Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-14
TREES or JOSEPHINE
COUNTY FOR 1915 FAIR

The columns at the entrance TO
the building that will be erected by
the state OF Oregon at the Panama
Pacific exposition in 1915 will consist
Of great pines from the Josephine
forests. One is to be a sugar pine
and the other of the yellow variety,
each forty feet long and five feet
through at the small end. While In
the city last week Commissioner
r. A. Booth said that these logs
could be Josephine's contribution to
the state structure, and at the meet
ing OF the Commercial Club Monday
night County Commissioner Barlow
said that the county had agreed to
bear the expense, up to 800, OF get
ting the logs to the shipping place
C. d. Welter, ]. Fl. Williams and Jos.
Moss were appointed a committee to
select the proper trees and provide
means for getting them to the rail-
road for shipment to San Francisco
when they are needed in the con-
struction OF the state building.
Marble Caves Get Attention
The Josephine county caves were
also the topic for lively discussion at
the club meeting, the necessity for
better roads for reaching them being
recognized, and a committee of five
was authorized to take up the matter
OF exploiting the great natural won
der with the authorities at the ma
tional capital. Jos. Moss said that
President Campbell of the state uni
versity, who visited the caves last
summer at the time Of the Mazama
trip, and numerous other influential
persons, had volunteered to assist in
getting proper governmental recog-
milton for the cave territory, and an
active cave campaign will be waged
by the committee, of which Mr.. Moss
is to be chairman.
Consider Fishing Regulations
In his report to the club, Secretary
Quinlan called attention to the dis
advantages Of the fishing regulations
as now applied to the Rogue in the
vicinity of Grants Pass, the men in
charge of the government hatchery
above town having closed all the
fishways at the Golden Drift dam,
holding the fish back from ascending
the stream, and having prohibited
fishing of any description for two
miles below the dam, thus effectually
spelling the sport from the White
Rocks up. AS this stretch includes
the best available water for strang-
ers when in the city to get few
hours sport, its closing will work
hardship on that class of fishermen.
other conflicts in the fishing regula-
tions were called to point, and
committee composed Of Wilford
Allen, Attorney Sidler and S. W.
Phillips was appointed by Chairman
Demaray to give the question con-
sideration and find satisfactory solu-
ton.
Moose Band Is Thanked
The club extended its thanks to
the Moose band, to the Ladies' Aux
iliary and to the auto owners who
assisted in making the booster day
a success. The Moose band was also
accorded the use of the assembly
room of the Commercial Club on
Tuesday evenings for the purpose of
practicing.
Prof Holden, the alfalfa expert
from Iowa, will be invited by the
club to come to this city and give his
series of lectures on the cultivation
and feeding of the legume.
Applications for membership by
four citizens we're read. The mem
bership Of the club is now showing
healthy growth, applications being
received on each meeting night.