Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, July 22, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXI. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPfflXK COUNTY, OKEGOX. FRIDAY, JULY, 22, 1910. No. IT 1 GRANTS PASS PLEASURE RESORT WHAT LANDSCAPE GARDENER BOYNTOX IS DOING BEAUTIFUL SUMMER HOUSE Boating, Bathing, Picnicking, Swing ing and Teetering Are Popular Amusements. The city park has as usual been a popular resort this season and will continue to be so until the summer s over. The cool shade to be found under the numerous trees tempts the averaee "denizen of Grants Pass to seek the cool breezes of the river and the grateful shade. The picnic parties held in the park this season have been almost too numerous to mention or count. Church parties, family parties and friendly parties have made up the gatherings so far, occupying afternoon and evening. It is to be regretted that the park is not lighted, hut during these moon light evenings the seats and grass have been covered with those seek ing the delightful breeze which is at all times to be found on the river. Boating has added much to the en joyment of many who go to the park and bathing has been indulged in a short distance above and across the river and both afternoons and even ings the shores are lined with this class of pleasure seekers. The gaso line launch makes many trips to White Rocks under the skilful man side of the ridge, so that deer can be seen both above and below. North of deer park will be a section where posts and rails will be placed to which horses can be hitched. This section will be arena shape and in the center of which the ground will be devoted to automobiles. The en trance to this part of the park will be on the east side. West of this section will be seen the swings and teeters which has been the popular pleasure resort for very many of the Grants Pass youngsters. And it may be said that older people are at all times to be found in this popular section watching the young folks en joy themselves. West of the swings Is the picnic ground, which Is near the well. The abundant grass and shade make the spot well chosen. The old part of the park Is too well known to de scribe here except to say the lawn is looking nice and green and the trees and scrubs are making a fine growth. The new water plant which has been installed is running smoothly and is furnishing a good supply of water with its five-horse-power motor and its three-inch pump. The great vari ety of trees In the park are worthy of a separate article, as they are very numerous and some of them very choice and have been gathered from near and far. These will be taken up later, as a very readable article can be .made on the subject. TROUBLE ABOUT CRUSHED ROCK ROl'XD SMOOTH ROCK REJECTED NOT CRUSHED ROOK MATTER IS NOW ADJUSTED Citizens Anxious for the Completion of the Paving and the Installing of Cluster Lights. Rain on Pickett Creek. There was a thunder storm on Pickett creek, near Merlin, on Wed nesday morning and for a time the rain fell in torrents. The shower commenced at 2 a. m. and lasted about five. After the rain was over water stood in the gutters along the road in a depth from six to eight inches. There was a slight rain as far south as Grants Pass between five snd six in the morrlng. DOES LAND SALE MEAN NEW RAILROAD ? Judge Twohy, of Spokane, Purchases 810 Acres of Land Neat Kerlty. Judge Twohy, of Twohy Bros., railroad contractors of Spokane, has purchased, through II. E. Gale, S40 acres of land near Kerby from C. G. Leverson, the consideration being $30,000. There Is a feeling in Grants Pass .,omn nf Cantata Costaln. The numerous canoes and row boats help I that the purchase Indicates that the to make the river front an animated Southern Pacific Is contemplating me construction or a rauroau to Crescent City. Twohy Bros, have long been In the employ of the South ern Pacific and the purchase of this land Indicates that there will be something doing there soon. Tribune. scene at all hours of the day and un til late in the evening. The work on the park this season has made rapid progress. The park extension east has occupied a large share of the time of Mr. Boynton, our able landscape gardener, who some thing more than three years ago laid out the park and has kept at work, constantly. Since the taking In of the new ground the main entrance to the park Proper has been made on the south side. Here skill has been shown In the graceful curves which make room for the double Iron gates which guard the driveway, on for pedestrians, and a granite walk, for pedestrians and a granite walk. The main drive way will he paved with crushed rock to Insure a road that will at all times be free from mud. Over the grand entrance are the words in large letters, "City Park." On entering the gates you will see to the right the summer Iioiirp. which Is very pretty, u is. painted green Inside and out. ! I' trimmed in whit and there In a on tbn tor. which gives the name of "Rosedale" to the building and localitv. The grounds around this rest room are beautiful, and true to name roses of some 247 varieties, no two alike, will adorn the grounds. Some have been put out this year and are In bloom. There nre benntlful granite walks through the arena leading to the building nnd on either side of these walks roses are or will be planted. Over the building riimhlnc roes of the choicest varie ties will keep nut the sun am - rMrmt for visitors. Monmlng rose of nil Hndsarn! rotor will be the strong feature of this de lightful locality. H will be the mt beautiful H'"t I" IIlV"'' vallev and It will dhplnv ,v' f,M"'lf rolb'itlon of tos.f: to f"'"l where or lu anv tow n In tl The nr. 1K1 In t'te 1nl.l t of Imwi'V U 1"' 1 '"'I 1 - Fii-vt Baptist Chun-li Extension. Some time ago the Courier ui nounced that the First Baptist church members were planning to enlarge their church edifice. On Sunday, July 10, pledges of over $3000 were taken for that purpose. This, with other pledges that will be made, makes certain that this city Is to have another commodious and well appointed house of worship. Committees are busy and construc tion will be commenced as soon as possible. The Courier from the first has been attempting to keep its readers Informed regarding progress made on public Improvements and has spared no pains to give needed in formation on the paving which is un der way at the present time. For the past week or ten days, it has been noticeable to the casual ob server, and somewhat distressing to the city officials and Interested prop erty owners, that considerable trouble Is being experienced in se curing the actual crushed rock re quired In the specifications for the foundation material used In the street paving. It appears that there Is no question as to the quality of the rock, but the trouble is In get ting a sufficient quantity of the round, smooth river graved taken out of the crushed material. The speci fications call for crushed rock, pure and simple, and while the material being delivered upon the street from the plant at the White Rocks is not classed by the authorities as crush ed rock of the first quality, it Is held that the material is first class for the work, if the amount of round, smooth surfaced river gravel is kept below 5 per cent of the total. The city engineer has given the inspec tors instructions to reject all materi al showing an excess of undesirable sizes and shapes and the most rigid care Is being taken not to allow any thing to be used which can possibly weaken the life of the pavement. The small amount of river rock which has been delivered has been dumped where it may be so read with the crushed granite with good results Some minor ohanicea have been made in the sizing and crushing ma chinery and those. who have the mat ter In hand assure us mat a nrst- class material is now being pro duced In large quantities, and that there will be no more unnecessary delays. Flreless Dinners. R. H. O'Neill's west winf.ow pres ents a scene which will be appreciated by the housewife who has to prepare the regular meals during the hot summer days. Here is being demon strated the wonderful possibilities of the fireless cooker. Juicy meats, line sweet corn and other vegetables and many table delicacies are to be seen and tasted, all cooked to perfection In the f'.reless cooker. Call at O'Neill's Friday or Saturday. REPUBLICANS MET ON SATURDAY FULL TICKET RECOMMENDED BY THE DELEGATES PRESENT CONVENED AT COURTHOUSE Candidates for Representative County Offices and Delegation to State Assembly Chosen. The tabernacle meetings held nightly at the corner Third and Bridge streets, conducted by Rev. J. L. Green, the Church of God evan gelist, and his assistant, David Adams, are being well attended. Mr. Green will continue his sermon of last Sunday evening on the sacred ness and purity of the home life and proper rearing of children at next Sunday-evening services. NEGRO PORTER INSULTS GRANTS PASS GIRL Is Arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cheshire and Chief of Police MrGrew. E. E. Rorapaugh arrived In Grants Pass Thursday from Grand Forks. N. D., to join his wife, who preceded him a few weeks, and his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Field. I'M Injure Ever- "KNOWLEDGE CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Knowledge Contest has been a great educutor to the large family of Courier readers and the telephone book and city directory and news papers have been thoroughly search ed, and many who were anxious to re ceive the first prize made numberless trips over the city to secure store G. P. ATHLETIC CLUB ENTERTAINMENT SOON The Columbia Park Boys' Club of San Francisco will appear In Grants Pass Friday night. July 22, at the opera house, under the auspices of th Grants Pass Athletic club. Wherever the boys have presented their unlqu" vandvllle entertain ments, the universal verdict by the press and public hni proclaimed them to he the best show ever seen In the community. They are a charmlT combination of fun, athletics nnd genuine flent that appeal to eve-v- one. In Emll Hastings and Eddie Nd son the club presents two elr-vr singers nnd dancers that bring ffon the house. Montartie Barton l a numbers and firm names. The coin petition answers were numbered ns f'.t diticer, dever In every nhttf" f lerelved and ucrordlni: to the rulesl'bls difficult nrt. Little flherld-n the fllM ones received ,'!! 1 1 1 pre-j roi" i ronn'rv M h M '. ! ili't' rt. ! I'' KUli . til- ndii.-' i'C i ! ' i' I - I lis cne thri tnii.l.i r of ci to i i ' r Hi 11)11' tin ' fol t.l: - ople eav i'i' t nn-wers ;,w anl-'d n Alll'il tlli'V William, nhnpe beautiful rich hnti lone voire ha received the plaud" ! of thousand of Australians, where (bo '.ova tonvr.,1 If, at vnur. Is nno''"" -nr. The VUltv t "vrrtmM I Tnorp was great excitement In Grants Pass shortly after the arrival of train number 15 on Tuesday morn ing. It appears that Josephine, the 1 -1-year-old daughter ol Joseph Moss, was on her way home from a visit to relatives in Portland and while In the sleeper was Insulted by the negro porter. lie In no ways Injured her, but she was much frightened by the black scoundrel's familiarity and lm proper attention. Wh"n the train t.r rived Josephine saw her father and mother on the platform nnd she ran to them and quickly told her story, Mr. Moss at once notified Deputy Sheriff Cheshire and Chief of Police McGrew and they entered the cars In search of the negro. He was not to be found and the train moved on but he was finally located In the ladles' toilet In one of the cars and arrested. The train was stopped and the prisoner marched back to the city, a distance of about two miles The fellow was badly frightened and asked the officers to protect him should the citizens of Grants Pass attempt to lynch him. He was lock ed up. On Wednesday night the chief of police of Roseburg and Do puty Sheriff Miller arrived, as the offense had been committed In Don las county, and being armed with a warrant, claimed the prisoner. They remained overnight nnd left on the northbound train for Roseburg Thursday morning. The negro name Is Reynolds, and claims that he lives In Portland nnd has a wife and two children. It Is to be regret led the young girl has been subjected to newspaper notoriety and yet th black scoundrel could not well be brought to Justice without making the rnse known. Fathers and mothers hnve believed their children safe In the bnnds of the Pullman companv, but they will now learn that every young triii who travels n Is n. pro tector. It l to be hoped that Rey nolds will be (.even ly punished, but We 1'ieatlv fejir that be Will na-llpe Ills Just ib ' l i t j. Socialist Coantjr Convention. The socialist party of the county ot Josephine is called to meet la county convention at Grants Pass, Oregon, In the court house, on the 1st day of August, 1910, at the hour of 2::S0 p. m., for the purpose of nominating a county ticket for Jose phine county, and electing delegates to the state convention and for such, other business as may come before It. MARCUS W. ROBBINS, 7-22-2t County Chairman. The republican county assembly took place on Saturday afternoon last, as per call ot Chairman Joseph Moss of the County Central commit tee. The meeting was held at the court house and W. C. Hale, F. M. NlckerBon and Geo. Colvlg were a ommlttee on credentials. The rep. resentatlon was something over a hundred delegates, but some of these were made up by allowing those present from a precinct to vote for absent members. On motion, Dr. J. C. Smith was made chairman of the assembly and on taking his seat he called for the election of a secretary and J. F. Gal- bralth was chosen to fill the place. A committee consisting of Hale, F. W. VanDyke and R. W. Clark was appointed on rules of order. And making their report the committee advised that a full ticket be recom mended. The committee at this point pro oeded with the regular business. On motion Dr. J. C. Smith was rec ommended to he nominated to suc- eed himself as representative. He was unanimously cnosen. Fred Cheshire and Eugene Coburn were named for county clerk, but as Mr. Cheshire sent word upstairs that he did not care to be recommended by the assembly, his name was with drawn and Coburn chosen for the place. W. C. Smith and Oscar Knox were mentioned for sheriff. The latter re celved ft majority of votes from the convention and consequently was ree ommended. M. J. Anderson, of this city, and James T. Logan, of Waldo, were brought before the convention ns candidates for county Judge, Logan received a majority nnd were placed on the ticket. Colonel Johnson nnd .1. E. Peterson were the respective candidates for county treasurer. Mr Peterson receiving n mnjorlty of votes enst was chosen for the place, There were two candidates for coun ty commissioner, CbnrleB Crow and C. L. Harlow nt Gallee. The latter received a majority of the votes of the committee. After some discussion 1 ! member were recommended as delegates to the state assembly nt Portland and these consisted of C. H. Clements, F. R. Rartlett. H. E. Gale, A. H. Gtin nell, Dr. .1. C. Smith, L. L. Jewell, Joseph Moss, O. S, ninnchard, H. I,. Trunx, J. F. Galbraltb, James Hol mnn. S. W. Phillips, II. L. Herzlnger, H. C Mitchell. J. T. Logan, John Morford nnd A. C. Hough, M. .1. An derson nnd Fred Williams Rail Season Almost Over. A game of baseball was played be tween the Baptist and Christian nines at their grounds Wednesday evening, the Christians winning in a score of 6 to 4 over the Baptists, Owing to the fact that many of the Methodist team were out of town the game between that team and the Presbyterians will not take place un til Monday evening. There are four remaining games to be played and It Is thought that two games a week will be played, finishing the series In the next two weeks. There Is also some talk of playing the two final games at the A. A. C. ground west of town and charging admission, the proceeds to be given to the Ladles Auxiliary, This would be a commend able move on the part of the league, and as the games have aroused con siderable interest It is believed that n nent sum could be realized GRANTS PASS VISITS ASHLAND CHAUTAUOUA Spetial Train of Four Coiuiies Carries Nearly .100 Citizen to Neigh boring City. Monday was Grants Pass day at the Chautauqua and so 262 of our citizens boarded a special train of four conches for Ashland at 8 a. m. nnd were hurried away to the beau tiful city In the foothills. There were several strong features for Grants Pass day. First the Commer cial Club band were a part of the ag gregation and were conspicuous for their service. They played at num erous points on the route and when the train reached Ashland a proces sion was formed, headed by the hand, and in this way they marched to Chautauqua park. The band played choice selections later on the streets. in the afternoon the program was by Grants Pass people and the Com mercial Club orchestra occupied the first part of the program as follows; Selection Lucrezla Borgia Overture Morning. Noon nnd Night In Vienna Southern Memories, by request. Vocal selections were rendered by Prof. J. 8. McMurray and E. S. Van Dyke. These were both very enjoy able and encores demanded. Prof. W. II. Field played on the piano tho "Scotch Poem," with such excellence than nn encore was demanded and he responded with Tauslg's tran scription of Schubert's "Military March." The chorus, composed of 4ft iflngers, under the able direction of Prof. Field, sang two selections, "The ll.ils of St. Michael's Tower" and "Hymn to Music" by Dudley Muck. The work of the chorus was so well -done and the hearty encores Indicated that Ashland was well pleased. In the evening the big Chautauqua building was packed with people to hear ex-Governor Folk speak. Grants Pass being the visitors of the day, every.me wearing the Grants Pans Iliel John i' l: In (iriii't ''m In rt.-.Mi, li How it id Automatic Km Kelt. The t-bow window which In attract-1 Ing great crowd at the present lluiejbndge was given a sent on the plat Is the o'N'f 111 window, where demon-1 form. The Commercial Club band k i nt Ion of th" Howard nutoinnt h' rendered two selections, "Murmur nil I war wKb Is being carried m. ! lug i,f the Forest" nnd "L'Estuctlnil Th Is devb e I- one Mint bids fair 'o 1 1 lim." and If the vast audience hud vol, 'ti, .t,e Hi" -v.!' Mm- of i;iH. i ,.,, ,).),. w.,y ,),,, i,.,,,,! Wotild have ,li.l l.v t'n .-al'u! of Mice ),,. ,.,, pl,ur i on M I) iloual v, for fifclv w III :ive II., ,i.,,,l v a v t r : of tllh i:.' or! i, I , tr. h ,1 I a i. Py a 1" It of rater This Is the 1, par'; nnd the ew fiot" very pref 'y. as it ov f :t r 1; 1'ielf. the 1! prand steel biidue tli.i' (be iltv III the dl-:at'i mountain si etierv for a North of Kieicdnle lJ !' has been left In brnsii In Ho. deer protection Slin. WIhm. (ompleted It will be fenced and the deer turned In. The location of these (tround Is on the ha wiM. 'Ii ( z nil'!. Park. It wo ;i . to Klve from the hot 1 1 r ' . -, . ! - . I . :.i l'i i -el t ,'l 111 a iidditloral I..' M in iv M ( iV. i ! Mi is, I'e, fifth M .i ,' v : i ; v. prlr. of a i . u.d. Ill," Y ' lif t 1, ! n ; Iv. lot I I v eir ! Mi T sixteen bov I another 1 1 j r e i'i.tii which a'v ' i p. i,i ft ! ennore. ' ,, 1.:,.vJ of ', pleren 1 ' In- i.i -i-rd. Ue'iii I' ' li. );. Mi" boy, Vo l ;. -!,' )'a-.s Athlete 1 Mi !, dfot.! 'in d fi 1 1 1 1, 'I e li 1 1 1 1 wt in - U, of Mi th una vli'oiims (in, I oil . r m i i pi i! M 1 1. t i' t l- leloi'i'i f Walla, i fl'olile, :' I Irani ( I.. e Kn ii'. h i i,!i;v , lino I A i ' on the Grants 'u Art Studio belonging n or.!, r has hern awarded, and this was won 1 1 npsUt 'nit l,v Ktan WPhman, ! correct an swers, rerplved third The prles may be had by railing t the Courier office. I oio-i I leii Are )!ii"o Hi' ,, Pi danger. We r ; I ied the In-tranre huO, , i a ii la Amy Mouth Holme f.f lx'een of the rti substantial rointianlft In the IV.ted States. Uf us Insnre your home, household goodi. stock, hay, hnn, or attomoblle. Blmer 8. Bhsnk. ',! fo- M.I I'". Mi.it Mm ' ' ill ;. n shine of ),U (.t let. Mon, HU ad'.' t'lenl on iu-e .'! w ,1! be of In'' "' Inventor to Hi reen Doors and Window S' m tis at Crsmer Mroi. I l, i'i'' I ' ' 1 1 li:. M II !-l. Ill C Til I t 'P at, .. !,,' ill - t -i" her. Bf.i 'in tn trains Mitbt Mid day. This l "!l, fur there U runiii to dij befufe (be r I B V e0 et4 ln o . H.. e n!l'!r' Mil' i''fiii- to Willi; ,i,i I, f ,'oi. t !'f. II lOMl!e Hllltt I I. f; liV wl I - ch o" i ' "i : r i ll . i'-e t,e M.. Hie lei t'll.' M'e Mtaiils Pa't t I . iti., it 1. f for home 111 their spe. ft , 1 i nln. There were In attendance it, ''h.i.itiiniiis flfu or inure of our peon!', aside from thn who attend ed on Grants Pawt day.