Cmni, tctigh and mtmrt nerylhinf you
buy American Qrocer.
The
White House
Groccrv
A Mem Time
in Canned
Goods
There Seems to be
a strong desire to
introduce Grants
Pass Canned Red
Plums at' a price,
hence we will fall
in Hue by offering
them at
5 Cans for 25c
While they last
1 gal. can Tomatoes .30
1 can Ashland Pears .20
1 can Grants Pass
Squash - - .10
CHASE
SANBORN'S
COFFEES
Remember we have
Fresh Bread Dailey
Fresh Smoked Salmon per
pound 20 cents
Smoked Halibut per lb. 22c
3 pound can (Cream Tarter)
Baking powder $1
Pure White Sage Honey. .
Van Camps Pork and Beans
. 15c or 2 for 25c,
3 Cans Alaska Salmon 25c
White Clover Seed
Lawn Grass
Kentucky Blue Grass
Garden Seeds of all kind
I TOMATOES 1 1 " j)FEAJ
"re Tea and Coffee House
ptemTofPersona j fBriefRecorTofl !
0 interest. h X Local Events. 8
Sheriff Russell wept down toGalice
Creek this morning to look after of
ficial matter for a couple of day.
March 25, Wednesday H. M. Cake will
address the people at tha opera
house.
Miss Lottie Veatqh it in from Waldo
this week for a few data visit with
Graota Pass friend, before leaving for
Eugene with her parents, to reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur flnnktin left
Thursday evening for Portland, where
toey will gpend a week in business
and pleasure.
Mig Edna Disbrow returned Mon
day from a fire week' visit with her
brother, steward, at Dothan. She re
port 13 inches of ow there last
week.
G. W. Swinney, wife and baby, I
left Sunday for Toll Honae, Cal.,
where Mr. Swinney will work In the
Tom Shattuckmill.
C K. Root returned 8torday from
the Saormento valley where he hai
been employed for several months.
Mr. Root will spend several weeks
with hii family.
Mies Lizzie Veatch, who Is at pres
ent visiting with her parents at
Waldo, will be employed at the Skill-
man confectionery parlors in this oity
this summer.
Lewis Lucke, wife and two ohildren
arrived latt week from Eugene and
have taken up their residence on the
Mooreshot place, seven mile down
the river, which Mr. Lucke recently
purchased.
E. W. Fonden and family of Seattle
have been In Grants Pass for the pat
week or more, visiting Mr. Fonden'
father, O. L. Erigerton, and looking
up desirable property. They will
probably locate here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Howell will re-
turn to Portland Saturday after hav
ing attended the foneral of Mrs How
ell's father, B. O. McCuHoch. Mr.
HoweH is engaged in the Jewelry busi
ness at Vancouver, Wash, but they re
side In Eat Portland.
Frankr -Jantzer, formerlv resident
of Missouri Flat, but for the past
eight years, nf Calaneas connty, Cal..
has returned to Josephine county and
purchased a place op Rogue River,
near town. Mr. Jantzer says the
Josephine county hill have been call
ing to him for a lone time and he will
soon be prospecting in hii'old haunts.
Dr. Q. O. Warren, of Grove Lake,
Minn., ha been visiting with his pld-
time frinds, Messrs.' W. T. Perry and
Geo. O'Brien. So favorably im
pressed is be with thia country that
he has alrvadv decided to make some
extensive investments in real estate
and he figure on eventually ooming
back here to reside.
B. L. Barry of Dayton was in the
oity yesterdav in the interest of the
Oregon Merchants Mutual Insnrance
Co. Mr. Barry Is one of the old
newspaper boys of the Yamhill
country and of course he got the glad
hand among the "frat" and also did
nice line of business while here.
G. M. Maury of Crescent City, one
of the "old timers" In Grants Pa.
came down yesterday to look over the
town and attend to business matter.
Mr. Mury said that he noted con
siderable improvement in the town
since he mad" Grants Pas his head
quarter and he was also enthnsiastio
in his propheoy for its future develop
ment He left for Medford tins
morning.
At a special nieetiog of the Connty
Court lust Monday the Burrell Bridge
and Construction Co., cf Oakland,
Cal., were awarded the contract for
the oonstmcton of the new steel bridge
to be built lost west of the present
wagon bridge across Rogue Rogue
.... .. 1 : J I
river, whicn Has now quite omuvru
its usefulness. The bid of the suc
cessful firm is for a 730 and the
contract calls for completion of the
bridge by the niiddle.of August of the
present year. This bridge has been
needed for some time and the letting
of the contract last Monday night is
another earnest the fact that Grants
Pass is awakening to its possibilites
and the necessity growing in propor
tion to the investment of the county
and the felicity of it inimitable cli
mate. H. M. Cake Will Speck.
The first political speaking or the
season will beheld in Grants Pans
next Weduesay evening when H. M.
Uake.JStateineot No. 1. champion, and
candidate for United States senator,
will address the people.
Mr. Cake is a well known citizen
of Portland, two years ago being a
candidate for the sentorenip against
Joatban Bonrne. Ho has may friends
in Grants Pass, i an able speaker
and is on the popular side of a question
which promise to be hard foght.'
ROGUE RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON, MARCH 20.
The Medford Tribune announces
that Fred Colvlg, foimerly of Granta
Pass, but later conducting a drugstore
at uoid Hill, has accepted a rosition
with Haskius' drugstore at Medford.
The retail liquor dealer of South
ern Oregon bare formed a Retail
Liquor Dealers Association, with P.
J. McMahon and J. Court Hall, of
Medford, as president and secretary.
A very pleasant reception was held
at the New i an M. E. Church Wed
nesday' evening giving an oppor
tunity to meet their new pastor,
Rev. Alex R. Maclean. There were
several hundred people present, repre
senting all the churches of the oity
and the publio being invited.
A petition is being circulated
throughout Curry county calling for
an election to vote agaiu on the liquor
question. The connty has been dry
and the thirsty ones are seeking an
easier way of obtaining their liquor
than the present one, by stage or
schooner.
Some Sacramento mining promoter is
flooding Grants'. Pass with matter
booming local mining interests He
is just now carrying on a campaign of
education and a little later he will be
on the ground to sell stock to the in
terested ones.
Geo. W. Harriott and Geo. H. Spar
lin of Williams were in Grants Pass
Wednesday and started on the road
with a moving picture machine and a
20th oentnry talking maohine and
will give entertainments throughout
Oregon. They visited Merlin Thurs
day and Woodvllle Friday. Tbey
have the rest in machinery and give
a good entertainment.
Reuben Steelquist, Henry Da vies,
LeRoy Wood and D. L. Lewis, with
Harvard Moore as aooompaniat, went
to Brownsville March 14 to sing at
a meeting held there In the Interest of
the University appropriation, as the
Oregon Weekly. Two of the above
gentlemen, Steelquist and Moore, are
Grants Pass bovs and have been at
tending the University for several
year.
The Josephine County Sunday
School Association will be glad to
extend aid in starting and conduct
ing new Sunday Schools in the'eonntry
districts of this, county. Those in
terested in such a movement are re
quested to call on or addresa R. K.
Haokett, President; or Mrs.W. H. Bat
man, Seecretary, Grants Pass, Ore.
8-21 4t
Word was received from H. O. Kin
ney, who ia accompanying the remain
of Mr. Winch back to the old home
place, at St. Johnshury, Vermont, for
Interment. He had reached there and
had succeeded in shaking off the bad
cold he had when he left this oity.
He ha not visited his home for 18
years and if the weather ia at all
passable he will likely remain a few
weeks, to visit with relatives and old
time friends.
Evan P. Hughes, former pastor of
the Bethany Presbyterian church ia
for the present located at Portland,
where he is looking after some im
portant business interests. He in
formed the Courier that shortly before
he left this city he was offered two
very tempting offers from prominent
Oregon churches, bat for the present,
at least, he doe not .contemplate tak
ing np a charge. Just now he is re
covering from a severe attack of the
Observer Jno. B. Paddock's
report for the month of February pro
vide some interesting facts for con
sideration. He shows that the mean
temperature for the month was 41 de
grees, maximum 10 and the miuimum
was 23, on the 21st., ult. The total
rainfall for the month was 5.21 inches
and 8 inches of snow fell during the
month. There were 10 clear days, 6
partly cloudy and 14 cloudy.
Marguerite Riddle of Grants
Pass has begun soit in the circuit
court for Mnltnomah county against
the Order of Washington, alleging
that $750 is due on an insurance policy
issued by the order on the life of
Mary Simmons, her mother. The ori
ginal policy was for t20O0, but it is
stated that a compromise was reached
whereby the plaintiff was. to receive
$1(500 in Installments. Only $830 of
the sum agreed on has been paid, it is
claimed.
Secretay Garfield has announced a
new land policy and has instructed
landoffice officials and special agents
I that henceforth their duties will
' consist as mnch in aiding honest
settlers in complying with the land
laws as in indicting and convicting
off-'uders The policy ia direo'ly op
posed to that of Secrttary Hitchcock,
who looked upon every man who filed
on public land as a suspicious char
acter and justly entitled to all tha an
noyance and odium that officials ofthe
' department could cast upon bim. Ex.
At Tom Richardson's visit at I Jose
burg last Thursday, $6400 was raied
within 15 minutes for advertising
purposes.
The St Pa'rick't social held at the
Bethany church Wednesday was very
enjoyable and was quite sncoeuifal
financially.
Last week the Oregon Supreme
Court rendered the following decision :
"Alex Watts and Minerva Topping,
respondent, vs. E. M. Spencer et al.,
apppellants, Josephine county, H. K.
Hanna, judge; affirmed. Opinion by
Judge Slater."
Rogue River has been furnishing
some good .sport the past two or
three weeks and many fishermen
have taken advantage of the sport
Ralph and Claude Davis have made a
number of tntendid catches, , while
last Friday John Mock caught 65
steelheads, aggregating 365 pound,
with hook and line.
The growth of Grants Pass is
brought to the attention of resident
of the city in many different ways,
one indication being the establishment
of a garage in the Churchill building
by F. B. Olding, a recent arrival from
Redfild, S. D., where he conduoted a
like business Mr. Olding will sell,
rent, and repair machines. He has
already sold several, whlub will ar
rive soon.
The mail, on account of the deep
mow, came irregular last week, ar
riving only on Thursday and Sunday
instead of every day, announces the
Del Norte Reoord. ' The mail carriers
reported 10 feet of snow on the sum
mit which paoked, and they worked
hard to get through what mail ar
rived here.
It your subscription to the Courier
ia more than 12 months in arieara the
paper will be (topped April 1, in ac
cordance with the new postal ruling.
Kindly keep this matter in mind and
call in and pay np, even though we
may not have sent you a statement
The date on the label will indicate
the date to which your subscription
Is paid.
J. F. Swan ton is now mourning
the loss of a wheel stolen from the
Layton hotel Sunday night. He rode
in 70 miles from bis homestead on
Elk creek, expecting to retorn the
next day. The wheel was made es
pecially for Mr. Swanton, being
heavier than the ordinary wheel and
the loss 1 keenly felt.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
oh or oh have determined to decorate
the interior of the choroh and supply
a new carpet, wnlon will require In
the neighborhood of $700, and the
ladies bave started in to earn money.
They are alao asking the gentlemen to
get in and drill too and later in the
season an experience meeting will be
held, which will provide an oppor
tunity of telling the novel way in
which money was raised.
The advance copies of Medford'
new commercial club pamphlets have
been delivered and is spoken of as a
gem and one of the best ever issued
by a city anywhere. The most strik
ing feature of the book is the cover, a
picture in ooiors of a Spitzeoberg
apple tree laden with fruit. The ap
ples show red sglnst the green foliage,
a strikingly beautiful effect. On the
back covers the Conmercial club'
offer, now raised to $1000 reward, for
any lecton equal to the Rogue River
country wthin a 40-mile radius of
Medford. Inside the cover are colored
pictures of Spitzenberg apples and
Cornice pears.
R. D. Hume, of Wedderbnrn, Curry
county, la offering good inducements
to Americau citizens who bave
families, and are out of employment.
He will furnish to 20 families 20 acres
of land each free of charge for five
years and of 15 years 'additional upon
payment of taxes and a yearly rental
of $3 per acre. He will also furnish a
oow, a pig and a dozen chickens to
each family to be paid for when the
family shall have an income that is
more than necessary for their main
tenance. He will furnish free pas
turage for each cow for five year.
Use of saw mill and standing timber,
the mill to be operated by t ioso who
accept this proposition to manufacture
lumber from ' whion to boild their
homes. He will buy any cord wood
manufactured in the clearing of the
lands herein mentioned. Other in
ducements are offered. Del Norte
Record.
Twenty three member of the Ash-
I land Normal Glee Club gave a concert
' at the opera bouse last Friday even
i log which wag attended by a fair sized
audience. The entertainuiunt consists
' of songs by the men's chorus, reading
! by Mis Case, piano solo and vocal
selections by Miss Nickel-sou, who by
her simple and unaffected manner and
1 her excellently well trained voice won
the hearty applause of the audience.
: The entertainment closed with Gyp
1 sy scenes and song which were much
enjoyed. The ereater number of the
i members have studied music only
! during (he present school year and
; Misa Enther Silsby, instroctinor takes
' a great deal of satisfaction in their
' work.
1908.
SOME BARGAIN POINTERS
News Notes From that Business
Man to Ksiders.
Dr. Flanagan,
Physioian and Dentist
Goto Comn tor Plumbing.
M. Olemeni Prescription Drmrgiit.
A splendid line ut Royal Charter Oak
Range at Coron't
List Yonr Timber Land With
Herzinger & Mitchell. ' 18-20 tf
Cash paid for Green and Dry Hides,
Furs and Wool, J. H. Ahlf, at City
Market. 2-28 tf
Ths Cow Puncher.
Reminiscent of the wild and wooly
West and equal almost to the famou
Virginian as a thrilling drama, is the
play. The play is modeled after the
western book that had tuoti a sale in
the book stores a few years ago,
"Chip, of the flying U," and is one
of the beet dramas of ths plains seen
for some time at the local theatres.
John A. Preston, as Tom Lawton,
the foreman of the ranch , has an ex
cellent chance in his part and plays
the rough uncultured, but good hearted
cowboy, to perfection. He has the at
mosphere of the -plains clinging all
over bim and must have made a ctadr
of the part from real life. The action
all through the play is lively in the
extreme and there i not a dull line in
the whole show. Miss Lillian Dyer,
who was oast for Geraldlne Graham,
the sweet and fair, plays with Pres
ton to perfection.
Tbe comedy work is well done by
Spokane Ike, wbo is the champion
liar of the ranch, - and Taooma Tim, a
fun loving bnt good hearted Irishman.
The character of Carlos Menoza, a
Mexican stage robber and a borse
thief, is well drawn and J. M. Leaver
ton, who plays tbe part, makes ths
most of his opportunity. Ths rest of
tbe characters are well drawn and
well rendered by the actors oast for
them.
While the aotlon of the drama is
something like the Virginian, it por
tray cowboy characters of a little diff
erent type, who are not tbe dgments
of the playright's imagination bnt
ths real cowboy as the West knows
him, a type that is passing away and
in a few years will live only on the
stage and In ths libraries. Opera
Honae, Monay, March 23. 8-31 It
COMING EVENTS.
March 21, Saturday evening Forum
Meeting at Merlin and address by
Hon. B. F. Mulkey and danoejto
follow.
March 21, Saturday Meeting of
Southern Oregon Angora Breeders
Association at City Hall, Grants
Pass, 1 :80 p m. sharp.
April 7, Tuesday Registration book
closed for primary eleotion.
April 21, Tsesday Presbytery of
Southern Oregon meets in Grants
- Pass.
April 17, Friday Primary election.
April 20, Monday Circuit Court con
venes. April 21, Tuesday Registration books
reopen.
Mav 15, Friday Registration books
close for election.
June 1, Monday, General eleotion.
Bid Wanted.
Notice is hereby given that bids to
furnish School District No. 7 of Jose
phine County, Ore., with 125 cords of
twofoot wood, half fir and half oak,
to be delivered to the several school
house In Granta Pass on .or before
September 1, 1908 in whatever
quantities and proportion as shall
be determined upon by the board of
education of said district, will be re
ceived by said board mi or before the
7tb day of April, 1U08 at the offloe
or tbe clerk; sain board tr educa
tion at that time receiving the right
to reject any and all bids therefore.
Board of Education of School District
No. 7.
EDWARO 8. VAN DYKE,
Clerk.
Dated at Grants Pat Oregon,
March 4, 1U08. 8-20 2t
A. U. BANNARD
At bis big Furniture Store on North 6th street is
now receiving new spring goods. Linoleums print
ed and inlaid. ngs, oyal Wilton, Ax muster,
Brussels, new weaves in several designs. t Portiers
finest ever shown in Grants Pass, Couch Covers,
Lace Curtains in great variety, and the largest as
orttnent of Furniture to be found in Southern Ore.
all at prices below competition for cash or on the
insrallment plan.
A few White Seming Machines at about half price
to close
N. B. The new fabric Matting.
A. U. BANNARD, Md ,
PLAWET Jp.
TOOLS
This is the day of labor
saving devices, and none are'
more so than the well known
PLANET JR. line. Onr new
stock is now in and lire have
on hand vfr
rianet Jr. No. 4 DtSll
No. 25 "
No. 1 "
Planet Jr. Double Wheel
Iloe.
Planet Jr. Single Wheel
Hoe.
Planet Jr. No. 19 Wheel
Hoe. .
Planet Jr. Firefly Plow.
You will save the price of
any of the tools in one year.
Cramer Bros.
Chicken supplies Poultry Netting
BOEN.
MoKINSTRY At Grants Haas. Ore.,
Wednesday, March 18, 1908, to Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. MoKlnstry, a son.
ANDREWS In this oity, Friday,
Maroh 13, 11)08, to Mr. and Mr.
Melvin Andrew, twin boys.
DIED.
NEWTON-At Grants Pass, Ore,,
Maroh 17. 1008, Jasper Willard New
ton, aged 80 years, 8 months and S7
days, of toberoulosis.
Deceased has been a resident of
Grants Pass only about fonr months,
coming here from Albany to establish
a oandy factory whiob he conduoted
until recently. Tbs remains wars
taken to Oregon City for burial at
Molalla. Hs leaves wife and two
ohildren. The father also resided,
hers. ,
MANN At Graota Pass, Ore.,
Wednesday, March 18, 1908, AJonao
P. Mann, aged 81 years.
Deceased had been a resident of
Grants Pass bat a few weeks and
nothing is known of his friend or
relative or former nome. He w a a
veteran of the Civil war.
Flsst Calibration.
Round trip ticket will be sold to
Sau Franoieoo from Grants Pass for
$18. 10 on the occasion of the visit of
the Battle Ship iioat at that City.
The date has not yet been announced,
but will appear later in these columns.
The remrn limit will be 10 day. 8-18t
COME and SEE
The largest line of Guitars,
Mandolins, Banjo. Violins,
Violin Cases, Bows, Strings,
Cornets, Trotuboues, Eta.
ever brought to this City,
Outfits from $5 to$20
ROlll'S MUSIC STORE