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VOL. XXIV. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COONTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908. PEARS-PEACHES FOR MARKETING Army of Workers Pre paring Fruit for Cans. PAYROLL OF $600 WEEKLY 144 Tons of Pears Shipped From Outside Points Betides Local Product, The Grants Pass Cannery is a busy bive of industry these days. A repre sentative of the Courier paid that place a visit one day this week and while we expected to find a large number of employes and much froit beiug handled, what "was seen was an eye-opeuer Dot soon to be forgotten. The working foroe has been increased from the 60 men, women and ohildren of a couple of weeks ago to 1S8 persons in addition to the regular salaried em ployes, miking a payroll pf $H00 a week. This small army of workers are on the jump from morning till night taking care of the fro it that being unloaded at the warehouses. Canning is now going on at the rate of from 600O to 10,000 cans of peaches and pears a day. The canning season for pears will end in ' a day or two and it is expeoted that the pack will amount to between 8000 and 4000 cases. The pears, peaohes, plums and blaokber ries packed earlier in the season are now ready for the labels and as fast as these are pnt on, they will be mar keted. As soon as these fruits are on' of the way they will commence on the apples and tomatoes. The latter are comiog in but the rush is not expected for about a week later. At this time it is expected that the tomatoes will run to somewhere in the nelgnbor hood of 20,000 cans. The manufacture of vinegar tgjnst beginning. A new buildiDg is being erected in which will be placed two new vinegar tanks 'ach 12 feet in di ameter and 6 feet high, which in ad dition to the tanks and barrels already on hand will enable them to pat out a lare amount of this article. At the present time there are 161,000 gal long of vinegar stock on hand. It is almost impossible to form an idea of the amount of fresh fruit used by the cannery as every few minutes Bomeone drives up with a WBguo load of Bome kind or other. Besides the fruit purchased from our local or charding, 144 tons of pears have been shipped in from outside points. Some thing like fluOO boxes of peaches have been shipped in. He Likes Our Fruit John Lletha, a native of Switzer land, but for many years a resident of Seattle where he has been engaged iu garden and orchard work la in the city and has spent some days in look ing over the valley with a view of locating here. He was ont to the Carson vineyard Monday aud was mightily pleased with what he saw, and says that with the climate and soil litre it is ouly a question of t me until all of the hill will be cou verted into vineyard. All that is needed is ti get the valley uuder irrigation and then let the world know moie about what nature has done fur this section in the way of climate snd soil. Mr. Lletha savs there is a splendid opening here for a landscape gr dener, as thre s ems .to be oo t.v tern to what has been done here in the way of reeutifwng the city. Sneaking of the fruit herd lie faid : I had expected to find ti'.e fruit raised here, hot I did nut expect to find the quality eo fine m it is. Some of ti e orchards whew I have Iwei. ihe fees are simply loaded an the quality heats anything I eer ta-ted. And as for grapes, why if this conutry was cultivated at Switzeiland is, Oregon would have a population of from I0,0,000 to 15,000,000 people. Don't forget Fattons San P'oof Paint when yoa want to paint yoor house. Call for color card at Cramer Bros. COMMITTEE TO REPORT BY NEXT MONDAY The committee on Irrigation ap pointed by the commercial Clnb have had four meetings since last Saturday morning and have gone over the sub ject of water and the price thereof carefully and conscientiously. They will be ready to make a report to the Executive committee of the commer cial club about Monday next. The report will show all phases tf the irrigation question including the price of water rights, the yearly mainten ance fee and many othur things con nected with the snbject. This com mittee has, from the first, labored in cessantly to bring about irrigation and it is generally believed that their efforts will be rewarded by securing irrigation not only for the low lands bat the benoh lands of the valley on either side of the river. A feasible plau to supply water to the rich lands of the Rogue River valley is the one aim and ambition of this committee. Quartz Blanks at the Courier offloe- GRANTS PASS SCHOOLS OPENED LAST MONDAY School days have come again and the boy and girl, loaded with books hasteuing to the institutions of learn ing where Old Glory floats on the breeze, has beome again a regular feature of our municipal life. Monday morning 681 pupils eurol'ed in the Grants Pass schools, an increase of 43 over the opening day of last year, a large percentage of the increase being in the high school where there are 104 pupils. A much larger enrollment is expected in the grade school after the bop picking season Is over and the orchard work la out of the way. Two new teachers have been employed this year making 25 In all. The High School coo ran of study has been strengthened by the addition of work in astronomy, chemistry and trigo nometry. The business department of the school is in excellent shape and quite a number of students are taking shorthand, typewriting and book keeping, though as is to.be expected the great majority of the pupils are takirg the regular course of stndy. An excellent feature of the high school department is the reading table which is supplied with all of the niagxzines and many papers for the nse of the students when studies are oat of the way. The high school is very crowded and at the present rata of iucrease in students a new high school building will be required within the next two years. The schools Bre In a very satisfactory con dition. Superintendent K. B. Tamer and his able corps of teachers have their work well in hand and tlo schools throughout are of such a h'gh standard that the people of Grants FafS my well be proud of them. A Picturesque Pie. v of trie West. A play calculated to afford the gr-Hte-t pleasure tc the grete-t nuiu ler of peo le should involve a pleas ing story, told in a simple and on affected manner such a play Manager Frank G King flst'ers himself that lie has fonnd in "The Little Pros pector," and confidently offers it t ti e ponlio with "Chin" Perkins as the interpreter of the leading role which is that of a well horn yoong ehstern girl. She, in company with her father, a gradoate jhyslclan, a highly educated, I olisbed and refined nun, hut unfortunately addicted to strong drnk drifts oat with the tide into the gold mining regious of the f,ir wet and devotes her time and energies to the lerlaroatiin of her father, and incidentally to prospecting for (told. he in eminently sucwseiui iu l-'th. There is a pretty little lote f i.terwoven with the plot which adds greatly to its tt-en cleverly dran interest. Foor chararters are the play. The reqtlireu iu ... coiiiwlv element is rare ai d starkllog n,l i furnii-'-ed in uuiimitra qmun- tie by a fonnv cninamau a ,...- . istic western 'judge and sheriff and a 6trmv but good hearted Irishwoman. Thesur "Chic" Perkins is too well and favorably known w j comment, is all that The supporting company could be desired by tbe most exacting. The scenery aoa ap- abondant elaborate j pointments are and appropriate. sill be "Tbe Little ITos-j seen at we .vpera Zm on Friday September 26th. - - - v-is it REAL ESTATE OF GITY ARE SANGUINE Outlook is Encouraging and Bleeif is General That Many New People Are Headed This Way to See and Buy Rogue River Lands. The Courier man this week made the rounds of the real estate men and gathered a consensus of opinion re garding business in their line. It oan be said that the outlook is very en couraging and judging from reports from all sources there will be a large amount of business done provtdiog prices remain at fair figures. Irriga tion, however, will be a great factor in the real estate business this year; should It; appear certain that the ef fort of the Commercial Club to secure ditch building tbis year will be suc cessful fruit and agricultural lands around Grants Pass will be in active demand and many new settlers will make their homes in onr valley. .. At the Gillette-Riggs Land Com pany's offices, E. L. Churchill re ported a greatly inoreased correspon dence, which he thought indicated numerous buyers dnring the next couple of months, especially actual settlers. That the advertising cam paign, he thought, had been product ive of much good and also tbe colonist rates, bat, be added, that the best advertisement this country can have is Irrigation and he predicted that when we do have it tbe people will flock here in large numbers. ' . Mr. Fuller of the firm of Best-Fuller Company, gave it as his opialon that this would be a fairly good year hi tbe real estate business. He felt satisfied that a large number of home seekers will take advantage of , the colouiBt rates given for September and October and will visit Grants Pass. He said that the colonist rates are Im portant and yet he called attention tol th fact that land buyers have beett coming all Summer whjn there was no rata on and these people have been buying right along. This, -to bis mind was an Indication that Grants Pass is in the public eye snd that ad vertising is doing its perfect work. Joseph Moss, the pione r real estate man said "The outlook tor business during the time the colonist rates are on Is very encouraging. Real estate transfers both in country and city property have kept up verv nicely and sales are being made right along. I think tbe colonist rates will do quite a lot of good, in ENJOYABLE RECEPTION TO BETHANY MINISTER Last Friday evening about 200 people aiisembhd in tbe Bethauy Pebytrlan Church parlors to wel come their new pastor, Rev. Robert McLean and his family back to te scene of their former labors, after an absence of 10 years, much of which time has beeo spent iu the mission field iu Porto Rico. Tbe addres-es of welcome carried with them tenderest feeling for each member of this es teemed family. Miss Ethlyn Bartlett ; represented tbe Chretien Endeavors and Mr. T. V. Cramer voiced the sentiments of tbe Ladies Benefit society. George Parker welcomed the good brother on behalf of the churc' membership. Dr. VauDyke was spokes man for tbe congregation, and the Ministerial association i ad for its representative Rev. A. R. Lane. These addresses were responded to by Rev. Robert M"Lean who very tenderly thanked those present for their kind, sympathetic and loving words for him self and family. During the evening a musical program consisting of vocal oo rubers by Mrs. E. S. Veatch aud T. V. Cramer and selections by the Bethany Male quartette were greatly enjoyed. H. C. Kinney acted as master of ceremonies and soon had tbe guests I congeoially employed In a game called I sherbet and cake'whlcb tbe ladles bad prepared. Tbe Toung People's Society of the Baptist cburco gave a water melon social at the Churchill bome Wednesday. DEALERS fact, people are already coming in on them, but the real thing is the adver tising campaign whioh has been car rived on. We are begiuoing to reap the harvest from our booklets bat we will reap a greater harvest later on. The city is already pretty well filled np and practically all of tbe houses are occupied. " At tbe office of Elmer Shank, Mr. Hall the junior member of the firm said: "We are greatly pleased with the results, so fat, of the first real publicity given this country. From the ooirespoodenoe carried on by us. We are satisfied that for the next two months the real estate men will have their bands full looking after the newcomers. The eastern farmers have beard about Southern Oregon Mi will have time during September and October to look around. Tbe colonist rates are low enough to in duce tnem to come." The senior member of the firm of Eertlnger & Mitchell said: "The business from the ooloniat rates is beginning, and the outlook is that there will be more real estate transfers this fall than ever before in the his tory of. Josephine county. People are beginning to learn that we have the finest olimate and soil In tbe world and they aow want to know what We are doing about irrigation. The water is here in abnndanoe and when we begin to apply it, wo will have no trouble in bringing iu people to go.on the lands, aqd they will make it the garden spot of the world". . At the ofiloe of Harmon A Booth, Mr. South said: "The outlook is good for a large a umber of houie seekeis to come this fall as the ad vance guard is already arriving and our correspondence indioates that more are on tbe way. There are some fairly large sales pending and the outlook is good for tbe future is as good as we have a right . to expect. The main trouble is iu finding lands for sale close In. "The outlook for mining this fall is exceptionally good. There are lots of inquiries for mining properties aud good nitny mining men are visiting this section now, and we look for re newed activity in raining circles. " REVEREND LOYETT RETURNS WITH BRIDE Reverend F.ederick C. Lovett of the Firnt Baptist Church of this city, ac companied by his bride, arrived laxt Saturday. Tbe wedding .ocooired August 11th at Auntin, Minn., and tn the nieauliwe they have been on their wedding tour. They visited In Min neapolis Park Rapids and Wheatoo, Minn , and at each of thene places Rev. Lovett preached. Tney also stoppid at WiUliton N. D., where Mrs. Lovett baa brother. Tbey also visited in Seattle. At Vibeatou, Miun., where both are well known, a recent ion n tendered them and tbey were presented with a beautiful set of knives and forks and a silver serving dish. Mrs. Lovett was Mini Augusta E. Baker, daughter of Mr. aod Mrs. Henry G. Btker of Auntin, Minn., and graduated at the Austin High School aud at the Uuiveisity of Min nesota. Kbe was principal of the Wheatoo, Minn. High School for four veers, also taught in tbe Austin schools aod is spoken of as a gifted and lovely Chnsian young lady, ac tive in good works and with high ideal in life Rev. Lovett is a favorite in Grants Pass and tbe members of bis church and friend generally are pleased to welcome' both the pastor and bis bride. Reverend aod Mrs. Lovett will be at bome to f rleuds after October 8th New stock of Straosky war Jost re ceive: from the factory by.TCramer Bro. LITTLEFIELD IS HELD TO AWAIT GRAND JURY Ihe preliminary hearing of Wlufield Llttlefield, for the shooting of Charles Christie was begun last Monday aud after the examination of several wit nesses, continued until .Wednesday. Attorney A. O. Hough had charge of the rase for the state and Attorney W. C. Hale for the defendaut. No new facts were developed on the hear. Ing aud no evideuoe offered by the defense. A witness who had been over and, made a thorough examina tion of the grouud where the shooting occurred testified tbat from the de scriptions given, i. e., that Christie was in a stooping position when shot, he conld not have been seen from where Llttlefield stood when be fired the shot. Christie stated before his death that he wassioopiug to examine a deer bed when tbe shot was fired. At the conclusion of the hearing Llttlefield was bound over to await the action of the grand jury and his bail fixed at 300. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HERE NEXT WEEK Next week Thursday, Sept 'tuber 24, will be a great day in Grants Pass for tbe Knights Templar, for on that jay ill be held the Annual oouolave of the Grand Commandery of Oregon. There are 19 oommanderles in. the state and delegates are expeoted from each, the visitors probably numbering 60 to 75 will arrive on the . morning trains and will be met by members of the local Commandery, Mailt No. 8, In uniform marching from the Mason ic hall to the depot and return. Sessions of tbe Graud Command. ery will be bald at II o dock a. m, and 1 :30 o'clock p. m. At 4 in the after noon will be held the oompetative drill at the A. A. O. ball grounds, at hich the drill team from Oregpn Commandery No. 1, of Portlind, and from the DeMolay Comniandrry of Salem will coniMte for tbs banner. Admission to the grounds for this drill is f re to all. The liaud has been engaged for the day and will play at the drill grounds. In the evening from 6 to 8 o'clock the knights and ladies will be ban queted at the Masonic Temple ban quet rooms. A cordial iuvitatlnn is extended to all Sir Knights who may lie in the city at that time to be present at the banquot. Each kuight Is privileged to be accompanied bv one lady. Friday, the 25th, will be devoted to enteitaiuing the visitors who are able to stay over dnring the day and a program is being arranged. It is probable that a trip down the river will be made and Ihe visiting knights given a fruit and game luncheon. While the program has not yet beeu defluitel' arranged it is certain that Melita Commandery will give the visitors an enjoyahlu time. Council Met Thursday. The City council mot Thnrsday eve ning and transacted a considerable amount of business. The usual bills were paid. The ordinance submitting to the people the imposition to buy the water system was passud, also the ordinance regulating the peddling or vending of fruit and other eatables at tbe passenger traias, prohibiting the selling .except from tbe south side of Ihe trains, and fixing a poualty for selling infected fruit. An ordinance providing for a sewer oo West O street was placed oo its second reading. The Judges aod clerks for the pri mary nominating convention of November were named at this meeting. A KuraJ Hleaelng. Sevenl of tbe rural districts around Grant Pans have constructed tele phone lines so they can converse with their neighbors and with peraous with whom they have business in town. These communities wbl"h have tele phones have found them so desirable that several other linos will probably be built in the near future. The rural telephone has been a great bleslng to the farming com munities of the United States as it has done much to break np the lsola- tloo of th farm many long trips as well as to save to town at busy times, aod in of sickness. It is rhich no farmer i improvement woo Id do without after once enjoying it use. Stoneware Jar all alx np to ao gallon at Cramer Bro. GIVEN OVATION Crowds Visit Depot Candidate. to See RED SPECIAL WAS LATE Speaking at Opera Houae Listened to Attentively by Our Citizen In General. The Red Special whioh was to ar rive at 4:80 Sunday afternoon, failed to put In an appearauoe uutil after 1. When it did oonie in a oonsider ble crowd was awaiting It Every one wanted to see Debs, tbe socialist candidate for the presidency, but everyone was disappointed for Debs dldut' appear when the train stopped. Member of the party stated that he had made more than a dozen speeches during the day and tbat he waa resting to prepare for his speech at the Opera House later In the evening. The 15 piece socialist volunteer band led tbe way to the Opera Bouse and played in front of that building while the people poured In to get seats, and while the people poured In they were entertained by several fellow from the train who were selling photo of Deb, campaign , buttons, campaign literature, and campaign songs; then the band came In and after a tune or so, E. O. MoKee of Ban Diego, who I making the Paclfio Tonr with the Red Special waa introduced by the chairman, Marco Robbios, aud he talked for three-quarters of an boor on socialism. Mr. McKe was a good talker and aroused some en thusiasm, but It was plain to be seen tbat the people were there to re Deb. After McKee had concluded hi talk and a collection bad been taken for the cause of socialism and to help defray tbe expense of tbe Red Seoial, the committee of the Chamber of Commeroe led by Judge Jewell brought in Mr. Delia, aud he was in troduced to the audience. He was not In a very good voice and explained that be had beeu having rather a strenuous time of it for many day aod was begiunlng to get tired. A few minutes, however, soon warmed him to his s'ibject and he made a good socialist talk. Those who had never seen Debs were surprised in his appearauoe. He Is a giant in stature aud his method of dress acentuatea bis great height. His dress also differred from the iihuhI campaign soaker as he wore an old serge suit, and blue shirt, though he did have a white collar. His speech was about the same as he has been making from thn begin ning of his tonr, starting with the origin of socialism, referring to the republican, democratic, prohibition aud other parties, and telling what tbe socialist party expects to do when it oome Into power. At a lata hour the speaking ended and Deb and hi party returned to the train and at 3 a. m. departed for Roaeburg and other towns up that way. The Red bpeoial, la not as waa sop posed by many, painted red, as the railroad company would not allow their oars to be paloted, but a liberal supply of red cloth gives color enough to enable anyone to identify the train. The socialists say the special Is coating them tUO.OOO. The" trip'ls supposed to cover 80,000 miles and make tV0 scheduled stop beside a great many more that will be sand wiched in as opportunity offers. The socialists also claim that the trip made by Debs will be the longest ever made by a caodldate for office. Notice to Republican. A11 republicans Interested in form ing a Taft and Sherman Glob for Josephine County are requested to meet at tbe Court Hoose, GrantttJPan. Oregon, Tuesday evening, September 33d, 1008, at 8 p. m. a By order of the Coonty Central Committee JOSEPH MOSS, CO Chairman. J. F. OALBRAITH, 918 It Beo'y.