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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.
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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.