Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, October 13, 1911, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, l911 PAGE SIX t WEEKLY ROOTS RITES COURIER GOOD ROADS BOND ISSUE. (Continued from Page 1.) tire rail rate now prevailing between Grants Pass and Portland and San Francisco, but actually arall your- - T - a lk 1 . . 4 . . A- Anil timber, thU means 8lowneB8 In bring- AUantlc up0Q completlon lng nbo.it Improvements. There haveof the Panama canal, been some wrongs, some matters "Freight could be shipped by have lagged, some Improvements ' automobile to Crescent City for $10 not accomplished, but tonight it Is the Per ton anl trom tnere t0 Ban Fran- matter of good roads. 1 clsfo or Portland by steam schooner "I have confidence in the county for 2-50 Per ton' maklng a total of court officials and In the future of12-50 68 8ga,D8t the present aver' our county. I favor the bond la- Rge rate ot , 25 per ton ue and posterity will prosper as a' "Freight 'was handled over this result. The principle Is correct, route by mule teams over 40 years I nient Needed Improvements have failed k r ,ess money and in leEs time In the past because we have Bcatter- than Is now demanded by the rail id too much. The Commercial Club road from San Francisco. And this and all others of the city and county t.io, In the face of the fact that the ahould get together on this question mule teams returned to the coast of good roads and on all other ques-'empty, thus doubling the cost from tlons which mean betterment for us the coast to the Interior, all. When we have accomplished "By reason of the two way cargoes one; that It was alright In the good! come before the county court ith a old days, but not for the present I petition asking for a special election proposition. j for c bond isjiue for rood roads we R. E Kroh ! do our best to 8ee that tne mat" K. Kroh then took the floor ! te' result8 ,n 8UCCeM'" and after a few remarks of hearty Dr. Flanagan asked what the tax endorsement of the bond Issue sub-; would be under the proposed n,tn0 o .niAii th . nro. bond Issue. H. L. Gllkey, replying rprtP thl artlcl in which the coun- to this said that that would be a ty court Is asked to call an election matter of exact mathematical calcul- "at the earliest practical moment" atlon, that it wouia not oe wnai una, for the purpose of submitting the 'that or the other man thought, but bond Issue question for good road. ' would be a fixed result and that It m. p.h,i fnr n m. i ; would not prove a burden on any- one. Mr. uiiaey nisw aiaieu mat, u was not' generally understood that tonds are not paid by the sinking M. J. Anderson called atten tion to the present good roads law and raised a point as to Its sound ness. Pointing to the fact that Ash land had or threatened to enjoin the Tinbenn hnnd taenia TlA Pflllpd nf tentlon to the fact that Attorney and that the bonds are mostly , n...M4 w ,i low paid by issuing others, in other fund method, but run on and on and are held usually by persona of mod est means who simply want the In- defective and that Attorney Reamea had given It as his opinion that It this, then we can turn to something of today, freight could be handled else. Too many projects have been by automobile, with uood roads, ati n- norfo-tiv oniinrf and Mr. Ander. launched in the past; too few things 'a rest not to exceed $10 per ton'flon wanted the resolution to bo read accomplished. Now let ug launch a to Crescent City ihtX the county court would have purpose of voting on a bond issue campaign for good roads. If It r,rMM over thlc route could, the nower to wait and be sure of I proposition, was still before the words, by refunding. The resolution Introduced by Mr. Kroh, which asked that the county court call a special election for the means bonds, I favor a million. A ' up0Il completion of the Panama can mlllon would not be too much. We', ho a,d dftrv.i ?t New York. Phil need not uh8 all of them at once but 'doIph,B Baltimore and other Atlantic the law before calling an election. Mr. Kroh pointed out that the reso lution provided for that contingency in lBiulng that amount we will bave',)0rt8 for a Bum not t0 exceed $15 wherein it had asked for the election them ready when wo need them. I per ton TIl roiia'ructlon of an au- "at the earliest practical moment," thank you." 'tomoblle road to the coast, with the which would give the court latitude Judge Stephen Jewell. J consequent loss of 10,000 tons of I r, point of time. Judge Jewell said: "We have ( rail freight per year, will force the r. C. Kinney, about 400 miles of roadway In Jo-Railroad to build to the coast andj jr. rj. Kinney took the stage to tephlne county. In no county Is It ( thus give the porducers the benflt of , sav t.at A6hland and Medford were more expensive to build a road than the short haul to tidewater Instead ' fighting on some matter all the time in this one. To be a success our J of the long burdensome haul over , ail(j Raid: roads must be permanent and not the mountains. I 1Let ufJ not get lnto tnat condl. constantly changing. The curse of "The state of California has Just 'tion. We must get busy or we will a country Is the constant changing' voted bonds to the amount of $18,-1 De where we have always been. -I or its roaas. ; 000,000 for the construction of good "By the bonding method we will ( roads from San Diego county to Del have the roads now. By the other! Norte county, a distance of 800 way It will take 20 yearH to Ket the miles. If the people of Josephine roads. Under the present system, ' county will vote bonds to build an want every corner of the county to have good roads. It was my good for tune to have been over Southern Cali fornia during the summer and I have traveled over their splendid roada in we will wait twenty yoars; under auto freight road to the Oregon an automobile. On those roads con the bonding system we will have the roads twenty yearB In advance, "A road system in this county will require a large sum of money. Our last tax levy in this county was on state line, near Waldo, I will guaran tee that the California state highway commission will build from. Crescent City to the Oregon line, thus giving you relief In freight rates as well as estimated now to have reached about $9,000,000. This year we levied a tax of 3 mills, which brought ui In $19,000. We can't do much permanent work on that. I estimate that we will have an average of about $16,000,000 of taxable wealth an nually, for the next 20 years. Now, a 2-mlll levy on thla would produce $30,000 annually, for the next 20 yer.rs, or a total of $600,000. A bond issue ot $300,000 at 5 per cent would create Interest of $15,000 an uunlly for 20 years, or a total of $300,000 $8,000,000 of taxable wealth. It la P,ac,n8 vou on tne Ereat ocean high way extendeing from Mexico to British Columbia. "Josephine county must act, how ever, before California completes its highway plans. Otherwise the gol den opportunity may be lost. Don't let the railroad Jolly you into the belief that it will ever do anything for your relief until competition forces It to do so. There is only one law that the Southern Pacific re spects and that is the law of com petition." President Sabln then called on Mr. The principal of $300,000 . Wilbur of Jerome Prairie. Mr. Wll and Interest of $300,000 would create bur came to this vicinity from Wis a total of ' $600,000, or the same amount as the taxable method, with consln. The gentleman spoke brief ly and went on record as heartily this difference in our favor, that by . favoring good roads and a bond Is tht bonding method we get the roads tie. now. "And tlion . i syuU'iii of good roiuls will bnneflt every person In the county. It will bo a stimulus to all our farmers and ranchers. Bet ter livestock and better products will result. Grants Pass, I believe, will bo n city, hut not without In dustries I i of or you to lUllna, Tex as nnd Forth Worth, which are now tit lea only 30 miles npnrt nnd con nected with rapid traiiHlt eloctrlc rontlH, 1 was In Fort Worth In an early day vhen It was a mere village, when you could ho.ir persons talking at times on the question ns to whether there would ever bo a rail road Into Fort Worth. But Fort Worth Is now u city, n splendid city. The people In those counties have build fine roads, splendid rock high way through those rich black lands. The result Is prosperity nnd a hlnh' slntc of civilization. Those people work together. Wo mint do the same, There Is no west to us. It to east both ways. People will comot from both direct long. They will romo to Oregon. California nnd Washington, three states which I consider to be In their infancy. We do not comprehend the possibilities of the future. These three states will be congested and we must deal hon estly with those who come among us and allow them to live tn peace and happiness." John T. Klynn. II. It. Gllkey. Chairman Sabln then called upon II. L. Gllkey. Mr. Gllkey said: "It seems almost useless for me to dwell upon the value of good roads, as all of you are well posted on that matter, but I can say that permanent highways are the greatest means of building up civilization as they con nect remote parts of our country with another. I have given the matter considerable thought, even years ago, and studied the good roads question as pertaining to various parts of the world, made comparisons of effi ciency and comparisons of results and I wns startled and I was con vinced ot the great value of perman ent highway to any region. I com pared the dirt roads of America with the hard surface roads of France and I found something like this: A one- stantly going into cities were great loads of farm and garden products drawn by only one horse, loads which would require a four horse reuT, here "And from those portions of Southern California which have not already these highways petitions are pouring In to the county authorities asking for good roads, and the coun try is building up faster with these prmanent highways than it is with rullroads. "I want to see the election called." A. JS. Parsons. A. N. Parsons took a wide view of the question and said: "Railroads will do more for us If we show that we ourselves are alive. There are some among us who be lieve that the Southern Pacific in tends to build Into the Illinois valley and draw revenue from that valley, solely, not going to Crescent City, thereby escaping the necessity of granting a terminal rate. Mr. Hill 1b going to connect his railroad from eastern Oregon with the Pacific ana Eastern, the little road now running between Medford and Butte Falls, and which Mr. Hill owns. Now if Josephine county will tote $500,000 In bonds for good roads, particularly for a highway to the coast or the Cal ifornia line, that is only another In centive to Mr. Hill to build on to Grants Pass and Mr. Hill Is not go ing to stop In a little valley. "And the Southern Pacific never has done anything for Oregon to re pay the people for what the people have done for the Southern Pacific, including the millions of acres of land grants. "If we build an auto truck road to the coast, then it will he only a year or two before not only one but ooth of these railroads will build to louse, and calls lor tne question came from numerous persons. Chairman Sabln then but the ques tion and It carried unanimously. WHY WOMEN SUFFER Many Grants Pass Women Are Learning the Cure Women often suffer, not know ing the cause. Backache, . headache, dizziness, nervousness. Irregular urinary passages, weak ness,languor Each a seeming torture of Itself. Together tell of weakened kid neys. Strike at the root get to the cause. Quickly give the help the kidneys need. No remedy endorsed like Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's convincing proof from this locality. Mrs. Mary Wlnterhalter, near W. Jackson street, Medford, Ore., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills with beneficial results when suffering from kidney trouble, and I know of other persons who have taken them with success. Since I used -Doan's Kidney Pills about a year ago, I have not had the least trouble from my kidneys. This remedy deserves my hearty endorsement." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan' ai.d take no nother. BORN. t CURTIS At Grants Pass, Oregon, Tuesday, October 10, 1911, to Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Curtis, a daughter. Lame back is one of the most com mon forms of muscular rheumatism. A few applications of Chamberlain's Liniment will give relief. . For sale by all good dealers. horse load drawn on the highways of, the coast. Franco will require five horses to do 'The highways that we propose the samo rvork in America on tho av- building will be something far n. In other words, it perior to anything that we have ev eraKe dirt road. V' X ui'-'n .i iKiii (t- iSelf-FillingPj&n He!WrhftiFUMtsetr Clemens 5 !DrvilJ The REX71LL Store would take five horses to draw a load rr.iin WMderville to GrnMi Pass that In France could bo hauled much more easily the same distance with ouo horse. And then again our roads In winter are at times Impassable. "This question of good roads with us U not one of pleasure Boley but Is a matter of revenue. We want our main trunk line to the const, a rond north and south, then the lat er had. Had you noticed that there were ten times more people travel ing between Grants Pass and Cres cent City this year than ever before? Why? Something doing something In the air." Question of Iaw Again. Judge Jewell took the floor again to say that In proceeding in ihls mat ter "we must act cautiously so far ns the lepnl end Is concerned," and Judge Jewell expressed the belief that the Jackson county bond Untie will be killed, that the legislature uid not Klve us an enabllik. clause oral. Remember we have our road After speaking of his first ap-1 Hln'n,,v ,n,a 0,,t Tnn' ,n0,ins ,mich' penrance In Grants Pass 21 yeart T,,u ,,,,nw' wor bas been aon 30, when he brought 250 peonto 1 ""d " ",,,,u to ,ue that n0 one no down from TortUnd on a special P'"" Klvrn ,ho"nt ,0 the mutter can Mid that's why I favored a special t.aln, John T. Flynn, the harbor ' ,"' t,,lu, w1'"' hl favorable to the cession of the legislature." engineer of the California River and Prl'osltlon. Let us, Instead of talk- Mr. Klynn replied to this question Harbor league of Pan Francisco, I in mml ,,",,,B- ltl"K fr oth- lv .ynir Mj: ers to no ror us, let us ao ror our- "The voting of $500,000 In bonds Mvr" n,u we M1 W ,eR"Cy t0! for (he purpose of building an auto. l''"ni. truck road t0 the California state W. J. W liner line, with a view to Its use n "If there has been any skuldug gery yon should exercise your power j end Join other counties In asking the coventor to tall a special suoon. I W. J. Winter made a brief state-, t tn not familiar with what has been freight outlet to and from Cresient j "t regarding the Elk creek route, done in the Oregon legislature, but City, will do more toward the set- this by way of explanation. Mr. Wl-j I ant fully posted on what lias been thimettt and development of Joseph- mcr stated that this route would go done for 40 years In California, and Ine county than any step ever taken. ' through a fertile little country, also.lt Is up to you to have the fault r With hl road constructed you will down Pintih river. The present road, law corrected." not only be able tn escape the exi'i's- for ten or twelve miles Is n rocky1 .tmlg . JeweM t!ien mid- "If vt t Nursery Stock Having secured the agency for The Ballygrcen Nursery Co. of Hartford, Wash., for the counties of Josephine and Jack son, I am tn a better position than ever before to give my customers satisfaction. They are the originators of certified pedigree nursery stock, and growers are finding that certi fied pedigree Is as necessary In tiurcry stock as in dairy stock. I also handle common stock of the best grade. All kinds of grapes a specialty. AIbo agent for the Frost Pre vention Co.'s orrhard heater. Geo. H. Parker 401 WIST 1) STRlvf". (ill VMS PASS, ORKtJOX. YOUR LIB BACK IF YOU BUY A South Bend Chilled Plow AND DO NOT LIKE IT te-4 Can You Get a Stronger Guarantee on a Plow? The South Bend Chilled Plow has more clear ance under the beam, longer and more curl to the mould-board and more drop to tbe handles than other chilled plows. These are the principal reasons why the South Bend runs easier, turns the soil better, is easier to handle and gives such perfect satisfac tion. We have sold these plows under this same guarantee for several years and have not had to take back a single plow. 1BX cuts 9 inches, sells for $7.50 with extra share. 2X cuts 10 inches, sells for $9.00 with extra share. 3X cuts 11 inches, sells for $10.50 with extra share. 4X cuts 2 inches, sells for $11.50 with extra share. 15X cuts 14 inches, sells for $12.50 with extra share. Compare these prices with those of other makes. We also carry the best and cheapest line of steel plows on the market, which we sell on the same guarantee. If you will go to the trouble to look at other makes of plows first and then compare ours, we know what your decision will be. LET US SHOW YOU. Rogue River Hardware Co. THE BIG RED FRONT SIXTH STREET, GRANTS PASS VE CARRY the LINE AMMUNITION TOO Aren't you tired of borrowing the other fellow's gun? If you are not, let us whisper something to you. "he is." . .Own your own things; then you won't spoil all the fun of your outing in fearing you'll break the gun, or what ever you have borrowed. In Sporting Goods and Hardware we sell only the best. They are the cheapest for you. Coron-Booth Hardware Co. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. PLUMBING AND SHEET METAL SHOP.