Rogue River courier., August 05, 1910, Image 1

VOL. XXVX
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910.
No. 10
READY TO SPREAD
THE BITUL1THIC
MACHINERY WILL BE PLACED
IX POSITION IN A FEW DAYS
WILL BE NO MORE DELAY
Will Be Ready to Put Macadam on
Lower Sixth Street by the
First of September.
It appears that there is consider
able uneasiness on the part of the
public mind on account of the de
lay in the street improvements. The
Courier has made an investigation
of conditions and finds that there is
really no occasion for alarm. The
slow part of the work after the grad
ing is done, is in getting the rock
for the foundation distributed over
the paving area, and also a suffi
cient quantity of "plant rock" at
the plant. Schell & Schell, the rock
and sand dealers, now have their
plant at the White Rocks in per
fect condition and assure us that
there will be no more delay on ac
count of the scarcity of material,
nd this assertion is being substan
tiated by the dally output of about
one hundred cubic yards of crush
ed rock, at which rate a sufficient
quantity will be supplied ahead of
the paving company, so that they
may be safe in starting the pavement
as soon as the plant can be installed.
The Installation of the plant will
require only two or three days'
time, and when started up the con
tractors will lay about twelve hun
dred square yards of pavement a
lay, which will complete the con
tract in about twenty days.
The macadamizing of Sixth street
from the end of the pavement to the
river, will begin In the early part of
September. This improvement will
require about four thousand cubic
yards of crushed rock of the three
sizes required and will be furnish
ed as rapidly as may be required.
Practically all of the property
owners have signed up under the
Bancroft bonding act, which assures
the improvement without any de
lay. This job will be done from the
start with a careful eye to all the
detals of foundation, grades, drain
age, etc., which go to make a per
fect roadway, and which may be
used later to greatly reduce the cost
of a hard surface pavement.
Altogether there s now under way
Improvements aggregating $120,
000 In the city and when the county
extends the macadam roadway from
the south end of the bridge to the
corner at the Wlldervllle and Mur
phy roads the highway situation for
this year will be nil we could expert
for th beginning, and will be an
Incentive for greater Improvements
ns soon ns the weather conditions
will permit next spring.
This town Is to be congratulated
upon the methods which have been
"mploycd and the results which have
been obtained when we compare
ourselves with other places where
nn end of remonstrances, Injunc
tions, damage suits and cries of
graft bnve hampered the progress
of Improvements from start to fin
ish. A correspondent from Inland says
that In the game of baseball played
between the Tland and Merlin
teams on Sunday, July 31. Leland
was again victorious In a score of
14 to 1. The game was a rather
one-sMed affair. It seem, as the
writer "ays hnt up to the seventh
Inning T.eland bad everything Its
own way, but at that time Merlin
made a run and at the end of the
game the score ptnnd 11 tt 1 In
favor of Lelnnd.
Dr. J. K. Chapman, who ba ''eon
il Ttlnu dental parlor In "i! dty
fur the net few wi'ik, re'ui'tted to
lie' li'irc Monday, where he will re
gime bis practice In that city. HI'
. lattice hero will be taken up by
In Mninibk, a former Grants Ta"
boy, but who has been practicing In
IVrlland for the past few years.
W. B. SHERMAN'S SUB
URBAN ORCHARD HOMES
One to Five-Acre Tracts Planted and
Cared for to Suit Pur.
chaser.
We are to put on the market for
sale next Tuesday, August 9, one
hundred acres of land out of our
Tokay Heights tract to be divided in
tracts from one to five acres, to suit
purchaser.
We will plant these tracts to any
kind of fruit the costumer may de
sire. We will take full care of
them until April 1, 1914.
We will build either macadam or
gravel streets connected to each
Orchard Home tract with five-foot
cement sidewalks on each side of
the street. Will also lay a four-inch
water main the length of the street;
will put in the proper electric fix
tures for an up-to-date lighted sub
urban orchard home; will park a
three-foot strip between the cement
sidewalk and the street in which we
will plant proper shade trees and will
make such other improvements as
to make this one of the best sub
urban home places In the valley.
We will sell you any size tract
you want. You can make a small
payment down and the balance can
be paid In weekly or monthly Instal
ments. Prices and Terms Will Be
Reasonable.
This tract joins the city limits on
the east and lies along the south
side of D street and ;.U the p.o'.erty
Is under the irrigation ditrl..
The soil Is of the black river bot
tom nature, a beautiful gentle
southwest slope, overlooking the city
and valley. The slope Is about six
Inches to one hundred feet, which
condition Is Ideal for Irrigation and
the dralnnge Is perfect.
This tract Is an Ideal pear and
apple imposition, none better any
where. On the east tide of this property
we have left some very beautiful
shade trees and groves, nearly half
the tracts are well supplied with
our native trees the pine, fir,
laurel or madrone and the sturdy
old black oak single trees large
enough to shade a house. In finish
ing the clearing we will leave ns
many as you need and will plant ai
mpny more shade trees as you will
furnish. It will be our lntenth n to
build for you a place for an Ideal
home. With an orchard on it a five
acre tract should be sufficient to
take care of you and yours in luxury
for life, or one acre will furnish you
with a home place sufficient" In size
to provide you and your family with
nil th; necessities of life and a little
surplus cash to put In the bank each
year.
Now Let Us Have n Fnlr Under,
standing of Our Contract
We will have proper building re
strictions, and we will allow yon to
choose the location you wish; will
plant It to the varieties of fruit
which are now being grown here
commercially; will plant and care
for such additional shade trees and
shrubs ns you may furnish, and on
April 1, 1914, will turn over to you
(in orchard which will be In bearing
the next year, with a street In front
of your place all graded and built
with cement sidewalks and shade
trees on each side of the road, with
water mains laid and nn electric
lighting system Installed: everything
to make It nn Ideal orchard home
neighborhood. You could take care
of a small orchard and still attend to
your business or profession In town,
and since we have orchard which,
with ordinary care, are now produc
lug from $ir,nn to J'jnno per acre
annually, what could von d with n
small orchard by itlvlng It the best
of care What would such nn or
chard be worth If planted now and
Ko( the best of rare 11 tit H 1014. fac ing
on a Kirert with all of the above
tei n'l ned Improvement find Join
Ine the city llmlt of draft I'a".
1 hi- h N In the hemi of the best fruit
j i!i-t''l t In tH. felted State
i Giant' !',c--4 Investment for '- ;r 1j
, people
c;i."'If I';'.-- !ei!.e fur n 'Irri'i'"
j t';) Invettnir nf .
fofther Ir.for'iKi' ion see or
, write W. It Sherman, rooms 1" and
!12, Masonic Temple. Grant Pass,
I Ore.
WILL BUILD FROM COOS
BAY TO GRANTS PASS
President Averill, Secretary Evans and Chief
Engineer Robinson, of the Traction Cor
poration, Were Here This Week.
We are fortunate enough to be
able to announce that parties are
In the field to build an electric line
from Coos Bay to Grants Pass with
a branch to Roseburg. This is one
of the most important moves in rail
way construction effecting Grants
Pass that has been announced fcr
years. The people of Josephine
county are anxious for an outlet to
the sea and Coos Bay is the Ideal
point for us to reach the ocean.
Coos Bay will be Improved at once
by the expenditure of some $300,000
so as to make It a port where ves
sels of the largest tonnage can en
ter. It will be a roomy harbor and
as soon as a railroad is built to the
Interior It will become a popular
port of entry for vessels from many
ocean points.
Thl3 road is to be constructed by
the Coos Bay Traction corporation
with an authorized capital of $1,-
000,000. George F. Averill is presi
dent of the company and W. P.
Evans is secretary and manager: X.
B. Campbell treasurer, E. L. Robin
son chief engineer and J. H. Somers
vice-president and manager of the
real estate department. All of these
are men of ability and standing and
from a talk the Courier had with
President Averill, Manager Evans
and Chief Engineer Robinson it Is
convinced that the enterprise Is on
a sound business basis and that the
road will be built. This Is the one
outlet which Grants Pass most
needs. The people of Coos Bay need
our farm and orchard products and
we will be greatly benefited by the
market which will be offered us.
This proposed line of road will re
duce the price of freight more than
half on all commodities brought to
our city or shipped from this point
to California or to the north. The
merchants of this city will save'
freight enough every year to Justify
them In doing all they can to encour
age the building of this proposed
NEW PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH ORGANIZED
Iist Sunday, July 31. a comnils
slon appointed by the Presbytery of
Southern Oregon for that purpose,
organized a Presbyterian church at
Butte Falls, Jackson county. The
commission consisted of Rev. W. F.
Shields, Rev. Dr. Glhboney and Eld
er Totter, of Medford, and Rev. Rob
ert McLean, of Grants Pass. The
services, both morning and evening,
were held In the grove In the city
park, and were largely attended.
Mr. McLean preached the sermon In
the morning and was followed by
Mr. Shields In the formal organiza
tion of the church, In accordance
with the pet 11 Ion presented to Pres
bytery. Messrs. Fredcnberg and
Bailey were elected elders and were
ordained by Mr. McLean.
A tioarcl or three trustees wasi
elected and articirs of Incorporation I
nrawn up nnn nuiy mgnnu n
trustees and Preshyterlnl commis
sion. Mr. Mills, manager of the
Butte Falls Lumber conipnny, and
acting for said company, donated a
fine lot for the new church edifice,
whic h will shortly be erec ted.
Butte Kails gives promise of a
great future and the commission re.
turned greatly pleased with the
trio, the hospitality of the people
and the bright outlook for the tvw
i him h.
It' V. .1. It Howard, Who (ifelipli'd
th" pull. It of II"'haiiV chui'li k"-t
S"til;iv. will In, Id ervl e In I'.u'tc
,'" for t'f ) o foHnu -.f Su- I r-
Mm. W. II l.n';.i! and M
"'t'-: b patt' 1 for S i niton.
W i!!" -1 . M'liltn:. here (,e;.
to Join Mr K.itidalt Th" c,.
I)
iin
st
on, Hirrv, experts to return to this
cltt in September.
line, which Is to connect the ocean
at Coos Bay with Grants Pass.
President Averill and Secretary
and Manager Evans and Chief En
gineer E. L. Robinson were In
Grants Pass on Tuesday and had In
terviews with quite a number of our
leading citizens and from every
ter we learn that these gentle
men produced a good Impression on
nil with whom they came In contact.
They are not promoters in the usual
acceptation of the term, but their
business Is to build a railrond, and
It is the general opinion that Jose
phine county will serve Its best In
terest by doing all It can to assist
these men In their enterprise. It
means much to the business In
terests of this city and county. The
distance from Grants Pass to Coos
Bay over the route which has been
selected Is about 115 miles. The
road will be practically a water
grade most of the way. It will pass
through Myrtle Point and will cross
a low pass In the Rogue River moun
tains, where It will strike Rogue
river, passing tip that stream to Al
meda and Gallce, then on to Grants
Pass. It can be said that the enter
prise promises well from the char
acter of the men who have It In
hand and their methods of doing
business that we must conclude that
It Is In every way worthy of con
fidence. Such a road would be of
untold advantage In the upbuilding
of this city and we trust that our
business men will give the subject
the attention It certainly desires.
On another page will be found
the proposition the Coos Bay Trae
tlon company is making to the peo
ple of Josephine county. It will be
seen that the Marine Trust and Sav
ings Bank of San Francisco have
guaranteed the bonds which the
company Is. Issuing. It will pay our
business men to look Into this prop
osition as the proposed line Is the
one thing needed by every property
owner in this county.
REAL ESTATE OPERATOR
PLACED BEHIND BARS
J. It. KotM-rtMon, of the "Medford
Orclmrd and Trust Company"
("Joe Wrng
The Medford Mall Tribune has the
following in Its Issue of Wednesday
evening of last week:
"J. R. Robertson, who has been
operntlng In Medford for the past
two months under the name of "Med
ford Orchard and Trust company,'
with offices In the rear of the Med
ford National bank, for which he
never paid the rent, and who adver
tised that he had $.'00,000 to loan.
Is missing, though wanted by numer-
I ons creditors."
Mr. Robertson secured a horse
and saddle from the Geo, Lewis T.I v
erv stable of this city on July 23 and
r. t . ....... 1.1 n tf I it I n r
un(t hun)nk, ,.,,. ,. nn,j
, ., ... s.n,,.linn,
store and purchased several articles
of good and paid for them. On
leaving the store he saw n revolver
In the show case which he said be
would like to have If he were sure It
would shoot well and asked If Tie
night take the gun to try and If
satisfactory he would return the fol
lowing dav and piv for It. together
with a belt and saddle bag he took
from the s'ore ft"r he b-ft Mr
l.od heard of him at love's Station
and called him to the telephone and
eieedei) 111 havl'U' hllll baVe the
:."oo,1 ttl'h Mr HaMlioii Tlmse
tlil'-ir". : ful al-o Ih" home, weie efl
: love'' h'liitioti 'Hid n'e now In th"
On -i"-Ion of t hi I r ' e en i t i e ow ii i" i,
!" I he -add'" I a . cot "t been o
- atei). Mr UoheitKoti himself wn
I fouu 1 M (;all''e fnd win biought to
thlf r f y ned pi(e,l III Jail late Wed
needs y evening. Mr. Robertson's
AUXILIARY LADIES
BEAUTIFY CITY PARK
What Has Been Done in Tree, Flower
and Shrub Pointing in Rail
road Park.
The efforts of the Ladles Auxili
ary In beautifying this city by the
cultivation of Its railroad parks Is
dally calling both comments of ap
preciation from citizens and visitors.
The park opposite the First Na
tional bank, situated as it Is In the
very heart of the business center,
more than Justifies the time and
money spent In the pleasure It af
fords. In another year, the ladles
assura us, benches will be placed
throughout the park. The condition
of the grass has not made this pos
sible this summer.
Parks on both sides of Sixth
street are outlined with elm, maple,
chestnut, laburnum and walnut trees.
There are 20 elms and 30 maples.
Besides these there are groups of
shrubbery scattered throughout the
grounds, consisting of 7 splrea
van Houtte, 3 white berrla, 7 purple
leaved barberries, group of green
leaved barberries, group of Japan
ese quince, 4 Japonlca kerrla, group
of three varieties of Deutzta, 6 Jap
anese maples, 3 welgla, 2 laburnum,
3 calycanchus, 2 japonlca saphora, 2
primus Plssardl, snowballs, purple
and white lilacs.
Rose gardens consist of 44 brides,
44 Kaiserln Augusta Victoria, 44
Madame Caroline Testout, 40 Frau
Karl Druschkl, 23 Madame Abel
Chaenay, 20 la De Trolt, 20 Florence
Pemberton,
Rose gardens are only to be found
on the west side north of track. In
addition to the shrubbery and trees
on the east side, there Is a large cir
cular bed of cannas. In front of
this Is a Illy pond, yet to be com
pleted. Mrs. I'.ddy'M Birthday.
On the 16th of last month Mrs.
Eddy, founder of Christian Science,
passed her 89th birthday and the
event has been made a matter of
comment by the newspapers through
out the entire country. During the
last few years a number of writers
have published magazine and news
paper articles severely criticising
Mrs. Eddy personally, and also her
religious teachings, but no one of all
the writers who have mentioned Mrs.
Eddy's birthday havo Indulged In
other than friendly words regarding
her. None will attempt In the fu
ture to deny that this woman is a re
markable character, and we at the
present day must admit that she will
go down In history as one whose
teachings have found followers In
all ranks of life. It matters not
what we may think of her religious
belief, or of her therapeutic teach
ings In connection therewith, she Is
quite certain to occupy an Important
place among the founders of great re
ligious organizations. The world will
give her this distinction, regardless
of what has been said by her de
tractors, and her Inrge following will
revere her memory during her life
time, and beyond It. As time goes
on the thinkers of the world will
place be: name beside those who bnve
accomplished something for the good
of mankind. Already the encyclo
pedias have given her recognition on
a par with the founders of other re
ligions orders.
Thin paper believes In fairness and
fair play. Every person has a tight
to think fur himself and no one
should be condemned for their hon
est belief, he It religions or other
wise. This Is said In the broad sense
and does not mean that discussion
should he curtailed. Mrs. Eddy's
lllace before the world will not be nf
fected by tile criticisms of those- who
do not lllc" her personally or be
lieve In her teachings, but by that
other class who become her clhc loles
There Is loom enough In the world
for all who ah" to do ironcl and It
will tie at least Cb'MHIve to five
'hem an opporl ntil y.
C I) i'n vhlted Meillii on husl
m Wnilnemlay.
1 f. v as In 'i' c u v on Monda v
' i . !.,., for o r t e-.-hand. M l th'
t',. of many that he Is inetitiilly
let: I Mid l , therefore, tied ,e.
oiititaMe (or h!-i a'tlotis, a hU con
I . n t h.'u In en sue h an would be ex
ed of one mentally unbalanced
Me has Dot yet bad ft hearing.
BIG TEMPERANCE
MEETING SUNDAY
MRS. SHEPARD SPEAKS TO
LARGE AUDraXCE
ON "PEAKS AND VALLEYS"
The Opening Guu of the "Dry"
Campaign of 1910 in Grants
Pass.
There was a large audience at the
opera house on Sunday evening to
hear the lecture of Mrs. Lulu B.
Shepard on 'Peaks and Valleys." It
was a temperance talk of the higher
order, and Interesting as well as
pleasing throughout. Mrs. Shepard
Is a woman of ability and stands
high among the W. O. T. U. frater
nity, being president of that society
In her home city of Salt Lake. Her
lecture was replete with facts re
lating to the temperance movement,
not only In the United States but
throughout Europe. She Bald la
part as follows:
I bring to you a story tonight of
two great kings, Benhadad and
Altai). It Is found In. the twentieth
chapter of First Kings. I want you
to think of Benhadad as represent
ing the liquor Interests and Ahab as
representing the church of the Liv
ing God. They had been warring
for some time and after Ahab's first
defeat of the great Syrian king, who
was too drunk to lead his army,
Benhadad decided that It was be
cause they had been fighting In the
hills and that Ahab's Lord was the
Lord of the hills, so he planned to
meet the Israelites In a battle on
the plains, and so prove the Syrian's
power. But a man of God appeared
unto Ahab lust before the battle and
said: "Because the Syrians have said
that 'the Lord Is the Lord of the
hills and not of the plains, therefore
will I give over to thee an mis
mighty army and thou shalt know
that I am the Lord.' " The battle
was waged and again Ahab was
given a great victory and Benhadad
escaped to the city, where he hid
himself until he could make a com
promise with Ahab.
This story Is typical of Just the
fight we are In today. For years
the temperance people have been
fighting In the hills, taking peak
after peak, but It has all been lead
ing down to this great bnttle that we
are In today, for we are meeting the
mv fnn tn face and and are dally
proving that our I-ord Is the Trd of
the pUlns, as well as me num.
For the sake of those wno niw
so little of what the temperance
hiivo been doing In the past,
let us look at a few of the peaks that
, have taken. First, we iook
Church Pak. which was no easy
r F.,r 70 vears ago the church
iiiiii
of the living Ood did not stand on
the temperance question as It stanas
today. Seventy years ago, at an
hurch conferences and rhurcn em
,,in ti.ev bad not only spiritual
exercises, but spirituous as well. It
ns a common thing to nnn num-
i.. iiw.li ttnmr'H.
ters serving liquor '
und a more common thing for
hur.l. members to drlnK nqm".
.., 1. n In ir
hut Hiere has been nn
,..i todav every church denomlna-
tlon has Its ngRtc-sslve temperance
ommlttcc pushing thU work niong
all lines, and at but the church ha
aught step with the Lord Jesus
'brlst and It Is going down the line
to the tune of "Saloons, Saloons,
Haloon Must do." We thank God
that we took Church peas.
Th"ti we looked about for another
peak and th" sainted r lands II-
ard, with lief wonderful vision, cl"
Ided Hint we must take the I'll u
ntlonal peak So our women begun
o appear a: eeh meeting of the
it ate legislature, pleading for a
ientlt'.e tempeiaiiie liHtrunlon law
which would 'i,H ll the effeets of
il' obel llll'l til' nihil' Upon the ss-
ti r 1 1 of oui l"i and inv till, for
sli" realized tbi'Hu:!i this leaching
that In time an Intelligent voter
along thU ilfi" would be produced,
and so will wits our cauae advocated
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