to n rJ , 4 VOL. XIX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 23 1903. No. '7- I i , It s' HOUSES MOVED. If you have a house or other building you want moved see A. E. Hollo way two niile west of town, north side t iver. Buy Your 1 innuj illlU ViULlii3 - at the Coss Piano House Med for J ami Ashland j H. M. COSS, 1'uoi'aiKT.oR. j The lurget-t Piano house between Port-' land and San FramWco. j Small profits. Quick (ales. No shop worn goods. . Sheet Music at PoPular Trices. ...Welch's Will keep you eo,ol All We have those f5 . Top Round All now up to-dato lasts in bingle or Heavy bole. I. Mot C Welch's Glothin OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. DRESSMAKING ...PARLORS.. At the residence of j Boyn ton on Fourth street. . C Perfect fit and satisfaction guar anteed. Mks. Clarkk. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and -JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil verware and Jewelry. A Uisl Assortment of Bracelets and Heart Bangles, Clemens' Drug Store. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESII and SALT MEATSS l'UQKS 21 ' N. E. McGREW, 11 PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial worlc done at IRA TOMPKINS On Sixth Street Three chairs Bath room in connection PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM 1 W to tor to Ha-ir lo Its Toriniui w.&r. Z Sea Shells, Curios Soda Water, Confectionery, Ice Cream. o - Wea.tker LOTHING Those Two Piece Summer Suits for Closing tho warm days. The very choicest of colors. wool fabrics ami made to wear. $ 8.00 suits sell at $(5.00 9.00 ' " " 7 00 10.00 " " " Sv00 BROAD KIM UP-TO-DATE $1.50 kind sell at $1.15 2.00 1.65 and Overweight $3.50 Shoes for $2.95 a pair. Blucher or Regular cut, Vici Have other shoes that sell at IS THE PLACE TO SAVE MONEY. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. VAlU rr CAPITAL STOCK Transacts a (Jencral Iian'iiing business. Keceives dipoit. subject to check or on demand i rrtilicale. Our ctistomeiH are avireii of courteous treatment ami .v.rv rmi'.i.ii.riiiii.n I si.itent with sound hanking principle. Lately deoMt bones tor rent. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, 1! eive deposits subject to check or un certificate tiaval ie on demand. Sells iglitlrafls on New York San t rancnu o, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all sjliiH in the I'nited htates. Special Attention siven to Collection, arid general business of our customer. t'olle'.-tiun. matle throughout ."southern Oreg.m, and on atl ace:i'le .smita. It. A. IIOOTII. Pres. J. C. CAMI'HKI.I.. Vice Pres. 11. 1.. l.ll.KKV, Cashier. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADPOCK, Paoi a. I am prenrrrd to furnish anything in flie line of Cemetery work in any kind of MAEBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty years of experience in that 1 can fill your orders in the very best ! Can furnish work in HcuU-li. Swede ! Marble. ! J. B. PADDOCK, ! Front Afreet, Next la Crrene'l Gar.shop. F RED'K D. STRICKER, M D HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON'. Masonic Temple, Room 9, I Office hours: Grants Pass. 1 I 1 to 12 A, M. ! to 4 P. M. OhKf.CN. 1 Books, j Stationer', School Supplies, Drug. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Etc. Men at HATS. 9 Kid, Box or Velours Calf, f 1.15, 1.45, l.'.io, 2.45 1 GRANTS PASS $tt.1,Ofl0.M. .1. KHAN K WAT.SON. Pres. it. A. liKOTII. Vice-I're. I.. I.. JEWELL. Cashier. S.IO.IMKl DO the Marble business warrants my sarins manner. or American Granite or any kindrf HOTEL HOME KITCHEN Three block north of Oepot. Try our ti.OVllt l(tlM. Board and Lodinj J5.00 pa wetk. Out Sa e... y Store. If. MOX(jOU), IroprieUir. SOUTHERN OREGON ANNALS History Incident to the Settlement of Rogue River Vavlley. The Koitertttiou aacceoding the pio neers of this valley aud thoee who have migrated here from the old states, says the Ashland Tribune, will experience a natural interest in the story of the early settlement of the country. A. G. Walling' history of Southern Oregon contains a narration of most of the importaut incidents, bnt there is much of the early his tory of the first settlements that ought to be collated before all the old pio neers have passed away. This would be a useful work that could be taken ap by the societies of native sous aud native daughters. The Oregon Hit' torical Society has been accomplish ing a good deal on this Hue. Tho Rogue River valley pioneers have. borne testimony of the delightful seusations which filled their hearts when they first set eyos opoo this fair region. After the straits to which a six mouths trip across the plains and mountains had brought them, how welcome to their vision must have been tho sight of the grassy plains, the wooded slopes, and the tree-friuged water courses of Southern Oregon. The coautry was one of primitive wildness, yut of obvious fertility aud productiveness. The wild grasses grew in profusion, covering every where the land as with a garment of most luxuriant verdure. The rich soil, as yet unimpaired in fertility, sent up the stalks to the height of a man. Wild berries flour ished; the beautiful mountain streams, clear as gloxs and of the most refresh- ing cooluess, ran, unpolluted by the dirt from the miuos. The wild deer aud the elk grazed inthe opeu meadow or rested lazily under the shade of the groves of the oak and the flr. The hilltops were not then covered so deusely by thickets of mauzauita, nud evergreen bushes beta una of the Indian habit of burning auuually, Some scattered villages of Indians formed the ouly fixed population of the valley of tho Roguu, which were located near Table Rock, ou Ashland Creek, Little Butte ('reek, and at a few other points, where in after years, they fought against being displaced by tho white settlers. Sluco 1843 the Willamette valley settlers had ro- ooived small though steady accession of popnlation. The Cascade range was practically unexplored. To the south lay tho Southern Oregon couutry known ouly to a few who had traversed it and who brought back re ports of the troublesome character of tho natives. There had been expeditions of trap- xrs through (lie region, but the mos important our, since It promoted set tlement, was that of the Applegates, iu lHilt, iu search of 3 route by which the overland oinigrauts could reach the Willamette valley more easily than by the ronte over the Blno Mountains and through Kastern Ore gon. This journey resulted in oixuiliga route by which great numbers entered Oregon aud Northern California, it being known us the "southern route. " It entered tiiis valley near its head and Km i grant creek takes its name from the ojieuiiig of this iiassage. It ran on the south sldo of Rear creek and Roguo river to a point near the present site of Grants Pass. The Ap plegatu party acted as guides for the first emigrants who iwKHod over the route. They had some trouble with tho Indians, some, of their stock being stoleti, unci one whiU) man was killed at Lost river. During the progress of the Cayuse war which followed the Whitman massacre, Governor Abemethy wished to s"iid a message to the commander of the United States troop in Califor nia, soliciting aid. Jesse Applegate was chosen as messenger and was provided with an escort of 16 men. The party set out from Polk comity and arrived lit the Siskiyou mountains nlKiut the first of Kebruory 1M8. Instead of crossing over directly in- to California they atUttnpted to travel Eastward for a distanoe, aud were lost in snow. HulCthe party turned back taking all tho horses, while Jesse Ap plegate with eight others, tried to go on witli the aid of snow shoes. They, too, felt compelled to give np the journey, and turning northward over took the others of tho party 00 toe South Unipqua. The valley' was traversed in 1841, IH1K and IS'iO mainly by gold seekers ell ronte to . California or returning to the Willamette valley. Thus far there hud been no settlements in JaJt son county. In 1HM the first settle ments were made, but they were mere ly stations on the road, these being at the three ferries on Kogue river, namely, Long's, Kran's aud Perkiu's. Other than these there were no houses between the South Vmpqua and Yreka. There were no white inhabi tants within the limits of this connty except the employes of these ferries. Iu the Spruig of 1ST,1 the Indian depredations on the trail had became so bad that something to be done to keep it open, aud Governor Gaines, after a short, but effective campaign against the Indians, made a treaty with them. The leaders among the Iodians then were Sam and Joe who later become prominent figures in the history of this region. Upon the close of the Indian hostilities. Judge A. A. Skin ner came to the valley as Indian agent in d took hi residence southeast of Table Rock. His donation claim the first located In the county and his house, which was a log cabin, araa the first one built on Bear creek. On Christmas Ki, Moses Hopwooo with the oldest of his children filed their claims to what became known as the Hopwood farm. About the same time Kennedy and Dean settled at Willow Springs. Several other set tlers came in at about the lame time. Mrs. Lawless was the first white woman setter, coming in the early part of 1853. Hopwood began farm ing and he was the pioneer farmer of the Rogue river valley. In Deoember, 1851, two men named Stone aud Poynts took laud olalrus at the crossing of Wagner creek. They returned east for their families in 1353. Jacob Wagner, for whom Waguer creek aud Wagner Butte were named, settled on the oree k iu the spring of 1852 where he resided as an esteemed oitiaen aud was' closely identified with the growth of the town for more than 85 year.. He died in 10CO at his home in this oity. , In January 1852 there were some 28 persons iu all residing in the Rogue river valley, amoug them being Major Barron, Russell, Patrick Dnuu, John Gibbs, R. H. Hargadine, E. E. Ander son aud brother who came to Waguer creek iu that mouth. It was in that mouth also that the placers were discovered ou Jackson creek, according to Walling, and a large influx of miners immediately followed. Iu March 100 to 150 men were working in the vicinity of Jack sonville, mainly on Rich gulch aud the right branch of Jackson crock. The diggings were very rich. A man knowu a "old luau Shively, " ac cumulated 150,000. Gold Was early discovered at the Cameron place on the Applegate aud also on Forest creek where good iy was fouud. On account of the scar city of wator, most of the mining was done with a rocker. Foots creek soon became a good mining district By the middle of the summer of lRYt, It is said fully a thousand minors wore busy on the crock ol this county, most of them in the Jack souville district Among those who mined on Jackson crock that year was Oscar O. Ganiard, who built the Ojiera house in this city. Another was Orlando Coolidgo whose willow resides on the beautiful resilience site on Knob Hill in Ash land, established by Mr. Coolidge aud where he died a few year ago. With the opening of tho mine there arose a strong demand for food sup plies aud nierchauts and packers did a large business with Salem whore most of the provisions were bought. The high prices started farming, but the first experiment In '52 were not successful, mainly because of the drought The potato crop was almost a complete failure. Breadstuff be cams very high. Late in the year flour sold for $1,85 a pouud where previously it had been 20 to 80 ceuts per pound. Farm claims aloug Bear crock were taken up rapidly, mostly by persons from tne Willamette valley. Those who went to farming were largely Orogoulan while the miners were mostly from the California placer. The valley became populated within oue year. In 1853, 159 wagon came to this valley by the southern route, from tho east, opened by Jesse Applcguto. With them wero 400 meu, 120 women and 170 children. They brought 2'WO head of cattle, 1300 head of sheep and 140 extra horse aud mule. THE DEADLY TOY PISTOL Cold Hill Man In Serious Con dition From Blood Poison. While playing with a toy pistol hure ou the Fourth of July, 1-em Greuniger accldeutly shot himself with a blank cartridge, the felt wad penetrating his left hand. At the time nothing serious was thought of it, but the licit day It bocamn sin ful and a physician was summoned. For several day hi condition was considered serious, but the latter part of tho week his baud was opened aud the wad removed, when it was thought that he would soon recover, but on Mouday last blood jioIhou set in and tho unfortunate young man was removed from the Ray dam, where he has been working, to the hospital at Medford. Grave fears are now entertained for his recovery, with at least a strong probability of the loss of his left arm. Gold Hill New. C. E. SOCIETY PICNIC Young People Have sx Pleasant Outing The Presbyterian C. E. society held a camp fire picnic last Wednesday evening In a grove on Roguo river aliout a mile above the bridge. The party started from town about S o'clock in the evening and rode out to the picnic ground fu hay wagons. Just before dark the plruirkers en joyed a delicious lunch in the grove. Games, songs, stories and jollification. of all sorts mado the evening" pas quickly and joyfully and a brilliant camp ' fire lighted the grove with weird and fantastio effect. The party came home late in the evening after the moon had risen to light the way. Eph Mosiek returned Saturday from an extended trip throughout Oregon, Washington and Northern California. Mr. Maalck ha been employed to teach the Ocean District School and will commence the term sometime during the present month. Del. Norte Record. If you want to see a fine line of trout flies aud leaders go to Cramer Bros. A GOLD SAVING MACHINE New Appliance Just Completed by Portland Men. Johu E. Mayo, Professor M. L. Pratt, Professor Waddle and- C. C. Pratt are completing a mining ma chine at No, 385 East Washington street, which they are confident -will revolutionize quarts mining as well as mining for flour gold. There are three distinct parts of this mining apparatus tho vanuer, grindor, or crusher, and tho separator. The orushor, of which a small model has been completed, resemble a coffee grinder in a grocery store, although built very differently. Two men can grind up three tous of ore iu a day iu this machine. It is claimed for it that it will reduce tho hardest kind of ore to the consistency of sulphur. The test that have boon made of the machine shfjw that it will crush'ore this fine. By building a larger machine a much greater ipiautity of ore can be crushed. The separator consists of a series of sluices constructed with rifles that resumblo tho course of a natural stream of water. The expcrimoutal separator has 80 feot of sluice, with the head in a large water tank near the ceiling of tho room. This of course I merely for experimental pur pose. The vauuor, or concentrator, 1 said to be an improvement ou any thing yet iuvented, for the reason that it has a reverse motion, and it is claimed that It will save 95 per cent of flour go lit The ore is first ground up iu the crushor then run through the separa tor and lastly throngh the concen trator. Tho owner of tho machine think that they have a good thing. aud say that mining men are much lutorosted 0 the out come of their experiments. They have been work ing ou tha muuhine for about a year. Judge Mayo, who is a carpenter by trade, has done all tho woodwork. Oregon ian. INDIAN WAR VETERANS Who Hhva Not Filed Clalmi Will H&VS to We.lt (or Money. The present outlook Is that the $100,0000 appropriated by the last legislature for the payment of.Iudiau war veterans will lack $50,000 of bo Ing sufficient According to au opin ion reuderod Thursday by tho At- tornoy-General to the secretary of state, those whose claims are not reached beforo tho $100,000 ha been expended Will bo compelled to wait until another legislature makes an ap propriation before their claims can be audited. This is a modification of tho opinion rendered some time ago when the attorney-general ad vised Mr. Dunbar that ho should audit all claims presented even though the appropriation had been exhausted. The secretary of stute has audited and paid claims to the amount of $.10,325,07. This leave $1)145. 9(1 iu the fund. There are on file claims aggregating $12,180.50, so that it is apparent that those who have not filed their claims In the otllno of tho secretary of state will have to wait until 1U05 or later hefora tho secre tary of stute run act nxn their claims. The secretary will roceive and file all claims presented, but will uot audit any in excess of tho amount of tho appropriation. Those not audited will bo reported to the next legislature for such action that body may deem advisable. A Lout 12) c'ltln : iitM will have to wait until 1D05 for their money. The claims audited and paid number 5l. The average amount of these was $178.15. LIVELY RUNNAWAY Sugar Pine Delivery Tea m Take Ok Spin. The delivery team of tiie Sugar Pine store indulged in a runaway on Thursday, apparently fur the solo pur pose ot Infusing a little excitement Into its otherwise humdrum career. The horse started from a point near the store. They made their way east op F street, their tendency to revolve iu a circle, caused by one lino being tied shorter than the other, greatly impelling their forward progress. Over tho ditches aud desiccated cow track of East F street, tlin vehicle labored like a ship iu distress. For variety tho team raced over a few pile of railroad wood, run over a few1 railroad track and came racing law k to town over the side track. It was fortunate that no trains were on the track or they might have been derailed. The team made its way back to the store where the driver, Frank Mowers, who had been close after tho wagon during the whole chase, succeeded In catching" the end gate aud climbing into the wagon. The teani was stopped only a few feet from where It started. Titers wore only a few minor injuries as a result of the runaway, the wrecking of the awuing over the seat being the Iiriiicltstl calamity. A sack of floor and sundry groceries were strewn along the course of the runaway. The Oregon Fire Association of Me Minnvlllo insures "It" class or brick structures, in which geuerul merchan dise, banks, drug store, public halls, etc., are run at jnst one-half the ex pense of stock coiiiiMuies. The Mc Minnville V). pay their losses prompt iy. For sale, cheap Second hand road wagon. Apply at Trimble and Cook's blacksmith shop. Midsummer on the SEASONABLE Ice Cream trcezers " Wall Papers " 4 More New Goods this week. Beautiful engraved water sets, $1.60 Fino jelly tumblors with covers, .60 doz Cold water pitchcrs.hcavy earthen. 35 Samo, handsomely decorated .50 JUST RECEIVED Beautiful now Dining Tables, round or square. Go-Carts and Baby Carriages. Thomas Furniture Lac Curtains Mattt esses Cot Linoleums Mattings Mirrors RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA Her Occupation There no New or Unauthorised Proceeding. The English assumption that the United Statos must neoessnrily join Great Britiiiu and Japan iu ooorclve measures against Russia in Manchuria is ridiculous. It 1 uuwarruutod by existing condition or by anything that I likely to occur in Munchuria. It is unwarranted by anything that occurred iu the intervention of the allied power in China or by the ne gotiation that followed the rescue of tho legations and the capture and occuiutiou of Poktu. Russia was in. Mauchurla before there was ' a lloxer rebellion. Her occuputiou of Port Arthur had been aciiilesced in by Europe long before tho United State was called into tho ' coalitiou against China Russian railway building iu Man churia hud been euconraged by our government and our manufacturers. Tho opening of Siberia aud Man churia was clearly to our advantage. At that time Mauchurla was regard ed within tho Russlun sphoro of lu- fluouco. When all the allies joined iu hurrying troop to Peklu, Russia alonu restored order in Manchuria. Other Europeuu owers lost consider able projHTty iu China projair, but Russia lost nioro than all the other combined, and was compelled to fight her own battle against the Boxer de stroying railways, storehouses and supplies. The negotiations at Pekiu covered tho sltuatiou in Mauchurla ouly lu un Incidental way. Russia wits iu control, and Russian troops, having restored order wa protecting prop erty. At that time the European lowers filed no protest against Rus sian occupation, ami the United State recognized it as a military necessity. Ijiter, Jupan and Great liritaln formed an alliance hostile to the Rus siau program iu tho East. Tho United Status had uo concern in this arrange ment, nud was not consulted. On the other hand, wo had tho assurance from Russia that American rights aud interests in iu Manchuria would be safeguarded. Now wa aro told by the London nowspupors that if tho United Stati's Is a great a owi r as she pro. tends to bo she will take tha Initia tive and by threatening war, com pell Russia to accept the terms of Great llritaiu and Jupau. In other words, the United Stutes should pull the chestnuts out of the lire lor those who do not cure to burn their own fingers. If there are chest nuts in the tire they am uot ours. We have uo cause for war with Russia, aud there is no reason why wo should bo associated in any way with owers seeking war with Russia. Chicago Inter-Ocean. WIMER MINE AT WALDO Will be Fquipped With (.levator. New W. J. Wimer of Waldo visited sev eral days lu Grants Pass during the week. Tho prcpurutious for the in stallment of the new hydraulic eleva tor at the Deep Gravel placer are now nearly completed aud the work of constructing the elevator will begin immediately. Tiiis mine ha been among the largest producer of Southern Oregon for a great many year and the new appliance will make it possible to do much more effective work. Operation at the mine have txon somewhat hampered by insufficient dump and the new elevator will remedy thi deficiency. The eleratrr will hu of the tabular pattern and will le constructed under the super vision of W. II. Hampton. Welchs' Closing-out sale. Discount Sale following GOODS Refrigerators while they last. ' ...THE... ' ' IIOUSEFURNisiIER l'Ictur Moulding Uraniteware Tinware Glassware Limp Cutlery Wooden war OREGON-PACIFIC RAILWAY Company la Actively Operating In Del Norte County. Col. T. Wain Draper was over from Takilma, Wednesday on tour of inspection of the work ot the railroad aurveyor in this county. In conver sation with a Record reporter, Col Draper (poke encouragingly of the prospects for the building of the Oregon Pacific linn, the company right or way man having met with uccoss in securing rights of way through Josephine county and In Del Norte, a far as work lu that line has progreBsod. His company 1 desirous that the citizens take up the portion ' of workjassumed last fall in getting rights of way iuto this elty for them. The matter has been in abeyance long enough aud energetic action is due the Oregon & Paciflo from the committee apjiolnted by the Board of Trade. The necessary rights of way ou'tho established survey oan no doubt be secured without any great amount of trouble. Del Norte Record,1 f DID NOT BREAK GAME LAW Wonderful Story Which Comes From Shelly Creek Region. The Shelly creek correspondent of the Crescent City New say that Jim Hill came near being killed by spike buck while out hunting in the had mountain near that tat ion. Jim been'at (work looking lor a lost pony aud had sut down near a bluff to rest when the deer rashed from the (lea aud attacked him. Fearing the con sequences of a broken game law, Jim had uo alternative but to allow the door to butt him from the precipice. The deer followed him up closely and would have finished the job had Jim's dog not appeared on the-soeoe. , Jim wa taken to Clarno's hotel where his many bruises are being carefully looked after by Mr. Claruo, WILL CONTEST FISH LAW Fisherman Pernkey Will See tha Finish of tha Me-tler. J. J. Paukey, who wa convicted in Justice Jacob' court at Central. Point, charged with catching fish in Rogue river unlawfully, and fined $50, through hi attorney, E. B. Dufur, will appeal to thu Circuit court He claims that Browu and Williams, the Htjito's witnesses, perjured themselves whon they wore they saw hlm uslng a net ; besides, ho will test the con stitutionality of tho statnto. Pankey declined to y the fine, and wa held to auswer at tho September term of tho Circuit court, giving tha required bond. Much interest la takes in the matter, a it involve an Importaut point. Southern Oregouian, Blue Print Paoer bv the vard or roll at the Courier otlloe. POUDELT. Absolutely Pur THERE IS NO SUZSTJTUTS THE OLD RELIABLE mi 1