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VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY j4 1905. Ko. 48. ROOSEVELT TO INVESTIGATE Standard Oil Methods Investigate the and Vou Following. Should A good six room boose with cellar, woodshed, and toreroom, well on porch, first-class windmill, large tank, three chicken booses with parks, a finerabbitry, two arcs in good healthy fruit and an abundance of berries. Ezellent river bottom loam soil and an abntidancce of flowers. The place is in good repair and is a bargain at (1600. A good hard-finislied honse of six rooms with pantry and summer kitch en ; close in for (1250. A small pay ment down and the balance the same as good rent gets this place. A nice residence lot for (05. 26 acres of the very best river bot tom loam soil one and one-half miles from Grants Pass. Six acres in choice fruit, eighteen acres in hops and a good assortment of shrubbery. A good five-room cottage and barn. Prioe only (2600. Terms easy. (No. 808.) No, 823. A 10-acre fruit farm ; good river bottom soil, trees of excellent variety and in good condition. A first class, hard-finished, five-room cot tage, two chicken bouses, three wells and a good windmill and tank. Buildings new. A bargain at (2100. Two acres of ground and a good seveu room, plastered house, good work shop, cellar, barn, woodshed, chicken houso uud park. Many nice shade trees on place. Good water. Price ouly (1.000. Will accept half cash. If you want to buy, see us. If you want to sell, see us. If you are intending to come to this part of the country, write us. Sherman & Ireland, rjA Real Estate Men. Masonic Temple Bldg. coccoocccccoccccccccccccx fit SOUTHERN OREGON MINES 1 '""rri""" i Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAID BP CAPITAL STOCK 2S,00O.0O. Transacts a general banking business. Kecelvw deposits subject to check or on demand certificates Our customers are assured of couneous treatment and every consideratioa ooe slstent with sound banking principles. af.ty depoitt boxes lor rent. J . KHAN K WATHOS, Pres. K. A. BOOTH, Vice-Pres. U. L. JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK sno.ooo.oo. pavabie on demand. Receive deposits subject to cheek or on certificate payable on i Sells slKbt drafts on New York, Ban Francisco and Portland. ri i.i i.A..ura -..I, n aM tu.inta in tlie Cnlted Htales Special attention given to collections and general business of our customers. Collections made throughout (Southern Oregon, and on accessible points. R. A. IIOOTH, Vrea 3 C. CAMPBELL, Vlce-Pres. H. L. UILKKY, I asbier Bert Barnes, At Clemens' Reliable Watchmaker Grants Pass, Ore. lAAA fk AAA SEWING MACHINES FRoyi $22.00 UP NEWCOODSI NEW PRICES I ' Prices: $22.00, 23 00, 24.00, 2 5 00. 28.00, 3J.0D, 32 50, 33.00, 40.00, 45 03, 50.00. ... . ir.. uil .i!r.. tn tin itpni.tp ninl av vi .11 the airent's coliilnis- i.,n Cull at the store or write (r catalogue. Headquarters tor tteedles and parts lor all machines. We pay the freight. C. U. CAIlDIN'KI.Ii. 1. (. Hoi t)tS, Ashland, Oregon. New Ore Bodies at Greenback. R.N. Bishop, superintendent for the Greenback Mining Company and for the Matha Mining Company, was in Grants Pass Wednesday and Thurs day of this week. Of the opening up of a new aud extensive body of ore at the Greenback mine, Superintendent Bishop stated that the discovery was neither of extraordinary size nor of fabulous richness as had been reported in Grants Pass, but that the ore body had the size aud valuus that were highly satisfactory to his company. The Greeuback, as nearly all other ledges in Southern Oregon, alter nately widen aud narrow and miners in following a lodgo will find that it will all bat pinch out and then further on widen out into an exten sive ore body, ibis is the condition at the Greenback ledge, and is the base for the reports that are spread about from time to time that that famous mine has about played out. But about the time the wiseacres would get the report fully noised about, the extension work at the mine would show up another big ore body and the old Greenback would con tinue its regular dividouds, which for the capital in visited, has been the largest of any mine on the Pacific Coast. The Greouback Company is a close corporation and no stock is on the market, the majority of it being held by V. H, Brevoort, of Jfew York. Sensational reports of fabu lous finds are never sent out by Green back Company to influence its stock, nor is the output of the mine ever made public, though it is known that the Company's expenditures for labor and material in Josephine, county have exceeded a million dollars, which makes it certain that its output has been far in excess of that sum. The reocut find at tho Geeuback was made on the 600, 700 and U00 foot levols and at the point now reached by the drifts, the led go shows a width of 21 feet of ore caryiug good values aud every indication is that the body is oue of the most extensive yet opened up at that mine. It is certain that the 20 stumps that are in operation day day and uight at tho Greenback will run through niauy thousand tons of ore befute another pinch is encountered and more reports go out that the old Greenback is on the vergo of playing oat. Supt. Bishop stated that development work was progressing satisfactory at the Martha niiuo. Though considerable depth had been reached, no large ore body had been found. Develop ment work will bo continued with a oublo shift, men and power drillus until it the lodno is fully explored ind its vuluu ascertained and tho re- ults warrraut it tho company will permanent -THE- NEW MEAT MARKET QU8TAV KARNER, PROPRIETOR Manufacturer of til kinds o foreign and domestio Sausages. Pork Packer and dealer in all kinds of First-cla99 Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats, Wholesale and Ketail M.la Slrsci. Wast of Palsee Hotel TELEPHONE 273 MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADDOCK, Proprietor. I am prepared to furnish anything in the line of Cemetery work in any kind of Marble or Granite. Nearly thirty years of experience in the Marble business warrants my sajin lht I ran fill vour orders in the very best manner. r.n tumi.h work Id Scotch. Swede or American (iranite or any kind of Marble. Front street, next to Greene's Uunshop. Griiut Pass Gleaning and Dye ...Works... Steam Cleaning, Pressing and Dyeing for Gentlemen's Goods. A Suit a week cleaned and mend ed for $1.50 per month. French Dry Cleaning for Ladies' Goods, Furs and Gloves. Prices reasonable. Goods called for and delivered. W. A. CORNISH Proprietor, West Front Street. Grants Past. - Oregon High grade ore in small lot bought. W. O. Wright eroot a mill aud mining opcations. The Greenback company is one of the big road building of Josephine county aud has expended over 12,000 on the wagons roads from tho railroad at Leland and at Wolf Creek to their mine at Greenback. Even now Superintendent Bishop has five men aud a team at work macadamizing the new road from Greenback to Wolf Creek. Fine rock from the mine is used aud when this road is completed it will be one of the best iu Josephine county. This road is a priviato oue the county having neither located it nor contributed to its construction, yet it is used by all the residents of the section and will become a most imiiortaut factor iu the development of the mineral, farm aud timber re sources of a large district of Jose phine county The construction of this road entailed a big expense on tho Greenback company, which on this road alone has aid out sotno 7,000 aud a request was made that tho county contribute (1,000 toward the construction of a bridge and the ma cadamzng that 1b required to complete tho road. Though the county judge favored tho appropriation, the com missioners decided to hold the matter over nntil the next term of court, un til a personal examination of tho road could be made by the members of the county court. As the county has aided road building to the Galice aud other mining districts, it is but fair that the county assist the Greenback road aud it is quits certain that at tho first term the appropriation will be mude. Superintendent Bishop states that ho will make no further application the county oourt for an apropriatlon but will proceed aud complete the road aud give the public the free use of it, though if the couuty sees fit to aid in the completion of the road his com pany will accept whatever is just iu the matter. W. It. NIl'I'KU. K. V. SMITH. WOOD Y.Vl 1 1 Grants Pass Fuel Co. ThirJ Street Between II and I We can supply you with some of the best wood to be had. GIVE IS A TRIAL OKDLR Cash Paid for Wood. Josephine County Real Estate Co. Coudier Building, GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Improved Farms in Jackson, Josephine, Douglas and Linn Counties, rr 1 31 1$ it 11 In Largo and Small Tracts ill Washington, Oregon and California. 3L I iv i: n Placer and Ouart. in Southern Ore gon, Uovoiopwi aim uniievciupcu, rang ing ill price lrom to f.jo.wo. CITY PROPERTY! Vacant lots and Residences; Busi-1 ness nouses; orocery, uaruwarr, Feed, General Merchandise and Meat Market. One. Two. Three, rive, aud leu Acre Tracts iu any part of the City. 3t I Is lu S Flour aud Lumber. Below wo givo some of our bargains. Ko. 21 1180 acres placer laud, No. 1 giant, WK) feet pipe, ditch and res ervoir, good buildings, lann wen um bered, easy ti ruis. Price S...UW. Jiiue now in operation. No. 24W Quartz mine, vein 11 feet wide, .aid to assay to 10 per tou. So. 11? Oue acre, 6-rootu house, all kinds of fruit, good engine pump aud tank, all piped, chicken houso, ! baru, and other out-buiidiugs. Price, $UU0. No. 82 Two lots, 6-room house, pautry, woodshed, good well, nice hade trees. Price f 00. No. Bi-'i 1'''0 acres farming land, 10 acres bottom laud, balance bench laud, good irrigating ditch IW inches water will cover HO acres of tha bot tom land. Good house and barn, good well, creek running through the place, 20 acres iu cultivation. Price I'i00. l)0 down, balance on long time. 18 head of cattlo at market price If desired. No. 8214 acres good garden or fruit laud, one liooso U!i, oue house lKx'il with L, l'ii.'l, 1 story, three liviug springs, barn, clie.k'-n house and woodshed. Good fireplace, taratx-s, apples, pruu s, peaches, pears and berries of all kiuds. Laud in oloscd with picket fence. Price J5'JU No. iH 10 room bouse, 0 acres good land, good oul-bulldings, good : well, big tank, good fence, for the small sum of (JM. I No. 1219 acres good bottom land, all iu choice bearing, fruit trees. I No. 1)27 One lot on Sixth street, new 3-ioow house at II'), ' No. ij:)7 10 acre good rich river bottom land, jO buarlng fruit trw. all varieties. Nw 6-r.H:m house. hard fil.i.h, 3 wells, tank aud wind 'mill, small barn, 3 chicken houses. Price -!10a Installing Milling PIe.nl. The Michigan Mining & Milling Co. are losing uo tnun in equipping their property near Murphy and are rushing the work as fast as the voatheraud tho unfavorable statu of the roads will permit. Tho ma chinery will arrive from Portland this week. The hauling is boiug done by Capt. Mclntiro's string of mole teams and commenced early this week in tho transportation of brick to be useds in placing the machinery. The roads betweon Grants Pass aud Murphy aro iu had condition for heavy hauling but to wait for them to improve would mean a delay of several months. The work of moving aud installing tho machinery will be pushed with all poxsiBlo speed and it is expected that tho null will be grinding oro by the firttt of April. New buildings, bunk houses, cook houses, odice, etc., have recently been completed and Iho mill building' is nearly finished. The camp is located about a mile above Murphy and about half a inilo from the Ajipli gato river. Thu company are installing an In ternational mill, crusher and con centrator. Tho clashing device of this mill consists of two cylinders, ono revolving inside tho other, operat ing under forced feed. Power will be furnished by a poller and engine, the former of aud the latter of horse power. Tho equipment will Include separatores, vanneis, steam hoists aud nil details necessary to the suc cessful operation of a quart, mine. It is thu luteiitioii also to install a pumping plant to bring water from the Applcgut". It is not expected that it will bo necessary to operato tho pump more than a few months In thu year as during tho remainder of tho tiuie sullicient water for the mine's operation may bo secured from the small streams of tho vicinity. Development of the lulun has been going on for somu time past and a very marked improvement both in the si.e of thu vein and tho quality of the ore is evideut as depth is attaiued. The lodge 01 tho surface has a width of 20 inches. At a depth of 0 feet the width had increased to three feet. Sinking is being done along the side of .the vein which is cross cut only at intervals. The ore carries high grade values throughout with some chutes of con- iderablo ricbue.s, oue of the latent assays made showing values of about 10 to the tou. A very large pro- portion of tho ore is free milling. A late test of concentrates showed values of (:)',!, while at the surface a similar test gave values of f M, showing a very substantial Improvement in the character of the ore with the depth attaiued. A very important advantage possess ed by this property Is its easy accessi bility. It Is situated alout eight miles from Grauts Pans and uear the main road leading up the north side of the Applegate. The camp, -though half a mile distant from the river. has an elevation of ouly 2'.j feet above the stream bed, being reached by gentle grades, a feature of con siderable iuqiortance when the ques tion of transportation is considered. The Michigan Mining & Milling Co. is a corporation with headquarters at Charlotte, Mich. R. L. Bowers, secretary of the company, is the local representative and W. T. Perry is acting as manager of the mine. Royal Group of Gal Ice. The Old Channel mines or Royal Group of Galioe are being operated to full rapacity by J. R. Harvey, this property having excellent water rights that defy the unusually dry season. Mr. Harvey is working this year, as for two years past on the Rocky Gulch side of the channel, dumping tho debris into that stream iutsead of Rich gulch as formerly. Two giauts are being operated un der a pressure of 610 feet Tho bank has a height of about 100 feet aud carries gold from the surface to the bedrock. Very few boulders are encountered, but the ground is gener ally quite compact, necessitating the use of a strong pressure behind the giauts. Considerable powder is also used to loosen the grouud and facili tate working. The wator supply is derived from two creeks, the right hand fork of Galioe aud from Rocky Gulch. This mine has been in operation for some 10 years, aud as yet, in compar ing the giouud worked with that which remains, ouly a beginuiug has been made. The gigautio old channels of Galice on which this placer is located are wonders in their lino aud the anjouut of aurifeioui gravel contained in them is seem ingly inexhaustible. These channels lio hundreds of feet above the proseut lovel of the river and the giants, thus lifted out of the otherwise muffling canyons, roar with a volume of sound that can be heard for miles in any direction. Every detail of this mine; tho banks, the dump, the pressure and tho equipment is grandly large. Since the mine has been operating under the present management, it has been greatly improved in its equip ment. The ditches have been en larged aud the pipe renewed with strength sufficient to withstand the whole pressure of 500 feet. Prior to that time, although the whole fall Was available, ouly 350 foot pressure had beuu used. GRANTS PASS MAILSERVICE Four Rural Routes Likely and City Fres Dllvry Possible. Galice Consolidated. Win. Ryan, a well known miner of this oouuty aud now acting as fore man tor the Galice Consolidated Minus Go. was in Grauts Pass this week taking a brief vacation from work. M. Ryan says that tho scar city of water has caused the company to temporarily shut down all but oue of their giants durlug tho present week. The work of opening the oreek channel was resumed this week and a line of pipe has been laid to sluice out the gravel and debris near tho mouth of the creek aud make an opening for the big double flumes, tho construction of which was begun last fall. The tlumes will lie continued up tho oreek until bedrock Is reached when It will bo feasible to sluice ont the channel with its accumulation of gild. This project, when com- pioieu, win open many uar. ui hiiowm j richness along Galice creek, which could uot hitherto be diaiuud. Bad for Dry Gulch Miners. The dryness of the present winter is affecting the work at many of the placer mines in Southern Oregon and there is oue class of the miners to whom the weather is exceptionally u 11k mil. These are the men known as tho "dry gulch" miners. Iu the higher gulches aud on hill benches iu Josephine couuty are a considerable number of uiiuers of this class and the aggregate amouut of gold brcught iu annually by them, helps very materially to swell tho gold output of Southern Oregou. Some of these men make good livings from their diggings by only a few weeks work iu thu year as they have water for op eration only in the wettest portion of the rainy season. Their mining ground is usually limited iu area, though often remarkably rich. These small placers, where the water supply will uot justify hydraulic equipment, are usually worked by the pick aud hovel and ground sluice methods. C. II. Parks, a former well known mining man of this district, but uow residing at Eugene, passed through Grauts Pass on the Sunday morning's traiu, bound for Gran. Valley, Cali fornia, where he has some mining interests. Mr. Parks is also interest ed in the liohemla district. There is a likelihood that he will again make Grants Pass bis headquarters aud Invest iu Southern Oregon mines ho has come to the couolusion that this section is proving to be oue of the most promising miuiug secitous of the Pacific Coast. Our lit'Ie men's suits this morning. Take a goods and prices. Guo. Co. just arrived look at tho & Calliouu J. E. Loom Is, of Galice was iu Grauts Pass this week. Mr. Loomis reports plenty oflife and enterprise in Iho miuiug camp of Galice, though the plaoer industry, up to the preseut week at hast, has not been up to its usual standard on ' account cf the abuormal shortness of the water supply, ouly two of the principal liydiaullo properties operat ing under a foil head. The copper properties about Galice are develop ing at an astonishing rate and it seems probable the section will be come an important producer of this mineral. To Care a Cold In On Day Take LAXATIVE liKOMO gtlN- INK Tablets. All druggists refund the mouey of it fails to care. K. W. Grove's signalers Is Bosaeb bcx. SOo. Rural free mail dollevry route, No. 1, of Grauts Pass, is to begin service March 1st, the date of beginuiug having been postponed from February 15, owing to the delay iu securing a carrier. Wm. L. Jewell, a sou Of Stephen Jewell, a farmer liviug south of this oity, having successfully pissed the examinatlou, 1 has been given the position and next Wednes day he will make bis Initial trip over rthe route, which is from Grauts Pass by way 0 the lower road to Jump-off-Joe aud thence up that stream to the npper road to Grauts Pass over which the return will be made. Mr. Jewell will nse a horse aud light wagou ou his trips and iu addition to the mall, will carry small parcels aud passengers, the rules of the rural service permitting him to do this so long as he makes his trips within the schedule time. His sohedulu requires that ho leave Grants Pass at t) a. m. aud arrive back at 8 p. in. The dis tance he will travel will be about 24 miles. Oue postofflco, Winona, will be discontinued and considerable mail that now is handled from Grants Pass, Morlin and Hugo, will be handled by this route. It will cause a number of lock and call boxes iu the Grauts Pass olllco to be given op by the holders, who will hereafter get their mail by rural route lint there will bo no vaoaut hoioi iu the office In this city as they will be taken so soon as released for there is a greater demand for boxes than Postmaster Harmon is able to supply. It is quite oertalu that Grants Pass is soon to have two more rural mail routes aud eventually will havo the fourth route. A petition is uow being circulated to ask the postal depart ment to establish route to embrace the tnriito'y between Grants Pass aud Morlin aud west of this oity ou the north sldo of Rogue river. The third routo, for which a petition is shortly to be circulated, is to embrace the territory ou tho south side of Rogue river to the south and west of Grants Pass. Thu fourth route. which will probably uot be petitioned for before another year, will embrace the territory to the east of Grauts Pass, the route being ou the north side of Rogue river aud back by way of the south side of the river. These rural routes will add very considerable to the revenue of the Grauts Pais postoRlce and it will uiako it certain that the Income for this olllco will bo brought up to thu $10,000 limit, per year, that Is re quirud to secure a city fruo delivury service. The revenuo of the Grants Paspostofllee is now only about f.'OO short of the limit, which at the rate it is increasing, will lie reached by the close of another quarter. Hut to be entitled to a fruo delivery sor vice, a postolflco must have uot les than $10,000 of income for four coll secutive quarters, 0110 year, so under lie most favorable conditions, it will be more tbau a year hence before Grants Pass can secure a free de livery service. There is no doubt but what the city could uow bo hav ing free delivery had all thu stamps used in the city been purchased at the Grauts Pass postolllee. A number of tho stores havo ail extensive mall order business with thu country dis tricts of Southern Oregon anil some of the big stores get iu several hundred dollars worth of stamps each year, some getting more than they can use and have a surplus to sell to oilier parties. The money order and regis try department salso yield considerable revenue and it would lie an easy mat ter for that income to tie doubled for the U rants Pass olllou by a proper effort ou thu part of tho business men of the oity, thus hastening their much needed free delivery service. The free dulivoryof the mails has become an absolute necessity for Grants Pass as tho city has become so hiigu that the box and window delivery system will no longer meet the demands of the patrous of the olllco. Thero aro now not enough lock and call boxes to supply the demaud aud Postmaster liarmou dues uot fuel that he is justl flea iu putting iu moru boxes, as he has to do that at his own expense, while the government guts the entire reutaL So soon as free delivery would be established, the botes would be Sjiscoutiuuud aud he would have them on his hands to soil the bust he could. The window delivery has be come to be a very serious annoyance to those gettiug their mail by the geueral delivery, for meu, women and children are compelled to fall in line and often stand nearly half an hoar, while the mail is being workud aud those ahead of them are being 'served. The growth of the city has I place uiauy of thu business men at such a distance from the postollloe that it Is a serious iucouveuleuce to them to leavu their stores or olllce aud go for their mall the three times daily that is uow their rale. The ouly relief from this unsatisfactory service Is to secure a free delivery of the mails by carriers. The better meat of this public utility is a matter that the Grants Pass Miuers Auocia tiou could well take up aud secure the co-operation of ths business meu in working to increase the reveuue of the posiotllee op to tho $111,000 and the establishment of a city free delivery survive. REMOVAL SALE! Vc arc making very special prices ou everything trom V ..... 10 to 50 per cent Discount Buy now a Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Earned. Thomas . O'Neill, tX6e Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. sVsrsTfTse EVANGELISTIC . CAMPAIGN Grants Pass to Have Services of a Noted Preacher and a Singer. The evangellstio campaign now 00 iu Grauts Pass will be given a big im petus by the arrival next Wednesday of the world famous evangelists Rev. f J st KUV. DANIEL 8. aud I). 8. Toy of Ilaltimoro, Md., I'rank Dixon, Dublin, Ireland. These evangelistls recently closed a most successful series of meetings III Medford and are now In Ashland win re they are having equally as good success. Lev. Toy Is a stout, ronud-faced pleasant appearing man, wih a good oiumaud of language and his sermons aro full of fire and force and abound n good common sense and appeal in st convincingly to his hearers, lie ias beeu au evaugelist for 37 years mil been ill nearly all tho states of he Uuiou. Ho has beeu a on-worker with Moody, Jones and thu other noted evangelists and his work has leen complimented by them all. Mr. Dixon, thu singing evangelists, s a tall man, with the genial )iersun- allty of a true sou of Kriu. Hu has baritone voice of great strength, ami of wonderful pathos and dramatic power. His enunciation is perfect and every word of his sacred songs an be heard with distinctness Iu all parts of tho largest churches. Mr. Dixon's singing has a most wonderful influence on an audience and awakens their luterest iu the services to a 'ively degree. The ovangepsts will hold tli.ilr first mooting next Wednesday evening in the Presbyterian church and will be continued daily the tuoueeding two weeks. ' The singing will be a strong feature of the meetings and in addition to the solos by Mr. Dixon, a large choir ol the best singors of the oity will lead in the congregational singing. All the mlnistors of the oity are assisting In this evagelistio campaign and in promises to be notable event in the religious history of Grants Pass. The cottage prayer meetings in 88 or 24 dlstriot sections of the oity each night, have been well attended and the interest has oontinually Increased. It Is confidently expected that the iuterost in all these services will cu mulative, so tbat when the Evange lists airlve and take charge next Wed nesday, they will flud the way well preparor?. If Grauts Pass will only realize its opportunity, it may receive such au uplift spiritually and morally will leave an impress for righteous ness for many years to come. One only dnends to read in the dally papers of the great work in Denver, where the legislature adjourned and the busl- uess house closed at the mayor's re- puest to attend the revival meetings; of liurlingtou, Iowa, Kansas Oity and Los Angoles ; of Schenectady and Pittsburg, which have been stirred as never before In their History, to know that this is no local spasm, bet a great wave of rigtheousnesa, sweep ing over . our nation. The Dally newspapers of Loudon, England, have lv ! A if Mil. FRANK DIXON. astaudiug heading, "The Revival in Wales," under which they are giving daily reports of the great awaking in that country. Such news is super (CWeHM- on Third Pagt.) 4 I am Closing Out LEED'S DISC RECORDS 75c Records at 50c Each No more at tho price when these aro sold. W. A. PADDOCK Kast of Depot Grants Pass, Oregon