ROGUE RIVER COURIL
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
Published Every Friday.
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HIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1806.
CENSUS GIVES GRANTS
PASS HIGH STANDING
Haa Made Rig Growth and Future
la Bright Courier Leads
City Papera.
CENSIS Of OKAJSTB PASS.
Total l'C illation... 3,004
Total Ni Dwellings 808
Arerage Size of Family
KEWBPil'tB cihcui.aticn.
Circulation
Eogu j Rhrer Courier .677
Oregon Observer 2W3
Mining Journal 31)4
Taking no paper 114
Unknown ... .... 31
4.6
Ward
No.
1
2
3
4
Total
2:141012
lt7
m 1041
la:
167
237
808
1043
110
103
8B8 3004
677
2!i3l 204
114
I
OranU Paaa and inimidiate Tlcluity
oontaini a population of 81104. Ai
Its own Initiative llie Courier ar
ranged for taking a census of the cltj
by wards. Tlila woik has beeu finish
ad. It la complete and accurate
Statistical data concerning, local
newspaper circulation was also
gathered and will be found publUheu
herewith. It makea an iuli rettiin
Btudy for business men in makiug up
their eatiuiute of the cnuipaiativi
worth of the (Jraiita Pass arum f or
advertising luruoses.
Men who have kept In touch with
ilia city's progress duriug the year
will not be surprised at the census
flgurea, albeit tiny ahow ft very nitu
factory growth. The inmate in
popolatiou since the atnte census
waa taken laat June ia IW0, a gain
of 1U per cent. This la a splendid
record foi alx uioulha and demon
strains that UiaulR l'an ia rinpihg
tlie deserved beui-llt of hr couiuier
olal and industrial relntioiia with
11 aits of Hoguu Kiver Valley.
Aud the iuortase continues. New
families are constantly arriving.
1'htre la scarcely a vacant house tt
be had In the city, many of the new
comets Icing compelled tout-up)
Umporary quarters of all discre
tions uutll tlicy cau secure more coiu
lurtable aud commodious lesitlt ui'i a.
Ilouwsare Icing erected in all parts
of UrauU Pars aud building ,pera
tlons wt re never more active thau at
the present time, but still the demand
far eicieds the supply. From ouu
dltlous such as these it cau le re
garded as a certainty tlml a uniltiriii
aud seedy growth will inaik tin
city history during the coming
fear, as it haa in the st one.
r-TOKY or TIIK WAHHS.
The stoiy told by the reuius llgure
I full ol luteiest and a oaieful stud)
the table puhlidivtt above, giviuy
w i populatluu by wauls, will reveal
"ny things to the analytical mind
n Four 111 ward l the largeat in Ihr
I ', both iu numlnr of reaideiice
. luhabitnuta, altlnugh its lead
.iter the First and chhiuhI wards Is
try slight. It has three more Iihumw
11. .hi the First waul aud 31 mine lu
ll 1 Hauls. It has seven mule house
Ih't io Second ward, but only two
ji e , aople. Hie figures show thai
ih three wards sru about as evenly
11 das they could well le. Hie
'J'h'rd ward is tar below ihu others,
list ng oniv 111? resiili nces and Him
(W0 le. This is 70 houses sil l SHS
iuhabilants less tlian llie Fourth
ward contains. Hut the Third is
growing liut, building opciatutis
having beeu esisuially active there
during the J ear and at its present
rate of progress it w ill not lc loug he
lore the Third cau be counted the
equal of tl'c other wards of the city.
I ii cisci i.ation ai is
lu n ' spaper circolaliou the story
Is equ lly luteresiiug. The llnurt
may lie a surprise lo a few, but they
ill uot be a surprise to the many,
l r of roursa marly everyone knows
i at the Courier has a gnalur t'lrt'ii
i lion iu Ursula Pass than both lis
r.ieuiHrarioa comliiued. Alsolulel'
t able statistics prove this beyond
fit shadow of a doubt. Link at the
I "ms by aids and be c nvuiced.
I at ol every oue huudrcd lamilii s
In Uranta Pass 07 are taking the
V urier; 84 take the Observer, 23 the
Journal, aud 13 take no local news
sper at all, while three are mi
known. That ia the cutuiarsiive per
oentaga of circulation. Now let us
look at the couiwrative totals:
In the First ward all three of the
local newspapers have a larger circu
lation than iu any other ward iu
Uranta Pass, while the number ol
(ainiliea taking no newspaper at all
la leaa there tl an in any othr ward.
The Courier ia takeu by l'' fauuliia.
the Observer by VA and the Journal
by 78. Tweuty-one famtUee take uo
local paper. Many of these famillee.
of course, subscribe for more thau oue
Uranta Paaa newspaper ; aooie take all
three, but the vast majority take the
Courier and are content with getting
11 the news of Josephine county all
the time.
In the Sfoond ward 137 families
ke the Courier, while the Observer
! taken by 80 and the Journal by ill.
I. this ward 35 families lake no local
! -.per the largest number of any
ard In the city.
Dot of the total of 167 families in
I Third ward 110 are taking the
C. tier, while 68 take the Observer
ana 29 I .!:e the Journal. In this
ward thi . orier has clear ma
jority ovc-' - th its competitors of 28
subscribers. o local paper Is being
taken by 27 families. The Fonrtb
ward shows greater comparative
circulation for tie Courier than the
others, the figures being: Cornier,
102; Obierver, 66; Journal, 36; None,
31. This gives the Courier a clear
majority over both its competitors of
71 subscribers.
Til OH WHO TAKK MO PAI'KHS.
The 104 families of Uranta Pasa who
take no local paper must not be under
stood to le non-readers became of
that fact The vast majority of them
get the local taper through some rela
tive who Bubrcribea. Many yonng
married ccujlcs, or old people
with sous and daughters who
are married, do not take the paper
because I heir immediate relativis get
it and th"y have the benefit of lead
ing it. Iu a few canes newcomers,
who are culy tentatively residents, do
not care to take local paper, end in
still fewer cases fore'guers who can
not read English do not went .one.
There aie very few foreigners In
Uranls Puss, bul those here are of the
educated, higher clasa from the best
countries of En'Ope, and are quite Ibt
equal of their American neighbors in
all the qualities of good citizenship.'
This is an American city, Inhabited
by s virile, vigorous, progrcssivt
clais of Americans.
The column devoted to the "on
known" rt pri seuts 81 families win Be
popnlatfou was enumerated, but
whose tiibirriptiou to the local news
papers could not be ascertained,
This wss not bi cause of their refusal
to give tho information sought, for
this Infc rmiitiou was always cheer
fully funililied by all families, bul
fur the sufllcieut reason that they
were absent usually from the city
when tbe enumerator callid. Iu
such cases the names of the absentees
and tho size of each family were se
cured from neighbors, who, of course,
could not tell what local papers were
being tn ken.
The smallness ot the families Is a
noticeable feature in these census
figures, but when the true status of
Uranls Puss is considered it can
readily be teen that there Is no raoe
suicide iu the metropolis of Southern
Oregou. The school census of IHU
last Kpriug disproves that there are
no children in Uranta Pass. Aud
there, are now more thau 1200 persons,
bttweeu the ages of 4 aud 20 years, In
this city. The apparent small average
number of persons in each family is
due to the fact that Grants Pass is a
new town, aud many of the families
are young couples having no children,
or but oue or two. Grants Puss boiug
the center of a big mining and timber
sectlou has a large floating popula
tluu uf single men, who make this
olty their hi adqunrters.
The couijiarative circulation iu
the valleys aud mining camps of Jose
phine county of the Courier, Observer
and Journal is practically the tame
as iu Uranls Pass. In all commu
nities more copies of the Courier are
ladug takeu than of the other two
combined. The reasons aro obvious.
The liogue Itivcr Courier is a Jose
phine couutry uewspaper, devoted to
the Ineteri sts of Ibis county, the de
velopment of its great resources aud
the upbuilding of all its muteiiul
interests. It has live coricspindt nee
from all parts of the county aud gives
all the news all the lime.
These facts aro a predated by the
people and the Courier's big circula
tion ia the result. This lit wspaper
resell! a the I oines. It is read by the
men and women whom the business
men want lo roach, and who can be
reached only through the columns of
I he Courier. Here iu Grains Pass
two people read it to every one who
Christmas Gifts
That Please
Mi'ilini; SiNor
Curving Sots
C'huf illfT lHhlH'S
Silver Knives iimi Forks
C'oiniiuuiit y Nilverwnro
Honors IS 17 Silvorwaro
Waterman hloul
Fountain Tens
All these mul others you will
seo are foiuul at
Cramer Bros.
OUl l'ellowa' lll.x-U
ROGUE
reads' the Observer, and nearly three
people read it to every one reading
the Mining Journal, These facts
oount and give the business man who
advertise, and who wants results,
subject for careful consideration,
oaiwra ia will bomnoid.
The development of Orants Pass is
well proportioned and rounded out.
Its aesthetic bas not been sacrificed
to material interests, but all have
been given attention and in educa
tion, art and mosio its prorgess has
kept pace with its business and indus
trial growth. There has never been
a "boom" here, but year by year
new business and residence buildings
are erected ; year by year the city
expands in size, in population, in
voting strength and in the uumber of
its school children. This growth is
solid and permanent. It is the sort of
growth that counts and that Is (ast
making Ursula Pass the leading,
financial, commercial and industrial
center of Southern Oregon.
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
HAS STEADY INCREASE
Both City and Town Property
Selling at Good Prices
New Settlers Pleased.
While Grants Pass ami the adjacent
section of Rogue River Valley is not
in the midst of a boom, yit investors
are coming In and property sales art
being made at good prices. W. L.
Ireland, the real estate man, has done
his share in makiug sales as the fol
lowing trausactious indicate:
J. L. Lludley, who bad been
operating a KXX) acre wheat
farm near St. John, Wash., decided to
sell his farm and give up wheat ruis
lug and go lo a less unpleasant climate
than Eastern Washington, and to a
section where he could engage in fruit
growing aud fine stock taisiug,
Visiting the Lewis aud Clark fuir he
was much impressed with the fine ag
ricultural exhibit from Jackson
couuty, aud being given a full de
criptiou of that county by its rust
ling represeutative at the, fair, he lie-
oided to take a trip to Ashlaud
aud Mcdford. Mr. Ireland learn
ing through a friend, thai Mr.
Dudley would soon take a trip to
Ashlaud aud was contemplating loca
ting iu Jackson couuty, wrote to
lilm aud asked him to take a look at
(he argicultuial possibilities of Jose
phine couuty before he should buy a
farm. Mr. Lludley made the trip to
Ashland aud Mcdford aud locked over
tbe farms iu those sectious then he
came io Urauta Pass aud carefully ex
aiuiuud the laud iu this section of the
famous Itogne ldver Valley. He
made a tucon I tilp to Jackson
county aud then returned to Uranls
Pass fully couviuced that the quality
of the land, the prices aud the other
conditions fully met his expectations
and were far Letter than he had luuud
lu at y other section of Oregou
Without lurllier delay Air. Lludley
liouubt of Kil ilauuum, what was for
merly known as the Croxtou furn.
three mills below Uiauts Pass. The
laud is neaily all rich Koguu Kiver
bottom and is the making uf one of
the most Vkluublu farms iu Southern
Oregou. It consists uf 1MI acres
aud is well improved aud has
good buildings, orchard aud other
permanent iinprutemeuts. llie price
(laid waa (iMKl. Mr. Liudley has his
family iu Grunts Pass, but will move
at once to his fuiui. Mr. Ilauuum
will move to Jump-off' Joe, where he
has leused au iulerest with Joe I)y
w rt in the Dysert llooth placer mine,
and will begiu mining operations at
once with the two giants with which
the mini! is equipped.
Mr. Ireland has sold two lots iu ire-
laud & Meade's addition to J O. !niiii1
berg, who will build a coltagu on
t hem early iu the Spring. Mr.
Sautlberg owns a flue 20 acre farm
tract on North Sixth street aud may
continue to reside there and to rent
the cottage that he will build ou his
reo.ut puicliase.
The W.A. lluuieuway projierty, on 1
mar Fourth street, now occupied by
liev. Clark Power, has bun pur
chased as an investment by Frank
Kitsch.
Miss I. ida Fytleld, bookkccer and
stenographer at the Sugar Piuu store,
is now the owner ot a Hue residence
properly, she having purchased the A
S. Hammond property on West C
nl reel. Ihe puce was 1HHI. Miss
Fytleld ami her mother aud family are
residing in the house aud have done
su for some time last, heretofore
rent iug.
Ihe Jiliu Taylor residence piopiriy
ou West tl si net has beeu sold to K.
A. Kdgar and A. L. Smith, who will
occup) It w ith their families, so sot n
aseileusive repairs are made and au
additiou built lo It.
Shall All Have Christmas Cheer?
With Ihe chanty aud noble work
foi which tbe Summon Army is
uotul in us efforts to give Christmas
cheer to the unfortunate, the sick and
the homeless, Capi. ami Mrs. F. 1 1 ol
ten are arranging lo distribute such
gifts as may la tent ill to tlivm. Of
donations food and clothing are most
ueeded. Picks mid Uiagatitica are
also acoei table aud toys aud other
playthings for children, who may be
overlooked ly Sunt Claus The
an icli s lor etch hi uu or ersou w ill
be icrsoiinlly delivered by Capt. or
Mis. Ilolton and none but tbe deserv
ing w ill t o visited.
The good eople of Grants i'sss,
who uiay v isli to aid the Saltation
Army hi their work of giving Christ
mas cheer to the deserving poor may
send Iheir iMiiiribiiMona lo the Sal
vation Army barracks, or Fourth aud
II streets, or call up telephone 10X
and tin' nitidis will be called for
up until Monday uoi n
A Religious Census
Ti e various churches of the city are
doing aggressive work aud are plan
ning for still greater activity iu the
early weeks if uext year. The Minis,
terial AssiH-ialiou has plnnned for
religious c iisus of t lie ell i tens to be
taken next week in which It Is hoped
to accurately determine tbe l refer
enees as well as atlllistions of each
resident. The wors Is to be done by
i a Join I committee of women from
I the churches.
RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, DECEMBER 22, 1905.
GRANTS PASS PAYS
NO COUNTY ROAD TAX
Evades It Through Unconstitu
tional Clause In Charter
Infustlce on Farmers.
After a trial for nearly 60 yiais cf
a system of constrnctlon tnat nss in
that period, nvolved the expenditure
ot fully I.1C0.000 aud not givtn to Jo
sephine connty one mile of road that
is capable of standing heavy traffic
during the Winter Jndge J. O. Booth
and Commissioners C. I. Loelace
aud J.T. Logan have decided to aoopt
for this county the system, that bas
been demonstrated in the Eastern
States as the ouly practical method ol
roadwork, aud which ia giving Jack
son, Marion, Clackamas, Multnomah
aud the other progressive connties ol
Oregon, loads that are modltss in
Winter and dustless iu Hummer sud
which will bear up as heavy a freight
wagon in Janoary as in July.
This matter will be taken up foi
dual action at the January term ol
county court and if the progressive
element of Ihe connty ask for it the
strict cash system will be adopted.
This will Involve the employment ol
a road master aud a vrew cf men sud
teams and an equipment of up-to-date
road machinery. It will also involve
a big decrease in the number of snptr
visors, the few that will be rmployed
will ouly have charge of repair work
uuder the direction of the road mas
ter. Under the present system the
supervisors salaries is oue of the big
gest items iu the road expense. Iliis
saving iu expense w ill pay the road
master's salary aud leave a gocdl
sum to be applied iu actual road
work.
Under this new system it will be
necessary to put the nails ou perma
ueut locations, if uot alreudy there,
cut out all heavy grades aud elimi
nate all up-hill pulls in order to get
to go down hill thereby proving that
the (otbail is uo longer when htrizou
lal than when perpei dicular. What
road is built have it permanent to
lust for all time to come, with but a
minimum of n j air expense, uud work
on the worst a,.d most uei ded sectious
first. The road masti r lo be the work
ing foreman of the read crew, aud uot
to wear gloves and do the gcutlcuinn
act, aud lo be a man capable of baud
ling men and of operating a rock
ciusher, a grader aud a steam rollir.
aud of keeping the muiiinnry in
woiking order and of having a snow I
edge of road coustractiou that will
bring practical results. The road
crew to be hired by the mouth, aud
when a man does not do a full day
wort of 10 hours, as he would ou a
farm or in i factory, lire him and
hire auuther man. Have a camp out
fit and mess wagon that the cri w w ill
bo at home wherever their work may
be.
Put all this change from mil iquati d
to modi ru road methods depi mis
whether Grants Pass will help the
people of the country bear the ex
peine, or continue as iu tilt part to
hold good roads conventions, do the
talking and wors up lots of enthii
siiism for Ihe beuetit of the farmers,
and I lieu not lay a dollar into Ihe
couuty road fund. Giarits 1'ass en
joys the distinction and the discn dit
of being the ouly town in Oregou
that does not ay county read tax
This is accomplish! d through a c ause
in the city charter ejuicuipliug (lie
city from Ibis tax. . Such a clause is
unconstitutional for the onstituliou
ot the stale of Oregou and of Ihe
United mates explicitly icquirca tl at
all taxes be leviul alike and uniform
ou prtqerty having similar In ner Is
and protection. Grains Pass i
much a legal part of Ju.cphine county
as is the towns of hardy or Merlin
or the preciuits of Vtilliums, or
Galice aud the city can not evade
paying its share of ihe couuty taxes.
If such class legislation is legul then
the city could as well have its chatter
further ann ulled and throw the entile
bunleu of the county expense ou the
country piccliicts. Portland, which
pays in al ly oni -tliild of the state t x
could havo its charter amended ami
eliminate that big exptnsc. Wire the
nxaiupU' of Grams Pass followed out
to its full stqtit'iice the entire bind n
of Ihe statu aud county expenses
would be thrown oil Ihe farms and
oilier ro erty outside of the incor
porated towns.
Were llie roads leading to Giant
Pass closid absolutely to travel it
would not be six months until Ibis
city would le a il.smal waste ol empty
house aud diseitid Mi cits. Were it
possible to bae lmu adainiz d, wiihiu
the coming oar, i v. ry loud ovei
which trade cuu be bail for Gianls
cars It wi n il bring a pmsp.iity to
this city tl at would double Us wiaitli
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
Ko.SIrl YcnSftnot pslm of snv stitalhitss
on me l'v hen utltiii AiikihI l-tuwrr inict j
I wsa boy, d4 I II tuve no otiu-r."
I'orty million bottles of August l'lown '
sold in tlie I'niled Slates alone since its
ltunlu:lion I And the dcm.vnd tor it is
till growing. Isn't tb.lt a tine showing
of success f IVn't it prove that August
Flower bus h,l unfailing success in the
cure of indigestion and ilvs'p-ii the
w-orst enemies of heiiltu ami huppine? I
JlVe it not alfonl the U-st evidence tint
Aumitt Flower is a sure sreilic for all
stoma. Il and intestinal disorder that it
Is the h,'t of all liver regulators? j
Q August Vlower has a matchless record (
of over vears in curing the mling mil-1
lions of these dUtrrss'.ng complaints, s j
Two su. s. 25c aud 75c. All tlruisu
t'ur hale tiy lr J. .'. Smith. I
and population in less than five years.
Tb prosperity of "Jrants Pass is as
dependent on good roads as is that ol
tbe rural sections of Josephine connty
and the citizens of this city should
pay a road tax the same as other
residents of the couuty.
This injustice is certain not to
stand longer for the county court
proposes to order the sheriff to collect
all the county tax, road included, on
the property within the corporation of
Grants Pass the same as from other
property in the county. Should the
city feol disposed to fight mis tax
an ii junction suit would be necessary
against the county, with the certainty
that both the circuit court and the
tunrtnie court would hold that the
city cau not exempt Itsen iroin pay
ment of any aud all of the county tax.
But there is no liktlihood at all of
the city bringing an injunction suit,
as ti e business men aud others of the
progressive element will not couuten
auce such a suicidal prccetding as this
woul i be, for it would certainly an
(agonize every rainier, miner, mni
iiiau md all other residents of the
county aud briug on a trade boycott
tlnit would be disastrous to the city s
prosperi ty
The annual aliool meeting for
Grants Pass will be held next Thurs
day at S p. ru. iu the school room cn
West r sirtet.
MARRIED.
NELSON McMILLAN At the home
cf the bride's sister, Mrs. John
Sun, tiers, on Monday, December
IS, HO"), Miss E:izabetli McMlllun
and L. H. Nelson, Rev. J. B.
Travis, ofliciatinfg.
The bride atd groom left for Port
land m a visit and will also visit
Mr. Nilsou'a parents at Cornelius,
Ore., before returning lo Drain,
win re Mr. Nelson is operator for
the S. P. Co.
DIED.
SMITH At Merlin, Oregon, Decern
ber 7, r.H'5, J. S. W. Smith, aged bO
years, tl ree mouths and IS days.
Mr. Smith was born iu New Jersey!
August 22, 1H2B and came to Califor
nia iu and to Jackson county,
Oregon, iu 1S."(I. He was married iu
Jorephino connty to Susan Dixon iu
April, 1HC2.
He leaves a wife, one son aud two
daughters, Mrs. Addie Schnffer, of
Merlin, Oiegou, Mis. Nettie McCor-
uiick of Hugo, Oregon, and Horace A
Smith of Htfveusville, Mint., aud 10
grandchildren, lo mcuin Iheir lose.
BKOCKMAN In Eocene rn Satur
day, Uieeuiber IH, IU05, Henry
Brnckmuo, aged 4 years.
Tl e remains were brought to Grants
Puss Sunday and Monday were in
tered iu Pleasant Valhy cemetery,
in ur Mt'ilin, in the family lot where
Ins father aud other relatives are
buried. Tlie exercises were coLducted
by the Workmen, of which order he
had been a member. Mr. Brockniau
hud l ei ii employed iu a logging
camp i n the Mackenzie river, operated
by Ihe Iloolh-Ki lly Company, and
was helping to yard out logs when
be was llijnrid. A leg tin: t was
hi iug hauled out by a doukey engine
struck another log on which a log was
luliinced. Mr. Bruikuian was stand
ing by Ibis Ii g, whin the sudden im
pact from the moving log causid it
to roll off and us it fell it knockid
Mr. Brockuiau down and crushed him
on tlie In art II ml the leg uot beeu
partially luld op by other timber it
wculibbave instabtly killed liiui. He
was tuhiti to Eugiue for surgical
aid, but be waa ton badly injuied to
rt cover aud ho ditd HI days after the
ccident. He leaves a wife and two
ihihlieii. His mother, Mrs. M. C.
liri i kniiin, resides in this city, as
does his sistt r, Mrs. McGiew, wife of
Maisbal L. McGrew. Mr. Brcckman
was an imliiHtr.ous man and was well
res ecti d by all who knew hlui. He
was a former residi nt of this county,
coming lu re witli his parents when
he was 14 yeais ot ii(!e.
THORNTON At the family home
ii Grunts Pass cu Widucsday, De
ci mlx r 2d. I'.Hl.j, Mis. Josephine
Hiotntin, ngi d fi.i years, 4 moutns
and 4 day.
The funeral wns held Thursday,
Ii v. 11. 11. llrown conducting the
services. The iiiteruent wss in the
futnilv lot in the M,isniiic cemetery.
Mrs. Tborntou w a a i alive of Illinois
and cm ine lo Klktou, Uie. , with her
larenls ill IM',2. June 2.1, ISO,", she
win. miiriiil lo Henty Thuriitou and
liny lived a happy married life until
his diiith, which ccurt red July 3,
I '.'I . Two sons hiiiI two daiigiitei s
survive Mrs Thoiulou, Uecrge
Ihorutiii of Lamoine. Cab, John
Tin rnlon. i f Siicramento, Mrs Alice
Ciiner, lii si butg and Mis. Catherine
Guiy of Gli nts Pars. Mis. Thornton
lad bun a rsidiut of Grants Purs
f ir il e part 21 jears and she was held
iu tin' highest i stei in by all wi n had
her ii i ) u tt i n t ii lu-f. She was a woman
of lovable Hails, a noble, devoted
w ife and mother.
6Q1
Jmx Hundred and One is the Tannery number
of tlie best
OAK SOLE LEATHER
MONEY CAN BUY
Confirmed by F1VH Worlds' Fair Awards: S. Louis,
giiitul jirire, ru4; Finis, grand prize. 1'IUO; Chicago,
grand piie, 1S'.;; Patis. grand prize, 1S7S; Phila
delphia, grand prize, lS7t.
A trial will convince you of its excellence.
From now on this is the grade that will be
u.-ed in my shop on all repair work, and in
spite of the advance in price of leather, my
prices will remain as at present.
Half Soleing Ladies' shoes, 40e
Half Soloing Men's shoos, 75e
W. KEENE,
At K. L. Uartlett's shoo store.
Circuit Court Jury LUI
Wednesday, as provided by law,
County Clerk S. r. uesuire
Sheriff George W. Lewis drew tne re
quired nrmber of names from tbe list
of voters in Josephine county of the
men who are to serve as jurors at
the regular term of circuit court.
which will be convened by Judge n.
K. Hauna on Monday, Jannary 8.
The names of the jurymen are as
follows:
George Wells, Kerby, farmer.
R. L. Tolin, Dryden, farmer.
N. Snow, Grants Pass, farmer.
Wm. Turner, Dryden, farmer.
John Patrick, Grants Pass, laborer.
J. C. Smith, Grants Pass, phsyician.
n t t .a. ton Grants Pass, sur
veyor.
F. O. .Wilcox, Grants Pbbs, dray
man. Harry Smith, Grants Pass, black,
smith.
C. L. Swlnden, Murphy, farmer.
Clarence Messiuger, Provolt, far
mer.
W. B. York, Applegate, farmer.
E. A. Wade, Grants Pass.merchant
A. F. Knox, Morphy, farmer.
Frank Swacker, Grants Pass, laborer.
C. L. Mangum, Grants Pass, miner.
W S. Wood. Grants Fass, hotel
keeper. , ,
8. U. Stringer, uranrs rasa, nim".
W. J. Savage. Uranls Pass, farmer.
E. F. Tycer, Kerby, farmer.
J. R. White, Kerby, farmer.
M. A. Wertz, Grants Pass, lumber
man.
H. C. Kinney, Grants raes. innioer
mun
Charles A. W illiams, urBnts rase,
lumberman.
Frauk Payne, Grants r-ass, laDorer.
C. D. Sextou, Lucky Queen, farmer,
P M Miner. Grants Pass, farmer.
c! C. Taylor, Loves Station, hotel
keeper.
A. N. McVev. Holland, larmer.
W. C. Smith, Uranls Pas', livery
man.
Counl, vfigh and measure everything you
buy." jlmertean Urortr.
We have the usual supply of Candies,
Nuts, Raisins. Etc.
Rest soft shell Eng. Walnuts, per lb, 20c
New soft shell Almonds, Mc
Brazil nuts i Nigger Toes), Chestnuts
TexiiH Pecans and Fillierts, 20c
A Good Mixed Cunily. l.'ic; 2 lbs, 25c
Something be ter in Fancy mixed, 25e
Oranges, vtlc, 2'c and 35c per doz
Lemons, Wc to 2?c per doz.
liannas, Cocoanuts, Figs, Dates, etc.
For the table we have the finest Cat
sups, Jellies and Jams, Olives, Salad
Dressing and the purest of Olive Oil.
All now canned goods now in Table
Peaches. Apricots, Pears, Corn, Peas
and lleans.
Finest Teao and Coffees in tho city.
Try a sample of our 2oc coffee, belter
than most 25 and 110 cent kinds.
White House
GROCERY
The Tea and Coffee House.
21 JcVtiltd.
Letcher's Jewelry Store
Lowest jiriccs on Ki;in and
alt ham watclios. Brinj:
your watches and jewelry
that need repairing to me.
All my work is warranted.
AT
A.U.Bannard's
BIG- STOE 2
is packed full of new goods. A large car just un
loaded full of Christmas things for the people; come
and make your selections while stock is complete
and have your presents laid aside for Christmas.
All useful, handsome articles.
Particulars later.
A. U. Bannard
North Sixth Street
I Buv and Sell Real Estate
HOW IS THIS?
$650.00 Takes gcod 5-rccm house with barn and one acre of ground.
$()00.00 Takes new S-room honse with lot, SO by 100 feet.
Plenty of other good snaps.
Youry for bargains,
Joseph Moss,
The Real Estate Man
HEi.1.0 3'J3 Office, 611 Residence.
516 E Street
Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co.
Paid Up Capital Stock
TmnHitctH a general Banking business
Receives deposits Bul ji et to cheek or 011 ilennind con ideates.
Our customers aro ussured of courteous treatment and every consideration
consistent with sound hanking principles.
Safety deposit boxes for rent. J. FRANK Watson, President.
K. A. IioOTH, Vire-Presitlent.
L. h. Jewell, Cashier.
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