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cz/ i(> Al>\ EKTISEKS rn iL-( Publisher ‘ W. J WIMER. Sru^'l'.ri-TTON r.ATES, . ‘2 2 > ............ tl 25 ... 7 X- 10« Ou.' Year (iu abatuv} Six Month«............. Thr^ jo!» Printing of all Kinds —IN THE— —AND AT THE— Taivinu How -st i’K I ’at«'s. EfiMltiN U.—LEGAL. Attorney at Law & Notary Public .... O keoos . S. V. .MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. G kixt ’ s T is «, .... O kxg y. Will pract. ••• in alt State un i Federal Courts. Office on Main street. SAM. WHITE, ATTORNEY AT I.AW. tiMAsr’i 1’ a ah , .... O bboom . Will prui tic > in all the Courts of the State il. KELLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. J a < kaos - vii . i . e ......................... O regon . Will practice in nil the Courts of the Stato. Offii-o in C.e.irt lb>*w ATTORNEY AT LAW. O«E<G>N Office in Orth building. Oregon street S. W. FORBES, NOTARY PUBLIC. K chuy ' I li Ann Annoi sc, J obbphini : Co. NTV, <»HF.UI.N. k ( ell.*cLi*>nH 11 Speei.ihy. L* gal Instru ments promptly ex -cute:!. MEDIC IL. W. F. KREMER. M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Gi; ini ’ s P ash , .... O kegon . Ciilli« responded t i at all hour.*, day or nifcfit. W. II. FLANAGAN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, l’.i«r, .... O regon . G hani ’ s - Gaasr.s Pass - (J uegos . English ani German Spoken. I Mil re on Main strepi, near dril;; »tore. < . LEMBERT, M. D.. Graduate L. ipsic University,Ger. HR. CH AS. W. BEACOM, Dentist, O regon . G k ant ’ s P ass A)l work warrant«*«!. Office on Main street, above Post Office. mu *« « i . um : i H ». AND SEI.I. Fol: CASH. Bite Honest Weight and Measure. TRAVELERS.’ MINERS’ AND FARMERS’ SUPPLIES. keep everything needed by the people. CÎÎFA1’ FOR ( ASH OR PRODUCE. Waldo, - Oregon. New Store New Goods. J B. MARSHALL & SON Wiali to inform th« people of Grant'» I’aM ami Hiirmtin<linir eountrj- that they have opened a new Hlovk of Groceries. Candies. Tobaccos, ----- AND CIGARS----- Glass-ware and Queen<-ware. Tiny have* also in Conneetioa a FI RST-CLASS resta grant . when* they will feed the hungry. ICE-CREAM ! «"E conomist ” Two Dnvs’ Test Triidl. E. C. LA ND EKS, SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO WJ! 11VY FOll CASH, We à WIMER & MEE DR. F. W. VATÎ DYKE ICE CREA.M ! ! Once. T-vi «r Tl r-e t?:..-- i IV.. k. and triti turuisii to' lea.u for Festival» and all IXibli«* Gaflierin?». —TH1Y X1J*O DBIL IS’— l'Toiii* and Pi*«>s iHion.“^. Subscrilie for the C ocbier . THE PIVNEEB AND ONLY NEWSPAPE8 in C onntT (t“ir i/coniar NO. 4S, Althoua« Letter. were all invited to Mr. Farr’s for WASHINGTON LETTER. Cbristiu.i«. th it is the Iowa people, A lt Hui - E, Feb. yth. 1887. The cat sS I on ths frCvun.- feiice. and of course had an agreeable and When' lie for tun had tlc.l. W ashington , Febq, ’87 ---------- FOR THE CELEBRATED f E d . Cm husk The gneutest At midniirht pnimpt Ii8 lie «■omnumee delightful time. New Years we had The Chaplain of the House or: snow storm that has visited this f. ; . lit the Isler, lard ret invitation to Mr. T. A. ll<x>d s. Representative« is nothing if not co- ‘ s ction of Southern Oregon, appears SOLID COMFORT SULKY PLOWS'.’.! Then* demon-El.e and black lie screamed an The day was warm and pleasant centric iu h’i tn truing prayers. to have let up, for a time at least, As bound to f< «>! the ft .rm which ad led greatly to the enjoy Since Dr. Milburn's petitions occa perhaps fora breathing spell. , The Of missile- wtii.-lifn m w indows «‘reamed ment of the occasion. Judging sioned criticism last session lie has straight at his fur olf form from the q.uutity ;utd quality ot the l>een more conservative in his de glass this morning at daylight stood at io° above lero, and the .‘snow m I’««.. ju-ks r ’!•«'. nn. Iff would ivi ,.» good thin,« provided by these la mauds at the Throne of Grace, but c! it.Is. now at high noon still hang M r. \\ illiollt '-I:<ri.ir-H wut.l ; dies, Mrs. Farr and Mrs. llood. they a few das s ago the' Rev. gentleman heavy above us, at times dropping Mari ir in the kitchen !w have lost none of their art in cullt surjiriscd the House by praying for a few feathery dates to remind us Hl* yowls no longer heard “5 nary matters. The dinners pre the wife of Secretary Whitney and that there is still scine' lift in the “Mariar 1" Mr. Thom is cried. pare 1 by them amply attest their the babe. w old woman’-, apron. On Tuesday Mariar. must yon stay ? ’ •— « X skill in this department of the home This caused a certain Congress ami Tuesday night by measure And but the boc’niiiigb >ts replied c life. Messrs Scott and Day wcie man whose infant «laughter was the ment, 28 inches felt During the That fast were throWu awaj "C z well pleased with the country, and same age as the new ‘ 'Cabinet bud" next twenty-four hours, 26 inches, •— s Then cam-* a minalitiF.sthiiiidvr ■ Tand; A --** > spoke in glow ing terms of the cli to accuse the Chaplain of "offensive j and for the following twenty-font The eat—oh, wln*re was he" mate. Wish I could descritie the partisanship," because he had neg I hours about 16 inches, in all, about Ask of his fragtmuita sirewu around I11 that catastrophe. climate so that your readers would lected his wife and baby. So next! six feet; a pretty good full, you will have a correct appreciation of it. day the either baby was prayed for. I ' say, for the foot lulls. The cold Willi hsc ja '.H hr: k - an.l many a swear The w inlets are very similar to jour Never before in the halls of Con ! wave, ................ The slee|s-is did tlieir part. which ,, tor some time has But ilio n..‘.>c*<t thin r that perished there fall weather the kind you often have . gress was the Imth ot any Ameri- chilled the people of the middle and Was that old eat so smart. that has caused vu to long for a can citi.-.en the ucca-ton «*1 othci.il Southern Sta.es, appears to lnve — 'I. , 1 .’in in t hicaeo Siui. country where it would last through action. As !> a.1 b dues were gnls,, founj Wllv ^is far west, vet ou out the winter season. Tell your tlie new department Was jocularly 1 ly its ouU.r ed h.u lOuched us. The Clay count)-, Iowa “News" readets we have it here. Ot course mentioned as a triumph for the cause alld wc ol, ht tu tluinkful lbat it rca(1 of contains a three column letter writ we hav c o casioii.il rains, but they ot woman, to offset the snubbing* is so. the ,U()1C S1) whcn ten by Rev. J. P. Coleman who ar arc not as disagreeable as many |ieo- that woman-utliage receiveil in the j ||ie suffering thous uids of men, ple imagine. During thf first tour women and children in the large rived here recently from Spencer, weeks of my stay here, there was Senate last week. Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, is tin- in that State. It speaks volumes one day in which a jierson would willing to treat the House with any j cities of the older Slates. Yes. poor although we feel ourselves to be, for Josephine county and comes from have been prevented from working more deference than that Ixxly shows jioor and discontented with our lot out of doors on account of the rain. the Senate, unlike the “Father of in life, still we ought to lx.* greatful a citizen of another state who is I. supposed to judge impartially. It is a mistaken fdea that it rains his country,” who was unwilling and thank the great giver of all incessentty throughout the winter that a negro .should-be more polite gixid, that it as well and pleasant Among other things, he says; months. There are intervals of than himself. When Senator Har While in Portland we'visited sev many bright sunshinv days, fully ns ris. of Tennessee, moved that at the with us as it is. On Wednesday, Wong Hare, a eral places of interest. Among oth wartii as your May weather in Iowa conclusion ot morning business each ers we visited the Chinese quarter». In my next will give you a detailed day, the Semite proceed to consider Chitiattian, while trying to make A policeman directed us to a “Jo,-. description of this eountrj, price of House bills, Mr. Ingalls inquired^ his way front the cabin of a brother on No. 8, to liis home ___________ -_______ __ own ________ House” where the rights of heath laud., etc. If any of my friends de whether the Home had resol veil to I celestial enisr.i are practiced. It was a sire further information, they can devote any particular time to the at the mouth of Cvsirgttlrh, after gloom;, dismal lo. -king place, a true write me at this place, inclosing consideration of Senate bills so that < hours of labor became nearly ex picture of the dark a stem <if Pagan stamp, and I will endeavor to ac there should lx* a decent interchange hausted, and was on the ]x>int of Have Reversible Points and Shares. giving up when bv good fortune, ism. It is one thing to read the commodate them. of courtesy in the matter. ’ for ............ . . saw .......... .. him . at ................ hast, he the . .......... smoke .seutimentalisr.is of certain individ J. P. C owman - Senator Dawes suggested that it from" the" chimney 7f’ Ginm"re~s uals in regard to the good qualities In a long letter to B. Hunting was out of order to Jr- u» ni xlesof cabin, and he tt e*l his lungs ft>r all GOODS SHIPPED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY and sold of the Chinese; but it is an other business in t'ne the House. 1 louse. 1 ticicupou > tjl(,v were worth. Gillmore and v Senator . r_ . ... »- ....... 1.1.1..« to the farmer at from 25 to 50 per cent, less than similar Goals thing to be a--silled with them, ton. Secretary BoardoJ I raile, Dalles < the from Kansas hoped that Richardson broke the snow and to Eel the bjighting influe nt* and city. Senator Mitchell .--ays: are sold at. Our PLOWS are given to the Farmer on a the Senator from Massachusetts went to him and assisted him to curse of their abominable practices. It is well known that the tariff on would possess his soul in patience. I Their ideas and customs are purely all classes oT freight from Portland The idea that there was some divin-' their cabin where they warmed him and essentially antagonistic to our to the interior over the lines of the ity hedging about the House of up and he got all right again. By their directions, he started home, £i«y* For further patticulars of Prices Etc., call upon our local agents, institutions and to every interest Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. Representatives, so that nobody but took the waler con»*« down the dear to an American. As a rule, and Oregon and California Railroad could mention it without getting on j GEO. W. RIDDLE, at Riddle and Grants Pa - they are non-producers and non Co. arc iufinilelj higher to points his knees, was a superstition that1 gulch, thus keeping out of deep DR. J. H1NKLI Central Point. snow, the .distance from one cabin consumers. The., can live where a beyond the first few station-, out on ought to be abandoned. A. DUNLAP. " “ Phoenix. to the other is perhaps a quarter of white man would absolutely starve When the bill appropriating $to,-1 the various lines from Portland than C. FARNHAM, Ashland. to death. If they accumulate any tUcy arc by any nf the transcontincn- ocxi for a special distribution ofaeed a mile. It was a close call for the poor fellow Or Address money, it is ; cut I ack to tlieir mi tai lines from Clncapo or St. Louis 1 to the drought stricken cotinties of | _ ________ ___ ....................... - 1 retnemlier living caught in a tive country., The - own 110 proper to Portland; as, for instance, coffee, iexas was called up in lu< Senate, M1OW «torm once in tUc Siena Neva- ty. and pay no taxes, and conse sugar, bacon, hams, water pipe. p'K , it was advocated by Senator Coke (las The snow there is quite dif- Murphy, Josephina County, Or. 4Q k' ] quently add nothing to the itiMcrial, iron, and like articles ate from nf tint State, while several Repub (*en,nt lo what we havc here K1()Ur religious and moral interest - of the to $14 per ton from Chicago or St. lie.m Senators r:;is*-il constitutional is scarcely finer or more p t'.etrat*ng. community. Louts to Portland, while from Port questions. Mr. b. linunds asked it You cannot s e Vonr hand lief re We looked over the ’exhibits of land to Pend'etoii. Or., these same the people of those counties could vou. AH nrmtnd, above, below; 'Oregon production, in the office of articles arc $19 per ton; and irotn not buy seed on credit.^ just jis the all all w!lite w)'nu-cntl’ing dust.’ the secret in- of the inftnTgiiifion so Portland to Eugene City, Spring farmers of other state« did. Senator1 ........... Hut I will not speak of it; my bjood ciety. There were grasses, grains field. Roseburg, Riddle*, Grants Hoar asked the Texas Senator to seems to go to ice at the thought. Snow-Flake Brand — The Best in the Market. and fruits of all kinds and .descrip Pass, Central Point, Medford, and state the constitutional ground on Suffice it to -ay. I found a trw. and Ask your Grocers for it. Dont be put off by being tions. We saw as fine a growth of Ashland from $8 to the former to which he te supported the bill, and tile the for over twenty hours I had to keep told that anything else is as good. Every sack of corn as you will ibid in any of the $t8 6o-too per ton to the latter,- latter rs alsed a laugh by saying, circling around it. ‘ I dared not this Flour warranted to make eastern states, which had Ix-ctl while the freight charged on 111.my ‘‘Not at this time.” Mr. Hoar aid -• .................. ............. ” ’ leave it, and could not make a fire, grown in Southern Oregon. But articles of freight are as much as $30 - he had hoped that if the Senate vo- ob how I wi .lied to sit down and White, Light, and Sweet Bread. their fruit display excelled anything l>er ton over the same distance. ted to furnish -e* «1 to Texas, Texas! go lo j (1() not , cvcr Fac-simili of Brand displayed where on sale, r-a of the kind I ever saw. Here were would furnish < 11 ititutional law to 1 te)t so (k.a<| hf>at f;,r sk.,.., before or It is cleatly evident something 1 .1 c# . c’xtn 1 he would ..ft..». . » • •• apple*, pears, peaches, plums, ap- the Senate. Still vote r._ for since. But somehow the feeling —5 ‘ nectarine.s, grapes, straw ought to be done to lessen short haul j the bill with pleasure. pricots, was strong within me that if 1 sat Ashland, Or. 45 3«i] iierrics, blackberries. raspberries. freight rate ;otf the various railroads. Hire Gv-n. Ha.vley appealed to, down or even stood still and leaned etc., the size and flavor of ' v hich A gentleman owning eighty acres Mr. Coke not to press the bill, out again*l the tree, that I should never cannot lie excelled. And bear in of land in Michigan, grew tired of of regard for the history of Texas - awaken more, and 1 kept tramping mind, the finest varieties of these that climate, and, as well, desired I that great empire state, ol<l and around tin* tree until the heaviest of exhibits were produced in the Rogue rich. Hé characterized the bill as1 of the storm was passed, then I put river country. The stranger pass to widen out hi > land holdings for , ‘‘passing round the hat,” and said on my snoW-shoes and here I am the benefit of his familj He sold ing through this section of tin-state AM I ACTVKERS OF — an acre, $4,>«oo.oo; if his little state of Connecticut came still. Yes, I have been caught in is impressed with the jieculiar adap his'farm for ami his stock and personal property 1 here begging for ÿio.ooi for garden the snow many times before and tability lioth of the climate and soil sold for $«60 more. After paj'ing seed and got it, he would resign. , since that time, but I havc never as a fruit growing country. Mr, Coke r«pudiale<l the idea of felt as I did then. his debts and fare to this city, he There were also mineral speci I . this bill lieing a case of “|mssing The tnittcr. have been obliged to had $4,300« A fler searching a week mens of gold, silver, copper and under the auspices of the -tate board | the hat.” Texas was not asking: lay up for the time being. The lead, besides other metals, which * for charity. It I was merely in a ' line, ____ —AXil AM. KINbB or— anow ____ ha# drifted and filled up all indicated great richnt s. The prin he bought an improved farm out in ( with bilb. in former Congre« es, for, the ditclic: •s, and it will take some the valley, containing one hundred cipal part of these were from South relict of people in < )hio, Kansas, Al time to get things in *hape again. ern Oregon. Placer milling has and sixtj’ acres, together withhouse abama and other states. Senator We ate shut off from the outside been the only means of taking out hold furniture, a team of horses, one Ingalls admitted that there were world for a titre, at least, uutTl there the precious metals heretofore, with colt, three cows, two calves, a small many precedents for the appropria is a trail broken through the snow the exception of a few instances lot of hogs, a few sheep, some p««ul- tion, and «aid if Texas could afford to the Postoflice. If the storm ha# —The IutioducUon of— whe-e «juartz mining has l*eeti cur try, a fair supply of fat tiling imple to take the money he couhl afford been general, I do not expect to see ried on on a small scale; but with menLs, for the sum of $2,300.00, to vote for it. After Mr. Saulsbury any letters or papers for a week yet, the advent of the railroad, afford cash His firm is within five miles of Delaware, also admitted that — F. of the railway, in a goo«l n-ighlxir- HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE TRICES FIFTY PER ing lietter facilities for shipping in hood, close to #ch<x>l and church, there were plenty of preccdeuts for heavy mathinery, quartz mining in it, but rvbled that he never had vo The Missouri Pacific railway sent I the near future will be dcvelofF-d to and. as he says, equally well situa ted for such bills and (»0 help him ' out two ▼cry 1 irge train-, to Califor CENT. BELOW ALL FORMER RATES ted in all tlv ’ .e es x ntials, with ¿he a greater extent than it has in the one in Michigan. He is in a wipe God - he never would, the seed for nia on Feb. qth: <>m- from St Louis, Css” For Price List, address, S. P. D. & L. Co. past. Tex is carried the Senate by two to eotni«< > *d of aine car*, - ix of them Arriving at G. ..its Pass in the rior climate, has escape«! rigorous one. .Pullman ¡»Lepers, containing 135 Grant s Pass. Oregon. winters, is no longer obliged to night we were awakened next morn The social world of Washington passenvets; Llie otlwr fiom Kansas spend his summer seasons in gath ing by the singing of birds, w hich ■HURRA FOR GRANT’S PASS, HURRA V* reminded its of the return of spring. «ring food for stock, against the hi. lieeit very brilliant for the past city, composed of sixteen cars, thir few weeks. Mrs. Cleveland lias teen oftlf at Pullmans, andtontain- We soon k.irn.d th it it i-> a common long feeding time of the ol'l home; abandoned her semi-weekly “¡It ing 325 p is engt-r N o t of the CAMPBELL 4 TUFF occurrence ail the year round. ()ur has a farm much more productive hotnes. ” however, bciau«e they people were prominent citizens of than the one he sold, and has $2,- first thought when walking out m were regarded by many as public re the eastern and northwestern states, • CAN HOW BOAST <’F HAVING THE the morning air, our faces fanned ouo. in cash. He says he will ceptions. They were instituted for «•eking opportunities t» invest cap pnrcha-c aIjoining land vightj , SOUTHERN OREGON. with gentle breezes, soft and balmy FINEST STORE ROOM IN ’the friends and a< plaint i< « of the ital. as a spring day, ''Well, we arc at acres with half of that sum. and lady White Hoti«.?, but the opp- . ■ 1 (>• put the balance where it will lie 'Fhe bill making it a serious ini- last beyond the re ch of blizzards, gathering a little to itself, and where tunity was grossly abused by crowds demeanor to import adulterated tornadpes and hurricanes. ’ ’ And . of people whose r«-»pectful curiosity I he can lay his hand on it. in case of could l>e appeased at her fortnightly wines or liquors ought to pass, as it would have a g*x>d influence in to one who La-. I ictd blizzards and urgent need. The object this vian receptions to the public. howling winds while crossing the had in view, when he pulled up checking the wholesale tr.ilfic in bo On their ( heap Counter» in all »11. I1 lines a» But Mrs. Cleveland evidenty in cold bleak prairies of Iowa. My stake# in Michigan, ha has attained tends to keep up with the people's gus wines. It ought to lx* supple DRY GOODS, heart goes out in unstinted sympa What he has thus arcomplishe«!. procenaion. 5be s»y# »he never mented by another bill imposing DRESS GOODS. thy for those who are compelled to others have, and can accompli .li in ! feels tired from shaking hand#, eith equally heavy penalties 0:1 adulter- endure the in .•n-.»_- cold of that coiln till-, state [V.\ «t Shore. er .it the lime <<r afterw irds, >10 mat at«*rs of wines in this <• untry. The CLOTHING, thorough enforcement of such a try. As I w ite 1 can look oft in We h ave been informed that some ter how great the nunitier of guests measure would be worth linin' thou . HATS AND CAPS, the distance a tic 1 .--e the uiountaius of the citizens of an up country vil I she greets. She laughed lang' « -er a rc- BOOTS AND SHOES. covered with snow, while in the lage get their winter's sto-,e wood.ce,ff P*1 graph in a N iv York |:i- sands of «lellais to the best wtnema- valleys the ( ras# is growing, anil out j>cr, which reported her as oom; ;c- kers oí Cali turnia.—[ Chronicle. cattle ace quietly gr izing in the clothe*, ¡ the ly exha -ted after one of her three 'I here i* r.« t a jc Crn.-ilist in tbc fields. Father II<>od is out in the band shaking shaking. A country who does injt very heartily •ir» ♦ 1tr* *♦•«• 1 at hour ordfnl:* ot hand garden cultivating lit* strawberries, friend who was rather surprise 1 at agree w .til Hcitty (k* *tgc in soj ing: 11 8 lit In He lias over 4, o * xj plat its in healthy her powers of emlurance, rt marked "Am ng all th C Wr irlxrs there are growing state and 4a o fruit trees, to Mr**. Cleveland that she had cl •- n Hone whow rk h ¿ *(îe ¡•hatithewijek- licsides large quantities < if hlack- *ers for equaled the gival hand f jakiug m iti I brou lug ncwsp.'i per irnu. Ami > el many tie-> He an- *e at on feats of her husbaud. as «lie ha I pe’ip'.c are net ilH*b n<«l 11 iictor«! CIGARS, ETC. berries and othe ticipates a large 1 of fruit tips Tu IT. Im it no With the shaken hands with ,127 j»e «.pie, by them their j*i M « x senson. A grr of plowing esc m tMikave actual count, in cn hour latcl; f^All jr and seeding has of 1 >11 Sumi ‘‘Yes, "she answere*!, “of course I A Floridagras*Î, «ometitnea tt*«l came here. Tl uthcr was de m 1 San i >f get ah .id 1 or farm prod could not allow him to a# a substitute h->; bii tk^iu Fghtf il during »olidavs. We t«r< .- (’Ll he me 1 STARI IX« A. OUR WALKING PLOWS II. K. 1IANNAU, J \<'K s .. nvii , i e, GRANT'S '.’ASS. .I iSEl’IIINE COI NTY. OR.. FRIDAY FERRI ARY -2>. I*s'< HIP. HIP. HURRAH!!! DAVIS BROWER, Ga vnt ’ h B aah , An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon. Styles, Very Latest and B Grunt’s I’asw, ho naineii after General Grunt, ia a county seat centrally located in Southern Oregon Lt in a progressive railroad town of 1<WH> inhabitant*, anil ia the main supply point fora large porti-m "I country devoted to ruining, Imnbaring ■allure and fruit-raising. Climate un- e:.. -bed » Th, Coi sixH l-eiug the only paper pub lish ,1 ,n Jow*nhine county, with « g.nxl > ir. i .ti si iu Jackson county, enable» it t.i lie one of th« best advertising mediums i’l Southern Oregon. For rates, addreaa [Tur 1 <.1 nil: k , Grant's I' uhh , Oregdn. The Latest Improved Machinery, Bargains! Bargain* ! Bargains o