Rogue River courier., June 06, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

FRIDAr, JUNE 0, 1913.
PAGE FOUR
Weekly Rogue River Courier
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAP BR.
A. B. Voorblea,
Proprietor
Entered at the Grants Put, Ore
gon, port office u second-class mall
matter.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
-ne Year 1.60
fix months 76
Three Montha .40
FRIDAY, JINE 6, J 913. ,
ROSE FESTIVAL ASSISTS LI
BRARY. There 1b double Intercut In the ap
proaching Rose Festival In that the
proceeds to be derived from It are to
go to the assistance of tbe sroposed
free library, and every citizen who
assists In tbe success of the festival
la Indirectly assisting In the suc
cess of the library. The ladles of the
Auxiliary are Instrumental In fur
therlng the fortunes of both the fes
tival and the library, and they are to
be congratualted upon the progress
which they are making. Each, the
festival and the library, is to be
eounty-wlde In scope, while the Ore
gon Products dinner, to bo given In
conjunction with the festival will
be a tribute to the home Industries
Idea.
THE JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIR.
Plans are already well under way
for the Josephine County Fair, which
now becomes an annual exposition
Instead of an occasional district af
fair. Recently the County Agricul
tural society, which is an organiza
tion within the grange, elected tbe
board of directors to have charge of
the exhibition, the members of the
board being E. E. Blanchard, presi
dent, elected to serve one year; II.
M. Gorham elected for two years, and j
R. 8. Dahlberg, secretary, elected
for three years. Hereafter one di
rector will be elected ench year.
The 1913 fair will be' held late ln
September, JuBt before tho dates of
the state fair, as it Is proposed to
send the best of the exhibits to Sa
lem for competition with the pro
ducts of the other producing por
tions of tbe state.
The directors have not yet defin
itely decided upon the program for
the fall exhibition, but with the
state assistance that Is guaranteed,
an even more successful fair than
that of last year In promised, with a
number of added attractions. One
feature that Is settled upon, however,
It r county baby show, In which this
notable production of the Rogue
alley will compete along lines set energy requirod. The returning Ma
by the state eugentcs society, and the zamns are telling their friends of the
winners will be entered in the state
competition.
CAPITAL1ZE THE MARBLE CAVES
The Mazamas have come and gone.
They have climbed Urayback'B
heights and descended down Into Ub
depths. They have absorbed the sub
limity of ltoguo scenery, revelod In
tho delights of climate in this "Italy
of America," pralaed our good rouds,
accepted the hospitality of
Grunts :
Pans in the spirit In which It wns'from thirty to forty dollars apiece,
tendered and on departing left wlthj,alu n twenty-five mile tramp over
the Rood will and the hope of a tralli to l'uJo' 8oel,,8 'vpn 80 Breat
speedy return on the part of every
one with whom they came In contact.
The "Oregon Caves Outing," which the Josephlno hotel (a meal for
was the official designation of t his j fifty cents that could not be equal
trip of tho mountain climbing dim to eJ anywhere in the east for a dol-
JoHephlne's marble caverns, ha.iInr)- U ,inan,ni0U8,'
that hereafter those caves should bo
been pronounced tho most success-. offl,,ay Unowu n8 ,ne Uraa,8
ful outing ever undertaken by the 'eaves. And why not? Why not call
orgiinlrutlon. Tho six score nature- them the Grant caves, ln honor of
losing men and women who constl-! ,no rt'at President, who was sta
tuted the party have returned to tholr
homes tilled with enthusiasm over the
things they have oen and tho trwit
incnt that ha been accorded them.
"he success of this outing has
demonstrated the fact that Josephine
is not sufficiently capitalizing one of
its hlefest assets. The caves should
ln made even more accessible, and
the county can make no Investment
that will return bigger dlvldeuds
than ln tho construction of a road to
the camp at the Meadows, or to the
cavtvi themselves. For mountain
trails, tbe present route to the caves
is a most excellent one, but It has
been estimated that an expenditure
of not more than $15,000 would con
vert tbe trail Into a road that auto
mobiles could travel without dlffl-
culty. With the road built, few In the caves, which is cooled after be passed free of toll wnose owners
tourists would go over the Pacific !rom,n ,n and chUM tne P'wiplta-. wi take the riik. m 1915 the can
, . u ... . . . Hon of water on the walls and the . ... . . . .. OI)eratlon and com-
1 ghway who did not stop at Grants!, . . . ' w111 De ,n IU11 Peruuu "u
I formation of stalactites and stalag-, -,. nf mlliist-
Pass for the side trip to Gr.yb.rk ,, and th wonderful frost-like merce w111 ,n pr0Ce" f
and the wonders of the caves. It
would become one of the scenic show
places of the went, dividing honors
with crater Lake wltn au see Amer-
lea First ' enthusiasts,
Grants Pass should undertake at
onre the development of the tourist
travel and should make It as easy ss
possible for people to get to the
caves.
THE ROGUE FISHING SEASON.
For the last several years the
beautiful Rogue river lost much of
Its beauty and usefulness through
the destruction of the Industry of
tl ... ...
commercial fishing.
u u"
great salmon that would have added
to the welfare and the prosperity bf
the community had they been taken
iroin me stream wune iuey were yi.
fresh and fat from the ocean, were
permitted to die and rot along the
shores and both pollute the water of
tbe stream that Is used for domestic
purposes by many and fill the air
with a sickening steuch. With the
operation of a wisely drafted and
properly enforced law allowing com
mercial fishing, such u tbe one just
going into effect, the value of the
stream will be preserved, and an In
dustry of considerable magnitude
will be developed. There are but
sixty days of the open season, but the
return to the fishermen will be not
less than $500 per day, and this
amount of uew money brought iu
every day in cash from the outside
and distributed In the channels of
trade will surely have a beneficial
effect upon nil lines of trade. Not to
accept this offering of nature would
be little short of a crime. Hut
strict observance of the law should
be the first aim of every man con
nected with the Industry.
GOOD WORDS FROM MAZAMAS.
Only good words come from the
Mazamas on their return to their var
ious duties in the northwest, and If
tho people of Grants Pass had not
been repaid In the opportunity to
meet and greet these people for all
their effort in an entertainment way,
tbe advertising that la now coming
would have been ln Itself a rich re
ward for the expenditure of time and
beauties of Josephine and of the hos
pitality of her people. Newspapers
are printing columns from the nieni-
bers of the party, the Oregon States
man of Salem ln its issue of Tuesday
containing the following giving the
Impressions of Col. E. Hofer, author,
newspaperman and bouvlvant:
"Nowhere in the world but in
; prosperous, plwiBure-lovlng Oregon
I would 130 people leave their busi
ness and their homes, travel from
five to six liunIi e,i miles, mienil
a natural curiosity us the Josephine
county caves.
! "After returning to Grants Pass,
and enjoying the closing banquet at
tioned In that section of the country
to fight Indians before he became
known as the great leader ln the
civil war?
The caves are worthy of
the name, and the man Is worthy of
the honor, and Grants Pass people
Arn worthv nf hnth n thn anlnnM
spirit of enterprise with which they
gave up their Sunday Ashing trips
and family picnics to carry the vis
itors twenty-two miles to the end of
the county road." Colonel Hofer
was so enthusiastic over his trip to
the caves w ith the Mazamas that The
Statesman asked him to tell all about
It.
"The entrance to the caves of
Josepbine county Is about 4,600 alti
tude. The raves have been explored
about a mile into the heart of the
range. They are said to have an-
other entrance, on the side toward, be
California, as this is not far from,rlsKS U1 "e ia
the line. A steady draft of air is felt that for a short time any ships will
jincrustationa on the walls and ceil -
in g. In places theBe stalactites
I0811 down bv the thousands from the
ceilings of the cave like Icicles, and
, haV(J ,he ap.)earan(.e of a faIry
often have the appearance of a fairy
flower garden hanging gardens done
In marble." said Colonel Hofer upon a matter 0f common knowledge since
his return yesterday. day wheo ETe. vote wa ln.
rave Properly Named, fiuenced in the Garden of Eden. The
Continuing, he said: "Joaquin 'gnakeB are aiwayg lying ln wait, and
Miller or some other poetical or fan-' .... . ... .
' the guise ln which they appear is as
tastic person has given the larger
chambers, some of them fifty to a many-charactered as the measures
hundred feet across, names that are : which they wish to champion or de
wlerd, such as Dante's Inferno, the i feat are numerous. The Investigation
j0n0it Room, the prde of the Caves.
the Devil's Bedroom, the Bridal
Chamber, where an unfortunate
bride lost her husband a few years
a . f ,. re rnnm.
of about xty towigit 0Q thg lu fan88 are 8heathed, but its
wa, haIted for an hour or more iUng lg there Clty C0UncnB nave t0
waiting for some guide who badldeal wltn ,t (or ,t u the tool of eV.
- i. - jou uu .u, .u uumU-u v
the caves, to come back with his
party. The excitement was intense uld the common people by the
as tbe miners' candle began to flick- throat. Railroad corporations know
er out and the crowd was reduced to its power, and only a few years ago
only half a dozen lights. There was!.u poison appeared in the shape of
. a shout at last, and we saw through
the crevasses about a hundred feet
below a lot of star-like Illuminations
moving up the grade along a tunnel handling of the public's business,
towards us. The "insidious lobby" is but another
It Is a creepy sensation, to be In name for tbe favors extended, pro
the heart of a great mountain and visions of contracts abrogated, spec
not know for certain that you will ,al lnducementB granted( t0 the man
ever see me ngni or aay again, t or
be it known that these caves are not
one-half explored. They are not every wnere. u is present wnen
mapped, charted or electric lighted, franchises are granted. It is used
It is almost a miracle that none of to maintain the throat-grip. ' The in
tbo 130 visitors were lost in the Bl(lk)U8 ,obby ,8 gettlng in lts work
winding lanyrintng. iDe guides bad
never handled so large a number of
visitors. A boy raised a laugh by
saying he would give a dollar t0 see
the daylight. A Portland man rais-
ed him to a thousand, and a Salem
lady said she would rather give a
million than be left ln there. But
soon all were out in the golden day
light, and it never looked half an
beautiful and none of us realized ,nitlee8 aP"oied to Prepare for the
what a gift to humanity the sunlight celebration of the Fourth of July
really Is until we had been In the was held Wednesday night, and from
endless windings and styglan gloom 'the sentiment expressed it 1b evident
of a real cave. that the gplrIt of the day Jg pregent
"Dr. Hill of Albany suggested that'and w,n make of the celebratlon
the hole through the mountains be '
plugged up for fear that the Jap8!the greate8t event of the klnd ever
might run a pole through and carry held in the Rogue valley.
off the whole thing some day. Some I Two days, Friday and Saturday,
of the ladieB suggested that the cave , will be given over to the screaming
be plugged up with Dr. Hill, as he 'o the eagle and there wl, be some.
had been uBed on the exploration of i ., . ,
.. . .. . . . . . .thing doing every minute. From sug-
the perilous winding tunnels to test !
the size of the openings. Wherever : Bastions offered by the various cora
the good-natured doctor could get mitteemen a definite program is to
through, anyone else could follow, be outlined by the program commit
The management of the excursion ite0 and whon that is done all energies
was In the hands of Mr. Hardesty, of L . . . . , , 4.
, , , ' will be bent toward the success of
the city hall engineering corps of
Portland, assisted by his secretary, the project AmonS the attractions
and every detail of the large under- tnat are practically assured are the
taking wos carried out to the letter aeroplane flights, horse and other
and with signal success." racing, baseball tournament with
- - four clubs playing, and many other
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT CANAL features that will fill the two days
The Bteam Bhovels have touched from dayllgDt to dark
bottom ln the Culebra cut of the j The b,lslneB3 m have been ex
Panama canal and a8 soon as the ceedint?ly liberal ln niaklnS
opening can be broadened to its full EcriPtlon9 to the fund, and cash will
width and the locks made ready the be availab,e to meet all reasonable
water can be timed ln. says the demands-
San Francisco Chronicle. That Is ex-! Member, it will be the big cel
pected to be accomplished by early :ebratlon of xnhern Oregon, and
autumn of the present year, al- n,ake your Plans accordingly.
though Blldes are expected to con- j - .
tlnue for some time. No slide has : There's going to be something do
yet occurred which would have In- lng In Grants Pass on the 4th and
terrtipted navigation had the canal 6th of July. The people have gone
been open. It is expected that ships Into the celebratlon matter with a
will be passed through during I UK!, determination that will win, and the
and that the canal will be opened to funds provided are ample for every
traffic early in 1914. required feature from aeroplane to
So the canal will be ready before fireworks. And there will not be an
the exposition, which Is being created admission ticket demanded at every
to celebrate it, which is not the fault turn either.
of the exposition, but Is due to the
energy and Bklll of the canal bulld-
era In completing their work ln ad-
vance of the
expectod time. The j
iraiuip vi opening me
t' or.ltlon by the advent of the flr?t j ceremony the body of Alfred Austin,
ships to pass through the canal wethe ,ate Poet-laureate, was cremated
shall miss. Hut they would not havo j hre to'1ar At the same nour a
allowed a great fleet of costly war
ships to make the first passage in any
event.
In fact. It Is saM that rnn.M..
able time win be required after the
opening of the canal to train an op
erating force to handle the ponder
ous machinery with the hlgheat as
.,.,on, f .afetv. No unnecessary
ment to tne new rouw.
(
( THE TRAIL 0F THB serpent.
The presence of an insidious lobby
before all legislative bodies has been
It WaBhington city has told nothing
?he lobby ,g a,wayg wltn ug
j 1
Sl ICULlUicn, iu wwc ww
ship, the slime of the serpent Is un-
nM. corv,a .nrnnrntlnn that
' . ., , m ,,BM tn fhp
"annuals" over many lines to
man who was entrusted with
the
with a little temporary power. It Is
when public service corporations
graut to a part of the public favors
't withholds from others. Wilson Is
r:ght. Squelch the Insidious lobby,
PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH.
A general meeting of all the com-
BODY OF POET LAUREATE
CREMATED AT LONDON
London, June 5. Without anr
memorial service was held at the
Chapel Royal at St. James palace.
If you have a IVerlnB ,llow" you
i ran nit nnv 1-ln.l
'by corner Bro8.
WILLAMETTE RIVER
MEX.it ES PORTLAND.
Portland. June 5. The Willamette
river continued to rise steadily today
and had reached a stage of 23 Itet
hn th low water mark. A rise of
another foot by Sunday is anticipated.
Th bailments of a number oi sk-
scrapers are flooded as the result of
seepage and tb operation of eleva
tors in some of the buildings is being
interfered with.
Tha river Is now within three feet
of several docks on which millions of
feet of lumber are stored.
Some satisfaction is being gained
from the fact that the Snake and
Clearwater rivers, which empty Into
the Columbia are receding, as tne
hiEh water here is caused principally
by backwater from the Columbia.
Vancouver, Wash., June 5. Con
siderable damage is being done to
crops In this vicinity by the high wa
ters of the Columbia river. A num
ber of farms are inundated. Live
stock is being driven to higher
ground.
The river stood at 24 feet above
low water mark today and was Btill
rising.
The government dock here was in
danger of going out this afternoon
owing to the high water. The west
end of the dock is entirely under
water and the supports have been
weakened by the overflow.
INSURGENTS NEAR
CITY OF MEXICO.
Mexico City, June 5. Only one
federal stronghold Tlaxcatla to
day stands between the constitution
alists and Mexico City as a result of
the defeat of the federal troops at
Jalapa last night. General Emillo
Zapata, the insurgent chieftain, is
advancing on Tlaxcatla and the des
perate clash is expected hourly.
Dismayed over the continued re
verses of his troops, Provisional
President Huerta, It was stated this
afternoon, is preparing to rush to
the front and take personal com
mand. In the meantime calls are be
ing sent broadcast for volunteers.
The government has arranged to
build a strong line of defense around
the capital in the event of an insur
Igent victory at Tlaxcatla. American
residents are fleeing to the border,
1 5 0 men and women leaving Vera
Cruz today for Galveston.
RESIGNATION OF FITZGERALD
ACCEPTED 15V HOARD-
Salem, June 5. The resignation
of Dr. P. S. Fitzgerald, for two years
superintendent of the state tuber
culosis hospital, has today been ac
cepted by the state board of control.
The board of control also formally
re-nppointed all the heads of the
various state institutions.
COTTAGE GROVE JERSEY
IS HEAVY PRODUCER.
Cottage Grove, June 5. A Jersey
cow owned by Rev. V. J. Gardner is
believed today to have broken a rec
ord by producing 1,574 pounds of
milk during the last month. The
dally average was 50 3-4 pounds.
RAILWAY MEN MEET IN
DETROIT NEXT CONVENTION
San Francisco, June 5. Detroit
was today selected as the place for
the 1914 convention of the BroUier
hood of Railway Men. The Michigan
metropolis received 3S7 votes, Cleve
land 113, Houston 193 and Columbus,
Ohio, InO.
The convention ended here last
night, three trains of delegates being
enroute to their homes today.
SLFEPI NC, CHILI)' FOUND
AFTER ALii-NIGHT SEARCH,
I Marshfield. June 3. Following
an all-night search in which 25 men
participated, the 14-months-old son
of Walter Smith, foreman of the
Smith Pulp mill, was found today
peacefully sleeping in the woods
about a mile from his father's home.
Great anxiety for the safety of the
child prevailed as a panther had been
In the vicinity for several weeks.
The Smith family recently moved
here from Oregon City.
SHIRLEY KELLOGG WED9.
London, June 4. Shirley Kellogg,
the American show girl who Is ap
pearing at the Hippodrome here In
"Hullo Ragtime," was married to
day to Albert DeCourvllle, the au
thor of the production. The bride
was formerly a New York hair dress
er. Office stationery at the Courier.
GRANTS P.iSb WEATUER.
Following is a summary of ths
weather observations at Grants Past
for the month of May, 1913.
TEMPERATURE.
DateMax J-in. Range PreT
T 68.2 30 " 21L2T
2 70 27 43
3 72 3i 41
4 76 34 42
5 86 37 49
6 87.5 42 45.5
7 78 44.5 33.
8 62 43.5 18.5 u
9 63 43.5 19.5 'i
10 61.5 46 15.5 i
11 63 40 23
12 63.5 45 18.5 .J
13 67 36 31 .30,
14 70 36 34
15 70 51 19
16 74 42 32
17 71 48 23
18 65 44 21 21
19 67 36 31
20 77 40 37
21 82.5 41.5 41
22 83 41 42
23 84 49 35
24 85 43 42
25 87 41 46
26 85 48 37
27 66 63 13 01
28 68 43 15
29 75 33 42
30 83 33 50
31 I 93 I 44.5 j 48.5
Summary Mean temperature. 67 5
deg.; maximum temperature, 93 deg.;
minimum temperature, au deg.; total
precipitation, 1.83 Inches; number of
days clear, 15; partly cloudy. 6:
cloudy, 10; prevailing wind direction,
soutnwest.
JNO. B. PADDOCK.
Cooperative Observer.
GOMPERS UNDER KNIFE.
Washington, June 5. An opera
tion for mastoldis will be performed
here tomorrow at the Episcopal Eye
and Ear hospital upon Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
Mowor oiler, machine oil and wa
ter bags at Cramer Bros.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FO R SALE 5 0 "acredalry" ranch72 0
acres under cultivation, fruit
trees, alfalfa, clover, good timber,
house and barn, water piped into
all buildings. One and one-fourth
miles from station. For particu
lars apply to owner, W. R. New
man, Wolf Creek, Oregon, 5-23-8t
f6rSALE liioroTbuysTaTl 15U0
brand new 4 h. p. Aeromotor gaso
line engine. We have only one at
this price. Cramer Bros. 3-21-tf
FOR SALE Choice five (5) acres
In Three Pines fruit district, two
(2) roomed house, land ready to
plow. ChaB. Bee, Three Pines,
Ore. . 4-25-tf
FO iTreNT Forty acres good land
on Wildervillo road nine miles
from town, some grain, vegetable
gardens, plenty of water, good five
room house. Price $6.00. Address
No. 834, care Courier. 839
MJ8CELLANEO"-
RANNIE, the plumber, Is ready at
any minute to repair your plumb
ing. 609 H street. Telephone
140-R. 4-2-ti
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals for the construc
tion of one mile, more or less, of as
phalt macadam, to be built according
to plans on file In the office of the
county clerk for Josephine county,
Oregon, will be received at said office
at any time before 10 o'clock a. m.,
Wednesday, June 4, 1913. The right
Is reserved to reject any and all bids
or award the contract as may be to
the best Interest of the county. By
order of the county court.
E. L. COBURN,
St County Clerk.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals for the construc
tion of a wooden or Bteel bridge across
the West Fork of the Illinois river,
beyond Waldo, on the Crescent City
road, to he built according to speci
fications on file ln the office" of the
county clerk of Josephine county,
Oregon, will be received at said office
at any time before 10 o'clock a. m.
Wednesday, June 4,1914. The right
Is reserved to reject any and all blda
or award the contract as may be to
the best Interest of the county. By
order of the county court.
E. L. COBURN,
3t County Clerk.
St. Helens Hall
Portland, Obkion
Resident and Day School for Girls
Tn ctmneof BUten of Ht.Johti Bartitt (Fplxvipal)
ColWgitta, Academic nd Eltmnittry Dtpartamu,
Mmlo. Art. Elocitloa, Domitle Art, Soatatl Sclnn,
SjrmoMlim. For cllo d Jrwu-
THE SISTER grPERIOR. Office 2S
81. Helena Hall