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VOL. XXVIII.
ALMEDA STOCK
HOLDERS HASTY
THROW JOSEPHINE CO I' XT Y
MINE IX TO RECEIVERSHIP.
OHIO PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
Artlon Regretted Here Where Conti
deuce is Expressed lu the Com
pany Officials.
Robert Tucker of Portland was cd
Saturday appointed receiver for the
big Altneda mine, located at Galice,
In this county, the application for
the appointment having been made at
the Instigation of Ohio stockholders,
who recently sent an attorney to
Portland to bring the action. Tucker
wag appointed temporary received by
United States Judge Dean, and the
office of the company, In Portland,
was taken possession of by hln at
once.
The Ohio stockholders claim to
represent $100,000 of the capital
stock, which they characterize as
practically worthless.
The formal complaint on which
Judge Bean granted the application
for the appointment of a temporary
receiver, In addition to alleging mis
management of the property affairs
and general allegations of fraud on
the part of the officers and director,
of the corporation, charged lnsol
vency, borrowing money and gtvlnj
as a bonus for the loan treasury stock
of the company, Illegal Issuing to the
officers and directors of promotion
stock and gross misrepresentation
In the prospectus and writings as to
the true value of the properties ol
tlu tompuny.
Attorney Williamson, who was senl
here from Ohio to represent the east
ern stockholders, said:
"Based on the extravagant misrep
resentations of agents of the company,
Its stock apparently has been sold
throughout the United States. Thi
par value of the stock was $ 5 a share
but It was unloaded at from $1 to
12.50 a share. Approximately $100,
000 was taken by this company out
of Dayton and Springfield and tlw
great bulk of it was obtained from
poor persons who could not afford tc
lose the money."
Western Stockholders Xot Concerned.
Western stockholders seem to
think that there is not good ground
for asking the court to appoint a re
ceiver for the Almeda.
"This Is simply a case of an attor
ney hunting a Job," said L. B. M.
Simons, vice president and director
of the company. "There Is no Justi
fication whatever for the appointment
of a receiver, as we will be able to
show In court. The company owns
1,000 acres of as good mining land
of Its character as Is to be found any
where In the Pacific northwest. We
have already expended 1500,000 In
the development of the property and
have done everything that could be
expected reasonably by the stockhold
ers." Dr. Kent, a Portland stockholder,
s)i:
"The company owns about 40 min
ing claims, aggregating 1,000 acres,
In Josephine county. I am not pre
pared to say how much of the money
(Continued on Page Six.)
Speeding Caw In Court
The hearing on the complaint
Drought against Dr. Loughrldge by
Chlef-of-Pollce McLean, charging vio
lation of the anti-speed ordinance,
was up lu the court of Police Judge
Johnston Tuesday. Dr. Loughrldge,
through his attorney, H. D. Norton,
demurred to the complaint, basing
the demurrer on the grounds that the
complaint did not state facts suffi
cient to constitute a violation of the
ordinance, and that the court had no
Jurisdiction In the matter. Argu
ment will be presented on these
points by brief. Mr. Norton for Dr.
Loughrldge, and City Attorney Col
Tig for the municipality. This now
resolves Itself Into a test of the val
idity of the speeding ordinance.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCE
WIPES AWAY ITS DEBT
An event which was of great Inter
est and Importance to members and
friends of Bethany Presbyterian
church occurred Wednesday night
on the lawn of the H. C. Bobzlen
home on North Eighth street, the
burning of the mortgage on the
church and also on the manse prop
erty, and the presentation to Geo.
P. Cramer of a handsome loving cup.
There Were several hundred peo
ple gathered In the spacious grounds
enjoying the evening, chatting and
visiting. Soon the program was an
nounced and Prof Field and Mrs.
Veatch rendered a piano selection,
followed by a vocal solo by Miss Eve
lyn South with violin accompaniment
by Miss Prudence Pardee. Then the
Parker sisters, who have delighted
Bethany members for many years,
sang a pleasing song arranged for
quartet. This was followed . by a
solo by Mrs. W. W. Walker and
piano selection by Prof Field.
Then followed the Burning of the
mortgages which , was accomplished
amid the glow of red Are candles, the
treasurer consigning the documents
to the flames, and there arose from
the throats of the campany "Praise
God, from Whom All Blessings Flow."
While the company vAs silently
watching the last embers fade away,
Rev. Robert McLean stepped forward
and spoke of the work of founding
Bethany church, as only one who had
labored from Us beginning could
speak, and then In a few appropriate
I words presented Geo. Cramer with
J a handsome silver loving cup, a tok
en of appreciation from the congrega
tion for his 16 years of faithful ser
vice in caring for the finances of the
organization. This cup is 12 Inches
high and rests on a pedestal of sev
eral Inches. It is graceful in shape,
engraved with appropriate wording
and a picture or tne cnurcb.
Ice cream and cake and punch
were served to all present.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE ( LIB
WILL MEET SATURDAY.
The public Is Invited to attend the
June meeting of the Equal Suffraje
cl.'.b. on Saturday afternoon, at thre?
o'clock, at the court house. The pr
gram will be as follows:
"Property Rights of Married Wo
men," Mrs. C. H. Clements.
I "Practical Working of Political
'Equality In Colorado," Mrs. Cora
iHenkle.
! Discussion of paper, Mrs. C. U.
Anient,
' "Am I My Sister's Keeper?" Mrs.
ui aunuii
Report of Portland Equal Suffrage
reunion. Mrs. Loughrldge.
! .
NO CELEBRATION
SAYS COMMERCIAL
CLUB PRESIDENT.
j
There has been some talk of a
"Fourth of July celebration In
Grants Pass this year, and while
there are a few who favor it the
sentiment of the business men
and others of the town Is against
it for the reason that the time is
now too short to make a credit-
able showing, and unless we ran
make a success of it It would be
better not to try anything, for
failure is worse than nothing.
Roguerlver is arranging for a lo-
cal celebration and the Apple-
gate farmers are going to have a
picnic and dance. Quite a num-
ber of Grants Pass people have
made arrangements to go out of
town on that day. The people
are not unpatriotic or disloyal to
their town, but the great major-
4 ity do not favor attempting a eel-
ebratlon for the reasons stated.
Neither Is the Commercial club
trying to shirk Its duty, but feels
assured that It is not the desire
of the town to try and celebrate
this year, and we feel that we 4
are but voicing the popular sent-
Iment which It Is our aim to de-
ferto.
C. L. HOBART,
Presldsnt Commercial Club.
GRANTS TAS8. JOSEPHINE COrXTY, OREGON-.
BOLT OF THEODORE
FROM THE
Great Progressive Issues Statement Explaining
Reasons for Extraordinary Action
Convention Business Waits.
f
THESE WITNESSED THE
To the following persons assembled In his apartmeuts today,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announced his purpose to lead an In-
dependent fight with a new party for progressive principles:
Governor Hiram V. Johnson ot California.
George L. Record of New Jersey.
James R. Garfield of Ohio.
Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana.
Judge Ben B. Llndsey of Colorado. '
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.William Allen White of Kansas.
Editor Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia North-American,
Glfford Pinchot ot Pennsylvania.
Amos Pinchot of New York.
Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota.
Governor W. R. Stubbs of Kansas.
Governor Chester Aldrlch of Nebraska.
Former Senator A. J. Beveridge of Indiana.
Senator J. L. Bristow of Kansas.
John P. Bass of New Hampshire.
f Gllson Gardner of Washington. D. C.
William Fllnn of Pennsylvania.
Senator Miles Polndexter of Washington.
George W. Perkins of New York.
Medlll McCormkk of Illinois.
Henry Allen of Kansas.
Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota.
Frank A. Munsey of New York.
Stanley Washburn of Minnesota.
Theodore Robinson of New York.
Douglas Robinson of New York.
Alex H. Revell of Illinois.
f Lucius N. Ltttauer of New York.
Andrew Rosen of Minnesota. J
Judge Duell of New York,
-.
OIHCAUO, June SO. A new
party, lmrn of the bolt of Theo
dore Roosevelt. Is today launch
ed Into the political world.
During the forenoon the wild
est rumors filled Chicago, and
with the gathering of the Roose
velt lenders alKut the colonel's
headquarters it was soon known
that an iniK)itant announce
ment was expected, and a brief
statement from Governor Post of
Porto Rico regarding the col
onel's intention, had served
only to whet the news appetite
and made the crowd wild.
The corridors were packed with
an anxious crowd clamoring to
confirm Post's statement and
the reasons lending up to the
colonel's determination.
Then Oscar K. Davis, c hief of
the Roosevelt publicity bureau,
came out flatly to deny Pout's
deduction on Roosevelt's deci
sion. Rut he voucluafed no ex
planation. Neither would Wil
liam Flinn, Roosevelt's floor
leader, when he came out a mo
ment later. The Pennsylvauian
refused flatly to talk and chew
ed a frayed cigar with evident
nervousness. More people gath
ered around the room. Two
score newsapermen fought for
front rank places, swayed and
were pushed back by a file of po
licemen. Suddenly the floor opened and
Davis emerged.
"Do any of you know Colonel
Roosevelt's signature?" he de
manded of the newspapermen.
When answered affirmatively,
he held aloft a single sheet of
aper.
"This is the celonels signed
statement;" and he read the
brief announcement signifying
the birth of a new party.
Newspaper men copied It
word for word, holding their
"copy paper" on each others
backs.
Then there waa a wild rush to
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 101'.
t
ROOSEVELT
REPUBLICAN PARTY
KIHTH OF A NEW PARTY.
announce to the world the entry
of a new Infant Into the family
of politics.
Colonel Roosevelt at once be
gan preparation of a long for
mal statement to be distributed
in printed form to every one of
his delegates, outlining his rea
sons for the momentous step.
THE COLONEL'S DECLARATION.
The time has come when I
feel that I must make certain
statement not merely to hon
estly elec ted members of the re
publican national convention,
but to the rank- and file of the
republican party and to the hon
est people of the entire nation.
I went into this fight for certain
principles. At the moment, I
can only serve these principles
by continuing to bear the in-r-sonal
responsibility which their
advocacy lias brought me.
"On behalf of these principles
I made my appeal straight to the
people themselves. I went be
fore them; I made my argument
in foil, and every move I made
was in the open, without conceal
ment of any kind. The opposi
tion to me was extraordinarily
bitter, for I waa opposed by the
practically solid phalanx of the
big conscienceless politicians
with back of them the big con
scienceless beneflrlarles of spec
ial privilege In every form, and
of course the many big newspa
pers which are controlled by, or
In the interest of, the bosses and
special privilege.
"Nevertheless, In the appeal
to the people I won. In many of
the republican states and of the
democratic states where there Is
a large and real republican party
primaries of different kinds, were
held and a substantial expression
of the will of the people was ob
tained. In these primary state
where some 8,000,000 voters, the
rank and file of the republican
party, cast their votes, I beat Mr.
Taft considerably over two to
one. In these states I obtained
about six delegates to Taft's one.
Nearly three-fourths of my dele
gate came from theae primary
state, where the people had a
(Continued on Page Eight.)
ALMEDA DEVELOP
MENT SATISFACTORY
The smelter of the Ahne.la Consol
idated Mines company, which was
lately blown in, will do down on
account of inability of the company
to transact business while the receiv
er, appointed at the Instigation of
Ohio stockholders, is lu charge of
their head office at Portland.
To those familiar with the situa
tion at the Almeda, It appears ex
tremely absurd that' anyone, much
less a stockholder or group of stock
holders, . uld Interfere with opera
tion of the properties at a time, w hen,
after several years of development,
they were at last prepared for suc
cessful operation.
During 1911 the company carried
on a series or experiments for the
purpose of determining the exact
methods best adapted to their partic
ular conditions, with the result that
in the early spring of this year they
began the re-arraunemeut of the
plant and since then a crew has been
busy building additional bins, placing
new equipment and making nil prep
arations for constant and economic
operation. Concentration tests made
by the small concentrating plant of
the company at their prourtle8 dur
ing this year have proven satisfac
tory and It has been rumored of late
that the company would begin con
struction at once on a 200-ton con
centrating plant to be run In connec
tion with the 100-ton smelter now In
operation. In view of these facts the
Injustice of this action by Ohio stock
holders becomes thoroughly apparent
and It Is surprising to note In con
nectlon with the foregoing that the
men directly responsible for this dls
turbanee are not asked to furnish one
dollar toward tlw present Improve
menta so beneficial to the enterprise
with which they are connected.
A. recent communication from P
n. Wickhant, who Is In choree of the
properties, states that over $."0,000
worth of ore is now lying already
mined and ready to smelt and that
the plant can he kept In constant op
eration on development ores from the
mine at a satisfactory profit. It Is
sincerely to be hoped that the erratic
action of these few dissatisfied stock
holders may soon be overcome and
the property resume Its operations,
which mean so much to the mining
Interests and to Josephine county In
general.
OLD CHANNEL PLACER
MINE IN THE COURT
Mat Tapola and seven others, for
mer laborers on the Old Channel
mine at Galice, were arraigned be
fore Justice Holman Wednesday on
a charge of trespassing on the mine
property. The defendants were all
discharged, however, by the Justice,
who held that there was not suffi
cient evidence to warrant holding
them.
This case was the outcome of an
action brought some days ago by
these eight men, and six others with
them, to restrain George E. Sanders,
who Is operating the Old Channel
mine under lease, from proceeding
with the cleanup of gold now In the
sluice boxes. The men alleged In the
complaint filed In the Injunction pro
ceedings that Sanders had agreed to
make payment for labor and mater
ials from the proceeds of the various
cleanups, but that he had failed to
do so, and that they now feared he
would beat them out of their claim
against the gold In the sluice boxes.
The county court granted the In
junction and authorized the plain
tiffs, the former laborers upon the
claim, to make the cleanup and af
ter settlement of the labor and ma
terial bills, to return the surplus to
Sanders.
They proceeded to the property
and commenced work on the clean
up when they were arrested for
trespass, and their appearance In Jus
tice Holman's court and subsequent
discbarge followed.
Mr. Sanders Is now In Portland,
where he Is bringing action before
Judge Calkins, who Is holding court
In that city, for the dissolution of
the temporary restraining order
granted by the Josephine county
court.
NO. 19,
FINED $50 FOR
SELLING FISH
JURY SAYS LICENSE MUST BB
PAID BY DEALER. .
NOTICE OF APPEAL GIVEN
State l'isli Iaw Demand Tliui Three
Separate License reea be
Paid.
In Justice llolman's court Tues
day, before a Jury composed ot
Messrs. J. C. Calhoun, Q. E. How
land, F. W. Russell, R. A. N. Ray
mers, R. W. Rogers and M. M. Rum
mage, the case brought agalntt the, .
proprietors of the new meat market,
on a charge of selling fljd without
first having procured a state license,
was decided In favor of the prose
cution. The defendants. Herman
Westerheld and El. H. Harbeck, were
later fined $50 each, with the cost!,
of the prosecution added, this being '
the minimum fine possible under the
law, the maximum fine being $1,000.
Notice of appeal was given by At
torney Clements for Westerheld and
Harbeck, and the case will now "be
fought out In the circuit court.
The prosecuting witness waa Dep
uty Fish Warden Sam 8andry, Dep
uty Wardens Wright and Merrill
also testifying for the prosecution.
(From Sunday's Dally.) ;;
The state law requires that every
dealer In salmon pay a stab license
of $5 per annum, but when the new,
meat market was established by ,
Messrs Herman Westerhlde and E, H,
Harbeck, tbey overlooked this little"
demand of the commonwealth, and
proceeded to sell the fish without dls- '
playing the evidence of state author
ity. Saturday Deputy Fish Warden,
Sam Sandry appeared on the scene,'
swore to a complaint, and Mr. West
erhlde waB taken before Justice Hol
man, and a hearing was set for next
Wednesday at ten o'clock.
Mr. Westerhlde admits the sale of
the fish, but states that as soon as he
learned the provision of the law re
quiring the taking out of a license,
the money for It was forwarded, but
the license has not yet been received.
He says that he proposes to fight the
case, not to save the cost of a license,
but that certain features of the law
that appear to him as unjust may b
tested out. One of his reasons for
calling the law unjust Is the fact that
the fisherman must pay a tax for
catching the fish, the wholesaler who
shipped the fish to blm pays a second
tax, and now another tax, the third
that Intervenes between the time the
fish leaves the water and Its appear
ance on the table of the ultimate con
sumer, Is demanded of him. Attor
ney Clements will represents Mr.
Westerhlde hefore the court next
Wednesday.
Another Interesting feature that
has developed In the salmon fishing
Industry Is the apparent conflict be
tween the attorney general's office
and the master fish warden. The at
torney general has ruled that It was
legal to sell Rogue river salmon, but
the deputy wardens who are In the
Rogue river territory state that the
only Instructions they have ever re
ceived on the subject were to arrest
any one who sold salmon from this
stream, and until they are Instructed
otherwise by the state warden, such
arrests will likely be made. They
are expecting definite Instructions
along that line very soon, however,
when the salmon atmosphere will be
very materially cleared. There seems
to be a feeling among the Interested
people that a test case will be re
quired to definitely settle the mat
ter, and some unlucky fish vender
will probably be made the goat.
Attending Board of Regent
Judge Stephen Jewell left. Wed nee
day morning for Monmouth to attend
a meeting of the board of regents, ot
which body be is t member. He will
return early next week.