0 VOL. XXI. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1W5. No. 9. 6AL1CE TO WIN GREAT RENOWN PIONEER MINER FOUND DEAD IN HIS CABIN BIG STRIKES AT MONU THE JONES CREEK MINING DISTRICT -WE SELL- MENTAL AND TAKILMA 1 1 1 i r i M i" j H ( f i 1 -j ! 1 1 1 T ! J it ?! Heal-'Est a te SHERMAN & IRELAND The Real Estate Men Houses to Rent. Money to Loan. ROOMS 10 and 12 M ASONi; TEMPLE. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAID CP CAPITAL STOCK 'J5,0(K DO. Transacts 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 Willi sound banking principles. Safety deposit boxes for rent. - J . KHAN K WATSON. Pres. K. A. BOOTH, Vice-I'rcs -L. I.- JKWEI.L, Cashier. First National Bank of Southern Oregon H. A. BOOTH, Pres. J. (J. CAMPBELL, Vice-I'res. H. L. GILKKY, (.ashler. CAPITAL STOCK SurpliM and Undivided Profits Sno.uoo.oo. I'J.OOO OO. ileceive deposits subject to cheek or on certificate payable on demand, l-elis drafts on New ork, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland and Scuttle Special facilities for making collections through numerous correspondence. Director K. A. IIootu, H. C. Kinney, P. II. Haitii, Joux I). Key, J.T.Turrs, J. C. Caupbkll, H. L. (Silkkv. F&moui Mining District Now to Produce Monster Mailt. Miss Ida Raybell has been ill for several ' weeks bat is now cou vales cent L. B. M. Simmons, manager of the Rand Mining Oa, is ia Taooaia on business for the Company. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wrotten (nee Haven) have returned from their honeymoon tour speut in the Pass. The Almeda and Rand Mining Companies have shipped some fine ore to Portland which will be on ex hibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Di. L. A. Kent, of Portland, has returned home after a short sojourn in Gal ice. The Doctors is an ardent fisherman but well, better lack next time "Doc" Saturday night witnessed the dedi cation of the Rand Mining Com pany's new oflice building, a most en joyable dauce was indulged in by 20 couple, after which refreshments were served. D. L. Smith, secretary of tKe Rand' Company, has been speudiug his spare moments in exploiting the virtues of a mysterious fodder, imported from the valley of the Kile, in Egypt, where according to "the literature" it grows to such height that a forest. of red fir would look like a pack of daschnuds in comparison. It was at least two mooua ago that D. L. said the magio words and oovered np the seeds, but np to the present writing the careful prepared soil is as barren as the Suhara, aud now the siokeniug fear is gnawing at D. L. that lie has planted the seeds upside down and the inhabitants of the Orient are reaping the fruits of his labors. Had the Record of Sinking the Deepest Shaft Ever Put Down by One Man. , Bert Barnes, Reliable Watchmaker I At Clemens' Grants Pass Ore. i i u .Cobb Real Estate Company Soils Real Estate and Personal Property of every de scription. Such as improved or unimproved farms, vacant Kerby Notes. sorry to report lots from ?2.r) up, or anything you liave to soil will handle on commission. We also make a speci.-dty of buying and Kfllintr horses. We also buy and sell junk and second-hand goods. Houses to rent. Collections made. If vou want to soil or buy anything sre ns first. On Front street in large brick. We are sorry to report the death of Poter Summers. He was ill for some time. The Odd Fellows ud Woodmen met in their respective lodge rooms Satur day night. Rev. Mr. Buolie preached here Sunday evening. It is encouraging to see large numbers attend church services. A meeting of stockmen was held on the afternoon of May 20th at W. O. W. hall. The meeting was well at teuded. Tho association is doing ex cellent work and promises much for the future of cattle raisers. The Ladle? Aid of Kerby gave a social at the Payne dining room where ice cream was served. The proceeds go toward a church building in Kerby. We congratulate, the Ladies Aid Society for its huroio service in the midst of a diflicult field. In the evening of May 20th, being the same date of the social, some youug folks opened the W. O. W. hall, aud gave a dance. The young people spent a very enjoyable evening. Wo old folks are glad to see tho youug young people enjoy themselves In the right way. Subscriber. Real-Estate Transfers. O. F. Sooloy to O. N. Matthews, Lot lfl, blo.-k 8, H. B. Miller & Co.'s Addition. Win. Snslcy to J. O. Booth, 2S acres in north end of city. The alove sales were made through the Real Estato Ageuuy of Joseph Moss. Big Ore Bodies Opened e.t Each Mine Smelter to Start Middle of June. 1 ran ics ..Suit C If you expect to travel wc have just what you need in the line of Trunks and Suit Ca.. We an- prepared to supply you with anything you may want in that lino at price to Fit your pur-c. It costs you nothing t look over our lines and got our prices. t ases.. t t t t t The Hub Clothing U Store S. Garflnkle, Proprietor SOUTH SIXTH STKKET NEXT TO LAYTOX HOTEL t t 4 An aged miner known as Little Adam Sohmitt, who for years past has mined on Jackson creek, was fonnd dead in his cabin last Friday. Little Adam bad not been to Jackson ville for two weeks and his friends went to his cabin and found blm ly iug on the floor and a partially empty bottle oi strychnine on the table told the oause of his death. Little Adam had worked a placer claim each win. ter for years and had taken gold sufficient to meet his wauts. The past winter being vory dry be had so little water that he conld not mine to any extent, and being too old and too much of a recluse to go out to work he found himself in want and becoming discouraged ended his exist ence. Little Adam was TO years old and known to all the old-time miners of the Jacksonville district. He was a well educated man, quiet and kindly and well thought of by those having his acquaintance, bnt what was the cause that led him to live the life of a hermit he never told, for he never meutioned his past lifo, bnt it was supposed by those knowing him best that a girl, in tho years ago, In the tar-off Fatherland was the cause of his burryiug himself from the world. Southern Oregon has hid in its fast nesses many such men, who for the death of a loved one, the fickleness of a woman, fiuauoial reverses or some other cause fled from civilization aud beramo a hermit miner iu some placer gulch. Nearly all of these hermits are meu of good education, slid some even are called graduates aud their correct language and polish ed address prove that they had seen the time when they could have been the equal of any In the literary gathering or the social fuuetion. Many of these recluses uever visit a town except to get supplies aud thejr mail, of letters there are none, bnt of magazines and papers a plenty. Strange things these recluses will accomplish, and Little Adam success fully carried out a mining undertak ing the like of which was never probably equaled by a lone miner. Some years ago ho discorerd a ledge on his claim aud to ascertain its value he sunk a shaft over 40 feet deep, and with not a person to help him. He rigged np a windlass and bucket for hoisting the rock aud a ladder for himself to go down aud np on. He would descend to the bottom of Ilia shaft drill a hole, then bring his tools to the surface and take down a charge of giant powder, insert it iu the hole, light the fuse aud then at a lively rate shin np the ladder aud get away from the shaft before the blast went off aud the shower of rock would shoot out of the shaft. When the smoke would clear out he would roplace his rope ladder, let down his backet and then go down aud fill it with rock aud returning to the sur face ho would hoist it np, rotating that ojieratioii until, all tho loose rock was gotten out. Patiently Little Adam worked on his shaft for mouths at a time during the dry sea son, wlieu lie could not oicrate tne rocker at his placer diggings, aud with a persistence that was worthy of a more practical undertaking, he did uot cease his work nutil he had gone to such a depth as had proven to him self tint his ledge was barren of the golden riches for v liicli he was search ing. That his method of sinking tho shaft was both extremely laborous and highly dangerous and withal very alow is known to all miners. Hud ho ever made a miscalculation as to the length of the fuse or had a slip when climbing his frail, unstable ladder, he would have been torn to pieces by the flying rocks aud Little Adam would have, been spared the sorrow of want 11 his last days aud the terrible ordeal aud suffering of a death by atrycli- iuo. Attention, Old Soldiers! Atteutiou! (1. A. R., W. R. C, Soldiers, Sailors and ex-coufederates. you are requested and Invited to meet at U. A. R. headquarters at lOiHOa. in. on Sunday, May 2Hth, and march in a body to the Presby terian hurch to attend Memorial service at 11 o'clock sharp. Aud at 1 o clock on May SOtli to march iu a body to the opera house, where Decoration services will be held at 1 :H0 o'clock m. sharp. The County Judge and county tlicials. Mayor aud common council are expected to take seats 011 platform May 30th. By order of JOHN PATRICK. Commander. Attest: J. E. PKTKRriON, Adjutant, Growing Axhti and Psini Mrs. Josio Suinuer, liremoud, Texa writes, April IS, l'J02: "I have used Ballard's Snow Liniment in my family tor three years. I would not be without it in the house. I have one it 00 my little girl for growui pains and aches iu her knees. I cured her right away. I have also used it fur frost bitten fuel, wit good success, ll is the best liuinieu ever used. 1. Wic. (1.00 ho le by Kolermund aud The Mode Drug Store. Contains a. Scores of Veins, , Some of Which Prospect Very Rich. Colonel T. Walu-Morgan Draper came In Sunday from the Monumental miue to attend to some business mat ters and returned Mouday to Takilma. Colouel Draper stated that a big strike had been made at the Monu mental mine last week that disclosed a vein of vast exteut and rich both in gold aud oopper. So good was the showing of the vein that he brought in a box of tho ore aud sent it by ex press to J. O. B. Ounn, of San Francisco, who is president of the Monumental Mining Compauy, that he might see it and show it to the other stockholders aud to have au as say made. Development work is be ing steadily pushed and will be con tinued nutil sufficient ore is fonnd aud blocked to warrant the installa tion of a smelter, for Colouel Draper does not propose to put np a mill until they Dud out how much of a untie they nave. Colouel Draper stated the prospect drilling that he -aud a compauy of California capitalists were having done on the Illinois river aud tribu taries wag progressing satisfactorily and that if the showing continued so favorable they would put iu a big steam dredge this summer or fall. Operations at the Takilma smelter are progressing very satisfactorily, so Colonel Draper reports. Ore is being delivered at the bins by Capt. Mo Iutyre's teams at the rate of 100 tons per day and by the tirao the smelter starts, there will be sevoral thousand tons of ore in reserve stock. The smelter is to bo blowu iu on June 15, by which time - everything will be in readiness for a big run during the summer and fall. Ore enough is now blocked out in the four mines that supply the smelter to keep the smoltor running for the next yoar, bnt the laok of a macadamized road to Grants Pass to enable coke to be hauled in aud the matte out will force the smelter to close down so soon as the fall rains set In, aud 50 teams and 100 meu will be laid off as a rosult of this shut-down. A big strike of very rich ore was made Iu the Queen of Bronze miue last week and that mine promises to become one of the great copper prodnoers of the country, Notwithstanding the large amount of development work that has beeu done on the four mines held by the Takilma Company, work will be con tinned oil them and they will be fully opened np and put iu condi tiou for turning out big quantities of ore by such time as a better wagon road or a railroad will give transxr- tatiou facilities that will permit the smelter to ie operated continuously tho year round. Kodaks Courier Building. grantsTasYpric"es SAME AS PORTLAND The Jones Creek district, three miles east of Giants Pass, bids fair to become one of tho big mining dis tricts of S utliern Oregon. While small in area, It is exceedingly rich iu the number of veins it contains aud the high cla-s of ore that is found iu them. Though ouly it compara tively small amount of prospecting has been done yet over 20 veins have beeu located and minors familiar with the district predict that as many morn will be uncovered when the ground has been prospected. Ou a 40 acre tract iu this district owned by A. H. Meade, of this oity, and C. O. Case, of Cottage Grove, seven veins have been lo cated. Throe have beeu opened np and they give evidence of proving to be rich priqivrtics. One of theso veins, the Black Oak, is now being opened np aud a pay shoot was struck lust week iu a shaft at a depth of 20 feet, that is yielding oie that averages above ( 100 a tun Ore is now being taken ont and sacked and a shipment will shortly be made either to the Selby or Tacoina smelter. This vein was worked ycius ago, tho ore being ground iu au arrastro aud big money was uiado tor a time by the operators. The pay shoot giving out the mine was nhandimrd and com in- ned so for !!0 yours until the present owners took it up. It is the purpose of Meude it Company to continue do velopmciit work until the full extent of the vein is known. The vein is steadily widening at the SU-foot level in tho shaft it is fully a foot in width aud it is expected that this width will increase us depth is reached. On the Horseshoe vein, which is but loO feet distant, an equally good 1 showing la made and about 15 tons of ore have takeii been out and sold to W. O. Wright of Grants Pass, wiio worked It in his mill in his assay oliluo, it yielding from $15 to 1 1 0 per ton. Another vein in Jones Creek dis trict that is making a good showing is one that is being developed by Benjamin Batty & Hons. A tunnel has beeu driven in on the vein a dis tanoii of 80 feet and a vertical depth of 60 feet is now had and at this point the vein has attained a width of 12 inches, while ou tho surface it was scarcely two inches wide. A pay shoot, of free milling ore, has been struck of such richness that Mr. Batty and his ton are mortaring out from ft to (0 a day. They are ulso getting out a qauntify of ore and sacking it for shipment to a smelter. As tho ore taken out pays their expenses they will continue their de volopmcnt work and fully open op the vein to learn of its extent and value. MINING AND IRRIGATION UNDERTAKINGS STARTED s p E C I A L R E D U C T I O N S Stork News tST Note terms at the bottom of this ad. New Kound Extension Tables Very reasonable prices. New prices on Iron Beda New Kitchen Cabinets f ammocks reduced Tents reduced CARPET SALE STILL GOES ON-A few Rem nants left; bring the measure of your room and buy a Carpet for it at one-third off. Go-Carts roducod NTD Bring this ad with you; on any pf J"""Uie above named reduced goods its worth from 10 to 20 per cent to you. Thomas . O'Neill T5he Housefurnishers MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED GROWS STRAWBERRIES FOR THE MARKET Union Services e.t Pre.sbvterie.n Church Exercises at Opera House end River. Visiting Merchant Finds Goods Sold Here at Portland e.nd Oregon City Prices. Irrigation Company Organized on Thompson Crock Work Ke sumed at Mnld of the Miat. That Grants Pass mcrcliuiita ab seiling goods ou close margins is a fact known to persons who are lainil- ar with prices and freight and other charges here aud with the prices and xed charges In other towns of the coast. In proof of this Is the state ment of T. B. Thomas, who until re- icutly for several years past conduct- d a largo geueial merchandise stole at Beaver Creek in Clackamas county. Mr. Thomas came to Grants Pass three weeks ago and he has carefully looked over the trade conditions in his city and iu the other places iu Rogue River Valley and he finds that merchants of Grants Pass an practically duplicating the price that obtain iu Oregon City and even In 'ortland. Especially did he find thii the case ou diy goods, clothing, tlnn's, mrdware, furniture and some othei articles. And the strange thing tt him was that the Grants Pass mnr hunts were able to duplicate Oregon City prices, while having to pay u freight rate from Portland of from (12 to (21 r ton ou their goods, whereas the Oregou City tie reliant have ouly to pay from (I to (1.2." pci ton freight from Portland. As to the size of their slocks ami the qualify of their goods Mr Thomas found the stores of Grants to exoecd his expectation that they were the equal of the best towua iu Oregou. While this condi tion tf trade was exceptionally favor able to the residents of Grants Pas. and vicinity Mr. Thomas did uot soi much iu it to commend this as a blac: for him to engage ill business ami Wednesday he returned to Oregon City aud will open a store either iu that city or iu Portluad, t A Wood Proposition. So long as 100 cords of oak, laurel, fir, maple aud alder lasts, to save handling, we will deliver flora the wagon to yoo, at your premises, m it Is hauled iu, five cords or more of sound wood at (1.40 per tier. Call nod see oa Piioue 4iU, Grants Pass Furl Compauy. Ssvss by Dynamits. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a siiace that the Uk can't cross. Sometimes, a cougi bangs ou so long, yoo feel as If null lug but dynamite would cure it. 'I., T. Gray, ot Calhoun, (.ia., writes My wife had a very aggravated cough, which kept In r awake nights Two physicians could not huln her o she took Dr. King s ISew lliscov err for Coraumptioii, Coughs and Colds, which eawd her cough, gav her sleep, aud finally cored her. Strictly scientific cure fur hrouehiti aud La Grlpiie. Al all druggists, one &oo aud (1.00; guaranteed, iriai bottle tree. Paper -Napkins Courier Buildiug, Farmers are nil busy i iittng hay. Earl Hhcpiird, of Aslilnnil, was here lust week. Miss Miirin Wihchout wus at Pro- volt Tuursday. Frank Sparliu, of William, was at Apph gate,- Monday. ('alley Siuufiigcr and hrolln r,.lohn, Visited Medforil tlli-t We. k. Miss Ruby Joins, of Thorn p, on Creek, Is visiting al 1'iovolt. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mco, of 'I hemps n Creek, weient Jael.sonville Tie silay. Thurntoii & White i.iii v, 1,1 till, g on their lei mi "The Mi, id of the .Mist." A jolly crowd from Applcgntx at tided the ball at Villiiim i.isl l''ii- lay. John I'eiiioll, the prospeioiis Ap ph gate inert bant, vtsil d ir,,nt l .i-e, last week. Mrs. V. O'Brien vi.ited on Thomp SOU creek last Week, It guest at the homo iif Mrs. G. W, Wiuctiout. Hick llotTcii.iii arrived at Apjkgate Wednesday fioni ( 'aliP rnia, where lie has been vtorking in a mine foi some time. The funnels of Thoiiip-.oi.t 'reek have orgaui.ed all in ig, it ion eon, puny to tig a ditch from the ' j'IIi ii-ii folk in Josephine county, which will imnty into Tboo jisou cli ck anil Keep up this slieain durirg Hie diy s asou. I be iillcli is to be two Pit wine on the bottom ami thi'-u on lop, I ' l u ll leep ami about two mid one haif miles long. The work was begun Wi-dnt sd,i with a crew of 1 1 in, n. Wink nl he rushed so that the dilch may ho coin- tilctcd In l nun pi bring In water foi Irrigation this s iimjii. Her I jiplalu. Thoro will be a Uuiou Memorial service in the ProBhyterinn church next Sunday morning, May 2Htli, at 11 o'clock, preaching by J. B. Travis of Baptist church, Iu which service it is expected that all religions denominations will unite. May KOth being a national holiday, day set apart by the congress of the United Slates, composed of a body of men considered tho greatest thinkers ou the globe, and for and ou bubal of those who gave their lives to save the unity of a nation, which through their sacrifice aud perilous exper ience, has become the greatest nation of earth. It is therefore flttiug that the oltl zens of Giants Pass should pay due respect to the? departed heroes who have made it possible for ns to enjoy ami bo a part of so great a nation. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. of Giants Pass, therefore must cordially invite the citizens of Grants Pass aud vicinity, as well as all the children, to unite with them in appropriate services on that day, which 111 brlel will be as follows : In tho forenoon, a detail appointed, willdecoiato the soldier's graves at the several cemeteries w h loll have nrevlouslv been rounded np aud marked with a little flag. At l:S0 o'clock p. in. sharp, ser vices will begin iu the opt ra house for which a very interesting program 1 1 us been arranged. Rev. F. 0. Will iams of the F.piscopnl church will de liver the address, and II. C. Kinney will have charge of the vocal music, After the exorcises, at the opera house, which will be about !i o'clock, all societies, children and citizens are invited tt) form with us and marel to tin) bridge over Roguu river, where the beautiful service of casting tin limt flowers of spring uhiii its wale's, to be hnrno down to the mighty depths of the ocean, which is the sailor's winding sheet. These c.v rclea will m conducted by the W. It. ('. t t'tiiiuuittee. Ltadlng Grower for the Grants Pass Market Gives Hie Experience. Do Nut Kc linpoitd Upon. Foley A Co., Chicago, originated Money and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, mid ou account of the great unlit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many Imitations are oil, -nd for the genuine. Ask foi I'ob y's llnnev and Tar and refuse any substitute offered as no other prepara tion will give the sumo satisfaction. Ii is mildly laxative. It contains no plates and Is safest fur children ami i Im ate persons. Fcr sale by ltoter- iiiiuil and The Model Drug Store. J. T. Morrison treated the Courier force Tuesday to a geuerons sample of strawberries grown on bis farm three miles north of this city. There were six boxes, each of a different kind aud Iu sine, oolor and flavor wore fully the equal of the Hood River and other famous Paoiflo Coast berries. Mr. Morrison in the past ha tried most of the new berries that lave been brought ont, and while uow glviug a trial to number of uow varieties he is ouly growing for market purposes the Wilson, Magoou, Ruby, Joe, Sharpless, and Green' Corslcau. He finds tha Wilson, which has been a standard for year past with growers, to be bis most re liable all-around berry lor hardiness, prolifloness and a ready seller. The Ruby is a very promising berry aud is his best bearer aud while late sell well Mr. Morrisou finds the Magoou to be a largo, sure bearer and is a well shaped berry. Tho Sharpless aud Greeu's Corslcau are good berries hut have no special features to recom mend. Mr. Morrisou has i'i acres to straw berries, but only three acres are iu full bearing, au aore and a half being new plants that were planted last fall and which are only yielding a small crop this season. Mr. Morrison is a fruit grower of years of experienoe, being in the business in tha East be fore coming to Grants Pass. He finds strawbnerries quite as profitable as other farm crops. Ids place is located on tho hillside back of Grauts Pass at an altitude above Rogue river of fully 500 feet aud lie is thereby eutiiely above the frost line aud never has his fruit blossoms killed by late frosts, us Is frequently the experience of growets whoso berry lauds are on tha low, damp bottoms near the river. Mr Morrison depeuds ou the local market eutiiely, as there Is no profit in a small grower shipping his fruit He consequently only raises a small acreage, but were there a fruit growers uuiou hero so berries and other fruits could be shipped from Grunts Pass by car loads and be uiaikutej In largo quantities in dis tricts and more profitable market he would greatly Increase his berry and other fruit crops. It is vour own fault If money is win lb saving, Its woith walking to IN iipln's market. A Positive Nectulty. Having to lay upou my bed for H days from a severely bruised leg, ouly found relief when used a bottle ot llallnrd's Snow Liniment I can oheer fully recommend it as the best medi cine for bruises ever sent to the alllicted. It lias uow become a posi tive necessity upon myel'. D. H. Byrnes, Merchunt, Doversvllle, Texua. i.lc, Mta, (1.00 at Rotermuud'a and The Model Drug Stoio. Hhy Sutler from Kb'uiustum? Why suffer from rheumatism wl one application of ('hauitc i Iain's Pain Balm will rclictc the pain The quick relief which Ibis liiiiim lit afford makes rest and sleep possible, uud that aloue is worth many times Us cost Many "bo have used it Inn ing only lor a short relief fmm slitferi.ig have ts-cu happily stuprircd to lmd that after awhile the r. In f b, i-aine per manent. Mrs. V. If. I.cg,ctt ot Vuoi Vuiii, Tennessee, t'. ii. A., writes. "1 siu s Kii-iil sufferer freni rheuma tism, all over from bead to (not, and Chamberlain's I'm n Balm Is the only thing that will relieve ihu pain" For sale by all druggists. Some People Sell Cheap to part of the people all of the time i and to all the people j part of the time, j : but I :P AD DOCK SELLS CHEAP : to all the people all the time . 1 ...Paddock's Bicycle Den...