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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1011
SO. It
G. SANDERS BUYS
BIG DITCH DIGGER
TO BE USED TO EXTEND IRRIGA
TION SYSTEM.
COST LAID DOWN IS $3950
Not Only Excavates But Will rull All
the Stomps Encountered
Along the Ditch.
T. J. Patterson, representing Beall
& Company of Portland, in Grants
Pass, Saturday closed a deal with
George E. Sanders, agent of the Chicago-Rogue
River company, for a
steam shovel which is to be used for
digging the gravity ditch and the Ap
plegate ditch.
This steam shovel will be shipped
direct from the factory In Ohio and
is to be delivered In Grants Pass by
October. The steam shovel has a ca
pacity of 300 cubic yards every ten
hours and will cost f. o. b. Grants
Pass, $3,950. It has one mam engine
and three auxiliary engines and is the
latest and best type, it will propel
itself under Its own power along the
bottom of the ditch.
This machine will not only dig the
ditch without any plowing, but will
also pull any stumps that may be
necessary to remove along the right-of-way.
After the survey stakes ate
set all that has to be done with the
right of way is to slash it and pull
the big stumps with the engine, and
all of the othe small stumps, brush
and roots will be lifted out bodily.
The shovel has power enough to
dig ordinary 6hale, porphyry and de
composed granite without blasting
It will take out boulders bodily that
measure a half cubic yard in size.
This machine can be operated Just
as well when rain Is falling as
when the sun shines, and can be run
day and night, thus giving It a capa
city of from 600 to 700 cubic yards
per day.
The ditches to be dug will be eight
feet wide on the bottom, twelve feet
on the top and four feet deep, with
the exception of the first part of the
gravity ditch which will be twelve
feet on the bottom' and eighteen feet
on the top, with a general depth of
four feet, and with a depth ot five
feet between the Golden Drift dam
and the east side of the 'city, which
will give a greater pressure on the
pipe line under such streets as are
paved.
Work will start on the gravity
ditch Just west of the Golden Drift
dam as soon as the shovel, arrives.
To operate the shovel requires ono
engineer, one fireman and a roust
about to each shift, and a man with
a team as a tender for both shifts,
It will be a wood burner and much ot
the wood and water required can be
obtained at points nearby as work
progresses.
Between October 1 and May 15
there are 229 days and by working
two shifts 600 yards a day can be ex
cavated, which will be 203,400 cubic
yards, which will extend both the
gravity and the Applegate more than
five miles below town.
Mr. Sanders says that If the Merlin
people and the peoplo on the Murphy
divide will assure the company that
they will take water In sufficient
quantities to pay Interest on the
money expended, he will buy a second
steam shovel by January 1, and en
large the Grants Pass ditch to the
size of the Applegate ditch and dig a
ditch that will cover the Merlin banln,
and also a shorter ditch that will rov
er the high lands between Grants
Pass and Murphy, with the exception
of hill tops. Farmers of Murphy ami
Merlin should get together and make
arrangements to have their land come
under a ditch the coming season.
Rev. C. T. Whittlesey of Eueene.
who has been on a trip to various
points !n Connecticut, stopped In
Oranta Pass Tuesday to p"nd the
day with Rev. Robert McTsn. lie
left for the north this morntn.
EASTERN STOCKHOLDER
PLEASED WITB ALMEDA
Wednesday morning, Charles Oh
niart ot Springfield, Ohio, came in
from the Galice mining district,
where he had for some days been
visiting the Almeda mine, of which
corporation he is a prominent stock
holder. Mr. Ohmart is a business man and
thoroughly posted along both com
mercial and industrial lines. He
talked interestingly of the Almeda
mine and smelter and, like other vis
itors to that great property, was
abundantly satisfied with the large
output of ore and the prospects of
the smeller. While in Grants Pass,
he visited the Golden Drift dam and
Investigated carefully the Irrigation
possibilities. He gave it as his opin
ion that the irrigation plant will
prove to be a wonderful factor In the
development of the agricultural In
terests of this part of Josephine coun
ty A friend took Mr. Ohmart for an
auto ride over the city and country
Immediately adjacent thereto and
the visitor came back with enlarged
views regarding Grants Pass as a
business center and the rich coun
try which surrounds the city This
man from Ohio was charmed with
Rogue river and the great fish which
hie saw In the stream", and expressed
the hope that he, with his family,
might at no distant day, become res
idents here."
In speaking of the Galice district
in general and the Almeda mine in
particular, Mr. Ohmart gave It as his
opinion that the section mentioned
was rich in gold and xopper and
would become famous in mineral
productions. He spoke In glowing
terms of the vast deposits of copper
and gold In the Almeda, and ho look
ed forward to the time when that
mine would become one of the great
producers of wealth In southern Ore
gon. .
Mr. Ohmart said that his visit to
this city and county gave him great
satisfaction, as he had seen with his
own eyes the rich products of the
country and had had the pleasure
to meet many pleasant people during
his stay here. He left this afternoon
on the south bound train to visit
California and expected to reach his
Ohio home In about two weeks.
RANCHER LLOYD SCOTT
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Lloyd Scott, who has been resid
ing on the Dillingham place, which
he recently purchased, Hbout two
miles down Rogue river, was arrest
ed Wednesday about 3 o'clock, on
a warrant sworn out by his wire, and
taken to the county Jail by Sheriff
Smith. Scott is held on a charge of
larceny by bailee and the arrest was
made as be drove Into town In a bug
gy, containing a large trunk. He
had stepped out of the buggy Into
the McLean garage when he was tak
en In charge by Sheriff Smith and
his baggage was taken charge of by
Justice Holman.
The trouble Is the result of a fam
ily Jar. Mrs. Scott alleges that they
were married In Pittsburg In January
of this year; that they were happy
until letters began coming to Mr.
Scott from his parents In Blooming
ton, Ills., asking him to leave her,
and that after that a coldness grew
between huBband and wife.
Some Jewelry and money In bank
also figure In the trouble. The wife
Intimating that her huaband wants
to leave her and take this wealth.
Scott had little to say on his side
of the caRe, and If matters are not
amicably adjusted out of court be
will present his Bide to the Jury.
N. 1'. Townwiul Uurn Knt-
N. E. Townsend left Thursday
morning for his home at Apollo, Pa.,
aft'T spending some Mm at the Penn
OreRon ranch near this city. Ho will
viplt at hata Springs. Lake Tahoe
and Los 'An coles en route, and will
arrive at h's home about September
1 r, . Tho pcnn-Oregon ranch has
lxon much Improved under the sup
minion of Mr. Townend ard Is
making a splendid showing among
the southern Oregon ranches.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING IS 1M
TIMBER FOR ROOF SUPPORTS
FAR TOO FRAIL
ARCHITECT GETS BLAME
School Board Employs B. A. Fitz
gerald to Put Structure In
Sliape.
That big, Imposing new high school
building is causing much concern as
a result of weak timbers In Its con
struction, and as a result of this D.
A. Fitzgerald has' been employed by
the Bchool board to get busy In a hur
ry to remedy serious trouble which
has developed.
It is alleged that certain timbers
are far too weak, and that the arch
itect, a Portland man, Is to blame.
The contractor followed the archi
tect's plans,' and no blame, so far,
has been placed against the contract
or. The contractor was also an out
side man.
Several hundred dollars still due
the architect have been held up by
the school board as a result of the
trouble with the building.
The roof timbers are alleged to be
too light to support the weight of the
roof and they are beginning to
"buckle" and some of them have
sprung nearly six Inches out of
plumb. Upright timbers have been
placed temporarily supporting the
celling In the assembly room while
workmen with Jack screws are en
deavoring to true up the truss tim
bers. This will probably be effected
without serious difficulty, although It
Is a greater Job than would have
been required to do the work right
In the first place.
Plastering In a number of places
Is cracking and falling, due to shrink
ing of timbers. This Is noticeable at
one of the stairways leading from the
first to the second floors, where lath
and plaster were placed directly upon
the face of the floor Joist and the
shrinking of the Joist broke the plas
tering, leaving on unsightly spot.
Again, In the basement below tho
level of the ground tho moisture haB
penetrated through to the Inner face
of the wall and the cement plastering
Is crumbling and falling in consid
erable qoautltlos.
It Is hoped tovhave the building In
shape for the fall term of school.
DKVKliOP.MENT WORK SHOWS
MICH VALUABLE OP.K
Dan Hearn, Pat Casey and J. R.
Harvey left last Thursday for Selmu,
from which point the parly tooK
the trail for the valuable gold prop
erties belonging to Hearn, Casey and
associates in the Chetco region.
Casey stated that development
work on the property la disclosing
much valuable ore, and he stated that
each day verifies first reports of ore
of much richness.
Mr. Harvey goes to sample the
ledge. This does not mean that a
sale Is on, as Hearn and Casey are In
no hurry to sell the property; on the
other hand they are Indifferent re
garding the matter, as they reallzo
they have a property that needs no
brasa band to stir enthusiasm. At the
time of Jibe strike Mr. Harvey was
promised the first chance at an op
tion If any was ever given, and the
owners are keoplng faith with Har.
vey and by sampling the ledge at
this time will put him In position to
handle the property at any tltno It
Is agreeable to all concerned.
"Of course we would sell," ssld
Caey to a representative of The
Courier, "but we want to are the yel
low gold with eagles stamped on It,
and a load of It at that, as we have
the yellow stuff In the rocks and It
takes Am yellow stuff In the banks
to get an exchange."
It Is believed Mr. Harvey has cor
respondent who desire to purchase
the property.
DECLARES IRRIGATION
DISTRICT NOT WANTED
By M. J. Anderson.
My recent communication to The
Courier advising that, as tin Irriga
tion act was new, it should be fairly
and openly discussed, before a dis
trict was voted under Ita terms has
brought no public response. It stirred
up some private personal abuse ot my
self; but that is ho argument, and
will have absolutely no effect on my
opinion of the project or lta cham
pions. This Is not a personal ques
tion and should not be judged accord
ing to our likes or dislikes of the peo
ple favoring or opposing.
Mr. Paul S. Seeley Informed ire
personally that I was wrong In stat
ing that the cost in case the district
was defeated would be paid by him
and his associates. He says he was
engaged by the Josephine irrigation
& Power company as an "Irrigation
expert" to put this district through,
and that all cost, past and future has
been, and will be, paid by tne above
company, which has given a uond to
secure such expense. I was surprised
at the above Information and cheer
fully make the correction; also with
draw the Intimation that Mr. Seeley
was a "philanthropist" for he made
it plain the deal was a strictly busi
ness affair with him, and the stock
holders of the local Irrigation com
pany paid the freight. '
Mr. Seeley also criticised my state
ment that he was "supposed" to own
water filings above the Ament dam;
be says he does' own such filings so
we will strike out the word "sup
posed". There were other small
things In the article with which he
found fault: "gumshoeing", for In
stance; but I do not care to make
correction without a more suitable
word to substitute, and the expres
sion suits my idea ot the methods fol
lowed. Mr. Seeley, who seems to know
what he is talking about, says the in
tention Is "to organize and find out
the best service of supply, which may
he storage on Louse creek, the Ap
plegate or higher on Rogue river for
there Is nothing to show the Ament
dam Is tho best supply."' Of coutbo
this Is the Intention. No one would be
guilty of thinking business men such
as the board tit directors of the Jos
ephine company would engage an ir
rigation expert and expend approxi
mately $1,000 to perfect an organiz
ation to the point of electing a board
of five directors to "watch Sanders";
as Is claimed by those who protend
there Is no lntuutlon to complete the
district and attempt to bond the land.
If It were only necessary to have an
antagonistic committee of some kind
to watch Sanders, It looks llko the
present board could fill the bill, as It
has had so mo experience In that lino
during the past year or two.
I claim there Is no nood of a dis
trict organization at this time; that
the expenditure of money for that
purpose after the sale to tho Chicago
company was not Justifiable, whether
there was authority to do so or not;
but If there was such a need the law
Is a dangerous one and no landowner
should vote without a thorough un
derstanding of Its terms. The pro
vision allowing non-resident owners
to vote would permit of any large
landholder temporarily transferring
small tracts to his non-resident
friends for voting purposes and con
trolling elections, bond Issues, assess
ments; It Is un-American, unsafe and
pronounced unconstitutional by every
attorney who has Investigated It.
In my opinion tbere was neither
legal nor moral right to do what hat
been done. A bargain was made be
tween the local Irrigation board and
the Chlrago-RoKue Mver company by
which tho ditches, water rights, and
all property, was sold to tho latter
and this sale was ratified unanimous
ly on June 15. Ono of tho terms of
this ante, as I iWollect It, was that
the Chlat?c company Issue notes of
small denomination to be given to
the stockholders to tho full value of
the stock held, and theno notes were
to l accepted by the Chicago com
pany at their fare value In payment
for water lo the extent of CO per
cent of each season's water rental. In
other words: the stockholder sold his
stock and took the note In Payment.
I with the whole of the property sold,
IS
STRUCK BIT TRAIN
JERRY M'COY NOW LIES AT THE
TOINT OF DEATH
ACCIDENT AT THE STATION
Walks Between Fast Moving Engine
and Express Truck on the
Platform.
Special to The Courier.
WOODVILLE, Aug. 7. Jerry Mc
Coy, the aged merchant ot thla place
who was struck Saturday by a north
bound Southern Pacific passenger
train, was today told by hla. physi
cians that he had but a brief time to
live. Mr. McCoy, therefore, arrang
ed some business affairs and now
awaits death's summons.
While no was mentally able to ar
range the business matters yet he
does not seem to remember anything
ot the accident which 'put him low.
He is fatally Injured Internally, so
the physicians have determined. In
addition to other hurts one rro ts
broken and his head fearfully gashed-
It Is not believed here that tho
aged merchant purposely sought hla
death when he went in reach ot the
locomotive; on the other ha.nd opin
ion Is that as a result of his Illness
of some days he was weak and con
fused and believed the northbound
train was the southbound, the one he
was to take for Ashland, where he
intended to visit the mineral springs.
McCoy was at the station expecting
to take a southbound train for Ash
land. When the north bound train
approached the station', McCoy toon
two grips In ono hand and stood at
the end of an express truck which was
standing alongside the track and only
about'l 8 Inches from the rails. Just
as the engine sped up at this point,
McCoy walked In between the express
truck, and tho rails, was hit In the
Ing parts of the engine, knocked down
back by projecting parts on the en
gine , knocked down, rolled over on
his back and lay gapping. ,
In addition to, the wound on his
buck, McCoy's head Is cut and one
hand mangled. What hla motive was
In his peculiar action Is not known as
tho train ho expected to board wns not
due for three-quarters of an hour.
However, It Is known that McCoy was
111, his contemplated trip to Ashland
being for tho purpose of vlHltlng min
eral springs near that town, and his
Illness mny have been cause of tempo
rary confusion.
The victim has conducted a confec
tionery and billiard hall In Woodvlllo
for about two years, coming from
Oold Hill, where he lived for a period
of ten years
and all future extension of ditches
ks security. That tbls was the under
standing of the stockholder and of
Mr. Sanders Is very apparent for the
latter Is accepting half cash pay
ments for water and crediting the
other half on the stock held by tho
wateruser. This arrangement Is
much appreciated for It ennbles the
stockholder to get full value for his
Rtock that was not worth 5 cents on
the dollar previous to tho sale, and
he Is getting back tho money he put
Into tho ditches. Now, If the stock
holder takes that note In payment for
his stock, and uhos the note to buy
water, does he still own the stock to
the extent that a board of directors
representing that stock has a moral
rlKht lo continue to Incur Indebted
ness acalnitt It by paying the expenses
of organizing an Irrigation dlHtrl-t?
Don't look Just right, does ItT
The stntenient of the promoters
(tint this district SKltatlon Is not det
rimental to the success of the Chicago-Rogue
River project Is false and,
In most Instances, knowingly so; If
It were not the promoters would have
consulted with Mr. Sanders as to the
effect of such a movement at a time
when he was financing bis system,
10DVILLE
MAN
STEAM PLANT TO GO
ON MINE NEAR KERBY
R. M. Wilson, owner and manager
ot the Alta mine and other proper
tie's located tlve mtles west ot Kerb,
has 'returned from Portland, where
he purchased a steam plant JtO J. ,
placed on the mine to furnish power
for his 40-ton Lane alow speed Chile
mill. This will enable Mr. Wilson to
run continually. In winter he will
use water power from Josephine
creek.
The engine just purchased la II
horse-power and the boiler 85 horse
power. The Alta mine la a big low grade
proposition and Mr. Wilson state!
that he la mining In an open cut 150
feet above the mill and all ore 1
sent to the mill by gravity. He ha
opened a 20-foot or body and yet
no wall on one side. Just what width
the ore shoot Is Is yet unknown. He
Is handling this ore and milling It
at a cost not exceeding 75 cents per
ton, and estimates that be can con
tinue to mine and mill for many
months In future at a cost never to
exceed one dollar a ton.
The slow speed Chile mill carrlee
six rolls, each weighing 1,200 pounda,
a crushing weight which totals 7,
200 pounds. The mill' Is 10 feet la
diameter, and has a receptacle on top
which Is loaded with 20,000 pound!
of waste rock to add to the crushing
weight. This top Is two feot deep.
Tho advantage of the slow speed
mill over the fast running mills U
that the tremendous wear and tear
and pounding and slopping Is avoid
ed. In addition, amalgamation la
more satisfactory. Two Johnson con
centrators are also operated.
Mr. Wilson hopes ,to have the
steam plant in operation by August
15.
CLAUDE CHALL0NER IS
DEAD FROM POISON
Claude Cballoner, known In
Grants Pass, Wlldervllle, Wonder
and other Josephine county towna If
dead as the result of a self adminis
tered dose of laudanum. The trage
dy occurred at Gold Hill. A dispatch
from Gold Hill says:
"With but two pennies and a but
ton picture of an old woman, presum
ably his wife, in his purse, Claude
Challoner, aged about 65, swallowed
the contents of a two-ounce bottle of
laudanum In a room at the Oold Hill
hotel some time after retiring at 10
o'clock Wednesday night, and died
nt Gold Hill hospital. .
"Challoner Is a stranger here. He
camo to tho hotel shortly before 10
o'clock Wednesday night and asked
for a room. Ho registered with diffi
culty, remarking that he could scarce
ly see. He paid for the room. H
was found by Landlord Gale at about
10 o'clock yesterday morning lying
on tho bed In tho room, with an emp
ty bottle lablod "laudanum" beside
him.
"Many small pictures, apparently
of relatives, were found In the man's
pockets by Coroner Kellogg, and one,
a postcard signed "Pearl and Mam
ma," apparently a picture of a daugh
ter and granddaughter, was address
ed "459 Montgomery street, Port
land." The postmark was June It,
1009. This Is the only clew that the
authorities here have as to Callen
er's friends or relatives. It was ap
parent that Chnlloner had passed the
summer of 1909 at Wlldervllle and
Wonder, Josephine county, He came
here from Medford, the laudanum
bottle bearing the label of a Medford
drug store."
hi:i:kivo quartz properties.
Arthur 8. Wily vice president of
the Waldo Consolidated Gold Mlnea
Company of Oregon, owner of the
extensive placer holdings at Waldo,
and J. T. Logan Saturday morning
went to Portland together. Mr. Lo
gan will be In Portland several days.
Mr. Wily stated to a representa
tive of The Courier that he would re
turn to Grants Pass, If possible, dur
ing the autumn, Ho Is seeking ft
quarts property and stated that if
the owners of quarts mines and pros
pects In Josephine county, who want
ed to sell, would allow prospective
purchasers more time to Investigate
and test a property that more wonld
be aold and developed.