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WEEKLY EDITION VOL. XXIX. GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COINTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JINK 10, 1013. NO. 10. GLENDALE BANK ROBBED OF S3290 RAY DIAMOND HOLDS IT CASH IEK SMITH. ROBBER RESIDENT OF TOWN Sheriff's Posse With Wood Hounds Takes Trail, But Have Keen In able to Effect Capture. Glendale, Or., June 16. With bul let! whizzing around his head as he ran, Raymond Diamond, a well known resident of Glendale, fled Into the mountains this morning, after delib erately holding up Assistant Cashier Smith of the Glendale State bank, and securing $3,290 in cash. Diamond, who was personally ac quainted with Smith, leasurely walk ed Into the bank with his ride across his arm and asked Smith to examine a new sight just set upon the muz zle. Smith reached to take the weapon, when Diamond turned it up on him and demanded the money. Be fore any one could interfere, he had wept the cash into a bag and dodged out of the door. Smith fired several shots but none took effect, so far as 1b known. The region hereabouts is rough and timbered and the officers are working through the passes. Sheriff Qulne of Douglas county hurried here with bloodhounds, ar riving early this afternoon and pre pared to take the trail of the fugitive. Diamond has been known as a so cialist agitator here for about a year. Glendale, Or., June 17. With the hounds In full cry, a large posse of deputy sheriffs is today somewhere in the gulches of the Cow Creek mountains east of here, in quest of Hay Diamond, who, it is alleged, yesterday held up the cashier of the Glendale State Bank and fled with thirty-five hundred dollars In cash. The posse was joined this morning by a number of armed ranchmen, fa miliar with every trail, and Sheriff Qulne expects to catch the fugitive before nightfall. When the dogs took the trail yes terday, they made a straight line for the hills where Diamond was seen lo have disappeared. Roseburg, June 19. Sheriff Qulne- today is redoubling his efforts to capture Ray Diamond, the young man who robbed the Glendale State bank, following arrival of a miner from a camp 25 miles west of Glen dale, who related a thrilling story of a visit paid the mine by the fu gitive. According to the miner, Diamond entered the mine bunkhouse and calmly sat down, with rifle slung over his arm. Though he did not let his finger leave the trigger and though he eyed his host closely, he made no hostile demonstration. The miners were taken complete ly off guard, though they had been warned to be on the lookout. After inquiring the way to the coast, Diamond waved his hand and start ed away in the direction of Gold Beach. As soon as he heard the miner's story, Qulne notified the sheriff at Gold Beach to patrol the trail with a posse, and Quine will back-trail Diamond's path in case the robber changes his suspected plans. Glendale, Or., June 19. The Glendale State bank has wired today the bonding company to increase Its reward for the capture of Ray Diamond to Z0O, declaring the risk too great for possenien to venture in pursuit. It is believed here that Diamond's appearance at Whiskey Creek yesterday was merely a blind to make the pursuers believe he In tended to cross to the Gold Beach country. Sheriff Quine Is waiting nt West Fork for pack horgeg and mounts to take the trail azsln. Mrs. W. A. Blair left Thursday for Ashland and after a short stay will go to McCloud, Cal. TURN 5,000,000 CHINOOK SALMON INTO STREAMS Over 5,000,000 Chinook salmon fry were hatched and liberated at the Elk creek hatchery this spring, nearly as many steelbead trout have been hatched und liberated at the Elk creek and Applegate stations, and over a million are being held until they attain the flngerling stage, according to Henry O'Malley, super intendent of the United States bu reau of fisheries, who has returned from an inspection trip to both sta tions. Said Mr. O'Malley: "The U. S. bureau of fisheries at its hatchery located on Elk creek, near Trail, Is having the most suc cessful year's work on steelhead trout that it has had during its his tory, the work being under the im mediate charge of Hugh C. Mitch ell. Eggs of this valuable species were collected on Applegate and Elk creeks. The former station se cured over four millions, a portion of which were held at that point to be hatched and liberated into Applegate creek, the balance shipped when eyed to Elk creek hatchery, there to be hatched together with the 700, 000 collected at Elk creek and fed until they reach the flngerling stage when they will be liberated into the Rogue river and Its tributaries. "The feeding and caring for such a large number of trout fry has been made possible through the ef forts of the sportsmen of Medford in securing the co-operation of W. L. Finley, state game warden for Oregon, and the state game and fish commission and the U. S. bu reau of fisheries. The government bears the expenses of collecting, eyeing and hatching the eggs, then the state supplies the necessary funds for the bureau to feed and carry them until they reach' the flngerling stage and are liberated, thus bringing them to an age where they are capable of caring for them selves with excellent chances of be coming matured fish, soon to furnish sport for the angler. "To allow the carrying on of this work on a large scale, many im provements have been made, a few of which are the installing of a new current wheel, which gives the sta tion a water supply of 4S0 gallons per minute. Two new large plank ponds were constructed, fifty feet long, ten feet wide and three feet deep, and at this time are full of feeding fry, as is every available trough at the station. "Twenty-one thousand cutthroat are also being held under the same conditions, as well as two experi ments on hybrid fish, which were se cured by fertilizing the eggs of a steelhead with the milt of the silver salmon and the eggs of the cut throat fertilized by a male steelhead, and in both cases the fry are strong and vigorous. Racks are now being placed in the river at this point, in the ordinary course of preparation for collecting chinook salmon eggs this fall, over .',000.000 of which were liberated this spring from the hatchery." WHARF RATS HAVE INVADED THIS CITY. Already does Grants Pass take on some of the features that will come with rail connection with deep wa ter, with wharfs and anchorage and high and low tides and other talk with the accent of the briny deep upon it. Even the quadruped world knows that this city is about to be come a world-power, for at about two o'clock Thursday morning Night watchman Wlble found on sixth street, evidently following the tracks of the autos that had recently re turned from CreS'-ent City the first wharf rat ever seen within the city. The rat was killed and has been identified as the real article, the first of its kind to ever be seen In this vicinity. The only other solu tion to Its presence here lies in its steallna a ride in a freight or from Portland or San Francisco. Vancouver, Wash., June 19. Bees, angered at being disturbed In their slumbers, summarily put to fliaht a thief who tried to steal the hive belonging to O. W. Storey. Th" extent of his In J- r s Is not known. SPEAKERS TELL OF FREE LIBRARY, HOME INDUSTRIES AND CO-OPERATION Rose Festival Brought Out Big Display of Prize Winners, and Special Features At tracted Big Crowd The afternoon program of the Rose Festival was opened with sev eral selections by the newly organ ized Moose band under the direction of Mr. Rowell. The regular pro gram of speeches was then taken up and Mayor Smith was introduced by Mrs. Herrlck, representing the la dies of the auxiliary, and who spoke ot the intention of the auxiliary to use their whole efforts toward get ting a library for Grants Pass. Mr. Smith spoke on the prospects ot a local public library, telling of Its necessity to the continued progress ot the city, and recounting the past work done in this direction ot es tablishing one here. He further stated that this place has all the usual public institutions common to towns of this size except a library, and even this has been before the voters of the city, only to be turned down. Mr. Smith now, however, has brighter hopes for the establishment ot a public library here, tor, he Bays, with the women holding the power of the ballot and insistently urging the necessity of the library, it Is certain to come. He then went on to show that this Is not at all an im aginary necessity, but that really a public library is as necessary as our common schools and high schools, for in reality a public library is a continuation of the education gained In these public schools. It may be called a post graduate course for the nation, for with the general ten dency of recent years on the part of the masses of the people for a more general and higher education, the public library has been found the most effective means of reaching them. Further than this Mr. Smith pointed out the necessity of a civic center where the people can congre gate for the discussion of the muni cipal and social problems that are constantly arising. Although the saloon and resorts of like nature have served this purpose in the past, we cannot now ask our mothers and sisters to gather there for their dis cussions, but must provide a suitable meeting center. Thus the need and desirability of a library are plain, and, Mr. Smith showed the size of the city certainly warrants the es tablishment of one here, for Ash land and Medford have libraries, as well as many towns of this class in the Willamette valley, and In other states towns not one third the size of Grants Pass have their public li braries. He further impressed the thought that if this city la to con tinue as an enterprising municipality we must have the library, and that this seems assured, for with the La dles Auxiliary back of the movement its success is confirmed. Mr. Wilcoxon Tells of Poultry. Mr. Wilcoxon was next introduced as representing the Poultry Associ ation, and ho spoke of the work be ing done In Josephine county In this industry, stating that he believes the poultry association has started the greatest work In this county. However, he said, the business must be entered only after a great deal of thought, for this industry is one of the most easily misrepresented of any, and one can figure large pro fits on paper where in practice it may turn out a deficit. In this way there Is a great drawback to the In dustry In general, for many people enter the business with these vision ary profits In mind and when they find their plans are going wrong dive up the whole thing and become confirmed knockers against the in dustry, keeping out many who might have been satisfied with a more modest start and would have event ually made the success first planned. Dr. Wilcoxon went on to show that there are today many In this vicinity who are succeeding In this way and cave examples to demonstrate, which prove the fallacy of the contentions of the knockers. The desirability of the firm estab lishment of this Industry here was especially urged, since it la a busi ness that brings its proceeds into the country and keeps them here. The effective work of the poultry associ ation creating the opportunity for great expansion In this business was emphasized by giving examples of the benefit it has already bestowed upon the poultry men of the organ ization. For Instance, the associa tion has established a Bet standard for all the eggs that are shipped from here under the association, and penalties are bo fixed that this stan dard is maintained. As a result, the Portland market has learned to look to this valley for a certain high grade of poultry products and Is willing to pay better prices tor them. Thus the demand is established and the ' present question is the build ing up of a supply to satisfy this de mand. Mr. lUuiulwtrd for Co-OiK-ration. Hon. E. E. Blanchard was the next speaker, taking as his topic, "Co-operation," wherein he dwelt on the absolute necessity ot co-operation in the building up of our home industries. He showed that the great problem confronting our home Industries is the question of a means of disposition of our products in the open market that will still yield the producer a fair share of the profits, an extensive and well planned system of co-operation is the natural and only answer, and Is the simplest solution, for really, co operation is merely harmonious working together and is a natural rather than an unnatural state. This idea is further exemplified by the fact that our government, which is based on the idea ot bringing each part into harmonious action under a common head, is a successful working example. Our great trusts of today are further examples, wherein men with brains realize that the greatest efficiency and pro fit arise from all possible elimination of waste. But such consolidation as this is purely for selfish ends and for this reason throws certain elements of the general equalization out of balance, resulting In a general loss of co-operation. The selfish abuse of the tariff Is an example of this which has afforded great chance for co-operation on the part of the trusts to the Injury of the people as a whole. But now that such con ditions have become established, wo cannot hope to restore the old status wherein all equalizing was accomp lished by competition. We can only bring back the old balance by estab lishing a general system of co-operation on the part of the producers themselves, for, as matters stand, the united commission men are In a position to make their own demands and force them. However, the state grange lias taken up the question and has a plan of co-operation which Is designed to bring all the produc ers Into harmonious working, and causo an equalization of the supply and the demand. This plan It Is thought will cost the producers In the neighborhood of 2 per cent of the returns, where they now pay the commission man 4 0 per cent. The first, step is the consolidation of all the individual co-operative associa tions in the state. Next, there would be appointed an agent for each county, whose duty would bo to keep track of the production of his county and Us relation to the con sumption there, and thus effect co operation between the producers and the merchants. Then, according to the plan outlined, beyond the local co-operation effected, there would be brought about a general co-op. eration between all the counties of the state through the agency of the various county supervisors or agents previously mentioned, thus effecting a general equalization of the supply to the demand. Mr. Blanchard said In part con- (Continued on Page Eight.) SOUTHERN PACIFIC GOLD BEACH TO EUREKA Portland, June 19. By the ex tension ot the Northwestern Pacific railway northward from Sherwood, Cal., to Sniveler, Cal., and the build ing ot a new line from there to Gold Beach, Or., the Santa Fe-Sbuthern Pacific Interests expect to hare a Portland-San Francisco connection along the waters' edge, It was an nounced today. It Is understood that the Santa Fe will have Jurisdiction only as far north as Eureka, Cal. The roads Jointly own the Northwestern Paci fic and the Southern Pacific expects to carry on Its construction with funds recently authorized. Tho course of the line from Gold Beach northward has not been decided, it was said at railroad headquarters. 13 KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK AT NAPA 444444444444444 4 TOO III SV HALING 11 A V 4 TO HELP T1IK INJURED. 4 4 4 San Francisco, June 19. 4 4 "We can see the bodies of the 4 4 dead and pile of wreckage 4 4 from here, but we have been 4 too busy baling hay to go and 4 find out how many were killed," 4 4 was the answer over the tele.- 4 4 phone today of a man who said 4 4 he was the superintendent of 4 4 the Good Templars Home for 4 Orphans, near Vallejo, when 4 4 asked for Information concern- 4 4 lng the wreck, which occurred 4 4 about ithree hours previously. 4 4 No one from the orphanage had 4 4 had time to visit the scene and 4 4 beyond making a guess that 4 4 there might be about 14 dead, 4 4 no details were forthcoming 4 4 4 444444444444 Vallejo, Cal., Juno 19.- In a col lision of cars in tho Napa Valley Electric railway, three miles north of Vallejo, 13 persons were killed and from 25 to 30 injured, several fatally, at 10 o'clock this morning. The cars were rounding a curve and collided head on. Both cars were traveling at high speed and when the collision came, were telescopod. Thoso In the front ends were in stantly killed. On account of the accident occur ring in tho country, it was hard to establish communication and meag er details only were brought here by the survivors. The list of dead so far as received follows: List of the Dead. KI. JUDD, Vallejo. WM. GABLK, Vallejo. GILBERT, San Fran- ClHCO. PAl'L HERBERT, roadmaster, Napa. J. F. HABLE, Vallejo. A little girl, probable uame Gile. T. 11. DAYTON, San Francisco, traveling man from St. Ixmls, with Norval, Howell & Company, ('II HIST KARX, Sun Francisco, Hilltllng anil trades contractor. GEORGE HALSNORTH, atitomo lilo salesman, San FrandHco. F. K. JOSKV. San Francisco. EDWIN JUDD, Vallejo. J. H. HI NT, Kan Francisco, West rn Electric company. ALFON.O SALE MEN"!', Napa. F. .Mcgi'AID. S;iu Francisco. The injured were rushed to the Vallejo general hospital and all the doctors who could be reached were pressed into service. ( II tMI'ION I'l'O AM) his mau;fu break. San Francisco, June 19. Champ Ion Willie Ritchie broke with Billy Nolan, his manager today, and In the future will look out for his own Interests. The split Btarted yester day In an argument on Nolan's ranch In Lake county. The two came secretly to San Francisco last night and after discussing their af fairs until this morning they settled and parted. Nolan will not be with Ritchie In his training camp, but the champion wilk go through with his Fourth of July fight here with Riv ers as originally planned. 2 CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL FISHING JIUV FlXlNS t OLE AND MILNEIl (i 11 LTV OF VIOLATION. FINES OF $100 ASSESSED Verdict of Not Guilty By Jury Thai Heard Evidence la Case Against How oil and Allen. Cole and Mllner, the two members ot the flshermeu'a union who war arrested early Sunday morning charged with illegal fishing below the mouth ot Jump-Off-Joe creek, the down river limit, wore found guilty In Justice Holman'a court Tuesday evening after a trial that' lasted all the afternoon. The sen tence of the court was a fine of $100 each. The boat and fishing paraphernalia ot the men was con fiscated by the game wardens, but the final disposition ot this will rest with the state fish commission, and may either be sold or returned to the flshermea it the commission thlnki the punishment was sufficiently se vere without taking the outfit. It la understood that the men will ap peal to the circuit court. The case was tried before a jury compoBed of Geo. E. Howland, W. R. Nipper, O. H. Bernard, M. T. Utley, Wm. Atchison and Harry Randall. The state was represented by Pro secutor Kelly of Medford, and hi assistant, J. N. Johnston of thlg city. The defense attorneys wera MoBsrs. Colvlg & Williams. ' The prosecution teBtlfled that th deputies were watching below the mouth of Jump-Off-Joe creek on the night in question, and that the boat manned by Cole & Mllner was taken throe-qtiarters of a mile below the limit with the net still In the water and three salmon In the net. The defense witnesses maintained that they were not fishing below the lim it, but thnt It waB necessary to go be low to find a landing place and to load the boot on a wngon for trans portation back to Grants Pbbb. Other bonts that passed down to the land ing place behind Colo & Mllner were stopped by the deputies, but had their nets In their boats. The boats were also searched by the deputies for Bteelhead trout, which can not be taken legally by net, and which must be liberated when found In the net. One steel head was found In the boat of Sid Howell and Cal Allen, and the two men are on trial In IIolman'B rourt this afternoon charged with having taken the flBh in their net. Deputy Prosecutor Johnston Is In charge of the prosecution and the defenBe at torneys are Colvlg ft Williams. The Jury that heard the evidence In the case brought agalnBt Sid Howell and Cal Allen, who were ar rested, charged with having caught a steelhead trout In a net, brought In a verdict of not guilty. The steel head was taken from the boat la which Howell and Allen bad been fishing last Saturday night by deputy wardens, who charged that It had been caught In the drift net with which the two men fished for sal mon. The defendants maintained that the fish had been legally caught with hook and line, and produced the witness who testified that lie !: bo caught tho fish Saturday with a spinner, and had given It to Howell and Allen. The jury was out but a few minutes when It returned the verdict that, exonerated the young men. SALMON' FLIES STOI (iMf: Baker, Or., June 19. Millions of salmon fllea, swept upon tho field by a high wind, stopped the hall game between Baker and Walla Wall a. when the score was 5 to i In Walla Walla's favor. Women spectators fled and It was not until the w(nd died down that the game could be resumed.