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GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OK.. FRIDAY O( UOBEK 15. ISSO.
VOL. «.
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NO. 29.
TO ADVERTISERS
Gr.urt'» 1’a.s*. au named after General
Gran«, ia a county seat centrally lucsted
111 S< ait hern Oregon. It ta * pri >grM*i V»
railroad town oi SOO inhabitanU, and ia
the main »imply point for a large ]K>rtion
of country JevuUsi Io mining, lumbering
agriculture and imit-raiaing. Climate un
excelled
Tke Cot kjlr S ing the only paper pub
lished in J'jaephine enuniy, with a good
circulatiM in Jackaon county, enable* it
to be to«-of tlie beat advvrtùmig medium*
in S«aithern Gregon. For ratea, mldreaa
T ue Cot rikx , Gnuit'a Pa**, Oregon.
■ zens should unite to employ pros- I l»een struck They bare gone down ted, but it is the plain English of
i pectors and furnish them capital to I about 150 feet further but cannot tlie existing facts and tire inevitable
ITS
MINES
and
PROSPECTS, prove the value of mines already tell what kind of formation they are consequences.
Attorney at Law & Notary Public
— manvfactukkrs of —
The herring catch is an utter fail-
An Inviting Fiald for Prospector» _ discovered, and enable them to dis in as the stream of hot water wash
G rant ’ i ' P ass , - - - - O rtoon .
cover more. An associated effort of es away the chips from the auger as nre, and is less than ten thoosanil
Worthy Also of the Attention
of Portland Capitalists.
this kind would, I am confident, fast as it is brought up. They have, barrels, against <jo,ooo barrel.’» for
Lumber, Doors, Windows,
Will practice in all the courts of the
meet with encouragement from the run out of pipe and will have to get last year. The shore fishing almost
Southern
Oregon
has
been
a
min-
State. Office on Sixth street, near post-
more in order to close off the stream equals the Labrador fishing in the
Brackets,
and
Mouldings.
ing
countrv
snuv
its
first
settlement,
°f.thc
w‘‘.1
office.
but with the exception ot a few rich ( nv which would profit by the effort, of hot water. They have went completeness of the failure. Of the
g. IT. MITCHELL,
— AND ALL KINDS or—
pockets, the gold has been mostly and stilt more by its success. Every through several streams of water. 1)0,000 |>e<>ple dc|K*ndeut upon that
kind of business in the city in fact, In some places the auger would drop branch for an existence, less than
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
taker, out of the placet diggings.
would feel the quickening influence. a number of inches, showing that it jo.ooo have secured enough tocarrv
Some
of
these
have
been
very
rich,
G rant ' s P ass , • - - - O regon .
It has been my opinion for sotne- had passed through a hollow in tlie them through the winter. This will
and many of them still yield good
<ime that the two most promising earth.
It is believed, however, leave 70,000 of these dependent on
pay.
With
such
an
extensive
area
Will practice in all State and Federal
resources of development in this that a supply of water will be <>l» Government or public charity. In
of
placer
diggings
it
is
natural
to
Court*
Office on Main street.
suppose that somewhere in the re state, are its lumber and its mines. tained and that before very long. If all fully 140.000 | k -< »pie will have to
SAM. WHITE,
If any kind of manufacturing of this proves a success it will be a lx? provided for It will be next to
—The Introduction of—
gion there must l»o
magnitude ami profit is to l»e carried great thing for the sagebrush lands impossible for tlie Government to
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
GOOD QUARTS MINES.
| on in Portland, it must be that of of Modoc county, anti these dry fcvtl these people, ami the distress
G rint ’ s P as *, - - - • O regon .
The country, however, has not lieen lumijer.
.........
The only other resource ranches which do not amount to and suffering tliat must ensue must
thoroughly prospected for quarts.— for (|lc early revival of our discour- anything can l»e made to produce l»e something terrible unless the ’
Will practice in all the Courts of the State
In all that region there has lieen aged agriculture ami the enlarge
borrows large stilus of
HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES FIFTY l’ER scarcely a hole a hundred feet deep nrent of trade is to be sought in the with the b -st of the ranches, for all Government
II. KELLEY,
that is needed is water, and it looks money to expend in construction of
sunk
into the ground. ' This
is part * inineai With an encouraging rate now as though that problem would public work, such as railways, and
.......
1—
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CENT. BELOW ALL FORMER RATES.
ly because the country has been, for shipment to the east, the lumber be solveil with very little difficulty. even that would lie but as a drop in
J acksonville . - - - - O regon .
until quite recently, without rail traffic of this city ought to increase
For Price List, address,
S. P. D. & L. Co.
the bucket. The great fear is that
[Modoc Independent.
roads, and partly because the old fifty or a hundred fold within two
the Government will not realize and
Grant’s Pass, Oregon.
Will practice in all the Courts of the
miners have cared but little for years With lilieral encouragement
attempt to grapple with this problem
IN DANGER OF STARVATION.
State. Office in Court House.
quartz. Recent developments are to mining enterprises, almost every
until it is too late. [N. Y. World.
I attracting attention to the possibili industry in the State would increase Deplorable Condition of the People of
H. K. HANNAH,
Our Neighbors.
Newfoundland.
ties of wealth hidden in the rocks and flourish.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
and without doubt more persistent
[Or»y4» Nn»/iW.]
THE JOHN DAY MINES.
Ono Hundred and Forty Thousand
efforts will not l»c made to realize
O regon .
J ACKSoKVILLE,
Persons Without Moans of Suhais
During
my
recent
trip
to
the
Wool
buyers
ate plenty now. The
them.
Proprietor.
tonco-Falluro of the Fishing Indus-
J. JORDAN,
southern
counties,
I
met
an
old
mi-
highest
price
yet
offered is 22 S cts.,
trles-Tho
Public
Finances
In
No
Office in Orth building. Oregon afreet
thi -. rich strike
ner wjlo jlaj justcomc over from the Condition to Meet the Emergency at which figure several transfers
That has just been made on Starve-, head of John Day river, where he -What Is Said by a Rosldont.
S. W. FORBES,
have been made.
out creek, has already stimulated had seen the late discoveries of what
I
NOTARY PUBLIC.
A. D. McKee’s barn on Jackass
prospecting in that vicinity. A few he said was the richest gold quartz
H alifax , N. S , Sept. 12.—Des
K k IIUY' II.I E ANI» A l TIIOVSE, JlMtrrHINK
Portland men are interested in that he had ever seen. This discovery titution in Newfoundland is assum was destroyed by fire this week. A
TIIE
COMMERCIAL
HOTEL
IS
THE
Coi'NTV, O regon .
discovery, and when its results arc is near Independence, in the old ing an acute form. England’s old young colt and a quantity of hay
better known, it ought not to be Granite creek region, where it had est colony is in a most deplorable was burned, making a loss of near
Collection* a Specialty. legal Instru
difficult
for good prospectors to get lieen run over for years by placer condition. Starvation is staring in ly $ |oo.
ments promptly executed.
The question as to the removal of
a "grubstake" in this city. The miners. Like most of the richest the face one hundred and forty
countrv in many respects is a very discoveries of quartz, it "stuck right thousand helpless and almost hope the troops from Eort Klamath still
MEDICAL.
In This Part of Southern Oregon.
favorable one to prospect in.
out of the ground," and only waited, less men and women and children. seems undecided and all parties in
W. F. KREMER. M. !>.,
like the “open, sesame," for the The situation is all the more deplor terested are awaiting the final settle
THE climate .
Physician and Surgeon,
Is mild and the season for work 111 knock of the prospector to disclose able because the recent Irogus stories ment. General opinion however is
the open air very long; game a .1 wealth that is almost beyond the of starvation and cannibalism among that the Eort will not be abandoned
G rant ' s P ais , - - - - O regon
GUESTS WILL ALWAYS FIND
bounds, feed is generally plenty for dreams of avarice. Rock that was the Labrador Esquimaux so horrified which is as it should be
lying in the road is worth two dol and disgusted the English speaking
J. C. Campbell last Tuesday plead
(’all* ronjiontled to at till hours, day or The 'l'abli’s Sujrplicil With thi* Very Rest in the pack animals, and all the necessary
lars
a pound, and an immense bluff public that future tales of suffering guilty to the charge of larceny for
means of subsistence arc cheap. Thc
night.
Market,
erection of a stamp mill bv Mr. overhanging
_ . the road is seamed with from Newfoundland will naturally stealing tw<, watches from Slover’s
W. H. FLANAGAN, M. I>.
Brown at Gold llill will enable the same rich rock, I mention it I k ’ regarded with suspicion ami will hotel and Judge Webster gave him
AND THE ROOMS ARE FITTED UP WITH A VIEW TO
prospectors to get a mill test of their in this connection, as it shows that largely curtail, if not effectually a sentence of two years in the State
Physician and Surgeon,
ore.
for I understand that it is thc because, in a region like Southern prevent, nil attempts at outside re workhouse. I). W. Crosby took
CLEANLINESS
AND
COMFORT.
G rant ’ s l’.m», - . - - O uruon .
purpose of Mr. Brown and Mr. Has Oregon, old placer miners have not lief. Not only is the condition ®f him below Wednesday night.
kell, who are making arrangements discovered rich ledges of quartz, it the fishing population a most pitia
A rich strike and cleanup has
Office at residence, corner Main ami
to reduce the ore of the Swinglin would lie unwise to-infer that such I ble one, .but the public finances are just lieen made at the Hope ledge
Third street*. Call attended any hour,
T
E
RMS
R
E
A
SON
A
1
ÎLE.
'
so
straitened
that
it
will
I
k
1
utterly
I
ledges
do
not
exist.
mine, to extend their milling opera
day or nigh.
impossible lor the government adc on Wagner creek. One of thcown-
S. B. I’ ettengili .,
tions as inducements may offer, and ,
quately to deal with the frightful ers this week informed us that they
Cor. News.
DR. F. W. VAN DYKE
assist in the development of other
had just finisbeil crushing 100 tons
When you come to G rant ’ s P ass , stop at the C ommercial properties.
The country will soon Perilous Position of an A'-ronant at the distress The colony is completely of rock from which they got 102
G rant » P am
-
-
O regon .
isolated
from
the
commerce
both
of
have railroad connection with San
H otel , and your wants will be properly supplied.
J. J ordan .
Omaha fair Grounds.
Canada and the United States. Its ■ounces of gold realizing $1,632.—
Francisco, and this will let in min
English and Orman Spoken.
people
arc almost solely dependent This company bought and are using
ers and traders from that direction.
O maha , N eb .. Sept. 7. Prof.’
what was known as the Chick mill.
______
Office on Main street, near drug store.
A great many miners are 1 >oking Oscar Hunt, an leronant, was en upon fishing for a livelihood. Ag
4________
riculture,
manufactures
and
almost
We learn that two sets of vases
towards this region as the most at gaged by the managers of the Oma
J*______
C. LEMPF.KT, M. 1».,
tractive field on the coast, and I am ha Fair to give ascensions during every other i idustry are unknown. have lately lieen stolen from our
Graduate Leipsic University,Ger.
confident that it has promise enough this week. At noon today when For years the fisheries have lieen cemetery. We have called the at
C. M. STONE, I’Hor’R,
to justify their hopes of finding on the eve of going up and while going from bad to worse, until this tention of the public I «fore to the
sitting on his trapeze one of the year the colony is on the brink of a wanton disregard some have for
good
properties.
Grant’s Pass, Oregon,
Call* répondis! to nt all hour*, dav or Maine Street,
The mine just brought into noto stay ropes was prematurely cut. The catastrophe. Last year the govern those sacred tokens of respect that
night
Office opposite Sieve»’* hotel.
------ DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
riety on Starveout has been for big air ship swayed around in such ment had to feed a large part of the our people have for their dead friends.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
many years l>elieved to be very rich, way as to brvak the other rope anil people along the const. The plan Much of this has lieen done in our
I»K. CHAS. W. BEACOM,
ters and large fish operators have cemetery before this. Some believe
Drugs. Patent Medicines. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Shoulder Braces, Trusses, Etc. but it has been difficult to sustain throw the balloon out of its course. advanced
supplied to the fishermen because a vase is placed at the head
Efforts
of
the
tcronant
to
regain
eon
the
expenditure
of
money
and
labor
Dctntist,
>
for
two
winters
to keep body and of a grave to hold the flowers friends
necessary to ojxm it. The faith of trol were fruitless and the balloon
O regon *.
G rant ' s P as «
BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO
those who have made this expendi went bounding upward, striking soul together, until the |xx,r j»eople may place there in token of their
first one building then another. arc hoj»eles.sly in debt and the mer love for the departed ones, that they
ture is now abundantly rewarded.
All work warranted. Office at Com School
I Books. I Books I and I Stationery i A DEPOSIT OF ALMOST PURE GOLD The |>e<>ple below stood with bated chants arc unable to advance more are public ,»ro|>erty to lie taken or
mercial Hotel.
breath when the flagstaff on the cu supplies. «Added to the complete broken as the dispoiters may sec
Has lieen opened within surround pola struck the professor in the back failure of the fisheries is the general proper to gratify their wicked de
MIM7.I.I, \\E»»rs.
rock that is rich enough for of the head, rendering him insensi demoralization of the markets hith sire. The parties who have taken
A Full Line of Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Brushes. i ing
profitable milling. Other prospects ble, so that he fell from the trapeze. erto controlled by Newfoundland these vase >. if discovered, should
might turn out equally well if in Hi* body shot downward through by French, American and Canadian be prosecuted to the extremq end
NEW TIN SHOP;
I telligentlv worked. To use a com the air and twenty fijet below struck competition. The Newfoundland of the law.
PHSICIANS
’
PRESCRIPTIONS
CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED.
O. H. STARR, I’lioritiEToR,
j mon phrase, quartz mining in the cornice of the cupola, a projec government pretends to co-operate
Our town has Ix-cn overrun with
—I »valer In—
i Southern Oregon "is yet in its in tion less than a foot wide.
He with Canada in enforcing the treaty peddlers the past two weeks, some
of
1N1.S,
but
is
utterly
powerless
to
iancy." During a recent visit to struck so that his body fell upon
Stove«. Tin-Ware, Pumps, Pipes.
of whom arc most insulting and per
H O B H R T \\ EST KOI’.
| the region I heard of many loculi ' the ledge, and was held by a sprig do anything, and every Yankee ves sistent in their efforts to force arti
Etc., Etc., Etc.
'
ties
where
prospectors
might
turn
scl
can
treat
all
its
warnings
and
—FROPKIKTOK—
of iron which pierced his clothing
cles <>n those not wishing to prir-
their attention with reasonable re
Relief was sought at once, but regulations with contemptuous defi < h v -e, especially the ladies, several
JOB WORK DONE ON SHORT
ward. In either one of the five some minutes elapsed before the un ance. Meanwhile the Inqieri it Gov of the l itter buying on account of
southwestern counties of Oregon fortunate man could l»e released eminent still refuses to assent to an being alarmed at the threatening
NOTICE.
j
there are promising fiehls for work from his {»erilious mid air position act prohibiting tin- sale of bait to m.innei of the peddlers, when the
Prices Moderate.
of this kind, ami thc completion of and landed safely upon the ground foreigners, and the exa«|»erating man of the house was absent at his
GRANTS PASS,
- -
-
OREGON.
the railroad will open other fields in In the cqiirse of time he regained French shore question is further business place. A fluting machine
O regon .
(Jackson County)
C entral P oint ,
Del Norte and Siskiyou counties.— consciousness. The balloon arose from settlement than ever. These peddler was the meanest of them all.
WILL Q. BROWN,
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This work must be done by men high, floated around fora while and things combine to shake the loyalty and has made the ladies so mad now
from the outside, for the old inhab then landed in the city about two of thc .«turdy Newfoundlanders to that they slam the door in the face
Assayer à Analytical Chemist,
—Having Gompleted my new Stable I am prepared to—
the very bottom.
itants know but little about quartz, miles from where it broke away.
of every txxidler and tramp coming
OBKGOW MKKF.L MINE,
Alfred R Morine, a member of along. No one can blame them for
and consequently take but little in
Rancher, Alarmed.
the Newfoundland legislature for it. If this nuisance continues, our
terest in it. They would soon be
BIDDLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OGN. FURNISH
THE BEST OF HAY AND GRAIN. come
the fishing district of Bonavista.
enlisted in the work probably
Won! reaches us that ever since who has just arrived from St. John's, citizens may Ire obliged to put up
T'o I lav rind Clean TV*r I lead. Over Nirrlit. 75 < ’tw. and give to any proper effort to de-
Analyse* nmdr of Complex Suli.taneo.
sign-. - "No peddlers or tramps al
velope the region the benefit of the killing of "Wash,” the drunken tells a graphic story of the prevail
MISES EX IMIMED ANI» REm«TEr> ITOS.
BEST OF ACCOMMODATIONS FURNISHED FOR HORSES. their "insight." Mining, I l>elieve. Indian who so cruelly murdered Mr mg distress and the gloomy outlook lowed here 1>< ware of the dog —
turned loone."
Assay for Gohl ami Silver
* T*1"
is the only thing that can give much Lineberger out in Smoky valley re for the fall an I winter. Not less,
cently, the Indians have Ix-en very he says, than 135,000 of the popil
Assay for Michel or Cobalt ...
•
impetus
to
the
development
of
the
Don't attempt to cheat an editor
Assay for Load or Copper
2 00
J. S. HOUCK,
country'. With the exception of the morose anti ugly to the whites, and lotion are not only in actual want, out of a year's subscription to his
fears
of
a
gt-neral
massacrec
are
en
but are absolutely without the |*>s paper or any sum. Cheat the min
sea coast, the country has seen its
PROPRIETOR
CHANGE IN| MANAGEMENT
j best days as a stock range. The ' tertained. Jn<lee<l, we are informed sibility of earning a dollar to keep ister, < heat the butcher anybody—
i hunch grass of early days has dis that friendly squaws have warned themselves alive during the fall and for, if you have any regard for fu
—or ’ tur —
appeared and in its place has grown the families there to seek pl ices of winter. 30,000 Newfoundlander« ture consequences, don't foil with a
Central Point Hotel,
i a weaker aquirrcl grass that is of safety, at least until the bitter feel go to Labrador every season, and printer. He will get even and more
I
little value for fall and winter graz ing wears away. The ranchers are the average catch was formerly 50» t<*> You will lie put up for office
—PEALER IN—
LEWIS PANKEY, • Pmpr
very much alarmed at the news, and quintals per vessel. This only en sometime, or want some public favor
are taking steps to protect tlienf- allied them and 20,000 other |>eoplc tor yourself or some of your friends,
T I N W A 1J E, ' ’’*£• I was sorrv to see in the lieautiful 1 selves.
Meals,
•
-
25 Cents. S T O V E S
A N J >
Aa the valley is sparsely dependent on them to eke out a fair and just when your luck is a thing
' valleys of the Umpqua what I could
settled,
a few murderous Indians existence, but-thi ■ year the Labra- <»f beauty ami joy forever the print
•JOB WORK, wen AS—
not help regarding as
could kill them all and then escajie dor catch is not one third the avet er will open up on you and knock
Hiring lately taken< barge of thin hotel
SIGNS OF RETROGRESSION,
to the mountainous ¡»ortion of the age and not enough to pax’ th* 'N>st your air castles into a c<»ckcd hat at
Roofing, Spouting, and Repairing of all kinds a spet ialtv,
the undesigned « ■ uhl reajwctfully inform
lieyond
the stage of mere stagnation. country far from molestation. The of transportation and supplies ad the first blow, —[Bill Nyc.
the public that the table* will be supplied
AND DONE AT REASONABLE RATES.
Along the South 1’mpqua where I known treachery of some ot the In vanced by the men h.ints. Then
with the l>ci<t the market afford*
, found the most attractive wayside dians makes it a very serious ques there arc 15,000 resident fishermen
An artesian well at Lemoore,
I.r.wis P.efKBT
J. S. Houck.
Oregon I scenerv and an excellent natural tion We heard of «ome families
Jackson Co.,
Central Point,
at Labrador who are, if |*>s.sible, in Dak., sunk fhr railroad uses, is at
I road» there were here and there signs that are preparing to move either to a worse plight than those who go tracting attention on account of its
New Blacksmith Shop,
of decay, and the road to the coa.«! Ophir or Austin for awhile. All there from Newfoundland. z\1l medicinal qualities. It is said that
LEWIS PANKEY. Proprietor.
has the same depressing appearance this comes of selling liquor to In these 65,000 people to-<lay arc in a its continual use xvill put an end to
Thc local business of .stage and dians.—“(Austin Revielle.
state of great destitution and entire a desire for alcoholic drink*.
C«rra.u P oint
•
•
Oaroos
j freight trains has been absorlied by
ly dependent upon Government sup
The
Artesian
Well.
C hicago , Oct. x Eight thou
HM I T II
the railroad, and aa yet nothing ha«
Horse-Shoeing n Specialty.
port for existence. They are ivat- san<l men struck to-day against a
f»een
done
to
supply
the
home
de
Oregon
Sixth Street.
N. B. Rine was down in thr Big tered along 3.000 miles of the most return to ten hours. There was
1 would respectfully in’orm the jaibiic
mand for labor and it« product«.— . Valley country last weet
1 Ic savs barren and dangerous coast in the
that having lately taken charge of the
■<>
, A mining development would stimu ; that the princi[>al excitement there world, and unless prompt and ex quite a riot, at one yard. All is
Blark-sni.th Shop at Centra! Point, I
* late every local enterprise, and 1m- at present is the artesian well borer tensive measures are taken to send quiet now.
wntil.f a«k * liberal *h»rv U th* fmMi.
HAVING COMPÌ.ETED 1 OUR NEW STABLES, WE ARE ; port new life to every coniinuni
patronage
L ewi * P ankey .
i and politics. In regard to the form these |>coplc supplies it will lie irn
L<»s A xoele .», Get q The in--
PREPARED TO
PRACTICAL HINTS.
er, he said that a well had been possible for relief »tCMhers to reach yor to-niglit telegraphed $-• o«>o to
Subscribe for the C ourier .
for
The city of Portland might < on starter! about three mile« from Bie them during the winter, and hund tiie mayor of Charleston. S. <
Furnish
the
Best
of
Accommodations
for
Horses,
tribute to thi» development with T nc ber, and after sinking <|own 1 depth red-« of them, must inevitably starve the lieticfit of the earthquake «111-
THE PIOXETB AND ONLY NEWiPAPEB
risk of lo-* if a numf-er of its citi of 250 feet a »trtim of ho’ wat*r had Till- language maj »ceiu ex iggeta ferers.
------------ \T REA 05ABLE RATES.-----------
DA' I* BU gwer ,
SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO
House and Store Finishings.
The Latest Improved Machinery,
COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
Largest
and
Best
Regulated
Hotel
DRUG
New Feed and Sale Stable
\'ew Feed Stable'
SOUTHERN OREGON.