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1 1 ' mm &sis - CHASE & SANBOM, Importers, Boston. , . For fine flavor and strength our climax and South Seablend roast Coffees are hard to equal and the prices only 25c. ' lOn per Xoiiml. FOR ROAST COFFEE IS CHEAP. We have it. Its all Coffee. . In TEAS, we have exceptional values at 40 and 50c. v Dates, Figs, Rice Popcorn etc. White House Groccrv Is the length of time wo pu.tranteo our Lisk's Anti-Uusting Tinware. Another shipment has just arrived ami wo have plenty of tlio famous Anti-Rust Boilers. Chamber Tails, Tea Kettles, Milk Tans. Dish Pans, Tie Plates w are all made with Uie same guaranty. If you have not tried this ware, do so now. For sale ' by Cramer Bros. ODD FELLOWS BLOCK. GARLAND STOVES. POWDER, FUSE AND CAPS. Ocean Wave lasher Something new in Wash ing Machines operated with a fly wheel and a iiiiij 10 re versible gear. lUiilt good and strong for hard usage and wear. Hair 'Riddle Hardware Co. . Grants Pass, TRIMMED AND WALKING HATS All going at Half Price. Only a few left. Some of the few are rare bargains at th.it price. Also what Xmas Goods I have left go at Half Price, to cloc cjut. Come in before you are too late to se cure some of these bargains. Mrs. J. A. Rehkopf New Idea 10c Paper Patterns. A. U. Bannard's BIG STORE ...NORTH SIDE... ...Clearing Sale... I have bought and will soon receive tho largest stock of Carpeti ever shown in Grants Pass, and want to close out some in stock, and will make special inducements to close buyers. Ab I have for the pasty-ar bci-n selling Carpets at prices now advertised by others as extreme cut price, you will see the advantage of giving this your immediate attention. .A "lot of Wallpaper in small lots at your own price. Ingrains half prico. A lot of universal Steel Panics and Cook Stoves will be sold regardless of cost to close them out. They are extra qualify. Everything at bottom prices. A. U. BANNARD, Furniture and House Furnishings, FOR 3 YEARS i,, ' .;' ; ' " f L' Our stock of Wash Boards, Wringers and Tubs is com plete. Ask to sec the Asbestos Sad Iron. Absolutely the best thing on the market. Orciion. North Side, - Grants Pass, Oregon OUR PERSONAL COLUMN People They Come nd to From Day to Day. Columbus Bennett of Golden was a visitor to Grant Pass tins week. J. W. Howard and L. L. Jewell were visitors to Aslilnud Saturday. Miss Ida La Rant returned on Tues day evening from a few days visit in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barnes returned last Wednesday evening from a visit in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Howland visited last week lu Medford and Jacksonville. Frank Colvig left on Wednesilav for tho Williams district, where he will work in the mines. Mrs. E. Connolly returned homo List week after a visit with her sister, Mrs. S. C. Humaker. Mrs. E. L. Cuss and little sou are visiting in Los Angeles and will be absent a mouth or more. Mrs. M. A. Baldwin and daughter, Miss Cora, returned to Ashland Satur day after a visit in Grants Pass. Miss Mabel Sjnith of Grants Pais represented tho U. of O. sojihcmores in the oratorical coutest held at Eu Reno last Friday. " Misses Nell and Agues Harp, KTlu Marx and Jennie CourtwriRlit, all of Ashland, were in town last week at tending teachers' examination. E. M. Albright of Waldo was in town Thursday,- returning from Tolo, where ho went to attend the foneral of his father-in-law, J. J. Kiucaid. Geo. Dpdgo, nephew of tho lato N. P. Dodge, is here-from San Rafael, Cal., and will remain for some time in tho arrangement of business affairs John M, Ruini-ll, lately of Port land, has leased the Rrower oflice on Sixth street near tho conrt house and has opened a law and investment oflieo. Mr. nnd Mrs. (Jhas. Orow returned last Thursday from the Lost Flat mine at Galiee. .They ii'y with olilijjetl to ut through', several force their way out feet of snow. Mrs. V. B. Wissler of Stillwater, Minn., arrived hero last week to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Jordan. Her sou, J. B. Wissler, accompanied her. Miss Lucie Georgo was here from Ashland during tho week, attending teacher's examination nnd visiting her many friends in this City. She returned on Tuesday. Rev. J. W. McDougnll is in Med ford this week continuing his work of assisting Rev. Moore in conducting a scries of revival meetings. Good suc cess is being realized. Miss Bertha Barrio left on Tuesday morning lor Portland where slio is niployed in a wholesale millinery house. She has been visiting here since tho holidays. Miss Ida Weston left on Tuesday morning for Portland where she will spend several weeks studying the millinery styles and selecting a stock for the spring opening. Mrs. Johu Barneburg of Medford, who has been visiting relatives in Grants Pass, returned home on Wednesday. Miss Kellogg and little nephew, Merle Kellogg, accompanied her for a visit of several weeks. W. E. Mallory formerly of this city, was hero Tuesday night and left on Wednesday morning for southern points. Mr. Mallory is now supreme utato organizer for the order of Pernio in Oregon and Washington. Valentino Birthday Surprise. A very pleasant Valentinu birthday surprise was given on Saturday at the Western hotel. The event was ar ranged by Mrs. CM. Holmes anil Miss Julia How it t in honor of Mrs. J. (. Booth. The rly was given in the rear jiarlor of the hotel, which was prettily decorated in pink for the oc casion. Mrs. Booth was called to the room nnd was very pleasantly surprised ta sue: the table si t and a circle of friends and relatives awaiting her presence. Tho occasion was a most pleasant one to all. Besides the ladies already mentioned, thero Were present Mrs. liobt. Booth, Mrs. ('. L. Man- gum and Mrs. J. M. Hockett. Presbyterian Church At the Presbyterian church next Sunday, the pulpit will he occupied, by Rev. S. II. Jones of Jacksonville and on the following Sunday by Hey. V. r. t'helps of Ashland, liev. w. G. Council is cxk i ted to lie here in time to take chaiLte of tin services on March H. GREAT FEBRUARY REMNANT CLEARING SALE Hcgan SATURDAY, I'tb. 7th, and will continue throughout the month until Saturday, the 2Sth, we have placed on sale at prices that are mere fractions of their real worth, hundreds of Droken Lines of Goods from all departments. They are going to be sold at prices that w ill move them and move them quickly. 2000 yards Mill Knd Remnants of Calicoes and Percales at T A TTC 25 doen Ladies' Heavy Fleece Lined Underwear vests and pants, j LiUxxJtxO . regular price from 25 to 40c, at 1500 Mill End Remnants of 3r,i,ldl French Flannels, worth from 22c lire "tCk f LadieS'' MiSSC9 CUiMren's Cloth Jackcte 20 to 25 cents, at . and Capes sold regardless of cost. This is a rare opportunity as we lii.U? , .. . . have a large stock on our bands that : 20 dozen Men s Heece Lined Underwear, good heavy weight, at 1000 yards Best Lounsiale MuV.in, 0) Must lie Sold. 15 yni-cl lor Ml.OO ' To be soi l in 12 yard lengths only. 4 (jozen Indies' Muslin Underwear at LADIES' HATS 2500 yards Fine Val Laces worth 5c yard at 2f)C to $l.-'t?) li vai'dhi for 2oC Our entire remaining stock of Trimmed Hats Sold on'y hy the piece. 25 lo.cn Men's Linen Collars, best quality, good styles hut slightly Must He Sold , ... , " " ' soiled, a great bargain at 2000 yards tine alUce. worth 8 to .oc y,rj ar d, at and p,,. you woul(j Uke ,Q ,iWe 0Me jf you mM gct ,t cheap 1 yttl'i loi .) ' ' c enough. Just come in and sec the prices at which we are selling Sold only by the piece. Sold only in half doien lots. them. BIG FEBRUARY REMNANT SALE OPENED SATURDAY, 7TH .....Chicago Racket Store... To make room for Summer Goods wo will sell at 25 per cent discount, Ladies' and Gen tlemen's Woolen Underwear. Granite, Tin, Wood and Willow Ware, Crock ery and Glassware, 15 per cent for 30 days. 6 caps and saucers, plain 6 dinner plates, plain tl enps and saucers, decorated. 6 plates decorated Largo vegetable dish tl tumblers Large berry dish, covered Small lamp completo Si-in butcher knife 8-in. shears, uicklo plated Wash tub Set Mrs. Potts irons. o5 So 1 00 I 00 30 40 50 25 Bo 1 30 We have Six styles of Shoes that we are closing out in Gentlemen and Ladies' $2.50 shoes at $2.15; $3.00 at $2.50; $3.50 at $3.00. Working and Dress Shirts for Gentlemen, Sox, Stockings, and nunier ous other things which are all money savers for you. Honest Goods at Honest Prices. Eggs taken ia trade at market price at Kessler's Chicago Racket Store DEATH- OF N. P. DODGE I Prominent Citizen of Grants Pasa Dies on Mondo-y. Is. P. Dodge, ono of tho best known and most universally esteemed citizeus of Grants Pass, died at his home in this city, on Monday forenoon. Ho iiad b'n iu poor health for some yesrs.- For tho past two weeks ho had been confined to his bed and during that time little hope ban been entertained for his recovery. Several years ago ho cxiH'i ienced a stroke of paralysis nnd, while lie mudo a par tial recovery, and was afterward, able to attend somewhat to his business interests, yet ho never fully recovered, lie has since been subject to attacks of heart trouble, some of them very serious, and these have occurred more frequently in the Jast few months. Nathan Prentis-i Dodgo was born in Kast Mont'i Tier, - Vt., February 8, lSlil). Iu 1STJ ho removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., and iu 1SS4 to North ern Idaho. Iu 1SST ho camo to Grants Pass where he lias sinco resided. Ho was postmaster in Grants Pass for six years and afterward entered tho hard ware business as a member of the linn of Jewell & Podge. In later years, he has devoted his attention to tho in surance business. He was an esteem ed member of tho Masonic fraternity and during his residenco hero lias been one of tho pillars of tho Presbyterian Church in Grafts Past. His public and private life wero without re proach.uud his cheerful and pleasant i disposition earned him uncomplain ingly through all his alllictions. It is 'doubtful if another death has ever oc- curred here which produced so wide spread nnd general sorrow as that of I Mr. Podge. Ho leaves a wife, Mrs. jMary Podge of otir city. The funeral services wero held on ! Wednesday afternoon at tho PreHby ! terian church and the interment took place at the Odd Fellows cemetery I The services were conducted by j ltcv. Jtobt. Leslie. Tho business I houses were closed from 2 to 4 o'clock p. iu. nnd the. funeral was attended by j a large concourse of people. GENTLE SPRING IS HERE The Welcome Queen Comes lo Rcijn in Southern Oregon. Spring has come. ' Although tho I frosty mornings yet produce a wintry sensation, yet the breuth and touch of gentle Spring are evident everywhere, I and her influence is ever moro appar ent as the days go by. The little j w ild How i rs have made their apjsiar 'auee and will soon lie blooming in beaiiteons profusion. The air has ns j sunn d a b ihny, delicious quality, the I gift of Spring, and all nature is bu ginning to respond to her suasive in i llllelice. The W inter has lieen Wet, ; cold and for Southern Oregon, severe, .but the dreary monarch's reign has readied its limit and it is time for him to depart. We are now the sub jects of a gentler sovereign. Boxer Social Postponed, Tin. "l!:ier" s'.cial, iiunounceil to be given on Wednesday evening at Woi.ilinan hull, has been postponed till a later date. Hand soap OS SO 10 05 OS OS . 10 10 1 20 OS US , OS Half soles, pr Clothe lines 40 clothes pins 8 bunches legal cap Toaster Bot ammonia Hot bluing...! CopKr bottom boiler Tooth pick 4 ,. 4 gal jars and covers 6 knives and forks, plated WILLIAMS RROS. FACTORY Second La.rest Sevsh e-nd Door Plant on the Coa.st. Williams Bros. & Kendall's big fac tory building is being rapidly pushed to completion, a .good forco of car penters being kept steadily at work. The factory, when completed will bo tlio largest sash and door plant on the coast with ono exception only. The building is (10 by 127 foot in dimen sions, exclusive of th platforms. Tho equipment will consist of over 30 machines, with a, daily capacity of 300 doors and other work iu like projKirtiou. It was found necessary to enlarge tho building greatly from tho dimensions first intended nnd planned. Tho building is located on F street a short distance west of Gilbert oreokT Tho owners have secured a. large pioco of ground north and east of the factory for use as a lumber yard, A dry kiln will lie erected just north of tho factory, while tho boiler rooms, on which work has already com menced, will bo located, on tho cast side. One car load of machinery has already been received and another is expected Boon. Tho work of building has been greatly delayed on account of the wet weather, but it is expected that the plant will bo ready forois ra tion soon after tho first of tho coming month.. When this factory is completed and equipped its Owners will bo enabled to turn oat an immense amount of work. This onterpriso is a very iiu jKirtant addition to tho manufacturing industry of Grants Pass. Tunnel C&vei On Train Freight train No. 222 was caught iu a cavo iu tnnnel nine, between Delhi and Sims, lust Thursday morning. The accident wus a peculiar ono. The freight trinn was running through the tunnel when threo of tht! cars jumisd the track. The jar of tho wreck against the walls, which had been loosened and softened by the recent rains, caused about 300 feet of the ftmnel to collapse. Luckily none of the crew wero on that portion of the train c aught in the cave in so no one was hurt. Tho engine and about half tho train wero through the tunnel when the accident occurred. The task of clearing up tho track through tho tunnel was a big ono and seriously blocked trafllc on the road for several davs. Woman's Club Art Class. The- program for tho Art I'lnss of tho Woman's Club to bo held at, the home of Mrs. Clarke, Friday, Febru ary 20, at 2:30 p. in. will ho as fol lows t Kmbroldery, iier Mrs. A. Will iams. Taiiostries, Italian and Vienna Mrs. IXnison. History Mrs. Young. Beading, Indian, Alaskan and Mexican Mrs. T. Williams. Knitting Miss Drake. Weaving Port iers, Tapestries, Car pets. Old world Mrs. Wciilman. Linen and Silk Mrs. Fay. Ill lian Baskets and Mattings Mrs. Mutch. (notations "Current evfuts" in above subjects. THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS Brief Notes a.nd Items of Interest and Importance. Pr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist. Go to Coron for Plumbing. M. Clemens, Prescription Druggist. . A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges at Coron 's. Oliver Chilled Plows are sold only by Cramer Pros. Stroblo's shoo repairing always pleases. Take your shoosto him. Bo suro to attend tho lecture gijeu under the auspices of tho High school Saturday evening. Woodmau hall. L. A. Stroblo has charge of tho shoo making and repairing department at tho Lucus harness shop. Take your work to him. History is one of tho avenues to cul ture. Hear tho lecturo on "Juvenal and Martial" by Prof. McKiulay, Feb. 21, 8 p. ni. You aro Interested in tho School library, attend the lecture Saturday evening at Woodman hall. Adults 25 cents, chidreu 15 cents. A reception for St. Luke's Guild was bold ou Friday afternoon from 2 until U O'clock p. ru. at tho resi dence of Mrs. M. demons. If you wish a lot to build that new honw on, sco Joseph Moss, the real estate agent, as ho controls some of tlio most desirable building locations. Curtis cv Co., practical watch mak ers and juwelers. Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelery and Diamond rings. All repairing first class. Odd Follows' building. Juvenal and Martial vjroto during ono of the most interesting periods of Unman history. Attend the lecture ou that subject ut Woodman hall, Fob. SI- C. JI. Sampson has jusTTocoived as a present from his brother in Maine, a valuable amber pipe enclosed iu a snake skin case. It is a handsome article in the pipe lino aud Mr.' Samp son is proud ofit. social next Monday evening Feb. -.':! at Woodman hall, by Azalia 'circle, Women of Woodcraft. Public initiation of a candidate. Lots of flirt. Flinch. Good music in the banquet room. Don't miss it. 10 cents. A recital by members of Miss Ijmni Parker's piano class was given at her home on last Wednesday even ing. Tho skill of the pupils and their evident rapid progress is commendable alike to them and to their teacher, Miss Parker. Every effort to find tho body of Corah llailey, tho litto girl drowned iu tho flood iu Yreka Creek, Jan. 2."ith, has failed. It seems to be tho belief that it is buried lu the debris carried down during tho heavy froshet and my be found when tho water is down to tho lowest stage. Kd Minns, who formerly worked iu Win. Vlrieh's meat market, but who has been in Grants Pass for several months, has come back to Medford and is now employed at Arnold Harm-burg's market. Kd is a jolly good fellow and has many friends who am glad to see him back Success. Janu s Weeks, tho man who was sup posed to have Is-en drowned In Kogue river during the lato flood, mot no such fate, having made a safe ap- nranco at his homo ou Elk creek. The dead horse found in tho river ami supposed to have been his, evidently did not belong to him. The grand annual masquerade ball of the Knights of Pythias will he given at. the Opera house on Thursday evening, February lit. All arrange ments have been perfected for a joy ous event and a largo crowd and a general good time are ex'ieotod. A committee will he on hand to whom masks will bo raised on entering the hall. Enl&rgins' Their Plant Stewart iS Tliomas tho factory men are lircnaiintf to enlariro their sash and door factory plant and will also' install a saw mill plant ou a body of timber which they havo acquired. J. I j. Stewart, of the firm, returned i ou Thursday from a visit to Portland, whither ho went to pnrchiiso ma chinery. The nmohiney will bo ship- l'd immediately. Coming F.vents. Feb. It) K. of I', annual masquerade ball at ( H-ra house. i'eh. 20 "lagara" at (Jicra house. Feb. 21 "Juvenal mid Martial" lec ture by Prof. A. P. McKiulay of U. of O. at Woodman hall. I'eh. 22 Washington's birthday. Mar. 2 Kli Pi rkin's at iora house. March ft. H District Christian F.u-ih-a vor convent ion at Presbyterian ihiircli. in mind the genuine WALK OVER is cheaper than imitations. Ask to see our high cut WALK OVER shoe at m $3.50 J& P. H. Harth (Q. Son Genls' Furnishing Goods Sixth and II Streets, Grants Pass, Ore. A BUGLARY AT CLEMENS' Thieves Brea.lt In and Stea.1 Watches, Pills and Wines Tho drug store of M. Clemens was burglarized on Tuesday night The apiK-arances are that it was an amateurish job aud tho loss was in considerable. II. II. Burton, who has a joweler shop in tho same building, was tho heaviest loser, tlio thieves having taken a number of watches, but his loss is not great, tlio thieves contenting themselves with tho cheap er grade of watches and leaving the' valuable watches, rings and other jewelry. Tho burglars niado their entrance by removing a iano of glass from one of tho rear windows. Thoy pilfered indiscriminately aud foolishly. They took two bottles of sherry wiuo, a car ton of high priced pills, aud a num ber of small articles, including a bluu pencil. They secured about 1.60 in money from Clemens' till aud about 'J from Barton's cash drawer. The selection of the articles and other features of the burglary iudlcato tho proliabillty of its having boon done by boys. Readinu by Prof. McKlnlay. A reading under the auspices of tlio High School will bo given by Prof. A. P. McKiulay of Univer sity of Oregon, Fub. 21, at 8 o'clock in Woodman hall. Admissiou 33 cents, publto school pupils, lo cents. Sub ject "Juvenal aud Martial." This reading will be anticipated with pleasure especially by the readers of history, as it will consist of a graphic presentation of tho social conditions of Homo during tho lives of these two writers, covering that poilod of Koiuo's greatest corruptions, the roign of Emperor Domitiau. History is one of tho surest avenues of culturo aud wo haven't ofton ail opportunity to hour it proseuted lu so interesting a manner. Saturday afternoon at 2:80 Prof. McKiulay will address tho High school pupils ou "Caesar, tlio First War Correspondent, " in tho High school assembly room. Tho one ticket will admit to both The Galilean. A largo audience assembled at tho Presbytt riaii church hist Sunday morn lug to listeu to tho sacred cantata, "Tho Galilean," presented by tho choir. Tho musio of "The Gulileau" is exceptionally beautiful and was ren dered in an Impressive and very pleasing manner. Tho several mus ical numbers of tlio cantata aru Inter sjierscd with bits of dialogue, them selves very pleasant and by contrast heightening tho en jnyablo etTect of the music. Tho pleco sets forth tho lifo of Christ. Tho solo parts wero taken by Misses Hertlui ISerrio, Kdim nnd Ijinra Parker and II. O. Kinney, T. P. Cramer and A. E. Voorhlcs. Tho dialogue was well given by Missi s Kusin llannard and Allie Pool. IViPA ' WALK OVER SHOES $3.50a$4.00 Do not let anyone deceive you. None are WALK OVKRS unless they are stamped WALK OVER on the. sole and on the strap of the shoe. A good word for the WALK OVER. Some merchants are try ing to sell other shoes claiming they are made by the same firm and fail to ' stamp them WALK OVERS. Do not be deceived. Quality tells. They have been tried and found not wanting in Style, Durability and Comfort. They are the emboayment o foot ease and protec tiou for the feet. Bea . WILL HOLD A CARNIVAL Woodmen of the World Arrang ing Bit) Event for June Tlio Woodmen of tlio World aro making arrangement for a grand street fair and carnival to bo hold in Grants Pass about tho middle of Juno. The event will continue flvo days and be sides tho local attractions aud con tests, a comiiany of 00 people, with menagerie, merry-go-round, aud other entertaining features, will bo hero to augment tho liveliness of tho oc casion. Tho idea seems to met with ready favor among tho business men. If tho project rccoivos support, the Woodmen will arrange a carnival that will put Fourth of July celebra tions to shame. Each of the five days will bo full of lively entertain ing features that cannot fail to fill tho town with people and every day will be a gala day iu Grants Puss. DOKN. NORMAN In' Ashland Feb. 0, 1008, to Conductor aud Mrs. J. A. Nor man, a son. MILTON At Woodvtllo, Fobrnary 8, llMKI, to Mr. aud Mrs. Wm. Mil ton a daughter. SNYDEK-In Ashland, Jan. 21, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Suydur, ji daughter. DIED. DODGE In this city. Mondav, Fob. 1, 1U03, N. P. Dodgo, aged 04 yeors. DAVENPORT Near Grants Pass, Feb. 11, lUtll), E. L. Davenport, aged ?U years. HILLH On Evans creek, February l, ltHUI, Mrs. Wm. liillls, aged lid years. MINKLER-I11 Ashland, Feb. 14, 11HKI, Leo D. Miukler, aged 25 years, 8 mouths aud U days. MOORE At Grants Pass, Fob. 0, lUOit, Eliza Mooro, aged 7tl years. SMITH-In Ashland, Feb. 13, 11)03, Gvorgo W. Hiuith, aged 07 yours, 11 mouths and 0 days. W'YATT In Ashland, Feb. 13, 11)03, infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Wyatt. RESTAURANT andOYSTEK HOUSE. (Hhaska's old place.) Front Hireet, Grants I'ass, Oregon. Kibi mkk & Fciiafkkh, Proprietors. Kiist-clsss Musis. Hhort 01 dors s Hps daily. syKre!i Ranch Kgx wanted. Attention! For 30 days only I will sell men's Shirts and underwear at cost. Also ladies all wool underwear. Daniel Frederick The l air Store Grants Pass, Ore.