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ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Published Evary Thursday. Subscription Rates i One Year, In rdraooe, I1.S0 Hi i Months, " Three Months. ... .40 blnitle Cornea. - - .05 Advertising Races Furnished on application at the office, or oy man. A. E. VOORHIES, Propb. & Mnob Entered at the post office at OranU I'si, Oregon, a second-class mail matter. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1903. Ex-Premier Sagaata of Spain died on January 5. in liia 7ili year. Sagaata was one' of the greatest of Spauiah Btatcamou and waa premier daring tlio war with tlio United Btatca. Tlie Venezuelan matti-r atill liangi flre."J" Tlie'allioa peraiat in maintain ing the blockade 'until mil if uctory peace terms are arranged. Tlio Venezuelan rebels are again active and are taking advantage of the aitna tion to advance their cauwi. It is asserted that thoy are being ojieiily aided by tlio allies. President Cas tro's, position is one of extremity. Tlie powers have delayed responding to Castro's last jiroimailiou to sub mit the matter to the Hngaii tribunn) and meanwhile his case grows des perate, lie claims that tlio jsiwcrs have seized and confiscated already enough to y tlio alleged debt several times over. Tlio Keswick strikers liavo asked the company for a conference committee with tlio object of being allowed to return to work under very nearly the same conditions under which they struck. The only cause of tlie strike was tbat tlio romtuuiy would not rec ognize tlio union iinil this the com Jinny refused to do. There wus no disagreement as to wages, treatment or hours of liilior. Many of the minora are now fully convinced that tlio strike was a great mistake. The Keswick mines and smelter constitut ed one of tlie greatest industries of tlie Pacific coast and hundreds of men wero thrown out of employment, not only to their owu disadvantage but to tbat of their fellow workers in Cali fornia and Oregon. The company paid tlie men to tlio day of the strike and closed tlio works, the managers remarking tbat tlio grass wonld grow In the streets of Keswick before they would start again. Thero is lit tle expectation that the nil no will be ru-opened soon. A new licensing act lias gone into effect in London, the provisions of which aro exceedingly drastic. It projiosos to treat the drunkard as a person who dclilierutuly iiicaiMcltiitoa himself fur usefulness, and who ren ders himself unworthy of honor, trust or the exercise of personal free dom. It allows either IiuhIuuxI or wife to st curo a irition in the cam' of habitual drunkenness, and allows tlio police to arrest an inebriate Whether ho is disorderly or not. Up ou conviction, drunkards are black listed for throe yours ; thut is to say, If they attempt to obtain drink within that time they are liable to a fine, as is also tlie liquor vender who sup plies them with drink. The custom of treating the drunkard uan"Kor fellow," a helpless creature who is preyed upon by saloon kees'rs, Iniv Ing utterly failed as a reform measure, It will bo interesting to watch the new process of making and holding men resK)Uaihlu for drinking to ex cess. In this view tlio most flimsy excuse in the world is that which seeks to extenuato brutality, pecula tion, the neglect of wife and children, and misdemeanors generally, by the plea, "Poor fellow, he was drunk or lie Uever would liavu done so. " If he Wat drunk, according to the spirit of tills law, so much the worse. lt him be punished because he was drunk, even if he was not also disorderly Oregon Ian. Three prominent dairy fanners of Applegiilo valley ale this month, try ing ail eiiiciliiieiit.tlio result of which is watched with interest by the rest of the dairy men in the Williams creek and Applegiito valleys. Having purchased cream separator these three 'aru sending their fresh cream to the Koachurg creamery, and if, at the end of a month thoy find that the ex sriuieut is a profitable one, the rest Will follow their example. This lnat tor should be called to the attention of the business men of tinuita Pass, for even at present there are imported from creameries outside Josephine o-uuty at least S.'iOO rolls of butter every month, lo imy for this takes at leant lIKOoO per year from this coun ty. Cannot our busitiess men ami farmers co-operate in establishing a creamery !u this county and thus seep that 118,000 iu circulation m ar home. Thero are two sections of the county thut could well supsrt eroiiineriiVlio ne enough to furnish Urania 1W with butter; vis: Williams and Applcgatc district ami the Sucker creek district. In each the fanners are Is-ginuuig to pay more attention to duitymg than fonnerly, and, if creameries were os tablished they would surely take ad Vantage ol the excellent market by keeping more uillch cows. Creameries would add to the Wcjtltli of tin rum niunity in this Buy as well as by sav ing the profits of the butter to tin home people. Vnless something la done to remedy it, the situation w il! presently be: the farmers exerting cream, the lirants Puss merchants im porting butter and the consumers pays for it at the mte ot 7u cents vr roll U't ua have creameries in Josephiin county. This is a matter well worth the consideration of the Ismrd ot trade. Watch Ntylit Meeting. Those who attended the watch night meeting at the M. K. church on New Year's tve enjoyi-d very pleasant services. A number of short address es were given on the aeeral lines ol church work, hymns were sung, ami the evening cd quickly till mid r GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK We have had lots of good luck with our Shoes. People J tell us tkey wear well. We think it is because we strive A to buy the kind that wears. We do not search for i shoddy stuff when buying. 3 i RED STAR STORE. 1 V. E. Dean & Co., l'ropr. Front street, oppo Depot, CATCHING MAGNETIC IRON E. G. S&lstrom Sets Sluice Boxes in Rogue River. E. O. Halstrom of Prospect lias set sluices boxes in Kogno river just be low the falls to catch tlio magnetic iron sand which comes down the river Iu quantities at every freshet. His idea is that the saud can bo collected in sufficient quantity and, by tlie action of tlio water in the riffles, to clean itself so that It will have com mercial value. If Mr. Kalstroiii is suc cessful in his experiment ho will open up a new industry for Orcg for the pumice stone and dust which sur rounds the chain of extinct volcanoe s iu the Cascade range are full of this magnetiu iron. In the pumice districts, a magnetized knife hi. do passed a few times through the surface dust will collect a fringe of black suiid mi inch or more in length while the mag netic needle is absolutely unreliable iu these regions for surveying pur khcs, on account of its violent fluctu ations in variation, due to the magnet ism of the sand. There are hundreds of square miles of this sort of ground ill ami adjacent to too Cawade range. It is contended also thai there Is a large ledge of magnetic iron on Kogue river, just above the falls. Don't fail to look over the large new lino of htaiile Shoos at The Sugar Pine Store, I ..SPECIAL SALE.. Christmas lias pnssed, nml so liavo all regular juices. SliouM you nceil any nrticlo lioro inentionetl and fail lo tako advantage of those Special Prices you will bo eiuimiij yourself further regret. Ladies' and Children's Coats at almost your own priie. Ladies' and Men's Mackintoshes at a gteat reduction. Ladies' Opera Shawls, Fascinators, Wool Gloves, Wool and Silk Waists, and a few numbers in Wool Skirts that we will close out at great reductions. ..Men's Clothing.. Wo liavo aliout. 50 Men's Suits and odd ('oats and Vests which wo are positively going to close out. This means it gr:t savinc; for you. Come in and look them over. STARVEOUT PLACFRS SOLD t'., B, Mcysei Ii operlv I'm chased bv Capitalists. K 11. Mcvscr has sold his placer claims on Starvout creek, to a com iiany of moneyed men who will large ly oipiip (hum and work them on a hlg wale. The price pud for the claims was fl '.',000. These placer dij; gings are veiy rich ami have 1 11 worked iu a priiuoMil way bv ground lUneing and i'ght piping for a mini tk'r of years, during which tune lie li;is realized gMd returns. With n large ciuipiuoiit, these mines will produce a much greater umoulit ot gold than foiu.rk and will easily rank w ith the b. st bullion producer of tins si et ion of I he state. FOREST CREEK PLACERS Pin c-K&ard bv Spnuldirtg iviul Others, of lacoina. K. A Spauldiug and associates, ol l'a oiiiu have purchased the I'oti.ieui placer properly oil l''or. s Cro.k. Jackson county, tor a reputed price of 1 10, mm. This property contains lo icres. They have also h us. 11 loo lores from the Hydraulic Mining Co., giving Iheiu 4 acres on which to operate. The eoiuinv will build a mile ami a half ditch winch wi'.liw I pressure of P.M feet Two fl ints will bo put into oiatioii This proTty joiuii tlio famous Murgi placer. Wheu it is tilled up it will la' among the larger hydraulic enter prises of Southern Oregon and large returns are nut ici p iv 1 Th old tellable--Ttia Wrtkly Ors-.;uii .J COPPER OF DEL NORTE Work to Begin on Diamond Creek Mines. II. V. Jackson left here Saturday morning with four men for Diamond creek, Del Norte county, California, to work the Diamond creek group of copM-r mines. Thia p-operty lias boon under bond for soino time, tlie l.'illi of December being the date set for final payment. The bond holders fu'led to moot the stipulations of the homl and as a result H. W. Jackson, J. II. Hay and C. V. linker, who own the property, have decided to work the mines themselves. The lodge on this pros rty is from IS to 70 feet wide canying fn-o gold with heavy isrcontago of silver and copjsr. Considerable work has been done, us it is the olilost copper mine on the l'aeilio const, a shipment having been made to Swansea, Wales, ill 1Mb At present there is one tunnel of D-'i feet , a shaft of 110 feet and another shaft of III) feet w ith numerous short drifts. In order to roach the projiorly, it will be necessary for Mr. Jackson and his party to pack over the divide from (lames station, tbey having had their supplies hauled that fur. The men will remain all winter and work the property. Modford Mail. A lino line ol looks, hinges mid builders hardware at Cramer flros. (Jet our prices ami examine our slock. QUARTZBURG MINING CO. Instnllintl flight Stamp Mill In Williams District. The yuanburg Mining Company, composed principally of (Inints Pass and Portland people, are installing an eight stamp null and full equip ineiit on their iiiiartz mines, in the Williams district, '.'il miles south of this city. This couiuny has tveti developing these proH-rties for t lu past ytar. ami now have them in ex client sbas for business. The new mill will have a capacity of ;o tons daily, and will ho kept steadily at work. The claims ot the yuanburg Cciup.iiiv are o ned by three tunnels ' o a ib pth of os" feet. The ore N-dy 'i scd is a vast one. The values an led aie in fr, e gold, and rang, tiom h" to f h per ton. ildel lite lleni The l.lllll. is b.ivc onillli -iii-oil plow ing again .1. H Ki hiu.on is now working on the m W lie Us,- ,,f 1 1. Shcehail. I loin lo Mi and Mis. Sl.uKul 1". Kobnisou, Ike :ln, I'.'.', a 10 niun.l hoy II ' re was nuite a disap,iintiiichl ii account of the discontinuation of the school fur another Week. Miss, s A.ldie and Chloe, and Claudius and Kiikiuan liohiuson went to Hi. nits Pass Saturday to lv ready to commence l.is.l Monday morning Miss Maiih.i HiH-kiug is now stay ing at Adam Cart 's up on Slate creek. All our vi plc s. ein to lv aillicti d with colds. Zanoiii. W II I. T 1 1 K V K.VHlt KIM) IT OCT I hat the M. dford Hour is again the li t Hour on the market .' PLATINUM IN OUR PLACERS Ceo. F. Smith Tells How to Save This Valuable Metal. It was the good fortune of a Courier representative a few days ago to have an interesting interview with Walter V. Smith, the representative of the W'clsbaeh Gas Fitting- company, of Philadelphia, wbo have boon experi menting and operating for platinum in Josephine county for the past year and longer. These people have been very quietly at work . and but little has been known to the ontsido world re garding their operations. "We liavo made a success of our experiments and tests arid are now ready to tell the placer miners of southern Oregon how it is done," said Mr. Snitth to the Courier man, ns ho puffed his cigar w ith the air of one who has accom plished something of which he feels prond. Tlio Welsbueh Gas Kitting Company nse a vast amount of platinum in the manufacture of their various articles and ns they am experiencing consider able difficulty iu keeping a supply of the metal and its growing scarcity is making it morn valuable each iniss ing season, they have started out pros pecting and mining for the metal for their own good. For a nunilsr of years past the placer minors of the western Josephine districts have bom finding a quantity of an unknown metal in their sluices nt diun-up time. The metal was mixed with ti e black sand and the miners being ignorant of its identity and value threw it from their sluices. The Welsbaoh company heard of this unknown metal I cing found in the placer diggings of western Josephine uounty and sent some of their representatives over to investigate. It was ascertained that the strunge metal which the minors hud Ih'OH carelessly throwing aside was platinum, mid when the minors wore told that tlio metal was valuable as gold, thoy opened their eyes in wonderment. Hut the next problem that confronted the minor was now to separate the platinum from the black sand. Mr. Smith and his associates set iilsiut unraveling this mid now have the problem solved. "The sys tem is as flexible us ft baby's gown," said Mr. Smith, "there iH not a placer miner iu this section of the statu hut thut can mine platinum with liia gold and with no extra expense, if he will but follow the plans that wo. will give to any of them free of charge. Our is'Ople aro desirous of stimulating nml encouraging platinum mining wherever the metal is found, and will aid any miner iu putting Iu appliances for saving it where he knows the metal exists. I believe that every mine in southern Oregon situated on old channels and nearly all are contain platinum. The metal is found with the black sand. Our experiments ami work thus far have been carried on only iu the Waldo dis trie', but hi) w ill os'rate in a mini her of other districts in Josephine county before another season. I sin cerely hclicvo that when all things are clearly understood, the miners of this section will find that they un just saving one half of the values ol their diggings. They will have the idea that gold is the only thing, and their uppliuiiccH are built to save gold uloiii". How much better it would he for them to save all the metals when it can ho done w ith no additional exs nse. " The manner in which platinum is saved from the diggings is very sim ple. It consists, practically sis'iik ing, of adding a system of undercur rents, similar to the ones some of the large mines have in for saving Hour gold, to the sluices, by the putting iu of these undercurrents the platinum can be mined and saved at the same time w ith the gold. A number of the larger hydraulic mines of the sur rounding districts have already ar ranged to put ill platinum appliance and w ill make the saving of this metal a i riuaiieiit feature of their luisiness in the future. The Courier man was show n a Husk of platinum that Mr. Smith had tak en from the mines of Waldo. Tin metal has much the appearance ol coarse lHiwdor, w ith a slightly metallic lustre. From the success lieing met with in mining and wiving the metal by those who have been operating here during the past year, it seem. most probable that platinum will become an inisu taut feature of tin mineral industry of southern Oregon. . W. II. lliilh.-rt, editor of the .leu dale News, was in town Monday on a business visit. Mr. llulbcrt has recent ly made a number of iuq rovcii.i nis on his printing plant and is getting out a paT that is a cndit to his town. Oregon Counties The largest county in the stale t Oregon is Harney, with an area of '.i'.in; miles; second in sue is Malheur, with'.iTM, and third in si.e is Lake, with TNil. In lxs; lj,k,i was the largest county in the state as it con tallied the combined urea of Ijikc u:;d Klamath, making I.'-.'U square miles. Klamath county was tak. u off of l,akc iu that year The smallest county iu the state of Oregon is Multnomah, w ith unlv -p. square miles of territory. In Oiegun are nine counties with over :ioH -quare miles, and eight with less than liii square miles The nim laig. t are loug!.i..-, PmII ; Urant. COO; Harney, V'.isi; ; Klamath, CNO; lake. ;ii ; Crook. ; ;:' , i.,., i:;.mi; Malheur. 'JIM; l inatilla. "lie. Cnicn had :il Id miles Is furo losing the pan handle, but this addition to Haker did not place her on the list with tin nine largi st. The eight counties hav ing less than lum square miles are Multnomah, -t.-.i; l'eiiton. ; Chit sov, v.M; Columbia, r.;; ; Polk. ;(q : Sherman, olii; Washing!, ,n, 7l."i;and Yamhill. Til. When it is r. incmlvr ed that Khodo Island contains ouiv li.':l square nnlis, the magnitude of Oregon mvius almost incredible. Yet Khode Island has the nuuc strength iu the Cnited States senate as Oregon, ninety times her sup, nor in area For a kid taste in the monili i .L.. a few doses of 1'haiutn rl.iiii's Stomach aim i. nor lat'lets. crice VV. W ir ranied to cure. For sale by all drug- gi-ts. MIX Vt' "il It's a Mistake to suppose you can't afford to bny good Hour. The beet is the cheap est, nlwuys. Tho product of our mills lias gained a jopulurity that is widespread and deserved. It in at once economical, pure and of uniformly bigb standard. Our Modford brand is noted for its ex cellence. Has no superior on tho market. Low priced too. A. A. DAVIS. Diamonds in Oregon. The fulfilment of the prophecy made :() years ago by Profi m-.it Clayton, a giologist in the employ of the. Cnited States, that diamond mines would be fnnud in Oregon, is at had. The mini) is iu the Ulue Mountain range 10 miles from Hums, the seat of Harney county. There i.H no question of the quality mid quantity of the precious gems, but there is u question is to their commercial value. The stones thus1 far discovered are general ly too small for the trade. They an no larger than a small pinhcail. A few have b''ou found that would sell for from 10 to :i0), but. thoy are rare. Wore diamonds malleable lil;e gold, if there was any process known to science by which the. miniature stones could be welded together, then Harney would no longer bo known us the "cow county," and Oregon would rank with thn diamond producing re gions of the earth. Tho commercial value of the div niouds is now being determined by the great diamond tinn of New York, rillany & Company, w hose eonlideiice ill the new field is suHicicnt to war rant them iu furnishing the capital for further development. Thoy are co-operating with the local owners. The diamonds art found iu layers of volcanic ash. Geologists and miner alogists agree that the formation be ing the same as that indigenous to South Africa, where the largest dia mond mines in the world huve boon exploited. This is the formation that Professor Clayton referred to when observing the geological conditions of Oregon in his olliciul capacity, 10 years ago. It is said to he the next to the oldest formation found on the North American continent, only that through which the St. Law rence river runs being older. The layers thus far mined yield only ex tremely small stones, but it is ex- IH'ctcd mid hoped that other layers w ill be discovered that bear w ith tl prot ious stones gems of commercial impmtuncc. Telegram. J&ckson County Mines. Modford Mail. John Mitchell has located several placer claims on Hiidseyo crook ami is tilting tl'oui up with pipe and giant. His locations arc near the famous "J iiutowii" from which claims the lute sheriff "Jim" l'.irds eyo took nuiny hundreds of dollars. Thomas and William Carr are work ing their high bank in Lyons gulch, Foots crock, with siwdor mid driv ing into their Hume with a giant. The Carr brothers have worked their claims every year for the past years and have always had good clean ups. Oscar Swacker, who has some rich placer ground back of the school house -in Foots creek, has his claim iu first lass condition for the winter's run mil exa cts to clean up a good bunch 'f heavy nuggets for which his ground is famous. Two years ago Mr. swacker took out one nugget worth fi'.O in addition to the UMial number -f smaller pii ces. Work was starti d Monday on the iloli'nii Magic mine ) posite l'.ock Point. II. U. Jones of Modford, went down Sunday to insert the property and instruct the nicu w lu-re ;o work. The liold -n K.igle is now iwn.dbyH. 1.. While, of A .bland, 'nit was formerly the prop- rty of Mr. .loiies, vi ho took considerable nioiicv from it regularly for ovi r throe years. I'he present work will con-isi of a new shaft and cross cut on the mam lodge. I'rovolt Items. Sharie Urns, and Holnian Isgan piping at their Powell creek placer on Tiristnias. Silsby and Co. are pushing ih volop. mint work at the Mountain K"i.,.. pi.uu mine on Powell creek. The Stites family cxi-vi to move ! into their new residence this we, I- !l. M. Cougal has K en lioina the finishing work. Herman Messenger moved over to I tils ranch m-ar the l'rov.dt school house this we. k. At licnicin's md with bis pro,p, ,-ts, he will un Iv not ho su: isti. ,1 vorv long niM, ., lu. hdor's life. M. ssrs. Lay ton and S; , no r i xpeet his w mi, r to comi let,, their ,n of the irrigation ,1k, h which is taken from App' git.- at th- ol'.ri-n placer. I iVh, u coiupl, ted to the S. n.vr f.irm I the ditch will Iv ah,.,,! eight miles long. C T. la i,is,.ii. fur-man of the ' loicdo phi,, r nunc, r. pons that there! :s a g.s.,1 force of m, n at that mine working mgi.t and day and piping' lets . t dirt which pros;, ,-ts tinelr. j Mr. Pavuisoii is an eu, rg. tic sup.'r-I iutciideiit and can lie counted on .,, ! make a lu-otiialde run. j -': .' l:.i-..ii..i..-e Camp, W. O. W. at j Williams is flourishing and expect, to I initiate a d.v- n new m, tub- rs at their ii xt meet ing. The Wood,,,, n.U lu just Uvu finished in.ide and will- s -.. - : make tlio lodge my comfortable home. Dr. Ji nning-4 lias been doing consid erable development work on his quart?, mine on China creek lately, and has gotten fine prospects. We shall be glad if the mine shows op well enough to induce the doctor to make his bome in this district. We ure glad to noto that Ed Her riott is sufficiently recovered from his recent fright to bo able to drive stage regularly again. It is retried, however, that seeing a monkey -w rench or a gas-piix gives his nerves a severe shock yet. Williams creek fanners and minors are very much pleased with the weather this winter. While there has boon sufficient water for placer min ing for nearly two mouths past, yet the rains have been 'moderate and in tersjierspd with warm sunny days. Fall sown grain buo had u line chance and is looking well. Tho Champion Gold Mining Co. have completed over M00 feet of the lilKKl foot tunnel which tbey are rnn n;ug on the Tip-top ledge. Thoy have discovered several paying ledges while running this tunnel nud have good prospects for developing ono of the best paying miii.s in Southern Oregon. An electric light plant ba boon lately installed and adds greatly to tho convenience of tho workmen. NiptsTand Juliii.-iou, tho Williams saw mill men have recently pur chased a now sotting for their mill at the Gilmore cross-roads, Murphy. They intend to ruft legs down Apple gate nml saw thorn at Murphy, thus saving considerable on hauling lum ber. If tho project is us success! ul us it promises to be, it w ill bo quite u boon to settlers along Applegatu for they will have u market for tluir logs for several years to come. Wil liams ct'ceu people, however, arc sorry to have the mill leave its pres ent location because it supplies tin local lumber trad". To the js-ople hereabouts wo inlond to remain unknown quantities so will sign as X. Y' Z. Leland Sittings People are hunting up their stock. Stock roams ut will hero and is liable to got scattered. We have no sickness to rejiort, but somebody is going to got married soon. They ure keeping it very sly. We have well established schools, good water, good land, good timber, all that is a pleasure to life. Some of our farmers an; pruning their orchards, so us to raise big red apples, of which Lclund can boast. lbisiness is good lure; m much teaming is done in our town that th slrietsare very badly cut up. Our city dads should order more gravel so the streets will be more passable. Sonic of our people have gone lo Merlin, presumably on a business trip. People lire settling down to business again as the holidays are closely ob served in this district. Our man who lost his girl is being reconciled to his fate. We tiro having warm sunshiny weather. It has the uppearuuee of spring Grass cereals ure growing uiceiy. 1 no miners ure running their mines for all thoy are worth. T J. Clark is knocking down the heavy bank; Tom understands mining. If ho can't run a mine so us to save and sluice off the ground for the. prcciou metal, others need not try. G. W. Chapin told us last week that he was taken for u Dutchman. but afterwards he convinced the parties that he was a genuine south cm Orogoniaii ; we can ti ll the differ dice in the population; those coming from the Portland country, don't hav. the elastic step that the people havi In re. Thoy also drawl their word- more, somi thing nfler the Arl.aiis.is style. .- . . . . o aie getting some imputation fiom the Willamette Valley; they report a constant rain there, for six w eeks, so the short men have to sw im : the tall men manage to walk on high plae.s. When the rain will was! away plows mul harrows from wheat fields, we think it is time to pull up and go to south, rn Oregon, w here the rains on -asy and have a let-up some time. Our land here is very productive; we have can even raise mi itgag. s. Also wo can raise lots of fat babi.-s. School t. a 'hois are looking for situa tion; some of tin-in are in the fici'ld early before the rush. S me-of our citii ns took a tlip to the Willamette Valley to s.-.. relatives; they wrote hack, 'rain, rain." If-this country were more advert ised, what a rush "( people would come to Grants Pass Hid Leland as soon as the dredger does its work in w idening aiiddoen n iug Grave creek. Then we will have direct communication with the ocenn and with the railroad iu another di rection, our eouutrv will ho com plete. The railroad company is taking wood from the Kinney short line. A large amount of wood is en the line waiting to Iv shipp'd to Grants Pass and other poits. Wide Awake. ..Tin: Cousin System of Investment Iowa Capital Oicuon Mntcrpri.xc Mit'.cs, Farms an, I Titular Lauds Ivuili: and Sold. tt'c have Treasury Slock of the hot Mining Companies in Ores' on for Sale. fflfKxccptiun.il facilities for in vestigating properties. A. B. Cousin, Mgr. McKay IJldj;. Portland, Ore. Send fur prospectus St. Helens & Cilice Mining Co. always keep in mind that we employ only . first-class Plumbers and Tinners and consequently can do work that will satisfy you. Give us a trial and be convinced. Grants Pass Hardware Gompany Front Street, Opposite Depot, A. E. CARLSON, Propr. CLASSIFIED AD3.I WANTED. KM) Vo(l niopwr. Iii'jUirt of I'unl'iir ; mitt Kuykeixlall. Wolf Creek. Ore FOR. SALE. )AKIilCt.S for sale at Alili's packiiij; VI. I. the standard variety of njiplo tiees at the btlp-ka nurseiy iirur i.itor ville Ure., .satisfaction in price mid jiiahty Kiuiruntt'cii. J. il. Koi-.inson. 'TOO Ai'liK ranch, i;. ml prune mid " nppit oielmrd. small unit- in almtiilanee; wall r lor irjL-:ilion, he.-iiles springs on every I1! acres - .-t-nier ol a ..-..ml nni.'e country ;' two dwnNinir heu e:-. hr hum, every thili' complete ; well she tered from' Irosl-i, cooil iinuini: market-, one hull mile north ut Tunnel I, price J ..o. Impure Ht this oltn-e. FOR. RENT TWO i.iee turnished renin in private house wiih lire, sui.a'.lo for li.dit lioii-ekoopini; no i hiMren. Impure Hume ... i.v.i, ,p. ii su eel 'I II ! K K nil s furiu-hc.l moms with lire. Home kilcheii, liih street. . More Cirland stoves anil ltaiios just n c.'ivcd at Cramer Kins. ...Grants Pass Opera House.., THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY 15th Sandy "San.ly R.ttoin" is a story of the South of ; Arknnsiiw With its- peculiar people ami more peculiar dialect. The varied characters chosen by the author to reveal his intentions are woven into action that in itself has artistic variety ami is alive with elements that rivet the attention. The play is clean, clear 'ami clever, and it has a lasting power in the memory surpassed by no other piny. A SIMPLE STORY, NATURAL AND TRUE TO LIFE wish You a Happy iv fear's Holiday iilts artistic merit utility are Sc:irce THE ii ST A HP A BR BRAHB fl Fills the- hill. It is a hcatity, and makes the chain or lock .stitch at the will of the operator. It is one of the hest gifts possible to make. For Joseph the :t? G. P, Pharmacy and BEST LINIMENT ON EARTH. Henry I). Bl,lwin. Su.t. CitT Water Work. SolinllsliurK'. Wis.', wriloe: I lmv, i risl inanv kiii.l.s of liiiiruenr ut have m-nr" r.oiT.d maoli Nuetlt until I nsi-.l llitllurd'a Simw I.inin-.ent for rli. anmtism ami lxiin. 1 tlmit it tlie U st liniment otl enrtli." S.V, .VV, nml (l.mi Imttle at SUiver Druii fa GRANTS PASS ORE. K0K Z!SloU)ml Notice is lu-rebj- Riven that the J' mull nicotine of tho moi kholilin -The Suu'ir Pine Dnnr it r.iin.l,... o... ji iny will b; held nt the office of t, Kim company :u ctranrs runs, ()rip. , c-.ii Wednesday, .luntiary l-l, i'Mtt, r - o'clock, p. in. The meeting in for;, tirio.so of clectiiiK n board of net.! i Hiroctors to servo for the enso ' iycur, and the transaction of such otl. i business us may come before it. H. V-. Kinney, preside J. II. JSonth, secietuty. (J run Is Pass, Orenou. Deceinbi r !,!. ALLEN'S LUNG j BALSAM j rill positively enre deep-seated i COUGHS, j COLDS. CROUP. A 25c. Bottle lor a Simple Cold. A COc. Bottle lor a Heavy Cold. A I 00 Bottle lor a Deep-touted Cough. SolJ by all DruggiBta. Bottom combining and rare sale bv Moss, Real Estate Agent FOR THE NEW YEAH Our lines of toilet cssciitiuU and ivrfutnery nro tlie clioircst, most laiiiiy titiil frajtratit yot doTi'd for tlio iilensnro of nil who loro tl.e tiiootios of life. Crtll nml s. out ele (rif nsirtmont ami yon will at cm e (looiilo tluy are x rfoctiiui. National Dreg Store. j NEW CENTI KY COMFORT. Millions are dailv fiuding a world of roinfort in Ilu. k f.-n s Arnica naive. It kill iti from linrtia, S-alds, Cuts Hrtii. s; con.nors l"lotT. ami FtT. r ror..;; eun eruption. Salt Klieum. luU.unl Kelons; lieinoTe. rorim an I i.7-:lrt' ."'T' ''"e t',,r' wu earth. Ouly c at W. K. Krvuier'a drug atorv. I y n ' II T V Nc Mi Jot llOl co mi nn b 00' lee Sn na he Be be 3 U P at P' in al a ai a.