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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRAKTS PARR, OREGON. FEBRtAfcV u, fo ROQUE RIVER QEANTS PASS, OBEUOK. ' OOTJMTT JOFFICUL PAPER. PuMlshad Every Thursday ubaorlDtlon IRataa i On Yaar, la adyanoa, ij Month, ... Tkraa Month, ... taglaUafM, Advartlalng Rataa Farnlahad on application at the office, or " ObtuariM and resolution, of con- aolcooa will ba rhargwl fur at 6c per line; aara of wane ouo- A. X. VOOBHIES, Propr. IXWt Oregon, a aoond-elas mail matter. COURIER) tl'atioD of tba Opp'a 10 stamp mill which It ftnlemQly aHerta la the "flrat" in Southern Oregon, ilefore the "Boortor" roniorm another min ing article, it uhoolil inform itaulf in aoina degree at loant an to the faoti in the cae. It might, with profit Itiarn that there are in Jowphlne county alone, anmo .10 or 40 quartz mill, ranging in also from 30 stamp down; that about 150 gianta are at work in the county notwithstanding ita anwirtion that the "annda" have given ont. Moau while there aeeum to be work for thn Oregon Dovelop meut Loagoe and Tom Kichardaon in correcting , ignorant and niinlitading tatementa ia rngard to Oregon. II. M .7 .40 .06 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1906. Tba cur of Buaaia la placed in an noomfortabla predicament aud new trouble bav oome to disturb hia rent. If be yield! to the demand! of the people, the autocracy will foroe Mm to real ga bia erown. If lie does not ooooede reform, be may loae his life which la worth somewhat more than the orown. His position is nnttaay to aay the least The trial in the laud f ran da canes will begin about the flrnt of June, aooordlng to the statement of District Attorney Ueney. These trials wuie to have been in April, but the amount of work before the grand jury at that time will cause a delay iu the oourt proceedings. This urogram is nut satisfactory to Senator Mitchell who aaya be will insist on an early trial. Kansas again occupies the Held in the constitutional arena, this time in ber wax on the Standard Oil trout, Combatting the woll known niuthod of that oonoern by autl-mouopoly legislation. There is a great pressure of popular opinion that lias forced the legislature to adopt the ineanurtw whioh are passed to give the oil pro ducer of the state relief from the oppression which the big corporation Imposes. A copy of th "Oregon Ilooster" published in Portlnud and dulod February 18 has reached our exchange table. It is a paper published os tensibly to promote the progress of Oregon, bat some of the attempts in that direction have a jarring influence on the reader who Is lu any meaxure acquainted with the condition which the "Booster" attemps to de lineate. An article on Southern Ore gon mines is especially full of as tonishing statements. We read that "the flrat ten sUmp mill in Southern Oregon was installed a few weeks ago at the Opp mine near Jaoksou vllle." The artiole states further that this property was .worked many years ago as a placer but that only of recent years has It been mined for quart. The "Booster" says alxo that many millions were taken from the "sands" of Southern Oregon streams 40 years ago, but adds that when the "sauds" gave out, mining ceased. No "ooaoerted" effort, li ays, baa ever been made to develop the ledge from which the gold came. Th "Booster" Is oouddeut that there Is plenty of gold in Southern Oregon and prediota an early boom for the district, probably to follow the iu. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION For Crania Pe.ee By the Oregon Good Roads Association. The Grants Pass Miners Associa tion Is co-operating with County Judge J. O. Booth, who is vice president of the Oregon Good Koadt AHsociation, is arranging for a meet ing in Grants Pass on Monday and 1'uenduy, March 20 and 21, of the Oregon Good Roads Association. Prior to this yeur the Oregon Oeod Uoaiis Association has only held au uul meetings and these have teen held In Portland, or some Willamette Valley city, thu last one being held at . Kalein. At this last session, Judge Booth got an amendment through which provided that in the future the AnHociatiou should hold four meetings each year, oue lu Southern Oregon, oue iu KiihIitii Oregon, one in Portland and oue iu the Willamette Valley. Southern Oregon was to have the first meeting for lUUii and to Grants Pass wns given the honor of entertaining the Asso ciation. No sihicIuI date was fixed for these meetings and the time of holding the oue in this'cltv has been arruuged for by Judge Booth aud President Maugum of the Miners As sociation in conjunction with Judge John 11. bcott of Salem, president of the Oregon Good Rouds Association. W. H. Cowan, general tutsseugnr and freight agent for the Ore gon lines of thu Southern 1'aciilo, is also heartily co-operating to make the onu volition a success for his com pany has a large interest iS'the roads of Southern Oregon for their better ment would add greatly to the tralllc over its lines. The State Agricultural College and the Statu University will each assist, as these lnntliniinu have joined lu the good roads move ment for Oregoti. The Grants Pass Woman's Club Will bo asked to take charge of the musical features of the meetings and to suiieriuteiid the decorating of the opera house in which thu convention is to be held. The Grunts Pass Miners Association will meet the lliiauoial obligations of the oouveu I ion, and leave no elfort undone that this mooting shall equal, If not excel. aJ or r gathering of the Oregon Good Roads Association. As Omm I'ass never does things In a halfway manner, it is safe to assume that this good roads convention will be a success iu every particular. It is ex- eetod to have prominent speakers from abroad to address the oonven- Does this Interest You? Extract from a lntter from a man la the East. Sherman b Ireland, Grants Faas, Oregon. Gentlemen --I vlah. to start In the saw mill and lumber business and would like to know the. price of timber lands per acre location and quality of timber. Also would like to know the names of parties who want more capital and would take my capital and services. I want to get In with some reliable party who has a business started and with whom I might Invest with the privilege of farther Investments from time to time as the business grows and prospers. Very truly jours, If this Inquiry Interests you, call and see us at once, or write stating what you have and terms. Wo now have several good propositions on our llt but always strive to give our customers the best that can be had for the money. , SHERMAN a IRELAND, Room 10 evfid 12 Ma.aof.lc Temple. THE REAL ESTATE MEN. tioo, among whom will be Judge John II. Scott, president at the Oregon Good Roads Association, Governor Chamberlain, Dr. Withyoornb, director of the State Agricultural College and several other leaders In the Oregon good roads movement. The first ses sion of the convention will be held Monday afternoon, when addresses of welcome will be made on behalf of Grants Pass aud the various counties of Southern Oregon and responses by the officers of the Oregon Good Roads Association. These to be followed by an address by Governor Chamberlain. At the Monday evening session in ad dition to the princial address, an address will be given by an expert on the various methods of road con struction aud of the kinds and cost of road building machinery. This ad dress will he Illustrated by stureopti con views Tuosday forenoon and afternoon will be devoted to addresses by promineut seakers from abroad aud to the business of the Associa tion. Tuesday evening will bo de voted to an experience meeting, as it may bo called, at which ten-minut talks will be given by promineut men of Southern Oregon. At this session the question will bo considered of or ganizing a Southern Oregon Good Koads Association. The work of this will be to hold meetings in the various towns aud farm districts of this part of the state aud work up an aotivo Interest in the hottoriiiout of the road that the development of the country may be pushed at a more rapid rate than is now possible with a mud blockade baring all progress for six months of each year. Intersjiersed in the pro gram for tli o various sessions will be vocal and Instrumental selections and other features to be supplied by the Grants Pass Woman's Oluh. Personal invitations will bo sent to all county and town officials and prominent men iu Southern Oregon to attend the convention and a special effort will be made to secure the at tendance of all road supervisors. It will be pruotically mandatory on the road supervisors ot Josephine county to attend, for a supervisor who takes so little Interest iu the duties of his office as not to (are to attend the con vention, unless prevented liy sickness or other sufficient reason, aud post himself on the methods of uiodeu road building as explained by the exerts Id tbolr addresses, will stand little likelihood of reappointment for a suc ceeding term. The business men of Grant Pass are heartily supporting the good roads movement and Hill co-operate in every way possible tfltli the Oregon Good Roads Association in making their convention in this city a success, they fully realizing that good roads mean more to the prosperity of Grants Pass than any other factor that is concerned iu the development of this section of Oregon. Leland Siftlnge. We have no siokness to report; some few have colds. The Martha quartz mine on Wolf Greek is developing into a good rich ledge It is of good width and also assay well. Bird are singing, frogs make the nights ring with squeaking voices. To all appearances, spring is here. Winter we have had none. Report from Mr. Philips, the proprietor of the Hotel Lolantl, says that business is good. He is a very congenial and obliging to his guests. There was a big dauoe at Leliiud last week a Leland Hall is oue of the finest halls in Southern Oregon, those who attend may onjoy a good dauoe. Mrs. Anderson, from lower Grave creek made our burg a visit last week. She report everybody well iu that vicinity, but dry weather for the miner. The railroad acorn pany is surveying and setting grade stakes for the diff erent bridges in this vicinity, with a view of Ailing all bridges and treaties with the steam shovel. Some placer miners are prosper! ing in the vicinity of Tuuuul . The formation of the ground is good in this locality for gold, although a large amouut of the land is owned by different parties. We are having frosty nights; the days are warm aud sunshiny. Fine weather for farming aud for wood cutters; but very bad for placer minors as we have had but one rain to soak the giound this winter. One thing lacking in our town is a sewer system whioh our city dids should look a'ter, although the hotel v ... 1. -f T R. L. COE & CO. THE BIG STORE You are no iloulit intcicstcil in l't iOTWKAK to the extent nt least of getting Till-; HKST fur the l.li.VST money. After 15 years experi ence and linving tioiinht mill .sold neatly .100,000 pahs of Shoes we ciinin mat we are piodiicing a class of footwear tlial is not equalled any house in Sotitliein Uieon, and is not sttt passed by any house the United States. J 7 has lately completed a sewer from the hotel across First street, thenoe to Grave creek so the sanitary-conditions of the hotel are firstclasa. Stock in doing well on the range. Every body has plenty of hay, with out a doubt some will be carried over for future use. Some have begun making garden and some are setting out tires on the range tokill out the brush, liow is that compared with two feet of snow in the Atlantic Stales, with Did cold weather thrown iu? ome people that are lato with their seeding are now plowing aud sowing grain. How does that com pare with the eastern states where the thermometer Is from zero down to 26 degrees below? If people oould realize what a flue climate we have in Oregon, more of them would sell their property and come here. At present, which is the coldest time of the year, we have little or no fires through the day. Wide Awake. by We entry a slot k of over 10,000 pairs of the vety best and well anowu makes on the Atneiiean maikel. We ate Sole At Pass and Josephine County for teiits iu Grants fU'MK! 1 $6.50 A strictly hand iiimle shoo, water proof, ami in stiMulin t ho hardest kind of wour. H. L. COE & CO.'S llEST. THE PINGREE SHOE, THE DOUGLAS SHOE, THE HAMILTON BROWN SHOE, THE PA CIFIC LOGGER, THE PACIFIC MINER, THE GLORIA SHOES, THE MAJESTIC SHOE and THE GOVERNOR SHOES. Prooll Item. Mrs. C. Davidson and son of Jack souville were visiting relativos aud friends here this week. ueorge rienis 01 rrovolt made a three riuys visit with friends aud relatives at Grants Pass this week. John Bailey and wife of Williams, were at Provolt Monday visiting with parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. T. Lay ton and many friends here. Mr. Bailey is the superintendent of the Bamboo placer property owned by Mr. Lay ton of Provolt. The sawmill which was oonstructcd by the Sterch Bros, at the head ot Williams creek last fall has started the wheels to turning last Monday and culling some nrsrclass lumber which will find a ready sale iu this valley. We have had a tiopical winter dur 1 11 u ueceuiher, Jauuary and up to rihruary. x'lio flowers are in blniitn, leaves and the small bushes are 1 utting out and fruit buds are showing tlmir red coats, which ordi narily arc not sei u until April. There will be meeting held at the first t hriMian church at Provolt Sun day the l. Uihlo reading at 10 a. in., church at 11 o clock. After church tin re will do tlie baptisiua of Mr. Williams of Murphy and also church at . o'click p. m. Services will be c. inducted by Rev. E. Budgcr. Miss Josephine Stites of Williams was at i'rovolt this week giving music lessons. Miss t-tites states that she h is Ix-eu having good sue cess and her students are learuiug uirj'lv under the present conditions and kid weather; she lias a uumber of students from Applegate aud Thompson creek also It Is reported to your correspondent that the red spider lias readied oue of the Williams Creek hop yards. It was discovered last fall by W. F. Howler, a Imp grower of this valley, lie states that thu Insect looks like a spider, hut has the activity of a Ilea. It is sai.l to be destructive to hi.jis and if such is the case, it will In a serious pt st to the hop uieu to liu'lif. It will mean more siiravluu and more expense to the hop raisers. tlow'f Thii ? Wi otler tine Hundred Dollars Re wind fur any case of Catarrh that cannot lie cured by Hall's Catarrh Cine. V. J. CHENEY CO.. lolello, 11. We, the undersigned, have kuowu I'. .) Chancy for the last 15 years, 11. 'I heh.vo li 1111 pcrfetlv honorable in all I'UMiifiut transactions aud tl nam nil ly ul lu to carry out any ob liKiiioi made by his ti rut. Walding, Kinuati iV Marvin. Wholesale Drug gists, ioledo, U. Hall s Caiairli Cure is takcu In-li-i n.i 1 1 v. luting directly uiu the hit 1 d mid mucous r-uifacc ot the sys tem. '1 1 st Miinnials sent free. Puce r 1 per Utile. Sold by all Drug- glsls. l ake Hall pat ion. See W. H. Shermaa aUiut some of the houicsieails which are now to lie rclllii;l!!.ud s Family Pilis for cousti- MINERS KILLED AT Burled Under Levndslide Simmon Mine. Two miner. Gay Fleming andi Dave Yarbroogh, were killed last Friday at the Simmons' hydraulic' mine near Waldo. They were work- j ing in a cat near a 50 01 00 foot bank which caved without warning and entombed the unfortunate men beneath , a mountain of debris. There was no opportunity for them to be rescued alive and they were probably killed 1 instantly by the great weight of the eartb and rock of the slide. The tragedy occurred about the middle of the afternoon anditwwsl not until late at night, some seven i or eight boar afterward, that the I bodies were recovered, after a siege of j vigoron and nnremitting work. Elliott Young, another employe of the mine, had been working at the! same place bat happened to be out of reach of danger when the slide occurred. Yarbrough leave a wife and six children, while Fleming leaves a wife. The tragedy is one of the worst of it natnre which has occurred in Southern Oregon for many years. D&vlcUon Items. We are having some very warm night at present Mr. Berry and Mrs. White paid Grants Pass a visit Saturday. ' W. S. Bailey and Joe McFaddon visited Grants Pass Wednesday. K. J. Kubli and Jas. Cook were in Grants Pas Thursday. Clyde Jeter and Oliver Dorroau went to Grants Pass Sunday. Clinton and Dave RoUrts took two loads of hay to Grauts Pass one day this week. Tbe grain orops are looking flue at present and the weather prophets prediot an early spring, so I suppose we will have plenty to eat this year. The old Strong ledge near Murphy is running a night siiift now having put it on the middle of last week. They have put up a large boarding house aud will soon board their own hands. There has been a good deal of sick ness here of late, but every one is improving now and we hope in a very short while to report none at all. Mrs. Elizabeth Basye died at her home on Missouri Flat Wednesday, February lflth, after an illness of over three months. She was laid to rest iu the Missouri Flat cemetery. She leaves four grown children to mourn her loss: Chas. Basye, who lives in Jacksonville, Mrs. Slaglo, who resides at Waldo and Mrs. Jas. Cook and L. O. Basye wtio reside here. She was 76 years of age. Tbe Mountain Lion mine is run ning steadily now aud report some very nice ore. Montmorency. CLEARANCE SALE of Furniture and House ...Furnishings.. IM After invoking I find some goods in excess aud odd pieces, Lace Curtains. Portieres, Car--... twt nrls: Mattings, Linoleums, Oil Cloths. Want to close them out before Spring goods arrive. Vou can save money, and see Come A. U. BANNARD Big Store, North Side, 61h Sreet, Grants Pass Two Steel Ranges Must Be Sold. EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN (Cmlinved from Fiftl Pngr.) ceding the topics which would ordi narily engross the public. In Oakland aud Portland, on our own coast, great preparations are uu der way for liko services. Surely we in Grauts I'a.-s cannot afford to be cold or disiuterested ill regard to these meetings. We, who have the iuterest of our town at heart, want it to be attractive in all such ways as . will bring to us the elements calculated to make it tho very best place in which to have a home and all will admit that the more nearly the teach ings aud example of Jesus Christ are reverenced aud followed by auy people, the better life is for all. Unless some unforeseen change takes place, the schedulo for the preparation services will lie as follows: Friday evening, 7 :4.i. A union prayer meeting of all the churches at thu M. E. church, South; topic, "What I most ueed iu view of the Work to He Accomplished. " Saturday evening, 7 :Jfl, union ser vices at the Christian church. Suuday evening, 7::in, uuiou services at the M. E. church. Monday evo niug, 7 union se- iiocs at the Bap tist church. Tuesday evening, 7 :-lfi, union ser vices at the M E. church. J. B. TRAVIS, Secretary Pastor's Committee. The regular meeting of tho Grauts Pass Y's to have been held at Mrs. O. V. Heukle's on Friday, March 8, will be postponed ou account of icvival meetings which will be iu progress at that time. Zena Chapniau, Press supt. CLASSIFIED ADS. WANTED WANTED The address of 22 people who are going to relinquish their homestead filings to the U. S. and wish to sell their improvements. WAITED A milk cow. organ. Apply to J. M. Will trade Ward. WANTED Place to cook or run boarding boose at mine or logging camp. Mrs. O. T. Smith, Merlin MISCELLANEOUS FRANK BURNETT-Upholstering, mission furniture made to order. FOR. RENT. FIVE-ROOM cottage on North Seventh street for rent Inquire of J. L. Scovill. FOR. SALE. S. O. WHITE LEGHOItN EGGS, high scoring birds, 76o per setting. O.V. Henkle, 311 3d St., Grants Pan-. PET deer for sale. I tame as a lamb. Address Mrs. W. 8. Webb, 316, Mobs street, Grant Pass. HAYf6rSALE in oarload lotsT Write J. A. Perry, Medford, Ore gon, for prices. FOR SALE Window sash, three sizes good as new, at a bargain at Moore's Second-Hand Store, where other bargains can be had. A GOOD WORK TEAM, weighing 2200, wagon and harness in good condition, for sale, cheap for cash. Address P. O. box 195, Grant Pass, Ore. NOTICE. To the members of Josephine Lodge. 1'2, A. O. U. W. you are hereby re. quested to attend a regular meeting Monday night, Feb. 27, for business of vital importauoe, will oome before the meeting. B. A. Stanard, Reoorder. 0 $Y0 U HAVE TILL WEDNESDAY, ;: MARCH 1st, 1905 $ To secure any one of the Choice High-Grade Pianos if now on hand ( that must he sold or shipped by then) at $100 less than we will order one for you after the sale Let us tell you riht now that you are heavy losers if you do not follow this opportunity up. Why man. v soli two thousand pianos every yoar and could Him 1 ninei Mnta (uii in tno Htri'ft and niuke a bonfire of them ami not fool it seriously financially. Why then can't we atiord to sacrifice our profits on tour or five pianos if we want to? rL-ht down-to-date rades of pianos? as to the relative values t We are now (cniiij; our itininmoili sptiti curuiai invitation to inspect tin- sune lu lmc Wc at not nftaul to to mi nvot. of shoes and would extend you a Mot's., 01 an 01 tnese wi ll makes l'li'ciiase. with tho statement that our stock of slus U th,. ur.,M n ,.i.. best. Our a.s.sottmcntlstlie most extrustve and ..urpnees ate the lowest. Now these ate pretty .strong Matetneut. Hut we have the:goo,ls to deliver and nil we ask is that you give lis u chance to show you through llllunil.r. V.. 1 II- .!.- l-.i-i, . . - . ' - '-""""-""., 10c i.si Known ami aovtniseil makes ot shoes and guiuuntec to sell at I'.astem puces. every pair The "Cleria" Slice For Ladies at Tbe "Oovenor' Fur Men Shoe The "111111110 Shoe For Ladies The "Watch Us" Shoe For Children . . $3.60 ... $4.00 . . $1.60 $1,$1.26, $1.60 The 'Taoific Mines For Men High Top The 'Taoific Miner" High Top Fot Hoys The "Majttio" Shoe for Ladies, leather, Oxfop's and High Top $5.00 $4.00 Kid and patent $2.50 $2.76 Tan and Hlaok. R. L. COE & C2.-THE BIG STORE CITATION. In 1 lu I nunty t nuit or the Stall ul oivumi, bur tin County (if J one I'liiu.'. In Im' miiiti'r of ilie I liMati' of A-iii'ri K. Sahi'it, 1o- ; is a.-i'il. ' I l'n John Kii'ker, Marf Kcmiuii-k, I.vtlni Jam Hammond. Kuth K 1 111- 1.. II, A.iii. Ililt.iu, Alotizo Kicker. Mui.n.i Mi'kir, l.i'uiunl Booililiv, 1 lai.M U. Lilly, J0I111 liiHUlibv, Ni llu Mi 'lv inn v, Mary Hoothtiy, John Uiikui, I 'in ul linker, aud r. V s.n u r, lu lr-at law of iii ovawil ; ami !. . Sawyer, Akuisi Smith, 1. l ueiu e i. Niwver, 1 reeling t. L. -iyer, Altlfiln Smith. Cliaanevy 1 .ii'eiinir, ritiiuit linker niHildrnlKt. , uevimes of ilicrHM-ii, and all iitim 'ami ilevivsH unkLowu, if any there iiiit.hii.Mi: In tin Name of tin tftati of Oregon. you are hero'iy oiled flu 1 reouireii to ttll'i.ir 111 tin County Court of the I Mate oi Uroiinu, for thu County of jjow'l'hlm. at tli Court Hooui thorn- ot, al titaiilK l'ai in the Cvuutv of : JoM'i'bimi on Tuewlay, the i-Sih day ot Maruli, IS'iV., at lb o'clock a. ui., I then nml tin re to utiow cauM, if any there Ic, wliy an order nhnuld Hot be inaiie for tin m1h of Lot 1 iu Blink I', IVuruo' Kirt Addition to th City of c.rniiti. Tana lu Joavtilnii jCi'iuitv, nr. ,vu, aud particularly do , ti!s,lai: l Ivi.niled an . oulaini.1 in (the iviiiim t,,r .the ,U. tlipreof.'a j 1 ia... il tor in i no AdunuiKtraior i - 1 in inn 1 1. 1 1, i.ir j i.in.- tin. Hon. J. O. liootli, I-'" 1.' .f il." C.iunty 1 ouit if th, 1 T, .!i. tcr tlm County ot 1.1, itm s'l of mi,! inrt QUESTION Aro you fully infornicil of diflVrent make anil g Ul '.. I 11 VMI ni-H ... . 1 1 1 or will ' " "nmv a "0, Iiano wl'nyo one? Or Will VOU t ill V Vinir 1, 1.1.1; i . . V J I "II 11 1 i rotting? nri'sTii v 1.. 1. in ciu'it line ci (in ' iri sent s Ludwij: A Packard j ianos as Ol.KSriOX Do wc aL- you ttuy one at the y iind not know what you are too niucl iactory (as a dealer) for loss than wc QUESTION Arc you satisfied that w, know nUr and therefore reliaUe? QUESTION-Do you see the advisability of our hih grade pianos rather than ship; have them become shopworn hefor'o money in them eat the profits up? took of Stock. FiBchpr.Hardman, Everett, p'i"l as wo claim, or not? 'r them? Could can? business? That we are lowest discounting heavily on a or hold for the uBual price, interest on sold, or have few and the jtgUp to You to Act Vnl rx t il.. ... "'' -'" e'i incse 1 nines ltoc: street next week. They either . into a box. ' nto our new store on Front o into -ood homes or they go EVERY P,ANO ON CASH OR PAYMENTS Fallen a t AT R. Phone 71) GILBERT-RAMAKER CO t ODD FELLOW s BLOCK. GRANTS J M WARD. ! , Give's TaSTchaT y .v. acoi, j years, avprkta a . . Tonic .i.'.v 0 A 1. I;. . Altt .1 : SKAL d .lay of February, S K. CUF-SHIRK, Chuk. re. ji -y"",'T-'- p4im r . '."re. No Pay. 50c LrvwPOli