davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
NCR ORE STRUCK In
THE GOLD DRIFT NINE

Frank and Charley McCorkle sent
word into Grants Pass Tuesday after
noon from the Gold Drift mine To-
Gated 10 miles north OF Grants Pass.
that they had struck is inches of
free milling ore which would return
unusual values, some of II, they re-
port, being worth a dollar a pound.
This mine was recently bonded for
$4,000 by A. J. McCorkle, w. q.
sherman and the McCorkle sons
Word of the find was brought in
by William Page. a Colorado miner
who has been In the employ OF Nc.
Corkle for Ave years. Page states
that the find was made Monday
morning, hence they have already
taken out quite lot of the picture
rock.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
TAN LEVY REDUCED TWO MILLS
FROM LAST YEAR.
VALUATION is s2,77e,l7s
comparison of Cost of Couduet,no
City Government and City
Schools.

With tax levy OF 10 mills on ,
valuation OF s2,776.175 in the cit,
Oh Grants Pass for 1911, compared
TO a levy of IL mills on a valuation
OF s2,S70,549 for 1910, the tota,
revenue for this next year will b
something more than last year de.
spite the fact that this years valua.
tion is two mills less; the valuation
Is s4O6,626 more than last year.
Last years revenue on a 12-mill
levy was s2S,446SS: this year.it will
be s27.761.75, which is less than
1910 by $6s5.
Last year extra sources OF revenue
added $4,000 to the levy income of
$2S'446.5S, which made a grand to-
tai of s32,446.5s.
There were some extra demands
on the revenue, In that the city paid
for the addition to the city park.
which had been contracted for in
1903, and for expenditures for
equipment of the city auditors Of
flee for modern work and the final
payment on the rock crusher pur-
chased in 1909, making at least ST.
800 anticipated last year that will
not come up this year, which In real
lty will make this years revenue
greater than that of last year.
IL Is fact OF interest to note that
the cost OF conducting the city's af-
fairs is considerably less than Ia re-
luired for the four schools. The
schools In Grants Pass next year will
get a revenue a little In excess OF
s44,5OO; the city is expected to get
ess than $4,000.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
Bethany PRESBYTERIAN.

AT Bethany Presbyterian church
the Sunday school will give the regu.
lar Christmas program Sunday even.
ing Christmas eve, the exercises and
dialogues by the young people. Mon
day evening at I o'clock the church
viii have the regular Christmas tree
In the church with a general good
time for everybody attending.
The Sunday school is also work
Ing to make merry Christmas for
many in the city, who otherwise
would have no Christmas. Other
churches OF the city also assist in
this work and the good old Yuletide
season will find many happy homes
In Grants Pass this year, as the
young people and their elders are
working hard for the success of their
plans.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
Newman NJ. Il. Church.

The Newman Methodist Episcopa
church will hold its Christmas exer
cises at the church Saturday evening
December 2S. There will be q
Christmas tree loaded with presents
for the children, an interesting pro.
gram, consisting of class recitatlons
and single recitatlons, special Christ.
mas music, both vocal and instru-
mental, and also music by the church
orchestra.
One of the special attractions will
be a beautiful tableaux in which
Mrs. Sam Baker will read the Christ
mas poem and Mrs. Bert Barnes sing
the Christmas solo, the parts being
acted by various members of the
Sunday school, The Star, The Shep-
herd, The Angel with the message,
the three wise men, the Madonna
with the Christ child all appear in
rotation, their approach being her
aided in verse and song by the two
ladies mentioned.
The public is cordially invited to
enjoy this Christmas event which is
sure to be rare treat.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
SOCIALIST SPEAKERS
TO BE HEARD HERE

George p. Jester states that th
National Socialist Lyceum bureau
has included Grants Pass In the ltin
erary for five lectures during Janu
airy, February and March. The frs
lecture will come on the evening o
January 2S, to be followed Februar,
II, February 1S, February 25 ant
March 3.
The speakers and the subjects arc
to be:
How we are Gouged," speaker
Eugene Wood.
why Things Happen to Happen
by N. A. Richardson.
"The War Of the Classes" by
George Brewer.
"The Trust Busters" by Anna
Agnes Maley.
Socialists at Work" by George II.
Goebel.
A paragraph In advance notices OF
the lecture course explains It's exist
ence as follows:
1T has been the Invarlable history
Of great new developments in human
thought, whether religious, phloso-
phical, scientific or political, that
they are preceded by clouds Of ru-
NOR; that they are much talked Of
before they are much known about,
and thus the popular mind is always
filled with misconceptions OF them
until these are dispelled by more in
tlmate contact.
Socialism shares the same fate.
People hear about II, and read about
II. and even write and talk about II
with great vigor and many words.
and still are far from understanding
IT. For this reason the national so
clallst party, working through the
various state and local branches IN
America, has organized lyceum
course Of FIVE lectures by the best
speakers in the party service Each
lecturer has taken a definite task
and hls work Is so related 10 the
others, that the whole series Of five
lectures constitutes a liberal educa-
ion in socialism"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
A. 0. b. W. LODGES
25TH ANNIVERSARY

The A. o, U. W. lodge Of this city
on the evening of December 20.
social celebration in the Dixon
hall on G street to celebrate tbs
twenty-Afth anniversary OF its or
sanization In Grants Pass.
There were seventeen charter
members, only one, b. A. Standard.
now remains alive and In good
standing. Some have died and some
nave forfeited membership by fail
ure In payment Of dues and assess
ments to the beneficiary fund, the
latter being usec to pay insurance
OF members vho were In good stand
Ing at death.
Since the organization here. tho
order has gone through financial
storms, In not being able to pay out
OF the incoming revenue the insur-
ance money due families Of deceased
members; hence In that time OF
trouble It became an absolute neces-
sity to re-organize under new plan
with heavier assessments. And at
the period when assessments were
raised many good and former faith
ful members dropped out solely from
a inAncial standpoint.
Those retiring left all the money
that they had paid in. And with the
membership cut down in numbers a
lowering In the death rate came in
proportion. And under the new plan
In which the order Is now working
the finances were strengthened. And
as man Is so constituted that he al
ways has an open eye and listening
ear for that which Is solid and en-
during, new and young blood knock
ed at the door for admlttance, with
the result that at the present time
the order is declared by the officers
OF the grand lodge to be the strong
est financially. without exception,
OF any on the Pacific coast.
The order has never failed TO pay
insurance money within thirty days
after death.
Each member in this order ia
stockholder. and life Insurance there
In comes at actual cost. The aggre-
gate amount Of money that has been
paid to the families OF deceased
members Of this lodge since It's or
here exceeds $4,000.
We are on level grade and the
way seems to be clear for long dis
lance In the future.
J. NJ. CHILEs,
r. s. MORGAN,
JAMES HOLMAN,
Committee on Communication.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
First Christian Church.

At the First Christian church
there will be Christmas sermon
with special Christmas music at the
regular evening service. No special
program will be carried out at this
church this year on account Of the
beginning Of evangellstic services to
begin December 81 There will be a
treat for the children, however,
which will take place before the
church service Sunday morning, De-
cember "a.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
CHRISTMAS AND SUNDAY
SERVICES AT CHURCHES
First Baptist Church.

Extensive preparations are under
way for the Christmas exercises of
the Sunday school. Aside from the
program of song, recitations and
group pieces, there will be festive
decorations, Christmas trees and a
remembrance. Friday, December %
is the time scheduled for these ex.
ercises.
On the following Sunday there
viii be special music and appropriate
message by the pastor, and on
Christmas eve the choir and chorus.
assisted by the orchestra, will pre-
sent the cantata entitled, "The First
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
ACQUITTED CHARGE
OF KILLING DE EER

II. McClung, rancher near Wilder.
Vile. was acquitted by jury in Jus.
tice John Holman's court on q
charge of killing deer out of season.
The complaint was made by Dep
uty Game Warden Eugene Wright.
Attorney j. N. Johnson was employ.
ed by the defense and the case pro-
secuted by Edward VanDycke, dep
uty district attorney. The jury was
composed of six residents, as fol-
lows; Charles Burkhalter, F. O..
Wilcox, Frank South, e. A. Wade,
H. B. Alverson and John Randle.
1t was testified by the prosecution
that Deputy Warden Wright and
Deputy Warden Fred Merrill went
to the McClung home December IL,
searched the premises and found a
fresh ham Of venison hanging in an
clubhouse and that they found a deer
hide, green, in the barn.
Mr.. and Mrs. McClung and their
son testified that they had no veni-
son in their possession on that date
and had had none since the season
for killing deer closed.
The son also testified that the
small house in which the venison
was alleged to have been found was
secured fastened the night before,
and was found to be ajar next morn
ing as If some one had made a visit
to the house unknown to the family.
The jury took two ballots, the
first ballot resulting in five for ac-
quittal, one for conviction. The sec
ond ballot resulted six for acquital.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
Z. L. GOES BIG STORE
Is DAMAGED BY FIRE

Shortly after s O'Clock saturda,
night the R. L. Coe company store
was discovered afire in the basement
ana run by the new auto fire en-.
gine enlivened Sixth street and car
ried throng to the burning build.
'Lg. Firemen had the chemical fluid
In action in a few moments and
quickly extinguished a blaze which
was rolling over the roof of the base
ment' which was the floor to the store
proper.
The blaze originated as the result
OF heated iron plate under a large
furnace on the store floor The iron
plate is used to catch ashes and rests
on the hoor. This plate had become
heated to such an extent that Il set
nre to the wood under 1t and the
olaze was spreading when the fire.
men arrived.
Fire Chief Proctor later said:
The new engine certainly paid
for itself at this blaze, because in
Tour or five minutes more the floor
or the store would have been burned
through and flames spreading. It
would have taken at least five min
utes to get water hose In action,
VIII ch would have meant disaster: as
1t was the chemical swept that wide
area of flame and extinguished 1t i'm
mediately. The chemical tank has
l2O-pound pressure; when we nn-
lshed the blaze we had 90 pounds
left, thus using only 20 to 25 gallons
Of fluid.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR-
MA GLEE CLUB COMING.

Manager Fuson OF the Grants Pass
opera house informed The Courier
today that he had Just signed con-
tract which lnsures the appearance at
his playhouse here on Thursday
night, December 2s. OF the Uniyer-
sity Of California Glee club, consist
Ing OF 40 members which have been
selected from body OF 1000 stu
dents, the Berkeley institution rank
Ing close TO Harvard. Columbia and
Ann Arbor In enrolled and active
members. As Grants Pass recently
gave the Oregon University Glee club
the splendid welcome which It's clean
and clever program deserved, Mr..
Fuson is optimistic for new
standing room only" sign for the
last Thursday of year 1911.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
STATE LAND BOARD
AGAIN L0ANING MONEY

Word has been sent to Attorney o.
S. Blanchard, agent for the state
land board, that that department has
decided to again loan money on
farm lands.
The board some months ago dis
continued loans in the state. but,
now has decided to begin again.
Several land owners in Josephine
county will probably take advantage
of the new source Of revenue.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22

Ireland was quickly at the scene OF
the crash and at once notified hls
company to arrange to replace
the glass. c. II. Eismann, one OF
the principals in the orchard com
pany owning the team, also visited
the office and frankly stated that he
would make good his assessment Of
the damages.
II took a man an hour to clean up
the wreck and carry out In boxes
the broken glass. as there was more
than 200 square feet OF II, a quar-
soon hung over the opening and the
office doing business as usual.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
st. AIMS Catholic Church.

Complete arrangements have not
been made for the exercises at st.
AIMS Catholic church, on account of
the absence during the week. OF
Rev. Father Francis.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
"' hoUNG MEN ROBBED IN
EARLY EVENING.
HOUSE ROBBERS WORKING
Ares's Have Been Made But Robbers
Have Not Yet Been
Apprehended.

TWO holdup and an attemntsd
mouse robbery Friday evening have
caused considerable excitement and
indignation among the Grants Pas.
citizens. Lloyd Dyer, one of the
postoffice clerks, was held up by a
masked man, just as he left bis
nome at o'clock p. m. at 314
Fourth street. The thug, who was
apparently waiting for. his victim
poked revolver in young Dyer's
race with the command, up with
en- He then proceeded to 60
through Dyer's pockets with one
hand, holding the revolver to his
victims face with the other. secur-
Ing SSS in coin. A watch was not TAX
en-. When all the cash had been
secured the thug gave another COM
mand, short and decisive, Now beat
it." Mr.. Dyer Immediately went to
town, where he informed the mar
shal of the robbery
AT almost the same time that
Lloyd Dyer was robbed Ira B;nns,
mail carrier, was relieved of cash as
he stepped from his home at Second
and c streets. In the case Of Mr..
Binns the highwayman was not
masked, but the darkness concealed
his features. The only description
Mr.. Binns is able to give Is the fact
that the man was tall and very dirty.
A big revolver was leveled in the
young mans face, with the command
to hold up his hands. The thug then
turned out Binn's pockets, securing
S20.S5. In this case also a watch
was left intact. Mr.. Binns went i'm
medlately to town and notified the
police.
Then 27 hoboes were run into the
city jail and searched, but no clue
was found They we're turned loose
Saturday morning and ordered to
leave the city. They headed south
ward.
The plans of the holdups go to
show that they were acquainted
with the fact that the two young
postoffce employees had just re-
ceived their monthly salaries, and lay
in wait for them. This, believe
many persons, proves that the thugs
who did the robbery live here and
are not wandering hoboes
Attempt to Rob Home.
At about II o'clock Friday even
ing someone attempted to force an
entrance to the home of Harry Smith
on South Sixth street. Mrs. Smith
and daughter, Miss Lizzie, and Mrs.
Harry Smith, Jr., and baby were at
home, the gentlemen being at the
mill at Grave. The ladies were
awakened from their slumbers by
someone trying a side door on the
north side of the house. Failing
here the prowler went to the other
side of the house, where a door was
tried, at first cautiously and then
forcibly.
Mrs. Smith phoned for the police
and also phoned to her son, Just
across the street. When the marshal
arrived a search was made but the
had fed.
Earl vanaken, groceryman OF Mer-
lin was held up by two masked men
Tuesday night near his home and
robbed of a watch and several dol
ars in silver.
vanaken was going from his resi-
ience to his store at Z o'clock, after
of supper The route
eads along the tracks of the South
,rn Pacific railroad When about +
between his home and bus
ness house the thugs appeared and
proceeded to strip the groceryman Of
his valuables. They then disap-
Deared in the darkness Vanakea
states that the men appeared typical
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Whltten Of
Merlin spent Wednesday here.
Masons Elect Officers

Masons Elect Officers
Grants Pass lodge, No 81, A. f.
& A. ~. held its annual election Sat
urday night, filing the principal Of
fees for the coming year as follows:
Worshipful Master-Isaac Best.
Senior Warden-F. /. Coron.
Junior Warden-F w Russell.
Recorder-F. d. Stricken.
Treasurer-R w. Clarke
The installation Of officers occur
red the same evening.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22
VI. u. Church south.

The program for the Christmas
exercises at the Methodist Episcopal
Church South has not yet been com
pleted.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22

Mrs. G.. c. McCalllster OF Kerby
spent Wednesday In Grants Pass
shopping
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-12-22

Committee on Communication.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15
OLD ENGLISH GARDENS.
Some Noted for Their Mazes, Others
for Unusual Hedges.

The maze az Hampton Court is
world renowned. and there is a good
maze in the garden at Hatfield. The
grounds of the latter so back to the
days of Queen Elizabeth. There is an
old fashioned garden and yew tree
garden. where rows of thick yews make
dark and sheltered pathways And
there is also a walled vineyard, where
grapes for the sacramental wine were
grown by the monks of past centuries.
Some country houses are noted for
the special hedges in their gardens.
Baby Castle has enormous yew hedges
iIowth Castle. in Ireland. has fine up
standing beech hedges; Meikloous
House. i'm Scotland, owned by Lord
Lansdowne. has beech hedge is feet
in height ard a quarter of n mile i'm
length. there are huge holly hedges at
birmingham. which belongs 10 Lord
Haddington, and a holly edge of vast
is to be seen at Keele Hall,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15

I'm Staffordshire. which was for So Ions
rented by the Grand Duke Michael an'
Countess Torby.
Gardens with grass paths and viii
lpaved paths have a charming Olo
World appearance. Grass paths may
be seen tn perfection al Knole, Lord
| Sackville's wonderful old home nehI
Sevenoaks Knole, by the way was
the Vauxe of Dsraeli's Lothian. And
the grass paths at sutton Place which
belongs to Lord Northcllffe. are also
most exquisite.
Paved paths are also pleasant va
RANT from commonplace gravel
Heimingham. Lord Tollcmache's place
In SUFFOLK, has it's garden paths paved
with stone, and the same may be seen
nj lakewood Park which Is now
owned by Lord Curzon, of Kedleston.
Blue tiles are used as paths and as
edges To flower beds AT Wood End,
Sir Hugo de Bathe's place, near chi
chester
Some people so in for specialties in
horticulture. The fuchsia walk at
Penrhyn Castle is a sight TO see, and
so are the rhododcndrons at Heron
Court. Lord Malmesbury's place near
Christchurch. Tr .lte spring a valley
like part of the park seems "A blaze
of brilliant colors-pink, red, mauve,
yellow and orange. Two rivers, the
Avon and the Stour run through the
grounds. and later on this latter will
be covered with water lilies
Lady Ilchcster's garden at Abbots-
bury is rich with the pomp of magnol-
In and camellia, and gay with spiraea,
mimosa and coronilla. Lady Penn
broko's garden AT Wilton is very fair to
see. Near the Italian garden is an
evergreen oak with girth of twenty
feet and the cedars are older than
hose at Warwick castle.-Queen.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15

Pasquale lode was 4S0 feet
At the point where the vein has been
cut it did not contain ore ON the upper
levels. The fact that ore has been
found al the point where the vein has
been cut would seem 10 show TINT the
Gre deposition is richer with depth.
The management has decided 10 con-
tinue the 600-foot cross-cut thirty or
forty feet farther that they may be
certain whether the lode now cut is the
Pasqualc or a branch OF that lode.
The vein is from four 10 five feet In
width.
The south drift on the 4OO-foot level
is now about $50 feet in length and
still lis I'm the high grade chalcopyrite
that has filled the face OF a drift Ion
about $50 feet BEFORE the present 100
feet of ore was entered there was a
barron space i'm the vein about forty
feet long
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15
UNLISTED STOCKS.

j, a. AIinnear n GO. say today:
Trading was of small proportion 90.
day even considering the short seS-
sion. Price changes IN the rails was
nil and also In the coppers.
The bank statement published today
was good and was about the only thing
10 talk about Market seems ripe for
another upward turn and the passing
of the Canadian reciprocity will hast
en- II.
From what we hear, Oneco, New
Baltic and Columbus Cons should Be
selling higher as there may be i'm
portant official announcements On
them at an early date.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15
Wise Belgian Legislation.

Belgium has enacted a law throw,rs
many safeguards around the use 90
paints containing white lead.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15
MARKETS

Boston-The market was duller than
ever today with only scattered selling
Shannon sagged of on odd lots Fluc-
tuations at present have no sighii-
cameo and prices will rally fast on
amy increase in speculatlon.-Fo CT
Paine. Weber & Co.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15
Brokers' Gossip

The engineers report now beini
made on the Goldheld property OF th'
Bcgole Mines syndicate Is expected Z,
be submitted to directors within th'
next fortnight and work al the prop
crty is being suspended pending the re-
Copit OF this report. 10 is said that ar
rangements will be made 90 resume
operations at No. shaft which is 20
Gated about 900 feet from the January
and February claims OF the Goldlcld
Cons The plan is 10 run a cross-cut
from the so foot level for a distance
OF about ltO feet shore 60 is said 90
reach the Same elm which has proved
SO rich i'm the January claim of the
oldneld Consolidated
About 100000 OF ore has thus far
been taken. The workings i'm the
January claim arc stated 10 have
reached the line OF the Bcgolc prop
erty and the vein is believed 90 con-
tinue into the Bcgulc claim Since
the secretary OF the interior confirmed
the titles of the Goldncld property 10
the Regole Syndicate the directors have
sold a dwelling house for $4,000 ana
il is proposed 20 sell other property
retaining the mineral rights which will
materially help the company treasury
position. Part of the town of Gold
field is built on the 1l2 acres Of land
owned by the Bogolc Mines Syndicate
and the funds To bee received from sale
of surface rights will 60 "a long way
toward meeting the expense of develop
ment work. There is also an item of
about $4,000 to be collected for back
rents which have accumulated pending
the decision as 10 the ownership of
the property. At the present time
there is about $4,000 in the treasury
of the Bcgole Mines Syndicate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-15

The No, 5 drill AT Algomah property,
which a month ago at depth OF 1889
feet passed through FIVE feet of amy
gdaloid. charged with native copper.
has just cut five feet OF conglomo
rate at a depth Of 2.24l feet.
The identity of this couglomorate
cannot be definitely determined from
data now available. but from results
shown at the south Lake property it
is possible that this conElomorate I'M
derlies the Lake lode The No. 3
drill hole is located near the South
Lake property and is about 1000 feet
north of the Algomah shaft
The north drift from the Algomah