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VOL. XXI GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1905. No. 21. Sell Real Estate t Rent Houses Negotiate Loans Write FIRE INSURANCE t :. J You are invited to investi gate my large list of City and Country property. Ground Fioor, Courier Building. inn a t w iijsu, meKeal I-state Man 4 t f W. L Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. PAID UP CAPITAL STOCK $25,04X1.00. Transacts a general banking business. Receives deposits sulject to check or on demand certificates. Our customers are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent with sound banking principles. Safety deposit boxes for rent. J. KRANK WATSON, Pres. R. A. HOOTH, Viee-Pres. L. I.. JEWELL, Cashier. r Bert Barnes, At Clemens' Reliable Watchmaker Grants Pass, Ore. G. A. Cobb Real Estate Company G (Front) street, Grants Pass, Oregon Are in a position to offer to the purchasing public bargains in all manner of Real Estate or Personal Property, such as small or large Farms; vacant or improved City Lots, in acre tracts or less, in payments to suit purchaser. We only invite your in vestigation to convince you. We are also hamlling New and Second-Hand Goods, Horses, Milch Cows, Burros, Packing Outfits, etc, Give us a call. :::::: , We have this week a good ranch, close to town, to excange for city property, and some cheap light rigs from $2.50 to $20.00. BLACK HORSE LIVERY F E E 1) and SALE STABLES DEAN 4. DICKISON, PROPRIETORS. Office and telephone removed to Golden Gate stable, opposite Hotel Jose phine, for July and August while our new stable is being erected. Sunrise Condensed Milk That is out to make a reputa-: ticm. Is made at a new conden wry on Coos liay, the big dairy district of Oregon. Proved to lie the Best by the agent who bought a can of another brand and opened it and one of bis and proved his was the iiest. Is Not Two-ihirds Sugar, Water and Corn Starch But is pure cows milk and is just as good as cow's milk for your coffee. Try it and lie con vinced. Introductory- Price of 10c per Can on single cans. Special rates on hirge orders. INLAND CRACKERS Made in Spokane from hard wheat, which makes tho best cracker of any wheat. Try a package at 2o cents. Chiles' Grocery Front St., near Fourth. New Pi ices for Undertaking Goods Beginning August 1st, prices for Caskets wil be as follows : All $25 Caskets reduced to J15 AU$30 " " $20 $.&$40 " " $25 Black Cloth Caskets reduced 50 per cent. Hearst and service in proortion. These prices are for cash only. A, U. Bannard AT THE BIG Furniture Store North (.th St., GRANTS PASS, OHKGON. HAS SOLVED GOOD ROADS PROBLEM Simple Contrivance Which 1 Revolutionizing Travel In the Mississippi Va-lley. It has remained for a Missonrian to solve the good roads problem and carry on a crnsade among the f iruiere of the Mississippi valley which one noted agriculture expert declarei to be the most Important work done among agriculturists for a score nf years. The good roads' special trains originated with D. Ward King, a modest farmer of Ma'tland, who has conclusively proved that the nieauest dirt road in the state can be trans formed into a well-rounded, wel.- drained poblio highway, as hard aud solid as a race track, and main tained in this splendid condition at an annual expense of but $3.50 a mile. How has this great discovery, of inestimable value to city dweller as well as to farmer, been brought about? The story is a simple one. Twenty years ago Mr. King was aroused to the necessity of improving the load which leads from his farm horns to the near-by town of Maitlaud. It was rutty, full of chuckholes, uneven, at ccrtau times of the year virtually impassable. It wag on a par with other neighborhood roads, bnt Mr. King studied the problem aud how best to solve it. Finally, be hit npon a home-made contrivance, so homely and simple that tlie neighbors who watched hi in work with it were forced to laugh. Walking through his stable yard Mr. King chanced to spy an old pump stock which had been torn up aud had laid unused for several yean. This pomp Btock lie took, aud, laying a log, split iu half, parallel with it, he fastened the two together with rough boards aud chains, then, hitch ing a hotse to the home-made drag aud standing npou it, lie dragged the road to Maitlaud. Twice, three times, a half dozen times, whilo the road was still wet from recent rains, he dragged the entire length, and then dismounted to look at what he had done. A rolling, well-drained aud com pact road extended from the farm house to town. Mr. King had solved the problem. Every year siuc that Mr. King has dragged his road regularly. "I have kepi track of it as to the amount of time aud Hud that the average it once a mouth," lie says. "That's uot very much work to secure a good road I dragged from ray own gate to my neighbor's, a half a mile; it takes about 20 minutes. I don't make many trips to town before I have regained the time expended in dragging, to say nothing of the gaiu to my neighbors a d the general pub lic" It was uot long until the entire Maitlaud neighborhood was using similar home-made drags, and that section of Missouri boasted of the best country roads extant. Gradually the fame of the man who had brought this about spread. Over a year ago Mr. King received an Invitation from the good roads association of Sac county, la., asking him to visit Sac City aud explain his system. He did so, and was received so enthusiastic ally that over 60 farmers at once pledged themselves to try the work. As a result the highways leading in to that progressive town, 28 uiihs altogether, have been cared for at an expense of hut $2.50 a mile, and iu one year's time transformed from muddy, uneven roads into thorough fares so smooth and nice that owuers of trotting horses invariably choose t lie public highways for speedways in prefer) lire to the lace truck. The Sao City experience was the' beginning of the interstate crusade j which Mr. King is now carrying on. j Early this spring he was approached , by oflicials of the Chicago and North-1 western railroad aud asked if ie would preach the gospel of good roads from a special train, as the gospel of seed-corn selection had been preached I last year by I'rof. P. (!. Holdeti. Mr. King consented. The Northwestern started itsstieelal train at Onawa. la. Auunuurenieuts had been scattered broadcast through. out the viciuity; the train would reach each station aloug the line at a certain hour, Mr. King would exhibit ! bis drag aud explam its manufacture j and use, for a half hour, then lie would answer all questions, and the' train woula proceed to the next stop. In cate of inclement weather the lee I tore would be delivered iu the audi euce car attached to the sleeper aud diner of the special train. The Onawa reception was emtio siastic. The occasion was made a festival day. All visiting farmers, I aud they numbered over 300, were ; given two good meals by the euter Sleeping Accommodations jpiising business men of the town. As an accommodation to visitors to j Xhe sum of i."0 was subscribed by . the Exposition, aud others a in sertion : t,ea, iu 30 miuutes, to be offered as I tourist ileejwr will be placed in ser-; prizes for the best kept mile aud a Lewis and Clark Exposition. During the Lewis and Clark Expo sition the Southern Psrific Comoy will sell round trip tickets to Port land, limit 30 dayt, at one and one-j vice between Aslilaud. and 'f1r"1. ,alf of road during the seasou of I 'jot third farrt for the round trip. parties of ten or more traveling 00 one ticket, one fare for the round trip. For organized parties of 100 or mora, individual tickets, at one fare for the round trip. Stop-over of 10 days will be given at Portland on all one way tickets reading through that point during tbe exposition. Tickets most be de-1 posited with Joint Agent at Portland and charge of 0 cents will be made for extension of time. 1 porion trains IS and IA commencing May ZHtn. Elections , ju, 1 1, ana 14 am ri. served for this sretiou and can be cured at the depot. U.P.Jester, Agt Typewriter supplies, ribbons, paper, etc., at tbe Courier office. A.l'.GOLTTSCHE TAXADERMIST Heads a specialty. All work guaranteed. Cor. "th and I ts. P.O. Box 801 Greats Pass, - Orego. by tbe use of tbe King drag, while, arrangements were secured for one I mile of road leading out of the town in four different directions, anil the 1 farmers care for an adduiooal seven miles ou each route. Enough time has already elapsed to prove the value of tbe schems, Onawa merchants re potting their trade to have locrea-d 55 per cent as a result of the passable roads. Another town which was early visited by the good roads train wa hat of Drnisou, la., the borne if Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury. The town chose the road leading from Secretary Shaw's home to the railway station as the one to be worktd by Mr. King as a practical object lesson. In less than a half day's time Mr. King had transformed the worn-out road into a well-packed dirt road, as fine a one as there is in the country today, a rival to a maca dam road. So the good work has goue on. Mr. King has traversed morn than half of the 0 counties of Iowa, preaching the gospel of good roads ' and has ar ranged to enrry on the work in Iowa, Missouri and other Mississippi valley states next year on a still larger scale. Already more then 5000 King road drags are iu use within a radius of 400 miles of St. Louis. Mr. King advocates the home-made brand. He had no contrivance to sell. A good drag cau be made by any person with in an hour at au expeuse not to exceed 3. The city of Des Moines has or dered 200 drags constructed, at a cost of t- each aud intends using them exclusively hereafter In making and repairing dirt streets and roads. The doctrine as preached by Mr. King is simplicity itself. Here are some extraots from oue of his recent talks to prospective road-makers: "The most difficult part of road dragging is getting at it. All the rest is 90 simple that one learns it in doing it. The first noticeable effect is the smoothing of the road surface and this in time allows the rain and snow water to flow off aud eucourage the distribution of travel over the road from side to side. "Teams usually follow the beaten trail. Dragging destroys the old trail, and tho new trail, each time broader aud less definite than before, is made 011 a different portiou of the highway. By dragging while the earth is yet moist the road finally be comes a series of practically water proof layers of pud lied earth, each one of which is rolled and pounded by the wheels and hoofs of travel. Al most imperceptibly tho ceuter of the road is elevated to a smooth grade that is uot easily effected by bad weather. "Dragging Kills the weeds in the seed leaf. It ali-o does away with the bumps at each side of bridges and culverts. Regular dragging fills them and they become as solid as tho rest of the road. As the wheel tracks are wiped out the water does not run to tho bridge after every shower, so yon can drive as swiftly over the culverts as over any other portion of the road. "At firtt you will liavo to drag wliou part of tho load is too wet. Rut after awhile it will dry evenly, and tho first few times yon drag it will be better fur you to merely drive down oue wheel track and back the other, moving the dirt toward the center of the wagou track. Gradually widen as you get a chalice. This will give a solid foundation. If the wagon track is lit oue side of the highway, begin right there. The rest will follow in time. Don't be iu a hurry. Keinciiibor you can not sue cessfully male a fine crop by plowing the corn four times a day. First make a drag; second, one it every time yon can improve tho road by dragging. "The hitch is next in importance to the time at which the dragging is done. The right time is just after the road dries after a raiu or wheu it is thawed on top during the winter and spring, and it should he dragged every time. "Of course, a smooth surface for travel is thus produced, but a more valuable result is that the road will shed the next rain instend of absorb ing it. This is the reason why the road should he dragged every time, so that it will always be ready for the next rain. " Mr. King never loses an oppor tunity to ii'Htroct his heurers thaiui expensive, complicutcii drag is un necessary. Here is a bit of personal experience : "Nor is an Iron faced instrument absolutely ueoessary. I began witli a drug iu February, March or April, the drag being made of an old pump ost and a frost bitten lug held to gether by two or three short pieces ot heard nailed 011 top It puled to pieces at the beginning of the second year, aud at first simply drove a team straddle of one wheel truck , going and of the other wheel track coining bai k, merely breaking the rim of earth that rises on each side of the wheel track and leaving the road in good condition fur teamsters to 'straddle the rut.' After smashing both ruts I rimenilsr I lu-ed to look hack down the road a rnvingly, pal myself 011 tbe hack and think 1 had the uicln t road in the country, and while 1 did have it at the time, yel it would look very rough to me al present. " Tbero is 110 man better known among thankful Iowa farmers today than 1) Ward King of Maitlaud. "His work is of far more importune than preaching the gospel of seed ojru selectiou," declare a noted agilcnltural expert. "Wthout good toads the farmer is strsuded. With good roads be ran control the market and get the prices. Without them lit mar have had a record breaking crop, and be po-aessed of millious, but they are Mulheiry Kellers' millions, aud Dot taugble. " BIG STOCK RANCH ON WOLF CREEK Owners Find Velch the Profitable for Dry Lcxnds. Most THE SALOONS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY Of the lotal Number In the County, Grants Pass Has Twelve. E. W. KuykendaU, of Wolf Creek, was in Grauts Pass Monday. Mr. KuykendaU, iu partnership with E. K. Dunbar, owua over 3000 aores of laud ou Wolf creek on which they are making one of th model stock farms of Southern Oregon. Their land was formerly heavily timbered, but they have cut most of it off in filling wood ooutraots for the railioad company. They have about half their laud under fence and considerble under cultivation. They expect to fence the rouiaiuder aud then to put a baud of goats at work clearing oot the underbrush. At preseut Messrs. KuykendaU & Dunbar are handling cattle, but they expect soon to add both sheep and goats to their stork. They are breed ing to Hereford, now, bnt should a creamery be started at Grauts Pass, or some other nearby point they may add dairying aud wonld theu get the mi Iking strain of Short horu cows. They have not decided ou the breed of sheep they will haude, bnt it will be oue of the loug-wool, mutton breeds, as they are best adapted to this seo tiou for they are tho best rustlers for feed, together with the fact that Southern Oregon is a fine mutton market aud steadily improving. Their goats will be Angoras aud from their investigation they feel confident that goat raising will prove quite as profitable as any other branch of stock raising. Iu their fanning operations Koy keudall & Dunbar give careful investi gation to all methods of work aud the results attained aud to the cost and profit ou the various products of their farm. They have found that the deeper the soil is cultivated iu this dry section the larger the crops. To that end they nse disk plows, which will stir the ground to a greater depth than is possible with a mold board plow. Plowing can be doue as well with the dlso plow with the ground dry as wet aud KuykendaU & Dunbar do tho greater jiart of their plowing iu August aud September so as to have the ground iu readiness for seeding so soon as the fall raius set iu. They are giving a thorough trial to all grasses aud forago crojis and have found vetch rue of the most profitable dry laud crops they rail raise. Here tofore they have been sowing their vetch broadcast, but this fall they w ill drill it, aud they may plow iu some as au experiment. Their object iu drilling is to get the seed down deep iu the ground so it will the better stand the dry weather. Another object iu deep planting is that they liavo found that tho earlier vetch is sown the better, the last of August aud first of September being the best time, aud with the seed deep in the earth they will begin to grow at once aud the plants will be well rooted by the time the fall rains set in, thus Insuring 9 big growth aud a heavy yield. Last year Messrs. Koykeudall & Dunbar hud much ditlioulty in secur ing good vetch seed aud had to pay H'a cents a pound. This year they purchased a small threshing machine and allowing part of their field to become ripe they threshed over 300 bushels of seed. As farmers learn the value of vetch as a dry laud fcrage crop the demand for seed is increasing and Messrs. KuykendaU t Duubai are contemplating raising vetch seed for tho market. ' State of Ohio, C'ilv of Toledo, I Lucas County S Frank J. Cheney makes oath that lie Is senior partner of t lie firm of F, J. Cheney & Co., doing business in tho City of Toledo, County aud State aforesaid, aud that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN DRED D 1LI.AR8 for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot lie cured by the. use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. KRANK J. CHENEY. Hworu to before me and subscribed in my presence, this lith day of De cember, A. 1)., IHM. (Seal). A. W. (iLKASON, Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, and acts dirritly 011 the blood and inucuuus surfaces of the system. Si nd for test irnoiiials free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 76o. Take Hall's Family Pills for rouslipattou. Htrbint. R -oilers the bile morn fluid aud thus helps the blood to flow; it affords prompt telief from biliousness. Indi gestion, sick and nervous headaches, 1 and the over-indulgence iu food and ' drink. Hnlbiue acts quickly, a dost ! after .m a Is will bring the patient 1 into a good condition in a few days. : (J. 1.. Cal Iwell, Agt. M. K. aud T. R. R, Chfcotah, Ind. Ter.wriU April 18, I'JO.1: "I was sick for over two years with enlargement of the live' and spleen. The dec-tors did m uo good, aud I bad giveu np all hope of being cured, wlmn my druggist ad vised me to use lierhine. It lias made me sound aud well." Ml cents al Rotcruiund'a and Model Drug Store The saloons of Josephine county will be increased by three if the pe titions for llceuses are granted that will be presented at the September term of county court. Of the three applications that are to be considered by the oouuty court, one is for a saloon at Holland, one at Belnia and oue on the stage road across Rogue river from Grants Pass. The petition for Holland is for John Auten, form erly of Placer, and the report is that he will have no remonstrance to oppose him. A. M. Irwin, another former Plaoer saloon man, has the application iu for the saloon at Selma, but the Selma people deolare they want no saloon aud say they will kill the application with a remonstrance. The license lor South Grauts Pass Is wauted by Frank Smith, bnt there is a serious hitch to bis applloatiou and he may not ask for a license from the oouuty court, for the building in which he has heretofore been conduct ing a saloon for August Fetsch is bnrnod aud lie is nndor arrest charged with bnrulug it aud Kelson's brewery aud ice plaut, the iusnrauoe com panies making the complaint allegiug that the bnlidiugs were fired to se cure the heavy lusnrance that was on them. As Mr. Smith la a new corner here aud is uot known to have means, it is the general supposition that the saloou, if again started, will really be the property of Mr. Fetsch. And the brewery and saloou building may not be rebuilt as Mr. Fetsch has uot announced that lie would do so. Mr. Fetsch made applloatiou at the Jnly term of county court for a license for this saloou, but the residents iu the vicinity of the saloou together with the Municipal League ot Grants Pass got up a remouatianoe and beat him. As this saloon would be just outside of the limits of Orauts Pass and beyond police ooutrol aud wonld become a resort, as it was before it burned nf tho tough element of the city both men aud women, it will probably not be permitted to again start nuder a couuty license. Of the saloous now opeiating in Josephine couuty Grants Pass has 12. Ihe other towns of this part of the county are Lelaud aud Plaoer, each with ouo saloon. Merlin, Hugo nor Galiue lias a saloou and the entire Applegato valley, both in Josephine and Jackson oouuties, is saloou less. The Illinois valley has but one saloon, at Kerby, bnt the number will be in creased to three if the licenses are secured for Selma aud Holland. Waldo, which in days of Its glory as big, hustling mining camp had saloons in plenty as well as liquor lor sale at all the stores, is now a dry town, the last saloon having dried op several years ago. While Josephine oouuty is largely 1 mining section yet saloons are less numerous here than in many of the argioultural counties for the miner of today lias not the drinking proclivities of his plnueer predooessir. Not that he is any bet ter morally, or that the ploueer miuer was Inclined to drink more than other men of his day, but wealth dons not come to miners now with the easo aud the quickness that it did to the Southern Oregon miners of the TiO's aud 'AO's and they cau uol spend money by the rule of "easy come, easy go. " Mining now Is a science aud only those men who aie Indus- trioun and skillful aud who are not burned up with bad whiskey and dis sipation, will attain soccess and 'or tune that they all so eagerly hunt for and so few find. CLOVER SOWN IN APRIL NOW 3 FEET HIGH Granite Land in Josephlnt. County L&cka Only Water. Stop Thst Cough Wheu a cough, a tickling or au ir ritatiou in the throat makes you feel uncomfortable, take llallard's linre hound Syruu. Don't wait until the disease lias genu beyond control. Mr and Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Mfil West 6th St., Salt Lake City, Utah writes: "We think liallard'a Here hound Syrup the best medicine fn coughs and colds. We have used 1 for several years; it always gives iui mediate relief, is very pleasant aud gives perfect satisfaction." 2.'c, 60e, (1.00 at Model Drug Store and at Kotnrmund'a. Seasonable Items at Prices worthy of Your Attention. ICE CREAM FREEZERS The White Mount ain, the best made, a big recipe book with each freezer. We want to close out the 6 and '8 quart sizes, here's the figures that will do quickly 6 quart $3.25 each, all complete 8 " 4.25 " " it TENTS $3.00 to $11.50. here hard to beat. We show you values They are going HAMMOCKS 75c to $2.50. fast BABY CARRIAGES and GO-CARTS Re duced nearly J $3.50 to $17.50. All the be tween prices. Jelly Glasses Tumblers Water Sets. Thomas &. O'Neill Uf)Q Housefurnishers II. S. Wyuant, who has a farm near the Applegato river iu the New Hope district, left at the Courier otlloe Tuesday a bunch of red clover that is over three feet high and of as vigor ous growth as was ever harvested in the best clover districts of the East. This sample was the average growth of a field that he sowed last April ou granite laud, which before lie put it under Irrigation was totally un productive, other than to scant growth of brnsh that was npou it Mr. Wynant's land is a part of the 19,000 acres of granite laud that extends from Rogue river, south of Grants Pass, to Applegate river, and which hold by many to be worthless, for agrloc Rural purposes. As in Mr. Wyuaut's rase this land whenever water is put upon it, produces grass, grain and fruit in great abundance. Mr. Wyuant, like many other fnruiera of Josephine county, is devoting his entire attention to hay, growing alftlfa, clover and timothy for the market. He formerly grow con siderable frnit, but discouraging market conditions rendered the busl ues au unprofitable that he dog up the gr.-ater part of his frnit trees and berry Tines. Air, Wyuant lost so much money on tho fruit business by reason of the dishonesty of com mission mou that he is skeptical of the industry over being profitable. Rut lie will watch the work of the uew Josephine County Fruitgrowers Union and if it is successful in se curing profliable pricos for fruit he may again take up fruit raising. While hay has been very profitable for the last few years yet so many farmers are putting all their laud to grass Mr. Wynani Is not so aura that meadows will lie the money makers iu the next few years that they now are and the ha growers will need a onion to keep op their prices. Wii in Poor Health For Yssri. Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa. write "I was iu poor hea'tli ( r two yours, suffering fro iidiny ailv bladder trouble, aud ent cons dur able moniiv consulting pbys cans without u. tal'iing any marker! bene fit, but was cured by Foluv's Kidney Cure, aud I desire to add iny testi mony that it mav be the. cause cf restoring the hoaiih "f others." Refuse substitutes. Fir sale h.v il. A. Roterinuud. A snap in a fi-acro river bottom tract can bo had ou easy terms. W. L. Ireland, The Real Estate mail, Courier Ruilding. A little lorethought may save you no end of trouble. Anyone who m ikes it a rule to keep ('hamherlaln's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rninedy at hand knows Ibis to bo a fact. For ale by all druggists. MICHIGAN MINE TO HAVE STAMP MILL Manager Sowers Goea East to Attend a Meeting of the Directors. Peculiar UUspstsrsacc. J. f). Runyan, of Ro'lerville, O , laid the peculiar disappearing) of his infol symptom, of indigestion auri biliousness, to Dr. King's New Life Pills. He says: "They are a per fect reiuedv for dizziness, soor stoiuach, headache, coustlpatlou.etc. " Ouarauued at all Crug stores, price 2.-. Pcrsous desiring stenographic aud typewriting done correctly, as to grammar, spelling aud punctuation, i and neatly cau hate their work done by Miss M. A. liarrett, at the Courier office, business correspondence and papers strictly confidential. Mirs liarrett fully understands all classes of commercial aud legal work and her prices are reasonable. The Iron sxnd Steel Works. The Grants Pass Iron & Steel Works has lately been doing considerable work for the Takilma smelter. A large mit of the orders were for slag pots aud matte molds. These burn out very rapidly ami have In In frequently renewed. Tho Iron Works received last week a car load of high grade pig Iron for use in making castings ou special orders wheie an extra good quality of Irou is re quired. Managers Hall & llarhs kel slate that work at tbe Irou Works teadily lucreases and they are re ceiving orders from many milling men and mill companies, that heretofore havo sent away for their irou and steel casting and machinery work Since the Ursula Pass Irou & Steel Works was oistned for work last spring Its business has steadily in creased and there is every prosprct that this industrial establishment will build up until it will have a large payroll aud be oue of the lead ing factors iu the prosperity of (Jrants Pass. As a uew venture it needs all the substantial assistance that can be given it by persons interested iu the OLboildlug of Urania Pass aud of Josephine couuty. Manager R. L. Sowers, of t'io Michigan -Mining Company, com pleted last week au examination of the various quarts mills in operation in this district with a view of ascer taining the strong features of the various kiuds of machinery in use so that he may be able to better se lect a mill for his miue. He will leavo for his home at Charlotte, Mich., uoxt week to attend a meet ing of the directors of his com pany, all of whom reside lu that place, when it will be decided as to the machinery that will be added to complete the equipmeut of their mill. The Michigan miue is luokiug only stamps, concentrators and a com pressor aud power drills to make it one of the best equipped mines iu Southern Oregon. i'hese Mauagers Sowers exponts to gat Installed aud the mine in operation this fall. Of the equipment now iu place there is a UO 11. P. boiler aud a 5 II. P. en-. glue, a hoist that la able to lift 20 tons aud could handle ore from a depth ot 2000 foot. Located on the Applegate river bank is a pump house and a pump with a 25 II P. holler with which to operate it. This pump is caistblu ot forcing 200 gallons of watm a minute to the mine, a distance ol 20 teet aud a height of 2(15 feet. There it quite a -village of houses about the miue, which include a mess house, hunk house and dwellings for the nieu with families. Development work has beeu curried on for sometime and the maiu shaft is now dowu to a depth of 150 feet. Tbe vein has beeu out at tiie 70 and the NO foot level. The lower deptli showing it to be gaining iu width. It being about seven feet at that point. Tho ore is largely free milling and the va'ues are very satisfactory to tiie ('omiiy. Over 600 toua ot ore aro iu the bins and the mill building is all ready for the installation of the stamps. It was expected tihave pat the nil no in operation this spring but a mill that was put up did not give satisfaction aud will be removed. Manager Sowers exjiects to be gone about six weeks and during his ab sence the miuu will be iu charge of O. K. Wilder. Mrs. Sowers and dauglster, who have beeu here since spring, will return witli Mr. Sowe.s to their home iu Charlotte Cures Scittka. Ruv. W. L. Riley. L. L. D., Cuba, Now York, writes: "After IS days of excruciating pain from sciatic rheu matism, under various treatments, I was induced to try llallard's Snow l.lniini ut; the first application giving my first relief ai d the second entire relief. 1 can give it unqualified recollilllelldat icu. " 2.V', &tk', $1.14) at Model Drug Store, and at Ruter in u nil's. Old Talking; Machines and Records taken in part payment for new ones at ...Paddock's Bicycle Den... 1t i t ' t tW frVi VsV 1-li i i'W 3 i if t i