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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, DECEMBER 15. iy4- CORRESPONDENCE From the Courier's Reporters Ik ..THE BIG STO RE Display of Holiday Goods B!G BARGAINS ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE BIG STORE IT ' S I I , 1 t I ' 1 1 t . . . ..111 1 1 t v . . 11 wu Him a venianie raradisc tor the IloI'dav Shop per, fccver before m the history of the liifi Store have we been able to offer to the people of 'Southern Oregon sueh a vast assortment of seasonable goods. Our entire force lias been t.-ivpii tiii, ' ,.., iuii limit cll'llUY ilMH 1111, marking and decoiating every department with the Greatest Collection of Holiday Good.-, ever displayed in the city. COME AND SEE. Kid Gloves. ao DOZ. REAL KID GLOVES - warranted, all the very latest shades tn l styles ft 5o Just received for the holiday trade. Table Linen and Napkins We have just received a large shipment of Fine Lin ens for the holidays. Elegant Satin Damask just what you want for your best lady friends. All pure Linens 50c, 75c, $1 oo, I 35 Handkerchiefs. 200 Do. Handkerchiefs for Ladies, Men and Children. 100 Doz. 5c Handkerchiefs 1 2 for 38c 100 Doz. Handkerchiefs, all styles, all prices and all materials ioc, u;j'c, 25c, 50c, 75c, 81 00 10 Doz. Gents' India Silk Handkerchiefs, with large Silk Initial, nt soc 25 Doz. Genu' all Liueu Handkerchiefs at U'jC, 15c, aoc, 25c Bed Spreads. 10 Doz. BcdSpieads at 75c. 1 00, 1 25, I 50 Chatelaine Bags 10 Doz. Ladies' and Children's Chatelaine Bags, nt 25c, 50c, 75c, 1 00, 1 50, 2 00 12 Do.. Sterling Silver Mounted Ebony Brushes, 12 different styles at 25c I 00 10 Doz. Fancy Celluloid and Basket Novelties at. . . 25c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 75c, Fancy Pillow Tops 6 Doz, at. 1 00 25c Ladies Belts In Red, White and Black Leather at 25c Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! 25c DOZ. DOLLS Bisque Heads, Sleeping Eyes, ' Large Size, the B -st Kid Bodies at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 00 Elegant assortment of Dressed Dolls . 25c, 50c, 75c, Slippers For Ladies, Men and Children. Dress Goods We have some New Special Lines of Holiday Goods that are very attractive for Suits and Waists. There is always a big demand for these novelties for Christmas Fresents. 500 Pieces of New Ribbons, widths for Holidays. Ribbons all styles, grades and Lela.nrf Sittings. Tim pnrlv'raini tliia fall made good crop of grass and stock looks finev Oar school save a box social and dance last week that wasVsuccess. Not withstanding' the' badcondition ofTthe : roads, a .large amount .of freight isbeiugjiauledj to.tbe various mines fronTthis place. We are a healthy people and having nn atafrnnnt water to rauso revers. hare little use for doctors other than to attend to Injuries when someone gets hart. There is much wcik being done in Vt Ttenhen riiflfrint. Develonient work has been resumed at the Copper Stain ledge alter a long period of idle ness. Bob Gibson is interested in this district. A crew "of men wltu the steam shove are at work"; 'filling in the gulch at Brimetono bridge ou the rail road. This will be a large fill, as the canyon is deep and broad, bat there is plenty of earth near at hand in the hanks adjoining the track. Men bm coming' hero to get work in the mines and in tha wood canips. Many miners are hero from the North to work during the winter, for outdoor work can bo carried on here during the winter months, while up north there is little doing during the cold mouths. T:.c first frost to kill vegetation in tins locality was on December 5. After n few rliivs nf frotv wmtlinr. it turned warm and during tlio Inst few days, we hnvo had heavy rains Hint hare raided the water in all the streams sufficiently to enable the placer mines to be operated. The railroad company having cut the wages of thuir work gangs, most nf the white men quit and have been rvpla'.-ed by Japs. This is a roor way 011 tho part of railroad company to keep np good times for tho Japs send or take their money bacK to Japan and do not become Americans. The white, men spend their money hoie ami thus help to keep the country prosperous. Our merchants report a fine trade of late and are kept busy early and late delivering goods. wide Awake ONE-HALF PRICE - ONE-HALF PRICE - ONE-HALF PRICE G CLOAK Its a Short Story That We Have to Tell, but It Is Interesting-. m. SATURDAY, DECEMllKK 10th, WE SHALL PLACE ON SALE OMR ENTIRE STOCK OF LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN'S ONE-HALF PRICE -COA't S ONE-HALF PRICE -AT II A LI' PRICE R. L. Wonder Items. That contempluted wedding is in definitely procrastinating. J. T. Eobertson is considerablv indisposed from heart tronble and in somnia. Aunt Rebecca Lowdou was boforo the Hon. P. M. the first of the week, having her pension vouchor attested. Adam Cart is working in the Ram sey & Williams copper mines. He has also located a valuablo claim for, himself. Dr. Williams aims to spend the holi days with home folks in Ohio. He contemplates going the southern route, via New Orleans. Little Rutliio Ritter has picked up another piece of quartz richer than tho first one. Now, if sho can only fiud tho ledge from which they came. Our school is not so full at present on account of sickness. The teacher is preparing a program for Chrialnma This community is fumous for success- tut entertainments aud the reason is there are no drones. About the Wonder mines. Urn lm;f has never yet been told. In the vast Hold of copper and gold mines owned by Messrs. Ramsey & Williams, they have a fortune. Thov urn ,u n. proud discoverers of three vMnuMn nickol claims. bay, mister! When I get to the legislature, I will have a law ma that will insure good roads in the winter, as well as summer and at tho 6amo time reduce ent road tat 50 per cent. ' - Daisy. Mr Wildervlll Item.. CaJlSu:kln8 Leo Sams has been nearl, ,uk with a bad cold the past fow day " A poverty ooial was hela,tU,. parsonage Wednesday nioht . ... week. v We suppose Mr. and v, n. are now comfortably .itaated la thUu now linnaa cir M. Corum was en tha .1.1. . but ia now again able to take charl! of lua school. cnsr8 May Verdio is home again after ipending several months at h. ,i.... home in Idaho. " ' Josie Rains la back af. . rs. C. F. Lovealce. She ..-... be their standby. Wasn't last Sunday a , with some sharp thunder? We hear the dam is injured again, as nsuaL Wo hear that a Mr. Weston t. to put in a shingle mill near W)i. ville. This country is stm im." - --"l-WT- lug. Suppose Mr. and Mrs. Scott Robin. son are now occupying their new house. AIbo Mr. aud Mrs. Charles McCann. Emma McCann is gottina onltA strong again after hor loua tlln She visited a few days at Mr. nn Mrs. Charles MoCann'a last rir An entertainment is to be held m ho school honso Saturday nieht of tliis week, for the benefit cf tl, eliool library. All schools s!,nni have a good library. Glad to hear that Jim MCcann ia still improvinn after his nrnln,m.,j llucss. Zanoni. Woodvlllo Items. Rov. li. Tweed was in Grants Friday ou business. II. Sanborn was in Grants Pass nn business on the 10th. B. Lowell, was in Giants P Saturday on business. Mrs. Sniithliue was in Grants Pass Saturday on business. Mr. aud Mrs. J. Sanborn were in Grants Pass ou business. Miss Pearl Cartor. went to Glen. dalo for a short time on the 7th. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Sam. were In Grants Pass Saturday on business. Mr. aud Mrs. Schlnder were in Grants Pass Saturday on business. Mr. Hair of Grants Paaa. ia hem visiting with her eon. John Hair, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. G. Morse wnrn in Grunts Pass visitinff friends Saturday and Sunday. Merlin Items. Grandma Simpkins is still Quite poorly. Ed T. Terry was in our town last evening. J. B. Cradlebaugh Is busy putting up the wiros on the Merlin-Galice telephone lino. Miss Mary Massie olosed a fineness. ful term of school at Grave on Friday aud returned home the same evening. Superintendent Savaoe visited onr school last week. We always ap preciate a visit from the superintendent Mrs. Hosmer, of Gold Hill, la visit. ing hor daughter. Mrs. A. S. Rnann. baum, wife of our congenial S. P. agent. Littlo Hazel Bothers, whn vim quite badly hurt severl weeks ago, by accidentally fulling on a double-blt- icu ax, is gradually improving. Ed Anderson, of Monte (Iristn. Wash., is iu Morlln. Hn rnntnin. plates taking charge of tho Stratton t reea mines down Kogne river. He and a partner operated the same mine for tho past twawintcrs. EXPLAINS A COPPER DEAL Mr. Sowell Answers a Statement! Made In the Telegram. Co g b a LESBSi l' isiBsll '""'J City. "In cur iminliv when a til. C. tL tl. tiohinm ! ,lr""k w" ,ako ,,ml man 1 1 1 i 111 to the iii.lexMilL. ilrti-tiiL ft,., 1 ........ . ... " in. mign ins ears. 1 lien when other All matter for tlm rolumn In snppliril ' l'opl come slong, Ihev unit In hi tt0"""'' "'-"'"j e and kick him until' l. is I think tins method would do a great Please permit e to say that it was deal of good in America, liecausn you uo fault of tho Courier force that have tuoie driiiikennnhs than wo do our column did not apeiir in last j There are no mlooiiK m I'ersia, the week's issue. Our items were tin. i chief hevernun lielnu lim.,.,,,.,.,!., They don't even know what beer is," Tim tonivraito. people of llelsing fors, l'inlau.l, are giving a course of Kclenlille lectures every year, nod cor tiellati s urn given to tlioMi who pass eiiiiuinitt ions. lioth ehan Sers of tho Swedish ricks dag und tint eeelesl;tio council have expressed themselves against tliv sale or inpior at the army barracks and eauips, and so the tratllo must he stoo ped. Koeeut studies make clear the fact that criniK In all imrsoin who drink mimes largely from the niimhiug or anaesthetio etTeets of alcohol, says Dr. T. 1). t'rothers, professor of uervoui iliseasi a in tho New York Sehool of Cliulral Meilleine. Tliui alcohol prepares the grouud lor crime avoidably late iu getting to the office. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Lee Calvert, second residence east of the Sugar Pine Store, on Friday December lilih, at 9:30 p.m. The meeting ill lie con ducted by the Par liiiineutary Depart ruentof the W. C. T. U. Guest, are always welcome. An urgent Invitation by the Call foruia delegation tor tho National Couveutiou to uioet iu I.os Angeles iu 1U05 was accepted by the Esocntive Cnmuiittee. "There is only one custom lu our oouutry whioh I would like to ke established in America and that Is the custom of dealing with drunkards" said Iaaao Yohanneu, a I'ersiau mis sionary In a recent lecture iu Sioux j and makes it possible for the mail or i woman to do wrong. This cmies from tlin il u 1 1 i Hi? mid sniiv. fvin,. action on the higher brain. Perhaps it is not too late to speak of onr meeting on December at Mrs. Ileuklo's. There was a good attend ance and a great deal of interest mani fested. Reports all encouraging with good prusM'Cts of a W. O. r. I'. soon. ''I ames of Mrs. Collleld and Mrs. Mark Day wero added to our mem bership list, also two more subscrip tions to the I'nion Signal, making 11 subscribers to the ollicial organ of the National W.O . T. V. in our local I'nion aud this week we shall all be reading the report of the National Convention in Philadelphia in the Haptist Temple. That church is said have the greatest seating capacity of any lu the L'uitml States ami at some sessions every seat was taken. Nino states reported an increase in membership of 600 or more. Ohio took the lead with a gain of 3033. To t'ure a Oolel hi One Day Take LAXATIVE UliOMO QITIS. INK Tablets, All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Glove's signature is ou each box. Soo. Hd About to llurtt from Sntrt Hilioui Attiik. "I had a severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst win u I got hold of a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I took a dose of them after supper aud the uext day felt Use a new man and have beeu feeliug happy ever since," says Mr. J. W. Smith of JulitT, Teass. For biliousness, stomach troubles and constipation, these Tablets have no euual. For sale by all druggists. "I was much atllicted with sciatica," writes Ed C. Nud. Iowa- ville, Sedgewick Co.. Kau.. "coinir about ou crutches ami suffering a deal of (lain. I was induced to try Pal lard's Suow Linuneut, which relieved me. I used three 50o bottles. It is the greatest liniment I ever used; have recommended it to a uuiubcr of persons; all express themselves as being benefited by it. I now walk without crutches, able to perform a great deal of light labor on the farm." Soc. Mo. fl.00 at Model Drug Store and Rotermuud's. If you want good cedar posts that havu't auy sup ou tluui, soo JuJ Taylor. fight Will Be Bitter. Those who will iwrsist In closinu their ears against the continual r.r. oinuiendation of Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption, will have a long and bitter tight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. R. Dealt of IlcUll, Miss., has to say: "Last fall my wife had every symp tom of consumption. She took Dr. King's New Dicsovery after every thing else had failed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cored her. " Guaranteed by Clemens and National Drug Store. Price 50c and f 1.00. Trial bottles free. Photo Amateurs. Am .tear photographers very often get iuto tho habit cf thinking they cauuot afford to buy the best paper, ou accouut cf the expense. To those I can offer a high grade developing pavr, two dozen, 4x5 sheets at Sic or two doien 3S,x3 sheets lor 20 cents. This per is not as good as Velox, but is next best. The new N-A TVri.1nnv the market is the best that ha Tr been offered for sale. The prints r main a cauarv rnlnr m.t.l ai.. .. thorough. For sale only by A. E. oorbies. j Docton Could Not Help tier. "I had kidney trouble for years," writes Mrs. Raymoud Conner of Shel tou, Wash., "nud the doctors could not help, me I tried Foley's Kidney Cure aud tne very first dose gave me relief and I am now cured. I cau not say too much for Foley's Kidney Cure." It makes the diseased kid neys sound so they will eliminate the poisons from the blood. Unless they do this, good health is impossible For sale by H. A. Rotermuud. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE 1 Trsdi Mtsma Anron Pnl(n k4rh and !wr tint Ion may qntrt'r vwisiin nr nptni.fi frv wf-Ml.r an tWHui Mrtctlromfl.iswitial. IUnlNk n lBtn sMtl fr. l (- ui'licy f-r Hxnttl g ptM;;a, ntfl laftn trinuirh Munn A lrwcvtra twit-si, wthnua ctiJ-, in tb Scientific American. enlation of an ",'itc V-j-r' T"tnti Ui y-r : f,.ar ironth. i. .u Oj all n U.-Jr, ,Mljl.i,&Co.", New York nack uolat. t t SX. Waku.u,UC. Editor Courier: An articlo has recently been published iu the Even ing Telegram writtou by some person unknown to me, which entirely mis represents me and mv transaction,, with the company interested in the copper miuo formerly held bv my relations aud mvself T . u auswer the above meutioued articlo iu the Courier, as it has the widest circulation among my friends aud ac 'HKiintuuces. The substance of my dealings u-lil. the other company is as follows: They agreed iu writing to build a 10-tou smelter, couveuieut to tho copper miue, and to thoroughly eqnip the place for the taking out of ore, nud take their pay for the samo out of the first C.00 tons of copper yielded by the miue. Upou the fulfillment f n,;., portion of the contract, the the com auy was to receive half of tho miue together with the foregoing payment from the copper and myselr aud part ners were to retain the other half of the miuo free aud nou-assessble. After tho smelter was built and about 400 tons of ore were taken out operations were stopped aud things came suddeuly to a standstill. S. A. Vance of Los Angeles was nreM..ni of the company aud the ltu ri... Sowell, Sr., was vice-president. W. E. Olmstead, who was superintendent aud general manager, came to Jni. Sowell and told him that Vance was taken down with a serious illness in Los Angeles, and as he lYanci afraid that he might die. Vane would Iske to have uiim.. -""K w leave to show the coniuanv elm h.A been done wiib the money furnisiied by them to build the smelter nH equip the miue. By frorM promises and reassariug Sowell of the company's honest intentions, Olmsted influenced the aged Vice President to give Vance his note, blading Sowell and bis rar'ners to make good to tho company the money niey naa spent on the smolter and tne development of the mine. As far as my being offered, or receiving money for tho copper property, as pabished, I emphatically deny that I ever was otrered or recoived a nickel for the miuo during the time that the smolter was in course of building, or while the 400 tons of ore were being taken from the coppor lode, nor at any time previous. . Yonrs respectfully, JOSEPH SOWELL. Althouao, Oregon. He Uttd It After Shsvinj. Not being able to wear gloves while delivering mail, my hands becamo horribly chapped during the bad weather we had this fall. Someone recommended your CUROSA CREAM (Rose aud Cucumber Jelly). I got a bottle of it aud in one night my bands were as well as ever. I am also using it after shaving, and find it very cool ing and healing. It is the greatest thing I ever aW. I"rauk JUack Letter Carrier No. 4, Detroit, P. O. Christmas Confections Candies that are Pure Candies that ate Fresh Candias that are the Best to be had in town. NUTS, FRUITS, NOTIONS and FRESH MADE TAFFIES. Big stock, good quality and prices that are right. - Uo Rosebud Confection ...Parlors... RJCUAiDso.y Beo3., rropri. . - "i