Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, August 19, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXVI. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1810. No. 21. PUTTING 001 THE BITOLITHIC WORK IS BEING DONE RAPIDLY OX FRONT STREET A FINE APPEARING STREET "Will Move to Court House and Sixth Street Monday and Work South. A BUSINESS MAN'S VISIT TO GALICE C. Holconib, a Grants Pass Mer chant, Talks About the Oriole and Alraeda. The Warren Construction com pany commenced on Monday the fin ishing work on Front Btreet west of Sixth. The mixing plant has cer tainly been doing good work all the week. The finishing work on this pavement i3 very interesting and has attracted a crowd since last Mon day morning. The stone was first spread and then a binder was put on which was rolled down by the big 12,000-pound steam roller. Follow ing this came a finer course, and so on until the finish. One is impress ed with the roller work, as without It it would be difficult to do the heautiful pavement which is turned out by the Warren Construction company. Early in the week an amusing incident occurred while the Dltulithlc preparation was being spread over the rock work. A gray haired gentleman who was standing near enlightened the crowd as to the mnnner in which this work should be done. He gave out the impression that the paving experts were not up to their business and found fault with the mnnner in which the big machine had mixed the fine rock preparation, and to illustrate its de fects stepped forward and grabbed up a handful of mixture, which he tried to let go of astonishingly quick, for it had been boiled at a tempera ture of 250 degrees and as it Is spread on hot, It burned his hands shockingly and caused him to stop his lecture on street paving very abruptly. The work Is progressing very sat isfactorily and Is giving no little pleasure to our citizens, who go down to the mixer and watch the preparation as It comes out of the big machine and Is dropped into a patent dumping vehicle, being carted to the place and spread by experts over the surface to be paved. This kind of work requires experience and none but experts are employed to handle any part of the bltullthic finish. Every day samples are sent to the head office, showing the char acter of material being used and once a week a square Is cut out, af ter It is cold and this Is also sent to the Portland office for examination,' where an absolutely correct record Is kept of the quality of the work which is done here on the different blocks and ftrccts. The largest amount of paving done in any one day since the laying of the pavement has commenced, has been 900 yards, but the machinery has not been in shape to do fast work. The usual average under fav orable conditions Is from eleven hun dred to twelve hundred yards per day and It Is expected that this will be accomplished from next Monday .on. Front street will be completed up to Sixth street by Saturday night, when the force will be moved to the court house, and the paving of Sixth street will be commenced and push ed to completion as fast as possible. N. W. Scharf. the superintendent of construction. Is giving this Job the closest attention, and he has been complimented by many of onr lead ing citizens, not only for the most thorough manner the paving Is be ing done, but the fine looking street which he leaves behind Mm. "Is trnrtlons from the head office Is to turn out the best kind of "'reel work and not to stop short of tf-m'-tng this In every yard of pavement laid. PREPARATIONS MADE FOR FAIR A. C. Holeomb, of the Peerless Clothing company, visited Galice and Almeda the first of the month and has returned greatly pleased with the conditions in that country since the visit of the members of the commercial club last year. In speaking of the Galice mining dis trict, Mr. Holeomb said: "My first trip to the noted min ing camp down the river was last summer, when I accepted an Invita tion to go on an excursion to a num ber of mines around Galice. I was pleased then at what I saw, for It seemed to me that a rich mining camp was being developed In Jose phine county and I could not help feeling that, as a. business man of Grant3 Pass, I was deeply interested. I came home from that trip well pleased with the excursion, for I met many gentlemen Interested In the development of the mines who are thorough-going business mei. "This summer I made another trip and again went through the mines and noted what had been ac complished in the twelve months since I was there before. I carefully examined the Oriole mine, and was surprised and pleased with the im provements which had taken place. It was a rich mine and It has a fu ture which will reward those inter ested In the property. Much new machinery has been Installed and a large amount of development work accomplished. There Is every In dication that the work of developing the rich property will go on until the Oriole becomes a great producer. I was deeply interested in the improvements which have taken place In the big Almeda, which is located three miles below the Galice postofflce. The smelter which has been built since my last visit is nearly ready to blow In. They are now hauling coke from the railroad, and several carloads are already In the bins. As soon as a sufficient supply has been accumulated to keep the smelter going operations will be commenced. My party went down the big shaft, which Is Intended to reach a point 1000 feet below the water line of the river. Already they have reached something over 300 feet from the surface, and I was told that they are working a night and day shift, so as to complete the shaft as soon as possible. "Numerous tunnels enter the side of the mountain and these amount to several thousand feet In length. The ore taken out Is well mineralized, and while It may not be what is railed rich. It Is like many of the best paying low grade propositions. When the smelter gets at work, and the new road Is completed through to leland. which settles the trans portation problem, the Almeda will In-come n paying mine on a larg" scale. This automobile and auto truck road is being pushed through as fast as men and teams can do the work. Mining men tell me that t' Almeda can be made a low cost pro ducer, and there Is ore enough In sight now to last for many years. These mines down the river should '" made a "reat benefit to Grants Puss, and therefore it Is Important that we keep in touch with what Is going on In that mining camp." IMPORTANT FACTS FOR INTER- ESTED PARTIES GIVEN" SUCCESS IS ANTICIPATED Fine Showing in all Lines of In dustry in Rogue River Valley Will Be Made. THE BUILDING OF A GREATER GRANTS PASS Strong Features in W. B. Sherman's Plan for Planting and Beauti fying Orchard Homes. Preparations for the holding of the fourth annual Rogue River In dustrial fair are now well under way. Necessary buildings and en closures will be made upon the rail road grounds on either side of the new depot, and it is expected that large tents will also be used for the various exhibits. The management is receiving much encouragement from the wholesale houses, who are planning exhibits of farm and agri cultural machinery. Several have signified their willingness to give demonstrations of pumping, spray ing, churning and other interesting features for which machinery is used. The citizens of our sister towns, Ashland and Medford. have already made application for two cars each, for the purpose of bring ing down their exhibits of fruit, vegetables and stock. Much Interest Is being manifested In the special premium of $50 which the manage ment has provided for the best gen eral exhibit of farm products, the Illinois valley. Williams Creek val- lev and Merlin having already signi fied their intention of competing. Gold Hill. Evans creek, Sams Valley, Phoenix and Talent are also expect ed to compete. The premium lists are now out for distribution and are very com plete. The $1,700 offered In prizes have been very carefully arranged so that all exhibitors may have ample opportunity of winning one or more of the cash prizes. Many of those who have recently come to live in the Rogue River val ley have a pleasant surprise In store W. B. Sherman, with his accus tomed enterprise, has commenced work on building a "Greater Grants Pass." The site of this orchard ad dition joins the city limits on the east and is on the south Bide of D street, a most eligible location, which must be the future attractive part of town Mr. Sherman does everything in a most vigorous man ner, and that he will treat this new undertaking in the same way goes without saying. The 100-acre tract selected to be improved will not only be under Ir rigation, but will be supplied with a four-Inch water main running through each of the streets. The one great feature of this new addi tion will be the planting of all kinds of fruit trees on each Individual home tract and these will be planted and cared for for a period of four years, without cost to the purchaser, Those buying one or five acre tracts will have the privilege of building their homes at any time. These orchard homes will be Ideal places for a family to reside, as they will have all kinds of fruit for fam ily use and for the market, and when they are turned over to the purchas er the orchard will be a producing one, furnishing an income which will he more and more productive each year. This, together with a kitchen and flower garden, will make highly desirable places of residence. The average man who Is working for a living looks forward to the time when he can quit the daily grind and sit under his own vine and fig tree. These tracts which are now offered by Mr. Sherman provide every necessity and offer every in ducement to the homeBeeker. One of the great advantages of fered by this orchard home proposl tion is that the purchaser can make a small payment down and continue to make weekly or monthly pay ments as may suit the purse. An in vestment of this kind will be a pay ing one, as the land valuation will Increase each year, likewise the or chard. At the end of the fourth year the orchard, be It one acre or five, will be worth on the market fully double the amount it has cost WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ALL ABOUT THEM Hunting, Fishing, the Seaside and Tours Generally Make Up the Story for the Summer. it tk foir unm in nrevioiw ea s go.n7to be surpassed, and the purchaser. This is the deal rable JOSEPH WOLKK HAS BAD ACCIDENT TO AITO rotmst"' A. M Woodford nd Hfo r,f ViwUorrf. m-rf veral dlV visiting with their daughter. Mr Viwl WI11!nm, of this city. Mr Woodford returned to hi hoic Th,irTtV f,f Isst wenV. b Mr Woodford remalued unUl Sunday Joe Wolke left this city with his family last Saturday for a camping trip In the vicinity of Mt. Pitt. Sun day evening, when near the Phlpps olare, near what in called "Sticky In Jackson county, his auto crashed Into fence and was damaged to rh m extent that the remainder of the trip bad to be made by team Fortnnntely no one was Injured, but from reports which reached this place they bad a miraculous escape. .1. V. Burke, has furnished the Courier office with some fine speci mens of peaches grown on a three-year-old tree. In the collection brought In were some very elegant tlnrtlett pears, a sample of 350 boxes which Mr. Ilurke shipped through the Rogue niver Fruit and Produce association. they were certainly "eye-openers" to those who have lived here always. There 13 nothing of such Import nee as the local fair to demonstrate he productiveness of the bom, to gether with the abundance of the natural resources of the country and he management Is particularly de- . . . I J .. t Mr n M A slrous of having every lnuumu "- resource of the two counties ropi-sented. The dates for holding the fair this i- -. Itinn In Tire- vear are snmcwnni i.n.-i mn. vious years. This was arranged so hat the fall fruits and vegetables would be more mature, esp.v ,.,, the grapes, for which Josephine oubty is so famous. In addition to the attractions or the fair an eiauoraie chihii amusement feature will be added. Including merry-go-rounds, bowling alleys and the numerous attractions for the young folks. There will ne rest rooms and seats arrnnged In all -arts of the city for the convenience of the visitors. The Ladles' Auxili ary will serve refreshments and priv ate houses will be thrown open to accommodate the poople who are un able to get accommodations at me hntol . ,u rowers and omer who intend to make exhibits should into communication with the secretary as soon as possible, so that . ..nnpral Idea can be formed an to ..v fenlt nace to be me ni-t i'w' .' ....-- ttrnl'Mpd. mr the nresent the office of the - . r.ir association will be at ins mnrrini Club rooms on Sixth street, where the secretary can be touna .ii ,..iHnna addressed to A 1 1 ruillllMiiir K.iv.w him will receive a prompt renly. rwt foreet the dates, net mik) orenare your exhibits, save that irc numnkln. Peaches, pears and It KhrmM brought In as noon as possible and r.in.-fwl In rold storage. The Grant Pan Cold Storage company has kind iu rtari tnrste room free and their kind offer should be taken ad feature of such an Investment by those who want homes. These lm provements will make that part of Grants Pass a residence portion in great demand. Fine macadam streets, abundnnce of water for lnuna wardens and orchard are helps in making desirable homes All the conditions to make Mr Sherman's undertaking a success are tn 1 found in the hundred acre tract which Is to be used for thl nnrnose. There Is fine soil, good drainage, a southern exposure, an besides this, the land Is adapted t fruit growing, being second to place In the Rogue River valley for 1. n 'HERE PEOPLE ENJOY OUTINGS AND RANTS PASS PEOPLE PLAY pears, fruits. The locntlon or inese or- hard tracts Is no great distance from Ihe center of the city and while hev will not bo Inside of the cor porate limits, there will be the ad vantage of a low rate of taxation and other Interurban features, yet at the same time schools, churches, heaters and stores are within easy reach. The northeast portion oi m cltv has already taken on wonderful growth, and as a result the 100 acres which are to bo made Into orcnara tracts has already been reached by i ll.. -v r city improvements, ana in mr u-. future beautiful homes will occupy all of the adjoining property. The future has some good things in store r-.-nnt. T'niin and soon we ran I ( 1 1 MIHlim - look for activity In all lines of In dustry. Irrigation Is the corner stone upon which we are to build a icreat city, and as soon as the start is ade these orchard tracts will ream ly bring double the price which Is now asked for them Rend In your order for Economy. Mason or Schram Jars to Cramer tiros. vantage of. Josephine county can win a great number of the first nrlres. It's up to the people to see 'o it that the product are exhibited During the past few weeks the call of the wild" has been answered by so many of the Grants Pass citi zens that the city has quite a desert ed appearance. Business and house hold cares alike have been abandon ed and young and old have respond ed to the clarion sound and gone out into the hills on camping, hunting and picnic parties. With the excep tion of a few days the weather has not been disagreeably warm, but it Is good for the soul to cast aside the pressing cares of business and mon otony of everyday life and mingle with nature and enjoy her countless blessings whenever it is possible for us to do so. Among those whom we miss from the city who are rustlcat ng in camp life or spending their time in a leisurely fashion traveling to different points of Interest are the following: Mr. and Mrs, Geo. P. Cramer are visiting relatives and viewing the sights of the old world in The Netherlands, and the Misses Holon and Marlon Clarke are making a tour of Europe. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Kinney and son, Paul, and MrB. H. L. Truax have been traveling by automobile In the east for the past several weeks and are now headed for their home In this city. Word received from the party this week Is to the effect that they left St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Monday and will go by way of Lake Champlaln, and at Cleve land, O., will take the train for home, shipping their auto In which they have been touring. Coming back nearer home we find at Newport the Misses Ada and Margaret Smith, Mrs. Lillian Denlson, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Booth, Geo. P. Jester, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tetherow nnd two daughters and Mrs. Tetherow's sister, Mrs. M. J. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Allen, Mrs. Herman Horning and Miss Dot Cook, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Proctor, Mrs. C. E. Smith nnd little daughter, the Misses Emllie and Nell Callahan, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roper. Pert Bnrnes nnd family nnd Jack Meade nre at Crater Ijike, where they will spend some time camping nenr the beautiful scenic wonder Center Lake Is proving quite a draw ing card this summer and many are headed for this noted resort. A party leaving Grants Pass Tuesday for the lake was composed or llcv. now McLean nnd daughter, Miss Christie 10. R. Mulhert, Frank McLean, L. W Tnrnbull, Errol Cllkey, Noble Rest and sister. MIhh Ruby, Misses Clara Calhoun, Allene leech, all of thl city, and Miss Jennie Dunkle, o Portland. They expect to go Into camp for the coming two weeks. An other Crater Lake party which hns been at the lake for the past two weeks Is made up of Mr. and Mrs, Kesterson and sons and Mrs. Kendall and Mr. Van Winkle. This py is expected home this week. A camping party left for Mt. Pitt last Saturday, the one going from this city being Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Wolke and family. Mr. and Mr. II. N. Starr and family and Mrs. F. W. Reld. These families wore Joined by several others at Medford and the whole party will make a Jolly crowd. It Is reported that Mr. Wolke had a bad accident to his auto the first day out, but continued the trip by team ns none of the party were Injured. Two weeks will b spent on this 'nmplng trip. Mr, and Mrs, riaude Davis and nbv, nnd MIh Hemic Davis nnd MW H-atrl-e Webb have been spending malndcr of the party are still la camp, and hunting and fishing are sports in which they freely indulge. Rer. D. H. Leech has been grant ed a month's rest by the Newman M. E. church and he Is spending the time on a hunting trip in company with his sons near Selma. Mr. Leech stated before leaving that he expect ed to equal Theodore Roosevelt's fame in the hunting line, but It la not yet known how well he has succeeded. Mrs. W. C. Hale and party return ed Monday from a camping trip which was spent in the vicinity ot Hell Gate. This is one of the pretti est places In the Rogue River Taller to spend an outing and the party en Joyed all the delights of fishing, hunting and outdoor life at this pic turesque spot. Geo. Riddle is hunting for big game at Doe creek and on Friday ot last week sent a sample of his luck In that line to this city, which was in the form ot a large buck. Chas. D. Smith left Thursday morning for Glendale, where he goes to Join Andy McCarthy on a hunt ing and camping trip In the moun tains near Glendale. Many of the campers and hunters are returning to the city, refreshed by their outdoor life and ready to again take up their business cares. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fuson, ot this city, and Mrs. Fuson's brother, Mr. Stew art ,of Medford, returned last Satur day from their camping and hunting trip near Merlin, reporting a glorious time and plenty of game. Mr. and Mrs. Eclus Pollock and Mr. Pollock's father were among the number who rusticated at Newport this summer, but returned several days ago, much refreshed by the cool ocean breeze. Miss Anna Ilelner, of the Booth-Smith party, returned last Friday, after a pleasant ten days' outing at the beach. Dan Frazoll has been rusticating on the beach at Newport for the past few weeks and returned to this city Saturday feeling In fine trim for the renewal of work. John Lance and Millard Hull, ot this city, and Marlon Lance, of Gold Hill, returned Monday from a hunt- ng trip In the Cow Creek canyon, where they secured the limit In gome and report a fine outing. Geo. Snow and G. O. Olum return ed Wednesday evening from a two weeks' outing spent at Crescent City. luey report an exceptionally pleas ant trip. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Parker and two children and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ralne returned Monday evening from the vicinity of Bald mountain, where they had be.cn in camp for the past days. The party secured several deer while out, so It Is evi dent they had plenty of fresh meat. The outing was so much enjoyed that Mr. and Mrs. Parker will take another one, leaving this Friday in company with Lee York and George Knox, for the famous .Josephine caves, where they expect to spend some time exploring the great na tural wonder. A. Letcher, wife nnd two daugh . . i..- ters returned inursuay evening "l last week from Crnter Lake, where they bad been enjoying life for the two weeks previous. While In the mountains Mr. Letther secured a 300-pound bear and three deer. The trip was made by auto and Mr. le cher tells us that he left Proapect, near Crater Uke, at 8 o'clock Thurs day morning, with his auto loaded with its four passengers and camp outfit, and reached thls'clty at 4 p. m., having stopped an hour and a half for lunch. Accident in National Park. A special from the Mammoth Hot Springs In the national park, says that when the last coach was paadn through the Silver Gate on last Fri day, about three miles from the hot springs, the road caved In and the coach with Its lond ot people were precipitated Into a hole 10 feet deep. Daniel Mackay, of New "iorK, wno, with his wife, was touring the park, was killed. Mrs. Mackay received Injnrles, but her condition Is not re ported as serious. Others who were bruised or suffered from the) shock of the nccldent arc J. L. !)urhlenler, New York; MWh Mueller, Chicago, and W. P. Almon. of Helena, Mont. Th Hutchinson Party, In 13 b rn' lnn dnvs In rnmn at Galice, j ,lRrn,.Hi frr,, Chicago, and about 80 'filng down by host. Miss Ttessk rt-ther coaches bad passed safely over turned home Saturday, b'lt the re-.ibout 10 minutes before.