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Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10
Orchard. Worth $1,000 Per Acre.

A feature at recent fruit show was
an exhibit Of Nova Scotia apples and
a printed statement showing the prof
its Of fruit growing In that province.
especially in the Cornwallis and An
napolis provinces. The average esti-
mate of cultivating. fertilizing, spray
ing and pruning per acre was $25, and
the cost Of picking and packing the
fruit is estimated at 80 cents per bar
rel. The yield reported from eight to
ten orchards shows an average for the
past Ave years of from 100 to 165 bar
rels Of shipping apples per acre. sold
at an average price varying from
$3.50 to $3.50 per barrel during the
FIVE years. The gross returns per acre
range from $3.50 to $3O4 and the net
returns from $117 to $219. The aver
age net returns for all the orchards
for the FIVE years were STA per acre.
a sum sufficient to pay 1915 per cent
on $1,000 Accordingly a valuation OF
81 600 per acre for these orchards
seems not excessive.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10
A Pointer.

The Giri-YOu're not a bit like
lover. You never say pretty things. The
Man-DidD't say that you looked like
a beautiful autumn leaf? The Girl
Well, don't autumn leaves want press
ing2-Illusfrated Bits.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10

"How did you enjoy the musicaleF
"Oh. I applau auded at ths wrong tfine.
a. usual! Thought the orchestra tun-
ing up was classical number."-kan-
sas City Journal.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10
Easily Granted.

Tommy Ma. can l have two pieces
Of pic this noon: Ma-Certainly Toni
NV. CUT the piece you have ln two.--
Somerville Journal
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10

Quick Improvement Of Sweet Corn.
As a result of several years selec-
tion Nelson s. Stone Of Massachusetts,
reported last season sweet corn which
matured nearly a week earlier than
other early kinds which he had tried.
and the ears were almost double the
size Of other early varieties. The Inn
provement was made by choosing the
earliest ears and then using those
grains that grew on. the middle Of the
cob and then still further selecting the
largest and best shaped grains.
Catoctin clarion., 1910-02-10
Thou0hts.

Thoughts are much greater tnan
things They are vital forces and have
endless effects. What you think today
deter,niHts What you will be 10 years
to come.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MONTHLY MEETING

The postponed monthly meeting
of the Grants Pass Commercial Club
was held in the club rooms on Mon
day night and attended by goodly
number of members.
Secretary Andrews read his report
and referred to the financial report
which was posted on the bulletin
board. The publicity committee re-
ported that they interviewed real
estate and business men relative to
publicity work and they recommend
ed that the club issue 10000 81
page booklets and reduce the ad-
vertisement In Sunset from full
page to half page. This recommend
alton was accepted by vote OF the
club. Other publicity work will al
so be taken up.
The matter of financial aid for
the Commercial Club band was
brought up and received the sanction
OF the club, and the business men
will subscribe to a fund to help de-
fray the expense Of the band, which
has already been Of much benefit tc
the club.
At a previous meeting, NJ. A
Wertz. county commissioner, re-
quested an opportunity OF addressing
the club on the subject OF roads ant
he was called upon. Mr.. Wertz came
loaded with an abundance OF litera
ture, from which he fortunately reaC
only short extracts, but he spoke foI
as minutes, telling Of the local roat
situation and advancing his ideas fol
the betterment Of the situation. III
also gave his views as 20 the mean
OF securing necessary funds for roat
construction. advocating an increas,
OF the road tax TO such an extent tha
It would produce sufficient revenue
TO construct suitable permanent
roads.
At intervals during the meetlnl
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
HILL INTERESTS ACTIVE AND
WILL SOON LOCATE LINE
S. P. SYSTEM NAY LOSE
The People Are I'm Favor Of the
Company Which Will Make
First Move.

Grants Pass and Josephine county
have adopted broad lines and will,
through the Commercial Club, give a
hearty welcome to the Hill system,
which is just now selecting a route
from the Rogue River valley to the
ocean. What this city and county
needs and is in favor OF. Is a rail-
road that will open up the rich coun-
try to the south and bring to the
city the wealth OF that vast empire,
which will become famous at the
very touch Of a railroad. The large
lumber interests of that country are
needed In Grants Pass 80 that we
may be able to supply the demands
for the manufactured material. The
agricultural interests of that section
through which the railroad will pass
will. Of itself, become a paying tom
mage in support of a railroad. And
the mining interests OF the rich
country between Grants Pass and the
ocean will furnish its full share in
the way of freight traffic to make
the construction of road profitable.
Aside from the lines of business al
ready mentioned which will support
railroad. II should be stated that
the stock interests Of that section
will add materially to the profitable
operations of road. The wealth of
forage which the country supplies
will develop fortunes for men who
may take advantage of q location on
these ranges, and II goes without
saying that. these opportunities will
not so begging. The vast combina-
tions which make up the freight
along the proposed line of road Ia
scarcely equaled by any other like
area to be found In Oregon or else-
where, and the question is now one
Of good faith and good business
judgment on the part OF those who
are talking railroad construction.
AS the matter stands today, the Har-
riman system has the opportunity to
retain its hold on the Rogue River
valley and It's tributary territory, but
It's action must be prompt or the Hill
system will even more than evenly
divide the business of this rich coun-
try. In this matter the people will
extend a welcome to either great cor
poratlon and the first to make a
move will become the favorite.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
MIR. Hill Will Not Stop.

Word was received a few days ago
that the Hill party would stop at
Grants Pass on their way north. but
II was not known at what time they
could make the stop. To-day, how
ever, n telegram was received stat
ing that they would pass through
here Friday afternoon but would be
unable to stop. It was the plan TO
meet the party at Woodville with
automobiles and prominent citizens
and entertain the party at the Com
merclal Club rooms, but this had to
be given up.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
Program In Full for the Grand Rose
Carnival, May - and 25.

The following is the program
which will be carried out the two
days of next week by the Ladies'
Auxiliary in the big rose carnival.
A few slight changes have been made
since the printed programs were Is
sued the first Of the week, one OF
which Is the hour OF the automobile
parade, which Is now set at 7 o'clock
OF Wednesday evening, just preced-
Ing the May dance OF the children at
the Coliseum rink.
Tuesday--2:O0 y. m. Grand par.
ade OF decorated carriages and floats.
plug uglies, lady equestrians will
form at North Sixth street, move
south to First National bank, west
to Fourth street, north to r. street,
east to Eighth street, south to F
street, west to the Coliseum rink.
300 D. m. Grand opening OF
Rose exhibit at Coliseum rink spe-
cial music
Evening. Street carnival, side
shows, fun galore, confetti, the Mys-
tic Turk, the wonderful catamost,
vaudeville performance r street, be-
tween Sixth and Fourth. Mask for
the carnival.
1000 p. m. Music and awarding
OF prizes for roses at Coliseum rink.
Wednesday--10:00 a. m. Baby
show at the Coliseum rink. Ten
prizes awarded. Special program.
Noon. Lunch served by the ladies'
2:30 p. m. Baseball game, Glen.
dale vs. Grants Pass,
500 p. m. Chlldren's May dance
Coliseum rink.
1000 p. m Grand closing ball
Coliseum rink.
Music throughout the two day
will be furnished by the Grants PAS
band
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

There are many people who hold
the opinion that irrigation is making
slow progress in the county, and yet,
II they were to make an investiga-
tion, they would be astonished to
see how much has been accomplished
since the Josephine County Irriga-
tion and Power company was organ
lied less than year and half ago.
It will be remembered that 1t was
impossible to interest outside capt.
tai on any terms to develop the en-
terprise we had on hand and the re-
suit was that the people of this
county resolved from necessity to
take matters into their own hands
and supply the funds needed to build
the bitches, and for that purpose a
meeting was called In the opera
house and the first $4,000 was sub
scribed and from this modest begin
ming irrigation took It's start and be-
came popular enterprise. There
was hard work ahead and yet the
men representing the company never
faltered in their devotion to the bust
ness they had in hand. In July last
water reached this city and numer-
Gus water users were supplied with
the life giving fluid, and notwith.
standing the lateness of the season
they made a crop. It so chanced that
early in the winter flood carried
out a portion of the dam which sup
piled the water and this brought
about a most serious condition ol
things by causing full years delay
in furnishing irrigation. This was
a misfortune, but there was a silver
lining to the dark cloud, for out Of
1t has come an offer of capital Il
build the enterprise on large scale;
in fact, there we're two offers, one
to supply water for $4,000 acres by
pumping from the Rogue river, ant
another by a gravity system from the
head of the Applegate, which is tc
cover 10000 acres. These two pro
positions are now before the irriga
ton company and that organization
will without delay call a meeting o.
the stockholders to make choice as
to which they will accept. The first
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
MONEY FOR IRRIGATION
NOW IN ABUNDANCE
Two Attractive Propositions Are Offered to the
Josephine County Irrigation & Power
Co.--Large Acreage Covered.

Is the plan of the Rogue River Irri-
cation company, which corporation
has purchased the power site at Saw
age Rapids and the He'll Gate site.
The proposition is to guarantee water
for next seasons crop.
The second proposition comes from
parties represented by F. J. Blakes-
ley, a gentleman who has had many
years. experience in the construction
of irrigation plants and who is anxi-
GUS to put in system which will
absorb the local company and go far
beyond the capacity of the latter.
The plan is comprehensive and was
first recommended to the Josephine
Irrigation and Power company by
Engineer Fred V. Cummings. Mr..
Blakesley offers to make contract
and guarantee water for next June
on both sides Of the Rogue river
The Courier believes that out Of one
of these propositions the people OF
this county will secure a system oi
irrigation which will fully develop
all our fruit and alfalfa lands and
make this part Of the Rogue River
valley the most productive section
to be found anywhere.
Since the irrigation enterprise wa'
inaugurated In this county, great
progress has been made along vari
Gus lines OF the subject in an edu
cational way. OF necessity we hat
to commence in small way in ordel
to insure the beginning Of the work
but time brought about many thing
Of advantage to irrigation. We al
saw in the beginning that the ont
great need was capital and there be
ing no one to help the people Of tn
county took up the burden and ful
ly determined to build an irrigation
svsten that should serve the valley
Had someone at that time told II
that within a year and half capita
to build our bitches would be offer
ed us in abundance few would hav
heen found to credit the statement
but the day Of large things has ar
rived in Josephine county and lie
us make the most OF our opportuni
ties.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
The PAVING WORK
IS PROGRESSING
Many Additional Men Are Engaged
in Grading and Underground
Work.

The preliminary work for the paw
ing of G and Sixth street goes mer-
rily on and hundred workmen are
tearing up the streets and effectively
preventing traffic in front of some
of the blocks. G street Is at the
present time the least interfered
with, as the cement work Is finished
and teams are at work removing the
top dirt and bringing the surface to
grade. For the past few days Sixth
street from to l. has been closed
to traffic. In the middle of the street
was a 7-foot excavation for the lay
ing of storm sewer, and on the west
side Of the street another trench for
the laying of conduits for under
ground telephone wires.
The Warren Construction Co. has
a force Of 40 men at work on the
sewer and they are getting along very
fast, the pipe now being laid as far
as H street and the trench extending
north to G. They have started their
grader with steam roller and crew
OF 10 men, and they expect to have
their mixing plant shipped here
from Medford next week with an
other crew of about 40 men. 1t is
expected that rock work for G street
will be ready the latter part Of the
week.
The Pacific Telephone and Tele-
grab Co. has a force of Is men, which
will be increased to 25 later, busy
laying condults and constructing
manholes at each OF the alleys under
the direction of subway super-fore-
man ST. Payne. At the south end
OF the paving they are laying three
wood pipes. one above the other, and
farther north there will be four,
which will accommodate $500 wires
and will be capable of supplying a
much larger city than Grants Pass is
at present. There are now 1000 wires
in use. They expect to have the un-
derground work completed in three
weeks.
The Rogue River Water Co. and
the Rogue River Electric Co. have a
force of 10 men connecting each lot
with water mains and laying con-
dults for electric lighting system II
]. Clark has a big force laying ce.
ment curbs between X and L streets
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO ROSE
GROWERS
EXTENSIVE PREMIUM LIST
Merchants Offer Prizes for Best Dis
plays Of ROses-Complete
Entry List.

All rose growers intending to en-
ter roses either for competition or
decorating purposes, are requested
to cut their roses the evening of
May 23, keep in water in cool
place over night and either bring
them to the Coliseum rink at nine
o'clock, or have them ready for the
collectors as early as eight O'Clock
Of the following morning, May "a.
II exhibitors will bring their own
vases the work of the decorating
committee will be greatly facilitated
The committee can use all the roses
they can get, and everyone is urged
to contribute what they have. The
free cutting of roses early next week
will bring on new buds more rapidly
for use Decoration day of the follow.
ing week.
The offering of prizes this year
is new feature Of the rose exhibit
The list is one that can not fail to
incite the desire of every rose grow.
er for at least one Of the splendid
prizes offered. Our merchants have
contributed most literally to this
list, and in so doing have done much
to insure the success of the festival
In addition to the home merchants
the Portland Seed company, also
Clarke Bros, Of Portland, have giver
some exceptionally fine rewards. The
prize list and entries for which they
are made are as follows:
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
Premiums Offered.

The committee on awards for the
rose exhibit announces the following
prizes offered for roses in accordance
with entries listed below:
Clarke Bros-Silver cup.
Portland Seed Company-$5 order
for roses; book on rose culture,
Roses and Rose Growing; pair of
rose shears; pair Of garden shears.
Cramer Bros.-Set of garden tools.
G. s. Calhoun Clothing Co.-Suit
case.
r. H. 0'Neill-China salad dish.
Southern Oregon Supply Store
Lady's leather purse.
Jewell Hardware Godfather
hand bag.
Peerless Clothing Store-Whlte
silk REFER.
National Drug store-Kraft wood
tray.
Rogue River Hardware Co.
Nickel plated tea pot.
Russell's confectionery--2 pound
box bon bons.
New Racket Store-Salad set.
Coron-Booth Hardware Co.-Gar-
den trowel.
Barnard Furniture store-Bath
rug.
Halls Art Store-Rose jar.
Cargill Confectionery-2k pound
box of bon bons.
c. p. Bishop & Co.-Black SIR
REFER.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
Murder Suspect Held.

Detectives are at work endeavor-
Ing to unravel the Thresher murder
case and several people are under
suspicion. Ed Davidson was thought
to have had some connection with
the case, but nothing could be prov
on. He was given a 30-days' sem
tence for carrying concealed weap-
ons and confined In the Jackson
County Jail. A few days ago man
by the name Of JOY was arrested on
suspicion and taken TO Jacksonville,
but later was brought to Grants Pass
In order TO keep him away from out
side influence. This created some
what adverse comment IN Jackson
county and he was returned to jack
sonvIlle and Davidson was brought
here. He Is now lodged In the coun-
ty jail. The object Is to prevent any
communication between the two men.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

dianapolis company have built three
miles of very heavy flume and ex-
pended probably $4,000 In develop
ment work. Unlike many such con-
Germs they have done the work right
and have a flume that will carry
water for three 6-inch giants and
will be ready for operation this fall.
]. d. Brown is superintendent and
the company has purchased ground
sufficient to keep even the heavy ma
chinery mentioned In operation for
from IL to Is years.
Mr.. Aubrey leaves, probably to-
morrow, with another boatload for
Horseshoe Bend, where e. G. Francis
and DR.. w. A. Wise. Of Portland, are
developing rich bar which they
have successfully worked on a small
er scale for a number OF years. This
load will include cable to build a
suspension bridge across Rogue river
to carry a heavy water pipe from the
south side to the north side, space
of about 800 feet. They have a
crew building high ditch and It will
take probably four or five months
to make this mine ready for opera
ton on the scale proposed.
Farther down the river, at Solitude
Bar, George Yokum, as superIntend-
ent for the Euchre Creek company,
has done much development work
and considerable mining. This COM
pany also has built many miles of
flume and ditch. At this place is a
Mr.. Williams, formerly of Goldfield,
who has been experimenting on the
working of the black sand deposits.
Mr.. Anderson states that he was, and
Is, skeptical as to the successful
working of black sand deposits, but
that Mr.. Williams certainly gets re-
suits on the samples worked, and as
he candidly says, his efforts are only
experimental so far as working the
deposits In large quantities, Is not
attempting to work anybody loose
from a dollar, has no words OF con.
demnation for others working in the
same line, and is not a crank on the
subject. It looks like an intelllgen,
man working in an intelligent way
with good chance of winning.
Many quartz deposits. as well a,
other bars, are being worked on {
smaller scale than these mentioned
and large low grade copper and golt
veins are ready for profitable work
Ing when transportation facilitie
are better.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

4.-Best Maman Cochet (pink)
Best 6 Kaiserin Augusta Vic.
toria.
Section ID.
best Hybrid Perpetual named
any color.
Best Hybrid Tea named. any
color.
Best Tea named, any color.
4.-Best Marechal Neil named
any color.
Section f.
best collection s varieties. any
color, four blooms each.
Best collection IL varieties,
any color, four blooms each.
Section +.
Best individual rose in the show
exhibited In any class.
Best general exhibit.
Best twelve blooms, distinct vari.
eties.
Best five blooms, one variety, in
single vase.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
business Houses VIII Close.

A number Of business firms Of the
city have already signlfled their will
ingness to close their stores on We'd
nesday afternoon from 1880 TO
4:30. on account Of the rose festival
baseball game and other features.
A committee OF citizens Is at work
this afternoon interviewing business
men on the subject and without ex-
ception they have offered to comply
with the request
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

Good city business or resident lots
at $10O-Central. We sell at Own.
er's prices. See H. B. Hendricks
real estate. scott
Mr.. and Mrs. George Palethorpe
and daughter, Mabel, will arrive here
tonight from Los Angeles, where
they have spent the past few months
They will visit friends in Grants Pass
for a short time before going to their
home at Portland.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENTS
ON ROGUE RIVER

NJ. J. Anderson, who returned re-
Gently from a two weeks trip down
Rogue River, reports that all along
the river there is expensive mining
development under way. Aside
from the thousands OF dollars being
expended in opening up the promls-
ing quartz properties in the Galice
district, the rich river bars further
down are being put into shape for
successful working. With the work.
ing out years ago Of the rich and
easily worked deposits along the
stream placer mining has only been
carried on in a small way because
the cost OF getting water onto the
higher ground has been prohibitory,
owing to the difficulty Of putting
hydraulic pipe and machine into the
rough country. But this question has
been partly solved by A. Aubrey, OF
this place, who has just successfully
finished a contract with the Red
River Mining Co. at Mule Creek to
land their pipe and machinery by
boat The boats used had a capacity
Of five tons each and Mr.. Aubreys
confidence in his ability to run the
rapids OF Rogue river for 60 miles
Is shown by the fact that he gave a
bond TO deliver the goods safely and
did So Four trips were made and
this method OF delivering heavy
freight demonstrated, for with d
view OF future traffic he used dyna
mite on some OF the dangerous rap
Ids and thus decreased the time o.
making the first trip, which was min,
days, to three days for the last voy
age.
The Red River company tan In
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
Carrier Delivery ON Holidays.

Hereafter city letter carriers will
make one delivery Of mails on legal
holidays, leaving the post office at
. a. m. The city carriers window
In the post office will not be open
hereafter on legal holidays
GEO w. DONNELL
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

White Mountain Ice Cream Frcez-
ers require less Ice and freeze more
quickly than other makes. Rogue
River Hdwc 60. carries a full stock.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

II you want a refrigerator that is
perfectly sanitary and at the same
time uses less Ice than any other
make, get a HERRiCK OF the Rogue
River Hdwe. Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

the Comercial Club orchestra OF 70
pieces furnished excellent music.
After adjournment ice cream and
cookies were served 70 all present.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20
List of Entries for the Rose Exhibit
MAY ~.

The following is the classification
for the display OF roses May "a. Two
changes have been made since the
first publishing Of this list. In sec
tion c, entry has been omitted. In
section e, entry 2, the original num-
Der 10 has been changed TO 12. Re-
fer 10 this list in making up your
entries.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-05-20

best ~ Caroline Testout.
Best "a Caroline Testout.
Best so Caroline Testout.
Section II.
best red roses, any one va
riety named
BEST 4 white roses, any one va
riety named.
3-.Best pink roses, any one va
riety named.
Section G.
best 6 LaFrance tpink).
Best Frau Karl Druschki