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VOL. XXIV. BIG GOOD ROADS GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINB COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1908. NO. 34 Scott of the Good Roads League Will Speak. EVERYONE IS INTERESTED Must Msxlte Plana and Attempt to Secure Legislative Aid for the Cause. One of the greatest needs perhaps it should be said the greatest is good roads. A good roads movement is weeping over the country and has (wen for several years past and is being taken up in nearly every state Id the Union. Grants Pass will con sider the matter next Monday when a convention will be held at thu Opera House at 3 p. m. at which Judge John H. Scott of Salem will addtess onr citizens. Bvsry citizen of Grants Pass and every farmer, orchardist, vineyardist, dalrysuen and all others living in this part of Josephine county are urged to be in attendance to help formulate the rplane for good roads In tnis county. Good roads are of equal benefit to the farmer and the business man. The former mast come to town and the latter depends to a large exteut upon the country trade for exiiteooe. . Poorly kept thoroughfares are a poor advertisement of any community and the thousands of emigrants who paws this way take note of them and straightway form a poor impression of the country. One of the things to be taken op by the convention on next Monday will be to formulate some plan of iutertst ing the legislature in the matter so as to get appropriations for state roads. Ine couuty must of course keep up most of them but there a. many places where (he state oould prop rly look after them, for instance the proposed highway to reach f torn th northern to the southern bonniaty of the state. The Oregin Good Road League is doing a highly iuipoitant work tcr the bettjrnieut ot the mtin highways iu all parts of Oregon Jimge Scott, who will apeak at ihe convention Monday is the pr sident of thii organization. A imeiugwill be hi Id In Portland io the near tutine ti uiip out legislation to be pre euted to the legislature in behalf of tua good road- cause. Jim Grant Pass coruaiilt"e, consist ing of Judge tStepheu Jewell, M. C Rinniy. J. O. Dootu. W. M. Hair and H. L. Andrews, are taking sieps M make he occasion both l le.isant and profitable to all who attend. Vocal and instrumental uioi-ic htisbieuar rang A for, and they have i-tiiO'l thai the ladies a:e specially invite! to b-prest-nt aud participate iu the deliber ations of the body. A November Bath. Ralph Davis got mix d op 'i'h Kigtie rivet last Saturday afieinnon. wh.le brat riding iKar t tie lid nr. J tdau,. Kor.fewminu.es he was all in and when he came out he was pretty we laturaM t-eth were chattering like a box of nookeys. Frani Po, k w itb him. but t rank stayed io the coat, aud sfier making several heroic efforts to save his riend, he finally succumbed to the irresistible and uncontrollable de sire to laugh, and while he was engaged in this inhuman conduct, Ralph scrambled aboard, making a 'ew "mild" remarks about the chilli. ness of the water. He alo talked some while takintr iii k.,h t.-4 Fnnk cannot be coaxed to tell'wht he said, bnt from a few hints given out, we believe that Ralph "shaped prayer from scraps of oaths he used to swear." Be this as it may, his triendi are glad that he escaped, wnn a cool, aovember bath, what might have proven a fatal accident m me meantime, Frank is still laughing FRUIT EXCHANGE Will Discuss the Method of Spraying. TOM RICHARDSON EX- PRESSES HIS OPINION 5.y Secretary Andrew Is Good Man for Position He Occupies. The following letter, received by the Courier this week from Tom- Richardson will be of interest to our readers. Note the last paragraph particularly, and then do your share t'Jwardi providing the necessary money to keep up the good work of advertising Grants Pass: 'I was glad to road your editorial in the Courier of the 13th instant. relating to the necessity for Grants Pass and Josephine county supporting the Commercial Club, as well as the report of the m-'eting held rn Tutsday evening at which Vice-President An deis'iu presided. "Now with regard to your secretary, I am (Mightd to say that in mare than 2"i years experience In publicity wit I have met very few men who get bettor results for ti e amount of ii oney they expend than doe Secre tary A'idr-w of the Grunts Pass Com mercial Club. "Tog-veyou some Idea of the in-ten-ity wit'i which peo le ar taking hild of ailvKrti'nig in the Northwest, a rmetii'g Wis b-id at Whitn Salmon, Washington la-t Saturday, where the town him! the valley, with a total pop jiat on of not to exceed tl(K) peopK snbiriineil t22ll for advertising pur poses in U' mi: ntes or tqu.il to 4 f,ir nvery man, woman aud ihild iu the roiiiimiriiiy and there are at leiwt three buildings iu Gtants lass which aline are worth morn than nil the uil iin.s in White Silmou combined. Up it GoMeiidiile. in the same country, n few days hefor-. ih y ni's il $VM) ai d tiny have i-in.e ujidi it ' their uitire lopul lion is onlv I'm'-'- "Ur.wts IVs hai a stlendidor i; inizatiun ; ynu hate done tlij work; i.ecple a e t.iikiug about Grants Pas ust.iu a'K.iir ,,ot Secretary An Uevis in ! 1 monev with which in worn. I w.'iit t thank you again for i he -ordinl co-opt r it iou you are giving linn. Verv 8iucerel 'ours, T M HICHAHDSOX. M uiii-'i'r Portland Commercial Club. S.in-iary Cr gob Dt-veb pui. nt l.rngui' " O'GARA WILL TALK PESTS Thousand Times Much Fruit Could Be Sold Hit Her Available. Save Jobbers Profit China, Dinner or Tea Sets Five patterns to s,lrot from at Imports Prico It has bi-ea remarked before in these columns that the packing room aud warehouse of the Rogue River Fruit Exchange is a busy place its getting busier every day. Every inch of available space is taken op with packers who are placing the finest, richest most beautiful aud best fruit on earth in boxes to till the orders received daily from people w ho know that no apple satisfies them an do those raised in this part of the won derful Rogue River Valley. The steady stream of teams continues to drive up to the receiving door to unload Ihe fruits fioai the orchards, and as fast at they can be takan in and made ready to seud away they are passed out the back door into the car and hurried away to New York, to Chicago, to London, to Liverpool, to Honolulu, and to other distant point whera fine fruit is appreciated and where they are w ililug to pay for it. Already something over 8000 boxes of apples have bee i shipped, beeidus the other fruits handled earlUr iu the seaton, anajirices rruui xi.'-i to ji. is per box f. o. b. Grants Puss, received, aud Manager Sioville nays the only trouble is to get the fruit for which he has oiders. Remittances are be ng received promptly for the fruit ship ped and if there wtre a t'-ousaud t ines as much fruit it could te told just as readily I'.efore auother season larger quar ters will have to be provided as the p tteut plucs is too small to talis la. torilr hand! ) the picks Neailr evt-ry fruit gruwer In the valley is Mppi'g through thi ex ha-go no nuil when the orchard which will cortie into tHriig u. xt yer send iu ilieirf. uit there w 11 tie lu place to put it uultm additional war non-en M-iurnl, hue this unitt-r will hive 1 1 be lake i up ut mi early out nuil airaiikeiuent.-i mule tor tun neit sea-ou. A me ting (file t"ck bi ll'S( f iln exihange will te It'll lu the Opera ll' u ou t-auirlay t. tomor row) at which the snhject of s; ray anlspriyiug will he nH' uteed, nd olh- r ii attern will iil-o O' me up. Pro!. P.J. O'G'hm. tli) pear I light sp cial st w 11 also lie in hUimhU ce st t us meet'ng and orchards t- will have mi opiortuuitv to ask hi u to i,ser troubles une (jieftii n lor th hftte incut of their orchard-'. Prof O'Uata urrned in the lity Tu-silay and l as s nee k(- lit the tin e in loon ng i v. r the o(char. s cf the ialie to rialile him to dintiHS i o-ii i i'hit heie ii t lliseiilly. Eveiy fruit g oiter nr iios i'clie fruit g ower l.onl l iiihKi l' x i unit t lie on hand miiy t iims may le 1 an.ed which wilt b of fut i i I etiftlt SHRINERS VISIT ASHLAND MECCA rolled among the membership of Hi 11a Temple, among them, being Frauk Mashbnrn, J. H. Nelson, R L. Coe and A. C. Bough, by initia tion, and by affiliation, L. L. Jewell, A. E. Voorhies, O. W. Dcnell T. B. Cornell, and George 8. Calhoun. Mr. Calhoon was honored bv being chosen Illuitrioos Second Ceremonial Master of the Divan of Hillah Temple. The occasion was an enjoyable one and from the standpoint ot Maaonsry, a very gratifying one. It is very gratifying to see th work going on iu th orchards within th city limits, and from present indica tions the small patches of fruit which have heretofore been more or less cov ered with scale aud infested with pests, will all be cleaned np and made healthy by spring. The owners of fruit trees in the city should be made to keep them as clean as are ths or chardists of the oouotrv for unless they do th infection will be carried by the birds an1 winds. JAMES P. DUNCAN GETS GOOD RESULTS GRANTS PASS WILL SEND EXHIBITS Display at Council Bluffs, Portland, and Spokane From Advertisement Published In Recent Issues of Courier. Se.ys It Psvya. We hae made arrange i e::l wt::i New York, importers of JI AYl VN'D fine lines. Samples of five of the'.' 7 ready to be shown by us. A An invitation is exteti.'.e i t samples, they being open sto any time siV'ti ii. : i'. t.i -t ' : 1 1 K jiat'.e:-!'. ;i..vi'iau.i ci Ablx.tt -f HN t- Inn I'.c their ,-k . t"'i n ar.' tio v 1 cut ! uaratHee.i , .- tlv.-e lieautiful 1,- re; .leuiished a! ) n.-r Cill O'NEILL H omefurnisher A mentioned l.ft wt-.k, A-luoun an tli Ieci- toeard hi. h a.l in-iumts of the Atii'ieut Arahic O.dei .,f the X-itles of the My-Iic SI rine, we - li.-.i.'-l on last Sutuuliiv. IiJ'ah 'liinle which iw iliet t-t-d Her.; , nt!utiliv taitiii f ff with n iin-ni- ihrhip of l't'- n-e erMii'i- i l ! .ion and iiirtitutiou fi' I. !n w.-d ; va ba ionet. Viitini; ih I.-, ;.t n-,i , tr-.nj (Jrniti I,aH, Mclf. rd, li .-e-buif.', Ku'-ue, Purlliiid ;n:.l o ln-r placa were met at the deirf't in Anh I laud bv the locil khrineis wi olnd I jir.ividl a herd cf brrr- a to tale tli place of the customary raii.'e', which I do not thrive in A-blauil, ihut tx-ing j a drv town. 1 Thre were many viito-a fr . u t ' i 'jetv, and several of tl:j.i ' r.. hi- The Courier received this week a letter from James P. Dunoan of Le laud, Ore., which is a sample ot many expressions of satisfaction fiom our advertisers. Of course the proprietor of the Courier know that bis circu lation is large aud is growing ever? day, aud also knows that it pays to advertise in the Courier, aud ! is glad to know that his patrons get results as tbev do. Mr. Duncan says : Leland, Nov. 1, 1U08. Editor Courier, Dear blr: See in- clottd from Mr. Fowuian of Oklahoma iu rtgard to this country; it speaks for Itself. It shows what circulation yon have. Just from that item you pnt in your paper I have got four such letters from different parts of the country, asking about land. Yoors truly, JAS. P. DUNCAN, Leland, Ore J. P. Duncan, O auts Pass. Ore. Please pardon the liberty I take In wiititiff to you fi r Information. I am deeply interred in Southern Oroiion as I am trinir t i sell here with the view of locating th' re. I see your name io the Rogue River Courier In regard to 'the apili s aud pears from your orchard, aluo 150 acres yoo have ouder cultivation. I am aminos to learn Home ficti from one that does not farm on paper. Fiist I should like to at-k what one cm buy val ley land for and what terms. Does it have to lie cbared -r H it fro from Irtnli and tinnier. Wi-h to know what wheat yitld-i pT aT", oata, alao. What is hav worth? la tbire araaa lu the vnlle I only hate a an. all amount of tu"uey but not afraid of work but one litres ti s-e a urotU for tin ir work and thtt Ik what we fail to have h-re. I hnvo been rending the ad'ertiiduK iintt-r. It ho often mis-lead- on". What drwa a tea-n, wafton, hariiHfS coatT I living h'K1 er I have l. en t ilt it was verv binh. 1 would like to k low whit farm hi lp I" worth and are I her auv far us ro 'tu-K 1 now and what t rrn. Kxcue the ninny ipiea ions I have one n ore Can you tell ui- a .ythiiin alxmt llut e VMl-y '- I don't think it is tar from r. hi. I should !) hj : 1 to h'-ar ahoot your J.V hi r rrop and yield If yon w n.ld oblige inn I should f--el tbnnk t til. It II. IIOWMAN". Mr. Duncan'" ooiieup' ndeut ams a K id miinv (lueBtiona which are pr haps not a-ily an-wer-d. Th1 (3 urli-r wrnld Iw glad to publish g-n-eral a1 tirl. a from n ailers in t li i vicinit', which would (lire sr.ch In-l'.ir- rs a Mr. Bowtr an, an Idea of wlmt tl l country ' Uliii and just what he and others rati exixct when t!ny r arb her1. !nv nidi articled hveb-KU pntlielod in the ant and ull have ilou" min-'i ixl, hiuce the advisability i f havicjf mme of them. TOO LATE FOR SEATTLE Some ExSlblteln Town Window, But Many More Needed to Convince Homeseekera. The Hair hub lie ( oi.pany weie tlhitcd thia wwk bv Joh'i AHiert, a ilenioutrator of the Turn Thumb 1 horse rower s.ry pomp, the agency for which has be n secured by the above couiiny. Onu cf the pumps was (laced in a light wat?on and tri;s made to leviral or hards to Khow ti e simillf-ity and elliciency of the Tom Thuirb. I 'tail Eoui at t.'raiin r linn It was annoauoed a couple of weeks ago that the County Court had de cided to make an appropriation to cover the expense ot getting np an exhibit from this part ot the Rogue River Valley to be sent to the meet log of the State Horticultural Society which is held in connection with the North West Fruit Grower Asoola- tlon at Portland the first week In De cember, and the Spokane Apple show the second week In December, the Nationnal Horticultural Congress at Connoll Bluffs the third week and at the Alaska-Yukon-Paolflo Espoaition at Seattle which opens next June, but the county officials have since de cided that tuey will not make an ap propriation. Home of our enterprising citizens. however have determined that this niasntficeut valley shall not be unrep resented at these exposition if it is possible for them to prevent it, and have therefore gotten to work and in few days will be ready to ship the dsplays. The time set by th officials of the Alaska-Yokon-Kiiositloo for receiving shlpiuen's to be put in cold storage and held until the opeoina, ends tomorrow and the matter had been neglected too long for an exhibit to be gotten ready for that oooaelon, hot the ct'-er meetings will be taken care or. KT tne meeting or ine State Horticultural Society and North West Fruit Growers asanoiatinn Meaars Ueorge A. Iloiilllon and Will Sooville will te the only exhibitors so far a known at the preaeut time. For the Spokane National Arid" Show, the ecnnd week iu Deoeuilier, December 7 to 14, the exhibits of Hamilton and Hciville will be ttkeii froul I'ortlnud after they are through wit'i them and in addition the Oiaura Pns Cannery will sunt an exhibit f cannery products coii-istinn of Apple bum r, apple cub r. canned aptdea. apple jelly, pit kle I apples, apple mar malade aul vinegnr. The plate, ex hibit n-ed at Kpokaue will be umiuly from the f'aiullton orchard. At the National Horticultural Con fer, a which cotiveurs at Spokane the third week In Decinhwr Grants Pass will alio be represented br the ex- hibit if both Hamilton and the Grants Pins Cannery hk1 at Siokaue und in addition the ranni ry will send a di-t.liiy of Hoj.px.n's Sirav. ' There w ill he a few days to spare In Portlmd after the meeting of the Stat Horticultural H ciety before the exhibits need lie "tit on to Hpikiuie and they will be l ft in I'oriUu I i i a coiisiicnntis place to be in'ii by the thdiisiiids cf periple there and visitors from all rnrla ff t'-e world. Uh l it will not tie pontihlej to place anv of the fruit in odd storage fir tie Alalia-Yulton.CxpnltiO'i at Seattl- It is ii.it likely that by the time that great fair opens mine, one will come forward with an exhibit of some sort to lie sent there. The work of gathering these ex hibit is purely voluntary on the liart of th.m doing il. Conuty Fruit In -sjiector Hateha'n lias been very active in the matter, "us has also W. H. Sherman and others. It is to be regretted that our or charilitts and citizen generally do not tike a inqjc livey interest In making exhibits. It is of onuran a great di al of trontde and the exienae is also an item, yet the latter can hardly l considered fur in ueaily every case the fruit sent remains the prorerty of the sender and is nearly always sold for a higher price than can b realized at home or by ship ping to market neutrs. Hits was thoroughly demonstrated at the late (wa might also add, '.lamented ) Med fcrd fair when the six boxes of apples sent from the Hamilton ore' ried off 10 prizes, the cash premiums for which amounted to something over 133 aud the apples w. re sold at H.fiO per box, making the xhiblt at) exceedingly prot Sable business ven ture, so say nitbing of the siUisfa- ti m any orchardist niunt feel when fruii from bis trees is adorned with a btutt ribhon. Lxhihiti sent to fair are the nieius of helping many persons to decile where they wUl locate, a In rge uu tu ber of those who attend such gather ings do so for the purposj of seeing the products from those sections which send out literature to eo for themielves whether the literature exangerates, us it is guuerally con sidered thut it does. Wbea f uo fruit is sent thu skeptical home seeker is willing to believe; but if no fruit is seut be has a right to thiuk ihut there must be something wroug somewhere. Heuce it is highly important that Grants Pass and this part of the Rogue River Vullsv bo represented by a display of her bet fruit ou all occasions such as the meeting cf the State Horticultuial Society, tspokune Apple Show, Nttiooal Horticultural Congres aud the Alaska-Yukou pa ciflo Expoaltlou. Get the frtt t there aud it will do Its part in ta tmiug the prises. While on this subject it might be well to comment ou the exhibit!, and lack of exhibits, in this city. First, the Commercial Club rooms, which ahoVi all other plaoe should maintain a well k pi display of all the fruits which are raised in this valley has praollcally oothing to show the numerons visitors to that plaoe. Scarcely an hour in any.day of the we k passes but that some strauger goes there and looks over the products of what the club's literature calls "The Italy of America," aud what do they findT A few rotten pumpkins, some dried up corn and last years (caches and then shelf after shelf of ore specimens. Again, after -seeing tbl-i beautiful( T) ex ub t of the products tf the "Italy of America," the hoiuereeker and investor has a right to conclude that tin r ar a lot ! of Uilglity cheerful liais in th' seo- ' tino and that it Is beat for him to move on ti where they enn show the got di. OJr stores aud reil estati olflces do better. A a unl thing you will Bud a ii- at display of beu-tiiul appl H in the w inliiw of the Sibtii lJm Store Elmer Son k can geaetally 1 be dnpemled upon to kiep s .me fn sti fruit In hia wiiiloAs. T'ie Mle to Ilig.s lle,.liy Company tak i coiimIiIi r- 0 ahl 1 p.ius to liavii lll lr window tistily 1I1 Hut. d wi.li fr.'.b sa n pies of the product of this valley in both the$ fruit an 1 vegetiblo li te. The Rest V..ll., l..ult ( ........... I.. - room lilt' I up for the purpose of howiiK to the h st ailvantig., sail-ll-aofall the fr.iits aid v. getshl-s ami s i tar us the writer lia- obaerved bus ill a vi kept tip a good mid attino-e live dis lav. Joe Miws also generally ki'i'i-s a siuill ni-pluy m his windows ' and t'ler.i an a lev oih' m erperially grocery ito'es who do tba aine, but the'u th mid Iim more. Diving the p.et weeg A . II Hlicrimu has had a beautiful and HttMctive dirplay of ap ples iu the windows of the Corou Hardware store, The card says "ex hibited by W. D. Shermui, the ex lxxi ter "bni it ui'glit not be a had thing f r GiT.nta Pa-s if iber.i were a few mi re 1 x't of t ie siuie so t. 1 he u:liniiri and soil will giuw the fruit mi. 1 piv.i th nu thu rigtit color, hut th ' 'i In mii-t take the trouble t' 1 iu th 111 and make exhibit w eie they cm be smii. HENEY WAS SHOT EUT IS RECOVERING Fram l J. H ner, asaintint district attorney, who waa erikBged in prose rut i 11 K the Reuf cine, waa shot while in the court ronn at San Kraulcsco, during a brief recess In the thirdvtrisl for hnbo y. It wai thoiint at first that llenev would die, hut his splen did phyiii.e baa pull-d l.im.tlirougli and he 1 now on t e mud to re covery, iti-i useoiNiii, Jla'irlc Hias, ex-convict, win was showu by lienor In a fo'im-r tri tl ti be a bad char- iu ter, o:nuiittid Hiiii'idu l.f shooting liiiu'elf linmiilmtelf after being plaoed in jail. It has not been deter- u. Iliad as yet how he seeured the gun as bo hud been searched before being lo ked np Evory reilly prosperous town In the state has a Commercial Club which is hard ;ur-j W'H snpp-t"d by it r''en-. i t . t A . f 'i i " : ' - f