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Iff m VOL. .XXVIII QRAXTI P1S8, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. F1UDAV, Al til ST 23. 1I2. NO. 1. BARRETT PEARS $2.50 PER BOX FIRST CAIJ,OAlJ HMI liHil VALLEV AT 1 A X V pjtH E. A a l.Cd 13 ntl iU GROWER 1 Two Cur Are Now lleing Loaded at Packing Houm in This CTtj. The harvest of the Bartlett pear it ''"' 'er Rogue river near Grants drawing to a close. Returns from'1'3 we collected .",726,000 chinook the first car sent out, sold last week 8allll, making a total of 10,- in New York, were very" satisfactory the price there being J2.59 per boxl"1'" li,"'r;"t',l '" Rogue river and . for the extra quality pack. This car wag from the Producers' Fruit Co., which makes but one grade for ship ment, the entire pack classing as "extra." Where the fruit is packed in grades, a part of the crop will sell as "extra fancy," and the balance as choice," but the returns are thought by many to be better where but the one grade is packed. The local fruit association is now loading out its second car, the first, sent out last week, being now en route to New York, or whatever oth er point it may finally be ordered to. iae association house will finish packing next week. The Producers' Fruit Co. Is now loading out its third car. and will have two more next week, rue twn cars sent were consigned to New lork and Chicago, but the final des tination of a shipment Is not known when It is started oat. The car sold was partly loaded at Medt'ord, and tue gross price of $2.50 per box re ceived will net the grower about 11.25 per box. A great many peaches have been shipped In a small way by express, but the first carload shipmeut will be forwarded Friday. This car will be consigned to Portland, which Is an excellent pea'-h market at present. These peaches will ccimti from the or chards of R. Thomas and C. H. Els tuann, and will Le sent through the Producers' Fruit Co. A second car will be f?nt Tuesday and several oth ers will follow. Every day sees liberal shipments iat psj, ip, SOtiie 4.". miles from of fruit by express to the markets yr:(i o,v portion of tbes eags north, truck loads of peaches, apples, jttere i,arched oui and liberated into canteloupes, tomatoes, etc., going i ..-isi, Lake, the balance, some 2-"-",-out on the evening tralu. The Wil- Iimmi, being packed out to Rogue river lamette tow ns and Portland g't the j station to be hatched and liberated bulk of these small shipments. Re- ;jnto this river. It is understood the turns are in the most par; good. The harvest of the other varities of pears grown here, the Cornice, Rose, DeAnJou. etc., will not lie on for some time yet. INHI MAN TREATMENT ME ANIMUS MERE. The extreme crjelty to animals which is being practiced by some resi- dents of Grants Pass is hafd to be- lieve. A few days ago a fisherman on the river bank heard ;i puppy whining in distress, and a;'er a short search he found a little black puppy nailed up In a box and thrown out on the public dump and '.eft to starve. Yes terday a cat was found in the brush on Rogue River avenue. The cat was In a gunny sack with the opening se curely wired to prevent the cat's es . a... I,ll.n. cape. A re w aays ago iu mcui were tiehtlv tied In a sack thrown out .... th ame nlace. One of the kit- -u- tens had been ho'rribly mutilated, Many' Instances are related by resl-j dents of that section regarding the abandonment of kittens which should have been humanely put out of mis- erv. There Is work for a humane of ficer. FRENt H SET ASIDE FVM F1)R WRIGHT MEMORIAL. LEMARS. Fran.e. Aug 22. blinds to ereit a monument to the la'e Wilbur Wright of Dayton. Ohio, on the riains of Auvours. where the American aviator made his first flight in France, were set aside today tv tr.' c i'v co.ir.-i! of I.emras. "vlSilCOUNTY HOME AT ' Over ten and a half million salmon I :eL'i anil .... t .1 . ! rainbow trilut e!ilJS p,,) n,MI ,.(. 'throat tr.mt ess ere taken, hatch- ,ed and liberated this season in the ; Rogue and jts tributaries. ih. trout jfry J-inn kept to the nngerliug ! state, by the Inlted States bureau of ! inatrheries at the Elk creek hatch-i el'v'' w,'Wiig in conjunction with the iate fish and same association ! "This has been cine of the most i successful seasons on Rogue river which the bureau of fisheries has j experienced in many years," says Su- , jperintendetit Henry O'Malley. "Dur-; Mug the fall of 1911. 4.N3i,fMii) chl-' ;nook salmon eggs were collected at ; the station located near Trail. On ' I. its tributaries. "During the early sarins, steel- I. .1 I ... A I . ii-ioi huh cui-uiroai trout eggs were Killected at Klk creek near Trail. also In Applegute creek, results being a 'tout 200. oOO stcelheal trout re ceived at Klk creek and 4.0tft cut throat trout. The larger portion of the egtfs collected at Applegate creek were shipped to Rogue river, there l.ein 1.221.260 steelhead trout. Tnese were hatched at Rogue river station, and when they reached the feeding stage. W. L. Flnley, state game warden, at the request of the Rogue Hlver Klsh Protective Associa tion and approval of the State Game and Fish Commission, provided am ple funds for feeding them and also paid for lumber to construct extra troughs at the station located near Trail as well as for labor In connec tion with the feeding. These fish were held up until the early part of August and are being liberated Into the main Rogue river and Its tipper tributaries. "Much credit Is due Hugh C. Mitchell, who Is flshniltiirlst at this station, for the fine lot of fish he has liberated this summer, and we feel sure that results will be forth coming from planting such fish for they were strong, vigorous and healthy, and of a size amply able to take care of themselves. "In addition to this, the cut-throat trout were also fed to the fingerling stage and liberated Into the river. Mr. Finley also provided funds for the collecting of rainbow trout egss fniiii- for this work were provided by tlie gan-e department, and. of course, comes from the liienses paid by the- rod and line fishermen o'. Roane river." M('xV IMHK.ES TKITH; NOW HtM.f-.S 'i iJ( I Where s H. C. Mag ion '.' He is wanted by the po'i. of grants Pass to an-r to a barge of extracting t:'1.' from a !''a! banking Ins-itutlon through false pretenses. on .July 2'Uh Migonn appeared at the ; First National Bank of Southern Ore gon, representing that he as the duly authorized agent of the Norris Safe and Lock Co. of Seattle, and cashed a sight drift on the house for 120. stating that bis company would take car of the draft on pre- 1 . . . f 1 . ...... rt.-l, , , f Ka li. n L seniauuu. nan. vi.n , g3v up tenty gold dollars on the ' . I representation of the man, but the draft came back dishonored Clark swore to a complaint in Jus- tl-e Holman's court, and a warrant was issued for Magoon's arrest His pre-at whereabouts are unknown. I Ciimpaigning In 4akon E. E. Dlamhard left this morning fur Jackson county, wnere ne m spend a week campaigning sine! t n He met C. H against Shiells. secretary of the Oregon Equal Taxa- ion -tgi;e, on t.ie train ana nrk together. Mr. and Mrs W. R. H'dni.e V. Ti.'.ti-luy :.ior:.:rg f-r L.s An -': -ft ''"W- These were hatched andirea, heJ an acute, stage in the city. TRACTS ATTENTION j j l,i,JK-T t'l'HI.IC INTEREST ! AKoiSED Ol Kit I itllTliis. IS CO. PHYSICIAN RESIGNED Judge Jewell and lr. laMiioii Eacli i Make liih4U meats. State- I Public interest in the matter of ! conditions at the County Home have especially since the resignation of Dr. Lemon and the uieetiug of the' 'comity court. There Is general re-' , gret that a county charge should pass his last days among such conditions, and a demand that the blame be prop erly placed, and that it not be passed over and a "goat" made of some one blameless in the matter.- A few- have criticized Dr. Lemon for allowing the j public to hear of the affair, but the greater number realize that she was unable to cope with it by quieter methods, as she states she had re peatedly tried. Roth Commissioner Woodcock and Commissioner Barlow stated to the Courier that It was not 1 1 he place of the county physician to ido the labor necessary to putting the 'Home In a sanitary condition. Judge Jewell has submitted following communication to Courier for publication: Editor Rogue River Courier: the the As quite a number of reports have gone out that purport to give conditions at the County Home. I beg space in your paper to give the facts as I and the two commissioners have found them to be after careful Investiga tion J The treatment of the inmates of i the County Home during Its existence has always been a matter of praise j by all w ho have taken pains to In- j form themselves, in fact, the Home , was built in order that our unfortun ates might spend their last days In comfort. And the present county Judge will never receive half pay for i what he has done to make this Insti tution a success. ' The rase Iti point Is simply this: Some tlm ago Mr. .McKee. one of 'the Inmates, became so completely helpless as to require a special nurse, The nurse was employed and In- Instructed to give him coustaut utten- ery one of those whose lot It Is t) ac tion. About ten days ago Mr. Wil- rept the public bounty, llamson. the superintendent, came Following the publicity given the into the room and discovered that fly- case. Judge Jewell demanded anew blows bad been deposited and hatch jed out on the old man. The.se iu- sects were I turned lately removed, the I old man w,n thoroughly cleansed, .ami the nurse wa reprimanded for j neglec t of duty. Some of the insects, 'however, had gotten down under the , bed clothing and were no di'ov !e.i until a few days later. These are the facts In the ca.-e is gathered by the county Judge and the two commissioners As to re- Bt)0nsibilitv, we think that the nurse Is more responsible than any other person We are disposed to think, however, that even the nurse had no an'lcipa'lon of such a thing. The oo els of the old man were constant ly emitting and spreading over the bed, and the weather being very warm, it was natural that the insects would hatch out in a very short fjm ni while this was a very un- fortunate occurrence and one to be ( rKretted. we feel that we are not i,14tifled in removing either the coanty physician or the superinten dent They have been sufficiently re proved, however, to Insure greater vigi'am e in the future. STEPHEN JEWELL j !r. Iinn' Statement. I In explanation of her reason for Ire-igninz, Dr. lemon ha rr' .ared i the following statement: i ' Editor Courier' Several of my I friends having criticized me f"r re MLT.in i:i v t.n-i'!n of co'in-.' jd.; si- 'in I " ;-v a' e a B'ts'Ti. :. i'.v- lug my particular reason for so do ing "Twice I was asked by the county Judge to make a statement for the paper show lug that the superinten dent at the County Home was not to blame for the extreme unsanitary conditions which there existed In Mr. McKee's case. My reply was that I would resign my position rather thau make such a statement. The super intendent admitted that he was first to discover the filthy condition which he allowed to continue for several days, and In my opiuion he should have Immediately helped remedy those conditions, and not let a dying man lie with maggots crawling over him. "So not being willing to comply with the request of the judge, and knowing that the superintendent had often made the assertion that he would not lose his position, I felt that it was bet for me to offer my resig nation, which was accepted, while the superintendent retains his place. "COR A R. 1.EMON." si TKRINTENI'EM WILLIAMSON MAKES STATEMENT. COMMUNICATION Concerning the conditions said to exist at the County Home. Editor Courier In regard to the article which appeared In your Issue of Thursday, I wish to state that I employed a nurse for the patient In question, and he was In full charge for eight days. I had given him full instructions regarding the man's condition, and when I found he was not obeying my orders, upbraided him and he thereupon quit. I knew that certain conditions ex isted, but the blame, if there be any aside from the nurse, must fall equal ly as well upon the county physician as myself. Signed. J. R. WILLIAMSON. m n PPACPrrrnp ntrc . AT COUNTY HONE (From Friday's Daily. The sufferings of old man McKee. a county charge, had ended a few brief hours after the Courier had told his story to the public. At two o'clock this morning the spirit of the unfortunate had winged its flight to the Great Beyond, and a life-long search for a happiness that came not was ended. The tale of this human being and of the misery that attended his clos- 'ing days, was a shock to the lo. al public. It could not be otherwise. f1)r the people of Grants Pass are a 'people of sympathy who demand that proper treatment ha accorded to e- that proper s.inlfary care be accorded the Inmates of th county home, and took measures to hive th county; court Investigate and place the blame for the condition that had been pres ent where I must properly belong. The court, which consists of Judge Jewetl and Commissioners Barlow sad Woodcock, will take the question up at Its next session, which Is on the first Wednesday In September. Mean time, conditions have been Improved at the home, and the last day of life of McKee was made as comfortable as possible A nurse was at once provided following the visit and the Investigation of County Physician Lemon and Judge Jewell, and the premises made sanitary. The remains of the old prospector were taken in charge this morning by F. M. WIrkman, sexton, and bur- ed In Granite Hill cemetery, Mr WIrkman having a contract for the burial of all charges of the county who die and are unclaimed by rela tives or friends. The de' eased had resided In this vicinity for many years. Besides pro specting for wealth In the hlllB, he nad labored on the railroad section and had ben employed at or-caalons as a common laborer. PORTLAND. Aug 22 A small whlte poodle trid to make friends ( and a soma' h pump gave the suf with Patrolman Cordes and followed frer relief, though for a time bis j Mm around on his beat. He betrayed 'the d? whbh followed h!m to the 'r-)';n I. !:" it wl'.l be asphyxiated, $80,000 CITY BOND SALE. IS CLOSED; (I.EVEMNIl HANK. AETEU MENU Oi l RULE. TAKES ISMK. SALE CONTRACTED IN NAY Cash Will He I sel to Take 1 1 Out. standing General IndeMeil nes Warrant. On May 2nd the bid of the First National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, lor' the $S0, 000 funding bond issue! was accepted by the city council, n, bid of par, with accrued Interest and . - a premium or J9U.u, Deing tne most advantageous presented. Th. bank was notified of the ac- ceptauce of Its proposition, and the certified check of $4,000 sent with the bid was held as a guarantee of good faith. Since that tlm the bank has quibbled over every ' possible point, keeping the legal department of the city of Grants Pass busy meet- Ing its objections, and meantime the city has had to wait for the cash. To- day; however, the last polut raised by the purchasers has been met and sat- Isfactorlly settled, and the bank has ordered the bonds forwarded, the tuouey being ready for their pur chase. The bonds are being printed, and as soon as signed up by the city officials, will go to the Cleveland purchaser. I This bond Issue wus voted tn take up outstanding general Indebtedness warrants. The bonds bear date of April 1st, 1912, the purchaser pay ing Interest on them from that date. They run for twenty years, with five per cent Interest payable semi-annually. The fact taut this cash is to be Im mediately available for the retire ment of the old warrants has had a most beneficial effect, and a city of ficial said today that It had brought the present city warrant up to par. WILL IMH.H FA I It ON PI'lll. IC STREETS. The management has decided that tlin annual Grunge Fair, to be held lu this city on September 18. 19 and 20, will take the form of a great street carnival and fair, and Instead of holding It at the ball park, as or- 1",,lv u recovered Friday. The cor Iglnally Intended, will hold It on the '"ier was not available, and as It was public streets of the city. It Is ex-jl""'!) an accident no Inquest was perted that H street, west of Sixth "M 'h Party carried the body will be the site selected. Otherwise It will be on Sixth street. It U proposed to roof II street over from curb to curb, making the dis play sheds cover the entire width of the street. The stock sheds will be erected on the vacant block east of Hurkhalter's livery suable. The building now occupied by tho Golden Rule store, which will move to the new building before the fair dates, will be usd to house part of the exhibit. President Turvey, who has been so liciting funds from the merchants, states that he Is meeting with much success, and will have a fine line of premiums. .IIMnoN WEED NOT mntU FOR ItllM'MtTlSM. Jlmson weed, a pest In many local ities, came near proving the undoing of "Humphrey" Miller, a rancher In the vicinity of Holland. Miller has suffered much from rheumatism, and when told that Jim son weed was a sure cure for the complaint, he gathered a quantity of the plant, put It on to steep and drank a pint of the brew. The rheumatism was the least of Mr. Miller's troubles thereafter for some time, but Dr. Dickson of Kerby 'condition was desperate. The latexf ' r.;,rtg frtI1 Kerby were that the 'patient had a show for recovery. A,meda t0 smp 3 Carloads of Matte Monthly Our special correspondent at Ai med sends most encouraging news from the big mlue and smelter, and County Commissioner C. L. Barlow, confirms this report! which reads as follows: The operation of the Aimed smelter has proven entirely satisfac tory and results of the present run are really beyond the expectation of the management. The capacity has held to fully one. hundred tons per day and the rate of concentration has not fallen below 30 tons to 1, which makes a shipping grade of matte di rect from first smelting. The hot- blast furnace hood has given perfect 1 satisfaction, having made possible the high rate of concentration and j reduced the coke consumption over ' ,,,r nt A shipment of matte from the plant Is now being made to the smel ter at Tacotna, Wash, It Is expected .that with the present high rate of concentration the matte shipments ,,,y b kept down to three carloads p,.r month. I There Is still several hundred tons 0f ore ready broken for smelting, but as some of this cannot be handled without the addition of more basic W ,le ,uine hM been put ,n opera. Jtion and will be drawn on for about jr0 tons per day for the present, whloh amount may be taken out to ROOd advantage from development In preparing; for heavier output soon necessary. 1 The new flume has been In use for some time and water ts no longer a scarcity at the property. This In It stilf has considerably reduced operat ing costs. W.M. KLl'M OF LELAND DltOWVKD IN ROC.l'R. Win. Asa Klum, a prominent mine owner of Leluud, was drowned la Rogue river, near the lower falls, on Wednesday, and his body was recov ered on Friday. Mr. Klum, In cou puny with It. II. and Jean Uoff, J. N. Ralney, Bam and Roy Reed, waa on a fishing and hunting expedition down the river, and on the day of the drownlug Mr, Klum was standing on a rock In midstream at a point where the water Is especially swift casting for trout. One of his com panions saw Klum slip from the rock and dlsnpitear, and although he waa , 11 swimmer nothing more has seen of him. A search of the river begun and continued until the I of the drowned man over the moun tain hall, nearly 10 miles, until the wagon road "was reached, where It was placed on a vehicle and taken the remaining eight mhes to leland. Mr. Klum has been a resident of this county for many years, and has been operating a placer mine near I.eland. He leaves a wife and daugh ter. Ills father, residing at Leban on, was sent for, and was one of the searching party. HIKEIt QlAltTETTH HAVE ItETVHNKl). Messrs. Joe Wharton, F. 11. Apple hoff, S. F. Cheshire and A. W.,Moon, who left here ten days ago to walk to the coast, returned Wednesday after noon looking Ui for another bike of equal distance, but with appetites that called Into requisition alt the force of the American restaurant to quiet. The gentlemen walked dowu the Rogue to Mule creek, then across , Eden valley, through the great coal district, and down the South Coquelle river to Randon. The gentlemen report that there are three surveying parties Ip the field between Grants Pass and Ran don, and that the coast end of the line Is filled with railroad talk. They were In the camp of one of these sur veying parties, and s'ate that the line has been run to the Big Ilend In the Rogue. They walked over the route, and believe It to be entirely practicable.