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VOL. XVIII.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY i9l 1903.
No. 47
DIRECTORY
JOSEPHISE COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge. . J. . ltimth
"oner. - ic. S
Clerk.'. ... R. L. llartiett
Iieputv Clerk T. P. JuiUon
Buerirt' Geo. W Lewis
Deputy Sheriff Krnest UsUr
Treasurer J.T.Taylor
Kctaool bupt. Lincoln Suvaee
Assessor W. II. Kallin
Surveyor H C. Perkins
Coroner s V. K. KKiuer
CITY OFFICERS.
Mavor J. F. Bashor
Auditor and PoliceJudge J. J. Jennings
I reasurer
..Col. W. Johnson
City Attorney......
Marshal i. .'
Street Supt...
Cuuncilmeiu ......
A. ti Hough, J
('. h. AJuyhee
John Locktianlt
John Patrick
Geo. II. Ithms
II. Williams. J.
I.. Calvert. J. A. Uehkont. Will C.
Smith, Herbert Smith, II. C. Perkins,
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
Grants Pass I.odge A. F. & A. M., No. SI,
regular communication lirt and third
Saturdays. Visiting brothers cordially
invited. It. W. lintus V. M.
A J. Pin, Sec y. -
Royal Arcu Masons -litanies Chapter No.
'&4 meets second and fourth Wednesday
Masonic hall. 11. 0. Uuuzikn,
' J. E. Pf.tksok. Secy. H. P.
Eastern Star Josephine Chapter, No. 'J)':
meets first and third . Wednesday
evenings of each month in Masonic
hall. Mkb. H. Zollfk.
Mas. Ann M, Holmak, V. M.
t-ec'y.
I. O. 0. F., Oolden Rule Lodge No. 7S.
meets every Baturtlay ninht at 1. O. O.
' K. hull. C. 11. Miksuam.,
T. Y. I)ts, Secy. S. U.
! Paran Kncampnient I. O. O. F. No.
! meets second and fourth Ttutrsilay at
r 1. 0. t. F. hall, FBKD SritMfl.T,
i T. Y. Dkab. Sec'y. C. P.
Rebekahs Etna Rehekah, No. 4!i, meets
second and fourth Monday, I. 0. l. F.
hall. Mai Davis, N.G.
Klsie Grk, Secy.
I Dnlted Artisans-irants Pass Assembly
' No. 41, meets alternate Tuesdays in
; A. 0. U. W. hull. C. K. Root,
t Fmkb Musses, Master Artisan,
f Secy.
Woodmen ot the World Rogue River
t'amp No. jpr, meets second and fourth
Fridays at Woodman Hall.
W. P. Siiarmar,
C. E. Mavbki, Consul Coinniunder.
Clerk.
Women of Woodcraft Azalea Circle, No.
meets first and third Mondays at
Woodmen hall.
1 M.Y Davis, 0. N.
V. E. Deaw. Clerk.
Modern Woodmen of America Grants Pass
Camp No. Ii07 meets 2nd ami tth Wednes
day Evenings at Woodmen hull at T-.'M.
thus. II. Marshall. V. V.
N. Reynolds, Clerk.
'Foresters of America Court Josephine
No. ai, meets each Wednesday except
the lirst, at A. O. U. W. hud.
J. P. Halk, C. R.
G. K. Bolt, F. S.
Josephine Lodge, No. 112, A. O. V. W.
meets in A. (). C. W'.hull, Dixon build
ing every Monday evening.
J J. 11. M, ai.k, M. W.
B A. Stakard, Recorder.
Hawthorne Lodge, No. '.'1, 1). of 11., A. u.
U. W. -meets every alternate Tuesday
evening in A. O I'. W. hall. Dixon
huii.iiiiw . M us. A. McCarthy.
, lias. Lima Dban, C. 01 II.
I Recorder.
I
I, Knights of the Maccubtes Grants I'n-s
i Tent, No. Ill meets lirst and third
Thursdays at Woodmen hall.
Win. Alfred. D. MortLL,
Record Keeper. Cninnaiider.
Ladies of the Maccabees drains Pass,
llive No 1 holds regular "Reviews"
tir.il am! third Thursdays ut A. (). U.
W. ball. Visiting sisters cordially
invited. Jennie Cheshire,
Mary Simmons, Lady Commander.
Record Keeper.
Knights of Pythias Thermopylae No. 60,
meets each Tuesday night 7:.'W) I. U.
O. F. Hall. M. T. I'tley,
ToM WlLLIAVS, C.C,
K. of R. and S.
Grand Army of the Republic Gen. Logan
PostNu.Ut, meets lirst Wednesday at
A 11 It W httll G. S. Kv,ss
J. E. Pkihrson, Adjt. Coin
American Order of Mcam tngineers, Ore-
gou Council No. 1, meets 1 1 r -1 and
. third Saturdays, at A. O. I'. W. hail.
Wa. 11. Khiinky,
Bksj. F. JIvkii K, Chiel Engineer
Corresponding Engineer.
Order of Pendo While Ruck Counc il No
ltHi, meets in A. O. I . W. Hall lirst
and third Friday nights,
C. K, Mayhk, Secretary.
J. L. HitHTiH'i, Counselor J
United rjrotherliootl of Carpenters ami
Joiners of America I'liion No. ills
each month at A. O. V . W. Hail,
meets second and lourih Fridays of
J. E. Wikihan, Pres.
D. A. FiTioK.KAi.11, Sec'y,
'A.
C. HOUGH,
ATTORN K V-AT-LA W,
rijPiacticet in all State anil Federal Count
Utheeover First National Bank.
G'rat Pass, - - OitKi.oN.
C. PERKINS,
0. 8. DEPUTY
MINERAL Sl'UYEYOR,
o Leasts Pass,
Orxoon.
.THE...
Cousin System
e ofJnvestment
Iowa Capital
, Oregon Enterprise
1 Jj Mines, 'FarmH jind Timber Lauds
,J. Bougtit and Sold.
We have Treasury Stock of the beM
. Mining Companies
in Oregon for Sale.
c'j tffExcej)tintiaI facilities fur in-
. vesti(ating proptrties.
r '
;A. B. Cousin, Mgr.
McK.iv Bid?.
Portland, Ore.
V Send for prospectus St. Helens &
1! Malice Mining Co.
Clearance
Cut Price
MEN'S SUITS
$ 9.50 Suits..: $ C.50
14.00 " 12.(50
10.00 " 14.40
OVERCOATS
Stylish, up-to-date coats;
48 to 52 inches long; full or
sfoop back.
$ 8.00 Coats $ 7.20
12.50 ", .; 9J5
15.00 " 13.50
...5hoes for Everybody...
Men and Boys. - Ladies and Children.
WELCSI S CLOTHIfNG STORE
Opera House Block. 4
t
Grants Pass, - Oregon.
Visiting Cards
v. a. jsSirrii v co,
LeadiDg Wedding and Visiting Card Engravers
in the Northwest.
Washington Building,
J. M. CHILES
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
TABLEWARE
Fine Butter a Specialty
FRONT and FOURTH STS.
II. II. BARTON,
WATCHMAKER and
JEWELER.
Full nswirtmrnt of Watches, Clocks, Sil
verwai'o ami Jewolrv. A (hkhI
AHMirtiiirnt of llriu't'lctt and
Heart iianglen,
Clement' Drug Stors.
SWEETLAND & CO.
FRESH and SALT
MKATShS
Phukk 21
X. E. MeGREW,
PIONEER
TRUCK, and DELIVERY
Furniture fcnil I'iano
MuviiiK
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
The popular barber shop
Get your tonsorial work done at
IRA TOMPKINS'
On Sixth Street Three chairs
ltath room in ronnertion
Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co.
I'AIO I I' CAI'ITAI. STOCK
Tran-acts a (ieneral Hanking butinens.
llereiveo dcKit subject to che k or on .letnand certilicatei.
Our rii-tiiiiien are -iirl of courteous treatment ami everv ton.ideration con
sistent with tound hanking principles.
Safety detw.it Ixiies for rent. J. Kit AN K WATSOV, l're.
It. A. HOOTH. Vire-I'ren.
I.. I,. JKWKI.I,. Cai-liicr.
The First National Bank
OF SOUTHERN OREGON.
CAPITAL STOCK,
Ke eiTed poiu subject to check or on ortiii. ate payable on demand.
tells siht drafts on New York (ran Francisco, and I'ortland.
Telegraphic transfer sold on all point in the I'nited .tate.
jwial Attention nven to Collections and iteneral bu-ine.-s of our customer.
Collections made throughout Southern OreRun, and on all at, e-:b!e point-).
K. A. BOOTH. I'res.
J. C. C'AMriSKl.l.. Vire i'res.
H. I.. (ill.KKV, ( a-hier.
MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
J. B. FADfOCK, Pop.
I am preirred tofumii-b anylbinjt in
f MASELE or OEA1.ITE.
Nearly thirty yeart of eiperienn in the Marble baiiiie marrantK my taring
hat I can fill your orders in the. very beet manner.
Can furnish work in Seou l. Swede or American Granite or any kinJcf
Uwble.
Front (street. Next to Greene's Gnnsbop.
Sale
BOYS' SUITS
$2.00 Suits $1.80
2.50 " 2.25
3.00 " 2.70
OVERCOATS
For the little fellow.
Long ones "just like papa's"
sizes 4 to 8 years.
$4.00 Coats 4$3.G0
5.00 " ......... 4.50
- Portland, Oregon
L. G. HIGGINS
Sixth and II HircrIA,
Grants Pass, Oregon.
CIIAUUKS:
Gold and Silver $1.00
Copper and Lead, each 1.00
Tin 3.00
A II liiiHini'B ii.trustc.l Id hid will re
eeive proiiitand careful allenlion.
HAVE YOU BEEN
"FLINCHED"
THE ACME OF PAR
LOR GAMES. GOOD
FOR SOCIALS AM)
PARTIES. : : : : :
More Fun
than a box of monkeys.
-at
ver Drut; Co.
Front Street.
$'J."S.OO() (M.
$.50,000 OO.
Ihr line ofOnietory work in ar.v Litid
J. B. PADDOCK,
50c
So
LETTER TO 0RCHARDISTS
Fruit Commissioner Carson
Writes to Fruit Growers.
A. H. Carson, hortioultnral cont
missionor for thin district, lina issued
the following letter to l?outherii Ore
gon orelmrdists :
"Thus fur this winter tho weathor
has beeu very uufiivornblo for orchard
work, Mich as pruning, spraying, etc.,
as well as for tlio agriculturist who
combines horticulture with tiis other
pursuits.
With the rush of work that will fol
low good wenther, I fear limuy or
chard uieu will work hard to plant,
aud seed tlicifunns to tho neglect
of their orchards, thinking possibly
the scale in their orchard is so small
that they will neglect to spray for it
and thereby entail a loss to themselves
wliich thcjvft'ill neglect next fall lit
npi'V galfieriiig. Tho Salt Jose scale
is well established through all of this
district, and the only possible way
tho fruit grower can protect himself
from Joss through this pest is to spray
annually wilh salt, sulphur mid lime
compound.
Commercial apple men know this
to be a fact and there Is no trouble
but that they will protect themselves
by careful spraying. It is tho small
growers who are liable to neglect
their interest and suffer for it. From
a business standpoint dollars and
cents if yon please, every apple
grower with five acres in apples can
make it pav to use a modern spraying
out-lit sucfi as is nsed by Olwell liros.
of Central Point to. control tho scale
and npplu worm in his orchard, pro
viding the orchard is bearing.
That the neglect to spray for scale
is a serious loss to growers Is not to
be questioned.
One case I have in mind occurred
last fall where a grower with au
orchard ot sixteen acres lost half of his
crop. When the purchaser caino to
jmck bis crop be found about half of
theapptts infested with scalo 'w hicli
were thrown among the ;'ulls. Had
not these apples beeu infested with
scale they would all have gnuo into
the pack as (hey were four tier and
very free from the worm as the grow
er had carefully sprayed for the
worm, but ncglcited to spray the
winter before .for the scalo. This
grower's lo.-s nlonn approximated
1.VX), as he bad sold his crop to the
paclii-rs for gl. 10 per box. There is
every reason a', this date to predict a
rousing crop of apples for Southern
Oregon this year. Tor tho past two
years Southern Oregon only produced
'"i per ci nt of a crop. Tho trees at
this date show a prrtTisiou of fruit
buils. The trees have wintered well.
Their vitality liaS-not been weakened
the past two years by overhearing.
Unless late spring frosts thin the
fruit wo are liable to incur a loss
from overbearing, unless we baud
thin theni.w hicli should he done, as it
pays to grow tho best. I hero is
always a demand for tho best ill nil
markets. There is never an over tiro-
.1iiftii.il of the best aplos, or any
other commodity ill any of tho mar
kets of the world.
That Ihc nppln growers of Soul Inn
Oregon will have it strong demand
for He ir npphs, it matters not bow-
large their crops may be, I am safe in
predicting.
During the year I'.i'li, every apple
growing section in the I. in ted States,
xei pt the Pacific Coast, iind a record
bnaH'ig crop, 1 he crop was so
large in tho nppln states east of the
UocKies that thousands of barrels
wire allowed to decay for want of
barrels to ship and export them.
l!oev,r, Willi, this record bn liking
crop in the ca-4 many fancy four tier
apples Irom the llogue river alley
sold to Ni w York buyers for the fancy
trade at si. .VI per box, cur lot, f. o. b.
It ba bei n ohsi rved mid (art fully
noted that a record breaking crop of
apples only occurs once in 10 years
a.-t of t!ie I'ncl; it s, and invariably
when it ilo;-s (H-cur a short crop not
' nougn tor iccal Hi inanils nlwavs
follows. If this is true, which stalis
tics will verify, where is the eastern
den. and for choice apples to come
Iroin.' 1 siy the raeilio '.oait aH it is
the only apple producing district in
the t'uitt d States the pat year that
the vitality of the trees has not Is-on
wcakcied bv over production, and
ccjiisi ipicnt ly we should have an enor
mous crop this year.
It Is a well known fact and has been
noted by all fruit growers, that if
luring any year a fruit tree over
Isars, the burdrn tax its vitality
that the y ar following it is a shy
I an r. It takes a n ft to recruit and
supply its strength and vitality.
The sueo-ss ,,f our fruit men this
year is to a gr-at extent in their
haii'lf. m
IS they sj ray carefully and intelli
gently, for the M-.a!,. ami apple worm,
cultivate w. :i ami thin their ovt rbur-
fl u, d tre. s to the amount of fruit tin
tr a can mature perfectly, they need
not f. ar li.it that the product of their
:reha:tls will f-ouiinand gol prict s.
Y,'h -ti yea fee! blue and that ev-rv
ihiti' go- wrong, talie a dose of
fh.m.b. ila.u'a fioinacli and liver
tablets. '1 i.ey will ch-an. and in-
vigorat" y.ii.r toiua' ,i, regulate your
how i I,, give you a rt lih for your
fs,d and make you f. el 'hat in this old
word is a g'.o, plat to live, l-'or Ml'
by ail dicggistn.
The si ia'th of a pin mar cause the
loss of a l.iab i,r veil death when
bliK.d poifomng rnults from tho in
jury. All danger of this mar Is-
avt.it! d, however, bv prou.otlv apply
ing Chaml r!aiti' Pain lialm. It is
an ant isepi :c r.ud ouick lualing liui
nn ut for cuts, I rui-e anil burns, r or
sale by ;:.i tlrugits.
Hiutt Print Pajs r by tho yjrd or roll
at tin- Cc.urit r ofiice.
EASTERN IDEA OF MINING
Philadelphia Paper's Description
of Hydraulic Mining.
The Philadelphia Record published
tho following article descriptive of a
hydraulic mine which is valuable as
showing the accuracy of long distance
knowledge. To those who linvo some
knowledge of hydraulic mines, the
article is humorous in tho highest de
gree A three ton giant ; the weight
ing down of tho same with 10 or 12
tons of rocks for a 100 foot pressure
tho novel manner of collecting the
water, dispensing with ditches; ton
bowlders jumping like corks; all
these are details to oomniajid the
humor of the hydraulic miner:
"In some jiarts of the west there are
great banks of poRblos and boulders in
which gold is tov bo found. It is uot
there as uuggets, or eveu as ore, but as
rtine particles that have been washed
down Into the depths of the hills by
tho long-continued action of natural
forces. This gold cannot bo obtained
by Jho usual methods of the miner.
It would not pay him to adopt them,
becauso tho particles aro so fine and
so scattered 'that tho time consumed
ill getting them out would be worth
more than tho product. To the suc
cessful forking of these great pebble
cliffs tho miner lias adapted a rream
of water, which does the work
thoroughly unaided by any force ex
cept its own.
In many, directions away up on the
surrounding hills, sluices and water
ways are constructed so that tho little
streams and rills will send their
waters down to a reservoir which is
built somewhere within 1100 or 100
yards of tho cliff that is to bo worked
and 100 or 1.10 feet ubovo it. The
reservoir having been built, an Iron
p4pc, varying in djnmctcr from six to
20 inches, according to the work that
is to lie done, is laid from it to what
is called the working level; that is to
say, to tlio point from which the
workmen will direct Uio stream thus
conveyed to them.
At this point a piece of machinery
is built, which weighs from one to
three tons, and tho flame oil which it
rests is not only securely anchored to
the ground, but is weighed down
w ith 10 or la tons of rock. And yet it
is merely a nozzle jointed to tho iron
pipe that brings tho water from the
reservoir. Whv it is so heavily
weighted down will soon be seen.
The no..le, heavy as it is, is so con
structed that it may bed'rected at any
part of the clitf by the hands of one
man, and yet if it should, by any un
fortunate accident, get out of the
man's control, and the water be not
instant ly turned off at the reservoir,
it becomes as unmanageable as a tor
nado. When everything is ready the sluice
gate at the reservoir is otcncd and the
water begins to run with headlong
force down the iron pipe anil out at
tho nozzle, which generally has a
diameter of about eight inches. The
pijiciunu turns the stream on the clilT,
and pebbles and boulders, some of the
latter weighing more than a ton, are
Knocked down and scattered about
like corks In the fury ol n hurricane.
The force of this stream is almost, in
credible. It has no power behind it
but its own gravity, ami lis it strikes
the cliff it makes a roar that may be
heard for more than a mile. It will
"wash down more jmy dirt" in one
day than ID.OoO men could handle
with the old fashioned "rockers."
As the water comes from the nozzle
it is like solid ice. Try to slick a
knife blade ill it and the knife w ill
be jerked from the handle. Try to
thrust a crowlmr into it and a strong
man may succeed in getting the JMiinl
ha IT an inch in, but the bar will be
wrenched violently from bis hands.
Nor could tho strongest, man that
lives drive an ax into the si ream fur
ther than half au inch. Sometimes
a no77.li' will tear itself loose from its
fastenings aud when that happens the
streams di als destruction and death all
around it until some one shuts off the
watt r iii at the n servoir.
Mining1 Decisions.
When One Cannot ltecover on Sale of
Mine. One w ho examines a mine and
makes a contract rcjsirt on same for an
owner, under a contract that be shall
receive a certain amount therefor if a
sale iseffectid, "by and through" 'h
rcjtort cannot recover on evidence
showing merely that one to whom
such ri jtort was furnished, W'th other
rctnirtn of a similar nature, became
the purchasers. Wishou v. (ireut West
rn Mining Company Hit) Pa' l lie lie
isirter, lltui) ; Supreme Court of Wash
ington. Harmless Krrorn In Application and
Pad nt to Mining Pros rty. All but
one of the co-owners of a mining
claim applied for a patent, pn st nling
to the hind otlit e, where the entry
was made, ubstracts ol title, show ing
their interest, ami also that of tin ii
o-owiii r. On appeal to the depart
ment at Washington a patent was ob
tained; no ue ill ion Is-lng made there
in of the co-party, who had In tin
meantime jtartt-d with all bis int. te rt
to one of the other parties to the
patent. It was held that fraud fot
not including him in the application,
at the time of original entry and re
location for l;u k of proof ot hi trans
fer of interest at the time of the final
application were alike harmless to
him thereafter Wetzstcln v. I.gtj
I'tO Pacilic Ue,rter, 717).
The best physic. "Once trit d and
you will always us) Chamberlain's
Stoumch and 1.1 ver Tablet," aayi
Wm. A. Oirard, Peas", Vl, Tin
tablets are tho moM prompt, most
pleiwtaut aud most reliable cathartic
In us. For sale by all druggist.
HAMPTON'S BILL IS VALID
To Be Reimbursed for State Land
Bo&rd Muddle.
Tho senate Friday, (1th, laid on the
table until Monday H. B. lOo, Hale,
to appropriate 1-10 and 35 Interest to
reimburse W. H. Hampton for money
paid to the State Ijind Board for laud
which tho board afterward sold to
another man. Senator May objected
to tho immediate passu go of the bill
unless some sensrfor could explain why
Hampton should be paid the money.
No ono could explain the matter, so
the bill was laid over.
Inquiry at the Laud Department
shows (hat in 18U8 Hampton held a
certificate of sale of the land and had
mid if 140 thereon Ho was aclimpneut
in his payments and under tho statute
it was the duty of the board to cancel
tho certificate and sell tho land again.
Xbe board bad a rule, however, that
(he purchaser was entitled to 30 days'
notico under such circumstances and
Hampton was given notico to pay the
$S0 delinquency within !10 days or his
certificate would bo cancelled. Hamp
ton sent the (SO, but before it reached
the State Laud Popart incut an attor
ney had convinced tho board that
under the statute tho certificate must
be fanceUed without giving Hampton
tho 110 days' grace. When Hampton's
money arrived, tho Clerk of the board
was instructed to return it with
notico that tho certificate had been
cancelled and-tho land sold.
Tlyj supreme court recently held
that the state Land Hoard lias the
i lower to make a rule giving HO day's
lolice, even though the statute makes
the certificate subject to cancellation
without such notice. Under tho
statute, Hauiiton was delinquent and
had no right to complain, but ho was
proceeding under tho rules of the
board and was uot delinquent under
the rules. -
State Treasurer Mooro said that
this is the only case of tlio kind
he knows of ami he is confident that
if this claim should bo allowed, no
other claim under similar circum
stances would ever bo presented. The
passage of the bill would not, there
fore, servo as a precedent that would
subject the Land Deiartuient to other
claims of the same nature. He thinks
Hampton's claim is valid mid should
lie allowed. Tho general laws permit
the board to refund money where tho
slate's title failed, but this js uot a
case of that kind, aud this board has
no authority tn pay tho claim.
INDIAN'SCOFFIN- READY
Suited Him. but He Can't
Occupy It Yet.
The Indians who came to Sheridan
about throe weeks ago after the colllu
for au old man w ho was almost dead,
took the colllu to the sick man's house
ami set it ut) in the corner. The old
iiinu got out of lied, wciii into the
room where tho colllu was, looked it
over thoroughly, ami nodded his head
in approval ami went back to bed sat
isfied with the si lt lion his friends
had made for him mid he was fully
prepared to eiijer the "happy hunting
grounds. " liut from that time on he
began to get belter, .until now lie is
up and doing his own chores; but he
has the satisfaction of knowing that
when his time comes to die, his colllu
is already bought. The old man is
lot', years old, and his eoplo were
participants in the French and Indian
war about IHI2, ami says be was quite
large boy lin n, and during that war
he saw the while man for the first
time, iind it was there that he saw
and hcaid tho lirst gun fired.
FASHION HINTS l'Oll SI'KIKCI.
Novelty suitings show a variety of
t.vhs; the Scotch mixtures having
hourottt s of ItiMrous angora mohair
e among the smartosl.
Mohair w ill In-an extremely sipular
matci ml for l-tpring.
In wiirh fabrics lie re is a wide as
sortment, ami the Rummer shirt-waist
or entire costume t.ill be more at
tractive than ever before. Simple de
signs continue general favorites.
lle shirt-waist contume has at
taint d,a prominent place among the
fafhiouuhlo modes, tho amount of
variation jionsihln in construction
adding materially tn its (sipularily.
1 he blouse Jacket continues to enjoy
favor, anil many of the smartest
moth s are this of shaping.
Skirts lits smoothly about the hi
sud Mare at the bottom, though some
phasing minles show shirrings ami
lin ks at tho hips.
A fancy of the season is the gown of
pale gray, cafe au hut or pure w hite
laee and (hi Hon combined. All at
tractive decoration for the sleeves of
the new gown is achieved by slashing
tlieiii at the back and lacing theiii
across w ith silk cord on small buttons.
Points art: a feature in sk'rt decora
tion that will not uisily lose their
lipulari'y. limhroith ry is as jstpuhir
is it has b' t n for st veral seasons.
I' rem The lit lint ator for March.
Viicl" Sam's biggest urmy is the
fourth-cIn,-s post ma.-ters, w ho nuiiitsT
more tlnoi "n.ttoo, ( x t edlng by 12,000
'he otliccr and men of the regular
irmy of the l.'nitnl States, The ex
it iition of the rural free delivery has
H'cusioni d the ills' tintlliminre of
nearly ;,i)i0 fourth-cluss lsMtolllcee
luring the last year, ami the new
iflici created do not olfset the losses.
The I'nit' d States produces no till.
None has Is t u produced since IW,
The ii. 1m s at llivt rsldo, California
Hid those ut l.'arney l'eak. South
Dakota, wro the lust to be productive.
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What Whl.key Makes a Mother.
Cau a mother forget her child?
Yes, when she is addicted to the
awful luiliit of strong drink. Poverty
cannot make her forget. Suffering
cannot, but strong drink can. The
following true story Is calculated to
make tho blood curdle :
A woman iu Manchester, N. 11., has
six children. Tho oldest eleven years
old, tho youngest six weeks. Iu the
IKtlice court sho pleaded guilty to the
charge of drunkenness, but asked tho
court to susi'iid sontenco because of
her helpless children, ugreuing to
leave tho plnco and live with certain
relatives in the country. When she
was released, Instead of going to her
children, who were then suffering
from hunger, sho wont buck to the
saloon and got drunk again. The
oldest child went to tho police glut Ion
to look for her, which gave the
ofllcials tho intimation that sho hud
not returned to her family. The boy
added that tho children were entirely
without total, and crying from hunger.
The ofllcials took euro of tho children,
while tho mother was again taken In
to custody.
It is no new thing for a man to be
come brutal ami turu against his
family, or neglect and starve them
hut here is a case where the motherly
instinct yields itself to strong drink.
Hum cun make a mother forget her
child. Hum can do what the most
vicious and prolligato child itself
cannot do. The child may be bud,
may abuse tho mother, aud bring her
head ill unspeakable sorrow to the
grave, but the mother will not forget
or turn against her child.
Hum can do it. Hum can destroy
the maternal passion. Hum can make
her hopelessly indifferent to her off
spring. Hum can destroy her mother
ly atfet'tion. O rum I great Is thy
power! Surely Satan has no agency
soclfectivu for destroying all that is
good and true Iu human life. New
Voice.
What Whiskey Makes a Fa'her.
A man wulked into his home a big,
strong man physically and when his
wife met It in ho knocked her down
She fled shrieking into an inner room
ami locked tho door.
Mary, the man's daughter, n little
thing live years old, full to her knees
aud clung to li 1 in uud cried out, sob
bing, "Don't kill mamma, pap!"
lie i tat tea her bead and told her to
get her brother Edward
Edward, a boy of six, came,
Tho man drew a revolver and shot
his two little weeping and trembling
children. Then he blew his own
bruins out. "He was a good man,"
said tho wife to the jsilieo, ber face
all torn and blackened by his blows.
"Ho was a good man and never treat
ed Illo badly before. "
What suddenly transformed this
usually good husband and kind father
into a fens'lous demon, a murdering
wild Is iist?
Drink t
Ho was Frederick Dletsoher, a driv
er for tho health department, and he
paid out the hard earned money that
should have gone to bis family that
he might become a slaughtering luna
tie. Insauity by the bottle, by the
glass, mny bo as readily purchased as
are matches to start fires w ith.
Some men, many men, can play
w ith alcohol. They cun warm them
selves w ith it as they do at the genial
beat of a grate.
Hut to such as Dietw her a glass of
whiskey Is like a match to a heap of
buy it starts a conllagriition.
lie voluntarily makes himself Insane,
aud no deed, however terrible, is iiu
isinsible to a maniac. His judgment
aud moral sense ure both put to sleep.
l,ot drink alone, young man. It
has never he!s d anybody and it has
ruined and 1 ruining millious In
mind and body and pocket. It turns
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Uraniteware
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Glassware
Lamps
Cutlery
Woodcnware
kind men Into cruel men, loving hus
bands into wifo beaters, fond fathers
Into slayers of their, children.
Look at Uletsclier, Boo what whisk
ey did for him and his.
That ouo horror should be enough
to shock countless thousands of tip
plers into total abstinonco for tho rest
of their lives.
"Ho was a good man" when sober.
Drunk, a devil. New York Journal.
Romance In Short.
Contemplation ;
Adoration
(Gallant thinks her great)
I'ruparatiou,
Decoration
Off to learu his fate.
Palpitation,
Trepidation
Ou tho lover's side.
Dosporotion,
Osculation,
Now sho Is his bride I
HEARSE STICKS IN THE MUD
Swo-mped With Four Horses on
Jackson County Roads.
A bearso with four heavy horses at
tached to It was the sight seen ou the
streets of Medford last Saturday morn
ing, as it was ou tlio way co entry tho
body a farmer from bis lute homo
down near Central Point, to the
oometery, says thu Medford Success.
It was not for jiomtious effect that tho
driver hud four horses, to his hearse,
but it was thofear that ho would get
stuck In tho mud and that the country
road Instead of thu cemetery would be
tho last resting place of tho unfortun
ate farmer, whoso lifu Iind been made .
miserable by tho mud holes that now
threatened to Iki his tomb. The
driver's fears wero not without foun
dation, for he did get stuck and it
took au hour's time and all tho ablo
bodied men In the funeral procession
to rescue tho hoarse nud Its burden
from the bottomless depths of a Jack
son county road muilhole.
The Poetry of the Orange
"It upis'iils to you when tho
fruit hangs rlpo and sweet on
tho treo Into In February or curly
iu March. Then tho blossoms break
out and tho trees are yellow with
golden glols s, anil whito w ith orango
Mowers. It may bo that a flurry of
snow has whitened tho mountain toim,
and then you have an urtistio back
ground for a tropical forest. Tho air
is full of sunshine, a ml heavy with
fragrance us night comes on, and then,
if the moon bo shining, you may hear
at midnight through oi n w indows,
tho song of the mis king bird ill tho
wonted grove, and it never seemed to
melodious before. Au eiis'rlenco
like this is jKissihlu any winter, and
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