Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-04-03
GRANGE TAKES UP
CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS
Appoints Committees on Good
Roads. Rural Mail and
Rural Telephones.

The Grange movement is making
good headwsy in Josephine county
and the county now has FIVE Grange
with encouraging prospects for at
least six more before the close of the
year.
Last Saturday afternoon a Grange
was organized at the Centennial
school house, three miles southeast of
Grants Pass. by State D-puty W. j.
Dean, of Talent. This Grange started
off with 2S members and it is ex-
pected that the charter will contain
fully 80 names when it is closed at the
meeting that is to be held this Satur.
day afternoon. The work OF securing
the members for this Grange was done
by Mrs II. M. Psrham, Secretary Of
the pimick Grange recently Or
ganized in the Dimick district west
of this city, of which the membership
list was also secured by Mrs. Parham.
Mrs. Parham has .been recently sp-
pointed county deputy by State
Master Austin. Buxton and she will
later on when the farmers are through
with the hurry of thsir work take up
the organization Of Oranges at Muir
ply, Merlin, Wolf Creek, Williams.
Provolt, Leland and probably at some
other places in the county.
AS there are several Centennial
Oranges in the United States 1t was
decided to name the new Grange in
the Cenetnnial district different
name than that of the school district,
which got its name from the fact that
it was formed during the Centennial
year. The name selected was Fruit.
dale, so given from the fact that the
residents of that sections are all 60
ing into fruit raising and are located
in one of the richest and handsomest
valleys in the county. The officers
for Fruitdale Grange are 81. G. Bate
ham, master; G. A Hamilton. over
seer; Prof. R. R. Turner. lecturer
Mrs. g. A. Hamilton, secretary;
Henry HucK, treasurer; Mrs. F. A.
Clements, chaplain; E. Il Wise.
steward; W. 81. Kincaid. assistant
toward; Mrs. e. H. Wise, lady as
sistant seward; F. A. Clements. gate.
keeper; Mrs. A. G. Hauck, ceres;
Mrs. Henry Huck, pomona; Mrs. y.
G. English, flora.
The next meeting of Fruitdsle
Grange will be held SATURDAY
afternoon at 2 p. m, sharp. the regu-
lar meetings being on the first and
third Saturdays of each month.
Dimick Grange will also meet this
Saturday, but at 5 p. IN.
The members of Fruitdale Grange
are planning to carry out in full the
puroses that the Grange stands for iu
farming community, which is the
same as that Of the commercial club
to town, and will take up the in.
auguration of several public utilities
that will make for the betterment of
conditions in their settlements. For
the present the improvement Of the
roads and the securing of rural mail
route and rural telephone line con-
Meeting with Grants Pass will be on.
dertaken. A committee consisting Of
G.. A. Hamilton, II. O. Bateham ana
f. A. Clements was named to solicit
contributions of money and labor for
grading the main road to Giants Pass
and to take up the matter with the
County Court relative to secuing the
co.operstion of the county in doing
the work The plan is TO ask each
land owner5 in the settlement to con
tribute 10 cents an acre in cash or
work to the road improvement. AS
the Fruitdale road is one Of the most
atti active drives out o. Gr,nrs Pas
the automobile owners will be- asked
TO each give s2.50 to this road fund.
The highway up the south tide Of
Rogue river is one Of the coolest in
summer and one Of the most romantic
pleasure driveways in the Valley.
The upper section Of this road is
fairly good at all times OF the year
but the last two miles toward this
city owing to the heavy travel over it
and the many stumps and roots is very
rough even in the dry season. This
will be turnpiked and as much more
az the funds will permit Of Wednes-
day Chairman Hamilton, Of this COM
mittee, accompanied by George
Gebers, road supervisor for the South
Grants Pass district, aud Charles Ne
serve appeared before the county
court to represent the matter Of seoul
ing assistance from the county on this
road work. County Judge Jewell and
Commissioner Wertz assured Chair.