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VOL. XXIV. GRANTS PASS. JOSBPHINB COCHTY, OKBQOK, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1, 199. NO. 40 i ,1 4 r 'f; ONE OF THE BIG ORCHARD SALES Eismann Orchard Sold for Good Price. OVER $500 PER ACRE Has Already Made Fortune for For mer Owners the Elsmanns. The sale of the Eismann' orchard, fire miles below Grant Pass, last week to Elmer Shank and C. C Hall, was one of the largest real es tate transactions which has taken place In this valley for some months, There are 64 acres in the tract, 35 of which is composed of apple trees In bearing. Another 20 acre is planted with apple and peach trees alternately but is not in bearing, . though the peach trees will com mence to bear next year, making at that time t5 acres of producing trees. The 35 acre tract is one of the oldest orchards In the valley and has had much to do with the fame of this section as the land of the big red apple, and while it was making fame for Grants Pass it also made a fortune for It owners. The en tire place Is well equipped, has good residences, packing houses, spray factory, irrigation system, and every thing else to constitute a well f quip ped working orchard. The price paid was $34,000, for lue entire 64 acres and while this Is something over $500 per acre, yet It is not high considering the fact that one year's crop from the i5 acres alone amounts to over $17,000, When the peaches begin to bear next year the return will be much more, and vastly more yet when the young apple trees begin to bear. The Elsman Bros, have been sue cesful orchardlsts, and they have studied the question from all sides and while learning to combat the enemies of fruit have shown that properly bandied orchard Is the best paying proposition that Is known In this or any other country. Chris. Elsman will continue to manage the orchard for Messrs, Shank t Hall. Pastor to Leave, Rev. Austin J. Hollingsworth has resigned the pastorate of the Chris tian chuich, to take effect the last of February. Reverend Hollingsworth came to Grants Pass In August, 1907, from Lincoln, Neb., and during his time here there have been 120 addi tions to tie church and nearly $2500 has been raised for the various church pit-poses. He has several calls from churches in the middle west, but has not as yet decided what his luture work will be. He has thought some of entering evan- gellcal work beween the time of his resignation here and next fall, when We Extend to You Greetings of Thanking You for I AND WISHING THAT 19OS I s t t at MAY BRING TO YOU Prosperity t R. H. some accredited medical school td prepare himself for the medical misionary field, that being his chosen 1 work. His suc- cessor here has no been decided up- on, though the chut h has under con slderatlon several lile men. JURY LIS DRW X. , The January ton of the Circuit Court will probabll be quite a long The following and Important on urymen have beewummoned to act (or the term: '1'. G. Harmon, A den. David Brlggs, Mby. D. S. Shaffer, Vfdo. Orr Brown, Wifcrville. M. T. Galvin, Gltts Pass. . W. L. Babcock, lerby. FrankFloyd, Kcly R. M. RobinsonlVllderville. W. C. Hllderbr dt, Kerby. .J. X. Nelson, C nts Pass. W. F. Bowler, llllams. G. A. Dunlap, ovolt. R. P. George, srby. J. B. Eberle, G nts Pass. -L. C. Hyde, W lams. G. A. Savage, ( ints Pass. B. F. Bull.Wllc vllle. Andrew Gtgler, rants Pass. John Patrick, ants Pass. James Parks, rby. W. J. Smith, Sf 1a. W. J. Ott, Mer . L. G. Patterson irants Pass. Robert Huck, ( ints Pass. W. H. Freed, ( ints Pass. R. Mansfield, G its Pass. F. A. Pierce, J lln. H. L. Andrews, rants Pass. L. A. Heberlie, rants Pass. J. C. Kincald, 1 Hams. George Finch, ants Pass. Newman Church. Preaching mori and evening by the pastor. Mr. bert S. Reltz will sing solos at botl lorvices. Sunday school at 10, H. Gtlkey, superln- tendent. Junior tague at 3, Mrs. M. C. Findley, silrintendent. Ep- worth 'League at president. 0, D. H. Stovall, First Bapi Sunday, Janua Church. 3d.- Morning "The Bruised worship at 10:3 Reed" Is the suif t of a pre-com munlon address. lie right hand of fellowship will bl'xtended to new members and the ird's Supper will be observed at 30. The Bible school meets at 1115, under the dl rectlon of R. Kl lackett. "The Duty of Making Is the topic for meeting at 6:30. with sermon by od Resolutions," Young People's venlng preaching pastor at 7:30, on the topic "Thl 'Be of Time. At the morning ser Miss Nina Pad- dock will sing extended. 4rdlal welcome is First Chrixtia lence Society. Christian Sciel services will be held In the W. W. hall Sunday, January 3. 1909 11 a. m. Sub ject, "God." fnesday evening service at 7:30 i i., in the reading ouse block, room room in the Oper 5, north hall. . vlted. are cordially in- Principal F. Selma school si Roberts of the several days at Waldo last week! nd this week in visiting his old f id A. L. Blodgett, at Williams. T Selma school re opens January The Sd son the Favors (908 and Hapraess J he expects to entd We wish one and all a Prosperous and Happy ne& Year WILL OF THE LATE R. D. HUME PROBATED The will of the late R .D. Hume has been filed for probate in Curry county and by It's provisions the widow is left outright the testator's property on Chestnut street, San Francisco, all stocks and bonds, $20,000 in cash and some personal property. The mansion at Pied mont is owned by Mrs. Hume her self. Four or five nieces and neph ews are bequeathed $5000 each and the remainder of the estate Is di vided into 100 shares, of which Mrs. Hume receiving 16 shares and the nieces and nephews, some five and some seven I hares each. This part of the estate Includes the enormous land holdings and canneries in Cur ry county. Mrs. Hume Is sole ex ecutrix of the will and she, together with Charles H. Warner, is appointed to admlnlnster the portion of the es tate in California. According to J. S. Coke, attorney for the admin- Ihtrat.or, there will be no contest in the settlement of the estate. January 4, Monday City schools reopen. H. T. Day and Miss Nellie Dement were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Jennings on Christmas. Miss Barker, one of the popular teachers In the public schools of the city, spent her Christmas vacation in Eugene. The Nuggets have been disappoint ed in securing a game of basketball with the Medford team, and will therefore play the Ashland Athletic Club team this evening at the Coli seum. The Ashland team Is a strong one, coached by Claude Swan. The boys' basketball team goes to Ashland this afternoon to play the Ashland Normal school this evening. The boys have been practicing regu larly in the skating rink, and Prof. Miekle, manager, thinks that It will be a close game. The players: Nor ton, center; Dykes and Spauldlng, forwards; Bratton and Nlday, guards. Subs., Letcher, Stanley and McCrack en. During the holidays here were a number of petty burglaries in the city. Schmidt's cigar store was en tered and considerable plunder car ried off. The thief was later cap tured and Is now held In th county Jail to appear before the grand jury. Several of the merchants reported light losses, but nothing of conse quence. Sheriff Russell is wearing a new Elk's charm, and one that is unique in the way that It was secured in fact there Is probably not another one In existence where the teeth were taken from a live elk. Some time ago Mr. Russell caught an elk, threw It down and then with a pair of pinch ers pulled the two tushes out. The elk was then allowed to go its way. The two teeth make a very beautiful cbarm. A party of Young men from this city will leave In a day or two for Seattle to enter the State University of Washington, where they will take a special three month's course in for estry to fit them for the examinations for positions In the Forestry Service. Those who will go are Melvln Lewis, Ira Tungate, H. M. Guthrie, H. V. Anderson, F. L. Colvlg and Chas. T. Lewis. All the boys except Lewis have been connected with the Forest Service under Supervisor M. J. An derson. Free Homes. There is going to be a land opeu- Ing at Roseburg, Ore., January 20. 1909. For lists, blue prints, maps with vacant lands marked thereon and full information regarding fil ings, etc., send $2 to ROSEBURG ABSTRACT UO 12-18-tf Roseburg, Ore. 81nce the first of the year the county clerk has Issued 771 hunters' licenses In Clatsop eounty. The li censes are $1 each, and the money Is turned over to the state. Over 1500 licenses have been issued In some counties in the state. i WOULD CHANGE MANY NAMES OF PLACES The Oregon Geographic Board has begun Its sessions in Portland and the entire state divided Into districts. The object of the or ganization is to replace all ridicu lous and unfit names with ones bet ter suited. Grxyback mountains, for Instance will probably be called Marble mountain, as there is plenty of marble in that section, and no "graybacks" that anyone knows of. Josepnlne County Falls in the di vision assigned to .Will G. Steel of Portland.' As there are plenty of names around here that are not so beautiful hut that they might be improved. Louse Creek might stand a change and ' many others, where the names have not become sacred by long association or events. BORN BORN To Mr and Mrs. SalveserD. Clarke, living a few miles west of ' Grants Pass, on Friday, December 25, 1908, a son. MARRIED. WOLLERMAN - RIVERS At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Chase on East A Street, Christmas Eve, December 24, 1908, Carl Wollerman and Hesper May Rlv- - ers. DIED DIED In Grants Pass, Oregon, De cember 28, 1908, Mrs. Karollne Kar ner, of cancer, aged 46 years, 1 month and 24 days. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, interment being made in the Granite Hill Cemetery. The de- ceasd was the wife of GuBtave Kar- ner. Her Illness extended over more than a year, but in spite of all that medical skill and loving kindness could do, she passed away. DIED In Grants Pass, December 29, 1908, David Albert Eberhard, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Eberhard, of Aurora, Oregon, of appendicitis. The funeral was held Thursday af ternoon at 2 o'clock, from the Hob son residence in this city, Rev. Alex. M. MacLean officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard and child arrived in Grants Pass a short time ago, and nave been visiting Mr. Eberhard'a sister, Mrs. Hobson. The little one was taken with appendicitis and it was thought an operation would save Its life, but It died a short time after the operation. At the last meeting of the city oum 11 It was decided to fix the rate of taxation for the ensuing year at A mills. Independent Company Organized. The Citizens Telephone Company was recently organized in this city and articles of incorporation filed on December 23d. E. A. Marsh, a gentleman of wide experience In or ganizing Independent lines through out the west is at the head of the new company. The officers are E. A. Marsh, president, Arthur Conklln, vice-president and secretary and Mar cus Robblns, treasurer. The same persons constitute the board of direc tors or trustes. The capital stock of the company Is $30,000, and the object Is to put in an Independent Bystem In this city and to gradually extend both north and south to con nect with other Independent lines. Franchises wil be asked of both the city and county. Plans have been made for a building but no site has been secured as yet. It. K. Montgomery Goes to Albany. R. K. Montgomery, who has so ably and pleasingly filled the position of agent for the Southern Pacific at Grants Psbs for the last year, will leave within the next couple of days for Albany, to occupy the same posi tlon there. The transfer ts a pro motion, as Albany Is the most tm- portant station on the Southern Pa cific In the state outside of Portland, and employs a large number of men. It Is an Important passenger station, having lots of tourist travel also an immense freight business. A fine large new depot was dedicated about month ago. While the people of Grants Pass will regret to lose Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, tbey will be glad to know that the change Is much to their advantage, and the good wishes of a multitude of friends will go with them to their new home. M. J. Mahoney, who is now assist ant agent, will have charge of the of fice here until a new agent is ap pointed. A new operator is expected to arrive any day to relieve Mr. Ma honey of a part of the work in that department. MERLIN DISTRICT A MINING CENTER Josephlne County has long been noted for Us mineral resources but Merlin as the center of this industry, has not been given the recognition It deserves. Galice Creek, with the Almeda and Its smelter, the Big Yank, the Gold Road, the Oriole, the Argo, and the many other promising quarts proper ties, all of which are at or near a producing basis, together with the Old Channel, the Lewis, the Anderson and the Galice Consolidated placers, must come to Merlin tor rail rans- portatlon. The same conditions ap ply to the Jump-off-Joe district with the Mt. Pitt, the Mountain Treasure, the Eagle, the Oro Flno, the Oak, the Baby and the Lucky Queen quarts properties and the Sexton and Swat zlka placer mines. To enumerate the many prospects in the district lying between Merlin and Galice, within four or five miles of the town,, on which active devel opment work Is being done, would require considerable space, but prominent among them are the Mam moth Copper, the Peacock, the Cop per Sandard and the United Copper Gold. The latter probably making the greatest strides and the most sat isfactory showing. In this district are also to be found the Emerson- Flannagan and Hellgate placers properties that have been worked a full 50 years together with several otner smaller propositions thai re celve spasmodic attention. While none or these employs a large force of men, in the aggregate they constitute a considerable num ber and rurnlsh a market lor our fruits and farm products far f roater than one realizes for above all the mlror lives well. He wants the best, and pays for It. His shoes are rcugh but he spends more in clothing his feet tJmn duos the dandy iurto of th city. His clothers are not flashy, hut thuy nre of better material than the average seen In the busy marts. He can look you In the eye and tell you of his prospect with an enthusiasm that warrants the thought "Therj'll jo something doing in Merlin very ufn." The pocket-hunter ts not yet thin of the past, for hardly day passes but some hardy prospector outfits at one of our strops tot trip Into the mountains. Whilo he frequently returns with tnou,;h to pay for a month or so of leUuro, he seldom has sufficient to warrair. put ting his name in the press dispatch es, although he firmly believes tha. his next sloree will place him In that much-to-be-deslred position. He Is an Interesting study, and when you get thoroughly acquainted with him you will envy him his happy-go lucky life. But this is wandering away. Let us get back to Merlin. With Its var ied resources It Is destined to be come an important centre, but if It were dependent entirely upon the mining Industry the continued de velopment of these prospects would keep It alive, and the bringing of a few of them Into the producing list would make It a city. The crying need of these prospects is capital for development purposes for many a magnificent showing is being worked in a hand-to-mouth manner. The promoter and wild catter 1b as yet unknown, but the values are so evident that many a man practically slaves for years to accomplish that which a little capital would bring forth In one season. Placed In a desert where there was (Continued to page 4) THE BANNER YEAR OF TREE PLANTING 1400 Acres Beinc Pre- pared lor Fruit. ROOM FOR MUCH MORE 50,000 Trees and 20.1,000 Grape Vines Already Ordered and Season Not Over. On all sides of Grants Pass, and even extending almost Into the heart of the city, preparations are going on for the planting of fruit trees and grape vines, and there are yet thous ands of acres suitable for fruit rais ing which are still In timber and brush which will be cleared and planted before a great while longer. It has not been many years since the planting of trees for commercial purposes began here, so short a time, In fact, that but few of the orchards have come Into bearing. Several hundred acres of new trees will bear fruit next year for the first time, and each succeeding year will see the production more than doubled over the preceding year. By far the great est number of trees planted are ap ples, and the Spltzenbergs and New town Pippins are the leading varie ties, and next come poaches, pears cherries, plums, apricots and so on through the list nearly every varie ty of edible fruit being raised. The Tokay grape became an ac knowledged wealth producer In this section of the Rogue River valley at about the same time that other fruits came into their own, and the plant ing of vineyards has gone on at ft rate about equal to that of the apple. Nurseries which have representa tives In Grants Pass have taken or ders for something over 60,000 trees already this season, and about 265,- 0O0 grapes. Many persons have also ordered direct from the nursery, and It is impossible to get any Idea of the number of either trees or vines whlrh have come In from these or ders, but It may be seen that be- . tween 700 and 800 acres will be planted this year to fruit trees, and at least 600 acre to grapes even though no more orders are sent In. As the planting season will not be over for four months yet, It Is safe to say that the number of trees and vines ordered will greatly Increase the number given above. The above estimates are made after inquiring from each of the representatives of the nurseries here as to the orders taken, and are therefore authentic. With all this Increase there Is still no danger of over-production. In fact the larger the acreage the better op portunities there will be for markt Ing fruit. Rogue River apples, peach eas, pears, grapes and other fruits are becoming known, and as they be come known the demand increases. The Fruit Exchange was not able, this year, to fill the orders recelvod, and another year the exchange will be better organized and better able to push the fruit to the best market. With the largo area of land suitable for raising all kinds of fruit, there Is but little doubt that within the next 10 years that part of the Rogue River Valley tributary to Grants Pass will be the largest and most famous fruit raising section of the world. A short time we will work in your city. With an experience of many years In shop work on sewing ma chines, later conducting a large re pair shop of our own. We feel that we can give you service that Is not obtained from the class of men that generally solicit this work, we will be able to furnish recommendation from the first Job to the last. Wo examine and advise you about your sewing machine free of charge. Peo ple in the country need only bring the bead. Robers & Roberts, Spec ial Machinists. Rooms, Second and E streets, at Mrs. G. W. Scotts. Phone 105. 1-lt Placer blanks at the Courier. I