Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, February 23, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIKA AIA v VOL. XXTIL - . . j w m COUNCIL raises LIU, IS VETOED SUNDAY CLOSING ORDINANCE AMENDED LAST NIGHT. HAYOR SMITH IS OPPOSED Says He Will Apply State Law if Lo cal One Fusses Over Hi Head. ;' The city council last nigut amend ed the Sunday closing ordinance to read tliat confectioneries, cigar stores, baseball and other business are exempt from the lid. Today Mayor It. G. Smith filed a veto against the action of the council. The mayor's reasons and the veto mes , sage follow: To the Common Council of the City ,.' of Grants Pass: i 1 Gentlemen: I herewith return to you ordinance number 5S2, adopted February 22, 1912, relating to 'keeping open places of business on Sunday, without my approval, for these reasons: ' 1. The ordinance is an attempt 1 to repeal the state law relating to the 6amc subject, which the common council has no right or authority to :do; and its attempt to do so is an unwarranted and illegal attempt to , set aside the superior law of the Estate. The constitution of this state gives municipal corporations the right to enact laws governing the in habitants subject to the. criminal .laws of the state. The state Sunday law Is a criminal law, and tho city of Grants Pass has no more author ity to set aside the Sunday law of the state than it. would have to re pral any other criminal law of the state. " 2. The laws of the state make 'every police officer a peace officer "and his duty is to enforce the laws i of the state as much as those of the municipality. Even though this or i dinance should be finally enacted by council by their refusal to sustain Jthls veto I shall instruct the police officers, as long as I have the au- thorlty, to enforce the state law glv- ing a liberal construction in keep X ing with it3 letter and spirit. 3. I think It would be a stultifl i cation of my position to approv this ordinance knowing the counci' has no such authority. I know that in many communities municipal authorities are disposed through the tacit consent of a part of the people to permit open vlola f tlon of such laws, but such practices 1 unlawful and create a disrespect for I the laws and legally constituted au- thority. If the council attempts to set aside such law for the benefit of ! some, why not set aside other laws ? for the benefit of any who may re i quest and demand it? 'i Respectfully yours, t ROBERT G. SMITH, 1 Mayor. I Grants Pass, Feb. 32, 1912. The vote to amend the ordinance I was as follows: I Yeas Clark, Herzinger, McLean, Strieker, Wolfersberger, Danlel3, Ev erton. Nays Caldwell. The proposed plumbing ordinance was held over two weeks and re- ferred to health committee. I The ordinance was passed hiaking i it mandatory for all eating places, : drug stores and other places selling beverages of any nature to take out a license, payable $1 quarterly, and making an . affidavit that the pro prietor of such business does not own a federal government license to sell liquor. The ray vote on the or dinance was Clark and Daniels. The electric light ordinance was laid over two weeks, the light com mittee in the meantime to find out the cost of lighting in 10 cities in Oregon, cities of about the popula tion of Grants Pass. The water ordinance was held over (Continued on Page Five.) 155 ACRE FRUIT RANCH BOUGHT BY LOCAL MEN Frederick Eismana and T. B. Cor nell of Grants Pais hare purchased through W. R. Nipper from Edward Tllton his ranch of 155 acres locat ed ten miles up Rogue river and two miles from Woodville. The ranch Is one of the finest tracts of land in Rogue valley. It U estimated to be worth from $40, 000 to $45,000, though it is under atood that Mr. Tllton consented to let it go for a price far below the es timated worth. The place contains an orchard of 100 acres, apple and pear trees from three t0 five years old. The estate fronts on Rogue river and is well Improved with necessary buildings and a residence. Mr. Nipper states that Mr. Tllton probably will purchase another ranch located near the city limits of Grants Pass. GOLD BULLION WORTH $1,000 FROM SHALL RUN If the hundreds of persons who thronged the exhibit hall at Spokane aud admired the ore exhibit from Josephine county could have seen four .chunks of gold, weighing close to $1000, which H. G. Slskron has just melted down from ore taken from his quartz mine ou Sucker creek, then these Spokane -residents and visitors would have had further "occular demonstration" of the rich ness of the hills of Josephine county. Mr. Slskron came in yesterday from his mine, which is known as the January FirEt, to make a ship ment of bullion to the mint at San Francisco. The treasure was a cleanup from a run of 121, tons through a one stamp mill and an ara3tre. The met al weighed 52 ounces, and tho owner stated that it would brlug him $18 an ounce, probably a fraction more. Me does uot count on losing more than one ounce In the remeltlng of the 52 ounces at the mint. The mine Is located on Sucker Creek, about four miles up that stream from Holland, and about a mile and a half from the Mountain ranch. The property was located in 1905 and has several hundred feet of development work. One interesting feature connect ed with it is that It Is not for sale. MERLE REYNOLDS IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT (From Wednesday's Daily.) Merle Reynolds, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Reynolds, leslding on West G street, was shot ir the right leg shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon. The boy was on his way to the Riverside school, on his wheel and was at the west end of I street, near the woods, when he heard someone In the brush close by. Presently he heard a shot and felt a sharp twinge of pain in the right leg above the knee. The boy i rode Into town and went to the office Ajulvlng in The Courier office es of Dr. Loughridge. By the . aid ofiterday were topies of Spokane daily p.n X-ray machine the bullet was lo-1 papers and in the hpokane Chronicle ated -near the knee, where it had and Spokesman Review Jose lodged after penetrating to tie bone. ' phine county was featured con then passing downward. I splcuously. In addition to a compll The boy was questioned by Chief mentary , article on the Josephine of Police Rowley and Marshal Rod-: display, the Chronlclo featured a plc gers, but he says that he saw no one) ture of Mr. Mangum and said: and heard only the one shot. It is! "C. L. Mangum of Grants Pass, supposed that the shot was fired by someone hunting in the woods near the street, but no clue has yet been found to assist in identifying the hunter. Chief Rowley and Officer Rodgers went to the scene of the shooting, and found a target, but no person about. The officers were told that three boys had been there a short time before. It was also stated that it has been a habit of certain boys or men to en gage in target shooting In that reg ion, much to the danger of passers by. The chief asked that he be no tified when such occurs again, or elsewhere in the city limits, and ar rests and prosecution will result The wounded lad is one of the car riers for The Courier, and he will not be able to care for his work for some iiyt. GRANTS TASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON JOSEPHINE COUNTY ORE DISPLAY WINS FIRST HONORS AT SPOKANE Five Thousand Pound Shipment of Sample Ores Attracts Attention of Mining Men to Southern Oregon. Grants Pass and Josephine county have captured the big blue ribbon at the Northwest Mining congress in session In Spokane. The Courier last Saturday received the following telegram from C. L. Mangum, who is at Spokane in charge of the exhibit: "To The Daily Courier, Grant Pass, Ore. "The mineral exhibit made by Josephine county at the Northwest Mining convention now In session in Spokane is larger and better than any other county exhibit in the en tire building. We were accorded best position for display of exhibits and won first hctors for mine run of ores. Sisftryon omuty, California, won first honors for rich specimen rock. (Signed) "C. L. MANGUM." Winning flrst honors for mine run ' of ores means first honors over all, Us this lb what the miuing world is always Interested In more than any other feature In a mineral display. Siskiyou county was there with her display of rich specimen rock and, as related in the dispatch from Mr. Mangum, took flrst houors rn that class of exhibits. Josephine, while congratulating herself, also extends congratulation to old Siskiyou on getting Borne of the glory. Thanks Grunts Puss. The shipping to Spokane of the heavy tonnage of ore from Grauts Pass took the Spokane people by sur prise, and they were s0 enthusiastic and appreciative of the bold stroke by Grants Pass that the following telegram came yesterday from the Mining Men's club of Spokane, ad dressed to O. S. Ulanchard. The message reads: "O. S. Blanchard, Grants Pass. "Mining Men's Club of Spokane wishes to express Its appreciation of Interest aud splendid representative mineral exhibit of Grants Pass and Josephine county, Oregon, at the Northwest Mining convention. The exhibit room Is crowded with visit ors from morning till midnight. "W. W. GIFFORD. Sec'y." The messaee was hlchlv annrorl- ated by Mr. Blanchard and all who read It. Mn Wfl9 that It was the best. Siskl- luvitntinii From Gnmts Puvs. !'ou rnme ,n second. Air. Blanchard sent die following; During the flrst day more than ten message to Mr. Mangum: thousand people passed through the "C. L. Mangum, care Northwest Min-: exhibit room. A special request ing congress, Spokane, Washing-: cam'? In that It be held over Sunday ton: so that the people could have an op- "Kxpress to the convention Jose-; portunity to see It. I called at the phine county's appreciation of ness ana auenuon snown. invite room was crowded, many persons convention to meet here, the center ' standing on the outside. Mr. Man o.' mining Industry of western Oregon gum will make a good report when and norther:: California. j he. returns. "O. S. BLANCHARD." j The mining convention was the AeH.sjiapcis on (limit Vuhs. Oregon, who is In charge of the Josephine county ore exhibit, con sisting of 5,000 pounds of rock, wears a unique convention badge made of a chunk of ore valued at $30,000 to the ton. The ore from which the badge was made la from the 1300 level of the famous Green back mine near Grants Pass. "Mr. Mangum said: 'There Is a big revival of interest in mining in southwestern Oregon, and while ths frcit industry has been attracting the greatest attent'on during the last five years, todpy the mining Inter ests are panmnunt. There are more than 200 mines In operation in Jose phine county. Thre are many mag nificent properties, among them be ir.g the Almeda, which above the 000 foot level has more than $30, 000,000 worth of gold ore blocked out.' FR1PAV, FEBRUARY 23, 1912- v aa "Mr. Mauguw was a guest at the meeting of the Spokane Mining .Vieu's dub Wednesday at the noon day meeting at the hotel Coeur d'AIene and he gave a short address on the mining situation in i s;ate." The Courier Saturday morning put a news dispatch of Grants Pass' victory on the United Press wires to the big uewspapers of the west and elsewhere In the United States. The Courier sent the following: "Grants Pass, Ore., Feb. 17. Telegraphic messages to Grants Pass today from the Northwest Mining convention lu session at Spokane re port UiMt Josephine county, Oregon, was awarded first honors for mine run of golj ores. "Grants Pass sent five thousand pounds of ore to the Northwest con vention, various mines being repre sented by from two hundred to five hundred pounds of ore each. The Spokano Mining Men's club today wired to Grants Pass thanking this city for making the big display. "Siskiyou county, California, won first prUe on display of specimen rock." (From Wednesday's Dally.) That big exhibit of ore sent by Grants Pass to the Northwest Mining convention at Spokane coutinues to be a matter for admiration by many men of the northwest. Today The Courier received a letter from L. D. Mahout? of Portland congratulating the people of this city for the hand some and comprehensive display. Mr. Mahone is secretary of the Oregon branch of the American Mining con gress, and realizes the future profit to Josephine as a result, of the ex hibit. Mr. Mahone writes from Portland under date of February 19, and says: To The Courier, Grants Pass, Ore. Gentlemen: Through the columns of your journal I desire to congratu late your people upon the splendid exhibit which wa3 sent to the North- wegt Mining convention. It was the I j larSCiit and tl)e f,fnsensus of opln-1 kind-'room about 11:30 Sunday and the j most enthusiastic ever held on the ! plans for Improvement of their re coast. Eight states were represent-; spective streets. Tho plan is to ed by many of their leading men. The addresses were above the aver age. The artion taken on public questions will be far reaching and of Kreat benefit to the Industry. Ore son was well represented and many Inquiries were made. Through the Spokane Chamber of Commerce an Invitation has been ex tended to the National American Mining congress to hold its next meeting in that city. Spokane rais ed the needed $5,000 in about two hours, and will make it more if nec essary. We should boost for It; and e-en though held In our sister state it will do us much good. The mining outlook Is most prom ising. A better day is soon at hand In the building up of our second greatest Industry. Any time that I can be of any ser vice to your people command me. Very respectfully, L. II. MAHONE. Arthur Conklin received a tele gram on Monday announcing the sud den death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rltle O. Conklin of Brooklyn, N. Y., who visited at his hwrne here In 1906. EUGENE EXCURSIONISTS ARE ENTERTAINED HERE (From Sunday's Dally.) What's the town that has the class? Bet your life, it's old Grants Pass! That was the yell. Boola boola, boola boola Boola boola, boola boola Boola boola, boola boola And we'll all boost for Grants Pass As we holler boola boo. Repeated three tlmo. , That was the song. Thus the Eugene excursionists ar. rived in Grants Pass, a crowd of hap. p Jolly fellows, bound tor a good time on a get-together trip extending over the week and taking In all the towns between their home city and Klamath Falls. Grants Pass met them at the sta tion and they were hustled in autos to the Hotel Josephiue, where, at S o'clock a banquet was served which for merriment and hearty good cheer will long be remembered. The pre tentious affair was under the aus p'ces of the Commercial club. Pres liientPabln presided, mhI some happy addresses were made jy tio visitors and home people. Seventy-six banqueters all told sat down to the tables to an eight- course menu. The Grants Pass Com merclal club orchestra, composed of eleven pieces, delighted the entire as. semblage with a number of classic selections. The visitors expressed great appre. elation of the royal welcome extend ed them by the business men of Grants Pass. Personnel of Eugene Party: W. J. Adams, dentist ; S. C. Dalton, representative Glafko-Dlxon Co., wholesale grocers; F. E. Dunn, dry good merchant; M. J. Duryea, presi dent Eugenl Commercial club; Ray Goodrich, assistant cashier First Na tional bank; W. F. Gllstrap, manager Morning Register; O. W. Griffin, Griffin Hardware Co.; Rev. P. K. Hammond, rector St. Mary's Episco pal church; Melvln Hansen, real es tate dealer; D. H. Hayes, representa tive S. II. Friendly & Co.; II. F. Hol lenbeck, Hollenbeck & McMurphy real estate; J. O. Holt, manager Eu gene Fruit Growers association; George Hug, principal high school; I.. G. Hulln, Stevens & Hulln Piano House; W. L. Klncald. real estate; W. A. Kuykendall, druggist; L. L. Lewis, representative Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.; John S. Maglr.dry, Mag lndry &. Shumate, real estate; Geo. If. McMorrsn. McMorran & WaBh burne, dry goods; James Myers, rep resentative Julius Goldsmith, whole pah? clears, and W. F. Ostium, pro prietor Hotel Osburn. CITIZENS PLAN STREET PAVLfG AT LUNCHEON From Tuesday's Dally. ' Twenty or more residents from Washington boulevard, Lawnrldge avenue, Evelyn avenue and Manzan- I lta avenue gathered today at Hotel Oxford for luncheou and to dlBcuss make a direct hard surface driveway from tbo further torrltory to connect with Sixth street pavement. C. L. Hobart of 8 IS Lawnrldge avenue was selected by the assem blage to name a committee of five, which committee will tako up the question of various kinds of paving material, costs and other features coming into the problem. Mr. Ho bart was instructed to name on this committee two residents of Washing ton boulevard, two from Lawnrldge and one from Evelyn avenue, this committee to act for all the streets Involved. People on Washington boulevard propose to consider a question of parking that thoroughfare, a center parkway of' 40 feet. The street Is 100 feet wide. If this ts done It will create an attractive thoroughfare. Itroi li r pie Mrs. O. W. Wlnetrout of Grants Paul received Intelligence Tuesday of the death of a brother residing at Bucyrus, O., who had died on Sat urday, February 17. Owing to the time required to mako the trip, Mrs. Vnro!it was unable to be present t; the funeral. JGSEPH1NEC0UNTY CHILDREN CONTEST RICH REWARDS TO WINNERS IN INDUSTRIAL WORK. HOME AND STATE FAIRS Field MmiM&er Here to KUr VoUng nd Older Folk Into Action. the C. U. Thomason, fluid manager of the Oregon Children's contest, rep resenting the state agricultural col lege at CorvallU and also the state superintendent of public instruction, arrived In Grants Pass yesterday to stir up enthusiasm in the proposed Industrial coutests by the children of the state, lie says that after a brief time here, he can predict that tho children of Grauts Tass aud Jose phiue county will enter the contest with enthusiasm. The state Is to give $4,000 in prizes, $1,000 of this la cush and $3,000 in blooded colts, calves and other livestock. Now the plan is for tho various communities lo create home clubs, encourage the children and give local prizes at lo cal school exhibitions, the date to be la August. Then the exhibits all, that Is desired by the owuers, be sent to tho state fair to compete for the bigger prizos. Mr. Thomason and Superintendent Lincoln Savage today went to Murphy .and Wllder vllle, and will also visit other towna and districts In the county. Tlie state premium list includes agriculture, such as field corn, pop corn, sweet corn, watermelons, muk melons, pumpkin, squash, onions, potatoes, celery, cabbage, grain se lections, asters and sweet pens. In woodwork Blrdhouse, pldee of furniture, labor-saving device. Domestic science economy Bread baking, canning fruits and veget ables and Jelly. Sewing Iland-inudo nprouH, ma chine-made aprons. rlrOHHes and mending. Animals Poultry aud pigs. To The Courier Mr. Thomason tald: "After calllug 0n the Commercial club and the president of the Wo man's Auxiliary I find that these two organizations will be glad to cooper ate with the city and county school superintendents aud teachers in holding a school fair In .Grants Pass 11 August, so the pupils of the blah school and tho graded schools of tho city and county muy get In line for entering the statewide school con tests Ht the stnte falr in September. "A school fair Is a decided draw ing curd and big crowds have flocked to them wherever they have been held. I bollove Grants Pass could go up no more attractive summer event than this to say nothing of the good It would do the school In encouraging them In the industrial work now b0 well started here. "O course the state contest is not limited to those who exhibit at a county school fair, but to hold a county fair would stimulate Interest more generally and give the pupils some experience before they go or stnd their exhibits t0 the state fair. It will cost the school pupils nothing to enter at the state fair and trans portation t0 the fair will be given free to their exhibits. "From what I have observed after u few short hours in Grants Pass, the pupils here should be well prepared U make a tine showing In industrial work. Full Information regarding the state contest including premium list, prizes, rules of the contest and the way to grow each product best will be placed In each home In Jose phine county within a few days In a bulletin to be sont out by the Ore gon Agricultural collego. Most of the counties are adopting the state list for their own fairs, but, they fre quently add some products not on the state list." H. n. Hendricks went to Creek Tuesday on business. Wolf