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VOL. XVIII. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1503. No. 51 in FR .1! .I, ,1 As- ral.lf n,l, :t Ml' 3as ;1TX ill w OS.' S. c.t 'oril Chi. J- 3. DIRECTORY JOSEPHINE COUNTY OFFICERS. ludce J- O. Huoth , . . 1 John W ells Commissioners.., j. j,. i-oveiac. Clerk I!. L Hartletl Deputv Clerk T. P. Juilson fctnerilf Geo. W- Lewis Deputy Sheriff Ernest Lister Treasurer J.T. Taylor School ISupt. Lincoln Savage Assessor W. II. Fallin Surveyor H 0. Perkins Coroner W. V. Kreiuer CITY OFFICEUS. Mavor J- F- Hashor Auditor and Police J udge . . J. J. Jennings Treasurer..., Col. W. Johnson City Attorney C. E. May bee Marshal -. John Loekhardl . Street Supt John Patrick Councilnien lieo. H. llinns l A. C. Houeh, J .11. Williams, J. L. Calvert, J. A. Uehkupf, Will C. Smith, Herbert Smith, 11. C. Perkins. FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. . Grant Pass Lodge A. F. & A. M., No. W. regular eouiinunieatioii lirat and third Saturdays. Visiting brothers cordially invited. Ii. W. Kioua W. M. A J. Pikk, 8ec'y. Koyal Arch Masons -Iteuines Chapter No. J meets second and fourth Wednesday Masonic hall. II. C. Holzikx. J. E. Pitta-uso. Sucy. 11. P. Eastern Star Josephine Chapter. No. 20 meets urst and third YVediie-day evenings of each inonih in Masonic hall. Mas. T. Ii. 1oaNti.L, V. M. Mas H. Zulus. Sec y. IToTo. F., Golden ltule l.o.lt-e No. 7S. meets every Satunlay night at 1. O. O. K hall. C. 11. M .'.ksiiali., K T. Y. Di AS, Secy. N. O. 1'aran Krcaiiipiiient I. O. t. F. No. ine'Ms .ecoud and fourth Thursday at I.O. t. F. hall, Fuuu suiMiirr. T Y. I)ka. Bec'v. CP. Uebekahs-Etna KelwUah. No 4!i, meets second and lourlh Monday, 1. (). . hall. Mai:. i'.vrs, N.U. Elsik Gbkks, Secy. United Artisans-Grants Pass Assembly No. 4!, meets aiternute luesdays m A. 0. V. W. hall. C. K. Root. - Faxu Mksscb, Master Artisan, Secy. Woodsien of the World-Rogue River ( amp No. 55, meets second and fourth Friday s at Woodman Hall. W. P. SlIAHUAJI, C E. Maybie, Consul Commander. Clerk. . Women of Woodcraft Azalea Circ le, No. 12, meets lirst anil third Mondays at Woodmen ball. , . .. - I,. May Davis, 0. N. W. E. Dsas, Clerk. Modern Woodmen of America Or ants 1 ass Camp No. Muu7 meets and and 4th ednes dav Evenings at Woodmen hall at 7 :M. Chas. II. Marshall, V. C. N. ltemolds, Clerk. Foresters of America-Court Josephine No. 2H, meets each Wednesday except the Urst. l A. O. U. W. hail. II J. P. Hali, C. It. G. N. Bolt, F. S. Josephine Lodge, No. 11-, A. (. I'. W. ineets in A. 0. V. W. hull, lHxun build ing every Monday evening. L. Stroiili, Yt . M. 11 A. Stakard, Recorder. llawllio'iie Lodge, No. 21, P. ol 11.. A. . li. W. -meets everv alternate luesday evening in A. O I'. W. hall, iMxon buildiiiK. Mas- A. McCaktiiv. Maa. Lyuia Dean, C. ol H. Recorder. KnMita ol tue Maccalici-li ranis I'a-s Tent, No. W mitt iirt and tlurd TliurMtays at Woodmen hall, Win. Alired, 1. Stovu.l, Kecord Keeper. t jinmander. Ladies of the Maccaliee -iranl l'as. Hive No 18 holds renulur -!iview" lirst and third Thursdays ut A. o. U. W. hall. Visilinn sisters conlially invited. Jennie Cheshire, Mary bininions, Lady Coiiiinandcr. Kecord Keeper. Knitthtanf I'ythlas Thermopylae No. meem uai:u iuwuuj ' -r' 0. Hall. M. T. Ulcy. TuaWitMi", -' K. ol It. and S. 1 Orand Army of the Kepuhlic lien. l.o(;an rostrio. ineeis nrsi ic.iur:o, u, A.O. II. W. ball. Kv.tsn. J. E. I'ErKRKOM, Adjt. ' oni American Order ol Meam r nRinccrs, Ore- i ..II Vn I tit, fix lir.t mid ;iiti injmi, ,i ..... ., .... - - third Saturdays, at A. . 1 . hall. Bepj. K. Mykick, ( hid hiiKineer Corresponding; Knirinecr. 1 Order of I'endo White Kock Coiin.il No Ml, meet in A. O. I'. W. Hall lirst and third Friday lights. C. K. Maviie, Secretary. J. L. Hoiitisu, Counselor.; ,'t United Itrotherhood of ( arpenttrs anl joiners of America I ninn No. IHs ' each month at A. O. I'. W. Hail. lueeta second and toiirtii rruiays oi J. E. Wikiha!, l''es. D. A. FiTZOKRAi.ii, Sec'y, A. HOUGH, ATTOKN K Y AT- L A W , Practirvaia all State and Federal Court . p umce over rirei .aiiuui iuu. itf GRAlini FaRB, - - OltKGoN. LJKE -X C PERKINS, C. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL SUUVEYOR res' K- a t.J (,,mnT Pint, rttl " ' (bi:0"S. F. M. Itiimuicll : John M. Kuniniell JUMMELL & RUM M ELL I '- ' ATTORNEYS rrriT- !.; Sixth aud C Street cfV- Hoas. t-' Gbast3 Pass, Oi-.KiiON SWEETLAXD & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS, r, "" Puoki 21 N. E. JkGKEW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIYERY Furniture and Piano Moviu GRANTS PASS. OREGON. Th popular barber ihop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Bath room in coni.e'ruoa Welch's Clothing Store Has a few odd Suits and Over coats that are being sold at very low Cut Prices. Call in and see them, it will pay you. I Don't you need a pair of sol i 1h -coats and vests. Now Pauls at a Discount. Ladies Shoes Remember we are are selling Shoes for you tit awfully low prices. For the Girls, Boys and Men. All kinds and prices. Come and see us. We can save you money. WELCH'S CLOTHING STORE Opera House Block. Grants Pass, - Oreg'on. New Music Just Arrived. Sold at Half Price. Call and Examine our Stock before buying, at the Coss Piano House. 3 s .a 3 O 3" p"H "t c u o U Ashland and Medford. Our Pianos and Organs arc al ways sold on easy terms and at Lowest Prices. We handle all kinds of Leave orders at our 1903 BICYCLES will have many new features, and aie cheaper than ever. You lose money if you send away for Hicycles or Sundries this year. Paddock's cash rkes are the lowest. You see the yoods before buying and don't have to wait for them. You cannot afford to overlook my large line of Sundries. I can save you money. PADDOCK. 1 II. II. liARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full ussi.rtincnt of Watches, Cl'w-ks, vi rwaro and Jewelry. A Good Assortment of llrai-elcts and Heart HuhkIcs, Clemena' Drug Store. Sil- jW. A. . , A Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. I'AIII l l CAI-ITAI, STOCK Transact a (Jeneral Hankine business. Kereives di po-its suliject lo check or on our cii-inmen are as,ireil ol courteous stem nun smuiiu nniifciiiK principles. (safetyJeiKi.it boxes or rent. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON CAPITAL STOCK , lll-eivp ilfpn- ulijcct to (brdtnrnn p;is si.'iu oralis on .stw i orK .-an r rannsco. anl Port. and. Telegraphic Iransler sold on ail (sjints in the l"nitel Matei.. !-pe ial Attcn'i'.n linen to folic imna and icrneral hu-iiiess of our ru.ti in. p t o.le tioin made throughout .southeru Oregon, and on ail a i enii ie N,nts. II. A. HOOT II. Tru. J. C. CAMI'HKI.I.. Vi.-e pre'. 11. I.. liil.KKV, i a-h.cr .MA RULE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PAblOCK, IWb. I am preiirreJ to lurnieb anything in of MARBLE or OEAKITE. Nearly thirty yeart ol eiperience in th tlial I ran fi'.l your crder in L'ie very bet Can Jtiriiinh work iu .Scutch, Saede or AmTi.an 'itanre or nn; kin Matble. J. B. PADDOCK Front Street, Neil to Greens' Ganahnp. I'ants? Have a lot of odds, sell you the wo want to c c 71 C 3 3 O - c u ' ja r. a 7i o 2. u E.s - ' 2. aa 07 c J, j- " v. 2. Musical Instruments stores for Tuning. L. G. HIGGINS ASSAY ER Si xt l and II Streets, Grants Pass, Oregon. C HAKUI.S: tiolil and Silver rl.00 Copper and Leuil, each 1.0) Tin 3.00 .411 linsineBS iUruslcJ to me will ceive prompt and careful alleiilion. IIAVL YOU UI'LX ii THE ACMIC OK PAR LOR GAMES. GOOD FOR SOCIALS AND PARTIES. : : : : : More Fun i than a nox oi monkeys 50c at Sloven Drug Go. Front Street. S'J.- ooooo demand rertiliraten. . treatment and every con-idi ration con J. I'd AN K WATSON, Pres. K. A. 11'iOTII. Vice l'res. I.. I.. JKWKI.I.. a-liier. S50.000 OO certitiiate l.aval.ie on deu.an.l. the line of Cemetery in any kind Mrb!e hutirie warrant? manner. my saying FL1NGH OREGON'S NEW TAX LAW Taxes Are to Be Paid Twice In Yee.r of 1904. Tux layers in Ori'ou will jiay Uixch twieo iu l'.KiI. Tlioy will yay tlu luxes levied upon tlio tux roll of S0;l uiul also the taxes levied upon the roll of 11W4. This is duo to a luuigo iu the law by which taxes aro to be paid in the fall of tiie samo year the nsjessmout is made. In order to ffect tliis ehuiii;u it was necessary to make the taxes payable three mouths arlicr or nine months Inter. The col- ct ion of taxes is already three months later than it should be, go thn efdslattire decided to mako tlio taxes payable iu tlio preceding fall. Under the new tirranp'iuonts, the counties will have funds earlier and will save sc;uie interest on warrants. Taxpayers will feel that they nro bearinc a louble burden tho first year, but after that there will be no difference iu the nniout to be paid iu any otto year. Under tho present law tho assess ment is made after the lirst Monday in March, the assessment roll being liled ill September, tlio levy thereon made the following January and the taxes collected by the first Monday iu April. Tims the taxes on tho assess ment of 11103 aro not paid until 11103. Tlio new law provides that the ussessi r shall on the lirst Monday of January procure blatiK assessment rolls anil proceed forthwith to make his assessment, and return thn roll by the lirst Monday of July, showing ill the property owned in his county on the lirst Monday in January. Sec tion :!t',0 of the code has been amended so as to provide that the County Hoard if 1'qualiation shall sit on the first Monday of July, instead of ou the ast Monday of August, as heretofore. Section 'M2 was amended so as to limit the time for correcting the issessineiit rolls by tho Hoard of Knimlizat ion of the comity court to 20 da vs. Under the new law tho county ourts must make the annual tax levy in r-cptomber following rite assess ment. Iu order that the county courts may have information ns to the amount required, it is provided that the State Hoard of Apportionment hall make its estimate of slate ex penses iu July, instead of iu January, is at present. Cities and school dis tricts must notify the county clerks of their annual tax levies by tho first dav of September, -tustead of by the Hi s-t day of , February, us under the old law. This gives the county ourts full information for the levy iug of tuV'S at the September form of con rt. All taxes are payable by tho lilst day of December of tho same year, seliou :il(K of the code having been ameuib-d s.o'us to make that provision All taxes not paid bv the :11st day of Hei'dubcr become deliniiuent on that day ; provided, however, that if one half of the taxed due on anv parcel of land are paid by the lilst of December, 1ho protiortv-ownor may have until the following lirst Monday iu April, mil if the remainder be not then paid, it becomes delinquent, and besides the penalty, interest at the rale of per edit will be charged on such re- i mil T f mm the lilst of December On all delinquent taxes, interest is to be charged at the rate of l' i-r cent ;ier milium from the date of the delin lueiiev, and if the taxis remain deliu lueiit :;o days, a penally of a per cent will be added, tin all taxes paid on or belore the lllst dav of December, rebate of i percent will be iillnwed Under tie- presi nt law the rebate is II per lent. On the first Monday in l'Yhruary the sherilf must begin tin collection of delinquent taxes by 1 inguisiii personal proiiertv, and on tin lilst Monday in April close tlio delin qui nt ma and return it to the county court. County t:i aimers are required to pay one-half the state tuxes by Jn uary i:, but the provisions of this net do not apply to any taxes heretofon levied. Delinquent sab s are to take place by October 1. 1 he new law shortens the entire limefnr luakinj uu assessment and collecting the tuxes one month. Un der tin1 nbl l.iw ii,,. assessments began ?dareh I and the. taxes became delin- qmut i n the first Monday in April of the -in c. , ding year, a rii,d of lit months. Under tho new law the asse.-ment si v,ill begin on January 1 and tax. s w i 11 bo delinquent on the last day ol the year, a - riod of 12 months. The time for beginning and ending ;h work of making the ass,.h. nn i:ts has been placed two months arli. r, so that the length of that -rind I. a. not been changed. The time ,,f m.ii.ing tic tax levy has been -et back four miititlis and the timer for pa ing tax- s thr e months. While it is generally said that tin taxes will iiiiw 1,.. j.aid in the fall, the last date i., m arly in the middle of the winter, so that marly all farmers ill have sold th ir products by thai time. Tin.-" who pr-fer to ;iiv in the spring can s- eure time on the last half of tle ir tax. s by paving the first half by Dec n.ls r 111. Tax payers will pay their l'.Kfl taxis in March, l:cl, and tle ir IW4 taxes in De.emlsT, I'.l'l. CCKKS S'.'IATI-: HilKUM ATI.-sM. Mrs. A. K. Simp'on, .Viy Craig St., Knoxville, Teiiti., writes, Juno lot h, Ik,.'.i:"I have been trying the liatha of Hut Springs, Ark., for sciatic rhe. mnatisiu, but I get more relief from liallai.l's Snow 1-i in in. nt than any medicine or anything I hav evi r tri. d. Di.' l. s, d i;iid ijstal order for !.''. S. n 1 in- a large bottle by .-southern hipf-as." sold by fc lover Drug Co. NEW RIFLES FOR 0. N. G. Mililia. Soon to bo Equipped With Krag-Jorgonsens. The Oregon National Guard is to be equipped with the new Army rifle, tho Krag-Jorgeuseu. Tho exchange of the old Springfield, with which the Guard is armed, for tho new arms will take place at ouce. This will place the O. N. G. on the same foot ing as the regular United SlateB Army. Adjutant-General Guntonboiu has received a letter from the Chief of the OrdiiRiice at Washington, which is as follows: " Dear Sir Referring to your com munication of February 8, covering the requisition of the governor of your state for calibre .30 ningaaine amis and equipments, I am instructed by tho Chief of Ordnance to inform you that the distribution of calibre 0 magazine arms uud equipments will be niado at as early a dato as practica ble upon receipt of information from War Department as to the number to which different states aro entitled andox tho law. Tho new arms and equipments will bo sent in advance of the turning iu of tho old, and the arms and equipments will be in good, serviceable condition. 'Tho old calibro .45 ammunition, however, must be turned in before issue of new ammunition, and an in ventory taken to ascertaiu how much states will be entitled to in exchango. 'Tho states, however, will not be deprived of ammunition entirely, ns thu old ammunition could bo turned in iu lots and tho change to new am munition made gradually, run in structions will hereafter be sent to the states ns to these matters. M. T. LKTIM. "Captain, Ordnance Department, United Slates Army. " Tho National Guard olllcers are well pleased over this action, us better niarknmnship can bo obtained wilh tho new rifles. LOST RIVER OF KLAMATH One of the Strange Streams of the Sago Brush Country. The Ashland Record of lust week contains an article ou the "Lost Rivers" of Oregon and has the fol lowing to say iibout tho one iu Klamath county: "Lost river in Klamath county is one of the most im portant and most historio in the state, some of the best ranches in Klatnalh county now lie along this stream, though in early days it was the luit tic ground of tho Indians. Along this stream more immigrants were slain than at any other point in the country, aud it was here that Hen Wright and his famous 211 wreaked veiigeauco upon the savages by attack ing a whole band and killing and scalping the men, women mid child ren. The river runs through a level plain, "losing"itself and " llndlng"it- self again more than once. It rises up us a vast spring and, after flowing a long distance, it. disappears again in the sands, but rises again at short distance, mid one may watch the course aud it is easy to (b termini that it is all the same stream. The soil is very rich along its banks, and where the Indians ouco laid in Mail for the weary immigrant, who sought the water of this stream, after cross ing the plains, for himself and team, and to si-end a few days in this, at that time great oasis iu the Oregon desert, now well-to-do fanners anil stockmen dwell iu xwo and comfort, and the latch string lo their homes is always out lo the weary traveler. OREGON PRUNES WANTED French Buyers Are Looking Alter the Orctfon Product. Kn neh buyers are entering tin Ore gon prune market. Letter have been received by l'reneli Consular Ag.nl Ib nri Ijibhii from 1'rench dealers iu this staple, stating that they are de sirous of putting themselves in com munication with growers horn. The p-ason for this lies iu the excellence of some i:i carloads of prunes bought iu Salem last year and shipis'il lo Franco to supply delicieucy caused by Ihe failure of the crops there. Si eretarv of tho State Hoard of Horticulture Lnuihi rson states that owing to this eagerncKS on the part of Kuros au buyers many of the prune growers who had boeouui discouraged have taken heart again and are look iug forward to most favorable condi tions. "Appb s are the main staph., how ever," said Mr. I-imbcrnoii, "and there is large planting of new orchards throughout the tate. Chi-rrii m too, are being favored, und the prospect are for a lirst ehtns crop ail uround. The presi lit weather has fi'lvalie. d the s a so u very much, but the cool nightk have bceu a protection ill that tiny have retarded lilossiinuig. llic main danger is a protract i u of cold rains during tho blossoming swli. Thin prevents poieni.at ion. "Hesidesthe market for prunes in Kurojs-, there is a world wide one for apples. Oregon appb s have an established reputation, and this bus reached favorably oxa the cult iva tion of them aud b d to un improve nn ut iu quality." Kosrt from all over the stat, according to Secretary I-uiiberson, jsdnt to a crop that will break records. Further, some Lurop can buTers are already making con trad for m it year, thus insuring the quick movement of a Largo part of the output Portland Telegram. .NFLUENCE OF THE MOON How Fair Luna. Is Supposed to Affect Vi'eaiher and Crops. Tho intlueiico of the moon on cli matic aud crop conditions, while de nied by science, has a wido belief among tho people even of today, which belief is shared by a great many more people than will admit it In faot, it does not require any great stretch of credulity to believe that the moon may liavo some effect on the weather, since its control of the tides is accepted as a scientific faot Scientists tell us, however, that the inllueuco of fair Luna is not extend ed in that direction. Bo that as it niav, it is probable 'that fully half the iH'ople havo more or less belief in the influence of the uioou on the weather. A less number extend thoir belief further and credit the moon with con trolling influence in tho matter of growing p1'1 at iocs, the laying of shingles and many other of tho ordi nary aud every day pporations. If you plant potatoes iu tho light of the moon, they say, they will have flue, thrifty tops but few and small pota toes, while if they are planted in the dark of tho moon, the energy of growth will bo devoted to the under ground portion of the plant and the IHitaloes will luTlnrge and numerous. Ill any of thu frequent discussions of this alleged phenomenon, there are never lacking witnesses who, them- Ives disclaiming any belief In the moou's inllueuco, will cite cases tend ing to prove tho veracity of the theory. Shingles for a root, so those believing in tho efficiency of Luna assert, should bo laid ill tho dark of the moon, us (ho edges will theu warp downward, making the roof tight. If they are laid iu the light of the moon, the edges are presumed to warp up ward and Ihe roof will leak. Tho sot ting of posts, tho killing of hogs aud other rural operations are often tiiuod to be done at the pricier stage of the moon's development. Hut by far tho most popular belief in tho moon's inllueuco is iu its effect on thu weather. Tho changes of the moon are watched with interest aud the changes iuthc'weather are expoct ed to transpire accordingly. Tho hori zontal or vertical position of the uuw moon is supposed to presago the quality of weather ,for thu coming lunar mouth and the moon ,1s there fore said to bo "wot" or "dry.' Singular to slate, though, there is here a disagreement among the prophets as to the sort of weather indicated by a certain position of the moon. If the moon lies Hat ou its backrsomo will toll you that it is a "dry" moon because it will hold water like a bowl. Others say it is a "wet "moon, assuming that it is full of water to start with and as the hollow tills up thu water is crowded out and falls ns rain. 1 Tho vertical new moon is assumed to bo wet or dry iu accordance with one or the other of these theories. The Indian belief seems to corroborate tho idi that Ihe horizontal moon is the wet variety, for if "Injun can't hang his powder horn on Ihe moon" it is little use to go hunting. As the best huut iug time is alter u rain, the moon that holds water may therefore lie con sidered a wet one. Scientists and leaned men may deny the moon's ill lliioiiee but thu liclicf is deep seated and it will bo many years before it will cease to have many adherents. Iu this country, the weather has i free and easy, go as-you pleaso move ut and breaks nil the rules of the moon iu a hru.cnly disress:etful man ner. This is not siipHised to have any lleet in disproving tho theory, how ver, as "all signs fail in Oregon. " BOY KILLED AT GLENDALE Young Carl Rikewlne Fall I roni Horse While Hiding. Monday for' iioon, Carl, the H-jcar old miii of Mr. and Mrs. Uus Itike- wiuc, of this place, met wilh injuries from which ho died about 21 hours fterwuriK lie and W. If. Mender's son, of ihout the sumo ntf", were riding a horse bareback on Ihe street near the b'lit. the horse beinjr on a trot, they re about to slide off when tho horse was drought to a sudden halt, the M'Toior boy falling upon Carl as they struck thu ground. The injury sus tained was ou tho left side of tho ah louien, nod it is thought tun animal's fisit may have caused the injury. On tho morning of his death, the boy AUtrcrcd little or 110 pain aud hopes for his recovery were bright up to the hour of his death. (ilendule News. Advertised Letters. Follow ing is the list of letters re inaiiilug uncalled for In tho Orauta Pans piitolib e, H iturday, March7, 11:1 I.AIMKS. Mi-s Anna I'e ngton, Mrs Ilave Crosby Mrs Jolin I) I letclu r, (JKNTI.KMKX. I r. Kitto I) A Holing r 1' .lone, A M Hunch, .1 II Moore, Kred Hrowu, Herb linker, II II Thurber, March 14, I.AblKri Mrs Iiobl Milhr, Mrs.W (3 McDonald, Mis Maigiu Jones Stanley, Mrs Mary K Maraud y, GKNTLKMKN A It Tlionim, D I! Winkle, A .1 Williams, P II Keeloy, ; K Merrill, Mr llert Woolley2) ii ts r ami jotiusou, i: E. Harmon, P. M L. A. Htioble has t-hargn of Ihe alio making an 1 repairing dcimrtmcnt al ihe Lucua burncM shop. Take your work to him. Away Ahead As Usual This season vie have surpassed any effort we have heretofore ever made. New CARPETS Choicest FOR BABY'S OUTINO WfiW New LINOLEUMS To FRESH FROM THE ORIENT New PORTIERES soc to $1.00 pair New LACE CURTAINS New WALL PAPERS "SSS New Spring Mattresses 56-piece Tea Sets, well worth $5.00 $3. 50 set New Toilet Sets, Decorated .. 3.00 set Cups and Saucers, job lot 6 cups 6 saucers 35 set Breakfast Plates, job lot 6 35 set Wash Boilers, almost indestructible 1.10 Steel Range, 6 hole, warranted, 30 00 THOMAS, The Only Exclusive Housefurnisher in Southern Oregon Furniture Laca Curtains Matti eases Cota Linoleums Mattings Mirrors The W. O. T. U. will meet the soo- oud and fourth Fridays in each month. Will meot with Mrs. Bponcer, March 27,at 2:H0p. m. A SaJooniat'a Idea of Moderation. Hero is a copy of a card issued by tho Unicorn Hotel, Somorton. Just imagine a thirst that begins at 6 a, m. and ends at 1 1 p. m. I Drinking Timotable. 8 a. ui. Eye-opeuer. 10 a. in. Refresher. It a. m. Stimulator. 12. a. m. Appetizer. i p. ni. Cooler. 6 p. m. Invlgorator. 8 p. ni. Social chat. U p. m Joker. 10 p. m. Keposor. lip. ni. Nightcap. Drink mtMlerately. Meet friendly. Part quietly. Pay on delivery. Act socially, and call again. Ten drinks and the advice, "Drink moderately I" Gilded Den. Hot. D. Y. Fox, of Chicago, who has been tu the present movement against vice, has been flooded with letters from somo of the fallen women of this city. Ho mentions one that apiiealed to him osiechtUy. It runs like this and the letter specially men tioned three lending down-town restaurants : "Lot not your energies be all di rected against the basement saloons and dives; strike higher; striko at the places of apiuront respectability the restaurants having private dining rooms. These are the places that feed tho basement dives; these are the places where young girls aro ruined nightly. Here it is that they take their first downward stop, to end their careers of shame In the places of low er repute. It was in 0110 of them prlvato dining rooms that I met my lownfall taken there for dinner, plied with wine until my brain was dimmed, I came to myself to And my life a ruined one. Aud my story is that of hundreds. 'Compel every restaurant in town to bar down its iartltlons; to abolish its private rooms; these aro the feed ers of the lower resorts. Them Is no hoie for me but death. I know that, but for God's sake do something to keep other girls from following in my footstejic " A Drunkard Will. Not long ago in a New York hotel, n young man addicted to ttrong drink tisik his life, and left the following IiT, headed, "My last Will and T cstaiiicnt. " 'I leave to society a ruined charact er. I leave to my father and mother as much misery as, iu their feeble state, they can bear. I leave to my brothers and sis ters the memory of anilasiieiit 11 fu. ' I leave to my wife a broken heart, and to my children tho memory that their father fills drunkard's grave, und has gone to a drunkard's hell." And yet iu the face of all this, men will tamper and trifle with the accur sed stuff. "Touch not, taste not, handle not." This is the only safe rule. Namsi Wanted. I am desirous ot securiug the names of every camera owuer in Southern Oregon ami want you to help me. If yoa will send me the names of live camera owners, with size of camera and whether plate or Aim, I will send you a neat album suitable for holding 13 prints 4x5 or smaller; and each of tho two person sending the largest lists, I will give a hand some leather covered album valued at 11.00. All Hats must reach me by April 1, 1U03. A. E. Voorhles. Column L Best Weaves 1 From the 13ost Mills Patterns j 35c to $2.00 yd Rfi-flATlTS save backaches No scrubbing. 05c to 85c New MATTINGS LATEST DESIGNS and CHOICEST COLORINGS Picture Mouldings Uranlteware Tinwara iJlassware Lamps Cutlery Woodenwar TO ELECT CONGRESSMAN Governor Che.mberle.in Call Election for June I. Governor Chamberlain has issued a writ, ordering that a special elec tion be held Mouday, June 1, for tho purposo of electing a congressman to All tho vacancy caused by the death of Thomas II. Tongue. The writ issued by tho governor ii as follows: "To the sheriff of each and all of tlio counties composing the First Con gressional District of the State of Oregon, greeting. Iu tho name of tho state of Oregon : Whereas, by reason of tho death of Hon. Thus. II. Tongue represeutativo In congress of tho United States for tho First Congress ional District of the state of Oregon, a vacancy has occurred iu tho olllce of representative iu congress of said district ; now, therefore, by virtue of the power aud authority in mo vested a the governor of tho state of Oregon, I do order that at tho date hereinafter named, a social election bo held in the First Congressional District of the State ot Oregon to fill thu said vacancy, and you, the said sheriff of the counties couiioslng thu said dis trict, and each of you, aro hereby commanded to forthwith notify the several judges of the election iu each and ull of tho several election pre cincts in yonr respective countlos to hold a sscial election In each of said count ies and precincts on Mon day, tho 1st day ol June, A. D. 1UWI, iu manner and form ns general elec tious are held, and pursuant tu the statute iu such cases made mid provid ed, for tho puriKiso of tilling the va cancy aforesuid caused by thu death if Hon. Thomas 11. Tongue, uud for his unexpired term. " Republican district convention to nominate a congressman will bo held at Kugene, Thursday, April U, at S:!M) o'clock. Selection of deh'gatos will be iu the regular way by primaries and county convulsions. Primaries may be held at any time thought best by county committees, but tho county conventions uiust be held not Utter than Saturday, April 4. Apisirtion muut of delegates is 0110 for every 1M votes cast, as shown by the late con gressional vote, uud 0110 for every fraction of 100 over half, with a dele gate at large In every county. This makes thu totul number of dolegatea ITU, as compared to 171 iu (he Koso burg convention. Thu democrats are preparing to niuke a lively coutesUtiid con sider that they have at least a fighting chance to elect tho congressman. According to Chairman Sam White, it is likely that they will hold no convention but that tho candidate will bo named by tho committee. The socialists Club' 'meet every Wediiehduy evening iu ltooui 8 of tho TuftV building. You are invited. . o . J THE OLD RELIABLE I GI POWDER Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE mi Sk. Bx