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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, x OREGON. FRIDAY, JVLY 7, 1011
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MAYBELLE WHIPPLE
DROWNED IN
ROGU
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SAILING WITH TWO YOUNG MEN
WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES.
REACHES BOAT BUT SLIPS
Death of Popular Girl 1 Great Shock
. to the Jntir Community.
WOOLLEY GETS CAPITAL
FOR HARBOR PROJECT
Mabelle, young daughter of Sur
Teyor W. R. Whipple of Wort 0 and
Clark streets, this city, waa drowned
Monday afternoon at 2:25 o'clock in
Rogue river opposite City park. The
accident occurred 20 feet from the
north shore, and about i quarter of
a mile east of the bridge.
The body was recovered at I o'clock
the same afternoon with a drag of
barb wire.
- MIsb Whipple, who waa about 1?
years of age, was in a sail boat with
James Neall and Murray Neall, broth
ers, of Medford. James Neall had ,the
following story to tell of the trag
edy: "We were having a ride in a sail
boat. There was no wind sufficient
to cause danger and wo were envy
ing the ride.- A light guBt of wind,
however, turned the sal1, and while
passing over our heads caught in
Miss May belle's hat, or her. hair, and
threw her to the side of the ooau The
weight was too much for the frail
craft ahd it capsized, l grap
pled with the girl and finally got her
on top of the floating capaucd boat.
She was alright, and laughed at our
predicament. My brother swaiq to
the shore, only about 20 leet. and
pulled off his tihoes and then swam
back to the boat. When he
had reached i within three or four
feet of ub, the boat whirled over
again, and the girl anil uij'olf werj
thrown into the water. We did what
we could to save Miss Maybelle but
failed. My clothes wee heavy and
encumbered me. ,
' "I had not met Miss Wtuppl.? lUll
today. My brother Is engaged to
marry her sister, Vera, a ad wanted
'me to come hero and meet the faui
H. S. Woolley, promoter of Wool-
leyport harbor near Crescent City,1
California, arrived in Grants Pass
from the north Saturday and an
nounced he had raised the capital in
the east with which to bring his har
bor into existence, that he had receiv
ed permission from the wa. depait-
ment to do the work, and that he
would start operations at once. Wool-
ley left almost immediate! by auto
for Crescent City. x
Mr. Woolley was In a gleeful mood,
and if anbyody should doubt Wool
ley's statements one look at nls joy
ful countenance would have dis
pelled the doubt
This means big works at the coast
point and the expenditure of a large
amount of money. The next ques
tion Is railroad, who will build that
railroad from Grants Pass . to the
harbor? A recent dispatch out of
San Francisco said the Southern Pa
cific and Santa Fe, acting jointly,
will extend the Northwestern road
from Crescent to Grants Pass. Others
say Hill will build through here to
the port. Among all the smoke some
fire should soon develop. Grants
Psbs awaits developments with Inter
est
JEWETT MINE WILL
SOON BE OPERATED
PASSES INTO HANDS OF MEN
WHO WILL RUSH WORK.
Hydro-Electric Plant for Treating
Refractory Ores Will
Be Installed.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
PROPERTY BRINGS $40,000
ily. I am a carpenter, and htv )lan
employed at the Ameut dam and my
brother Is carponter foremau fc, tho
Johnson-Turner Contracting com
pacy at Medford."
During the afternoon a number of
boys and men were dlvla; for the
body, which went dowa In 15 fret
of water. Grappling hooks aid hks
were also being used to aid in the
search. Chief of Police McLaue was
early on the scene and sent a young
man to a nearby home ti procu t nets.
Dr. F. D. Strieker, coroner, also went
to theriver, and by 4 o'clock mariy
persons had gathered on oo'h banks
All were shocked and synmthjtl.! to
realize that a young girl had oae to
her death.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon for Mlaa .May belle
Whipple. Burial was In Masonl-3 cem
etery. The services were conducted by
Rev. F. C. Lovett The casket was
covered with flowers and It was a
sorrowing concourse of friends who
assembled at the bier of this girl, who
went to her death when It seemed
that her life could have been saved.
MIbs Maybelle was a few months
past 18 years. The parents and the
brothers and sisters were prcrent
when she was placed In the tomb
Mr. and Mrs. E. b. Gilklnsoc, of
Grants Pass, Tuesday celebrated the
fiftieth marriage anniversary,- their
golden wedding, and the Fourth of
July, a double event, at their home
at Fourth and I streets.
Eblnezer S. Gllklnson and Nancy
E. Gllklnson, the subjects of this
sketch, yere made mat; and wife
at 2 o'clock in the morning at Solo,
Linn county, Oregon; aud departed
soon after in the cool of the morn
ing for the celebration ' at Salem,
the year ' Abraham Lincoln was in
augurated presUent. -
Ebenezer crossed the plains by ox
team in the rush to the California
gold fields In '49. He was In the
same company with Thomas Vaughn,
one of the old pioneers of Tillamook,
Oregon. The caravan of ox teams
endured many hardships. While in
Humboldt Sink, Nev.', all of their ox
en died and the compauy almost
perished. Where their teams per
ished there were thousands of oth
er dead cattle and numerous wagons
and emigrant graves.
Finally arriving at Fiathe,- River,
Cal., Ebin went to work at mining,
but never amassed much wealth.
Moving to Oregon neaftSeio, ha met
Nancy E. Neal, who crossed the
plains in 1852, along with the old
respected pioneer family of Xt-als,
that have been the stur.ly hard
working and honest pioneers of Linn
and Marlon counties, who have help
ed make the wilderness blossom as
the rose, in the Willamette valk-y.
Eight children have been born to
this happy union, of which six are
living; but only three beln;; present
at their fiftieth anniversary, M-wit
Mrs. II. B. Hendricks, Mrs. W. S.
Moore and Clarence, the younger
son, who lives with his aged par
ents who are not having the best
of health, but have come to res
ide in Grants Pass for a milder and
better change of climate.
Ebenezer S. Gllkinm was born
March 9, 1827. Nancy E., his wife,
was born January 27, 1846. Mrs
M. J. Emerson, also a pioneer of
Oregon, who crossed tin plaint in
'52, resident of Cottage Grove,
also came recently to Crania Pan
for her health. They all enjoyed a
quiet, sane Fourth together.
The Jewett mine, located four miles
southeast of Grants Pass, has been
sold to W. R. Oxley, V. D. Barber,
John Mulr and William Mulr, the two
latter of Ontario, Canada. Messrs.
uxiey and Barber are operating a
mine near Gold Hill. The purchasers
have organized the Jewett Mining
company, capitalized at tbOO.OOO.
They will begin operations at once
on the Jewett which has' much
ore on the dump and much other val
uable rock in light They purchased
the property from the estate of Ben
jamln Healey, of San Francisco.
News of the sale of this property
to able and experienced mining men
brings much satisfaction to the peo
ple of Grants Pass as the mine is at
the very door of the city and the
working force to be put on the prop
erty will edd largely to the revenue
of Grants Pass business men
The' Courier has beoo informed
that a modern up-to-tho-min
ute treatment plant to takj care of
the rebellious ores of the mine will
be erected near the river bank and
about three miles from th city. This
plant will also add considerably to
the monthly payroll.
The mine was operate 15 year
ago and has been 1350 and 1400
feet of workings. A mill and concen
trator have been standing Idle on
the property and now will probnoly
be dismantled as It Is not of sufli
cient capacity nor the prope method
to save the values In the base ore.
The property was closed down a num
ber of years ago as a result of con
tention on the part of the several
owners, the main trouble being that
they did not get sufficient returns in
dollars and cents on shipments of
ore to various smelter. In other
words, they did not receive anywhere
near the values that their private as-
GRANTS PASS PEOPLE
VISIT GAUCE MINES
Quite a number of Grants Pass
people visited the Galiee mining dis
trict last week and they report usual
activity of the mines In that section.
There are constant arrivals from var
ious parts of the country of all
classes of men Interested In the min
ing Industry. Mining men are look
ing over the country, aud prospec
tors in large numbers are going to
the hills, which have scarcely been
scratched up to the present time.
The Almeda mine and the smelter
are attracting no little attention from
all classes, as they are producing
wealth every day In the week. The
smelter Is turning out a large amount
of rich matte dally, and It Is plain
to be seen that it Is time the 100-ton
smelter is replaced by a much larg
er one. This will be a necessity and,
while the company baa not given out
its Intentions, it is a fact that this
must result In the not distant future.
The big shaft is still going down
ward with three shifts. From time
to time cross-cuts are made into the
ore body, which is growing hearer
and nearer as depth Is reached. At
the lowest point the ore shows more
HORRIBLE DEATH
ENDS
VACATION
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE
NEAR THE HIGGINS MINE
AUTOMOBILE FAMILY PARTY
ENVELOPED IN I LAMKj.
GIRL OF FOURTEEN DIES
Father and Three Surviving Clii).
dreu Seriously Burned, Rut
Will Recover.
One daughter dead, another daugh
ter burned and Internally injured,
two sons with facet and bauds ter
ribly burned and the father with both
hands wrapped in bandages and face
scorched it the sad ending of a fam
ily party spending their summer va
cation in touring from San Francisco
to Portland and return.
The tory of the accident as told
by the father, John Kelly, conducting
an automobile garage aud repair
shop at 1460 Market street, San Fran
clsco, is substantially as follows:
"We left Grants Pass Tues-
vl than fthnv. both in comer and day evening at about 4 o'clock
m Thi. hff tr nrnv not onlv ano- " sunaown we were oe-
!ne values to be found below, but the ynd Kftrby traveling In 80-
extent of the ore body, and It is prov- noe Pwer vvn,te teanw- Al
ing conclusively that the Almeda con- Plnt bout bU m,le Kerb,v
tains an immense tonnage of ore, lB8 aa narrow na ru"
which will yield satisfactorily in both The "rgearlng e mschtn en-
mnnpr .! rnM ' countered a stone which stuck up
" t i a.. a il. - n.L I -
auove me center oi ma roaa. mia
dislodged the rock anl the gauohne
tank, which hangs above the rear ex
savs returned. Suspicion was arous
ed that they were being plucked by
somebody, the result leln,i the mine
was closed down. Benjamin Healey
finally absorbed all of the stock and
through the years he has persistently 6f waa punctured. . Tha alt pressure
refused to sell the property. J. R. Bhot the gasoline to the ground an
Harvey, of Grants Pass at one time Immediately the whole machine was
had a buyer here from the east who a mass of flames
waa willing to pay $75,000 tor the "When the machine struck I slow
property. Mr. Healey, however, re- ed down and my eldest daughter, An
fused the offer. He stated that be In- gella, a student in her flnt year at
tended to operate the mine himself Berkeley, jumped but at '.he side of
some day, but died before his cher- the road is a ditch, she foil oackward
lshed desire was fulfilled and both wheels of the machine piss
The present owner aro men of ed over her, breaking irib and caus-
wealth, and the Jewett nine will now Ing other injuries.
begin to turn out a large tonnage of "Myrnle, aged 14, Hobart. aged S
ore and set quite a number of men to and Homer 6, were in ihu rear seat,
work, which number will be lucrens- the former wearing a coUoa dress.
ed as fast as possible. the oldest boy In his shirt sleeves
The treatment plant will be of the aud the younger wearing a khaki
hydro-electric chlorlnatlon process coat. The girl was completely envel
with complete flow sheet and class!- oped in the flames which burned ber
flc&tlon. All of the ore from the clothing and. left her a niaas of blls
mine will be treated at this plant, tors and burns which wero so Berlous
none to be shipped to smelters Even that death came at 1: 25 Thursday
the most rebellious, stubborn tellur- morning. The faces of both toys ar
lde will be treated hero, sliming ev- g0 badly burned that they am swollen
erythlng by regrlndlng The ore re- almost beyond recognition and their
covery will be 90 per cent or more.
Dan Hearn and Jack Casey left
Grants Pass last Friday bout! for
Hlgglnt camp, where they go to visit
their new gold strike. They took
with them a lot of supplier hardware
and other articles, and will proceed
with work of opening the ledge. All
of the principals, however, will re
turn to Q rants Past for the Fourtk,
They will enjoy tome fun. when all
but Hearn will return to the property
and got down to business , No one
arises to say anything against the
newest gold sensation. A mining
man from thai district today ttated
to The Courier that at the bottoa of
the hill, where a stretu hat cut the
formation, that the ledgw shows
wide. "It It a big one." said the
Courier informant Belag oxidised,
the owners will knock oat tome quick
money.
Another feature that U pleasing to
many mining men, la that this ledge
shows a permanency of ore In place
In the camp. HIgglus property be
ing somewhat of a geological enig
ma, caused a question to arise as to
permanency of letfges. Bat this die
rovery of Casey's puts new faro n
ngs, and goea to provj thai, 'he re
gion Is one of high worth.
The Courier tent the newt of this
strike, as It has the others made
In the past 60 days, over the United
Press wires, which gave the newt It
all states. News of continued striata
here is bound to stir the mining
world, and Josephine county will at
tract many mining men, as It hat
already attracted many lurlJg the
past two months.
Dan Hearn stated last night that
he intends to bring a fine display
of ore from the new strike, for the
Mining Congress to meet here July
18.
MEN
ARE URGED 10 6EI
EXHIBITS HERE BY JUEY
HANDSOME MINERAL
DISPLAY AT CONGRESS
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GERMAN ARMY MAXWVEUS.
BERLIN, July 6. Practically 1,-
00,000 men have been called to take
part In the flold maneuver of the
German army this summer. In addi
tion to the regular army strenKth,
22,000 reserves havo been detailed
to the same duty. This will maVe
the total strength of '.he emperor's
land force 977,000 men. BeMdfS
these, men now serving with the
fleet will be engaged In the glgantl
war gn e.
DEPOSED KING MANUEL'S
Met Ml 11 I'ASSKR AWAY
ROME, July . Maria Pla, Dow
ager Queen of Portugal and mother
of the deposed King Manuel, died
at Stupintgi castle, where she bad
lived since Manuel's overthrow.
The dead queen bad been falling for
months, largely through grief at the
fall ef her family's tortanes. She
also grieved deeply over Illegal
awards of vast sums tnadi against
her, It being alleged tbat tbey were
wrongfully Uklng from the Porto
iuee treasury before the downfall
of the monarchy.
At a meeting Wednesday of com
mitteemen to prepare for the min
ing congress, the belief was exprea-
0
ed by tho workers looking to the col
lection of a mineral exhibit of Jose
phine county ores that a collection
would be assembled wh!ci would
advertise this county in splendid
shape. It was, however, a source of
regret tbat a collection of exhibits
from various mines and prospects
was slow In arriving. Many will ar
rive later, but It Is the desire of the
exhibit committee to have this min
eral here In time to classify It and
arrange displays without being com-pellt-d
to wait to the last days and
confusion.
The committee asks that this paper
give publicity to the fact that all
prospectors and mining men who In
tend to send exhibits have their ore
here by July 12. Later arrivals will
be welcomed, but all who can pos
sibly do so, should send'ln their ex
hibits not later than the date men
tioned, at this will facilitate a com
prehensive arrangement, and a better
display will result
Every man wjho owns a mine or a
prospect, and wbo will send In ore
for tbe exhibit, will procure thereby
one of tbe best possible advertise
hands are big blisters. lioba.t, wbo
waa In hit shirt sleeves is bally turn
oil nn t Via lianlr a n atintil iiiie
Tbe father and threj childm sre
at the South Pacific hospital under
the care of Dr. Loughrldg? and con
Btantly attended by Dr. P. Kelly of
'ortland, uncle of the ehiiJren, who
arrived Thursday from Portland
Tho doctor states that the three chil
dren and the father will recover.
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ments for his property. Tba ore will Mr. Kelly secured a sprng wagon,
remain on permanent exhibition with feather bed and sprlngi and brought
his name, address and other Informa- llttlo Myrnle to Grants Pass Wednes-
Hon, and investors at the mining con- day, whilo nolghbors In the vicinity
gresz, and others who will come in of the accident cared for the other
from time to time througn the year, children during tbe night. Thli ravi
will examine hit ore and sales will ing they were brought hre by Marve
result Jordan in his automobile.
Tbe miner will reap first results Mrs. Kelly and baby hove been noc
from the ore display and it behooves lifted and will arrive from San Fran
him to have interest enough and clsco Friday. The body of 'be lit-
pride enough for his dUtrlct to get tie girl will be taken ti Portland for
busy on this at once. Send In your burial In the family lot. The Kellya
ore by July 12, If possible. having been residents of tbat place
By unanimous vote O. 8. Blanch- untI1 about two yenrt ago.
ard. Dresidont of the mining bureau. "T aaya mai me conation oi
was requested to address the Com- aa was responsioie ior we ac-
merclal club next Monday evening at aent wnicn causea me aeatn oi nis
the regular monthly meeting on the daughter and the Intense suffering to
plans and Intentions of tbe com- o" members or his ui ny. They
mltteemen regarding tbe mining con- l0" B,n irancisco june ii, ana naa
gress. Thus will all memoers pres- tr"led to Portland, craning the
ent be informed of the work to far BUVIyous, and were returning by the
done and what la hoped to be done w'r of Crescent City.
with th. limited netnb at the com- omn 10 say me mu.oraj .i wsj
mn1 of Ihu mlnln concrete earn. nOf"serlously lr Jrt I
mltteea.
Frank South stated that at least
$200 more was needed for tbe work
lu band, and proposed tbat all mem
II. S. Herzlnger said Saturday
that a handsome mineral display of
Josephine county ores wMl bo made
at the Mining Congress to convene
In Grants Pass July 18. Mi. Her
tlnger Is chairman of the committee
to procure ore for the countess, and
from what he stated yenterday Jose
phine county will lead the procession.
Men aro now at work In fhe var
ious districts gathering both low
grade and high-grade ores. Most of
this will be In Grants fori by July
10, as It will be delivered to. vari
ous points In the county not later
than July 8. This was the arrange
ment made at the meeting last week
of the various eommlttyes. The com
mitteemen will meet again Wednes
day evening of this weed at the Com
mercial club, and a biz turnout Is
desired.
Frank Socth says hli committee
(finance), Is working hard anl doet
not want to skip anybodf. Anybody
who bat not been seen should look
an tbe committee. The .success of
the mining congress, so far as de
pends on Grants Pass,, Is wrapped
np In the success In collecting do
nations of coin for the entertainment
of mining visitors and Investors.
Word comes that operator, engi
neers and Investors from Spokane and
other northern cities will be here. It
behooves Grants Pass to give these
people a welcome and entertainment,
and It can't be done without mrney,
say the committeemen, and they nrge
all people of the city to aid, at the
present Is the goldea opportunity for
Grants Pass and Josephine county to
launch a genuine mining boom, some
thing that will make these old streets
ham with business.
KILLS WIFE AND
THEN DESTROYH HIMSELF
bert present consider thsmselvis col-
BOI8E, Idaho, July 1. Because
his wife persisted In br Intention of
tectore and make and effort to Inter suing him for divorce, Horace Llchty
est some one or two or three per- shot and killed her and then com
fee I mltted suicide at Twin falli.
MARINES ORDERED RETURNED
TO THEIR HOME STATION
WASHINGTON, July Acting
Secretary of the Navy Wlnthrop lute
this afternoon, orderod the crnter
Colorado to return the 500 marines
new at San Diego to their home sta
tion near Seattle. The marines were
ordered to San Diego during the Mex
ican crisis. '
NEW TORK, July . In the yscht
raws started here today by the New
York Tacbt club many of the best
vessels In the fleet are entered. Ths
contents are being held off Hunting
ton and will continue three dnys.
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