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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1907)
ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS. OREGON, JANUARY 23, 1907 LUSCIOUS LRUIT AND GOLDEN GRAINS Pendleton Paper Take Notice o! Hon. A. H. Cereon'e Orchard-Mine. : p no volt I T. ALEXANDER CHOOSES DEATH BY POISON CHURCH NOTICES, At farther Inducement to people to oome to Hood River and get rich the hustler of that enterprising valley laim to have (Uncovered gold Id the and of their beautiful little river. Rogue River Valley ha heretofore held this unique advantage of getting gold from Its orchard and from the sand of if) stream and from rock of iti hill. Commenting on this fact the Pendleton Tribune give the facetion article on the possibility of Rogue River Valley orcbardists caring for their frnit troeg during the Sum mer and mining iu the Winter, men tioning Hon. A. H. CarHon a an example of these favored men who are getting rioh" on a double-track venture : J nut a the fact seonied to be pretty well established that there are other sections of Oregon that can raise "Just a good" apple as Hood River and thai huHtling valley wiih likely to have a lively competition iu it effort to keep in the limelight, here oome a report to the effect that gold ha actually been found on the bar at the mouth of Hood River and that a dredge ha been secured for the pur pone of separating the precious metal from the worth en wind I But tbil ured not surprise anyone. With the atart that Hood Rivur ha on the road to fame, it i not poaHihle to conceive of anything that will stio ceHafully etop it. If there i anything that prove especially valuable or ueunsary to the homaii family, it can be depended upon that some Hood River man will discover it and near hi home, too. '.This circumstance of the discovery of gold at the month of Hood River remind o that A. H. Caron of Grant' Paaa, prominent horticul turist, ha a very fine vineyard on a aide hill farm in Joaephine county, which ha proven very profitable. Tlii vineyard I located directly on one of those Joaephine county bills where gold abounds. Caraou ha a tunnel running into It bae a few hundred feet and after hi grape are taken cure of and hi wine stowed away In the cellar, he spends the Winter taking gold from hi mine above ground. A a double-allot proportion tnia probably equal anything known. Nothing of the kind hss yet been re ported from Hood River bat it I young yrt alway ha it ear to the ground. Niagara Sprayer Operated by (fas-no engine, no valve, no machinery to get out of order and positively no repairs ever to be maile and guaranteed for one year by the builder. Uaanlltie has lately lax n raised another ceut a gal lonChicago University has had an other 000,000 donation and that power ha become too eiiwnaive to the fruit raiser and then it takes a machinist to keep a gasoline motor iu running order. The man power pump gives such feeble force to the, spray that only the scale on the outer bark is reached and killed, leaving the pests iu the cracks iu the bark alive to renew their ravage on the fruit and tree. The hand power pump has gone entirely out of use iu nil pro grcssive district like Hood River. The Niagara Sprayer Is the lightest machine on the mar kef and will liint Ml yearn. Is thy cheapest iu price and is lieiug unt il by all progressive fruit grower iu the I'nili d Ktattw. Hold on such favorable terms that a farmer .-an pay for a ma 'bins out of his next fruit crop. A Car Load In being made up for shipment to Rogue Hiver Valley l'luce your order at once so as to get the reduc tion in freight and price. CIlAKLLS YUuSKRVK Agent, (.rants Pass. Oiegon Spray & (ias Co., VM Front St., Portland. Dlee Alone in Hie Cabin at Will iam Leavee Note Disposing of Pereone-I Effects. E. N. Provolt, sheriff, was called day to investigate of T. Alexander, acting aa deputy in WillismstThnrs- the cause of death j who onmmmitted suicide at William, January 15 1907,by taking poison. Mr. Alexander wa a prospector and came fVcm Waldo to thitt valley August 20, 1005 and has followed prospecting since his ar rival. He was in poor health and was unable to do hard labor. He was B5 year of age. His remain were bnried in the Williams cemetery Sun day, January SO, 1U07. ' We have not learned whether or not he had rela tive in this vicinity. His few effects wore given to Mr. Moler and K. Pierce in accordance to hi request. When the door was forced open by Deputy Sheriff E. N. Provolt, the dead man, was found iu bed a though he was quietly sleeping. A note was found on the table which read a fol low : Williams, Ore., Jan. 15, l'J07. V. W. Moler. Williams, Joseph ioe Co., Ore. Dear friend: When you read this line I will be on my last prospecting trip and I don't need any outfit. I have and give to you a yonr own my watch, trunk and with its contents. To your prospecting friend, Mr. Pierce give my rifle and ammunition and all that 1 in this cabin. As I don't like to put the country to any expense, I would ask you as a last favor to dig a hole near the cabin, wrap me in my blankets and bury me there. I beg you to excuse me if there are error in my writing as my eye light got o poor that I cannot read over again this note. Hoping that yon will think kindly of ma and thanking you for favors received, I wish you goodbye. T. Alexander. George Beck of Grants Pass was at Provolt Monday, paying his many friend and graudparuut, Mr. and Mrs. K. Fields, a visit. J. Uorhor, of William was at Pvroolt Tuesday with cream for the new creamery of which Mr. Uocher is one of the owners. Mr. louoh"r last Kail purchased Vi head of Jersey heifers iu the Rogue River vicinity and intends to go iuto the dairy busi ness extensively aud feed the large amount of hay to milk cows, of which at the present time, he is feeding to beef stock. There will be a box social giveu at the Provolt school house February H. 11MI7, which will be the best ever given at this place. The program is as follows: Sing ing, instrumental music, recitation and dialogue. AM are invited to at tend. Ladies, bring your boxes anil gentlemen, yoar purses or loose change. After the program the crowd will be invited to the hall at the Sou son hop house for a dunce. The pro ceeds will tie applied on the payment of an organ recently purchased by the school. THOMAS LEW. MAN. J. Pardee Staple and Fancy Groceries FLOUR AND FEED FIRST-CLASS GOODS at rock bottom prices Your interests are mine Front Street., near Palace Hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. Baptist Church. The morning servioe will begin at I 10 :.v sharp. It is expected that Rev. j W. B. Pope of McMlunville will i preach at the morning service. In I case be ha not sufficiently recovered from illness to be present, the Pastor will prsacb the second sermon in the series "Sermon in Stone" subject! "Worship." Other services at the: usnal hours. Mrs. Sommers will lead j the Young Peoples' meeting. At the evening service, Miss Walters of San : FranciBco will play a sacred violin selection. The topic of the sermon will be "The Lost Chord." You are i cordially invited. E M SEL BOOKS an ENS LS D DRUGS ORANGE FRONT GRANTS PASS, ORE. Azalia Circle, Women of Woodcraft held their installation of officers on Monday evening. After the officers were installed, refreshments were served. Satin Post Cards-the latest fad, will soon be in stock at the Photo and Music Store. Beats the Music Cure. TELEPHONE 865 wwwwwwmwvwtvwww Christian Church. Dr. Martin will deliver his popular j ' Pui-snrml Hjlhits" to a Joint meeting of men and won, n at Vl the Opera House at 3 p m. Sunday. Ponf;hlien,8j. N, y., "I take Dr. The men will be seated on one side of j King's New "Life Pills They are ti, .,... n-itVi oentlemeu ushers and the most reliable and iileanant laxa- the women on the other with ladie for the Bowels. I'lC. Oscar Williams killed one bog last Saturday that dressed 871 pounds aud then conld have been fatter. A very nice crowd of the youug people at Murphy visited the Literary at Lanrel Grove. We were glad to see them oome and hope they will come often' in the future. Oh ye. "Shorty" I forgot abont you. Those beet are all told. Thev went like but cakes at f-20 per ton only took four to the ton. And in regard to the roads in your diitriot. Yon might put in a days' work and tive I have round, istst t. i. t o.. for ushers. The offerings and attend- nt bv au droggists ance will be kept separate. The , . contest between the men and women ! The Courier has the laregst circula in which the women are now ahead in , tion of any paper in Southern Oregon. both attendance and gifts will include; this meeting. The men will do their1 came P on SttnJ -.w. w UD ha best to retrieve their lead. Meeting will continue next week every night. The specii'l address to men was deemed by all a great Buccess in at tendance and interest but the address to women in the church Sunday after noon was greater still. Three hun dred aud sixty-five women presented tickets at the door and several entered the side door without tickets. The Friday evening lecture on Mar riage and Divorce, though requiring "Hi Master's Voice." The Photo and Music House has been appointed selling agent for Joseohine county for the Victor Talk ing Machine and a full stock of ma chines Bnd records will be in stock early next week. Come in and hear "His Master's Voioe. " fix your road instead of finding fault ... . ... . . . , ' .. auditorium of the church. The lec- wmi vne supervisor. I wonder what ha beoouie of "Jumbo," who wrote from here? i am not mean to tase nis i,m : LA l! It ML (illOVi: I Somewhat of a change in the tem perature the last week for the nights have beeu cold and the ground frozen some, but the day were warm. Mr. Haberman was a visitor from here to your city lust Saturday. 11. T. Pay was iu Uratits Puns for a day last week oh business. Messrs. Morris and Jeff and Dave Lindsay were all visitors from here to UrauU l'as last Saturday. item, away Ifroni him 10 do not get throughout the evening. mo1 I Our literary was fine last Saturday night. A short program was ren dered and a mock trial took place. WUllard Topping was arrested for stealing apples from George Vinning. L. W. Canon was prosecuting at torney, while attorneys Jeter and Knox were for the defense. Louii Mitchell, Judge. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Have yoo seen those whisker on John Knox' face. H. J. Smith is very sick at this writing. Seems all our reporters were a little late with their items week before last. Better buttle this week. Saturday night there will be a de bate at Laurel Grove the question to be "From which do we get the most knowledge, traveling or reading?" Everybody oordially invited to attend. Frank Hyd got lost uight but tound the way to JeiT Lind say's house by the aid of Miss Lena and a lantern which they hail with them. My Live 100 Years. The chances for living a full cen tury are excellent in the case of Mrs. Jennie Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., now 70 years old. She write : "Electrio Bitters cared me of Chronio Dyspepsia of 20 years standing, and made me feel as well and itroni? a a ture itself was a gem in thought and : voun girL Elfictric Bitterg cnre delivery, the veins of humor and ytotDBcb and Liver di,ea8,8, Blood erioueness and sometimes pathos j;.,,iqp. n...i ku. the most intense attention i wt akness. Sold on a snarantee at all R. A. Dean frrtTTi (r ultra mining for several weeks past to J at- home for a four .. t " jo. Wail, , was going in, transporting 0vj trail by pack horse his $nr and outfit for bachelor existent ' of his horses fell off the trail" rolled for some 50 yards down tremely steep and rugged slope, k teriug groceries all the way.' pack saddle was torn to eplimw it seemed incredible that the btJ should not be Billed. The nuO after rotating speedily down thel- juirrm-iiiou a mjK m 018 careeiu di.uihcu mui Miuuu suuueuuess. Aft. straps and rope were cut and the J oris 01 paca auu trappings cl ......... t. u . uvnj, mo Muioo was rouea. otertt assisted to ins feet, little the won ior tne experience. T. . ..i . . . ib jjb iaj ouieruee a qteiul rtick' rune times ont or 10 there'll bt buyer before the Ink is dry. Try It drug stoers. Price only 60 cents. Newman M. E. Church. Post Card Tablets-2 Th pastor speaks both morning and ' tablet, 5o Music store, evening. In the morning at 11 the j - - sermon is prepared and delivered with the thongbt of helping the new con verts""' their Ch"ritian life. Iu the evening at 7:30 the subject will be "Following Christ." The""Sunday school meet at 10 a. m. Junior League at 3 p. m. Epworth League at (1 :!!(). Strangers and friends ever welcome. cards on Cures Old Sorei Westmoreland, Kans., May 5, um uaiiara anow ijinlment Co. You snow Liimtuent onred an old son uiejmie oi my cnin mac was tappogj to be a cancer. Ths lore was born and would not yield to treatment until i tried anow Liimment, whid did the work in short order, sister, Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Alba. ville, Miffin Co., Pa., has aioreuj mistrusts that it is a cancer. Pbi send her a 50o bottle. " For sab M National Drug Co. and Rotermnnd. Conner sample copy tent fret tof any address. Our reporter i on the bright side of life at this issae. Most all stock cattle are looking line and will be Iu good condition to go on the range next Spring. Walter Farra will drive about ."p0 head to the head of Murphy creek. No N.cknim to report us this is a very healthy burg. We are sorry to lose another of our neighbors, Mr. Morris, as he is mov iug away. RKD CI.Ul l). Presbyterian Church. The two eubject which Evan P. Hughes, Pastor of Bethany Church, proposes to discuss on Sunday, Janu ary J7. are the followiug : I 11 a. m. The Two Great Categories iuto Which all Things of the Universe 1 Falls" 7:.'i0 p. ui.-"The Art of; Listening." The other exercises of! the day are Bible School,-u'udorThe last Saturday operiuteudeiioy of H. C. Kinney at It) a. m. ; the Jr. C. E. at a p."m"."a"ud the Devotional Hour of the Y. P. S. C. K. at fi ::!() p m. At this church you will always re ceive a cordial welcome and, instead of beiug treated to musty aud ancieut theological hash, will hear a timely presentation of truth that touchesThe life of today. " RESOLVED That we are hammering PRICED D0Uf ON VHAT is left of our. seasons goods - the blows we ARE STRiKWc ARE REDUCING OUR. STOCK. was in our develi C. F. DIXON Successor to J. M. CHILES Staple and Fancy Groceries, Flour and Feed New stock of iiooas Is just arrived. Special attention paid to family trade TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY puieut nnner- -I'Tid to work-'uriTise I n i: i: u i x a J Who Kays this is not tine Weather? Ur. Klopper of Kerby town Wedoesday. m. Swett is doing work on his claims. Where experts say there is n al is the lu st place iu thr prospect. Frank MoCrutiy of Kerby i ( log for Win. tiwett on the claims. A. Keyuolds of Waldo wat the nu.wt of Thomas tlilligan thii week. H. M.K.re and Totuinie Uilligm, re busy rounding up their young cattle aud bran liug them. C. T. Webb is homo from eI. tended visit in grants Pass and Wolf Creek. No place like home, HarT-- Some people are always lnokins-"for trouble and never satistied until ri,... H...I I. ... 1 "v' niiu it nun meu xiclt like steer because they get it. m. Swett left a R.e s,,,oi ,u, u of t u ore at the post .ffi here and claim.it grew iu Jseph,e roiln,y and that there n lots of u j,, theiw -ii inns, sot wouldn't that gooii -tlu miues in at home here . " t importe.1 tin uu men som of our gcj au eitraMio. " M. i:. Church South. The usual cervices will he held at this church on Sunday. p . m $nn. day School; 11 a. m. preaching; ti :;!0 p. m. Kpworth League; T -:m p. w. preaching. Prayer meeting ou Thursday evening. A special invita tion it extended to strangers and citi zen who do uotttendtlier,Vhurclies. Cm I Tom's Cabin. Manager Truax has made arrange ments to present the original Stetson production of lucle Tom's Cabin at the Opera Hons,, on Tueslay, January )!'. h. The wondirful popularty of Harriet Heeclier Stowe's masterpiece all over the United State,, for the past to years has led to its production by all kind of managers with all kinds of actors, good, bad and indiff erent. There ,s manic i the name of I nele rom and its capacity to draw me iuniie io se it is pheiv When produced with a dramatic cist, coupled with scenic and mechanical sued story of Aiuei i' ! ' ii r,- rrmv HAMMERING PKICC ?V,y"?IER JroDK U FAJT REDUCING BE- THATwunrVrLL Or Tii'S COMMUNITY KNOW HLH,WE SAy HAMMER. PR.ICEN, WE DO , wVVh" U0WN N LEfjITIMAIE, RE6U- , B mc.K.LnAiuioiL, AND NOT ON SHIPPED IN' rl?lLurf YE W,JH ro LET OUR- PRICED JlnnWnM HArrNER AND MARX HAND lMiLnEwALL-WooL SVWS. IT YOU EVER GOT ?!EJ r5SuDui LHAr DIDN'T GIVE you more; vA? mJVv075 WoR-H, DOME IN AND 6ET your money back thp?? adp tu urct KFT Tn nl i-J0 DATE 600D ON THE MAR- KLJ JO-DAY. T'nlR AIKA TACirMi;o All m . . - " v j i iii i y j v.i.i m iv i t r-v ii ii X ,D H,l:l,lUSl'' EVERY JEAJON. THATJ II. s. A. M. Suits for $20 a brmdle in enal. proper proper luipiui'iit, no ncan lif,.. i n,,r ... the great crisis iu our uatioual afTairs has ever been peAued. Kor -,) year," the Stetsau Iproductum has 'va the leading oue.ste.dily advancing each season wjtlthe wonderful stride of progress. A Corp of colored cewisers, dancers and ifomttieivtt in tn.lt the Iplautaliou ?-,(H'0 I I. S. M. Suits forJlG.00.' W I t 1 I ..... - n.t't' il. . iV M. L. 00 H. Ho ro is ior s.&u. uits for Men at $0.75. All of the $7.50, lend Jiehlhaiids realism to sound Oregon and right Josie couutv "It PalU might railrod cars, isrejuire.i" in this. mammoth srren! iiemonstration Sien.s. A ,rsiu v( siKvially coustric ted. the transportation of rompaiiy, whil7rThe 44 1.1 ... eel an.Ttl.nig yet Se,n lTthTthTS7iT.r Suits for $14.40. S. A: M. Suits; fne 10 en ... ivt 'Ifl.uu. s Boino rnoro nf nm. t n ho . 1 I I . I II I I .1T..I CI A ".L . . - . - -. V rtiou ftuits ".'u and ?;i no t e vm.-i i . . a snuf ln a Pod Overcoat, or Cravenctte wi Mb m r) 0nIy a few dozen left' and the Price ui take thoin iiuick. )iHlV"WS,a",J SuitS $LC0 $2-65' 00 3-351 V! AU 'ooul1 offerings. o LU7ii f aI1woJ Un.lerwear, regular price was v"" M ';-.,(',U- .,0ur do?ing price fl.00 per garment. v &.,'t "rts. values up to $1.25 and $1.50 Special ''0. Men s Woo knit r.im.c, - , , . cn r . . , iij teut Kiuu wr uw. -wiiM-u louay, new uat, Doth soft ana 6tifl' heat. styles in the celebrated Nugget We fit your face, as well as your QCOiS. CALHOUN C2. OUTFITTERJ T0,B0T AND flflN The Courier ha. the Urt..t corp. ol correstHMiHents of ,nv naor in South' . v)re.-t-s KliKN". " t