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Wfogf mutkt 1 i VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1904. No. 15. Tt I- t i i f : t i f i i 4 Li f" E. A.WADE DPwV GOODS, UNDERWEAR, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. I'AIII I P CAPITAL STOCK Transacts a General Nanking business. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certiorates. Our cuslomeis are assured of courteous treatiiient and every consideration con sistent with sound hanking principles. bafi-tydciHu.it Iwxes for rent. ' J. FRANK WATSON, Pres. It. A. IIOOTII, Vice-I'rea. L. I., JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. UAPITAI, STOCK, ... $30,000 00. Receive deposits subject to check or on certiticate payable on demand. Hells sight drafts on New York San Francisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the I'nited Stales. Specal Attention given to Col lections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on ail accessible points. R. A. IIOOTII. Pres. J. J. CAMFHKI.L. Vice Pres. H. L. OILKEY, Cashier 3IAUHLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. It, PADPOCK, Pkopr. I am prenrred toiurnish anything in the line o( Cemetery work in any kind ol MARBLE or GRANITE. Nearly ihiity venrs of cxiwM-ieiice in the Murble business warrants my saving that i can tin vimr onlers in the very best manner. Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind I J. B. PADDOCK. I'rnni Street INit t ireeniV Ooniihop. ...Newell Bros. Racket Store... 'I'iiIVm I tuliailly:, !ixtll Kt !-' t AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS In all the Light Weight Men's Working Gloves.. Grants Pass Succmon to Dtmarcc Muiic House. Pianos at $8.00 per month We have three bargains on hand. Come and see them. We h;ive n reputation to maintain ami we expect to maintain B jit. Our aim is not to simply place vhat we tell von. GRANTS PASS MUSIC HOUSE Miss Minnie Ireland, Manager ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, - REAL ESTATE I QIIV A m r en I l i iui t-r oi-i-i. OWN YOUR OWN HOME No. 2'X) acres; 140 af res cleared; 15 acres in alfalfa; 100 ai res in grain; 2"i uen s iu pasture. Good water right, and pood house nf nine rooms. B irti 40 x SO feet. Orchard with all varieties of fruit. Price.fio per acre. No. S41. Kn acres; pood water right ; no improvement. Must be sold soon. Lash fOoO. No. 2-.'!l. H'O acres about 13 miles from the. city. Good house cost about flu). Abont W0.000 feet of pood saw timber. Will sell for 10). Stop pa vim rent. (10 down ant (-' a mouth will purchase a lot Id almost any portion of tthe city. Call on or addre-.-e JOSEPH MOSS Headquarter for Real Estate. Otlii e on K Street. hctween Fourth and Fifth Streets. GRANTS PASS. - - OREGON. rTv - - T". ft y irv - -'iTVT -i'l ah ork i. w'utumi Mining Tool Workers puarauitfrel. IIKFLINfi A. GOULD, firanta Piihm. Ore House Moving If you have a building that you want Moved, Raised or Levelled up, Call ou or address A. E. Holloway. f 2S.OOO.OO. latest styles Summer Corsets. Music House pianos. You can depend on GRANTS PASS, OREGON DCAI rCTATT P nunu I i i i r Blue Front Shop South Sixth Street. 'ft t General Blacksmithing t . n n l sriPTif mp. Hnrspcnnm kvivuuuu uviuuuuvviv JOSEPHINE COUNTY'S NEW ELDORADO Courier Proprietor Sees Immense Wealth. I The big gold fiud of Southern Jose phine county was visited this wect by two Courier meu, A. E. Yoorhics and Fred Mensch, for tho purpose of seeiug the place which lias put new life into the niiuiug industry of this section, and or se'ouring reliable and certain information as to the value of the discovery. Tho reports have boon so varied and so widely different tlmt it seemed there was littlo dependence to be placed in them, so, for the bene fit of tho readers of the Courier, the trip was made. A journey by wheel fo Holland and hence, by trail ou foot up Sucker creek and over the mountain brought us to the spot which is justly entitled to be considered one of the wonders of the world. David Briggs and bis family, son-in-law and brother, iu ail live men and two luetics, are in camp by their bonanza, carefully watching and guarding it and taking oat some gold from time to time. Thev are making no effort to mine it and are merely taking out a few slain of gold or handsome quartz specimens to pass away tho time until they can safely deposit the treasure already secured. They argue with reason that the gold is safer in tho ground than it is out of it. It is ouo of the peculiar con ditions of this mine that the gold can be taken out fur more rapidly than it cat) be taken euro of. The fact that they are not working eight and duy ou tho vein, has been misinterpreted by some, who do not understand the conditions and the report has thus got abroad that the place is worked out. Nothing could bo further from the truth. From all appearances they have only just begun to take out the gold which is lying uear the surface. The milk pan full of gold lu slabs, which was ou exhibit at a Grants Pass bank, is only a preparation for the wonders that greet the eye when the mine is visited. At the iriggs tent, there is gold iu sacks, in cans and iu bottles, iu tho niortur, iu the gold pans, in tin cups and cooking utensils, everywhere There seems to be enough gold in sight mound their camp to satisfy a family for a lifu timo, yet tho mujor part of what they have takeu out has been cached away. The place where all this treasure has been taken out, is uu insignificant hole, some 13 feet ill length, as wide as the ledge, which seems to ruu from 12 to 14 inches, and from oun to two feet deep. All the exoavatiou which has been dono could ho done by one man in an hour, though it would . probably take him lunger ti lth that to pick out tho gold. Mr. liriggs cstiiuntT-s that ali the work which has been done is not more than half a day's work for ouo man, and the es timate seems a reasoiiblu one. Tho Hud is no "pocket." It is a true fissure vein on a contact between grahito and porphyry nud is tniceulile for a long distant e along the side of the mountain. No tests hc.vo yet been made to show the extent of the rich pay chute, which still continues both longitudinally aud vertically from the excavation Ton qu irt, ex clusive of the seams of pure gold. e-ur-rie milling values from H to to the ton. Uohi is dilfuscd through the rock itself and is lint found alone in the scums. This is presumed to be a good indication f permanency. The vein at the cud of the excavation is about 12 inches wide. Along tho hanging wall there is u seam averaging about the thickness of a nan's finger, which is filled with pure gold. Tho width of this seam is variable, but the stringer of gold is continuous. If tho discoverers of the j bonanza had carefully excavated along j the side of the scum aud removed thcj quartz without breaking the gold, I they could probably have secured pieces of gold several fi et iu length. I 1000 SHOPMEN LET OUT Southern Pacific Me.kei Rcduc lion In Hoiking Force. The force of shopmen ol the opera tion of the Southern Pacific Railroad west of El Puso aud Heno and south of Ashland were reduced 10 i-r cent Friday, 1000 men being thrown out of employment. Last Monday the hours of labor in all the shops were reduced from 10 to nine, tho equivalent of the discharge of 1000 men so far as wage saving is concerned. The railroad oflicals say there is not work for the forco of sheqaiion that has been employed. The rolljng stoe k is in thorough reir and up-to-date. Of the thousand m-n discharged, M0 were let oat at the Sacramento shops. By these two orders the .-outhe r.i Pacific saves in Wages about f'000 a day, or about ?!iiu,n0 a month. The shojsi affected, beside s those- t Sacra mento, are at Oakland, San Fran cisco, Duutmuir, Eakerflc!d, Lop Angeles and Tu-f ou. This is the largi st reduction of its employes the Southern Pacific lis made ou this Coast since the soru njer of iKi.'i. Genera! Manager C. H. Markham cay he has made the reduc tion on orders from the East and there is no telling when the discharged oien aud the nsaal hours- cf labor are to be restored. The three other general managers of It would have been iu irregular I slabs, from half an inch to au iuch in I thickness, guarled aud twisted and 'crooked. Of coarse, it would bo a 'physical impossibility to handle a piece of porous gold of that shape without breaking it. This seam, where the discovery was made, was running along the hanging wall of the ledge. As the veiu was followed, it left tho hanging wall, cut through the ledge to tho foot wall, followed that for a short dis tance,, then cut through tho ledge again, back to the hanging walL At the end of the cut, at the time this visit was made, the seam had been "mined" out to a depth of perhaps 1ft iuches, the first foot of (ho depth being made large enough for the operation of a shovel aud the last fow inches being merely gouged out of the seam, In tho deep shadow, the gold, much of it dull aud Tasty, could not be seen, but a pocket knife jabbed into the scam struck with a dull, dead sound, exactly as if dropped on a piece of lead. A fow blows were sufficient to detaeh a piece, weighing two or three dollars. It seemed a new idea to mine with a pocket knife aud the .visitors quickly grew in terested.: After poking und jabbing with tho kuifo for 10 or 15 minutes, the returns were weighed up und ag gregated some $.'i0. One vigorous blow with a pick would have dis lodged three times as much. Some times a pieco cf gold two or more inches iu length could be pried aud split off from tho quartz to which it was adhering. As the knife point would be driven behind it the metal w ould bend over like a piece of sol der. Much of this gold is red aud rusty und would doubtless be over looked by au unpructiccd eye. Other pieces a o yellow and bright. The seam, as it is followed, is found to widen iu places to an inch or more iu width aud iu such places as this pieces of gold nearly as lurge as a man's hand have been faun (1. The largest piece takon out containing some $1600, was broken in washing it. Mr. Biiggs lilts a piece of gold aud quartz which contains betwoeu ti00 and Uu has one piece of quartz as big as his two fists, which lias a half inch thick slub of gold bisecting it aud holding the two halves togeth er, and there are a number of similar specimens of smaller size. These were secured in following the gold scam where it cut through tho ledge from ouo wall to the other. From the main Beam, smaller veins of gold radiato like spider legs into the crevices of the rock. The red, rusty dirt iu aud about the seam is seen to be fully half gold when looked at with a glass. As the miners fol lowed the scam of gold, they threw tho looseuid rock aud dirt into the cut behind them, covering up und concealing tho bottom, so that the hole is filled up except fur a small place at the extreme end. Pans of this looso dirt and rock, taken at random, yield from t'i to $60 each. The gold is porous and is light iu comparison with a similar balk of placer gold, but is very pare, being worth in this crude state, about $1H per ounce. The find is located ou one of the spurs of Tennuut peak of the Siski you. Teiiuant jH-uk is the culmina tion of a triplo watershed which em braces tributaries of Sucker creek, AlthouKo creek and of the Klamuth river. The ledge is on the slope which leads to Thompson creek, a tributary of the Klamath, and is only about lot) yards from the top of the divide which slopes on the uortli side to Fehely gulch, a small tributary of Sucker creek. It may be considered the same divide, or "laokbonn" which cpar.itcs Sucker creek and Althouso. This ridge is one of the biggest gold carriers ou the 1'acifio const. Giants Pass is the only rational point of departure for these mines. the Southern Pacific lines are putting iu effect the same economies in their districts. All are acting under direc tions of Julius Kruttse-huitt of Chica go, transportation and operating di rector of the Harriiuau lines. The 'number of men to be discharged will not full far share of 4D00. A Serious lnurv Wednesday afternoon John Bark dull came near losing his life in a terrible and very unusual way, says the Me-dford Mail. While gathering mulberries, Mr. Lurkdull endeavored to reach some very fine ones by climb ing a fence. Whe-o almost within reach of the fruit, he lost his footing and fell, cutting a horrible gash iu the left side of his throat, one aud ouc Inlf inches In depth and between two and three Inches iu length Dr. Cameron nresne-d the woaud aod stated that ooe -eighth of an inch more would have severed tbs Jugular vein. Mr. Burkdull suffered considerable from the wound, bat will recover. Sat'juvd the Chlldrca. Notwithstanding all that is doue by boards of health and charitably in clined rsous, the ileath rate among mall children is very high during the hot weather of the summer otoliths iu the large cities; there is not probably one case of bowel com plaint in a hnmlred. however, that oa Id not be cured by the timely use it Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Ke-mdy. For tale by all 'druggists. The routo from this city runs thront.li Kerhy to Holland or California Bar on Sucker creek, a good wagon road all the way. From Holland there is a good trail to the mine, w ith a pack train making tri-weok'y trips. The trail follows up Sucker creek for some 1(1 miles from Holland aud to that point is au old route which has been iu nso for 40 years. Tho lust fow miles to the mine are traversed ou a uew trail which crosses Suckir creek, now a narrow stream, and fol lows Feholy gulch to its source and thence to tho top of the mountain. Ouly the last half mile way bo con sidered severe climbing. After crossing the divide, the country plunges down everlastingly. st an anglo of 4,1 degreoa or more, dowu and down and down, iuto the Klamath river. The view from this point is superb, looking across miles .and miles of ridges and canvons which seen rolling iu waves and which rise higher and higher iu the distauce until they culminate in a grand range of snow covered peaks, misty and mingling their bluu with the sky. The mine is only a little way from the top of tho ridgo and is reached by a zigzag trail so steep that a novice hangs to tho side of the moun tain to keep from fulling off. Ooldeuview city is located ou the Sucker creek side of the mountain, about half a mile from tho mine. The location is a very beautiful one, a comparatively level piece of ground ou the Bteep mountain sido selected as the only available mill and smeller site iu the district. This is laid off into town lots, some of which are re ported already sold. Tho snow patches extend into tho "city limits." The "city" contain a number of touts, but at the timo this visit was made there was littlo sign of the hundreds of men who, according to some of the reports, were supposed to bo prosiectiiig !n tho district. There wore porhui s a dozen men iu the camp. Many, however, had come and gone, and others were on the way. Some iiO claims huvu been located iu the vicinity of the strike, but little systematic prospecting seems to have been done. Most of the visitois seem tn have coino merely to seo tho place and to exumino the formations which have produced such a wonderful bonanza. Tho people that a stranger meets along the route are generally skepti cal concerning the valoo of the find aud a uew comer finds plenty nf dis couragement before ho reaches the place. Olio look lit tho deposit, however, is convincing proof of itf worth. Tho ledge cropping extends along the sido of tho hill beyond the excavation and is plainly tn bo seen. Mr. Briggs suys it is plainly to he seen f'.-r MOO feet, while Ktatn Geolo gist Bunks has traced it feet. A. L. Morris says ha has traced it foi nearly three miles. That it is a per manent and extensive vein there is no doubt, though of course it is not ex pected to carry tho exceedingly rich pay chute, for the whole distance Tho liriggs family have located two claims, the "Wounded Buck" und the "Pay Strcnk," tho locators being Mr. und Mrs. David liriggs, Kay and Hi y Briggs and Mrs. A. .1. Fulk. A third claim has been Incited by David Briggs, Janus I In want, A. J. Fulk and Hoy Briggs. Sistron & Kmc have a ledge some three miles west of the Briggs claims, located lust year. Tho veiu runs from IH Inches to tln. t- feet iu width and they have sunk to a depth of 40 feet. 'Iho prospects lire good. A valuable claim has been located in tho canyon below the Briggs claims by Oscar Beers. A small ditch is now under con struction to bring water froiu a gub h which empties into Thompson creek for the purisise of sluicing the surface dirt which undoubtedly contains many thousand dollars in gold. REGULATIONS FOR FIRES Government Issues Circular He larding Forest Fires. F.vory summer and autumn, latHe areas of public and private forests are devastated by flic. This d structiou is a universal injury. It not only destroys a valuable asset iu the list if the country's rckources, but Is pro ductive of floods. The forest is the most effective menus cf prrvjutirg floods and produe-ing a more regular flow of wjte-r lor Irrigation nud otln r useful purjeisi:s. To prevent the mischievous forist fires, congress Las enacted a law which forbids setting fire to tin woods, and forbiels having fins (camp fires and otlizrs i without flr.t extinguishing the same. Tho law provides a maximum fine of t-'AXJt), or imprisonment for two years, or both, if the tiro is sit maliciously, and a lliu of tines), or Imprisonment for ouu year, if the fire is due to carelessness. It also ro vides that the money from them fines g(ss to the school funds I the cennty in which the offense Is committed. Cominisisoucr W. A. Itichards, of tho General I-and OITii '', has irsued circulars, warning the public ngaiu-t carele ssness, iuaeuioih us many fires tart from neglected camp fires, und makes the following reqacit : 1. Do uot builds larger fire than voo Deed. A 10-day option on the property lias teeu given for a cash sale of I100.000. No boudiug proposition Is considered by tho owners. Another milling op erator is in camp waitlug until the 10 days ?xpire, to gut a similar option, As near as can be. ascertained, by gcting n lino ou the mountain peaks, tho new find is located in Josephine oonnty, a short distance uorth of the California lino. A surprising pcrccutage of those who start to visit the mine never get there. A few hours of perspiration on the trail is sufficient to abate their enthusiasm to such au extent that the Idea that "there is nothing to see" finds ready lodgment in thoir minds. And the mau who is ready to volun teer the, information that "there is uothing to see," is met iu Grants Pass and all along tho route. The Courier party met one man who had carried his blankets to within Ave miles of the place, and then beat a retreat. One party, it is said, reached Holland by (cum and on being informed that they hud reached tho end of the wugou road, turned about aud went hack. Tho leader said if he couldn't drive thero he'd be "gol-durned if he'd go. " As the Courier men were toiling up tho steep slope, which separates Holland from Sucker creek, they met au old time piospcctor with three puck animals ccniing down from Bo hind peak. A look of pity and dis gust came over his wcuther beAteu face when told that the pedestruius wero on route for tho sceuo of tho now strike and ho evidently considered them the dupes of inflated newspaper reports, lie, did not hesitate to ex press his sentiments. "Why, them newspaper men lu Grants Puss," he said, "1 wonder what they can bo thinking about. They suru'y never read in the scrip tures where tho Lord killed Ananias for lying. He is surely a wholo lot more liberal nowadays when ho lets tho newspaper men live." "Why", he said, as he warmed ap to his subject, "I haven't been thero since the strlko was made, but I'vo hocii over the country and I know just whut they've got. They've got a hole just about so big," und he marked with his stick a rctunglo on the trail about one by three feet in di mensions, "and its ubout so deep, " measuring niiout 10 inches on his stick, "and thiy've tukeu out some Hold and tho thing bus pinched dowu to a littlu stringer so long," four Inches, "und so wide," half an inch, "and they've covered It up and they'ie trying to sell the hole. " Tho prospector was evidently sin cere iu his views. Ho had gone over the country and found uothing. Therefore ho was ready to Inform all comers that thero was nothing there, lie does not yet know that hli re marks on Ananias were wasted on newspaper men of Giants Puss. His remarks uu the mining industry would have been extremely discourag ing to anyoiio w ho would have given them weight. Visitors and prospec tors who traverse our mountains in search of mineral have to bo prejiared to hear such doctrine nud ignore it. It is nnt a dilllcult matter to reach the place. If it were, the round trip. In miles by wheel and '.'() by tiuil, and r. linn, could nut huvu been niailii iu three days by men uceustoiniMl oiily to ollico wink. Tho ('mirier party started ou Thursday morning and ciinisnl (hut night eight mih s beyond Holland with a miner who received them with a gi herons hospltnlity tint was good to experience. The follow ing day, Gold enview City was reached early in the afternoon, the mine was visited and some four bouts were sjs lit there and ut the "city." Starling at half past livo in tho evening a lively sprint of about -J holes brought us to our camp of the previous night. The remainder of H i. return journey was uiudu on Hat unlay. 2. Do tied build your fin s iu dense musses of pine leaves, duff and either combust. bin material, where the lire is Hire t n spread. !l. Do. not build your lire against huge logs, esmiully rotten logs, whom it requires more work nnd time to put the flrn out than yuu urn will ing to expend, and where you are rarely quite ci rtuin that the lire is really and completely extinguished. 4. In windy weather ami In dan gi-rouN places, dig n fliu hole and clear off u place to secure your lire. You will save wood and trouble. . Every i-ump fire should be com pletely. tit mil In fore leaving the camp. 1. Do not build fires to clear off land iiiiel f(,r other similar purisme r without informing the nearest lunger or tho supervisor, so that he may as sist you. One Udy'i Rnommtndition Sold f ifty Bomi of Chunfxrlsin'i Stnmseh and Liver Tablets. I have, 1 believe, hold '') boxes of Cbamb-rl, tin's Stomach and Liver Tablets ou thu r c'liiuncndutlou of one lady here, who first bought a box of tin-in about a var ugo. She uevet tins of telling her m-ighbeir and friends about the geiod qualities uf these tubh Is. P. M. Shore, druggist, Kochcster, Iiid. Tho pleasant purga tive effect of these tubh tl makes them a favorite with ladies everywhere. For sale Lr all druggists. V try a Blue Kiblsm fi cent cigar. Furniture Items Something ntw always to be The largest assortment CARPET REMNANTS We're closing out short pieces off. LACE CURTAINS, 45c to $6.50 pair closing out some numbers off. BABY CARRIAGES and GO CARTS-ioto 15 per cent off. REFRIGERATORS AT COST to close out. 10 and 12 piece Toilet Sets at cost to close out. NEW GOODS NEWS Another lot of those cheap Iron Beds. See the new Dressing Bureaus, beautiful goods; they're right. See the new Buffett China Closets, New Carpets, New Kitchen Treasurej, New Porch Chairs, Camp Chairs, Hammocks 75c up to $6 00. Camp Stoves at cost to close". Tents Lower Than Ever. FRUIT SEASON &fe Ware that Wears Lava Enamelled Ware our latest importation stands today withont a rival in point of quality, style and finish; made from heavy steel rolled especially for the purpose; covered ou the outside wilh 3heavy coats of very hard elastic en amel and on the inside with PURE white PORCE LAIN. We guarantee this ware to be free from lead, antimony or arsenic We guarantee every piece. You will be pleased with the reasonable prices. Wall Papers Another Big consignment just received; beautiful designs, exquisite colorings. The stcck is carried right here for immediate delivery. Call and let us show you the largest line in Southern Oregon no trouble, we'll be pleased to. Get the prices on these goods delivered in your house. East ern freight rates are deceptive. Free paste with all orders. R. THOMAS . CO., Cc Housefurnlshers Grants Pass, - Oregon. j IU.C.G. H. Column"! The W. C. T. U. were well pleased with the attendance and the lutorest manifested at the social meeting held in the A. O. U. W. hall on Friday, July lit. Our next will be a business meeting on July lfUh, iu the League room of the M. K. church. Th W. C. T. V. t the World's FeJr. The Woman's Christian Temurunce Union will be given grander oppor tunities for doing good at the Louis iana Purchase Exposition than it has ever had at former world's fairs. No doubt every visiter at the grounds will have occasion to bless the teni I crunco women for the free ioe water which their beautiful bronze fountain will furnish. It is said that this fountain will lie the only place on the grounds where ioe water is supplied free of charge. The fountain is a work ol art, modeled by Miss Klsie Ward, of Now York, formerly of Mis souri. The style is French Renais sance. It will cost J.'IOOO, aud is erect ed by the W. C. T. U. of the Louis iana Purchase states, aud friends. Thu fount iln will be found io a con spicuous plu"e at the exposition, be tween the Varied Industries and Manufacturers' buildings, near the Louisiana Purchase monument. It la wlhthin a few feet of the Waterway, the main walk, and opposite) the cas cade It Is almost within the shadow of the statue of Peace. Miss Ward is a prominent sculptor, having other commissions for the World's Pair, among which is the figure of Uiiorgu Kogers Clark, Iu tho department of Hocial Econo my, the W. C. T. U. will have an ex hibit I-'ixlH feet in size. A display of charts, plans, maps, pictures, etc., from various parts of thu world, will show tho efforts the W. O. T. U. is making "For Clod and llomu and Every Land." An International Temperance Con gross is scheduled fur Oct. 10 I, "i. The W. C. T. U. Days aro Oct. 13 and 111, with Oct. 14 as Auti-U.garette Day. Ou Juna 8, Flower Mission day will 1st observed in memory of Jeliuie Cas seday, who inaugurated the work. 100,000 verses on cards will be given away with bouquets on that nay, tied with the white ribbon. Ma.rdl Cras and Carnival. Account Mardi Oras aud Carnival to be held at Portland, Juuo 2Hth, to July Dth, Inclusive, tickets will be on sale at rata of One aud one-third fare, plus 8T cents for the rouud trip .Sale date-s June 27th aud July "ill, with limit of six days after date of sale, but not later than July 10th. W. E. COM AN, O. P. A. Velox Demonstration. II. L. Kichardaon of the Eastman Kodak Co. will be iu Grants Pass Friday, July H, and will give two practical demonstrations in the after uooti from t to 5 o'clock with the de veloping machine aud from 7 to p. m., a velox dem 'ustratiou. All who are Interested lu either of these sub jects are invited to call. that are interesting found in this immense stock. and the lowest prices. B U Y F U R N I T U R R I G H A ticket on the Big Couch with every 50c sale. Buy NOW. T WORKING ON BLUE LEDGE Supplies and Machinery Being Hauled to Mine, The new owuers of the Bale Ledge copper property have begun active op erations for the complete development of that famous mine, says the Ashland Hucord. Over 6000 pounds of mining matoriul aud messhouse supplies have boAu huuled the past week to Joes Bar by Decatur Davis and from there on to the mine, a distance of Ave miles, there is ouly a trail over which the supplies will be taken lu on pack horses. Iu this first outfit is a large steel range and a complete messhouso outfit aud supplies, and for ase at the mine there is 600 pounds of drill steel, coal aud a full outfit of tools. Additional supplies will be sent out aud in a short time a large force of meu will be put to work driv ing tuuuels and doing other develop ment work. The wagon road Is to be extended on to the mine from Joes liar. The work af making a preliminary examination for the surrey of a route for the railroad that is to be built from Jacksonville to the Slue Ledge mine has been begun by Peter Ap plogatu, the well known surveyor. Mr. Applegato lias succeeded in find ing a very feasible route that will be froo f.-om lioavy grades aud from heavy rock work and tho bridges aod trestles will uot he large aod expen sive. The proposed route is to go up tho right side of Jacksou creek to O. D. Heed's place where it crosses the right fork of Jackson creek, with a left curve passing just below Mr. Keed's vineyard and across the right fork of Jackson creek by a blgh bridge aud thence In a southerly di rection op the hill aud across the di vide to Pooruiau's creek at Matt Dem tier's place. The divide baa an alti tude of R00 feet above Jacksonville and it cau be reached by grade not to exceed threo por cent. This is lighter than the grade on the Southeru Puclflo over the Siskiyou mouutsius which averages throe por cent, going ss high as three and a .half per cent iu places. From tbe point where this route would reach Pooruiau's creek, the grade would be on a water level down that stream aud up Applegato to the smelter site. Pending the arrival of tho Com pany's engineer, Dr. J. F. Roddy and E. L. Jones are arranging all details possible that all may be in readiness when tho company is ready to begin opornt ions. Brutally Torturtd. A case came to light, that for per sistent aud unmerciful torture hat perhaps never been equaled. Joe Uoloblck of Colusa, CaL, writes: "For 15 years I endured Insufferable pain from rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried everything known. I came aorosa Electric Bit ters and it's the greatest medicine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of it completely relieved and cored me." Only 50c Satisfaction guaran teed by National Drug Store aud Urants Pass Pharmacy. Prossx-ting Outfits at Cramer Rrtw.