Rogue River courier., June 13, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 1

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WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XXIX.
GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE CO I XTV, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JINE 13, 1013.
XO. 0.
COUNTY COURT IS
ENDORSED BY CLUB
RESOLUTIONS COMMEND WORK
0 ROADS AND BRIDGES.
WANT POLICY CONTINUED
Request Made Tliat Experimental
Highway of Hard Surface
Pavement be Laid.
Good roads and the Fourth of July
celebration were the matters of
prime importance discussed at the
regular meeting of the Commercial
club Monday evening, the former be
ing introduced with the report of
the committee recently appointed to
draft resolutions to the county
court. This committee, composed of
Messrs. J. Q. Biggs, C. L. Hobart
and Joseph Moss, made the follow
ing report embodying the resolution
which was presented to the court at
its recent session:
"We, your committee appointed to
draft resolutions commending the
county court for the road work car
ried on during the fiast year and
voicing the sentiment of the clu
that such work should continue,
hereby report as follows:
"Be It resolved, that the county
court of Josephine county be com
mended for its untiring labor and
painstaking services to the commun
ity and public in general in the con
struction of good roads which has
been so largely carried on through
out the county.
"That this club, being unanimous
ly in favor of good roads, and be-
llevlng that the progress of the agri
cultural and commercial interests of
the county would be greatly retarded
without good highways, urges a con
tinuance of the work. Be it further
"Resolved, that the following
suggestions be respectfully offered to
the county court:
"First: That the work of build
ing good roads be continued through
out the county until the main and
lateral highways shall reach the re
motest parts of the county.
"Second: That material of a more
permanent nature, such as hard sur
face pavement of some approved de
scription, be used as an experiment
in the construction of one of the
more important highways of the
county, preferably the main trunk
line through the county, and that
said work should be completed dur
ing the present year.
"There is no Burer or more Im
mediate way of receiving benefits to
the county than by spending our
taxes for good roads. Highway
building is one of the fundamental
and primary uses of a county organ
ization. Some of the greatest bene
fits the general public derives from
taxation are what it gets from good
roads. These benefits may be sum
med up as follows:
"First: The number of days in
the year when a team can use the
road will be increased. ,
"Second: Crops yielding a heav
ier tonnage and larger profit per
acre can be grown.
"Third: Lighter loads can be
hauled at a greater speed.
"Fourth: Any raise In the mar
ket can be taken advantage of.
"Fifth: More markets can be
reached by each farmer.
"Sixth: Rural mails and parcels
post will be more rapidly extended
because of lessened expense.
"We believe that practically every
citizen of Josephine county reels as
did Colonel Potter when he said: "I
would rather ride one mile on a
good road while I am alive than a
thousand miles after I am dead.' "
Boost for the Fourth.
Chairman South of the general
committee of arrangements for the
Fourth of July celebration reported
progress and the various other com-
mitteemen present discussed their
plans and their needs. A recond
finance committee to solicit funds
from the residents of the city other
than the business houses who had al-
WATER RUNNING IN
NORTH SIDE DITCH
The pumps at the Golden Drift
dam were started up Wednesday
night for the first time this season
to test them out, and Thursday
morning the stream of liquid that
will cause the fertile poll of the
Rogue valley to smile with abund
ance was turned into the ditches on
the north side of the river. The plant
was found to be in excellent condi
tion except for one valve that need
ed repacking, and the pump was
shut down long enough to permit the
repair of this. The water should
reach this city within 24 hours af
ter the starting of the pumps, as it
would probably require that length
of time to fill the canal and soak up
the soil along it.
The operation of the plant at this
time is in charge of Receiver Whar
ton, who will collect from the water
users direct for the service this sea
son if the court does not order him
to accept the proposal of the Rogue
River Public Service corporation for
a lease upon the property. If the
lease Is ordered made, the water
users will of course enter Into ar
rangements with the new corpora
tion. Receiver Wharton and the
water users have agreed upon a rate
of $o per acre for the season, and
In the neighborhood of 250 acres on
the north side was guaranteed at
that rate. Whatever the action of
the court on the application for the
lease, the farmers on the north side
are assured water for the Beason.
Geo. Sanders recently made appli
cation for a lease on the dam prop
erty for the season, offering a cash
rental, but this was not favored by
Receiver Wharton and Sanders made
application to Judse Calkins of the
circuit court for an order for the
lease. No ruling has yet been re
ceived on this application, and mean
time Wharton is getting the property
ready for lifting water into the
ditches. Should the judge order the
lease to Sanders, there will be no de-
hay as the ditches have been put tn
shape and water can be delivered as
soon as the pumps start. If the
lease is not made, the plant will be
operated by Receiver Wharton who
will enter into some arrangement
with water users so that tne water
will flow in any event.
The work at the dam and on the
pumps 13 in charge of M. C. Ament
Receiver Wharton states that it is
not likely that the southside ditch can
be served this season, too much work
being required to put the plant for
that side in shape.
Auto for Oxford Patron
Manager Dunlap of the Oxford ho
tel has installed an automobile bus
which meets all the trains and ac
commodates the hotel guests. This
machine adds to the metropolitan as
pect of the city.
SIX MEN MET DEATH
IX RACINE EXPLOSION.
Racine, Wis., June 12. Thorough
search of the ruins of the barge E. M.
Peck, which was wrecked by an ex
plosion here, showed today that six
men met death in the accident.
ready subscribed liberally was ap
pointed, and every resident of the
town will be Invited to make a sub
scription, no matter how small it
may be. There was enthusiasm all
down the line, and the success of the
two days' sporttls uppermost in the
mind of every citizen. A meeting of
the committees will be held this ev
ening when the definite program will
commence to take form.
Prizes for Mazaina Stories.
The board of directors of the Com
mercial club has outlined a plan
t kronen which it is expected that a
number of valuable articles deserip-
ittve oi tne josepnine count) caws hi
eeneral and the trip of the Mazamas
in .articular will be obtained. A cash
..r:z of $15 for first premium and of
$10 for Bocond premium Is offered
'or articles descriptive of the recent
-rip to the caves, the article to be
written by any one who was a mem-
ber of the party, and to be composed
of 500 words or more. Thf-se articles
'are to be passed upon by a committee
'composed of Col. Hofer and Jerry
i Brounough of Salem, and H. H.
! Prouty of Portland, all of whom were
members of the cave expedition.
I . ...
HERD OF 46 DAIRY
CATTLE ARRIVES
iioi.sn.ixs and giernseys
FROM WISCONSIN.
FOR LEONARD ORCHARD CO.
Fancy Stock Selected From Best
Milk and Butter Produciug
Strains of Uie Emm.
The two car loads of fancy dairy
cattle shipped from Wisconsin two
weeks ago for the Leonard Orchard
Co., arrived here Wednesday night
and were driven out to their new
home Thursday morning. There
were 46 beautiful Guernseys and
Holsteins in the bunch, all selected
in the east under the direction of
dairy experts from the Wisconsin
university, and brought here In
charge of the man who will have
the management of the herd on the
Leonard farm. Tho cattle came
through in excellent condition con
sidering their long box car ride. The
cows are all young, and will become
milkers this summer, ten little Hol
steins in fact having been torn en
route. Misfortune came to two of
the little fellows, however, and the
eight that survived were loaded Into
a wagon and led the procession out
Sixth street for the Penn-Oregon
farm early Thursday morning.
With the cattle was a yearling
bull of blue blooded parentage that
will be at the head of the Leonard
herd, and in one of the cars was in
cluded a Percheron stallion, a young
animal that is bred along the best
Une3 and that is the handsomest In
dividual of the equine race to be
brought to the Rogue valley In many
a day. He is now at the Josephine
livery stable resting from the two
week's of shaking up on the rails,
and will later be taken out to the
Leonard farm.
lilt. II average BY
IjOCAL p
O. (1.1. BUS.
Keports received from F. W. Vallle,
superintendent of the 13th division of
the railway mall Bervice, show that
the record made by the Ave clerks of
the local office who took the recent
examination is a most remarkable
one. In the examination the clerk
was obliged to place 669 cards bear
ing the name of the offices of the
state according to counties, and the
average made by the five men was
99.62 per cent. The individual stand
ings of the clerks was as follow:
Rodney A. Calvert, correctly .placed
667 of the 669 cards In 21 minutes;
score, 99.70.
Ross Bailey, correctly placed 668
in 24 minutes; score, 99.85.
Clyde Martin correctly placed 668
In 16 minutes; score, 99.83.
Lloyd Dyer correctly placed 663 in
19 minutes; score, 99.10.
The time limit for the placing of
the cards was forty minutes.
ESCAPED CONVICT KILLS
WOULD-BE CAPTI RI BS.
Canon City, Colo., June 12. Two
lives were forfeited at Laveta, 70
miles south of here, during an at
tempt to capture Conley Baldwin, 23,
who escaped from the state peniten
tiary last November, according to
word received here today.
Receiving word that Baldwin was
secreted in a cabin near Laveta,
Mght Captain Russell of the peni
tentiary, went to the scene to ac
complish his arrest. Russell reached
the cabin at daylight and called up
on Baldwin to surrender. The fu
gitive answered with a bullet which
penetrated Russell's lung. Sup-
porting himself against a companion,
Russell drew his revolver and fired
three times, mortally wounding
Baldwin. Then Russell dropped
dead in his tracks. Baldwin's three
brothers and his father are in the
penitentiary here for burglary and
larceny.
CONTRACT FOR
CREAMERY IS LET
TO BE BULT BY A. J. GREEX OF
GRANTS PASS.
MAKE BUTTER BY AUG. 1ST
Plans (.'all for Modem Plant With
the Uett Equipment Obtainable,
Cost to be $0,000.
The new Rogue Valley creamery,
the co-operative Institution to be
constructed In Grants Pass, will be
making butter ou August 1st, ac
cording to the present plans of the
board of directors.
The contract for the erection of
the building was let Saturday after
noon at the meeting of the board of
directors to A. J. Green, who hud
prepared the plans for the struc
ture. A provision of the contract
calls for the completion of the
building by July 15th, and the ma
chinery, which is to be ordered at
once, will be installed by the first
day ef August. Under the plans
prepared by Architect Green, the
creamery will be an attractive struc
ture 30x50 feet In dimensions, built
on bungalow lines. The location Is
on 11 street, between 7th and Sth, a
lot having been purchased 50x100
feet in size in that location. Ob
jection to the location has , been
raised by some of the residents in
tho district, notably by Councilman
Clark, who lives opposite the pro
posed location, they thinking the
building of the creamery may be
obnoxious to them. Unless they
can be assured that the creamery
conducted as modern creameries are
conducted Is not detrimental to
their property it is possible that the
location may be exchanged for some
other one, two or three alternative
lots being In view.
The plans for the, structure call
for five rooms, with cement floors,
there being the boiler room, churn
room, butter working room, offices,
etc., all planned on the lines of
modern Ideas in butter making. An
alley will be provided along ono
side, and deliveries of cream will bo
there, teams not stopping at the
front of the building. The total
cost of building and equipment will
be about $6,000. Power for the
driving of the machinery will be sup
plied by an electric motor, the boil
er being installed for the supplying
of steam for sterilizing and pasteur
izing. One hundred cream cans
have already been received, and are
being distributed among the farm
ers, the cream at present being sent
to the Valley Pride creamery on the
Applegate. arrangements havinij
been made there with Manager
Bates, who is also to manage the
local creamery, for the churning of
the cream until the new Institution
is ready for it.
INTERSTATE TOLL BRIDGE
FREE AFTER JULY 1ST.
Clarkston, Wash., Juue 12.- Gov
ernor Lister and members of tho state
highway commission are expected
here Friday or Saturday to Inspect
the Iwiston-Clarksun interstate
bridge, which the Btates will take over
and operate free after July 1. The
bridge, which is now a toll lnstitu- j
Hon, was ordered purchased at the ;
last sessions of the Idaho and Wash
ington legislature. Each st;ite will
pay $10,000.
MOKE A I ST KALI X BEEF.
San Francisco, Juno 12. The beef
trust got another big biff In a tender
spot toda when 210,000 pounds of
Australian meat arrived here on the
steamer Moana. A former shipment
of 154,000 pounds from Australia
was sold out within a few days
j prices from 2 1-2 to 3 cents
lower
than the beef trust prices. House- Hoved to be the largest baby ever
wives are rallying to the support of , born In Ixs Angeles. The hoy welgh
lndependnt butchers who are selling erf 1 4 1-2 pounds at birth and mea
tho Australian Importation. ' mired 22 Inches from head to toes.
ASHLAND MAN DROWNED
IN THE ROGUE R1YER
Mediford, .June 12. Orlie Rush,
25 years of age, of Ashland, was
drowned In Rogue River yesterday
afteruoon just above the Gold Ray
dam when the boat in which he and
his father, C. G. Rush, were attempt
ing to extricate two fishermen cap
sized throwing all four men Into the
deep water.
Young Rush was unable to swim
and before the other three men
could help him his heavy hip boots
carried him below the surface. At
an early hour this morning the body
had not been recovered.
Rush and his son were fishing at
Gold Ray 'when the two fishermen,
unable to get their boat loose from
a submerged tree trunk, called for
help. The two men got Into their
I oat and rowed out to assist them.
As Rush and his father stood up at
tempting to pull the stranded craft
from the swift current, the boat
swung about, throwing the men out
and capsizing the second boat. The
father told the other men to help
his son but It was too late.
AVIATOR WILL FLY
HERE ON JULY FOURTH
Who wants to flirt with death In
the ethereal blue up where the
clouds would be If there were clouds
in the Rogue valley on the Fourth of
July? There Is an opening for some
one who wants to sail with the birds
and look down for once upon his
fellow man and also upon the beau
tiful panorama of the green Rogue
valley spread out beneath him, for
John A. Rlddell, the aviator who is
to furnish the thrillers here on the
Fourth, will take a passenger up
with him on one of his flights If the
passenger can be found. A round
trip ticket will be furnished.
Mr. Rlddell arrived in the city
Saturday morning, and entered Into
contract with the committee for
flights on both the Fourth and the
fifth of July, and will go up as of
ten and as high as the committee
asks him to. As a feature of the
races on the fifth, Mr. Rlddell will
race with an automobile at the track
west of town. The track Is now be
ing put in first class condition, and
a horse race card with many excel
lent events for rich purses will be
on the program. These races will
be held on the 5th, and will includo
trotting and running, with pony
races for both boys and girls. The
purses for the trotting and running
events will be sufficiently large to
attract the best horses of southern
Oregon, $600 now being available
for that purpose, with more In sight.
The committees are all keeping
busy, and both days will be filled
with events that will enthuse and en
tertain. Four years of pent-up en
thusiasm will be liberated on the
two days.
NASTY CHARGES MADE
AGAINST BOSTON RED SOX.
Philadelphia, June 12. Charges
that tho Boston Red Sox are so sore
at. their position in the American
league race that In yesterday's long
game they deliberately tried to cripple
tho Naps were freely made here today
when the Cleveland contingent ar
rived from Tho Hub.
Joe Wood, the Boston star pltch-
jer, is blamed for part of tho trouble.
I Wood "beaned" Larry LaJoie during
the game, almost "beaned" Manager
Birmingham, who was on the coach
ing line, and two other metnbors of
the Cleveland team wero spiked.
! Neither of the latter were seriously
ihurt.
! The Naps declare there Is an evl
j dent conspiracy among the Boston
men to cripple those teams which
l"nd them In the pennant race.
L)S ANGELES BOY WEIGHS
II 1-2 POl'NDS AT BIRTH,
Los Angeles, June 12. Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. 1'tlest are receiving the
at congratulations of their friends today
i following tho arrival of what is be-
PARTY OF 16 RAIL
ROAD
MEN
COMING
II ELM WIRES THAT HE IS
RANGING DETAILS.
Alt.
OUTLOOK . MOST PROMISING
Capital for Bonding Entire Road to
the (.'oast to be Supplied by
Groups of Foreigners.
Negotiations for the financing and
building of the Grants Pass-Crescent
City railroad are progressing rnont
satisfactorily, the visit of C. R. Mw
lick, of the firm of New York attor
neys, who was sent here to investi
gate the local bond Issue, having
cleared the atmosphere In that direc
tion, and disclosed the way to the as
suring of bond buyers concerning the
legality of the Issue. The case to the
supreme court to get a ruling on the
question of constitutionality will not
require a great amount of time, and
will not In any way delay the pro
ceedlngs otherwise.
The California party In charge of
Mr. Franklin Helm which was to have
met Mr. Masslich here last Sunday,
was delayed owing to the unexpected
arrival of the foreign people who ar
to furnish the finances tor the bond
ing of the road. A night letter re
ceived by Mr. MasBlIck from Mr.
Holm Wednesday morning, dated it
Sacramento Tuesday night, stated
that delay In arriving at Grants Pass
was due to the arrival of the foreign
people earlier than had been expect
ed, and that as they desired to com
plete details as soon as possible, It
was likely to be Sunday or Monday
before they would arrive. At the
same time Mr. Helm wired Mayor
Smith, the dispatch reading as fol
lows: "Telegraphed Masslich and
asked him show you telegram
which In measure explains my
delay reaching you. Am Bending
you full list of directors con
struction company. Phelan's de
tails are being completed; also
foreigner's contract for whole
Issue of bonds which guarantees
success. My party of sixteen, In
cluding board directors construc
tion, will start for Grants Pass
as soon as can finish with for
eigners. I regret exceedingly
coul, not be with you last Sat
urday as our tickets called for.
Will start In few days with ev
erything excellent shape."
The tenor of the above dispatch
from Mr. Helm Indicates that he
has the details much better In hand
than had been anticipated even by the
most optimistic, and that with the
arrival of his party of sixteen people
the road from Grants Pass to the sea
will take definite form, and that the
commencement of actual building
will be a matter of a short time only.
CHICAGO BANKER SEES
ITTIRE FOR VALLEY.
Rochester B. Slaughter, the Chi
cago banker and business associate
of C. M. U-onard of tho Leonard Or
chards, has left for bis 'homo tn the
"Windy City" after a couple of
weeks spent In the Rogue , valley.
While here Mr. Slaughter spent some
days on a fishing trip in company
with J. W. Lucas and T. H. Hill In
the Illinois valley, and expressed
himself as having had one of the
itioHt enjoyable outings he has ever
experienced. He has made arrange
ments for a hunting trip in August
when he will return for a second Tin
It here. Mr. Slaughter has become
an enthusiast over this portion of
southern Oregon, and anticipates
great business activity here as soon
as tho coast line of railway is as
sured. He Is especially confident of
the agricultural and horticultural
future of the valley, and classes the
old Penn-Oregon ranch, now a part
of the Iieonard holdings, as the best
farm In the west.