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mm WEEKLY EDITION VOL. XXUC. GRANTS PASS JOSETlilNE COlNIx. OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913. NO 10. BUTTER FACTORY IS PERFECT ONE expert pronounces rogue valley creamery model. MACHINES RUN SMOOTHLY First Butter Will lie Made Thursday, August 28th, ana Cream Routes Will be Established. Power was turaed on at the Kogue Valley creamery for the first time Thursday morning, and the various machines, compressors, churns, etc., started off as smoothly as though they had been in operation for months. The installation of the ma chinery of the plant has beea in charge of A. L. Workman, here from San Francisco representing the De Laval company from whom the most of the equipment was purchased. He had the machinery all in lline Thurs day morning, and a short time after the switch was thrown turning the electric current Into the motor frost commenced to form on the pipes from the ammonia compressor, and the temperature in the refrigerating room commenced to drop toward zero with rapidity. But there were no evidences of a frost about any other portion of the plant. It was a ! model of modern creamery construc tion, and Mr. Workman said that there was none better of a like ca pacity on the coast. He had only praise for the plan and arrangement of the building, and said that in its construction Manager Bates had shown that he had followed the best authorities as well as working In original ideas that stamped the Rogue Valley creamery as even in advance of the latest elsewhere. Mr. F. E. Weissenfliish, who has been engaged as the butter maker, arrived in the city Wednesday night, and Is already at home In the cream ery as he takes great pride In the es tablishment. Mr. Weissenfliish comes on the recommendation of the De Laval people, who has been employ ed In the installation of machinery, and is thoroughly acquainted with the manipulation of all the machines In the local creamery. He Is an ex pert butter maker, and acted In that capacity with the Damascus cream ery at Portland before going with the DeLaval people. He Is enthus iastic over the Rogue Valley cream ery, and says that with so complete an establishment there will be no ex cuse for anything but the very best quality of butter. Butter making will commence on Thursday, August 2Sth, and the wagons will start out over the cream routes on the morning of that 'day. Dairymen who are to ship by ex press will also be notified to get their cream here on that day. The present arrangement is to have wag ons start out over the New Hope and the lower Rogue river routes, and the Wildervllle shipment will come In by auto stage. From Merlin, Hugo, Wolf Creek and other dis tricts to the north, and from Rogue River, Gold Hill and Evans creek, the cream will come by express, and a large number of farmers in those districts have agreed to ship here. The price to be paid if the pres ent market conditions are maintain ed next week will be 32 cents per pound for butter fat. This is the price which Mr. Bates Is paying at the Valley Pride creamery, of which he is also the manager, and uniform prices will be maintained at the two Institutions. During the month of July a price of 31 cents was main tained at the Valley Pride while oth er creameries were only paying 2S cents, this speaking well for the man agement of Mr. Bates, who has not only returned the best prices ?o the farmers. bU who ha? r.iarfe the creamerv a "lenvy payer of dividends. Claud H. Howell, night baggaze man at the depot, went to Roseburg Tnesdiy to take th 3 P xan'n-atlnn. (CANNERY RECEIVES ITS FIRST TOMATOES The first tomatoes to be canned at the local cannery were put into tin Tuesday, the Leonard Orchard Co. bringing in a ton of prime tomatoes, and a number of other growers turn ing in smaller quantities at the in stitution. Thus far the bulk of the tomatoes have been shipped out green and have found ready market both to the north and in the Klam ath and Siskiyou districts. The main crop that was planted for the can nery is just now coming on, however, and receipts at the Institution should increase rapidly. The cannery will receive tomatoes daily In any quan tities. The first pears are being canned today, and the cannery will be an ac tive establishment during the bal ance of the season, the peaches fol lowing closely on the pear season, and the tomato crop Increasing till frost In the fall. Another car of pears left the ware house of the Growers' association Tuesday night, and another will fol low as soon as it is loaded. In har vesting the pears only the full sized fruits are picked at the first picking, and the second picking usually fol lows about a week later, but Fruit Inspector Burke says that the fruit has been filling out so rapidly during the past few days that picking will have to continue without interrup tion. The association will therefore receive pears every day. A good many Hungarian and Ital ian prunes are being received at the association packing house, though though not enough to make a carload shipment. A car of mixed prunes and pears was loaded out, and anoth er of the same kind Is now being pre pared. Disbursements to the producers are now being made, a draft for $1382, covering the first two cars of pears shipped, having been received for distribution Tuesday. TO STANDARDIZE GRAPE OUTPUT OF VALLEY. The organization of the grape growers of the district was perfect ed at the meeting held in the grange hall, at Fruitdale, Saturday after noon, M. H. Harris being elected president, Floreuz Breitmayer, vice president, and W. G. White, secretary-treasurer. These three offi cers, acting in conjunction with Paul Kirker and 11. E. Gale, constitute the executive committee. The association will now proceed to a complete standardization of the 'grape output as regards quality and 'pack, and all sales will be made through the executive committee. About twenty growers are Incorpor ated within the association, includ ing practically all the owners of 'bearing vineyards in the district. jThe vineyards of this vicinity were .with one or tw0 exceptions set out four years ago, and just now coming ' into commercial bearing. Carson's yard has been the leading commer cial yard, and while Mr. Carson has been deeply interested In the forma tion of this association, he had al 1 ready contracted his crop for the present season, so that his will not l be included in the association sales 'this year. Other than the Carson ! vineyard, there are about 200 acres that are just coming Into bearing, and this will be considerably aug mented next year. The price out look is most excellent, and the grow, ers will get excellent returns from heir crop. MISSOURI GOVERNOR RUNS REAL STEAM ROLLER.. Jefferson City, Mo.. Aug. 20. With Governor Major of Mis- souri leading. 300,000 men and thousands of teams today are shoveling and hauling dirt on Missouri highways. In accord- ance with the governor's pro- clamation for two good roads days. The entire city has sus- pended business and Is helping to Improve the state's highways. Governor Major Is running a steam roller In Callaway conn- ty. CITY ARRANGE R, I CONTRACTS DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETED AXD SEXT TO LOS ANGELES. CONSTRUCTION CO. TO SIGN Public llilities Commission and City Council Agree on Uasis of DeuU lug With builders. Franklin Helm left Sunday after noon for San Francisco and Los An geles, taking with him the contracts executed by the city officials provid ing for the building of the municlpal-ly-owned unit of the coast railroad by the Interstate Construction Co. These contracts are to be signed by the construction company, of which Wm Loftua is president, when the railroad matter will have approach ed a definite basis. It is expected that the documents will have been P'operly executed by the company at its offices in Los Angeles before the end of the present week, as Attor ney Walker, representing Mr. Loftus and the other members of the com pany, remained here till the con tracts had been put into form ac ceptable to both his clients and the city. He left for the south with Mr. Helm Sunday. Four instrument! were executed by the city council on the recom mendation of the Public utilities commission, the one providing for the building of the road to Wilder vllle by the construction company with the proceeds of the bond sale, the company having found the mar ket for the bonds In Los Angeles, the second the option given the peo ple for the purchase of the first unit at $200,000 within three years; the third a lease covering the period of the option, and the fourth the agree ment of the company to build through to the coast If certain bon uses are provided. Under this agree ment the company is to build to Ker by within 15 months, and the coun ty Is to subscribe a bonus of $100, 000 payable when the road Is built to the coast. All of these documents were signed by the officials of the city Saturday night, and assurance was given that they would be signed at once by the Californlans. Mr. Loftus stated when he was here that he was then ready to execute them if the city had been able to come to an agreement before he had to leave. Dr. Reddy and Judge Chllds are at Crescent City arranging final de tails there. The city council, the public util ities commission, and the citizens In general have been active the past few days In conjunction with the pro moters of the coast railroad in per fecting a contract covering the build ing of the municipally owned unit of the road. The officials of the city and the Interstate Construction Co. are agreed upon the general terms of the contract, but details that were more or less difficult of solution have taken time and have delayed final approval of the document. The com mission, the council and the attor neys for the city and the Interstate Construction Co. have now, however, arrived at a basis where all Interests seem to be best served. Under the contracts the California people are to build the municipal unit, the road from the S. P. junctiun In this city to Wildervllle, and to accept the city's bonds in payment. From the proceeds of these bonds, however, the city Is to be reimbursed for ap proximately $00,000 which it bus al ready expended In purchase of ter minals, right-of-way. in grading, etc., and for the purchase of the Klggn Lucas holdings. The remainder of proceeds from the bond issue the fompany adepts la payment for the completed line to Wildervllle. in cluding bridges across the Rogue and Appiegate rivers, and across Al len creek. The contract Is contin gent, of course, upon the decision of BUR LEY IS APPOINTED RECEIVER OF ALMEDA Judge Calkins, on the application of the assistant attorney general, on action brought by Corporation Com missioner Watson, on Tuesday after noon appointed Thos. S. Burley, of Tacoma, as receiver for the Almeda Mining company, which company owns the big Almeda mine at Qalice, in this county. This action has been taken aa the first step toward the rehabilitation of this great property which has within it the making of one of the richest mines of the west. The Al meda has been hampered through lack of funds and through some pos sible errors in policy, and the nam ing of Mr. Burley as receiver in the capacity of manager will mean that It will be brought out of its difficul ties In the shortest possible time. Mr. Burley Is a practical mining man, and has ample finances In riew for the building up of the property and the placing It again upon a paying basis. All claims against the prop erty will, it is said, be met In due time, and no stockholder need fear for the safety of his investment. The body of ore now In sight In the Almeda la sufficient to keep It in operation many years, the great toI- ume of mineral that is now blocked out having excited the wonder of ev ery mining man who ever visited it. Under Mr. Burley'a management the smelter on the property will be rnn, and shipments of matte will be made regularly. S. P. OFFICIALS SEE IMPROVING BUSINESS. John M. Scott, general passenger agent ot the Southern Pacific com pany; W. H. Jenkins, traveling pas senger agent of the same company, and H. A. lllnshaw, general freight agent for the company'a lines In Ore gon, have been in the city during the day on one ot their periodical trips through their territory becoming better acquainted with their pa trons and investigating ways and. means for the improvement of the service. The gentlemen are all optimistic of the business future ot Southern Oregon, and see a general improv ing ot conditions in the entire north west. Mr. Scott has recently receiv ed a letter from a firm In1 New York asking for information concerning large bodies of sugar and yellow pine, and also making Inquiry for a 6,000 acre ranch In this district. The letter of inquiry states that the peo pie have from twenty to thirty mil lions of dollars to Invest In timber ?nd lands In Oregon the supreme court upholding the legality of the issue of $200,000 bonds. Following this contract tor the construction of the nluuicipally owned unit of the road are three oth er documents. One is the option which is given the California parties for the purcuase of the unit at an agreed price of $200,000, and an other is the lease covering the per iod of the option, the lease, how ever, to be void should the road to ward the coast not be continued. Hut the third agreement Is the one that is the real meat In the cocoanut for under It the California people con tract to build the line through to Crescent City whenever the people of Giants Pass, Crescent City and the intervening territory meet the con ditions that have bepn imposed and accepted. The road Is to be built to Kerby In 13 months and to the const at Crescpnt City within three years, and the required bonuses nrp fi"t payable until the conditions have been met. This agreement Is to be backed up by an Indemnify bond of $25,000. forfeitable should the com pany fail to meet I's terms. The supreme court has nor yet filed Its opinion In the city bond cne. the required four members not hav ing bpen In Sa'pm since the cane was argued. Three members were 'h" at one time ready to render the opin ion, and whie It mar come at any 'lra. It Is possible that It will now be dPlayed till Spptember, when the members of the court who are now out on vacation have returned KOGUE ATTRACTS MINING MEN (i HANTS PASS IS MECCA OF MANY INVESTORS. COPPER AND GOLD THE LURE New Railroad U Coast Will Make Great Ore Deposits Available for Development. The publicity given to the mining districts ot this part of the state by the promoters ot the Grants PaBS- Cresceut City railroad in their inves tigations regarding tonnage from the mines has resulted in an influx of a large number of mining men and op erators who have made good in their work both at home and in foreign lands. The hotel registers ot this city show the names ot many of the most prominent mining engineers and capitalists ever congregated In any mining camp In this country. Invwtlguton the Almeda. John Ross, a well known mining engineer of Sutter Creek, Cal., who perhaps stands as high in his profes sion as any other man in America, has Just returned from Gallce, where he made an examination ot the Al meda mine for part'ea who are con sidering the matter ot financing the affairs of this big property, and It la understood that his report was such aa to warrant the resumption of work at the mine and smelter on a scale commensurate with the merits of the mine. To Eqnlp Old Glory. Arthur H. Gruber and his as sociates, of Milwaukee, Wis., after giving the properties of the Old Glory Gold Mining company, situat ed on Silver creek, due consideration, have agreed to raise sufficient cap ital with which to equip this well known mine with a very complete modern mining and milling plant and details and designs are now being prepared for Installation at the enrl iest day possible. Options Grave Crek Property. James W. Nelll, of Pasadena, Cal., who Is the head of a successful syn dicate operating a gold dredge on Merced river, has succeeded In se curing a favorable option on a large tract of dredging ground on Grave creek near the Columbia mine, and on Monday he put a crew of exper ienced miners to work sinking shafts and If this work verifies the prelimin ary report made on the property by C. L. Mangum of Grants Pass, steam core drills will he at once put Into commission boring holes on all parta of the ground, and If the results are such as to wsrrant It, a big dredge cotslng from $150,000 to $200,000 Will be constructed and put Into op eration as soon as possible. Tpt Pleasant Crek Ground Here. J. K. Kendrlck of California, who spent several days here this week, has Just completed arrangements with local parties who represent a Boston firm by which fifteen hundred acrp of drpdgln? ground situated on Pleas ant creek, seventeen miles northeast from this city, will be thoroughly t"Fted, and If the results prove sat isfactory two or more big roUI dredsres will be built and put. Into op eration next season. A small bucket dredge was Installed on this ground rno time neo, but It was entirely too frail and light to accomplish Its r)irpoe The equipment of this property will Involve an outlay of $t00.ono and a total Investment of about $700,000. Developing tlie Hill Vye, R. Ilordler of Paris, France, Is now on the famous mil Nye mine situated seventeen miles southeast erly from Grants Pass, where he Is giving his personal attention to the further development of this property for the French ExploraMon Company. Capt. C. Henry Thompson, of Los Angeles, with his consulting engi neer, Is due to arrive In this city to night for the purpose of commencing active operations ou a large group of copper claims on which he holds op lions, lu the Waldo Mining district. Mtwu-s 11) slop and lUxkuiuu Here, Messrs. James E. lijsloy and 11. M. Hickman, mining euglueers and mine operators who are largely Interested In mining In the Republic of Mexico, are stopping at the hotel Jobephlne and are here for the pur pose of investigating the mineral re sources ot southern Oregon and uoi the.ru California, Messrs. J. W. Nelll, James H. White, C. A, Martin, Alexander Tur ner, O. Daniels and R. M. Wilson of California, mining engineers and mine owners are making their Dree- ent headquarters at the Hotel Ox ford, and are u;i all and willing to make Investments In mines and nroa- pects provided that conditlona be reasonably favorable. Mauy Investigator in the District, Among the many mining men who are in this part of the country look- Ing over the mineral and mining dis tricts In addition to those above men tioned are J. A. Simpson, Salem, Oregon; W. D. Pickrell. Spokane; H. M. Parks and Sidney W. French of Corvallts; Prof. A. N. Wlnchell and L. E. Reber of the University of Wis.; 11. M. Lawrie of the State Min ing Bureau; Thomas 8. Burley. Ta coma, Wm. H. Hamilton, San Jose; J. C. Crooks and E. S Pnrtar Oak. land, Ralph Clarke, ' Spokane; E. H. Delray, Hammonton, Cal.; W. P. Crane, Oakland; VV. J. Gerrlsh, Portland; J. T. Smith, Juneau. Alaska; W. M. Brewater, Seattle; J. It. Llpps, Lovelock, Ney.; R. E. Doan of Los Angelea, Cal; Phil E. Law. rence of Reno and many others of equal note. Wonderful Surface Showing. One ot the above named mining engineers in the lobby of the Hotel R. Lippa, Dovelock; Rev. R. E. Doaa Josephine, while discussing the min eral resources of Josephine county last night, said: "I have been active yl engaged In mining for the last thirty years and I Am free to acknowl edge that In all my experience I have never seen such a wonderful surface showing for gold and copper as la found In this county. Give capital adequate shipping facilities and make fair prices, conditions and terms on your mines and prospecU and you will be surprised to learn how quickly this county will become one of the greatest and most attrac tive mining districts In the United States; but, however, don't make up your mind that you are the only peb ble on the beach, for the fact la that there are many more beaches and some more pebbles too. Your copper mines alone ought to furnish emply. ment to at least ten thousand min ers when once property developed, saying noth'ng of your gold mine which are very extensive and valu able." MAN WANTED FOR ROBRERY ARRESTED AT STOCKTO.f. Stockton, Cal., Aug. 21. O. H. Van Eck, wanted In Los Angeles on a charge of robbing and beating a Los Angeles banker last June, is un der arrest here. He Is an ex-con-vlct and also Is suspected of being the man who fired Totten and Brandt's planing mill here In July, wiping out a block and a half of business property valued at $150,. 000. Van Eck came here shortly af ter the robbery In Los Angeles. He secured employment at the planing mill, but quarreled with his employ ers shortly before the Ore and was discharged. A complete set of burg lar tools has been found In his room. Ed. Stleger went to Roseburg Tues day. It RTLETT PEAR SALES IN EASTERN MARKETS. Chicago. Aug 20. Through auction, one car of Oregon Bart- letts $2.99. New York, Aug. 20. Trough auction Birtletts $2.4. Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Through auction one car Bart- letts $1.93 and $1.90. f I 77