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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, AUGUST 24. 1906. Count, weigh and meamre ' mryihinq you hui." American (froeer. IS To bask in a cool, shady nook dur 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 Goods such as Baked Beans, Salmon, Minced Clam, Sweet and Sour Pickles, Sliced Beef, Sliced Ham. ca White House GROCERY COMING EVENTS. September 8-8 Farmers institutes and fruit giowerl meetings ' in Joeepine connty, places not yeteleoted. September 5, Wednesday Regalar session of oonnty conrt. Monday, September JO Opening of Miss Emma Telford's Kindergartea and Primary school. 8-10 5t September 34, Monday Circuit court for September term convenes. Notice to School Patrons. ,. Begignlng pupils will be received in the several First Grade rooms of the Grants Pass publio schools, only during the month of of September and not later than October 8th. After this date parents may not enter beginners until during the month of January. Pupils other than beginners who are for the first time entering - the schools of Grants Pass are requested to call at the superintendent's office for examination and assignment before the opening day of sohool. The superintendent's office will be open Thursday afternoon, September A, and all day on Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8. The superinten dent will be glad to meet parents on these dnva to oonfer with them on school matters. L . 1 1 i I UIJ. .nlinA1 mtn r. All proBuccnife "'g" ow dents, whether previously enrolled or not,. are requested to meet with the principal and High school teachres nn the dates above mentioned. The superintendent, prinoipal and teachers will be glad to meet parents and Hiu-h school 'students and to ad vise them as to the coursfl of study, etc. H. L. GILKEY, Chairman, R. R. TURNER, Superintendent. Has Stood the Test 25 Years. The old, original GROVES' Taste less Chill Tonic. Yon know what you are taking. It is iron and quinine in a tastelew form. No cure, No pa M. The Courier, one months, 75 cents. year $1.90; six A. U. BANNARD At the Big FumiturT vtote, North Sixth Street, WILL HOLD A SPECIAL SALE OF White Sewing Machines UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st Giving special inducements to Cash or Short time purchasers. Second-hand machines for sale very cheap or for rent by the week or month. Needles, Oil or Parts on hand or supplied. The largest stock of !FINE AND MEDIUM FURNITURE In Southern Oregon at lowest liUS nmentipian.U iA.iU. Bannard Wa only advertise what we"do come and see.' Items of Personal Interest. Mr. and Mr. J. W Hn..rrl Tilted i Jacksonville Mnndv. ratnmin Toe. I dy. j Mrs. F. W. TanDyke retoroed home Tuesday after a two months stay in Portland. Mr. and Mr. R. O. McCroskey left last Saturday for Newport, to spend several week by the sea. Attorney H. D. Norton returned Tuesday from Portland where be baa been busy with legal matters. George Meek arrived Tuesday morn ing from Sompter, where he has been engaged in erectiog a Pratt qnarta milk Dr. Flanagan disposed of his Port land drag store this week, and made a trip there the first of the week to close np the deal. Geo. S. Calhoun and son Lester left Monday morning for Newport for a short stay. They will visit Portland before returning. - W. L. Ireland visited Portland this week to close ud a real estate deal on Portland property and to look np in vestments for bis clients. The R. H. Gilflllan family and Miss Stella Paddock returned from their Orescent City trip on Tuesday of this week. They report having bad a very enjoyable, time. ' ' Bert Calhoun retoroed to Chico Thursday after spending a week or more visiting his brother and sisters here. He has also visited at Vancou ver, R. C, and Washington points Frank Barrie, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Barrie of this city, left this (Friday) morning for Portland to be gin a nine months course of study in ' the Behnke & Walker Business col- lege. c . Rev, and Mrs. Chas. Hays and Miss Grace have returned to Portland, hav- ing spent a week with friends and rel atives in Grants Pass. Mr. Hays oo cuped his old pulpic at the Presbyter ian church last Sunday. Rev. C. O. Beckman, wife and child will return to Grants Pass this week j fro 3) their eastern visit and Mr. Beck- man will occupy bis pulpit at the j Newman M. E. church on Sunday 1 morning. Services at the usual hour. Geo. S. Bacon was in town Monday ' visiting old friends, and leaving in the evening for Portland. Mr. Saoon for a number of months has been work ing in the box factory at Sisnion, un der Superintendent Jordau, formerly of Grants Pass. Miss Clara Wertz left northward Wednesday for Ladonia, Texas: - She will visit in Roseburg and Willamette Valley points for a week or more and will be joined by Mrs. Scott and child- ern and Miss Carr and all will travel to Texas together. Mrs. W. Cramer and son arrived Snnday from Portland to visit with the T. P. and Geo. Cramer families. The son left Monday for Stanford to enter on his second year studies at -the university. Mrs. Cramer will remain two ffeeks or more. Miss Anna Colvig has been engaged to teach the school in the Lee district, five miles west of this city, to begin September 15. Miss Colvig is a thor ongh teacher, a bright energetio young frnnmn arirl will rinnhtletui tiiukA A Rnfl. ocss of her school both in teaching aud in keeping crder. Miss Mable Lindley, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lindley, left on Friday morning's train of Portland where she will visit friends for a few days and "then proceed to St. Johns, Wash., her former home where she will Join her father who left last week to look after the harvesting 0f his 400 acres of wheat. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Howard left this week for their borne at Pippin, Wis , prices forCcash or oo the install- i after spending nearly a year on the ' coast, a part of the time in Portland ; and the past fonr months in Grants ! ; Fas. They have beeolivlug in the 1 ; W. O. Hare house on 4th street, which m 111 06 D0W OOCnped by their SOD C. c- Howard, night operator at the de- pot, whose family will arrive soon from Portland. ' L. L. Jewell returned Tuesday from his stay at Pelican Bay, where he en ! joyed excellent - fishing. R. Tbomas was also there for a time returning home last week. They made good ' records in the fishing sport, so mnub so that an Indian storekeeper who supplies fishing tackle to the tourists remarked that his tackle waa good to sell bnt he would like to buy their tackle for bis own use. ' 11 Colestin Coal. C. O. Presley went to Grants Pass Wednesday returned to camp Thursday. Mrs. Geo. Porter and Miss Lula Porter arrived in Colestin Tuesday from Medford. Mrs H. E. Boyden of Medford who had been rusticating at Colestin re turned home Monday. Mrs. C. R. Caruder returned to ber home at Athland Wednesday after camping here for two weeks. Misses Kate Newell, Vera Reymer and Claudine and Georgia Coran re turned to Grants Pass last week. Misses Lena Carey and Floy McNeill went to Siskiyou Monday on the freight coming back to Colestin on No. 15. I Little Miss Mary Hall arrived in 1 Colestin Sunday morning to camp ! with Mr. and Mrs. G. Miller for a few Mrs. C. A. Shutts and Misses Anna Lewman and Pearl Long broke up camp i Wednesday and departed for their I'ome at Ashland. 'Basil Gregoiy, who baa been rnBti- eating in Colestin for a few days re- turned to Medford on the delayed train jTuesady evening Dr. and Mrs. Yacoubi of Medford are camping here this week. Dr. Ya coubi is pastor of the M. E. chnrch South of Medford. Misses Leila and Bertha Prim of Jacksonville who have been spending several days at Colestin returned to their home Wednesday. Me8aames Casey. McNeill, Cavender .d Hamadlne and Misses Flov Mo- Neill and Lena Casey went to view the wreck near Gregory Tuesday night. I Mm. Newell and daughter Pearl and Mrs. Albert Coe, Mrs. 'Russell and i daughter Charlotta, and Miss Pauline Coe returned to Grants Pass Sunday. I The Misses Mattie and Alpha Day, who were oalled here this week by the I serious illness of their, mother, re turned to their home at Hornbrook Tuesday afternoon, j The Misses Sadie Van Dyke, Grace Law ton, Fannie Haskiua and Julia ! Fielder walked to Cole, Cal., Monday coming back in the afternoon on No. 1 16. having had a most enjoyable trip. I I Mrs. O. Neill who has spent two I weeks camping with her niece Mrs. O. C. Presley returned to Ashland Wed- nesday. She was accompanied by 1 Mrs. Presley and children who re i turned to Colestin Thursday. ' Mesdames Newell, Russell aud Coe i and Misses Maude aud Myrtle Baiter, Pauline Coe, Pearl Newell and Char I lOlta itufc6ell WaiEeOI to SiskiyOU station Fridav and came home on No. 15. The train being fonr hours late gave them apmle time to view the fine scenery in that section. : Mrs. McNeill and daughter, Floy, and Mrs J. R. Casey arrived in Cole- J stin from Ashland Thursday, August 10. Mrs. McNeill and daughter will remain here for sevral days yet, while ; j Mrs. Casey with her daughters. Mrs ! O. H. Hargsdine and Miss Lena Casey ' who have been here for two weeks earning returned to their home Wed nesday. Tuesday afternoon as a crowd of Coleatiners were gathered at the track waiting for the arrival of the north bound passenger train whicb was re ported several hoors late they were startled by seeing a roan dash wildly down the hill on beaming a train whis tle, his coat tail flying straight out in the breeez and a get-there-in-time-or die- expression on bis face. Although somewhat encumbered by some arti cles be was carrying, be still made the best time down the bill ever witnessed in Colestin, and arrived at the track In time to see the last car of a south bound freight train disappear around the carve. As his speed slackened somewhat on hearing the track, it waa ssea that the fast racer was Clarence Presley and that the articles he car ried were a suit case and box in one band and folding cot in the other. Ha wanted to go to Grants Paas but waa forced to wait until next day as No. 16 was delayed at Gregory by a wreck, although it ia the popular belief her that had be kept np the speed with which he came down the bill and left some of his baggage be eonld easily have reached his destina- A Brief Record of Local Events. B. A. Poole, on the Kinney place, baa some very large apples of the Glo ria Mnnda variety. He brought some to town last week weighing !6 ounces, while one of them weighed 19 ounces. J. F. Hale has sold out his piano business at Medford and Grants Pass to D. F. Armstrong, who will conduct the business in the future. The Grants Pass end of the business will be un der the charge of Miss Minnie Ireland, as heretofore, with headquarters at the mnBio store, Courier balding. H. 8. Wynant called at the Courier office last Saturday and left samples of the products of bis farm, which Is located in the New Hope district on the Applesate, in proof that granite land when nnder irrigation is among the most productive in Rogue River Valley, in the samples was a bunch of alfalfa that was of the third out ting for this season yet averaged 80 inches high, a bunoh of red clover of the second cutting that bad an average of 24 inches and a bunch of timothy averaging four feet high. A grape vine of this seaso'ns growth and 24 feet and seven inches in length was proof that the land would grow grapes as well as grass. F. A. Clements, who last winter bought the famous Hamlin place three miles south east of this city will with in another year have it into one of the best improved 'and most profitable small farms in Josephiue' connty. He is making dairying and fruit raising his prinoipal work. He has a flue young orchard growing and will plant more trees as be gets suitable land ready. He began last spring to milk several cows and has shipped the creamy to the Ashland creamery as there is no creamery in Grants Pars. He intends to increase the number of oows on his farm and to give them shelter and storage for his increasud bay crop he is now building a barn adjoining the one he now has. Mr. Clements is demonstrating that there is profit in a Josephine county farm. Reuben Root, son of S. J. Root, was in Grants Pass Tuesday with a load of peats for the Fruit Growers Union from their farm on Grays creek a small tributary that empties into the Applegate one and a half miles above Murhpy. Mr. Root with his family came to this county last fall from Cal ifornia and the homestead right on his present land. The former owner had made considerable improvement and net five acres to orchard, bnt on his trees oomnig into bearing he was dis' oouraged at the low price the dealers wonld give him for his fruit and he sold his claim for a very low price. The place is among the best fruit land in Applegate Valley and now that the Fruit Growers Union makes better market conditions possible Mr. Root will plant apples, pears and pea"h trees and grapevines as he gets the land cleared. Oscar Simpkins, who has a farm on Evans creek three miles above Wood ville, was in Grants Pas Thursday to arrange with the Fruit Growers Union to ship his fruit. Mr. Simpkins has 200 bearing trees on his place planted some years ago by his father and which embrace abont all the varieties known to nurserymen as was the custom foi- ,nrlv In TilutiHna vhat. furtlinra r.nll A ! fon.Uv orchard. As there is not enouirh of any one kind to make it profitable to ship, Mr. Simpkins is planning to have the trees of the lees saleable va rieties cut back and grafted the stand ard apples. He has a young orchard of 200 trees, all Newtowcs and Spitz. enbergs that are growing thriftily and will begin bearing within the next two years. Now that there is a nnion to market the fruit of this section of Rngne River Valley Mr. Simpkins stated that the farmer about Woodville would take a greater interest in fruit raising and plant more trees and of the standard kinds. The soil and other conditions are very favorable to fruit in the Woodville district. School to Begin Sept. 10. City Superintedent R. R. Turner re turned Wednesday from the East where he bad spent the summer with' rela tives in Virginia and friends in Ohio. School will begin on September 10 and Prof. Turner will put in tbe In tervening time arranging tbe details of the work for tbe school year. Tbe High school will be made a stronger feature than ever of the Grants Pass school work. The course with tbe additions that bave been made for this year is tbe most complete of any other high school in Son them Oregon and ranks with that of Portland and tbe other larger cities of tbe state. The tuition is free to all residents of Josephine oonnty and a special effort will be frnade by Superintendent Turner to bave stu dents' attend from otber sections of tbe county la order to strengthen the classes and build np tbs school. Fine wedding stationery at the SOME BARGAIN POINTERS News Notea From the Business Men to Readers. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist ' Dr. M. C Findley, Oculist, Aurist, licensed optician. . Qoto Corun for Plumbing. M. Clemen, frencnption Druggist. Economy Fruit Jars and extra caps at Cramer Bros. A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges atCoron'i Order seals ' and rubber stamps of A. E. Voorbiea. Garland 8toves and Ranges in all prioea at Cramer Bros. For a e'eau bed and a good meal try the Western Hotel. Maps of Oregon Wash in ton and California at the Mnsio Store. The place to select from a full stock of Rifles and SbotGuns at Cramer Bros. Plaoer and quarts location noteos. mine deeds, leases, etc. at the Courier office. . Send your family washing to the Steam Laundry. All rough dry work 85 cent per dozen. Phone 878. Fruit cans, wax strings and Mason Jars and covers at Cramer Bros. Dr. W. F. Kremer will hereafter be in his office in the Courier building from 7 to 8 o'clock each evening. 2-9tf Yonr olothes 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 busl ness men and cottage owners to insnre against fire in the Oregon Fire Relief Association, with H. B. Hendricks, agent for Josephine county. Oflloe opposite P. O., Grants Pass, Oregon. 7-27 tf Don't be duped by transient optical grafters bnt pntronize your borne optician and get a square deal. Alfred Letcher, jeweler, on front stret is the only one in Josephine county who has a registered certificate from the Board of Optometers of Oregon, a list of wliioh can be seen at his store, so get your eyes tested aud fitted properly by calling on bim. Charges very reasonable. Now is the time to use Patton'a Son Proof Paint, sold only by Cramer Bros. A Modern Brick Building. L. B. Hall will have the two story brick block that he is erecting on Sixth near C street completed next week. It will be a fine appearing building and the most modern in the city. It will have two innovations that are new to Grants Pass, one is the, npper part of the front to the lower story is fitted with ansto prism glass that will throw a flood of light to the rear part of the room muking the back as well lighted as the front. The other new feature is that the fine plate glass front will not be marred in effeot and the window dis play interferred with by wood or iron pillars that are ordinarily used to support the second story front, which in this building Is done by a rolled steel beam that extends across from the two side walls. Iron supports, nickle plated, hold the plate glass sections in place and give to the front a most artistio appearance. The front of the' building as well as the adjoining two-story brick which Mr. Hull owns will be covered with stucco and tinted and finished off in a pressed brick effeot, giving the building a very handsome ap pearance from the street. The lower story of the new building will be fitted op for a store and was routed to Los Angeles parties In advance before it waa finished for a furniture store. The upper story, which Is well lighted and a high ceiling will be finished for a hall or offices. The Classified Ad oolnmns of the Courier contain many items which will he of interest to you and you should make it a point to read them each week. SEND IT TO The Grants Pass Bulletin It is illustrated with half-tone cuts c of scenes in the Rogue River Valley and is full of descriptive matter. It Will Cost You Nothing. Just bring or send tbe names to me and I will mail it free of charge. W. B. SHERMAN The Real Estate Merchant List your property wltL me and I will advertise it in the BULLETIN Iree of charge. Of satisfaction is obtained in your Summer's work, when not a single jar of fruit spoils. You can ac complish this result with care in the selection of the articles that you use. A "ST RAN SKY" Preserving Kettle and' "Economy' Jars are two of the necessaries and YOU are the other. We can supply two of them. Cramer Bros. Odd Fellows Block Fruit Cam Wax String Rubber CHURCH NOTICES. Newman N. E. Church. The pastor will occupy the pulpit in the morning. Union ' in the Church of Christ in the evening at the corner of 5th and 8th streets. Presbyterian Church. Servioes will be hold in the Presby terian church Sunday morning Rev. John E. Day, pastor of Hope church, Woodville, occupying the pulpit. In the evening the congregation will nnite with the other churches in nnion services at the corner of Fifth aud H streets. The other services of the week will be held as usual. Chrlaliavn Church. Morning worship will be opened with oommunlon service at the church at 11 :00 a. m. after which the congre gation to will pass to the river at the W. M. Hair home where Mr. Bower will speak on "The Relation of Bap tism the Christian Life," and the ordinanoe of Baptism will be per formed In obodienoe to the command of Christ Snnday School and Y. P. S. O. E. will meet at the church at 10 :00 a. m. and 6:!I0 p. m. The evening worship will be In cooperation with other in the last of the open air meet lima, Mr. Travis of the Baptist church to be re sponsible for the sermon. J. L. Lindley left Saturday morning for his former home, St. Johns, Wash., to attend to the harvesting of crops on his holdings there. He was ac companied by Miss Carrie Johnson, a sister of Mrs. Lindley, who has been visiting here for the past two month Miss Johnson ia a teacher in the Garfield, Wash., publio schools. BORN. LANUR -To Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Lange, of Loves Station, on Friday, August 17, 1U0), a son. DeGENAULT To Mr. and Mrs. P. A. DuGnuault, of Grants Pass, on Friday, August 17, lOOfl.a son. STODDARD To Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Stoddard, of Grants Pass, on Satur day, August 20, 1U00, a son. YOUR FRIENDS i tion on foot before the train was doe. Courier office. iaMiaiaaijaaMaaaaaa