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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. MAY 11. 1906. Count, rtigh and mearurt mrylhinij y u hut." American Grocer. 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 beg for bnsiness, but we answer Telephone calls promptly and give you the best of delivery service. Uhe White House GROCERY COMING EVENTS. May 15, Sunday The Hindoo widow, Baneyee. will tell of the life of women in India, at the Free Metho dist curoh. May lfi, Wedne'dav, 8 p. m. Public speech by Chas. V. Galloway, demo crats candidate for representative in congress. May 25, Friday Grants Pass school close a nine months term. May 28. Monday Special election in Grants Pass school district to vote on $15,000 bond inane to build eight room brick school house. Jane 4. Monday Oregon state and county elections. Jane 18, Monday Annual encampment begins at Grauts Pass of Son; hern Oregon SoMiers aud Sailors Reunion Association. Jane 20. Wednesdav Animal encamp ment begins at Grants Pass of De partment of Oregon, G. A. R. Newman M. E. Church. The pastor will speak both morning and evening. In the morning ho will deliver the first sermon of two on "Christ's Intercessory Praver. " In the evening on "Worldliness. " Snnday school at 10 a. in. Class meet ing at 12 m. Junior League, 8 p. m. Epworth League. 7. Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. in. Strangers aud friends always welcome. Bemeniber that we carry the Re nowned Steinwny aud Knabe Pianos, write for catalogues. Hale's Piauo House, Medford, Oregon. Branch at Grants Pass, Ore., Miss Minnie Ire land, local repif sentative. FANCY CHINA PLATES FOR COLLECTIONS We have just received a 12 doz en Plate assortment which we will place on immediate sale at bargain prices. Don't fail to see them. Rogue River Coffee Market A U BANNARD At the Big Furniture Stote, North Sixth Street, is receiving new goods Almost daily in Furniture and House Furnishing's 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 Paper at your "own price. Building Paper at 25 off usual price. Goods Bold on installment plan. You lose'money by not visiting Bannard's 6tore. Undertaking. ItemTofF'epson5!; , Interest. o Carl Bauglin has taken a clerkship at the Stanley Clothing store. Supt. R. N. Bishop of Greenback the mine, was in town Wednesday. Mrs. Eugene Pearson left Wednesday morning to join her husband at Port land. E. M. Albright was in Grants Pass, on Wednesday from bis copper mines at Waldo. Jas. Dean retorned to Galioe on Monday after spending several weeks at home. H. Wilson of the Leland Mercantile Co., was in Grants Pass Wednesday on business. Alvin Wheeler was here from Med ford a few days this week visiting with relatives. G. W. Finch left last week for In dian Creek to spend some time at bis prospect at that place. C. E. McLane, wbo bas been very ill for the past two months, is again able to be about his store. C. E. Hendricks, after a year's residnoe at North Bend, Ore., return ed to Grauts Pass Thursday evening. Mr. and Mis W. A. Palmer and Mrs. Edith Rehkopf visited the Granite Hill mine one day this week. A. B. Cornell has moved his resi dence from the lot at the corner of Sixth and C streets to an adjoining lot facing C street. Mrs. Claude Grimes of Rosetmrg came up Wednesday evening to visit for a time with her sister, Mrs. Kit tie Grey of this city. Mrs Etta Leveiich of Woodville, came doan last Friday evening to at tend the circos and re'urned on the late train to Woodville. x J. M. Finch of Oroville. Cal., ar rived in Grants Pass Monday to spend a few wseks visiting with his brother, G. W. Fiuch of this city. Henry P. CraniT a student at Palo Alto spent a week with his uncle, T. P. Cramer, leaving for his home at Portland, the forepart of this week. Mrs. Eclos Pollock went to Med ford Thursday to meet her husband who is on his way home from Califor nia, where he went for medical treat ment some time ago. Chas. Meserve received news on Sunday of the death of his mo'her who lived at North Yamhill. He left on Monday for the north. The funeral was held on Tuesdav at Ranier Ore. E. D. Thompson spent a few davs in Grants Pass this week and returned to Wimer for the purpose of wind inn up his bnsiness affairs in that locality. He intends making a trip to Klamath connty to look over the field of enter prise there. Frank Colvig came up from Galice Friday to spend a few days in town, returning on Monday. He has been mining at Rocky Gnlcli until lately but has now turned his attention to the fishing industry and is having very good success. Mrs. Edith Rehkotif is enjoying a visit from her niece. MrB. J. ). Hole, of San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Hole lost all their effects in the recent earthquake in that place. Mr Hole is at present in the East hut they ex- I wet to again make their home in San ''rancisco. Miss Harriet Scovill, editor and proprietor of the Canyonville Echo, spent Saturday and Sunday attending tho Epworth League convention as a delegate from Canyonville. Miss Scovill is doing a good work for Cauyonvile in publishing a live, newsy paper. Miss Chloe McKenzie is taking a three months vacation from her duties In the telephone office. Miss Myrtle Lee is now employed in the office, she being niuht operator. The day operators, lieing Misses Mar.de Kerry, Eva Wimer, Marjorie Mo Doogall and Jennie Huggerth. Mrs. Jos. Wolke entertained her friends at Four Hundred, Friday even ing. Prizes were awarded the first ones being taken bv Dr. and Mrs. T. E. Beard while Mrs. E. C. Dixon and Ernet Lister carriwd off the booby prizes. Refreshments were served anil a most enjoyable evening spent. Mrs. Bertha Goettsche, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Patrick, under went ao operation for appendicitis at Portland last Saturday. On the fol lowing day her condition was so grave t' at it was thought she could not live and Mrs. Patrick was sent for. She left tor Portland Sunday evening but HIGH SCHOOL. NOTES. During the past week the school library has received two very valuable donations: one, the works of Theo dore Roosevelt in 15 volumes is the gift of Mr. Edward S. Van Dyke. The other donation comes from Mr. Robert Glenn Smith, 85 volumes in all, including the World's Great Master pieces in twenty volumes aud a number of valuable books on history and eoonomios. This move is in the right direction. There are many books stored away in closets and laid np on shelvi s that are never taken down by the owners Tbe high school can make good use of them. If yon have such books in your possession that you would like to donate to tbe school library, let it be known to tbe principal or soperin teudent. They will send for them and save yon all transportation ex penses. . . On Thursday, May 5, 1906. the High School was entertained by most in teresting program given by the Second Division Rhetorical Society of the G. P. H. S Recitations were given by Josephine Hathaway and Florence Darnielle. Essays by Russell Drake, Daniel MoFarland and Anna McCar thy, while Alice McFailand gave us very enjoyable original story. Merle Spanlding a character sketch and Kittle Loughridge the High School prophesy, assign intr careers of fame to all the High School students. The last num ber but by no means the least, formed a new feature in our rhetorical work. It was a farce entitled "Tlio Mouse Trap." The role of heroine was com petently Tendered by Ethel Riggs, while George Harper did himself credit as leading man. The minr parts were well taken by Winifred Paddock, Belle Letcher, Dessie Cole aud Lydia White. These programs form a very pleasant break in the routine of school work aud deserve the patronage of all who feel an interest in High School development. Throughout school life, the time looked forward to with the ereatest anxiety aud impatince on the part of the pupils is Commencement the tiina when he must go forth either to euter some higher institution of learn ing or to take his place in the world. It is only fitting aud also customary that such an occasion should be cele brated by some special festivities. The class day and commencement exercises promise to be especially in teresting this year. The class day exercises which will be held in the Opera House on the evening of May 18th, will consist of the following: An address of welcome by Anna May Thomas on behalf of the Class of 'UU to the Eighth grade students who are about to enter the High School and a response by Errol Gilhey, Ora tions on "The Value of Art in Every Day Life" and "The Simple Life" by Dale Williams and Addie Robinson, A History of the Class of 1'JtMl by Olweu Hughes, a member of the class of '0. orations on "The Force ot an Ideal" aud "Iconoclasts'' by Blanche Feidine Btirt Daisy Cole, "the Class Poem by Dale Williams, the Valedic tory and Address to the class of 11)07 bv Addie Robinson and a response by Wilna Gilkey and the Class Prophecy by Helen Clarke a member of the Class of '07. The music will consist of a vocal duet by Nina Paddock and Heln larke and two numbeis by the High School Girls Chorus. On the evening of May 20th, the Baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. C. O. Kecknian at a union s-rv'ce held in the Newman Methodist Episcopal church. The comuii'iice meut exercises will be held at the Opera House on the evening of May 25th. The members of the graduat ing class are Dala Williams, Addie Robinson. Blacche Ferdiue and Daisy Cole. After the superintendent's re port by R. R. Turner, the Address of the evening will le given by Presi dtntP. L. Campbell of the Univer sity of Oregon. The program will further consist of the Presentation of Diplomas by H. L. Gilkey, Chairman of the Board of Education, a vocal solo by Mrs. W. I. Ireland, a song by the Bethany Quartet and two numbers by tha String Orchestra led by Prof. W. A. Henry. when she arrived she fonnd Mrs. Goettsche considerably better and the improvement has continued. Mrs. Chas. Hays returned to Port land Tuesday after spending a week or more with her either and mother, Mrs. Geo. Cramer and Mrs Lnnge necker. On the train she took were Mrs. Walter Hsys and sister, ?n rente from Palo Alto to Montana. Miss , Grace Hays will remain here for some time. Frank Hussey, who had his eye in ; jured tome months ago in an acci dent with dynamite, was obliged to have the eye removed as it was totally 1 blind and the sight of the other eye began to be affected. The operation, which was entirely successful, was perfmed on Thursday by Dr. Fiudley. A twig about three quartets of an inch long and nearly an eighth of an inch thick was imbedded in the eye, blown in by the force of the dynamite. r mrirvTT V AIT. FY Mrs. Fades visited Mrs. Farmer last Tuesday. Mrs. E. W. Shattuck visited Mrs. ! A. Horsey one day last week. Mr. William Van Dora has gone to : Fllensburg. Wash., to visit his brother Charley, who resides there. I Lookout! Picket creek mining dis trict is booming; yon will soon know where Picket creek is located. The Gold Standard Company is bav ' iog lumber hauled to Van Dorn's landing on Rogue Mver where they are going to build a ferry. Mr. Bradberry has returned here and is working together with Mr. Collins on their mining claims aud they have struck very rich copper ore. Mr P. H. Douugan left"" here last Sunday for bis home in Port Town send, Wash., after an extended visit to his mining property here with : which be is well pleased. PROSPECTOR A Brief Record of i Local Events. Chas. V. Galloway, democratio candidate for conrgess will speak in Grants Pass next Wednesday. The Jacksonville local baseball team will play the American Athletic Club at the latter' s grounds in this city Snnday. Groceries and provisions have in creased in price, in this section at least, since the fire in San Francisco, says the Crecsent City Record. Registration books are open again. Be sure to register before May 15, or yon cannot vote without getting six freeholders to vouch for yon at the polls. Hon. W. O, Hawley, republican candidate for congress from this dis trict, will address the voters of Jose phine county on Thursday, May 84, at 8 p. m. A lecture in the interest of equal suffrage will be given on Friday even ing at the W. O. W. ball by Miss Gail Laughlin, lecturer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kenyon and family, who left this place for Kansas about six months ago returned Thurs day evening and will continue to re side here in the future The Kansas climate was a little too severe for them. Frank Litz, from whose right eye Dr. Fiudley removed a cataract two I weeks ago i now able to see and read with that eye after having been blind for mora than a year. Mr. Litz, i whose home ia near the Calumet miue, j is nearly 75 years old. Don't forget that we sell the cele brated Ludwig Pianos on the easy ! payment plan $25 first payment and , from tl up per month at Hale's Piano House, Medford, Oregon. Branch nt Grants Pass. Miss Minnie Ireland, i local representative. The IT. S. Civil Service Commis sion will hold an examination for the position of Forest Ranger, May 14, , l!K)tl, at Portlaud, Rosebnrg. La Grande and Prineville. Examination ' for Forest Supervisor will be held , same day at all large cities iu the state. C. W. Evans, the miniug man ot ' Aehla d, reports the sale of four cop ! per lode mining claims for the sum of i $10,00u. The four claims are situated near the Takilma smelter, 40 miles 1 west of Pass Grants, and are owued by J. H. Keal and Chas. E. Phillips ot Ashland. Genuine Summer weather has been experienced by Southern Oregon : people during the past week and a tew of the days have been rather too ' warm for comfort. It is, however, too early in the leason for continued hot weathtr and there will be cooler ; weather and refreshing rains before Summer begins in earnest. Drs. Douglas & Douglas have leased the Pigney residence for a term of years and will begin at once re modeling it for a hospital to beopeued for business June 1. Dr. Anna Douglas will be l he house physician, a position for which she is well qualified, having operated a hospital for a number of years in Butte, Mont. The G. A. K. and W. R. C. are ar ranging a program for decoration day. May !i0, and have also arranged for memorial services on Sunday, May 27, which will he held in the Newman M. E. church with sermon by Rev. C. O. Beckrt.au. John Patrick, Then. Mott and H. B. Alversou are the G. A. R. committee in charge of the ar rangemeuts. Owing to unsatisfactory arrange . nients as to procuring coke, tho I'a- : kilma smelter will not begin opera tions until about July 1. The teams of the Mclutire Transportation Co. will in the meanwhile be taken to Klajiath connty where Capt. Mclutire has a big freighting contract and will return when the Takilma Smelting Co. is ready for the freighting of coke and matte. Norris & Rowe's circus was here on Friday and attracted an enormous crowd from all portions of the connty. They gave very interesting and satis factory performances. Au accident occurred in the forenonD, one of the lady riders falling from a camel in the camel race aud sustaining quite severe injuries. The performing bear got into a mix-up with a boy and severely mangled the youth's trousers before the keeper could effect a res cue. Wallace, the young son of County Clerk 8. F. Cheshire h id the misfor tune to break one of the bones in his right forearm recently. The fracture was the result of a fall sustained while climbing about the timber of a new building which is being built near the Cheshire home. The boy's parents at first considered the hurt to be a sprain ana a nay or two eiapseu before the increased swelling aud pain in the arm demonstrated the more serious damage. The Colvin brickyard began brick making on Monday under the manage ment of Henry Colvio. Three briok yards are now operating in and ner ; Grants Pass and the brick famine which bas been prevailing sinos the I first of the year will soon be re I lieved. The Woolfolk yard has a kiln now burning and the Mensch I yard will fire kiln in about a week ' and half. As the prospects are good for a brisk building season in Grants j Pass this year tbe yards should have ' good long rocs. I Though 81 years of age, Rev. I. D. ! Driver, D. D., prominent divine, and ' accounted by many as Oregon's lead 1 Ing student of theology, has purchased 32 acres of land six miles south of Albany, and will superintend the , work of making a model farm. Dr. Driver paid 110,500 for the property. Tbe aged minister says be will per sonally diret the development and improvement of tbe property, and ex pects to bave not only a model farm, but a paying industry. He recently sold 140 acres of laud in the suburbs I of Euene,Jwheri he formerly resided. 1 for 117,000. SOME BARGAIN POINTERS! News Notes From the Business Mem to R-eivders. Lawn Mowers, new stock on hand at Cramer Bros. New Shirt Waists. Prices cannot be met at Mrs. E. Rehkopf & Co. Hoes, Rakes, Spades aud other gar den tools at Cramer Bros. And still I am insuring and selling real estate at tbe old stand. J. E. Peterson. Have vou boiurht vonr Plunot .Tr garden tools? If not get them at iramer Bros. New Spring goods arriving every dav. AU tbe latest novelitina nt Mn E. Rehkofp & Co. 4-6tf Dr., W. F. Kremer will hereafter be in hifl (lfflnA In th Pnnriar hntl.linn from 7 to 8 o'clock eaoh evening. S-9tf The ladies of the Newman Metho dist Episcopal church will serve a chicken pie dinner on eleotion day, Jnne 4th. i Saw mill anrt lnmW vrl talviMpf 3per day; woodmen, 3.25 to (3; steady work. Apply to Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon. 4-20 tf The little 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John White, who live two miles beyond Woodville died on Thursday from the effects of drinkinst carbolic acid. The parents did not know that the aoid was in the house but the little one discovered it some how and drank it. Hie mother, at tracted by the child's creams, dis covered its plight aud sent her 6-year old daughter for the father at the mine where he was working. He went immediately to Woodville and telephoned to Grants Pass for a doctor but the child died just after the physician arrived. The death was caused by suffocation from the e (Toots of the acid on the throat. H. S. Wynant bronchi somo samples of rvo, vetch and clover to the Courier oflice this week that were grown ou some of Josephine couuty's granite soil, without irrigation. winch shows what can be grown if the ground is only put in proper shape. Mr. Wynant has nine acres in olover from which he expects to get six tons to the acre this season. It was sown about a year ago and is now over two feet high. The rye is about six feet tall, and the vetch, sown with the rye, is over two feet high. Mr. Wynant plans to sow 25 acres more to olover this year. He has stock to which he will feed the most of his hay this year. Mrs. O. M. Rexford of Knbll. who fell from a high bridge with a horse aud buggy last week, continues to improve, though those who view the spot where she went over consider it almost miraculous that she was not instantly killed as the fall was no loss than 25 feet. The horse, frightened at a hole in the bridge left by a broken plank, ran backward, cramped tne ouggy, smasnea the railing and ran the buggy off the bridge where it swung vertically in space. The horse tuen made a desperate ellort to keep its footing ou the I ridge, actually pulling off one nf its shoes in the sciamble, but finally full over back wards. The boggy swung under the bridge and full bottom side up. The top of the buggy, which imprisoned Mrs. Rexford during the fracas, pro tected iiur iu the fall. The horse foil across one of the Bills of tho bridge and was instantly killed, its neck and back being brok-n. Here's a Secure ns 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. Wo've snapped in every sort of good thing in Suits, Hats, Shirts, Underwear, etc., so that everyone could se lect something becoming. You will find no bankrupt, shelf-worn, out of date goods among our large assortment. Every thing is new, clean and up-to-date. We offer a big line of Golf Shirts, the dollar and dollar twenty-five kind for 75$, Mexican Hats for 10$; Genuine Panama Hats for fS.OO; Five pair of 25 and 35$ Men'sFancy Tan and Black Hose for $1.00. Geo. S. Calhoun Go. Outfitters to Boy and Man. 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 styles ' and designs. We have a well selected stock of patterns, and are always glad to submit an gesti mate. We can also give you figures on Plumbing and Sewer Pipe. Cramer Bros. 0U1 Fellows' llloelc Pattons Sun Proof Paints. Garland Stoves. Presbyterian Church. Next Lord's Day will have attrao- tions and things of proflc for the wor shippers who gather in tnis oburoh from week to week. At the moruiug worship Mr. Hughes will discuss the subject "Throe Degrees of Apprehend ing Truth: Intellectual, Emotional, Vital." Thoughtful people have their attention called to this import ant and timely theme. In the even ing At R i,'n1rwlr tho tlAat.tlfnl Cnlnt. "David, the Shepherd Boy" will be renoerea unuer tne mrectorsnip of U. O. Kinney and with Miss Palmer as nrsanist. If will ha a vurituKla - n ..... W . .v.. WW W 1 II vh nival of song, and all are advised to ur iiruuipwy ou nine in orner to se cure a good and comfortable seat. A cordial and hearty welcome awaits all who attend this nlinrnh atrunoura and travelers being especially' invited to inane it tneir cnurcli borne while in town. -lauHiTMj nwiUi'UV UVVUlirjII UU Thursday in which Mr. Teters, whose u nurin iinin street, was severely injured. He was driving with a team and hack but had stop- pea aim was standing In front or the team fixing some part of the harness when the horses became frightened and started to ruu. Mr. Teters was knocked down by the neck yoke and was dragged quite a long distance, lioinir flimllv rim nv.. tiw ... - ...... ..j ..... ' ' nj 1 1 ' I 11 L n 11 and vehicle. His bead was badly lacerated and cut and his limbs were, severely bruised where the wheels rau over him. His injuries, though pain- rui are pionamy not serious. Good Rule