VOL. XXVI.
GRANTS PASS. OHKGOX. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1910
No. 30
ALMEDA
SHELTER
COMMENCES
SOON
GOVERNMENT MEN" ASSESS THE
FOREST DAMAGE
EXPOSE LARGE ORE BODIES
Three Crews Are Kept Busy Xight
and Day in Getting Ore for
Oiieration of Smelter
That the new smelter of the Al
meda Mining company will begin
operations within a short time is
now an assured fact. Supervisor
Fromme has returned from a trip
to Gallce In company with District
Forester C. S. Shannon and Lumber
man Andrews, of the District office
of the forest service at Portland.
The trip was made for the pur
pose of going over the area which Is
apt to be affected by the poisonous
fumes from the smelter. The for
est officials went over the ground
thoroughly In order that they might
gain an Idea as to the amount of the
bond that will be required of the
mining company before it start its
smelter. The company will take out
a permit to operate a smelter for
one year and give a bond guaran
teeing to pay the government the
value of whatever timber is destroyed
by the fumes.
At the end of a year, when it shall
have been demonstrated that the
smelter is a paying proposition, the
company will pay whatever damage
Is assessed against It and then will
proceed to put in a condenser, which
will obviate the poisonous fumes.
The forest officials found that
there would be Jlttle timber of com
mercial value destroyed, as the fumes
will affect timber only within a ra
dius of four and one-half miles. The
usual price secured by the govern
ment for stum page is J 1.50 per
thousand feet, but it Is believed that
a smaller rate will be made In this
Instance because of the poor quality
of the timber and Its Inaccessibility.
Manager Wlckham of the company
! at Portland now In conference with
the officials and the bond and per
mit will be Issued as a result of an
nmlcable arrangement, the govern
ment being anxious to asslRt In the
development of the resources of the
country as far as It can.
The work on the smelter Is nearly
completed, the carpenters being now
engaged In putting In the finishing
touches to the Interior of the plant.
"Hie compny has exposed large
bodies large bodies of ore, both high
arade and low. Three shifts are em
ployo 1I the time In onenlng up the
ore and making everything In readi
ness for production on a large scale.
More than seventy-five men are em
ployed and more will be used when
the smelter Is running.
The completion of the smelter
will mark a new era in southern Ore
gon mining. It is the herald of the
day of development on a large scale.
FILIPINOS KILL SEATTLE MAX
SEATTLE, Oct. 27. According to
n despatch received In Seattle today
the Philippine tribes have murdered
Earl V. Geer and his wife, both well
known In this city. Mr. Geer last
summer married a Seattle girl. Miss
Vashll Crocker and they sailed Dec
ember 22 for the Philippines.
SICILY DISASTER
NAPLES. Oct. 26. The of-
flcial report of recovered dead
In the devastated districts of
Naples by tidal waves Is aa
follows:
Ce'er, S.
Mount Corvenlno. 2.
Torre del Grecl, 15.
Mlnorl, 4.
l acTiarrapa Makorl, In.
Tasa Mllola. 12.
the province, wr"-
Imatrlv 200.
APPLEGATE YALLEY
RAILROAD EXTENSION
That the Applegate valley is to
get railroad transportation seems
now an assured fact. W. H. Barnum,
of the Rogue River valley railroad,
which runs from Jacksonville to
Medford, has ordered work to com
mence at once on an extension of his
road, which will run up Jackson
creek and over the divide and as far
as Provolt. That much is definitely
settled, but as to how much farther
and at what time the road will be
extended beyond that point has not
yet ben decided.
Friday Mr. Barnum spent comolet-
Ing arrangements for the right of
way. He visited the people living
in the valley in anautomoblle. Most
of this work had been done previous
ly and his task Friday was the com
pleting of the deals.
President Barnum several days
ago announced that he would ex
tend the road to th? Onp mine, about
a mile up Jackson creek. The ex
tension to Provolt will be a continu
ation of this. A new survey has dis
closed an easier grade over the di
vide by way of Jackson creek than
the other surveys, which come dowp
Forest creek Into the Applegate.
This is thought to be a manifesta
tion of the Hill interests, for the
Rogue River Valley railroad has
been under bond to John R. Allen,
who acted for the Hill Interests in
the purchase and extension of the
Pacific & Eastern.
GOLD NOTE MINE
SHOWS GOOD YIELD
E. R. Crouch, one of the owners
of the Gold Note mine on Grave
creek, has been In town for the past
few days and reports that the mine
Is making great progress.
Work was commenced on Install
ing a cyanide plant the first of last
May. The plant has been In opera
tion about two months and has a
capacity of five tons a day.
The mine Is yielding between
three and four hundred dollars a
month. The ore Is free milling and
will run about $78 a ton. The prop
erty consists of two claims and 220
acres patented and a mill site.
H. B. Hendricks, of this place,
Is associated with Mr. Crouch In
this property. The company has a
saw mill on the property for the
purpose of sawing mine timbers and
other uses connected with the opera
tion of the mine. This spring the
plant will be enlarged and crush
ing machinery will he Installed.
RICH POCKET FOUND
NEAR GOLD HILL
CENTR L POINT, Oct. 27. Joe
Perry, a prospector employed on a
property belonging to Colonel F. II.
Ray, last week took out a pocket on
Gold Hill containing $S00. Mining
men around Gold Hill feel that the
finding of this pocket Is a Justifica
tion of their assertions that the
mountains around that vicinity are
rich In the precious metal.
RIG TEAMS CLASH
THIS COMING SATURDAY
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. Havard,
widely heralded as the 1910 cham
pions of the eastern gridiron, will
meet the army Saturday at West
Point, and crlths agree that the
jgame will be well worth seeing.
jOther games scheduled for Saturday
are:
Princeton versus Dartmouth.
Yale versus Colgate.
Pennsylvania versus Carlisle.
The promised Improvement In
Yale's strength has not materialized;
sickness and lack of good material
working havoc with the team. It Is
predicted freely that Yale will lose
to rrluceton and Harvard.
KICK OS DIRTY STREETS
MEDFORD. Oct. 27. A lively
meeting of rrotst n"eurrnd Tuesday
afternoon In the offlre of Murphy
snd Tar.ner. and the protest had to
do with th condition of Medford's
down-town street. About twenty
five or thirty cltlvns Kathered to take
',P' a-tlon loofcln to nor cleanly
l, .-T!tirv 'nt r-f affair retard
'in: the rirfsvp cf the nhaltum.
AUDREY RUSSELL
WINS BIG PRIZE
MRS. O'KELLY AXD MISS GEORGE
WIN riAXOS,
CONTEST HAS CLOSE FINISH
Leader Has Over Two ami One-half
Million Votes, while the Second
Has Over a Million
Miss Audrey Russell won the cap
ital prize in The Courier's contest in
a walk, leading her nearest competi
tor by more than a million and a
half votes.
Saturday forenoon was a time of
excitement around the polling; box
as the candidates came in and de
posited their votes, while others
wondered how many votes the envel
opes contained.
When the polls closed at noon
sharp, there was a crowd In front of
The Courier office that fairly blocked
the walks.
When the ballot box was opened
by the judges, the following votes
were found in it:
Miss Russell 459,300
Mrs. O'Kelly 131,800
Miss DeArmond 121,300
Miss Siirgent 22,000
Miss George 18,850
Miss Caldwell 14,500
Mrs. Horning 12,900
Following Is standing of the other
contestants: Miss Blrdsall, 148,300;
Miss Caldwell, 296,100; Miss Dar-
nellle, 27,400; Miss Guild, 16,200;
Miss Stevens, 11,000; Miss Whipple,
o200; Miss Sargent, 34,400.
FELLOW TOWNSMAN TELLS WHAT
HE KNOWS ABOUT DOCTOR WASSON
(This space Is purchased by the
"Oregon Dry" committee for Jose
phine county.)
MR. WARSOX AT HOME
Concerning Rev. Wasson, Judge
George F. Stackpole, of Rlverhead,
N. Y., writes the following letter to
his friends, Dr. F. W. Commlngs, of
Eugene:
George F. Stackpole
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Savings Bank Building
Rlverhead, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1910.
Dr. F. W. Commlngs,
Eugene, Ore.
Dear Sir: Your letter of InQulry
concerning Ret. Wm. A. Wasson,
formerly of this place, Is received.
Wasson was the rector of a small
Episcopal church In this place for
some alx years. He gave up preach
ing early In the present year and re
moved to Mattltuek. His congrega
tion dwindled down to about half a
dozen. As a preacher he Is a failure.
As a rum man and rum drinker he
is a success. While not a drunkard
he hoaBts that he Is a moderate
drinker and keeps Intoxicating li
quors In his house to drink. As a
speaker, In my opinion, In speaking
of the temperance question, he has
no regard for truth and will tell as
truth any He that he ran hear uttered
In a rumshop. He had very little In
fluence here for either good or evil.
Many of the rum sellers were
ashamed of Mm for the course he
took. He published many articles
here snd made many addresses.
Nearly everything that he said
was shown to be false and yet he
kept on repoutlng the same old lies.
I enclose you some literature that
was published In reply to some of
his statements. One of the best
things wss a sermon preached by our
minister here and also preached in
nearly twnty places In the county
prior to the last election.
Personally. I have alwsyt been
friendly fh Wasson, but I am not
DR. CRIPPEN GUILTY
AND HE MUST HANG
LONDON, Oct. 22. Standing in
Old Bailey court at a bar wnere
scores of murderers and other crim
inals have heard their doom, Dr.
Hawley H. Crlppen, convicted of
wife murder, this afternoon learned
that he would be hanged on either
November 14 or November 15.
"And I advise you to entertain no
hope of escaping the gallows," ad
vised Lord Chief Justice Alverstone
In pronouncing sentence. "I Implore
you to make your peace with God."
Crlppen arose briskly to learn his
fate. He seemed fairly composed
while the court announced the ver
dict of the Jury, but as the sentence
of death was pronounced he became
perceptibly paler and seemed In a
trance. As Lord Alverstone con
cluded, Crlppen Bald:
"I still protest my Innocence."
The prisoner then relapsed Into a
stupor and remained In that condi
tion untill long after he was taken to
his cell.
TACOMA GETS RECOUNT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Director
Durand said: "Although the ways
and means have not been determined,
It has been decided to give Tacoma
a re-enumeration."
RRYAX TALKS AGAINST
CANDIDATE DAIILMAX
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 27. W. J.
Bryan will speak here Monday night
against Mayor Dahlman of Omaha,
the democrat gubernatorial candi
date. At the outset of the campaign
Bryan offered to speak In favor of
all the democratic nominees with
the exception of Dahlman. The state
committee declined the offer. Bryan
rented the Auditorium this afternoon
for Monday night and It Is believed
he Intends to flay Dahlman.
friendly with the course he takes and
the utter disregard for truth and
common decency that he shows In
his advocacy of rum selling and rum
drinkng.
This letter is not private, and If
you want to use It or show It to Mr.
Wasson, or anyone else, you are at
perfect liberty to do so. Your truly,
GEO. F. STACKPOLE.
HOME RI LE IN JACKSON COINTY
Tho grand Jury of Jackson county
made report to Judgo Calkins as fol
lows: "We find that a largo per cent of
complaints of violations of the law
coming before the grnnd Jury for In
vestigation arise from the saloons of
our cities and the environments of
the saloons. We wish, as a grand
Jury, to extend our moral support to
tho officers of our cities who are try
ing to enforce tho laws and ordin
ances In their Jurisdictions, for It
seems deplorable that such largo ex
pense of law enforcement should be
come a county burden when the vio
lations arise under the enjoyment
by the cities of special privileges.
"Having completed our labors, we
respectfully ask to be relieved from
further duty,
"J. W. LAWTON, Foreman.
"JOHN BARNEBURG,
"W. 8. 8TANCLIFF,
"L. B. BROWN,
"L. F. I)ZIER.
"H. A. HAWKINS,
8. K. ADAM3."
Just exactly what the grand Jury
found to be true, so the taxpayers of
Jackson county are discovering also.
The city of special privileges Med
ford Is piling up expenses upon a
county that voted dry by a large ma
jority In HO. Jackson county citi
zens are asking for a way fo rid
themsnlvs of this burden. Th"y
hsvo It In Nm, 342 and 844 on the
sVnt this vsr. That Is our tiro
MMtlnn re"drien and our prohibi
tory law. Vote "Yes" on both.
CHICAGO
COMPANY
CLAIMS
DENIED
NEW (X)RPORATIOX SENDS
CHUT LA K
OCT
NONPERFORMANCE SHOWN
Golden Drift Mining Company Fulled
to Furnish Water and Con
tract Is Yoid Thereby
Following are the resolutions
adopted by directors of the Jose
phine County Irrigation and Power
company at a recent meeting. The
resolutions were adopted because of
the claim made by the Chicago-
Rogue River company that It possess
ed the water rights owned by the loc
al company.
Whereas It as come to the notice
of the directors of this company that
the Chlcago-Roguo River company,
an Illinois corporation, Is Issuing to
the public printed matter wherein
they are elven to nnifaratnmi in f
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Irrigation purposes heretofore In thelan(1 ,8 rnn6lnS handa la th8 P"
aaa . ..... I rt r Vl A vn III a A lit 4 1 1 f . htnn
year au enrorea into between this
company and the Golden Drift Min
Ing company, is In full force and ef
fect, and Intimating or conveying the
conclusion that the said aontrcct
may m some manner Inure to tho
benefit of the said Chicago-Rogue
River company
River company,
And whereas, In truth and In fact,
the said contract was totalled forfeit
ed by the said Golden Drift Mining
company by failure to supply water
unto this company or to the water
users during the Irrigation season of
the year 1910, notwithstanding the
demand made therefor by thU com
pany nnd the tender of the prleo re
quired under said contract to bo
paid;
Now, therefore, be It resolved that
It Is not tho understanding of this
company that said contract Is In force
or effect or obligatory upon this
company nor any of Its water users,
but that In fact tho same has lapsed
and become forfeited for non-performance
on tho pnrt of the Golden
Drift Mining compnny, and that the
public should not be given to under
stand or believe thnt this compnny
recognizes the continuance of said
contract or expects to to attempt to
further perform thereunder said per
formance having been rendered Im
possible on the part of this company
by reason of tho default of tho said
Golden Drift Mining company.
And whereas It has been called to
the attention of this company that
the printed matter and prospectus of
tho said The Chicago-Rogue River
company represents and holds out to
tho public In substance that tho said
Golden Drift Mining compnny has
and owns water rights for Irrigation
purposes In the waters of Rogue
river excluding competition or tho
rights of other proposed Irrigation
companies to appropriate tho waters
of Rogue river for Irrigation pur
poses, thereby giving the public to
understand that the said Golden
Drift mining company owns and
holds exclusive rights for such pur
poses to all the now available waters
of Rogue river;
Now, therefore, be It furth op rn.
solved that it Is the undemtnndtnw f
this company that It did on or about
T.nii... 1 1 A A A i . .
..nuuaij i.ivj, me ana locate o
the wafers of Rogue river for ifrlea
tlon purposes, GO, 000 miners Inches
thereof and that at tho time thereof
and for a long time thereafter, tho
charter of the Golden Drift Mining
company did not provide for or au
thorize It to engage In tho business
of Irrigation or to appropriate water
therefor or for any purpose other
than mining and matters Incident
thereto.
And be It further resolved that It
Is the understanding of this company
that the water thereafter during the
Irrigation season nf 1909 pumped and
delivered In the ditches of this com
pany for Irrigation purposes was the
wafer located and appropriated by
this company for such purposes, and
that the sums paid unto tho said
Golden Drift Mining company were
paid In consideration of the pumping
and delivery of the same.
And whereas this company did
heretofore on or about June 18.
1910, enter Intd a contract with the
Rogue River Irrigation and Power
company for the transfer unto the
said Rogue River Irrigation and
Power company, of all Its ditches.
water rights, franchises and other
property, as well as Its water users
contracts, and pursuant thereto the
said Rogue River Irrigation and
Power company has made and enter
ed Into Irrigation contracts with
numerous land owners along the
Rogue River valley for the furnish
Ing of water for Irrigation purposes;
Now, therefore, be It resolved that
so far as this company has any de
fined policy at this time, It Is Its
policy and Intention to fully per
form on Its tart the said contract and
not to encourage nor abet any other
irrigation projects which tend to de
lay or defeat performance on the
part of the Rogue River Irrigation
and Power company of Its said con
tract or Its undertaklngc.
Josephine County Irrigation and
Power Co. . ,
H. L. Gllkey, President.
, J. O. RIQG9, Secretary.
CANADIAN LIKES
THE ROGUE VALLEY
i
Showlnir the rnnMltv with whlnti
judi muo
of the A. llanscomb ranch on Deer
creek to Mr. Warren, formerly of
Canada. The sale was made through
the agency of the Rlgg-Lucns Land
company.
The p,ace hlu 200 RrrC8 of Bome
' tn0 "nest land In the valley, The
consideration ' for the transfer was
$8800.
About two months ago the same
firm sold the land to L. F. Rankin,
a California man, for $7000. This
shows a very nice profit for Mr.
Rankin and at the same time Mr.
Warren Is highly satisfied. He la
enthusiastic over tho Grants Pass
country and says that In a few years
the world will bo flocking here to
make homes,
JAPANESE MURDERER
, ARRESTED AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Oct. 27. A Japan
ese who gave the name of Kondo,
but whom the police suspect of be
ing Alklcht Marakaml, wanted for
murder at Sncramento, Is being held
by the police here today. The man
was arrested at Llnr.ton by police
detectives, who acted on Information
forwarded by the Japanese associa
tion of Sacramento. The man denies
thnt he Is Marakaml.
The crime for which Marakaml Is
wanted was committed at Walnut
Grove, Rncramento county, In Nov
ember, 1908, when It Is said Mara
kaml shot and killed Yoso Kamacht
and seriously Injured Itos Bowo.
ATI EMITS LONG FLIGHT
PARIS. Oct. 26. In an attempt
to duplicate the ParMo-London
fllnht of John Molssan, Aviator Mor
rison left the Issy parade grounds
In his aeroplane today.
DR. CRIPE.VN ATTORNEYS
DEMAND NEW TRIAL
LONDON, Oct. 27. Attorneys for
the court of appeal a petition for re
hearing of their client's case. The
petition declares that th
failed to nrove that Mrs rh.tln v.t.
more-Crlnnen is rimri nmf aiu,. fnii.
" establish the Identity of tho
f body found In the cellar of the Crlp
pen home In north London.
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CITY REGISTRATION
Only 106 voters have re
gistered for the city election,
which occurs on November
14. THE REGISTRATION
BOOKS CLOSE O'CI-OCK
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
1. THAT IS LEH3 THAN A
WEEK AWAY. The regis
tration books are at H. P.
Tracer's store. An Import
ant election will be that of
this fall and everyone sbould
renlster.
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