VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1904. No. j8. AID IN HIGHWAY RllllPINO r 1- Congressman Brownlow Thinks ...OUR AIM... BARGAINS iftf f BARGAINS Government Should Help. BIG Good Glothes for lien There is no chance for misjuJgment, no cause for regrets if you choose from our stock of Up-to-Date, Ready-to-Wear Clothing ::::::::::: Feeling that we have mastered the clothing situation we p?ocured the best of the best when we bought our Fall and Winter Btock and secured the best pro duct of the best American manufacture. LADIES SHOES AT COST Wo have a complete line of Ladies and Misses Shoes that wo are Closing Out at Cost. ::::::::::;: We will still continue to carry our com plete line of Gentlemen and Boos Shoes at the regular price. ::::::: ...HATS... Wo have a new and complete lino of Hats in all tho late blocks. Our Cap line is unequaled, ::::::: WELCH'S CLOTHING STORE, OPERA HOUSE GRANTS PASS, New Goods, More Bargains Auction House. Best Bed Springs , $1.50 and up Mattresses, best make t 2. ho " " Couches, fine quality 8.00 " " Dining Chair, good 7 Fine line of Dry Goods, Notions. Prices that give satisfaction. JAPANESE WARE Artistic, Dainty and Useful Finest Assortment ever brought to Grants Tass now in stock at tho Star Racket Store NEWELL BUOS. Pkofkietous. ndinnto n-arfl in P.lno and cifrna Pl'itos. Tuns nnd Saucers, and other Fine Table KMtinrra Tonnots. nil sizes Earthenware Novelties. Poll nnil oviiminfi thflmanv stock. Tho prices arc right, TVlSWJCI'-.I'-i UIOS. I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE STOP PAYING RENT TEN DOLLARS DOWN AND FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH will purchase a lot in almost any portion of the city, and oou can have your choice of over 500 lots. $5000 Takes a fine Stock Ranch of 3)H; i acres, with good water right (No. 316 ) $1000 Takes 1 fio acres, 50 acres in cultivation; good house and ban:. (No. 274 ) $1600 Takes 57 acres unimproved, on Rogue River, about three miles from city. (No. 266.) I also have a fine bunch of timber lands for sale at reason able prices. Call on or address JOSEPH Headquarters for Office 516 E Street, between r.nANTs PASS. - B Qwck. Not a minute should be loat when a child showi symptoms of croop. ChamherUio'a Cough Kemedy given aa toon as the c'nld becomes hoarse, creveu after the cronpy congb ap leara, will prevent the attack. It Lever fails, and is pleasant and aafe to take. For tale by all droggista. BLOCK OREGON. C. E. McLANE. Pink. Vases in many de- and designs in tho latest in beautiful articles in our MOSS Real Estate. Fourth and Fifth Street, - OREGON. Heart rbittcriej. Undigested food and gas in the stomach, located Jnst below Oie heart, presses againut it and causes heart palpitation. When yoor heart troubles Ton in that way, take Her- i bine for a few days. Yoo will ai ! be all right. 5jc. at Kotermund's J and Midel Ding ritcte. By IMIton R. Grttt Corrrlght, 1904. by Hilton R. Qraar. Mirlorle and mtetktoci Rarer combination Never stirred man'e heart, I trcw, ditb sweeter espectationl Shining 9pray of mistletoe. Snow? beads a-cluster, Lips that lure and eyes that glow Kb a Tune day lusterl "jyTarJorie and mistletoe, ' Both suggceting hisses! Craven he who dares forego Such supernal blisses: Craven he, a dullard slow, Needing small condolence; dise the wight, where hisse9 grow, Oho plucho them nolen9 vo . lensl Gleet may beat and swirling snow Blur the darliencd window; Crooning wind9, now hlg!, now low, Chant a 6hrill crescendo; Clhat rcch I, where darh eves glow. Of 6tarlc99 shies and storm v? Marjoric and ml9tlctoe ahe endless summer for mcj how Ve Bought Oar Christmas Presents By ELLEItr NYLE Copyright, mot, bjr C. B. Ethorington. 7 0I1X nnd I wero married nnd wont to housekeeping Just after ChrhHiima. John didn't earn very big wages then, and, nl- thuuRli our needs were not as many as they are now, still they were needs and Iwiil to be pnld for, so we decided to lii'Rln In a small wny. We rented only one room, but In Chi cago the rent for one room wns ns much as for a whole bouse In the lit tle country village where I came from. IIow we 41d enjoy furnishing that room! U was a largo room, and one corner of It, where my cupboard and my oil stove were, I curtained off for the kitchen, and there wus plenty of spuce left for the folding bed and the few chairs whlob we had. Our walls looked bare. I bad only one picture, a branch of lilacs, and they looked so natural you could al most smell them. 'Yo must buy some pictures," said John. Not Just yet," snld I. "Watt a lit tle. Wo can't get everything at once," And tho next day when John came home from his work be stopped In the do ir In surprise nnd delight. I had tncLed here and there on the wall clua tern of bright colored autumn leavei which I had gathered and pressed tlx fall lM'fore. "Don't you think now we can wall till next year for pictures, John?" I asked. "Why, It's ten times prettier than pictures, Kusle," be exclaimed aa he caught me in his arms. "And It cost only 9 cents for the tnckn." snld I. It Im surprising how little can pluise us when we have but little, t do t liee we enjoyed those bright leaves better than !.' worth of pictures. Well, we got aloni; swimmingly. Hy thinking a little before we bought we mule John's wages cover everything We agreid together that we would not buy a single article till wo hud the money to pay for It. Sometimes we had to go without things we wanted for several weeks, but wailing for them made tlieiu worth all the more. After John bad gone to his work and my home tasks were aft done 1 would sit at my sewing alone and keep think ing. I kept thinking ahead ipilte a way, OS far ahead as next Christmas. John and I had jever had a Christmas toge'her. There were some things that I wanted to get, und wouldn't It make n merry Christmas If I could get them then? IIow could I manage it? And I ketit on thinking abunt It day after I day. 1 John wns In the habit of getting up I early and going to market for me while I got breakfast, anil ho would I often bring home tw ice as much as I knew what to do with, i "Why, John, we can't est all that'. ; Why did you get ao much?" I would : lay. i "Ob, It looked so good It made me ' hungry! Yes, we can eat It all. I'm ! is hungry ss a beak" I One evening I told John that If be ! would give me $3.50 a week I would 1 furnish the table with that and do the I Dinrkotuig myself. I "Why, It costs us mora than that ; now, fcuslet Three dollars and a half Is only enough for one person's board !" i exclaimed John. - 1 "Well, we are one, sren't we, JohnT' "Yes. but we have two mouths." ! "Well. I'll agree to fill them both , with I3.V)." , "Then here It Is." said John, "and ; yon may begin tomorrow morning." . and be handed me out 3.S, but La I looked Incredulous. I spent 23 cents ont of It the next A Frightened Horse, Running like mad down the street damping' the occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occur rences. Jt behooves everybody to have a reliable salve handv and there's none as good as Buckleo'a Arnica Salve. Bums, Cots, tores, eczema and piles, difap-ar qnnklv under its soothing effect. 2.'0 at Clement and National Drug Store. - . .' urn iff - r - '.. t : i'rVv;, day and !c.;s than that I ho day follow ing, and at the cud of the week I had 60 cents left. "IIow does It hold out?" nUed John when he handed mo the tn-xt $:) 50. "I have not got In debt," I answered. IIow I did hold on to that each Week! Sometimes I saved moro and sometimes less, nnd on one or two oc casions I spent more than tho $.150 when wo hod company, but nearly t cry week I managed to keep some of It and put It In the savings bank. We had enough to ent too. Did I have ev erything I wanted? Of course I didn't. There was many a nice thing that I liked that I didn't get, but you know you can't ent jour cake and hnvo It too. We have to deny ourselves In or der to accomplish our ends In anything, and I wns none the worse off for dolug without. One evening as John lighted his clgnr and began to read bis paper I said: "John, we've boon learning how to llvo better since we've known each other, and I've been wondering If If I dared to ask why you smoke?" "Ileeause I'm a fool. Susie," blurted out John nnd threw bis cigar into the grate. I wn4 frlghteued at. what I had done, aud John went ou: "I know smoking Is no earthly bene fit to mo. I know It makes mo disgust- rA. -:' I r 1 1 f t v ' . "uwArsi: i m A j"Kin. nt4;n Ing to you. Don't di ny It. l'vr seen jou wipe your mouth 0:1 tin a.'ler I've klfKe.1 y.,11." I slipped my hand Into h'.j. "John, sold I, "you have one rlgar left In you pocket. Olvn that to mo. I'ronilto me that this rlgar si, all le the tlrst one you smoke, and when you want to moke and can't do without any Ion tome to imi. anil you shall have It." ""I'll do It," said John, and he hsii'Wd me the c'yar, with glistening eyes. "Husle, you can save a man If any thing can." And we clasped hands on It aud scaled it still clwr than that. I have that cigar yet, and six juirs bate pHxied. We talked It over further, aud I pro posed that John should hand mo th amount be had been In the bablt of pending for cigars each day aa long aa be could go without, and be agreed to do It I did not tell blin what I wanted to do with It Bo every day be gave me 10 cents, tnd I put It sacredly away, and when ever It amounted to a dollar I put It In the savings bank. B. A. WILLIAMS front and 4th Stt. P. 0. Bo 273. ' Real Estate Employment office. Houses rented J,o. 7 n airen. sll fenced, 1 acre, nrel ban-in, To rulnvaU-d, 1" to hop", ( m.iijm iroiu rmilrosd u,n. S'ssl road rcbuul, etc. A bargain si tl an ra. Ho,, jirop UI psy punbsM price in two jeer. v-?tv 7? sc.- Well, tho months went by till De- cember, and tho Saturday bnfor Christmas I went to tho bank and drew out my small dopoHlts. I bad kept two accounts the clgsr unit and the table fund, I called them, Tht clgnr fund wns Just $2',MO, and my ta ble fund was 'Jl.:i2. Onuld I believe my own eyei! It fairly made ma dlssy. Over $. to spend for Christmas! Thli was what I had !ecn dreaming about ever since last rebruaryl My feet scarcely touched the pave ment on the way homo. I snug all the while I was getting supper. Would John never enme? At last I heard his step. IIow bis feet dragged! What could be Ihe matter? "Do you know next Monday is Chrlstman?" asked John gloomily. I do!" I replied In so Jubilant a voice that he turned and looked at me. Husle, I wish I were rich." Why, John, aren't we comfortable. nnd Isn't It heller to enjoy what we have than to mourn over what we have not?" John still looked gloomily Into the grate, "llrown stopped me tonight to show me a Christmas present be baa bought for his wife, a beautiful gold watch. Ho has beon saving up money for It for a year. Bnsle. you deserva a C'hrtstmns present If anylwdy does, but see bow much I have to buy ono with," and bo bitterly tossed his scant purse Into my lap, "not quite $1.80." "Hut, John!" and I laughed In Ills face. I couldn't hold back any longer. I threw myself Into bla arms and bowed hltn both my hands full of money. "This, John, Is what you did not smoke, and this Is what wo did not cat. We are rich, John! We don't owe a cent. We have a mouth's mnt nnd coal paid for In advsnce, and we have the whole of $.10.72 to spend for Christmas! John looked nt the money, then at me. Ho couldn't speak for a minute then ho snld, "Husle, you're a brick!" I don't I ellevn there was over a hap pier couple walked the sUeots of Chi cago than John nut I were that even lug whn we went out to buy stir Christmas presents. Nor was there ever a merrier Christmas In one room Hum there wns In ours. How far a lit lie money will go when one spends It carefully! Wo wero surprised at the Ihlngs It bought. Tlicro were some hoik for John that ho bad been wish Ing for-ho had taken to tudylng a lltlh' evenings of late-nutl there was a little rocking chair for mo to sit In at my sew ing, and there were a new dress end a pair of gloved for me and a aet if silver teaspoons, and there were an overcoat for John and a pair of slip pers and n h'g easy chair, and there wr.s n fine ,g chicken for (ho Christ in. is dinner, with celery and everything to go w ith It, und a few candles and nuts to make It seem like a holiday And nfler everything was bought that we had been needing we still bad $8 50 left. After our Christmas dinner was over and we sat tefure the grste close to gether John said to uu: "Susie, bow did you tare eo much ont of the $3.,0 a week fur the table? You always had enough aud Just the right thing. I believe you could make feast out of nothing." "It Is all due to a little nianagttiMnt nd economy, John," I sold. "I think for the coming year I would bettor give you M a week, i you can save still more." "That will make $23 more eated," I laughed. Then I assMKl, "John, are yon sorry you gave up smoking last winter?" John drew me close to him aa he an wered, "Busie, you bare made thli Cbrtatma worth, a thousand times more to me than a year's smoking. "Not I, John, t couldn't bare done It If you hadn't quit smoking. " "And I couldn't have quit smoking If I Lado'l had you." A Guaranteed Cure for I'lles. IUhlug, Wind, Weeding or Pro trading Piles. Drui glut n-faud money if PAZO OINTMENT.' fulls ctire any caao, on matter of how long landing, In A to It flays. First sp plication gives ease and rest. Mr. If your drugigut Imrn't it send V in tamps and it will tie forwarded (mat paid by Paris Medicine Co., tit, Louis,. Mo. 1U uini ynrt vt cue country w unrn was first settled the roads were trails or patha which went from the settle ments Into the wilderness and natural ly went from polut to point over the shortest route without regard to hills. They went straight Later on horses were ridden and afterward drlvcu ovor these trails, and to the wagon road was niudo without regard to finding an easy grade, a good surface or drainage. lu tho west the railway waa built be fore the wagon road, and the wagon road was au enlarged path, or trail, which led from the farm lu a straight line to the railway station. It frequent ly followed the acctlou line without re gard to hills, swamps, grades or drain age. It la not surprising that roads innde'lu this luauuer, without any en glueorlng skill or practical knowledge of road building, were bad when tunds: and continue to be Just aa bad at tbs present time. Tills country, If not the richest, la al most the richest In tho world, yet It hna tho poorest wagon rends of any coun try In the world. During the past thir ty years there hnvo been built 132,803 miles of ateani railway In this country, and wo now have 203.133 miles of nill rond. During tho past fifteen years ws have built 23.131 miles of trolley road, mostly In cities aud towns. This trol ley road has, by giving quick transit, Immensely Improved values In cltlei and ton us and In their neighborhood. Where good roads have been built funu value have Improved, because It Is easier to get produce to market, and llfo Is msido plensanter nnd hap pier for the owner of tho hind. Ex cept where a few lutes hnvo given tutu aid In building roads, the farmer has had to bear tho whole cost of build ing ami maintaining them, although every ton of produce going to cities and towns hna to go over these roads, and tho cities nnd towns, aa a rule, contribute nothing toward their cost or maintenance. During tho past forty years there has been an Immense Improvement In railway, tndley nnd water tmnspurtii- tlon, and freight nitea have lieeu low ered. Our railways arc every yent pending millions In Improving their ronda and terminal facilities, but In transportation by wagons on roads there bus been hardly any Improve ment Forty years ago It cost i!r cent! M'r ton per mile to carry farm produce, lumbor, etc., on a wagon road, nnd It costs the snmo today. It Is not tho fnrmer'a fault, but It Is bla misfortune, that, while there has been a great ndvanco lu railway and water transportation, to which tho na tional government baa largely contrib uted, ho baa not improved transporta tion on hit roads. It Is not his fault that ho hna seen tho neighboring towns grow richer while his lands hnvo not Improved In vnluc. Ho does not want to haul his produeo through tho mud and up steep hills, and ho would not do It If he could help It The reason be has not a good, smooth road, free from ruts, stones and mild, without steep hills, connecting his farm with bla market town Is simply because be cannot afford to pay fur It unaided. Ho has not, and never wtll have, tho money to pay for gisid roads. Ho Is quite willing to pay fm part of the cost, and In New Jersey, Massachusetts, Now York and Con nectlcut and In a few other states the Stale bus enmo to bis help by tho sys tem called "ststo aid" In building ronds. j ranee nss iNi.inu miles or wagon roads which are built and maintained by the natlonul government ns nation al roads at the expense of the nation iiniy naa nnout r,ix mile! of wagon roads built nnd maintained in the snmo way by the national government. Why should not the l ulled Slates build national roads to develop Its Internal resources lu the Interest of agricultural products? Rome of the slates have adopted the principle of stale aid to build roads hy should not the federal government glvo national aid for this purpose? The Cnlted Htates government appropriat ed In 11103 $32.rll,l!Kj j.r river aud harbor Improvement, which goes to tho lienellt u( commerce and largely to help cities. I.lttlo of this large sum It spent lu tho Interior slates exci In Ihe Mississippi delta. It has spent many millions In building postolllces and federal buildings In nearly every large city or the I'nlon. This all goes to help tho cities nnd creates a do maud for food without providing the farmer with ronds to reach his mar ket. It has protected manufacturing by a tariff until we have become the greatest manufacturing nation In the world. This protective tariff has built tip the cities. It-pays the Vetera us and their families pensions which amount to about $1 TO.issi.iss) a year. Hut what has the national govern, luetit done for Ihe farmer? It has es labllshed agricultural eollcgit, experi ment stations, made the bend of Ihe bun -a ii of agriculture a cabinet mllcer, ereuted free rural mall delivery In cer tain sections, but after showing a man bow to double the pnsluct of his farm It bss aft hi in unable to market the produce be has created because of the bad condition f the wagon rosds. At a number of states have Is lleveil K wise to aid In the building of mads, would It not lie wise and right for the Cnlted Ktstes government to do so also nd to nld the farmer Just ns It has aided commerce Slid the cities? There can be but one answer lo this question, and It is "Yes!"-Walter I', ftmwnlow, Member of Congress I'rotu renm-ssee. Rtvolu ion Immimnt, A sure sign of approaching remit ud serious trouble In T';ur system it oervoosuess, sleeilesneas, or stomach upset. Kinctrlo Hitters will quickly dismember the troublesome causes. It never falls to tone the stomach, regu Isle the Kidneys and llnwela, stimu late the Liver, and clarify the blood. Kun down systems benefited Jmrticu- larly and all the usual attending whea fsnisli under Its searching am! thorough effectiveness. Klectrio lilt lers Is wily ouc, and that la returned if It clou t glee ts'inrl ullstnetiou. Guaranteed by Clemens ami National urug a tors. EfilOVAL SALE We have to move." We have crowded ourselves out of our present location. Wa Will Pay You to Help Us Ckt Into the 5ig Building. THIS IMMENSE STOCK MUST GO Everything at a Discount Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper, Portieres, Truuks, Lace Curtains, Rugs, Mattings, Tents, Pictures, Cut Glass, Stoves, Ranges, Heaters, Kitchen Utensils, Diunerware, Chinaware, Lamps, Baby Carriages, Silverware, Clocks, Cutlery. Purine; Thi Sale Our Terrru Will Be Cash This is an opportunity that you cannot afford to miss to to 50 per cent off means many bar gains to you. Sale wilt continue until we move. Thomas . O'Neill, Uf)Q Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. IN FAVOR OF GOOD ROADS City Engineer Reynold Gives Good SutlUsstlons. Wo Hud that when tho goveruumut' adopts a road system, there it merit in that system, to the adoption of these moh! nils should, where practica ble, be taken up by city and county hoards for the purpose of making aud maintaining good streets and roads. In order to have tbuso it means con siderable, expenditure to build them in tno ilrst place, but to maintain a good road, meaning ono properly built, Is a small item compared with the present system of auuual repair ing, which it uecossnry uuder the present condition of the roads iu our county, and especially the streets within the city of Grants I'ass. It Is easy to And fault, but to prescribe the proper remedy is a more difficult mat tor. It is the purpose of this article to offer soma suggestions which we hope mar ha of benefit to tho public and tend to hasten tho time when wa may enjoy tho pleasurci of having Kod streets and roads. We have within throe, miles of our city an abnnilunoe or stouo, men aa 1110 din baslo formation commonly called traprook, which if crushed and unifurinly spread over the surface, then rolled with the proper machine, would mako a find-class macadam. Hut first in order do to this, It is necessary to have the proair ma- chlui ry, consisting of a rock crusher, and a steam rollei. Tho approximate cost of the roller would be, according tu the kind and sl.o, for a five ton roller about tlHM) nrnl larger sixes up to a 10 ton (iliKK), and tho rock crusher nt about f'K. These ma chines are so arranged that the trac tion clutch may be thrown out of gear on the roller and tho same used to ruu Ihe crusher thus making the exs'iisu sum, I. It Is a fact that under favorable conditions, similar to those existing In this vicinity, a street 4H feet In width can bo macadamized at less than J. 75 IT linear foot. This Is a small cost when we consider the pcr iiinnetii y of tho work and tho small cost necessary to maintain good con ditions. Usually a delect occurs and Is ao alight that at first it Is hnnotlceublu, but each day it be i onics worso und llnallr then) is a big mud bole, and iu the ordinary man ner of repairing a load of gravel or other material Is dums:d into it and which makes two or three mod holes out of tho one. If a defect occurs iu umi'udaui, it Is usually alight, ami if attended to at mice is cheaply repaired by simply digging out a hole where the Aepressiou occurs and filling rushed ruck rammed tu the tame ompuctiiert of the surrounding road, then pines the surface material taken out over t)i d mended portion, tally spreaditig In a smooth manner. Iu this way it Is economy to have the best. As it is at present, we are compelled to haul on dirt, tle n ao sihiii as the rainy season begins it is nocessnry to sera hi that same dirt up us mud, aud hiulltaway. Annually relating this process, will lu a fvw years, coat the siiinu amount for a cer tain portion that macadam would have cost and if your road is iu the same condition as when yoo began. During tho past year it bus been iircessary to look after bridge! and drainage iu Grants I'ass and some good, permanent work has been done in tho way of concrete abutments, a ooneieto arch, a concrete drain, sower aud other much needed repairs. These have been not only well dime, but at a mall coat as will bo shown in the 11 net lupcriutciidoul'l annual report. This being doue, we cau see no reason why, during tjio coming year, that the oiatter of making good streets and extending the sewer system should uot have projier attention aud secure permsiient Improvviueul. Kealiectfully yours, It. L Reynolds, U. IS. HERE WE ARE. Como aud tee us at Mrs. Kohjropf ' Millinery store on Sixth street. Tu do not intend to carry a large stock, hut enn furnish you what you want at prices that will moot all oosnpe titlon. We open up with a nice sale to Mr. Eugeuo Cass, at a starter and for past business doue in tills city would refer you to such people at Mr. P. II. Hnrth, Mr. Henry llarth, Mr. II. L. Qilkoy, Mrs. C. 8. Hobbt and others. Bee ns before, buying and be couvinced that the one priced system of buying pianos it the only aafe system to get actual values. Mrt. lluhkopf hna full authority to make con tracts. Order your tuning through at and. have your work guaranteed. the coaa PIANO IIOUSR. A Costly Mlitakt. Plunders are sometimes vory ax. pensive. Occasionally life itself la tho prloo of a mistake, hnfe vnn'll never be wrong if yon take Dr. Klng'a New Llfo Pillt for Djspesaiia. Dizztuosa, Hoadachb, Liver or Bowel troubles. They are geotln, yet thorough. 3.10 at Clemens assl National Drug Store. Ol'KNKD OP.OCMUIH 1 ..Headlight Restaurant..' day 11 mi mairr Kvcrylhlng New and Clean. ' A woniun cook will superintend the kitchen and the food will be prepared like the home aud aot on the stereotyped restaurant style. Tuhle supplied with the bc.it ou the muiket. V F. LKMPKIv, ) n II. WIM.ISON. rrol- Christmas Dinner Is made mote appetizing If Itcst Quality of Groceries is used in its preparation. Chiles' Grocery Carries only p're.sh Stock and of I-'irt Class Quality. A trial order will convince you that his goods and his prices are right. l'ront st., near Fourth. Wanted Anything you have for saw Hon 1 imi o notliy mo. it nmy mean a lieltor prico to you (or your article aud It will cost you iiowung nr me 10 cull, so get my prices. Will Trade- .Now goods for old or pay cash, or part trade, Will Sell Anything for the houso iurm, niiuo, saw nnu or camp, C ua fill any order. I Jig Stock l? a f"' l ass, that moan s in all Southern Oregon, of New aud see- ond bund goods. FaSV TerniS Installment or rent. No charge (or delivery. Ike M. Davis, The Supplier of Wants South Sixth St., west tide. J