Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, January 13, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNitori An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon VOL. XIV Gaiter luma Min-rs tn general are kicking on ount of the ecarvity of even wafer. TheGalice creek bridge will soon _ planke>l thereby d ungawav with 'coon ng” it J JENRV 1. BENSON, tiri dine y at law . I’rac'ic»- 10 all Co-irt-^ol the -»l ite (itticiover First National Bank, G rant s P ahs , • G reoos A rthur p harth , D K'TOR OF DENftl. "L’RGERY, Otile over I irsi N 'ional Bank, I hr lalice PrdrQCI'ihi« a thing of 1 he imsi , the ni.-niorre d'e igit-eing on »oas» pointe. ihe min -r who recently sent for a ' l»ior man's platter" it is hoped got re lief. .»» a porous was sent him G-.r ot our miners complain- of having »urpiu» 01 skunk- about bis premises, bringing a sample wrapped in hi» cloth lug last week. It was observed that 1898 came in O regon . ra her srnol for a stranger but will war in ip b-fore the June election Candidate« , wit al»okeep tbe trails warm while in terviewing the ‘ dear voters.” VIA THE ---- The contract for carrying the mail irom Merlin to thispla e was let tor$189. Stmsta Route ' or. e imes per week, to the pr. sent car — ui u$e — rier, W. A. Massie of Merlin Some es- I'liste that it was worth no less than $L!H) 00. Ext» re»« I ram» Leave Purtlaud Dails « rant ’ s P ass , EAST and SOL’ill Southern Facitic Company souili. I 6 (Hl P. M m :O6 1. m , Lv at . NO. 10 GIANT'S PAM. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 1898. ■ i.iind raiíi» 1’ äm « an r ran t o AT. LV. LV. North 9 30 a , 7:30 i . m , ö.oor. Christopher Columbus Tayior, the re- tired M. D contemplates opening a half way house b- iweeii Merlin anil Gaai-e foi the accomodation of the public, and 'Hlusell. No loud talking will be tolera- «1. tlalsey. Harn- City, r.ugem all s'allou- iron ox.n «nd dug» were mentioned we being fit ot unfit From personal experience it has been observed ih«t mule, »re more liable to fit» «nd they should be used A mule will live longer on hop» of get ting a square meal than a hob'. and can do more kicking when uncalled for than a de eated candidate for marshal of Granta Paw Give • mule a goo-1 cuss ing ai Skaguav and point him north end he aid go through to Lake Burnett without even »topping to bray. A mule when determined to get a move on him gel» tbe.e with four feet, and a pack— sometimes. X R ay I PREPARE FOR A RUSH. I From a verv reliable source we are in formed that the Trans Continental Rail way Companies are making extensive preparations to transport from 150.000 to 200,000 passengers from east of the Roi-ky mountains to the Pacific com 1 in the spring and during next snininer. The center of attraction to these thous ands of people is the Klondike country, beeauseof lie fabulous stories of wealth in the frozen gold fields of the far north, which have permeated the parlor and the cabin in every listrict in the Middle, Eastern and Southern states. One of the leading business houses of this citv received a letter from New York, from a protuine it business man of that state, in which the writer said that the rush to the Pacific coast was inevit able, and thousands from that state The Country School Teacher The requirements of a country school t- aeher are not numerous She must be a primary. Intermediate, grammar grade «nd high school teacher combined -be must lie able to build fires, adjust fallen stovepipe, put in window panes, sweep. Ju-t, split kindling, drive a horse, keep osi of tbe neighborhood quarrels, know how and when to whip a bad boy,under stand the echoo' law», raise money for libraries, keep all records, plant trees on Arbor day, be of good moral character «nd pass examination in all branches of education For these accomplishments she receives $30 per month Think of a girl getting that much! Out of thia »be pays her board, buys her clothes attends a summer school, buys educational pa pers and books, attend» county conven tion« and bu>» pencils for the pupils. _____________ What is left »its _____ adds _ to _________ her bank __ ac- count, or starts a bank if she prefers, — Unless something is done to reduce the WRITING MATERIAL r M. CLEMENS PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. BIG RED Earliest and Latest Keeper*. < Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works (INCORPORATED >ome new varieties of Apple l’ear. Prune, and Plum. AD.charie and Nut Tree-.. I take special care to have the tree- healthy and irue to name. ! MANUFACTURERS OF -Hydraulic Pipe BERR1E3 OP ALL KiîîD3- Jackson County Note». Chaa Graff of Granta Pass, made Ash land a visit last week. The Normal reopened the 3rd with a number of new students George Slot er of Grants Pass, visiting in Ashland last week. was The cit) of Ashland received a carload of sewer pipe from Portland last week licit. Henry Klippel of Medford, in* tends going to tlie Klondike in the spring. Crit Tolman has gone to Alaska via San Francisco. Crit seems to like the frozen north. Mr and Mrs G F. Billings of Ashland have returned from San Francisco where they bad bsen on a visit. Mrs. W. W. Keutnor of Ashland, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Burkhalter, of Oakland. California. 1 : Courier Clubbing Liat. Judge Crowell, oar great county judge, ha» I m « t to Salem before the elate board of equalization and made one of hit char ai-terietie speeches in which be asked r.ie loard to not reduce Jackeon county's aseevs merit. Judge Hanna last wook decided that the county clerk muet file paper« at t* « minimum fee. Thia waa in accordance witli a mandamus »uit brought by Colvig A Reauiee agaiaet Geo. Jackson, the county clerk. T. W. Bryant, populist of Aahland. wrote J. C. Cooper, chairman of the Union party alate committee, that he did not care to aaaociate politically with Coo tier. Pennover, Mitchell nor Thomp son of the union party foreen. To new subM-riben, or to old subscriber» paying up all arrearages and one year in ad vance, we offer the following clubbing ratea: This means invariably cash in advance Pub. With Price Courier Latiies' Home Journul, 11.00 $2.W) McClure’u Magazine, 1.00 2.00 Overland Monthly, 1.00 2.00 Cosmopolitan, - l.(Ml 2.00 1.5Ü 2.00 Weekly Examiner, WtaAkly GrAirnnian, - 1.50 2.00 2.00 N.Y World, (thrice a week) Mining and »Scientific PreM( 3.00 3.00 Record’s "Klondike Book,” 1.60 200 How Whitman Saved Oregon 1.60 2.00 4 U0 4.00 Harper's Magazine, 4.00 4.15 Harper's Weekly, Harper’s Bazar, 4.00 4.26 1.00 2.00 The city of Aahland makes a good Harper’s Round Table, • showing in her financial report for Literature. .... 4.00 4.60 We can save you money on any publica the year ending December 31, 1887. tion. Let us bear from you. Total receipts frotu all sources 11 4,426.13 He te a Mu.-hlWanted -Crook. ' Expenditures $12,437.50, leaving a bal ance in the treasury of $1,989.63. Frank Youmans, formerly of Ashland, The city of Ashland has taken up the whose last escapades were reported in a tramp queetion. The council ordered recent issue of tbe Tidings seems to ba badly wanted in Chicagoan well as in Minneapolis and Portland. Chief of Police Barry of Portland is in receipt of a letter from the Minneapolis police department advising him that an officer is enrou'e fur Fortlaud to get possession, if possible, of Frank Youmans, wanted there for tbe larceny of a bicycle from the Globe building The latter adds that Youtugne is designated as a danger ous and expert croek. As has already been reported Youmans was arrested in l*ortland about two weeks ago for stealing an overcoat from a Sixth street bowling alley, and be and hie pal, Henry Morgan, Alias Welsh, also hailiag from Minneapolis, are now in the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury in the overcoat theft. As there ap|>ears to be little doubt of the eventual indictment and conviction ot die two crooks, the Minnesota and Illinois authorities are not likely to get a "whack” at them till they have dono penance for their Oregon crimes —Tid ings. )LD ! Gold ! hard to get and heavy to hold, has been an attractive element to mankind from the earliest dawn of his existence, and that it has lost none of its at tractiveness is evidenced by the uni versal eagerness to find the hidden treasures. The world's mining industry taken on a new impetus during past year—Klondike is the rage— but why need men take a trip so hazardous into a country where winter is almost in the bosom of summer, ana where hardships and suffering are among the principal resources of the land ? Miners, while you are seeking your fortunes irom the depths of Mother Earth,turn your attention to that region which is destined to be one of the leading sections for prof itable mining yet known, to that section having an Italian climate of sunshine and showers, to that sec tion where the swiftly flowing streams may become the power which will run the machinery of the many quartz ledges still to be developed. That section is Southern Oregon, in the center of which is the beautiful and thriving city of Grants Pass, with its popu lation of 3000 souls. Her-, is the place where you can make a beauti ful home, breathe the pure atmos phere. have the advantage of good schools, enjoy excellent church privileges, eat of the best fruit grown, and all of this in the center of wealth, undeveloped and undts covered, though awaiting the many hands and the capital to reveal it to the world. Grants Pass is the nat ural center of this section in which there are mines, both placer and quartz, in every direction. The placer mines the past year have Circles represent five mile limits. yielded between $250,000 and $400- 000 and they are not exhausted by any means. While men are turning their attention to quartz mining they have not slackened in the least their work in the placers. On the contrary, more work is done in this particular feature of mining than has been done for years past. Mining is not the only feature of this country's wealth—besides there is the lumber manufacturing industry which turns out from the surrounding forests of fir, yellow pine and sugar pine to the amount of 15.000,000 feet per year. Of this luntlter many thousand fruit boxes are manufactured for the fruit growers of Southern Oregon and California, also sashes, doors, mouldings etc., which are xhipjted to California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizo na and Utah. This country last year produced an abundant crop of (teaches, [tears and apples. Peaches and pears did not bring the prices the quality of the fruit demanded on account of the abundance of fruit elsewltere. Apples grown here are of an excellent quality and flavor, and they are in demand wherever they have Iteen tried. The horticulturist finds here the climate and soil peculiarly adapted to the production of fruit and when the people learn to take care of it at home by canning and evaporating iustead of competing with those growers who have a home market, then there is money in this industry, notwithstanding its being in infancy, .Josephine county is not a farming country in the sense that large supplies are produced, yet there is sufficient tillable land within the comity from which the jtopulation could lie supplied, were the proper attention given this line of industry. Klondike may have its fields of gold, but tilts coun'ry is the place for gold, for the luxuries and necessaries of life,and a good place among good |>eople to build up and make a home. Traveler.come and investigate tbe natural advantages yet undeveloped. Rainfall about 28 inches yearly. Temperature ranges from 20 to 50 above tn the winter and rarely goes Itelow 15 degrees above zero. All kinds of Yellow Apples disposition can be found everywhere ex- rept In paradise. ’Tis right to advertise when the truth is told, ami the peo- p e should tell it. JOSEPHINE COUNTY Galiee boasts of more families titan prooauly eV. r l ei re but early in itie spring the majority of them will move -way to allow the children to attend Kuseburg Mail Udily evhool. rCk --------- I here are nine women and 17 at . 1 4:30 r. m H;30 a . m LV. Portland »V. 1 !2:50r. 12.2.1 r. m . LV. Albany ciiiltiren her« at present, the heads of wages, school teachers will have a mo > _*■ • r. M . Ar. Ro>eburg «V. 7 :3U a . V tin lamilies being engaged in mining | nopoly of ______________ wealth of the ______ country ___ an-l we OiNliMG -Alt.- UAi iJüDtN auUlt. A irieud or toe, evidently thinking that »hall find in our midst a lat>or organiza Pullman ciulfei Sieepet I icquired some one io build fire# thexe tion which will menace our free institu — and — cold mornings and place buttons where tions and enslave our taxpaye r.—Pri S econd ass üleéping C a .. ehingi« nails now repose, sen*, me a copy mary Education. All..* i > - • > uh tiiioit^li tram» 01 ( upid’.> Columns pubht-hwd in M*n* In Olden Times E g »uri. et particulars inquire of J. • lesota A raieiul perusal 01 the paper convinced me that 1 could stand the cold People overlooked the importance of • a . Pu» »»in ' <nta I’a-’M. and Shing e nails for some time, as permanently beneficial effects and were West Side Oivisijn among the long list of fair ones for sale satisfied with transient action ; but now Mill IK 11 » I- » I I.V I A' :. I I -I ■ l'Aï. here was but Hi tie dough, something a that it is generally known that Syrup of ; . st. i i.v. Portland Ar. 5:50r. m I2.if>r. m . : Ar. I'orvallt i.U’i.n poor cuss Kneads even in (ialice. tigs will permanently overcame habitual Theie has been quite a controversy constipation, well informed people will At Albani and Curvai.:» -.uiiiect win rain-"1 Or en.ral A Ha-lern Ry. between sailors, soldiers, miners, govern 1 o', buy oilier laxatives, which act lor a ■XraBM TRAIN HAIM tZXl ZFT »CNDAY.I KntHnsxllc I»I1V ment officials and others as to what par- . ! tim* time, but finally tniiiPA injure thaavalruq the system ucular animal ie fit to carry protieions the genuine, made by the California Fig lu the Dawson mines. Reindeer,horses, ■ Syrup Co Dire.-t t-'inn-i- -'-n a> an -ruiu-si--' ■ Illi O<-<-i<ie-iin an.i Oriental an t Paeiti- Mail »ii'aiilHliip Hue« for Al AN ANI> CHIN A. Sailing dales on application Rat»*?- and lickHts to Eastern point* and Europe Also I \I‘\N CHINA ‘if IIONOLUIJ ami tUS.Rtl.lA. Can be obtained Irom I H Purdom Grants i Pass. I H markiiam P. F. A P. Agi. R. KOEHLER, Portanti. Or Manager N. E. McQrsw 200,000 People Coming Went in the Spring and Summer. ter. but valuable for production with it. Klondike may boast ot its gold, but it can offer no inducements to its inttni- grame to settle down ami make a home, iliose who go there do »0 with the hope of finding wealth, but to return to their native land. No man will go to tA.it country to remain, goid or no gold, hut whea they come to this couutry they come to a place of suiishine, as well as of tain, of a climate Klondike know» not of, to a place where many of them will be satisfied to settle down and make a aume, when they have lived here long enough to realize what Southern Oregon 1«. Is it not to the intere-t of the people living in Southern Oregon and to tiie in terest of those who mav Im ate on the emst that we advertise the honest mer its of lliis country? AVe do not believe in Httcb an advertisement that would bring hundreds of peop!-- here who would ezpect to rind employment at which thev could make money now. but that class who seek mines to develop in a country where there s a desirable cli A consunip» tive hopes and hopes, but a time cornea when I f ope ends, and the black shadow of despair forecasts the coming of death. Thou sands of doc tor* Ray that consumption ia incurable Thousands of consumptives believe that there is ‘^nothing much the trouble and that there Is no need to bother with medicine.” Both are WTong. Consumption is the most deadly of diseases but it is distinctly curable. It haa its Inception, like all other wasting dis eases, In disorders of the digestive organs and the first step towards its cure must be the relief of these disorders. Ninety eight per cent, of all cases of con sumption are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medteal Discovery. Thousands of con sumptives have testified to their comple'e and permanent recovery through its use, after they were given up by the doctors and all hope was gone. It corrects all disorders of the digestion, makes assimilation M I fills the blood with the life-giving elements that build up new. firm and healthy tissues, and acting directly upon the lungs drives out all dlseiabc germ«. It ia a specific for all lingering, bronchial, throat and lung affections. “I have been troubled with indigestion and dyspepsia" writes Geo H. Sluter Esq. of Yatea City, Knox Co., Ills., “for the taM two years. I got a Ixittleof your ‘Golden Medical Discovery• and took it as you directed. It did meso nm< h good I am gobi# tn get ,im-th< - ike it. It ia th« best medicine in the world for those who have stomach trouble. I have rvcotumenaed it to aertrai already." The best medical book ever published in any language is Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. Over 68n noo copies of this book have been sold for |i so each. It contains t.oofi pages and vx> illustration«. It gives suggestions for treatment of all ail ments There are also prescriptions. This valuable book, in paper binding?may now be had frkr for the asking Send 91 one- cent stamps to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Buffalo, N. Y . to pay the cost of mailing on/y If fine cloth bind ing is desired, send 10 cento extra, 31 cento REVERSE SIDE OF LETTER HEAD. All Kinds of Machinery for Mining Purposes. £9"»Tree« inspected every year, iiruer- by nsil will receive prompt attention. J. T. TAYLOR, Bridge Wotk. Bolts, Rods, Iron Shutters, Cells, Window Guards, Doors, and paoPRlETOs L D. Fay à Sons’ Cast Iron Structure Work CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED E TIM ATES FURNISHED ............ Portland, Oregon. ? Headquarter- for New Rigs, Safe and Fast Teams. Commercial Travelers given spec ial atienrion M. CHILES DEALER IN OR .NTS PASS, OR Horses >os'del at reason»'*- rat»» Staple <L Fancy Groceries FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF .iH fHrtRN Hardware, Tinware, Tableware Every article sold warranted as represented. tn exchange Farm Produce taken nKEf'dlN 550,000 0 toiUl Stock The Cheapest Place for... >n T< lie I would reach til* coast, some aero»» the con'inent and others around Gape Horn. There is no qu-stion but what the rail road companies are going to be taxed to their fullest capacity, bill it will be im- l»>e-ible for the eteainship fut ilities ply Ing on the coast wi'hin the next six months to convev that arritv of people to Klondike, provided that be their desired destination ft may bethat there are milliotiaof in the extensive undeveloped re. of unknown Alaska, but when that is said comparatively all is told and nvis»/ of tbe thoii»an l» wh 1 are look I mg in that direction will be disappoint j ed in reaching there this season, ami consequently, some of them will return t > their,homes, but many of them will -eek homes and investments on the coast in Oregon ^California and Washing ton. Many of those who will reach Klon dike would have no de»ire to go there if tt-ey knew about the gold fields of Ore god There is room in the great state of Oregon for many limes the lOt.OOO or 20H.OO) people who will come West, ami still have plenty of room left. Many of tbess thousands will 'find their wey to Southern Oregon, many of them with ■toney to inveo1, and where can they find afield more prospective for millions ot gold than in Josephine and Jackson coontiee? The gold is here in immense quantities. Much has been take,, out, though only from the surface, so to speak, but a ben Capital demons rates, which it most ilo sooner or later, that this is a very rich stx>t. then those who have looked euepietouely n|»m the min ing induetry will be amazed at their lack of faith. The writer of this article knows of no mining country so favored with other R->(ue river advantages an this section has an abondance of water that can be utilized by capital to ron hundreds of placer mines that have never been lose tied .the year round, beaidee furnish ing plowly of water to irrigate the tbooe- ende of arree of arid land ia Southern Orogoo, wbkb are worth lees without wa Iron and Steel Implements' •»peri»I Atte » ic-r», ¡»»uur OF ALL KINDS l • nt 0’1, Paint and Glass. F. H. SCHMIDT. Corner Sixth »nd I -«eu. •nate in which to live. I' would b» of no vain« to the country nor to immigran » to have hundred« of men to locate am mg 11« wh-> have nothing and who are dependent upon each day'« labor for »up|x>rt.neither would it he proB ible to such men to go to «country where there are no riten live manufacturing indestriee to furnish labor. Thi» country weeds capital to develop the mines and to furnish the water sup ply for irrigation, making it |»i»«ible for many to find homes The C oi - rik R be lieve» in an honest advertisement and to thia end we suggest. »" a cheep medium of advertisement that limine», men and other» use envelope» and letter heads on th« track of which is an advertisement ■uch a», or aimilar to the one above. Ther« are many wav« in which the merit« of Southern Oregon mav be shown to a good advantage without ex aggeration or without any great expense. We realize that there are tnen In thia conn try who are pessimistic ami will centure us for Having a good word for the country, but men of thia nature and WANAMAKEB & BROWN’S CLOTHING The Jacksonville poet office ¡«sued money order* during the month of De- c ember to the amount of |3O21. that all able bo-lied tramp* found beg- gmg about the city he required to do 2 hour* work for the city, and than given M ìwh Minnie ('ohnan of »Medford, ami I a gaod meal, but if thev refused to work, Attorney W. fl I’arkvr of that city, vi». I then to lie made to leave 'he city or put Thia 1» a good idea jted relative« in Grant* Pana during the under arrest holiday*. Something to Know ChM ( hitwood of Aahland, haw gone 1 It may he worth something to know lie will acri lo Roseburg to repidn " '1,1 J that the very beetmedi-me for restoring a position from the Hamilton Dray - | the tired out nervous system to a healthy company of that place vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine I*ro(. Day Parker, principili of th* 1» purely vegetable, acts by giving South Ashland public school, delivered a tone to the nerve centres in the stomach lecture last rmnday afternoon before the gently Stimulate» the liver and kidneys, »Normal students, subject: “Tbt Model end aides these organs in throwing off Young Man.” impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters G. W Crow Ron of Ashland,who some- improves the appetite, aids digestion time ago went to Minneajiolil, ha» re- ami is pronounced by those who have turned. He reports that Oregon dried tried it as tbe very beet blood purifier fruit stantia in advance of California fruit and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or $1.00 per bottle at tV. F. Kremer's in the Minnea|H>liR market 2 Partiee in Medford are reported hav Drug -tore. ing disturbed Halvatien Army meetings To Cure « Cold In Ona Day Arreeta have been made and the disturb* Take l.aviltve Bromo Quinine Tablets era will he inaile to pay the penalty, pro* All lUiiggiHta refund Ilia money if it fail» to Cure. 25,-enta. v’ded all of them can He found. 1» noted all over this couutry for the superiority of Style and Finish. Customers say it < < < WEARS BEST PLEASES MOST COSTS LEAST Men's All-Wool Suit» from $7 AO up EXPRESS PAID. Y.u are ................ cordially ........... invited to call and Nee £ amflbb at the k WANAMAKER A BROWN AQENCY. Front St. k Grant« Pa«s, 0^^ Dressmaking For up-to date Dressmaking ladies should call on ^WLO-™'KE^^ QLARTZand PLACER MINES ^£C0H CLIMATE I ^SURPASSED Within 3 miles of the city of The temperature at Grants Pass Grants Pass, and extend in ranges ftom ao to 50 above 1897 all dnections; 150 giants in winter anti from 50 to , in operation, and new toodegrees in summer, Grant« Pass merchant« in quartz mills are The nights are 1897, received in gold dust over being erected. always cool. Mrs. C. A. Snow Front St. bet. 4th A 5th. Charges are reasonable and a perfect fit guaranteed. PHKBY- D'oto^rafer Opposite Court House GRANT'S PAW, ORE $300,000.00 Population 3,00c ft churche«; 4 newspaper«, 5 faeton One of the 5 hotel«, good school.«. BEST GRANTS PASS THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OhildroBi Pictures a Specialty.