ROGUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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