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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1917)
SUNDAY, JANUARY. 91, 101T. . MUX BOGLE IU.VEB COlKlEft pack nn FER52NAL LOCAL ; Grants Pass Wood Oev Hu good dry (fir wood for sale, de livered at house. Term cash. C. 8. Moray and W. H. Pattlllo. S0 - Mm. 1. K. Wagner, of Pleneaat Velloy, apentTUtiirilay In the city ahopplng. Onion ante at Cramer Hro. 9(6 J. T. Jonua want, to Medford yes terday to upend a few days attending to bull nana matters. Fanoy flowered pettlcoata la all the sew style. Mre. B. Rehkoaf. tf Hon Layton was a vlaltor Id the elty fur abort time, returning yes terday to Inland. , . , Japalao at Cramer Bros. 066 Alex Ntbley returned Saturday from Med ford after spending a few daya In that elty. Peteluma Incubator at Cramer Broa. 968 William Packard, of Central Point, la here for several daya looking after bualnea Interests. Coats at reduced prices; alao wool 'and aUk dreaaea, Mre. E. Rehkopf. tf Roy Brown, of Murphy and Harry Brown of Applegaie, were visitor In the city Saturday. Maida lampa at Cramer Broa. tit j C. W. Imhk, of Altneda, apent a few daya in lb city, returning yea-1 terday to the niina. . Link enameled ware at Cramer J Broa, 050 A. K. LePunt, of Rogue Itiver, waa a visitor in tiie city for a abort time, returning to hla borne yesterday. flat a ttexall weather chart calen dar at Clemena free; only a few left. Mlaa Laura 8trong arrived yeater day from Poland. Mlaa sXrong ?M teach la the public school of the elty. Heatera 13.15, $3.00, $3.50 at Cramer Broa. S Mre. Prank Tbompaon aient Sat urday ahopntag In the city, return ing last night to her bom at Mer- Ha. Mr. and Mra. Roy J. Kates and two children v lei ted here a week with Ed. Satan, returning Saturday to their home at Dunnnulr. . One ease of 1.S00 yards of the new j 3tltrh warranted fast coior IVrcalea 1 are on deck in the West patterns. Kinney end Truax. ' f 56 1 O. A. Harmon went to tllendale and Soaeburg yesterday to attend to baelneas mattera. He will return the first part of the week. Mra. . Let Derail, left Saturday morn tag for Athena, Ore. .to spend a few weeks with her mother and will later Jola Her husband at Burke, Idaho. Cut your boys lialr with a Dur ham Daple rasor, fold toy Cramer Brot. SV M. 8. Barker rotarned to Eugene yeaterday after a Tew cay tn the city. He has keea here aetftteg the Insurance on tha enlMtng recently lost toy Mra. Dodge. Mra. William Hamlin, of Medford. arrived last night for a several days visit with her daughter, Mra. Amoa Smith. She has Ibeen visiting In Merlin for the past few day. , Mrs... A. C. Hoffman and noa leave today for Oakland, Cat, to Jola Ml. Hoffman, who left here aome time ago. They have been resident of Grants Paat for the past seven months and are leaving their goodi with the poKslhillty of returning later. Pino shear lit Cramer Bros. 136 C. C. Presley, agent Tor the Stand ard Oil company here, left lant night for Portland lo attend convention of the Standard Oil agents of the elate. On hi return 'he will atop and vlalt with hla son, Dart, who It at tending O. A. 0. He will be gone until the middle of the week. Mlaa Blsle Conk wont to Medford last night. She would not state the object of the trip but Judging by the risenfrnted trunk and the quantiser of rice showered upon her, It ti thought that cupId had a hand In her lie part u re. Minn Cook 1inn hecn a teacher In the pttbllo school of the city for (he past year. ' ; V. W. Lewis, of Moro, It reglaterea at tha Josephine. O. O. Wlngfleld, of Kiddle, Is reg istered at the OranU Pass hotel, Mra, Dick Bland went to Jackson villa laat olgbt for a aeveral daya visit with friends. Major W. Roae, a hop grower of Independence, was In the city the lat ter part of tha week. U IM. Wyatt returned laat night from Klamath Falls where be has been visiting for tha paat week. 0. W. Mathews returned to Rogue River .last night after spending the day In the city attending to business matters. Walter Weckler was one of the OranU Pass patrona of the enow at the Page theater at Medford Friday night. P. B. Delano, general manager of the C. A 0. C, railroad, left yester day evening for Portland to spend several daya la the Interests of the company. Miss Alice Agler visited here for several daya with Mrs. Fannie Bor chert and Mrs. M. A..Wetti. She returned yesterday morning to her homo at Portland. Miss Blanche Shelly left Saturday evening for her home at Merlin and after apendlng severs! weeks there will leave for Monmouth where she will enter the Normal school. Kvaaa Creek Utr! Oq ,8alurday mora log a daughter waa horn to iMr. and Mra. C F, Port er of Evans creek. Sum fur Divorce O. O. Comatock ha tiled mil for divorce from Nettle Cr-nutock aUm ing deaertion. Itervtvea Dodge, Two Dodge ears were received yc lerday by the C L. Hobart agency. The earn are of the latest model, aeveral new Improvements having been added to last year'e model. May Malta Trip Kent R. B.. Miller, of tha C. A O. C. rail road left laat night for Portland on bumneee with the road. He may make a trip to the east before re turning to 0 rants Pass. White Goods Sale This week one lot of shirt wsMt f 1.15 to 11.50 valaea, all at one price, fl.00. All others, nothing reserved, at 16 discount. The style Is right and the present market price would be more, not lean. Kinney A Truax, Central Committee Appelated.. The central committee for the As sociated Charities of OranU Paaa hat been appointed aa foNowa: Judge C. 0. Gillette, Mayor J. P. Truax, Rev. L. Myron Booser, Mrs. Cora Coutant, Mrs. W. P. Counts. Kadea-Caatala Wedding At the Free Methodlat - church Sunday avantag, a large congrega tion gathered to witness the Joining together of Jamea Richard , Eadea and Mra. Barbara Ellen Contain In holy matrimony. Rev. C. E. Olaaler officiating. Wood Cutter Loara Home The home of Henry Courtney, one and one-half mines from. .Wonder, waa burned to tha ground last Wed nesday night, leaving Mr. Courtney and wife and seven children, two of them sick, without a home. Mr. H. A. Brewer of this city collected Sat urday afternoon a fund of 110 or mora and Pardee'a grocery gave a aark of flour, while others are do nating article of clothing. IsBawnroodl Daary" The heat milk. Phone ill. " and tea Paaawnger Agent Hera - Pbll Gordon, a general paseenger. agent for the Southern Pacific sys tem, waa a vlaltor in tbe cHy the latter part of tbe week, having stop ped off here oar hla way south from Portland. Mr, Oordon It Interested la farming and orchard lends along Rogue river east of the city. More Kurds on the Road The O. L. Hobart company laat week sold and delivered Ford cars to tha following:, Georga R. Inks, lisonsrd Orchard co ; Z. D. Hyde, Murphy; Evelyn B. Kellogg, Laura Spencer, B. D. Shook, Grants Pass; and Nick Sauer, Selma. Diangn In Tearlwis A change haa been made In the teaching force of the local school, tbls being made necessary by Die resignation of atlas Elale Cook. Mis Laura Strong, who arrived yesterday from Portland, is to teach in tbe Riverside school while Mra. Dunn, who haa toean teaching at Rlveralde will he transferred to the Eaat school K, P. iodge Celohrates . Tha Knights of Pythias held ? a social masting Jast -Money night in honor of two grand lodge visitor, H. O. Wortman and W. T. Cleaaon. 0fr.,i.Worlmaa. la grand chancellor commander of the atate, while Mr. Cleaaon la. grand K. of R. and 8. ,A dinner was one of the main event of the evening, though it was much punctuated with oratory and good Mttltowehlp. Ketarntag to HeatUe Mr. and Mra. J. O'Brien, of Seattle, left for the north Friday evening on No. 16, after having been Jn thla elty for tha paat two months; While here Mr. O'Brien, who is a mining engineer, hss been Investigating sys tem of hydraulic placer mining in southern Oregon, especially tha op eration of the Ruble elevator, and eontamplatea using ilka equipment in mining properties In Aleaka In which he la Interested. RimiH Il'ver.WIn . ' A haaket ball team from the city waa defeated Friday night by Rogue River with a score of 2 to If. The team waa composed of Robert Bet3l. Ted Blrchard. Gall Smith. Earl Plt tcnger and Coach Miller of the hi b school. The thrills of a real holdup were experienced by a couple of the local team, two men appearing and tickling the rlba of the two with the muixle of a "gat" Later develop ments showed that It waa only the work of aeveral village Jokers. Bird and Animal Plctsjrea W. L. Flnley, atate biologist, will give a talk and ahow Ale moving pic tures of Oregon birds and animal tomorrow (Monday) evening at the BIJou theater at 7:30 under the au aplcea of the Parent-Teacher asso ciation. Monday afternoon the pic tures wilt be ahown free to the school children. The evening charge of 15c 4a made to help defray the expenses of tha afternoon exhibition. Those who do not avail themselves of the oportunlty to aee these wonderfully .beautiful plcturea will regret t 956 Leonanta to Get Creamery The (board of directors of the Rogue Valley creamery are negotia ting with the Leonard Orchards people for tha aale of the creamery to that company, and while the legal transfer haa not yet been accomp lished, It la expected that It will tie satisfactorily closed during the week. C. E. Nllea, manager of the Leonard Orchards, la In the manage ment of the creamery at the prevent time. It la, expected that the new owners will make aome material Im provements In the creamery. I ii i - Heat Atcraetsoai -. Owen i Moore and Marguerite Ooartot, la''' 3 6 '"RoiUaa; Noaea." " '"'V' Of The immortal 4Lady Dainty" of th2 stage and screen Maifgueote Clark li V M III -t-.f I - :. ,;W i i't SJl ' MM r'MIKRN jimj :ll :lL'llliiElLfl Meat E aters law Tsb' I . r ... s . t . " - . ' ' Meat is the natural food of man. A bountiful Creator put it here for his use. ; Meat b tha great food force that drive the hwasan machine. ' One of our tender, juicy steaks will give you a new and brighter outlook on life. ' A meal of our rich pork chops will cure the worst troack ' OUR MEATS ARE THE BEST We also handle fish, oysters and same n seasoa. Be good to your digestion by. supplying k with our superior meats. . 5 per cent discount for cash. Phone 52 for Quick Delivery Ctemnserrial Club LancheoB - -The luncheon at tbe Commercial club at noon Monday, promises to be Interesting from a gaatronomfccal and aa oratorical point of view. The for mation of the beet growing company will be one of the subjects discussed. Attead Hardware Cwsvealioay T. P. Cramer departed Friday ev anlng for Portland and Corrallis, where ha will visit for the next 10 days. At Portland he will attend the convention of ...hardware merchants, meeting there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of thla week. At Cor vaUls be will vlalt with hla son. Ted. a student at O. A. C. Attachment for ' A writ , of attachment waa lasued yeaterday against a team of horses belonging to W. C Peck. A warrant waa recently issued for Peck's ar rest upon. a charge of .larceny, the complaint alleging the theft of cop per amalgamating plates belonging to A. H. Gunnel!. Peck has not yet been apprehended, but the civil ac tion and . attachment against his team was taken to protect them. The plates are said to have been , worth about 1150. If Hi Calling cards at the Courier. MJOU WNIGMT The wki Maker Tho iitillo tMlny ul)k Itt. HAltT (ho ksutllntt plaro nn ttic In , ' ' ' . " , " j tliN proiluctlon he anriasca hlmNclf. '' , ' As Qssal iWAiii ccsed?, f4A CALICQ fVAOTRE" f2atiirig Fay iruscher. f ITER SHORTAGE Mining men atate that tbe present mining season will go down In his tory as tha moat trying and unreiuun erative alnce the first discovery, o gold In the gulches of southern Ore gon In 1851. This la becnane or the failure of the usual early winter rains and tha long-continued cold weather that haa stopped, the flow t the hiountaln' streams that sup plied the water tor the placer mines, A southern Oregon placer mine has long been considered one of the saf est of investments, aa a well-pros-H.oted ' proiMirty with a reasonable assurance of plenty of water for lis glbnts aad sluice boxe resolvo Itself lttn a matter of matheumttra whuo the layman la aa mucii at htine un Iho expert, . .Many of the beat placer properties of the district that are usually right In the midst of their . golden harvest at' this season of the year are still Idle because of the failure of the sea sonable rains, for the rains have, im ually been as dependable as the g )M itself, This la trim of most nf the places mines, and la especially not able when such a property as the fa mous Layton mine, which haa a rec ord of having been operated contin uously foe 40 years by one, man, Is still waiting for water to operate if three giants set ,. end ! ready for the harvest. ,The Laytpn waa purchased last year by, Austin Wilson, for the Pacific Placer company, of: Boston, Masa., and ihe saw people have tbe equipment In place for operation aa soon as the water cornea. The Layton has a record that is often referred to as a marvel aa a producer. ,, Each year, for a period of about 5 , montha tha water ( has been turned through a single giant, and a cleanup of from 15,000 to (15,000 waa assured.. The opera tVns were confined to the summer, t.ie season of Viort water bu; pleas ant weather, although tha wiei sup ply with ita 40 miles of ditches have made a full year's ran alwaya pos sible till this freak year came around. The indications are that there Is a 20-year run for the three-giant equip ment that Is now ready to attack the ground and auggests that thia insures sn addition of thousands of dollars each yesr to the stream of gold flow ing through the Grants Pasa banka to the mint at San Francisco. Chicago. Louis Schoenberg, $8, yeaterday celebrated by playing tour teen gamea of pool, smoking innum erable birthday cigars, drinking, eat ing, walking and going to a movie. A classified ad will give results. Wis 10SE CJT H3 THE i ELITE The triaagalar-debate held Fri day night between Aahland. Med ford aad OranU Pass,, resulted in de feat for the local high school de baters. The question for debate waa "Resolved, that Oregon should adopt a: health insa ranee law, embodying the essential features of tha standard bill of tbe American association for labor legislation." , The negative waa taken by Paul Day and. Frank Tar pia. Ashland upheld the affirmative with RV Kirk aad Ernest Abbot aa their team. The home d (waters were coached by Superintendent HuH aad Mlaa Marian WhHe.. At Medford the Grants Paaa debaters. Hubert VYil klna and Raymond LeRoy, upholding tha affirmative ol the eaeetion were also defeated. In both Instances the decision was unanimous. The boya' band, under the direc tion of Profeesor Dawklns. gave-a Bomber or selections, which were much enjoyed. A receotloa was riven those present by the seniors after the debate. Refreshments, conalat Ing of wafers and chocolate were served. . . THE UNIVERSAL CAR Erery factor of a good lnvaetment'la mat to the Ford ear, for bosiaeaa tlllty-l.w. g mall upkeep, minimum, dapneiatloB? With Jon can buy at,any .prioe.i , la. mty, eoantrr Ford service is close at hand-h, aerrkTthS keepi mor a than 1.7600.000 Ford wwllST elet ' Wi M 'HUi RMb0 4.- Conn. VI ?5Si.TowB Car . Sedan, ll5u t o b. Detroit. Ramabar,'rtS mg, Mn their cars al tha year arouid. ' " 8SSSS C L HOBART CO.