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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
Itemso Of Personal
Interest.

Mrs. Arthf Harth is home for a
visit with hr parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Tunes. during the holiday seasoa.
Miss Ellel Martiudale is spending
the holidays Visiting with Roseburg
friends.
AL Mckezie is up from Sscra-
mento. Cal TO greet his many friends
and to pas xmas season with the
home folks
Mr.. and Irs. Herman Heitman and
baby, Of Cebet, Ore, are the guests
of Mrs. Hstman's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. R RNipper for the Christmas
time.
Washingon Sherman, OF Greenville,
ILL.,. who has been visiting his
brother, " B. Sherman, the we'll
known reaty man, will locate in the
Rogue Rver Valley and may
conclude . remain here in Grants
Pass.
Luther simmons, boy whom his
father coud not control, was arrested
while on lie way to Grants Pass, Ore
gon. and on Wednesday. in the Su-
perior Cart, was ordered sent to
Whittier Reform School. Crescent
City Reoed.
Mrs. ]. c. Neill, OF Ashla nd and
Dale Strsis, who is attending the
business ,ollege of that place, are
home to njoy the holidays with their
parents, lr. and Mrs. W. ]. Sturgis.
j. L. 7nomas, prominent resident
of Siberian, Wyoming, spent part of
last weei in this city as the guest of
his cousn, Mrs. ]. @. Smith and
family. He was accompanied by his
family nd mother. They spent two
months visiting with Jefferson rela-
tives an have now gone TO Southern
Csliforls to pass the winter season.
G. NJ Coleman arrived in this city
from Tenatohee. Wash. the great
fruit gowing section. He comes TO
select schoice piece Of orchard land.
and cotemplstes moving here, as he
wants get away from the cold of
that nrthern region. He has been
hearin, some very good things about
Rogue River and comes to investi-
gate fe himself.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27

E. s. Quigley, the Sixth street
grocer, feeling the stringeuoy Of the
financial situation has gone in yolun.
tary bankruptcy. His assets are given
rs s2s26.24 while the liabilities are
placed at only slSS9. .O4.
We received no paper on the Nava-
RIO and hau to telephone to Editor
Voorhies Of the Courier, Grants Pass,
Oregon. for supply sufficient for
one Issue. As the freight rates from
Grants Pass TO this place is cents
per pound, it hardly pays to ship a
large amount Of paper. or anything
else. Crescent City Record.
The bulletin Of L. r. Fields. of the
s. p. lines in Oregon for the period
of December / to 10. inclusive shows
that cDly three employees were com
mended for extinguishing fire in a
culvert, whereas about "steen" were
roprimanded for non performance Of
duty. There we're eight suspensions
of an agent, conductor. baggage mas
ter, brakeman and Q car clerk, on
various charges and one operator was
actually discharged for falling to
deliver train order.
Manager A T Marshall gives the
following new telephone subscribers
and the list should be cut out and
pasted in the new directory:
Main 411-Mrs Calvert Tabor. Res.
Main l025-George Cronk. Res
Main 296-C H Watts, Res
Main 7s3-Dr. @ A Campbell Res.
Main 1037-E b Brown. Res.
Main 74S-J b Eberle, Res.
Main 699-H L Herzinger, Res.
Main S6l-H l. Herzinger, Real
Estate.
The Grants Pass Fruit Growers As
sociation held meeting Of its di-
rectors, Saturday afternoon, for the
purpose Of filing two vacancies and
other matters were considered. There
was not quorum present. but d..
Peterson, Of Hugo and Lynn d. Allen
were named in place OF X NJ Robinson
and c + Loveslce rs directors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
MARRIED.

Grants
Pas December %, 1907. N. E. Mil.
Ter, II Glendale. Oregon, and Miss
Eluda Branham, Of Leland, Rev,
E. ;. Hughes, officiating.
Thigroom is one of the trusted en-
poyeiof the Southern Pacific, being
forersn Of the West Fork division.
PHLIPS-KENNON-AtY Yreka, De.
ce,ber IA, by Rev. ]. E Badger
Chrles L. Phillips Of Brownell and
Kee Kennon of Grants Pass.
ALILEE-KNOW-At Portland. De-
cenber IS, Christopher Amlee oi
Akdford and Alice Susan Know.
WOLFOLK-LETTEKEN-At Pro
Wit, Oregon. Christmas Day,
oarence Edgar Voolfolk, of Grants
bss, Ore, and Miss Florence Let
tken, of Provolt.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
WE HAVE

New Seeded Raisins. New
|Currants. New Citron, Lem.
and Orange Peel. New Soft
Shell Eng. Walnuts. Al
monds, Pine Nuts, Texas Pc
cans, Filberts, African Cream
Nuts Cranberries for that
TURKEY, Sweet Potatoes,
Celery and Lettuce, Queen
Olives and Ripe Olives, Salad
oil in Gallons $1.15 Pure
Olive Oil
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
CARD OF THANKS.

Mrs. George Rowloy and family
desire TO sincerely thank the members
of the Christian church, for their
kindness, during the illness and death
OF their beloved husband and father.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
DIED.

MTRPHY-At the home Of p +
,wayne, near Wilderville, Oregon,
Tuesday. December "a, 1907, Mi
,hael Murphy, aged SO years.
The departed was long a prominent
rsident of Josephine county, where
L was held in great respect by all
no were his acquaintances, The
lterment occurred at the Wilderville
snetery, Christmas day. many old
riends and neighbors attending the
ervices
aURDY-At Kerby, Oregon, Wednes-
day. December %, 1907 Owen W.
Purdy, aged Ga Years OF age.
Thus passes away another pioneer
citizen of this valley who was well
and fsvorsbly know in this part of
Oregon. where he has long resided.
He had host of warm friends scat
tered all over this county and they are
pained to learn of his departure. The
funeral occurred today. at keroy'
with interment at that place.
.ROWLEY-In Grant Pass, Ore, Tues
day, December "a, 1907, George
Rowley, of senility, aged Il years
Deceased has long been a resident OF
thi city, where he was held in high
esteem. He leaves a widow, three
daughters and a son to mourn his loss.
The children are Mrs. Groves,
Walter Rowley, and Mrs. Harry
Couele of Grants Pass and Mrs. Jesse
Hunter of Berkeley, Cal. The funeral
occurred Christmas Day, Rev. Austin
J. Hollingsworth, preaching the SER
mon. The interment was at Granite
Hill cemetery.
Kinney & Truax announce that
there will be no counting of the votes
in the contest this week, but that the
results will be made public at the
big band concert, Tuesday evening
December 81. Contestants are rnn'
ing very close, as. many votes were
Kept out and have just been turned IN.
This makes it hard TO even guess as to
.be outcome. -. - 1921 1t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
SOME BARGAIN POINTERS
News Notes From the Business
Men to Aders.

DIR. Flanagan.
Physician and Dentist
O'Neill Frames Pictures.
Go to Corun tor Plumbing.
Picture Framing at Halls.
M. Clemens Prescription Druggist
A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak
Ranges at Coron's
Il. L. Parsell, piano tuning, Phone
6sS or Music Store, Grants Pass 4.
Ore. $50 #
so days sale now on at Mrs. heh.
kopfs. 1920 at
For rokay grape roots by the huud.
red or thousand see ]. T. Taylor.
s. Shoes now selling at sS. so. All
shoes going at cost at W. ]. Gardener
q Co., Dixon's old stand. li.t5-6t
l have very large stock Of Dia.
monds, ranging in price from IS to
$2OO.-Rings, Brooches, Pins, etc at
Letchers, Dixon's old stand. ll.i5.6t.
For home baking of all kinds. order
from Mrs. Gilfllsn. Fruit Cake and
Mince Meat constantly ON hand. Or
ders promptly filed. Phone 744.
1918 At
List Your Timber Lands With
Herzinger Il Mitchell. 1870 II
sS'- want Rogue River farm.
level as possible, good soil aud good
water, we'll improved. / have Port.
land Residences Property to Exchange
for same. Give price and full detail.
G. W. Barnes, Pssco, Wash, Frank
lin Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-27
BORN.

wILSON-In Grants Pass, Oregon.
We iesdsy. December 20, 1907, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy 5. Wilson. a
dauhter.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
FRUIT CROP is TOTAL LOSS
Walla Walla Orchardists Lose Whole
Spring Work.

WALLA WALLA, April 30.-Peo-
pie here are downcast today over the
report of the fruit growers, who de.
clare that fruit of all varieties i.
completely destroyed by the frost.
This is the fifth year that fruit
has been damaged to some extent by
the frosts, and it has the effect to
depress values in fruit lands in this
district, which were making rapid
strides. An effort was made to pro-
tect the trees at the Blalock fruit
farm near this city by burning piles
of straw which had been distributed
among the trees, on the theory that
the smoke, hanging over the trees,
would serve as protection, but the
experiment proved failure.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
WILLIAM WINDHAM
SUES E. I. MAuK
Alleges That Defendant Un!awfully
Removed Property Not His
Own.

On May 10th the case of William
Windham vs. E. T. Mauk will occupy
the attention of the superior court.
The trouble grew out of a sale by
Mauk to Windham.
Mauk owned a fruit ranch-a pref
ty place, they say-in the Entiat
country BY and by Windham, who
is we'll known locally as the con-
tractor who erected the Columbia
Valley Bank building, came along
and wished to buy Mauk's ranch.
Mauk said all right.
Windham alleges that under the
purchase he was to receive certain
personal property and chattels then
on the ranch, and the property of
Mauk, and for which he paid the ad-
ditional sum of $1,000. But when
the purchaser went to take posses
sion of his new acquisition the per-
sonal property had been removed.
They will fight it out before Judge
Steiner a week from Friday.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02

reaching Spokane this morning at
2 O'Clock with the passengers.
The place where the wreck oc-
Cured is in the Rockies, about $50
miles east of Spokane and not near
to any large city. 1t is on the Kalis-
pei division of the road.
Second LUCKY" Accident.
This is the second time that the
Great Northern has Jared well when
a train jumped the track Not long
ago, 100 miles east of Spokane, the
engine of a fast-moving freight train
struck a COW and threw the body
against a switch, throwing it point
The engine left the track and tore
up things for 100 feet, but did not
turn over. Many of the cars were
totally destroyed, but no one was in
jured
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
TEMPORARY
WATER SUPPLY PLAN
Electric Company Proposes to Install
Pumping Plant on Co
lumbia River.

A temporary solution of the water
question in Wenatchee seems about
to be reached.
At the request of the city council,
Senator Gum, representing the We
natchee Electric company, laid be-
fore the council at its session Tues
day night a plan which mas evoked
much favorable comment.
When seen by a World man this
morning about the new plan, Mr..
Gum said:
"Our idea is this: We propose to
erect small pumping plant on the
banks of the Columbia river, capable
of supplying the city with from three
to four hundred thousand gallons of
water daily. We estimate that the
whole pumping plant would not cost
over 100000, and that it could be
operated by electric motor for about
$4,000 per month. There would
be practically no further expense to
this project, and We could have it
ready to run water into the pipes
by the middle of July. With the
water serviceswhich the city already
has. this little project would more
than supply the requirements for
the next year or so, or until the per-
manent project can be accomplished.
And the expense is Insignificant; it
would actually cost the city less for
power on the small, temporary pro-
ject in question than would be paid
as interest on the Wenatchee river
project
At Tuesday nights session of the
council the plan of the electric COM
pany for the construction and in
stallation of the temporary plant was
thoroughly discussed, and the var
ious members looked with favor on
the idea. The water committee has
the matter in hand, and will meet to-
day with Senator Gum to discuss it
in detail. A special meeting of the
council may be called to go more
fully into the question, and to hear
the report of the committee
The acceptance of the electric COM
pany's proposition would provide the
city with water during the perfec-
tion and execution of its plans for a
permanent water supply. and the
cost would not be large. :
It Il estimated that the temporary
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
DENIES REPORT OF
FRUIT FAILURE
Sensational Reports Sent Out From
Spokane as to Injury to
Fruit are Denied.

Will H. Parry this morning re-
ceived strong denial of the sensa-
tiOnal teleghaphic report sent out
from Spokane to the effect that the
fruit crop of the greater part of east
ern Washington had been destroyed
by a frost on the morning of April
2S. The story indicated that the
greater part of the Inland Empire
and the valley fruit districts in east
ern Washington had sustained an
enormous loss.
Il have received a wire from the
Two Rivers district, in the Colum-
bia river valley, stating that there
was absolutely no sign of frost there
two days ago and that the fruit is in
excellent condition in the whole early
fruit belt of the Columbia river
said Mr.. Parry. ''The story sent out
from Spokane was not well founded,
as it purported to cover the main
fruit districts of eastern Washington.
In the district surrounding the
junction of the Snake and Columbia
rivers there was no sign of frost, al
though some of the orchards in the
Palouse country and near the Idaho
line may have suffered. The report
in question is calculated to do harm
to the entire eastern part of the
state and is without warrant. Sc
attic Times.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
s.ewis-Clarke School Meeting May 10

Clerk Littlefield of school district
Nc 46, Lewis-Clarke school, l..s
called meeting of the patrons of
that institution for Friday night,
May 10th, at eight O'Clock, for the
purpose of determining whether or
not the school district shall sell the
portion of the land which it now
holds, and acquire another and
larger tract.
1t was voted few days ago to
sell bonds for the construction of a
new modern brick school building in
this district, to cost about $4,000.
As published exclusively in the
World at that time, the present
frame building will be torn down or
sold.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
shelter Goes to Cascade Tunnel.

Forest Superintendent D. B. Shell
Ter left on the west bound train last
evening for the region of the Cas-
cade tunnel.
Mr.. Shelter goes to meet the engi-
neer corps of the Great Northern
Railway company, which is now maxi
ing surveys on the headwaters of the
Wenatchee river, with view to To-
eating that company's new water
power schemes. Superintendent Shell
Ter will confer with the company S
engineers as to the probable amount
of standing timber they shall be or
liged to destroy, what amount is to
be used in the construction OF the
necessary fumes, dams, etc, for the
development of the $4,000 horse
power decided upon.
While there the forest superint-
endent will also meet several OF the
new settlers in that vicinity, and ad-
Just sevetal matteae resasding tins
ber claims, grazing rights, etc. He
will return to Wenatchee in a few
days to look after the fitting up OF
the local forestry Office of which he
is in charge. 1t is thought that a
communication from Washington
will shortly authorize the employ
ment of several local men for fire pa
trolls, forest cruisers, etc. AS stated
in late issue of the World these
jobs will pay from 60 to rs per
month, and number of local men
will be employed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02

The startling discovery has just
been made that the famous Gum
bill, introduced in the last legislature
by Senator Arthur Gum of W'enat-
chez, through an error amends, in
stead of the revenue law, law relat-
ing to the DETACHMENT of location
notices in mining claims, and hence
will not stand the test of the courts.
When approached by World rep
resentative this morning, Senator
Gum said he had been advised Of the
miscarriage of the bill. but had moth
ing to say beyond this:
Il was with Mr.. Easterday in the
Office of the tax commission when the
draft of the so-called Gum bill was
prepared. / later introduced it as
it was prepared there.
Il took it for granted that the
figures given were correct.
q still believe the principle in
volved to be right, and hope the
courts will hold it to be valid as 1t
is. If not, then / trust the next leg
islature will re-enact the BILL
That the Gum bill exempting
money, mortgages and ocean goins
vessels from taxation, regarded as
one of the most important pieces of
Legislation enacted by the last legis-
lature, is hopelessly void by reason
of a defect in it's title is the belief
of those who have been made aware
of the astonishing discovery.
The Gum bill appears as chapter
48 of the session laws of 1907 and
is designed, according to its title, to
"amend section 3, chapter LXXXIIl
of the session laws of 1897, relating
to revenue ant. taxation. Chapter
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
Injunction Suit Hearing Today.

The superior court is today hear
ing the evidence in the case of Hall
and Woodruff against F. r. Kist, in
which plaintiffs are suing for an in
junction restraining the defendant
from following the blacksmithing
trade in Wenatchee.
The plaintiffs allege that there is
an agreement existing between the
parties to the suit, whereunder Eis4
stipuiates that he will no., for a
consideration, indulge in the black
smiths art for period. of years, in
Wenatchee.
There is prejudice in many
courts against contracts in restraint
OF trade, and the outcome of the
present action is watched with con-
siderable interest.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
FAMOUS CUM EXEMPTION,
LAW IS FATALLY DEFECTIVE
Title of Laws Must State Object Clearly
All Court Decisions Hold to Exact
Letter of Constitution

LXXXIII of the session laws of 1897
is An act entitled an act to prevent
the destruction, mutiliation or de-
facement of land marks, monuments
and notices upon mining claims, and
providing a penalty therefor"
In other words, in drawing up the
bill the wrong chapter number was
used in reference to the statute to be
amended. That this defect will rem
der the bill void must be generally
conceded. Section 10, article II of
the state constitution provides that
mo bill shall embrace more than
one subject, and that shall be ex-
pressed in the title" and the courts
have heretofore held to the strict
letter of the law.
! To amend the law which it intend
ed to amend the Gum bill title should
have referred to section of chapter
II of the extraordinary session of
1901 which section. amended chapter
LXXI of the session laws of 1897.
The measure was introduced at
the request of j. H. Easterday and T..
D. Rockwell of the state tax commits
sion, by Senator Arthur Gum. 1t
has been accorded widespread APP
proval throughout the state and the
fact that it has been found defective
will be generally regretted. The law
has an emergency clause and hence
has been in operation for some time
Acting under the law the county as
SCISSORS of the state have been ex-
empting money, mortgages, ETC., as
provided in the bill, but if the law is
void, it will necessitate the supple
mental assessment of all this class o.
wealth.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
Great Northern is Fined.

SEATTLE, May In the case of
the United States against the Great
Northern Railway for violation of
the twenty-four hour law on two
counts and one count for lack of
safety appliances, the company was
fined $1,000 on each count, together
with the costs.
The law provides that the railroad
companies shall not keep live stock
on the train for longer period than
twenty-four hours at time without
unloading for feed and water. The
fine is from 500 to $500 for each
onense.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02

The famous Palm Ice Cream. We
aatchee Drug Co.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
High School Basket Social.

AS anncrr~.a N Yesterdays World
the students Of the High School are
making extensive preparations for a
rOusing reeontion to guests at their
basket social Friday night. Orna-
mental handmade baskets, full of
good things to eat, will be sold at
auction. Those artistic dainties are
being provided by Wenatchee's
young ladiN and the beaux of the
community are expected to turn out
in force. A jolly time is assured.
and indications point to big attend
ance.
Funds derived from the auction
of baskets will be used to defray the
expenses of contestants in the inter-
scholastic track met at Pullman May
10 and IL. About eight boys will at
tend from the Wenatohee High
School. returning here Sunday. May
18th.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
ON HIGH TRESTLE
Miraculous Escape of Great Northern
Passengers From Fatal
Accident. s

Still another wreck on the G.. n.
According to intelligence received
here this morning, while running at
a high rate of speed, train No. l of
the Great Northern road left the
track in the center of Two Medicine
bridge, 75 miles east of Whitefish,
Mont, Monday night. The guard
rails are believed to have prevented
the entire train from jumping into
the gulch 200 feet deep. Henry Han
son, the mail clerk. was bruised on
the body and face by the jumping of
the mail car, but his injuries are be-
lieved to have been the only ones
sustained by any one on the train.
Local division headquarters have
but meagre information regarding
the details of the wreck. Enough is
known, however, to establish the
fact that the accident was most
miraculous one, owing to the fact
that the engine and the whole train
stood up after leaving the track. Had
they gone over into the gulch moth
ing can estimate the number of kill
ed and injured.
Was Regulation Train.
The train was the regulation No.
1. with full equipment of baggage,
mail and express, day coaches, chair
cars, sleepers and with an observa-
tion car in the rear. 1t is claimed
that the observation car was the ON
ly one that did not leave the track
What was the case of the wreck
has not yet been established, but it
delayed traffic to such an extent that
No. had to take the passengers Of
No. /, exchanging hers for them.
The belated No. turned into No. !.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02
No More Saloon Employment Offices.

At a meeting of the city council
Tuesday night the custom of con-
Quoting employment bureaus in sa-
looms came up for discussion, and it
was decided that this practice should
be discouraged The proper city au-
thorities will call upon the manage
ment of the Depot saloon, in con-
nection with the employment office
now conducted in that place.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-02

pumping plant would suffice to keep
the city in plenty of additional water
for at least two years, and by that
time the big system should be in.