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