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VOL. XXVI.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPBIINH OOVNTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1911
Now SL
STREET IMPROVE
MENTS AUTHORIZED
FIRE ESCAPES ORDERED
ALL HOTELS
FOR
CLEN-UP DAY APRIL 3RD
Three New Fire Hydrants Are
dered Placed AVhere Much
Needed.
Or-
An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held Tuesday night and
a good batch of business was at
tended to, mostly in the nature of
the passage of various' ordinances
relating to proposed street improve
ments. Report of the proceedings follows:
Fire and water committee recom
mended that hydrants be placed at
the corner of M and Sixth streets, at
the new high school building and
at A and Tenth. The report was
adopted and the hydrants will be put
in.
.Monday, April 3, was designated
by the council as the day when the
city will furnish teams for the pur
pose of carrying away rubbish. All
brush and litter "that can be burned
must be disposed of by owners.
Ordinance 46, requiring all doors
of public buildings used for public
purposes to open outward, and pro
viding for violation a penalty of not
les3 than ?10 nor more than $100,
or from to to 25 days in Jail, or both,
was passed and goes into effect in
30 days.
Ordinance 466, providing that
hotels and lodging houses within the
corporate limits be provided with
proper fire escapes, rope and other
safety appliances, was passed. This
ordinance carries the same penal
ties as Ordinance 465.
Ordinance 4b, providing for an
alley in block 2, In Miller & Com
pany addition, was passed
Ordinance 468, relating to the im
provement of A street, beginning at
the end of the macadam and extend
ing east to city limits, was read twice
and referred street committee. The
ordinance provides for an expendi
ture of $5244.96, but the same may
be modified, as there Is objection to
the cost.
' Ordinance 469, providing for the
opening, laying out and establishing
of an extension to Foundry street,
was passed.
Ordinance 470, relating to the Im
provement of Seventh street, begin
ning on the south side of M and ex
tending to Rogue river, by grading
and establishing granite sidewalks,
the estimated cost to be 1548.40.
An ordinance relating to the Im
provement of Eighth Btreet, begin
nlng on the south side of M and ex
tending to Rogue river, by grading
and providing for granite sidewalks,
at an estimated cost of 11619.90.
The council adjourned to meet ou
Thursday, March 30. ,
m;s beams damage
citv park property
Some vandals entered the city
park a short time ago and did a large
amount of damage to the public
swings. Eleven of the Iron pipes
which form a part of the Bwlng were
torn loose and twlBtcd out of tthape
nnd the swings put out of commis
sion. Five of the "see-saw" boards
wore carefully sawed on the under
side in the center and thrn the par
ties who perpetrated the crime sat
on the ends of the hoards and broke
them In two. The damage done is
In Ing repaired at a cost of $40 or
$T.n. Captain Boynton has an Idea
who did the mischief and they will
b? arrested and prosecuted to the
ll'iiit If thy ran he proven guilts',
i lv rlty authorities will do their
Urt to hrrak up the gang of over
grown "hoodlums" who Intent the
: '! ard tin a young scoundrels will
i taught a lesson that they will not
t inn forget..
I. n. Williams and family went to
Mi tin Thursday, where they expect
n cM'iie perms nct.tly.
REALTY BOARD HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
the Grants Piss Realty board held
Tuesday evening in the Commercial
club rooms was well attended, all the
larger firms being represented.
The board Is already proving a
great help to real estate business In
many ways. By far the most Import
ant thing accomplished Is the adop
tion of a plan providing for the ex
clusive listing of properties by one
agent at a time. This la a custom
which is In successful operation in
nearly all of the large towns and
cities on the coast and In other parts
of the country, xhe plan is working
out here with general satisfaction to
all parties concerned. Persons de
siring to sell run. no risks of dis
putes about commissions, and agentB
feel much more free to incur ex
penses of advertising and showing
property.
Property owners as a rule have
taken kindly to the proposition, real
izing that they can expect better ser
vice from an agent with a compara
tively small list of saleable property
than from one who fills his book
with everything which comes in for
sale and Is never absolutely sure,
especially in times of activity, of be
ing able to deliver any particular
piece of property.
A special and very Important
meeting is called for next Tuesday
evening, to be held at the Commer
cial club rooms, and it is urged that
every firm be represented.
H. C. Sparlln, of Williams, was a
business visitor to Grants Pass Wed
nesday. A. E. Harris and wife and son, S.
A. Harris, were among the home
seekers who were looking over this
part of the country Wednesday. The
family comes here from Pipestone,
Minn., and will spend several days
looking over Grants Pass and the
surrounding country. Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Stewart and son are also
spending several days here for the
purpose of viewing the Rogue River
valley. They come from Akron, Colo.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
OF Al'TOMOItl l,E CLIB
Pursuant to the call published in
The Courier the members of the Jo
sephine County Auto club met in the
parlors of the Commercial club yes
terday afternoon in an enthusiastic
meeting that was well attended. ...
ports from several working commit
tees, were read, among the most in
teresting of which was that of the
membership committee, which re
ported reported 27 new members,
making a total membership of some
thing over 33. The matter of an em
blem for use on cars' of the club
was taken up and decided upon, the
same bearing the inscription "Jose
scphlne County Auto Club, 1911."
A Joint meeting of the local club
with that of Medford was arranged,
for the purpose of consulting with
the county courts of Jackson and Jo
sephine counties In an endeavor to
have the respective courts of these
two counties put in good Bhape the
roads along the Rogue river run
ning from Medford to Grants Pass.
Next Saturday It has -been ar
ranged to have a sort of old fashion
ed road making bee. with the auto
enthusiasts of tuls city all In evi
dence. A trip will he made over the
roads In this vicinity, all ruts and
ditches filled, stones and other ob
structions removed and the roads
so far as posslu.e put In fair shape
for travel, 'itie members of the
dub will stort early In a body and
keep the good work up till their en
i mulasm gives out.
J. T. Tuffs, treasurer, resigned
on account oi mstness turn would
take him away from. the city a great
part of the summer and Dr. bunker
vns' elected to fl!l the vacancy.
J. E. Piatt, of Clark, S. I)., presi
dent ol the Security bank ut Clark,
Is. visiting his sister, Mrs. Geo. C.
: t i n . and will probably spend sever
oi weeks here. This is Mr. Piatt's
i. ond visit to Grants Pass, and It
l: need'eps to say that the climate
appeals tn him.
8. T. Scott earn v fri Glendale
Wednesday to spend th? day with
fr'i'tulH. Mfl returned In the even
ing to his homo.
TW0-ST0RY REINFORCED
CONCRETE FOR GARAGE
F. B. Oldlng on Wednesday started
work on the foundation for a garage
on the lot adjoining the rear of the
Bannard furniture store, and facing
D streets. The building will be 48 by
82 feet, two stories high, and will be
made of reinforced concrete, with
handsome front. The lower floor will
be In use as the Oldlng garage and
will have a capacity of 25 machines,
besides repair shop. The upper
flat will be fitted up as high-class
bachelor apartments.
Fred Smith, who recently came to
Grants Pass from Sand Point, Idaho,
has the contract for putting up the
building and he Is to have the lower
floor ready for occupancy in 60
days, and the whole work completed
in 90. Cost of construction $8000.
In the past three and one-half
years Mr. Olding has made the Max
well car very popular, first by his
superior skill in driving, and later
when he placed a number on the
market and each one of them proved
trustworthy. This season several
Maxwells have already been delivered
and there are others on the road.
FORMER OMAHA MAN
ROOSTING FOR CITY
Geo. J. Fox, of Omaha, Neb., is one
of the recent arrivals here, and after
six months of investigation in Wash
ington and Oregon has concluded
that Grants Pass and Josephine coun
ty come nearer containing all of the
good features that make life worth
living than any place he has visited.
Mr. Fox spent five months in Wash
ington and fully investigated all of
the leading fruit districts there, such
as North Yakima, Wenatchee, Lake
Chelan and Spokane projects; also
Oregon from Portland to Ashland,
but Grants Pass looks best to him
and he has already shown his faith
in the city by Joining the Commercial
club, and with R. L. Burdic, of Ash
land, has purchased the E. L. Blanch
ard place of nine acres on North
Tenth street, which tney expect to
put on the market soon in acre
tracts.
..if. liurdic Is a canltallst and old
riw f i.hi.. .-j
strongly Impressed as to the futun
of urants Pass and may conclude to
move to this city.
RKXE HARRIER ECLIPSES
AVIATOR Met IRDV'S RECORD
HAVANA, Mar. 23. Eclipsing the
time recently made here by 'Aviator
McCurdy, Rene Barrier today flew
from Camp Columbia to Mono castle,
In competition for the Aero club's
$3000 prize. He did the 13 miles In
15 minutes and 31 seconds, a full
minute and a half faster than the
time made by McCurdy.
W.' B. SHERMAN ANNOUNCES PLAN
ILAR TO THE HOMESTEAD LAW
W. R. Sherman, in his ten years
of residence In Grants Pass has In
augurated a number of booming
plnns which have been of untold val
ue to this Hccllon In the way of dev
elopment, and he now comes forward
with-a plan which seems to outclass
all the others In Its effect toward
the development of the lands which'
are now covered with brush and are
not only unprndiu tlvc but a draw
back to the community. Some of
the features of his plan are as fol
lows: No payment down and no payment
until the end of the sixth year.
The owners will furnish abstract,
showing good title and give warranty
deeds and take a mortgage for the
full value of the punhue price due
on or before six years, with In -
terest at 6 per cent, payable quarter -
ly.
Thesn lands will be divided
at)(j
iold mostly In ten-acre tracts. Each
purchaser will be required to expend
$1,000 on hU 10 HTcs during the,
first year. In cb in Intr, plowing, plant
Ir. fern Ing, leveling fr Irrigation,;
building, etc. These are the only re-
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-m I.- ..i. ., v.ImI,..,.
"III lC 1(1.11..- nillllliai Hr M"' irnmn
of the government homestead law.
Mr. Sherman started lure In ihe
COMttIT DEPREDATIONS
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
School boy pranks have been in
dulged in at various times during tn
present school year, but on last night
the depredations at the high school
reached a point wbich the authorities
class as the acts of criminally In
clined hoodlums. The first thing
to meet the eye of the janitor as he
opened the school house this morning
was red paint in the halls and on the
stairs. Further inspection disclosed
red paint on the blackboards, on the
walls and windows red paint every
where. In the high school assembly
room books and papers were scatter
ed over the floor. When the stu
dents began to arrive there was con
sternation and the task of gathering
books and restoring them to their
owners was made almost impossible
by the quantities of red pepper which
had been sprinkled through the books
and in the desks. Not alone were
the pupil's books molested but the
teachers' books received the same
treatment and some of the records
were destroyed and other records
stolen. It is stated that there must
have been not less than five gallons
of red paint smeared throughout the
building and several pounds of red
pepper.
To repair the damage done will
cost the district a considerable
amount, at least one or two hundred
dollars it is' figured. The paint when
discovered was thoroughly dry and
the walls and blackboards will have
to be repainted, and to remove dried
paint from a hundred or more panes
of glass Is no small task.
A meeting of several members of
the school board was called and the
whole situation was gone over and
It Is the oplnlon'of members that the
perpetrators of the outrage, If
caught, should be punished to the
full extent of the law. There are at
least three counts, It la claimed, on
which penitentiary offense can be
charged house-breaking, defacing
a public building and destroying and
stealing property and it is Intended
that those who had a hand in last
night's deviltry will feel the strong
arm of the law.
CONSPIRATORS TO FORM
COTTON POOL INDICTED
NEW YORK, Mar. 23. United
States Judge Noyes this afternoon
overruled demurrers Interposed by
attorneys for James A. Patten, Eu
gene Scales, Frank Hayne, William
Brown and Robert Thompson, who
have been Indicted for conspiracy to
monopolize Interstate trade by con
ducting the cotton pool last summer.
A motion to quash the Indictments
was denied.
The Courier job-print shop
classy job printing.
for
real estate business over six years
ago. In 1905 he established the
Grant a Pass Bulletin, a paper which
has done much towards starting the
things moving in this locality. He
has been a student In his line, look
ing for the wants of the hoineseck
era and the rhanceR to dispose of our
uncultivated land In a way to make
It possible to develop them. A few
years ago he found that he had many
applications for Investments by peo
ple who could not move on to and
develop an orchard or vineyard. In
order io supply this demand he con
ceived the Idea of organizing a large
developing company, He purchased
and got under option several thou
sand acres of hind between Grsntx
I'nsH and Merlin and organized the
jHoguo River Orchard -company,
) which company has already cleared
'hundreds of aires of brush lands,
planted them to orchards, has built
about len miles of automobile boulc-
wire feiie.
Ing. installed a domestic water r-ys-ten;,
ii iid Is row building modern and
up-to-date bungalows on the tracts,
and Is selling small tracts on easy
pnynienls, planted to orchard and
i rnr,,'l for tnr five yep pi
A trip over
j tills tract would lotnln'c the most
(Continued on Vnv 4.)
GREAT ACTIVITY IS
MANIFESTED IN MINING
This spring, It reports are true
from all mining sources, the activity
in mines, the development and gen
eral Interest In large undertakings
along these lines, is quickening Into
a big movement that is drawing cap
ital to this section and promises to
bring Josephine county prominently
to the front as a mining district of
vast wealth.
A representative of The Courier
on the round for news this week
dropped into the office of Ear, V.
Ingalls. Mr. Ingalls has but recent
ly moved Into the Calvert-Paddock
building and has an assay office and
chemical laboratory that Is extensive
and complete in all details. He has
recently added a lot of chemicals and
laboratory apparatus, among other
things an appliance for testing ce
ment and asphalt.
In discussing the future of mines
in this district, Mr. Ingalls was very
optimistic and states that there Is
great activity in this lmporant In
dustry; that good ore bodies are be
ing discovered and that, judging
from the enthusiasm of the miners
and the large number of old proper
ties being reopened, the outlook for
a fine season's work has not been
better In years. If the general pub
lie could see ie large batches of
gold that are cleaned up and melt
ed into bullion in this particular of
flee the fallacy that Josephine coun
ty has ceased Jlo have heavy pro
ducers would soon vanish.
Mr. Ingalls' office is but one of
several In the city, all of which are
having as much as they can do.
Mr. Ingalls said:
"Since the early forty-niners tra
versed the hills of this vast country
in a wild rush for the hidden treas
ures oi the mountains, the Grants
Pass country has been known as a
great storehouse of mineral wealth.
The search then for gold was of a
superficial nature, as has been gen
erally conceded, and today the min
ing industry in this part of the state
Is in fact just in its Infancy, so far
as real development is concerned.
This Is becoming more and more an
established fact."
BANQIET TO HIKER
AND TELEGRAM PARTY
The Telegram hiker, Godfrey
Rodrlgues, walking from Portland
to Medford, about three days behind
his schedule, having lost tlmo on ac
count of the 'bad condition of the
roads and having been lost and
walking about 30 miles out of bis
way and losing many hours of time.
On reaching this city the walker and
the Telegram party, In their E-M-F
path finder car, were met by mem
bers of tho Jewell Hardware com
pany and Invited to a banquet with
the mayor and council, newspaper
men and owners of E-M-F cars, Dur
ing the early part of the evening all
who cared to ride were taken for a
spin about the city.
It was at flrBt announced that
"Rod" was asleep at tho Omuls Pass
hotel, and as ho vas quite weary
his manager thought bcBt not to dis
turb him, but a few minutes after
9 o'clock he appeared at the Jewell
hardwnre store, having been routed
out by an Irate lodger who had
bought for the remainder of the night
the cot ho had been occupying. 1 ne
guests were taken to the "Good
Eats" cafe and about 40 sat down
to tho banquet. Mayor Myers and
Rodrlgues at one end of the long
table and Toastmaste'r A. C. Hough
and Mr. Hazen of tue Evening Tele
gram at the other. At the end of
the last course Mr. Hough called on
the mayor, who In a few words wel
comed the party to Grants Pass. The
Hollander was then called upon and
he spoke very Interestingly for a few
moments of his trips through the
various countries of the Old World
and the United Mates. Mr. Hazen
then told of tn trip from Portland
and the condition of tho roads along
the route of travel. fe seated that
In Mi'l'noinnh county the roBds ap
proaMg Roveburg and for about
10 lull's before reaching Grants
Psks were the best on the route, but
through the Pass Creek canyon and
between Drain and Oakland they
were the worst that could possibly
be linaglnod. They tarried with
them ropes fend pulleys, Baw and axe,
and all had to be used, besides fence
falls) and old trees, to puil the car
JAPAN TO WITH
DRAW FROM MEXICO
!l 111
HEREAFTER TAKE NO PART IN
MEXICAN AFFAIRS
CONTROLLED THE ISTHMUS
In
Consequence of Mobilization of
Troops Secret Treaty Is
Abrogated
WASHING i ON, Mar. 23. Sweep-
Ing assurances that Japan will with
draw entirely from Mexico and here
after will take no part fa Mexlcai
affairs, It la said here today In dip
lomatic circles, were given yeaterdaj
to President Tatt at his conference
with Baron Uchida, the mikado's
ambassador to the United States.
Dispatches received today from
Mexico City confirm this. They stats
that, 'as a consequence of the naval
and military mobilization, a secret
Japanese-Mexican alliance has been
abrogated.
,It Is definitely known that Presi
dent Taft and Ambassador Uchida
agreed upon what statement, of the
Imbroglio was to be made public and,
naturally, each announced friendli
ness for the other's country.
In spite of this parade of attach
ment, it has been learned that a
secret Japanese-Mexican treaty, the
existence of whlen officials of both
nations publicly denied, was framed
last April by a special Japanese
agent and that the United States has
since that time' been watching the
course of events with Increasing dis
pleasure. Under this agreement'
Japan practically controlled the isth
mus of Tehuantepec and all the ports
of western Mexico below Guaymas.
Finally, ten days ago, tho Pacific
Mall Steamship company, realizing
the futility of competing with the
Japanese on the coast of Mexico, an
nounced Its withdrawal of ships from
Snlina Cruz, the terminus of the Te
huantepec Isthmus railway.
The secret Japanese agreement, It '
Is said by diplomats, related chiefly
to trade relntlons, and through them
opened the door of Mexico to Japan.
The pact was such that It could easi
ly have been made the basis for a
stronger alliance. This was what
the United States feared and It was
the prospect which Induced Presi
dent Taft to smash all precedent and
order the mobilization which block
ed Japan's scheme.
out of mud holes or to make "roads
pussable. Ho also Bpoke of the need
of accurate sign posts. At Borne
placeB the signs pointed In exactly
the opposite direction from that h
tended.
Mr. Blssell, trtaff photographer,
spoke of the scenery along the route
and stated that th most magnificent
Wows coujd bo had between tilendale
and this place,
Geo. A. Gibson, of Detroit, driver
of tho car, stated U.at ho has drivon
puthflnder cars in all sections of
the union, but on this trip he encoun
tered roads that fur badness out
clusBed anything he had ever before
seen. .
Dr. Smith, membor of the legisla
ture from this county, told of the
good roads movement and the work
of the legislature passing the good .
roads bills which the governor after
wards vetoed.
L. L. Jowell, to whoso euterprlso
tho banquet was duo, N. O. Pike and
Auditor Opdycke were called upon
and made appropriate remarks.
A flashlight picture of the gath
ering was taken and the guests de
parted, Rodrlgues to secure a few
hours rest, Hazen to write bis story
and BlHsell to develop the picture,
and then to make a 2 o'clock rtart
on tho last stretch of the 330 mile
hike.
Ihey arrived at Medford a short
tlmo beforo 10 this forenoou, when
it wa found thut the boys hud made
a mistake, as they were said to be
headed for tho metropolis of South
ern Oregon and dldnt find out till
they reached Medford that they bad
been banqueted In the metropolis
along about nine the evening before.