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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1916)
mndav, rrcimiMny 1.1, 1010. l.tll,Y IKHiUU RIVER COlltlKII PAGE FITS : PER5SNflL J. (?. Mattlson went (u Mod ford Saturday. Thin U rose planting time. Lkuvb order now at Cramer Droit. Rlssolt carpet sweepers from $3 to 16 nt Holmer's. 668 Thou. Ahern. of lingo, spent Kut iirdiiy at Medford. For you a roso In Grant Pass grows If you order your plants now of Cramer Tiros. 668 Dnrgalns In ladles' and misses' coat. Ono-half regular price. Mrs. E. liehkopf. 22tf Ruth and Maud Bradford attended lore I Institute at Merlin Saturday. lleywood's guaranteed Aunt Sully mattresses at Maimer's. 668 A full lino of Petaluma lucubntors and brooders at Cramor Rros. 668 Rev. Melville T. Wire and Eclua Pollock spenf Saturday at Central Point Spencer sweet peaa at Cramor Hroa. Arrow rtll at tUahnp'R 4mtf A large variety of patterns In lino leums and congoleums to choose from at Holmer's. 668 Mrs. g. O. Cnhlll and Mrs. 'Mc Knight, of Hugo, were Qranta Pass visitors Saturday. Chick food for baby chick i, tested for ten yean, for sale by Cramor Urol. 668 Mr. and Mra. Goo. P. Cramer cele brated Lincoln's . birthday with friends at Gold Hill. 8wet peaa planted now give early flowers. Get your aeed at Cramer Ilron, , J. C. Drill and M. A. Rlchler. of Portland arrived In Granta Pais Sat urday morning expecting to locate. Sorghum ayrup, good for hot cakea, at Pardeo'a. '668 targo two-year-old rose buihea In all atandurd varieties for 25 cents em h at Cramer Rros. O. V, Meeker, who haa 'boon visit ing hie father, O. V. Meeker, of Kcrby, loft Friday on hla return to Calgary, Alberta. Extra apeclal prices on baby car riage. See our display window, Ilelmer'e. C68 Oliver plows at Cramor Hros. 668 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marsh return ed to their home at Dunsmulr Satur day morning, after spending a week or more with relatives. , . Poultry tonic will tone up your poultry for heavy laying now. Got a 25c package at Cramer Rros. 668 If. A. Schell left yesterday for Medford. He will return Inter with hla family and take charge of the Schell and Schell rock crusher. Garden tools for all purposes at Cramer Droa. 6C8 M. V. Hartcr, of Sclma, Cal., who visited Grants Pass for some days, left for his homo on Saturday. Mr. Hartcr is a farmer and Is planning on disposing of his California inter ests 'and returning to Granta Pass. Onion sets, lOo lb., at Cramer Dros. Rev. W. D. Vatcr went to Medford Saturday and will occupy the pulpit thero. Rov. W. F. Shields of that plnce will take Rer. Vater'a place to day. . Vegetable aceda at Cramer Dros. Enjoy Program . At the close of the regular moot ing of the General Logan W. R. C. Saturday afternoon a fine Lincoln program was heard by fully 200 mem bers and visitors. An address on the life and character, of Lincoln was given by E. E. Blanchard. the balance or the program being supplied by tho different schools. The address and other features were greatly ap preciated, and tho program closed with tho alnging of "America." AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT nijou "The King's Game." HtM "Esmeralda." , First Colonial Aassmbly. The first Icglxlatlvo assembly that ever mot in America was at James town, Va. Governor Vennlley, fooling that tho colonists should "have a hand In tho govomliiK of themselves." to uho his own language, called tho usNCUibly together nt .liimentowii July lit), I flit) It consisted of tho governor, rouucll and "burgoKHcs," as they wore called, chosen from the various plantations. Tho laws pnHsed bv this body had to be ratified In Engtatid; but In turn, the orders from Loudon wore not bind ing unless ratified by the colonial as sembly. In KKM those privileges were embodied In a written constitution, the ' first of the kind In America,. - New York American. , , , , tt.! I 1 1 i LOCAL Flro at Alverson's Tho fire department was called out yesterday by a fire ut II. II. Alverson's at 715 Hrldge street. The fire was caused by the wall paper being set on fire by a flaming chimney. The fire was extinguished before much damage was done, ICuglewoHl Dairy, Telephone 22'i Pure milk from healthy cows. 67tf f Mutton a 'ii(llUiie - C. P. Illshop, of Salem, head of tho C. P. Dlihop clothing stores of Sulom and Grants Pans, arrived hero Satur day morning for a short tay. Mr. Bishop la an aspirant for political honors, seeking the poaltlon of dele gate to the Chicago convention. Clark A llolman, I'ndcrtnkers Licensed embalmers. Phone 50. Banquet at Medford A number of Grants Pass business men attended the Lincoln day ban quet at Medford yesterday. This Is an annual event hold by the adher ents of the republican party. Those who attended are H. L. Gllkey, Sam Baker, Geo. Lundburg, A. B. Cornell, J. N. Johnson, A. E. Voorbles, and Wllford Allen. Mrs. Goettaclie's I fencing Class Will start soon. Parties wishing to attend phone 4-Y. 669 Charge Against Fred Wilcox Deputy Sheriff John Denlson has retained from Mill City, Oregon, where he went to take Into custody Fred Wilcox, against whom a charge of failure to support hla wife and Infant child haa been made. Wilcox was brought back to thla county to stand trial upon the charge. Donation Party When Rev. and Mrs. O. A. Taggart returned to their home Friday night from the reception held at the M. E. church aouth, they found that their home had been Invaded by friends who had left a generous assortment of packages, each containing useful articles. Mr, Taggart does not know where the goods came from, but he haa a suspicion. Program of Much Merit Tonight, at Baptist church, splen did musical features. 668 Cliunir, Is Ibtck Lee Chung was a former- resident of Grants Pass and washed out much dirty linen for the cltlxeni. Some three or four years ago he left and visited his native land, but like pros perity, he Is returning to the metro polis of the Rogue. Saturday morn ing helmet an acquaintance upon the atreet, and he remarked: "Yet get sugar beet, I come iback and want to rent house." Lee Chung Is romcm- borod as the Chinaman who sub scribed toward the fund that first started things going In Grants Pass, the fund for the Pacific & Interior railroad, which became, after num erous changes of name and of Iden tity, the present C. & O. C. line be ing constructed by the Twohy Broth ers company. I, - - - - ..r,.y. p, ''""' -':'v' ' " :s v-l) ;- 'V il l .' ' ' f I 1 r. llywKUT HNkii Tonight fin "tliinin." Vina iiiiihUi On "Dooms." Fine inuMettl pro gram. Hear Mrs. Parsons' solo. 068 I'lin-nt-Tenclier Anmm'ImIIoii Klu lf The Parent-Teacher association of (J rant ft Pass has also Installed a shelf In the public library. Ctt'u4a III IIIimiiii A Much of spring Is given by the croi'usea which have been in full bloom for several days past in num erous Grants Pass yards. St. Luke'a ( hurt fi The sixth Sunday after Epiphany. Holy Eucharist at 8 a. m.; Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; morning pray er at 11; evening prayer at 7:30. All are cordially Invited to theso services. Rev. Charles Wilson Itaker, Rector, Ktttteru Star Valentine 8oial Tho regular meeting of tho East ern Star will be held Wednesday evening, the 16th, followed by a so cial meeting. Each member Is re quested to bring a penny valentine. Also come prepared for a nickel drill. Dance M. Valentine's Night A card party and dance will be ( - V - t . I. 1,kA1l given vj me memoem ui um v.iiiuukj Columbus club at tne uuiia nan si. Valentine's night. Refreshments will be sorved. 668 J. 1. Mlckle Here Friday J. D. Mtckle, state dairy and food commissioner, will discuss the dairy and food laws at the next regular meeting of the Josephine County Legislative Club for Women, held at the court houae oh Friday, February 18, at 2:30 p. m. Those who have heard Mr. MIckle before,' will know how Interesting as well as Instructive his talk will be. and a cordial Invita tion Is extended to the public to come and hear him. Box Social At W. O. W. hall Thursday even ing, at 8 o'clock. Cards and dancing. Admission 50c; ladles free. 671 Auxiliary Valentine Hoclal The Ladies' Auxiliary - valentine social In the Commercial club rooms Frtday night was well attended. J. R. Lewis, representative of the Edi son company, supplemented the splendid musical program with selec tions on Edison's latest "talker." Five hundred and other games also 'helped to make the evening enjoy able and refreshments were served. The proceeds from the entertainment will be used in the, purchase of sev eral ornamental waste paper recep tacles to be placed at various points in the city. Hr, llywater to Speak That a community boom has fre quently resulted In a boomerang Is a well known fact, but the real causes that tend to bring about a con dition so undesirable have been dis cerned 'by few. 'At the BaptlBt church tonight Dr. Bywater will explain the reasons for sudden reactions from 'apparent Ideal business conditions to that of stagnation, and of the mea sures that should be taken to prevent them. The subject Is "Our City, a Boom and Boomerang." Mrs. Par sons, Miss Pattlllo and Miss Mahgum will sing. BIJOU THEATRE BS Pathe Presents PEARL WHITE Sheldon Lewis and 'George Probert, famous in the "Elaine" series, in "TIE KING'S GAM" 4 A Five-Part Gold KooUr with a Great Three Star Cant. Are you seeing , thee great Gold Booster Plays? They represent Quality Flos in Motion Pli lures. JO and IS Cents. Coming Martha Hedman In THE OB" PRESBYTERIANS WIN BYSCOREOF38 TO 41 The Presbyterians haveat last managed to break the hoodoo that had held them fast In the race for the basketball championship between the churches. In the closest game of the series they won from the Bap- lists ny a score or i 10 35. uoin teams were In their prime and the:Md pjorence Riddle, a cornet solo game was fast from atari to nnisn. The contest was preceded by a game (between the Juniors of the Baptist church. The feature of the evening waa the dream. nnted nearts; nectar, hearts basket throwing, of Pettlnger and , jeal0U8y, puffed hearts. The Smith for the Baptists and or Bestul'nyn, effect wa fnrti,er med and Stlnebaugh for the Presbyterlana. out the decoratlons of red and Stanley Summera played with the Baptists, although he Is a junior play- preaent were: the Misses Nettle er ,and he showed np as good as pjtzgerald, Anna Calvert, Helen Bdb many of the older ones. Stlnebaugh rIcni thence Rlddle. Esther Gilkey. In the latter part of the game showed Vatha Fitzgerald; iMessrs. Carrol his old time form. The Baptists were Brauer, Lynn Sabln. Harry Salstrom. somewhat weakened by the absence Arthur Cramer, Earle Voorhles, Jo Of Teel and Douglas. ,PrHw Rtanlev Snmmtn Harrv The line-up was as follows; Bap - tlsts Summera and Pettlnger, for- wards; McCracken and Smith, guards; Terwllliger,, center. Pres byterians Blrchard and Stlnebaugh, forwards; Westcott and Underwood, guards; J. Bestul, center. Pinkerton and R. Bestul substituted for West cott and Blrchard. The next game will be Tuesday, when the Christians and Methodists meet. 5 ' iliaXIVKSrai S.JTH.M Things get all topsy-turvy in Leap Year. You can't ever tell what to expect. And February 29 will be the topsy-turviest of all. Just come to the Presbyterian church and see if this is not so. If you are a man, you had better be very polite or you may not be Invited to the Topsy-Turvy party. For the ladles invite the gen tlemen of their choice for. this af fair. But they may not bring their husbands, even If they have them. That is taboo at the Topsy-Turvy party. 668 CARD OF THAVKS We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors at Kerby for their kindness and flower offerings during the sickness and death of our dear one. . MRS. TOM JONES. MR. AND MRS. CLAYTON STONE, IL S. Orchestra. Entertained Misses Kettle Fitzgerald and Anna Calvert on Friday evening charming ly entertained the members of the high school orchestra at the FItz- 'gera,d home on Ea8t, A 8treet the .ri- ... Tnin tin etn over t0 raUgC tnere ft man. dolln duet b MlMe, n,.. Gllkey by Jo Pardee and a clarlnet B0i0 by :Lynn sabin. Som'r'aet then occupied ;the attenUoa untn tne Taientine menu was served as follows: . white, and red and white carnations. 'Shooki Raymond LeRoy, and Eugene Moor t Bloe Bird Class Entertained . The Blue Bird class of the Method ist Sunday school, of which Mrs. Van Leuven Is teacher, was entertained pleasantly at the Gilkey home last evening, Miss Esther being a member of the class. The young men friends of the girls were also Invited and, this being leap year, were called for and escorted home. The valentine Idea was carried out in the living room and music room, both being decorated in red hearts, polnsettas, cuplds, etc., while the dining room decorations showed the class flower, a lovely bowl of blue violets adorn ing the table. The guests, numbering about 40, were served heart-shaped sandwiches, cookies and red punch. Valentine games and fortune telling afforded much pleasure during the evening., House-Wanning at Martins' On Thursday evening a number of frlende Joined with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Martin In their house-warming at their new home on North Sixth street. The evening was spent with five hundred, dainty refreshments be ing served later In the evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mar gin, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Coburn, Mr, and Mrs. August Goettsche, Mr. and TONIGHT and MONDAY Mary Pickford In ' ' miuiw Beautiful Story; Superb Produc tion; All-Star Cast. Recommended by Woman's Home Companion. Admission 10c and 15c. First Performance 7:30 Mrs. R. S. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wilson, Misses Reba and ' Jessie Smith, Leah Stover and Hattle, Messrs. Rodney Calvert, James and Earl Brown. Keemtion for ttnraa CAlletl On Friday evening, at the M. E. church south, a reception was ten dered to the retiring Sunday school superintendent. Burns Gillette, and his wife, about 40 being present There was a abort program, talks by members of the church, musical num bers, and refreshments. Mr. Gillette has served the school acceptably for four years past, and bis resignation is caused by his removal from the city, as he expects to leave on the 15th for Detroit, Mich., where he has a position. Mrs. Gillette and the young son will leave later. Old papers, for starting fires. 6c per bundle. Courier office. " ScseCcasg Attraction at the STAR THEATRE Charlotte Walker la "Oat of Darkness." Blanche Sweet in "The Case of Becky." ;"'; v Loo-TeUegem , la "The Ex- plorer." ' :. , Geraldlne Fanrar In "Car. Ethel Barrymore, ia The ' Final Judgment" WORLD'S FAIR GREATEST ATTRACTION Have you seen Stdk 1100,000 Painting One Night Only - Vednesday, Feb. 16 With Regular 'Program ' Price 10c and 15c ' ft.