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VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1904. No. 29. 1 OUR HIGH CLOTIING Relieving that the very best obtainable would be none too good for our many patrons in Ueady-to-Wear Clothing, we have constantly been on the lookout and find hat HIGH ART Clothing is the best that can be produced by any Amer ican manufacturer. All HIGH AKT Clolhing posseses that touch of good tae and good style that is required by the well dressed of any commun ity. It will be to your advan tage to give us a thought before you buy. - SHOES - For Ladies, Children and Men Hats. Caps and Furnishing Goods WELCH'S uLOTHING STORE, OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, GRANTS PASS, Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAII IT CAl'lTAIi STOCK Transacts a Iteneral Hunting business. Iteccives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our cuMomeis are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con si-tent witli sound banking principles. tafety deposit Iwxes tor rent. J. KUAN K WATSON, Pres. it. A. HOOTII, Vice-I'res. 1.. JKWKI.I,, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL. STOCK, lteceive deposits suhiect to check or on Sells siyhl drafts on New York San Francisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfer sold on all points in the I'nited States. Special Attention imvcii to Collections and general business of onr customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on all accessible points. I!. A. ItOOTH. Pres. J. 0. (J A M 1'IIKI.Ii. Vice I'res. 11. I.. (ill.KKY, Cashier MAR1JLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. 11. PAWOCK, I'boi-b. I am prepereJ to (iirnish anything in the line ol Cemetery work in any kind of MARBLE or OEAMTE. Nearly thirty vears of experience in the Marble business warrants my sayiug that 1 can till your ordere in the very best manner. Canturnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind ol M'be J. R. PADDOCK, Front Street Next to fireenf Gor.ahnp. REAL I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE OWN YOUR OWN HOME No. 24 "1. 200 aers; 140 at res cre in nriiin: 2.1 acres ill Iiasiure. of uine rooms, llirn 40 x SO feet. Price, 120 per acre. good water No. 244. SO acres sold soon. Cash :o0. No. 223. 1M acres about 13 miles from the city, .urn tiiii Ahnnt Coo.uoo feet of good saw timber, I0O0. Stop paying rent, f 10 down and almost any portion of ttlie city. Call on or address JOSEPH Head.juarU-rs for Office on E Street, between GRANTS PASS, Palace Barber Shop J. H. MULLEN, Propr. Shaving, Hair Cutting Baths, Etc. Et ry!iiui'n?t sal clean aud U wcr. Firat-Cias. In the Pa'ece HoteL 1 AIM ART $us,ouo.oo. S50.000 00. certitu - ate r tavabte on demand. ESTATE chared; 15 acres in alfalfa: 1U0 and Rood house wi .-., Orchard with all varieties of fruit. right; no improvements. Must bt Good house cot Will sell for to a mouth will purchase MOSS Heal E-tat. Fourth and Fifth Streets, i lot In OREGON. Guru winter Cough. J. E. Gover 101 Jf. Main St. Gttowa Kan writes: "Every fall It has been my wife's troobla to catch a severe cold and therefore to cough all win ter km. Lasttall 1 sol lor ner bottle of Hnrehoood Syrnp. Hhe used it and has been able to sleep soundly all night long. Whenever (he cough troobbs her, two or three doses stops 1 he rouirh. and she is able to be op 'eiidwelL" 20c, ioc, (l.Ou at Model i Drag Store. The Lambert Indestructible Records for Edison and Co lumbia Cylinder Ma chines. All makes of Talking Machines and supplies. Writo for catalogues. W. A. PADDOCK, Grants Pass, Oregon. fllGGIHS 4' PHILLIPS Assayers and Chemists CHARGES: -Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, $1 each. Gold aud Silver, ft. .ncu mm i-n-ij ui-nj uuui' 1,1111 tuu Idea tlint it mny bu cliocked. jJ C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice lititited to EYE, F.AU, NOSE mid TII110AT. Office hours II to 12; 2 to 0 F.veninir hours Tuesdays and Fridays 1M to . Telephones 201 and 77. Ghanth Risk, OlIKOON. JRED'K. D. STRICKER, M. D HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633. Ohkgon. DOUGLAS, M. D. Physician anu Surc.kon Ollli'o: Pigucy's residence, cor. 0th and E streets. Day und night phono No. 8.11. Grants 1'ass, Ore. P. LOVE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Williams Bros. Hock, over Grants Pass Grocery. Residence Phone 414. Ollice Phono 141. (iKANTH P.VSS, Oheuom C. HOUGH, ATTOKN E Y-A T-LAW, Practices in all State mid Federal Courts Otliee over First National I'.ank. JhANTD Pa, OkKUON. SWELTLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS.'Sr PlIONS 21 N. li. McGRKW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY 'Furniture and l'iano .Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your totisorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Haiti room in connection House Moving If you have a building that you want Moved, Rai.-ed or Levelled up, Call on or address Work reasonably and prom ptly dune. Resident c 2 miles u-i-t of Grunts Push. A. E. Holloway. E. A. WADE DItY GOODS, UXDKRWEAK, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. Bttur Thtn Pilli. question ha been The question has been sked In what way are Chainbi rutin's Stomach end Liver Tablets sutsrior to the or- ; dmary cathartic and liver pills? Onr !uwer is They art easier and more pieasam 10 laae auu iiieir i-uec 11 ikj gentle and so agreeable that one . 11- i: . .1 ... i. 1. - 1 1 1 iliartjiy realizes iiiai 11 ip iriiiu:tru vj a medicine, llien they pot only move ; the bowels, but improve the appetite jaud aid the digestion For sale at 2i icents r bottle by all druggists, II troubled with a wek digestion try Cbsmls-rlain's Stomach sod Liver Tablets, lhev will do joq good, I Fur sale by all druggiits. COMMISSIONER CARSON MAKES REP0RTlCOUNTY D0INGS Gives Valuable Statisiics in Regard to the Fruit Industry of Southern Oregon Counties. Vnlue of Fruit in Third District Increases Over Half Mil lion In Two Year. To the Honorable President and Mom- bers of the Stato Board of Horticul ture: Geutlcuieu I rcsix"ctfally submit the following report for the biennial year ending September 80th, 1904, iu regard to the Horticultural industry of the Third horticultural District The Third district embraces Coos, Carry, Dougliis, Josephine, Jackson, Lake and Klamath counties, all south ern counties of the state, beginning at the Pacific and running thence east along the North California line to the west boundary line of the State of Idaho. All of those, conuties are mountain ous Willi large una small valleys, witliJ-olling foot hills, with variouB soils such as alluvial along the rivers aud creek bottoms, red loam and aslicy granite on the foot hills. The alluvial soils along the rivers anil creek bottoms are of inexhausti ble richness, as the winter rains bring down from the higher levels, plant food that is constantly renewing those soils, und as a rule they are sub-irri gated, and any kind of a crop planted in these soils yields bountifully. These were the first soils settled on aud improved by the pioueers of Oregon. Subsequent settlers took np homesteads ou tho foot hills, and where possible built ditches and con ducted the waters of the streams to their farms and by that means made these foot hills very productive. -With water it was fontid that the foothill lauds were as productive as the allu vial coils. Tint these foot-hill soils contained rich plant food when the same could bo watered. Of the seven counties iu the Third District, only three at tli3 present are engaged in horticultural pursuits In a commercial sense, to-wit : Douglas, Josephine and Jackson. Coos and Curry, both coast comities, am largely engaged 1 1 the dairy busi ness. Lake aud Klamath counties iu southeastern Oregon, owing to the vast ranges of bunch grass on the mountains aud the wonderful yield of alfalfa iu the valleys, is princi pally devoted to stock raising. The want of railroad facilities has retard ed their liortlcnltnrnldevelopmout. The soils and climatic conditions of these counties are favorable to hor ticultural development and it will be but a short time when the great prntfls from apple growing will en gage tho attention of these four countries, as railroads are now being built into these comities. To describo by counties the value iiiul extent of lands adapted to liorti cural pursuits in the Third District, I find Is impossible. The area of such lauds are so vast that an estimate of the acreage and value would bo mere guess work and be of little practical value. It is not unreasonable for me to say that at tho present, not 10 per cent of tho lands of the seven counties ot the Third Di-trict adupted to bor ticultural pursuits are plauted, and devoted to the industry. To approximate the value of horti cultural land, there are bearing apple orchards in, Kogue river valley, that for the past three years have paid their owners floo an aero. It must b 1 understood not all bearing apple orchards in the Kogne Kiver valley during thut time have paid their owners that sum per acre, as there are orchards that have only paid f loO to t 'oO jh t acre. These men who deriv ed the less amount per acre from their orchards so f ir as soil and age of orchard were concerned had equal opportcnity witli the men who m:de t ,00 per acre, but many little details, such us thinning out their fruit at the proper time, the neglect to spray f ir the moth, etc., lessened their profits. Tho greater protlls or less is purely a question of personality, a loe of the husiti 'sfl, uud to do things and uot drift. That the Third District has greatly improved in horticultural pursuits during tho past two years for coin- purativa purposes, I submit the gross value of fruits sold in IIKH and V.2: Apples, 8lK),(KK) boxes. I'ears, 100, (XX) boxes. Prunes, H, 000, 000 pounds, cored. Apples dried 200,000 poouds. Peaches IIO.OiX). ijuiall fruits, berries, etc., 50,000 crates. Gross value for the two years, Tttl.fXiO. Fur He'll and .1U0J the following is a careful estimate for those years : 1!Xj3. Apples 300,000 boxes. Pears 120.000 boxes. Prjnes, 7,00rt,0X) pounds, cored. Peaches, 10,000 boxes (20 lbs each . Small Fruits, 60,000 crates. Gross Value, K 10,000. I'M Apples, 400,000 boxes. Pears, 100,000 boxes. Prones, S.OOO.OOU lbs. Peaches, 200,000 boxes (20 lbs. each. ) Hmail Emits, 7.",000 crates. Gross value, f;.'j0,000. Total grots value for 11(03 4, ti.syo.ooo. I!y comparing the gross valne of the oat-put of I'-sJl and 1K03 with 1103 and 1004, it will be seen that the value has increased iu two years, 'i87,000. This, notwithstanding iu 1003 our peach crop wns nearly a failure, and iu 11)04 our prune crop was uot over 35 per cent of a uormal crop This iu crnaso iu valne the past two years Is duo to the fact that many new or chards liavo come into bearing and growers, by thinning ont their fruit aud butter cultivating and spraying, have grown a higher grade of frnit that commands better prices iu the markets. F'or tho years 1903 and 1904, the sev eral counties of tho district produced the following amount of fruit as tubu lated above : Jackson. Apples. (iOO.OOO boxes. Peur, 100,000 boxes. Prunes, 1,000,000 pounds, cured. Peaches, loO.OOO boxes. Small Fruits, 60,000 crntes. Douglas. Apples, 125,000 boxes. Pears, 80,000 boxes. Primes, 8,7."0,000 pounds, cured. Poaches, 130,000 boxes. Small Fruits, 60,000 crntes. Josephine. Apples, 75,000 boxes. Ponrs, 30,000 boxes. Prnnos, 2,"0,000 pounds. IVnches, 80,000 boxes. Small F'ruita, 2,", 000 crates. Tho above estimates ure made from enreful (lata gathered through the years 1903-4 for tho three counties above tubulated that nro engaged in commercial fruit growing. From the best data I nin able to ob tain. Coos, Curry, Lake nnd Kliimnth counties, produco mora than euougl apples, prunes and small fruits, such as stiawberries, blackberries, etc, for domestic nse, and Coos and Curry ex port to California markets about oOOO boxes of apples annually. From the foregoing estimates it will be obscrv ed that tho horticultural Industry of tho Third District is iu a healthy con ditiou uud rapidly extending. During 1903 and 1901, were planted in Jackson county, about 4000 acres to apples and pears. During tho same period, Donglas county planted 1500 ucres in apples and pears nnd Joso phlno county about 200 ucres in apples, making a total ot 7200 acres ot now orchards for tho two years. From present horticultural produc tiou and only 10 per cent of the laud adapted to fruit raising planted in the district, tho magnitude of the industry iu a few years will be large. The great profits derived from ap- pie and pear growing is from year to year stimulating the planting of new orchard,). I estimate, that Jackson county will plant 3000 ucres to apples uud pear next winter. Dougliisconuly 200 acres aud Josephine 500 acres. Irrigation is becoming a factor in successful apple growing in this dis trict. Iu ull rases where pumping plants have been put in uud applo uud pour orchards lnigutnd, tho profits from the orchard huvo doubled. Gusollue Is found to be a cheap and jfTeclivo power, and will be largely used in 0110 or two years more. Where water for pumping cannot he hud from running streams or hikes, wells uro dug and with tunnels to create reservoirs, an abundance of water can bo develojied ou any 40.acre tract to irrigate it. At the present, the future of fruit growing in the Third District is bright, and promises to become one of the greatest Indus tries of Southern Oregon. Climate and soil being congenial to the apple and pear uud the markets of the Mid dle West and Atlantic States, together with the Euroiicun demand for our Yellow Newtowns and the Oriental tradu that can ho hail, stimulates men of capital to plant out largo orchards as an investment. Our present production of fruits by comparison will look very small to what it will bu 10 years hence. A. II. CAHrtON. Commissioner Third District. It begins to look a if the I'nder wood Visible Typewriter had a cinch on the higliist uwunl ut the St. Louis Exposition, uirl it is well planed if so awarded. This same machine took highest honors at the i'un-American Exposition and the grand prize In the Venice Exposition of 1901. Agency for Oregon at (!." Front St., Portland. World Fair Hairs Extended. World's Fair excursion tickets to Chicago, St. Louis and all eastern cities will be sold by the Great North ern Railway on October 27th, 2th, and 29th, In addition to October 3d, 4 1 It and 5th Apply to any Great Northern Agent for ruf-s and full in formation. Saved ttii Lift J. W. Davenport, Wingo, Ky., writes, June 14, 1902: "I want to tell yon I believe ISullard'a Snow Liniment saved my life. I was under the treatment of two doctors and they told me one of my lungs was entirely gone, and the other badly affected. I also had a lump iu toy side. I don't think thiat 1 could tiave tired over two months longer. I was induced by a friend to try Jlallard's Know Lini ment. The first application gave me great relief; two M) cent bottle cured ins sound and well. It is a wonderful medicine and I recommend it to suffering humanity." .':, 60c, l.00 at Model Drug More. Baby carriage Taylor's. tires put on at Judd A Grlat ol County Expense Bills Are Ordered Paid. Court met Oct. 3, 1904, in special ses sion. Judge J. U. Booth, Commission ers Lovelace and Logan, Clerk Ches hire, and Sheriff Lewis, present. A liquor license was granted to L. F. Lane, also A. M. Irwin, at Placer. Following are the bills paid : V H Flanagan corouor fees case of J Slltier, ...I 35 50 W H Flanagan coronor fees case ofCMYokunt 25 75 S F Cheshire, stamp etc 13 70 J T Logan, lumber road dla 10. 19 26 W M Cheshire, janitor wrk Sept 10 60 10 27 8 02 45 S3 12 00 T J Mackiu, freight on lumber. Glass A Prudhomme, stationer; Leona Mills Jk. Lumber Co. lmbr J O Booth, expenses rd Conven B O McCull xih, surveying 15 40 J O Booth, K H fare to Medlord for paupor 2 00 M A Conger, lumber for bridges 99 04 C F Lovelace, work on bridges., 24 50 G W Lewis Sr, hauling bridge material 10 00 II 8 Woodcock, lumber 8 70 II S Woodcock, lumber 5 45 G W Lewis, sheriff expenses in Williams case 10 25 II S Woodcock, lumbor 7 90 Irwin Hoilson Co, stationery.... 15 90 Mrs S W Miser brd Insane patient 3 76 J M MoGowen nulso for pauper. - 17 23 A W Hart, brush 1 80 Geo P Furnmn, Justice fees State vs Gannon 0 66 Al York, witnoBS, Garmon caso. Frank Uurns.wit Garmon case. . . It Galbreuth wit Garmon case. .. K J Colvln witness Garmon rase Link McUrew witness Garmon.. Henry 'Walter, witness Garmon Sam Thompson witness Garmon Dan Sweeney witness Garmon.. 1 00 1 00 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 8 15 27 50 58 04 4 45 J C Handle con fees Garmon caso Glass', A Prtidhommo, stationery G W Lewis, board of prisoners. George P Format), Justice fees State vs Graves O W Lewis, telegraphing 3 40 Wllllamslllros, Door A Lumber - Co, lumber . 9 00 C E Coppor, timber... - 1 00 Goo W Lcwiscouvoydtig insane. 5 00 J M Booth Insur. Court House, '40 00 Goo Sparlin, chalnman 2 00 Trimble A Cook, blacksmitlilug, 180 38 JasTurvey, chaiuuian Oregon Observer, printing . . II H Spurlln, viewer 2 days . J A Gatch, viewer 2 days... Frank Sparlin, chalnman W II Flanagan, bridge work. A F llannard, guarding crary 2 00 14 60 4 00 4 00 2 (0 10 50 5 70 A M llrltt, guarding crasy 3 00 Loin Speaker, guarding crazy.. 8 30 I)r Li I' Love, insane exam 5 00 A W Miser, board Insane 1 00 Orr Drown Justice fuel Conger rase 2 70 Fred Soloman, bridge work .... 10 00 Tom Bryant, bridge work 21 00 N O Tycer, bridgo work 03 60 Geo Hanson, bridge work 02 60 T P Judson, extra work 10 00 E Coron, nulso 24 06 J C Hatullo, constable fees Graves 3 00 W H Swindon, bridgu work.... Ed Lister, 11 vory County hospital 10 00 6 00 LEWIS & CLARK DOLLARS The Gold Coine Are Now on Sale in Granla Pess. Tho Lewis and -Clark Centennial Exposition Company have placed on s.ilu at the First National Bank of Southern Oregon, the Lewis aud Clark souvenir gold dullurs which are otTerod for sain ut tho price of two dollars ((2.00) each. To each pur chaser of five, coins will be given ou coin free of charge, making six for 10. These coins are issued by tho secretary of the Trcuury, uuder authority of an act of congress, ap proved by Prusideut Itoosovelt, April 13, 1904. The issue is limited to 250,. (XX). Those coins are singularly Interotiiig from the fact that they have two heads or obverse. Ou one side is the head of Cuptain William Clark aud the words "I'nited Statu of America" and "One Dollar" Ou the other side appears tho head of Captain Mcrlweiither Lewis aud the words " Lewis-Chirk Exjmsitlou, Portland, Ore." and the dnto "1904" Tho coin has neither wreath nor stars. Home estimate of tho value of this small issue of souvenir legal tender gold dollars may bo made from the present value of the ordinary United States gold dollar, of which there were coined 19,499,337 between the years IHI9 uud IHlx). These now sell or two dollars each. No coins of this issue will be placed npou sale ut a lower figure than is hero quoted. October 27. 2ft and 29. Through the efforts of the Great Northern Kail way, World's Fair ex cursion tickets will lie sold on October 27th, 2Hth and 29th, iu ad dition to October 3d, 4th and 5th. For full information apply to any Great Northern Agent. World's Fair Rale. Extended. World's F'air excursion tickets to Chicago, St, Louis uud all eastern cities will lie sold by the Great North ern Hallway ou October 27th, 2Hth and 29th in addition to October 3d, (tli aud 6th. Apply to any Great Northern ageuts fur rates aud full in formation. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN INK Tablet. All druggists refund the money If it fail to cure. E. W. Glove's signature I on each box. 25c. tj Homes Furnished Complete. WHITE AND GOLD ..DISHES.. BEAUTIFUL NEW GOODS Now Iron Botla . New Chairs New Art Squares low priced. New Heavy Spring Mattresses New All Steel Bed Lounges -New Stoves and Ranges Now Kitchen Closots Now Vall Tapers Now Sofa Pillows, 60c up Now Dining Tables Now Lamps You cannot afford to pass this, thoroughly up-to-dato stock if you arc in tho market for things for tho house. We guarantoo satisfaction. Thomas . O'Neill, X5ho Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. The W. U. X. U. meets over; two woeki ou Friday. Place ijiecifled in the Courier each wo ok of meeting. Any person who feels an Inter est lu tho work is cordially iuvitud to meet with as. From 8:30 p. ni, to 4 o'clook is our Unit of time. . A let tor with daos inclosed to 1U0A was received from Mrs. Esther P. Terrill, formerly of this place, now residing lu Georgia, North Carolina. Another subscription lial for the Union S'gtinl and Crusadur Monthly will be forwarded soon. Anyone wishing to subscribe for either, please leave order with Mrs. E. A. Wade. Uuion Signal, $1.00; Crusader Monthly, 25o. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has boon, more than any other society, the "contributing force" of newer, youugor organisations. The youug people who are today carrying ou the timiporunoo warfare after their own aggressivo fashion, are, almost without exception, the product of homos where the training has been given by a whlto ribbon mother. Oar campaign of education it ceaseless, and we welcome to onr ranks Protest ant and Catholic, Jew and .Gentile, giving them 'freely ot our store that they may go out in tnrn and scatter the seed in new aud strange places. We extend the right hand of fellow ship to every other oragnizutloo that has for Its aim the destruction of the liquor tralllo, bnt we believe that we can best serve our common cause and onr country by continuing to keep Inviolate tho organization maclilnerj that has wrought to 'such good pur pose. Tho "mills of the gods" grind uot more effectively than does the "wheel within a wheel," which, re volving iu 10,000 local oiilous, is a most potent factor lu the temperance education of evory community. The W. O. T. U. press is represent ed by The Uuion Signal, issued weekly, by 89 stato papers, monthly, and by 2,01(1 press superintendents In 30 states who nqsirted Inst year the insertion of 00,000 columus of temper uuce reading matter In chorch aud secular publicaious. Because of this fact, we rejoice with "The No Voice" in the following tributo paid hy the editor of a prominent liquor organ, to the potency of tho prohl bition press : "Uufortnnately it cannot be do tiled that the talo of liquor is prohi bited by law now over a greater por lion of the area of the United States thai) at any previous time since the Muino law went into eufTot on Juno 2, 1H5I. In the southern state whole tiers of conuties aro as dry as a bone, so far as the public sale of liquor Is concerned. Such journals as yours have boon powerful agencies to rouse aud encourage the growth of Prohibi tion sentiment. The necessity of keeping liquor away from oertal elements of the population in the iSllt-RllikuPen TlaslsmTks4 fUU ltoalf V 9 La m w MwNr o y v south may acconut for much cf this growth, bnt we must be blind Indeed who will deny that causes othor than mere expediency have played an ao tive part in produolug this dry belt. Among these causes I count the cease loss agltntion kopt np by the antl liquor press, among which 'The New Voice' ooonplos a leading position." We add the oongratnlations of 800, 000 members of The Woman'! Chris tian Temperance Union. Estray Taken Vp. Thorn came to my place, formerly known as the Custur place, on Ap plegate, two miles from Murphy, the following described stock : one large, roan speckled cow, marked with underbit In right ear; ono red cow, crop lu right ear, split In left; one roan yearling steer, ondurbit In right ear, split and underbit iu left; one rod yearling steer, crop and underbit In right ear, uudurblt lu left; ono yearling ball, crop aud split in right ear. No visible brands. Owner may have same on payment of charges and damages; otherwise the stock will be sold. Mrs. M. S. Jennings. WORK AT THE OPP MINE Mill Construction Work Is Being Pushed Rapidly. Jacksonville's big gold mine ii all life aud activity these days aud one of the best stump mills on the coast will be in operation at the Opp mine. Mr. Opp, Dr. Roddy aud Mr. Perry, the owners of the property, have been keeping things moving at lively rate about the mine and while exten sive duvolopcut work Is being carried on, work ou the big quarts mill is being pushed as fast as men can plu:o the material. Suporlutcudcnt Willett, with a large force ol men, lias the frame work of the mill almost op aud the building will be so far along next weok that the placing of the machinery can be begun. A doukny eugiue was set np Monday to handle the timbers sua heavy machinery. The machinery will arrive next week from Sun Fran cisco and will consist of a 10-itamp flendy mill, Pendy concentrator, an ore crasher and all. the other fixtures of a first class mill. It is expected to use electrlo power aud tho survey for the wiro lino has been made from (he Gold Hay elcetrio station to the rnlue by way of Jacksonville aud the wlro will be strung l y the time that power is required, which Is 'expected to le early iu Noveiulier. This mine will employ about AO men and wheu tho other 10 stamps are added next spring, the building for that number, about NO or 90 men will be ou the eooipauy's payroll und the monthly disbursements of the company will be a big factor lu the prosjierity of Jacksonville. Scutiuel. 700 pieces of vocal and Instrumental sheet musiu at 10 oe uts each at the Grants Pass Music House. THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF FOUNTAIN P E N S- CON Iv 1,1 ! AND ALL THE OTHERS. CALL AND SEE THEM AT HURT BARN E, Reliable Jeweler. Clemens' Drug Store, Grants Pass, Oregon