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VOL. XXIV. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1909. NO. 51 CITY MAIL DELIVERY ORDERED JUNE 15 Grants Pass in Ranks of First Class Cit'es. CARRIER EXAMINATIONS Postmaster Donncll Says All Things Are in Readiness Except Se lection of Carriers. A special from Washington an nounces that on June 15 city mail delivery will be inaugurated In ''Grants Pass with two carriers and one substitute ' carrier. This has ..been a subject of much rejoicing in this city and our good fortune will give our friends on the outside much satisfaction. Postmaster Don- y.nell Bays that every detail of pre- -paratlon has been worked out and nothing remains to be done except to hold civil service examinations for carriers and give those who win the places an opportunity to become ; familiar with the streets and nura- ... bers of the city. ' In due time there will be blanks sent to this office by the Postofflce department to. distribute among those who may desire to take the examinations. Applicants must be ovei 18 and under 45. When the blanks are received the fact will be announced to the news papers, also the time the examina tion will be held. ; The postmaster was notified of the action of the department as soon as the mall reached here after the action at Washington was taken. The " announcement having been given out to the Associated Press the news was sent to newspapers by " telegraph and so reached here sev eral days before the official notice came by mall. , Ashland "is also fortunate, also i Hood River and McMlnnvllle, but Medford and Roseburg were left out. In these matters Influence cuts no figure as each town must stand , on Its own bottom. The fortunate titles will, of course, regret that their sister towns have been left out In this new deal for honors. Selling . postage stamps may increase the Balary of the P. M., but It will not count for city delivery. ,.. In the instructions' to postmasters Is found this item of Interest which should be road carefully by every resident within the limits of city de livery: "It Is suggest ed that you urg your patrons the doslrubility of pro viding private boxes or drops for the receipt of mall. The use of such receptacles Is advantageous to the public as well as the department, facilitating speedy delivery." Postmaster Donnoll says that ; every effort will be made by his of fice to Inaugurate the delivery on the date set by the postofflce dopart ! nient and there will be no difficulty' ! In doing so If the civil service cx- nrv.lnatlnns tnko place promptly. 1 Our nnw fronds have THIS Wni.K Wf. RECEIVED NEW CARPETS NEW ART SQUARES NEW WALL PAPER NEW GO CARTS See these goods before purchasing We will continue to sell our Ut ve r' stork of Wall Paper at 25 per cent off for a short time. O'NEILL Packard plays the piano. Will be at Opera house on Friday, March 26. Everyone should go to hear this renowned entertainer. Just arrived One carload of John Deere Buggies, Road Wagons, Sur reys and Rubber Tire Runabouts. Grants Pass Hardware Co. 3-12-tf Hoinesockers Coming. From present indications there will be a rush of homeseekers into this valley in the very near future. The following news item under an Ogden, Utah, date bears on this point: "Rio Grande passenger trains from the east brought in 233 colon ist passengers for different points in Idaho, Washington and Oregon, and these went north over the Oregon Short Line, while colonists arriving over the Union Pacific this morn ing numbered 110, and were sent to California over the Southern Pa cific. Local railroad officials have Instruction to prepare for a great rush of homeseekers near the end of the month." TUESDAY, MARCH 23, AN IMPORTANT DAY Fruit Growers, Stock Growers and Farmers Should Take Notice. C. A. Malboeuf, the district frleght agent of the Southern Pacific, has Usued an invitation to the farmers and fruit growers as well as the stock men of the Rogue River val ley to meet the demonstration train and the members of the experi ment station on Tuesday, March 23, at Grants Pass and Merlin In this county. The train it must be remem bered will reach this city at 11:20 a. m., nnd remain two hours. It will then go on to Merlin arriving there at 3 p. m., and remain there until 4 o'clock. The occasion should be- taken advantage of by the largest number of persons ever assembled at one time in either Grants Pass or Merlin. There will be opportunity to add to your stock of information an amount which may carry you through or over difficulties sure to be encountered In your calling In the near future. Remember that "knowledge Is power." The goods we are selling bo cheap are not old, Bhop-worn articles, but were shipped direct from the factory last fall and this spring. No moth eaten goods In the lot, but all fresh stock. People ure coming and lay ing a stock for future use. You will miss it If you do not do the same. 3-1 9-1 1 A Hare Opportunity. The Life of Christ will be shown t th Electric theater Saturday af ternoon, Sunday afternoon and Sun day evening. Over 300 feet of hand colored film showing the life of fhrlst from Ills Infancy. An admis sion of 25 cents Is usually charged( for this production, but they are going to put It on this time for 10 cents. This will probnbly bo your only opportunity to see this film on this cnt for the picture Is going east In a few days. 3-19-lt G-gallon oil canB wanted at Halr Rlddlo's. commenced to arrive t CTjoHousefurnisher South bide of Railroad on G St. GRAND MASTER OF ODD FELLOWS Visits Grants Pas Ban queted by Local Lodijc. REBEKAH LODGE ASSISTS Royal Time Much Kn joyed By Over A Hundred Monitors of the Order. The Grand Master of Odd Fellows Ed. Hostetler, reached Grants Pass ast Saturday afternoon and in the evening paid an official visit to Golden Rule Lodge No 78, which had been called together by Noble Grand Best for that purpose. It had been arranged to have a real candidate for initiation by the re gular lodge team. The work was put on in a manner that was very gratifying to this high official and in his talk after the Initiation was over, he complimented the lodge upon the creditable manner in which the work was done. The initiation being over the par ty passed into the dining hall, where the Rebekah lodge members served a banquet to about a hun dred of the brothers and sisters of the order. After the last course had been served the Grand Master was "ailed upon by the Noble Grand for an after dinner speech. He respond ed with a charming story of the order itself; Its growth and pros perity from its founding in 1819, 4own to the present time. Taken Utogether it was a highly interest lng talk and it gave pleasure to all who heard It. Mrs. Mary A. Smith, the presi dent of the Rebekah Assembly of Mie state of Oregon, was present end was asked to respond for that order '"hlch she did In n ploas'n manner Vfrs. Smith wears the honors of her xalted office with booming ni'.'iin- Mr and in every way doej credit to !' xalted position s,ie lioMs. tt Flanagan the re;'i founder of Golden Rule lodge, was present and Noble Grand Best called upon him for a speech. The doctor said 25 vears ago he got together five Odd Fellows, Including himself, and they 'ounded the lodge. lie told the story of its trials and success for the vears It has been In existence and gave a considerable amount of hls flry relating to the lodge. The visit of the Grand Master to Grants Puss will long be remembered by all the members of the order who- were fortunate enough to meet him. UFSPKCTi ri.LV IXTFItRFM. The LaM. Snd Hit oh of the Citizen Telephone Co. The remains of the Citizens Tele phone rompany'B franchise In this "lty were respectfully laid to rest by the city council Thursday even ng with but few mourners present. U was expected that when the min utes of the lust meeting were read hat the fireworks would commence, but they were approved without a dissenting voice. Th palsied, stricken franchise did not at that Imo revive sufficient enough to ro rognlze anyone present. However, 'ater In the session there wn a peti tion sprung on the council that 'ookod ns though the spectators would got their money's worth. The petition was from Arthur Conklln nd Marcus Robblns asking the "ouncll to grant the Citizens Tele phone Co. the right to erect poles on the streets and alleys, string wires and use the poles of the other lectrlc transmission companies In he city. There was a dead silence for a Mme, the death scene being one of Mie most piteous ever behold In Grants Pass council chamber. There being no nrtlon taken by the Mayor not wishing the franchise to die on his hands, said he would refer It Ko the Judiciary committee. Coun cilman Tuffs then crawled out of the report he was preparing on the our hase of the roller and rock crusher nd objected, stating that the mat ter had previously been disposed of nd that it was out of order. His remarks brought Councilman Cra mer to the front with a motion that .he petition be laid on the table which motion was seconded by Tuffs, and the vote of the council resulted unanimously that the petition and .he Citizens Telephone Co., as far as the council was concerned, be laid to rest. So endeth the telephone fight in Grant3 Pass and it is now possible for the council to get to gether and transact some affairs for the city. At last the street commit tee can get together and do some work. Fence that is made of highly car bonized (spring) wire is apt to break during cold weather. The American Fence Is neither too hard nor too soft, nut Is Just right, and is the best and cheapest fence that science and skill can make. It is sold only by Hair-Riddle Hardware Co. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION All things have to have a begin ning. The Young Men's Christian Association had a beginning and a small one at that. When Sir George Williams, then a dry goods clerk. began In 1841 to work for the spiritual welfare of his irreligious and profligate associates, even his large faith did not dream that his work would be the beginning of one of the mightiest movements for a higher citizenship and a nobler manhood that the world has ever known. The city of Grants Pass needs something that will give to the bright boys In our schools a higher conception of life's purpose. Theo dore Roosevelt, whatever may be his faults, has "sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call re treat;" and the young men of America have heard the call. We believe In America, and we want her to the front. We believe lu the fu ture of our bautlful city, and we want the young men and women of this place to represent the finest of American manhood and woman hood. We will welcome anything that will help us to attain to this high standard. The Young Men's Christian Association Is one of the most powerful of these agencies; and we most heartily welcome Gen eral Secretary Stone, Asslstnnt Secretary Smith and other Y. M. C. A. workers from Portland, who will be with us next Sunday. They come to awaken a deeper interest In the work In which the Association Is engaged or work whose elevating Influence Is today felt In home, society and state In every civilized nation on the earth. We may not he ready for an asso ciation here just at present, but with the rapid development of our city and county we feel that the day Is not far distant when wo will bo ready, and when the time Is ripe for It we may depend on the active co operation of the great world-wide organization, The pulpits ol the city will be oc cupied next Sunday, March 21, by the secretaries, nnd they will pre sent a full, rounded Gospel from the viewpoint of their association. In the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, there will he a meeting for men only In the Opera Hoiiho. This meeting will be addressed by General Sec retary Stone. In the evening, at 8 o'clock, Assistant-Secretary Smith will give an Illustrated storeoptleon lecture In the Opera House, and by moans of a series of beautiful pictures will present the different phases of our Association, work. Secretary Smith has a reputation as a platform speaker that will be a sufficient guarantee for the Inter est of the lecture. AJmlsslon to all these meetings Is free. We want all Grants Pass out to welcome and hear these pro phets of a higher manhood. I ( . J. WHIUIKT l ni'i 1 1 II K JIIIU I Ml of men's overalls, regular 8uc ( values, now 3.1c; also a lot of boys' overalls that did soli for 35c, now irc. f n I - i.. ...ill ..... THE ORIOLE 01 A Deep Workings on Large Body of Ore. HAVE A FORTY-FOOT LEDGE Will lluild a Saw Mill ami Stamp Mill and Put In u Cyanide riant Soon. The Oriole mine at Gallce turns out to be a bonanza of the first magnitude. There were 17 tons shipped to the Tacoma smelter 'of ore which averaged $210 per ton. This ore was taken from a 40-foot ledge, in which the high-grade mat ter was contained In a vein from six Inches to four fet wide. The bal ance of the ledge will run hlch lng by the cyanide procesB. by the cyanide process. This large ledge with its great wealth in gold means much to J. C. Mattlson who has kept on with the development work year after year. knowing no such thing as discour agement. Mr. Mattlson has capitalized the Oriole Gold Mining company and will from now on do mining In a large way. The richest ore will be shipped to the Tacoma Binelter and the company will at once put In a stamp mill and a cyanide plant of sufficient capacity to take care of the low grade ore as fast as it Is' mined. The first work really to be done by the new company will be the construction of a good wagon road from Gallce to the mine, a dis tance of two miles in a northwester ly direction, and the building of a saw mill to cut lumber for use at the mine. The Oriole shows a considerable amount of work in tunnels and has been prospected to an extent that will Justify the expenditure of a large capital. It is the Intention of the company to drive two. tunnels this Benson; one 800 feet below tho apex of the other 700 feet below. Compound air drills will be used In this work run by power generated on the pro perty. It will ho a first-class mine In every particular and It promises lo become a great producer In the near future. One of tho encouraging facts con torted with this mine Is that it has GOES $210 TON MICHIGAN LEARNS A TELEPHONE LESSON Settled That One Company Can Give a Better Service Than Two Double Ser vice is Expensive. The recent net Ion of tho Homo Telephone Company, of Detroit, In placing nn additional mortgage the second one securing a million dol lars' worth of bonds upon the plant of the company In tho city of De troit, to provide for necessary exten sions and development, Indicates anew the Immensity of Investment required by competitive tolephono systems nnd tho consequent difficul ty of definitely promising Income from them. The Home Tolephono people came Into Detroit with a determination to make a competitive telephone business pay, Amply provided with capital, they put In a plant that has exceptional merit from a structural and technical Ktandpolnt, The un derground system of the corpora tion Is quite as perfect as any other In use and Is mmh more extensive than any other In the city. Tho ex- I change are fitted vlth modern nnd j useful appliance. A very great In- vestment ha boon made, largely of outride capital, because we believe already proven that the greater the tfopth reached the richer the ore is. The Oriole people will Join the Al nieda company in urging the con struction of an electric road to the nearest point on the Southern Paci fic. This road is so badly needed and the distance being only about 15 miles It certainly cannot be any g'-eat length of time before It win lie an accomplished fact. The Al- , meaa wines and Company has been (working to secure tho electric road fc"' 80,m, n,onth" a,ul when u 13 ln,m v "in uo mrge iacior in bringing prosperity to the whole Gnllce mln log district. , The Arthur L. Edgorton sawmill Is now being moved from Merlin and erected at Hugo, and will be ready for the season's cut in about 30 days. Mr. Edgerton has bought the 120-acre tract of fir and pine timber from W. C. Henry also all the timber In that vicinity, which will keep the mill in operation for two years or more. GRANTS PASS PREPARING FOR NEXT FLOWER SHOW The flower show of June 26, 1908, was one Of the beautiful memories of that year and the ladles of the Auxiliary who gave us that pleas ing exhibltlou will this year repeat tt with such additional beauties as experience and preparation will warrant. Every home in Grants Pass should be proud to be repre sented on that occasion by the fin est rosoB it is possible to grow this season. Just what the ladles have deter mined upon for this year's rose festival has not yet been made pub lic, but In a goneral way we all know but In a general way we all know that the exhibition will be worthy of our city. Grants Pass hns the soil, tho climate and the necessary experience to grow flowers of a superior quality and all that Is re Qulred to do Is to plant, protect and cultivate this one queen of the flower family. Portland will, by the way, hold Its roso festival June tho 9th this year and It goes with out saying that It will, as usual be an occasion of deep Interest to all flower growers everywhere. Grants Pass through the efforts of tho ladles of the Auxiliary will soon gain a reputation for roso growing second to none on tho coast and It is therefore Important that we give thorn every assistance they may call for. Have you seen the Iron Ago Com bination Garden Seoder and Cultiva tor at the Grunts Pass Hardware Co, that no grout amount of the com pany's bonds have been plnend In Detroit, Prominent local peoplo have taken places oil tho diroctory, and whatever nt ronyt h should have been derived from that source has been at the command of tho enter prise. Yet the net result of tho wholo operation has been so far, to put It mildly, that the competitive system hns uot "caught on." There has been tho usual amount of recrimina tion hack and forth between tho new company and Its older competitor, lawsuits have been entered and tried, claim nnd counter-claims hnvo been made covering the whole state of tho case, hut at the end of It all the public, which must consume the ser vice of the competitive company, doe not seem to be even mildly ln forested. There hns been no enthu siasm awakened, and without en- ithuslnsm In the use of n servlco the service I not likely to be generally patronised. 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