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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1011
NO, 23
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MABEL CR01SANT
DIES
SUDDENLY
UNDER ANAESTHETIC HAVING
DENTAL WORK DONE.
WEAK OR FATTY HEART
Had Given Same Preparation to Oth
ers Probably a Hundred or
More Times.
BIG CASTING RECEIVED
FOR FRUITDALE PUMP
From Tuesday's Dally.
On a slab at Hall's undertaking
parlors, still in death, reclines the
mortal remains of Miss Mabel Crol
aant, for the past four years office
assistant to Doctors Loughrldge and
Flndley, esteemed and respected by
all who knew her, who, in life, had
administered anaesthetics to many
patients to alleviate suffering, her
self how the victim of the same pre
paration with which she had so many
times minimized pain for others.
Miss Croiaant has been having den
tal work done by Dr. H. C. Dixon
and last week had a tooth extracted,
taking soemnoform as an anaesthet
Ic. She had an appointment with the
dentist for 1 o'clock this afternoon
and when she arrived at the office
was in good spirits and joked with
the doctor. She had felt somewhat
nervous and asked Dr.'Loughrldge to
be at the office with her and when
he arrived she went to the chair and
the anaesthetic was administered ln
the usual manner. In a few moments
Dr. Loughrldge discovered that some'
thing was wrong and restoratives
were Immediately applied but to no
avail. Both doctors labored faithful
ly but were unable to bring her back
to consciousness. Dr. Loughrldge
states that death may have been
caused either by a weakness due to
fatty heart or from the shock. This
anaesthetic has been In constant use
for a number of years and the fatal
ltles throughout the whole United
States will not number more than
half a dozen.
Mabel Croisant was 28 years of age
and has been a resident of Grant
Pass for 14 years and for the pas
six has been In the employ of Dr
Flndley and Dr. Loushrldge a office
girl and assistant. She was exception
anly capable person for that otflc
and assisted Dr. Flndley In hundred
of operations, and It is prouame, ac
cording to the statement, by Dr.
Loughrldge, that she has administer
ed soemoform a thousand or more
time during her service.
She leaves a father, residing at
705 Pine street, a brother In the east
and a twin brother, Henry, at Fair
Play. Colo., having left here this
spring to work In the mines. The
brothers have been notified and no
epmants will be mad-?
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until their arrival.
PIONEER MERCHANT
VISITS GRANTS PASS
The Chicago-Rogue River company
has received by express from the By'
ron Jackson people at San Franclscj
an 1,100 pound casting for the big
four step pump which is to supply
the Fruitdale ditch with water., The
original fourth section of the pump
was cracked after one hour's service
This was replaced by a casting which
lasted six hours and cracked In the
same place as the first. Changes in
design calculated vto give greater
strength at the pressure point, have
been made and It is hoped that no
further trouble will be experienced.
It is probable that the pump will be
in working order tomorrow.
This pump has a lifting power of
65 feet and will', be required to
SCHOO
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BEGINS
MONDAY
MORNING
aSIGNMENT TO TEACHERS FOR
POUR SCHOOLS.
pump water 335 feet Into the Fruit
dale ditch. It Is guaranteed to gland
strain of 175 pounds to the square
Inch, while an actual pressure of 145
pounds will be required.
Efforts are again being made to
locate the monster 5-step pump which
was carried out by the flood which
took away a portion of the dam, and
Manager Sanders feels confident that
they will be able to locate the pump
very shortly.
:rushed rock for
CRESCENT CITY ROAD
MANUEL TRAINING ADDED
Repairs to the New High School
Building Have Been Complet
ed Satisfactorily.
S. P. WILL FIGHT HARD
TO RETAIN ITS LANDS
The county court has Initiated road
work which will give a fine stretch
of highway on the Crescent City road
Beginning at the top of Hays hill
two coats of crushed gravel will be
applied as far as Slssle gap, near Sel
ma, a distance of three miles. Each
coat will be rolled, and when finish
ed the mafcrlal will be six Inches
thick In the middle, tapering to about
4 'inches at the'outside edges. This
roadway will be made 16 feet wide
sufficient for-teami to pass. This
work Is In charge of Charles Phillips
and W. H. Henkle. Phillips built the
difficult piece of road around Hell
gate, which highway Is now on prac
tically a water grade, the steepest
being 5 per cent. From Selma an
other crew will gravel a good dis
tance of the old road, the gravel be
ing crushed at the beds near Selma
and hauled both ways for the two
jebs, six dump wagons being used
In
JOSEPHINE HOTEL
NEARS COMPLETION
J. V. Howard arrived here Wed
nesday evening from San Francisco to
spend several days looking after bus
iness matters and renewing old ac
quaintances. Mr. Howard was the
pioneer merchant of Grants Tass,
conducting a general merchandise
store in a wooden bulldlug ou the
corner of Sixth and G streets, where
October 1, or a date close either
way, will find Hotel Josephine ready
to entertain guests, and In a house
new in every detail.
Dr. E. L. Metscham and his broth
er Frank Metscham, are Impatiently
awaiting the fishing of the house,
when they will take charge and with
a reception 'to the people of Grants
Tass will declare the noted old-new
hostelry ready to receive guests.
The outside of the bulldlug Is to
be palutdd a cream color. The Inter
ior has been made new throughout
far more work being called for than
wag believed necessary at the be
ginning. Plumbing and lighting Is
also all new. Walls of the airy and
veil lighted rooms are "done" In tan
with cream ceilings, all furniture Is
new, the beds being massive Iron
frames and of a semi-dull gold shade
Lorg distance phone service connects
each room with telephone headquart
era. Steam radiators are fitted
throughout, each room being heated
In this manner.
The lobby will be cheered by a big
fnrtable looking fireplace
the Calhoun Clothing store is uow lo- bo a bcautv The sum 0f
cated. In addition to tnis, ne uor . t on th(? kltrhl,
the first hall that was ever put Into ' iRn. tnIg department will be, like all
building In Grants Pass, anei . ln tne house, the best and mns
clearing the ground of trees lor tne ,,llile. The kitchen will
erection of the store. Mr. Howard I faIl a refrj;nrator 10x14, bl
feels that he tad a hand In the mak-i ft maQ ,0 walk lll(
Ing of this city, which lias gnmn han2 up a slJe of t,CPf.
rapidly in the past rew )., u- steward, the beautiful new ho
his last visit. The gcnue.n.u , gx(h itwf( wn a,0
mrv. ,i.ioriv mi the beautiful,1 . . .... ,.. ,,
...... ,,,.v.-.., ',oon be open, ana oi im u-j
cluster lighting system which p0 Courler wI11 wlthn few days, d
changed the appearance of the ",reP,, rrbe , duHi with the Josephine
that he became somewhat confUB"u , n(J new steward, Grants Tans
In regard to streets after the lights wWnmr equipped with mod-
ere turned on In the evening, and
a hopelessly lost for a short time.
The several school buildings of
the city are being put in shape for
the opening of schools on next Mon
day. . "'
The necessary change ln the roof
of the high school has been made
and every thing is now in readiness
for the opening day. Rumors as to
the safety and condition of the build
ing have been very much overdrawn
and reports very misleading. The
building will be open for inspection
and visitors any day this week, and
those who have not In
spected it as yet Bhould avail them
selves of the opportunity this week.
Manual training and domestic sci
ence have been added to the course
of Instruction this season.
In the high school the manual
training will be required of all boys
ln the first and second year, and is
elective to the boys of the third and
fourth year. Sewing Is required of
the glrlg ln the first year, and cooking
In the second year. Also cooking may
be taken by the girls ln the third and
fourth years.
It Is planned that this work in
manual training and domestic sci
ence In the high school be given equal
time and credit as any other whole
ear study.
Work in the manual training will
also be given to boys ln the seventh
and eighth grades and to a limited
mount In the sixth grade.
Cooking will be given to the girls
the eighth grade and sewing In
the seventh and sixth grades.
High school pupils are requested to
eglster any afternoon this week not
later than Friday.
A new grade has been added to
the Central building consisting of
first A and second B. While the ter
ritory for this grade has not been
definitely fixed, yet for the opening
day, pupils for the first A and sec
ond p, who live north of the rallrond
track andweBt of Fourth street, are
requested to report at the Central
building.
A correct list of the assignment of
teachers and grades Is here given:
Riverside Building.
First grade Mrs. Mollle fielding.
Second grade Mrs. Ava E. Thomp
son.
Third 11 Mrs. F. M. Nichols.
Third A and fourth B Miss Edna
A Davis.
Fourth A Miss Manda Hoff.
Fifth prade Miss Agness It. O'
Connor.
Sixth grade Mls Augusta Park
er.
Seventh grade Miss Myrtle Shore,
principal.
F.nt Iluildlng.
"Vlrst grade Miss Emma Fetzncr.
Second grade Miss Inez A. Shel
don.
Third grade Mrs. Edith U. Eddy.
Fourth grade Miss Mae Roberts.
Fifth grade Miss Grace Albreht.
Sixth B Mrs. C. H. Woodward.
Sixth A MIks Kathryn H. Ryan.
Seventh grade Mls Flora Shaw,
principal.
On H al Building.
First A and second B Miss Linda
P. Todd.
Eighth
prlnclpsl.
Eighth
Crane.
Digit School.
L. W. Turnbuil, principal; chemis
try and geometry.
Miss Christine McLean, commercial
department.
Miss Evelyn E. Wshrer, history and
physical geography.
PORTLAND, Sept. 6. The answer
Just filed by the Southern Pacific to
the federal government's suit tor the
recovery of 2,273,000 acres of land
ln southern Oregon, on the grounds
that the company has no right to theH
lands because it violated provisions
of the grant, indicates that the rail
road will put up a strong fight to
retain possession on the assertion
that the government accepted taxes
on the unsold portions of the tracts
and for forty years failed to protest
the patenting of the lands In question.
The lands Included In the grant are
valued at approximately $70,000,000.
The government will maintain that
the railroad forfeited all of Its
agreements when the railroad sold
the lands ln lots of more than 160
acres and for more than 12.50 an
acre.
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ALASKA MAN CONSIDERS
ALMEDA A GREAT MINE
CITY WATER NOT
HURTBYHSHRACn
ON THE CONTRARY, IT ACTS AS
SANITARY AH).
MANY FLOATERS TAKEN
IHwd Ones From Above Land Against
the Pickets and Are Lifted
From Stream.
Last week C. W, Aikens . of
Treadwell, Alaska, who has been vis'
King ln Grants Pass for the last
month, made a trip to Gallce and In
spected the Almeda mine, which he
examined with interest, as much has
been said about the vast ore bodies
found ln this property.
Having been a reader of the Cour
ier for the past three years Mr. Ai
kens has necessarily seen much ln
regard to the mineral wealth of the
Gallce district as a whole and the
big Almeda mine ln particular. On
his arrival at the mine he was met
by the man ln charge and conducted
over the property., He also made a
careful examination of the smelter,
which was In full operation, and as a
result of his trip 'gained many facts
relative to the value and extent of
the ores being mined. After return
ing to Grants Pass Mr. Aikens, In an
Interview with a representative of
The Courlerfl talked interestingly of
his experience during the day spent
at Gallce. He said ln part:
"I understand $600,000 has been
expended, ln the development of the
Almeda mine. An excellent show
ing has been made for this expen
diture, as 6,000 feet of tunnel have
been run, a 500 foot shaft sunk and a
A visit Saturday to the govern
ment's fish rack, located at the head
of the riffle near the city limits to the
east, demonstrated to three Grants
Pass residents and a visitor that
the rack Is proving a splendid factor
In saving the city's water supply trom
much 'of the pollution which neces
sarily would be the case had the
rack not been constructed. Visiting
the work, yesterday In W. B. Sher
man's automobile were Mr. Sherman,
Alfred R. Champlln, a capitalist of
Newton, Kansas, C. O. Coutant and
the city editor of The Courier.
E. A. Howell, who Is In charge of
the work with a crew of seven men
and a team, keeps the river clear of
dead fish. Big floaters weighing as
high as 35 pounds are drifting down
the stream and landing against the
rack. These are Impaled on a sharp
tooth rake, taken out of the water
and cast Into a pit' six feet deep,
where lime will' be used to destroy
the carcasses. The rack is built
across the river from bank to bank
ln shallow and clear water, hence no
fish can land against the picket
structure without being ln bold view.
One feature which disturbed the
people here was tho fact that blool
from the fish being butchered for
thefr eggs would pollute the wnter
even If the floaters from ubovo were
taken out. Mr. Howell will, how
ever, have the fish butchered on a
platform In the stream to which will
be attached a trough. ' The blood will
run Into the troih, from there Into
a bucket and then carried to the
bank and cast out, to sink Into the
INSPECTOR ON WATCH
FOR INFECTED FRUIT
I wish to caution the merchants la
the city against buying fruit infested
with pests and also to warn the grow.
era that It Is useless to bring such
fruit to town to sell. The stores will
be closely watched and all diseased
fruit destroyed. Notwithstanding tho
fact that there Is a tine attached to
either buying or selling pest Infected
fruit In the county, I found several
such boxes ln the stores this week
and destroyed them. Save yourself
trouble, friends, and keep unclean
fruit at home to feed up to your
stock. The law is going to be en
forced strictly and everyone will re
ceive the Banie treatment without
partiality.
Unless orchardtsts keep a strict pa
trol of their orchards, we are going '
to. have a lot of trouble with pear
blight. There Is considerable ln the
valley. Go over your trees carefully ,
at least once a week and cut out all
cases promptly and burn the cuttlnga.
If It once gets a good start ln your
orchard, there will be great difficulty
In getting rid of. It. This la one in
stance where the truth of the old say
ing:- "An ounce of prevention la
worth a pound of cure," Is brought to
our remembrance with double fore.
I am doing all I can to keep In touch
with growers but, If I fall to get to
you, juBt phone tor m and In work
ing together wecan keep the orch
ards ln this county In good condi
tion. Every orchardlst must do hit
part. Don't wait until someone els
points out your trouble to you. Go
after It yourself and see to It that
your neighbor takes care of his trees.
J. F. BURKE."
County Fruit Inspector. .-
smelter'havlng a capacity of 100 tons earth
of ore every 24 hous has Been erect- ln
ed and Is in successrut operation,
this last fact alone assuring future
prosperity to the big mine. In ad
dition to this, seven miles of the 15
mlle auto truck road to Leland have
been completed. This road, when
finished, will give the mine direct
connection with the railway ov
er an excellent roadbed, thus materi
ally reducing hauling expenses.
"The successful development of a
low grade proposition depends al
together upon the size of the ore
body, transportation facilities, proper
and economical handling of the ore
and a plentiful supply of cheap pow
er. The Almeda has an Immense ore
body averaging $15 per ton, the val
ue Increasing at the greater depths.
The problems of transportation and
of extracting tho metal have been
solved, while a few yards from the
mine untold thousands of horse pow-
er are confined within the banks of
Rogue river.
"The great progress made by the
Treadwell mines In Alaska within the
past three years has been due almost
solely to the development of water
power every great stride forward has
received its Initial Impetus from
some power plant generating a few
more thousands of horse-power. This
has required enormous sumtt of
monev, but here the Almeda has un
limited power at Command at com
paratlvely low outlay."
COUNTY COURT BEGINS
WORK ON PLATS FILED
nder present conditions, with
many dead fish floating down stream,
the rack Is proving of vast benefit
for water consumers of Grants Pass,
Were the rack not across the river,
these hundreds of dead fish would te
cast Into the eddy near the city's In
take, there to remain and rot.
Manager Howell expects the fish
will be In condition ln about three
weeks to butcher for their egi?s. The
method of killing will be to whack
off their tails with a cleaver and the
fish allowed to ble"d thoroughly,
Then when ripped open there will be
no blood to pollute the eggs.
Manager Howell expects to recover
about 10,000,000 eggs during this
season and It Is expected that 2,500
fish will furnish this amount. On
some days tho crew will tako In the
neighborhood of 1,000,000 eggs dur
ing eight hour's work, and on other
days the amount taken will be small.
The county court, with the excep- ,
tlon of Commissioner Woodcock, who
Is unable to attend this meeting,
opened its session at the court house
Wednesday and among other mat
ters will be the acceptance and re
cording of plats of subdivisions and
additions to the city of Grants Pass,
four now being under consideration.
They are "Tokay Heights" by R. E.
Kroh; "Lundberg's Subdivision," be
ing the old Anient place on A street
between Second and Third streets;
"Fair Acres", on Tenth street be
tween Madrona and Maple streets,
platted by Burdtck & Fux; and "West
Hill Side" addition, platted by Al
bert Anderson. This i a three cor
beled tract north of the reservoir,
DYNAMITE KXDANGKRS
NAVY YARD EMPLOYES
B - Miss Minnie L. Tuffs,
A MIfs Anna I)!anhe
Mr. K. It. Hulblrt, physics and al
gebra.
MIhs IiIb E. Owen, KnglUh.
Mini Isabel M. Duff. Latin.
Miss Ruth Young, Orman.
Miss Edna Brydcn, domestic sci
ence. Miss Helen MeAdow. music and
drawing.
Mr. Hugh N. Herrlck, manual
training.
R. R. TURNER, Supt.
BOSTON, Sept. 7. The lives of
hundreds of men were endangered
by three sticks of dynamite rarefully
concealed ln the framework of a
flouting crane In tho Chaib'stown
navy yard here. The explosives were
found today within five f"flt of where
mechanics were swinging great ham-
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mers. It seems tnat u wouia nave
been Impossible for the dynamite not
to explode
Nsval officers profess to be entire
ly Ignorant of the knowledge of any
motive for the attempted outrage.
KM V( l.i: TIIIEVF.M Wl'.KH
OPERATING IN CITY
Five bicycles were stolen from priv
ate owners ln this rlty Saturdoyven
lug tho following gentlemen losing
their wheols: C. F. Dixon, J.- D.
Stlnebaugh, George Hull, Roy Moore,
and Ira Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins
wheel was found near tho end of the
alley back of the store a short time
after It was missed. Geo. Hull bad
a lock on his bicycle and the thief
being uuuble to break this, threw the
machine off the street back of tho
Southern Oregon Supply store, whero
It was found later. The ono belong
ing to J. D. Btlnobaugh, was also
found hidden In the wood yard on
H street. The other two art still
mUslug. No due has boon found to
the robberies, although the fact that
three of the machines have been lO;
cated In town look like the work of
boys, who wished to visit some of
the hop yards, as the picking season
had Just opened,
POLICE INVESTIGATE
ATROCIOl'S Ml IlDEIt
VIRGINIA HKLMTH
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7 Primary
elections to select democratic candi
dates for the United States senate
are being held today In the 1,500
state precincts throughout Virginia.
BILOXI, Mass., Sept. 7. County
authorities here today are Investigat
ing the death of an unknown man.
whose body, with hands and feet
hound with cords, was found tied to
a tall stake erected on the edges of
White Grass Island, In the Louisiana
marshes.
The body was absolutoly nude and
the man had apparently been dead
for two weeks.
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