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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1898)
A n l.NnrrtNnsNT P ai - kk , D kvu TKI) E scbcialia to tuk IsTKRKure or boituun O kxuon GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH to, VOL XIV. fía t McKinley < lut» Meeling. kc.»pper ore *«» far known to exist in the Hood's pills are purely vegetable, ami i<i V ri p»rld. Mat oi 9s* per cent [ - do not purge, pain or gripe I The Giants Pass Mi-Kinley Club hehl ATTORNEY AT LAW, l\r i* ¡»rodneed at this mine. gists 16c. a >| m cial jmeeting at thè councìì r«*oiiis l’ artices in all *laie»ud l-ederal Court- U i* a well-know n fa t that the gn at I last Friday evening, the inain busiaess The Opera Hon^e meat office over First National Bank. headquarter* lor the kind of ; l»etng the vl* vt«uu of otficer» for the en amount of interest taken in plsrer min* Onion sets at Bartlett's t.BAMT'a Fess. - - Onkoox i suing term. Ali er a tepori of thè action ingin Southern Oregon from its early want to gel—the beet. Baths at McGregor Bros of the meeting of the s:ate league at history, has retar«led the development Shorthand and ty «writing >hoes repaired at Hackett’s, pjENRY L. BENSON, I Portland by Delegate H . L. Benson, the of quars mining that would no donht be formed by W G Wright, rake your kod«k films to Pbebv. have taken place. The amount of cap Presi will !«»l'<»wing «»tlicers were elee U nì : attorney at law . reporter Thoae wishing t ital that ha.« develo|»ed quarts mines has Gold-dust cashed at Cramer Bros. • ient. H. 1». Benson; vice President, le $ve wort! with F. M* South Practice« in all Courts of the Bute. r L. Curon; secretary. Geo. Hart; treas I been nothing compared with what has EAGLE BICYCLE^ AT CRAMER BROS Office over First National Bank, i Henry Haman returned from San tawm inveeted in placer mining. Since It you want your hair cut to suit you, Frsnci*co Thursday night, hav ng «pent hirer, I. E. Dunbar; executive commil- I the downfall of silver iu 1893. practical G rant ' s P am , - O regon I ice, b W. Van Dyke, Frank Mee, Geo try McGiegor Bios Sixth St. four months there for medical treatment. I ii. “al kvr. ■ miners have turned their attention to Dr. J S. Moore, visited Portland last Mr llanian says the climate do» > not | gold ; Southern Oregon being prolific in ARTHUR P. HARTH, As the proposition had been advanced week, returning Monday morning. agree with him. and he had to return to the abundance o! the precious n»»»tid h-»« in some quarters of making the repre- DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY, H. B Miller is advertising for bide Southern Oregon. I sentation from the differeut precincts brought into thia section men of experi tor building a wagon road from Slate ence in quartz mining from other famous iltfi.e over First N tional Bank, Ben Rogers, who was for several vears equal in the coming county convention, creek, into Swede basin. luimn wa> introduced bv 1 >r Van mining districts of the country. These engaged in the bicycle business in a r< (>REO<N G ka NT’ b P ass , Jack Eads intends starting a and, after considerable discussion, men have spent time am! money in car«* I Grants Pass, writes to a friend in thi> Dy train from Selma int • the Oak Fiat place from Dvea, advising all his friend* I |»asHed, to th» effect that it is the senti- ful ex am'nation of our resource« as t«» gold, and pronounced them of a« groat a PERKINS, ing district, to run perhaps during the to remain in losephine county. He savs me meiit >t the club that the representation value, and with better conditions, than summer months that everything in Alaska is overdone ¡•Iron: I be ba-e.l as heretofore on the re anv go hl fields in the count iy. Al K«r- S. DEPUTY ptrolicaii vote at the last election. Sev and that there al*eady is ami will beany Siientf Hiatt adverustd that the tax MISER \L SURVEYOR. roil for 1897 is now in his hands, and amount of suffering all along the«liffer- eral members expressed themselves in ny, Oregon, there has recently been es tablished one of the finest and most taxes must be pai«l by April 1st, as at ent trails through that inhospitable iavoi <»f holding a meeting fur the nom complete assay offices north of San Fran < *BKUON llKAS'T» ination of candidates tola» voted for al that time the books will t»e closed ami country. the primaries in the three Granta Pass cisco. There are now companies being the delinquent roll made out. In last week’s issue of the Cot k ! ii we incorporated almost daily for developing 'pHOMAS SMITH. Fur Constipation take Karl’s Clover stated that County Clerk John < i»H»dell prevints.but no formal action was taken. «juartz mines. Among the largest oi Ruet Tea, the great BI o » hi Purifier, had been appointed deputy collector of Maharn n Minstrels. these stands preeminently the Pacific ures Headache, Nervousness, Eruptions UNDERTAKER, internal revenue for Alaska. Ihi* was Mahara’s mammoth minstrel troupe ( oast Gold Mining, MilLng and Devel on the fave, and makes the head clear as a mistake Mr. Goodell has been ap I »pened fur a five days’ engagement at opment Uompanv, with headquarters in 1 pointed deputy collector of customs «nd I i tie Metropolitan Theater last night to a (■rants Pass. Josephine county G hants ass regon a bell. Sold by W. F Kremer. This Taylor & Weidman have the contract will*be statione«! along tht coast near : <.ur »mi well pleased house. There are company has been formed to bond, buy, for building a two-story 10-room house the mouth of Cop|a*r river. It will be I ' avii ' v six colored people in the troupe, sell, lease, develop and equip gold min- on the corner of Fhli and 1) streets for his duty to ee that customs dues are I t weptv-five of whom appear in the first ’ in« properties. The active movera hav Hike Galvin. Work will be commenced promptly c »llected and that I’ncle Sam’s I ¡»art, which ir two third« of the entire ing spent much time and money,making immediately. laws are ola*ve<l. entertainment, it.« chorus singing is thorough examinations, have secure«! a ----- VIA THE ------ DOBERT G. SMITH. local t>appcnin00 •• ‘ a .1 H.c P , O HAST and SOUTH Prof. J . G. Goble is now located at Al re. Pigney’s, opposite Hie Josephine Hotel. Those wishing their eyes examined will please call, l’roi. Goble fits glasses on scientific principles with the aid ot the latest improved instruments. Glasses ground to order Lo fit each case, when necessary. Examination is tree of charge Route Shasta — of the — Southern Pacific Company Ex ores» Trains Leave Portland Daih »h. I K ri at . 9:30 a . v on p. ». lv Portland lv . Hrants Pass lv . 7 :30 r. m :05 i. a 8:00?. m : 40 A.M. at . San Fran'co lv . (* Where are you going, my pretty maid ’” “To the Carbon >tudio, sir,” she »aid. Ai»ove trains stop at all stations t»etween We are anxious to «lo a little good in Portland and baleiu, Turner, Marion, Jefferson. A1 banv. Cottage Grove Tangent, tliis world andean think of no j»lci«*anter Shedd.*, Halsey, Harrisburg, Junction City, or better way to do it than hv recom Eugene, Drain Oakland, and all station* mending Un« Minute ('«»ugh (’uro a* a from Roseburg, to Ashland inclusive. preventive of pneuiuunii, consumption Ruseburg Mail Daily and other serious lung troubles that S 30 » M LV. Portland ar. !2:50 p . m follow neglected colds.— W F. Kremer |Ui:2ÔF. M. Lv. Albany lv . 5.20 p . a. at . Roseburg ..v. 7 10 A. ■ Friday evening a large crowd gathered at the depot, to catch a glimpse ot Gen eral B«joth, the Salvationist who passed through enroute to Portland. As th«* tram stop|>e<l, ami the general appeared on the platform, he was greeted with cheers by the crowd. Th»* general n|»oke from 'he car platform for a few minute*, ami was listened to very attentively General Booth was accompanied by com inamier Booth fucker, Commissioner Alexander Ni b'»!, editor in chief • ?' a! WarCrv publication«, of I.ondon ;< 'un-1 Liw ley, Consul B othaml her seer ’ary. Brigadier Alice Lewis, Adjutant D vera private secretary to the general, ami En sign Fung, Fo«> Sec, a Chinese secretary DINING CARa ON OGDEN ROUTE. Pullman Buffet Sleepers — and — S econd C* ass I S leeping C ahs Altai lie . lo alt tluuugh trains Licorice Wafers ■ For further particulars inquire of J. 8. rdoiu, Grants Pass. -5c SACK West Side Divition MAIL TRAIN UA1LY F V Ml SUN HA ¥ JBD a .M. I LV. Burt I hi hi MBn»5p. m . at . (’orvallu at . 5:50p. > 1:05 P.M i.v. Al Albany and Corval.is connect witi Ua. n* oi ' 'r entral A La-tern Kj fcXrKENs IKM5 DAILY (BXCBFI 8VDDAY.) ai . « 25 a . m . a. , lv . Portland O:10>. m ai . McMinnvil • • ; At Clemens I < < FIRST NATIONAL 4 4 EA1TK 4 4 Wolff à Zwicker Iron Works MANUFACTURERS OF 4 4 SOUTHERN OREGON. -Hydraulic Pipe 4 4 4 4 4 4 $50,000. Ke« » I ve deposita subject to check or on Certificate payable on demand. fieli* *ight drafts on >ew York, San Fran «•beo. and Pof land. I fblegraphk transfers sold on all points in I Che Uniteci States. ?ial Attention given to Collections anC ral business of our customers. Ilection* mafie throughout Souther» >n, and on all accessible ¡»oints. D. FRY, President. ¡J. T TUFFS. Vice President. R. A. B ooth . («hier G, PH EBY Max Tein. 59 I . ... . . . 55 2.............. 3.. . . 52 5-t 4 .............. 5................. 51 ti ............... 57 49 8................. 49 9 .......... .. . 47 5G 0.. . . I ............... 50 2................. .. (»4 3 ......... (Jfi 4 ................. i fid 5 ................. 57 (>................... 4b 7......... 46 8. ........ 53 9................... 58 !0 ............... G9 q................... 47 ¡2.......... . «r>3 55 4................. 50 57 6*1 . . ... 58 63 '9 ¡0 ............... I ........... DATE — OF — à gant. comedy, pretty dancing, just enough end wit ai d punning, genteel behavior ami refined minsirelsy through out will njoy nio-t thoroughly an even ing at the Metropolitan this week.— Record Union, Thursday, Feb. 17ih Mahara’s Mins’rels will appeir at the •»¡»era house (tra it« Pa«* Friday, Mar« h II l'h kehi for -ale at Sugar Pine store. wing is a summary weather ub m ;d ijratns Pass during the of February, as reported by .J. B >, local Voluntary observer for «■n »'state Weather Service. I»ir»‘ct connection at San Francisco, with ■Mbidental and Oriental and Pacific Mail steamship lines for.I A PAN and CHINA, bailing date» on application, Kate« and tickets to Eastern point* ami Europe. Also JAPAN, ' HINA. HON OLI’LP and APSTR a LIA Can be ob tained from J. 8. Purdoni. Grants Pass. C. H. MARKHAM. R. KOEHLER. P. F. A I’. Art. Manager. Portland Or. Capital Stock, Druggist. ‘iipenor and very pleasing. There is oinparatievely little of “end man’’ work I though six capable end men ranged up Wltil Billv Young and Julius Green, very clever preformers, in the lead. What 1* uiiu-ii .1 i» the fact that these six «■mi m> n are all g-»«»d simzers, some oi them in sentimental s«mgs are especially z > d. The song method in the first part is new ; it give* ihe audience thrice the | number oi songs usual in a minstrel I an, and the tanviy is admirable, j «li uiiiig from th.1 comic, lo the pathetic The set mo I«» h I through all grad ¡atioii«. ar»- but four, but the appaiemlv inter I- .1 sol«»- ar • liiteen or more. Truth is, the Maharas give ns the liest minstrel show, musica ly. we have had here in years, because all are gotxi singers, and there is no effort o swell the front with one or two g«»od Voices and let chance take the rest Whoever relishes good ballad, solo, chorus and humorous songs in minstrel style, clever but not extrav- 4 All Kinds of Machinery for Mining Purposes. Bridge Woik. Bolts. Rods, Iron Shutters, Cells, Window Guards, Doors, and ù : M»an temperature, 15; j lem perni ure, 66, dates, Li iminum temperature. 24, fiate, r ripitation. 3.7 inches; total ' neh"* . number day« clear 4 . cloudy, 19; prevailing L.C. VAN EXXE Carbon Photo Sti idio Opp. Court House Min. Menn l‘re< •<ip Tein. Tern. inch he« ! 2ô 1-’ j 31 43 .21 1 34 : 43 0i 34 44 33 42 49 1 .27 1 42 40 44 i . 77 31 40 35 41 ' .12 ■ > 37 47 36 43 .03 4<> 55 45 55 54 43 43 1 50 32 1 39 24 55 «»/ 45 .30 44 j 48 1 62 31 ■ 39 1 ‘>7 40 i 45 35 43 . 2<J 34 45 33 49 46 , 9C I) &4 3T» 49 CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ESTIMATE' FURNISHED............... Is of Houtlifrn Oregon. Portland, Oregon All Work Finished in from Specialty of Regardless of Ohidrens i 3 to 6 Days, •J Photos J. M. CHILES the Weather. DEALER IN GRANT’S PASS, ORE RMS FOR THE KLONDIKE must be chosen with reached fr«mi I ÇjW» Staple & Fancy Groceries CAkt and ^DGDLNT •rt’* > ' - Every article gold warranted as represented. tn exchange. rirk. ami develop their own commnnity, than by •»♦■ndmg their money out oi the state. Fanri Produce t ken Arc SchiHing’s Pest baking prrwdef •nd« and flavorin« ritrartt •pKM as good as Sc hitting's Pesi The Cheapest Place for (*<»n«l<l?r - If t »i nui I«» « p th»- w* • of y»mr rlir it will »«»-. r»>. t*»«f»**.-». (Mly Marlin Repeaters ba«* «W.II4 T<*p«. « da- k . m . < 7T/; •H»« a-»at tl.* .1 ■BatH>fl Iron and Steel Implements OF ALL KINDS r I* inn, TiwTW'i T!T teef-r« <î. Oil. Paint and Gia** •in ropjip I. II. SCHMID! Cornar Bulb aod I Sírvela. certified that they Sers exteneiw and i'i< best body of II our thoiighi» ar. pur« and haruion- iou( it opeu» ourpirart» and brin^r u. in to communion with th« nource of all our strength. Ya a man fill» all hi. heart and mind with spiritual thought« sentiment A hoar«! Ship and deairea, «very cell iu hi« physical I he following extracts hip (nun imdy wdl loae it« old Ial>-econdition, and *onal letters, written by Charlton the true body will shine out with a new kins, yoeman on board the U S. S. M od lustre. lie will have higher aspirations, olnock. and show somewhat the senti more noble purposes, better headh and ment on board our men of*war: more energy bcienco teaches that we should think mx D ikuo , February 23, 1898. Everything is war, war on all aides of every one as good and pure, made in Jesus says judge not but I think it is mostly talk. There is God's likeness no doubt but that the Maine was blown according to appearance, but judge nt' hv an fnHmy (or. considering how righteously, and certainly this gives full the magazines are constructed, and the ness of joy, and growth in divin« wis- great caution that is taken with them, it dom Communications would be utterly impossible fur them to blow up; if there had been fire in the buukers, it would have been known long lief re it could have caused an ex- plosion. Our government is slow’ to act in this matter, and is being criticised by many, but it is best to go slow in declar ing war. We have orders not to allow any one t»elow the birth deck or near the maga zines, for (here are a great many Spau- tards here, and they are afraid there might be trouble There was a great crowd of visitors on board yesterday. We bad ¡he snip decorated m full dress in honor of the »lay, ami she looked very fine. "Then all the jarring notes of life Seem blending in a paalm. And all the angels of Ua strife Siow rounding into calm." tea? Yes and no ()ther coffet baking powder, and s« are not usually so bad other tea. Other spin s , flavoring extracts are ahnosl worse. M Mue oy Suffar Pine Door 4k Lum Co* -huiild not harfe>r a sentiment or an im pulse that is n«»t in barmoi -pirilua k ar I ff , nl ÍA Him* am discouraged. I expected to find thia a rough country. We intend to «».art over the trail in a few day«. It will voet me about $1000 to get uiy supplies through. 1 would not advise anyone to eoiue here lo go into buainess, or to work as everything is over done. February 25. We have decided not to go through for some time yet. 1 have reen several Grants Pass people here. I am supertendent over the trail for the British Telegraph Co., and Australian Transportalion Co. We have 1000 pounds of flour, and our general Vamping outfit as far as the summit, and 45000 pounJs of freight 12 miles from Skaguay. are de layed ¡on account of the piercing cold wind. The Hclentine F'.vplorat Ion of Alaska. "Then the ransomed of all the Lord a ill return, and com« to Zion with songs of everlasting joy ii|s>n tlieir heads; they -hall obtain jov and gladness, ami sor row and sighing shall flee away." a \. —■*- . There is more Catarrh iu this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years »as supposed to be incurable. For a great many v«ara doctors pronounc ed it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, arxl by conslaiitly fall We will leave here in a few »lavs for ing to cure with local treatment, pro the navy sard and will go into reserve, nounced it incurable. Science has prov and 1 «lo not know where we will l»e sent, en catarrh to be a constitutional disease but 1 am under the impression (hat we and therefore requires consiitutiona great many valuable claims. Being iiroii will be sent to the eastern side to com treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, Ilian oi prominence in the mining worl<! they uiHsion some of the new warships that ufactured by F. J. C'lietiey Co.,Toledo, are investing large sums of money and ar«-completed (here. I hope so, for I Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on are now actively engaged in developing want to go Fast. M desire to travel the market. It is tak. n internally in a group of five claims in Goldyke camp. ha* not left me and never will until I see doses from 10 drops to s tsaspoouful. It (Dear creek. 10 miles south of (¡rants *onie ut thi* world. acts directly on the bltssl ami mucous Pass. The prime mover of this enter 8 ar D ieuo , March 1, 1897. ■orfs.w» ef fhr system. They offer «100 prise, Mr. I). F. Stroberk, a man of 20 We have been drilling from morning tor any case it fail« to cure. Send for <»«lt! years experience in gold and silver to night (he last few «lays, ami drilling circulars ami testimonial*. Address ’ mining, is the president lie has large with signal* (or further orders, signal F .1. Cl IF. NY dt CO , Toledo, O. . holdings in the famous Kootenai district. with s»ronc steam whistle, ha id lan Sold by druggtsia, 75c. Hall's family l’llls are the heat. Ole J. olsen, the vice president, is ¡»rob terns, ardois ami search lights, that is to ably the best know ii cumm»-rcial traveler make «he crew familiar with them in Letter From Skaguay. on the Pacific C(.»ast, who has lieen fore cane of war. It is war «mall bauds;«» The following ext racta are iak» n from a most in manv matters «.»( prominence for pie ashore are excited, and it eommeti letter received by a frien«l from Henry Oregon. 0. E Brown, the mining .«nd ics to look is if it was coming without a S. Hamm. milling engineer,stands among 'he prom doubt; al! the otlieers aboard ship ex S k mii < y , Feb. 7. 1898. inent men of his profession in the Unit |N*« tii. You know 1 siated to you that I left Col .ax the 22«! of January, arrive»! ed States. He has charge of ail devel we were to precede to the navy yard al n 4pukane Sunday morning and took the opment work dor the com¡»anv. W F. Mare Island, am! go out of <•<» ni niisM i on, 3 P. M. train for Tacoma, wo wailed the Horn, treasurer of the company, is one but this evening's paper «ay» lUal the 2fith, stopping in Seattle five hour«. The oi the lea.ting citizen« of (¡rants Pass \L»na<lnock will remain at San Diego, next «lay we stopped at Vit toria, but it uni present postmaster there T. I’. ami the »Monterey will go up to the w cold an«l windy, bo I did not go Judson, secretary, is one of the pione« r ^ouml countery, and the battle ship Or- ashore, ihe next place v.e landed at wan citizens of Josephine county, being mt t - • gon will go t«> join the Atlantic rquad Vancouver, which ia a lovely place. One ested hi all large public Industrie« hi r«>n, so I «lo not think we will go out of thing 1 notice«! wa« the remarkably 'hat section. R. W Prentice, I tie hii | h » i - <ommission now. clean etreet«. We ha I a very rough intendent, is a man of 12 years’ experi I diink war is the only thing that will trip from there on, a great «ieal wf H» a ence in practical mining, having locst«d satisfy ‘he .\meri«'an people, lor mum*y MickneM, but 1 am g>ad to «ay 1 waN not tiie lands for one of tlie largest syndi will not pay the loss of th sailors that sick on the trip. cate« for mining in the East The com aere killed. Well, if it comes lo pass, I When we crossed Queen Charlotte pany baa secured the services of Dann I shall be sure to remain here, for 1 would Sound we had a rough voa, the vessel R. Murphv, ex United States attorney not be like a great manv of iny ship would roll and pitch until you would and one of the leading lawyers of the males ami show the white Hag, There think she a a« going over. When the Portland bar. The company will be have b<»«*ii three des« rtv<l the ship since «wells hit the steamer,the roaring Mound represente*! in Portland by Mr. Olsen, the war]talk commenced They left be* ed like a thunder Ixjlt. It wan a grand i he vice-president. cause they thought they would have to -ight to see the wave« run higher than In developing their present claims Hie go to war, nothing else in the World the vesMul. Wu stopped at Fort Wrangle company are making their work lh«»r- 1 am afraid the Spanish government «»•ven hour«, waiting for the tide to go • >ugh and complete, having a force oi can make H rattier interesting (or us in through the narrow« Then wentasbore m' n now putting in the most modern case of action, for they have a great A dance wa« in progress,and it was some machinery. From reports of assays re many t«»rpedo boats which are very dead «hat diNguNting, lo «ee white men danc cei\e«l the coiupanv blds fair tobecoine ly Iocs to tight against, and we have ing with MipiawH. one of the leufi >g gold mining coinpan none to speak of hi case of war, our Our next landing wan at Juneau which les of tlie world. The ore of the gold gu¥«-rniMrnt would hold those battle* is rattier a nice place. I should judge n fields of Southern Oregon is a decom ships now being built for Japan, ami would be very pretty in the «uininet posed free milling ore. So lar a» (level- which are nearly cmupletcd at the Union We arrived at bkaguay the 31«! llie oped this ore will mill »Ixiiu |2O io ili. Iron works, ami at Cramps at 1‘hiladel* itieiM'iiiiuier registered 6 degree« below ton. pbia. xere, and the wind nearly blew un off the Mining in .Southern Oregon < an be a herb We walked to town, a distance Dreadfully Nervoue. carried on very cheaply, as the r<»ck is of a mile, in such a piercing win«! wt 1 was dreadfully nervous, and for re* not hard and very little powder needs to thought we would freeze before l»e used. Practical mining men do not hei took your Karin Clover Root Tea. reached the town. t»eiieve in tlie theory ho often talked it quieted my nerves, and strengthened Ihe next «lay we received our freight I was tro al»uut and calle«] p«j«kel mines, which my whole Nervous System and then pitched our tent and started termi pocket) Owen it» origin no doubt ubled with ConHtipatiofi, Kidney and into real camp life. Il reminds one oi Bowel trduble. Your lea soon deanse«i to the unpractical prospe. tor ami miner cliilds play tu see the dog teams running Eastern experts declare mines are a ban •nv system so thoroughly that I rapidly around Ilogs are not worth very much doned as worked out, when they aie regained health and strength. Mis. S 1 am jpad 1 di<! not bring any. Nkaguay hardly fairly opened. Modern meUeals A Sweet Hartford, Conn. Sold by—W. is the roughest place 1 have ever seen o an«i practical miners are needed. Many F Kremer. i he majority of the people are of the niinersnow in the field don’t know how Our I ri.|ur< ■». last cl«««, gamblers, ami highwaymen. to mine. They glean the richest of the b.nce 1 arrived, there have been two A new light I« breaking upon th.- gold from the so called pockets, ami meh killed, and "hold ups” are very iii I ih I m oi the people, ami hie is receiving when they «trike ba^® rock they imagine common. I'bere are a great many peo People are discover there is no more gold to b» fount] there; new inHpiratnms pie here without means, wages are not ing these doruiant faculties within, and n i- a mat'er of any lietter than in Hm Paloune country, becoming conscious of their divine pow ly fairly opened. during harvest time. fliers in no work It I*« important that we understand Lantern experts claim Boutbaia Ore ••rt here, everything taring ever dune, 1 do gon is one of the greatest of mineral these forcen that are coming more ami not know what all the |>eople who came c »unt rirs, w hich, under i profwr develop* mure into iiianiifstation, ami realize he io are going tu do. Some are going ment, will make aw good a showing an tlnur pit'•eiii't», But above all let com back, 40B went on the Oregon. ( alilori la, Australia, Airies, ami even t>M*«ion, sympathy, and brotherly love On lt><* 2Hi oi February, we left here Alaska, saying nothing of the hardships, be the m »live jwwer that underlies the for Haines Mission, ami Pyramid Harbor i-uffering and expense of the last named working ol the*« forces, and when we arrived there at 2 A. M. We went out in «•outiiry. The output »1 gold from »South 'levelop them let ijh u«« them for good. a «mail l>»»at, but the sea wa« rough, and How idiall we cultivate or bring out er n < Iregun can never Ire fully determined we got out in the surf and wade I to land. under present conditions, as much oi these fortes? Just aw we « ukivate and We h»«'4le<| town lots: I'liiw it the most develop our physical powers — by exer th«* precious metal is taken by mttrchan'H beaiitilul place I have seen in Alaska, When the soij I truly hun in their local mining districts and for risitig them and I tiiink wilt be the best town in con warded to iiier« hunts in other ¡»art»- ol gers and thirsts alter righteousnes«, it is nection with the Dalton trail route i>»>und to b«* filled. But with all our ef tin« country in exchange for g«>ods, ant! teaches the mints from Ban Fratp i- o Kiri* to develop fin-««» «rod given power*, There were about 200 or 300 Indians hi I I m * productions of Or<*g»m gold, a - n«’ar let u- not lose -iglit of God, the power that place, some of them light, and rath We returned to Nkag- lie who taike«J er good looking a* < an be estimated, for 1897, wa* not tiehiml all tlie fore»*« nay two men had been brought in from far ff/m ♦3,0<hi.(HM), bringing <>rcg«»ii with M »*es'in the burning bu«h. It i« th»* in*»o I ot mind you are in«Mit in tlie trail frosrn to death, and another •»ixth I«» the grea’est gold-producing state in tlie I nion, ef which there are 11 tba’ is inaking your conditions <>f life. with his feet fr«»ze. No .nail has arrived Meals are from It has bt**i> CMtimaied that the produc WL vt y »u think is of nn/ie importance here for three week" you way, hwcam»« your 27>u lo 40c lodging 2»« to 75c. It is im- tion of gold from tbs state of (Jregofi (or titan wha tlw p»e*ent year will !»e over |fi,(XMf,(XM). i h"t>ghis never •■• «*« for a moment. You p»«Mible to rent a iiouse. I*o not tliink I With these great po-Mibilites the in» r «’hants an«i citixens uf Portland c«»uld tec» ive larger profile al lens expense and Hardware, Tinware, Tableware. A Prof. Angelo Heilprin, ol the Acade my ef Natural Sciences, Phila lelphia, l*a., lias organized an expedition for the scientific exploration of Alaska. Speak* mg of the undertaking, ho stated that Lewis Nixon, the ship-builder, would construct a stern-wheel steamer of spe cial ileaiirn for navigating the Yukon rivet. The boat will be 30 feet long over all, 15 feet beam, and 3 feel, 10 inches deep. She will tie built in 10 section« entirely of steal, and it is estimated sho »ill carry 35 tons on 18 inches draft of water. The boat is to lie completed within 00 days It will 1« shipped across the continent bv rail or else sent around the Horn on one of the many steamers bound for the Klondike. The light draft of this boat will enable explor ers to pull her up on the bank to trans form her into a comfortable shore dwell ing when winter surprises them. The advantage of a policeman over a burglar is that the of ficer has the law on his side. Health has the same advantage- over disease. The I .aw of Nature is for people to be healthy. When they are sick, Nature helps to cure them Nature s taw is the guide for cur ing sick people. There is no way but Nature’s way. What the doctors call many different diseases Nature cures in one way; by nourishing the whole body with good, pure, rich, red ____ is Nature's way of curing blood. That scrofula, erysipelas, kidney and ‘‘liver com- plaint,” consumption and every form of eruptive an«l wasting disease When vou want to help Nature with medicine the m« d kine must work the same way as Native works, then it h^* the law* of Na«"re on its aide to make it powerful That is the secret of I)r. Pierce's Golden Medicid Dis covery's wonderful cures. It assists Natuis according to her own laws ; it is on Nature * side and Nature helps it; it imparts new power to the nutritive and blood making or gans to creatr a large quantity of fresh, red. healthy blood which drives every germ ol disease out of the system an«l builds up strong healthy t».-»ues anti sohd flesh. The •• Discovery " completely clears away every form of blood disease from the system , It even cures consumption. It is the only true radical cure for that disease, facts and testi mony to prove it. •• I would like to tell the whole world what your •Golden Medical Discovery’ hi»* «tone for me. The doctor, who is countered an «’Xpert on tunir troubles, told inc 1 had c«»n *umnt»on. He sat J t»oth my lutiifM w» re di.scnsed and I could not live long I felt »lo* n heart» d for 1 have »tear little children lo live i<»r. I just went to him to get his opinion I am gInd I <ii<l tor now I know what youi medicine will do When I started on the second I untie I was better in every way and was able to take a walk <»n every fine «lay. I enjoved my sleep, my appetite wa* g'*»d. and by the time I had finished the second »»»tile I l*Mau toJeel like a new woman I wltil had a cough, so I got a thint bottle un<i by the time it was half gone I was completely cured.” . *. fl 77 Mary St. Ifaeulton, OnL, Can. BEE HIVES BEE SUPPLIES WILLIAMS, ORE. Breeder and Importer of ITALIAN QUEENS AND SEES Write for Prices. 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