No. 34
50,000 Shares
Ot $1 per share, or
$50,000 of the Capital
Stock of the Oregon Nat-
J ural Gas, Oil & Minina
Company, is now offered
for sale to the general
public for
10 cts. on the Dollar
OR
10 cts. a Share.
This money will be used in
drilling an Oil well on lands that
are controlled by this company,
which is in the center of the Oil
District named as the North Grants
Pass Oil district. This company
has contracts on the following well
known ranches in this District.
They have all signed a card similar
to this,
"To whom it may concern
T his will introduce Mr. Scott Griffin
who represents the Oregon Natural
Gas, Oil and Mining Company in
which I have placed or bonded my
ranch and believing it to be a good
thing for this country and a good
investment, will you kindly look in
to the proposition?"
Names of Ranchers:
Mrs Mary 1, Jordon,
James Deveny,
G M Savage,
J J Fryer,
John Deveny,
B B Ochiltree,
W J Savage,
Mrs Jessie Deveny,
B B Ocheltree,
Dr W H Flanagan,
W M Bishop,
J G Dotson,
J S Harvev,
J N Carter,
The above ranches embrace
several thousand acres of land of
the best indications for Oil tha( our
agents could find on the Pacific
I'oast and they have been from
Washington to Mexico.
We are forming a district
known as the South Grants Pass
Oil District aud have the following
named ranchers who have Bigned
contracts:
Orr Brown,
Fred Gyer,
I W Holmes,
Mrs Sarah Brown,
J W Loveland,
John Neighbor,
Mrs Annie D Holmes,
L W Ferry,
Mrs Josephine Loveland,
F h Wilson,
Joseph Nuhber,
William Stringer,
William Holland,
Mrs Sarah Stringer,
C N Hathaway,
Jas W Brown,
D Wiiner,
Mrs Laura A Hathaway,
Win H Simmons,
Calvin Wells,
H S Wyuant
E B Brown.
In the near future we will
have more to say about the Grants j
Pass Oil District.
Read carefully the offer we are ,
making. We are only offering a!
limited amount of stocks at a very j
low price of 10 cents a share
for $1 Shares non assessable j
stocks with an option for ten times
as many shares. One dollar will t
buy $io shares with an option for,
$ioo more. Ten dollars buys $ioo i
with option of $iooo more and'
$ioo buys Jiooo shares with an j
option on $10,000 shares more and
your money is placed in the Grants ,
Pass Banking and Trust Company's j
bank with a guarantee that it will ;
be returned to you if the Oil well
is not drilled and completed as
agreed upon. You have no assess-!
ment to pay. You have no risk to
run. ;
We do not exaggerate when
we say we expect every dollar in-'
vested in our company will be
worth a hundred fold when we:
strike Oil on lands controlled by
the Oregon Natural Gas, Oil and
Mining Company.
We are earnestly seeking to
develop the Oil District around
Grants Pass which we believe
exists in untold quantities.
You know that if Oil. Natural
Gas or Artesian Water is found in
Josephine county it will more than
double the value of all property
and for that purpose alone you can ,
encourage the prospecting for
Oil, or Artesian Water by taking a
few shares of stock. t
For lurther information call on
SCOTT GRIFFIN. Secretary, :
The Natural Gas, Oil &
Mining company.
Grants Pass, Ore.
.A SUDDEN CHANGE....
A sudden quirk in the weather need not catch you
napping. We can furnish you instantly the best of style
and quality with a neatness and perfection of fit that will
DECEIVE 6 DEVOTEE
of custom made wearing apparel. Our suits are worn by
many who have a reputation as dressers.
CLOSING OUT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES.
WELCHS' CLOTHING STORE
NEXT TO P. O.
P.M.. .MI.....IC0I..O. ...... .....
J)R. R. K SMITH,
PHYSICIAN and 8UKGEON
Ollice, Room 2 over Post OlnYe. Residence
Kane House, oppo. the Western.
GRANTS PASS. - - OREUON.
J)R. CLIVE MAJOR.
General Practitioner of
Mkdicine and Scrokrv.
Office in Williams Block
A.
C. HOUGH,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Practices in all State aod Federal Courts
Office over First National Bank.
Grants Pass, OmtaoN.
J C. PERKINS,
U. 8. DEPUTY
MINERAL SURVEYOR,
CiHANTii Pass,
Oregon.
POSHOW & SHERIDAN,
MINING ATTORNEYS,
Special attention given to Mining
and Laud Laws, and l.and Office practice.
Robkhi no,
OukuoN.
QEORGE II. BINNS,
ASSAYKR,
Office opposite Hotel Josephine
Ghanth Pahs, - Orkuun.
N. E. McGItEW,
PIONEER
TRUCK and DELIVERY
Furniture knd Piano
Moving.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
The popular barber shop
Get your tonsorial work done at
IRA TOMPKINS'
On Sixth Street Three chairs
liatb room in connection
II. II. BARTON,
WATCHMAKER and
JEWELER.
Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil
verwear and Jewelry. A Good
Assortment of ItruccleU and
Heart Mangles,
Clement' Drug Store.
CLAUS SCHMIDT
STAPLE GROCERIES
CANNED GOODS
FLOUR and FEED
Sixth St., opr. Citv Hall
J.M. CHILES
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
TABLEWARE
Fine Butter a Specialty
FRONT and FOURTH STS.
SWEETLAND & CO.
FRESH and SALT
MEATSs"
Tuqni 21
G. 0. FISHER
Sewer Connections
j Metal Roofing
Gas Fitting
Plumbing
...Pipe work of all kinds...
Bids furnished (or all work.
Iave orders with ...
Cramer Hro. Hardware
Haii-Uiddls Hardart
. miniiiinniiiiiiii .... .q.o. .. c
GRANTS PASS
........
Question Answered.
Yet, August Flower still hag the
largest sale of any medicine in the civil
lied world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Biliousness.
Doctors were scarce, and they seldom
heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Prostra
tion or Heart failure, etc. They used
August Flower to clean out the system
and stop fermentation of undigested food,
regulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches and
other aches. You only need a lew doses
of Green's August Flower, in liquid form,
to make you satisfied there is nothing
Berious the matter with you, (jet
Green's Prize Almanac.
A Few Pointers.
The recent statistics of the number of
deaths show tint the large majority die
witn consumption, ibis disease may
commence with an apparently harmless
cough which can be cured instantly by
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, which is guaranteed to cure and
relieve all cases. Price 25c. and 60c.
For sale by all druggists.
Willis Kramer
MANt KAC'Tt KKB Of
Myrtle Creek
Extra Family Floui
And Everything that goes with First
Class Milling.
For Bale by Chii.es, Delematkr,
Wadk and Cornell.
Call for it; same price as other brand
FIRST NATIONAL
BAIsTK
OF
SOUTHERN OREGON.
Capital Stock, - - $50,000,
Receive deposits subject to check oiod
certificate payable on demand.
Sells sight drafts on New York, San Fran
cisco, and Portland.
Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in
the United States.
Special Attention given to Collections ami
' general business of our customers.
Collections made throughout Houthern
Oregon, and on all accessible points.
R. A. BOOTH, President.
J. C. CAMPBELL, Vice President.
II. L. GILKKY, Cashier.
E. Ii. DUNIB, Arst. Cashier.
Grants Pass
Banking and Trost Co.
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.
Transacts a general hanking business.
Receives deposits sulject to check or
on demand certificates.
Our customers are assured of courteous
treatment and eveiy consideration con
sistent with found banking principles
J. Frank Watson, Pres.
KcLta Poi.lcck, Vice-Pies.
L. L. Jkwkli., Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
J. Frank Watson, J. 8. Moore,
J. J. llouck, Eclus Pollock,
! HerbertSinith,
Scott Grilliin ,
A. E. Sneehan.
Fry's
Squirrel
Poison
Every Grain Kill a Squirrel.
per On it
If you are Dot tatifml you get your
money back.
Sloyer Drag Co.
APOTHECARIES,
front St., Opposite Depot.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Celebration Festivities Occupy
Two Days. Season of Pat
riotic Ecstasy.
The Fourth of July celebration ar
ranged by the Firemen occupied both
days of the Fourth and Fifth and the
time was well filled by the exercises
and the features of amusement and en
tertaiumeot.
The attendance was very large. For
several days preceding the Fourth, the
people kept quietly dropping into town
and on the evening of the Third the
crowds which lined tho streets gave
sure prophecy of multitudinous atten
dance at the festivities of the morrow.
The town was gaily decorated. Rows
of small evergreen trees festooned the
sidtwalks and with the brilliancy of the
national colors gave a vivid and most
pleasing effect.
The parade formed at the court houte
and marched to the bicycle grouuds.
It made a very pleasing appearance
though not so elaborate as some which
have occurred at former celebrations.
Miss Ebsie tfartman as Goddess of Lib
erty and Miss Iua Lister as Angel oi
Peace graced their respective positions
in pleasing manner.
The exercises of the day were held at
the bicycle park. The Declaration ol
Independence was read by Miss Maud
Baber. II. A. Reed was orator of the
day and delivered an oration full ot pa
triotism and poetic expression. Mr.
Reed gained many compliments by his
able manner of do ivery. His oration
follows :
Within tho sense of the Declaration of
Independence w hich you Intra heard so
beautifully rend, abides an idea which
finds a ready rerionee within every
true American breast ; may the princi
ples within embodied bo forerer en
graven upon our hearts ! Of how many
ages is this the fruitage, how many cen
turies of toil and tears, how much of
tho blood of martyrs and the rigilaut
care of heroes have been expended in
maturing this tree of liberty w hich to
day throws its sheltering branches o'er
a continent. Isolated and remote, from
tho great centers of civilization and
great marts of trade, almost surrounded
by and in tho very fastness of the
mountains, grnnd, pictures, ue and sub
lime, is tho picture one beholds. Where
and in what country, might such a
scene be w itnessed as presents itself to
the American peoplu today. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific arc gathered the
representatives of every nice, creed and
clime; the honest Gorman, the sturdy
Sweed, the nervous Frenchman, the
swarthy Spaniard, the florid English
man ; the ingenious Japanese, tho sal
low Chinese, the generous but impul
sive Irishman, many in color yet one
in ardor. Many in origin, yet one in
purpose. All bringing, as it were,
their gilt of patriotic lovo to lay iih)i
tho altar of one common country,
whether theirs by birth or adoption.
Where shall we look for a comparison?
Not where trie Rhino glides between
vine-clad bunks surmounted by cruinli
liug castles; or where art and glory and
crime and industry struggle Ukmi
the soil of France; or where beautiful
Ireland smiled through her mists and
won the love of her sons, a love which
is likened unto the ancient Druids-rock-
ing-stono w hich a child might throw to
the center but neither tempest, nor
ages could shako from its place; not
where our English ancestors explored
and adventured and coloiii.ed uud
fought her turbulent sous ami whip
ed some of them, and got vliipH-d by
some of them, until all the great nations
of the earth today sts-uk the language of
a Shukesix are and live by tho law of
Magna Charta. From all these sources
our country draws its life. Is it a won
der that tho birth proscribed of Europe
Hocked in myriads to our shores'.' No
law of proguiiiture, no monopoly of of
fice or tiie soil. The humblest student
might fix his eyo upon the wk1 sack,
tho common sailor might hope to wear
the silver tot'u. The humblest citizen
might hope to fill the presidential chair.
Anyone who felt inspired by ambition
might chase the phantom of fame. A
free for nil and go as you ph aso.
We did not promise equality of peace,
but wo did promise equality of oppor
tunity, and that every man might make
himself the eipiul of every other man.
No country in which life and property
aro as si cure as in our own beloved
hind. Only a few weeks ago. our hon
ored president traveled the length and
breadth of the continent. No armed
soldiery or military escort accompanied
that illustrious party, hut alone and
unostentatious they p".ss"d o'er moun
tain and plain. With less show per
haps, than a western cattle king or a
millionaire mining man. And when
that beloved wifu was ill and mar
death's door, o great was the sympathy
, felt, that it seemed that for days the
rery pulse of the nation beat feebly in
unison with hern.
Such as she has rendered the name of
wife and mother more sacred and will
be remembered when a crown would be
forgotten.
The blessings we enjoy wen; not light
ly won. For seven long years our fore
fathers fought to establish our iridcpt-nd-ence
and as long as our rivers How to the
sea, shall their deeds ls remembered of
i men. They shall shine down the pages
of history in letters of living light. Ti.e
grass of peace lias grown o'er the fiery
trail that Sherman burned f i the sea.
Sheridan and his black horse are nearly
forgotten, while we remember the buff
and blue of Mad Anthony as lie li d the
continentals up against tho stormy fire
of Story Point. Let Andersonville. be
but a blurred memory of sorrow, while
we rememtier the shoelees fiwt that
crimsoned the snows beneath that star
Imp night at Valley Forge. Not even
i Manassas w ith its fifteen thousand dead
and dying lay with upturned faces to
the pitiless heat of a July sun will de
tract from the battle of Bunker Hill and
Lexington then came the heroic days of
our republic.
Senator Sumner prayed upon his dy
ing bed that the records of our lute war
might be stricken from the Hug of a re
united country; that prayer has beeu
mora than answered. The sons of those
loved veterans have fought side by side
in Porto Rico and Manila, and the sol
dier no'er asks of bis comrade w ho fights
by his side if their creeds do agree.
The young man of New England has
wooed and won his bride ill the land of
the orauge and the palmetto, aud as the
portraits of the grandfathers hang upon
the walls of the grandchildren in prut
ling tones hare asked, which grandpa
wore the blue, which grandpa wore the
gray. Standing upon the very thres
hold of this twentieth century, it is but
proper that we take a retrospective view
of the past, but it is more particularly
w ith the present and the future that we
have to do. While we hare attained
wealth and greatness in tho hundred
and twenty-tire years that it took other
nations centuries to obtain, 'tis not in a
spirit of arrogance or boasting that we
would refer to the Biime, but rather in a
spirit of gratitude and thanksgiving that
that Power which notes tho sparrows
full has been the hand that led us, to
which we owe it all.
O'er a hundred thousand square miles
enn Oregon boast, and mostly yet in
embryo. Fertile fields await the. hus
bandman ; gigantic 'pines, stretching
heavenward, in w hose boughs departing
spirits might rest, await the luuilrerman ;
mountains pregnant with precious met
als await the miner; new combination
of minerals, the assayer's crucible;
water powers, the manufacturer; scen
ery sublime, the artists pencil. Here is
earth's treasure chamber, with its doors
ready to sw ing back at the sesame touch
t scientific industry ; here all nature
reaches forth the bund of benefaction to
man; where nature has been lavish, tho
soul of man cannot be niggard of noble
principles.
OIK MMIIITY OUNTISY.
While many of our institutions take
tho form of tho Anglo Saxon spirit of
resistance to unwarranted authority
others antedate tho Cesurs. We shall
never become a race of slaves ; wo shall
never bow to caste or creed. While Mt.
Shasta Btnnils wedded to God ill her
mantle of purity, or the waters of Rogue
River shall flow to the Roa.
TUB AMI:IUCAN KI.AO.
Old Glory, and what shall I say of
thee, blest emblem of liberty. Theru is
no harbor so remote, or small, or large
that that (lag is not a welcome messen
ger, honored ami respected; aud, as
she flouts from tho musts of many ships
in foreign hurhors today, mcthiuks
many mothers view ing tho same, smile
through their tears uud bless it us the
ensign of the adopted home of their sons
and daughters. Beneath that Hug mull
is tho legislator of his ow n happiness
the architect of his own fortune; be
neath that Hug divine mercy sits en
throned, and in her right hand t he
sword of Justice, and on its blado I see
a crimson spot interpreted, defile it not .
Then, hail to the past that iH us this
day with j" unspeakable! Hail to the
future that sends its rainbow of icace
shining about our pathway 1 and to
those handed spirits w hose deeds of life
we this day commemorate across the
gulf of one hundred and twenty lire
years we send a greeting that shall not
fail till the seu gives up its dead.
The first event which followed the
exeieises was tho shooting contest. E.
E. Redfirld scored 22 points out of a
possible 2o and as usual took first prize.
Second money went to It. L. IUrt!ett,
witb a score of 20. W. II. Ilerinutt won
the third prize with a score of IS.
The bicycle races were the first event!
of Die llemoon's entertainment, 'the
main event ol these was mile race for
a .il Spalding bicycle, furnished by
W. A. Paddock. Though the prize was
It mptiog, there were only two entries,
Fred Roper and Max Smith. The hoys
took a lay oil' in the middle ol the race
and indulged in a loafing contest for a
few seconds. Victory perched upon the
burners of Riper. Tmm, 2.25. The
two-fifths of a mile race for boys of M
or under was on by Frank Evans.
I here were about a dozen entries in the
slow race. On the first trial, they
mixed together and fell in an ignoruin
i us hi up. On the second trial, .hey
did belter. The pri.i) was awarded to
Mr. Doney,
Hie event of the day was the bull
game between the Grants Pass and
Eugene teams. The Eugene boys were
a strong anil well balanced team, but
weie outclassed by the pitching of Mar
tin, the Grants Pass (wirier. Mtrtin
pitched a brilliant and faultless game,
wLile Earle, the catcher was steady as
clock work ami certain as fule. The
spectacular fiature of the game was
fund bed by Merlier, the iliminiiive
sdiort stop of the Grunts Pass team.
He flitted over the diamond like an
abbreviate! ghost, onu instant hacking
first bare and next instant lulling a fly
in left field. Once he almost came to
grief. Ilu collided forcibly with a base
runner in motion, whose superior
momentum hurled the little man to
terra firm most emphatically. Limp
for a few seconds, lie was, however,
s joii us good as new. The guni was
full of argument an I fine pilots were
contested to '.he utmott limit, but ami
cable feeling was prevalent at the clore
of the game. It was evident from the
Ural that Grants Puss had a mortgage
on the game. The score was 7 to 2 iu
favor of Granta Pass.
In the evening, there was a bcauiiful
display of fire works at the railroad park,
aud a band concert, followed by a
grand ball at the opera home, the Dem
arte orchestra furnishing the music.
The Urrt event ou the program on the
morning of the Fifth was the hose race,
wet test. Eugene made the run
of 210 yards and got water in
the exceptionally good time of 64'8
seconds. Granta Pass did not compete.
At 10 o'clock the base ball game was
called between the Grants Past and
Ashland teams for the championship
ot southern Oregon. In contrast to the
Eugene boys, the Ashlanders were
mostly light weights, and were a lithe,
active team. They played a sharp,
snappy practice game and every one
expected that Giants Pass would have
a harder game than that of the prev
ious day. The Ashland team had things
all their own way this season previous
to this time and butchered the valley
nines one after another. But after the
first few innings, it became very evident
that Ashland had not a ghost of a show
to win and the only result In doubt was
whether or not they would be com
pletely shut out. The nine iuniuga
went and nothing appeared to Ashland's
credit but a uumber of vacuous circles.
Granta Pass made nine runt, Martin
aud Earle each rapied the sphere for
a borne run and each brought in two
men besides himself. Martin waa at
his best and pitched a faultiest game.
In the two games, he did not give a
man a base on balls and iu the game
with Ashland he struck out Id men.
The Ashland boys played ball and held
together well throughout a discouraging
game. 1 he score for ttie last three
innings was 0 to 0. Three Eugene men
played with the Grants Past team.
While the team was strengthened little
if any, by this means, the fact was seized
upon with avidity by the Ashlanders
as an excuse for defeat.
The huise lacea occured at the rate
track at 2 p. m. The first race, a half
mile dash, was won by Harry Lewis'
Pergunot ill C2 seconds, Haber.B Hot
Stuff llessie second. The quarter mile
sc chile horse race was won by Russell's
Gray Midget in 20 seconds. The 300
yard pony race wat won by Williams'
Ruby.
At half past three the third base ball
game of the series waa played: Eugene
vs Ashland. . Seven Innings were played
and it was a close, well played game,
distinguished by line fielding on both
sideB. 1 ho score was J to 2 In favor of
Ashland.
In the evening the band gave a con
cert at the depot park and a second
grand bull at the opera house concluded
the festivities.
DUCHESS BUYS NEW GOWNS.
Maaohfratar Oui Ibapplaa-, Too, mm4
Purnhaaea an Auto
mutillv.
The dudieRa of Mnurl. enter decided
while in New York Hint aho did not
htive enmifrh drcKsm fur her honey
nmun irip to her nlil Clnnmiutl home.
( nnsfiiui iiHy rJic teti-hnne n fnsli
iniiiiirif modiste to nt finer t,vm 20 (if
her very Kvel!e.t pmiiK to the ducal
.ipfirt mrnlH in i In- Kotliiiid hniiKe fur
inspect inn. A uvuri nt tiiKteful ere
limiH wrie prumptly went her. Of
the !() Khe eluiHc fnir. Tin urn rued
10 were n tin ned. Out nf the cIkimmi
onns was mi nfitrTimoii dren. The
littler ttiu bought for wear on the
t ri p ent.
While hi wil- ivn liiiylhtf (jmvn
the duke mux iiIhi ihiiny xoine xhop
piiitf. Tor nn hour he whirled up inn'
duwii Tifth Memie in n loeniuidii r
n-tinir it. lie niuilly decided he liked
it ni'd cujnpVted the pim-hnse. pn
ihtf fur It with (i cheek of $Mu. Tin
hike lui a new- priutte .eeretni .
Mrlvillr I'Mlis, the lllu'el I iht. "Hr Ikii'I
merely jtihl a accrtlnry," Maid tht
duke. "lie's to he my friend, too. I
hud ifrrnt dillieulty in ieriua!iti(f him
to lake the jiliu-.'
POPULATION OF RUSSIA.
It la Itlinafai1 That Tbar Art 1.10,-
000,000 I'vuplc la (ha
Country.
The populntinn of HiiNaiii waa entl
uiuled at iihout 7yimii,i,00 in iKtil, the
enr of (he rmiitit-ipnl ion of the serf.
It ih now e:il.'iil:il'f to Ittt over
ijoi ,(;imi, iiivordlni; to u htnti'inent just
puldMicd liy the nt : i j k 1 1 jy of finance,
Tli i k ef-tiuale is oliliiii.etl Uy adding
the e.i'ei,!ii!i d llliliiltil nciM. of tiirtha
over i!;itih, rthii h U eeriiunly 'J.UOO,
IH" to the Iota! of l"..i;oi',li'ii)t given
h t )it- ecu mi i f Ju n u ;i i v.,7.
w I. ifh w im 1 pm.ntiij v 1 1 IumiI Hi
jriiU'I ditehv of Finland or U"j.uoii,i,()I
including Finland. The. Slavic poptt
latum i 7.1 per cent. if the wlxde.
I It. st. linn, ii hint tin n t he ring i., t.n i:j'
or ' per c-'hl., uud the I'm!- ll.it ' 1
film ir 7 per cent Tin tola) Finim h
pnplilfll ioji lit ovrr t'l.DUl.OMO it j. d Iht
l.ithuiiiiiiilia ft I limn f renrh the fciiuie
tiKi-, nuuilierlr.g .V'.iiii.noii. Vuiioiik
I in l-.ish pei,pi-a if the Volga, the
( mm en, the ( inn-, inn And Siheii;.
nu i lit : i i:,Mi..'f nr nUnnl '.I p,
n i t I n ' ! Then I ' i-
(') ! ;.l I I ' ' i e i
m.i . . - t, .'' hi l,f !,
UT.LiA 1 1JW OK UKNACE OAo
Waala Prodaot la lruala loBi ta4
la Haaaliitf Ilia tlao
trlt Mulora,
Vice Coniiul fit-rifnil Ifaiiaiier, of
Frankfort, write, .Nrnfiiihtr 3, H'W,
ii ftdlott: On October .'in, 23 repre
" v i ii t i wh of t h bu ght li on wtirki
in riiiiicf and h"lgniiii viMteil ttit
II. (r'!e Mining and Hulling i!t hh
ot ;i i'-n. at Horde, n in Ian t in uud,
rrotftln, to limped the electrical it fi
lial elation for uiili i-g the gaa com
ing from l he inouihn of furnace.
I lu new mt-1 hud i cmiMtli n-d iue
of t he wuiitli r of model n technic.
Iht plant, whrn fully coiupleted, ill
hne u force of t;.p0 horcpoir. At
pifM-iit, Ihrip twin iTiotoii of the
Ofch !i.aucr ;.! :n are run by thia
fun. .!'' gaa to piin!to mi r led no
. ui ir'ii for uppl i ii tr p.iwt-r nnd light
for tSe Hermann rolling mil Ik. A
fourth motor of '-on ho tc Ht-r on)
four othfia of I, onu horse power each
art; now hi procea of curmtruction to
arve like purtoat-a.
Better for the Blood than Uruparilla.
For Tli one, Living in the Malaria Dis
tricts. UrovVa TagttdeM Chill Tonic.
Furniture and Houscfurnishings
Stock Reduction Sale.
The recollection of quality remains long alter the price is forgotten
hence our success in selling
GOOD GOODS CHEAP
But not cheap goods. We're making some low prices on some lines
we wish to reduce stock on and when you consider quality you'll find
them very low indeel. Better buy early.
Over 100 samples of Manufactures. Carpet R.ugs good
to cover chairs, stools or floor. $1. $1 25, $1.35. $1.73
up to $2.50. Brussells. Axmlnister, Moquet, Velvets
lirooint regular 25c anil 30o goods,
Croquttt Bets. $1.20, H.50 and
Hammocks, UOc, f 1,25 up to ,
Tents ;
Camp stoves with oven fold
X36 in. Campcbairs,
Furniture
t'ar)is
MattiitKM
Lai-eCurtaiiis
M stresses
Pillows
l.lnoleuniM
MINES OF JOSEPHINE.
Pioneer Mining District of Jose
phine Creek Still Among
the Productive.
The Portland Telegram ot July 8 con
tains tho following article relative to
Kerby and Its mines on Josephine:
The little mining town ol Kerby,
which llos about 30 miles Irom li rants
I'ana, on the Crescent City road, and
being a final gateway to the rich Alt
bouse district, has ol Into been a scene
of activity. It is a thriving mining
town, whero one can see, most any day,
from 10 to 00 packhories start out for
the several mining districts ol the near
by streams. The town lies on the slope
of the mountains skirting the northein
boundary of the beautiful Illinois Valley.
Just below the town the l'linois Kiver
Hows, its waters having been kept
mudily and tiled by the miners ever
since the days of the early '50s.
Just over a small ridge fioin Kerby
Jonephiue Creeks flows. Along this
stream are many rich placer mines.
It was on Josephine Creek that the no
ted "Frenchman's Lost Ledge" was
found a short time ago, consisting of a
lede of fieemilliiiK gold carrying values
ai high as $10 and t-0 to the pound.
At the present time a by flume is being
built to turn the channel so that devel
opment work may proceed on the ledge,
us it lies in the lied of the creek.
Scores of people, who aie residents of
the Illinois Valley, operate greund-alulo-ing
claims along Jonepliine Creok. Dur
ing '.he summer months they attended
to the raising of wheat and other grain,
care for their orchards, gather their
fruit, and when fall rains come they op
erute their placers along Ilia Illinois 01
Josephine Creek. Kerby farmers or
mliiers, by whichever title they may be
called, have no opportunity to be Idle.
The placer grounds along Josephine
Creek are noted lor their many ounce
nuggets and coarse gold. Neyer a sea
ion passes without a dozen or more
nuggets being found along Josephine
('reek, valued at (100 and more. Those
who opera! giants and those who only
ground-sluice find no trouble in getting
water in plenty for their work.
Josephine Creek, which Is some eight
or nine miles in length, is one contin
uous network of sluices and flumes used
in tin operation of the several placer
mines along its banks. Along the
stream one can find the homes of many
people, whose whole source of revenue
lies In the gravel from the cruek bed.
Tliene oile never go in want; they
have plenty, and many who oerate
mines on a larger scale produce sacks
of gold at clean-up lima that would fill
a Colorado rupilaliat with envy.
Along Canyon Creek, which flows in
to Josephine Cruek, about midway, are
multitudes of mines, the most notable
of which is the Ntith hydraulic mine.
This property is equipped with a mile
and a half ditch aud a large giant. The
gravel, which il a red color, and from
i to 12 feet deep, pays well.
The noted llyheu mine, three miles
below the Ktilh, has produced many
Ihoueand dollars during the several sea
sons that it has been operated. The mine
has several miles of ditches atd flumes,
and nieratei two giants. Ho rich is the
ground of the mine that in one year
gold enough waa removed with pick and
hovel alone to pay for the construction
of the several milea of ditches and flumes
hat the mine built later.
It ia easier to keep well than get cured.
HuWiU'a Little Karly Kiners taken now
and then, will always keep your bowela
in perfect order, They never gripe bu'.
promote an eany gentle action. Dr. W,
F. Krurner.
Groin. Ol Groin O!
Ueinber that name when you want a
delicious, appetizing, nourishing food
drink to take the place of collee. Hold
by all grocers and liked by all who have
useil it. Grain U Is made of pure grain,
it aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. It la not a atimulant but a
health builder and the children as well
as the adulta can drink It with great
benefit. Costs about as much as
colfte. 15c, and 25c, per package. Ask
your grocer for (irain-O.
illO SIXTH STREET
...... 20c
! 00
8 95
2 1)5 op
up flat. Camp cots fold up, 3x5
Wall Paper
Crockery '
Ulasswara
Lamps
Tinware
Grantteware
Woodenware
Tools
Mirrors
Alabama hoa quietly Increased ttr
territory by 100,000 acre of valuable
timber land. The atrip la on the
state's southern boundary, aivd by
riht bclonfred to Alabama, (or nearly
TO years. In ISM a survey waa made
to fix the boundary, but ten year
later It was discovered that the easW
arn boundary line waa a mile too
short on the Chattahooohi river. Tor
some unknown reason no attention
wiiR pnld to the second survey, and
the whole thinir waa forgotten. Re
cently some allunion to it waa found
In old rceorda, the question waa
looked up, and after the government
Inml otlice had passed upon It the
atrip became a reeognlced part of tsh
state of Atuhanie.
A Louisville gmoer, who sleep over
his store, waa startled late the other
nlffht by a mysterious rapping- In the
cellar, lie knew there wera some
spirits there, but waa incredulous a
to others, and he auspected burglary.
He telephoned for the police. Their
JnveHlgutlon allowed a plumber calm
ly at work. It seem he had been
ordered there two days before by the
water company, on application of the
grocer, lie waa unable to eome in
the dnytime, and flailing all the doora
kicked hnd quietly let hlmeelf Into
the cellar through the grating- in the
sidewalk.
Vse Allen' Foot Eaae,
A powder to be shaken into the shoe
Your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot,
and get tired easily. If yon bav smart
ing feet or tight shoes, try Allen' Foot
F.aae. It cools the leet acd make
walking easv. Cure swollen, iweaty
feet, ingrowing naili, blisters and callous
spots. Relieves corn and bunions ol
all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try II to-day. Hold by all druggist and
shoe stores for 25c. Trial package Free.
Address, Allen H. Oliuatead, L Koy,
N. Y.
Samoa's Native Wpn.i larsm.
A mirgi'ori of the L'nited Slates
tnivy lina discovered a colonial "new"
woman, the odd accomplishment of
whom nre net forth In the report of
the surgeon general. Thia woman
ilm lla ut Fnga-Toga, a village on a
hiirhor in K111110H, where a L'nited
Siiiles eoallng Ktutlon ia located. She
is a doctor. Her medical education
coiihiM of Mich knowledge as she has
In en 11 ill.- to pick up from a L'nited
sinim cliKM-nwitory and from naval
Kiirgenim ivho have visited the harbor.
Her practice among the natives 1 ex
tcnlve mid rry iiccrsaful. She keep
the coiiiiiioncr tort of drugs and com
pounds her own prracrlptiona. Hut
the truly ninniiig feature of her
success have heen reulized In surgery.
'Dip I nilrd States naval surgeon de
acriliing Hicse suya: "I have seen lev
cm I fractures she has reduced and
treated with very good results. Two
amputations that slie ha performed,
one of the nrm nnd one of the fore
arm, have come under my observation,
and the rri-ulls are very good. She
liud native assistant, operated with,
out an aiiHcxthetic, nnd the only In
struments she had were a hand savr
and a ruior."- Harper's liiur.
CHEAPER IN PRICE!
QUALITY
Aloavs tin (tame TUB BEST.
If vim have a I'ruow you van get I
Homing better.
Call and examine them.
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