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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1906)
Count, weigh and mtamrt everything hui." American (Jroeer: To bask in a cool, shady nook dflr ing this hot weather and more so if the lunch basket is well filled with good things to eat. Early PEACHES now in the market, also Good Cooking Apples, Pie Cherries, Cucumbers, Black berries, etc. All kinds of Lunch such as Baked Beans, Goods Salmon, Minced Clam, Sweet and Sour Pickles, Sliced Beef, Sliced Ham T5he White House GROCERY COMING EVENTS. July 28, Saturday Meeting of the Grauts Pass Fruit Growers Union at the Courier office at 3 p. m. sharp. August 8, Wednesday Semi-Annual examination for teachers in Jose phine coanty at the court house in Grants Pass September 8-8 Farmers institutes and fruit growers meetings in Josepine county, places not yet selected. September 5. Wednesday Regular session of oonnty coort. September 34, Monday Ciroait court for September term convenes. For Fire Insurance The U. F. R. A. of McMinnyille are the cheapest and have 13 years standing without a peer in Oregon for settling fire losses. That tells the tale. Don't be deceived by other gents who have selfish motives. In no event will it cost yon more than the standard stock companies charge per annum. H. B. HENDRICKS, -Agt Grants Pass, Ore. 7-27 tf Prescriptions THREE THINGS Honesty Accuracy Intelligence Are a part of every prescription we fill. The doctor doesn't write them down with the other ingredients because of tacit understanding that they are to go in always, and he knows that they will go in when you bring his order to us. Model Drugstore Front Street. WWVWWWWWWWWVWWWWWVWWKWMWWWtS A U BANINARD At the Big Furniture Stote, North Sixth Street, Has Just Received Another Car of Furniture Of which he will advise more fully later. Besides this a large and Lace Curtains, Lounge Covers Have just come in from the East Come in and see them. Also another ship ment of Axminster, Velvet and Brus sels Rugs. All at prices below Portland or other large cities. sun nsiMmiantM : Items of Personal j:, - Interest. Howard Mitchell went to Klamath Falls last week. Mrs. Otto Dunlap of Lelaad, came op Saturday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Ooron. Miss Roth Dean, who bts been visiting Ashland friends for the past three weeks, returned borne Sunday. A. B. Cornell returned Monday from Jacksonville where be had spent a conple of days on business at that place. Ralph Dean returned to Grants Pass Sunday, from Ashland, where he as sisted in the orchestra during Chautauqua. Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Tait., of Lakeport, Cal., arrived here Saturday to visit with Mrs. Tait's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Chiles. O. W. Holmes, day baggage man at Grants Pass, left Saturday for Gold Hill to take the position as assistant depot agent temporarily. Miss Oro Willson, who has been at Ashland attending Chautauqua the past week, retained to her home in this oity Saturday evening. JDr. C. W. Becom, a dentist of Cres cent City but fonnerlyjoftbis city arrived in" Granst Pass Tnesday on his way to a California mineral spring Dr. Maude Kremer, who has been in Grants Pass for the past three weeks, visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Kremer, returned to Port land, last week. Lester Williamson left Friday for Berkley, Cal., his former home, where he will live with his grand mother and an auut, and will attend school the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. James Tolin, who have been visiting their parents for the past month, returned to Santa ' Cruz. Mr. Tolin is superintendent of the S. P. Ry. steel bridge work. Rev. F. W. Carstens of Medford oc cupied the pulpit at the Baptist ohurch last Sunday both morning and evening, he and Rev. J. B. Travis having exchanged pulpits for the day. J. W. Howard went to Williams Wednesday where he will spend some time with his family who are spend ing the Summer at Mrs. Howards parents, Postmaster and Mrs. David Johns. Mrs. C. M. Rummage, of Grants Pass, a cousin of Miss Bena Snelling, arrived yesterday afternoon for a few days' visit with Miss Snelling and other relatives in this city. Albany Herald. Hon. and Mrs. R. G. Smith, of Grauts Pass, were in the city for a short time yesterday forenoon- and left on the bay train for Newport, where ' they will enjoy an on ting. Albany Herald. Mrs. C. E. Coffman returned home Tnesday after a six weeks' stay in Pnrtlnnd with w Aanahr Mia. ' Myitle Ireland. Mrs. Coffman spent a few days with relatives iu Eugene j before returning. Miss Pausy Wilcox, who has been : visiting her parents in this city for ' the past month, left Monday morning . for Portland, to reNome her duties as bookkeeper in one of the business houses at that place. ; Fred Wilcox, the night baggageman at the depot, went to Roseburg Mon-1 day morning to take the physical ex- amination required by the Southern Paciflo Company. He returned to Grants Pass Tuesday morning. at Holland and' one of the best In Josephine county, was in Grants Pass Monday. Mr. Hodgden stated that considerable development work elegant assortment of Portieres and sjiSjSjiSjSjs. aw ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JULY 27. : was being done on quarts claims in , the Sucker creek district and that ; the miners were having most .en couraging success. j Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Swagerty came . in Thursday from Williams Bros, mill near Murphy to bring their daughter, 'Mrs. B. Hamilton and her children : to take the train for their borne in Spokane, after a visit of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gigler, who con duct the G street bakery and con fectionery, have bad a handsome cot tage built on Fourth and H streets, the work being done by M. T. Utley and J. Harper, and the first of this week they moved into it Mrs. Charles Potter left Tuesday for her home in Starback, Wash., after spending a month in Grants Pass on a visit to ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Swain. Mr. and Mrs. Potter were former residents of this city and he is now conducting a meat market in Starbuck. Fred Croxton left for his home at Portland Friday after having spent the past two weeks here looking after his property Jnterets. While here, Mr. Croxton, through W. L. Ireland, sold bis house on B street and Gilbert creek to Mrs. J. Pardee. Geo. E. Howland, the present tenant, will remain in the house for another year. Dr. W. H. Flanagan went to Port land Friday to accompany home Mrs. Flanagan and their daughter Wini fred and Tuesday they retnrned to Grants Pass. Mrs. Flauagan had been in Portland for several weeks where she bad an operation performed. She is now fast regaining ber strength and is able to be about bnt it will be some time before she will fully regain her health. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Cramer re turned home Saatrday from their Sea side and Portland trip, not greatly impressed with Seaside as a Summer resort, as there are no natural attact ions aside from the ocean itself and t),e hotel accommodations were not even np to the oidinary. At New port, however, there are innumerable natural attractions at a short distance from the town which afford very pleasant side trips. Mr. and Mrs N. G. Bates aud Mr. Bate's brother, O. F. Bates, from Montague and the latter's wife, will leave Tuesday for Steamboat at the foot of Grayback mountain for a 10 days outing. Mr. - and Mrs. O. F. Bates will arrive in Grants Pass Sunday from Montague. During the time that Mr. Bates is out of the city his partner, Charles Williams, will have charge of their barber shop and with the aid of an assistant accom modate their patrons. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Green, now conducting a general merchandise store on North Sixth street, will move their stock of goods to Provolt, where thev will engage in business. They have arranged with S Provolt for the erection of a building at the forks of the Applegate and Williams I roads and they expect to be occupying . " fcy the 'ast Augnst with their store. Mr. and Mrs. Green are encr- K?i strictly reliable aud as they will have an advantageous location will be certain to secure a good trade for their store. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lister and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lister got back Tues day from a two weeks outing at the coast. They first went to Cretcect City, but the weather being cold and fo8Ky 'hey only spent two days when they came back to Gasquets. There they found a delightful canip- 8 Place on amith river, me Ois- nce wa iast s"rt'Rt enough from the ocean to avoid the logs and raw i winds, yet to give a bracing air tnat was very refreshing and the party i were able to enjoy the pleasures or camping to the fullest extent J Georgo von der Ilellen. son of i I Hon. H. von der Hellen, of Wellen, 1 i Jackson county, was in Grunts Pass Wednesday aud arranged with Mana-1 ger A. C. Hoofer to be arsayer at the ( Mt. Pitt so soon as the new mill is j put in operation, which will be with io a month. Mr. von der Hellen j 1 graduated this year from the State j Agricultural College taking the course ' in chemistry and assaying in wbioh i he attained a high standing. He Is an industrious young man .or good i habits and a close student and he : should make a success in his chosen j vocation. Gordon Land, a well known mining j engineer who has made Grants Pass ; his headquarters for the past two years, left this Thursday with Mrs. ! Land for Oroville, California, where 'they will take up their residence. : Mr. Land has been for some time near I Oroville In charge of some extensive : mining operations for a California company and as be will be there for some months yet be thought It best to jmove tothat place. While resi- ' ileuta of this"city," botk Mr. and Mrs. ! Land made many warm friends who regret their removal yet give them their best wishes their new home. for prosperity in A Brief Record of Local Events. H. C. Perkins returned Wednesday from Ashland where he had spent a couple of days making the survey of some mineral claims three miles west of Ashland. Joseph Hill, who operates a paying plicermine on Jacks creek, a tribu tary of Jump-off-Joe, has reoently completed a handsome .six-room cot tage on 11th and M streets and last week moved his family into it. A meeting of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union will be held this Saturday at 3 p. m. sharp at the Courier offloe. It is expected that every member will be present as there is important business to transact The Lindburg Photograph Co., wbioh baa been taking ontaide views in town and surrounding country for the past six weeks, left Monday morning for Gold HilL The com pany is composed of thorough gentle men and they understood the photo graph io business. George Creed made final proof Mon day on his homestead, which is lo cated on the Applegate above Wilder ville, before U. S. Commissioner Arthnr Conklin. His witnesses were 0. F. Lovelace and J. C. K. Mo- Cann. Mr. Creed has his dace well improved and had no 'difficulty in making his final proof. A part of his land is deep red clay and he is plan ing to plant it to fruit Louis Loesch, one of the largest hop growers of Williams Valley .was in Grants Pass Tuesday. Mr. Loesch has 85 acres to hops and he stated that the vines had made a big growth and the prospects were now certain for a big yield. As the outlook is good for at least a fair price Mr. Loesch is greatly encouraged iu bis venture. He thinks picking will begin the last week in August and he is now engag ing pickers. Sheriff Russell sold a bunch of eight fine milk cows to George Mathew son, who has a large dairy ranch on Sucker creek and who is a half owner In the Illinois Valley Creamery. Mr. Mathewson came to Grauts Paes Fri day and Saturday he started for his place with the cows. This bunch is the last of a large band of cows that Sheriff Russell purchased sometime ago in the famous Smith River dairy district in California, and wbioh be has sold to Josephine county farmers. Thos. F. Cooke, who for several months past has been with the Con dor, Power & Water Company in charge of the inigation department in making contracts for electrio power pumping plants, left Saturday for New York to be gone for several months. Mr. Cooke will spend a conple of weeks in New York after which he will take a trip to Europe. While In the East Mr. Cooke will present to capitalists some land in vestment proposition of properties in this connty that he represents for the owners. Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick have re- -eiveo a lener siauug tneir aaugmer, Mrs. A. C. Goettsohe, has so far re covered from the operation performed on her six weeks ago for relief from appendicitis and the relief of a tumor, that her husband will be able to bring her home and they will leave Port land Sunday evening and arrived In Grants Pass Monday morning. Mrs. Goettsche is gaining in strength and she has every prospect of fully regain ing her health. Mr. Goettsche is a fireman in the employ of the Southern Pacific and at the time be had to take his wife to Portland he got a change of run and has been rnnning out of ! Portland on the Sheridau branch. N(!Xt week ne wlll resume his run thia div.Blon. Work was begun Tuesday by the Water Company in laying the new and large mains that are to be placed on the principal streets. Six car loads of pipe ranging in size from fl inch to 13-inch have been received and will be used in relaying the mains. The land has been bought upon which to locate the new pump ing station at the White Rocks. The building will be erected this Fall and the pnmps aud machinery moved to it from the present station below town. As the new station will be a half mile above town there will be no more chance for complaint that the intake Is in a dangerous place. To provide a reserve supply of water for the city and to afford a chance to settle the wster to remove the sedi ment during the Winter season an other reservoir will be built this Win. ter adjoining the present ooe. WbUe water la being drawn from the other one will be filled and the water al lowed to settle. With all the im- nrovements completed that are now , planned for by the Water Company Grants Pass will have purer water ' and more of it and pressure sufficient ' to give good fire protection. Cook your fruit in Btranskjfwere, Isold by Cramer Bros. 1906. SOME BARGAIN POINTERS New Note From the Business Men to tVendera. Dr. FlAnikoikn. Physician and Dentist Dr. M. C Findley, Oculist, Auriet, licensed optician. Go to Ooron for Plumbing. Hammocks at Cramer Bros. M. Clement. Prescription Druggist. A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges atCoron'i Order seals and rubber stamps of A. E. Voorhles. Sun-proof Paint at Cramer Bros. For a e'eau bed and a good meal try the Western Hotel. Fine Fishing Tackle at Cramer Bros. Maps of Oregon Washlnton and California at the Musio Store. New Shirt Waists. Prioes cannot be met at Mrs. E. Rehkopf & Oo, And still I am insuring and selling- real estate at tbe old stand. J. B. Peterson. Placer and quarts location noteos, mine deeds, leases, .. eta, at tbe Courier offloe. Ice Cream Freezers at Cramer Bros. Send your family washing to tbe Steam Laundry. All rough dry work 26 cent per dozen. Phone 873. New Spring soods arriving everv day. All the latest novelities at Mrs. E. Kehkopr & Co. 4-6tf Camping Outfits at Cramer Bros. Dr. W. F. Kremer will hereafter be in his offloe in the Courier building from 7 to 8 o'clock each evening.3-9tf An ice cream social and dance will be given by the lady Maocabee at the Woodman Hall Thursday evening, August 2. 7-27 It Winchester, Marlin ' and Savage Rifles at Cramer Bros. Your clothes oalled for and delivered and all flatwork that goes through the mangle washer, ironed at 25o per dozen. Grants Pass Steam Laundry. Phone 873. Now is the time for all good bus! ness men and oottage owners to insure against fire in the Oregon Fire Relief Association, with H. B. Hendrlckst agent for Josephine county. Offloe opposite P. O., Grants Pass, Oregon. 7-27 tf Fruit Jars at Cramer Bros. Don't be dnped by transient optical grafters bnt patronize your home optician and get a square deal. Alfred Letcher, Jeweler, on Front street is the only one in Josephine county who has a registered certificate from the Board of Optometers of Oregon, a list of which can be seen at his store, so get your eyes tested and fitted properly by calling on him. Charges very reasonable. M. C. Mnuson of Roseburg and M. C. Davis of Wolf Creek, both Con gregational Sanday School Mission aries, were in Grants Pass Friday on their way to Selma, where they wi 11 do some work in the interest of the Sunday schools of thor denomin ation. Charles Smythe and his mother Mrs. J. G. Gamble who have been conducting the Rogue River Coffee Market on West G street have so in creased their trade that larger quarters were required and they have leaded the large storre room to the Kesterson block uutil lately occupied by Mo Lane's drygoods store. The line of goods will be largely increased and patterning after one of Philadelphia's finest stores the new store will be known as Siuythe's Quality Shop. In aidition to a full line of the finest coffees, teas, spices, r to., a fine stock of Chinaware will lie carried. A complete line of samples will be car ried of the celebrated Havilaud Chinas by which selections can be made for orders. The plan is to make Hmythe's Quality Shop the finest coffee and China store in all Southern Oregon. J"ri SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS The Grants Pass Bulletin It is illustrated with half-tone cuts of scenes in the Rogue River Valley and is full of descriptive matter. It Will Cost You Nothing. Just bring or send the names to me and I will mail it free of charge. W. B. SHERMAN iTheSReal Estate Merchant List your property with me and I will advertise it in tbe BULLETIN lree of charge. HIS LINE BROKE Such will not be the case if you buy from our fine stock of Fishinn Tackle Split Bamboo Rods from $1 to $8 each. Camping Outfits, Guns and Ammuni tion. : : : Cramer Bros. CHURCH NOTICES. Newman M. E. Church. The Rev. G. L. Burbank, pastor of our ohurch in Central Point, Oregon, will occupy the pnlpit in the morning. In the evening union services in the Baptist ohurch. The Sunday school meets at 10 a. m. Class meeting at 12 m. Epworth League at 7. A cor dial welaome awaits you. , Presbyterian Church. 10:00 A. M. Bible School convenes under the superintendenoy of Mr. H. O. Kinney. 11 :00 A. M. Morning Worship. Evan P. Hnghes. pastor. Drenches the sermon. Theme "Tbe Imper ativeness of Doty" which was post poned from last Sunday morning. 7 :00 P. M. Devotional Hour of the Y. P. S. O. E. under the leadership of Evan P. Hughes. 8:00 P.M. Union services of all the churches at the Baptist ohoroh. Baptist Church. Next Sunday morning Rev. J. B. Travis will begin a series of sermons on the general theme "March ina- with Moses." In the evening there will be held ia the Baptist chorch the first of the series of Sunday evening union ser vices, with sermon by Rev. McCans- lin, presiding elder of this district for the M. E. Church South. E. O. Stoiger was iu Giants Pass Tuesday having oome in from Will- lams Bros, mill near Murphy and was on his way to his borne in Jackson ville. Mr. Stoiger is a stwyer and ror several years worked in blgJl in Lewis county,. Washington, the last three years he hat! . managing the sawmill near J' ville owned by the low.' Company. He will begin day to work for William' Applegate. The Courier gives all the county news. 1