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" GRANTS PA&S. JOSEPH I VK rornTv Pffoov rmmr urmm'rn .t .nnn ' ' r77
1
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ELECT
DR. J. C. SMITH
gjg TALK WITH A REPRESENTA
TIVE OF THE COURIER
;$UST GET TO WORK EARLY
friction a Menace to rrosperity
Will Io His Part to Bring
Prosperity to Grunts Pass.
PROMPT PAVING
ACTION TAKEN
PROPERTY OWNERS OP LAWN
RIDGE AND FOURTH
Considering It a matter of Im
portance to know the attitude that
'rjjvor-eloet Smith will assume on
jtaklng charge of the office In Janu
L the Courier sent a representa-
Itlte to have a talk with him along
Jtiese llll0S an n'8 v's't wa3 niade
L Thursday afternoon. - The doc-
U vas engaged at the time the call
kas made but after waiting a few
Umites the scribe was ushered into
Ue presence of the doctor and given
pleasant greeting. After the usual
tilk regarding the weather and the
times, the newspaper man gradually
M up to city matters and tried to
hiring out the new mayor's ideas as
Jto municipal affairs. In' reply to a
question regarding the paving of the
Ittrwt. he said:
"Now is the time to get to work.
jj believe a majority of our property
lowers are in favor of paving" and
some force he added, "I don't
pink there la a question about It, I
lihall not only approve of every move
li the proper direction but will as
sist with all my might."
Ben asked hla opinion about the
prospects for Grants Pass during the
coming year, he said:
"Paving or any kind of public
vork tlways brings prosperity to a
tow, as it gives . employment to
Etny persons and when laboring
m get work general business Is
good.
"Tbere Is another Important thing
which needs attention at this time
tad that is the useless and senseless
fight between factions and between
the m called north and south side.
Cat them all out altogether, for we
J one town and no two sides should
be recognized. We want prosperity
for everybody and It Is the duty of
erery good citizen to do what he can
iio wing tnis about.
I "ErerythlpR that causes friction
it I menace to tne prosperity or tne
city; therefore, let us put all these
thlnss aside and work In harmony
for that which Grants Pass needs at
thh time. Jf we try there will be
found many things, to do which will
contribute to the prosnnity of the
wrte. T'nlted we will RecomplNh
much but If we are divided wp can-
sot eirieot to accomplish nnythlntr. I
NP'nt, lot us keep down factional
j differences and to this end we should
ftt toother. In conclusion let me
J I am going to do my part to
Mug prosperity and I am disposed
to bellrve that others will do the
me."
nmwra nice,
J lAao' -"WM-aifi cquaTY. Oregon, friday. pecember it, 1000
Allen, hl8 heirs and assigns, the rtht
to lay down, construct, acquire and
own, ana to maintain, operate and
use railways, poles and wires, and
uuuergrouna conduits, and conduc
tors In the City of Grants Pass, Ore
gon, aitf to operate car8 and locomo
tives other than steam, to generate
and transmit power, and to send and
receive messages by telegraph and
telephone over certain streets, alleys
and public places In the City of
Grants Pass, Oregon, and to author
ize the construction, Installation and
maintenance of equipment and power
houses, stations, and all other things
necessary or convenient for the oper
ation and maintenance thereof, and
to prescribe and fix the extent, terms
and conditions under which the par
ticular streets and alleys of the City
of Grants Pass may be appropriated
and used for railway purposes and
for power, telegraph and telephone
lines by the said John R. Allen, his
heirs and assigns.
The City of Grants Pass ordains as
follows:
Section
1. That tuPre hA on1
hereby is granted to John li. Allen,
his heirs and assigns, the franchise,
light and privilege to erect, lay
down, relay, construct, reconstruct,
purchase, acquire, lease, repair,
maintain, equip, operate, have, hold,
use and enjoy lines of railway and a
system of railways, cither single
track or double track, with power to
change from one to the other, with
convenient switches, turn-outs, turn
tables, cross-overs, connections and
wyes, and to run and operate there
on passenger cars and to carry pass
engers. Also to run and operate thereon
freight, mail, baggage, express and
funeral cars, and to carry freight,
parcels, express packages and United
States mall thereon, subject to the
reasonable regulation of the council
of said city, and to do all acts and
things necessary to the successful
operation of said railways and sys
tem of railways within the said City
of Grants Pass and elsewhere with
out the City of Grants Pass, along
and upon any and all of the streets
of said City of Grants Pass as now or
hereafter laid out and established,
and within the corporate limits of
said City of Grants Pass as now
established and as said corporate
limits may hereafter be extended;
provided that this ordinance shall
become void and of no effect at the
expiration of one year from the date
of Its passage unless the said John
R. Allen, his heirs and assigns, with
in said time, shall have commenced
the actual construction of said sys
tern of railways within said
PETITION THE CITT COUNCIL
These Things Indicate Great Prosper
ity Is In Sight and the Coming
Year Be a Notable One.
When Grants Pass people get busy
they do things is a way that Is very
likely to astonish people on the out'
will quickly follow and before an
other year we will have several
miles of hard surface pavement. May
there be nothing to come In the way
of securing the street Improvements
so much needed. All honor to those
property owners who have foresight
enough to recognise that the one
great need of the city Is the paving
of our strets.
Below will be found the petition
with signatures asking the council
to lay the pavement.
Petition.
To the Honorable Mayor and the
Common Council of the City of
Grants Pass, Oregon.
We, the undersigned cltlsens and
residents of Grants Pass, Oregon,
owning the lots set opposite our re
spective names, respectfully petition
that hard surface pavement be laid
on the following described streets,
towlt: Commencing at the City limits
on Lawnrldge avenue; thence south
erly on said street to . Manzantta
avenue; thence easterly on Manzan-
. , ' , v.iv.ivv twin i; vu ,uau6au-
side The paving question was taken t,ta avenue to Fourth street; thence
up first for' the business center and
after due deliberation it was resolved
to put down hard surface pavement.
While this matter was getting
through the council the people own
ing residence property on Lawnrldge
avenue got together and decided to
pave that street and acordingly they
invited the property owners of Man
zanita avenue and Fourth street to
join them, which they did and at
once a petition was drawn and signed
by 32 of the property owners out of
50, asking the council to pave these
streets.
This Is a move which means much
for Grants Pass and If it goes
through it will make the streets
named the popular rpsidence portion
of the city. This is the kind of enter
prise and loyalty which the city has
long needed. It will be found that
southerly on Fourth street to the
Intersection of A street. " We re
spectfully petition that this pave
ment be completed before the Bum
mer of 1910, and that each property
owner be permitted to pay for such
improvement during a ten year pe
riod, as provided In the Bancroft
Bonding Act. Respectfully submitted,
J. G. Rlggs, 0. S. Blanchard, Marcus
Robblns, M. C. Flndley, R. Looney,
Geo. C. Sabln, Theo. P. Cramer, Geo.
R. Riddle, Geo. W. Donnell, F. D.
Strieker. J. E. Hair. F. W. Reld.
Earl V. Ingles, E. L. Churchill, C. C.
Hall, Edward S. VanDyke, V. W.
Walker, F. D. Elsmann, H. L. An
drews, E. S. Shank, R. F. Coe, L.
R. Steelhammer, L. J. Perdue, Jas.
Harper, Arthur Conklin, C. C. Pres
ley, C. L. Clevenger, E. A. Holmes,
IMPORTANCE
OF THE SURVEY
LETTERS ox the subject from
WELL KNOWN MINlNtt MEN '
MOST WRITE TO HAWLEY
If We Do Our Part the Much Xevded
Government Aid Will (mo
to I s.
Cora A. Henkle, Arthur L. Fryer. P.
the property owners of other streets B. Herman, H. C. Bateham.
len his heirs or assigns, shall have
constructed and have In operation
such street railway line or lines at
said time. It being understood that
the term "in operation" as used here
in, shall be taken and is understood ( The City Council of Grants Puss the
FIRST ACTION FOR
INTERURBAN ROAD
to mean the running of a street car
suitable for carrying passengers and
In which passengers are actually car
ried for a fare, herein provided, at
least once every two hours in each
direction, between the hours of seven'
a. m. and seven p. m. of each day.
Section 8 says: Said John R. Allen,
his heirs and assigns, may charge and
"iil'vt from rns!pnger travel
ing upon railways constructed under
authority of this ordlnnnce, for each
. " . itrln traveled by such pnsenger, In
City or
First to Tuke Action in this
Matter.
THE INTERURBAN
FRANCHISE GRANTED
It Was Carried bjr a Unanimous and
KiithuslnstJc Vote of AU tho
Members Prese-nt.
The city council met In- special
wlon hist Monday night for th
Purpose of considering tho Allen
Interurbnn road frnnehlso. The
"bJect had been thoroughly dls
fwd In the newspapers and by the
people generally, Including the mem
bpr cf the council, and promptly on
,n Til to order hv the mayor the
rH as railed, all the members be
l"t tirponnf TV mni'n nnnrilln.'pd
1 nil M II V I'll' J V" "
"1t a franchise for an electric
r"(l had m a previous meeting been
t0M In full a first time and by title
'econd time and that It was now
Hore tho council and ready f'"'
Mttajrn, The roll was called and In
"werltig to hU name onch member
Wed, aye. The mayor then an
"xwed that the ordinance was car
ried.
Ordlnnnce No. .
Grants Pnss, and provided further,
that said John R. Allen, his heirs or
aslgns, shall within two years from
the date of passage of this ordinance
file or cause to lie filed with the city
recorder of said City of Grants Paso,
a map or plat of said city, upon
whleh shall b" a"civately Indi-ated
nil streets and portion of street,
and nllevs vhleh the said John R.
Allen, his h 'Irs nnd a-lgns, desire
and Intend to "tillze In the construc
tion of said railways, and at the ex-
.Irallon of said two years the frnn-
hlse nnd rlubts to construct a rail
way hereby granted shall be deemed
to have lapsed as to all portions of
the Raid streets and alley which are
not so Indicated on the map or plot
so filed, but such lapsing or the for
feiture of snld franchise as to tne
streets or portions or stress
dlcated thereon, shall In no w,se a.-
fect or Impair the franchises ami
...., webv ernntcd as to
streets and portions of streets which
are so Indicated upon sain map .r
Mat Provided, however, mat ....
,ess'sald John R. Allen, his heirs
assigns, shall have actually con-
tnA n.l have In iraMnn at
'Ml "li l v ' .
two miles of street -
... nf .ld city wi'Min
the date he.of ,vn :n
,.,,,,, nfrel,v crante.1 snao
M,ed and 1-st l.r the said John R
1,nr nnd pstt-ns. r v ,"
. - ..m ,.nr' Inn
B,.,.( nn Whleh he
d and I'nvr
one general direction upon the said
railways, from any point In said city
to any point within the limits of
the City of Grants Pass, a fare ot
five cents and no more; excepting;
that for riding In or the use of ob-
The city council of Grants Fass led
all the other cities Jn the matter of
granting a franchise to the Allen
electric road which Is to run from
Grants Pass to Medford and possibly
to Ashland. As will be seen on an
other page the city council on last
Monday niRht passed an ordinance
grunting the rlKht of way through
our streets to the promoter of this
road. The following night the Med
ford city council passed Its ordin
ance granting to Mr. Allen the same
privileges. The Ashland city council
refused to grant the franchise on the
The publication of tho letter from
the geological department last week
In regard to the survey of tho Galleo
quadrangle has created deep Interest
among mining men all over tho coun
ty, and It la to bo hoped they will
pretty generally write Congressman
Hawley to have tho whole county In
cluded lu the survey. This Is nn Im
portant matter and the letters should
be written at once. Our congressman
Is thoroughly In enrnest to help, this
section and If we fall to soeure the
survey It will be largely because the
men Interested In mining In Jose-'
phlne county fall to request, that the
work be done.
This survey should have been made
many years ago nnd undoubtedly It
would have received attention If we
had persistently asked for It. It la
after all a matter which, to a grent
extent, Is In tho hands of tho Con
gressman, and If he tins his atten
tion directed to It by his constituents
he will In time secure the much need
ed survey.
The following letter on this sub
ject comes from one of our well
known mining men who Is doing
what ho can to assist In tho develop
ment of the mineral resources of the
county:
Waldo, Oro., Dec. 14, 1900.
Mr. Editor: In connection with Mr.
Horaco F. Evans, economic geologist,
now stopping at tho Hotel Western
In Grants Pass, I hnvo been making
an effort to get our mining camp
mapped and colored so that tho gold
deposit will be shown tho same as
tho coal bed Is shown on the govern
ment maps of Jackson bounty. I In
terviewed Prof. Day while ho was
hore and handed him a letter from
Mr. Evans which ho took with him
and has returned to me from Wash
ington. Mr. Day's letter may bo
published with this and also tho let
ter of Mr. Evans, both of which I en
close, Very truly yours,
W. J. WIMER.
-rvatlnn cars, funeral cars, mall ground that they did not think It
on
five
cars, express cars, freight cars nnd
other sneclnl cars, said John R. Al-
i, his heirs and assluns, may
rharge and colle.t smn compensa
tion, rates nnd fares nB It or they
may desire.
The "omplete ordinance would fill
three or more columns which,
though the ordisance Is Important,
the Courier cannot at this time
spare.
Mien. hU
'o such sir
nf afreets ov
........ nrt.mllv constrnrle.
'1.1 '
SOME SPECIALS THAT
YOU CAN SECURE
at C. P. lUtdmp Cn.'s.
Oregon lllankets.
Navy IUue Oregon Flannel Over
shirts. Men's and Roys' Sweater Vests.
Men'? Silk Mufflers.
Men's Fine lres Cloves.
Men's I'mbr-llas, the finest assort
ment In the city.
M n' Mackinaw t oats.
Men's Rubber Overshoes.
( HKISTMS Sl'iriAUIKH
I-ancv Silk Suspend-rs.
Embroidered H r,,lr ,n
w . r.....r.lira
rmi . ni'tlon 1 1'". " 'i '
Kn
and Garters and Arm Rands.
wise to tie up the city for fifty years
to this road. Mr. Allen could not
very well accept any less than had
been granted by Grants Pass and
Bedford and so there Is a question as
to the extension being made to Alb
land. The city fathers of Grants Pass are
deserving of commendation for their
prompt action In this matter, which
will stand to their credit for all time
to come, Our cltlieni to a man art
ready to welcome railroad builders
and It Is well that the memors of
the council rightly Interpret public
onlnlon. We not only want this elec
tric road but a road down to tho Ill
inois valley and another down the
Rogue river to the sea. With proper
energy on our part these Important
railroads can sod will be secured.
The threshold of tho year 1910 Is
Just opening before us and we must
be ready to make that the banner
year In our history.
n Ration rh ,1 . & (,()
! l ImI be built on any street iTh(? I r!1(1!,, riothlcs of Jo
And
in
;. re
nd
, ,, slvtV feet Wide.
T iw nil rich"
la,,e and 1 L
on of seven years from t
hereo". r"'i.
-wnunr Portion of street or
Josephine
Mi-pet
Silverware
i h-r's.
The b't
t Tiarr.rr
r.-irvhif!
County.
f all kinds at Let-
t...'K of fit.rllng Silver
Rro.
,! Nut Seta, Chafing
COMING EVKXTH.
pee. 20, Monday An evening with
Riley, st Commercial Club.
Dee. 21. Tuesday University Glen
Club at opera house,
Inc. 24, Friday Da nci nt Coliseum
rink.
Iee. 25, Thursday City schools
rlosp for Christmas holidays.
Jan. 1, Saturday Masquerade dance
nt New Hope hall. Rupper and
dance ticket II; hows to shelter,
J Or.
Jan. 3, Monday City schools reopen.
That these auriferous conglomer
ates are Cretaceous (Horsetown and
Chleo) Is clearly shown by the fos
sils contained In the over lying sand
stones and shales."
Now I believe that this statement
Is not Justified by the conditions, be- J
cause no. Bttrvey. of a complote char-1
acter has yet been officially, made ,,.
and there is no certainty as to the!
conclusion drawn by Dlller as, so far, '
there Is nothtng definite as yet. I
very much regret that Col Draper Is
not a geologist. If ho was one at
the time he made his report out he
would have placed a higher value on
the conglomerates. You will note
what you people are suffering be
cause you have not Insisted on your
formations being mapped and colored.
Yours faithfully,
HORACE F. EVANS.
Important School Meeting Called.
It will bo noticed In this iHsue of
the Courier there Is a call for a meet
ing of the taxpayers of District No.
7 to bo held at the High School
building on December 23 for the pur
pose of considering tho advisability
of purchasing a Blto and erecting a
new high school building. This Is a
matter of tho highest Impnrtnnrn and
every person interested In the sub- '
joet should attend the meeting. Too
often only a few persons attend
school meetings nnd thus the public
business suffers.
A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DROWNING
Washington, Nov, 29, 1309
Mr. W. J. Wlmer, Wnldo, Ore.
My Denr Sir: I have pleasure In re-
turning herewith tho letter from Mr.
Evuns to yourself, nnd to state that
have made a very strong pica to
the director of tho geological sur
vey, Indorsing a similar plea which
Mr. Dlller las most earnestly made,
In behalf of a careful and thorough
geologic Diap of your region. I trust
that It may be possible for congress
to grant the necessary funds.
Yosrs very truly,
D. W. DAY,
Expert In Charge of Petroleum.
Geo. Mattney, with his wlfo and
B-yenr-old child, who live on the Ap-
plegate river about two miles down
from the Pernoll store, having busi
ness with R. L. Newmnn, who lives
Just across tho river, started to drive
over to the Lewman fnrm. Mr. Matt
ney saw wagon tracks lending to the
water at a point where fording had
been common, but the recent freshets
and the present high wnter have
mnde the river very dangerous. When
part ot the way across the wagon be
gan to float down stream, driven by
the swift current and a wheel struck
a rock. This overturned the vehicle
nnd threw the occupants Into the
chilly waters. Fortunately M. Matt
ney alighted on his feet, but In water
nearly to his breast. He secured the
little child as It was carried down
stream and a moment after he se
cured a hold on his wife's clothing,
and with the double burden regained
tho "bank, the horses being turned
loose reached the other bank. It It
considered almost miraculous that.
Mr. Mntney was able to save hlmsolf
and tho lives of his two loved ones,
and It Is due In a grent measure to
tho fact that he alighted on his feet
and that he Is a big mnn, fl',4 feet
tall.
Tho wngon tracks lending to the
water had been niudo by Mr. Lew
man, who, seeing tho water was too
swift, hud turned back nnd crossed
at another and snfer point In the
river.
Dlshm. ft Cramer Uros.
Don't fall to rend tho Kllvw Ware
Ad of the Rogue River Hdwe. Co. on
page 3 of this Issue.
Grants Pass, Ore., Oct. 17, 1909.
Mr. W. J. Wlmer.
Dear Mr. Wlmer: I am making
very rapid progress with the copying
of the Draper report, and I shall be
able to return the original In a day
or two. I shall make all haste with
tho tracing of the largo map that
you gave me so that I could make a
copy of It. I shall be through with
this In about a week and It will be
returned about that time,
I find some Important errors In
the last report of tho IT. 8. geological
survey when describing tho cretace
ous rocks of your neighborhood. Ro
ferrlng to these rocks Dlller says:
The cretaceous rocks aro compara
tively soft conglomerates, sand
stones and shnle that onc formed
a conspicuously unconformable
blanklet-llko covering over a largo
part of the region, but erosion has
removed all of It excepting a few
small patches that cling to the older
rocks In the neighborhood of Jack
sonville and Waldo, where the con
glomerate at the base Is locally auri
ferous and mined as a placer,
Meeting of Coinuier. lul Club.
Tho Commercial Club met last
Monday night and transacted con
sldorablo business. President L. D.
Mall occspled the chair and Sucre
tary Andrews, as usual, was at hit
desk. This turned out to be one of
tho largest gatherings whleh has oc
curred at a regular meeting, there
being 70 persons present.
The most Important business taken
up was the naming of the caves. Af
ter considerable discussion the name
of Josephine County caves wai
adopted.
The matter of the granting of a
franchise to John R, Allen was
brought up and the action of the
city council In passing the ordinance
was unanimously approved.
The matter of recommending to
Census Supervisor Hendricks p
point ments to this section was dls
cussed, but action was to take place
later.
A petition for help In tho Improve
tnent of tho Gsllce road wns received
and the club resolved to give such
assist sneo as wss In Its power.
After tho consideration of con
alderablo routine business the meet
ing adjourned to partako of refresh
ments, pool and other gnmes were
Indulged In for a time and thus the
evening passed plennnntly.
Ijirgo line of Xmns Post Cards at
Clemens,
rhlch MM John U- A1"
' ordinance granting to John R
on and over w