ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON. MAY 5. 190$.
Because it is always FRESH.
Because it is always UNIFORM.
Because it is no higher in price,
and the very best to be had for the
money, which makes 'Chase &
Sanbourn's coffee a household
word in the best families all over
the United States. Only one place
to get it
The White House Grocery
Those RIPE OLIVES in cans have arrived and are superior in
quality to any that we have had. 25c to 50c per can.
Best Creamery Butter now 50c.
Sweet and Mixed Pickles in bottle or in bulk, just in.
Home grown Berries next week.
WHITE HOUSE GROCERY.
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
...
People &. They Come and Go
From D&y to D&y
BUILDERS MATERIAL
Allen's Portland Cement
Roche Harbor Lime
Wood Pulp Plaster
Sherwin-Williams Prepared Paints,
Stains and Varnishes
Pioneer Lead, Strictly Pure Linseed
Oil, Glass and Putty
All kinds of Builders Hardware
Locks, Hinges, Nails, etc.
llair-lliddlo. Hardware Co.
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SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Grants PassJSchools Close May 19
With Appropriate Exorcise.
The three schools of Omuls Pass
will close the school your ou Friday,
May 10, and on that eveuing the com
mencement exorcises will be held at
the opera hoot. Under the direction
of City Superintendent R. R. Tuner
a pleasing program has boon prepared
for tli 9 occasion, which will be as
follows:
Chorus Faithful - - .VuJar(
High School and F.ighth Grade Chorus.
Chorus "The Watur Uly." From Abl
High School Girls' Chorus.
Oration "Silent Influences"
Margaret Scoville
Oration "The Truo Purpose of
Education" - Ruth Scovillo
Piano Solo "Secret Wishes" Lange
Ethel Kiggs.
Commencement Address
1J. F. Mulkey, l'res. Southern Ore
gon State Normal School.
Piano Duet Morning Pearl C. F. Make
Florence LaMar and Malile Ryle.
Presentation of Diplomas
K. Thomas, Pros. Board of Edu
cation To these exercises the public is in
veutited. An admission tee of 15
cents will be charged to raise funds
to pay the hall rent, and incidental
expeuses. 4'he commencement address
will, be made by President 13. F.
Mulkey, of the Southern OreRon State
Normal, at Ashlaud. President Mul
key is recognized as one of the lead
ing educators of Oregon aud his ad
dress will be of mnch interest to all
who are Interested in the welfare of
oar schools. The baccalaureate ser
mon will be delivered by Rev. Her
bert H. Biown, at Presbyterian
church on Sunday, May IS, at 8 p. in.
Owing to the prevailing spirit in
Grants Pass, as in other towns, the
graduating class Is excoptionally'suiall
in proportion to the enrollment, there
being bat two in the graduating class,
Magaret Scovillo aud Ruth Scoville.
The feverish haste of so many boys
and girls to get into the world's ac
tivities so depletes the advance class"'
that by the time the last grade is
reached, there is hardly a boy left aud
but few girls to tako commencement
honors. Pare shif tlessness on the part
of scholars who desire to shirk school
and the greed of parents who want
their boys aud girls to go to work at
some vocation, is also a leading factor
in this high school depletion. The
Eighth grade in the Grunts Pass
schools is able to make a very credit
able showing owing to the puisistbnt
work of the teachers. This class num
bers 15 and there will bo a number of
new members from the Seventh grade
who are to take the examination ou
May 18. The present class roll is as
follows:
Louuse Birdsall, Claude Cheshire,
Dessio Cole, Claude Davis, Charles
Fordiue, Zella Harmon, " Josephine
Hathaway, Florence LaMar, Ada
Lewis, Iva MuArthur, Daniel Mc
Farland, Grover Montgomery, Mublo
Kyle, Emma Shuska, A una May
Thomas.
The Bicycle yon want at fJo.OO will
be fonnd at Cramer Bros.
Clothes of Quality
"Clothes don t mako tho man
to be sure, but its about tho only
thin,' that nine-tenths of the pio
pie wo meet have to io by.
Tho man who does not make a
;ood appearance in this Twen
tieth Century is badly handi
capped. Clothes are tho nil important
part of a man's make-up imd its
right here that we come in.
Our $12, 13.50, $15, $18 and
$20 spring Suits are splendid
specimens of modern tailoring.
Handsome, stylish and correct in
every detail.
The fairies arc the latest and
we believe that we can please
any man with a spring or sum
mer suit, regardless of how par
ticular or fussy he may be about
his clothes.
Absolutely all wool fabrics in
Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes.
Their label means a lot of good
things. We are as ready to show
ns to sell.
GEO. S. CALHOUN CO.
Outfitters to Men and Boys.
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Hirt SthstTncr cr Mux
Mrs. ' P. Breuer of Portland is
visiting Mrs. J. H. Hathaway.
"Mrs. Rae Benson and children of
San Francisco, are visiting Grants
Pass friends.
W. Stoddard, who is employed la
the blacksmith shop at the Granite
Hill mine, was in Grants Pass Tna.
day.
Miss Maijorie Kinney returned to
Portland the first of the week to re.
(in me study at tbe Portland academy.
after a week' vacation.
Mrs. Print Leverich. whose husband
u a well known business man of
"oodviiie, came down Thursday frr a
few days visit with friends in this
city. t
Mrs. O. A. Thompson returned Frt
day from a three weeks visit with
ner parents. Key. and Mrs. W. C.
Kautner, at Salem. Mrs. Thomas ex
pects her sister, eMiss La Verne Kant
ner, to arrive Monday from Salem to
make ner a visit.
Geo. Calhoun, Mrs. L. L. Jewell
and Miss Ulara Calhoun were called
to Portland last week on account of
the serious illness of their father, S.
H. Calhoun, they returned home
Wednesday, but without hope of the
recovery 01 ineir latner.
Dr. Ivan B. Parker and family re
turned on Tuesday from a several
weeks stay in Tuscon, Arizona. The
doctor, after a needed rest, is much
improved in health and has resumed
his practice. For the present be can
be fonnd at his offioe in the Tuffs
minding.
Geo. E. Calhoun and sister, Mrs.
L. L. Jewell, left Sunday for Port
land to be with their father who is
very seriously sick at his home in
I that city. During Mr. Calhoun's
absence his store is being efflcently
iookbu Biter oy nis cierx, O. A.
Thomas, assisted by Albert Coe.
O. Bennett, who conduots the store
aud postoflice at Golden, which is lo
cated on the stage road midway be
tween Wolf Creek and Greenback, was
in Grants Pass Wednesday and Thurs
day. Mr. Bennett stated that the
daily mail service between Wolf
Creek and Golden had been extended
to Greenback. This change in the
mail for Greenback was made cn the
1st of this month, heretofore the mail
for Greenback being sent ont from
LelamL
Prof. Davenport always appreciates
any act of kindness or courtesy shown
1 , uui mure is uue mailer in wnicn
ho is nnable to extend personal thanks.
The professor was playing tennis at
the court on the bicycle grounds Sat
urday. On leaving for home he
neglected to take his onffs with him.
On returning to the grounds he found
the cuffs bnt some one had removed
the silver link bnttons, probably for
safe keeping. Mr. Davenport appre
ciates t lie kindness in keeping the
buttons for him but ho would appre
ciate the buttons evon more.
Herbert K. Hauua, son of Circuit
Judge H. K. Hanna, of Jacksonville,
was in Grants Pass Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, visiting with
friends and attending circuit oourt
to gain pointers in law studies. Mr.
Hanna graduated in a San Francisco
college a year ago and on returning
home he took up reading law in his
father's ottice with a view of taking
up tbe legal profession. Mr. Hanna is
a bright, studious young man with a
uatuial aptitude for the law and there
is every reason to expect that he will
make a success in his chosen vocatiou.
THE BUSINESS POINTERS
News Notes from the Business
Men to Handera,
Teachers Institute.
The Josephine County Teachers
Institute closed Us sessions this Fri
day afternoon. The attendance was
larger than usual, there being some
7(1 teachers present The insti actors
were Stato Superintendent J. II. Ack
ernmn, President B. F. Mulkey, of
the Southern Oregon Normal at
Ashland, aud Prof. C. H. Jones of
Salem, editor of the Oregon Teachers
Monthly and the success of the In
stitute, which was couceeded by the
teachers to be one of the best ever
held in Josephine county was due
very largely to them. Wednesday
evening President Mulkey gave an
address at the opera house that was
well attended by the teachers and by
a few residents of Grants Pass. And
Thursday evening Superintendent
Ackermnn was to have given an ad
dress at the opera house, but to the
circus being in town and to lodges
and other gatherings held on that
eveuiug, there were but two-thirds
of the teachers present and only two
citins of Grants Pass. County
Superintendent Savage concluded that
the outlook was too discouraging aud
did not call the meeting to order.
Roth Superintendent Arkerman and
President Mulkey are able speakers
and thoroughly posted on all matters
pertaining to schools and their ad
dresses would have been well worth
the elfnrt for the citizens of Grants
Pass, who are interested in the cause
of education to have attended.
For Florence Crittenton Home.
The work of the Florence Crittootoa
Missiou throughout our couutry, but
particularly of that in Portland, was
very earnestly presented -to many of
our towufolk last Sunday and Mon
day, by Mrs. Ida Stuart Edgar, a
representative of the National As
sociation. In the morning she spoke
in tiie Presbyterian church, in the
afternoon she addressed -the young
men at their meeting hold in Hall ot
Cole's Chapel, aud in the evening
she was listened to again at the Bap
tist Church. Ou Monday afternoon
she held a meeting for women ouly at
the M. E. Church, at which time a
riorence Crittenton Keocua Circle
was organized, in the horn that br
this means our neniile may feel a
keener interest tu- the work of the
Mission. The ollicere are: Prui-
deut, Mrs. Herbert 1L Brown; Secre-
try, Mrs. Eugene Pearson; lreaurcr,
Mrs Daniels. In speaking of the
great work which should lie done in
Portland, she told of the very iuad-
eqcate facilities aud accommodations
wlilcli trammeled them them, aud
that the time had ooine when a new
building is a real necessity. For this
special purpose she received free-will
offerings from those who were plead
to contribute, the result of which
she desires should be made known
to all, and for this reason has asked
that this statement be published:
Kecd from Presby people .... I 80 35
Heed, from Baptist people 6 00
Kecd, from Y.M. O. A It'i
Call and see Miss Weston's line of
street bats Front 8t between 8ixth
and Seventh.
If yon have chickens for the mar
ket, call on H. Walter of the Orerrnn
vtuu, na will duj mem.
Do not believe that tbe Grants Pass
fuel Uoropany is trvinff to rob von
by asking $1.75 for factory blocks,
statements to the contrary notwith
standing. Call and be oouviuoed.
SHERMAN & IRELAND. REAL
ESTATE.
Give your friends a Stase line the
good smoke.
Trout are biting fine and yon will
find the flies and hooks you want at
Cramer Bros.
Miss Weston has an elegant assort
ment of street and dress hats Front
St. near Seventh.
Pat ton's Sun Proof Paint, the
guaranteed kind that will wear and
give satisfaction for sale by Cramer
Bros.
Dr. Goble, the optioian, will be in
Grants Pass May the Sth. only on
nay tins time. Call between 8 am.
and 6 p. m. at Josephine hotel.
Cnrtis & Co. for Watohes, Clocks.
Gold Rings aud Jewelry, fine watch
repairing, engraving. Goods sold at
reasonable prices. Come and see us.
I. O. O. F. Buildins. Grants Pau.
Oregon.
A sewing machine on trial, if it
suits yon it is yours. Does as good
work as a i25 machine. Have 13
standard make machines, $2. 50 to fH.
Come and see them at Ike Davis'
second hand store.
The ladies of the M E. ohnrch.
South will give an old fashioned
dress social at the parsonage, Friday
evening May la. Refreshments will be
served as their mothers used to serve
for 25c, and a oordial invitation
is extended to alL
Iusure your property in Oregon's
Great Mutual. Nearly seven million
dollars written during 1904. It has
now TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
insurance in force. It is safe and
saves yon money. Address Secretary
O. F. R. A.. MoMinnville. Ore.
H. B. Houdriok. agent. Grants Pass.
Ore.
Wall Papers-0" st001k ioon-
1 Dlete in every
detail. An immenso line in the ohoio
est of decoration at most enticing
pricee. Call aud see the line and try
the Big Bargain Counters Thomas &
O'Neill.
MURDERERS TELL OF CRIME
Dodson and Ingram Each Tell on
the Other in Dunlap Case.
The mystery of the mnrder of Mr.
Donlap has been solved, by the con
fession of Esley Dodson, and Andy
Ingram, the story of each practically
agreeing with that of the Ingram
boy, which was given in fall in the
Conrier of last week. Their trial
will take plaoe at the adjourned
term of oircuit court which Judge
Hanna will convene on June 1st.
Dodson is in the oonnty jail in this
oity and Ingram is in the county jail
at Jacksonville. Sheriff Lewis re
turned Tuesday afternoon from
Crescent City with Ingram, where
he had been arrested by the Del
Norte county sheriff. Ingram made
no trouble on the way over, though
Sheriff Lew in took no ohanoes as his
prisoner has a reputation as a tough
aud. he kept him handcuffed aud
shackled day aud night To help guard
his prisoner Sheriff Lewis had with
him Ex-Shoriff Lister. They had their
own conveyance and made the trip to
Crescent City In two days, arrivlug
there Saturday night. They rested
their team until Sunday noon when
they started back, arriving in Grauts
Pass Tuesday afternoon. The boy,
Lloyd Iugram, on whose confession
his father and Dodson were arrested,
is at liberty in Grauts Pass, but is
under the surveillance of the author
ities. Peter Diesh, oue of the best stenog
raphers in Southern Oregon aud a
popular yonng man of Jacksonville,
was in Grants Pass this week on legal
work at tho court house.
Of satisfaction is what
you get when you buy
anything in STOVES
and RANGES or ENAM
ELED WARE hore. For
twelve years wo havo
maintained . a record
second to none for sel
ling the right quality at
tho right price. Why
not try our
GARLAND STOVES
AND
STKANSKY
WARE
STEEL
Reed, from ladies' meeting.
6 60
Total U JO
Cramer Bros.
ODD FELLOWS BLOCK
BICYCLES. PATTON'S PAINT.
FORI PERMANENT EXHIBIT
W. B. Sherman Outlines e. Ple.n
to Advertise Grants Pass.
Now that the long debated question
of an appropriation for a Josephine
County exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Fair has been wisely settled by
the County Court, thus removing the
burden from the few who would
have been required to provide the
fuuds had the matter been left to
popular subscription, the time is
most opportune to consider the con
struotion of a building In which our
present mineral exhibit aud reading
room may be permanently located. It
is' one thing to attract people to Jose
phiue County by an elaborate exhibit
at the Fair, and still another thing
to shew them something of our real
products after they are here. Iu ad
vertising, no matter whether It be for
a private corporation or a muniolpali
ty results are the only thing that
oonnt We want results, beneficial
results ;. we want people, enterprisiug
people
It baa been conservatively estimated
that 8,000,000 people from the East,
8outh and Middle West, will visit
Portland this summer. Of this uuui
ber fully half will pass through Grants
Pass, and a great per cent of these
will be people who are not visiting
Portland and Oregon merely to see
the Exposition, bnt to find new lo
cation, a new home. From this, an
idea may be had of the importance of
an exhibit building located where all
may see, with a 10 minute stop, such
as tbe railroad company will gladly
allow all passengor trains, hundreds
of thousands of people would be giveu
a glimpse of Jospehine'a products
aud resources this summer. It will
mean the increase of Grants Pass aud
Josephine County's population by
many thousand. It will mean the ad
dition of new blood, the establishment
of more modern ideas aud mothods in
all lines of our business. It would
mean the pouring in of more capital
and the neoessary development ot our
timber, mineral and agricultural area.
It would mean better and bigger
schools for town and country, more
ohnrohes, and an improvement aud
uplift to society in general.
But these results will come only by
immediate aotion. The building aud
exhibit must be in place on time to
catch the attention of the aummor's
procession of Eastern people. In this
regard, the six months following June
of this year wll be of more value and
importance than the six years that
follow.
That the exhibit building can be
ereoted and maintained has already
been demonstrated by the accomplish
ments of the Grauts Pass Miners As
sociation. This organisation took up
the proposition of a machine shop
ud foundiy. aud the enterprise soou
became a reality. It took up the mat
ter or a permanent mineral exhibit
aud that too became a reality. In
truth there is no other mineral col
lection in the state that will any way
compare with It, notwithstanding the
brief time in which the ores have been
oollected The maintenance of the
exhibit Is cared for till January 1 of
next year, with a bright outlook
ahead. If the Minors Association ha.l
a building of its own, the problem of
maintenance would be settled till
May of HHXt, Instead ot Jauuary,
Two propositions In the matter of
an exhibits building have been pre
sented. Oue Is to erect a one story
structure on the corner lot opposite
the depot on Sixth Street, the other
consolidate the efforts and mears of
the Grants Pass Miners Association
and the proposed organization of a
Y. M. C. A. and construct a large
and handsome buildiug, equipping
it with a reading room, gymnasium
aud assembly hall, aside from the ex
hibits room. 10 consolidate would
necessarily mean strength. It would
mean the procuring or subscriptions
from many who would not otherwise
subscribe, aud it would mean the
construction of an edifice that would
be a credit to the city.
I am heartily in sympathy witli the
Y. M. O. A. aud am willing to donate
as liberally as any citizen of Urnuts
Pass of similar means, towar.t the
erection of a Y. M. C. A. building.
But I am not in favor of consolidating
tbe work of the Y. M. C. A. and of
the Grants Pass Miners Association.
at least in tbe matter of a building.
In the first place it would require
at least three months to finance, to
secure suhscrlptlous and collect the
fri0O0 or IHO00 necessary to eredt a
building of the dimensions a 1. M.
O. A. assembly hall, reading r"in
and gymnasium would require. This
would plane It In the middle of sum
mer before construction work could
begin and fully four months more
would ho required to erect the build
ing. By the tune it was done tho
Fair would lie over, and as bus al
ready been pointed out, the real or
nortunlty to lie gained by an exhibits
building would be lost.
In my opinion the sort of building
that could be tiie most economically
constructed, and which wn.ld create
(ar more attention than any oilier
would be of logs. There is a possi
bility that a wooden building of no
kind would he allowed within the
(ire limits by our council, yet fur
this particular purpose aud consider
ing its distance from all surrounding
structures there is little dnuht hut
that an exhibits building would he
allowed by special concession.
The worth of a log building for ex
hibition purxises tins been well and
amply demonstrated by the Oregon
Building at the St. Louis Fair and
the manner in which the Forestry
Building is being "featured" by the
Lwis aud Clark Eipoaitinn Com
mission. Among all the buildings of
the Iwis and Clark Fair, the Fores
try Buildiug stands supreme. Like
wise a log structure would be tu
jierinr to all others in which to house
a permanent timber, mineral aud in
dustrial exhibit for Josephine County.
Tbe building would itself represent
our luagulUcieut forests. It would
be unique, attractive and substantial.
My idea Is the construction uf a
one -story building Mix KM feet, wlih
a six foot shelter porch all around,
(if this a niatu room HOulo could be
used for a display of timbers, miner
als aud representative products. Am
ple space would remain for a reading
rociu and a "home" for prosjiectorH
and miners. The need ot such a home
is well demonstrated by the number
that use the present reading and
writing room of the exhibits build
ing, from 80 to 100 miuera visiting it
Is it the Clothes
that makes the Man?
Try on a Schloss and See.
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daily, to read the papers and periodi
cals ur to use the stationery.
Also there would remain nniple
space for a InvaUiry, and gents and
ladles toilet Grants Pass is shame
fully lacking, iu truth absolutely
without a public toilet, and possibly
uotlii' g could be established and
maiutaiucd that would he a greater
oonvouieuco or greater benelit, than
this.
For this building the logs should h
taken to tho mill anil sawed length
wise through the middle. The build
ing would he constructed iu rustic
tyle, with Hat side of log set plumb
inside. Kacb log would do double
service and a wall would bo made in
side on which any sort of modern
finish conld be put later, lly ex
tending the ridge, poles a base would
be made tor the. porch, the roof of
which would bu an extension of the
main roof. For best oiTcot, as well as
the best results, there should bo a
liberal use of iilale glass, placed in
long windows ou Imlh sides mill iu
front. This would not only give uu
ahiiiidauo of light anil a chance tu see
tbe exhibit from tint outside but
would also save the handling uf long
timbers.
As to the approximate rust of such n
building, a concrete foundation would
he (leO. Kigbteen inch logs can he
cut, sawed and pi iced on the ground
for about t'J.'itl. Tiny can bu put up
for ,(2li0. The plate glass Including
sash and setting, .'100. iloois anil
fixtures, fill. The roof, :). The
planing and fixtures, The paint
ing tuO. This would place the entire
cost at about t-M. As to lights, the
Condor Water & Power Company,
now stringing its wires iiere, is sup
plying light iu great qunnily free fur
a similar building, just ot inph ted at
M Milord, and would no doubt be lis
libcraljj with Urantn Pass. The
Grauts Pass Miller's Association al
ready has the necessary forniture,
shelves, and a very gonil start iu the
collection ol a display. 'Ihu Grants
Past Miners Association has already
shown lis ability to persevere, to
overcou.0 obstacles, to do things.
If it takes up the proposition of an
exhibits building It will, by the
support of our Iiusiium men, succeed.
The growth and prosperity of Grants
Pass and Josephine County aud tho
completion of the work now under
way in relation to the Lewis and
Clark Fair, demand that we have
an exhibits buildiug by the depot.
Let us drop the bjinmer and set an
W B. SHERMAN.
Killed at Slsson.
Tho many friends of A. D. Oustar
were shocked to learn that he had
been killed as the result of au acoi
.lent Iu a sawmill in which he was
woiklug as engineer at Slsson. Mr.
Cnslar was engineer and while oiling
a box on a shaft, which was revolviug
at a rapid rate, bis clothing was caught
and he was carried arouud with ter
rilio force, literally beating the life
nut of him, for he was hurt at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and he
died at A. An inquest was held Thurs
day and Friday morning the body was
brought to Grants Pass and interred
in tho Granite Hill cemetery, the Odd
.Follows having charge of the abse
quius. Mr. Custur was 40 years of
age, unmarried. His father, Isaao
Custer resides ou the Applegatu.
His mother died some years since.
He was a millwright and euglneer by
trade ami he was au industrious, up
right man, having the good will of all
who had his acquaintance.
Secretary Stone of tho Poitlaud Y.
M. (1. A. visited Grauts Pass, Tuesday
on the invitation of iurties interested
tu the organization of a Y. M. C. A
in Grants I'iih An informal meeting
was held and slew taken toward tho
necessary perlirnliiary work.
BORN.
IIKCK At Grants Pass Tuesday,
May 2, I'.IW, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hock, a daughter.
MARKIKU.
WILLI A MS SIMMONS At Grants
Pass, Friday, April an, 11KW5, Frank
J. Williams and Jessie Simmons,
Justicu Furinaii oilleirttiiig,
lllt.NNAN-PAlNi:-Al (iranlte 1 1111
mine, Saturday, April T2, IIMI5, Her
man II. Ki unnan and Miss iluxel I,.
Tame.
CATCBIff TBE EYE
I
The custom-made appearance and style, the faultless
leather and high degree of workmanship strongly
apparent in
AlI'America $3.50 Shoes
catches the eye of every man who is looking for a
shoe which combimes all the good qualities of the
high-priced custom-made article with a price that Is
all right.
Is this the shoe you want? If so, we have it.
Kach dollar purdiUM: entitles j ou to one ticket on the piano.
R. L. BARTLETT,
lluwanl Ulily., nth -ii., - ;i-iiut 1'iiMM, Orci;oi
rJ'Jio "-Moiinrcjli" The IlcMt "Whoo on tlio ;Mirlet fat .1 udtl I'uj lor'.