TO ADVERTISERS W J WIMER Publisher SL’BSCUPTION MATES, One Year (in advanie Six Month». Three Months s'ingle Copte« *3.33 »1 25 Tie 10e Job Printing of all Kinds —IN THK— An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon. Very Latest and Rest Styles, — AND AT TUI!— Lowest I.i\ Uli* Hales. LINKS OF TRAVEL. vol GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OR., FRIDAY .11 I V S, 1SS" NO. I.') Graul'n IN mh * ho named alter General Grant, ia a county neat centrally located in Soutliern Oregon It ia a prot'reaMiv»- railroad town oi hMM) inliaUtanta, and is the main nuuplv point for a I hiw portion of eountrv uevuteii to mining, lumbering agriculture and fniit-raising Climate un­ excelled The CorwhR be ng th«* only paper pub 1 she«! in Jonrj hi »e county, with a good • irviilation in Ji ck «ou county, enables it t) be one of the I ea advertining medium* in Southern Grego » For rateH, addretui T he C oi rikm . Grant’* Pana. Oregon. resembling Mt. Hood in form Hid which a pine 24 inches in diameter. Limestone Caves of Josephine County. north 42 d«*jZH. vaart. 17 ieet. A pine S in- outline This brings us to the (CtetmtMtl from la*t r*vX ) chea in diameter bearu north 22 deg*, “Mammoth Chamber,” which is Of failing health, whether in the form of went. 33 feet, and din. cut on claim .‘W The approach to the Caves is ex­ perhaps one of the most wonderful Night Sweats and Nvrvousnea*. or m a bran« north X<0 feet, and l«n*ating nionn- «’ IX N »W BOAST or HIV IS G THE dega 10 min. wt^t, tremely picturesque. The nume­ of all. »« liar of General Weariness and I ajw of ment brara aouth It is a dark gray limestone Appetite, should suggest the use of 1148 feet. Thence n«»rth 70 «leg**, east, by rous detached boulders on the lime­ room, 365 feet long, 140 feet in the FINEST STOKE ROOM IN SOUTHERN OREGON. Ayer’s Sarsa|>ariila. This preparation improve»! Holer ««•in|»H»t. My chamber are the opeuiugs tu friends rvcouinifiideil me to trk Ayer’sr ‘ feéf Thence Month 70 «IvgH. W on north BOOTS AND SHOES. SarsaiMirilla, w hich I did, imd 1 am n«>w boundary 07.5 feet, gulch court* north the caverns, and was rushing from several other smaller chamber* con GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, bm bealthv and «wrong as ever —Sira. • mlnuH Kk); 1500 leel. poat corner No. 4, the lower entrauce as we entered tabling splendid specimens of atafe DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS E. L. Williams, Alexandria, Miun. being the name an «-orner No. 3 to claim the narrow passage, after trimming actites, different to anything we had GROCERIES, ( Ex«*ej»t Sundays) I havense»i Ayer s Sarsaparilla, in mv 37, (plua 175). from which a fir 12 Inebetì and lighting our lanterns. This yet seen huge tulip-like formations PROVISIONS, family, for S< rofula. an«l know , if it la Lw / aoit . taken faithfully, that it will thoroughly in diameter. I*eara Month 2X dega. went, passage is 3 to 4 feet wide and some as large ax pumpkins, and thick CROCKERY, Yaquina 7:00 a in ' Albany 1 :30 p m «'radicat« Ibis terrible disease. 1 have 15 feet. Thenct* aoiith 20 deg« vaat on 60 feet long, at tile end of which we clusters of gigantic leaves. Here also presented it as a toni< a> well as an line between elaima 37 anti 38, 205 feet ; .L rive. -Inirr. TOBACCOS, alterative, au«l must say that 1 honestlv HUmniit of ridge lieanieaHt and went (plua assended two ladders about 30 feet also is a real waterfall forming the < « >r \allia 10:3S a ni I Corvallis 2:02 p tn I m lirve it tote the test bk.od medicine 35' (UM) fret, poat corner No. 1, tin» place CIGARS, ETC. high, leading to a chamber which head of I.ogan creek. Along the Albany 11:10am Yaqiiina 5 : lO p tn ever compounded—W. F. Fowler. M. 1) , o4 Iteginning, ami containing 2t) 05 a«*rrH Mr. Burch has appropriately named route taken by this creek are seve­ D. D. S., Greenville. Tenn. <>. A ('. trains cutmeet at Allmnv ami The lt«*r of the United Statra Fanti A. G. F. & P. Agent, Corvallis. for a short time, my Imadache disa|>- Office at Roaehurg. in the county oi Ihaig- came to ‘ Little Mammoth.'' a cham­ palace. The visitor realizes mote p-ared, and my stomach performed its laa. and Stat«- of Oregon, within the aixtv ber about Bo feet long by 78 feet forcibly than almcwt anything else MANIlACTVRERS OF «lnties more p«*rfectly. Tonlay my Here we were 100 feet above .could teach him, that the great, Oregon Development Company. dava period of publication hereof, or they wide. health is completelv irstorud. — Mary mh I lie bairo«l by virtue of the Statute. Harley, Springfield, Mass. the creek level. A rush of cold air mysterious ptoccsses ol Nature pro­ First-Class Steamship Line between Lumber, Doors, Windows, (’ hah . \V J oiinm ' on , I have b<*< n greatly benefited by the met us, leav ing tile- chatniter and duce works in comparison with Yaquina and Ban Francisco, 541 -Si'XlM J ^uLHoJui Register. prompt use of Ay r’a Sarsaparilla. It. following up which, we found the which the human architect's most Brackets, and Mouldings. < 'onm*cting at Ya«piina with the trains of bmes and invigorates the bystem, regu- lati's th«* action of the dig«*stive and end of the long passage blocked by Itfiiiiteous designs are stunted and the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company Mining Application No. 51 liMsimilative organs, and vitalizes the a huge mass of rock. The ceiling insignificant. — LX“I> MJ. KINDS «»r — b'rrnn \'(j t ¿*, «».* LD h »«!. It is. without doubt, the most U nited S tate * L and O ffk e , i | here is all cracked and irregular. reliable blood purifier yet discovered. — Eastern Oregon, W«*»lnesda} June 29. RoMvbiirg, Or., Mav 4. 18874 IL D. Johnson, 383 Atlantic aventm, Thence to what is called “Steam­ Willamette I*alley, Ttlesduy Garden Spot of Oregon. July 5. I Brooklyn, N. Y. ft NOTICE is hereby given that Willar«! 11. Eastern Oregon. Monday 5*oung, wh«»M<* post office address is Cas- boat Chamber," 80 by ij feet, and 17. Willamette Valley, Sunday There is no denying the fact that «•««It* iaieks, Wasco county, Oregon, Inis 25 feet high; and after that through Eastern Oregon’, Saini «lay 23. this «lay filed his appliciitmn for a |mt«*nt the "Devil's Gap," a tortuous pas- the garden sjxit of the Western Vai Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maas. Willametl“ Valley, Saturdav 3*). for 1.5«M) lin«*ar feet ofthe “Summit” mine sage, to the "Devil's Pit," att em­ leys lies south of the Willamette; it I'rice 91 ; nix bottles, F5 or vein tearing g«dd, with surfac«» ground I' ruin ) uquhtn: The Introduction of - brasure 40 feet deep situated in the •' a region blessed with warmer ♦ >00 feet in width, situated in (iravv Creek Eastern Oregon, Wednesday Inly fl. centre of a large chamber. Follow­ situs and less abundant rains White Mining District. Count y of Josephine, urn! Willamette X’allry. Tuesday 12 Mining Application No. 49. Stat«'of Oregon, ami d<*signat«*d by the ing narrow and irregular passages this valley lias great attractions and Eastern Oregon, *Tuvs«lay 1:». fi«*l I n«»(«»s ami official plat on tile in this ' from this point we came to the "Last has an extent far greater than oth­ Willamette Valk*;.*. Sumiav 24. I’ mitep S tatw L and O ffice , / «»fliet* as lot No. 39, in unsurveyed lands. Eastern < >icg«»n. i riday 29. Chance Chamber" 78x34 feet, in er valleys contain, it is limited in Roneburg, Or., May 4, 18874 Sai«l lot being deKcrited as follow h , to- w it NVillamettv Va!l«?y Fri.lav Aug- 5. HAS ENABLED THEM TO REDUCE PRICES FIFTY PER NOTICE I m hereby given that Willard Beginning at a |>*»st set in a n»oun mine or vein, bearing g«»l i, with Mirfaeo (41tf Grant's Pass, Oregon. ground 600 feet in width, Nituated in fv«*t, |M>st corner No. 2 of claim 37, and wonderful formation of limestone river are partakers of the l»est Grave Creek Mining PiMrict, Conntx of center lin<* of claim 39, f«»«*t, a fir 14 . resembling a large and ¡»erfect hor­ qualities and characteristics lietong- Joaephine, ami State of Oregon, and des­ inches in «liameter. mark it for corner No. nets' nest Now ascending to the ing to both Oregon and California, ignated by the livid notes, and otliwial plat 2, ir«>ni which (mimiM 50? a fir 36 inches — via — on til«* in this otiic«* uh lot No. 37. in un- in diameter tears M»uth IS «legs east, 2,5 right we entered still another chant having lite rainy season in less ex Them*v noilh 75 «legw. 30 min. west Iter <>f vast dimensions, at the end cess than the Willamette valley, Miirvey« <1 land**. Sai«l lot No. 37 h *ing feet Oregon &. California R. R. d< scribed an follow**, to-wit : oti north Isaindary. |5tM» fv«*t S«*t |>o>-i of which is a shaft or gap through and enjoying by its southern loca C. iunek M ain A F ront S ts . G rant ' s P ass , O reoon AND CONNECTIONS There being no public aiirvry or oNtah- for S. P cut with a chisel in the rooia mountains. cisco, 27 hours. tains near the Stab* line bears S b_, dog south 75 «legs. 30 min east on south : scenes more beautiful than we had From tin Coast to the Cascade boundary 1500 fret, |s»st eorncr at place W. iR aerts hydraulic mine on To n East yet witnessed awaited us on the up range there lie«, through • what wc ■ U.IIO1CS1V 1 WRL-« TRAINS loll.. . «•reek I »ears S 52 dogs. W Pettingills of teginning (plus 235), containing 17. 04 per levels. First came the "Queen's call Southern Oregon, a wide h«nis<‘ on Grave creek I war» S 39 (legs. 20 acres. North. From May 1, 1SS7. South. CELEBRATED DAVIS VERTICAL SEWING MACHINE, The location of this mine is n‘cor»h*d in Palace,” "Maid's l’atlor," Queen'« stretch of tenitoi y that is min W Said monument is | exceed 4 :<>A I» in I.v, Portl.iml Ar. 10 :4‘) a tn i th«» summit of Mt St Peter, on th«*div idr the «>ffice «>f th«* Count \ Clerk of Josephine Cellar" and “Specimen Chamber,” n Smith and similar beauty ami variety to that bill« and outskirts oi the Umpqua Anv am! all |H rs»>ns 1 wc have endeavored to describe. vallci and the same 111 Rogue river post No. 1, from which the locating m< n- Willar«! N’oiing. duce, to trade with me. l«etMo<‘n Portland and Auhland. uinent b«*ars N 3 I «legs. E. 525 feet, ami a claiming adversely any port inn of said Thence through a tortuous passage .1. XI. <1111.1 white oak 10 inches in diameter tears N Summit mine, or surface ground are re- appropriately named "Hell-Gate" but there i> excellent soil, and Th«* O. AC. K. K. Fern niukea Con- locations suitable lor much of the 58 deg**. W 1 ) fret, and a biack-o.tk 15 quirt'd to file their aoiig- 'ed to a small chamlxr tn which time will make fruit growing more <<<>^<« i teundary of claim, var p.i drgn 3 ) min. las and Stat»* of Oregon, «luring the sixty there is a magnificent limestone profitable than goldmining in Jack Wl ST S1IH. lhvisi<».\. E. (Instrument us«*d is improv«*«! M«»lar ■ 1.0s | ul>li« uti«»n hereof, or th«*y will IM! formation resembling a couch-shell; terred bv virtue <»f th«' Statute. son. Josephine and perhaps in Doug P.ETWEEN POltTLA\T)^< ORVALLLS compass). ;>0lt fis t—«•enter Hiicof claim, also a splendid elustet of eagle la- C has W. J ohnston , plus 35. 600 feet — set jswt lor cotikt \ car« ago Jes.sc Applegate M ail T maikm I» aii . v ( ktci rr mi nday .) w ings ¡«.iidant trout a dome r.(*( Mi Register No. 2, on divide between Gray« amt Co\ X 3(1 a in Lv. Portiaixi Ar. fl :1'> |> in ot«- » reeks, from which a fir 36 inches in feet high. Thence down laddns was abandoned just w hen it diameter tears N ;L5 dega. W II fe«*t. a fir u ¿ 25 p in Ar. Corvallis Lv. 1 :30 “ and passages badly broken, to an able to make returns tor latxzr. to inches in diameter bear* 70 d«*gM. E, z < rXI'KEMS VMA1NH DAII.1T (XxeriT »t XDAV.) other chamber, in the middle of it was said tu demonstrate the 85 feet. Summit shaft tears > 70 «legs 4 p m Lv. I Portland Ar 9 :00 a in which is a fine white column 9 feet itv to produce excellent grapes in E, 340 f«*«*t. Them e N 70 dogs E on N 8:00 “ Ar. M cMinviHe Lv. 6;45 “ Ä X teniidan, along hill-sitie facing north. high and 20 inches in diameter. the Um|x|ua lulls Of the hills in 1500 feet. Set a |s><*t for corner No 3. At Albany and Corvallis connect with From th'« room you enter "Dnki Rogue river valley there can lx? no from w hich 150 a fir 12 inches in «liamv- 1 trains <»f Oregon and Pacific railr«md for liter Hall," whose ceiling is a ¡»er doubt that grapes and peaches an«l Franc-iisc Silk- ter tears S 28 d«*g;- W, 15 fe«*t. Cut No. Yaquina Bay. fe< t mass of transparent stalactites, apricots will grow there in ¡»ertec 3 Iwars S 13 degs W, 260 fe«‘l. Tlwn«*«* Summer Silks R. KOEHLER. E. T. KOGERS. S 20 min. east on ea-t aid«* linn 2U5 («•<•(— glistening as before. These arc of lion. With so much of the world Black Silk-. Manager G F. A Paw* .Agt. summit of ridg«-. « «»iirsi* « ant ami west phi** different shapes and sizes, ami of east ot us ready to purchase the Albatross Cloths. 35. tiOO feet set post forcijmer No 4 from course all were moi< or les« hollow fruit of that section, there can l»e which — 35 a pirn- 24 inches in di.iinctvr, Et imine Cloths aud fragile. Auothei remarkable no question a« to the future of ¡uo I m htm N 42 «legs. cast. 17 f<*vt \ pin«* 8 Super Cloth«. inches in diameter tears north 22 «legs fact is that on thi« account each one ductioti there. Krinkled Siirsitiker. west 33 feet. A cabin un«l spring and possesses a distinct musical ring WIMER & SON. Fruit growing is a cuncentration blacksmith whop tears south .’»4 dega. Lawn.«. when lightly struck. In this wav of lalxir on land for when the w heat West 250 fwt Piacovery abaft No. 1 ami Battistis. wc were able to pnxluce distinct t«mn«*l La ar north 88 drgs went S'»2 le«-t Have the largest «lore in Josephine grower has to be satisfied if he pro Foil Du Nord. And buy a New Set ol Hand made Ixwating m«»nmi)ont Intars wmth 87 «leg**. notes and tunes by tapping them duces a crop worth $t5 an acre, county, which i» 65x32 feet. and two Lnce«. 10 min. west. 1148 f**et. Thcrieesouth 70 with a pen knife So clear is the fruit-grower can count on return« Lace Flouncing*. d*!gs. west al«mg Mouth boundary. I32f one's voice i. musically uses judgment in selections Thu- |»lacc of beginning, and • ontammg 20. 65 We arc constantly receiv- of the best stock of goods ever brought to Southern Oregon acres reverberated through the dulcimer one man will be well off with 40 ing The lo<-ati<»n of thia mine is r,»< orded in I use nothing but the BiiST leather. like stalactites. Here also were or 60 lores of land, half in ftuit and th«* office of tin* ( ountv < lerk of Joa«*phine several columns in course of forma half for utlier uses and to grow his I I .'i ri le-tsis XI.' k I v t<» Onk-r. • '»imf\ < >i< . in Vo t Mining Re Vol 4, lie- WE BUY FOR (•ABH. lion Reluctantly leaving tin bread and feed. Ghie in.111 can tend cor«la, pag«* 63 m Tho adjoining claiin- in the latest styles and de­ A. J STROHECKER, - - Grants Pass, Oregon. pleasing rixmi wc came tolhe "Dia 20 acre« in fruit and al«o raise w hat anti are Edward Sand« r*«>n Smith ami AND SELL FOR CASH. signs from the best East ­ 5-’27lf Willard Young, Anv no*! nll |>ernoii» wkhu I Hall ' which, in brilliancy, lie av'.u.dly need- ol other thing-, ern market«. claiming a*lvenwdy y unv lortion of «ai> frollini, :m Orders filled |>roiii]»tly aginc, much less to descrilx’. The sectitv large retutn- The be«t part I n«|iiire la», ami Stale <4 < In-v n. «luring tlie «ixty ling with the millions of tiny star made to produce verv prosperous ilm* r»-ri<»l of publication benxg, or tl.ey like crystal» of feldspar and mica return- All the soil is not *> suited, sili la* b-arre.l by virtue of iln- |*rwvi»mn» FARMERS SUPPLIES ceons incrustation«. Here also is a .ni'i mixed fanning will go on large­ '•< file Slattile ( II«» W. Joiixato», -mall ¡»»>1 of water set in an ent ly There is much inure hill land 186 First 8t, Portland, Or Reirister, SMITH UROS., - 1 *i'<>privtt •HURRA GRANT'S FOR PASS, HURRA!” CAMPBELL à TUFF The First Sign Baronins! Bargains! Bargains! Williietu Valley and San Francisco " SUGAR PINE DOOR & LUMBER CO HOUSE and STORE FINISHINGS. Ayer s Sarsaparilla, The Latest Improved Machinery, New Store ano New Goods. PDllDiiD BoOtli Sleepers New Arrivals. H akne ^ k , <>r «') S addij NEU GOODS OLDS & KING, BLACKSMITH SHOP. We keep everything by the 6th street, Grants' Pan. Oregon. i-opk- A'HEAF FOR CASH OK PRODUCE WaM». ... - Orsfon SING LEE DOKS THE BE»T Washing, Ironing and Fluting. All kinds of plain and fancy work done 8 ITI-F.U TK»N GUARANTEED. also take contracts for « ! ’ho AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Mitchell and Lewis Wagons, Hacks, Buggies and Carts, AUo, Agents for .... EARMIN« r IM J ’LEM ENTS. Any of which we will exchange for hav and grain. Having completed our new Stables we are now prepared to the lest of accommodations AT REASONABLE. KAILS Hnr?e Shoeing and Wagon Repairing a Specialty. Mining Application No. 50 tom <>f which aic all sparkling, ¿M) clear is that water, that it b»>k- AM if there were no water at nil. but that yati could touch the crystal bottom of th* pool, which «.cm« to lx on the surface. Vet the jtool is three feet deep Another crawl u | m - ii h ind« and knees brought ns to the ’ Ghost ■r.’ 174x60 felt, ami 40 feet Here arc several w mderful 1, a facsimile of a traxell < and exact repre-wflt Mlon wave« Next we com I Ch oiilxr in hit h •b in prairie there . nJ wr tray ex pect w hen the adv antages of that bill land arc fully known it will be taken and Geared and converted in to mativ fnnt-fnmi- There is a ¡»kusur. in studying the rCTOttrces of our state, and showing what dif­ ferent «ections are capable of. Wil lametlc Farmer. I