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i flu ' " GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY' 5, 1905. No. 41. m 1 1(1 D t I! I Sale in .0 decoded that sior and quicker i.' wo reduce our ... L, 'l in order to do bo a l 1 1 1 (1.) it quickly wo will p.i-,-o a good, liberal discount on everything. Wc'will Btill continue to sell Ladies' and Misses' Shoes at Cost until they are all closed out. 1 5 V WELCH'S CLOTHING STORE, OPERA HOUSE BLOCK GRANTS PASS, OREGON. IN THE MINERAL FIELD What the Miners Ar Doing. NEW1T0WN OF THREE PINES W. T. Cope left on Thursday for a visit to the mines of Briggs creek and tlie lower Illinois. H. Warner, superintendent of the Sucker Creek Mining Co., returned en Thursday to the miueti at Califor nia Bni aftir spending Christmas lu Grants Pans. Tlio Brown Bear, au extension of the Oro Fiuo lede on Jump-off-Jof, is to have some extensive development wori done upon it this winter'. The IT'jwrty lias been owned by J. E. Ver i!in mid Vv. T. Turuliam. Tlio latter's in 1 on st has been purchased by A. L Kaiser and he and Mr. Verdiu put a force of men at work this week ou the propeity. The ledge, whio'i has been developed to a limited exteut is about three feet in width and shows free milling ore of Tery good values. F "IFfew Goods, More Bargains . Aaction (loose. Eest Bod Spriugs $1.50 and up Mattresses, best mailt I a. 00 Couches, fine quality 8.00 " " Dining Chair, good 7 Fine line of Dry Goods, Notions. Prices that give satisfaction. --C. .:. McLANE. New Mining Company, Pi'.pers havo been drawn for the in corporation of a new mining com pany to bo known as tlio Martha Miuiug Company. The pnuoijtal in corporators will bo W. II. Breevort of No York, principal owner of the Greenback miuo, and R. N. Bishop, mining engineer fur the same com pany. The new company will hold the Scenic, Yellow Dog and the Seorpi. u claims and tlio St. Peters group of claims, all lying within the vicinity of tlio Greenback mine. The Scenic property is now being exten sively developed under the supervis ioo of Mr. Bishop and it Is currently reported that a 10-atamp mill will bo erectod at this mine early in tbe spring. Tlio other properties have boen dovcloped sufiiciouMy to prove that they are likely to become as good paying mines as their famous neighbor, the Greenback. Mr. Brevoort is one of the wealthy mining men ot the United Mutes am tlie Murtha Mining Company will have ample capital for any development and mill building that nmy be under taken to put their mines in a produc ing condition. putting in 100 feet of boxes. The dirt pans well and they think the cl.iim will be profitable for working during tbe winter months, when water can be had. T. 1. Hyde, who has a placer claim at tlie head of Birdseye creek, is operating one small giant and is doing tiood work in quite ri ll grouud aud will have a protfiable clean-up in the spring. Mr. Johnson stated that all the Foots creek placers were being .;.tiat J but tlio w. ur (apply was r.'.t.-i r short ;'r . reison season cf '.lie jiar. As to tiio faiiuo of the Hirdscye ditrio', Mr. JuhhMiu is cuu.ldeut tint it will bo the tceua of yroat mining activity in the near future as tlie hills are a network of ledges aud when they aro developed some rich miucs are sure to be opoued op. "Ad Bvuning In Old Virginia," will be a delightfal evening's enter tainment. Southern son us, poetry and prose will bo the features and their beauty and pathos will bo well rendered. On S. P.-Shipping Point Jump-off-Joe He sv Good Fvjtur. for With the beginuiug of tlio year 1905 another townsite will be platted in Josephine county, making five regularly laid oat townsites in the oouuty. The new townsito is to be known as Three Pines and is located on the Southern Pacific 13 miles north of Uraut Puss and four miles north of Merlin. The towrsitc, which id to bo iiatted next week by II. 1. K RECTOR OF ST. LUKCS, MC, , and 0. $1000 am ... .-,;.t AM) FIVE DOLLARS A ..ict any portion cf the city, ver yyo i utS. . n.cli of 2uSi acres, with good acres iir cultivation; good house 1 L. $1600 three .np:oved, 011 Rogue River, Co. ;6h.) about have la' able prut- . Cull (iii or ndih timber lands fur sale at reason- JOSEPH OSS Headquarters for Real Estute. Office 616 E Street, between Fourth and Fifth StreoU, GRANTS PASS, - - OREGON. Full line of 1 FOOT- MiteS at J vs 'PADDOCK'S fx TilCYCLE DEN Chartes Costain Wood Working Shop. West of flour mill, near R. R. track TurniiiL'. Scroll Work, Stair Work, Band n(.t'a,inet Work, Wood Polleyn. Hiw ' 'nif.-i l iruniuiing, Kepairing all kinds, vnownjui. Palace Barber Shop J. H. MULLEN, Prop, Shaving, Hair Cutting Baths, Etc. Everything nest and cWo and aU fc work Firat-Clasa, Portland Capital for Southern. II. E. Foster, of Foster & liuunell, a.id snperiuteiideut of the Oregon Belle mine, arrived in Grants PasB Monday from a two weeks vacation, tlio greatur part of which lie spent at Baker City with his parent, Mr. and MrB. 0. M. Foster, whom he had not seen for two years. Mr. Foster's father lias been county surveyor for Baker county for the past 30 years and he is 0110 of the leading mining engi neers of that district. Mr. Fosttr spent some days in Portland and ho states that tlio business ontlook in that city is fine and that there is much interest and inquiry regarding Southern Oregon miuiug property. Portland miuiug investors have bat lately coma to look with favor on Southern Oregon as a place for profit able investment aud Mr. Foster h lit vcj that there w ill bo a great deal of l'ortlnd money invested during til' year 1'Jn.i in mining property in this district. iir. l uster 'elf Tuesday tor J, suiiville. from which place lie will go 1 tu the Oicgon Belle, where he is uo.v ! , lied ihe gua'.i r part of the tune in I s..i 1 i.i.te.Hling the extension develop- ' in,; wi.rli that his company is having I ue.'.o al tli..t mine. 1 Birdseye a Promising Dlbtrlct. J. 11. Johnson, of Birdseye creek was in Grants rass mesuuj. Johnson in company with A. . Uutherie, of Winueniucca, Nevada, ov.us a group of four claims in the Birdseye Creek district, two of which Mr. Johusou located and two tiny bought of Thomas Judge, who is now lu Lob Angeles. Mr. Johnson has had two men helping him all lust summer and this fall and has run over -100 feet of tunnel, u.akiiig (Wo i feet of development work 011 tne lour im The nrinciiial work has on the Crown Point ledge, ..1,:,. I, ,1,11m from Olio to two Ret V of high grade ore and about seveu r f 1..,.. ,ti,1 ,,r,i. tlie latter 'carrviug values sufliceut '.for millng. Mr. Johusou will c.ioutiuue develop ment work this wiutor and iftheir ledges continue to show op as now Indicated, they will put in mill in tlie spring. It will be steam power as they are have au abundance of timber. Mr. Johnson wisely pro poses to get a large amount of ore on the dump and a large amount blocs ed out before building a milL Of the other properties in that locality, Mr. Johnson itiU.d that two ni n were workiug on a claim owueo i, P. H. Harth & Son of Grants Pass, and that they would shortly change to a claim held by Pr. Harth, also of Giants Pass. Both ledges were showing up well anil had every indication or becoming lyiug nronertie. Chas. Ward, whose claim is just across Rogue river from Bird seye creek, is pushing development work and has a crosscut in K0 feet and exacts soon to strike the ledge. Ho has a shaft, but water made the tunnel aud drainage a necessity. The ledge at the bottom of the shaft showed from 12 to li inches of high grade ore aud Mr. Ward is certain that be will have a rich property when be gets his ledge fully opened. A now placer mine has been opened in a gulch, adjoining the claims of Meurs. Johnson & Gutherio, bv H. Christiansen aud Jack White. These men will groaud-sluice sud.arenow Aihburnhun, Ostario, Testilies to the Good Qualities of Chamberlain's Caut;h Remedy. Ashburuhaui, Out., April 18,11)03. I t'liuk it is only right that I should tell yon what a wonderful effect Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has preduccd. The day before Easter I wa.-i so distressed with a cold 11 ml cough that I did Hot think to bo able to take any duties the next day, as say voice was choked by the cough. Tho same day I received au order from yot for a bottle of your cough remedy. I at onon procured a sample bottle, and took about three doses of tho medicine. To my great reliof, the eoagti and oold bad completely disappeared and I was able to preach throe times on Easter Day, I know that this rapid and effectivo euro was due to your cough remedy. I make this testimonial without solicitation, being thankful to have found such a Godsent remedy. Respectfully yours, S. A. Langfoldt, M. A., Rector of St. Luke's Cliuicli. To Chamberlain Mcdiciuo Co. This romedy is for salo by all druggists. , Pa.-s, is to -i, J'l.iia, -f I. , .u.y, i.r a;i.l J. P. location is V. : : : 1 1 Geo. K. l..iv.i!.S' Cool;, me malingers. Tlie ideal tor a town, tlio laud being suffi ciently lovel to givo a good surface to lots and streets, yet with 'grade enough to give perfect drainage aud being on au elevated plateau, grand view of tlio surrouuding country can be bad. A gravity supply of pure water, ample for a largo town cnu bo had. Near tho towu is the natural site for a resorvoir of several acres lu extent, which is planuod to bo built to afford a reserve supply of wuter for irrigation and as a boating pond. A fiuo grove of young trees adjoius this proposed lako and It is to be trimmed and cleaned np and made into a park. It will make a hand some recreation ground, aud, being In the hills, it will be cool iu tho summer and the lako will bo large enough to afford fiuo fishing. Three I Piues park wi I niako an accessible outing place for Grouts Pass picnio parties for the Southern Pacilic train service w ill enable parties to go out iu the morning aud back in the even ing. Liberal inducements will be made by tho Hydraulio Mining Company to persons desiring to bnild in Three Pines, but a restriotlon will be en forced to prevent tbe ereotlon of shanties. Tho contract has closed for the opcuing of a large gonoral mer chandise store by Carman & Ilernoo. way, who now have a large store iu both Grants Puss and Cottage Grove. Their building will be 30x70 feet, and they will also build a warehouse 3(n jO feet. Work will bo begun on thi' jo buildings iu the nonr future aud Messrs. Garnian & Ilenieuway expect to open up a IliOOO stock of goods early in the spring. Pa ties are also uegotiatiug to put in a hotel, livery stable aud a blacksmith shop. The Southern Pacifio has a ready pot in a siding at Three Pines and in the spring will eroot a dopt t and have an agent. Tlie Postoffice Department has been asked to establish a postoffice for tho towu aud it is expected to have it in opoiation early in the spring. A long distauce telephone office is to bo put in this spring aud a rural line will bo run to give con uectiou with tlio mines, mills aud farms on Jump-off-Joe. A planing mill aud lumber jard are among the improvements that are planned to be put in by the Hydraulio Miuiug Company. Grounds will bo reserved aud ilouated for school, churches an 1 a public pla.a. Tho Hydraulio Miuiug Company, in addition to operating a largo placer miuo ou Jump-off-Joe, has a large sawmill ou that Btreum, where they own a largo body of fiuo timber. Ou putting iu thoir mill lust spring, they constructed tho new road that con uects the Jump-ofT-Joo vmley with tho Southern Paoitio at Three Piues, aud which gives a routo to the rail road threo miles shorter than by the road previously in use. This road has au easy grade and is tho natural out let for the entire Jump-off -Joo vulhiy. This valley is one of the best timbered districts iu Southern I 'regon and has considerable good agricultural laud, but it is chiefly noted n a miuiug dis trict. In this district thoru are now nine developed quartz mines, those equipped boiug tho Luc) y Queen with 10 stamps, l'aby with two s'.aii'is, Gopher with four slai ips, O10 Fiuo with a 60-ton cyauido p!ant, Mt. Pitt with a double-bed arratre uud the Ilammersley with five stamps, There are six working placer l iims, some of which aro among the l.irgest' lu tho eonuty. It is conceded by miners familiar with the district that within the next few years tho Jump-off-Jot district will be one of the largest aud best miuiug distriots iu Southern Ore gon aud the pay roll and the other businoss derived from theso mines will be a considerable factor lu tne business prosperity of Threo Piues. That Throe Pines will become one ot tlie growing, prosperous towns of Josephine county is qt.ito certain to come to pass, f.ir it has the natural advantages and those backed with the energy and publio spirit of Messrs. Howlaud & Cook, w ho will nse every effort to push its iut crests, w ill make it a safe investment. . BARGAINS BARGAINS Diva REHOVhL sale We have to move. We have crowded ourselves out of our present location. We Will Pay Yotj to Hblp Ui Get Into tub Bio Bcildino. THIS IMMENSE STOCK. MUST GO Everything at a Discount Furniture, Carpets, Wall Taper, Tortieres, Trunks, Lace Curtains, Rugs, Mattings, Tents, Pictures, Cut Glass, Stoves, Ranges, Heaters, Kitchen Utensils, Dinuerware, Chiuaware, Lamps, Baby Carriages, Silverware, Clock, Cutlery. During This Sale Our Terms Will Be Cash This is an opportunity that you cannot afford to miss 10 to 50 per ce'ut off means many bar gains to you. Sale will continue until we move. Thomas (Si O'Neill, X3ho Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. Cured Paralyill. W. S. Bailey, P. O. Trne, Texas, writes: "My wife had been Buffering five years with paralysis in her arm, when I was persuadod to nse Baallrd's Snow Liniment, whloh oared her all right. I have alio used it for aid sores, frostbite and skin eraptloos. It does the work." 3Ao, too, 1.00 at Modle Drug store and Rotnrmands. The Jury of Award at the Bt Loois Exposition has spent a good doal of timo examining into the merits of the several typewriters on exhibition. The Visible Writing Underwood was awaided the Grand Prise on every point. The Oregon Underwood Agency is at 6ft Front St., Portland, and will furnish a catalogue ou application. RURAL TELEPHONE LINES Many r&rmer Will Soon Hav Communication With World. Prize Voting Contest IS NOW OPEN A BEAUTIFUL SILK FLAG Will be presented by local merchants to the most popular School, Church, Lodge P i claim ti : beeu ti . .i.;l or on.anization in Grunts l'ass. i . . ') :; oti-; are dcpoMUd with the First National Rank of Southern 1 1 ! 1'KICIC by the merchants ictircscnted in this space, one v ti.:y . ' .:eii' : .oKS, OyyOKS LIMITED K.icli iiKiel .ant begins with j,ouj coupons, and when the balnnce of too, 000 coupons are ilsttcd tlie contest will . i -all jt boxes are located in tacit .stoic giving coupons. Watch this spate for weekly results of the voting. Olhcr very attractive features Are shown 011 the voting; coupons' and lare window cards. Still' and Soft HaU... Do you want a new one ? Take a look at ours. GI'O. S. CALHOUN CO. Coupons- WILX BK GIVKN' AT V Hieycle Don. Dry Goods, Shoes, Umbrellas, Our Lines are Complete. R. O. McCKOSKEY. , For Views of Koguc River and Crater Lake Call 0:1 C. L. CLLVKXGLK. THE RIG STOKE DRV GOODS CLOTHING SIIOKS R. L. COE & CO. YOU Mill SURE meat cuts if you order of good from Hummer & Martin, City Meat Market. S ) II. C. RORZIEN TIIK .GROCF.R Supplies only the best of everything S' 11 1 orders to White House Grocery. Pay your subscription to The Ko.uv River Courier NOW Au! ;;ct soiae Coupons U YOU l-T.KL BAD Go to ROTERMUNI) HK SELLS 'DRUGS. SPECIAL HALF PRICE CLOSING OUT SALE OF TRIMMED HATS AT MISS IDA WESTON'S THOMAS & O'NEILL THE HOUSE FURNISHERS are making a Removal Sale. I). M. DePUY Sills SWEET THINGS NUTS CIGARS Home-made Candles The rural telephone is baking a good start In Josephine ooflnty and by the oloso of tho present year all the prlucipal distriots of tho county will be oonuooted by this modern necessity. A line is being built from Merlin to Oalloe, that will be 15 miles long and will supply a large mining distriot It is being built by the Galioe Con solidated Mines Co. Iu the vioiuity of Kurby there aro now two rural Hues oounooting with the longdistanoa lino. One Is owned by Smook & Daily of Holland and extends from Korbr to Holland. The second line . is a farmer's lino aud lias 11 phonos on its circuit A third line is to be soou pat iu that will extend from Kerby to tho Sucker Creek distriot. This lino lias 18 subscribers and ' suveral more, aro expeetod to take phones. The farmers ou Applogate and Williams Greek are planning to pat in rural Hues. N. E. Provolt is at tbe head ot tho undertaking and he has wrlttcti to O. O. Olum, manager for this icoauty for tho Pacifio States Telopliouo & Telegraph Company, for information relative to installing a line lu that vicinity. Three rural linos could bo ojierated. from Provolt, 0110 up tlio Applegute, one down the Applegato and 0110 np Williams Creek. Mr. Oium suites if those lines are pot In, he will install a central at Pro- volt sud would give free switching to all the subscribers oil the three Hues and oonmotion with liraut Pass and other sections of tho county by tho long distance lines, tho latter servico would not bo paid for by their monthly rental of 60 cents, the pnoe that will be ohargud for rural phones, but will bo charged extra as is douo with all subscribers. Tho miners aud farmors on Jump-off-Joo are planning to install a rural telephone lino to couuuot that settle ment with Grants Pass and they ox peot to have a toluphoue service early iu the spring by the time they get their rural mail service iu operutiou. As to the cost of theso rural lines, Manager Oiuui states that' tho wiro aud Insulators will cost about (10 pttr mile. The Company furnish tlio phones, but tho subscribers pay for putting np the line and payareutal of 60 cents a mouth for their telu phouu servico. Orauts Paul now has 218 phones, a gaiu of over 60 since last August. Manager (hum expects to niako a greater gaiu this year as tho company will shortly put lu additional cables aud doublo the tiio of the switch board so that new olroults may bo put ou. Most of the town circuits havo all tlio phones tliey will carry aud but few more phones can be pot ib until additional circuits are In stalled. t In Leather There is an aadleM variety of Collar aid Cuff Boxes, Card Cam, Bill Book, Traveling Sets, Military Brushes, Ludi Hand Bags, Burnt Leather Koveltiri At Oleics Bsua Dctjf a J 1