V" ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON. JUNE 29, 190fc. ROGUE RIVER COURIER GEANT8 PASS, OBEUON. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. COUNTV JUDGE OF BEN- A BOY BUILDS A WORK- Published Every Friday. Subscription Rates t One Year, in advance, Hit Months, Three Months, Dingle Copies, Stated That Earthquake Stories $1.60 .76 .40 .05 Advertising Rates Fnrninlied on application at the office, or by mall. m.liiiaWM mnA resolutions Of con dolenre will be charged for at 6c per line; card ol thanks 60c . ' aT eT VOOKHIES, PROPB. Entered at the poHtolIice at OranU Fans, Oregon, aa second-class mall matter. FRIDAY. JUNE 29J906. GRANTS PASS LEADS SOUTHFRN OREGON In Pn.iol Receiols. Salary of Postmaster Harmon Revised to $2100. WVTSITS GRANTS PASS' ING LOCOMOTIVE Slopped ImmlgrationJo.Will amette Valley. Does the Work in a Farm Black smith Shop Engine Com plete In all Details. Judge V. ,E. Watters and his wife of Corvallis arrived Id Grants PaM Saturday on short visit with Mrs. Watter's sister, Mr. H. V. Meade. Monday evening Judge and Mrs. Watters accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Meade went to Ashland where they spent the day in that handsome town, backed by orchards and schools, Judge Watters having resided in that city years ago. In the evening they left for their home. Judge Watters is county judge of Benton coanty and a member of the FAVORABLE COMPARISON FOR ENCAMPMENT Post Commander Pike So.ys the One In Grants Pais Equal to Any Previously Held. George Meisaner, a farmer boy. the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Meisaner who resides near Kerby, has the mechanical talent that will in the years to come pot him at the bead of some great machine shop or industrial establishment, provided he keeps clear of the vices that drag down so many bright, promising yonng men. This boy who is bat 18, has bnilt a loco motive, that is now on exhibition at Herbert Smith's store in tbis city, that is complete in every detail and runs as smoothly as any railroad loco To keep pace with the growth of Grants Pass and the increase in the basinets of the postoffice Postmaster G E. Harmon is having extensive al terations made in the equipment of the oflloe. The partitions have been moved to give more working space for bandana the mails and a section of 60 new lock boxes have been installed These boxes have combination locks and do keys are reonired. The lock is a niw design and a greut improve went over those now in use in the office. The combination is simple to manipulate yet imposMiblo to open unless one has the numbers. These txixes cannot be lett'open for shuttitig the door locks It and at the same time throws off the combination With this new section in the ollloe has 07S lock boxes and 800 call boxes mnk-1 ing the Grants Pass office the best supplied with boxes of anv postofline lu Houtliern Oregon. An application baa been sent by Porstniaster Harmon to the Department for an electric stamp canceling and dating uiachiuo. The number of letters to be canceled each day has Income, so large that it la a big job to do it by hnnd. it in uo uncommon thing for the, ollieu to receive ami send out each (lay by the four trains, mail, the onn rural de liver? and the three, slag': linos us high us 10,01)4) letters. That the Grants Pass ponfol)lcn is growing is proven br the htendy in crease in the revenue that it turns into the postal department. For the year ending March Hint, 1000, the receipts of the (Irnnts Pass postolllctt were JllI'iO, while the receipts for Ashland, the next largest ofllce in Houtliern Oregon were till 00 for the same period. On the receipts of the office 1h limed the salary of the post master. These salaries are readjuMcd each Jear and the raise or decrease tnki s otiVct on each July Int. Under the adjustment for tbis year the salary of the t limits Pass ofllcu will be ralt.'d r urn flood to Id 1 00. Ashland I and Iteaehnig have each the same . salary and Increase. Mulford Isi raided t'ruiii flTOO to $!N00 unil Ktii;im from "III) to f'.'.MiO. Conduit tVMti to ; fUOO, CrvuUis fl'JOO to t'.'dOO, Kills-' boro ft. Mill to illillO, La Grande J'.".!00 tol.'lioo, MeMintivillo flsOli to $I(.HH, Portland tllll tn fiOOO, Salem r,W to' 2H0it, .). nction City and ' ! mini, ' IUoi io $i;W), M a r 1 !'. eld, I7i0 to M(H, Gitalin f io ii fllloO. ' iieuon Citv. '. I IVmMelo.i f.'t 0 to i . :.e u .. I t'.'iXHi to J-.'IOO. Si'wri , ''' I ( till T Tl ! I Hi (, l...l ' ,'u 'lOl l too. Hood l'iver, ill the t.l I river li til district, tin ' ' ofllce in Oregon other t'mi . 0"1 , that got a I'.'OO raise, going f:,. i , to flMII. a liecri'ase li Mimrv : and Moro, !n to i 117(H) to liino, I'liicn I Brm of Watters & Ambler, one of the motive. And the wonder is that the biggest real estate firms in the Will amette Valley. Judge Watters closes his term of office next Monday so he conld only make a brief stay bere, bat from what he saw of Rogue River Valley and Grants Pass he was well pleased and predicted that this would be one of the most populous and healthy sections of Oregon. Of real estate business in the Willamette Val ley he said it boomed in the early Spring but the San Francisco earth- boy built it in a blacksmith shop at his father's farm with only the limited tools that such shops have. For the boiler he used a quicksilver tank which he got of a miner. The wheels, cylinders and other cast parts he cast out of babbit metal, and he cast the bell of bronze which has a fine tone. He made perfect whistle and filled op a bead light. The cab and tender are perfect reproductions of those on a locomotive and the en- cowcatcher, running board nnake with the fake earthuuake storv i g'DB naH B fh.t was sent from Grants Pass to and all the other accessories. A the Oregonlan and which was sent ! gKO registers the steam pressure and V.ut t. the AIM Press and ; the boiler Btifely carries DO pounds of Tint in nil natent outside naners. steam. It has revorsinR caused a big falling off in immigra tion from the East. But now that lever and will run forward or back as required. The locomotive measures 40 inches Past Department Commander B. F. Pike and Mrs. Pike who attended the G. A. R. department encampment io this city last week and occupied a tent on the grounds, were so well pleased with camping in the park and with the pleasore of outdoor life in Rogue River Valley that they did not break camp until this Monday afternoon. Tuesday they went to Ashland to spend a few days with friends in that place and in Medford. They will then go to Newport to spend a month at that popular seaside resort. Mr. and Mrs. Pike reside in Moro, : in Sherman county. That county has the distinction of producing more wheat in proportion to its acreage than any other county in Oregon, and to contribute his share to this record breaking wheat yield Mr. Pike has a 1000 acre wheat field near Moro, that : ... - r "i T i i In charge ol ms sod. ait. rise at the recent state election was elected on the republican ticket a joint repre sentative in the legislature from Sher man, GilHam and Wheeler counties, and he states that so far as he knows he is the only member who is a can didate for speaker of the bouse. Commander Pike has attended the last 12 department encampment'i in Oregon and he stated that the one held in Grants Pass was the best of SNAPPY SPRING STYLES IN ALL AMERICA SHOES FOR 3IEN We have received a large shipment of ALL AMERICA Shoes and Ox fords for Spring and Summer wear They can be had in all the latest toes, and in vicl, patent colt and tan. They await your Inspection at $3.50 and $4.00 R. L. Bartlett Howard Building Sixth Street B2 Roiue RJverV alley Flowere. The Courier office has received magnificent bouquet Eastern people are learning that there i over all and is so strong and well ... nn urik.b. In n9nn .otf l.,ru OUUt Uiat On a gOOU irBCB II WUU1U areairain comlnir to the Willamette ! easily pull a quarter of a ton v.ii.. .. ..a .ua ... a . Mr. Meissner beine a lieliever in T a iinj diiu vtirj j; wnjuv no f'u iui a heavv immiaration this Fall. ' potting a boy at what he is best fit Judge Watters stated that Corvallis ' or uot awmpung to niaK.. a and Benton coanty are prospering and fnrn,fir of his "on Ur8. out will a substantial development is being hl,1I' uim to teko 1' 8 mechanical made greater than in any previous vocation. With that end in view the vear. In the receut election the , W recently took a position with county went "dry" and the county Manager Herbert Smith In the Grants will have no saloons after July 1. , t;ld Storage works. After he Kenton, the Judge stated, is oue of wt"-ked tnor awhile the young the banner counties in Onuon for "Jul. will likely enter a railn ad rural telephones that county having machine shop or some similar place, over 000 phonos. This number is be- ing rapidly increased both in Corval- SOUTHERN OREGON MAN lis and the county by the independent companies that control that section, i Connection Is had with the telephone ! system of the adjoining counties and 1 it is the intention of the co operative , componies to eventually ive tele plioniu connection for thu entire, Will' atuette Vlley. of sweet peas from the yard of Mr. and Mrs. H. U Perkine. The bouquet contains more than 30 shades of flowers and they are most perfect specimens. Iu no section of the Paciflo Coast run a greater variety of flowers be grown than in Rogue River Valley and In hut few Eections is such per- them all and he heard many of the j fection of ,ize 00or aDa fragrance at other veterans who had attended pre- j teined ag here The roses here are vious encampments make the same . U)e W0U(ler and admiration of Eastern statement. While the attendance was i vjsitor8 ag Bre Bn ,, other flowering no larger than at the other of the big bn8nea an(j piarJt8 common to the encampments yet the many pleasant i north an(j th(J Bonth of tne United features ot this encampment made it Statet But it is the sweet peas that specially enjoyable to the old soldiers. , njBke the grande9t display. For six The level streets, good sidewalks, , monthg they moom ad with such a the accessible and well appointed j ,,th o( blossoms and delicate odor grounds, the ideal weather and the and both yine and flpwer attaio to a generous hospitality of the citizens or . ldom mva in ot!lt.r 8ections of Grauta Pass were factors in making j tne (.ouutry this encampment a notaclo one in the history of the G. A. H. in Oregon. ! rc.,v, w,nV nt ihr Ccnrier nffice. HEAD OF WORKMEN Hon. Vim. M. Colvlg Elected Su preme Mfvster A.O U.VV'.at Recent Lodge Session. NEW OFFICERS ASSUME I'fwrl ol County Officials liold Over t or Two Y- vrs- County Covin IhnrsdiW. Saloon License Raised. With July 1st comes into effect the new ordinance raising saloon licenses in Grants Pass from 100 to f00i year. By the provision of the ordi nance passed by the council all out standing licenses expire with the ceas ing of the old rate and new licenses must be taken ont by the liquor dealers. Those having licenses that extend beyond Jnly 1st will have re funded to them all of their outstand ing payments. The council will hold an adjourned session this Friday evening to act on applications for licenses nnder the new ordinance and to refund the unearned money to those holding un expired licenses. To whom it may concern, that on and after the date of the publication of this notice I will not be responsible for the payment of any bills ton- tracted by my wife, Emma J. Bej-f no ds. cause of separation, nialiciotik and dangerous threats made by her. H. I. REYNOLDS. CLASSIFIED ADS. GOOD cow at this oh'ce FOR SALE, for sale cheap. M nulay the oiriii'y otl'r at file June i lerti" u will dut'.'N. Ow ip ! the term the otihw, in ' evpjiing foi IS .'he ted nine their f muie ol two years there Will i o'y he n partial ihim.'e ve al the 1 in.; 'l. l Unity .1 i oo i: i i mil r' 11 i j. ! he Will I n in. - i.,i! all I II..OM know ! .1,: , -ol- ui, I Colli IN'lg li 'ii ,! Ill I I. till' J. o. an ,'l ..11 ise ur- Those getting are l.akeview tl'.'OO, Suniptor, ir.txi to uih). Crlrbrntlon Al Plixcer The morning program will tvnuiht of the iinul Fourth of Jul; troubles. pinni r will consist of gmid things served iu picnic s'yln. AFTERNOON SPOUTS. Pony race, boys. Mixed race, hoys ami girls under 12 years. IIorwrane, free for all. Ladies foot race. " 'j Horse race, free for all llrave Cruek horses. "lllKI with n grand I 'irillinir contest "Snorle will I foil. Win. M. Colvi of .Tai-ksou-villo has been elected Sn reti e Master of the A.O.TJ.W. of the United States DUTIES NFXT MONDAY1 a"'1 Ca l,J- n supreum lodge in session in Toronto, Camula, last week. The posit ion is for two ye-.rs ami csr rieH with it a Hiih.itnntial salaiy and the holier of being at the head of the olihwt and one of the larget hi'Tie- fieiarv orders in the world. The duties o! the otlio ' are quite iniiortaiit as the Workmen curry on an insur anee business larger than iiiiy-uf the old line lilt insurance I'uiiip.inii'-, and Mb. Colvig will be required to KiKtiil imicli of his time iu the K.ift for the next two years. ! 'I bis hiu'li turn t colifcired on A!r. j 1'i'lvig by the A (J 1'. W. is well no rile 1 for be I n-, been a hard worker i fi.r ti mill. l'ii;: of i':e order for in i ,T . . !i,n, .Oynirs, aini lo has tilied i eeiy i'.,iti:i in '' c loi al lodge ill .Inek-iiiiv .He ,ii. ! of tb i.'iregen ltoi;, loilkre. . '.it was liit a 1"'., . t Supiiine IjO,l(.e ii ' -'. lire wl','ll time lie bus pns-eil 1 1 i Mgn ill ioi- i i luiirs in tl'tl! dii-lliii 1: d 1" v. j Mr Coivn:. w ' is a brut:. ; :.... W. t'olvig of this citv, is a pioi- r i Sutltllt Tl vNegi . f 'ii. lli lil! :l ., with his pare'iti at t'.. a .e ! ' n 1 years Ironi Ins tmtiw ( wi: f - ville, Hay count, .Mi -j hui. .Vonville, wheie the !iuuii i In Ks: Mr. I'olvig inariied M iTi- niids.-ye. s d -, -Mi r . f C. cp j liir,l.-ovi one i f tin i i im -s ' f lac'; , son I'outilv lot whom Pii Jsee cie k I was uaiiii il -ni t nlfo of l-'rrt llirdeye at the j 'to noil o:' Hird eve ci k and Rogue rivir, mar tbe ptesetit town of Woodville, and where that section of the Valley took refuge during the lu dlan war of Ifoft-tt. Mr. Colrig is a lawyer bv profession and he is one of the leadiug members of the Southern Inqniru ; 6-2!) It ; FOR 3 Al IC ()Jod piuuo for ti0. In quire C'nirit-r ollice. 0-8 tf. j ONE tt.rw -minute driving horse also racing iiirt, H. N. Mitchell, North, nth -'.-"el. ). y ir.-t. 4 27 tf i a sm mm IMS linonto Msec I-nofl mm C. L. OILLETT.f Propr. All Kinds of Flour, Feed, Mill Feed, Hay, Gn Pou!rv Foods.'iEtc. in, SACKS AND HIDES BOUGHT PIANO- f.v.O. Will take good baud Io horse in pari p nnieC: ,ind give time on balance. W. Keene, liartiett's Shoe Si re. Grants Pass, Ore. 0-22 St 1 FOK S LE Heavy pair of voti horses j and Io aw harness and a :i.'.. S.tudo- I bal.er wayon, nearly new. A ilre?s! I'. O. ho. III"., UrautH P.isa. .") 2e tf. Cor. 0th and J. Sts. Grams la&s, Ore. COWS Fi iii SALE milk cows dairies, mid Cn'i i... ii si;. -11 ln ad of choice ; from Smith river are iu lirants l ass, i ad'Iresr Joseph Kus-:t-:!0 tf house, .fi.lj: .I't'Ving fo: r y- hp I'l t i u s to b" S 0 ,'. i Jo .veil. .Ill,l,:. .1. rtlii i i the Court li mi 'ie a i ' 1 l'i, t uoro r.i's, e '. pi ,ii. u;n s t-bat ut In ii,)- utter .oi.iily 1 it is bis iut.en' :o'i to i ! i, u- of t hf ro'inly .n -reiinros a.nl g'.in i v . mil ( 1 1 'O the 'S hoo iperv 0 1,1 i-allill II III I '1 11 T of 11) m.n t'' '11 v.. n: l I t i r ., il li, 'Mg -rvuitf 'tin n ll, , iiiis-. a i .- i -v. Iiis b pui v ami I ting in the pest ill. ,ii,. eh es with look r.i in. !'..- loing ol 'n-r "inlv roit sa; i; two Krs, Fo.hI rt ;i Uox IT. I'd1' SA'.l-i-i , g. . ,i :i TO . 111! l'. I -. ire i. ' t'.i-. ew 5-ri oth In, use and ire and outbuildings, c . Corner Walnut and CLEM E N!S S ELL S BOOKS and DRUGS. GRAFTS PASS ORE. ORAWiE FRON I .1 M .1 I 1 li'O Y tiling. ,-li. P. P :er e; re. ).,,;t. I !, in II Val a'd. It r- of ; , re- i :o tf 1.RT. .SCHOOL OF QRNT5 pflSS (vnducted hv ! rof. Geo. a I a id HI! t t"'ll, ill ter t. ,1 111 ill -III:' 1 tin . : .ink .,' at iii is i;-ii) it. 1 autoali "nrso of ii s(ruction I. 1 i:.. . i ii , . Mus.iua .n, tit-cji u'liii; to ui" iiioiltoi in a k In il brai.clits of hj FOK R'Cr.'i'. , w. fun ' , 'to l. wis .1 f! .ll'SI pll after etii n- sin r, IT. li'ls-'-ll ntly turns Sheriff II 1 S"'llll I.-. It II I 111 n l' 1 1 l' put week fmutli:irt;!ing the dm it s of the ( m., y po;. i in i trakt . i I, .en i . as ,,.,1 . - enth a"ii A si ri i-is ;t .MS n. ;:otf Eiv,etn AtvitU'iiJos. Drawin-, I'ait.ti;,, tociur.1, 'tr. Class Titiii',-- ' . jjj- , tor further artuM;! u-. Tor.iplo, from '.) t. 12 u. i. Oeil'.' im Arflii- M.iiOiiici Hi; U'.M .'i l.ioiii !n i Cor. ,"i'). iit-i I s'lei'ts. Pan j v ami I nth, o, w.ll i t watir. - al K Mu rr, 6ih i ml haml sore. fi 1 tf eomluil, cmiiiilT ilwsignaleil to Illustrate 'he ml Supt - . . E-..i,rlli nf . ilk- ..mvil I mUTHininv i'l w . ... i-. v .j to the inhabitant of Mars. Purses for " the above contta will be as literal as the poverty of Placer and the generosity of ;its citteus will permit. By request of Comuilttee. The best advertiser patronize the Courier. oftii'e. Krnest Lister who retires as deputy flier id will take charge of the oflleo work for his father, Kd Lister, in the management of the bitter's Orants Pass and Cresoeut City stage line. Countv Cotiimisslone.- C. F. I.ovi'laoe ot Wilderville relires from ollice after two terms to he succeeded r,,on by M. A. Werti, of Shau creek. Ur. ( T. K. Heard sms eeds Dr. W. II. Flau- Poultry Netting agati as coroner. S. P. Chenhire sue- Cramer Uros. ceeds himself as county clerk, he having la-en elected for a eocoud term. lVputy Clerk T. P. Judsou will continue to act in that capacity. D. J. Law ton succeeds 11. I. Reynolds as comity inrvevor. Poth IViunty Asseasor V. II. Kalliu Lincoln Savage have two year to serve before their terms will have expired. iu all widths at Pine commercial Courier ollice. printing at the New Home Sewing machine agency at the Mtnio Store. The Courier, one months, TJ cent. year $1.50; six F. A. PIERCE Merlin, Oregon Breeder and Dealer in REGISTERED and GRADE ANGORA GOATS Correspondence solicited. A few Registered Bucks for sale. WANTED. PLAIN SK.MNO wanted by Mrs. M. K. Lorimer on Main street near Oak. at ; WANTKD drain Sacks, Tools and ' other second-hand goods. Harrison 1 Bros., Second baud-store, corner Sixth and J street. 2-tf tf WANTKD Man to take contract to dear 40 acres of brush laud oue. : half mile from Grants Pass. Soil is loose ud brush csn lie pulled with a team. Will let eontract for from 10 to 40 acres. Enquire at Courier Office. 6 9 -U CLOSING 4 Si Lir SITUATION WANTED. LOST. LOST At the demit, Tuesday night ladies hand satchel. Kinder return to this office and receive reward. 1 6-32 2t FOUND. FOCND Boys and girls coats on streets of Grants Pass. Call at Courier office, describe property, pay for ad aud get them. 6-15 U MISCELLANEOUS. FRANK BURN KTT Upholstering, mission furniture made to order. Wo oflcr our entire line of Dry Hoods, con sisting of Muslins, Prints, Challies, Lawns, Dimities, Table Linen, White Goods, Ladies' Waists, Skirts, Ladies' and Children's Furnishing Goods. Millinery, Notions, Etc., At Cost. Trices in some lineselow cost to close them ' out No article is reserved this is a genuine sale to close out lusiness. Your purchasing at our store means a great savmg to you. We invite you to visit us and be convmced-our prices were never made in Grants Pass before. Mrs. E. REHKOPF & COi 1 t