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WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XXIX.
GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COINTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1013.
NO. 18.
RAILROAD IS TALK
OF MASS MEETING
OPERA HOUSE SCENE OF EX.
THUSIASTIC TALK FEST.
UP TO GRANTS PASS NOW
Promise Made Tliat When Conuiiun.
Ity Does Iu Tart, Roud to Cat
Will Re Built.
The keen Interest that the people
of Grants Pass take Id all matters per
taining to the railroad situation was
again made evident when the opera
house was filled to its doors with
men, women and children Monday
evening, and when close and Intelli
gent attention was given to every
word that was said by the speakers
of the evening. President Kroh of
the Commercial club presided at the
mass meeting, and seated upon the
stage with him were members of the
public utilities commission, city
council, mayor, business men and
railroad builders, the meeting being
called to explain the conditions sur
rounding the request for a bonus of
$100,000, and to give to the people
first hand the progress of railroad
affairs, though no new details that
have not already been given the read
ers of the Courier on numerous occa
sions were brought out.
Up to Grants Pass.
Franklin Helm, through whom the
people from Los Angeles who are
now organizing for the construction
of the coast road were interested in
the project, was the first speaker In
troduced by Chairman Kroh. Mr.
Helm detailed the progress of events
to date, telling how the men of
money and of ability had been inter
ested to the extent of giving their
time and their capital thus far to the
project, and made the definite state
ment "that If the citizens of Grants
Pass now do what they have agreed,
the road to the coast will be built."
He said the road construction was
going to involve much heavier ex
penditures that had first been ex
pected, but that the time of comple
tion of the road to the coast would
be controlled by the length of time
necessary to build the longest tunnel
on the route, and that this one, 3,300
feet In length, could be finished in
loss than a year from the time it was
first commenced, one contractor hav
ing given ten months as the time
necessary. Mr. Helm expressed no
doubt as to what Grants Pass would
do, but said that the builders were
asking only one-half as much of a
bonus as they had been told would
be raised In the first. The $100,000,
he said, was but a small fraction of
the Increased property values that
would come to the district with the
building of the road, and would only
In a small way compensate the build
ers for the loss of earnings on their
capital during the period when the
road would he non-productive.
"The Man Who Salted the Ocean."
Judge John L. Childs, of the su
perior conrt of Del Norte county, was
introduced to the Grants Pass public
as the "Man who put the salt In the
ocean at Crescent City." The genial
Judge disclaimed responsibility for
this deed, but before he was through
he had proven to his auditors that
he was a man who could surely put
the ginger Into any proposition that
was presented to him. Judge Childs
Introduced through word picture the
men who are backing the Grants
Pass-Crescent City railroad, with all
of whom he became intimately ac
quainted while holding court at Los
Angeles during the past winter. He
was assured of their business acu
men, of their financial ability and of
their honest Intention In backing the
road, and declared that Grants Pass
could afford to raise many times
$100,000 rather than lose the influ
ent of this galaxy of constructive
talent to the community. He said
it was not to much the value of the
bonus that wag asked as It was ttnt
C-e builders wanted assurance of co
operation and of the interest of the
Public. The Judge said that during
the past few weeks he had given his
entire time outside of court sessions
of the raising of the bonus that had
been demanded of the coast terminal,
and that when he left home Sunday
to come to Grants Pass that he had
raised a total of $201,750, and that
the balance of the $250,000 was in
sight. The Judge said that It did not
matter what these people wanted of
the bonus, or what they would do
with it when they got It, that the
people were getting all and more
than they were paying for, and were
giving but a s:nall part of the finan
cial benefit that would come to them
from the road.
Hond Issue an Investment.
Dr. Reddy told of the difference
between the municipal bond Issue
and the bonus. The former, he said,
was simply an Investment, to be re
turned to the city with interest. The
latter also was an Investment, Its di
vidends due In. the form of reduced
freight rates for all time to come.
This community, he said, was paying
out annually $150,000 more than It
was taking in, the Southern Pacific
freight rate gouge making It impos
sible for the producer to make pro
gress, the new road and connection
with the coast being necessary to re
lease the district from Its bondage
to the S. P. company.
Following Dr. Reddy, the quartette
composed of the Parker sisters, Mrs.
Ireland, Mrs. Veatch and the Misses
Parker, sung Miss Doerner's origin
al song, "Building Through the Val
ley," and the audience Joined In the
Joyful chorus.
Mayor Smith Speaks.
Mayor Robert G. Smith said that
If the Hill people or any of the other
great builders were to come in and
offer to construct another inland line
through Grants Pass that the people
would tumble over themselves to
raise a bonus of almost any amount,
when as a matter of fact another in
land Hne would not have the hun
dredth part of the benefit for the
valley that this line to the coast
would have. He decried the benefits
of a stub road to the Illinois valley,
and could see only the most meagre
help to the community from such a
line as the S. P. had proposed build
ing to the Kerby district. The de
velopment of the copper fields, said
the mayor, depended upon the con
struction of this road through to the
coast, whereas a stub road would
prove of small assistance In the de
velopment of the mining industry.
"Build this line to the coast," said
the mayor, "and the population of
Grants Pass will double and treble
within five years." He explained
again that the expenditure of the
amount to be derived from the bond
sale of the city owned portion of the
road, the first unit, was being safely
guarded In every way for the city's
interests, and that the time hac now
arrived for the people to respond to
the call that was being made. When
he asked that all who were ready to
do their part In the raising of the
bonus rise to their feet, few In the
house failed to respond on the In
stant. Mr. McKinstry's Remarks.
The Inception of the present effort
of the people to get the road to the
coast was told by Mr. McKlnstry,
who had been identified with the Pacific-Interior
board through which
the first work was done. At that
time the citizens had subscribed more
than one-third ag much as was now
asked, the first subscription being
practically on a cash basis, whereas
the present subscription Is not due
or payable till the road is built
through to the coast. Only some $7,
500 was ever called on the Pacific
Interior subscription, this being
usfd In the first payments on the
right-of-way and to be returned from
the sale of the bonds. Mr. McKln
stry was especially optimistic over
the benefits to come from the roant
road, and made a strong plea for Im
mediate and final action.
Committees of business men have
been appointed, and the citizens will
be solicited at once, It being expect
ed that with the sentiment as
friendly and as unanimous as It Is
that only a few days will be required
to complete the Grants Pass end of
the work, when It will be up to the
builders o take definite action o
wsrd the constriction of Wie ro''.
0. J. C. GENERAL WELFARE SCHOOL
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AUG. 15-16
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The traveling general welfare school for the Ore
gon Agricultural College opens In the Paddock build
ing, South Sixth street tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.
The space formerly occupied by the Southern Oregon
Supply company will be used. Sessions will be held
Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday morning, after
noon and evening.
Very Interesting and instructive exhibits will be
furnished by the Oregon Social Hygiene Society, Oregon
Dairy & Food Commission, Oregon Library Commission
and the Domestic Science & Art, Bacteriology and Chem
istry Departments of the Agricultural College. The
college men are being assisted In the work by J. D.
Mlckle, state dairy and food commissioner, and E. J. Cum
mins, lecturer from the Oregon Social Hygiene society.
On Saturday morning the session will assume the char
acter of individual attention on the part of the lecturers
and demonstrators to persons who are Interested in the
different subjects taken up. The exhibits may be ex
amined at leisure, and questions will be answered.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15.
2:30 to 3:30
Explanation of the work, and 15-mlnute talks on:
Home Decoration Mrs. Robbing
Pure Food Legislation J. D. Mlckle
Patent Medicines and Short Cuts to Beauty
Prof. Daughters
3:30 to 5:00
(1) Domestic Science and Art Lecture and
Demonstration-Mrs. Robblns and Miss Groves
7:30 to 8:10
(1) Social Hygiene Fathers and Sons meet
ing Boys 15 and over E. J. Cummins
(2) Domestic Science and Art Subjects
Mrs. Robblns rnd Miss Groves
Illustrated Lecture "Municipal and Town
Improvement" Prof. Arthur L. Peck
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
10:00 to 11:30
Conferences, Discussions, Questions Answer
ed Display of Exhibits.
2:30 to 3:00
General Session, 15-minute talks.
Chemistry of Fdods Prof. M. R. Daughters
Pure Milk pr0f. T. D. Beckwlth
3:00 to 4:30
(1) Domestic Science and Art Lecture and
Demonstration .Mrs. Robblns and Miss Groves
4:30 to 5:00
"The Daughter and The Home" Mrs. Robblns
7:30 to 8:10
SoclaJ Hygiene Men's Meeting
. E- J- Cummins and Prof. Beckwlth
8 : 15
Lecture and Demonstration Food Adulteration
J. D. Mlckle, State Dairy and Food Com
missioner, Professors Beckwlth and Daughters
Interesting Exhibits on Display From
(1) Oregon Social Hygiene Society.
(2) Oregon Dairy and Food Commission.
(3) Oregon Library Commission.
(4) Domestic Science and Art Department
O. A. C.
(5) Departments of Chemistry and Bacter
iology, O. A. C. ,
You may find a note book useful.
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Mlues, who spent Tuesday In the
city In conference with mining mon,
and looking after details of the work
that Is being done here this summer
iu the way of making a survey of the
mineral districts of the state. Mr.
Iawrle spent some months In the dis
trict when the old Greenback mine
was in operation, and Is familiar with
Its mineralization.
The party that has been in the
southern Oregon field by the bureau
is now working in Josephine county,
having completed its Investigations
in Jackson. This party is headed
by Dr. Alex Wlnchell, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, with him being
Loulg E. Reber of the same institu
tion, and C. B. Wataon of Ashland.
This party will remain here the rest
of the summer and will make an ex
haustive reconnaissance of the ore
bodies and of the county as well as
of the geological formation with ref
erence to its bearing upon mineral
ized rock. The results of the inves
tigation will be published early next
spring, or as soon as the data can be
worked out, for distribution through
the proper channels. The party first
Investigated the Granite Hill dis
trict, and will next go to the Waldo
country.
Other parties under the direction
of competent geologists are working
In the other districts of the state, and
there will be made available a thor
ough report on all the mineral de
posits of the state by districts. Prof.
Solon Shedd of the State College of
Washington, one of the best Inform
ed geologists of the west, Is In charge
of a party under the direction of the
bureau, and will produce a relief
map of the state, Shedd being of na
tional repute in this class of work.
A map of this nature will be valu
able In many directions other than
its bearing upon the mineralogy of
the state, and it will have especial
value in the laying. out of good roads
systems.
FIRST SHIPMENT
OF PEARS MADE
CAR OF BARTLETTS GOE8 TO
CHICAGO MARKET.
PEACHES TO GO SATURDAY
Prune Market Uoud, aud Jotephlnfl
County Growers' Association
Will Hu;. :k G:ien Fruit.
JOSEPHINE GRAPE GROWERS
FORM OKGAN'IZATION.
ASSESSMENT VALUES TO
BE PROBED UY STATE.
State Tax Commissioner J. B. Eat
on, when in Grants Pass a few days
ago, arranged with Attorney W. T.
Miller to make a list of all the war
ranty deeds placed on record In the
county clerk's office between March
1, 1912, and March 1, 1913. This
list has Just been completed by Ella
Harper, and consists of more than
five hundred transfers, and will re
quire much Inquiry to determine
whether the consideration named in
the deed is the true consideration,
and if It Is not, what the actual con
sideration, or purchase price, Is. As
the transfers are scattered all over
the county Mr. Miller will be busy
for some time gathering the re
quired data.
Assessment at Cash Valuation.
The list will be used for several
purposes, one of which is to keep
tab on the county assessor to determ
ine whether he Is complying with the
law requiring full cash valuation In
the assessment. The tax commission
ers are having the same work done
In each of the several counties of
the state, having found such a course
necessary owing to the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Co. having sent Its
representatives last year Into each
of the counties through which Its
lines pass, and having prepared such
lists, and In some cases, though, not
in all, they went out Into the country
Just ag the commissioners are doing
this year, and learned by personal
Inquiry what lands artually sold for.
The contention of the railroad com-
pany before the state board of
equalization being that the county
assessors had not assessed the proo
jerty whrn they are privileged to as
sess at as high a rate, or as nearly
at Its tsue cash value as the state
tax commissioners had assessed the
public utilities corporations.
lUitio of AsHONHed Value to Real
Value.
After the transfers are all listed
and the true consideration determ
ined by the best available source, In
cluding Inquiry of both the grantor
and grantee, the tax commissioners
will require the assessor to copy his
assessment to the Beveral tracts, and
by a comparison of his assessment
and the consideration in the deed,
or that determined by Mr. Miller In
this county, the state board of equal
ization will arrive at he ratio which
the assessed valuation bearg to the
real value.
Upon this ratio depends the
amount of public utilities assessment
distributed to each of the several
counties by the state tax commission
ers. Iff heir findings Bhow that the
county assessor has assessed prop
erty at Its full cash value the public
utlltlps assessment will be returned
to the county In the full amount as
sessed by the commission, but If the
county assessor bag placed his values
at but one-half of the actual valua
tion, according to their finding, the
county will nave but one-half of the
assessment of the public utllltlng
corporation assessment returned to
them.
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GEOLOGISTS TO SURVEY
JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
"I have the greast confidence In
'the nouthrn Oregon mlnln? district,
and know that some day there will
jbe developments here that will
(startle the world," said H. N. Lawrle.
chairman of the Oregon Bureau' of
Enthusiastic grape growers from
Grants Pass, Hells Gate, Jones creek,
Murphy and Frultdale gathered at
the Grange Lull In Frultdale at noon
Saturday for a discussion of grape
culture, organization and the mar
ket problem.
The promised college grape spec
ialist failed to maternllze, but a most
practical discussion was ,heard by
one of the largest and most success
ful exponents of the Industry, A. II.
Carson of Murphy, who gave freely
of his rich store of experience which
has brought a large measure of suc
cess for bis endeavors, and numer
ous questions were asked and ans
wered, bringing out the discussion
of grape culture, grape diseases and
profitable marketing.
Mr. Carson, who can be said to be
a grapo expert, declares that the ter
ritory suited to grape raising on the
coast Is extremely limited, Josephine
and Jackson counties having the
monopoly of the soil and climatic
conditions necessary. Tokay rais
ing In California Is fast being aban
doned as the low, flat, black soli
which produces a grape with a high
percentage of sugar but lacks a qual
ity which makes their product a good
keeper; that they are obliged to ship
In refrigerated cars, and that their
packs do not "stand up" well. He
declares he has repeatedly shipped
grapes to the Atlantic coast In hot
weather by express and the grapes
were reported In perfect condition
after eight days or longer. Ho
claims that this Immediate locality
will soon have a practical monopoly
of the Tokay trade.
Mr. Harris of Frultdale was elect
ed president of the new Grape Grow
ers' association, and W. O. White
wag niade secretary. A committee
composed of E. E. Blanchard, E. E.
Harris and II. E. Gale were named a
committee on constitution to report
nt a meeting to be held at Frultdale
noxt Saturday.
The hall wag filled at the noon
hour when an elaborate basket din
ner wns enjoyed.
Tuo hist tar of the preseul crop ot
pears will leave the city by express '
freight tor the Chicago market to
night, being forwarded by the Pio
neer Fruit Co, to wuoiu the crop of
the Josephine County Producers' as
sociation Is under contract. This car
will be followed by others as fast as
they are loaded, the second to go
Friday, aud Saturday a mixed car of
pours aud prune will go forward.
A car ot peaches will also be loaded
out Saturday.
The pears that are coming In are
of excellent tlx and Quality, and
are packing from 80 to 135 to the
box. Each box must weigh gross not
under 52 pounds, and must net 41
pounda to meet the regulations la
the states where they are marketed.
A car contains 510 ot those boxes.
The fruit Is being brought to the
packing house where the pears are
graded, wrapped and packed by ex
pert packers.
Under the contract of sale the pro
ducer la paid for his fruit as soon a
the car la loaded and turned over
to the shipper, being on a cash basis
for the first time since this point
became a shipper. This plan la
causing the owner ot a rery small
crop to take advantage of the mar
ket, there being receipts ot as small
as two boxes from one man. Others
are bringing In the crop from a few
trees In the yard, Manager Lucaa
utatlng that at least a car of first
grade pears was being brought la
from within the city alone. Under
the arrangement the man with only
a single tree in his dooryard sells on
the same basis as the man with a
real pear orchard. Only the Bartlett
pear Is yet ready for market.
The market for the larger prunea
is remarkably good, and the associa
tion Is being offered from $1.60 to
$1.75 per 20-pound box in Chicago.
The growers will be able to net at
least fifty cents per box at the pres
ent condition of the market for
prunes of the Hungarian and Italian
varieties. The petite prunes are not
shipped green. In picking the Hun
garian and Italian prunes for ship
ment Mr. Lucas asks that they be
rather green, and picked with the
stem on.
MltS. Si LZI.I? SERIOUSLY ILL.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 14 Doctors
Jacobl and MaDosald, who are here
In attendance upon the wife of Gov
ernor Sulzer, laid today that her
condition li serious.
fOMONA GRANGE AT
DRYDEJf, AUG. 2.11).
The meeting of the Pomona grange
which was postponed from Its an
nounced date last month at Dryden
on account of rain, will be held on
Saturday, August 23rd, at which time
the three lecturers from the Agricul
tural College at Corvallls will be
present. The subject of dairying
and Its allied branches of agriculture,
especially of alfalfa culture, will be
the principal topic for discussion,
the collene men being experts In this
line of work.
On the same day three other ex
perts from the Agricultural College
will hold a mee'Ing In the Kerby dis
trict, details for which have not yet
hpen announced. ConimltteeH of cit
izens from the Illinois volley town
will have the matter In charge, and
the program will be announced lat
r. Two inee-tlnns will be held dur
ing the day, however, one at Kerby
and the other at Spence.
ASTORIA HOY DROWNS.
Astoria. Aug. 15. Falling over
board while playing In a small boat
on the waterfront here, Einart
Olmre. aged 12. I dead here today
from drowning. The body wag re
covered.