ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JULY 27, 1906.
"J. Pardee
groceries
Flour and Feed
Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables
Picnic and Lunch Goods
All Fresh and New.
Creamery Butter.
Front St., Near Palace Hotel
GRANTS PASS, - OREGON
Telephone 863
MARRIED.
BLANCH ARD LINKEY At Port
land, Wednesday. July 18, 1006, O.
8. Blanchard.and Miss lima Liokey,
Her. John E. Simpson officiating.
Tbe marriage took place at the
manse of St. Mark Episcopal church.
Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard left for
Newport, wber they will ipeod two
weeks after wbioh they will come
to Grants Paai and take op their resi
dence in the oottage on Weat B itreet
belonging to Mri. N. P. Dodge. Mr.
Blanchard ia a well known attorney
of thia city, a member of the law firm
of HoDgli So Blanohard, and deputy
ity attorney, Mr. Blanchard came
from Oonncll Bluffs, Iowa, last year,
from which city his bride alio came,
ahe making tbe trip to Portland by
herself to meet ber betrothed. She
ia a bright, accomplished yonog lady
and will be "given most cordial re
oeption by tbe ladies of Grants Pass
and by the many friends of Mr. Blan
chard. DIED.
De La MATER At the family home
in Grants Pans, on Sunday, July 23,
lWOrt, Isaao Newell De La Mater,
aged 70 years.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday and were ooodnoted by the
Masoua, of which order tbe deceased
had been a member for many years,
witb tbe interment in the Masonic
oemetery... Mr. De La Mater was a
native of Napoleon, Michigan, and
came to Oregon in 1851), locating in
the Illinois Valley where lie mined
for many years and tor several years
thereafter be was in the mercantile
easiness at Korby. In 1878 be mar
ried Miss Mary A. Berry of Jackson
ville, who yet survives him, as do
three children, Mrs. E. T. MoKinstry
and James De La Mater of this city
and Newell De La Mater of Portland.
Mr. De La Mater was stricken with
paralysis last Winter and a rerurrenoe
of the allliction was the cause of his
death. He was an nprlghtt, indus
trious man and had many frieuds In
Rngne River Valley who will regret
to hear of his death.
CRAWFORD At the faint 1? home
one and a half miles west of Grants
l'ass, ou ihursday, Jnly ail, 1IMHI,
H. P. Crawford, aged 75 years.
The funeral services are to lie held
this Saturday with Interment iu the
Granite Hill cemetery. Mr. ("raw
ford was a native of Ohio and moved
with his family to this county 13
years ago. He is survived by his
wife anil sou. M. W. Crawford of San
Krancieoo and daughter Mrs. J. I.
Montgomery of this city and Mrs. C.
W. Ronlware of Portland. He was a
Civil War veteran and a man of One
character an i had the friendship of
all his aciuaiutuiiois.
LOTS!
RESIDENCE LOTS!
ForiSale;.nJ Nelson'sHAddltlon
LPrices From
Terms: Cash, easy payments, installments
or work any old terms. : : : :
Coruo and soo mo and tho lots, too. If wo
cannot raako a deal, you must be hard in
deed to suit. : : :
Office at residence on East A Street.
JOSE X. NELSON.
HOUSEHOLDERS EXEMP
TION DONE AWAY WITH
la Declared Unconstitutional By
the Supreme Court Poor end
Rich Will Now Pay Texas.
Tbe 300 exemption on household
effects allowed on taxpayers nnder a
law of Oregon is done away with by
tbe effect of a recent decision of the
supreme court, which holds that the
law is in conflict, witb the state con
stitution. Until the constitution is
amended there will be no more house
hold exemptions on tbe tax rolls.
The following is the decision of the
supreme court on this subject:
E. O. and E. Wallace appellants
against W. H. Falliu, assessor, and J.
O. Booth, judge, from Josephioe
county, H. K. Hanna, Judge. Re
versed in an opinion by Jogde Moore.
This is a suit to enjoin tbe assessor,
board of equalization and sheriff
from allowing certain exemptions
from taxation pursuant to the act
which exempts certain personal prop
erty to the amount of $300 from taxa
tion. A demurrer to the complaint on
the ground thut it did not state facts
so indent to entitle the plaintiffs to
the relief sought having been sus
tained, the suit was dismissed and
appeal taken.
Says the court: "We believe that
the clause in the constitution to pro
hibit its legislative assembly from
Kraotiog to householders of the state
exemption from taxation of property
attempted by the statute, which
though in force when tbe orgaoio law
took effect, was inconsistent there
with and hence repealed by the adop
tion of the constitution, and its at
tempted re-enactment is void as re
pugnant therto on the ground that the
rate of assessment and taxation is not
uniform between a householder of the
state and non-residents. "
Fine Stock Bind Fine Fruit.
Ex-Commissioner 0. V. Lovelace of
Wilderville, was in Grants Pass Mon
day. Mr. Lovelaoe has one of the
best kept and most profitable farms in
Applegate Valley, stock and fruit
raising being his prinoipal business.
He is grading bis cattle np and has a
registered bull at the bead of his herd
that ia one of the largest and finest
animals in Josephine county.
Mr. Lovelace's orbcard is one of the
largest in Applegate Valley and is
cared for in the best of shape. Tbe
yield will be very large this year and
so well has the frnit been thinned
and sprayed that the apples will be
of fine quality. Mr. Lovelace ia a
member of the Grant Pass Fruit
Growers Union and is taking much
interest in tbe success of the organiza
tion. Mr. Lovelace is also taking an
active part in making a success of the
fruit growers meeting and farmers in
stitute that ia to be held at Wilder
ville on September fl, and which
is one of the series of six fruit
growers meetings that will be held
the first week in September in Jose
phine county under the joint auspices
of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers
Union and the State Agricultural
College. Mr. Lovelace stated the in
stituut at Wilderville would probably
be held in the church and that a pic
nic dinner would be had in the grove
nearby. There are several flue or
chards in the vicinity of Wilderville
as the laud is exceptionally well
suited - to growing apples, pears,
peaches, grapes and other fruits aud
the farmers are begiunisg to take con
siderable inturst iu frnit ruining.
Burn Grass e.nd Hotiae,
The secoud house to be destroyed by
fire iu Grants Pass for, the year li)0
weut up iu muoke Saturdar eveuinir.
It was a small cottage on K aud Ninth 1
street aud belonged to the estate of
the late Grace Curtis. The house
was vacant and the loss wan almnt
I KM). Mark Armstrong was employed
to born the grass from about this
bouse and an adjoining one belonging
tO ttlA JMt.Mtl mil. I til A orrnia Hm nn.
beyoud his control aud soon had the .
uuuiw in names, ao alarm or nre
was turned in, but as the house it
some distance from the eugiue house
the fire had gained such headway that
when thn ttrmiian &rrlvu.l flnv nn. 1,1
do nothing to save the building.
$10.00 Up.
GREENBACK
The Martha mine employed about
66 or 60 men.
It is reported that a dance will
take place at the Martha next Saturday.
Several of tbe boys from the Martha
were at Greenback Saturday evening.
J. R. Irwin of Placer killed a large
rattle snake in tbeir yard a few days
go.
H. A. Stebinger, tbe Greenback
bookkeeper, made Wolf Greek a visit
Saturday evening.
Rev. Long made the Greenback and
Martha mines a visit Sunday, holding
services in both places.
Mi. and Mrs. Win. Irwin of Placer
visited Mrs. Dutton at the Greenback
boarding house Sunday.
C. R. Stewart, the clerk of tbe
Greenback store, made Wolf Creek a
visit Sunday afternoon.
Harold Lawrie has returned to New
lork where he will spend about two
months with bis relatives and friends.
Miss Sarah Hoxie has just returned
from Golden wbere she has been
visiting her mother for the past few
days.
Herbert Hoxie of Golden passed
through this place Monday at
noon riding a wheel and wearing a
plug hat. '
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Virtue left
for Canada a few days ago. Tbey
will join bis mother who is very ill
and not expected to live.
Mrs. Wm. Webb and sister, Mrs. J.
C Clark, with their nephew Homer
De Laney, will leave this place for
Grants Pass wbere they will spend a
few days.
Joe and Will Shelley from Califor
nia have just arrived at Greenback
where they will go to work in the
mine or at least they expect to find
employment.
Mrs. W. H. Bassett and sister,
Miss Jnanita Grininger, will leave
for Ashland, where they will spend a
few days with their parents, M'. and
Mrs. Greninger of that place.
We are having very warm weather
in this neck of the woods at present
Mrs. C. H. Datton has taken
charge of the Greenback boarding
house, where there are about twelve
boarders.
Mrs. Joe Clark, Miss Cora Walker
and Misses Ella and Ethel Dutton
walked about a mile last Wednesday
to see a young panther, whiob Mr,
' Lobby caught up on Rock Creek. The
creature is about two weeks old.
One of tbe Martha employes, Mr.
I Ellis by name, met with a serious
accident one day Jast wek. He was
' earring, tbe car managed to gut off of
! the track, ran against a shoot, uiash
; ing Mr. Ellis' hand very badly. He
; was taken to the Grants Pass hospital
for treatmeut.
i We are in sympathy witb Mr. In-
1 man and family of this place who met
with the sad misfortune of having
their house burned to the ground last
i Weduesday afternoon about 4 :30
o'clock. Everything was destroyed
t but a few things which the children
saved, they beiug the only persons on
the premises. One of the children, a
: 3-year old boy went npxtairs aud set
fire to a curtain. Tbe whole roof was
ablaze in a few moments,
i Mr. and Mrs. Chester Clark of
Golden visited Greenback lant Thurs
day. THE TRIPLETTS.
LOVES STATION
?
Sam Ramsey took diuoer with us
Weduesday.
George Kuox was a visitor at the
station Monday evening.
Will Reed and Clarence Frost have
been seen ou the porch at the hotel
several times of late.
Miss Pearl Kninm of Hilt. Cul l
now visiting her siter, Mrs. Lanqe
at the sawmill. Joe Son mitt seems
quite interested.
Clarence Frost had the misfortune
to get his foot mashed quite badlv bv
the falling of a horse, while logging
at tbe mill, yesterday.
Miss Irene Louigan and Reka
Krauss were visiting the girls a Loves
Station last Sunday. Miss Vina Chas
tain was a visitor also.
We had a swell celebration in onr
litllejlmrg the Fourth. Ice cream aud
cake galore, aud flags fluttering on
the breese in every direction, and
$2000 worth of fireworks, more or less.
1 Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Taylor left
last Saturday for Breckenridge
Springs, near Salem, where they are
takingjtheir niece, Miss Luella Fay,
who is an invalid. The 'hotel is now
In charge of Mimes Amory Louigan
aud Laura Lindsay of Wilderville,
'Karl Fay of GranU Pans has been
spending the last week at tbe home
of his node, Mr. Taylor. He expects
to return to bis home witb his father
tomorrow. lie will be great I v missed
by alL ETAN.
NEWMAN CHURCH
TO BE ENLARGED
Ample Space to Be Had for Sun
day School Room. Parlors
avnd at Kitchen.
Newman M. E. church building is
to be enlarged at an expense of over
12000, and nearly an other f 1000 will
be spent in providing additional
seats and in furnishing tbe enlarged
Sunday School room and tbe church
reception room and kitchen that is to
be installed as a part of tbe conven
iences that will make this one of the
most up-to-date churches in Southern
Oregon. Tbe work will not be let by
contract but men will be "hired by
the day. Mark Day will be foreman
and the general supervision of the
job will be attended to by J. C.
Campbell. This addition will be
placed on the north side of tbe churcb
and wiU be so designed as to conform
to the present appearance of tbe
cburoh.
The increase o the seating capa
city for both tbe Sunday School and
the congregation has become a neces
sity as Newman M. E. church now
has the largest attendance at both
these services of any cburcb in
Grants Pass and is not exceeded by
any other ohurcb in Southern Oregon.
The Sunday School, of which H. L.
Uilkey is the popular superintendent,
has made such gains that it is now
one of the largest in Oregon outside of
Portland. The attendance runs from
225 to 890 each Sunday and on one of
the Sabbaths in June tbe record was
made of 309. Such is the deep in
terest taken by tbe young folks that
the attendance shows little decrease
even now that brt weather is on.
Tbe attendance at tbe services of the
church are equally as well attended
and the seating capaoity is folly
taken almost every Sunday. Tbe
gain in membership since Rev. C. O.
Beckman assumed the pastorate last
October baa been large. At that time
it numbered 256 and dnring tbe 10
months since 105 new members have
been received. During the year 39
letters have been granted which leaves
the net gain at 76 and tbe total mem
bership at 332.
No sensational or questionable mat
ter allowed in the Courier.
YOU MIGHT A3 WELL' LIVE IN THE GARRET WHEN
YOU ARE AT HOME A3 To TRAVEL AND CARRY
YOUR DVV3 IN A BUM BAG. WHAT 3 THE DIF
FERENCE? IF YOUR TRIP 3 TO BE A PLEASURE
TRIP MUCH OF THE PLEA-SURE WILL BE -SPOILED
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NICE DRE-S-S -SUIT CA.SE
(YOU CAN GET ONE FOR $5.00 OR $1.5) OR A
GOOD GRIP OF -SOME KIND. WE HAVE LoTJ OF
THEM FOR $1.35, $2.00 AND UP To $8.00 AND
VnS; ND' T BE 6)KE' YoU WILL AL-SO
WI-SH LoTJ OF COLLAR-S, CUFF-S, NECK TIE J
5"i"f HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. WE G AN
FURNIJH YOUR BODY AND MAKE IT FIT To LIVE
IN FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY RIGHT NOW A
tSANSE'UIT 0F GLoE.S ALJO 3 A GOOD
THING TO HAVE. IF WE HAD .SAID IT IN MAY
WE'D NOT HAVE ToLD THE TRUTH; BUT NOW WE
CAN GIVE YOU A .SUMMER .SUIT VoR WHAT IT
C03T UJ AT WHOLESALE. WE'D RATHER HAVE
?SJ??LMoNEY THAN OUR- SUITS- WE THROW in
iTnHg7rS
QE0. 5, QflLHOUN Q2.
OUTriTTCRJ TO BOY Aftb MAN
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Mr. and Mrs. Neathamer spent
Tuesday in Grants Pass.
Mas Smith of Central Point is visit
ing friends near Wimer.
John Oden made a business trip to
tbe county seat last week.
Oden Bros, are delivering consider
le hay to the Wimer Mercantile Co.
Chester and Elsie Smith of Wimer
visited relatives in Ashland last week.
George Magerle spent Monday and
Tuesday of last week in Grants Pass.
Tbe Holiness churcb is holding
camp meeting at Woodville. The at
tendance has been good.
Everybody is busy cutting and
stacking grain ; people are aboot
through witb the second crop of hay.
The sawmill on Oscar Simpkins'
place near Woodville began sawing
last week; we again have two saw
mills on the creek. SCRIBBLER.
Fire Fiom Ashbox.
An ashbox in the woosdhed at the
Western came near being the cause of
that popular hotel burning down last
Saturday. One of the cooks had clean
ed out the stove in tbe morning plac
ing the ashes in a box and setting it
in the woodshed. It set fire to the
box and after smouldering all forenoon
broke out at noon in a flame. When
discovered the blaze was climbing to
tbe roof of the woodshed. The
prompt arrival of the fire company and
some effective work soon had the fire
out with but little damage to tbe
buildings.
PR
dinai; Principles
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Grants Pass
Banking and Trust Co.
GRANTS PASS. ORE.
BiTrns
"RESOLVETf
THAT VHEN You TRAVEL
ibV ARE JUDGED hYYoUR
BAGGAGE, BECAUSE FolKS
DONT CARRY FINE
INBUMEAG5. DONTBE A
cheap jkate. .
3U5TER BRoWN
WILL NOT RELY
ON ONEXROP
Fruit. Hops e-nd Hay Made the
Chief Products of en
Applegate Farm.
O. H. Johnston, wbo has a 200 sure
tract of land in Applegate Valley two
miles below the Wilderville bridge, ia
a farmer wbo believes it is not wise
to depend cn cne product on a farm.
He is engaged in botb fruit and hop
raising witb some cows and hay as
side lines. He has 12 acres to bops on
his farm and has a 10 acre bop yard
rented that adjoins his place, and he
stated that he never had a better
prospect for a big yield than for this
season.
Mr. Johnston is preparing to go into
fruit raising on a large scale. He
has 120 acres of red hill land with deep
soil, besides 90 acres of bottom land
which he has for hops and alfalfa,
and he planted mncb of this to apples,
peaches and grapes. He set out 10
acres to Winter apples last Winter and
the trees are making a fine growth.
This Winter be will increase bis ap
ple orchard and also plant quite a
tract to peaches aud grapes. He has
half an acre to berries and he will in
crease the patclr next Spring.
Mr. Johnston realizes the value to
orchardists of the fruit growers meet
ings that will be held in this county
the first week in September and he
will attend the one to be held at Wild
erville on Thursday, September 6, and
do all be can to make it a Bucecss.
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