Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-04-12
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feasible plan for them, and that plan
they expect TO follow"
Rose Festival.

they expect 10 follow"
Rose Festival.
President Hobart called attention
Of the club to the fact that inquiries
we're being made by the ladies Of the
city and other persons as to whether
a rose festival would or would not
be held this year. and the president
asked for an expression from the club.
L. L. Herrick gave it as his opin-
ion that as It vas a fact that a fair
is to be held here this season by the
oranges, participated in by the
schools Of the city and county, that he
deemed It wise to forego the rose fes-
tlyal this season and that the club and
the ladies concentrate all effort in aid
ing the fair to success.
T. p. Cramer was in favor Of hold
Ing the rose festival, and stated Il
had been shown that the festival had
grown better each year and that It
would be unfortunate to drop it now.
He suggested that a committee be
named 20 meet with the ladies' for
the purpose of furthering plans for
a festival
II. c. Kinney ndorsed the views
OF Mr.. Cramer, and stated that the
oranges are TO conduct the fair.
R. W. Clarke stated that II the
ladies wanted the rose festival that
It was up to the club to get in and
help and said 1T is not necessary
for MS to take the initiative The
rose festival is the ladies' pet hob
by, and It Is our duty to get in and
help"
Prof. r. r. Turner stated that he
was Interested In the grange fair and
could assure the club that the rose
festival would not affect the fair He
recalled the improvement in roses
each year as a result OF the festival,
and would regret to see the festival
abandoned
President Hobart then remarked
that he believed the consensus was
that the rose festival should be
held az, for one, and there are
others, favor IT," said the president.
II. C. Bobzeln moved that This
club go on record as heartily favor
Ing the rose festival as an annual
event" The motion carried.
Miscellaneous.
Messrs Allen and Noyes, new res
idents here and new members OF
the club were welcomed and spoke
briefly OF their satisfaction at Grants
Pass as home city.
c. l.. Mangum was invited to ad-
dress the club regarding his stay at
Spokane when he exhibited 5000
pounds OF ore at the Northwest Min
Ing convention. Mr.. Mangum made
a pleasing and interesting talk, clos
Ing his remarks by saying much
good will result to the mining indus
try in Josephine county provided
mine owners do not ask inflated
prices for their property. And he
cited four instances where that had
been done already
Woolley's Proposal.
A communication addressed to the
club by II s. Wooley, promoter of
the proposed harbor Of Woolleyport
on the California coast, was read by
Secretary Quinlan. Mr. Woolley
made the following proposition.
which he declared would make the
Southern Pacific sit up and take no
tice.' He said, In substance:
First that he would undertake to
build a railroad from his port to CON
meet with the Southern Pacific I'm
the Rogue River valley" GO pound
rails to be completed by July 1916:
that he would construct a breakwater
at Woolleyport to extend three-Quar-
ters OF a mile, and docks, both to be
completed by the time the railroad
was finished. that he would build
smelter Of 1000 tons capacity (ten
times the size OF the Almeda smelter)
to he finished by 1917-au this II
the people along the route OF the
proposed railroad would sign con
tracts agreeing to give to him % per
cent Of the increased increment or
Increased value as a result OF the
railroad when the property had reach
a value of 100 per cent above the
value at the time when the contracts
are signed No payments To be made
before 1917.
President Hobart stated that Wool
ley had discussed the scheme with
him, and said that Wooley reported
that this plan had been adopted ON
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