ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON, MARCH 13. 19ti8
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near to having a new house," is an old saving that's craven tru
every day by the old houses made new with
The Sherwin-Williams Paint.
S. W. P. protects and beautifies. It's great durability, beauty
of finish, and economy, gives satisfaction to the house-owner.
fc It s easy working qualities, great covering
N capacity, honest measure, and strict purity,
satisfy the demands of both painter and
house-owner.
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By Using
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better. It does the work Vvery time.
Don't delay, but come and get the rem
edy today and save yourself a possible
sick spell
The Model Drug Store
Front Street. Opposite Depot
This is the only school in the Northwest which
prepares young men and young women for
Private Secretary
Positions
We have ceased trying to fill all positions which are brought to
our attention. Only the best are selected and for tbe best we
must have the best young people.
Write us today and ask us sboutjthis Private Secretary Course
Holmes Business College
PORTLAND. OR.E.
ARE YOU LOOKING
For bargains in furniture? If so, come and see my new stock
and get my prices. My car of new Couches, Beds, in fact anything
and everything for the parlor, dining room, bed room and kitchen
has come, and you'll be astonished at the splendid goods and the
right prices.
M. E, MOCRE,
NEW and SECOND HANO
r GOODS
Racycles and Typewriters
GENERAL REPAIRING
M. McLNTYKE'S
Phone 528
BICYCLE AND MACHINE SHOP
8oQth 6th st. Grants Pass. Ore.
JpS. V. MOODY
WOOD
YARD
Cor. H & 3d sts. Phone 434
Load Blocks $3.00
Stove Wood
Tier Manzanita $2.50
Tier Oak $2 75
Tier Fir $2.50
Tier Pine $2.25
Chunk Wood
Tier Oak $2 50
Tier Fir $2.25
Tier Pine.... $2.00
Load Sawdust.... '...$1.00
Load Kindling $1.0
First
National Bank
OF
Southern Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
Some of the Service that a Bank
Renders the Public
DEPOSITS
The safest and simplest
way of keeping your
money is by depositing
it in a Reliable Bank.
This Bank receives
posii suhjert to Check,
or on demand Certific ates
of deronit or on time
Certificates of Deposits.
On time deposits we pay
4 PER CENT INTEREST
DRAFTS
The best and cheapest
way to transfer money .
is bv Bank Draft. We
sell Draft payable In all
parts of the country.
LOANS
One of tbe most impor
tant fani'tions of the
Bank. We endeavor to
supply all reasonable
needs of our customers.
Ospitaland Burplus $75,000
Stockholders' Additional
Responsibility $50,000
OFFICERS
L. B. Ham., President
J. C. CAraM., Vice-Pres.
H L. Gitsir, Cashier "
K. K. Hackbtt, Asst.Cahier
bOINQS ffT THE COURT HOUSE
Items of Interest to the Taxpayers of Josephine County
T rem the Various County Officials v v
Fine commercial printing at the
Coerier oficc
These are strenuous days in the
office of County Clerk Cheshire, who
together with his assistant, Deputy
E. 3. Veatoh, find the business coming
in at a brisk rate. The recording has
been better than for some months
past, deeds and like documents piling
BP at a lively rite. The following
transfers have been placed on record :
Addie L Reed to H H Conger, lot
block S, town of Placer, (300. .
Margaret Chapman et al to George
Henry Chapman et al., 280 acres in
see 3, tp 89 s, r 5, (I.
State Land Board to Ellen J Shar
key, 620 acres in sec 836, tp 40 s, r 9,
1650.
Emma Wheeler et al, to E K Nor.
cott et al, 20 acres in see 0, tp 8 s,
r 5, II. '
H S Wynant et aitoWE Parkey,
escrow agreement lor the Wynant
farm, located in sea 13, tp 87 s, r 6,
etc, 6000.
E J Rogers et mar to George O
Sabin, 12 acres in sec 8, tp 86, s, r 5,
11900.
Henry A Ple et nx to Cheney
Creek Lumber Co., "all merchantable
timber on part of seo 13, tp 38, , r 8,
$100.
B D Wilson et nx to Hinman,
Know lis & Co, 160 acres in seo 1 tp
87 s, r 6, $205.
United States .to Edward O Hagen,
patent for 160 acres in seo 14, tp 38
s, r 8.
Arthur Conklin et nx to Loo A
Heberlie, lot 4. block 61, O T S of
Grants Pass, $150.
Albeita G Lincoln to G H Carmer,
125.97 acres In seo 15, tp 86 s. r 6,
$6000.
Sylvester Smith et nx to C G Jeoks,
part seo 6, tp 86 s, r 5, $250.
Peter M Miller to Charles S Gloor,
152.02 acres in see 9, tp 89, a, r 8 and
all mill aad wat'r rights, $10.
Jacob Gaddel to J Rogers, 12
acres in seo 8, tp 86 s, r 6, $1300.
C J Smith et nx to E E Oonrsen st
al lot 1, extension of block A, of
Boundary Line add to Grants Pass, $1.
Edgar E Coarsen et al to Wm A
Paddock, part block A, Bourne's
First add to Grants Pass, $1100.
Same to same lot 1, extension of
block A, Boundary Line add to
Grants Pass, $100.
W E Sanders et nx te W W Wilson,
part seo 83, tp 84 s, r 6, $600.
G P Banking & Trnst Co, to M A
Laoey, part sec 5 tp 86, s, r 6, $1.
Wm C Deneff et nx to W C Sparks,
part seo 36 tp 89 s, r 5. $600
E E Wiseman to Lillie V Reed. One-
half interest in part see 8, tp 84 s, r
6, $1.
L L Jewell et nx to Eclas Pollock,
120 acres in seo 38, tp 87 s, r 6, $U
Taxes are rolling in at the office of
Sheriff Russell at a very lively rate.
and the average lately has been about
$3000 per day. The taxpayers are
coming in from all over this county
to make their annual deposit.
County Clerk Cheshire's fees are
climbing up, right along. For the
month of January he received $373.85
and in February tbe amount came
up to $393.85.
R O Churchill of Selma has been
appointed a notary public by Gover
nor Chamberlain.
Voters ar crowding into the office
of Clerk Cheshire, where they are
having their names entered for the
coming battle of ballots. It is evi
dent that the Intercast in the ap
proaching primaries is constantly on
the increase, Judging by tbe registra
tion.
This week Superintendent Savage
is visiting the various Williams
Creek publio schools, as the law
requires him to do once each year.
Tbe next uniform examination in
the eighth grades will be he'd on
May 14 and 15, all over the state of
Oregon.
Samuel Reed of Leland has placed
his stock brand on fl lie in the county
clerk's office.
Hunters' licenses have been taken
oat as follows: Andrew Caspesba of
Merlin ; Nijah Roberts and H M
Chapin, of Josephine county; George
Campbell, Geo L Jsntzer, Frank
Jantzer, Jr. of Grants Pa's; and P T
Everton, of North Santiam.
Chas F Parker was again before
the court, Monday, on the old
charge of having made away with
soma tools, out at the Box Factory,
last spring. Attorney Geo W Col
rig appeared in his behalf and con
vinced the court that 'tbe man had
already been acquitted in the circuit
court of tbe same charge aod could
not therefore again be legally held.
So Parker was again given his free
dom. Nellie Wade seeks to obtain a di
vorce from Warren JA. Wade to whom
she was wedded, bare in Grants Pass,
September 4, 1902. All seems to htve
pone well with the oonpls until March
2, 1907, when, aha sets frtb in her
complaint, her husband "against
plaintiff's will and consent and with
out any just cause or provocation,
wllfullv deserted and abandoned the
plaintiff and ever sines that time and
for more than one year pat, has con
tinued to do so, against her will aud
consent. She asks for a decree of
divorce and such other relief as the
court may deem Just and equitable
and she wants the privilege of again
assuming her maiden name which was
Nellie Floyd.
Susan E. Anderson is seeking the
aid of the circuit court in untangling
a matrimonial mix-up In which she
has played a prominent part Accord
ing to her own acooont of it, as con
tained in tbe complaint she has filed,
she was married to Fred Kleinhatn
mer, in Linn county. May 2, 1886, but
they were mismated and the courts of
that county dissolved the knot which
made them husband and wife, July
5, 1893 and ou that very same day she
accepted the band and heart of Noah
W. Leabo and they were at onoe mar
ried at Albany. She lived with this
man until the year 1897, when, to her
great astonishment she ascertained
that her marriage to this man was
illegal, inasmuch as the Oregon state
laws provided that no divorced patties
oould remarry within a period of six
months after the court has separated
them. And. this was news to her
husband, too, and taking advantage
of the situation, he forthwith "skip
ped out" and she says she has never
seea him sinoe that time, but after
wards she says one of bis brothers In
formed her tnat the man was dead.
Acting upon this bit of information,
she again entered the ma rimoolal
state, this time becoming the wife of
Aired Anderson, te whom she was
married March 18, 1901, at Jaokson
ville. Two children were born to them
But afterwards this husband died
and now she seeks to have the court
deolare bsr marriage to Leabo null
and void, giving her tbe complete
charge of the two children aod allow
Ing ber and said children to asinine
the surname of Anderson.
An important piece of litigation
has just been filed in the eircnit
court, in which 'the participants are
prominent Douglas county residents
and it has already oausd some " bad
blood" and ii likely to cause still
more, for an attachment has been soed
out in this county. The plaintiff is
C. 8. Jaokson, of Roieborg, a m ember
of the state legislature, while the de
fendant is Hon. A W. Stearns, of
Oakland, and one cf the prominent
men of Douglas ononty. The oom
plaint sets forth at some length that
the plaintiff was employed to prose
oute a certain case in the olronit court
of that county, for which he was to
receive a deed to certain acreage said
to be worth $4500. bat that defendant
Stearns has not paid tbe debt, al
though repeated demands for the same
have been made, but be has "fraudu
lently, collusively, wrongfully and
purposely violated said agreement,
disregarding plaintiff's rights there
under and secretly and ' without
plaintiff's consent and against his
wishes, old all of said land and for a
nominal consideration conveyed same
to H. J. Wilson, one of the defendants
in said suit and thus unjustly en
riched himself to plaintiff's great and
irreparable' damage and loss, in the
sum of $4600." Judgment is there
fore asked for in this amount and an
attachment has been issued against
property held by defendant in this
county.
A case that has already had two
trials in the court of Justice J as.
Holman is entitled: W. H. Flanagan
vs. Grant Urinn, for $27 professional
fees. Tbe first trial occurred Janu
ary 30, last and resulted in a disagree
ment of the jury. Then another at
tempt was made to settle the matter
in dispute, resulting in a verdict for
tbe defense. The cost amounted to
$24.60. Now Ibe plaintiff has carried
the matter into the circuit oourt
where it will be threshed over Before
a judge and juiy.
TEA
There's plenty of hum
bug in tea; not one ounce
in a ton Schilling's Best
Yosr iroctr returns your noasr U im aoal
Uka it; w par him.
W. C. T. U. NOTES
i
The T. P. C. T. U. met at the M.
E. church, Friday evening, March 6.
at 7 p. m. Each girl brought a well
filled basket. The collation was
spread in the . dining room. Over
fifty young people partook of the fine
repast which all seemed to enjoy. At
8 o'clook the society was called to
order in tbe parlor, by the Presldeut,
A short business meeting was followed
by a debate, the sabject i being "Re
salved, That Prohibition would be
Detrimental to Grants Pass." It was
affirmed by George Birdssy and
Louise Birdsall and denied by Harold
O'Neill and Wilne Gilkey. The
affirmative gave every point that
oould possibly be brought oat on their
side of the subject. The negative
ably met tbe arguments of their op-
peoents. As judges bad not been ap
pointed, the question wai decided by
vote of those present. Tbe decision
wss almost unanimous for tbe nega
tlve.
A great number came, in time to
hear the debate. All spoke in the
highest terms of tbe work of each
contestant
The society .then adjourned for a
social hour of interesting games.
All went home feeilng that thsy had
spent a very enjoyable aud profitable
eveniug. Press Correspondent.
"Do the regular lines of church
work sufficiently inoluds work for
temperance? Why should a busy
church member belong to the Woman's
Christian Temperanoe Union?" Ws
answer, we belong
1st Becanse we believe that the
saloon and its allies are the greatest
obstacles which lie in the way of the
triumph oi Christ and His church in
the nrld. The open saloon is block
ading the highways along which must
IP3
Absolutely Pure
The only baking powder
made with Royal Crape
Cream oi Tartar
No Alum, Ho Lime Phosphato
oome tbe King la His beauty, and His -triumphal
reign cannot be ushered in .
until the dramshops are cleared away
and Institutions for man's elevation
are substituted. The altars of our
churches are pitiably devoid of young
men, and the pitfalls of vice in our
large citits are crowded with them.
Thus tbey are drawn farther and
farther away from purity, the in
fluence of a mother's pravers and the
restraining and helpful ordinanoes.of
Ihs church.
2d. We belong because there is a
stultifying lethargy ou the part of the
average church member regarding the
evils of the saloon, and a disposition
to evade responsibility. Consequently
the aroused and consecrated worker -for
souls must organize, agitate and
cry aloud in behalf or "the slain of '
ths daughters of my people." It is
not eoongh that we offer a prayer -
occasionally for tbe downfall of the
drink trafflo; not enooeh that we -
have quarterly temperance Sunday-
school lessons, and oaoe or twice a.
year a good temperance sermon ; not
enough that the church periodically -
pass strong resolutions against the-
sale of intoxicating liquor. Alls
these are good, but radioal evils mnst
have radical remedies, and the rank..
and file of our ohurohes are conserva
tive and slow to adopt any such
measures.
8d. We belonir because, while the
evil of the saloon is almost univer
sally acknowedged by the ohurohes,
yet there are weapons which must be
wielded against tbe saloon before ir
is abolished which now cannot freely
advocate under tbe 'auspices of the
church without' dissension, wbioh-
would be deplorable to many, even
of our own whitu-ribbooers. The
church has not washed its hands from
complicity with the saloon, and while
deolaring "that tbe liquor trafflo can
not be legalised without sin, " a ma
jority of the yoting memberships -sanction
its perpetuation by thelf
ballots, thereby Insuring to the trafflo
the protection of government. In
John's 'second epistle we read: "He
that biddeth him godspeed is partaker
of his evil deeds." Does not govern- -
ment license bid godspeed to the -
saloon? It Is olear to ns that the
liquor trafflo mnst be outlawed by-
tbe rots of the obnroh, but these sub
jects cannot be freely dlsonise'd nndsrr
her auspices without pitiful outsry.
of political preaching, restriction of
man's personal liberty, "etc
4th. We belong because the W. C.
T. U. wipes out denominational lines-
in Christian work agaiust this cons
ul on foe to all aad realises- the
Savior's prayer that "they all. may r
be one." This blending of women at
the mercy seat has brought to them
such a revelation of the Holy Spirit's
power, such depths of love and peaoe
and joy, that they are oonsolnus that
His favor orowns their work and that.
Ha will finally subdue all enemies,
under His feet."
6th. We belong because ths mis- -sionary
work of all ' our churches is
handicapped In foreign countries
by the rum sent out from this and
other so-called Christian lauds, to the'
natives whom onr missionaries are
making every sacrifice to reaoh and
save. Contracts ars made with oltl
xeus of this country to send thousands
of gallons of rum per day to the Free
States of the . Congo, thst gain may
oome into the unsanotlfied coffers of
the rum trade. Mrs. Mary Clement
Leavitt, our first round-the-world
missionary, found whole villages
drunk with rum sent from Christian -England
and the United States, when
she arrived with her message of gos
pel purity and love. God have pity,
for the blood of these natives is yet
upon our garments.
6th. We belong because the W. O.
T. U. stands for the ecclesiastical
emancipation of woman. "Go
qulcky and tell his disciples that he is
risen from the dead.," said the angel
to the women. Tbey are preaohiug
the risen Christ as acceptably and as
effectively as any on whom holy bands
have been laid ln ordination by ths
chorch. Who that ever heard our
sainted Mary T. Lathrays cau doubt
that she wss "oslled of God to preach
the gospel? And yet ths Church she
loved and . honored refused to recog
nize officially that call because 'she
was a woman I I fully believe that
thousands of tools who are now un
touched, would be reached and saved
annually if our churches wonld but
acknowledge and officially recognize
God's call to women to (preach the
gospel. Such convictions of duty
have never come to me personally so I
may speak more freely in behalf of
others. Our women, by their loyalty
and devotion to the chorch (and
women form two-thirds of its mem
bership), their faithfulness nnder thia
system of injustice, are sorely bring
ing nearer the; glad jiay when there
shall be no sex distinction in terries
for the King of Klugs."
TRESS CORRESPONDENT.
LA DDIS Hare yog used the Rest
Room at Gibson's? If not why
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