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3 vol. xxvn. . GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OmOKER 27. 1011 NO, 80. 90 CARS SHIPPED DURING MONTH NINETY CARS SHIPPED IN DUR ING OCTOBER. THIRTEEN ARE SENT OUT Books of Southern Pacific Freight Office Disclose Some In teresting Facts. For the month of October to . date ninety carloads of productions . have arrived in Grants Pass, with . , only, thirteen shipped from this ; ; point. In addition to the full cargoes " there is unloaded here daily an av erage of one car and a half of gen eral merchandise. The ninety cars - refers to full cargoes which unload '-7, directly onto wagons in the yards. Of the thirteen carloads of pro ducts shipped out, one was box snooks, four hops and seven lum ber. t , ' Included in the 90 full carloads arriving there was one car of apples, one car of canned corn, two cars of vegetables, and one car of squash, , the latter from Woodvllle. There f were several other classes of goods, but the great bulk of the shipments . arriving was feed stuff and hay, with lumber as the second Item in the Hat. Much of this lumber is worked over and re-shipped. Speaking today of the great dif. ference in the number of carloads .. 'arriving here and the number being sent out, a resident of the city said: "We must wake up. How long can a country keep up such a program - -TotEotD'-'p1eeeflV Not long, 1 " venture. We are selling nothing, shipping nothing. "We have broad acres of fertile lands here and they should be put under cultivation. The man who owns lands that can be watered by the new irrigation system will reap 7 heavy profits if he will clear that ; land and sow. He will reap much 1 , from the soil and reap much In the '. way of dollars. "There Is no excuse for Josephine ' county keeping up this terribly cx ; pensive drain, now that we have tr . r'gatlon. I suppose-that many por- sons have been relying on money v sent from the past or money they hro'.i.cht here from the east. That - , money will not last forever. Joseph- - ine county Is one of the richest lu natural resources and soil on the we'st coast and with a system of good roads, as now seems assured, v and abundant water for Irrigation we can make the trade balance in our favor Instead of against ns as at, present." Josephine county ts not alone In its habit of buying far more than It sells, for at a hearing last winter in Medford, before an examiner for tbp Interstate Commerce commission the fact was brought out that of all goods of every kind and nature used and consumed in Oregon, only 25 per cent originated In the state and 75 per cent was shipped In. , In addition to miscellaneous freight, fourteen carloads of pro ducts of rarloua kinds Friday block ed the unloading ipace In the South ern Pacific yards In Grants Pass. Heavy ihlpmenU have been arriving for some months, Increasing contin ually, when Friday the arrival of the fourteen cars, each loaded with one certain product, blocked the yards to such an extent that all teamsters seeking to unload from the cars could not be accommodated at one time, and there ru a walling on the part of some. The full cargoes consisted of grain, meat products, flour and other staple stuff, In addition to household goods, the latter ahowlng that the city and county continues to draw new resi dents and homeseekers. Of the commercial products arriv ing In such large tonnage all of It eould be produced In the county, yet taeasanda of poinds of such pro- COUNTY BOOKS ARE ' BEING EXPERTED O. F. Callison, employed to ex pert the books of the various county officials of Josephine county, will not go back farther than six years, although seventeen years have ex pired since an expert went through the records. An official of the county, in speaking of this, stated that as bondsmen were exempt after six years that it was not deemed nec essary to go beyond that date. ' Mr. Callison has contracted with the county court to do the work for a salary of $10 a day, he to employ his own help, and to aid him he has secured the services of W. H. Fal len. , It will probably be the first of the year, or later, before the task is finished. MORE FAMILIES JOIN THE OMAHA COLONY Three more eastern families have come to Grants Pass to locate,those of George' C. Metcalf, W. R. Gregg and E. R. Whttlock. They come di rect from St. Louis, Mo., though for merly from Omaha, Neb. Mr. Metcalf for 32 years has been chief clerk in the auditor's office of the Pacific Express company, and the other gentlemen associate em ployes with him. The gentlemen are old acquaintances of the Cramer Brothers ' and were influenced to come here by A. N. Parsons, who for many years represented the Ameri can Express ' company at Omaha, Kansas City and other cities of the middle west. Through Mr. Parsons they purchased a large tract of choice land adjoining the Rogue River Orchard company, after an in vestigation at Medford and other districts. The quality of their red soil was approved by Prof. O'Gara, who stated that it was the very best for pears, and they now plan to de velop a pear orchard on an extensive scale as fast as possible. They have purchased a team and at once began hauling lumber for the immediate construction of their bungalows. Mr. Parsons has accomplished good work in bringing so many of his eastern friends here to assist In and profit by the development of this city and the surrounding coun try. The "Omaha Colony" here is constantly increasing, and the most gratifying feature Is the class of people arriving. BEGIN SUIT TO VALI DATE GOOD ROADS LAW A suit to test the validity of the bond issue for good roads recently voted by the people of Jackson couri ty, has been initiated at Medford, the purpose being to clear the at mosphere rpgardlng the present be goggod good roads law. The Med ford Mail-Tribune tells of the suit as follows: "Ed. M. Andrews of this city has filed suit in the circuit court agalut the $1,500,000 bond issue recently authorized by the voters of Jackson county for the purpose of building good roads. Porter J. Neff and Clarence Reames of this city appear as his attorneys. "Andrews In his complaint prays for a decree of the court enjoining the county officials from ordering or issuing or negotiating or selling any of the bends or other obligations of the county. "The suit will be watched with much interest, not only in Jackson county but throughout the state, for on the decision, will be base for fu ture activities in road building, un til such time as the state legislature shall meet and pass new legislation in regard to the matter. "It la believed that the suit will be set for hearing In the circuit court at an early date. It Is certain to lie rarrlod to the supreme court. "The county court will fight ths suit. A. H. Reames will appear for them." ducts are shipped In. With irrigation a fact, as It now It, the Southern Pacific will, after next season, begin in hint out initead of hauling so much In. SANDERS SECURES 1RRIGAT MONEY HAS LARGE AMOUNT SUBSCRIB ED FOR DITCH WORK. SEASON OPENS MAY 15TH Active Ditch Construction To Be Started on Big Scale in Few Weeks. George E. Saunders, who is In Chicago in connection with irriga tion matters, has advised his office here that he has succeeded in hav ing a fund of $75,000 subscribed for the purpose of carrying on ditch con struction until May 15, when the Irrigation season opens, and that he Is now making collections on these subscriptions. This Is Indeed good news to the business men, the ranchers, and the laboring men, as It means a steady payroll during the winter and spring months when other work Is prac tically at a standstill. It also means that the rancher and landowner can now begin clearing his raw land pre paratory to receiving water the, com ing season. Upon Mr. Saunders return to Grants Pass, which .will probably be within the next week, active ditch construction will be started and pushed vigorously all winter long, and at the opening of the irrigation season of 1912 there will be some forty miles of main canals and dltchee. VETERINARY LANCE AS AID TO COLLECT BILL As the result of an altercation at six o'clock Tuesday night between Walter (Jack) Oglesby and J. II. Woolrldge, a veterinary, Oglesby was wounded behind the shoulder with a knife, the weapon being des cribed more accurately as a small lance, such as is found in a sur geon's collection of instruments. The trouble occurred In Burk halter's stable on Sixth street. A physician sewed up the wound In OslBby's flesh, a wound which Is said to have been some Inches long, but not deep. After the operation Oglesby went to the ranch of a rel ative. The wounded man has for soul' time been the woods boss for the Three Pines Lumber company, but quit his duties there when the mill recently shut down. It Is alleged .that the trouble be tween the two originated over a fee which Woolrldge claimed to be due for treating a sick horso. Og lesby took a Wiorso to Burkhalter's stable. He stated that he did not own the animal, but had it on trial, and might purchase. During Ogles- by's absence from the stable the horse became sick, and one of the stable employes sent for Veterinar ian Woolrldge, who treated the ani mal. Later Oglesby and Woolrldge were at the stable a, the same time, when the matter of a fee for treat ing the animal came up. It Is stated that Oglesby demurred at paying for the services of the veterinary, claim ing that, In the first place, he did not own the horse; second, that he had not summoned any one to treat It. Then an argument arose, soon to result In a physical combat, with the result that Oglesby was wound ed. One of the employes of the stable stated this morning: "We regret the occurrence; both men are good fellows, and it unfortunate that the Incident occurred. A far as the horse Is concerned we will not stand by and see a man's horse re main sick without summoning aid. If the animal should die and we did nothing It would be both cruel to the horse and unjust to the owner, When the horse Mr. Oglesby left at the stnble became 111, wc got a vet erinary as quickly as we could; we have always done that In like rases, and expert to continue such In the future." STATE WILL RESTOCK WITH CHINA PHEASANT For the purpose of restocking the state with Reeves' pheasants and China pheasants, the state fish and game commission has made a three year contract with Eugene M. Simp son of Corvallis, whereby Simpson will give his exclusive services to the state, as well as the use of his excellently equipped game farm. Simpson's success in the rearing of wild- game birds , guarantees the state against any possible loss. The rearing of wild game birds suggests an industry that Is practi cally unknown. Raising pheasants l o more difficult than raising poultry, yet it is far more profitable. In the same measure that everyone! fails to succeed In the latter will! the. facts demonstrate the former. ' There Is a wide market for pheas ants, and the demand originates in all parts of 'ha United States. Under the Oregon law, pheasants raised in captivity, whose wings have been pinioned before they are able to fly, may be sold directly to the consumer, providing permit to ship alive is secured from the state game warden. This law Is definite ly set forth in section 2325, Lord's Oregon Laws, which is a provisional exception to section 2304. The re cent fuss over serving China pheas ants at the presidential banquet in Portland, October 11, arose over the failure of the newspaper writers to read the whole law. They based their objections upon a part of the law. The statutes would not have been overridden, had the pheasants been served, as a plain reading of the law proves. It Is unlawful to sell the birds during the open season, only during the closed, which enables the game warden to keep a perfect record of every bird that Is shipped in the state. It encourages the rearing of the birds, which Is a benefit. In other words, an industry of consid erable proportions Is created. The state is willing to co-operate with those who wish to raise pheas ants, even to providing the eggs, in struction as to rearing and personal attention when required. BRICK WORK ON COE BUILDING INTERRUPTED Work of remodeling the Coe building came to a sudden stop Mon day as the result of a disagreement between the brick contractor, Fred F. Smith and Joseph Harper, car penter, who is employed to superin tend the general remodeling of the block. An I beam at the northeast coruer of the structure, one thut supports the new brick work, is a fraction lower than the old work. Smith stated today that it was Impossible to make the new brick Hue up Just to a hair line with the old brick on account of this defect, but that Foreman Harper insisted that this be done. Contractor Smith resented Interference ot a carpenter with a brick mason and pulled his men off the J6b, About 12 men were af fected. Other brick masons have been so cured from surrounding towns and the work Is again being pushed as fast as possible to take advantage of the present fine weather. SUPERINTENDENT 8TRE1T COMPLETES STREET WORK I. O. Strelt, superintendent In Grants Pass for the Warren Con struction company, left on Monday for Portland, not to return again to this city, having completed all Improvements here. Mr. Strelt, during the few mouths he was in Grants Pass proved hlin self to be a most efficient manager and one with a fine understanding of the science of modern street nuuaing, and ne can claim many social and business friends here From Grants Pass he went to Port land for only a brief stay, when he will go to Dayton, Wash., for his company. December 1, Mr. Strelt will Jour ney to Birmingham, Ala , his old home, where he will spend the holi days with his parents, and enjoy tho Christmas reason In that good old way so dear to a Southerner's heart. It Is possible that he will enter business In the Industrial city of Birmingham. FOR COMPANY TO BUILD SAMPLER WOULD OPEN IP MANY PROMIS ING QUARTZ PROSPECTS. PLANT WOULD COST $10,Q00 Montana Man States He Will Erwt 1'lHiit If WaI Capital Joins. A. J. McCorkle, with a mining ex perience In Montana, Colorado and other lnter-mountaln states for the past 40 years, is here from Libby, Mont., and after looking over sev eral districts In Josephine county, has decided that an ore sampling works for the mines and prospects of the county is a necessity It the mineral fields of this region are to be opened. Mr. McCorkle Is accompanied by two sons, Frank G., and Charles S. McCorkle. To The Courier today the Montana man said: "If the mining men and business men of Grants Pass and others In the county will Join me, a modern samp ling works can be erected here at an early day, which will prove one ot the best investments tho county could consider. The cost would be small. I estimate that $10,000 cash can put the plant running and ship ping high grade ore and concentrate to the smelters. I can finance such a plant alone, but that Is not what I want; I want the peoplo to make It a mutual affair, then everybody is interested. They will give moral support to a home company, and it will prove a popular and profit able business here. "There Is no argument pro and con regarding the great work i simple samplor will do for Joseph Ine county, at least there Is no ar gument to be advanced against it. In brief, It is this way: If a samp ler was running In Grants Pass the many worthy prospects now Idle could be opened and continue work Tho owners could bring in to the sampler only a few dollars worth of ore and get the cash for It. They could continue this until they had their property advanced to the stage where It could bo called a mine, and rightly so, "There are many tons of ore, in, the aggregate, on dumps In this county that only wait somobody to buy it. The sampler would buy all these small batches of ore and ship In carlond lots, Tho samplor would also, of course, purchase ore In largo quantities, and tho result of it would be that this county, with many ledges of ore, could move to the front as one of the most prosper ous mining regions In the west. "Then again, the small mine own er having this opportunity to develop his property would later be able to put on a concentrating plant, and the sampler could take every ton of con centrate he turned out. "I shall put the matter before the Grants Pass Commercial club." Free power for one year has been promised by the electric company for new enterprises, and It ts possible that a site may be donated If the matter goes to success. The Courier will on Sunday pre sent a comprehensive article on the value of a sampler to Josephine county and to tho city. Mrs. Mary liove, of Crescent City and Mrs. Martha Ingram, of Gran ts Pass, who have been visiting with sister In Washington for tho past month, have returned to this city and after a few days spent here, MrB Love will return to her home on tho coast. Miles Mclntyre returned ' Monday evening from Portland whore he purrhased a Maxwell runabout a tnd made the trip home by the auto He reports considerable mud on th road but on tho whole the trip was a pleasant one. Mr. Mrlntyre left Uoreburg at 6:30 Monday morning and arrived here at 6:80 In the ev ening of the same day. SOCIALISTS ADVOCATE MUNICIPAL REFORMS Propose a pure water system for Grants Pass. Propose public accounting of all municipal expenses. Propose to break up Illicit liquor selling In Grants Pass. Propose a reform in the municipal government generally. At a public meeting In the opera , house last night, the socialist party of Grants Pass, in an informal way, outlined Its program ot what It ex- , poets to accomplish ' in city affairs, provided the party is successful in the municipal election in December. C. W. Hunton acted for hla party and addressed the assemblage. In part he said: There havo been mistakes made in the government of the city. If the socialist party wins at tho poles we can correct those mistakes. The tax rate is high, and small benefit is being derived from the taxation. Economy Is the watchword of the hour. We see, according to our ideals, that tho city is bolng misman aged. We do not Insinuate graft or theft on the part ot any city of ficial; but there is a 'nigger In the woodpile. The fault probably Ilea In the lack of study of modern econ omic questions. When the candidates at the last election were put In of fice they organized themselves Into governing class. The socialists would conduct a government ot the peoplo, by the people and for tha people. We saw a need for a change in Grants Pass. As to reforms the socialists ex pect to bring about here, If elected, we do not expect to start the co-operative commonwealth ' now. You wont wake up and find Bellamy's principles In oporatton. What we In tend is a strict honest and business like administration, and eliminate all suspicion of graft. We would audit the city books to date and pub lish a report In future from time to time, "We are not in this campaign as socialists, but as a reform ticket. We have something more than 100 mem bers, who meet every Saturday night in Woodmen hall, and at any time anyone has any humane proposition bring it tu us, and we will gladly consider it, for we have an open platform. "We are suffering In Grants Pass. We are participating In murder In an Indirect way. I refer to the water for domestic use. We have boen suppllod with water well I hardly know how to describe It It Is poison. A great reform Is needed In this regard. Tho Liquor Queatloii. "ny your law this city is dry. No man can soli a drop of liquor here without violating that law. If you do not believe It Is sold here in vio lation of law, take a look at drunken men, reeling on the streets. You will seo them If you are not blind. W propose to go after these liquor law violators. "The socialists will stand behind no particular class. Tho pompous citizen will get the same Justice as Mike and Pat, If our marshal does not do his duty, his resignation will be asfced, and he will be out and that quickly. When we eloct an of ficer or official we always have his resignation. U written form, undated, before he goes Into office. The re call Is good but our way even beats the recall. "The socialists here have been ac cused of having but little political acumen, from tho fact that they are early In the campaign and are show ing their hand to the other fellow. Our answer to this Is, there Is soch a thing as clean politics. Truth has nothing to fear. We have nothing to conceal, "Those who oppose us here had better get busy for they have a big Job on their hands. "We Invite all voters of the city who favor these reforms wo have proposed to Join us in the fight." Tomorrow night at a public meet ing in the courthouse, the socialists party will announce Its platform and list of candidates. Mr. and Mis. W. L. Sudrierth aad Mrs. Laura Bishop rsme In from Bel ma Tuesday to spend the day shopping. t