Kite?
VOL. XXYllI.
GKAXT8 PASS. JOSLI HINK t OlWTY, OKKtiO.V
NO. 0
WOULD WRECK
80, PAH TRAIN
Al lK.Ml'T M.Ui; IU DillH SO. 10
AT MF.KLIX.
DYNAMITE ON THE TRACK
Six to I-iylit Sticks tl (iiani Powder
Cii'oiinU I'nrirr Engine's
Wheels.
A dastardly attempt was made to j
wreck northbound passenger train ,
No. 16 last Saturday evening, when,
some miscreant Placed rivnnm Ia ihi
s.,.h. cvr;Zu:7 evenins rrom LorvaKIs-wnere
-w lcl,4, ne hag been aUending the Oregon iwlu 6 iuiu eueci m me ueur mime
and only the fact that the powder Agricultural College during the past thereby Southern Uregon will be re
failed to explode when the wheels oi leased from part of the discrimina
tive engine struck it saves the record-1 Mr Evans is one of six young men tlon tnat has handicapped it In the
lng ot an accident that might have,;vho have been assigned to duty by part.
been horrifying in its results. ;tne statistical bureau and heads of i At Monday night's session of the
Following the passage of the first j departments at O. A. C. to make a !club a communication was read from
section of No. 16, due at Merlin at i thorough study of all branches of Edward M. Cousins, traffic attorney of
about seven o'clock, a brakeman on 'agriculture in this state. Among the i Portland, to the effect that a prellm
a freight train discovered dynamite 'subjects to be Investigate! are cul- jiuary adjustment of the freight rates
on the track at the upper end of the 'tural methods, markets gross re- Iroin eastern points to Southern Ore-
yard, and near the Upper switch. The
wheels of No. 16 had ground the ex-
plosive into bits; showing that It had
been placed directly upon the rails,
but from the fragments left it is evi
dent that from b!x to seven sticks of
No. 2 Hercules giant powder had
been used in the effort to ditch the
train. The powder, which bears tho
date- of manufacture, 1909, was evl-
dently too old to explode from the
& "'s "l v"c
tuse was rouna witn it, ana it seems
likely that the persons who placed
ii uu uie iiani ieiu;u m uc uicu
when the train ran over It.
Powder men say that good fresh
powder will readily explode undsr
such conditions If the weather be
warm or if the powder be heated.
Powder as old as that used at Mer
lin, however, Is never sold, and mln-
-re and others who use tons of it in
this district every year will buy only
freshly made stock. The powder
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nlaced nnon the track was evldentlv
from some old mining prospect where
it had beeu stored, possibly In a damp
place, till its strength had been large
ly lost, to which fact can be credited
the saving of No. 16 and Its dozen or
more coach-loads of passengers.
The amount of powder used would
have been sufficient, say those versed
in the action of dynamite, to have
hurled the engine from the track,!
and thus have ditched the entire
(train.
There is no suspicion pointing in !
any direction, and no clue was left '
to aid in the apprehension of the I
party who endangered scores of lives
by a deed that merits capital punish
ment if any deed does.
MANY PASS F.IGHTH
fiiani: examinations.
In the June 8th grade examina
tions held throughout the county, the
following were successful in passing
the examination prescribed by the
state, and have .ten g
Sth grade diplomas:
District No. 3, Kerby, Elsie Tur
Der . r-, r,
DiBtrict No. 4, -Waldo, Elza Bag -
ley.
riicrl Vn 7 flrantR Pass. Thel- i
VIDlllt.1 ., " " - ,
ma Hobson, Horace Hair, Harold
King, Lauren Gale, Wiarne n n .
isier iay. rrau iuiu.
nette Moss, Irene Gerould.
DUtrict No. 13, Williams,
Zella
Taylor.
DiBtrict No. 14, Murphy, Marlon
Darneille and Mary AlnBworth.
District No. 15, Placer, Evangeline
Dahl.
District No. IS. Kerby, Leila Bry
an, Fearl Bryan.
DlStriCl .0. i. .UCrilU, TkCOl uiui-
man, Susie Abell.
District No. 2S, Grants Pass. Ruth
HncV Trpn. Kddr.
nu.Mrt vn 94. Inland. Josl Ruth -
erford, kidith Klum.
ni.i.i.i x. 10 TV. 1 A r Tora Ttev.
noldB. Estra O'Br'en. Ruby O'Brien.
DiBtrict No. 55, Three Fines, Pearl
Ti?r
JAIL SENTENCES FOR
CONVICTED KERBY MEN
Ilog-iie and Akers, the Ktfly men
recently convicted iu Justice Hol
nian's court on a charge of allowing
gambling ia their establishment,
and fined $10 each and costs, amount
ing in each case to so:i:e $it', on re
fusing to pay the fines Lave be on re
;. landed to the county jail to serve
out the amount of the assessment
against them. This . will
require
their care by the county for some
days each.
.,-
, Tht v plead. 1 not guilty to selling
liquor illegally, and that case will be
'set for trial some time after they
have been released from jail on serv
ing out the present sentence.
TO MAKE Af.HIC I LTITUL
si'HVFY OF ST TF.
M. 0. Evans arrived in town Tnes-
. ... .
lfetptg and net pront8i opportunities
for lncreaBed production, chances for
new settlers, conditions of roads,
rural social conditions, etc. The ter
ritory assigned to Mr. Evans com
prises Josephine and Jackson coun
ties', Douglas county south of Ttose-
burg, and certain districts near Port-
land. Starting at Ashirnd and work- .
Ins north. Mr. Evans expects to
reafh Grant8 Pa88 about the middle
,or July.
n . uu(,Trnu
inniu - - - " - -
'
I Who knows what horrible tragedy
may lie hidden from public view In
the garbage can, or what deep-dyed
I villainy might be disclosed If pro
' jhi- lUbuecuuu Ui Cll.v cm uagc cic
per Inspection of city garbage were
imade an obligation upon the part of
!the authorities?
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' 0 B
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r
west, ami ins luumniu jieii. uric- ic-.
cently dancing before the eye ot Man
ager Sisson of the Dollar Ranch.
Mr. Sisson gathers the garnage
from the byways and alleys of the
.town, and sundry swine nndmany a
; banquet from the savory (?) niess.
Recently the Sisson swine were called
!about the banquet board, but a sud-
den halt was called when the chef In
jcharge discovered what he at once
meuuueu it me i"'""" trade in the middle west ana tne com- conty would buy also some five or ,,., iflod bv the rouncll. Smith ,m w(ibl be made, nnd at
of a murdered infant. This awful 'ffierclai an(j manufai turlng enter-B)x acreB jyng outside but adjacent protbors. who were present, protested 'tempt, mad' to pun base property for
thing had heen hauled out. from 'prls,s ln the Southern Oregon country t0 the cemetery property, at the rate ni'ulnst such sntnmary notion on the :tho cross street.
Grants Pa" the ...ll r.sc "'!p( tr '!ag they wiI1 bave an independent of j1()0 per acre. T)H. county court rart of tho council, assorting tholr Attorney WurUhaugh addressed
that morning, and but for his eagle Bource of Btipply at no disadvantage concluded that it could not use this ability and responsibility In the mat- the connM! on behalf of a client re
eye, would ultima-ely have been tran3- l(n frelght rates. From the Atlantic jother gmund for cemetery purposes, fPr, nnd guarnn'oolng their work to ( curding the coiistrin tlon to be placed
formed Into good pork sausage. iseaboard the coast will still have an jBnH mnAP another proposition to Mr. ,v,p ns sntlsfactorv as that of any other on a section of the dray license ordl-
The evidence of man's tendency to
crime was at once collected In a news-
;paper and Dr. Strieker, county cor -
iner, was asked to sit upon it.
; All the Sherlock Holmes and Wm.
T rtnrns tales that the doctor had!
ever read W,re ralled )nt0 requisition
'.and the unraveling of this crime of
;the century was commenced.
The doctor in qualifying for hlsithat therfi u gt,n a productive Held !the vicinity to the amount of five or
' . . that . bear's!,. i Prtnr!.. ,u
IKiCDDiuti, "
forearm Is much like tnat or me nu-
. . . a v. .. Hl. r InfA
jman; ne naa reaa inruuBu a i.i.
ironv nf The Courier that a bear had
ut refently been killed, and he knew
Uhatthe McKInnonB, who were
Bruin's undoing, were stopping ",tage 0f its opportunity to protect Its
the Grants Pass Hotel. With hated,
i breath the bearer of the cranny relic j
whispered that he had gathered the
garbsge back of the hotel ana me Mg wfe or dlvorcei harden Smith pressed no doubt on the subject., but
,. .,c.,r- wS so'ved. a Een?atlon !a;let.ed he was practically Isolated jwas positive In his statement that re
' ' !from human companionship because (eard!ess of what the outromp of the
'his life partner used so many "cuts' negotiations with Mr. Hood might be,
YRKKt mV.HT WATCHMAN
SHOT HV fiHF.FK.
! YREKA. Cal.. June 14
-Shot ln
; the knee while attempting to arrest
Theodore Dullen, a Gr?ek.
under a
NIcht
'timiBP in S SSOn laBt S'inaSJ ,
Watchman J. A. Daugherty of that
'city, died ln a hospital here today.
'Dnllen is in jail her.
FREIGHT KATES
WILL BE LOWER!
t'H !k;i;s i imm mitiifi; i;.
(.( T K.W1 A I 1 IX 1 r.l.
rrri.fTlVP BV Aim OOTH
Li i lvuiLi vi HVUi &Uiii
ill liciiitue Much ol the li.sci iiiiiiia
tlon That Has Haiulicappeil
Ibis llegion.
; It Is still unlawful to sell trout
'at any season of the year. Rogue riv
er Is open to fishing with hook and
The Grants Pass Commercial dub jllne t all times, but under the for-
is in receipt of tho good news that a
mafaoini nt BAt.,h ..to.
,rr"" cu uri ,
jgon that this community has been
! working upon for the past two years
! would go Into effect not later than
August 2Sth, through which there
would be liberal reductions in class
rates.
Mr. Cousins, in his communication
to the club, said;
"From Missouri river points such
as Duluth. St. Paul, Omaha and Kan-
,saa City, the new class rates will be'(h; Fnt.rf,ppf ,rp at preaont bolnR .,
a l"c . "..
rates, a reduction running all the way i
from $1.23 at Ashland to 46 cents at
r.Ujjeue uu msi tutus ncisui uuu uui-
"From Chicago and New York the
rates will be cut proportionately, but
not to as great extent as from Mis
souri river.
i "While the reduction in the case
of Southern Oregon points is quite
material, a matter of much more ton
.1
sequence to the commercial welfare !COnsldered the matter of the Granite
ot tliat SPttion' 18 tbe rPmoval of tne.Hill cemetery property, to a portion
.discrimination against tnose points in
' fiivor nf t'nrtland and other terminal
'points because In the future the class
i.. - . w.
rates from eastern points will be the
'same as to Portland. 'I his has been
brought about by advancing some of . disputed property belonging i the tlven to Albert Anderson. Mr. Nor-' ing that the alley In block 46 be open
the rates to Portland, but all of the !nimmiek estate has already been pro- ton stated thnt the property owners ed was grunted, Mr. Marsh to con-
dasg ratea tQ southern Oregon are
maU,rlaiiy reduced.
Th6 effert of thege new rate8 win
that the Interior cities will be able
jto Imrcha6e goods in the middle west
at exactiy the same freight rate ad-
vantage a8 the terminal points. This
wiU tenJ tQ ,H1,fl p the jobbing
!advantage in freight rates because of
WBter competition, but the Inteilo-
may Btill enjoy whatever advar.tag-;
i there Is ln that competition also."
Thpre can Ke no Qtuestlon that these
B)on ,n a1 lneg of business and en -
'courage tDe location of many new ln-
Idustrles, but the attorney points out
i IOr CUUBlfcUl BUUWVI in """"-a
th r favorable rate adjustments, and
.... .
that the few petitions Detore me in-
,.r,., rvimmprcn Commission would
llndlcatiP tbat this portion of the
;northWest was not taking full advan-
, t
t OREGON CITY, June 13. Suing
words the neighbors would not visit
thfra.
PORTLAND. June 1 3. "She
needed exercise," explained George
Smythe when asked why he chased i
'his wife under the bed. "So do you,
"remarked the court genially, as he
Senteneed r.enrge to days cn ti e
ro-.p;!e.
SALMON MAY BE SOLD
K Nt-W Will WD MM)V
Wiih the closing of Rigue river iO
commercial fishing, tha la' was con
strued uy t ho legal dep-.rmeut of the
state to mean that not o ily was com
nierclal fishing with seines and net
prohibited at f 11 seasons of the year,
but that the selling of fish caught
by legal methods of fiaMug was like
wise ! a Inn ii'ii A recent nnlnlon from
... ... . .
me oiuce oi me attorney general i
tie state plate a moie 'iberal con-
strmtion upon the law, however, anJ ,
under this present ruling it will now '
; b lawful to sell upon the open mar
ket salmon caught during the open
c !son, by legal angling.
:.:er construction placed on the law
fishermen have not been permitted to !
"
aie ot their surplus catch of BBi
mon, and tons of that toothsome fish
hnvp boon shinned to Grants Pass
from Portland, notwithstanding the
fact that the river here during the
. . ,u n-uh
Kl'fllt I i(UL V'l Vlir r'tpiiua nil"
chlnooks
silversldes and stoelhends
Local markets can now, however, sell
salmon, fresh caught from the Rogue,
and thus keep hundreds of dollnrs at
home that has been going to Port
land under the former construction
j (hp rw
, ...i,.,. ,
Legal angling In the Rogue mean
the catching nf trout or almon nt
any season of the year with hook and
line held In the hand. Set lines, nets,
gaff hooks, spears, and nl'. other me th-
nds nf taklne. are prohibited.
i A n)n of (.hnook Hnjmon t(t ow cn.
mflnv of fhpiip flsh rpnt,,ni; frnlv.
.
x 4 , spinner. 3ut If success
4 hrns spinner.
does not attend-your casting of tho
brass spinner, it will now be lawful
, . i,ni.n v,n ha a
caught many fish In the past.
GRANITE HILL CEMETERY
TANGLE b UNSETTLED
The county court In session Friday
i
0f which. Included within tho fence
.i niolnni h.irlnl nlnta l.ctniiilii:'
aim lUiuuiiiiiiK miiiiti 'r. n
l0 many local people, the county has
no valid title.
ib
j Tne 1nr, hase of that part
jVded for, It being Included In the
;twenty acres that the county Is now
!obtalnng at a irl,.e 0f $t 00 per acre,
proposition was made to Mr. Hood
by whch he was to be paid at the
Banie rate tor the 1.11 acres of his
lan,, included within the cemetery,
but he declined to accept unless the
Hood, offering to trade him nearly
double the amount of ground lying
t0 the West of the cometery for the
1.11 acres. Mr. Hood declined the
trade, and no settlement has yet been
;the county offers $100 per acre for
tne disputed strip; Mr. Hood will sell
or tne prce if other land he has in
BI A tt C I C B la llltiuuou Biov.
Judee Jewell. In discussing the
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matter Saturday, said mat tnose peo-
i .hn vara most deenlv interested
through having dead loved ones bur-
M within ths questioned territory
;nee)j have no fear that the plots
i would ever be disturbed as it
! would certainly b continued a part
of th Granite Hill cemetery. He ex-
,the county would retain possession
of the 1.11 acres. Judze Jewell nim
self has a son burled In the portion
!of the cemetery In dlspu'p.
. - I although h- says that "It will make
left Friday morning -a pretty big hole In that $10,000."
1. ubeic in- iil be J The acieted plan calls f'ir a bulld
,f the Tern Lumber j log 'fi'',0 feet In size, two stories In
He will latfT L-e to .height, the first floor with 14 foot
'i!Mi'.: .-Mid 'be second with 12 foot
C. W. Kroh
fur Keddinir. ''
In the employ
Co. surveying.
Kansas City.
COUNCIL AWARDS
MORE CONTRACTS
i.i;i:i;r viu:
Mom
i:m)X to v.wf. two
STKFFTS.
ACCEPT CITY HALL PLAN
I'.itU Will lie tailed lor, Hut I "out of i
I oii-trut lion Mut l I nder j
10,00.
Ubert Anderson was the success
ful bidder Rgaln lust night for the
siiect paving contracts being awarded
by the city council, his bids for the
work to be done on Washington
! ''varJ and Kvelyn Avenue having
iho"n 'l,,t
r"'Vl liKleis competed for the work
either in who!? or Iu part, a rd while
the Anderson bid was not low on some
I of the features, in the aggregate It
jwus ninth the best. The other bid
ders were M. C. Anient for the excava
tion and Illl, Leonard. Wiles Co. on
cement and sewer work. Schell & "v,v uuuul B' UUJD l"
h'. hell on mncatlan, and S.ni,!, Bros. lIVB,denU ot tho clty ot GrUnU ra"i'
on cement work. Mr. Antierson bid!whtre t,iey wlU elther bul',d or pur"
... i.,, .,.,. .i,k ii'hubo a modern residence. Mr. Fran-
ir (1 fill I liisoro iu i Liu 1 1 II it 11 mi i
per cent discount If ttu Job entire
'was awarded him. When this ills
count was figured off. there was no
combination of bids that was lower.
The Ari'le'-fim bid f r the completed
v or!i on Washington lioulevanl was
rt 1.70. wiille tlu lowest combin
ation of bids aguhst him was $.
911.152. du Kvelyn Avclimi tile n
'dorsnn bid was $4,t'27.41, the next
best combination hi lng $4,0".0.00.
The committer- appointed from
among t ho property owners affected of officers and selection of next
on the streets to hp Improved wnsiyear's meeting place will occur to
present and considered the bids with ; morrow,
the city engineer, recommending the , - .
acceptance of the Anderson bids. j celling. Common brick laid in col-
Tho property owners nlong the nl-
.ley In block 3 2, the contract for pav-
Inc which wuir awarded to Smith
Tiros, at the last session of the conn -
ell. were represented before tho coun-
oil Inol nd.lit tiv Attorney
Norton,
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Mmself oiip of tho affected owners,
sklng that the contract given Smith
Prot. be annulled and the rnntrnct
who would ho assessed tn make this
improvement wore a unit In asking
that the contract bo riven Mr. Andor-
son regardless of tho fact that his
'was n hlrhor bid. the cancellation of
the Smith contract bolnir advo nted
because the contractors had failed to
skn the contract wPhln thn five days
contractor. The city attorney was ap -
'praled to, and his opinion to tho
!rontnil was that the eontrnot lven
the Smith Brothers was blndlne, not -
. withstanding the fact that the con-
'the time limit, this being a minor con-
deration, and not In 1Mb opinion af-
jfpetlnu the locality of the Smith
award.
Archltect V. !'. Howen was present
with tho plans for the new city hall
1 ...I
changed to moot the demands of the
L,,...n mi mm within thA tio 000
available for the purpose. The plan
a8 changed was accepted by the coun-
oil, contingent upon certain changes
In specifications, and the city auditor
was authorized to advertise, for bids
for the building of the structure as
soon as the changes had len made
In the Rpe'iflontlonR to the satisfac
tion of 'he i oiuiiilttee In charge. No
bid Involving the expenditure of more
than tin.ono will be. considered by
the council when the award Is made.
Mr. Ilowen's estimate Is that tho hnll
can be built within the sum available.
CHICAGO EX-FIRE CHIEF
LOCATES IN VALLEY
l From Friday's Daily).
For a auaiur of a century with tht
aiu depuituivui ot the fci'eut city o:
ChuueO a UeptuUiK'ui chief, now lib
el ally piuuicucd by the municipality
ue to UkuluUy served, J. Frameo.
has tbt'biu Gi'uuu l'astt as Liu Lome
lor hU remaining days, uuj yetiier
J.iy muUe. invest mout iu llogue river
property, the devclopiueui of which
bus already been commenced.
The old Chicago fire-tighter was in
U'rctied iu this portion ot Oregon by
J. V. Lucas, of the Ulggs-Luca Land
Co., on his recent trip to the east, and
with his sou, Jack. Franzen, and th
other members of the Franzen house
hold, urrlvud in this city the earl;
pan of this present wtjk. Weduet-
d.i the Henry Uuck furtu ot forty
ai iei In Frultdale was purchased by
Mr. 1'ianzcu, and the youug man,
Jack Frauzeu, with his wife, have al
ly taken possession aud moved to
ttK- property, and commenced devel
opment work that will be most exten
sive. A new 8-rooiu house Is to be
bulit, and a modern dairy barn con
stiM icil at once, the first purchase
of tiie ne' owner being seven heal
ol dairy cattle.
Mr. Franzen, seuior, has returned
to Chicago, where he will close up hla
affairs, and with his wife will return
l,..... .!..... ..Ut tiir.ma
jzeu stated that several other Chicago
families, friends of his, who were
looking for a congenial country and
pleasant climate In which to make
permanent homes, would... follow in
tho near future,
'mF.F.TI.VG OF NATIONAL
LIVESTOCK i: HAMiE.
i
PORTLAND, June 13. -The Na
tional Livestock Kxchange held a
.brief business session today. Election
ored mortar will be the construction.
h'he first floor will contain the lire
Wiepurtment room, city engineer's
! room, recorder's office and Jail with
three cement cells. 1 he pocond floor
will houw the council chamber, club
,100111, library, three firemen's rooms
i
nnj iho fifty foot hose tower.
j The petition of James Marsh, ask-
struct a suitable bridge over Gilbert
'creek, which cuts the alley,
j CouncHiiiim Iferlnger, for the
'street 'committee, reported thnt no
jdotliilto action had yet ben taken re-
'frnrdinir the opening of the cross
street from lower Sixth street to
i .-fth street, but that further lncstl-
.nanie. I'nder this ordinance, which
establishes u system of licenses to be
'paid by draymen and teamsters with-
in the city, business houses doing
their own delivering of merchandise
'chants, ItiHtend of doing nn Individual
delivery business, hlro a common de
llveryman. and this man felt that the
exemption should apply to him. City
Attorney Colvlg construes the ordl-
nance to brlnir this man within the
...
license-paying class, and thought the
n.-.v tnr tu oituorvmnn tn uttl tb
(contention would be to submit to ar-
rest under the ordinance and let the
police Judge decide the question for
him. i
What to do with the surplus dirt
from the streets now being paved
was a disturbing question before the
council, but the engineer thought
that there would be no difficulty aris
ing, as there had always been plenty
of demand for whatever dirt there
was over that needed for fill. The en-
iglneer was Instructed to find places
for the dirt excavated which wa not
needed on the s'reot, or which the
property owner did not desire at the
price of nine c.nts per yard, which
the contractor charges for moving it.
The adjacent property owner has first
'all for tho s-irpVi" dirt nf thfn flfire.