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jo 1! VOL. XXV. GKAVTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 10O. No. 82. Mite mtm -J MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL JUDGES AND CLERKS FOR COM ING ELECTION NAMED WARD CONVENTIONS N0V.23 Many Matters Pertaining to City's Government Were Drought Up. the , Tlie regular meeting of the city council was held Thursday evening with Mayor Kinney in the chair and , councllnien Cheshire, Cramer, Cronk, Jester, Myers, RIggs and Tuffs present; absent, Burkhalter. The minutes were read and varl-J ous comlttees reported. The fin ance committee, reported favorably on the following bills, which were ordered paid: Williams Bros., lumber $445.93 Grants Pass Feed Co., feed. . 203.15 Atlantic Ref. Co., paint 29.10 Cold Storage Co., ice 18.00 Oregon Observer, advertising 21.00 Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co., freight advanced 3.20 The light committee reported back petition for light at the Western Hotel and recommended that the petition be filed with all others of the same kind until funds are avail able. , Ordered that one-half of the amounts paid by J. D. Fry, T. P. Cramer and Geo. Cramer on the Third street sewer be refunded, in asmuch as the parties had put in a lateral sewer to Fifth street long be fore the Third street sewer was con- : atructed. Ordered that warrants he issued to J. D. Fry and T. P. Cramet for $21 each and to Geo. Cramer Jpt.$34.75. The following- eneral. -accounts, were read and referred to finance committee: Grants Pass Ildwe. Co. mdse. $53.8." Coal Storage, Ice account... C.50 R. R. Water Co., ex. flushing 54.12 Oregon Observer, printing... 19.85 Grants Pass fire company, fire, Oct. 29, Coutant's,. . . 8.75 M. J. Howard, tiling fi.40 Jas. Trimble, blarksmithing. . 16.30 Cramer Bros, hardware 48.72 P, P. Proctor, printing 33.00 The ordinance imposing license on automobiles kept for hire was ' amended and the yearly license re duced from $50 to $25, payable in one amount. The hawkers' license was placed at $10 per quarter, pay able quarterly in advance. Ordinance was passed esta'JIshlng - grade and ordering granite sidewalk on the east side of N. Seventh street from Lee street to Scovill alloy. The ordinance relating to the wld , enlng of sidewalks on Sixth, G and F , streets to 12 feet and the construc tion of cement curbs, was passed. 7 The auditor and police Judge re- i. ported collections received by him In cash during the month amounted ()UR new Furni ture is arriving; to make room .we will, for the next 10 days, give a discount of 10 per cent for all cash purchases. R. H. O'NEILL to $67.00 and the treasurer's receipt being attached to the report, the same was ordered filed. The city marshal reported collections by htm for the month of October in the total sum of $127.77. The street superintendent made a report of road tax, sewer permits and plumbing permits collected by him during the month of October amounting to $49.00. The following judges and clerks of election were appointed: First Ward Judges: J. D. Fry, Geo. Parker, J. E. Peterson. Clerks: R. W. Clarke. H. C. Bateham. Second Ward Judges: X. B. Meade, Jas Holman, C. G. Gillette. Clerks: A. B. Cornell, E. S. Van Dyke. Third Ward Judges: V. M. Hair, H. C. Perkins, M. J. Howard. Clerks: T. Y. Dean, J. H. Challln. Fourth Ward Judges: F. G. Burns, B. A. Stannard, W. F. Long well. Clerks: Wm. Alford. C. D. Smith. On motion, November 22, 1909, was set for ward conventions, and November 23 for a general conven tion, which meetings were called for 8 o'clock p, m., and the Central School building was named for the ward meeting of the First ward, the County Court house for the Sec ond ward, the City hall for the Third ward, the Salvation Army hall for the Fourth ward. The Court house was selected for the meeting of the general convention. The following polling places In which to hold the general election was named: First Ward, Guild hall. Second Ward Court house. Third Ward Council chamber. Fourth Ward Place to be sup plied. B. M, Bush requested and was granted permission to do electric wiring until such time as he should secure his bond from the bonding company. WILL IT BE A COMMER CIAL CLUB CANDIDATE ihe article in last week's Courier regarding candidates for mayor had the effect of causing no little dis cussion as to the various names mentioned. From what we can learn from various sources Jas. T. Tuffs is regarded as the logical can didate. Some months ago the busi ness men of the town united to build up the Commercial Club so as to en sure successful work.'. Mr. Tuffs was visited and asked to lend his best efforts to help make the club what It should be. In reply to this he signified his willingness to take hold with other business men to build up an organization that would be a power for good in the commun ity providing always that it was un derstood factlona' matters be drop ped and that, there be no North side or South sid", no wet. no dry, but everything to be for the upbuilding of Grants Pass. This was agreed to and Mr. Tuffs put his shoulder to the wheel and did good service. ' It was a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull an together, and by this means the rv.mmf.rri!il Club was put on Us feet Eeverybody did good work, working shoulder to shoulder. In all this Mr. Tuffs was a real - : - Home Furnisher worker and his friends now claim that he is needed in a more import ant capacity, that is, mayor of the city, for in no other place can he do better service for Grants Pass. The successful man this year will undoubtedly be a Commercial Club candidate and it is thought by many business men that Mr. Tuffs 1b the man. There will undoubtedly be other candidates brought out in the near future but no names have been men tioned so far Blnce our last issue. The election wll take place the first Monday in December, which will make it the 6th. Everybody feels that Grants Pass is on the high way to success and much that Is Import ant must be undertaken the com ing year. Those Pendleton Robes did, indeed, make a hit the delight of everyone seeing them. No matter whether you want to buy or not, come in and see them. C. P. Bishop & Co. NEW PRESIDENT FOR GRANTS PASS B. & T. CO. Leon L. Derrick, of Sauk Rapids, Minn., Was Elected Times day Afternoon. On Thursday there was a meeting of the Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. at which some important. busi ness was transacted. The object was to make room for Leon L. Herrlck on the board, and for this purpose Ed Lister resigned as director and Jas. Tuffs as president. This open ed the way for Mr. Herrlck to enter the board as director and at the same time he was elected president and will be in direct charge of the bank. There Is no change in the bank ownership except that Mr. Herrlck has picked up a considerable block of stock on the outside, and being a banker known to have had large ex- lerlence, Mr. Tuffs and other mem bers of the board were anxious to have him connected with the bank ns president and manager. It should be stated that Mr. Tuffs retains bis nterest In the bank, but simply re tires as president to look after his icrsonal business, which requires his entire attention. The Grants Pnsi Banking & Trust company is one of the strong financial institutions of he Rogue river valley. Leon L. Herrlck comes here from Sauk Rapids, Minn., where he was for 20 years engaged In the banking business. Last Rummer he sold his interest there and he and his wife came to the Pacific. Coast in search of a new location, and while on this trip stopped off at Grants Pass, with which city and people they were well pleased. At that time the prelimin ary steps were taken by Mr. Tuffs and others to Interest him In the bank and the deal was consummated yesterday. He comes here with the very highest and best recommenda tions from financial circles and he will bo a great advantage to the busi ness Interests of Grants Pass. Mrs. Herrlck and their two sons, one 18 and the other 16 years old, are still at their Minnesota home, but they will be in Grants Pass In the spring. The oldest son is In his last year In one of the state normals tak Ing a course in manual training. In tending to follow this line of work as a teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Herrlck, as well as their sons, will be an Im portant addition to Grants Pass so clety and they will find here a hearty welcome. Exterminates Gopher. The gopher and the digger are th relentless enemies of the' tillers of the Boil, and various methods have been tried to destroy them. II. C Getherlng railed at the Courier office Monday and stated he had been using carbon bl-sulphlde with absolute success, having rid a three acre piece of alfalfa from tht1 troublesome gopher. Mr. Getherlng saturates cotton with the carbon bi sulphide and places tt in the run way In Biich a position that the strong fumes will penetrate down ward and also along the runway. Several of these ran be "planted" In a garden or new witn nine cost or troub'e, being careful not to cover the cotton with dirt. E. H. Brown made a business trip (j Medford Thursday night. NEW AND GREATER GAUGE DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF SOME , IMPORTANT MINES FREE COLD AT SUGAR PINE Millions in Sight In the Many Proper ties of This Noted Southern Oregon Camp. In Its present and potential min eral wealth the Gallce district of Josephine county rivals the best camps in the western part of Ameri ca. Its vast extent, the great slr.e and persistency of its ledges and the demonstrated value of Its ore bodies all combine to make it notable and to attract, as it is now attracting, the Interest and attention of mining operators and mining Investors In all parts of the country. The publicity that It has gained has been fully earned; nor has the half yet been uld. cr thoroughly understood, con ccrt.lrg its great possibilities and the amount of Its production of gold. ithout having Its limits definite ly fixed, the developed area of the Gallce district comprises a belt from two to three miles wide and eight miles long. In this area are the producing mines and the many de veloped properties that only require the Installation of machinery to be added to the producing list. Three hundred miners und prospectors are at work, their energlea and Interests being distributed In such a way that all parts of the district are receiving development, and new Btrlkea of rich ore are being constantly made. The present season's work has confirmed their faith, aroused general Interest In the future of the camp and Is spreading Its fame far and wide. The area comprising the present Gallce district has produced approx imately $30,000,000 In gold alone. Its creeks and Its gulches from the early days of mining In Southern Oregon have yielded n steady stream of the precious metal and they are yielding It today. But It Is In the development of quartz that the new er und greater Gallce is now Inter ested, for the quartz ledges were the source of the placer gold. The values wrested from them by the forces of erosion were Insignificant in com parison to the wealth they still re tain to indefinite depths. The placer miner and the pocket hunter have given first place to the quartz miner and the deeper he goes the better values he is finding. The, successive Btnges of evolution have been pass ed and Gnllce, known for ninny years as Oregon's greatest placer camp, Is now becoming universally known, as It deserves to be, ono of tbo richest producers of milling and smelting ores In the west. All this was not accomplished In a day, though the present enviable position of the district Is largely the result of comparatively recent effort. It took time and grit and energy to overcome all the adverse conditions and bring the ramp to the front. That it has been done Is the best tribute of praise to the men who have ac complished the task. The Famous Sugar Fine. First among the quarti properties to be operated In Gallce was the Sugar Pine mine. After going through the usual vicissitudes of a quartz prospect In a placer camp, It wss secured by Daniel and George Green, who proceeded to develop and make a mine out of it. Early In the seventies they struck pay ore and for many years worked It for Its free gold values alone. No attempt was I made to save the rich tellurldes and mi! oh u rets that make the Sugar Pine such a valuable property today; In furt, the tailings front the arastra In which the ore was ground were permitted to wash down the west fork of Gall creek. It was long afterward the fact was discovered that, In order to save the $30,000 In free gold tak.cn out, over $100,000 was lost In that way. The mine fhanuuA imnrltf In lime and was worked In a desultory fashion until about a year ago, when a bond wasj taken on the property by J. J. Mc-j n November the 1st the Medford Cabe, of San Francisco; John P. Dob-jMallv. dailv 1 weekly, the South byn. of California, and Charles I wn Oreganian, the Jacksonville Farmer, of Ashland. Under the'T,nie an the Medford Dally Trib management of Mr. Dobbyn practical un were consolidated under tho development work was at once con-jne of the Mod ford Mall Tribune, menced. Upraises were made to con-: wlln G?0- Butman as editor and bust nect the third and second levels and , n8S manager. This Is one of the a continuous body of high-grade ore m08' important events in the news demonstrated that Insures for the'"" world of Southern Oregon Sugar Pine mine a long period ofwhlch ha8 occurred for many years, activity. A ten-stamp mill, crusher!" means a strong newspaper dally and concentrating tables were pur-jfor Medford and a booster for alt chased and. at considerable expense, tlle Industries of Jackson county. We a wagon road was built, a substantial i mill plant constructed and the ma chinery freighted In and installed. In addition to the present ditch that furnishes power for the mill, a high er ditch will soon be completed that will provide 150 horsepower and per mit the economical operation and lighting of the entire mine by me chanical means. Buildings for the accommodation of the 15 men em ployed will bo erected and soon all the preparatory work so necessary to complete the appointments of an up-to-date mine will have been flii lshed. The Sugar Pino Is developed by over 3000 feet of adit levels, cross cuts and upraises. The ore that Is bolng crushed and concentrated In the mill Is taken from the second level, as a considerable portion of Its value Is in free gold and tho bal ance Is saved in Jho concentrates. Be tween the second and third . levols, however, lies an ore that Is being sacked for shipment to the Solby Bmelter direct, as It contains gold tellurldes that give average assays of $400 per ton. This hlgh-grnde ore lies along the foot wall and Is from eight to eighteen Inches wide, the balance of the vein furnishing a sort ing and milling ore of good value, With Its high-grade shipping ore; with the vast amount of milling and concentrating ore known to exist, nnd with tho completion of tho pres ent plans of superintendent Dobbyn to facilitate tho operation of the mine, the Sugar Pine gives every promise of being a steady producer and consistent profit-payer for a long time to come. Gold Plated Group. Lying between tho Sugar Pino and the Strenuous Teddy properties Is a blanket vein that presents nn Inter esting geological problem, aside from Its great economic value. Tho major portion of Its outcrop Is covered by the Gold Plated group of four claims, which has been opened by several tunnels and open cuts, all revealing ore of exceptionally good average grade. The vein Is from four to ten feet In width and dips slightly to the south, occupying n fissure that cuts the strata of dioiite at right angles. Messrs. Kester, Farmer and Dr. Smith, the owners, are at present en gaged In development and have de monstrated the existence of an ore body 125 feet east and west and run ning 300 feet north from tho point of discovery, where tho blanket vein dips Into tho mountain on the east ;ldo of Birch creek. A ton of this ore, shipped to the Tacoma smelter, yielded In excess of $100 and a con slderable body has been blocked out that will safely work from $40 to $00 per ton. Most of the gold values are free, but there are also some rich tellurldes and sulpherets that will re quire further treatment. Tho own ers contemplate the early construc tion of a road to connect the Gold Plated group with the Sugar Pine mill, one mile distant, where the free-milling ore will be worked. The Spokane Group. ' Northward on Its course the Sugar Pine vein has been opened at Its crossing of Rich gulch, where John Robertson owns four claims, locally railed the Spokane group to distin guish It from another group owned by that gentleman farther west Tunnels have been run both north and south from tho gulch and valu able ore opened up. At a distance of 125 feet In the north tunnel the ore presents Identical characteristics with the high-grade ore of the Sugar Pine and Is richly sprinkled with free gold. In the south tunnel tests tnndo by mortar and pan show unl formly good values. Mr. Robertson Is steadily developing and Is now making arrangements to erect a plant and mill the ore, shipping his concentrates for smelter treatment. Men familiar with tho district be lieve that Mr. Robertson possesses In the Spokane group a property that will soon add to the fame of the "np " """'ly producer of gold (Continued on Page 2.) extend greetings to the new combine which means better things for our neighboring city and county. One of the hnndsomest signs la this city of attractive signs, Is that of the Geo. S. Calhoun Co. It Is made of steel letters 24 and 28 Inches long fastened In a steel wire screen. The sign Is a double header, 50 feet long, covering the entire front of the building. It mnkes tt most Imposing appearance and at tracts general attention. KANSAS COLONY TO MAKE HONES HERE W, II. Sherman Makes Big Sale of Property Four Miles from (rant Pass. In the past six months W. B. Sher man has been working on getting ft colony of Kansas City poople located In this district, nnd last week closed a deal with parties from that locality for somothtng over two thousand acres of land on Louse creek and vicinity. Two or three of these colonlstl will go on their portions of the lands this fall and winter, the remainder will come In one and two years from now, they all being people who have Interests In the east and will have to get foot loose before they can pitch their tents In their new adopt ed home In tho sunny Rogue River valley, Oregon. As a nucleus to atart from, Mr. Sherman hnd 920 acres of land which he had purchased of R. W. Clarke, and he added several of the Louse Creek ranches to this nucleus . and placed It with these Kansas City poople, several of them having been hero nnd gone over the tracts with him during tho summer and fall. Tho price pnld for the lands ranges from eight, to twenty dollars per acre. The soil Is of the river bottom land along Louso creek, the red bench lunds and a small per cent of granite, and when fully developed will make U most Idenl for a colony of this size. Tho people now Interested In the project are taking from 40 to 80 ai res each of tho land and they ex pect after they have moved here, to sell off portions of their holdings to their eastern friends whom they would hereafter select for their neighbors, which will no doubt, eventunlly make It nn Ideal settle ment. lbtlNlng Poultry for Profit. With poultry, as with everything else on the farm, tho nianagemont given Is an Important Item In re ceiving the largest profits. At the start It Is an item to select a good ' breed, one that Is well adapted tU the purpose for which the poultry If kept. One should begin with a gooj breed, one that Is medium In size, good layers, good table fowls ani good foragers, as on the majority of farms the poultry may be reasonably expected to pick up more or leu of the waste food. If they do this thf must have good constitutions, and bf naturally thrifty. Get pure-brti fowls; they are more profitable that mongrels or grades. Solect fowtf" for utility and Individual merit at well as for the points that go (9 make up the standard fowl. Intro duce new blood each year by pur chasing a sufficient number of younr roosters. Bcloct a sufficient number of the best of the early hatched pul lets to take the place of the oldsr hens that have passed their prime. Maintain the vigor of the flock by careful breeding, and a long step will be taken toward maintaining good health. N. J. 8hepherd, In Ex change. Don't full to get one of thoifl carving sets at the PeerloHS Cloth ing Co. Remember they cost yotl nothing.