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MFRS.. SAN FRANCISCO
f et by way of this road," ald he.
j Thin vast body of timber Includes
'that of Jotephlne and Jackson coun
ties, a small portion of Douglas, and
'a part of Klamath, whirl) would na
turally t;o to the hea via this line,
and this estimate does not Include
the bodies that are standing along
tli roa.t
nish tirade lumber manufactures.
'Thesf great supplies of raw ma
terial are as close to this city as to
the coast with a good down grade
as shown by numerous recent surveys
and with a railroad and abundance
of electric power, whr.t city could of
fer groa'er Inducements to factories,
specially If the oat railroad was
j - have spent much or my time part or an incivpeuuem in.-n. .
!d:iiinu Ihn !at ten years c rulsini? j nlntr eat?
. I .., ...1 ...'..,1.1 t.t- env
timber th:')imhout this disTbt, and
I know that my figures are. very
iionxervative. It Is a general Im
pression Minoni; our people who have to prosper,
never penetrated to the undeveloped
where, It would pay on a route to the
coant via the Rogue and Coquille riv
ers and (Iran's I'as needs t.nly this
region that our timber has been all
WIIV COAST KO.l
Wll.l, All (iKAMS I'AHS
Kvery rettldent of Grants I'asi
recngnl.es the importance of rail
road connection with the Pacific
(oast, and appreciates the benefits
that will come when an outlet by sea
Ih obtaln'd for our products, and the
sentiment In favor of bringing about
the building of such a line Is all one
way.
"Many do not realize what a
wealth of natural resourcea would
be opened up through the building of
such a line," said II. C. Kinney.
"Should the proposed (Irants I'ass
Dandon road be constnict'd. It will
traverse a territory rich In tonnage
throughout every mile of Its dis
tance. Leaving the orchards of the
Rogue, It enters at once Into the
great Oalbe mining district whre
countless carloads of ore are awa't
lng transportation faculties, while
almost adjoining are the coal fields
the development of which the entire
west la awaiting with anxiety, for
ii port tlu cheaper coal that w ill come
with tho building of a road to thU
district depends development h
many other directions. This real
Is said to be of good coking quality,
n ud the mines are demanding the
(like, ho that as soon as the coal Is
made available, (lie mining Industry
of Jopihine county will ltnnied!:i' !
ly take tin a wonderful activity.
"There's limber all the way, and
some of the bodies of fir and cedar
and pine are the choicest yet stand
ing on the coast. To get this great
volume of product of th field, the
orchard, the mine and the forest to
deep water where It can be cheaply
transported to all tho markets of
the world should be an attractive In
ducement to the railroad builders of
today, and It Is evident from the ac
tivity In I lie Held that proper effort
put forth by our people to co-oper-
i;oi i;i; wnx kin
i on r. s- skxatok.
lent off, but It is nevertheless iri'f
that we have now standing In and
tributary to the Rogue river valley
more timber than ever grew In
Michigan and Wisconsin, and when
we start In earnest to harvest this
crop It will load fifty cars per day,
op, in Ki fun f,,i. 7 I'lium lio. i
, 'popular government candidate.
lore ii is tin iwmieu uu uic imvn.
Similar operations In Michigan and
Wisconsin made many large cities.
We can expect to will make at least '
a few large cities here."
PORTLAND. 0t. 5. United
States Senator Ilourne today accept
ed an Independent nomination for re
election and will go on the of ft la!
I ballot In the November election as a
M. J. Anderson, former supervisor
of the forest reserve, an authority In
all matters relating to the undevel
oped territory through which the
proposed railway to the coast will
Senator Bourne's acceptance of
the nomination followed the filing
with Secretary of State Olcott at Sa
lem of a petition signed by 1 6,000
Oregon voters urging him to run.
The petitions were circulated and
all the signatures were obtained
within five days.
"Since the people have adopted a
constitutional provision," said
Hourne, today, "permitting eight
per cent of the voters to propose a
run, has been In the city the last few
days, and was asked this afternoon by ,,aw (mde. thj ntllltiVe and to de
tnand the referendum upon a mea
sure by petition of five per cent of
the voters, I feel that this petition of
12 per cent of the voters of Oregon
Is a call to which I ought to re
spond." The senator promised to make a
more extended statement regarding
nis candidacy and the platform on
wnlch he would stand early next
week.
Senator Bourne's entering the
fight for re-election was made after
eliminated
the Courier for some of the reasons
why this city would profit In the
building of the road.
"And you wnt to know why
Grants Pass should make a special
effort to secure a road to the coast
via Rogue River?" said Mr. Ander
son. "There is not a doubt that Grants
Pass will have probably in the near
future railroad feeders Into the Ap
plegate and Illinois valleys and will
be a nice little city, with the em
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pnasis on tne nine; out n u nhe had apparently been
takes Its place on the map In '! fr()In tne senatorial race.
black letters, It will bo the result of , Ho(lrne was defeated In the prl
railroad connection with tho Inex- mar,;8 after making the most unique
haiiKtible supply of raw material " i rampaUn In American politics. In
the coast mountains of the Rogue
and Coquille rivers.
"I would say the greatest asset of
this valley is climate, and this is not
said to broaden the knocker's grin,
nor to intimate that we should cap-
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tarluins, as is done farther south, but
It should be capitalized.
"The coast mountains west of
Grunts Pass average probably the
heaviest growth of valuable Port Or
ford cedar and yellow fir In the
ate and assist will bring the road In world: many quarter sections rarry-
the ahorteHt possible time. The lat
ent resources are there, but they will
do neither Grants Pass nor the
world n bit of good till they are
made available. Let us bring thl)
about immediately by inducing the
building of this road."
"There Is enough standing tim
ber in and tributary to the Rogue
liver valley to keep a railroad to the
roast busy for generations to come,"
was the way W. n. Sherman, the
timber expert, sized up the situa
tion when talking of the proposed
line from Giants Pass to the sea yes
terday. "There are SI billion feet of mer
chantable timber, consisting of su
gar pine, yellow pine and fir within
this district that will find water out
ing 'JO million feet or over. Thous
ands of men are engaged cutting and
shipping the rough lumber to Cali
fornia, It Is shipped rough because
the climate of the coast counties dues
not permit of proper seasoning for
manufacture. It does not appear to
be known to our citizens that mil
lions of feet of this raw material are
hauled Into the interior of California
to season away from the coast and
tnat around these points arise the
factories that make the prosperous
cities while the factories of Grants
Pass, within 30 or 40 miles of the
original supply of this material, li.
Idle most of the year because they
cannot get the rough lumber, and
this In a climate conceded to he as
good or better than any on earth for
fact, Bourne made no campaign at
all. After the. primaries Senator
Ronnie astonished Oregon and the
nation by announcing that he would
make no personal appeal to the vot
ers. He asserted that he stood pat
on his record as a progressive repub
lican and as a competent representa
tive of Oregon in tho senate.
He was beaten by Ren Selling, a
Portland merchant, although nourne
polleil a heavy vote.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas
County, ss.
'.'"rank M. Cheney makes oath that
he la senior partner of the firm of
V. J. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the city of Toledo, county and
state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONK IH'NDRLD
DOLLARS for each and every case of
catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
CRANK J. CHKNhY.
Sworn to before mo and subscrib
ed in my presence, this 6th day of
December, A. D. 1SS6.
A. V. GLKASO.n,
(Seal) Notary Public.
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JACKSONVILLE BRICK & TILE CO.
JACKSONVILLE ORK.
I. S. THOMPSON, AGK.D
I7 YKAKS, DIIvS FKIDAV.
John Samuel Thompson, for
twelve years a resident of Grants
Pass, having come here from Fort
Worth, Texas, died at his home at
300 Foundry street, Friday night, of
Hright's disease. Tho deceased was
H7 years of age. He had no rela
tives here, but a son resides at Mt.
Rainier, Washington.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 o'clock Saturday, Judge Ste
phen Jewell officiating, and Inter
ment was In Granite Hill cemetery.
Mr. Thompson, who was known as
"Sam" by his associates In Grants
Pass, was formerly a well-to-do
stockman of Kansas.
HAK.L SMITH ItKIDK
OF PA 1 1, SCH ALLHOKN
Miss Hazel Smith, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, was mar
ried to Paul Sihallhorn. by Rev.
''at her Powers, of the Catholic
church, last evening, at six o'clock.
Immediately following the ceremony
the happy couple boarded the South
ern Pacific train for Portland, where
they will pass a brief honeymoon,
when they will return to this city to
make their home, the sroont being a
member of the firm of Ricgs &
(Schallhom. grocers.
Both bride and groom are well
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pie who have a great host of friends
who wish them all kinds of happi-
ness and "success.
t . M. WINK MAN IS
KICKKH IIV A HOUSK.
C. M. Wiseman, a farmer of the
Williams district, was almost instant
ly killed Friday by beini; kicked in
the breast by a horse.
Mr. Wiseman was assisting a
neighbor to hitch ii a team, when
one of them kicked him with both
feet just over the heart, death 'result
ing in a few minutes.
Mr. Wiseman had lived on the old
Coffee farm near Provolt for the
past thtvpe years, coining to that sec
tion from Central Point, to which
place he had come from Michigan.
He was a native of Ohio, and was 64
years of age. A wife and eight child
ren, who range in age from 17 to 36
years, survive him. Only three of
the children are yet at home, though
others live In the neighborhood, two
being in attendance at Willamette
university, and one a resident of
Kansas.
The funeral Nvill be held at Will
iams on Sunday, conducted by Rev.
Householder, M. E. pastor at that
place.
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are often asked to give references. On such
occasions the value of a bank connection be
comes apparent.
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When You Sell Your Crop
OR
Draw Your Salary
DEPOSIT IT IN THE
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