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.