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PAGE FOIH HAIL ROGl'K 1UVKU COUUkll Till ItNUAV, MAY tl, IIMM. T !: PERSSNflL Paul Kirker spent the day la Mini ford on business Com have a cup of tea, Saturday "Musla while you eat." li R. W. Clark went to Portland last night on a business trip.' "Cutex" for the nails ssir-in ha.! It SI V. U Raker, of Medford, Is In the city. C. E. Cotton, of Klamath Falls, si vwttrshft In thaw tItv V sbataar.f a w - - j. i. r nrnpr auu uru. v rrrnr, ui Wallace, Ida., are in the city on business. Miss , Pearl Pankey, of Central I Point, la a Grants Pass visitor. A. H. Duprey, of Eureka, la In the! city. I Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cushman left J last night for Cushman. Wash. Honor Guard Patriotic tea. SI Mrs. Belle Trnsk returned to Salem last night after visiting with friends and relatives In Grants Pass. Sam Ramsey returned to McCloud. Cal., this morning, after spending a few days her and at Wonder. Stop In and have some lunch Sat urday. SI Engineer Wm. DeWltt and wire went to Portland last night on a business trip. Wlllett Murray returned yester day to Corvallts to resume his I studies at the O. A. C. New arrival of hats at Mrs. M. P. Anderson's. 703 E street. 51 Mrs. Anna Walter, of Applegats, left last night for Portland to visit hap ftsnehtee She w vnmninlai1 by her son Herman Walter '8T: E' U Goff' ,or ,nbor' 'm90: "' Invitation Is extended to all Do you like good music and eat,?!! Wimm' tabor. MST.Bw: J.'todlw who are Interested In clothes If so come to the patriotic tea. Sat-1 nrday. Mrs. Chas. Weir and two dren returned this afternoon Oakland. Ore. SI fr ,m i HUNGER. For three ye art America has fought starvation in Belgium Will yoa Eat ten - wheat meat tats and sugar ' that wt may still send Pood in shiploads? o - STATS Best Coffee at any price You can make more cups of good coffee with less M. J. B. than with any other coffee. Ground just right to make the best cup of coffee. Blended from the finest flavored coffees grown in the world. Thoroughly aged before it is roasted. Quality never changes. It's the most economical. It goes further. Vacuum Packed by Spec ial Process to Preserve its strength and flavor. It Reaches Yoa Fresh Every Can Guarantied MJ.B.Coffee Why? 2 LOCAL : K. lUxmis tltwml Krl.lsy . On account of the field day exer rises at the high school the Red Cross room will bo closed on day. . Frl- .......... ... . .tiiimiini it rnniniiM The estate of the late John Stuart Harvey was today admitted to pro bate by Judge Otllette. Mr. Stuart died at Oakland. January SO, leav- n- an eatate valued at 1500 per sonal property. EWtrtc Wiring P' Electric Store. Medford. Ore. Orders my be placed through power company office. 10 . Water MsMter Returns M. L Ondycks has returned from vrtle Creek, where he spent the winter and baa taken up his duties as water master. His duties are principally confined to Josephine county and the Western part of Jackson county, although his dis-, tomorrow afternoon for attendants trlct. No. 14, also Includes Curry and t the funeral of Brother A. F. Car southern Douglas rounty. jpenter. which will he held at Clark I A llolman'a chapel. Paul E. Other Mens Filed iRlanrhard. noble grand. . Several Hens were filed yesterday! against A. C. Epperly of the Co- Me Auxiliary r lumbta Mining company to recoverj a meeting of the Ladles Auxiliary money for supplies and labor. DeVall will be held on Saturday. Mav 4. Stevens Co.. asks for $71.T5 to Miss Anne McCormlck Is to give a eover merchandise sold defendant: talk on war clothing. There wilt he Luther Schmueker asks $325.35 for 'suggestions on textile renovating labor: R. TT. Golf, for labor, ltS7.- i. rtavens. oainncr ror moor, at. 37. rniniHic ir naiuruay In order to raise money to buy a Liberty bond the Honor Guard girls are giving a silver tea Saturday, May 4, from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock. I In the building formerly occupied by i Rose's confertlonery. A fine pro- j gram. Including solos, duets,' q'tar- tettes. sextettes and Vlctrola music Oscar Is here. He arrived In town ! has been arranged. Also refresh- Mt night and will proceed to "stick jments of tea. war bread sandwiches around" for a few days, entertaln iand fruit sherbet will he served by ng the public with his melodious the girls. F.ngraved Calling: CuriW - Script type. 11.75 per 100; If you furnish plate, $1.25 per hundred, Printed cards 50c for '50: 90c for 100. Courier office. 4fitf, , Returning to Nevada Mrs. Alice Coates and son, Robert, of Rochester, N'ev., who visited the I former's sister, Mrs. O. W. Thomp :son for the past week, left this ; morning for their borne. On Mon day Mrs Coates and son, Mrs. Thompson and daughter, and Mrs. Jk Aii..n .nrf .n iir ntH to Ashland and other points, cover- Ing more than 100 mile. In the Thompson Dodge. ' Htuton Withdraws County Clerk E. U Coburn yes- terday received a letter from 8. B. Huston, asking that his name be taken off the ballot as a candidate for U. S. senator. His reasons given are that his health would not per mit him to make a strenuous cam paign if nominated, and that the amount of money required is too great to put Into a campaign at this time. The real reason for his with drawal, however, Is to throw his support to some other candidate for the republican nomination. Kicliange Farm for Stock llanch Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lucke and two children left Wednesday night for Eugene where they will visit rel atives and will later probably go to Harney county. Mr. Lucke, who has been a resident of Josephine county for a number of years, has traded his 40 acre farm a few miles down the river, to W. H. Richards, of Harney county, for a 320-acre stock and grain farm. Mr. Richards and family and several other eastern Oregon families expect to come to Josephine county later In the sea son. Parent-Teacher Itastne Meeting A business meeting of the Parent- Teacher association will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wed nesday, May Sth, at 7:30 p. m. to elect s president and treasurer for the next two year term. This meet ing will be called promptly as It will be followed at 8 o'clock by the baby welfare meeting. AH those wishing to have a vote at this elec tion will see that their dues, of 25c for the year, are paid. The treas urer ts Miss Loalse Henry, 647 North Second street, Phone 228-R. TiKMK itkms The Courier asks you attain to remember lo send In your Items. Suulal events, little per sonal doings, informal or for mal parties anything of a newsy nature that will Interest someone else besides yourself, are desirable and their receipt will be very welcome. If you can't telephone them In or bring them In person, just Jot down the brief outline of the affair, place a two cent stamp on the envelope and address It to the Courier and we will' do the rest. Social Items are pr ferred Friday evening for Sun day's paper, but they ran be handled Saturday If It Is not possible to get them here soon er. Will you cooperate with us to whatever extent you ran to help give Grants Pass one nf the best papers In this state? Tou can It you will please? if, o. O. F. Attention Lodge will meet at I. O. O. F. hall and remodeling of clothing. A ror- to be present at 3 p. m. in me Chamber of Commerce rooms. .OF vocal and Instrumental abilities. Oscar Oscar Wllklns, Is his full name-Ms a diminutive coon with feet big enough for a man twice hla size. But he .can throw those feet around In a buck and wing In a manner that would do Justice to Lew Docksteader himself. And he can tickle the banjo, guitar, ukelele and In fact, every known Instru ment, according to Oscar. But he lis known to be able to strum a bit on the uke, and to sing. He Is as black as the ace of spades, has the typical kinky wool, which he vainly tries to train In a part, and a llke- "lable. carefree disposition. t When hl moT"n Jad Just arrived from Albany where B b,', be.?n twA ,the p" f three months and Is working his way south. He was directed to the Joy theatre, where he may persuade Miss Woiks that he Is "all the goods'! and appear on the program tonight or In the near future, r RUre can draw a big crowd," Oscar told the reporter. FAVORED BY ENGINEER Salem, May 2. State Engineer John H. Lewis said today that the proposed $60,000 bond Issue of the Gold Hill Irrigation project ' will probably be approved by the irriga tion securities commission. The assessed valuation is in excess of the proposed bond issue and is not over sixty per cent of market value. State Engineer Lewis and State Superintendent of Banks Will Ben nett, were taken over the Grants Pass and Gold Hill irrigation pro jects yesterday by John Dubuis, en gineer for the projects. They re turned to the city late and left town on the 7 o'clock train. Mr. Dubois left early this morning for Gold Hill where he picked up G. B. At din, president of the Gold Hill pro ject, and the two went on to Jack sonville to confer with the Jackson county court. It has been Impossible to get fur ther' Information as to the results of the trip, but the above dispatch from Salem Indicates that the mem bers of the state board were fa vorably impressed with the Gold Hill project, which will soon let con tracts for the construction of the ditch. I PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1L CELEBRATE MAY DAY lleatitlfur May day exercises will be held by the schools of the city at the high school campus Friday af ternoon bexlnnlng at 3 o'clock. An Interesting program has been pre pared and the puhllo Is Invited to be present at Its presentation. The pupils have worked hard In prepnr Ing the events fur the exercise and great pains have been taken by their Instructors to secure perfection. The wand drill, pat riot le minuet war garden drill, flag drill, military drill, salute of the flag, and the ever popular and beautiful May pole dance will be worth travelling far to see. The order of the program la as follows: High school orchestra under the direction of Miss Gladys Cox. Schools wilt march onto the grounds from A street. Wand drill by the primary rooms of the fourth Ward and Central schools. Patriotic minuet by the Riverside school. War garden drill by the Rest school. Flag drill by the Junior High school. Military drills by the boya and the girts of the Senior high school. May pole dance by the Riverside school, Kasl school. Junior High school, and Senior High school In unison. General rallsthenlc drills by all of the pupils of all of the schools In unison under the direction of Miss Jeannette Cramer. Flag salute and pledge of alleg lance to our flag by all pupils. Song. "America." by all. Minting to uWilik Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. Ma) hew left this morning for Pueblo, Colo., ex pecting to make their home on - a farm near that city. Ther will stop off at Gooding, Ida., to visit Mr. Mayhew's relatives. t O.MINO EVKNTS May 3, Frld.iv Field' day exerce for all the schools of the city. May 4. Saturday From 3 to 9 o'clock." silver tea by Honor Guard Girts, IJbertv bond benefit. ' St May g. Wednesday Baby welfare meeting under auspices of Par ent-Tescher association at Cham ber of Commerce. May 3. Friday May Day exercises at high school campus. May 1 2. Sunday Rsrrslaureate ser mon by Rev. Charles R. Drake at M. E. church. Mav 16, Thursday Class Day exer Mses of high school. May 17, Friday Commencement exercises. May 27-Jtine 1, Monday-Saturday Chautauqua at Grants Pass. !tfKW TOD4T (CLASSIFIED AD RATE8. 26 words, two. Issues, 26c: six issues. KAr! nnu mnnth 11 KA hn nalrt In sdvance. When not raid In advance 6c per line per Issue.) WANTED Small hoist for mining, electric or gasoline. Address A. T. Mcllvaln, Rogue River, Ore gon. 50 I0ST Small plnrinsignla of Lr.B. Engineers Castle with IT, 8. su perimposed. Return to Courier office. 51 FOR SALE One Studebaker hnck at bargain price. Phone 317. or call at) 511 H street, city. 51 WANTED Men to work on ru-id. $3 per day and board; one team, $8; one cook, $86 per month. Phone 615. See George S. Bar ton. 51 LOST Gold stick pin with pearl setting lost Wednesday. Finder please leave with No. 473, care Courier. 61 FOR RENT 162 acres of land known as the John Bonder place, near Williams, Ore. Rental, $100 to December 31st, 1918. I). W. Holgate, U. S. National Rank building, Portland, Ore. 51 Township Maps Showing Oregon and Callfor nla Homestead Lands, open to Ming April 2, 1018, $1 per township. I'lense rnnjre. give township . and DOVGLAS AnSTIXACT CO., Roseburg, Oregon tion of the Food Administration lo uie mors tttoblit) . It's easier than you imagine. Just send for Morse's Garden Guide for 1918. Written for the Pacific Coast. Telle what, when and how to plant flowers, well as vegetables. Write for your copy today. It's free. C. C. MORSE & CO. TM Free Street Sa Fruasssse Ararat's SeA eet mlJ h mm bmm is fWWt, Dmt&h, Greetst el eseWe AtVcA GRANTS PASS PARTY Fl A party i-tmslstlng of Frauk C. Hramwell, John Hampshire and Hoy II. Clark returned to the city thjs morning after a trip to Crescent City and Brookings where they In vestigated the chrome business. Tlie hauling of chrome ore has started from the Tyson properties, both lo cated about 18 miles from Crescent City. Ore from the French Mill mine la hauled to Crescent City and from the Copper Creek mine to the Hohbe-Wall A Co. railroad betwien Crescent City and Smith River. The hauling of ore from that ills, trlct has started six weeks sr"er than Inst yesr. Prospects, says 'r, Bramwell. for big output of chrome from these properties, sr- exceedlnitly good this year. Thre will be several thousand font brought out. The roads, ssys Mr. Braniwell. are excellent after crossing the r-i. Ifornli lne, but on this side t!"' j are In verv bad condition. The, roidt In California are kept no and, worked ss soon as the dy weM1- slarls. For four or five thnt"d dollars. It Is stated, the rosiN on tb", Oregon side could be put In good shape. 10 MEET IN SEPT. The encampment of the Soldiers and Bailors Reunion Association nf Southern Oregon will be held here September 9 to 14. A meeting of the officers of the association was I held yesterday In Medford and pre-1 limlnary arrangement for the meet-1 Ing were made. J. E, Teterson, nf this city. Is commander of the anno-! elation. I James Holman, of Grants Pass, I was elected yesterday by the officers to the position of quartermaster. The" association comprises veteran organisations of Lake, Klamath.' Douglas, Curry, Jackson and Jose- phlne counties. Interest Is also dire-ted In the state encampment which will be held In Albany May 13 to 15. Past Commander Cyrus H. Walker, who I Is an aide-de-camp' to the national j commander, slates that, great plans' BUY War Savings Stzzps ROfH'E IUVEB WATBR COMPANT LertdHim AHanc BUY BOZD3 For PATRIOTISM "Actions speak v-l UTY words-Act - Dont Talk - Buy Now Thoy Go To&GtnGr Of course) you have a Food Administra tion card in your window. Final It proves your willing ness to help con serve the present food aupply. Out have you done your part towards tncruulnf the food supply? Are yoa Carrvina out the recommenda have been made for, the reception of the fl. A. It. and W. It.. C. tnenilters and that at least 1200 veterans and their ladles are expected tu visit Albany during the three days. The city council, county court and bus iness men of Albany havs contrib uted to a large entertainment fund and a big time will be given the vis iting comrades. "CI INylTUIrVl' DOOIN" at our store DEMONSTRATION f)N the date given below, an expert dsmonstralor, will show the marvelous brilliance and beauty of Chl Namel finishes and explain the oriental mysteries of China Wood Oil, which makes these tell leveling nnlshet, so taiy to apply by amateurs. Come In and - their sparkling" trantparency, radiant coloring and dlvcrtilied uses (or home decorations. Thm ttKtnty. rwu Snltho ess h mmlml ttut sttiullr tbuwd without turtnln ttwlr buuly im lurtulura, bVmii sod wimtwiHk. Rogue River Hdwe. 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