Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-05-03

venienoe to the stockmen rangins
stock on the forest reserve and to res
idents OF Grants Pass aud the genera
public who want to take an outins
and enjoy the grand scenery of OLE
Grayback with its perpetual snow
and lakes and trout streams and de
lightful camping places. Supervisor
Anderson states that he will have 4,
good trail cut through from William,
to Grayback Mountain and also tt
the Caves so that great wonder viii
be accessible to tourists.
A meeting OF the directors of the
Applegate Valley Telephone Company
was held Wednesday afternoon al
Provolt, with the full board and othel
officers present, they being O. o.
Biglow, president; E. Badger, vice
president; Directors ]. T. Payne, @.
z. English, Charles Meserve, J. W.
Gilmore, A. +. Knox, E. N. Provolt,
W. B. York and W. S. Bailey, secre.
tary, j. W. .Pernoll. treasurer. Tc
afford better telephone service ii
was decided to readjust the main line
from Provolt to Grants Pass and
the branch lines connecting with it..
The main line will be changed from a
metallic to ground circuit. This
will make but one line necessary and
this will be kept clear of telephones
and used only to give connection be.
tween Grants Pass and the Company g
centrals at Provolt and Murphy. The
second line from Provolt to Grants
Pass will be used to carry the local
telephones. It will be cut at Mathes'
place and all above there will be put
on the Provolt central and all below
Mr.. Msthes' will be put on the Grants
Pass central until a central is estab-
lished at Murphy. The Psyne-Knox
line will be disconnected from the
main line to Grants Pass and run into
the Provolt central. The Missouri
Flat line so soon as enough telephones
are secured to warrant it will be cut
from the Mathes- Provolt line and ex-
tended down the north Applegate road
to Murphy. The Williams line to
Provolt having been changed to a
ground circuit the idle wire will be
left to accommodate the additional
telephones that will be taken in WILL
Jams Valley and to give connectionto
the Government line from the forest
reserve. An extension was authorized
of the main line up Appleagte Valley.
This will put the Company's line al
most in back of Jacksonville and if
is had from the set
tiers on above the line will be still
further extended and on to the famous
Blue Ledge copper district if the
miners will aid in the undertaking.
The supervision of the resdjustment
Of the lines as above stated was given
to committee composed of ]. T.
Payne. A. L. Knox and E. n. Pro.
volt.
Several rules were adopted govern
ing the service over the Companys
lines. Only stockholders in the Com
pany are to be permitted to use.the
free of charge. This in
cludes the Grants Pass stockholders
and permits them if out in the
country aud desiring to use tele-
phone to avail Themselves of the near
est telephone free of charge, they
giving their name TO the nearest cen
trail for identification. All Others
will pay % cents for the use OF tele-
phone. The free ne Of the Company's
telephones was granted Ed herriott,
Of the Williams stage or his drivers
in consideration OF his transporting
supplies for the company free nt
charge. A central Office was author
lied for Murphy as >oon as 20 mem
bers for the Comrany had been Sc
cured In the liues centerlng there.
The exp~u,e Of putting in " lines
ard exten ion. is to b. paid bS the
per,ons taking telepl ones on tNe line.
If III ir 80 tor share of stocR does
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