Rogue River courier., August 13, 1909, Image 1

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VOL. XXV.
GRANTS TASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON", FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1000.
No. 20.
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20TH CENTURY
LUMBER HAULING
rOXDKROUS TRACTION ENGINE
AND FOUR STEEL TRUCKS
THE SWEDE BASIN ROUTE
ihe Modern Train to Curry 38,000
Feet at a Load from Love's
Station to Grants Puss.
The demand for railroad trans
portation in this county was never
more forcibly illustrated than in the
purchase by a single lumber concern
here of a $10,000 outfit for trans
porting lumber from the forest to
this city. By this means transporta
tion is secured at a greatly reduced
rate, but If we had a hundred of
these trains hauling lumber from our
forests the market would not be
flooded. It would take many years
to consume the supply. The amount
of lumber hauled long distances to
this city by the primitive method of
horse teams would astonish most
people if they were made aware of
the facts. Last month the proprietor
of the Courier paid a visit to
Solum and in a distance of 17 miles
passed 35 teams loaded with lumber
and some of these had trailers at
la.hed. From what might be con
sidered official sources we are in
formed that S, 000,01)0 feet of lum
ber Is hauled to Grants Pass within
the space of four months each year.
The long distance haul by these
teams Is expensive and, in some
cases, prohibitive.
A monster Best steam traction en
gine and four trucks made of steel
arrived this week and will be put on
the road hauling lumber from Swede
-Main to I. hia city by th Swede Uasin
Lumber Company, managed by the
SpauldiiiK Brothers, of this city.
This otfit will make a train which
!!! haul on nu average 3s,noo feet
at ii load, The trucks are intended
tn li'ild 10,000 feet each and very
often take more. The t .ii t ion engine
lii's a capacity of 11" horsepower,
and Is fitted to use for steam pur-
hS' S either wood or on. i ins en
sine will use wood, as such fuel will
lie the cheapest in this section. The
lower grade lumber hauled will be
used at the Gazelle box factory in
tills city and the high grade will be
sliii"d east.
The lumber will be brought down
the mountains to Love's Station by
teams, a distance of ton miles, and
I nun that point It will be hauled to
this city, 17 miles, by the traction
engine train. Two of these machines
are now hauling lumber at. Monta
gue, Cal., for the Gazelle Box com
pany. They find by actual test that
lumber can be transported at half
the cost of doing the same work by
teams. The loaded train with four
trucks travels two miles an hour,
'ith empty trucks makes three miles
Carpets Carpets
O'NEILL, the House Furnisher,
is selling CARPETS
Carpets
GET IN! Sale lasts 10 days only
Onlv a few ciin jrt't in on this S.rial
llavt'SUOynrtlstosrll: cannot ' lupli
cated at nnovu jinc. Don't wast-tn.K.
Set in whili' tlu-y lust.
Bb A PROFIT PICKER
O'Neill
an hour. The engine Is certainly a
ponderous machine and weighs 17
tons and the steel trucks about four
tons each.
It will be seen that such an engine
and its loaded trucks will require
solid roads and strong bridges. The
new steel bridge on Sixth street
will stand the weight all right but
the lower bridge on the Applegate.
will require strengthening. The
commissioners fortunately have been
re-timbering the bridge and the
Spaulding Brothers will put false
work under to hold the great
weight of the lumber trains. The
wheels on the engine are eight feet
in diameter and the machine has a
tread of a little over nine feet. The
tires are two feet wide and those on
the trucks are 10 Inches.
For the hot wave Men's Under
wear, 50c and ioc per suit, at
Calhoun's.
JUD PERNOLL GOES
TO AMERICAN LEAGUE
A dispatch published In the Port
land papers of Thursday announces
that the Detroit baseball club had se
cured Pernoll from the Aberdeen
club, consideration $4000, which
means that hereafter Pernoll will
play In the American League. He
has been making such a wonderful
record for himself since playing with
the Aberdeen team, having won 20
games out of 2S played, that he has
attracted the attention of the big
leagues of the East and several of
the clubs have made efforts to cap
ture him. Pittsburg offered Aber
deen $:?r.o0 for Pernoll's release,
but the offer was not accepted, Aber
deen holding out for $1000. Detroit
came forward with the required
amount and secured him for their
team.
Judd Pernoll played in the Grants
Pass club three years ago and from
here be went to Portland to enter
the Pacific Coast league and played
with them until sold to Aberdeen
about the middle of last season.
This is a good record, .for Pernoll
considering: that he has played pro
fessional ball only a little over two
seasons.
A Nearby Forest Fire,
"I'ii-e in the mountains!
Run, boys, run."
Was the cry on Thursday after
noun when the department was call
ed out by some excited Individual
who ltiia.:iued that tli" town was in
danger from a forest fire that seem
ed to he heading for the north end
of town. It appears that two boys
set five tn some brush ti"ar the race
track on Wednesday afternoon and
the wind being fair from the south
west, It ran taster man a race inirs"
can oer the bills. ji"n;ied th" rail
road trsu-k. and on Thursday after
noon It worked around so as to seem
ingly threaten the city. The depart
ment found .about lo Greek railroad
laborers fighting the fire and doing
good work, but they were unable to
c heek Its progress and It went on the
hills above the reservoir and Is now
headed for Louse creek. It is re
ported that some farm buildings hav
been destroyed or are
In danger.
25c
35c
Values
per
Yard
I1in
FurnifHvr
PAVING AT LAST
ON SIXTH STREET
WORK OF COMMITTEE OF FIVE
PROl'ERTV OWNERS
SEE THE CITY COUNCIL
Representatives Went to Medford to
Examine 1 tit til it Ii io Work in
tlmt City.
There are strong Indications that
Sixth street will be paved and that
work will commence within the next
few weeks. At the last meeting of
the city council a committee of five,
representing the property owners on
this street, asked that steps be taken
at once to pave the business
thoroughfare of the city. The coun
cil complying with the wishes of the
taxpayers' representatives at once In
structed the committee on streets to
have a survey of Sixth street made
and estimates given as to the cost
of the work, and since that time City
Surveyor Hobson has been on the
work. Mrs. Hobson says he will be
ready to make his report in detail
to the street committee In time to
have It presented to the city council
at their regular meeting which oc
curs on Thursday evening, August
These are the first stops to se
cure the much needed and long
waited for pavement on this Import
ant street.
It can be stated that there Is great
unanimity among property owners
to have this necessary public Im
provement made without delay and
it now only remains to determine the
detail's of the work. From present
appearances It Is believed that a
majority of the property owner
favor bltulithic or similar pave
ment from D (itral.ua the north side
to ,1 street on the south. The bal
ance of the street to be paved with
macadam.
This paving question is one of
the most Important steps that has
ever been limb rtaken by ('!' city
and now that we have decided to
do it, let nu have the be-t pnVelllctit
In u-e, fur in the long run the best
is always the h. a pest. The Courier
Is strongly in favor of hitullthic
for the very good reason that it will
wenr thp'e or four times ns bum ns
any other pavement. It will add a
decided value to real estate iiiid will
out Ciiatils Pass on a par with any
city i:i the country. (!ooi civic im
provements is the very best adver
ll'eineiit we can have to draw capital
and good people. ,o one wants to
go to a cheap town and this being
our first pavement let us do It in a
manner that will reflect credit on
the leading city of this valley.
There can be no mistake In putting
on our streets bltulithic. It will save
look well, wear well and, considering
Its lasting qualities, no other pave
ment will be as cheap. It will save
In repairs In the first three years
enough to more than pay the extra
cost between It and macadam.
The property owners committee
Is losing no time but Is pushing their
work vigorously. They bad a meet
ing on Wednesday night and took
up every detail, nnd among other
things decided to visit Medford to
Investigate the paving question and
consequently left for that place Fri
day morning. We learn that the
gentlemen composing this committee
are strongly Inclined toward the use
of the bltulithic, but before adopt
ing such a recommendation to the
in i perty owners make the tilp to ex
amine this pavement, recently put
I down In our neighboring city. Those
.who own property on that part of
, Sixth Mrect mentioned have every
! confidence In tlie five gent iciiien no. i
Piled to fake the necessary steps
to sM.ite the paving of the street;
.(till tlelr recommendation will have;
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ous meeting, after which the regular
order was taken up. First being re
ports of committees.
The subject of river Improvements
for the running of floats up the ra
pids came up and on motion a com
mittee of one member of the club,
Joseph Moss, was appointed to In
vestigate the matter, with a recom
mendation that W. V. Johnson and
O. A. Hamilton be asked to assist
the committee.
The opening of the steel bridge to
public travel came up on a recom
mendation that the occasion be taken
advantage of and the taxpayers of
the county be Invited to participate
In a public ceremony of dedicating
the bridge. The proposition being
to have a dinner for taxpayers and
their families served In the park.
After a lively discussion It was de
cided that there would not be time
to send out the Invitations and pro
vide for such an entertainment,
though all agreed that It was the
proper thing to do and regretted the
lack of time to undertake It.
E. F. McKlnstry, who had Just re
turned from a visit to the Alaska-Yukon-Paclfic
exposition, gave an
interesting account of the conditions
there and regretted that Josephine
county was not represented In a
manner that would do It credit. H.
C. Untenant talked about fruit ex
hibits for fairs. J. 11. Williams talk
ed of what he had seen on a visit
to Central Point.
O. D. Carner spoke on the necess
ity of advertising our Irrigated lands
at the Seattle exposition, Rev. Robert
McLean was present and the presi
dent called upon him for a general
talk and ho responded by paying the
Commercial Club a handsome compli
ment for the good work It was doing
and gave interesting sketches of this
country for many years back nnd
made the assertion that Josephine
county possessed more valuable re
sources than any other county In
Southern Oregon.
Mayor Kinney was called upon fo"
a talk and spoke with enthusiasm
of bis California trip and bis Im
pressions of the people who ure
building up Southern California, lie
said those people stood together and
wi r united In doing everything for
the benefit of their count rv.
Judge Jewell on the Fair,
When .Itid.g-.' Stephen Jewell re.
turned from Seattle Thursday he was
asked by a Courier representative
what he thoucht of the exposition
and lie proiii'itly said:
"I certainly pronounce the Seattle
exposition a success. For want of
time, It was impossible for me lo
make a crltl'iil examination of all
the exhibits, but my observations
were sufficient lo convince me that
the management has been in (be
hands of men who know bow to do
things.
"I have seen several similar fairs,
but have never seen any that was
more artistically arranged. The
buildings are larg enough for all
uurposes and are very conveniently
arranged on the grounds. In fact,
the exterior view Is simply Inspiring.
"As to the exhibits, they are ela
borate without being extravagant.
The mineral, agricultural, horticul
tural, manufacturing and education
al Industries of the Pacific states
ate well represented. This was to
be expected of the states, but the re
sources of Alaska hs exhibited In the
Alaska building are a surprise to
visitors. Those who have heretofore
regarded Alaska as simply a great
country wfll leave the exposition
feeling that 'the hulf has never yet
been told.' I feet well repaid for tn y
trip."
Will Start Stamp Mill.
C. W, Thompson, of the Greenback
mine, arrived In town Thursday
morning. Mr. Thompson and Mr. .1
P. Anderson have taken the mine
on a working bond and they expect
; to be dropping in stamps by the
middle of next week and will in
crease the number up to 40 stamps.
I Mr. Thompson went with the com
pany In 1!7 and took charge of
the property that fall. The Green
back mine has produced nearly or
ulle 1 ,!WiO.Mii In gold and the
gentlemen who have taken the bond
fei 1 satisfied that It will again be.
cotie n larce pro'li ccr. Mr. Thump,
son i.riv the mine Is tti nlreit charge
cf Mr. Anderson,
'JO Per cent illMi.iint on It' fi Igefii
tor nt II ilr-IJiildle Hardware CoV
STEEL BRIDGE
NEARLY READY
CONTRACTORS TI KX OVER RIO
STRl'CTl'RE TO COl'NTV
IS WORTH THE MONEY
The Outlet of a Vnst Empire of Agrl-
cull u it
Mineral and Forest
Wealth.
A visit to the new brldgo at the
foot of Sixth street shows that tho
finishing strokes In the construction
are fast being made. On Wednes-
day the laying of the upper flooring
of 2-Inch plank was commenced nnd
was pushed rapidly forward. The
main floor Is of 4x12 fir plank and
on this the upper floor Is laid dlngon-
ally. This makes the bridge cover-
Ing six Inches thick and It should
last some time, even subjected, as It
Is, to the heaviest travel of any road
In Southern Oregon; It ts tho outlet
of a vast empire, rich In agricultural,
mineral and forest wealth. Tho
brldge will long he a monument to
the skill of tho Columbia Hi hi
company, who have given the county
the full value for the money paid for
the structure,
Work after the washout was com
menced about February 1, nnd from
that time on It has been pushed to
ward completion as fast as good
workmanship would Justify, The
plans and specifications were follow
ed closely and the county's Interests
were looked nfter by Commissioner
Wert, nearly every hour of the time
of construction. The county might
have employed an expert and paid
him f:t."n or per month as they
would have been obliged to do, but
tho public Interest, perhaps, would
not have been served any better than
they have been at a very small part
of the sum mentioned. There were
times when Mr. Wert, felt hU re
sponsibility was great and It would
not nave taken much to have made
him give up !!,, joi, 0f supervising,
l.. r . 1 , m .. .
oi hoi, in- even spoke or it lint was
prevailed open to follow the work
through to the end and did so with
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1 e " " iiiiescn. i nere are three
spllllS of the steel structure; the two
main spans being t so feel each mid
Hie oilier !lo feet, inaklnir In all l.-.O
eel. I lie passage way for teams Is
twenty feet In the char and the con
mi "ci em in mien us io mane it an
iev limner III I il. II II II v Inn n
footway oi) either side; the holes for
(rackets for this purpose are already
In the Iron work, being placed there
by the contractors at their own ex
pense. I lie bridge Is III) feet above
the water and nt each end of the
three spans are two steel tubes fill
ed with cement and these are Joined
together by a steel web bolted on
forinlng piers of great strength nnd
diirablllly upon which the heavy
structure rests. The amiroaebes to
the bridge were outside of the con-
tract; the one on the north side Is 70
feet and on the south side Is 110 feet.
These were extra, as also was the big
fill south of the river. This work
added to the contract price nuide the
bridge cost approximately 13UJ00.
It Is recommended that later the
road from the brldgo south bo mac
adiiuilzed to the Holmes corner. The
fill Is to be made wider after the
fall rains commence,
It Is expected that the bridge will
be thrown open to the public not
later than next Monday, and It will
certainly be a source of great satis
faction to many hundreds of people
wbo have been nervous regarding
the old bridge. The county commls- "There Is no competition as Im
sloners deserve Will for the cood tween imtlonsl nnd nrlvntn fiinila.
work they have given the taxpayers
In the construction of this bridge,
Judge Stephen Jewell, especially, Is
eniltled to mention, as be has paid
dally visits to the bridge during the
many weeks of It.- construction.
i ne coioreii inner wuo was nr
tefcil nt Uhlaiid lust. Thursday and
bronchi to thi city lad week for hit-
ting Peter Kenie v In the head with n
piece of coal III the Southern Pll' lflc
'depot here, had lih pnllmlnary hear-
Ing Wednesday and Thursday of this
week. He was put under $300 bonds
to appear before the grand jury.
Some amusing incidents developed
at the trial when some of the small
boys were called on to Identify the
man as the same who threw the coal.
Several of the boys very seriously
testified that they knew It was the
same negro because he had "Kinky"
hair nnd others were equally sure
of their man because he was "blacker
than some of the others." There la
no doubt, however, as to the Identity
of the man as he himself admits It,
otherwise It might be a rather hard
matter to hold a negro for a crime
who was Identified by his "kinky"
hair and his complexion. The man
gave his name as Alfred Johnson.
Ho has not yet been nblo to secure
the necessary bonds nnd Is still con
fined In the county Jail.
Grants Pass City Director)'.
Tho publisher of tho Courier
wishes to announce that he will wlth-
out delay publish a directory of
Grants rsa. hnvlng taken up the
wwrl lately undertaken by Mr.
Stanfield, as other Interests require
h'9 attention. This directory will bo
"p 0 ('!,,e ,n evpry respect and will
contain the names and addresses of
every business, professional and
Private citizen In this city.
T,,e Introduction to the work will
cnn,nln a Bnort historical sketch of
tho town nnd county, and a complete
,lHt r a11 the different admlnls-
trntlons connected with this city
since its Incorporation. It Is the
Intention to make the directory
worthy of Grants Pass and tho en
larged printing offlco of the Courier.
STORMY SCENES AT
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Spokane Crowded wllh Delegates
Who Applaud I'ini hot's
Great Speech,
The national event of the week
has been tho Irrigation congress com
posed of 12(10 delegates which con
vened at Spokane Monday. There
were men of note present from near
ly every state In (ho I'nlon and iies-
llons of deep Interest were discussed.
The congress opened wllh the "Ir
rigation Ode" sung by tho Spokane
ctiorus or '.'no voices. I he address
of welcome to the stale was deliver
ed by Governor Hay of Washington.
On behalf of the city Mayor N. S.
Pratt, spoke. He caused the sugges
tion of a sensation by charging priv
ate capital wllh Interfering with
government reclamation projects.
The response on behalf of the con
gress was made by (ieorge r;. liar
stow, president of the congress,
1'aft Send Greet Ing,
The following telegram' wiih re-
elved from President Taft. during
tho morning of the session:
"I greatly regret that I'm not able.
to be present, and hear the discus
sions and get the benefit of your de
liberations. I have the deepest sym
pathy with the general object of tho
National Irrigation Congress nnd
you can count on my earnest endeuv-
or to further the cause of recluma-
Hon by Irrigation In every part of
ttm ronritiv (RUmiM)
"WILMAM II. TAKT."
F. H. Newell, director of tho
United States Reclamation Service,
was the first Bpenker of the after-
noon. His nddress whs In part as
follows;
Mr. Newell said that while the
government has done much In lrrl-
gntlon work, prlvato rnpiTal has also
mnde great advances and possibly at
present five or ten times as large tn
Investment In the anim-irate Is holn
made by corporations In bulldlnu Ir-
rlgatlon works as Is being Invested
by tho government. "Much of this
- Investment, however, has been made
possible, or at least, has been stlniu-
Mated by the government work,"
but rather an attempt at all times on
the part of the government to Hllmu
late legitimate enterprise through oh-
talnlng fa' ts upon which Investments
might be safely made and to avoid
taking up such work as could bo
handled successfully by others.
"The slowness of the work Is also
middled nnd It has rorne to be ft
matter of general icniiirk Hint tho
j covernment Is always slow. This,
like manr trul'mis, Is t . .
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