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J: .. L in THE GRAVE CREEK ROAD Supervisor M&klnf Improve menu That Will Last. William Light, who liai a form near Grave postoftlce and who ia supervisor tit the Grave road district, was in Grand Pass Wednesday to consult Judge Booth on road matters. Mr. Light ia oijo of the progressive road supervisors of Josephine county and that lie might better Inform liimaulf cn the muthoda of tuodoru road build jug he attended all the sessions of the Oregon Good Hoada Annotation 'a con vention that waa held in March iu Granta Pass. Mr. Light ia now pot ting some of those methods into prac tice to the permanent benefit of the roada in hia district and to the satis faction of the traveling public and the approval of tiie county conrt. Mr. Light ia exis'iiding all the road fund of hia district in ditches and gravel, but only doing this work on sections of road that are on a perma nent locution and that ia free from excessive grades. Mr. Light ia a strong believer iu relocating roada when the routes cun be bettered aa to grade or shortened In diatance. With tills view in end lie recently got a petition for a change in the location of a three mile suction of the road np Uravo creek aud of the residents of hia district, only one refused to sign it. Th new roots ia to leave the county road near the Grave oreek bridge and follow up the north bank until tlio road ia again intersected Where It comes down oil the hill on to oreek bottom. Ily the new route, nearly a mile in distanco ' will he Hived and no bridges will lie reqoired aud the road will lie ou nn almost sltgsslfcasfNttls Your Last Chance for a Piano Before We Temporarily Close Our Store in Grants Pass. As stated last week, our Knlesinnn for Southern Ore gon, . I. M. Ward, will bo away a groat deal this Summer and llioro would bo no uho in going to any cxjionso for tlio Su minor in carrying a stock to bcuomo shopworn. We would, have to discount heavily on a shopworn stock next Fall and lose the expenso as well. FOUR PIANOS AND THREE ORGANS WERE SOLD IN PAST EIGHT DAYS. Only 3 Pianos Left THEY MUST BE SOLD BY MAY 9th when our rout expires, or they will be shipped. :::::::::::::: A KINGSBURY made you on this piano ns well as on a Wcsor liros. and a Wellington piano, which comprise the slock left. Easy terms. $28 FOR A JL M. Ward, Salesman Courier Mock, -Grants Pass For Allen & Gilbert - Kamuker Co., Portland, Oregon JOS. WOLKK, Mgr., J. L. CAI.YK.lt r, Treas. level grade, no plane to exceed one per cent. The greater part of tha distance the road will be on an ancient gravel bar rendering grading and ditching unnecessary. It ia nearly all on Improved laud with only brosh to clear away. For a short distance the road will pass through the culti vated land of J. P. Duncan, uew settler and a progressive farmer, who last year moved and bought the Stein er farm, formerly the Kspy place. The road will pass through one aide of Mr. Duncan's orchard, bat lie asys he will ask uo damagea from the county and will do the further unusual thing for an Oregon farmer by re building Ilia feucea along the new road and of grubbing op the apple trees that will be in the way at his own expense. The chauge in tiie Grave creek load aa advocatod by Supervisor Light would shorten the distance to the railroad for the set tlers Id the oppur part of that valley nearly a mile and would give them a section of level road instead of having to climb up a long hill and then down again and to also climb several in tervening hills and some of these hills have grades aa steep aa 10 and 12 per cent Tlio need for five bridges and loug culverts across canyons will be done away with thus making a sav ing to the bridge expense of the county. This old road ia over clay hills aud it gets to be a inud hole iu the winter aud there ia uo rock con venient to gravel or macadamize it. The change of route iu this road ia in line with the policy of the county court in having tlio roads put ou routes that will be permanent aud which will eliminate nil the- bridges and heavy grades possible and put the roads ou routes that will he the least expensive to Improve and to keep iu repair. PIANO new and beautiful, in mahogany case, always sells for $;150; a snap will bo MM & HAMLIN ORGAN ROGUE RIVER Coming From Dsvkota. T. N. Oiom arrived in Grants Pass Tuesday to spend wees with his son, O. O. Oinm, manager for Jose phine county for the local telephone service of the Paciflo States Telephone & Telegraph Company. Mr. Oium is from North Dakota, where he is en gaged ia fanning near Lisbon. He statea that while they bad an ojien winter and no heavy storms or bill iards, yet the apriug waa backward and tlio farmers were busily seeding when he left last week. Tbeir work was not progressing very rapidly aa the nights were so cold that frequent ly it would be 10 o'clock ia the fore noon before the groaad would be thawed sufficiently to enable harrow ing to be done. Mr. Olum says the farmers of his aeotlon are making money and .most of them are con tentod. He states that there will be a very great number of people from hia state visit Oregon thla aummer, the low ratea to the Lewia aud Clark fair being the incentive. Of these fair exhibitora he aayi many of them are coining to look over Oregon with a view of locating and he thinks Rogue Hiver Valley will get a good share of the bomeaeekbra and in vestors. Warning. You cannot have good h alth unless your kidueya are sound, for the kid neys filter the blood of impurities which otherwiae act as irritating poinoni and break down the delicate organs of the body and cause serious trouble. If you have kidney or blad der trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure.youwill have only your solf to blame for results, as it posi tively cotes all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. For sale by Rotor muud aud The Model Drug Store. Front M., near Fourth. COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. MAY 5, 1905. HOW TO SAVE PLATINUM. How It Is Don swt the Grsvvel Mine. Deep Editor Courier: Reference to me writing an article on platinum I will say that your local in the last iaane of the Courier reminds me of my prom ise. What I did say waa thla, that by recent investigation I have discovered tbat by our old method of cleaning up our alaice bozei we were loaing at least lix-aeventha of the platinum, perhaps more, surely not leal than that proportion, saving only the very heaviest of it ; that monthly clean up of about a dozen boxes by taking tbe black sand up with the amalgam and panning In tub saved 1J ounces of platinum, whereas by tbe old method I would have got but of an ounoe. Thla gave me ounces of platinum for my extia trouble. Platinum is flat and thin and some of It very light, though heavy its very shape makes it eluaive in run ning water.' To get It all out of tbe flume one muet take up all of tbe heavy black land, the shovel must fit c.'ose to the bottom of tbe flume, must be sharp and must be held tight to the bottom aud then if great care is not used the platinum will boil over the hovel and it being the color of water it cannot be seen as it goes over. Tbe old fashioned way of holding the ahovel in the current of water until the amalgam ii clean lendi all of the platinum over the ahovel excepting that which ia under the amalgam. Then again the method of panning ia the race forfeit! the larger portion of what platinum you have recovered from the flume. Panning in a tub hard enough to free the amalgam of black land aenda over the pan into the tub, unobserved with the black land, nearly all of the platinum. After the amalgam liaa been panned over, take the aand from the tub and pan it very alowly, keeping a sharp lookout for partioles of platinum, retaluing the platinum in the pan. Pan down to about a half of a teaonp full of ditritus, then put thia in a blow pan and dry on atove; when thoroughly dry blow the waste matter from the platinum aa yon would blow black aand from gold. By being careful one can save all of it. It is tedious but it pays. I now have on hand aeven ouncea of platinnm and expsct to get as much moie in the final cleanup. When we oooaider that there were but one hundred and ten (110) ounoea of platinum reported mined in the United Statea iu 11)04 thia ia not a bad allowing for one mine. A gentleman well versed in mining lore and strictly reliable informs me that sodium amalgam will amalgam ate platinum and that it will amal gamate all kiuda of metal but muat be used iu a rusty pau. It ia said to injure the flngors and that it will dis solve In water after it has done its work. This is worth trying aa it ia a cheap chemical and is kept at drug stores. Very truly yours. W. J. Wimer. Deep Gravel Mines, Waldo, Oregon. Operations In Gallce District. O. E. McManna returned Weduesday from a three days trip to Oalloe to see how hia partner W. H. Emeraon, waa making it on prospect work that ho ia carrying ou a promis ing ledge in that district. Mr. Mo Mauus thinks they may striae It rich on their claim as the showing is fairly good. Of mining operations in the Qalice district, Mr. McManna reports that piping is being carried on with full heada of water at both the Galioe Consolidated and the Auderaon placera aud that their cleanups ia likely to be very good. At the Golden Wedge five men are employed driving a tun nel and the prospects are very en couraging for the finding of a profita ble niiue. At the Homestvke. The Ilomestake niiue three-fourths of a mile west of Woodville is shut down after a short run with the five sump mill with which the mine is CHURCH NOTICES. St. Lukes Church. Suuday, May 7, at the morning and eveuiug services, there will be a repetition of the music rendered on Easter Day. The morniug service ia at 11 and the eveniug service at 8:00 o'clock. Tho subject for the morning will be "The Bible as the Book of Life," aud iu the eveuiug "The Aim of Life." The Sunday School and Bible Class meet at 10 a. m. The Baptist Church. Public woiship at 10:30 a. m. j ser mon by the pastor; topic, "The Lord's Work aa Carried Go by the Church The ordiuauce of the Lord 'a Supper will be administered aud the hand of fellowship giveu to new members. Bible school at 13 m. Preparations fot Children 'a Day are already under way. 6 :80 p. . m. the B. Y. P. V. I meets. Ereuing worship at 7:30; sermon- topic, "The Greatest Power ou Kaith. " , The Salvation Army. Services every night at 8 p. m. except Mouday aud Friday. Suuday May Tin, ltfOS, 1 :30 p. m. Junior meeting aud Bible class; Hp. m. in door holiness meeting and family gathering. 8 p. in. Great Salvation Grants Pa Oregon equipped. The power heretofore used bai been a gasoline engine, bnt gaso line being too expensive it will no longer be uaed and electrio power will be installed to soon as the Condor Power & Water Company get tbeir electric transmission in operation on the line that tbey are now putting in between their power station at Gold Ray and Granta Pass, and wbicb passes within ball a mne 01 me Homestake mine. It is stated tbat be fore the mine is again started up tbat five stamps will be added to the mill, making a 10-atamp mill. Tbis mine has been operated in a small way from time to time for several yeara paat and it baa shown np well for the development work done aud there ia every likelihood tbat it will become a good producer and be a sub stantial addition to the mining indus try of thia section. - BUILDING AT OREGON BELLE Mill Building Will Soon Be Com pleted and Machinery Installed. A. J. Pike came down from Jack sonville Tuesday to spend a couple of days with hii family aud to attend to some business matters. Mr. Pike has charse of tbe work of installing fthe 10 stamp mill that is being erected at that mine by Foster & Gun nell, managers for the New York & Western Mines Company, who are the ownera of the Oregon Belle. Mr. Pike stated tbat they have the lum ber all sawed at the mill, which is a part of the plant, for the qnartz mill building and other buildings that may be needed. Thia week the work of framing the building waa begun and Mr. Pike expects to be able to get the frame work up next week and witb large force of men to hurry the completion of tbe building, which ia to be of 10 atamp capacity. One car of machinery arrived last week and another car of machinery wil! arrive next week. The work of in stalling thia machinery will be begun in the near future and it ia expected to have the mill running within the next three months. Mr. Pike stated that development work was being pushed day aud night with two ahifts of men for eaoh of the two ledges that are being opened up. Two power anus are Deiug operated by a steam power compressor to facilitate the work of blasting. Both ledgea have been crossout at low depths, each haa shown an increase iu both width and values. This development work has been carried on steadily for the past eight months and the fact has been established that the Oregon Belle ia certain to be oome one of the big gold producera of Southern Oregon. The HAinmtrsley. Development work ia beiug carried on at the Hammersley mine on Upper Jump-off-Joe by three men, J. M. Whipple of Woodville being in charge of the work. It is understood that F. S. Osgood, of Seattle managing owner, will put on a foil force of men in the near future and will then operate the mill with which the mine is equipped. A Peculiar Gold Specimen.. A rarity in gold specimens was shown In Grants Pass Monday by Prof. J. P. McConuell of Glendalo. It was a piece of aerpentiue rock of about five ouncea in weight that was made up of alternate layers of gold and of rock. The gold was in sheets as thin as sheets of paper extending entirely through the rook. The yel low sheen of the gold aud the dark green of the rock made a blendiug of colors that made the specimen a very liaudeome one. This sample was from a new ledge recently opened by E. H. Yansey and Roy Oaranppe five miles irom Morlin, but the exact location ia not made public for the pres nut bv the owners of the mine. An opeu cut of 20 feet deep at the back eud has been made aloug the ledge aud the showiug as the samples, show, is exceedingly satisfactory and the development wil) be coutinued uutil the full extent aud value of the ledge ia ascertained. rally and battle for souls. All arc cordially invited. The officers in charge, Capt. aud Mrs. Louis Brugman. Former officer iu charge, Lieutenant Lamer, who was here temporarily, haa goue out of active service, aud is now snooeeded by Capt. and Mrs. Louis Biugman, who came from Ore gon City. They were receutly joined iu wedloci at Portlaud, Oregon. Both officers are well knowu among sal- vatiouiats aud army frieuda and can look back upou a life of saccess since their career aa officers. Their interest aud highest wish ia to be a blessing to the community. From now ou there will be meetings at the hall every utght at 8 p. m, except ou Mouday aud Friday. Also ou the Suu day afternoon at 8 p. m. there will be conducted regularly Salvation Holi ness meetings. To all these uiettiuga tbey extend a hearty invitation to '. everyone. D Not B ImpoMd L'pon. Foley is Co., Chicago, originated Honey aud Tar aa a throat and lung remedy, aud ou account of the great merit and popularity or Foley's Houuy and Tar many Imitations -are offered for the genoius. Ask for Foley 'a Hooey aud Tar and refuse auy substitute offered as uo other prepara tion will give the same satisfaction, ll ia mildly laxative. It coutaius uo opiatte and ia safest for children aud ueiicaiv tumj,. rur wie ot ituiei- muud and The Model Drug Store. .11. . . v- I . I 1 1 Sevsa ICDaoai koans aoaa ka seat 13 "PLAY EAST FOR SUCKERS" Eastern Capitalists Think West erners Do Not Play Fair. William Bailey, the well known mining man, arrived in Grants rasa Sunday to spend a week with his old friends and to look over the present mining situation tn soutnoru vregou. Mr. Bailer is operating in mining property in the gold district of Van couver Island ana also in me nu- land distriot in British Columbia. He saya that the mining business up north is in a most flourishing condi-1 tion. The British districts have not ! been blacklisted in the money centers of the world, as have those on this side of tho line, by wildcat promoters aud consequently capitalists are moro free to invest and develop tho mines. Many of the properties are low grade, but of very largo size. Smelters are nsed to handle this ore aud so perfect has the process been brought to, that some of the smelters are able to treat ore at a cost as low as fl.00 per ton. This small expense iB only attainable at mines that have self-fluxing ore and can got cheap fuel Mr. Bailey spent lJst summer aud fall in the East aud in Europe, making his principal stops at New York, London aud Paris. Of the work of the ubiquitous and ever-smooth wildcat promoter, Mr. Bailey said he found evidence of it in the Eastern states and in Enropo. So many men had been swindled by these sharpers that in New York he had the com plaint continually thrown np to him "That you Westerners keep all the best investments at home aud give us only the trash aud we are tiled cf beiug played for suckers." Iu Lon don, thaf Mecca for the proniotors of tho world, both legitimate and fraud ulent, and in Paris Mr. Bailey heard the same complaint of the unscru CuIoub work of the dishonest promo ter, only thero the charge was broad ened to include all Amerieaus. Mr. Bailey thinks the uew California law, to punish persons who misrepre sent b reports aud oiherwiso mining property, is a move iu the right di rection aud is a law that should be adopted by all mining states. Aax Making Good Showing. A. E. Kaiser returned Sunday from the Mt. Reuben district, where he was for a conplo of days lookiug over some mining property. Mr. Kaisnr reports R. Williams, who owns the Ajax mine, has been steadily carrying on developmeut work ou that mine for some mouths past and he now has a fine lot of ore both ou tho dump and iu the stope. Mr. Williams has his mine equipped with a steam power two-stamp mill and lie will begin mil ling ore in a short .time. He has biKI teet of tunnel opened and tho ledge now showa a clear width of 10 feet of high grade ore. Returns to Scenes of Early Days. W. F. Lewis and W. M. McKinuey were in Grants Puss Monday and Tuesday getting an outfit for prospect ing. They wero from Foster, on the Upper Santiam river and both were practical miuers. Mr. Lewis is one of the pioneer miners of Southern Ore gon and for the past 51 years he has j followed that business aud has been ' iu every mining camp of the Pacific' states and now ho returns to Rogue j River Valley to again try his luck. 1 Though 70 years of age, he is as spry 1 and strong as the average man cf M j years aud lie shouldered his prospec-1 tor's outfit with the same alacrity as : did li in companion, who is a young I man. Mr. Lewis lauded iu JacLson- j ville from the Willamette Valley iu ! June, ISM, and beiug without money to j get a grubstake lie helped make the j shakes for tho first store building erected iu Jacksonville, a lug struc ture. Tho following week he began mining iu Rich gulch and worked there nulil late iu the fall wheu lu weut to Yreka. to Jacksonville, lls did not return as he considered the district so worked out that he could not make an ounce of gold a day, and J anything less than that was too small I for a uiiuer of those days to work at. Woman Suffrage Club Organized. Grants Pass is to take (art in the equal suffrage movement, which is beiug carried ou over the stale to gi t tho constitution changed so tbat the women of Oregon may have the right to vote at state and residential elc tiou, as tbey now have school elec tions. Mrs. Gail Laugbliu cf Port laud, state organi.-.tr for the On gun Equal SatTrage Association, v:u iu Grauts Pass Tuesday an ! that eve- uiug she held a uieui ing at the Pap- tist church, tbat was fairlyuvll .it. teuded, aud gave au u.ldress on equal suffrage. Following lur address tin Grants Pass Equal SatTrage club was oigaui.ed and Mrs. Ora Hood was elected presidmt uud Mrs. t'alrcrt secretary. A membership of over 30 was secured and the local ltaders ID the movement expect to iucreaso this list iu the mar greatly future. Juylinj With Dynimite Ia no more dangerous tr.au to u. gleet kiduey disorders, Foley's Kidn. v Cure corrects irregularis 'and has 'cured many severe cases afli r other treat ment lias failed. It builds up the woruout tissues and restores health aud vigor. "1 was troubled w:th kid ney complaint f r about two t,,,!, writes A. II. Davis of Mt. St.-iltu'g. Iowa, "but two bottUs of Folty's nuu,'r v ure eueoto.i a twrmam-nt i cure. t or ?ale The Model Drug .... I v Hote.-inuud aud ;tore. This signature, CLASSIFIED APS. WANTED WORK-Sewing or washing, ... j unrt Address Mrs. borne W. J. Caulfield, box 168. Grants Pass. BOARD aud lodging wanted with tamilT bv a gentleman, who ran cive good references. A quiet. : . j i.nmu nice waniea. Address "Boarder", Courier office. FOR. SALE. FOR SALE 150 head of Angora goats. L. A. Marsters, Merlin, Oregon. HAY Baled or loose f 14, First class full height Otto J. Knipa. FOR SALE Half interest in a grocerv business, address P. O. box 017, Grants Pass. HORSES FOR SALE Four head cood heavy horses for logging or freighting. Address C. Strom, Wimer, Or. E. Wiok- PAliM FOR BALE two miles from Mer r lin, lt acres-ainiut 50 seres of good bottom land. 25 acres in cultivation, small house and barn and about AO acres under fence, balance of land suitable for orchard or iiasture. For further particulars ad dress W. M. Crow, Merlin, Oregon. ACRE ranch, good prune and aile orchard, small fruits in 200 abundance; water tor initiation, oesmes serines on every 40 acres; center of a good range countrv; two dwslling bouses, big barn, every thing complete; well sheltered from trusts, good mining markets, one half mile north of Tunnel t, price $i,500. Inquire at tbis olhce. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD, use Leoua Lumber. It is aa cheap as the cheapest and as good as the best. Call at W. L. Ireland's lota on the corner of Fourth and B streets (near Central School Build ing) and examine the quality and get prioes from J. I. Montgomery, the ageut. P. O. Box 109, Grants Pass. FOR. RENT. FOR RENT Room in private laniily. J. D. Drake, at 7th Street. MISCELLANEOUS FRANK BURNETT Upholstering, mission furniture made to order. PROF.J. A. SIBBETS, practical in structions in instrumental music. PASTURAGE, for horses and cows, good feed and water, near town, M. W. Wheeler. STRONG TEAM, stout wagon, if you want work done drop me a card to Grants Pass. W, J. Sturges. EGGS Thoroughbred, white Plymouth Rock eggs, 15 for 1. 00 Moore's second hand store. EGGS and more of them when you want them. Single Comb White Leghorns, the business fowl of America. Yards headed by cockerels from a pen with a record of '-!-" eggs per year per hen. Eggs $1.60 for 15; 2.50 for 1)0. GRANITE EG i Ac POULTRY YARDS, W. J. Mesaon ger. Prop , Ashland, Oregon. E. A. WADE DRY GOODS, UNDERWEAR. . NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. I HANDLE Lumber and Hops I own and will sell two cot tages, new, close in; one 4 rooms, box; one (-rooin frame, besides buttery, bath and large closets; Porch Kx2S; up-to-date house. Terms-to suit. Will take some good property as part pay. Wagcn and team for sale. J. D. DRAKE. Phone 484. Giants Pass, Ore. FARMERS FEED STABLE J. E. KEKI.EY, Proi-r. Last stable south on Sixth street. Room under cover for 160 horses art! 40 wagons. l;ox stalls. Corrall I it loose stock. 1 inly the best hay, clean grain ard alfalfa fed. Rolled barley and oil or gram. No diseased horses allowed. Pc.t running water, a:id trough clean -o every day. V ailing room and toik-t room whtic ladies c;mi leave wraps und arrange th.-ir touVts. Prices reasonable and 'jest care gi :ii stock. Parties (Join A nay or Moviii"; in 1 lri oin a distance need not go to expense of shipping their piano or organ. We will ex- J liaise for an organ or piauo anywhere in the U. S. and I lay down at nearest R. R. J point; any piano or organ J you may want. Installments 3 on any instruments delivered J in Oregon, Washington, 1 C alifornia, Idaho or Montana. 2 Cash or bankable note for de- J livery iu other states. 5 J. M. WARD, t Salesman for 4 Alh u AGilbert-Kamakcr Co. $ High giade ore in small lots bought -W. G. Wright. OSrinrts Dox. 23c