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VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908.
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.IBATW.J. MIGHT
DO IF ELECTED
Of Course He'd Turn Out
Office-IIolders.
i ' GUESSES AS TO SUCCESSORS
There Would be Bl Cleaning Up
Down Al Washington
And Elsewhere
The following special correspon
dence from Washington D. C, to the
Portland Telegram is of general in
terest now because of the speculation
as to what Mr. Bryan would do in
' the event of big election :
There will be big crowds around
the "pie counter" in Washington next
March If William J. Bryan is elected
president. The election of Bryan
would mean the wholesale cleaning
out of pnblio officials, not only in
: Washington, but in all the states and
; in the diplomatic and consalar service
: as well. If elected. Bryan would
begin by naming a new cabinet, and
: woold quicklv follow with sobordinate
' offioers in the departments in Wash
ington; a complete overhauling of
; postmasters in every state ; new dis
trict attorneys and marshals; new
collectors of customs and internal
' revenue; new ministers and ambassa
dors and consols abroad, and a little
later, perhaps, new judges on the
supreme bench. Every republican
office holder, not In the classified
service, who wag appointed by either
MoKiuley or Roosevelt, would be
turned out, and a democrat appointed
in his place.
It has developed clearly daring tne
last few months and particularly dur
ing the last few days, that Bryan in
tends to divorce the eastern wing of
the democratic party, that part of
the organization which has been called
the "Cleveland democrats." His
comments upon Colonel Goffey, of
Pennsylvania, and other democrats
whom he classified with Goffey, all
of them eastern men, clearly indicated
that he had done with ttham. His
choice of John Worth Kern, of In
, diana, as his ranniug mate, is the
' final evidence that Bryan intends to
'.' make hia fight in the west, middle
west and the south. Since this is eo,
undoubtedly if Bryan comes into
i power he will continne his poilcy of
' ignoring the east, and the plums will
fall to the wtst and the sooth. There
is a suspicion stowed away in the
; breasts of some of the southern demo
crats that thnuld there bo a division
of the snoils they won Id not fare
to well as their brethren of the we.
j They Bay Bryan has. figured it out
: that they mast vote the democratic
. ticks' under any circumstances, and
' that he would distribute us few favors
: among ttiern hb he could with safety
' and still poll the Southern vote for a
second term in the White House.
' Bryan, it is said, is imbued with the
' spirit and the idea of the west and as
,' far is possible he would make this
spirit of the west paramount through
' out the government of the country
; The . 1h( tiim nf his cabinet probably
tvould sb w 'hi' ciesrly, and it is as
' stimed ih: in tne event of his nlec'
. ticu ai lea-it six of th members of
his official family would hail troin
the west and midlle west, two from
the south, and periiant om from ibe
Lmpiie stat . The forecast of a cabi
net for Bryan could therefore be made
liriiely by elimination. The nietnhe
of H e Cli-veiaud Cabinet wlio are
still olive wouid be out of the run
niug with oue exception. Th-y be
long to another school of democracy
The? do not approve of Bryan, in I
Biyn dis not approve of t1 em
Carli 1-, bo served s secretary of
the ireaeury uuder Cleveland, has
gone on record 1 uiie piainiv ito
regard to Mr. Bryan. Gluey ii uut
to be considered. H ke Suiiih, of
Genrga, his b'en s mowed curler
byh.aon party in that srate that
there is little chance that Bryan
woull ttke him up. In the event
of democratic success, the state
portfolio, the most important in the
, Cabinet would present a difficult
proposition. Gray could probably
bare it if he would, but he would not.
It has been suggested that Texas is
too great a state not to be reoognized
in the democratio cabinet, and the
names of Senators Btiley and Culber
son appear as the most available tim
ber. Either one of these men, it is
said, would fill the office of secre
tary of state admirablyy. But it is
not thought this office would fall to
the south and Judson Harmon, of
Ohio, has been mentioned not only as
a possibility, but also as a probablity
for this place. He is a niao of proved
ability and formerly served as attor
ney general of tlie.Uoited States coder
Cleveland. George Turner, former
senator from Washint jon, is another
possibility for the state portfolio, and
if not oosen for that place he
probably would find some other in
the cabinet
Democrats who have considered the
subject, think the cabinet might be
made np as ) follows: Secretary of
state, Judson Harmon, of Ohio; secre
tary of treasury, John A. Johnson,
of Minnesota ; secretary of war,
Goerge Turner, of Washington; at
torney general. William J. Gaynor, of
New.York ; postmaster general, Henry
D. Clatvon, of Alabama; secretary of
the navy, Theodore A. Bell, of Cali
fornia; secretary of the interior,
Thomas N. ; Patterson, of Colorado;
secretary of agriculture, Clark Howell,
of Georgia, and secretary of com
merce and labor, John Mitchell, of
Illinois.
The events 'of the campaign may
bring out new cabinet timber, may
show np other democrats who would,
in the event of victory, be rewarded
for their labors by places ia the cabi
net Samuel Gompers is a posisbility
for the commerce and labor secretary
ship, but he Is nott thought to have
as good a chance for the place as
John Mitchell. It baa been suggested,
however, that neither one of these
labor leaders may find a place in the
cabinet, and that Bryan has gone as
far as he intends to go for labor by
inserting in the democratio platform
the anti-injunoion plank.
Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University, and David R.
Francis, of Missouri, have been sug
gested as possibilities for the state
portfolio. Wilson is man of great
ability and lias been mentioned as a
presidenial poesibiliy. Former Gover
nor Francis was secretary of the in
terior in Cleveland's cabinet.
It has been suggested that senator
New lands, of Nevada, would be will
ing to accept a place in a Bryan cabi
net, should the war or treasury port
folio be offered him. Tom Johnson,
of Ohio, is another possibility for one
of these laces. Tom Taggart is said
to be out of national politics, aud
perhaps uiiglit not have the chance to
refuse a place in the cabinet.
Among the members of congress
w'm mig't be considered for cabinet
places are John Sharp Williams, of
Mississippi ; Champ Clark or Missouri
and Francis Burton Harrison of New
York. While the latter woold possi
bly accept such a position if offered
him, ths others it. is believed would
not. John Sharp Williams is going to
the Fenate aud Champ Clark, it is
conceded will succeed him in the
leadership of the democrats in the
House.
"Young Frank Harrisou" as he i
called, has shown ability In the
House. He was mentioned as a possi
bin running mate for Kryan on the
democratic ticket, and John Sharp
Williams favored his nominaiiou
Beujauiin R. Tillman, senator from
South Carolina, might have a place
it) the cabinet if lie would, Lilt it is
not tlioiitdi be would r-liniuish his
satin 'he senate. Senator Raynor,
of M ry land, is a warm friend of
Bryan's, and it is possible that he is
one of the smtberu democrat who
v.onl1 he s leeted for the cabinet.
Pi rhaps the logical man for the
head of the navy department und-r
the ("fmocracy would be teprtsnta
tive Hobnn, of Alabama, the hero of
the Merriiuac epiarde. Ho hat been
in the naval service. But the speech
prophesying war with Japan, which
he delivered ut t'ie Denver couveution,
did not t men a responsive chord in
democratic breasts. Theodore A. B-dl
of California, ths temporary chairman
ot the Denver conveutiou, may be
rewaded for his labors if his party
comes to power. Other democrats
from whom Bryan might draw for his
cabinet are Lieutenant Governor
Stuyveant Chanler, of New York;
Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, who
now champions the presidential
nominee of Kentucky.
Tin Fruit Cans at Hair-Riddle's.
THREE ARRSTED
FOR GAMBLING
Two Are Charged With
Boot-Legging.
ONE OF LATTER BOUND OYER
Quintette of Card Devotees
Into Quarrel e.nd Trou
ble Follows.
Get
H. C. Ackerman, B. L. Jewell and
A. W. Aubery all of this city, were
arrested here about 9 o'clock last
night by City Marshal MoGrew ou
a charge of .'gambling. They were
summoned be fere Police Judge Slover
at 10, o'clock this morning and oo
examination pleaded guilty as charged,
whereupon the court fined Ackerman
$10 and Aubrey and Jewell $10 each.
Louie Strenber and Perl Bosnian,
who are also wanted for gambling
were not to be found last night though
it was learned that the latter was
with relatives at Roteburg. Streuber
is still in hiding, but warrants ars
out for both and constable Cheshire
is now in search for Streuber, against
whom complaint has also been filed
for alleged boot-legging.
As the prosecution for the illicit sale
of liquors is outside the jurisdiction
of the city courts complaint on such a
charge had to be made before the Dis
trict Prosecuting Attorney, B. F.
Mnlkey who resides at Jacksonville.
Attoreny Mulkey chanced to be in
town and was present at the trial of
the gambling cases this morning when
sufficient evidence was introduced
to warrant the issuance of complaints
for alleged boot-logging against both
Ackerman and Streuber. The pre
liminary hearing against Ackerman,
which camo before Police Magistrate
Holman was set for 2 o'clock this
afternoon. District Attorney Mulkey
represented the state and Attorney
,T. N. Johnston the "defendaut. The
charge in this complaint was that of
keeping and giving away iutoxicating
liquors, which was finally dismissed
aud a new complaint cnarging the sale
of lager beer without a license, and
the hearing set for 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
All this turmoil and trouble arises
from a little static of "stud poker,
intermixed with booze at frequent
intervals, at the bachelor home of
Ijotiie Strenber ou the bank of Rogue
River at the foot of Fifth street last
Mnuriay night.
In the course of the, 13-hnnr session,
for it lasted from 10 p. in. Monday
night until 10 a. m. Tuesduy morning,
go the legal report of the story giM s,
Ackerman, after losing considerable
money, finally drew a check against
funds in the bank belonging to his
wife. This check was the undoing of
the quintette, for when it came to
Mrs. Acker man's notioe she wan st
a loss to know for what purpose it
bad beeu ltsud. She immediately
sought the wherealiouts of her way
ward spouse whom she found in the
Streuber bungalow of iniquity, with
the proprietor and three other aim
pan ions, all uinch the worse for too
frequent encounter with old John
B:irleyrorn.
Complaint was made by the good
wife and subsequent endeavor on the
part of Ackermna to recover the coin
lost in the turn of cards, generated
beltgerency on the part of Streuber
bo efeuied to think be had the form
er "on the hip" ou account of the
wlilskey served during the evening.
This is the first arrest made for alleg
ed boot-legging since the prohibition
lw went into effect. City Attorney
Clements also states that it is the
first instance since he has been iden
tified with the legal administration
of the city where complaint bus been
filed for gambling.
The cases for illegal liquor selling
will be proeequted with great vigo.
as is evidenced by tbis openog of the
ball and it may be asaomed the lid
will be kept on pretty tight in Grants
Pass.
( Mfg A c aod dB0)J,1it.r(
. . rTein 0 n.tUM arrived in the
city yesterday for a few days' visit
j with Rev. A. J. Hollingsworth aod
wife, the latter being the daughter
and sister of the two ladies.
A Valuable Advertising Medium.
Grants Pass, July 81. 1908.
To The Rogue River Courier,
Grants Pas, Ore.,
Gentlemen : -
We wish to take this opportuni
ty of thanking you for the general
style and get np to the page "ad"
which we ran in your publication
last week and which Ins been con
tinued in this week's issue, aud we
dcire also to congratulate yon, as
well as ourselves, ou the fine results
which were obtained through the use
of yoor coluuius. It seems that consid
erable local interest has been aroused
and the results, which we have noted
u the purchase ot a cousdeirable
amount of our stock, during the past
week, ha been quite gratifying.
At tbis writing we are advised that
all three of our barges have been suc
cessfully taken through to below the
mouth of Gallce Creek and the ma
chine itself will be in course of erec
tion there within the next 10 days.
We expect to be in actual operation
within SO days.
If our stock sales receutly are any
criterion to go by, we will have dis
posed of all our available stock,
within the next 10 days to two weeks.
Yours very truly
OILMAN BEDROCK MINING CO.,
R. F. W'eudover, Secretary.
UNITED COPPER-COLD
NINES CO. A NEW ONE
Have Seven Promising Copper
and Gold Claims on
Picket Creek.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the United Copper-Gold
Mines Co , held in this city Tuesday
night Attorney O. S. Blanchard was
elected president, W. J. Mahoney,
vice-president, O. A. Thomas, secre
tary and J. Q. Jarvis, treasurer. The
two first gentlemen, together with A.
B. Cornell, W. M. Richards and R.
Looney, constitute the board of di
rectors.
The United Copper-Gold is a new
company recently organized in this
oity with a capitalization of $.500,000
Their property la in the well known
Pickett Creek district and includes
seveu claims acquired by deed as fol
lows: "The Trio," ' Deer. Lick,"
"Contact," "Fraction, ''I 'Modoo,"
"Alder", and the "Alder Fraction."
It has beeu kuowo for many years
that the i'icket creek country con
tained excellent copper prospects, but
the mining for the most part has lieen
confined to placer gold operations.
Since the placers have beeu worked
out there ha teen more or less pros
pecting In the hills and many high
grade copper deposits found, while
more recent discoveries have disclosed
a number of extra good gold-bearing
lodes iu addition to the cot per, aud
preparations are now being made for
extensive development of a number of
these roperties.
Practiial miners from Colorado and
other stages who have tieen in the dis
trict rredict that within a year an ac
tive, producing camp will mark the
distr ct. Of course the United Cop
per Gold people will begin develop
ment of some of their claims at ones
Slid txpect to be (hipping within
much less time, as a small block of
ibeir 24", 0 0 shares of treasury stock
will be offered ti siptil r sudsoiip
linn fur development liurpoKes.
Tins compauy is compose I entirely
of Josephine coouty met', including
somti practical miners who are now ou
claims. It is not of the wild cat
tanety started tiniply for the sal" 1
of swi' k but tbey have prospered the
properties sufficiently to show that
thev have some, exccelleut ore bodies,
while adjaueut claims winch are
more developed are assaying from
$.'() to $00 per ton in gold to say
nothing of 6 and T per cent copper.
C. B. Glover and U. L. Smith,
two other miners who have been in
the district, the pat three years and
have properties adjacent to L'uited
Copper-Gold claims, have struck some
unusually good values this spring aod
summer, some of the assays running
fr m $25 per ton up in the yellow
metal, besides the rich copper.
Robert Hart, who has prospected for
the last 40 years all over the cooutry,
and who is identified with this new
iirifanlmHnn mi'i tin K&a innmA t 0 in
gold to the ton in tne oroppings on
I one of the Copper-Gold claims.
THE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY IS BEGUN
Engineering Corps Start
ed Out Tuesday.
ARE NOW IN THE FIELD
Chlef Engineer; Collins Declares
With Emphasis That Road
Will Be Built.
Civil Engineer G. A. Colllus, who
thus far, has been the prime mover in
ths proposed eleotrio raiload from
Grants Pass into the Illinois valley,
began Tuesday morniug with corps of
men on a preliminary survey of the
proposed route. They started at the
official corner stake at the intersection
of G and Sixth streets and proceeded
south down Sixth to the river, and are
now well out toward the Illinois along
the country road.
Mr. Collins is proceeding with the
survey very deliberately and without
anything of the brass band noise which
often attends an enterprise of this
kind. Moreover he is anything but
talkative on the subject, except to de
clare most emphatically that the pro
posed road 1 sore to be built, aud
while preliminary survey does not
always spell a railroad the manner in
which Mr. Collins has begun his work
is oretainly a guarantee of good faith
that merits the encouragement of
every citizen la Grants Pass aud from
here into the Valley.
One booster in Grants Pass pots
the proposition this way. "While I
am not altogether familiar with Chris
tian Science, yet I look upon this pro
posed eleotrio road and other similar
enterprises as matters which should
be govereued bv the principle of Chris
tian Science as It appears to me ; that
is to say, if everybody boosts for the
new road, believes it himself and
talks it to his friends, the road will
surely be bnilt. On the other hand
if the knockers get out aud gruchers
try to sonr ever body, why, of course
we won't have the road.
In view of the splendid country
which the road would place iu quick
connection with Grants Pass and the
Southern Pacific line, for both freight
and paMFenger trafifo there appears
not the slightest reason why the road
should not be built. Real estate men
already have their eyes on Illinois
Valley lands and both Grants Pass
and the valley are bound to boom as
a result of the building of the road
A FINE TOMATO FARM
OF TWENTY-ONE ACRES
Will
Produce Twenty to Thirty
Tons Per Acre Without
Irrigation.
One of the most interesting as well
as beautiful sights in the, linn of
vegetation to be sen In Josephine
county just now is W. B. Sherman's
21 acre tomato patch In the'eaat part
I WHERE
SBBI .snsawi M " -a-sMssaaw
many other useful articles for the warm wave season.
GOOD OLD SOLID COMFORTS
Try Them at Our Risk
O'NEILL THE HOMEFURNISHER
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of town. There is perhaps not a gar
den in either town or county nnder as
high a state of cultivation as this to
mato patch. It's as clean as a whis
tlenot a weedin it aud the'plauta
are as thrifty and as full of bloom as
ooold well ba imagined. A majority
of the vines also have tomatoes from
the size of a marble to that of a hen's
egg.
One of the most interesting features
about this tomato fr-rui is the method
of tillage which Mr. Sherman em
ploys. The crop has not had a drop
of water on it other than the natural
raiufall uo irrigation whatever but
by frequent and shallow cultivation
all the moisture from the early rains
has been thus conserved, and uotwith-
standing that it has not rained for
nearly a month there ia not a plaoe -
on the whole 21
acres where one can
not find moisture within an inch and
a half of the surface of the ground.
The rows of tomatoes are six feet
apart each way and Mr. Sherman has
the ground harrowed every 10 days, ,
immediately following the harrow
with a wooden float which smoothes
ilown the drills made by the harrow
aud at the same time pulverizes the
soil and forms dust mulsh which
prevents evaporation.
There are about 34,000 vines on the
1 acres and if it ia estimated that
the yield will be from 20 to 80 tons
to the acre. The Grants Pass Can
ning Oo. has oontraoted to buy all of
Mr. Sherman's crop this year at $10
per ton. Mr. Hhermao was not in
duced so much by the immediate pe-.
conlary returns from this crop to plant
the 81 acres as he was to demon
strate the possibility of producing a,
highly remunerative oommerolal orop
without irrigation by means of In
tense cultivation. While some others
who have out smaller patches for
the factory have stopped cultivation '
for the season for the most part Mr.
Sherman says he will keep np tillage
as long as the vines are not too large
to prevent.
Another idea he had in planting
out tomatoes was to show that a
paying orop could be raised during
the three years necessary to bring a
Tokay; vineyard into commercial
bearing, whiob Is so objection raised
by the man of small means 'who
would, otherwise desire to raise
grapes, ,
Mr. anerruau s loniatoe paten is as
pretty as a picture aud will well
repay (anyone at all interested for a
trip but there to Investigate hla
methods. .
He raised the plants from the seed
in hot beds, afterwards transplanted
In cold beds and then later in the
field and less than one per cent of
the plants failed to grow. He esti
mated that the crop will cost by the
time it Is delivered at the factory
from $'.'0 to $:t0 per acre. It will thus
be seen that the crop will yield a
handsome return.
Auction.
Big auction sale Saturday, August
Hth, near thu depot, not a Market
Day auctioneer but by Honest Old
John Handle. One covered spring
wagon will carry lbs. One open
spring wagoa will carry 8000 lbs. One
heavy lumber wagon with two extr
wheels, wood rack and seat. Oue
light lumbor wagon with spring ssat
Oue 2 seated surry. One large bay
horse, suitable for work or good
famrly-driving horse. All to go to the
lighest bidder. II. L. THU AX.
7-81 It
ARE YOU GOING
my pretty tnaidf
"We're goinij to O'Neill's sir," she
said.
We're going to see the Hammock
styles,
For which they're coming around for
miles.
And they are the Hammocks you'll
want to see,
So get thee going right merrily.
Forget the Poetry
but you won't forget the new patterns
in Hammocks, Hasnmock chairs,
Torch chairs, Porch screens, and
ft