ROGUH RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JUNE 16, 1905
ROGUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
Published Every Friday.
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oj mail.
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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
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