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iv VOL. XXI. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1905. No. S r. I WE SEIX Real Estate SHERMAN & IRELAND Tho Real Estate Men Houses to Rent. Money to loan. ROOMS 10 and 12 MASONIC TEMPLE. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAID VP CAPITAL STOCK $2(1,000.00. Transact a general hanking business. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our customers are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent with sound hanking principles. Safety depovit boxes for rent. J. FRANK WATSON. Tres. R. A. KOOTH, Vice-Pres. L. I,. JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK Sfto.ono.oo. Receive deposits subject to check or on certificate pavable on demand . Selis siht drafts on New York, Han Francisco nmi Portland Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the duted States Special attention given to collections and general huines of our customers. Collections made throughout Southern Oregon, and on accessible points. R. A. HOOTH, Fres J. C. CAMI'llKLL. Vlce-l'res. H. L. UILKKY, t ashler. Bert Barnes, Reliable Watchmaker At Clemens' Grants Pass, Ore. lAAAAAsVAAAAAi HEALTH IS YOUTH Dixssc and Sicknen Bring Old Age. Herb i no, taken every morning be fore breakfast, will keep you iu ro bust health, fit yon to ward off dis- ease. It cared constipation, bilious ness, dyspepsia, fever, skiu, liver j and kidney complninta It purifies j the blond aud clears up the coiiplex-! ion. fiOc a bottle at KoterinuiK's and Model Drug Btorn. Ooto Coron lor Plumbing. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Hnuey and lar as a throat and long remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations uro offered for tho genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any Hubstitutn tillered as no other prepara tion will give the same sat isfacl ion. It is mildly laxative. It rrntuins no opiates and la safest for children and delicate persons. For sale by H. A. Roteruinnd. NEW OREGON LAWS . RECENTLY ENACTED Synopsis of Laws Soon to B in Effect Some of Local Interest. Below is given synopsis cf some of the laws that were enacted by the last legislature aud which go into effect in May. Some of them are of special im portance to Grants Pass and the Rogue River Valley: PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY. 8. B. T2. It ia unlawful for any person to employ Bubjectlve mechani cal means to test the eyes without having obtained a certificate of regis tratiou from the Oregou state board of optometry. This board ia to be ap pointed by the governor as soon as practicable after the law goes into effect All persons desiring to prac tice optometry thereafter shall make application for a certificate and be ex amined at the tiir.e and place indicat ed for aach work. All persona en titled to a certificate must make ap plication for the same withlu three months after this act goes into effect. The penalty for violation is a flue of f30 to f 100, or imprisonment of one to three months in the county jail. Physicians and Bnrgeons authorized to practice, and persons selling eye glasses in the ordinary course of business, without endeavoring to test the eyes, are not required to secure a certificate from the optometry board. Iu force by emergency. The need of this law is apparent to one who will observe the vast number of school children and even of children barely out of the nursery and the hundreds of yonng men, young women and of men aud women of all ages, classes aud stations who are burdened with a pair of glasses. The woaring of glasses is no doubt benvflical lo the eyes of many young people, but there is no doubting the fact that a great majority of young persons wearing glasses have no more need for them than they have for wigs, or cratches. Mituy of the So-called opticians know no more about the eye than they do about tho sun and they are ready to ascribe, all the ills aud ails of hu manity to defective vision. Many of these, alleged eye doctors travel from town to town and make a thorough canvass of the residence districts and being smooth talkers and of good address, make a sale of glasses at near'y every house, for they will con vince the mother that her weariness is from eye strain aud not from ex cessive woik and that her daughter's headache ia due to her eyes and not to pickles and late hours, and that the son mast have glasses to make him well aud strong, though cigar ettes and other bid habits and not Ins eyes are the can bo of his troubles. Tbeiu is little doubt that were all opticians thoroughly competent and perfectly honest that there would bo fur less children aud fewer grown per sons wearing glasses than are now to be seen. FIRST DISTRICT COURT. II. B. 118. The terms of the first Bankrupt Sale Having purchased in connection with the Welch Clothing Stock, a large assortment of Ladies. Shoes we will sell at greatly reduced prices the en tire stock. We quote you prices as follows: Ladies Russcs, tan Oxford ?2 iiO, now $: 00 ' Black Kid Oxfords 2 f0, " 2 00 " 2 25, ' 1 70 " " 1 75, 1 25 " Tat Leather 4 Strap Sandal 2 00, " 150 ' 1 Strap Sandal 1 75, " 1 20 3 1 25, " 00 " Patent Leather Shoes 3 5, " 2 85 Kid Dais 3 00, " 2 .00 " Kid Bluclior 3 50, " 2 85 " Kid Bals 2 50, ' 1 85 . .i 2 oO, " 1 50 Misses School Shoe, safety heel 3 00, " 2 00 We also carry a large assortment in Box Calf, Velour Calf, Old Ladies' Comforts, Juliets and Children's Shoes. t t t t t t t t The Hub Clotluiiti Store I 4 S. (iarllnklc, Proprietor S01T1I SIXTH STHKKT, XKXT TO LAYTOX H0TKL Judicial oourt shall begin as follows : Josephine county, second Monday Id January, third Monday in April, second Mouday in July, fourth Mon day in September, Jury to be sum. moned only in April and September terms, and in the other two terms on order of the court Iu Jackson county : Fourth Monday in March, first Tuesday after the first Monday iu September, and second Monday in December. In Klamath county: Third Monday in Jane and first Mou day iu December. In Lake county : Second Monday In May and third Mon day in October;. Approved February 21. There is uo change in dates and terms of oircuit oonrt for Josephine county, the only change made being In the summoning of jurors. Here tofore a jury bad to be impaneled for each term of court, now at bnt two of the terms. This will be quite saying to taxpayers as well as an ap preciated favor to persous who have been compelled to serve on juries. This innovation lias come about by the growing sentimeut to trust important oases involviug intricate points of law to the judicial discernment of the judge rather than to the haphazard and too often prejudiced verdiot of a jury. This seuiment has been strengthened iu Josephine oouuty-by the equitable rulings of Judge Hauna, as was proven at tne term of oircuit court last January, when a large docket was disposed ol and all tried without a jury, the cases being left to Jndge Hauna by common couseut of attorneys and litlgaiitB, As a full panel of jurymen adds about $60 a day to the expenses of the olrouit court this saving is a matter of con siderable importance to the tax pay ers of the counties. TROUT IN ROGUE RIVER. H. B. 341 It is illegal to flsli for trout or cut-throat trout in Rogue river at any time, except with hook and line, the penalty being a fine of $50 to t00. Approved February 31. AMENDED LOCATION NOTICE. H. B. 208. Any one holding a min ing claim and finding that the origi nal location notice was defective, may relocate tho claim, dating the notice back to the time of the origiual loca tion; provided, that the relocation shall not affect existing rights. Ap proved February 21. WEIGHT OF HOP BOXES. H. B. 250. A box of hops for pick ing measurements shall woigli 60 pounds, and uo more. Approved February 21. PROTECTING WATER COURSES. IL B. 210. Any person who willful ly or wantonly injures, destroys or breaks down a ditch, flume or re ceptacle for holding water, or draws water therefrom without color of title, is subject to a flue of (10 to flOO. Approved February 21. REPORTING STATE MONEY. S. B. 214. All persons or state in stitutions having coutiol of state projiorty are required to make a monthly report of reuU, receipts from sales or other sources; provided, this act shall not be construed to apply to educational institutions iu regard to funds received for tuition in regard to funds received for tuition, matri culation or other feus charged students. The penalty for violating the act is a flue of 25 to $."00. Ap proved Febiuary 21, TRUSTEE OWNERSHIP. II. B. 65. All trustees or Hectors now holding real or personal property in trust, or who may hereafter be so appointed, shall hold as joiut tenants, aud not tenants iu common. Ap proved February 31. SALE OF TAX PROPERTY. If. B. 204. Anuually on the second Mouday iu July, or thereafter, as directed by the county court, laud bid i'l by the county or other'pobllc cor poration in payment for taxes shall be sold to the highest bidder, the mini mum price not being less than shall be determined ,by the "county court Notice of su3h sales shall be polished four weeks preceding tin samo. Ap proved Feroary 21, RECORDING TOWN PLATS. II. B. ITS, New towu plats or ad ditions cannot take any name before used for a plat. Before recording, plats must be approved by the city en gineer or surveyor or county surveyor, aud if withlu corporate limits by the assessor aud county court, the latter requiring streets to be laid out so as to conform to existing streets. REPAIRING WIRE FEN ECS. II. B. S.'I8. If wire becomes loose in any wire fence, aud the owner does not repair it so as to make It safe, it is the duty of the sheriff to notify him thereof. If the repariug is not done tbeu, the county court shall or der the road supervisor to remove said wire and make the fence safe, aud tho wire will tm held as securitv for the costs involved. Approved February 21. REGISTERED VOTKItH. II. B. 215. Electors voting in pre cincts where they are not registered most be sworn aud be hacked by six I freeholders of the couuty attesting I his right to vote. The judges are re quired to pass on his case and enter their cooclusioui at ouoe. The affl j daviu used must be made before the judges, aud not other official Ap proved February 31. DRAINING WET LAND. H. B. 290. Any person whose land requires draining, or suffers from overflow, and his only remedy is by entering upon adjacent land not owned by him, may apply to the county oonrt for this privilege. A commission most be appointed to in dicate the cot or ditch required, es timate the loss to the adjaceut land and indicate what work shall be done. The county oonrt will file the report of this commission aud authorize the work accordingly. Approved Febru ary 31. ROGUE RIVER VALLEY FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD Commissioner Carson Reports Increased Acreage and a Large Yield. Hon. A. H Carson, one of the com missioners of the State Board of Hor ticulture aud whose district embraces Southern Oregou, has lately beeu making an inspection of the principal orchards of his district and he finds the fruit prospeots of Southern Ore gon to be good and that tho yield will be np to the usual high rata Owing to the steady aud rapid in crease in the acreage to orchard that has been niado in Rogue River Valley Id the last few years, Mr. Carson ex pects the orop of apples, pears, grapes and peaches to far exoeed that of auy previous year. Iu the Ashland distnot, where a fruit growers nuion -has made pencil growing profitable, he expects the yield of peaches to exceed SO, 000 boxes this season, and this yield will be greatly iuoreased iu the next few years by reason of the large number of poach trees that have beeu planted the past year or two. In apple and pear production, Mr. Carson notes the greater Increase, as the acreage plant ed to thete fruits, has been rapidly increasing for several years past. For tho past year he estimates that fully 8000 aoroi in Rogue River Val ley have been set to apples aud icar trees. The area to grapes is not In creasing so rapidly but witu bettor market oonditious Mr. Carsou expect that grape growing will become oue of the loading Industries of Southern Oregon, for the chemical formation of the suit and the oil mote combine tc produce a graie that for delicacy of flavor, as well as proliflcuess is excelled ia no other district of the world. On the whole, Commissioner Carson considers the outlook for tho fruit industry In Southern Oregon very encouraging for the present aud eveu more encouraging for tho future. For the market aooessablu to South ern Oregon fruit is steadily growing au I as the extra flnn quality of Rogue River fruit is becoming known, the demand Is rapidly Increasing These factors with the fact that growers are handling thoir orchards on more thorough and business like methods aud are through their nuious able to sell to better advantage aud to pur chase their supplies at a lower rate is making fruit growing one of the largest and most profitable industries iu Southern Oregon. To Survey Government Land. Fred Mensch left on Monday for Klamath couuty to begin work on a contract for survey of government laud, oue tract of which lies in the Lest river country, a few miles sonth of Bouauza. After completing this part of the work he will return aud go to Douglas couuty where the re mainder of the laud to be surveyed is located. He was accompanied ou the trip by Melviu Andrews, Fred IiOiigtcllow and Burt York, who will act as assist ants in the survey. After the com pletion of his contract and ou the con clusion of his vacation and aoasnu of mountain life, Mr. Mhiihc.Ii will re sume his positiou with the Courier. Cheap Rates From The Knsl. Commencing March 1st, and con tinuing daily to aud including Miiy Ifitli, lUdC, Colonist tickets will be sold from the East lo Kilnls on Ore gon Lilies, via Portland. Following are rates from some of the principal poiuts : From Chicago, III flu on From Kloomiiigtou, III .., HI o From Peoria, HI Ill (HI From Ht. Louis, Mo , !i(i (si From Council IHulfs, Iowa 2'i 00 From Omaha, Neb ii.'i on From Sioux City, Iowa 21 n; From Kaunas City, Mo 23 00 Corresponding rates will be made from other Kiiuts aud will apply to all poiuU ou Oregou Lines. Please uoU) rates and dates of sale as yon may desire to advise your friends in the East. W. E. COM AN Geueral Passenger Agent-Portland Or KlKumttiim Pains Quickly Relieved. The excruciating ius character istio of rheumatism and sciatica are quickly relieved by applying Cham bet Iain's Paiu Balm. The great paiu relieving power of the liniment has been ti e surprise and delight of thousands of sufferers. The quick relief from pain which it affords Is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by all druggists. A BURNING LAMP On Thursday morning the 4th day of May, (Cireua Day) there will bo placed in our show window a largo Lamp. This Lamp will ho lighted at 7 o'clock a. m. on tho abovo morning. Tho. man or woman who guesses nearest to tho length of time it will burn will be Presented with the Lamp abso lutely free of charge or any stipulation whatsoever. You don't have to buy r do anything but call at our-Btoro in person and make your guess. We Want You All Take a Guess at It It is our impression that a woman will take the lamp for they aro better at such things than a man. However, gentlemen, don't Btand back on that ac count. Don't forget tho special ad of last woek tho Big Sale closing out somo patterns of CAU PETS also tho 10, 25 and 50 cent liar-gain Tables, you will find a host of at tractive dime chasers on thoso tables. Screen Doors are now in season, look over our Tainted line, 2nd floor. Hammocks " " " " " " " . Tents We rent tents. Art Squares to finish up house cleaning with. Wall Papers " " ' We carry the stock and make the price. Thomas O'Neill Coupon Good from April 29 until May 15. This coupon will entitle tho purchases of One Dollar's worth of goods in our store to the Kino Choice of any Klo article on tho Big lUo liargain Counter. THOMAS & O'NEIIX. CAe Housefurnishers SEINING RIVER FOR SALMON This Method of Fishing to Be Tried In Rogue River. Seining for salmon will be under taken for the first time this season iu Regno river. Heretofore sulniou have only been caught with gillnols iu Rogue river, but seins having proved o successful ou tho Coluhniln river and other streams ill cutchlng salmon. II. A. Corliss of this cilv, decided to try thu seining method and has or lien d a i00 foot scino from Portland. Owiug to the narrowness of Rogue river only a short sieno can tie used. Mr. Corliss wHl fish below Grunts Pass whero thero aru long stretches of comparatively still water The problem will lie to find a section that has smooth saudy bottom with no obstruction to tear tho seine or to make it ueonssary to raise it high and lot the fish escape. Seining ou thu Columbia lias come to tie one of tile principal methods of catching salmon in that river, and n good seining ground is as valuable as a gold mine here ill Southern Oregon, These seining grounds are on siiml bars where there is au extensive area of shoal water, the depth ranging from Ave to 12 feet. Where there are sunken logs or houhlers to inter fere with the seine n diver goes down, blows them loose with giant powder after which they nro removed. Home of these seines nru h half ii length aud urn luid out from a boat, which leaves the upper part of the grounds, as the nulling wnturs are called, where one end of Hie seine is attached lo the bank of the river. The boat then travels in a semi-circle reaching the bank down slrenm where the end of the seine is taken ashoic. The seine is then limited In, small ones by hnisepowor, but for the large ones donkey engines me used, in the height of the kiIiiioii run it Is not uncommon for a seine in luml on ihe beach II vu to 111 ton of linli it! a haul. Mr. Corliss will use horsepower to haul his seine. Tho open season for catohlng sal mon in Rogue river began on the loth of this mouth and the morning of that date the usual phenomenal catch was shipped from Qrauti Pass, the ship ment for that day eioeedlng by three oi four times that of auy subsequent day. Much of the salmou caognt in Roguo river goes to the. towus along tho Southern Pacific, but n large part goes to Astoria to the oold storage firms who send the flsli East and to Knrope as Columbia river salmon, for the salmou of Rogue river equal In size mid flavor those of the Colum bia river. Tho run of salmon in Rogue river has been fairly good this reason and the 11 boats that aro fishing here aro making wages for the men operating thom. We.nl Crater Lake Poatofflce. It Is not improbable that visitors to Outer Lake this season uiay bo able to receive thoir mail at a regu larly estublished postolliue at that famous resort. Application has been made to the postotllce department lor the establishment of an oflloe at "Crater Lake, 17 miles northwest of Fort Klamath" and has beeu strongly recommended and the department is now engaged ill making the usual investigations preliminary to granting tho application. Mrs. Kmina Arant, whose hushiitid is suporiutoudout of the Critter Lake park, Is named in the application as a suitable porsoo for appointment as tho first custodian of the mails at the new tiostoflloe which if it is established as asked for will be served with mall from Kort Klamath. The Grants Puss Moslo House bai just received another inpply of the popular Mareli-Two-Step "Huston's Last Victory" dedicated to Martin llestou. the Grants Pass boy who lias marie himself famous ou tho football Held. Kor a time it was impossible to secure the music, but now thero is a limited slock on band. Call forlt early. 2"o. The three juries at the St. Louis hur, con siKlinjof the aMcst mechanical engineers of Europe ami America, were unanimous in deciding Ufie RACYCLE to bo tho most ikiiii cn.Y ciiNsriiii tki) and kakikmt itiNM.Mi l'icycle made, and awarded t ho Kacyclo tlio only Grand l'ri.e fjiven in tho bieyclo class. W. A. PADDOCK, AGENT Grants Pass, Oregon m-)m r 8 y 6 . I- d a o up '. 0 e h r