Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-18
PoRTLANDERS SPEND WEEK "
SOUTHERN OREGON, VISITING
PRINCIPAL CITIES
WELCOMED BY GRANTS PASS
Visit Valley Points. Distribute Money
for Hest Window Displays. and
Want 90 Cooperate

AlOblnk tntlI nay Nlhlh lb bIhhtn
Pass last night with dance at Wal
dorf hall, the business men trom
Portland touring Southern Oregon,
left for Roseburg ON their special
train at o'clock this morning. They
will be gucsts OF lloseburg today and
finish their weeks trip by arriving
nj Portland tonight
Their visit TO Southern Oregon
was for the purpose OF fomentIng a
better spirit OF cooperation between
the north and south parts OF the
state. representing. as they do. the
manufacturing and iobbIng interests
Of oregon,
Arriving In the city Friday morn
ing. they were met at the train by
q delegation OF our business men.
and the day was spent In gettIng
better acquainted aud visiting near
by points OF the Rogue valley. They
were liberal In their praise OF the
livestock, apples, grapes and various
products produced here and voiced
their surprise at JosophIne's many
natural resources.
Tho dinner served by the ladies'
auxiliary at the courthouse In the
evening. under the supervision OF
Mrs. G. u, Thompson. was the big
event OF the day and was pronounced
by the visitors as the finest they had
partaken OF during their weeks trip.
Too much praise cannot be given
the ladies for the fine dinner, so well
prepared, so cleyerly arranged and so
daIntlly served without their CO.
operation the days entertainment
would have been incomplete.
During the absence OF +. s. Bram-
we'll. president OF the local Chamber
of Commerce, r, Al. Stott acted as
chairman, and after few appropri-
ate remarks announced Wilford Al
len as toastmaster. which position
MIR. Allen filled In a very entertain
Ing manner The first speaker he
announced was Mayor Demaray, who
gave the address of welcome
Nelson G.. Pike, OF Portland re-
sponded and paid beautiful and
well deserved tribute to the women
of Grants Pass who had prepared
the dinner,
NJ. l.. Opdycke then told of the
wonderful Marble Halls OF Oregon,
but he stated that his descriptive vo-
cabulary was not sufficient to do the
subject Justice. He described them
as even surprising Crater Lake In
grandeur. lie was followed by Ma
jor Kenneth D. Hauser, who gave a
short, witty address.
Clyde E. Niles, of Riverbanks
Farms was then introduced by Mr.
Allen and told OF the possibilities OF
Irrigation In the Rogue River valley
VIM. Cornfoot, shfpbuilder Of
Portland, gave the audience some In.
teresting pointers on shipbuilding
conditions as they are in the United
States today, and stated that Oregon
had forged rapidly ahead in the man
ufacture OF vessels.
@. d. Thompson, county agent foi
Josephine, told the visitors of the
agricultural possibilities OF this par
of the state and added that this Il
the first year that the Grants Pass
district had shipped alfalfa hay ava,
from the valley. He did not approve
of this. however, holding the opinion
that II would be much more profit
able to produce more livestock ant
ship out the finished product. Mr.
Thompson was followed by II. w
Mitchell, one OF the visitors, whit
gave short talk on business condi
tions and urged cooperation
Judge c. G. Gillette gave some In
ferestlng figures on road and bridg,
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