VOL. XXII
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE CODNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907.
No. 48.
I0UAL MEETINGS FOR
TELEPHONE COMPANY
To B Held &t Pro volt. March 11
Lines Extended &.nd Tele
phonea Installed.
Tbe election of officers for the Ap
legte Valley Telephone Company
,illbe nold on Monday. March 11, at
jp. m. Bharp. at the church building
ilProvolt. A president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer and board
0( pia? directors are to be elected.
to it is the plan of the Company to
eitend itf telephone syBtem over the
ntire Valley the directors will be
chosen to represent all sections, these
fcing Provolt, Lower Williams,
Tpper Williams, Applegate, Missouri
Fist, Murphy, Wilderville, South
Grants Pass and Grants Pass. All
members of the Company as well as
Ihose iutercsted in the establishment
of this total telephone system are
expected to attend the meeting.
The contract has been signed up
with the Pacific States Telephone
Company tor me lease oi mat uom-
psDy'a wire from Urants Pass to
Williams to the Applegate . Valley
Telephone Company, and the flrst
consignment of 25 telephones ordered
bjthe latter Company are expected
to arrive in Grants Pass within the
neit few days. The poles are set
(of the line eztnsions that the Ap
plegate Company is making op Will
Valley from Williams and from
FroTolt to Applegate postomce and
from Provolt to Missiouri Flat. The
wire has been received and will at
owe be strung. So soon as the tele
phones art installed the control of the
Oranti Pass-Williams line will be
turned over by the Pacific States
Company to the Applegate Company
ind then patrons of the Pacific States
Company in Grants Pass and the roral
lines entering the city aud the mem
bers of the Applegate Company will
bTe free switching with each other.
From the interest that is being
taken the installation of a rural tele-
ae system for the Applegate Val
ley is the remainder of the orders for
tnesecoud set of 25 telephones will
ill be in this month and that by April
lit the A pplegate Company will have
X telephones on its lines with the
prospect good that the number will be
increased to 100 within three months.
Found it Last.
1. A. Harmon, of Lizemore, West
tY, says: "At last after Ihve
found the perfeot pill that never
disappoints me ; and for the benefit of
others afflicted with torpid liver and
Tronic constipation, will say: take
Dr. King's New Life Pills." Guar
anteed satisfactory. 25c at all drag
stores.
L&ural Grove Items.
Mr. Peterson is recovering from
til recent illness.
Mig Stella Williams is visiting in
your city this week. .
Burn-On February 21, 1907, to Mr.
acd Mrs. Jeff Lindsay, a son.
Mr. Swett has his orchard pruned
nd is ready to spray at once.
Mrs. Emily Day is still in your city
her daughters as thoir family has
been very sick of late.
A large, rowd attended literary last
Saturday night' and a good program
as rendered and also the reading of
the Wildcat news and after recess a
mock trial took place and lasted about
four hours as it was a trying case.
Ed Swinden sold a span of horses
wees, and Mr. Haberman, also
"ra "P. but we did not learn tho
price.
Spring is here; grass is growing,
cattle are srettine fni. .
blooming frogs are croaking all for
jujiui opnng.
Messrs. Dave and Jeff Lindsay paid
your city a visit last week, also Mr.
Haberman, Ed Swinden, H. T. Day
and Fred Knox.
Charles Root leaves for Castella,
Cal., next Saturday. Hope you will
return some time Charlie as we will
miss yen from among us.
J. L. Williams is on the Bick list
Utia 1. ' I- i ...
.uio nee m laC( everyDoay bat a
verr bad cold and keep burking all
tne time as if they had something
treed.
A prominent man from Illinois was
the guest of J. L. Williams not long
since. He was looking at our country
but did not locate here although we
wish he had.
Well, here we are again, although it
is raining this morning and the
miners hope it will continue while
the farmers are praying for it to stop
till they get their grain all tut in.
Remember the box social at Murphy
on March the 8th. Come everbyody.
Frank Sparlin was a visitor at Laurel
urove last Saturday, also a crowd
from Missouri Flat and from Upper
Applegate.
I will say to Mr. Lewman that I
havnu't any kick at him only when he
makes an assertion about our roads
that is not true and as to our pretty
girls we will take care of them and
if they hare so many pretty girls at
Provolt Mr. Lewman need not come
down here to look for a wife.
Some of our progressive orohard
men have been spraying their or
chards of late and I think from the
smell that Mr. Scale has a pe.ty
slim ohauce on the fruit tree. They
had the spray so strong you could
smell it a mile away, and it almost
paiuted the tree. I see no other way
that would be better than the way
they have sprayed this Spring, if that
does not kill the sale there is no use to
spiay at all.
It seems as though some one who
has nothing else to do is indulging in
very careless sport with a gun of
late and perhaps very costly sport
too if they are caught, as they go
along the line and shoot holes through
people's mail boxes and shoot the
Insulators from the telephone poles
and tear down signs. Now we wish
to warn those who are doing so, to
be careful from now on, as they are
closely watched and if caught they
will be punched to the fullest extent
of the law if possible. People do
not like to put up a nice mail box and
bave it shot full of holes by some
idle culprit, who has nothing to do
but go around at such work. Anyone
who is that idle aud non-law-abiding
should have a job at Salem or
some other place. They seem to
think it is sport but if I understand
the law, it may be very costly sport
for some one, so be careful from now
on if you wish to escape trouble and
expeDBe.
RED diOUD.
l GRANTS PASS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Gould & Freed's big melodramatio
production, "Nettie, The Newsgirl, "
will be seen at the Opera House next
Wednesday.
p) mm
HAVE MOVED
My office to the ground flocr of the
OPERA HOUSE BUILDING
Have a good buy in some choice residence lots
this week
Call and See Me
W- L. IRELAND
UTHE REAL ESTATE MAN J
Prln. Harrison Goes to Pendleton.
We can hardly reconcile ourselves
to the fact that our Prinoipal, A. E.
Harrison is going to leave us soon.
He has held his present position for
almost two years and during this
time the growth and development of
oor High School has been most
gratifying.
Mr. Harrison, in co-operation with
the other High School teachers has
done much to encourage a good,
wholesome High school spirit and it
can truly be said that more thorough
study and earnest work on the part of
the students have never been known
in our High School before; much of
this must be attributed to the splen
did discipline which he, as Principal
has been able to maintain. It was
through his efforts that the Grants
Pass High School became a member
of the Western Oregon Debating
League and in this connection our
High School has already been brought
to the f'ont by our victory over the
Roseburg High School.
The chances of winning this victory
would have been greatly lessened, but
for the untiring efforts of Mr, Harri
son. For this reason the Debating
team will miss him, espeoially since
the debate with Salem is to take
plaoe in the near future. He has
alBO made arrangements for the es
tablishment of a High School paper
which for this year is being printed
by the Courier, but will next year be
an independent publieation.
In every way, Mr. Harrison has
proven himself to be. a wide awake
and enterprising teacher and princi
pal who has had the best interests of
the school at heart aud it will be hard
to find anothr who can fill so satis
factorily the place he is about to
leave.
As soon as he is relieved here he
will go to Pendleton, to become
Principal of the High School there.
Pendleton has one of the largest aud
best High Schools in the state, the
enrollment being much larger than
here. The change means more'work
and greater responsibility but Mr.
Harrison is entirely capable of filling
the place.
Although we certainly should like
to keep him in our Grants Pass school,
we wish him every success in his new
position and congratulate the reople
of Pendleton in being able to socure
the services of such a man.
long table was spread in the dining
loom where dainty lunch was
served. This room also was beaut i
fully deoorated and at each plate was
a paper ship bearing a gill's name,
Portraits of George Washington
mounted on r3 mats were given as
souvenirs, xwenty-one girls were
present, most of whom were members
of the High School Girls Basket Ball
olub.
On Saturday afternoon, Febiuary
23, Miss Clan Calhoun gave a most
enjoyable Washington Rirthday party.
The invitations which had been sent
out earlier in the week were in the
form of little hatchets. The rooms
of the Jewell home were prettily
decorated with the national oolors,
flags aud portraits of George Washing
ton besides a great umuy red hatchets
and cherries which bore'the questions
for two very original games. In the
firs of these games the questions had
to be answered by words ending in
nation, aud the second by the abhre
vintions of the names of stales. In
both of these a first and a booby pri.k
was awardod. One of the prizes, a
worsted doll, received by Miss Gene
vieve Patillo, occasioned much merri
ment. One of the most interesting
games of, the afternoon was a search
for a ring, a thimble aud a penny,
which had been previously hidden.
The ring found by 'Miss Minnie
Zimmerman, foretold a speedy mar
riage; tne thimble discovered ty Miss
Ethel Kiggs prophesied apinisterhood
and the penny gained by Miss Anna
May Thomas promised riches. A
Monday afternoon we had a surprise
in the High School. We heard
series of banging and hammering and
rolling and pushing in the hall and
although we suspected what might be
the cause of it, we hardly, dared to
hope that it would be the piano, but
when we came in from our recitations
there stood the long wished and
looked for piauo. I do not believe
that there was a single face which
was not smiling. Then ensued an im
promptn program. Most of the girls
who could play kindly took part, be
ing more accommodating than the
boys who would not condescend to
honor us with playing. We must not
overlook one boy who did play.
That was Prof. Turner, who reudeted
his selection beautifully. The piano
has a good tone and the improvement
over the old one is beyond the power
of words to express.
Wanted Megaphones tor the use
of all the Caesar class.
The Juniors held a business meet
ing on Monday evening, whioh re
sulted in Miss Theo Snyder being
elected for the Junior representative
on the H. S. yell committee.
As our High School paper is getting
well started and the prospects are
good for our next years' paper, a
business manager was elee'ed. Ran
dall Hood receiving the honors. We
have now a full staff, but will not
have a paper of oor own until next
year as the time is too short to make
arrangements for it this year.
The Freshmen beg to have it an
nounced that all the musical genius of
the H, 8, lie! among themselves.
Our old piano is now in the hall
bat will sgqn be, stored as an ancient,
r?lle.
The H. S. boys are doing their
best in the line of procuring a gvm
naaium, something which we ueed
very badly.
One ot Herbert Gllkey 'a favorite pas-
times "Inspecting chickens through
a telescope. "
HEADQUARTERS NOW
IN GRANTS PASS
Mr. Anderson of the V. S. Forest
Service Would Like to Meet
Stockmen.
The U. S. Forest Service has made
permanent headquarters at Grants
Pass for the purpose of orsauizins
the Siskiyou Forest Reserve.
Miners, Stockmen, lumbermen, or
others having interests within this
reserve can get full information
relating to the regulations by calling
upon ot addressing the undersigned.
I will be pleased to meet stookmen
who desire to secure range for the
coming season, that we may become
acquainted and at an early date get
together and make ramie-lines that
will be satisfactory to those who have
tormeriy ocoupied the mountain
ranges. M. J. ANDERSON.
Actiug ForeBt Supervisor, Rooms 213
and 314, Conkhn Bnilding. Grants
fass.
THE YOUNG MEN
GIVE DANCING PARTY
PIee.se.nt Event 1 Bikes Place fxt
Clemen Hull Girl to
Give "Retxirn."
For some unaccountable reason,
weather spoiled the plans for our
High School picnic on Washington's
birthday, but since neither the teachers
can stand to teach or the pupils to
learn until we have had tome kind of
an outing, another date has been al
ready rest and the plans will be car
ried out if weather will permit. The
following the sentiments of 'the
school, expressed by Olwen Hughes:
The day was fair and warm aud bright
The grass was green a lovely sight
Old Baldy away in the distance stood,
Aud I wished for a picnic out in the
wood.
A picnic was planned for a fair warm
day,
Scholars and teachers would all away,
And Mt. Baldy climb for a day of fun.
A salad was made 'twas a most rare
one.
The day was cold aud damp and drear,
I staid at home not without a tear;
No piunio there was what an awful
doom I
Oh, for a picnic and that very soon I
The Ladies' Aid Society of New
man Methodist Church held the social
meeting for February on Tuesday the
2fith in the parlors of the church.
Devotional exercises consisted of
singing and prayer. More than a
hundred were present and the finan
cial results were gratifying. Re
freshments were -served by Mrs. D.
H. Williams, Mrs. Pollock. Mrs.
Maogum, Mrs. T. B. Cornell, Mrs.
Booth and Mrs. Lucus. We were
pleased to greet a number of ladies
from our sister churches. Our com
mon hope and desire being to do good,
it is pleasant to meet together and
become better acquainted. Our so
ciety is planning an entertainment for
the near future and "Aunt Jerusha's
Quilting Party" which is very
popular will be given. The date for
this will will be announced later.
L. W. HOOD,
' Reporter for the Society.
Selma News Note.
Elijah aud Milton Rhoads are work
ing at Ciesoent City.
Gus Son wan was in Selma Thursday
night on his way from Pine Flat to
Grant Pass.
Both departments of our schools en
joyed a hoi Id ay on the 33d. Washing
ton's birthday.
Our High School is planning for an
entertainment soon for the purpose
of raising money for the library.
Farmers havs been taking advan
tage of the fine weather of the last
two weeks to do as much plowing as
possible.
John Hermann hauled a load of lum
ber from Kerby last Monday for the
house which he expects to build this
Sunimtr.
A driller which has been nsed for
prospecting on the placer mines near
Waldo, passed through here Friday in
tow of eight horses.
Quite an interesting Literary is
held every Friday evening at the
school house. Mr. Cowdriok is presi
dent and Miss Margaret Hanseth,
gecrftary.
A mask dance was held In Hon mitt's
Hall ou the night of the 33d. Al
though it was gotten np on short
notice aud reports had been circulated
that there would be no supper quite a
large crowd assembled and a good
time was enjoyed by all. No one had
auythiug but praise for the supper
whioh was servod by Mrs. D. H.
Wimer. The music was furnished by
Messrs. Wimer and Hudson. Some
very fine costumes were displayed.
. H. R, K.
A Baby
should be sunshine in the home and
will be if yon give it White's Cream
Vermifuge, the greatest worm medi
cine ever offered tc suffering hu
manity. This remedy is becoming
the jiermn. nt fixture of well resulted
households A mother, with children,
can't get aloug without a bottle of
White's Cream Vermifuge in the
house. It is the purest and best medi
ciuo that money ciiu buy. For sale
by National Drug Co. and by Dema-ray.
Another delightful little dancing
party was the one given on last Fri
day evening at Clemens' hall bv the
young men of Grants Pass. The event
being on Washington's birthday, the
hall was beautifully and artistically
decorated in the National colors,
while arches of evergreens added to
its most inviting appearance. At the
end of the hall was a large picture
of ' The Father of His Country"
draped in the stars and stripes at
were also two large mirrors on the
side walls. Delicious punch was
served from au attractive little botoh
in one corner of the room! the
floor was in splendid condition and
programs were used. The boys cer
tainly deserve praise for their artistio
ability in the decorating line and also
for the splendid success achieved, as
words of praise were heard from all
present. Excellent musio was fur
nished by Miss Willis. Messrs. Ott,
Cheshire, Wharton and Mahoney, and
all combined to make this danolng
parties one of the thoroughly enjoy
able events of the season.
The rivalry between the boys and
girls to whioh can give the best
danoe is stimulating each side to put
forth their best efforts, with the re
sult that this Winter has seen some of
the most enjoyable affairs of this kind
that have been held in Grants Past
for some time.
It is now the girls tarn and it is
rumored that they have something
espeoially good for the near future.
From Waldo.
The Deep Gravel Mines had a brief
stop by a bole blowing in the npralsa
pipe of the elevator.
Takilma is growing; theie are quite
a number ofneat dwellings there now
but no saloon. With the openine of
the smelter furnaces this will be a
lively canifv
Thomas Wluier lias opened tip a
flrst class blacksmith shop at Waldo
and can make auythiug from a needle
to the cogs in a pinion ; be can shoe a
horse in less less time than it takes to
water him if you have to go very far
fur the water.
The adjournment of the Oregon leg
islature tells ns that" we must now
look to other sources for news. They
did quite well but the law makers of
Wisconsin went them one belter in
trying to pass a law requiring that
every egg laid should have the date of
the laying marked upon it ; it was
almove to bar out full nests of an
cient eggs for it would notllow the
dates to be made on the day of dis
covery. It seems to me this trouble
oould have been avoided by so amend
ing the bill that each hen should be
prrovided with a type writor so that
j she could mark her own erg. This
would have stimulated competition
as to which hen oould show the most
fresh eggs at tho end of the season
and would surely have been a stop
forward to say nothing of tho profit to
the poultryman.
Nettie the News Girl.
"Nettie, The Newsgirl, " at the
opera House nuxt Wednesday, is said
to contain thrills enough to mane
three successful plays, but they are
not so terribly sensational, but that
when one leaves the theatre he will
feel that he has been trebly repaid.
Plenty of good, clean comedy, aud
several pleasing specialties are inter
spersed throughout the play. The
plot is laid in New York City, which
gives ample fluid forfspleudid scenic
settings, a fact that has been taken
advantage of by the producers.
Do you like a good thing? Of
course you do. Look out for the date ;
I oi tne purest Burlesque in the Upera
House by the Men ofj Bethany
Church. The date is March 29th.
Pat that down in your note book.
Make no other ensjagemeut for that
evenning. 8-1 It
Get Ready For Spring
Have on a few prices that will very muqh reduce
the cost of making the HOME look new. Noto these
reductions for they are not ordinary, and are for now
Wall papers, regular 35c values for 25c
25c 18c
A few special numbers in choice
patterns of carpets, regular 75c for.... 52V2C
Regular $1.25 valuos for 9()c
1J yard carpet rugs worth $2.50 for $1.75
Comfortors, regular $1.50 for l.()()
Go-Carts new 1907 Patterns Just in
Thomas (& O'Neill,
Headquarters for things for the House