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VOL. XXI.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1905.
No. 11.
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W. L. IRELAND, The Real Estate Man
scBIG RED SHOP
Koutli Kixtli Street, Cforncr ,1
S. C NEAS, Proprietor
I loi-Kowlioelnjf done by one of the best shoer-8 ever in Grants Pass.
Vehicle Itciuili-fMl, Painted, Varnished and Trimmed and made
practically as serviceable and well appearing as new.
iitler Tires jVltteel by the only muchino for that purpose in
Grants Pass,
On Hpeelnl Onler vehicles of all kind9and for all purposes built and
which are stronger and wore durable than those made at factories.
l(;lit I?rl'en given on all my work.
CLEMENS
Sells Drugs L Books
GRANTS PASS,rORE.
Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co.
PAID IP CAPITAL STOCK
Transacts a general banking business.
Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certiorate.
Our customer are assured of eourieous treatment anil every consideration con
sistent with sound hanking principles.
Safety deposit boxes for rent. J. FK AX K WATtSOS. l'res.
K. At 1IOOTI1, Vice-Pres.
I, I, JEWEI.b, earlier.
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Bert Barnes,
Reliable Watchmaker
At Clemens'
G. A. Cobb Real Estate Company
Sells Real Estate and Personal Property of every de
scription. Such ns improved
lota from $'2i np. or anything
on commission. Wo also make a specialty of huyinir and
selling horses.
Wo also buy and sell junk and second-hand poods.
Houses to rent. Colltetiors
buy anything sco us first. On
When You Come
To Portland
Make yonr plans to stop at a home-like hostelry ; a place where yon
will be. shown every courtesy and treated as you wonld be in your own
home, town or. city.
THE FORESTRY I
Is such place, and it stands within one block of the Kxpnsition En
trance, ou 2."ifh Street, faeiug Upshur. THE FoKKSTKY INN is con
structed cn the Ins; cabin style; furnishings, cuisine, and nianng-inciit
conforms thereto. It has liO Urge commodious rooms, all opeuing ou
broad, cool verandas; with electric litihts; hot and cold water and free
baths. From the roof garden a view is had of the Exp sitiou grounds,
the city and surrounding- country. Car service direct to all nof
tne city. European plan. Dining service a la carte and reasonable as
iu any part of the city.
Price of Rooms, $1.00 to $1.50
Special Rates to Parties of two or more.
MEALS A LA CARTE
THE FORESTRY INN, Inc.
Address,
P. C. MATTOX, Manager, or II. M. FANCHER.
25tb and Upshur Sts. PORTLAND, ORE.
m mw mm few
Rent Houses
Negotiate Loans
Write
FIRE INSURANCE
You are Invited to Investi
gate my large list of City and
Country proixrty.
t
Ground Fioor, Courier Building.
1!5,000.00.
Grants l'ass, Ore. 4
or nn imjrovoil farms, vacant
you havo to sell will handle
made. If von want to sell or
Front street in lame brick.
A STRANGER GIVES
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
Hia Observation on the Carnival
and on the Opportunity to
Secure Other Recreation.
Mr. Editor: Carnival week has
come and gone, the crowds are dis
persed and the ordinary obtains. I
was much interested in watching the
people pass through the streets and
on to the ground" of the exhibit.
The aged man feebly, bnt to teuderly
leading the little child; the youth
aud maiden, well pleased with self
aud each other, happy and hopeful.
the matron taking to herself a little
relaxation from oaro of the house
hold; The professional aud the -business
man, who as they passed off
the street aud ont to the show seemed
to cast away care and take onto
themselves the spirit of the hour;
the invalid carefully taken to
the entertainment and thoughtfully
cared for by the deal friends who
wished him to partake so far as pos
sible of tne cheer and goodness
afforded. Aud I said these things are
Hue for do they not show the essen
tial goodness that is in humanity?
Namely the desire for self-good and
pleasnre, bnt better the wish to give
the same to others less happily cir
cumstanced. Another reflection
came to me. Yontli is Immortal, for
was thore not the same look of happy
expuctaucy on the face of the aged
mau as on the child's? Yes It is true
tiie germ of unfading youth is in ns
all, years and bedily deoay touch it
not.
I am led from these reflections to
iuqnire if we cannot have more of
the educative and refined brought in
to the life of Grants Pass In the recrea
tion and amnsements we seek. Suoh
cannot come from a crazy house, a
high dive or a coarse dance There
were though commendable features
iu the late carnival, like the glass
blowers, the deep sea diving, but in
the main it bad. little to interest or
instruct. Granted we need the faroe
aud comedy at times, for they quicken
aud give a healthy rebound, bnt such
should De iu proper propoilion, never
a surfeit of them. To get the carni
val here cost its promoters $150. The
$:!5 for extra police and incidentals
gives a sum of not less than t-'(K).
Did it bring that amoout of increased
business to the city? Iudeed are we
not all the poorer in many ways for
having had it? In the way of pas
times we might secure those, that
while amusing aud pleasing, would
tend to raise the moral and iutolleo
tual tone of our people. Dramas of
high merit oould be sucured and
which wonld prove entertaining and
instructive. Concerts, both vocal aud
instrumental, we could have from
musicians of reputation here and
abroad. Noted leotnrer a could be in
duced to come here, thus putting ns
in touch with thought in the leading
intellectual centers of the country.
A people's forum could be organized,
an institution fonnd iu many pro
gressive towus, a place where matters
of local interest could be discussed.
This organization wonld be helpful
in many ways to our people. Grants
Pass has many amatenr artists of
considerable ability, whose work in
photography, oil and water colors,
crayon and pen sketching would make
an exhibit both interesting and in
structive to the public, and helpful
in developing a higher artistic taste
in our city.
Grants Pass having no public
park it would be a wise move to
socuro from the railroad company
that part of the depot grounds about
the flagstaff, and make of it a place
for recreation. At an expeuse but
little exoeediug that that secured the
carniva'. a park could be laid out
and made very beautiful. Trees and
ornatueutal shrubs of all species
fnmwl in Oreirnn nilulit hn nlmitMt
Flowers and plants set out aud walks'
and settee, provided, the baud staud
putiu attractive, serviceable coudi- i
tion. Then would indeed we have a '
place where all could enjoy the I
beauties of nature, breathe the fresh !
pure air and take that recreation
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that is helpful to the old aud the ,
youug. This enterprise conld well be !
carried out by the Woniant Club, or
a board of trade, if there were one.
Strangers comirg to Grants Pass get
at firi-t but a poor idea of the place.
The foohills lie so closely about the
town as to covey a sense of com
pression to one. But this feeling is
quickly (I is lied by ascending any
one of the eminences in proximity to !
Grant Pass. Oue of the grandest and
most impressive views to be bad it
from the summit of the butte lying
to the west of the reservoir hill, j
From this vautage point a perspective;
of miles iu extent can be had. At'0'""1 Possession of W. L Dowell.
our feet lies Grants Pass, Its parallel
streets, crossing at right-ausles on a
gently sloping site, that is as though
designed by nature as a place on
which to build the metropolis of more high grade ore. With this
.Southern Oregon, as it surely it de-! expectation in view he has had consid
stiued to be, aud itt large business erable development work done and now
blocks, handsome churches and no "' "'n for a
Loildiugs, itt many beautiful hoi
all impressing one with the subt
tial and progressive character ot
town. Beyond ii to be seen
Valley of the Rogue, one of the :
picturesque on the Pacidc O
stretching away for miles, dotted
farms, whose well kept Qlds,
cbards and hornet convey the idi
the thrift and prosperity of its pet
All this flanked by the foothills, i
beautiful by grove of oak and
drooa tree and clamp of mt
, alta and chaparral boshes,
varying foliage give a border of rich
aud varied hue. Ai a background to
this rare panorama four range of
mountains give a completeness to this
view that la all that the lover of the
beautiful in nature conld desire. To
the north and to the west the Cmpqua
bills and the Coast range, their dark
green pine and fir clad sides command
aud please the eye. To the east and
the south tower np the peaks of the
Cascade and Siskiyou mountains,
their snow-clad summits bathed iu
the ether of heaven, their bases rest
lug amid the hill that yield the
golden treasure that has given such
continned prosperity to this section of
Oregon. A picture of surpassing
grandeur aud beauty, words are im
potent to describe it, the Pacific Coast
baa nothing finer. A road to the
summit of the butte before described,
conld be bnilt at a cost not to exceed
that of the carnival, aud at not a
great further outlay a small tract of
ground conld be secured, the under
brush cleared off, settees provided aud
a recreation resort provided, that
would give strangers a most favorable
Impression of Grants Pass and to onr
own people a delightful onting plaoe.
Having at heart all that would
make for improved conditions here in
our beloved oity, widening and en
riching it life, I offer these sugges
tions, thanking yon for the space
given me. STRANGER.
ROAD WORK UNDER
MODERN METHODS
Permanent Improvement on the
Grant Pass Crescent City
Road I Made.
Reports come to the Courior from
persons traveling on the Grants Pass-
Crescent City stage road that the
work done this season on this road In
the Eerby district is the best of any
of the districts along this road. The
supervisor is Ed Daily and he is do
ing this road work more in accord
ance with modern methods of road
building than is usually the case on
country roads. Instead of spreading
hia work over the entire mileage of
his district in making temporary re
pairs be has confined his work to the
worst places. He is giving special
attention to draiuage and is potting
in drains to keep the surface water off
tlie'roads. He has dene tome good
grading and on the sections where
heavy clay it found he has placed
gravel or corduroy so that travel in
wet weather will be possible.
Some of the other supervlsiors lo
the districts along the stage road are
also doing excellent work and there
is every indication that more thorough
and durable improvement will have
been made this year than Iu any
previous year sinre the road was
orened. This road It by far the most
Important in Josephine county, for it
extends south from Grants Pats
through the middle of the oountv to
the California line, a distunce of 60
miles, aud along its route is one of
the largest aud best farming sections
in Southern Oregon, at well as one of
the richest mining distrioti of the
Paciflo CoBst. Its permanent Im
provement is a matter of vital import
ance to the development and prosper
ity of Josephine oonnty. To lower
the grades and macadamize the road
so that it would be nssable to
freight teams iu winter at well as
summer wonld be one of the most
profitable undertakings that Josephlns
conuty could do, for it would bring
such an increase of taxable property
as would more than reimburse the
county for its ontlay.
Dying of Famine
it, in its torments, like dying of con
sumption. The progress of consump
tion, from the beginning to the very
eud, is a long tortuie, both to victim
and friends. "When I had consump
tion In its first stage, " writes Wm.
Mye"' of Ce,ar,"'- "."" trying
i'0'" " good doctor,
T8'n' 1 at 1,Ht took Dr' KiuK''
New "cowy. which quickly, and
cured me." Prompt relief
ud ,ore corB ,or coughs, colds, sore
t,,r08t- ""'. Positively
prevents pneumonia. Guaiantecd at
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bottle.
Trial bottle free.
Good Ore From Sugar Pine.
The Sugar Piue, one of the first
quartz mines in Southern Oregon ot
be successfully worked, now bids fair
to become one of the big gold pro
ducers of this district The Sugar
Pine was first operated iu 1873 when
with, ao arrastre ,', 000 was taken
ou' b7 George and Dauiel Green aud
other owners. The shoot of rich free-
milllug ore having been worked out
pioperty passed through various
bands until three yesrs ago it came
t city. Mr. Dowell feelt cer-
t'D tlat ,ne Telu would at least
Pr0Te to be a big low grade proposi
tion, with a possibility of its prodoc
eing
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A NEW MILL FOR
THE MICHIGAN MINE
Ten Stamp to at Once Be Put in
Building Vpand Fine Steam
Power In Pla.ce.
Affairs at the Michigan mine are
assuming a tangible shape and there
it now a certaiuty that by a month
bence the regular milling of ore will
be begun. The Company now have
a complete plant installed aud wonld
be crushing ore did the mill work.
It it a new invention and reduces ore
by the roller process aud was pnt iu
on trial at the expense of the
manufacturers. As expected by min
ing men it proved a failure and it is
to be taken out and a 10-stamp mill
pnt in, but of what make has not
been selected by the Company.
The equipment now iu place at the
mine and that will be retained is a DO
H. P. boiler, a 50 H. P. engino for
the mill and a 20 H. P. engine for
the hoist, and the hoisting machine.
A 25 H. P. boiler aud engine is
located on the bank of the Applcgate
to operate the pnmp with which to
supply water to the mill for stamp
and boiler purposes. The distance to
the mill it 2(100 feet, with a lift of 2(15
feet. The pipe it 4 1 noli aud the
pump hat proved itt capacity to sup
ply all the water that may be needed
at the mine for the mill as well as
for cookhouse and the dwellings of
the operatives.
The development work oousists of a
shaft 120 feet and a drift on that level
of 70 feet. So at toon at work it re
turned the) shaft will be sunk another
100 feet and another drift begun. At
(lie depth now reached the vein is
over fonr feet iu wl(th and shows
good values.
The Michigan mine is owned by the
Michigan Mining Company, a com
pany of Charlotte, Michigan men,
most of whom are now residents at
the mine, where a small village has
been started. The latest' buildings
to go np at Michigan City, as it is
locally called, aud which is located
one mile from Murphy postofilce, are
residences for Ira Bail, Fred Tranger
and Jas. Yocnm, whose families ar
rived last week from Michigau.
Do yon know that von can make a
five' days visit to the Exposition at
Portland, includiug railroad fare and
all expenses for $3tt.U&; ten days
1116.96 full information can be secured
on application at this office.
U. r. Jester, Agt.
NEWSY NOTES
FROM WILDERVILLE
At M. E. Quarterly Meeting Twelve
New Member Received
Parsonage Dedicated,
Mist Lydia Qriflln visited a
few
dayt with Mist Orpha Stevenson.
Claudius Hobiusou Is once more
shaking hands with friends and
neighbors.
Mr. aud Mrs. Burns, of GruntJ
Past, spent Sunday on Slate creek
attendlug quarterly meeting.
Henry Hocking made a trip to
Grants Pass to tee the dentist, after
losing nearly two nights sleep ou ac
count of toothache.
The new parsonage was dedicated
Sunday the 4th by Dr. Wire. Had a
bounteous dinner on the grounds near
by and all seemed to enjoy them
selves. We had a fine rain, which is a great
help to growing crops. A few (woplo
through this part ot the valley hart
their first crop of alfalfa cot, hut It
was not damaged much by the late
rains.
W are glad to rciort that Mr.
Jossph Griffith aud Mis. Lizzie Dull
are both regaining their health, the
former from a hurt by being thrown
from a horse, and the latter from
sickness.
Sunday the 4th was quarterly meet
ing of the M. E. church. Hev. Wire,
the Elder, was on hand and preached
at 11 aiso at 2 o'clo k, then baptised
five by immersion aud seven by
sprinkling or pouring.
Uncle Fuller.
Cubaa Diarrhoea
U. S. soldiers who served iu Cuba
during the Spanish war ki.ow what
this disease is. aud that ordinary
remedies have little more effect than
so mnch water. Cuban diarrhoea is
almost at wvere aud dangerous as a
mild attack- of cholera. There is one
remedy, however, that can always be
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate from Mrs. Mill
uie Jacobs of Houston, Texas: I here
by certify that ('hamherlaiu's Colic,
Choleia aud Diarrhoea Keuiedy cured
my husband ot a severe attack of
('ubau diarrhoea which lie brouirht
home from Cuba. We had several
doctors bnt they did him no goo I.
One bottle of this remedy cured him,
aa our neighbors vill testify. I
thank God for so valuable a medicine.
For sale by all druggists.
V.
Examination for Forest
Ranger.
The United States civil service
oommissioo will hold an examine
tioo in Grants Pass, ou August 21!,
24, and 26 for candidates In Southern
Oregon forest rangers In the fore.t
service of the Department of Agricul
ture. The examination will consist
of answering practical questions in
writing aud lo a field examination
to test the ability of of the ap
plicant to actually perform the
dutie of a forest ranger. Th writ
ten examination and the field exa-
miuatiou will have equal weights iu
determining the ratings. In the field
examination applicants, among other
things, will lie required to shoot at
target with rifle, and with pistol, and
should bring with them these arms
for this test.
The examination at each place will
be given uuder the supervision of the
local officer.
Age limit, 21 to 40 years on thodate
of the examination.
This examination is open to all
citizens of the United Stiitfs who
oomply with the requirements.
Applicants should at once apply to
the United States Civil Service Com
misison, Washington, D. C, for ap
plication Form 10WI Amended. No
application will he accepted unless
properly executed and filed, in com
plete form, with the Commission nt
Washington. Iu applying for this ex
amination the exact title as given at
the head of this announcement should
be used in the application.
As exnuiiiiatinu papers are shipped
direct from the Commission to the
places of examination, it is necessary
that applicants be recieved iu ample
time to arrangn for the examinstioii
desired at the pluco indicated by the
applicant. The Commission will,
therefore, arrange to examine niy
applicant whose application is receiv
ed in time to permit the shipment of
the necessary papers.
GOOD SHOWING FOR
THE GOLDEN EAGLE
Good Value in Gold and Copper
Found Ore to Be Shipped
to Tacoma.
J. C. Mattismi, manager of the
Hopper Eagle Mining Compiiiy,
whose property is situated on I'eavine
mouutniu three miles west of tial ice
postolllco, arrived in Grants Pass
Saturday from a five weeks trip to
Portland and to Eastern Oregon. Mr.
Mattixou states there is much intercut
both iu Portland and Eastern Oregon
iu the mineral resources of Southern
Oregon and that capitalists nru will
ing to invest their money In mines
here that are ahlo to make n good
showing.
Mr. Mattison stated that the de
velopment of tho Copper Eagle is
progressing very satisfactorily. They
have a crosscut in on the fill-foot
level that showa the vein at that
point to bo II) foot wide ami to carry
values of 4 to fl in gold and 10 to lid
per cent iu copper. A 'second crosscut
is now being driven that will tap the
veiu at tho 2(H)-foot level. The tun
nel is now in H(K feet and ill II) feet
more they expect lo reach the vein.
If the ore holds its high values,
which there Is every reason to expect
will be the case, preparations will lie
nt ouce made for shipments to the
Tacoma smelter. The wagon road
from Inland now readies within
tlireo miles of the mine, and the
work of extending it on to the mine
111 be begun the last of this month.
The mine being ou a high hill the
road will have n heavy grade, hut
being a down grade from the mine,
heavy loads of ore can readily be
hauled over It So soon as the Grants
Pass smelter is built and ill operation
ore would be hauled direct to this
cily were there a direct mail up the
south bank of the livir. As the roads
aro now they would liavn to haul in
I.eland and then ship by car to GrautH
Pans, and uulis a special freight lale
could he had, the cnxt of getting on
to Giants Pass by this round-about
route would be about as much as to
ship to the Selhy or Tat-oma smeller.
I.eland billing
Thetn has been kmiiiii sicklier In
this vicinity, ami it is all dun lo
people not observing military rules as
they should.
The aHHc(ir has made us a call mid
he says this section is very pripi ioiirt
and property much im -n-aseil in value
since last year.
Mr. Ilurtun is sick at the hold,
having failed irom old age. Hikioii
dilioii is nut serious and I, in many
friends here hope he will soon he (Mil
and strong apt in.
Fruit proiicts here are good a id
the yield will he larc. As II r
chard here lire all in hih uround
the frosts, that were so diKi.trou to
the fruit trees mi the rl ver and cici k
bottom did not injure tin m at all.
Friday morning the hoilv t a
in n ll was found nt the l.ig lieile a
mile south of 1. 1 laud, lie hud
worked in the st am shovel gani, and
had sh'it liitiixcll Willi a n voiver, It
is said because of IhiHiieial losses and
disappointment in a love affair.
The rain of late have benefit n il
grain, potatoes, gardi n and n.eadon
but Imve souiiivhat interfered with
cutting of the first crop of alfalfa,
and if the cloudy wi-alln r con! nun
Mini " of it will he lost. Itut ih-
rains will make the si rood irop.,', I the
larger so I he Ioh will not hi- so
great ou the fanners.
A new mining com. any i lo h gin
0s-rati'in iu the Mt. lteuheii dintrie'.
It is coinKised of Ohio men and is
known as the Mt. Keiiheii .Mining As
sociation Tho company is said In
have plenty of capital and c ontrols
some good placer ground, on Mt.
Houheu creek M inv large booiders
will be encountered and to handle
these the company will install a
steam hoisting derrick.
A Bad Scare
Home day yon will get a bad scare,
when you feel a nam in your bowels,
and fear appeudicil i. Safery lie In
Dr. King's New Life Pills, a sum
cure, for all bowel and stomach ill
se ases, sucla aa bea lai he, bl Imuaiiess ;
costiveness, etc. Guaranteed at all
drug Holes, only 2-c. Try them.
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JS- Note terras at the bottom of this ad. -t
New Round Extension Tables
Very reasonable prices.
New prices on Iron Beds
New Kitchen Cabineta
Hammocks reduced
Tents reduced
CARPET SALE STILL GOES ON-A few Ren
nants left; bring
and buy a Carpet
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Go-(Jarts reduced
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A' J,t "the nbove named reduced goods its
worth from 10 to 20 per cent to you.
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Thomas . O'Neill
Uha Housefurnishers
ANOTHER FERRY BOAT
ON ROGUE RIVER
Located Nt.ar Conger' Mill Will
Make Another Rure.1 Mall
Route Possible.
liogiiu river is to toon have another
ferry and nt a location that will ac-
cflmmodato considerable travel. This
ferry will bo about 10 miles below
Grants Pass and a mile below the
month of Shun creek. The cost of
building tho boat and of operating it
will be borne jointly by Martin Con
ger, who put in a sawmill this spring
on Gritllu Bros. 'place ou the west
bank of lloguu river, and by the set
tlers of that locality. There Is talk
of making it a free ferry aud If that
is done the comity will be asked to
contribute a part of the operating ex
penses With tho opening of this ferry an
ellort will be made to securo a ru'al
mail route, which will leave Omits
Pass and go down one side of Hogue
river to the ferry, wliero the river
will be crossed, and tho return to
Grunts Pass made ou the other side.
The section of Rogue Kiver Valley
t lint this route wonld cover is thickly
settled and fully I AO fumllloi would
he able to securo their mail dally, a
convenience that they would greatly
appreciate.
This ferry will enable Mr. Conger
lo have a direct road to the railroad
at Merlin, and of suoli short distance
that his lumber teams can easily
niiike two trips a day. While Ills
mill was located near Wildurvillii Mr.
('linger hauled hia lumber to Grants
('a, but now that bo Is located down
Itnguit river and nearer Merlin ho
will deliver to that point. He has
thii season's cut of ills mill contract
i d to thii Iowa Lumber & Box Com
pany, of Medfnrd. Ilu has a flue body
of timber, principally sugar pine, ami
liiiK stumpiigii in that vicinity enough
to keep his mill running for several
years
Aslhint Sulfcrcrt Stmulif Know Thii
Foley's Honey and Tar has cured
many cases of athma that were con
sidered hnpclcKS Mrs. Adnlpli Hues
lug, 701 West Third Ht , Davenpoit,
Iowa, writes: "A wwn told con
tracted 12 yars a;to whs neglected
until it finally grew Into anil i
'I'll i best mi ll icii I ikill available could
not give me more than temporary re
liil. holey' Honey and Tar was
rccniiiiiiciidi d and one 00 cent bolt le
entirely cured me of nil limit which
1 1 1 1 1 In i ii grovvlng on me for 12 years,
anil if I had taken it itt the start I
would have tieeu saved years of
sulfi i'ii'g " For sa In by li. A. Holer
iu u ml.
Sprained Ankle, ! tllf Neck, Lame Shoulder.
These are tluei cnmiuoii ailui' iilH
for which I'liaiiiherlaiu's I'ulii llalin
is (-specially valuable. If promptly
appliid It will save you time, inniiey
and sulTcring when troubled w ith anv
one id these ailmeiitH. For sale by all
druggislr.
Some People Sell Cheaj
to part of the people
all of the time
and
to all the people
part of the time, .
but
PADDOCK
SELLS CHEAP
to all the people all the time
...Paddock's
the moasure of your roos
for it at one-third off.
METHODIST MINISTER
FOR FIFTY YEAR-
R-ev. Hoxle One of the Plorw
Circuit Rldert in Southern
Oregon.
Rev. O. II. Hoxie was in Or
Past Monday to take the train for
home at Medford, having come do
Friday for a short visit with T,
sister, Mrs. Ii. D. Jones, residU .
uenr Wildorvilte, aud to attend qua.'
terly meeting at the Methodist ohur.-.
in Wildurvillo. Service! were h, '
both Saturday and Sunday and we
conducted by Hev. M. O. Wire. r.
Eugotie, presiding elder for thlt dir
trict, assisted by the local paste i
Itev. L. C. Clark, and by Key. t,
li. Hoxie. Rev, Hoxie stated t'V
the M. E. church at Wildorvllle w
iu a very prosperous condition ti.
had r good membership and w. .
steadily increasing. The deuomlc.
tion hat a fine church buildiug a- t
this spring they have erected a n.
parsouage at a cost of about $"00.
Itev. Hoxie will on February ueit
have oompleted 50 yean service a-- i
minister of the Methodist Episoop -i
denomination here III Southern O v.
gou, for it was Februarry 1866 that
arrived in Rogue River Valley ao
settled two miles north of the present
town of Phoenix then known at Qj
burg. Rev. Hoxie had come f rc -i.
tho East by way of Panama to Po t
land, and he made tho trip to Sou i
em Oregon ou horseback. It tliu
fell to bis lot to bo one of the plou
circuit riderj of Rogue River ValL ,'
aud many wore the privatiout ai- I
hardships that he endured. V .
circuit riding horseback over tr. t
aud poor roads, holding service! jo
der trees, iu cabins and log chord
was not without pleasures and i -(cresting
Incidents aud Rev. Hoili
exjierience would make a book
frontier reuiiuescencos that wool I.: -exceedingly
interesting.
Rev. Hoxie is yet hale aud heat .
aud, though now on tho retired li-'.
he never fails to fill an appointou :
wherever be may bo called. Ho it
full of zeal for hit church at ever a
his sermons have much of tho ol
time spirit and enthusiasm of i -.
youth, and lie expects tc be able
do hit volunteer missionary work
mauy years to come in the outly ,
districts of Rogue River Valby.
Whooping Cough In Jamaica.
Mr. J. Riley Beunett, a chemist t
Hrnwu't Town, Jamaica, West In I .
Islands, writes: "I cannot srs.ak t
highly of Chamberlain's Co.i .
lteu.edy. It has proved itself to .
the best remedy for whooping cou i
which is prevalent on this end of ; . .
globe. It has never failed to relit' -iu
any case where I have reenmme..
ed it; and grateful muthers, at. '
using it, are daily thanking me 1
advising them." This remedy is . :
mile by all druggists.
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