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NO. 5.
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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.
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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-
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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
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GETTING READY FOR
ROSE FESTIVAL IN JUNEi
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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-
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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."
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' 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 -
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.Use for competitive plans for a com-
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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
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;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