to tbe welfare of th. State and thus avoid the oostomary hold-ups of tbe past Tours respectfully. H. D. NORTON. W. make a specialty of Friendship, Engagement and Wedding Rings ' Letcher's. 5. 15 tt