Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, June 11, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text6) Ox VOL. XXV. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTI", OREGON, FR11AV, JUNE 11, 1009. No. 11. i' iJEW FIRM TO BUY LUMBER BIG CALIFORNIA COMPANY OPERATE BOX FACTORY TO WILL EMPLOY SIXTY MEN Will Pay Out $150,000 Annually for ; Josephine Couuty Lumber mid Employ Many Men. ; The Gazelle Box Company whose office is in San Francisco, recently lost by fire a large box factory at Gazelle, Cal., and learning that Grants Pass has tributary- to it a large supply of manufactured lum ber, the company. has located a box factory at this point, having secured the plant known has the Grants Pass box factory located along the rail road on the east side of the town. The Gazelle Box Company does a very large business in box manufac turing, supplying on regular con tract many thousands of boxes to the Fruitgrowers Supply Company of California. It will manufacture boxes for the Grants Pass fruit trade as well as for other points on the railroad in Southern Oregon. I The company has another box factory at Cantara, California, also a sawmill at that place, but the fac tory at Grants Pass will be the main dependence of the concern, as there Is' an abundance of lumber in this section which Grants Pass is a na tural market point fr. They have in sight 12,000,000 feet of lumber and more can be developed. This, together with what the two lumber yards purchase will make Grants Pass one of the largest lumber mar kets on the Southern Pacific south of Portland. , The box factory will employ 60 hands and the pay mil will reach $4,000 per month. There is already In sight at this early dat 12,000,000 feet of lumber and buyers are engaging more as rapidly as pos sible. It is estimated that there will i be paid out for lumber during Iho next twelve months fully $150,000. This will make about $200,000 dis tributed in this community and sur 'rounding country during the nex'. year. i 'i The business at Grants Pass will be under the management of E. A. I Hersey, who is a director In the eom ; pany and a man of large experience j in box making. C. E. Cottrell, a highly competent man, is the fore ; man of the factory and much of the business of the large plant will pass l through his hands. There will be 1 a considerable number of men from the Gazelle plant employed here as they are both experienced and rell - able. Quite a number of these men and their families are already in this city and more are to follow. The machinery of the factory is being overhauled and the plant will start tip as soon as there is enough lumber GoCarts Only a Few' can A QUIET TIP O'NIKIS zut 'em f for cithri i A-rrtT PATrrDNV Rptnpmlw O'NEILL is the ONLY ONE who J1!111-1 can supply these goods at the right price O ' IN C i 1 ThcHousc Furnisher on hand to permit this to be done. Men are out notifying the sawmill men to hurry forward their stock as it is much needed. This new enter prise will be an important addition to the business Interests of the city as it will mean the distribution of a considerable amount of money among the retail houses, and will de mand a large number of houses for the use of employes. Mr. Hersey and his men will find a welcome in our city and wery courtesy should and will be extended to them. Manu facturing plants which Create a de mand for the raw material of the vicinity have a double value, as they distribute money throughout a wide section of country and this in time finds its way "into the channels of trade of the city adding additional prosperity to that which comes di rect from the main plant. County Judges in Convention. County Judge Stephen Jewell re turned Wednesday from Portland, having attended a meeting of the county Judges of the various coun ties of the state. The meetings were held in the Commercial Club rooms and on Monday evening the club gave a banquet to the visitors. A permanent organization was effected under the name of the Oregon Asso ciation of County Courts, and elected Judge Messlck, of Baker county, for president. The regular annual meet ing will be the third Monday in Sep tember, this date being selected as it comes just before the meetings of the boards of equalization. Thus it will be possible to make the assessments equalized throughout the state. Subjects of vital Interest to all parts of the state were selected for discussion at the next meeting of the organization, among them being the road question, the bridge ques tion, care of the poor, duties of the Equalization Board, and others. Ex perts on these questions will be in attendance and will speak. The judge also took In the first days of'the flower festival. Page Will Have Triiil. Chas. Page, of Galice, will be on trial In the U. S. court July 8, charged with burning timber on the public domain. Evidence obtained by the district attorney after Pago had ben arrested, led to the opinion that the old man might be the victim of n plot to get him off the ground while a search for his treasure was being made. This, Page declared, was the cause for his arrest. Recent ly, however, some of his statements have been disproved, pays the Ore gonlan, and the government officers are confident that the case is against him and not against those held In suspicion of an attempt to rob him. Page came to Josephine county when comparatively a young man. He had met reverses in his eastern home and was Becking his fortune In the west in order to obtain money to pay his debts. After yean of wandering he found a gravel bar in RoEiie river which contained gold. wltnout Bkrng help from anyone he 1 . b taking out a little at a time, using, the most laborious methods. Get ready for the Fourth. Cele brate in one of our Hart, Schaffner & Marx Biilts at Alteration Prices Geo. S. Calhoun Co. Get In on This One of those is for Mrs. a Boy a Ctrl - hFAUIirUL DESIGNS 25 Patterns to select trom DEBATING TEAM WINS STATE CUP WRESTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM PENDLETON. - THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS Josephine Handle, Errol Gllkey mid Henry Norton, Composing Team, Recipients of Congratulations. The championship debate which occurred in Eugene Friday evening, June 4, at Vllllard hall, was well at tended, in spite of the fact that Uni versity students are not generally Interested in high school affairs. The Grants Pass high school now has the honor of having the first debat ing team in the state. The debate was held under the auspices of the state university the board of re gents of that institution being the donors of the sliver cup which re- wards the victors. Pendleton has such a good team that we were very proud of the fact that our young people could win. Several university people expressed the opinion that it was the best high school debate they had ever attend ed. Generally speaking the Pendle ton people excelled In delivery, while Grants Pass excelled in logical argu ment. The earnestness and fluency with which the Pendletons presented their argument urged Grants Pass to action and spurred them to their best efforts. Mr. Norton's work was clear, comprehensive and logicnl. Not a single point escaped him. He proved conclusively that subsidies were wrong in theory, leaving the rest for his colleagues. In his rebut tal work he showed his stronger points. With admirable insight he picked out the main arguments of his opponents and went straight after them In a way that left their subsidy dream castle a tottering wreck. In every dehnte his rebuttal has shown a marked improvement Those who noticed it in the Junction uuy neiiate would nave oven more surprised to uee the cool, analytical way In which he clinched his points and tore Pendleton's arguments to shreds. Miss Handle, who was the only re presentative of the fair sex In the contest, was proof that girls enn make good debates If they try hard enough. She gave some telling refu tatlons at the first, and then deliver ed her regular speech In an enthusi astic and convincing manner. The facts she stated were undeniably true, and the conclusions drawn from them could not be questioned. Mr. Gllkey, never did better than on this occasion. He wisely omitted the part of his regular speech w hich did not reply directly to his opponent and spent half his time in a telling, direct refutation of the affirmative argument. Ills extemporaneous work was wonderful In its clearness and understanding of the question Heellnched every point his col leagues had made and hurled Indis putable facts and arguments at his opponents. Time was t ailed long be fore he had finished. Ills work was better than anything he has ever done before and all know how excel lent his previous efforts have been Altogether the debate was most sat Isfactory. The university people were very kind and thoughtful to the two teams and their eoarhes. Friday morning the Eugene students took their visitors for an automobile ride over the city. After the debate Frl- day night, a banquet was given to the teams and their friends. The corresponding secretary of the State Debating League acted as tonstmaster. Toasts were given by Prof. Marlotte, of Salem, President Campbell, of the University of Ore- eon. Dr. Schmltt.of Albany, and Principal Hampton, of Pendleton Miss Barker responded to the toast, "The Italy of America. Mr. Norton, who was introduced as the happiest boy In the state Oregon, responded to the toast "Win nlng." The silver nip now on exhibition In the window of Jeweler Barnes Is the gift of the regents of the univers ity and will stand in the high school room all the coming year as a tribute to the faithful work of the team and' coach. Perhaps it Is wise to say that this honor does not come undeserved ly, it means steady hard work which has been continued since v last Thanksgiving. At least twice every week since then the team has met to study with the coach. For weeks they have rehearsed every day. Be fore each debate they have worked under the direction of Mrs. Gunnell along the line of delivery. The team has worked well and Grants Pass, the school board, the teachers, and the coach are proud of them, very proud, as they take up work in other lines. Let us wish them all success. In connection with this account of the debate it should be mentioned that Miss Pearl V. Barker was the coach and to this lady Is due much praise for her devotion to the team during the many weeks of prepara tion. There has been some form of a debating league in the state for the last three years. For these years the Grants Pass school has made the best record of any In the state. Ia the first year Grants Pass ranks se cond; last year it ranked -third and this year first. Neither of the other schools that ranked first the first and second years came within strlk ing distance of the first place on any other year. THE ROSE FESTIVAL JUNE 17 AND 18 The Rose Festival was the chief subject under discussion Monday afternoon at the regular meeting of the Ladles Auxiliary and all agreed that It must be a matter of Indi vidual interest to each nnd every nimber and citizen if it is to be made a success. The ladles can see that the roses are effectively placed and the prizes Justly awarded, but the roses themselves must bo forth- coming from everyone even though they may have but one bush. Tills festival Is not for the few having many choice varieties; it is ror everybody, and the ladles earnestly solicit the co-operation of nil. Hoses should lie brought to the skating rink thp morning of Thurs day, June 17. as early as possible. If It Is Impossible for anyone to de liver their roses the flowvrs will bo called for If Mrs. Gunnell or Mrs. Clevenger are notified. Dlue and red ribbon prizes will be offered, and the mention of the winners will be made in tho news papers. Th" awiwds will be for tho following (lasses: For the best variety of choice roses. For the best collection of 12 varie ties. For the beet collection of 0 varie ties. For the best collection of cream roars. For the best collection of pink roses. For the best collection of red roses. For the best exhibit of any one variety. The festival will extend over two days, Thursday afternoon and even ing, June 17, and the entire day of June 18. Everything poslble Is be ing done to make these duys an event to be remembered. Special music will be furnished both after- nooh and evening by the orchestra and by a trained chorus. The festi val will close with a big Invitation ball Friday evening. In order to defray the necessary expenses of the occasion, an admis sion fee of 10 rents will be charged. This will also add to tho much need t.j fun(i8 0f tno treasury. Ut every- one remember these dates and plan to enjoy them thoroughly at the skating rink. One novel and pleasing feature of the festival will be a parade held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, In which children will have a promin ent part. There will be decorated vehicles and other features which will make the parade- one which everyone will wlnh to see. Do not ofni,B" It- New slock of Alco'k trout files at Cramer llros. FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AFFAIR TO BK MANAGED BY THE COMMERCIAL CLtB A PATRIOTIC OCCASION Fifty Business Men Guarantee Make the Celebration Success. to The city, of Grants Pass through its commercial club having deter mined to have a Fourth of July cele bration, 50 of our strongest business men have come forward and volun teered their services to make it the one big event of the kind in the history of Southern Oregon. Not only is it to be a patriotic occasion but & big etfent with lots of fun to Insure everybody having a good time for three days. Preparations will be baBo ball for everybody and everybody in the county will be In vited to come and have the best Fourth of July of their lives. There will be a procession a mile long in which there will be fine floats representing all the live towns In tho county, and the lend ing occupations, such as farming, fruit, growing nnd general business. There will bo men nnd women in automobiles, In carriages nnd on horseback. A dozen clowns will make merry and burlesques of every sort will close the procession. There will bo base ball foor everybody nnd all Borts of field sports, such as hurdle races, foot races, swimming races, horse races, mule races; there will bo log rolling, Jumping, catch ing the greased pig and climbing the greased polo. Shooting contests with all kinds of guns will bo one of the events and everybody will have n rhnnco to make good money with either rifle or shot gun. All good shots should bo on hand and choose their own gun. There will bo n tug of war contest and rock drilling con tests on a largo scale. . Aside from this there will bo something to amuse-4he men and women of the whole county; old men, young men, the boys and girls. Not lenst there will be a meeting of all the pioneers and lots of story telling about the old days before the war nnd before the railroad. The pioneers from all parts of the county nnd the old- timers generally aro expected. Bo sure to como or you will miss a good thing nnd a big time. CANAL CONSTRUCTION WEARING COMPLETION Lumber and Steel Pipe Arriving. Big Force on Finnic nnd Gravity Ditch. The work that has been done on the various canals begins to show up in a manner that Is highly nils factory. The 200-foot contour U fast nearlng completion. All the work has been done except the 300 fuet Immediately below the Intake The big flume across Jones creek Is completed and only two other small flumes remain to be constructed be tween Jones creek and the present terminal on Sixth street. There Is nothing more to do on this ditch north of Jones creek except surfac Ing. There Is some rock work above Jones creek but this Is being rapidly diminished and soon the entire force will be concentrated on the gravity ditch. On Thursday afternoon an event occurred which will be long remem bcrcd by President Gllkey, Superln tendent Carner and Secretary lllggs They went up to the dam and hoisted the head gate of the gravity ditch and tho waters of Koguo river were allowed to flow down the big (ana for nearly half a mile, where reached tho obstruction caused h the rock work which how roininnnd tho attention of tho powder gang The flow of water was pleasing to j those who wltncsnd It M It was .h first time In the history of this im portant enterprise that the Rogue river had been called upon to do the work which the company had labor ed so earnestly for these many weeks. The force from the Fruitdale ditch,- as planned, was transferred on Monday to' the big gravity. This makes the number of men working on -this canal about 25. At present only one grader is being worked but another will be put on in a few days and the force will be, further in creased when the men now working at the head of the 200-foot ditch get through at that point. The camp at Jones Creek bridge has been moved to the mouth of the same stream so as to be near the working force on the gravity line. The men working on this ditch are coming down the line rapidly and It will not be long before they reach the outskirts of the city of Grants Pass. Taken all together, conditions surrounding the ditch, construction are fairly satisfactory. The lumber which has been delaying the work on the flumes is now arriving, and 16 men are building flumes at differ ent points. A carload of steel pipe was shipped -some days ago and la now expected at the dam at any hour. Ten other carloads will fol low as fast as cars can be secured and loaded. The laterals for the water users on the 200-foot ditch have been marked and consumers have been .notified to do their con struction work at the earliest pos sible moment. While the water will be turned in the ditch for surface a little late, still irrigation will bo an accomplish ed fact during the Benwin of 1909. Water users should bear in mind that the time of construction has been very short and yet a wonder ful amount of work has been accom plished. Tho water will como late, It is true, for certain crops, but the one great demand will be for for age and this can ho raised In abun dance if the consumers aro ready to take advantago of the water when it times. Gorman mlllett and sorghum will do well IT sown even ns late as tho 15th of July. Soul hern Pacific Officers' HvcuikIoii. There wns a special train passed orth at nine o'clock on Friday night f last week which contained South rn Pacific officials from California n their wny to the Seattle Exposl- on. They were a dignified, yet good a tu red crowd, and ninny of them ad good words to say for Grnnts 'ass. All seemed to be of tho opinion that tho town was growing rapidly and would contlnuo to do so. cneral Passenger Agent McMitrrny, who seemed to bo a chaperon and guide to tho Southern brotherhood, called attention to what Giants Pass peoplo were doing to make a great city at this point. Mall I Ml very Preparations. The two mall cnrrlers Htarted out on Monday to make a directory of tho town and to get tho name of every person at each number to which mall Is to bo delivered. This work will bo completed In a few days, that is In time so that the free delivery can commence prompt ly next Wednesday morning, June IB. Persons who expect to receive mall will do well to put up a mall box so that the carrier can put their mall In It. He will blow a shrill blast on his whistle to notify any person who may be In the house that tho mall has arrived. Do not forget to request all your correspondents to address your mall to your houso number and to your street. This Is highly Important If you desire your mall to reach you promptly, Into New Quarters. The C. P. Dlshop Co. will move Into their new store In the Albert, block the latter part of next week. The storeroom Is being fixed up with 11 modern equipment for an up-to- date furnishing establishment, and which will be a credit to Grants Pass. Mr. Dlshop will bo very much pleased to make tho move, as his present quarters were merely temporary and a proper display of his goods could not be made. (1intnuiiii ut Atlilnnd, Oregon, July 7-17 lienor than ever, which means Al. Write for printed mnttnr. C ". "