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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, APRIL 6,- 1906 1'KOFKSSIOXAL CAltDS. C. FINDLIi.Y, M. D. A l'ractice limited to , KYK, KAK, NOSE and THROAT. t;iass; fltw-d and f ur nislil . Mlica hours U to 12; 2 to 5; and on ap pointment. Telephones:!; I and 17. (.iHANTIt J'auk, DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS, HISTORICAL SKETCH OF GRANTS PASS Interesting Facts of EilyDasa Told by a Form.r Editor of the Courier. Ohkuon 1)RS it in n-as- l It. LOCUM u- ""' "'"' 1'liy-i. ian and Pisea of Women Surgeon. 'i Wiildreti. Phone 031. K. 1051. Cor. Sixth and K streets. .0AHT8 PH, - " OHKUON J)R. J. C. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SCKGKON Oflleo at National Drug Store. Phones, Ollice 355; Ites. 104.r. Uusidenoe cor. 7th and I) streets. G.HANTS l'AKH, - ObKUQW DR. W. F. KREMER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office In Courier Building. Office phono 911, residence 413. Eye tested and glasses fitted. Ghauts Pahs, - Obkoon. 1)R. T. E. BEARD. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office over Hair-Kiddle Hardware, Res. cor. tb and B Slreeti. Phonei, Office 354 ; Kes. 321. Gbahth Pass, Obeoon. ge LOUGHRIDGE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND 8UUGE0N Ka l'hone 714 City or country call attended night or day. Mxtn ana n, iuu Oramts Pass . . Obeoon Up to Btid including oualTtoViy that iu everything but 'one Grants Puas was in embryo; there is but one conspicuous item of which she had more theu than now, and ' that is tench and box whitthrs ; a ' box or bench upon which to whittle is 1 a pessimists roost, aud the better the I box or bench the louger he will re ' nmia terehd njion it. Iu the early ! dav she had a brigade ol thein who i aliuoht gritted their teeth when some i one built a house and the bigger the. 1 bonne the madder they ;ot, It was an , a very day exclamation ot inete ; Silurians that the town was as big as ! it ever wculd be and that a man who 1 would invest money in It was a fool ; j they would not believe in the town nor would they leave it and give some enterprising man a chance. On Satur day, Joly 81st, 1886, I fell in with some of them and as I. am an .expert whittler and always rarry a good pocket knife for that purpose, we all went to work on a now goods box in front of the Sugar Pine store. I ar goed about the diversity of industry possible under our natural conditions, admitting,' of coarse, that if we were too lazy to Improve these opportunities and perferred to put in our time doing nothiug, the town wonld never grow. "Grow," said old Mr. Plaster, " why in the name of God, man, there is nothing to make It growl" Wear- Blxth and wXfc'l. P" and whittled; loom- pletely forgot me oignuy oi uij jjo.i tlon as a i ubllo servaut and fooled ! away a whole hour. "How canyon prove that this town has got a fu I ture," said one croaker, as he peeled off a long white shavlug of Michigan i pine. I pullod my knife for a longer ' one and replied with some heat, thus: , ""liy counting the booses and publish- ; but it hasinadditiou '" " - ' j its gold mines of both placer, quartz leunop-. - . Bnd r 8nd world 01 flue tiu). I)R. A. J. WILLIAMS OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Offloeat Western Hotel Hours : 0 to 19 A M. and 1 to 8 P. M Consultation and examination free. were married and towa'd middle life appeared iu several 'dramas, Mr. Boyd in his oblished nonsfnse rtylwd them "bunches of otio s and radishes, sere and yellow leaf" aud etc. And with ail this thete eatertaiun.euU mere excetliouallv aood for home talent. The ladies iu these days wno contributed to the keei.ing ot tt,e town alive were Mrs. K. W. VanDyke, Mrs. T. P. Jndaon, ' Mnt Kilackburn, Mits AliceTMoihe'r, MTtisTl vanK'heel er, Mrs. John Goodell, Bessie Brad ley, May Manning and Nancy Nipper. The genltenieu per contra were Prcf. H. L. Benson A. L. Kinney, M. W. Wheeler, Chas. K. Chandor, Dr. O. W. Beacon, Robirt Uhanslor, Chas. 1 Buttles, John Goodell. W. Smith, W. ' J. Razee, and D. L. Rico. Some of the entertainments g'ven by the per sons here named were superior to " mot of those on the road and they kept the money at home.' The music lovers never failed to enjoy the pres- i ence lu tne community oi air. auu I Mis. H. C. Kinney, Mr. and Mrs IDodae. F. W. Van Dyne and J.E. i. Peterson, who a as one of those early j to siug in the churones. According to my filet of May 21, 1886, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kinney received 'from Vermont an old fashioned clock over J50 year olaTt that time, Mrs. Kinney's graudfater having traded yoke of cattle for it more than 100 years before. About this time Hon. R U. Smith tried his fir.t law case. It came up before a justice of the peace, I thiuk. Bob was (O proud that he won this solt that the Courier force thought seriously of sitting np with him. Prof. H. L. Benson lauded iu Grants Pass in April. 1886. the writer in the following May ; Hon. R. A. Booth came later. In those days in order to live the Courier carried ads of business houses for Jacksonville, Medford, Central Poiut, Phoenix, Gold Hill, Woodville, Kerby nd Waldo. Grants Pass is au ideal spot, situat ed most beautifully ; has a splendid climate in a country which produces every luxury that can be grown iroui j WALDO ii j (resenting m of V. INGELS ASSAYER AND CHEMIST, i A!l work guaranteed accurate and re liable. Office opp. P. O. l'hone 11)03 Grants Pamm, ObkcioN. JJ, D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Praotloo In all State and Fedoral Courts. Office In Opera Houho Uullding. Grants Pahs, Ohkcion yy. c. hale, lows to come to the ceuter in 10 years from now aud see what fools you have been. " Accordingly on Sunday, August 1st, 1886, I did so and the Courier of August 6th, 1886, had this local uudvr the captiou of "Our Town": "Last Sunday, to satisfy a curiosity, we 'tramped' the town and counted every build jug in it. We find tiTat there are i'M resuleuoes and buildings used for residences. There 1 are 61 business houses all told. Be i sides these are tlie M. 'K. church, court house and jail, two livery ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Office over First National Bank, Grants Pass, - Obkoon. H. CLEMENTS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In State and Federal Courts. Office on 6th and C streets opposite Court House. Phone 1011. Grants Pass, Okkuos C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Practices In all SUteand Federal Courts Office over Hair Riddle, Hardware Co. Grants Pass, Okbuon stables, three wiiidmTTls, town hall aud rink. I. O. O. P., Masouio aud I. , O. O. T. lodce rooms, brewery nn-! finished, saw mill, sash and door fao- j tory, size Mil 35 two stories, twoj bakeries, academy, two laundries, six j stall round house, railroad machine ! shops, wagon shop, brick kiln aud a 110,000 bridge almost completed. Add to this 23 barns ;nd we have buildings In our little city aud the j (own no more thau 23 mouths old. j This does not Include a host of small : biiildiugs, nor do we count the rail- i road turntable and water tank." j After the adveut of the S. P. D. & ! L. Co. the first capitalist to come to town was one J. C Boyd, wife, maid ! 'and valet, Mis. Boyd was a lineal l decendaut of D.iulel Boone of colonial times and who carved iu the bars of a 1 tree that "h r 1 filled a Bar." Mrs. j Boyd evideutly had considerable mouey aud it locked as though J. C. married it to get which he reloctautly had to take her too. Mrs. Boyd was a good woman of noble impulses aud was esteemed by all who knew her; the maid also was respected and LouU, the valet, was a geutluiau lu his sphere; next and last came the strutty J. C, who, as Hearst would have it, belonged to the "better elemeut. " He boasted of being worth qn trter of a million and objected to paying his little hills. One of his flist breaks was to enter the home Kteud of Mrs. Lacy A lieu, four miles south of town. Her place had been bought by her husband while Oregon was a territory. Al that early oay 1 the title rame through the governor. In this caw the governor had ueglected to cancel the laud and it appeared 03 the records at the laud office at open to entry. Boyd, witli his quarter million, entered the laul and made every preiaration to dispossess the 1 ii..---- jajv w)0 llljd occupied the land klltiHMll OlTlTOIl Contract- between 30 and 40 years. She em-; 'v i. . ... - ployed Judge I was a boy in Iowa, a gentleman 1 uamed Hawk Johusoa nsud to talk in ' my lather s store a great deal about Oregon ; about its climate, game health and productiveness. He said ' peopel could not die at all in Oregou that they just dried up and quit. That to "shuttle off " oue had to return iuuu miles toward the states; that in one instance withiu his acqaaiutauce ludy deceased aud who was much be loved was taken Iwck to Oregou for life returned to her aud Fine Spring weather at pr.sent, Mr Evett vhited Wsldo Saturday. Mr. Koot wa in Takilna and Waldo j i Frlduy. M. J. McBriety visited the llliucis Vallay Suudsy. Olga Vsleo spent Sunday evening with Flossie Artauis. Jiues Howard aid Miss Easye visited Waldo Friday. A. J. Adiiius aud Homer White are : still mining iu Fry Gulch. j Mrs. A. J. . Adaiui spout Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Vsleu. j Billy Mackee is now staying with Grandma aud Graudpa Hogue. Charlie Hausen, Jr., is visiting with his cousin Charlie Johnson. Miss McFarland is out at Elk Valley getting ready for a term of school. Col. T. Wain-Morgan Diaper is now at the Buck Horn lodge near Takilma. Mr. Marks has moved to Takilma where 'he intends to reside during the Summer. Mr. Overatreet and family are now at Takilma where they mtena to spend the Summer. Boy Root aud C. A. Pbililps have taken the contract of catting 60 cords of wood for the smelter. Mr. Thrasher was in Waldo last week from his mine on the left band fork of the Illinois river. Charlie Eperley, Thomas Yarbrough and Charles Owens are getting ready to build booses in Takilma. The young folks gave a social dance at the Waldo hall Friday uight. A good time was reported by all. Willian Borgman is now working at the Queen of Bronze mine, which is under the management of Mr. Mur phy. E. P. Bennett has been ill lately. Mrs. Chas. Owen also is quite ill. Dr. Brown was called 'on Monday night. We are glad to see Miss Adams buck to school again, but are sorry to- see Samuel Eger, Maud Bayse and Claud Bayse leave. J. H. Eggers has his fields all plowed and most of his crops put in. Mr. Egrrs got his head cut qnite badly a few days ago with a double bitted ax, but it is healing fast. Totter Ann. Candidate for Sheriff t announce uiv intention y name lief ore tne rei."" can an irimanes -Mr" - nomination of sheriff of Josephin" W. I. SffttlliAJU The (3- IF Flour & Feed Store Cor. 6th iinil I s heets Ftrmerlv Wi-knian's connty Blue and tiirr in n , And (jet some of the Eesr Poul tiv that ran be fmnd anywhere. Tl".;. (r-..lr km brooBht iron South Dakota and comprises soujo of the bfst to bd hd K-ir Tor I In ! "if ("an be procured from me at ihe ti ... fi...,r.l, nr will he delivered hv ordering by card (II - - j its I AH D... PKim...tk Rnrlc. LS TffS SI .UU White Wyandottes, 5 eggs .50 White Leghorns, 15 eggs 1.00 Also have juft received Poland China Boar pig. services $1.00. C. C. RUSSELL, Grants Pass GRANTS PASS WALL PAPER and PAINT SHOP W.P.Sharman and E.F.LeMieux SOUTH SIXTH STREET, NEAR J Pull stock of Wall Paper-all designs q.ialHy and prices. Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Brushes ij.', 'p. -H A.rt-t Mni'e. Mai) orders promptly filled. St. -in. unmpio 'Hurn-to-Beat riour. Hav, (iiain, Mill Feed, " Poultry Foods. For Cash Only. J. J. MORTON, Proprietor. Grants Pass Breeders Associat'n fHRCHERON STALLION AVADA Will stand at the following places oue day in each week: Williams-C O. Bigelow's. Applegate Near Rose Hall. Roch Murphy H. L. Reed's. Grants Pas Service: Insurance, $20.00. For further information address, . C. E. HARMON, Grants Pass, Ore. CLEMENS SELLS BOOKS and DRUGS, ?goNNG? GRANTS PASS, ORE. Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co Paid Up Capital Stock $25,000 00 Trnnsacts a general Bunking buHiness. Receives deposits subject to check or on demand ccriificutes. Our cuHtomers are assured of courteous treatment aud every consideration consistent with sound banking principles. Safety deposit boxes for runt J. Fra K Watso , President. R. A. Booth, Vice-President.' L. I.. Jkwkll, Cashier. buna the mother of children, at leather strap youuKslera to been a custom she would not beiUK 10 little white headed bedtime she took a and sent all of the bed ; she said this had with her for years and deviate from it on ao- J. II. AUSTIN, ATTOKNF.Y-AT LAW Union lliillcHng Kkhby .... Ohb'w "WILLIAM P WRIGHT, U. 8. DKI'UTV JU'RVEYOK MIN1NO KNlilNFKlt AM) DKAl'LillTSM AN 0th St., north ol Josephine Hotel. Uhanth 1'ahs, - Ohkuon. PRKI) MKNSCH U. S. 1)KPUTY SllKVF.YtUi Surveys promptly aad aivurakdy made. Leave orders at Courier ollice. J. E. PETERSON (PIONKKH) FIRL, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE REAL ESTATE nut lliir Horn ltasni Land V iiiiuiik- Anchor Wlcc Fciv. Co., count of a funeral. He said that one day as he was riding past a log cabin iu a big clearing he saw a little old man 80 or 00 years old run around the o irner of the house crying. Supposing something awful had happened he tied bis horse to a pile of rails aud weut to the door. Iu the house sat a mau much older than the other uioud ing shoes He asked him what caused the little old man to cry. "Why," said the shoemaker, "the little devil sassed his grandfather and I had to lick him." He said that out iu Ore Ron at 80 aud DO yerss of age they were just little devils. I can well remember also what he said about the productiveness of the soil. I do not remember the exact language, but the sabaUuoe of it was that In the Fall ot the year at hog killiug time it was a common custom to out off the tails of all Ihe hogs killed and stiok them iu the grouud aud go back there the next Fall and kill a big, fat hog off of each tail I wa young and was iven more credulous then than now. At any rate these stories, which I folly believed, gave me the Oregon fever, and my mother said though I could not read, I would get a history of Oregon which we had aud look at the pictures for hoars and talk about Oregou. When I first came to Oregou I ohauged about a good deal trying to find Hawk Johusou's Oregon and but for the long rainy, muddy. Winter, Yauiliill couuty wonld quite fill the bill. I have never found the exact spot, but all things considered Jonephine county iu the vicinity of Grants Pa.s and that portion of Rogue River liia: & Construction Co. Estimates and bids fustiished on Ditches, Duius, Bridges, Tunnels, etc. Office, Room 3 Masonic Temple. g W. J. VVJMEK t. V.llev bxtweeu Ash laud and the foot Prim. In the mean- Diils of the Siskiyou moontaios comes time. Jeff A lieu loaded hia Winches-, as near to it as I ever expect to ter and the netghbcrM stood behind' Tf Biivd could have lie would Jelt. Unihti established -s have attempted t oTTT lotlle, III w tial J I xlit pnt them off of the TiichTcaiw lbeliee he GRANTS PASS. ORKGON,; would have l- piece of "the Allen riting. enriching a sii-foot grauite at tins For County Surveyor. I hereby announce that my name will be placed Joeeptiine before county at ' . ,. . ... . . . election. April w. "lr t Pass ; women wbo were ever toremoei K. 1M i.Kral use ao date for uomiuation lo charitable metho,Ui for the good of knocked oot the grip. FRFD His. tieitbluuder audone which proved fatal tohiiu was to publish to the Courier under the non de"pluui"of "Allworth" some criticisms of some ladl of Oranta i Pass: women who were ever foremoel Ihe voters or the prln-ary ; of the most estimable uai TV J ' vnvn rvKru thottvrn. H'c.'.cm sowc 't t'em w o Clotie-a Grip Quickly Knocktd Out. "Some weeks ago during the severe Winter weather both my wife aud my self contracted severe colds which speedily developed Into the worst kind of la grippe with all ita miserable svmptoma, A av Mr. J. 8. Kgleston of Mapel . Lauding. Iowa. "Knees aud Joiuta aching, muscles sure, head stopped up, eyes aud nose ruuuiug. with alternau spella of chills and fever. We began using Chamtw. Iain's Cough Remedy, aiding the same with a donble dose of Chamber lain's Stomach and Uver laoieu, ana toon completely Sold by M. J L ELAND : z . Lelaud is still here; so is the mud. Miners are happy aud everyone else should be. Some people here are improving their ioultry by importing full blocd Plymouth Rock roosters. The irood ciiizeus of Leland are oruanlxiug a Sunday school of which everyoua wishes theiu well. People are late with their garden planting owing to the raius which we are gettiug, but not enough for miners. F. H. Davis, the oldest man on Garve creek, S years old, has kidney tronble and is only able to be around. The Leland school is progressing nicely under the management ot our vety competent teichur, Miss Jessie L. Scovill. Mrs. Gertrude- Davis Wrig'it of Grants Pass aud Mr. Charles Ve ter ling of Stn Francisco, were marritd the lHth iut. iu Portland aud are now residing there where Mr. Vetterling has tmployiuent at his trade. The weathei has been quite oloudy with spells of sunshine the last eok. The frequent showers help to keep up the springs so the farmers will have plenty of irrigating water dnriug the Summer. Everyone anticipates plenty of chickens for the season to come as Geo. Chapiu has installed a new 50 horsepower incubator and should he have 4io bad luck such as floods, tires, faniiue or draughts we will have chickeus by the score. We are all listening ever day to hear the cheerful sound of a sawmill whistle as well as the droll Chucking of an automobile on the way to Port Or-' ford aud later every oue is planning a pleasant outing to the coast in Cur ry county by el ctrio line. We tee a correspondent from Hugo writes for the Courier. We are won dering it it is old frien I Dick. The correspondent gives pleuty of personals but pleaxe give us tome solid uewt. Write up the couutry and if you i ha'n't good land for emigrants to fettle on, seud them over ou out side of the hilL We can show plenty of. good laud, red or black, no granite. We are glad that the county court has at last settled the question as to which paper hat the largest circula-: lion in Urauts Pass. The public has been conviuced for a long time that the Conner was iu the lead by a big majority. Wide-Aw-ike. To Cur a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quin tne 'lahldts. Druggists refund money if it fails to care. K. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. Soo, mmk via Miss China Lee You soon will see Is just as neat as she can be. The reason why You soon will spy: CHI-NAMEL is her old standby. CHI-NAMEL is a liquid finish tor floors, interior woodwork and furniture that is far superior Ut any other made. It is used by the Chinese to Rive that fine brilliant finish to their bamboo and other wares, which withstand bending and banging, without cracking or mar ring the brilliant and glossy finish. It comes in all the hardwood finishes, such as Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany, Rosewoid, Satinwood, etc., and will withstand hot and cold water and soap. Wc will boil it in water for you or pound it with a hammer, and will guarantee that what we sell you will stand the same test Hsiir-ltitldl, FOR SALE ONLY BY Hardware Co. Only One Tubular Separator 'e Shan,!,. T,,i...,. o Trr-i ao r separator is THE ON'LY T,J,i.ARlream(.iWator made. TUBULAR SEPARATORS Sw7-K Ca"hatJ1- waist high-a simple fo' c'eara,L.;!ari,lgand the world's record iTU tuming. Let me 6 ou a cataloe. Medford, Ore. Rg"e River Creamery, Grove's TastelessCMTTrW b test 25 years. Aver,,11111 1 OlUC has stood the bottles. Does this record of ma-it Sales , a u tM.i a wc- una ana n u.it i i j.w ... UJ VOU !- . MWWU trt. MrkP, nf