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VOL. XXIV.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
HO. 45
IXTH STREET IN
i BAD CONDITION
t Must Be Paved With
i out Delay.
? TO PROPERTY OWNERS
: "
'et There be Prompt Action so as to
4
Commence Paving on Com
j pletion of Dridge
The city fathers are reminded that
Tlxth street stands "very much in
teed of paving as It is surely dis
graceful beyond measure to have the
principal thoroughfare of this lm
lortant city of the far famed Rogue
river Valley in the condition it is.
Nearly or quite three-quarters of the
trade that comes to us from the out
ride of town passes over the bridge
tnd up Sixth street. Two-thirds of
the length of this street is so abom
inably bad that many farmers re
fuse to come to town oftener than
they are absolutely obliged to. If
there is an important street in any
ether town in the country in as bad
condition as our Sixth street, it has
r ot been heard of np to the present
time. There is much that might be
ciid regarding the efforts in the past
t j have this popular Btreet payed,
.tufflce it to say that it has not been
the fault of the property holders.
They have been willing and even
tixlous to have the pavement laid
end have voted for it and they will
tote for it again if that is necessary.
'.Tie whole trouble In the past has
! sen in the council but we hope that
'ils administration will neither de
"iy, linger or wait beforer taking
'.ae nece&Wy steps to put through
Tils most important matter. This
iprovement should be taken in
and at once and as soon as the
Ixth street steel bridge is completed
verythlng should be In readiness to I
iy the pavement. The mayor and
ouncil, we are certain, understand
he importance of paving this busi
ness street and it will In our opin
ion, hardly be necessary to go fur
ther into the matter at this time.
The people, it may be stated, want
the street paved before the hot
Treat her sets in. It is even too long
to wait for the bridge to be complet
ed, but we suppose this must be done
but please, gentlemen, do not add
another week to that time. While
on this' ripe subject it is not out of
place for us to mention the fact that
tour blocks on either side of the rail
road track is by no means the limit
Of this needed Improvement. Some
thing must be done In the way of Im
proving the streets all the way down
to the bridge. During the past bIx
months the work which has been
done in the way of repairs has fallen
short of doing any particular good.
It is possible that from M street to
the bridge a macadamized road
properly constructed will answer the
purpose but right here Is the diffi
culty. It requires' experience to
We have got to make room for our
New Stock of
Wall
Now on the way
25 Per Ct. off
ON A Mi CASH PURCHASES
Come while the assortment is fine
! O'NEILL
build a good road and money st ent
for this purpose by some one lacking
this important essential is ' n.orey
wasted.
There ia too much material on the
street now to permit the making of
a good road. It has cost a large
amount of money to make tha tail's,
hollows, nd mud holsu which now
cause it to be well nigh impassable
for loaded or even light teams.
Far be it from us to claim that
the Intent was not good, yet one of
our great reformers and church fa
thers has said that "Hell Is paved
with good intentions." It might be
pointed out that we need a reform
in street construction, and when it
shall be undertaken, let it be under
the direction of a street committee
thoroughly Informed regarding mod
ern road making.
Since writing the above we have
been fortunate enough to have a
most satisfactory interview with the
mayor, who says neither the council
nor himself can do anything in re
gard to paving Sixth street until the
property owners make the re
quest to have the work done and
he further says- that there is abso
lutely nothing In the way of paving
this important street if the owners
of the property so desire, bo it is
up to them to take the necessary
steps to secure the paving of the
street.
CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
Regular Session of City Council
Thursday was a
Lively one
The Council met In regular session
Thursday night with Mayor Kinney
In the chair and the following
oouncilmen present: Burkhalter,
Cheshire, Cramer, Cronk, Fettchjuid
Rlggs. Absent, Myers and Tuffs.
A large amount of routine busi
ness wa transacted. A communica
tion was received from the Alaska
Yukon Exposition offering the city
of Giants Pass, July 16th as Grants
Pass day at the Exposition. The of
fer was accepted and the recorder
Instructed to thank the Exposition
people for their courtesy In the mat
ter. The ordinance for the granting of
a franchise to the Citizens' Tele
phone Co., was read the second time.
Councilman Burkhalter moved that
there be Inserted a clause that would
prevent the transfer of the franchise
to another company, which was car
ried. Under Its proper head the Citizens
Telephone Co. Ordinance was read a
third time and put on Its final pass
age. The vote was five for the ordi
nance and one against.
A large number of friends of both
the old and the new telephone com
panies were prepent and took an act
ive part in the discussion of the sub
ject. The city property committee rec
ommended purchase of five acres ad
joining the city park. This was re
ferred back to the committee for
further action.
The council Instructed the mar
shal to notify owners of property to
take down liquor signs on buildings.
'aper
fjAaHousefurnlsher
South Fide of Railroad on C St.
SOME BIG REAL
DEALS BY
The Immediate Outlook
... , -
Acuvuy in urcnara
in Desirable Fruit
Valley and
f
During the last few days there has
been numerous deals in real estate
and some of them have run up Into
the thousands. It cannot be Bald
that the busy season has arrived, but
it is believed that the sales already
made are an indication that the
coming months will bring with them
a large amount of business. Real es
tate men claim that everyone is look
ing for an official announcement that
work will commence on the irriga
tion canals at a definite time and
that this will be the signal for many
transactions of moment. There is
said to be considerable money in
readiness not only in Grants Pass
but in Montana, South Dakota, Wyo
ming and other states. Below
will be found some of the sales that
have been closed since our last Issue.
ChurchilMtiggs Land Company.
One of the largest real estate
transactions of the past 12 months
has been closed by the Churchlll
Rlggs land Co. and Joseph Moss the
agent of Miller Bros., the owners of
the property In question and was
made to S. H. Riggs of this city. The
sale comprises the Miller ranch of
920 acres at the confluence of the
Applegate and Rogue Rlers. The
price paid was $40,00-0. The prop
erty comprises 720 acres of choice
bottom land under a complete sys
tem of irrigation and cultivation and
choicest quality. The water right
IS one of the earliest filed on the Ap
plegate River and the ranch Is with
out doubt one of the very finest hold
ings in Jouenhlne county. For many
years It has been uner a high state
of cultivation and holds the record of
having produced heavy yields of
grain of all kinds, iiay and other
crops. via seiners ie;i us inai me
biggest yield of corn ever harvested
In Southern Oregon, grew on the
ranch. There is a good bearing or
chard of about 25 acres of well se
lected fruit, and it is Mr. Rlggs in
tention to add to the orchard each
year until fully one-half of the en
tire place will be planted with the
choicest varieties of appleB, pears and
other fruits. The land will be laid
out In 20-acre orchard tracts, each
one to be placed under a high state
of cultivation by the most careful
management and when ready will be
placed on the market as model fruit
farms of the most productive kind.
This Beason the acreage of alfalfa
will be largely Increased so as to
meet the demands of the Grants Pass
market. There has already been
raised on the place as high si 1500
tons of this forage In a single sea
son, grain crops will each year oc
cupy a considerable space until the
orchards are developed. S. II
Rlggs is a thoroughly practical busl
ness man and has handled large
forma mirreHftf nil v In the past. He
was one of the pioneers In South
Dakota and remained there long
enough to see the state developed In
to one of the great commonwealths
the middle west, when he left that
How-mis climate to locate In the
n " - -
Rogue River Valley where the con
lltlons wern more favorable to those
In search of health and financial op
portunltles. The choice of this
city and county for a location by a
man of Mr. Rlggs' large experience
Is in itself a commendation of this
section. Last year he purchased
number of fine properties quite near
to Grants Pass, all of which he has
Improved and Is now one of the larg
est land owners In the county and It
can be said that he belongs to that
class who have made the west by the
development of Its broad acres and
showing its fertility.
Klinnk and Hull
The R. A. N. Reymer place Just
below town, so well known to the
public was sold by 8hank A Hall
this week to C. E. Mason and W. 8.
Maxwell, both of Butler, Ind. The
farm consists of 75 acres, mostly
ESTATE
LOCAL FIRMS
Would Indicate Coming
,
rroposmons ana
Lands in This
County.
fine, deep bottom land. There are
15 acres in bearing orchard from
eight acres of which 6000 boxes of
apples were picked the fall of 1906.
Besides this orchard there are 15
acres planted to two-year-old apple
trees which give great promise for
the future. There are 10 acres in
alfalfa and clover. The remaining
land is on the bench and part in
brush. The place has a practical
Irrigation plant and orchard outfit.
The improvements on the property
are valuable and the whole place Is
in every way first-class.
We are glad to welcome Messrs.
Mason and Maxwell, both being de
sirable citizens. They come to us
bearing the highest recommenda
tions and they will be a great help
to this part of Josephine county.
This sale, together with the ElBmann
property sale made a short time ago
by the same firm shows the value of
improved propositions in this sec
tion. Messrs. Shank & Hall have
made several other sales since our
last issue but we have no data in
regard to them.
W. n. Sherman.
A large sale of timber lands, was
made during the week by W. B.
Sherman for O. C. Sether to the
Grants Pass Timber Co. The prop
erty consist! of 1000 acres in sec
tions 5, 6, 7,and 8 in township 33
south, range 6 west, the considers-
tlon being $25,000. This will make
10,000 acres of timber lands Bold by
Mr. Sherman io this same company,
which Is r.neXof the st-..i;e.t biul-
hess orpnnlzaljfons in the country,
It is composed or seven men rrom
seven different Btates, an weauny
ana representing sju.uuu.uuu. ineir
principal umoer noiumB ur uu
Evans creek. Mr. Sherman is ai-
ways at home when he undertakes
to carry through a big deal. He
came In from the Bouth Thursday
morning and went on through to
Portland, where he expects to secure
another body of timber
Kales by Joseph Moss.
Joseph Moss sold 40 acres thla
week four miles south of Merlin, be-
onglng to Henry H. McGrath to W.
A. Donaldson, consideration, $1000.
Also a property of Mrs. Will Jackson
on E street, back of the R. L. Coe &
Co. store to Arthur Conklln, con-
sideratlon $1000.
Mr. Moss also sold for John H.
Williams and others to William II.
Shatil. lot 8. In block 51 Railroad
addition. Price not named
THE QUESTION OF
r.DANTINf! FBANrnKFS
UIWtnilMU innuvuuuu
Kliouhl TIh'hc YuIuttMe Akkcw
be
CJIven Away Without
Compel it Ion?
Another valuable franchise of the
people has been given away by the
city for the nominal sum or amiing.
This time the application haB been
for a telephone system, huvlng for
Its object the Installation of a new
plant. The grantees were given
permission to operate within
corporate limits for a period of 35
years without paying one cent to the
city treasurer. It looks like the
common interest of the community
had been over-looked when It ap
pears that no bond was required to
comply with the terms of the fran
chlse, thus leaving tne grantees 10
do aa they please, without a roneii-
ure of money or damages. A11
that Is required is that worK musi
be begun within three months and
days and the etaolnBhdelatolreatos
written acceptance filed within 10
days and the performance of the
grantee has been completed so far as
the city 1 concerned, and rhe
crantee is ready to begin selling
stock to the pubtlc, which perhaps
sufficient assurance that it is not
well to reason any further in the
matter.
Notwithstanding a valuable fran
chise was being handed out, but one
councilman saw fit to vote against
it and that was T. P. Cramer. Those
who were in favor, were Riggs,
Cheahlre Bkhaiter. cronk and
""' iuuo auu iiijeio.
It is not known who is back of the
company or what their assets are or
whether it has any or not At any
rate many business men are not in
favor of a divided telephone service
as it would force every business man
In town to have two phones where In
the present Instance one Is all that is
required. Whether or not this pro-
test coming oeiore me council naa
any effect is better told in the man
ner in which each councilman voted.
i nese are they who entered a protest
and desired to have but one tele-
would be installed within 11 months
L th paciflc tf
trra n n -n vn fia n - i
o'v" v.fuu, . 1
H Horning, James Holman, D B
Russell.Grants Pass Banking & Trust
Company, Dr. W. H. Flanagan, , C.
B. Fowler, J. V. Schmidt, Mashbura
& Company, C F Dixon, A J Mc-
Kinney, H L. Andrews, M. Clemens,
JXF. Galbralth, J. L. Calvert, Jewell
Hardware Co., B I Plummer, WeBt-
ern Hotel, P H. Harth, Bert Barnes,
C. C. Presley, Robert G. Smith, Cold
Storage, Kinney & Truax, Jno. D.
Fry, F Elsmann, Geo. S. Calhoun,
B. F. Banks, R. H O'Neill, J. Pardee,
J. O. Gibson, R. W. Clarke, Dr. F.
W. Van Dyke, J A. Slover, C. H
Clements, Dr. H C Dixon, Dr. B F
Devore, R L Bartlett, R L Coe & Co,
Ed Llstr, Dr F W Strieker, M O
Ament, C E Harmon, H C Bobzien,
M J Goodnow, A Willard, Amy
Booth Holmes, C H Demaray, Dr W
Booth, J E Peterson, Claus Schmidt,
T E McKoln, Grants Pass Steam
Laundry, John Minor Booth, A Gig-
ler, Dr D P Love, J J Hanson, C H
Elsmann, E S VanDyke, B M Hall,
W S Barrle
It is aUo worth while to consider
the rates as are provided in the f ran-
chlse to tne new telephone company,
whlch are as follows: Individual
business one party line, $3 per
month. Two party business line,
250 per month, which is the mini-
mum t0 business houses.
Dwellings Individual one party
1ne Bervlce, $2 per month. Two
na tv llne i B0 Der month. Four
party line $1.25
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.
Notlce is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Josephine
County will hold the regular exam I-
nation of applicants for state and
county papers at Grants Pass, as fol-
lows:
For State Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, renru-
ary 10, 1909 at 9 o'clock a. m., and
continuing until Saturday, February
13, 1909 at 4 p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, read-
lng, psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic,
theory of teaching grammar, book
keeping, physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, goography,
composition, algebra, English lltera-
ture, school law.
,,,. n1nin frnnmctrv.
general history.
For County Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, Febru
ary 10, 1909, at 9 o'clock a. m. and
continuing until Friday, February
12, 1909, at 4 p. ra.
WorinPHrtnv Penmanship. HIS-
tQ 0rthograiI,hy, Reading. Physical
Geography.
Thursday Written Arithmetic,
Theory of Teaching, Grammar, I 'by-
Biology.
Friday Geography, 8chool Law,
Civil Government, English uiera-
ture. LI.NCUL.IN BAV AUCi,
County Superintendent,
Grants PaBS, Ore., Jan. 23, 1909.
Ludle Auxiliary Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Ladles
Auxiliary to the Commercial Club
win be held at the club rooms Mon
day afternoon, February 8, at
I o'clock. A full attendance is fle
,treni as buBlneBS of Importance
a t0 come up
Mrs. C. h. Clcvenger, Pres.
A man's sympathy is like M bank
account. It Is best not t draw too
heavily upon it if you nhh to retain
Is hit friendship.
LINCOLN'S BIRTH
DAY CELEBRATED
U
Program in All the
Schools.
A WORLD .CHARACTER
Takes a Loading Place la the His-
tory of the Niuetenth
Century.
,
Frof- Turner has ffiade arrange-
Uenti for Lincoln's birthday to be
.
u 1 &j iipd t rn mib - ..1. 11 a.
-x iu. an uio yuuiic BCUOOIB
of the city on Friday of next week.
The exercises will be with a view
to giving the pupils in each of the
rooms an opportunity to grasp a
little of the spirit of the man whose
birthday they celebrate and to some
extent they wll2 go into the history'
of his times. ' Each Bchool and grada
will have a distinct' program suited '
to the occasion. The people of
Grants Pass are deeply Interested in
this subject and will take pride in
having the schools of their city take
up this study In the thorough man-
ner in which It is planned.
Such a program will be of great
advantage to each and every child
participating In the patriotic exer-
clses. The state of California leads
In the celebration of Lincoln's birth-
day. , The legislature has provided
especially for these exercises and
they are under the direction of the
state authorities. Oregon should at
least make the birthday of Lincoln
the one great day to be kept in re-
membranes by all public schools of
the state. Lincoln was never a pol-
uician but always a patriot. The
newspapers of the whole country are
giving more and mora space each
year to this subject, and as they lead
het the legislatures and officials of
every grade follow their example.
hn a few words the history of Lin
cm can be told and If thla L dnn
In the schools It will lead to the read
ing of history, and this in. turn will
bring about a broader knowledge of
the great men of our nation.
Next Friday will mark the cen-
tury birthday of one who lived, la-
bored and finally gave his life for
his countrymen. Ills name will go
aoWn ja history as one of the great-
est of world characters; a man wlth-
out spot or blemish, who conquered
his foes by love, saving a nation in
itB entirety by his wisdom, and lay
jng the foundation for a great re
I public which should lead the world
n all the arts of peace. This man
WttB Abraham Lincoln, who waa born
February 12, 1809. He was bom
of humble parentage, too poor to
give the son even an ordinary edu
cation. Thomas Lincoln, his father
was a man without ambition, but
ks mother, whoBO maiden name was
Nanoy Hanks, possessed more than
ordinary ability and laid the founda-
I Hon in the education of her son that
resulted In his final success by his
own etlorts. Mrs. Lincoln aiea
when Abraham was only nine years
old, and yet her Influence guarded
him throuKh lffo. He said, after
honors and reputation had come to
lt,m All tin I nn nm anil nil that
. e' t to b, t attribute to my
mother's love and training." This
,r,lutfl to his mother Droved hta hlah
manh0od and accounts for his slm
pllclty and honesty of character. Up
to Abraham Lincoln's time popu
lar government by the people wa
In Its infancy, and really untried.
He made a nation out of Independent
Btates, and taught men to put away
solfiHhness in the Interest of the
whole people. When the enemies of
th nation laid down their arms, his
nla . were airea(iy made to help
- to establish their broken homes
3 .. tn hll,i,, un tll0ir i0cal eovern
- mpnt nn . broader Dlaln than be-
is ore The j,and of an assassin
most unfortunately Interrupted thla
great work and caused not only this
nation but the world to mourn the
Iohb of ono of the noblest of earth,
a man who stands as a type of the
best of the human race. It is well
(Contlnnod on pane four.)