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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE a, 1904. VOL. XX. n 3 WEEKS Break Up a Cold TABLETS A Modern Scientific Remedy Colds and La Grippe. for Your money back if you want it Slover Drug. Co. &e GRANITE HILL MINES These Properties Have BeerrDeveloped and Equipped Now One of Oregon's Leading Mines. Sout Agents. E. A. WADE DRY GOODS, UNDERWEAR, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. PAINT is something in which we take par ticular interest Would be glad to have you call and talk painting with us; pethaps our experience in this line may be of service to you. We carry all kinds of paint brush es, varnishes, etc. and guarantee quality and price. If you use dyes remember that PUTNAM FADE' LESS DYES cotton color silk, wool or at one bailing AT JSklls Drugs opp. Opera house We si-It tlio famous Sharpli s Tubular Cream Separator; if yon liavo two rows or more, wri:o us for valuable lkoraturo ou dairying, fne GiuUlis liros., Med ford, Oregon. Not all the cituem of Grauts Pass, who for many weeks Mid mouths during the winter, saw tlio carloads of inaoiiucry received at the railroad yards here, and who later saw it roll out of town behind jingling six ami eight-horse teams, are aware of the quantity of this machinery that lias alone been received for the Granite Hill mines. That old property, which n few years ago was knowo as the "Hull & Berk"' and which boast ed two arrastres and later a light beamed, five stamp mill, is now one of the best equipped mine iu the state of Oregon. Moreover, it has a future, reckoned upon the quantity and richness of ore actmlly blocked out that assures it a promiueut place anion the leading bullion-producers of Webfool. The Granite Hill mines are the property and are being de veloped and eqoipptd by the Ameri can Gold Fields' Company, of Chicago, of which W. J. Morphy is the eflicieut teneral ma-jager. L. Y. Wiekersham, a young and thorough mining man, is superintendent. A few days ago, a Courier represen tative visited the Granite Hill proper ties, he being one of several wno were out there that day, as the mines are but eight miles irom town nnu the roads are getting into their usual very fair summer condition. We were iirst tukeu into the now mill and given a glimpse of tlio ex cellent equipment, that thas been in stalled. This mill lionse is tho largest of any Southern Oregou mine, and la built to accommodate a battery of 80 or 40 stamps. In it 1110 placed and are at wort, a mouBter six-drill com pressor, a (i.a-horso power engine an electric dynamo, with separate en gine, ten 1001-poaii Is t:mpj four Frue vatiners and a 120-horso power boiler. Tlio stmpa are in place and will be Bet pounding in a short time, some delay being occasioned by tho non-arrival of machinery at the expected time. Tho four Frua viiuuers will take care of concentrates from a larger battery than that now iu place and are of a type that exactly suits the kind and chnractir of ore produced by the Granito Hill. Superintendent Wicker- sham stated that tho management of tho mines have in view Hie installa tion of at least 10 more stamps by the close of the present summer as the amount of ore now in eight and which will bo blocked out in tho meantime will fullv lustifv it. This will be o 10 of the matters that will be given attention by Mr. Morphy, when he visitsthe property next month. The new mill sets directly beneath tho collar of the vertical shaft, that all ore not only from this claim, but from the Red Jacket and others of the properties farther up the creek, can be brought by gravity mid dumped into the hoppers above the ore bins. Near tho collar of the shaft, is the house that shelters the hoist with its powerful compound engines, monster spools and long cable. We sat there aud saw the lioistman jerk the levers back and forth as the men, way down in the bowels of the- eaith, down at the bottom of that dark hole, pulled the wire aud made the big gong over the hoistninn's head "clang I clang!! Then he would pull a lever, or two or three of them, the enignes would eliuru, the big spools would growl, and iu a moment, up would shoot the cage with Its load of ore and maybe a miner or two aboard. Then we got aboard and went down : yes, we went down, but our stomachs came up, right np under our hats, and we were at the lower level almost before we started, but uoue too soon to save a good dinuer. This heist, by the way is of the 2000 foot capacity type. Superintendent Wiekersham said it is the largest of any quartz mine iu the state, that of the Red Boy. in Eastiru Oregon, beiug the only one that equalB it. The main shaft is being drivtn down as fast as the inncliino drills and three, eight-hour shifts can drive it. Others drills are at work in the drifts on the two levels and a fine body of ore is beiag uncovered. The west drift on the lower level is 011 ex ceptionnlly tine ore, currying fine values in concentrates and free gold, with a good showing of galena. There is much of this ore on the dump, and with that blocked out, the new mill will thunder unceasingly when it is set in operation. About a half hundred men are eon stantly on the payroll of the Granite Hill and this list will necessarily be increased when the mines nro set in full operation. The conditions for mining at theso procrties are Ideal, all faculties, being adequately sup plied, which means nil abundance of timber and water as well as ore and placer channel. A mino such as is the Granite Hill and such us it w ill be for many, very many yeur-i, is of untold value to Grants Pass nnd the entire Sonthern Oregon mineral dis trict, for not only t tie owners of the mine, but the whole county, will derive benefit from it Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAIO IP CAPITAL STOCK m'jn.ono 00. Transacts a General Hanking business. Iteceive deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our custonnMs are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con nisteiit with sound hanking principles. tafelv deposit boxes for rent. J. KHAN K WATSON. Pres. K. A. P.OOTII, Vice-l'res. L. L. JEW KM,, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. capitaIj stock, - sso.ooooo. MORE BRIDGE REPORTS to a higher point than 103. as it did in 1890, the height of tlu water will proportionately increa-e'd under the bridge, and as a consequence the water may rise to a level of Sixth Street. It is from these facta that I have drawu the eouclusious, that tho pres ent bridgo structure should bo raised six feet higher to accommodate any such emergencies, aud icuder the bridgo safe , that an additional span, of 130 feet or more, should be built on the suuio level as the raised structure, and rest upon nu abutment nier. which will protect tho end of the fill. Tho said till should uot be less than 30 feet wide on top, and should extend to tlio south on a very liidit cradii to some point between 400 and 500 feet south ot the bridge, so that any high water the bridgo is aimed to accommodate, w ill uot find its wav around the south end of the bridgo iu any way to de-tioy the nil. A 20-foot road-way would not h.' sutllciently wido to allow two loads of hav to pass, or accommodate the usual heavy teaming that the read is subjected to. 1 would cull vour attention to the fact, that it is a very impoitaut mat ter iu structures of this kind, to pro vide sufficient safeguards against wreckage, bv giving all the clearance possible that can bo seen to bo neces sary from the conditions that exist, or that yon have any reasonable belief will occur at nny time in the life of tho structure. It mu.-t be hot no 111 mind Hint when a stream of water is obstructed by a dun, or anything else, aud tho velocity of the How ol thn water diminish! d above any siuT obstruction, as it must be, that the cross section of the stream above such dam is increased in direct proportion to the diminished velocity, so if yon cut tho velocity fn two, it double tho niea of cross-section of the stream. Thn (ill and method recommend, by Mr. Groudabl, would belitween two and three feet higher than the high water mark of l'MKi, which on tho account of the increased height 1 of water under tlio bridge, because of cutting off t'.io (lood area, would not leave thn till over two feet higher than the water of l'jn:!. In t'lis examination, Mr. Guinduhl has taken mv figures as to tho heights of water aud bridgo. lie has taken no observations himself, otherwise than a superficial view of the bridge, dam, etc. The observations as to the height of the dam and grade of tho river, were taken subsequent to Mr. GruiidaM'a report, and submitted to him but he does not consider them ol anv importance. Mr. Griindahl ad mitted when on tho ground with mo, that tho ditfi re'ice of level of the high water of I'M and I WO nt the Power house was not far enough away from the influence of till) dam to indicate tlm true difference. I am not a bridge specialist, and have not been requested to puss upon thu structure, but as I have been in cused of such and credited with ccr tain recommendations, which I havi THE FRUIT IN JOSEPHINE The Possibilities of Fruit Raising in Southern Oregon. This Portion of Editor Courier: Sinco 1S74, I have beeu a resident of Josepbiuo County aud during that period have beeu engaged in horti cultural pursuits. During 20 years of that time, I ruu what was Known us tho Redland Nurseries aud propa gated thousands of unrsery trees that nro now commercial orenarus iu Jackson, Douglas aud Josephine Counties. Orchards that are now producing incomes to the fortunate owners that they uever dreamed of at the time they were induced to plaut them. At the present I am growing table grapes, having SU acres planted 10 grapes, and will plant this spring 20 acres more to grnpos.and will coutiuuo to piaut t lit) grape until I have 100 acres in vineyard. Tho possibilities of Josephine countv as well as all of aoutneru Oregou as a fruit locality has never been fully comprehended. A few progressiva men havo looked ovor the opportunities of fruit growing in this countv nnd'aro now profiting by it. Such men as II. B. Miller, who has lij ai res ill apples two miles west of Grants Puss, lieu Dimick with 10 acres in tho same locality, Kisman llros., Bix miles west of Grants Pass with 4.1 acres bearing apples, and will plant this spring 2000 additional trees, making them 5 acres iu apple orchard. At Wildorvillo, 10 miles soothwost of Grants Pass, J. II. aud Richard Kobinson havo 20 acres in apple orchards. At Merlin, Win. M. Crow, I. J. Ihissey and tho Booth and Avery neach orchards market from 10 to 15 thousand boxes of peaches each year. At Kerbv iu tho southern part of tho ouuty, iu tho Illinois river valley. Dr. .las. Spciica has 45 acres in or- hard, mostly pears and apples. Them are hundreds of small or chards throughout: the county vary ing from nun to tlvo acres 111 size. To butter understand the fruit out put of Josephine county, I submit the following table of fruit exported, shinned east and to foreign markets for the years tabulated: We All Want to Succeed In our Enterprises What is tho secret of success? asked the sphinx. W. II. Hampton &nd J S. How art) Give Reports. crates of strawberries, raspberries aud blackberries to supply the local trade. Many of these berries are shipped from California points, this homo market is an opportunity that should bo taken advantage of by small fruit growers living iu this county, as there is no place ou the Pacific coast where berries of all kinds ran bi growu better than we can grow them iu Josepbiuo county. Iu place of importing berries of all kinds, each year for domestic obc, we should supply our home market with homo growu berries and export large quan tities to Souud cities aud Interior markets. Our olimate aud soil is so well adapted to the hern industry, the waut iu this respect of the homo market should uot any longer bo neg lected. A few small strawberry growers around Grants Pass liavo de monstrated that with water for irri Ration, this fruit eau bo kept beariug through tho season from May to November. But a few acres iu eight or 10 miles of Grants Pass planted to berries and irrigated would give employment and a good living to a largo number of euorgetio fauilliaa. Many may say tho waut of water would prevent many people from en gaging in berry growing. Thero is not a 40-acro tract of land in Josepbiuo county bat what an abundance of water can bo had by digging wells and with cheap gaso line or electric power It is a prao Ileal and money making scheme to dig the wells und use the water. Especially is this true when it is known that one aero intelligently handled with water ti irrigate with will, during a voar. produce 10 times as mucii as without. To illustrate, dwell Bros, of Cell tral Point commercial apple growers have madu a success growing apples without irrigation. Theso successful meu tlo not allow themselves to drift they keep ou doing things, As Mi experimental venture, last vear in their orchard at Central Push said the Button. Never be lead said the Pencil. Take pains said the Window. Always keep cool said the Ice. He np-to date said the Calendar. Never lose your head ssid the Barrel. Do a driving business said the Hammer. Cut deep said the Knife, Our Sti ck and Trices will bear out these sayings. at our extensive You re most cordially inviUd to call and look lines of everything for the house. rilKSS CUT GLASS The very newest, the very latest. Most beauti ful goods, water bottles, tumblers, bead aherberts, footed sherbets, punch bowls, sugar and cream sets, berry sets, jelly standi, syrup cups. Vou will be surprised at the reasonable prices. HOLD BAND CRYSTAL GLASS A very rich and effective tsible wsre. We are alio opening up a very nice line of the cheaper table glass ware, neat pretty designs, 4 piece sets, UOj. Cke stands 50 cents; other prices in proportion. SoiiHonaMo Goods at Trici'S to Please. Scteen Doors, Window Screens a big assortment. Hammocks 75 cents to tl.0. Ice Cream Freer.eri the best made. Tents at popular prices, Camp Stoves closing out aline regardless of coil. Kef 1 iterators closing out a line at very low prices. Colt "ndTiat Stand. ( on lhe nirket 1,nJeom ooJ'' Sewing machines The New Home Let us save you a lot of money on the best nia.iiiuo made. Dish Pans lOo another installment. Sale all week don't niiis this. Let us Furnish your House Complete. Carpets the best made will show you why. Wall Paper, House Lin ing, Shades, l.tce Curtains. A ticket on the 13d. 00 couch with every 50 cent purchase. R. THOMAS (Sl CO. X5he Ilousefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. GREEN HAS CONFIDENCE Great Things tyre Expected Southern Oregon. of Kx-Stulo Senator Dan L. Green of Galice creek, Jonpchiiiu county, has Just returned to his homo. While in Point, they put iu a gasoline pumping Portland ho served as Juryman iu tho plant, which cost them well and federal court und was 0110 of tlio 13 gasoline ciilgno with gasolino for the men who returned a verdlot of guilty against 1. a. ami liosea wood, In- Apples .... I'i'ilis Peaches . . . Prunes Apples, deio Pouches " 1MI I0,(HK) boxes 1,000 " lln.iion " "ii.tMO lbs. cured ti.imo HUSH) " woo 30.000 boxes 600 " Mil " MUM.) lbs. cured 10,001) ' 4,000 " 1901 20,000 boxe 1 200 " fi.O Kl " (10,000 11m. 7,IW)(I " E.om " W02 25,0(0 boxes 2,0(1(1 " 2,000 " 5(1,(100 lbs. K.IHKI " 4,0'K) " All fancy l-tier apples, Yellow Newtowns, SplUcnborgs and Jona thans are, sold in the Kast, Spitz and Jonathans going to Middle, West mid Atlantic cities, whihi the Y'ellow Newtowns nro nearly al sold in Kng laud ami Germany. Last year 1200 boxes of lien Davis four and five season VM They Irriagted 100 applo trees and last fall sold tho ap ples from their irrigated trees for (1 1(H) W0 moro than their pumping plant cost them. Without Irrigtuion, these 100 apple trees, owing to the very dry senson, and the very dry giouud, where they check or on certificate payable on demand. fells sarin drafts on New York t-an Francisco, and Portland. Keceive deposits subject to i Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the I nited Mates. Special Attention given t i Collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout houtluni Oregon, and on all accessible points. It. A. 1SOOTII. 1'res. J. C. CAM PIIKI.I., Vice Pres. 11. 1.. (ill.KKY. Cashier REAL ESTATE I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE Here are a few llarqnin fur n shnrt time nnh. and All one-half v .ji i jo r..a o.lioiniiiB citv limits. One 7-room bouse one It-room house. Small barn, and a good celhir under house. f,.ncedr small orchard, all varieties of fruit. Prieo liUU; cash, balauce on time at eight lr cent interest. C0 17s 10 acres just ootside citv limits. Small orchard and saml'l dwelling house. Price fsJO. ibis place will be offered at this price for the ui xt :S0 days only. No. 211 New 8-room house, two acres of ground all in orchard, situated ou the main street iu the city, all fenced and all improvements rir.t class. Price, tJjOO. Residence and business lots in any part of the city. Prcies n vou able and terms to suit. MOSS Call on or addri JOSEPH Headquarters for Ileal K-tatc. Office on E Street, between Fourth and Fifth Stm ts, GRANTS PASS. - - OREGON. iiVrin rTtiri.siiiiift-"iftirir.,Mrsvtusi 1 ti-JU list. . -Mfi.- TT-" P ' 1 TT A A It A Awn Blue Front Shop Soutb Sixth Street, t t t Gene'ial Ulacksmithitig -m-"-.As W 1 It I . A .111 inns rwrs All work is strxt'y hrt-cl.- ard " rumraliUed. IIl-lKI-Iff V. riOlTIl. irniC lnw. Or. Grants Pass, Oregon, Ma) 100-1. To the Ilonorablo County Court, of Josephine County, Gentlemen : Pi rsuant to request, I have examin ed the countv bridge across Kngue Hiver, and the dam of the Grants Pass New Water Light and Power Co., with reference to tho interference of tho latter with the former Ihave also taken the 11 cessary observations of tho differences of levels, etc., to determine the matter horenfter set forth. I find that the dam has raised the level of the water about six f'.it above low water mark, that is, of the original low water mark at tho bridge; that tho Water Power Co. have a head of eight feet ou I heir turljno wheels; that tho fall of t'.e river from the Power house for IV 0 feet down river is 1 fl-10 feet ; that thu watitr above tho dam stands at practically a dead level for ovro cue half mile above tho bridge; that from all testimony obtainable, the high water of Wl reached the same height under the bridge as did the water of lijt'O, when there was no dam below the bridge; that at the Power lionse the viator of I'JOS jacked three feet of belli;, as high as the water of lN'.K); that elsewhere on the river, the water of I'JOU was not so high as iu lS'JO by from five to 10 feet, five feet at Savage Hupids and 10 feel ! iu those portions of the river where the river had a normal flow, without any influences from rapids or falls; , that the difference ill heights of the I water at the Power house at the ! different periods docs not indicate ; the trno difference, the point being too close ti the Cam to be free from its iufluenco. These farts show tliiat if the water ever rises as high as it ma in ', It will rise to greater height under the bridge than it has ever In-fore. I Asa result of the river washing I; around the south en I of tlm Water Company's dam in I'Ml, I find that : the main force of the current was tie j ' fleeted In the direction "of tho south 1 1 pier of the bridge, and as a result, i the said pier has been thrown out cf j vortical about six inches down stream, i If the proposed fill is made from ' a point 1W feet sonth of the end of i the present span, for the purpose of a solid road-way, a flood area of some :viO fret in width of the flood of 1'jo:i will be cot out, and this water will be forced underneath the bridge, and will raise it at least a foot or more, if the water only reaches the stage of Wi3; and in case the river should rise not made, a few words on the matter will not bo amiss. From nn engi neering standpoint thero is consider ahh'.fault to be found with the bridge. It rests upon two-thirds of the sup port that the Iirst bridgo of two spans did, doubling thu load of the piers. The pier.! am not properly braced together, and if the South pier is not strengthened und braced, anollu r high water may wreck it. The bridge is too narrow lor lU. height anil length. Hi" bridge is subjected to' excessive strains aud teiiisous, bo cause of its treat flexibility from its narrowness. It is not possible to tighten the bridge up any more, us it is tightened to the limits provided. And you cannot pronounce a bridge safe from the borings of two or three of its members. One defective tim ber will wrick it. As a matter of future economy to the county, It Is my opinion, being a tax-payer, that the bridge is better suited for some other point on tint river when- the trallio is not so heavy or liubl to such rapid increase. The timbers ill the bridge have I,m ii in place as long, ill the practice of llailnad l"n gineoring, as it is con-idin d safe. Therefore from (he facts In reti, fore stated, I cannot concur with Mr. Gruud.ihl as to the width or heigh! of t,.e fill ; but believe that for a r- inauent proposition, that my coin In dicted fur conspiracy to defraud the government ill connection with tho pensions of Indian War veterans, Mr. Gi'een expressed tho greatest confidence in thu milling future of southern Oregon. Ho bus beeu cu gaged In mining ventures in that section for tho past 60 years, and is thn owner of several promising quartz and placer claims. Ho is also inter ested in thu Galice Creek Consolidat ed, a valuable placer proposition. Great things arn expected of that section of the statu In a mining way," ho said. "There Is thn Yank ledgi IU. C. Z. 11. Column ; wyiM. ,i,fti,wnawh!iM mmAAA The regular meeting of the W. O. T. U. will be held Friday, June 8, in the League room of the M. E. church at 3 :!I0 p. m. It is very im portant that wo have a good attend ance. tier apples were exerted from Grunts i woro sitututed would not havo ma- fr jiiNtiiii.f, which Is yery prom I s- 1'ass to Ma ('Inning, Manchuria with sit is'actory results. Tho applo is the leading friut for this locality and with tho profits d i rived from growing it heru in a few years, with progressive men manag ing hi' go commercial orchards, is hound to bo a very profitable mid paying branch of horticulture that this locality is so well adapted to. Thero are hundreds of acres of choice apple lands situated ill Josephine county implanted waiting for men with capital, energy and intelligence I to take advantage of tho opirtunlty Grants Pass is a city or -1000 sipu latioi gaged principally ill lum bering, b.ix inaniilacturiiig nnd min ing. .AS a IOC II ill .rsei, nir lis i'u- bitlou it Is tho best I have ever seen. Laeh and every year the grocery linns of this citv nro shipping hundreds or tured a dollar's worth of marketable apples. I cite theso facts, because I have personal knowledge of their truth, that progri'ssivo men can look over theso opportunities and not overlook thmu. Josephine county, with only a population of about 7MK1 people, has the natural rcsorticcs in soil, climate and adaptability tn the growing of all kinds of fruit, in con nection w ith her timber and iiiim ral in suniMirt u large population, mid make homes for many more indus trious people. Fruit growing Is like all occupations; It means work, With industry, intelligent ly dirccti d, it means a good living, uud a com petency for old age. A. li. CAItriON, Horticultural Commissioner, Third District. sinus tire not initio nasi cvinraw n or exco?-sivo. Itcspcctfullv submit i d, WIl.LIAM II. IIAMI" :' i.v. Grants Pas', Oregon, May . I To the Honorable County Court if Josephine ( !,iuuty. Gentlemen : I b;tv the honor to ll.ake u 1 .1 ief report upon the conditions existing at the brid,.e across Hoguo river at Grnuts Pass as follows to wit : On February 1, 1 ski I, I was called by Countv Judge J. O. liiotn to make a coiirultation examination iu comparty with W. H. Hampton, C K , of tin-condition afTioting the safety of the bridge no utioin d, at the tine s of hiuh water, and aim to what ex tent the dam below the bridg.i i that ! "''- structure ..( .i... i- v,.m- wi. r l.iL.l.t d. n, nation ; t'.e and Power Co. contributed to that danger to the structure, from raising the water and lessening the grade i f the river. Mr. Hampton and myself, . :.. I 11 . I .., ...1 i , , ...... ..! alter f-X tlllio IOK e"' m, j and around the bridge site, dceoh d Uiou what we thought were the host , methods upon which 10 make said fxamlntaion and report; und as Mr. Hampton had his instruments there, j it was agreed that bo should make j such surveys an 1 levels as we h i I do- i termiued Us,n ; and 0!"jii that d it, each uiakfc a upon cp' n tie ( loll lions we found them. I have read Mr. Hampton's' report und find be has covered the ground most thoroughly and I i ndorse such report in a.l its essential points and I will al-o add that the situation resolves itself to this simple proposition v u : That if you do not protect the low ground at tho South end of the bridge l,.v a strong road-way embankment of at bast 11 fed high and extending loi; or oiui to the I Igh ground, the i ivi r w ill i nt a new channel around the south end of the bridgo and if you do construct the said embankment, you will confine the water to sui h an area that it will rise to within two feet of tho bridgo structure, so ill either event, you havo a serious in, nanoi to the bridge; but if the dam below did not exist, you would have six f , ft more area below and from the increased veliK'ity of the stream thereby, thn water won hi bo six fee t lower under the bridge, mak ing light feet between tho lower on tubers of the bridge at such a time as the Hood of IH'.HI, uud then also, a six foot high embankment would be Hllfliclellt. 1 will also state that I was not cull id upon to pars on the strength of the III view of its con only elimination requested was ill relation lo the dau gei from Moods, aud how much the dam below contributed to the danger f (lo- pres. nt structure. Very respectfully, J. H. HOWAIU), C. K. World's Fair Excursion The Denver it Hlo Grande, in con nection W illi the Missouri Pacific, w ill run a series of Personally Conducted Excursions to the World's Fair during Juno. Theso excursions will run through to St. Louis without change of cars, making short stops at princi pal points ill route. Tho first of these exiuisous will leave Portland Juno 7th, and the second Juno 171b. The rate from Grants Pass will be 177 50 to St. Louis und return I'--cursbinlsts going via the Denver A Hio Grando have the privilege of re turning via a different route. This l tho most pleasant way, as well as the most delightful route, to cross tin' continent. Thn stops arranged give an opisirtunity (f visiting tin' various (Kiiiits of interest iu and about Salt Lake City, Denver and Kansas City. If you wish to accompany one of these excursions witn at once to W. C. Mcliride, 121 Third street, Port land, for sleeping car reservations. FKKF.I GIVF.N AWAY I A very pretty China Tea S, t A Peautiful Hug A useful Trunk A desirable Dress Pattern i lilacs I A fiiio All Lim n Table Cover A pair Nice Ijicb Curtuins. See Window Ked rtlnr Btore. Ing. It carries a body of ore 25 foot ill width, which is cut by the Hoguo river, and cropping of which have been traced for n distance of It) to 15 es. H. P. McNevin, a prominent Nevada mining man, who at one time contested the United -eitatos senator ship with Senator Sharon, began de velopment work ou tho Yank 20 years ago, His sudden deatli put a tempor ary stoji to operations. "Tho Ankenys, Conks. I). P. Thompson and M. H. llurrell of Port land were the first to engage in by. draulio placer mining iu the Galice district. " Journal. Excursion Rates to Yaqulna Bav. On Juno 1st the Southern Pacific Co. will resume sale oi Excursion tick ets to Newport, und Yiimiiun liny. Itnth season aud S'lturday to Monday tickets will be sold. This (sipular re sort Is grow ing in favor each year, hotel rates are reasonable and thu op poitunities for fishing, hunting and sea but!, ing are unexc elled by any oth er resort oil the Pacific coast. W. K Couuiii, C it'll. Pass. Agent. Broken Things Wanted When your Furniture, Organ, Guitar or Mandolin needs repairing or reiuishing, and your furniture u. hol-tering, call at West Front street, let we, ii :jd aud 4th st. New Fur niture made to order. I-awn mowers .bar;, ii' d. Work guaranteed. Drives to Dciprration. Living at an out of the way place, remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in eases of accident, resulting in burnr, cuts, wouuds, ulcers, Ho.- I-ay ill a supply of liui klen's Arnica Halve. It's the best ou earth. 25fl, at National Drug Store and (rants Pass Pharmacy. See Voorhies about Kodaks and t-upplie Triumphi of Modra Suri(ry. Won lei ful things are done for the human body by surgery. Organs are taken out uud scraped and polished and put hack, or tl cy may be removed entirely; bones lira spliced; pipes lake the place of diseased sections of veins; antiseptic dressings are ap plied to wounds, bruises, burns aud like injuries hefoie inflammation sets iu, which causes then, to heal with out maturation aud Iu one third thu time required by the old treatment. Chauihei lalu's Pail) Halm acts on this same principle. It is an antiseptic aud wlo n applied to such injuries causes them to heal very quickly. also allays the pa in unit soreness. Ksp a bottle of Pain iliilui In your homo und it will save you time and money, not to mention thn inconven ii tics and autfi-ring which inch iu juries entail. For sale by all drug gists. Chrmhiiltin'i Sloirmh and Liver Tablet Bet ttr Than s Uoctor'i Priuopnun. Mr. J. W. Turner, of Truhart, Va says that Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets have done him more good than anything he could get from the doctor. If anv 'physician in this country was able to compound mediiiiio that would produce such uratifviiig results in case of stomach trouble, bilnusnes or constipation, his whohi time would be usol iu iirennrina this one medicine. For alo by all druggists. , Mrs. II. E. Iloliugshead, oorrospon dent, Los Angeles, CaL : The first Methodist Episcopal conference to admit women delegates, now in ses sion iu this oity, received a royal welcome At Sau Bernardino the delegates wern mot by the reception committee bearing flowers and fruits. As they left tho train at Los Angeles thoir hands were filled with sweet poas and roses and showers of rose leaves descended puon thoir heads as they passed under tho floral arches erected iu their honor, the people all the whilo shouting, "Woloome to California I" At tho opening session of the con ference, 10, (XX) oalla lilies decorated tho platform. Each day the chamber of commerce distributes flowers and oranges and serves lemonade to the delegates. Tho bishops' addresses souud the keynoto of tho conference. This Is what was said ou thn tomperanoe question : "Tho banner wo follow in this holy war must henr thcau two legends: Total Abstlucuco and Legal Prohibi tionTotal abstineuco as the only personal security, and the only foun dation for help to the weaker brother; constitutional prohibition of the manufacture aud sale of all Intoxicat ing liquors to bo used as beverages, the only method yet discovered for any widely effective and permmauent- successful war upon the liquor trallio." The abolishment of the canteen was recommended, also perpetual tern- pornuce teaching in the Sunday schools, day schools, churches, colleges and iu the religions press. Ou our train was Mrs. Florence Iiichards, delegate from the Central Ohio conference, and National W. T. U. lecturer, who said when introduced to the conference that elected her : "This is the way I long have sought. And mourned because I found it not, " which remark from It aptness galnol the a plauso of the bouso. At the first session of that assembly, one of thu women present made a motion; tho bishop told her to "wait." She replied, "Yes, we have waited 11 years aud wu can wait a little long er. Of the API delegates ill attendance 25 are women Their "doings ' will bo watched with interest. As reporter for thn Union Signal, I was given one of the best seats, which I took as a compliment to woman's cause," as we'.l as to our most excellent patsT. VTorit of All xperltncei. Cuu anything be worse than to feel that every minute will be your last? Such was the exiierteuce of Mrs. 8. H. Newsun, Decatur, Ala. "For three years" she writes, "I eudured Insufferable pain from indigestion, stomach aud bowel trouble. Death siemed inevitable when doctors aud all remedies failed. At length I was induced to try Electrlo Bitters and the result was miraculous. I Im proved at once and now I'm com pletely recovered." Kor Liver, Kid ney, Stomach aud Bowel troubles. Electric Bitters is the only medicine. Ouly 50c. It's guaranteed by National Drug Storo aud Grants Pass Pharmacy.