VOL. XXVI.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1910
No. 80
JAYES HILL TO
BE TUNNELLED
7CSHIXG SURVEY OP RAILROAD
TO THE ILLINOIS VALLEY
HIE POINT OF DEPARTURE
Residents of Lower Country Jubilant
Over the Prospects of the New
Railroad to the Coast
CRIMINALLY CARELESS
WITH FIREARMS HERE
The Courier hag endeavored to
keep Its readers Informed regarding
the railroad situation, always avoid
ing wild rumors which do not bear
me impress or reliability. There Is
" certainly much railroad talk from
Grant3 Pass all the way down to the
Illinois valley. This, for the most
part, has related to the so-called
Grants Pass & Crescent City line.
The people who are conversant with
what is going on fully believe that
construction on this road will be
commenced within the' next few
months. There is great activity along
the first half of the route, the sur
veyors being active at several points.
At one time there was much talk
about the purchase of the Draper
right of way by the Southern Pacific
and the fact that the survey made by
this company parallels the Draper
line looks as if the Southern Pacific
refuses to pay the sum demanded and
are trying to bring down the price.
The Draper right of way was secured
to sell and Just why it has not found
',; a purchaser before this Is not defln-
iteiy known to the public. The sur-
veyors are making Jblngs lively, even
1 around Grants Pass. At the present
- time there is a camp of eight engin
eers on what is known as the bridge
road, near the old county home, near
; ly two miles west of town. These
surveyors have run numerous lines
and finally settled on a route to
'leave the main line at a point near
the California box factory; thence
i; skirting along the hill west to the
; old race track, where it makes south
west towards the river, passing near
the Dimick school house: then cross
; ing the river near the lower White
Rocks. From that point the road
will run in a southern direction and
as far as possible avoiding steep
What came near being a very seri
ous accident occurred yesterday
when a member of a party of gentle
men who were strolling along the
river across from the foot of Fourth
street had his eyelashes singed by
a spent bullet fired by some mis
creant across the river somewhere
between Fourth and Sixth street.
Had the bullet not been so far spent
as to be visible to the naked eye,
thus giving him time to throw back
his head, the gentleman would have
undoubtedly been struck In the tem
ple with force enough to have killed
him outright. This promiscuous
shooting within the city limits has
been the cause of complaint in the
past and at least one man has been
slruck by stray bullets In the last
few months and unless radical meas
ures are taken to stop the practice
it will be the means of bringing sor
row to more than one home, if not
prison stripes for the offender himself.
MAIL RUSH HEAVY
When under ordinary conditions
the eleven men employed in the
Grants Pass post office handle about
fifty bags of mail per day, including
incoming and outgoing malls, one
can get some idea of what the holl
day season means for the servants
of the United States when letters,
post cards and packages come in by
the thousands and the mail bags In
crease from 50 to 80 per day.
Throughout the week the mails
have been unusually heavy and it Is
estimated that the entire business of
the week will exceed that the the
corresponding week of last year by
35 per cent.
PENDLETON GETS INSANE
ASYLUM; MANY PROTEST
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28. Protests
poured into the capital today from
Baker and Union because of the ac
tion of the state board In selecting
Pendleton as the site of the eastern
Oregon branch Insane asylum. Ac
cording to reports reaching here the
citizens of Baker were particularly
disappointed and they hint at injunc
tion proceedings and intimate that
politics had much to do with the
board's action.
There Is a feeling of smug satis
faction In Umatilla county, however,
as Pendleton succeeded In landing
the asylum site and Dr. J. D. Plam
andon, of Athena, was appointed to
the superintendency of the Institu
tion. Dr. Plamondon will under
take his new work at once, It Is be
lieved, as the work of preparing the
estimates and gathering data as to
the cost of maintaining the asylum
will fall on his shoulders.
The asylum site, consisting of 33
acres, Is located on the west bordar
of Pendleton.
Dr. Plamandon says he thinks the
new building should be ready tn
from eight months to one year. He
is 'unable to estimate at this time
how much additional the legislature
will be asked to appropriate to com
plete the Institution.
ATTEMPTED HOLDUP IN
SOUTHEAST PART CITY
GOODS ROADS IS SUBJECT
OF CITIZEN'S LETTER
.trades. In leaving Grants Pass by
' tha mute snoken of a full mile is
i saved as compared to the Di aper sur-
vey.
The survey ramp which has so long
been located at Love Station will, we
tare informed, be moved in a few
days to Waldo. There has been no
little-difficulty encountered by the
5 engineers near Slate creek, there on the Columbia river In the Colvllle
? being no less than three surveys upidian reservation.
I the stream named and they all con-1 Mr yxWboT engaged In various ac
? nt Hnvpa hill. A tunnel will ' ,iitio when in Grants Pass. He
? ... till I If. ... . r t
IRRIGATION THE GREAT
NEED, SAYS OLD TIMER
t,
F. A. Wllber, an old time resident
of. Grants Pass, had some Interesting
impressions to give to a Courier re
porter who called on him.
Mr. Wllber, who left Grants Pass
five years ago, was surprised at the
growth and improvements especial
ly the paving of the streets.
"I came to Grants Pass," he said,
"when the village was In Us Infancy
and I have seen it grow gradually.
In all that time I failed to see any
artificial boom. It was a steady
growth.
"The residents of this town need
not envy the seemingly booming con
dition of the neighboring towns. Such
inflated prosperity is not lasting."
When asked what he regarded as
Grants Pass' greatest need, he
answered In one word 'Irrigation.
"Irrigation will help produce
wealth, and the wealth producers,
not the speculators, will benefit the
community."
Mr. Wllber left last night with
his family for his home In Marcus,
inn miles north of Spokane. It Is
In the matter of good roads move
ment, while we may not say anything
new, we will try to Jot down a few
reminders as they may appear to us,
It Is a notorious fact that we are
sadly behind other portions of the
country in the matter of road mak
ing. This condition is not so much
due to the lack of interest as the ab
sence of opportunity, financial prlvl
lege, and technical knowledge and
adaptability
In any new country like Josephine
county large outlays carefully ex
pended are imperative before even
a passably good thoroughfare can
be had, and to this must be added
the usual upkeep, which with our
unorganized, crude methods of dis
pensing labor, totals a sum of enor
mous proportions.
Strangely as it may seem, the
supervisor goes about his work as
no other line of work would be con
sidered, accepting Bill Jones and
Smith from squirrel ranches to un
dertake the skilful labor of building
a great highway for which the public
are expected to pay, and do pay an
enormous sum annually, to see the
same wasted year after year, all
through a lack of system which re
quires years of learning and actual
experience to properly administer.
County Superintendent of Rands.
This important office should be
On Sunday evening about 9 o'clock
there was an attempted hold-up at a
house In the red light district which
caused quite a commotion In that
quarter of the town. A man appear
ed wearing a mask, 'a red handker
chief over his face, with a revolver In
his right hand. This gun he aimed
at the man nearest him and demand
ed his money. There was another
visitor at the place at the time who
stood very near the holdup and he
grabbed the fellow's arm and pushed
the gun away. The robber pulled
the trigger, but the hammer failed
to explode the cartridge and bo
somebody's life was possibly saved.
In the scrimmage the . mask came
down from the robber's face and
hung around hla neck. Then It was
that he was recognized s "Pickle"
Davis, who some years, ago resided
tn this city and returned to town a
few days ago. The bystander, who
had interfered and took away the
gun from Davla fired that Individ
ual'a own gun at him as the hold-up
fled through the front gate. Who It
was that Interfered the police either
do not know or do not care to tell,
nor can they give the name of the
woman who runs the house in the
Red Light quarters.
' As soon as the robber was gone
the police were notified and arrived
promptly. After finding out who the
fellow was they started in pursuit.
The sheriff and several other per
sons also Joined the search, but bo
far the hold-up has not been captured.
WERE MANY MARRIAGES
DURING CHRhTMAS WEEK
Cadra-IIars
At the residence of the bride's
parents aear Kerby, at 1:30 p. m,
on Christmas day, by Rev, Cady,
Miss Bertha Hays and Laurence
Cadra, of Crescent City, Cal. The
bride Is a popular young lady of the
Illinois valley and the groom Is a
prominent dairy man of Del Norte
county, Cal. Mr. Clyde Hays and
Miss Delia Hays, brother and sister
of the bride, acted aa bridesmaid and
best man. It was a quiet wedding,
only relatives of the bride and groom
being present. The bride was dress
ed in a white serge princess skirt and
white silk waist, and she looked very
charming. The room was elaborate
ly decorated with evergreens . and
holly. After the ceremony all par
took of a bountiful dinner. Their
many friends wish them a happy and
prosperous wedded life.
WILL PLANT REDWOOD
SEED FOR BIG TREES
Four pounds of seed of the big
tree have been received by Super
visor Fromme from Hot Sprlugs,
This tree has the northern limit of
its range of distribution In central
California and the redwood, which
Is closely related to this . tree, Is
found In Oregon only along the
coast fn southwestern Curry county,
with Its northern limit on the south
slope of the Chetco river.
It is the intention of the supervisor
to bow this seed on a favorable site
In the redwood belt to see It It is
not possible to extend the range of
the big tree so that it can be sue
cessfully grow over a larger area.
The five pounds of seed will be suf
ficient to sow about five acres.
During the past year the forest
service has grown about 50,000 trees
In a small nursery establishment
near Waldo. About 4000 of these
NEBRASKA HAN
VISITS THE PASS
HIGHLY PLEASED WITH GRANTS
PASS AX1) SURROUNDINGS
GIVES US ELOQUENT PRAISE
City Schools, Streets, Cluster Lights,
Uie Rogue River and Green :
Hills Appeal to Visitor '
Harmon-Hanscam
- Miss Delia Harmon and Albert
Hanscam were Joined tn the holy
bond of matrimony at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
O. Harmon, of Dryden, on Sunday,
December 25, 1910. Immediate re
latlves and friends only were present
to witness the pretty ceremony, after
which a sumptuous Christmas Win
ner was served. The bride Is an
admirable young lady with a host of
friends to wish her happiness with
the man of her choice. , The groom
Is a well known young man, respect
ed by all who know him. The young
people will reside at Dryden for the
present.
Melngcr-Lettekei.
Miss Nellie Messlnger and Samuel
Letteken, both of Fruitdale, were
united in marriage at the Arlington
hotel parlors Tuesday, December 27,
1910. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rer. F. M. Canfleld In the
presence of a few relatives and
friends. Both these young people are
well and favorably known tn the to
cality where they reside, the groom
being In the hop raising business,
Many friends wish them happiness
and prosperity tn their wedded life.
are eastern hardwoods, and Include
filled by a competent man who will e bIack wttlnut. red oak "hagbark
be clothed with power to enforce la- hickory and a tree native of China
- .v. i t,a known as the Chinese pltaehe. The
Uijr urutfis HI llic nine aim in wiu
manner ordered. And ho should be , remaining 46,000 consist
- MAM t..tv If la If va nnnn i OmniOn
a Ilia 11 " ninj uui; v to .v -
every road within his district, and
be driven through the hill and its ; ran a m at Murphy. Later hej
Jlenirth will be from half to three- h0ucht the Bannard furniture store,
quarters of a mile. The line 01 me Tt finally left for sponane, wnere
present he as ma a success or tne lunger
business.
the
I tunnel will be under
I wagon road. A talk Wednesday
1 night by phone with R. C. Churchill.
the merchant at Sclma. shows tnnt
the people down that way have con
fidence that the Southern Parlf"
I company Is In earnest and will bull!
the road without unnecessary ceiaj.
He said that It would be a great help
to that country In the way of devel
oping the agricultural and mining In
tr..t. of that section. He thought
the rich valley down there would be
RUSSIAN LIOV A ITER
FRANK G ITCH'S SCALP
NF.W YORK, Dec. 29. George
Hackenschmidt. the "Russian lion."
today picked up the gauntlet thrown
dawn by "Farmer" nurns In behalf
of Frank Gotch. the retired wrestl
ing champion. Through Jack Curley,
lanager, Hackenschmidt poea
hi. ni
.1,1. ..mnlv a large and constantly; . . ... a Chicago sporting edl-
increasing tonnage for a railroad a,tor Bn(! wired P-oh Edgren. sporting
1 It was his opinion that tnere were..-,Mtnr of thp Nw wic or.u. u,..
: more promising countries through wn)M tnp gde bet of 120.-
which to build a road The people. , m n,po(l0(1 a9 a rnndltn of the
1 he said, were watching with deep j matrh by 0rh.
t terert every move by the railroad ,
1 :t:z to,d h9.
j such an enterprise u.-.r
failure. , .
From what has been learned In
, .. . rn,.rrr believes tnsu
Portland. in" r.
the Grants Pass and Present City
me von" . .... .1 Jumiti An
rosd wilt be the suojp .
further, he should be paid by the
year, and a salary befitting the task,
he I and ne should be a man who ran pass
a good examination upon every phase
of work required, and not, as Is the
case at the present time, one se
lected as the most handy one out
of a Job, but one who must first
have passed a thorough examination
before a competent board, before he
is allowed to undertake the work.
The season to repair roads Is contin
uous, and whllo there are proper
seasons for certain kinds of work,
at all times of the year good, earnest,
conscientious labor is required, and
a good man can find It, and In plenty,
He should have the power of polio
of the
fir, spruce and three" Eu
ropean species known as the Aus
tria, Scotch and maritime pines, and
also a cedar of Asia that Is said to
be particularly suited to dry, rocky
slopes having severe exposure.
These evergreen species are now
belns transplanted In 'rows and
spaced so that they can make a bushy
growth and after another year will
be transplanted In the hills to restock
some burn.
The hardwood snecles will be
transplanted this winter on the Win-
chuck river In southwestern Curry
county. Conditions In that locality
seem especially favorable, as on n
acre of eastern hardwood planted
there last spring most of the trees
have mad a thrifty growth and an
Heyer-Ilreltniayer
Miss Amy B. Heyer,and Florcni
Breltmayer were united In marriage
at high noon Wednesday, Decembor
28, 1910, at the St. Luke's Episcopal
rectory, Rev. Mr. Hamilton offlct
allng. The wedding was a very qule;
affair, only the Immediate relatives
of the contracting parties being pres
ent. Both bride and groom are rest
dents of Fruitdale, where they are
well and favorably known, lhe
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Emma
Ileyer, and Is a young lady of charm
Ing personality, possessing woman
ly qualities and refinement. The
groom Is a young man of flno char
actor, capable and courteous In ail
matters. Mr. and Mrs. Breltmayer
will reside at "Forest Home," Fruit
dale, where they are followed , by
hearty good wishes and congratula
tlons from a host of friends.
Robert B. Reed and Florence V,
Cook were united In marriage on
Saturday. December 24, by Rev. F,
C. Lovett at the Lovett residence
661 North Second street.
SUCCESSFUL MASQUKR.IK
a .meeUnglnNewTorklnthe r rv
near Mure. H has not as J" O'e"
derided to. bulM ,'ne; b,l th
stroctlon the comlnf season.
n decision to build or not to
hnlld will be ar'-'i at in hut
rnrt of January r the "t pan or
This siinie'i is 111K1117
rnhriinrv
Important to OranU Tass as welt
the Illinois valley. Should work
nr the coming spring there
((Mil 1 1 lT - ....
will be great activity In all Hum, of
...in... In this city and we ran
pert a rush to this country, and con--ttflueaUy.
and Incrfased demand for
rvsl estate
gnd'pear well stilted to tne looauiy.
.hi. .l.h hm.r. n.r for four' ' 'rc 'Pn " V"' """"
Ing each 'road In his district,
hours work, bs Is common today.
With such an office properly
filled It Is easy to foresee one hund
red per cent Improvement In road
conditions everywhere
The Split IK Drag.
There Is mich to be said In Its
favor. One good team of MOO pound
horses driven by a thoroughly com
petent man, and no other should be
considered, can properly dress a great
many miles of road through the sea
son, eliminate all of the ruts and
hesvy ssgs. one of the greatest ene
me to good roads, with the advent
of rains.
(Coatlatted on Page Five.)
plied In native hardwood trees that
are well suited for wagon work, furn
iture or agricultural Implements and
should eastern species do well here
the natural shortage of this cla4i of
material can be averted.
FOUNDER OF BREMERTON DEAD
8EATLE, Dec. 29. William
Bremer, found of the town of Brem
erton, where the Puget Sound navy
yard Is now located, Is dead at his
home In this city of a protracted III
neM. Bremer "0 years old and
h.d iltcd In thU '"'nlty for 21
years.
The masquerade ball Riven nt the
Coliseum rink on Monday ceulnu
was a big succes, both socially ai:
financially. The hall has been fcront
ly improved and modernized since
changing hands 'and this, together
with the artistic decorations, mudo
the affairs all the more enjoyable.
There were between 40 anl 10
masked couples. Mrs. Wll", RUt,
as a Scotch lassie, received the. lady
urine, and Rodney Calvert, as a
rx-Hni off first honors
" The Demaree'or
' ''' h music, and the
rfuod condition every-
a merry mooa. Aiier
J. Young, of central Nebraska,' waa
a Grants Pass visitor yesterday and
It can be said for hint that he waa
well pleased with what he saw here.
He dropped In at The Courier office
Just as he was ready to take the af
ternoon train south,' being on hla
way to visit friends tn San Francfsco.)
Mr. Young is a farmer of experience
and' It ta hla Intention to select a
home for himself and family on the
coast In order that they may enjoy
a mild cllmi.te and pleasant condi
tions generally. ' He waa thoroughly
In love with this city and the coun
try immediately aurrounding It and,
talked Interestingly of the things he
had seen' while here. He aald hla
visit waa purely by chance, aa he had
no Idea of stopping In the Rogue'
River valley and when, he started It
did not occur to htm that he would
even pass, through this famous conn"
try. "You see," aald Mr. Youhif. '
"on my way west I visited friends In
Ohio and It chanced that, they were
subscribers to the Rogue River
Courier. I waa shown the paper and
had an opportunity to examine sev
eral copies of It and became Inter-!
ested at once. My friends told me
considerable . , about Grants Pass,
things they1 had learned from ( the !
paper and they gave me to under
stand that they were expecting to
pay a visit here early tn the spring.
I told them I would stop over as I
passed, through and that, Is how I
came to vIbU you today.
I can truly say that this Is the
most delightful location I have ever
seen, your beautiful city situated
among the green hills which entirely
surround It Is like no other place I
have passed through on the road
here. Your climate Just suits me;
I am tired of the everlasting wind
which sweeps the prairie states and
the deep snows which make life al
most unendurable. I have seen all of
your school houses and I' can pro
nounce them equal to those of the
best towns In the country. ' Your
Sixth street with Us bltullthlc pave-
ment and beautiful cluster lights
would be a credit to any large city
In the country. I have Just been
down to the steel bridge at the foot
of Sixth street and was charmed
with the bright waters of the Rogue
running between green banks and
through picturesque scenery. When
I compare that river with the Platte
in my state I forgot my loyalty,
which I have maintained for so
many years, to my own common
wealth. They tell me that you have
good falling In the river and good
hunting In your forests, both of
which I long to enjoy.
"There Is much more I could tell
you, but my train will soon be here
and so I must start for the depot.''
Mr, Young hurried down the street
but Unbred long enough to say that
he Intended to make arrangements
to meet his Ohio friends here In the
spring and If ho could find an invest
ment to suit him ho would locate not
far from Grants PasJ.
Dutchman.
for the
die" '
fir- ;'
on
CAPTAIN'S AMBITION
CAUSE OF SHIPWRECK
VICTORIA, Dec. 2I.-That the
steamer 8t. Denis, which, is reported
to have foundered on hr way from
Vancouver to South America, waa
the ctlm of a young captain's am
bition to make a record for carrying
a large cargo, Is the oplnton of welt
the Mxlu were laid aside programs I Informed mnrlne men of this port
were given out and many who did
not mask Joined the dancers and the
wee sma' hours were numbering
three before the last of the dancers
departed for. home. Thatl was
crowded to Its utmost rapacity with
spectators.
Captain Davla of the St. Denta was
a . a 1 . 1
a young man ana naa imuriDru
many of Ma friends that he was go
ing to toad his ship to the guard.
Many of them advised him against
this and were not purprlsed to hear
of the disaster.