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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OltEGOX. FRIDAY, Jl'.VE 10, 1 Oil
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ROSE FESTIVAL A
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SUCCESS
GORGEOUS ARRAY OP CHOICE
BLOOMS GREETS R08E JUDGES.
PARADE PLEASING FEATURE
Two Days Given Over to the Feetival
of Roses, Ending With
Ball.
The Grants Pass rose festival of
1911 was a successful event, and
one that brought much pleasure to
visitors and home people alike. All
the towns of the county and some'
; from elsewhere furnished their Quota
of visitors.
No Incident - occurred to mar the
pleasure of the crowds, and the two
days of frolicking was enjoyed thor
oughly by the hundreds of old and
young in attendance. The following
from The Dally Courted of June 13
and June 14, tells the story:
, Green and "white pennants are
strung over business streets and
ctreamers of bunting In the auxiliary
colors and also the national colors are
floating In the breeze from buildings
and lamp posts.
Many business houses have their
windows decorated In readiness for
tomorrow, and others are preparing
their designs which will be completed
this evening. Among those completed
are the following:
. , Gay with color, which consisted of
foses, many varieties of other attrac-
1 tlve blooms, bunting and ribbon, au
tomobiles moved through the streets
this afternoon in celebration of the
rose festival of 1911.
It was a long parade and one of
beauty. Decorations were picturesque,
. and some of the machines were most
skillfully arranged, showing work of
deft fingers and an aesthetic brain.
Preceding the autos was a float deco
rated In yellow and carrying a group
ot young ladles, who rested comfort
ably under yellow parasols, followed
by the Commercial club band, and the
land followed by 13 little girts and
several lads mounted on decorated bi
cycles. Sidewalks were lined with people
and when the acquaintances ef this
or that group of sightseers came op
posite there was handclapplng and
cheers. It was a most successful
pageant and those who put in weeks
of planning and hours of work on the
, individual machines, felt well repaid
for the tasks, and the struggle for the
prizes.
Decorated blcycleB and other vehi
cles formed a pleasing feature of the
march, and there was acute rivalry
for the blue nnd red ribbon prizes.
' . Following Is a list of those who
had machines in line and the decora-
'tlcns:
Queen. Miss Kate Newell: attend
ants, Misses Lida Fyfleld and Maude
D-illbon. Automobile float all In
v htte. Attended by court Jesters.
Marve Jordan, evergrens.
George Kroh, red roses, green foli
age, azallas.
De Ette Tetherow, green foliage,
jnWik roses.
P. B. Herman, white, green and
. pink.
AtigtiBt McLean, red and green.
George Morris, red bunting.
R. L. Heath, azallas.
L. E. McDanlels, roses.
M. Dunn, white and pink.
Dwlght Jewell, red and green.
' Carl Allen, green and pink.
W. B. Sherman, evergreens.
E. D. Williams, evergreens.
George Sabln, pink and green.
nerlln dye works, evergreens.
George Gunnett and friend, both In
II .irk face.
Judge Basler, red and white.
A. Olitler. green and pink
Allan Herrlck, green and white.
Glndys Conklln, yellow and green.
Claus Schmidt, green, red and
white.
.i. F. Burke, pink and white.
V. R. Nipper, green and pink.
J. 0. Biggs, green.
TJgg. Lucas Co., whltrand green.
Gibson garage, white boat, the
v Rogue".
Fred F. Smith, red, white and blue.
Lincoln Savage, roses.
Mr. Locket, evergreens, azallas.
Joseph 'Moss, green and white.
Mayor J. L. Myers, green and roses.
II. L. Gilkey, green and pink.
Rogue River Hardware company,
green and white. ' ;
Mr. Horner, evergreens.
H. N. Starr, white and yellow.
II. A. Dale, floral flag and roses.'
Sixteen decorated bicycles, boy and
gul riders and "plug-uglies."
Alrdome, surrey and dogs, flowers.
When the parade disbanded there
was a general flocking to the ball
grounds to witness the battle on the
diamond between Grants Pass and
Medford teams at the conclusion of
the ball game the rose show was open
ed to the throngs of visitors and home
people.
This morning the baby show at the
rink entertained many and the lively
Josephine county babes seemed to en
joy the hours amid the roses and
blooms which adorned the walls and
long tables of the rink.
The Babies Who Won.'
The coliseum rink was turned into
Babyland Wednesday, when the baby
show was called at 10:30, at which
time a large number of fond mothers
were present with their babies. Many
visitors were present also to view the
liny men and women on exhibit. The
following babies were the lucky win
ners: First prize for prettiest girl baby,
tinder ix months, Thelma Frances
Sturtevant, aged four months; safety-pin
holder.' Prettiest boy baby,
Lois Kenyon, white kid sandals.
Prettiest girl baby under 18
months, Dorothy Brlgham; tan and
black shoes. Prettiest boy, James B.
Mead, Jumper.
Prettiest twins, under 18 months,
Mrs. J. A. Varner's twins; set of
spoons. v
Youngest baby, La Verne Roy Huck,
Aged one month; comb and brush. '
Largest baby boy under 18 months,
Harold Edwin Green, aged 2 months,
weight, 17 pounds; Teddy bear.
Largest baby girl under 18 months,
It el ma Brown, 5 months, 22 pounds
15 Ounces; bonnet.
For prettiest decorated carriages,
fur children under two years, first
I rize, baby plate. Second prize, cup
and saucer.
Reception to Queen.
The rink was generously visited up
to a late hour Tuesday evening by
visitors who went to view the rose
display and listen to the enticing
strains of music furnished by the
Commercial club orchestra. The
queen's throne was erected at the
rear end of the hall and the carnival
queen, Miss Kate Newell, with her at
tendants, Misses Dessle. Cole and
Maude Dullbon, were sourrounded by
admirers during the entire evening.
Tonight the hall will be the scene
ot a merry gathering when the grand
ball takes place. The committee in
charge Is working hard to make this
rose festival dance the best ever, and
a Jolly time is anticipated. The grand
narch will form at 9 o'clock sharp,
and It Is hoped that everyone will be
present to enter at that time.
The grand rose carnival ball which
closed the rose festival, was one of
the most thoroughly delightful and
successful affairs of the season. From
IVe opening of the doors of the Coll
seum rink at 9 o'clock the dancers
and spectators thronged the hall and
between 75 and 80 couples Joined
In the dance as the strains of the
flint waltz sounded through the ball
room. .
The hall was decorated with the
Woman's Auxiliary colors, green and
white, with roses and vines intermin
gled. The Applehoff orchastra furnished
excellent music. ,
UK Alt ADMIRAL MASON.
WASHINGTON'. June in. Rear
At'.mlral Newton E. Mason, U. 8. N.,
r'-tlred today a chief of the naval bu
reau of ordnance, being succeeded by
Commander Nathan C. Twining. Ad
miral Mason's retirement was due to
111 health. Conininnjjor Twining, the
new head of the bureau, Is 42 years
c!rt and a native of Boston. He serv
ed during the Spanish war on the bat
tleship lows under Admiral Evans.
LOCAL IRRIGATION COMPANY RATIFIES
SALE OF DITCHES AND MACHINERY
Chicago-Rogue River Company Will
Take Over Ditches and Make
Extensions-Water Ready.
With 4031 votes more than the neo-. persons, exclusive of the young peo
essary two-thirds the stockholders pie, were passengers this .morning on
of the Josephine County Ir-j the excursion train which carried the
rigatlon and Power company, a few ' Jorephlne cdmpany stockholders ani
minutes before 5 o'clock this after
coon without one dissenting vote,
ratified the agreement made by its
directors with George Sanders, repre
senting the Chicago-Rogue River
company, owner of the Golden Drift
dam on Rogue river, three miles from
Grants Pass, in which the directors
6old the ditches for $35,000 to. the
Chicago-Rogue River company.
Out of a total of 45,109 shares 34,
104 shares were represented in per
son or by proxy.. Two-thirds ma
jority was necessary to ratify the
agreement, hence the vote of 34,104
gave 4031 more votes than needed.
When the result was known for a
ct-rtalnty, a shout arose and the big
room presented a lively scene.
"What's the matter with Sanders?"
was a cry raised by several and an
Impromptu jollification meeting re-
suited.
aggregate 40,000 acres on both
sides of, the river, and. the sys
tem will bo enlarged continu
ally. Every stockholder at the
meeting this afternoon realized that
the fate of Grants Pass and surround
ing territory hung trembling in the
balance, and that not one man came
forward to vote nay .was a source of
much gratification to all. If there
was an enemy of the proposition In
the hall he was busy keeping still.
Joy Day nt Dam.
More than 400 and possibly 450
GRANTS PASS BOY WINS
LAURELS AS SCULPTOR
The following from the Nevada
City (California) Dally Transcript
will prove of Interest to residents of
Grants Pass:
N' Tooro nt 4nv wollori In tha ovm nf
Mrs. J. K. Luttroll, of Nevada City,
when she read in the dispatches of
last Friday that Ralph Stack pole, of
San Francisco, had won the first
prize In the contest of the New York
Art association with his plaster cast
cf the head of David from among
the prominent sculptors.
"Mr. Stackpole, who is now 26
I'nori nM la tho nnlv inn nf Mn T .lit.
.. . .
leren, ana prior io going lo new
. ' , "
luin a tow uvuiui Bu, lycut uri-
ly two weeks in Nevada City as the
guest of his mother.
"Young Stackpole, who Is native
of Grants Pass, Ore., has had a pen
chant for art and sculpture since he
was a child. When he was a baby In
dresses he gave evidence of a talent
and genius that gives proof of making
him famous, for he was constantly
drawing men and objects. Hewn
brought from his Oregon home and
entered Hopkins Institute of Art at
San Francisco when 18 years of age,
being tho youngest student to enter
tbut Institution. Ho later opened a
studio In San Francisco and was get-
ting along well, when the great con-
(ConUnTedon Pane Elght.V
To Mining Men
All mining men of Josephine county are requested to aid lu ere-
atlng a mineral exhibit to bo placed on display In Grants Pass for
the benefit of Incoming Investorsand prospective Investors. Every
mining man and prospector In this region will be benefited, a a dls-
play of a character which It Is proposed to aMomble will advertise
every district, also tho Individual proporty of the owner sending In
ore. Sales will result from artlon of this kind, mines will bo opened
and all lines of labor, Industry and commercial life will prosper.
The mining conaress will Im held In Grants Pass July 18. and It
would be wise to get your ore In before that date. Plaee a label
on It, telling from what dhtrlrt, name of the properly and name of
the ownr, or owners. Deliver to O'Neill's store In Front street,
where the temporary dlnplsy Is to be msde.
their families to the Ament dam.
Humanity flocked over the big
works, viewed the machinery, con
crete masonry, saw hundreds of bis;
ilsh leaping at the falls, enjoyed a
bountiful dinner which had been pre
pnred by Manager Sanders, listened
to popular and classic music given
by the Commercial club band, and
in other ways enjoyed a day of out
ing at the headworks of the biggest
enterprise in southern Oregon.,
The Immense engineering work ac
complished brought forth words of
prnlse from practically every 'man
end woman of the big party. Few
were aware of what had been ac
fompllshed, or ofsthe expenditure of
muscle, money, energy and brains. It
was a trip which repaid every cltlzea
who took advantage of the trip. "Oc
ular demonstration" proved convince
Jngly that Grants Pass and vicinity
inw Is to revel In blessings which the
niRhlng, llnfpld waters of the Rogue
vIM confer. "Better than a new rall
load," said one citizen. "Better than
two new railroads," said his neighbor,
a'id throughout the day were uttered
expressions of satisfaction at the fru
ition of the hopes of hundreds of peo
ple In this region.
The train returned to Grants Pass
nf 2:30 this afternoon; and a rush
wns made to the rooms of they Com
mercial club for the meeting of the
Josephine company stockholders.
COURT BALL'S TEAM .
DEFEATS GRANTS PASS
Manager Court Hall's Medford
baseball club, stuns and humiliated
by a long series of defeats sustained
tli It, year at the hands of tho Grants
I'nsa rlnh. went in Tuesday, and da
rcated the home team ny a score or.
13 to 6, In a clawing, nagging, exclt
lug game, full of errors, and thrills,
and vicious batting by Medford.
The features of the games were the
heavy hitting of Gill and Wilson;
Isaacs' two home runs; Williams'
catch of Miles' short fly to left in the
third Inning, he spearing the ball with
one hand while running at full speed
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I C rants Pass in tho fifth as brilliant
as one could boo in any league. With
the bases full Isaacs bit a terrific lin
ed to Osborn. who doubled Burgess
t thjrdi'and willlama fast throw to
Weckler caught Crews before he was
able to return to second.
Osborn was never batted so hard
In his career, and bad never before
been hit for a home run.
In the ninth after two were out,
C.rants Pass filled the Insos, and ex
citement was at will' heat,- flogs
waving, horns tooting, the band play-
;ng, and
Mr. Elmer Shank rooting
like Hughlo Jennings, but In an atv
tempted squeeze St. Cyr' was run
j down between third and home,
Score by Innings:
(Continued on" Page Eight.)
of Josephine Co.
25 TON MILL FOR
MICHIGAN
N
THE LATEST HYDRO-ELECTRIC
CllLORINATION PROCESS.
OPERATE IN SIXW DAYS
Development Work Will Be Oontlnu
cd and Ore Blocked Out
for Milling.
What is destined to be one of the
prosperous quartz properties in Jose
phine county la the Michigan mine, lo-
cated on the Applegate river, one'
a'id one-half miles from Murphy and
eight miles south of Grants Pass.
The property is now owned by the
Oregon Strong Lcdgo Mining com'
pany, with headquarters at Char
ktte, Michigan. In charge of the
property Is Adolph Maler, a mining
engineer of rare ability and one of
the most progressive mining men in
western America. Mr. Maler is a
Hoidelbcrg man', which Is saying that
lie has passed through the greatest
institution ot its kind on two contl
uents. He also took a post graduate
course at the Golden Schodl of
Mines at Golden, near Denver. Mr.
Maler makes his home In' Grants
Pass, and is a much appreciated mem'
ber of the mining colony here. He
has delved In the hills of the west
trri Btates and particularly In Col
oi ado. '
Mr. Mater Is now erecting at the
Michigan mine a 25-ton mill and ex
perts to have It in operation with
1
n'CO days from this date. It Is of
the very latest pattern hydro-electric
chlorlnatlon process, with complete
sliming and concentrating appara
tun. When a ton of ore goes through
this mill from first to last there la
no hopo of any man making his salt
from the residue, as extraction of
g Id Is pratlcally 100 per cent.
All work, fitting and all equip
ment In general Is being put in In
first-class manner, and the Michi
gan mine and mill will prove one
of the big assets of the county.
Eleven samples taken by Mr,
Maler from various portions of tho
mine run as follows: $11.20
11.40, $12.10, $18.40, $18, $17.60
1G.90, $22.40, $19.20, $18.80 and
$21.60, all of which shows what
handsome profit will result from the
successful milling prooess which Is
being Installed.
The ore also responds well to con
centratlon. The following facts
were developed as to ratio of eoncen
trntlon and ore value: Clayton and
Hampton put 20 tons Into one, ore
value $12.05, concentrating value
$241.17; Tncoma 8meltlng company
10 tons Into one, ore value $13. IS
concentrating value $263; Clayton
and Hampton, 20 tons Into one, ore
value $60.29, concentrating value
1252.67; W. O. Wright, 40 tons into
one, ore value 110.73, conceniraun
value $1,689.40; Clayton and Hamp
t n, 40 tons Into one, ore vah:
$19.02, concentrating value $361
73. The several tents show that
the ore averages $29.04 In gold, with
a ratio of concentration of 32 into
one. Mater's tests did not renc
fjiilte thn hlsh ratio of eoncentra'
tloti as tflo foregoing, borauno
first extracted all free gold contain
eil In tho ore by amalgamation
luio making concentration tests
The mine Is equipped with machln
ery to the value of about $12,000
about $4, BOO has been expended on
development lu tho mine, making
total of $16,100.
Mr. Maler has plans afoot to go
ahead with development nnd expect
open and bbx-k out generous ore
reserves, with which to supply the
IM'-ton mill soon to bo In operation
Ppeaklnir of tho geology, vein sys
tem and development at the protf-
eilv. Mr. Miller said:
"I shall not attempt to give you
n full Ascription of tho geology of
the district, but Will merely state
the geological features of the irome-
fllnte country In which tho mine Is
4 tiltualed.
' The country rock Is a granular
p.ran-dtorlte and Is composed of
c.uaru, quartzlte and feldspar. Re
lated to this rock is what commonly
is culled greenstone, by the mlnen.
It Is a chlorltlzed rock with a char
fci'terlstlc porphyritlc texture and
belongs to the latest cretaceous, or
early terltiary periods. The reddish
up soil has beon formed by the sec
ular disintegration of these underly
ing rocks, mineralized with iron py
rites which were oxidized by expo
ante to air and water, thus account
ing for the red hue of the silt ,
"Faulting of tho homogu,cneoua
mass of the country rock gave birth
to the vein system ot the proporty
lar.d the vein filling was deposited In
uccesslve longltudlual layers and.
ence, the vein may bo styled a
landed fissure vein. The valuable
mineral in the vein were not depos
ited with any approach to regular
ity throughout tho matrix, but occur
uther in localized zones, especially
long tho foot wall, forming pay
ireaks and chimneys. As a whole,
the vein consists of quartz, magnes
Ic silicates and plagloclase spar,
th the values In the quarts and
In the bedding planes of the various
elii materials. The vacdose ion
seems to be In the neighborhood of
twenty feet. The values seem to In
crease when nearing the under
ground water zone. j
The strike of the vein Is 42 de
nes south of east and its dip 15
degrees north. The average width
ictween walls is bIx feet, with a pay
streak of from 24 inches to 48
inches on the foot wall.
"Tho vein Is not frozen and the
filling easily broken and sorted.
"The property has been opened up
by two shafts and one cut as follows:
One two compartment shaft, 135
oct deep, with cross-cuts to the vela
t tho 65-foot station and also at
he 135-foot station, with drifts run
west In both levels, the vein dipping
n ,rth and shaft being vertical Its
entire distance; drifts at Intersections
of veins aggregating 150 feet, on MS
the full length of same:
Shaft No. 2 Is down 85 feet, and'
on ore, witn no arms on tne ,
vein. The cut Is In 80 feet,
Ing west of tho main work-
ng shaft and connected with
same, the voln Is exposed in
cut Is In 30 feet, being west of the
innin working shaft and connected
with same, the vein Is exposed in
ln entire face of cut, as well as in
he roof, widening out as It strikes
v-est, and from present Indications
an ore chute will be encountered
within fifty feet from the present
verkltiK shaft west, vela showing a
width of 12 feet at that point. The
smlace continuity has been well es
tablished along Its Btrlke by - strip-
lugs, open cuts and shafts for a dis
tance of four miles, as well as the
pth continuity along Its dtp to-
rd the 135-foot level."
II'.IMGATIOV PACT 18
HEARTIL INDORSED
The following resolution was adop
ted, with one dissenting vote, at the
regular monthly mating monday ev-
tilng, of the Grants Pass Commercial
r' ub. It is a resolution approving the
action ot the board of directors of the
Josephine County Irrigation ft Power
company,
Whereas, The lack ot Irrigation
for the lands adjacent to the city of
( runts Pass Is greatly retarding the
development of every acre of tillable
land and,
Whereas For general farming pur
poses Irrigation Is absolutely, neces
sary and,
Whereas, The sub-division of large
arr-ai;es of land cannot be success
fully advocated until such time as Ir
rigation Is assured no that It will be'
popMble for tho small land owners to
eiiKHK" In Intensified culture, and,
Whereas, The future prosperity of
Grants Pass depends upon irrigation,
therefore bo it, ,
l:esolved, That we, the Commer
cial club of Grants Pass, represent
ing as wo do, tho business Interest
of tho entire -.'ounty, do heartily en-
d'rse tho action of the board of di
lators of the Jowiphlno County Irri
gation k Power company In having
'infracted with the Clil apo-Rorue
Klver company for the sn of the
ditches arid other holdings of said
Josephine County Irrigation A Power
company to tho end that water for lr
rl cut Ion may bo made available for
thn prenont rn pi. It y of said dIUhea,
and that steps may ho taken looking
to the extension of the system to
meet the requirements of the entire
district.