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Wfogf VOL. XIX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST ao, 1903. No. 21. WE SELL BOOKS at PORTLAND PRICES We have just received the largest ami choicest consignment of Books ever opened in Grants Pass. Call and look them over. Here are a few sample bar gains Standard Copyright Editions Qulncy Adams Sawyer) PuMuhcr. Prke $1 SO Our Price SOCenb uiennernasseit Janice Meredith The Eternal City ..Welch's Will keep you cool All We have those lot Top Round and Overweight $3.50 hoes for $2.95 a pair. All now up to-date lasts in Blucher or Regular cut, Vici Kid, Box or Velours Calf, . Single or Heavy Sole. Have other shoes that sell at $1.15, 1.45, 1.05, 2.15. Welch's Clothing Store. IS THE PLACE TO SAVE MONEY. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. GRANTS PASS ssMPWPUfts Julin M. Kuniriiell F. M. tfummel JUMMELL & RUMMEIX ATTORNEYS Sixth and C Streets opp. Court House Ouants Pass, - Oreoon. C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Piacticesin all State and Federal Courts Office over First National Bank. Ghauts Pass, Obsoo. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full Msortnient of Wttche, Clock, Sil verware and Jewelry. A Giiod Assortment of Bracelets and Heart Bangles, Clement' Drug Stors. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATSs Phqks 21 N. E. McC.REW, PIONEER TRUCK and.DELIVERY Fnraitore sod Piano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Bath room in connection to lt yocuu.i vot. g I PARKER'S I m v 'i a. n in tV-.tasl t'-JLaSssssBr - Weather CLOTHING Those Two Piece Summer Suits for Men at Closing Out the warm days. The very choicest of colors. wool fabrics and made to wear. $ 8.00 suits sell at $6.00 9.00 " " " 700 10.00 " " " 8.00 BROAD RIM UP-TO-DATE $1.50 kind sell at $1.15 2.00 " " " 1.C3 2.50 " " " 1.S5 i Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAIn IP CAPITAL STOCK T Tin-acts a General Banking business. Receives deposits subject to cheek or on demand certificates. Our ruklomeia are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent with sound banking principles. tafety depoi.it boxes tor rent. J. FRANK WATSON, Pres. K. A. BOOTH, Vies-Pres. 1.. I.. JKWKI.I.. (ashler. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, . . . 30,0(M) oo. Receive deposits subject to check or on certificate navabls on demand. Hells sight drafts on New York Kan Francisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points In the I'nited Mates. Hpecial Attention siven to Collet lions and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. K. A. BOOTH. Pres. J. O. CAUPBKM.. Vic. Pres. 11. I.. (ill.KKV, I a-bier. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PAWOCK, Paoea. I am prep red to furnish anything in the lint of Cemetery work in any kind of MAfiBLE or OEANITE. Nearly thirty yean of eipenence In thstl can nil your oroers in ine very oesi Can furnish work in ftcokh, Seeds Marble. J. B. PADDOCK, Prone fttreet, Nftit Co Orne' Gor.ahop. FRUIT AND SHADE TREES I am still in business and can furnish almost any kind of Krnlt, N!inl; or JVut trees and Ilt-elyo plniitM. Uerry plnntss etc. as cheap if not cheaper than that I do not nave in stock. ill order Irora reliable nursery and not one who is in business here one year and some where else the next Give your orders early. See me at Slovers Drug Store. J. T. TAYLOR. Ghauts Pass, One EVANS CREEK SAW MILLS Lumber Business Is Active in Th&t District T. K. Roberts, who resides four miles from Woodville on Evans creek, wus iu Jacksonville Wednesday. He Haled that the DeArmmid & Sous snwmill bailt Inst spring, is cutting from 20,000 to 30,000 feet per day, and about t lie same cut is being made by tlie No. 3 mill belonging to Pracht & Sclimitt Bros., which is under the management of E. O. Schmitt. This company's other mill known as No. J was shut down last 'week as the tim ber iu its locality is all cat out The mill will be moved at once to a new loaction'a couple of miles bark to where there is a flue body of timber, andjt is expected to have it running again within two mouths. Sentinel. The Oregon Fire Association of Mo Miunvlllo insures "B" class or brick structures, in which general merchan dise, banks, drug stores, public halls, etc., are ran at just one-half the ex pense of stock companies. The Me Miuuville Co. pay their losses prompt ly. HATS. Stt.l.OOO oo. the Marblt business warrants my ssring manner. or American (iranite or any kind rf any one else and will order anything Sale.,. LEDGES DON'T PINCH OUT And Mining Is Surest Business on Earth, Says Mr. Keizur. The following letter by M. L. Keizur of Baker City, appear in a recent number of the Oregouiau. The remarks of Mr. Keizur concerning the "pinching out'' of ledges are par ticularly iu point aud apply with equal force to the mines of Southern Oregon as to the districts which he mentions : "Gold is the only product of the earth having a stable value. Mining for this metal is no more a gamble than any other business, with honors all on the sido of mining. Speaking of mining, the well-known newspaper correspondent, Frank G. Cnrpeutcr, says he believes it to be more profit able than four-fifths of all the other businesses of the United States. "Statistics show," he goes on to say, "that 95 per cent of the mer chants aud manufacturers fall at some time in their careers, while fully 70 per cent of thoso engaged iu miuing succeed when the enterprise is con ducted on strict business principles." In other words, we Bud that but one persou iu 20 succeeds in business, at least in their earlier attempts, while 15 in 20 of those who stick to the bush make a complete success of milling. It is a well know fact, however, thut the few who fail in mining, either through ignorance or ill-advised speculation, complain more loudly than the entire 1!) in 20 who suffer through business failure. But does the man who onco fails ill business. aud, by the way, his uniuo is leglou, give up all further effort, and sit Him self to warn everyone he Bees thut there is nothing in it? On the con trary, we think you will find thut sensible people really profit by tem porary failure, and ns a consequence of business reverses are iu a position to proceed with more certainty of success in their later efforts. Tell me, if you can, why this rule should not apply as well to the business of mining, particularly mining for gold, as to any other bnsinses. It is really strange that so much prejudice, exists ligiiinst mining, when so ninny of the greatest fortunes of the earth were made by this menus. During the past HO years the world's production of gold has been fully 10,000,000,000, which wob presumably mined out by men of at least average intelligence. Would it thou, be even passing fair to assumo .that any appre ciate part of all this onormons mass of wealth was mined at a dead loss? I take the position that in a business sense gold is the only real Wealth and it appears to me thut the reason of this is very plain : It was a part of the grand desigu iu the beginning, anil there is no getting around it. Dreamers may suggest all sorts of ephemeral substitutes, but gold is reality. Its value is Hied and immovable without regard for tho law of any land. The value of real estate and city prnHTty is, iu a cer tain measure, fictitious and imaginary, while the value of all products except gold, is subject to the ivei -varying law of supply and. demand, but tho value of gold is beyond tho power of legislation. Hence, the government stump on the JJO-pieee Is of no consequence what ever except as a convenient aud trustworthy guarantee thut the piece is full weight and genuine. There is one great difference, how ever, between "business" and milling for gold, which is all on the side ot mining; you must first secure com- mciisurutc funds to establish yourself in any business that is worthy the name; yoa must then diligent ly and persistently solicit tho co-opcrution Ipatronago if you like) of the public in order to dispose of your wares It is also, of course, absolutely neces sary to secure commensurate funds for successful gold mining, but then, is not tho product "funds" itself? Fortune has many votaries, many devotees, requires inuoh courting and is not going to run after you solely on your good looks. To mukn a long story short, iu order to gain the favors of Fortune, she must l courted per sistently, aud it goes without argu ment that mining for gold is the most direct road to that end. Tho assertion thut mining is any more a gamble thuu any other business is rarely made by a fair-minded man, never by a well informed one. But in taking up with a mining proKisitiou one should use earn that it is the real thing, and not merely an imitation. The first essential requisite hi a mine is jsrmaiieiice ; the next is values. Wall movement, which is essential to the life of any permanent true fUsurc vein, brings atsmt selvage, or the so-called decomiwd matter, which, occurring between tho walls of the ledge and the ledge projs-r tells its own story. The next thing to consider is: hav the values of the entire ledge, or at least all contiguous portions, become concentrated iu some certain chute, or zone, or streak, where tin y may be gorat with the least jiossible expense. Ill other words, has Nature performed her full shaie in providing a paying imposition? If this is the case, then all that is required is to mine and mill the ores on np-to-date lines. All this talk about a "ledge" pinch- lug out is rankest nouiense. There never was a ledge, that everwaia ledge from a miner's point of view, that ever pinched out True, an oc casional richly mineralized "freak" may be found which is supposed to have pinched out, but these freaks are not ledges in the pro r sense. The copper mines of Lake Superior, with more than a mile of depth, show the same permanence as at the outset Also, the great Comstock mine, in Nevada, from which has been taken more than $400,000,000 in gold, is said to show as much evidence xl perma nence, if not fully as great values, as in its best days, this mine being sim ply drowued out by an excess of water. Those who have had close personal acquaintance with all the great mines of the United States, in cluding the two above mentioned, re port the same "ear marks" of per manence iu the great gold priducers of Baker and Grant counties. Sev eral of the most prominent miues of this district have reached depths rang ing variously from 800 to 1200 feet, with more marked evidence of per manence than ever before, as well as richer ore as depth is attained. With the veritable multitude of mines fast merging into producing class in the Bine Mountain District of Baker, Grant and Malheur counties, I should not be at all surprised if within 10 years the great State of Colorado, with it .'0,000,000 per year, should be wholly outclassed in point of gold product by the mines of this slate. I will freely admit the corporation laws in regard to mining are severely lame, but I trust that at no distant day some able man, with the good of his state it view, rather than a "bee" in his bonnet, will take them up. Then we may confidently expect the business of gold mining in this state to flourish as it never baa be fore." THE APPLEGATE COPPER English Company Takes Property Abandoned by Clark Once more tho Applegato copper dis trict is at the forefront aud there is every certainty that it will be devel oped and niado iuto one of the great copper producing regions of the United States. No sooner did Mr. Clark show signs of weakening than Dr. Roddy began bestirring himself to Mud other capitalists who would take up the proposition. The very day Mr. Clark gave np his bond on the Bluo Ledge, Dr. Keddy had the representative of an English syndicate on the ground ready with thoir ex perts to look over the property with a view of taking it up. After mak ing a thorough examination of those ledges and the surrounding country, Mr. O. H. Bennett who represented the English capitalists, decidu. to take an option ou tho Blue Ledge claims for his people. Englishmen, the world over are noted ior being stayers when once they take up a proposition, and there will be no "cold feet" ou thoir part iu handling this Applegato under taking aud having capital np iuto the millions at their command they will be ablo to demonstrate by thorough prospecting, which will be by tun nels and shafts and not by diamond drill, tho valuo of the jirojierty and then when that is proven to their satisfaction, to go ahead and put iu a smelting plant as largo and complete as any in the Uuited States. There is every reason to believe that there will bo no cessation of work at the copjstr mines, for all who have visited that suction and who are exix-ricnccd in copper milling declaro that the showings in the develop ment work aro as good as were ever found at the ocning of other great copisir mines. The miners employed by Mr. Clark at the time, two weeks ago, who canto to Jacksonville to (sick for thoir return to Spokane, de clared that they wero curtain that there were rich coisr indications in tho Applegato district, quite suffi cient to justify extensive prospecting. Several of the men associated with Mr. Clark, among them being Jus. P. Harvey, Mr. 'Murk's superinten dent, have taken up claims in this district, which is proof that they think the district is all right. In the way of extensive developing the Englisli syndicate will not bo the only big company os-rutlng ou the Applcguto for the Sweeney's, million aire milling men of Spokane, huve se cured several claims and are now hav ing a lot of tunnel work done to i'U them up. There are several other claim holders who aro doing extensive development work this summer, some, like George Neubcr of this town, ex- iidiiig several thousand dollars on work ou their claims. There are now over IKX) claims located ill thir Applegato copper dis trict aud the holders have great hopes as to tho value of their projicrtie. Mining men who have had experience in other copper districts in the West, claim that the surface indications are as good as were those of any of the great mines of Montana, Arizona or California aim declare that it is not at all improbable that a second liutte may be built up on the Applegato. Jacksonville Sentinel. Not Over Wise. There is an old allegorical picture of a girl scared at a grass-hopper, but ill the act of heedlessly treading n a snake. This is paralleled by tho man who sjs-nds a large sum of money building a cyclone cellar, but neglects to provide his family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Komedy as a safeguard against bowel complaints, whose victims outnumber those of the cyclone a hundred to one. This remedy is everywhere recognized as the most prompt and reliable medicine in Dsn for these diseases. For sale by all druggists. L. A. Hiroble has charge of the shot making and repairing department at tho Locus harness shop. Take your work to him. GOOD ROCK AT 0R0 FINO Substantie.1 Development Done o.t Jump-off-Joe Property. Tho Oro Fiuo mine, situated iu the Jump-off-Joe district, on tho opposite slope of Elk mouutain from the Granite Hill mine, is being systemat ically developed by J. T. Chase of Portland. Mr. Chase has had a crew of men at work for the last 12 mouths, to prove whether it was a proposition of deep or surface mining. The property is under bond and lease to Mr. Chase, but he wished to satisfy himself be fore he took np the bond. This he has doue, aud ho lias proved to his own satisfaction, at least, that the vein is a true fissure, The property was worked several years ago, and good qualities of shipping oro taken out, but had lain idle for two years, prior to Mr. Chase taking it up. There bus been over 1200 foot of work doue, mostly bv tunnels, but shafts have beeu run to get air circulation. The deepest working is 235 feet from the surface, which is at the bottom of the winzo, 70 feet bolow the lower tunnel, which is 600 foot long. This tunnel has followed the ledge for over 300 feet, aud the lowest assay yot re ceived from across i feet lias been $1055. There is a large amount of shipping ore on tho dump, aud it is the intention to ship this to the smelter shortly. Iu all probability a mill will bo au acquisition iu the near future. Tho pnqxirty has all the appliances for mining, and will no doubt bo heard from favorably in a short time, Blue Print Paper by the yard or roll at the Courier office. A COLORADO HAIL STORM Former Crexnts Po.ss People Are Among the Losers. B. W. Person, formerly of this city, now of Grocly, Colo., lost heavily in the tArrifio hail storm which swept over Colorado ou tho evening of Augusts. R. H. Gilfillau and family wore at tho Person homo at tho time, Mrs. Gllfilluu writes thut the storm came np iu a few minutes. They hud barely time to get tho children into the house while the men did what they qould to save the livestock. The storm was heralded by torrillo wind and accompanied by thunder and lightning of a sort that Oregon lans cannot realize. Mrs. Giltillnn says, "thou it sounded as though some one had thrown a brick but ou tho roof, then another and another, and we knew that we wero in tho midst of another terrific hail. It wus over in less thuu 10 minutes. The horses thut wore out were all bruised up. Tho oows had brokeu loose and runaway. Tho uoighhor across tho road had been to town and got caught about a hun dred yards from homo. A stone struck him on tho head and ho knew scarcely anything more. Ho is con scious that the horse whirled about and broke a buggy shaft and thut he finally started on before the storm was fairly over, but his head was cut omhi in two places and he was so badly bruised about the head and shoulders that ho has been under tho doctors care ever since. The roofs iii the track of tho storm aro all iu pieces ; somo, they say, would allow a man's body to ass through Sheep, horses, and two men are killed. Tho cople ou the next farm measured a hail stnim ! hours lifter tho storm. It inenser-1 II Inches in circumference. The holei where tmy imbedded them selves aro ail oer tho Isituto fields and show what fearful chunks of ici they were. " Before tho storm Mr. Person est I mated his crop as worlli .'ilxx). After the storm it apsared utterly ruined, but later it was thought thai half the crop might be saved. This is the fourth hail storm thut section has ex pcricnccd in three years and is fur more severe than those which occur red before. GAMBLER TESTS THE LAW Com.plo.ins Against Himself and Goes to Penitentiary. A gambler at Ssikauo complained against himself for permit! ing guinli ling ill his place, to test the validity of the law. Now tho court has aston ished Mr. Gambler by declaring the law valid and has sent him to the penitentiary for olio year. Tho other gamblers have promised to give him fl a day f r the time he Is in the pen. Dewey Joshes Miles. Admiral Dewey and General Miles, though the best of friueds, like to "Josh" one another. Recently they visited Mount Vernon together and the general was much Impressed by the sight of Washington's grave. A they wero leaving the place Miles said: "I wonder what Washington would say if ho were suddenly to a pear here iu tho Mesh.' Dewey glanced quizzically at his old friend and answered : "I really don't know Nelson, unless he asked how (he devil you ever succeeded iu getting the job be once held. " Putt an End to It All. A grievous wall oftluies comes as a result ol mils-arable pain overtaxed organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint and Constitution. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they put au end to it all. They are gentle bnt thorough. Try them. Only 2.V. Guaranteed by National Drug Store and Grants Pass Phar macy. Thomas HOT BARGAINS iron HOT Refrigerators at Cost Ice Cream Freezers at Cost Camp Stoves at Cost. NEW GOODS THIS WEEK. Thin White Dinner Ware Ewors and Basins New Glass ware, Jellies, etc. More New Furniture, Book Furniture I. see Curtains Malttesses Cols Linoleums Mattings Mirrors PRUNE CROP OF OREGON Ltxte Returns Result In In creased Estimate. The Oregou prune crop will yield big money this year. The French crop, although slightly increased over thut of Inst year, is short and there is a small ovcrsnpply on hand. The Statu Board of Horticulture is re vising Its estimates of tho Oregou out put and, according to reports which aro coming in, the yield will average np 45,01X1,000 islands. Tho Juno estimates of 1)0,000,000 have beeu added to very materially by tho recent growth and the generally excellent couditioa iu which progress iva orchard ists keep their fields. There has beeu little blight threaten ing tho prune, Georgo Lambnrson, secretary of the board, says, and prospects wore never better. The Willamette Vnlley Pruuo Association formed prices ou a basis of 2, cents to It's and H cents for tho highest grades. Buyers are already in the field from New York City, figuring ou tho crop, and consequently tho or- chardistssinile. Tho Oregon product stands pre-emi nently the best of all for its size is larger uud there is mora meat, making it in great demand. Culifornu's pro duct will not run np to more than 100,000,000 iiouiidx, although tho hau lier crop of thut slate a -few years ugu was 100, 000,000 pounds. This year's crop, "according to reports of horticultural experts, is hotter than iu former yours. Members of the slate hoard who have received rejmrls that in some places there is a heavy full of prunes, which aro uot morn thuu half-grown by this time. the sudden hot, dry weather, even for a short isirlod, has affected orchards that are not iu a high state of cultivation. Secretary f.amlu rson has sent out lor specific reports upon this subject and expects to hear within a few days. In Clark county, Washington, the prunes are fulling, but this will uot affect the exeo lent pross'cts for the crop. A certain jsTceutnge of full is counted Kill uud Is rendered necessary ill or der that the overloaded trees may mature tho remainder of the fruit. Oregon Historical Society. The Quarterly of tho Oregon Histor ical His-lcty for June, I'.sin, has been received. As. usual every article II contains Is of vital Interest to every student of Oregon History, as tho fol lowing table of contents Indicates: "Oregon and lis Share in the Civil War," by Robert T. Plait; "The Great West and the Two Easts, "by Henry K. Reed; "Hm iul am' Econom ic History of Astoria," by Alfred A. Cleveland ; "A Pioneer Captain of Industry in Oregon," by Prof. Juines U. Robertson. In addit Ion a number of documents relating to Dr. Marcus Win I man, the emigration of and the earlier conditions of the Ore gon country. Copies of the quarterly may be secured by applying at tho So ciety rooms, City Hull, Portland, Oregon. Suicide Prevented. Tho startling announcement that a preventative of suicide had beeu dis covered will interest many. A ruu down sys em or despondency invari ably precede suieidu and something has been found that will prevent thut condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self destruction take Electric Tlittcrs. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen tho nerves and build up the system. It's also a great Htomach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by National Drug store and Grants Pass Pharmacy. Seo that hat? It's a "Stetson " Bought It at Welch's Closing out sale, for fcl.50. Always paid $j for them at ether stores. , ...THE... HOUSEFURNisiIER WEATHER Cased, Iron Beds. Picture Mouldings Uranitsware Tinware Glasswtr I .snips Cutlery Wooden wars CLIMATE CHANGES LITTLE Weather Records of 18)3 Have Been Discovered. The weather bureau records for Portland only extend back to 1871, and when Forecast Official Beats heard re cently that ho could get rollaDIe data of the winter of 1835-6, he Immediate ly embraced the opportunity. At the rooms of the Oregon Historical Society there Is a book writton by Rot. Sam uel Parker, who resided in Vancouver that winter, and the weather report Rev. Parker iucloses In the volume indicates that the cllmato of (18 years ago did not deviate from that dished out by tho local Forecast ' Offloial in the 20th century. The book in ques tion contains notes of Mr. Parker's experience whilo a missionary on an ixploratlou jouruer under the aasui. ces of tho American Board of Mission aries. Ho places the oddest weather that whiter at 22 degrees above aero. aud tho warmest at 68 degrees, a good deal such winter temperature at we lave now. Mr. Beala is anxious to secure any data kept by individuals prior to 1871, a:id figures portaiuiug to early and late frosts taken from old weather records will bo welcomed at the local Weather Bureau. Telegram. POWELL'S CREEK QUARTZ New Find Me.de by Sharp Bros. exnd Holme.n. A quarts discovery of very en couraging promise has beon recontly mado In tho Powells crock district by Sharp Bros. & Holraau. The ledge Is located ou the headwaters of Powells creek and tho surface apiear ance of the find is unusually excellent. Thu ledge has a width of four feet and carries high values, samples of the oro giving returns of 80 to the ton. Little derolopmeut work lias beeu done as yet and tho extent of the find is uot definitely known. Powells creek is famous for Its placer gold of which It has been a large producer for nianv years. The district Is highly auriferous and a number of excellent quarts ledges have been found In the vciuity. A Woman Killer J. A. J. Moutgumey, Puilco, Wayuo Co., Mo., writes "I have little twin girls, who have beeu bothered with worms all their Uvea I have tried everything to relievo them which fulled until I used WblU's Cream Vermifuge; the first two doses brought four worms from one of them, the next two doses, twelve, one ot them measuring twelve luehes; the other child wus only relieved of four worms. It is most excellent medi cine." White's Cream Vermifuge is good for children. It not only de stroys worms, it hol8 the child to perfect growth, wards off sickness, i.'sv at Slovcr's Drug Store. THE OLD RELIABLE ft V 1 POVDEf Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE