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VOL. XVII. I GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER iS, 190a. No. 43. DIRECTORY JOSEPHINE COUNTY OFFICERS. Judge J. O. Booth ivn,-,;..in., i John Wells .... )C. F. Lovelace Clerk K. L. Kartlett Deputy Clerk T. P. Judson Sheriff Geo. W Lewis Deputy Sheriff Ernest Lister Treasurer J. T. Taylor bchool Hupt Lincoln Savage Assessor Chas. Crow Surveyor H C. Perkins Coroner V. K. Kremer CITY OFFICERS. Mayor W. F. Kremer Auditor and Police Judge R. L. Davis Treasurer Col. W. Johnson City Attorney C. E. May bee Marshal John Lockuardt Street Supt John Patrick luounciinien ueo. n. Binns A. C. Hough, J. H. Williams, C. E. Harmon J. A. Kehkonf. Will C. Smith, Herbert Smith, Henry Schmidt FRATERNAL 80C1TIES. Grants Pass Lodge A. F. A A. M'., No. 84, regular communication first and third baturdays. Visiting brothers cordially invited. H. (J. Hobizeh, W. M. A. J. Pike. Sec'y. Royal Arch Masons--Keanies Chapter No. 28 meets second and fourth Wednesday Masonic ball. L. L. Jiwcll, - J. E. Pktkuso. Secy. U. P. Eastern Star Josephine Chapter, No. 2ti meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month In Masonic ball. Mas. H. ZoLLta. Mas. Asna. M. Holm an, W. M. Sec'v. I, O. O. F.,-Oolden Rule Lodge No. 78. meets every Saturday night at I. U. O. F. hall. C. H. MAKSH4LL, T. Y. Df am, Secy. N. U. Jaran Encampment I. O. O. F. No. meets second and fourth Thursday at I. O. i: K. hall, Fbkd Si umtiT, T. Y. Dkah, Sec'y. C. P. Rebekahs Etna Rebekah, No. 4!. meets second and fourth Monday, I. O. O. F. hall. Essie HAamAH. N.U. Mas. J. H. Disison, Secy. United Artisans-Grants Pass Assembly No. 4!t, meets alternate Tuesdays in A.O. II. W. ball. F. E. Wktj, r'asn Mknsch, Master Artisan, Secy. Woodmen of the World Rogue River t amp No. ,V, meets second and fourth Fridays at Woodman Hall. H. V. Mkauk, C. E. Maybic, Consul Couimander. Clerk. Women of Woodcraft A talea Circle, No. 182, meets first and third Mondays at Woodmen hall. Estklla Berry, N. U. W. E. Dea, Clerk. Modern Woodmen of America Grants Pass Camp No. ! 07 meets '2nd and 4th Wednes day Evening at Woodmen hall at 7 :3U. Chas. II. Marshall. V. C. N Uei nolds, Clerk. Foresters of America Court Josephine No. 2M, meets each Wednesday eicept the lirst, al .V. O. U. W. hall. J. P. Hale, C. R. G. N. Bolt, F. 8. Josephine Lodge, No. 112, A. O. U. W. meets in A. O. V. W.hall, Uixun build ing every Monday evening. J. H. Mkade, M. W. B A. c'tahard, Recorder. Hawthorne Lodge, No. 21, D. of H.. A. O. U. W. meets every alternate Tuesday evening in A. O 11. W. hall, Dixon buildins. Mas. A. McCarthy. Mrs. Lyuia Dean, C. of II. Recorder. Knbihts of the Maccabees Grants .Paw Tent. No. 13 meets first and tbid Thursdays at Woodmen ball, Win. Alfred, D. Stovall, Record Keeer. Commander. Ladies of the Maccabees Grants Pass, Hive No 18 holds regular Reviews" first and third Tbarsdays at A. . U. W. bail. Visiting sisters cordially invited. Jennie Cheshire, ' Mary Simmons, Lady Commander. Record Keeper. Knights of Pythias Thermopylae No. SO, meets each Tuesday night 7:30 I. O. ). F. ball. J. T. Chausse, Ton Williams, C. C, K.ofR andS. Grand Army of the Republic Gen. Logan Post No. ;W, meets first Wednesday at A. O. U. W. ball. J. E. Peterson. Abe Axteli, Adjt. Com. American Order of Steam Engineers, Ore gon Council No. 1, meets hrrt and third Saturdays, al A. O. U. W. ball. It'll, H. Kenney. Bekj. F. Myeiik, Chiel Engineer Corresponding Engineer. Order of Pernio White Rock Council No lUti, meets in A. O. U. W. Hall first and third Friday nights, C. E. Maybe, Secretary. ' Emma Belcher, Counselor. I'nited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America I'nion No. 1141 meets second and fourth Thursdays of - each month l A.O. H. W. Hall. J. E. Wi eu wan, Pres. D. A. Fitzoeeald, Sec'y, A. C. HOUGH. ATTORN EY-AT LAW, Practices in all State and Federal Courts Office over First National Bank. GaANTO Pang, Oeeuom, H C. PERKINS, U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR, (jaAjm Pass, Oregon. N. E. McGREW PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Farnttare and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber (hop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Bath room in connection HAIR BALSAM 4 (rasa ana KMtM A kkif I J. M. CHILES GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and "JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil Terwear and Jewelry. A Good Assortment of Bracelets and Heart Bangles, Clemens' Drug Store. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS. g- rinNE 2i F-1323 A Fine Asaorlment of Boaa Caaea &t LETCHER'S The Jeweler. ite was!!?) a Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. Mil) I P CAPITAL STOCK Transacts a General Hanking business. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our rustnmeis are assured of courteous treatment and everv consideration con sistent with sound hanking principles. Safety deposit boies for rent. 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 San Francisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the United States. Special Attention Riven to Collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. R. A. BOOTH. Pres. J. C. CAMPBELL, Vice Pres. II. 1.. 01I.KKY, Cashier. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B, PADTOCK, Psora. ' I am prepared to furnish anything In the line of Cemetery work in any kind of MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty years, ol experience in that I can fill your ordera in the very beat Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede Marble. J. B. PA I) DOCK, Front Street, Next to Creene'a Oonihop. COLUMBIA DISC-- (BisiffslhKWffslhi&iniis Mace In f Aiwa amlllng mt $S9'$20'ZL $30 The best Disc Machine on the Market Entertains Everybody Everywhere Uses Flat Indestructible Records which can be handled wlthou! danger of belnj Injured A The CRAPHOPHOSC and COLUMBU RECORDS wero awarded tbe CRAM) PRIZE at tne PARIS EXPOSITWN of 1900 Columbia Phonograph Co., 123 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL TOR. SALE BY W. A. Paddock, Grants Pass, Ore. NURSING MOTHERS want Scott's emulsion of cod- liver oil, almost without ex ception. So before they get to be mothers, eating for two is no small tax, continued for months. The emulsion not only is food itself; it gives strength for digesting usual food. If the milk is scanty or poor, the emulsion increases supply and enriches quality. Wt'll tmd yoe little to try If you like. SCOTT ft BOWNE, 4139 Pearl sum. New York. Wv ...Oregon's... Blue Ribbon g State Fair I SALEM : SEPT. 15 to 20. 1902. $ " Yon are inv itcd to attend and 1 X ace the greatest industrial expo- , sitlon and livestock show ever S held on the Pacific CoaHt. Good 3 : J ground free. Come and bring your families. For any informs- 5 tion, writo 2 M. D. Wisdom, Secy. Portland, Ore. UNION RESTAURANT Front St. oppo. Water Tank. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A. VanNoy, Propr. Perfection oil stoves, fluent in the land, at J.Wolko's. $25,0410.00. J. FRANK WATrjON, Pres. K. A. BOOTH. Vice-Pres. L. L. JEWELL, Cashier. SO.OOO.CO. the Marble business warrant my saying manner. or American Granite or any kind cf The reproduction are. LOUD, CLEAR -4 BRILLIANT 7-iocli Record 50 teats) fcth t pf dot; lO-iocli Record $1 eocb; SiO per do. Melon Raising in Growing watermelona has become a most important branch of the agTirnl tnml industry of Josephine county. As 'a watermelon growing section, this conuty is not excelled by any other part' of tho state, and from a point of excellence an regards the flavor aud general qnality of the fruit, Joso plane county can hold its own with any district on tho Pacific coast. Peo ple who have eaten melons from the fields of Dixie and partaken of the big fellows from the Joseph ino farms, declare that from a Btandpoiiit of quality, the Joeephino melons easily hold first place. The climatic and general conditions afforded iu this conuty, especially iu the Rogue river bottom hinds are perfectly adopted to the growing of melons. Tiie land is loamy, caBily broken, easily culti vated, aud productive. It never dries ont bnt is always moist, something that is absolutely esseutial to the growing of big melons. The seeds can be planted early usually from the 10th to the 15th of May and it is not often that they are nipped by the late frosts. The summer nights are warm warmer than in any other part of the state and the melons grow fast and furious when they get started, and they are not long in get ting started. About the 10th of August the first fia.au urn A Josephine melons begin to mako their appearance, an from that time on until the frosts of October tho people of Grants Pass and vicinity, and those towns aud cities that are fortunate, enough to receive shipments of the lucions fruit-from here, enjoy a treat such as they can havo nowhere lso. Josephine county is well and favor ably kimwn over all parts of the Northwest from tho quantity of the watermelons that it aliijis each season. Each summer from 25 to CO cars of melons are shipped from Grants Pass to northern points. All told, there are over 600 acres of melons grown in Josephine comity. They are grown iu fields of from 25 to UK) acres and the men who plant and cultivate the fields are engaged almost entirely in the melon business alone. It is a business that requires a good amount of work, but no more than any other agricultural vocation rightly fol lowed. It is a jmyitig business and in this respect is growing bi tter with each passing season. Melons, of late, are practically liccntniiig a staple article. People look and wait for them and buy them as they do apples, (leaches, pears, or any other fruit. A few years ago they were eaten only as a delicacy. That is Hot true any more, and as a result of this the de mand is becoming almost unlimited. Iu conversation with some of the leading Josephine melon growers this week, a Courier representative was told that the demand for melons this season is better than it has ever been before. Those who are shipping, find no trouble to disjHiso of the fruit before reaching Albany or Salem. Very few carloads have got as far north as Portland this year, the de maud being great enough to clean out every car before they get any farther than Albany. The method usually employed by the Josephine melon shijisrs is to consign the shipment to themselves and ship by local freight with the privilege of stopping over at any point. In this way the cars are side tracked at Rosebnrg, Oakland, Cot tage Grove, Eugene and other way points .and the melons sold from the car door. A car of Josephine melons needs no glaring posters to draw a crowd. Nothing but a cirrus will draw a bigger crowd of men and boys than a car of Josephine or "Grants Pbss melons" as they are known through the Willamette Valley, and the way these melons disappear, is enough to excite the envy of a Hebrew merchant. The shipments of melons from Grants Pass will tie twice as large this year as It was last Hoce 28 cars have already U-en shipped and the acaaon is just at its height. In fact, the big melons are just now coming on. The Courier man was shown a carload this week that left this city for the north, many of the melons of which would weigh 40 or SO pounds. Among tho leading Josephine coouty shipivit are T. P. Lee, R. A. N. Reynier, J. Christie and IL B. Josephine County. Alrerson. Messrs. Christ io and Roy. mer are each preparing a carload of big melons for tho state fair. If these big melons don't win a modal it will be because size aud quality count for naught PRESIDENT AT ST. LOUIS. The arrangement of President Roosevelt's trip to St Louis on the occasion of the allotment of sites fo state buildings, provides for his arri val iu this city on October 1st Ho will visit the World's Fair grounds to attend the ceremonies, in thojiftor noon of the 1st, and will remain over night in the city, leaving on the 2nd. Thirty-two states and territories will bo represented, probably twenty of them by their governors and World's Fair commissions, the others by their commissions. Several of the governors will be accompanied by their staffs. A vast assemblage of the people of many states is expected on this occasion, as1 the twenty -four railway systems which liavo their terminals hero have announced excur sion rates from every direct iou. An attractive program of ceremonies is being formulated and the three days will lie given np to the entertainment of visitors and a general jollitlcutioii. Bicycles & repairing at Cramer Bros. - iyjfs &:,! JOSEPHINE COUNTY WATERMELON COUNTY COURT DOINGS. County clerks statement showing: County warrants issued for scalp bounties from the 1st day of July to August 31st, both dates Inclusive amounting to $.S, approved. Bond of D. A. Smith, const ablo of Althnuse precinct approved. Horn! of Sam Alderson, road supervis or Dist. No. 7 approved. W. F. Kremer, appointed ccunty physician at a salary of $25 per month said salary to cover all medicine (urn ished. Tbe report of the viewers of the ex tension of the Louse creek road to con nect with the road at Placer received and road ordered opened. In the matter of extending tho time complete the l')2 assessment roll, Chas. Crow, assessor, granted until Oct. 10th in which to complete said roll. Bids were received Irom the Irwin Hudson Co. and Glass and t'rudhomine for furnishing vault fU'n'tureas follows: The Irw'n-Hodson Co $1227 50 Glass & 1'rujhomme 1215 55 and the court after due consideration entered into a contract with Glass & rrudhouune to furnish same. The following bills were audited and ordered paid. Witness fees circuit court July, 1U02 term $2WI HO Jurors fees circuit court 3"3 lO Jerome li Ilenson, csrc o( paup ers 443 75 llia. Lrow, assessors salary to rpt. 1st 132 5O Guv r. liano, deputy aaieisors sal. to Kept. 1st 127 50 A U llannard, nidse pauper. . . . 15 0o K E-ictson, work on Koguo riv-' er bridge So 00 John Hale, work on Kogue river bridge 27 a5 C F 1oveUce, wuik on Uouu bridge 05 00 Wilour Williams, work on Kotue river bridge . 2S f) James Hocking, work on Kogue river bridge 22 sO Arthur Eric kson, work on Rogue river bridge 71 50 W I.inscot, work on Kogue river bridge j 62 James McCann, woik on Kogue river bridge I5 75 V II Brown, work on Kogue riv er bridge 13 jO F A l'hillips, work on Kogue riv er tnidge 3 "5 Wm. Bogg, printing sign Kigue river bridge j 00 S P 1) & L Co, lumber Kogue riv er bridge 54H 5.1 W F Kremer, mdee pauper t) 85 Frank Cook, repairing Uiu-e creek bridge 15 00 Geo, Cronk, burying Chinaman kdled near Wilderville G 00 J W Coffraian, hauling lumber Lc use creek bridge 4 U) Irwin-IIudion Co., stationery and ntdse sheriff's office .Bj 75 Glass & Prudhonima, stationery U 00 0 V Lovelace, examiuing Illinois River bridge 16 00 Orr Brown, woik on wad 3 00 Henry Grots, road word, dist. No 4 18 00 Orr Brown drawing Jury )i4 Slate creek j 00 S Wilton, asst. drawing jury list Slate creek a 00 F U Wilson, atat. drawing jury li.t bla'e creek 2 00 Galvln A Huiitb, livery hire cir cuit and county court 18 5O Patrick & Co., rubber stamp 330 N B Meade, viewer ext. Loos creek road 000 Geo. Cronk, viewer ext. Louse creek road 6 00 U L Jennings, chainman Louse creek toad 6 00 C C Taylor, chainman Loose creek road 6 00 Paul Howard, axman Louse creek road 5 00 butene Keed, flagman Louse creek road 6 00 Win. iielcher. flagman Louse creek road 6 00 W H Hampton, surveyor Louse creek road.. . , 14 00 John Lance, guard at Co. jail.... 64 00 1 U Taylor, trip to Jaus Aden pl?e 4 00 V C Taylor, taking pauper Co. hospital 3 00 Ueo. W. Lewis, board prisoners 73 lj Ellsworth Abraham, driving jury to Merlin, Gibson case 1 60 beo. W Lewis, stamps and ex press 4 5o a r. or ion, sprinkling street front court liouse 4 00 ukkgon UiiBKHvm. printing J8 oo Glass & I'rudhouime, stationery 7o 00 G A Havage, asst. teachers exam, Vi 00 J P JlcConnell " " " li 0o Gea. Slover, cleaning court room 8 00 C K Kavser, guard election Mer lin precinct j oo Hotel Layton, board pauper.... 6 oo John Kandle, constable Ires, state v Gibson 20 00 0 K Fields, conveying Willie Jones to Oiplian home 10 15 F L Parker, care pauper 40 00 Win. 11 Jordan, meals lor jurors Merlin 7 60 Wckoff, rVamans A Benedict. ... stationery. . . 19 10 C E Maybre, justice fees in state c"es 71 io J 0 Kandle, constable tees state es gi 85 Chas. St. Louis, juror, ttste vi Ch 1 00 ..lta'),U4,v ;, -'-"- , , FIELD. W II Freed, juror, state vi Call M Utockhrulge " " " " It A Wade, " " " " J P Gnleener, ' " " " J II AMI, " " ' M H Klliott, wit. fees ststevsCole 3 P (laleener, " " W J LaMur. " " " ' ' J S Htowsrt, " " ' " " HOMcCulloch" " J II Ahlf, juror, state vs Cole Jos. Fetzner, " " " " T Y Dean, " " " " M iStorkbriilgc, John Patrick. W II Jordan, wit. fees state vs 1 00 1 (NI 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 OO 1 00 1 00 1 00 l 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 90 I 90 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 fSi 8 00 1 00 16 33 37 61 13 55 24 611 65 30 15 75 9 75 10 65 16 50 4 20 82 75 12 15 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 ll 1 00 I 00 1 00 I 00 t 00 1 00 3 ?5 00 7 75 : 50 110 00 a 7; 10 II 14 00 17 00 6 00 19 60 Mrs. W II Jordan, wit, fees state vs Xsvier W J Howard, wit, fees, state vs Xavier Susie Moss, wit. feel slste vs Xsvier A Ilrooks, wit. fees, state vs X ivier Mrs. A Ilrooks, wit. feet, state vs Xavier U I. Co A Co, ind-e paupers... Joseph Warren, care pauper. . . . E F I'ope, work road dist. No. 13 K II Schmidt, mdse roads J Wolke. noise roads G P N W L & P Co , water and light M Clemens, tinbe putipers Kogue Kiver Courier, printing.. W II Orow, wurk on Kogue river bridge Chas F Hart, hauling to Co hos pital White & Armstrong, mdse pau per Lister & Calvert, livery hire listipers I N Keyhohls, lax rebate double I aseniinHiit I Hotel Josephine, board ol jurors ! T II Cornell, iii'lie paurs I Jack Fades, wit. fees, state vs ' Leutpke : Clint M' Curtosli, wit. lees, state vs I.,oiioiVm Mrs. A E Fry, wit. fee, stale vs It'ib'iiiia Letta Kry, wit hes.sta'evs Koh bins Liny Holt, wit. fees, .t.te vs Kohhins Mrs. Thresher, wit. fees, state vs It,, I. Lin. I.Mrs Ensiman, wit. fees state vs Koonms Ids Woolrnlge, wit. fees, state vs Kohhins Hoy Kenyon, wit. frcs, state vs Kohhins Willie Jones, wit. fees, stale vs Kobhins I) I'. Wrrtr., work on Kogue river bridge John Lanre, guarding prisoners Co jnl Mover I'rug Co., mdse paupers.. Hector Kgger, work road dist No. HI John r'ellows, work on road dist. No. Ill John Parks, work on road dist. No. I'l Hamiirl Eggrr, work on road dial. No. 16 A J Wimer, work road dist. No, Itt G U l)jvi, core pauper Krnrst Umphlstte, work on Kogue river hridge John Wells, comuirs. sal, and ntile.ige C V levels e, comuirs sal. and mileage 14 00 1901. Court ad loomed until Oct. io. I ' ' FARM FOR SALE. 160 acres; 10 acres In finest fruit; DO acres under fence aud cultivation, alfalfa and clover, water for irriga tion. Good two story dwelling etc., gcxxl stock ruuge. Address Box li Woodvillc, Oregon. Thomas new Carpets are coming in an immense line, the largest in Southern Oregon. Lots more new Suites this week. Plenty more new Couches and Bed Lounges. Fresh arrival of Iron Beds. Beautiful Rurs-60 cents to $20. Art Squares pretty patterns, at pocket pleasing prices. All new, fresh and up-to-date. We keep something new aud novel on the road continually. Furniture Lace Curtains Mattresses Cots Linoleums Mattings Mirrors j IU. C. tX. 11. Column (Articles for this column are con tributed by the Women's Christian Temperance Cnioo.) .Tho regular meeting of' the W. O. T. U. will bo held at the home or Mrs. K. A. Wade Sept Stt, at S :30 p. m. MOTHER'S PRAYER. Quo of tho sweetest, one of the most successful gospel singers in the evan gelist io Held to-day is Prof. W. a Weuden, who lias been associated a grout deal of lato witli Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman In his evangelistic labors, No'ono has over heard Pro foHsor Weeden sing "My mother's prayer," and tell the story of it, without being profoundly moved. Tho musio for the song is his owu compo sition, and the words were written) at his suggestion, by his friend and co-luborer, Rev. J. W. VauDevontor, and omliody the sweet singer's per sonal experience. Ho sings with a tender pathos when ho voices the first verse : " I never can forget the day I heard my mother kindly say: 'You're leaving now my tender rare, Remember, sou, your mother's prayor. ' " Aud tho song and tho singer touch a resjionsive chord when they tell of finding mother's God in answer to mother's prayer; but more appealing than all is the story of the midnight rido across Pennsylvania to the old homo in Ohio, in response to the tel egraphic summons to the side of the deathbed of mother, with its picture of the youthful hand clasped by that of the aged saint on tho brink of eternity, and the promise that mother exacts from her boy to meet her In glory, and the loving answer, "I will," to mother's appeal that her son, "saved by grace," shall labor earnestly to bring Into tho fold the two brothers "out of Christ," so that they, also, may meet her in "the bet ter land." Audit all finds a fitting climax in tho last chorus: "Oh, praise tho Lord for saving grace I We'll meet np yonder face to faoe ; The home above forever share Iu answer to my mother's prayer. " Mothers with boys away from Christ, keep on praying I Your sons may yet rlso np to win others to Jeans by song aud story, "In answer to mother's prayer. " John It. Clements. TIPPLERS MUST PAY LICENSE. New York, Sept. 10. A projiositlon has bocu introduced by the Prohibi tion larty of Cortland County, N. Y., which demands that every man who drinks intoxicating beverages shall take out license consisting of not less than So a year, aud every six months the names of the license-holders are to bo published in tho official news- isiis-rs of the county. Tho leaders also proviso to iutroduco a measure of this nature in the Legislature. DYSPEPSIA. People, that have dysjicpsla have weak stomachs, weak lieatrs. weak eyes and are usually weak kneed. I hey foci bilious aud the world ill general has a bilious look to them ; they have so many symptoms that it is difficult to locate the plare where they feel the worst. The fact is the source from where they get their strength has been cut off and they are sir k all over. Tim food takeu iuto the stonuuli remains nnili nested. causiug belching, and bilious attacks, followed by aick-heniUche, aud gen eral weak nesa. Tho medicine that puts the stomach In condition so that the food can he readily digested, will core dysjatpsia aud make strength where there was weakness. We have cured thousands of persons during the past su years, or dysiepsia, with Dr. Gunn'a Improved Liver Pills. A 23c box of these pills are worth mora to people with poor digeation than six mouths of dieting or a gallon of -:n. it only takes one for a doae. iVu will seud two of these pi 11a to irovn what they will do. For sale by iV. K. Kremer. HOUSE FURNISHER A Great Pleasure Wt make a strong point of select tag not only durable textures and weaves in Carpets but, also itt bringing before our customers the latest artistic designs direct from the very best factories. You buy a Carpet for years of time and want the beat your taste suggests. We educate as well as supply. Our Picture Mouldings Oranlteware Tinware Glassware Lamps Cutlery Woodenwar JURY LIST. Geo B Archer, Leland. T Y Dean, Grants pass. C D Welter, Grants Paw. George Wells, Holland, Chas Johnston, Holland. T O Naucke, Kerby. Fred Knox, Williams. Oscar Sargent, Sol ma. L L Sharp, Williams. ECNeeley, Merlin. W I Sweotland, Grant Pass. A A Porter, Leland. B A Williams, Grauts Pass. John Knapp, Grants Pass. H Reynolds, Grant Pass. J. Christie, Grant Pass. J E Weldman, Grant Pass. J L Frier, Grants Pass. JG Hlatt.Solma. W O Fry, Merlin. George Klphart, Selma. J R Mackln, Leland. J L Sowell, Kerby. II H Glbbs, Holland. J A Brlcker, Provolt. W II Freed, Grant Psss. Peter Payne, Holland, J T Prince, Williams. WR Nipper, Grants Pas. II Hulbert, Grant Pass. Otto Klpps, Grant Pas. ONE OF LIFE'S PLEASURES. Thero I nothing In life more en joyablo and at the amotime so bene ficial to both mind aud body, as traveling. A modern railway journey, intel ligently taken, tend to prolong life, break the monotony of existence and acta a a panacea for dull care by tak ing na out of tho wollworn channels of worldly and business straggles. Before starting upon a trip, whother on business or recreation, it 1 well to inquire and investigate the var ious routes, and choose the one offer lug the best inducements In the way of comfort aud attractions. The traveler, the tourist or business man is wise in selecting the Rio Grande Lines in a Journey to and from the east, as it offers every comfort and modern convenience to salt all classes of travel, with ui array of scenic at traction unsurpassed in the world Oaalte Gate, The Canon of the Grand. Marshall Pass, Tenncsseo Pas and the world renowned Royal Gorge are but few of these attraction seen from the car windows. Throe fast trains daily between Ogden and Denver. Pullman, Pahve and- Ordinarv Sleeping cars on all trains to Denver, umatia, Kansas City, Chicago aud St. Louis wlthoot.chango. A irorfect Dining car service. Agents throughout the Northwest cau sell tickets via this route. For rates, majai and full information or for copy of boautiful booklet, "With Nature iu Colorado," write to or call on W. C. McBrldo, Oen'l Agent or M. J. Roche, traveling Passenger Agent, 121 Third Street, Portland, Ore. WllFoO EAST Over the sun-hurued, sage brush aud alkali plaim when yon may just as well take a delightful, cool and com fortable ride through the heart of the Rocky mooutatus in view of the grand est scenery of the American Conti nent? This you can do by travelling on the Rio Grande, System, the far famed "Scenic Line of Tho World," the only trans-coutinental Hue passing through Salt Lake City, G leu wood Springs, Leadvillo, Colorado springs aud Den ver eu routo to eastern point. Three daily express train make cloao connections with all trains east and west and afford choice of five distiuct routes of travel. Tho equip ment of the trains is tho best, includ ing free reclining chair cars, standard and tonrist sleepers, a perfect dining car service, and also personally eon ducted excursion cars, each in charge of a competent guide, whose business is to look after the comfort of hi guests. No more pleasant and inex pensive means of crossing the Conti nent can be found than is provided by these excursions. For additional details, address, J. D. Mansfield, Oen'l Ag'i. Rio Grande Lines, m Third St, Port and. Ore.