Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-23
MINERS ASSOCIATION
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS
Greet Nebraska Lumbermen-
Will Greet Eastern Edi-
tors Next Week.

National Editorial Association.
which has just closed its session at
Gutherie, l. T., will pass through
Grants Pass next week on the way to
Portland, where the Association
vii attend the Lewis g. CLARK fair,
and he suggested that they be given
suitable greeting when they passed
through Grants Pass. As Ashland is
preparing to give the editors their
breakfast and Mediord will supply
them with fruit it was thought best
that Grants Pass dispense with the
eating features aud present the editors
and their ladies with a large number
of the souvenir gold quartz badges,
that the Grants Pass Womans Club
are preparing for general distribution,
and with pines cones and flowers.
On motion to that effect President
Mangum appointed W. b. Sherman
Arthur Conklin and A. Il. Voorhies
a committee TO attend to the recep-
tion Of the editors. This committee
was empowered to appoint sub-com-
mittees TO assist them in the work.
These visiting editors represent lead
ing papers in all sections of the
United States and the sketch Of their
trip, published in their papers, will
be Of great advertising advantage to
this Valley. To that end the commit
tee ask the cooperation of the citi-
zens Of Grants Pass and of Josephine
county in making the reception a
perfect success The committee
would like as large delegation of
citizens at the depot as possible, and
they would like to be notified where
they can secure conveniently, large
number Of clusters of pine cones
rhe committee will send "A team and
man to gather the cones.
A special train bearing the mem
bers of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers
Association was to pass through
Grants Pass this Tuesday morning at
a. m. on the way tI Nebraska from
Portland, where the members had
visited the fair. Owing to the short
notice and the early hour no regular
reception could be arranged, but il
was decided to present the lumbermon
with several boxes of the gold quartz
badges nude by the Womans Club and
with letter Of greeting. As com
mittoo to attend to this matter Presi e
dent Mangum appointed Charles Me.
serve, w. b. Sherman and Arthur
Conklin. The committee prepared a
letter of greeting in which was briefly
outlined few leading points regard
ing the resources of Josephine county.
Mr.. Sherman also submitted a sum
mary Of the timber resources of the
county to show the Nebraskans the
vast amount of lumber that Josephine
county is able to produce. Throug gh
the courtesy of Night. .Baggageman
Il. A. Holmes at the depot tho box of
souvenirs and the letter were de e
liyerod to tho conductor of the special
train to give to the president Of the
Luluhermon's Association.
A proposition was submitted by the
publisher of the Pacific Northwest, of
Portland. to sell the Miners Asso.
citation 1000 copies of his publication
for 500. This edition is to contain a
page write.up of every county in
Oregon, and each page to have cen.
ter illustration of fine half.tone, the
view for Josephine county to be a
stack Of gold nuggets. BY taking
1000 copies the Miners Association
would be given the use of the back
cover page to put ON such matter as
was desired. Josephine comfy would
thus get full page write-up IN the
entire edition of 80, 1000 copies, and
the extra IN the 1000 copies bought by
the Miners Association. A sample
copy of the edition was Submitted for
inspection and 1t was really well
gotten up paper of 90 pages, printed
on heavy book paper aud fully
illustrated with fine halftone engrav.
iugs showing all the different On.
dustrios and many Typographical
features OF the state. The write.up
for Josephine county is very credit.
able and as it is to go through the on.
tire edition, oven though no copies
will be taken by Grants Pass. it will
ho oi much benefit to this city and
county IN advertising our resources
to Eastern people. \ committee con.
sisting OF W, b. sherman, Charlie,
Meseryo and Geo, II. Durham was ap.
pointed to take up this proposition
aud close the deal II they found the
proposition good one.
1t was decided to enlarge the scope
OF the mincpl exhibit to include
every rroauot of Josephine county.
In order To have ample space for this
big exhibit it WAS decided to discou-
tiuuu the reading room. The refer
ouco library though will be retained,
bat there will DO no more papers or
magazines on file and the tables and |