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lite wipe ii ii i I hi in i i in r-r 1 I I "S c VOL. .VXV1II. (.iuxis pass, josh him: cointy, oki:i;ox. n;iiv, miy 17, una. NO. 5. 3 PROTEST AGAINST CITY HALL PLAN Rose Festival iu Grants Tag?. Al- l t-udy, there, ale ;i;a::y residents pre- ' COMMERCIAL (Lilt NAM KS COM- paring tor tlue event and U is ex M1TTEE TO MSAPT I'lUMKM. p.. ted that the lelel ratiou this year! will surpass by far all of past sea- j -SOUS. ! . An Important meeting of the La-; CLUB AND COUNCIL CLASH die8' Auxiliar- , arrangements were completed for; tin? Rose festivai. The president, ' Mrs. S. F. Cheshire, appointed the . Committee AN.i Appointed to Confer 1 following committees: With and Asit Grange Fair IMreclorv corub, Royal Whitmore, E. L. Co- burn and Mesdames H. P. Tracy, R. L. liartlett, Corou and J. H. Wil Committee to draw memorial of pro. lianis. test regarding city hall: R. V. i Finance Sam Baker, R. K. Hac flnrk W c .i 1 i-n kett- Mesdames Demaray and Hen- key. Committee to Confer With OMciiiN : of Grange regarding fair: J. (i. ... ... , . . Riggs, . S. Maxwell, (;. W. lon- nell, L. I.. Jewell, L L. Churchill. ; At the regular meeting of the I Commercial club last night President I Hohsrt rhnnt'pd what hnH ornmieorl j Rose festival ball committee C. to be a session of dull routine into, cievenger, Clyde Martin, Mes one of animated interest by a short Idames R. L. Demaree and S. Rowell. "address from the throne." He said j that while he believed in conciliation to the greatest possible extent in all matter, that there were tlme-s when conciliation ceased to be a duty, and then .he was ready to take off his coat and fight. He added that the time, had come for the taxpayers of Grants Pass to fight, and cited the letting of a contract for the construe- tion of a city hall as the occasion for protest. As one of the specific reasons for protest 4 Mr. Hohart, emphasizing a point made by the secretary In his report, called attention to the fact that the city council had specified a particular kind of brick manufnetur- jHerrlck and J. E. Gardner, ed elsewhere for use In the construe-1 Children's parade Mesdames II. tion of. the hall, thus putting local Starr c- Woodward. Mollie made' material out of he running. Belding and W. R. Field, and giving the specified material no ! Soliciting prizes C. H. Woodward, competition. (Mesdames J. O. Gibson and C. L. Ilo- H. L. Gllkev of the First Xational jbart bank, at one took the cue from Pres- Soliciting of vases-Mesdai.s ident Hobart, and in a brief ad- jllennann.'Carl Stutenroth and O. H. dress summed up the situation as he j earner. viewed it! the following being the Knte.talnment-Mesdames A. A. substance of Mr. Gilkey's remarks- Inaalla, Baker. Blake and Miss Ethel "This whole city hall transaction has been characterized by Its urrbust- ..... .. ........ . ...... . (.., nessiiKe uieiuoiiH ironi sum iu union. , We had a city hall which had recent- Reymern. Beckman and O. F. Wit ly been remodeled at considerable e- orff- Dense so that it was fairlv comfort- Roll call was responded to by quo- able and convenient, not only for all the city offices, but for the fire de nartment as well. This building was centrally located on the main street, which is paved and lighted. Some little revenue was also being derived from the rental of a portion of the lower floor. "But our city council was not sat isfied with the conditions, but pro ceeded to force a sale when real es tate prices wei' at their lowest ebb. j Theprice received was not more' than sixty or seventy per cent of Its true! value. Thi'ii in great haste plans were made for a building to cost double what the old building brought, which, with other necessary expenses auch as additional real estate, pave ments, walks and equipment, will amount to fully three times the sell ing price of the old building. To cap .the climax, the specifications call for certain materials which would have 'to be shipped in at great cost, and are no better than materials to be bad of home manufacture. '"If this is not just cause for the taxpayers to interest themselves and ubject the council to the criticism of those who pay for this folly. I mis understand the functions of the city council. I think it Is time for us to do something more than petition, if lueh petition meets with as litMe in- federation as some of our former pe titions." Mr. Gilkey was followed by R. 1 Coe. who indorsed all that had said by the f.einer. and wai. -', :! taxpayers to interest t!ieiu-eveB more In the manner and lua'tT f e K!r-.""1 cr Tape 4 i GETTING READY FOR ROSE FESTIVAL IN JUNEi ; - i Next mouth coris the entertaining ; Hall and decorations T. P. Cra mer, Dr. E. X. Bywater. A. C. Hol- kle. Advertising E. E. Rorapaugli, Mesdames Rorapaugh, Conklin, Cleni- t llt8 aud Xorton-' Street and business houses Mes- , ,, , , , , daii.es George P. .Ies:'r and I; red Williams. Carnival queens Mesdames J. F. Burke and Elmer S. Heath. Mesdames E. C. Ma. y, George Riddle and F. Y. Reed. Entry Mesdames C. L. Cievenger, i A. B. Cornell and J. K. Hair. Soliciting and collecting roses - W-1 1. Mrs. George Sabln. Misses Mildred Churchill and Eldry; Ward 2. Mrs. Anient, Misses Edna Cornell and Hazel Williams; Ward 3, Mrs. Waller Coutant, Misses Evelyn South ,"! Josephine Moss: Ward 4, Mrs. jEyeiison. Misses Arline Sweetland 'and Moore. Auto Committee K. . Clark, Cook, L. Coburn. Mesdames Fred Villiams. H. L. Wilson. Parade R. E. Kroh, W. B. Sher man, F. II. Applehoff, Mesdames C. F. Xutting, E. T. MeKlnstry, I,. E. Palmer. Cleanup- Mesdames W. It. Mc- ;Cracken. W. A. Fuller. R. A. N. itation in verse upon spring Mrs. A. S. Barnes and Miss Genevieve Pat tillo furnished vocal numbers for the program and Mesdames J. F. Burke Joseph Wharton. O. . Wlttorn and Williams served refreshments. MYRIAD OF INCUBATOR CHICKS ARRIVE SAFELY it was a scramble Friday 'evening to get a collection of these one-day 0ld White Eeghorn thicks which ar- rived on Xo. 16 from California. The 4,500 birds were distributed to 18 persons as follows: M. C. Dague, J. Harper, Wllford Allen, l S. Max well. Mrs. Reynolds, F. Debusk, J. C. Johnston, A. E. Voorhles,' W. R. Brower, Mr. Klrker, Frank Smith, Mr. Court, of Murphy; Irving Kes terson, Messrs. Winters, Melkle and Courtney. M. L. Opdycke, who was to take 500 chicks, was so generous in al lowing others to get in the harvest that he found himself at the wind up with only 88 birds: and these 88 Le allowed to go. Judge Opdycke stated that 5,000 additional chicks could have been distributed that ev ening, so eager were the poultry breeders, "great and email" to get a portion. In addition to the .-.OOO ihbks to arrive lere May ii:'. there is an other shipment of fevera! rhousard soon to follow. The birds arriving here Friday ievMilt.g ere In gu.d shape and the I'. . u r, fne )! 'rftil n al RICH GOLD MINE , AT KERBY SOLD TKXM-:ssKK dl Mil PKOPLKTY goks n I'uiiri.wh plopli:. PRICE QUOTED AT $40,000 Mill Will li- Installed mid Develop. nici'C Work lrt-ofd dy New ( tt IICIs. One of the biggest mining deals of the season was elided in this city yes terday vheu Hus?elton and Wagner jsold their Tennesi.ee (iulch property 'to parties from Salem and Portland. ( the price realized being quoted at ; $40,000. j The property sold is at the mouth ;of Tennessee (iulch, tributary to jJosephine creel;, in what was one of the richest placer districts of the ear ;ly days. It consists of free milling quartz, having three distinct leads, upon one of whb h a body of excep tionally rich ore was struck during the past winter, this strike having brought it into public notice, and be- ilng responsible for its present pur chase by the investors from the i north. i ! The mine is one of the old-time jprospects upon which a great deal of work was done before the rich vein was found, although It has mad jgood returns in the yellow metal ;through ground sluicing. Three tun Inels have Ven driven a distance of 500 feet on the veins, in one of the jtunnels ore returning values of $100 jPer ton being struck. Tennesse Gulch was- the seen of jsome fabulous strikes in the earlier .days of placer mining, parts of this I I'll 1 1 u li il ik f Incunh rk nin r f which it is a tributary, paying at the rate of $2,000,000 per mile. For yt'ars the search for the mother lode has been pursued, and the purchasers believe they have It now located on their new property. The eagerness of capital to Invest itself in Josephine county mines is shown by the fact that other parties were expecting to get this same prop erty, and reached Kerby day before yesterday, only then to learn that It was being taken over by others. C. L. Mangum, the mining expert, says that there never was a time whe.n Grants Pass was so filled with mining men looking for Investments as at present. He states thut there are now four men here who left the min ing fields of Mexico because of the continuous wars there, and that they would henceforth . operate, in the Grants Pass district. Letters just , received by Mr. Mangum announce jthe coming of another party from I Mexico, to arrive here about the 22nd jlnst. I The new owners of the Tennessee 'Gulch mine will install machinery at once. and proceed with the develop ment of the property. m...i: i:i si i.ts I ROM ( ROSS I I WIRI S. As the result of the falling of a telephone wire across one of the high power w-lres of the Rogue River Elec tric company, a blaze resulted at 11:30 today In the electric company's office in this city, and burned a hole through the roof of the little build ing on E street between Sixth and Fifth streets. Quick response was made by the fire department, the auto engine snorting up to the scene almost be fore the people of the downtown dis trict could get a look at the speed ing red engine. It was stated at. the office of the i company that as the result of a jcharce of dynamite fired In work near ithe Ament dam that a telephone wire passing by find fastened to a tree t" an e dit'ifdc'd fit.d fell a toss the power i:e. 1 nitriei!i,i ly a sheet of i flame burst ' In "f off.ie here. ' Th. oo-r w&p shut tf! for about an If -ir i-.ri ;. ra'f . a r )! t. FOURTH CAR TAKILMA ORE GoES TO SMELTER Loading in the Southern Pacific yards j t he fourth car of copper-gold ore from J. O. B. Gunn's mine at Takllma. All day Saturday there wt-ie tennis oiMing in, and at times there were several waiting their turn to uultod. It was estimated by a mining man who is familiar with the values of the ore that the four cars will re t ii'ii ,i total of $10,000. It is expected that quite a nuinlur f pounds of rock from this mine will be yecured for exhibition at the Su.,i!:i.: Oregon and Northern Cal ifornia Mining congress, to convene at Yieka, Cab, June IS. As the stiff prhes now ruling in the copper market has stimulated the copper mining world to action, it Is the belief that other owners of copper properties in this county and Curry county will bring in exhibits for the purpose of advertising their holdings. All will be welcome The ore going to the Kennet smelter from Guna's mine Is as handsome sulphides as has ever been sent out of the county. About SO teams are now employed. WOULD GO TO 1915 FAIR ON ELECTRIC CARS B. H. Guthrie, connected with a Portland wholesale house, was in the city yesterday, being enroute home after making a trip from Portland to Oakland, California, to study business conditions. "1 expect to be able to go from Portland to San Francisco, through Grants Pass, on an electric line when I go to the big exposition In 11) 16," said Mr. Guthrie, who seemed con fident In the belief that plans were already laid for the completion of an electric railway up the Willamette and through the I'mpqua and Rogue valleys to the big city to the south. "Business of all kinds is on the improvement," continued Mr. Guth rie. "You have the climate, the scenic surroundings, the mines, the fertile soil, and water for irrigation, that will make of this valley one ot the most prosperous districts of the west, and recovery here from the period of business depression will be rapid." w. c. t. i . i i ( i i in i: ' TO SPEAK SITI IIIIAV, Mrs. Jackson Silbaugb. national or ganizer and lecturer for the Wo man's Christian Temperance Vn!n. will speak at. S o'clock Saturday even ing In the opera house In Grants Pass. Mrs. Sllbnngh Is one of the best speakers sent out by the national W. C. T. V., she Is the wife of a promi nent Seattle lawyer and her close as sociation with her husband has given her a legal knowledge of the tem- Jperance question that Is not equalled by any one of the speakers to be se cured in Oregon. She was one of a dozen persons who secured by per sonal Investigation the knowledge of conditions in Seattle which finally re sulted in the recall of Mayor Gill. Mrs. Silbaugh organized the wo- jinen for the elect bin and was one of ;the election officers, thus giving her a special insight Into that great (struggle. The women of Grants Pass will be addressed by Mrs. Silbaugh Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the court house, her subject for that hour be ing equal suffrage. Woman' Leg llrokcn Itelotv Knee Mrs. E. K. Miller, who was so paln- fully Injured In an accident while driving last Friday, Is recovering as rapidly as the nature of the Injury will penult. Mrs. Miller was driving wth her husband .along tli river rond near the county ferry, K! miles down the river, when the horse bp- ifari.e fractious while going down a ;hl!l and Mrs. Miller attempted to 'leap fsom the buggy. In making the Ijnmp her left leg was thrust throucb ' t ri spokes fif the wi.eel, and both bone were fractured i"" i e'.ow the knee. Mr. M!l)e- euW.1 ':rr. f'i that the ex (! .1 : . ay did no CITV HALL PLANS ARE CHANGED COl'XCIli HACKS IT OX THE IK ACT l.KT. UX NEW PLANS CALLED FOR Interesting Scssjnii il ( i t y ' l.cgida the Body Held l.a-t Xigl.t. There will be no new city built from the plans recently adopted by the city council, or at a cost In excess of the amount received from the sale of the old city property This much was assured by action of the council last night when.it re winded the contract which It had at- tempted to give to A. J. Green, re - turned hint his certified check, and Unstructcd the city auditor to adver - ,, r .... , , .Use for competitive plans for a com- i 1.1.. . . .1 .la.. 1. 1 I .... I U .. . a ew ,, n.u, am. ore siauou , I cost no more than the amount avail - able from the fund already provided for that purpose. I The (Miestlun Involving th.. 1m ltd. ing of the new city hall, which has jof the mail engaged for the associa Ihoen the chief topic under discussion Hon secretary was advanced by the iln Grants Pass for a niontli past, was jconnnlttee. the Idea already having ( first brought up In the sepslon of the ibeen presented to and considered by council last night when the resolu-jthe school board. This plan was to Hon from the Commercial club, (appoint the association secretary also was read. The rending of the docu !nient had no apparent Immediate ef- feet on the members of the council occasioning no discussion other than ithe rc'.nurk. "I'll take good care of that don't you ever doubt It," made by Chairman Hnnlels, of the Judiciary committee, as he stowed the paper away in an Inside pocket when It was referred to his committee. At little I later, however, Councilman Clark jasked for an adjournment for five j minutes that the council might go In . to executive session In the auditor's i room. The mayor declared a recess jfor the period of time asked, and for 'some lll'teen or twenty minutes the ;( urtalu Was drawn. Short ly alter the ' re-appcarance of the coiiiiciliucn up- n the scene a second resolution was presented, signed by Coiuicllmen Strieker, Kverton and McLean, read- Ing as follows: ; "Whereas, tlie bids lor the erecljon lor a new city hall are In excess of the fundi nvovlded for that purpose, therefor be it "Resolved, That, the proposal of A. J. Green be not acceptei', and that the auditor and police Judge Is hereby authorized to return his check. He It further j "Resolved, Tiiat competitive plana jTerry, lirlggs & Slater at par. with be received for a combined city hall jafrued Interest and a premium of ! a u,l lii bouse, and that no plan bejt''". The only other bidder was the In excess of the amount In the power ecnrlty Savings and Trust Co., also Of the council to appropriate for that jof Toledo. The, latter people bid par. purpose be considered." j accrued Interest and $15 premium, i This resolution was adopted by j There was a great dnnl of routine jiinaiilmoiis vote, and without discus- .business before the count 11 Inst night slon other than the opinion from City ,1" addition to the sale ot the bonds ; Attorney Colvlg that the Green bid 'above mentioned, and the action on had been accepted only provisionally, and that the contract between the i Ity and Mr. Green had fully completed. never lieen The auditor was authorized to re - turn to Mr. Green the certified check 'committee. There was an ordinance which had accompanied his bid on covering both vitrified and cement plans previously proposed, and to jsewer tile, the requirement being tfce Immediately advertise for fompetl- same as to ability to bear welpht, ac tive plans for a structure 'o come sorb water, etc. within the amount of available cash.! Prohibit Cigarette Siile. " In connection with this the may-j TJie ordinance prohibiting the sale or stated that IniihiiMieii as he had ,ff cigarettes to persons under 21 I realized the Incompleteness of tae.Vears of ago was up for final actlor. Green contract, and as he as mayor Mid not propose to sign the contract, ! he had already authorized the re- turn of the check. I'0 make the age limit n Ins'ead of And with that the new city hall 121 years, but his amendment got to made of brick of Portland nianufac- second. fiire. passed Into history, and a new An ordinance regulating rates to deal was failed. Hut not, however, jbe (hnrted bv water companies for till a resolution pieetitcd bv Council- "connecting private services with the man Strbkcr and adop'ed by the i mains was defeated. T'nder the pir lo nifll. had provided for th trans- 'visions of the ordinance a maximum U r f.f the- money realized from the f barge of $..' could be made for each ale of the ( it v i -o er'v lno the gen- " ontiertlon. An amendment to maVe era I fund, where it will remain until rroMlf-ued rn f-npe Eight.) Y. M. C. A. IS TO BE INSTITUTED IN THIS CITY (From Wednesday's Dally). Plans for the institution of an ac tive Young Men's Christian associa tion in Grants Pass were formulated last night at a union meeting of the men's brotherhoods of the various city (hurdles, and the machinery for its successful operation was set In motion. The action of the union iiieetlug came through the adoption of the report of a previously appointed uwu mlttee. approving the plan for what Is known as a non-equipment Y. M. C. A. j Ender this plan, which was out lined by . B. Rhodes, state secretary, 'who visited the city a couple of j weeks ago. such equipment as Is hall jav'l"il"'' tn ( l,.v Is made use of, jtiie energy and finance for the Initial two years going to engage and sup port a resident secretary of force and character who will build up the as sociation, and firmly establish It be- I. ifore the ererlon of a building Is un dertaken. To carry on the work for the first two yenrf ,he rommlUee estimated : that $i,S00 per annum would be re quired. Lnst night's meeting, in ,H(,opllnK the le',ort- authorized the , appointment of a board of seven (members to make active solicitation for fmu8 Q (aTy on Qf ithe first two years. This commltte will be named later. The plan of having the public : schools make Use (it 1)11 it of the tlrno as physical director for the city schools, n portion of his salary, say $ti00, to come from that source, al though there would be no connection or conflict between his duties as Y. M. C. A. secretary and physical di rector for the schools. The school board has announced Its willingness to put this plan up' to the citizens for ratification or rejec tion, at the June school election. Regardless of what the patrons of the school might decide along this line, however, It was the consensus at last night's meeting that a Y. M. C. A. will be organized and main tained, and solicitations of funds will at once be undertaken to that end. needed In actual construction work on whatever plan Is finally adopted. . "dvantagcou s.'tle of another block of Grants Pass' Improvement l0lll,H w" "nlo last night, when the of" Toledo, Ohio, firm for bonds (Issued for Improvements on 7th, th: i I ""d -"h streets, 88 accepted by tn council. The bonds. Issued In the amount of $ie,147.S.r) for work to be done on the streets mentioned, were taken bv the city hall matter. Ordlnanceg specifying what would .consulate nn arrepianie m. ns to 'strength, thickness, etc, for use of ....... . - , . V , . , , . ;the city, was read and referred to !"nd as passed It prohibits the sale rf Igarettes to nnv minor. Councilman ;'lark wanted to amend the ordinance