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l 10L. XXVIII WEEKLY EDITION GRAVE CREEK ' 1 111 AfTllO Hi r.nr w av ! sr m nii iii i thkkk iu(i companies consolidated. ay. and water rights included," was I ""T ofb.,neM. Chanel !L !l:'hl 'surer of "UJ'0 ueaiu-tum ronipanv ef , ed ,he r"siilation. which will Slve steady iIlter employment to 'otll 40 to .1(1 men Th ,.,.. ..... . j.uiu pro- 'lll'tion of Josephine omm, ;n i, Serially Increased when the prop-1 S(1 l un .ertles arp fnll- . . . - uiu me new methods employed will undoubt- - edly be waMied with Intense Inter- OPERATE TEN " GIANTS" !"i'r "" - GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COIXTY, okkgox. Friday, December -jt, iota NO. 28. PRESBYTERY IN SPECIAL MEET OREGON ORGANIZA TION HERE TIFSDAY. Lelaml Mining Co. ILi i tici HratiMl mill Mutii Xeiv Mat liinery Will lie Installed. The rumored consolidation of val uable Grave creek hydraulic mines is now an accomplished fact. The merger Just perfected means that Josephine county will have in the near future one of the largest, If not the largest, hydraulic mines on the coast. The consolidation includes the well known John C. Lewis, II. K. Mil ler and Brimstone mining properties. The combined acreage exceeds 700 acres and practically all of it Is heav ily mineralized; the land Is nearly all contiguous. Some of the oldest and most val uable water rights in the Grave creek district are included in the purchases. Fully 25 miles of ditch and many miles of steel pipe will carry the waters of Grave, Wolf, Brimstone, Rat and Tom Cast creeks to the property. The water rUh'3 are exceedingly valuable and ditches cost a fortune. The richness of the gravel Is be yond question. The properties are fully opened In a dozen places and there are numerous test holes and pits demonstrating values ranging from 10 cents to $3 per cubic yard of gravel. Considerable platinum Is present. Preparatory work will be started In a few days. Several car loads of new pipe will arrive about January 1 and It Is proposed to have 10 or more giants operating day and night as quickly as possible. A complete hydro-electric plant will be installed in the near future, new siphons will be installed and water ways en larged. The wasteful methods in vogue among placer miners will be elimin ated. Patented grizzlies or concen trating devices owned by the Stan dard Reduction company will super cede the Inefficient sluice boxs In the races. These devices screen (au tomatically) the gold-hearing gravels down from coarse sand to concen trates which contain practically at! the gold and platinum values carried in the gravels. The gravel concen trates will be delivered to a large re duction plant, which will be Imme diately installed upon the property by centrifugal pumps or aerial trams where the coarse "sands will e re concentrated and treated by the Staminrd Reduction company. Their treatment Is a new and efficient elee-, tro-chemical amalgamation, recovers practically all the gold and platinum value. Many test runs at their plant In the building former occupied by the Grants Pass Can ning company demonstrate that their amalgamation losses are only ' ' chanical in many cases fully per cent of the assay vaU.es o f the black sands were scraped off their cleverly constructed plate. Tw a-ner of the properties under the i wil, probably o e- name of the Wand Co M nlng company to be wv under the laws of this state. It is understood th- total Punh -Price ,s close to W ? the completion of their row r r an waterways and other PJ . work, the total Investment proximate $200,000. . ,-u r T.f.wis property " i ne Joiui v " ... v,n 4 : vnln.M. one: the Miller m.ne ha been a consistent divided payer . i ,q stated c 1 many years and it ? timers" that the Brimstone contains the richest ground In gon- f thee ricb The consolidation of the.' properties, with the extensile water DEATH CLAIMS LEVI NEAS, AGED 79 YEARS Levi X. Xeas died at the home of his son, Sam Xeas, on Xorth 5th street, early Thursday morning heart failure being the cause of the death. Mr. Xeas who was 7i years of age, was In excellent health when he retired Wednesday night, making no complaint, his spirits being excep tionally good. He had spent Christ mas day In visiting with his friends and relatives, and attended an en tertainment with some of them I t the evening. Thursday morning be did not respond to the call, the spir it having departed from him some time during the night. The fina' summons had come quietly and painlessly, and he lay as though ready to be awakened from the night'. rest. The deceased came to Grants Pass from Iowa last June, although he had visited in this city more or less for the past three years. He was born at Steuhenville. Ohio, eighty years ago on the first day of March. He was married to Miss Marie S. Whellier in his native town .";i years ago last June, later removing to Slgourney, Iowa, where bis helpmeet of half a century departed this life three years ago, and the remains of the husband will be taken to Iowa lo rest beside those of the faithful wife. Eight sons and daughters are left to cherish the memory of the loved one. three of them. Mrs. Mary A. Browne, Mrs. Edith Rehkopf and Sam Neas, residing In this city. The others are A. M. Xeas of Slgourney, Iowa: Geo. W. Neas of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Mrs. F. D. Doerfus of Weed. Cal.; and Claude and Earle Neas of San Francisco, Cai. KING GEORGE IS BETTER. RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED t omes to Consider Withdrawal of Rev. llobt. McU-an From Iak-uI Pastorate. LONDON, Dec. lit;. King George is reported today as almost entirely recovered from the illness which pre vented bis participating In the Christmas festivities at Sandrin-;- hani. Sir Frederick Ponsonby. the royal corrptnrv. said: "The king had a slight chill yes terday, but he is well again this morning." mere was a special meeting ol the Presbytery of Southern Oregon i held at Bethany Presbyterian church on Tuesday, called for the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relation ship existing between Rev. Robert McUan and the church. The Pres- Ibytery was represented by the min isters from Ashland, Merrill, Central Point, Medford, Rogue River an! Roseburg, 11. S. Prescott represent ing the local church. In Joining with Pastor McLean In requesting the sep aration, Mr. Prescott presented in be half of the church an expression of regret in part as follows: "While the membership of Beth any church joins with the pnstor In requesting his separation, we wish, hereby to testify that such action Is taken with the greatest reluctance and sincerest regrets, for we realize that be has occupied a place In the hearts of his people and among the Christian workers of this community that will be hard to fill. A quarter of a century of growth and progress in this church bears witness to the fact that he not only laid Its foun dation well, but wrought upon the superstructure with tho hand of a master builder so that the name of Bethany church. is lifted among the foremost in the commonwealth. Ii is only because we realize that he has been called to a vastly broader field, and that he is eminently fitted for tho arduous duties of that field, that his resignation is accepted with out a dissenting voice; and there Is oven a touch of gladness upon our regret, for we feel that P-ethany church Is, in a sense, honored In thus releasing her pastor to a mis sion that is of national Importance." Similar resolutions of regret were presented by a committee of the Presbytery of Southern Oregon. Mr. Mclioan closes his work In Grants Pass with the end of the year and will leave for Albuquerque New Mexico, to take charge of th.i work among the Spanish speaklm; people of that vast territory, com prising California. Arizona, New Mex ico and Texas and representing a population of S0O.000 Mexicans. FOOTBALL IS ON V J FOR THE NEW YEAR A group of the youug athletes of the city have laid the plans for a pleasant surprise to the Grants Pass public for New Year's day, lu the way of a football game. The affair promises to be a bloody battle In deed, for Medford is stung to the quick by the defeat given on Novem ber 23. and they have promised faith fully to make the local boys eat tho old score with a lot more thrown In for good measure. Although the local boys won an easy victory last time they realize that they are up against a tough proposition for the old .Medford high school team w ill be greatly strengthened by the addi tion of all the last year's players aud some of the members of the alumni team. This will be practically the same aggregation which won the southern Oregon championship last year. Needless to say, they are fully confident that on January first Grants Pass people will see their warriors wallowed In the mud and Medford again triumphant. However, tho local boys are deter mined to fight out a victory if fight ing counts for anything and the lo cal public can count on seeing tho real fighting spirit In working order. The boys began practice this after noon and willgct Into tho best shape possible for tho game. Tho local team will be much strengthened by the return of several "stars" of old tJnies and as near as can be ascer tained the two teams will be pretty evenly matched, with Medford show ing a shade the stronger. Prospects are now bright Tor a record breaking crowd, as many dollars' worth of tickets have been sold already, and from tho enthus iasm shown by people about town the entire public will bo In attendance to help the boys win a glorious New Year's victory. In all probability the game will be played at the Athletic Club grounds so the public need not stay away on account of rain. This game will be the greatest athletic event of the season for the rival cities will be represented by exceptionally strong teams, aside from tho fact that tills Is the deciding game, each team having won one game during the fall. TnANSPOHTATlON ( 1IOLERA SPREADS AMONG THE RlLGAHIAN SOLDIER. ST. PETERSBFRG. Dec. "iJ.Dls prches received here from the Bul garian front at TchataIJa say that rholera is rapidly spreading. Czar Ferdinand has issueu au u. fiVial admonition to the soldiers to ttrict!v obey the army sanitary regu lations. IF WE WARLIKE El ROPE ' FOR PEACEABLE AMERICA. BERLIN, Dec. 26-The general !fcar of war which has been sweeo in over central Europe has given a in ... ..nidation. About strong imieiu , , fl,. sai'.ed from Bremen and Ilam ,,;,r, one m " North and South American H'rts MM LIONS N FROM l Ti;l AN POSTAL P.NKS. VIFNNV. Dec. 2.-The Austrian savi.es bank, .hi'h have mi-ion d.-p.io. have suffered t0 t!, .ent of ; t I ,.ndran as a r-i.t of ,ne t,s, t ow Ignorant some of its s are- J " .. .. .,,crfd from depositors are ma r - hL fact that many depositors have f,,r 158 than " amounts to their credit. DIAMOND .MERCHANT KILMNO RAFFLES 1MCA;0 POLICE CHICAGO, Doc. 26. Police and detectives here, who since the gagged J and tortured body of John Logue, I diamond dealer, was found In his 'office in McVicker's theater building, 'have been at work upon the case, ad mitted today that they are complete ly baffled. All theories which seemed to lead toward the slayer have been disproved, and not a single clue re mains to the officers. FLOWING BOWL ADDS TO FUNDS OF CITY The police court docket shows that W. D. Utterbach, a transient, paid one-half of a $10 fine into the muni clpal coffers Thursday morning as tho price of a Christinas Jag. He was allowed to go on depositing the "V" and agreeing to put up the balance in later Installments. F. M. Nlckerson at the same time came through with a "ton-spot" on a like complaint Christmas morning W. J. Morphv paid $') for tho privilege of pleading guilty to a charge of imbibing too freely. IKHSK II. S. WINS AT FOOTHALL. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 26. Through their ability to work the forward pass, the footballers of the local high school are today victors over Wen dell Phillips high school of Chbagj by a score of six to nothing. The ground on which the game was plav ed was covered with snow. BRYAN SEES TROCHEE FOR DEMOCRACY- LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 26. "The democratic party is going to have another struggle in the senate and bouse over commit tee assignments, and It Is again threaf-ned with the blight of seniority." says an editorial in William J. Bryan's Commoner here today. That the article con tinues, "it will be asked to put tho ambitions and Interests of individuals before the welfare of the party." (JAINS SWIMMING RECORD I.N ICE COLD WATER. NEED OF MINES DF.YF.UU'.MENT OF (XHTER FIELDS AWAIT RAILROAD- PACIFIC-INTERIOR IS NEED Siii'veynrs I hid "J.hOO Foot I'iism From Illinois Valley Through to CoiiM Side. FATE OF LABOR LEADERS NOW IN BANDS OF JURY The miners In the hills aud along the streams between Grunts Pass and the coast are watching with tho greatest anxiety tho developments Ii railroad news from this center. I'pon tho success of the Pacitlc-lnterlor road hinges the success of tho min ing industry, for mines und pro spects, proven In extent and in value, have waited for half a century tho coming of transportation more cer tain than the burro or the pack horse. J. M. White is here from his placer claim on Fall creek, a tribu tary of the Illinois, utul he says that all the miners In his district are go- 'ng to start extensive development iu soon as they see work progress on the Grants Pass road. Tho new transportation Hue will not mean s much to the placer miner, but it N essential to mnko the mountains of copper ore or of low grade gold-bear lug rock return values to the hold ers. Mr. White Bays that tho owners of the Copper Mountain company claims have done considerable work this fall and winter, and that the ex tent of the ore body has been proven Work has now been discontinued on the claims, but with assurance of the railroad, work on the mlno will be resumed, and nn extensive smelter built. At present there is only a small testing smelter on the prop erty. The recent presence of a party of surveyors in the lower Illinois val ley Is told by Mr. White, lie says the party camped with him for a short time, but that they did not tell their mission in the district. They surveyed across the pass from Tin Cup creek on the Illinois valley slth to Pistol river on the coast side of tho divide, and announced that the elevation was only 2,800 feet high This is nearly a thousand feet lower than the Waldo pass to Smith river. Mr. Smith says that a wagon road could be easily and cheaply built up Tin Cup creek, through the puss and down Pistol river to the const, com lug out nt Brookings, where the big saw mill Is being established by Cal Ifornla people. INDIANAPOLIS. Dee. 26. Only the Jury of their peers probably will stand tonight between the 4 4 tabor leaders on trial here tor alleged conspiracy to unlawfully transport dynamite, and either freedom or a prison cell. After a most vitriolic denunciation of a number of the former officers of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, whom he charged with almost equal guilt with the McXamarns for the destruction of the Eos Angeles Times, Federal District Attorney Charles V. Miller announced this afternoon that he would finish his address at tour o'clock. Judge Anderson will then Immediately deliver his chargo to the jury. It is not known how long this will occupy, but the court has an nounced that he would be as concise as possible and he probably will flu Ish In time for tho Jury to take ths case tonight. It Is expected that at least two days will pass In discus sion by tho Jurymen before a verdict is reached. Each of the defendant is charged in two counts with con. spiring to transport dynamite un lawfully, and each Is also charged In r0 counts with aiding and abetting such unlawful transportation. Fnder the cumulative penalty s;.s tern, the maximum sentence possible If each defendant is convicted on all counts would be thirty-nine and a half year. From this, tho sentences could range down to a flue or sus pended sentence. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shadburn of Portland, who have been visiting II. It. Shadburn for a week past, left Thursday for Yuma, Ariz., on ac count of Mr. Shadburn's health. Orlando Hlller went to Wolf Creek Wednesday to visit his aunt. DETROIT, Dec. 26. Attacking the practice of manufacturers In at tempting to fix a uniform Jobbers' and relallers' price for products, the government here today entered suit against the Kellogg Tonsted Corn Flakes company, arid William and Wilfred Kellogg, as well as Andrew Ross. PORTLAND, Dec. 26. Johnny MiMurray, Multnomah dub athlete Is today holder of the world's record for amateurs In the 1UO yard swim as the result of a Christmas race against a field of five in the chilly waters of the Willamette river. HcMurray's time was 1-3 sec onds. The water was Just 4 2 de grees above zero, but the Intense cold only seemed to put new life In the swimmers. There were entries fro:. Eugene and other places. The swim was held under the !l reUion of the Multnomah club. M. M. Murray and family of Ash land spent Chrletmas with Mrs. Mur ray's paren's, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Croxton. Hi MR. KROII WIRES CONO RATI' LATIO.N'S TO THE OH RIER. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24, 1912. Rogue River Courier, Grants Pass, Or. Mall me Immediately one hundred copies first page your paper nineteenth. Congratula- j tlons. Good editorial work and live newspaper methods so great a factor In winning this battle. Merry Xmas. R. E. KROII. INDIANAPOLIS', Dec. 26. New facts In tho tlce-told tale of dynn m it 1 ti ks which reached a climax la tho murder of 19 portions In the Los Angeles TlinoB explosion wero given In the trial Just ended hero. Herbert S. Ilockln, former secretary-treasurer of tho International Association of Iron Workers, who Oitlo McMaulgal said started him on his dynamiting career, was branded by three government witnesses and newspaper exhibits, as tho betrayer of his fellow unionists. Tho "great" detective- work of W. J. Burns was shown to have consisted In Ilockln telling L. L, Jewell, manager of a structural steel concern, who It was that was doing the "Jobs" all over the country and Jewell told BurtH. Later Ilockln personally "double crossed" bis fellows to Burns. 1 lot-kin's motive was said to have been a desire to displace J. J. McNamara as secretary-treasurer of the union. When McNamara went to Jail, a con fessed dynamiter, Ilockln was given the office. When the government's guns were trained on Ilockln during tho present trial, he was forced by his fellow officers to resign. William J. Burns and his son Ray mond both admitted that while they shadowed Ortlo McMaulgal and J. R. McNamara, then known guilty of tho Times explosion In hopes of getting men "higher up," tho two dynamiters "pulled off" other Jobs and destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property and endangered human life. Ortle McMaulgal testified that tho McNamaras were planning to blow up the city of Los Angeles and flr It "as a lesson" to open shop advo cates there. The story of the 100 dynamiting! In various sections of the United States, told at tho McNamara trial a I.os Angeles, wero rehearsed In th conspiracy trial. J. B. McNaniara's Halm on the train that was bearing him from Detroit to Chicago under arrest, that the American Federation of Labor was behind him, was re peated also. Tho government presented through nearly 500 witnesses, mostly hotel and telegraph employes, evldenc covering the movements of the de fendants. With this testimony, Or tle McManlgal's confession and tho dose relation shown between Ilockln and J- J. McNamara and the indict ed Iron workers besides a mass of In criminating correspondence, the government built up Its case In sup port of charges of conspiracy and of unlawful transportation of explo sives. The defense was a general denial by thirty-one of the forty Indicted I (Continued on page eight.)