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0WUt VOL. XXIV. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1 90S. NO. 29 W0 WORKING HARD FOR IRRIGATION Expert Goes Over Valley With Committee. ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING Water Adda Three Cuttings Alfalfa and Many Times Weight Each Year. to The prospects for securing irrigation at an early date are much brighter at this writing than they bate been at any time since the subject was taken op. Irrigation Expert A. P. Stover of the Agricultural department at Washington arrived on Monday and was at once taken over the Loose Creek Divide down to Merlin, then to the coanty ferry and from that point ap the river through the orchard dis trict, finally late in the afternoon. reaching Grants Pass. A hasty trip was made that same evening over Morris divide and to various points along the hills east of th city. The xouowing morning be was taken to the Applegate and given a view of the irrigated farms of that valley and finally be was conveyed to the Carson vineyard where he spent an hoar or more among the grapes. On the re turn trip he passed throogb the Frtiitdale lection and back into the city. In the afternoon he was escorted to the Anient dam, where he wit nessed the pumping power of tlisi plant. On this trip be was sooom panled by the entire committee aud ' quite a number of other peraons. At the dam there was a meeting held in the office of the Golden Drilt Company and after an informal talk by a number of our citizens, Mr. Stover was asked to address the meet ing, whloh request was complied Willi. He stated that he was highly pleased wiih this part of the Rogue River Valley and with toe people he had met. He thought that with irrigation this entire sectiou won Id excel io both fruit and agriculture, aod it was nis opinion that oor reople were thoroughly alive to the importance ot plai'inn ihe Rogue River water on the land. He talked at some length, dually tlosiug with the remark that it took three things to make an irri gated couutry first was the land, next win the water and last but not leant was the men with the money to unite the two former elements. From the dam the paitr returned to town well pleased with the atttiruoou'a ex perience. It should b mentiomd 'bu O. G. Prehley placed hit Maxwell and him self at ti e service of ti.e chairman of the irrigation committee ear y ou Mouday morning and it was iu ihia auto that Mr. stover made the var ious trips thtoughuut the cnunt'y. Tbe uiacli-n" maid good time aud the (j party weie loud in their piaises the running qualities of tbe auto aud its maniptilatio by Mr. Presley. On the fi re'ioo'i of Weduefday, Mr. Stov r met the Irrigation committee 5 YOU BEE j call an J Examine ihem at IR. H. O'NOQJL Tlie Ilouaefurniaher ana discussed with them the f-ssibil- 17 oi irrigating tbe valley aod the hillsides on both sides of the river, w r -uany questions were asked by the committee aod Mr. Stover kindly an werea me most of them In th. .afternoon there was a public meeting m die rooms cf the Commercial club. J At the afternoon meeting the com ;mittee annoonoed that they had ap po'ntea a sub-committee composed of n- UiUey, O S. Blanchird aod E. E BJanchard, whose duty it is to take the necessary sters to incorporate mo irrigation conirany. Ths corn uimee is now at work preparing the necessary papers. Mr. Stover was again called upon to make a talk and he did so by first telling what had Deen done in the Willamette valley ana other places in Oregon by plao ing war on the land. In the Wll. lamette Valley he stated that where the faimer withcut irrigation is get ting one light cutting of alfalfa each year aud those who irrigate get four. each time a bumper crop. These results he stated were 'gradually com pelling all sections, which have here tofore Insisted that irrigation is un necessary, to believe that it is at least greatly advantageous. His entire talk was exceedingly Interesting aod filled with solid facts. A, H. Carson alto made a short talk on the advantages of Irrigation, stat ing that if his vineyard was located where it oonld come under the pro posed ditches be would consider that it would add at least 1100 per aore to its value. Several other speakers were called upon, and each and every one was enthusiastic and insUted that the water shoold be ready to be applied to the lands by the beginning of next season. There is no question now bit that tbe people of Grants Pass and tbe farmers in this section are thoroughly alive to tbe importance of secoriug Ir rigation, and from the number of persons that are taking an interest in the matter, it is difficult to see how it can help succeeding. EXCHANGE BUSY PACKING AND SHIPPING FRUIT The Grants Pass Fro it Exchange continues to be a bopy place and visi tors at the packing house and ware- room these days find a corps of women wrapping the fruit and filling the boxes, men making boxes and usually a wagon at the door unloadmg aud one or two waiting their turn to do likewise. Manager Scoville is con stantly on hand supervising the pack ing and .'shipping so as to he able to place the goaratee of the exchange on every shipment that It will be found fl ret class. Eipert packers are also being sent out to tbe orchards wlieie the owners desire to have It done on the'r own premises. During the past week one car of apples was shipped to New York, one to D Moines and one to Honolulu, tisniann is now haul- 'rg two cars from his orchard aud the Exchange may thip them next w eli. Eexides the applea, pears, peache. grapes aud other frolts are being handled. The Courier is in the field for news nnd warns a good live corrtifpondeut iu evety coma unity. To thrsi plans not representee; Dy correspondents, this is au in'Hati'in for some one to snd in the news. Let the people kuow wat is going on in the rural districts. Exclusive Agent (or Tht Globe. Wrrnicke Co. ELASTIC Book Cases Buy your case hs your books increase in Dumber every time one section is filled, order another. Made in Weathered Quartered Oak and Polished Quartered Golden Oak IKE GOUne GOLDEN EAGLE GOttTEST Ten Golden Eagles Will Be Dis tributed to Josephine Boys and Girls. The Rogue River Courier is in augurating one of the greatest contests ever attempted in this vicinity. We are going to give away abtolotely free, 10 Golden Eagles, $100, to the boys and girls of Josephine county. We want to find oat who the most popular boy or girl in this county la. All we ask von to do ia to clip oat the coupon and vote for your young lady or gentleman friend or yourself. The contest is free and tpen to anyone nnder 30 years of age. There are no strings and any young man or woman may enter this great popu larity race by dipping the coupon and tending or mailing it to the Courier offloe. Tbe candidate who reoeivea (he highest vote will be preseuted abso lutely free with Six Golden Eagles. Tbe candidate teceiving the next highest no ruber of votes will receive Two Golden Eagles. Other cash prizes to the amount of $20 will be offered, dorlog the contest, which closes Tuesday, December 22. Now young people, if you have any as for IttO lo a lamp sam, this is yosr op portunity to s-'cuis it. The question U, who is the most popular boy or girl in this county? We want candidates from every where in the county and will give 100 points free to every person nomi nated by October 23. Remember it costs nothing to enter. The contest is the simplest of simple things. Ve are going to give this money away and all we ak is for you to take ad vantage of our generosity. :( We want to hear from oandidatae'in all psrta of the city, on all the rural routes and on the Star routes, in all parts of the ooauty. We want all the differ nt granges to nominate a popu lar young lady or young n an under 20 In tbelr territory. We want every one to clip out the coupon and vote for some deserving person. Each Issue of tbe Courier will con tain one coupon good for five points. GOOD FOR F 'or Address Thii Coupon It Void if Courier's Golden PAYS TO MAKE FRUIT EXHIBITS AT FAIRS , G. A. Hamilton received the war- 1 be quart rly election of officers of runts Werinedny for the p-eiuiuma the Couiiuercial Club ws held Toea taken by him on tbe apples which j riav evening and the number of our be exhibited at th Medfo d Fair. , citizen who were in attendance shows The cash premiums on the seveu t'ie intercut takeu in the good work flint prizes were $1.4S each uiak ng of the club iu the un-buiMing cf tbe $34. Sfl ; one second prize, each pr--1 commuuity. The following are the miuui $'J. Si, and one third pr 7.e cash new officer : president, 11. C Kin premium fl.lH. and on the thiul piizej ney, treasurer, J. P. Jester; Vice- for apple display tbe ch r iu itim 1 was $o.80, making a grand lottl of $33.64 In earn prenitonis. Consider ing the fact that the apples w re sold, or at leant those which were nut de stroyed, and the cafh f reuiit-nis. It ttwml to pay pretty well to exhibit at fairs, and it certainly doea ti e fruit industry an immense amount if good. t County Court was in session several day last week, the j.riijc.j-ai ousimms transacted being the granting of a I franchise to tbe Rogue River and Southern Oregon ' Railway Company to use tbe coanty road to Illinois Valley and to use the bridge over Rogoe River in Grant Pass daring tbe coostruotno of th road. Tbe franchise become void If ornat ruction I work 1 not began within 13 months. i Pittsburgh Perfect IWing I th 1 boat Cramer Brat, Aceot. INAUGURATES Each new subscriber paying one year io advance will be entitled to 600 points and each renewal where $1.60 paid will call for 300 points. Rules of Golden Eagle Contest. 1. The Golden Eagle Contest shall close Tuesday, December S3, at 10:80 o'olock p. m. and no coupons will be received after thai hoor, except those sent by mail, which most show evidence by postmark that they were mailed before that hoar. 8. Contestant shall be young men and women nnder 30 years of age. The contestant receiving the highest number of points will receive $00 in Golden Eagles. The one receiving the next highest number of point will receive $30 in Golden Eagles. Awards will be made a toon as possi ble after the content closes. 8. A coo poo good for five points will be printed in each issue of the Courier during the coolest. These shall be clipped out and cast at this offloe pinned together in bunches. 4. Coupon will be lnued from this office a follow : . Three hundred point for each fl. SO received on sub scription, or two points for each one cent received ou subscription. A special 600 point Yellow Certificate will be issued fur each new subscrip tion accompanied by $1.50 in cash. 6. Cast all coupons at the ballot box at this office before the date there on expires. Yellow Certificates must not be cast until the contest is four week old. 6. All candidates give receipts for money paid them. Get into the contest aud then get your friends, neighbor and acquaint ances working for yoa. You will need U the asaiiitaiioe yoa ran get. But, boys and girls, don't enter uu leas you intend to atlck. There is room for huKtlera aud those who iuteud to work. We will mail coupons f r all sub scriptions received since October 1, 11)08. FIVE POINTS Not Voted by November Eagle Contest 'COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS president in order named, M.J. Au- urraoD, n. i. vjwe, it. a. rarser, u. P. 'ruier, Arthur Uouklin, A. II. Gunuell and J. G. Kiggs. The above otfii ers ala'i forui the eiecntive coin mit'eee. The club and the commu nity are to be congratulated on the el ctiou made as they aie all wide awake business men and will have the interest of Grants Pssa aud Jose- rtlilnM fmnntv tlwtia a I. ..... Tl... . . n (.......,.,,. inatires a busy fall season for the club as be can slways be depended upon to make time to look after tbe com munity' ioteresta. Agent Montgomery brought op th matter of placing the name Grant Pas on th arches over the streets and the committee having th matter in hand annouooed that th Lame would ! soon appear. I A tLotion was mad that a iwola tlon be prepared and presented at the next meeting of farmer, asking that the oonuty court make an appropria tion to assist io carrying on the ad vertising now being dons by the Com mercial club, the court having ex pressed their desre to hear the wlahes of the rural tax payers. The rrcretary' report, which was read, brought forth the fact that the number of Inquiries on the part of bomeaeekers is iucreasing daily, the mail for the last four day containing 348 letters asking for information, the greater number being from eastern poluta bnt some being from such kdis taut places as West Anstralia, Hono lulu, Pauama, Maui la, Porto Rico and Spain. The retiriug president, Geo 8. Cal houn and his able assistants have a good record behind tbein and the re sult of the work of the commercial club duriug their tenure of offloe are very gratifylug. HOW OUR SCHOOLS HAVE PROSPERED Tbe Grant Pass publio ohool are In excellent shape at this time aod show gain in every way over last year. The following report of at tendance for the niontb of September 1D08 as oom pared with the save uooth in September tells the story : Sept. Sept. 1008. 1D07 No. day in attend... 14, 6rt8 18,667 No. day' absenoe.,.. 878 No. days absenoe uuax- 892) 10 SHI 400 761 688 88 cased 4 No. casH tardiness ... 4 No. boy enrolled for month 878 No. girl enrolled for month 400 Total number enrolled for month 784 Average daily attend 728 Percentage of attend ance i 88. 1 OREGON'S BIG RED APPLES IN THE LEAD Stale Board of Horticulture Meet in Portland and Report . . Are Gratifying. The eml-anutial meeting of the tate board of Horticulture was held iu Portland this week and was an lui portsnt affair to the fruitgrowing industry. President W. K. Newell of the association in bis report predicted the early extermination of the ood- lin moth, as under modern methods of spraying aud cariug for the trees this pest is fat disappearing. The vsr lous cnmmlaaloners read reports wli ch contained a vaat fund !of In formation as to present conditions and predictions for the future. On ooniuilasloner said that ln few year the fruit markets of the Orient will have been developed to .such a degree that it will exhaust the fruit industry of the eutlre Pacific Northwest to satisfy the demand. It was howu by the lepcrts that acre for acre Oregon will produce more net revenue in apple, peacnes, pears aud grape than any other class of farming, by the use of proper skill and modern methods. Caiuuiisalouer . Carson's report showed that Oresoo apples are eliminating competition of Eastern prod oc 'a, where two and one half bushel barrels or this fruit bring lower prices than single boxes of the Oregon apples. It was brought cut at the meeting thai the 1U08 fruit crop would about hold its own with the record breaking yield of 11W7, when the total value of the product In all lines was $1,375,000, as e-tluiated by President Newell. A number of conditions have contributed to holding the money value of the oat put down, and at the same time it may pi-ar whru the crop are all harveated that lat year's figure mv lie largely exceeded. The value of Oregon froit for com mercial lsh has increased from, $1, 400,000 In MOO to over $4,000,000 in 1907. Reports of other oommlsBioners covered the work In the five districts in to which the state is divided. The member of the board are: W. K. Newell, Dllley; A. H. Carsoo, Grant Pans: Judd Geer, Cove: R. II. Weber. Dallas; J. II. Reld. Milwaukee, and C. A. Park, of Kalem. Eclus Pollock aod wife returned from camp thla week, Mr. Pollock having finished hi work of timber orolalog for tbe county. CIRCUIT COURT ENDS Davis Convicted of Sell ing Liquor and Fined. MILES CARTER SKIPPED Docket Wive Clearest of Many Old Ce.se of Long Standing. The fall term of the Circuit oourt for this district adjourned Wednesday forenoon, and Judge H. K. Hauna left on the morning train for his home at Jacksonville. The last btiilnes cf the session was the denying the motion of R. A. Davl for a new trial and sentencing him to pay a fine of $S0. Davl was given a jury trial last Friday aod found guilty of sel ling liquor io a prohibition town. Since our last iaaae th following baslnea was disposed of by the court. B. A. Williamson, plead guilty lo the charge of assault aod wa fined $18. The Rogoe River Water Company wa granted default against the city of Grants Pas, and the city wa en joined from enforcing tbe ordinance paised go vera lug the charge lor watar servloe. In the case of Mary Cornelia Drown who had made application to register title to land nnder the Torreo law, the oourt decided that the applicant was the rightful owner of the land lo dlsp ate end that the title ihoold be io registered. The land In question Is known a th Going property and wa sold nnder contract last spring to Mrs, A. W. Jordan, who 1 now In posseesion. A mandate from the Appellate court confirming the ;deolsioo of tbe drool! court wa ordered entered la tb esse ot Samael Aldetson vs. E. G. Lee, et al and in the case of Alex Watt and Minerva Topping vs. E. M. Speooer, et al, a like order was made. Elisabeth A. Rlgby was granted a divorce agilust Mllo E. Rlgby. The Indictment agaioat A. J. Mo Kinney, charged with telling liquor was dismissed, the prosecution hav ing uo evidence exoept that of the detective, and the prosecuting attorney did not feel that this was sufficient to warrant a trial. J. D. Wood was granted a divorce from Jennie A. Wood. Ella Walker wa granted a dlvoroe from J. J. Walker. E. T. McKintry v. II. H . Trip left, jury trial, verdict for MohTlnstry, $70 sud costs. Default entered in case of E. E. Morgau et al vs K. 8. Crump. A number cf cases which have been ou tbe docket for some time pakt, were diimiaaed on motioo of the prosecut ing attorney. Tbey ar i State vs. Coburn and Hawkins, State vs. Roy Ellis, Slate v. Win. G. Evans, State vs Rule and Alfred, Bute vs. Alfred Schmitt and State vs. D. B. Wiukle. Mile Carter, who wa Indiutedfor selling liquor was not tried, a tbe authorities ' have not been able-to locate him since the Indictment wa brought. Rebecca Attend Convention Eighteen of tbe ladle of Etna Rebe- kah Lodge No. 4U of this city attended the Third Annual Convention of the Rebeccas, held at Glimdale Thursday. Tbe session was a very interesting aud enjoyable on. Th nswly elected officers are : Mrs. Van Gilder of Gleudale, chairman; and Mrs. J. Ladd of Uleudale vice-chairman, and Mr. J. K. Burke of Grants Pas secretary. Th state president, Mrs. Harry Smith did not return with the delegation from Grauta Pass, bat has liegun a two months tour of the lodge of the state. R. K. Montgomery aol Harry Smith coo Id not bear to miss the banquet which bad been prspaied by th ladies of Glendale and so went ap Thursday evening in time for that. Engineer A. P. Stover who came here at the request of the Irrigation oouirnitte wa accompanied ou tbe trip by blawif. Tbey left Thursday for Medford and will retoro to Port land io a few da.