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.)