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VOL. XVIII. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1903. No. 44 DIRECTORY JOSEPHINE COUNTY OFFICERS. Judge J. O. Booth on er jcS: Cterk.. II. L. liartletl Ilenutv Clerk T. P. Judson Hberitl Geo. W- Lewis Ileputv Sheritl . hrnest Lister Treasurer.. J.T.Taylor School yupt Lincoln I-svnire Assessor. W. II. Kallin t-urveyor M C. Perkins Coroner. W. F. Kreiuer CITY OFFK.EK.S. Mayor W. F. Kremer Auditor and Police I uihje K. L. Davis Treasurer Col. V. Johnson City Attorney C. B. Maybee juarsnai Junn LooKiianii Street 8upt John 1'atrick Conncilmen Geo. H. Hums A. C. Hough, J. II. Williams, C. E. Hartmm J. A. Kelikoof, Will C. Smith. Herbert Smith, llenry Schmidt " FRATERNAL 80CITIK.S. Grants Pass bodge A. V. & A. M No. M." . regular communication first and third Hattirdays. Visiting brothers cordially invited. H. C. Bubizks, W. Al. A J. 1'ikk, fciec'y. Royal Arch Masons -Keames Chapter No. lis meets second and fourth Wednesday Masonic hull. .L,.L. Jkwbli., J. E. Phtihsoh, Fery. 11. 1'. Eastern btar Josephine Chapter. No. 2ii meets lirst ami third Weilne-day - evenings of each month in Masonic hall. Mrs. H, Zolliir. Mas. Asna M. Holmak, W. M. fec'y. I. O. O. F.,-Oolden Rule Lodge No. 78. meets every tiaturduv night at I. O. 0. K. hall. C. 11'. MuiHiuu., T. Y. CfA, Secy. N.G. l'aran Kncampiueut I. O. F. No. , meets second and fourth Thursday at I. O. ('. F. hull. Fhcd SriimnTi T. Y. Peas, sec'y. . C. H. Rebekahs Etna Kvhekali, No 411. meets second and fourth Moniluv, I. 0. O. F. hall. Mak Davis, N.G. Euiia'GHKKX. Secy. United Artisans-Grants I'ass Assembly No. 4I. meets alternate- Tuesdays in A.O. if. W. hall. F. K. Wkut'z, Fbxd Mk.nsch, Muster Artisan. Becy. Woodmen of the World Hogue Uiver . Camp No. V, meets second and fourth Fridays at Woodman Hull. W. I'. .SltARMAS, C. E. Maviikk, Consul Commander. Clerk. Women of Woodcraft Azalea Circle, No. 112, meet lirst and third Mondays at Woodmen hall. I.. May 'Davis, G. N. W. K. Dkas. Clerk. Modern Woodmen of America Grants i'ass CampNo. SCOT mcctsnd ami 4th Wednes day Evenings at Woodmen hall al 7 :W. 1 bus. 11. Marshall, V. C. N. Reynolds, Clerk. Foresters of America Court Josephine No. 28, meets euch Wednesday except the first, at A. O. V. W. hail. J. I'. 11ai.k, C. R. O. X. Bolt, F. 8. Josephine Lodge, No. 112, A. (). V. W. meels in A. O. C. W.hall, Dixon build ing every Monday evening. .1. II. Mhahe, M. W. B A. fc'TANAUit, Recorder. Hawthorne budge, No. '21, D. of II.. A. 0. .li. W. -meets every alternate Tuesday evening in A. O V. W. hall, Dixon buildtiiv. Mas. A. Mil Abiiiv, "Mas. Iyuia Dkan, oi II. '. Recorder. Knights of the Maccabees- Grunts )'a-s Tent, No. 1.1 meets lirst and third Thursdays ul Woodmen hu!l, Win. Alfred, - II. Munu, Record Keeper. t.-miuiaiidur. Ladies of the Maccabees-Grams Pass, Hive No 18 holds regular "litvieas", first and third Thuidu s ut A. O. l. W. ball, Visaing, sisters eonliully Invited. Jennie Cheshire, Mary Minmons, Lady Coinniunder. liecord Keeper. Knights of Pylhitti'l hermopylae No. .VI, meets each Tuesday inht 7:.'10 I. O. 0. F. Hull. " M. T. I'tley, TOM W ILLIA' , C, C, K. of 11 and 8. Grand Army of the liepublii Gen. Lopan fust Nu. $, meets lirst Wednesday at A.O. V. W. hall. J. E. I'EtKKSoN. Abe Axtki.1, Adjt. Cum American Order of Steam l-n;:inecrs, Ore gon . Ciuiuil No. 1, nuets tir-t and Uiird raiuriluvs, at A. O. V. W. hall. Wu. II. kun, llanj. F. Mviiick, Chiei Engineer Corresponding Engineer. Order of l'endo-White Rock Council No 1ml, meets in A. O. C. W. Hull lirst and third Friday nights, C. K. .Maviik, Secretary. EaMA Hslchkh, Counselor. United llrotherhood of Carpenters and joincs ol America I'nion No. Ills eacb (uoiitli at A. t). I'. W. Hall, meets second and fourth Fridays of i J. E Wi tn has, I res. D. A. FiTziif.KAi.n, St-i-'y, C. HOUGH, , ATTORN KY-AT LAW, P, act ices in all Stale and Federal Courts OtDce over First National Hank. Gbakti Pass, Onion. JJ C. PERKINS, 0. S. DEPUTY MISKKAL SURVEYOR, fitATn Pass. Okxoo.h. ...the... Cousin System bf Investment Iowa Capital Oregon Enterprise Mines, Farms and Timher Lands Bought and Sold. We have Treasury Stock of the best Mining Companies - in Oregon for Sale. CS3Exceptional facilities for ia . vestinating properties. A. 'B. Cousin, Mgr. ."i McKay llldg. Portland, Ore. Stnd for prospectus St. Helens & Gajice Mining Co. Clearance F Cut Price MEN'S SUITS - $ 9.50 Suits $ G.50 14.00 " 12.00 1G.00 " 14.40 OVERCOATS Stylish, up-to-date coats; 48 to 52 inches long; full or stoop back, $ S.00 Coats 7.20 12.50 " '.. 9.95 15.00 " 13.50 ...vShoes for Everybody... Men and Boys. Ladies and Children. WELCH'S CLOTHING STOKE Opera House Block. Grants Pass, - Oreg'on. WEDDING & Visiting Card Engravers W. G, SMITH & CO. The Leading Card Engraving House in the Northwest Washington Building,' - Portland, Oregon J.M.CHILHS GROCERIES HARDWARE TA RLE WARE Fine Uuttcr a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. II. II. RARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full fusnrltiit'tit of Wati'liin, CliH'ks, Sil verwtnv ami Jvwulrr, A (iikkI Artiiitiit nf iirmvli'tw snil Heart Bundles, Olemens' DruR Store SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT meatsms I'llONIf 21 N. E. McGREW, PIONEER TRUCK, and DELIVERY Furnituru ttnl l'iaiio GRANTS PASS, OREGON The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs l.ath nxitti in ennnprtion Giants Pass Banking & Trust Co. I'AIO VV CAPITAL STOCK Trana''t!i a (Ipnural ItnnkiriK huineKtf. KectlvM di.iKisits aulijrrt to clietk or on de inanil rerlil'n alcn. Our f'titmuei are an-.irwl of cutirteuus treatment ami eveT.v con.-ilcrntnm run sUtent itli countt latikuf; .rinriplen. baftty dtK.it Vxes fr rent. J. Kl'.ANK WATSON, I'rm. K. A. I'.ODTII, Vire-I'rra. I.. I.. JKWKI.L. ral.ier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STC K, Kn-eive deposits aulijert to c heclinron certificate pajaMe on demand, "eils i(!ht drafts on New York San Franciaco, and Portlaiid. Teteprapbie Iranafer fold on all point in the fnited StuU'ii. Scial Attention aiven to Collections and general tiu.-iie- of our i"j-tomeri. t"oiie'tiom tiiaile throughout Soutliem Oregon, and on ail ac.iii.le i-iiit". It. A. HOOT II. I'ru. J. C. CAMI'HKI.I.. Vi.e pre-. 11. I.. (ill.KKY. -bier. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. I'AI'HX'K, Promi. 1 am preiwreJ tofnrnib anytliintf In the line ol Cemetery or in any VimJ of MAEB1.E tr GRANITE. Nearly thirty years of exjicrience in t!w Marble Luine aarraiiU my navii'S that I ran till your order in the very beet manner. Canfurniab work in Scotch, Saede or American Granite or any kindrl Marble. J. H. PADDOCK, Front Street, Neit to Orrrnr i Caxalinp. HOYS' SUITS $2.00 Suits '$1.80 2.50 " 2.25 3.00 " 2.70 OVERCOATS For the- littlo fellow. Long ones "just like papa's" sizes 4 to 8 years. ' $4.00 Coats $3.GQ 5.0,0 " 4.50 L. G. HIGGINS ASSAYEH Sixth and II Sirens, Grants Pass, Oregon, C II AIUJI S: liolj and Hilvr . ... $l.(Xi Copper an J Iatl, each l.m Tin . 3.00 All Imsiitesa ii.trnsteil to inc will re wive prompt and tariful attention. M. Clemens Uhe Drug'gist Keeps the finest of rerfume, Toilet ar ticles, - Drugs, elc. The Orange Front Grants Pass, Oreg'on Union RESTAURANT and IJAKERV Sixth St. next toHuii-.Ki.M,. ftmx MEALS AT ALL HOURS. LODGINCJ. 93U.000 OO. SOUTHERN OREGON CITY Advantoyes of Grunts Po.es Seen bv Col. Crawford. Grants I'aan in located in Josephine oouiit.v, Orcptiu, upou tho banks of the. Rojrue river. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through it. It lies 'I'M mile, south of I'urtlaiid. Its elevation is '.H'.S feet; jxipulation about 3000. The town lias electric liifl'ts, water works, banks and churches. Grants Pass governs au area of about 20 miles from its jioiuf us a center, which trades with the merchants of the town. Almost Tvery class of merchant cau be found here, doing a fair busiuosif Tito climate, from medical statistics has been found healthy ; there is littlo, if any snow fall; Tho thermometer rouges from 20 degreos above aiero iu winter to !N) iu summer time; the rainfall is aliont 2d inches. The adjacent country, depending up on its supplies from Grants I'ass, con sists of low mountain ranges, full of quartz leads and heavy dctxisits of placer grounds, tho said ranges being a continual iou of tlio Siskiyou mount ains, and others being part of te Coast range. REAL ESTATE AX1) HOUSES. It is a fact that, there arc not a sullicicnt number of houses built in this town for tho demands madi's and tho prices of real estate are reason able. Practical men ran see the fact of the profit that will occur from ad vancing this industry. The farm lands which aio Iucatetl'in the Rogue river valley are held iu prices from "i. 00 to $'ii. OOperacru, de pending on the condition mid location. The soil of Josephine county is en tirely alluvial, which is conducive to the growth of all kinds of Vegetables and plants. Tho cultivation of cereals pays well for the Investment. Hop growing is becoming quite an in dustry and holds its own with any other country 'in tho state. The growth of fruit is also an important industry that of apples, especially. Tho ana of Josephine county is about HitKi square miles or Kl.'.OtXi odd acres. , TlMIiEK LANDS. , We havo quantities of sugar pine, yellow pine, red fir, oak, cedar and many .other kinds of timlier in our forests. Saw mills und box factories, paving from 1 to 17 tier cent annually upon their investments. . GOLD PLACER MINING. Front records we have obtained, tis early as ls:,l, gold was discovered on Josephine creek, Mime 2."j or 110 miles from this town. Iu 1H.VJ the gold yield had risen to a very considerable amount, estimated by many as high as $10,(Xi(),0oU In is:.;i Indian wars occurred which impeded this industry, and in IS.Vi and 1S.V! the same trouble occurred. Up to ISO there was but litt le done, except by Chinese; after that time, milters slowly came back, und later on hydraulic mining was installed iu rather primitive forms, but it proved tho fad that large returns of gold weni ill the banks. The valley of the Itogne river, on which many of these plueiTs are located, runs almost due north in a narrow canyon between densely wended, steep, modulated hills that rise from HKKI to airtt) feet above the levi i of its waters, on w hich are located at these placer b"ds. As it runs south to Grants Pass, the ground ojsns up into valleys. The torrent system is very evident all through the ranges of mountains that tire found in Josephine county. The Cambrian era of t In' Primary period has been entirely destroyed by disentegrat ion, and the grantoid rocks belonging to that iMTiod have b come it slide ujiou the permane nt ground, covering the dioiites, slates and limes. We find the contact veins miming from 7 to tit) fi et widu b. 'tween tho walls. Gijl.l) OUTPUT. " here are six divisions or districts which are now placer mining, consist ing of the Althousc, thi nldo, the Williams, the Gulicc, the Grants Pas--, mid the Grave erei I:. On rough estimate f n in placer mining fifr the pat yetr there lias been produced about ;."io,( anil of the quart, mines now working, about f I. ',o,(x . Th" profit derived from this industry, as far as I atn able to obtain, has hi t n about .'0 r nt on the labor and in vestment. The gravel produces from 10 to cents r 'yard ill the bank; the (ist of wotkiog, about 1' cents per yard, the Mater holds from seven to eight months in 1 1 ... year, accord ing to hs alien. The avcrtign of the gold quart, in the veins us has U en so far dev "lopi d is idiom p r ton. Thus far there has not been a great il'al of quail, mining done in this country, in fad, you might clues all mining imhistriis as products. The bads are strong, well di lined and title, but the slide covets them ovr from to do feet before run hing riuaiient ground, cei qui titly it is a rich man's coiiu'ry, as the costs of op ning and developing will requite capital, but fn in what I allow of those jii perms now opened, where practical mining has been engagid in, the results lave proved highly re muiieiative to the in v. stor. The majority of tint ore found is a w bile f. Ms ar an I fluorite, it a caUvarite or tin sane gold as is found in Crip ple ere. k. The gold is about 17 flue, ill some cases as high as PJ line. The character of this whole country is very much the Nunc a found by thi ol 1 pioic ers of California iu lM'J and the ground is of alsiut the mine rich- le b .111 ill the pi. I' qi.artx 1. ads. The belt r and iu llm rum live do- green N. i; , 2.- degrees .s. V. an-l a far as I can d- ti rniiiie from x-ven to 10 miles wide, although probably of greater extent, tho big gravel deposits being found on the lower elevations along the lino of this course. Iu couclusiou I would state, that as an investment for the considoratiou of capital, that handsome dividends can bo obtained by those investing iu tho different resources of this country. The fact is, that tho whole of the great niiueral belt has not as yet been walked over, much less scratched by tho prospective miller. Tho result obtained from placer and quartz min ing of this country, so far worked in tho crudest manner, havo paid very handsome returns. Real estate, it. is fair to assume, will increase iu value 50 per cent in the next 5 years. Farming and other agricultural industries, will also steadily increase as projier capital and immigration comes into the state. The proposition, aa looked at by any practical investor, will show him at once tho great possibilities of return that can now be seen iu our town, county nnd state. John S. Crawford, V. G. S., M. E. INDIAN BURYING GROUND Bones and Arrowheads Near GolJ Hill. Found A visit to tho bottom lands on C. E. lloskius' idaco is conclusive proof that this was once the site of an Indian village und burying ground. Count less arrow bonds, and lish knives made of flint and rudely "fashioned, show the handiwork of tho red man, while huimvu bones unearthed in tilling the soil, which are strown iu careless pro fusion .Btieak still more t loqueutly of bygone human habitation. These boues, which are yellow w ith age und almost crumble at a touch, would go to prove that jiorhaps centuries have elapsed sinco the present situ of Gold Hill and immediate vicinity, was the center of sotuo thriving Indian village, where the noble red men of the forest roamed iu happy ignorance of the blessings of civilization. Gold Hill News. ' Wasn't Born In Oregon. A conversation wns heard tho other day Isdween several Grants Puss ur chins in which otto mailo the accus ing remark to another that he bad a "gall". The iiiiS'aclted one defended his position with the remark, "Well, you gotta have a gall, if you live in Oregon. ' ' ' " Aw, what you talkin' about Ore gon" demanded the accuser. "You was bom in Oregon." "I win! not. " "Well, I'll bet you wliz. " "Well, I'll jest bet you. " "Will where wu. you born, then?" With a grand air of triumph and complete exoneration, tho youngster replied: "I wu. born iu Central Point." Winona Joltintfa. Two ul tho Winona belles expect to try for certificates this examination. We understand that J. Meier is go ing to move to the "Dick" mine soon. Mrs. Elsie llalleriuo of Los Angeles, California, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Pollock, of Winona. The county should build us a bridge, for at present wu are water bound, as is often the case ill winter. Most of tho trade hero goes to Mer lin of late as it Is only half as far as Grants Pass and prices are reasonable. Jake Pollock went to Grants Pass the other day and bad rather hard link; mi his way home he lost his "tongue. " A certain one of our neighbors "a very prominent individual," wauls all weak minded cnpio to follow the county road hereafter. " The placer mines were expecting to have to close dow.t on account of shortage of water, but, they l.avi plenty now and arc still running. The Clark mine is being o em d tip in good sliaie. Mr. Clark put in'abotit ;S(KX) fee t of new pipe line and com. meticed at the lower part of the initie to oii up right. C. I. Crane is superintendent now nt the Clark mine. Mr. Crane was formerly nipt, of the Oro Fino mine and was well liked by the boys who worked under Mm. To the Public. We are still located in the L O. O. K. building and are sit uated so as to quote you the very lowest prices on all grades of Pianos ami Organs. Sold on easy iiistalltueiitn--old Instru ments taken in exchange. A full line of violins, guitars, mandolins. Sheet music una music tssiks alwayir on hand. II. G. Magoon, Manager. Valentine Bex II at I'livcef' A grand Yah mine ball will bugivi n at Pino r hall, Placer, Ore., on 1'eb ruary l't, St. Valentine's eve. Miisii will bo furnished by Ileinaree's or chest ra and a good stipjicr will hi si rved by Mrs. K bariugsoii. Allure cordially invited to attend. KEV. I. KI.ISI.I-: P. ii. MAI. J IN, K L. D. . Waverlv, Texas, writes: "Of a morning when first rising, I often I'ml a troublesoniH collection of phhgin, which prisluces a cough, and is very hard to dislodge; but a small quantity of Pallard's ilorehonnd Syrup will at unci? disbslge it, mid lie- trouble is over. 1 know of no uieiliciui, that is equal to it, and it is s- oleasaut to take. I can most cordially recom mend it to all j.-rsfiiis, itn-diitg a medieiii,. Ji,r throat or lung troubles. " Price 2. and I.0() a hot tie ul Stover Drug Co. Curtis & Co.. pinciioiil watch mak , i rs and jewelers. Dealer in wafeh- s ! clocks, jewel, ry and Diamond ring All retiring first clas. Odd Fellows' I building. TREMENDOUS F.LOOD OF '53 Snowed 17 Days and Niuhts Hitlh est Water on Record. The following aro recollections of '52 and "3 in tho Koguo river valley, by William Hamilton, an old Indian war votorau, as given to the Junction City Times: Mr. Hamilton, then a young man, resided iu the Koguo river valley. That winter it snowed 17 days and nights, which was followed by three days of incessant raiti. The suow was from three to four feet deep on tho level and the three days' rain caused such a Hood thut the liko was never known before or since.. In tho Willametto Valley the snow was from IS to 24 inches deep. Only two settlers were recorded, John Fer gusou and Chris Taylor, and as they both settled on tho foothills, tho flood that followed did not do them much damage. Iu tho Koguo river valley tho few settlers lived on meat .alone for some six weeks. Game, however was plentiful, and Mr. Hamilton and a neighbor kept the carcasses of from 20 to 2a deer hanging iu front of their cabin all the time, and all were al lowed to help themselves. Flour sold at il.(H) per pound, and salt at fliS per liouud. PROSECUTING" ATTO R N EYS Bill Introduced to Provide for Eivch County. One A bill for a prosecuting attorney iu each county is iu the judiciary com mittee of tho house. It was intro duced by Halo of Josephine. Tho measure provides for election of Bitch officers iu 11MM and every four years thereafter. Each of these oltleora may appoint ono or more deputies. Tho salaries of the prosecuting attorneys am to lie: linker (1000, lletilon fS0O, Clackamas if ltXX), Coos S(X), Colum bia o(X), Clatsop tJIXX), Currv IMX), Crook ifstx), Douglas HXX), Grant fWO, Gilliam flOO, Harney H00, Jack sou $1(XX), Joscphin f 1000, Klamath st)0, Lake Jstx), Lincoln :.(X), Linn iliXK), Malheur fsix), Marion I.VX), Morrow ?MX), Multnomah jritxx), and deputies at tliXK) each; Polk MX), Sherman ifoOO, Tillamook f.OO, Ulna tilltx 1000, Union $1000, Wasco fHtio, Wallowa iii)0, Wheeler S(X), Yamhill isix). - i Concentrates Mining and Seientilh: Press "Oil of Gold" exists In tho brains of fanciful men, but nowhere else. It was long since determined that battery screens inclined outward at tlic top facilitated discharge. "Oil of gold in its nascent state is iu close connection with the tangible effect of a chimera revolving in a vacuum. In the case of Shattuck vs. Oostollo, lis Pac Hep, Arizona, frill, it was de cided that otluT mining claims may prnicrly be used in , mining locution to designate tho boundaries of the claim, us it is a sullicicnt reference to natural objects and permanent monu ments to cojiiply with the statute. Prospectors will probably get belter average results iu searching for veins or deposits containing gold, silver, lead, copper .inc and till than in look ing for rare minerals which usually havo an uncertain und frequently changing valuation. In i xl raiding ipper from ore assay, ing 2..i cr cent (hi, it is common practice to mix about 2i) pounds of salt with 21X10 pounds of ore, that quantity being about 107 pounds in excess of what is thcoicticatly re. quired by the cnpier. A ton of ore assaying 2"i per cent Zn would require theoretically about IMXI Jxunids pun salt, or Hi-) pounds if the same excess were used as iu copper extraction, but in all likelihood an excess would be neiileil, as a considerable portion of the b ad would likewise be converted into chloride, soluble Iu hot water, insoluble in cold. 1 he fact that the oro shipped from the (li. Irii t sIlOV.S less Value 1ST toll than it (lid live years ago does not iii-ees...irily imply decreasing values. It may mean, morn likely, that in creased treatment charges and de creased transportation charges enable on- to be mined and shlps d that formerly would not pay for handling. It is not urn ouiiuou for milling dis tricts to ship annual' thousands of tons of ore that 10 or even live years ago would have 1... n left in place as worthliss. The increased tonnage, of course ih i ri nses the uvcragn and sii rllcial figmi may make It scctu that the values nri- ih creasing ; but it may Iselliat the fact is where 111,000 tons of $.,0 ore were slups d that now j'M.ooli tons of ,.',') ore go out, the ag. gregat.i being ifloo.iKio more for the 1 1 .-1 net, ( toll value u though the average is r might seem much less. DISLOCATED IIKK SHOULDER .virs. Johanna Soilerholui, of rergiis I all-. Minn., fell und dislocated her shoul-li r. She had a surgeon get it back in place us sik.ii as isihlc, but it wits quits sore and pained her very much. Il-r son mentioned that be had seen Chamberlain' s Pain I'.alm anvertisiii ior sprains aim soreness and she a-lo d him to l.uv her a Isittle of it, which lie did. ft quickly re lieved h. r and cllahbd here to sleep which she had not done for several days. '1 he son was so much phased wiih the ri In 1 it gave Ins mother that lei has since reeouiuiemli it to many others. For sale by all druggists. HEADS SHOULD NKVKIt ACHE. . Never endure thfs trouble. Use at once tin. remedy that sto, d it for Mis. A. Wc!,t,.r, ,,f V, mule, Hie writes "Dr. King's New Lifi Pills wholly cured me of sii k le ad- acle-s I had sullen d from for two Vears. -ure hi nil'" '-"-r pat hm biliousness. Us) at W. F. Krenicr'a drug store. THOMAS HEADQUARTERS TOR THINGS FOR THE HOUSE. CARPETS & WALL PAPERS Dont forget our JANUARY SPECIAL SALE OF CARPETS Here is a Prolit Sharing sale Worthy of your early attention. Furniture f I'lture Mouldings I.ace Curtain Jt X7 Oraaitowara Mattiesses . jJJr V it t Tinware Cots vj&WV&rffnfC Glassware Linoleum di P jfft $th $$ ' Lamp, Mattings VPf Cutlery Mirrors 'iV Woodenware Lvu. a, u. u. vitHuimi j Tho regular meeting of thoW. O. T. U. will bu hold nt the homo of Mrs. Hoso Weidnmit, Jan. 30, p. in. Who la IVesponalble? The saloon is the chief and most audacious lawbreaker iif the age. It is the arch destroyer of all that is dear to num. It is sleepless, relentless, insatiable, mighty. There is but one power in the hind that Is stronger, and that it) Un church. If the saloon is to bo overthrown, tho church must overthrow it Will she? Tho question is one of purpose, not of ability. She can do whatsoever alio will iu this all-important work. The service which the church has already rendered In antagonism to the saloon is not, by any means, to bo dis paraged. On the contrary, it is to be acknowledged as well-nigh Invaluable. More than ull agents, she has res cued perishing inebriates and softened tho hearts of (hose who were forcing their brothers down to drunkards' graves. She, mow than anything, or more than anybody else, has created tho sen tiincnt'whlch rules drainscllers out of resectable society, and places drunk ard-making iu the list of crimes. Nearly all of her deiiouiinat ions have cried aloud against the drink tralllc, and have denounced it iu unmeasured terms ; and sotuo of those deiioinina tions havo so legislated that none of their members can lawfully buy, sell, or use as a beverage tho deadly liquid. All honor to the church for her warfare against the saloon I Wo give here great credit ami thank ful praise. Unquestionably she has been, and still is, the van. Nevertheless, wu are js-rsuadi'd that, before she can fully accomplish the great mission to w hich wo believe God has called her, she must take a much longer step ill advance, and strike for heavier blows. Her forces must bo thoroughly and tM-rnianciit ly organized, and, combined with kindred forces, must constitute the opposition. 1 lie foes of the saloon must unite against its friends. The issue must be fairly joined. The saloon has long carried the black flag. Henceforth the church and her al lies in this particular warfare must carry it, too. ' Tho battle must bo desperately fought, and the Held of battle must be the Held of politics. This inquisition must enter that field just us did the nppositoii to extension f shivery, and it must remain their until prohibition, like freedom, shall become an accepted doctrine against which n i party shall dare to sgs ak. From every organization that syiu- nithi.es or comprises with the rum- trallic Christian men should separate themselves and unite 111 an organiza tion, every member of which shall, ut all times, including election days, and ill ull places, including the jsills, and with all powers, including the ballots and against the giant evil of the day. The voting clergymen und laymen of the church must become a unit in this great subject ut the ballot-box the jHiiut ut which they have Is-en di vided in the past, and ure divided now. Here is a dillicult problem. Hut it could ls solved, and it would Is-solved were it not for tho strength of sililieal party tics, than which nothing on earth seems to be stronger. Prohibition measures lire good, but a Wine tiny are not stiflii'ient. They need to Isi enforced. They cannot enforce themselves. As well might wu, at the very outset, ask that they enact themselves as to ask, later on, that t'n y carry themselves into effect. The strongest cannon may lie aeurutely aimed, but but it will never THE HOUSE FURNISHER barm tho enemy unless there is some friendly hand to apply tho spark. Of what avail bo a Jlalno law if rummies aro to bo elected to enforce it? What beuefit can result from oven constitutional prohibition go long aa Christian men veto for candidates who are out of sympathy therewith, and who will, if elected, wink at tho vio lation thereof? Saloouists will do- feat, if possible, all prohibitiouary measures. Hut if, in spite of them. prohibition is enacted, they will re double their enorgy and opou wider their purses fori ho election of their friends. They know full woll that, even thongh their busluesg bo forbid den by the law, they will bo able to prosecute it just the same, if they can only pluoo In olllco men who will vio- lnto their oaths. Oh, for tho coming of the timo when tho Kiwcr of tho saloon to elect whomsoever it wil shall bo challenged by tho church, and when the church, in the greatness of her strength, shall march forth and trample this boastful, wicked Goliath beneath her foot I When onco the , Christian voter form mid execute the determination to vote only for pronounced and proved Prohibitionists who stand upon une quivocal prohibition platforms, the i'ii(i w iu ne at iiiiiKi anil tlio saioou will go I May God sliced the day 1 Discovered GolJ Hill. James Hayes, the original discover ef of the Gold Hill mine, and one of the wealthiest men of liontou county, clropicd dead A few days ago ut Ilia homo m ac Corvallis. Iu tlio fall of IH.j-J he came from Illinois to Oregon, crossing tho plains by ox team, and located in Jackson county. The story goes that he discovered the Gold Hill mine while hunting for a lost mulo one day. Ho soon disposed of his in terest in the mine for fiOOO and weut to Benton county where he resided until his death. World' Record in Sight. Unless tho unexpected ox-curs, the llootli-Kelly Lumber Company, of Kugeiie, Oregon, will cut iu 1U03 about KiO.OOt 1,000 feet of lumber at their mill, says the Columbia Kiver Lumberman. This will beut tho worlds' record of the output of uuy one company. ITthis company should cut 100,000,000 feet annually for IW years, they would still own enough timber to keep them running another yiar. People wboeall the Oregon ians mossbaiks will have to apologize. 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