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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
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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.