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I TH E joi R I E 1 w. J. tottíieí Publisher. fi'l’H-SC/PTIOX RATES (in ¥anvv Six Month«. Three M Single Copies Job Print! g or all Kinds , , A n THK— An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon. VeiC uiUst and Best Styles, ----AXt> AT THK— Lowest Living GRANT'S PASS, JOSEPHINE COI N TV. OK.. FRIDAY APRII. I >, I8S7 Kate.-«. CKOFESSIONAL—LEGAL. HIP, HIP, HURRAH!!! = ' Sp cia! Oirr^j-otd net m tke t . ttrirr. LETTER FROM LAKEVIEW. --------------------------------------- !—!------1-2.1..J - Grant's Bare, so named after General Grant, is a county seat centrally located in S nil hem Oregon. It is a pregreasi«« railroad town ut inhabitants, and la the main supply point for a large portion of wuutry uevot«*i to mining, lumbering agriculture aud fruit-raising. Climate un excelled The Corairn being the or.ljr ¡«per pub lished in Josephine county, with a good circulation in Jackson county, enable« it to be on« of the l>est advertising medium« 111 Southern Oregon. For rates, addre«« Tux Coi kick , Grant’s Bass, Oregon. N«w Land Office Rule*. 65 per cent for the whole territory, under the most hopeful issue of af G hnkral L and O fftcb , ----- •! FOR THE CELEBRATED}---------- fairs. Sheep men are suffering too f A ttorney at law . ; Spring Opening—T>« Cattle arj Stock W ashington , D. C-, Feb. 1887. f almost the same extent, despite the G kaxt ’ s P aks , .... O regon . Inters«! A Cattle Man Interviewed Rules to be observed in passing extra shelter and feeding their bands SOLID COMFORT PLOWS!!! Wiiele H«rd> Lying 0««d-A F«t«l nt» f.w-’ proof papers in pre-emption get. ” “ What steps should lie taken Will practice inali State and Federal Year to Cat' « tinoa- Montana'a in your opinion, to avert the terrible .and commuted homestead cases. Courts. Office on Main street. and Idaho'« Fearful Suffsrinj I. Where final proof or any part loss of cattle in future, sir ?” asked Big Snow Ha- v—Burn' j SAM. WHITE, thereof is taken before the day ad- the serilie. ” Ah! that's just what, Furnitur« to Keep W. rm— TOBACCO, I I I was coming to. I ll tell you,”, ' vertised, require new advertisement ATTORNEY AT LAW. A R medy Suggested for CIGARS, said the old gentleman, driving his and new proof in whole or In part, O bajtt ’ h P ass , - - . . OazaoN. Cattle M n—Note« by hands deep down into his pockets. ! as the case may require, to that CANDIES, a Courier Reporter. resuming a somewhat serious air. which was taken out of time. Will practice in all the Courts of the State NUTS. ETf. II. Where final pcoof or any ’’Stock raising on the rustling p!«n E d . C ourier ; — ¿»-Higl rest Cash pries paid fur H. KELLEY, part thereof is taken after the day 11111st eea«e and stock farming take “Spring silent comoe acreon the distant I ' its place. The days of the’cattle advertised, require new advertise ATTORNEY AT LAW. Country Produce, Hides, Furs, bill here as else-1 »lent and new proof in whole or iu king arc a virtually- .... over ______ ______ Like Some fond tipeelro. nho is »0 «till. ” J acksonville . . - . . O kegon . Etc . Etc, So sang brave old L’ouald and so where. Territorial papers aie al ‘ part, as above provided, unless on Give me a call and be Convinced. say we all, for March throughout ready urging a change iu the sys- day adv erttsed due notice had been Will pra -tit-.' in all the* Courts of the to a day cer- p. stp< has been a succession of sultry days tem of raising, both on the ground given of postponement Ftate. Office in (’mrt House. of pecuniary jxflicy and humanity ta'n by Hie offv icer taking the proof, such as are seldom witnessed, even S. A. GREENE & SON, H. K. HANNAH, in more favored localities. Every to the st.x-k itself. Their rirgu and the proof I m - taken in accord Main St., - - - Grant ’ s Pass, Or. body seems to have taken kindly to merits will receive especial respect ance with said (xistponement. Facts ATTORNEY AT LAW. the sudden arrival of Spring and at the present moment, for a few of postixmement and notice must (Opposite the R. R Nhopa.) J a CKS v NVILI.K, .... OnEGoN. entertain her in the most happy well known raisers have for a yeari certified by the officers taking manner, and indeed they should; or two past practised the feeding I the last proof. Office in Orth building, Ore.-on street III. The entire proof must lie for the beautiful, hot sultry days system, aud the contrast between their experience and the general taken in accordance with notice — I\*alen> in — of the past month have given all au 8. W. FORBES, I to “bask in the warm ruin of the rest during this season given. If the testimony of either NOTARY PUBLIC. ¡ Guns, Revolvers, Pistols and opportunity sunshine of her smiles,” and say points a moral that we must read claimant or witnesses is taken at a K ebby ’ ille and A ltiiovsk , J oski ’ htxe <« with your correspondent. “Spring and ponder. Iu a few years, sir, different time or place than that ad A MUN I’PI ON C oi ntv , O kegon . lias come and winter storms can the vast ranges and their wealthy vertised. require new advertisement FisÈiii-TâtïU, Cntlsry. Fire-Worts, Jrc., 4;. hurt no more.” kings, the round-up and the festive at d new proof as to such defective Collections a Fp s-ialty. Legal Instru cow-boy, al! the romantic features testimony. 1 have just received some impor ment« promptly executed. REPAIRING, A SPECIALTY. tant items from a party of cattle of cattle raising in the far West will IV. When witness not named in advertisement is substituted for BskT All work guaranteed wa have become but tradition», and in men just in from Idaho. They are MKDIi'A [Uff here on urgent business and the their stead will reign the prosaic advertisement witness, require new story they tell of the suffering from but humane, thrifty and successful notice aud proof covering the testi PIGNEY A; COOK, cold, snows an<l hunger, not only methods of the Eastern cattle fann mony of substituted witness. V. The certification of naturali stock, but white men and Indi er.” “Those are my ideas,” said G rant ’ s P ass , - O rbgon . of ans, are simply horrible. One of the old gent, “but if you want to zation pajiers or other court records them called your correspondent hear more on tins matter I’ll just should be received only when made Calls responded to ut all hours, day or aside and made the following state call my partner who is over there.” under the hand and seal of the clerk hi.dit. ment: “This year eclipses all pre I was then introduced to Mr. Dal of the court in which such papers Have and Shares. W iedj isd Machine Wiriaa a Sjecuny. vious years. The severe weather ton. lie stated in sulwtauce as fol appear of record, but where a judi W. II. FLANAGAN, M. D. (ooo)--- started in soon after the holidays; lows “Yes, there were over sixty cial record, but where a judicial re AGKNT3 FOR THK Physician and Surgeon, but from Jan, 6th to the 11th, the persons to my own knowledge who cord is shown to have existed and Ill GOODS SHIPPED DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY and sold G rant ’ s I’.irs, .... O begox . nLL to the firmer at from 25 to 50 per cent, less than similar Goods John Deere Moline Walking degree of cold was something flight were lost and frozen to death. Dan is now lost or destroyed, proof of fill. Mercury thermometers were Lowry wa* lost and wandered for the same may be made by seconda — and — arc sold at. Our PLOWS are given to the Farmer on a n.j. n> . n i.. . often ite’i congealed ongeaiea ana and spirit tnermom thermom- six days with nothing to eat in the ry evidence, in accordance with the Office at residence, corner Main and hiding riows and Cultivators, eters were kept busy jumping from worst blizzard ever seen. Stepping , rules of evidence, governing such 'Diird utrecte. Call attended any 11 or, day or night. 40° to 6o° below zero. Half a doz aside to blanket a horse, he got lest ' proof. SHOP ON II ST., NEAR 6 th . teJ“ For further particulars of Prices Etc., call upon our local agents VI. When final proof is taken en limes lias the notch 60 lieeti and was picked up by cow-boys a (2«f DR. F. W. VAN DYKE GEO. W. RIDDLE, at Riddle and Grants Pass. 1 touched and once this seasou 62 G week later dead. A man named , by an officer not named in adver* 1)R. J. HINKLE. Central Point. below aero has been scored on the Tayleur hid lx>th hands and feet | tisement, it mav lie accepted if oth G xa . ts B ass - - Oasaox. GRANTS PASS A. DUNLAP, Phoenix. Saskatcbewa plains. But the an frozen in tue same blizzard and died erwise sufficient, provided that the C. FARNHAM, Ashland. English and Germán Spoken. | thorities on weather in the country a day later from blood poisoning. ; proof is taken at the time and exact STABLE ■ i are the Indians. Tke oldest mem Two miners were buried beneath place designated in the printed no Or Address Office on Midn street, re ir drugstore. | hers of the Modoc tribe say there an avalanche of snow on Sheep tice, and provided the officer adver L. S. SMITH, - • Proprietor. ' have been but few such winters mountain in January, sinking them tised to take said proof shall offi- C. LEM PERT, M. I»., 40-ry] Murphy, Josephine County, Or. 1 About 30 years ago there was a tcr- thousands of feet Irclotv and crush ' cially certify that no protest was GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Craduate Leipsic University,Ger. ' tible winter; the snow lay six feet ing out their lives without a mo I ever filed before him against claim ments warning. Al the mining ant's entry. SAKK ill k J F'AST I deep in the Yellowstone country, camps on the other side of Billings, ; VII. The number, cause, and DOOR and the Indians were compelled to Calla reponded to at all hours, day cr right Office opposite Slover a hotel. [ remain at the old trading post near Montana, several cases of men and duration of all absences to lie satis Jacksonville, Or‘von. —MANUFACTURERS OF Keogh, Montana, snowlxjuRd for women freezing were rejiorted and factorily accounted for. VIII. When proof is made be two "moons.” This year the snow confirmed Stage drivers on routes DR. CHAS. \V. BEACOM, Fine Buggies, fore register and receiver and cer in Montana, Idaho, Nevada aud ¡1 fall was unprecedented. In some Lumber, Doors, Windows, tificate does not bear the date of part of Eastern Oregon had the Dentist, it is anywhere from ten to Hacks and Carts. localities said proof, require of register and Brackets, and Tdouldings, roughest experiences of their lines. fifty feet deep, aud on a level G rant ' s P ass - - - O regon . throughout the National Park and They were, indeed, the heroes of i receiver explanation thereof, an 1 if Special Ferms to Commercial elsewhere, —AND ALI. KINDS or— it is from .8 to 12 feet. the storm. The frightful experi-1 i the delay was caused by failure to All work warranted. Office on Main Travelers. Out on the prairies of Idaho, Mon cuces of Fox ami Montgomery on tender the money at date of making ■Sreet. above l’.wt Office. the Benton stage, bound for Helena! said proof, require final affidavit, Horse« Boarded Reasonably, and tana and Dakota, 0:1 a dead level, STORE FINISHINGS. a month ago, will godown in histo ! with corroborating proof, to cover MI.SC’KLLAXZOl'S. it is from 18 to 40 inches. Of course Satitf.'i' tion guaranteed wT such a heavy fall must bring mote ry as the worst of the kind; every 1 date certificate was issued. 33tf] IX. When proof is made liefure other case of trial and suffering on ---- or less suffering aud death.” NOTICE. —The Introduction of— My informant makes the state such routes must pale into insig ■ any other officer, allow the necea- time only for a prompt trans . ment on oath that while snow bound uificanee liefote th: . They had no Latest at Matt Coleman's ranch, Jan. 26th, , food or drink for forty hours. When, mitta[ of the papers to the district .......... • ■ Laiftl office, and if any longer inter- the, the flake , of snow which fen were a short time out from Glendine j v,il Is shown lietween date of proof stage was caught in a blizzard and HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES FIFTY PER simply enormous, several oi which measured 1,4 ’inches squa:e and one of the horses frozen to death. and date of certificate (if proof is CENT. BELOW ALL FORMER RATES. 7 « inches thick. For miles the, The driver barely escaped. A sheep otherwise sufficient) require affida- And ladies are lieginiiig ground was covered with such flakes herder was found in Idaho neur the ; vit of continued residence and non- r- ,“ For Price List, address, 8. P. D. & L. Co. to think of Dresses,“ and and they pn-sented a remarkable I Springs with face down, frozen to | alienation to cover date of final cer- » Grant ’ s Pass. Oregon. the thousand and one arti ap)*araiice while falling. Ou living death. The Indians seem to have I tificate. J. WIMER & SON, Wm. A. J. S parks , asked by the Cot'kiHR represent! I caught it harder than any other Uu- cles that must be procured Commissioner. Have tiie largest store in Josephine . tive to state the exact condition of , sians in tlie country. < >ut of a band for the season when all na I Approved Feb. 21, 1887: of over 75, 38 <Iie<J from starvation OMintv, which is *>5x32 feet, and two ' the stock interest, the gentleman ture dons its loveliest gar H. L. M uldrow , Acting Sec. stories, filled with ¡continued: "You can say, sit, that and expostne. While we were men is. the present winter m irks, without crossing the line iuto Oregon after I Frwn Ma I'l umlrnler: a doubt, an e|>och in cattle raising leaving South Montana. ( lielieve a! i I). S. K. Buick has been appoint- Snow-Flake Brand — The Best in the Market. We are now daily receiv in the northwest. It is doubtful if small band was reported covered by ! ed a member of the State Immigra Ask your Grocers for it. Dont l>c put off by being ing these articles and every this country has seen for twenty five snow drift in the Owyhee basin. tion Board, to look after the inter- told that anything else is as good. Every sack of WE BUY FOR CASH, thing connected with the years any season mote severe.’1 j Many of the Indians kept from' <• ts oi Douglas county in that cou- this Flour warranted to make AND SELL FOR CASH “Alxiut what ,s the average loss of, starvjig to eating the cattle that | nection. stock lip to the pmnt time?”1 died in the snow drifts. Yes, soiuei White, Light, and Sweet Bread. git ? Hoieit Weltit Ed Measure. asked the Cot'iiiF.R. shar|>ening hi« authorities say the sheep industry • Douglas county has not had a Lr.- Fac-simili of Brand displayed where on sale. "U/a No 2 Faber. The o! 1 gentleman in tic >se parts is nearly M:pcd out, prisoner in the county jail since the TRAVELERS,’ MINERS’ AND reflected a moment and added except wuere shelter and forxl were! last term of court held the first LANDERS, FARMERS' SUPPLIES. “Well, the lo-ses of cattle up to provided. Of course we bring the week in January, until this week, Ashland, Or. 43-3«n] March, mind you, average through first news from that unfortunate and not more than one or two for a We koep everything needed by the Samples sent on applica out the Territory, probably not less section since the terrible storms, year. Our crime calender is less people. tion, and than 30 ¡>er cent; and although the and it took us six weeks to make than any other county in the State. Thia office has an application outlook has an improving aspect, the trip. Hay is worth $70 per ton, CHEAP FOR CASH OR PRODUCE. ¡ORDERS SOLICITED. y yet hundreds of thousands more which is more than th. fa e value from a party in Kentucky for a 5 Waldo, .... Oregon. and must succumb ere the snow entirely of the s’cers and it due not pay to block of agricultural lands sufficient di-appears. The extreme tenijieru feed. Yes, all along our route un for 25 families. Persons having G rant ’ s P ass , O reoon C orner M ain & F ront S ts . ture « ombined with la<’k <>f grasa and til we reached Oregon, wood was such property for sale should 1< sc New Millinery Store. hard crusted snow two teet deep and is scarce aud high. For in no time in bringing in a description 1BG First Pt.,'Portland, Or. has exhausted even the hardiest stance, willow poles sell for S7 to and pr’c? thrr of to this office, Having opened a Family Grocery. I hereby announce to the public that .»1RS. FLANAGAN & M. TUFFS r— and strongest animals on the range. $12 j*r load, while water-logged where they can find a buyer. I have a new and well «elected Btock of Have opened a new Many thousands of foreign rattle, i cottonwool sells for $14 and scarce I*, is expected that the train time to >, were driven into lire Territory I at that. Several instances are re Millinery and Dressmaking GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES AND 'FABLE WARE. ■ la‘t summer. Among these, tinac I ported where families burned their will change alxiut the first of May, Bought since the Sweeping Reduction in freight«, from the Ea»t. and pit climated and worn out by driving. furniture to keep from freezing, and soar to enable cloer connection ESTABLISHMENT the havoc lias ’x-en fearful.“ fences, barns and outbuildings fed and shorter time to be made be- marked down at Bottom Prices. I also sell the Opposite Campbell » Tuffs’ atora, on <’>th “What opinion have the Mock men to the flamei for tnor* warmth In tw cn San Prancisco and Portlaud. street. CELEBRATED DAVIS VERTICAL SEWING MACHINE, and ranchers of the present ertndi- stances of this charmter were nu- To shorten the time between Port I. Cr. J ).\VI 1 )S( >N, t:on of their stock ?” continued the | merotts just north and east of here land and Ashland it is probable that HA1BW0RI ml STAMPING aeatlF lone which has no equal in ease of management and great range of work. Faber manipulator. The cattleman I last month.” At this juncture Mr. through trains wilt leave Portlaud D-adi:./ I’.-rtrait and Ixud» ai«> [27-r>in pulled out a small memorandum | Dalton finished hi« narrative and in the evening, thus making the My object is to make it to the interest of those having cash or pro book adding that, as lie was in the left your representative to reflect on daylight run over the mountain duce, to trade with me. northern blizzards, neglected cattle, j«»rti<>n of the road south of*R<»«e MRS. M. ,T. M. ("HILI’.M. 125 Fir»t 8t., Portland, Oregon, hau ls of a newspaj*r man, his form frozen Indians, etc. burg. Under that arrangement the would lie pressed until all informa MAIN ST.. In front ot th, Tnelory. (Opjw^ttc Hr«( NatkdM Bank.) Land is lieiitg rapidly taken up trams would leave Ashland in the lion 00 that point was exhausted, If«« a new line of I'IHtST-< LAMM WOHK continued; “You see, ttockmen 1 for settlement in Oregon; not a day forenoon, instead of at night, -e GO TO THE SUPPLY STORE GLOVES. CORSETS, who have recently ridden the ranges I passes but from oie to three are [Tidings. Pi afl Brale of BUCHINGS, PLUMEd, are very reticent; but occasionally I here looking up and selec ting k/ a- James L Onder look, editor of moToc; k \ Pii v. TIES, KIBBO5S, BONNETS, a whispered re|>ort is licatd from a itions. Next fall will witness the The News, returned yesterday from result of th:* present activity The and HATS. General Mining Supplie« Etc,. Etc., reliable source revealing a horrible a visit to his old home in New general character of the laud lierea LADIES’ and CHILDREN’S state of affairs. In some places Prop ’ r. CHARLES DECKER, COLLARS, VELVETS, SILKS. hundreds of cattle have been found ix>uU is just as g<xxl hay and grain York City. During his a licence BE8T BRANDS OF WINES. LIQUORS UNI» < JGAR8 KEPI Mr. Onaerdonk participated in a HUHNS, 1NFYNT3, LACE BON- ; dead ■■trewn 1 along the border« of a land aa can 1>e found anywhere. faiui’v reunion at which were pres BETS. LADIES' UNDERWEAR, F kancis M. D ri m . single cr.rra!. . A rider just in befote DFXTCER ent his mother and all her surviv — itrul —“ to have counted thou- 1 I left < : ing children.— [Neus «indi of can ; in a trip of six LACES OF ALL KINDS. IDHNC F day«. Cattle tmea of sound and con The American screw strainer 1 serval;ive opti nion« assett tlieir belief INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS New Goods Constantly Arriving. Meximwa wrecked rear Victoria Livery Stable in Connection. inai ine l’tr fully recently. 8. V. MITCHELL, SULKY Tropical Fruits, Staple and Fancy GROCERIES, GUNSMITHS. OUR WALKING ’LOWS T he E conomist '’ I Reversible Points and Horse Sheers, * Two Dnys»* Test Trial. LIVERY WIMER & MEE, SUGAR PINE & LUMBER CO. TEAMS. HOUSE and The Improved Machinery, Gent Ashland Citv Roller Mills Div Goods E.C. ire l i NO. 3 TO ADVERTISERS New PHOTOGRAPHER, HYDE For Drygoods and Groceries, * • r