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GRAXT8 TAS8, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FKIDAV, MAIU'II 5TJ, 1918.
XO. ID.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
ENTIKF. CHANGE OF OFFICERS
AND directors.
HOBART HEADS THE LIST
Lively uiid Merry Session Held
Club Rooms ou Monday
Night.
at
President C. L. Holtiwt, hwid of (he
Madroiut Lund company.
Vice President K. E. Kroh, owner
of Tokay Height.
Treasurer Sum II. Baker, cashier
Josephine County bank.
Secretary V. P. Qulnlan.
Board of Trustees E. T. Mc Kins try, I
George E. Lundberg, II. L. Gilkey ,
T. B. Cornell, It. W. Cluike.
- With the men uanied In the fore
going the Grants Pass Commercial
club begins a new calendar year with
determination to reach for as many
industrial enterprises for this city as
it Is possible to secure In the win
ning of the west.
The annual meeting Friday night
was generously attended and matters
went with a businesslike Bwlng from
first to last.
Retiring President George C. Sa
bln was in the chair and after a brief
address by H. E. Gale regarding tlie
fruit industry in the county, a re
port of which Is printed elsewhere
In this Issue, the chair announced
that the business In order was the
election of officers, and he also stat
ed that according to the bylaws and
by instruction of the board of trus
tees only those members could vote
who were In good standing. Any
member more than three months In
arrears would be barred, said the
chairman, but be stated that any
one present who wished to pay up
before the balloting began was in
vited to come forward. The list of
the members in good standing was
read out, aud they numbered soine
thins like 200.
Nominations for President.
' Isaac Best arose and nominated
C. L. Hobart for president. R. E.
Kroh exclaimed, "I second the nom
ination." H. L. Gilkey moved that
nominations be closed and the secre
tary be instructed to cast the ballot
of organization for Mr. Hobait. This
motion found a second In Sam Bak
er. The chair put the motion and it
was carried unanimously.
The newly elected president was
called to make a speech. m He made
brief remarks, thanking the club for
the honor conferred and stated that
while in Seattle he had observed a
condition In the Chamber of Com
merce of that city, which he hoped
would prevail here. That was that
everybody pulled together; that he
had seen men who were bitter per
sonal enemies named on same com
mittees, but who never allowed their
animosities to Interfere, but worked
together with a vim. "I promise you
that I will fill this position to which
you have elected me to the best of
my ability."
Kroh for Vice President.
E. S. VanDyke nominated R. E.
Kroh for vice president. "I second
the motion," said R. Z. Hartzler,
! and moved the secretary cast a unan
imous ballot. This was adopted and
Mr. Kroh was elected the second In
command.
"Speech!" cried a dozen voices.
"I thank you for this honor," said
Mr. Kroh. "I know the duties of the
office will not prove 'onerous.' I
am proud to be associated in this
work with Mr. Hobart. and all the
re.t of you."
For Treasurer.
T. P. Cramer nominated Dr. V.
(Contlriued on Page Six.)
IWeived
Correspondence from Williams and
Selma were received too late for
publication' in this issue, but they
.will appear later.
ROGUE RIVER LINE
COMPANY TO BUILD
To rise on the Southern Pacific
right-of-way, opposite the ' round
house, win be a warehouse for the
Rogue River Lime company and an
other building nearby which will be
used to house the lime company'a
big cateplllar traction engine.
Workmen are already busy at the
scene and the two structures will
rise rapidly. S. B. Gorvutt, manager
of the company, states that the ware
house will be 40x80 feet in dimen
sions and the engine house 16x86.
The engine house will also be used
to protect supplies needed for the
big cateplllar.
The Rogue River Lime company'a
quarry is located on Cheney creek,
12 miles southwest from Grants
Pass. The company has made good
progress In getting Its plant at the
quarry, and work underway, and has
already turned out some lime, which
was sold to local people. When
ready for regular work the plant will
turn out 100 barrels of lime dally,
saj 8 Manager Gorvutt. But this ca-
parity will be enlarged at a not dts
tant date until the company la sup
plying a large territory with lime.
The big cateplllar traction engine
will haul the output of the worka to
Grants Pass, where it will be placed
In the warehouse beside the South
ern Pacific tracks and loaded on
cars ai order require.
The lime company will soon prove
one of the big assets of Josephine
county. The promoters have already
spent considerable money In the city
and county, and when working un
der full headway will have a payroll
that will be appreciated by the busl
nesa interests of the city.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
The newly elected board of trus
tees of the Commercial club held
Its first meeting in the club rooms
last night. Standing committees
were appointed for the work of
1912-13. Much enthusiasm waa
shown by all and It was generally un
derstood that the most important
work tor the board to take up at
this time is the strengthening of the
club, to the end that a better feel
ing among the members be generally
encouraged and the club put In a
good financial condition.
Committees will be appointed to
call on as many ot the members as
It is possible to reach and enlist their
support In the building up of the or
ganization and all working together,
so that when matters of Interest to
the community are presented the
Commercial dub as a whole will
work In unison in securing the de
sired end.
Members of the board feel that
much good can be accomplished In
this way. A letter is to be sent to
every one whose name appears on
the roll, Inviting them to get togeth
er, attend the meetings and to not
be backward In voicing their senti
ments. The opinion of all is desired
and requested on all matters. There
are a number of citizens who should
be members of the Commercial
club; these too, will be called on,
and their assistance and co-opera
tion solicited.
As was generally expected before
the election the salary of the secre
tary was reduced.
Standing Committees.
The following standing commit
tees were appointed for the ensuing
year:
House Committee C. L. Hobart
(chairman), W. P. Qulnlan, T. B.
Cornell, R. E. Kroh.
Reading Room Committee G. E.
Lundberg.
Reception and (entertalnment
Committee R. E. Kroh (chairman),
R. W. Clark, L. R. Steelhammer.
Membership Committee S. H.
Baker (chairman), W. P. Qulnlan,
E. T. McKlnstry.
Auditing Committee L. L. Her
rlck (chairman), d. W. Donnell, H.
Municipal Affairs H. L. Gilkey
(chairman), Geo. Calhoun, Jos.
Mops. Dr. Trnax. C. H. Clement.
J T Loean came from his mine
near Wairfo Wednesday on business,
PRIZE POULTRY
ON EXHIBITION
LARGE AM VAHILB 1USPLAV
AM AZES H ESI DENTS.
ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED
Effort Are Advanced to Make Jose
phlue County a Poultry
Center.
Ribbons galore were awarded Sat
urday at the poultry show, and the
throngs of humanity Saturday all
day and Saturday night which
filled the exhibition rooms were en
tertained in a manner that brought
Joy to all lovers of pure bred poultry.
The attendance could he classed cor
rectly as a "crush," and that the
poultry Industry is launched In this
city and county In earnest Is a fact
not disputed.
All new visitors Saturday and in
the evening were surprised, as were
prevloua visitors, at the splendid ex
hibit. The newly organized poultry
association which originated the
show, held a meeting yesterday af
ternoon to further perfect the or
gantzation. All members were en'
thuslastlc over the success of the ex
htbltlon and will now continue their
work In earnest.
l here are 73 first prizes,. 41 sec
ond and 26 third.
Following Is a revised list of the
prize winners at the poultry show.
Barred Rock Cocks: W. Allen,
Jr., 1st; Mrs. Maria Kemp, 2d; John
Summers, 3d. Cockerels: W. N.
Tolln, 1st; U. L. Upson, 2d; E. M.
Davis, 3d. Hens: John Summers,
1st; II. X. Parker, 2d;. Peter Olson,
3d. Pullets: A. M. Heston, 1st; U.
L. Upson, 2d; Henry Huck, 3d. Pens:
Peter Olson.
White Rock Cockerel: N. Rey
nolds, 1st; H. E. Glass, 2d; W. H. Mc
Arthur, 3d. Hens: E. A. Lagergren,
1st; D. T. McCord, 2d; E. A. Lager
gren, 3d. Pullets: H. E. Glass, 1st;
N. Reynolds, 2d; H. E. Glass, 3d.
Pen: H. E. Glass.
Buff Hock Cocks: H. E. Glass,
1st. Cockerels: E. G. Harris, 1st.
Hens: H. E. Glass, IbL Pullets:
E. G. Harris, 1st; H. E. Glass, 2d and
3d. Pen: E. G. Harris.
Partridge Rock Cock: C. P. Mou
non, 1 at. Cockerels: Mrs. Gravlin,
1st. Pullets: Mrs. Gravlin, 1t and
2d.
White Wyandotte-Cock: A. M.
Heston, 1st; Mrs. Cahlli, 2d. Cock
erels: Will Scoville, 1st; K. M.
Davis. 2d; Lynn Sabln, 3d. Hens:
Mrs. Cahill, 1st; A. M. Heston. 2d
and 3d. Pullets: Will Scoville, 1st;
E. M. Davis, 2d; Will Scoville, 3d.
Pens: Will Scoville.
Partridge Wyandotte Cockerel :
S. B. Gillette, 1st. Pullets: S. B.
Gillette, 1st and 2d.
S. C. Rhode Island Reds Cocks:
Robert Jewell, 1st; Amos Meyer, 2d.
Cockerels: E. Challson, 1st. Hens:
C. R. Brechtblll, 1st; Mrs. Mary
Storck, 2d; C. K. Brechtblll, 3d.
Pullets: C. H. Brechtblll. 1st; Amos
Meyer, 2d; C. II. Brechtblll, 3d. Pen:
Amos Myer. .
R. C. Rhode Island Red Cock: N.
Best, 1st. Pullets: N. T. Best,
T.
1st, 2d and 3d.
Black Langshan Cockerel
Her-
man Horning, 1st. Pullets
Horning, 1st, 2d and 3d.
Herman
White Leghorn Cocks: Gto. Cra-
(Continued on Page 9.)
Miss Minnie Williams, who has
been spending a few days in Grants
Pass, left Tuesday for her home at
Medford, where she will remain 'or
several days and then go to Los An-
geles to Join her sister.
W. P. Qulnlan, the newly elected
secretary, Is a busy man, and as he
Is thoroughly posted on the needs,
hopes and aspirations of the people
of the city, and Is man of executive
rblllty. It can be said In all truth
'that bis work for Grants Phhs and
the county at large will result in
substantial rewards.
TO ESTABLISH Y.M.C.A.
DISCUSSED AT BANQUET
One hundred and thirty men from
all walks of life, artisans, profes
sional and business men standing
shoulder to, shoulder at the banquet
tables and singing "My country,
'tis of thee, sweet land ot liberty"
was an impressive sceue witnessed
at Bethany Presbyterian church
Tuesday night at a banquet tender
ed by the men's clubs ot the city to
C. A. Phlpps of Portland.
The occasion was a gathering ot
men from the various mens clues
of the city for the purpose ot listen
ing to an address by Mr. Phlpps on
the "Men and Religion Forward
Movement," which has taken a firm
hold of all sections of the' country.
This movement is one taken up by
the brotherhoods ot nine denomina
tions, also the Gideons, the Interna
tional Sunday School work, and the
Y. M. C. A., 12 different branches of
church work uniting for the one end.
In his speech Mn. Phlpps elabor
ated on the five branches ot the
work, viz: Bible study, boys' work,
social service, missions, evangelism,
and for an hour told of the progress
of the work for better citizenship.
At the close of the speech it was
decided to form a committee from
the various religious 'organizations
of the city and canvass the situation
with the view to establishing a Y.
M. C. A. in Grants Pass.
The banquet was prepared and
served by ladles of Bethany church
and from bouillon to cafe nolr, with
chicken pie at the correct place In
the menu, all waa perfection, both as
a culinary achievement and In the
manner of serving.
ALMEDA MINE AND
EXPERTS DISCUSSED
M. J. Anderson, manager of the
Old Channel mine of Gallee, recently
purchased by George E. Sanders, re
ports much mining activity In that
district, considering the time of
year. He says:
"Much good road work has been
done by the county court and some
of the worst places of former sea
sons are rapidly packing Into good
shape, so heavy traffic can be car
ried on much earlier than In form
er years. This will enable the Al
meda mine and other largo proper
ties to operate to full capacity In
stead of being tied up by bad roads
until late In the spring. With or
dinary weather, it Is expected the
Almeda will start Its furnaces In
about two weeks, or as soon as the
management Is certain of open
roads.
"The Almeda Is a great mine, lo
cated on a mammoth lodo known as
the 'Big Yank,' which can be traced
for miles through the mountains. It
Is one of those big, low grade ore
bodies worth millions to Its owners
and to the community when once the
problem of transportation and oper
ation at a minimum cost Is solved;
and the good road work down the
river Is going a long way towards
solving the problem. In fact, If
Josephine county and tho Almeda
company had gotten together In
road construction-, and had the com
pany expended the money It put Into
the auto truck road to Leland on the
county work on the Merlln-Gallee
road, a first-class auto .highway
would now exist, and continuous
I mining operations be possible In the
Gallce district.
"There seems little doubt that the
Oriole and one or more other prop
erties will put In milling and other
machinery 'when the roads settlo'
and everybody Is confident of a pros
perous season. ,
"Of course we 'mud miners' on
the Old Channel don't want an early
spring and tho late Btiowfall looks
good for a bumper gold crop. Two
' plants are
busy day and night
throwing six-inch streams Into some
nf the finest looking gravel In .lone -
1 phlne county, and wo are moving
from
day.
5,000 to 8.000 yards of It. a
I, would not like to say how
much gold we expect to clean np or
bow rich the, gravel Is, hh it pilght
look as though 1 whs attempting to
qualify as a mining expert; and my
experience with mining experts has
not been good.
I never saw an ex-
BOND ISSUE IS EN
DORSED AT POLLS
THOUSAND LESS THAN
VOTE IS CAST.
HALF
CITY PUT ON CASH BASIS
Salary and FrauiiUse AuteudiuenU
Also Gary at Special
Election.
With a voting Btreugth of about
1000, less than one-half of that num
ber of voters of the city cast ballots
Friday in the special city election to
amend the charter In three particu
lars. All three propositions carried,
the total vote cast being 454.
The balloting resulted as follows:
Sulary amendmeut, granting to the
common council the right to fix the
salaries and bonds of all city official's
by ordinance aud making said ordi
nances subject to a referendum for
a period of thirty days after approv
al: Yes 253; no 199; majority for
amendment 54.
Bonding amendment, granting to
the common council the right to 1b
sue bonds, not to exceed $80,000, tor
the purpose of taking up the present
warrant Indebtedness of the city:
Yes 309; no 145; majority fof
amendment 164.
Franchise amendment, prohibiting
the granting of any franchise for the
use of the streets and alleys of the
city of Grants Pass except by vote
of the majority of the electors of the
city of Grants Pass: Yes 325; no
129; majority for amendment 196.
The vote by wards was as follows:
First Ward.
For salary amendment Yes 99;
no 4 2.
For bonding amendment Yes
114; no 28.
For franchise amendment Yes
111; no 30.
Second Ward.
For salary amendment Yes 90;
no 46.
For bonding amendment Yes
107; no 29.
For franchise amendment Yes
109; no 27.
Third Ward.
For salary amendment Yes 31;
no 3$.
For bonding amendment Yes 39;
no 27.
For franchise amendment Yes
45; no 21.
I'omili Ward.
For salary amendment Yes 33;
no 76.
For bonding amendment Yes 49;
no 61.
For franchise amendment Yes
60; no 51.
Arthur P. Johnson of Seattle, sec
retary of the Northern Life Insur
ance company, 1b visiting his mother,
Mrs. F. H. Applehoff.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mitchell left
Wednesday afternoon for Sweetwa
ter, Tex., Wednesday afternoon. They
will remain at that place Indefinitely.
port (who testified as such) that
didn't find just exactly what he was
paid to find, and there Is now on file
In the courts of this district affida
vits of prominent experts showing
there would be no gravel where our
giants now sit and that It is entirely
outside of the run of the channel,
but the gravel Is there Just the same
and enough to run a number of
years. We have no 'experts' on the
premises. L. C. Hudson, a man of
2R years' experience In hydraulic
mines, has full charge of all hy
draulic work and wo have not had
to call In any scientific miners as
- yet.
"A
good mining engineer quall-
fled by education, experience and
j honor called to examine and report
on a mining property,' Irf of great
value; tint the class or experts ho
called that have cursed Josephine
county, ready to testify for or
Hgnlfct a property for $10 a a day,
tire the limit."
CITY HALL IS SOLD - l, i
FOR SUM OF $10,000
The Grants Pass city ball was sold
last night by the council to the
Mashburn Company (Golden Rula
store) for the sum of $10,000.
George E. Lundberg bid $8,000 and
F. H. lllake bid $7,000.
The trade with Mashburn was $3,
000 cash and $5,000 to paid July 1,
no Interest on deterred payment, and
the Mashburn . company to take
charge of the building not earlier
than July 1.
Lundberg'a bid ot $8,000 provided
for $1000 cash, $5000 In six months
and $2,000 in one year, Interest at
6 per cent.
Blake's bid of $7,000 provided for
$2,000 cash, and $5,000 on or before
six months from date, interest at 8
per cent.
Strieker moved that certified
checks ot Blake and Lundberg be
returned to them, which was a way
ot saying the council would then con
sider Mashburn's bid. ' This was
adopted. Mashburn was present and
was asked by Mayor Smith how
much time he could give the city pro
vided his bid was accepted. The
Golden Rule manager stated that he
had a chance now to get hold of
some cash out of the money market,
but that chance would fade quickly
If he did not act at once.
"Can you give us until Saturday
to decide the matter!" asked the
mayor.
"Then, In that case I could not get
a definite reply to my man before
Monday," said Mashburn.
"Let us take a recess," said the
mayor, and the councllmen, mayor
and Mashburn adjourned to the
auditor's office a few minutes and
discussed the matter. On the re
turn of all parties to the council
chamber Strieker moved that the
Mashburn bid be accepted, with the
proviso that the purchasers do not
take possession before July 1, and'
that all movable objects, Including
bell and Jail cells be reserved to the
city. Seconded by McLean. Her
zlnger moved to amend this motion
by providing a rider to the effect that
tho city make preparations to begin
to build at once a new city hall on
the lots the city owns at Fourth and
H street. This proposod amendment
was thought by Hoveral of the coun
cllmen to be unnecessary, as the
samo matter .could be adopted in a
separate motion. But Herzlnger in
sisted on the amendment to the or
iginal motion. A vote resulted In
five yea votes and three nay, Her
zlnger's amendment being -adopted
the original motion, to accept Mash
burn's bid. was put to a vote and re
sulted In seven yeas and one nay,
Caldwell voting nay. Strieker then
moved that the mayor name a com
mittee of four councllmen to look
Into the question as to what class
and kind of building waa best for
the new city hall, to look over the
site and determine how the building
should front, and other details. May
or Smith then appointed on this
committee Clark, Strieker, McLean
and Everton.
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
The Josephine County Sunday
School convention In session at the
Presbyterian church Wednesday was
well attended and of great benefit to
Sunday school workers. In the af
ternoon State Superintendent Phlpps
gave an excellent talk on "Weak
Places Made Strong." He urged
teachers' training and gave sugges
tions for carrying on the work. He
also gave some thoughts on the boy
scout movement. The following of
ficers were elected: President, 8am
H. Baker; vice president, W. C.
Long; secretary, Miss Etta Kerkhof.
Superintendents of tho various de
partments of Sunday school work
elected were: Teachers' training;, R.
K. Ross; elementary department,
Mrs. W. B. Field; home department,
Mrs. A. M. Heston; adult depart
ment, Mrs. W. R. McCrackon; tem
perance and good citizenship, Mrs. E.
C. Macy; missions, R. K. Hatkett.
The new oftlcers will be gla-1 te
assist any school In the county and
also help any community to establish
a Bundny school where none exists.
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