ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JULY 27, 190b.
' THIS IS THE
.BATCH.
That you Bend
away for and pay
$11.75 cash. We
are closing them
out at
$7 50
We have watches
from $1.00 up.
AT
.Paddock's:
Bicycle Den
East of Depot.
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GRANTS PASS
WALL PAPER and
PAINT SHOP
W.P.Sharman and E.F.LeMieux
SOUTH SIXTH STREET, NEAR J
Full stock of Wall Paper all designs
quality and prioes. ,
Paints, Varnishes, Oils. Brushes
ra'i vrt rtW innr'-M.
Mall orders promptly filled.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chapin were
io town last week witb a load of pro
duce. Mrs. Chapin was selling hen
fruit.
Our warm weather has disappeared.
Now the weather is comfortable for
the working man, with a nice sea
breeze. People are about through witb
their hay, which is a bin crop.
A good many miners from Lower
Grave creek w re in Leland last week,
laying in their supplies as this is a
central location for this district. Our
hotel is drawing a big trade. Some
miners would go to the stores and buy
orackers and cheese for their dinner:
that now has changed, meals fit for a
king for 25o at Leland.
Ed Light is doing a good business
in the bntcber line. Plenty of fat
cattle in this vicinity. When the
grass dries np in the valleys then the
oattle go in the near-by hills where
there is good feed. Plenty of cows
here for a good creamery but not
enough enterprise. The people resort
to raisiog oattle aud hay ; m good deal
of poultry is isised on Grave creek
and at the present time eggs are 35
cents a dozen. . -
We have no sickness to report as we
have as healthy a oonntry here as can
be found on the Pacific Coast, also as
pretty girls, good school bouses, taxes
are low as 1 the railroad company
land helps pay a big portion of the
taxes aud as this part of the country
is well watered it makes it profitable
stock country with the light Winters,
We raise as fine apples here as Hood
River or Rogue River, in fact this
vicinity can be called Rosue River
oonntry as it is nearby with rich, fer
tile valleys and braoiog air.
Jack Einey was in our burg last
week. He is engaged in developing
a quartz ledge on Wolf Creek. Jack
showed us some of the rock from the
ledge. It was one-eighth gold and
came from a seam in the rock. The
whole ledge carries high values. He
will erect a mill io the near future.
Jack is like a good many miners, he
has to work out to get a grub stake
then work in the mine. There are
several good ledgis on Wolf Creek but
the owners can work them only
part of the time, having to go to work
for expense money.
WIDE AWAKE,
valley he would think it heavy hay
aud then be wonld get lost sure.
j JUMBO.
HOW TO RAISE CROPS.
WITHOUT IRRIGATION
Palace BarberShop
BATES &j WILLIAMS, Proprs.
Shaving, Hair Cutting
Baths, Etc.
Everything neat and clean and a
work First-Class.
E. A. WADE
Dry Goods, Underwear,
Notions, Etc.
Front Street
west Palacel hotel
GRANTS PASS, OREGON,
Havt you money to Invert,
property to be cared for or estates
to be managed?
Will your health, time and
private attain permit you to
manage them properly and
profitably?
You may have fhe collective
wisdom of experienced men to
the management of your Inter
ests U you consult this Company.
It also recelvee dcpoilti
subject to check, and aavtaci
accounts from one dollar up,
paying current Interest thereon.
Acts as trustee In all property
relations requiring such services,
burs and sells bonds, eflects col
lections, lends money.
In many other ways It can be
of service. Call or write far fret
ptmpbld setting forth the scope
of Its operations.
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147 Wash. 5t Powtlamo Qpp
irvi.aoe,iMOoqycrv
Expla.nek.tion of Iho Campbell Sys
tem of Dry Land Farming
System A Success.
PROTOLT
LAUltEL OUOVE
The Murphy mil is still idle.
Mr. Haberman aud sons are through
haying.
J. L. Williams is cutting and haul
ing bay.
William Bunch had some fine oat
hay baled last week.
Wardie Hyde and Roy Reed have
been haying for H. T. Day.
Walter Farra and family were
visitors at Provolt last Sunday.
Everybody enjoyed themselves
hugely at the picnic ou the 4th.
Mrs Emily Day is improving very
slowly from her recent sickness.
Lumber hauling is on in full blast
and ve scribe is among the list of
teamsters.
Fred Knox is starkiug hay; his
crop beipg so largo that his barn will
not hold it.
Walter Farr- is about through hay
ing. At this cutting he has put up
about 85 tons.
S. Provolt and John Berry passed
throufgh our bnrg last week en route
to Grants Pass.
Seems as though we had ought to
have a creamery started by this
time. Why not?
Charles Swinden and Arch Bunch
have their flume and dim completed
and are mining proper.
Ed Swinden and Theodore Payae
started out for the Summer with
their hay baler last week. i
Williams Bros, have their lumber
yard almost stacked fall and are get
ting short of room at present.
Well here are some items from
Laurel Grove again. Have been so
bnsy haying that I did not have time
to do anything but hay.
Charles Oglesby was seen on our
streets last Saturdy night aocom-
ranied by his girl going to Chauey
creek to the dance, he said.
8. C. Ribbler has left our burg for
more congenial climes. We wish him
much success at bis new work and
hope to bear from him again through
the columns of the Courier.
Ye scribe has been hauling hay on
Mr. Provolt's place at Provolt and
must say that he has one of the best
ranches on, the Applegate, aud one
of the best water rights from the
ever flowing App'egate river. He
had about CO tons of hay the first
cutting and would have had more
had it hadjbetter care. If Wide Awake
could see the big hay stacks in our
There is a renewal of the interest in
dry farming" in semi-arid disrticts
that is, districts in which the an
nual rainfall is from 10 to 15 inches
and Mr. Campbell and bis methods
are once more being talked about As
to these methods, all that can be said
is that in theory they are simple, aud
in practice rather diffioclt They in
volve the substitution of labor for a
certain amount of rainfall, and labor
being more oosty than rain, the profit
of production lis less. On the other
hand, however, land which can be
farmed only in this way cost) much
less than that whose rainfall is abund
ant, or which can be irrigated. So
that upon the whole it is believed
that these so-called dry lands are not
excluded from competition. Crops are
produced upon them nodi it ii
claimed, at a profit if the work is well
done. Mr. Campbell himself states
the oaBe as follows:
First Catch the rainfall and store
it where the roots of the plants can
reach it.
Second Keep the soil always fine
and loose.
Third Have a firm, solid founda
tion nnder the soil a bottom to hold
the water.
The careful regular application of
these principles in farming will pro
duce at least three times the results of
ordinary farming, and often four and
five times the results.
Store the rainfall in the soils by
keeping the surfaoe of the ground al
ways loose, which stops evaporation.
It is impossible for moisture to rise
to the surface through loose soil aud
that leaves the ground in the best
condition to receive the next rainfall.
Thus you can make 14 inches of rain
go as far as 25 or 30 inches in raising
all kinds of crops, plants or trees.
We do not lose any of the rain we
havo the full benefit of it. We keep
it stored where the roots of the plants
can reach it when they need it.
Stir the soil with a revolving disk
and then goiog over it again aud fill
ing np the farrows. We call this
double disking." It pulverizes the
soil and levels it off. We keep going
over it again and again. After every
rain we stir up the soil, either with
disk or an Acme harrow. Finally
we plow seven inches deep in the or
dinary way aud follow the plow
with a subsurface packer a machine
which makes a compact, solid bottom,
four inches from the surface under the
loose soil. Then we go over it again
with the Acme harrow so as to keep
the top soil loose and pulverized
After working the soil for a year in
this way by what we call "Summer
tilling" we put in our wheat, either
in the Fall or in the Spring, as is
usual. The first year we do not put
in any seed. We simply keep stirring
up the soil so that it will remain
loose and pulverized, and after one
year of this sort of cultivation three
crops can be grown in succession
without renewing the tilling.
Thos Lew man was at Williams
Monday on business.
Charles Fields made Grants Pass a
call Thursday with a load of beef
which was readily disposed of at 8
cents.
Wide Awake, just stay where yon
are, for Leland is growing and the
people of Provolt like to hear of
their old friends through your items.
The weather here at present is very
muoh cooler than usual but still very
warm daring the day. The extremely
hot weather of last week damaged the
crops to some extent. Where there
was no water and also where water
was nsed vegetation was scalded and
died out in the low places, otherwise
crops are line.
We regret to learn that L. W,
Smith, the Provolt merchant and
blaoksmltb, and his wife are going to
more to Grants Pass where they will
go into the restaurant and lodging
business. Mr. Smith is not able to do
hard work and will not bo for a long
time by reason of a trouble for relief
of which he had an operation per
formed some time ago at Grants Pass.
Ths party of picknlckers which
spent Sunday on Powells creek was
composed of 16 young folks ol Pro
volt and Laurel Grove. They had
prepared a fine dinner at home
which was served at the picnic
grounds Speaking and singing was
the pastime for the forenoon aud the
afternoon was spent at playing games
and singing. A jolly time was had
whioh will be long remembered by
those present The party hopes to
take another trip to this beautiful
Powell creek valley and mountains
again in the future. Powells creek is
a Summer resort of itself and a place
of pleasure. It contains a beautiful,
clear sparkliug stream of cold moun
tain water which ripples over the
rock cliffs and boulders aud is full of
speckled mountain trout of many sizes.
It is also in the hunting belt where
deer and cougars are often seen. At
this plaoe was where the Fields
brothers captured and killed four
cougars last Fall and sold them in
Grants Pass.
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Send the Courier to your friend, so
he can learn the facts in regard to the
famous finuue River Valle.
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The Strength of a
Bank is shown ,
1st, By its working capital
2nd, By its stockholders.
3rd, By its management.
THE
first Rational Bank
OF SOUTHERN OREGON
Grants Pass, Ore iron.
Has a Capital, Surplus
& Undivided Profits J77.500.00
And an additional Stock
holders Liability (un
der the National Bank
ing Law). - - - 50,000 00
Total Responsibility $127,500.00
DIRECTORS :
John D. Frt,
P. H. Harth,
J. T. Terrs,
II. C. Kin net.
L. B. Hall. Pre,
J. C. Campbell, V. Pres.
. II. L Gilkey, Cahier.
Spiced Fruits I Pickles-
Are fine relishes with meats.
One of the main requisites
in making those good things
for future reference is the
spice.
It must be pure, strong and
pungent.
Our Spice List contains
both whole and ground
Black Pepper,
White Pepper,
Thyme, Majoram,
Sage, Savory,
Mustard, Mace,
Nutmogs, Ginger,
Cinnamon, Cloves,
Allspice
and Cayenne Pepper, ground
only.
Our Flavoring Extracts and
summer dessert supply de-
partment is full up. .Quality
Al.
SMYTHE'S TEA & COFFEE MARKET
420 Front Street
Phone 431
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A Hard Lot
of troubles to contend with, spring
from a torpid liver and blockaded
bowels, unless yon awaken them to
their proper action with Dr. King
New Life Pills: the pleasantest and
most effective core for Const! patlon.
lhev nreveot Appendicitis and tone
up the system. 25o at all drug stores,
A. O. V. W. Adopts New Laws.
The following three important
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measures were adopted oy me a. u,
U. W. grand lodge at its recent ses
son in Portland:
Resnlar monthly assessments will
be levied on members instead or ir
regular ones, as heretofore. Begin'
ning October 1, 11)06, regular monthly
dues wSU be the- order of the A. O.
U. W.
A brother and sister are now added
to the list of possible beneficiaries of
a deceased member.
In addition to the decision for blen
nial sessions hereafter instead of an
nual ones, an important law was en
noted, which allows the reBdmission
of delinquent mf-inbers and the ad
mission of new ones up to the age of
fi5 Tear, instead of holding to the
45-year age limit as now. Such ad
missions, however will be on the level'
assessment plan only.
Artesian water may be found in
Eugene. While drilling a well for
Mr. Anderson on hie lot at West
Thirteenth aud Charnelton streets
Thursday afternoon G. W. Taylor en
countered a vein of water which came
to the top of the well and overflowed
for three hours. As the drill went
further down the flow oeased but at a
deoth of about 70 feet the water was
within six or sjven feet of the snr
face. At the time the water over
flowed the drill wai down only about
40 feet. Io is believed that if the
drill Is sent down tar enough a good
supply of artesian water may be
found.
Your Liver
is out of order. Yon go to bed in a
bad hamor and get op with a bad taste
hi your month. You want something
to stimulate your liver. Just try
Herbine, the liver regulator. A posi
tive cure for Constipation, Dyspepsia
and all liver complaints. Mrs. F.
Ft. Worth. Texas, writes: "Have
used Herbine in my family for years.
Words can't express what I think
ibout it. Everybody in my household
ire happy and well, and we owe It to
Herbine." For sale by National Drug
Store and Rotermond.
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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 for
floors, interior woodwork and furniture
that is far superior U any other made.
It is used by the Chinese to give that
fine brilliant finish to their batubooand
other wares, which withstand bending
and banging, without cracking or mar
ring the brilliant aud glossy finish.
It comes in all the hardwood
finishes, such as Oak, Walnut,
Cherry, Mahogany, Romwo-kI,
Sutinwood, etc., and will withstand
hot and cold water and soap.
We will boil it iu water for you
or pound it with a hammer, and
will guarantee that what we sell
you will stand the same test.
FOR SALE ONLY BY
Hiiir-Riddlo Hardware Co.
She Tried Fivt Doctors.
Mrs. Frances L. Sales, of Missouri
Valley, la., writes "I have been
afflicted with kidney trouble five
years; had severe pains in my baok
and a frequent desire to urinate.
When riding I experienced much pain
over the region of the kidneys. I
tried live physioans without benefit
and then concluded to try Foley's
Kidney Cure. After taking three
$1.00 bottles I was completely cured
For sale by H. A. Roterinund.
The Smile
that won't come off, appears on ba
by's face after ooe bottle of White's
Cream Vermifuge, he great worm
medicine. Why not keep that smile
on baby's face. If you keep this
medicine on hand, yon will never see
anything else but smiles on his face.
Mrs. 8. Blackwell, Ok la., writes
"My baby was peevish and fretful.
Would not eat and feared be would
die. I used a bottle of White's Cream
Vermifuge and he has not had a sick
day since." For sale by National
Drug Store and Rotermund.
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often unsurpassed facilities (or tht ek-
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largest and oldest Ladies' Seminary In the Paclte
Northwest, It enjoys a national reputation lor Isa-
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ing and developing true womanhood. Equips
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by State Authority. Interference with convictions
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It Ideally located, amid inspiring scenic advan
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announcement booklet. Hoard and tuition $190 per
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PORTLAND, OREGON, U.S.A.
Has Stood the Test 25 Years.
The old, original GROVES' Taste
less Chill Tonio. Yon know what yon
are taking. It is iron and quinine in
a Ustelei form. No cure, No pay.
MX;.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half LMHUon
bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50&
Enclosed with svery bottle b a Ter Cent, padtogs of Crow's Black Koot Uvyr PUB. 51