VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE CO QNTY OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1908.
No. 23
A TEAM KILLED
ON HAYES HILL
Break Beam Breaks on
Load of Lumber.
DRIVER BARELY ESCAPES
Leexd Tea.m R.uni to Bottom
of the Hill Without
Serious Injury.
Elmer Page, a teamster for J J.
H. Eeat who operate) a general
merchandise store at Takilma nar
rowly escaped serious injur; if not in
stant death while coming; down Hayes
bill with a load of Inmbar Friday.
He was driving a 4-horse team, riding
cue of the wheers, when one of them
stepped upon small stick which
struck the horse with such force that
he kicked and got over the tongoe of
the wagon. In the course of this
floundering aroand of the horses, the
break beam broke and the load of
lumber ran on to the borses, catting
off the hind foot of one and killing the
other wheeler outright and Jtbe first
had to be shot.
In the mixnp one of the borses fell
completely oyer the other. Mr. Page
was thrown from bis saddle and sus
tained the dislocation of his right'
shoulder. The head team ran to the
bottom of the bill and thus succeeded
in keeping out of the way of the
wagon, escaping withont injury. De
spite the dislocation of bis shoulder,
Mr. Page hitched the lead team to the
wagon and drove to the stage house
this side of the steep hill where be
found a phyiioian from Ashland who
chanced to be there, who dressed bis
wound, and be is now on the road to
recovery.
Hayes bill is one of the longest aud
a part of it the steepest in this sec
tion of the couutry and the wonder to
those familiar with the locality is that
the driver and all the horns were not
killed.
Malleable Steel ranges sold oo easy
payments at the Hair-Riddle Hdw.
Co's.
BIG GOLD DISCOVERY IS
MADE IN FIDLER'S GULCH
Assays Run from $5000.00 to
$1)000.00 Per Ton in
Tellurium.
Another fabulously rich gold strike
waa reported here Tuesday morning
from Fidler's Gulch, eight miles
weBt of Kerby. The discovery was
wade by Billy aud John Neal aud Ral
Cannon. The strike is in what is
known as teloriuoi pre and Johtin Neal
and John Hall, who came in from
the camp Monday evening state that
there is every indication of a large
body.
The disovery was made about a
week ago aud the assays thus fai
secured run all the way from foUOO to
ly.OOJ per tou. The aaoie indica
tions in either Colorado or Nevada
would have ceased a genuine stam
pede to the stctiuu, but the .nople of
Southern Oregon are not inclined to
nudue excitement, not even a great
gold strike stir them, for it is gen
erally conceded tnat Josephine coun
ty coutains one of the richest mineral
belts ou the Pacific coast.
Teu pans we e washed oot one day
before the men came down from rami)
which netted lift in gold. It bas often
been stated that there was no tellu
rium ore io Josephine county, but Mr.
Hall, who bas beeu a resident of this
ectiun of Oregon since '76 and has
miued more or less all these years aod
wbo bas a mine in the vicinity of the
Neal property, cays there is lots of
tellurium in that district and that be
found it there year ago. He alio
discovered deposits of chrome.
John Neal left ere for tho north
Monday evening to be gone for a
month in looking sfter busioees mat
ters, when he will return to resume
won on bis new discovery. Billy
Neal aod Bal Cannon are now at work
at the property.
Fnrlt Jars at Hair-Riddle Hdw Co.
While c'eaning ont a well on some
property on the south side that he re
oeuuy pnrcbased. Dick Walker
brought op a plats of butter that he
had dropped into the well nine years
before. Oot of curiosity Mr. Wakler
tasted some of the butter and said
tnat it was in a perfect state of pieser
"uon ana that it woold have
Been impossible to have told that it
had lain in the bottom of an old well
lor nearly 10 years. Gold Hill News.
Fruit Jars at Hair-Riddle Hdw Co.
ine board of county commissioners
convened in regular session Wednes-
uay morning for the transaction of
routine business. The board ad
ourned Wednesday evening nntil this
nornlng and Comniitsionert M. A.
wartzaudS. Woodcock went over to
W ilhams Creek yesterday to look over
the site for a proposed new wagon
Driage across the creek near the
Baltimore school house. The board
reconvened this morning to open the
Dids for the proposed new bridge
across Rogue River at the foot cf
Sitxh street.
CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE
LET THIS AFTERNOON
Columbia Bridge Co. of Wa.lla
Walla Geta the Job a.t
$27,984.00.
The county court reconvened this
morning pursuant to adjournment
Wednesday evening for the purpose of
opening the bids for the proposed new
bridge across Rogue river at the foot
ofTSixth street. There were three con
testants in the field and just after
noon Itoday the contract was let to
The Columbia Bridge Co. of Walla
Walla, Wash, for $27,684 for the con
struction of a 30-foot, S-span steel
bridge. This structure will be suffi
cient fur wagon traffic and to accom
modate medium traffic for an electric
railroad, at least temporarily.
The other two bidders were the
Paget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co.
of Seattle who offered to build the
bridge for $38,928, aud the Portland
Bridge and Building Co. wbo made a
price of $39, 785. The successful firm
did not so bin it figures on Howe
truss combination wood and ste.il
structure such as tnat suggested by (J.
A Collins of the proposed new electric
road.iutiinatiug that this type of bridge
was becoming obsolete. The other two
firms, however, submitted figures on
soch a bridge as follows : Vaget Sound
Bridge and Dredging Co., (38, Out),
Forlaod Bridge aud Buildmg Co.,
133,843.
Mr. Collins, representing the pro
posed uew electric road thereupou
withdrew all partnership propositions
on the bridge question. The company
to whom was awarded the contract
agreed to file a surety bond for the
faithful performance of the coutract iu
the sum of f 'JO, 000. They will heign
work on the uew strui tare at ouce. It
will be built just telnw the old bridge,
over wiiich truffle will continue until
the new stutcture is completed.
COMING tVENTS.
Sept 4, Tuesday Distr ct Boundary
boaid ot Josephine county meets in
the court house.
Sept. 8, Tuesday "Her One Great
sin. at opera house.
Sept. 14 Mouflay Pallia snioul opens
Sept. 14, Mooriav Miss Telford's
Kiudergarten auu miliary reopens.
sept. 24, Tnnrnda Annual cnn'hve
r.f the Grand UuuimanfHry, fcuigtits
Tempi r, at Grants I' are.
Sept. 0. 10, 11 Wedneda. Thursila
and f riuay Annu:n eueini mui oi
tlie Southern Oregon Wenn' as
sociation. Gra'id Army f tlie Re
public, at Central Point.
Oct 1, 3, 8. Rngne River Industral
Fair at Medlord.
H ating Stoves at Hir-Riddle Hdw.
Co.
Quite a number of people were at tbe
dpot Son'lay morning to see the var
ious sections of the Barnnni Sc Bailey
circus train pass through here eu
root from Eugene, where they
showed Saturday, to Redding, Cal.
The circus did not show in the Rogoe
River Valley this season, only stop
piug at Ashland long enough to feed
and .water the borses anl animals, j
Tbe fact that the valley was parsed op i
this year was probably due to passing
through here Sunday. Tbere is one
consolation, however, and that is that i
tbere is perhaps 110,000 more in this
section than woold have been the
case had the circus stopped hare or
at Medford.
ORGANIZE WITH A
CAPITAL OF $5000
Fruit
Grower Adopt
Constitution.
HELD MEETING TUESDAY
Orge.nlia.tlon Will Be Known
a the Rogue River Frutt
Growers Exchange.
Pursuant to the adjournment of the
prelimianary meeting of the fruit
grower's of this section of the Rogue
River Valley held at tbe Commercial
Club room a week ago last Tuesday
tbe meeting teoonvened Tuesday for
the purpose of adopting a constitution
and by-laws aod the perfection of
other arrangements for tbe reoragni ca
tion ot tbe old fruit grower assso-
clation of this oity. - '
The meeting was called to order by
Temporary Secretary H. O. Batebam
and Mr. N. B. Anderson, supervisor
of the forest reserve, was chosen tem
porary chairman. Tha committee on
constitution ud by-laws presented
their report- which was adopted by
section as printed ; below. After some
discussion It was decided to Incor
porate with a capitalization of $3000,
divided into 600 shares of $10 each.
making the first call for payment of
stock 1 per share. It was decided to
call tlie organization the Romie
River Fruit Grower's Exchange. "
There were SO or more of the leading
fruit men in attendance and the par
ticipation io the meeting was earn
est, enthosiastio and most harmonious
from the start. Chairman Anderson
and others called attention to tbe man
ifold beuef its to be derived through tbe
organization of the fruitgrowers audi
submitted many reasons why every
fruit grower in the section should
become a member.
As will be seen by a perusal of the
oonstltnluu and by-laws ach member
is bound to sell his fruit through the
Exchange which will insure a con
tinous market and a niinnium price
for all the good fruit raited In tbe
county. This will also make it pos
sible for merchants handlug fruit to
order all of the various kinds direct
from the Exchange and In such lots
as their trade may require, and at the
same time minimize the lots through
spoilage.
All the growers present signed up
for stock and a 'committee of II
was appointed to solicit subscriptions
for stock In the various districts of tbe
county. As toon as 51 per cent of the
stock has been taken, ns required by
law, the corporation will be organ zed.
It Is hoped that this amount of stock
shall have been tiken by the next
meeting which is set for uext Tuesday,
Sfpt. Htli, when the Kone Riier
Fruit Growers Exchange may be legal
ly ortguized for the transaction of bus
iness A finance committee cousistiug of
Messrs. H. L. Andrews, H O. Bate-
ham. Will Scoville, K. Thomas and
Fritz Elsnian was appointed, with
puwtr to act in the transaction of bos
iuess for the Exchange until the h. al
organization is perfected. It Was
thought probable that tbe Kxchauge
would have to have a warehouse lor
tbe handling f fruit and supplies for
next seasou if not before.
Tbe meeting adjourned to next Toes
day afternoon at 1 :30 at the Commer
cial Club room. Tbe enthusiasm aud
earnestu as which characterized the
meeting portends tbe peruiauenc sue
cess of tbe Exchange.
Following is tbe constitution and
by-laws, wbich has been (rinted In
pamphlet form for the use cf members:
Know all men by these presents,
that we, the noderalgned, citizens of
the United States of America, and
residents of tbe State of Oregon, be
ing desirous or lorintng company
for the purposes hereinafter specified,
Con tinned on page 3
No meaningless and gandy nickle
and rif 11a. Just a solid, substantial,
exquisite piece of kitchen furniture
, that's alL Tbe Malleable, made in
, South Bend. See it at the store of tbe
, Hair-Riddle Hardware Co. during the
' week beginning September 14th.
James Kershaw who lives on Ante'
lope creek bas found new way of
ridding the country of ooyotet. He
takes an apple cots a hole in it to the
oora and puts in a goodly amount of
arsenic wbich be allows to dissolve
in the juice of the a pie. Replugging
the apple, he places it where the
coyotes run, and claims it will destroy
them as' fast as they ran across the
applet. Strychnine will not prove
successful, as the coyotes can smell it
and consequently shun the poison.
Mr. Kershaw has a large band of
goats about 400 oo his ranch, and
his id his section of the country
by means of this simple rate. Med
ford Tribune.
Fruit Jars at Hair-Riddle Hdw Co.
J. G. Riggs had about 23 boxes
of pears stolen from his orchard one
night this week. He had Intended to
pick them the following day for ship
ment, bnt the tbeif beat him to them.'
No clew has developed as to who
took them.
Fruit Jars at Hair-Riddle Hdw Co.
CHRISTIE STILL ALIVE
AND IS IMPROVING
Young Man Accldently Shot Last
Week While Hunting Pus
zles Physicians.
Chas-'Christle, tbe young man who
was accldently shot near Wonder Wed
nesday of last week by Winfred Llt-
tlefield while the two were ont deer
hunting and was brought to the hos
pital In this city last Friday evening,
strange though it may seem, is not
only alive bat seems to be Improving.
Dr. Lougbridge, wbo has the case
in charge, stated tnis afternoon that
theie is still ohauoe for his recovery.
As waa stated In these columns last
week, Christie who is a boy only IS
years old, was shot throngh tbe abdo
men from loft to right and the rifle
ball came ont aud pierced the right
hand. When he was brought to the
hospital it was.thought that be would
pot live for more than a day or two
at most, bat with the exoeptioo of
pethaps one day he baa not suffered
greatly and has improved.
Last Wednesday evening it waa ru
mored that Littlefield, who did the
shooting, was contemplating departure
from hers and he was arrested and
placed in the county jail pending the
outcome in Christie's case. It devel
oped that Littlefield was uoteudeavor
ing to get awav.
CANNING FACTORY NOW
RUNNING FULL BLAST
Tbe Grants Pass canning factory is
running full blast tins week on
peaches, pears, plums and green
gages Manager Sampnon says the
factory will be running to its full
capacity form now on till th" closs of
tbe reason. Tlie pay roll iocludes
about (SO wouieu ami girl aud about
15 men and boyt. The machinery is
all iu excellent running order and
tilings are moving nicely. The vine
gar department is alio running, and
though the factory is putting out an
immense lot of fine viuegar Mr.
Sampson says there is a stroug de
mand for every gailou of it.
Mr. Sampson finds that notwith
standing the addiiicn wbich was built
to trie factory this spring there it still
a lack of rooin, owing to the immense
amount of fruit being bandied this
tea hou and rays more room will have
to be provided for n-xt year. They
cuii id also employ SO more women snd
girls now if they bad the room for
them to work. Tbere are now two
car loads cf pears on tbe platforms at
the factory to tay uctbing of a lot of
peaches, plums and other fruits. The
tomato crop is also beginning to come
to. Though tbe tomato crop will not
be as heavy this teasoo as was an
ticipated, owing o a blight which
streak tbe fields about the time tbe
vines were in bloom, several thousand
cans will be pat op with this Beaton's
pack.
Ine factory consumes two aod
half tons of sugar every day and a car
of tin cans are renoired each week.
Mr. Sampson says while hs bad an
ticipated a heavy run this season he
already sees that his expectations will
be more than met. Inasmuch as the
entire pack was contracted for before
the factory opened the season's work
will doubtless be of much gratifica
tion to the canning company. The
1 canning factory is one of the city's
'leading Industrial institution.
DIVISING WAYS
FOR IRRIGATION
Commercial Club Co-operates
with Farmers.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
The Committee Appointed to
Negotiate With the Amenta
Make a. Report.
That the present Irriagtlon agitation
is not to be oonfouoded with the abor
tive efforts in past years in this
direction may be gleaned from the re
port of the oommittee recently ap
pointed by the exeoutive board of the
Commercial Olub at a meeting some
weeks ago for the purpose of devising
ways and means for getting irrigation
project in operation. While the nego
tions have been pending for the past
two weeks or more and it has been
generally known tbat some sort of Ir
rigation enterprise waa on foot the
general public has not known until
this week just what waa being doue.
Few If auy in the county will gain
say the Imperative need of irriagtlon
in this sect ion, and while there is some
difference of opinion as to the methods
there is.a general unanimity of spirit
and effort In favor of any feasible and
exhaustive scheme which will bring
considerable portion of the orchard
land adjaoent to Grauts Pass under
water for Irrigating purposes. For It
meana to double If not threble or
quadruple tbe yield of every acre of
land so watered, not to mention the
doubling the market value of the land
aod greatly increasing tbe population
of both the city and uounty.
The following committee report was
presented at a meeting of the board
of directors of the Commercial Club
held Tuesday. Tbe report waa accepted
and the oommittee continued. The
Uommecial Club is co-opeatlng with
the farmer Iu every way poasible
to the end that one or more large
supply dltohet may be built and a
supply of water arranged for in time
for next tetsou's crops.
In consonance with tlie recommenda
tion of the committee report Attorneys
II. D. Norton and G. II. Durham and
Air. n. Li. Ullkey were appointed a
ootnuittee of 'three . to look iuto the
legal phase of the boudiug.act aud pre
pare a report for the exeoutive com it
tee of the Couiercial Club.
To the Executive Committee of the
(irauts l'ass Commercial Club:
Gentlemen We, your committee ap
pointed to meet the Anient Brothers,
mnnagers of the Gulden Drift Mining
Company, to negotiate with' them an
agreement regarding a supply of water
for irrigating ditches for the Grams
l'ass section of the Koguu Biver Valley,
do report as follows .-
By appointment we mot the A moots
on Monday evening, August 31, and
took up with them the whole subject of
irrigation for our valley and iiad an In
terchange ol ideas at to the various
methods ol bringing about tbe much
needed watering of the farming aod
fruit lands of this section. It gives us
pleasure to report that we found tbe
Anient Brother earnest and practical
in their desire for irrigation, and, after
a talk which lasted the belter part of
three hours in the interchange of Ideal
pertinent to tbe subject in band, tbe
conference adjourned for one week to
gel further instruction from your coin
mittee and to await some investiga
tions which the A merits desire to make
before sabmitting a complete proposi
tion reagrding the cost of supplying
water for the contemplated ditches.
We farther desire to sayat this time
that in our opinion.it is entirely prao
tical to enter into an agreement with
the Amenta to furnish an abundant
supply of water for the Irrigation of a
section of country extending fully ten
miles below the Golden Drift dam
oo either side of tbe river.
Your committee rather favors the or
ganization of an Irrigation district next
year and Insist upon having It, there
fore we suggest tbe incorporation of
farmers ditch company to imme
diately, after an agreeable contract is
secured from some corporation which
can supply water, oommeoce the con
structlon of ditches to oevul all such
lands as ran be brought nuder irri
gation during tbe coniiiiR year.
This will not ioterfere with the
organization of an irriagtlon district.
This work can be largely done by the
farmers living along the line of the
ditch who would exchange work for
water rights. In our opinion arrange
ments sboald be made so that this
woik can be commenced during" tbe
next few months so tbat the ditches
may be ready to supply water for the
crop season of 11)09.
We recommend the appointment of
a committee consisting of two attor
neys aud one ot our leading business
men to look into the legal phase of .the
bonding aot and prepare a report to
tbe exeoutive committee of Commer
cial Club.
We would farther recommend the
securing of an expert engineer to ad
vise with us in ontliuiug the most
feasible plan for the carrying oot of
an irrigation system for this valley.
The public meeting that haa been
reoommended by some of our oitlxens
to be held at the opera house should
be called at the time this expert is
with ns as he can probably be luduoed
to make an address on the subject.
The meeting to be participated in by
all persons Interested in securing ir-
rlgatioo.
In closing this report permit us to
earnestly reoommend that no time be
lost In organising: tbe farmers dltoh
company so that the work of ooustruo
tloa may oommenoe In tbe very near
future. We are satisfied that a large
majority of oar frslt growers and
farmers will help in the construction
woik with either oath or labor so
that this enterprise may be pushed to
early completion.
Kespeotfolly submitted,
C. O. Content,
J. O. Riggs,
L. a Hall,
H. C. Kinney,
II. L. Gilkey.
Grants Pass, Ore., September 1, 1908.
The Dlreotolre Gown.
The much advertised "sheath dress'
will be seen here on Septem
ber 22nd when tbe company playing
"Her One Great Bin" opena au en
gagement for one night and oar
twisty ladles will have an opportu
nity to pass judgment oo this dress
fail, for Miss Floreuoe Stanley who
plays the dashing widow will posi
tively wear the "Directolre Gown"
In the great ball room scene,
PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
FOR THE NEW ROAD
H. B Buddenborg, Associated
with Nr. Collins In New
Road Is Here.
H. B. Buddeuborg of Seattle, one of
the gentlemen associated with G. A.
Collins in tno proposed uew eluctrio
road, arrived hereJast.Haturday morn
ing aod during Saturday and Sunday
went over the proptated loute with Mr.
Collins in an automoble. lie remaiued
in conference with Mr.Colliut Monday,
and Tuesday evening returned to
Seattle, appareoty well pleated with
the outlook. ,
When teen the first of ths week by
a Courier reporter Mr. Boddenhorg
stated that he bad nothing special to
give out at this time more thnnwhat
had already been said. He said, how
ever, tbat lie was more mail pieasea
with tbe looks of things here gem rully
and particularly with the route as
It had been outlined by Mr. Collins.
He said that while the road would-be
built that general construction work
would not begin for tome little time,
perhaps within the next six months,
and that he did not wish to make any
statement at this time which would
ca'ite any one to become unduly ex
cited or make any unwise Investments.
He spoke of tbe great need of irriga
tion in this section'and marvled at the
fact that with the great Rogue Rlvtr
rnnnlng byourdoonr we bad not made
use of its water on the lands of the
county long ere this. He laid ou bis
return to Seattle he ex pee ted to call
attention of those whom he knew to
be interested in soch matters to the
promising field offureJ bere fot Irrlag
tion projects.
Ladies, don't fail to go to ttie-llait-
Riddle Hardware Co's store during
the week beginning September 11th
and get a sample of those 8-minata
biscuits and fine coffee.
Ex-Uoaoty Judge Geo. W. Colvlg,
as administrator of tbe estate of the
late J. T. Lay ton, sold ths Hotel Layton
this week to tbe Grants hHfiwTt
Co., hcocrer 'on "leius- fll.OtH
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