» z V TO ADVERTISERS. THE COURIER W. J. WIMER, - Publisher.) sunscniPTToy bates , One Year (in advance) $•-’ 25 Six Mc.uths................. 11.25 Tliroe Month* ............................... 75c Single Copies .. 10c Job Printing of all Kinds An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon. —IN THE— Very Latest and Best Styles, —AXD AT THE— Lowest Iaivinyr Rates. ru iricssiox al — legal . Grant * l’aw, *0 named alter General 1 Grant, is u county seal centrally located, i.i Southern Oregon. It is a progressive ruilroa ! • -'.vr. <4 liMkl inhabitant«, and la ih< main supply point for a large portion of coutnry devol.-.1 tu mining, lumliering agriculture cud iruil-raiamg. Climate un­ excelled The C oi bieb heing tit« only paper pub­ lished in Joocphino county, with a good circulation in Jack*on county, enables it to I k - one of the beat advertising medium» in Southern Oregon, l or rates, a-ldresa T ue C oi Ri,.a, Grant’s Pa»*, Oregon. 691, general laws, it is provided: Sj-riiZ (ItrrtVpottdriw* fa the ('eerier. LETTER FROM LAKEVIEW. I The term of office of a district attor­ 8. U. MITCHELL, ney shall commence on the first FRONT STREET. .Irr.nU Tata. Or.g.a. ------ : FOR THE CELEBRATED } -------- The Colvle Case. Tho Weather—Spring Vegetables— ATTORNEY AT LAW. Monday of July next following the I he Paas Ahsad ef the Seaton— — UTALKS IM — G rant ' s P ass , .... O rkoos . The State of Oregon upon the in- election of such attorney, and l»e- Home Seekers—Geras sad COMFORT SULKY PLOWS in Duckt—A Quiet Town— foimatiot: of T. B. Kent, district fore entering upon such office the ' Rn'road Matter»— Will practice in alt 8tatc and Federal attorney first judicial district, ap­ person elected thereto must qualify Social, Etc. Court* Office on Main street. pellant, vs. WiBiam 31. Colvig. therefor by filing with the secretary ; of state his certificate of election, respondent. H. K. Hanna and SAM. WHITE, . Commit: Since writing tny S. B. Galey for apj'ellant. W. R. with an oath of office endorsed List E d TOBACCO, letter the climatic changes have ATTORNEY AT LAW. thereon, and subscribed by him to Andrews and P. P. Prim for res ­ CIGARS, to use a trite expression, pe­ G baxt ' s P a » s , .... O bboox . pondent. Appeal from Jackson the effect that lie will support the been, CANDIES, culiar. Since the 1st inst. we have constitution of ths United States, ; countv. Filed April 1.1, 1887. NUTS, ETC. STRAHAN, J. Will practice in all th« Court* of the State and of this state, and faithfully and had a combiuation of snow, rain, bail and sleet, with au occasional Highest Cash price paid for I This is a proceeding instituted honestly demean liiinseif in office. glaie 11. KELLEY, of the frivolous sunshine. And it is provided by section 48, under subdivision 1 of section 354 April was ushered in with copious Country Produce, Hides, Furs, of ATTORNEY AT LAW. the code of civil procedure, and chapter 14, page 576, general laws: showers, the wind at times blowing J acksonville , .... O regon . Ktc . Hie, is upon the information of T. B. Every office shall 1 ecorne vacant on furiously aud occasionally a slight Give me a call and lie Convinced. Kent, district attorney of the first the occurring offither ofthe follow freeze. But the cold rains, the Will practioe in all tho Courts of the [Ititt judicial district. The amended ing events before the expiration of chilling blasts and biting frosts are filate. Office in Court House. complaint alleges in substance the such office. gently and quietly leaving us, and HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, at** ****** following facts: That at the gen IL K. HANNAH, ere another week shall be upon us eral election in the state of Oregon, 6. Hi ; refusal or neglect to take we can truly say, spring is here. ATTORNEY AT LAW. held June 4, 1886, the defendant. iiis oath of office, or to give or re­ But a "feller can’t sometimes al­ William M. Colvig was a candidate new his official bond, or to deposit ways tell" what kind of weather J acks ., xviLLS, .... O sfqox . for election to the office of district such oath, or bond within the time i we’ll next have in the climes of the NEW HOTEL, attorney for the first judicial dis prescribed by law. Office In Orth building, Oregon street P m Ute. trict in said state; that on the 2ecialty. Legal Instru­ roughly overhauled from base- • ’ had l>een elected to said office at1 ' cers is not Ixnind to qualify on or places; that I was posted as to their ment* promptly executed. Jment to attic. Betta nice and FZ‘: ’ ------------ Z--------------------------------- ------- sucli election: that the defendant before that day, or upon failure to different out puts, resources, etc.; clean.J, Tht ‘ table* an sup- < MEDICAL. thereafter wholly neglected and re- do so incur a forfeiture of his office. but I must confess myself greatly plied with the best tho market ;; fused to qualify for said office at the '"Before 1 entering upon such office surprised when 1 read and re-read a W. F. KREMER, M. I)., affords. < I time and in the manner provided by I the person elected thereto must local in the issue above referred to, TERMS REASONABLE. Physician and Surgeon. law, but has made default therein: ) 1 qualify therefor, etc.,” is the lan­ ■ relating to new. lettuce, onions, rad- 4 i-tf ; that, by reason of the neglect and guage of tb.e statute; and it raises a i ¡.-.lies and other vegetables that were Otuurr's Piss, .... OasaoK. refusal of the defendant to qunllfy ) very strong implication that-some lieing used already in aud about as by law required, he has lost his time may lie allowed to elapse after Call* responded to nt all hours, day or Pass so early in the first , right thereto anil is not entitled to the term begins before the newly- Grants rijtbt. spring month; that watermelons are Reversible Points and Share ' hold the same; that thereafter, to CENTRAL HOTEL! elected officer need qualify. The up and peaches and other early W IP FL.fNAGAN, M. D. : wit: On the — day of July, 1886, only result that could follow a de­ well fruits have shed their blocms. Trie GRANT’S PASS, OREGON. 1 the said defendant unlawfully lay in qualifying is that he could Physician and Surgeon, reading of the little "local” makes usurped and intruded himself into not enter upon the duties of said of­ ones’ mouth water, when we- con­ Gaxxr's P am , - - - - O rkoox . This Hotel has been thoroughly said office of district attorney for fice without fir«t having qualified sider that those necessaries are not renovated and Our FLOWS are given to the Parmer on a said district by appointing W. R. by taking the official oath and oth yet planted here. Grants Pass is, Ofieo at residence, corner Main and R efurnished T hroughout Andrews as his deputy district at­ erwise complying with section 41, indeed, a paradise, worthy the res­ Third streets. Call attended any hour, Two JkiysT 'Test torney in an action then pending in I supra. But in addition to this, idence <>fti king, a millionaire or an day or night. SäF For further particulars of Prices Etc., call upon our local agents, the justice's court for the precinct statutes fixing a time within which epicure. I showed the paper cou- of Medford, Jackson county, Ore­ an officer is required to qualify by ) tabling this item to several parties DR. F. W. VAN DYKE GEO. W. RIDDLE, at Riddle and Grants Pass. gon, wherein the Stale of Oregon taking an oath and giving a bond, here, wl'.o exhibited great surprise DR. J. HINKLE, Central Point. CB iaxts P ass - - Oiisoox. was plaintiff and Win. Robin Kin arc generally directory and a failure , and wonder. They don't seem to A. DUNLAP, Phoenix. w as defendant, and the said William to comply within the lime fixed think there can be so much differ- C. FARNIIAM, Ashland. English and German Spoken. Or Address M. Colvig has ever since said last does not work a forfeiture. State, ; eucc between your section and our Office on Main street, near drugstore. mentioned date claimed a right to ex rel. Blackenship, vs. County 1 own; but my explanations dispelled WIMER & MEE, Is Connected With This House. hold said office. Court of Texas county, 45 Mo., 2jo; all their doubts. I shall expect to C. I.EMl’ERT, M. D., Murphy, Josephine County, Or. 40-1 y] And T. B. Kent, district attorney, State, ex rel. the Atty.-Gen., vs. soon hear of Grants Pass arrauging THE BAK IS Si Pi i.ll.D WITH THE alleges that he, T. B. Kent, is right­ Churchill, 41 Mo., 42; City ol Uii- for a citrus exhibit. Craduate Leipsic University,Ger. Finest Wines, Liquors &. Cigars, fully entitled to have and hold said cago vs. Gage, 95 Ills., 593; S]>eckv Since last writing the times seem SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO office of district attordcy for said 1 vs. the U. S., 9 Cranch, 28; the , to have taken a slight Impetus, ow­ Calls reponded to at all hours, dav or While the Bending Table is First judicial district. In support 1 State of Md., ex rel., vs. the Co. ing probably to the constant and «tight Office opposite Stover's hotel. Jacksonville, Oregon. —MANUFA'.'TURERS of — SUPPLIED WITH THE LATEST thereof lie alleges the following) Conirs. of Baltimore countv, 39 Md., almost daily arrival of strangers - facts. That at a general election in 516; Williams vs. Inhabitants of, A great many of them are seeking DR. CHAS. W. BEACOM, NEWSPAPERS. the State of Oregon, held June I School District No. I, 21 Pick., 75;! hence our land office is Lumber, Doors, Windows, I 1884, he was duly elected district) City of Lowell vs. Hadley, 8 Mete., | locations, Dentist, kept busy giving directions, ex- A POOL TABLE MAY ALSO BE attorney for the First judicial dis- | *So;| ex parte nr Brackets, and Mouldings. Heath and Rootne, S i plait,;,,;; the law, ¿kc. It is thought O regon . G rant ' s P ass I trict in said State; that thereafter Hill, 42; the People, ex rel. of Wes-1 by many that a large area of good ■ FOUND HERE. —AX1> ALL KINDS or— 1 and within the time reputed by law taeott, . Halley, tr \\ end., .jsi. | ;in(i valuable laud will lie taken up All work warranted. Office on Main lie duly qualified and entered tqion ! It is .unnecessary ..................... to notice , l‘le ' this year and in consequence a land, ■tract, above Port Office. the duties of said office anil lias ever | other questions discussed, as these '...... 1 building and railroad boom is earn- Mitiuj»...:------------- - ? HOUSE and STORE FINISHINGS. ■ since performed duties pertaining ! views require an affirmance of the e- tlv looked for, and n slight activ­ thereto; that by virtue of the con ‘ judgement, and it is ordered.—Ore­ ity in real estate from prcactit figures. | stitution and laws of this State he is gonian. Goose lake at the present time NOTICE. —The Introduction of— entitled to hold said office until lii.-1 ' swarms with geese and ducks. At Judge 11.1‘. Boise has finally tail 1 tinu th. rim of the lake just I k -I ow successor is elected and qualified. Strived or Stolen, from the range, one I Pav Filley 3 years old in the spring, mid The defendant answered and de fenced Marple to be hung on June tawn seems a mantle of white. one black horse colt 2 years ole HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES FIFTY PER of the Honker species of the goose There seemed to l»e a mistake in and separate offense alleged the fol-) reasonably rewarded by writing or send­ C«i>'.cgate Postoffice, Jackson Co., Or That a general election held in 29th; that being on Sunday, Judge I aml-day, attended with their con- F®“ For Price List, address, S. P. D. & L. Co. [49-210 Boise saw the mistake, ordered the The Leading Hotel of Portland. the state of Oregon, held on the jth i prisoner to be brought back into i tinual quack. day of June, 1836, the defendant Grant's Pass, Oregon. < Iwing to the severe restrictions J. WIMER & SON, was elected to said office (of district ‘ the court room and sentenced him placed on gambling here, there is to be hanged June 29th a:ul ad- Free Coach to and fr in this attorney ) for the term commencing j Flare tlie Urgent Mtore in Jofwphine little <>r no excitement to what there on the first Monday in June next ) j .timed court, but did not give the was last Fall, and the long, somber vouaty, which is 65x32 feet, and two POPULAR HOUSE. death warrant to the Sheriff until following said election; that 0:1 the , stories, filled with f i< of the saloon keepers last Win- I CHARGES REASONABLE. 2nd day of July,-1886, the governor la»t Wednesday, when ho fixed it b r, ¡is they looked wistfully around again to June 2, 1887. There xcm of the state iff Oregon duly granted Snow-Flake Brand — The Best in the Market. 1 r the friendless dimes and quarters THOMAS GUINEAN, the defendant a certificate of his) to lie a difference in opinion in re­ ire at last beginning to contract to gard to the matter, but when the Ask your Grocers tor it. Dont be put off by being PrOprieTOr. election to said oflee and delivered their natural serenity and genial- told that anything else is as good. Every sack of WE BUY FOR CASH, the same to the secretary of state, to I law is read it is plainly to be sec ti in .4, and a struggling hidden smile that the sentence is to be fixed in this Flour warranted to make be forwarded to the defendant: that AND SELL FOR CASH, moii manfests itself as each and on the 9th day of July, 1886, at; the warrant fnan the judge to < vi.ry passing stranger ‘‘tips a will sheriff. White, Light, and Sweet Bread. Jackson county, Oregon, the tie- CITS Hcnsit Weliit ni Mîasare. I ing nf the state, who accepted the same Millinery and Dressmaking GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES AND TABLE WARI and thereupon the defendant en­ tered q;»->n the duties of said olficr, Bought since the Sweeping Reduction in freights, from the East, and h our mu ESTABLISHMENT and has ever since held said office nt has b marked down at Bottom Prices. I also sell the and discharged the duties thereof; Opioeite Camplell a Tuffs’ store, on Ath that til that the acts of usurpation act out street. CELEBRATED DAVIS VERTICAL SEWING MACHINE, ts a com| in the coinplaint were performed by t im.mimoiis de HAIRW0RÍ Ud STAMPING leitlr iow which has no equal in ease of management and gnat range of work. the defendant, in the regular dis­ blow on th t large that soma [27-flm Samples seat 0:1 applica charge of the duties of said office tally. Mu . ..e uni-' >:ni My object is to make it to the interest of those Laving ca.-h or pro­ tiorf, and after he had qualified therefor, and i le claims !:atr,f th duce, to trade with me. not otherwise. MRS. J. M. CHILFH ¡ORDERS SOLICITED There wax n<> replv filed to this MAIN ST-. *• frmit at **• Vartery. answer but the plaintiff, without in­ 11 m • new line of troducing any evidence upon any »¡th t GO TO THE SUPPLY STORE GLOVES. CORSETS, of the issues, moved for judgement RUCHINGS, PLUMES. on the pleadings, which motion was Relu C___ „ duly argued and, TIPS, RIBBONS, BONNETS, and HATH. tion by the court, r.tc.. General Mining Supplies I tc,. Etc .¿«.àiAltin rtnriered in fav<»r < LADIES’«nd CHILDREN'S and a CHARLES DECKER, Prop’r. from which the ap COLLARS, I, VELVETS. V UU V aaae, SILKS. • — KL1T LN ;