FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1912.
1 WEEKLY ROOTO RIVER COURIER
PAGE THREE
"with strength and
they always plt"
TWO HORSE
OVERALLS
MAOC BY
LEVI STBAUSS CD. CO.
bias MUM
DONALD SAVAGE WIXS
CALHOUN'S GOLD NUGGET.
Sunday's Dally.
It was a merry good-natured jost
ling crowd that filled the Geo. S.
Calhoun company's Btore last even
ing to finally see Donald Savage of
616 E street, Grants Pass, capture
that handsome gold nugget the firm
advertised to give to the nearest
guesser to the weight of the yellow
chunk of precious metal. The nug
get weighed $18.93. Donald Sav
age and John Antonion, the latter
also of Grants Pass, made a tie gueBs,
both coming within one-quarter of a
cent of Its value. Each man guessed
$18.94; but as Savage was a guesser
ahead of Antonion In the contest by
some days, he was entitled, under the
rules,, to the treasure. The next three
closest guessers were also experts at
estimating the worth of the nugget,
and all tied. They were G. E.
Strong, John Netzen and one whose
name could not be deciphered on the
card, aid each guessed $18.93, just
three-quarters of a cent off.
The committee on weight was com.
posed of Samuel H. Baker, of the
Josephine County bank; R. K. Hac
kett, of the First National, and L. A,
Launer, of the Grants Pass Banking
and Trust company.
Committee on count was composed
of W. R. Brower, William Fallln and
0. Knipps.
The contest last night is an an
nual popular event at Calhoun's
popular home for good clothes, and
always creates widespread Interest
over the city and county.
Mr. Calhoun last night was highly
pleased with this golden climax of
his big sale, and as he is a mining
man himself, who does not fear to
buck his good money against Dame
Fortune in the hills, he la always
glad to be the means of furnishing
Interest and pleasure for the mining
population, first, because he believes
such a contest will aid in stimulat
ing the search for gold; second, be
cause he enjoys a large patronage
from among mining men. In addi
tion to the foregoing reasons. says
Mr. Calhoun, such a contest is good
advertising , and he believes in be
ing a liberal advertiser, and he prac
tices what he preaches. The results
are summed In two words, good
business."
MOVE UNDER WAY 19 FORM LOCAL
UIIIOIIS OF THE FRUIT GROWERS
Rogue River Fruit and Produce Associ
ation Makes Proposition to
Grants Pass People
SPRAY ORCHARDS HOW,
SAYS FRUIT INSPECTOR
LETTER TO COURIER.
H. E. Gale of Grants Pass writes as
follows of the proposed change In
handling fruit:
To the Editor of The Courier:
Sir: There are really three dis
tinct and definite departments ot the
fruit business, growing, handling
and selling. The associations form
ed for the purpose of handling fruit
are a necessary link la the chain.
After the fruit la grown the next
step Is to have it prepared la a right
way for market if satisfactory re
sults are to be obtained in a way ot
money returns. The next step, of
course, is the selling, which la also
a highly specialized business, and
which can only operate to the best
A RESOLUTION.
The directors ot the Rogue River
Fruit and Produce association, C. A.
Wood secretary, have passed the fol
lowing resolutions:
To Whom It May Concern:
Whereas, It appears advisable to
the board of directors of the Rogue
River Fruit & Produce association,
a baaed upon the experience ot the
past, that the Interest ot the fruit
industry ot this district would be
better served by the establishment
ot local unions each to be a part ot a
district organization, which shall be
composed ot the whole district, there
fore be It
Resolved, That It Is hereby recom
mended to the stockholders of the
Rogue River Fruit association In
advantage when It has fruit to sell i Grants Pass and vicinity, that they
When you have a cold get a bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
will soon fix you up all right and will
ward off any tendency toward pneu
monia. This remedy contains no opi
um or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a baby as to
an adult. Sold by all good dealers.
I!. E. KROII SAYS MANY .
BUYERS WILL COME HERE.
that is packed and shipped after the
most approved methods.
The Rogue River Fruit & Produce
association was organized with the
Idea that It was to become a selling
agency, as well as a fruit handling
business for the Rogue River valley.
We did not believe in April 1910
that it would be so long in years be
fore "we had a sufficient quantity ot
fruit to enable us to establish an
adequate selling machine. When
organized and all the different ship
ping points in the valley were
brought together In one corpor
ation, it was with the expressed Idea
that it was tor the purpose of selling
our fruit.
It is now apparent to most ot the
growers that the cost of maintain'
lng a large selling machine is pro
hibitive; that if we have facilities
for distributing our fruit over the
world we must, for the present, at
least, unite with other sections In
the ownership of such a machine.
This makes necessary the systematic
and businesslike supervision and
handling of our fruit that it may
reach the consumer through the
channel of a selling agency. In or
der to properly prepare this product
for the market there must be ade
quate supervision of thousands of
minute details connected with grades,
packing, assembling and shipping as
well as collections, etc. When these
details are multiplied Indefinitely
satisfactory results in grades, pack
ing, etc., are impossible; In other
words, as the California orange
growers have found in their exper
ience the busine8like way' to handle
fruits Is in small units where the im
portant details can be looked after
properly.
The Idea of district organization
Is not new, as It has been thorough
ly worked out In California, also In
the Yakima valley and Grand Ronde
valley, and is being taken up and
worked out in all the sections of the
northwest where organization has
begun. The principle involved is
that of local self-government, local
supervision of the many details by
sell their stock in the said association
at par to the said association, where
upon the said Rogue Rover Fruit &
Produce association will sell to the
said stockholders ot Grants Pass and
lclnlty, the building, equipment,
material, lease, and all other hold
ings of the said association In Grants
Pass at a price to be agreed upon by
representatives of said association
and said stockholders, and would
recommend speedy action, that the
same may be acted upon at the an
nual meeting ot the Bald Rogue River
Fruit & Produce association on Feb
ruary 13, 1912.
Be It further resolved, that the
board ot directors approving of a gen
eral plan of district organization for
the Rogue River Valley for the pur
pose of establishing and maintaining
grades and owing and operating a
selling agency in combination with
others, and for mutual buying ot ma
terlals, recommend to the Ashland
Fruit & Produce association, that It
appoint representatives to meet with
representatives from Medford and
Grants Pass and formulate a plan
for a district organization.
South Dakota Visitor Here -
Philip Lawrence of Huron, South
Dakota, former assistant secretary
of state, is In Grants Pass hobnob
bing with his old-time friend, Justice
James Holuian. Mr. Lawrence and
Judge Holman had not Been each
other, until last night, for 22 years
They were roommates in a Wiscon
sin town In 1865, then were neigh
bors later in Arlington, South Da
kota. From Grants Pass Mr. Law
rence will go to San Francisco for
visit. He says he Is enjoying this
climate after severe weather In his
home state.
1IIYT GET HER.
To Fruitgrowers:
Now U the time to put up a win
ning fight against scale In your or
chards. Everyone who has not yet
sprayed with the lime-sulphur solu
tion this year should lose no time.
The mild weather Is bringing the
buds along rapidly. Especially is
this true ot the peach trees, and In
order to Insure your trees against
the scale and similar peste la to spray
during the dormant season. Se to
it that the solution tests three per
cent and cover every twig and
branch. The scale is now loose on
the bark of tree and shrub and may
be easily destroyed.
Do not delude yourself with the
Idea that because your orchard was
free ot this pest last year you wtll
not be troubled this year. There Is
no way to secure salable fruit ex
cept by spraying every year at the
proper time.
All orchards should be cultivated
as commercial orchards. The day of
the cider apple Is past. The old ne
glected orchard with Its dead trees
and wormy, scaly fruit Is a blot upon
the earth. Trim, spray, cultivate
and reap the reward. Gather up the
dead branches and burn them as they
are apt to harbor the bark beetle,
one of the worst ot orchard posts. It
h advisable to open the heads ot
your peach trees, remove surplus
branches and take off water sprouts.
Examine orchards during dormant
periods to be sure that no blight is
held over to produce Infection the
coming saeon.
Again I wisb to Impress upon you
the necessity ot having your apray
the proper strength and thoroughly
applied. If you are doing the work
yourself, take time to do It right,
else you will have your labor for
your pains. If you are hiring some
one to do the work, take time to see
that It Is properly done.
A gentleman at Merlin complained
to me last week that he hay payed
a party $14 to spray his orchard,
but when he went to see what kind
of a Job was done, he found the man
had not touched a tree. I told him
that sort of spraying did not count.
Yet I would not blame him for feel
ing peevish about it. So look after
your orchard the same as any other
business. It will pay you.
J. F. BURKE,
County Fruit Inspector.
Miss Mell Quine is here from
Riddle to visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Everton for several
days.
, personal letter to a member of each local unit of the district, and the .
The Courier staff from our towns
man, R. E. Kroh, gives some infor
mation in regard to Florida. The
Utter is dated at Lakeland, where
the writer is wintering. He says that
It is a fine country for a winter-outing
and there is a land boom on, but
that southern Oregon and Grants
Pass look eood to him. He hopes
things are going nicely here and men
tions that he notes The Courier is
boosting for good roads and a bond
issue for that purpose and exclaims:
"Good, that is what we need in Jose
phine county."
It is learned through George Kroh.
who has received a letter from hie
father lately, that he had closed
deals for $7000 worth of Tokay
Heights property. He Informs his
son that he does not expect to re
turn to Grants Pass before March 1.
It is also mentioned in this let
ter that quite a number of those to
whom Mr. Kroh sold acre property
will come here during the summer
or fall to look after their holdings
The Dally Courier goes regularly
to Its friend at Lakeland, Florida,
who Bays It Beems to him like get
ting a letter from home every day
Every family has need of a fjooi,
raitaht iinimsnt For soralns, bruis-
es. soreness of the muscles and rheu
matle pains there Is none better tnan
fh.tnWUIn'. Sold bT all
combining of the local units in the
district organization to supervise the
matter of grades, control of a selling
agency, buying all supplies needed
by all, and other matters common to,
all the units.
The plan suggested for Rogue'
River valley is that the Grants Pass
organization resume its business by
the Grants Pass stockholders of the (
Rogue River Fruit & Produce asso
ciation taking over the property in
Grants Pass and selling their 6tock
in the association, which they now
hold, to the association itself, and
that Grants Pass, Medford and Asa-
land unite in forming a district or
ganization to be known by some
name such as the "Rogue River Dis
trict Exchange." Later, when other
hipping points have attained suin
lent tonnage, then more local units
will be formed auer im
Iu the meantime the parent organ
ization, the Rogue River Fruit &
Produce association, will be used to
hold the valley together, and main
tain the standard at points not yet
ready for the formation of a local
unit.
It is hoped by. this business plan
of handling to keep growers more In
touch with their own local affairs to
enable them to pack and ship their
fruit more economically If they can.
and at the tame time keep up the
standard of Roc" lTW T117
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Fer
nanda Terrecoka is but a waiter at
home, at Manila. But he Is ambi
tious. He came over on the trans
port Sherman yesterday to marry
Helen, daughter of President Taft.
Now he is In the bughouse.
Oregon Climate-
Burton L. Allen, recently from a
large Michigan harness manufactur
lng concern, has taken a position In
the harness department of the Grats
Pass Hardware company. Mr. Bur
ton Is an expert factory workman
and If the rush work in this branch
of the hardware company's business
continues he will take up hla rest
dence here permanently. He states
tbat the Grants Pass climate feels
good to him. And he likes the look
ot the city and surrounding coun
try.
HE COIDN'T STOP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Tazol
Hatlei got a new motorcycle minus
instructions how to sto it. Starting
was easy. For four hours he rode
around a block trying to stop. Fin
ally friends relayed Instructions.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. Oh, hor
rors! Bathrobes for the Vernon Tig
ers instead of coats. Hap Hogan
frowns at the walls of his minions.
Johnny Kane suggested sponges, too.
fruit by having a district organiza
tion. With this wholly Inadequate ex
position of the situation, permit me
to add that on Friday at 2 o'clock,
there will be a meeting of the fruit
growers and holders of stock In the
Rogue River Fruit & Produce asso
ciation to be held in the Commercial
club rooms, at which time S. K. Mil
ler, secretary of the association, will
go into the matter In detail. It It
desired that all Interested make It
a point to attend. There will be
no stock offered for sale at this
meeting, as It la held for the pur
pose ot readjusting the business ot
the association to meet existing con
ditions, n. B. OALE.
THIRTY-TWO INDICTMENTS
FOR LA I tO 1 1 (III EI.
Federal Grand Jury at Indian
aKlls Grinds Much
Grist.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6.
Charging conspiracy to violate
United States laws by transport
ing explosives on passenger
trains engaged In Interstate com
merce and with concealment of
their knowledge that felonies
had been committed, thirty-two
Indictments were handed down
f here today by the federal grand
Jury.
lb More than 40 labor men are
said to be implicated. This Is
caused through a grouping of
names In the same indictments.
4- 8everal union officials are
also accused of personally en-
gaging In the unlawful trans-
portation of dynamite. No
names of those indicted will be
be announced until the arrests
are made, and federal secret
service men and Burns' detec-
tlves are preparing for lmmedl
4 ate arrests. Practically all the
4 Indicted men have been under
4 surveillance since the grand
4 Jury met December .14. They
4 are all believed to be labor lead-4-
ers, charged with attempting in
4 timidation through dynamiting.
Absolutely Purd
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Light Biscuit
Delicious Cake
Dainty Pastries
Fine Puddings
Flaky Crusts
The only Baking Powder made
from Royal Grape Cream ol Tartar
CORPORATION' TAKES OVER
ROGUE ELECTRIC CO.
MEDFORD, Feb. 7. It la report
ed today that the California & Ore
gon Power company which has Just
purchased the Siskiyou Electric com
pany, the Rogue River Electric com
pany and 23 other smaller electric
corporations In Southern Oregon and
Northern California paid $10,000,-
000 for the properties.
This gives the California & Ore
gon Power company absolute control
ot electric power In tbn dUtrlct south
ot Grants Pass, Ore. and north of
Dunsuiulr, Cal. The aew concern
plans to produce 250,000 horse-power
from the streams.
The main office wtll be San Fran
cisco. J. M. Churchill ot Yreka, Cal., la
president ot the company and Alex
ander Roseborough of Oakland, Cal.,
secretary.
The
GraRts Pass Banking
and Trust Company
Was established in 1901
and successfully with
stood the finanoial up
heaval of 1901 : : ' :
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A good workman uses good tools. Good tools cost
no more than poor tools. With the best tools neither
workman nor tools lose the temper. The tools we sell are
sharp and remain sharp. While our tools are even tem
pered, our prices are right. No sharp practice used by U3,
only to plane down the price.
Coron-Booth Hardware Co.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
PLUMBING AND SHEET METAL SHOP IN CON
NEOTIOIf.
dealers.