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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, OCTOBER 20, 1905. Count, weigh and maumrt mrytking yon buy." Antrim Urortr. CITY COUNCIL HULD SESSION Items of Personal Interest. i A Brief Record of local Events. mm al - -ltgSBBS&7 it i a 11 m When you buy food supplies the BEST. buy Jersey Cranberries and Sweet Potatoes now on the market; quality is good. Good apples are scarce and will' be high this season. CiiiNoiiN Grnpcs are at their best Rose of Peru and Tokays we are selling lots of them. A few Strawberries and Gal way Peaches still coming in. XEW 1HIS1I 3IAUKEKEL A ' D MILCH NEK HERRING just arrived. If you want extra good potatoes, try ours they are Mo, 1. All our flour is money back if not satisfactory. We han dle Davis' Best, Wilhelm's Best, Perfection and Gold Medal all fancy patent. New process Barley and Mi(l Feed, the heavy kind. White House GROCERY. The Tea and Coffee House. DRESS HATS Tailored Hats Ready-to-Wear Hats In Latest Styles and Fine Assortment at Miss Weston's Millinery Parlors Kuat G St six doors from Sixth Street Ladies, cull and inspect my Bteck rnd you will note the fuct that the prices are very reasonable, anil that the work manship and the variety of shapes are all that the most exacting could desire. 21 JfWl(d. Lowest prices on Elgin and Walthani watches. Bring your watches and jewelry that need repairing to me. All my work is warranted. Wood-$l.25. Cook stove and heater wood for sale at 1.25 a tier delivered. Harry Smith's sawmill. Leave orders at Sugar Piue Store. C o n v r i t? ht too? by Hart Scharfncr & Marx INSIDE INFORMATION No other Overcoats an'' Suits are so full of the indefinable something "which men ot in dividuality require in the clothes" as thoso bearing this label, Hail Mm f Mara The makers' guarantee and ours with everv earment. All Letcher's Jewelry Store wool, no mercerized cotton to fool you. We are exclusive agents here. GEO. S. CALHOUN COM I A NY. Outfitters to Boy and Man airs, and Mrs. E. A. Wade returned !17 J .va r""d, where they took in the fair. I.1? a "V5 M.- CIo 8cbtnidt spent last Sunday id Medford. guests ot Mr. and Mrs. H. JorgeDs. Mrs. J. H. Denison returned Tues day from a trip to the Lewis and Clark fair and to visit friends in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wood arrived home last week from tbeir Eastern trip, they bavins; been absent two weeks. Mrs Geora-e Magerle. who reaidea near Woodville was in Grants Pass Monday shonninir .nil .iiinn . . - -- o " ...a,., UK VJ1J friends. J. n. Austin the Kerbv attornev came to Grants Pass Tnnari.v .nil Wednesday he sntnt in .Wkann.i iu on legal business. City Auditor John Minor Knnth ret. turned Sundav from PcrtUnH he and Mrs. Booth witnessed the dosing of the fair. Miss Bertha Mowers left Thnrsdav niorning for San Francisco, where she will spend the winter with hor brother, Charles, and family. Mrs. Marv Stewart ratnnmrl Mnn. day from Portland, where she lm. r. sided for the past year and a half. to again make her home in Hnnta Pass. Miss Ethel Newell of Blv. Oreson. is visiting her nucle, W. A. Newell, at Grants Pass this week. She com mences a term of school at Hueo on Monday. Russell Drake and his sister. Minn Millie arrived home Monday from a two weeks stay in Portland, where they visited relatives and attended the fair. A. C. Hough returned Thursday- evening from San Francisco, where bad been for the patt week attending to- important legal business for some of ins big corporation clients. Councilman T. W. Williams aud wife and daughter and J. M. Willacis end daughter arrived home Tuesday from Portland where they had been to see the Lewis and Clark fair. Mr. and Mrs. U. H. rlowland have leased the Croxtou cottage, 104 B street and are fitting it no to be one of the n ost cozy homes in Grants Pass, and where they will hereafter be at home to their friends. Wm. F. Paine, of Chicago, has been spending the past two weeks in Josephine county. Mr. Koaf of the Galice Consolidated has been shuwing him the country and they have visited mines iu all sections. Mrs. Isabell Woolford of Seattle, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Eggers at Kerby for the past two months, left Thurs day for California to visit friends be fore returning to her home at Seattle. James Chiles, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Chiles o this city, arrived here Saturday niorning from Alaska, where he has spent a number of years. He expects to visit his parent! for about two months and then return to the cold country. Mrs. L. Hall who has resi led at the Greenback mine this past (nramer, where she did laundry work has moved to Grauts Pass that she may be able to secure more work and also that her three children may have the benefit of the schools of this city. Gehbard Karg, who has a farm and a placer mine ou Grave creek seven miles below Leland, was in Grants Pass Monday. Mr. Karg farms in the summer months and makes money off his place and then in the winter he makes more money by workii'g a placer mine that is on his laud. Mrs. John Hall, who has beeu visit ing with her daughter in Salt La fie Ciiy, has goue to Los Angeles iu response to a message from her daughter at that lace, saying that her little granddaughter is ill. She w 11 be In Los Angeles about a month, when Bhe will return to her home in ibis city. J. E. Enyart, cashier and manager of the Medford Bank, of Medford, and also a member of the board of direct ors of the Medford & Crater Lake railroad, now building a road up Kogue river, was in Grants Pass Thursday forenoon n a brief business trip to the commercial metropolis or Southern Oregon. Hon. John D. Olwell was in Grants Pass this Thursday forenoon on a business trip. Mr. Olwell is one of the big otchardists of Jackson county and is also iu the real estate business at Medford, where he is one of the leading workers in booming Medford and giving it the era of splendid prosperity that the town is enjoying the present year. O. S. Brown, who has been in busi ness at Hugo and also practicing law at that place, has removed to Grauts Pass and taken a portion in the law office of Hon. Robert O. Smith. Mrs, Brown is yet at Hugo where she is attending to the closing up of their business and making the last ship ment on a large wood contract,. .She joins her huBbaud the last ot next week. J A. J. Crow who had been in Rogue River Valley for 10 days visit ing relatives returned to Eugene Tuesdav. near where he has a fine farm Bud has resided most of the time since 1 r.2. when he landed in Oregon. While here Mr. Crow visited with his brother, William Crow, who lias a large bay and fruit farm on Rogue river below Merlin, and Irs brother Thos. V. Crow, who is a minimi man of Gold HilL and with bis sisters Mrs. C. St. Louis of Grants p.. and Mrs. H. L. Keytet of Merlin. J I,. Lindlev and family of St. John. Wash., have arrived iu Grants Pass aud will make Southern Oregon i.oir home. At tiresent they are visiting W. L. Ireland and Mrs. C. E. Coffman, former neighbors. Mr. Lindley has been a very extensive wlie-it raiser and has for 20 years past hn farming more man i acres. ii.. ,.. u,mt anld off the greater part of his farm and personal property and has come to cast nis 101 wnu people of Josephine county. The Lindley family was accomanied by u .,,H Mrs Swegel. Mrs Swegel is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindley. ui.. K.ren Rnrircn returned Thors day from an extended stay at her homestead near Trail.ou Lptr Rogue river. Chris Johnson anu j.r. o ann orli, PmCh have homesteadJ on tlx ereik in that part of Rogue River r.iu. returned they getting back Tuesday. Mis Borgen reports that it ...Hvarf nit a rinT on Trail creek, which is iu the foothills of the Cascade mountains and that the weather was was quite disagreeable most of he Mme .he was there. She stated that ber brother, who has a homestead there and the other settlers are having great son-ess nonuug deer. bear, cougars and wildcati have been nomeroos and many have beeu killed. Miss Borgeo has a fine quarter .ertion of land and has a sood bouse on it and considerable cleared land on which she has crops growing and an orchard started. "That Mince Meat" the kind your motb-ra used to niast.-Wbite House Grocery. Ordinance to Enforce Stringent Health Regulation is Introduced. Council met this Thursday evening with all present except Couucilnian Fetach. Petition for vacation of a section of C street adjoining blook 38, lot 8, in Railroad addition. This strip of land adjoins Gilbert creek. Ordinance read first and second time provididug that all electric, telephone and poles located on Sixth street and a.reets to be painted white, aud the street commissioner was authorized to see that the poles are repainted as of ten as ueeded. A new health ordi nance whili had been prepared by City Attorney A. O. Hough and his deputy Mr. Blauhard, assisted by Counil man Hair, chairman of the health commit tee, was iutrodued and passed its second reading preparatory to a final vote on it at tne next council meet ing. This ordinance is to reulace the oue now in force aud is lar more com prehensive and stringent than the old oue. It fully complies with the new state health laws. It piovides for board of health of three members and a cily health ofticer to be ap pointed by the mayor with the con carreuce of the council. uouuoiimau miliums canea atten tion to the dangerous holes that had beeu left by the electlio light com pany with but a few loose pieces of short boards over them. Some of the boles had been dug a week or more aud they weie so deep that should a child fall into one the child would be killed. The street commissioner was ordered to notify the parties hav ing the holes dug to at ouce securely cover them or fill them up. An ordinance waj introduced to ex tend Tenth street into Savage's ad dition and to cr ate a new street iu that additioa to be known as Seventh. Mayor Good called attention to the faulty construction of concrete gut ters along Sixtii. It was found that the gutters were put in according to the requirements of an old city ordi nance. A general discussion of streets, gutters and sidewalks fol lowed. Conucilmeu Hair and Mall favored the purchase of a rock crusher and steam roller and the pernaiient improvement of the business streets. Mayor Good aud tin other council meu approved oi the plan but no action was taken other tbau to authorize the oity attorney and city eugi1 eer to prepare the dratt lor a lit w orniuance regulating the construction of side walks aud gutters. Some repairs were ordered to the city jail. The time limit would bo up this Friday for the receipt of bids both lur the purchase of the JIU.OOO of sewer oouds, aud for the construction of the Secoud and Seventh s'reet sewers' It was decided to hold an adjourued session this Friday evening to open the bids aud make the awards, aud an adjournment was so taken. The following mils were uuowen: W T Withrow, street wrk . . . f 00 George Conglo, street work 21 00 J A Rime", street work 14 CO J Wiltrout, street woik. ... 4 30 J Wilcox, street work 11 (XI Harry Moore, street wc rk 4 mi J H Ward, street work 3 Ml W T Woodson, street work 4 00 M D Brigs, street work 13 CO J R Wills, street work 17 00 Dan Williout, street work 3 00 E Lawton, street work 8 00 W W Lawton, street work 1 50 Mining Activity on Evans Creek. Edward Thompson, postmaster and merchant at Wimel, was iu. Grunts Pass over Sunday. Mr. Thompson stated that there was much activity amoug the miners of Evans creek, botli placer and quartz, and that the coming winter would witness more mining operations than is usual for that district. The drill that had been employed for some time in prospect iug placer ground by a California company has been taken back to Cali fornia This company held bonds on several thousands of acres of land along Evans creek, and just why they so suddenly stopped their prosiecting work no information has beeu given out. Nor is it kuown whether the company will take up the jroperty or allow their bouils to lapse. Mr. Thomp'on savs trade has u'en good in his store tins fall and he ex pects a flue winter's business On every hand You see the ware That women vote 44 Beyond Compare. STRANSKY fteel Ware Th: C. -l: rle Coaled "V.'cre ti ct Wrars." No enaroiled v r.rc can compare wi'.h it in l-ci.uty--durbihty -t:r'.Tt'.5. !i:;.r-.:!y Ciel Ware is impcr: u- but &:1 imported cn'iM'.lcil ware ian't ' 1: t - n : I:;-." Look for the Ub-1 and be " cure." We krep an extensive aas-.rimer.l of the genuine at moderate prices. rJSJSMpf SHI J H." F"or Nule Only l.v Cramer Bros. Odd Fellows)' IMo-W That Home Grown "Mince Meat WHITE HOUSE GROCERY. A car load of new scenery is carried for the Georgia Harper productions at Opera house next week. The ladies of the First Baptist Church will give a Hallowe'en social at the Woodmen Hall on Monday even ing, October SO, Admission 10 cents. Marriage licenses have been granted at the couuty clerk's office to M. J. McBriety and Mary VaUen, to Will ism O. McMichael and Edith Warthen, and to D. M. Robertson and hftie Emerick. Mrs. L. P. Round of Falls City, Ore.. arrived today to speak in the in terest of the W. C. T. U. The meet ing this Friday afternoon was held at the Christian church and in ti e even ing at the Baptist church.. We have no recollectiou of so in viting a musical program as that of the Schubert Symphony Clnb and Lady Quirtette which appears here under the auspices of the A. A. C. on Friday. November 8, having been be fore offered our readers. look over their program carefully and you will agree witli us that it is too inviting to miss attending. A. V. Schmitt and W. G. Smith of Set ma have made an exchange of property, Mr. Schmitt trading his ranch of 18(1 acies, known as the Billy Hogue ranch, to Mr. Smith for his grocery store aud stock, store room, hotel aud livery barn. Mr. Schmitt is planning to move the hotel to the east side of the street and will in ciease the stock of goods aud add more lilies. E. T. Pherretton was in Grants Pass last Friday a'jd Saturday pur chasing supplies snd material for his camp which bu will open ou Pleasaut creek where he will begin the develop ment of a placer claim. Mr. Phernet ton is from Portlaud and has other Portland men associated with him in his mining undertaking. Their ground prosjiects quite rich and they will equip the property with a giant and will begin the work at ouce o' putting the ditch and flume to bring iu the water supply. The medical fraternity of Grants Pa-s has bee'j increased by the addi tion of another physician. Dr. R. C. Kelsey and his family from White Hock, 8. 1).. have become residcuts of the city. The Doctor has bought the Judge Fuller ton cottage on the southeast coruer of Third and D streetB and has moved his family in to it. Ho will opcu an office down town in a short time and take up the practice of his profession. Dr. Kelsey has had several years exper ience iu his profession and had a high standing as a physician iu the East. The great popularity of the Schu bert Lady Quartette is not only their grand voices, but also because they study to please the people All their encores ate either amusing, or artistic arrangements of those sweet old melodies so dear to all Amerieau hearts. Hear them at the opera house on Friday, November 3, uuder the auspices of A. A. C. The Blank Horse livey stable is back at the old stand, but in the new brick stable that was completed last week for them. Thii hlock Is 100x100 feet, two stoics and Messrs. Dean & Dieki son have 70x100 feet of the space. The lower floor contains the otlice, harness room, vehicle room and stall space tor 27 hoses, while the npier floor has stalls for 211 horses and hav mid feed compartment?. The stalls and all other wood work is painted white and the entire stable has a tidim s and. order to it that iu dicates that the proprietors know how to keep au up-to-date stable. The Singer Sewing Machine Com pany recognizes Grants Pass as the trade center of Southern Oregon and makes this city the headquarters for their general agent for this district The Company lust week made a change in their gene ul agent for Southern Oregon a d put Sig Knigh ton In charxe. Mr. Knighton arrived Friday witli his wife from Portlaud, where he has heretofore been located and at once took charge of the busi ness and the salesroom. Mr. Kaigh ton is a bright, hustling young man, a grandson of ('apt. Knighton, one of the well known pioneers or the Columbia river section of Oregon. Hie father of Grover Montgomery has taken exceptions to the article which appeared in the Courier last Meek regarding his son, and younir Butler who snoikcd frank Reynolds dowu with rocks, aed he furnishes this paper with au apology and recom mendation of the boy Investigation, however does not warrant us in pub lishing the article. It is unfortunate that tho hoys were mined op in the scraie aud still more unfortunate that young Montgomery cannot he found by the authorities, lie miiiht perhaps be able to establish a good reputation We can say, however, that previous to this scrape the hoy has been indus trious. Hev. J. C. Austin moved his family this week from Me'iford to this city and Is now occupying a cottage on North Eighth street. Rev. Austin is HHsociut ional missionary for the Hi iiue River Rahtist Association aud has charve of the missionary work for his church in this district. for tie uresent he will hold servlc at Merlin ou the first and third Sabbaths of each month, at Selmn and Kerbv on the second Sabbath and at Williams on the fourth Sunday, Rev Austin is on energetic church worker and a forceful speaker and he will abe his influence for good felt ill this countv. riir this finndav he will hold services at the Williams Criek church A treat is in store for the theatre goers of this city next week when the popular actress Georgia Ha per will apt ear at the Opera house In a high class repertoire of plays. 1 he com pany numbers 17 and comprises the -sine jople w no were pere wiin Miss llariwr last saon all new semi rv Is carried and Miss Harper has added many new gnwus to her ele gant wardrobe. A meeting wa held in Portland Monday and Tuesday of the couucll uf administration of the department of Ori unii. G A. K. at which the resig nation itt Adjutant-licucral John u Wells, of Port and. was accept" ', he haviuu lcn .nvit-d to resign hv rea aon of his connection with the Hil Iz land frauds lately brongbt up In th t'nited Slates court iu P rtland. In fill the vacancy Comniauder by T. E Hills appointed F. M. Stewart, of Medford. to te adjutant- general Mr. Stewart is a leading real estate dt aler of Medford and ia prominent in all G. A R. work. lie served In ttie KiflT fifth Illinois Infantry from I -f,2 to !'..') and was in many of the biff battles of the Civil war. The officers of the adjutant general aud the quarterniasier-general will removed to Ashland, which ia the home of Coairusnder Hill, so that otlicer cao exercise a better superns ion of them and also to be more con venieut for Adlutaut-Oene al Stewart The date for ho. ding thnext annual state encampment which is to lie held in Grant Paas. was fixed for June 30, 21. 21. Ilsifi. Jointly with this state ei campment will be held the auuual reunion of the Booth ru Oregon Sol Jdiers and Sailors Association. o V RUANTS FROM SCHOOL TO BE PUNISHED Truant Olflcer Likely lo look up Boys and Ciil not In School There Is likely to he trouble soon for certain parents who have boys ana girls playing truant and not attending school, for the city su erlnteiideiit and the school board are preparing to enforce the stute truant laws and make every child of school age attend school or give a lawful reason for not doing so. It is likely that a traunt ollicer will lo employed and every hoy or girl found on the streets during school honrs and without the proper excuse, will be placed under arrest, and the parents will also he puuisncn by a flue us is provided by the state law. Wl ilo the attendance or the tirants Pass schools will average up well with the best towns in Oregon yet there are number of parents who make no tTort to have their children go to school, and there are boys who pre tend to go to school and do not, aud others who feign sick and III up other excuses. All these cases will be rigidly looked into and the truants will go to school or get Into serious tronble. On the excuse of peddling fruit a number of boys hang about the trains, but they do not sell enough to just fy their being out of school. Aud this loitering about the trains is paving tho way for these boys to grow up without au education and a likeli hood of hecoiuiiiir worthless characters and a burden on the public. SAOKANE MAN'S OPINION Thinks Southern Oregon tin Excellent Proaprcta. Mr. J. F. Reddy, tho well known ois ralor in mines, formerly of Hpok- , but now of Medford, and John RrcKciihau a millionaire Spokane mining man, who is a biollier-iii-law and business associalc of Palsy Clark, of SKikane and i lie of Nib biggest mining men of the Pacific Coast, arrived iu Grants Pass Wednisday veuiiig and Thursday morning they h ft for the Illinois alley to look at some of the big ooppi r jropirtiesin that dintiict. Mr. liresenhan has Isitod Southern Oregon before and has a hiirh opinion of this section as the making or a irreat ruining district, lie says 'he surface indications are most encourag ing ud when a good depth is reached there is every likelihood of msny rich mines lieing opened up. A HATTER OF HEALTH P017DER Absolutely Pure HAS HQ SUBSTITUTE A Cream of Tartar Powder, free from alum or phot phatio add dotal autvra powncsj co hew vork. 4 FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS SATURDAY Grant He. as and MetUord High School Ten. ma to Plav e.1 A. A. C Grounds. The football season for Southern Oregon will open tills fall with a game at Grants Pass this Saturday at 2 p. m. on tho A. A. O. grounds. Tho teams to meet upon the gridiron will bu from the Grunts Pass High School and from the Medford High School. Both teams have been in pruo tico sinue the opening of mhool early in September aud as each team is mads up of a lot of husky lads, who will go in to get the most sport out of the game, the spectators may expect some hard and lively pluying. The teams are very evenly matched and each is anxious to have the prestige of viotory iu the first game for their school. The ptoceeds of the gsuin will go to the High School library fund for tho purchase of hooks and the efforts of Oity Superintendent Turner and tho schoolboys In working for the betterment of the IIUIl School should receive the encouragement of all citi zens of Grants Pass, and all should buy a ticket whether they can witness the game or not. The tickets are hut ari cents and the hoys hope 10 realize at least t"i0 for tho book fund. Sweet Chler, CARSON'S Rose of WHITE Peru and Tokav jrapi'l. HOUSE GROCERY. CHURCH NOTICES. St. Luke'a Church. The subject of the address will he the fourth in the seiie. of substitutes for Christianity, 'Iheosopby, The regular niorning service will begin at 1(1 :4.", and the Sunday School and liihle class at 13:10. The Bepliat Church. At the morning hour of worship at I0::itl the pastor will pri aeh on the tin me " Am I Really a Christian V" Bible School is at 12 M. Souks for the Bible Day Exercises Nov. ii are being rchourm d. Evening s rvice is al 7 HO promptly. Topic "Haying I he Ford." 'lliel'iislor baa planned a si r es ot sermons illustrated with the slereopti con beginning Sunday evening, Oeln. her 'M Extended notice will he given next week. All l ersons cordially welcomed I o these services. Presbyterian Church. Regular services will be resumed on Sunday, the pastor prem lung both morning and evening. The theme for the uioiriini lennou will tie " Glean ings f'oin Stnod" and th topic for 'lie evi nihil service, " Me.i Wanted." I he Sunday Si hool ci nsenes at 10 o'clock, with a special welcome for all iulcristed in Hi Id Study. The Y. P S. M K. meits at ::) o'clock for a Prsih" service, the topic being Sacred Sony that have hclicd; Eph. fiilA-till; (Jul. :i:liil7. The young s pplii of the city i specially invited. -x i: v- Millinery Store I New Oooda, !New Styles, Large Selection, Prlcea lhe.1 ars Right 31 ICS. K. K. .VAn.HTAL, 6lh Street, Opp Courthouse Fine Dressmaking ! riret-claM Work, Up-lo Date Style. MRS. R U GAMBLE. " A. X o M. E. Ilorr aud son, Roswell, are now at Gold Hill where Mr. Horr is working his mine, the Rowland. The mine Is a placer but there are two First National Bank It. A. 1IOOT1I, I'rus. J. C. CAMI'IIKM,, Vlcs-Tres. II. I,. (jlhrvKV, Cashier. CAI'ITAIj (STOCK Hurplua ami Undivided Deceive deposits subject io check or on certificate payable on dnirand. Helis drafts on New York. Chlciis'o, t4an Francisco, Portland and Seattle, Special facilities for making collection tliruugli numerous corresoudenls Directors Kiknky, I. J. ('. t'AHl'HKLL, H. A ItouTII, II J . T. Terrs, SIM-CIAL BAKdAIXS OX Granite and Steel Enameled Kitchen Ware. lO Discount I Cook Stoves and Ranges I 1 Ilnir-J.iMdlo Hani nil re Co. aMtt.-aaaMsaMaeaeaaraaaia.nsaii nrmummmmmmmmq IK HI 1 id mk I C,c HOME of GOOD SHOES Hy currying in stock various liniko-t of (iood Shoci, wm art) cnalilod to lit any noiinal foot. Tile Stcf'-oii Shoe Co. Kite (Si Hntc'iitis All America's Strong & O.irficlil Co HiK'kinh.mi ci. Ilccht Co. Menominee Stainless Shoes for men Hilly Hunter, stevl bottom Iiuckinhiiiii ci Hccli l and Me nominee Seamless lot Boys ami Youths. R. L. BARTLETT, sH rv well defined ledges ou the property which Mr. Horr will prospect this winter. Mrs. Hoir will gj to the mine later Iu the season. of Southern Oregon I'rotVa ffno.ooo.oo. j-j.ooooo. 1 1 a a t 1 1 . Jons !. Far, II. I, (lll.KKT. .nn. wt AGKMr FOR 0 recti Winder Slw Co John II. Cros niul J.J. I trover K: Sous, fir women. Tin- (irover shoe nnule specially (or it niler led. Juliets with rnblior heels, and Htece lined shoes. Moloney Bio. iloes for Misses and Clid lien ... i Howard Building, lath Street