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VOL. xxvi.
POOR ROADS DELAY
MINING ACTIVITY
BLOW-IX OP SMELTER POST
POXED BY COXDITIOX
THE BRIDGE UNDER WATER
New Road Is Being Built to Connect
Great Mine with Railroad
at Leland
It now appears that the Alraeda
people were very fortunate iii not
blowing In their big smelter. Every
thing was in readiness for this event
Just before the heavy rains set in
three weeks ago. They were al
ready and had actually started the
fire, but things did not look propi
tious, and inasmuch as there was
only coke enough on hand to last
twenty days and the roads were In
such condition to make it impos
sible to haul any more, it was de
cided to extinguish the fire and wait
the clearing of the weather. It
rained and It rained, the river com
menced to fill its hanks and the
water ran over the bridge. The
roads got worse and things general
f ly were out of fix. It proved to be
very fortunate that the smelter was
not put In action, for at no time
since the rain started has there been
any possibility for coke hauling. The
company will now wait until the
heavy storms of winter have passed
and the roads get In condition to
haul coke. Early in the spring it Is
expected the auto-truck road from
Leland to Almeda will be completed,
when there will be no longer diffi
culty in hauling in coke or other
freight. The time will be reduced
from two days to only a few hours
between the two points.
Almeda Bays Big Property
One of the largest deals that has
been effected was the sale of the
Allen property adjoining the Al
meda Consolidated Mines company
on the west and the Rand property
on the east, consisting of 142 acres
of rich mineral land. The purchase
was made by the Almeda company
from the Standard Metals company,
of Portland. This Is the old Allen
company and Is known to experts to
he a very rlrh property. It Is pos
- slhly of much greater value to the
Almeda peonle that to anyone else
as It lies between their two main
propertlrs, the big mine and the
Rand. This Is on Important deal
and 'means much to the Galice min
ing district. The main mineral lead
on this property extends from the
Almeda lead directly across the
Allen property.
Too busy producing and develop
ing to do murh talking or to lot the
world know of Its wealth, the Galice
mining district Is rapidly preparlns
to become one of the most notabl"
mining sections In the United State.
Handicapped by poor transporta
tion facilities and a long distance to
railroads, the district has fought, an
uphill battle. Yet there has be-n
consistent and constant development
and today there are large bodies of
proven ore exposed or blocked, out.
ready for production on a lar"1
scale.
The Oriole mine Is another prop
erty on which large sums have been
expended In development work. Re
cently (cveral cars of ore have been
shipped to the Taroma smelter and
' the returns have been highly grati
fying to the owners of the property,
The Old Channel mine Is steadily
producing. This Is one of the best
known properties in the district. A
large force of men Is employed at
the mine at this time.
Another property which ti yield
ing remim ! the Wedge mine. Ex
tensive Improvements have been re
cently effected about this property
and a large force of men Is Upt at
work constantly.
The Black Bear and the Call-'
Consolidated sre working with
' isfactory results to all concerned.
Many other property n ronrs
of development snd the next few
yean will fM mnrh to produc
tion of this district.
-Not only are the quartz mines get
ting results, but the Rogue River
Dredging company Is getting gold
from the sands of Rogue riTer. A
crew of seven men is engaged upon
this work.
All told, there are approximately
200 men employed In mining In this
district alone. While the world
now hears a great deal of Rogue
river valley fruits. In a few venrs
Josephine county will be as famous
ror its rich mines in the Galice and
other mining districts as It is now
ior other products.
FOOT PATH ON BRIDGE
ACROSS ROGUE RIVER
Mayor-elect Myers has taken up
the subject of providing a bridge for
foot passengers in connection with
the steel bridge at the foot of Sixth
street. It will be remembered that
it was mentioned that the mud has
gathered on the wagon bridge to a
depth of several inches, which makes
It almost Impassable for pedestrians.
Mr. Myers saw the necessity of hav
ing something done at once and to
day called on County Judge Jewell
and the two talked the matter over
with a view of putting a passage for
pedestrians on one side of the bridge
and this was finally determined on.
and the judge has already conferred
with the Columbia Bridge company
to get an estimate as to the cost. It
is believed that it can be done for
five or six hundred dollars, and this
is considered cheap enough to war
rant the construction to commence
at once.
RANDOLPH HONE IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Losing all but one treasured, hand
painted china bowl, the home of Mr.
t
and Mrs. Robert Randolph, one mile
north of Hugo, was destroyed by fire
Wednesday afternoon about five
thirty o'clock.
Mr. Randolph was working in the
field a short distance from the house
when he heard the screams of his
wife. Hastening home he found that
there was nothing that he could do,
so rapid had been the havoc wrought
she discovered the fire, was compell
ed to flee for her life, having barely
time to rescue the two children and
a prized china bowl.
Te entire contents of the house,
Including the largest collection col
lection of cui glass and rare china
ware In the county, were lost.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph were mem
bers of the Alaska colony which has
settled near Hugo. Their home was
one of the most cpmfortable of the
many beautiful country homes for
which Josephine county Is becoming
famous The loss, coming as it did
jwhen the orchard Is In process of be
Ing developed into an Income-procuring
property, Is a serious one. In
jdleattve of the courage of the newer
dwellers in this part of Rogueland
Is the fact thnt already plans are be
ing formulated to replace the cozy
home with one even better.
Mrs. Randolph Is a niece of E. T.
MrKlnstry, of this city,
girl beaten
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 Bruised
ind suffering from the heating she
received when she was attacked in
i he yard of her home by an unidenti
fied man, Rosa Arnold, a 16-year-old
daimhter of A. S. Pepper, Is under
" rare of a doctor today. The girl
was found bound and gagged lying
in the yard unconscious.
URGE FIRE PROTECTION
t
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Presi
dent Taft Is urged to secure an In
crease In the forest service appro
priations sufficient to secure pro
tection from fire, In resolutions
adopted today by the Conservation
association, representing Oregon.
Washington. Idaho, Montana and
Montana and California.
PRIVATE KILLED
MANILA, Dec. 22. Private Holt
was killed and a corporal and a priv
ate soldier were wounded In a sharp
skirmish between Manabos and Ra
ulsman tribesmen and the Third In
fantry at Davaroa river today. The
artlon wa spirited and many na
tlTP were killed or wounded.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON,
BIG FIRES IN TWO
EASTERN CITIES
THIRTY FIREMEN MEET DEATH
IX CHICAGO.
AMMONIA TANK EXPLODES
Twenty Members of Philadelphia
Fire Department Lose Their
Lives
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. After ten
hours' fighting the fire that threaten
ed to destroy the Nelson Morris
Packing company's plant and endan
gered the entire Union stock yards,
was brought under control this after
noon. At 1 o'clock ten bodies had
been recovered from the ruins, in
which, it Is believed, more than
thirty firemen lost their lives.
When the firemen resumed dig
ging In the wreckage for the bodies
of their comrades they came upon the
remains of Lieutenant W. S. Strum,
Lieutenant J. J. Fitzgerald and
Truckman Michael Crane at the
edge of the mound of fallen masonry
that marked the spot where the east
wall of the Morris' beef warehouse
had stood. According to Fire Mar
shal Butler, this would Indicate that
every man of the 25 who were work
ing near that portion of the building
perished. Those who were Inside
the warehouse when the ammonia
tank exploded probably were killed
Instantly and their bodies inciner
ated.. The fire In the tallow house of the
Morris' plant, which threatened to
spread to adjoining packing houses,
was controlled shortly before ono
o'clock. The Inflammable sub
stances, however, caused a greater
portion of the department to remain
on duty. When the tallow house fire
was extinguished firemen, policemen
and laborers got to work recovering
the bodies of the dead. It was stated
that It Is probable that an accurate
Hat of the dead will not be obtainable
before night.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Having
claimed the lives of probably 30
firemen, the fire that destroyed the
stock yards' warehouse of Nelson
Morris & Company spread today to
the tallow houso of the plant, and
at noon, It was stated that the entire
plant was in danger of destruction.
A third general alarm brought
every fire company In Chicago to the
scene In an effort to prevent the
conflagration from sweeping the en
tire stock yards district.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Thirty fire
men were killed early today In the
destruction of the warehouse of Nel
son Morris & Company at the stock
yards through an explosion of am
monia caused by fire.
Seven pitifully charred bodies
were dragged from the blazing
ruins at daybreak, but the rescuers
were prevented from further efforts
by a renewal of the fire to recover
other bodies.
Among the dead are believed to
bo several of the commandnlg of
ficers of the fire department, Includ
ing two fire marshals and several
company captains.
Morris refused to estimate the
damago to the plant, except to say
that It probably would exceed half
a million of dollars.
Captain Champalgne, of the Insur
ance patrol at the stock yards, said:
"We first got word of the fire
shortly before four o'clock this
morning. It was not much of a fire
then, but high pressure pipes In the
basement of the plant were cut ofl
to prevent the water freezing In
them.
"It was at least two minutes be
fore water could be turned on the
blaze. The fire had been controlled
to all appearances when a terrific
explosion at the southe end of the
beef cooler tore off the roof of the
building and knocked out about 250
feet of the esst wall. A lot of men
were working under a canopy ex
tending over the loading track. All
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1910
were burled without a chance to
warn them."
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22. Four
teen fireman dead and six missing,
tour policemen known to have been
killed and five missing; twenty-four
injured firemen and police in city
hospitals, with the likelihood that
several will die; half a dozen bodies
in the smoldering. Ice-covered ruins
of the D. Frledlander leather factory,
with exhausted rescuers fighting Ice
and fire to reach them that Is the
summary today of Philadelphia's
Yule-tide tragedy.
The known dead: Firemen Rob
ert Stewart. Charles Hill, William
Hoffman, Fred Galbreth, .Frank
Boltellle, Charles Eldelman.
Policemen Edward O'Reilly,
Samuel McLaughlin, Landly,
Stephen Barger.
To the summary of horror caused
by the holocaust may be added the
privations and sorrows brought to
Uie families of the dead and dying
throughout the city and the suspicion
that the lives of the city's servants
were sacrificed to Incendlarsm of
worst type.
Shortly before daylight the body of
Patrick Carroll, a fireman, was re
covered. Near him the body of Fire
man John Carroll was taken from
the debris. Later Fireman George
Machlnlsky and George Erderman,
crushed to death beneath a fallen sec
tion of flooring, were dragged out.
The fire started at 10 o'clock last
night and burned until nearly day
light. The water In the hydrants
was nearly congealed with the cold
and as soon as the sterama were turn
ed on the blaze the pressure blew out
the nozzles.
FEDERAL COURT MAY
PERMIT ROGUE FISHING
GOLD BEACH, Dec. 19. It Is re
ported that the Hume estate will bo
gin action In the federal court
against the state of Oregon to' have
the vote- on the closing of the Rogue
to commercial fishing annulled. The
federal court should annul this vote
and not allow it to become a law, as
It originated through personal spite
towards the late R. D. Hume. There
would be as much justice to stop the
Medford people from raising fruit for
the commercial market as to close
tne Rogue to commercial fishing.
ORIOLE MINE IS A VERY
BUSY PLACE AT PRESENT
Work at the Oriole mine In the
Galice district Is progressing rapidly.
They have at present 21 men at work
busily engaged In driving tunnel
four, which Is to cut the ledge at 900
feet. Seven hundred feet are al
ready completed and the 200 foet will
bo finished by February 15 at the
latest.
I The Oriole In one of the fluent
equipped mines In the state and Is
well tunnelled and well timbered. It
Is electrically lighted throughout,
(completely piped for air drills and
jthoroughly ventilated. As soon as
the tunnel is completed the manage
ment expects to put In reducing ma
chinery. The returns from the last car of
ore shipped to the Tacoma Smelting
company shows returns of $204.20
per ton. ,
VALUABLE HORSE 18
INJURED BY FALLING
A valuable horse belonging to
CharW Hogue, of Kerby, was so so
rlously Injured by a fall late Friday
evening that It Is feared the animal
will have to be shot. Mr. Ilofne
rode In from Kerby Thursday and
Friday evening he was riding the
horse on Eighth street when the j
mal ran away with him and while
going at a lively rate of speed, slip
ped and fell In such a manner as to
break his back. The rider was only
slightly Injured and Is able to be
about tho street with discomfort.
The horse was taken In a drty to a
barn at the home of the boy's father,
nilly Hogue, of this city.
HUNTS FROM AEROPLANE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22. Hubert
Latham announced today that be
fore night be will "bag" a duck from
his seat In his Antoinette monoplane.
Latham started for the Domtnguet
( aviation field shortly before noon.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
. . BENEFITS ALL
ALL FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
SHOULD JOIN
LAND YALUES INCREASED
K. N. Uywater, Leader of One Con-
testing Side, Glvea Views and
Reasons.
Now that the battle Is on I am
finding out why some people do not
join the Commercial club. They
Bay: "Well, it's only a graft for the
real estate men, who can get the
country advertised at the expense of
the community. They're nothing
but a bunch of hot air venders and
are working for the almighty dol
lar." Mr. Man, what are you working
for? What am I working for!
What would your land, your busi
ness, your city property be worth
today If it hadn't been for the wide
awake real estate man? Who has
advancod the value of your land?
How was It done? What was It
worth five years ago! What is It
worth today! Let these questions
soak down deep and then, answer
them to yourself, your neighbor, and
then to the Grants Pass Commercial
club. '
Who Is benefitted by Mie new
comer! FIrat of all Is the hotol man.
He gets the first money from the
new prospect. Is It worth anything
to Grants Pass! Who next! The
livery man and the automobile man
come next In showing Mr. Prosper
tlve Buyer the country. Who next?
Now Mr. Real estate man gets his
five per cent commission, which, In
a great many Instances Is all eaten
up by the expense he has been put
to in finding a 5, 10 or 20-acre tract
to suit his man. Who next? Your
grocer, your hardware dealer, your
implement dealer, your clothier,
your butcher, your lawyer, your
banker, your church, your contractor,
your laborer, your dentist, your doc
tor, your minister, your baker, your
harness maker, your shoq man, your
druggist, your restaurant man, your
blacksmith, your post office, your
barber, your plumber, your tinner,
your feed store, your furniture deal
er and every other business man In
your town.
But where does Mr. Rancher come
In? He Is left out In the cold. The
new man doesn't help him nny.
Doesn't he? What has Increased tho
price of your land? Oh! Never
thought of that did you? If uo buy
ers came you would still bo asking
that same littlo measley sum for
your ranch that you did ten years
ago and not one to give yon a pleas
ant look at It. But Mr. Real Estate
Man started them coming this way.
8houId he be Interested In the Com
mercial club any moro thnn you?
Can't your sell more produce In
Grants Pass If her population Is In
creased threefold? Won't It bring
more money (n for development If
this country Is advertised and new
peoplo with money and energy come
In?"
Isn't It Worth while to help boont
your land? Is your ranch such a
poor proposition that It Isn't worth
boosting? Won't It grow white
beans? You think It's good, don't
you? Well, now the best way In
the world to make some one else
think It's good In to get Into the
Commercial club and help boot your
place, Don't let the fellowa In town
do It all. You have an Interest In
the country or you wouldn't be here.
Now get In and help us make It a
greater Grants Pass and Josephine
county.
Now, Mr. Businessman who Isn't
a member of the Commercial club,
are yon going to be a blood sucker
on your next door neighbor and al
low him to get busy and spend his
money to bring In new people and
then you try and reap the rewards of
his money and energy? Is that Jus
Ice to your neighbor? If this hits
you, take It. I'm not afraid to ex
press my thoughts.
Now, Mr. Men who are knocking
No. 8S
against the real estate man, how
does it look to you! Have you treat
ed them fair? What we need mors
than to knock them Is to get about
!5 more good, honesthustling real
estate men to help boost Grant
Pass. They are the men who maka
good towns.
Now take these thoughts to bed
Ith you to-night. Sleep over them
and make up your mind that you will
start In the new year right and give
your membership to the Grants Pass
Commercial club.
Yours for 500 members to the
Commercial club In January, and 15,
000 for Grants Pass in 1915.
E.N. BYWATER.
Is he true blue?
Would you believe that we have K
member in the Grants Pass Commer
clal club who is throwing cold water?
Well, we have.
A rancher came In and signed a
membership card, paid the tee and
was glad that he had done something
for Grants Pass.
This man said: "It's all right for
the man in town to belong, but you
are Just throwing your money away.
It won't do you any good."
But the rancher was long headed
enough td see what the Commercial
club had done for his land. The
solicitor offered him his money back.
but he refused to take it. He said
he wanted to be a booster for Grants
Pass and Josephine county. "What's
good for them, Is good for me."
Now this member has been In
Grants Uass for many years. He's
made a barrel of money here. I will
be charitable enough not to mention
his name this time, but don't do It
again, or we'll have to do so.
Yours for 500,
E. N. BYWATER.
SHOPPERS CROWD STORES
FOR XMAS PRESENTS
A Glance at the crowded slnlen of t
the stores In Grants Pass shows that
Christmas shopping Is at its height,
and despite the predictions of soma
"pessimistic philosophers" that the
holiday season Is being observed less,
each year and will soon "die out,"
the beaming faces Been In the
throngs, which crowd every store
from early morn till late at night Is
proof positive that "Santa" will
reign In Grants Pass for many days
to come and that the people of this
city lark nothing of the Christmas
spirit.
It Is n pleasure to the onlooker to
watch tho Jolly. good-natured
crowds who jostle each other and
strive to manage their many small
parcels, whllo their smiles of Joy
bear out the fact that many there
nro who rocclve as much pleasure
In tho solectlng and giving of re
membrances to friends and loved
ones as In the receiving of gifts.
Ono thing noticeable to the mer
chant (and thankful ho Is) Is the
fact that their '.'shop early" cam
paign is bearing fruit, though ther
are always 'a few who put off to the
very last minute because they "real
ly don't know what to get." For
tlieso the problem will be solved by
scanning the pages of last Sunday's
Issue of the The Dally Courier, also
the Weekly Courier, as the leading
merchants were at much pains and
considerable expense to offer suit
able suggestions for gifts suitable for
each and every member of the family
ond thous tho cost Is somewhat high
er than In pnst years, It should cause
uo worry, for If friends are as they
should bo they will aproclate your
gifts not at their commercial value
but as tokens of your good wishes
A visit to the furniture, hardware
and clothing stores reveala the fart
that a large number of people are
purchasing useful and durable gifts,
though they are hardly mUsed from
tho crowds that throng the Jewelry
stores and establishments.
FLIES ACROSS CHANNEL
DOVER, England, Dec. 22. A
flight across the English channel be
tween Dover and Calais In an aero
plane was made today by Cecil
Grace, a Wright aviator. Grace as
cended In an endeavor to beat the
cross channel record for distance re
cently set by Sopwlth, an English
novice, In an English-made machine.
Bopwith flew 173 miles, landing In
Del glum.