Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-31

louse' not to follow tba, 49,, "'Ohi
hoa'a 'e'y Out that it be used as
oasls to go by These 80 as
= 'In haa 'le exact words of that motion ro
II mas been so long ago tha4 ',lo.loh
thas O''en' but it was sometime ;,
'hat effect. That motion L
t,, - soy carried. The trustees at tha,
'ime Cwell, | will not ment,o'l % y ,na
a,nns, ., seemed to think they had ;
sisantic job on hand Of onr "u
s, 10y started out and after a wear .,
such matter they came hao,, VI
'eport mat they had visited o,,
oi the wood working establishmoa.. a., =.
~ 'nis city and there was no oak n
Josephine county suitable Co.. 'N ~
purpose, and, in fact, no oak in this
firomo, 's IL lot any other purpose than
ie"oou' and again, even if we con,d
get the oak, it would have 70 u,u ~
.' ."'Neu up and let stand for at least
.".ee years and altogether tho
9enenle was impracticable and wo
were told it could not be done co tho
l'a''er was dropped for time. bnt
'','i 'nere was a small voice heard
''"'iis every now and then what
ABOUT the furniture the trustees n,oro
oiuereu to have made some timo
ago Immediately some ono of tho
trustees would glare at the speaker
ana thunder forth, Haven't we to,d
you 'hat 1t can't be done?" There
upon the speaker would he dnIv srh
uueu ana take his seat But the
speaker had been pretty well ovar
'oSephihe county and during his
travels over its beautiful hills be
nau seen some splendid oak timber
ana ne could not understand WHY
some OF 1t could not be placed on the
market and made into furniture ca
ne would persist in coming back and
asking how they were getting along
with that furniture, he would again
be met with that stony glare from
some trustee and be again informed
you can't do it, So after wears of
trying to get the trustees awav from
that word can't the mover of that
motion took it upon himself to call
on some Of the mill men and see if
oak lumber could be had suitable for
the Kind of furniture he wanted You
can imagine his surprise when the
mill men informed him they conld
get out 10000 feet of first-class oak
At once, If It was wanted AT the
next lodge meeting the mover of that
with a great deal OF pride
and gusto, proceeded to inform the
odge and trustees of his discovery
md that the oak could be had. He
'elt as though he had accomplished
great deal. He was now. able to cite
he trustees to the place where the
,ak could be had The one great oh
'tacle to the making of this furniture
lad now been overcome and the
rustees could no longer say You
ant get the oak. He thought he
lad them sure now, but not so. The
rustees were a willy set and were
lot to be so easily caught. The next
week, to make sure they were not
raped, they called on the millmen
nd all on all the word workers in
he city and next lodge night they
anne back loaded, True, they could
et the oak, but II was green oak
nd they could not make furniture |
MT Of green oak If they got the a
'ood at all they would have to buy n
n enormous quantity, they would d
ave to buy or hire a shed and they
'ould have TO lay II away for at least o
hree years, and mind you, this was "
ONE three or four years after we had "
Iarted, or since the original motion l
'as made three years before. Just u
llnk of It. Who was going TO wait u
lree years for new furniture? No, e'
e could go to Jackson county and z
ave them made at once. There was cl
man in Medford who could do Il. al
e had made the furniture for the CT
asons. But the mover Of that mo- s'
on was oblurate. He did not want
,ckson county oak and he did not CT
ant furniture made in Mediord, He u
anted Il made here in Grants Pass e'
I'd he wanted Josephine county oak.
, II finally got to be called his hob cl
,. and whenever opportunity offer W
|. they would laugh and sneer about SO
tive Josephine county oak. heard al
le OF them say, only a few evenings o'
TO- that through the bull headed d'
,ss of that brother they finally had w
o lodge furniture. Not that ] wish pr
understood that the trustees did w
Il want this furniture all the time Ia
badly as any one, but they simply
d not seem to be able TO get away re