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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS. OREGON, DECEMBER 31, 1903. OUR PERSONAL COLUMN SPECIAL SESSION'S WORK THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS a? of fee WEITE MOUSE GROCERY IE fur lilvral sliaro of Ira.le wc have enjoyed during 1903. It isotr si i 111 to make the coming year still better, and com menjoir stock to your notice. If you need a stove or range or anyt pktei W ng tint belongs vi:h it, reiu.jiu'icr that our stock iscoin- ith the best we cm buy. ,viVl! you a lini-;y New Year. Cramer Bros. Odd lYllous lihick. HARD'.IRH, STOYK-. STRAXSKY STKKUVARK. Is 1 I ':'. . ""."rv ,r-i' I i 4 . Wc M'mm'i'teil (lie agency for tlio IVst Sowing Mae:iirtjn Kartli. Is your oM Machine giving perfcctyifat'tiou? Why not exchange it for a White'A tjall ami see the modern White at our store, ro) us a card ami our representative will call .cur homo with a machine ami give you an uhiiion of its wonderful working quali ties. Ottei ins are very reasonable. HAIIMDDLE MAKDWAKE Co. (i its Pass, Oregon. ISEWTYLES ..WIHTB y We have a lar ty, graceful and latest patterns : we are selling prices. While we are t stock of poods keep our Milline until everything We will be ph one call and see .-. k i'""- so t men t of JTe t i-li hats in the aU-iiais, which re.itiy reduced ; out our entire t ue intend to b-t and litest t to have every ik. Irs. J. A. RchKopf South Sixth ticit, (i rants l'ass, Ore. People & They Coma &nd Co From Day 10 Day. Agei I New Idea IVAriis 10c When sent byl 1 k Kodaks k Cameras Froil 30c to 100.00 3 i A.EMii : Photo Oealer co Uiek ornci Mr Carl Eymer Tisited in Agli- iaud Tuesday. J. O. Booth went to Portluud the first of the week on business. Miss Charlotte Stiusou has gone to Portland for a two weeks' visit. Edward Van Dyke is visiting friends in Eugene and Portland this week. Mrs. C. J. Gamble spout Sunday in Kospi.urn, the guest of Judgo Willis. Will Gaguou went to Rrarburg Fri day to spend a week with his parents. Mfsa Hermea Rikewiue is spending the holidays with hor parents ai Glen dale. Miss Zona Chapman left for Port land Monday night to remain some time. Station Agent Georgu P. Jenter spout Christmas with his mother at Halsey. J. L Gault returned Tuesday after spending Christmas in Portland with Mrs. Ganlt II. L. Wobber of San Francisco is spending the holidays with the J. A. Walter's family. W. B. Sherman has just returned from a five days' trip to Portland on timber business. Arthur Orr of Shasta, Cat, and Louis M. Long of Seattlo spent Chridtmas with the Gambles. ' Arthur Sampson will enter the Stanford preparatory school inJauuary. He left fi.r Palo Alto Inst week. Mr. and Mrs. David Jolui left Sat urday for San Francisco to spend a Aeek with J. V. Howard aud family. Miss Grace LeBroe of Koseburg is spending the week with the J. O. Booth family. She spent Monday in Ashland. Y. E. Mallorr aud family arrived last week to spend a few weeks visit ing. Tlioy will soon go to San Fran cisco for a short stay. J. J. Baclier came, up from Con cord, Colo., to spend the holidays with Mrs. Baclier. They spent Satur- day with their daughter iu Roseburg. Rev. J. L. Beatty returned to the Klimath Indian reservation Tuesday. He was accompnnied by hi t daughter Francies, who will keep house for licr father. Mrs. Duuhar, after a visit iu Grants Pass, went to Wolf Creek Monday to spend a couple of days with her son, E. E. Dunbar, aud will then return to Eugene. Miss Ethel LaKant of Saginaw visited her sister, Miss Ida LaKaut last Tnursday, returning home Sun day. Miss Laliaut is postmistress at Saginaw. . George Pease of Upper Grave Creek speut several days in town this week. He rejmrts the miners all doing well. Ho also says stoek on tho ran go is iu fine shape for the winter. August Fetseh received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of his sister's husband, Fred Roedel at Buena Vista, Colo. Mr. Fetseh left for that place on Wednesday. Mrs. E. E. Dunbar left for Log Angeles Sunday to spend the winter. She as accompanied on the trip by her brother-in-law, O. M. Holmes, who returns to Grants Pass in a few days Fred Booth ot Newport arrived here tho 24th to spend a few weeks with his mother an sisters. Mr. Booth has a jewelrj store at New port and is also keeper of tho harbor lighls. II. I. Isaacs and Mr. Imbler re turned to Coos county Mouday aud will continue work on the Isaacs & Imbler placer mines uonr Chctco. Mr. , Imbler has just moved his family to Ashland. Win. R. Byrno lift last week for liisg homo at Idaho City, Idaho, after pendiag a few weeks iu JosepMne county looking over tho mining pros pects. Hu says ho will retrun in the spring with several Idaho City men who want mining properties. Mrs. S. B. Ferreo was a passenger nu iucsuay morning s overland, en route from Portland to San Francisco. M ss Eula Seott.who hus been visiting Mrs. S. G. Harkness for several months, accompanied Mrs. Fcree from Grants Pass to San Francisco. Mrs. J. L. MePherfon aud little laughter, alter an extended vi.tit with her mother, Mrs. Charles Booth, returned to her home at Seattle, Sat urday. Mr. MePherson had jnst re turned from his summer at Alaska, and came as far as Portland to meet his wife. Mr. MePherson is a civil engineer in the employ of an English syndicate, and spends his summers in the north. Henry Booth of this place speu the past summer in Alaska working with him. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life itself is tho price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you take Dr. King's Life Pills for Dyspepsia, dizziness, head ache, Liver or Bowel troubles. 25c at National Drug Store aud Grants Pass Pharmacy. The new pump for the Granite Hill niiue arrived Saturday and lias betn takeu I" the mine and the force of men will soou be at work again. The pump is a Smith A Vale sinking pump with a capacity of 300 gallons I-t minute. W gallon pump is all that is need at present, but the com pany is putting in machinery that will fill the need for years to come. The iiiimfuse hoist, boiler engine, corupres-or and other machinery are now st the depot and will be hauled 1 1 the mine This will be one M the best equipped mines in Oregnn. Better Thin s Putter. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on the affected parts, is better than a plastT for a lame tek aud for jains in the side or chest Pain Balm t.as no superior as a linlineut for tho relief of deep aeated, muscular and rheumatic ius. For tale by all druggist. Governor Approves e.nd Files Many Bills. Governor Chabmerlain has approved or filed most of the measures of im portance passed at the special session of the legislature last week. Charter bills for the following towns were passed: Marshfield, North Bend, Gold Ray, Dalles City, Athena, Lostine, Lebanon, Beaver Hill, McMinuville, Cottage Grove, Seaside. Tho following general laws have been approved or filed by the gover nor : S. B. 8, Wade Amending section 2t27 of codo, rokttiug to appointment of deputy district attorneys in Eighth District. S. B. 0, Smith of Yamhill Fixing salary of judge of Liucolu county. 8. B. 17, Raud Ameuding law re latiug to executions at penitentiary ; approved by governor. S. B. IS, Pierce Amending sectiou 3080, fixing time for giving notice of tax lev les ; approved by governor. S. B. 19, Rand Fixing tiino of holding court in Ninth Judicial District ; filed by governor. S. B. 21, Marstera Appropriating $2500 for furnishing barracks at Sol- dins' Home. S. B. 22, Carter Ameuding section 3123 of code, limiting rate of inter est' on tax sales to 10 per oeut; filed by governor. S. B. 23, Brownoll Providing that nssipuees of claims against counties for fees paid to recorders illegally shall not be permitted to maintain suits ou same ; approved by governor. S. B. 20, Mulkey Authorizing is suance of lire diplomas in certain cases. S. B., Wehrung Amending section 5030 of code, relating to condemna tion of water rights; filed by governor. H. B. 1, Kay Repealing the Pheli tax law ; approved by governor. U. B. 2, Kay Ro -enacting the old tax luw ; approved by governor. II. B. 8, Carnahau Fixing foos of recorders aud county clerks in conn ties of more than 100,000 population. H. B. 10, Hale Fixing salary of county judgo of Jospehiue county; filed by governor. H. B. 21. Whealdon Celilo canal bill; approved by governor. H. B. 23, Shelley Revising the $300 tix exemption law ; approved by govoruor. H. B. 2. Malarkey Raising salary of circnit judges in Multnomah county; approvod by governor. II. B. 81, Judd Amending sections 3422 and 4323 of the codo, relating to liens upon mares for stallion service; filed by governor. II. B. 37, Gault Relating to com petency o' witnesses; approved by governor. II. B. 41, Edwards Prohibiting kill iug of pheasants before 1906 ; filed by governor. II. B. 42, Ways ai d Moans Commit teeAppropriation bill; approved by governor. The Greenback Be.ll, The masquerado ball at Greenback Christmas eve, given by the Lady Macabces was a success in every way. There were as many couples present as conld be accommodated ou the floor aud dancing continued until nearly daylight. All sorts of cos tumes wero in evidence, whilo clowns, negioes aud Chinamen wore in pro fusion. The prize winners as an nounced by the judges Vill Dcryler, Hugh Stevens aud Charles Myrick, are, Miss Uleda Brlggs, as a sister, and received a lovely box of station ery, and Arthur Sutherland in a Spanish costume who received a fountain pen. One of tho features of the eveuing was the floor mauager who was the life of the dance. Whenever he has charge of a dance it nevor fails to be a success. , "Ono who was there" suggests three cheers for the L. O. T. M. lad lot for the success of tho balL Iu tho past week there have been two nioro parties who have notified me that they are going to relinquish their homestead rights to the govern ment aud have asked me to sell their improvements. These two homesteads were filed ou two years ago by parties who are now nimble to live on them. They are heavily timbered, in a good location and would make gilt edged timber claims. W. B. Sherman MARRIED. MlbLSAP GOODMAN In Roseburg Tiinrsday, December, 24 1 903, J. I). Millsap of Ashland and Miss Ollie Uoodmun of Looking Glass. FL'LK BRIGGS At the M. E. parsonage, Grants Pass, Wednesday, December 23, 1903, Ashley L. Folk and Miss Bessie K. ISriggs. Rev. J. W. MeDongall officiating. 8TUEUBEK KING At tho Western Hotel, Thursdrav, December 24, 1903, Ludwig A. Strebner aud Miss .Viola King, Judge Booth olliciat ing. SMITH WIMER At Hotel Layton, Friday, December 25, 1903, William J. Smith and Elizabeth Wimer, Judge Booth officiating. PORTEOUS LAKE At the West ern Hotel, Wednesday December 23, 1903, Hugh T. Porteoua and Olive A. Lake, Judge Booth otJlciating. LKE TCRPIN At the Western Hotel, Wednesday, Deoember 23, 1903, Andrew C Lake and Miss Maymie Turpin, Judge Booth othuiating. CHASE MUFFIN At Grants Pass, Saturday, December 19, I9H3, Samuel Chase and Miss Esther Z Muffin, both of Josephine County,- Ilev Robert Leslie officiating CRAWFORD TURNBCLL-- At HartforTl, Conn., Wednesday, De cember lo, 1903, John B. Crawford of Grants Prm aud Mis Bant Torn bull of Hartford, Conn. Mr aud Mrs Crawford, It is under stood, will make their home in Grants Pass, and are now spending the holi days in Sao Francisco DIED MAXWELL At Grants Pass, Tues day, December 29, 19U3, hobL Max well, aged "H ycaie. BROOKS In Jacksonville, Decembr 15, 1903, Mrs. E. C. Brooks, aged 70 years. . Brief Notes a.nd Items of Interest sxnd Importance. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist Go to Coron for Plumbing. M. Clemens, Prescription Druggist. Bargains In ribbons and Lace st Wade 'a .Choice Pictures and Leather goods at Clemens. Engraving free on all goods bought from Letcher. Fresh vegetables aud ' Fruits at Trefren & Lee's. A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges at Corou's. Hot coffee, oysters or lunches served at Miss Johusou's next to Ooe. Leave orders for fir, oak and pine wood at Ike Davis' second hand store. Men's Furnishing Goods to be closed out regardless of cost at Wade's. C. C. Daniels, real estate and rent al agent, Cor. Eighth and M streets. Fresh Oysters and Fish at Trefren & Lee's. Beautiful Piano scaifs st 1175 aud (3.00 at The Domaroe Music House. Underwear for Ladies aud Children at Wado's at right prices. New goods coming. Japanese burnt leather money purses tho latest thing out, at The Doma roe Musio House. Now ia tho time to put your hodge plants out to .make them grow. Taylor h plenty of them. Remember I guarantee a perfect fit of all lenses sold by me. Eyes testod free with my new instrument. Alfred Letcher. Representatives of the Medford Furniture Co. were In the city Satur day to look over the field with a view to locating. Crist EllseBsor will soon commence the erection of a cottage on his lots in Riverside addition, recently pur chased from Jos. Moss. Mrs. McDonald of Applegate has leased her farm to the Howell brothers of this place, who will put in ho s the coming year. A flue assortment of goods and 600 styles to seleot from st the Grants Pass Tailoring Co. Nobby suits st reasonable rates. Steam oleaulng. Get your nut trees of Taylor, he can furnish yon walnut, pecan, almond, filbert, aud chestnuts, aud yon can get figs, persimmons, mul berries aud roses, eto. With the exception 'of two claims located on and three gilt edgod claims becked by my cruisers, timber busi ness with mo stands as it did a week ago iu my otllce W. B Sherman. Having recieved one of the latest Improved New Century Engraving machines we aro prepared to do all kinds of engraving; goods bought from us engraved free. Curtis & Co., Odd Fellows' Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. It sooms to be a general idea among the peoplo that the valuable govern ment timbered lands are all taken. Such is not the case, as I can show you some very heavily timbered quarter sections close to town and closo to the railroad. Good roads loading to thorn. W. B. Sherman. SBM S1BBBBBB1 Mappy New Tear- f 1 i i Tho sincerity of tho sontimcnt shall bo manifest in our efforts for tho future. With tho past wo aro done. It loft ua tho rich legacy of experience. On memory's pngo is written tho record of our successes. Every prophecy fulfillod; every promiso kept. Your patrouago was gen erous more generous than over, bocauso it was moro merited than ever because now friends found in our methods and our varieties and our qualities and our prices their greatest satisfaction and old friends had their confidoneo strongoi comontod in our facilities. We aro striving for a perfection that fies in tho development of tomorrow and wo 6trido into tho unveiled year with a defined purpose to mako tho best storo of 1003 tho bettor storo of 1904. Triod methods and old policies shall continue. They havo our faith. You beliovo what wo say bocauso our sentences nro framed in truth. You trust what wo offer bocauso wo havo never violatod your confidence. You applaud our ontorpriso becauso it is laudablo in its endeavors honest in its achievements. And when Timo shall hnrvost 1901 may you and we renow tho salutations of today and wish each other another year as prosperous as wo trust this will havo boon. r i Leave your order Treiren & Lee's. for poultry at A nice line of Diamond goods ou hand at Letcher's. Soe the new Hue of photo buttons at 'Nichols gallery, opposite court house. Calendar pads, Mounting pajier, passu partout biudiug, etc., at the Courier office. Why not set shado aud fruit trees early they will live better. Get them of J. T. Taylor. Rev. W. G. Conmll will preach in the Bethany Presbyterian church on Sabbath Day on" What is a Christian?" There will m a New Years' ball giveu at the o;sira house Thursday evening at which Demaree'i orchestra will furnish music Remember Joseph Moss has tho larg est list of real estate with the best prices aud best terms. Office on E street, west of Sixth street. The Ep worth league held a tocial in the Woodman hall Wednesday evening which was well attended. An excellent prorgam was rondered. All school districts that have not received copies of the 1903 school laws, can get the same by calling for them at my office. Liucolu Savage, County sup't If you can get 2,000,000 feet more timber ou s quarter section by seeing me before locating, your time will be well sjieut, as my feel are the same as others. W. B. Sherman. Call aud see my stock of watches, clocks, jewelry and silverware don't wait until the best goods are gone but come early and make a small deposit to have the goods you want put away for you at Letcher's Jewelry store. Bee that flue lot of Ladies', GeuU' and Babies gold rings? For a small consideration St. Louis, the joweler, would part with one or two of them for he is making more of them and might make you one just as you want it, if you furnish the gold dust There will bo do meeting of the Choral Union next Monday night on account of the week of prayer being observed in the church. The meet ings will be resumed the following Monday. It la urged that all mem bers be present at each meeting. Assessor Fallin has just completed a present owner plat, which contains the names of owners of all property in Josephine county and is s complete map of each township in the county. This work has been done since finish ing the assessment roll In September. To improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion, try s few dose i of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. IL Beits, of Detroit, Vich,, says, "They restored my appetite when imjskired, relieved me of a bloated feeling and caused a pleasant snd satisfactory movement of the bowels." For sale by all drug gists. Every box warranted. Jury List. Ou Tuesday, Decemlwr jurors for the January 1904 court were drawn as follows: Grants Pass Job Ranch, blacksmith. W J Cosmy, laborer. W R Nipper, lubmorruau. John Rauzau, franicr. M E Btockbridgo, carpenter, II. Dowuer, laborer. Geo U Parker, carpenter. Thos Perry, farmer. W 8 Barrio, brick mason. T F Crotxon, farmer. McCaslln, farmer. Jas Duveny, farmer. Kerby O J Howard, farmer. Waldo J T Logan, miner. Selma Will Anderson, farmer. Fred Pracht, lumberman. O D Sargeaut, farmer. Wm Turner, farmer. Holland H II Gibbs, farmer. Williams U H Stevons, farmer. II W Baldwin, farmer. O O llle low, farmer. II II Bparlin, farmer. Wildorvfllo- W S Voblnson, farmer. Nick Thnss, farmer. W T MuCallister, farmer. Hugo II II Triplott, farmnr. Murphy r.d Cocserline, farmer. F M Hayes, miner. L W ('arson, farmer, Thos Lclth, fanner. 29. tho term of "I was much afflicted with sciati ca," writes fcd V. Nud. lowavllle. Sedgewick Co., Kan., "going about ou crutches and suffering a deal of in. I was induced to try Ballard'a Suow Liniment, which relieved mn. I used throe 60o bottles. I now walk without crutches, able to perforin s great deal of light labor on the farm. " 25c. 50c, ffl.oO at Blover Drug Co. flue lino of Musio rolls and bags. from 75 cents to $3.60 st Tho Demaree Musio House. We.ich Party. The members and friends of the Bethany Pre bsy tor Ian church will spoud the last night of tho yeiir Iu a ploasaut social way, thus Inaugurat ing what la known as tho"Slinnl tauuous Movement ' throughout the oiitlre church. Tho mooting will be gin at 8 p. m. after brief devoions there will bo ail impromptu program and light refreshment the lust hour of the year being snit in devotions. A large numW have slguifled their doslro to attend such a mooting. It will doubtless bo one of tho most pleasant aud profitable gatherings of the your. Services ai;Chrlstlsvn Church. Services will bo held at tho'Christ lan church next Lords' Day as fob Iowb : Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach ingatll. Subject of sermon "The Lorn' a Prayer." ' Subject of sermon Sunday evening "Resolutions For tho New Year" All are cordially invited. C, F. Sanderson, Pastor. City Treasurer's Notice. There aro funds iu tho city treasury to redeem all outstanding warrants protested to March 1st, nmi. Interest on same will cease atfer this date. Dated at Grants Puss. Oreiron. I)e. comber 17, iww. CoL W. Johnson, City treasurer. Iu the past week there have been two parties como to mo who took homesteads two years ago, ami say that owing to financial ami other con ditions, they are unable to llvo tin their homesteads ami uinku improve ments according to law and they wish to sell their improvements and relin quish their right to the government. Those two quarters are iu one section and are very heuvlly timbered, iu a good neighborhood, not far from a logging stream, not far from town. I can hike you from town after din ner, show yon the html and return the same day and it is not a hiborhw trip. These two quarter sections would make two line timber claims. H. W. Sherman. COMING EVENTS. December 81, Thursday Grand Ball at tho opera house. Jan. 1, Friday Woniau's Club re ception. Jan. 1, Monday Special school meet ing, city hall. Juu 0, Weduesday County Court meets. Jim. 7, Thursday Mooting of the City Jan. 7 Thursday Meeting of Dis trict Boundary Board at Court house. Jan 11, Monday Circuit Court mrt Jan. id, Saturday Cosgrove Concert, wiviioffun, vpvrtt liouso. WOMAN'S CLVB NEWS. The Womans' Club will keep open house at tho I. O. O. F. hall Friday. January 1, from 7 to 10 o'clock p. m. The couimitteo ou in vl tut Ion an nounces that each member will be en titled to bring one friend. The regular monthly meeting of the Womans' Club of Grants Pass will bo held iu the Juirlors of Bethany Prcshy. terlan church, Saturday, January 3, 19(4. at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Jennie 11. Den Is on, sec'y. The needle work department of tlij Womans' Club will meet at the houiu of .Mrs. J. t). Fry ou Mouday, January 4, 19ul, at 2:80 p. m. Mrs. J. D. Fry, sup't. Tho Musio department cf tho Womans' Club will moot at tho home of Mrs. If. O. Kinney, Friday, January 8 at 3:30 p. in. The subject u-ill Iu. " A .......1...... f , .....i ,. ... . ...lie, v-uiii jiuncra aim Artists." Roll Call-Short sketches of Oregon Musicians. Cured Paralysis. W. S. Bailey, P. O. True, Teaxs, writes: "My wife had been suffering live years with jmralvsiB In her arm w hen I was pcrsuinleil to use Ballard's Snow Linlmeut, which cured her all right. It docs the work." Jfsj, 60c, 11.00 at Slover Drug Co. r SPECIAL CLEAN-UP SALE AAAAAA AjM Ladies', Misses' and Children's Coats, Walking Skirts, lilack Mercerized Petticoats, Fleeced Lined Wrappers, Pillow Tops and Fancy Work All tho ubovo at u IUG KIWUCTIOJV A big line of Men's Golf Shirts' Meu'a Hats. Neckwear, Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods and Shoes for the Holiday Trade. R 0. McCROSKEY. sW"V V V WW V V V V V V V V V V V V WW WWVWM1 w w vrit To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo JJmnine Tablets. (n , Ssvsa MUttoa Soxes toU la kssst 13 Months. This Signature, eO Cures CH in Two Days. aavery box. 23c 1