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VOL. XXV.
GRANTS TASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 108.
No. 21.
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.TO PAVE 6TH ST.
WITH B1TULITMC
PROPERTY OWNERS COMMITTEE
HARD AT WORK
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
It Will Go Through This Time, Is
the General Opinion of Those
Well Pouted.
The question of paving Sixth street
came up for discussion before a meet
ing of property owners held at the
Commercial Club last Tuesday even
ing. The committee of five who had
been selected to look after the inter
est of the property owners explained
that they had been over to Medford
and examined the bitulithlc pave
ment which is now being laid in that
city and from what they had seen
there and what they knr of the
same pavement In other cities, they
felt It a duty to again call for a meet
ing of property owners and submit
to them the information they had re
ceived on this subject. The five
members of the committee were un
animously In favor of bitulithlc pave
ment rather than macadam. They
had talked with other property own
ers and then said as far as they
could see a majority of them favored
the hard pavement. It was urged
by property owners present that it
was very Important to have Sixth
street paved this season, or at as
early a date as possible. The com-
tnlftnA nra a frttmo11v Inaf runtal -
uisbbw tv mo ws man; iudw UVICU I.VS
I present to property owners a peti
tion favoring bitulithlc pavement and
If a satisfactory number was secured,
to at once, by applying to the coun
cil, secure the necessary ordinance
to permit a contract to be mads.
, The meeting proved to be thor
oughly businesslike, and at the time
of adjournment It was plain to be
seen that Grants Pass will soon have
hard pavement on several blocks in
the center of the town. Chairman
Coe is doing hard work to secure the
best pavement for the town and to
et It at an early date.
PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN
UNABLE TO STOP
ttran'ta Pan U Out of Luck Taft
Passe Here Too Earl In
.Morning to Stop.
A short time ago Mayor Kinney
wrote President Taft an Invitation
to stop over at Grants Pass and meet
the citizens of this city and county.
The following letter is In reply to
tMat Invitation:
Beverly, Mass., Aug. 12, 1909.
Hon. H. C. Kinney, Mayor,
Grants PaBS, Oregon.
My Dear Mr. Mayor:
Your letter of August 2d extend
Carpets Carpets
O'NEILL, the House Furnisher,
is selling CARPETS
Carpet!
,3 Values
GET IN ! Sale
Only a few can p-t
Have S00 vanls to
cated at above prices.
(Jet in while they last.
BB A PROFIT PICKER
O'Neill
ing an Invitation to the President to
visit Grants Pass during his trip to
the Pacific Coast has been received.
The President thanks you for the
Invitation but regrets that the early
hour at which he will pass through
your city will preclude his making
a stop there. Very truly yours,
FRED W. CARPENTER,
Secretary to the President.
It is to be regretted that the
managers of the presidential trip
could not have been prevailed upon
to pass this city In the day time.
However, let us hope that things will
come our way next time.
The Melon Thieves.
The boys arrested last week for
breaking into a car and stealing
melons were taken before Judge
Jewell of the Juvenile Court last
Saturday, and after an Investigation
the judge concluded that the ends of
Justice might be better subserved
if sentence be deferred and the cul
prits be placed on probation for six
months. One of the boys was over
18 years old and he was left to be
dealt with by the Justice Court.
Judge Jewell, in his fatherly manner,
said to the boys before allowing them
to go:
"I want to say to you boys that
the purpose of this court Is to re
form boys rather than to punish
them. In fact. I do not believe in
vindictive punishment. But it must
be understood that crime must not
be allowed to pass unrebuked. You
boys have done wrong. Those melons
were the property of some one who
had evidently done some hard work
to raise them. You had no more
right to take them than you had
to go Into a store and carry off a
pair of shoes or other property. I
hardly think that you Intended to
commit a crime, but the act is one
of that kind that leads to bigger
ones. All criminals began their
careers by Infringing upon the rights
of others.
"There are Just three things that
I can do in your case. I can send
you to the Reform School, to the
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, or put
you on probation. You will be on
probation until the first of next
January to report to Mr. W. M.
Cheshire each month. A repetition
of this or any similar offense may
send you to the Reform School. You
will be expected to pay for the
melons."
Store Improvements.
The George Calhoun Clothing Co.
by a single bound has doubled its
business capacity. It has absorbed
the rooms formerly occupied by the
Courier printing: establishment, up
and downstairs, and an we go to
press workmen are cutting the parti
tlon out between their store room
and the main rooms recently occu
pied as the Courier office. The
Calhoun store will be one of the
largest In town, having a floor space
of over 6000 feet. The itock Is
large enough to fill every foot of the
space.
The Peerless Clothing company has
a nw sign over the front of their
store which Is one of the very finest
In the state. The Peerless Is true
to name In everything the company
undertakes, and don't you forget It
either.
per
Yard
lasts 10 days only
in on this Special Snl
sell ; cannot w luli-
Don't waste time.
The House Furnisher
A WILD SCHEME
THE VERY LATEST
IT IS TO REVOLUTIONIZE STATE
AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
U'REN, THE IRREPRESSIBLE
According to the Sage of Oregon City
Everything that Is, Is Wrong
and Needs Fixing.
Revolution In the existing form of
government for the state and coun
ties of Oregon is contemplated in a
bill that will be presented to the
voters of Oregon fvr their approval
or rejection at the general election in
November, 1910. The schema was
made public this afternoon by W. S.
U'Ren, of this city, who has been
working on the plan to the exclusion
of everything else for many months.1
Under the provisions of thU new
bill, which is in the form of an
amendment to the constitution of
Oregon, the governor and state audit
or are the only elective officers in
the state government.
The attorney-general, secretary of
state, state treasurer, state printer,
superintendent of labor and state
business manager are all to La ap
pointed by the cabinet and hold of
fice during his pleasure. The salaries
of these officers are to he fixed by
law, except that the the staUs printer,
who shall receive J 4 000 per annum.
With the exception of the .state busi
ness manager, they must have been
citizens of Oregon for five years be
fore their election or appolntmcnr.
Much Power for Governor,
rirect responsibility for the gov
ernment or practically every depart
ment of the state Is placed upon (he
governor. He baa the power to au
polLt not only all of the other of
ficers of the state, except the au
ditor, but he will Dame a sheriff and
district attorney for each county,
with power to suspend or remove
any officer he appoints, and all local
officers shall be subject to the recall
by the people of their county or dis
trict. Complete control of the organiza
tion and management of all state in
stitutions, state business and public
functions now wholly or partly gov
erned or managed by 47 boards and
commissions, Is placed In the hands
of the governor, who shall take over
such control from time to time and
before September 1, 1911. He may
retain such boards and commissions
as he desires Aft counsellors and ad
visers, but he shall have full power
to manage and organize, and shall
be wholly and alone responsible to
the people for results. No new boards
or commissions shall be created by
law, unless the law shall first be ap
proved by the people. Only the
board of railroad commissioners Is
retained.
Proportional representation Is a
feature of the measure, and political
lines are largely abolished. No ap
pointments or removals shall be
made for any reasons of partisan
ship, except In the case of the mem
bers of the governor's cabinet.
IliislncM Malinger Under Governor.
The state business manager hIimII
receive such salary ns may be de
termined by the governor, who shall
also define the duties of that official,
who shall so organize, consolidate,
supervise, direct and manage the
business departments ami affairs of
the Mate as to obtain the highest
possible efficiency In the state's serv
ice and full value for the public
money. All of his acts shall be sub
I leet to the approval of the governor,
' who Is authorized to make such rules
land regulations as may he expedient
to obtain these results.
The state nuditor shall be chosen
by the legal voters of the state at
the general election In November,
1912, to serve two years. At the
next biennial election the state au
ditor shall bo elected for six years.
and this shn',1 be his regular term of
office. Ill duties and salary are to
i tie fixed by law.
j The governor to be elected by fh
.people In November, 1914, and shall
serve for six years. He must have re
sided in the state five years prior to
the date of his election, and shall not
be eligible to office more than 12
years in any period of 18 years.
Legislature to lie Shaken Up.
Sweeping changes are made In the
election and prerogatives of the
members of the legislature, which
shall be composed of 30 senators and
60 representatives.
The power Is reserved to the peo
ple under the initiative, to propose
legislative measures, resolutions,
laws and amendments to the consti
tution and to enact or reject the
same at the polls Independent of the
legislative assembly. Initiative peti
tions for all but municipal legisla
tion shall be filed with the secre
tary of state not less than ten days
before any regular session of the
legislature, which shall meet annu
ally at Salem. These petitions shall
be transmitted to the house of repre
sentatives as soon as It convenes and
organizes, and such Initiative meas
ures Bhall take precedence over all
other measures except appropriation
bills. Initiative measures enacted by
the legislature shall be subject to
the referendum or they may be re
ferred by the legislative assembly to
the people. The legislature may re
ject any Initiative measure and pro
pose a different one on the same sub
ject, and In such event both meas
ures shall be submitted to the people.
If conflicting measures submitted to
the people shall be approved, the
one receiving the highest number of
affirmative votes shall thereby be
come law as to all conflicting pro
visions.
The referendum may be ordered on
any measure or resolution passed by
the legislative assembly, but no legis
lative body or council shall order the
referendum on more than 12 meas
ures at one election.
The emergency clause may be used
when deemed necesnary for the Im
mediate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety that a law
shall become effective without de
lay, and the measure will become a
law by receiving three-fourths vote
of all the members of both houses
on a separate roll call. Such an
emergency bill will remain a law,
even though a referendum petition
be filed against It, until It may be re
jected by the people. In case of
laws partly local, as the creation of
additional Judges or other QlflcerSj
referendum v nutltton nhnlt t.A a
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approval or rejection by the people
of the local districts Interested. The
veto power of the governor or mayor
shall not extend to measures Initiated
by or referred to the people.
Nix Years for legislator.
The term of of rice for senators and.
representatives shall be six ynrt,
both beginning with the general
election of 1912, at which time all
offices shall be vacant, and 30 sen
ators and 60 representatives shall be
chosen. The right Is reserved to
the people to dissolve either or both
houses and at the same tlmo elect I
new house or senate, or both, as the
case may be be. The manner of pro
ceeding with the dissolution of either
or both branches of the legislative
assembly Is provided. Not less than
25 per cent of the legal voters of the
state Bhall file a dissolution petition
with the secretary of state, who shall
order a special election to take place
throughout the state In not less than
CO nor morn than 90 days from the
date of filing the petition. The fil
ing of such petition shall operate as
a complete suspension from olflce of
all senators and representatives.
Plan Proportionate ItcprcNcntiitloti.
Senators and representatives shall
he chosen by such method of propor
tionate representation of all the
voters that any one-sixtieth of all
the citizens of the state voting for
representative and any one-thli tlcth
for senator shall Insure his election.
Candidates for the office of senators
or representatives may be nominated
In dlstrhts, but they shall be chosen
by the electors from the state at
la rite. Each candidate's name shall
he printed on the official ballot In
the district In which he Is nominated,
but In no other. Any elector In any
district may vote for a candidate In
any other district by writing or stick
on his ballot the name and political
party of the candidate voted for.
Kvery elector may vote for one can
didate for representative and one
i senator and no more. The whole
number of votes cast In the state
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PROPERTIES TO
BE WORKED
WONDERFUL WEALTH TO RE
FOUND IN ILLINOIS VALLEY
RICHEST NINES IN AMERICA
The Day of Prosperity Has Dawned
Which Will Open Up the Mineral
Wealth of Josephine County.
The mining world Is fairly
startled by the copper development
which ia going on this season In this
part of the state and more particular
ly In Josephine county. The mines
mentioned are tributary to Grants
Pass and they will soon become pro
ducers which in turn will develop
markets for our farm and orchard
products. As promising as our or
chards and vineyards are they will
have trouble to keep pace In the
value of their output with the copper
mines of this "section and yet they
can and will work together In har
mony and develop untold wealth
within the next few years.
Grants Pass will be in the center
of a wonderful prosperity and must
of necessity prepare to take care of
the business or another commercial
center may be founded. The day of
the country store In Grants Pnss Is
fast passing and soon we must be
able to grasp the opportunities as
they come our way. The members
of the Commercial Club in their visits
to the Gallce mining district and the
Illinois valley saw th dawn of great
thlnga and they will easily under
stand what la to follow when they
are told that men of experience and
capital are already In the country
and have commenced the taak of
helping us to bring to the notice of
the world our bidden wealth. Let
ua go over some of the mining
properties which are on the road,
to Crescent City.
The mine known li the Waldo,
i
"NMKtt At Takllma, three miles
easterly from the town of Waldo and
formerly owned by J. O. R. Gunn and
A. W. Fox, of San Francisco, has
been taken over by a strong syndi
cate of Paris, France, and is now be
ing operated on a liberal scale under
the supervision of B. Jamison, an ex-
perleneed copper miner. With sixty
men he ha put on the dump fully
1200,000 worth of ore durlfig the
last four Weeks' and thla Is being
augmented at this time by a dally
output of atwut 17000 worth of the
prettiest etfpptir ore ever brought to
the surfaoe of any mine In America.
The ore Iff uniformly high-grade, be
ing a massive body of chalcopyrlte
assaying from twelve to eighteen
per cent copper and carrying from
$5.60 to 9.00 In gold. Immense ore
reserves are being blocked out and
the dump herein referred to re
presents only the oro taken out In
development work.
The company has constructed a
very fine wagon road on a good
grade from the mine to tho smelter,
two miles distant, and has put
broken waste rock from the mine
one foot deep on the road bed Its
entire length so that hauling ore
through the rainy season will not be
a difficult task.
The Th k lima Smelting company
has been absorbed by the Klder Min
ing company. The new concern Is
already In charge and 45 men will
he employed at the plant. K. M.
Walter will he maniiKer anil he, with
his wife and daughter, arrived from
('(dorado Minings and went down to
Takllma the first of the week. It In
announced that the smelter will
blow In about the L'Mh of Ibis month
but riot Inter than the first of Aug
ust. The big plant will be In opera
tion Inside of two weeks.
Twenty-five four-horse teams have
been engaged to haul coke to tho
smelter from Grunts Pass and to re
turn loaded with copper matte. The
Guggenheim, acting on the profes
sional advice of Win. II. Farrlsh, of
Denver, one of the hading mining
experts In the I'nlted States, have
taken over the Dakln copper mines
Just over the mountain from tho
Waldo mine and will put one hun
dred men to work at once. The Big
Preston Peak mine in the same dis
trict, owned by Geo. W. Young, of
New York, who ten days .ago married
the faroons, Lilian NorMpa, Is soon
to be again, operated ati'd the Ivan
pah group of twelve claims in same
district and owned by C. L. Mangum,
of Grants Fass. and John R. Reeves,
of Goldfleld, Nevada, is now under
development and Is making a magnl
flclent showing of high-grade ore.
The propertlea of John F. Sanger,
E. M. Albright, Webb Brothers and
many others are being worked on a
limited scale and In every Instance
the showing is very flattering. What
this great district needs most la
transportation facilities. A railroad
from Grants Pass to Crescent City,
Cal., on the Pacific, would be one of
the very best and safest Investments
to be had on this coast and it Is cer
tainly very strange that capital has
not taken up this proposition. Smith
and Illinois rivers are water powor
streams of sufficient magnitude to
furnish power with which to operate
a dozen railroads and the timber and
minerals along and tributary to a
railroad on the route mentioned,
would afford an absolutely unlimited
tonnage, thus assuring big dividends
for the capital Invested. The agricul
tural possibilities here are too well
known to be discussed In this brlof
article. We prophesy that In two
years the Deschutes struggle for
railroad right of way will be repeat
ed on the route from Grants Pass to
the ocean. The demand for a rail
road Is urgent and the time ta ap
proaching when there Is going to be
a fearful struggle for a right of way
on which to construct It.
The Lucky Dog Mining company
hnB a fine property on Brlggs and
Red Dog creeks, 25 miles northwest
of Selma, on which there are 14
men at work. T. J. Bernard Is the
manager of thla company and he In
forms ua that they will put nine
mo experienced miners at work
aa aoon aa they can get here from
Nevada. These propertlea consist
of 80 placer claims and 10 of copper,
Mr, Bernard, who is a miner of forge
experience, will, aa aoon aa h eaq
got a road into the cmn from Bwedt
Basin from the. teriHllW t the
govern mrnt trail, a d.ltno of ten
miles, A good road U necewary, aa
the country la very rough and the
hydraulic pumping machinery to W
used in the placer U very heavy,
Once ready to work the mine it will
require 80 or 90 miners to man the
property. Experts aay that the
Lucky Dog Is a very rich mine and
will pay handsomely as soon as It Is
opened up.
Next to the Red Dog Mr. Hender
on, an Alaskan has sixty acres of
placer upon which he has been work
Ing of late And hM already cleaned
up 13,500. It Is understood that
the Henderson property prom lion to
become a great producer. Tests
show that It has run as high as 18
cents to the square yard. This mine
Joins the Red Dog proporty on the
creek from which the latter company
takes Its name. That particular
part of this county Is without doubt
very rich In gold.
Rich Pocket on Canyon Creek.
A wild story comes from Canyon
Creek of the finding of a pocket
from which $68,000 was taken. It
Is said that the parties aro keeping
the matter quiet until they and their
friends havo opportunity to stake
everything dround that section. How
true this Is the Courier cannot m.
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but it Is quite evident thnt there has
ieen some Important discoveries In
hat section, Canyon Creek has con
rlbuted large sums In gold In the
years past.
Mrs. A. P. Merrill, of Chicago, 111.,
accompanied, by two friends, Mrs.
Plngren and daughter, visited n few
lays with her brother, A, N. Parsons,
of this city, this week. The ladles
left on the northbound train Wednes
day and after attending the Seattle
fair will visit ot Victoria and Van
couver then go by steamer to South
ern California, making an extended
western trip before returning to their
eastern home.
Miss Veil Trimble and cousin, Miss
Kdn a Trimble, of Hilt, Cal., who have
been visiting their cousin, Miss Mabel
Trimble, of this city, left Thursday
for their home accompanied by Mis
Mabel, who will visit In Hilt for a
few days.
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