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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FEBRUARY 23, 1906. 10 Don't Forgets DON'T FORGET That the Nueect Hat is the best honest Hat value Oregon. DON'T FORGET That when you buy a hat, that the Nugget is guaranteed in ivprv resnect. ,,.r nnnnPK UU l ruioi i nai we carry me ,uKBci u.i in all of the up-to-date desira-, ble styles I DON'T FORGET That the Nugget Hat has stood, Elder Badgur, then the meeting was the test, and has steadily in- turned over to the professors for the creased in popularity and de- forenoon. Dr. Withycombe opeted mancl, the meeting by defining its objects 'and the (fraud possibilities and the VUN 1 rUKUUi That Nugiret Hats possess fit- ting ana wearing qualities tuai make them the top friend of every wearer. DON'T FORGET To buy a Nugget Hat. DON'T FORGET The house of the Nugget Hat is at Calhoun's. DON'T FORGET The price of the Nugget Hat is $3, not $3 50 nor $4, but it has the $4 value. DON'T FORGET Nearly 500 Nugget Hats direct from fhe factory, arrived bv yesterday's freight. They are the 1W6 Spring Styles. j DON'T FORGET j The Nugget Hats are made for and sold by (leo.S. Calhoun Co. Outfittors to Boy and iMan. Charles McCum) was on the tick list several days lant week but ho is ont again now. Bohool has ooiiimonoed again with Mr. Brown as teacher. He aud wife oounpy a room at Mr. Erlcknou's. Horn To Mr. aud Mrs. Elba Wood ard on February Mth, a 9-pouud daughter. Quite a uioe valeutiuo. Ou acconut of high water the farmers institute was not very well atteudud Tuesday afternoon of this week. Emma Hooking, Pearl Lewis and Orpha HteveUHon are home from at teuillug the teacher's examination at Grants Pass. J. M. Hocking had the misfortune to stick a pick in his foot aud had to abundou work on the road uear the Ruekeye mine. Mrs. WeHtlinrlilA witnt. nvur tr fctia Illinois River to be at the. bedside of her father. James Lewis, who died Lewis, Haturday of last week. Mr. Lewis from Portland passed - through here several days ago on his way to the Illiuois River to be at the bedside of his father, who died Haturday of last week. Small graiu is looking well so far aud fruit prospects are fair. Grass along the roadside is getting green, with here aud there a little wild flower peeping out and the croaking frog rnminds us that Hpriug is here. Uucle Fuller. The ladies of tit Luke's will give a Spanish sapper at the Guild ball ou luttwUy evening, February 2T. F. G. ROPER FASHIONABLE TAILOR Harmon Block, Upstairs South Sixth Street Suits made to Order PROM PTI.Y A N tl OF TH K BKST MATKKIAL AND IN THE LATEST STY1.K Cleaning and Repairing' IN FIRST-CLASS SHACK AND SUITS MADK TO LOOK LIKE NEW A Trial b Atked and Prko Are RiM ; GRANTS PASS WALL PAPER and PAINT SHOP W.P.Sharmin and E.F.LsMieux SOUTH SIXTH STREET, NEAR J Full stock of Wall Papor-ll dig... quality and price. Paints, Varnlshe. Oils. Uruho Piu'ite" rd VrMhV 'lnr' os. 'v1 'rV.f rrcsvP"' I WILDK It VI IjLK PROVOLTHAS THE BANNER INSTITUTE - Bl Ltirfe Attendance Fine Program and a Splegdid Din ner and Supper. sold in Director James Withycombe of ths ' state experimental Btatiou at Corval lm, accmpanlpd by Professor A. L. Kinsoly, chewiiBt of the agricultural college; E. L. Judd, of Marion coonty. aud Win. Schulmerich, of !HiIlsboro, WaBhington comity, held 'afarmeri' institute horn last ;Satur . T)e mentinK waa called t0 order by E N ProTolti after which . song wftg g0D(? Dy the andience, then rrayer and addreim of welcome was offered by future outlook for this country as an eIceedil)giy nne dairying section and a(lTi(e(J the peopIe to take np that line of industry and if they would there were great treasures in store for them by following the dairy business on the Applogate. Dr. Withcyombe claims that one acre of alfalfa at the experimental station will support one cow aud if this' is truly the case Ap clegate will support within lix miles of where the institute was held, ex cluding the Williams creek section from thi Provolt school district boundary, line in the neighborhood of 1800 head of dairy cows which would bring to this section one of the lar gest revenues that could be brouhgt by any Industry. The Doctor also ex plained the great future outlook for this Applegate section as a fruit growing place. But the Applegate at present is practically in its infancy along the line of fruit aud hay grow ing as there are huudreds of acres of fine land under irrigation that is only waiting improvement and the Ap- ' plegute river affords an abundance of ' water for nil the land ulong the valley yet onimprovtd, which will no doubt in a short time be improved and rais ing large crops for the dairy cow. A. L. KinHely took up the snbject of analysis of the different soils and plant food and explained which crops : were best adapted to different soils. ,'1'Iih question was asked, "Why in some alfalfa fields there would be places where the alfalfa would not do well and would only grow to be about a foot high then the leaves would turn rusty ou identically trie same kind of soil and the same irrigation?" The professor explained thut it was a ! lock of nitrogen iu the soil and the alfalfa on this soil had fulled to form any nodules on the root so as to enable j the top to take in nitrogen from the air, aud explained that iu most cases it could be overcome by taking soil from where alfalfa was doing well I and sowing it all over whore it was effected or by using stable fertilizer, and that either of these remedies would place the germs in the soil that it was deflcieut in. The subject of dry rot in apples was rooal't up and he explained that they ,IR,, ,onild 110 r,,lU0(1y for ,ooh Rt tl,e experimental station yet. trot. Klnsely also showed ,aud explained on . ,,.. iln ni,.i. ii,,,. tu,t,uth nlti. geu aud phosphotiu acid the different fruits and grains touk from the soil and why summer fallowing was Injur ' ions to the soil in so many places. aud how summer fallowing would expose the nitrogen in the soil so that it would form uitrotes and go off In the drenching rains, which would be a great loss to the soil iu plant food. , After many other questions had been asked and explained, the meeting ad journs ror a Miner, wliion was sooo served by the Indies. When the meal was spread on the tables everyone preseut was iuvited to come forward and belli theuiselvea. Kveroyne preiout oould well be proud of the meal and especially the ladies 1 who cooked it, for a tiuto of the food would be plenty of evideuce that the ladies who cooked it were not from , Missouri, for they needed no showing. lliey received many congratulations from the Professors aud evervoue preeent for their fine cooking. There was enough food left from diuuer for supper and euough from supper for about 75 or 100 for breakfast, and tin. , is good evideuce of what some of the ; people our little Apt legate valley t es-s are. 1 :80 thrt meeting wan agaiu call ed to order bv ClmmiiHii K N P. : volt and first ou program was a song j by U.K. UaileyV graphophone, then ' a song by the aodieuce. The chair : uiau then introduced Mr s..i,i ... ; ich, who made an interesting talk on ' dairyiug aud dairy herds iu particular. He recommended bre- ding that breed of cattle best adapted to the indivi dual uoed of the farmer as rtain , lug to his special line of " work, ife nigtuy mmmeiutea the sugar bwt and alfalfa for butter and milchi stead of the silage which is used h l,ir 0ey cow. f,'r ,n dMT7 which he claims if umhI j wd treated aright meant batter aud 'cheese to their owner. Mr. Schuliuer- ich is gtvittly opposed, to the farmer trying to raise besf and dairy stock on the same farm or a man trying to fol low the beef and dairy bnsiutss both as it would cause him to give neither business its proper attention. He and Dr. Witlicyorube both claim that alfalfa is beet of all hay for pro ducing butter tit with vetch as second. He also drew a diagram of a stall which he 'though was the best kind for the dairyman to use and the kind that was mont healthful and con venient for tbe dairy cow, and a stall that would keep the cow clean. Bat he greatly disapproved of the station stall fcr cows as they were not at all comfortable for them. E. T. Judd was then introduced and he took up the subject of tbe draft horses and showed the va'ue of breed ing such for market. He showed that the Willamette Valley bad prospered greatly by its farmers having engaged largely in the breeding of draft horses. He also proved conclusively that the best results were obtained by breeding the very best grades of 1700 or 2000 pound horses, which he explained would sell very readily on the market for 50 cents per pound. Dr. Withycombe made a short talk on poultry raising aud the profits of this line of industry. Then Ed Oockerliue made a short talk on the different kinds of separa tors, which was right to the poiut. He recommended any standard make and a separator for a small herd of dairy cows with a capacity of about 600 pounds an hour and one that would oost about f'O. This concluded the remarks for the afternoon. A large crowd was present and much enthusiasm was manifested. After supper had been served the meeting was called to order by the chairman aud the first on the pro gram was a short talk by Cliaa Meserve of the Courier staff on the subject of The1 Applegate Valley Farmers Co-operative and Rural Tele phone. He pointed out the great ad vantage it would be to the farmers and business tuen of this scot ion to have a farmers telephone system ex tending all over the Applegate Valley aud Williams Creek and to Grants Pass and Rogue River Valley. The Applegate Telephone Co. would con nect with the Illiuois Valley Tele phone Coinpauy at Grants Pass and would uouuect with the Rogue River Valley Telephone Compauy at Jack sonville. If about 100 will go into it, it will only cost each .one some thing like t0 to complete the entire system. It ouly requires 25 poles to the mile and the wire is cheap, cost ing something like 00 a mile fur wire aud iusuhtors, which is very cheap considering the value it would be to the farmer aud busiuess mau. Give us a few more farmurs like E. N. Provolt aud E. Badger, who say they will have the telephone aud uieau and do what they say they will, aud we will soon have a telephone system here that every citizen will be proud of. Those who have agreed to take part iu tlie construction of this Phone system, providing the cost is not too heavy after it has been investigated, are as follows : E. Badger, R. F. Lewuian, U. A. Duo lap, A.L. Bailey, E. M. Spencer, L.LoesulT L. O. Hyde, Ed Cockvrliue, J. L. Williams, Mrs. Nauey Peruoll, II. F. Bailey, W. S. Bailey, John D tvidson, L . W. Carson, Heury Boat, E. N. Provolt, J. E. Hayes, A. O. Buuch, J. R. Ktites, Kelly Fields, C. M. Rex ford, J. W. Gillmore, E. U. Provolt, Win. Sorenseu, Ellis Iiubler, S. I. Tetherow, S. Provolt aud J. E. Swiu den. E. Badger of Provolt, Caser Kubli of Kubli aud C. O. Bigelow of Williams, wero put on a com mittee to look up the cost of wire, phones aud Insulators. W. S. Bailey of Davidson, J. W. Pernoll of Apple gate, a I. Tetherow of Williams, E. N. Provolt aud L. M. Mitchell of Murphy, were put on a committa to solicit members to take a part iu the telephoue construction. After the telephone business was over with tbe first ou the program was a sou a "Stay ou tbe Farm" by A. L. Bailey, Rose Bailey and Daisy Lew man. Then an Ulus'trated lecture was given bv Dr. Withcyombe ou different breeds of stock aud the col lege and college farm. A song then was given on the graphpohone, then recitations by Ella Jones. Myrtle Let tekeu, Dama Messinger, Ethel Imbler. A dialogue ''The Changed House Wife' by Glen Provolt, Alice Lew mau, Charlie Watts, Montie Imbler aud Dora Messluger. Dialogue "Orgauisiug a Farmers' Club" by W. 8. Bailey, Beuie Watts, H. F. Bailey, R. F. Lew man, A. L. Bailey aud Chester Putnam. After the pro gram Dr. Withycombe mails agshort address on his appreciation of the courtesy that bad been shown them while here and hi thankfulness to the ladiosior their fine diuuer aud for the local talent they hadjjiut listeued to in the program of the evening. Then the chairman thanked the pro' feeaors for llieir good Instruction and Charles Meserve for his work iu mak ing our institute a graud success aud the meeting cUxed. The Rogue River Valley Jhas been visited this week by a rainstorm wtiich added nearly three inches to the rainfall. This brings the raiufall rorihi amn nearly to the 80-inch mark. Rain and sunshine. Geo. Dryer left Monday for fono pah, Kov. George L. Layman and family leave lor the Eat this week. Mrs. F. H. Coates was iu town one day this week on business. H. II. Gibbs of Althouse was in Holland Monday ou bufuuepg. J. W. Dickenson left Monday to visit relatives at Oroville, Cal. J. H. Wittrock of Kerby, Ore., was in Holland one day this week. Daniel K. Sutherland of Upper Sucker creek was in Holland Monday. M. F. Hull returned from Grants Pass Monday and felt for bis mine the same day. James"llogue ofKerby ' passed through Holland Sunday evening! Guess where??? " C. N. Mathews came in from his mine Wednesday and took the stage for Grants Pass. Phil Starr came in from the Brigg'a mine Wednesday and left for Grants Pass for a short vacation. At this writing it is raining hard and streams raising fast. High water is anticipated if it continues. M. S. Taft of Eugene was in Hol land this week looking over the mineral regouroes of the section. Bob Sexauer of Grants Pass arrived in Holland Tuesday oiThis way to the Gold Pick Mines Company's property on Bolan creek. James P. Lewis, an old pioneer res ident of Holland, died Sunday, Feh. 18th, 1906, after a long illness and was buried Tuesday at Kerby cemetery. W. D. Gardner was iu Holland one day this week on bnsinessTHe.Jias just closed a socotesful term of school in tbe Barnett district on'J.Sucker creek. W. A. Leonard, secretary of tbe Farmers Live Stock Association aud his wife, went to Kerby Monday to attend a meeting of the Association and also the fnrmorsginstitute. 1 A 31 S Clarence Reeves of JacKsouvllleis visiting friends and relatives of this place. Mrs. M. Chapman is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. K. Reoves, of Jacksonville. Mrs. Ed Horriott of Grants Pass spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. David John Sr. Miss Josephine Stitos left for Port laud last week where she iutends to take a business course. Miss Elsie McGee returued to her home a few days ago from Talent where she has been attending school A protracted meeting will begin at the Methodist church Sunday, Feb ruary 25, and will contltr e for about two weeks. Services will be con ducted by Rev. Starmer. Among the people who attended the farmers institute held at Provolt last Saturday were Messrs. Sparlin, Tetherow, Blodgett, Stites, Boat, John aud Knox. All had an enjoy able time and are very much pleased with what they learned. The Yellow Fever Germ has recently been discovered. It bears a close resemblance to the malaria germ. To free the system trotn disease germs, the most effective remedy is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaran teed to cure all diseases due to malaria poison and constipation. 2oo at all drug stores BUSINESS POINTERS. Iuk at Model Drug Store. Order seals aud rubber stamps of A. E. Voorhios. Send your family washing to the Steam Laundry. A"U rough dry work 35 cent per dozen. Phone 873. Eyes carefully tested and glasses fitted to correct any defect of vision by Dr. W. F. Kremer, Courier build ing. Prices reasouable. The Best February song publica tions "Shoulder Straps, "Little Red Hiding Hood," "Love is Kion. " can be fouud at The Musio Store. J? Your clothes called for and delivered snd all rlatwork that goes tbroogh the mangle washer, ironed at 25c per doien. Grants Pass Steam Laundry. Phoue SIS. Letcher has just received another stock of lenses aud can fit all kinds of eyes. His apparatus for the testing of vision is all up-to-date aud the most reliable klud. Having bought a new lot of cloth at a baigain, the Grant Pass Tailoring company is now able to unke a nrst class suit at almost half the former pries. Call and examine our iroods and set prices Number 513, West U street, opposite Depot. 13-15 tf Petaluma Incubators aud Brooders tCramer Bros. Violin, eto., strings Courier Build-lug. I TlLL has stood the test 25 years. Average Annua Sales bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? gck wtth cvtry I Buv and Sell Real Estate HOW $1250 takes good 6-room, one and a half story bemse with two lots on north side of railroad; easy terms. 18 acres of river bottom land about one and a half miles west of the city; price, $1250. Plenty of other good snaps. Youry for bargains, Joseph Moss, The Real Estate Man Hello 393 Office, 611 Residence. 516 E Street I PLUMBING - HEftTltlG We are prepared to do all kinds of Plumbing, We use first cfass material and employ ex perienced workmen. Come to us for estimates on Sewer Con nections. : : : : Mining and Irrigating Pipe, Tin and Galvanized Iron work. Furnace Heating a specialty. Hair-Riddle Hardware Co. vSmythe's Rogue River Coffee Market 1 THE STORE WHERE QUALITY IS FIRST j Nothing else can comparo with good, fresh roasted delicious Coffee. It whets the appetite and satisfies the hunger. Our Coffees are the best you can buy anywhere, for we make a specialty of them. : : . . We can, if you choose, supply you Fine Tea Blended to Suit Your Individual Taste, Cocoas, Chocolates, Cocoanut, Spices, etc., is pure and wholesome. : . . ' : PALACE HOTEL BLOCK 420 FRONT STREET puftMr ...... GRANTS PASS, OREGON 431 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTHERN ORKGON Capital, Surplus ami Undivided Profits, OFFICERS R. A. BOOTH, J.C CAMPBELL, U. L. GILKEY, ROY K. UACKEIT, . Promptness, courtesy Innl . I , .uwuuiuuanis oi customers is the es tablished policy of this bank. DIRECTORS H. C. Kinney, John D. Fry, R. A. Booth, j L. G ILK BY. I Grove's Tasteless Chill Tnnin Kxti hTft Out. Mctq of CrW, IS THIS? Grants Pass Ore. y 8"0,000 27,500 President Vice-President Cashier Assistant Cashier and careful at- P- H. Harth, J C. Cavdd. . . utLl,, over On . . N r2! Miffion . 1. ITtPo i mZi pT'"" ay. 50c f V