Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, February 03, 1911, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911. PACE FOUR WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COURIER Weekly Rogue River Courier. A. uartxnOft Newt P.per EUUUhl In 1887. PublliAed every ETat the post offic, at Qr.aU Pa, Oregou. for trnlion (trough th malU u lecond-cl&M matter. E.V00RIHE8, Publisher .ndl-roprietor. C. G. COUTAXT, Editor. Subscription iUU. Wekly-By mall-Per year. $1.50; six months. 75 cents; four months. SO cents; single copies, 6 cents. . MI,-Delivered by carrier or through the malls Per year, 5, su months, I J; one moneh, 50 cents; bitgle copies. 6 cents. GRANTS PASS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, J9U UNITED IN RAILROAD WORK TVio milrnnd meeting at the Commercail club Wednes- aay night was the one great event along industrial lines that has taken place in Grants Pass under the new order of whiVb marks the history of events of 1911. This . particular railroad means much to every citizen of the - . I 1 J.ll.. iUAitmnTF capital city of Josephine county ana every uunar uy ,t in if will ho. worth two dollars before the season is over. It is very gratifying to note that the meeting last night brought out in strong relief the earnest loyalty and honesty of purpose of the large gathering. They came there with one purpose in view and that was to share the A intfireat thev felt in the construction of this railroad which means so much to this city and county. Every resent seemed determined to render that kind or help which counts in the doing of great things. It was the enrollment of the industrial army which win insure the success of a railroad which will at once become an lm portant auxiliary to all kinds of business in Grants Pass Such an example of loyalty is not otten given Dy a com munitv and the fact that there was a disposition mam fest for every man in that vast audience to stand up ana be counted counts for much in this undertaking, and The tOuner laKCS great piuuauiu iu maiuug mcuuwu ui fact that there is every evidence that the road will be built and that work will commence at once. Every citizen who helps the construction along will have occasion to be proud or it in the near future. eye glued on a cluster light, "but it can never be a city. of more man ,uw umauo.. And there is where the average man is wrong. It u a foolish statement which time will sweep away. There is too much wealth in and on the hills ana vaiieyb, , . j i. r,r,A a nhmnip. to admit OI power in Kogue river ana tuu , PflSS any 20,000 limit, tfesiaes tne locauuu must be consiaerea. mis ai) a - When the wheels of progress get their momentum the pop- n oa ih 9(1000 imit so auiCKiy meie wm i i, rov,i.v, a nntiftft it. Nothine succeeds like suc- cess and one development calls for another. It is only a Dv,rtr4 .nrnTMiTflt. vfilv. when the average mau a 20,000 limit, and even less, on many big eastern cities that at that time had less resources tnan uranib And it is only recently San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Spokane were in the 20,000 limit class. It would be foolish to put any thousand limit on these cities now, aim it is folly to so limit Grants Pass. In this issue will be found news ot a steam ranroau iu hnilr. from this citv. Besides this there is the electric railroad to Ashland. These two roads practically have started construction. And it is not improbable that one, perhaps two, more railroads will be announced this year. All this railroad work will call tor ana oe me caube uj. miidi development. Then there is irrigation. But why continue further? The handwriting is on the wall, plain to read and needs no interpreter. Next time the 20,000 limit crops up let some one hit it hard and say to the guilty man: "Wake up. You are so fast asleep as to be mistaken for a dead one. mm SPILING CHEAPER THAN UUU iuu " .mrrnnnirini! CITY LOTS. RA1LK0AU LUM5 1 KUfc IUH KILL NOT UHT MCES MATERIALLY Editor Courier: I notice your article In a recent number with reference to the several iiroads. and I notice to- yi Uvovs day that they are unloading ties, therefore it appears that the be ginning Is at hand. I notice also what you say about thrPB railroads coming into South Grants. Pass and the proba bility of South Grants Pass being the fifth ward, and the fifth ward being one of the largest in the city. I agree with you perfectly In your idea of this development; also as to the advisability of our land homers not getting swelled head and rais ing prices out of the reach of the prospective settlers, thereby retard ing the development of our locality. We have recently put a large tract on the market on the south side ot the river, adjoining Sixth street at from $200 to $300 per acre, which Is cheaper than you can buy lot 50x100 the same distance in any oth er direction from the center of town. Let them come on with their railroads we will agree not to raise our prices too high if they build a dozen railroads through our tract. Yours Very Truly, W. B. SHERMAN. DON'T BE IN A HURRY TO PUT UP PRICES The Courier has deemed it necessary on one or two occasions to urge the keeping down of prices of realty in order to attract a greater number of homeseekers and in vestors. This is a most important matter, as much de pends on Josephine county being in reality the land of op portunity. This should apply to the city as well as to the surrounding country. Those who have property for sale should be content with a fair advance; to go beyond this point would bo killing the goose that laid the golden cg. The trouble is that a spirit of speculation is too apt to set in, which is certain to do great injury, as it will pre vent that most desirable class, the home builders, from locating here. It should be understood that prices are not at present too high in cither city or county, but it is important that there be no further advance until irriga tion is a fixed fact. Let prices stay where they arc until the water covers the land. If we all work to accomplish this we shall succeed and then prices can be advanced all along the line. I GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT TAFT Let us hope that Colonel Roosevelt will get the ear of President Taft and persuade him not to go over entirch to that class of statesmen who support monopoly and who onlv have one use for the republican party, and that is to make money out of it. President Taft has possessed the confidence of all classes and if he will keep out of bail company he will retain the respect of honest men every where, but it begins to look as if he has boon almost per- Blinded to cast his lortunes with that class ot politicians who control whole states by ring rule and serve corpora tions for the money there is in it. The country needs prosperity, but it needs honesty in politics more, and to this end the people have determined to get rid of the grafters and the millionaires who buy their way into Un united States senate. The democratic party has proven itself incompetent and in every way unworthy of con fidence, but even this party is preferable to corporation rule. President Taft has it now in his power to reform the once honored and respected organization known as tlie republican party. Let iiim follow the teachings of the humble Nazarene who drove the thieves from the tempi'' 1ni.!inve thev h.-ul dishonored the nlace. The wav is now open for Mr. Taft to rescue our country from the power: ot a worse gang than Christ denounced and drove fromj the temple. Let huu join the new republican organiza tion and help to reform the party from within. "THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BUT M Carefully explain something about any growing town to the average man and, sure as fate, he will say: "That's ail right, but-" At the present time 1 J rants Pass is just at the begin- IMPROVE SEWAGE SYSTEM It is to be hoped considerable work will be done on the sewers the present year. Mayor Myers and members of the council are aware of the city's deficiency and will do their best to remedy matters. Citizens must do their part and not wait until an epidemic forces the lack ot proper sewer facilities into prominent notice. If Grants Pass was like unto some of the prairie cities or the middle west, where it is so flat as to be a matter of great expense to provide enough fall to run off sewage, there would be some excuse for a poor system. But Grants Pass, in this matter, as in many others, is favored by nature. So let every house have sewer connection, for every one without is a source of disease that may endanger the surrounding neighborhood and perhaps the whole city. "Our neonle are making every ef fort to extend our irrigation system this season, so that by next year wo will have a large section of country under water. When this is done we will be able to supply hay and grain for shipment. We have many fine al falfa farms in the Applegate and Illinois valleys and along Williams and Sucker creeks. I am glad to re port that the good roads movement Is very popular with the people of our county and the taxpayers support it in a practical way. Permanent roads will add lagely to the value of our farms, orchards and mines." Mrs. H .W. Lange and daughter and Mrs. Lange's mother, Mrs. M. A. Hotelinge left Wednesday evening for Bellingham, Wash., where they ex pect to remain for some time. Attorney A. C. Hough returned Wednesday evening from a business trip at Medford. TEACHEK'S EXAMINATION Jonathan Staley, who has lived with his daughter, Mrs. C. C. Wynant, at New Hope for the past 27 years, died Friday morning, aged 95 years. He was born In Green county, near Dayton, Ohio, March 15, 1816, and -.vas married in 1846 to Elizabeth vtrewpr. who died March 13. 1858. He lived In Indiana until coming to J Notice Is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Josephine County will hold the regular exam ination for applicants for state and county papers at Grants Pass, as follows: For State Papers For Btate papers, commencing Wednesday, February 8, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Satur day, February 11, at 4 p.m. Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, physical geography, reading. psychology. Thursday Written arithmetic. EVENING TELEGRAM TELLS OF SOIT11EKN OKEGON C. Q. Coutant, of the Courier, was In Portland this week, and the Even ing Telegram of Wednesday pub lished the following interview: According to latest reports the outlook Is very promising for the next year in Josephine county. That part of the Rogue River valley soon will commence railroad construction from Grants Pass through the Ill inois valley and on to the redwood country, reaching the coast at Cres cent City: C. CJ. Coutant, editor of the Dally Rogue River Courier, Is in Portland and talks eloquently of conditions along Industrial Hues and liolnis out the things that will make GrantB l'nB the center of activity during the coming senKon. lie suld: "We nre looking for great pros perity In our part of the Hogue River valley this spring and dummer nud nintteiK have progressed so far that there can be no question as to the looked-for-actlvlty. We nre looking for the commencement of work on no less than three railroads; In fact, one of them, the Intenubnn, which Is to take In nil the 1!k and little towns from Grants Pass to Ash land, has already started work by nsscinMliiK material. Another road will he started within a month or six weeks. This Is to extend from Grants Pass to the Marble Caves, taking In on the wiv a larpe amount of the best timber In the state. The third road Is the Grants Pass and Crescent City line, upon which sur veyors have been at work for more than six mouths. This road iHaln ly w 111 be built In the near : tare, i and It will be of mvat a! v to1 our cii. as it will bring with i; the development of the rich mines and agi b -nihil ,il country tf the I Mimls I valley i "I need not s.iy that we h.he on" j of the 1 1 best mining sectintw l'i thei northwest. This we can cie,i;', rs-' i i e. I, i.v ,,.,ii i,, .. , . ... i . . I j -mini u, ,u ti .IM i VHifc- 1 1 n mines, and among the iitimU r the I Mini da. w hu h only reci nM m.ole a i n li -.h il, w Mcb ha c' tlie lining ! ei id to thinking The mine has j .iv. i " 0 fe. t t f tunnel woi K and a lift which I now down ew Ron Ing will be active during the season, which is just opening. All these things are simply to be added to the development going on in an agricul tural way. Many thousands of acres are being planted to apples and pears, and this work promises to con tinue until Josephine county will be the most extensive fruit section In the state. Oregon. He leaves to mourn his loss Mrs. Hattie E. Wynant, of Murphy, Mrs. Jennie Phelffer, of Warsaw, and Homer Staley, of Goshen, Ind., besides 12 grand children and three great grand children. The large oil painting in the R. L. Coe window has been attracting considerable attention since being placed on exhibition Thursday morn ing. The picture is about 5 by 10 feet in size and shows Grants Pass and the adjacent country, with the principal mines, farming tracts and other industries plainly marked, the country adjacent to the proposed railroad to the caves, occupying a consplcuos place In the picture. Much admiration has been expressed over the work of art. Miss Rena Decker, of Leland, was shopping In this city Tuesday theory of teaching, grammar, book keeping, physics, civil government. Friday Algebra, geography, com position, physiology, English liter ature, school law. Saturday Botany, plane geom etry, general history. For County Tapers For county papers, commencing Wednesday, February 8, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Friday, Fegruary 10, at 4 p. m. Wednesday Penmanship, history, orthography, reading, physical geog raphy. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physi ology. Friday Geography, school law, civil government, English literature. LINCOLN SAVAGE, County Superintendent. 20 YEARS OF BUSINESS IN GRANTS PASS THE OLD RELIABLE IN ITS NEW HOME 20 YEARS or BUSINESS IN GRANTS PASS GRAN S PASS AMI CO. ning of a period of development which fur several reasons bciow water uvei The i-nti has been delaved. Hut let us forget the past. It is done I T""' !" ,,r,n 30" f"" 'l"n mi , . ..... . .I""' Khaft IbeT arc new in ,,;e Hint and no power can change it. The future is the thing. And in the future (Irants Pass is sure to undergo a big growth and many changes. 'Hint's all right," says the average man. with his When we say that for years this store has been a bar gain giver, we are not talking about "Junk," at any old price. We mean good goods Our kind, your kind, the kind you know, the kind you can depend on and at a rock bottom price. We put the price low on many articles for natural and honest reasons For instance, what we have left of heating stoves are selling dirt cheap, the rea son is its getting late in the season. We are the heaviest buyers of shelf and heavy hardware in this part of Ore gon, wholesalers of some articles, and when we get CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ! ! You get the benefit of price reduction, that's all. We ad mit we have the goods, right now. More of them and more handsomely displayed than ever possible before. Come m to our new home and look things over at the new store. ON SOUTH SIXTH STREET coe :o I'cr eent topper and some think oer $4 In frnUl There me ni!n mining men tnakltu Inv. tls tloim in eur lounti at the veent t mi, and tb outlook in tha: niln- 20 YEARS OF RIGHT DEAL ING, ALL THE TIME WE HAVE A REPUTATION TO 3USTAIN -AND WE SUSTAIN IT! 20 YEARS OF RIGHT DEAL ING, ALL THE TIME 4 H. i If ' t - r i i i V)