Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, October 23, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextiVOL xvir. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902. No. 48. DIRECTORY JOsEl'llIXE COUNTY ( FFICER3. Judge J. O. llnoth Commissioners J,, i0,!n w,ell , , H . r. Lovelace erk K. L. Hartlett Deputy Clerk T. P. Judson Bhenrl Geo. W- Lewis Pepuly Sheriff Ernest Lister Treasurer J.T. Tavlor bchuol Supt Lincoln Savage (. lias, t row Surveyor H c. Perkins Lorouer w. y. Kremer CITY OFFICERS. Mayor W. F. Kremer Auditor and Police Judge K. L. Havis Treasurer Col. W. Johnson City Attorney c. E. Mavbee Marshal John Lockhardt Street hupt John Patrick Councilmen (ieo. H. Binns A. V. Hough, J. It. Williams. C. E. Harmon J. A. Kehkopf. Will C. bmith, Herbert Smith, Henry Schmidt FRATERNAL SOC1TIES. Grants Pass Isxljre A. K. & A. XI., No. M. regular communication lirst and third Saturdays. Visiting brothers cordially in viletl. H. C. Hohizkn, W. M. A. J. Pike, Sec'y. Royal Arch Masons -Kennies Chapter No. 2S meets second and fourth Wednesday Masonic hall. I.. L. Jewell, J. E. 1'icraaaoa, Secy. H. P. ' Eastern Star Josephine Chapter, No. 2ti meets lirst and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Masonic hall. Mm. H. Zolli R. Mrs. Anna M. Holuam, W. M. .ec'y. (. O. O. K., (iolden Rule Lodge No. 78. meets every Saturday night ut I. O. O. F. hull. C. 11. M ausiiall. T. Y. 1)an, Secy. N. O. Paran Kncampment I. ) O. F. No. meets second und fourth Thursday at I. O. tt. K. hall, Fkkd SriiMinT, T. Y. Dkan. Sec'y. C P. Rebekalis Etna Rebekah, No 4!l, meets second and fourth Mntiduv, I. O. O. F. hull. Mae Davis, N.U. Klsis (tit:N, Secy. United Artisans-Grants Pass Assembly No. 4!1, meets ultimate. Tuesdays in A.O. I'. W. nail. F. K. Wkktx, r uKD Mknscii, Master Artisan. Secy. Woodmen of the World Rogue l(ier Cump No. .Vi, meets second and fourth Fridays at Woodman Hall. H. V. Mkaiie, C E. Maviikb, Consul Commander. Clerk. Women of Woodcraft Aailea Cinle, No. meets lirst anil third Mondays ai Woodmen hall. L. May Davis, U. N. W. E. Dkan, Clerk. Modern Woodmeti of America M rants Pass Camp No. NOT meets 2nd und 4th Wednes day Kveningi at Woodmen hull at T:'M. t hus. 11. Marshall. V. C. N. Remolds, Clerk. Foresters of America Court Josephine No. JH, meets each Wednesday except the lirst, al A. O. U. W. hall. J. V. Hale, C. R. 0. N. Holt, F. S. Josephine Lodge. No. 112, A. 0. U. W. uieeis in A. tl. U. W.hall, Dixon build ing everv Monday evening. J. II. Msaue, M. W. B A. Stanaru', Recorder. Hawthorne Lodge, No. 21, D. of 11.. A. 0. L. W. meets everv alternate rue-day evening in A. O 'l'. W. hull, Dixon hiiildiim, Mus. A. McCarthy, Mrs. Lyuia Dean, C. oi H. Recorder. Knights of the Maccabees (i rants Pass lent. No. 13 meets lirst and third Thursdays at Woodmen hull. Win. Alfred, ' D. Stov all, Record Keeper. Commander. Ladles of the Maccabees Drains Pass, Hive No IS holds regular Reviews" tirstand third Tharsduys ut A. O. U. W. hall. Visiting sisters cordially invited. Jennie Cheshire, j Mary Miimions, Lady Commander. Record Keeper. Knights of Pythias Thermopylae No. 50, meets each Tuesday night 7:30 I. O. H. F. hall. J. T. Chuusse, Ton WiLLiAka, C. C, K. of R and S. Grand Army of the Republic lien. Logan Post No. )'., meets lirst Wednesday al A. it. C. W. hall. J. E. Petkrsos. Abe Axikli , Adjt. Coin American Order of Steam Engineers, Ore gun Council No. 1, meets lir.t and third Saturdays, at A. O. IT. W. hall. Wm. II. Km.vtv. 1!esJ. F. Myrii k, Chiel Engineer Corresponding Engineer. Order of Pendo-White Rock Couniil No lisi, meets in A. O. I1. W. Hall urst and third hriday nights, C. K, May he, Secretary. Emma Uelciier. Counselor. I'nited Brotherhood of Carjienters and Joiners of America I'nion No. 114s meets second and lourth Thursdays ol eucti inuntli at A. O. V. W. Hull. J. E. Wieusas, Pres. I). A. Fitzoebai.d, Sec'y, A. C. HOUGH, AlTOKNEY-AT LAW, P.actues ia all State and Federal Conn. Ullice over First National Bank. Grants Pass, OmM.ua. II C. PERKINS, U. K. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR, Urat Pass, OkKOON. X. 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' Ou Sixth Street Three chair Bath room IP connection PARK fcR'S I HAIR BALSAM I ! ,m tn4 fcafc. I rVitDLUmi ft lwnnaa4 fniwA. I Jlerrvr PtUla to Be or Grtfi Jiur lo Vt Trnthful Oe'-OT. -CkwM w H k:r ti sns I Mz3 J. M. CHILES GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER JEWELER. ind Full nssoriinent of Watches, Clocks, Sil verware and Jewelry. A (iood . Assortment of liracelets and Heart Bangles, Clemens' Drug Store. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS. (j-T PtlONE 21 mmmm T,V-' Jvi-J; 4 A Fine Assortment of Boss Cases LETCHER'S The Jeweler. Nrr 'Htat' ywr"..i-rf;:c.?.-j-s F-1323 Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. I'.ll If CAI'ITAI, STOCK Transacts a ticnersl ItHiiking liusiness. Ueceive denonits sultject to check or on demand certificates. Our cii-toniei are asnred of courteous treatment and everv consideration con sistent with sound hanking principles. bafety deposit boxen (or rent. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAI'ITAI, STOCK, Receive ilepolts subject to check or on certificate payable on demand. Sells silit drnfts on New York ran Francisco, and l'ortland. Telegraphic transfers sohl on all points in the United .Stales. Special Attention Kivtn to Collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. K. A. liOOTlf. I'res. J. C. CAMPHKM,, Vice I'res. II . I,. Ull.KKY, Cashier. 'MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B, l'ADPOCK, Piioi b. I am prenrred to lurnUb anything in the line of Cemetery work in any kind of MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty years of experience in the Marble business warrants my raving that I can fill your orders in the vttry best manner. Can lurnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind of Mai Die. J. B. PADDOCK, front Street, Nrxt to Orrens'i Gunahop. COLUMBIA DiSC- Masfe In thrm lypmm mailing mi The best Disc Machine on the Market y Entertains Everybody Everywhere Uses Flat Indestructible Records vhicb can be handled without danger of being Injured The CRAPHOPHOVC and COLUMBIA RCCORDS were awarded the GRAND PRIZE at the PARIS EXPOSITION of IQOO Columbia Phonograph Co., il25 Geary Street, SAN rRA.CISCO, CAL FOR. SALE BY W. A. Paddock. Grants Pass. Ore. A GOOD STORY A certain young lady in del icate health was advised by her doctor to take a half-teaspoon-ful of Scott's emulsfon of cod liver oil after dinner once a day and found herself almost suddenly growing robust. So small a dose is by no means the rule; the rule is whatever the stomach will bear not more. Another rule is: take it on every least occasion, but not too much ; don't over do it W.'ll stud you a lit lie to try, it you lika. 6COTT & UUWNK, Purl ttnet. New York. Buy Your School Books -and School Supplies ot M. Clemens RKLIAB1.K PRUGUIST, Orange Front, Oppo. Opera House. To Cure Cold In Day. - Take Laxative llromo Quinine Tablets, Alt drngirists refund the money II it fails to cure. E. W. lirove'a signature is on UNION RESTAURANT Front St. oppo. Watr Tank. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A. VanNoy, Propr. I'vrfoction oil stoves, finest in the land, at J. Wolke's. $25,000.00. J. FRANK WATSON, Pres. It. A. HOOT II, Vice-l'res. I.. I J EWKI.I., Cashier. $30,000 OO. TM reproductions mrf LOUD, CLEAR BRILLIANT 7-inch Record SO cwrU each per dot. 10-iach Records SI each; SlO per dor. Jrai AILROAD MASS MEETING. Last Wednesday niclit "railroad jubilee" was hold at the Opo-nt bouse. The event vrns in tlio mvtnro of a ni.tss meeting; called by the Board of Trade for tlio pnrrxstof further considering the mattor of tlio Orcgou and Pacific railroad. It lind been announced, iu an nuofllelal way, that construction work would bo bcRuu on tlio new Hue in about one month, aud as the citi zens lacked about $1000 of the neces sary subscription fuud for tlio purpose of turniiual grounds nud yards iu this city, it was deemed advisable to get the citizens together and secure the reumiuder of tlio subscript iou. The meeting iu this regard was an eutire success, as over fKOO was subscribed by liberal-hearted citixous aud the cornmittvo now liavo over $4,000 all told, subscribed. The Grants Pass band appeared In the street and discoursed a number of stirriug airs just previous to the nieot iug. When President Coe, of the Board of Trade, called the assembly to oTder, the houso was comfortably filled by an enthusinstio crowd. Mr. Coe iu iiis introductory remarks, said in part : "Wo aro met hero tonight as citizens and business men for tho purpose of considering tho project of constructing a railroad. "There is uot n limit in Josephine county but knows full woll tho ad vantages to" Iw derived from this en terprise. Tho most conservative of our business men fully realizo the gravity of tlio situation. "All of tho great Eusteru railroads aro today pushing their lilies west ward in a mad rush to secure the most advaiitngeons routo to mid advanta geous location on the Pacific Coast. "What floes it menu? Tlio whole country has simply gone wild over trans-continental railroads. Every gap iu tint mountains is being jealously guarded, mid millions of dollars of capital are Doing gathered together and will soon bo kuocking at the door of the .great Northwest for admittance. 'For the benefit of tlioso who may question tho ubility of tho preseut promoters of Iho Oregon & Puciflo R. H. Co. (o carry out their jmrt of the contract I can onlv say somo of the best known railroad men in the United States who are interested in tho project say that tho road will be constructed at once. I5ut oven if the present promoters should full to be gin or complete tho construction of the road, wo are informed from per fectly reliable sonrcoB that several other parties stand ready to step in aud complete tlio road on the same terms and conditions. "Would also say, that tho railroad committee composed of P. II. Ilarth, C. E. Harmon, Joseph Moss and II. C Kinney deservo great credit for their untiring efforts and zeal and the able maimer iu which they consummated the rather complicated transactions necessary iu securing a bond on all the different trai ls of properties to bo acquired. "And I assure every citizen thst he need have 110 hesitancy iu obligating himself as tho committee will return every noto unless the ruilroad is com pleted within a reasonablo length of time, and also assure you that not a dollars worth of projHTty will be tamed over to any railroad coininuiy until the mad is 'completed and in oicratioii. " V. II. Hartli, chairman of the joint cnmiiiiltee apiHilutcd by the board of trade and city council, made a brief and concise riqiort of tlin work the committee had done and of the condition of the suliscriptinn as it stood. Mr. Ilarth said they had secured a bond 011 all of tho ground asked for, which amounts to some 2:1. 70 acres, w ith the exception of a small strip near tho river. The owners of this pieco of ground refuse to make or consider any projHisitin for its sain at all. They do not reside here and have ceast d to answer the coninirinieatioiis of tho committee re garding the purchase of the ground. For this reason it will be necessary to secure this strip in hii indirect way. TI40 amount re quired for the purchase of tlio entire grounds is Jhik). This amount, iiud more, had been suhncrils d, but in order to guarantee the purchase of the ground it is neces-ary to have at least $100(1 over anil nhovo this. It was also ile. I sired to secure double tho amount of the required subscription if tmsnihlc and each man would then only need to my one-half the amount sub scribed. Following the rej,rt of P. H. Ilarth, attorney Rol rt G. Smith was called upon and made a very pleasing address. Mr. Smith st.ke at some length ou tlu good to lie derived by the connecting of Grants Pass with Del Norte and Humbolt counties, t'al., by rail, which would surely Is- done if the Oregon & Pacific Railroad Is built. The great luiiils r shipments of that region, which will last for 80 or 40 years yet will lie turned this way. That district has bceu clamor ing for an outlet for many years jst and will eagerly grasp this oppor tunity. This in itself, aside from the opening up of the southern por tion of our owu county, with its cop per mines and farms is enough to as sure the road a great and constant traffic. The proposition as made by the Oregon & Pacific Railway Con si ruction Co.. Mr Smith said, is very fair, ill fart it hardly seems credible that they would make so liberal a one for never Is fore has railroad been projxmcn 111 the state, in wMcli so small an amount was asked of the l-o-ple by tho promoter. Mr. Smith said he has made an investigation in to the standing of the people beliind the enterprise and lie finds them to be men of means as well as enterprise, and ho had learned enough to be able to state positively that the lino will bo built and bnilt soon. Following the address of Mr. Smith tho meeting was given 'over to the ro coiviug of subscriptions. It was pleasing to noto the liberal-hearted mauner in which the citizens ro spouded. Many who had already sub scribed from $25 to $100 increased their subscription. The largest re ceived was thut of Arthur Conk liu. Ho had previously subscribed 300 aud increased the amount to .'r0. In a short time notes to the amount of fSOO were signed and iu tho hands of tho committee, which was a positive guarantee that tho uew railroad will be built so far as the citizens of Grants Pass aro concerned. Col. Draper was not- able to be present at the meeting aud scut a let ter expressing his regrets for his un avoidable absence. Ho also stated iu his letter that the Oregon & Pacific Railway construction company havo expended over 115,000 in the survey ing of the new lino and that the final surveys were completed from Grants Pass to Crescent City this week. The company now find themselves ready to begin the actual construction of tho ronil GRAYBACK COPPER DISTRICT. In tho raugo of mountains across the Illinois valley from Waldo, a new copper district has beeu discovered aud is beiug opened. Tho district is located four or five miles soutli of the old miuiug town of Kerby, and direct ly in tho Sucker aud Althousu dis tricts, whero gold was first discovered in Oregon. Hero has beeu found two iiarallcl belts of serpentine, running almost duo east and west. North of these belts of serpentine, the summit of the hills show much limestone and shale, while south of them huge por phyrio rocks and diorite, black will) iron aud rusted with tho rains of sev eral countless ages, crop out and rise. to a height of several feet iu many in stances. Thi'so outcnqis aro copsT gossan and show tho existence of huge ledges of copper beneath. These ledges run north aud south, extending finm tho low raugo of hills south of Kerby, to the Grayliack range of 'mountaius iu the north slope of the Siskiyous. Several mines but recently discov ered iu this district aro meeting itn good success iu their development, a number of tunnels havo been driven and shafts sunk from these, in all of which good copjier values aro found. Gold is also carried iu quantity. In fact many of the outcropping assayed us high as (120 per ton iu copper and gold. It would be mere guess work to give tho width of tho great ledger of this district, but it is known that they underlie tho whole outcropping of the gossan and are practically one huge vein of several hundred feet in width. This district is ail entirely new one iu the matter of systematic and exten sivo development, but it has the ap pcarauce of assuring a pcrmauent and iuiIKirtaiit mining district. It is very exceptional that ore running so high in copis'r and gold is found so near the surface as it is here, for it is well known to all copgs'r miners that cop s'r will almost entirely leach out when under tho influence of water ami tho oxidatiou of the atmosphere. The formations of the eutiro district are most favoraabhi for periuuueiit copper ledges, being diorite, porphyry und qnnrt.itn tho whole course of the bull. Tho situation of this bell is all thut could bo desired, as one can drive a buggy to tlio foot of the hills and to within a few hundred yards of the workings. At the foot of the hills are fertile valleys wutered by Bear and Sucker creeks aud oilier HlreaiiK from which water and power can Is derived for nine or more mouth iu the year. There is an abundance of sugar pine over all parts of tho dis trict, to supply timbers for the tun nels and stojs's. WALDO MINING DISTRICT LIVELY. The Waldo mining district, of southern Josephine county, through which the Oregon & pacific Railroad is to run, has other valuable mines besides copjs r proi rtles. As a hy draulic placer region it is one of the best and richest ou tl oast. Wulilo was one of the pioneer milling dis tricts of the state. It was in this sec tion that gold wits first discovered iu Oregon. The placer mines uud dig gings of this district lie along the Illinois river and occupy the Is d of au old channel or ancient' river. The Illinois heads away up 011 the 1101 1 h slojsj of the Siskiyous mid for this reason the water supply afforded by this stream is one of the is st any where, and tho mines of that dis trict enjoy a longer run each season than. those of anv other placer district in the state. Waldo is at present a lively district, and while it has ls'i-n sleeping for a number of years it may yet awake and become the Klondike of Oregon. The Simmons-Cameron, Winter, Meredith and Osgood are the prin cial hydraulic placer mines of the Waldo district. The managers of all of these properties are busy with their prciratirm for the coming winter's work, which promises to 1st larger this season than ever before. The managers of the Simmons Cuiie ron are driving a 1200 fisit tunnel through a mountain to get thier water through to new and rich diggings that have not been worked before. They am also installing a Ruble grizzley to elevate the waste aud tailings, as the slope of the gulrh in which tho new diggings lie is not suuVieut to allow dumping ground, for the giants. Threw and four giants w ill Iw opcrad d at tat li of these m iuea. ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT AT TOLO. Work is progressing swiftly on the big dam being built across the Rogue at Tolo by Pr. Ray. Ho has 150 men at work aud is advertising for more. Ho intends to havo the dam in by the time of tho arrival of tho winter rains aud freshets. On Saturday last an electric light plant was installed and is operating finely. There aro twelve arc lights used aud these are scattered abont the works, making tho place as light-as day, thus enabling tho night shift of workmen to accomplish as good ro stilts'aa those working In tho daytime. Gasoline torches were formerly used. The sawmill at the works has also been started. Tho grade stakes have been driveu for a wagon road directly across the hills from tho works to Mr. Ray's Barden mine. Mr. Howard has beeu able to establish a giade, the steepest part of which is only 0110 foot of a rise in eleven. As soon as tho fall rains come, grading work will com mence. FOREST FIRES. -Tho report of recent forest fires in Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, and Colorado, iu Jwhioh uuny lives wero lost, will add- to tho interest in a special Btudy of the subject which has engaged tho Bureau of Forestry for several years. Tho results of this study, in the form of a bulletin en titled "Forest Fires, ",by Alfred Gas- kill, will bo published soon. By im pressing the public with somo idea of tho peril it Buffers from forest fires, and tho enormous dainago they do, tho Bureau hopes to induce moro effective legislation in suppressing them. In vest 1 gat ion lias shown that In au average year, HO human lives aro lost in forest fires, 2.1,000,000 worth of real property is destroyed, 10,274,08" acres of timber laud aro burned over, and young forest growth, wortli, at the lowest estimate, 175,000,000, is killed. A stH'cial canvass of the onntry by tho Department of Agrl- cultuio in 1HDI discovered 12,000,000 acres of timber land destroyed by fire. These figures are niero estimates, which fall short of showing Iu full tho damage done. No account at all is taken of tho loss to tho country duo to tho impoverishment of the soil by fire, to the ruin of water courses, and the drying-np of sprjngs. Even tho amount of tinilier burned is very iiniHirffCtry calculated, and tho actual luantity destroyed is far in excess of that accounted for, Forest fires iu this country havo grown so common that only those are rtqiortcd that arc of such magnitude as to threaten large communities. Tho lumlsring industry iu remote sections of the country may be ruined nud jieople forced to flee for their lives without a mention of the disaster beyond the places near where it occurred. The fires that burnt this year iu Washington and Oregon were uncom mon only iu the number of lives lost. The burning of logging and mining camp and farm buildings, the loss to tho country In the destruction of lim- r and young tree growth, is of yearly occurrence. Every fall, not only iu Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Wyoming, but up aud down the Pacific coast and all over thu Rocky mountain country, fires burn great holes In the forests aud destroy the national wealth. The air of the iiioiintaius over hundreds of miles is pungent with the smoke of con flagration, and navigation on l'uuet Sound has often been ims-ded by smoke. The following comment bv Dr. Henry Gannett, of the U. 8. Geological Survey, should convey a fair idea of tho damiige done in the statu of Washington : "In less than a generation two-liflhs of tho standing timls r has been destroyed ill Olio of he richest timber regions ou the continent, and of the destruction more than half has been caused by fire. Assuming that the limber would, if slanding, havo the value of 75 cents sr thousand feet, not less than f'U), . 000,000 win til has gone up iu smoke, a dead loss to the is'oiile of the stale. " The enumeration of great forest fires 011 Id Is. extended almost indefinitely. One feature, however, is common to them all : They were small fires ls fore they grew uncontrollable, and with lilt le trouble might have lsen exl in- giii.-lied. For example, tho Hinckley fire smoked us u ground fire for weeks ami nolsiily paid il serious attention. But one day the wind rose and fanned the smouldering einls rs into flame, the flame caught in the dry under brush, leaped into the trees and be came a (ire of so terrible a volume that no human power could star it. The en at ion of a sentiment against forest fires is the first step toward their suppression. legislation is lice- ary, but it must be hi comsinled by the co-operation of the people and the otllcers chaiged with the enforce mciit of the law. The fall and the early spring, ls fore vegetation basis' gun urn the dangerous seasons for forest fires in most densely wooded irls of the country. At such times eial precautious should 1st taken and the people should !c kept alert by constant reminders of the peril. An excellent idea, as Mr. GnsUill sug gesls, is to placard trees along roads ud trails with notices of the danger aud warnings of is'iialties to Iw in curred by tlioso who violate the fire law.. AM ERICA'S FAMolS BEAUTIES I,ook with borrow on skin eruptions, Blothees, Sores, Pimples. They don't Iiiivh them, nor will anyone, who uses Biiekleu's Arnica Salve. It gloritl the face. Eczema or Halt ilheum vanish before it. It cures sore liim chapped hands, chilblains. lufalllld for Piles. .! at Kreiiiers drug store Tht old rluUl-Th Wstkljr OnooJaa. Thomas Thomas the house furnisher has shipped ...A. SOLID CAR LOAD of fine Furniture this week. IIo's still in tho market solecting and buying novcr wa8 tho market so busy or tho strug glo to secure the choicest so keen. Beautiful Tablos, Couches, Lounges, Iron beds, Exquisito Tictures and Frames all at car load prices. Moro Iloaters, Ranges and Cook Stoves take our advico Buy Now Furniture Lacs Curtain. Matti esses Cots Linoleums Mattings Mirrors xa. C. Z, IX Column Tho regular meeting of the W. 0. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. E. A. Wade, October 24th, at 8 :80 p. in. V.: THE BEST WE HAVE. Christ wants the best He in the far- off ages Once claimed the firstling of the flock, tho finest of the wheat Ami still ho asks his own with'gent- lest pleading To lay their highest hopes aud brightest talents at his foot. He'll uot forget tho feeblest service, humblest love. Ho only asks that of our store wo give to him Tho best we have. Christ gives tho best. Ho takes tho hearts we offer And fills them with his glorious beauty, Joy, aud peace. And iu his service, as wo're growing stronger, The calls to grand achievements still Increase. Tho'rlchest gifts for as on earth, or iu the heaven aliove, Are hid in Christ. In Jesus we receive Tho best wo have. And is our best too much? O friends, let us remember How onco our Lord jsiared out his soul for as, And in tho primo of his mysterious manhood Gavo up his precious life upon the cross I The Ixird of lords, by whom tho worlds wero made, Through bitter grief and tears gave us Tho best he had. Tho Interior. A Huiiday school corner 111 a saloon is, according to the "Denver Post," one of tho Ideas inspired by the In ternational Sunday school convention. The frequenters of a liquor place near Trinity church, whero the con vention was held, wero amazed one day to find in a quiet corner of the bar room copies of the "Suuday School Times, " the "Evangel," the 'Sunday School ".Worker," and other IMTindicals of like nature. Tho pro prietor was called and questioned concerning this uew and unique do- Irturo. It originated in this way, he said : During tho convention threo young men wearing Sunday school budges came into his place and after ordering drinks began to rend tho Sunday school papers they carried with them. One of them left a copy and the saloon keeper, finding it in teresting reading thought it likely that somo of his patrons would like a little of that kind of literature, so when tho young men camo again he asked them to bring hlin various Sun day kcIkkiI mists. While the conven tion was iu session they were quite regular customers and every time they visited his saloon brought hint a luiteh of literaturu. (It is evident that tho qnaiterly temperance lessons are a very necessary part of the Sun day school curriculum I) "I Intend to subscribe for tho 'Sunday School Times,' the 'Evangel' aud several others," Mid Hie saloon man, "and keep them ou file here all the time." Here is an opportunity for these patr to reach and to teach the saloon class I We wonder if any liquor seller woald furnish hispatrous with "The Union Signal" or the " New Voice. " SPECIAL NOTICE. Owing to the brgi business ho is doing in Grants Pass, Prof. Frauklyn, tho well known palmist and clairvoy ant has found it necessary to remove his olllcu to larger quarters in the Palace hotel, room 80, whero he will bo pleased to see all his friends and (wtrons. REGISTRATION OK VOTERS FOR CITY ELECTION. All voters at the city election, to 1 held iu Grants Pass on Monday, iJiTwiilH'r 1st, are required to be reg istered by the auditor and police Judge at the city hall by November 1st at A p. m. Tho hall and registers will be open from 7 to 0 p. m. on Wednesday aud Saturday evenings to accommodate tlioso who are busy during the day. - the house furnisher 1'icture Mouldings Uranitewara Tinware Glassware Lamps Cutlery , Woodenwara DISC GRAPH OPHONE3 AND FLAT RECORDS. Perfection in Diso Graphoplioncs aud Flat Records was quickly achiev ed by the Columbia Phonograph Com pany, the pioueers and leaders In the talking machine art, when it demon strated tlio wonderful possibilities of the fiat indestructible records. Up to that tlmo nothing Important had boon accomplished. The machine! were faulty aud tho records were not in the same class with the cylindrical records used on the graphoplione. A knowledge of how to make diso re cords aud the proper material for which to make them soemed to be en tirely lacking. The wide experience of the record departmout of the Columbia Phonograph Company en abled it to grasp tho true principles under ly lug the making of diso re cords, aud tho Urst product was a great deal bettor than anything that had boon accomplished by others. With the lapse 'of tlmo the improve ment that has coma with practice has placed the Columbia Diso Records far in advance of all others. They are characterized by smoothness, sweetness, clearness and naturalness. And while preserving all these de sirablo qualities they are the loudest rooorda on the market. - The Diso Graphoplione - is made lu throe types, selling at fl5, 20 and $10, Soveu-liicli records 6O0 each, $5 sir dozen ; 10 inch records $1 each, $10 per dozen. Tho Graphoplione and Columbia Records wero awarded the Oraud Prize at tlio Paris Exposition of 1U00. W. A. Paddock, Grunts Pass, Ore., headquarters for graphophones and talking machine supplies of every kind, will send you catalogues oa ap plication. The applo harvest commenced last week lu most of ,the orchards. It Is a little early for au estimate of the amount of the crop, but it Is expected that it will bo fully up to the average in quantity and sure to be so in quality. A good mauy apples are fulling, from what reosou is not kuown, unless it can be ascribed to the extremely hot summer weather we had this season and the long-continued stretch without rain. It is certain that tho apples uow falling are not affected iu anyway with pests, but aro apparently perfect fruit In spite of this, orchurdists expect to gather an average crop, even if they do not exceed it. There cau't be a coruplote failure of the apple crop in Southern Oreogu. We can lose enough fruit to mako a fair crop iu other sections and then havo enough left tto look like a big yield to an eastern orchardman. Last yoar there wero close to 100 cars shipped from Medford, and this year with tho increased acreage in bearing tho shipment should be materially Increased. Mail A SHOWER OF NICKELS. W. C. Brown, a rich old hop grower of Dallas, Polk county, announced that if Iioim would sell t his year as high as 33 cents he would scatter (100 lu nickels ou Main street of Dallac for the small boys and girls. The other day he sold his hops at 25 cents per Kiund aud now says he will moke good his promise. Ho announces that on Saturday afternoon, (Jet SJith, ho will scatter 3,000 five-cent pieces on Maiu street in front of the court houso and tho little people under 13 years old are invited to attend. THE OLD RELIABLE vwmm Absolutely Pure THttEISNOSUSSTJTUTZ