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R0GU RiVEFl COURIER 4000 " SIGN R E G?S T E R "BIG COPPER DEAL CLOSED SMELT! VjKAAIS I'.l&H, UKEUON. Fubllshed Every Thursday. Subscription Rates t One 1 ear, in advance, riix Months, Ttree Months, Kingle Copies, Of Oregon Building at St. Louis j Se.lo of ! Exposition. I the Blue Ledge Copper Mines Is Made. 1.50 .76 .40 Over 40tX visitors have signed the The final transaction in the sale of register in tho Oregou building at the the Jilue Lead copper 'nines ou Up- Advertising Races -ouisiana rnrc-iaso imposition, and Furnished on application at th oflice, or s many more have passed through by mail Obituaries anil resolutions nl con dulence will lie charged (or at 5c per line; card of thanks nun A. E. VOOBfcUES, Pkopb. AInob Entered at the postothc at drums l'-s, Oregon, a second-class mail mailer. per Applcgato wa closed this week fiid now JJr. J. V. Ruddy and E. L. tho structure withoat ri'intcriiiK. Join s v ho have becu engineering the I The log cabin in cool on the hotter! ! deal are uhlu t stiuouuco that this days, and presents a very inviting ; famous copper uiiiin U lo be developed apicaraiico to tired sightseers, and u-big smelter will he ercleed at Directly across the graveled road some point ou ApplL-ga.te in the from tho Oregon building in (he Homo i vicinity of either Joes Bar or Watkine of lino lino, llm lumberman's club, ; w ithiii the coining year. THUKSDAY. JUNE 1(1, 11X14. President Roosevelt hat appointed John W. Miuto to be postmaster at Portland, succeeding F. . Jianrcoft, whoso resignation takes effect Juno 30. 1 Ik Evening Post, published at North Bend, Oiegou, with D. L. Loof bourrow, editor, and Frank X. Hotter, business manager, la the latent news paper to enter tho field. It is an even- tng daily and has every nppearanoo of being a stayer. The cause (if unionism has roooivod a killing blow in Colorado, in the nec essary deportation of strikers from the gold fluids by the military powers. A crashing blow to trade unionism hut, also been dealt in Rochester, N. Y., In the refusal of a large clothing firm to renew their contract with tho Uni ted Garment Workers of America. Unionism as it is or should be, mid unionism as it is practiced by many of its members nud sotnp of its officials are two widely separated extremes. The deposition of the disturbing cle ment from Colorado in the nature of the local conditions Beenied thn only solution of tho trouble. GOLD STANDARD SOLD Picket Creek Mines Sold to Colo re. do People A mining deal, entailing it con. siiloratlon of .-,0,0iX, lias just been consummated in this city, by which the Oold Standard group of gold and copper claims, owned by If. K. Uooth, of Piokett Creek disrtict, urn turned over to a Crlpplo Creek and Chicago compuiiy. To The Telegram, Mr. Booth stated that all uuciiisnry pajierH for the transfer of lliu propertv have boon made, and the new owner are now In possession and will Im mediately begfii development. il.eCJold Standard group embrace fight full clnlms-tlie McKiuIcy, Ht Joe, Italia M. , Henry, Man E. , Tom H., Niitlvo Daughters and II ibson Thfsn claims are in one tract, located ou Pickett Creek and Rogue Kiver, 13 miles below UrnuU I'ass. Con iiilerahlo development work, In the driving of tunnels and running- o. drifts, lias been done on them by Mr, Jiooth, and a good body of ore nn covered, front one of the claims not long ngo, ho took ont f liioo in free gold from a rich bunch ennnuiilered on tho main ledge. Free gold Is cur rled through all parts of tho iiiurtx, ami in many or the veins copper pre dominates. ine uoiu Htuiidiird Is a propertv that demands development and opera tion ou a largo scbIc, and it will he tho purpose of tho new owners to bring this about. Tho several adjoin ing claims will bo operated con Juuotlvely. Tlfo property offirs every 'nullity- for becoming a big in Inn. As well m having an enormous oro bndv there Is an abundance of timber nud water. GOLD BUG MINE SOLD mill Will D Enlarged to 50 S to. nips vt. . nankins has sold the (iold Jiug mine to Messrs. Aligns McQueen aim Ulark labor of I'urtland, and Albert Uclscr of Stimpter. It tub six ngiires to express I ho price paid for this excellent producer, which will bo greatly improved by tho now owners, who Intend adding 111) stamps to the inllthat Is now located at Hie mine, on Mt. Reuben. Olendale news. Lolttml Sidings Flinty of work lor willing hmid wtoigu unnm was seen on our sirccis lust week, sell:ng slum berries. Henry Hill has a htoad smile on his iauii; wneu ankeil why, he said, "(1, it Is n tine boy. John Worthing is on the sick list. I.nng trmiblo im the cam.ii of his ill health. No other Mi-micss to report. Eleclioii passed off vorv qnictly, the Dew drop, ullhoiigh Ihren n ibs' from tlie JHiIls, refused to tell whiskey ihat day. Our streets were bluekmleil last Sat unlay. To wee the business that n dune hero is nir rising. liv? He. cause our merchants sell goods cheap. We have had no hot weather vet linn weather fur working. We r, a'.l of sun strokes in dilii-ient arts or the slatiH-siiow in Miuilana, cool mollis ... i-irsuo; is-opli' are Hat is It. i to hve ill Oi l gnu. We have some population from No braskii,. They are or the wo-king class. They are u,,t iiin, ve,l men, they ay tins country sirilht.,. hi in, as we have iiin'iut iiiis an I lulls. Haik thin- one slue: cf lnua.l prairie, but afier seeing such iii.'ii weather such dehi-ioiiH iruit, sin h crisp, ami line t. Xtl.re of Vegetables. Tl,ey will take to this country like a duck to Ih. Wat. r. Wo are having line glow mg weather, people are v.-iy Pus.v Pming s peopl, have turned their mi t.-m i,, stock raising and i llmr. of line. , iniaus the railing of a huge amouui (ii hav iu t'lin oistrici. ih,, pehmal cxeiti nn lit has siiluiih , sniee eh et iei o tl.ose who met villi, ,li ImiI will r. suine th n occupatioiiH. . , ,, ., -f n.cney was sp, Ml f,,t , , n ( ur posei. That helps make gn, IIIIHIn ilitlin nl hrm, . In s (.f I i.siuirs It is hard to down a go d iu.ui, i ven tl i,., that voted against lli-riuiiiin eonceiP d bun to be u;,-,n .1 man, nl, a candi date acknowledged that he Pas w.-iln-d for Oi.'gon like a wheel horn-, Put through ignorance orprcjiidne tin v would not vol.. for him. th.-g,,,, p, Orig.m cirries the u.vs In the Allan tic elates that si has a big inaj.iriu f ir the r-iuhlican paitv In the c.oiii.'g prc.,-t,llal,.lecti. u. (,et Ihyan how l, ' wKnig t-inloiniiti aavi, "a tool is knowu by bis imiliiiu,le ofwoids. " No mining news at this time, but lots of men going to the hills looking r quart. A.ile. which is similar in many respects to tho Wolifoot bouse. Tho lombermeu hare spared no expense in making their homo at true live, nud have a very excellent restaurant in their club for furnishing light incuts. Visitr.ig are at once attracted by tho two milium buildings, and never fail to take th'-ni both in. All day long Ihey crowd tho verandah of thn Hon Iloo house, and the main hall of the Oregon building, just for Ihe Hike of seeing something n.lgimil nud a little differ, out f i cm anything else on the grounds. A large black bearskin adorns one of thn walls in Superin tendent Webrung's rooui, and I his never fails lo Hi-euro the rapt atten tion of every small hoy that enters the building, not to eay that of tin grown ups also. "My, ain't it great" said u liit!i urchin the other day, as he walked ap to thn skin, and ran liis hands through the hair. "And do they Imve real bear ill Oregon?" On being assured that there win really bear In Oregon, the young map hecaimi very much interested, nuil hail It not been for bis n.olher, he would have lieen iu thn Oregon building vet. l'liologrn) lis of On gon views, l'en Ih Inn Indian robes, and a variety of Oregon things also attract great at tention from Eastern visitors. To soma who liuvo traveled over coast Kites, tho photographs ptcs-cnl familiar views, and they ore ulwnys gone ovtr witli renewed interest. The building itself, which is in tended to be a facsimile of Lewis and Clark's fort ou Clatsop l'Jaius, is about 100 feet long across tho front, with a square yard adjoining on Ihe buck. Immediately ou entering, Ihe visitor finds himself in a large hall way, with nn immense llr-phiee on ono aide, nnd mi the other side isa door opening out into llieeiiclnsed yard, while from each end wings pro ject. At one end Col. Dosch of the Lewis nnd Clark exposition company bus a small otlire In addition lo a large reception room, while thn olher wing is occupied by the oHIcis if (Jeneral Superintendent Wehnlng, Tho roof Is covered with icgu'ur old fashioned shakes, split from red cidar mid brought all tho way from Oregon. On tho top, there Is 11I40 a plat form used for dedication purposes. A lilt In grove of trees adds attractive Hess to the loeatioii and never fails to elicit favorable comment from the crowds of cxposiiioii visitor'. The cabin is so different from other Mate buildings that it always phases people who have grown tired of see ing plain simple mansions. Tho purchaser of the Blue Iead mines is a company of New York millionai.es at tlie load of whom Is Join It. Allen, president of tho Brad shaw Mining Company, which operates a big copper mine at Middle town, ri2o,a. una company now holds the live-sixth interests held by L. 1-. Cooper. Win. Malone, W. M Hamilton, (Jeo. M. Keller and W, Woiigor. of Crescent City. The other sixth is held by Dr. J. F. Reddy, Judge Chas. Frim and Oeo. E. Neuber, and they will retain this in ten-st 111 the new company. Before purchasing tho New Yor Company siiit out an expert mineralogist, who thorougjily examined tho mine and tested the ores, and a topograpbio en giueer who examined Ihe route 'or tins railroad nud thn site for the smelter. Each of these men made a favorable report, tho engineer, Mr. F 1. Bicucri stating that thn entir proj osition was fur mom favorable than ho anticipated, tho ledges being so situated as to bo ideal for get. ing out oro and to tho smelter, while the huilding of the railroad and tho in Htnllalioii ot tho mnoltor could be done for half a million dollars less than Ihe company expected owing to the favorable route for the rallroud and lo too power, water and other advantages for thn smelter. Before 1 lie filial papers were signed thorough examination of the title to tho mino wus made, by the com pony's attorney, Andrew F. Ilurlelgl of Now York, who reported the title perfect. Dr. Itc.ldy has received word that tli compnay will send a mine super int. iid. nt who will arrive bore about thn f rst of July, and who will secure :i foioo of men nnd at once begin run uiug ad lilinual tunnels and otherwise Icvloping the 111 1 11 11 ready for getting out ore when the smelter is built. A preliminary suiviy for the railroad will bo 111:1110 111 thn near futuro. If the Jacksonville; routo Is selected the road will lo either built up the left fork of Jackson creek and by a tunnel through the dlvido to the right fork of 1-orcst creek or turn on Jackson reck where thn tunnel would begin and by a switch piss over the divide south of town and west of tho Annie g.ite road to I'oorimm creek and down that stream to Forest creek and 011 to Applcgiite and thence up that stream to tho copper mines. As to when work will bo commenced oil the railroad In not given ont hut there Is 11 probability that it will bo begun this summer or early this full. Jack sonville Sentinel. Qomfort and Style of sIioch, look for two When you try on a pair tilings volition mid style KitluM' ono liy itself is You must luivo tlioiu lioth not i'iiou'Ii. It is oasy to make a stylish slioe, but it is very tlillictill lo combine the two. To make u styli.li shoo that is coinfoi'taMe is the highest nil. A shot may feel eoiiiforlahle yet Now it must lit or you are sure Ami the better it lits, the better it not tit piojierly, lo have trouble. will wear. ft .... u.- ;- J The one ..hoe that "lits where all others fail" is "Queen (Qual ity." It Ills because it is made in an inlinite variety of si.es Ministries to suit all shapes of feet ami all occasions. If you want twice as many chances iu M'lection, try (,ueen Quality. Hoots ft.l.OO fen sp... Oxford it $2.50 ink ill ,"rte extra. i a .t t',.,.r I- j cl.-ts, Nev. i- Wear Hniv n. c. dixox. Big PI All Recentl 1 A deal h. whereby tt Company, wealthy 1 Wis., bong and owo mining, Hehaefler, cousin me ground fcr returned t plans and pany, and possible, 1 active oper It is th 100-tou smc sign, that and gases, latest and fuel will i coal mine ) all power sun Iter wl Rogue Rh side of t couragemei their prope to realize I values. T furniih ell poses at T11 power wil will bo ue 2100 feet 1c feet deep, of water ; constant he The com niuing gro it will dot the contra, to furnish ) tii s near: LIVE NE Progress Mtade, if jou buy a lot now. iS StVtRLY HURT BY HORSE GETS $10,000 DAMAGES Jackson County f'armei fleets Itndie W ith nv H, M,l,e.p MiCiviihv Given Verdict Second Time. Win M. was Vei v IIIHK b us Helm -sew n y Mond nl ( IV. Mr Cepp d into tl liinl out to show ' i It is Is not know n kie'.o.l or Slt.leK hol W belli, l 1-V the . ll-l ll.l ; I v a II, lee -l;ill to II No!, he ti.ie , I, el la! e I.i. .1- 1 in ' o;;i 1. an i . tl.'or . I 1 , I, M elo-i, , ,, 1 1 '' hot e u .is t.ii.g let i 1 1 ii I'r l'u-:,e Was ; ., 1,1. Mi dl.-id and toun.', :-i- ,1 , I I , u .i.i.'tur, i foi i - h, ai e a:,d ill Inn I of th. j lo ; j I b ll I ii ,1 'I I' ll. I I hi U I .11 assistance w a Iv nig inn- in the stall and t!i up ill hl ha':.--niininoiii d r inui ll III the skull h, tlilee ineln s al ia b ft i ur and I;,, ag.iiii-t (he br.iin of an in. h lr. Dr Otlic, r and .1 l-iei-e ot patt v.l.i.1 hrain. Mi very well and I, a r, con ry. M ul. Covintv I ri.Asuier's NoIu p. 'I lo re inn tut, I, i , tl,. ,, , v (l pay all wnri. mi . r -I. n .1 to i s ( i-t. i ";. I "'.IS. lot, ,..t cease troll, this dale. .1 line I '., ltlnl , , ' ' I'AVI.i U, ll- asu-er i f .; s. hi.,.. Mis, ImhI,,. Mo'.'atrhv, Ho- Mu-lii. s' '" - In '-I t,,i,. her. was owanle.l the m il c( rl.'.i iv a imagi s against James " "en f i 1, Ih- l.a'.e county rattle k Hi.-. In- i jury i.i il... liiit.it Stutcs ''IU1'I! i-n.r'. at l'oiil.nd. rri.lay 1 ' l'-iis is i no s, j-iud dial ' . he l.t III ii. Pre , ,-h I r,i.j, ....... ii I-..- Mi,, Mo 'ait by agiinst 1 1,1 I be I't-t Hial resulted iu ii t of ? .'.'.ii,i.i, an I was set aside I', liuig I on ihe ground that lot.o: Has . i ,s v, In , hiiru. jury, I i id iy for h- skull was j r, llelm, , al on t a kel, uss - lilts, 1. ., , and ral, ,1 l! s-n g ii i ll ll I, ll.it ih. ; , 1 1 ll I e t 1 1 1 llg. I r,.:, 0,.. ; , u; : iii.tri, I J.;.,'., ---i n,,g! t be o Ih I ll I llf the court said was em it led to Ed Lewn llama Mouc Miss So Grove was nesday. W. H. I Grants I'aw chickens fo Shlrm Fl rived at Fr from Boise, been spend! The base was a good to 8 iu fa (j ran Is Fin play nt tin from Suiidu Lumber h Knox & O Creek. Tin 'o haul, Ih Eight lean (J run Is Pass a lumber yt pany lias 1 fore shuttin There wil and churcl house, wee will bo held i o'clock ii uigl t. The will ho com of l'rovoli. basket and I invited. The hop iu good spit look for on hops that h county for in in bloom ah yet so far a tho burner pine county would measi out. It yol . these hail, ii your name a an make many other equal. Tho fiiruie busy having out t i mo. 1 first one, but account of d. have to dc feed this wit prospects at prices-lor I In tho tie hi quoted at ft higher than i quotations ol (hern tiro in winter. Vo Rev. R. T Tuesday. Mr. Morrl Friday ou bu Webb Hal Thursday on A goodly ii ing to the'tei Mr. Ni il w remain for f- ieu.ls. Mrs. E. S. Hill alter s visiting friel Mr. Fleck Intending t llomt'stako stamp nun. liov. Mielhoniucr arrived from the East and will bo the leading speak) r in mi- iioiiuess camp meet lug. The new traction engine has arrived lor me Pan horn llroth, rs. Tin v now have two tructiou engines liaulinu SUPPLEMENT TO ROCUEJIVIJH I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. Pium 1 did not utsderaund Iter mile Mys. lei be - IP 'roin m In tti- oid day 1 tliu nut u-uiersuail Her lUbUetle ol thouhlnd tpeeck. Her nut;r . Her iuidcr D-itKbl rwwrret, ee-M w K iiun ul offi UM;: 1 did nui unaertrid. Some answer to ber wUtfu) When he wti ad. A u nili r word, a mil pralrt. Hun ma'le ber tfiad. Hut I did not uudemtand. I (ailed to read tne ihy regard Thai lav Iteioff Her tiroi vyv. and ao wa bard; J di'j nut know; 1 did nut undemtaod. Hut h-t i Ue wonder rise or love ibui grew And act-pinrd in ber dying eye, oh. linn I km w. Too tuJ I understand. The eWMu:. eater oul below Th l U 'k HctUti'. Tin- ..e.Monuie tendTneaa. 1 know 'I t hi t.ilf ioi lute. Ob, now 1 uuder-tund' - Ho ton Tranacript I -Itefore he had concluded the aaton- shed girl had discoverea i...s .... oun. man to whom she had bowod i v ' Vs-- linri L i WPm I A 1'IIANTOM LOVE. Why a Young Ma i Made a Wild Goose Chaws Abroad. roar Ulrls tt ltv.-nl.-H Hd OITod- ed " of I Urn. II, it Ulaneb Wil loushlijr Maiuirs in lur Hr .1 . . . a S K was a maker of mu sical instruments an-l "si-vi,s r'"'sic ')ry.' 'i I I,- baiked iitoiind ' I ! ' ' . 'I i.i, f. u-ii l-.. v. ho had i tiecu ii-latiOe' ijueer j c.R-rieuec , of tlieli' i. .y n or their ai- ! I I quainlaui-t-s. I hen w.' V "L ? ''t''-'"" rL'i"url" who was decoyed into chasing a pliant iu hwei-llu-art f r, ill tin city to I'iuopv. and ovur a large part of the laud on the other side of the water, only to h-arn on re turniuu tbut the whole thiujf was a practical joke, planned t,i secure re vcie'c fur a i exli.oitlon of lempei-nhiellia.l.l.-.il i;rieved Bud uiortilied a y ii n J iv-irnan. i iMt . iu a fashionable iMiardiug house." : ai I the instrument man. -'in an uptown street, thut four young ladies lived. With youth lliev com billed good llKiks. cheerful illsisltlons ami the woman's proverbial iioneiicss for u desire tor ine uuiiiiraiion u ,..i s.. Kilt, all their blandish- incuts were lost on a handsome young fellow who bnardeil in the house, and who. while not exactly a cynic or a iiiisanthi.ipc, seemed to fro u down any exhibitions of youthful frivolity. " -'-lie frequently chatted with the girls afu-r ilinner, and when, one even ing. the conversation turned uhju flirting, hu expressed himself very forcibly on the subject, saying no lady could descend to such an actum, while a man of true honor would only de spise her if she did. This, ot course, coining from a young, good looking fell.nv. was a surprise lo the girls, who at lirst thought he was joking, but as he repeated bis views ou several other .............. i, ml as his COII.lUCt, Which was carefully looked into, seemed to justitiy his views, they came to the be lief he was iu earnest. Thereafter he was known as -the prude.' -lie surprised the girls, one summer afterniHin. by inviting the most modest '.oniiing of their iiumher to accompany him to .Manhattan Ueach. She aceep- t ...I null t IiuV I f ft. Not to ifo minutely into details, they had a nice dinner , and were listening to the music when two young men passed. Hue of them 1, Hiked rather Intently at the girl and smiled. She was some w hat near-sight ed, and. telling of the matter after ward, she said she thought the young man was a friend, whereupon she sun led and bowed. -The prude' saw ll all. and taking her by the arm he led her to the young men. and addressing him who had bowed to the girl, lie said: I don't know your name, sir, nut this lady seems t!i desire your com oanv more than she does mine. She is Miss lllank, of No. - West - street, ml 1 Mill leave her ill your cute, ll !' ng yoii will sec her safely to ncr lioinc. ' 'THIS LADT SEEMS TO UESIiOJ YOl'B COM PANT." y a stranger, but she had not ime to make any explanation to 'the ... .t h., finished he strode rap- by away. She dismissed the stran ers. bought a railroad ticket and re urned home, where she recited the Minifying storv to her friends. And t was'then and there that, after put ling their heads together, they batched the scheme which sent 'the prude to Kurope on a wild goose chase." The conspirators, the narrator con inued, had a friend who was the post mistress in a small near-by town, and they enlisted her aid, she being only too willing, after she knew the circum stances, iioon "the prude" received a nicely scented letter, in a woman's hand, and the girls had the pleasure of seeing it on his plate at the breakfast table, and ol noticing uie ..-.... pression as be read it. They knew that the letter purported to be from a lady i who bad seen him, but had never met him, but was extremely desirous of ! knowing him-so much so that she i luggestcd to make an appointment to I meet her. She signed ber.-.elf Hlanche I Will.Mighhv," and said she lived in Brooklyn, and requested him to send his reply to the llrooklyu post oflice, where she would get it by culling for it. I W hether he felt fluttered or what it was thai actuated the man who so i detested flirting, he answered the let jter, which, by prearrangeinent, was ! forwarded from the Brooklyn post i oflice to the out-of-town postmistress, i and from her hands it went direct to ' the fair plotters, who had ull manner i of fun w ith it. men eusueu ! mated correspondence between "the 1 ...i" Itlnnehe. and it tickled the girls immensely to note his flush ot pleasure when on going to the break fast table he would nnd the daintiest notes from hissupposcd fair mainnrai.i. Never did he read them at the table; they were too sacred for that; he gen tly pill them in his pocket, waiting till he got to the seclusion of his room be fore breaking open the envelope. Hut Ihe y.nii !-' fellow was bccominir impatient in meet her. so Hlanche tol I hiiu to be lit Trim' y church the ne::t M...h.v niorniiiir e.n.l to wear ti li:r;r red rose as a Uoiitonnier. lie was , i hand, and so were the four conspira tors. As luck won! 1 have it. a y.nin ! ..,e.n fainted u-id wus carried f ri!-1 tie- church, placed in a carriage by her relatives and was ilnv.-n away. Ulanche's next U-Uer expr-ssed the deepest re-ri-ct that the writer had Ik-cii overt- em- by the heat anil hail t i be helped I roln the -liurcli. She was still ill. she added, her doctors had ordered her to go to Kumpe. and she was to i....,...i ii... r..l,..v,!,' Saturday. She was sorry to go without having had the pleasure of meet in-,' him. but after her return she would make it a point to tind him (if c,iiir,e tho voting women thought this would eti.l the whole matter, for they were becoming tired of the joke. Hut what was their amazement when another letter was received by llbiiichc. in which the smitten young man said he would follow her to Kurope. and begging her to send him another lettf r informing him where tie could meet ber tln-r,-. The next week he announced in the onarding-house that he ivasiu need of. rest and that in two weeks be wou'd leave for Kurope, where he cxpi'cted to remain two or three month-. The news, instead of invoking sym pathy, spin-re 1 the girls on to further i,.V.,.ts. I"-, . ii id a l-ehit've in line.- THT.RE WAS A LETTKB ON 1118 PLATK. . the third had some one in Pariu " whom sne could confide, while iu , Know friend whom London ine fi she would let into the seeret. So faie b'turs were written at once, four ot em", go abroad and tell the , friends w to act. the fifth being sent to the prude." tcllini, him where Blanche was to stop in London and how lo. how she would Koto l'aris and where she could be found, and the same data concerning Hamburg and (ienem AH the girls were on hand to see . -. .i....,i una he was very "Uie prune ui""-' ., happy over what he. thought was the secret locked up in his breast. Krom letters received from ine . . , i u .nnMs it the ad- trienus uoio.io -i-i ,, , : ; t ,h,ii. onlv to be told that Miss W'illougbby had been there nnd had looked anxiously each day for i friend whom she expected. Much dejected at his non-arrival, she had do pa. ted for l'aris earlier than she cx 1 . , . ..:.. ,..,r.l that should a neclt'U, leavntK your.- man call for her he should be askc i t.i follow her at once. l-i this way he was sent to the four sities named, and then, losing all track - i.:. .hiintiim til'i'i' theart. he trav- OI Ills l.l.UUV""- " eled around on his own uccord, hoping to lind her. Hut, o: course, m- u...u , .,.i ...i..,.. three months later, he re am. ,..,--. . ,i t ti.iii country and to his boarding house he was a heart-broken -l'l,- n..vt fruirnintf when he an num. lie r, - peared at the breakfast table there was a letter on nts piaie wiucu u... ii,.1iIa with iov. He took it toil is room, aud this was what he ..... i Poor Old Simpi-etok: It Is not very i.i ,rnt m. In Kurone. sir line mm '.'. " - --- -- - ti.r I was never there. 1 bad lnternlcd to lul.c ..-..h Slnl.th Anilril-n. SO VQU & Slllllll 1 lUlll illteuM - mitft i. hi. vp the tun of followlD-! will-o -the- wlsp but uln a 1 i now ioou,n juu ou -nliy anil never was, but I took Oils means if punishing you for your contemptible con-lui-t to a friend ot mine. Wben you eel this I fill be another null wlte. Don t rort-ei. --HI.ANCHS. i.V.., " nnnnllilled the StorV teller, .;'..., j,.-t vlieve. this I will intro- uee you to my wife, who was Blanche Villoughhy. " ueraiu. STREET CLEANING. rllfb-r.'s Pl- F - M ule Paper. There is a new bead to the bureau of highways and sewers in Pittsburg, and tue streets of the city are to be kept cleaner than ever before as well as In t ...... ,tr mvs the Municipal Jour- Detiei o l - ,t nal and Engineer. Director of Public Works Bigelow baB appointed Mr. E. O. Nleewaner, C. E., superintendent of the aepartment, and already the latter ha. taken measures to keep the streets clean One of the greatest sources of untidiness in the streets any town or t, -.is e Duoer that blows about and makes the streets unsightly. U blows off the wagons that carry the refuse of the dumps or Is dropped noon the street by the careless pedes trian who throws away his newspaper or some advertising dodger that has been handed bin. by boys or men dis- -i ..t.. tliA camp. To dispose of this waste Mr. Mcewa ner bus adopted the plan of stationing salamanders along the wharfs. In which it will be burned. A salamander is simply a large metal cage In which combustible stuff can be burned. In stead of carting the waste paper to the dumps It will be burned In the sala manders. Business houses can send their waste paiier to the salamanders and have it destroyed. The department has been using a number of small, portable wire sala manders attached to the hokey carts. In regard to these air. ince-a-. ..L--,,,, the satisfaction they are wruic, clvlng I am inclined to believe that b ... ..... l,a nanpr they will eventunny v-r nuisance." When the cage run 01 paper Is gathered by the noKey nntu u -ii..- limltea it. In a to tne nearest, uircj - few moments he gathers up the hand ful of ashes, dumps It in his can and then resumes his beat. The highway dopnrtmem i eucuu. aging householders to buy this sala mander, "for," writes Mr. Nleewaner. "90 per at of the paper we now mse care of Is thrown Into the highways surreptitiously and in violation of the law. It is our uope mm householder is educated Into nn obedi ence to the law through frequent prose cutions for violations tnercoi we mi see much wuste destroyed by the ones whose duty it Is to destroy u uuu ..oi subject this bureau to a burden that does not properly belong to it" An editor once wrote: "We have .irf basket of strawberries from Ir. Smith, for which he will receive ur compliments, some ot whicn are our inches in circunuereuuc. Walter Scott was almost too polita. His unwillingness to disoblige others, even in small matters, often caused nun great inconvenience. A Counly linjirnveiiien( Leaaiie. Tl,.... .i-.. i-eecllllv ;iu;llli.cd in St Louis county. Mo., uu Improvement! league which is composed of citizens of the county interested in civic lm- provi-uient. The geucral plan of wors outlined for the league will include the beautifying and Improving of the towns and cities In the county by aid ing In the formation and work of local associations of a similar utiture. the improvement of country homes and mini v.'tlV In the suburbs of St. Ixnlls, the establishment of county boule- vor.u bv i.lantini: trees ami surun- bcry eking the lines of the county thoroughfares, the improvement or run way station surroiiiuiiugs uy couien Ing them as far as possible Into small parks nnd removing from rights of way ull objectionable debris, and to provide for and insure proper suuitary conditions and sewerage for the set tlements Just beyond the corporate limits of St. Louis. The Civic Ituprove n,ni le.ieiie of St. I j, ills bus decided to co-operate with the county league wba It la formed. CARLISLE'S CIVIC CLUB. Women Improve and BeaotlfT Pennsylvania Town, Carlisle, Pa., bus un association that has done much in the past live years to Improve and beautify the town and de velop civic pride. It Is culled the Civic Club of Carlisle nnd was organized In 18'iS through the efforts of Us present president. Mrs. K. W. Kiddle The ed ucational department Is under the lead ership of Mis. .lames U. Morgan. A "league of good citizenship" has been formed In the public schools. i.,.,..,iifiil i.ictiires have beeu muu . placed In the various schoolrooms, ana the school children have become In structed In tree planting, over 1.000 trees haying been planted in the last three years. Another department of tie club is the municipal deportmeut .i,t,.i. ir .1 8 lteiuler is tin" head. Much has been done to Improve the conditions of the public highways Waste paper receptacles catch quanti ties of paper and litter, and it is a com mon tblug to see children carry a bit of puper or a banana peel half a block until a receptucle Is reached rather than throw it ou the street The club's Idea 1b to develop civic pride. Kor years the dust on the streets bad to be swallowed, but now the Civic club street sprluklcr settles the dust. The club Is urging the establishment of a public park and bus raised nearly $1,000 for a fountain to adorn it. The saving fund department, under tue management of Mrs. A. C. Uivler, is the latest department of work. Worthless Roads. Building worthless roads is one of the grossest forms of swindling the people, says the Buffalo Enquirer. AI lnt tho nubile is awnlin in the neces 1 ilty of having roads which shall tx good both In name and In fact. In, liber. Or. Holt of missionary of church, s)sMit a ville friends. I'ortlaud, synndica) the t'relssy teriau (lay visiting Wood Ple.no Lessons 1 Miss I.ui:i Parker, who has beeu in roriliiul for some time, studying music wlih Prof. W. Uifford Nash, will tclutii licit week aud will be pleased to receive all her old pupils aud any others, after June S.MIi. Les sons gviu nl their r. s deuce or at her home un corner of 1) and West Third streets. Phone 6S7. goo I I'll. nil ol I Ii -r d fi cd It't's r. quest, tin :i d toe jury ih it , iy. cr ol laarriaio us ,-i t.i Itgatii it i 'orcd all r .1 i i-r is let-one 1 1 iH-netiite.l. - M -Curl by and view of the ii, it Is in ltKelv vi.ll be s nsjde art! y will pro! ably iu M chtgsii iu a I, in, nt c I'lisi h r. il 1 1 1 1 - -, I'l.e I., ..'.. n i M ill tol tl. , ;,ud t'- Insi. 11. Il -ll, the i-id-i-i i- Vl-s M.-t for her I,, nn ii U- ril, ill nps I lias announce I al the case tlul he Startling EvHkncs. l iesii testiuiouy lu great quantity is constant lv coming iu, declaring Dr. King's New liscovery for t'ousonip- tion l uughs and Colds to be Dnequal- . il. A recent eipcvsaiou from T. J. l .. L. -1 l .. . .. ... ..ii i-ai i.tii.1, iHiiuirviin-, serves as example Ho writes: "I h.l ll;Mncbttis for thrvs 'years aud dixj- the time with out being Then 1 began taking Dr. King's New Discovery, aud a few kittles wholly cured ni. Equally o.Tcctive iu curing all Lung aud riiro.it troubles. Consumption, Pneu monia and (..rip. Uusniuteed by National Drug store and Grant a Pass Pharmacy. Trial bottles free, regu lar sizes Adc, aud 1.00. M. Clement, PnMcriptioa Drurgut .tsu uu tumtr buoiiou goes ill with the relinquishment on thut qaaiter soettou, your application is accepted oy tho goveruuicnl aud the land he comes yours upon fulfillment of the usual conditions resin cling goveru uieut lauds. Heie Is a partial list of what we oiler : Two homesteads iu cue section car ry ing -1,000.000 feet rat h, close to i logging stream l-i la-Its of tin,h..r Prio, fi'io each for improvements and reliuquislitueuts. Otie claim seven milts from market, road ruuniug through It. snleudid lo- cation, carrying from 1,MO,000 to 8. 000,000 feet. Price 13a. Two claims. It miles from n ark-r all down grade, wagon toad running wuiiiu iv, miles. One tarrying 4, . k0,(MI fm-l; l rice AtlO. Due rarrv. lug f.,lXK),lXi0 feet : price -Via rn. sultriu Ihe lay of the laud. oiimIiiv of timber, the ueavy belt of timber iu wiucn It is located and the .mnni thwy carry and the sum al which they cau be purchased these we believ to be the best bargains in .Southern Ore- gon. We have a re 1 nqnisliroent on a uuir. ter section which has the natural mill. ing site for the last two claims men. tiooed together with several uril,i... of timber nearly a heavy. This quar ter section carries from 3 to 8k,' mill- ion fret of limber. Price 400, VV alto have sewn ether telinnaish. ments which will carrr from J io j million fovt aud located from 8 to li miles from nirket. Price. rant fmm : 1141 a .hVl Is. I i-ow, attention! can war iu the Philippines, was in ' "I'rinirs on every 40 ai res; renter of a good I Date in Ashlaud. Nituiduy evening, returning country; two Uwdlling houses, big 1,-1,1 . ,. 7 from a visit to his Kansas home ''" every thing complete; well sheltered ' . above coupon where be went to attend the marriage a"' ' f,,u? markets, one. I ' olBce. of bis sister, .ays the Tilling""'" ""' AIS ' 1 and tend Ifammar in. i'rM-if .I sir-rrnrViijiNfMwsyiiiji if-ffjrT" 0 amis $1.45 per Gallon Guaranteed for 5 Years. .WHITE SEWING MACHINES AT COST. Get our prices on Moline Wagons All vSiies. Tlie Lumber hauler's friend Kstimatos made on all Tlumbing and Tinning contracts. Satisfaction guaranteed. Grants Pass Hardware The I JOSEPH W0LKE, Min.jir. Go. J. L. CALVERT, Secrttary and Tr: 1 - - SF f 4' "s 1 a