Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-03-30
FINE STOCK IN
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Farmers Raise Big Horses and
Also Take up Dairying-Buy
Percheron Horse

Will A Leonard, a rancher of
Sucker Valley. residing near Holland,
was in Grants Pass Tuesday aud We'd
nesday. Mr.. Leonard formerly made
beef cattle the chief product Of his
farm, but like many other cattlemen
he became convinced that the contin-
ued low price of beef cattle of the last
few years was due to the control of
the market by the beef trust that
now fully controls all the packing
houses of the country, and he has
turned his attention to dairying and
to raising heavy draft horses. He is
to be one Of the patrons of the new
creamery that is being erected in
Sucker Valley and which will be the
first in Josephine county. This
creamery will be in operation by the
10th of April Mr.. Leonard is a
member of both the Kerby Breeders AS
sociation and OF the Josephine County
Stockmens Association and he is
secretary Of the latter organization.
The Kerby Breeders Association, of
which K. P. George is president, and
I. G. Burroughs is secretary, was
organized last Fall by 10 of the pro.
gressive farmers of Illinois Valley
for the purpose of purchasing a
thoroughbred Percheron horse A
two year old horse was ought of Nc
Laugblin Bros. of Columbus, Ohio,
they had imported from France last
Summer. The horse was on exhibi-
tion at the Lewis and Clark tair and
took prize and he was one of the
most perfect horses ever brought to
Oregon. The Association paid $4,000
for him and brought him to Kerby.
Soon after his arrival he smashed
PARTITION to his stall and almost tore
one of his front legs loose from his
body. Though the best surgical care
was given the horse, blood poisoning
set in and he died. An insurance of
$1,000 had been placed on him in the
Pacific Live Stock Association of
Spokane. After repeated notifications
and much correspondence the Com
pany has agreed to pay the insurance
on April "a. Mclaughlin Bros on
learning of the loss of the horse noti-
fed the Association that they would
give them the pick of their stable of
horses at Kansas City, many of which
are valued as high as $4,000, by the AS
sociation paying them the $1,000 in
surance. This generous offer has been
accepted and their insurance money
being yet held back the members of
the Association raised among them
selves the $1,000 to be paid McLaugh-
lin Bros, and $3.50 for expenses in
getting the horse here aud have sent
Secretary T. G. Burroughs and
Nicholas Sauer to Kansas TO make the
selection. They are expected to ar
rive in Grants Psas the last of next
week with Percberon that will be
quite the equal of their first purchase.
The horse will be given a few days
rest here and then be taken to Kerby.
This purchase by the Kerby Breed
ers Association will give Josephine
county two Thoroughbred Percheron
horses, the other one having been pur-
chased lsat Fall from Mclaughlin
Bros. by the Grants Pass Breeders AS
socistion. With such fine horses rs
these for tho use of breeders the day
will be passed for the horse that is
too small to haul even fair sized
load, and too slow to win even a scrub
race and too generally useless to bring
over $75 in the market With this
splendid beginning made the time is
not distant when 5000 horses will be
as plentiful in Josephine county as
are now the little $50 animals.