Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, April 07, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI if ill VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AP21X 7, 1904. No. a. 1 M H v e i TTTT -fl 0 fl YTriO fflign watte r To be Given to the Most Popular Young' In Josephine County, Oregon. The decision will bo made by vote of the subscribers cf tlio Rogue Rivek Courier Each subscriber may have a part in the choice. Tho following plan for decision has been adopted : Anv young won). 111 in Josephine bounty may bo 11 candidate. Tho iustruui'.ut nniy bo for "In rself individually or alio may bo the representative of a church, society, or organization, and 1 1 10 piuuo may go to the church, society or organization which sho represents. Every cent paid in to tlio Coorior ofilco ou substrlp tious will represent one-vote, which may bo cast for any one of tlio candidates, and tho ono having tho most votes when tlio contest closes will be the winner. Yes instance, a new subscribei who pays $1. 50 will ba entitled to l."iO votes for any one of tlio candi dates lie prefers. Money paid on back or future subscriptions by tlioso who are already tnliing the paper will entitle tho one so paying to one vota for'each cant paid in.Voting coupons will bo issued when tho money is paid in. Thero will also bo found in each copy of the Courier printed between April 1 unci Octebcr 1 a coupon entitling the holder to five votes. As a special induce ment to securing new subscriptions wo will give an cxtru coupon entitling the ho'.derto 00 votes, to u.-.eh new subscriber paying cash. Tho votes are to bo deposited in a ballot box prepared for this purpose, which will hi located in tlio Courier oftiec. In order to lend interest to the contest from the stm t w o will offer these Bpecial prizes: , To the young lady receiving tho largest vote when a total of 5000 votes shall have teen cast, wo Will give free a $.".(0 Kodak. To tho young lady first receiving a total of uiiOO votes, wo will give free a (17.50 Folding Pocket Kodak. A GOOD WORD FOR OREGON Let People Know You &re Proud ol Your Stnte. Who Will Get the Piano? You Are to Decide. One feature of the Oregon iau character which is remarked by every newcomer is the lack of enthusiasm manifested by the residents of the state when tho state itselt is under consideration. In other sections the momenta' newcomer mentions either city or stato he 1: ready for a display of enthusiasm, while at tho same time he may prepare himself to dis count somo of the wildest stories. Uiegou, however, is the unique ei ception. If the inquiring stranger mentions Oregon, ho Is less likely to arouse enthusiasm than though be mentioned any other conceivable subject. It scenii to be taken for granted that everything the resident knows about the stato is an old story for tho stranger and so a wet blanket is promptly thrown upon budding enthusiasm aud tho stranger is allowed to depart wi'li an impression of the state not nearly bo good as it deserves. It seeius to us there is a happy medium between tho two extremes, between over-enthusiasm aud a rea sonable regard for facts that are in controvertible. Naturally and climat ically thero aro few grander states in the Union than Oregon. It is noted for many resources and tt is pie-eminent in some respects. Why should our light be hidden under a bushel? Surely our lumber, wheat. flourishing interests, shoop, hops, fruit and the score of other industries are worthy passing mention 7 It Is precisely this that tho intending set tler wants to hear. Ho wishes to kuow something about the various sections, their adaptability to cer tain enterprises, the opportunitios for iuretsmeuts or tho chances for homo building. Everything that lie icnrs increases the stock of his use ful knowledge aud no oitizen of Ore gon should be above extending liiiu tho information at his command. Oregon is a state to be croud of, not something to npologizo for as too many are prone, to do, aud of all sur prising things this is the most sur prising experience to the strangers within our gates who find on every hand so much to delight thorn ana so many opportunities which are elsewhere lacking. Oregon Journal The Jackson County Improvement A shooting affray occurred ou rrl- Cowpany iutonds this year to offer day aftoruoou on tlio sidewalk in front Contest Opens April 1 and Closes October. 1, 1904." K1V Grants Pass, Oregon. rier SEWING MACHINE FOR $1. 1; E. A. WADE 1 farmers living along the line of its ditch, an opportunity for the prac tical demonstration of the value of irrigation. To this end thev offer to give to anyone, owning land covered by the ditch, all the water they wish to use, wit boat any cost to the con sumer, upon application. The con sumer is not restricted to any stated quantity, bnt will be allowed all the water he deems necessary. This offer is made with the expectation that the result will cause the company to gain many steady customers, how ever, there is no obligation ou. the part of the consumer to use the water after this season, hut the company relies upon tho results it feels sure A Orest Satiation. Thero was a big s usatiou in Lees- ville, Iud., whoa W. II. Brown of that place, who was expected to did had his life saved by Dr. King's New Discovery lor Consumption. He writes: "I endured insufferable agonies from Asthma, but yonr Now Discovery gave mo immediate relief and soon thereafter effected- a com plete euro." Similar cures of Con sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Crip aro numerous. It's tho peerless remedy for all throat, and lung troubles. Price 50c, and 11.00. Guaranteed by National Drug Store ami Grants Puss Pharmacy. Trial bottles freo. Civil I have Sewing Machines ranging in ptice from $1.00 TO $15.00 These machines are all in good running order and include the standard makes White, Singer, Domestic, Davis. I will sell them on trial. " If you have any thins to sell or want to buy any thing call on me. ::::::::: : PHY GOODS, UNDERWEAR, t NOTIONS, Etc. i Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORK. IKE M. DAVIS SECOND-HAND South Sixth Street, DEALER Grand Pats, Oregon JRKD'K. I). STRICKKR, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 0)u:oon. WATER FUR IRRIGATING GUN FIGHT ON SIDEWALK Purpose Will Da Furnished free to Jackson Farmers. H L. Bennett Wounds H. S Dolan in the Hand. of Thomas' furniture storo on Sixth street, in which II. 8. Dolau was wounded in the hand by II. U Ben nett The casual spectators on the busy street saw a man meet two other men and apparently eugage them in conversation. After a few seconds the first party, Beunett, drew a huge revolver which lie flourished, ap parently in a sportivo manner. Dolau reached for his hip pocket when Ben nett began shooting, Dolau at the same instant grasping the barrel of the weapon aud deflecting the aim. Two shots wero fired, both taking effect in Dolau's left .hand. Bennett then walked down the street with his re volver still drawn, turned the corner For Democratic County Convention. At a meeting of the Democratic County Central Committee held upon tlio call of tlio chairman, the Weuio cratio County Convention for Jose phiuo County was called to meet at Grants Phkh, Oregon, on Saturday, April Hilli, I'.IOI, at the bour of o'clock P. M. , at the conrt House for the purpose of nominating county ofli cers to be elected at tlio ensuing eleo lion, aud for electing five delegates to the Democratic State Convention to bo held in Portland, April 18th, JIM. The committee deciled that the con vent on hliould bo composed of 4T memb.'rs based upon the vote cast for Geo. K. Chamberlain as governor in I'Xtl, and under the apportionment each precinct would lie entitled to one delegate at large and one delegate for every 2.1 votes or fraction of 15 or more thereof cast for Governor Cham- lierlaiu as aforesaid. The number of delegates to which each precinct shall be eutitled will be as follows : Precinct. Votes Cast. No. Dele- hold the majority of the users. The water will be used npon the 5000 acre tract owned by the corpor ation this summer, aud a piece of laud upon which to use Mark Twain's remark about a Mew Hamp shire hill farm one "couldn't even raise a disturbance" is expeoioa 10 produce bountiful crops. The value of water on semi-arid lands will be fully demonstrated on tho company's larm this year, aud many "doubting Thomases" will be couvlnced before another 13 mouths goes by. Last year the same offer was raado but nobody took advantage of It It was rather discouraging to the ditch people, and one of them made the re mark: "If we can't give the water away to these people how are we to expect to sell it" The 6000 acre tract before men tioned will be divided into small holdings which will be sold on terms so favorable that a purchaser, if he has fair amount of energy and muscle can make the land pay for itself, besides affording him a living in the meantime. The class of people that will settle on these lands are the class we want. They will be oreating something, bringing waste land into cultivation, increasing the valuation of the taxable property of the county. A man who comes in aud buys a big, well improved farm or orohard does not necossarlly add to the work lug capital of the couuty, unless the seller reinvents. In most cases it Is merely oue good citizen taking the place of another. It' is an even trade. But the man who comes In aud re claims a piece of land, formerly un productive, is adding to the wealth of the community, be it evor so littlo. Be it understood that we do not object to the first named class, far from it. We have one advantage i'l Southern Oregon, and that is that when a man "acts the habit" of living hero, he wou't go anywhere else. Therefore, we gaiu both ways, but tlio transfers of improvod property does not advance a country like the Kogue river valley so much as does the reclaiming of wild lands. This is, aud has been, the object of the Jackson Couuty Improve ment Company, aud in Iliberiuian parlance, we say, "more power to the elbow of 'om. " Mail. tho use of water will accomplish to I at the Lay ton botol, walked alow steps down II street, then turned and uresontod the revolvor, butt foremost to the crowd of n.en who had assem bled. There was no perceptible rush to secure the weapon and it looked for a few seconds as though it might dud no takers. Ex-Marsliul J. D. Stevens appeared on the seeuo and, walklig up, seized- tho revolver. Sovoral citizens assisted aud Bennett was taken to the citr jail. Ho win removed to the county jail a little later. Dolau was taken to Dr. Moore's office where his wouud wus drotscd. Oue bullet had passed through tho center of his hand, breaking uo bones. The other grazed the third finger, takiug off the nail aud a portion of the skiu aud flosn. Oue of tho bullets perforated the glass front of Thomas' store fully 10 foot above tho sidowalk. Beunott is a miner aud has worked in the camps in different portions of the oouuty for sovoral years. His version of the affair is that whilo ho was taking a nap that morning at tho hobo oamp, the two men had abstract ed some money from li pock ets. When lie met them on the street that aftoruoou lie tried to persuade thorn to give part of it back, saylug lie was a poor man and could ot afford to loso it. They trvatod the proposal w ith scorn, which an gered Beunett aud ho drew his gun. When he saw Dolau reach for his hip pocket, lie tired. Dolau aud his companion, M. H. Owens, toll an altogether different story. They have boon working uear Gold Hill as linemen in tlio employ of tlie Western Union Telegraph Co. The day before, they had quit work and oome down to Grants Pass. Owens says that some time before tho shooting ou Friday, Bennett had liu portoned him to buy a drink and that he had refused, as the mau was a total stranger to him. -lie and Dolan say this is the ouly acquaintance they had with Benuett prior to the shooting; that when they met ou tho.stroot, Bennett's auger was kiudled against Owens, presumably on account of the former occurrence. When Bennett drew his gun, Dolan reached for his lineman's pliers to defend himself, when Beunett began shooting. Bennett' preliminary hearing was set for Monday morning, but at that time he waived examination and is held for trial at tlie coming term of -.,. ...v.r,v "'Ved and energetic When do yoa sop- f J'. I. .1 I , 1 1 .1 .. J 1 -v.- Wkl. VU U.. V.I. UrOlUiUU j qualities? When he was a boyr Let us boo how a boy of 10 years gets Bctt Cough Mcdicint lor Children. When yoa bny a cough medicine forloircuit conrt, small children yon want oue iu which you cau place implicit ooufldnuce. You want one that not only relieves, but cures. Chamborlaiu's Cough Remedy meets a'l of these conditions. There is nothing so good for the coughs and colds Incident to child hood. It is also certaiu preventive aud cure for croup, aud there is no danger whatever from whooping cough when it is given. It has been used iu many epidemics of that dis ease with perfect success, lor sale by all druggists. Mock's Hatch Found. A. H. Mock was Informed this week BUFFALO PITTS Double Cvlindei' Steam ftoad Roller Makes Good rcrmniient llomls with Gravel or Rock. I D. I-0VK PHYSICIAN ! Office in Williim Grants 1'ass Uroci I ldsidcijce Plioin 'iKavm Pahs, M. L). ,ND SURCF.ON. s Bros, block, over 41 1. OHKUO.1 C. HOUGH, ATIOICNKY-A r LAW, .art. 1 en in all fci.Ve and f ederal Court (tire over Firtt National Hank. iuANr Piss, OllE'iOB, No road can bo made lasting without Steam Uoad Hollers. gates. North Grants Pass... if 7 5 South " " III! 0 WiFt " " W) 4 Kerly -IT 8 Inland '2 4 Wilii.inn :l 8 M.rlin i 8 Slate Creek 40 8 Murphy 44 8 Wolf Creek M 2 Althouse (I 3 Waldo 2d 8 G-ilico. II 1 I.nckv tyuerii 2- I lt. Keubeu 11 1 .Scluia. S3 3 Total 45 SWTLTLAND & CO. FRKSH and SALT MKATS- -tr Pii'.xs 21 .Send (or catalog. Buffalo Pitts Company. Portland, Oregon. Courier and Oregonian S2 a yean N. K. McfiKI'W, PIONT.KR TRUCK and DELIVKRV Furniture 11.1I piano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular bsrbcr shop Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMI'KIXS' On Sixth Start Three chairs h&th room in connetJ"0 ui jruKiiif.u ny injuring your property whIi John Minor liuotl rjvu 0, M.mou.'c temple. It Is recommended by the commit tee that primaries lx held iu their re q:tive precincts on Saturday, April itli, l'.Mi, at 2 o'clock in tho after no. Mi of said day at tho usual polling place where convenient. The chair man and secretary or the pi unary meeting are reoriented to certify to the election of delegates. Dated at Grants Pans, March S, 1WH. II. IX Norton, Chairman of. Democratic County Cen trnl ConiinitUin. Ballard's Morchound Syrup. Immediately relieves hoarse, tronpy cough, oppressed rattllug, raxping and dillicult breathing. Henry C. Stearin, druggist, Hliull liurg. Wis, writes. May 20, ll01 : "I have !- 11 selling Pal lard's More hound r-yrup tor two years, and have rirvcr had a preinratiou that has eiveu better satinfactiori. I notice that when I sell a bottle they come Nark lor more. 1 cau honestly rC' orumend it. " 2V .V)o, (I.OU at Blove Urug Co. The World's Fair Route. Those anticipating an Kastcrn trip, or a visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Ht. Louis, cannot afford to overlook the advantages offered by the Missouri I'aciflo Railway, which, on account of Its various routes and gateways, lias been appropriate!! named "The World's Fair Route." Passengers from the Northwest take tlio Misslouri I'aciflo trains from Denver or Pueblo, with the choice of either going direct throogh Kansas City, or via Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant Hill. Two trains daily from Denver and Pueblo to fit. Louis without change, carrying all classes of modern equip ment, including electric lighted ob aervation parlor cafe dining cars. Ten daily trains between Kaunas City and St. Loois. Write or call on W. C. McBride, General Agent, 124 Third street Portland, for detailed Information and illustrated literature. Lots More Hew Furniture Over 100 more New Iron Beds on the way. UAI I B1APFR NKWS-are you interested? Kii rlLL- i f II HI Aloug with our superb line " I " of wall papers aud for a limited time only we shall with every House order of Wall Paper give PASTE FREE OF CHARGE You kuow the trouble you have getting paste right well we have settled that trouble for you. When figuring 011 Wall Papers remem ber our prices are for the papers delivered in your home: this means a great saving to you iu addition to our unrivaled paste offer. Headquarters for TENTS AWNINGS. All Ready with BABY CARRIAGKS and GO CARTS. Don't forget our Great Discount Sale on Lace Curtains. THOMAS THE IIOCSEl URNISIIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON The W. C. T. U. will meet on Fri day, April 8, at 2 :S0 p. m. at the home of Mrs. M. F. Hcliroder on east E street. Visitors always woleoino. No duty, however hard and iioril- ous, should bo roared ouo-nuir so much as failure in the duty. Puoplo sometimes shrink from lespousibility, saying they dare not accept it be cause it )s so great. But ill shrinking from their duty they are really en- ouiagiuga far moro serious condition than that which they evade. It is a great deal easier to do that which (iod glv s us to do, uo matter how hard It is, than to face the responsi bility of not doing it. Wa liavo abundant assurance that we shall re ceive the strength we need to perform any duty Ood allots to us, but if we fall out of liift) of obedience and re fund to do anything which wo ought to do, wu find ourselves at once out of harmony with God's law and God's lirovlilence, and CHiiuot escape the consequences 01 our lauure. J. u. Miller. HEALTH IS YOUTH. OiKSM and SickncM Bring Old Ags Herblno, taken every morning be fore breakfast, will keep you in ro bust health, fit yoa to ward off di sease. It cures constipation, billions nesi, dyspepsia, fever, skiu, liver and kidney complaints. It purifies the blood aud clears the complex ion Mrs. D. W. Smith, Whitney, Texas, writes April 8. 1102: "I hare used Herbine, and find It the best medicine for constipation aud liver troubles. It does all you claim for it. I cau high ly recommend it" 50c 1 bottle at Slovera. .r Do yoa want tlx best located res taurant In the city? Terms easy, price right J. D. Drake, 0 St., be- I weeo "th aud 8th Sts. of the finding of his father's Watch at the spot where Ms father's body was found several nmiiibs nun. At that tliuo tho watch was inlsilug and i was presumed to have been stolen, but lately it wss found, covered up iu the sand, having somehow become do tanhed from the chain. The finding of the watch removes any possible suspicion as to foul play iu the death of the elder Mr. Mock. J. I). Mock left Grants Pass about a year ago for Iowa, but disappeared eu route. Though every effort to find him wus made by bin relativrs, lit th lug was heard of him for several months, when his body was found by a sheep herder about nine miles from Mlnueduka, Idaho. He had booom mentally deranged, wandered from tho trttin aud perished. Captured a. Deor The dredge crew had uitu an excit ing experience one day Inst week, says tlie roots ireeK correnpounciit iu the Gold Hill News, when a (leer, chased by a dog jumjied Into tho Jvo.jd uear tlio dam and started to swim across. Dick Swicker gave chase at a mile a minute gait, but Mr. Peer landed all right, shook the water off and looked around quiie independent ly aud walked away. Suddenly Dick rounded a pile of wood iu front of the deer yelling and waiving bis hat, which frightened and caused him to return to tho water. Hu was soou surrounded, when be started op tlie creek, chased by a mau oil either side, aud the dog behind. The dredge whistle uttered several shrill blasts, while the race continued for a quar ter of a mile, when the deer was cap tured. It was au exciting experience. We now have him alive. A Dsndy for Burnt. Dr. Derglu, Puna, Ills., writes: 'I have used Ballard's Huow Lini ment; always recommended it to my friends, as I am confident there is uo better made. 'It is a dandy for burns. ' Those who live O'l farms are especially liable to many accidental cuts, barns, bruises, which heal rap idly when Ballard's Know Liniment Is applied. It should always be kept In the boose for cases of emergency." Sic, Wu 11.00 bottle at Blover Drug Co. Who Crlea for Personal Llbertv7 It is well known that tlio liquor cle ment resents nnd resists anytlitiig mat Interferes with the so-called personal liberty of those who wish to profit financially by tho manufacture and sals of intoxicating liquor, llarely iavu we bad a tuoro strlMug illustra tion of this than iu the recent effort to repeal tlio midnight closing ordi nance of Chicago. It would seem that if a business which hits to be licensed lu order to bo tolerated were allowed to keep open doors all day and until mldulglit, that would le enough to satisfy the demands of even tho unreasonably avaricious trader. Tim midnight closing ordlnatico of Chicago was generally violated (us all restrictive and prohibitory laws against tho llqimr tralllo are), but when the danger of violation of law .was brought boniu to Chicago through Iba terrible Iroquois theater calamity that touched so many hearts and lioines, the olllcial conscience second to ba aroused and the results of noil enforcement of law were considered as never before. Then came a few weeks of enforcement of the midnight closing ordinance, and this notion is said "to have reduced the volume of nocturnal crime very materially." from whence, then, followed the lemnnil for tlio repeal of tbu midnight closing law? Not from tho poor drunkard, for ho often prays to 1 kept from temptiitiou; not from the families of tlio night working men ; not fniui the mother, who often uuxiously wotobes mill waits for the unsteady step, praying that (be saloon might bo forever cloned. Oh, no, not from these, hut from tbu nalooil-luicp-ers. Tho saloon-keepers made the de mand and the city council voted to extend the time of liquor selling until I o'clock In the morning. Kvery time a concession is iiiado to the liquor element, a blow Is struck at the best Interests of individual life uud tho true prosjierity of the community. Woe unto thee, Chicago; woe unto any city or state that yields to the requirements of the wicked t But after all, tt Is ('in'ouragit g to know that while the liquor element clamor louder than ever the foret s of riiiht . . . . . 1 . roui-uins embodying the principles or prohibition and total abstinence are becoming every day moro strongly entrenched In our nation. National President up in the morning, works, plays, studies, nnd we will tell yoa just what kind of a mau he will make. Tlio boy that is late at breakfast, lato at school, stands a poor chance to be a prompt man. The boy who neglects liis duties, bo they evor so small, aud then "excuses himsolf by saying: "I forgot; I don't think I" will never be a reliable mau, and the boy who finds pleasure in the suffering of weaker things will never be a noble, generous, kind mau a gentleman. Selected, Robbtd th Orsvt. A startling inoideut, Is narrated by John Oliver of Philadelphia aa fol lows: "I wus in au awful condition My skin wus almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue, coated, pain contin ually iu back uud sides, uo appetite, grow iug weaker day by day. Three physicians had glveu mo up. Then I was advised to use Electrio Bitters; to my great joy, the first bottle made a decided Improvement. I continued thnlr use for threo weeks, aud am now a well mau. I kuow they robbed the gravo of auothor victim." No one hliould fail to try them. Ouly SOo, guaraulud at National Drug Store and Grants Puss Pharmacy. Jury List. Jurors druwn for tlio Regular April, lVOi. term of the Circuit Court for Jos.qihiuo Couuty : J D Drake, Grants Pass, car pen tor. Martin Brutt, Grants Pass, farmer. J C Dysert, Winona, miuer. Frank Floyd, Kerby, barber. James Nee ley, Merlin, farmer. J 8 McKaddcu, Murphy, fanner. J II Colby, Grunts Puss, farmer. T J l'ea.le, Grants Pass, farmer. Albert Bigelow, Kerby, farmer. Marlon Grilliu, Wlldervllle, farmer. . II II Gibbs, Holland, furmer. Ben Batty, Grants Pass, miner. O D Sexton, Hugo, farmer. A Uiuphlett, Grants Pass, farmer. 11 G Kestersou, Grants Pass, farmer. W A Leonard, Althouse, farmer. J 0 Campbell, Grauts Pass, capital ist. - T Y Dean, Grunts Pass, freight clerk. Nick Suuer, Kerby, farmer. W D John, Williams, furmer. II li Gelliiug, Grauts Pass, farmer. W L iiubcock, Holland, farmer. (J A Couglc, Williams, furmer. M II Gates, Holland, farmer, hbermau Jes., Wlldervllle, farmer. Joseph FoUuer, Grants Pass, caplt allxt. U L Tolin, Holma, farmor. B BrUtow, Grunts Puss, farmer. Geo Duncan, Kerby, furmer. M II Gotf, LcIhiiiI, farmer. 0 V (Jeiiltier, Murphy, farmer. The mail boat running between Id no aud Klamath Falls ruu ou a mtd bank one evening l.vit week and waa obliged to stay there all night and until noon the following day before it could get otr. The passengers wore nearly fatnlxlicd. A blinding snow Htorin ciiu so t thu pilot to. loso the couri-e. Doys Read and Hood Thin. M toy people seem to forget thut character grows; that it is not some thing to put cu riadyiuadu with wouiuuhood or manhood; bat day by day, here a little and thero a little grows with thu groHth aud strength ens with the strength, until, good or bad, it becomes almost a uout of mail. Lrxik at a man cf business prompt, loliuble, conscientious, yetjelear-bead- IT IS A NATTER 0FHEAIIH 0i irrsiir?r Absolutely Pure THERE IS NQ SURSTITUTZ