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XXV.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGOX, FRIDAY, JUNE 83, 1809.
No. 13.
URTH OF JULY
ARRANGEMENTS
c::ntral point band and ball
team have been engaged
:gran changes daily
Crowds of People from Merlin,' Gal
Jce and Other Parts of the
Country Will Be Here.
The celebration of the great
American holiday is one of the an
nual occurences In which every true
c!iien takes an active part, and
Grants Pass and Josephine ' county
are not going to be behind In the
matter of displaying their loyalty.
The arrangements for the three days'
carnival are being given careful at
tention In every detail by the numer
ous members of the various commlt-t-:s.
Galice Creek citizens are up
and doing. They have entered a can
didate for the Goddess of Liberty
who will ride in regal splendor upon
the elegant float which represented
Grants Pass in the Portland Rose
Festival; this float having been ship
ped, from Portland for the special
purpose of being presented in the
parade on July 3. Other candidates
are coming forward and the contest
Is becoming one of great interest.
Merlin people held a mass meeting
last evening and nominated candi
dates' for the honor, while others are
being voted for in various districts
of the county. Never before was so
much Interest, displayed in a celebra
tion in Josephine county.
Headquarters have been opened
up In the Commercial Club rooms for
the purpose of giving Information to
nil who are interested in the various
,. contests and sports and hereafter all
' enquires should be made there, for
':."lnite Information.
All sections of Southern Oregon
V.U.be represented, some of the
contestants coming from remote dls
, tances. Central Point will send a
large delegation accompanied by the
ball team and brass band. Jackson
$ vllle will also send many of her clfl
" sens with the bnll team. Lolan-f,
Glendale, Hugo, Merlin will all be
represented.
The parade will take place Satur
day morning and will be over a mile
In length. Floats of every descrip
tion and ladles on horseback repre
senting every state in the Union will
be one of the features of the pnrnde.
The ugliest man in town will receive
a large vote and will also be In the
procession. Teams are coming from
every point in the valley to parti
cipate In the one mile relay rare to
be held In conjunction with th field
sports. The log nuwlng contest if
attracting entries from all the lum
ber camps In Southern Oregon.
" Programs will lie printed early
tiet neck giving details of ill
anniM meiits and sports. The ladles
are ptepnrtnj; to furnish meals tni
JOf:
Specials
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VIjTOK 1IA1)US Kwp tin sun outl.ut lots in tho
I'iPc.e. All sizes, 4-G-8-10 fret wide
Vl'MV HAMMOCKS, Not the ordinary kind,
t ut the kind that lu?ts. I'e-enforeed in center.
Iup variety of colors to select from. ee them
VI !)! SWIN(ilN(. CllAlltS-)n, How Nick I
A.-k your friends about them. A pleasure
u the porch and piod for that tired feeling
O'Neill
Sprc iaI Appointed Afnt
refreshments In all parts of the city.
Seats and shady resting places ani
being provided for and nothing Is to
be left undone to make every one
feel at home and comfortable.
The Sunday exercises will be of a
nature calculated to suit the tastes
of all; good music, fine speaking and
band concerts being provided for.
The city park will be electrically
lighted and situated as it is upon the
banks of the river will be a beautiful
place to spend the afternoon and
evening. Come one and all to Grants
Pass and let us live while we are
alive.
LIST OF CANDIDATES "
FOR GODDESS OF LIBERTY
List of contestants for the God
dess of Liberty for the Fourth of
July Celebration, for which there is
a beautiful diamond ring offered as
an additional prize to the winner:
Votes.
Miss Hawkins, Galice Creek. . .1,100
Edith Tycer 785
Mattle Guild, Merlin 550
Tulare Linkey 30
Jessie Cargle 25
Fannie Montgomery 25
Lillian Rtggs 22
Courtney Ross 12
Bernlce Fallin 10
Lida Flfield 10
Claudia Coron .- 10
Lulu McCann 10
Essie Martin ............... 10
Alma Wolke 5
Blanch Craw 2
Pearl Kearns 2
Maud Baber 2
The four young ladles getting the
largest number of votes next to the
winner will accompany tho float as
maids of honor.
Tuesday at noon, all but the eight
highest contestants will be dropped
from the contest. The vote will
close the evening of July 1, at 8
o'clock.
The I'glicst .Man Context.
The contest for the ugliest man Is
stirring up much Interest and some
of the homeliest are vlelng for the
honor of assignment to a prominent
place In the parade.
The winner of this contest Is to
accept without argument the place
assigned him In the parade by the
committee. . .
The following is a list of those en
tered at this time:
Hd Van Dyke . . . ,225
Fred Black man 5 0
James Tuffs 40
fl'-or" Snow
Mike Clemens 2."
Will Moor 20
H. L. Trvnx r,
Jus. Moss 1."
Joe Ves;) 15
R. P.. Turner 10
Vnlard Trunx 5
Fish, Shipment.
The Rogue River Fishermen's
t'nlon of Grants Tnss Is doing a pay
ing business, which means the dis
tribution of a whole lot of good
tnnney In this county. The ship
ments, It Is'trne, are not q"!t ns
large as Inst year but t!je amount
on nn average Is 1000 pounds a day.
Tln Importance of this business fo
this section can hardly be over
estimated. Porch Shades
Hammocks
Hammcck
Chairs
Wc
Have
Them
The Furniture and
House Furnishing Man
GRANTS PASS, ORE.
FORTY BUSINESS MEN
VISIT GALICE AND MERLIN
A Grand Reception Given the Excursionists at
the Big Mining Town and Our
Neighboring City.
Last Monday, at 5:30, thirty-four
members of the Commercial Club
left the Josephine Hotel in Grants
Pass by private teams for Merlli
and Galice. It was a thoroughly re
presentative body of men who
mounted and away at that early
hour. Ninety minutes later the
party drew rein at the Massie house,
Merlin and at once sat down to a
Merlin, and at once sat down to a
their fast was broken they were
again on the road to Massie ferry, "We have here, gentlemen, a mln
where they crossed the bright and , ing district that has passed the pros
dashing waters of the Rogue river ! pectlng stage and become a producei
and hurried along the road that leads
to the famous mining camp which
has supplied the world with many
millions of dollars for Its circulating
medium. At 11:30 a. m. those in
the lead commenced to arrive at the
mining metropolis and not many
minutes later the last carriage load
drove up in front of the postof flee
and store. President L. B. Hall, of
the Commercial Club, accompanied
by Secretary H. L. Andrews, went
forward to the porch where they met
the mine owners, managers and
prominent men of tho camp. .Tnmes
Nesbit stepped forward to th front (
of the porch and in eloquent words ;
welcomed the visiting party.
XosbiPs Address of Welcome.
'Mr. President and Gentlemen of 1
the Grants Pass Commercial Club:
1 We welcome you to Galice. Wo are j
glad of this opportunity of extending I
to you the rkht hand of friendship .
and goodwill and of establishing, on ,
more Intimate and personal footing,
the enwliiil relntlnna ihnt nnttirnllv
exist between us. Representing as
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you do the business, Industrial, pro-
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fesslonal and official life of our chief
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city in Josephine county, we are
doubly glad because you have In-
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nuRuitiit-ii mm r.ru i nuiii in i u re ie' i ,
our development nnd study the cx-
tent of our mineral resources. Grants
Pass Is not limited by the bounds
of her municipal incorporation, but
comprehends the entire geographical
area that Is naturally tributary to
her. As the center of our commerce
and Industry, of our literature and
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i'iu;ium.;i: (.it.wrs r.ss coMMi'icnAi. ci.ni
Mi:ui.i ;i.k 1:, ji nk 21, 22, iot
Left Hotel .Josephine 5 .; n. in. Monthly, June 21, 11)01).
L. R Mall
F. M. South
M. J. Anderson
Ceorpe F!. CmHi'iuii . .
It U (V..'
Luther Coe
K. T. McKlnatry P"nl Kwtate Urolc-r
.Tame T. T'ifr President Crania Pang HanUhK & TriiHt Co.
Geo. V. Donnell PoHtm;ixlcr (JrnntH Pass
O. S. nianchard Attorney at Law
C. O. f'outatit Kdltor Koi;ue Hlver Courier
J. L. Culvert Hecy, and Trcim. Grantt Paws llnrdwaro Co.
G"orj;e Babln DniKKlxt
Joseph Fetr-ner Capltallnt
V. Fi Horn Manager Southern Oregon Supply Co.
Chas. IJurkhalter Grants Pans Livery AHHodailon
Joaeph Wharton SportlnK Goods and Ammunition
A. E. Voorhles '. . I Publlnher Rokup Ulver Courier
A. Letcher Jeweler
Cliuifl Schmidt Groeer
Dnn Green Miner
A. T. Lewis... Photographer
Hon. Stephen Jewell County Jude, Josephine County
Karl V. InRleB Assnyi r
F. C. Hurhholz Orchard It t.
F. M&Hhburn Gold n Utile S'ote
F. W. liu'R'U Cor-feet bun r
Mlko Clemens liruitKlx'
II. C. llobrcln Wnlf T. :i s Grocery f'n.
U. II. O'Neill ,.11'iitHe FuniUhinpx
A. C. Hojpoinn Munni"'r 1'- ei Irn Clothlnit t'o.
Arthur drklln Pu'i i-li. r Pai lfle Outlook
C. E. Hendricks Ileal Itne
A. H. Cornel District Manager Oregon Uf InnuiM'e ('n
Jos. Calwell Fashion Livery (V,.
Georgo Lewis Livery
II. C. Tlutrhntn . HortlnilHrl'it
C. P. Ulshop niHliop Clotliliu; Co.
Dr. Walker hi Mint
Mr. CrUwell Mln-r
II. L. Andrews Secretary Grants Pass Common !i I Club
education here In this Imperial do
main of Southern Oregon, we are
concerned in your growth and pros
perity as you are equally concerned
In the development of the vast na
tural resources of mountain and of
valley that surround you. We owe
to each other mutual duties' and
'mutual obligations, just as we will
mutually share lrr the benefits that
follow united action and adherence
to common purposes.
of mineral wealth sufficiently great
to attract national attention anl
arouse world-wide Interest. In gold,
in silver and in copper oiir showing
today is a notable and Impressive
one. Development Is being made la
all parts of the district and It la a
fact becoming better demonstrated
each day that the Galice ledges are
of great extent and depth. The
deeper we go the better ore we are
getting. This is true of not one mine
alone, but it is true of many mines
and Is characteristic of the camp.
A study of the geological and mluer-
a'oglcal conditions prevailing here
will convince any one of you that our
veins are permanent and that the
speculative element of risk In open-
Ing them up Is thereby greatly re
duced. I do not wish to bring upon
my head the fate of the prophet, but
wlH cheerfully risk it when I F.ny
that with the operation of the mill-
ing nnd smelting plarts now in
con. fo of construction, and with the 1
iftir.1lnv nf n A a in .a ti.n ;
can be successfully treated at near-
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by plan Is. we wl have here thel
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greatest gold and copper produc ng
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cimps In the state of Oregon, nnd one
of the greatest and best in all Amort-
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"We have no boom In Cnllre In the
common ncceplaive of the term, but
we have something Infinitely better
the steady confidence and fnlth of
men who do things, who are backing
their judgment with their time and
money and who are now commenc
ing to renp deserved rewards. At
President GnnitH Pawn Commercial Club
Jewell Hardware Co.
Supervisor National I'ir st
Pi .li!ent ("",. fi. Vii,iii Clothlnx Co.
. . . Vr t i'l"iit It. 1, Cue Co., Dry Goods
many of our mines machinery is be
Ing installed and plants erected for
treating the ores on the ground:
roads are being built and the auxili
ary work bo necessary to tho success
ful operation of a developed mine Is
well under way in many cases. In
the past the shipments of high-grade
ore from Galice have attracted at
tention and comment from tho min
ing Journals and the mining world;
we are now going to challenge the at
tention of mankind with our produc
tion, of mineral wealth from ores of
both high and low grade, treated
in plants erected here in the camp.
"On behalf of the people of Galice,
it Is my pleasant duty to again wel
come you to the district. Wo are go
ing to show you some of our mines
and feel Bure that you will bo im
pressed and convinced by what you
see. , Again let me say that we are
glad you have come, for your good
will and friendship will be of great
aid to us In calling to the attention
of the world the vast actually demon
strated and potential possibilities of
the camp."
At the close of the address of wel
come Mr. M. J. Anderson, the chair
man of the Grants Tass Commercial
Club, made a reply to the remarks of
Mr. Nesblt aa follows:
M. J. Anderson' Reply.
"Gentlemen: We could hardly
have expected that you people would
have left your work to receive us so
royally, and unttl your representa
tive began his able address of wel
come I was unaware that I would bo
called upon to make reply. This Is
a body of business men from Grants
Pass coining into your district to
meet and get acquainted wji your
miners. Being neither a miner nor
a commercial man Is probably the
reason I have.been called upon.
"The truth of the matter Is that
I came along to take care of this
bunch of tenderfeet, and the Job has
not turned out to be a snap, as when
I sought to amuse them by telling
l a few stories' tho ungrateful fellows
have Interrupted by liiugliiirg in the
wrong place, nnd I was only able to
tell two Installments of one of my
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tno tn'rd Installment for fear of
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fatal results to tho . listeners when
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the real Joke would get through the r
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"ave listened to your address
i of welcome and for the Grants PaHa
! Commercial Club, nnd for myself,
'any to you that, we appreciate every
thing that has been an id and done.
"Though not now a miner, I am
far from being a tenderfoot in a
mining camp. I waa born In a min
ing camp, and all my younger days
were apent In tho mines; bo when two
years ago, when I first enme through
your ramp to Investigate tho feas
ibility of a government trail down
Koguo river, my nltenflon was at
tracted to the splendid samples of
ore lo be seen from prospects on
which only surfnee work had been
done. Duty has called me hurriedly
through your camp several times
since, and each time I have been
more strongly Impressed with the
fact that if the "float" I have Keen
along the trail and prosper Im from
partly developed mines In your
lAountultiB were In the desert of Ariz
ona and Nevada, thousands would he
digging for the wealth that they In
dicate, and millions of money anxi
ous to Invest for their development.
Why Is tills? Wmngo us It mny seem
the great richness of Gullce and other
mining camps of Southern Oregon
In early dys l more to blame for
this Klute of affairs than anything
ele. lu early days the bars and
gulche pnve up their great deposits
of geld nlmoit. without labor, and the
fortunate (.lo'ipe'tor uncovered sur
fnee deposits of quartz gold which
artf of erosion bad left at the Rrass
roots. He took whnt was In sight,
! n ml ordinary ore, that In other dli
I filets was culled rich, but which It
i took Pit'or, Kklll and science to ex
tract the gold, had no attraction for
him. He 1-ft to tell of how the
country was "worked out," was only
a "pocket country," that thn forma
tion wiim broken, the ledges "not In
place" and that the values did not
'extend below the surfaco to Justify
in Investment. Such tales as these
, fin ve until recently kept -capital from
Inventing In your camp, and I am
sorry to say that the tribe to which
( this old knocker belongs Is not yet
.extinct. When a prospective Investor
comes among you, too often he Is met
with this story of faulty geological
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MUSIC TEACHER
HAS TROUBLES
CHARGED WITH HAVING 11KEX
IX PKMTKXTIAKV
N.E. PASTOR WAS DECEIVED
James 8. MncMurray, the M. E.
Church" Choir Lender LtNivvs
the Cltj Suddenly.
James S. MacMurray, who came to
this city last September highly re
commended and by this means se
cured the position of leader of the
MethodlBt choir .and a large number
of musical scholars, left here a few
days ago under a cloud. The charge
ta that he was a bigamist and had
been sentenced to three years In the
San Quentln, California, penitentiary.
The denouement came through a
letter to Sheriff RubsoII from Mr.
Freemen, of the Freeman Detective
agency of Los Angeles, Cal. The
letter Btated the fact of MacMurray's
arrest and sentence to the peniten
tiary and also stated that it was re
ported that MacMurray was about to
marry a young lady of Grants Tass.
He asked that the sheriff investigate
this matter and if ho found that the
report was true to go to the family
of the young woman nnd let them
know the facts tn the case. Mr.
Freeman further asked that the case
be handled discreetly, and If the
man's record was clean here ho had '
no desire to disturb htm as he had
paid tho penalty of wrong doing by
serving a term In prison. Tho hit
ter further stated that It was re
ported that MacMurray had married
a half dozen women, but no evidence
In, these cases was offered. The
sheriff met tho pastor of the M. E.
church, Rev. Maclean and II. L. Gil
key and to them ho told the story.
Rev. Maclean Rt once called upon
MacMurray and asked blm to explnln.
He told tho story freely, but in the
most positive language denied that
ho had been married to more than
two women and explained that ho
hud learned that his first wlfo wbb
deud but that, turned out not to be
true. Mr. Mioleuu wrote to tho
evangelist, Col. Duncan, commander
f tho Volunteer: of America on tho
'uclflc Const, who had recommend-
d MacMurray and in reply the evan-
gellst said that MncMurray was In
his opinion u thoroiiglily reformed
man and had tor a long time been
doing evangelist In wiik with somo
of the leading evangelists of tho
ountry. That ho had since returning
from prison Joined thn church, serv
ing a six mouths' probation and hnd
been faithful to his vows. He had
not written his story to Mr. Maclean
fur the reason that he bud and still
bus great, faith In MacMurray, who
lived In bin family much of tho
time since m came out of prison,
lie further suld that perhaps It
would have been best to have told
Mr. Muclenu tho story, but It is not
always easy to determine what Is
best under certain circumstances. It
an be said thnt MacMurray was a
good choir ! ;der and an all round
musician, lie was at one time a
member of (he celebrated Pousu's .
Ilund and traveled with that organ
ization. At another tlmo ho was a
member of the Scotch Kilties Hand.
It will bo remembered thnt ho wore
the Sousn uniform at his recital at
the opera house last February.
MacMurray has gone to California
and has again taken up his residence
with his old friend, Col Duncan.
Tho pastor of tho Methodist church
here says that ho has watched Mac-
Murray clotely and can affirm that
ho has been a clean man whtlo In
this city and that there are quite a
number of people hero who hnvn
faith In htm. The music, tnui.her Incl
dent, so far mm Grants Puss Is con
cerned, Is closed.
Next Sunday wll bo celebrated at
Ilethany Presbyterian church a
"Itosc Sunday" nnd the pastor will
preach a sermon appropriate to the
occasion, At the entranco of Iho
church will be stationed young ladles
with roses, which will ln prex-ni'-l
to eir h : " '
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