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Cmui, veigk and tneamrt ewrytfia ym
fmn American Grocery.
fThe Good Old Summer
$1 Swimming Time
4 Is Here
jfheSmall Boy Knows It
Ti We are also trying to keeD in the
I swim in our Dusmess by making
1 u easy lor tne cook to quickly
I feather up the tag ends for a
hurried dinner or lunch.
Pretty much everything in the eat-
ing line, Oregon Boiled Ham,
Boiled Tongue, Fried Spring
Chicken, bliced Beef.
Fresh Bread Daily
JHorae Cooking) in Nut Cake,
Orange and Lemon Layer Wal-"-
nut Cake, Cocoanut Sponge Cake
.' etc.
! Tyesdays and Saturdays
Fresh Saratoga Chips
Heinzs Pickles, Sour or sweet
(Nuff Said) nothing better to be
had
Rie Oliyes, Green Olives,
Welch's Grape Juice makes a good
. hot weather drink, we have it in
pints and quarts.
Heinz Baked Beans plain or with
Tomatoe Sauce, 12 20 or 25c
for the large family size
3oused Mackeral and Underwoods
1 Mackeral in Mustard 25c
Smoked Sardines (Norway), the
best 12c, good American Sar
4 dines 6 for 25c, French Sardines
A 15 to 25c,
Good pink Alaska Salmon 10c
$ cans Magnolia Salmon 25c
Best fall Cream Cheese per lb. 20c
All kind of Sauces and Relishes,
i Lea & Perres Holbrooks,
Eeinz Mandalay the very latest
and one of the best on the
market, its very good. Try It!
Raspberries and Logan
berries about gone.
Blackberries and early
Peaches now in
market
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Remember we have those well
ured Lemons, 30c doz.
'Oranges and Banans, at
White House
Grocery
Items of Personal ft
l Interest. h
Mrs. A. C. Hough and little daughter
left Wednesday for Newport.
Frit Dean was in from West Fork
toil week. '
John Den lioo came to Oranti Pass
from Reuben to spend a few days.
Mr. Scott of Olendale' was in town
Monday.
Mrs. L M. Davis is spending few
days in Medford.
O. O. Presley and family are camp
ing at Cresoeoi City.
P. H. Harth left Friday to join Mrs.
Harth at Boawell Springs. . .
Dr. Roy Kremer, who left for Gold-
ueins, mevaaa, some time ago, came
tack to Grants Pass Monday.
William Bege of Keooett, OaL ar
rived here Wednesday to stay for some
time.
Miss Buth, Loverid2? ".oft Mt-ndey
morning for Eugene to spend a week or
with her father and sisterj.
Lyda Fy field and Maud Dolybon re
turned from Newport last Saturday.
Tbey report a fine time.
Will Riggs. Albert, Harry and Fred-
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ik ciuuuiiui ten on Tuesday lor a
weeks hooting trip near Taylor creek.
Miss Stewart a teacher in the Rose-
burg schools, has been visiting Mrs. J.
A. Wharton, returning home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fry went to Med
ford to visit Mrs. Fry's sister, Mrs.
M. W. Wheeler.
Jos. Wolke and family and LaOcsta
Mangom have arrived home from
their camping trip, and report having
had a fine time.
The Schmidt children returned from
San Francisco last "Saturday. Their
mother will visit for some time with
relatives before returning.
Mrs. Evan Wimer'came from Rose-
borg Tuesday. Her husband is now
running ont of Grants Pass as fireman
for the S. P. Co.
Miss Agnes George was in Grants
Pass Tuesday and left - the followinj
morning for Kerby to spend her
vacation with her parents.
H. L. Kelly, fish eulturist, with head
quarters at the hatchery up the Rogue
riber, was in Grants Pass the fore part
of the week on business.
Miss Luella Dodge, a teacnor in the
public schools of Chicago, !sit -d Mrs.
H. Gunnell Sunday and Manday of
this week. Miss Dodge and Mrs.
Gunnell were class mates at the Colum
bia School of'Expestion at Chusga:
Capt. Mclntyre and daughter, Mrs.
Dr. Barney, of Sterling, Colorado,arriv-
ed Tuesday evening from Klamath
Falls. The Captian will be here a few
days and return south. Mrs. Barney
visited a day here with her brother and
went to Portland to visit her sister,
Miss Myrtle Mclntyre, formerly of this
place.
Prof. Ritner is in oar oity in the In
terest of the Ashlaud Commercial Col
lege. He has secured larger quarters
in the Aikin'i Block for the accommo
dation of the growing institution and
is better prepared than ever before to
give excellent modern business
training.
S. V. Moody is now proprietor of
tho grants pass Wood Yard, having
bought out O. O. Lund, and taking
posession July 27. Mr. Moody and
family consisting of wife and five
children, were in Grants Pass a day
or two in June, coming from Nampa
Idaho. They went to Klamath Falls
where they invested in city property,
but returned to Grants Pans to go into
ilness. Mr. Moody and his sons are
business men and patrons of the wood
yard may expect to have their wants
supplied without (delay.
ATTENTION PEAR GROWERS
The picking of pears will be begun
Tuesday for the Grants Pass Fruit
Growers Association and the car will
be loaded out for New York Wednesday
afternoon. Picking mast be begun at
daylight and stop at 10 a. m. or so
soon as it gets hot as hot fruit will
wilt, sweat and go to pieces in the 12
days on the road to New York. Pick
oothe south side of the tws early in
the morning and then on the shady
side of the tree after the sun is up.
Don't drop a pear even one inch for a
bruise so'amall as not to be found here
will be a rotten spot by the time the
peer reaches New York, and a half
dozen rotten pears will ruin the sale
of the entire car. Those not getting
their pears !n early Wed af'ernonn
will be fined 10c a box as the car nioFt j
not" be detained. for eveiy day the pear (
market is dropping and the pears In i
the" warehouse wi'l be wilting. Stems j
must not be broken ami the size must
not' he lefs than 2,'4' Inches." " j
8-9-It Charles M-?rve, M niayr:
ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS OREGON, AUG. 9,
S. P. TIME TABLE.
Trains carrying; passengers leave Grants
Pass depot as follows:
hosth sorsn.
So, 12 Shasta Express for Port
land and intermediate
stations 6;23 a. ni.
No. 1& Oregon Express, Port
land and wav stations.. 6:2(1 p.m.
i-u. i ruruaiiu express, nyern:iKa. in.
SOI-TH sorso.
No. 11 Shasta Express, Sacra
mento dt San Francisco 10:15 p.m.
No. 15 California Express, Sac
ramento and San Fran
cisco 9'05 a. m.
No. 13 -San Francisco Express,
liyer 11 :00 a. in
It is not the intention of the Courier
proprietor to run an apology pat er but
an apology is certainly due tae sub
scribers this week owing to the fact
that muchimportant news and the cor
respondence turn various parts of the
county are omitted. It has been una
voidable this week. The present con
dition ma possibly oontinue for an
other week, but we are, however.
making plans for improvement which
will compensate for any lack at the
present time.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
PAYS IT'S BILLS
County Court Approve Wet.rra.nts
for Expense at It's August
Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of Jo
sephine oonnty Court was held in the
Court house, Grants Pass, Wednesday
morning. The following bills were
approved :
J M Chiles, wood for paupers. .$ 7 00
James Holman, fees S 00
S V Hamlin, work on bridge.. 6 00
H 8 Woodcock, lumber 85 00
J R Yetter, account hospital for
July 82 76
B S Van Dyke, rep testimony.. 5 00
u o uainoon uo. uiase
W J Russell
Penn Lumber Co, lumber ,
E 8 Van Dyke, disc att fees..
F W VaoDyke, ex Insane
S Loughridge, ez insane
R C Churchill, sndae paupers. .
R A Pierce, road work
RH O N'eill, mdse court bouse
W J Little, bridge work ,
7 75
95 87
807 81
6 00
6 00
6 00
U 10
23 85
.186 74
16 00
8F Cheshire, tamps, etc SO 36
G Earner, meat, pauper 4 95
C F Gentner, road work 83 94
Irwio-Hodson, supplies 67 60
G Oronk,. burial pauper 6 00
J .R Wells, street sprinkling.... 3 60
Marona Robbins. drawing bridge
contract S 00
Geo Farleigh, road work 17 60
WL Jewell, bridge work 8 00
Arthur Quigley, bridge work.. 8 00
Hackett & Edgerton, lumber.
G P Laundry
L Speaker, mdse, pauper
40 00
6 66
10 00
7 10
jj, jj mulgley, mdss, pauper.
Lucas & Boo, mdse, roads.
2 60
J M Jones, board, pauper 14 00
ATTENTION CITIZENS. -The
Grants Pass Commercial Club
desires that all good Citizens from
this date make a point of telling their
friends in the EaBt that from Septemb
er 1st to October 31st the 8pecial (25 1
rate from Eastern points will be in
effect upon all Railroads, direct to
Granto Pass, Southern Oregon, the hub
m Ti t 1 1 m ii 1
oi me nogue mver vauey. ieu mem
to have their tickets read to Grants
Pass.
H. L. Andrews, Secretary.
Grants Pass August 1st 1907.
Some of the GruntsPass people thin
wo have warm weather in Southern
Oregon, but the Arizona weather cer
tainly puts ours in the shade. Mrs.
J. O. Cibson recently wrote her parents
here, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coron, that
at Hay, Ariz., that tho thermometer
at their home stood 120 in the shade.
Attractive China
There is nothinir nicer for a trift
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to a friend than one of our dainty
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cups and sancers, or a plate, secure
one now, as they are going fast.
When you call for your j
TEA OR COFFEE
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don't forget to look at them, you !
may not want one today, but you '
are never sure what the need of
tomorrow may b
SMYTHE'S
QUALITY SHW
A Brief Record of!
Local Events.
The Commercial Club has had placed
a neat sign on the railroad yard direct
ing strangers and others to the club
rooms.
One of Josephine County's t:mlnr
locators has got a fine Poison Ouk
e aim to locate. It is guarnto.'l to
nic more blist .is to t'uc spua-v inch
th i;i any other in the stare. -
L. G. Gillette arrived recently from
Fort Worth, Texas, and has leased the
store room in the north side of the
Coklin building where the Gillette
Keaiity uo. win oe launcnea as soon
as the interior furnishings have been
completed. Mr. Gillette has spent his
ontiro business life in real estate work
and looks uponGrants Pass as a good
opening for the business. Earle V.
Ingles will occupy one side of the room
with his assay office.
Irof. Berry made another very suc
cessful baloon ascension from the rail
road grounds here Wedneedsy morning,
the event having been postponed twice
on account' of prevailing wind. There
was no wind and the balloon shot
straight upward until a slight current
of air was reached which carried the
big bag slightly northward. Ths par
achute drop was made without hitch
of any kind.
Read the classified Ad columns if
on want to buy a cow or if you want
to pick hope.
CHURCH NOTICES
Presbyterian Church.
Sohodule of worship for Sunday.
August 11, 1907:
11.00 a. m. Morning Worship. The
me of aermoo bv Evan P. Hmrh
'What is the Bible?"
10.00 a. m. Bible School under the
superintendence of H. C. Kinney.
now tne 7.00 p. m. onion vounir
people's Devotional Hour aad the
union evening worship will he con
ducted in the Baptist Charon. To all
these services the publio is most cor
dially invited. .
Baptist Church.
Sunday School and Mea's Class at
12.00 noon. No preaching service in
the morning. Next cranday, August 18,
the pactor will be home and preach.
lo the evening at 8.-00 p. m. anion
service. Rev. Moon preaching.
Union Young People's meeting at
7:00 p. ni.,Miss Mosella Hair leader.
All will be given a most cordial wel
come. Newman M. E. Church.
The pastor, C. O. Beckman will
preach at 11 in the morning on "Alive
though Crucified." Union servioe in
the Baptist church at 8, Rev. M.
Moon preaching. Sunday school at 10
a. m. Union young people's meeting
in Baptist church at 7 :80. Miss Mo
sella Hair, loader. Rtnnmri
frien(U weloonle tu , of
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services.
Fishing Tackle at Cramer Bros.
Forest Phone Line.
W. E. Herring, chief of engineers of
the forestry department was a visitor
at Grants Pass Monday and was in
consultation during the day with M.
J. Anderson and the Commercial Club
regarding the improvement work to be
done in the national forest reserve of
Southern Oregon. After thoroughly
Investigating the needs of this seo
tion Mr. Herring, who has ths ssy as
to the appropriations, set aside flilOO
to be used toward the ooustruotion of
telephone lines in the reserve, and it
was decided to put in a 'phone lloe
from Williams to Bine Ledge, CaL,
via Steamboat. The government fur
nished the wire, insulators and brackets
and the people Interested are to put np
the wire. The line isto be owned by
the goveromeut but will be availble for
commerial'purposes. A line will also
be run to the Josephine county caves
whsre headquarters and.' permanent
camp tor rangers will tie established
To protect the caves from the possi-
! bility of coming into private ownership
or oontrol Mr. Anderson baa had Seo-1
tious y, 10, 15, and 16 Tp. 40 8. R. 8 j
l West, In which the caves are located,
Bet "ide " ntlnl monument.
A telephone line will aluo be run
vm . .i.. ,
, from Kerby to the summit of the
chico mountains. Material has al-
i read been ordered from th supply j
I depot at Salt Lake and it is expected
I to have the work started In 10 days.
Trail and road building in the re
. si-rvcs also received Mr Herring's at
tention and the matter of a road down
Hogue river was taken under advise
lent tx'odioir the action of the ainntr
, mrt f Josephine and Curry counties
aiKftlif settlers ;who will be directly '
rT.!T"nf.' i Ti... a .-ii !
1: auij ut-jriutjut win ajjpro-
I'rin'.i-a liberal sum to begin the road if
the jjiujcct is givn proper supjiort by
local repute.' ' ,
Mr. Herring expfts t return soon 1
and v"I f 1 ' . uVUd the Irriga
n.-xt month.
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SOME BARGAIN POINTERS
New Notes from thai Business
Man to R.)dra.
Dr. Flanagan,
Phjrsiclanaand Dentist
Go to Co run for Plumbing.
Camping outfits at Cramer Bros.
Hammocks at Cramer Bros.
M. Clemens, Prescription Druggist.
A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak
Ranges at Coron's
Cornell boy more Farm produce than
anybody.
Use Pattons Paint. Get it at Cra
mer Bros.
A full stock of Edison and Columbia
records at the Musio Store 1500 Edi-
sons and 1000 Ooluuibias.
Have the G. P. Tailoring Co. make
yon a suit from their new fall wloo
ens. " 8-9-2U
Remember Cornell keeps the best
coffees and teas in town.
We can fill 90 per oent of your Edi
son or Columbia record orders. Mu
sio Store. ,
New full line of woolens just re
ceived by the Grants Paaa Tailoring
Co. 8-9-3t
Mrs. Franoee Amos Piano teaoher,
403 N Sth St 8-9-tf
Hop pickers register your names at
Cornell' Grocery.
A complete line of Edison Phono
graph records at the Photo and Musio
store.
Kodaks and Films at Musio Store.
Fisher, the Jonk man buys any old
thing. 6-21 tf
Paragon brand Typewriter Ribbons
for all machines at the Musio Store.
The Grants Pass Canning Co. is now
prepared to supply pure cider vinegar
in any quantity. 9-2-2t
Hop picker'a Supplies at Cornell's
Grocery.
Merlln-Galire stage line leaves Mer-
fin"7a."m., arrives Galioa 12, return
1 ; arrive Merlin 6 p. m, 25 pounds
baggage free.
Talking Machines rented for the even
ing at the Mosic Stors.,
Rifles, cartridges, hunting coats at
Cramer Bros.
Cornell's Grocery nocessora to
Granto PaaaGro. Co. .
TEAOHEX'S EXAMINATIONS.
Notice .is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Josephine
County will hold the regular examin
ation of applicants for state aad county
papers at Grants Pass, as follows:
For Stste Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, August 14.
at 9 o'clock, a m., and continuing until
Saturday, August 17, at 4 p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, reading,
psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping,
physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, alge
bra. Saturday Botany, plane guomcrty,
general history, English literature,
school law.
For County Papers.
Commencing Wednosday, August 14,
at 9 o'clock a. m,., and continuing
until Friday August 16, at 4 o'clock
p. m.
Wednesdny Penmanship, history, orth
ography, reading.
Thursday-Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, physiology.
Friday Geography, school law, eivil
government.
Lincoln Savnge,
Superintendent.
Rooming House Snap.
A good siaed roomiug hoose and lot
for sale. Water and bath. Main street
olose,"j mllL For price and terms
apply to Mra Gagne, Crescent City,
Cal. 8--7t
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A Few Bargains
' At the Big North Side
Furniture and House
Furnishing Store
A few Hammocks to close at your own price, several Refriger
ators at a cut price, some odd Rockers to close them
out, another shipment of Swing Chairs, also
Cots, Lawn Chairs and a big stock of
everything for House Furni
shings at lowest
price. .
A. U. Bannard
Good Sold on Installment plan
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Everlasting Jars
Economy Jars
Mason Jars
Jar Rubbers
Cans$
Tin
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Sealing Wa
rax
Wax Strings
Cramer Bros.
'jshing Taokel, Guns
Ammunition
and
Notice!
All persoos
knowing themselves'to
be indbeted to
the John R'Uyde
lirooery are hereby notified to settle
tne same Immediately to the nadar-
signed duly appointed receiver tin
Bankrnptoy. a i
tt. 1 ANDREWS,
My Childhood Home" a beautiful
song with words and Musio by Mis
Esther 8ilsby, of Ashland, la in stock
the Music Store'.' ' This is Miss
Silsby 's latest production, copyrighted
1907, and is up to her standard of
excellence. The Male Quartet arrange
ment is included with the. song at half
price,;- 80c. : ' 1 . , 1
Prussian Tonics at Cramer Bros.
Hundreds of New Edison Record
I svt th Music Store.
Victors and Columbia aviso.
Svral Bargain In Msx chine.
First national Bank
Of Southern Oredon
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GRANTS PASS. OREGON
Some of the Services that a
Bank Renders the Public
DEPOSITS
The simplest and safest way o
keeping your money is by deposit
ing it in a Reliable Bank. Ibis
Bank receives Deposits Subject to
Check, or on Demand Certificates
of Deposit or on Time Certificates
of Deposits. On Time Deposits we
pay 4 per cent interest.
DKAFTS
The Best and Cheapest way Ito
Transfer Money is by Bank Draft.
We sell Drafts payable in all parts
of the country.
LOANS
One of the most important func
tions of the Bank. We endeavor
to supply all reasonable needs o f
our customers.
Capital awnd Surplus $75,000
Stockholders' Additional
Responsibility $30,000
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L. B. Hall. Presldout
J. C. Campbell, Vice-President
II. L GlLKEY, Cah'.t
K. VL HaCkeT, Ash I. Cashle