e A • ♦ V ♦ am ItiDiraxDurr VOL. XV P afku , I>* vutu > E m k < — ialiy tv tmi hnitm ur Hoi'TUK&M Oaauoa. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER t9. 1899 No. so. Washington Letter. Peruvians, it you like. These people sale at the pct olliee, .nd government left remains, which exist, ami descend­ tobacco .hope, it ia practically a govern­ From our regular correspondwat. ants—the Indiana we aee about us. ment enterprise. The new .yateui will Washington, Oct. 9th, 1899. The remains show that there were great Admiral Dewey left Waehiugtuu for evidentally take the place of tlie poatal WW • VVWWWVWV-V-V VV-V-V.’VWVW varieties of local habit and custom, i New England today. He will return in card ; it will decrease the sale of postage Cot kier and Toledo Blade, only $1 25 whether the result of racial variety or about two weeks. He made a Georgia stamp«, but it ia expected that the re­ Perhaps you have noticed the chill in the air these crisp Bicycle hospital for all repairing al merely different conditions of life. I delegation happy by replying as follows ceipts from the advertising will enable don't know. What we do is to invest­ t » their itsvitalion to go to Atlanta to the icoverniiieiit to make a aubetantial ( ramer Bro«. mornings and cool evenings—that calls for some warmer M. W. Wheeler and family returned igate the remains and discover facta; pirticipate in the ceremonies attending profit out of ths project.” What a underware. Come to otir »toie and we can fit you out with we record the facts, and leave inferences the presentation of a sword to his flag howl there would be in thia country ii from Medford last Wed lies bay comfortable wear. and generalizations to other people. officer, Lieut. Brumby, who it a Georg­ the government reported to such ma- R. S. Johns of Galesville, w as a visitor There are not facts enough discovered ian : “Why. certainly, gentlemen, l’li thod», I hi ( fortuiiateiy Uncle Sam doeen't ' to Grants Pass on Friday. yet to warrant very general inferences. come 1 have no other engagement have to. Mr. ami Mrs. R. L. Coe returned on Some day there may be, but it will need which will prevent my going to Atlanta Tlie report of the Hoard of Visitor, of ( Friday from their visit to the exposition much more excavation first. Our in­ about Nov. I, and I’ll la» glad to present the U. 8. Naval Observatory - the tirat i at Portland. vestigation is twofold. We dig into the the sword myself to Lieut. Brutuby. - aay, that tin lea» the Observatory Will soon be in demand. We keep a full stock of them. Mrs. G. W. Rondeau committed suic­ ground and we dig into the minds of the “Many men of many tninda” certainly could be part of a National University and ide al Roseburg, by hanging herself, on living people. The Indian today is applies to everyth n^ connec ed with the or a l>epirtment of Science and Indus­ Better come and get a pair before the rains set in and you very little altered by Euro|>ean influ­ country’s new possessions. Recently the tries, nothing weald be gained by taking FURNITURE, the night of Oct l'dlh may prevent a hard cold. MATTRESSES. CROCKERY, LAMPS. Mrs. Dyer of Riddle, arrive.! here ence. He carries a thin varnish of opinion that For to Rico was ri|»e fur it from the control of the Navy l\*part CARPETS. PILLOWS. TINWARE, WOOOENWARE Christianity, but below it are all the pre men'. The board recommends an in ­ civil guverumeiit has been largely in the Friday for a visit with her daughters, GRANITEWARE, MATTINGS. COTS, TOOLS, Columbian beliefs and superstitions majority, but that isn’t the view of Lieut. crease iu the astronomical stair ot the LINOLEUM. , Mrs. G. W. Calvig and M s. J. A. Jen LACE CURTAINS. GLASSWARE MIRRORS. practically entire. The difficulty is to Col. W F. Hall, Adjutant General of the observatory, and an amendment of the nings. get the peuple to talk. For example, Department uf Porto Rico, who is now law which will enable Naval Otticer, to Have you taken advantage of our Special Sale advertised last Henry Mathev of New York City, iht Indians here worship Illimani as a iu Washington. He said on the subject: lertorm the duties of astronomer, after Opera House Bio. k metallurgist of the Preston’s Peak Cop­ week ? Only a limited quantity left. god; but they would not acknowledge “Conditions are not yet such as to war- they have passed the age of 84, when per Co. has been in Grants Pass during to you that they did m >.” Thus he >a it the abandonment of military rule in they are now compelled to retire. 1 he paet w eek . Tumblers Wringers Curtains Pins talked for four hours from the walth oi Porto Rico ; in fact, it would be a sorrow­ F. T Sutherland of the Victor Junior his experience, and if ne slackened for ful day for the country it it were deriv­ 4 for ioc . 98 cents each. 25c each 4 doz. for 5c. What th« Fight to About mine returned on Friday last from an a moment, another question would re ed of the firm yet kind government that The present conflict between Great ex ends I trip through the East and EORGE H. BINNS, lease a new fund of reminiscence ami is doing a splendid work there, and will Graduate of Horology Pa»au Univer­ 1 Canada. Y oh Can Profit bv ’s the laboriously acquired knowedge —Sir continue to administer allairs in the in Britain and the Transvaal date« back to sity, Germany. ASSAYER, T. G. Ha:mon uf Deer Creek and bis Martin Conway, in Harper’« Magazine teresi. of the whole people. Certain in­ last April, but the cause« leading up to it See the new Nail Sets, Leather Punches, Cobbling Outfits. have been in operatiou a long time. Ori­ stater, Mrs. Fchweres of C-'O» county dividuals dislike to see Americans on Office opposite Hotel Josephine, ginally the Transvaal goverinenl ad­ NEW SUITS just received; all new Patterns. New Rocking Chairs. left for a visit to their old home in Iowa County Clerk's Semi-Annual Report. the island, as they are keen to get hold G k nth P ash , - - O regon . one day lust week. Showing the amount and numl»er of of the custom house receipts for their mitted foreigners to the right of voting New Dining Chairs. on very hlreral terms, requiring only a Dr. D. S Sanford one of the directors claims allowed by the County Court of personal benefit. They remember how Josephine County, State o>* Oregon, for year’« residence, but when gold was dis­ of the Shorty-Hope mine, who has b-en C. HOUGH, what allow»*«), the amount of warrants officials in the past waxed tat on ths covered in quantities on the Rand and ....PRACTICAL in Ashland during the past month, left drawn ami amountof wnrrantaoutstand- collection of these same receipt«, and ATTORNEY AT LAW, New Table Glassware, New Lamps, New Portiers, New Carpets. Englishman and other outsiders, or Ut- WATCHMAKER. on Thursday for Grand Rapids, Mich. ing and unpaid from the first day of they think that if the present regime April 1899. to the 30th day of Septem­ at re abandonded, they might have a landers, as they are called there, began Only a few left of those 8-inch Glass Fruit Bowls at 15c. ; ■bactices in all State an.1 Federal (’ouiH If Shiloh’s Cough ami Consumption ber 1N99, both inclusive. Prices Moderate; full to rush in in great numbers, the Boer« I Office over First National Bank. chance to inaugurate another era of cure, which is sold for the small price of Warrants outstanding April \Ve have by far the Largeit. Newest, Cheapest and handsomest Line Guarantee Given. kared that their country, which they G bants P ash , - - O regon . Dt, 1*99..................... $69267 04 public plunder.” 25 cts., 60cts. and $1.00, does not cure had built up out ot the wilderness, of House furnishings in Southern Oregon. \Ve are closing out a few Warrant« issued from April 1st,’ 1899, A delegation of Creek Indiana, who lake the bottle back and we will refund would be taken from them, and they tines of as follows: are in Washington to protest again-1 your money. Sold for over fifty years on Road Hnd bridge... ■g C. PERKINS, 2148 1- changed their policy by adopting law« Wall Buy Now. this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50cts Pauper account........ 1778 37 violations by the government of the which made it exceedingly difficult for Criminal account, circuit court 403 03 treaty they made with President Adams’ — W F . Kremer . U. 8. DEPUTY justice •• 282 30 in 1825, have been informed that relief foreigners to gel the voting franchise The Scissors. his tirilliant work at Santiago, though Boers Precipitate War. Stationery account..................... MINERAL SURVEYOR, 371 51 can only come Irom eongress. ¡They on any terniM. Mushroom juice is said to be a sure the government gave Sam peon credit Court house and jail ............... 30 527 That the fears of the Boer« were not The Boers ami their neighboring allies Clerk’s account........................... (Hl 00 have with them a historical relic in the groundless the following figures will cure for snake bites, says an exchange. for tlie victory.—Dalles Times Mountain* <>K KOON. have not waited for English invasion of Sheriff’s •* ............ . ............... 939 10 shape of a big silver medal presented Thia, no doubt, will be sad news to the rer. Bailiff's *• ................... ........... their territory, but have committed the «<; 00 to their head chief, by President Adams, show: According to the last census the — OF — lovers of the old tunes “snake bile” total white )>opulatioii of the Transvaal School Supt ’ s. account .......... 317 23 when the treaty wan signed. On on« K)R. J. JENNINGS, first overt act of war bv crossing the It ia yet uncertain whether or not the SOUTHERN OREGON judge's account.......... 310 oo was 288, 750, The number of male burgh­ remedy.—Drain Watch man. Natal border. Siuce war \\a- nevitaulr, County <’reat Muir glacier, the pride and glory County commissioners’............ 97 20 side of the medal is: “United States er« or Boer citizens entitled to the fran­ RESIDENT DENTIST this is a wise movement on the part of Road supervisor«’ account........ 20(1 60 of America, John Quincy Adams, Presi ltewey iusists that Im cannot make a of Alaska wonderland, is yet in sxis- Capital Slock, $50,000. the Boers, for they strike before England Insane account........................... 30 > ears Expel tence. 55 00 dent, to Chief Ho puth-lo Ho lo-he” and chise wa« 29. 279. On thia basin it is cal­ •pooch, I'erUapa he mean* a post tence. The rumor ia current in Skag­ Jury account ............................... culated that the total numbers of the 512 4X1 is prepared, and can thus gain great ad Oilice in Opera House block; see the sign Receive deposits subject to check or on vantage in position before the British Coroner’s account........... ........... 55 15 on the other a hatchet and pipe, the Boer population were not over 78, OiK) prandial speech. But in the matter of way that, as a reaull of the recent earth­ of The Big Tooth. ce tifieatt p ijable on demand. County treasurer’« account. . . 199 98 date, a pair of clasped hands, and while the Utlanders number 210,000. a before break Ust talk, the world will quake, the entire geography uf the troops in South Africa can become suf­ A*«e«8or’8 account..................... 817 60 “Friendship ami Peace”. Glacier Bay section baa t>een changed. OUKGUN. Ga\ nts P ahs , Sells sight draft** on New York, San Frar - ficiently reinforced ami capable of ag­ District attorney’s account.... rhervfore if all of the male Ullandsrs of insist that he is the most eloquent 14 40 While there is no written law on our cisco, and Pufiland. shaker history has produced,—Oregon A mass of ice and granitepwck miloa in Tax remittance ......................... voting age should have the franchise, it 397 5» length having slid into theaea, leave* Telegraphic transfers sold on all |>ointe in gressive movements Printing account......................... 52 00 statute ImokK against the recognition of would lie easy for them to outvote the Statesman. V P. DODGE, Of the outcome, unless pubic senti­ Over plus tax sale account. nothing but a bare new face of desolate Che United States. 4 70 an American cilixen a« the diplomatic Boers in their own country. Hence the President Kruger ia to be told that he rocks, some mi lea diatant from what ment in England changes and refuses to Remittance circuit court fees 60 00 representative in the U. S. of a foreign Special Attention given to Collections anC INSURANCE and restrictive law« adopted. can still have peace if he will grant the was support the war, there cm be no doubt. glitteriug general business of our customers. government, there is an unwritten taw ■hore.—Jackeonvill* REAL ESTATE In April last a petition to the British Uitlander'a demand«, disarm hia peo­ 4*0807 18 Times. against it, strengthened by vigorous Collections made throughout Southern 1’he situation is different from that in CONTBA. government was signed by 21,000 Uiland- ple and pay Great Britain a million to Life, Fire and Accidvnt Insurance. 1881, when Gladstone backed down froir Oregon, and on all accessible points. written opinion« of three eminent Sec­ er« who «Hk for a redress of grievances* cover her war preparation expenaea. Ofli-e with Price A Vourhiea. an inglorious contest, ami yielded the Watran's cancelled from April The Isthmian canal commission baa retaries of Slate-Thomas Jefferson, Ham ­ J. D. FRY, President. 1, I8ÍW, to Oct. 1. 18«9 $11983 48 They specified lack of protection from One would like to see the expreasion lawn studying very hard this summer. vict ry to the Boers N< th’ng of this kind ilton Fish, and W. M. Evarta-whicb U bas Ts P ass , - - • O ksoon J. T.TUFFS, Vice President. mob violence, arbitrary act« by the gov ­ on grim old Oom Paul« face when he Io find out about a practical rout across will happen again. The Boers will be Outstanding warrants, Oct. makes it certain that the refusal of the R. A. B< OTH, Cashier ernment in expelling British subjects, read« thia communication.—H. F. Bulle- the American isthmus, the learned 1, 1899 utterly vanquished, and their republic, . $67873 70 Department of State to receive Col. J. R IgOSHOW& SHERIDAN, and the concentration of the powers of ton. Estimated interest accrued in all probability, wiped out. members of the commission have been O’ Beirne, of New York, as the diplo thereon government in Johannesburg in the ......................... 969« 24 Yet it ia likely to In* a fierce and pro­ MINING ATTORNEYS, spending a few mouths at Paris, Am­ malic representative of the Transvaal Another naval commander who er and amount of claims allowed by government into some odd methods of by mining companies which declare 25 redemption.—Printer's Ink. new subscribers or to those who pay up the County Court of said County, for raising money. Its latest is the selling Sympathy tor < he Boers, Next to Dewsv, \dmiial Schley is the all arrearages to the C ovrikb and one REAL E-TAl'E. and the six months ending on the 30th day of advertising apace. A h yet, the sale of l»er cent dividend«, and in which all of A ma«« meeting held in New York on of September, 1899, on what account advertising by the government is confin­ the stockholders are foreigner«. They moat prominent of our present day year in’advanes. INSURANCE. Oct 12 expressed sympathy for their the Fame are allowed and amount of ed to a portion of a post paid letter shee t think it nothing more than reasonable heroes, and he wan appropriate!v re warrant« drawn, and the amount of Bei r^.eniinit the most reliable coin- that taxes should lie paid by these mining membered both at New York and Wash­ Boers in their struggle. Prominent in warrants ontntanding and unpaid as the (.’apt. Woodbridge T. (teary of the panie- hi exi-tetiee, bolli tire an I life). but there is talk of extending it in \ ari- ' the movement are Bourke Cochran. Sen ­ »ame appear upon the records of my ous ways. Mr Albion W. Tourgee, U. companies bearing some proportion to ington when the nation was welcoming Thirteenth U. H. infantry was killed Bon"1 ¡'ubile. * —fruits. J.'i ; in«. picklM* «r F i’Rup ar« the value of the privileges they enjoy. Dewey. 'The people have not ¡forgotten near Manila on Oct. 11. ators Teller ar d Ma^on, Gov. Piugree oi office and in my official cuatody. OKED »N Haas Ta P ass , ♦ ffi healthfully «teah-il with Defined ' B A WitneM my hand and «cal of the ri. Consul, at Bordeaux, France, «ays, in Great Britain acted on the pitilion of Michigan and Mayor Van Wyck. Paraffine Wax than Ly any other —r County Court of said County this second a repert to the Department oi State, of the Utlanders, and on the 31)th oi May a method. Dozens of othei usee will be •lav of Octolrer, A. D 1899. this incursion into the advertising field Something about the South American '“^'“‘Refined conference wav held in Bloemfontein R. L. HABTurrr, of the French Government: “One half Indian. by representatives of the governments uf County Clerk. W. G. Wriglit, the sheet, of ordinary letter size paj>er, Mr«. Bandelier cooked our breakfast OU Great Britain and the Trumivaal in Gen’l Agt. for Oregon anb>rl«^u—air, water M ac AKnit k -F obbbst C yanidk 1‘ k < k kss . an whilst Imr husband answers I my For six mouths ending September 30th adverliseruents, except a «pace reserved ing demands : It with a lift of ItR many use« for the address, on which is printed a Cyanide an ! Chlorination treatment from your druxsiiitor xrrx’er. volley of question«. ‘ Were the ancient 1899: 1 — Franchise after five years' residence Hold everywhere. Made by of Or. postage stamp The letter is written on such franchise lawn to be retroactive. GENEHAL Ft ND. dwellers on Illimani Incas?” I igno­ STANDARD OIL < «. Bu ion Refined and Bbirped . $ 2,493 19 tbs other half of the sheet which is then rantly asked. I don’t know; 1 have no Bal. from last report.. 2— Naturalization oath to be modified. ingeniously folded and held by a gum 0«. xtm P ahs . - • O reuon . theories; 1 know nothing alnnit Incas. From sheriff, warrants taxes, 3— Fair representation uf this porliun 1898 ................................... 06 med fl g. The price is the saw e as a p<>»- AU I ki.- w !• that throughout Peru and From sheriff, cash .... 06 tai card. By this meant, the purchaser of the country in which the majority of B tlivia (here were ancient inhabitants Poll tax 1898-1899 i,' wrongs of the t'llanders. a cen ury of fxpenencc in th»* Marble sn,l Granite Busine«*» and can fill your or­ Total . In reality, the franchise matter in lewn 88 ders »romp*Iy and give you the best of workmanship. ■ important than other issues which stand X IIOOL AND OTIIF.a Wi I make a specially of cone'ruc-non work from y .»ir <*n design«. behind the whole controversy, but Anol apiKjrtionment which have not besn introduced into the 46 R«'|x>rtoire of New J". H PADDOCK. (Mate •• “ W negotiations between the two govern City tax. 1898 .. COMLDItS AND DRAMAS... 50 I merits. Secretary Chamberlain who as Institute fund 00 A cts gentlv on the Kecretary of Htate for the colonies, in hl funds, si**« ia! tax Married Haste. state 5 yr ct road fond fi j managing this matter on th« mde of the Trilby, British government, said in a speech re- SI MIO 67 < ently : “The question is one of our pre­ Lady of Lyons, dominance, and it is a question of peai e Clever l-’ fifi through the wtools of Kouih Afrua. Our Oí C, tAN5ts A Wit*. preatigc i« tising hindered by the present Can S. .Mails, Pas-iengers and x ptateof things.” la other words ths EFFECTUALLY SuK Tin bolh way» daily betwevD Grants Pa»«. Orr|(on. and Crescral question al issue is. Whether British gen. ^gZity. Cal., passing through the following interior points Wilder- 1 predominance in Mouth Africa outside of D's.-f0LPS--n;cHt» ville, Love'«, Anderson, Kerby. Waldo, Shelly Creek, ry claimed toy • ■ ■ ' < -hall Patrick'» Crack, Gasrjuets. j lie mads complete, and whether, to this Total.................................. $18,610 67 pud. the llosrs, if they prove stubborn, TIME TABLE. 1. J. T. Taylor, •!-» hereby • »-rtiiy ihif ICe**«-f «»»«1 Kraft» l«>< Karrs. 'shall I jm crushM by forte of arum, or WESTBOUND LSTBOUND th ►e forego, ng is a true and correct nt aie­ a whether Great Britain shall wail for the Lear > Grant* Pass ... . . 8 a m -.»cent City tn ment of the amounts received, paid nt \V* iLlrv I natural up»*ration of economic and social at Arri’- at Waldo.................. 6 p ni m and remaining on hand, in the C’n re.towe ponied on < loth rates during summer season 4 D 1W J. T. Tarma - '<•'<> *»•******; ret* FM WM4 • Are «Maar» seu Mi hidu J. C. HARPER. Granis Pass, Or.. Manager, j County Treasurer. at th* Out aia* ottee. Daily. > > ? > local toappeninge 1 Rubbers and Rubber Boots I I Buy Crockery Housefurnishings Right. Welch's Clothing Store, Clothes Lace Clothes this Sale and Now J Time. Joseph Kessler, K Popular Prices Prevail. .» Paper at Cut Prices— FIRST NATIONAL E A N' K Harness and Shoe Shop I I 4 Preserves E ASSAYER, J 'ii € a I «r I Paraffine Wax Delicious Hot Biscuit ATTENTION------ * D J * -■ I if* !» - Sp r-'K Opera House Grants Pass Marble and Granite Works Oct. 16,'99. are made with Royal Baking Powder, and ar the most appe­ tizing, healthful and nutritious of foods. MISS JESSIE SHIRLEY Brants Pass & orescent City K idneys , L iver --STACE LINE-- I •ies I'. Stage l and pre--. B owels the S ystem in Doris, ool, Game of It all depun Is upon the bak­ ing powder. Take ever.' care to have votir biscuit made with Royal, which is a pure cream of tartar baking powder, if you would avoid indigestion. 'is “ “«!rS s«'c,s GllfHlXDfiG.SYfXK?- The Sugar Pine Store and Omeert I *