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Mite Wafch Tor the Red Letter Days THVRS.. FRIDAY. SATURDAY Sept.. 28. 29. 30 Don"! Forget the Red Letter Daya THVRS.. FRIIlA Y. SATURDAY . Sept.. 28. 29. 30 VOL. XXI. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1)0S. No. 24 lA b S ell Real Estate 5 & w. L. IKLLAND, The Real Estate Man tWVl'w ... - Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. l'AII IP CAI'ITAli STOCK Transacts a general hanking business. Receives depu.its snlje!t to check or on demand certificates. Our customers are assured of courteous treatment and every consideration con sistent witli sound banking principles. Safety deposit boxes for rent. J. FRANK WATSON. Prea. K. A. BOOTH, Vice-Pres. I. L. JEWELL, Cashier. 8ert Barnes, Reliable Watchmaker At Clemens' G. A. Cobb Real Estate Company G (Front) street, Grants I'ass, 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 lurjje 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 handling 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, aud some cheap light rigs from $2.50 to $20.00. BLACK ititl and SALE STABLES DEAN &. DICMSON, PROPRIETORS. office unci telephone removed to Golden Gate stable, opposite Hotel Jose phine. for July and August whihi our new stuble is being erected. J. n. CHILES The Pioneer Grocer RELIABLE GOODS AT RELIABLE PRICKS A Sciilty Tliis Week FAR M-C U R E D BACON TIIK FINEST EVER BROUGHT TO GRANTS PASS Frch Fruits of All Kinds Tomatoes for canning. Fruit jars, tops and rubbers Sleeping Accommodations. As an accommodation to visitors to the Exposition aud others a Hi-section tourist sle. per will be placed in ser vice between Asbland, and Portland, on trains 15 an t commencing Slay 2vih. Sectmus 9. 10, 11, aud 12 are re served for this siatiou aud can be se cured at the depot. U.P.Jester, Agt. oniates and a satest tor chi lores and I Se .""oo.. For sal. by H. A. I RXrmuud. a ssisi W Rent Houses Negotiate Loans . Write FIRE INSURANCE You are invited to investi gate my large list of City and Country property. Ground Fioor, Courier Building. & fUS.OOO.OO. Grants Pass, Ore. HORSE FEED New Pi ices for Undertaking Goods Beginning August 1st, prices for Caskets wil be as follows : All $25 Caskets reduced to $15 All $M) " " $20 $35 & $40 " " $25 Black Cloth Caskets reduced 50 per cent. Hearst and service in proportion. These prices are for cash only. A. U. Bannard AT TUK lilG Furniture Store North f.th St., GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Chamberlain Cough Remedy. This is a medicine of great worth and merit. Try it when you have s cough or cold and y u are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. It is pleasant to take and can always be depended upon. For sale by all druggists. which be tltd, wim tne vvsjiiii " immediate relief was obtained. For by .U druggists. HOP CROP OF ROGUE RIVER VALLEY Yield Will Be Equal to Last Year's. While the Quality Is Excellent. ' 1 his week will practically close hop picking in Rogue River Valley for this season for most of the yards will have been picked this Satonlay and by the middle of next week the last of the picking will have been done. The quality of this year's crop is very good and the weather conditions have been perfect for icking and oaring, fronting by previous exper ience the growers have been very care ful to have their hops clean. With very few exceptions the size and quality of the hop is good and this with the cleun picking and careful drying will give a high average quality to the Rogue River hop for this year. The yield has been less than the average for Kogue Kivcr alloy and a careful estimate tin es the yield at from 800 to 1C00 louuda ptr acre, a few yards going above this amount and some going even as low us 000 pounds. Yards that werj under good irrigation and were sprayed to kill off the lice have made splendid yields. So profitable has irrigation proven that every yard thnt can possibly be watered will be supplied by either ditches or pumping plants. What ir rigation will do for hops is proven in the yard of English, Burrow & Jewell on the Applegato near Murphy. This yard of 43 acres of baby hops. RED LETTER Thursday. Friday Sept. and Saturday OLD-TIMERS PREDICT A HARD WINTER Base Their Predictions on the Quantity of Yellowackts Hatched This Summer. All the old settlers nmoug the farmers of Rogue River Valley are bestirring theniaelvoa in preparation for a hard winter, for tin"- predict a big snow aud freezing weaher. Their prediction is based on the old Indian sign, and which the Whites have found never to fail in the f3 years since the first settler came hi re, that a summer in which yellowjackets are unusually numerous is certain to be followed by a bard winter. This sign has pioveu correct so often that I he pioneers believe in it aud so expect a deep snow and heavy rains this win ter. If the number of yellowjackets is in dicative of the severity of the weather then Soutlinru Oregon is in for a w in ter that would do credit to Minnesota for the yellowjackets have swarmed over the country in countless mill ions. Not for year have they beeu so numerous and in luauy of the farm districts they havs been a veritable pest, invading houses and barns and by theii puguaciotia boldness making life a trial to the farmers. Yellow- jackets are especially fond or Ircsli meat aud the smell of a fresh carets would draw them this year to it iu numbers like a swarm of bees. O. F Gcutner who has a large farm in lieutmr'a Gap ou the Apple gate divide, five miles from this city, tells that some time since he killed a beef and before he could gut it skin ned the yellowjackets had pounced on it in such number aud def. ude.. their prize with such fierceness with their j stings that they drove him and his son away and they had to provide themselves with vei!s over their faces aud gloves on tbier hands before they ooutd comph te the work of dressing the beef. Ii stnnt'i s are told of hun ters who had killed a deer nnrt while carrying the dressed carcass to their camp were set upon by a sw aim of yellowjackets and foiced to drop their veuisou aud flee for their lives. Even the freighters have found the plague if yellowjackets a terror. Re cently one of the eight-mule teams, b'jlongiug to (.'apt. Mclntiro, while coiuiug in from the Takilma smelter with a load of matte, a. set upon by a swarm of irate yellowjackets aud in short order the unites heels' were flying through the air as swiftly as were their little tormentors, aud a runaway was only averted by the skill of the veterau driver who was at the busieuss end of the jerk-line. As it was there was a general mix-up of mules and horses and it look the as I aislanca of the driver of the team following, to euable the driver to I order restored and his team again plodding slowly along the road with their three wagons carrying eight tons of copper aud all the mules flopplug their loug ears in unison to for the yard was only planted last spring, is estimated to yield fully 10,000 pounds of line hops. A 8 hop yards do not usually yield sufficiently the first year to justify picking this line yield of the English yard is an evidence that it will pay to irrigate even the first year.v The hop crop of Rogue River Valley for last year amounted to 1323 bales as is shown by the amount ship ped and yet on hand. There were shipped from Grants Pass 8SS bales and 139 from Merlin while 8."0 bales are yet unshippd, this amount being held by John Ranzan. While the increase in acreage has amounted to 193 acres, yet the total yield in the Valley will probably not be much above 1-100 bales. So far as can be learned no contract sales have been made, and no sales are likely to lie made boou for the growers of this district are all able to hold their hops, the present price not beiug satisfactory totheui. As the hop crop of the United States is re ported to be short, while the con sumption of hops is steadily each year iucr using, the hop growers ex pect the prloe to go higher before the close of the year. As there was no plienomeual yield last year nor big surplus left over, the growers are fully convinced that it is a scheme on the tinkle of the bells ou the lend team's harness. Verily Southern Oregon has had a plague of yellow jackets this snuimer and if this winter will he as hard as have bnen their stings theu will over coats and gloves be in order in this "Italy of America," this land where sleighs aud skates are uuknown and where flowers bloom every mouth in the year. Southern Oregon Grist Mills Jackson county has four grist mills, they being located at Ashland, Med ford, Gold Hill aud Eagle Point, and they ao operated the greater port ion of each year, though largo'y on wheal imported from Eastern Oregon and Washington, for Jackson coutuy docs not grow near all the grain required for homo consumption. Josephine county has two grist mills, one at Grants Pass and the other at Kerby, yet both are Idle for the entire year. The mill iu this city is a flue plant with the latest equipment and with steatnjxiwer. The one at Kerby is a good mill, but would need a little im proving. It has water power from Illinois river, which affords ample aud cheap power for the entire year. That it would b,6 as profitable to operate the Grunts Pass mill ou im ported grain as it is for the mills of Jackson county is appureut to any mill man. Tho operating expenses of a mill here would he uo greater than at Pendleton or Portland, from which comes most of the flour and feed im ported into Josephine county. The Southern Oregon mil's have a decided advantage ou freight rates, which are much lower on wheat from Portland to Grants Pass than on flour and feed. With the thousands of dollars that art sent out of the county each mouth for flour and feed, a direct drain on the finaucial resources of this section, it would be a profitable undertaking for the business men of Grants Pass to co-oiwrate in a plan to have the local flouring mill placed in 0x-ra tint). The investment would be both safe and profitable. 1 SHOES For I. A 1)1 EH MISSES CHIUillKN MINEItS And ton AM. New Stock, Just In A Keatlv Nice Scrvii-oablo I.adioa' KhfMj for $1 60 A S hfHil Shoe That Will Vivmr ami Ih IjOW in Prim SHOE BARGAINS MANE'S STORE West G Strut Second block from Sixth itrrtt the part of the dealers to break the market and then so soon as the) have the bulk of the crop secured to shove the price np to at least what it was last year. The Aimour Company with their trt we mlxus wealth and power have added heps to the other oommodilirs which they handle, and as they are accustomed to make profits of millions ou their dials they plan to do the same ou the 1005 hops that they handle and consequently thoy are assisting the other buyers in their work of demoralizing prices by a concerted bear movement ou their part. As the hop growers, like all farmers, except a few fruit, wool and mohair growers, are nnoigniiized they will have to take the price that the dealers see fit to ofTur. Wi re the hop growers organized so they could bell and ship hops by the car Toad and deal direct with the brewers they would be able to realize all that the market would afford for their crop. Already the fcpirit of co-operation aud union is being felt among the hop growers and after they have been mushed a few more times aud barely made expense moving their crop they will form district unions that will act together aud eliminate the bulls and bears who gamble lu hops and then let the law of supply aud demand adjust the price each year. DAYS 28, 29, 30 NEW YORK COMPANY BUYS ALLOFOPP MINE Dr. R eddy and Fred T. Perry Dis pose of Their Holdings for a Good Figure. Report comes from Jacksonville that Dr. J. F. Roddy and Fred T. Per ry have sold their iuterest in the Opp mine to the New York parties who latolv purchased thei Interest of J. W. Opp la the same. Mr. Opp held 70 per cent of the property nml the price he realized was reported at flDA.OOO. The statement is now made that the remaining III) per cent was sold on a basis of f l7n,0tH) for the en- tiro mine. Foster & Uunuall, the well known mining men of Grants Pass wnro the purchasers of all the Interests In the Opp property for New York capital ists, whom they represent. The uianagoment of the miae will be iu the hands of Messrs. Foster it Uuu nell, but as to the future plans of the uew purchasers uo information is yet given, other than that the productive capacity of the mine is to he Increased all that It will warrant. The mine Is eqnlpped with a 10 stamp mill erected and placed in operation last fall. The pcer Is eletiic, supplied from Gold ftay, and the mill is one of the most complete and up-to-date In Southern Oregon. The bnildiug was dciignsd for Do stamps and it is understood that the new owners will at once put In the 10 stamps that W ill complete the equip ment. Ibe Opp mine property embraces over 200 acres anil Is located on Jack son creek a mile and a half west of Jacksonville. Nine veins have been located aud over iUKKl feet of funnel has been run that have n-ticil some very rich bodies of ore. Tram cars are osed to transport the ore to the mill and these are operated liv gravity and the drainage of the mine is also by gravltv. The Opp inliin is situated In one of the richest mineral districts of Soulh eru Oregon for the hills about Jack sonville are a network of gold bearing veins and almost everv creek anil gulch of that section has afforded rich pUeer diggings. I hern Is every cer tainty that the Opp mine will Income a pto-rty that will warrant a no or more stamp mill anil that It will be come t.nu of ths pig gold I roducers of the Pacific (Joast. Keware of Olnltnenti for Catarrh That Coalala Mercury, as msreory will surely destroy the sense of smell aud completely derange the whole system when entering it through tlm mucous surfaces, hur.h articles should never Is: used except ou prescriptions from reputable phy-j MCian aa the dnmsiio they will do is ten fold to ths grmd yon can iossl bly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney cV Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer cury, and is taken internally, acting direcilr osin the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall s Catarrh Cora he sure you get the genome. It Is taken internally and made lu Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Hold by all Druggists. Price 7V s-r bottle. 'lake Hall's Family Pills for con stipatlou. FALL WEATHER HAS ARRIVED And with it conies suggestions regarding your Winter necessities. We are well prepared to ... cater to your wants. This immense store is full of the necessary comforts of lifeall the new and latest and more coming every day; the PRICES GENUINE PURSE TICKLERS. HEATERS and RANGES $4.50 to $5010 year guarantee. BLANKETS, Comforts and Spreads, 90c to $7.50. V FILLOWS 65c to $2.50. " ' INDIAN ROBES $4.')0 up. ' PORTIEE ES $3.50 to $10. CARPETS Closing out some numbers 20 off. RUGS Sample Rugs $2.25 aud $2.50, reduced to $1.')0. FURNITURE New Dressers, new shapes, new prices. Gentlemen's Shaving Stand and Collarette. NEW LINOLEUMS, best makes, (.0 to 85c yard. NEW PICTURE MOULDINGS, beautiful effects! A visit to our 10c Bargain Couuter of Dishes will be a pleas ing and profitable surprise to you. Thomas a O'Neill ft f llousofurnlslipi's lr'ss'sVs. NEW SPRAY FOR THE CODLIN MOTH Hood River Fruit Growers Who Used It Find Less Worms Than With Old Spray, Hood River fruit growers who have used arsenate of lead this summer Hud less worms In their apples than where the old sprays i'j which lime is a chief ingredient have beeu nsed. Chris Pethmati and Mr. Church report very successful results from the. use of this spray. Mr. Tucker, it is un derstood, attempted to manufacture his own arsenate of lead, and pro duced a mixture which burucd the foliage xf his trees. E L. Hiuith received a letter from Prof. Kuisloy of the experimental station at the Oregon Agricultural College, Corvullis, who said It was impossible for the farmers to manu facture their own arsenate of lead without a refractory furuacu. The arsenate of lead in a coiuMmid ready for use can be bought very cheap, aud it is useless and uneconomical for the farmers to undertako its manufacture. Apples sprayed with the arsenate of lead compound do not have the coating of lime as in the case with the use of the old sprays, and this one item affords n oiisiderable saving iu time and labor in the packing season. Furthermore, arsenate of lead Is a nicer spray mlxtuie to handle. There is nothing to clog the spray pumps, aud it requires loss stirring, the com pound remaining in supsenslou much longer than any lime preparation. This new spray is a'so meeting with success in California. The Watsnnville Pajiimnlau, referring to Horticultural Commissioner Kodgers' spraying operations this year, says that ho Is using entirely arsenate of lead and is much pleased w ith the results. He rays that it. is a dllllcult matter to find a worm on the sprayed trees, while chock trees In the same orchard show a number of the pc-d. While It is ton early In the season to pro claim victory over this dreaded pest, Mr. Kodgers firmly believes that ill the arsenals of lead orchurdlst of the coast have a remedy that will prove effect mil in the case of the codlin moth. It is reported that the moth is show ing up in greater numbers than ever before ill Watsouvllle, and that the growers who neglect to spray will lie able to get only a small leri'eiitage of their fruit into the highest grades. Old Talking Machine and Records taken in part payment for now ones Paddock's r stores. to Southern Oregon SOUTHERN OREGON PEARS IN CANADA Canadians Ps.y Big Price for Fruit From the "Italy of America. Such has been the rat ages of tho pear blight iu the Eastern states aud recently iu California that the pro duction of marketable pears has beeu greatly reduced in those sections. The sequence of this shortage is that the prloe of pears was higher than apples last year aud this year the price is evnu going higher. Rogue River Valley as yet is free from the blight aud the pears from here beiug of extra quality and flavor aud being sound are Hue shippers. Tho demand was so great last year that local growers had mure orders than they uould fill, while the demand fur this year promises to be even greater. Of a talu of pears reeoutly made-by Captain Gordon Voorhies, who has a 400 acre orchard to pears and apples iu Jackson oouuty, the Modford Mail gives the following facts: "A carload of pears shipped from the Eduu Valley orchards, owued by ("apt. Voorhies, to Montreal brought prices which are causing pear growers in other teutious to 'sit up and take notice1 of Rogue River Valley. This carload of pears consisted of 600 boxes, aud of these U were what are termed 'second' among the packers of this section, yet they must have looked good to the 'Canucks,' fur the whole car sold at an average of $1,110 per box, which would equal about :10 per box here. The price was somewhat almve the usual price lu other years, of course, but it In dicates what may 11 expected iu the way of prices fur pears this year. The Eden Valley orchards will pro duce this year somewhere iu the neighborhood of 11,000 boxes of pears ulwriut 2(1 carloads. This la uot a large a crop as has beeu produced, hut the prices this year will make the In come not unsatisfactory. " Chambtrlsln'i Cough Remedy Aidi Nature. Medicines that aid naluru are always most effectual. Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy acts ou this plan. It allays tho cough, relieves the luns, aids exectiiratiou, opens the secretions and aids nature lu re slnrlux the system to a healthy cou dltlo.l. It is famous for its cures over a laige part of the civilised world. Thousands have testified to its Ucriur excellence. It counter acts any tendency to a cold to result la pneumonia. For sain by all drug gists. t lMdt at Bicycle Den a h