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- v , . vvumaa vrxv-rw A o tajj, VIVXVjJ 11 , l,V,Q,lftK b. CW ' o'rn Fed Pork Theres all the difference in the world in meats, as in peo ple. Our aim is to buy and serve the very finest of hams, breakfast bacon, poik tender loins,. sausages, sucking pigs for roasting in short, all pork products to be had anywhere and that we prove in our en deavors is proven by the pat ronage of those who know. We solicit your orders. ity Meat Market Lie 144 J. H. AHLF. Propr. p oodburn Trees Are money makers every time, absolut ely true to mame, unirrigated, they al ways grow, not the cheapest bt the best. Fully guaranteed. Woodburn Nurseries A. L, SETTLEMIER, Proprietor KITCHIN, Salesman HOW TODRAWCROWD HE FASHION LIVERI . . . FEED ND1SALE STABLES ' OILMOEE ft B0EEN. Proprietors, between Fifth and Sixth Pboni 881 Grant Pan, Oregon kre You Interested In Fencing? If so let us figure with you. We sell ge Woven Wire Fence If YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANY ttle Sheep, t, Poultry, or log Fence, Lawn, Garden, Cemetery, or Wrou ght Iron Fence or Gates miles 1W7. Buy the PAGE and Start in Right hyMirect from factory and our prices are right. 80 gej fence soia in jacitson vuuiny smic G ADDIS DIXON , UAe Pe8 Fence Men Of Jackson, Josephine and Klamath Couutie4. n Office - Medford, Ore. BUV YOUR TREES FROM TREES i Reliable Albany Nurseries" and you are sure 'of gettidg just what you order. We grow our trees for quality not cheap prices. GEO. H. PARKER, Agent IAIIBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADDOCK, Proprietor. ... ...... i. itii linn nf Cenieterv work in any kind i arc) prepared to lurnisn rijio'" X0th!;n.ol experience .n the Marble business -arrant, my s.ylu, ... .... ' ... .... y i can nil votir or.iers m me T.r ... . n lurnish wr in nim-'i. a- - ' irble. hront aireet. next to Ureen's iiMnlon Small Kansas Town's Unique Idea That Helps Trade. AMUSEMENTS ON SATURDAY. 1 BUY,B:LX or EXCHANGE Household Goods and my stock is quite comPlete...If you have anything to sell or exchange come and see me, or if you need anything in my line see my goods and get pnees. I-SACKS, COPPER, RUBBER and METAL WANTED M. E. MOCRE NEW and SECOND HAND Committee Advertise! Prizes For Light est Married Woman, Heaviest Lady, Queerest Dressed Boy Fat Men's Race Other Funny Stunts. Tbe trouble with some small towns la that nothing ever happens In them. That's why people don't care to "come to town." The farmers around about stay at home Saturday afternoons and piddle around If work Is slack rather than hitch and drive Into town and find themselves too lonesome to live. What the small town needs to keep up Its spirits, attract people, draw trade and make life worth living Is amuse ment. There is a little town In Kansas call ed Effingham which has realized this fact and has done something unique. Efliughatn has a new Commercial club. The Commercial club has a special committee to work up "stunts." A "stunt" Is something that Is made to bnppen by artificial means. This com mittee got Its several heads together and figured out a series of Saturday afternoon "stunts" that make most town affairs look like a plugged nickel. Every Saturday afternoon now there are hundreds of out of town people In Effingham. Any town with spunk enough can do likewise. Those people trade at the stores and other placet and help the town along. In a recent Issue the Kansas City Star thus describes one of Effingham's "stunt" Saturdays: On Saturday the Commercial club just said that certain things would be done on Main street Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock, and Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock those same things were done. And there were about 200 farmers' wagons In town. That's all. They said there would be a fat men's race. There- was. Five hun dred fanners brought their families to town to see It The winner got a bug gy whip, a bottle of grape juice and a facial massage. They said there would be a twenty-five yard race for girls under twelve, the winner to be given a neck charm and two pounds of can dy. Tbey said that each of the two heaviest women, coming to town to gether In one vehicle should receive a china silk shirtwaist pattern, and the heavier $1 In cash. They said that the two lightest married women coming to town In one vehicle should receive a white embroidered parasol and a cake. Tbey said the most ludicrously dreaded boy should receive two collars, a nqtktle and a pair of socks. The week before they said there were $30 in money and a Back of flour waiting for tbe heaviest load of women com ing to town in one vehicle. ' It rained Suturday In Efflnglaui. It rained quite some, but the Commer cial club, through Its committee on stunts, hnd said there would 1 things doing on Main street at 2 o'clock, and the rain didn't melt anything with them. They got a scrnier and a team of mules, skinned about thirty Inches of surface ofT Main street and In ten minutes everything was ready for the fut men's race. "All ready to enter here," called Willis Cahoon. "This Is the fat men's race. Who's In?" Doc White stepped up to the line. "I ain't a fat man," he said. "I only weigh 280, but I'm willing to show what I can do." "Here," said Jim Stewart, "I thought this was a fat men's race. I weigh 810, but I ain't going to run with no living skeleton." "Three hundred and twenty-six Is my figure," said Roy Wallack as he toed the line, "but I'm willing to run with these race riders If White will take off that Panama tint. If tbe wind gets under that It'll bfuw him across the finish line. This ain't no aero plane contest: this Is a foot race." "Cut out that talk and wait for the word." called out Starter Sliarpless. "This Is no debating society; It's a foot rare to see who guts that facial mas sage." "I'll give Stewart his now If he don't quit crowding." said Wallack. "Go:" Tbe word caught Stewart with h' month open, and he lost valuable time getting It shut again that ought to have been devoted to getting his feet out of the mud. The crowd standing behind the starting line bad to be told about the race afterward. They didn't see anything after the first deluge of mud that followed the uplifting of those feet. They telephoned back from the finish that White was tbe winner. The weighing of the two heaviest women roused the partisanship of tbe crowd to the highest pitch. Cheers went up when Mrs. John Henry prov ed by the scales that she weighed 205ty pounds. Mrs. J. It. Goodpasture onlv smiled. "Lead me to It." she ! e.ld. As Bhe stepped on tne piatronn the crowd quivered with excitement So did the scales. "I may have lost some," said Mrs. Goodpasture mod estly. "I haven't been weighed since yesterday at 4 o'clock." The clerk of the scales. Mr. Arthur, showed traces of deep emotion. "Mad am." he said. "If you have lost any thin? It Isn't weight; It Is all here. Go to the committee and pet a slilrt waist pattern and $1 In cash. The scales quit at 21.V,." Whoop-eer said the crowd. Mrs. Don Keece established her claim to the parasol offered the lightest mar rtod woman, with record of ninety poinds, airs. Tobe Yin Bchorlack took second honors and B0 cents la tash with 105 pounds. MUCH CONCERN FELT Ordinary Methods lor Treating Ca.te.rrh Prev Unsuccessful. Recent statistics showing an in crease in catarrh have shaken the confidence of medical men in the usual prescriptions to salegnard honian Health from the ravages of this di season. When stomach dosing provided in effective, it was natural to look for m tier treatment, and it it be leved that in Hyouiei, an abaolnte cure lor all catarrhal troubles has at last been found. Breathed through a neat pocket inhaler, its healing medication reaches every spot where there are catarrhal germs, destroys them, preveuts their tuture growth, and soothes the irritated mucous membrane so that relief is felt almost instantly,' while lasting care is practically sore to follow. The complete Hoy wet outfit cunts bnt tl, and is sold by Demaray uuder an absolute agreement to retund ihe money if it does not give satisfac tion, llj is the only care for catarrh that has ever been sold under a guar antee to cost nothing unless It cures, bat Demaray has so much faith in its power to cure all catarrhal trouble that he is williug to take the risk, so it Hyoniei does not help yon, there will not be a penny's expense. Get an outfit at once ou this liberal plan. CLEVELAND'S GREAT ROAD. Beautiful Boulevard Which Will Border the Rockefeller Estate. Mayfleld road, in Cleveland, O., when Improvements begun the other day are finished, is to be one of the finest thoroughfares in that section of the United States, says the Cleveland Flaln Dealer. Beginning at Garfield monument, the highway, eighty feet In width, will run three miles east of the end of Cleveland Heights village, paved with approved Telford macadam like tbe city boule vards. A grass plot will run through Its center, containing shade trees at Intervals of about 1(H) feet the entire distance. When other contemplated Improvements are made the road will be a practical extension of tbe Cleve land park system. Johu D. Rockefel ler, whose Forest Hill estate and other property borders ou the highway. Is one of the most extensive landowners, abuttlug to the extent of his 3,000 foot frontage, and has been Instrumental In nuking the boulevard as planned. So far $1X1,000 has beeu eiit In piping and grading, and the contract for puvlng will Involve about $205,(Xm more. Even In the matter of trolley poles Muytleld road Isn't going to be surpassed. Tbe poles will lc tlxed In the center strip, hidden to a degree by the trees, and will be provided with ornamental Iron arms. On euch side of the mud proper are to be a sidewalk and grass plot twenty feet wide. The Cleveland electric and Cleveland nnd Eustern railways have agreed to lay double tracks throughout Its length. In part of which there are uow only slnu'le tracks. The cur trucks will be laid through the middle of the grass planted roadway. These Improvements have been under discussion for the last six years by Cleveland Heights citizens. Next year's work will be begun on the Cov entry road, connecting with the Shaker lakes. This thoroughfare will be made 130 feet wide. A Real Wonderland South Dakota, with its rich silver iniiie-i, bonanza farm', wide, ranges aud strange natural formations, is a veritable wonderland. ? At Moond City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Ciapp, a wonderful cise ofjlienllnn has lately occurred. Her sin seemed uear death with long and threat trouble. " Exhausting coughing spells o -curred eerr five uiiuuta, "..writes Mrs Clapp, "when I began 'giving Dr. King's New Diicove'y, the gr-at medicine, ihai saved bis life and com pletely enred him." Guaranteed for coughs aud colds, throat and lung ttoabiet, by all druggists BOo and (1. Trial bottle free. GIVE NATURE A CHANCE. ' The strongest minds have gotten their Inspiration direct from Nature. Nature to the great teacher of mankind. We can look to Nature for all our needs. In the recent Russo-Japanese war the sur- 5 eons of the Japanese navy and army iscovered that wounds would heal more rapidly and with better success if left to Nature. They washed the wounds with water which had been boiled and thus terlllied then bandaged the wounds with clean linen no powerful drugs or antiseptics were used In their first aid to the Injured. Such methods results In the loss of only 3i out of tioJ men treated In a naval hospital for their wounds. It Is only from lack of observing Nature's laws that most of us suffer at one time or another from Indigestion, impure blood and a generally run-down svsteni. Our remedy lies in Nature's laboratory deep in the fragrant woods v. here are many American plants, the roots ol which when propcrlv treated will sup ply a health-giving tonic. Many years ago a physician who had an extensive practice aiming the afflicted made a striking departure (nun the usual methods of his confreres In medicine h( went straight to Nature for the cure ol those stomach disorders which resulted so often in sn ana-mlc condition, or im pure blood, a ss of appetite, pale or pimply skin, feeling of lassitude and weakness. He found that the bark of the ltlack Cherry-tree, the root of the Mandrake, Stone root. Queen's root, ltloodroot and tiolden Seal root, made Into a scientific, non-alcoholic extract by the use of glycerine, made the best altera tive and tonic. The refreshing Influence of this extract Is at once apparent in the recovered strength of the patient the vital fires of the Usly burn brlghtoi' and their Increused activity consumes the tissue rubbish which otherwise mat' poison the system. This alterative aud tonic extract has been found to stand alone as a safe. Invigorating tonic, as It does not depend on alcohol for a false, stimulation, but is Xnturt't men method of strengthening and cleansing the sys tem. It times up the stomach and the blood In Nature's own way. It Is well known alt over the world as Pr. Tierce's Uolden Medical Discovery. The name was given to this vegetable compound because one of the Important Ingredients was Golden Seal root. Such an authority as Dr. Koberts Bartholow, of Jefferson Medical College, says "very use ful as a stomachic tonic. Cures catarrh of the stomach and headaches accom panying the same." Hr. ti rover Coe, In nls book Organic Medicines, speaking of (olden Seal root, says thai "as a liver kivlgorator It has few equoli." Further he says, "In chronic Inflammation of the bladder we'dcem it one of the most reli able agenta of cure. As a tonic In tbe convalescing stages of fevers, pneumonia, dysentery and other acute diseases Hy drastis (Uolden Seal root) is peculiarly appropriate." ' Dr. Coe continues: "We would her add that our experience has demon strated the Hydrastis or Uolden Seal root to be a valuable remedy In bronchitis, laryngitis, and other affections of the respiratory organs." " Of service In chronic catarrh of the Stomach and bowels following abuse of alcohol, a tonle after malarial fever. Has a distinct, anti-malarial Influence. Good fn all catarrhal conditions, as uterine catarrh, laucorrho-a, etc. Is a euraUve agent in thronlc dyspepsia." Hobart A. Hare, M. D., University Of Pennsylvania. Prof. John M. Nrudrier In Specific Med ication says: " It stimulates the diges tive processes, and Increases the assimila tion of food. Ily these means the blood it nrithei, and this blood freds the muscular system. I mention the mus cular system because 1 believe It first feels the Increased power Imparted by the stimulation of Increased nutrition. The consequent Improvement on the nervous and glandular systems are natural results. In relation to Its general effect on the system, there U no niolirtrir in use altniit which there it men general vnun mlfv of optiitfm. It Is unierallu re esrd.Ml as Oie tonic useful In all de bilitated states." After many years of study and labo ratory work Dr. II. V. l'lerce produced the most happy combination of this Uolden Seal root with other efficacious roots enhancing and Increasing In cura tive power these native plants from our American fon'sts by the addition of chem Icallv pure glycerine, of proper strength, which Is far better than alcohol, both for extracting and preserving the medi cinal prinrlples residing In plants. Ulyc erlne Itself Is useful In medicine to sub due Inflammation and by cleansing the membrane of the stomach of abnormal secretions aids In the cure nf dyspepsia, and stomach and Intestinal troubles. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser. 1 "W pages. Is sent free, on receipt NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. , Department of the Interior. Land Office at Rosebarg, Oregon , w . November Sud, 1U07. Notice is herebv given that HENRY 8. WTNANT, of Grants Past. Oresnn. h. notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, via: Pre-emptioo Declarator Kt.tm. No. 7ttl made Novemher 1.1th iiu for the N W'i Nwu Township 87 Sonth Rn. w l M., aud that as, id nrnF ni made before Joseph Moss. TJ. S. Com missioner at Grant Pass, Oregon, on Mouday, December 83.1, 1007. He names the following witnesses to prove his settlement, inhabitancy, nou-ahenation, eto.. of said lend li: W. H. htnagan, of Orants Pars, Oregon; H. O. Bobsien. of Oranta Pass. Ore.. Clark Ha til AW A V nf A n. plegate Valley, Ore, George W. Lewis, of Grants Pass. Ore. BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Keiriator. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Timber Land, Act Jan 8, 187.1. Hosebtira, Ore. Nov. 0, HK)7. Notice is herebv uiven tint in vm. pllance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June . 1878. eatltled An Act for the sale of Timber Lauds in the states of California. Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory, " as exteuded to all the Public Land States br act of August 4, 1SU3 PATRICK O' DON NELL, of Camus Valley, county of Douglaa State of Oregon, has this day filed In tnis ortice his sworn statement No. 8o7S, for i he ptirohaxn of the KW of the NWW and the NEtV of the SWW of s ction No. 30, Township 84 Sonth. of Range 4 W. W. M., and will offer proof to show that the laud song lit ia more valuable for its timber and stone than lor agricultural urpose and to establish bis claim to said land be fore the Register and Receiver of this office at Roseburg, Oregon, on mesoay, the 8th day of January, 11HM. He names as witnesses: B. Kraken- berger, of Roseburg, Oregon; Warren Beatty, Roseburg, Ore., Grant Taylor, of Winchester, Ore., John O. Gilbert of KosBburg, Oregon. Any aud all persons claiming ad versely the above described lands are leqnested to file their claims in this office on- or before said 3Hth day of January, 1008. BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Timber Land, Act June 8, 1878. , Roseburg, Or., Nov. 15, 1B07. Notioe is hereby given that in oom pllsnoe w th the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 8, 1878, entitled "An Aet for the sale of timber Land in the States of California, Oregon. Nevada and Washington Territory."' as extended to all Puhlio Land State by act of August 4, 1803. LILLIAN M. KNAQGS, of Harrison, County of Kootnal, 8'ete of Idaho, filed in this office her sworn statement No. 8687 for tbe purchase of the NWli-. Wk of th ti T . .v m . the HW; of HW'L. aud lot. 1 ot Section No. 13. ID Township No. 87 South of Rauite No. 7 West, W. M., and will offer proof to show that the land sought I mora valuable for tts timber or stone than for agricultural porposes, and to es tablish ber claim to said laud before the Joseph Moss, United State Commiss'ouer, at his ffios in Oranta Pass, Oregon, on Mouday, the 17th day of February, 1008. , He nauiHi as witnesses: Martin A. Conger, of Qnuta Pass, Or., Kmnintt R. Conger, of WilderviUe, Oregon. William Bull of Grants Pas, Ore., Clarenoe A. Paoksr, of Harri son, Idaho. Any aud all persons claiming ad versely the above described lands ar reuueeted to file their claim In this oince ou or before aaid 17th day of Fobroary, 1008. BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register. of stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 oni-cent stamps for the book In paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Pr. II. V. Plerc, ft Main Street, liutlalo, N. Y. Facts About the Capitol. A walk over to the national capltol reveals to you an edifice well worth seeing, anil only after spending some time In walking through It can you gain a conception of what the domes tic life of the capltol la. For Instance, consider that it contains 430 rooms which are used for office, committee and storage purposes; C79 windows, 500 doorways. 140 fireplaces. 201 wash basins aud sinks, 14 bathtubs, 15 ven tilating fans. 18 motors. 8 elevstors, 2.000 horsepower of hollers. 8 steam pumps, a llghtlug service eju!vslent to 20,000 Incandescent lamps of sixteen candlepowcr each and over 14.000 square feet of skylights. This 1 all on the Inside, and w hen we look over the outside aud tbe forty acres of Isnd to be kept up we begin to realize that it is no small Job to keep the cobweb out of the capltol and the weed out of the yard.-l'athflnder. What worth doing is worth doing well. 1 If you wirb to be cii'ed of Rheuma- I tisui. use Ballard's Snow Liniment j aod you will be "well cured" Aj positive enre for Sprains, Neuralgia, I Bruis-s, Contracted Muscles and all the ills that flesh ia bir to. A. i. M. Williams, Navaanta. Texas, writes: "I have used Snow Liniment for' st rained ankle and it gae the best of satisfaction. I always keep it in the ' house." For sale by National Drag Co., and by Demaray. I That's It Coogtijyonrsclf into J fit of spasm and then wonder why you don't get well. If yon will only trv a bottle (if Ballard'' Uorehouiid Sirup yonr cough will be a thing of the past. It I a positive oure tor Cotmhs. In fluenza, Bronchitis and all Pulmonary diseases. One bottle will convince yoo at your drungist. 2.V-, toe, fl. at National Drag Co. aud at Dema ray'. A Greet Relief. "The miner," said an operator, "ac cepts a situation fraught with peril as we accept" our breakfast. He la a calm In tbe preseuce of danger a w In tbe presence of a steak. There Is a story of Pennsylvania miner who late one autumn was Imprisoned wells st work by the fsll of a bug block ot coal. With th greatest energy but friend et to work to liberate him. This, though, proved to be a task of enormous difficulty. On account of the position of tbe hole and the nature of th fall It was five full day before they reached their comrad. When finally a passage bad been made the manager put In hi head and called: " 'Jack, how are yeT "'All right.' wss tbe reply. 'What day Is It?' Tbursdsy.' " 'Good. Then I'm In tlm for th chrysanthemum show.'" F. G. ROPER lr4llllUllllu rV .II. It IV Courier Blk., op stair IUJTS MADF TO ORDF.B PronipUv r ' .. best material and iu latest style. C LEANING AND REPAIRINO J.E. PETERSON (PIONESR) FIRE. LITE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE REAL EST ATEl AGENT Still doing biisinee at th old stand. Cor. Sixth and D street. GaiKTa Pas, - Oasaoa. Placer blanks at the Courier offic. 1 Malt bread 1 largely mad of bras and unbolted wheat flour mixed. Bran ellers. therefore, go from nou to boue. lUi other tradespeople who ell food or fuel. Tbey csrry tbe bran In an enormou sack balanced on th bead, while th measure Is caTied la th hand. Children'! favorite tnnlo 1 White' Cream Vermifogi, the enre for worm and all children's diseases. It not only kills the worms, but remove the munoni and slime in which tbey build their neat. In action on the child ia mild and leave Mm In a healthy con dition. Joe Daniel, Hortnao, Tenn., say that he gave on of hi children White' Cream Vermifuge when th doctor thoogbt it bad colic, and from the first doae the child passed 73 worms. For sale by National Drug Co. and by Demaray. Early to Bed and early to rise, make one healthy, happy aud wise, especially if you take Minima herore retiring. A posi tive enrn for Constipation, Dyspepsia and all liver complaints. Mrs. 8, Colombia, Tenn., writes: "I always keep a supply of your Herbin on hand. Am so pleased with the relief it gives In constipation and all liver complaints, that words can't express) my appreciation. For sal by National Drug 'o. and by Demaray. -