VOL. XXI. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1)0S. No. 17. Sell Heal Estate 4 . it 5? flit A W. L. IRELAND, The Real Estate Man BIG RED SHOP Moutli Kixtli Kt root, coruor J S. C NEAS, Proprietor I IofMcwliociiii; done by one of the best shnerg ever in Grunts Puss. Volileloss Iteimli-!, Painted, Varnished and Trinimed and made practically as serviceable and well upi)earing as new. nf1oi Tiros 1'Mtlocl by the only ninchine for that purposo In Grants Pass. On Hpooijil OrIer vehicles of ull kinds and for all purposes built and which are stronger and more durable than those made at factories. i(flit Prlcew given on all my work. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAII l!P CAPITAL stock Transacts a general banking business. Receives deposits subject to chock or on demand certilicates. Our customers are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent with sound hanking principles. Safety deposit boxes for rent. J. KKASK WATSON, Pres. 1!. A. HOOTI1, Vice-I'rea. I. I,. JEWELL, 1'a-drier. Bert Barnes, Reliable Watchmaker Al Clemens' Announcement by G. A. Cobb Real Estate Company We wish to announce to the jmlilic in General (rich or poor) we can sell you a home at present, on terms to suit you if you haven't cash by you to make full payment. We can arrange it all satisfactory about that. II you ure rich, we can find you a good bargain for your cash. We not only sell nice homes but have other speculations on hand constantly, that a conservative man can sometimes double his money in properties of all kinds, mines, timber, ranches, houses and lots, stock of all kinds, wood, Hay and grain etc. We also buy and seli second hand goods and can outfit all homes cheap. cull and let us get acquainted. Our best bargains this week are 5 head of horses that we bought at our price and will be sold at your price. BLACK LIVERY and SALE STABLES DEAN & DICKISON, PROPRIETORS. II St. hot. :th and ;tli, (JIJANTS PASS. OltMiOX. CLEMENS Sells Drugs L Books GRANTS PASS, ORE. The Dismond Curt. The latest news from Paris, is, that they have discovered a diamond cure for consumption. If you fear con sumption or pbeumonia, it will, how ever, be best for yon to take that great remedy mentioned by W. T. McGee. of Van leer. Tenn. "I had a ,i. tr.r ii er. Nothina helped me, until I took Dr. King's New n,r fnr ("iinsnmntiou. Coughs and Cold's, which gave instant r. lief, and effected a permanent cure, for Throat and Lung Troubles at all: druggists. Price 5c and 1.00, guar - anteed. Trial bottle free BAN nard UNDERTAKER. A. U. Rent Houses Negotiate Loans Write FIRE INSURANCE You are Invited to investi gato my larjo list of City and Country property. Ground Fioor, Courier Building. $2(1,000.00. Grants Pass, Ore. HORSE F E E I) Bent tier Double. "I knew no oue, for four weeks, mlien I was sick with typhoid aud kidney trouble," writes Huuter, of Pittsburg, Mrs. Anuie' P " nrt when I got better, although I had oue: of the tx t doctors I could get, I was bent double, and had to rest my bands on my kn.es when I walked. From ' this terrible artliction I was rescued by Electric Bitters, which restored j my hta th and strength, and now I can walk as straight as ever." Guaranteed tc cure stomach, liver and ; kidney disorders , at all drug store ; price 5Uc. Calling Cards-Courier Boilding. CONCRETE BRIDGES BEING PUT IN Grants Pas Doing Away With Wooden Bridge Much Street Work Done. Street Conimissiouder R. H. Gil fillan completed this week the work of replacing the wooden bridge across Gilbert creek, on A street with a cement arch. This arch is 13 feet wide and 10 feet high and has wings extending back into the oreek bauk both from the upper and the lower ends of the structure. The founda tions rest on the bedrock and the arch is so larg-) and well bnilt that it will afford ample passago for the waters of the biggest flood aud it will last as long as time shall be. Owing to the great depth of the creek at that point the top of the arch is six feet below the surface of the street and this space has been filled with earth, which was taken from the summit of the hill above the creek. The re moval of this earth has greatly im proved the grade of A street west oi First street. Tha new bridge is 18 feet wide and the end walls are carried np to the surface of the street and gnard rails are provided to keep teams from going over the grade. These rails are sup ported by iron posts that were placed in the concrete wall as it was being constructed. The cost of the con crete arch and the wings for protect ing the banks was $139, and to com plete the fill and the grading on the street brought the total cost of the work to toOO. While the first cost of this concrete bridge is larger than that of a wooden structure, yet it is ohcaper in the end foi thnie will uovor be the continued expense foi repairs aud rebuilding that there is to a wooden bridge. It is an econom ical undertaking on the part of the city in putting iu these concrete bridges and culverts for it will roally be a saving to the taxpayers. It would be equally wise on the part of the county if, on such roads as are really permanent, all small bridges were built of conorete or stone. The wooden structures are a constant cost for repairs and hare to be re boilt at least every 10 to 15 years. Street Commissioner OilQllan has done this summer more street im provement than was ever rioue iu but oue previous year for he lias graded and drained more than a mile of streets, aud an equal distauce of roads that are in the citv limits. There has also been nut down more than a mile of granite sidewalks. Many cross walks have been put iu aud tiling drains at crosswalk and street cross ings. With the large amount of im provement that has been done to the streets iu the lesidouce districts it will be but a few years until Grants Pass will have a system of streets that will equal that of any town iu Oregon. There is oue change in the method of street improvement that could be made to the decided betterment of the streets aud that la to discontinue dumping ouscreoued gravel on the streets. The gravel used is largely made up of boulders of all sizes, and these become a decided nuisauce for they roll about the surface to be bumped over by every vehicle and fur horses to stumble ou, and to be the special provocative to violent language on the part of of bicyclists aud automobilists. Many of the streets would be smooth, handsome driveways were it not for these boulders that disfigure the streets aud disturb tho comfort of persons driviug over them. All gravel should be screened before being placed on streets aud roads aud it would be a move In the right direction for the city and county to jointly purchase a gravel screen, for oue machine would screen all the gravel that would be re quired ou tiie streets of Grants Pass aud the roads of Josephine county. $100 Rcwvd, $100. The readers of this aper will be pleased to learn that there is at least oue dreaded disease that science has beeu able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho only positive core now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional di sease, requies a constitution! treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Core is taken internally, acting directly upon the blond aud mucons surfaces of the system, the ruby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient streugth by building up the constitution and assisting it in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer Oue Huudrwd Dollars for any rase tnat it tails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad dress F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Scld by all Druggists, 7,jc. Take Hall's Family Pil.e tor constipation. ChsmbcrUin'l Colic, Cholera sad Diarrhoea Remedy The Beit re Exittenc. T. M. Wood, manager of tha White County News, Beebe, Ark., is , representative southern business man, m,n .1.. nnl hesitate in rim-Muinir his good remedy. opinion of He says, 'It gives me pleasure to reoommeod Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy, having used it myself aud in my family with the best results. In fact I believe it to be the best remedy of the kind iu existence. " Sold by all druggists. Tr. eiranik. Rlul UVf. .ml I l.fc Try Strausky BU1 Ware and Ll.k Anti-Rnsting Tinware at Ciamer Bros. Lumber Operations on Evans Creek. O. E. Wickstrom, who is a miner by winter and a logger by summer, is operating a paying placer mine on Pleasant creek each winter and each summer he hauls logs at the various mills in the valley. For this season Mr. Wickstrom is hauling logs with a four-horse team and trnck at the up per mill of Silsby & Kestorson on Evans creek. Mr. Wickstrom was in Gants Pass Friday and he stated that the two mills of Silsby & Kest arson on Evans creek were belug run on full time. At the tipper mill fonr trucks, each drawn by four bcrses, are nsed for hauling to the mill, while at the lower mill three trucks are nsed. The yarding out is done by other teams. Mr. .Wiokstrom stated that the firm has 25 teams hauling lumber to Wood- ville and later in the season will in crease the number so as to get all the lumber to the railroad before the roads are rendered impassable by the ruins in the fall The lumber cut this season is sugar pine aud is of a flue quality. The larger part of it is shipped to Eastern factories. WILLIAMS CREErT" MARBLE DISTRICT Jones Bros. Operating Six-S&w Marble Plant Have Big Ledge Blue Mottled Rock. W. A. Jones, who with bis brothers, O. C. and G. W. Jones, are developing a nrarble quarry ou Powells oreek, a tributary of Williams oroek, was in Grants Pass Monday Mr. Joues was taking orders for marble work of various kinds, embracing monuments of all kinds, mantels and other marble for house finishing. He had samples of marble with him that was re markable for its beanty and polish. The sample was white, variegated with markings of a delicate shade of lead color giving it a most striking appearanoe. The Jones Bros, have been operat ing their marble works for the past four years, but in a small way by hand. Last fall they put in a mill for tawing and polishing marble. It is fitted with a gang frame carryiug six saws and operated by au overshot waterwheel. The water is from J. N. Gotchor's ditoh and there Is ample head to afford good power. As to the extent of their ledge Jones Bros, are not able to say for they have made so little development ou their property, but there is every indication that they have a very large deposit and it is so think and of such uniform tex ture that blocks and slabs of auy size can be gotten out. This great deposit of marble is but 33 miles from Grants Pass, which is the nearest railroad shipping poiut, with a good wagon road to afford transportation by team from the quarry. This marble has been pronounced by experts to be the equal of the best Eastern, or imported mar ble for decorative purposes and were it introduced Into Portland, San Francisco and the other Coast cities there is little doubt but what it would soon become popular with builders and a large demand would be had for it. For tombstones and monuments it is equally flue and its wavy timings of dark color give it a far handsomer appearance than has most of the colored marbles. The Jones Bros, are handicapped for the iack of capital, but they have made a good beginning in the inauguration of an industry that is capable of largo development and of being the means of giving employment to many men and or adding greatly to the wealth of this county. Cured of Bright' Uiscsic. Mr. Robrt O. Bsrko, Eluora, N. Y., writes: "Before I started to use Foley's Kidney Core I had to get up from 12 to 20 times a night, aud I was all bloated np with dropsy aud my ey sight was so impaired I could scarcely see oue of my family across the room. I had given up hojie of living, whru a friend recommended Foley's Kidney Cure. One ftn cent bottle worked wondeis aud Del ore I had taken the third bottle the dropsy had gone, as well as all other symp toms of Bright's disease." For sale by H. A. Kotermuud. C. L. Manguu retnrned Tuesday from Portlaud, where in coorpnay with Mrs. Mangntn and daughter, Miss Lacosta, they had spent a week viewing tire beauties of the iair. Mrs. Manguu, and Miss Lacosta went from Portlaud to Texas where they will spend six weeks with relatives iu Fort Worth aud Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Mairgum were residents oi Dallas before corning to Graifte Pass Mr. Maugum says the success of the Lewis aud Clark fair exceeds the highest expectations of its Portland promoters. The fair Mr. Maugum de clares is very complete and is well worth one's time for a week for it trill take that length of time to view its many interesting and instructive features. The Josephine county ex hibit, Mr. Mangum found, Is attract j lug as inocn atteotiou as any county "'" ' large crowas . view it ecn oay. 1 lie wors DOW well known'"'" 06 pushed to make the exhibit more 'complete especially in agricul tural products, which are now attain able. Forced to Starve. B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., says: "For 20 years I suffered agonies with a sore ou my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, -that I could not eat. After vainly trying everything else, I " . - ......... Blre. if, Kret tut bonis, cots: .ud wounds. At all drug stores. 'Only 2oo. I INTERESTING NEWS OF APPLEGATE VALLEY Crops Good Harvesting Begun Water for Irrigation Sea. To Hold Big Campmeetlng. L. Loescb made a trip to Grants Pass the first of the week on business. Mrs. Kate Hyde of Laurel Hill spent Sunday here visiting relatives and friends. J. T. Lavton, the well kuown placer miner of Applegate, made Grants Pass business trip Tuesday. H. Rehkopf was at Grants Pass this week making arrangements to leave for Crescent City 011 a visit. J. Pernoll, the Applegate post master aud merchant, passed here Saturday with a load of freight for bis stere. Rev. E. Badger, pastor of the Christian church at Provolt, left Saturday for Talcut, aoooiupauied by J. Clark, where he will hold meetings this Hojday. Jack Dokey, a well kuown fanner of Williams oreek, left Saturday for Heppner, Oregon, accompanied by his wife aud children, where they will make their future home. The new baler of Paine & Swiudeu arrived this week. They will start on the baling Monday. The capacity of the baler is 80 tons per day. They have two men and fonr lioraus. The baseball game at Murphy, July 18, was qnite interesting. The score stood t to 18 iu favor of Murphy. The defeated niue were all miners and captained by Wood Geeder of the Michigan mina Harvesting season has opened aud many are at work cutting, hauling and stacking. The grain crops are unusually heavy this season and the yiold will be large of that sown dur lug the fall but the spring sown grain will not he so good, but is an average ouo with the grain crops of other seasons. The picnic party returned from their trip to the Gray hack mouutaius, ex hausted aud covered with dust. Their trip was greatly enjoyed. They had poor success bee hunting. They toll of drlukiug water at that camp that was cold as ioe. Their camp was located in a beautiful fir grove just below a bauk of suow, 40 feet wide 100 feet long and is almost 80 feet iu depth. There are other banks they did not mention, which can be seun from Williams oreek. Their next trip will be to the Oregon caves. Samuel Provolt was so fortuuate as to fall heir to the amount of f 12,000 and a fourth of all property owned by his sister, Mrs. Jane McCully, of Weiser, Idaho, who recently passed away. Mr. Provolt is getting old aud he has a handsome property of his own and will now retire from all work aud take the pleasures of life which is dun to htm. He is 70 years of age and is In very poor health nt present. Mr. Provolt has resided at this place for almost 40 years. Harry Pel kins and Hen George left Saturday for Little Shasta valley, where they will spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. Perkins will stop off at Moutaguo where he will tend bar in a saloon for his father. If he likes Iris position he will make that place his future homo. Mr. Perkins has made his home heretofore with his grandfather. Frank Baldwin, of this plaoe, since a child, and attended the public school at Williams for a period of Ave yeais then moved to Provolt whore he graduated from the eighth grade at tho Provolt univer sity. He is a well accomplished and a business-like young man aud he is well liked and carries a good recom mendation. Johnnie Knutooii, of Thompson creek, was a visitor burn Friday 011 business. Mr. Kuutzeu tells of light crops In that vicinity on account of a scarcity of water for irrigatiirg this seasou. He says it has been a long time since water was so scarcu as it is now Iu Thonipaiu creek. The farmers op that valley have organ I ed a company and will supply the valley with water from the O Bryan fork oi Applegate, which flows through Steamboat, for irrigation. This should have beeu looked after before, but it was like the valley which surrounds Provolt, tire farmers couldu't see the need of water until It was forced upon them. They have been farming this valley siucu IH&H. The farmers are taking great Interest now to make it one of the biggest hay growing valley's iu the state. Berry crops are large. KaxpiWrics are almost gous and blackberries are now ripening. Apple, jieaches, pruuea aud plums are average this season. Peais and are very light aud the crop will be small in many orchards. Hot are more than average and hop I line are disappearing very rapidly 1 during the present hot weather. : Friday and Saturday July 7 aud 8, the thermometer registered 108 and 110 which was the wainiest ever known in his vicinity. At Provolt it was too warm for work and many laid off until Monday, the 11th, which was rtucb more enudrable for work, but it Is what makes ths hop man rejoice. Many farmers grumble who have 00 waUr for irrigation. Tbe second crop of alfalfa is being harvested, which is some two weeks earlier than that last year and a much larger yield. Hay Is selling iu the field at i' and . baled pi and pi; clover, timothy BUQ B11II gOO el III Seine IJMCv. , , . . Tbt 00008! campmeetlng of the Bogus Klvvr Baptist campmeetiog association will be held at the grounds at Provolt, commencing Sun day, August I'.'tli aud ooutiuuiug until Monday, 'September 4th. Prominent preachers from all over the state will be present aud among those who will take part in the meeting will be Rev. F. W Carsteus aud Kev. 1. O. Austin of Medford, Kev. J. B. Travis of Grants Pass, Rev. F. N. Baker of Ashland, Rev. J. Merley of Centre! Point. Camping privilfges aud wood will bo furnished free. The musio will be -under the direction of Rev. Austin and the rhildrcns' meet ing will be led by Mrs. Mildred Aus tin. Daily services will be held at 8 p. m. On Suuday the day will open with a sunrise prayer meeting a t 5 a. ni. Union Suuday school at 10 a. in. Preaching at 11, basket din ner at 12:80. Children's meeting at 2:80, preaching at 8 :80 Prayer ser vice at 7 aud preaching at 8 p. m. Everything possible will be done to insure the comfort of those attending and a cordial invitation Is extended to all. These grounds are just op posite the Powells oreek sawmill on Powells crecs, 1 miles from Pro volt. This will be the first camp moeting held here for some time. Lot all cotun and pay a tribute of re spect for their preseuce while at Pro volt. RIPE STRAWBERRIES ALL SUMMER Williams Creek Grower Supplies Grant Pas Market With Fine Berrlea-Fruit Land Cheap. E. N. Proiolt, a well knowu fruit raisor and miner of the Williams creek dlsrtict, was in Urauts Pasa Monday witli a load of strawberries, raspberries aud other fruit. As the ordinary strawberry has been out of the market for some weeks Mr. Pro volt is able to get good prices for Ills berries, which nru of the Oregon Evergieen vatiety. These berries, wheu ou rich loam and given plenty of irrigation, will bear a continuously all summer aud until well along into the rail. Mr. Provolt owns a flue placer tract, but ho has bonded that to a dredger company aud if they take it, he will dovoto his entire attention to fruit raising, as he thinks it is less un certain In returns than gold mining aud much more profitable than is the average gold mine. Mr. Provolt is a strong advneuto of the promised fruit growers union and ho will be sure to ho present at tho fruit growers meet ing thut Is to be held at tho Courier ofllce in Oranta Pass this Saturday afternoon. In a union Mr. Provolt sees the solution of the problem of nrofltuhlv marketing tho fruit of Josephine county aud he thinks every grower should Join the union. With tho growers getting the prices that tho market will afford and freed from the payment or big profits to commission men, uud by having shipments mudu III car lots, Mr. Pro volt is of tire opinion that tire time will soou come when the fruit crop of Jo'ophine county will exceed iu value the output of all its gold mines. In the Williams aud Applngate sec tions are thousands of acres of line apple, pear, peach, grape and berry laud that is yet to brush and Unit can bo purchased at a very low price When this land is put Into cultivation that section will becomo one of tire lamest and best fruit districts of Southern Oregon. Mr. Provolt says thu lack of a good, tun adaini.od road to Oranta Pass, which is their market ing point, is the greatest need for the Williams dixtrict und such a road would aid very greatly in the rapid sett lenient ami development of that part of the county. Mr. Provolt de clines Hurt the Met tiers of his sell loll feel that they have not received the recognition fn in the county court Unit they am entitled to, as one of the largest hoily of taxpayer in the county. 'J'liey contend that the county neglect their loads anil puts the bulk of the road funds on the Kcrhy road and oilier mails of no greater importance than is the Applegate-Wi Ilium rouil. Kjiokaue, which has been huilt up and made iut'i ouo of the most pros perous cities of the Wi st, is the bond quarters for a large number of mining men, who for hustle and business ability 1 1 u vi few equals. Having made money In the district alKiut their city, these hu-tler ure now seeking new fields of investments, and Southern Oregon having uttractcrl their attention as a promising mining dls'rirt many of them are now visiting tins section in their tours of investigation. Nr.t a week goes by tlii summer hut what there are Spokane men in Orant Pas le vestigatiug opportunities for mining investments. This week Hroka-iti has been represented by Henry White, who has been out in the Kcrhy dis trict look lug over thu mines of thut part of Josephine county. Burtull Playcn and Foot Kaccri! Louis J. Krogi-r, ei-chaiuplou long distance 'foot racer of Oermauy and Holland, writes October 27th, 1V01 : "During my training of eight weeks' foot races at Halt Lake City, in April last, I used Uulhird's Know Liuiiueiit to my greatest satisfaolii u. Therefore 1 highly recommend Know Liniment to all who are troubled with sprains, bruises or rheumatism." oc, Sl.tK) bottle at Koteruiuiid's anil Model Drug Store. If you want to sell vour prox-rtv, list it with W. L. IHtl.AM), Tllh liKAI. KHTATK MAN, (iround floor, Courier building. Immense Lot New Iron Beds $2.25 to $39.00 All the between prices. Regular $2.50 Screen Doors for $1.98 all complete Others iu proportion down to $1.10. TENTS buy them now, prices -away down $2.75 to $10.50. Camping Outfits and Bedding, full line. This week we put up 2 CoUCHeS The prices aro $3.95 and $4.80 Today the date this paper is mailed. They will be reduced 25: a day until sold. ' Who gets them? Got your BABY CARRIAGE now. Thomas O'Neill X5ho Housefurnishers CITY POUND DOING THRIVING BUSINESS Country Stock Raids Town Yard -Grants Pasa Discarding Vil lage Devy Fence. The Grants Pass pound is now doing a thriving busiuess and hardly a day passes but what it becomes the destination of some oow or horse that has strayed iu from the couutry. The ranges have so dried up that farmer's stock that have to rustle for a living are tempted within the forbidden limits of Urauts Pass by the green grass aud plants iu the lawns and the suculent feed in the gardeus. Not withstanding the fact that the police round up stock almost every day, yet it is a common oscurrnuce for irate citixous to be seen, generally at night and in brief costume, with thu stars and uls neighbors as silent witnesses, while he gives vent to his feelings in language more foroeable than polite at fouie luckless oow whish has en joyed a fine supper of corn, beans aud other garden stuff with au appetizing desert of carnations and -other choice flowers and plants from the front yard. One citi.eu, whom the munching of a cow brought from his peaceful slumbers at an hour when daylight is putting starlight to a lively hike over the western hll's, was fully five minutes devoting him self to ar oratorical effort before he could open warfare with au aggrega tion of stovewood, rocks, etc, on a hungry cow, which was enjoying a feast iu his frout yard. Grants Puss being uo longer a country village that uses its streets for a cow pasture is discarding fences about yards, as is the custom of progressive, Eastern towns. 1 he old-fashioned Idea of having a handsome yard marred by a fence or hidden by a hedge Is being suppluuted by the more modern aud the more sensible custom of having no enelo-ure about town premises. Many yards iu Grants Pass are now without fences and all the fences will disap pear with a vigorous enforcement of tho stock ordinance. It Is a low esti mate to plaoo tho value of the yard fences now in Grants Pass at f 10,000. Interest ou this Investment, and the cost of keeping np these fences Is a big tax on tne property owners and that and the first cost of the fuuee is a direct financial less for which there is no adequate return. Could the amount that has been each year ex pended ou fences iu Grants Pasa he spent ou a park this city would soon have a pleasure ground that all could he proud of aud which would add more to property values here than all thu fences that could he built. It is hard on the farmers to pay for getting their stock out of the city pound, hut it is a greater burden if llr.i town residents are to be roiupell d In fence their premises. Dairymen can get cow bells 5 ceuts and up, wooden howls t cents and up, butter mollis, milk puils, at Davis' fanner supply house. An Auinu bar rell ohr.rii almost new tut f!. Old Talking' Machines and Records taken in part payment for new ones at ...Paddock's Bicycle Den... l 4 1 V'. Itlliltst V 11 tl 4 a i . . . Just Arrived A ROAD SUPERVISOR WHO DRAINS ROADS Supervisor Centner Doing Good Work i Murphy District Favors Cash System. O. F. Gentner was in Grants Pass Mouday. Mr. Goutuer has a flue farm on the divide between Rogue river and Applegate vallios, his place being located In the pass that can be seen to the southeast from this city at the foot of Greou mountain, but It is over tho divide aud cauuot be seen from towu. Mr. (leutuer holds the position of road supei visor for the district on the Applegate lying between Orauts Pass and the Williams district and he is credited with being one of the most praotical road men in the oouutry. Ml. Gentner has done some excel lent road work in his distriot this year, and he has made a good showing for the small amount of money he had to expend. The drainage of the roads which is a matter so seriously ueglected by most road supervisors is carefully attended to by Suiiervisor -Gontuer and ouo of the first thiugs he does on Improving a section of road is to thoroughly drain it. Mr. Gentner Is a strong supporter of having a larger road tax and then have the road orews hired by the month aud under the direution of competent foremen aud all work to be supervised by an engineer who should establish all grades aud sue that the roads were built so that they would be substan tial aud permaueut. Sleeping Accommodation. As an accommodation to visitors to the Kxpositiou, aud others a IB-section tourist slactmr will be placed in ser vice between Ashland, and Portland, ou trains IS and ltl commencing May atltli. Sections B, 10, II, and 12 are re served for this statiou and cau be se cured at the depot. G.P.Jester, Agt Doctor Slid lis Would Not Uvs. Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa., writes " After doctoring for two years with thu best physician iu Wuyneuurg, and still getting worse, the doctor advised me if I had any business to attend to I had belter atteud to it ut once, as I could not possibly live another mouth as there was uo cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was reooiumended to me by a friend, and 1 Immediately sent my son to tho store for it aud after taking three bottles I hgan to gel better and continued to improve until I was entirely well." For sale by II, A, Kotermuud. Buy It Now. Now is tho time to buy Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera aud diarrhoea Iterniidy. It Is certain to be needed sooner or later and when that time comes you will need it badly yon will ueed it quickly. Ilur it now It may save life. For sale by all druggists. HOUSES FOIl KENT by W. L. IUKI.AN1), the Ueal E-tatu man. Ground floor Courier building. V" !' 11 I ft (- (0 tf) I" i 9" IV