Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, July 03, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWtott VOL. XVII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 3, iooj. No. 31. A Popular Health Resort in the Siskiyous. Health Restoring Waters, Invigorating Mountain Air. Colestin Mineral Rules $2.00 per Day ; Camping Privileges for Rent. II. I Buy Anything THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL AND THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANT You may have some article among your possessions that you have no use. for and never will have us for why not convert them into cash. I pay you cub for them. If yon are going to move away let me buy your household boot's 1 will give ynu good prices. . ' Sewing Machine for re 111 and for gale. Goods Sold on the Installment Plan. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PA lo VP CAPITAL STOCK Transacts a General Banking business. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our cuktonieis are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent with sound banking principles. . Batety deposit boxes fur rent. J. FRANK WATSON, Pres. , It. A. POOTII, Vice-l'res. I.. I., JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, Receive deposits subject to check or on certificate payable on demand. Sells sight drafts on New York ban Francisco, and Portland. 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 all accessible points. It. A. IIOOTH. Pres. J. C. CaMI'HEU,, Vice Pres. II. L. Ull.KEY, Cashier. The accumulated wisdom of ten generations can't keep a hoy from eating Uretin Apples. You can talk to him till you ate lirrd, but it will do no good. He almpiy can't learn from anything but hard pit-ot-the-slomach expsncnce. lie must have his ow n belly ache before ho will believe what yon tell him. Now, men are just bojs grown up. It isn't green applet any longer, but it's the linn old comedy with new properties. It's the quesiion, perhaps, of a Mower. It's the old chimera of getting value without cost. It's t tie Mower which "il just aa good as the Osborne." And the lesson ia only learned after the lose of many dollars you might have earned. Why not use the green-apple com mon sense that you learned aa a boy? ALL KINDS OP I Inrilwui'P, Oil, l'nintM, C.Iiimm, l"nriii Implements. i 11. ssoiiMiirr. ' Corner 6th and I streets. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. I'ADlHit'K, I'uoi b. I am prepared to furnish anything in the line of Cemetery work in any kind of MARBLE or OEANITE. Nearly thirty yeara of experience in the Marble buainem warrant) my saving that I can fill your orders in the very best manner. Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kindrf Marble. J. li. PADDOCK, Front Street, Neat to Greene's Qunahnp. A. C. HOUGH, AITOUNKYAT LAW, Practices in all State and Federal Conru W 11U C o,n .nr. ..".- (iaAKTS Pass, OaasoK. H C. PERKINS, U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL SUKVEYOR, baatm Pasa, OkimkjS. N. E. McGREW, PIONEER TRUCK, and DELIVERY F urn its re and 1'iane Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The sopslar barber shop Get your tousorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS On Sixth Street Three chair Bath room to connection Springs Hotel $9 and $10 psr Week. C. TELFORD, Propr. Ike M. Davis, Front St. Second-Hand Store $23,000.00. $ BO.OOO 00. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sib veraear and Jewelry. A Uoud Assortment of HraiselrU and Heart Bangles, Clement' Drug Store. J.M.CHILES GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH asd SALT MEATS. Gy- 'Pnoxa 21 W FOURTH OF JULY CELE BRATION. An earnest endeavor is being made by those who have the matter in charge to make the Fourth of July celebration in Grants Pass , this year, a "hunirner" in every respect. As pre viously announced, both the fourth and fifth will be celebrated or some thing will be doing the whole of both days. The Grants Pass baud will furnish ninsic on the fifth. The Hertford band will play on the fonrth and will also aid in furnishing music on the fifth. A hearty invitation is cxteuded not alone to Josephine comity citizens to be in Grants Pass during the celebra tion but to all Southern Oregon. We have ample hotel accommodations for all, and will do our best at entertain ing all who come. To the winners of all tho racing events, liberal prizes will be given. A new feature for Grants Pass at loaat will be tho rock-drillitig con test. The various surrounding mines are all getting ro,udy to have a repre sentative in this contest. Tho illumi nated street parado will bo a gorgeous feature. This will be conducted by the Federated Trades Union of this city. The baseball games of the two days will be the best seen in southern Oregon this season. On the d;iy of the fonrth a game will be played be tween the Alerts and a selected team consisting of picked men from all of the Jackson county nines. This game will undoubtedly be a hotly-contested 0110 as the Jackson county twirlers arc determined to win and the Grants Pbks tossers aro just as determined that they shall not. On the day of the fifth, the win ners of the game of the previous day will play the Eugeno nine. The program as prepared for the two days is as follows; ' Friday, July 4th Sunrise Morning salute 9 a. ni. Indcpeudeno Day program at Baseball grounds seats in grand stand music by band prayer, Rev. R.L. Johnson music, quartetto read ing, Declaration of Independence ora tion, Father Geo. D. Doyle music, by baud. 10 :80 Bicycle races, at bicycle grounds gentlemen's race ladies' race boys' under twelve, raco girls under twelve motor-cyclo raco. 3 p. m. Baseball came amaliramn- ted Jackson county nine vs. Grunts Pass. 8 p. m. Ha loon ascension, Sixth St. 9 p. m. Grand illuminated street parade American Federated Trade's Union. 9 :30 Dance at platform Dance at opera house. Saturday, July 5th 9 a. m. Tug of war, at baseball grounds married men vs. single men. 9 :80 Rock-drilling contest single handed. 10:30 Men's foot nice 100-yard dash. p. m. Basctiall gained winners of game 011 Fourth vs. Eugene nine. 9 p. in. Dunce at platform Dance at opera house. Nothing will be charged for scats in grandstand for any event except games all others aro free. One dollar entrance fee charged for all races except boys and girls bicycle races. Entries received at Rov Bart- left's confectionary store, up to July !1. Liberal prizes will be given the winners of all races. OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT. Tho report of Horticultural Com missioner Carson, for the third dis trict, comprising the counties of Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Jose phine, Coos, Curry and Luke, is in part as follows: From a personal inspection mid tho best data to be had in this district the following estimate of the frnit crop to June 1 is as near the facta as it is possible to muko an estimate. We have not had any extremely low tem perature during thu Spring to injure fruit of any kind. The bloom on all varieties was profuse ; but on fertiliza tion it will be noted that the apple and pear seemed to suffer, while the peach fertilized and set a large crop. Dur ing the time the peach, almond, cher ry and prune were 111 bloom the weather was warm, dry and pleasant, the honey bee was active and these varieties were projicrly fertilized. As the apple and 'ur began blooming the weather became cold and net, and continued so during the blooming period ; honey bees were not active, hence pollen wns not distributed sufficiently to fertilize them, which, in my opinion, accounts for the small crop, Orchard men have sprayed much more this year than usual. At present date weather rond ition are favorable to growth. The estimates to Jane 1 are aa follows: Apples, B5; almonds, 90; pears, 2.'); strawberries, 100; peaches, 90; blackberries, 100; prunes, 70; raspberries, 100 ; cherries, TO; currants, 100. v SPECIAL RATES FOR FOURTH. The Southern Pacific Commtiy an nounce the sale of reduced rat- oil account of the Fourth of July. The figures will be bawd at oue and one third fare for the round trip, making four cents per mile round trip tauxagH to and from stations in Oregon. Tick eta will be on sale July Third and Fourth and will be good for return op to and including the Sixth. Celebrations will bo held at the more important points. Local agents will famish all details on application. W. E. Coman, O. P. A. UidtAli aa Ul Ur J bmuhs err. mww4. tm ROGUE RIVER. The Stream That Drains This Valley Has Its Source in Crater Lake, tho World's Scenic Wonder. Rogue river could havo had a more euphonious name, but perhaps a no more appropriate oua Excepting the Deschutes there is not another stream in Oregon that is by any means en titled to the namo Rogno, as 'the Southern Oregon river that possesses it. From its source in Crater Lake Park to tho sea, tho Rogue is one con tinual, rushing torrent, with but a few moments pause uow aud then as its waters widen to cross the valley or imuse for an instant before making a leap over a waterfall or a rush down a rapid. The scenery through which tho Rogue river passes on its journey from Crater lako to the sea is not sur passed by any stream in America. It is a continually changing scene The little brook that dashes merrily over the rocks aud pebbles down Mount Mazama quickly becomes a roaring torrent. Deep gorges, rock-walled canyons, rapids and waterfalls char acterize tho Rogno throughout its journey. Just how the Rogue came by its name ia a matter of conjecture. One of two things, or possibly both of them aro accountable for it. These aro tho madness of, its waters and the wickedness of tho Indians that dwelt along its banks. This tribe of In dians wero called tho Rogno Rivers, but they wero named from the stream. Tho Indians called tho stream "Trushi.y which nieaiiB "rogno." The French were the first jieoplc to iiumo tho Rogue river; they were trappers from the Hudson Bay Couiiiany at Vancouver. They did not call the stream Roguo, however, or its equivalent in French, as that would havo been "Ta riviere uux Co quins." Thu French called it "Rouge Riviere," which means " red river, " given it because of the reddish tinge tho water of tho stream iiossosses in tho winter timuon account of the sedinieut it brings down from the mountains. There is no doubt but that tho French named the streamas many of our geographical funnies in this state wero bestowed by the French, such as Coquillo, Thu Dalles, Deschutes and Malheur. The French culled it "Rouge Riv iere" and the Englishmen mispro nounced it and culled it Koguejriver, which was an easy mistake to make when the features of the streams are taken into consideration. At a meeting of the Territorial legislature in 1H.VI, it was enacted that tho numu of the stream be chang ed from Rogue river to "Gold river," which wus considered by the pioneer legislators to bo moru euphoneous and appropriate. This iinnio, howover, never achieved currency outside of the halls in which it was suggested. Rogno river it has always been and will always be. The upH-r half of Rogue river is best known. This is the srlion along which tho old Fort Klamath road leads from Rogue river valley, and which has been traversed for the past 60 years. Tho lower half of tho stream is an unexplored wilderness of rugged mountains aud dis-p forests, much of which has never been trod by white men. Traveling up tho Roguo from tho railroad one finds the valley growing more narrow and the farm houses few er, while the river grows swifter, the forests denser and the mountains more rugged. At a distance of 60 miles from tho valley the Rogue nar rows to a width of 75 feet and flows with fearful rapidity between stoop and rocky walls. This long and deep gorge is the Rogue's road through the Cascades. Through this thu river lias an average full of 200 feet to the mile. Through this gorge the water rushes at times down a steep declivity, then b ailing liiiis-tuniisly fnmi risk to risk, lushing itself into fury and foam, w hirling in eddies or resting a nioiiii lit in some protected liasiu be fore plunging over a cataract, only to jiuusu again Hliil repeat the same w ild phantasies till the ij u valley- is reached. Along the Rogue in these w ild soli tudes game is plentiful. Bear, deer and elk nil haunt the regions of the Upper Rogue, and often s rinit them selves to bo seen from the road. The Upir Roguo iwsscs through thi nnest forests of sugar pine in the world. These great tree are from H to !(0 fi-ct ill circumference and rise to a height of S.M) feet. They are excell ed only by the "big trees" of Cali fornia. Farther up the canyon and nearer Crater hike grout column or pyra mids of cement arise from the bottom of the gorge. Those columns or ''noodles" are 40 or 60 fw t through at the base and attain a height of 100 or more feet. The presence, of these strange formal ions is easily explained. They were composed of a harder sub stanoo than that which surrounded them and did not yield o readily to the action of the water aa it cuts its way deeper and deeper into the gorgv. Win n within 1 miles of is source evidence of volcanic action aro seen along the Ilogne. Tho character of the vegetation changes and only those plants are found which can accommo date themselves to the higher altitude. Thu Rogue, which is but a brook in this region, dashes merrilv over boulders of imiiuce and lava. One more mile aud the source is reached Crater hike. Here the trav eler can well rest and stand entranced ou the brink of this once mighty cauld ron aud gaze with silent awe into the blue depths of the now majestic lake. No other river in the world can claim so grand a source. t RECRUITS FOR NAVY. Lieut. J. O. Morton aud Dr. W. N. Bell, of the United State navy, were here ou Thursday aud conducted a recruiting office at the city halL Five enlistments were made here: S. F. Ramsey, coal passer; IL E. Myrick, L. S. Crawford, landsmen for training ; A. J. .'Howard, W. D. Holland, apprentices, 3rd class. Another Grants Pass boy, John E. Mock, enlisted at Ashland. Tho re cruits were sent to San Francisco Fri day, in charge of Boatswain's Mate H. A. Stanley, where they will go to the U. S. ship Pensacola and the training ship Independence. Ashland; William J. Virgin, ap prentice, 8rd class; Alouzo Mills, fireman, 2nd class; Merlo H. Riley, apprentice, 3rd class; Earl Clay Jack son, apprentice, Srd class. Theso boy who are enlisted as ap prentice of the third clans, will bo first sent to tho naval training school at Goat Island, where they have a course of instruction and drill for six months. The instruction comprises the elementary branches taught in the public school. They receive ft a month as pay during this time, but ouly a part of it is given to them as pocket money, tho remainder being placed to their credit. After six months they are transferred to a train ing ship, where they are required to serve nine mouths before they become full men-'o-war'a-men on full pay. THE RATTLESNAKE. Years ago, that ugly mid venomous reptile, the rattlesnake, was plentiful in southern Oregon, but liko the Indi an, ho cannot survivo civilized condi tion and in all the more fully populat ed regions ho is now a rare curiosity. But in thinly settled regions and especially in the vicinity of dry and rocky hills, ho ia still found, though nowhero is tho species anywhere near so numerous as it was years ago. Tho old residents of the little valley where Grant Pass is now located, can well remember when rattlesnakes wore plentiful and common. In thoao day It was profitable to inspect a hen' nest thoroughly beforo reaching in to gath er tho eggsas it wa likely to con tain some untlesirotl occupant. By instinct the barefooted children shun ned dry brnsh heaps and similar rep tilian retreats. At tho little old school house near old Grant Pass it was nothing very uncommon for rat tlesnakes to tie found ou the playground itself. In Buoh cases they would bo at tacked by tho youngsters with a fierce zoal that seldom stopis-d short of com plete annihilation. Barefooted young ster walking by twilight in the warm dnst of the inneh travelled stage road were liable to hear a warning "slzz" that would send tho small heart into the throat and canse a backward lea) that would be a credit to an athlete. The writer has personal knowledge of one instance where a rattlesnake crawled through a hole in a kitchen floor and insconced himself snugly in the woodbox behind the stove. Sim ilar instances, almost without nnmber, might be recalled by the old residents. The peculiar bnr.z, the rattlesnake's warning note, once heard, is never forgotten. Thero aro sounds thnt are similar. Thero is a certain weed, the rattle of whoso needs in their pods will often set the nerve ou edge, but when the genuine sound of the rattle is heard, there is never any doubt or indecision in the mind of tho hear er and it may also be said with truth that there is nothing morn conducive to muscular agility. The rattlesnake Is the iiicnruation of ugliness. His broad flat head with tho wicked little eyes, his stubby and ungraceful form, the coarse arragenient of his colors and the air of cold, un feeling malice which is a prominent tHirtiou of his 'make-up, unite to form an apiearaiir-o that would glvo an or dinarily nervous Jsriton tho horrors. When a colled rattlesnake is prodded with a stick, he operates his rattle with such dessrate viciousness that it seems as though the whole snake wero tingling and vibrating as though made of wire springs. The natural implacable foe of the rattlesnake is tho hog. Hogs devour rattlesnakes with a contemptuous dis regard of their venom and it ia well known that where hogs run at large the rattlesnakes msm dixupsur. In this climate the bilo of the rut tlosnake has very seldom proven fatal and it seems that the venom dis s not possess the deadly chnrucer which il docs in many hs-alitiea. As far us the more fully settled jsirtions of southern Oregon are concerned, the rattlesnake is now virtually extinct. CAT ADOPTED CMH K. At Carnival Corner, Duyton, there lives a cat of many colors, says tin Herald. Not long since a little kitten was found one morning In her sh op iug box. The cat had previously tak en much interest in a motherless chick. When the chick "came off his perch" that morning he spied the kit ten ; the chick js-epod and the kitt-n meowed. They soon became the best of friends. While the mother cat was in the box caring for her kitten, the chick would ait on the edge of the box. Following night the three wore found huddled together. This con tinued several nights, and then tin cat, probably displeased, moved her kit to other quarters, and tho chick, profi-ring hia old most to thodcR.-rt. ri cat'a nest, again returned to it. Not long after the kitten mysteriously disappeared, aud then wero loft kit toilless cat and a hen less chick at Car nival Corner. Tho cat now delight lying in the grass watc hing the chick as it feeds about. Blue Print Paper by the yard or roll at the Courier office. J. C. HARMON KILLED. J. C. Harmon, well known here, and who lias been employed as car iusiKH-tor and n-jmiror in the Grants Pass yards for some time, died Friday evoning from injuries received by be ing run over by a freight car. The unfortunate accident occurred near the depot. Mr. Harmon was mak ing some repairs on the wheels of a freight car. Ho had no signals out as he thought tho yards wero clear. A froight train, switching in the yards, jammed a string of cars into the one being repaired and before ho could get out of tho way, the unfortnnato man's left leg was caught under the wheels and horribly crushed and mangled at tho kuee. Ho was taken at ouco to tho emergency hospital at tho ronnd house and medical aid sum moned. Owing to his ago, and tho loss of blood, his ncovcry, from the first, was considered doubtful aud he died within four hours after the acci dent. Tho funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Odd Fellows' cemetery where the remains wore In id to rest. NEW RAILROAD SURVEYORS. Tho surveyors for the Oregon & Pa cific Railroad aro divided into two crews, one working out of Crescent City and tho other out of Waldo. Each aro surveying this way. The field notes of tho surveyors ns to their work done in Grunts Puss will bo secured by tho railroad coniinitttoe of tho council and Board of Trade, to determine tho exact locution of the terminal grounds, hut ns stated in lust week's Courier, it w ill be n long strip, running from the Pacific Pine Needle factory to tho river. RE YEN Ul7 1HSTK1CT ABOLISHED. The Southern Oregon internal reve nue district, which has been in charge of Deputy Collector D. V. Fox of Ashland, luis been nlxilishcd, which leuves Mr. Fox out of a place, unless the dcuirtmcut can llnd sonic other field of duty to which ho niny be assi lined. The force of deputies is now reduced and one mail will lie n-quirod to cover about twice tho territory heretofore worked by Mr. Fox. The Southern Or egon district comprises much difficult ootintry.whcro there urn limited fucil itlos for trunsiHirtutions and the duties of collector have boon rather arduous, requiring him to be on tho road most of the time. This hns Ih-u esis-clully true of Coos, lurry and a portion of Douglas Counties. KILLED HKKSKI.l-' WHILE HUNTING. Miss Kiiimu Watson, the sixteen your old dnughter of A. C Watson of Lun gell Valley, accidentally shot herself week n go Sunday, while hunting rabbits. She was out near her home anil cur ried a 24 callihcr rifle. Tho father and the sister of the girl worn w ith her when the accident happened. Miss Watson discliurgcd the gun while craw ling through a fence. The rillo hull struck her ill the forehead, killing her instant I v. The Watson family has been in Klumulli County fur about eight yours going there from Colo. Town Talk. Itcvcals a Great Stcret. It is often asked how such startling cures, that puzzle the host physicians, areeffected hy Ir. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Here's thu n-eret. It cuts out Ilia phlegm and gcrni infecteil mucous, and lets the life-giving oxygen enrich and vitalize thn blood. It heul the liilUiin-il, cough worn throat and lungs, ilurd cobls and stiihhni n coughs sewn yield to I r. Kinjj's New Discovery, the most infallible remedy for all Tluoul and Lung diseases, tin itanl- cd bottles Vic ami Trial bottles free at Dr. Krenier's. ASHLAND IS GROWING. Tho construct ion of now residence buildings in Ashland has been con siderable during the past two months. Thero are eight buildings of this kind just finished or mar completion, which are attractive anil will add greatly to the appearance of lb- oily, Is-ing commodious structures of piod size and tasteful archil. eture. luuddition, th r- are u number of small collages recently completed going up, that will make cuinfiirluhlc homes. There has b- en little citation in tho erection of new buildings in Ash land for more than a v-ar, and there prohihlv no town in Iho stab' which enjoys such u steady grow th. It basis en the rub that the rent of a new building was ou:ii.'ed before its coniplct ion. The spulatioii has increase d fully k thousand since the last census. Ij the recent voters regist ration Is taken as a basis lor estimate, it has menus I over a thousand. Tho renoatioii and enlargement of many old n sidem es, tis, has been a noticeable fi atari "in I he improvement of Ashland. Ashland has taken on something of u new dress and hus nddod so much in w ' mini lat ion that thu acqtiaiutuui of old resident ap pear limited in thu pros-not- of si ninny new faces. II. Is now a reasonable a 'suiupt ion that the city will attain a )pulalinu of iVKiO within ulsiut three years, if lot Msiuer, unless a blight of hard ( imos eoinos upon the country. 1 he growth of the town and its favorable prospects Imisise largi r oralis Usui the enterprise and judgment of those who an- foremost in the control of tin city's affairs, ami their hand should be manifest ill -vory beneficial pro ject and ui tiou requisite In a grow ing town. Town Talk. Win pnze with your Kodak 1'H). la pi! offered. See Voorhie. Thomas Camping Out Time TENTS All sizes, 5xT, 7x9, 8x10, 10x12, 12x14, 14x16, $3.45 and up. Oar prices please tho most economi cal, CAMP STOVES $1.95 up to $3.50 for a Folding Stove. HAMMOCKS $1.00 to $3 50 and all between prices. 1 6x7 Tent . . . 2 Camp stools. 1 .Camp stovo with a 0-foot Tolo- soopo pi po. 8 Pillows. . 8 Cotton blanket. 2 Fivo pound wool Camp Outfit for Two Persons. 1 Stew kettle. 2 1 -gallon pans. 1 Wuter pail. 2 Knives aud forks, rt Tea spoons. 2 Inrge spoons. 1 Butcher kuifo. 2 Tin cups. 1 Coffee pot ' 1 Steel fry pan. 1 Bake pan. 2 Tin plate. 1 Ijintern. 2 Towels 1 oako soap and 1 lb. Goffeo Don't stand up on the 4th and 5th of July Wo have Camp Chairs and Camp Stools cost little. Iron Beds Tho largest stock now stylos and lots moro on the way. Refrigerators 8 walls to preserve ico; guaranteed; prices low. Glassware lots moro on the way. Kurnltiirs Lace Curtains Mutlresses tots . Linoleums Mattings Mirrors - 1 I IU. C. Z. 11. dOltimn 1 . II (Article for this column are con 'trihuted by the Women' Christian Tempeiance Union.) A mother' meeting will bo held at tho home of Mrs. O. M. Terrill, July llth nt 2::i) p. in. A cordial invita tion Is extended to all; especially do we urgo mothers to come. Our meet ings are helpful and it is good for ns to moot together. Ono day at a time I But a single day, Whatever its loud, Whatever its length; And there's a precious Scripture to suy; That according to each shall be our strength. Helen Hunt Jackson. A moment' work ou clay tolls more than an hour's labor ou brick. So work should bo done In childreus' hearts Is forn they harden. ' Perchance in Heaven 0110 day to mo Some blessed saint will coma and suy. All hail, is'lovcd, but for thee My soul to donth had fallen a prey; And, oh, what rapture In tho thought, Olio soul lo glory to have brought I TWO INSTANCES. Two little items which are sermons ill themselves, havo recently cunio to iur notice. In giving the comparative death rate in dill, rent neon juit ions, an insurance Journal asserts that " brewers die alsmt id per cent faster than the average man who work at a regular culling, and saliKui koeis rs die seven times as fast" Insurance companies, from the na ture of their business, study the mor tality records, aud ought to know whereof they ss-ak. Tho declaration of the journal quoted, is a severe com- iu Mary ou the dost met ivonoss of the isou ih lt out to the s oplo for the love of .Mammon. Win n I'aterson, N. . I. , was burning, a Now York pajT sent a train load f sandwiches and corTee, and the mayor of l'aloi'soii closed all the sa loons. In such ii calamity the suhsuis wore proved a meuaiice to lsi dreaded. If laiigerous in mi emergency, they aro dangerous at all times. The observant youth cannot fail to notice in this in stance the repute in which tho vendor of intoxicants mid his vile traffic are hold by the thoughtful. Hold) I p a Congrtiiman. "At (be end of the campaign, " writes (..'hump ( lark, Miaxouri's brilliant e n iirossinan, "from overwork, nervous tension, loss of Bleep and constant pcuking I had utteily collapsed. It corned that all the organs in my body were out of order, but three bottles ol Electric llilturs uiailu me sit right. It's the best all-around medicine ever sold over a druttiiist'a counter." Over wofkrd, run-down men and weak, sickly women gain splendid health and vitality from Elerliie Hitters. Try them. Only "0c. Ouarantssd hy Dr. Kreiuer. The Latest Yarn. A I'ittshiirg diuiumer tella this yarn, 1 always carry a buttle of Kemp's Halsain in my grip, I take cold easily and a few doses ol the Balsam always makes me well man. Everywhere I o I apeak a gd word Iur Kemp. I take hold of uiy customers I tske old men and young men, and tell tbein ..,.i',.l.,i;.ll .!,. I dr. i.a lea.. I cold. At druggists, 25o. and 60c. . . the v nOUSE FURNISHER blankets. All for $15 free with tho above outfit. wo havo ever shown. All Picture Moulding (Iranitewars Tinware . Glassware Jampa . Cutlery Woodenwara Rural mall delivery is growing in ,uvor with 41,0 r"i!,1 Oregon ; tne postal authorities promptly respond to requests for it extent ion in suita ble localities, and such localities are being constantly discovered. What with suburban clectric-car service, rural mail delivery and bicyclo paths, wido" section of the country havo in recent yours been brought into touch with tho city, and rural neighborhood with each other. It tho drift of rural population toward the cities is not checked by this means, political economist and sociologists will have to look a new for tho cause of tills drift, sinco clearly it cannot be tho result of isolation and its de privations. The "human touch" through theso channels cannot be otherwise than helpful and Inspiring. Ore gonbtn. Photographs. I wish to inform the public that I shall continue to make Photos ia Grants Pass, I shall make Photos on either the dull or glaze finish paper as de sired. Orders taken for Photos from Geo. Phcby's old negatives. Mrs. C. J. Smythe. Actual Tests Prove the Racycle 3CSIBH For Sale at Paddocks' Bicycle Den, GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Tooth Brush Topics Sanitarily considered logically leaj to the conclusion that SLOVLR DRUG CO. keeps the best stock of Tooth Brushes in the county. , Our stock is selected with the utmost care with an eye single to the quality of the goods' we offer. We have Tooth Brushes from toe tip. You buy the i-jc kind on your own re spousibility. From 25c up, we will guarantee the goods. The bristles in a good brush will not come out. A ' good brush will outlast half a dozen poor ones. .Star Drag Co. Prescriptions. Opposite Depot.