Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-06-25

all.
with the completion Of the gov
ernment trail down Rogue river
mail route will connect Galice with
Goldbeach and assist in the develop
ment of Curry county; for 1t is the
certsin forerunner Of wagon road,
and later railroad to the coast. !
hope to get a good trail connection
this season and this means much for
this place,
do you know that the real hard
ground for railroad building between
here and the ocean will not cover a
distance of more than or 6 miles?
And with the development of this
country this route will eventually
be followed. Railroads are rfow fol
lowing the water grades, even though
first cost is greater and Rogue river
is the logical connection between
southern and southernwestern Ore
gon and the sea.
am certain that this tip of so
many representative business men
will be of mutual benefit to our re-
spective communities. | am certain
that our people will be surprised at
the wealth that only waits develop
ment and will assist in encouraging
this development. 1t takes money
to open up quartz mine, and there
are probably more miners in this
district laboring at other work to get
money for assessment and develop
ment, men who, If they could get
financial aid, would soon be able to
ride out of here in automobiles over
roads they could afford to build
themselves.
(Mr. Anderson here invited all to
assist in the coming celebration of
the Fourth of July at Grants Pass
and suggested the entering of some
favorite lady in the contest for
Queen for that day.
i thank you heartily in behalf of
the Commercial Club for your well
come and the many kind things your
representative has said of the friend
ship and good will which will result
from this visit"
After the speaking A. T. Lewis
of the Grants Pass studio. took
couple of pictures of the crowd as
they were assembled in trout of the
store. Following this there was
hand shaking and visiting for a few
minutes when the party were invited
to partake of dinner at the hotel
winch was fully appreciated by the
crowd of hungry men. This dinner
was thoughtfully provided bv sosno
OF the mine managers who took This
means of further showing their an.
probation of the visit of the Grants
Fass party After dinner, to which
ample justice was done, the visitors
again entered their carriages and
drove to the Almeda mine whore
they were received by Foreman e r
crouch and his assistants and con
Quoted through the underground
workings of the mine. The extent
or the development work and tba
rich quality and the vast extent of
the body of ore was surprise IN
the club members Plenty of time
was taken to make the examination
and all agreed that the Almeda was
OF itself a valuable asset of Josapbine
county. The new smelter bnildinc
was also examined and the opportun-
lty Tor securing unlimited woter
power was observed and commented |
upon The picturesque location of
the mine attracted the general at
'ehtion of the p9r'y. The examina-
non OF the property having been
completed they were invited 10 tbe
mouse where supper was served in the
great dining room. After the meal
was over the party spread out over
ne camp to occupy quarters for the
light Eight remained at the AL
media, though accommodations had
'een provided for twelve. There
'roVed to be plenty of room in the
amp for all and It was the general
IMPRESSION everywhere the party re-
eived the best OF treatment Soft
lean beds and all the good things
eat was the comment of the ey.
ursionists. n.y.
on Tuesday morning the represen.
'tlVes OF the Commercial Club in
roups of four TO six were taken 70
he balance OF the mines, all the
reducing properties being visited \
the first mine examined was the
Imeda, where the entire marty
'aversed the tunnels on the varlons |
wells There are 1000 feet Of these |
workirrs o,
lie entire distance is through well. i
'neral'led rock, The party gained \