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VOL. XXI.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 1905.
No. 14
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W. L. IRELAND, The Heal Estate Man
BIG RED SHOP
Koiilli Hixtli Slrcot, coriicr ,T
S. C NEAS, Proprietor
I Iorm-nlnM-iiii; clone by one of the best shoeis ever in Grants Puss.
"V'liieNn ltoinlr'l. Painted, Varnished and Trimmed and made
practically as serviceable and well appearing as new.
1iiI1m-i Tlr' llttocl by the only niuchine for that purpose in
Grants Pass.
On NfMiiil Oi-slei vehicles of all kinds and for all purposes built am
which are stronger and more durable than those uiudo at factories.
liiIit lricM given on all my work.
Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co.
PAID I'P CAI'ITAli BTOCK
Transacts a general banking business.
Receives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates ,
Our customers are assured of courteous treatment ami every consideration con
sistent with sound banking principles.
Safely deposit Isixes for rent. J. KliANK WATSON. Pres.
K. A lliiOTU, Vice l'res
I, I, JF.VYKI.r., (a-liier.
i Bert Barnes,
Reliable Watchmaker
At Clemens'
G. A. Cobb Real Estate Oompany
Is at their oM stand selliiif: REAL ESTATE and
Personal Property regardless of what otliors tlo.
It you have anything to sell or n lioue to rout
see us first as we have jrood tenants call daily.
We pay good priccH for seeond-liand goods; also
buy and sell horses, teams ami wagons, milch cows,
etc., in fact anything you havt to oiler for sale.
We want your patronage; fair treatment guaranteed. Our
best bargains this week are:
One good llOO-lh mare, guaranteed true and gentle, 50
3 lots centrally located, will sell 1 or ;i at 15 each.
When You Come
To Portland
Make your plans to stop at n home-like hostelry ; a place w here you
will be shown every courtesy and treated as you would be in yourowu
home, town or city.
THE FORESTRY INN
Is such a place, and it stands within one Mock of the Exposition K ti
tmice, ou i"itli Street, faciug I'pshur. THE KOIiKSTllY INN is con
structed cu tlio log cabin style; iuruishlugs, cuisine, ami management
conforms thereto. It has l.VI lame commodious romus, all opining ou
broad, cool verandas; with electric lights; hot ami cold watcraud free
baths. From the roof garden a view is lnul of the Exp sition grounds,
the city and surrouuding country. Car scrviro dir-it to all pans of
tne city. European plan. Diuiug service a la carte and reasonable as
in any part of the city.
Price of Rooms, $1.00 to $1.50
Special Rates to Parties of two or mure.
MKALS A LA CARTJv
THE FORESTRY INN, Inc.
Address,
P. C. MATTOX, Manager, or H. M. FANCHKR.
25th and Upshur Sts. PORTLAND, ORIv.
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Country property.
Ground Floor, Courier Building.
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Grants Pass Ore.
AN AMERICAN TELLS
OF CHINESE LIFE
A Uood Description of Condition
and Life In the Orient Jape
Drilling Chine Army.
Canton, China, Jane 3, 1905.
After (pending several months in a
highly civilized country, it made
such a deep impression upon me that
I will give a brief sketch in the
Courier, of life and conditions here,
presuming that the article will in
terest my friends in Grauts Pass.
How wonderful 1 It seems as a
nightmare and as I re-enter its nar
row Btreets, a chill creeps over me
wheu I think what wonld happen
were I to lose my way. It is hard
to conreive of a more ghastly dream
than to he lost in this frightful maze
of crooked streets. Everywhere it is
dark, cramped and shut in from the
light of day. These streets seem to
lead ou for miles and miles so that
ouo might wander for days before the
outer wall and the green rice fields
are reached. The streets are conidors
in a prison, like subterranean
trendies, like tunnels iu a mine.
The high walls on either side seem to
be creeping iu upon yon and your fear
is that you will be crushed between
their greasy surfaces
The stench iu the air is as uu bear
able as gas. The alleys are full of a
sallow crowd, some in dingy clothes,
others in gorgeous silk, some with
bare yellow skins. Their shaven
heads and grinning teeth strike fear
into j our heart as you hurry by, like
a hunted tiling, from laue to lane.
They all stare with curious faces,
then there comes to yon a memory of
their deviltry and of their murderous
risings, and of their fiendish cruelty.
You are filled with alarm and you
imagine you are imprisoned, as your
nerves run np to their highest ten
sion. Yon are seized with a great de
sire to escape before the walls, be
decked with joss paper, crush you and
the stench stifles yon, or the growing
crowds trample yon in the muddy
Btreets. There is no sound about the
piace like our cities, only a muttering
in an unknown tongue, aud the
niutlled tramp of thousands of padded
feet.
It seems like a dream that I have
been away from here six mouths, aud
during that time I have traveled two
thirds of the way around the world
and have seen modern civilization
in all its perfection.
The weather here has heeu intoler
able for the past six weeks, smoky,
overcast aud generally dreary. Vice
roy Shnu, of Canton, thought he
would bring a chauge in the condi
tions of the olo uents, so he ordered
all forts, in and about the city, fo
constantly fire their guus night aud
day, so during the three nights that
I was there, sleep was impossible,
there was a continual cannonading
resembling the noise to be heard ou a
battlefield. The air became Inipreg
natd with a dense smoke aud the
fumes from the powder would almost
stifle you.
Owing to the present conditions in
the "E ist," yon hear a great deal
aliont the "Yellow Peril" and the
possibility of its development, which
can only be realized by those who
are here on the grouud aud note the
constaut changes. Japan's deep laid
political scheme is to influence China
against the whites. Even now in
Cautou there are over 1000 Japanese
scrviug among the Imperial troops to
givo them military instruction, while
several pieces of field artillery have
beeu Introduced by the Chiuese
uflicers at Canton. Everywhere you
go you will see these yellow upstart
Japanese wearing a que aud dressing
the same as the Chinese. The great
military success of Japan has inflated
tlio Japanese with such an over
whelming pride, aud such a very
false impression of their iowers, as a
nation, that they now aspire to noth
ing short of becoming the dominant
power iu China. To this eud they
are serretly wirking among the
Chinese stirring up Hatred for the
white race, using as an argument the
success of .Taiinn tn Mlnutru., tl.ii'
possibilities of China if guided and
directed by Japanese.
While in Nagasaki, Japan, the other
day, I saw many hundred Russian
soldier:! and ofticors, who were taken
prisoners at Port Arthur and who
were awaiting transportation to their
home country. As I mingled among
them I realized that with all their
faults they were white meu aud there
rime upon me a full realization ofi
the difference between the white and
the yellow race.
I ticlieve the evils of war aud stress
of conflict is quite uecessiry, which
must couie at given periods to bring
alsiut certain necessary changes,
which conditions demand for the bet
terment of the world ; et one can but
deplore the terrible waste of life
and the suffering of the brave duriug
the present terrific comb t iu which
their respective governments have
mgHged them. The continuance of
this conflict seems to be necessary for
the ch aining of mnch corruption in
high office iu the Russian Empire,
still death in all instances is better
than dishonor. War cannot be a
greater corse than a long bondage ot
tyranny and oppression laid a poo a
great people. This war in the far
East will have wider and more
beneficial result to the Russian peo
ple than the average man can forsee.
The Viceroy of Canton has insti
tuted aterrible reign of terror amongst
bis people. He is decapitating
thousands of people every month for
the slightest offeuse. The day I was
in that oity I saw 10 poor devils be
ing carried through the streets to tbe
execution ground where their beads
wonld be cut off without any cere
mony. Tbe people are in terror;
tobbery, piracy and crime bave in
creased to sucb an ' extent about
Canton aud on the West River, that
oue's life is constantly in danger.
Tbe Delta of tbe Canton River ap
pears to be the happy hnntlng ground
of all the criminal classes iu China,
In time of poverty tr famine it is
the rendezvous of tbe most desperate
dregs of the Chinese race. And these
outcasts of society, whose beads are
at a premium, find with the pirate
bauds of South Chiua a safe and
profitable asylum. The Imperial
troops never molest these bandits,
for they are always well armed and
desperate characters, who will fight
like demons when attacked. Onoe
in a great while one of the leadeis is
captured, and it auiouuta "to nothiug
for be is soon released aud the official
is richer in pocket.
CHARLTON B. PERKINS,
BLACK SAND
SAMPLES WANTED
By V. S. Geological Survey Ex
periment Station at Lewie
and Clark Fair.
An experimental plant, for testing
black saud for values in platinum,
gold and other metals, Is being in
stalled at the Lewis aud Clark fair by
I he United States geological survey
bureau. The tests will be made free
of charge and miners are asked to
seud samples, which should be ad
dressed to the Director, U. S. Geo
logical Survey Experiment Station,
Lewis and Clark Fair.
Nearly every placer mine In South
ern Oregon black sand is found in
more or less quantities aud not know
ing whether it contains platinum or
other valuable metals many miners
have allowed the saud to run ofi
with the tailings. At a few mines a
systematic effort has heeu made to
separate the platinum from the black
saud and in some instances with
profitable results.
There is every indication that
Southern Oregon is quite rich in
platinum and when once all the
niiueis learn how to save it this dis
trict will become oue ot the big pro.
ducurs of this valuable metal. The
demand for platinum iu electrical and
other oses is increasing rapidly iu
receut years, aud as a consequence
the prioe for the metal is advanoing
aud it is now quoted at about 21 an
ounce. The government reports show
that for the year llKsl, there were mined
in all the United States 110 ounces of
platinum. It is quite certain that the
amount for liX)5 will be more than
200 ounces, for Josephine coouty alone
will produced 30 or more ounces this
year.
F.levetlon of Southern Oregon
Town.
1-ast year the U. S. Ueological Sur
vey determined the altitude above sea
level of the different towns along
the Hue of the Southern Pacific lines.
Iu each case they represent the alti
tude of the top of the rail at the
station. These were determined with
extreme accuracy from tide water to
tide water aud will take the place of
tliose given by the railroad couiiaiiy.
Tlio following are the elevations of
the Rogue River Valley towns aud of
Hteiuiuaii, ou the summit of the
Siskiyou mountains:
Feet j
Stelnman 202ill
Ashland 1WM
Talent IR34 I
Phoenix IM2
Medford IM74I
Central Point 1272
(told Hill low
Woodville W.
Orants Pass u7
Jacksonville is l'Wifl feet above the
level of the sea.
Huw'i This?
We offer One Hundred
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not Iks cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
V. 3. CHKNEY 4 CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
V. J. Cheney for the last IS years,
aud believe him perfectly honorable
iu all busincus transactions aud finan
cially able lo carry out any obliga
tions made by his firm.
WALUINU, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
: aud mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75
' cents per bottle. Hold by all Diug
gists. Take Ilsll's Pauuly Pills for
constipation.
Engraved Cards Courier Hoiidiug.
PORTLAND TO HAVE
SANE CELEBRATION
Pe.ssee Ordinance Restricting
the Vee of D&ngtrsus
Exploe I v .
Tbe campaign that lias been oarried
on of late in all sections of the
country for a sane Fourth of Jnly this
year is bringing the desired result in
many cities and towns.
Portland last week passed an ordi
nance that will make that city a
comparatively safe place to be in on
the Fonrth. aud will no doubt greatly
lessen the list of causalities aud loss
by fire ou that day.
The ordinance provides that "it
shall bo oulawfot for any person
within the city of Portland to dis
charge any gun, revolver, pistol or
firearm of auy description, whether
tlio same be loaded with powder and
ball or shot, or with blauk cartridge,
or any kind of explosive whatever; or
to shoot or discharge auy preparation
of chlorate of potash, mixture of sul
phur aud saltpetei or auy mud caus,
toy oauuons, loaded anvils, loach d
canes, or auy giant crackers, Dewey
chasers or fireworks of a similar
nature, or any firecrackers exceeding
four inches in length."
It further provides "that it shall
be onlawful for auy person or dealer
in the city to sell, expose, or offer for
sale, or iu any manner furnish or dis
pose of to any resident of the oity of
Portland, or to Buy other person for
use iu the oity or to any minor at any
time, any blauk cartridge pistol or
revolver; or any explosives or fire'
crackers, the use of which is prohibit
ed in the former section."
The ordiuauce was passed to prevent
a repetition of the disturbances made
on the streets of that city last Fourth
by men aud boys who became exceed
ingly reckless in filing explosives.
Considerable damage to proiairty re
sulted aud several persons were
slightly iujured.
It would be a good move if the
Grauts Pass council would amend
the ordiuauce governing the sale aud
use of toy pistols, giant crackers aud
other like dangerous noise producers.
The fear of these deadly missiles
aud their attendaut deafening noises
is one reason why so many residents
oi this city have been opposed to the
holding of Fourth of July oelebratious
iu Uratus Pass. With the day made
more safe aud more enjoyable there
will be greater i merest takeu here
after iu getting np celebrations iu
this oity aud instead of the citizens
spending the day out of town, the
day oan be made a big gathering of
people from all parts of the country.
Cuban Dlsrrhots,
U. 8. soldiers who served iu Cuba
during the Spanish war kunw what
this disease Is, and that ordinary
remedies have little more eflect than
so much water. (Julian diarrhoea is
almost as severe 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. Min
nie Jacobs of Houston, Texas: I here
by certify that Chamberlain's ( olio,
Choleia and Diarrhoea Remedy cured
my husband ot a severe attack of
Cuhau diarrhoea which ho brought
home from Cuba. We had several
doctors but they did him no goo I.
Oue bottle of this remedy cured linn,
as our neighbors will testify. I
thauk (iod for so valuable a medicine.
For sale by all druggists.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
WORKING IN OREGON
Will Moastire the Rivet Flow,
and Make Topographic and
Geological Survey.
The United States Ueological Hur
vey bureau is having geologic, tosi
graphic and hydrngraphia work car
ried on this summer in all the states
aud territories of the Culled Stat
The work is divided iu departments
and is carried ou by specialists.
1 A study of the stratigraphy of
! (tortious of Klaiinitli mountains iu
; Southuru Oregou will be uudi rlaki n
by J. H. Diller. 0. T. Day will
I make a sp oial iuvestigatiou of the
black saud resources of the I lilted
I States, experimenting iu thecouccu
jtratiou of these sands with a plant
Dollar Re- at the Ia-wIs aud ('lark Centennial
Exposition at Portland.
The mineral statistics of the State
will be collected by C. Li. Yale.
W. II. llerrou has charge of part let
that will survey two quadrangles in
the vicinity of Raker City. This
work will lie done in co-operation
with the State of Oregon.
The stieams of the Slute will be
nioaurcd by W. C. Sawyer, assisted by
E. N. Smith aud others.
A Bid Scsrc
Some day yoo will get a bad scare,
when you feel a istin in your bowels,
aud fear apts-ndtcitis. Safety lies in
Dr. King s New Life Pills, a sure
cure, for all bowel and stomach di
j seases, soch as Ilea Indie, biliousness;
cosliveness, etc. (iuarantecd at all
' drug stoles, ouly '2'ic. Try them.
THE PAGE BECOMES HOTTER
As the tine goes on, conclusively
proving that the many pleased cus
tomers aro telling their friends of the
wonderful bargains they have securod.
Positively everything reduced. We
can only mention a very few in our
big ad, but one thing suro your dollar
will go further than it ever has in this
country. How's this
A $9.50 Couch for $6.95
' Hundreds of other prices just as deep
ly cut. Call and see. DO IT NOW.
Thomas . O'Neill
Ua HousefurnisHers
HOP GROWERS TO
FORM A UNION
Rogue River Grower to Meet
in Grants Pass, Satur
day, July I
Tlio hopgrowers of Oregon, having
become convinced that tbe present de
cline of hops to 20 cents from !10 cents
of last winter is due to it condition
among the dealers, uow propose to
meet this combine with a union of
their own, and a general movement is
ou in all the hop districts to form
local unions, each lo no a post of a
state union.
With this end in view the Rogue
River Valley hopgrowers will hold a
meeting in ('minis Pass this Saturday
at 3 o'clock p. m. in the Opera
House. The meeting will he ad
dressed by Conrad Krehs ot Salem.
Mr. Krehs is at the head of the move
ment to organize an Oregon hop
growers union aud he is holding meet
ings iu all the hopgrowlng districts
of the state, for this purpose. Though
the notice for the meeting has been
short yet it is expected that every
grower ill the Valley will he present
and that a union will ho otgiiuizrd.
Hopbuyers have their onions and the
growers will have to organize too, or
take the consequences of low prices,
which the dealers try to force ou
them, while at the same time putting
the price up on hops to the brewers.
Developing Cobalt Mine.
Dr. W. K. Williams, malinger for
the lluckeyu Mining Company, came
In from the lluckeye mine Monday.
The Doctor brought in some very Hue
specimens of ore from the vein that
is now being developed, 'lhe wim
ples show gold, copper and nlcklo.
At first there was only a train of
uickle, hilt as depth is reached the
nlcklo has increased until it is now
more plentiful than the copper.
When the vein was first opened it
was thought to he a copper proposi
tion, wit li considerable gold values,
hut while the gold and copper ale
holding their own the uickle has so
increased that thcr is a likelihood
that it will become a in ted produi er
of tne while metal.
Dr. Williams has a force of men at
work ou the properly end most satis
factory progress Is being made with
the development work.
HO ai res of good river bottom html
at a snap, within !MI minutes diiv.i
from town. Terms i asv. W. L. lie
land, The Real Kstiito Man, (iiiiund
floor, Courier i'milding.
Some People Sell Cheap
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
iniv'rT'
...Paddock's
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NORMAL BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
Re-elecl Former Boevrd
Decide to Continue
the School.
Who
At the annual meeting of the board
of regents of tlio Southern Oregou
State Normal School held in Ash
laud last week, election of ofllcera for
the ensuing year was' bad. The
board re-elected tlio following officers :
11. (1. Kinney, Grunts Puss, presi
dent; W. I. Vawter, Medford, vice
president; O. II. Thomas, Ashlaud,
secretary ; E. V. Carter, Ashland,
treasurer, aud V. II. Carter, R. P.
Neil and II. C. Kinney, exoootive
committee. John O. Rooth aud W. I.
Vawter were elected the auditing'
committee.
Most ot the time was taken
up in the mutter of the manage
ment of the school as a resnllt of the
holding up of the general appropria
tion hill which also carries the nor
mal school appropriations. The
funds carried' in the bill not being
aval bible, the exact manner of getting
at tlio matter of their management
took some time to work out.
Tlio hoard recommended the re
election of the present faculty aud
delegated to the executive committee
the authority to continue the tchool
and make such arrangements as could
he made toward securing fluances
pending the release of the geueral ap
propriation bill or the meeting ot the
legislature.
Until Secretary Dunbar aud Supt.
Ackeriiiaii have no doubt but that
the Legislature will eventually pay
the bill of running these schools and
also are of the opinion that interest
may be allowed by the Legislature.
Secretary of State Iiuiibar says the
sentiment iu favor of the general ap
pioprialion hill being carried by the
popular vote is becoming stronger
every day as a consequence of the
people finding nut that the ueeds of
these institutions urn pressing and
that tin re can he no saving made In
the defeat of the measure, aud that
delay only means uu Increased bill nf
expense.
No Secret About It.
It is no secret, that for cuts, burns,
ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils,
etc., nothing is so elfective as Iluck
leu's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take
long to cure n had tore I had, and it
is all O. IC. fur sure eyes," writes I).
L. liregory, ot Hope, Tex. tf.'io at
all drug stores.
Kodaks ( 'ourjer liuihllng.
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