Rogue River courier., November 05, 1886, Image 1

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VOL. 2.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OR., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5, issi».
N( >. 32.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Grant's Pars, hu named after General
Grant, m a voimty »eat centrally located
I in Southern Oregon. It is a progressive
1 railroad town of Wti inhabitants, aud is
1 the main simply point for a large portio*
of country devoted to mmmg, luuiliering
agriculture ami (ruit-rainuig. Climate un-
exeel'etl
The C ocrif . r t.-ing the only paper pub-
1 lieiied in Joeepbinu county, with a good
ein illation in Jackson county, enables it
j to Is* one of tlw liest advertising mediums
| in Sisithern Oregon. hor rates, address
T he C ocrmer , Grant’s Pass, Oregon.
New Time Card.
We coppy tire following commu-I
nivation
from
the
Roseburg
"Plain
­
DAVIS BROWER.
S eattle , W. T., Oct. 25, '86.
The new time table over tlie (Are-
dealer:”
E d . C ockier :—A few lines de­
gon
Railway & Navigation a ad Ore­
.ttornevat Law & Notary Public
—MANUFACTURERS OF—
R oseburg , O r ., Oct. to, '86.
scriptive of Washington Territory
gon & California Railroad compan-
G rant *» P as », - - - - O regon .
E d . P laindkaler —Dear Sir:— , ies' lines went into practical effect
may not prove uninteresting to some
Lumber, Doors, Windows,
As you have requested me to give Wednesday. Under this schedule.
of your readers. Four years ago,
■ Will practice in all the courts of the
you a short account of my trip to Pacific express No. 1 (coming west)
lacking a few weeks, I found mv
flat“. Office on Sixth streat, near post-
Brockets, and Mouldings.
that portion of the Rogue river val­ will reach Albina at 9:45 a. ul . in­
Srai.-e.
way here on the flood tide of the
ley which I visited, I will now try stead of 10 a. m., as heretofore;
VILLARD BOOM.
S. V. MITCHELL,
— IND ALL KINDS OF---
and comply with your request, as Pacific express No. 2 (going east),
That many changes have taken
far as my limited observation will will leave Albina at 5:15 p. in. in­
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
place since that wild and specula­
> •
permit. M\ time being somewhat stead of 5 p. m., as heretofore. This
<¡ raxt ’ s P ass , - - • - O regon .
.......
tive era, it is hardly necessary to in­
limited I was unable to make as
timate. Contemporaneously with
tilorollgh an examination as I would train will not leave the East Port­
land depot until 4 o'clock p. in.
1 Will practice in all State and Federal
have wishc(1
the collapse of the railroad balloon
Courts Otlice on Main street.
The Oregon & California passenger
came the decline in the price of near­
The general topographical lay of | train (coming north) will hereafter
ly
every
staple
product
of
the
coun
­
SAM. WHITE,
—The Introduction of—
the country is wry broken, with a i reach the East Portlaud depot at
try. Lumber that had ireen selling
series or range of mountains one af­ 5:50 p. tn., instead of 4. By this
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
at «¡12 per m. went down as low as
ter another to the main range. The arrangement persons coming down
G rant ’ s P ass , - - • - O regon .
$6. Hops had ranged as high as
geological formation of these hills' on the train from any point in the
$1.10 per pound anil then fell with­
SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON,
and mountains seems to belong to
Will practice in all the Courts of the State
in seven points of zero. Coal al­ 1 am not altogether cn rapport with the shistoic families, being caped valley, whose destination is the east,
HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES EIETY PER most
ceased to be a profitable com fall weather here. This is called a with sand stone and porphyry, with can make connection with the regu­
H. KELLEY,
modity
for shipment. Under such healthful climate, but 1 notice the veins of slate traversing or underly­ lar Pacific express without delay.
CENT.
BELOW
ALL
FORMER
RATES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I There will lx.- half an hour’s time
circumstances, there was no avoid­ cemeteries
around Seattle fill up ing the sand-stone.
I (from 5:50 to 4 o'clock), allowed at
wi J acksonville . - » • - O regon .
itfir For Price List, address,
S. P. D. &. L. Co.
ance f the inevitable—hard times. with rather startling rapidity.
As yet this country is compara­ the East Portland depot, which will
—
But
the
hope
of
better
times
has
Grant s Pass, Oregon.
There is little ague here, but there tively new to the out-side world
I Will practice in all the Courts of the
never for once entirely deserted the is plenty of typhoid fecer. The with regard to its mineral wealth, lie ample for securing tickets and
State. ( (Ilice in Court House.
people. They know that the coun­ family of Mr. P. R. Piatt, formerly as but very little prospecting has checking baggage, in this respect,
1 the new time table will be a great
IL K. HANNAII,
“HURRA
FOR
GRANTS
PASS,
HURRA!” try is
a citizen of your county, has been been done outside of the bars that public accommodation.
BOUNDLKSSLY RICH
severely afflicted with this distress have been formed along the banks
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
in
natural
resources,
with
present
for some time. Throat and lung of the streams and rivers that con- F' iim thr Atkktnd TUiitffr;
CAMPBELL à TUFF
( > hi : go S.
J acksoxvii . i . k ,
and prospective advantages in the diseases are almost sure to be ag- tains more or less gold.
Co. K.. 14th Infantry, arrived in
wa v of transportation that few States gravated under the changeful con-
All of the streams have cut their Ashland Saturday morning last en
CAN NOW BOAST OF HAVING THE
flice in Orili building. Oregon street
can equal. Once more hops are ditions of this humid atmosphere, wav down through the mountain route for Fort Klamath, and took
buoyant and everything else rises On the whole, I "rather sorter kind- sides so that in many places, it is up their line of march the same day.
S. W. FORBES,
FINEST STORE ROOM IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
with them, including the hopes and er" think I'd like to be back in impossible to get through the deep There should be two full troops of
NOTARY PUBLIC.
confidence of the jieople. Wc do Southern Oregon.
canyons, with any convenience, l>e cavalry at Fort Klamath post, in­
E AND Al.TItotHE, JoSEI’llINE
not expect another
The people (including men, wo- ing filled with rock and largebould- stead of only one infantry company
Coi sty , O regon .
men, children and "the stranger ers that have rushed down from with but forty-six men.
‘‘ boom ,”
within our gates”) of Washington , alxivc and settled themselves in
i
inc
I
Nor
is
it
desirable:
but
the
natural
Robt. A. Miller, of Jacksonville,
Collections a Specialty. I .egal Instru-
are greatly aggitated just now over their rocky bed, here to remain as a
j
growth
of
the
country
is
inevitable.
ments promptly executed.
has made arrangements to ship
barrier
between
the
poor
prospector
the
pending
The lumber out put of the Sound
grapes regularly from his father's
On their Cheap Counter« in nil Btieli lines as
Mime vi ..
country alone, has reached over 60,• TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY ELEC­ and that which men call gold.
vineyard at that place to Portland
Judging
from
the
amount
of
gold
DRY GOODS,
000,000 feet per year. The ship­
TIONS.
during the following month. The
. KREMER. M. D„
found
in
all
the
streams
and
bars
ment of coal for the same period I don't believe I ever saw what, by
grapes grown in that vineyard are
DRESS GOODS,
Physician and Surgeon.
amounted to 580,000 tons. What courtesy, we call politics so chaotic along Rogue river, there must un­ lucious enough to drive the Califor­
doubtedly
be
some
very
rich
gold
C THING,
has been done, can l>e done again, and demoralized. If woman suf­
nia grapes Wli uf tfie Portland
G rint ' s P ass , - - - - O regon .
only a great deal more so, if the de­ frage has Iteen any benefit to the veins found, lor there is no disput­ | market.
HATS AND CA
ing
this
fact
in
all
mining
countries
mand will justify it. The exports "dirty pool,” it would require a dif­
I Calls responded to at nil hours, day or
Jos, TIockersmith has started out
for this section alone, last year, ferent microscope to the one 1 have where even rich placer diggings are ina new line of enterprise, viz.,
Hiltllt.
found,
there
has
lx-en
round
also
GENTS’ FU RNISHING GOODS,
amounted to
! l>een using to perceive it. But it is rich gold veins sooner or later, and driving fat hogs from this valley to
W. II. FLANAGAN, M. D.
GROCERIES,
over $10,000,000,
both pleasant and picturesque to I think there is no lietter country Klamath county for sale. He started
Physician and Surgeon,
seemingly a very good antidote in have the feminine clement in the for prosjrecting to-day than there is Monday with over fifty head of
PROVISIONS,
itself for the proverbial hard times. fray, almost reminding us of the from the mouth of Rogue river up choice fat hogs to drive over the
G rant ’ s P ass , ... - O regon .
CROCKERY,
But timber is getting scarce along ancient times when
lor one hundred miles or more, and mountains to Linkville. He will
TOBACCOS,
the water's edge, and mill men are ‘‘They bear w ith manly pride their snowy this whole country is interlaced either sell the hogs, or bacon them
Otlice at residence, corner Main and
shield»,
Third streets. Call attended any hour,
there.
CIGARS, ETC. preparing to work further back.
And female »limits resound the Phrvgiun with a perfect net work of veins,
day or nigh.
The
Sound
is
said
to
have
over
not
only
gold,
but
silver,
copper,
The infantry company reached
---- o----
field» ”
2,000 miles of shore line, and nearly They can vote and they can peddle lcail> iron, antamony, nickle, cinna- Linkville Wednesday afternoon,
HR. F. W. VAN DYKE
fÄF- All our goods are entirely nciv and will be exchanged for cash all this shore line was thickly stud­ tickcts on election day. but the dirty *'ar an<l
and where nature has four days’ match from Ashland.
ded with timber. Besides there are scheming and corrupt bargaining of bestowed^ such an iibundanee of her Not being used to campaign duty,
Out '.GON.
(nt ist I’ ass
or farm produce.
CAMPBELL & TUFFS,
many streams more or less naviga­ the men goes on the same as it al- wealth of r“ this
sort ‘ for the benefit of the soldiers were decidedly footsore
Grant’s Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
’".......
lisi/.’K1 German Spoken.
ble, putting into the Sound, These wavs did. As go the men, so follow c mankind, with one of the finest cli­ on reaching that place, and decided
open up vast stretches of
-
I rohpet, near dntgstore. I
the women. If the men ordain that mates there is off this continent. to make the rest of the distance by
EXCELLENT TIMBER
whisky shall rule, the women vote When this portion of Southern Orc wagons.
to the lumliermen. It has hereto­ is no insurmountable obstacle in the gon which includes the Umpqua
A man recently from the C. &Q.
fore been a very simple and easy way. But few persons, and no poli­ valley, becomes known to the out­ R. R. construction front says the
matter to cut the logs adjacent to ticians, however, have the temerity side world it must Irecome one of Chinese employed by the company
C. M. STONE, P bop ’ k ,
the water-ways, roll them in and to question the expediency and the richest ami most prosperous are fleeced unmercifully in the prices
(’alls roponded Io at all hours, dav or Maine Street,
Grant’s Pass, Oregon, float them to the mill. Great as rightfulness of woman suffrage here. portions of the United States.
of the gtxxls they buy. They are
flight
(Mike o|»|M»*ite Slover’n hotel.
W. J. M
was
the
abundance,
twenty
or
thir-
Such
opimsition
wotikl
not
seem
sa
­
not permitted to purchase anything
Jacksonville, Oregon.
----- DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
♦-
, ty years continuous cutting could gacious in anyone wishing to run
at all except at the company's
The Pension Roll».
DR. CH AS. W. BEACOM,
stores; and as an example of the
fail to make an inqiression on for office—not by any means.
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Shoulder Braces. Trusses, Etc. not
the forests primival.
W ashington , Oct. 26 The an extortionate prices exacted he says
W m . W. F idler .
Dctntist,
nual report of the Commissioner of chickens, which the company buys
RAILROADS
An Interesting Exhibit.
O regon .
G rant ’ s P ass
Pensions recently issued contains of peddlers at $6.00 per dozen, are
BEST BRANDS GF CIGARS AND TOBACCO
are now beginning to play an im­
Below
we
print
what
interest our some interesting facts not heretofore sold to the Chinese at a dollar apiece.
portant
part
in
the
logging
business.
All work warranted. Otlice at Com­
School I Books. ! Books I and I Stationery Heretofore, cattle and skid-roads products, now on exhibition East given to the public. It shows, foi ! Caro Bros., of Roseburg, have
mercial Hotel.
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have been the chief reliance. These under the management of the editor instance, that the amount pai<l for ! made an assignment. There is a
roads are usually a little down hill, of the Plaindealer, are eliciting from pensions since 1881 is over $800,- 1 contest over the assignee, however.
MI’CEI.I-ANEOIS
or about $5<x> for every The assignors want Hyman Abra
A Full Line of Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Brushes. and two yoke of oxen will handle a the people where the Oregon Exhib 000.000,
log that scales 2,000 feet. Trucks it C<MBes, as shown by their press. man who enlisted in the war, wheth-1 liain and the creditors want someone
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NEW TIN SHOP;
have passed into “inoccuous desue­ The following is from the Erie Ad­ er his enlistment resulted in d»*ath, else. The liabilities figure up to
disability or a return in jierfect! about $20.000, but friends of the
PHSICIANS
’
PRESCRIPTIONS
CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED.
<>. II. STARR, pROl-IUETOR,
tude" so far as this country is con­ vertiser, of Erie, Pa., Sept. 25.
health. If the payments go on at firm say the assets will meet the de­
O11
Tuesday
there
arrived
in
Erie
cerned.
The
sandy
nature
of
the
—Dealer In—
soil, in some instances, and the den- a large railroad car. Placarded up­ the rate they have lx?en tn ide in the ■ mands in full. Portland creditors
Stores, Tin-Ware, I’umps, l’ipes,
I sitv of the forests in all instances, on its sides were attractive signs, last few years they will reach a laid an attachment $4,000 and
ROUER T XV EST HOP,
make the use of logging wagons calling attention to the country of round billion of dollars by the close ! caused the assignment. A much
Etc., Etc., Etc.
—PROPRIETOR—
the Northwest, and the manner in of the present decade. The amount larger amount is claimed by San
impracticable.
which tourists could reach it. The which in 1862 was less than a mil Francisco creditors.
JOB WORK DONE ON SHORT
A GREAT DEAL OF TIMBER
car
was sent out by the State of lion dollars has steadily increased
Rob<-its it ()' Neil have Ixmghtthe
NOTICE.
is wasted by cutting th« trees 10 or Oregon,
and was under the manage until now it is sixty five millions a fine farm of Mrs. W. S. Stone near
I
t2
feet
above
the
ground.
Ax
men
year.
And
it
seems
as
though
it
Prices Moderate.
ment of Mr. I). S. K. Buick, editor
Talent. 520 acre (, for $;,<xx>; and
have a well-founded superstition and
publisher of the Plaindcaler, of might continue to increase, for the, have also Ixmght the old Norton
OREGON.
GRANTS PASS,
that a fir tree chops l»etter up aways. Roseburg,
< lit EGON.
applications
filed
during
the
past
(Jackson County)
C entral P oint ,
The inside of
place adjacent to Medford, for $7,-
I am inclined to believe, though, the car was Oregon.
WILL. Q. BROWN,
filled withan interesting year for |>ension.s were 50,000. That 000. They had intended moving to
that
future
generations
will
deplore
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exhibit of cereals, minerals, etc., is a larger numlier than has l>een
the waste that has followed the in­ that are grown and alxiund in that filed in any year since 18X0. I11 California, but after ail extended
Assayer à Analytical Chemist
—Having Completed my new Stable I ant prepared to—
vention of the spring-board. One State, and for the past four weeks it deed, there have lx-en but five years tour through that state in search of
OREGON NICKEL. MINE,
axinan usually does the chopping has been making a tour of the St ites since 1861 in which the number of| a place to suit him, Mr. Rolicrts re­
down
a team, and another man exhibiting at state and county fairs. jjension clqims were greater than in turned to this county last week,
RIDDLE, I»Ol'.ULAS COUNTY, OGN. FURNISH
THE BEST OF HAY AND GRAIN. saws it for up.
The amount varies The cereals exhibited were grown in the past twelve months, and in no convinced that they could do better
Analy««*« mad«» ®f Cnmplei Sul»*tanr«*w.
To I lay
< »ran I’cr 1 lend. < > v » t Niulit, 7.7 < 'ts. from 10 to 20 m. There are plenty Oregon during the present season, single year in all that time has there , in southern Oregon than anywhere
of men here who claim that they
Ixx-n a greater numlier of claims al else. They are enterprising rich
MINES EXAMINED AND REIt’RTED I TON.
BEST OF ACCOMMODATIONS Fl'RNISHED FOR HORSES. can cut and saw their 10,000 feet r.nd show remarkable fertility of soil lowed. The numlier of pensioners! and good farmers, and we are glad
Among the sjiecimens was wheat
Assay for Gobi and Silver
» 3 no
¡ier day. Two men, by sawing the straw 7 Ji feet tall, rye 8 feet, oats 7 now on the rolls is 565,000, and the I to sec them remain in this valley.
6 IMI
Assay for Nickel or Cobalt
trees
down,
are
said
to
cut
25,000
•»
(k-o. L Dean, who returned last
00
Assay for 1 am <1 or Copper
four inches, timothy from 14 to amount paid out to them is $65,<xx>
J. S. HOUCK,
feet a (lay. It's like cutting cord feet
week from Glendale, says he was at
|8 inches in height, [ length of head. 000 a year, or $i78,cxx> a day.
wood and cradling grain, though; Ed.) Fruit trees of all kinds, with Every time your cl<x k strikes the the Starve Ont mine during his stay
CHANGE IN| MANAGEMENT
PROPRIETOR
you can hear of some fabulous day's their
Icarings, were also exhibited, hour it means another $7,<»x> paid in that region. The mine is kept
>r THE—
work having been jierformed in some the growth of which seems almost for pensions. Of the 56$,< xm > jx * ii constantly guarded, and only those
’pre historic j>eriod, but seldom have phenomenal A jiear graft less than sinners on the roll, 270,000 are in * interested arc admitted, ’.’ndoubt-
Central Point Hotel,
the chance of seeing it done.
a year old is shown, measuring 15 valid soldiers, while 95,orx> are wid edlv it is rich, but the recent rejxirt
—DEALER IS—
THIS COUNTRY
LEWIS PANKEY, • Propr
feet in length. A plum graft of 7 ows or dejxmdents, relatives of de­ of a find equally as rich on (me of
the extensions located is without
is
nearly
all
forrest
If
you
want
a
growth shows a length of 9 ceased soldiers.
25 Cents, S T O V E S
Meals,
T I N W A 11 E, prairie you have to make it. To months
A N I)
feet, etc. Cann<*l fruit was also The Ruttian Wheat Crop a Failure. foundation. No permanent ledge
has Ix-'-n found in any of the exten
1 clear this timber land thoroughly is shown, as was also wool and
— job work , at en as —
N ew Y ork . Oct 27 Lalxmchre,
worth $150 per acre. The l«>ttom minerals, including gold, sit in his letter to the "World," -iys; sinus The Starve Out ispronounc
Having iately Uken charge of this hotel
land (such as is good for hops) is ver, and lead <>re. The various "The wheat harvest in Russia, cd by experts to lie a true fissure
Roofing. Spouting, and Repairing of all kinds a specialty,
the undesigned would r' Sjiectfully inform
rated as high as $500 j>er acre when kinds of w <« m I s , soft and hard, which which is a complete failure this ledge and the rock thus far pros
the pal Sb that tie- taMN WiU
supplio.1
under cultivation. It will not pay alxmnd in great quantities, were al­ year, should lx. the 1» -t of news for pcctefl outside of the rich chimnev
AND
DONE
AT
REASONABLE
RATES.
with the best the market affords
or chute which caused the great ex­
as a general thing, to clear the up­ so shown and the gentlemanly at­ growers in America.”
L ewis P inkey
citement will pay well for milling.
< (regoli. land thoroughly. The settlers usu tendants also tool: great pleasure in
J. S. Houck.
Central Point.
The owners have a g<«xl mine
ally
slash
and
bum
it
off,
burning
explaining
all
atxmt
the
country,
its
Says
the
Lakeview
Examiner:
—
New Blacksmith Shop,
the stumps below the ground, and topography, climate, price of land, Pease & Sexton are the new ion whether the rich strikes hold out
LEWIS PANKEY. Proprietor.
then sow clover or grass seed on it. etc. Tire car remained until Wed­ tractors on the southern mail route, or not.
Such croj»s do well on most any soil nesday night, when it pnx-eeded on who succeed Hatton Bro-». One of
A young mail named Huffman,
C k MTBAL P oint
•
•
O begon
1 in this moist climate. This section its way Ea»t. During its stay it the firm, in company with one of who has l»cc i liviug at Gold Hili
is destined to lie a great place for was visited by great crowds, who the Small Bros., passed through this for some time past, was arrested by
S M I TH
Horse-Shoeing a Specialty.
dairying. Early fall rains start the were apprised of its presence 11 week to Summer Lake to buy horses Sheriff Dean on Wednesday last on
f
Iregon.
Sixth
Street,
I would respectfully inform the public
grass in September, and jiasture is would have l»een a great attraction for this line.
telegraph it advice from Sheriff Bent-
that having lately taken charge
the
good till Christmas.
<>•
•o the people attending the- County
T. J. Keaton has sold his interest lv of Umatilla county. The pris
Black-smith Shop at Central Point, I
Fair, had the car heen run to it.
THE BEET BOTTOM LAND,
in th ■ mines on P<x»rman's creek to oner is charged with horse stealing
would ask a lilieral »hare of the public
HAVING COMPLETED • OUR NEW STABLES. WE ARE
patronage
L ewis P a NKR r
his
partner, Jacob Klippel, and wilt and also for jumping hi* bail Ixmd
such as is easy to get at, hxs all
It i* said to lx- a fact that the fat
PREPARED TO
been taken up. but there is consul from wild ducks makes leather plia­ now go to Josephine cr<-ck near while ¡waiting trial. The Umatilla
Subscribe for the COURIER.
Kerbyvillc where he is associated county sheriff arrived here Thurs­
crable up or hill land still vacant. ble and thoroughly waler pr<x>f
with Al( x Watts, in tin -ame line day and started Ixu k with hi* nun
Horses,
The latter is well ad ipted to fruit
Furnish
the
Best
of
Accommodations
for
THE PIONEEi AND ONLY NEWSPAPER
of businc s. - (Sentinel.
culture to clover and many of the
Subscribe for the CuUF.im.
last evening (Sentinel.
----------- AT REASONABLE RATES---------
PuMiahed in JorapNae County.
PB<»FESHIOXAL—LEO AL.
SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO.
»use and Store Finishings
The Latest Improved Machinery,
Bargains ! Bargains
CITY DRUG STORILE
—New Feed and Sale Stable,:
New Feed Stable!
Correspondence.
vegetables. By industry and per-
severence a man can carve out a
pretty good home, even on the sand
hills, with water for irrigating.
Every country has its advantages
and disadvantages, and the two not
unfrequentlv equalize each other.
My chief objection to this country
is tlie climate. The climate com­
pares very well with that of South­
ern Oregon, except that there is so
much fog and moisture here in the
fall, making the country equally
well adapted to rheumatism and
verdure. ’ When it is not raining or
threatening to rain, the fog is apt to ’
hang on during the forenoon,
afternoons are often all that could
be asked. But having been used to
the glorious autumns of