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L. I. VOTAty O C. TERRELL. that they are honor bound, ot tan »rest of the magnate*. Tita reation that the county should redeem its own paper »wary 6o»nd, to win their client’s cas. Havrmvye. • did not want this govern- when the same may be done to advan PVBUHHBU 1VEBY fill IUD AY, regardle-s of Hie consequences, True eminent to interfere waa plain. Then tage This one fact, that county war laws are made to protect the innocent great augar plantation* in Cuba, worth *t rants are taken in payment ol taxes is and to bring the guilty to justice, and w» mill 01». were tieiug deatroyed and the evidently the reason why warrants are kditobs VXD rkoi-tiit roR». beilev» it is ths duty of an attorney to Spanish government ea. reeponaib'e, selling on the market at from 90 to 05 see to it that his client should have jus but if thia government abould interfere BATE» OF SIBDCHinivN : per cent of their par value. Tbs point tice, but we fail to see wherein a lawyer and a. knowledge the Cuban, a. belltg One Y ear, in advance, - |1 25 we wish to make is tliia: If this rule is under such obligations to his client ar »real* then the belligerent* would be re DL'HHAXT IOHSUS JUSTICE. Six Months, • • - - .<i5 will hold g-ed in county matters, why to beat the law that his client may go I ap->na.b!« for the low ot this property, Three Months. ... .35 will it not hold good in the city. City free. Durrant's case affords a fair sam an-i they thought there would I m no hop» Theodore Durrant through bi« attor warrants at the present time are selling Entered at tbe poM office at («rants I’a.*.* Oregon, a.A second-clae* mail matter. at <> cents on the dollar and if a change ney« ha* won another victory, and jua pie ot such, but to the credit of the pro Ol their obtaining indemnity from thia ol this kind could be effected, we believe tic« lia« again been delayed. Superior feesion, there are lawyers who a ou Id «jure«. Now with a bankrupt Spam.h T hursday , N ovembib is , 1897. that city paper would at once advance to Judge Bahr« of San Francisco, reeen- shrink from such a cou-ee. government Haverneyera have corn, to the- OiK lusion that their intereata inCuba '.Hi cents on the dollar if not ,o I*‘0 cents. fenced Durrant to be hung on th« 12th Germany has tenta ship of war to would fare aa well under the belligerent The question is worth looking into and lietween suurtae and no«o, but hi« attor SPAIN AND CUBA. the 11 ay tian government to demand government, if not much better than un since no one who has the ¡interests of nev«, who ar« well paid from Hunt redress for the luulish iinunsonuient ol tbeeilv at heart can object to it, there sour- e, were on the alert to aa»e their In the editorial columns of the Cui a der the Spanish government, tienee tbe ilerr I-eudere. a German subject. While iek last week there appeared an article greatest money influence that actuated is no good reason why it can not be client'« neck from the gallows two of Durrant’« attorney«, on behalf ol from the pen of a gentleman in this city , t -e Cleveland administration ia not an November is the month in each year brought about in due time. the father, were atritggiing with th« on the situation between Spain and influence with McKinley’«. Die present when a meteoric display of more or le»<- Elsswhere in thia issue oar readers ' United State* circuit court in San Fran Cuba . We gladly published the article, administration ia deairoua of giving ¡"a brilliamy in Hie heavens may lie s-eii will find the city recorder’s semi annual cisco for a writ of habeaa corpus, hl« but as the sentiment it expre-ses is con gaata an Opportunity, which it aeeiue to Astronomers are giving it out tc the report for the date ending October 20tli. j other and leading attorney, Deuprev, trary to our v.ews on the final result of u« will only prolong the struggle public thia year that the present month Tbe ialand of Crete in Europe is not a wan before tbe «late supreme court the struggle between the mother country will Ire tome what of an exception to th. According to this report it does not ap which wax in aeakiou at Sacramento. and her daughter Of the West, we cannot ! uarallel case to the island of Cuba in j pear that the city is improving in its ordinary. In 1SO> there was a beautiful | Arnerica; the one ia surrounded by gov Mr fhruprey filed before this court an avoid saying a word. meteoric shower but it lasted only a lee linancial condition but on the contrary it seems to be running slightly behind, application for a certificate of probable It is inevitable that Cuba must sooner | ernmonts where riders believe in the minute* I notwithstanding the vigilance of our cause to stay t lie order of Judge Bahr«' or later be free amt independent of tile hereditary right of kings, anl the apirit The total catch of seals in the North mayor amt council to keep down ex- court fixing the day for the execution mother country, she will bo following in ot liberty and freedom cannot exert it- Pacific for this season lias lasti but I penses. We made mention in our last Thia war a piece of shrewdness on the the line of nearly every country on tl.e self under such influence, while the little over one half what it was last year, issue of the necessity of st reel lights of part of the attorney« that if one failed Western continent. ."pain has lost her I other has absorbed enough of the sur It fell to the dependencies on the continent one by roundings never te be satisfied with a , British and Canadian vessels taking some kind but we meant to cast no re the other might succeed lot of the alate supreme court to grant a one and i his last oue she is compelled to galling yoke. It all the Cubans are an flections upon the mayor ami council for nearly four limes as many as were taken by both the American ami Japanese we believe that they are doing every stay of execution on the flimsy techni give up by force of circumstances The affiliated and th» island «locked with verse s. The English government is thing in their /tower with the means at cality that Hie mandate of the United rank and tile :n|l uha are more intelli the peasant class of Spain they will in gelling the cream of the seal fisheries hand to keep op the city interests and States supreme court had not been filed gent than the like class in "pain,beside-, :ime catch the «pint at>d demand free- enterprise, and for this reason that at Ihe same tune keep down expenses. in the lower court. This makes the they are being led by men who have 1 -lorn. Therefore we say it is inevitable. government should bo the more deter This is the principle of a successful busi third time that Durrant came near both seen and tasted of freedom from mined in her efforts to preserve the herd ness man, to foster hie business but on death's door, and it is an old saying that the United Slates The Cuban leaders To Cure a Cold In One Day every hand to cut down expenses. A ' the third time is the charm, and the are actuated by a desire fo- liberty, and which otherwise will soon la- extinct. sewerage system for the city is one of I medical student wdl likely live a long this desire Spa n is unable to quench. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- There are al present on the government absolute necessities at the present time , time unless the clots confinement should Under Weyler every effort was made to lets. All Druggists refund the money if peuaiou roll nearly l.lG'l.OOO names. Tlo- but just how to got this and lit his, we impair Ins liealtii. do So by murder and by starvation, but it fails to Cure. 25c. Ex-Mayor Sutro, the millionaire, is still the spir.t of lilierty gained strength lift ia glowing Irom year to year ami it ar» unable just now to foresee without Have Your Grain. aeems that as the number of old soldiers adding to the already heavy burden. To looked upon by many as the one who in the face ot all tins, and to-day the in Few realize that each squirrel destroys decrease Hie number of pensioners in add more taxation is out of the question. puts up the money that is such an incen surgents are stronger than they hate fl 50 worth of grain annually. Wake crease. At th* present rat« of dm reuse II behooves every citizen of Grants I’ass live to Durrant's attorneys to st limn- over been. Their cause is more hopeful lee’s Squirrel and Gopher Exterminator a id plot and plan to aavs their client and inereaa« it will not be many veara to look well to her financial welfare. now than over, because Spain has piacli- is the most effective and economical pois Irom ths gallows regardless of what ef cally exhausted her sources of revenue, on known. Brice reduced to 30 cents. until old aoldiers will be few but pen- For sale by M. Clemens, sole agent. Civil service reform is destined to re fact it might have upon the future en a id the country is on the verge of a rev «¡oners many This is rapidly destroy ceive considerable attention from con forcement of law. If .Mr. Sutro is not ing Hie rightful purpose of III» law. olution within her own borders. It is The weekly Oiegoniari and Cot’BlKK which w..e meant at the beginning to gress at this session. There are a great putting up the money some one wuo has true that ihe bagastau government has one year for $2.0 > to paid up subscrib . rewaid service. The /tension's subject, 11 any congressmen who are opposed to plenty of it is promised reforms that ill themselves ers. ROGUE RIVER COURIER PRICE VOORII1ES, we know is a delieale one, and lie who dares w any thing not altogether favor able to it, is liable to bring down wrath upon bis head, but tills should not be. for a large majority of the citizens of the United States Itelieve tliat none too much is being paid to those who ought to have it, but there are thousands of dollars paid out to those who never 11* army service. The old soldiers see it, •nd it will become more apparent to th* lew of them who are permitted to live loug- t to see how gewerou» Uncle Saiff will bee me when those who hared their breast" are sleeping ailenlly in the bosom oi m--ther earth The sheriff who 1« tlu< collector of texes may take, or at least does lake a certain •mount of county warrants in payment ot luxes until the first of April when taxes become delinquent and at» there after paid in cash only. There is noth ing wrong tliat we can see in the sheriff's tak iiitf warrants blit on the contrary it Beetns both reasonable and right that C M. TERRELL. about as salisfactori as any, il th» civil seiv.co examinations could be applied t > those seeking employment iu the gov- eminent service. If the matter comes up in congress, and it undoubtedly will, there is going to be a lively time over its discussion._________________ the law on account of its building up an office bolding class, and it is reuorlrd that some of those now in the service at Washington, who consider themselves («rfectly secure, are bsgiuning to talk of a civil service pension law Tins will eyeutually be one of the evils of the law, f ir a man who lisa been in the govern meet service for a long time begins to feel that the country must subserve his interests instead of bin subserving the country’s interests. While there are objectionable features to the civil servie law a' it is now operated, there are none the less obje tionable features to the spoils system Under Hie latter, too many men are appointed to office solely because of service, in some maimer, ren dered their respective parties and not because of a peculiar fitness for the place ft is not a difficult matter to find objec lions to either system, but it would lie a difficult tank to formulate some plan without us having elijei-liouable features to it. We are inclined somewhat to the belief tliat the spoils system would oe It is the common opinion of nine- tenths d ths people w be know anything about this case that Durrant is guilty. The different courts of California said he is guilty; ths governor must have thought him guilty; aad the United States supreme court must have «liter lamed the same opinion, therefore lie must be guiltv of that atrocious crime Then if any man should forfeit Ins life thia man should, Judge Lynch's court is to bs abhorred, but the unnecessary delay of justice as seen in the Durrani case foateia such a so r ailed court, and will continue to do so until criminal«ar-, made to pay the penalty of the law’» violation withoat delay. Our laws, of which we boast se mach as being superior t > those of any other country, have gone beyond the funds menials to the complex, complicated and contradictory, lime enabling attor neve who ft el so disposed, and there are plenty of them, to find laws and prece dents to bolster up any kind of a case There are attorneys who seem to believe Would lure 'hi Cubans into submission, d it were not an old, old story. The ten years war in Cuba was brought to a close by promises iu every r--peel similar to those made now, tnrougi. the intlnonce of 1‘resideut Grant’s administration, but those prom iaes were soon broken and the island uifered more than ever. Tills the Cu ban leaders well know, and they know also that llie Spanish promise is some wliat like their politeness, it is only skill deep, while tbeir hypocrisy runs to j vhe bone. The great sugar kings, Havemeyers, ol the East are to the island of Cuba what Claus Spree kies is to the Hawaiian is lands. Spreekies is decidedly opposed to annexation because he thinks his in- I terests will be best subserved while th< islands are without the Union. The millionaires of the East were a powerful j influence on tliet leveland adnnnisirati n io prevent any interference on the pari ol tins government. Cleveland, as we know, looked well to every financial in- to VTHE "Give me a Ettlcrum ami a Lever and I will move the World,’ luit we i\, 'Give us llic Cash and we will keep it Moving || Beat «tiful T Go LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. aati.ti* 1 of tbe nature of the disease.and to be takeu to his or her p|MCe deme, or to auch place as H:e iel»>rt to the board of health every case health mat direct,an-l snih perron hi of death immediately after it shall have remain there until all danger from oecured. tagion has reased. Sxc. No 3. lt:«hall ““* dutv oi S k < No tJ Any pereon or p-rMJ0- even- householder in this city Io report yiolating any proviainns of thi, 1Jf^ in writing to the board of health imme- diately th*- name ol every person board- nance, or any rule or regulation itn,,^ upon them by the health corniuitt^ itg or lodging in hisorher house or livm. | shall lie deemed guilty of a mi8,|,. i|b ’ tbere.whoni be or she «hall have rtason and upon conviction thereof Mj,,, to beleive to be sivk w Hi any dangerous municipal court, shall be fined n -t or centageoua disease and to report any I than ten dollar« nor more than f 0, deaths occuring on such premises from bo imp is med ot:e day for esi h lwo any disease. dollar* of said tine. Src No. 4. It shall be and ia hereby Adoirted November 15th ' Ivr ' ■ • ilL« made the dutv of the owner or occupant fiorved November 1.5th. I897, of every liou-e, store, building or tene J Attent: J W. H oward , merit in tbe city, wherein any p -rson T hom an S mith , Auditor. Mcor may have any dangerous or contagcous disease or diseaics to give notice to the public immediately ol the existence of Mich disease by placing v flag one ford wide an-l on* anti one-hall feet .ong, in some conapicioua place on the premises NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Aa ordinance defining the duties of where it mav be seen by persons passing Discharges from the Ears Cured- the health committee and of person! at I on the street; «aid flag to be colored a- Land Office ai KuMeburg, Oregon J Headaches Ended-Strong and November 8, 1897. f ’ follows: For diptheria, green ; scarlet fe- ending • • ltageous ■ i eates. Healthy Sinco Taking Hood’s. Notice is hereby given that the follow I he city of Grants Pass ordains as fol ver, scarlet; »m«ll-/K>x, yeliow : and in “ My wife and daughter have be- 1 suck ing-named settler has filed notice of his : all other cases, white. And in case such benefited by Hood’a Sarsaparilla. It hu intention to make final proof in support lows S ec . N o . 1 That it sha 1 be the duty of his claim, and that said proof will be ' owner or oceupantjahall fail or neglect cured my daughter of discharge ¡roB made belore John G<xxlell, County clerk of the health committee to make regula to place such flag, as aforesaid, it is her ears brought on by scarlet fever. My of Josephine county, Oregon, at Gra«r’a lions to prevent the introduction and wife has found Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 Pass, Oregon, on December a 7, 1897, viz: spread of contagsoua disaa«es in th* I hereby the duty 0’ Ihe health committee great help at the critical period of her a« «0011 a." informed of th» existence of life.” W illiam P eabson , Louisville,Col. Laiayelie E. Sparhawk, on II. E. No. • ity, to establish a quarantine on any 7377, tor the SE*4 and lots 8 and such disease to cause a flag to be placed “Last winter and spring I was troubled house or h ouses, person or persons, or 9. sec. 21, tp. 3«j S, R, 6 West. tie names the following witnesses to to remove any person or persons afflicted as aforesaid, an-l such flag «ball remain with headache about two days every week prove nis continuous resilience upon ami with such disease to suitable hospitals : there until such person having such dis- and some of the time I was hardly able to cultivation of said land, viz: ease shall .lave so far recovered that no bo about. I was advised to take Hood’, Joseph Navhbailer. of Grants Pass; or a place provided by th« ci y for that 1 dakger by infection shall remain. Sarsaparilla and after takingthree bettlei August Meyer, of Grants Pa*»; Calvin purpose, to secure the protection of per the headaches ceased.” M rs . E mut S ec . No 5. No person having anv Wells, of Grants Pass, and Jerome B. sons and p-operty therein and to pro B ohl , Villa Park, Colorado. eontageous disease as enumerated in Benson, of (irants Pass, Oregon. vide for the health, cleanliness, orna- “ 1 was in delicate health but since tak R. M. V match , section No. 2 ol this ordinance, shall go ing Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1 am strong and ' merit, peace aid good order of the city Register S ec N o . 2 It shall be the duty of out in public or pass from house to house healthy. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the beat Everybody Say« Mo. ■ every physician in this city to report to or from building to building, or appear medicine for the blood I ever tried." Cabarets (and.v Cathartic, the most won in any street, alley or other public place Miss G ertie B loom , Russell Gulch, C o L derful medical discovery of the age. peas the board of health in writing ever, pa ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently 1 tient h* shall have laboring under Asiat in the city, until he or she shall have to ami positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, far rdcovered from such disease, to pre cleansing the entire svstz-m. dispel colds, ic cholera, small-pox variola, diph cure headache, fever, habitual constipation theria, scarlet fever, measles, typhoid clude all danger of infection, and it shall and bi lousneas Pleiwe buy and try a box ever, or other dangerous or contagious he the duty of tbe board of heal til to lathe Best in f-■ < theO of (,’. C. to-da.v; 10, 25. 50 cents. Boid and -, j. ivti cure II.IIISI ! le. ■.■-.tins, guaranteed to cure by ail druggists. I diseases immediately alter he shall be cause any peraon violating this section, Hood s Pills binée The Portland Telegram of October 5 lia« the following to «ay regarding tbe lecture and «tereopticon exhibition given by Miss Helen Kelleher: "A very inter en'ing entertainment was given under the patronage of the Oregon Camera Club last evening at the Methodiet church on Taylor street, before a large audience The feature of «pecial inter est was a series of «tereopticon views showing well known acenes in Califor nia. 1 toe close attention of the audience was enluted in the illustrated «ubje.ts by the well-timed remarks ol Miss Helen Kelleher, who gave a careful description of each of the valuable collection of views._______________ ANTED TKl’STWORTHY AND Al'- tive gentlemen or ladies to travel tor responsible, established house in Oregon. Monthly $»>■'> and expenses. Position steady Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. Y, Chicago._________ _______ _ Ordinance •>'<». 1JO. W After Scarlet Fever Hood’s spX & so CASH STORE.! School Children’s Contest “The Proof of Ihe Pudding is in the Ea ing WE BELIEVE IN CASH Items of interest tor close buyers who appreciate Bargains. Big Cash Store Note these 1st 2nd 3d To the scholar sending in the best written essay on the subject we will prevent in Gash $10 00 in Gold. To the scholar sending in the next best essay we will present a pair of shoes of his or her own selection. To the school whose tnetnlwr t ikis the tst prize wc will present the picture, "The Birth ot the Atnetiean b'lag tn .1 large gold leal frame, an htstoiicul and beautiful picture, ami now ou exhibition in our store l-.ssay limited to five hundred words and should not contain less than four hundred. Must lie original and written without outside assistance. Contest will dose December toth. All essays mu-t I* in by that date and must give name, address aud age of writer. A committee ot disinterested judges will pass upon them Ar. soon as essav s are received a record will lie kept of them, the name of the writer will ne removed ..nd they will be given a number, In this way the judges will not know the author ot any • essay. essay The contest is open to any and all attending the public schools of the county and we w ant vou all, 1. both Ixvth boys bov and girls, to enter this contest We reserve the right t<> publish any of the cssavs we mav select giving the name of the author These grand prizes are ccrtan.lv worth an effort now let u< hear from v 1 Addre" til "Communications," The Essay Man care ot R I, Coe Thomas Nc Co Grants Pas", Onc-nt P S —Call cr scud fur an outline ct the Subiect A new line of THE BIG CASH STORE R. L. COE. 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