WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XXIX,
JRANTSPASS JOSEPHINE COIXTV, OREGON. HUD AY, Sl'.PTEMHKK 26, 101:1.
NO. 21.
CITY HAI8ESl.fi,
LABORERS' WAGES
EMPLOYES OX MUNICIPAL ROAD
GET INCREASE.
MEN GET $2.50; TEAMS $5
Council Makes Contract With Dr.
1 teddy for Building Line to
Wilderville.
The city council made the laborers
on the municipal railway a most sub
stantial Xmas present last night
when wages for men and teams all
down the line were raised several
notches. Men have beeu getting
$2.25 lor a day's work, and a Hat
rate of $4.25 had been made tor men
and teams, but under the new sched
ule men will now get $2.50 per day,
teams on the sup scraper $4.75, and
teams on the heavier work with wheel
scrapers and plows, $5 per day. These
raises were granted by unanimous
vote of the council, and with the ap
proval of Dr. Keddy, who, in address
ing the council said that the city was
getting excellent service from the
men working on the grade, and that
they were entitled to better wages
than they were getting. This increase
of pay will add $25 or $30 to the
present daily pay roll.
M. J. Anderson Succeeds Everton.
The resignation of W. E. Everton
as councilman from the 4th ward
was read, and the election of his suc
cessor was immediately proceeded
with. Councilman Morgan, repre
senting the ward as Mr. Everton's
"olleague, nominated B. F. Kenyon
to fill the vacancy, and Councilman
Porter nominated M. J. Anderson,
the latter receiving four votes to two
for Mr. Kenyon. Mr. Anderson was
declared elected.
Mr. Everton has been president of
the council, and to succeed blm in
that position Councilman Caldwell
was the unanimous choice of his fel
low members.
Confer With X. ,Y Attorney.
The city attorney was instructed to
wire Attorney Masslich of New York
and ascertain at once what his firm
would charge to direct the proceed
ings In re-voting the $200,000 bond
Issue. Mr. Masslich is familiar with
local conditions, having been em
ployed by Mr. Helm during the nego
tiations in the summer, and as his
firm is one of the few whose opinion
is accepted by bond buyers, it Is de
sired to get them to direct the pres
ent proceedings.
The public utilities commission fil
ed a report supporting the accept
ance of the Dr. Reddy proposition re
garding the cashing of $20,000 in
warrants to continue work on the
road pending the new vote on the
bonds, and also supporting the re
scinding of the Helm contract. A
new contract along the line of the
Helm contract is now being drafted
with Dr. Reddy as a principal, and as
soon as it Is prepared the council will
meet to consider and ratify It. A
meeting of the council is called for to
night at which time the contract will
probably be ready for consideration.
Dr. Reddy suggested that the coun
cil authorize the issuance of the sec
ond block of warrants of $10,000 that
the cash be ready to prosecute the
grading on a more extensive scale
during the good weather of the ran
He thought that with these funds
available the road bed could be fin
ished to Wilderville and the brides
put in ready for the laying of rails
by the time the bonds were again
voted. The proposition was put "P
to the utilities commission.
No Action on Engineer.
The mayor stated that he had dis
pensed with the services of Engineer
Harmon, believing his employment to
be unnecessary at the present time,
but stated that the advice of the
council and the commission would
guide In the matter. The council
took no action and there was no dls
' usslou on the subject.
Indue J M. Chiles addressed the
MIKPHY dlKIj WINS
LADIES' RIDING CONTEST.
One of the interesting events of
fair week was the ladles' riding con
test under the direction of the fair
management Thursday afternoon.
There were a large number of con
testants. Murphy being especially
well represented as many young la
dies from that district were here
with their saddle horses to appear
as the escort for the Murphy float
that was a feature of the morning
parade.
The winners of the contest, with
the prizes and donors, were as fol
lows:
First Miss Lucille Harter, Mur
phy; corduroy riding skirt presented
by Golden Rule store.
Second Miss Lizzie Lemon, Wil
liams, saddle blanket presented by
urants Pass Hardware Co.
Third Miss Winnie Osborne,
Murphy, Indian blanket presented by
Bishop Clothing Co.
Fourth Miss Josle Osborn, Mur
phy, riding gloves presented by the
Peerless Clothing Co.
Fifth Miss Gertrude Alnsworth.
Murphy; riding bridle and whip pre
sented by Jewell Hardware Co.
IS GRANTS PASS MAX
INVOLVED IX SCANDAL?
Charged with contributing to the
delinquency of two y.ouug girls, In
wliicu their disappearance on the eve
of u grand jury session, when they
were to testify against J. B. Titus
and Dave Boggs, Medford men, al
leged to have decoyed them to Ash
land a mouth ago, is involved, A. G.
Fuller .proprietor of a Grants Pass
garage, was arrested Saturday. Ful
ler formerly ran a garage in this
city. The two girls are Myrtle Hans
com, aged 15, stepdaughter of Mike
Spanos, under death st-Vtence for
murder, and Beatrice Kavanaugh,
aged 14. Fuller is held in the coun
ty jail and will be given a prelimin
ary hearing this afternoon.
The two girls in the case disap
peared last Thursday, and It is al
leged that Fuller took tnem for an
automobile ride, and they failed to
return. According to their parents
they bad no money when they left.
The prosecuting attorney has trailed
them as far as Cottage drove, where
tliey ate known to have had $30 for
expenses. Where they got this
is what the authorities would like to
know, alleging that there are
grounds for belief that grand jury
witnesses have. been tampered with.
The girls will be brought back when
located.
Titus and Boggs, held to the
grand jury, are alleged to have tak
en the girls to Ashland and were
about to quarter them in rooming
house when arrested by the chief of
police of that city. One of the girls
was garbed in a dress belonging to
the wife of one of the men, to give
an nppearance of age.
The rase Is alleged to have many
interesting sidelights which will be
brought out nt the hearing. Med
ford Mail-Tribune.
There is no A. O. Fuller in the
enrage business in Grants Pass or
In any other business here so far as
the Courier can dlscoTer, and evi
dently the Medford publication is
trying to hand ns a citizen against
our will.
TWO MINERS KTLLED
AT THE MAMMOTH MINE.
Redding. Cal., Sept. 26. Barney
Ossella and Charles Elmol, miners,
were killed In an explosion today at
the Mammoth Inme. near Kennett.
council regarding the cost of the
street improvement In front of his
property on Fourth street, maintain
ing that the estimated cost of the im
provement which was the basis for
the bond l-sue had been more than
the actual cost of work, and that the
property owners should be refunded
the difftren e and not be asked to pay
Interest on money that wax not used.
It Has explained that the cost of the
inprovenient had not been fully com
muted as yet. but would be worth the
return of Engineer Hobson to the
,.jv when an adjustment would be
WINNERS AKE PICKED AT THE 3RD
ANNUAL JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIR
Draft Team Con
test Won By L.W.
Carson of Mur
phy; F.Knox 2nd
L. W. Carson's fine team of grays
won the draft team contest held on
I street, in connection wtih the coun
ty fair, Thursday forenoon, with Fred
Knox's team a close second for the
honors. The entries In this class
were put through their paces in trav
eling on the road, la pulling loads
and in general tractabllity while In
the harness. The order of winning
by the two teams In the fair proper,
where the judges viewed the animals
only In the arena and did not put
them to tests, was just reversed,
Knox getting first award and Carson
second.
The judges completed the placing
of the ribbons on the stock Wednes
day night, the winners in the various
classes being as follows:
Jack Whltsett's entries - won all
premiums In the thoroughbred class,
except for stallion under three years
of age. In which class Will York's
1 -rse won 2d prize.
The Leonard Orchard Co. won 1st
m Percheron stallion under three
yqars. and F. R. Steel won 1st on
Percheron mare over three years.
In the grade classes, A. F. Knox
won 1st on mare over three years of
cge; Herman Messenger 2nd, and
Henry Haberman 3rd.
For colts under three, sired by
.eglstered stallions, Herman Messen
ger won 1st; F. N. Chapel 2nd, and
A. A. Porter 3rd.
Cattle.
The "grand champion bull" of the
fair was the honor won by Sir Nat
ula Korndyke Alcarta, the Holstein
entered by R. S. Dahlberg of Murphy,
while to the Holstein cow owned by
E. W. Inman, of Jump-Off-Joe, went
the honors as grand champion cow
of the fair.
In the Holstein class, A. F. Knox
vi on 1st with bull over two years of
!ge, and R. S. Dahlberg 1st with bull
under two years. For heifers, E. W.
Inman won 1st and F. R. Steel 2nd.
The Guernsey bull owned by the
Leonard Orchard Co. won a first
prize, and for grade cows W. A. Hood
won 1st; L. A. Launer 2nd, and W.
G. White 3rd. Mr. White also won
1st on grade heifer, and 1st on calf,
W. A. Hood winning 2nd on calf.
Swine.
In the Poland China exhibit, F. U
Steel won all the prizes except for
sow over two years of age, and for
the produce of one sow, these prizes
being awarded to R. 9. Dahlberg.
The Leonard Orchard Co. won all
premiums for boars of the Berkshire
breed, F. R. Steel winning 1st and
2nd on sows under two years of age.
A. F. Knox won all prizes on the
O. I. C. swine, and J. H. Ahlf won the
prize for grade sow and litter.
Awards In Poultry Exhibit.
The poultry show brought out a
classy line of birds, though in num
bers not so great as at the regular
winter shows, much of the poultry not
now being In condition. The quality,
however, shows an Improvement over
past shows.
The silver cup offered by the South
ern Pacific railway for the best ex
hibit of poultry by a single exhibitor
was won by D. J. Winters, who had
a fine showing of white Wyandottes
and of fawn and white and English
penciled Indian Runner ducks. Oth
er winners were as follows:
John Summers, 1st and 2nd on
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
E. A. Lagergren. 1st on White
Rocks.
D. J. Winter, 1st on White Wyan
dottes. Wm. Steffen. 3rd, White Wyandot
tes. J. A. Gooding 2nd. Silver Wyan
dottes. O. H. Bernard, 1st, S. C. R. I. Reds.
Beunfe B. Blake. 1st, S. C. Brown
Grade Holstein,
Owned By L. A.
Launer, 1st in
Milk Cow Contest
A grade Holstein cow owned by L.
A. Launer of Grants Puss carried off
the first honors In the milk vow con
test at the county fair, with a grade
Durham owned by J. W. Giluiore of
Murphy taking second place, the four
cows in the contest being well
bunched so far as total amount of
butter fat produced In the two days
Is concerned.
The test, which was conducted un
der the direction of Mr. Bates, man
ager of the local creamery, Included
the performance of the cows for two
days, or the four mllkings of Wed
nesday and Thursday. The Launer
cow gave a total of 48 1-2 pounds of
milk iu the two days, the test show
ing that it contained an average of
4.7 per cent of butter fat, ranging
from 4.2 to us high as 6.4 per cent.
The total butter-fat was 2.26 pounds.
The Gllmore cow, winner of sec
ond. prize, gave a higher butter-fat
test than the first prize winner, but
did not produce the quantity, giving
36 pounds of milk with an average of
6.2 per rent of butter-fat. The 36
pounds of milk produced 2.18 pounds
of butter-fat.
Both the prize winning cows had
been giving milk since the first of the
year, as had also the two Jerseys
that were entered In the contest and
which were but a few points behind
tuo winners.
The winners received cash prizes of
$50 and $30 respectively, as well ns
valuable merchandise prizes offered
by the local merchants.
FIU'ITDALE GRAXGE
WINS MUST PRIZE
The display made by Frultdale
grange won the grand prize offered
for Grange exhibits In the county
fair, with Rogue River grange second
and Murphy grange third.
Each of these three granges had
exhibits that were complete fairs In
themselves, there being In eiich mag
nificent displays of all the fruits, veg
etables and other products of the
Rogue valley. The central feature
of the Frultdale display was the To
kay grape, and the booth was trim
med with the vine laden with Its
fruit, while a great basket filled with
the beautiful Flame Tokays occupied
the center of the Fruitdale space,
flanked by big squashes and pump
kins and every variety of vegetable
and fruit found In the catalogue.
The name of the grange was made
from apples along the front of the
exhibit.
Rogue River grange, whose mem
bers are farmers from the lower val
ley a few miles below Grants Pass,
had constructed a Dutch windmill
from Yellow Newtown and Spltzen
berg apples as its central attraction,
with loads of squash as big as bar
rels, of grain, and fruits both fresh
and canned, In quantity.
Murphy grange had built a great
American flag In the back-ground of
Its display, the stripes being of red
and white apples, with bunches of
white grapes for the stars in a field
of blue grapes. Its display of veg
etables, fruits, etc., was also good.
Leghorn.
T. P. Cramer, 2nd, S. C. Brown Leg
horn. E. E. Blaochard, 3rd, 3. C. Brown
Leghorn.
Q. D. Wllcoxen, 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
S. C. White Orpington.
N. E. Osborne, 1st. pair Bronze tur
keys. Loren Basler, 2nd. pair Bronze tur
keys. J. Galvln, 1st, trio Pekln ducks.
D. J. Winter, 2nd, trio, Indian
Runner ducks.
Mrs. A. H. Csrson, 2nd, do-n white
sn.
A. W. I1AUTI.ETT ltKSI.
DKXCE IS lU UNKI).
The residence of A. W. Bartlett.
at Tenth and Savage streets, was de
stroyed by fire at about four o'clock
tills afternoon, the bouse and Us con
tents being a total loss. The fam
ily was absent from the house at the
time of the fire, and It is not known
how the blaze was started, though
beiug first seen iu the root, It is
thought to have beeu from a defec
tive Hue.
PKK.MDK.NT SO. PAtlHC
Nu GRANTS PASS.
Wm. Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, with a
party of other high officials of the
company, paid a brief visit to Grants
Pass Tuesday afternoon, arriving
from the north by special train at
1:30 o'clock. Those accompanying
Mr. Sproule were John M. 8cott,
general passenger agent; H. A. Hen
shaw, general freight agent; G. C.
Morris, assistant superintendent,
and C. L. Uurckhalter, chief engi
neer. While in the city the party in
spected the company property, call
ed upon a few of the business houses,
ami paid visits to the Rogue Valley
creamery and the cannery establish
ed by the Josephine County Growers'
association. Each of these Institu
tions which had been established
during the past few months elicited
words of praise from the visitors,
and Mr. Sproule Instructed his sub
ordinates to render every possible
lsslstnnce to the Industries In the
matter of shipping facilities, etc.
The special train bearing the parly
left for the south Just ahead of pas
senger No. 15.
IM)N SMITH KEEPS
HIS XAXXY GOAT.
Don Smith hug a Nuuny goat, but
to keep her has caused him consider
able trouble. The animal Is quarter
ed iu the S. P. Stock yard near the
cannery and a few days ago some
boys euduuvored to capture it, but
Mr. Smith came to the rescue. A
joker told Ralph Davis and Wm. Ilef
euer of the S. P. freight department
tbut the poor goat was one of the
shipment made to Grants PaBs a
couple of weeks ago and that the an
imal was sick and had been abandon
ed. The boys took pity on the goat
and went to Its relief, tnklng a rope
large enough to tie an elephant.
Nanny was finally subdued and be
ing led away to a good home when
Mr. Smith discovered proceedings and
claimed his pet. The boys supposed
he was another claimant and was
trying to deprive them of their prize,
and trouble was at hnnd. It took the
entire cannery force to convince Da
vis and Hefener that Smith had a
prior claim, and hereafter they will
doubt the statements of the Joker.
SWEDISH STEAMER SINKS
IN THE RIVEIl ELBE-
Hamburg, Sept. 24. The liner
Graf Waldersee early today collided
with and sank the Swedish steamer
Surge In the river Elbe. The Borge
was a freight vessol of 739 tons and
carried no passengers. It's crew was
rescued. The Graf Waldersee was
not seriously damaged. News of the
accident wss brought here by the
wiptaln of the Graf Waldersee.
CHINESE TROOPS ROUTED
WITH DIG LOSS OK LIKE.
Peking, Sept. 25. -Thirty thous
and Chinese troops were routed with
a tremendous loss of life by a big
force of Mongolian tribesmen 145
miles northwest of here In a moon
light battle last night, according to
dispatches received here todsy.
CONDEMN' (AltNKGIE DONATION.
Jackson, Mo., Sept. 2i. Condem
nation of the trustees of the Vnnder
bl It university, Nashville. Tenn., for
accepting a million dollars endow
ment from Andrew Carnegie Is voic
ed In resolutions adopted here today
by the St. Louis Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South.
The adoption of the resolutions
were preceded by spirited debste.
OPENING OF THE
PUBLIC
MARKET
DEMAND GREATER THAN' SUPPLY
ON THE FIRST DAY.
VEGETABLES ARE NEEDED
Farmer Irged to lUing lit Produce
A There to Mttle Danger of
Over Supply.
The opeuiug of the public market
this uiorulug was most auaplclou
from every angle of viow. It ha
beeu proven that the market U a real
need, and that the people, the con
sumers, are ready to give it the pat
rouuge necessary to make it a suc
cess, rue amount or. produce in tn
stalls for sale was a disappointment.
and scores of market baskets were
taken away unfilled because the
vegetables and the fruits wore not
there to till them. Only six of the
fourteen stalls were occupied today.
and a couple of these were late In
being filled. The demand of the vis
itors seemed to be largely for veget
ables, dressed chickens, eggs, etc.,
and those were cleaned up in a short
time. The display of fruits for sal
was good, and many purchases were
inadu, but tons of vegetables could
have been sold had they been in th
market.
The producers who were present
today with goods wore F. I. Hall,
who has a farm two miles below
Rogue River, and who offered can
taloupes and watermelons; Will
Siovllle, with a nice lino of fruit
from Walnut Hill farm; M. II.
Shin a with turnips, squash, tomat
oes and other vegetables; Mrs. Wool
folk of Wilderville with fruits and
vegetables; G. A. Hamilton of Fruit
dulo with peaches and other fruits;
It. I. Newman, vegetables, and John
Klnkle of Savage Creek with straw
borrles.
The prices on everything except
the perishables were fixed by th
market. Butter was quoted at 35
cents per pound, and the few pound
brought In were soon sold; eggs, at
long as they lasted, which was only
a few minutes, brought 30 cents;
potatoeg were quoted at $1 and $1.15
per hundred pounds, and while there
were many Inquiries for the tuber
not one was offered In the market;
chickens were quoted at 16 cents,
hunts at 13 and young ducks at 15
cents per pound.
There was a lively demand for any
kind of green vegetables, and there
Is promise that the market will be
well supplied with these Saturday.
The market master also has th
promise of a supply of dressed poul
try, eggs, etc.
I'nder the rules of the market a
charge of 20 cents per day is to be
made for the rent of a booth, or
where It Is maintained by the week
a charge of 75 cents will b mad.
The same charge will also be mad
for wagons that stand In the lot out
side snd sell direct from the wagon
to the market customers.
ItOSEW RO ELKS TEMPLE
DEDICATED OCT. 4TII.
Roseburg, Or., 8ept. 25. Th
magnificent new Elks theater, recent
ly erected In this city by the B. P. O.
E. at a cost of $20,000, will he for
mally opened on Saturday, Oct. 4.
with the hie farce comedy sure
"Officer OfSfl."' which ran a year In
New York and nevn months In Chi
cago. The local lodge of Elks Is said to
have paid $1,000 flat for the nlghf
performance.
MOO KILLED WHEN
POWDF.K MILL BLOWS IP.
Constantinople, Sept. 23. More
than 800 persons were killed by the
explosion of a powder mill at Ordu.
a seaport on the Black Sea last night,
according to advice received here today.