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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1909. NO. 46 VOL. XXIV. EARMARKS OF FORGERV- AISO PREDICTS VETO DAM DEAL HAS BEEN CLOSED Makes iMalicious Statement about City Council May Investigate Conduct of W. C. .tier rill, Special Agent Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Co. The remonstrance presented to the mayor and city council at Medford against the granting of a franchise to the Citizens Telephone Company was presented by the paid agent of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. The persons whose names appeared among the first on the doc ument were those of two prominent physicians who declare they never so much as saw the remonstrance pa per, and these gentlemen's state ments are far 'beyond reproach or doubt. Also, W. K. Merrill, the paid agent of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph Company, made the following statement to reliable business men, that the Citizens Telephone Company liave not yet been given the fran chise in Grants Pass, as "we have every reason to believe that the may or will veto the same regardless of hn council vote." This statement was made and can be verified on ap plication. Mr. Merrill also made the state ment to reliable business men that he is amply able to block any game that the Citizens Telephone Com pany are able to bring before the City Council of Medford, and it is probable that the council will ask Mr. Merrill to explain this statement. W. K. Merrill's conduct may yet be investigated and it would not be any out of the way to take such an action as we are sure we have many citizens of good repute who do not care to associate In a business way with this type of society. And we would further suggest that the re monstrance presented to the City Council of Grants Pass might be like wise investigated. Mr. Merrill's broadside in the lo cal paper of our neighbor city of Grants Pass, while he was on his way to unknown parts is only a repetition of a series of acts in this city, which made it necessary for him to take his departure between the two lights of day. If the gentleman giving the ac count of the meeting of last Sunday in the Citizens Telephone Company office In the Pacific Outlook Building lng in Grants Pass would have done as the gentlemen present at the meeting did our national reputation would be of a somewhat bolder type, as our Spokane friends who spent their hard earned money to call on us were disappointed at their re ception and the display of our pro ducts presented at this time, and it would be safe to say that the gentle man who spent all his spare energy in the concoction of this conglomer ation of foolishness was not present at the meeting of our Spokane friends and well wishers. Purchase of the Big Golden Dirf t and the Grants Pass Orchard Company Properties By Our Local Irrigation Co. There was a meeting of the Jose- the river. There will be a gravity nhin rmintv Irrleation & Power ditch on either side and suitable Company in the parlors of the First high line ditches to convey the wa- Natlonal Bank on Thursday after-., ter to the lands wnere it may ne re- nnnn at which It in lparned. some nulred. 1 ne company nas maae imnnrtant business was transacted. 1 every arrangement to construct sued There has been a deal on hand, ditches as will place a considerate which to some extent has been section under irrigation this year. Vnnwn hv the nuhllc. between the Nothing will prevent this unless company and the parties owning the those who own the land refuse to Ament dam. For a time the attor- sign and take the water. From wnat neyB representing the respective is learned the whole irrigation but parties have been at work drawing ! iness is in the very best shape and the papers which were to convey the ;the water will be placed within the dam and the valuable water rights ' vlded of course as has been men- connected therewith. Senator Nor-'. tloned the water user will do his part A SAMrLE OF FARCICAL TELEPHONE PROMOTION An Interesting Story of the Independent Telephone Company of Omaha, Nebraska, Up to Date Financial History Is a Farce. ton, who represented the Ament's, has been in Salem attending to his legislative duties and this made it difficult to bring the negotiations Dry farming has been so unsuc cessful and unsatisfactory In this valley that few will be willing to risk It lonirer. Irrleation will insure a , - to a conclusion. Finally on Tuesday : full crop every year and it is quite Blanchard, the Attor last, 0. 8 ney for the Josephine Irrigation & Power Company went to Salem and had a conference with Senator Nor ton which resulted in the two reach ing an agreement as to all the points which had been at issue, and the papers were prepared for signature. Mr. Blanchard returned to Grants Pass on Thursday morning and at once Secretary Rlggs notified the directors of the company to attend tVin moot in nt thn bank as above re- l- i. ... . ii ho nun ha ripnended UDOn lO wuin. I rrv. nnlniT woo mil oil tn A New oecreuiry vuubcu. no purieu. mo uicchu8 The executive committee of the : at all times for the best interests of ordej. by PreBljent Qilkey, all the Commercial Club met on Thursday j that organizations. His loyalty to dlrectora bemg present. The docu mornlng and elected E.' E. Blan- the club and his impartiality as re- ment conveylng the dam, the water chard of Fruitdale, secretary. Thejgards every member will never be Hght ftnd the land on both Blde8 ot club has not had a regular secretary questioned. It is understood that th(J r,yer together wlUl the contracts for some weeks and consequently Mr. Blanchard will give only one- Ieadlng t0 the date of the full trans thla action of the committee was half of his time to club work, but fw Qf the property were read and highly necessary. Mr. Blanchard is the rooms will be kept open ai - aftep a fun discussion by Bectlon a a thorough going business man and hours. resolution was offered ana passea, has the required ability to do the authorizing the president and secre- work for which be has been chosen. The Mom Real Estate Office. wy Qf the company to affix their He came here with his family nearly Joseph Moss, the real esate man, iQ the yarloug documentB. a year ago from Iowa and after has become located and nicely fixed rtatives of the Golden Drift carefully looking over the country ' up In his new office In the Josephine Rnd the Grant(J pa89 0rchard Com. he purchased property in Fruitdale Hotel building. The rooms are in pRny cam(J next ,n orderi and aiso and some other portions of the every way equal to the best on tne Rfflxed the)r nameB but tnl8 wa8 not county He has Bhown himself en-' street and rank among the first as done unU, th(J n(?xt mornlng pre8l thuslas'tlc over our climate, soli and real estate offices. Mr. Moss fully dpnt Qllkey and c w. Ament and - n hot tn rin business as It . n. ,l tha mmnnnT production and he nrnuy Deuevea rean lomiHuwunm . that Josephine county will event-j should be, it is necessary to have went up t0 the dam In the atternoon ually be one of the richest in Oregon not only a good location bu .all the & locaUon for tne flrBt " J ... inTa miiHt be in keeping. Jli. ,,, innn Vl la will hft COITI" nd that Grants raS8 Will Boon ue- buiivuuUo aiuu. uin. uVx, - a city of great importance. I Before making this move th s pra - menced R8 a few otner lm. ' From the very first Mr. Blan- tical real state man seuu.u - portftnt details relating to aucn cou . . .... nrvcr in the consisting of many of the very best . haye been attcnded to. " .:r:r"' uw ; chosen properties In the county as well as u , nQW be only a nueBtlon 0f Zh fti irrigation com- a very large number in the city, and farmerB enoufih t0 take the a member of the irrigation , advertise, he had a I ... th immediate con- n .., Commercial C1UD ana Knowing waici w "o...v v..- --- TZ Jim. h.,d .or. rom u, o, . " ,,r,,ct, ot on bo.H o, Josepnme time ana ma". (Public Service, Chicago, Feb, 1909) Such reckless promotions as the one described In this article not only brings disaster and opprobrium upon the people directly interested in them but tend to Intensify the general and unfounded district of soundly organ ized and capably managed public uUltlty corporations that prevails in some communities.. .When, In order to induce the granting of a fran chise, promoters promise to provide a public utility at rates known to be Inadequate to meet the cost of fur nishing that utility, they attempt the impossible, and the result can ha nothing but failure, bringing disap pointment, disgust and financial ! to the misled community.. We submit that it is the duty of city governments to protect tho people against such palpable frauds. Omaha is not as proud of its In dependent" telephone company aa it expected to be. The reality turns out so completely and amazingly different from the prospect that the thousands of good Omaha citizens who voted to give the "Independent" certain that the many will avail themselves of this opportunity to se cure it. ' be no delay now that the legal parti franchise wondering why they or the business has been fully pro- " . 7 , ZZnnnn vlded for, but the directors had re- The 'independent te ephone solved to be sure that everything movement is responsible for many cases of bald misrepresentation and was mi num. uciuia w vu.v B i ahead. These gentlemen have given reeking fraud but it. Omaha case to I iL . s.a k nilwA rT rn f in 1 f II Ann v .1 .,KWt onrl It In lue y3TJ upei iowjo vi u quite certain they will make few if conscienceless manipulation. The I MA. V. mi Mttma n m la iiaiial nnv mkl.Vp. PrO.UUlr til . ""J , . . .u. I 11.1. oKlotonnnnnln PrOmiBeU IUO UIUJUBBJUHJ UU ulll- . . a., .v. , ed something else. The same trick our nexv issue iuhi iu ianucio u - i . .... v , tfin had been turned in many American nave ueeu ubrius iui i i . , . ,j, cuies ueioru, uuw mo huubkubo v Bigning up laiuui,. I wi . . . . . morltv It has come down to real business u.u wl h the officer, of the company and of elector, n Omaha from jj tta. they will give water for money or fway the prl .g. lor th. Its equivalent in work. The many y wno nave biuuu vj .p .t l ..m on As an extenuating circumstance irom me nrai uum uu "" . , . . . , . .. . . ... fnr tho npnnlB of Omaha, let it be opportun ty tc , give , ucn oae La,d that tbe game, in its prospective dreds of buslnes. house, for. year, help. First they must sign up ror .n.iBm v L OnO.0it nf hvln two tele- themselves and then urge their ,. uge t f the dlv,Blon neighbors to do likewise. .i,..ticiiiU.j. in tt, lnoai tBlfinhona service. This is the consummation ot tne ; - . . . cage f one j.ja8B of ciu. greatest enterprl ,.e dreB9ed gentlemen appear upon the re gaining at the expense of an- bT,Un " Z of 2 w olcfng scene with th announcement that other class, and on the whole .uch and Is a matter of much rejoicing h.i i,nPflt to anv . i i f npv iiuvu uunio iciioto vuv li aiionv-iiuuD - but let It he unaemooa nu- . - Macton Qf ft ..grlnd. communlty. Furthermore, many of yet been entirely accomplished. furtherln. thl8 thn worklnirInen who were engaged takes money and labor to duho ; nBfrln,i -. , huin. thi nUnt took nart of ditches and this must be forthcoming ", .,"; C i. u..." " " . "lnA. nf ihn rom- ... , .... u.a fal'ti men ueg Ilium. ciuHuuunj i." . iuuu ntfici m or the work will lag. h" fa,;L lowed to Invest large sums of money pany, which are of doubtful value, however, to believe that tho spl.lt ,nntr.,rtlnn of a vi..n,i-i liutorv m. Farce. . . lJ I III llin I.ILJ 111 wv "---- I m - m - which has stood oy ana ."I telephone plant. Most any city The financial history of the Inde- wara cue r,,, "'1""' ,1Ue8 to welcome investments. pendent Telephone Company of Oma alx months will continue with us un- v ...ihorlaed can- . ...ill U nn I JIU IB A vuuiu! - m til our irrigauon - Furthermore, these capital-laden itallzatlon 1. a. follow.: accomplished fact, from nvers.uo iu - - . ... th. .....,. . . . nnft.OOo Igeulieiueu jiuiui. uu nn. vuinuni duiv.iv ..t-.---. structlon of the plant will give work DOnd 3,330,000 to a large number of men, ana me dent" telephone plant. It has been In operation since December 2, 1907, more than a year. The "su-. perlor" service consist, of not more than 4000 stations a. against about 20,000 stations ot the "grinding mo nopoly." Independent Ihitesare Higher. The rates of the "Independent" are higher than those of the grind- lug monopoly." The "independent" , charges $2 a month for a business telephone and the old company charges $6 a month for a business telephone. Some thoughtless people may conclude from this statement of facts that the "Independent" rate, are lower, but not so. There's a simple deduction to be made here. The man who buy. 20,000 pin. for 1 6 get. a lower price than the man who buy. 4000 pins for $2. The $6 purchaser get. hi. pin. at 30 cent, per thousand, while the $2 pur chaser pays 50 cent, per thousand. The illustration 1. fair and applica ble. No one rent, a telephone to decorate his desk or wall; a man pay. for a telephone for the ser vice he get. out of it, and it. worth to him is measured by the amount of such service. A telephone through which you may communi cate with 20,000 other telephone, certainly cost, more to furnish and 1. worth more to the user than a telephone through which you can reach only 4000 other telephones. The merchant who get. a 20,000 statlon telephone service for $6 per month i. buying hi. telephone ser vice" at a lower rate than the mer chant who jay. S2 per month for a 4000-BtatIoh .ervlco. , . -t In the, construction of the Omaha "Independent" plant many men were employed for some months, It i. true but their aggregate wage, will not balance the waste forced upon hun- . Later .hen the ' 1 and nicely , , thoroughly remodeled ud ,Uoll 0, plant, .tier It 1. 'L. e ewaTelS SJ'.nd .nrnl.h.d omce.. TH. 'Z 71. U V. -n.p.olea. w. ....n-.U Pern,.nen. $8,330,000 mi. T T Alftntinn A ffnut t Pour and a half feet of snow is inaie B. . ' ll""'',vl' . ""V " . ' . r j ,hn want to buy farms, iruu . w . P k Oold 8ty e win ne pui. m, empioymeni 10 unj. n. uon cdiiipttiiy u mu ,wvv,vv a director of the company and at ho nt to J y p ted the M M M bfl A once became a prominent figure in and raa ches , Reach ma 11 trail at Three Mne ut the great a ,wtchboard capftCy the board, in accepting the sece- at a bargnln, should gi and the UnUed ma l Is de- up t tQward remodomng Qf M0M J automatic telephone.. taryshlp oi me iop"ut. - 'ay lor ' t nA .. will be a collosal sale for whlcn oc- gervlne at rates much leHS than tne whether or not any of the balance ' occurs nearly every winter ana i. - already L... v aviir honrd of before. Of v.a tl stock hat) been la- p . . . tniiil rniltfi I union in ' "v - Lit Ufc . a great argument for a mail u dQwn (he omottng gontome ued we are unabIe t0 8tate, but if WW"" 1 d0wn Rogue River from Grant. Holcomb ftnd j p llan,gu8 Bfty( th ,s tQ ,)(J a great and proflt. not( t.-en the outBtanding capltall- ! en here from the Btate ot vvasn- ablo We have got to make room for our New Stock of Pars. a combined effort of Josephine Lnd Curry counties would probably Induce the post office department to Wall Pap er 1 .. Mr lIiillliniB has . .. . ... ....j. . th. Mlir Clllimiumw expend a portion oi u iu.m. lu. but w,n b(J hcre wltn 1 . . .mmnnT HI TinHl rilUUS v... I . . . . . . . unnU. 1IIIIMUCIIIC- " I - nn , . ' - uui v .. v. -- - .. . . .lo It la fidt to .. . - V. ntint nf AHOA p irom mo Dtavn w - jtiiie Dusmens tsni yi inn, . . i zaiion oi a ioibijuuhw iii" ... Ington. They are soua men unu be merely a phllantnropic enut-ui, Nation, is 3,ouo,uou, or saw per will add to the business Interests of ftnd tha good pc0ple of the town will Llatlon, The amount ot "water" in Now on the way mall route, and assist the forestry service to complete the trail now De- Ing constructed, or possibly to change the trail to a wagon road, thus giving our coast nelgngors an outlet Inland for their proauce. his family In three or four weeks Mr. Holcomb has ro family. The sale of the Harth business ieans the severance of old associa tions by Mr. Harth and hi. family. He came here 19 rears ago and ha. i.n in business in tne cuy our 25 Per Ct. off ON ALL CASH PURCHASES ' Come while the assortment is fine niei iuiau i been in uusinrH in mo Curry I. one of the richest subdl- fUA and ha8 mtiio, (or slons of the state of Oregon but -h ,f ftnd faTnlly many strong vlutnn Is held back by a lack of transpor tation and even fair mall facilities, Harth uslness Sold. A C. Holcolmb and J. F. Halll gu. "have purchased the P. H. Harth oimn'- rurnlshlng Goods and Doot and Shoe establishment, one of the oldest and most .uccessful store. In Grant. Tass. Under the new firm the .tore will be known a."The Ideal O'NEILL fTAflHousefurnlshcr South bide of lailroad on C St. fripndKhlns. We have not yet learned Just what will be determined a. to th future residence of Mr. and Mr.. it. nt. A Hon resides in Uoseburg 1 married daughter In Portland It Is Quite natural that one oi mes i.laies "wliniecome some time their home. Hut for tho present, nothing permanently settled. Quart, blank, tt th Courier be let In on the profits. Because a thl9 ,najr be mRglned when one local financial Interest will work for conHjdorl the fact that the Dell tele- the future welfaro oi tne Dtimnuiw, pbone piant at Omaha 1. capuaiuoa Wall street Is to be deprived of the at ()nly j9; por ,tatlon. opportunity to invesi in iu - Tne Un0n jeiepnone uodbhuv- prlse and what bond, and siock. can ton Company and It. flwal agent, be spared by the backer, of the pro- mot wth poor guCces. In their at- ... . i 1.. -..14 in .... ii .1 . 1 -l moter. will ne graeioum tcmptB to unioaa mese iwn local people on a basis that will n 0mabRt it . undei.tood that bring at least 10 per cent annually. inQHt of the rea m0iey put Into the A H7 1 1 ... .A. How cruel to snui ktiuiimuh cogtructlo.n of tne piani came irm street out of such splendidly paying j,tcln0 coa8t. The fund, were securities! But poor Wall street I. rMlUod frora bond, held by the Ore- i Jk , haaa 1 m a f1HMi. ... i Konip rtonrlvcd of inese . 9R nd B2 uer cent .ecurltles u even had to stand aside and se all of Mlilr'. 62 rrr cent Franklin Byn- riirat. ecurltles go into th nana. of frugal worklngmen and confiding widow.. After voting a franchise to the promoter., Omaha got It. "Indepen- gon Raving, ana irum. pany, of Portland, which failed In August, 1907, bocause it w.s no gon Saving, and Investment Corn able to realize on the securities of which tt held to the value of ll,30u. 000. Borne of the bond, were .oU (Continued on last pa)