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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.