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.-:-.V. f V '...' V if V---.,- V tf V V ' V" W V W J. ..-. , is " . V i 1- t :i ?J i : M 1 i A VOI,. XVII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1901.; No. 38 . t v , - -1 f -y ' . .;; y y y ? v uj; v ' J .-. ! 50,000 Shares i I y Ot $1, per share, or $50,000 of-the Capital Stock of the Oregon Nat ural Gas, Oil & Mining i Company, is now offered I for sale to , the general (public for ; r 110 cts. on the Dollar! I ; or vv,: ' '! ; 10 cts. a Share. I This money will be used hi ; drilling an Oil well on lands tliat are controlled by this company, which is in- the center' of the "Oil District known 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, - j Mrs Mary L Jordon, 1 '' .. i James Devenv, 1 ' ' ... G M Savage,' I .. - ' ' ... JT Fryer, :' ' ' v John Deveny,. -,'. BB Ochiltree, " . ! W J Savage, -' Mrs Jessie Deveny, ' -B B Ocheltree, V Dr V H Flanagan, ' WM Bishop, ' '. ' ','. .... . J G Dotson. .. J S Harvey, J N Carter, , 'T , The above ranches embrace several thousand acres of land of the best indications for Oil that our agents could find on the Pacific Coast and they have been from Washington to Mexico. 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. ' Cut litis oat and send it, with $2.50 to Scott Griffin. Oregon Natural Gas, Oil and Mining Company. , To Scott Griffin, Secretary, Grants Pass, Oregon. . Enclosed please find the sum of $2.50 to secure option on icoshares of stock in the Oregon Natural Gas, Oil and Mining Company, of Grants Pass. Oregon. of thovtiar! value of $1 per b.are,.I,tOiWve the option of paying" 55 cents a share on or belore you begin drilling; or 50 cents a share on or before 500 feet depth has been reached; or thereafter $1 par value until a well is completed to the depth of iooo feet; the amount paid herein is to be credited on the stocks accepted. It is expressly Understood that you are to commence drilling on or be fore six months from date or refund to me the amount piid. Please forward receipt for amount en closed. Dated this , i day of .V.-" - " Name of Sender P. 0. Address. A Gain ot 240 to 1. : The (allowing table exhibits the in crease in tbe market value of the oil itockj of ten different companies: Prices of Stock Before After drilling drilling New York Oil Co $ 50 $ 200.00 Union Oil Co., 1.00 1500.00 Kern Oil Co., 1 00 37 60 San Joaquin 50 16 00 Peerless 20 8.62 'Hanford 3.00 118 00 Thirty Three Oil Co.,... 35 13 50 Sterling Oil Co , 2.. 3 40 Twenty Eieht Oil Co., .. 20 2.15 Kern River, 1 00 26 00 8.00 1D25J7, Each of these companies was organ-1 led lem than two yean ago. JS- 00 inveated in these ten companies i would have realized a net Bam of $11123.- ' 17, a gain of ovar 240 to 1. j Buy atocka in the Oregon Natural Gaa, ) Oil and Mining Company at 10 centa a ' hare for $I.(J0 shares, non assessable I atock. Boy before tbey dri'l. For further information call on SCQTT GRIFFIN, Secretary, Toe Moral 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 5Ar DEVOTEE of custom made wearing apparel. Our suits are worn by many who have a reputation as dressers - v CLOSING OUT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES. : ; WELCHS' CLOTHING, STORE. .? , NEXT TO P. O. ! fit' GRANTS PASS? JR. R. E. SMITH, PHYSICIAN amd BURGEON , Oilice, Room 2 over Post Office. Resilience Kane House, oppo. the Western. GRANTS PASS. - OREGON. )R. CLIVE MAJOR, ' General Practitioner of Meoicink AND Sl'nUEBV. OlHce iu Williams Block A. C. HOUGH, ATTORN KY-AT-LAW, Practices in all State and Federal Court Oilice over First National Bank.- -- Ghants Pahb, . - . Obkoon. V. P. JT.l.U II .. MINERAL SURVEYOR, Uuants Pass, Drkoon. Willis 1 Kramer IIANI FAt'Tl BKR or . I Myrtle Creek Extra Family Floui And Every iliing tliat wwh with First Clar. Milling. For sale by Chiles, DelematRr, Wade and Cornell, ! Call for it; same price aa other brand QEORGE H. BINNS, ' ' ASSAYKR, OfDce opiosilo lintel Josephine jIiants Pass, - Okkoon. N.E. 31cGUEVV,- v PIONEER . ...-TRUCK, and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving. - i - GRANtS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber Ehop l. Cet your tonsorial work :done at IK A TOillMilNS On Sixth Street Three chairs , Ratli room in connecliua " fc II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and j JEWELER. Full awortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil Terwear andJewelry. A Uootl Assorlinent of Rnui'lcU ami Heart Bunl, Clement' Druff Store. .J:M.gHlLES.j GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE- , Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. SWEETLAND & CO ' . i ." . " ; FRESH and SAIT "' y MEATS. CT?- - 'PH05I 21'. . V " , ; G. 0. FISHER Sewer Connections j Metal Roolmg "IGas Fitting y -l'lumbing ...Pipe work of all kinds... I'.kla furuUbed for all work. ' Iare orlrs with Cramer Krrw. Hardware Haii-Riildle Hardware 1 FIRST- NATIONAL ' - ' OF ' " - SOUTHERN OREGON. Capita! Stocky - $50,000. Keceive deposit subject to check oroo certificate payabla in demand. Sells sight dntfts on New Tork, Ban Fran cisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfr sold on all pointa in the United States. Bpecinl Attention given to Collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout (Southern Oregon, and on all accessible pointa. R. A. BOOTH, President. J. C. CAMPBELL, Vice Presideut. . II. L. OILKEY, Cashier. , E.K DUNBAR, Asst. Cashier. Grants Pass Banking and Trnst Co. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000. j Transacts 'general Banking business. l feeeivci 'deposits euhieet to check or on demand, ceyifiVatei. .. v ., ; Our ciutoniers are assoretl of courteous treatment and eyeiy considrration con slstent wl'.B E'juud banking principles. ) J. Khank Watnon, PreB. I '. Kona foLwcK, Vice-Fret. L. L, JiiWKi.i.. Cashier. , DIRECTORS. J. frraiik 1 tlliinj y. SI JJooro J. 3.ll6uck", Ee'luB Pollock, lierbertSmitli, ; Soott Url ffiin , i A. E. Sheehan. Sa few facts. Te.inyson could take a worthless sheet of puner writs on it a poem worth a.'it.Oou T HAT'S GEN I U.S. , ' aimeriim ean write a few" words on a shert of paper and make it worlb Ili.i,iJ0,!J0'f II AT S C'Ai'ITAL. The t'nitcd .States can take ounces of ! n . ' V "I Rn fSK" on it worth iO . XaA.'fiaoIKV, - - A iudiani.an Inke tnalerial worth 110 niHkeit into watch springs worth JIOU. 'KJiJ THAT'S SKIL. , A man works ton hours a day and handles several uinsol dirl (or I.'.OU THAT H . I AUO it, . t' - , 4 A lady can purchase a list fur J7 bat pre- - NESS. . u nt -. i We could sign our check for tlfl,000,000 1'iit it wuiiiil Ik ,J, . ti. THAl.o .Tuvyii. i: , , i . We give Our customers llie best Insect pmwn and Ily naiierou earth 1 HAT'S THl ill. ; M.Clciiiciis ( PKESCKIFTION DRL'GGIST ORANGE FRONT. f ' S ! ' OPP. OPERA HOUBC ' Report of the Condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of Southern Oregon. At flrants l'as. in the slate of the clufe ot hti.iiic-ft July 15, ' KKSOiritCES Oregon, at l'JUl. - n Iian. and dIcoiiiits ..V. U h ItiiniU Ui tticliri..ri.iilMli.ti .1130,410 IM . Vi.! III aio 00 6.IXI (ii . 10,700 01) i'retiiiuiiis on L h tond , Hun k, swurlties. etc Us nkinghoune, furniture X lix. ., other real estate owned Hue from state hanks .fc hankers, Hue from approved renerve agts.. Internal lUyenue tmuip ho ks oilier i anil ll.nm Nutes of oilier national hanks .. t'ract'iirial pufier currency, nick- els and cents , Sjecie kedeniptinn fund wiih L'.H-treaa, to per centuf cin ulution) a.ufsi oo 2.14 .17 2n,512 07 l (O 8,l:l H M 00 M 10 U.lWf 70 Total U,1M 70 LIABILITIES. t'apiul sluok paid in f .Vi,(l nil Surplus fund lu,iJO 00 Undivided profits, less eienses and tales paid 12,122 73 Naliunal I lank m outstanding !,' ft Hue to -tale hanks and hankers &M 37 Individual deposit subject to che k. ltl.tTl 10 Heiuand certificates of dcosit . ia,UU UU Total 2Si,7J4 70 c'taleof Ofcmu county ot Josephine, ss: I, H. L. tuikey, caKhirr of the aljore named t'ank. do soleiuniy swear that the above statement i true to the liest of tuj knowledge and belief H. I.. Gn.KT.Cashier. Fuliv riiierl Hd sworn to before me this Soth day of July, l'd. J. A! Jromirus, Notary public. Correct Attest: J. isphilu II. '. Kissir, r . Jou it. 1-ai. - . , . '' c : Hire lore. Better for tlx Blood thrn iarasparilla. For Those Living hi tbe Malaria Dif ricta. Grove't Tasteleee Chill Tonic. UfbBjrup, TMiUL OVR. WASHINGTON LETTER.. Schley Court of Inquiry Tame , ' Proceeding. Pensioning . , . Civil Employes. ) 5 ! J yVASHINGTON, Aug., Kill.. 1901. The navy department continues to be the center ot public interest, owing to tbe preparation! going on there for the Schley court ot inquiry, althjuju OH a matter of fact, those preparations are largely routine ' and are by no means exciting or sensational. One of Admiral Schley's counsel, Capt. Parker, ia dill gently searching tbe ollicial records for facts beating on the matters that will be brought before the court. lie objected to having everything he did overlooked by a naval officer, but bo was shown tbe naval regulation, that forbids any per son outside of the s-ryico having accc to the oflkia! records except in the presence o( an ol&cer. , CapL-Lemly, judge advocate general of the navy who is judge advocaie, oif fbe, J"y court, hat Just tone itwaV ior i four week's vacation, buuliwng bis absence. his assistants ,wilL get everything in shape ter'the heattng before the court and there rtill" "be no UleluT- on that sccount. . Aot a low lovers of molasses will be interested in the remark of Mr.- Emile .lanin, of New Orleans, now slopping at a Washington hotel,' who said: "There is now practically none of tho old fashioned ew Orleans molasses, ol which we were all so fond in vur boy hood days., lis disappearance ie due to tbe general use of the centrifugal pro. cess in manufacturing sugar. The molasses and syrup of today are mostly glucose, and strange as it may seem, New Orleans is one of tbe largest con sumers of glucose in tbe world. Olucoae is made from corn. It ia sweet, though not nearly so sweet at the juice of the sugar cane, and incidentally is ' the most indigestible thing in the world. The dealers of New Orleans srojresponsi ble for the Immense consumption of glucose there. An investigation by tho Biigar exchange developed this. It was covered that thoy added about three barrels of glucoso to each barrel of molasses and sold the mixture as New Orleans molasses." AVhile disctissing tho relative strength of the labor organisations uf Great Britain and the Cuited Status, JJr. William Eckwaley, a SaellielU, England, steel, inauuiacturer who hits reached Washington in the course of a leisurely business tour of this country, said: "You have some knowledge of the strength of labor unions, but. I doubt ii operatives in the dillerout trades are las united or aa powerful iu this country as in tireat Britain. It ia no unusual thing for a body of laborers representing all the men of a certain class in tireat Britain, to have :f,000,000 or $3,000,000 in their reserve fund. The coal workers, for Instance, are composed of the men employed in England, Scotland and Wales, and their fund was about $L,000 000 wheu I last saw a report of It. Your people, except the common un skilled: laborers get higher wanes than ours, but they have to pay mora to. live in eveiy way." The project of pensioning civil em ployes ol the government, without ex- liense to the government is (gain being actively agiuiea in Washington. The united btates civil service retirement association, organized t year or two ago io pusn tnis project has been reorganixed and will prepare a bill, which congress will be asked to pass, : This bill will b". bases' upon Information given in resiKiiiue to an act of the last coiiirress. calling nnon the heads of departments iu. ami. oc employee giving ages and length of service and will provide fur the creation of a peiisiun fund, by the retention ol a small percental of all civil salaries, probably about Itiree -per cent. It will provide that retired civil employee shall be paid onHialf" the salaries they were rarilvinirwti.t retired. The only expense to the gov. eminent, under this plan, would lie for the clerical help needed for the collec tion and disbursement of the pVneion fund. It is claimed that the United States is the only one of the great civl!ix-d nations that does not provide in some wav ,for the pension of nged CiVil service employes, franco lis a system something like the one proposed. 1 lie rest of Urn nations pay the pensions from public funds. A Brief History of American Journ alism" is the title of a book which will shortly be publithed by the library of congress. It will cover something likf 2,000 pages, and will include the name founder, and such Information aa may be of interest, of every publication ever printed in this country up to the close of 1900. The compiler ol the huok. Vr ftalph M. McKenzie, of the library ttatr said of Ids work: "When it ie remembered that a thousand periodicals become extinct in this country every year, and that nearly 22,000 were Issued in the year IM0, you will understand something of the task which I bave Ju-t nntsned. ibe first newspaper was printed io America in 1704, and have gone over b fluid for the whole two centuries since that day." According to a report from the United State consel at Vancouver, IS. C., labor strikes have paralyied btKi'nesa in that section. He says tbe trackmen of tbe CanaJian Pacific Railwav are on a strike andjlhe employes J.f tbe North pirt suieltur, at Itoealsnd, which has bn shipping Un thousand tons of ore weekly, many of whom are American citizens are also on a strike. The latter be thinks is a very sr!ois afftir. Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and eoret of all kinds quickly beaied by be Witt's Witch Hazel S!ve. Certain core for piles. IJeware of Counterfeit. Resareyoa get the original I e Witt's. -Dr. W. F. Kremer. St&te School Fund. Ciias. 8. Moore, the state treasurer Thursday mado the annul apportion ment of tho interest on the irreducible school fund of Oregon, collected during the past year. The total number of per sons of school age in the state was found to be lo5,818, the amount of money ap portioned, floT,llU7.9u, making a per capita distribution of (1.22. This is a smaller apportionment than was made last year or in I8in, and is explained by tbe fact that in lsyj and 1000, a large amount of accrued interest was collected and made available for distribution among the schools, while this year there ia less of Unit, the back interest having been colluded up during tho two pre vious years. Another matter having an iiilluunos in reducing thin year's appor tionment is the fact that the interest rate of school fuud loans have boen re duced from 8 to 0 per cent per nuunni, a loss to tho schools of 2? per cent in their income. The tollowing Uiu up porlionmcnt for tho, Southern Oregon counties:' ."' - ;'Ko?ttt Children. ' 5,13:! Amount. $ii2Sl.(iO 3,3So.50 1,309.06 1,191.94 Jackson.'. Joscphino Klamath. Lake..:.. 1,073 977 " Fire Department Election. ' At the annual election of officers Thursday night, of the Grants Pass Tire TVpnrtment, tho following ofliocrs woro elected : For Chiuf of the IVpartment, Mr. I5?a Renson was elected to succeed himself. First Assistant Engineer, I. Punk-en ; Second Assistant Engineer, Iru Tompkins; Secretary and Troasurer, Ii. Skeel ; Trustoo, Andy Cnlvin. Two Forenoon leerr- to. have boon electee), otic for1 eucli company, but on motion the rules were suspended, niid tho election of theso officers will bo held at tho next regular meeting in order to givo time to assign now members to their roBpoctive company, an each company electa its own Foreman. ',',' 1. Mre. Robecce. Smith. Mrs. licbecca Smith, a resident of Glenilulo, Oregon, died nt Wagner Springs, yesterday, nt ll o'clock, aged 47 years. Deceased, who has boen n suffered from liver tronblo for some timo past, enmo to tho springs about three weeks ago in the hope tliat their medi cal qualities would bring about pit im provement in her hoaltli. Itesides her husband she loaves a family of four sons, three of whom, Win. George, nnd James Iiarton, are grown, tho first two named being present at the time of her demiso. Mrs. Smith was a cousin of Mrs. James Riley and of Carney Miller, of Ashland. Tho remains were taken on board this morning's train for Glundnln, whero the funeral services ami interment will take place. Tidings. . . . ; . QuoBtion Answered. Ye, ' August Flower ttill has tbe largest sale of any medicine in the civil ized world. Your mothers and'grand mothers never thought of using any. thing else for Indigestion or Eilioiisues. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom hoard of Appeudic ilis, Nervous Prostra tion or Heart failure, etc. They used August f lower to clean out tbe system and slop fermentation of undigested food, regulate the action of the liver.etimtilitto the nervous and organic action of the system, and that Is all they touk when reeling dull anil bad with headaches pud other aches.. You only need a few doses of Qrccn't August Uower, in liquid form, to make you .satisfied tboro is nothing serious the matter with you, ty,et ureen t J rizn Almanac. At Bed Time I take a pleasant herb diiuk, the next morning I feel bright and my complex Ionia better. .My doctor says It acti gently on the slojnuch, liver and kid neys, and is a pleasant laxative. It it rnadii from perns, and ia prepared at easily as tea. 'It is railed Lane's Medi cine. All druggists sell it at 25c, and 60c. Lane's Family Medicino moves the bowels each day. If you cannot get it, send for a freo sample. Address, Orator F. Woodward, f.e Roy, N. Y, To The Public. DrAR Fiiikmw: ' Wheieas all laboring classes have tbuir day's work limited to 8 and 10 houri and tho merchants and clerks liavo been nutting from 12 to 11 hours each day wo would respectfully ak that you would aid us in our move ment fnr in early closing by making your punhaies belore fi:.'!i) p. m. the present closing hour Saturday ex cepted, Ily so doing ynu sill greatly aid us iu making the il islng elective andgivjtuta lit u timt for recitation and pleasure witli our families. Ileliev ing that you will In willing to aid us in this wuy and anuring you of our appre ciation we aro, ours faithfully. TlIK M KSCU ANTH AM) f'l.KUKM OK (iiiAKTS Pass. P. T. Thomas, Suuipierville, AU., "I was tuffcring Irocn dyspepsia when 1 commeficed taking Kudo! JJvris-nsia Cure 1 took ftvertl botllet and tan digest -. anything." . Kuslol Dyspepsia Cure is the only preparation containing ail the natural digestive fluids. It gives weak ttoruarhi tutire rest, restoring ti their natural condition. Astounded llie Kdltor. Kilitor S. A. Ilrown.of llennettesvillt f. C was once iinincneely surprised. 'Through long suffering from Dyspep sia," he writes, "my wife was K""'lj rundown. Sbe ha-I no tirerig'.h of vig or and Buffered great distress from her stomach, but the tried Klectric hitlers which heled ber at once, and, afu-r using four bottles, she ia entirely well, can eat anything, lt't a grand tonic and ill gentle laxative qualities are plnded for torpid liver." For Indi gestion, loes of appetite, stomach and liver troubles it's a positive, guaranteed core. Only &0cst W. F. Kremer't drug store. JOSEPHINE COUNTY MINES. - ' ' r " -t Somo ih Lnteel Operations In Prominent Placer and v Quartz Properties. . " - " The following is a dispatch from Grants rasa to tho K veiling Telogatn of Aug.'T: At tho present time' there Is beginning a general stir among the many Josophino hydraulic placer mines, meiid ing ditches, flumes and pipes, aud get ting things iu readiness for tho. next seasons run W ith tho addition of the two big hydraulic mines recently men tioned in tho Tolcgrnin, and an iucreased activity among tho old, ones, next sen. son's output of placer gold from South. em Oregon may bo rtpoeWrl Ui 'Jnr out strip all previous iWords: T. ft.1-Har- vey, 'manage' of the. 'Old 'hantief. hy draulic mines of the Tialice "Creek dla. wict, who was In tho city yesterday from tho big tniiict,' stated that they are making preparations for a greator rnu this coming winter than of any In the past. These big mines were recently purchased by Kastorn capitalists for t'.K),000. Tho new owners have mado extoneivo improvements and did much that will aid Iu increasing the output of tho mines. J. K. Sharp, of tho Murphy hydraulic mines, in tho Powell Creek district, yes terday stated that they aro fitting up ana" adding to their equipment iu their placer 'workings, preparuttry to noxt season t run. , . Tho Columbia, Lewis, Steam Uocrand llhihx'k hydranlio mines aro all making extensive preparations for tho coming winter's run. At tho Lewis tho bunk houso. messhouso and other building's are being romoved farther np the slope of the hill, in order that tho anriforous ground on which they were built may he sulijocted to tho giant this coming sea son. Manager Fobs believes tliat. tho riclmet dirt of the Lewis mine it that on which , the residence and messhotise were built. This will all bo torn up by the giants when tho water of fall arrives. Manager Hampton, of tbo Columbia, rri porls that they aro repairing flumes, mending ,ditclies and arranging piH'S, with ttio expectation, of a big run next year, likewise a big cleanup. .The orew of Captain Nusli ut work iu that district on tho flvo-milo-, ditch for hit big hy. driiulic mino in course of construction, aro proceeding rnjiidly witli their work, and it is nn assured fuct thut Uiu now mine w ill bo ready for business hy the timo fall rains get hero. , " Tho old quic ksilver miucs near Ciuua bar, 8ot1lh of fi rants Puss, have been re. cently bonded hy I. Ilumnson and II. C'owgill. Theso tnon will operutii tho mines for an Inch-Unite period in tho fu ture, much depending upon tho success with which they meet. Job Oarrutson and a San Francisco-company liavo been oH.'riiting those mines lioretoforo with out good success. . i M Tlio tiold liug, Ajax and Copper Htuln minus, of tho Mt. i'-cubuu district, are all Uuiiuiiiiig busily, keeping thoir stamp mills going night , and day. These (iiarlz mini's aro all working nn rich ore bodies in deep luvels, and all have a splendid showing iihoad. At the Gold Oug they aro down 4"0 foot, and aro working a rich free-milling vein that shows np richer and better as depth is gained. Many new prospects Bud lo cations have been mu.Io on Mt." lieuben that are making excellent showings as their Uevelotnnent proceed. Senator Joues, of Nevada, who rect ntlY visited hit property, thu (iold Lug, said he thought, that a great majority of these Lni!w prosjieott gave promise of becoming us good or belter mines than his own. All they need Is capital to push tho de velopment work along. Siatk orO;no, Ciw ov.Toi.too,) h t l.cc.vt Cot Ht ( ss. i AMf JjCntiKV makes oath that he is thu senior partner of the linn ol F. J. I'ni.NKV A Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of $liK) for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catahuii Cent. ; Fhaxk J. Chhnkt. Hworu to befure me and tubcribel in my presence, this Oib day of Ileceinbor, A.O. IM,' ' ' A. W. Olcason IHkal) Notary Publio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal ly an I lets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe, system. Send lor testimonials, free, F. J. Chknkt A Co., Toledo, O. hold by druggisla, 7.")U, Hull's Family Pills are the best. C purity Treasurers Notice. Notice is hereby given that there are I ll ii 1 1 M in the county treasuery for the redemption of the following warrants protested to January 2d, IBM. Interest on same will cease from this date, July 3d V.KJl. No. t) s 24'i Ut 2H.I 107 4 - 2 n io-.' L'.'il 1 101 t'.:i ::l 271 174 No. No. No, lot 1KI ir.;l 210 277 11 W4 127 2011 272 2 II 172 1011 151 i 112 10 in:i 144 sou 17 4:'m,, inf. ; l-vf ,, f no : ft - m " ' vn '' m 3111 '.'11 K'.l 2' HI 222 210 17 MH 133 173 2o4 31 - 134 1711 210 i'.3 131 170 2'i2 1 115 lyj 1H3 H9 r - ' J. T.Tmort, , ' Treat urur Josephine CoubtyKOro. The Excitement Not Over. The rush at the drug store still con tinues and dally scores of people call for a bottle of Kemp's P.alsatn for the Throat and Lungs for the cure of Cought, Colds, Asthma, lironchitil and Con sumption. Kemp's Ilalsain, the stand trd family remedy, is sold on t guarantee and never fails to give entire satisfac tion. Price 25c. aud 60c. Thomas the House Tho Largest Furnituro and House-Furnishing Con cern in Southern Oregon. : . '' "" TIIE SPECIAL SAIR still goes on, and of course a lot of tasteful women are seizing this rematkable opportunity to furnish and beautify their homes, and why not make purchases for holidays, birthdays and wedding days sevcral motiths ahead, when ten or twelve dollars boys twenty-five dollars worth of beautiful China and every day necessities tikthe. household. : Nobody can possibly know whether you paid $3.00 now or $5.00 later for some of these goods. You give equal intrinsic value in either case ; . . Values so great that not another word need be said. Chins. Wars Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream Sett 3 piecet, regular prices $l.60-1.00; for this tale, $0.95 $1.10 Spoon Iloldors, regular price 35; for thia sale, 25 cts, ... ''''' Cupi and Saucert, regular price, 65 j for this tale 45 eta. Brush Trays, regular price, 25; for thia tale, 15 cts., . -.Tla War-Or-quart retiuatd otvsrrye keUleg. rejalpr Price. 25; tor this sale. r, ' '-: ' " ' .!. V . ' ' -;.'r"'-itt'-'. W ei iwv i gtow pawtMgalMtctfi Hi tt fW !!' Ifi oa ;" 'MiJfcwi'l '' Mi!k Pn--nM. centt ir '3Ma! -tjatC SStTir;' , 1 dozen; .. vtj 1 i .. , y,,,.-.. ,. . Paper Platet, 10 for 5 cents. : .... -1 1 -1 . .,;. , ' 1 ' .. ::-. . . 4 ,,. Tents, $2.75 up to $10.&0. ' ,i, , , .. ,-.,,. Camp stoves, fold up flat, Bak Niciuy, 44.75. -Good value. Other oauip furnishings at equally low prices. ... .-..,,(. Carpeta We carry more than double the lint of any other boots In the ter ' ' ' ritoryand we're making a big stir with our styles and prices. One piece regular 660 Roods, 35c. One piece regular 50c goods, 30c. Mattings A beautiful new Una just arrived. - - In our North Window wo havo placed a ' , ' .....Child's Handsome Go-Cart . .,. ,...'-. rs Now for th run Who Get It ' "- i. s-w oorP.l'in'f .P'-of hlKlCTnt Cart'in either rortland'or San Franoitco 11 - 00 ; the pneo will be reduced 76 eunts each day for the neit 10 days. It is the bust uiado, hat adjustable froiit and back separately. - .. -Monday the 12th, the prlro Is 22.00 Tuesday " , lillb, " , ," " zt.25 AVednetday , Hlh, , " " 50 'Thursday Kith, "" )u 75 Friday " lclth,-" " " lii.oo Saturday -. 17th, " m " " 18.25 New Goods ; Tents, Wagon Covers, Canvas Bed 'Furniture 1, Oarrx-ta Miittinga . I.aceCnrtuliis . Matrossoa ; Pillows Mnolsiinis PlUuro Mold ing. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, " ' ''' . '..,,- - ' 'I A '.. t , Coiumitiidmit llaurmnuut Stoyn, a cousin of President Btoyn, was killed on August 1st while fighting at Ficks buip. IJoors nnd robols aro ro.onterlng tho liirkly Wost district of Cape Col. ony. ' - ' , .--!! . 1 ' Natives wh1 are outside of the gar risoned towns will be concentrated Into camps, and ttaolr kraals and nieallut will be latmytil so nt to that off from the liners this touruu of food, , ;, t,. ,. A dispateh from Durban (Nutal) sayt cvfttr an all-day tight near Mqnlta, July butwtwit the iloert and a lirititlt column, thu pritish narrowly escaped tlin loss of u gun of tho, Sixty-seventh fie ld buttery. Fonr linnilnd Iloors ro- prntidly rnsliwt the nritish position, lillling -Mnjnr Eilwiirde nnd Ouniuir Uat'IHintor. The Run was Hmboroct np niid tal.ua ut a giUlop fur. turoo mlloa uuilwr a heavy (ire. , l-'lve Ijntuh wure luliul. , . .. . .... , .,, ,,,MJ,, ., j C'Oueml Kilcliouer, after bug cba of Viljcsiu's ooiuiiuiudo, caught up Wilis tt unit a sharp light onsui.it, . A uom pom, 33 wngous mid 2.) juisnuurt wuru cnptni-oci,' J ho I.ritiah hud five wounded, Lord Kilcliouer, In n (lit pitch dated I'rutoria Angiiht 1, says: ."Fmnoh ro pnrts that hu hus rocelvcit a letter from Kritzinjrcr, n Unr-r oonitnnndiir, an uonnotiig lila iiltontion to shoot all nativna- in lirltluli emptor, whether armed nr uuitt-med. Many oaaea of sold- blood 1 id murder of natives in Oaa Colony have ri-ouiuly occurrud, , The llrltihli goviiniiueut has , tolcgro plied Lord Kftcli-nr to iufiirm tliu floor Umih i-s tliur such nets aro eontniry to oivlllsird nn-;, and that guilty psrsmit or this class, it eupdirnd, will be tried byeuurt murtlnl mid stntenoodtorli-ath. In the hnnsu of commons. Lord filan-l-y, llunuoinl secretary of the wurollloo, sml the cost of tun wnr)u mtri Afi ioii from April Jst to July Hist wai)f),?jO, OKI, partly i'.iuri'tbli! auuilint tliotbiUuit of last ynu-. Xiie aclu.u cost 111 July ,is I'IA'.-.D.iijO r-ukly. " All badieviile, Ky., wat curious to learn the cause ol the vast improvement in tbe health of Mrs, 8. P. U'hitlaker, who bad for a long time, en.lurcd un told tulfuring from a chronic bronchial trouble. "It's all due to Or. King's New Discovery," writes her husband. "It coinpletedly cured her and aleo cured our little grand-daughter of t severe at tack of Whooping Cough." Itpositive Ircures Conghs! Colds, I.atirippe, llron- h lis, all Throat and l.ung troubles. ltiiaran'-d buttles 5oc sud 11.00. Trial bottles free at W. K, Kremer't drug store "11IO SIXTH BTREET ' ....Southern Oregon State Normal Scbool. ASHLAND, Strong Academic course. 1'rolesBlnnal training of the highest ' excellence. Well foiiipm-d labora tories. I irnt class train ing department. De mand lor trained trai-h-tn exceeds the supply, tjraduatvs easily secure good positions. 1.. la He tot I fill location. Most delightful climate on tbe coast. . , Kxpenset $120 to 150 per year, V rite lor catalogue. , . .."i-'yv' '..1 , ; : V. Furnisher. j. 'eesse Monday . lth, " , " ' Tuesday " 20th, "" " " ' Wednesday ' 21th, " ' " " Tburtday - 2-.'nd, . l.-.MaM U'J-.I I. l 17.50 16.75 10.00 15.5 1440 at which time it will be withdrawn. This Week. : Sheets, Camp Stools, Table Covert. Wall " Paper "Crockery ': Ulaaswars Ijiaipa ' Tin wars ' tlranltewars Womlenwara , T olt Mirrors Till I RO'JRU-! IN ' CHINA. I j iii ilispl.iyiug luiKiwtd uetiTlty, ill M..i i 'ii.-in ;i:m U strengtbeuiug her i;rUion N-wvhivAt'tf. t. . , A dispatch fruui IVI1I112 dated Aug. 4 mysthiit Aiiiei'ii'iii and linr ipcau rest ImhU usii'i t timt (lie dumuaiior ot tbt Pclclng pojmliiRo it miistuntly bocomint; more nnfi-iendly, and that as the allied 'roups depart the Chinese rsstims their Did bnblts of jostling: and cursing for-' ligutitin the streets u 1 -. tit Clovernor Tnan of Bhantnnf ha issued remarkable proclamation, la, trncting Chinese magistrates sot tei ivllow tint missionaries to extrciae tha sumo iufluouce as heretofor In loom! affairs or in any other than religion matters iu tho future. The governor ttntcs timt he has received many re-' porta from Chinese officials that "nn.' worthy members of the ehnroh were practicing their religion simply for tbt lirntoctlon It afforded them, and trera setting aside the law of the land and' teekiug ooenxinni for quarrel, and thai' iauh aiTuira were . daily increasing, la uumbor.",, t , . . A Canton dbrpiitoh of Aagnst I sayt j vluloiit nntl.fomign plaaardt emanatlnc from' tbe Hows bars been posted tn tho vialutty of Christian chapels. The , placards protost agnlust tba paying of the lmloiniiliy by ninans of, tbe house, tax, and urges the making of war on the fnrelgaest at the best way Of tzer ' eiilng tl oarefnlly stndlsd mtUtary ' trts, "ahoolil the honsa tax ba aol lected," tay the placards, "wt will ds mollsh the cliapols and drive oat the Christiaus. If the tmpuror is nnabls to , pay, we lioiert have an excellent plan tn gsln r,' victory over the foreigners. Unless this policy It adopted a great re- " bnlllon is oertain." --. ! It wat annonnoed in the British" house of oonimout that the offlolal data 4 fixed for the evaouation of Peking by" tlis ISritlsh troops is August tfith, tub- t Ji ct to a few days' eatension, if aeoes . sury. Thoevacpatlon of the other plaosa ; iu Chiua will ( depend npou circonv stances. ( '' t A dlsisitch rooolvod at Berlin from 1 Puking sayt the foreign ministers have sanctioned the marching In of a divi sion of fj.OOO Chinese regular troops to ' a place situated a few li from Peking about August 8, preparatory to the evacuation of tbe Chinese capital by tba allied troops oil Almost Id. - You cannot sjiend a mora pleasing va ration than with a camera. A. . Voor- biit can Qt you out with everything nec essary in that line. ORKGON. , 1 1 ' ! . i .. V. M. CLAYTON. Pres.