The Strength of a
Bank is shown,
1st, By its working capital
2nd, By its stockholders.
3rd, By its management.
THE
First Hatiooal Bank
OF SOUTHERN -OREGON
Grants Put, Ortfoo.
Hm a Capital, Surplus
Undivided Profit $77,500.00
And an additional Stock
holders Liability (un
der the National Bank
ingLaw). .... 50,000 00
Total Responsibility $127,500.00
DIRECTORS :
Johx D. Fry,
P. H. Harth,
J. T. TcFP3,
H. C. Kinney.
R. A. Booth. Pres.
J. C. Campbell, V. Pres.
H L Gilkey, Cashier,
Are you troubled with Bed
Bugs, Ants or Flees, if so
get a bottle of our
SKinnums
Bugine
It will destroy all of these
insects
BED BUGS?
Ever notice one on the wall?
They're plainer than the
handwriting on some.
OUR BED BUG KILLER WILL
KILL THEM
One Large Bottle 25c
Model Drug Store
biore i
acy I
Perscription Pharmacy
NEW STOCK OF
DRY GOODS
AT
McLANE'S STORE
West G Street
Second Block from Sixth Street
At prices that
make bargains.
Palace Barber Shop
BATES & WILLIAMS, Propre.
Shaving, Hair Cutting
Baths, Etc.
Everything nest and clean and a
work Flrst-Class.
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N. E. McGREW,
PIONEER
TRUCK and DELIVERY
Furniture and Piano
Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
motzs PENNYROYAL PILLS
SeJe avnd ratlawbU. trr
k . tmtmm kffiass lr-
V ctmm vigor, bnlh Pl"
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Juggling With Dynamite
Is no more dangerous than to neg
lect kidney disorders. Foley's Kid
oey Cure corrects irregularities and
has cored many severe cases after
other treatment has failed. It builds
ud the wornoot tissues and restores
health and vigor. "I was troubled
with kidney complaint for about two
years," writes H. Davis of Mt. 8ter
lrng. Iowa, "but two bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure effected a per
manent core." For sale by a. A.
Rotermnnd. ' " Zw
'PROPOSED CHANGES IN
TAX LAWS OF OREGON
State Tax Commission Haa Agreed
to Reporton the Subject
Named Below.
Changes in the tax laws of Oregon,
as recommended by the State Tax
Commission to tba oext legislature,
will be designed chiefly for improved
methods of assessing public-service
corporations, says the Oregon iao.
Sooh was the decision of the commis
sion, at a recent session.
. Ibe -alterations which tbe commis
sion will recommend will . follow the
outline as below, and though tbe
members have agreed on the subjects
indicated, their decision is Dot alto
gether Anal and may be changed as
future consideration may deem ex
pedient. The three members of tbe
bodr are unanimous. They are F.
W. Molkey, of Portland, chairman;
E. B. Seabrook, of Marshfield, and
W. J. Laohner, of Baker City.
j Some of tbe obanges which will be
recommended are as follows :
Conntv treasurer to be tax collector
; instead of sheriff.
Connty commissioners to be added
to board of equalization.
Appeal against assessment to be
made directly to circuit court ibstead
of under present iujunotion and re
' view proceedings.
I Methods of assessment to be same
as now, except as to pnblic service
j corporations.
Such corporations to be assessed by
: a state tax commission on capitalized
net eirnings.
The commission to have advisory
! and supervisory power over county
assssorn.
I Wasliiotgou system of collecting de-
' linquent taxes and issuing tax deeds
to be adopted.
State school lands, sold bnt not
; deeded by Btate, to be assessed.
County assessors to certify under
oath that they
cash valne.
have assessed at full
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES.
Miss Olson of Central Point paid us
a visit on Sunday last. Miss Olson
was a '05 graduate.
The ball game between the Fresh
meu and Specials as against the
Juniors and Seniors will be held
Wednesday evening.
Miss Thora Smith, of the class of
'OS has visited the school for a few
days. Miss Smith left for Fort
i Klamath on Thursday to take charge
: of a school.
' On Satoday evening the Y. W. C.
A. gave an entetaininment at the
chapel. One of the best programs of
'lie year was presented. The proceeds
are to go to help the bus fnnd.
The boy's debating society met
Monday evening and dehated the
question. "Resolved, That the Ship
Subidy bill, if passed, would prove
beneficial to our couutry. " Mr.
Benedict presided and decided in
favor of tbe affirmative.
The primary teachers and pupils
gave a very interesting program dur
ing the chapel hour on May Day.
After politely informing the faculty
and students that it was May Day,
the 'acuity and children of the pri
mary department were presented with
dainty May baskets.
Friday afternoon school was dis
missed and students, faculty and all
engaged in an old fashioned cleanup
of the grounds and buildings. Tbe
girls came in their Mother Hubbards
and aprons, while the boys appeared
in their last season's overalls. The
ladies took upon their shoulders the
task of cleaning up the building and
' the gentlemen made things lively on
I the campus. Tbe improvement in the
grounds and buildings is remarkable.
CHAPEL TALKS.
On Wednesday morning President
Mulkey gave an interesting and pa
triotic address on the subject "Oregon
and its Pioneers. " Thursday morning
Prof. Van Scoy made a few remarks
on the care of oor sailors.
Prof Hanby of Central Point paid
tbe school a visit on Friday. He de
livered an excellent address on "The
Value of an Education."
Account Annual National Council
Knights of Columbus at New Haven,
Conn., June 8d to 9th, following rates
will be in effect from Grants Pass :
One way through Portland, and one
way through California, $104.60;
Both ways through Portland, 1 100.05.
Dates of sale May 24th, 25th and 2Cth,
1906. Limits, going June 9th. Final
return limit August 81st, 1906. Stop
overs will be granted in either direc
tion within transit limits west lot
Missouri River or St Paul, also New
Orleans, whenUirooKiiCthatl' ioiiit7
East of Missouri Kiver imnln.fand Sl
Paul.Tlsol east 'of "Ch irao.-or ;St,
Lou is, tickets "will lie good for o-
tinuous passage only. ... . ..
ATjLfCRAiQ, ;.o.;pta:
ROGUE Ri'KR COURIER. GRANTS PASS. OREGON. MAY 11.
Country Merchant's Tale of Woe
An exchange, in speaking of the
mail order business, says:
"Tes," remarked tbe country mer
chant, "I certainly have a snap. The
houses send duns every month, and
draw on me at sight, bat if I send a
bill to a farmer he comes in mad and
quits trading at my store. While 1
am bard op for money, many of those
who owe me are sending cash in ad
vance to mail order houses. If I con
tribute money to any cause people
say I am bidding for trade ; if I don't
they say I am a hog. Each day I an.
expected to dig np for everything that
comes along, from a raffle ticket to a
cburcb fund, by people who claim I
ought to do this because they do part
of their trading here ; bat my friend,
Montgomery Ward neither buys raffle
tickets oor helps the chnrcb fond, and
yet gets the cash in advance business;
bat if I were to circulate a subscrip
tion paper among the wholesale houses
where we trade I would get the
horse laugh proper. If I sell a pair of
shoes I must treat the family to candy
and cigars ; if I buy a load of potatoes
I mast do the same. Customers who
are able to pay, hang on to their
money, while I pay 10 per cent at the
bank to get ready cash. I have a big
business during bard times and poor
crops from people who are willing to
trade with me providing I duplicate
catalogue rices (which I can do)
and wait until after harvest for my
money. My scales weigh too heavy
when I sell sugar and too light, when
1 buy butter. I am a thief, a liar aud
a grafter. If I smile I am a soft soap
hjpocrite; if I don't, I am a grump.
Yes, this is certainly a snap." Aud
then he looked over f."000 worth of
book accounts, all good, and won
dered how he could raise :)o0 to pay a
sight dralt due tomorrow.
BUSINESS POINTERS.
Dr. Flanagan,
Physician and Dentist.
Dr. M. C Findley,
Oculist, Aurist, licensed optician.
Go to Coron for Plumbing.
M. Clemens, Prescription Druav'iBt.
A Gentleman's smoke the Stage
line.
A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak
Ranges atCoron't
Order seals and rubber stamps of
A. E. Voorhies.
For a e'eau bed and a good meal
try the Western Hotel.
Plaoer and quartz looatiou notices
mine deeds, leases, etc., at the
Courier office.
Poultry Netting will keep the
chii kens aud small chicks out of the
garden. You can get all widths at
Cramer Bros.
See H. B. Hendricks for good in
vestments in town or country property
(or paying gold mines) Ave years in
the real eBtnte business. He rents
houses, negotiates loans on good in
vestments and writes insurance in the
Oregon Mutual at "living" rates.
Office on ground floor opposite post
ollice, Grants Pass, Ore
Reduced Round Trip Rates East
ern Points Season 1906.
On July 3d and 3d, August Tth, 8th
and 9th and September 8th and 10th,
1906, Round Trip tickets will be on
sale to points named under the fol
lowing conditions.
Both ways through Portland, to
Chicago, $80.45; St. Louis, $76.45
Milwaukee, $78.65; St. Paul and
Minneapolis, $f8.95; Omaha, Council
Bluffs, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Atch
inson, Leavensworth and Kansas City,
$T8.95.
One way through Portland, and
one way through California, to
Chicago, $85; St. Louis, $81 ; Mil
waukee, $93.20; St. Paul and Minne
apolis, $81.40; Omaha, Council Bluffs,
Sioux City, St. Joseph, Leavensworth
and Kansas City, $73.50.
Tickets will be sold to Milwaukee,
only on August Tth, 8th and 9tb.
Limits: Going, 10 days; tickets
must be used going on date of sale ;
final return limit 90 davs from date of
sale but not beyond October, 81, 1906.
Stopovers: Stoporers will be (rant
ed in either direction within tbe
transit limits, west of Missouri
River, St. Paul, and Minneapolis,
also New Orleans, when through that
point, except that no stopovers will be
permitted in California on going trip.
A. L. CRAIG, O. P. A.
Tht Rkhut Man In tht World
The richest man in the world can
not have bis kidneys replaced nor live
without them, so it is important not
to neglect these organs. If Foley's
Kidney Care is taken at the first sign
of danger, the symptoms will disap
pear and your health will be restored,
as it strengthens and builds up these
organs as nothing else will. Oscar
Bowman, Lebanon, Ky., writes: "I
have used Foley's Kidney Cure and
take great pleasure in stating it cured
me permanently oi Kidney disease,
which certaintly would have cost me
my life." For sale by H. A. Roter
mnnd. In Portland last Saturday noon the
Federal Grand Jury finished its work
ments for land fraud in Southern
Oregon. The names of the indictees
are withheld from the public, pending
their arrest. Distrlot Attorney
Bristol states that this case is the
moat important of any that has yet
devsloped. -
CATALOGUE HOUSES
HAVE NEW SCHEME
Offer to Pavy Big Interest on
Money Depoaited With
Them.
Tbe latest scheme of the big cata
logue houses is to offer to pay farmers
7 per cent per annum on all money de
posited, an alluring rate, which bait
will undoubtedly attract many of the
unsuspecting.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. of Chicago,
is the oonoern which Is now making
this offer, which baa all of the ear
marks of a clever means of increasing
its business with tbe farmer, as well
as to get around tbe new Chicago rule
to charge exchange on all oat of town
checks, says the Interstate Grocer. ,
The rate . offered is one that no
bank can or will offer and a rate
which no concern of the aise of
Sears, Roebuck & Co. would pay in
tbe ordinary course provided the money
was needed to carry on business ac
cording to usual methods.
The ordinary rates charged by
Chicago banks at the present time. Is
from 5 to 6J per cent where the rUk
is snob as would be consistent with
good banking usages. A concern
with the flannoial rating of Sears,
Roebuck & Co. would have no diffi
culty in obtaining money at the lower
figure or even less.
The catalogue houses always adver
tise that they can sell goods cheap be
cause they buy in large quantities
and obtain low prices, bnt in this io
stance they are making a bid to the
farmer which is a direct contradic
tion to their advertised policy.
They claim that they ha mile their
goods on a remarkably close margin
of profits, but they turn in an offer
to pay three times what a sound bank
would offer for certificates of deposit
and fully five times what any of the
Chicago banks would pay on oheckiug
balances.
A feature of the scheme is that
Sears, Roebuck & Co, do not trust the
farmer at all, but compel him to pay
cash for what he buys, but they ask
the farmer to trust them with bis sav
ings. This rate of interest, 7 per oent, is
the highest legal rate allowed by the
state of Illinois aud shows to what
extent the mail order houses will go
to get business.
It is very clear to anyone who takes
the time to look into the plan that It
is purely a scheme to get hold of the
farmer's money and then work him
up to turning it over to the catalogue
house for goods hj can buy at home on
better terms than from the faraway
mail order houfe.
It looks as though the plan might
bs followed by a daily report on each
man's balance and a letter to the de
positor telling hi in that there was a
certain ainouut to his credit, for
whioh the catalogue bouse would et 11
him a buggy and a set of harness.
worth twice (?) the amount of the de
posit in consideration of relinquishing
his right to the money on deposit.
As practicallv all of the banks of de
posit in the country are now under
either state or government supervis
ion, it seems quite likely that the
authorities will take ougnizanoe of the
new move on the part of Sears, Roe
buck & Co. and place the firm under
the same restrictions as are the regu
lar banking institutions.
As a means of meeting this new
scheme, it is suggested that oountry
merchants do their best to find which
of their customers use this new plan
and when they ask for time on their
purchases, deal with them In the man
ner which ordinary business sense
demands.
The fight against the mail order
houses by the retsil merchants is go
ing merrily along and is bearing fruit
every day and this latest scheme shows
to what extent the catalogue concerns
are being driven in their efforts to re
tain the trade which they bave drawn
from its legitimate channel. St. Louis
Furnitore Journal.
Do Net Bs Imposed Upea.
Foley A Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of tbe great
merit and popularity of Foley's
Honey and Tar many imitations are
offered for the genuine. Ask for
Foley'sHoney and Tar and refuse any
substitute offered as no other prepar
ation will give the same satisfaction,
it is mildly laxative. It contains no
opiates and is safest for children and
delicate rersons. t or site oy n. a.
Rotermnnd.
The railroad surveying crew In
charge of Engineer F. D. Brown,
working on the proposed Drain-Coos
brauch of "the S. P.', has begun a sur
vey of'thatportionfyf tlie'lioe from
Drain to the Sawyer iilas a dintaime
offoi "rniWj! the 'maps and plan of
which were dxtroyod iu the rwieut
disaster7at JKrisoo.'Mr.rfirown esti-
mBttn tnat the work will I done in
month. Thy had rwarlmd point a
few mi las north of North Bund.HT
IvOb.
420
Front St.
AT THE SIGN OF THE
BIG FOUR
You can find everything that is NEWEST and
BEST in TEA, COFFEE, Spice, Extracts, Baking
Powder, Cocoa, Chocolate, Condiments and Grocers
Specialties.
4
C.J.G-S.
We hare made arrangements whereby we can 1
continue to give you the same, cup quality in Tea
and Coffee as heretofore.
Phone or mail your orders to us for prompt,
careful attention.
SMYTHES
ROGUE RIVER COFFEE MARKET
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by WATER POWER
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HTHE COLUMBIA HYDRAULIC RAM i. a simply constructed and1
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of raising a portion of it to any desired height It is the farmer's friend in the :
"dry season1 and is indispensable to those owning land high above ditches. It
will furnish water for domestic purposes, even elevating pure water of the spring
by means of the impure or muddy water, as found in some streams. Requires
no attention. Practically no cost of maintenance, there being no parts to get
out of order. A ram will pay for itself in a short time. Every ram installed is
giving utmost satisfaction. We keep a large stock constantly on hand. Write
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Tenth and Johnson Streets
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This daily service is offered Oregon people at
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You have choice of cars, choice of routes and
you see the grandest scenery on the globe if
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MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
i. B. PADDOCK, Proprietor.
I am prepared to furnish anything In tbe line of Cemetery work in any kind
of Marble or Uranite. i
Nearly thirty years of experience In the Marble business wsrrants my taping
that I can fill your orders in the very best manner.
Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede or American Granite or any kind of
Marble.
rent street, next to Green's Qunshop."
PHONE
431
R. R. CM,
P. O.Box
499
PORTLAND, OREGON
Sleepers
POSTER,
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Burlington Route, ajS a
A Stark Sta., Portland. Ora.