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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS OREGON, JULY 19 You buy from us you make no mistake. This is no Idle talk, but backed with the goods. Let us prove flris to you by being favored with atrial order. It will lead to your ordering from us every time. Groceries, Fancy Cream ery liuttcr, Fruits and Vegetables J. PARDEE. 418 G Stroot, - Grants Pans Near Palaco Hotel GRAVE I Have not seen itemi from Grate Creek In the paper for some time, will try 'and help "Sunflower" and "Oruaty Baoh." It la not 10 bard to goeaa "Sun flower," bat among the ainllina! bachelors at Leland. I failed to find a oruaty. Leland la lively and enterprising. We bear that more than 5000 ticketi were sold from Grants Paws to Leland the flrat aix month of 1007. II. L. Wlliton hat bought the stock of tnerchandlae owned by Mr. Minims, formerly owned by T. J. Mackin. At Grate the wbiatle and fanm of the aaw mill is heard in the land. Mrs. Hughe of Grants Paai visited at the Thomas camp .for a few days tnis week. Mias Dora Penny and Miss Ada Light were promoters of bos social held at the oiose of the Summer term of school. The program was Rood, the boxes brought a fair price and the girls bad f 14 as a reward for their enterprise. We hear that the money will be used to porchaae books for the school libraiy. The residences of Mrs. Jobntson and Elmer Dancan were destroyed by tire the 10th of July. All their house hold effects ana barns with flrat orop of hay also borncd. The sympathy of the community is extended to them. Mr. Puttiugill, the postmaster and PR0V0LT James Gilmore and sons, passed throngh Provolt Tuesday on na outing vacation. Mr. Gilmore Is the Post master at Murphy and also baa a small store in connection. He states bosi aess'quite lively at that ;plce and crops are looking fine. R. . Lewman was at Grants Pass this week with a load of, berries which Mr. Lewman disposed of very readily. In the . Spring the Lewman Bros will enlarge their berry beds in both strawberries and rasp berriea as there is a ready market and a profitable business in berry raising. They will also add a lot of choice fruits and grapes. Will MeCMlister of Provolt was at flrantu Puns thifl WAfslr with A Inarl nf pioneer merchant of Grave Creek, has fc m th(j farmg of j A Lewman quite a stock of new merchandise and la doing a good businefs. The Columbia Hotel at Placer with Mra. Lane as hostess always famishes good meals and a square deal. MifS' B Rath and Marjorie Scovill have a store and postoftire at Placer and give general satisfaction to their patrens. Placer was the only place on the creek that celebrated the 4th of July. The had ho rue racing and ball game. The first race was won by Mrs Alder son's horse. Pet. The ' second race by Dolly, owned by A. A. Porter. A promising three year old colt owned by Gene Reed came in second at both races. Two pony raes were won by George Howard and Fred Klls. Link Ellis and Mr. Bennett were the judges. The track at Placer termi nates near a deup ditch and two acci dents were barely averted. The ball game between Leland and Placer waa not played to a finish, so it ii hard to award honors. The saw mill at Blalock's is doing good bosioeas. With mines, saw mills and ranches, Grave Creek is fairly prosperous. A SUBSTITUTE. For Matching Colors A well lighted store Is The Mecca to a woman shopping. She delights in a store where she can match fabrics easily. In buying silks, hats or any other article she wants to 8oo what she Is purchasing. A bargain, under bright light Is twice a bargain. It Is a bargain in the store and continues to bo a bargain, when at home she examines it closely. The best light electrlo light pays big dlvldonds to ovory merchant. Try It and provo It. Condor Water & Pouier Co. V fi ll Sis Hopkins Says: U to be willing tew quit wheu the Ks and otherforuia of !n. "The on!y way tew enjoy "ennyting heirrlnir. " The bell has sounded the knell of kerost'no, c o in et on t Illumination. Are you ready to qalt them? Haven't you tolerated them long enoug? There was a time when burning pitch fangots fnruiseil the only moan of artificial illuinliialiou folks knew about, and It waa considered sunVient. Thn came the tallow dip, and everybody discarded the pitch faggot ill disgust. The tallow candle wa next to exert its u-reumcy oer the tallow dip, and folks dip, and folks were glad. The next step of development was keros. no amp aud therein their tnru, were 'welcomed ai a pleasing step in the right ' mrwiiou. And now, a logical development of scieuoe, we hare the greatest of all illominanU Kleottriolty. ; Advantages of Electric Light In brilliancv, No otherforuTof artificial illnmtuant equals Electricity fety,Uatnm, healttifiilmwn, ecouoiuv and cherin. Eleutrio light emits uo fumes or odors, and is the one hygoinic light for livlug rooms and btnl rooms. The fact that Electric JLight consumes no oxygen, ;iike all open flame "ld ho"ey last Sunday. Ightsdo, proves it to be the healthiest light kubwo. I Mr. Haberman aud 11 eja the air as light and wholesome as if no light were burning at took a load of hay an.; of which waa readily sold at flO per ton, as was also T. E. and E. S. Lewman's. While there they received several orders ' which they will toon fill. George Sparks aud Jessie Gocher of Thompson Creek and Rev. G. Hoxie of Williams were at Provolt this week with crektn for the new creamery at thia place. George Fields, the Provolt dairy man sold his cows this week to Henry Boat and son at Williams at $i0 per head and will quit the dairy business. Chaa. Hoxie of npper Williams ia covering the barn of W. M. Sonson at Provolt this week and will also pat in the track and car iu the new barn of J. A. Lewman. Longwlll and sons aud Chaa. Rick stine of Grants Pass have moved to Pro volt where they will do development work on their quartz claim which waa opened up by Mr. Longwlll thia Spring. They are at present about 13 feet in depth and their ore body covers the faoe of the shaft which assays $13 in gold and $3 in silver Its values are expected to increase as depth is gained. This new discovery is one of the most promising ledges that has ever been found in this sec tion. It lays in the bed of old Whiskey gulch which waa uncovered by the placer miners of tarly days when quartz was not mined. Mr. Longwlll has at present this new prospect fitted np with the necessary machinery and will give the property a thorough test. He thinks this will be of great success and permanent pay shaft of valuable ore. LONG. J t LAUREL GROVE - Hello Brother correspondents, give me 81711, please I Somewhat clondy these mornings and everything indicates a shower. We heard something the other day that sounded like thunder and some little streaks of fire came forth called lightning, aud low and behold I the rain fell aud moistened old Mother Earth so the gardens could grow. Miss Leua Limb-ay is wrrking for Fred Knox at present. Wheeler Osborn fell off his wheel ou the .Mil of this month aud was hurt quite Wily, but is feeling all right now and will resume his mill work a gain. Walter Kara is very busy cutting aud hauling hay and will put up about 60 tous the first cutting Camp meeting is now in session iu the Grove aud will hold about this week Everyone is invited to give up their evil ways and give God their hearts Now is the accepted time. Ray Williams of Grants Pass is viHiting his cousius of Laurel Grove this week. I Messrs. Gilmore and Mitchell and l sons started for Cra'er Lalae last Toes j day on an outing trip, and iuteud to I visit the coast when they return from ' this trip. l.uuiner hnuhns will start t t,a Provolt mill about the 1st of August I the lumber ia dry aud is a flue grade or 1 qui oer. A change ,haa been made for "Red Clond in regard to his phoue: in stead of one long and one ahort,it ia now nve ataigut bells, to lets talk. George Viniog, Oscar Williams aD.l Roy .Maoabee wore oui huutiinTbetw ine importance oi una ;one feature la rvalily apparent when it is knownhatth open flame bwrnaiuora oxygen from a room thaa four per- ! Ill u day last week. son Charles. to Grants Pa one SOUS WON reathe. : Alonso Hyde paid Grants Pass a visit last Saturday. Sherman Fields 'has been aick the past week but ia improving 'at this writing. B5sV i ' the way, 'what should be dsn It. No washlngud ailing of lamps; uo danger of explosions ; no dauger of , WithII-TW0'1 01 Orchard? The ass; no piumoer s nuia; no. niekertug flame to be blown out by a sudJeu i 1 "Te tneir trial everr dav S No dangerous, dirty matches are I'ghteJ No Matches 1 needed iu a home that is eloetrically i gnat of wind: no flue'smudge of soot continually eiuauatiug from your light i ' ,h B,i" So be'depoalted on oortaiua. draperies'aud furnlstiiugs. When yon waut to flood your home withlight, aimplv ton he'button THINK HARD NOW. Don't you waut it RED CLOUD. I Advertisers Courier. rt results ia tas DAVIDSOX ; We are having some nice Summer weather at present. Mrs. K. J. Kubli of Knbli, paid your city visit Sunday. Joo. R. Bailey, superintendent of the Mountain Lion mine, paid Grants Pass business visit Monday. "Monty" visited the borne of "Red Clood" Sunday and found everything lively iu Laurel Grove vicinity. There was ball gameat Missouri Flat Sunday, the tally stood 4 to 5 in favor of the Murphy ball team. They have a good team, but like some of the best, get beat sometimes. The farmers around these parts are looking forward for a good second crop of hay as they have had plenty of water. The few rains we had helped a whole lot. I notice that "Short" wonders what has become of "Mont" as he calls h lm- Weil, "Mont" is still amon g the liviug but has had all the work that he could do, so waa too busy to write often. We understand that Dick Jennings has purchased the half interest in the baler belonging to J. T. Payne and it will now be ran nnder the name of Swiuden & Jennings. They will start baling next Friday and a good run is expeced this season. There is camp meeting at Murphy this week and we understand that it ia going to last for a week longer. They are holding it in the Grove on 0. O. Bigelow's place. Quite a large crowd ia iu attendance every night. Newa is rather scarce at present, owing to everyone being so busy baring aud attending to their 'gar dens, but we hope in the near future to do better, so watch for more news later on. Mr. McKinstry made a flying'trip oat to Davidson this week. Fred Milles has temporarily taken possession of his placer mine which he intends to equip .for next Winter's run. J. 0. Thompson, the pocket hunter, is going to Jobuson Creek which headj with the Sixes river, where he will prospect daring the Summer. Bart Davidson celebrated the 4th with his family here and at Jackson ville. He has since returned to his work at Hamburg, Cal. Busy times these days with the farmers here, everyone is in the midst of harvest and laborers scarce. Roland Caris returned aome a few days ago from Scotts Valley and is now contemplating a trip out in the famous Greyhack mountains for recreation. We were informed that H. Ruch lias told his farms iu this vicinity to a party whose name we did not learu. Mr. Ruch quite recently purchased one of the plaoers from Peter Burk halter. The two farms make a very desirable property and uo doubt the new owui r will make many changes ou them in the way of improvements. J. E. David.-ou," the miuer of Gold Hill, with his family are visitiug witli relatives at this place. A basket meeting was held in the grove near Mr. I!aye's last Sunday and two very iuterestiuir sermons were preached ty E. liadger. A bountiful supply of refreshments was spread ou the ground. There will be another bisket meeting held at the same place on August II. Everybody invited Chaa. W. Long of this place ia working for the Millionaire Mine Co. m ar Gold Hill. Victer Bailey went to Gazelle. Cal., last week to join with Willie Wooldridge in harvesting. The smiling countenance of our friend, John S. Jensen was seen at this rlaoe a few days ago, combiuing busiuess with pleaHore. Mr. Jensen was looking after his farming inter- em umi is coutompiatiug setting out quite a large grape vineyard on his premises as he has an ideal location aud beet of soil adapted to the raising of stupes aud oth?r fraits. Beingust above the frost line peaches aud other kinds of frnlt trees bear every year. This Misiouri Flat country is going to be. at aoma time in the near future, one of the most beautiful val les of orchards aud viueyards as South ern, Oivgon can produce, which added to hay aud dairying, along the lower bottom landa In connection withTile creamery, will command the attention of all enterpriaiag people. MONTY. I T A K I L Jl A LThere waa a dance" Saturday uiKh't atakllma hall. SEd Strong made TtkiluTa a visit Saturday. r. McBrietr was ridinir on onr Jack Southerland made Takilma a visit Sunday. , Mr. Jones made Waldo a visit Sat urday afternoon. John Valen made Waldo a visit Monday. Mrs. Owen and Maude Basye were riding on our streets Sunday after noon. Ed - Basye made his sister, Mrs. Howard visit Sunday. Mrs. Valen made Mrs. Strong a visit Saturday. Bert Rose 'was on onr streets Sun day night. Mrs. Josie Eggers made ber mother a visit Sunday. The Misses Ethel and Blanohe Chi hi s made Olga Valen a visit Mon day afternoon. Miss Anna Valen and her mother made the Logans a visit Monday. The teams are going back aud forth from the smelter to Grants Pass, hauing for the Bmelter. Mrs. Basye made Mrs. Valen a visit Saturday. Miss Mamie Schleigh made Takilma a visit Saturday night. DOITIE DIMLPE. Nottce. Notice is h- rebT given that I tai not be responsible for any debti em traoted in my name by anyone wit" oat mj Bigiiaiurv. Dated July 6, 1907. 7-13 6t MRS. M. J. JOhjf Thpra is mora Patwf. i- . '"lOllje, tion of the country than all other dV eases put together, and until the U few years waa supposed to be incai. ahle. For a trrnnt tnanv . . ooctots prononnced it a local dieean ... r .u.cn, ana bj constantly failing to cure with lay treatment, pronounced it incorabU Science has proven catarrh to be, constitutional disease and therefntl rennires cnnstitntinnal Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufttctoH by F. J. Cheney Co..' Toledo, S is the only constitutional cure'onthi market. It ia taken internally i, doses from 10 dropa to a teaspoonfui It acts directly on the blued m They offer 100 for any case itX to enre. Send for oirculars and timonlals. Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO c A v . Tolpdo, Ohio Sold by DroerBista. 75e t,C Hau s juamuy mis for oonstipstict am. something lender and Sweet for breakfast or dinner in choloc meats yon will always find at City Meat Market. We have all kindsof fancy poultry in broiling and roartioj chickens, Spring lamb and teal, prime roasts of beef and teniet, juicy steaks, with the right flatot and qoality, at CITY MEAT MARKET J. II. AHLF, Propr. Phono hL O W vt St ( Ituat our. Summer 5ale is VYnot one of THose FAKE" SALES WE ARE WINC To WfEDOUT OUR. STOCK - VIE DONT CARRY LEFTOVERS. THOSE BUBBLE SALES ARE NOTOUR VAYuF DoinIC Business BUSTER BRowrv. jr "mit r&r II .c... BUBS LB SfcLCS BUBBLES BUR.Jr AND "REDUCTION SALES" THAT ARE NOT GENUINE REDUCTION SALES DON'T LA-5T LONG. IT YOU HAVE NOTICED OUR FRONT DOOR YOU HAVE .SEEN MANY PEOPLE GOING AWAY WITH BIG FAT- BUN DLED UNDER THEIR ARM.S. THI.S MEANJ THAT THEY FIND THINGS IN OUR .STORE THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE THAN THEIR money, and it meanj that tho.se who come to our .store find that we back up with our good.s what we jay on paper. the following pricej are not bubbles but .solid all the way through Mens two-piece suits $4 up. This means a Wing of from 2o U 33 J discount. Mens $ 1 grade summer underwear, per suit 75c Mens White Duck Pants, worth $1.50 to $2, for $1.25 Special clearance on all mens summer Pants, of 20 discount. Dont overlook this, it means a big saving to you. Several lines of Straw Hats at special pricee, remem ber when we say it we mean it. Full line of boys Wash Suits at 20 discount, this makes them as low as 50c for a very good suit. Complete assortment of soft Shirts 75c up to $3.00 A Nugget $3 Hat free of charge all next week, with every mens three-piece summer Suit at $15.00 or more. A big assortment of Golf Shirts, special next Saturday and all next week, 50c. They are worth twice this amount. 5. CALHOUN C2. OUTFITTERS TO BOY WD fMH streets Sunday. JJ