'.'AGE EIGHT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,
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WILLIAMS ITEMS.
1 merits prevent bis moving
1 mine for a few days.
to the
Bert BIgelow la rounding up hia Arthur McMurrln and family, late j
cattle, "numbering about 350 bead, 0f Sboshooe, Idaho, became residents :
preparatory to taking tbem to Med
ford where Klelnhammer has con
tracted to buy them,
C. F. Thompson was In town over
Sunday, .
On Tuesday eve a delightful party
wos held in honor, of the 21st birth
day anniversary of George Turvey. A
fine time was had by every one, and
' all voted Mrs. Turvey a capital host-
SAYS J0SEP1INE MAY
LOSE AUT HIGHWAY
ess.
Jasper Larlmore Is be proud pos
sessor of a fine set of six point horns
which used to adorn the head of a
buck that be shot last week. It was
a large one for this country, dress
ing 150 pounds.
D. Vlnyard. Will Carl and S.
Mooma brought in tbelr cattle from
the hills last week. The fat and
sleek appearance of the animals In
dicates good range out toward MuJ
flats.
Mr. Bacon of Lower Applegate has
rented the farm of Mr. Mooma and
has started ft dairy herd.
C. 0. BIgelow Is erected a big
barn. In the near future he con
templates turning his attention to
dairying.. This Is a fine thing and
Williams creek needs more of It. Mr.
Bigelow's ranch Is well situat
ed for a dairy ranch and should he
so desire he could supply a creamery
himself.
, AxHlsted by friends and neighbors
John Klncald Is rapidly building his
new dwelling house In pluce of the
one that was burned last spring.
A large crowd was in attendance
at the love feast of the Brethren
church Saturday evening.
. The first month of school In dist
rict 31 has nearly passed with an
enrollment of 32 pupils and a per
centage of attendance of 96. A
class of 6 in the eight grade Is striv
ing hard to reach that goal which
Means success to them; the success
ful passing of the eight grade examination.
of Murphy last week and are living
at the Michigan mine.
State Orange Organizer Lee has
been working In this vicinity and
Tuesday evening organized a grange
at Murphy to be known as the Mur
phy Grange, with officers as publish
ed in another column.
A Fireside Garland airtight will
warm your whole house. Three sizes
at $15.00, ?17.50 and $20.00 at Cra
mer Bros.
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JEROME PRAIRIE.
After a month's visit with J. H.
Robinson and family and other rela
tives, Mrs. Lucy Lund returned to
her home In Oakland, California.
Mr; and Mrs. A Wylberg of Home
wood farm, attended the fair in Med
ford, Tuesday.
J. C. and Austin Morgan, Edwin
and Lansing Scboonmaker and Ralph
Harman returned from a hunting
trip on Williams creek. They re
port having bagged some game re
gardless of bad weather.
Miss Emma Armstrong arrived
from Jacksonville Wednesday to vis
It with her brother, J. C. Armstrong,
and family, before going to Portland
where she expects to reside.
Blaine Breazelle of Selma was vis
iting with W. W. Tucker and fam
ily Inst week. On his return Satur-1
day he was accompanied by Misses '
Martha and Myrtle and Elbert Tuck-1
er, who visited over Sunday with J. i
R. Tucker at Selma. ,
Chas. Lothrop was disabled for a !
few days owing to a bad cut mailt?
with an axe on his foot.
Among those who attended the
good ronds meeting Friday evening '
were Mr. and Mrs. A. Wylberg, Mr. j
and Mrs. W. E Wheeler, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. S Dobyns, from the Prairie.
'It the people of Josephine coun
ty expect to enjoy any of the bene
fits of the $1S,000,000 road bonds la
sue voted by the people of California
at the last general election, they will
have to act officially before the Cali
fornia highway commission com
pletes its plans, otherwise there will
be no provision made for the propos
ed road from Crescent City to the
state line near Waldo."
The foregoing statement was made
to a Courier representative today by
John T. Flynn of San Francisco, who
recently addressed the people of
Grants Pass on the subject of as auto
freight service between Grants Pass
and Crescent City. Continuing, Mr.
Flynn said:
"Under the California plan of road
construction, there are to be two
great highways, extending the entire
length of the state, about 800 miles.
One line Is to follow the coast from
San Diego county to Del Norte coun
ty, while the other will traverse the
Interior, covering the Imperial, San
Fernado, San Joaquin, Sacramento
and Scott valleys, terminating at the
stale line in the Siskiyous. Thla
will afford a total of 1600 miles of
roadways north and south indepen
dent of laterals east and west.
Importance of Coast Connection.
"As no freight service can be es
tablished over the valley route, by
reason of the great distance to San
Francisco, it is evident that if Jo
sephine county is to profit by the
California outlay it muBt be by the
coast road rather than the valley.
But California will not build east
from Crescent City unless it Is offi
cially assured that connection In to
be made by a like road near Waldo.
The 55 miles from Crescent City to
Waldo would be a waste of public
funds without a proper connection
by Josephine county. The California
commission would probably decide,
an1 wlanlv an to tfirmlniltfl the COSSt
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highway at the coast line of Curry
'county, with a view to Its ultimate
j connection with an Oregon branch
extending through Curry and Coo.
counties to a valley connection at
either Roseburg or Eugene. , .
"As, two-thirds of the cost of the
proposed auto road from Granta Pass
to Crescent City woujd be borne by
the state of California, while most
of the benefits in the way of reduced
freight rates would go to the pro
ducers in the Rogue River valley, it
seems to me that there should be but
one opinion upon the subject. The
distance from Granst Pasa to Cres
cent City is approximately 100
miles. The distance . from Crescent
City to the state line near Waldo,
via the Elk creek route, Is 55 miles.
This would be California's portion,
covering expensive mountain con
struction, while Josephine would
have but 45 miles to build, on easy
grades, and on a toad bed already
in use.
Legal Aspect of Road Law.
"I think that Josephine county
should proceed upon the theory that
there is no defect in the law, Just
as Jackson county is doing, in order
that California may know officially,
Instead of privately that a connection
is to be had at the Del-Norte-J08e.
phlne. line. If there is lrregmarlt,
in the road law, let the supreai,
court decide the. matter at the prop,
er time and place. The Jack
county authorities ordered the bond
election without even the formality
of a petition. They evidently a
sumed that the constlutlonai nmmi.
ment carried with it, by inference,
the right to call an election in. the
usual way, for the purpose of en
forcing the provlslona of the amend,
ment. In my opinion, the constitu.
tional amendment Is simply n e&
larged power to incur indebtedness,
and needs no enabling act to make it
effective. The right to call an elec
tion for certain purposes existed be.
for the adoption of the amendment'
that right atill exists, and may bi
properly employed to give life or
force to any constitutional amend
ment." .
It doesn't cost you anythlr, and
probably will save you money to loon
ver the ntnre ads each evening.
Warm the home, bake the bread
and roast the meat in , Garland
stoves and ranges, sold only by Cra-!
nier Bros. 10-13-lt 1
A. II. Carson left F ' irdity on
buHlness visit to Portland,
A party consisting of the following
persons left Murphy Saturday on a
three weeks' hunting trip to the
Grave creek country: W. S. GUmore,
J. F. Cook, Ike Vincent, Ed, Arthur
and Wlllard Hannuni and Mr. Ved
der. Mrs. Kate McFaddon is enjoying
vlHlti from her sons, Joueph, who lias
recently returned from Alaska where
he has spent the past five years, and
James, who hns been a resident of
California for the last two or three
years.
Murphy si hool is progressing nice
ly under the efficient management
of Annutiel Ueth. About 35 pupils
are In attendance.
Wni. Moth Ih creeling r dwelling
on his ten acre tract, recently pur
chased from the Madrona company.
O. W. Meek Is doing the carpenter
work,
Several Miirphyltes attended the
'iRiiiie fair nt Williams and carried
nine several blue ribbons In rouse-
iience.
After lying Idle for several years
the "Michigan Mine." now known as
the Strong I.eilso Mining and Devel
opment company mine Is to be put
In operation nt once. Two new
dwelling houses have been erected
Within the past two weeks. One Is
orciipled by Superintendent Geo. 11.
Tliblis and family, late of Charlotte.
Michigan, and the other will be oc
cupied by Manager Adolph Maler
and family. Mr .Maler visited the
mine Tuesday, but business engage
SELMA ITEMS.
Most of the young folks of the 1
neighborhood met at the home of J. ;
It. Tucker last Saturday night and
enjoyed themselves playing games
and singing until In the wee sma'
hours of the morning. !
S. K. Chastaln and family and Mrs
n. F. Chastaln spent a day or two ,
last week visiting relatives In
Grunts Pass.
Hcward 1111 key and Bert Fern of
Ucvme river were In our neighbor
hood visiting relatives here Satur
day and Sunday.
Blaine Breazelle went to Grants
Pass Friday to work a while.
Miss Reka Kraus has been on the,
sick list this week
II F. Tllley, Mr. Williams and
oibrrs are putting In a five stamp
mill run with a gasoline engine on
the south side of the Illinois river
opposite Six Mile creek.
( E. Roberts Robert. Tollen, Ben
OrlHe nnd .1. V. Steve.ns were al
liMslness visitor to the Pass last
we'U.
Will Treefutben was gathering up
and driving entile last week on our
creek.
The road work Is progressing
nicely here now; the traction hnul
Ing one way from the crusher nnd
the teams hauling the other.
The best line of stoves is the
"Garland." A new line of all kinds
Including the famous Fireside Gnr
land .'ust In nt Cramer Bros. 10-13-1
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Sealshipt Oysters
Kresh arrival of lino Sealshipt Oysters. The
big kind, nil oyster and no juice. 25e worth
will make a meal for four people. Will have
two kinds in future-both good.
Grapes ! Grapes !
Big lot of tino grapes, Tokays and Uose of
lru from tho Carson vineyard will awive
next week. This is your opportunity to buy
grapes.
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With but 12000 votes between the leaders in the Piano Contest
and but about 60 days more of the contest things are getting
interesting.' Two city ladies lead this week.
No. 10 3,523,200 No. 62 3,445,810 No. 78 3,G68,680 No. 128 3 585,600
No. 13 3,500,995 No. 69 3,627,150 No. 83 3,581,585 No. 133 3,620,650
No. 17 3,505,255 No. 60 3,654,785 No. 90 3,372,375 No. 135 3 598,290
No. 22 3,007,185 No. 69 3,004,160 No. 100 3,604.425 No. 141 3 532.705
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No. 29 3,059,770 No. 75 3,003,155 No. 120 3,331,425
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