VOL. XXXI. GKAXTS PASS. OREGON', FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1910 N o. U! i WILLIAMS SAYS HE WILL GIVE WATER IRRIGATION' MAX MAKES A COMPLETE STATEMENT READY FOR BUSINESS NOW i Tells of Negotiations with Minority Stockholders in Chicago and of Offers He Made P. A. Williams, president of the Rogue River Valley Power and Irri gation company, arrived in Grants Pats Wednesday. When interview ed by a representative of The 'Courier as to the status of the irri gation question, he had the follow ing to say: "I am to meet with the directors of the Josephine County Irrigation and Power company this afternoon and tho matter will depend largely uron the action they take. I have made arrangements to finance the pioject, provided I have the unanim ous backing of the people of the val ley . . "Porter, Flshback and Company have agreed to finance the proposi tion on two conditions. These are that we can show a clear abstract to the land and a right to the water. One of the greatest engineers In the country, Edmond T. Perkins, form erly one of the chiefs of the reclama tion service, has been engaged to make these investigations. Mr. Per wlns Is in Chicago awaiting a tele graphic request to come to Grants Pass. He is confident that the en gineering data the company has se cured wfll be approved by him. "Our negotiations with the min ority stockholders simmered down to this: We offered the minority stockholders $2",000 toward repair ing the dam of the Golden Drift, pro viding tho stockholders raised what ever sum above that necessary for this purpose. The second proposi tion was that the interests of both shies should be placed in the hands of holding companies and that en gineers and attorneys be named by both Interests to make final valua tions and arrange other details. Another-proposition was that tho bond holders should be Included In what ever arrangements were mnde so that there would be no hitch In tho proceedings on their account. These offers were not considered by the rn,ilers Interest nt all. "We are willing to do everything In our power to secure irrigation for next season, provided that we have the co-opcratlon of all interests." The Josephine Irrigation and Power company held an adjourned iv.cetliiR on Wednesday afternoon fit tho First National bank and dis cussed the matter of Irrigation in all Its phases and especially the present conditions. P. A. Williams, the man ager of the. Rot'iio River Irrigation and Tower company, who has a con tract with the company to so on and complete the Irrigation system, whs in town and nuked to be heard. He was Invited to attend the meeting and beini: called upon gave a detail ed statement as to his visit to Chic ago In the interest of his company. He reported that, his chances were encouraging of securing the neces sary funds to go on with the work His statement was along the same line givn in Ms interview li- yes. today's Courier nr,i In addition ak H that he be given further time to complete his necollntlons by furn ishing the nerevsnry data to tlr. i. i... h,uii,i In CMcniio. 11: went on to say that If th examination was made by the expert, which the Investors proposed to send here, he feels satisfied Hint the .npH:! M to forthcoming. H nNo felt sure that they would f'nl rendlHors " bf,s beer, reported to t'l'tu. He M f,o moral up-io-t J tV com rnrv Bid al" (Vit f r"""'V ,.,. Afo- n m-.M nvo."-i,!er' ,r e' th -"--t"r !' " ,,p0t vr.t Mr. Wllllnms b clven the nddltlonol tin- akrd for and a SCHOOL DIRECTORS IN FAYOR HIGHER SALARIES "What shall we do to keep our teachers from becoming married as soon as we have them hired or In the middle of their terms?" was one of the burning questions discussed at the recent meeting of the school directors which began its work last Saturday. So great have the rav ages made by Cupid among the teachers of Josephine county become that it has become a problem of how to keep a teacher a full term. In many Instances. The director from school district 41 stated that in his district the year before last they had lost two teach ers by marriage and that last year they had secured a teacher for whom, apparently, the charms of ma trimony had no appeal and she was re-c.cnged at a higher salary by the happy directors. But before school opened this fall she resigned to take up the work of a wife. In despera tion the directors engaged a married woman as teacher. It was the concensus of opinion that something had to be done to remedy the situation and the meth od most frequently urged was the raising of salaries of the teachers. However, it was the opinion of some of the directors, who had suffered most by the desertions of pretty school teachers, that the mere mat ter of adding a few paltry dollars to the salaries of teachers would avail little in checking the depredations of the mischievous god who laughs at bolts and bars. The convention went on record as favoring higher wages all along the line as a step toward Increasing the efficiency of the teachers and mak ing them more permanent. Th.e scarcity oj men teachers, it was agreed, was due to Inadequate sal aries. The directors unanimously agreed that they would ask the legislature to Increase the salary of the county superintendent and drafted petitions to that effect, all of the directors signing them. Many matters of interest were dis cussed by the convention. Edward S. VanDyke urged a purchasing board so that there might be uni formity in the buying of school sup plies. Superintendent Savage talk ed upon the subject of school sani tation and advocated the installa tion of window screens to provided for better ventilation and individual drinking cups. The superintendent also discussed the compulsory edu cation features of the law and ex plained the duties of directors, tench era and truant, officers. The mat tcr of bonds by school clerks was al so taken up. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Alderman dlscnsed the matter of school consolidation, as did Coun tv Suner ntendent Savage. It was agreed that there were few places In .Tosenhlne county where this was practicable, but that where It was. as In the Williams creek districts, It had many advantages. The following officers were elect ed: President, F. M. Horn, district 41; secretary, Lincoln Savnge, coun ty superintendent. Following were the school officers Irr nttendnnce. 21 out of 4S districts being represented: One, Tt. C. Churchill. So ma: six. C. M. Ronrk. Drvden: seven. S. VanDyke. Grants Pass; eight. Alex Watts. Provolt; ten. A. F. Knox. Murphy: fifteen, E. O. Pnttnn. rineer; sixteen. C. A. Connie, Williams: nineteen. W. W. Canby. Grants Pass: twenty. S. E. .less, Grants Pass; twenty-two. Surah Hammond, Hugo; twenty-four. R. F. Seaton, Merlin; twcnty-Mx, II. R. OHon, Grants Pass; twenty-seven. William I.lehtcnbergor, Wolf Creek; twenty-eluht, George A. Hamilton. Grunts rns; twenty-nine, E. A. P.athbone, Grants Pass; thirty-two. ,T. S. Dobbyns, Grants Pass; thirty four. 0. Kars. Lelnnd: thirty-eight. W. Miller, Golden: forty-one, F. M. Horn. Holland: forty-three, A. T. Phoeinnke. Slma: forty-five, J, P, lumber. Grave; forty-seven. .1. G. Hill, Merlin. resolution of rorfldenee was pinsed. with Instructions to the president nnd secretary to put tho tna'tir 1" offlelrl form and pre"r.t tV Kmc m Mr. Wl'Pnnix. The tncetlnn fiom first to l:,ttt n hliblv sntlsf.v tor? r) II p!"ei( find t'levn m e'-er? r-'d'-nee that thlfl part c f the T!"'.mi -Iver vp'lev would ' "'need ur.dcr Inlg.'Mon In the n-nr f'ttinv CRIPPEN MAKES UNUSUAL DEFENSE NOTED DENTIST ASTONISHES THE COIRT SAYS WIFE WAS WEAK Chicago Man Is Mentioned us Friend to Whom Wife Fled and Whom She Said Could SiipHit By United Press Leased Wire. LONDON, Oct. 20. Dr. H. II. In to Crlppen took the witness stand his own defense this afternoon answer to a charge of having mur dered his wife, Belle Elniore-Crlppen, for the love of his typist, Miss Ethel Claire LeNeve. Crlppen indicated that he would seek to prove that his wife is not dead, but that she fled to America to join Bruce Miller, a Chicago friend. "I knew my wife was friendly with Miller and often upbraided her for not corresponding with him. In 1904, Cora, which is Mrs. Crippen's right name, admitted her fondness for Miller and I ceased cohabiting with her and from that time our re lations were strained. "Repeatedly she threatened to leave me, saying that she would go to America to Join Miller. Tho last time T saw her was January 31 of this year, and I believe sho fled to America. "In Inn effort to avoid a scandal I concocted a story t lint she had gone to America to attend to priv ate business for me in California and that while en route she had died and was Incinerated In Atnerlcn. I simply could not face my friends and admit my wife had deserted me. "Monday night before she left I wrote a letter In her name to the Music Hall Ladles' guild, resigning from her position ns treasurer. Mrs. Martlnettl enme out to dinner nnd my wife abused me for not paying them more nttentlon, saying: "This Is the finish; I will stand It no long er: I shall leave tomorrow and you will not hear from me again.' "Before this she told me tho man she would go to would be better able to support her. "I went to the office next morn ing and returning home between five and six o'clock, found she had pone. I wrote to the guild that she hnd gone. I also told my friends the same thing. Afterward I told them sho was dead. I don't remember saying where she died." LONDON, Oct. 20 The defense of Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen, (barged with tho murder of his actress-wife, IMle Klmore-Crlppen, begun today In Old Bailey court. Almost the first point adduced by Barrister Tobln, Crippen's counsel, was Intended to show that Crlppen nnd Ethel Claire LeNeve voluntarily gave themselves In to ihe hands of the authorities nt Quebec. Tobln declared that Crlp pen refused all efforts to be smug gled ashore with the cargo, which the quartermaster of the vessel pro posed. Crlppen was aware he was being wntched, Tobln said, and wai ad vised of the contents of every wire less mesKnge that enme to or cmnn nti d from the ship. 111. A "K IX MS WGI IIS U)A ANGELES. Oct. - Gi nor al John C. Itlaik, chairman (if the civil service commission nnd former chief of the pension bureau, Is In Los Angeles today on IN first offl Iclnl trip h'-re. . R( i: I'ustroM M NEW YORK. Oct. ;n .. The pro posed ril'e between Jj' '( Johnson and Iliirney Oilfield, which n to Yn" been r"!' today, wrs pot:ion'd on account of rnln. WELLMAN IS RESCUED FROM HIS BIG AIRSHIP By United Press Leased Wire. NEW YORK. Oct. 18. Tho dir igible balloon America, headed for Europe, was abandoned in tho Atlan tic due east of Cape Hatteras, half way to Bermuda late this afternoon. Walter Wellman and his companions aboard the airship were rescued by the royal mail steamer "Trent." News of the rescue came by wire less by Captain Downs of the trent in a message which read: "A five o'clock this morning we sighted Wellman'8 airship America in distress. They signalled by the Morse code that help was required. After three hours of maneuvering with fresh winds, we picked up Well man and the entire crew and the cat. All are now safe aboard the Trent and well. The America was aban doned In Intltude 35.43 north; long tltude 68.18 west." The cat referred to was the Amer ica's mascot, placed aboard by Mrs. Vanimnn, wife of tho chief engineer of the airship. Captain Downs gave no other par ticulars. E XI 1 1 1 SI A ST1 C M EETI XG HELD AT PROVOLT The little hamlet of Provolt, at the mouth of Williams creek, was the scene of a very enthusiastic gath ering last Sunday. Nine automobiles nnd several livery rigs from Grants Pass went out loaded with business men and their wives and were met nt the church by nearly all the resi dents In tho vicinity of Provolt. Af ter several spirited songs an nddress was delivered by Mrs. M. C. Find ley, of Grnnts Pnss who presented the mother's view of tho temperance question. The way sho handled her subject showed thnt she was thor oughly familiar with the question and she presented It In a very log ical awl "convincing manner. The principal address of the day was delivered by tho Reverend Mr. Brooke, of Grnnts Tass, and a more masterly' nnd forceful address has not been heard In this pnrt of the country. He trented his subject from every view point, laying special stress upon the economic and moral features of the temperance question. HI., lalk was received with great In terest nnd many commendations were h nrd nt Its close. M". T.nvelnro, candidate for sher iff, nnd E. E. Blanchnrd were seen In the crowd end were called upon for a few remarks. Both of them spoke briefly en the subject of good citizen ship and expressed themselves In l.enrty sympathy with the move ment. Altogether Ihe meeting was one of the most enthusiastic held In Jose phine county In connection w,lth the campaign for better things. STORY WRITER LIKES THE PASS Dennis II. Si'iviill, the Grunts I'iimh author, has been very busy the past year, during wiiieii time no nas writ ten 4u short stories, besides n num ber of llliislintcd in Helen which have appeared In Hunter's Mugulno, the Housekeeper, Mother's .Mnglixl lie, Recreation mid the American Week- Iv. IIIm Klorv, "Th Secret of the Manil Kiiinbnni" In the August short slorv contest i,f tho mcrleun Week ly won first prize. A novelette, "Plotters of the Royal Pour," by Mr Stovall, appeared In the Top Notch Mnnlne of New York, October 1'. lie has also Just completed a longer novel for till lilfii'Ulne, besides a number of short siotp's wftTi south ern OreKofi settinc. and prlrulpnry romances nnd adventures of the 'nlren. ThoiH'h h" has no hirlces" !neit In Grants Pass. Mr, FlovaM (infers in muse bis homo hero for 'li sleiiil" re;ion that It U a fine Mine to live nnd n man In his po'l Molt rrui fjet mote genuine llinilt'll Ion to (he Hfu!i-p yard In ,loethlne n"M,', !'b t evergreen moun- M-s nnd iil'tidld sfenery, than rny other spot on earth. ROGUE RIVER IS RICH IN POWER GOVERNMENT ENGINEER MAKES ROOSTER REPORT DOUBLE THAT OF NIAGARA Engineer Travels Thirteen Hundred Miles Over Two States and Telss of Possibilities "There Is more water power go ing to waste in the Rogue river power that can be economically de velopedthan there Is In Niagara falls by more than two times," Bald W. E Herring, district engineer of the forest Bervlce, with offices at Portland. Mr. Herring has Just com pleted a trip of 1400 miles on foot and horseback through the moun tains of Oregon, mostly In the south ern portion of the state. Similar trips made during the past two sea sons In various parts of the two states of Oregon and Washington qualify Mr. Herring as tho greatest expert on the water power situation In tho two states that thero Is In tho country. Continuing, Mr. Herring said: "When I speak of power, I mean the power that can bo developed econ omically, In a commercial sense. I do not mean the theoretical power that can bo figured regardless of ex penditure, 'mere nre at least 400, 000 horsepower that can bo devel oped economically In the Rogue be tween Its mouth and Prospect. "The power developed from the rails nt Niagara Is 190,000 horse power, so you can see what a great resource Is lying .nt your doors prnc tlcnlly untouched. Besides that are numerous small units of three or four thousand hors"-powcr that can no developed in many places. I do no: tako these Into consideration In estimating the power possibilities of the Rogue." Mr. Herring bpent more than a month In the Siskiyou forest nnd found that there are 4000 horse power thnt can be developed In the Illinois river at the falls In ono prop o.-utlon alone. The flumes that Mr. Herring gives nre estimates and are estimated un der rather than over the netual pos sibilities. Mr. Herring comes to Grants Pnss several times a year on official busi ness for the forest service and no ticed the progress being mnde In th-? city and surrounding country. He was especially Hi nick with t he spirit of enterprise that Installed n system of cluster lights In n city the size of Grants Pass. Doctor Sweeny, n recent arrival from Montana, Is so well pleased with Grants Pass that tie will locate here and probably open an office for the practice of medicine In the mar future. The doctor was a visitor to this city last year and at that time he looked over the city nnd made a special Inspection of the Grants Pass schools and the methods of teaching ami flndliiK that the Grnnts Pass schools were nmong the bent and most up-lo-dale Institutions of learn Imr In the state, tie has returned here wllh bis wife anil two daughters to reside permanently. Dr. Sweeny was head physician of the Modem Woodmen of America In Montnnn for 10 years. O'CONNOR Nl IS Ylf'TOItl . II. ('.. Oct. 20.- T. T O'Connor, M. P., Journalist, author 'ud paillainciiiai Ian, ni lived here late yesterday from Vancouver. NEW YORK. Oct. 20.. ..The Gh'lits lllKhlutldelH gmne Hr bed M lei for toiby, win postponed mi account of tain. ST, l.oi H, Oct. 20.-FrclKht houses of the ''lileiu'o & Alton rnll- lond r-nd fif the Baltimore Ohio were destrojvd by fire today. POULTRYMEN PLANNING FOR AN ORGANIZATION One of the results of the fair la the revival of the movement to or ganize a society of poultry fanciers. The showing at the fair of standard-bred fowls waB such as to give an Impetus to the poultry business In the country. It demonstrated that the county of Josephine has some of the best poultry stock In the coun try and that tho county Is especi ally adapted to the production of poultry products. Among some of the chicken enthu siasts of the city and county are John Summers, R. R. Cheshire, R. L. Newman, C. R. Brechtblll, E. S. Veatch, A. H. Classing, Cramer brothers, W. I. Goodman, Mrs. O. A. Ruth. WOMAN IS ARRESTED FOR 1X)S ANGELES CRIME SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. -Following the arrest, of Mrs. Belle La vln,' living at Twenty-second and Mission srteets, on a charge of Do ing a fugitive from Justice, but In reality in connection with the dyna miting of the Los Angeles Times building, the authorities today re fuse to sny whether other arrests will follow Immediately. Mrs. Lavln's arrest took place last night after Chief Seymour had lost all patience at her apparently con tradictory statements regarding the actions of "Smithy," the alleged fly nnmlter, who lived nt the Twenty- second and Mission streets house. Mrs. Lavln protested her innocence vigorously before being placed aboard the train for Los Angeles, where her testimony will be taken before the coroner. G. B. Brlscow, who has spent the summer visiting his daughter, Mrs, Russell, at DesMolnes, Wash., has returned to his home here. Ho says he Is glad to get back to a decent climate again, becauso It has been raining In that state for tho past month. S. M. Reynolds, tho Pullman car porter charged with attempt to as- snult little Miss Josephine Moss, pleaded guilty at Roseburg and will be sentenced to prison, C. V. Rucbholt nnd family arrived here this week from Wntertown, S. D., ami hnve rented a house In town, where they will live while looking over the farming district adjacent to Giants Pass, with a view to purchas ing a home nnd residing permanent ly In this pnrt of Oregon. Mr. Rueh holt Is n brother of F. C. Biiehholt. bookkeeper for the Rogue River Val ley Fruit nnd Produce association, who has resided here for the past two years. Ho far as ho has seen the country surrounding Grnnts Pass he Is well pleased with the farming possibilities of this section. The funeral services of Lodger GuennHte, who died suddenly on Saturday afternoon from heart trouble, were held Monday morning at. the Catholic church, Interment be ing made In the GranKo Hill ceme tery, Mr. (iiiennelle v.as HS years, seven months and four days old, Hnd hnd been In Omuls Pass only a few hours when he was so suddenly stricken with his Inst Illness. He enme here with his family from Shirley, Mass., Saturday afternoon and Is mourned by his wife, three sons and two dimnhte.s. Mrs. J. P. Martin went to Rose burg Wednesday eceulng to vImII with her dntiKhtcr, Mrs. O. D. Mc. Alllster, for several days. The Infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cnllie R. Hill died at Williams Sunday, October It and was burled at the Williams cemetery on Mon day, October 10. Vis. Freil Williams returned Wed nesday evening from Medford, where she has been spending a few day: with her parents, A rear end collision occurred In the rait road yards Tuesday morning at. about tl::.'0. Aiinust Goettsche, engineer In charge of engine No. '.'2Ti was headed south, switching on Ihe bouse track nnd was backing up near the water tank when engine II with Engineer Zimmerman In cliarce ami huiitiliiK south crashed Into the rear end of engine 22Ti, smashing It so badly thnt It will hnve to go to the simps for repair. The whistle was blown and the engineer iid fireman Jumped. No one was Injured.