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.