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ftjtef VOL. XVII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1901.,' No. 50 Dr r E- SMITH, PHYSICIAN amd SURGEON Office, Kuoiu 2 crer Post Office. Residence Booth House, 7ih and A. GRANTS PASS. OREOON. C. HOUGH, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Piactices in all State and Federal Courts . Office over First National Bank. (iaiNTs Pass, OaiooN. H. C. PERKINS, U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR, (jaAicrs Pass, Oxxook. Willis Kramer UANITACTURKB Of Myrtle Creek Extra Family Floui And Everything that goes with First Class Milling. For sale by Chilks, Delemathk Wadb aud CORNKLL. Call fur it; same price as other brand:. QEORGE H. BINNS, ASSAYERl OAUe opposite Hotel Josephine Ueaxts Pass, - ' Oreook. N. E. McGREW, :' PIONEER TRUCK, and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving. GRANTS PASS, OREGON The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS On Sixth Street Three chairs , Data room in connection II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil verwear and Jewelry. A Hood Assortment of Bracelets and Heart Bangles, Clemens' Drug Store. J. M. CHILES GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATSn5S Thokx 21 Men Wanted! ! Woo J Chopper.-, Wood Loaders, Wood I'i'crs, It Wolf Creek, Oregon. GdckI lim ber, and good wages can be made. DUNBAR & KUYKENDALL, Wolf Creek, Ore. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. " J. B. PADDOCK, I'koik. i am prepared to lurnish anything in the line ol Cemetery work in any kind ol MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty years of experience in the Marble business warrants my savin,- that I can fill Tour orders in the very best manner. - r.n (nrniah work in Scotch. Swede Marble. rrnni Street Neil to Greene's Gonahop. JOT Prices s5 Latest NEW PROCESS Records SEND FOR CATALOGUE 36 COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 125 Geary Street, SAN fRANCISCO, CAL. FIRST NATIONAL OF SOUTHERN OREGON. Capital StockT - $50,000. Receive deposit subject to check or ID certificate parable on demand. Sells siirht draft on New York. Ban Fran cisco, and 1'uiJand. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the United States. . Special Attention given to Collections and general business Of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on nil accessible points. R. A. BOOTH, President. J.C CAMPBELL, Vice President.' II. L. C.ILlvEY, Cashier. : Grants Pass Banking and Trust Co. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000. Transacts a general Bunking bueiuesi. Keceivis deposits subject to check or on dcuiBiiil certificates. Our customers :ire assured uf courteous treatment nnd every consideration con sistent with found banking principles J. Frank Watkon, Tret. Et'Li s Pollock, Vice-Free). L. L. Jewell, Cashier. THE Pacific Pine Needle Co, (Incorporated.) Founder ol tliia Industry in America wishes to announce that its factory is now ready to resume active operations and will continue running. All Contractu for Needles may be filled From Oct. lOtli, lOOl. D. A. CORD9 i 'hi.- !, TumTV-itrjPMTH YEAR. WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION. I Twenty Pi ees; Weekly, Illustrated. ) IC.iPi SASlE TO MlN'NQ MFN. TEREK DOLLAES TER TEAR, POSTf AH. ssuru cofSt roil. i !IN!H5 A!10 SCIENTIFIC PRESS, I 220 MiKET ?t., San Francisco, Cal. Thought for Your Horsc- Yo'i should think of ynur horse when ynu are Inning horse goods as well as y. lim it. Not only will the horse be more comfortable in the harness and horse i UVits wo provide, but you will be more Certain to be Satisfied. sinne V" will have a pride In your out' (1. O ir horse goods are our pride, We want to make lliem vi nr pride a I- B i. lheso articles aro well iiide, are Hire to pe a pleasure wherever used, aud we believe you will Hud them all thev shouM be. The price is right, too. JOHN HACKETT, t) li street. ...-AT j 31. Clemens, I'lUCkllTlOX DRl'GUlST Orange Frond eppo. Opera Home. or American Oranite or any kindol J. B. PADDOCK, to $150 ENTERTAINS EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE' School Supplies THE SILVER. CREEK BASIN. Extensive Plcxcer - Area. Now Being Opened (or Hydrau lic Operation. A big placer project is now being carried out on Silver creek on the western edge ol the county. The en prise is the opening of the big Silver creek basin, which is supposed to be immensely rich but which can not now be worked on account ol the depth to the bedrock. The Silver creek basin was lorrued by an immense rock slide, as may be clear ly seen by observation. A mountain of rock ' towering hundreds of (eet almost perpendicularly above the stream has broken off and filled np the canyon with immense rocks that the stream was powerless to move and ss a consequence, the stream was forced over against the solid rock wall back ol the slide, where it cut new bed in the rock, preventing all possibility of its ever washing out the slide unaided. The Silver creek falls are formed where the creek drops off its more recent rock bed into the canyon of its former course. The obstruction thus formed has dammed the creek to such an extent that miners have found it impracticable to drain the bedrock within a distance of two miles above the falls. Above tiiis point the creek was very rich and the profusion of big nuggets which it produced in former days has made the working of the basin always a live prob lem . The basin is not level or flat; on the contrary it has considerable grade but the grade of the surface is less than that of the bedrock and the depth of the gravel at the lower end makes hydraulic elevators and like appliances impracti cable. Many methods of opening the basin bave been discussed and many plena suggested. Some have advocated blowing out the bed of the stream witb dynamite, others are of the opinion that a good head of water brought in a ditch and turned loose over the precipi tous lower side of the rock wall would cause the obstruction to break away. One great objection urged to this latter scheme is that it might fill up the canyon below witb broken rock, thus preventing the outlet. The most feasible scheme, according to the best con' elusions, is a tunnel and this enterprise is being carried out at the present time. The basin property together witb the (alls and dump claim, comprises seven claims or HO acres, luls body oi ground is about two miles long and varies from 100 feet to half a mile in width. It has been found next to im possible to prospect this ground to the bedrock. The gravel beneath the sur face is so loose that the water flows freely through it and puts a damper on sinking operations at a depth of a few leet. The volume of water is so great that it can not be handled in the shaft by any appliance available. Ashley and Metts put in a good pumping plant at a narrow point in the canyon in Ibe upper portion of. the basin, with water power, machinery and flumes, but were able to sink only about 30 feet, failing to reach bedrock. The depth of the gravel in the basin is not known and its richness is judged only by the yield of the gravel in the creek above. At the present time, Metts and Leigh are running a tunnel "under the falls" for an outlet. To a beholder who comes suddenly upon the scene the enterprise is startling in the extreme. Above the slide the creek starts on a huge semicircle which ends at the falls. The creek, at er a series of rspids and cascades, takes a sheer drop of perhaps 100 feet, then slips and slides at an angle down the bare smooth rock for 25 or 30 feet farther. In summer time. when the wster is low, the falls are delicately beautilul; in winter, when the creek is a raging torrent, they are sublime. The precipitous nature of the country is something almost terrific. To be at the foot of the falls is like being in a well. On all sides save one, where the canyon ol the creek below stretches sway to the southwest, the walls rise almost perpendicularly. It is here that the tunnel site is situated and the course of the tunnel is the disineter of the semicircle described by the creek. The month of the tunnel is perhaps 100 feet to the westward of the falls and is 160 feet from the bottom of the canyon. It was a difficult and dangerous feat to get working foothold on the almost perpendicular rock wall, but it was done by rareful and level headed work. A trail was built as fsr down as possible from the point above, then when the wall became too precipitous, ladder was set into a niche or groove cut Into the rock and the outer side of the groove Learn Kodakcry s;irni For Sale by A. E. VOORIIIES, Courier Office. boarded np as a protection from rolling or' sliding rocks. By this means it was possible to reach the tunnel site, where a platform was constructed on the side of the cliff by means of posts let in niches in the rock, and this structure, roofed over, now serves as a blacksmith shop. Looking. at it from below, the the little building seems to be sticking to the side of the wall like some monster fly- the tunnel is being bored through the rim of solid rock between the new canyon and the old, the latter of course, being filled np with slide rock. The solid rock is intensely hard, making progress slow and difficult, but these condition will prevail only until the solid rock is passed. When the tunnel breaks through into the slide rock of the former canyon, the work will progress much more rapidly. The length of the tunnel will probably be something more than 1000 feet, of which over 100 feet is now completed. The tunnel is about seven feet in height by five in width and has a grade of about 10 inches to the rod in anticipation ol its being used as a sluiceway. When gravel is reached, if the channel is "bottomed" an upraise will be made to the surface. If it should happen that the tunnel did not strike the cbanuel low enough to drain it, Its Boor would have to be cut down to the required depth. The former channel of the creek may be plainly seen where it emerges Irom under the slide and this channel is a guide to the operations. Once opened, this will be one of the most gigantic placer enterprises in southern Oregon. The dump is infinite and the ground almost everlasting. The water privilege is ample and service able for nearly the whole year and any amount of pressure msy be secured. The history of the creek leaves little doubt as to the auriferous quality of the gravel. The mine is the property of Ferreft & Thoss and is under bond to Colorado parties, represented by Molts andXelgb who are in charge of the operations. Good Words for Oregon. Dr. J. II. Kessler, who a few weeks ago left Portland on an extended trip South and East, writes that formerly when he read of trips of travelers, how they invariably praised the Web'oot state after having gone beyond its boundaries, he thought they were do ing so only to get their names In print or to say something nice about their home, but he has now, through actual ex perience, learned that Oregon is fully what it is "cracked" up to be. Says he : "Since leaving Portland, 1 have travel ed through California, Colorado, Ari zona, New Mexico, Kansas and Texas, and must say to the Oregoniaus that they do not know what a great state they live io until they have seen other parts of the country. If they could see parts that I have seen on my present trip, they would nevor again complain about the rains and the weather. "Leaving the, Navajo desert and roll ing into the vast prairies of Arizona and New Mexico, the traveler enters beauti ful sections of country, but so dry, hot and dusty that it is most unbearable, especially so this year. Drought has done great damage. Millions of acres ol pasture lie burnod from the parching sun, and the thought just struck me what fertile lands these would be if the rains of Oregon could but be duplicated there. "The laboring men of the Northwest csn also feel glad of their condition when they get $2 a day. Here they are paid $1 per day and $15 per month ou the farms aud ranches. Cotton-picking brings about the same remuneration as hop-picking in Oregon. The cotton crop appears to he very good this year, and from what observations I have made along the railroad, there is plenty of money in circulation in the South this season. Texas is raising rice on the Lower Colorado lliver. and I am told that some growers cleared as much as $1000 an acre this year." From Galveston the writer will go to New Orleans aud Atlanta and Rich mond. Oregonian. Astounding Discovery. From Coopersville, Mich,, comes word of a wonderful discovery of a pleasant tasting liquid that when used before retiring by auy one troubled with a hail cough always ensures a good night's rest. "It will soon cure the oougli too," writes Mrs. 8. Himelburger, "for three generations ol our family have used Dr. Kiug's New Discovery lor Con sumption and never found its equal lor Coughs and Colds." It's an unrivaled life-saver when used lor despersle lung diseases. Guaranteed bottle (,0c and $1 at Dr. Kramer's. with a Brownie $1. IN THE PHILIPPINES. A Manila dispatch of Oct. 27 states that the constabulary reports n fight near Paul, province of Iloilo, island of Pauay, in which- 25 insurgents were killed aud many captured, together with quantity of arms aud ammumtiou. In Cebn Loroga has surrendered with his entire force aud one cauuau aud soveu rifles, while General Ungues is negotiating for the snrreuder of Maxilot, who styles himself "governor politico niititar." His surrender will mean the pacification of the province. In many places where rice is doled oat by the government only enough Is given for each meal, so that it is hardly possible for any large quantity to fiud its way to the insurgents. General Smith has notified all the presideutos aud head men of the pueblos la Samar that they mast surrender all arms and turn over the persous impli cated in the Balaugiga massacre before Not. 6, threatening otherwise that the presideutos will be sent to the lsluud of Guam, the vlllagos destroyed aud the property ooutlsoated. Most of the towus ui the southern part of the island have boon destroyed. A cablegram has boon rccelvad at the war dopartmout from General Chaffee asking that 000 recruits bo sent at ouoo to Manila to fill vacancies iu several regiments. General Chalfeo reports that tho effectlvo strongt h of the army in not thorn Luzon is b.OOO less thau ou Jnu. t. Although Secretary Hoot de clares that 43,000 men are sullloiuut to keep order lu thu lJhilippiuus, still (he opiuiou of competent military observers who have just roturued from tho archi pelago is that 00,000 soldiers will bo needed. Tho now tariff has created a labor problem. A hitt aud umbrella fuotory iu Manila, employing 000 men, has fouud it necessary to close. Tho lawyers are making a protest to tho commission urgiug protooliou, as tho saino good from Germany cuu bo sold at half tho price it costs to manufacture them lu Manila. General Wade has issued a circular lu southern Luzon doing away with tho Spuutsh titles of "Don, Suitor, Souora aud Sen.intn, and giving for thoso ap pellations the American equivalent uf Mr., Mrs. aud Miss. WASHINGTON NOTES- Secretary Long announced that Roar Admiral 8. A. CrowuiiibhlelJ, chief of the navigation bureau, would bo do tachod from that position ami take ooiu- muud of the Europeau squmlrou next March, lieing relieved of his present duties by Kuur Admiral Henry C. Taylor. Tho war dopartmout, It is said, is pro paring to submit to congress a iuuhs of ovidouco iu fuvor of tho restoration of the canteen system. The department will insist that tho abolition of tho can- toou has beou productive of much evil. General Miles has come lutq grout favor with tho uuti-oautuou forces becuuso of his receut announcement of his opposi tion to tho restoration of tho canteen. Colonel A. L. Mills, superintendent of the military academy, in his annual re port, says the cadets are loyally obeying tho now regulations ugaiust hazing. Tho discipline of the corps of cadets, says Colonel Mills, has greatly improved during thu yoar, and is now in nil ex cellent state. It is believed that no military body exist which excels it iu soldierly appearance and in tiie perfec tion of drill aud military exercises, as well as lu the higher requirements of dovotiou to duty. A serious Inundation is rcportod at Broussa, uoar the sea of Marmora. Tho water rose with terrible suddenness In the niRht timo, BO persons being drowued and 770 houses destroyed. Tho British war olllee has ordorod tho Inimedia'o releaso of three members of tho Fifth Victorian contingent, who ro sculod I'.rigailior-Geiierul lieutsoii's call ing tho command "while-livurod curs.' They woro tried by court martini and sentenced to death for mutinous con duct. General Kiloliencr commuted tho sentence to 15 years' penal servitude. Tho Duko of Cniinuught's nptxiiut- ment to the Command of tho Third Army Corps at tho Curragh lias caused much satisfaction in Irish society, for it means that tho king's brother mid thu duchess will bo compelled to ss-nd most of their tune oil tho Irish side of bit. Qoorgu's Channel. Illlpinot Wuitblr.. u Workmen. Coorgo 11. Allen, general manager of tho Hongkong and Now York Furniture company, recently went to Manila, to establish a lurgu furniture and cabinet- making factory, to employ 30) or 400 pooplo. The intention was to employ cheap Oriental labor for thu coiivers'oii of mahogany mil oilier Philippine woods into furniture, from which lurgo protlts Wire cxH-cted. A si to was so cured in Manila und urraiiKoment inado for starting the factory. Alleii's inves tigations into thu Philippine lalxr suh ply wero so discouraging, however, that Lu has since left for lloui,'koii;r, und Intends now to erect tho factory there. He cuiue to tho coiiclu-mm tli.it tho Filipinos could not bo reckoned on lu any industrial propositisi becau o of their worthlessuess lis laborers uud es podally as skilled mechanics. Allen says: "Iu all my exixrieucv, tho Filip ino is thu j)oreat Sh.-eiiiieu iu a labor prooiliou 1 .have ever seen, lietweou fiestas and general laziness, hn may be regarded as a degenerate. All ho aoeins to care for Is to exist, to have his little plot of wound, Ins fighting cock aud his family arouud hlin. That is why ws are going to loc.to in lluugkong instead of Manila." The iron aud steel miwiufaotorie of Groat I'.ritain, with ilm le-lp of an American orgamz-r. Joint It. Ilnrtlett, will amalgamate, und will reprewiit a tapiul of 4 2 j,Ouj,oo. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave von, II you ued Dr. King's New Lift Pills. Thousands of sufferers bave proved their uiati bless merit for bil k and Nervous I leadai hrs. They msks pure blood and build np your health. Only 2r cents. Money back if not cured. Hold by Dr. Kremrr Druggist. Wood wanted on subscription at the Coraixa offk. 'ACIFIC COAST NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM THE WEEK'S DISPATCHES. Six lnsan Men Arrive From Home. Matrimonial Correspondence Results In Arrest of Oregon Woman Aetress found Starving- In San Frmncltoo. Burglars entered the butcher shop of Joseph Marxeu, Jr., at Trnokee. broke 5 pen the safe and carried away $000 In ooin and 1,000 worth of jowelry. The Earl Fruit company shipped from Portorville, Cnl., to New York, the first carload of this season's crop of oranges to leave the state. They are navels of fancy pack. The rainfall was general thronghont southern California. In many places (lie moisture has been beneficial, bnt in Santa Barbara county ruuoh damage has beou done to grain and beans. A unique diunor was given at Nome by ten members of the Ploueer Mining couipnuy, tho "favors" consisting of $2,100 worth of Belcct Nome nuggets, Those wore distributed among the guests. Exteusive Importations of oattle from drought-stricken districts of Kansas are to be made ky formers In Whitman county, Wash. Wheat aud corn are cheap In eastern Washington, and as cattle can be bought low, farmers see an opportunity of making large profits. Tho beekeepers organised at Log An geles, adopting the name "Southern California Honey association." The purpose of the organization is to handle tho honey iudustry systematically aud to undertake the marketing of the honey produced iu Southorn California. Dr. II. II. Churchill of Pasadena, Cal., who was for years the family physician of President Garfield, was seutouced at IiOs Angeles to 15 days for vagranoy. Drink is responsible for his fall. He at one time practiced medicine In Clove laud, and it was in that city that he at tended Mr. Garfield aud his family. D. Jnrvis & Sou, who for several years have operated a shipyard at Stock ton, Cut., have secured a site on the Snohomish river, near Evorott, Wash., and will thero open a big shipyard. In addition to shipbuilding, the repair work ou I'uget sound is said to be very extensive, aud as thero Is no yard there at proseut to do that class of work, the firm expeots to do a large business In that lino. , Mrs. Mary Wilhelra, tho widow of a wealthy brewer of Portland, Or., whose husband dlod recently at Phoenix, A. T., telegraphed to A. J. Bradley, an under taker, to embalm the remains and ship them to Portland at au exponse not to exceed $75. When the body arrived at Portland it was found that Bradley wanted (2)15 for his services. This sum Mrs. Wilhelm would not pay, and Wells, Furgo & Co. refused to hand over tho remains. She brought a man damus proceeding, aud the court or dered the company to give Mrs. Wilhelm the body. Au ordinance was signed by Mayor Stephens of Fresno, Cul., prohibiting gambling lu every form, to take effect Immediately. All slot machines lu the city which hitherto have beou liooused will bo abolished Jau. 1 next, when their licenses expire. The mayor also signed an ordinance fixing the saloon license at $1140, nu increase of $200. Two masked robbers held np the uorth-bound California traiu near Eu genu. Or., but woro fulled lu their at tempt to rifle the safe of Wells, Forgo & Co. by tho pluck and determination of tho express messenger, O. F. Charles. The messenger was ordered by the robbers to o)ieu tho door of the car, but ho refused. Two charges of dynamite blow opcu the door, aud a third charge was placed lusidu tho oar and the fuse lighted by Engineer Lucas, at the order of tho robbers. Charles, however, de tached the fuso before it could do any damage. A fourth charge of dynamite bluw a hole iu the floor of the express car, but tho robbers were scared away when tho messenger firud a shot from his shotgun. Tho robbers gained en trance to thu baggage car aud svonred the contents of four registered mall pouches. Tho commissioner and assessor at Victoria appointed to Inquire into the loss of tho Htenmer Islumler censure, in their finding, Pilot Lo Klaua for keep ing thu ship at full speed after seeing flouting ice about teu minutes Imfore the ac -ideut. Tim niastur, according to the finding, did not uppcar to realise the imminent danger ill which the ac cident placed the ship, otherwise prompt measures would havo lieen takeu to save life. Thu on. tout ill i'oclflo coast wntora of h aving the bridge of a steamer at night iu i bargii of only oue officer condemned. Anna Cntoii anil Myrtle Lore, who live at a farmhouse a few miles east of Grant's l'.o.s, dr., were engaged in washing Hollies ill an adjacent creek, vile ll tui-y wire attracted by the glar ing eye bal Is of a panther, which was clenched lu thu brush 12 feot from the young wotie-ii and making ruady for spring. With great pieseiieo of nilud Miss Cut-in flung nu armful of wet uiotlics In the fin e of the brute. This ultaek by Miss Cittou with a battery of wet chunes so disconcerted the panther that be sku ked off Into tho brush, while the women ran suruamiiig toward the h- tiie. j Fisk Young Yo, a ( hiusso merchant, who said In was III Inusit to (iuatera sl.i, sias refused permis.lnu' to luud by Hie cole etor of Mm jstrt lit Hau Fran i.eo and ordeicd di-sirteil to China, l iie i uliiig of iIim collector, on a ietltion lor li.iU'..s c irpus, was sustained by Ju Ige Ju Hi. vc-u ou the ground that ilie i.'liiacso might hind at some point -ii Mexico and cro4 the bouudury Into l; tt.-d Mates terri'ory at the earliest Plsiitouity Kodak and Films A.C.Voorhlae Many physicians are now prescribing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure re ularly baying found tht t it Is the best prescription they eati write because it is the one prepara tion which contains the element neces sary to digest not only some kinds ol loo I but all kinds ar.d it therefore cures indigestion and dvspepaia no matter what its cause. Dr, Kramer. Pine Needle Wanted Hy the Oregon Tine Needle Fiber Co., t the old school building, Thomas Where Everything Wo will not handle Second-hand goods; don't allow them in the store. Each of our lines we are convinced is the best of its kind the money j If wc didn't think so we wouldn't have then. This week Beautiful new Sideboards, Buffets, Rockers, Couches, Rugj, Mattresses, handsome China Ware. We have the handsomest display of Bric-a-brac in Southern Oregon. There are still a few of the Special Discount Rugs left. 7 p. Kitchen Specialties. Brooms aoc, 25c 30C up Washboards 20c, 85c,.. . 30c " Milk Fans c Vegetable Boilers 15c Coffee Pot . Coffee Mill Pr Pa,r-----a5C Fnrnllurs Carpels Mattings Lac Curtains The board of education of Ban Frasv eiaco ha withdrawn the tnle opposing the marriage of women teaohsr, and they may heuoeforth marry and still rotuin their position If they choose to do so. Jaine L. Hartel, a capitalist and a votornn of the Mexioan war, who re sided at SSia Buchanan street, San Fronolaoo, was found dead in a room in the Crystal baths In that elty. Death is thought to have bean due either to heart failure or to drowning. The California Miners' association, Which has (,700 members, hold Its tenth annual convention at San Franolsoo, aud at Its olose re-elected all Its off! oars. A new offloe was created, that of third vice-president, whloh fell to M. K. Dittmar, editor of The Mineral Wealth, Shasta oouuty. Among several Import ant resolutions passe 1 was on urging a eabluot department of mine and min ing. Delegates from all part of Asiaoaa attended the convention at Phoenix for the purpose of putting forward the claim of the territory for admission luto the union a a state. - Resolution to that effect war passed unanimously, and a committee of six wo ohouu to go to Washington to lay the claims of the territory before congress. The annual report sent to Washing ton by the acting superintendent of the Yosoiiiite National park show that game is very plentiful in the pork, and that there have beea 4,000 visitor tnis season, of whom abonl two-tmras wore camper. Stricter regulation ara reo oiniiiuudod for governing tb presenos of campers, a there la svldenoe that these people hare used high explosives lu the Bridal Vail creek to kill trout. Every fire lu or near the park this sum mer I attributed to either careless or criminal acts of campera Authority is recommended for burning fallen timber during the winter months, and for let ting holders of leased lauds within tb park limits graao oattls near their own premise under park supervision. A Qrass Valley (Oal.) dispatch says that during an electric storm at Moore's Flat, Miss Mamie Hegarty, the 16-year- old daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Charles IlcKoxtr. wa attempting to hang a ourtaiu lu th kltoben, when suddenly came a blinding flash of lightning, which struck th supporting post on the porch, breaking It In two, striking th door aud splintering It luto little piece. Th shock knooked Mis Ueg arty from th ohalr and she full to th floor In an unoousolons conilltlou. Mr. Hegarty wa also knocked down, but quickly recovered. Miss Hegarty, after some time, also recovered, and 1 now little the worse for her experleno. A skip loaded with two tons of rock at the Lightner ulna, Augels Camp, Oal.. shot down 700 feet to the bottom of the shaft, wbore Martin Bglou aud Johu Martludoh were at work mucking. Iiglou was Instantly killed, while Mar- tlnoicb bad his right leg broken and was severely Injured otherwise. Failure of the brakes to hold the loaded skip wa the cause of Its rushing back dowu th shaft. Ruth Richmond, whose real name la Mr, de Bpiro, au actress out of employ ment, was fonnd In an nnoonscions con dition from lack of food on the stops la front of a house where she reuted ....Southern Oregon Strong Aeadmle conrs. Professions training ol tb highest excellence. Well equipped labora tories. Urst-cleas train ing department. De mand lor trained teach ers exceeds tb supply. Graduates easily secure good position. Butlful location. Moat delightful climate on tb coast. Expense $120 to $160 per year. Writ for catalogu. W. ItIO SIXTH STREET 0 h " f I TIIE ..HOUSE FURNISHER. you buy is New. for Housclurnishlng SpecieJtle. Blankets 5 lb $2 90 Cotton Crash Towellug, per yd 5c Linen i64 in. Crash Towel ing, per yd 10c Linen Huck Towels,20x3Q,pr. 60c Wall Paper Crockery Ulasswar (.amps Tinware Oranlteware Wooden war Tools Mirrors small room at 'll'ik Leuveuwortu street, Sau Frauotsco. ller hnsbaiid, Robert da Bpiro, who 1 a shoe dealer of Crip ple Creek, Cola, had not been sending her sufficient monoy to procure the necessaries of life. Mrs. de Spiro, who Is only IB years of ago, was taken to St. Lake's hospital, where she Is being well eared for. The first home In Sau Francisco for sick and homeless cats war opened, a uumber of ladle having orgnnised th Sau Francisco Oat Refuge ossoolotlou. The home Is situated at 240Gb California street. The members of the society re quest those who have sick or superfluous oat to eoiumuuloate with the home. The refuge will be supported almost uttrely by publlo and private subscrip tions aud such sums as may be realized from the boardiug of pet. Four prisoners confined In the TJktah (Oal.) jail succeeded In reaching the roof, and, with a rope made from a sea grass mat, descended to the ground and made their escape. Conditions favored the esoapo of the prisoners, a the night was stormy, and, on account of a burned-out dyuumo, the street were not lighted. Bis insane men arrived at Tacoina on th steamer Elibu Thomson from Nome. They were lu charge of United Btato Marshal Cliugon of Nome and six guards. The uauios of the men whom hardship aud dlsiippolutment bavedriv. n insane are l James Carter aud James Otis (both of Oakland, Cal), Druiiol O'Douuell, John Miohaol Rooso, Jamo Matthews and Andrew Alllsou. They were takeu to the iusaue asylum at Btelllaooom, Wash. Extending over a period of six year, Miss Etna Dungan of Oold Hill, south era Oregon, has been iu oorrespoudouoe with a largo number of nion, all of whom wore anxious to secure a wife, and nndor promise to marry each and every one of them she Is said to have secured various sums of mouey rouging from $5 to $1100. Through the suspicious of one of her many corrospouduuta th attention of thu postal authorities wa called' to bor, resulting iu her iudiot meut by thu federal grand jury aud subsequent arrest. Cash bail In $500 was furnished by her father, who la a wealthy mau. Harry L. Elliott shot and killed J. W. Sherman iu a house of 111 repute at 8an Jose, Cal. "I am glad I killed him," Elliott said afterward. "He deserved It, for he ruined the life of my first love." Sherman, who had a bad repu tation, and Miss Bessie Bray of San Francisco were married a few month ago, aud it is alleged that Sherman com pulled his wife to lead a life of shame. A Coroner's Jury cburged Elliott with the murder of Sherman, At Bed Tim I lake a pleasant herb drink, the next morning I leel bright and my complex ion Is better. My doctor say it acts gently on lb stomach, liver and kid ney, and la a pleasant laxative. It is made irom kesbs, and Is prepared as easily as lea. It is called Lane's Medi an. All druggist tell it at 2Go. and 60c. Lane' Family Medicine move Ui bowel each day. If you cannot get It, send lor a free sample. Address, Orator F. Woodward, L Kur, N. Y. State Normal School. A8ULAND, OREGON. i A ' - Mf-V'- l1ajtg M. CLAYTON, Prea.