lMlOFESSlOXAL CABAS
XI C. KINDLE Y, M. D.
Practice Hrallud to
EYK KAB, NOSE and THBOAT.
Glass fitted and furnished.
Olllce hours S) to 12; 'i to 5; ami oa ap
pointment. Telephone 21 and 77.
Gbakti Pass, Okkooi.
)R. J. C. SMITH
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phones, omc :;v; H l -Koeidence
for 7th and D streets.
Office at National Urur Store.
Giiasts Pass, - - Oksooi.
JJR. W. F. KRKMER
PHYSICIAN AND HUKGKON
Office In Courier Bulldinif.
Office phone 91 1, residence 413.
Eyes Voted and gUaees flttod.
ObAntsPas, - Oaao.
& LOUGHRIDGE. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND KUIWKON
Hi Phone 714
City or country calls attended nleht
rday. Hlxthand II, Toff a bunding.
Ofnoe Phono ll.
Grants Pabh - . Obbook.
CHuVirm t (hnfmmnt C-mtultnlum amA
Co4- a Svtemlty Ajmwwmo
CLARA BASHAW, D. O.
ANN ETTA BEdKWITII, D. O.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
IW2 I) Street
GsAirrs 1'AHi, - - Orbson,
Graduates of American Bcboot of Oa
teopathy, KirkaTllle, Mo.
JJDWARD H. WHITE,
DOCTOK OF LtKNTAL
MEDICINE
Office Hours 8 t ol2; 1 to 6
Office over First National Hank
Chants Pass, OanooN
u B. HALL
UNDERTAKER, FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND LIOINHCD KMBALMIR.
North Oth at., near Court Hoax.
OffloePhon76l, Res. Pqosuj 717.
Gkant Pasb, OassoH.
, D. NORTON,
ATTORNIYATLAW,
PrmotLou In all State and Federal Court.
OBloa la Opara UouaerluUdtng.
Obahtb Pas, Oaawww
t C. HOUGH,
ATTORN KY-AT-1.AW,
Praetloea la all Ulateand Federal Oourte
Offloa over Ualr Riddle Hardware Co.
GaAKTa P.ee, Oaaaon
QLIVER S. BROWN,
LAWYER.
Olllce, npatatra, City Hall.
UaANTH Okeook.
J. H. AUSTIN,
ATTOKSKY-AT-I.AW
riiiou'itiitiiiiiiK
KEmHY .... On.l,N
II. IL llKNDKlCKS
('Ol NSbT I OKS AT l.AW
Civil ami criminal matter attended to
In all th court
Kcal estate nnil Insurance.
Oflice, lUli street, opposite 1'imtofflca.
yil.I.IAM P WKIGHT,
V. S PH't'I'Y Sl KVKYOU
M1MSH KNUINKKU
AND IMCUiilll'sMAN
Dili St , north of Josephine Hotel.
OSAKTS 1'ans, OsKOON
Charles Costain
WikkI Workini; Shop.
Wrt ol flour mill, neat R R. tiaik
Inninnr. nt.II Wert. MairWork. Maud
Niwuih.i Ai'iticl Work, NWu-.l I'lill-; .w
Ktliii Mut gimtinui, KfftinuK ail k'twt.
Inivii ru in
The l opular Bjr'.cr Shop
Get ytun tuiistiti.r, wi'tk done it
IRA TOMPKINS'
Oil Sixth Stuct Tht iv clia -s
bath Kootu in connection
N. i:. Mct,Ri;V,
rioNiu-R
tktck am. i!-i.ivi:ky
Kurulture and I'iiino
.Moving
GRANTS PSS, ORfT.OV
Palace Barber Shop
NM i: I'.ATr.-v I'rop '
Sliaviim. Uaii Cutting
Uatlis, lite.
Kvci j i hi u j; net an i cloau ai .!
-t k M iH'H.,
ATALEWITH AMORAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
Why a Drummer Cut a Town Off
His Visiting List.
EYE OPENER FOR A FARMER.
Thought Ho Hd Been Getting Bargain
by Buying From Mail Order Houe.
The Drummer Gave Him Something
to Think About.
Half a down men sat lu the office
ef the hotel hi a towu of the middle
went. Any dlwonilnB eye that 1h ai'-
cuHtnmed to the observation of jieraoua
In the average town could hnve picked
out tho local merchant, the editor, the
diM-tor and the furiuer. The hotel clerk,
who nut around the blK atove with the
othcra, waa Ideutlhod by the peu be
hind hi ear. 'flu! other man, a an-
body could see. wa a drummer for n
city liouae.
Ypk If orettv toUKh." tbe aruiu-
nier gi aayliiK as he Klancwl at the
farmer. "Times are ko. ana yei
trn,li. Mvm to be fHllInu off lu aonie
places, and land around here, for In
stance, la not worth so mucu aa u
mlht Ije. Your town Is runnliiK down
at the heel, you mlKht say. You all
know I've been making this place for
ten years, but I've got to cut It om.
i. i
This Is my last trip,
aiiv mine.
"I reckon Hobs rteht, tx.ys," said the
merchant. .a,kli blue. -We're cer-
talnly sorry he' ko!"K to quit maklnif
this town, but buslnesH Is Dusuiess.
KU;ht or ten years ago I used to buy
a bill of gissls every time he came
nruud that made him happy enough
to dance a Jig- eh, HobT
"You sure did, Jim," replied the
drummer; "but this time my order
liook shows Just $27..Ki. The other
two fellows didn't order a blooming
tiling. That's not worth tlw stop over,
you see."
nnt a wie uiaitei no i ..v - rf
Mr. Wilson?" the farmer Inquired, with get there at all because of bad roads,
a glance at the merchant. As he spoke This naturally congests the market,
be tHik from his isickets a plie, a forcing low prices, to the great detrl
package of tobacco ami a hoi of tnent of the producer and without np
niatches. lie proceeded to fill aud light preclable beuetit to the consumer, be
hls plK, puffing away comfortably. ! cause the average family In town or
"(Jlmine a light, Mr. Hlnes, will city buys only lu small quantities at one
you'" the men-hunt requested. "My time, say a day's or a week's supply,
plpe'a gone out; Unit's what's the mat- : What Is the result?
tor with me Juat now." 1 "The speculator, finding prk-es low-
He took the proffered box of matches, and knowing that In n little while the
i... ui..i, I, trn,-k ir nn th I bad mads season will be on, when
'What's the matter with you fvilows
nretiawsl surface of the bo
"Very handy matches," he remarked
"Where do you buy 'em?"
The farmer looked a little ahame
faced.
"Why, I -I bought that box In (TU
cago.
Ah. I didn't kuow you'd mude a trip
to the city," said the merchant, pnfUng
placidly.
"Well, to tell the truth, I haven't,"
admitted the fanner. "You see, It we
tlus way: My women folks are great
hands for reading Utewe here catakigues
and things. I happened to run across
a match bargain In a catalogue, and so
I sent to Chicago and got six Ivoies
a whole package- for dime."
"Very nice," sakl the merchant calm
ly, MIc Hob, the drummer, winked sly
ly at him. "Yes. very nice matches,
but 1 happen to have the same kind lu
stock, six boxes for V2 cents. Your
stamp cost you '2 cents, uud then there
Here the stationery and the trouble of
writing. So you didn't get much of a
bargain after all, Mr. Hlnes "
"1 r.vkon I didn't. Mr Wilson," ad
inltteil tlie farmer, "but 1 didn't know
you kept 'cm."
"No, because you don't come around
to the store like you used to. 1 Imp
pen to order these InatcUe- from Hob
Khodcs here"
"Von mean you used to order "em,"
corrected the drummer, "but you told
me today you still had ten doen of
the last order ou band, you remember
1 think I'll smoke a little nivsclf. Mr
lliiics, If you'll kindly stake ine for a
pipeful of the wesl "
The fanner handed over his tobacco
The drummer read the label as he
opened the package
"Ituv this by mail, f.io'.'" he Mskiil
quietly.
"Well, yes." said tV- f. inner "oil
-"-
"li'i. I see l ,-.t you s , o-.-s ,i , i, k
age bestirs !!ie post.-ic. lie .r.-ccry
and the tr.xit V Mr Y i.,,-, kc, .s tV,-i
same I rand t . ,r b1 itjn 1 n be
kis-ps It He ,!
great .-vent, be .i-
ll.c lieic an, I hen
inonev oft to l i
big city to Hi,-,-hoes,.,
a ,1,1 l,
II ... . ! .11. Is I C e ei
P-..-I- o. i r. i i.h
t.-w il .ft l.-.s :
sit I i w I . : ' - .
C e ,n (;,. , , .,
lit
any
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ROGUE RIVER UJUAvUn. yjin..-
Why the City Resident Gains a
ROADS AFFECT MARKET.
Product That Would Reach the Cit.e
the H)9hw.y. Were Good Are He d
p,,L nH Co Into the Hand ot me
Speculator.
n .any u iter is a certahi
amount of .-rti l the ditTerent
phizes of our physiciil condition. Tins
is more apparent in "iir country roads
thiiu iilmost iiuy otin-r. cays the Mot ir
News The svstem of road buildim;
has been faulty as well as costly,
Much expense has ! n put upon the
, .-.ids year after year, ami
Hill there ure seasons when most roads
are 111 an unlit condition for Keneral
purposes. This Is not the fault of pur-
pose but of mode of treatment Much
of course is due to the newness of the
' country and the constant demand for
Uor L t in ,ak, farm, bu.hl-
ln brl-l.-es and otherwise attendluK to
: whut may properly be regarded ar
prime Importance. As the country ad
, valu es lu other respects the necessity
for piod rouds Incomes mole Insistent.
, ,t I.., it,. i.i, thlu ulltilm't
A lew iiiimikim" ii ......j...
from a prominent citizen of MichlKaii
f i m.Um- "if tiw -oiiiuiou
roads or tne country were urnmn i
- ...
a condition that would enable farmers
to market their products t all scmoiis
of the year, the rust of living In town
and city would be greatly lessened,
liiul discontent among laboring people
and the operatives of Industrial con
cerns would largely decrease If It did
not entirely disappear. Why and how
lire the two questions which must be
answered.
"Present road conditions compel
farmers to rush their products to mar
ket as ttooti as harvested anil when
roads are at their best, since by wait
ing a convenient time they may not
I competing imiducts will lie kept from
the trade centers. Iniys up the surplus
i and stores It away for the day of ne
1 cesslty, when he can demand and re
t celve his owu price for his holdings
' the stuCf for which men toll, which
ttir- are eoiupolleu to have at wnnt
var swt. And when the citizen In
towns-the mechanic and operative of
shops and factory Is forced In winter
and spring to pay exorbitant prices for
those articles of housolmkl necessity
which went begging for buyers at low
prices the preceding fall he figures, the
Increased coot of living In comparison
and grows restless and discontented.
The resident of the city Is the gainer
by gooil roads Just as much as the
fanner."
Missouri and Good Roads.
There are I'J.'i.ihhi miles of rnj.N I.i
Missouri, ou lu per cent uf tin- mil
age, however, is carried !i per cent u.'
the biisliii-s" transported. W hde all
mads need lo be linproM'il, liir
lie. si is of cnlll-se upon t'le Ilia
clod highways, sas the oi,n
The cost ,,f 1 loads was c
at t he i liiliicilie i eiitioii il
U b. illlfel-ent s;,e.l'i,es
w .is a ii'los! ion ot :i: t lei ;al a
ill tile vitrei, -i loc.ibtlcs I'lMM lUailie
iniit, cau.e a r'ioit III.. I grawl roa.i.-,
were 1 1 1 1 1. c lonstnirb. n at si 7mi u
mile This was a on-cn a'
.nab- After a dirt road li.nl L-en put
In w i !i gnu led con, lit i .:i ii , , , u 1 , 1 !.
1,,-pl It o! i otii!;t i. r. i' u a i.i
st I a tel. ! ,y t he r.se ,. ' lie ,jr ..
V! :c I a! ! 1 tl. I ln:i I cl - :i - ' 1 : is 1:
lo U- woudcied at. tuevcloie. will, 1:1
dcii.iui 1 t'or a new , o!i im ion aa.l t
the IMMtg of g.asl v. ;,.,,!
til . .HU !!:,! a, op-c a re. .!-t;.,u
fin -r : ; I.-.;.' itl v, .. , ...,.. .
'he .--.. '' ' ! --t pie;. ,.-ni r .', .
: -1 I-.-s! ra! ivr: 1 "'
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Mn'l .JJil'l Re.,t1 P-
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mh'tc paqj fYRKflON. MARCH 22.
.
Big and Sure Profit in
FRUIT RAISING
In Rogue River Valley
In Eismann Bro-.' orchard an 18
vear old Newtoo tree bore this las'
HHon 37.' boxes of marketaole ap
nles In the oicliard of L. 1.. Ben
nett, president of the Medford Fro it
1 it k turn f.lrl NpW-
Z
r ran uruw-ia p,--- - - -- ---
llHt their fhipment of iN,,tou a,)'
Frnit (.rowers Union got i. '
p,;H to lTr ' i
- . ,. .., . . I
from in to .o ooi' ""
Mr(, frm ;, to til) tres to the acr--. tn
, E.fSrf4.
aiie orchard 68 rents a box to
w apples ou the car the
ro(it ou an orchard will beat the
14VHrB(f, gold mine and fur ahead of
whet at DO Ci nts bushel or hay at
f 1U a ton
Now is the time to invest
in
. . County Fruit Land at
J"s"l"""c
from $5 to $S0 per acre.
j Jackson County the same quality
0f land and the iwnie distanc- from
the railroad slls n-adily at;troiu flOO
to K) per acre. As J'8';I'I''"
hs the sa- ,k'
rthr()Kll th i(ltereet
. lf)W heinB ,aijeD in frnit taismK will
(i)n p() hoomin iu alue. The wise
jinv,.ptnr will buy now and double bis
,j,mpy in two yearn.
I.1,,!! T.arrinnlura HM to differeiit kimls
i UI1 t, , - - ----
soils, location, cost of pluutiug and of
uiark'-tinir fi ait eiveu by
.M I.CII.IV i,
j . n of
Iler. .! t- U, ,a , 1
W0MENb-M
Robert Ine gives what every woman
moat dealrea perfect complexion.
It brtnas that eoft, smooth, fresh,
clear tint to the chwk that denote
youthfulnemi. It will brtnr bauty
to thoae.who lark It; U will retain
It for those who already poaa It;
It will enable you to uccefully
combat the ramft-ea of weather and
time. Don't doubt don't ariue. Jut
try Robertlno. Tour druglt will
glva you a free sample. All drux-
aiata keep Robertlne.
j (.SAKTS
i .y3?.i
iieet Music Sale Next Saturday
On Siiturda , March J50, afternoon only every sheet of Popular Music
in tho luuiso will bo reduced, some sollinj: as low asoc, much of it at
l'-Mc anil tho latest music at 17 and '20c. (This sale does not include
the McKinloy Kditicn which sells the world at 10c per copy wo have
tho oonipleto edition. ) Uomember, the sale is Saturday afternoon ONLY
Victor Talking
Machine
and Records
Photo
107
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AM
av i . 111 I m M- m mm mm mm mm aa
Houses, Business properties, Farms and all
kinds of
REAL ESTATE
.i at in.rn 1ft nnrAR nnor PDlrivatin
I Thirty-eight acre,, t"
Large orchard in
f oaar. r1iims aud crapes. IIW"-1
roio, t-" - - a-nnrtahftd
800.
JOSEPH
t-t MTiTD f.v.
5 THE, nn,11 livjinii-.
FUTURITY
Medicated Stocl( Food
For Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs
One of the best Stock Foods on the market and
one which will keep the animals in the best of con
dition. LARGE SIZE PACKAGE 50c
MODL DRUG STORE
J. E. PETERSON
(P10!KHR)
FWt. LIFE AND! ACCIDENT INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE AGENTG23
Still doing- business at the old stand.
JOor. Sixth and D streets. EE
Okmkin.
Edison Phonographs and
Records
Sell
over.
po,
save
usic
and
Ctutricr liuiKiiiii;
tW Xv
7in Xwberries. A good box hoaJJ
J" . kinWAH '
-tUJClo. Cellar uu uuiumu nuusfg.
MOSS,
Office 516 E St
F. G..ROPER
" Faililoinlle
fxfl7(jRI G
.. , JConrirr Blk ,up stairs
SUITS MADE TO 0EDEB
Promptly and of the best material
and in the latest style.
CLEANING AUD SEP AISINQ
at the same price the world
They cost the same in
Grants Pass as tliey do in Chica-
but by buying at home you
the excessive express charge.
Machines Sold on the Easy
Payment Plan
Come in and listen to an Edison
HIS MASTER'S VOICE"
Store
V V '"si