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mntitt VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2S, 1904. Ha t E. A. WADE DRY GOODS, UNDERWEAR, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. YIELDING BIG CLEAN-UPS Southern Oregon Placers Look Good to a Portland Man L. 6. HIGGINS Assav Office CHARGES: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, $1 each. Gold nnrt Silver, $1. GOLD DUST llouglit Mid Refiued for Dental Trade. Each anil every assay done with the Idea that it mnv he cheeked. IS. 12. Vinson, Carpenter, C'ontractor and Architect. All woik done with neatness and dispatch and iu workmanlike manner. Job work a specialty. Give me a call. House Moving If you have a building that you want Moved, Raised or Levelled up, Call on or address' A. E. Holloway. Georgo A. Dyson, of Eugeue, is spcudiug a few daya in Portland, hav ing come direct from Jackson county, where lie haa been for aeveral months euaged in active mining work in the vicinity of Jacksonville. The property, which lie haa been working under bond, ia situated seven miles from Jacksonville, and, bieug familiar with what ia trans piring iu that vicinity, Mr. Dyson talked very entertainingly of the dis trict. "Placer minora havo done extremely well iu Southern Oregon thia year, due to a greater flow of water tl.au for many years," said he, "and I think, when the final cleanups of the year are reported, it will be foutid that more placer gold haa been wash ed, than during any single season for ten years. People do uot realize the amount of wealth produced there every year. TI10 placer regions are of such wide scope that those operating are uot aware of what ia being done on the other aide of a mountain or even along the eamo stream. "What strikes a quartz minor with the greatest force is the comparative insignificance of quartz miue develop ment iu a se. tiou that bears each strong evidence of strong ledges ex isting iu the region. There is very little quartz miuiug done, but it is rapidly increasing. "Recently tin cleau-np was made ou the Sturgia property, and wae veiy good, I uuderstuad. This old property of A. L. Sturgis was btnght last year by H. W. Vance, a Califor nia miner, and has beeu equipped witli a plant of modem machinery, includiug electric lighting plant, steam power, and equipment for working the dirt to bedrock. "The Spaulding mine, owned by Tacoma people, has also made a splen did clean-up for the season. Au abuuduuee of water fur the entire period of operations, favorable condi tions otherwise, and a good conduct of affairs, combined to make it 11 moat successful year. "Former State Senator Aukeny lias what ia probably the most profitable proposition iu Southern Oregon. He haa three or four big giants iu opera tion and the annual cleau-up protiahly approxiamtes $10,000 or foO.OOO. The property ia au imnieuso producer, treated on the Applegate river near Jacksonville. A ditch 27 miles iu length is owned with sulliclent water rights to guarantee a eteady flow aud plenty of it "At Waldo is located one of the big properties. Simmoua & Cameron havo a apleudid property located there, which. I am told, is being de veloped iu the best possible chape, shape. That ia near Grants Pass, and my knowledge of it i8 entirely from conversation with men who have beeu at the mine. I never visit ed it myself." Mr. Dyson ia a pioneer Oregon miner. Ho staked the Lucky Boy at Bluo River ahd was the mau who wrote the origiual uotlco setting up a title to three ol the great mines of the country. It waa Iu June, 1887, that with two partners, tho prospect ing expedition went into tho mount ains along the tributaries of the Mc Kenzie river, a little more than 17 years ago. Owing to the dense forest, there were comparatively few places where outcroppiugs gave a hint of the character of formation and veins, ledges or deposits. Few locations had beeu mnilo jiud the district was uusurveyed. Aft?r finding mineral iu place, the 8ide lines were run by blazing trees, aud referring to natural mnuuniciitd of rocks and rugged cliffs that character ize the locality. There was no regu larly organized mining district, and when the goverunent aurveyora came later, they found by rcferoueu to tho tecordsthttt the early surveyors in the camp had tied corners to everything imaginable, some liko the talo told of an early Arizona prospector, uot al waya having exercised prudence in using au immovable object for the purpose. But tho loeutors of tho Lucky Boy, believed they had a mine under their feet aud blazed their lines distinctly nud iu a way to warn others not to trespasa. Twelve yeara later the claims were sold to the present owner, tho Lucky iioy aiming 10111- pauy. Telegram. DEVELOPMENT OF OREGON GOOnOPIMON OF NEWFIND BLUE LEDGE COPPER MINE Sucker Creek District of Mora Than Ordinary Importance. Making Good Showing Undet Svatematlc Development. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. l'AII UP CAPITAL STOCK $20,000 OO. Tram-acts a General Hanking business. Keeeives deposits subject tu check or on demand certificates. Our eustoiiieis are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration eon sistent with sound banking principles. tafetv deposit boxes lor rent, J. FRANK WATSON. Pres. It. A. 1IOOTH, Vice-Pres. L. I.. JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON, CAPITAL STOCK, - - A0,O0O 00. lteceive deposits subject to check or on certificate pavahle on demand. Sells sight tlralis on New York San Francisco, and Portland. . Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the 1'nited States. Special Attention given to Collections and general business of our customers, toilet-lions made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible puiuts. It. A. HOOT If. Pres. J. 0. CaMI'HKI.L. Vice Pres. II. L. tlll.KKV, Cashier. MAUI1LE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. I'ADPOCK, Pboph. I am prepared to furnish anything In the line ol Cemetery work in any kind nIHlPRl.T! or flRANITE. Nearly thirty years of experience in the Marble business warrants my saving that I can fill your orders in the very best manner. Canfurnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind cl Mll,be J. li. PADDOCK, front Street Next to CSr-oone's Qnnslmp. Commercial Club Issues Call for League Convention. ...Newell Bros. Racket Store... T111IW llulltliu;;, Wlxtli Street Tho Portland Commercial Club has issued a call for a cnuventiou of the (Jrcgou Development League, to bo held at tho Mirqnam Oriuid Theater in Portland, Augus.1 2d and d. All commercial, agricultural, mining, stock-raising and irrigation interests will be represented;' every editor In tho stato will bo invited to attend as a delegate; County Com missioners and Mayors of all towns and citio8 will also bo called upou to uaiuo delegates. Tho Portland Woman's Club will look after tho comfort of ladies accompanying dele gates, and, among other entertain moots, havo arranged for a trollery ride ou August 2d, taking in the most interesting and beautiful environs of Portland, and on August Hd ten street cars will he provided for a trip over the entire city. The Southern Pacific Co. w ill sell tickets at tho very low rato of one faro for tho round trip, from all points ou Oregon Lines to Portland and return, for this occasion, aud It is hoped that every section of the stato will bo well represented nt the convention, to work iu harmony for tho development of Oregon. Safeguard the Children. Notwithstanding all that is done by boards of health and charitably in clined persons, the death rate among small children is very high during the hot weatner of ti'.n summer months iu tho large cities; there is not probably one caso of bowel com plaint in a hundred, however, that could uot ho cured by tho timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all druggists. 13. H. Kelm, who resides at 2li7 Columbia street, has returned from the uew gold field at Sucker Creek, aud states that the new mining dis trict ia one of more than ordinary promise. "I went to Sucker Creek for the purpose of doing . aome prospecting, hut, uot being provided with a borae, I returned, and will go agaiu at a luter date," he said. "I feel satisfied that some very good properties will sometime be opeued up there, aud I believe the find of Dave Briggs, which haa beeu causing so much ex citement, will prove lasting. ' People iu that locality, however, are uot inclined to be excited over the flud. There have been several very rich pockets of free gold discovered lu that locality iu the past, aud it ia a oommon opinion there that the new find is but another of these pockets. 'Hut I do uot think the people iu that vicinity generally know much about quartz mining. They are placer minors, as a rule, and have had little experience wltb quartz. While they may ho right iu their etslmatea of the new find, it cannot bo deuied that there ia much gold iu that country, and prospects for the dis covery aud development of good mines aro promising. 'Therearoa Rreat many prospect ors on the grouud, and more aro con tinually coming, but they do uot re main in tho vicinity ot the new find, and aro soon lost iu the wild country that borders it. The statement that nil of the land ia staked off is uot true, for as far as the evo can see, thore ia good proa;ectiug country. 'Some difficulty la beii g fouud iu muking locations, for the land hns never been surveyed aud it is uot known definitely whether it belongs to Oregon or California. 'It is a rugged, mountainous country, and a man ou foot cannot do much traveling while carrying his supplies with him. A man going into the Sucker creek country to proBpect should provide himself with horses, as he will find that he cau do but lit tle without them. 'The uew flud ia a well defined ledge of white quartz, aud from all surface evidence to be obtained, it aeeniB that it ia permanent. Directly above tho siKit where the gold was discovered, the ledge is crossed by a larger ledge, also of a promising looking nature. " THE END OF THE RAINBOW There ia going to bo something doing at the Blue Ledge copper mine ou Elliott crook pretty booh, aud those ."doiiis" will not be small ones either. For the past soveral mouths Dr. J. F. Reddy and bis associates have been quietly prosecuting the de velopment of the property iu order to satuisfy themselves that ore was thero in sufficient quantities to pay for opciatiug it. They are uow fully satisfied with the prospect and negotiations toward tho opcuiug up of the mine are now iu progress. Thia week O. D. Oed ilis, of Deuver, Colorado, arrived and will take charge of tho work as sup erintendent. There are three routes by which a road from these mines cau connect with the Southern "Pacific iu thia valley. The mines aro situated nearly ou the summit of tho Siskiyous aud wo are informed by parties well acquaint ed with tho country, that a railroad route with easy grades can be found long the summit of tho mountains and cult be brought into the valley either through tho Wagner creek or Anderson crock pass, the latter being preferable. Either of these passes have the advantage of giving a route about 15 miles shorter than tho one via Jacksonville. The benefits to bo derived from the opening of these mines are fur reach ing. No one sectiou of the valley will receive all of them, but a general increase, in the volumo of trndo of all kinds will follow tho building of the road above mentioned and tho opening up of thia vast body of mineral. It isn't a local proposition at nil. It ia geiieinl.- It means a uew era, not only Iu the mining business in Southern Oregon, hut iu all other kiuda of industry. Medford Mail. 700 pieces of vocal and instrumental sheet inusio at 10 cents each nt the Grants Pass Music House. Douglas Countv Man Says Is W rong. Prospectors Often Have "Pipe" Dreams .AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS. In all the latest styles. Light Weight Summer Corsets. Men's Working Gloves.. aajsaev IVI3W12I-.I-. ROS. REAL ESTATE I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE OWN YOUR OWN HOME No. 215. 200 acres; 140 acrea cleared; 15 acres in alfalfa; lot) screa iu grain; 35 acres in pasture. Uood watvr right, and good house of nine rooms. Barn 40 x Ho feet. Orchard with all varieties of fruit. Price.tvW per acre. No. 344. 80 acres; good water right; no Improvements. Must be sold soon. Cash (MXl No. SJ3. KM acrea about 13 miles from the city. Good house eot shout $100. About rtuO,000 feet of good saw timber. Will sell for fluno. Stop paying rent 910 down and l"i a mouth will purchase a lot in almost any portion of tthe city. Call on or addreH Joseph moss Headquarters fur ttal t-Ute. Office on E Street, between Fourth and Fifth Street, GRANTS PASS, - OREGON. JXtlWATlD J i-Ok WO rtliN WHO CANNOT lifi ClkKI). BacVed i;p by over a third nf a century of remarkable and tinf.ortu ewet, n record such us no other remedy (or the diseases and weakneves peculiar to women ever a'tuined, the. proptii tors of Dr. ricp-e'a 1 av rue l'revriptinti now feel fully warianied in offering to pav f-' ill bird ttlopey of the Cnited S tf. fr ;,:,v cu Hi I.ucorrha. i- V'f .V"css, I'lol.-i'-Mis. or 1'alllnv of V.'.jmii which thev Ciinnot cure. Ai. tbcv ir, a fair .-.ii'l rciisorable trial oi their mean of cure. Tae Vice-President Independent Order of Good Templar. - wlurh im-'v wiiit-n r," w a . A.'ti. . M-l-Ui.,,. ,o I-VSI Y ik cilv 44. l-.tl.-ws -I tr-.ch f .r a rr urol 111. :l i;-.4.ry In m- It-a h4-:,,' al- tsxin. niv -"-p .4. jl I lo! I f'.T Ir-.llh To. i . tj-ll ti'nr w-rr it any l:i-l Ml I t I4At'.r !Vt- l i i.i,., I win rr.lii'l lli.-.t I ' l::,t r.-n,:v It In - I ." n that m! :-,.i-.I t'' ,-.n n-l rrfriiLn' I An f -! if:'.-' tr '.y l h Mr. a I ),.! nry .' br.urn ni f ' yrir''' Hiffc'-ri;-! '' h.v! !'i4iii-! t;i- r ;1 tr, throw IT f 4rvM.-?n r4tn4w.l tKe 'Injure .r'aD44. ii-l I- .!)'!! I'M" t'r t lltfh lU k In tiif 4-h4-V. P:i. i"li- I"- It Ukrii '(ai"it'.l) krrt t'-4 .t-m In twrlWl r.tn.!it4fl h i.tna It f ihfjw a1 iti- .bw.x ti'l tol1i"rr fcrr4tirf t, 4l-(tn'nefc I jo pica uloiitr ervjof 4n-nie44l "Favorite rrevnption" maVn weak women r.rocir, ik woni'ti well. Ac cer " aiiliMitute for the medicine which worict w'wwler for weak women. Ir. Pierce' Comtnou ?ne M dical Ad-irr u aeiit fret on re tipt of 31 our cent tai-ip for the pa p.-r covered book. or Jl itampa for the cKli-iiouc. t. ivj- dicsa Dr. R. V. Pierce, Huflalo, N. V. "Yes, the prospect of success is ofteu red nud glowing enough to make a man begin to figure ou just bow many automobiles hn is going to bny with tho money." The reformed gruhstako prospector bit coutein platively into a slab of "chewing" and continued ill a voico bushed through veneration for uiemories passed. "Before I broke iuto the newspaper business I was for many yeara what yon might call a wandering lamb on the lieartlosa deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. Sometimes I had soma thing to cut other times I did not; one may livo ou very little down whero tho Uila flows. At the time 1 havo in mind I waa eating aome "A galoot had come into Bisbcc w ith some chunks of rock that looked very good to myself and my partner in iniquity and sorrow. Ho said that ho knew where (hero was more of it seveuty miles awi.y out where it was hot, so we grubstaked him and told li 1 in to go to it and might God have mercy on his soul. "About three weeks from that time I waa sitting on tho commodious verauda of the Blind Luck silicon, when a fellow rodn iu aud bunded me a message from tho poor devil who was broiling out there ou the sandy sands. It read: 'Struck a regular veiu widens ua she goea down; high grade sulphurots. Thero ia a big thing in sight. Need some burro shoe and half a keg of No. 4 iron washers. "Well, upon reading that note I de cided that I waa already a rich man I eonscrmcutly went over and dug my imrtuer out of a phony three-card game, told him the good news aud we started out to buy those burro rho and washers. "You could not understand if I ex plained to you, just what they put In their whiskey down there; it baa the color of whiskey and tuates liko strong solution of radium. Some call it 'squirrel' because you feel like tree ia tho only safe place fur you after you have been absorbing a gill or so of thia beverage. ' But I digress. My partner aim 1 bought the fellow out at our mine three kega of burrow shoes bo only had two of the beaata and iV) pounds of iron washers all they bad at the hardware emporium. Then we pur chased aud id cash for a large, double-walled, three comtairtmeut leu anfe, had it taken art sud packed uj"ju three burros aud shipped out to him. He had to go a mile sud a ball to get plain water, I might add, aud the nearest ice was lu the state juat nortn. "Did tlin miue pan? Would I be doing (3 details if It had?"-8. F. Call. As I dinire to leave Grants Pass, I will aell anything that I poatysa aud the entire 8. F. Caas etat on raay terms. See Joe Mom for list of leal estate and houses. E. L. Cass. COUNTY COURT DOINGS (I'out'.nued from last week.) ANTHERS KILL FAWNS Law T. C. Scurr, of Dothan, this county, makes tho following good poiut rela tive to tho protection of deer. He writes: "It takea about two little beauties (slotted fawns) each day to satisfy tho appetite of the l anllier. I can flud these little fellows nearly every day ill tho weuk now, and iu the fall I will perhaps seo a hundred large doer before I see ono of them, and where nro they It would be much mure to tho credit of tho state to fix a bounty of not less than t'.'.'i fur the scalp of every panther killed in the state instead of arresting a poor mau living in tho hills for killing a buck at this time ol tho year. If tin state ia too iioor to afford a bounty, then tho federal government ought to plnco a bounty ou them, for I do he lievo that a panther kills mom deer iu a ycur tban any half dozen hunters It is said that a panther cannot he caught in a (ran. I havo a steel trap that weighs 4J (touuds and ilur ingthe last rain storm, a panther kill ed my hi litest Angora wether. The next day wo found what was left ol the goat (about one bull) neatly covered up. Wo set the trap and iu four hours had him. I havo long since learned that when a panther furnishes the bait himself he cat: ho canglit iu a trap, and in uo other way havo I been able to set them into a trap. This is my experience with Iliu cowardly brute. " Most burg I'lnlmlcalcr. COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Ordinance lo Repeal Sunday Clot Intf Laid oit Table. Council met Tlnifday, July 'Jl. Pre sentWilliam, Smith, lUelior, l'ei kin". Trimble, Calvert, Maybee, Norton. In the absence of the Mayor, II. C. I'erklns presided. Petition of It. K. f iiithriilgo and others for water hydrant and light at coi ner Bridge and Pine atroets, waa read. Hy drant granted. An ordinance to amend (lro limits to exclude south half of blocks hi and 17 waa read first time. Ordinance to reeal present Suiidaj closing ordinance and to prohibit games belnK played in cigar a'ores ou Sun daya, aas read first time arid laid on table. Saloon bonds of Aug'irt l'etscli ami Henry Walters wero apprjved an I centos issued to same. Following bills were ordi B. W. Koss, street Work . ieo. Snow, street ork... H. C. Keslerson Floyd Patrick, atreet work II. N. Million, street work Cramer Bros., eerriert, sewer pipe I- 'si lr. hlrh ker, physician n no Kinney & Truax, horse feed Jl i' Peter Uravlin 7 2" Council then sdjoiisned. Cily Treasurer's Notice. There are funda In the city trcio-uty to redeem all outstanding warrants protested to November, ft 1K0I. In terest on panic will cease after this date. fluted nf. Ursula Pass, (Ire., July It, I'.HH. COL. W. JOHNSON, City Treasure r. Bids Wanted. For cutting, logging aud sawing 300,0(10 feet of lumber The under signed to furnish mill complete and log wagon. Takilma Smelting Co. W H Dana cleik election $ 3 00 C J Berglnnd clerk election 3 00 V H ticarhart election clerk. . ' 8 00 C F Centner election judge. ... 4 60 Kd Swiiiden election jmlfo. . . . 4 60 Leo Sill election jtulgo 4 60 E Simon election clerk 4 50 Kd Cockerliue election clerk. . . 4 60 1. W Carson clerk election 5 00 Bonj Dininiiik judge election. . 0 00 L 1. Jennings judge election... owl W II McMains ituiee oloction. . 0 00 N Kovnolds clerk election fl 00 J K Peterson clerk election fl 00 It P Cheshire clerk election... 0 00 W P J voter guaid election 0 00 J C Campbell Judge election. . . 6 00 iN li .ileailo juilgo election o uu P (ialeener pulgo election 0 00 tieo Shiver clerk election fl 00 U II Stovall clork elect lou 6 00 G A Savaiie. clerk election 6 00 W K Dean jutlco election 6 00 H F Tabor judso election . 6 00 II Zoller judge election 0 00 I 1 I ean cletk election w. u uu J D Drake clerk election fl 00 F T Grovo clerk election 0 00 J C Handle guard election 0 00 J C Handle taking- II l.iltou to Keform school Si DO C H Stcwurd lire extinguishers. 30 00 C lUniilo Constable lees state vs M Calvin 1 50 J C Handle Constable feea State vs M A Chain plin 1 45 J C Handle Constable feea State vs Geo Merriit I 50 J C Handle Constadle leea Stato vs J Yocum a 11 Williams.,. 21 45 J C Handle Constable fees State vs John Kniipp 5 00 .Marcus Hnhhins Justice Iocs State vs John Knapp 7 .10 fain a Hunting witness feea State vs John Knapp 100 GeortMo Hunting wltuesi fees Stato vs John Knapp I 00 Annie Shade witness feea State vs J hn Knapp 1 00 Klizu W'th llanka witness fees Stato vs John Knapp 100 Marcus Huhbins, justice fees state vs A. Conklin 6 115 J O Handle, constable fees state vs A. Conklin .-. S 00 J C Handle, witness fotsstate vs A Conklin 1 00 C K Harmon, witno a fees stato vs A Conklin 1 00 J O Handle, constable lees state vs 11 Williams otal B 50 P C Brown, road wrk Dl No 12 33 00 Trimble A Cook, blksmth Corda 110 HH A Morris, road wrk Ilia No 1... V'i 50 A M Keatiiij;, recording nud making plats of .'o roads. . 171 00 W II Hampton, ex H H bridge, reports etu no oo Sam Alilerson, rd wrk Dia No 7 04 00 U Illinois 1 1 ros D A L (.0, lum ber bridges 2 23 Cramor Bros, mdso id Dia No 7 10 50 lencing fort ocem S3 ai lleall li Co, road machinery... 12160 Marcus Bobbins, justice foes stato vs II Williams otal... 8 85 Henry Walters, witness foe atate vs II Williams ota ... li 00 A J latliiienier, witness stato vs II Williams etal 2 00 W F Cobiiin ltncBe slate vs H Willlamaetal i 00 John A I.oiiuhlin witnoia sta'e vs II Williams otal i 00 M Bobbins Justice fees slate vs II F Nidiiy 7 10 J C Bundle constable fees stato II F Nlday 12 2t F. Co roll hdw court house 21 01 Orr Ilrown justice 'ecu state vs Griuica U 21 E Ki'ickson constahlu fees stato vs Giiuics fl IV I'. ion Wootlrad witness statu va Grimes 1 W Goo McCnlluin witness statu va Grimes I 51 James la' Clare witness ttatu vs (rimes I CI Kiincne Sams wiiness state vs GilmoB 1 IV Hair Blddlo hdw Co tinlse rds. . 1 tii W I. I Initio inds Sucker reork bridgu 2(K F Harvey bridge wrk His No 15. 2 2,' W 1 1 lech exam It It hridifu . . 10 Ot Applegalo llooin ,V Lumber Co 1 mti Imt roud Dis No 10 17 21 S I u v iIm.ii roud wrkl)i No 11. 02 01 F Floyd lumber rd Dis No 15. . 5 H( OT Yoiikers rd work I lis Noll' 5 31 .) J Ilrown rd wrk Ins No 1.' .. 102 51 J A Lnwlon rd w'k His No 12.. II V S Anderson id wik Ins .No 7... ( P I'uyno rd wrk lh No lu 34 01 Niiilii.e.V Mllll liiils lor nl Dis No hi 1 TV J N I amphell rd wrk His No 15. 2 ( VV ll Hunt wrk Illinois bridge. 0 2 A Mornv rd wrk Dis No 15 4 1 Mchlii tulp, rd work, His. No. 0 02 0 C K Lovelace, U 22 0 M Kiimolils, M UU U G King brid gn " " " 6 1(1 0 i; Chaloner, " 12 41 0 .1 Met 'umber, " " ' "5 HO It Griiininett, rd " " " 15 40 G Karg. " " " " 5 3 (I C lliilfiiiiin.bidg ' 5 8(1 W Kliim, " ' 5 1(1 r, Wihoii, hdw fur brlilgt "5 7 0 Hoe Ferreii, rd work, i 1 . " 12 41 U F Soviet til, bill " " " 15 7 .las liailey, nl " " " I I Wl (J A Lrccasoii, ' "It 15 (J prank llis, Furniture Items that are interesting Something new always to be found in this Immense stock. The largest assortment and the lowest prices. -. 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 10 to 15 per ceut off. REFRIGERATORS AT COST to close out. 10 and 1 a piece Toilet Sets at cost to close out. NEW GOODS NEWS- Another lot of those cheap Iron Beds. the new Dressing Bureaus, beautiful goods; they're right. the new Burlett China Closets. New Carpets, New Kitchen Treasure!, New Porch Chairs, Camp Chairs, Hammocks 75c up to $6 00. Camp Stoves at cost to close. Tents Lower Than Ever. See See D U Y F U It N I T U R R I G H T FRUIT SEASON &e 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 on the outside with 3 heavy coats of very hard elastic en amel and on the iuside 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 Steele 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.. Ua Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Examination of Applicants lor Stats Bwnd Countv Papers. I (aid : ... ll'.' I" .... l:i ("I lib :i m . 40 School His No 7, forCohnhachl loot! no .1 llnaaril, indse Minds .... T Keffer, writ rhicker Crk brd(f M W I, a'es, " ' William Unit H.t I. Co, lum ber for roads J C Handle, tlx booths tr Pass .1 T t "i;an, Imbr " Waldo .1 S Warihen, " " Inland W 11 lnhii, " " Williams .1 r Stiili. " " Kerhy S I. II iii-iiii, lumber nud ... . .1 M htiiis'U, relit for elrrtion.. I ir J H Mcore, nu d atienil Halou J I) lloctli, stamis Cliifs 1'r ml I," mine stationery li- J Chin Alice. Itfiess let! C W .-mith, " " A Morris, uo'sl Iir F I' Strieker, ex insane aud a'lenilain 11 : ir W II fl ina.ati, iutjiiesl Ter- I ry Mei l. o tialvin Hi i riott. livery j A I! Il iiiiiiird, Collin inii)sr. . . . C r I .'veluci, eotii. salary .1 T l.niran, " " (iiilciu.v llariiott, damage to horse Not lea la hereby given that the county superintendent of Josenhine County will bold the regular exami nation of applicants for State aud oonuty papers at Urauts Pass, as follows: KOtt STATE PAPERS. Commending Wudnusday, AngUBt 10, at nlue o'clock a. tn., and con tinuing until Saturday, August 13, at four o'clock p, m.. Wednonlay l'eninauslilp, history, polling, algebia, acliool-law. Thursday Written aritliuietic, theory of teauhlug, grammar, book keenltiK, tihvaiea, civil government. rnday l'hyalolosy, geography, uien- Ul arlthiuutlo, composition, physical geography. Haturdiiy lloliinv, plane geometry, general history, English literature, pyschology. run county papers. Commencing Wednesday, August 10, at U o'clock a. m., and continuing un til Friday, August 14. at 4 o'clock iu. riilST, SECOND AND THIRD ORADK CEKTIEIOATE3. Wednesday Penmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday Written arltlirnetlc, theory of teaching, grammar, physiol ogy. Frldav Geography, mental arith metic, scliool law, civil government. PRIMARY CERTIFICATES. Wednesday I'eiiinaiiship, ortliog- ruphy, reading, aritliuietic. lliurstlay Art or questioning, theory of teaching, methods, physi ology. County Supcri'jtemlent. 10 OH '.d 00 1 M 10 til) :i 00 40 00 35 00 brok.rv Tilings Wanted When your Furniture, Organ, (iintiir or .M iicloliu neeila repairing or relliiisliing, and your furniture u holsli ring, call at West Front street latweeii :id and 4th at. New Fur niture made to order. Ijiii mowers abarjs'iii d, Work goaraiiteed. Countv Treasurer's Notice Tin rc are funds in the treasury to pay all warrants protested to Jai uary l.'i, l-'.i. Inti rest will rease from this date. July 2-, IU04. J. T. TAYI-OR, Treasurer of Joaephlne Co., Ora. STATE TREASURER MOORE Issue Semi-Annual Statement ol Slate'e finances. The seml-anuoal flncnolal ssttf- nieut of State Treasurer If oore, shsrsrs a balance of 71,881.7J in lb treas ury. This is f300,000 less tnaa was in the treasury this tin laat year, the decrease being da la tee large amount of loans made front 1m oommon sohool fund. That laud ia $.'00,000 less tlian It waa a yeaa age. The general fund is 1300,000 Bxeatsc, the increase being dae to tbe heavier tat levy for appropriations . wUoa have uot yet been expended, soot) as the Portage Railway and Lewie and Clark appropriations, Tbe fund receipts for the first sis 1 of this year are t)3O,00O aa 1106,000 a year ago, Tba increase comes in taxes paid by counties padec the state tax levy. General land dis bursements are 1437,000 as afslast 180,000 a year ago, the slight Increase being doe to heavier approprlstloaa Receipts to th oommon school faad have dropped from 44OO,O0O to 297, 000, tin decrease being due to.tbe fast that'fewer borrowers from tba aeoeol fund are relaying their loaua Dis bursements (rom tlie school f oa4 lor the Brat halt of the year grew trout f 140, 000 in 1908 to $673,000 in 1904, showing the heavier demand for loan from the lurid. The atate attorney general haa ad vised the secretary of state that the salaries ot the two district aitoraeys for this judicial district are as fol lows: A. E. Beames for Jackson aad Josephine oonnttos, $3,000 per year; W. J. Moore, for Lake and Klamath couotiea, $1,600 per year. -Absolutely Piirc- For the third of a century the standard for strength and purity. It makc9 the hot bread, hot biscuit, cake and other pastry light, sweec and excellent in every quality. 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