ROGUE R1V«R COURIER
rVBUSMKD KTBSY YMLBSDAY,
PRICE Ac VOORHIES,
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«pciation ha* just cloaed il* sixth annual
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I *e**ion which wa* a very profitable 04«.
Koon General Mile« wul be heard from
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1 the *ucceM wbicu thi* **semb y of
at Porto Rico where h* will beadmini*- ,
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learning ha* attained and tlie influence
term/ the affair* ol lb* government
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lor g d 1 t, » exert* over A«i. and and
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vicinity are largely due to the untiring
Much ha* been learned about Cuba.
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. «fforta of the president, G E Billing*
••p ilxlly Santiago province becauae of ,
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Mr. Hi.ungx has «pent a great deal of
the war. Now while Mile* 1» in Porto
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. hi* lune in the luterest ot the ( hautau-
Rico we will take a new lemon.
qua without any expectation oi pecuni-
I ary reward. John Temple Grave* of
It begin» to look like McKinley war
right in not recognising the Cubano a* the South, a man of gieat ability gave
belligerents. They need to be taught the people wine thought* on the future
of the negro that will not le* lorgoltea
before they are capable of recognition
soon
The Chautauqua in Ashland is a
Garcia is learning fast
permanent reality aod i* looked toward
Toe newspapers of Jatkson couni, to by the people annually with pleasure.
should roast those fellows who are des« Thi« influence with that of on* of ti e
truying all the salmon in Rogue river in bv*l public *ciiool« in the state is mak
that county
What baa f*ome of Kai ing lor Ashland a reputation worthy the
place
The people put their money into
aer of the Valley Record **
the Chautauqua and into their pubiir
Cervera and Toral More the surrender •cbool«, and they reap a result or a har
were between two great fires, the Amer vest that cannot be measured in money
icana would destroy if they did not sur value«. This cnnimemlable spirit, hav
render, and the Hpaniards at home U ing a desire for knuwleilke arid better
court martial and hang them if they did things, refinement and excellence, is
worthy of emulation by other town« in
Il may be that the xarcity of fruit in thi* |>*rt ol the state
southern California will be the rauae
Our alienlion has been called to a dis
for tietter price« in Southern Oregon
Considerable money for thia Meli on will ¿raceful influent e trial is being exerted
over three or lour iatherleM children in a
be the rettili of the fruit crop thia year
certain part of town. That this influence
It will cost th* ^reernment a large exists is positive, and the conduct comes
sum of money tu i¿..rort the Spanish from people who profess then, selves
soldiers and to feed the hungry in San« vroithy of recognition by respectable
tiago, but in both cases, it will be doing people. One of the prime characters
charitable service, so let the good work comes from another town and sets I k io re
go on
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the little children this exam pie of in de
<wncy. If grown up people, married and
That early peace ia not coming *o soon
single, intend to be rotten, let them not
a* • *• anticipated after the fall of^antia
can tain inate youth
I »event
people
go aeenia certain. Spain ia not ready yet
ought not to respect young men and wo
to «ue for peace becauae of existing condi
men wh ) are known to be guilty of jrw
tiona al home, ft la very dangerous to
moral conduct and more particularly
let go,and even more ao hold on.
I vhoulJ they luatLe married men and wo
Ei-secretary of Blate, John Sherman, men who disavow the marriage contract
•ay« that the grievance of General Gar If the older ones and those who know
cia ia just and that Shafter made the what they are doing are determined to
blunder«. If Shafter did make a blun go to the dog«, let them go there, but in
der, it waa not intnntivnal fur he ia not the name of humanity, let the little in
the kind of material to purposely make I nocent children tie saved if poesible. It
is oue of the strangeet of strange things
■light*
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that men and women mey be saturated
“If Spain still bad her navy,” says
through and through with immorality,
Sagasta, “peace negotiations would not
lie a deadly poison to the comtnunit)
be thought of." But Spain has lost its
slid to the growing
youth, and still
navy and is rapidly losing territory, then
maintain themselves in what is com
why nut think of peace? Il is senseless
monly known a« lespectable society
to talk about honor where there is no
The line eeparatnig worthy society from
honor and no effort to obtain it.
unworthy should be so marked that
Camara
turned back on his trip there be no misunderstanding as tu
to Manila, because
he thought it where it is. I'hysical lr|xrs have a
more profitable to du so than to meet place set apart fur them that they come
Dewey. But the real reason if we are to net in contact with people sound m
beleive bpanish repurla is, lie is going flesh, but the worst «Mrol lejer ie con
to liombard Atlantic coast cities, Not tinually spreading his loathsomeness.
during the 19tb century will be de it or
CLEAR THE RIVER.
attempt it.
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Deputy Kame warden,Frank McGregor I
Ashland has had another fire. The ui title city baa been giving lime ami I
Medford fiend ba» certainly transferred aKenliun lu the du lies ot hi« office ol
Lis scene of opemlions and intends to late in order to coui|»ei thuae w ho are (
liarrass the people of Ashland for a sea obstructing (ho river to daeiat. He ba»
son
Hanging ought to lx* the »aw for aci'umpliBbed hi« purfioee in bavi..g all
a man whu will set a building on fire obstruction removed as far up the river I
and great destruction of property re aa WuuivUlr, Jackson cutiniy. Up to
suits therefrom, and probably loM of that plate salmon can pa«« up treely but
life
i from ibvre up the rivet, Il 1« a burning
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I Mjoghi the ■oil-
(dace,
Wber«* nacure 1 üh 4>
Throve ««fl dbfStM-, and forth in beamy
-land*.
A worthy creeten* of the Maaiers han»!».
found. We cannot vouch (or th* trulii-
lullnr«« ol tb* report, but it te b*l*iv*d
t > be true. II found to be true and tl>*
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Port at Guanu *, Island, Island <rf Pvr-
lo Bix>, July 25, 2 p in , ,ia ¡«Land M.
Tbntnaa, July ‘M. murniag
Th* L'nited
Pure a» the -»nowdrup un the mountain’s ; rection of the Spanish minuter far tor-
, sign affairs, pretented io the president
brow,
- this aftern<s>n at the White House a me*-
•Soft as the sunlight on the f«»rtM buugh.
•age from the Spanish government look-
I vokrleaa rapture on me seemed to reM
1 mg to a termination of the war and «ettie-
Light as the f'Afii upon the billow»’ «rest.
ruent of the term* obpeace."
’Twas then, with • imiurn drawn from fount*
Cubana W ant to Govern Tbeasaelve*
above,
Santiago De Cut«. July 24.—The Cu
ban* hare resent General Shafter's atti
tude in ignoring General Garcia and tn
relating to allow the Caban troop* to
enter Santiago or to consult General
Garcia on Ibe term« of the surrender of
the city.
General Garcia'« action in
withdrawing hi* troop* to the in
terior, hi« letter to General Shat
ter and the resignation of hi« com
mand, for warded to General Gome«, are
approved and applauded by all claMea
ol native«
General Garcia refused to
accept a subordinate place. insisting
that he waa an ally.
A meeting «a« held yesterday after-
noon al the r-an Carlo* Club to diecu»«
the matter, and a protest aa« drawn up,
which will be submitt-d. Thed<x:urnent
which u being circulated lor » gnaturr.
among Cuban reaident« in Santiago. 1«
addressed to the president of the I'nited
Stater, thanks hiiu for th* to-operation
of the army of the Coiled States amt ex-
pres-es the hoj>e that the American gov
ernment a ill recognise Cuban sover
eignty in the aurrounding portion of the
I ah », and felt tl»e holy power of love.
A love that will transform. love wide and
free,
A nd deep, and mea>ureie**> a» eternity.
My * mi I, enchanted,
in winglet
Hight,
Borne onward from the realm of grief,* »ad
night ,
And like a < bild I wept. 1 know not why,
My heart waa full, ami God *eeme«i win
drows nigh.
Aral I beheld with vision new and keen
A beauty in God's work 1 ne’er hail seen.
While a -weet -pirit thnxigh the foreM
played,
Strange moving mebjdie» where'er I strayed.
O wisdom's God! That stiileat Morrow» wiki,
A* tender mother calm» her fretful child.
For every
taught by thy pure art
i praise Thee now in thankful new» of heart.
Iwa* thus I prayed, while a soft pity »tide
Thru’ every quicken«! fibre of my soul.
I could I sit f<«el that he were lone indeed
Who never in hi* life had felt God'« need.
N«*w. through tin- time worn holl<»ws of the
province of Santiago de Cuba
It waa
hi lie,
O'er rugged clifl», akmg »wifi leaping rills, drafted by Araa, ins newspaper corres
Where loiter brown leave» by the wil«l winds pondent on the staff of lb* Cuban Gen-
blowe,
I wrander «»ft, but nevermore alone.
For nestling in my breast »weet love recline*.
And round my heart her dreamy <q*ell en
twines.
Weekly Crop Bulletin
I'orri.Axn, O bk , July 25, IHRfi.
The weather has been cooler, with
lew» sunshine than «luring the preced
ing week. On the 221, rain to the
amount ol from 0 02 to 0 34 of an inch
fell along the coast and in the northern
imrliun of the Willamette valley, in the
Columbia river valley eastward aw far a*
Sherman county, in a portion of Union
county, and about Baker City; else-
where a few sprinkles occurr«hI
The
rain delayed haying in places, but I
lid not material damage, and the little
damage done was rnure than offset |
by the benefit that the ram was to
the spring grain.
Haying is well ad
vanced and is practically completed, ex
cept over the Plateau District where it
yet continues.
The second growth uf
alfalfa is lieing cut, ami the eucond crop
of clover is making gool growth and will
make several tons to the acre in many
localities*
The hay crop secured is one
of the largest, if not the largest, ever we- |
PRESCRIPTION DRUQClv
the .x>aat for a lew week*.
Jam«« Hall and Lee Hartley were i®
the county «eat Saturday.
W. R. Nipper is running the ««• w’11
with a full force uf bands
Metiers. Prince and Knox uf Provo.t
returned Senday from a trip
the
mountain«
Mr. Morn« ia building a very neat lit
bbafter Write» Garcia
'iuaraotecd touacco Lauf: cure, maxes, w«ai
Xteu airona, o uod pure. ¿Uc.ll. All
of 20 per cent.
J. 0. Hayes & Co.
4 Odd Fellows’ Brick.
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Give us a call.
hou»e, above the post office.
Mr Henry i':arf < a me oat from town
>aturday to bid lare w ill to vid friends
and make necessary arrangements to
¡ease his farm. Mr. Piatf with his wile
and baby will depart this week for Seat
tle. Wash , where he ‘¡as a position in
the Abbe Pfaff A Co. store. Their fiiend«
at this place wish them sn<x*eee.
The farmers are sure of good crops tins
year, grain is good and eom looks fine,
while potatoes are plentiful and there is
an abundance of fruit on some of the
farms
We have beard several of the
far«itcrs boastingly ¿av that they bad
mure hay no* than lhev had last year
after three crops were harvested, which
of course -peaks well for the hay crop
47'tll a ill buy a lot 10) feet square in
'■rants Paes on which there is a beauti
ful cottage ahich coat over |S*X). The
place i. well improved, has good water
and is one of th* pleasant homes of
\ Grams I'ass
t'his place is a bargain
| Call before it is too late.
401 acres on Applegate, a tine grasa
f«rin, 2(X) acres in cultivation each year.
¡ Entire farm can be covered with ditch
taken from the Applegate. Thia farm
i-ould )>e made very prohtable by an up-
to-date farmer. Wor'b tód an »ere. can
? t« bought for halt that amount
40 acres not fir from Kerby, 15 acre«
m cultivation, fair house, out buildings,
good range, living wafer, will make an
. excellent home for an induatrioui family.
Ask for the prict.
Rest resident location in the city of
Granta Pass. You will »ay «o yourself
• ben you we it. Can lie bought for
-■fits real worth.a bargain rarely offered.
Ten acre tract two and oae half miles
from town; two acres very rich black
loam which needs no irrigation—good
for small fruit «nd berries ; over half in
cultivation , fair house; can be bought
for lees than 440).
«■even and one half acres within half a
mile of the post offii-e in Grants Pass
This piece has on it a large, comforta
ble .ladling, p^a-antly situated.
Gut-
building« in good order. Plenty of fruit,
report« a «u<ce*«ful trip
Goo<i pasture for a cow. This plug* in
Mr» Threvher, proprietor*«» ol I be g . <1 <-on htion will lie «ohl cheap and ot*
I mon hotel, i« going to reot h«r hotel ea*) term«
.'tevaral ol our young Uk« look m the
aocial and dance at Waldo la»t Malurdav
evening
Everyone reported an enjoy
able time, but
of them thought
I they ha.1 to pay a little too much (or
lhair girl’» banka«*. You ought not to
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| have known wboaa basket« they were,
bor«, and then yow aouIJ nt Lav* bnl «o
h>gb
ae ar* »«ry aorrv to hear
of *o much dtocomfulor* oveaaioaad by
th* meandering of tb* doctl* («mil*
milk |<rnducer through tl>* twaati ul
•treat* ■»( yoor city. Come out and live
with u*. y* over burdened ,«e«<ple with
tnanv diAcultte*. and take up your
• taele among a«
In a »hurt time ya
• ill beroikk u«rd ta «ach little pleasant-
Iter* th* g*ntl* ntuk prvducar oc
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Mik V
■ she gently
but Brmlv ••ttche* the file* *tf the p*Hk-
•r* by «uh tier bushy tail if th* >«
lu-k ye* igh to ba, e one. Here the <-< w
ami s*tn<* make I bcm sal it* as we ¡coins
at lha from gat* or ibe back porvb ••
tLr aril Jous
neighbor
Come and
live with a*.
rie*
The alitor of the
Flvau« City. Pa
cures asthma.bronchitis, Kubrsenewe an«I
ail affections of the throat, cheat ard (•lobe, writes, “One Minute <\«»»gh < ure
iwngw
(.'all at alcove drug »lore and get is rightly name« I II cored my chi hire«
after all other
remedies failed.*
It
Guaranteed to cure or curse roughs, ctùds and and al) throat
$
snd lung troubles
W F Krenter
See Price & Voorhies.
Thoeeande uf persona have been cure«)
of piles by using De Witt's Witch Hazel
*alve
It heals promptly and cures ec-
temaanda »kin .|i«ease
It g
n-
mediate relief
W F Kremer
On Facejnd Hands
Terrfblw Itching »ore« Break Out,
Preventing Re«t Night or Day-
How Relief Was^ound.
Hood’s
Sp7rma
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Good Home-Made Bread, t'ak-
and Pies always on hand, c-•
me a call.
IIENRY BRANDT,
Prophet«
Tom rose early and went down to >
woods at the ♦ nd of the ditch. Dtywu
just breaking, but it was too dark it tg
whether the geese were in the held»
not. Beedes, a damp, chilly fog is« I
close to tlie ground all along the barn]
of the river, making it impoMible wJ
cern objects on the ground furthertlm!
BY S ROLAND MALL
a yard or two away.
Tom resolved to crawl down the ditri
quietly and wait for the rising of . i
HERE ia doubtle»« a period in the sun. Quietly and stealthily he eny
existence of every boy torn and along, making no noise, and Stopps
raised in the country when the pros-
now and tlwn to listen. For a times
pect of a trip to the city or the entire beard nothing, except the erowinjgL
ownership of a new gun is the opening roosters in distant barnyards.
of a new life of genuine, ideal happi-
Before he got half way. howerer.fef
fMMB.
heard that familiar “honk,” and kn«
Thomas Stephen Prosser. ag“ed 12 that the geese were somewhere aunt i
years and nine month*, was just such a the field. Fearing lest the darnrr. > |
boy at just such a period.
had affected the cap on his musket,k
Thomas was the only son of kind, in replaced it with a fresh one. keep,
dulgent parents, and, by strict compli his hand over the lock as he stole ate
ance with certain rules, he had been
When he had reached the endeftb
permitted to “gun” by himself for a ditch successfully, without nukh;
vrar or more, on the larjre river farm roise, he lay fiat on the ditch bant
owned by Mr. Prosser,
straining his eyes out toward the fie!!
His weapon was an antiquated speci but. although the sun was just sendit:
men of a musket, that had seen good out the first golden blazes of tire «
service in the civil strife of the sixties, the east, the fog lay so close to tk
with a barrel so long that Tom had to ground that he could see nothing.
lean the old arm in order to ram the
He kept himself well hid. and waited
powder effectively. Nevertheless, the In a short time a light breeze sprar I
old piece was a true shot, and Tommy up from the river and sent the fee sc • |
had often brought in more game than rying away, and when Tom peep-
his Cousin Joe. w ho lived on the adjoin cautiou>'v over tht ditch i ank fort; ’
ing farm and owned a pretty, double-
third time, he »aw a great Hock •'
barreled breech loader, w hich his fa blackish-gray bodied geese, feeding
ther had given him on his sixteenth
right out in front of him. Ton» roe
birthday. More than once, in hunting with a heart beating like a trip his I
with other boys. Tom had proven the mef; but, before he could get hiumu^ |
superiority of the old muzzle-loader
ket steady for a shot, his old enemv
over modern firearms, in long-range
the watch-goose, >aw him. and. with
shooting.
great cry of warning, the flock row
Tom loved dearly to hunt, yet the old
in the nir, in wild confusion.
musket was so heavy and clumsy, that
Tom waa not to I k disappointed th
he got to l»e a little ashamed to be seer,
time, and, as the flock rose up4hem I
carrying it, especially after he had
learned to shoot well for a boy of hi« quickly forward, and. selecting ontv
the hindmost geese, fired.
age.
The r«*port of the old gun echoed iw
He grew more and more dissatisfied
reverberated along the river shore,anJ
with it when he saw the neat guns that
some of the larger boys had, with their thegoose. faltering in his flight,pitcbei
pretty. varnishe<l stocks and bright bar forward and fell heavily to the ground.
With a whoop of exultation. Tor
rel*. longing for one himself.
He had two fond ambitions—one was grasped the long gun by the inl
to save money enough to buy himself a and sped forward to where his pnz
breech-loading gun. and the other was lay. When he picked him up
not refrain from waving his
to shoot a wild goose.
Bis father’s farm bordered on a large giving three hearty huzzas.
“My. isn’t that a nice, fat fellow
salt-water river, and every fall and win
ter large flocks of wild geese would «aid Tom. as he gloatingly ranhiifi-
come up in the lower field and feed on gers through the downy Lathersoftb<
the green wheat, much to the injury of gooee. “Won’t mother have a fine]'
the crop, but generally with a fair de eating this fellow, just a» he is!”
Glancing back to the place where
gree of safety to themselves.
Those who have hunted wild geese fired the shot, he exclaimed:
“Gracious! 1 believe that is the loaf
know how sagacious and alert they are
e»t shot I evermr.de. That must be»:
When a flock alights in a field, they in
variably pitch near the center, and least ho or 90 yarda.**
t -er
always one old fell 3w who never
It was a wonderful shot, he though
puts down his head to feed. He is and, laying the goose down, he fitepp^
known as the sentinel, or “watch off the distance carefully to the exsti
goo«e,“ and it is said by sportsmen that spot where he stood when he fired.
he 4 always very poor and thin when
“Seventy-aix steps exactly,” be
killed.
a« he turned on b:a heel, in perfect«*
Tom need to heap much abuse upon »c ntment.
’hr head of the watch gooc»e w hen. after
He had scarcely started to retraced*
crawling ami creeping in mud and steps, before a plaintive “honk" cause.
water down the side of i long fence, the Tim to look up terrified. In an insttD
o>d fellow would give his warning |1 is cup of happiness waaiturnedtobi>
“honk.” and the flock would speed awav ter gall.
to safety.
His goose—the goose on which ik*
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wrathfnllv from hi* pended his new gun—on which depeti'i
er» epimr povltlo« and shake hisfl.t MT. < d his long-sov.ght satisfaction, wairi-
'»It the fa-t-disapjirarinf flock, but iug unsteadily and slowly winging**
' a' i'l»i! nothin«, and Tom would have way off to the north, with feeblr
to «boulder hi, gun and gn back home “honks.”
goosele««.
Ilia gun was on the ground, unloads..
Morning niter morning, in the late r ght at the spot where he had pl^
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when gve.e togg^to to plentiful the goose. Like some one bereft 0
rum « mild get up very earlv. w ’th won- reason, he tore down to the spot in*1
l-rful pcfistcnc. for „ .mB„ w in<,
picked up the gun, but, reuliz:ng tba-
ip » down to the river fi,M. hut though
it would l>e useless now to try to !<*•
t , got several long range shots. he had in time to shoot again, he burst im
nr,rr torn stratrgrtic enough to np.
tears and watched the goose tnroug
priiach w.thtn easy range of the flock
hi« quivering eyelids, until h. became-•
.ton,TrJokinr at bomr blurred speck over the dark pine wood*
rIom thought that he wavered an<i
mother laughlnr » remarked.one m.,rn.
fell again, away over in the woods; bu
lni’ tV ,hT
’»bl*, that .to
lie never found him. The goo*
Ml Tnm's wild probably stunned by the shot srd the
Mfl M ■
wbiI'
when he killed it!
torn wa» stepping off the distance o>
.friitT““*' Mr '•^-"•“I’nialmo.t
the shot.
t.ri .T'"“"
he,p in ,bn'
I'erhapa no boy ever felt mor*di«>r
i
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r"'^ "" tor pointed and wretched than Tom did»’
o. e K wS ‘h:
he went I nic I c home that morning. H<-
pre.-nt of J ’ " ■'UU’ T<"’ * bir”> ’«v JoM hi» «lory. au<|, though hi* mother
znn lik. /h
"■ '■‘,W i:I*«’’>-ltoding
felt too sorry for the little fellow’’
Ia,1gh, the others did not have
*^r,,ples. and laughed until moat
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; TOM'S WILD GOOSE.
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" I bare been trowblrd f -r many yearn
with Itch ng sorrw on my face «n<i bands.
I could r. * rvw« night or day and lb*
• 'll right!" „¡«J Tcm
medicine I I m » d.d not rwlisr* ■»,«!-
though I !r:«l ev. r
.• I c< c.d bs^ot.
My husband om day go* me a botlte at
Hood • Barsapa- Ila and I began taking It
witbib»- y bete resulta. lhav*Uk-n
sum bolt ir* and ini m w cured '• Maa.
J swes Ml Lux. M 3* Arlington, M. J.
•• Last w nter I broke out w ,-.h son-« on run will to foX2Wk’1U“tk*
Wh*" hi*
my face. They were aa large M B flve cent It'—Mpippe^-
piece. I heard people a*y so meek atout
H.xxf * Sarss panila ttot I deternim^ t<>
try it. Uk week after I begau taking tt
tb* acre, co--—
iea;t aad m B
sb.-rt t;m* they w«*w entirely cured.’*
Airrwr« G. T- »»ox. Karrerflte, 5 J.
r
upto the
Kock urwiw.-irpf
I< the'te* Tree BM Ptelter.
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Railroad Restauran
and Home Bain
MOODS.
As in ths primrose time of year
for several mouth«
Air. 1 the flowers I ««ng.
Ar.
hour passed, and in mine ear
Georg« Tupping returned to Bandon
His silver message rang
last eeex after having a very pleasant
B<mthe m;nh .nd Joy»nce white you
may,
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visit with relative« and friend«
Nor turn a thought to sorrow
Alien McKenzie returned to bta boaie Cull all the sweetness of to-day
There may be no to-morrow
in Granta l'a»s Munday after «pending
three week« vi«lting friends of this place An hour four.d me drooping low.
And whispered in mine ear:
Mr. and Mrs Turn Hall went lu Ja<k-
Your joy lies in the long-ago;
To-day alone is drear
ton county Tuesday. We are very glad
Think how the sunny pait waa long.
to know that Mr» H. is improving in
Yet could not last for aye—
Of yesterdays a happy throng.
health
And but one sad to-day ”
Bert Cheshire made a trip to the post
The morrow a me. and 1 was dead.
office Sunday. The day may «ouu come
And timr had ceased to be.
• hen the mail may be bad al Williams No silver-footed hours sped
With tender words for me.
instead of Murphy.
For where my soul had winged away
Nor
pain nor grief be «all.
Dr. .Sumner of Linkviile has move«J to
To-day—to-morrow- yesterday—
Williams creek w ith bis family and tak
It matters not at all!
en up his abode in the blockbarger -New England Magaaine
Elve a- res of choice land in the Etst
<»eo. Guild came over Sunday to take
i ern patt of town. e*ery foot of the land
charge of J. W. Howard’« «torr
The ‘ Mlira of Time grind alow ly’’ but i i» rn h good vsnety of fruit, good koine
and excellent water. Thi« proj.rty is
they keep grinding right along all Ibe
very cheap and is a home on which a
t me.
small family can make a good living
C bn« IRjrr. an oi«l resident of the Illi-
Call and inquire about it,
nei». came up thia week to atten«i to
A fine farm for sal*. 6 mile« from the
buaineaw matter«.
I eitv of Grants Pass. Good road all the
Willie Taylor.our popular gruceryuun,
wav winter and summer. This farm
a few day« outing last week in may tar had on
easy terms
Inquire
|ue«t ol the Godda«* Gohl
about it.
Mr Fieri-*. a traveling man of San
Ten acre» one mile from
in
1 ran<-|«(-o, wa« in Kerb» this week re-
Grants Pass with walk two thirds of the
newing the acquaintance of R I., ». Frogie
way
This place is well located and
and daughter Floeeie
has on it a goo-I plastered house, a
John num. the rustling spectacle new chicken home and yard, a «-»j well
tnan. took a trip to th* Applegate and vf *a-.cr, fruitjtruee in beating—apple*,
Vl'illtaai* creek country thia week
lie plum», peacl.e . pears and cherries
property to «ome competent person a«
•he find« the work tooardwoq» for her to
attend to.
•
I. G. MOON Ä SON.
is in good flea.ih
Will Me««inger ha« returaed from
California where he ha» been working
mostly pears ol an excellent variety.
Kerby llama
J. M
Howard made a flying trio to This is cheap,and a good home for a small
J faiaily.
our village thia week
Mr editor
made.
or at least «hould be, and must every one
Bargain, in Property
the next 10 days at a discount
On Front Street near Ahlfs old meat market. Work g
teed first ctam. Agents for the ECLIPSE Bicycle-the
of the valley.
The aeaiher 1« fine, everybody i* bu«y
C ob .
Oxfords, we will sell them for
bicycle repairing
tle cottage ’»n his farm in the upper part
Mayor-General Shafter, hearing that
Garcia was offended and intended to
withdraw bis troupe to tire interior and
no longer co-operate with the American
army, writes the id general as follows
“My ¡»ear General Garcia
1 must
•av that 1 was very much surprised at
the receipt of your letter this morning
and regret extremely that yon should re
gard you reed in any way slighted or ag
grieved.
You will remember the fact.
that 1 invited y»u to accompany me in
to the town of Santiago to witness the
surrender, which you decline
“Tbit war, as you know, is between
the United States and »pain, and it is
out of the question for me to take any
action in regard U> your forces in coo-
nection with the surrender, which was
made solely to the American army.
“The policy of my government in con
tinuing in power temporarily persons
:
occupying offke« ia one which 1 am, of
euuiee. unable to discuss. To show you
the views held by my government, see
the copy of instructions received by me
yesterday from the president, which ap
pear to cover everything that can fxiesi-
bly arise in the government of this ter
ritory while held by the United .States.
“F ull credit has been given you and
your gallant men in my report to my
government, and 1 wish to acknowledge
to you the great aid and valuable assist
ance you rendered during the campaign.
I regret very much to Know your deter
mination to withdraw yourself Iruu thia
vicinity. I remain yours very sincerely,
W illiam R. S haftkil
Major-General commanding."
To Close Out our lines of Ladies
An Enterprising Druggist
CLEMENS'
M im Mjrtle Anderaur i«
►
►
There are few iwm more wide awake
and enterprising than W
F
Kremer
who «|>aree no pains to aecare the brwt of
ever»thing in his line for his many
cuatomrr«
lie WOW has the valuable
agvn v for Dr King s New lhsv«>v«ry fur
c«u»suiiipti«>n. cough« ami cul ls. This is
the womlerful remedy that i* producing
such a tiiror all ’ocer the country by its
many startling «-urea
It ab*«Uuteiy
at
iur a book c4 war sre e«
Mr. Nipger b«e pueruo*^ biao«Unfl,u
III
creating the cunfurt and bappine«« of
thi* people, but now all desire a govern
ment of our own. a« com pen sat ion for
the suffering« and heroism of our army
and a definite establishment of the Cu-
t>an republic, with Cuban authorities, in
a«.x*ordahcr with the resolution« of the
United Slates congress.
We hope that the present state of
affairs al ban lingo where Spaniards are
•till the administrators of eur interests,
property and fate, will t»e brief; that
the city may soon be turned over t > t be
Cuban» and that our army may enter
t!ie flag of Cuba waving triumphant!v
beside the American flag a« the Cuban
soldiers f< ught side by side With the
Americans against the common enemy.’*
Uaffiler went
UBMOtuea ¡a«t erex
A.
eral. Uaetillo, who dictated the alleged
( letter of protest from General Garcia to
1 General bbafler.
Following i« the text
■ uf the document.
“To 1'rcaidcnt McKinley.
The un
dersigned, Cut»an» by birth, land owneis
and r«*iJent« uf Santiagu de Cuba, rep-
reeentinf with their fawulire the nun-
combatant population that suffered for
many year« >pani«b rule in this «eclion
of the island, • ish to ex pre»« their warm
eel thanks to the people of the United
states for deh veri ng them from the in
sufferable yoke of ."’pamsb rule.
“They wish al «o to ex pre«« their ab«o-
lu e confidence in the good ta th and hu
manual lan purpuee« of the United State«
and 111 the pledge that the territory of |
Cuba is not to be conquered by the
American troupe fur the purp^jae« of an*
neiation. We believe and would urge
that our own people are < a pa ble oí ful-
fi’ling the international obligation to ••
tablish a gov eminent on the island. Cu
ba in the future may possibly become,
in thr course ui a few years, part of the
territory of the United Btatee, thus in-|
kodaks
Greets Ta*« sutardey.
Mrs W C. Sutee v»e«U*l Ineod* IO
5v-To-lU< fur Fifty Veut».
^AAA
Oh may »be there remain, so pure ami true,
The 'IcareM earthly gift e’er mortal knew.
J. F I
tor« of a nee bicycle
Mrs. Ao Jenwo aad
•tale* military expedition under com-
man 1 oi General Miles, which >»<t Gn»»..
tanamo toy Jbursds* last, wa* landed
here succewiull» toiay alter a »kirtatah
between a itetarhnteut o4 .pwnish troop*
aa-i a craw ol 30 belonging to th* lauarb
<J th* United .'late* auriliar, gunboat
Glouce«ter
Forty
^pnniar-ie were
kilted and n-r A arerlean, were hurt.
The troop* were pushed fo-war-l rapplly
io oriler to captui* th* railroad lending
And musing there, wdt whisper»(aroe W» me to Ponce, which is only about 10 miles
east of true place
Like mystic murmurs from a far ofl «ea.
That, rolling m<lrm in iu <«-ean bed.
• pa>a hi. formally Wa*<l for fea< » .
'N’ettr» ever mourning for it* (ravrltNA «lead.
Washington, July
26.—Fpaia i.a*
Anri radiant peace, like a flowing tide
sued for peace formally and directly to
Moved o’er my r«sl»-— hmrt. and »«epi President McKinley through Ito r reoch
a*i«ie
am hsusad-'.r
Th* following official
The »ha/low h<>uwe where «»rm* »at alooe. statement La* been mail* :
“ The French am ba* «ador, on behalf
Life making cheerle** witl^ her peoive
rrwian.
of the government of Spain and by di
cur»«d in I he slate, the quality is tirsi-
claww, and it haw been saiely gathered
Heading and harvesting uf fall sown
wheat are under wav in all portion* of
the state, except in Union. Wallowa and
in the counties cum prising the Plateau
District; the crop is very heavy,
Suine
about
correspondents report the crop
as good as iu
when the crup was
| ilmini to lb.nk that trap«, net«, «rine« unusually large and of exi-ellent quality ;
Surely there is great iacunsistet^y in
while others report, “It is the largest
the war revenue law wuich require« ¡•and what nut are iuund in placet almost and best cropever harvewleil." That it is
|
corn
pl
ei
tdy
preventing
the
«almon
from
some corporations to pay the la* and
a good crop, there is nu question. The
at the mouth of
others not
Railroad companies by this ‘ reaching the hatchery al
gram is of good size and plump, so far
law must pay the tax on shipping re ElM creek.
there are no reports of any shriveled
Keftpunaibia pertuB hum this place »aw
ceipt«, river tran*j>or!ation companies
groin
Kpnng sown wheat is nearly as
a
net
atietchvd
entirely
acroaa
the
river
on bills of lading, but telegraph compan
promising as the fall sown. In |*ortions
tee pay nothing. The revenue io the ju«t above ths Gold liili bridge oue uight of the Willamette valley, the grain aphis
Rev. Rui*erl McLean in
latter vase comes from the |x*<»ple who last week
I in reported to t»e present in large quan-
send message». If it is right that one form ed us that one Andrew niailey ha» i titles on the spring w heat; some cor res-
con pany pay the lai, it is right that the in a trap at lha mouth ol Fuol'a creek l>undenta re|«ort that dam Age i» being
others pay it and the spirit of the law which extenda acruaa lite river contrary I 1 »lone, while others do not fear damage
' to law. Tbeae obstruction« together :
intends as mu< h.
by them
lists are as promising a*
(with many others |*erhap« will in a
wheat. Barley ami rye are alm«Mt in
A marriage certificate niuit have a abort time c«mipielely aunihilate the i
■ variably food crops, but ibii year they
ten cent revenue «lamp upon it before ' «almon iu Rugtie river and it will be but
I are better than usual.
Hop lice are
county clerk« will receive them for rec lew year« before it will become uecea-
numerous in the majority of yard»;
ord. Who 1« to pay the lax, the minu I «aiy to «U k M the river with thi« valua
| spraying is actively engaged ia and a
ter who performs the ceremony or the i ble fish uulu»« «otuelbing 1« done by th«*,
go»»!, clean crop is hoj»ed for.
young gentleman who ask* that it be proper authorities to punish l!iu«a wk
Royal Anne cherries are about gone
alone'* Thia question of tax 1« a dread have no regard lor law.
L mi I other and later varieties continue
ful thing and if it were nut that revenue
It Is also reported that dynamite
plentiful
Peach plums are ripening
1« needed to carry on this war for hu ; has been u»rd higbor up the river
ami bring ship|ird by car load lute, the
manity, the young ladle* would object tv to catch the lew «almon Un
trr«*s are over burden«! by the heavy
the marriage certificate tax fearing Ilia I might escape the traps or th«
Fur
1 crop
Pt-arhrw ami apricots, also, are
it might impair their chance« lor future thia offense Ibere is a |«0U tine l< r i tie
bring td>ipiH-«l by carload lots. The crop
bliss, but the young ladies ar* loyal Io offender should be be caught and K bv-
I ncle •'•in and they will offer n
jec- cornea the duty of every citizen win > n> ay
lions.
' Bnuw uf thia matter to r«q«ort at once
live, mid tn the Columbia and >nake
Ibere has been gr<M« tiulatiun <>t th-* fish
river valleys, elsewhere they are a poor
Agu nakiu, chief ol the Philippine in
I law pertaining to Rogue river every yvtr
crop. Die prune trees are loaded, and
surgents and <«* neral Garcia of U u I mi
lor a ituinlier of year« but tin« year the
hand pruning is very active. Apple anu
may prove inure troublesome before the
law breaking mungri« have twkume »u
Bartlett pear Hees are htciaily filled
war is over than they have iirrn of 1*11*
bold as to almost defy authority.
w uh fruit, owing to energetic and sy»-
•fit during the war. Power and author
For the short time Mr. Met
temali«- »praying, atiplre and pears will
ity these two men w«nt, but they do hut
been m office he has «lone hi«
tie ireer from the cudlin moth than has
understand ti*e use <>f either when once
ai*l nut cease to do it, but it i
I «er n the case hr years.
Flax fur titwr
within lheir resell.
They would be very
the Ja«ksun county man wh
which was sown late is tiring pulled,
frirudly to the Americans if the latter
like pueilion «imuld be more v
while the early sown is now
being
would «lu most of the lighting ami turn
looking into this mat er iu his
worked
The growth uf tiax fur fiber in
the tslaml over, every town and hamlet
That he would have the «up|i
Oreg n i» no huger an viprrimenl, it is
|n ti*eui aa soon as the Spaniard» surren*
people gurs without centradKli
now a Bu<*ceeel«al fact. Hemp is making
dr red to the Americans. These leaders
ten« who travel up and down
a fine growth, and it. too, has paaard the
M*r not com|>elrnt to do their beat lor
should lie on the lookout an«l
riper linen tai stage
Huger twrts are in
freedom am! then abide the time for the
ery ~t>siruction and him who
a must satisfactory « »ndiiiuu. The wis
exercise of such power as may be thrust
dom < f establishing the sugar l«ret fav
open tliem By the people. It will nut be making It so tropical fur th* *«*
I >ry in the lirande Kunde valley is dem*
surprising il the Americans will be com- that they Will be glad to take I
or desist from their illicit bu*u
vpelled to subdue that element of insur
gents on both islands before the better
AD
r
la«« will have any peer«.
It is reported that certain buy« iu
V,wn ha»* been selling aalmon which
they obtained near lb* po**r bona* and
which a*<e dead or nearly ao «hen
hparlin.
The M>»«ee Jeb« «re ibe pro*!
I'pon P »rlo Kus. Bu*|.
fer ia consequence.
B* tv * or avBecBimoB
Si 25
O>e Year, in advance
The German citiaen* in Ibra country
.• are practicallv unanimous against the
Mx Month«.
...
.35
Three Month*.
comi uct ad the mother country in her
Single Copie», -
Cnitod State*,
aUitode toward the
The dale opponile
lie your name indi«-aie*
indù aie»
-t--x—* ¡a
—
ibere are thouaan*Ls o' them ready and
the time to whi« h your »utw npUoa
na;«l
it ia your account with U»e Coi bibb , when willing at a
toment'a notre* to lake up
you ¡«ay your »abacription *ee that the date
arms against the F^mperur if need be.
ta changed.
| The reason why the tierman American
Ad»ert;.mz
rate» oa application J
ypX w -uUldv.i
,
„
¿X
r.r
II. ■ •
for cban<* oC ii mu.t b*
Tuesday noon. «Hberwute setting oi the bis borne in Germany to find a better
—atlrr aiti be chargad for at fk* ral* •< Be I
* one in America. He found that home
per ruunmir irw b, »in<le <*oiumn.
Altera
tion« and «dditn.n, io»■opy will t* < barr««l arid it is but reasonable to suppose that
for at tbe rate of We per ntnning inch, -in he would ti<bt for it
I’euple uf other
,1* 1-otunin
’ nations who have become ciuxene of this
Entered at the p-»t ofBc* at Grant» Pa». ; one and have learned to partake uf lie
Oregon, a« »ec-ono-cla» mail matter.
1 fruits need not be question«! as to their
Grant* Paxs ia the < «/unty -eat uf Jewe- loyalty if it comes to the worst
It may
pbme county and is situate«! in the « enter
uf the Southern Oregon gold mining dis be the reverse of a few who are so ignor.
trict
ant of the privilege» they enjoy that
such would take up arms against their
adopted uatie, bet there is no danger >A
I any damage tiring «lone by them.
The Prince of Wales fell down stairs ’
not long since, and now he has to walk
Tbe Southern Oregon Chautauqua A»-
« |IU«>» Il»»’
Mia* Iternrtl ia lb* t'«** 04 lU M1-**
LATEST WAR NEWS.
guilty parties discovered, ibey sbuahi be
punished aa they deaerve
Aty bor who
would be guilty oi such a thing is a tit«
tleraaral and must Ue spatted
Honest
buys who may aril fish wi I have to suf
’ *<‘»,row was chased away.
Toni received his new gun in tiro*
a* bis father had really intended tod«>
whether he bagged the goose or «o’
’ Jt he »ays the next time he kill*4
he will aee that his nec k h w*
u rung before he undertakes to me»*
ure the distance of his long »b**-"
Golden Days.
< rex ent City and Granta Paas «Hai*
Line I'assrwgrr Kate«
From Granta Pass
To Wilder» il le .. .
I ■*
To Lo»»’-* AnJerwn' ‘ .....
ft*
T* ¡tela*
»!>
To Kerbv
Te Waldo Z.y//;/
F.xraraion rat«* fwd (or tW d«»»
The pls
«»l*. rv,1( Graat, Pa,« to Cf*«o-ni l'ilJ
Tom ha,^
T<> < »eacent Citv en<) return
111*
•» Of tb* bii, ,M
Hi«
Tom's fertii* ■»o persene. ea<h ...
mind to thinking
iio.a
u companies of o* more.eavh
Eí.nln» attsr s».B-- .
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