Rogue River courier., August 25, 1911, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

Weekly Rog'ue River Courier
Catered at the pott office at Grauta Pan, Oregon, for transmission
ttroojb. tli mall ai aecoad-claaa matter.
A. K. VOOKHIES, I'ubUsher and Pro prietor. C. G. COUTANT, Editor
GRANTS, PASS, ORE., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1911.
OUR CHICAGO VISITORS.
Grants Pass has be'en honored this week by a visit of
several Chicago capitalists connected with the Chicago
Rogue River company, and their coining is of the highest
' importance to the people of this part of Josephine count,
as they arc here to investigate the demand for the exten
sion of their irrigation canals so as to supply the needs of
the farmers in this part of the Rogue River valley. They
are men who have made their mark in the financial world
and, as a result of experience, are good judges of business
opportunities generally. They and their associates have al
ready large investments in this section and are making
arrangements for the placing of additional capital for the
completion of their plans for the irrigation of many thou
sands of acres of land on both the north side and the south
, side of Rogue river.
It is pleasing to note the fact that the leading men of
Grants Pass have welcomed these visitors and given them
every encouragement in the extension of their irrigation
system which promises to become one of the leading enter
priss in the north west. It has been generally conceded
that this part of the Rogue River valley lacked but one
tmng to make it ideal as a general tanning and fruit coun
try, and that was, water on the lands and this is being sup
gation of the Columbia River fisheries, under the mistaken R E Kroh returned to town thl8
idea that the salmon that were not caught in the Rogue iafternoon from the BCene ot tne brush
would be caught in the Columbia and the Rogue be utd-wanilleBndllhaIf doWBthe8outh.
ued only as a breeding ground for the Columbia. The i lu- iern paclflc track8 aU(1 stated that the
tihty of this belief is apparent to anyone at all familiar & had gwept both the odd Fel.
with the habits of the salmon; salmon invariably return lowg. and the Masonic cemeteries,
only to the river or creek where they were hatched, and but had been controlled at the ditch
the number of fish in the Columbia is not affected by the ,
on Tokay heights. Mr. Kroh stated
that he had two men employed, the
telephone company two men, and
there were others in the fight.
The correct form of quart! and pla
cer location notices are on Bale at
The Courier office; ?.hc for 6; 40c
jer dozen. 2Sltr
Hon lice, chicken Ilea. nd mite. eoat the praHrrman mare
roonur than ll theolhtir itema of ialtrj exponas onaikiuwl. Tlier
are npoiuilile for inoro dimue and mora poor ogK recorda than
al I other caom tngethPr. Xbi.y infant liroodrra and moating plaooa,
and multiply br Writ ot thnaaanda a ml Hat thij oan lm poai
tirelrutormiiiauxl at amitftayamall ooat oompaxod to the aaving.
CONKEY'S INVINCIBLE TRIO
TJoe Powder, Lice Llqnld and Lice Ointment doe the work.
Coukrr'a Lloe I'owd.'rwlll kill all bodlice. Annnoaoailddduf
Infwunt and a poaitive iiermlcide. 25c; SOc; $1.00.
Conker'a Lloe IJquld la a poaitive death dealer to mltoa and
lice. A Knnniciile and preventive. Ponotratua erevioea where pow.
dtT will nut. Harmlot to fowla of an 7 ana. Qt. 35c: Gal. (1.00.
Conkey'a Ilcnd Lice Ointment la the only ponltlve extermin
ator on the murkct for the paraaltna that patter little ohicJu and
cauielhcin to droop fcnd die, JOc Mid 2 So.
ThtMWnQdortal mndle told in iiinninini tn.iiil imriln.w Oompl4 direction, with Ma
lcU(ih tied li; UivuMadi of poultrjmui throughout U. UaiM SMttM. babalaUuw (uarairiawt.
CRAMER BROS.
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"U.v , .'.til JL-U
?ki?hlhedflhthi,rive or even by thenumber of mm eato iffi gnu) m
The Chinook Salmon. fllP finest food fish in thfi WOrld. 1 Hon lice, chicken lice, and tnltoa, eont the nonltrrman more
are now swarming up the Rogue by the millions. Below
the dams and riffles in the river the water is literally black
with fish, magnificent fellows several feet long, and these
fish can only be caught by hook and line, because, forsooth-
there is one chance in a million that some of them
might be caught near Portland. Hook and line, indeed.
There are not fifty Chinook salmon caught here in a year
by hook and line, and even these are generally snagged, j
as the Chinook is not a game fish in any sense. .
This great natural food supply, tons upon tons of the I
finest food hsh m the world, is daily passing up the won-
derful Rogue river that flows directly at our doors, yet
our local markets are supplied with fresh salmon shipped
by express from Seattle, Tacoma or Portland. Just think
of this a moment, A 300-mile haul for our' fresh salmon '
when within five blocks of this office the same fish, direct
from the sea, are swarming by the millions. Think of it.
Not a pound of this immense food harvest can be bought
for love or money; and, it belongs, by every right of loca
tion, discovery and occupation, to us.
plied by the corporation which our visitors represent The . , thl.s 18 not Am?cf great Ml ?if m
4 . J .. , . . , .l . .. . : hnfn Tina rivpr nnrt its liftln Trihiit.nrips In snnwn nrifi thpn
trustees or uic urants rass tommercial club invited the
Chicago representatives to their rooms on Tuesday even
ing and the occasion was made memorable for the friendly
feeling and good wishes which were interchanged. The
into this river and its little tributaries to spawn, and then
to die. Very few of them return alive to the sea, their
natural habitat. And these dead fish. What of them?
Stand on the bridge spanning the beautiful Rogue at the
foot of Sixth street on any fair evening, and you will know.
committee of the club assured them of their hearty support i 'Vuul Ui 01T bUWl T aui i T . 6 r TT V
;mnm.fnr,f ntnr.Mc. ,..1, I There are few more beautiful views m the world than that
is carrying forward and told them that the farmers of the rom in 8 DrmSe' ueauiuui nveis tnam
valley woSld, in their opinion, appreciate the opportunitv RoSue but wiU not stand there long- unless you ho d
Cornier took the trouble to get the opinion of members
who entertained our visitors and each and everyone said
substantially that it was of the utmost importance to the
best iLtcrests of Grants Pass to assist in carrying forward
this enterprise which is capitalized by these Chicago peo
ple, as they are to give us the one thing of importance aud
. that is, water to irrigate our farms. It is to be hoped that
the people of Grants Pass, as well as the farmers uuderj
flirt t.Vi-ii iaci-jH atrefntn Af lrrirrnf inr. will n-f in l.nvm.mir
from this on so as to build up the industrial interests of iGraTlts Pass ar0llsed on thls qiiestl0D
both city and county, lhe success of irrigation means
more to Grants Pass, it has been claimed, than the building
of two additional railroads and this opinion it is not diffi
cult to believe.
your nose
Grants Pass, spoiled by the selfish greed of a few men
hundreds of miles away.
We must wrake up. This condition must be changed.
Why cannot we purify our river? Why cannot we raise
this embargo from our great natural industry? Why can
not the thousands of tons of the richest food in the world,
worth thousands of dollars to this city, be utilized by usf
This condition should be changed and our united effort
will do it. The next legislature will see the people of
BIO OPPORTUNITY MISSED.
C. L. Mangum, who
SHORT ROAD TO PROSPERITY.
In the dawning of that prosperity which is to follow
irrigation and to make Grants Pass an industrial center
and the outlying districts a farming territory, rich be
wro.A Hip flmnmmvoni o.uh ninnJYoud &sutq it becomes us as a people to make he most
;t, "AliMiii; In Josenhinc County." savs in ih.-.t rmhVw. of our golden opportunities. We are all expecting: much
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umsolKlatcd Mines cnnipaiiv. Of t!w niine itself he snva:
"The Almeda Consolidated Alines Co. owns the Big
lank gnmp of quart, minimr claims eoverhnr severnl lnm-
dred acres, which is ciiiipcd with compressors, air drills,
i that a few years ago he had an opportunity to locate I fro irrigation and yet The Courier feels constrained" to
Big Yank ledge at Galicc, but neglected to' do so and! point out the fact that there is much land to make readv
3rs cainc in and took it up and sold it to the Almeda 'for water before practical work can be done. There is
scarcely a ten-acre tract that does not require the ser- j
vices of a machine, known as a grader, to make it avail-1
able for irrigation and raising a crop. There has been. '
hoists, concentrators, rock crushers and a smelter of 100 ! seemingly, much delay in the matter of constructing the ;
tons capacity. The company has been actively engaged 1 irrigation ditches and, as a result, many farmers may
continuously (luring the last ten years in developing this! think that such hindrances will continue- but from whati
'! Tv l?Uvr inr,H we can lcara from those, who can speak with authority, ;
oi immeuuteh available t lu it million do lars worth of n i j i f ., ;'
smelting ore. The hig ledge where lhe river cuts it in the laUd hldCrS Can be a88ured that rapid Proress
twain measures "J80 feet wide, thus jiroving it to be one of )0 ma(c rom now on an- therefore, those who have land
the largest mineralized veins of quartz ever discovered in to prepare for the water should get to work at the very,
North America. There is more than a mile of underground 'earliest opportunity or they will miss another crop. Dur-1
works on this ledge and numerous cross cuts, drifts, wiuz-'ing the season of 1912, thousands of acres of grain and
dttho , Ho!!, 17 m ,u;mVlrivV! 1 ,,,;lk(' ava)JaWc ad-inifoifa can and must be raised. This cutting and hauling
ditional tonnage lor the smelter which was recently blown i t . . f
in. The ore carries iron pyrites, conncr sulphides :md Z WOod to town to ct raoile.v to bu' ha)' other feed
lena. Values go from .t'J.OO to O.(K) in gold and silves, and shoul11 stoP- tne Iau ready for the water not later
from 2 to 10 per cent in copper. Selected ores go as high j than May 15, next year, and put in your crops which will
as $80.00 per ton in the three metals represented in the! find a readv sale in the home market at biff Drices. Rton
a i. i
issays. One remarkable leature of the ore is that it in- paying the Southern Pacific thousands upon thousands
vreases in riciincss as uepin is attained. I Ins lact refutes of dolls
the claims of a few that the ores of the mines in Oregon do the state. Mind vou,
not hold their value with depth. The company is active i pany is. not respo'nsibl
and progressive, and, realizing the fact that it owns one of remember these self ei
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.IFISOMK PHAIKIK.
me mosi e.iensive anu vaiuaoie nuiung properties in
America, it is now considering the idea of const ructimr a
, , . . .
much larger plant to handle the immense tonnage that isi
being developed. The officers of the company are O. M. , K7" nnc ,fe ,x
Crouch, president; L. B. M. Simons, vice president; K. C.!,.hHri.h porVi,oH s,.njny and return
Kinney, secretary and treasurer; dohn l- ickhaiu. man- r.i to th.-ir homo Monday. Mr. Druce
ager, and I1. It. Wickham, superintendent of the mine. jiookt-d nfin- affairs durinK their ab
Mr. Mangum is without doubt, one of the best posted Mlu'p-
men in southern Oregon in regard to mines and mining'
matters. He has spent much time in investigatin
hi-cjor en
ars for hauling these articles from other nr.rts of
the Southern Pacific Railroad eom-
le for your short comirigs and pleas3
dent truths.
Investigate, and you will
invest in our line of
Misses Hazel and Hilda Lamphear
n nd Everett and Ben Harman came
out from Grants Pass by auto Sunday
and were calling on friends on the
Prairie, also on the river.
prop
erties ami is known as a mining engineer, whose opinions
are valuable, llis pamphlet just issued, will become popu
lar and already there is a considerable demand for it.
GRANTS PASS LOSING HEAVILY.
The foolish, selfish policv which dictated the closing
of the Rogue to commercial fishing is at la.-; hearing re
sults, and, to the people of tjrantr- Pass and the other
towns on the river, the results are not pleasant, to sav the
least.
The law created by the people of Oregon, whit h dosed
the Rogue to commercial fishing was pacd at the in-ti-
Mrs. J. 0. Mci'Rtin spent a few days
In town with relatives.
Mr. mu! Mrs. W. K
Joyed Sunday with Mrs l.nthrop on'
Kocue river.
Mrs. Ki'vilil'a. ti and two children of!:
Milwaukee. Wis., are visiting with
Mr. and Mr. Wylher at Homewood
farm.
Mr. ami Mrs. 0. J. A i introng nnd
daughter. Mildred, with Denton IV.tr-
Mcet After 33 Vears
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hoy of Sioux
City, lown, have been guests this
week at the home of Mrs. Hoy's
brother, C. 0. Gillette of this city.
Mr. Hoy left Wednesday morning for
Pi.lo Alto to look after business, af
ter which he will return to his home
in low a. Mrs. Hoy will remnln fnr n
longer visit with her brother, as this
N their first meeting In 35 years.
I.orrln ltctli. of the Calhoun
Clothlns company, returned Tn..a.
roimh and family, ,-f Kogne river. I.lay from a three davs1 outi.ifi at Ga
pent Sunday w ith S. ott Koldnson j lice, Mr. Month spent most of the
and family on the Applegate. ,m. tlMu. lllul vlsit0(, flt
Miss ler.ern Morgan w.-r.t to: Almeda mine nnd the Holsworth
"Hants Pas,, Mo.utav. to remain for , .tredpe.' the latter place helnp eve,a!
r. Indefinite P-rlod. ,Ml! (,U(11
ti'i' i int4K A&W
iKSBtfWlf MV
Heavy Team $30 to $125
Single Heavy $30 to $50
Single Driving . . : $10 to $50
Sweat Pads ". 50c to 75c
V
We make our harnesses of the
Celebrated
Oahwood Leather
and we make theln as good as skill and brains can
do it. Our new $375 Landis Sewing Machine and
our Mr. Thomas Moreland behind it, is a combina
tion hard to beat.
We also carry a fine line of
WHIPS
SADDLES
BLANKETS
HALTERS
LEATHER CUFFS,
TIE ROPES
HORSE BRUSHES
CURRY COMBS
SNAPS, BUCKLES
LEATHER BELTS,
LEATHER HAT BANDS, WAGONS
AND BUGGIES.
Grants Pass Hardware Co.
THE BIG HARDWARE STORE
.... , ..-.rT-,-nnm
ItjS Hard to Figure
profit when the transaction shows a loss, It can't be done
ran always figure that
You
There's Gain on Deposits at this Bank.
No depositor ever scored a los, with .. but everyone ba. made gain.
Open an Account at this Bank
nd keep your money working for you both day and night.
Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co.
GRANTS PARS, OHroo.N.
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