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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06

young men thought they could make
some easy money and dropped their
nets. They made a big haul and so
did Warden Clanton. The fish and
nets were seized and confiscated, the
fish being shipped to Portland and
the proceeds turned over to the state.
The fishermen were taken before
Justice Holman on Monday and each
I'd 300 and costs, amounting to
s4.45 in each case.
There was some illegal fishing on
the river last season, and in each
case the culprits were residents of
Oregon City, or other out Of town
point. The resident fishermen have
an interest in seeing to 1t that the
fishing laws arc resDected instead of
broken, as their livelihood depends
upon the fishing industry being pro-
tected.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06

turbed. The blood from his wounds
had been long dried and his face was
black, and the indications were that
death had taken place many hours
before.
About three o'clock Monday after
noon Thrasher had secured flask
of whiskey from the Greeks and with
a young man named Alpha Burnett
and two girl companions had started
for Kingsbury Springs, one purpose
of the trip being to secure soda water
with which to mix the liquor. A
rainstorm interrupted the journey
and the party returned. At four
o'clock Thrasher sent a friend to the
bunch of Greeks at the Spur for more
liquor and at 4:30 went to Fred Put
nam's boarding house where he sat
by the stove and deplored his intoxi-
Gated condition. At $3.50 he went to
his lodgings in the bunkhouse. At
$50 Henry Hazelbrock, young
German, says he saw him at the
bunkhouse in bed with his clothes
off and his shoes on and that three
Greeks were with him. At 1880
Hazelbrock saw one of the Greeks
leave the vicinity Of the bunkhouse
carrying a violin case and going to
the railroad station, this being about
the time of the arrival of passenger
train No. IA bound for Ashland.
Thrasher occupied the bunkhouse
alone.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
REGULAR MEETING OF
LADIES' AUXILIARY

club rooms Monday afternoon In
regular session. After the reading
Of the minutes of the last meeting
the club enjoyed flute solo by Mr..
Wharton, accompanied by Mr.. Van
Dyke on the piano.
The president then introduced Mr.
r. G.. Smith and he gave very in
teresting talk on the subject of a
public library. In his remarks he
said he would be heartily In favor
of a public library for Grants Pass
or any other city that didn't have
one. He told how he had been
raised without that privilege until
he went to Portland, and there what
a great help the library was to him
In his studies. His idea Of the people
electing library commission was ia
vored by all who heard him. He also
told about the taxes which would be
so small In proportion to the bene-
fit that we ought not even to think
Of them for one moment in a way
that would cause feeling that the
city could do without library. In
figures It was proven that a tax
payer who had property that was
assessed at $1,000 the extra tax to
keep up library would only amount
to fifty cents year. Just think Of
that and then think Of the benefits
and pleasure to be derived from so
small sum.
He also spoke OF our present coun-
Gil. OF course they are in favor OF
improving the city in every way
possible and would naturally be in
favor OF the library, but the next
council might repeal the tax, so to
be sure Of the library, Mr.. Smith
said he was in favor OF setting a
petition in circulation and get every
voter in Grants Pass to sign and have
1t presented to the council, asking
them to call for a special election to
amend the charter so as to provide
for a library fund.
Rev. Bartlett was then called up
on and he stated that he heartily
agreed with all that Mr.. Smith had
said; in fact, some OF the remarks
made were just what he had intended
to make. He said that the men in a
town, as a rule, were so busy In the
commercial problems and looking
after the dollars and cents that the
ladies Of Grants Pass would have to
look TO the refinement and culture
OF the city and start things going
but that the men were in favor and
now that It was started everybody
In Grants Pass must put their
shoulders 10 the wheel and work
vote for and secure a Carnegie H.
brary The general feeling Is that
the way our city Is growing and i'm
proving we should not even think
OF asking for anything less than a
$4,000 building, instead Of one OF
10000 as II would he iNst az easy
TO keep up larger building, and It
would be In line then with our other
improvements After this talk the
different committees gave report
Of their work and what they were
doing toward the rose carnival and
then the meeting adjourned until
the next meeting.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
WAS CLUBBED TO DEATH NEAR
ASHLAND TUESDAY EVENING
SIX GREEKS ARE ARRESTED
Other Parties Later Supposed to Have
Committed the Terrible
Crime.

On Monday night last, Jesse
Thrasher, of this city, was murdered
at Ayres Spur, near Ashland, and 1t
is charged that six Greeks are in
volved in the murder. The Greeks
had been employed by the Ashland
Manufacturing company, and having
been discharged they visited Medford
and Jacksonville, where they filled
up on bad whiskey, and taking a
quantity of the poison with them,
they went back to Ashland and fin,
ally went out to the factory where
they had been employed. They found
Thrasher there, and, it Is said, they
fancied in some way that he had been
instrumental in having them dis
charged and for this they dubbed
him to death, after which they slash
ed his body with knives and then hid
1t In one Of the bunk houses, where 1t
was found Tuesday morning by some
of the men who chanced to go into
the building. The Greeks were found
In Ashland and being arrested were
given a hearing Tuesday afternoon,
and all six were held to await the ac-
tion Of the grand jury. They were
sent to the Jackson county jail and
locked up without bail. Their names
are Geo. Trakas, Lewis Kotars, Nick
Kotars, J. Chambers, N. Chambers
and M. Cokas. This Is the first re.
port which came from Ashland. The
Mail Tribune Of Medford publishes
the following later report, which
contradicts the first story:
1t is now believed that the six
Greeks who were arrested Tuesday
charged with the murder OF Jesse
Thrasher, the young man who was
found with his skull crushed In at
Ayres Spur, are not guilty Of the
crime, but that other parties brought
about the young mans death. A
woman is believed to figure In the
case.
The murdered man belongs in this
city, being the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. NJ, Thrasher. He is we'll known
here and is said to be 27 years old.
He Is brother Of Harry Thrasher,
the baseball man. Jesse's father and
brother went to Ashland Tuesday ald
the remains were conveyed by them
to Jacksonville, where the family
formerly resided.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
ART EXHIBIT AT THE
GRANTS PASS SCHOOLS
An Interesting Display Of the Up-tO-
date Work Being Done by the
Pupils of the City.

An exhibit of the art work done
by the pupils of the Grants Pass pub
lie schools under the direction of
Miss Ethel Chapman, has been on
display at the different school build
ing in this city this week. On We'd
nesday afternoon the Riverside
school exhibit was held in the River
side building; Thursday afternoon
the East side school exhibit took
place, and the high school will ex-
hibit this Friday afternoon. These
exhibitions are for the benefit of the
parents and friends Of the pupils,
and shows in a highly commendable
manner the excellGnt work being
done in the schools oHbur city.
The Riverside building consists of
eight rooms-first grade, with Mrs.
Mollie Belding as teacher; second
grade, Miss Ava Thompson; third
grade, Miss Emile Callahan; fourth
grade, Miss Lucie George; fifth
grade, Miss Margaret Williamson;
fourth A, Miss nellie Dement,; sixth
grade, Miss H. M. CcCoy. and seventh
grade, Prof. Hartman.
The East building also contains
eight rooms-First grade, Mrs. Lii
lian Denison; second grade, Mrs. Zoa
Bryant; third grade, Miss Alice Hor-
ton; fourth grade, Miss Cora Nc
Vain; fourth A and fifth B, Miss
Reba Lowry; fifth A and sixth B,
Mrs. Woodward sixth grade, Miss
Parramore; seventh grade, Miss
Shaw. Each room in these two
buildings had a most creditable dis
play OF the work done during the
past year. The walls we're covered
with original design work, free hand
cutting, tinted pictures, ETC., which
were a credit to both pupil and
teacher.
At the Riverside building each
visitor on entering Mrs. Belongs
room was presented with dainty lit
tie May baskets made by the pupils
and filled with fragrant flowers. In
this room also, aside from the gener-
al display on exhibit, the little first
graders had quite an interesting dis
play In seed growing. There were
plants growing In perforated egg
shells, showing the effects OF drain
age, while tiny shoots were growing
from a glass of water, the seeds hav-
ing been dropped on saturated cot
ton. AT the East side school the first
grade room, taught by Mrs. Deni-
son, also had an aside exhibit for the
little folks. This consisted OF an Es-
qulmaux village, with cotton to rep
resent snow and fishes and animals
moulded from clay. Here, too, was
found a good sized doll house, which
the teacher had made for the pupils.
The house contained four rooms
which had been neatly papered by
the children and furnished through
out by them, the boys painting the
outside Of the building. This was
very reat and original and called for
much admiration from the visitors.
The drawings and map work, es-
peclally In some OF the rooms. were
truly works OF art, and az the visit
ors passed from room to room they
might almost imagine they were in
a miniature art gallery, so artistic
and true TO life and nature were the
scenes before them, Specimens OF
writing, showing the Improvement
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
Fined for Illegal Fishing.

Sid Howell Of Oregon City. and
Cal. Allen. Of this place, we're ar
rested Saturday night by Fish Ward
en- Ed Clanton for fishing too close TO
the Ament dam, where the salmon
congregate in large numbers These
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
AT WORK ON 9Th
AND G STREETS
MANY MEN ARE AT WORK
The Surface Work and Some Blocks
of Paving Will Probably be
Finished by June 10.

The great event in our local his
tory began when work on G and
Sixth streets was undertaken which
really inaugurated important pub
lie improvements in the city of
Grants Pass. In the minds of the
average citizen there appears vision
Of beautiful streets which are to be
forever made free from the everlast-
ing mud which has for so many years
been a real disgrace to the other
wise beautiful city. Our municipal
fathers, the citizens committee and
the city engineer kept at the pro-
posed improvements until every de-
tail was finally worked out, the con-
tract let and the work for which
we have so long been waiting is actu-
ally In sight.
On Monday morning OF this week
Contractors Clark & Son began at
the 4th and G street intersection on
the laying of the new cement curbs
and extending the old sidewalk out
to the 12-foot line, as provided for
under the plan Of street improve
ment. At the same time Manager
Clark, Of the Water and Light Co.,
put force OF workmen to removing
old water mains and replacing the
same with much better quality Of
new pipe and all required modern
gates and connections so that the
pavement need never be disturbed to
repair water pipes. He Is also lay
ing, along the old gutter line the con-
duits for the light wires to connect
with the cluster light posts at the
street and alley corners.
The Warren Construction Co. have
sublet the cement and concrete
work to Clark & Son. OF this city,
and the work will be superintended
and inspected by VIM. Higgins,
whose appointment has been ratified
by 1.-The city council and citizens COM
mittee.
1t will require about two weeks
time for the cement curbs to prop
erly cure before the paving can be-
gin. In the meantime the construc-
tion company will assemble their
machinery, men and materials for
the paving.
The trench excavation for the
storm sewer is being started at the
lower end of the Sixth street pave
ment line on the south side Of L
street.
The city council and city engineer
are completing plans for the extern
sion OF this sewer line to the river
and II Is probable that from this
point the size OF the pipe may be
enlarged and made to accommodate
the property owners as a sanitary
sewer as we'll as the surface drain
age.
All OF this surface work will, In
all probability be completed by the
18th OF June, and several blocks Of
the pavement should be down by that
time.
Every citizen will feel pride ir
this undertaking as II progresses and
will anxlously await It's completion
for our future prosperity to very
large extent depends on modern
public works, and especially on the
paving OF our streets II has been
said many times that Sixth street
with It's bitulthlc pavement, It's
artistic cluster lights and its width
VAL be n street which any city would
be proud 10 possess. II Is not ont
OF order 10 say here that the street
improvements which have already
been commenced are not all the pub
lie works that are TO be undertaken
during this important year OF 1910.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06

Make your plans to see "Esmer-
aida" at the opera house, Friday,
May 20, given by the graduating
class Of the high school. Reserved
seats will be on sale at Russell's.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06

Later reports develop the fact
that the killing was done with a 16-
inch piece of oak stove wood, heavy
at one end and smooth at the other.
Knots at the heavy end assisted in
sinking the blows deeply into the
skull, and though many blows were
struck any one of the number would
have resulted fatally. The knotty
end Of the club was covered with
blood stains and the club Is in the
hands Of the authorities. There were
no signs Of a struggle and no evil
dences Of robbery, as his hand con-
tanned his finger ring, a small sum
of money was in his purse and his
suit case and belongings were undis-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
JACK PRICE GOES
BY THE SUICIDE WAY
Shoots the Top Of His Head of IN "a
Lonely Cabin Nine Miles
from Merlin.

Jack Price, a professional gambler
who has made Grants Pass his home
at times but for some time has been
living in little cabin on a mining
claim Q miles from Leland, commit
ted suicide last Sunday by shooting
himself In the left temple with a
"a Colts revolver Details Of the NJ.
fair will be found In the LELAND bud
get found on page Of this Issue.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06

since the beginning OF the school
year, were everywhere in evidence in
the different rooms and the marvel
GUS Improvement accomplished in
nine short months was highly COM
pllmentary to the faithful work OF
teacher and pupil.
Quite a number OF parents and
friends visited these two buildings
during exhibit day and In every
room they found the teachers courte-
ous and anxious TO show to the best
advantage the excellent work being
done in our public schools Grants
Pass can boast the best institutions
OF learning in the state, and It is an
encouragement TO both teacher ana
pupil to have the parents visit the
schools from time TO time and 20 take
note OF the work In progress The
high school will hold an exhibit
this Friday afternoon,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-06
Tour Of Interior Begins

Aside from the announcements
made Of construction work and ac,
qulrement OF other railroads, the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
ALL POLICEMEN
ARB APPLICANTS
1T Is PROBABLE THAT NOW NEW
FACES WILL BE SEEN
JANUARY 4.

Contrary to rumors afloat around
the city hall the present members of
the police department will not be re-
quired to hand In applications before
he board of fire and police commits
sioners, winch viii meet the latter
part of this month. Members OF the
department are considered applicants
for re-appointment and Chief of
Police Singery says there will be no
designations. With the appointment
of Ellis w. Stewart yesterday there
are no vancancies. He was sworn in
by City Clerk Mcintyre and has be-
gun his duties on the night force. He
and ]. T. ode were chosen to fill the
caused by the designations
of Lucien Shelton and Leslie Ogilvie.
The names of the present patrolmen
will be handed to the commissioners
in list and the appointments made.
There are only a few new applica-
tons on file in the citgl clerks office.
The commissioners do not say when
they will meet but a meeting will
not likely be held until after Christ
mas. II is understood that few
changes. II any. wil be made In the
present roster of patrolmen.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
FARMERS BLAMED
FOR HIGH PRICES
EMINENT FRESHMAN TELLS THEM
TO ORGANIZE FOR
SELLING.

New York, Dec. fO.-"Unless the
American farmers will organize and
distribute their own products, the
high cost OF living can not be re-
duced either here or abroad" said
Sir Horace Plunket, the president OF
the Irish Agricultural society. here
today. Sir Horace originated the
cooperative diaries system in Ire
and. He comes to America to urge
farmers 10 do away with the middle
man. Farmers are beginning to
realize that their inaction has been
more the reason for the high cost
OF living than the trusts" he added.
1.-The middle mans profits are made
in cooperative organizations" Sir
Horace will tour the west for two
months.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
nnr Gr.ham ,.oe. 70 81. LouI..

Mr.. Roy Gresham will leave to-
nlgSt for St Louis. where he will
accets the position as assistant man
ager Of the Ford Motor Car company
branch In that city. II does not mean
that Mr.. Gresham sewers HIS connec-
tlcn with the local Arm OF Foreman
and Gresham. He s;ill retains his
interest with Mr.. Sam Foreman in
the Paducah agency. Mr.. Foreman
will be In charge OF the local Office,
with larger territory than last year
Mr.. Gresham made quite -reputa-
ton in the automobile world and
he friends are pleased TO see his
ability given such signal recognition
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
PORTUGAL
AND SPAIN.
MAY UNITE
Plan Of Republicans Of Both
Countries For Federal
Government.
England Alarmed Over Triple
Alliance.
FROM EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
FROM EUROPEAN CAPITALS.

Paris. Dec. 10. Omitted Press. y
There may be some truth in the re-
port that Bob" Chambers legal rep
resentatives have succeeded In ar
ranging things with his erstwhile
wife, Mile. Lima Cavalieri. The
prima donna was to have sailed for
New York the last week in Novem-
Der. but the trip was postponed and
Mile. Cavalieri announced that she
would not go to America until the
middle of January, II then. All her
American engagements have been
postponed until that time. Mile.
Lima was to have appeared at the
Paris opera in That's recently. but
cancelled the date, it is said, on ac-
count of the state of her health.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10

tematic arrangements can be made
for distributing the Christmas cheer.
You want, of course, not only to re-
lleve distresss but to make the
Christmas merry for the little chill
dren of the poor. and In order to get
all the fun possible out OF the situa-
ton, system is required. Don't de-
lay minute after this reaches your
eye, but I'LL out the blank below and
follow directions. The initiation
ceremony by which YOU will be
changed from a common mortal into
a Good Fellow will take place in the
mysterious chamber OF your own
heart, and YOU won't know yourself
when you come through the process.
Good Fellows wear the sign and in
sigma of the order in their faces and
are recognized by the warmth OF
their greeting.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS Is
NAMED BY JUDGE
Men, Who will Appraise Value
OF Real Estate For
Taxation.
D. A. Yeiser, Jesse Gilbert,
Wilcox and Hoffman.
ARE SELECTED FROM PADUCAH.

After considerable time spent in
the selection of the members OF the
county board of supervisors, County
Judge Alben w. Barley today in
county court announced his appoint
ments. The board 1 composed of
Jesse c. Gilbert, ID. A. Yeiser. I. ID.
Wilcox, william Hoffman, of the
city. and B. J. Horekamp. w. r.
Hooker, Louis B. Holt and Charles
Unselt. of the county. The MEM
bers are ordered 10 convene Janu-
airy 2 at the court house and may re-
main in session 25 days.
In the selection OF the members OF
the boards, Judge Barley has been
careful to select representative citi-
zens. for the appointment of the
board is one of thf most important
in his Jurisdiction. George Allen.
county assessor, is busy now com
pleting his assessment OF the county
and will be ready to turn his records
over to the supervisors for an equal
ization of the figures.
For the pact two years the state
board OF equalization has added a
fat increase to the figures OF the Nc
Cracker county boards which has
made the assessment OF property in
the county s13.254,654. There is
some talk of the county using the
block map assessment OF the city.
1t IL within the power OF the board
to place the same value upon the
property in the city as the city board,
provided the figures and estimates of
the city eau be obi med II Is evi-
dent that property assessed by the
city Is of equal value to the county.
In the selection OF the board four
OF the members are citizens OF Padu-
cab. Jesse Gilbert 10 4 former men,
Der of the police and fire commission
ers, and a druggist. ID. A. Yeiser is
a former mayor and a druggist. Mr..
1. ID Wilcox is a former circuit court
clerk. ard william Hoffman is a
partner of Councilman George Han
min In the tin business
The supervisors from the county
are selected from the four magister-
lal districts. B. j. Hoyakamp re-
sides In the Fifth district. w. r..
Hooker. of the Sixth district. is a
former magistrate. l.. b. Holt re-
sides in the Seventh district. Charles
Unselt resides in the Eighth district.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
TEMPERANCE FIELD DAY
FOR PADUCAH SUNDAY

Sunday will be field day for the
state temperance union in Paducah
and four representatives will arrive
from Louisville this evening and
speak at the different churches to-
morrow morning and evening.
Among the workers are DR.. NJ. A..
Palmer, Of Louisville. president Of
the State Anti-Saloon League and
DR.. Fuller. of Lexington. Tomorrow
morning they will speak at the
Broadway Methodist. First Presby-
terrain. First Baptist and First Chris
tian churches and in the evening will
visit the Fountain Avenue Meth odist.
Tenth Street Christian. Mechanics
burg Baptist and Second Baptist
churches.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-10
NEW LIGHTING PLANT
ENGINE is INSTALLED

Work Of unloading the new engine
for the city electric lighting plant at
Tenth and Madison streets was begun
this morning. The engine was
shipped from the Hoover, Owens &
Rentchler factory at Hamilton, Ohio.
in two cars and j. p. Parker, a rep
resentative of the firm, is here super
intending its Installation. Accord
ing to Superintendent w. H. Force
of the light plant, II will require two
or three weeks to install the engine.
However its installation will not in
terfere with the street lights as they
will be kept burning every night on
the old engine, which will after
wards be used as a relay.