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J K i ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. MAY 4. 1906. f Count, weigh and meanirt everything y it hul." American (Jneer, Are offered in all lines these days The White House Grocery bargains have merit in quality as well as in price. Our Chase & Sanborn TEAS'and COFFEE are sold on quality alone (no prizes with them.) Seal Coffee. 2-lb cans 75c One of the best Java and Mocha Coffees on the market, sold by all leading grocers in the United States. Ask for a sample of 20c Coffee. You will find it better than most of the 25 and 30c kinds. Our 25c grades are hard to match. We claim to sell the finest Gun powder and Japan Teas in the city, BURNETT'S Extracts, used and endorsed by the U. S. Government, are to be found in our stock at a lower price than those of inferior goods so much advertised. Remember we do not send men out to solicit or bee for business, but we answer Telephone calls promptly and give you the best of delivery service. X5he White House GROCERY COMING EVENTS. May 4, Friday Norris and Rosre how. Mav 5 Saturday Candidates most file their certificates of Domination before this date. May 5, Saturday Joint teachers in stitute at Provolt for Josephine and Jackson rountieg. May 9, Wednesday "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at opera house. May 15. Sunday The Hindoo widow, Baneyee. will tell of the life of women in India, at the Free Metho dist enrch. May 2fi, Friday Grants Pass school close a nine months term. T" May 28. Monday Special election In Grants Pass school district to vote on (15,000 bond issue to build eight room brick school house. June 4. Monday Oregon state and conuty elections. Jane 18, Monday Annual encampment begins at Grants Pass of Sod; hern Oregon Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Association. June 20. Wednesdav Annual 'encamp ment begins at Grants Pass of De partment of Oregon, G. A. R. Newman M. E. Church. Sunday will be the great day of the convention. At 11 a. m. Rev. M. O. Wire, D. D., will preach. In the afternoon at 8:30 there will be the Sacrament of the Lord's Snpper. At 8 Prof. A. R. Sweetser of Eugene in Oregon University, will speak, illns trated by stereopticon. Sonday school 10 a. m. Epworth Leagne 7. All strangers and friends are invited. FANCY CHINA PLATES FOR COLLECTIONS We have just received a 12 doz en Hate assortment which we will place on immediate sale at bargain prices. Don't fail to see them. Jxiniyt lie's Rofrue River Coffee Market o A.U. BANNARD At the Big Furniture Stote, North Sixth' Street, is receiving new goods almost daily in Furniture and House Furnishings Also a very large lot of WALL PAPER se cured just before the big fire at bottom prices. A large lot of old stock Wall Taper at your own price. Building Taper at 25 off usual price. Goods sold on installment plan. You lose money by not visiting BannanTs store Undertaking. Items of Personal ' Interest. Mrs. Will Johnson, a former resident of this city but now of Portland, is here this week having been called by the illness of her father, J. E. Eerie; . Mrs. James Patrick, who Las bean visiting at the home of J. E. Kerley of this city, returned to her home in Ashland, Wednesday, on receiving : word that her mother was very ill Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. L. A. Niel, of Ashland, came down Monday for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dean, Mr. Niel being brother of Mrs. Dean. They returned home Thursday. M. Trimble visited his brother, James and other relatives here this week, on bis way from Smith River to Bridal Veil. Or., were he will work for his old employers, the Bridal Veil Lumber Co. Mrs. Edith McGregor, formerly of this place and who was In San Fran- ciso at the time of the earthquake was in Grants Pass for a few days this week, visiting relatives, and left Wednesday for her home at Cresent City. The social given by Azalia Circle Monda nisht was quite a success. both financially and otherwise. A good program was rendered, after which dancing was indulged in by the young people and a most enjoyable evening spent by all present. Mrs. E. A. Holmes left for San Jose, Cal. , Wednesday morning to visit her sister who was in the recent earthquake which wrecked that city. Mrs. Holmes will also visit her parents who live near that place. Her sister may return home with her to spend the Summer. New Home Sewing at the Musio Store. machine agency The Hen is Relegated. The science of poultry raising has so developed that it is no lobgcr profit able to have a hen put in large part of the best laying season of the year in hatching and raising a brood of chick ens. The up-to-date poultryman now has a machine to do that work and does it better and more economically than biddy and leaves egg bnsiness and produce thrible the number that her not distant ancestors did. A practical demonstration has been given In egg batching in the snow j man a BOtne f the loading stores window of Cramer Bros, hardware j here. He now holds a responsible store that clearly proves that the Pet-1 position with the Wilson Mercantile aluma incubator will hatch a larger j Company at Leland and he had a cot percent of eggs than the average hem. J tBe n furnished and ready for his Of a batch of 97 eggs 91 strong, healthy bride and they took the evening train chioks were prodnced last Friday and i or their home, going with the hearty Saturday. Of a batch hatched three wishes of a host of friends in weeks previous 35 chicks were had jjjig city. from 40 egzs. The Petaluma incubator : ' is exceedingly fi tuple to operat" and i ; BORN. with reasonable ore will hatch a ELLISON In Grants Pass. May 1, chirk for almost every egn placed in it. The prloa is so low that every poultry raiser can afford to have one and the cost for oil and the time to care for it is so little that the operating expense is hardly noticeable. The many farmers who have bought the Petalumi incubator and found it a profitable in vestment is proof of the superiority of the machine over the hen in chicken raising. Cramer Bros, have just re ceived by special order, the largest incubator made, having 504 eggs ca pacity. Presbyterian Church. The usual services and worship will j be conducted during the day. Mr. ; Hughes will have as topic the follow- ing 11 a. tu. "A Millionaire Who i Also a Fool 8 p. m. Historical Lecture on "Na than Hale: Revolutionary Spv and Patriot-Hero." As special features, musically, the choir will render the following: Anthem "The Led isKing" .Choir Anthem "Tarry With Me, O My Savior" Choir To any or all of the services of this chnrch there is always a cordial and hearty welcome, for the public. DOMESTIC TROUBLE ENDS IN A SHOOTING i Edward Williams Takes a. Shot at W. D. Harrington Inflict ing Slight Wouud. A shooting scrape Wednesday night was the outcome of toe domestio troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil- jamgt au(j W. D. Harrington got a bullet in his right thigh, making a severe flesh wound and bad the missile gone a little deeper it would have sev ered an artery oi crashed through the bone and then Harrington might have died from its effect. Harrington came np town and had the wound dressed and later Sheriff Lewis and Patrolman Woldridge learning of the affray went to Williams' borne and arrested him and pat him in the county jail. The ex amination took place this Thursday af ternoon before Justice Clements who placed Williams under 91500 bonds to appear at the July term of circuit court on a charge of attempted man slaughter. The facts as shown by the evidence were that Harrington had come to town from the Granite Hill mine where he is working and called about 9 p.m. at the residence of Hollis Nutt on I and Mill streets where Mrs. Williams Is stopping, to deliver a mes sage to her from her sister. They went for a walk down the street and as they were on the sidewalk near L. C Brown's house on I street, Williams overtook them on a wheel and quickly dismounting and drawing a rsvoler fired three shots at Harring ton. The first shot struck Harrington in the thigh and the other shots missed him as he was by that time doing seme rapid running. Mrs. Williams fled to a reBidenoe and Williams went to his home not knowing that he had shot Harrington until the officers came to arrest him. MARRIED. DONLAP CORON At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Ooron, in Grants Pans, on Monday, April 80, 1906, Otto K. Dunlan and Miss Jessie L. Coron, Rev. C O. Beckman officiating. The bride is one of the most popu lar young ladies of Grants Pass and is a well educated, capable, young lady who will make a wife well worthy of the man of her choice. Mr. Dnnlap formerly resided In Grants Pass and was a successful and popular sales- lOOfi, to wife of Arthur B. Ellison, a daughter. CAUSLEY At Wilrtervil'e, April1 20. 1908, to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. i Causley, a son. ( DIED. j TUFFS At his home in this oily, j Saturday. April 29, 190R, James P. . Tuffs, aged 81 years. j Mr. Tuffs had been in failing health j for some time and for several days prior to his death it was known that ' he could not recover. The funeral 1 i was held on Sunday from the Toffs' residence on D street and the inter- meut took place at the old cemetery north of town. The services were under the oonduct of the Masons, of which fraternity the deceased was an honored member. A yery large con- coarse of the friends and acquaint-! ances of the deceased attended the j funeral. Jas. P. Tuffs was a native j of Maine. He settled in Southern ' Oregon near the present site of Grants I Pass in the early '50's and has since resided here continuously. He was married to Margaret Croxton, a daughter of Thos Croxton, another of the earliest settlers in this ronnty. During his long I residence here he hns always been known as a man of strict uprightness and nnosaally sonnd judgment. He hsa'alwaysljeen a' man of influence and no name is more closely connected than his with the history of this portion of Southern Oregon. He leaves his wife and five children living: Jas. T. Tuffs of Springfield, Ore.; Mrs. Lydia IVan and Miss Minnie Tuffs of Granls Pans, Mrs. CIibs. Sessions of Lakeview and Mrs. L. M. Kane of San Francisco. TKEFKTHEN At the familv home npr Holland on Fridav, Aprl '!7, 11MM1, Charles Trcfethen, aged year". 1 months and two (Iiith. The fnn rul was held at Ki-rby were the interment took place. The services were atteiid"l lv a large number of friend., of the d.'retist-d slid many floral tributes were placed nn the grave. Sir. Trefethen was a son of Mr. Bnd Mrs. Charles E. Trefetheti well Known pioneers of Illinois Valley and he was boniJTaudXraised near the fiirm upon which he died. He was a young man of good lialilts,'oTinlr among'his ac quaintances and of much promise for a life of niccess. Hn had been ill for overra year witb a complication Jof tronWes and was operated on inJPort ,ud f-li Ut f-llcd ia set relief. OCOCOOOCOOOCOOOOOCOOOOOOQ jj A Brief Record of jj Tbe Grants Pass baseball team went down to defeat at Medford Sunday, tbe score standing 11 to 6 in favor of Medford. The Medford Tri bune says that if the Grants Pass boys had brought their baskets along with them the result of the game might have been different. A. Lempke, who for several year past has conducted a saloon on West G street, has sold his building and bar fixtures to tbe Weinhard Brewery Company of Portland, and will retire from the liquor business. Tbe build ing has been put in good repair and tbe old dingy front given a oeaient ooating and made to look like stone work. F. W. Schallhorn has rented the building and will reopen the sa loon. Mrs.- C. M. Rexford who lives on tbe Applegate near Kobli was serious ly injured on Monday by an unfortu nate accident She had taken her lit tle girl to school in a buggy sad on the road near the school house there is a bridge over a deep ravine. The horse backed tHe buggy, with Mrs. Rexford in it, off the bridge a drop of some 20 feet. The horse was killed by the fall. The extent of Mrs. Rex ford's injuries were not known at the time of oor information. THE PRESBYTERIAL MISS0NARY SOCIETY Leld Interesting Session in Grants Pass Last Week Good Addresses. The Presbyterial Missionary Society of Southern Oregon met with the ladies society of Bethany ohnrcb on Friday, April 27. There were nine visiting delegates present. Mrs, Clyde of Ashland, president of the organization, called ths meeting to order at 10 a. m., giving as the key note of the meeting ' 'Saved for Serv ice." Mrs. Prescott, president of the local society, welcomed the visitors and expressed the pleasure Bethany church felt in being hostess on such an occasion. Mrs. Wilson of Ashland re sponded to this in a few well-chosen words. The morning session was taken up ltigely with reports from officers, and local societies and the eleotion of officers for the ensuing year. In the'afternoon, among other good things was an addrts by Mrs. Hayes, who came from Portland as special representative of the Pacific Board, and a pajier by Mrs. Prescott on her work in Utah. Interest centered, how ever, in the Round Table discussion on Model Missionary societies, Mes dames Clyde, Wilson and Caldwell of Ashland, Mrs. Haskins of Medford, MissFrazer, Mr. Ferdine and others giving practical " and helpful dis cussions. The address of the evening was given by MissFrazer of San Francisco, a home mission'worker who represents the national work of the Woman's Boards, on Mormon Ism. Mrs. Wilson gave a reading which blie had to repeat in response to a gen eral request. Mrs. Ireland's solos, and the singing of the male quartette was enjoyed by all. At noon,'a'dainty lunch was served In the church parlors and a social hour pleasantly spent in renewing old friendships and forming new ones. This society meets annually and the report of the year's work was enoour aging. New fields 'have been entered for the coming year and the society adjourned witb fresh enthusiasm for service. HERE NEXT WEEK UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Big Double Attraction With Their Own Solo Band and Op eratic Orchestra. That favorite grand old historical drama, " I'ucle Tom's Cabin," which is always welcome by )1 true Ameri can pt'ople and' endorsed by ttie pulpit and penpli of every nationality, will he presented st the opera house on I n-'it Wednesday, May 1), by Keeson j ISros. Big Double 1'wle Tom's Cabin j cotnpauy, presented by a first-class ; company of white mid colored artists, numbering ','.. This company, which has been playing to crowded and de lighted amlieuci-s, carry a complete outfit, consisting of fjiwinl scenery, iiectrical effects, a pack of Sibi-rlin ! l loodliounils, etc. i Pla.no Lessons. Mitts Ethel Palmer has returned from Sin" Francisco where she sttiditd'tin- (i. r Hugo Mniii-fehlt, the most eminent teacher on the Coast. She will rece iva a limited uumlier of pupil. Send the Courier to your friend, to he can learn the facts ii regard to the t. -.... r r:.. SOME BARGAIN POINTERS News Notes From the Business Men to Readers. Lawn Mowers, new stook on hand at Cramer Bros. New Shirt Waists. Prices cannot be met at Mrs. E. Rehkopf & Co. Hoes, Rakes, Spades and other gar den tools at Cramer Bros. And still I am insuring and selling real estate at tbe old stand. J. K. Peterson. Have yon bought your Planet Jr. garden tools? If not get them at Cramer Bros, New Spring goods arriving every day. All tbe latest novelities at Mrs. E. Rehkofp & Co. 4-6tf Dr. W. F. Kramer will hereafter be in his office in the Courier building from 7 to 8 o'olock eaoh evening .2-9tf The ladies of tbe Newman Metho dist Episcopal chnrch will serve a ohioken pie dinner on eleotion day, June 4th. Saw mill and lumber yard laborers, $2 per day; woodmen, 3.25 to $3; steady work. Apply to Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon. 4-20 tf Republican Central Committee The republicans are getting ready to carry on an active campaign in Josephine oonnty for the election of their ticket and to be early ready for aotive campaigning their central oom mittee was put in working order last Saturday. The meeting of the oom miteemen who were chosen at the re cent primary election was held at the office of O. E. Maybee and a perma nent oragnization whs effected. O. E. Maybee was made chairman and C. H Clements secretary. J. C. Campbell was chosen state committee man and Geo. W. Colvig congressional committeeman. The county central committee la made np as follows : South Grants Pass, Geo. W. Colvig. North Grants Pass, C. E. Maybee. West Grants Pass, T. P. Lee. Mt. Reuben, W. A. Clnm. Merlin, A. M. Hammond. Slate Creek, S. E. Robinson. Williams. J. M. Johns. Keiby, David Ayers. Selma, J. Q. Hlatt Althouse, W. L. Babcock. Lucky Queen, J. C Dysert. Placer, F. C. Foss. Wolf Creek, E. E. Dunbar. M Luke's Church. The subject of the morning sermon, Sunday, will be "The Raising of Lazarus from the Dead." The Sun day School and Bible class will meet at 12:16, and the hmir of evening ser vice will be 8 o'clock instead of 7:30. "Tuesday and Friday afternoons, at 4 o'clock, the young ladies' gymnasium class will meet in Castle Hal). Toes day evening, fie Knights of King Ar thur will meet in Castle Hall at 7 :!!0; Friday evening at 7 :80 the Boys' Bri gade will meet in tbe same place. Legal blanks at the Courier office. Here's a Secure hh much stylo and value for the money you spend for Summer clothing as is possible. Our energies have been devoted to the collect ing of a choice line for our particular trade. We've snapped in every sort of good thing in Suits, Hats, Shirts, Underwear, etc., so that everyone could se lect something becoming.1 You will find no bankrupt, shelf-worn, out of date goods among our large as-ortment. Every thing is new, clean arid up-to-date. We ofler a big line of Golf Shirts, the dollar and dollar twenty-five kind for 7", Mexican Hats for 10rj; Genuine Panama Hats for ..00; Five pair of 2o and 3.' Men's Fancy Tan and ttlack lloso for $1.00. Geo, S. Calhoun Go Outfitters to fisiiii Builders' Hardware The building season has begun, and we would! call the attention of home builders to the fact that we can furnish all the hardware for the home in a variety of style and designs. We have a well selected stock of patterns, and are always glad to submit an esti mate. We can also give yon figures on Plumbing and. Sewer Pipe. Cramer Bros. Odd Fellow' lllooU Pattons Sun Proof Paints. Garland Stoves. COUNTY TREASURER CALLS FOR WARRANTS- Funds on Hnd to Pay War rants Protested to .fonuevry 1st. 1903. There are funds in the treasury to pay all warrants protested to January 1, 1003. Interest will cease from this; date. J. T. TAYLOR, Treasurer ot Josehpine County, Ore. April 6, 190R. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) Lucas County. Fank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in' the City of Toledo, County and Slate aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for eaoh and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subesribed, in my presence, this flth day of De cember, A. D., 18Htl, (SEAL) A. W. GLEA80N. Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter nally and acts directly on the blood and mucuons surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., loledo, O, Sold by all Draggist, 75o. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Good Rule Hoy and Man.