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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OJLEGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908
HO. "I
GRANTS PASS GETS
PRIZES ON APPLES
Full Award Not Known
but at Least a Dozen
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
National Apple Show Appreciated
Good Apples From the Rogue
River Valley.
H. C. Bateman returned Wednes
day ; morning from Portland and
Spokane where he went to take the
exhibits from Grants Pass to the Or
egon Horticultural Society and the
National Apple Show. The results
of the trip are highly satisfactory to
the fruit growers of tbia section, es
pecially those obtained at Spokane.
At Portland the fruit was simply
placed on exhibition, but at the Na
tional Apple Show it was placed in
competition with the finest fruit
from: all sections of the United
States. Mr. Bateman was fortunate
In being able to secure a place for
the exhibit close to the door and by
the use of photographs which Pho
tographer Lewis furnished, and
some banners which Mr. Bateham
lad made a creditable, though
small, exhibit was made. The award
of the Judges has not been received
i as yet, but aB the fruit was viewed
they promised six or eight prizes on
the plate varieties, a diploma for the
display sent by the Grants Pass Can
nery, and a fourth prize on plate col-
' lection. When the awards of the
i Judges are received It is quite likely
that other prizes will be received by
our fruit.
Aside from the prizes the exhibit
sent will result in a great amount of
good for this section. Mr. Bateham
took along 200 of the booklets got
ten out laBt year by the Commercial
Club, and gave those out to persons
who were Interested In the exhibit
and Inquired about this part of the
Rogue River Valley. He states that
he would have been able to have dis
tributed to advantage several thous
and more booklets and other litera
ture had it been provided. Many
persons promised him they would
come here and see this country for
themselves, and at least three per
sons are already In town now as the
result. Secretary Andrews of the
Commercial Club, informs us that
he has received many letters from
persons who state they saw the ex
hibit and want to know more about
the country: so from this source
alone the exhibit will pay many
times what It cost to send It.
After the National Apple Show was
oyer Mr. Bateham was asked to do
sate the prize-winning fruit sent
Jrom here to be displayed in eastern
cities. He gave them the fruit and
-was promised it would be exhibited
In St Paul, Minneapolis, Helena,
Cleveland, New York and other plac
es, and each plate to be marked with
the name of the grower and address,
with a large placard stating that It
THE CKKAM IS LEFT j
O'NEILLS I
Ghristmas Specials j
Sacrifice Sale
25 per cent of!
" Cn all l'a-cy deceased China Cut Glass. Va-.. Stiiies
,.tc Y" mwA act q-nculy. Tim w votir Ja-t cban-c
Our Fi rniture IV;n '."'"" i-runniii j ' -n:.ulilcs
values vjln- th.it nin-i an i will c r.zvn 1 t'.-"'o:i.
Ve are the Bargain Pond for
the Heme
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0 JSJ? L The Housefurnisher
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was raised In the Rogue River Val
ley, near Grants Pass. This will be
very profitable advertising for this
section.
Some of the fruit sent from here
was badly damaged in shipping, but
tne most of it was sold after the
show was over, and the money will
be turned over to the growers.
There was only $50 collected to Dav
the expense of sending the fruit and
fare and other expenses of Mr. Bate
ham, and he was obliged to advance
some money as his expenses were
somewhat in excess of that amount.
Inasmuch as the exhibit captured
the prizes, and so far as we are ad
vised, the only prizes taken by the
state of Oregon, the additional mon
ey will undoubtedly, as it should be,
made good to him. It was also ex
pected that the railroad company
would transport the exhibits without
charge, but they refused to do so,
and this cost a considerable sum
that would otherwise have gone to
ward defraying expenses.
O'Neill, the Furniture man, is the
man who wins the trade of economi
cal buyers.
MELVIN CULP KILLED
BY TRAIN NO. 15.
Was Crowing Bridge Near Merlin-
Could Not Get Away in Time
To Avoid Engine.
Tuesday morning, as Train No. 15
neared the bridge over Jump-Off-Joe
Creek near Merlin, the fireman call
ed to Engineer WagenblaBt that
there was a man on the track. The
whistle was blown and the brakes
applied, but the train could not be
stopped in time to keep from striking
blm, though is was greatly slowed
down. The man, Melvln Culp, aaw
the train and turned around and
went the other way to get off the
bridge but seemed to be excited and
did not make much headway. The
bridge Is onry a few feet high and he
could have easily gotten over the
side without much injury. Both legs
were cut off and his body mangled,
and the unfortunae man was dead
when the train was stopped to pick
him up.
Melvln Culp was an old resident
of Merlin and leaves a large family
to mourn his untimely death. The
accident was promptly reported and
Coroner F. D Strieker left at once
for the scene and held an inquest.
The Jury decided that there was no
one to blame for the accident.
10 Per Cent Discount
On a large, attractive line of furs.
Just the thing she wants for Christ
mas. 45 cents to $10 The Sugar
Pine Store.
Grand Holiday Excursion.
Bolton & Plel announce their an
nual holiday excursion to San Fran
cisco, leaving ABhland Saturday, Dec.
26, at 11:35. Tickets for round
trl? $16, good for 15 days. Sixty
or more excursionists wiH mane the
fare $15, so parties intending to
make the trip should notify the man
agement without delay. Adress T.
K. Bolton or Emil Pell, Ashland,
Oregon. 12-11-St
Tickets may be purchased at Ash
land. Maker
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card
i.t t ii-if life -! .- 10 ;'r-
cnarge lor Miuugv
60LDEII EA6LE WHITES,
CLOSES TUESDAY HIGH
Everyone Interested in the Re
suit New Subscribers Are
Coming in Rapidly.
The Courier's Golden Eagle Con
test closes next Tuesday night, De
cember 22. at 10:30 o'clock, and the
result of the contest Is looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest
by hundreds of people, and espe
cially by the contestants who
are each one anxious to secure first
money, $60. At the present time it
is impossible for one to even guess
who will produce the greatest num
ber of points before the closing mo
ment as there are three contestants
who have each occupied the first
place during the past three weeks:
Miss Darnelll, Don Calvert and Miss
Reynolds; the latter this week.
No idea can be formed, however,
from the result of the figures here
given, even though the count was
made today, for the reason that
there are 50 or 75 "yellow certifi
cates" each counting 500 points,
which are. now out, and it is proba
ble that there will be at least 100
more of them given out before Tues
day night, as all of the conestants
are working working like beav
ers and their friends are working,
too. We would not be surprised to
see one of those now In the lower
numbers suddenly take first place.
From now on the count will be made
each day and the results posted in
the window of the Courier office.
Tuesday morning will be the last
count posted and then no contestant
will know what another contestant
is voting.
Now that the time is so near up It
is well for the contestants to make
their reports every day and to vote
their ballots in order to facilitate
the count and not have thousands of
ballots coming in at the last hour of
the contest.
Remember, the time Is short for
subscription getting and Tuesday is
the shortest day of the year, so don't
wait until Tuesday to "cinch" the
new subscriptions which have been
promised. We especially want the
newcomers and are giving 500 extra
points for new subscribers who have
resided In Josephine county less than
six months. There are scores of
families who will come under this
list. Now get busy and don't let a
GOOD FOR
For
Address
Thli Coupes it Void if Not
Courier's Golden
BABER BROS. SELL
THEIR DRAY BUS1NES
Amos Smith this week purchased
the transfer business of the Haliei
Bros., and will take charge on .Tun
uary 1st. Mr. Smith has resided in
tliis city for many jears and i .;l n
the time has been In the :.atv mnl
l.usthieos. The b.islucs.i p.ir. I'a -!
by him Ik one of the best i.i tn.vr,
ami there Is every rem- a tn b. lb
i !.a he will W"! with ht a: . ..
The lu.b.T Bros., A. li. -i:- :;.
I,;-.- h'-ld !hf n-rn '.v. r ;h . '
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Cramer Bio.-:.'
3'i j..-r cent n!T on all f i: .- at
(jar;;;:' rd 4: Co'$.
I 'uli. Ii.vi i iui JilLiiug bl tie; '"ni.r-
ler.
little hustle stand In the way of your
earning that $60.
One man came In this week with
three 'subscriptions to be sent to
friends in the East. We would sug
gest that the Courier for one year
would make a very acceptable
Christmas gift for a friend whom
you wish to interest in this country,
or for a former resident of the coun
ty. We will be glad to receive such
subscriptions and the votes will
count if in by the 22nd. In brder
that there may be no misunderstand
ing, we repeat rules 1 and 2:
1. The Golden Eagle Contest
shall close Tuesday, Decern W 22,
at 10:30 oclock p. m. and no cou
pons mill be received after that
hour, except those sent by mall,
which must show evidence by post
mark that they were mai'ed before
that hour.
2 Contestants Bhall bo young
men and women under 20 years of
age. The contestant receiving tho
highest number of points will re-
wlll receive $60 In Golden Eagles.
The one receiving the next high
est number of points will receive
$20 in Golden Eagles. In case
there shall be a tie for first or sec
ond place the amounts will be
equally divided between the contet
ants tlelng. Awards will be tn a do
as soon as possible after the con
test closes.
Mable Darneille won the special
prize of $5 for bringing In the larg
est number of new subscribers, she
having brought in 19 new ones.
Maude Reynolds came in second
with a list of 11 new names. She
gets the fountain pen.
The count on Friday noon was as
follows:
Maud Reynolds, R.F.D. 2... 25, 860
Don Calvert 23,990
Mabel Darneille 21.685
Ruth Smith 11,900
Ella Turner, Kerby 2,655
Edna Cornell 1,900
Pearl Kearns 1,480
Klta Mowers 1,390
Ada Brockman, Merlin 775
Tracy Stlth, Kerby $80
FIVE POINTS
Voted by December 22
Eagle Contest
THE NUGGETS BEAT
ROSEBURG TEAM
The Grants Pans Nuggets beat the
Roseburg High School In two very
Interesting and hotly fought basket
boll games, which were played In the
skating rink on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings (if this week, by
.i -tr ;i (if 'J to ami 'Ji to 2S
r. t i vi ly. Knlti teams were in
good condition unil capable of de
livering tin? guilds that gn tn make
) a i-:.i;'j y aii.i.
j Tr- Mini' o:i We,!,,. -day night
: . '. 1 . .T ;i t!iou:,!i o-ii in; wan
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o.!- a:ri '"i' ii lie- oi :-r
'in tin- bad, mid when time wax
;fi:i:i!i;. t;:'d, the or- lioanl
OiiiiMil 1'j for Itnt-ehiii? and 'JS for
'he N...,el.-
g-i.-ni- l liufdiiv tiixht was
-r:ihat livelier than thai of Wed
I . ...
nesday as the scores were closer
throughout the game, with the Nug
gets in the lead the greater part of
the game, and by their snappy
playing managed to keep their lead
until time was called, leaving the
score 24 to 28 In their favor.
The attendance at both games was
very amall, but It is to be hoped that
the people will turn out and help the
boys along in the future as they are
putting up a good game and deserve
the hearty support of their home
town.
The officials for the game were:
Goodman of Portland, as referee
and Bartlett of this city as umpire.
The line-up was as follows:
Nuggets. RoBeburg.
Meeker, C. Cordan.
Stephenson, F. Marsters.
Baker F. Duchanan
Martin, Hewett.
Moore, G. Tl ;ton.
The game Thursday night made
the fourth played between the two
teams and glancing over the scores
for all of them, a peculiar state of
affairs Is noticed, as In the four
games the total score of each team
amounts to 81.
NO UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT RAILROAD
Engineer Collins Goes Kant for Con
ference Itut Will Return
Soon.
O. C. Collins left this week for
Colorado to spend the holidays with
friends and relatives, lie will Join
Mrs., Collins at Denver, she having
gone there some weeks ago. After
tho New Year Mr. Collins will go to
New York City to confer with some
of the men Interested In the Illinois
Kiver Railroad project, lie expects
to return some time In January,
though business may delay him until
February.
Before leaving the city, In speak-
ng of tho railroad project, Mr. Col
lins said that the people of Grants
Pass do not need to worry about the
road, it is going through, and Its
building Is now a ceralnty. We have
our plans made, but of course such a
big project requires time, though by
early spring everything should be In
readiness so wo can go ahead with
the Bctual construction. After the
work Is started It will go ahead at
a rapid rate.
There are many things which have
made It necessary to delay beginning
the construction work, and among
others Is the bridge at the foot of
Sixth street. While we hope this
bridge will be such as can be used
by us, It would not be wise to go
ahead with the gradln until we
know for a certainty, for If we can
not use this bridge It will be n neces
sary to build a bridge of our own at
some other point on the river, thus
changing our entrance Into the
town; so you see all we can do Is to
await the construction of the new
bridge accross Rogue River. All that
ran be said at this time is that the
road will be built.
REANES CHAPTER
ELECTS OFFICERS
Heames Chapter, No. 28, Royal
Arch Masons, of this city held an
election on the 9th of this month
and chose the following officers-. F.
D. Ntrleker, 11. P.; J. II. Hathaway,
K.; J. X. NelBon, 8.; A. Letcher, C.
of II.; J. U. Moore, P. 8.; I. U. Wll-
lams. It. A. C; Hianton Howell, M.
3V.; Chris Elsmaiin, M. 2V.; M. C.
Anient, M. IV.; J. E. Peterson, sec
retary; James llolman, T.; J. R.
Gunning, 8. The newly elected of
ficers will be Installed December
O'S'.-lll's Furniture Is upheld by
the general public. 12-S-t
Furniture from O'Neill's Is like
I : ,i : i.en of Chicago. It Is the xtand-
1 of ii;aiitv. 1 a-J H-i:t
I'ree Homes.
There is if liit; to he a land om ii-
i;.,' ;;t l!o..'. n.-. Or-., .liinuaiy 2,
1 :'i!i I'or I i -. li! lie print nia;.i,
with va'Hi.t lands marked thereon
;-!;d full Information reianllng lil
I in', o'.. send $:! to
lt'iKEMCKG ABSTRACT CO.,
I ;!- s-i f ItoK. hiirg, Ore.
Caiilng ia.ds at the Courier.
WOLF CREEK MAN
TALKS OF COUNTRY
Says Soil and Climate
all Kijlit.
USES GOATS TO CLEAR
New Settlers Going Into Wolf Creek
Valley, and Everybody Planting
Fruit Trees
H. A. Perkins, the well known
Wolf Creek rancher, was In Grants
Pass Monday and reports a most
satisfactory rate of progress going
on In his community. Quite a few
people havo purchased land which
will be devoted to fruit raising, and
several new families have taken
lands from the Ideal Colony, which
Is being esabllsbed by Rev. W. 0.
Smith. The lands bclongtug to this
colony consist of 2700 acres, nearly
all of which Is exeellen for fruit
The ranch of Mr. Perkins consists
of 142 acres, 40 ncres of which is
under cultivation, and more being
cleared and gotten ready as fast as
possible. Mr. Perkins baa given the
Angora goat question, a thorough
trial as land clenrers and- Is satis
fied wiUi the results. He keeps 48
goats and as fast as be slashes the
timber turns the land over to them
and they keep all the sprouts eutea
off. It requires about two years to
kill all the grubs and sprouts by
keeping the goats at work and the
third year the land Is ready for the
plow.
A great deal of land Is being sot
out to fruit In the Wolf Creek coun
try, both by the newcomers and the
old settlers who heretofore have
raised but little. What fruit has
been grown has demonstrated thut
both tho soli and climate are well
adapted to fruit and In the future
the area devoted to It will be rap
Idly Increased.
Mr. Perkins has visited nearly all
parts of the state and after thor
oughly Investigating conditions be
lieves thnt this part of the Rogue
River valley ran ralso finer fruit
and more of it than any other por
tion of the state, and that all that Is
required to make It a large producer
Is people, and all that la necessary to
get the people Is to make known to
the word what we have here. He
believes that an exhibit building lo
cated near tho depot, such as hits
been provided at Eugene, Roseburg,
Medford, Ashland and other towns,
will do as much as anything else to
advertise the country. Thousands
of homeseekers are traveling over
the Southern Pacific Railroad and a
goodly share of them would locate In
and around Grants Pass If there was
something near the depot to show
them what we can ralso. With such
a building, ho thinks there would be
less difficulty In getting our farmers
and orchardlsts to send Id displays.
IT WAS IIKIXO mix
AMI A JOOI TIME.
ItoM'liurg Elks Take In the City and
Put I p a Good Min
strel Kliow.
A party of Roseburg people be
longing to that order constituting
the "Best People on Earth", and In
this Instance being a part of Rose
burg l.odK" No. 32fi, Bcnovelcnt and
Protective Order of Elks, arrived
in town Thursday, giving a street
I'liiade at 3 o'clock und In the even
ing presenting their grand Jubilee
minstrels at the opera house. Tliey
gave a "nod show and all who heard
them were pleased.
It Ih to h regr tied that the opera
limiii. was not i rowd-d as the It'- -
! bun; people were entitled to a b-t-'
ter house Ihan tiny received, and
i tii- lim attendance can only h- ac
! a' i ounieil for by the fad that tho
! i.!mw was not announce.! Ion:;
! I'li'in ;:h In udvunro. Had It been
1 sufr.' leiitly advertised there li llttlo
i doubt but that our people vould
have turned out In I'on'Hv n"'"'! i.