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ROGUE RIVER COURIER!0LD TIME HUNTING TALElFOREARM BROKEN BY BELT GRANTS PASS, ORKUON. - - Published Every Thursday. Subscription Rates: One Year, in rdvauce, nix Months, 1 tre Months', hiugle Copies, 11.50 'fjd Advertising Races furnished on application at the office, or by luatl. Obituaries and resolutions of cm" .1. .!..,... still I. i-liHriil tur uL in' mrr line: tard ol thanks aoc. I'ltoi'R. & Mnor A. E. VOORHIES, Knterod at the post oltice at (iraul j 1'a-n Oregou.as second-class mail matter. THURSDAY. Ji.u. 21. l'JW. "If tho rumor was true, I my that It wan a falsehood" Mr. 1'ctseh's statement in the Observer. The executive committed of tho national sociulist party has issuidn call for a uutionul convention mi et In Chbugo on nlny 1. to R-ither a si!i:s..tlonal Hide issue of the Kussian-.Iuiau maddlo in now Bp iwmit in the disposition expressed by Kussians to attack the I ml in frontier us a rebuke to the pro JutuineM' attitude of the liriiish gov ernment. If tliey dec! : that they will have England to fighl, anyway tlier would in all likelihood Hlrike at In r weak iint. It is generally aoecplcd umong I'oll -tichin that the sulmt itutiou of Ht. Louis for Cbiongo as the silo of the douiooratio national convmtion win brought about by tho onsen at ive element of tlie iiurtT In the fear Unit in Chicago the convention might he stampeded for Hearst. This shows plainly tliut the Hearst boom is a serious thing and one. Unit is not lightly regarded ill the party. Negro savages in (iermaii .South west Africa have been murdering settlers and burning hnmcslcritln. This it seems Is still nun of the few places remaining on tho earth where such things cull luppeii. v The. particu lar tribe which is doing the depreda tions is known as the llcrcros. The dispatch says they are seriously threatening Okajumdjy, Otojiiml ing wo, and Kariihlb. Where mimes such as these are frciiient it cannot be wondered that violence is in the air. The noted traveler and author, "Citizen" Ocorgo Francis Train, died iu New York on Monday night at tho age of "IS years. Train was a well known character no this coast and is Well remembered milling other tilings for the Interest which he tons ill tho city of TacouiH. To show thai it was located on the shortest route round the world, ho madu the Jour ney, starling and stopping at Unit point, iu 07 days, breaking the record at that time. Traiu was In ninny ways a very brilliant iiiiin but was so eooentrlo as to be accused of insanity. Tho part tliut Mark Hiiiina will play In tho coming national conveu tnins and elections is uncertain. There Is no doubt that he cue. Id, if he wished, bo a formidable rival to Roosevelt iu the convention. In regular and srslsteut succession, it is allirnied ami denied that he is a cnudldatu for tho presidency. At the present time there is said to bo a struggle oil ill (Jlilo between I'nral-cr aud lliiiinn on the iiucst inn of In structing delegates to the nutioiial convention, the former wishing them instructed for Hiinsnvolt and the lat ter preferring that they remain mi in -structed. The Russta-Japiiu matter is hanging , flro this week. Japan is awaiting Russia's answer to her last "mite" and Itusim is deliberate in the mutter of replying. The C.nr is said to favor Hace and it may be Unit he is sincere Iu that wish, hut it is well known that the Cm' ministers ami Hi t the C.ur himself are the real rub ih of Russia. Jiipnii is Mild to look for asslsiiiuce to Isith Log hind and America. While the preponderance of puhllo opinion in this country nn doubted ly favors the Japanese, it would Ihi Jsior Klicv for Japan to Consider the r-v in j ml 1 1 y of the Atncii. cans as much of an iiksci in i use of war. Sympathy is undoubtedly good but there is a wide dilTcreiice bctwci n ynisitliy and iissitaiifo in inter national malt. is. It Is hoped to 1,1 that the iiillllull meeting of the lli.uit-i l'itn I )o ird of trade, called for next Tucsd.iy evening will not be neglect, d l the nn nihi l and cit iccns. The I iimucc nun ol the town need to lou-c themselves to a mole hearty interest in this oigtui nation, which plu mi iiiipor'aut ji pari In the pi ogress of the town 111 the meeting-: which have been lichi during the your, the all. mliiace I t been scandalously light, Even with the most iuiort:iiit maltci'h ,i p.. 11n Bldcn d It lla.4 hen impos-nhle at tunes to have tmiikti ne nit is. prei ot to coll.! ilule a cil'.i'llilil. M.ill. r of the uluiosl important e In llii. Ii mu', Welfare arc loietintlv appearing noil these are f : . it ol mini ni'iire Hen a boaul if t tilde ol oti;am ilidi i f lilo Ualtrii Is th only eiiil.ci ity ih.iii.ui get at tin 111. Ill ll.e mallei i f In quirus tin to the conn: i , tin ini.n to the president and m cn-i.nv alnn. I every day and these ollic. hac nl out many i. -pcn- to U;., I... quiries during lie viar. The pr. s. t,t IhkuiI has had a lnutcr life tli.in am like (irgaiu..M ion wna-lt has pr. c .h . it and It is tunc tli.it the i'itl. ii r.lUM'd thelllM'lvcs put In w lite Ihlc It ami give it n fi r.li iu.p Ins P i progrcn. No executive con mini , however alert it may before I In- I . -I iuten sts tif town mid county, can 1 sulllclent without (he sttppnli f IP, board mutt hole. Every Buttle ol (.htinbtrUm i Ctault Kiiiinty VlsriintcJ. We guarantee every bottle i f Chun, borlain Cough Kene dy nnd will i, . fuii t tin mom y to anyone who i m i satiitlnl after using two thirds of the contents. I lim is the I., st reiin d) in t lie olid for la grlps, coughs and colds. It prevents any temh ucy el a cold to remit in pueuinonia. ' For sale by all druggists. 'How John Riffles Lo Hie Toe! Bui Killed e.n Elk. Ill these days of advanced perfection '&iu gun making, tue following roni- iuisceuc U intcrstiug in tlie way ol showing what uu advanced has been made in tli nt lino in very recent years. Tim incident is recalled by a resident df Grants Pass. Son o time io tliu Go's one John lRif.li a miner on tho Klamath river i iu northern California, went hunting. wo" ftr"" " w1"' "Jager rifle. an linn iu common use with the Hum eri' of thcnfl times. Jiesi lies-the rifle, there hung to his belt a French army pistol, a cap ii nd hall affair, fully two feet lung. Kifibs saw all elk and Mn.id awny with his old "Juger. " Tho animal stood motion lens. ltiflles drew his pistol (ulekly and drew tho trigger. The cap "snapped" and the elk stooi' liko a stutue. Throw ing the pistol to the round with a vein mint exclamation of disgust, Killles started to reload the "Juger. " At that moment the pistol, which had only "hung fire," went off w ith a lerrihb report and shot off one f Ililllci' toes. Though he lost Ills toe, ho secured tho oik, for his first shot had been fatal. Imperfect fjigcition Means less nutrition and iu ennse iiience less vitality. When the liver fails to sccrutn bile, tho blood be comes loaded with bilious roper lies, the digestion becomes imp-iircd and the bowels constipated, llerhino will rectify this; it gives tone to the stomach, liver mid kidneys, strengthen the appetite, clears and tmtiroves the complexion. f() cents a bottle at Slover Drug Co. A. K. Voorhics I'hoto Supplies. AN IMPORTANT NOTICE.! i Wo don't intend to carry over ono dollar's worth of tho following winter goods if tho power of jrieo cutting will got rid of them: Ladies', MisHOH and Children's Coats and Jack ets. Ladies' Opera Sliawln, Square Shawls, Scarfs.' Ladies' and Children's (Jolf filovos. Ladies' I'liinnelletto ilowns. Ladies' Dressing Sacks. Ladies' Furs. In fact all small and broken lots will lie closed out at. a great reduction. Nothing l. tit Strictly High Grade floods. No old, shelf-worn and out-of tyle goods at our store. We simply don't want the goods rather havo the money. Yours for good goods at popular prices. E. C. DIXON, SHOES AND FURNISHING GOODS. Father Should Share the Burden Mellin, (In gnu, Jan. IS, P.IOI. lalitor Courier : Iu looking through the c I ti lit ii x of your Issue of January Uh I (diM'i ved an innuendo I plcac ex cuse the ti l tit. for another is not so appropriate) of which the pal I man ship ought not to g i unchallenged. It is headed, " Naughty bo) s at Merlin."' Iu a few lines it explains itself re- gillilillg the hovs who jumped the train tit Merlin. It tells us of boys who tiro liable to become crippled, or killed as a result of disobedience .. . 11 i.i .i ! ai iiaillfi I inn, mill limn tin intuitu 11 had achieved a glorious victory over ' the much accused feminine sex, hurls lite 1 1 1 1 r t hv asking, "Molher is it your hoy that plays around the train'.'" Mr, Kditor, if this is not iiartisnn ship, what thin is it? Why is mother, ior heavily l.nleii nintlnr, alone asked whin another t let us term him (allien w ho "hoiild help carry the bur den, be so obliterated or hidden away into ( hlivicn as to not, evi l ' give him a Ihcuglit? I Sir; please excuse any pari iaudiip. ! that when instead of pari ills, am: ; a.sk father is it your hoy who in hisj idle moments probably tails victim to habits lucre pcrtiisctis than tiani jiiiiipinc; Yi r.v lepeel fully, A New t iticn ristern Stivr ttccrplton. l l.e or. 'cr of the 1 !.is(eni Star ga , Veil plnlMlit I'lieptlol lit (1:1 iselitc Petnple Moll, lav evening I ner of those who 10 k p ii t iii 1 1 i ivs reenllv given under thci--piei s TltM ci-'lit was attend, i lo lge tuec.ih. is and u number e M ll hv milled guests, and like all Ihos fivi n I v li.e L ist, tn S'ar. was vet en, eyahle I he fidiew uiK- picgtattl was retldc. ed . Yo, al Solo Song ll-gli Set.. Ki.ohn I inn.. , lo Yo, al solo W, illi tcttn id Miss Whi'tn ol la, iiuratctii Miss Jl'llllsOl Miss l it, c Mr Wickeish.n. a'alo Pi V, n.s I ii, I 1.1. I! ,i p, SS '1 :., ll II : ii I , -i.ct.illy II Pmhae 1 1,'K'iaiu wcii in I rcccii i .' .,hl.. l.e.irtv c licet, s Aftei Ihe p.or on the tuesi, w , i.ieliii I, .1 Iii the hali.piel room i p.u look of ll fn si in, uts Ail I, or in, no was phasaul'y split in i ici-atioi au I singing. Miss 1.., lierllli le I honias ilcllghh il Ihe c. panv by lo r n ii.lnion of sevnal si lions. t or Salo Cheap Imlging house uud lestaitiaitt, lug a gi o 1 busim ss Kor price, i iinitnie of Mrs. A Malloir ROGUE Peculiar Accident to Chat. Ed we,rde a.1 F factory. Chas. Edwards is suffering from au accident by which Ins arm was broken on Monday at Williams Bros. factory where he is an employe. He was attempting to put on a belt and did not signal the engineer to slack the englno for the purse, as is the custom. Tho cud of the belt lacing caught in a rough place iu the pulley and the belt was wrapped with lightning spied around the pulley and shuft. Tha flying end of the lsilt struck Edwards a violent op blow on the under side of the fore arm, break ing both bones. The shaft was re volving at the raie of 2100 revolutions to the minuto and the pulley is 28 inches in diamcte. It w is an eight Inch belt and double, aud the blow struck wus a tremendous one. COMING EVENTS. Feb. 22, M mday Dance given by Degree of Honor at Music hull. Jan. 2'!, Saturday ".Sandy liotlom at opera house. Feb. 2i Friday Musical Recital by Miss h.tliel 1 aimer at ojsira house, auspices Woman's club. Tho engineers iu charge, of the rail road survey, which has extended from tho Southern Pacific track at Drain down the UmiHioa river to Winchester Bay, theaoe aloug the coast and is within a few miles of Coos Hay have changed their headquarters to this city. That is, they will O'rf-n an otlice here, whore all tho draft ing and working up of the field notes will bu done. The surveyors are now working In the vicinity of Saunders' Lake. Marsh lie Id Sun. Photo Supplies at the Courier of fice. A V. Han.ne.rd- Undertevkt-r. Dank StKtement, Tim follow ing is a condensed state ment of the resources and liuhililies of the lirants I'ass l'.alil-ing ,fc Trust t'oniiuiny, at the 'close of bunness, December 31, I'.KU: Resources. Loans and Discounts . . . t '.I I. HI 1 1 Ml I'. S. mid other bonds Jl.issi (Si County mid City script 1,1,1,1 In Hank ilxtures and furniture 2,.tiHi ihi Kelll Khtllto owned s:,4 111 I 'unit ami due from other banks :il,Si'-. it-.1 Total fi:).;iH 12 j jupjjjju. , . , . ' " ' ' ' fei.TllSI OO 2,:!o:i in Due other banks I'ndiv idetl protits s; in Surplus ... Deposits '.'.'.VSI IHI ll's'.l'e.'ll II Total i;in,TI('. .' 1. I.. I,. Jewell, cashier of the above .named hank, do slate that the ii hove statement is true to the lst of mv know ledce ami belief. (t J, JKWKI.I., Cashier. K'"fd Tre.de Annual Meeting The annual itieetiiig of tho Cirants l'as Hoard if Trade is hereby culled to meet In the city hall Tuesday, January '.Y,th, at S p. m., at which nie, t llii otllcers for the ensuing year ire to he elected. It Is earnestly de sired that all members le present and : til cilicns who urn interested in t the progress of our rapidly grow ing , city are most cordially invited to at lend There will ho matters brought lo your alteiiitoii that w ill convince , any enterprising citicti that a laard ol trade is a iuo-smiv and should 1 Ills rally Mipporti d. 1 Ii I II' 'M VS. I'lcnlilcllt. 1 r M D MIASCII, S , r. tury. ' Si. ne lianie Warden 1 loiNou Proui;lit lico. V. Kisin r N fere Justice j of the 1'ia. e Moulgouietv lat Wed. ! in sday nnd pr, t, rn d i barges iik.nn-t hini of violating the game law The . - , c i tic chaige was that of having I leer hiihii iu hi, i o.ssi's.sicti in iT. fti. r j number than the law allows for j trade and p, culai ion '1 no Justice I lo, ed into lbs niaitir fully and jin.; oim d a line i f .: and cot on Kisher, which he laid. Kii.1 er has Ih'c.i conducting a tannery ami ig!oe making liudiims in u, n;;f few miles east of lihmd.ile for mune ne nilis. and has bandied s ureal man hides w Inch he bought from hunter Is'th in mill out of sasou and when taken into cusiody, had s number of hides undergoing dm tauuiug prcs- u -til, udalii Ns-ws. NisediiM, reissiirs and supplies for all makes of scwitu machine at the s,'w ing uiaehme agem v Hair- Kiddle Hardware Co. RIVT-R COURIER, GRANTS WATER IS PLENTIFUL NUW Late Storm is evn Excellent One for the Plevcere. Tha recent storm, while it has features that are not altogether pleas ant to pedestrians and those who are obliged to be iu the open air, is one of the best for the placer milling enterprise that has occurred for a long time. It has been snowing intermit tently for several days and whilo in the lower valleys it lias been me. ting as it fell, io the mountains it has been piling up probably to a depth of several feet, making a reserie water kupply on which the creeks nnd gulches may draw for many weeks to come. All tho smaller streams and gulches are now running full of water from tho melting snow and tho r-solt is an awakening of activity in the placer mines, many of which had recently beeu compelled partially to suspend operations as all but the best watur right were romilug some what short. It the present Worm is followed rip by another fqually as good a little later iu the season, it will M sufficient to make this a first class placer year and the present somewhat uncomfortable wetness is helping to well tho clean np of next spring. liesidea tho many largo miucs of this county there are numberless "gulch diggings" and little sluice hni ventures whose aggregate is as tonishiiigly largo and helps in no small measure to swell the gold out put of Southern Oregon. Soiuo of theso "diggings" can be worked only when the wuter is slnicing down every ravine on the mountain side and times liko the present are the harvest times for workings liko these. CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET C&ses Brought up e,l Le.l Term ol Court. Actions at Law. E B 1'ick lu vs J It Harvey; action for money. 8 A Vance, v The Monna:u View Copier Co. ; action for money. Phillip Wolf & Co. vs Albert John son; action lor money. Dismissed. Mary Ramsey vs John Locklmrdt mil E M Brooks ; action for damages. E A Dunham by E II Dunham. guardian ad litem vs Southern Pacific Company; action for damagos. Verdict for f 13,000 (J A Hyde aud J It Hyde, partners vs Cousino Bros., partners; action tor money. Dismissed F H Schmidt vs C II Libby; action for money. Dismissed. W CJ Halo vs Wui Bailey et al; action for moiiev. Suits in Equity S W Smith vs Nellie Smith ;di voice. W I Sweutlatnl vs Grants Pass New Water Light & Power Co. ; objections to cost bill. F FelBch vs Lucy Ferrnii et al; equity. Ellen .St Louis vs Henry Booth, et al ; equity. Elizabeth Grove vs F F Grove; divorce. O S Goodnow vs W II Knierson, et al; foreclosure of mechanics lien. Elvira D liny vs W J Hay; divorce, l'.enj Kush et al vs I M Gorlutm ; equity. II I! McClung et al vs I'agio Turin r, et al ; artitioii suit. Maggie Hniizaa vs E C DeArmond; injunction. Dismissed. S N Avers, et al vs O O Lund : suit to quint title. John T I.aytoii vs T L Devore, et al ; injunction. Dismissed. A J Waite vs Wm II Emerson, etal; foreclosure of mechanics lieu. Dis missed. James o'H Ciiiini vs AW I'm, et al; pirtllHUl Hllit. C E Emerson vs Jans II Aden, in sane and C C Taylor, guardian; equity. J E Wisecarver vs Jacob Klippell ; suit to quiet title. W 1 Sweetland vs Grants Pass New Waler Light A Power Co. ; injunct ion. Blanche Kicu vs Edwin Kice; di vorce. Clara Childers vs James II Childers; divorce. Estate of W I-- Kreiner, insolvent, J 1 1 Poolh Assignee. W E Stacy vs Tcimcsse, Stacy ; iii voree. V II Osgood vs V p ,i.i W G Wright ; equity. Abraham I. Met Mclhnuis ; divoti c Alice J lliggins livnroe. J O Booth vs inns vs l'hynettie -Decree. vs LolllS lllgeius , Waller ilcYunUa, I et al ; equity. Mollie E Bidding vs P lidding divorce. Decree. Liura Fields vs Sherman Fields; divorce. Iva M Mci'allit,,r vs Oliver A Mc Callistor; divorce. Lodge Install ation Th'olllcers of Kogue Uivcr Camp No ,Vi W o. W. and Azalea Circle No I. Women of Woodcraft were jointly installed at the Woodman hall Friday evening, January S. Music by the orchestra was a feature of the I evening and vocal solo by Missj Whittcn which was heartily encored and gracefully respoud d to. After' the initiation a auni tous Mipjs'r was served, eoveis lemg laid for about HHI guests. The officers installed are as follows : w. o. w. I'. Geo, II Slover. Adv Lieut, W E Harmon. Banker, l.iucolti Savage. Clerk, C E Maybeo. Escort, J T Fryer. S. ntry. T W iluatus. Watchman. J K Browu. Manag- r. ' E (Van. Alia Circle. G N. Maud Penny. Adv, Mary J Davis. Clerk, lone S Frier Banker, Mrs. W E Lean. Maj. Kuhy 1! Wright. Attendeut, Vesta Yerke. Mus, Ella Walker. 1 S.U, E Hamuilli. O S. II. Mrs Mabel Wilson. Onpl ti, Hattte Calvert. Mgr, Jcsvqhuie Tliorutou. PASS, OREGON, JANUARY DUNHAM AWARDED $12,000 Case Disposed of During the The most imjiortant case tried he fore the oircoit coort this terra was that of E. A. Dunham vs. The South- cm Pacific Compauy, and action for .damage consequent on an accident that cost Douhain a leg whilo work ing as an empoly of the compauy in the railroad yards at Grants Pass in March, li)02. The case was the ouly jury trill of the term. Tho phintiff ittoruey was A. S. Bennett of the Dalles, while the defendant was represented by W. D. Fentou and 15. A. Loiter, of Portland. The case be gan on Thursday and the greater por tion of three days was taken up by the trial. The following jury was selected: W.J. Cosmey, H. H. Spar liu Thou. Leith, Wm. Turner, T. F. Croxton. W. S. Earrie.. II. Downer, C. II. Stevens, Jos. McCaslin, Jos. Kauch, H. II. Gihhs, W. S. Robiiisou. Tho defendants' attorneys endeavor d to show that the accident was caused by Dunham's own carelessness. The arguments by Feuton and Biniutt were masterpieces, of legal oratory. Tho jury's verdict awarded damages to Dunham in the sum of 12.000 and the following special findings were also Buhinitted by the jury: 1. Did the plaintiff prior to the time and placi of he accident, know that the baud hold on this eligible was misisng? No. 3. Could the plaintiff, as a reasi u ably prudent and careful person, by the exorcise of ordinary care, prior to lli time and place of the accident have seen nnd ascertained that this hand hoi I was missing if ho had looked? No. !). At what rate of speed was this engine moving at the time and j lac when and where ph.nlilf nttetnp'ed to board same when he was injured? Five miles nil hour. 4 Wus it daugi runs for plaintiff to attempt to I card Jhis engine at the time aud place when and where he was injured, if the hand hold had been Iu good condition? No. A motiou for a new trial will argued before the court on Saturday. On I'ridav, information was filed agaii.st Fred Phillips, on the charge of larceny by stealing from the per son of another. Phillips plead guilty and on Monday was sentenced to a term of three years. On Friday also, tho information was file against Elins C. DcArmon, on the charge cf maliciously an wantonly wounding and injuring au animal, the :,iperty of another. 1 he information accuses him of shoot ing a cow, the property of John Knu r.iu on October 2, P.m.'l. Bail was fixed at i"iO0 and on the defendant's an- irauce before the court on Satur day, ho was given until Monday to make his pha. At that time, tho bill of iiitorui ition was found fnully mid was remitted to the district nltnrncv. The greater jiortion of Monday was taken up by the Grove divorce case, ill which a very large iimoriiit of con flicting testimony wis offered. No cree has yet been given. In the ease if McGinnis vs. Mc Ginnis, a divorce decree was given. In Flanagan vs. Horn, et al, a judgment by default was entered and the plaintiff allowed tin sum of flTH. ,10 In Stevenson vs. Southern Pacific Company, plaintiff was given fit) days in which to file nn nmeiideil onm nluint. The case of McCullistcr vs. Me Cil lister was referred to F. M. Cal kins to take testimony and report at the next regular term. I he case of Hyihi Bros. vs. Cousino Urns, was ilisinPss 'ii. In the cas- of lidding vs. Holding, a decree of divorce was granted. Court adjourned Tuesday morning tn'il Saturday, January 211. Medford an Open Town. The Medford city election was held lust week and the result was a vic tory for the t'iti.ens' Ticket and open saloons every day in the week. Two conventions were held some time ii(U. Dr. E. 1!. Piokd was notuinaicl for ntiivor, J. E. Toft for recorder, Charles Strang for treasurer on the Citi.ci.s' ticket ami later were endorsed by the People.' tteket. The ral tight of the day was for .ollilcilnien of the different wards. Ihe qinslioii wis w hollo r the saloons islio.ild lie closed on Sunday or remni.i op-n us at present. The Citizen's tick, t was for nil open tow n and the Peoples' ticket was to close up the s.ilcoin en Sunday The following were the sunssai! candidates: Mayor, Dr. E. I! l'ickel; Kecorder, J. K. loft; ireasunr, Charles Strange; ! Coiincilmea Hist ward, Fred Luy, !lr..l. F. Mitchell; second ward, ,l hn . I ox, r. M. Wilson ; third ward, Joseph Scott, Joseph F. Kdley. The Citizens' ticket carried iu every ward. Be,nU tor Utinsmulr. E. . Card r, Ashland, G. S. J L. Gault, ef ashler of the t'.ink of Butler, of Ash 'and, orunts I'iiss were at i-.iii.iuuir nisi woes on business in connection with the organization of the new bank to be establish.,,! ,.i ii , . . that place. It is exacted thai the liatik of Diiiismiiir will thrmv op. li its doors for business about the 1st of February. It will lie organ- i. 'it under the lavs of California with a capital stock of f'.V, iK which lias all been subscribed. A big block of the stock will bo held by Ashland capitalists. The office will then be fixed upon ami the safe and ether fittings onleril, preparatory to the early commence ment of business. The new institu tion will be a great couveniemv for the ioplo of Punsmuir and vicinity. Ashland Tidings. Mr Gault informs us tint the new I bank will be opened for business as ! soon as a suitable location can be m loured aud hank fixture delivered, j Mr. Gault will be cashier. Pansmair is growing rapid lv, and there Is u w a four-storv prick buM iiess Mock and hotel nuder construct ion, besides numerous smaller blocks i aud many residence. at, tgo, STRUCK BYRUNAWAYTEAM Young Guy Jeier Has Narrow Escape. Very Guy Jeter, the delivery boy for the New Meat Market, is suffering from an exciting accident which occurred on Monday and which might easily have resulted fatally. With his horse and delivery cart he was jogging np Sixth street and just in front of the office in the Opo'-a house block, he was ran into by a runaway team and wagon. The runaways nmA nn from behind and struck the cart with a terrific impact, turning it .-..r several times aud shoving tart, horse and all for some distace up the .. Tim Vinir was throw OUl, W as Si I eel. i,v s..,, - stemied upon by the horse aud run over by the cart, and when the mix-op was past, lay senseless in the gravoi of the street. He was picked np and cared for. No bones were broken and he was found to be only severely braised. He is now ueai ly recovered and will resume his work. After the team had passed, the cart rinhted and the horse started on up tho street after the runaway. He turned east on E street aud went around the block, coming back into Sixth street at the Sugar Pine store. He turned down Sixth street, took b drink at the wuter trough and, start ing to cross the tracks, was very nearly run over by a freight car. stop- iniii! only just iu time to let tho car pass in front of him. He was caught here by a bystander. In the spill in front of tho express office, the boy lost several dollars in money and succeeded iu finding only a part of it CORRESPONDENCE. Lrl&nd Sittings. Mrs. Ethel Hawkins was the guest of Mrs. Lucy Chapin last week. We have been hnving a littlo cloud juice for tho benefit of the miners. Gleiidalo with her population wishes to incorporate. We, with our irslial, Henry Ball, dou't need to inco'-porate as our town is very or derly. Our merchants do a large business. The Columbia mino is doing big work. They have washed off a large amount of ground already. Frank Floss is manager. Frank understands his business when it com' s to run ning a mine. We In ar of a rich Btriko on Coyote creek. The ledge is a large one anil goes many thousands to tho ton. That creek has furnished very rich placer mines, consequently quartz ledges must be in the vicinity that has furnished the placer gold. Iu speaking of Oregon, especially it a distance, people get this part of Oregon mixed up with the web-foot country. That '8 a sad mistake. Leland or southern Oregon is fur different from tho Willamctto or webfoot country. At present wild flowers aro growing in profusion aud we have a nice bouquet at writiug.the sun is shining, and the meadow larks are singing. Sometimes we boom a little but Glcnilule sees us and goes us one better by writing of mountains of quartz, carrying big values of gold. me editors want to draw immigra tion aud have to magnify to get parties to look over their country. Our quartz is of such formation that a miner (an see at a glance that they are permiiueut and carry freo cold with sulphates that have the lastii g pialiles. We understand that Mrs. Fanny Rutherfurd shot a big panther last week about four miles down the creek from Leland. Her dogs chased it up a tree. She took her gun and went to see what the dogs had treed and ound a big panther sitting on a largo limb. She shot it twice b-foro it fell. Our native Oregon girls have got tho grit. A portion of them can shoot a gun, help clear land and make tlicnibdvcs useful. Wide Awake. The F.vening Telegram reports: Tho pirtial cleanup of the lower dig gings iu the Galioo Consolidated for the purpose of moving the sluice boxes and making room for now dump ing grounds was mado last veek when the riffles were lifted and a small stream turned through, the floor of the sluices was covered with yel low metal " lousy w ith gold" as Superintendent Ed lerry expressed it. Mich a clean up after but a few day's run is marvelous, even for Galice. wonderful Nerve. displayed py many n man during pains or accidental cuts, wounds, bruises, burns, scalds, etc. But there s no need for it. Buck leu's Arnica Salve will kill the paiu aud cure the trouble. It's the best salve on earth for piles, too. lie at -Vitional Prug Store and Grants Pass i narmacv. Buggies! Buggies! of every dticriptlon at Kclikopf & Neas' Shop. We keep constantly on hand a ruchI variety, both Has-tern and our own make, with prices lower than Ihe lowest, quality considered. temem!er we guarantee all the vehicles we sell, lioth our own and factory make. We have also quite a niiinltr of second hand jobs which are selling at mot any price. Special attention ts given to 1 lot-MO fslUM'llllf Mineis, Mill Work and all sorts of Buggy and Wagon Repairing. Remember the place, corner 6th and I streets. REHKOTF & NEAS. 4UAU wuAauvc orono ViUlnme Tablets. JS r , Scw.Maiicbq.oM hu month. This sismatnre. SFj&r WEEKS Hrcak Up a Cold TABLFXS Modern Scientific Remedy for Colds and La Grippe. Your mouey back if jouwantit. Slover Drug. Co. Solk Agents. L. G. HICGINS Assay Office CHARGES: Gold, Silver, Copper, lead, tl each. Gold and Silver, fl. COLD DUST Bonght and Refined for Dental Trudo. Each and every assay done witli tho idea that it may be checked. DRY WOOD Dry 1 6-inch Heater and Cook Stove Wood or 4-foot wood, if desired, can be had ....ON SHORT NOTICE.... by leaving orders at the Sugar Pine Store or the Detnaree Music House or by addressing W. H. HEATOX, Grants Pass, Ore. F RED'K D. STRICKER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 OltEGON. C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Practices in all State and Federal Courts Otlice over First National Bank. jbanth Pass, . OitnuoN. II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clock., Sil verware) and Jewelry. A Good Assortment of Ilrueelets and Heart tangles, Olemens' Drug Store. , SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS PlIONB 21 N. L McGUEW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS. OREGON The popular barber shop Get your tousorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Hath room in connection SATURDAY, Jan. 2 - "s" V To Cure a Cold in One Dnv CLASSIFIED i - KEY Large store kT" Owner can l.ave saiA" for this notice. r. . ..wANrti) . 1 WANTED Man ciP 'V contract. Apply E. L. Cv- V it'iSTpn a oi,.i.u n 11 a ner n-j shimmer henda ..... mch. single or double belts complete, ia order. Address Lock S ' souville, Oregon. WANTED By cxpTrh,' wile, a mine. boarding , '. ply Conrier Office. ; WANTED A woman or general housework at n, . of Mrs. W. S. Hale. " TRUSTWORTHY ladTT to manage business iu 11,1 and ndjiini'ig territory . of solid finnticial stunaiiJ sirnight cash salary imiu cneii ainnuay dint f.ijn.iiKe Q. vauced; position iiermm,,,,. dress Manager, (in.i ji00 Chicago. ; imiiln ni f , 17 FOR. SALE7 ENGINE-?',' H. P. Ut? Lngino. Brought f roui Ec Y. Never used, and it A Bargain for cash or u nients. E. L. Cats. FOR SALE or rout rootniuj .ui-iiui, iu uiiv. Ant,, ollico. SAW MILL A good saw n. to Bell, capacity 15,000. the heart of a good timber' near mouth of Powcli ' Teams, logging outfit, It--, 400 worth of lumber imVV 1 for R000. Enquire at tiiif , " ' 88 acres, all improver, t chard, 8 in hops, two linns., burns, 5 miles from town. ' all or part. E. W. Tumor. Grunts I'aa, TH A br AN of good work horn. and gentle, i) and 10 yea-. , woigli 1200 to lJlOO pounds, J teed to be as represented,!' bought at a reasonable pric ' doublo and single harness, n ono new Stockton wagon, t tires, almost new, and farr' Apply at Courier office. ROLL TOP DESK imd. chair for sale cheap Conri,: 150 tous baled alfalfa hay. R. Ray, Toll), Oregon. I.-AKM FOR 8ALK-two miles lr"' lin, 10O acres shout 50 acre, bottom land, vij acres in cultiviik house ami barn and about fiO ar-r fence. Malice of land vmtslile tv. or- pasture. Kor further pirliiv dr S3 W. M. Crow, Merlin, (irep- '200 b('kk ranch, good pn apple orchard, siinil! ; abundance; water for irjiiruiion ' springs 011 every 40 acres: center., range country tun dwelling Ik, ham, every tlnpg complete; Wells from frofs, good inminir maris ( nan nine norm ot tunnel U, ptu Inquire at this otfice. HER f?(U) a, re 'ruit ""d "lock ranch.' troin (irants Phsm, Urn lr cleared' loin Orchiud. fiiir liuildi: fruit soil, plenty of water ami tin the best ouii-ide stuck ruii:e in l.ounty. Price If . HO per acre, I Address Mrs. A. 11. t'hessinore. Ore. "1 FOR RENT. TWO very desirable houses Ii Nicely located, runt ret Apply to E. L. Cuss. TWO unfurnished rooms or ed bedroom let singly if Terms moderate. Apidv to 8 Harrison, Second street, Mrs.' house BOARD GOOD tnblo board St. Louis House, J streets. and rooiE Cor. Eip REPAIRING. FURNITURE cleaned nnd re. upholstering done, ciirjirii np, cleaned und rel iid. Ma' renovated, household pond' for shipment. Apply to Eb.'rlo Residence Sixtli St. Domestic Troubles. It is exceptional to liiid . where there are no domestic it occasional ly, but these ciuibffj . ed by having Dr. King's N-j Pills around. Much trniiliit save by their great work. I Nalioiml Drug Store ami Urn: I'haruincv. I GRANTS PASS OPERA HOUSy itest e a rice: Wl HAMPTON . HOPKINS Great Scenic Production oclc Sandy Bottorf ntil ae c A Plain Story of Plain People from the Hills and Valleys of Arkansas. Sec the Passing Steamboat. Seethe Escape From the Moonshinerre HEAR THE VILLAGE QUARTET!! A Dramatic Story of Unusual Fore Tickets on sale at Horning & Depuy's. - Correspoiiiieiic E, (omeg a lalior of love . right sort of writing niauru nsed. We carry a line of fie tlonery u suit the most fust tastes. High grade goods at -jirices. Latest novelties in ' lper that can't be dnplic:it f tha mouey elmwere, Hlni.k om very cheap. t& lie) National Drng laau SB I Care Crip ted b Two Dayitra or. ever yrvn box. 2Jj.