Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-19
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY.

River railroad will be pushed TO
completion this season. All that is
needed on the part Of our citizens Is
little patience and some good
work; we will then experience the
pleasure OF seeing Grants Pass 90
forward with greater strides than In
any time Of the past. The fact that
one company had financial trouble
should not dishearten anyone. Most
railroad enterprises have these set-
backs and we need not 30 far to IL
iustrate what has happened In the
past.
Everybody who was here three or
four years ago must remember the
experience Medford had with the Pa
cific n Eastern. That was a ter
rible affair as compared with our
little furry. The whole town and sur
rounding country was seemingly de-
PENDENT upon the success OF the great
enterprise and all OF sudden II
turned turtle and there was a crash.
The boom had busted" and Med
ford went dead for time. People
picked up and got out OF town be-
tween two days and everything
stood stock still; In fact only the
fellows with iron nerve were enabled
10 Withstand the shock That was
hard and yet Medford got over It and
iE q better town today for having had
the experience. That railroad has
been built and the fellows who start
ed that enterprise have inaugurated
even greater things and they have
nerve and ability to carry them out.
There Is only one trouble with the
Grants Pass fellows and that is they
get panic stricken too easily. We
only need faith. hope and courage
with plenty OF hard work, and we
will not only build here a real city
but will develop productive farms
and producing mines. All this can
be done II we will make long pull.
q strong pull and pull all together,
II someone is secured to complete
the railroad up Williams creek,
through the great forests and on to
the marble caves, Grants Pass will
become a lumber center OF the high
est Importance. and place where
tourists from all the great cities OF
the country will stop to outfit In or
der to spend the season in our
Marble Halls, Grants Pass has made
wonderful strides In the past twelve
months and this Ia admitted not only
ty our own people but also by Wis
itors. Attorney General Crawford
said only two days ago that Il has
not been his pleasure to visit this
city for year until this occasion and
that he was surprised, not only at
the growth OF the town, but its gem
eral appearance of prosperity, He
spoke Of the new hotels, the great
commercial blocks and the handsome
stores generally, This should en-
courage our citizens to go forward
and accomplish even greater thlngs,
The work to do hrst is to meet
the men who will come here to in
yestigate conditions and necessity for
the construction of this important
line and show them our faith in
Grants Pass and the country through
which II is proposed to build the
road, We can afford TO speak words
OF encouragement to capital for "
this railway Is built, It will add TO
Grants Pass large territory from
which to draw additional trade now
going to other points. More than
500 new families will occupy farms
in the valleys through which the lire
win run. Remember that the road
Is needed and that the country ada.
cent will oner great Inducements 10
new settlers There has 10Y some
months been a spirit OF apathy ana
Indifference on the part Of some os 90
the future Why not wake up and