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GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY -1. 1913
NO. 43
ESTABLISH CAMP
NO. 2 ON NEW HI
CONTRACTORS COMM ENCE
CLEARING RIGHT-OF-WAY.
TO THE APPLEGATE RIVER
Bid of UO H Mado (by Ohio Finn, is
Rest OfftT Vet Received for
Bond Issue.
Camp No. 2 on the Grants Pass
Crescent City railway will be in op
eration Wednesday, camp now being
established at station 380 on the
right-of-way. This tamp will be the
headquarters for the outfit that will
clear the right-of-way from station
279 to the Applegate river, the con
tract for which work was awarded to
C. C. Hamniersley.
The first camp, No. 1, will remain
where it is on Allen creek till the
grading is under way, when a grad
ing camp will be installed there.
'Mr. Hamniersley will undertake
the clearing of the three miles for
which he has contracted with teams,
the donkey engine having discon
tinued work for the present.
There are no new developments in
the bond selling situation, the best
bid yet received being that of the
Ohio house that offered 96 1-2 cents
on the dollar. Based on a five per
cent bond, this bid is considered good
by many, though it is expected that
a much better one will be made be
fore the end of the week. The ac
ceptance of this bid would he the
equivalent of paying a little less
than 5 1-4 per cent interest on the
Issue for the twenty-year period, and
in the closeness of the financial mar
ket this is considered a reasonable
rate of interest.
Dr. Iteddy arrived In Chicago Sun
day, and will reach Philadelphia
during the course of the present
week. In the latter city he will meet
Mr. Hotchkiss, and developments in
the financing of the road to the sea
are anticipated In a short time.
SAYS THAT BOOZE IS
INFLUENCE AT CAPITOL
SALEM. Feb. 1 9.Menibers of the
senate are today smarting under the
sting of a verbal castigatlon admin
istered by Senator Joseph who had
been criticized for his alleged efforts
to clog the business of the senate.
Joseph declared on the floor of
the senate that liquor, and not him
self, is what is responsible for the
slow progress being made.
"Why, it is known, hi the hall of
the capitol, all over the city, and all
over Portland what a farce this leg
islature Is. Now, there Is a report
that liquor is in evidence through
out the capitol and that it is In the
committee rooms where the mem
bers have access to It. I have also
heard that some of the senators have
used it and have been more or less
Influenced in their work. This is
why the legislature is held up."
HOME TALENT IX A
GRAND IIOTCI1 POTCII.
There Is to be something novel
and original for our pleasure lovers
at the opera house Friday, February
28. Under the auspices of the Re
bekah lodge and direction of Prof.
Merrill of San Francisco. Prof.
Merrill comes well recommended
from many different cities and towns
in this state. He is an instructor of
great merit, having made a name for
himself in several states In the
Onion. There will be CO home peo
ple In the cast, and judging from the
rehearsr.ls the show will eq;:al th?
work of any show that has rri'l,
Grants Pass in n.anv a month.
Watch for farther announcement.
Charles Rummage went to Port,
land Thursday with his two HtMe
daughters, who will regain and in
tend school In the ciy.
FELIX DIAZ IS NOW
THE HERO IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20. General
Felix Diaz is certain to be the next
president of Mexico. He is extremely
popular with the people who welcome
a return of the methods which Por
flrlo Diaz exercised bo successfully
over the republic for more than a
score of years.
The campaign to make General
Diaz president will start soon and he
probably will be elected without op
position. The Diaz following is de
manding the execution of Francisco I.
Madero and his fate is uncertain.
The capital was quiet today with
business rapidly resuming its normal
condition.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Feb. 10. Pre
dicting that another revolution will
sweep the Mexican states of Sonora
and Chihuahua within thirty days,
Madero adherents at Auga Prieta.
Sonora, declared today that tele
grams have been sent to Governor
Maytorena of Sonora from Nacozarl,
Cananea, and other border places of
fering to raise as largo a volunteer
force as the governor can equip to
take the field for .Madero. Three
thousand men, they assert, are avail
able. News of the execution of Gustavo
Madero stirred Agua Prieta today. It
is asserted that any summary action
In the cape of Francisco Madero will
result In Immediate action there.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19. The
Mexican senate this afternoon for
mally acceptdd the resignation of
Francisco I. Madero as president of
Mexico. It then considered the se
lection of a provisional president. It
was not know whether General Felix
Diaz, who inaugurated the success
ful revolt against Madero, or Gen
eral Victorian Huerta, the federal
commander, would be nominated by
the senate. There was some discus
sion among the members regarding
the advisability of inviting Huerta
to address the senate.
It Is generally understood that
whether Huerta or Diaz Is finally se
lected as the head of the government,
Francisco De LaBarra, a former pro
visional president, will be the next
foreign minister.
Colonel Augustine Ilretlne was
named chief of police of Mexico City
today and ho immediately started the
work of cleaning the city of looters.
It developed this afternoon that
Rodolfo Reyes, who was reported to
have committed suicide when his
father, General Bernardo Reyes, was
shot and killed on the first day of
the battle In Mexico City, 8 still
alive. He was wounded during a
battle and since has been a patient
in one of the Red Cross hospitals.
Reyes is likely to be minister of
justice in the new cabinet.
EL PASO. Tex., Feb. 19. Private
dispatches received here today say
that Gustavo Madero, brother of the
deposed president, has been execut
ed in Mexico City by order of Gen
eral Diaz. The report is uncon
firmed. Gustavo Madero was declared to
be the most hated man in Mexico and
was accused of having induced his
brother to repudiate pledges to dis
tribute large tracts of land in Mexico.
It is charged that he depleted the
national treasury, while the wealth
of the Madero family greatly In
creased. Later dispatches say that Gustavo
Madero was executed near the arsen
al and under the "fugitive law." This
gives a prisoner freedom to walk
about within certain prescribed lim
its. While he is taking advantage
of the privilege to exercise the pris
oner Is shot by a guard, the latter
usually reporting that the victim
tried to escape.
It was also reported here that
Fran'lsco Madero was imprisoned In
the arsenal of Mexico City today.
A message confirming the execu
tion in Me!"o City of Gustavo Ma
dero. brothtr of the deposed presi
(It, win roe,,'t,1 Wre today by
S;iperborn Hokin?. leal sdvh"r to
FrPrrlsco Vsd'ro d tvz Ms rem
I -tlnn acainct Forftrlo Diaz.
J. M. Kemp left Thursday for Lo
Angeles to spend several months.
SAWMILL WILL
FOLLOW HAILROAO
TO BK HUN IN CONJUNCTION
WITH BOX FACTORY,
TO EMPLOY 40 TO 50 MEN
Have Applied to Public Utilities
ConmiUsli.il for Site on (i. p..
C. C. ROAD.
Some of the best known sawmill
men of the Rogue valley are plan
ning the establishment of a mill in
this city as soon as the Grants Pass
Crescent City railroad is well under
process of construction, the mill to
be erected and run In conjunction
with the Grants Pass box factory
property alongside of the right-of-way
of the new road.
At the last meeting of the Public
Utilities commission a request was
mado for a twenty-year leaso on a
tract three hundred feet square
fronting on the P.-I. track or switch,
connecting with the box. factory.
The parties behind the move in
clude Messrs. Edgerton & Adams, who
have a mill down the Rogue below
Merlin; Wm. Spauldjng of the
Swede Basin mill; W. R. Nipper,
and others, all mill men of exper
ience. The mill which they propose put
ting in here is to be of from thirty
to fifty thousand feet dally capacity,
and will employ from forty to fifty
men. In addition It is expected that
the box factory will be taken over
'and operated, this giving employ
ment to many more people.
The commission was asked to make
a rate for the hauling of logs to the
mill, the rate to be based on the
mileage of haul. Switches at points
where 500,000 or more feet of logs
are available for loading are also
asked. The application stated that
the company was now In process of
formation, and that the names of the
stockholders would soon be ready for
the public.
The commission has filed the appli
cation, and will take action upon it
at a later date.
POLICE INSPECTOR MAY
TURN' STATE'S EVIDENCE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Offers to
turn state's evidence against Tam
many politicians Jiave been made by
Police Inspector Dennis Sweeney, ac
cording to reports here today. Swee
ney is under indictment on a charge
of levying tribute on vice resorts.
District Attorney Whitman thinks
that large sums of graft money were
distributed among Tammanyltes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. When
bids for the construction of the new
dreadnaught Pennsylvania were
opened at the navy department hero
today it was found that the Newport
News Ship Building company's bid
of $7,235,000 was the lowest of all
other proposals.
"RAHIIA ROUS MEN-
ICO" AUTHOR WAS
TAKEN' FOR A SPY.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20.
John Kenneth Turner, author
of Barbarous Mexico," Imprls-
oned for two days at the Citadel
here under orders of General
Felix Diaz, today persuaded his
guards to liberate him. He Im-
mediately fled to the American
embassy where he begged for
protection.
Terror-strl'kcn, Turner said
he early planned to leave the
o.iiitry. He de'lnred he had
!'r threatened with death fcv-
rnl ti-: s a spy.
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CHICAGO-ROGUE RIVER
CO. MAKES AN OFFER
Local creditors of the Chicago
Rogue River company, representing
about $10,000, met Wednesday night
at the office of Attorney Norton to
consider a proposition made by Geo.
Sanders for a settlement of the ac
counts, I if order that the litigation
may be ended and matters cleared
for the operatiou of the new company
which proposes to take over the hold
ings of the Chicago-Rogue River com
pany, the Golden Drift company, the
Gold Hill company, aud other inter
ests. The proposition of Sanders was
that the local creditors of the com
pany sign an agreement to accept 20
per cent of thoir account in cash, and
6 per cent bonds of the new company
for the balance of the account, the
cash to be paid by April 1 or as Boon
as alt accounts are In escrow. The
sentiment expressed was to the ef
fect that there was no desire to put
anything In the way of the company's
operations, and after considerable
discussion the matter was left in the
hands of Attorney Norton, represent
ing the Grants Pass creditors, to deal
with the company. Mr. Norton ad
vised those present that a number of
the larger outside creditors had
agreed to settle on the basis offered.
liOSES SEVENTY PLUNKS
OVER THE JAG ROUTE
Short seventy big round cart
wheels and plus the recollection of a
full grown jag, with a night in the
city bastile, was what a personal In
ventory disclosed to Charles Howard
when he "came out of It" Wednesday
morning.
Howard had come to this city from
the Gallce district where he had been
engaged In mining, and In a round of
the saloons the $70 he brought with
him melted away like dew before the
morning sun. He told the court he
knew where part of It went, but he
believed that he had been "rolled"
and "frisked" for the bulk of the
coin. Police Judge Creager pro
nounced judgment in the sum of $5,
and Howard will liquidate when he
can raise the dust. Meantime the
police department Is on the trail of
parties suspected of having done the
"rolling" act.
ERSKIXE NEW BRITISH
CONSUL AT PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Thomas E.
Ersklne, Drltlsh consul at St. Louis,
has today been appointed head of the
British consulate at Portland to fill
the vacancy created by the death of
James Laldlaw, January 5. Ersklne
Is 53 years old.
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS
CONVICTION OF SEE
SPRINGFIELD, III., Feb. 20. Af
firmation of the conviction of Evelyn
Arthur Seo of Chicago, on tho charge
of abducting Mildred Bridges, a
young Chicago girl, was mado here
today by the BUpreme court. Sec
headed a freakish organization
known as the "Absolute Life" cult.
CON V UTS ESCAPE FROM SALEM.
SALEM, Feb. 20. Prison guards
are today searching for Junlon
Thompson, and Jack Clark, two long
term convicts who escaped from the
state penitentiary by prying open the
lock on one of the outside doors
while out of sight of the guards.
Thompson was committed from Clat
sop county and Clark from Union
county.
MARINES SAIL FOR CUBA.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20
Carrying 1,400 marines, a thousand
rounds of ammunition for -a'ii mMi
and three months' provisions, the
federal transport Meade left League
Island for Guantanamo, Cuba, to
day. ROMEO COLLAPSED.
jnnunepment has been made here to-
SALT LAKE, Feb. 20. After col-; day that President-elect and Mrs.
lapsing upon facing the firing squad i Wilt-on will retain the tnr.Jorlty of
Frank Romeo, murderer, was strap-ithe present employes of the white
ped to a chair and shot to death In! bouse proper and the executive of
the state prison here today. fles.
POULTRM FIND
GOOD MARKETS
GET PREMIUM FOR GUARANTEED
STOCK.
MARK ALL EGGS SHIPPED
AsNK-iatiou Will Replace All Ship
ments That Do Not Come
Up to Quality.
The Grants Pass Poultry associa
tion is making progress in Its effort
to find and maintain permanent mar
kets for the poultry products of this
district. J. D. Hair recently visited
the cities to the north, und his re
port on his return Is that there is
outlet In that direction for all the
eggs and poultry that will be pro
duced here for years to come, and
that the consumers are willing to
pay a fair margin over the going
price for guaranteed eggs such as
the association proposes to supply.
At a mooting of the committees
from the association Thursday night
action was taken to hold the market
that Mr. Hair had looked up in
Portland. A largo number of uni
form crates for shipment to the
northern market has been ordered,
and these will be labeled with a dis
tinctive label, the design to be se
lected by a committee composed of
Messrs. Upson, Harris and Parsons.
Each crate will also bear the legend,
"Grants Pass Poultry Association.
Strictly fresh, selected eggs." Each
egg will have the name of tho town
and a number placed upon It with a
rubber stamp, the number to corres
pond with the number of the mem
ber of the association from ' whose
yard the egg cam!. If there Is any
complaint regarding an egg it can bo
traced, through this number, to the
producer, and It will bo made good
under the association guarantee.
Messrs. Hair, Stlnebaugh, Williams
and Harris are continued as a com
mittee to keep in touch with the
markets and see that there Is always
a place to put all tho oggs of tho dis
trict. E. S. Veatch is to frame ruled
and regulations for the gathorlng
and packing of eggs, and all eggs
aro to bo candled by an agent of the
association beforo they leave tho
city. Under theso restrictions a mar
gin of several rents a dozen over the
market prlco Is being obtained In
tho Portland market.
An attempt will also be mado to
get a reduction of tho express rate
on eggs Bent to the Portland market.
At present It costs S3 cents per case
of thirty dozen to ship to Portland,
with a ten cent return charge on the
empty case.
Fill EDM A NX IS COMING
TO THE UNITED STATES.
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Feb. 19.
iJr. Frederick Franz Fiicdmann, dis
coverer of tho turtle serum which is
declared to be a specific for tubercu
losis, arrived here today on board the
Kron PrlticesHln Cecelle, on his way
to the United States.
"J expect to treat several hundred
children in New York for tubercu
losis of the bone," said Frledmann.
"I sliiiH also Investigate the offer of
Mr. Flnlay to pay $1,000,000 for a
cure for tuberculosis which will aid
9.1 per cent of Its victims.
"While I am In America I hope to
Bud a proper method of Inditing my
j treatment and arrange for the proper
I Instruction of physicians in order to
'guarantee the safe handling of iiiy
! serum."
J W HITE HOUSE
EMPLOYES REMAIN.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. An-
BID OF 96 i IS MADE
FOR RAILROAD BONDS
The rejection of the propositions
for the bond Bale last Saturday and
the throwing of the Issue of $200,000
upon the open market Is already bear
ing results, and today a bid of a half
cent better than that submitted by
Mr. -Bell Saturday night has been re
ceived by the city from one of tho
leading firms of the east.
With the rejection of the Bell pro
position Saturday night, the various
houses were notified that the city
would make Bale of the bonds at pri
vate Bale, and they were Invited to
either enter negotiations by wire or
to send their representatives here
personally. The first reply came from
the eastern house, and read as fol
lows: "For straight twenty-year bonds,
principal and interest payable In
New York, delayed deliveries as
money needed, earlier our option.
willing to pay ninety-six and half for
city railroad bonds."
This telegram was signed by one
of the leading firms of bond buyers
in Ohio, being the same house that
has purchased nearly nil the street
Improvement bonds Issued by this
city, and shows that even in the face
of the closeness of the money market
the Issue will be bid upon during the
next ten days, the period of time the
council has given for negotiations.
The proposal of the Portland peo
ple for tho acceptance of bonds at
par for rails and equipment for the
railroad is before the commission tor
consideration, and the equipment of
fered will bo thoroughly Investi
gated before action Ib taken.
A bid of accrued interest and 96
per cent of the face value was made
for the $200,000 bond Issue by Sey
mour Bell, of Portland, Saturday
night when bids were, culled for by
the city council, the bid being sup
ported by a certified check of $2,500
as evidence of good faith. Mr. Bell
offered to take $100,000 or all of the
bonds nt that figure, delivery to be
made at tho rato of $50,000 every
thirty days.
Propositions were also made by A.
J. McCabe of Portland, who offered
rails and equipment, payment to be
made with tho bonds at par.
Telegrams were read from three
different bond buying houses stating
that they were not prepared at this
time to bid par for the bonds, but
expressing n desire to consult with
the council concerning tho sale, and
to Biibmlt propositions. One firm
stated that it would ho In n position
to offer a better bid following the
passage through tho legislature of the
public utilities bill Introduced by Mr.
Blanchard, and which measure has
already passed tho house.
In order to glvo all tho buyers an
opportunity to come In If bids of par
or below aro to bo considered, tho
council voted to reject tho Bell bid
and to refor tho equipment proposals
to the commission, and to enter Into
direct negotiations with tho bond
buyers to tho end thnt the best pos
sible figure bo obtained, ten days
time being given for that purpose.
Tho council approved tho nctlon of
tho commission In accepting the bid
of C. C. Harnmersley for clearing
three miles of tho railroad right-of-way
nt the rate of $41 per acre, and
authorized tho closing of the con
tract. NAVAL MIHUIIA UNCHANGED.
SALEM, Feb. 18 The senate ha
today defeated a house bill Intro
duced by Representative Dlmmlck
abollshlne thu Oregon Naval militia.
The militia will remain the same as
formerly.
PLAN NON'-PARTISAV
COUNTY ELECTIONS.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 2n
Friends of the plan to make county
elections non-partisan feel optimistic
today, as the result of the skirmish
In tho senate yesterday, when nn at
tempt to postpone tho bill Indefinitely
failed.
Opponents of non-partisanship,
however, succeeded In killing off the
plan to make state offices, as well as
county offlrcs, subject to non-partisan
elections.