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WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XXIX.
GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COINTV, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAV 0, 1013.
NO. 4.
NORTH SIDE DITCH
BEING REPAIRED
CREW AT WORK PREPARING
FOR IRRIGATION.
PUMPS START ON JUNE 1ST
Fruitdale Ditch Will Also Re Cleaned
and Water Supplied to South
" Side During Season.
Men were put at work on the north
ilde ditch Monday morning getting it
In shape to carry water, and It will
be ready to carry a full head of wa
ter by the first of the month, which
will be as early as Irrigation will be
needed this season. The pumps will
be started up on June 1st, and mean
time the ditch will carry water from
Jones creek so that those who wish
to use it during the balance of May
can do so.
After the north side ditch Is clean
ed and repaired, the south side, or
Fruitdale ditch, will be put In shape,
Receiver Soranson stating it being
the purpose of the company to fur
nish water on both sides of the river.
YOUNG MEN FIXED FOR
ALLEGED PEACE DISTURBANCE-
Warrants were issued by the police
Judge Monday afternoon for the ar
rest of five young men, who accord
ing to the complaint of Policeman
Johnston, had been out unduly late
Sunday night, and who, Johnston
said, had disturbed the peace of the
slumbering public by being unnec
4 essarily noisy. The five against
whom the wearer of the star had en
tered complaint were Earl Smith, Jay
Fry, Alfred Huggerth, Ary Bratton
V and Cecil Hays. The three first
named, though protesting that the
, dignity of the commonwealth had
not been shocked through any action
of theirs, paid fines of $5 each rath
er than stand trial.
Cecil Hays asked that the police
man prove his charge, and a jury in
the police court said that Hays was
not guilty. Bratton, a brakeman on
the S. P., has not appeared before
the court.
GAME WARDEN WRITES
OF PATROLLING TRIP.
Sam L. Sandry, chief deputy fish
and game warden for the district,
writes as follows from Gold Beach,
Oregon, May 1:
"In making my trip up the coast
streams I find everything in good
shape. I patrolled the Chetco and
Pistol rivers and am now on the
Rogue; will spend about four or
five days here.
"The McCleags are making great
preparations for the opening of the
season. New machinery, new boats,
and in fact everything will be new.
Their expenditures already total over
$20,000.
"I will not meet McCleag for I un
derstand he is In San Francisco. I
have met Mr. Leach, general mana
ger of the company and we will have
his co-operation in enforcing the
new law. All he asks Is for the de
partment to see that no illegal fish
ing will be carried on by outside fish
ermen, as it Is understood that fish
ing boats from the Umpqua and As
toria will be here. At the present
time no fishing is going on, but there
is probability the fishing will com
mence before the open season, aB
they are all getting anxious.
"I have Bailiff S. Powell stationed
here, and I WM gamble that no nets
will be used before the season.
"I leave here for the Coquille
river thence to the south fork of Coos
river to the state hatchery."
PIONEER VANCOUVER SOLDIER
IS DEAD AT 89 YEARS.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 7.
Philip Christ, the last of the Boldiers
sent here in 1848 to establish Van
couver BarrackB. is dead here today
at the age of 89.
BIG FRUIT CROPS ARE
ASSURED FOR YALLEY
"The Grants Pass district will have
a good average crop of all kinds of
fruit," said County Inspector Burke
after returning from a trip around
the orchards Saturday. "The frosts
have done very little damage, and no
damage at all where smudging was
resorted to on the two colder nights.
I did not smudge at all In my own or
chard on the river." said Mr. Burke,
"and my trees are yet too full of
young fruit. Apples in some or
chards will be a full crop, .in others
only about half a crop, but of peart,
peaches, cherries and other fruita
the crop will be full. In some of the
localities peaches were somewhat
damaged by the frost, and strawber
ries were considerablly damaged."
Mr. Burke feels that the frost sea
son is now past, though the orchard-
lsts will still keep the smudge pots
ready for use. The weather has be
come balmy and summerlike. Spray
ing for codling moth will be in pro
gress this week.
JOHN HOLLA WAV FINED
$30 FOR ASSAULT.
John Hollaway, who gained some
fame locally as well as a police court
fine by an attempt to stage a wild
west performance with a gentle
, milch cow some weeks ago, drew a
$50 fine from the Justice's court
Wednesday morning after he had
committed assault and battery on W.
T. Goodman, proprietor of the Globe
Grocery, when the latter refused to
dig up twenty-five cents that Holla
way demanded.
Late Tuesday evening Hollaway
entered Goodman's establishment
and asked for the quarter plunk.
When it was refused he started in
to pull out Goodman's flowing beard
and locks, unbalancing the grocery
man's hirsute adornments by getting
the most of one half of the inus
toche. To escape further loss, Good
man gave his assailant the two bits
demanded, and later had him taken
In hand by the police. A charge of
assault and battery was made against
Hollaway, to which he pleaded guilty
rather than face the more serious
charge of extortion which had been
contemplated.
Not having the cash to pay the
fine, Hollaway has gone to the coun
ty Jail. Too much booze and the ne
cessity of raising the price of another
bottle, Is supposed to have been the
cause of Hollaway's going on the war
path.
The twenty-five cents, found upon
Hollaway's person when he was ar
rested, was returned to Mr. Good
man, but time only can make amends
for the mustache lost.
MR. CARLETON COMMENDS
WORK IN CITY SCHOOLS.
E. L. Carleton assistant superin
tendent of public Instruction, spent
Monday in Grants Pass visiting the
high school and conferring with the
faculty and the county superinten
dent. Mr. Carleton is giving especial
attention to the teacher training
course recently provided for by stat
ute, and while it is too early to
speak of results, it is the belief of
Mr. Carleton that the course will
prove of great advantage to those
who contemplate taking up pedagogy
as a permanent vocation. Mr. Carle
ton Ib much Interested in the results
of the manual training and domestic
Bcience courses, which have served
not only as a practical benefit to the
students but have been the means of
bringing about a closer fellowship
between teacher and pupil. He com
mended the work that was being
done In Grants Pass schools and
stated that it was evident that we
had a good strong corps of instruc
tors here.
DEATH OF J- V. BRADLEY.
J. V. Bradley .the aged father of
Mrs. W. H. Flanagan, who had been
In failing health and mind for a
long time, passed away Tuesday
morning about 4 o'clock. He was
about 84 years of age. The body
was taken to Oakland, Ore., Tuesday
evening for Interment by the side of
his wife, who died some years ago.
CONVENTION OF SUNDAY
ILL DE HELD
Josephine County Workers Prepare an Excellent
Program on Important Topics For Ses
sion to Last Two Days
The attention of Sunday school
workers in Grants Pass and through
out Josephine county is called to the
annual convention to be held In this
city on Saturday and Sunday, May
10th and 11th. Each Sunday school
is expected to sent! at least two dele
gates, but it Is hoped that the at
tendance will by no means be con
fined to these. All delegates will be
entertained in the homes of Grants
Pass people, who are famous for their
hospitality.
All of the sessions will be held in
the Baptist church. The various pas
tors of the city will take part in the
program, In addition to Rev. W. C
SATURDAY, MAY 10.
10:00 Devotional Rev. S. A. Douglas
10:30 Reports of Officers and Departments
10:45 Class Organization Mrs. W. R. McCracken
11:15 Report of State Convention Rev. W. F. Gloeckner
Enrollment of Delegates and Appointment of Committees.
AFTERNOON.
2:00 Devotional Rev. W. R. Jeffrey
2:30 Reports From Southern Oregon Fields
Rev. W. F. Gloeckner, Rev. R. D. Cady, Rev. W. C. Long and
Others.
3:30 The Work, Its Importance Rev. R. H. Vightmm
Discussion.
4:00 Missions In S. S Rev. I. H. Tejl
Discussion.
EVENING.
8:00 Song Service Led by H. G. Marshall
Address By Rev. C. A. Phipps
SUNDAY, MAY 11.
At 12 M. the Men's and Boys' Classes of the city are Invited to meet
with the Men's Class of the Baptist Sunday School to hear an address to
Men and Boys by Rev. C. A. Phipps.
AFTERNOON.
3:00 Devotional Rev. John MacAlllster
3:30 Sunday School Athletics Dr. E. C. Macy
Discussion.
4:00 Round Table Rev. C. A. PhippB
Election of Officers.
Subjects for DIncu.ssIoii.
1. What Is proper Juvenile evangelism?
2. What are the essentials to good discipline?
3. How may we train teachers for the Graded Lessons?
4. How secure variety and force in temperance teaching?
5. What is the relative value of large and Bniall classes?
6. How may reverence be cultivated In the Sunday School?
,7. How can the regular announcements be made interesting and
effective?
S. To what extent should an organized class be Independent of the
school ?
9. How may the social side of Sunday School life be developed and
maintained?
10. How best introduce and maintain teacher training in our
schools?
11. What Is the responsibility of a Sunday School to the home, life
of a community? t
- 12. What is the best plan for maintaining a helpful council meet
ing of officers and teachers?
13. What can be done with young people recently converted, so
they will not lose their Interest?
14. What shall we do with teachers who are earnest and con
scientious, but cannot bold their classes?
15. Should Organized Adult Classes be present at the opening and
closing exercises? How much time should they have to themselves?
MEETING OF ARTS AND
CRAFTS SOCIETY,
The Society of Arts and Crafts
met Tuesday with Mrs. Conklln. The
president, Mrs. Klocker, was wel
comed home after an absence of sev
eral months. She gave an interest
ing account of her work In weaving
at Hull House, during her stay in
Chicago, showing samples of artistic
and unusual products of the loom.
Reports were received of the work
done by the different classes during
the month, after which a most sug
gestive paper was given by Mrs.
Clevenger on "The Development of
Art Appreciation in the Home.
BLACKMAN AND DANA
TIE FOR DUPONT TROPHY,
Wm. Dana will wear the DuPont
trophy the coming week, he having
won the honor at the weekly shoo,
of the gun club when he wrested pos
session of the trophy from Fred
Blackman in a "shoot-off" with whom
be had tied in the regular shoot. In
the first contest the two men broke
21 targets each out of the 25 hot
at, the tie being decided on ten tar
gots, of which number Dana got all
and Blackman missed one and the
chance of wearing the trophy.
The scores of the day were as fol
lows: Dana, 21; Blackman, 21; Bal-
siger, 19; Moser, 19; Smith, 18,
Riggs, 18; O'Leary. 18; Wharton, 16;
Roper, 14; Bailey, 12; Reid. 12;
Breager. 11; Wright, 9; Melssner. 6.
SCHOOLS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Long and Rev. W. F. Gloeckner. Rev.
C. A. Phipps, the well known Sunday
school expert, will be present and
deliver several addresses as well as
conduct the Round Table.
All the problemi that confront the
Sunday school teacher and superin
tendent will be up for free and open
discussion, and there la promise of
helpfulness and inspiration for "all
those who attend. In addition to the
matters of Sunday school work, the
subject of athletics will be discussed
by Dr. E. C. Macy and others, this
topic having become a matter of vital
Interest In our Sunday schools.
Following is the program as out
lined: MAKES RICH CLEAN-UP
WITH AN ARASTRA
There Is sure gold In a country
where the clean-up of an arastra will
yield 96 1-2 ounces of the yellow
metal worth $18.30 per ounce. But
that Is the amount of the dust
brought to Grants Pass Wednesday
morning by Mr. and Mrs. II. G. Sisk
ron from the mine "January First,'
located four miles from Holland.
This amount of gold represents
the putting of 21 2-5 tons of ore
through the arastra, proving the
'high grade character of the pay
streak. Mr. Slskrom says that there
is approximately 1,500 feet of de
velopment work done on his property,
and that while the ore vein is not as
thick as some of the lower grade
ores, it Is rich enough to make up
for It.
In the early days arastras were op
erated on many of the rich ores, as if
Is only the high grade stuff that can
be profitably handled by this method,
but most of them have now been re
placed by stamp mills, and it Is like
ly that a mill will later be erected on
Uhe "January," as the vein of ore Is
I said to be well defined.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. Her
man Von Saxe, found shot In his
Jewelry establishment, is sore. "The
robber put a bullet in me, fled with
my Jewels and coin, and now the
police say I tried suicide," says be.
"It's too much."
APPROPRIATE WATER OF
R1YER FOR IRRIGATION
During the quarter ending March
31st, 1913, the state engineer Issued
17 permits to appropriate the waters
of Rogue river and its tributaries.
T. W. Osgood, secured a permit
to appropriate the water for Irriga
tion of about 9,000 acres of land in
what is known as the Foot Hills Ir
rigation project, the water to be
taken from Emigrant Creek. It is
Mr. Osgood's Intention to supple
ment the water of Emigrant Creek
with the natural flow of Keene creek
and also water stored .in the reser
voir on that stream. While Keene
creek is indirectly a tributary of
Klamath river it is Mr. Osgood's in
tention to carry the stream across
the divide into Emigrant or Rogue
river drainage area.
E. F. and T. J. Tycer and E. H.
Wise of Kerby have a permit to Ir
rigate 494 acres of land, the water
to be taken from Sucker creek In
section 24, township 39 south, range
7 west Willamette meridian.
Other permits issued are as fol
lows: W. C. Smith of Grants Psbs, from
Wolf creek, for mining purposes, In
Sec. 22, T. 33 S., R. 6 W.; Chas.
llarcus of Takllina, from long Gulch
creek, for the irrigation of 38 acres,
In Sec. 10, T. 41 S. R. 8 W.; O. P.
W. Jensen of San Francisco, Califor
nia, from north fork of Little Dutte
creek for the Irrigation of 160 acres
in Sec. 36, T. 36 g., R. 3 K.; W. H.
Bokel of Rogue River, from Battle
crock, for the Irrigation of 25 acres,
In Sec. IB, T. 34 S., R. 3 W.; Chas.
Smith of Harbor, from Stock creek
for domestic iibo, In Sec. 3, T. 41 S.,
R. 13 W.; V. M. Wood worth of Butte
Falls, for the Irrigation of 35 acres
in See. 33. T. 34 8., R. 2 E.; G. P.
W. Jensen, from Willow creek, for
the irrigation of 80 acres in Sec. 36,
T. 36 S.. R. 3 E.; F. II. Adams of
Merlin, from an unnamed Bprlng for
tlio irrigation of 3 acres on Sec. 25,
T. 35 S., R. 7 W.; Elizabeth Cully of
Grants Pass for the Irrigation of 80
acres in Sec. 33, T. 37 S., R. 5 W.;
Lllllo L. Jeffrey of Talent, from Jef
frey creek for the irrigation of 5
acres In See. 23, T. 38 S., R. 1 W.;
D. L. Mc'ary of Medford, from Cole
man creek, for the Irrigation of 10
acres In Sec. 17, T. 33 S., R. 1 W.;
Albert Mneknoll of Ashland, from
Butler creek, for domestic supply, In
Sec. 32, T. 3 8 S., R. 1 E.; E. fl. Cor
liss of Three Pines, from a spring,
for the Irrigation of 8 acres, In Sec.
34, T. 34 S., R. 6 W.; G. II. Stafford.
F. O. Bauer and W. A. Wood of Gold
lleach, for domostlc use, in Sec. 6, T.
27 S.. R. 14. W.; Tho Oregon Key
stone Mining Co., of Grants Pass,
from Grant creek for mining pur
poses In Sec. 25, T. 31 S.. 10 W. W.
M.
COUNTY COURT CON.
HIDEIIS PAVING RIDS.
The county court has received and
opened bids for the paving of a mile
of the Crescent City road, but has
not yet awarded the contract. Only
three firms submitted bids for the
work, though two of them, Albt
Anderson & Co. and M. C. Anient,
filed alternative bids. The other
bidder was the firm of Schell &
Schell.
Albert Anderson & Co. offered to
lay a sixteen foot roadway, of ma
cadam, according to specifications, at
$1.35 per lineal foot, or of oil ma
cadam at $1.50 per foot. For exca
vation the Anderson bid was 30 cents
per cubic yard, and for concrete
work, $8.50 per yard.
M. C. Ament offered to do the
work at $1.01 ppr lineal foot,
straight macadam, or $1.22 If sand
screened from haw. Ills bid for ex
cavation was 32 cents per yard, and
for concrete' work $8.50.
Schell & Schell did not get their
bid in till after the expiration of the
time limit. Their bid Is $1.00 per
running foot for "asphaltic macadam
pavement," 16 foot roadway.
The commissioners court Is now
analyzing the different bids, and the
one most advantageous to the county
will be accepted.
TAFT, Cal May 7. Frank Gil
lespie, aged 17 months, weighs 24 1-2
pounds. His father offers to match
him on the scales with any baby of
his age In California.
ARDENCRAIO GETS
HERD OF JERSEYS
FANCY DAIRY CATTLE BROUGHT
FROM WILLAMETTE.
CO TO APPLEGATE RANCH
Purcluwt'd by K. M. C. Neill, and Rep.
reseut the Best Milk Stock to
be Found in West.
The choicest herd of registered
Jersey dairy stock to be brought to
the Rogue river valley was unloaded
from the car and driven out to Ar
dencralg, the ranch being developed
by K. M. C. Neill on the Applegate,
Tuesday morning.
The herd consisted of six milch
cows, six heifers that will be milked
this fall, and a handsome yearling
bull calf, one of the classiest la
southern Oregon. Mr. Neill visited
the Willamette valley last week and
selected the thirteen Jerseys at tho
foundation stock of the Ardencralg
herd, and spared no expense in get
ting the very boat that could be ob
tained. Included in the herd art
heifers from cows that last year pro
duced butterfat selling for $207, or
better than an average of $17 per
month the year through. The rec
ords of the cattle were all verified
by Mr. Neill before be concluded hU
purchase, and the registry shows
that each individual in the herd
traces to phenomenal producers.
Mr. Neill proposes to make of the
Ardoncralg herd one without super
ior in the west.
DI D ANDERSON SEES
REACT I ES OF VALLEY.
"I didn't dream thero was a coun
try of such beauty down hero. Such
fruit treoH I inner saw In an dis
trict and I've seen thorn all, And
sport! This fishing sure gives 'em
nil the knock-out."
These and similar ones were the
'xpresslons that came from the lips
of Bud Anderson, tho lightweight
boxer who Is fast climbing to the
pinnacle of pugilistic fame, as for
the first time be viewed the wonder
und tho beauties of the valley of the
Rogue.
Anderson's home Is at Vancouver,
Washington, but he hns been stop
ping for a few days at Medford,
whoro he has many admirers, and
Wednesday he came to Grants Pa9s
to visit J. C. Williams, a cousin, and
other friends. In Mr. Williams'
automobile, Anderson was given his
Introduction to the Rogue. He saw
tho orchards, and the great trees on
the Elsmann farm, and the hundreds
of acres of other orchards laden with
developing fruit, caused Anderson
the greatest wonder. He had seen
tho Wenatchee and the Hood River
orchards, and had admired what he
had seen In other parts of the dis
trict that had been labeled Rogue
river valley, but not till he got on
tho banks of the Rogue itself had he
seen perfection In orchards.
But if the orchards caused woo-
derment, the fishing of the Rogue It
self proved the great attraction to
the fighter. At the Golden Drift
dam Just above town Anderson help
ed land a great forty pound chlnook.
and within the city limits he saw a
score of glistening, silvery steel
heads brought to gaff.
One hundred and ten miles of the
Rogue and Applegate valleys did
Mr. Williams show to Anderson, the
fields of waving alfalfa, the dairy
herds, the natural beauty of the
surroundings, the vales, hlll-en-shrlned
and fragrant with the bloom
of acres of wild flowers, being a con
tinual revelation to the visitor.
Anderson will come back. They
all come back. The lure of the
Rogue Is too strong and Anderson
says that after his battle with Man
dot on the 20th he is going to return
and "buy a place."
Misa Berna Haight, of Ashland, is
visiting In the city.
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