Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-04-07
A DISTINGUISHED CUES
ConsUl-GenereI Miller Honored
With Reception and Banquet

Tuesday evening number of the
Grants Pass friends of Consul General
H, B. Miller gave receI tion and
banquet in honor of that distinguished
former resident of this city. The
event was held in the Hotel Josephine
dining room where an elegant dinner
was served. In the intermission be.
tween the courses, toasts were an.
swered to. H. L. Gilkey was toast
master and in announcing the occa-
sion for the gathering of Mr.. Miller's
friends, expressed the honor that all
felt in the splendid success that had
crowned the work of citizen of
Grants Pass in the field of diplomacy,
and that il was the wish of all that
still greater honors should be hls. To
the toast "Auld Lang Syne," H. G.
Kinney responded and told of the be-
ginning Of his acquaintance and
friendship with Consul General Mil.
Ter and of the latter's constant and
enthusiastic work for the upbuilding
Of Grants Pass He told of Mr. Mil
ler's work in organizing the townsito
company and of laying out the town,
ut the time the railroad reached
Rogue River Valley, and of his pub
Tic spirit and tireless energy in the
years that he was resident of it,
during which it attained the position
as one of the most prosperous towns
in Oregon.
Or. L. W. Van Dyke, in speaking
Of Grants Pass Twenty Years Ago,
told of several humorous incidents, as
well as times that were strenuous in
the days when the foundation of
Grants Pass was being laid, and in
many of these affairs the then plain
Harry Miller was a central figure, but
always with credit to himself. DR..
Van Dyke gave brief sketch of the
growth of Grants Pass and of the
condition and expectations 90 years
ago and of the splendid fulnllment
Of those expectations in the Grants
| Pass Of today and of the still better
expectations for the future. TO the
response of "Our Consuls," " Judge
W. O. Hale outlined the duties and
position that American consuls occu-
| py in the commercial and political
activities of the world. To the
splendid work of our consuls, drawn
from the ranks Of the business and
professional men of country, with nc
training i'm tine wiles of diplomacy as
known to European courts, but with
the sound Judgment and keen insight,
into the measures and aims of those
with whom they had dealings,
gained in the school of practical ex
Ipariouco, they are able to guard the
| interests of the United States in the
.ciashing purposes of the worlds poll
tics and in the fierce rivalry for trade
Supremacy As a consul, the record,
of the State Department, and the higl
position he attained in the diplomatic
Geld of the far East, show that II. b
miller has proven himself to be one o.
the ablost men in the American for
eign service and that his work il
| China and Japan in looking after ant
.cl,.-a-ins better trade rela .iuL.
with America, will be OF lasting
benefit TO tho three countries
The program closed with the rcpl,
by Consu General Miller to the toas
|"Russian-Japunese War, in whicl
be spoke Of the tremendous oonhic
that was being waged, the equal o
any of ancient or modern times, an,
of the vast interests at stake, wit
, the destiny of continent to be settle
! and a new condition brought TO tn
political and commercial standing q
, / ht nations Of the world. With th
d coming Of peace aud the re.adiustmeu
. 'of trade conditions ia tho Orient, Nj
. Miller predicted that the Pacif
, Coast would profit, as would no othe
, section of the world, and that tn
, time was near at hand when the con
. mercc with the countries of Asi
{ from the ports of Oregon, Californi
q aud Washington, would equai, if nc
% exceed, chat Of the ports Of the Al