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FRIDAY, JINE 1012. GRANTS PASS. HOME OF THE FLAME IOKAY ((."proline Wasson TIiiiiiiiimui, In the Portland Journal-) J-.!St Ei Portland has rome to be wii as ma city or Roses, galem Cherry City, and Roseburg the Strawberry City, so Grants Pass is destined to attain fame as the City of rokay grapes. Four years ago D aggressive crusade was carried on in Josephine county in the in terest of the Tokay grape industry. Many acn?s of the south slopes re ot 'l?.ed for grap culture. This year the owners of these vineyards are to p-np a bountiful reward, for the foi ;-year-old vines will bear heav ily and all indications are for a Mi uper ylfld. Carloads of the de lh jus Tokays will he shipped rrom Grmts Pass next October. Some of the three-year-old vines of Tokays last year bore 5 to 4 0 pp'-.nds, the first fruit from the cru sade of 1908, while fr.om the vine yard of Mr. Butts, two crates, or n0 poinds, were picked from a small number of four-year-old vines. As the grapes sell for about $1.75 a rrnte. it Is a low MHiiint to nni,. late that there will be value of $1 from every vine more than four years old. Tokays are planted 9 feet apart, 535 vines to an acre. By the best of care It is thought that $1, 000 an acre mav bp made from these vineyards, as five crates to a vine is the quantity that has been picked from many vines In Grants Pass. Sliennim Lends Moveni'iit. V. 13. Sherman, of Grants Pass, is a pioneer In the Tokay grap? Indus- try In Josephine county. It was Mr. j Sherman who first called attention ! to the peculiarly suitable location for grape culture on the hill lands. From 1902 to 1907 he noticed on numer ous drives through the nogu? river valley that the grape vines were do ing especially well. He found that the Applegate vineyard of 40 acres, the only vineyard handled commer cially In the vicinity, was paying at the rate of $200 to $300 an acre, al- though the fruit was sent by express to Portland. He then conceived the Idea of exploiting the grape Indus-each slice retain its form. The try and covering the well adapted 1 grapes. In winter the vines must be south slopes with vineyards. I pruned, from April until July they Investigation proved' that there 'are cultivated, in October the bar were thousands of acres especially 'vest is on three seasons of work adapted to the growth of grapes in, for .the man wno runs the vineyard. that section. The hill land is best for grape culture, as the vinos need thorough drainage of soil, and good air drainage. All foothills that can not, be reached with irrigation, are excellent for grapes, whose roots al ways pierce down to thi moisture. This rough, dry land Is especially good for grapes, while practically useless fur other crops. Having set tled this point Mr. Sherman next be gan to study the kind 'of grape best suited to the locality and decided to try the Tokay. Conditions Are Ideal. Mr. Sherman gives the reason of his choice in this statement: "The Tokays Impressed me as the most healthy, rugged vines, the best pro ducers and the highest priced grape on the market. I found It the bestCookt near (jrnnts Pass. This old table grape, and most sought for all vine covers almost a quarter of an over the United States. The Tokay !am, 0f arbor, and nas the remark is a dry climate vine, therefore the ai,e rPCOrd of having borne from one llogue fiver valley is peculiarly : ton tn ,,.-, ;,n,i a half tons of fruit adapted to its growth from combin- alinn;1iiy for more than 1" years. atlon of soil and absence of excessive j humidity. It has been grown in two , js noW w,.n i,11(,mi that not more loialities in California, but no other : in th I'nlted States pxcent In a small way near I.ewiston. Idaho." The grape campaign conducted by Mr. Sherman included automobile rips to the Applegate vineyard, painn by spending three days in tak i be'ween Coin and Too people from i'-: ants Pass P miles to the Applegate :Vm. This trip was conducted ly useiof three automobiles, a ma dine leaving the city every 4 0 min rtes. At the vineyard the passen gers were shown about and a 20 r.-'nute lecture on grape industry g'cen. The Fnmoiis Grape Ilanquet. Two weeks following the automo- . tj.a !'a trtna tr Sherman gave a 12 : lrse banquet at which 318 plates : ;e served. All the leading men . the town were his guests. I a' , t. -'iuet ball was turned into a crape n .or by masses of grape vino lade?, fcith fruit brought from the fields. T " nty girls dressed in bite pas-ed f:' l the banquet hall to the kitchen e-- pe banquets, lecturrs and prices to hlldren. He started the tv- ich a crane arbor as they cam Si rv- p ! 'he guests. The fruit servo-! era-es and the drink was unfertr.fnt- -rape 1uice. A lone lift o loas'r c-:-ked up to the climax thrr tlo R rrer valle? was the best M';'ed portion in the Ur.i'ed ?tate i"?-. in ajr n u in. WQICQ 1( automobile , i " r uocu : mi.i o uaii;. i:..u (.iranis i ass woiua prom inl and .o"0 people were "ed-n ate d" nt j Burglars this morning broke into i:u :? !y tbrouih the construction ot 'ir stations by means of a series of the iewe'rv tr.ro. nt w r tm nn i . in f.-,r t... fiuf.im tun.rin.. Progressive lectures on To. ays. This . m.iru nu aajs. i ne lam- paigr.ir.g occurred in October, the grape harvest sj?asn. iiviiiji Away tuning... During the winter of 111' .Mr. Sherman sent to. California for two carloads of grape cnttiius. These he 1 j i f iirr oct.i.i n -i . unci reaiiy tor planting in the spring', With his characteristic vigor he s. t auout distributing the eutriims. First he sent the cuttings to eei school in the county that could be reached by train and staue, and presented a citting to ea h child. Mother with a r. d s'ake which was to be set be- sid the vine as a support, and to point out the presence of a Tokay, In all parts of the county two to six stakes in the yards would indivate that the ihi'drea were engaged in Tokay culture. The red stakes are still to lg? seen over Josephine coun ty, as fully CO per cent of the oit- tings were saved by the youngsters. , building at about the first named! There are downs of properties trlb In Grants Pass Mr. Sherman had a ' nolir ou u's way t0 ,lle depot just.utary 'o Giants Pass that can take fisherman make a net with the P'ior to the arrival of the Shasta out ore of hli;li enough values to iBtr,nBB "ossed 2! Inches apart. This net reached from the Josrphine hotel to the depot a distance of two and a half blocks. The school children 'shattered glass, marched in a body and each took his j No d' '" 1?'t by the burclar, stand on one' of the intersections of j nl the officers have no trail to fol the net where he received his cutting low. Mr. Tracy is a member of the and red ttake. Mr. Sherman gave Jewelers' Security Alliance, which or $200 In cash prizes the next fall to uanizntlon offers a reward of $100 the children whose vines had srrown - for arrest and conviction In all cases the greatest length, tlie prizes ran?- 'ing In value from $1 to $15. Interesting School Children, After giving them to the school children Mr. Sherman kept two men on the streets for a werk giving vines to every one who came along-. He gave away 7,500 vines in t no planting season of IftrtS. Last year witnessed the first yield. This y?ar the big Tokay crop Is comlne. Tokays in Josephine county are raised in "stump" style. They are cut off at a height of 2 1 inches are trimmed buck to the stump ami a eh 'year. ! Onp man can handle ! acres oi pruning, cultivating and harvesting. Th.e vices are not s ibject to posts nor bllnhr. and they require no (-pra ing. I I nil oi' High (Quality. The people of Grants Pass are proud of their Tokay industry, and they have occasion to be. for in no place has this luscious variety of grapes developed more successfully. Tlie Kogue river Tokay is of firm, sweet tissue. It can Uy pared in slices as thin as a wafer and still grapes can be left on the vines and picked for the Christmas sale, and even until March. Mr. Sherman has TnU.iv s-raoes in bis window that were picked last September, still In j good condition. j There is a urape vine over half a j century old in the a.d of Samuel ,liin ,,,. ,..,sr ,,f vheuinatl-m l! tell 'reipiires any es iinj I if." i ii tri . t nit nt It eded is a ',!:ilie:!.iin's wh:i fever. M Mia' : whatever. All tlia' : l'"ee alililicatioil of Liniment ami niassauini.' the narts at each appiii alioli. Tr i' and MUicklv it V ill rel;c" the J how arc! tin sor.vMi-ss. Soul a.er.- -TVi: MI AMI' .MILL. Kiiperinteiid,-i!t t'Ji-o. H. Tub in the city Saturday and he tb:it the five-stamp mill fm tin s was s'ates prop- .rtv of the Oregon Strom I.eldtre mine ff'ormerly known as the Michi gan mine) near Murphy, was s'arte.1 up last wek and Is now running a 1-'-hour shift, and has 12 men at work. Tn nrrler tn oii-rate the mw it is necessary to pump water 2.. Ml' ieei and with the present reservoir U is impractical to operate - .... & i -tnroi vtJ-..Tvn1r i j hours aaii . .vM.wuL.r. , . . soiM-e will be constrm ted. nr.i n. Un o'peratin-' the rumps for l" hour. !! tive sufficient water to r ;n the ill 24 hours. The ill has a ilf shift. ,i n vn:'," :c rioij. a-i ''.ou s'ai:;p m; a pa city of i; tons for the I I'.ei e b. inu I h;,c:l -a e-,i ii Is IP I 1, -al He wl' il b's 1 con- v i'l t!i. t : I'.- T, mi'V.-t. erJ rk at Cf uria-r fc i;i r.(;i.i: s ukkak into IKU V'S JKWKl.KY MOKK ; v-; i . n.!... ,S,Mth Sixth street and departed' with two Colts' automatic pistols and a Srnith Wesson revolver, tne com- bined val ie of the three gnus being 155. The jur.s s'olt-n. together with other firearms of a total value of n. ore than $o0'. were in the north display window. .The burglar, get- ting a brick from the debris pile at , the old city hall building next door, thrfw It into the plate glass window, breaking the lower part of the glass, af'er which he reached In and took out the three nuns mentioned. N'oth- in;? else tn the store was molested, nl tlioiih i.ewelry and guns of coneid- f vnble value were within easy reach." V l: ;.i . a f jr." grade Ithaca shot- gun. i! -iroperty of V. K. Bramel, was in the w indow. aboo: the .vime grades and values, The bnrelary took place between a.:d there it Is hauled twenty to thir 4:20 and o clock this morning. The(ty niil.v to the mill and profitably night watchman had passed the treated. limited, and the window was tin- broken at that time, but a brake - i,,iail wn" passed at five discovered the ;of window brenktng in jewelry stores, The broken glass wjndow, valued ;at $5o, is covered with Insurance, so that the I. O. O. F., owners of the building, w ill meet with no loss In Its ; breakage. ! One of the cuns stolen, tlu Smttfi and Wesson special, was the prop erty and the pride of Andy Sorenson. the gunsmith who occupies the room with Mr. Tracy. It had been built to order by Mr. sorenson. and will be easily Identified if ever found In any one's possession. NOT ML IIACMUNV WITH lll KKMiH ll.Vt V. TOT.Kno, Ohio. June 4 .With the avowed intention of forcing the unit rule, the supporters of Judsnn Har mon expect to control the democratic, state convention, which meets here tonight, Harmon Is using the entire; democratic machinery of the state to 1 secure control. If the unit rule is en-, forced by the unvernor and his sup- porters, the delegates pledged to; Wood row Wilson plan to rise up at j the national convention in Iialtimore, tell liow they were elected, and do- ejnre that they were robbed of their! vote in tb." Ohio state convention. ! i:vai. Di:.MO( HATS WANT ( HAMI' LAIIK. j FAI.I.ON, Nov.. June 4. Naming six delegates with instructions to vote for Champ Clark as long as he re mains a candidate and referring to Roosevelt as insincere and dangerous, the Nevada democratic state convent tion adjourned this afternoon after n strenuous two days' session. THIS cf fan;i machines li;is riven universal satisfac- tion, and is known the world over. If you are not already a user of ' r. mm McCorniick machines, ,'".' ' kiccpmiCH. call at your earliest con- -"rV"- venience and get a cata- ' k-guc which explains the superior features found in the construction of McCormick m.u hines. Wc handle this line because wc know it is the best. If you are nut already a '.kCormick user, try a MsCormick binder or a McCormick mower, and prove the superiority of McCorinick machines. Drop in. Let us talk the matter over. Let us explain why a Rogue River Hdw. Co. ht.hn i;t.i t. iu tii un iiir.it r.Uir: niiitii sffs h:ofit foi; hstom mill iifkf. n-u .. ... o. .... free-n.;.li:iS 0i is the belief of dies- t t I.. t're hs:el. manager of the cus- torn ini!l at Yreka. Cal., who was here !.i.-t n'k i:i the interest of the coin- in iiiii.inc cei'swet-s, to be hold in his i ity in July. The null at Yreka, which was built under ir. rroebstel's engineering ma i n. .ai.iian:, was erected at an tx-.-: oi $r,ni'ii, and has a capacity for handlii'; t'.fteen tons of ore every 2i hours. For extracting the value from this io k the Yreka mill makes a charge of 12.50 per ton, but Mr. Pnvbsiol believes that It is possible from experience with his mill that another eo aid be put up that would handle the ore at not over $2 per ton. The conditions at Yreka are much the same as liore. tlu1 ore running of ninke it profitable to haul here if it .could be treated for the price sug- t ested. and it would at om make these properties producers instead of keeping their riches locked up in na ture's vault. It would produce an Immediate payroll, and would make possible the development of proper ties that nut now lie Jdle. and that may :;ot otherwise be developed for years. Mrs. Jack Allison, went to Kogue River Tuesday to spend the day. 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TIRE PRICES Reduced ' Effective May 30th Substantial Reductions on c 11 iz s Sio NEW PRICES ;U4 $33.25 'MUi 43.75 :i7x. 5'4.00 The Superiority of Michelin Tires is Recognized all over the world IN STOCK BY Fashion Garage and Machine Shop .Tii ii t rm:i:r. .ii ma: i:s or r will xmi: WOOHKOW WILSOV. i TUKNTOX, N. J., June 4 At a j meeting here today, of democrat Ic dclegntes to go to Iialtimore, Judge (John Wesi'ott of Camden was unan imously selected to place the name ; of Woodrow Wilson before the na tional convention for president. Mnlti: CASH Foil THK I PANAMA PACIFIC FA IK. SAN FRANCISCO, June " 4. An other $100,000 Is pledged today to the subfk'rlpt'ons for the Panama-Pacific exposition from the lending ho tels of this city. The hotel men al ready had subscribed $ 1 50,000 .to the fair. The money will be raised at once. Von tn mint pay more a ml gel r Is (lie easiest niiiiilng, hti) est selliiiK lilgb grade bicycle innde. MILLS MclNTVIil), Agent. OILS,BRU5HES,ac' PUT IT ONTO ;?t " J a , - M, . I : Poor paint is net much better than no paint at all, and costs, as a rule, about as much as good paint. "ACME QUALITY PAINT" is the paint that comes closest to combining the highest possible merit with the least pos sible cost. We have a fine assortment of paint and painter's materials. Come in and get a color card and prices. Coron-Booth Hardware Co. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. PLUMBING AND SHEET METAL SHOP IN CONNECTION. Old Prici's $;!. 75 17.2. ."iS.To Send For This Seed Mnual-Free l.illyiin!i rf Irltrtlfoi purity and fun r;i cn. No ttui 'f t at rJ V utr !rrltff-twota:il;lifil t w thcvfiy f (1 t,4Ki'ai(l. Out ti !ly titii pti laltatt ry uiulrr it I dirft' cit ot lei t.iiA ard em it r,d 1,4'rr ifnior. all iiiih di. V her.t uvrelJiy'aam'i.youluir iniif uirj citipa, S-nd fui caiali 8. TU Ch.. h. Liy Co.. Sralllt MbUKSIIt IHI HcIV NAM18 Of Jl!US SU MAIIV. t,t.,j,. ,a,, 4 ( tltittatf Un.iri. Miuie, AM. tliiiiHn ami Cvmnirr rul llrpli. Ki.i.lml.in.1 li)iu,t,i,t, KrMird Mural anil Inlrllrctual'l ratnli.f. Writ fnrAitriouitcrtnriit. A,Mrr, 'S tri-lltlOK St. .Uirt'i ,.l,mu r-.,U4 Artistic Job Work ut the Courier. nioie, or less ami ge( satisfaction. LAST lAtfii-m. .... f 1.1 I. CI. I ilii.tnl t.v ilir : CX6RlCHTH . r& C ) i,;..-Ti.s'
