VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COCJNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908.
No. 13.
PRIZE COMMER
CIAL CLUB LETTER
Written by Helen F. Hall
to Eastern Friends.
HAS THE BOOSTER SPIRIT
This Letter Is One ol the Winners
In the School Letter Writ
ing Contest.
Grants Past, the metropolis and
county seat of Josephine county is
without an exception the finest place
for a health resort of any place in the
vast' state of Oregon. Bat yon will
say it is shot in by monntaios. Yes,
we are surrounded by mountains on
all sides, the Cascades on th east, the
Siskiyons on the south, the Coast
Range on the west, and the Umpqua
Divide, which is a ragged portion of
the Cascades on the north.
But friends, if it were not for tnese
huge monsters onr climate would not
be so mild and beneficial as it is, it
is these that protect it from the win
try blasts, cyclones and storms of the
middle west, central and eastern states.
Grants Pass has a population of
nearly 6000. Its school population has
increased about eighty per cent in
five years and in the last two years
the high school alone has increased
about seventy per cent.
Mr. Thomas Richardson, the great
boomer of Portland was here a few
days ago and to his surprise and oar
joy when he atked for a standing vote
of all who had come west in the last
five years eighty per cent rose to their
feet oat of a large attendance. He
wsa here for the purpose of interesting
the people in their own country enough
to aid new comers, which are con
stantly coming in. He asked in behalf
of oar commercial club if every pupil
would write letters to as many as
we could oat of the state of Oregon,
bat to be sure to tell nothing bat the
truth. I hereby, as one of the many
pupils, pledged myself to aid oar en
terprising commercial club in what
ever way I could though it be but a
little.
Our city supports nine good
charches, three ward schools and ooe
high school, which in the near futare
will be supplanted by a larger and
more modem oue, two box factories,
one planing factory, a foundry, two
ice plants and many nice public build
ings of importaut interest.
The country adjacent to Grants Pass
is noted for its vast forests, mines and
orchards of apples and pears, also To
kay grapes lmds, which yield a net
of 500 to fi'.OO per acre. It his been
proved that the Tokay grape of the
Kogae River valley brings a larger
price in New York and the eastern
states tluu any other Tokay grape in
the entire country. Its color is deep
er, being the same all over, while
other are colored on one side the
othor of whfch is green.
Fruit lands 'can now be obtained a
a low rate in order to give the im
m graut an opportunity to come wet
with however small an amount of
money he may have, and be able to
make a rich iucome in a short time
Thi re 1s aa unlimited snioont of wat :
power from Koine river and niauv
ottier streams, to aid the faruiiug and
fruit iudusiry. Th re are three kind
of sil, loam of the bottom land, which
if watered iropeily wi.l prodnce won
derfolly. The red land requires more
cultivation than ihe loam, bot it i
on this that we grow such fine gra es
of various varieties. The fruit ol
Josephine conuty are said to be uusm
pased both .in flavor and in quality.
Peiri and apple, of the Kogae River
valley have gained a world-wide r po
tation for quality, flavor and (erfect
nesa and demand the highest prices in
ti e United States and foreign markets.
Pruoes, peaches and pears are always
abundant aud always bring good
prices.
The cherries are unequalled any-
wheie as shippers because of their
keeping qualities. They are large and
have an excellent flavor. The Black
Republican and Royal Anne makes
(Continued on Second Page.)
The orchard meeting that was to
have been held under the auspices of
the Grants Psss Fruit Growers Asso
ciation and Fraitale GraDge at River
side aud Elersles fruit farms last
Saturday afterooon was postponed on
account of the heavy raiu that pre
vailed all day and prevented the at
tendance of the fruit growers. Prof.
P. J. O'Gara, of the Department of
Agriculture, and who is at the head
of the Government experts who are
conducting the fight that is being
waged all over the United States
against the pear blight, having- ar
rived in the valley and being unable
to remain long, the Froitdale orchard
meeting was held Thursday afternoon
of this week to enable the fruit
growers to hear his address on pear
tree diseases. There were over a hun
dred orchardists present and the
meeting was a decided sacoess. A
full report of Prof. O'Gara 's address
will be given in Ihe Courier of next
week.
TON RICHARDSON HAS
READ THE COURIER
Notes What Is Going On In
Grants Pass His
Letter.
The following letter from Tom
Richardson, the alert manager of the
Portlnad Commercial club to the
Courier shows the impression and in
fluence of the well conducted country
newspaper. It may be read thousands
of miles away from the office ot pub
lication and yet it creates a good im
pression akin to the metropolitan
sheet
Following is the letter :
Reading the Courier would indi
cate that things were busy at Grants
f ass and in that vicinity. Your issue
of Jane 13th starts out with a report
of the annual meeting of the Grants
Past Fruit Growers' Association:
then an account of the new cannery
building: then the organization of the
ladies to help along the progress of
Grants Pass ; then the financial re
port of the Commercial Club; the
wonderful future of Grants Pass as
shown by an iuterview with Mr. W.
IS. snefinao. bow you ought to get
whole lot of good liberal advertising
during kthe eanteloupe season. Just
suggest this to Secretary Andrews.
ATTORNEYS APPLY FOR
RESTRAINING ORDER
Attorneys R. G. Smith and E. E.
Eelley Wednesday afternoon on behalf
of J. C." Hall applied to the circuit
court at Jacksooville for a restrain
ing order to prevent County Judge
Dunn from declaring prohibition
in effect in the county precinct
ot Jackson county on the ground thai
no legal prohibition election had been
held in the county, because the o urt
had failed to exclude Medfoid from
the election call, as she was exempted
from the workings of the local option
law by her chatter.
There is no doubt that the Injunc
tion w ill be granted aud made perma
nent, as under the court's receut rol-
tug this question was decided. The
present proceedings are merely a legal
formality.
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Holiday Rates.
July M aod 4th special holiday
Railway rates effective will be one
and one-third fare to all points, lo
cally, limited to return op to and in
cluding Joly 6tn. No stop-overs
given on these tickets. 6-26 2t
CLEVELAND DIES
AT PRINCETON
Ex-President Died Wed
nesday Morning.
SEVENTY-ONE YEARS OLD
The Eminent Statesman Had
Suffered for Some Time from
b. Complication of Ills.
PRINCETON. N. J., June 2.
Grover Cleveland, former president of
the United States, died suddenly at
bis home at Westland here at 8:40
o'clock this morning. Death was doe
to heart failure, complicated witb
other diseases. The passing away of
Mr. IHeveland was not immediately
announced, bot was delayed until an
offioial statement had been prepared
by the physicians who had been attend
ing him in the various periods of his
illness.
The funeral will be held Friday,
Jane 26, at "Westland," Mr. Cleve
land's residence on Bayard Lane,
Princeton, and will be strictly pri
vate. The following statement signed
by Drs. Joseph D. Bryant, George R.
Lock wood and J. M. Carnochan was
given oat:
"Mr. Cleveland for many years had
suffered from repeated gastro intestinal
attacks. Also he had long standing
organic disease of the heart and kid
neys Heart failure, complicated
with pulmonary thrombosis and
oedema, was the immediate cause of
njg death.
While Mr.
Cleveland had' been
seriously ill from time to time, the
announcement of his death came like
thondf rbolt to those who had been
watohing his illness.
Last night there was a slight flurry
among the friends of the Clevelaods
that something was seriously wrong
witb the ex-president. This was oc
casioned by a visit of Dr. Bryant, of
New York, Mr. Cleveland's physi
cians for many years. Mrs. Cleve
land, later In the evening, discussing
Dr. Bryant's visit, said that there was
no occasion for alarm and that Mr.
Cleveland was getting along nicely.
This reassurance totally unprepared
their ftiends for the announcement of
his death.
The children are at the Cleveland
summer home at Tam worth, N. H., in
charge of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleve
land's mother.
The Clevelands came from Lake-
wood, where the former president lay
sick for many weeks, on June 1, and
intended to go to their summer home
is soon as Mr. Cleveland had gained
sufficient strength.
The former president died in bed in
the second story front room. Those at
the bedside when the end came were
Mrs. Cleveland and the three physi
cians. Ihe only other perons in tne
house at the time were a number of
servants.
Drs. Bryant and Lock wood, who
came here from New York early
ve-terdaT evening, remained at the
Cleveland home all night, as was
their custom when they viei'ed
Princton. While Mrs. Cleela d did
not wish to alarm her frien lust
night br telling them tbat I e i
tinguiahed husband was sgain qu te
ill, in fact she assured them ihat he
was doiDg quite well. Tin r wa
notlimg alarming in his crndim it
was thought by the physician-, and
the termer president passed a fairly
good night, notwithstanding the op
pressive beat.
NUMBERING THE HOUSES
FOR FREE DELIVERY
D. E. Dotson and Ed. Fryer have
been employed by the city coo noil
to number the business houses and
residences of the city preparatory to
free mail delivery. This, numbering
is another metropolitan air for
Grants Past and will prove a great
convenience to the residenoe and
business communication and Is an in
dination to outsiders who read the
local press that this is no longer a
mall country town bat real oity.
. The lnaugnrai ton of free mail de
livery will be even more metropolitan
and a greater convenience. Free de
livery will be particularly ad
vantageous to south eiders for the
reason that the city is divided by
the railroad and the post office is on
the north side.
It is estimated that six weeks will
be required in which to complete the
numbering of the houses and putting
up the names of the streets at the
various corners. Meters. Dotson and
Fryer began on the work last Friday.
Nate Howe of Placer is now occu
pying a cell in the couuty jail in de
fault of J 1000 bail, charegd with as
sault on the person of Chester Blalock,
aged 13 years. Information was filed
by W. T. Gardener, superintendent ot
the Boys and Girls Home, aud a pre
liminary hearing had before Justice
Holman Monday. County Judge
Jewell committed the girl to the
Boys and Girls Home Friday.
OREGONIAN RECOGNIZES
GRANTS PASS CANNERY
Editorially Comments on the Im
portance of the Tomewto In
dustry Hsre.
The following editorial which ap
peared in Tuesday's Morning Oregon
ian of last week is a significant in
dication of the growing prosperity of
Grants Pass as a commercial oenter
and the productiveness of the soil of
Josephine, oonnty :
Tomato growing hat proved to be
very profitable in Rogus River Val
ley. A cannery hat been established
at Grants Pass to care for the crop
and the acreage will be double that of
last year. This vegetable fruit has
come into nse almost entirely within
the past half century. It has been
developed by cultivation from the
bright little "love apples," so-called
yellow and red, round and pearsbaped,
which were grown as ornaments to the
garden border by oar greatgrand
mothers. aud which the children were
warned not to touch, as they were
poisonous to the smooth, 'bright,
large and toothsome product grown
by the ton aud found upon the table
of rich and poor alike the year round.
The yield, when properly culti
vated, is from 20 to 40, tons to f'e
acre, and the season in Rogue River
Valley lasts from August until
November, for the fresh product and
the year round for the canned pro
duct, the country over. A tomato
field with plants bearing ripe, green
and growing fruit and still set with
points of yellow blossoms is a sight
worth going far to see. It is seen at
its beit in the Rogue River Valley in
the late summer and early autumn.
Mr. and Mrs H. L. Gilkey retumed
last week from their Eastern trip,
having been iu attendance at the
National Conference of the Methodist
Epicsoral church. They also visited
many other point among them Bos
ton, New York, Washington Niagara
Falls and Chicago. They report hav
ing had a very pleasant trip. The
Weather, however, was not all that
oooln have bt-eu i esired loth extremes
of heat and cold, rains aud winds.
C. J. Currio has removed lo Grants
Pas from Corvallis, having graduate
fr m the Oregon Agricultural College.
Mr. Carrlo lust spring purdcba-d Ue
Armond ranch of 1H0 acres on Jerome
Prairie and will now spend his time
in improving the iroperly, intending
to eventually set the entire avail bl
land to grapes
Geo. Hansen o' Portland was in
town the foie per' ol the week, look
ing after business miner. Their ad
dre-s hereafter w 11 be Brownsvill-.
they having muv.d to a ranch ner
that plaoe.
Miss Josephine Moss is visiting
Ashland friends.
COUNTY TREASURER
CALLS FOR WARRANTS
There are funds in the treasury to
pay all warrants registered prior to
August 15, 190ft. Interest will cease
from this date.
Dated Jane 26, 1908. I
J. T. TAYLOR, I
Treasurer of Josephine County, Ore.
The ladies of tbs Presbyterian j
church will serve sapper at the Manse
Wednesday night, commencing at j
6:30. I
FINEST FLOWERS
ON EXHIBITION
Flower Show May Be
come Annual Event.
RINK BOWER OF BLOSSOMS
Parade of Decorated Automobiles
a Pleaae.nl Feature of
the Day.
Today is Flower Festival day in
Grants Pass, the event of the First
Aunual Rose aud Flower Festival,
and the Cohtaum rink oo F street
presents soene which the ladies of
Commercial Club Auxiliary may well
feel prond. The rink, a structure
about 60x100 feet is a bower of beauty
aod with its present decorations,
would never be thought of as a skat
ing rink. Festooned from the celling
are coils of green and along the walls
are myriads of blossoms of all kinds
from the old fashioned blue bells and
marigolds to the latest shade and color
ing of the delicate rote. In the cen
ter of the hall artistlstioally arranged
on long tables are the Individual ex
hibits of ohoioe roses, and tbey present
a soene of rare beasty. At the end
of the ball under the folds of Old
Glory is the speaker's stnad from
which the following programs were
rendered :
AFTERNOON.
"Civlo Improvement". .0. H.Clement
Vocal Solo Mrs. W. W. Walker
"Old Fashioned Flowers"
Dennis Btovall
EVENING.
Promenade March
"Roses Best Adapted to this Cli
mate" T. P. Cramer.
Vocal Holo Miss Marion Clarke
"Improvement iu Eugene". ...
E. 8. VanDyke
Vocal Solo Mrs. W. L. Ireland
"Benefits of Annual Rose Shows"
Mrs, M. O. Flndley
Music Orchestra.
Among the flowers In the decora
tions could be seen roses of all kinds,
sweet peas, paolses, carnations, honey
suckles, verbenas, fuchsia, geraniums,
snow plant, marigold), Easter lilies.
hyderaugias, magnolias, nasturtiums,
begonias, and many other plants, all
carefully arranged and displaying the
skill of the committee having the work
in charge.
The parade of decorated automobiles
was a very pleasing feature of the day
and the Hue of machines in the pro
cession, although it did not represent
one-half of those owned in the city,
made a very creditable showing. The
parade was headed by Miles Mclutyre
on his "Twin Indian," closely followed
by F. G. Mclutyre witb a buck board
auto, others in line were H. C. Kin
ney with Paul at the steering wheel,
Dr. Looghridge Vallard Troax, Mayor
Smith Dr. Flanagan, Ed Dixon, Fred
Gtunper, B. F. Oldiug, Dennis Btnrall,
Jos. Wolke, E. L. Chnrohill, Chris
Eisuitnu, Roy Wilson. All the ma
chines were deoorated, tome more
elaborately than others and several of
them equaled anv in the Portland
Autotnohile parade. The Looghridge
machine wss uniniiM. two rm-kinir
horses occupying positions amid the
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GOOD OLD SOLID COMFORTS
Don't be a "Doubting Thomas," if you have
not dealt with us, try us, we're content to
leave judgment in your hands,
O'NEILL
flowers la front and two little tots
driving the horses with ribbon rein.
The Wilson machiue was contpionoi.a
for its babies, Medames Wilson,
Blanohard and Bartlett a h
holding their baby girls. The
On in pert machine was attrantive with
flower covered bows crossed for a
canopy. The Kinney, Chorchill,
Oldiug, and Stovall machines wie
covered with flowers and presented aa
attractive appearance.
Mr. aod Mrs. H. H, Hathaway and
Miss Rati) retarned Friday from a
three weeks stay at Portland.
THE COOL, FRESH SHADE
OF WILDERVILLE GROVE
Big Crowd Will Enoy the Fourth
in Delightful Retreat. Pro
gram of High Order,
The details for the Fourth of July
oelebratioOj that is to be held at
Wilderville grove, under the auspices
of the five Granges in Joseph In t
oonnty, are rapidly being perfected
and all features of it promise to ex
cell any previous celebration ever
held in this oonnty. The grove is
very large, clean aod free from poison
oak or other annoyances aud has a big;
spring of the coldest of water. The
shady nooks along 81ate ureek, a
clear running tuoontaln stream,
afford delightful placet for parties 1 1
spread their lunches and to swing
hammocks. Last Saturday a large
amount of preliminary work was
done to pot the grove In order aud
the completion ot the work will ba
done on Tuesday' afternoon, June 80,
and the final touohes on Friday the
day before the celebration.
The literary program will embrace
forenoon and afternoon exercises and
will be of a higher order than is usual
for celebrations. The addresses will
be by Dr. J. W, Kerr, .president of
the Oregon agricultural college, and
by J. J. 'Johnson, leoturer of the
Oregon btate Grange. Both are
fine orators and among the ablest men
in the state. Tbs declaration of ia
dependence will be read. The intooa-,
tion will be by Rev. W. B. Pepper, of
Wilderville. . The , musical features
will be of an unusually high order.
The singing will be directed by Mr.
EL C. Kinney, of Grants Pass,
one of the best musical directors in
Southern Oregon. The instrumental
music will be by the Grants Past
Comet Baud, of 28 members in full
uniform, and by the Grants Pass
Orchestra, of eight pieces and oon
oeded to be oue of the best orchestras
in the statej
The aiuuseiueuU will all be clean
and of a Wholesome character aud
variety tbat will amuse and please
both young and old. The committee
on athletic is preparing a series of
baseball aud other games for the after
noon that will be worth attending and
the committee on children's sports are
planning that the little folks will
have their fall share of fun. No firs
cracker or other explosives will be al
lowed on the main grounds, bat a
section of the grove distant from the
crowd and the teams will be giveu
over to the 'ohildren where they may
fire crackers and make all the noise
tbey wish ind a deputy marshal will
be on duty to see that careless boys do
not injure themselves or othert.
Recognizing that danolng is only
harmful when so made and tbat most
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