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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, OCTOBER 4, 1907. 4 PKOFESSIOXAL CARPS JVX C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to EYE EAR, NOSE and THROAT. Classes fitted and furnished. Oflloe hours 9 to 12; 2 to 6; and on ap pointment. Telephones 261 and 77. Giants Pahs, Oasuoa g LOUGH RIDGE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Res. Phone 714 OH or omintry calls attended night or day- (flu and 11, Tuff's building. Ollioe Phone 21. Grahwi Pass . Obeoon. JJ, D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Practloo In all State and Federal Courts. Olllce la Opora House Kulldlng. Gb a NTs Pass, - Oregon A. C. HOUGH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Fractions In all State and Federal Courts Oflloo over ilulr Kiddle Hardware Co. Gbamts Pahs, - - OrntooN QLIVER & BROWN, LAWYER. Offloe.'.npstairs, City Hall. Grants Pahs, Ohkoon. 0, S. BLANCnARD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Practice in all State and Federal courts. Banking and Trust Company s Building. G aANTS Pahs, Ohkuon. II. B. IIENDRICKS C0UN8ELL0RS-AT-LAW Oivll and criiniual matters attended to In all the oourts. Real sstato.uud Insurance. Office, 6th street, opposite Postofflue, ILLIAM P WRIGHT, U. B. DEPUTY SURVEYOR MINING ENGINEER AND DRAUGHTSMAN Oth St., north ol Josephine Hotel. Giants Pahs, Oregon, Charles Costain Wood Working Shop. West of flour mill, near R. R. track lurning, Ncroll Wurk, HtairWork, Hand 8win, Cabinet Work, Wood Pulleys. Kaw Ffluig and gumming, Kepainng all kinds, f riori right, The Popular Barber Shop Get your tousorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Itath Room In connection N. E. McGUEW, PIONEER TRUCK and;DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving GRANTS PASS, OREGON. E. A. WADE Dry (Hoods, Underwear, Motions, Ktc. Front Street west of Palace hotel GRANTS PASS. OREGON, J.E. PETERSON (iMONKKH) tire, urn: AND ACCIDENT insurance REAL ESTATE! AGENT titUl doing business at the old's land. Cor. Sixth and D streets.' Gbants Pass, Osawoa. F. G. ROPER ITltMllloUlltllo Courier Blk., opsUirs ouw m.a.ui, "KVAuiterMt iu lot 1 Promptly and of the twat mstortal and .u .... ..test style. . CLEANING AND REPAIRING KAAAAAAAsVAA A A : 4 CRAMS PASS ' 1 Commercial Club Will furnish in format ion of Jk Joseph i i charge. tie county free of Correspondence so- iioited. . . Piesidetit . . Secretary V V vvt S L. B. I H. L. IU 1.1. Andhkws. . DOINQS AT THE COURT HOUSE Item of Interest to th Taxpayer of Josephine County From the Various County Officle.li. Beautifying the Grounds. Visitors and newcomers frequently notice and call attention to the very neat appearance of the Josephine oon.ty court house grounds. They little realize that only few years ago weedr aDd wild grasses were to be seen, where dow the velvety lawn abounds. Yes, it has taken much tiiua and labor and some expense to bring about the marvelous changes and the man who is most deserving cf credit is W. M. Cheshire, who does dmy as court bailiff, janitor, d puty sh' riff and any old thing" just so lie can be of service. Mr. Cheshire began a campaign, looking to the ini proving of the courthouse grounds a few years ago, but with littleen courageiuent from the "powers that he." But he was not to be thus dis couraged. At hit own expense he bad many loads of dirt hauled and dumped in to the yard aud then he pitched in and brought order out of chaos, until finally his work was found to be so meritorious that he was compensated for the outlay he had made. Now he is enjoying the fruits of hiB labor and takes much sstisfiiction in seeing the beautiful grounds admired aud commented upon by the visitors. Assessor Doing Good Work. If there Is any county official who takes pride in his work, aud juBtly, too, that individual is County As sessor W. II. Fallin. Mr. Fallio has something to show for the careful and systematic manner in whiob be has been carrying on the work of his important office. He has everything right up-to-date, asing only the latest and most approved ideas in doing his work and he has shown that he is at once the ' man for the place hy bringing about a state of affairs that are much to bis credit and which should be highly gratifying to the tax payers of Josephine county. Take as au indication of the thoroughness of his work, the showing made by the lax levies of the past year, as com pared with that which was made fire years ago, when Mr. Fallin asinmed the duties of his office. Then the l?vy was S-Tuiills on the dollar valua tion, but the last levy was but 14 mills. Then the total valuation of all assessable property in this county was planed at 11,300,000, but the past year, the railroad, alone, paid taxes on no, leas than $l,4-J2,?ol, although it has not one bit more property iu Josephiue county than it had five years ago, when the levy was so hiuh. All snoh things 'show con clusively that Mr. Kali In kuows his bunliitws aud that he is doing his work iu a most satisfactory wanner. Transfers of Real Estate. The following transfers of real es tate have been filed of record iu the couuty clerk's ofice: M L Lilly et ux to E Grover Dar nel le, part of 'lot 1, Bourne's add to Grunts Pass, $ 100. C G Anient to his wife, Emma C Ain.nt, lot 1, block C of Uourue's first add to Grants Pass, f 10. M U Anient to his wife, Edith Marude Anient, t0. S5 acres in seo lrt, tp :i s, r .. l. Eliza Ileflling to Susan Havens, part seo ltl, tp S3 s, r fl, fiO. State of Oregon to Frank E Alley, NW-4 NW-4 seo It! tp 39 s, r , 40 acres, f.'iO L M Appli'gate et ux to Jessie Knighteu, SW-4 of SE-4 seo 38 a, r 8 aud crops thereon, ?00. W Montgomery et ux to Jesie Kuighteu et nx. lots '., 3 aud 4, block 7ft, of Grauts Pass f 1000. Msry K Myruk to her husband, Henj V Myrick, both of Philadelphia I lot 3 bock M, Grants Pass f I. 1 F Teeter et ox to Eugeue V Smith lots 8 9 and 10 lloorne's tlrst add to Grauts Pass flOO. j G A Stvage et al; to Jos H ill, 10 I acres In seo '.'4, tp 3rt a, r rt, $1. j J L Pierce to Jos T Peters, lots 8 aud 4. seo 04 aud other property, , Sfirt.tW acres Iu all. 14-00 Klizitheth B Wuuch to Kate M Kin ney, part lots 13, 14, IS and 16 and block 40. tlratits ! j Pass, f'100. tlln n FrrT t mw to Ju0 B bond lor deed to E 9 of SW-4 SW-fUT 'sW-4'of SW-4. SE-4 seo 80. tp 86 s,r 5, 10 acres, ft'iOO. J T Tuffs, agreement to sell to J E Diuion. SW i SK-4 aud lot 4, seo 1, T.. M s, r 8. II.VJ7.1S. Stephen Jewell et ox to M"H Kvaus, anrtM'iutit "to sell S-a NK- 1XE 4 of NK 4. ISO acres, fst. ' .', tp Jli , T v Graff Palur et ux to Aliuir iUlwr part lot 1, block 2, 11 H Miller T add to Grants Pass, fliV. Euiuia M Doyle et uiar to iflTuTTt Smith, as trustee, lots 1 I3 ami t;" Central add to Grants Paos, $22S. Ii;K Mill. r et al to Or. oii X Calif- fornia R R, parts of NE-4 of NW-4 seo 8 tp 84 s r 6 f 284. SO. G A Savage et al to H L Gilkey 10 acres in ceo 13 tp 36 s, r 6 $800. Alice R Bailey et mar to Mrs L C Turner NW-4 of NW-4 seo 31 tp 38 s, r 7 $100. Henry Carl Aukerman et al to Jos Hill et al part block 83 on L street Grants Pa-s $100. J A McCoy et ox to Jas R Jen nings, tart sec 7, 'p 36 s, r 6, $1000. J D Wiruer et ox to C F Cardwell et ux E-9 of NW-4 of lots 3 and 4, seo 19 tp S7 s, r 5 .aod other property, tMOO. G A Savage et al to G A Cobb, two-thud interest iu 10 acres in sec 24, tp 3fi s, r 6, $i!00. O E Rohert et ux to W H Buell, psrt lot 2, block 8, J Boorne's first add to Grants Pass, 80. Harry A Coagle et ax to Andrew Gigler, lots 1 and 2, block 58, O T S, of Grants Pais, $1500. Some Probate Proceedings. An order of distribution and set tling the estate of Jno Snyder, de ceased, has been entered of record. In the estate of Benjamin liealey, deceased, the court baa made an order, oonQrming the sale made of three shares of stock in the Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co., by Adminis trator J. S. Hoare, to Clans Schmidt, for $300. The tale of lot 6, block I, Jodson's add to Grants Pais, for $100, to Daniel Watson, by F. G. Burns, executor of the estate of Emma Sophia lies, de ceased, has been duly confirmed by the court. The guardianship estate of Faoline Steiner, an insane person, has been closed, the final accounting made by J. M. Jones, as guardian, showing a balance of $1639.30 on hands, after ail debts had been paid and be was di rected to send this amount to the said Pauline Stsiuer, at her home, Lin coln, Neb. W titer Works For Grants Pass. Judging by the wording of a cer tain important document which has just been placed of record in the office of County Clerk Cheshire, it begins to look very much aa though Grauts Pass waa going to have another additional ayitein of city water works. Some Portlaud capitalists are said to be back of the enterprise aud they are reported to have pleuty of capital to push the enterprise to a successful consummation. The paper in qnes tion is the articles of incorporation of the Thompson Water, Light & Power Co., aud the incorporators are J. O. Compiou. A. M. Staples aud M lnouipsoo, who propose to put in a coniplate system here, not ouly for the supplying of watsr to the citizens, but also for the furnishing of electric light aud, power for all; purposes. The principal office of the new organi na tion is to be at Portland. It is capit alized for ;,50,000 being divided into 5000 shares of the par value of ,$."0 each. Minor Mevtters Mentioned. For the first time iu tuatiy months, the Josephios county jail, is empty, Sheriff Russell having escorted tbe prisoners who were giveu peuiteu- tlary sentences to Salem this week. Of course it seems a bit lonesome around tbe couuty bastile, bnt doubt- lesa this condition of affairs will not long exist, for there are too mauy hoboes running at 'arge to escape doing some deviltry and gtsttitur into the clutches of the law. As next Monday is the last day In which the second payment of the 1907 taxes can be paid, the sheriff's ofllce is being visited by taxpayera from all over the countyj and Deputy Smith is kept boay most of tbe time, receiving the mousy and issuing re ceipts therefor. Vsdoesdsy the county Commissioners held their regular uieetiug, at which time the pay for the numerous jurors who did duty at the last term of coart and other county affairs were passed upon. James Deveuy aud Thos M. Cairns have formed a eo partnership, which ih7 ar pleased to call she "Velvet Own Co., and they will deal In tim ber lands, mining properties and the like. As long aa they are mutual by agreed, the partnership wilt remain in force. As tbe .joail "open" sexsou begins this week, there has been a rash of applicants to the nuty clerk's office ' to secure hunter's lioousea aud Deputy 1 Veateh has been banding J.mt the' desired permits in bunches. CHann.-ey MesKsnger. of Swede Basin" h i.'i, tuat he bad gotteu las liceuse .,ui some time ago, for IVputy Game Wa7 den J. A. Couuer caught "him iu u,i act of buutiug, without the necSsTarv permit aud whs will have to "divy up" with the state for his careless ness. Others are said to be eqnallv gnilty and their oases will be looked after in due time. Assessor Fallin has jost completed the tax rolls for the coming year taxes aod his books show some very interesting and important - figures. For instance the increase in total valuation over last year foots np the neat sum of $.166,105, the total last year being $4,710,320, while this time it goes np to $5,076,505. The rolls this year show as follows: 19,554 acres of tillable land valued at $468,330:856,906 acres of non-tillable land, valued at $1,735,825; value of improvements upon deeded or patented land, $29,850; value of all lota, $:i88,620; value of improvements on town lots, $199,805; improvements on land not deeded or patented, $126,930 number of miles of railroad bed, telephone, telegraph, etc, lines, 293. 'i4: value of same, $057,335; roll ing stock, $73,840; steamboats, ma chinery, etc., $25S,M0; merchandise und stock in trade, $210,150; farming iiuj 1. uienta, $44,470; money, $13,070; notes and account, $97,600; number of shares of stock, 4,125 valued a; $4,820; honsfhold turuitore, watches. jewelry etc., $101,795; number horses and mole", 1823, valued at $74,670; number cattle, 5940, valued at $74,065; number sheep and goats, 1877, valued at $."225; number swine, 1257, valued at 4295. Attorney H. D. Norton has en tered suit for Thos P. Brown, the well known Portland stock broker, against the Oregon Pine Lumber Co., and its secretary, L. L. Jewell to compel that corporation to transfer to him 40 shares of the capital stock, valued at $2000. CATARRH IS CURABLE Successful Experiments in Abat ing and Curing This Disease uatarrn la an entirely unnecessary disease and should not be tolerated for a s.ngl- day now that Hyomei is so generally .known and has made so mauy cures iu Grauts Pass and other towns Until comparatively recent times catarrh was thought to be a blood disease and stomach dosing the only treatment. Modern science finally disproved this idea of the cause of catarrh, and tound that it was a genu disease and, after many experiments, tbe remedy was decided to be Hvoiuei. Hyomei medicates the air you breathe; it kills the catarrhal germs; it Heals the smarting and raw mem branes of the passages in the nose aud throat ; it cores all catarrhal troubles. As there is life and health in the air in the mountain tops where the pine forests give off tlieir IraKraut and healing baisams, so there is life and health in breathing Hyomei. There is no need of suffering from catarrh if the simple and natuial treatment of Hyomei is used. So Sure Is this prescription to core sven the worst cases of catarrh, that Demaray sells it under an absolute guarantee to refund the money if it does not do all that is claimed for it. Hit Dtar Old Mother ''My dear old mother, who is now 83 years old, thrives on Electriu Bit- lers. writes W. B. Bruunou. of Dublin, Ga. "She has taken them for about two years and enjoys an ex cellent appetite, feels strong aud sleeps well. " That's the way Electric nmers anect me ageu ami the same happy results follow in all cases of female weakness and general debility. eaK, puuy cnuuren too. are ereatlv sireiiKiueuea oy tnem. Uuarauteed also fur stomach, liver and kid nuuuifB, nv ni: uruKKlsis ouc. l .11 i ..... Napoleon Bonspsrte showed at the battle of Anaterlitz he was the greatest leader in tin world. Ballard' 8 Snow Liniment ! snown tne public it is the best lini- uiem ni me world. A quick cure tor rneumailsm. snrsius. burns. cot eto., A. C. Pitts. RodessH. La . Rati I use Ballard 'j Suow Lini merit in. my family and iind it unexcelled for sore chest, headache, corns, in fact. for anything that can be reached by a liniment." For sale by fational Drag Co. and by Demaray. Pure Teas are healthful-nerve soothing-delicious. FOLGER'S GOLDEN GATE TEAS Ceylon Japan Oolong" English BreaKfast Gun powder Black (El Creen are pure. Packed flavor tight in dust-proof car tons to protect their purity and flavor. J. A. Folger 00. Co. Sma franclsco Importers of Par T.. I Tea Many Mining Matters Chas. Murphy, superintendent of he Granite Hill mines was in tbe city, Saturday, transacting some business of importance for that com pany, lie brought i good reports from the mining industry oat in his camp. The following filings upon water rights, for mining purposes were placed of record: J. E. Wilson and Jno. O'Brien, tapping waters of the west Fork of Illinois river, in the Waldo district; ' Henry Warwick, tapping waters of Grays Creek, in Ap plegate Farming District; Eldorado Mining & Development Co., tapping waters of Canyon Creek, in Josephine mining district ; W. W. Hale in same district. A prominent mining man who has been looking over the Pickett mining district,' was in the city, Saturday and he remarked: '"You people of Grants Pass have a Blue Ledge right here at horns." He spoke very highly of that district which is com ing rapidly to the front, mentioning particularly, the Deer Lick aud trie Copper Standard groupes among others. He thinks that there will be some big tilings doing in that dis trict one of these days. It waa noted that a good per cent of the litigation which claimed the attentloa of Judge H. K. Hanna, at the last term of the court was concerning mining litigation. This indicates, all too plainly, that the mines engage the attention of many people in this part of the country. Notice! of locations were filed with County Clerk Cheshire, aa follows: by Jno. Deveny, on "Ram Galch No. 1," in the Galice mining district; byJ. B. Nebsit et al., on " Sum mit, " iu tbe Galice dsitrict; by Thos. M. Cairns, on "Rum Gulch No. 2," in Galice district "War Eagle Discovery." by G. Miller, in Kerby district ; by Martha M Clan tou, on "Dodo," in Galice district; by G. W. Miller et al.. on "Hidden Treasure, No. 1," in Galice district; by same on "Mary No. 8 ," in same district; by same, "Lioda No. 2," in same district. Geo. H. Pease, accompanied by his wife, was at the county seat this week, from Placer. He informed the Courier man that things were pretty livelv out in , the Placer district. Work on the promising Hendricks property, which was recently pur chased by some successful ' miners from Goldfield, Nevada, has been commenced; The Columbia mines are being prepared for a fine run this season and the 20 miles of wooden flume are to be gotten in proper shape. These flumes took nearly 500,- 000 feet of lumber in their construc tion ; Fred Clemens has quite a nice prospect, with fully $10,000 worth of gold ore in sight, on the dump. He is in Idaho, but is expected home soon; Mills brothers struck a very nice vein, in their claim; the old Hall plaoe mines are being rebonded by parties from Goldtield, Nevada. "Bartie" Davidson, of Missouri Fiat had a pretty close call. Saturday. He was doing some blasting in the "Panther Track" mine, developing that property and pottine eight sticks of dynamite on an iron wheel barrow and Iightinit a fire under it. so it would thaw ont, he and Joseph Vin son, a 15- ear-old bov of that oeiu-h Corhood, went into the tunnel and soon there was an awful exDlosicn Had they not been in the tunnel they would have been torn to niecen. Foreman Clfde Jeter, who was ap proaching the mine, heard an ex pli sion and eoing nearer found that the Iron wheel barrow was nowhere to be seen aud the two young men were pretty badly scared over the affair. It was indeed a verv close call. fhere was a big box of dynamite near by, but happily it did not explode, or the young men would have been in stantly killed. Robert Hart was in from the Pickett mining district the firat of the week and he told of some very excellent showings made out that way. 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