L t Nui.oa MILD WI NTERS FARM OR AND SUMMERS COOI.BD BY THE BALMY PACIFIC. ORCHARD OR STOCK RA A Field for Rich and I o. r alike in the famous Rogue River Valley. I An Independent Paper, Devoted EspecJ1/ to si HsCKirTION. •> Single < <>|>i**«. - . GRANT’S PASS. JOSEPHINE C< Take your Choice in the Country tributary to Grants Interests of Southern Oregon. OIL. THURSDAY. MAY 5 1892 ROGUE RIVER COURFER. J. NUNAN, P ublisher . w* I hmuci I Kvei-.v 'l'h■■■■«.<lu x . Terms of «tabs, ription On» Year, in advance J2.og Six Months, ** | „) Three Months, .75 Advertising rate' rerv rea-.irai 1,-. , ,.n. sidering the C ocbi KB’s large tsinii-l.de . ir culation. Our J ob DkraKTMr T is tin* u...-t m.-lern and complete IB Southern iiregi n and as we obtain our stationery d r, ; n. n, Eit-t- ern factories, ww «uc<*e--fii , "iiqiete with Portland pricer. Orders l*v mai, prompt ly filled. 1 > J- Real Estate and 'Min ATTENTION!—Sometiiing Worth Reading ! POST OFFICE DIE! 1 loin omet: Horn- Open (except blindai m-tn 7 7» A. M. to 7:30 f. M. Sunday from s to it a . M. - ** M ai » » ci Williams and Mnrphv—M. .iiduv, Wed nesday and Friday at 8 a. 111. South Isiuud - A Mail trken fr -m th.* box at Howard's cornerai 7:30 a ui. and 5:3op ni. N. P. Doi«.1 , 1'. \1 _ 1% I 4 F ikst Barrisr <in mu. Grants 1’usx. KEV. cha .-. 11. cons i ng , Pastor. Sunday hk-rviees 11 a . m ., and ":30r. M. Sunday School ut 10 A. M. Y'oung People’s meeting, 6:30; Prayer meeting Tlinrsday at 7:3o e. M. » Yor.Mi —------------------------------------------- aiic . a -« «wrw, (from 14 to 18 years.) A Good Union Cassimere Suit, worth $5.00, for $4.00. Cheviot, pattern, Grey mixed, worth $8.75, for $7.25. 4 Cassimere, Marysville goods, worth $9.50, for $8 50. Cassimere, heavy weight goods, a bargain, worth $ic.oo, for $8.00. G ulden R ule L odge N o . 1. O. O. F. •Mwtx every baturday evening in their hall on 6th street. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend • losKl'II Moss. N G. T. Y. Da in , Sec’ty PHYMt'lAV AM> h | -b OT 1—— — •< M NI IT« A Good Satinett Suit, Medium weight worth $6 50, for $5.00’ ( « — • — Union Cassimere, dark pattern, worth $S,oo, for fifi.oo. All Wool Suit, excelent value, worth #11.50, for #10.2). Cassimere Suit, dark pattern, straight cut, worth $11.25 for * $10 25- Cheviot Suit, summer weight, frock, worth $15.00, for$ij.od. » Worsted Suit, frock, dark pattern worth $17.50, fos $16.25- <111 K( HEN. ■ OFFICE—BLflCKBURN HO GRANTS PASS'. OREGON General Agents Gr Pass Townsite Co We are going to make you priftps that are bound to meet your approval and make you a savi Understand, these figures are not baits, but oods we have in the Store: “l al’-A ■■I BROKERS. » Offers the ties: , ,M One acre tracts photo fruit an ilen land eight blocks from tlepo I »a hk of R gtu» river; all clear ready for plow, for $1.50. One 1. cash ; balance in two yean at 6 |»er c. (from 9 to 14 years.) Good Satinet Suit, worth $5.00. for $4 25. Union Cassimere Suit, worth $5.50, for $4.50. 1<< > V>»’rl" W< > $700.—All of block No. 2, consist of 12 choice lots, 50x100 feet each, cleared and level, adjoining Methc- uhurch. Terms, one-nflh « ash, hah in two years. Adjoining block Nc sold for $1,500. >»| I'l’X (from 3 to 14 years.) Satinet Suits, good weight, worth Jfi.75, for $1.25. Union Cassimere dark pattern, worth $2,00, for $1.50. Moleskin Suit, small check, worth $2.00, for $1.50 Cassimere Suit, good weight, a bargain, worth $3.50, lor $2.75. Boys Knee Pants, 40 cents to $1.50. ♦ IllO.—lot No. 4 tween æhool alni nexx pro|>erty at liftIi cash : balance I >4»|>ltl*l 1114*111 < W. F. KREMER, M. D A fine assortment of Negligee Shirts, ranging from $1.00 to #2.50. The Stanley Shirt, laundried, Cuffs and Collar attached, soft bosom. just the thing for rummer wear, front $1.00 to $1.75. Outing Flannel Shirts, silk stripe, from $1.50 to $3.50. Percale Shirts, assorted colors, $1.00. White Laundried Shirts, from 75 cents to $2.00. Physician - and - Surgeon GRANTS PASS. - OREGON. - Calls responded to at all hours, day or night. ATTOltM. 1 ■> 0*1.1 W 7. -. .:---- DAVIS BROWER, Attorney anil C<>unscllor-at-Law ♦ 150.—Six choice residence Io Block 51, Railro--.« A,;,i,u<»n; aU and cleared; overlooks the city, member that thin is not tl50 earl ♦ 150 for the six loin. Terms om eaxli. HA IS.—We carry in this line ¡1 very full and complete assortment in which you can find anything you may want. SHOES.—In Shoes we endeavor to carry the best we can buy. and have marked the prices on them as low as they can be sold, We would, however, cull your attention to our Sunset $3 calf shoe, solid throughout, full stock uppers, soles sewed and fastened with cable screw. ♦1100.—Cholee tract ineKailroaiP^ fien, 100x20, adjoining N. 1’. 11 beautifnl lióme, ailording a vii city and Httrrounding country , th» residen«« site in Grunts l’as-; t. c| tilth caali. Yours truly, G ban i » P\!.x, Oxi:... in . Praitlc'M. in all the Stute ami ITiited Blates Court- 42 P. H. HARTH & SON GKO B. CURREY, Attorney-at- L.'ixv. ♦60 eaeli—Three choice business loi 25x100 each, in Block 51. facing Hout an.l within one block. ol business houw ♦75 each.—Six choice lota in Blocl* la-tween school and court holla»1, 1 50x100 each; terms one-fifth taah; I anee in two yearn. 9 One Price Clothing House O ffice —Opposite the Opera f.‘ Grant* Pass, Oregon, |75 each - -Choice residence lots 51 each, ah level, cleared and read cultivation; In Riverside Addition I ivied seven l.locka troni lire depot. I one-tUth cash ; iiwlmvce in two y. K. U. SMIi'I.. SMITH & COLVIG. Allumes-» luid Cours.lor» ul l|t <. u \ \ i ’s 1*AKS, OKKOON . OrncB—in <>i« ra House Bio.*» ÜTH SREET, BET "E A LARGE N I AND J. STOCK OF PIONEER HOTEL, rt«t<>A4*>i J. E. PETERSON, Rrt, Life airl hi'ltul liisunuft. BERNARD McARTHUR. 24 SAMUEL KEISER, Real Estate & Insurance Agent. And with them comes 1 UeiCF Pr tie Davis Sawiu Machine. 44 Having taken charge of tliix (Kipulur House. 1 am now prepared to make both ix-rmanent and tiansient guests comfort able Prices reasonable. Please give the Pioneer a trial. \VM. BARKER. 3 SHOE ma ki : kh . Repairing neatly and cheaply executed. JU-“ Fine work a specialty. Fifth street. ONE OF THE ' ' ii ill Shop on I don’t claim that I am either better, smarter, or have a deeper interest in the buyer than other dealers; but this is the place that I have cl osen to make m ir.ey for myself, A nickle made on a trade with the money tn hand, is better to me than ten cents made and charged on the book In the matter of the estate of Morri« M Harkneim, deceased. N< tive is hereby given that the under- rtigned haN been ai»|M»inte«l adtniniutrator of the estate of 51 «»rria M Harkii»*»«, de ceased, by order of the county «•ourt of the State of Oregon, in and for the coun ty of Jueephlne. All perrtona indebted to aald entate are requested to Mettle the name immediately, au«i thort<* having claim* againnt the ert- tate a ill pr«*aent them to me, at rnv resi dence near Granta P uhh , Josephine coun ty. Oregon, with the proper voucher* at- (ached, within nix month* from the flr-t publication of thin notice SAMUEL HARKNESS, April 22, 18V2. Administrator, tell O. C. RAMSDELL, House Moving and Raising. All work carefully and promptly at tended to on reasonable terms. Drop a card to me at Granta l’a«a, Oregon. 50-24 ¿T. TÆ. CHILES. ¡R'ATEST Medical Discoveries OF THE AGE! DR. WOODOUCK of Kerhv, Jo*ephin-. County, Oreon. has discovered a new IBIB c I t * for 1 ra Morbus. < m l a kindred dis' i-es of the auinenta’y canal The new rem' uv is called “Regihlor for the Stoairh and Rowels." It care« all S immer complaints, all ir regularities of tl >mach and bowe.* no matter what ht u.- is It does n constipate, an t ha- 00 opium in it grows plentifully on the Pacific si ■ There is no dsngcr tn taking it, as it 1 been used by a lew a numl^r of years TBS1IM0N1.1 . We, the uudereigned, citizens of J. phine County, State of Oregon, her *' certify that we have need D b . W o * coca's Regulator for ti»e Stomach *.' Bowels end believe that it 1» all th»* 1 laimed for it. That it >s the beet kn>. remedy for all summer <omplainte: Wm. Barker. Greats Paso; Mm. A Feheir, P. H White, Geo. E. Floyd. Ii 8. Woodcoik. N J Wmlcock, Cha IMncsn. Kerby s ff White. B-rt. a ams, Waldo. M is» Rebec«* Thomp»,; M im Emma Thompson. Mrs. Rene '¿hornpeon, Jerome l'rair.e T G. Bui. Wilderrtlle bold by Lnuggut* r** reltw. n etti FLOUR and FEED STORE, -v N. E. McGREW. E.\|ii'i'ss ami ST.ITE IHPITM.VflX Hill THE WEEK. Do you want to liavo the political news of Josephine county and the state? If »0 send twenty-five cents and get the Cm ait k from now until June loth. Stamps or coin taken. Vnlesa otlierw ise ordered, the pafier will Is* ........... ■topped at date of expiration, Address The Cm bike , Grunts Puss, Or. A Pair to Draw to Administrator's Notice. AT THIS HOUSE. >N BOOT NEW THINGS! NEW YEAR! With E. A. Iloalich, it th«* l,«>Motfieu, Grants I’as-, t >r '. rl,iH'VVII I*«* Has just Isf.'n receive l. which will tie sold at LIVING I’RICEH. Bednsim Sots nt Lowest Figures. Give me a call liefore purchasing elsewhere Collections j romp'h alt* ii'ltsl to. REAL ESTATE FOM ALE. Office at Citv Drug Sp.re 4H J. !. :m<l For the Campaign EKONT ST.. GRANTS PASS Household and Kitchen Furniture, COURIER OFFICE. Cot Weekly Call for year ; ♦2.75. and those needing a live metroisilitan journal cannot get one cheaper than by taking advantage of thin <«il’»*r. Sample eopieN of the (laU at thin office. I Trees! I FRUIT and SHADE TREFS lien Davis. Hpitxenberg, Baldwin, Yel low New Town Pippin, Jonathan, Early Harvest, ltd Axtra- chan, < rab Apple», and a few other varieties. Gol«lcn «¿ti't-n itnil <'utlilii it KaMplieriieH. Wine timl ILiinin Grnpi s, at low piicex. Riissitin Mnllx'iri.'H, AiiK'ricHn WnlniitH, Mi*«oiin Mnpl< Also, the Beautiful Flowering «'A TAl.l’A and other varieties of I* ruit and Hbade Tree», Pampas Grass, large plum- s ing variety ri J. trees ea. lx* seen in the rear <X iny of- ti.-e in 4towiits Pass, «'all or Write lor I sices GRIN TH PASH NI'RHERY, 57-6 W. L. B i . aikhi ns, l*ro. MAIN' STREET, < )>etwetl 5t'l Jt’.d 6th ) '.R ANT’S PASS. Having established an exclusive Floar and Feed business in Grant's Pass, I handle the leading brands of REAL MERRIT FIRST NATIONAL BANK Which I am selling at W'.oie-lie attil lietai it prices that defy competition. OF — SOUTHERN OREGON. Sole Agents for Grants Bass for GOLD HILL LIME. I) DIXON & SON aeon. Lard. Bacon Capital Stock, PILLS? NO!' If VOU take pl I» it Í» tHcai.ne VISI never tried the 76.000 lbs. Bacon; 15,000 lbs. ket S B HoadachP and Liver r.jrp tle-rendered Lard; Smoked Sausage in sacks: Fresh Sausage in 5 & 10-lb pails sealed with lard on top. ROBT. H FALKNER Quality Guaranteed For Sale Contractor and Builder, UBAST» ram, oBt.e.B. C. K. KLUM, $50,000. Receive <ie|»*ite «nl'j« t to cheek or 'Hl certifMale payable on demand. Heli» «gilt draft, on New York, Han F ran ci«,«,, anil Portland. Telegraphic transfer« «'Id 'm »II pointe in the tmiUn States. Sperisi Attention given '<> < ollertion» arai *- (*,JI„s .... — - .... liDHiglwxit - r- ...... ... ,...,!.* •Iir...igh<xit Hixrthern Oregon, »*1 «0 all ■<x«'«iil>l» ¡»lint«. iduevM , a«-tM •«- a mild pT«yw • * «’b- J. C. < a MI’BEI.L 1’re.xlMit. <xil «aUAÍhg j»ain «w «.«knew*. an«l •!«»•!• H. <*. KINNEY. \ i<* I'riwiihmt. n«4 Mop you from mating an«l w«xk<n/ I: \. B»xri M. « »»he . .. IJ A ah <T K . ri - -. • * to . lu i-iro. ' tUHiltg ' - f T« try It I« t» tetor««»» • frl»«4 <• It. t«4 ■el, it* r > 4 GRANTS PASS SUPPLY STORE. For «al«* bv Mr>. C. M. Mtont, Grant* Pa * Of TALENT, Jackaon County, Oregon. in Block No. V«. ! court li».iix»|b Bn present tin« (it in two vearx •200. Choice btuineaa lota in Block fronting dc| "t ; worth 1.1 pre-, lit |l,< Terina cash. Aw KGEONH. 1^111*11 ¡Mil ill|4' following choice 4 All kind» of Brick, Gruie'rt and Tile wirk 'Mi »bort notin* ♦ ar* wi '■ «fi».« yvur I • m S -i* 'I kiiihc ; miit/iblf for dance or I hull ; hoto I ; bunineMN eoiltwo ; Iota MxIOi) each. Will ho »ohi bargain. WHERE THE GOOD DIE OLD / 40 seres 1,1» miles troni city: ' rimili bouse and barn ; 100 a rex vici If You Would Live Morn Than • Century imiti Uve year old grajx1 vines. I ♦1,500. Emigrate To Mexico. Eire iitarte«! in l>r. N. \V. Weaver’» rertiden« e at Tillam<N)k. 'i’lie local hook ami ladder company waved tin* hoiiNt* .SI, Iri'iii (riobr. Itmuenl, after a hard tight, th«« I ohm being light. ('. H l r«*HH wan accidently ««truck In the "I ohservu that w lien s man dies in fact* with an ax during the excitement, this country at the age of RD years <>r thereabouts the papers elaborate on receiving a nurioun cut. the occurrnce in their news columns a» Tlie Albany Mining «k Milling Compa if it was something wonderful,” said ny’ll new t«*n-Htauip «piartz mill in the Ramon Caasanova, of Guadalajara, Santiam district haw started up in full Ilex . at the Southern. ‘‘1 know a blant for th«« nea«ou’i« run. The compa -.-ore or more of people in Mexico con ny han a larg«* force of men at work and siderably more than 100 years old and thu mill will I m * kept running coiiMtant- who give promise of living many years Iv day and night, a larg«* amount of ore vet. There is a limited urea in the being out rea«iy t<» I m * criiNhed. The mill State of Tamaulipas whose climate, haw a capai'ity of twenty-five to thirty water and general conditions seem e»|ie- Iona in twenty-four hour««. From re i inlly to conduce to longevity 1 visited unit* alr«*ady obfaine«l and the prertent the neiglilsirlt'xsl a few months ago and outlook, the company im nonitivc of a there saw live generations of one name MUCI’ertHful HlrtMilll’M O|M*r«ltioriN. It IH living in the same house. The oldest predi« ted by many that this aummer’ii male was said to Is» 132 years old. He work will I m * the meaiiH of fully develop is shriveled and weazened, blind and al ing the wealth of the Santiam mines most dumb, but mother respect» all of and proving tfiin to I m * out* of th«* richest his vital functions appear to be strong mining district« in the Northwest. ami normal. There are |»*rhap» 59 peo William Eaton, for many year«* a reai- ple in the neighborhuod whose Ilves They are a dent oi J ack«1011 ville, met with a fatal have »panned a century. a**« ident Fri«lay. He waw Hawing a log pa«t"ral people of Spanish and Aztec iil.si.l, and for generations have inter on Ja«*kMon creek and when it waw waw- ed nfl* the log jurn|M*«i in Home way and married contrary to all of the accepted Their consti stru< k and « uught his 1' leg j against a law« of consanguinity. stump, tearing the llcrth * ‘ olT from the tutions are not particularly robust, and knee to the ankh*. H im son, a small nolle of them is over 5 feel 6 inches tall. kle. Hii« boy wa*» present, and ami wrapped the They are cut off from the rest of the wound up a*« b«*Mt h«- <*oiil<l and went for world, ami are ignorant as to the great aMaiHtan<*e The wound bled mo pro |sqmlation of the globe, nor do they fusely that befor«» aHHiHlance arrived, seem to have the »lightest conception as which whm but a short time, th«» unfor- to the mode of life of other people. tunate man w am too far gone to I m * nave<l. They live in the most primitive way, He expire«l in lens than an hour after and perhaps it is tills absence of the the a« « ident. He wax an honest, indus tremendous pressure of modern civilize* trious ami well re»|»eetr«l citizen and lion that largely conduces to their leaves a larg«* family with small tman« marvelous longevity.” of sup|M«rt. Wouldn’t Cheat the Railroad. A Cióte Call 40 aeree fruit land, unimprorcM. miles from town an c«junty rond; I earth : balance in li ♦200; terms yearn. One acre on sixth at. three l l.a-ka fruì depot; ridewalked and containing ‘ill bearing fruit trees; for #000. $1,200.—116 acre*; 7 miles fron» Grant Pass on Hogue Hiver; county road ani railroad; 70 acre* of tilled und cultivât able land ; balance splendid grape land small house anil g’Mxl barn ; terms < ♦500 |s*r acre —lliO aeres oí gissi level fruit land ; 3 mile« from town on county road; term* ’.t « ;i*h ; balance on long) time and low IntmM. Rail Road Istmia, consisting oí timbea fruit and agricultural land in large 'M amali trai ta at price« ranging from fl'» t > 110.00 per acre on 10 year» time. Alati several rich placer claim» will valuable ami permanent water rigli together with delined ledge* of (’hroii Copper, Iron, Aabeetoa, Gold, Hilv< ete, etc. Our Future In 1884 Grants Pass contained but single habitation; today it has 2,50 Yesterday a well dressed, reapeetabla happy, prosperous people, with ever: Mr. J. P. Blaize, an eiten»ive real appearing man enter«! the ticket office indication of its population doubling i; palate dealer in this city, narrowly es ot the Union Pacific and asked what caped one ol the severest attacks of was tin* i*<ist of a ticket from IS hitman the Dext two yeata. Grants Pass unliki pneumonia while in the northern part to the Dalles, lie was told 50. 11» most cities of the Pacific Northwest, i of the state «luring the recent blizzard. then laid that amount on the counter Mr. Blaize ha«l occasion to drive several and said that i ighl years ago he beat I not dependent upon a xmgle in.lustr miles during the storm and was so thor hi« way from Wnitman to the Dalle» in for sup|">rt and it i» xiirroiin led ny 1 oughly chilled that he was unable to one of th» cornpHiiy’» Ixix cars, and get warm, and inside of an hour after thai this fact has been a burden on hi» fruit region equal in area and |>rixlitctivi hia return h«* threatened with a eon•**ien<e ever since and he now wish capacity t<> that of the tamuiix Santa -♦•vuru case of pneumonia, or Inna fever. ed to |niy tor his ride and ease his mind. Mr. Pdai/.c sent to the nearest drug The astoni-hcl clerk asked the man Clara Valley of California, a gold, silve^ store aiul got a brttle of ( hamIw-rlaii!’s what his name wa-, but Im refused ta | and cupper region equal in extent ami ( Vmgh Remedy, of which he had *fken tell nnd declined a receipt for the* heard, ami took a iiuiii I mt of large «lows money. It is «atisfaction to know that ' tml wealth to that of Montana, a farm- He Mays th** etfe* t a as a olid* rful and there is one man ill the Northwest who | mg region equal to all future wants, and that in a short time he was breathing lift« a con-' ietiee. even if it <lld take him i quite easily He kept on taking th« eight year» to develop it. Aa none of • last but not least the finest and largest medicine ami next «lay was able to come the clerk» in the otli, «* had ever heard to l>**s Moines. Mr. Blai/c regards his of siicli a case before tliey did not knew ■ Ixxiv of sugar pine timber on the Pacific cure a** simply wonderful and saya he what to do with the money. Corpora- ' i.'ouxt. With such a diversity of re- a ill never travel again without a bottle lion» having no <*onttcience» of course ; of ( hamberlain'a (krugli Remedy.— /’*•' have no aetvunt for a conscience fund,! sources as 1 his, cmpl' d witli a magnifi Gies Mollies Iowa, Salurthiy llrtritv. 60 and as no one ever expects to hear of cent water power at our very door, we cent bottles for sale by Mrs. (’. M Stone another case like this it was not thought worth while to open »itch an a<-count ! ! claim that there can lie no question Irruggist. Passenger Agent Hurlburt was wild alxxit the (uture of the Midland city. I when he learned that the man l>«d been Property is cheaper to lay in Grante allowed to get away He said he would Noti.-e the Han Francisco HeHrtin'a sd have given ♦I'klt for a photograph ot . I' m . I mwo .► >■ ■■■ mi» Cl».» ui vuu iiaii m- in another part of tills paper, i lie /«<n- ntm to nang up in the otlic«'. and 11 he frtta has an irnmenxe • 1 r< illation amongst could get a suit of clothe» beioaging to sise in the state. But it won’t remain so the very best da«« of people »nd gives the man hw would have them stuffed long, a« we are on the eve of one of the all the He»« of the coast and of the and i>lac«*<l in a glass ca»<* and aent to world. As it leaves San Francisco in the gaaaral office in Omaha. It i» autr greatest mineral booms the Pacifle ' ow-t the evening, just after being prinUsI, it ts'srd that the stranger has been attend lias ever experienced. gives naw« nearly a day later than any ing the B. F«y Mill» meeting, and has Write for circular», papera ami partictP other Ban irami- o paper. The Cm a- experienced a change of the beart. If ir.a and 11'.»«/// //.d/etis f,ne year fur 11 25, everybody in the Northwest who has ■Ian. Is-aten any anv oneo.it one out of money sh should be beaian •V hat’s the u*e ot going anywhere ele taken thia way there would he a great in this when you «an get anything you want at leal ot money changing hand, ««lion.— I /rryaawa. Kremer’s <Jrug store. • J. T. FLYNN, & CO., Th« Col « imm Mini *. F. Weekly (’all one year for $2.76» Road .art» and bird cages chvft|x»r than anyUaly al Hiierer A Jn.i«on's I GRANTS PASS. OR.