Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, October 30, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 VOL. XXIV. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1908. NO. 31 FUNDS ARE RAISED FOR IRRIGATION Directors Were Elected and Much Stock Sold. PEOPLE MEAN BUSINESS Way I Now Clear to Apply Water lo Lands During Next Urowlng Season. The Josephine County Irrigation and Power Company is now an es tablished Institution, 'the organiza tion having been completed Wednes day afternoon at a meeting called fur that purpose. Notices were sent oat early in the week and when the time for the meeting arrived more than 300 people had gathered in the opera house to assist in carrying oot the plans to pnt the water on the fertile lands of the Rogue River Valley in the vi cinity of Grants Pass. C. O. Coutant, chairman of the Irrigation Commit tee of 14, called the gathering to or der, and asked Rev. Robert MeLean to open with prayer. Mr. Contant then assed that the conventiou desigute someone to preside over the meeting. M. J. Anderson was nomioated by Ed Van Dyke, seconded by J. Q. Riggs and unanimously chosen. After being escorted to the chair Mr. Anderson told of the hard work done by the committee to bring abont the pro gress so far made and of the impor tance to the whole community of hav ing the work carried on and the water applied to the land in time for the next growing season. H. L. Qilkey, chairman of the committee on organi zation andliucorporation reported that the artioles of incorporation had been properly made oot, signed and forwarded to the secretary of state and a copy placed on file witb the comity clerk ; that the certificate of the secretary of state bad been re ceived and that the next step was the securing of subscribers lo the stock of the company whioh had been cap'talized at 110,000. the money to be be used to secure an expert to report on the various proiiositions offered and to make a survey and such other preliminary . work, as may be necessary. The Btock subscript ion lists were then opened and within 15 minutes 16,800 had been raised. As thin a was a considerable amount of bntiiuess before the meeting the chair man then appointed a committee oonsisti g of Geo. 6. Calliouu, h. C. Kinney. H. L. GiHey C. G. Contant, J. Q. Riggs auu G. H. Caruer to con tinue the wora of soliciting subscrip tions to the stock of the ojmpany at a later date, and the work of adopting the by-laws was taken op These were read by articles and after their adoption, the board of directors elected. A committee mnied to nominate the directors brought in IS names from which nine were selected. D'Bkiug the board as conetltuted O H. Carntr. n. L. Gilkey, J. -RTglS, E. E. BUnchard. H. C. Kin ney. George A. Hamilton, O. S. Blanchard, R. Thomas and a G. Coutant. The board of directors will hold their first meetiog this evening at 7 o'clock to elect .the offioer of the cor poration and transact such other busi ness as may come before them. Since the meeting the committee haviug stock subscription lists have placed nesrly all of the balance of the stock, the list being as follows: 100 Subecriptioos-J.H. Ahlf, L.D. Allen, H. L Andrews. A. D. Alver son, C. W. Ament, H. C. Bateham. Samuel Bowdeu, F. G. Burns, O. 8. blanchard, I. Best, Wm. Breitmayer, E. E. BlanchBrd, J. O. Booth. A. U. Baunard. H. C. Bobzien. G..H. Cane, F. A. Clements, U. S. Calhoun, O. G. Coutant, E. L. Churchill, Lelloy Currier, Williard Chase. T. J. Cook, Geo. Calhoun, Arthur Conklin, Cures. & Son, G. W, Donnel. H. L. DeAr mond, Ed Dimiek, C. H. Demaray, Cramer Bros,, Chris Esruaon, D. Fry, H. L. Gilkey. Hugh M. Guthrie. O. Gibson, L. B. Hall, Geo A. Hamil ton, D. O. Hefley, Herman & Flynn, J. E Ha'r. Earl V. Ingles.H. O. Kin ny. Gas Kainer, Kinuey & Troax, W. C. Long, Robt. McLean, Jessie Mifh, G. S Matherson. Frank Mash barn, R. H. O'Neill, S. W. Phillips, J. Pardee, Rydon & Jrhnson, L. A. Roberson, Slantou Rowell, F. W. Retd, J. G. Riggs, 8. H. Riggs, W. B. Sherman, E. V. Smith, Claua Schmidt, Geo. O. Sabin. P. F. Swavne, Lee bill, G. H. Stanbroogh, R. A Thomas, Dr. VaoDyke, A E. Voorhies, J. S. VanBoeknrt, Ed Van Dyke, E. S. Shank, E. H. Wise, O. E. Wester, D. Wood, W. W. Walker, Robert Robertson. $50 Subscriptions M. J. Anderson, E. A Cheetham.A. B. Cornell Robert A. Dean, G. Guyton, Henry Hook, J. H. Harris, C. C. Hall, W L. Ire land, R. E. Kohlman. Nelson E. Macluff. F. B.01diog. Geo R. Riddle. 25 Subscrptions W. G. Scott. Election returns will be coming in Tuesday night and will be read from the itage at the opera house duriog the three act comedy "Looking for a Wife or Brown's in Towd." Nov. 8. 10-30 It OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ATTENDING INSTITUTE CONTEST GREAT ENTHUSIASM Votes are Beginning to Come in. CANDIDATES ARE HUSTLING Boys, you will notice by the above list that all the oonteeUats are girls how about it are you going to let the girls walk off witb $30 while you stand by with your bauds in your pockets and grin. It is time for the boys to get to work. The Dimick Grange has picked ODta caudidate aud pretty toon the votes will be rolling in f.'oru that part of the country. The other granges and lodges too had better decide ou a candidate and commeuoe for their favorite. If yon have not already entered the contest now is the time to get busy. The fun has ouly begun and it is not too late. There is no candidal) so far in advance that they cannot be over taken. There is room in this territory for 20 more hustlers and yon bad better get started at ones. 2 Any candidate who really wants to win the big prize, and is willing to work for it, can get it. The candidates snd their votes to date are : Mabel Carneill Brtha Kennedy, Williams Keta Mowers , Pearl Kearus, Grants Pass Edna Cornell Ada Brock nun, Merlin r i n l J . i w rk X' n a alisitit oomttn wuilr. nufitpa hfl TlflXAS - . """"" - --"- Tracy Ktith, Kerby We Give Fountain Pen to Each Contestant Who Secures a New Subscriber. " The hostlers' are sorely bustling iii the Golden Eagle contest and all over the county you hear about It. borne of the candidates have ouly just gotten down to work but they mean business aud will niakea brave effort to capture the 00 Cash prizo. There are ouly are awarded aud if you can get $00 for your spare time duriog the next seven weeks is it not worth your effort! Some one may ask why we offer the prizes and if we can afford to do so. It is this way We are doing this to increase the power aud prestige of the Rogue River Courier, and we want to add at least 400 new subscribers to the ready large list of Courier subscribers. We want to send the paper to tvery hoite in the county and we believe ' (jel busy. you boys aud girls are Uie onus wno can place the paper in every home. Ask your neighbor to subscribe and you will be surprised to see how many will respond. To be sure the greater percentage of people are already taking the Courier, but if voo get them to Ella Turner, Kerby. .1440 . 450 ..410 . 40S ..875 ..825 ..840 ..115 ..105 Special This Week. To every oandidate who sends in one or more new subscriptions before noon next Friday, November 6, will teoeive besides their "Yellow Certi ficate" a fine Ol trio Fountain Pen free. These peus are a good as any 42.60 or S3 pen yon ever used, and at retail would cost not less than 13.60. Rules of Golden Calls Contest. 1. The Golden Eagle Contest shall close Tuesday, December Ti, at 10 :80 o'clock p. in. and no coupons will ba received after that hour, except those sent by mail, whioh mast show TAFT COULD WIN WITHOUT NEW YORK Empire Stole Is Not Es sential for Success. COULD ALSO SPARE OHIO Can Get Requisite 242 Votes by Capturing 69 out of Doubtful States. For the first time, at least In many years, New York ia not absoluely nsotsiary to swing ths election to the republican side, though it is as much neoessary as ever for democratlo suo cess. Saturday last the New York World prepared an eatimate show log that without the 89 electoral votes of New York Bryan has absolutely no chance of winning. The following estimate is conceded by party manag ers to be conservative ; leaving, for the sake of argument, New York . Indiana and Ohio In the doubtful colnmn. FOR TAFT pay a year's subscription to yen It will evidence by postmark that they were Specie.1 Car Takes Nearly Wednesday from City and County 70 A special car Wednesday morning carried the school teaohers of Grants Pass and most of Josephine oouuty to Medford to attend the Annual Teacher, Institute, in all about 70. Those from Grants Pass who are in attendance are: County boperin tendent Lincoln Svage; Superinten dent of Schools R K. Turner, and teachers, J. A. Bish. H. B. Hart roan, H. E. Mielke, Miss Juliet B. F. Parsmoore, Miss Rit-ba Lowry, Mies Alice Hortmi, Mi Zo Bryant. Mrs. Lillia'- Deiiisou. Miss Vora Storey, Mi-s Mumsret Williatusou, lire, i.va E. Thmnpfou, Mn-s Lucy George Visa Emilv CaMian Miss Cora Me Vesn, Mrs. Mollie Belding, Mies Nelli Dement. M ss Blanche Crane, Mis Minuie Tuffs, Miss Christ iua Mc Lean, Miss Agnes Mr-Cniiuack, Miss Peir' Barker, Miss Zella Jewell. Mi-s Fay Newton snd Miss Ethel McKnight. give you 800 points. If yon get a uew subscriber, it gives yoa 600; if you get s subscriber to pay two years in one, you not only get the points on the money received, but sn extra "Yellow Certiacate" good for 600 points. Spend your spate time for a few days in this work and you will be surprised at the returns. There is room for several more hust lers if you are under 20 years ot age, call, write or phone to this offioe for full particulars. Clip out a cou pon printed in this paper (it coonts for five points) and send it io for yourself or your favorite caudidate. The contest is to run on the voting plan and the boy or girl wIpo receives the most votes wius the f'10, the boy or girl receiving the next highest nuuib-r of votes r ceivrs t-0 in gold. The prizes are awarded jost lietore Christmas. Think of haviug f(!0 to spend for Christmas how ott u you have wished you bad enough fur Christmas now is your cbeuce. Boys and girls, don't let tb nppur unit? slip pu-t. wailed before that boor, 3. Contestants shall be young men and wonieu under 20 years of age. The contestant receiving the highest number of points will receive tIO In Golden Eagle. The one receiving the next highest number of points will receive 20 in Golden Eagles. Awards will be made as soon as possi ble after the ooutest closes. 8. A coupon good for five points will be printed iu each issue of the Courier during the contest. These shall be clipped out aud cast at thiB office pinned tngither in buuohes, 4. Coupons will be issued from this office as follows: Three hundred points for each 1.50 received on sub scription, or two points for each one cent received ou subscription. A siecial 500 point Yellow Certificate will be Usued for each nrw subscrip tion acoompauied bv fl.SO in caih. 5. Cast all couHus at the ballot box at this cilice before the date there on expires. Yellow Certificates must uoi be cam until the contest 1 four Keeks old. California 10 Connecticut .... 7 Delaware 8 Illinois 27 Iowa 18 Kansas 10 Maine 6 Massachusetts. . .Id Michigan 14 Minnesota 11 N. Hampshire.. 4 New Jersey. ...12 North Dakota.. 4 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania. . .84 Rhode Island. .. 4 South Dakota .. 4 Vermout 4 Washington .... A Wisconsin 18 Total 206 as the tool of Eastern manufacturing monopolies and W. J. Bryan and Ste phen Jewell were represented as being engaged in making gamblers and pr s titutes. Ofooorael did my duly a . d called him down when I thought that he had reached the limit. Why this two-legged brute sh u ld have Included me in bis list ia hert to understand, as I bad just very oomt - ously granted him the use of the roc it house. But I think that there are enough gentlemeu in the socialist cli b to make dne public apology for tte iosalt that was offered. I think t at there were uot more than half a doieu of his audience who were d rava enough to applaud this cowardly at tack on decent people. Any man who would call in que', tlou tbs moral cleanliness ot Tsft. Bryan, or Debs should be oalled d wn immediately, let this mission I wh it it mar. STEPHEN JEWELL. Board of Equalisation, The Board of Equalisation his con cluded its labors, and tbs assess met ta made by the county assessor wers hebi to In practically all oases, the 'iily reductions being that of Sinvuon', Cameron aud Logan from $13.60 to 13 per acre on worked out placer gronn ; The Oregon and Califonia Railroad Company from 123,000 to $30,000 per mile and J. A Slover in lots 1 and I In block 21 from $250 to $150 each The Western Uolon Telegraph Com pany asked that their aaseRsment he reduced from $18,250 to ft. 824. 90, b"t the petition was denied by the boar I. The assessed valuation of proper V within the ooonty will probably amount to $10,0(10,000. MANY BUSINESS HOUSES NEED LARGER STORES FOR BRYAN Alabama 11 Arkansas 8 Colorado 6 Idaho $ Florida 6 Georgia 18 Kentucky 18 Louisiana 9 Mississippi 10 M'ssouri 18 Montana. . . Nevada 8 North Carolina. 12 Oklahoma 7 South Carolina. 9 Tennessee 12 Texas 18 Utah 8 Virginia 12 Wyoming 8 Indiana. . . . Maryland. . Nebraska. . New York . ....8 Total. DOUBTFUL IS Ohio. .78 8 . H .89 23 . 7 West Virginia Total luO Something New Something Mew i ij i: Combination Kitchen Cabinets K tche i in a miuh O'NEILL'S t. evershow. like it in Grants Pass . New GcoJ? Arriving Every Day ;c to be seen at i O'NEILL I t7e omefurnisher GOOD FOR FIVE POINTS For Address , This Coupon Is Void if Not Voted by November I Courier's Golden Eagle Contest DON'T WANT PLANT OF ROGUE RIVER CO. READY TO CONSTRUCT BRIDGE NEXT WEEK fpe ial city election Tu-day for the purpose whether the p-nple tavoied lui g oui th Rugae River Water Co i p"ii as The h. 1-1 A. E. Eb-ihirdt, of the Columbia Hrirtgi (')iii(.auT, which lias the con tract for hi Id ink the new bridge acro-s R'ihuh Kiver at tu foot of r ther a hard fnnnht aff'ir though 1 nutli stn-et was m (jrmiH I'ess this i h-vote was not hev. O il .".2 f ek and iu toiuiuiiy with Judge vored the buying alio 344 w r-of-1 Jewe.l went over the giniiiiH and set posid. .Several handbills r- got-jtVe etiike. rt ratnty to iwgiiHiiug ten out on the eve of the e c t' n by i 'he wcrs of c- n-iructiou .Mr. Eher tu,:li ides f.ir tl.e infur rn.it i. n .f the liardt stated Unit tiie unit' rial lud t.e ii jH1j.e j ordered and wmiH 'i-urh Urarit Hast soinet iiii 'lunnt; tic cnminx week, snd that as kxiii hi. it arrived the work Notice to Fruitgrowers. As it is manifestly impossible for me to get around to inspect personally all orchards of the county before time for the the fll spraying, I take this means of urging all who have had trouble with any of the fungus dis eases, (Head spot, autliracnose, dry rot or shot hole fungus) to lose no time after fruit is gathered before cutting out all diseased or dead braucbes aud burn them. Then spray thoroughly with Ilordeaox mixture. It is needless to say that every pear tree showing signs of pear blight should have careful attention at once. No known spray will cure this discsse, but must be cut off well hack of where bark and leaves turn black. Will be around this winter to all fruit loralites at rapidly as possible. Yours for better fruit. 11. C. BATEHAM. Fruit Inspector for Joseph I Co. 10-80- It Counted the Dot I Miss Edna Cornell won 'given away bv Alfred Lfcher for ''Counting the Dots". J he correct number of dots as 1&03, and tlii uuui 1 lT was turned iu by thfe Ji-oile, but acynniing to tie rules Hie first 'correct answer turned in get the ring. Oihei's who had the right aii!w r were Hie ring would be begun and pushed to comple tion ns rapidly as pnmilile One f the ileiiiocrAtio electoral nominees of Mm-wr Im-et'-s has aked ppriiii'cton to withdraw his uame fr "to the ticket, giving a the reason lliat he has de ided to vote for Taft ; j Misw-e Hallie Montgomery and LUitie ib is lirvan 1ohh one more vote and Bruwu. Icr.e tint he I a l a ril.t to cipii.t. "TKe Flaming Arrow," On Wedueaday November 4tb, the romantic melodrama, "The Flaming Arrow" will be presented at the Grants I'aas opera bouse. This play is from the pen of Lincoln J. Carter, that Dait master in construction of melodramas and novel effor s. In addition to a company which is large and artistically strong, hohaa secured ninny novelties witb which to add realism to the situations of the plsy. Among the features are Moon Dog, a f minus warrior; Ited Klash, Cos-1 ter's famous Indian scout and the man who carried Custer's last menge. An interesting feature is genuine In dians w ho ant all graduates of Car- lisl". Lewie at the Court Mouse. Editor Courier : A fair sized audi ence gathered at the Court Mouse last Werlnesday evening to hear a socialint scHch from a man bv the name of Lewis, hot Were very much disap pointed, as it turned out to be a wh' lestlf slundering f (ieorge Wash ington, Abraham Lincoln, W. J. Lrvaii and Stephen Jewell. George Qrauta Pass is short of buildl' gs. There are numerous families wa tiug for dwellings and ths real e tate offloes'are daily besieged by new oomers who most hava place to liva if they are to remain In ths olty. I he demand for business houses Is almost as great as for residences and the'e seems to be only one building to I s bad and this is not suited fur those who can get it and those whom it would suit oan't bava it. This is the old Leuipks building on Q and Ath streets, owned by ths Wluebar k estate. The Courier would like o move into this place but the owner refuses to rent it to anyone who favors prohibition. Ths Courier muse move in the near foturs as the present quarters are too orowd h! al ready and a carload of new maulrneiy which arrived this week la sti'lat the depot. As soon ss the Courier moves George S. Calhoun will lake the extra room to enlarge his sior. Stanton Rowell' a Muslo btore must also movs as he desires a larger room snd the spare now occupied bv hiin will also be taken by Calhoin. tittbiu's Drug Btore requires more room and has secured the bnilding now occupied by the Ahlf Mai kef in addition to their corner stand. lion Mansfield will also have one side of the present market building, but 41 If has uot yet fouud a place to move his market. Tbs Guuipert building, when vacated, will 1 occupied by the Coron Hardware store. The u w Booth brick building is Hearing ot pletlon sad Jv ill be occupied bv J K Peterson, auu the Model flakerv will be enlarged by occupying thepriot nt Peterson quarters Iu addition to their old rooms. There are other change! pending, and in nearly eveiy instance the object of moving is 'O seotire lager quarters for growing busiuess. Grants Pass will be a large city before we know it. Wahlngtju was represented as a liar j matter fori aud a laud thief, Al raiiam Lincoln trial circle". FR.VI TDALE GRANGE. Fruitdsle Urangs met last HaturcNv at the school house, nearly all the o fl eers and members were present. Tiiero were also iiiilte a nuuilier of visitors preaetit ami most of them are thinking of becoming "grangers" in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Cnutant were initiate! and cordially welcotn d into tlui grange. The dinner wUich consisted of roust, fried and stewed chl"Mi, hot chiokeu and culd chicken ami nearly everv thing is good to eit was enjoyed by all. The literary pro gram was good throughout end all went home feeling that thu day hid leu very pleasantly and roflt illy speut. GHANGK KEl'UK 1 hit. There are thoueauds of hio-niens orders iiiarkul: "Ston if l!rau is elected." If wa'o earners doubt this tittoiueut let tli em investigate tint themselves In the if ' ' r e nrirr s'.