ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FEBRUARY jl, 190.
In
ROGUE KiVER COURIER Tl,e o MitinRiy Pbii.i.e
,.,.., letter from t lie A d j tmtiTB sale" out-
GRAMS JMfeS, OKE.JOX. , flf oluialltlg tlmt Jnp.t(,Iltl of ,,,
business hero was brought to thcru by
tno Observer. It Is interesting to
noli! tlmt during the. tamo week of
ll.M this publication the '.'adjusters" were
J In trouble iu Medford for trying to
.00 evade paying their lln-ufp, and were
soumnly stating on oath that thev in-
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THUKS1MY. rKHIU.'AIIYll, l!W 4
Senator Hniiiin is very seriously ill
with typhoid fever, tho ctTetti of tl
disease being aggravated ,y tlm worn
out condition of the senator irior to
contracting thn allim nl. The I hysi
cuius express I'nntldciicu iu IiIh r
eovcry, but tliu nisis of the din -usi
lias not yet arrivi'i).
Affairs iu Him Domingo have rc aoli
cd urh a ne'lons state that a H'tind
rou of war thips composed of tin
Minneapolis, tliu Columbia ami tin
Hartford has been tinl'Ti-rl thorn by
onr government to protect the liven
anil prorty of its citi.ctis. Ha
litllo half wild countries in this will
lint know pence or jimsi-iTi ty until
they are, controlled or at least "jiro
tcctcd" by some, strong and civilized
power.
The Courier of Apnl lit, Pri.'l, con
tallied a description of a new magi
r.ino guii invented by K. JO. Kedllnid,
Ketently tho Glcndulo News ro pub
Ilshcd the, picru verbatim, failing to
Iflva credit therefor. Thn .Southern
Oregon jkiimtb am now re-printing
tho artioln and urn Riving nudui
credit to tho Ulendnlu News. We like
to seo tho (ileco reprint. d, but in
stead of "Olendalo News" picusn up
jH'nd "Itnguo Hiver Courier. '
Secretary Hitchcock continues firm
In his deciHlou not to n -appoint J.
11. Hooth an receiver for tlm Koi,oburg
laud olllco anil it la likely that the
efforts of tliu Oregon senators iu be
half of tho latter will bo fr iiIiI.hu.
No criticism of Health's olllclal record
is advanced by tho secretary, whoso
objection is solely on account of
Booth's business Interests and hi
connection with lumber coiiiiiIch.
Tho secretary will probably re-np-i,i.i
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I"' ji nines as register nut ilcclli.is
to tako such action until tliu senator
liamo a successor to Ilootli, whic
they aro not anxious to do.
J ho Observer laments editoriully
Unit "some parties in this city, wllh
better intentions than judgment, are
now circulating petition for prohihl
tivo measure in the matter of iulnxi
cants." Tim fear is premature. Th
Vctitinim referred to am doubt lei
t bono for a local option law, whl
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noum ii-iiiiei' 11 poKHinni inr a com
muulty to ubollhh its faloons if it no
wUIilmI. Tho I'ourler belli Ves in the
iibollshment of Millions nn miou us tin
puniio seutlmi lit is strong enough to
liaok up (In, movement ami every
effort to briiiK about this condition
should receive cneouraKciucut,
Tho deiiioeiatio party will ,uv
to practice, dovu like tnell. h tliU year
to avoid a split iu the party as the
factional feelliiK is already quite in
teuto. The IleaiKt element, Kind tel.,'
backed by llryau, Is at direct Miriam
Willi the element of which Cleveland,
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""""""ii nun nincr ot the older
democratic party nro the e,jncnlN.
I heso factions aru s far apart that,
at tho present lime it looks tiioui.
It would bo exceedingly dilllcult ti
ncunctle them. Jiut it may Im that
inu neccRsities (it In. um' will bi inn
anout a burial of the hatchet and ome
oil of mid. lie Kiound piopm il, upon
which nil may met.
temlijl to remain ix ruiaiien'.ly iu Hert
ford, thoiiKh their announcements,
advertisements and contracts for rent
and lights showed that they intended
.to stay only 10 days. However, their
sliitcnienta to tho Observer may possi
b!y Im-true. 'J ho C ourier has alwar
advocated patronizing oui 'rniincnt
and reliablo husiness men rather tl an
teuisir:iry outfits. Aj to the pi-reeu
tiiKe of Conner renders among those
who pitronized tho "adjusters" we
will say nothing, but among those
whii iitrnui7.it our reliable business
nun, know tho readers of the
Courier to Is) greatly iu the majority
DUCOMMON COPPER MINE
Operated This See. son by Brine
I a,r & Smith,
Thus Far
all In favor
Japanese.
of the How California Is Advertised
Throuuhoxrt the World.
COR.R.ESPONDENCE.
A 16 Foot Vein W ith liood Values
In Gold
The Diicommon copier jirois rfy
near Holland is among tho mont im
jiorlnut of tho coming mines of tlmt
metijjiferons ri kIoii. It is Ihe nron
i i
rly of H. K. Dmnraniiiii and consists
of six -laims in thn heart of the cop.
per licit of Southern Josephine
ounly. Thn ore, body has a width of
II feet and is traceable on tho surface
ora distance, of .'IISHI feet. Ilciil,
irrying a high per cent of -copper I
much of tint oro gives anwiy values of ,
fMI ,iD In gold, which u :t Being free
milling cannot bu obtained without
ipcchl processes. A tunnel is now
ill courwi of construction In inn il.
in at a depth ctJTO feet.
Tho Conner hydraulic placer on
Eriggs creek near tho mouth of Red
Dog is being operated this season br
Erinegar & Pmith. They aro work
ing iu the big channel uncovered a
few years ago by Conner. Tho ground
is high enough to insure a first class
dump and thn boulders of this Chan
n. 1 are not so largo and heavy as is
umal iu the Eriggs creek channels.
Red Dog cNjiecially has a rejiutation
for hard and heavy boulders, but it
also lias a record for heavy gold. It
was the scene of ono of the exciting a
rn-hi s in tho earlier days of gold
digging In this county and the creek
bed and fusier ground was worked at
that time A great deal of good
ground still lies thing this creek on
tlm bars and hill jsi.nts awaiting hy
draulic action. The Conner mine has
water right from Red Dog creek,
among tho best WBter rights in the
county. It is easily good for a seven
or eight months run with a good head
in ordinary years. The gold is coarse,
clean, pure and heavy and always
commands the highest Jirice.
COMING F.VENTS.
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Cue froo, Feb. il The Japan. -i. fieet ,
attacked the Run-inn fleet of; Fort
Arthar at midniclit. Two hnsniau
hattlcshiji and one Russian cruiser
were disabled by torpedoes. ,
Clio Foo, Feb. 10 Advices receivol,
hero to efTect that Japanese torpedo
fleet, while escorting trrcp transsirrs
to Korea, met at the harbor of Chemul-1
po, a Russian gunboat. The Russian
assumed t lie offensive, opened fire on
Japanese torpedo boat, wITtihl
promptly returned fire by discharging
two torpedoes, which, however, did
not take effect. The Russiun toen I
retired to tho inner harbor joining the I
ItuKsiau fleet.
Having landed their troops, the
Japanese returned to C'hemuljo yesd r
day, J-eb. 9, and tho commanding
otlioer ordered all Russian vessels to
leave the harbor, to seek neutral
water. Informed them that i tbev
failed to leave by noon ho would at
tack tlieiu iu tho harbor.
Russian fleet left Chemulpo harbor
at Jl :.) when Japaneie attacked mar
Polynesian island. After one hour
entagement, the Russia- withdrew
a ith ono vessel lost and another so
utleily disabled that her crew lib w
ner up io jircvcnt l.er falling into
Jajuiueso bauds.
12, Friday Garnet sociul at
tlianv church par. or.
eh. 111. Tuesduy Social at Chris
tian church jiarsounge.
Feb. Ifi, Tuesday Uncle Tom's Cabin,
njicra house.
.i'irl" S'LCo,n- A BIG FIRE IN BALTIMORE
Ki b. 1!, Friday I.unch served at I.
O.O. F.hall by Eaptist young js oplo.
Feb 22, Monday Knights of I'ythias
anniversary ball.
Feb. 2iS Friday Musical Recital by
Miss Ethel Palmer at i.s ra house,
auspices Woman's club
Entire Business Portion of City
Destroyed
It is I
I HOW stall d that Senior I'nir
banks of Indiana w ill make the ra. i
for Vice Jiiesidi lit w llll Kon-ct m.
VI
i n senator Is a man who has had
presidi lilial n iial ions of Im own,
now said to l.e dormant. 1 1 is name
on the Roosevelt ticket is i xp,, t,d to
quell at lia.-t one aim Roosevelt (ac
tion Ulnl on,, tl,t ,,!,. ,, ,,,,,,
Hon of llamia a iai mm,. llui ,,
thing than it ran !. under (lie picM-ut
Jirogram. Senator l'aiih.inks is a man
n( known ubility who has a long .inn
hoinirablo record. If oeeisimi de
manded, l,e is lapabb. of a-Miming the
Jiresideney. This la-t cua! i !i, .it toll is
oiiu liiat ,;l, ai t inies lii ti, ,.,. ti
been ot siht ol i i,e N le, lion of
vice-presidents..
The sei
1 in
iisiir I. mil 1 ( rime of i'-i.
IS Olio of th,, ,,,,( I,,,, ,e.u
I'erilllCe lec-tnies (hilt We I, ale I.
tmiiit Pass for a long tn-:e. Here i
a Vomit man, nvtu r il'.v .ui-l nnrni.i!!
a g.'cd, p ai-eald,. ein.-en, t ut M, , ,,'
sliluled that lnpioi m.,1.,, ,ii ,
maniac ami in, .In- its inlli h
commits a t. n il-le i in,,. , l'l ti ,,i
cial pulilie ,-rolit of s.,i, , s a 1 1 . ,n
ii-, i.ii i iiui'iens in ,
ntklis.s (or ,1, i..,,,,, ,,,
T NOTICE.
Wo don't intend to curry ovor ono dollar'H
wortli of (ho following winter goods if the power of
I'l-ice cutting will get rid of them:
Misses and Children's Coats and Jack-
Ladies',
ets.
Ladies' Ojiern Shawls, Square Shawls, Scarfs.
Ladies' and Children's Golf Gloves.
Ladies' 1'lannclletio (iowns.
Ladies' Dressing Sacks.
Ladies' Furs.
In fact all small and hroken lots will lio closed
out at a great reduction.
Nothing hut Strictly High Grado Goods. No
old, shelf-w..rn and out-of-style goods at our store.
We siinjily don't waiit tho goods rather havo
the money.
ours for good goods at popular prices.
E. G. DIXON,
SHOES AND FURNISHING GOODS.
Fire which slartid Sunday morning
uhout 11 o'clock, in tln drv uooil
house of John K. Hurst A Co., Haiti
more, and which for 112 hours raged
with unabated fury, despite toe efforts
of jirobably the largest fire fighting
forcn ever used, was brouiiht undei
con t ml Monday ateinr,on. Tliu nn .i
burnt over is about 110 acres, located
in tho heart of the city. Publii
buildings, newspaper olllces, the
principal mercantile establishments,
warehouses mid jwrtions of wharves
havo becu consumed.
JNor even a close app.oixmal ion can
bo iiiailu of tho loss. No guess can
bo niado on iusuranco. An eioert
e
the city building Inspector, estimates
I the loss in buildings alomi at tl.'il),
XH,()00; on the other hand it is said
iusuranco estimates do not jdace tiie
loss at so great a figure. So far there
has becu no systematic attempt to fix
values.
Not ft singlo life has been lost and
not a human being has been even dan
gerously injured.
Governor Wailleld Monday morning
issued a proeliiiniition calling nsiwoiul
session of the legislature to provide
relief for tho striken city. Tlmt
evening the general assembly met al
Annapolis. A bill was immediately
introduced declaring business Kiisiend-
ed for 10 .lays in Iialtimore, in order
to enable business men to gel their
business affairs into as good shape as
possible. Tho bill was immediately
passed and signed by the governor.
ONE WAY TO KILL A CAT
Gel Ihe Beast After You and Run
It to DeaJh.
Charles Marci
counter with a
had a des erato en
wildcat one day this
LATINUM OFJHE YUKON, OWL GULCH QUARTZ MINE
To He Worked by Wuratah Rose She.. km & Robinson Are Resum
Minerals Co. j n Development Work.
The Waralali Rose Mineral Co. of
ondon, are preparing this coming
uininer In exploit, the platinum fields
ving along the Yukon River, Alaska.
or several suisiuis, their olllces have
en receiving samples of sands fn in
this district, in h In platinum metals.
Mineralogists who Inn e examined the
Alaskan fields suggest that by careful
M'h'itatlon, there might be found
mother deposit similar In the llus-
deposit, whirl, is tin world's
hlef source of suoiilv.
null Ameiica ranks second to
wissi.i as a s.nnee of platinum, but
iug In the mislabel condition pro-
ailing, mining has been very pi-coal i-
i Competent iiiining experts suite
it w nh proper appliances and sultl
hi capital, the platinum supply
f Smith America wille.mal ltnssi..
OAK FLAT MINE RESUMES
I'icpix returns llciin Wnik
With lIvtliKulu- I'l.vnl
Cases like ln,i
dies, ihose w!io
llle Siiloens M ill
deal of ph ,..ii, i,
hllllil.ee the ei ,, I'
I'.V two l.ou.h. ..
tllllllte I '. UM, l.i e
I,
It lli,
pore
s'i".e
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Am in
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1 ,i, I
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1 II,
The J.ips n.n.. i.,, ,
allicg g,.i:,.. , f
stliick haul ami vigi-i
miilliiglil Mi;, k i ii 1 , n
liny night will, a tort. !o
sank one Ku-.i.m w :ir v . -nbl.'d
two mine, 'pi,, ir ,
lldroiln. SH Sill pi i-en (he l
is iu these iju ilili. s , il
H.lv.iniago ov. r the Ri,
Japs are pn lnblv mi I i.,, r (!,;.
their OlUHlllelll Put ll y , nUi, ,
ipiicker anil cm , ,,,, j, ,,-,
an npporlunity in the tune ,ti ,.,,
the Ihoughl p. , i.t. r t!- i;i.s.,.o,
cranium. With l(Ual r. m urre ami
condition tin re would be long o.l 1- I,,
favor of the Japanese but w ith llus
sia's jHiucr and weight the littl,
browu nun will i,, ..piij,., ,i , ,,
celerity nud vein u.. ,-, e,, p,,,.. .,,
'I I VUling (he Con Utnais.
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W. I'.
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'II:.' Oil, Flat In, li. iiilu mine will
"' ii b.' iu op- rat ion again aft. r a
i'll s The ml, u. I of
in has l . ii a. .pure, I by
i'c.1'.. l iank l-'ets, h and
. le' now n-pai mg
'' n in llu le at fnliite.
It I- a-l ,,ng Ihe huger of
ic lii ui . of t he count y,
''lal hiuilud aer.-s of
I ! I- l-t tile OltTi .-Ot
I 11 leu, ag, s aiel heights
"i r ix , r channel The
a h'-l i l.iss bxdraulic
in ,1 a water right tiom
""' "' IW.gg. ir.ik's
u I- -. that i. good lor at
i igl t in. nulls' run i.i the
Shiisliii it Robiiisoii are preparing to
resume development work on their
Owl (Julch quart. prns-rly. Ihe
work has Ik'cii suspended for a time
on account ol water leaking Troiii the
shaft iibove into the tunnel. Recently
a I in foot tunnel was completed, tup.
ping Ihe vein immediately below a
shaft which had I n sunk from
above The shaft was lull of water,
which ran down into the tuneel, em
barrassing further operations at the
time. The owners w ill now proceed
to drift on the vein. At thesuifiu-o
Ihe vein was about eight feet between
"alls, while close to one wall ran a
four Inch quart, stringer that yielded
ii'tonislii'ig prosiiooti in free gold bv
panning. At the depth attained by
Ihe tunnel this stringer has increased
in wult'i to IJ inches whi'e the width
of the entire vein lias not yet been as
certained. This is a prnivrly of ex
ceptionally good at pearauce and is
being ilcvc loiMd into a valuable, mine.
GOLDEN DRIFT PLACERS
Steidy Operations M the Dry
DiJilfils Mine.
week. Sir. Murcy had u single-barrel
shot gun, and after giving tho ani
mal a load of birdshot, tried a luiinl-to-hand
encounter, lie was getting
tho wijrst of it and concluded to
throw his gun away anil fly to a place
of safety. Then the real excitement
I commenced, with speedy Man y in the
lead. Ho was too fast for his an
tagonist, and after running about Jim
yards, the cat dropped dead from the
loss of blood and exhaustion. Mr.
Murcy, like the fellow who outran
Ihe bear, had the animal handicap
ped. Myrtle IVint Fnterprise.
The sH'i'ial bond election, Tuesday,
for the purpose of determining
whether or not Ashland Is to have a
new f.'.-i.lHH) High School building
elicited a good d-.il of interest among
the tax paving citi.ens, and was car
ried in the ullirmative by a decisive
majority or more than three to one
The total vote cast was lM, of which
I."'S were for and M were cast against
Ihe proposition. A notable feature of
I ne election was the reseuce at the
polls of a comparatively large nuiulu r
of ladies, who exercised their right
of suffrage with all the sang froi.l oi
expel ienci d electors. Oyer .".n vuti s
were cast by the women. Tiding-.
Giants Pass V e&lher.
hollow inn is a su mry weath-r TO -
seruilion at .-mils pass during the
month of January, P.H4, as reported by
J. H. I'a.l.bvk, local vohm'ary obserier
lor ihe Oregon Stale WeatherVerviee.
California believes In talking about
Itself, especially southern California,
lad when It is a.-ked why that especial
region Is jirobably better known than
uny otl.er In the country to op!e w ho
do not travel u typically American sto
ry Is told of a whole community that is
organized to advertise itself.
There in a chaiuls r of commerce in
I-os Angeles composed f l,.,is) busi
ness and professional men. Right years
ii go the writer was ,v. pointed "walk
ing delegate" to wait upon desirable
reputable citizens to request them to
I become members. The society was not
then so popular as it Is now. Mem
bers had to be beggiil to join at that
time, but only rcspec'able citizens wen
sulk-lied. One man I succeeded In en
listing bright nr.d early 111 the morn
lug. In the afternoon the papi rs said
lie bad beaten his w ife, and I had the
delicate mission ,,f returning his sub
serlption to Ii I tn the next day. Thus,
with some care, were the member..
selected. The cili.-ns of I.os Angelei
now pay annually JIT.'iuO for belong
lug to tin- association. Hick of nil
tlase members s'and a ze;iljti:s. hide
pendent wealthy executive committee
und an uiui-ua!!y capable othcial.
The chamber of ooiuiiierco main
tains a free show of fruit products.
mission mid Indian relics, maps and
minerals. All the rural I.s-al visitors
tied most of the eastern tourists haunt
this free exhibition. It has a reading
room and meeting rooms for small so
cieties and has two women euiplnycil
handing out laudatory southern Cali
fornia literature to :ti qll ,-rt n Is. It or
ganizes southern ('alifurniii displays In
distant cilles. It Issu. s pnni,i!cis de
scriptive of southern Cnlir.inila, many
of Ihcui telling of th" shadows us well
us the lights us regards Investment.
The truth is lold as no private enter
prise could ii.Tor.I to tell It. II secures
s'atl.itics of crop returns. It forms a
reliable depository of Infoi ination for
the benelit of those In the east and oth
er lands who really wonder whether
these tilings ate so. It answers thou
sands of letteis of inquiry und de
vises scheme to help advertise south
cm California to the great world.
It entertains ie-soeiatioiis unci emi
nent Individuals. A ill. Mary programme
is furnish .1 on th.-s,. occasions, consid
erable handshaking gone through nud
il weak punch .served to visitors, till of
which in duly advertised to the press
of nil continents. Army and naval of
llccrs, governors, senators and distin
guished men in the arts and sciences
are entertained In the suinc way and
much good Incidentally done for the
cause of southern California.
Looking forward to the future, this
association Is building n large edifice
for Its use. It Interests, itself In recip
rocal treaties of Ihe I'nlted Stales, mir-
tlcularry In reference to California
products; In the .Nicaragua canal proj
ect; In new rail Vds projected in tiie
direction of southern California; In the
protection of the forest reserves, upon
which so much In a treeless, arid dis
trict depends; upon the location of mil
naiy iosis nv ine government: uti.in
nnriior matters and new government
buildings. I.Ike workingmeii. it h
ken advantage of organinaiioii nud
Instead of directing strikes and ar!
tratlng quarrels between the ctnnl,
aim the employed spends Its time
In lauding southern California.
I he consequence of all this persistent
effort is the continued uiibuililiii"
iiiuthern California, the redemption of
more of the desert, the erection of vast
i.i i , ... ...
oui. i,s null llllliuiuoei- ',1 tlollllclleS atll
the consequent henetit to the Indivlilua
member w ho now hastens, however re
lilctant he was years ago, to Join tin
nssoclation. Kindred associations an
now springing up Iu many rural towns.
serves as an example for
pert or partly developed
Lrland Sidings.
Bob Virtue took a trip down O rave
Craek, jiresuuiably to look after his
mining interests. The last rains give
(he miners jilenty of water.
Congress means well to approjiriate
big inonev to deerien the Columbia
river, but alas, it is enriching a few
in. ii, who handle the money, but a I
-'mull amount ever goes where it is
intended.
W. J. Bryan is iu a muddle. He
ays so mauy factions have tprung up
ji the di mocrat'c parly that he can't
tell w hat to do 10 keep the jinrty iu
lino as the Cleveland wing is the
trongest, sor Eryati.
A good mauy jieople Ktop at our
:owu as the train goes each war. In
talking with them, they are surprised
'o find mud instead of the ground I u -ing
frozen two feet deep. We have
had but little, wind, enough to keep
the air clear of smoke or fog.
Homo of our business men have
quite a desire to attain to literature
mil elrqueuce. We wish to encourage
them all we can. Wu are wondering
if Uiek is, writing under a new non
le plume. If so, Dick, let us know
is wn like to hear from Hugo. .
We aie exis'rienciiiR a little w intir
mathir, or iu other w.rds. Oregon
winter; a little snow, then sunshine,
then a little rain, then a little more
mnshine. When the weuthir is all
-unshino, it becomes tnonoti nous, to a
"haugo is good. It is conducive to
good health.
We have no sickness to report. No
b.'.riy has run away xviih another
man s wife. A wedding in the near
futcie. We have no cases for law-
Iiardly any split ups in families
Husiiiess is ji'M.d, plenty of work toi
m.l cuit-is. T. J. Mackin wants
i r. m n to cut wood.
Stick, so far has need, d no feed.
If p.o; le In this xiciuity would lurn
their attention to llu dairying busi
ness, big money could be made, but
peoplo nro nervous, as the big
ri amery at Portland incorporated as
the llaziowood creamery would absorb
all small plants, and that eiiieruri-,
will be delayed for a time.
A new saw mill is being tnken
down Grave Creek,
wl, "tlier it will he
creek or taken down
nice. Miners down
saw mill as the mines aro
with heavy channels th
gold. ,n look for a town to be buil
near Harris Hat in the mar future.
Wirtu Awake.
GOLDEN DRIFT LOGGING
At
Saveige Rapids About Six
Miles up River
The Golden Drift Mining Company
. has a crew of men at work logging on
I 1 1 1 u J. C. Savage plaue near Savage
Rapids. They are at pruseiit cutting
trees on the side of the mountain rue
ing the river. Tho logs aru peeled
and rounded off lit the small end. thou
they are started on a down shoot to
ward the river. The Togs vary in
length from 20 to (iO or 80 feet and the
Telocity they attain while sliding
Jowu tho mouutaiu side is wonderful.
A few days ago ono of the logs struck
a three-foot fir tree square iu the tnid
dlo at the base of the tree. It was
going with such terrific force that it
split the tree to a considerable height
aid tho lug jiassed completely
through the bole thus uiaile. Another
log struck a codar tree at an augle
and in a moment the log was split in
to fence rail uiateritil.
Tho logs are floated down the river
to the coin, auy's mill at the dam nud
sawed into timbers for construction
work.
ADVERTISING THEIR TOWN
classified)
TRUSTWORTHY ladTrT'
to manage business j ,f
"i"1 ,nClJti,oi'JK u'"'tort C
of solid financial stans:1
airaight cash salary T?
pud each Monday T
headquarters. Expense T
'need; Jiositiou rrB
dress Manager, 605 iu
Chicago.. on'
FOR. SALC
ENG1KK-2V H. P.
tngine. Brought from P.
Y. Never nsed, and j,t
A bargain for cash or
mcnts. E. L. Cass.
F0RSALE-rrenT
iucouuu iu City
oflioo.
saw MiLLzrTsr;
to sell, cajmcity 15,0(10
tho heart of a good timr,
near month of p,,,,.
lnecinir nntn, ,
I01) worth of lum-her .'..
Enquire at tm,-
Tcams.
flOO wo;
for f'1,000.
88 ncres, all improved. -chard,
8 in hops, two hooL'
barns, 6 miles from town
all or part. E. W. Turner,'
' Orants PaV
3(J0 acre fruit and stock ranr!
" from Crants Pass in, .
cleared'
A business Leagues' Plan of Se
curing Residents
''ing
We dou't know
rafted down the
by other convey-
Ihe creek ner d u
lasting
'1 pay big
The society
llll uinlevel
sections.- World's Work,
THESE HIGHWAYS COSTLY
Trie Loss From Had Rondi
Southern SliMcs.
In
The fiii'iii rn of
lose SOuo. iiiiii.iiiii
roads, and l'ariiii:ig
llous brim: Jl.", an
roads would raise ih
il writer In the
from lucre st:;is
recall some of th
ilen on cither bv
the southern states
intiii.ill.v from bad
Ian. Is in many see-
where good
he price to fui, s,,vs
auuiy
fa vi
lice
f.rt
the
be.
if th.
Il"
bard
h.
concrete
Virginia
sentially
tstales.
'1 lie anna
I', ts In that
I'nnili. h
li.l Ihe
but
Nil-'
who
w Ith
South. Aside
s on have only to
I'i'.iils j ,.ii have rid-
' i.v or by night or
il to haul jour pr.Kl
I ilium and discom-
bi realize not only
i'i-o the luxury, of a
wn.v. I tut lii give n
n t.iUe conditions in
mud correspond es
-c of other southcrri
I
farm prod
iu. uu.1,1 isi to
1 tat
I- I 1 I
r ,l:.it
It
III the low. I
, ai th. moot I
lb. nil .M ml I: s
ui I I. i aele ,1 bv tiail '
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nil,.
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l.iv l.ight a
neat !v so n
sl'l.
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ell I"
California
I I. lies of th.
1 art i.illv Pros
w i general ui the -, c
I I'." l'eli i, hip,,, Tln.,s.
el Ti l l IV Vt i,n p,,
' Il of W ater fell vi I.i. I. IC.
I'm he I , oi.nlrv was ser. lv in I
rainfall is still far b. 1
The Golden lrift Company is niak
ing a steady run this w inter and up
lo the past weik have been operating
by reservoir heads, the fro-t having
cat the supply of water to a consider
able extent. The late storm lias!
gtciltly illere-is. .1 II... .v-.,.,- I
, " -"IT'.'
and mi facilitated greater ell, etive
in -- in os union. 1 he rtoil, i,,s
winter is mar liloo.ly linn, aim!,,
further south thin that of la-t season.
rho,,,t is inainiv dut an.'i slide
rvk and fairies gold in good ay log
1 ii mi it ies ficin Mirl'ace lo bedrc b.
l b. old slag,, road is I in . is d
nit. the pr, -e.:t road mining on the
is Ins k a htile furtli r north.
N. xt year the ci inianv will, in all
iu elihoi d. conn 1. -e ih, ir .' ,m er.,.j
ll' gc'tiv.r and .nsiall their pump.
' ''" I1'"'1 ''he cine may then I -''
V tat. I flo, I . .... v. ,1 ., ... !
M,i..
I fill
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Mr A i; ix.inc, pro.i.inet dru
'isi of lhist.r Spiiugs. linn., s:iys:
"Cb-imls rlain's Stomach anil I.irj r
i il .. ts arc, iu my Judgment, th" Total precm mchrs i
mot sunrior pri'ianttion of any f'l tra.- N.,. f
thing in u- tod.iT for constipation. psrtly mo i. Iv, 3, floudv
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Slato Creek Items.
The Sunday school has a good tit
uiiilence in spite of the bad weather
About three inches of snow fell Sun-
day night. This w ill he very hard on
-took that havij to make their living
nn the range.
ihe cold u'cathei
of food have made
hold. Several hav
and the scarcity
the cougars very
l'cen seen m'ar
morning.
a new post
.'to iai. ty and one killed a large hog
ior .limn tirown Sunday
1 he people In re have
,v.. , . ....
"nice Known as Wonder, with J. T.
Hnhcrson, tha first post master. Thi
will be ijnite nn accommodation to u
g'reat number of people who live i,i
ibis neighborhood.
Since the Ingrain-Ilaiusi y mine has
been bonded, considerable inquiry is
being made regarding this property,
-mil extensions of this have been
taken up for quite a distance, and all
indications jioint to this place as
liiile a lively miuiiig camp this .sum.
mer.
Triday night, Kebrnary 4, the ii,o.
pie of this vicinity attended a debar.
it Wihlervillo (m lf, nuestiou " He.
solved. That President Hoosevolt was
justified in iici-nowiedging the U. pub.
ne in t anama. " Jl'. (. Cornm, J.
Kobm.-oii and J. C. K. McCatm I
in uiurmative. w In n a It a u.
"USIJII
If 11 TS . .
... ii. i-ioi ore ami j. p. 'loberson had
the negative. The judges decided
that Ihe negative side n ,, ,1,., i,.,..
irgumeiits and so gave tin- decision in
heir favor. A large crowd was
present and clou ntteution was i ,i.l
io ine siii-nkers. I'.,i,
A business Iccgtic recently organ
I zed In a Main. to.vu Is doing much
to build up the community. This
p-aguc believes In advertising und not
only nies the columns of the local pa
pens for Ihls purpose, but Is now lssu
lug an inexpensive but interesting
lolder giving some facts about the
town. These folders are distributed
us widely as possible, and If the plan
Is energetically full nv d up It ought
to bring good reynits. Ilesidcs this, the
league goes Iu for anything und every
thing that will Improve tin town and
make It a better place to live in.
The circular issued by the league
says that at this trine there is not
single inhabitant sick in bed. and Ihe
large orphan asylum locaVtl there li:i
not had a death iu ten years. 'Ihe
good points about the town are clearly
luid convincingly staled. The circular
gives the name of the chairman of the
leiigue and states that he will be ghn)
to coiiespund with any one Interested
Wanfe rnprr IJoxt-a.
Waste paper boxes are n .w being
used by u number of towns and cities
for keeping the streets clean, und
the nuantily of paper thrown into these
receptacles shows that the people me
realizing to a considerable extent th
desirability of lint littering the slreeti
The Idea of waste paper boxes Is one
that can be profitably adapted by any
city or town which desires to keep the
streets free from the litter of paper, us
they do much tow ard ki oping the thor
oughfares in that neat condition which
marks a well kept town.
NOTICE.
To District C'ltrks:
You ure hereby notified to comply
with the law which requires every
district clerk to en.oll annually dur
ing the last week iu February, for
school purposes, all persons in his
district over four and under 20 years
of age.
Tho census report thus taken shall
he submitted to tho directors at the
annual Hireling, ami all corrections
necessary shall then bu made, ami the
clerk shall then file his Oril?illll re.
port in his olllco, the same to be and
remain a pan of tho permanent rec
ords thereof, and the clerk shall in
clude a copy of the annual census re
port in his annual report to the
county .superintendents.
Yours truly,
LINCOLN' SAVAGE.
Co. snp't.
.".il ifi UII11III. fllr
fr-tu sod, plenty of water ana i.
the best outside stock rung, in
County. Price 7 0U per . .-. i
Address .Mr-. A. H. Clie.,,,
IH.i'ni!" 84LK-t"on.'tt7.
hn. It) acres about isi .,,
boltom land, 2i acres in culiini
house anil barn and about ah
fence, bslance of land siiiiB,e..
or pasture. Kor further parti
dr s V. M. Crow, Merlin, tin,
200 AC'KK ranch, kH;
apple orchard. Ma;
abundance; water for irjignti,.
springs on every 40 acres - eenw,
range country; two dwsllinr t'
barn, every thing complete; ,
from frosts, goUfj nuning ,
half mile north of Tunnel' il n
Inquire at this ollice. '
FOR RENT. .
FOUR room house niiiiori
for ren'. Inquire of G. i
lower Fifth St. ;
SEVEN room house, hot .
water, barn and woodshed
and furuitnro for sale. Jt
Schmidt, G St., Bevenlli k
Gilburt Creek.
TWO unfurnished rnoniam'
d bedroom let singly if ,
Terms moderate. Apply t;
Harrison, Second Btreet, Mti
house
BOARD
JOOO table board
St. Louis House,
J sheets.
and root
Cor. Ei
WEEK
Ilreak Up a CoL
TAKLETS
Modern Scientific Rent
Colds and La Grippe
Your"
money back if join
Slover Drug,
Sot.K Ac.KNTS.
,reat Rcductionj! A. 0. BANNAI
i-
.!!
.17
telileratiire,
Tor Kile by t'.l druggists.
uisiiniuin temperature. i,u ,1,, -j,,
niiuimuiii teuis-r.ilure. il . .,,. -
.'. I u! siion
l.tys clear, ,
I. Th. siorui
TI1K COS1I.V liOAIV
,uH'..si n year, and a ,-o
estimate savs t:..-it only on
available h n.l is e:il:!
due largely to I's .
g,i.l roads tht'oiiai!
ti.aklng theiu ;:,,;;,
con.e fi- in 1';, i m pr a
sarilv ih.clac pse'f
fl.0in.nn Vtrg;:!-! f.e
feft SI stetll of n,.-,!s ;,e
f.-.ll.Hsi.lsli on the in
il fs not Inciiale th,
she would get f-ol-a t
re;il e-ta'.f w hi. ll w ,e
low In the w al.e of
S stein
Titk, Into ne, o u t ;i,a.
t'.ir on teams, an p,,., ::,,(,!,.
tvs-r ro-i.s ; ,s- s .r.i, leant
r.ulrna.N are speudiie.- in, .;,
iu uus luovei::, nt. J, 7 j
I... v are patriotic r is it I,,
W i-ll lo draw bc.suien f-,,;,, ,1.
try? 1: Is himliv ui.ts-arr to
r motive. Tl. thcu.v i'v.-s ,,
tins that It is t! re-..-!;
1 .
IM.lt I.'., y ,s.
lent. 1 "ley t.
conseriativc
o;i--!!i:i,l of
I. llus hen.--.I'ii.ty.
I'm
lauds, thn
."lid the in
i aid n-ss
ti.e sum of
:.l hive a pcr
'l make at 1, -i-t
n'stnicnt. Tin
In. te.,s,, t,;,,s
r I S. d 1 .in,, of
I i'lfviiably fob
pcrf.'fi-J road
1 ear and 1
result ,-t j
that the '
' .'Ul.l tune !
It beeail
was quite
akers did
1 l eu p.
H'ildervillo Items.
Lottie McColIn,,, is visiting her
ancle J. W. McCollum ,l f i
Mr. Creed was called to Gold Sill
account of the si rious ill,,,.,, ,.t
hi father.
J. M. Hocking nd J. W. Mu'ollum
made a business trip to Grants l'as
ihe first of the wei k.
Hie ilcbate.it the church
inieresting. 'The f, w si
creiiit to the occasion.
it begins to look like the farm,
would have pluity to do as the sun
-n.uiiig nnghtly after severnl
rainy weather.
lhnry Hocking made a trip to town
um 1 ne Hectors say he
Hid w ill soft be able
nn o: tne prison it
past three weeks.
There was no preaching ;,,( plln
ai llilerville as Mr. M
"staked in a revivi 1
llll. Let tl.
Prices pf Dent is fry
t'nti) Mdv 1st, l'.lQt.
;!3
I!cst Rubher 1'I.ites, Rest
Icttli, full upper (,r lower sets
lormcr price 51 5 00, no-.v 510 00
per set. Guld Crowns, former
P !'- ?5 hi, now 54,(jo each.
P .itit-.uid Crowns 51,50 each.
lou linings m.ix) atnl n.
g Silver or AiiialKam fiHiRS
I'UHl up. The most dulicull
? casus solicited.
U A 1.1. Wokk
il I'ikst Class.
i K'stiicmlu-r that the-o nrl-.o
rti, 1 ....... 1 . . .
....... s'liiunuc until Alav
fl'-'AHANTkKD
days of
is doing tine
to take his arm
lias been in th,,
us was
meeting at Mer-
egocn work goon. Wei 1
1 renal at Wildorvilk.
H. M. Kol
tup t-i town :
uison made
;atur.l:u-.
a business
Z.llliaii
1st nt
I'r. Jcnninirs' lVntal (Wire
1
Opera House liluck,
Grants I'ass, - Oregon.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE
S'A.U.BANNAf
I he largest sum
iption. channeii
E A. WADE
v cioon.s,
INDKiaVKAl.,
NOTIONS, Ktc
runtS'.rct, wc-t I'.,;doe hotel
GRANTS PAsSS, ORK.
the
, their bill
llgfl-.t fe
lii this r..iil movei:
and the Ju,l
is pritty s, 1
CUehie iLeni
0. pruailiiig iud.
r ib-cve-
""lit of th.-v cer)si:atio.i-ad-th.it
gissl tva,ls "will
to doil'ae it-,- ,1:,, ., ....
each sale f ,:, fr,,.;1 w',!i(.h a ,
ncuiu-ai pnxlu.ts can t drawn bv
wagi'tn and animal power.-
ever paid lor a pre-
1, Slllll 1,1 Si n L'
, ., , r iIi
............ u, ,;.,, ,,,,, tran-f,
loue.i in com sn.l stoitk f i U'.eOU ii
Lis i s u iy a rt , ,-,ne mw,
. ,r nrignt-, l,.r,.,.,j
Is le-, hilbrrto incurable diseases.
t .e istn ..u.l .... .
...ro ne serious invest I
nation ot the sis-citic v. is .. ' i
I hey inte,vi,..ve, score, of tiie cured
-iiiitriaduonton i.sment.t.vpi, Xlt
-ver three ,!,,. on , be treat, Pm
s'cd,.. to ninie chr.mie. ineuiaol,. i
' piug-s. I to Aug. 7 nn ,,
d.he te-t ,.a.,.s .ere ei.ber'.Vllo '
ir.-civir.-Uvor4blv. e"orj
Hi-re (.,,, g bin thirteen percent,,
1 1 "" !",n- Tl' rrx.-e.nnif.
' H e ...v,st,k.anit conuniuVe and the '
emu 'ui rep,. ii, 0f .j,, i,i 1 1 i
nnilisi....! ... . cases ,are:
ion. A!, Ir,-. !..- r
'xi NM-.t.-O Montgomery M,. s K,.?.
Will sell during the tnoti:
of February, at his B
Store on North Side, a It
Carpets and Kemn
at Greatly Reduced Prict
Also Remnants of Mattin;'
t!ie results of our latge sal
Take advantage of thn
opportunity to buy cheap
Till- big rUHMTl
and
HOUSEFUNNISIIE!
STOKE.
Grants Pass. Orcgoi
LADIES, ATTENTIO!
-v
Original and only" genuiw
1 KINI-H Ta.NSV VhFKKS ' "
side by leading druggi.-ts. i".
P'r Ihh. Safe and rehablf- '
Acctpt no tubititutc.
To Core a Cold In !
. MrJ '-Jiive Bromo yu;nin f
Ail druinrists refund the momvif':
to cure. K. W. i.r.. . ..,.,. out i
.. I. K, .. ..r - "
To Cm'Q a CrjAiZr?.
Cant Crip j
b Two Dy ;
or. ver
rrtrz box. 25c