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ROGUH RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JUNE 16, 1905 ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. Published Every Friday. SubsorlDtion Rates i One Year, In adrancc, $1.60 8ii Mentha, .7ft Three Moulin, . . . .40 Hingis Copww, .06 Advertising Races Famished on application at the office, or oj mail. Obituaries and resolutions of con dolence will be charged for at 6c per line; card of thank 60c. A. E. VOOEHIES, Propr. a DOR' Oregon, aa seconu-claaa mail matter. FRIDAY. JUNE 9, 1005. FRUITS, FLOWERS AND GOLDEN NUGGETS. Southern Oregon Day at th Lewla act Clark fair gave the Portland Telegram, of last Friday, the inapira tion to nay nice thioga about thli laud of euiialiliieaiid flowers, luscious fruita and golden naggcta, and while the article a liiost biaollfal word pic ture, yet it ia little over-drawn and it la a compliment that the realdcnls of Rogue River Valley all appreciate, the woiding of which ia aa followa: "From Ashland and Mudforrl, where wild flowers bloom and wild berries grow and ripen the year round; where Nature aummer after anuimer loada the peach treea and the apple, treea ao heavily that limba muat ueeda be ' propped to prevent their breaking; and from Grunta Pasa and Jackaou ville, wlioae aurrounding mlnea are ao rich and ao eitoiiaive that rock which ia less than 25 per cent gold eicitea no comment among the reaideuta from these four hustling Snolhern Oregon towna and from the conutry which aurroanda them, today have come several hondred people to aee the Lewis and Clark reposition. It ia a ronaiderahle diatauce from Port land to Fou thorn Oregon, and there fore Portland people aud Houtlieru Oregon people (In not aee ao much of each other aa do Portland people and the people of outlying towna nearer. Hie in-sent occaaiou furnishes an opportunity for making doner ac quaintance, which ia gratifying alike to the viaitora and to Port landers." TAKILMA SMELTER TO BLOW IN NEXT WEEK Cha-4 L. Tutt to Arrive Soon New Superintendent Here Large Body of Ore Blocked Out. ('apt. J. M. Mclulyre, who haa the contract for hauling ore to lliu Tukil ni n uncller and ol hauling iu tlni eoke frum Giimta 1'usa and the matte out for shipment, waa iu Uranta las Monday. He Hinted thut the ainelior would he blown iu about the tlrat of next week and that all prcparatioua were completed for the oieratiou of the amelter until tlio roada become too muddy licit full" lo permit of coke aud inutto to be hauled. Development work ia making auoh progress at the four mince of the t'oiuauy that aallicient copper ore la now blocked out to aupply the amelter for the next year. Arthur Monroe Carpenter, who la lo bo the. superintendent for the miclti r for this year, ariividiii Grants Paita Saturday night and left the next morning for Takilma. Mi. Cai politer ia mi expcrlcuced man iu all thu delaila of the amelter buaiutsa and under hia management tbe Takilma amelter will be ju I Iu auru of turniog out mat In to Ita full capacity. Mr. Caipenter la from Denver, where hia family yet are, but lila wife and childreu will Join him iu a abort time at Takiltuii. t'lnrliaL. Tutt, prim lpul owner of the Tnkilmn amelter aud the iniuca, ia e peitecl to arrive In Uranta l'aaa within I lie next few data finm hix lioine iu Colorado Spriuga, Colorado. He will spend aotiie time at Tabiluia to ten t tint everything ia In good a)iaHi for a big run of the amelter. Mr. Tutt ia one of the inillininiru mining iii'iii of Colorado. He baa large iutereata iu that Mute and iu other Wcntiru atatea Iu laith copper aud gold propertied, ami whllu Takil lint ia one, of hia small iiiveatiueiiiN, yet tin in ia every likelihood that be will put in audi additional capital an lo develop it into one of thu great ci' 1I plants of the United Sullen. turtd Old Soro. Wentiuoii'liind, Kiiiih. , May 5, ISHi'J ll.illuiil Know Liniment Co: Your Know l.tiiimeut cured mi old mud on the aide ol my chin that vwta cuppoKcd to be a 'tiLii (r. The Mire vwta nlub boru mid would not yield lo Unit no nt, until I trnd Snow l.iuiiueut, which did the umk iu blunt older. My vliter, Mr. to Inn J. I'uitoii, All. OMllle. M t lliu Co., I'n, ban a aoie uiiil miMruMa tl.ai. It in a caiin r. I'll line mihI her a iit'e I'otlle. For siilc by Uoh unlaid and Model Drug rUoro. COME IN AND SEE, ME I give away the famous lUisy Phi- Gold Moulded (ir.iphoph.me wiih l.'i in cish truilc. Hiisy Heo Gold Moulded U.ennU wuh ..vcty .(KI cash aalo, or 'Jo ivnla ouch. Ask lor coupons with all cash piu'ch.iM S R. O. McCROSKEY Snots Dry Oeodi CONDOR WATER AND POWER COMPANY Installing Ureal Electric Plum Three Cables Bring 23,000 Volts to Grants Pass. The work of luatalling the great elcetrio power and light ayatem that waa begun laat full by tho Condor Water & Power Company ia progreaa ing rapidly, and from the Company's water power electric atation at Gold Ray tranamiaalou wiiea are being ex tended nntil aoou Rogue River Valley will be covered with a network of electric, linea. From Gold Ray a net of wires now extend to Central Point, Medford and Jacksonville, delivering light and power current to those towna aud to many of the big fnrnis for light and to operate irri gating pnmpa. The atnmp mill at the Opp mine at Jacksonville ia sop plied with power to o) i rate the 10 stnmpa and other machinery. From Medford the line Ik ahnrtly to be ex tended to Talent and Ashland. A wire ayatem ia being extended north from the station at Gold Kay and it ia completed to Uranta 1'asa with a branch op Foota Creek to the Champliu dredge, which ia to change from steam to electric power next in on til. From Grauta Pasa the poles are aet to the Greenback mine and the linemen, under direction of Foreman O. F. Wiley, begun thia week the work of stringing the wire from Grauta Pnaa on to Greenback. There ia a likelihood that a branch lino will be run np to the Grim in) Hill mine and elcetrio power will take the place of the ateam power now in use. It is reported that eventually the line ia to bo extended from the Greenback mine oil to Glendale and to Koaeburg, and (row Grmta Paaa down Rogue river to the Galice mines aud to Applegate and Waldo districts. E. G. Purhatn, of Gold Hill, has tho contract for setting the poles for the varioua linea of the Condor Com pany and thia Thursday he completed the setting of the poles for a branch lino down L rtrimt from the main line to the Grauta Pasa Iron it Steel Worka, which ia to nse electric In stead of steam power. Thia will close Mt. Perham'a work for now, but about next month he w ill return mid put up the jKilna for all the brunch linea about Grauta Pass and for the other linea that may he extended front thia city. The wires thut the Condor Com pany are stringing are really cables, for they aro of seven straua itud as largo aa n quarter-Inch rom. They are of aluminum, and thus weigh alicut the same us u alngld copper wire, though the price ia greater, There are three of these cablea from the atation at Gold Ray to Grants Pasa and tli.y will bo capable of carrying 2:1,000 voile. A transformer atatiou will be established In Grants Pusa and large trmisforinoia will tep thia immense current down to a voltage that will permit of ita uau for light mid power purposes. Dr. C. li. Hay, manager for the Condor Com puny ia negotiat ing for a lot owned by Judge II K. iinniut on G at reel near Seventh and the transformer sta tion will likely tin located on it. If the purchase of this property is made the present wooden building, which ia occupied by the Men restau rant, will be toru down aud a Hue brick block erected en the lot. In addition to being used for a turns, former atation thia building will be used for the Granla l'ms olllce of the Company and for a supply depot for the construction crewa and for tie linemen. Current ia now on from Gold ltay to Gold llili, ami light is now being furnUhed in that town. The line ia ruiitv for tiiiiisiiii.--ion of current to Giants Tnss, but it will puibably be it mouth In fore current ia brought In this city, as the additional generators, lion being put ill at the atatiou at Cold liny, will not bu ready to run for a mouth yet. The new turbine wheels, of winch there are eight, are all set and win n the additional generators nre in the atatiou will Iu capable of generating .'i.IKIO 11. P. The Condor Water iV power Com pany w ill liuve tin ilist inction of hat ing (he most mile.ig.i ami the longest distance ol liiiiiMiiib.-ion of any elec tric company in Otcgon. The Com imnya' longest line w ill be from (Odd Hay by way of Gnu is 1'iet to GieeiibacK mine a ili-liitioo of -Hi miles. Iiom Gold, ltuy the line crosses to the south snto of Itogue 11 vi r followa the county mail to Cmnt I'ass, crossing the r vet nt Gold Hill, aud then back again to the son i It su e at Kock Point and thence down toe county road to opposite the foot ol Ktfclilli stlcit ill this city, white it ciii-MSoir Hie rtvi r and ii Kighih tuittoK ami nciifs cullu.lMi.il to Seventh, mid up ll:i sllcel to V street whom he 1 1 .ui.-foi iui l sl.illi ii will be. The main line to the Gin n bin k and other mines en hinir, f urtmrunt,! X Jump-off-Joe and Loose creeka will go oot Seventh street to the Loose creek road. At the four c.-oninga of Rogue river the lines swing across from high poles, as Is dons lo this city on Seventh street acroas tbe depot grounds. Tbe insulators used are of a new design and are made of a special kind of porcelain. These now on the lines are seven inches in diameter, bat the current ia to blgh that they boat and canae too great a losa of electricity. These insulators will be replaced by iuanlators of 12 inches in diameter, which is expected to be large enough to give a good lo an lat ion to the wires. Patrolmen are employed, who make daily trips along each divlaion of the ayatem. The patrolman on the Grants Pass-Gold Hill divlaion Is Arthur Ellison. He travel on his wheel and carries a small repair outfit aud portable telephone with biui. Small re pa Ira he makea but if badly ont of order he telephones to Gold Ray or to Grants Paaa for the regular repair crew. Their greatest difficulty comes from broken insulators that hoodlum boya aud men break with rocks and gnus Already Patrolman Ellison haa found five insulators on bis divis ion that have been broken by men or boys. There is a very heavy penalty provided by state law for this offenae anil persons caught breaking insula tors on any telegraph, telephone or electric light line will get a reminder that they will not soon forget. The Condor Company lias a tele phone ayatem of its own aud baa tele phono wirea on the aame poles with its electric, wires and has telephone stations at all points reached by ita power and light wirea. Michigan Mine's New Mill. There apieara to be auother aide to affairs at the Michigan mine, for W. T. Perry, who waa a member of tiie company, atatea that so far as be knows that no stamp mill has been ordered, and that another trial will be given the crusher mill now In stalled at the mine. The difficulty arose over the fact that C. C. Pratt, manager of the roiuiauy that built and is luatalling the mill, wishing to give to it a abort teat, after it waa completed two weeks ago, started it up mid run dry ore through it. The result waa that the pad aud hood of the griuder became heated aud ex panding chocked down, breaking a number of coga from the gearing. Mr. Pratt hud run dry ore successfully through thu sample mill they built in Portland, but tho Michigan ore evidently being harder could not be run dry. It was uot the iuteution of Mr. I'rutt to operate the mill on dry ore. ami would not have douo ao, had the pumping plant been completed atid iu working order. Mr. Pratt returned Sunday from Port land with the repairs to the mill and a new manganese, ateel pad aud hood to the mill, and the pump being completed aud ready to aupply the grinders with water, It is exiected to give the mill a full and thorough trial next wevk. Mr. Perry stales that the mill, when it waa ruu, more than met their expectations and ground much faster and more even than would a quartz mill using the aame amount of power. Mr. Perry went to the mine Tnea day iicd retutued Thursday morning and he stales that the new parts to the mill will were put iu and the mill was put iu operation Wednesday and run all day. He says it ruu satis factori ly and ground the ore to the required fineness mid at good aja'cd ami that the griuder did not heat or give other trouble. The oper ation of the mill will be continned until it haa been given a thorough working test. Of the system under which this mill worka Mr. Perry makes the following statement : "(hie of the strong features of the Pratt Mining System ia the fact that no matter how much tale the ore con tains, the tale ia all removed by a wishing system before the ore enters the mill thereby rendering this ibiu germis ami undesirable condition harmless when treated by the Pratt System. Another very Important ad dition to the I'ratt System ia the con solidation of the Hyan Kleetro Chlo roul.at ion system, by which orca of all classes can be reduced to bullion on the ground, anil nt an xcnae it la el, limed, of not to exceed one-half the ordinary i-xihmimi of smelting So contiilent are the Pratt lx'oplo ol the ultimate revnliit ionizing etfect upon the mining world by the combined systems above referred to, that large capital has beeu interested and a syndicate. h:.s been formed Tor the purpose ot acquiring such as they do sire of the choicest and most desirable well deveol i d milling piopcrtics uow lying idle, for the purpose of working (lie ii, as i an be don by this system at a gieat protit As proof of how public sentiment is turning in favor of this new on tin d, it is learned that already another plant has been ordered and will be installed uon another property only a short distance from the Mi.diig.in 'mine as. soon as it can he maiiuf.icture I. l i,' Pratt of Tort land, Ori gi n, patentee of thia svsteiu, will also be interested iu the 'Piatt Mining Swnlicate' which is the one left I red to above." Mow'i Thii? We ol'er One Hundred Dollar Ho ward for any caa- of Catarrh that can not be cui ii bv Hill's t'atarrh Cure. .1. CHENEY iV CO , Toledo. O. We, I bo undersigned, have known V. J. i "lii-iii y for the last 15 years, mid I', heve in in iirfectly honorable in all business tiausai t ions and tiuau liillvable lo carrv out any cbliga t lens loa le bv Ins firm. WAI.H1NU, KIN NAN MARVIN, Wholesale lluggita, Toledo, O. Hall's I'nt irrb Cure is taken inter. Iiallv, acting directly uihiii the blood und mucous surfaces of the system. T'est iiuoii ials stnt fne. Price 7,1 cents pr bottle. Sold It all Diug- gists. Take Hall's Family Pills for 0. in-ti put loll Sleeping Accommodations. 1 Aa an accommodation to viaitora to the Exposit iv.i, and oihera a Itt-soctiou tourist aim jwr w ill be placed iu aer- ' vice between Ashland, and Portland, on Inn os IS ami lit commencing May ;.nh. Sections U, 10, 11, and li are re served for thia station and can be se cured at the deo. U. P. Jester, Agt. Very pretty Summer Dress Goods are being sold at tli Red Star Store. TO MARCH TO PORTLAND Cadet Corps Will Reach Grants Saturday, June 29.. Nearly 60 members of the congrega tional cadet corps of Eureka, Cab, left that place Mouday morning to march to Portland nearly 600 miles, which place they expect to resell July 20 or possibly sooner. They travel op the coaat to Crescent City arriving there Saturday ,Jnue 18 and will camp over I Sunday., then acroas the mountains to Grants Pass arriving here Saturday, June 25 and remaining over Sunday. The next Sunday they aro to spend in Rseborg and the following Sunday at Eugene. On arriving at Portluud they will be quartered inside the exposition grounds and remain 10 days. The return trip will be made by steamer from Port laud to Enreka arriving home early in AngnHt. Thia couiiany of cadets la the pick of the club of nearly 150 boya, officered by Clarke Emery, captain; Joseph Moore, 1st lieutenant; Wallace Mill, 2d lieutenant; Fred Brown, 3d lien tenant. Rev. F; Baker, haplain;Dr. C. E. Bnustell, muaical director. Two (coma with driven will carry the tenia and provisions, and a cook will also accompany the party. A TeetlmonlB.1. Grauta Paaa, Ore., June 14, 1U05. Dr. F. A. Clise & Son, Eye-aight Specialists, Gentlemen: It Is with pleasure I reoommeud you to others. Since com mencing to wear glasses I have had serious trouble in getting a pair to fit my eyes. Have tried leading opticians and oculists in different parts of the United States, 'but never till yon tested my eyes have I beeu fitted. The glaaaea yon prescribed for mo about a month ago give me perfect sight aud rest my eyea. The careful manner In which yon examine the eyea should appeal to everyone who need glasaea. S HAMMEL. Masons Meet In Portland. The souveulr quartz pins, made by the Grauta Pasa Woman's club, have proven exceedingly popular and thousands of them have beeu given away to Eastern people. The Courier job office has la'cu busily ergnged iu turning out the cauls for these plna which are made each Thursday at the milling exhibit rooma at which time it ia desired that all the ladies in ti rested, whose time ia uot otherwise taken, may assist iu making these puis. The pins which visitors de scribe as the hit of tho fair, are made of a circular card on which aro in scribed the words, "Grauta Pasa, Oregon, Josephine county, gold quart." Iu the center of this card ia fasteued a piece of quartz, the liuished piu presenting a neat aud striking etfect. Josephine county ia represented at the Lewia it Clark lair iu a mauner perhaps not ao elaborate or preteu- tioua as some counties but quite strikingly aud effectively aud the mineral exhibit ia one that attracts a great dial ol attention. The gold display of L. L. Jewell, fiUOO worth i f nuggets aud go'd quartz, is attrac- live in a reyjiirkable degree. This ia shown under glass mid ia oue of the striking featuica lu the expoaition. Misa Eltlo Ynsl have Saturday morning for a thort amy at Green back aud will then go to Portland to spend the tumour with her sister, Mrs. li. S. Bailey. t.0 acres of good river bottom land at a suap, wiililu .10 minutes drive lroiu towu. Terms i asy. W. I,. Ire land, The Heal Kstaie Mall, Ground Hour, Courier llnildiug. Prospectors Wanted To save money on Ihelr oultUs, which they can do at McLANE'S Department and Furniture. Store (Kesterson ltlk., on Front St.) Gold Pans Picks Pack Saddles Shovels Camp Stoves Axes Mattresses CotTee Pols Cots Tin Cups Comfort Granito Pans blankets Hitlos Kakl Suits Shot linns Overalls Hevolvem Shirts Knives A ad anything else wanted for the camp at prioc that are right. WORK ON SMELTER BEGUN Foundation Being Prepared Company Opens Offices. A beginning has been made thai presages success for the Rogue River Mining, Smelting & Powel Compauy aud that gives the assurance that Grants Pass and Southern Oregon ia to have another industry that will be far-reaching in its influence in the development and prosperity of this district aud to make of it one of the beat mining districts In the United States. TheSiuelter Company are not delay ing catters at all In their undertak ing, for so soon as org.nked they so cured a suite of rooms in be Courier block, or Sixth aud G streets, aud fit ted Dp a suitable office, where Secre tary W. E. Williams or Ptesidout D. 0. West lake can be found by those having business with the Company. The officers of the Company are glad to meet mining men aud exteud a cor dial iuvitation to them to call when in the city. So soon las' week as tbe final papers were signed up that gave them the ownership of a large acreage of laud at Savage liapuls and and con trol of nesrly a mile of each bank of Rogue river at that place, their engi neer, W, I. Fleck, made the survey for the smelter site aud the location for their great power dam. The site is Ave miles from Grnuis Paaa and the dum is just at the boundary liue be tween Josephine aud Jackson counties, while the smelter will he over the line in Josephine county. Monday the Company's superintendent of cou at met ion, II. A. Corliss, pnt a otew of men at work clearing off the blush and getting the fondation ready for the amelter buildii g, and also in clearig the light of way for the amel ter awitch from the railroad track, which the Southern Pacific, will have put in at once. The men employed on the work have moved there, some with their families, aud there is now a vil lage of seven tents, which later on will give place to houses. The lum ber rud other material for the smelter buildings haa been ordered and a car load of lumber ia to be delivered the first of next week. Au arrangement haa been made with G. O. Oium, local mauager for the Pacific States Tele- phoue Comiiany, fo a telephone line to Savage Rapids to connect with Hie city exehange.aiid the line will be put iu iu the near future. Carl N. Jones, of Portluud, the Company's smelter expert, left last week for Spokane, where he will have a foundry, that makes a specialty of amelter work, to build the principal part a for the smelter. The Coniinny though will have much of the iron work done here in Grauta Pasa, and it will he their fixed policy to iatroui.e thia city to the fullest extent iu the purchase of material and tho employ n.ent of help. Work ou the smelter will he pushed with the greateat expedition aud it in hoped to have it ready to blow-in by the middle of September. Onlv a furnace of SO-tou capacity w ill be put iu fo the present, ns the Company's managers believe ill beginning amall and I to-cas ing ne the business develops. Reception to Evangelists The Chapel cur Emanuel left Wed nesday evening for Merliu. The evangelists, Rev. and Mrs E. R lleriuistou, who are w ith the chapel car, were tend red a farewell recep tion on the nfternooti of Wednesday at the residence of Mra. W H. Patillo by the Baptist Ijvdiea Aid Society. A delightful social time waa had and refre.diiucnta were served. A mitth provoking recltatiou waa given by Mrs. Hermistou that proved the lady to be a Hue elocutionist. The reception clos d by au address by Rev. J. B. Travis, in which ho ex pressed the appreciation of the mem bers of tho Baptist church and of the citizens of Grunts Pasa for the effi cient work and for the fine sermons Ibat both Rev. aud Mrs. Hermiston had de'ivered at the scricN of meet lugs held tbe past week at the Baptist church. Rev. Hermiston responded iu a feeling manner stating that he aud Mrs Hermiston would have, wherever tiiey went, only the kindliest recollect ion of their Hay iu Grants Pasa and of the niauy coortesiea that bad beeu ex' ended to them while here. Geo. Richer la vnitmg hia parents and old friends here this week. Mr Pacher was a member of th Mav class graduating from the North Pacific dental college. He has de cided to locate permanently iu Rose burg. E. C. Dixon ha sold hia iuterest in the Dixon lire.' deutal business to his brother aud has moved with his family to Ashlaud where he has opened au office opposite the Hotel Oregon. Mr. Dixou also sold hia reai deuce property ou C at reel to hi' brother. Postuiaartet C. E. Harmon went to Seluia Friday to arvoiupauy home Mrs. Harmon, who had goue to their farm uear that place to spend the summer, lo seek relief from bay fever, but gettlug no relief she was compelled to letum to Grauts Paw. aud ahe and Mr. Harmon got baik Mouday. , EELS DESTROY IRRIGATING DAM Myriads of Eels In Applegs-te River Cause Dam of Murphy Ditch Co. to Wash Away. Chas. Johnson and family paid onr burg a visit Eunday. Victor Daniels has fin i abed baying. He has a floe crop of alfalfa. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Watts attended services here Sunday morning. Mrs Carrie McCallister will return to Conger's mill next Sunday. Clarence Wynant and Will McCal liater were at Conger's mill Sunday Howard Wynant lias been working for the Hayes Brother! in tbe bay field. The basket dinner given last Sun day waa a grand success, although the attendance was small. The Evangelistic, meeting held last Friday evening was well attend ed, and we cordially Invite them back again. Considerable trouble is being ex perienced by the Murphy Irrigation Company to hold their dam In the Ap plegate. The dam is constructed with sacks of sand and the eels work holes in the sacks and the water then washes the aand ont of the sacks, when sand and sacks go down the river. Shorty. Ashle-nd to Own Both Light e.nd Power Plants. Mnnicipal ownership appears to be popular in Ashland, for at the special election last week in that city to vote on the iasoance of $80,000 in bonds with which to install a city electric light plant, there were only nine votes against the proposition. Ashland haa for years owned ita water plant and it has proved ao profitable and satisfactory an investment to the taxpavera that that fact had much to do in making the vote practically unanimous for the city to also own the electrio light plant. Medford has owned for several years past both its light and water plants. Jacksonville owns its water plant, bnt not the light plant. Masons Meet In Portland. A good-sized delegation from Grauta Pass attended the Mason io Grand Lodge in Portland this week. Dr, V. H. Flanagan went as an officer of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. holding the position of Depnty Grand Master, and he was given the further high honor of being niado Worsliipt.il Grand Master for tbe ensuing year. B. M. Riggs was delegate for Grauta Paaa Lodge. No. 84, Herbert Smith represented Reames Chapter No. 28, R. A. M., and Mra H. C. Bobzieo was the representative for Josephine Chap ter No. 20 O. E. S. Mrs. E. C.Dixon was to have represented Josephine Chapter, but the recent death of her father made it so she could not go, ao she gave her proxy to Mra. Bobzieo The others who attended the Grand Lodges were J. O. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. James Holnian, Mrs. B W, Rigga aud R. W. Clarke. Mrs. Bob zieu will remain north for some time and will go to Seaaide, where ahe will be the gneat of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Davis. The officers for this year for the Grand Lodge for tbe Grand of Masons is as followa: Dr. W. II, Flanagan, Grauts Pasa, grand master; Dr. W. H. William son, Portland, deputy grand master Lot L. Pen roe, Salem, aenior grand warden; Ed Kiddle, La Grande, junior grand warden ; W. A. 'Cleland, Portland, grand treasurer; James F. Robinson, Eugene, re-elected grand secretary; Judge J. B. Cleland and J. M. Hudson, of Portland, and M. S. Woodcock, of Corvallia, were re-elected trustees The officers for the Graud Chapter, Eastern Star are : Worthy graud matron. Mra. Inez M. Ryan, Oregon City ; worthy grand patron, George M. Hyland, Portland; associate graud matron, Mra. Bay L. Sherwiu, Ashland; associate grand parton, C. C. Parker, Albany; grand secretary, Mrs Mary Scott Movers, The Dalles; graud treaaurer, Mra. Clara L. Lyle, La Grande; grand conductress, Mra. Florence Naaehurg, Marsh field; associate graud conduct ress, Mrs. Jennie E. Reames Enlarging Chcvutauqua Building Visitors at the comiug 'session of the Southern Oregon Chautauqua Assembly iu Ashland can hardly be expected to recrgnize the unique tabernacle where they have ao many times iu the past beeu edified and entertaiued. The beehive ahaped atructure haa beeu bisected aud one half moved back aud an extension built between the two halves, to double the Mating accommodations in the building. Another cupola will be added and the building will be generally Improved to meet the growing needa of the Assembly. The movers fiuished their work Friday ami the carpeut ra are busy now with their contract Aablaud Tidings. In the trial of Senator J. II. Mitch ell, new on iu Portland, Josephine county is well represented In the ven ure of names from which the 11 jury men will be drawn who will decide the case. Those from thia county are County Assessor W. H. Falliu, aud J. H. Ahlt, meat dealer, of Grauts Pasa, Prof. W. II. Hampton, of Placer, now of Alaska, Jacob Hanseth, farmer, of Selma, aud Ed Dai ley, farmer, Kerby. By reason of his o trice Assessor Fall ill will not be required, even if chos en, to sit on the jury, and Mr. Hamp ton, being out of tbe state can uot be subpoenaed. If yon want voor pmpertv sold, list it with W. L IRELAND, the REAL ESTATE M tN, COCR1ER BLTLD 1NU, ground floor. has stood the test 25 yean. Average Annmi cTi bottles. Does this recHlof mSJl sTiadosH wfea svry Another Large Shipment of FURNITURE A 50-foot car packed and will be set up Many new week, before Full A. U. BANNARD liig Store North Side, Cih Street, Grants Pass Applegsxte Items. Fvrd Benedict left Siiuday for Hilts, California. Albert Culey, of Steabmoat, visited Jacksonville last we k. Mra. F. O'Brien, of Provolt, is vis iting on Thompson creek. Mias Lncy Shearer of Medford ia visitng on Thompson creek. Miss Marie Winetront was on Williams Creek last Thursday. The Applegate and Thompson Crick schools close the 20th of June. Supt. P. H. Dailey, of Jackson ville, waa on Applegate last Thursday visiting schools. Mrs. Davidson aud daughter, Pearl, of Missomi Flat were on Applegate last week, Mr.and Mrs. Hickey, of Bakcrsflcld, California, are visiting relatives on the Applegate. 1 Henry Pernoll aud Benuie Herriott have successfully passed the eighth grade cxauiinatii d. Applegate aud A. A. C. of Grauts Pass will cross bats ou the former grouuni next Sunday. The ball game Suuday between the Michigan aud Applegate nines waa very interesting, the score being 1-1 to 1 in Applegate'a favor. Ben Thurston and H. M. White are building an rarastre in which they will crnsh the ore taken from their mine, the Maid of the Mist. Geo, Sparks who has been in Seattle, Wash., for the past six montha retnrued to hie home ou Thompson creek last Friday. Der Cap! a in. Dr Findley Return a. Dr. M. C. Findley, returned Friday from New York, where he had been for the past two mouths doing Kist graduate work in advanced practice in the great eye, ear and throat iu atitutiona of that city. Dr. Findley was able to be with it me of the most renowned specialists of the country aud to witness their methods in performing some very delicate operations aud he had the privilege of hijiself performing several dillicult operations uudor these riiecinlists. Dr. Findley was time able to itaru of the latest discoveries aud methods that are iu nse by the great specialists of the couutry iu the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear aud throat, und as lie confines himself entirely to this practice he expects to be able to'give hia patients the benefit of this knowl edge and to succefsfuly treat the most difficult cases. While Dr. Find ley has had one of the most completely equipped offices of the kind iu Ore gon, yet new instruments are being perfected that are an improvement ou the old and he brought some of the best of these home with him, among them being a tonsilotone, mi instru ment for removing the tonsils without causing loss of blood. Dr. Findley has heretofore had one of these instru ments aud he selected this one from a number of the best that aro niauu facturd. That Grants Pass is able to have a specialist, of the standing of Dr. Findley, is au advantage to the city for in his practice ho brings many people from a distance here thus adding to the material prosperity of the town. Calling Cards-Courier Building. Allen k Gilbert-Kainakcr Co. Pianos and Organs - Portland, Orccon J. M. Ward, Agent, . Grants Pass, Oregon Over twenty different makes of pianos to select from. Deal with a p. rniancnt local man. You can t buy any cheaper elsewhere and you may pay more. Kasy tonus. I 0. Box m, phone 713. Leave orders for tuninjr. BLACK HORSE LIYEKY FEED AND SAL.ESTABLES DEAN &. DICKSON, PROPRIETORS. H St. M. :.th ami th, (.'HAMS lss. OKMJOX. Grove's Tasteless Ch fcottls Is aTs OM . ' , llCaca. of Pov,-, full just received on exhibition this things never shown particulars n'xt week. Kerby Notes. Grandma Wetherbee, who haa been ill for seveiul weeka, is quite well again. Misses Daisy Thompson aud Jennie Jackson left Kerby last week tor a visit to Portland friends aud fair. Mia. Thos Glenn and mother Mrs. Kellogg were visiting friends and relatives last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Bnll is improving after having a slight stroke of paralysis. She left Kerby Tuesday for her brother's home on Applcgato. Porn To Mrs. Guy Fleming, nee, Nettie Whipp, on Satutday, Juue 6, a tiny bube of four poundB. Mr. Flemings lest his life in the awful accident which occurred in Simmons & Cameron mine last February. Mrs. Dave Yurbrongh, whose hnsbaud was killed in the same accident with Mr. Fleming, left Kerby for Roseburg, where she intend to make her home. Both Mrs. Yarbrongh aud Mrs. Flem ing have much sympathy throughout the county in their deep sorrow. Miss l.oleta Woodcock, who has been attending school in California, has returned homo having completed Hth Grade work. Misa Lnlita is a bright little Indy and expects to enter the High School ot Grants Pass at beginning of school. Sub. Look Out for Purse Snatchers It is reported that Portland is the Mecca for purse snatchers, pick pockets, aud sueak thieves of all kiuds who will find eisy operating on the Lewis & Clark lair visitors. Everyone who visits the fair should guard against any possibility ol los ing their money, tickets anil valu ables in this manner. A, E. Voor hies has a stock of purses and jewel bags for ladies which are absolutely proof ngniust purse snatchers. They range in price from 3.1 cents tf) $2.50 and every lady who goes to Portland this juir fhould have one. See tin m at (be Courier building. Films Ci urier Building. Sunrise Condensed Milk That is out to make a reputa tion. Is made at a new conden scry on Coos Ray, tho big dairy district of Oregon. Proved to Be thii liest by the agent who bought a can of another brand and ocncd it and one of his and proved his was the liest. Is Not Two-ihirds Sugar, Water and Corn Starch Hut is pure cows milk and is just as good us cow's milk fur your coffee. Try it und be con vinced. Introductory Price of 10c per Can on single cans. Special rates on large orders. INLAND CRACKERS Made in Spokane from hard wheat, which makes the best cracker of any wheat. Try a package lit 2.1 cents. hiles' Grocery IVoilt St., lK'ar Fourth umu P"8 T,d Half Mnnn w xurc, lU fay, tUock Root, Uv- kZ 50c , HI 1. . . - -