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koakk fiivER courier, dftAkts pass, otikQbii, Itkk&l jt is4' Easter Sunday, April 3, 1904 We hope it will prove to be the advent of Spridg and beautiful Spring weather. It is now seed time and sooir will come the harvest. Don't buy old seed for late planting. Owing to the lateness of the season you require seed that will germinate quickly and make a rapid growth. We do not claim to have Specially Prepared Seed, but all our seeds are NEW and we think they will grow. Have plenty of Flower Seeds this season All kinds of Sweet Peas in bulk; Native Morning Glory seed, etc. Onion Sets White or Yellow Danvers ioc per pound Early Peas and Beans in bulk. The White House Grocery. H. C. BOBZIEN. For your face to glow with honest equal or Planet Jr. No. 17 It is suited to all kind9 of garden cultivation and all garden crops. You can do more and better hoeing with it in one dav thin you can do in three days with a hand, hoe. Thii is but oue of 52 PUnet Jr. tools of equal suieriority. 1 Call at our store and look into their merits. Price of w heel hoe shown in cut with attachments i V--1' These and a large line of the best and latest unproved f arm and garden iuiplemeuts for sale by CRAMER BROS. ODD FELLOWS' BLOCK & Spring Weather Is Coming for It ? Y6a wi need Garden Tools and a Cultivator in your garden. WE HAVE THE XI. Your fruit trees will need spraying. We have Lime. Sul phur and Bluestone, and Spray Pumps of all sizes. We are prepared for all seaons come inand see us. HAIR-RIDDLE HARDWARE Co. Grants Pass, -., Oregon. REAL ESTATE I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE Here are a frw llnrqnins for a sharf timr rnily. No. 2i:t. 40 acres adjoining city lin itn. Onu 7-1 ooin lumen mid one .'l-room house. tniall baru, nnd a good cellar under lionw. All fenced; small orchard, nil varieties of fruir. I'rice .jITiKi; one-half cush, balance on time at eight per rent Interest. No. 17.'). 10 acres junt outside city limits. Small orchard mid sainll dwelling house. Price y)U this j l.no will he clteivtl at this price for the next 30 days only. No. 212. New 8-room Ir aec, two in ri n nf gitmnd all in orchard, sitnated on tho main street in the city, nil fenced and all improvements first class. Prico, $0."OO. Resideneo and basiness lets in any pail of the city. Proles re:i.-ru-able and terms to suit. Call on or addre JOSEPH MOSS Hend'iuarterH for Heal rotate. Otliee on E Street, bctvmm Kourtli and Fifth Ktrwts. GRANTS PASS, - - OREGON. IRELAND & MEADE'S ADDITION M F. A D U , .- .............. . - ,75 432 I ti! fa! ... 1 ... I . tr ... I ... I .. e " , f" V. i" ' 10v fl . z 13 14 IS 16 17 ft 19 LEE IT. The lots in this addition are especially addptrtl fr r rc-idcree piirse- as they are very large and on rolling ground and higher than tic city proper. For a short time only Ireland A Jleiulo arc iu..Uii 4 rcu.nrk.iUy T av re It will pay vou.to investigate their prof.iujr befme haying eJ-tvhere. See H. V. MEADE, at the Courier r.ftW, for particulHr. A fine assortmcut of goods aud 500 j Ne d!e, r pains and supplies for style to select from at the Grants all makes of fc-w.n ma hiuc at the Pass Tailoring Co. Nobby sous at i White sewing niiw biuo agency Unr easonable rates. Steam cleaning. Riddle Hardware Co. g SIXTH STREET. Easy Gardening and at the same time clean and perfect garden ing, tho kind w h i c h will make your gar den the talk of the neighbor- pride, nothing is quite the mis Single Wheel Hoe, Cultiva tor and Plow, Eli Are You Prepared j to (rants Pass, ()ivj;ii. tmzk s t n r. k T i I L J I 0 . 5 '.' J 21 I 14 I Is in the northern jart r.f the city, aluut one lili.-lt north r.f th.i new tjriea Public S'!.'d L .II' brti-t-n Siei.t;i ai.'i Ninth OUR PERSONAL COLUMN People es They Come vnd Go ! From Day lo Dy Jndh'( Hoe Ih visited l'oitl.iml last Vfetk. Mrs. Clarence Prrsvett cf Ashland is visiiiutf Mr. and Mis. H, S. Tres cutt of this place. Mrs. O. V. Colvitf is fcuuYriug from a upraincd hip, the result cf a f,.Il on the walk at her liutu jtliur Fryer is uow a member of the Norns & Howe's show ba' d. He lore for the south last wetk to join ths show. Win. Alfred and 11. P. Cheshire at tended tho statu gathering of K. O. T. M. at Portland last week, as dele gates from the. Grants Pass loi'gp. Superintendent Savage visited the Savage & Miller p'acer mine on Miller creek urar Davidson last week and spent afew days hurtling boulders. George Trimble fell from a car at till utlulo last Wednesday and a brok en Us is the result. Ho was taken to tho company's hospital at Portland Thursday. A. B. Rinlnul, district representa tive of the Kunitahle Life Imuran Company, is doing business for the company hero. Ho will probably locate in Grants Pass. Mif Odio Kama returned to Mod ford last Thursday after visiting her sister, Mrs. Nate Elites for several weeks. Mrs. Pates also went to Med ford to visit her parents. Jehu Y. Howard returned to Grants Pski last week after spcuding several mmiths with Mrs. llownrd and Miss Kulmit San Francisco. Mr. Howard has genu to Kerbr 'to look after his hnsiuess interests. Mrs. J. M. Kitciieii of Stayton spent a lew days in Grants Fin's this week visiting with lelatives and friends, on her return from Tusc.in Springs, Cnl. , w here she lias spent sev eral weeks. Sho went to Gleudale Wednesday i veiling and will visit there for n few days with her daughter, Mrs. F. K. Howersox. Mrs. Muu H. llovfe, who went as a representative for Placer Hivo Ne. SI, located at Placer, and Greenback, to the Stato Convention of the Lady Maccabeus held in the L 0. O. F. Temple, Portland, last week, returned homo on Friday's train, some five Inurs lulu. She reports having had a most successful aud enjoyable, time. 1 1 in session terminating in n cluss-of initiation and also with a biuxpiet. Dr. J. C. Smith has purchased a ding store in Gran's Pass aud Ic ft for that place Thursday, accompanied by liis daughter Hazel. Mrs. Smith will follow abort tho first of April. Our people t ill much regret to Ire this estimable family from our city, but will wish them the tnHt of for tune In their new homei The people of Grants Pass will find tho Dr. a competent and accommodating drug gist and a man in every respect, worthy of their confidence uud p.itronngn. Jt ffeifon Review. Henry Croisaut broke his arm on Friday in a way that emphasi.es the saying that wo are in danger wner ever you go. In attempting to jump across a little creek, only n few feet wide, on A street, his feet slipped on tho ground, which was covered Willi water und ho fell. He threw his left hand to back cheek his fall and broke the arm near tho wrist. Haul; says he has fallen in the same way probably a thousand times in t'.o course of his life, without any dis astrous effect, but ill this ca-e the arm j happened to be in just the prop' r j position to be broken by the force of tho fall. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Dcninno anil Waldo Greene went to Greenback I Friday to furnish music for a dance which was given there no lliat even ing. The nads, Mr. Deuureo re ports, are in a fmtful condition. The load through the giaiiitc district iiiorthof town is badly washed and cut out. The Lnusu creek brigile is a wreck and lies brol.i u backed in tho creek, with a big pile of boulders holding it down. The uist approach 'of tho Grave creek bridge lias severed ; its connection Willi the bank and its mi port is uiiileiiuii.i l. I.i(lit teams, however, nriungij to drive on and ti ter pi rilou.-ly across. 1 Millinery Openlna Mrs. M. P. Anderson will hold Ik r spring opening of millinery ou Friday and Saturday. April 1 ami 2. A large a-"ortmeut of trimmed hats in the latest designs will be on display. , Teachers tnttiltite. Following Is the 1 n niin fur the local f( aehers' insiitut" whiih will be held in Giai.! I'a-J, Saturday, j April 'J: I MdltMNU SESSION. l'.':e) ( 'lining Song , Heading in 4th Grade 1'rt.nc.s Mc'.Villiauis How to Avoid Moiiok.i.t an I Maintain Inti rest , l.'l.ui' ho Crane IlE'KSj The Greitift Prohbm for ihu Teachers' JIustery Prof. F. K. Young Drill Pupils -Hew Much, in What Way I.nreiia Shuck AFTERNOON' SESSION, 1 Grammsr ia Filith tirndii . Nellie Aiie " Th Value of Out.ine Work and How Much . .... 1'eie George Priu.arv Gradi c Ti:ree important 'lhing4 and How I Tench them Lillian Hrgaii UKCL.'s.S Arilhn:. tie Fifth (Jmdn. .Mao Pi-hnp Ger yraphy int. :iim dial. i and (.ir aii.ii. ar Grades... J. V. Lew. A cordial inviluticn is ( xp uded to all to arii ml. Bids Wanted liids w ill le nreivrd for hauling it) t'.ns ma'.te and coke lo aud from Giants Pafs and Talilii.a, al i Cri i-e.-nt City and Takilnia ; aj proxiniati !y !S ton mitte out and 10 tons enke lu p r day ; I.SMiiig to Pdsliu ir alsiut Jaly Inf. Also K) tens mm hiie iy fr. m Graft's PiSj to Tal. ilea about May l.-t. Fur f uitl.-r itifotu.atifU addre, Takiiuiu SiiK'itiiig Co., Grants Pius, Oro. INSTITUTE A WIGWAM Improved Order of Red Men Or ganize. Tahkiltua Wigwam. No 39 of the Improved Order of Re.l Men was instituted in Grants Pass Monday evening by G. M. Orton of Portland, Great Sachem of the Great Council of Oregon and J. H. Howard of Oregon City, deputy organiser. The lodge starts out with a charter list of nearly 40 members with a probable member ship much largi r. Otlkora were elected as follows : Sachem, K. G, Smith. Sr. Sngaruore, R. M. Eberlo. Jr. Sagamore, Geo. Slover. Prophet, G. W. Finch. Chief of Records, O. A. Thomas. Keeper of Wampum, W. O. Harmon. 1st. Sauop, A. O. Knight. 3d. Sauop, E. J. Sims. Guard of Wigwam, S. J. Taylor. Guard of Forest, J. H. Colby. Warriors, J. It. Eberle. K. F. Han num, Jos. Wolko aud H. W. May. llravcs, J. O. Gibson,' A. C. Brown, F. E. Miles, J. B. Pliipps. After tho election oltioeri were in stalled by tho Great Sachem and Act iug Great Misheuowa, W. H. Hamp ton. The next meeting will be hold in W. O. W. hall ou Friday evening. Easter Services. At the Porosbyterian church Faster Sunday, communion service will bo held in tho morning. Iu tho afternoon Knight Templars' service will bo held with sermon by Rev. W. O. Council. Special mnsio will bo rendered by tho choir. Iu the even ing nu Easte concert program will be given by the Sunday school. Tho most elaborate prpearatious for some years is being made at the Newman M. E. church for Eastor services. Subject for tho morning service "The Power of the Resur rection." Special mnsio lias been arranged for this service. II. L. Gilkey, superintendent of the Sunday school and hls'eorps of woik ers are putting forth their best efforts to make tho evening exercises the best this chnrch has ever enjoyed. All will be made welcomo to these services. Tho Presbtyerian church of Wood villu is now to have a resident pas tor, Uev. It. Tweed of Florence ar riving thi-ro last week with his wife and two children, to take Dp the work. Tho Woodvillo chnrch, al though it wa organized withiu the past few years, has a neat chnrch building and is in a flourishing con dition. Hev. Mr. Tweed aud family stopped oil at Grants Pass on their way to Woodvillo. Robert Huston, a mau about 60 years of age, a brother of James lleston of Dairy, Klamath county, p Tithed iu tho Cascado mountain about l'l miles east of Ashland ou Thurdsay or Friday. Ho was traveling afoot from Klamath Falls to Aihlaiid on big way to Port laud. After walking all day in the snow ho was only half a mile from shelter, when he in thought to have become exhausted and to have fallen into a sleep from which ho never waki ned. Tho mail carrier had pass ed at a point noma it.V miles from the place and at that time lleston was making good progress and his condi tion appeared to be good. Mary Osborn Douthit of Portland is in Grants Pass in the interests of her book "Tho Souvenir," which ho is preparing to publish. "The Souvenir" will bo a very handsome publication, containing articles on tho early history of the state as well as delineation of Its present possibilities and resources. As a medium for advertising Oregon, the book is of exceptional value, and boards of trado in tho several towns are co-operating witli the author iu furthering its publication. Miss Douthit nnnoiinceH for the benefit of the Oregon artists, a cash prize for a cover design ; also, to tho public schools, a prizo for illustration for a story. Address fill Morrisou St. Port land, Oregon. At tho January term of circuit court for Josiphiun county, tho Jury in the case of E. L. Dunham vs. the S. P. Go. awarded tho plaintiff $12, IMS) damages. On motion Judgo Han na several weeks ago granted a new trial, assigning us a n asnn thervfor error ill giving the jury an instruct ion asked for by the 'plaintiff's attor m y. The co.irt holds that under the law n ill evidence in the case the plaiutilf although under ago is held 1 1 the Minn degree of responsibility in looking out for himself and avoiding per-nnal danger that an adult would he. Tim instruction referred to was the reverse of this and therefore ch in !y misleading upon the main is sue in iIih case, viat. tho negligence of tho parties. Tim case will come up again for-trial at the April term of circuit court. Sentinel. Ee-siern Star. All member! of tho Eastern Star are request ;H to bo present at a regu lar meeting on April the nth for rego Inr and iniatiatory work after which a p"cial program will be introduced. I!y order of the committee. Free! Froe! Free! An enlargement with every dozen cabinets nut it tho 1st of May at Nichols studio, opjswite court house, I desire to acknowledge iu tins pub , lie way my application of the kind 'tie'sof the mayor, common council and friends who have done so much iu ministering to my comfort during , my affliction from which I am now j cinvah.s'i ut. Such acts of kindness are iu hani.oi ) with the spirit of ( nrist as expressed in Ills words: "Iim-much as ye have done It unto the bast of theiMi mr bretliern, ye l have done it unto me. " : John Pstrii k. I Moh&lr Wanted. j Ship me your Mohair to Koschorg. . I Py top prico. Address L. A. Mars ters. Cleveland, Oregon. LORN. McKlMMENM-ln this city. Wednei. d.,y, Mar h 2 WW, to Mr. and Mrs. Ga 1L McKimmens, a ion. THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS Brief Notes a.nd Items of Interest and Importance. I Dr. Flauagau, Physician and Dentist. Go to Coron tor Plumbing. M. Clemens, Prescription Druggist. U try a Blue Ribbon S-ceut cigar. Tinshop and Plumbing Hair-Riddle Hardware Co, A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges at Coron's Oliver Plows, made to wear, sold ouly by Cramer Broa, I will furnish lot and build a house ou easy terms. J. D. Drake Poultry Netting in all widths al ways ou haud at Cramer Bros. Road Farmer Joues' experience tho rest March SIst, Harlli show win dow. If yon want a piano free write to A. E. Voorhiei aud learn how to get one. The connty ; treasurer has called-in warrauts protested to November 15, 181)7. High Grade Sowiug Machines, Pi anos and Organs Hair-Rladle Hard- waie Cio. See tho numerous articles on the 5o counter at Newell Bros'. Ouly So counter in town. That Boston Bonquet Mocha & Java coffee will sorely please you, at The Sugar Pine Store. A now line of jewelry at Newoll Bros.' Racket itore. Every piece warrantod for flvo years. Wheat Hearts and wivei can mak the best breakfast mush. We will sell yon the Wheat Hearts you do the rest aud enjoy your dish of uiusli. Tho Scgar Pine Store. . During the month of February, 64,758 packages of exhibit! were re ceived at the World's Fair grounds. Six hundred exhibitor! are' now on the ground! Installing their exhibits. Ask your grocer for C. E. G. brand faucy creamery butter, manufactured by Rogne Rivor Creamery, Modfotd. Remember It is first-class; if not sat isfactory send It back. For sain by tho leading grocers. The Glee Club of the Ashland Nor mal gavo a successful entertaiuraeut iu that oily on Saturday evening. Ernest Wright, formerly of Grants Pa-s, participated lu the program with a reading. See that fine lot of Ladies', GouU' and Babies gold rings? For a small consideration St. Louis, the jeweler, would part with one or two of them for he la making more of them aud might make yon one just as you want it, if you furnish the gold dust Gnbe Plymalo, a young man well known in Jacksou oouuty, is missing from his cabiu at tho Sterling mine aud Is thought to have wandered off aud perished. Some aro of the opinion that his body will bo found lu Sterling creek. He has been miss, lug now nearly two weeks and the search has been given up. U try a Blue Ribbon 6-cout cigar. Bicycles for 1004 ou exhibition at Cramer Bros. Read carefully onr proposition to givo sway a high grade plauo free. Embroideries, 8o, Do, aud 12c; rib bons 1c up at Newoll Bros,' Racket Storo. We are going to give awiry a plana Write tJ A. E. Voorlilo! and learn how to securo It The Crusader shoe for men, five different lasts aud one prico the world over $3.60. A sure wearer, and a guarantee with every pair, that pro tects the buyer. The Sugar Pins Storo. Nina Robinson, formerly of Gold Hill, baa been given a verdict of 1000 sui costs in her breach of prom ise suit against R. T. Walton, mayor of Ked Bluff. The mayor will ap peal thu case. Tickets for the Homer Daveupnrt en tertainment are on sale at R. O. Mo Croskey's storo. The reserve seat plat will be open Friday morning, April I, at 8 o'clock. No seats will be reserved until that time. Win. Bunch aod sous of Murphy, who own the ranch ou Applegato just beyond the Murphy bridge, have pur chased the Golden Gate livery stable! ou E itreet near the Hotel Josephine, from Hayes & Boren. Just received a fine line of Dia mond and Opal rings. Bring in your old gold or mining gold and let me make you a seamless oval or band ring. I have a new way of making them whi !b you wait. A lfred Letcher. Having received oue of the latest improved New Century Engraving machines we are prepared to do all kinds of engraving; goods bought from ns engraved free. Curtis Co, Odd Fellows' Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. Fred Knight's delivery bam took a spin down Front street and turned dowu Fourth street to thn south school last Friday. There were some minor breaks lo the wagon, bnt no serioui damage done to either team or wagon. Bend me your order for fruits, vegi-tablei and produce. Fresh east ern oysteri always on hand. Fish Tuesdays aud Fridays. J. R. Hosier, commission merchant, next to Palace hotel, frout 8l, Telephone 4.H3. Caih j ld for poultry and produce. J. DrOuIre wai found guilty lu the Ashland city court last Thursday of violating the saloon ordinances and was fined 75. He ia credited with having run a "blind pig." This couviction, as well as others which preceded it, was secured by the evidence of T. K. Robert! of Wood villo. A rivoriU Bcirudy for Bsbki. Ita pleasant taste and nroinnt cures have made Chamberlain1! Cough rem edy a favorite with mothers of small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds aod prevent! any danger of pneumonia or other serious conse quences, it not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the crourv ooogh appears, will prevent the at tack. For sale by all druggists. Cast off Pattons guaranteed Sun Proof Paint is sold ouly by Cramer Broa O. O. Daniels, real estate aud rent al agent, Cor. Eighth aud M streets. Make your garden while, tho good weather lasts, aud gut your tools at Cramor Broa Rings, stick pins, lace pins, belt buckles, watch chains, guaranteed for five years at Newell Bros. A fine panorama vlow of Gruuts Pass, mounted ready to frame, ouly 60o at, Nichols studio, opposite court bouse. Do you waut the best located ros tauraut lu the city? Terms easy, price right J. D. Drake, 0 St, be twocn 7th aud 8th Sts. The Williams creek stage started ou its now time schedule ou the 15 and uow leaves Grauta Pass at 7 a. m. instead of 1 p. m, and leaves Williams at 1 p. m., reversing the former run. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's olub will be held Saturda), April, S, 1004, at 3:30 p.m. in tho Woodman hall. Tho program will be by Mrs. Ora Hemmenway and her class. Jennie II. Denlson, ico'y. Almond trees are iu bloom, utterly refusing to bo held buck any louger by the weather. All spring develop ments aro backward, but a few day I of sunshine will bring them to the front in short order. FREE GIVEN AWAY A very protty China Toa Bet A Beautiful Rug A Useful Trunk A Desirable Dress Pattern (II lack) A Fine All Linen Table Covor A pair Nioe Lace Curtains Suo Window Red Star Storo. Glvts rUlth, Vigor and Tone. Herblne li a boon for sufferers from auenmia. By Its uso the blood Is uirkly regenerated aud the color be comes normal. The drooping strength Is revived. The lungour is diminish ed. Health, vigor and tone predomi nates. Now life and happy activity results. Mrs. Hello. Bhlrel, Middles borough, Ills., writes: "I have been troubled with liver ooiuplaiut and poor blood, and have found uothlug to benefit me like Herbiuu. I huvo wished that I had known of It iu my husband's lifetime." Mlo at Slovnr Drug Co. LOOK! LOOK! and sec what there is on Tho lino in full, but btill there is left in her basket: Ladies' Tine Muslin and Cambric Under wear: SKIRTS DRAWERS CORSET COVERS NIGHT DRESSES lu-'i!'- ''"'v1"'" OutuiK r lniin. l Ladies' l ine Linen Hemstitched Table Shecla, Pillow Cases, Towels, I'cdsprcad.s. In fact everything nooileil is in this basket. Ask to seo them, nho will bo busy, but wc will bo only too glaJ to show them to you. S6e - SUGAR Your Trousers Buttons. The liuttonlcss Suspenders Will Retire Them from Service. Six trousers buttous uow become as superfluous as the vermi form appendix. After making centuries of trouble und placing men without number iu pcrplci.xug predicaments, they can now gejout of busiuoss for all timo. Tho uow buttouless suspcudurs differ from thu familiar form ouly the substitution of clasps for. the leather cuds; but those clasps are of a peculiar pattern, neat, nickel-plated, with a grip like a bull dog's, yet warranted not to tear the oloth. Cast-offs both iu front and In the back aro provided, so that it becomes necessary to opeu the clasps only when tho suspenders are changed from ouo garment to another. This operation, however, Is just as simplo as unbuttoning tho straps. Harth A Son havo secured the first (100 pairs of buttouless snspendorg to come to Grants Pass and they're on salo today at tho storo at an introductory prico 50 cents at Harth & Sun's. Mrs. T. A. Rehkonf v wishes to EASTER ...TRIMMED HATS... ah t .1 i ,x iin...i ii, : ,i- v... wi ivn uiu mwiA-ei iu uiiA'nu una uiBjuuy ill IU11- linory. Tho entiro stock ia now and tho prices lower than over before known in Grants l'ass. J Remember tho place, South MAUliLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. II. I'ADIMJCK, I'koi r. I am prenered to furnish anything in the line of Cemetery work In any kind of MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly thirty yean of experience In the Marble business warrants my saying that I can till your orderi in the very best manner. Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind of Mature. Kront Street, Next in Oreene'a Gnnsliop. r Brighter Days Gomino And you will want your Bicycle ready to ride, bring it in now and have it, cleaned; you dou't have to pay until you come for the Bicycle, and we never charge (or storage, Our repair department is under the management of a skilled nicchnuic who works on pcrccntng;c no it is to hi interest to sec that everything is done as It .should he. Our stock of ' ...BICYCLES AND SUNDRIES... is of the best the market affords, We ulso catry a large stock of FISHING TACKI.K, CUTUiRY and BASKBAIX GOODS. Come and look over our goods, get our prices and see if wc can't save you money. Youis for business, W. A. Paddock ts this clothesline that the hung there for you. X Handkerchief: Linen wil," ,Kui,ki"" nmteli. PINE m .. announco her ' OPENING -OF- Sixth Street, Grants Tass, Oro. J. D. PADDOCK, old darkic woman has STORE. 'MM V-e. J AW 6 W; ; L;,'l." l;P X tX