FARMERS INSTITUTES PROVE INTERESTING Many Quaatlona Asked and An ' awared Prof. Cordley Tells How lo Kill Hop Lice Beginning at Grants Pau last gator day Dr. Jamea Withyoombe, director of the Oregon Slate Agricultural College, and Prof. A. B. Cor. liny, en tomologist, and Prof. K. L. Kent, dairy instructor at the college, are holding thia week a an lea of fine firmer! institutes in Rogue Kiver Valley. The institute at Granta Paxi was preaided over by Hod. A. 11. Car ion with Charlea Meaerve aa secretary. Mr. Carson briefly outlined the work of 'he institute and then asked that the farmers present any to ic that they wished discussed. Stephen Jewell stated the hop lice wire leadily gaining year by year in the yards of Southern Oregon and asked bow best were they to be extermina ted. Prof. Cordley in reply gave a clear sketch of the habits of the Imp lice and of the beat methods of soli doing it. He said that early in the spring the egga of the aphia, which had been laid the prerioos full on plom aud prone treei, hatched. Each aud every egg produced a female. These are known aa the atoiii-niotln r. lu about a week these atein-mothcia mature aud eanh gives birth to several aphids of the second generation. Theae are like the atem-niothers, witiiout wings and of cob i so remain upon the plnm. Ou reaching ma turity, they like the atcm-motlicr give birth to another generttiion of aganiio females, the individuals of which as they approach maturity, de vclop wings aud migrate to the hop. Thia migration occurs about June 1st In the Kogue River Valley or possibly during the hut half of May and alter it la over, If all the lice in a yard could be destroyed, there could be no further Infection (luring the remain der of the aeason. After once reach lug the hop generation after genera tion of wingless agauilo females are produced until about the time thu crop la being gathered when a geneia tlon of winged agamic females is de veloped and migrates bark to the plum where birth ia given to sexual w'nglesa females. A generation of winged malts ia thro developed upon the hop. These fly to the plnm, mate with the females each of which then deposits upon the plum twigs two or three small oval eggs, which are at first green but later become shining black. All of the aphids, both aexos, tlieu die, the apociea wintering only lu the egg'atage and ouly upnu plum or prune trees. Prof. Cordley reonm mended spraying at fiequont interval after the lice apjicared tin the hops aud to be kept up until the lice were killed. Were all wild plum trues to be destroyed aud as few tame plums and prnnoa aa possible, the lice would have no place in which to breed He recommeudu I the usual apray of whale oil soap and quassia The formula for thia and ull other apiaya or the various punts Unit the farmer ban to light are given In bulletin No. 75 published by the Agricultural Co'lego and are sent frei to any addresa ou application. (Colli illlled next week. ) FRIDAY NIGHT'S Flftt Geo. Cramer Loses Barn Woodshed. anil Ceo. P. Cramer lost hia barn and wood shed br die Friday night ai about U o'clock. How the lire origl ualed la a mystery na no one ha I been to the barn ilh a light of biii kind. Mr. aud Mrs. Cramer were ai borne all the evening and when tin discovered the fire the barn was ii flames. Au ahum waa turned iu and the tlrcnit n rcapoudetl quick lv. Tin Cramer home was saved only by th prompt and coiitiunoiis ue of the gai lieu hose. This, however, would hate been unavailing had I here been uli wind. The location of one of the lew carts being iu the court house sqtiaic was a great saving offline and it war but a few minutes after the alaru sounded before the hose was at tin hydrant, the lire by this time had con snined the barn and waa making head ing ou the wisilhhed and cbickci bouse, these buildings were deluged with water aud saved. The luss will foot up lo about f'.'.Mt as tliele w cousidcrblii hay and a carriage in I be bain Ceo. II. liiirham also lust sev eral ailieles which were stored in a shed uearhy. K. K Dunbar and K. W. Ku.vken dall were in Crania I'ass Saturday le site, id the farmers institute anil tiny were greatly pleased with the meet ings. Messrs Dunbar and Kuvkcu dall owu some 8000 acres of land ou which tin v are making a stuck farm that Is certain to be one of the finest ai well as uiost profitable ill Sou hern (Ircgnu These gentlemen areglviug careful i u vest i gall Hi to every phase of their farming operation and it was with this eud ill view t lint they made the JO mile horseback tide lo Grants Pass lo atteud the farmers institute that they might gain additional in formation fiom the addresses of the Agricultural College professors ami the discussions ttiat would follow- iu which farmers would give their ex periences. It is the progressive suc cessful faru r v. bo has the time and takes the time 10 at lend farmers in stitutes ami it is such men oho t'.nd farming profitable. The uewest telphoue system has an automatic connector which docs away with the "hello girl " SOME TOUGH CHARACTERS Hobos are Passing Southward in Great Numbers. Few of the residents of Grants Pass realize what the night marshal has to cor tend with in the bands of hobos and toughs that are making their an- noal fall migration Sooth ward. The number ia greatly swelled thia year on account of the Lewis and Clark fair aud until long after its close thia shifting population will be steadily moving southward. The general char acter of these derelicts la much worse than ever before aa the fair haa at tracted great numbers of the worse element of society. The marshal is kept ever on the watch and all who atop off here are advised to keep on the move. It ia, however, Impossible for one nightwatcli to keep an eye on alj parta of the city or even the bosi nesa part for the hobos travel In bands and one or two of them can occupy the marshal's attentioo in one part of town while the rest of the gang are operat ing in a different locality. Honi3 of thi hoboa have been landed In the city lockup at different times and fed ou bread and water which tends to give them a wholesome regard for the anthoritira and a desire to make their stay iu town as abort as possible. A city rock pile would make the tramps floe from Grauts Pass 11 from s pestilence. Bills Audited by County Court Hogue and Burke, mdse pant) ,1 4 fli! Cramer Bros, mdse rda 4 2'i J 11 Crnxtou, viewer Grave Crk rd la 00 II C Perkins, surveyor Grave Crk rd 18 00 E M Duncan, chain bearer Grave Or rd 2 (X) I W Light, flagman Giave Crk rd 3 IK) J K Htites, cruis timber lands . l)H 00 C ('older, axman Grave Crk rd 2 00 James Nee ey, wrk Grave Crk rd 12 00 C AI Htiles.cruia timber lands . 70 00 Cramer Bros, hdw rds 0 20 O H Brown, mdse paup . B 00 K C Churchill, mdse paup ... 5 (10 Mary F Gilmore, care paup 20 (X) It L Bartlett, shoes prisoners... II 00 W A Klum, wrk on brdg 4 0.) L M Michael, wrk on brdg 2 00 M Eades, wrk on brdg 7 00 W Kntnrford, wrk brdg 4 Oo TJMackiu, mdse paup 1(17 L B Hall, coflliis paup 112 7 II M Meyers, Grave Crk rd 2 00 T J Mackin, hdw rds 8 All L Ha' age, stamps, exp, etc U on G Karg, sutler visor riist. 45... 2(1 J J Brown, wrk rds 23 fill Jack Harpster, wrk ou brdg 2 00 II 8 Woodcock, liuhr rd dint No. HI 4ft 20 J T Logan, Imbr ril dist. No. Ill 2H !U K G Bums, care paup 24 00 A Morris, supervisor dist. No Kl 22 SO II H Woodcock, lnihr rds 1.1 41 Arthur llussey, haul Imbr rds . H ( I) M Shaffer, sup dist. No. Ill . . -PI I) H HhatTur, nail brdg it Ho M A Conger, Imbr brdg 41 ill J I) Booth, atmps 4 fn) W II Khiuagiiu, inquest Oil Chas Gentnui, sun Dist. No. 10 114 US II a Woodcock, Imbr brdg 2!l lit Dean it Dickisou, team hire paup ft Oil Mrs C M llolnici, care punp . . . 1ft mi K S Kills, burial paup 2 fto M II Golf burial paup 2 fto L L Field, burial paup 2 ftu Albert Stephenson, burial paup 2 fto J It letter, board paucra ... 2011 hi' II S Woodcock, Imbr brdg H m; J H letter, burial paup I ft M J K Yelter, tobacco paup 4 00 K S Kills, burial paupers ft (Hi M II Guff, burial piiujers .. ft Oil A Slephensiin, burial paupers . ft 00 Henry Miller, care pauKr . . H 00 Lueus & Hon repairing jail cots ft 40 II K Christie, Imbr brdg 117 ll.'i Barlow Bros, mdse paupers . .. Ill 00 Cellling il Cock, iron for Indg ftft on I' H Proctor, print L it C Kx 4SKI on I) P Love, sec'y bril health .. Ill Oil T B Cornell, mdse paup 20 Oregon Observer, priming II 00 Annie lictiors, wrk rd 2 00 Geo I) Bannard A Co.. supplies 2(1 tic Gen tlchcrs.haul Imbr brdgs I 02 Geo Getters, wrk on brdgs F A Robinson, w rk on brdgs . .1 II JohiiMiii, wrk un hrdgs II C Churchill, mdse paups Geo Gebers, wrk brdgs Then Parks w rk brdgs . .. A Morns, wood Court house Geo I' Furiuaii, ex insane . . Harlow Bros , indse pimp Geo Gcttcri-, haul Imbr brdgs K W Light, wrk ou bulgs . M Clemens, supplies 3 10 13 II.. 12 II.. 7 fid II 117 8 00 133 fto ft (HI III 01' ."ill 20 3 00 17 ('.'. 2? Ml 20 IHI S F Cheshire, simps, exp, tel etc W M Cheshire, salary janitors J C Lewis, making map (HI D P Love, incd her vice prisoner 111 On Geo W Lew is, slms, tel, etc . 4 CO Gen W Lew is, board prisoners Ho ini J C Smith, nnlse paups 12 hft D I' Love, examine insane ft (Hi C W Taylor, col orei L iVC Kx lift HO W C Smith, indue paups ... 7 l!2 M T I'tlev, wik ou brdg 1 (Hi J P Mi Council, teacher's exam 13 (Hi G A Savage, teachers' exam 12 IH Model Drug store, mitse paupes 87 fto Hair -Kiddle Hdw. Co., hdw.rds 10 92 Kogue River Courier, pruning 8S fc"i Win tlroiid. wit state vs Ingrain 9 IHi G L Wo blu.lge, guard insane 2 ,"P Kitlliev tV Truax, mdse piup S lit) Hair Kiddle Hdw Co. hdw rds ia ;.s It 1,1 .las Tumble, hlcksmitliiug ids II S I'icsioti, li, ran wrk, L A: C Kx 10 10 4 IH Fred Knox, col ores I, C Kx J C Ctu.pbell, salary and ex pense I. A" C K. 1110 3A Hair Kiddle Hdw Co, mdse L A. C Kx I c I'rain r Un s uid-e 1. C Kx 8 Jc Lisa I'rudlinii.c, supplies 4 21 Gi o. S Calhouii, Co, iiiiImi prisoner 3 2ft D Ciane, sup Dist 43 s C F Lovelace, cnin s:il . :I0 20 T Logan, com sal :I9 20 Hal low - Smith. Carl lt.irlow aud Miss Olive Smith ere united in marriage by the Rev. is. 11. Travis at the llaptisl parson age iu Grant l'as ou Tuei-day hist. Neither Mr. Barlow or M n-s Smith need any iiitroducl ion to die residents of Gnlice, Mr. P;irlov bi tug engaged iu the uierc.tiili le tiimiuc aud hold iug llie oltice of postma.stcr, while Mis- Sin it I', daughter of D. 1. Smith, is one of ies cted l.:lice s most mpular and j young Indies. The happy couple departed on Wednesday for a mouth's visit ill Belliuiham, Wash,, after which thy will be at home to their fnein's at their new residence ill Galice. A bos' of g.sid wishes accompany Mr. and Mrs. B?irlow and Galice awaits anxiously :o welcome tbeiu on their return. ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, RED LETTER DAYS To Be Observed by chants Sept. The Grants Pasa merchants have decided to set aside the last Muee days of September, the 281 Ii, 2Jlh and 80th, which shall be known as Red Letter daya, and it ia proposed to make these events an annual occur rence. These days will mean much to every person living within SO miles of the city as great induce ments will be offered to all buyers of merchandise. The local merchants propose to make sweeping reductions ou muny articles In their stock lor these three days and these daya ouly. On the following Monday the former prices will be resumed. Thia re duction applies to all lines of busi ness dry goods, clothing, hardware. groceries. This will be the time for every farmer or miuer to lay in his winter's supply of goods. Watch the next week papers for pricea and tell your neighbors about it. There will also be especially en RED LETTER DAYS Provisional Program Thursday, Sept 28th. Hose Race. Hose Race wi t bat. Baseball Business vs. Professional men. Tug of War. 10 :80 A M 11:00 A M 3 :80 P M 4 :(K) P M Friday, 9:00 AM Field spotta and rices under direction of American Athletic Club. 2:30 P M Baacball- A. A.C. vs. Saturday. Sept. 50th 10:00 A M Burlei(ne parade. 11:00 AM Juvenile sporta. 12:.'I0-1 :80 P M W. M. Barbecue Feast free. 1 :!I0 P M Drilling Contest- Purse I00. 3:80 PM Football. All aports and games w ill he held in Railroad Park Every thing free and everyone Invit. d. Prizes will ho offered for nil the games and races and also for the following : Oldest Josephine County Settler who ci un ft to Grants Pasa during the Red Letter Daya. The couple w ho have I ecu married the longest. The person bringing iu thn largest load of people. The largest family that comes to tho city. Pri.es will also be given for the biggest fruits. Read later announcements. DIED BY THE ROADSIDE Louie Smith, Age 60, Succombs to He&rt Failure. Tuesday morning Louis Kinitli, liv ing wi'ti his family ou a ranch about eight miles down the river, was at tacked with heart failure while out hunting cows. Hia body was disov ered near the roadside by Ben Si in ti ll ins who was driving to Griuts Pass. Cormier i luuagau was lint i lied and imiiii di iti ly left for Merlin and held an inquest, the verdict rendcrou tieiug that death was caused by heart failure. The (li censed was a mail about 10 ycari. of age and leavi s a wife and' several childreu. Tho ancient Babylonians and As syrians worked a most tutistaclor.v system of matrimony, asMmliliiig al. llie marriageable girls before tin temple twee a year and auctioning them off to bidders. The haii.Uoin. gins, who wete sold Hist, brought the highest prices, which were tunnel over to tun homely ilainseis as a counter attraction, so that every maid won a husband. Stale Maps Courier Building MAKK1KD. HAKTl.KTl'-lilSlUH'-At Hie homi of Mi. aud Mrs. T. F. Crnxtou nl Pint laud. Monday, Sett II, P.Hi.'i, R. 1.. Part It tt and Mli-s Mai Blidiop, Rev. Chas. Hays olliciating. Both parties are well known here, Mr Partlelt being a prominent mer chant here and has sirvtd thit couiity ucceitably for six yiais m clerk. Tim bri 'e has tiiughi school here for the past two j ears. Hull the bride aud groom are hlghh thought of and have a w ide circle ol friends to whom the news of then marriage came as a -great surprise a the brnlv was eugiged to ttach al linker City for the coming year. Mr. ami Mrs Bartlett hit WcducsdM night for Sail rancis o, pauu through here ou the local Thursday night, instead of going by steamer a their fronds bad been told. The) w ill ho at hoti.e to their friends afiei October li'th. D1KD. HOl'i'K At the familv resideiw, iu Grants Pass, Frnlav, September la, l'.Ki.', Perl liouck, aged 2ii. The ihivased had becu coutiiied ti his bed for alHuit one week with bKmii poiiiing causid from scratching n pimple on bis face. The funeral will be held at the Presbvleriau church Suudav afteriiiHiu at 3 o'clock, m.vv ... c . Septeiulwr 9, p.si.". Mrs Chrlstisna Dunn aged S9 years. The deceased has beeu making ln i home with her daughter, Mrs. Chas Mitchell, on Ninth strict, coining here three loan ago with another daughter, Mrs. Mar. on Seavey. Grants Pass Mer 28, 29. 30. tertaining featorea for all games, races, baseball, foothall. horse race, aud a big rock drilling contest iu which the crack drillers will partici pate. The purse for this coutest will be 100 plus the entrance fees col kcted. All games will be held oil the railroad grounds and it costa not a cent to see them all. A good baud will also be present and furnish music. Thia will be a regular three days celebration with the esnecial merchandising feature added. The program haa Dot aa yet been fully decided upon but will include the events mentioned in another colnmu. Be sure aud remember the da'ei and arrange to come to town Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep tember 2S, 29 Bud 80, Special events for every day. See the Courier and otner Grants Pasa papera next week for merchants announcements. Sept. 29th. SELMA VISITED BY FIRES Flames Destroy Three Dwellings, Store end Barn. Selma has beeu visited by three lin s during the past month, the first one occurring a few weeka ago being the residence of G. F. Lowe, on Deer Creek, both the dwelling and commits being destroyed. On Saturday afleruooii last the dwelling of H. C. Chunhill was dis covered on tire in the roof but the fire had gained such headway that the building and conteuts were consumed the Humes spreading rapidly ti the store winch was also burned togetln r w ith iis contents excepting about $200 worth of dry goods. The post ollice was hicat. il in the store. This brings a considerable hih on Mr. Churchill as them was less than IOOO insurance. On Men, lay afternoon H. K. Christie's dwelling and contents were destroyed, the flames originating in the attic. There was nil insnruiict, on the property. Fortuuately the saw mill was located at such a dis tance that it was not iu danger. Booth Mine Sold. Word was reciivnl from Merlin Fri day that a deal has bet n coiiHUiuuiati d for the stle of Henry Booth's copper property on Pickett creek. The pur chaser is Mr Havelin.of Tolulo,Chio, and the piiee paid runs up into six figures. Peerless Klecirlc Piano. llcury valters, who is ever on the alert to profit by the hi st of evt ry tbing for bis patrons, a ter thoroughly re.irianging aud attractively tilting up with furn gshing of the most up to date kii d, has provided one of the woudiiful Pcerliss. self-nlavinu l n In si rclle electric pianos. The kind that rccoiv d the highest awards at BiilValo mid also at Sr. Louis, at bo h of which cilie , as wi ll as at tin Lewis mid (Turk fair, these iustro mints hive received the warmest praise aud tins inted admiration from everyone having any love at all for good music. Sold only by KII.KKS' PIANO IIOI SK. who are having asc'al s le for a week at D M DePuy's, Grants Pass, Ore. A Wall Street banker is nuoted as saying:. "Gold is about the cheapest thing iu the market at prcsout. Statistics show that the pi ice for com modities is advancing but this ad , vauce r'ally means that the pur chasing jKiwer of gold is decreasing. The wealth of the country is increas ing rapiillv. tiold i-abundant every- 1 where and all gold producing ! countries snow remarkaole increase over the last few vears. If this thing : keeps up 1 guess the man with the i small income will have to get out and dig " SEPTEMBER 15, 1905. SAYS IT IS BLUFF THAT WINS IN GAME OF LIFE Not the Hand You Hold But the Way You Play It That Takea the Pot. Life ia but a poker game. It ia not the haud you bold but tne mun you put up that wina the pot. While the game ia going on, is not at all a bad idea to pin a blanket over the transom, lock tne aoor anu plug the keybole full of cotton bat ting. Cotton latting la guarannea to keep out all microbes Thia ia all the theory ti at you are not on good teruia with the Ulilel oi rouue and the Mayor of the town, xou nnfnrtnnatM in suDixirting the other ticket it the last election. Poker ia a peculiar game ao ia life. It ia also called the great American game. A bullet-beaded man with a i-Muimnnii of hralui mixed with a dincerfol of bluff can eit down to table aud with two trays and a jack of cluba lead the man opposite him to believe that he has got a royal Beugal flush. And the man opposite may have three kings! But bluff wina and rakes in the money. We may divide mankind into three classes. Men who never get any de- ceut cards dealt them; meu who can not play good cards even if they g t rliein-. and men who can play ttio game with only a tray spot. Here is a man with only a auiall amount of ability, but what he has, he keera right up in the flout part of the shep, plate glass windowa aud au electric sign out in front impressing the public with the idea to keep their eyes ou him. The newspapers chronicle all hia comings aud goings whether it ia catching trout in Sucker Creek, digging clams at Newport or slnmminir iu th North Eud. This ia what is called puttiug on a magui ficeut "front. " The general public ia rather auper flcinl and thia blare of trunipeta hits it where it ia weak. It looks at the electric sign, peera through the plate ulasa window and saya: "Jonea ia a mighty smart man. Guesa I'll dt business with Jones." Jouea makes the bluff work aud rakea iu the pot. And yet if they would get back of that plate glasa window, they would Bud ouly a few gunny sacks, broken crcckery and empty barrols. Fate did uot deal JoucB much of a hand but he playa hia cards for all they are worth. Just across the street ia Brown who has a regular department store Btock of ability. What he don't know Isn't worth kuowiug. But he keeps it in the basement or up in the third story with no elevators running, His windows are 10x111 aud lighted by kerosene. When the public comes in to hay, he has to go down into the basemeut and spend half an hour prying off the cover of aoiuo box where hia goods are stored. It ia only the discerning publio that can stand thia but they are well repaid fur their inconven ienoe. Brown's cotTera are alwayB liuht. His name never gets iu the papera until he dies and then it aim- ply reads: "John Brown died yester dav. Aged 97. The body will be shipped to Tacouia, Monday for burial, as most of the relatives ot the deceased live there. Seattle papers please copy " When Jones shuttles off, he gets a column of obituary w ith hia picture at the top. The business houses close fur two hours iu the aftcrn on as u mark of respect and die Chamber of Commerce pass, a a few " w hereaMs" and "be it resolveds. " Fale dealt Brown a four-ace hand but he threw away hia card There are very few places iu which bluff does not g. t in its deadly work. A Chinese di loiimt or a trave lug evangelist finds it bandy to draw ou the stock. We wear imitation diamonds, use triple-plate silver kuivea and forks, and have an Kugllsh butler, all for blutf. We put up buildings with staff fronts and slab backs. We build libraries and endow chairt of applied sciei ce but we always have to stick i ur uamea to them. So we have the Anderson Library and the Peter Peterson Chair of Physiis. We Ikvb Greeuleaf on Evideuce; Jamison, Faucett, Brown's Commen taries ou Hie four gospels. Why cau'l we have Jitu Ham Lewis ou Bluff with all the ancient authorities dili geutly couipated, revised aud brought down to date? The subject and the author would make the book worth a dollar and fifty cents ef anybody's money. Mar cus' W. Kobbius in Suuday Ongouiau When the committees of the Untied Stat, s Senate are bi-ii g reorganized next December, a fight is to be made to wrest the chairmanship of the Isthmian Cn.al Committee from Sena tor Mitchell of Oregon. Because of the prominence which canal legisla tion is likely to attain at the coming session, it is desirable that the Senate committee should be in the bauds of some good strong mau, fully compe tent to coudoct hearings direct the work of the committee, aud assume charge of whatever caual legislation may be reported to the Senate. It is recognized that Senator Mitchell can do uoue of these things. Therefore there ia a gcoeral desire that a new chairmau be selected. The Title, Trust and Guarantee Ca : believes in providing a safe place for their records, as they have just re ceived a fine new safe which stands nearly six feet high and 83x50 inches square. This safe weight 4100 poauda. j A Brief Record of Local Events. Typewriter auppliee, ribbona, pap"- etc, at the uourier onioe. Herman Horning ia at Toledo, die- Ma old home, called there by the Ill ness of hia aister. Mr. and Mra. T. P. Cramer returned from Portland Wednesday after a 10- days atay with frienda. Geo. Wilson of Checto aud bride came from Portland Friday and atop- ped off here with friends. If yoo want to keep posted iu a commetcial way, dou't :a:i to roan our classified ad colnmu. R. S. Wilson aud Will Gagnon vis ited the Waldo country thiB week, re turning home Friday night. Mra. C. F. Duford and Mrs. O. . Thre hei came from Jacksonville tne last of the week to attend the fuueral of Perl Hoock. Mra. C. L. Mangom and daughter, LaCosta have returned from a two mouths visit among relatives and frienda in TexaB. J. R. and Mrs. Harvey and Gysbirt came in iroin uance n"i"j. Gysbert leaves Friday night for Port laud where he will euter the Portland academy. The chicken pie supper given by the Eastorn Star at Masonio banquet rooms was well attended as their sappers al- waya are. The proceedB amounted to over $44. Mra.F. W. Van Dyke and Miss Mar jorie Kinney left for Portland Friday night, the former to visit friends and the fair, the latter to re enter the Port'aud Academy. Last Saturday a party of 10 arrived from Crescent City, en mate to the fair aud the following day several more Califoniiaus reached hire billed to the satne destination. Ike Davis went to Portlland Wed nesday to meet hia sister, Mrs. R. Johnson who ia iu Portland for few daya from the east. Mr. Davis has not aeeu his sister since 1HA7. The Keystone drills which have beeu prospecting dredger ground in various parta ot thia county are now being shipped to Dredge, Cal., the prospect ing having been finished here. John Wells and daughter, Mrs. Lin ton, who with hi r children have been spending several weeks ou the home place, went to Central Point, for a short visit. From there they go to Portland for a short stay. Noah was the first mau to advertise He advertised the flood, and it came all right. The fellows who laughi d at tho advertising got drowned, aud it aerved their, right, fcver aiuce Noah's time the advertiser has been prosperous while the other fellows have been swallowed up iu the floods of disaster. Clarence Burke had a collision Thursday uoon with two other wheels in frout of Coe'a store, which result ed in a general spill and iu which the lad'a wheel came out considerably the worse, the frout rim being smashed. Clarence was somewhat bruised but not seriously injured. John Galviu, city editor of the Yal leju Dailv News, is visiting his mother, Mrs. J. T. Galviu, and old frends here this week. Next week they will go In Portland for a thri stay. Johnnie's journalistic career started on the School News, the amateur sheet of wheh le was port owner, but we exect ton' him occupying a high piic d tie k i n one of the larger city dailies lefote many years. The Eugene Guard of last Friday snvs: " F. G Osgood, the Seattle ca) -italist who is interifted in an ill clric lailway proposition for Eugene aud vicinity, arrived hero again h-t night, accompanied l.y F. H. Mills, i,f Boston, who repieaeuts large Eastern capital The gentlemen left this mottling by private conveyance up the McKenzie valley to view the couutr.i and gain a knowledge of its re sources. " The goutlemen of the M. E. church South gave au elaborate supper at me parsonage ihursdny evening. Messrs. Lister, J. D. Fry and C. C Presley made such excellent waiters, with the aid of oc asional tips, that we should thiuk they might be much in demand hereafter. The supper was given to raise money to pay for a new range for the parson age, and was a necinen success both ga tronotni cally aud financially. 10 Discount Cook Stoves and ianaes To reduce our are offerinf: a Special Discount of 10 Ier Cent for CASH 011 all Cook Stoves Ranges A complete line-45 different kinds, toucan find what you want. Hair-lliddlc Hardwire Co. A Brute.1 Spectacle. The fiuish of the Britt-Nelsou fight held at Colma, California, last Satur, day waa a harrowing and brut spectacle. It was a scene which Hie large audience, numberiug among its apectatora over a hundred women were not prepared for. aud the awfn'l finale will live in the memory of that throng as a h deoua nightmare. For a downright agonizing sight, it ia, never been equaled in the prize ring. A bull fight is a comedy in compari. son. What ia said legardiug the feel iua of those who viewed the deplor able scene? Do we learn that the women who are alwayt affected by any nnnsual incident, collapsed, does the word come that they were asham ed of being preBent? The dlspatchea are silent. How long will California tolerate such exhibitions? It is tree no coutest iu California haa snded in such a terrible manner,' but any finish fight is liable to prodnce the sauie distressing results. A-i evi' ence of. the barbarous natuie of the coutest one has but to read the follow iug re port to be convinced that a comma uity is better off wilitout bucIi specta cles : "Nelson with hia head down, end denly cat loose. Ho waited until Jimmy waa tyruig aud shot a left to the pit of the stomach and as Jimmy beut over, he shot a smashing tight that caught Britt .flush ou llie point of thu chin. Britt half In rued around from the terririo force of the blow and as he was sinking to the canvas, Nelson brought his left deep down ou tho hip. " Britt 's month was opi n. The blood was spnrtii g out in a stream and when Nelson's clinched gl; ve came in contact with the limp and open jaw it toundid as if some one had hit the head of a drum. Britt feil to his hands and knees, slowly sliding into u fitting position. Hia eyes were Bet aa if in the agonies of death, and as ha tried to rise he half turned around aa though to get on hia knees. "The blow ou the chin had shat tered Britt's senses aud his tongue, swollen to twice its natutal size was protruding cat of his mouth. It was a horriblo sUlit and it waa pitiful to see hia half-dying efforta to get hia tongue tack into his month. "It was net nrciftary for Eddie Craney to count him out. It was all too plainly evident that he was done for. His Pghting murage made him struggle and half diag himself into the center of the ring, where he top. pled over nnd flattened out. When hia seconds picked him up hia face bore a frightful agonzed expression and he waa gasping for breath." 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