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r: VOL. XXVI. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FRIDAV, DECEMBER 0, 1P10. No. 30 i MANY PEOPLE COMING WEST THIRTY THOUSAND PIECES OF LITERATURE DISTRIBUTED. LEARN OF ROGUE YALLEY Homcseekers From All Parts of the Land Have Seen Exhibits From This Valley. By E. C. Bolton. CHICAGO, Dec. 6. (Special to The Courier.) Twenty-five thous and people have been placed In touch with conditions In Grants Pass and . surrounding country; thirty thousand pieces of literature telling about Grants Pass have been distributed among people who are considering the matter of moving to the valley; twelve hundred people have signified their Intentions of coming out to Grants Pass and looking the country over next summer and spring this Is the result, In brief, of the showing made by Grants Pass at the land show here. The show closed last evening, af ter it3 most successful exhibition. It was a success In every way, and as far as Grants Pass Is concerned, it has done untold good. More people than can be estimated have had their attention turned Oregonward. And .that means the Rogue river valley In most instances. Twenty-five thousand people were told about what we have in the Rogue river valley in personal inter views. The Interest In the valley was evident on every hand and next year Grants Pass must make plans to make even a greater showing, for it Is the advertising that reaches the man who is seeking a new location. The attendance at the show was over 400,000 and the great majority of them were earnest seekers after in formation that would be of help In selecting a new home. Sixty per cent of the exhibitors have already made applications for space for next year's show. Exhib itors have petitioned the mananemcnt asking that the show run next sea son for three instead of two weeks. They are all looking to the Rogue river valley. From all over the land come inquiries as to opportunities for men who have made good, but who want a broader field. . That is an important point. The Rogue river valley has ceased to be bothered by the merely dissatisfied. It Is the m .1 with brain, industry and money who are looking this wav. They have heard about the enviable climate, the wonderful op - portunitles In fruit growing, mining and In business pursuits. The following icuer is niei?ij vh of many that are being received In Grants Pass. U Is from a man who has had I11 yoars of successful ex perience as builder, and contractor In the east. Here Is the letter: Toledo, O.. Nov. 2. 1910. To the Mayor of Grants Pass. Orecon. Honorable Sir: I take the liberty of trespassing upon your time :or in ; ' , . eonera! cond!- Z in vour home cltv as well a, in tlons In jour home c, . surrounding counu. Mr son has determined to tore . ,f,a tn next February, xrlfh the Object Of becoming a mm fannlel farmer He U 19 rears old. onir moralk and rhvslrally. Leaving high school he ,rnt tV .iimm-r on the lakes; was promo;-. Mmo. in n mnnr months. H" gives evidence of having the ?t t::?f to make good on. I also desire to go Am a builder. Architect of all mr houses built and sold In T: hare 32 now under wav SH r-t- r comp'eted. Want a seen, rllmst. to a a voung. rtieged man c 4 ro il mn'te pood. '. Anrt from rev l'r.r"'d,, r"'""' ... .. -i.i, -n-.ir.v. tint wrn rn iinw.i WOMAN'S DEAD BODY IS A MYSTERY AT MEDFORD MEDFORD, Dec. 7. (Special to the Courier.) Medford is experienc ing a mystery. This morning a woman was found near the tracks about a mile west of town In a pool of blood. Nothing is known of the woman, except that she has been on the streets for the past ten days. Last evening she became Intoxicated and it is believed she wandered away. Whether or not she was murdered, committed suicide or was accidental ly killed Is a mystery. It has been determined that she was not struck by the train. The chief of police will not permit the removal of the body. DUTH OFF LUMBER WASHINGTON', Dec. 8. A bill for the repeal of the present tariff on lumber and the placing on the free list of sawed lumber was Intro duced In the house today by Con gressman Smith, of Texas. Congressman Clark, of' Florida, In troduced a bill providing for the free listing of "every article used by hu man beings as food." A bill for the repeal of the law for bidding withdrawals from entry of forest lands In Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado and Idaho was introduced by Congressman Herbert Parsons, of New York. The Parson'3 bill directs the president to furnish congress with Information as to what lands are available 'for forest re serves. MRS. CARRIE KERSCII FACES SECOND TRIAL PORTLAND, Dee. S. Appearing pale and worn after her long con finement In jail, Mrs. Carrie Kersch was led into Judge Morrow's court today to be tried for the second time on the charge of murder. She is accused of having aid Jesse P. Webb, who killed James Johnson in the Grand Central hotel June'20. Webb is under sentence of death. A large number of witnesses and spectators crowded the court room when the examination of talesmen was taken up. An effort will be made to secure the grand jury this week. A special session will be held tonight. The jury stood S to 4 for conviction at Mrs. Kersch's previous trial. NEW SCHOOLS NEEDED FOR COUNTY'S GROWTH So great has been the growth and development and settlement of the country outside of the city that more shools are being needed all the time. This is exemplified at the present ses sion of the county court, which Is considering the formation of two new districts. One of the new districts which Is : . . . . rosi(1(,ntj, of a lp , I)0,.tion of the districts Hugo and rieasant Valley, numbers 22 and 35, will emnrace a ponion oi oui m these districts. This Includes the Three Pines settlement. The other district will be carved out of the west side of the Lee dis- trlct. number 19. and the south side ., . , . u , - of the Hussev dlstr H. number 1 . . , ., .i . . , , The format on of both the districts , , . ii.. .n t th i,i Is being opposed by all of the old dls - tricts concerned. The county court and County Superintendent of Schools Lincoln Savage, constituting the boundary board by law. are cons.d- - - - another construction company In ioipoo. .immu,. . n...M - .,. ! for myself, I would prefer to handle, 'some other property In construction ; work as .archly, .and : on a sa.ar,. n. .... ... motion. Slne I began to work under my father In Tindon, Ensland. '3fi vesrs aco. I am'a practical me- chanlc In nil branches of bnlldln Thinking yon In advance fnr nnv ; Inforrrathr, yon may be able to U. ;rre nenlly or by any other ne-nrr. I am M? Gardner hul'dtne. V n. V Pffstr ber will tak to rr.M -summer of 1!I11 to rW en. r'n pie In rnrniH'-Mon with re- J. L. MYERS IS ELECTED MAYOR ONLY FOUR HUNDRED NINETY- SET:N VOTES CAST. CAMPAIGN A QUIET AFFAIR Dr. Strieker, J. P. Wolfersberger, S. W. Phillips, C. C. Danielr, II. L. Hcrzinger Elected. 4 , NEW ADMINISTRATION Mayor J. L. Myers. Treasurer James Holman. Council First Ward: J. L. Calvert, Dr. F. D. Strieker; Second, Ward: John Sauer, C. C. Daniel; Fourth Ward: William Huggins, H. R. Her zlnger. It Is Mayor Myers now, or will be after the first of the year. A total of 497 votes a little more than half of the vote of the city was cast. Of these J. L. Myers received 461 and James Holman, for city treasurer, received 638. The vote on aldermen was close In some precincts and in some present ed surprises. Following Is the result on councllmen: First Ward Dr. F. D. Strieker. 5S;' J. M. Tetherow, 52. Second Ward (Long term) J F. olfersberger, 89; J. A. Slover, 53; short term: S. W. Phillips, 93; Dr. W. W. Walker, 4S. Third Ward C. C. Daniels, 53; V. S. Grout, 23. Fourth Ward H. R. Herzlnger, S8; E. II. Allen, 76. The vote on mayor and treasurer by the wards In their order Is as fol lows: First Myers, 106; Holman, 10'; Second Myers, 159; Holman. 125; Third Myers. 76; Holman, 71; Fourth Myers. 150; Holman, 137. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. R. The dis appearance of a strong box contain Ing $13,000 from the offices of the Adams Express company here was re ported to the police today. Mystery surrounds the affair. It Is believed the box was stolen by thieves who had boon following It across the con tinent, waiting for a favorable op portunity to seize It without being seen. The box was delivered at the offices of the express company, was carefully placed In the office and a few minutes later was gone. How It disappeared Is n mystery ns no one was seen near It. WASHINGTOa. De-. S. After n brief session today the senate at 1 o clock adjourned and will not meet again until Monday. gAX nux P , ... ' "" rranclsco, will leave short y for New I . i i Orleans to become the representative l f ' , "li,ul 'of the Bt''s,an government there. j PHILADELPHIA. Dec. S The - '"' PIeai . fhltll4 CtftiA.. I...4 .4 - . a T?, , thr" Iron company an llcgal combination. 1000 INQUIRIES ARE RECEIVED The Commercial club has received upward of one thousand letters of Inquiry from visitors aUthe CIiIchko land show, all ot these persons ask eagerly for literatim; and Information regarding fruit and farm lands. The entire expense of securing the apples and paying th ex pensesof sending a representative from Grants I'nss In be present at the f xhlblt wa met by a few business men of Grants Puss, to wlwwn pit'di credit Is due. They Hre: Klgus-Luiiis Land company, K. T. Uolti.n, Itest-Fuller Realty company, E. T. Mi Klnstry, Oliver McHnlnger, II. ('. Kinney, Cmmer Druthers, 'Jewell Hardware com pany, Grants Pacs Hanking and Trust company, First National bunk, Josephine County linnk. Southern Oregon Supply company, Vlnynrd fi Morgan, Rogue Itlver HanWare compnn.i, ',eore s. Calhoun, Klmer S. Shank. A. N. Parsons, Ham II. Ilaker, P. V. Proctor, It. L. (') & Company. P iii'b Hrothers, Joseph Miihs, J. V, Klein, C. P. IIIhop company, II C. Ilobrlen, M, L. Opdvcko, Gibson Grocery company, II. L. Il'r.lng"r, M. K. Moore, C. F. Dixon, Marcus Robblns, M. C. I'ltdlev. Mn"lilium Company, Grunts I'asi Hardware com pany, K. L. Churchill. CARELESS POWDER MEN ENDANGER GRANTS PASS That the conditions surrounding the handling of powder are worse in Grants Pass than in almost any other city on the coast and that enough powder to blow the city to kingdom come Is handled with all the aban don and carelessness of the prover bial small boy with the fire cracker, Is the statement of W. A. Byford, government powder and explosive In spector, who has been In Grants Pass within the past few days. Conditions in your town are de. plorable, appalling even, and invite a disaster. Your hardware merchants carry stocks of from 100 to 300 pounds on hand, besides large stocks of caps. There is enough powder and caps lying around loose and unguard ed in flimsy warehouses, right in the middle of your business blocks, to wreck the whole city. "I found 1000 pounds of powder on the platform of the freight depot. The doors to the depot were locked; everybody was gone to lunch. There was absolutely no protection for the powder nt all. This Is criminal neg ligence." Mr. Byford said that he had been Informed that persons living in or near some of the smaller towns, like Merlin, Woodvllle, Gold Hill, come here for their powder supply In lots to get their supply of powder In lots of 25 to 50 pounds. They wrap it up In brown paper or a gunny sack and get on the train with the other pass engers with enough explosive to wreck the whole train. This la clear ly against the law, according t6 the Inspector. He says ho would be glad to get the names of people who make a practise of doing this. He has JuBt completed the Job of sending two men to jail in the northern part of the state for this offense and Bays that there Is still room for more. While here Mr. Byford Interviewed the denJers In powder and urged the necessity of taking greater preeau tlon In the handling of powder. One accident alone would make them liable to damages far in excess of all the profit there is in the business for a decade. He said that It was a mat ter of surprise to him that the city council did not pass an ordinance forbidding the keeping of powder within the city limits. An ordinance should be passed, he said, requiring the storage of powder and caps in suitable buildings outside of the city limits for the protection both of the dealer and the city. SPENCER RANCH SOLD, WILL BE DEVELOPED Showing that not only are eastern people coming to this part of the Rogue river valley, but nlso iliat people from other parts of Oregon are realizing that this Is the place where the greatest opportunities are offered, i.s the sale Just made of the Spencer ranch near the confluence of tin- Applegute and Wllliumg creek, to Robert Casey, formerly of Ash land and Klamath Falls. This Is one of the bent of (he fam ous farms In that rich section and eoiihlsts of 141 acres. For the pres ent Mr. Casey will engage In dairy ing. However, be has other plans when rullroad building In that sec tion becomes a fact Instead of talk. The land Is adapted to pear grow ing and Mr. Casey will develop one of the largest pear orchards in that part of the country. The sale wan rnnde through A. N. Parsons. TIMBER WEALTH 20,000,000,000 FT, SUPERVISOR FROMME REPORTS TO DISTRICT FORESTER WATER POWER AVAILABLE 120,000,000 Feet Caii Re Cut Annu ally if Market if Found for Product. There are 12,000,000,000 feet of merchantable timber in the Siskiyou forest, which has its headquarters at Grants Puss. Outside of the forest and tributary to Grants Pass are that seventy-five per cent of the 8,000,000,000 feet more of mer chantable timber. These figures are derived from the report of Forest Supervisor R. L. Fromme of the Siskiyou national forest, as far as the timber In the forest Is concerned, and from W. B. Sherman for the territory outside of the forest. W. B. Sherman knows more trees by their first names than any man In southern Oregon and the figures can be relied upon. This vast natural resource is hard ly ever mentioned. The booster Is so busy telling about the prize-winning apples and pears grown on the fertile orchards of the valley that he forgets this great source of wealth enough to support a city ten times the size of Grants Pass. A closer examination of the re port of Mr. Fromme reveals the fact merchantable timber on the Siski you forest consists of Douglas fir, known the world over as "Oregon fir"; sugar pine constitutes ten per cent of the timber; yellow pine, five; cypress and redwood, five, hemlock and hardwoods, five per cent. The report is a very complete one and describes the forest in detail. The Siskiyou forest embraces 1,302, 393 acres, of which 600,000 acres are covered with merchantable tim ber and 300,000 acres are classed as woodland, The water power resources of the forest are discussed and It is estim ated that there Is a total of 300,000 horse power that can be developed In the forest olone. The forest officer estimates that R0.000.0n0 feet of timber can be cut from this forest annually without depreciating growth stock. He ad vocates th. cutting of 120,000,000 feet annually for a term of years until the over-mature supply Is cut off. This wholesale cutting must be accompanied by n policy of refor estation of denuded and burned areas. There are approximately 100 ac ttiul settlers within the forest, count ing the adults of the families. If the full cutting possibilities of the national forests were utilized Grants Pass would become one of the heaviest lumber manufacturing centers In the country. At present large bodies of this timber are In accessible,' but with the railroad de velopment that Is at hand this con dition will soon be a thing of the pant. The mineral resources of Hin for est qe discussed us are a number of matters of merely administrative In terext. SALKM. !'''. S. rteiviesf come to the secretary of stute's office nt Salem from far and wide over the I'nlted State for Information regard Ing the worklnn of the Initiative and referendum, the recall and other measures. The Hect Ion pamphlets Issued by the state are In great demand. The latest request lame today for Attor ticy George Frederick Williams, of lloston, a frb-nd of c.ovi rror Fo of i M.'ishh' huseitH. Williams stated that Governor Fohs would use the Oregon laws and pamphlets ns a basis for 'making recommendations to the Massachusetts lexlslatiue. ! cn NST A NT I NO P LK , D-c .- i persistant rumor that Abdul Hamld 'deposed "lMn, U d'-ad has gained 'currency here. CONTRACTS LET FOR EQUIPPING HIGH SCHOOL Contracts were let last evening at the meeting of the board of educa tion for the furnishing of the new high Bchool building, The total of the contracts let amounts to nearly $1100. - In awarding the contracts the board did not attempt to get the cheapest supplies in the market, deeming this a penny-wlae, pound foolish plan. The best of equipment and furniture was secured, because in the end, the board believes, it will pay. Another reason for this policy Is that the board believes In securing furnishings and fittings in keeping with the building itself, one of the best In the state. The Peabody School Furniture company was awarded the contract for supplying 160 number one desks, fifty number two, nine teachers' desks and one superintendent's desk. The Northwest School Furniture company secured the contract for supplying 100 solid oak extension arm lecture chairs. The amount of the first contract was about $300 and the second $300. FIVE THOUSAND STRIKERS STARVING IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Dec. 8. With Indlca Hons that the garment workers strike will continue all winter, the situation of the strikers and families Is dally becoming more desperate. v Five thousand families are reported i ns near actual starvation. Unionists assert that 25,000 or the 40,000 strikers are receiving their only , food from the commissary stores es- ; tabllshed by labor organizations. The ! Women's Trades Union league today j Issued an appeal for funds. A move- ' ment has been Inaugurated to assess every union man In Chicago 25 cents ; ontrlbutod by every union organ- a week In addition to the amounts Izatlon. ' The only hope of averting dire suffering among the strikers seems to lie in the possibility that the offer ' of peace by Hart, Schaffner & Marx , will Include the "closed shop." If , It does not, It Is predicted that the i strikers will reject the offer. CONTENDING FACTIONS GOING AFTER NEW ROAD It was a merry road scrap that en gaged the attention of the county ourt yesterday. Sometime ago a petition was presented to the county court to make the Henry Booth ferry road a public road. At this tlrtie It Is a private road and there are two gates which have to be opened and closed by travelers on the Booth ranch. The county road viewers were sent to look the matter over and In their report they assessed the damage that would accrue to Mr. Booth by open ing the road to the public at $."0. Mr. Booth, through his attorney, C. H. Clements, filed a remonstrance against the assessment of damages by the viewers and demanded dam ages to the tune of $4000. Yesterday the petitioners for the road, with their attorney, George W. Colvlg, appeared before the county court and evidence was Introduced by both sides to show the damage that would be done. This morning the county court al lowed the road nnd sustained the viewers' estimate of damages, but cut the road to forty feet, TIMLH WITNESSES LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. Four witnesses appeared beforo the spe cial grand Jury Investigating the Times disaster on October I, when It reconvened today after a recess of several days. I'OINDF.XTF.R NAMLS MOORE WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Con gressman Miles Polndexter of Wash ington today asked President Taft to appoint Judge O. C. Moore, of Spokane, as Judge of the eastern dis trict of Washington.
