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3Wp& VOL,. XXIV. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1908. No. 12. 10 HOLD GRAND ROSE FESTIVAL Grants Pass Will Bloom Next Friday. ALSO AN AUTO PARADE To Bo the Splendid Event of this Season Committees Ap pointed. The ladies auxiliary of the Commer cial Club, having formulated a plan (or holding a Rose and Flower festival in this city, presented the view to the executive committee of the Commer cial Club yesterday afternoon, with the result that the Auxiliary was unanimously guaranteed the hearty mpp rt of the Clnb in the project. Acooidingly President Calhonn took immediate stene to further the pro ject by Instructing Secretary An drews to prepare a list of commit tees and take up the matter on behalf of the club. Thejladies Auxiliary also through its president and secretary are mak ing active preparations for the form ing of committees and the festival will be .held on Friday, June 26th, coder the auspices of the Commercial Club and the Ladies Auxiliary. It is proposed to hold the exhibition at the large Coliseum skating rink on F street and it has been secured for the purpose. A decorated automobile parade will be one of the feature of the festival, and it is hoped that all tbe aotos in the city .as well as the county, will take part. All new conifers to this section are most cor dially invited to take a part in this festival. Good music, both instru mental and vocal, as well as short talks upon the subject of flowers, lawns, and tbe planting of shade tiees will be given. Ice cream and other refreshments will be served. It is urgently asked that all those who are appointed upon tbe various committees will take bold and help to make this festival a memorable event in the history of Grants Pass. All the merchants are requested to decorate their show windows suitable to the occasion, "and make some special discount on their goods so tnat people will take the opportunity to come in from the country aud do their shopping for the Fourth of July. It is the intention to hold hereafter, an annual Rose Festival. The net proceeds of this year's (festival will be used by the Ladies Auxiliary as the starter of a faud for beautityiug tbe Railroad park grounds. The followiug oommitetes have been appointed : Reception: T. P. Cramer, C. Man gum, Stephen Jewell, A. Uaonell. Advertising A. E. Voorhies, L. Opdyke, 0. Clinton Page, P. L. H. M. . P. Proctor and Arthur Couklin. Exhibits H. C. Kinney, Jos. Wolke, E. S. Shank, Fiaok South, W. C Hale, Ed S. Van Dyke, Geo. Cramer, G. H. Parker, J. E. Hair, Isaac Best, J. G. Riggs. Entertainment Jos Moss, H. D. Norton, Dr. J. C. Smith. R. W. Clarke, A. T. Marshal. Musio Dr. W. Walker, Jos. W'har tOD, Fred Cheshire, Stanton Rowell, Ed S. Van Dyke. Finance L. B. Hall, A. C. Hough, R. L. Ooe, Dr. Loughridge, O. S. Blaucliard, A. N. Bolman. Anto Parade Roy S. Wilson, F. B. Oldinn, Dennis StovalL Refreshments H. C. Sampson, H. C. BodzIju, M. J. Anderson, Fred Gumpeit. General Com i'i tee All the mem ber f the Commercial Cloh. Following are the commit ees of tbe Ladies' Auxiliary : Entertainnieut Vdanes H. D Norton. G. H. Donnell R. H. O'Neill. J. A. harton. H. L. An drews. A. U. Ba ward. O. E. How- land, Garber, B. W. Riggs. Refreshments Mesdames T. B. Cor nell. Geo. Parker. W. H. Patilto. Fred Cheshire, H.'J. Baker, Gus Earner. E. V. Smith. H. Harmeling, A. T. Marshall, Fuller. Reception Meadainea J. O. Smith, Steuben JewelL JL C Findley, J. L. f fl "or yorwc ad hzt- ' "I f 4 cjroor liPl ill illl'l !l!tilil P( ',liiiililli!!HM NhiH'ili'l ;! MM J i I .in!!.,!,.' I -'- I I 1. :.. I 1 1 ' 1 ' Since the local option law was passed in Oregon four years ago, 21 of the 33 counties of the state have adopted county prohibition and have voted approximately 500 saloons out of business. Tlieie is not a single county in the state in which there is not some dry territory. Aside from the drj cooetie; there are from 4 to 16 dry precincts in eacn or the otner 12 counties. Fully 75 per cent or the area of the state Is now under prohibi tion, probably 65 per cent of the population is without saloons and 90 per cent of the cities and towns have Calvert, L. B. Hall. O. S. Blan chard, J. E. Hair.IR. G. Smith. Advertising Meadames A. Couk lin, Jos. Moss. Placing Exhibits Mesdames A. H Gonnell. W. C. Hale, R. W. Clarke, H. O. Kinney, Theo. Cramer, Amy Holmes, R. L. Coe, F. W. VaoDyke, K locker, C. H. Clemens, G. H. Dur ham, A. C. Hough, G. H. Carner. Collecting exhibits Mesdames S. Loaghridge, F. Qunipert, . H. Flanagan, Churchill, J. M. Booth, K H. Lister, E. Shank, P. P. Proctor, W. W. Wslker," J. A. Wolke, H. L. Trnax, M. C. Ament. Roy Wilson, H. L. Herzinger, rnti Eismanu. Music Mesdames Herbert Sampson, C. L. Mangum, S. Rowell. Finance Mesdames C. H. Demaray, C.H. Clemeuts.M L Opdyke, F. Mash- bnrn, Geo. Riddle, M E. Moore, H. C. Bobzien. The ladies especially request that tie choicest rofes be selected for exhibition purposes ttnd kert separately from the otbe'S which will be nsed for deoora tion and bring them to the -'rk Fri day. Another point enng"-t i the roses should be cut er' i morning before he sun sit k'H l as iu this waytbe.flowersw.il their natural color much l ug r. that the m, tain Henry Hrth arrived here a'ioui noon today from ran rraiie wvi in a Tourist automobile aft r an exciting and most eventfnl trip. After being held back by a band of sheep which be coo Id not get through nor around for a dar, he oollided with another circumstance yesterday in the Siski- yoa mountains while closely follow ing behind a White Steamer con taining gentleman and party of three ladies. The steamer 'suddenly turned turtle, precipitating its occu pants with serious results. Mr. Harth chanoed to be so closely behind that he ran into a bank on tbe side of tbe road before he could atop, In order not to run into the wreck. He was then compelled to carry tbe injured women folks back over the route which tbey bad traversed, distance of 27 miles for aid and relief. Be finally arrived here today! MAP SHOWING THE LIQUOR dispensed with these resorts. Prior to this year the temperance people, under local option, rooted the sa loons from the following nine counties: Benton, Curry, Lane, Linn, Linsoln, Sherman, Tillamook, Wallowa and Yamhill. With the exoeption of Bentoo, the saloon men at the g unreal election this year canned the question of county ptohibition to be resubmit ted in these counties, with the result that the anti-saloon forces woo oat iu every county but Lincoln, which is restored to the wet .territory after a two years' drought. In the same TAKILMA SMELTER BLEW IN LAST MONDAY Twenty Five Teswms Are Now He-uling Coke Matt Com ing In Now. The Takilma smelter at Waldo blew in last Monday and about 25 large wagons are now hauling coke out from here, with all the wav from two to eight hoises to a wagon, and it Is expected they willbej bringing iu the copper matte tomorrow Tbe distance from here to Waldo is 45 mile' and it requires five days to make a round trip from here, taking out a load of coke aud coming in with a load of matte This (low time is largely due to the heavy roads over a portion of the route. It is a lamentable fact to Grants Pa-s from a commercial standpoint that owing to te poor rcad'parts of the way from here to Waldo that this smelter can onlv rnn abnot three mnnrhs in the )e i . - : - r'-.ii- with liei er r ind it could r 1 1 ii i.isti.. if it--r the full jvar. (ii'iii'f ! k- in H e e'ipply Jioint for the 1 i iluu All the nke aud otlier hii j ' es aft laulnl i i t fioro here ami 1 lle i"ltr matt pro duced ii- -hip -d out t i din city. Tli is em tt-r tia a caparit of 10 tons pr day but the copiwr or in the vicinity of the smelter is so easily smelted that tbe plant often handles 125 tons per day. An onusnal lot of ore is already on the domp and run rh more has been t locked out. This will probably be one of tbe heaviest eaons tne lakilma has yet exper ienced. Bnt the better rod feature should merit the earnest consideration of tbe bosioess interests of Grants Pahs. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Oilman Bedrock Miuing Co. held here Tuesday. Messrs A. E Voor hies and H. L. Herzinger were elected members of ths board of directors. Mrs. J. T. Tuffs, worthy matron, and MlssAlice Smitb, represented Jose phine chapter No. 36 O. E. 8. at the grand' chapter" ai" Portland last week. SITUATION IN THE election the temperance people added 13 counties to the dry area, as fol lows: Crook, Douglas, Gilliam, Frant, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Malheur, Morrow, Polk, Umatilla, Union and Wheeler. The following eight counties voted on oouuty prohi bition and in them the saloon men were victorious: Clackamas (Jol om nia, Coos, Harney, Lake, Marion, Wasoo and Washington. There were only three counties in the state Baker, Clatsop and Multnomah in which connty elections on the local option issue were not held this SCHOOL ELECTION WAS WARMLY CONTESTED No Less Interesting than Other Elections Mrs. .Joseph Moss Elected Notwithstanding the frequency of elections within the past few weeks aud the .unprecedented interest aud assidnous campaigning which have marked them, the school election of Monday was no les vigorously onntest-1 ed. In fart there seems to be an elec tion microbe at work this year and both candidates and their frieuds have vied with each other in the displav of activity and entbuKiasm and while the election of a member of tbe board of education for Grams Pass each year is usually characterized by lethargy and Indifference, last Monday's proved an exception to tbe rale. There were two candidates in the tield though bot ono of them regularly Dominated. Mrs Joseph Moss had been nominated, and not until after the Dominations were closed was it known there would be any opposition. However, friend of J. F. Oalbraith, publisher of the Observer, prevailed npon biin afetr much argument and against his withes to oooseut to have his name written on the ballot. When the fact became known that there were really two in the running interested frieods of the candidates be gin to buttle, with the result that 211 votes were cast. Of this number Mrs. Mors received 1 7 and Mr. Gslbraitb 34, giving Mrs. Mois a majority of 143. Thus she was an easy winner. But Mr. Galbraith says in bis this weeks' issue that, "Mrs. Moss won easily and ths Obierver congratulates her, and moreover thanks her for pre venting its editor from being elected to an office that he did not seek," R. W. Clarke, ;tbe retiring member of the boar a bas been efficient and faibtful to the doties of director and would have been returned to the same position bad be been willing to serve, but he feels that bis five years of ser STATE. month. Summarized, the liquor situ ation in this state shows ( 31 dry counties, as follows: Benton, Crook, Cnrry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Jack son, Josephine, Ealmath, Lane, Linn, Malheur, Morrow, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler and Yamhill (indicated in white squares in map). Counties voting wet in 1908 Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Harney, Lake, Lin coln, Marion, Wasoo and Washington (indicated by shaded lines in amp). Counties not voting and wet Baker, Clatsop aud Multnomah) indioated tn black squares in map ) vice have gained him freedom from tbe work. Frank Stith attended the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. at Portland last week, representing Belt Lodge of Ker by and Reauins Chapter R. A. M. of this place. Shank & White have purchased the White property rn North Eighth street. Mr. aud Mrs White will make their foture home iu Portland, for which place they left Wednesday, Mr. White is figniug somewhat on engaging iu the grocery bosioess at Sunuyside. On would sea rely think that a cou gar could be found within 25 or 50 miles of a thriving oity o 5000 people, yet it is pomible to find them closer than even 25 miles of Grants Pass, for people in the soothwast part of town have been frightend by tbe cries of ooe of these ferocious beasts several nights during the pant couple of weeks. Efforts are being made to kill him, bot thus far he is still at large. O'NEDLOL'S Good Old Solid Comfort Just to be able to "lop down'' Into something thut's cool and comfort able and forget that there is any such thing as worry or work or poll tics that's Just what a man likes to do. Those Comfort chairs let tbe cool air circulate all around them freely move as you do. Those Vudor Swinging Chairs the kind the ladles enjoy so much. Those handsome Hammocks built for two girls, nut sed. Never have we shows such an immense line or varied assortment of Porch Chairs and Hammocks as this snaaon. You WILL like them and you should be fair to yourself, and to tbe chairs and hammocks, to see them and Judge for yourself, at Furniture and Car pets, Linoleums, I.sre Curtains, Por tieres, Mattresses, Pillows. Cots, Wall Paper, Clocks, Mirrors, Window It. H. 0 Mi THE HOUSEFURN1SHEH Shades, Pictures, Picture Moulding. SECRETARY TAFT FOR PRESIDENT Secretary of War Chosen on First Ballot. CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT Representative Sherman of New York Is Selected for the Second Place. 1 he republican national oonveution which convened at Chicago Tuesday resulted in the nomination of William H. Taft, present secretary of war, on first ballo.t for president Of the 080 delegates ?8 were for Taft, Hughes 63, Cannon 61 Fairbanks 40, Knox 68, LaFolIet 25, Foraker 16, Roosevelt 3, absent 8. A dispatch which went over the wires here today stales tbat Repre sentative James 8. Sherman of Utloa, N. Y., was nominated today for vioe president. .Of the 980 votes, Mr. Sher man received 816 on first ballot ;leav ing 164 scattering. The platform ia a most voluminous document and oovers a number of the economic questions of the time. It declares unequivocally for a revision of the tariff by a special session of ooogreas to be called imme diately after the inauguration of the next president; reaffirms ths principle of protection j favors postal savings banks; greater control over interstate corporations; enforcement of railroad rate laws; state and national aid for good roads; enforcement of oivil ser vice laws; liberal administration of the pension laws; amendment of the injnnotien law; for a navy large enough to maintain the honor of the nation, and mauy other matters of national Import., One of the features of the oonven- tio occurred at the second day's ses sion Wednesday, which was occas ioned by the mention by the chair man. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Preaident Roosevelt A most enthusiastic dem onstration of endorsement of the presi dent and his policies found expression in wild cheering whluh continued for 61 minutvs. Both the delegates and the galleries went wild, and to add to the intensity of the excitement someoue in the gallery playfully tossed a Teddy bear down among the dele gates. COMING EVENTS. June 20, Saturday Orchard meeting of Grants Paa Fruit Growers As sociation at Riverside and Elersle fruit farms at 2 p. m. June 20, Katorday Regular meeting of Diiuick U ran ne at H p. lii. July 4, Saturday Dance at the Sav age Creek hall. Tickets inclndinu supper and horse feed, J. In cream, 10a 6-10 2t July 4, Saturday Grange plonio to be held at Wilderville under aus pices tbe five Josephine oouuty granges. June 11, Thursday Annual reunion nf Oregon Pioneer assooiation at Portland. June 12, Friday Dance at Savage creek Hall, tickets, snpper an'i horse feed'2. 6-22 B. Htoves and Ranges, Oranlteware, Agteware, Ian ware, Woodenwsre, WUlowars, Cutlery, Crockery, Lamps, Olasawsre, Fancy China, Uo-Carla, Baby Carnagss.