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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON MARCH 27. 1908.
W. G. SMITH AND OTHERS
BUY WOLF CREEK TRACT
Include 2733 Acres, Greater
Portion of Which Will Be
Pl&niad to fruit.
W. Q. Smith of Medford last Bator-'-day
closed dual for the Wolf Creek
. -property, a tract of 2743 acre of farm
rand frail land. 80 m'.les north of here.
.About 1000 aores of th i property li
especially adapted to fruit culture to
wtlou It w.ll be devoted
Associated with Mr. Smith lo tbia
purchase ara hia brother J. Irvine
Smith of Willlansport. Pa., and J. M.
flakertoatof Klamath Falla. They
.get ponaeHltim of the aodApril 10.
;Mr. Snittt spent some four months
i iu O''lo iM Pennsylvania laat year
jror me purpose or arranging tor (di
'location of a colony of eastern people
in tbia section of the alate and the
purchase of the Wolf Creek tract la
the beginning of a consummation of
'tbia plan. 1'ha consideration for tbia
property approximates :t(),000. and
the deal was made through Meaorve
A Jester.
Good Cough Medicine for Children
1'lie saaaon for cousin and oolila ia now at
band and too much car cannot lie nurd to
jirotect the children. A child ia much more
likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever
when he haa a cold. The quicker yon cure
hia cold the leaa th risk. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the aole reliance of manr
mothers, and few of thoa who have tried it
. are willing to nae any other. Mrs. K. F.
tttarcht-r, of Itiplnr, W. Vs., eaya: " I have
; never used anything other than Chamber
lain's Cough Jtemeuy for my children and
it has alwaya given good satisfaction." This
remedy contains no opium or other narcotic
.anil may he given as confidently to a child as
4o an adult. Hold hy M. Clemens,
I MISSOURI FLAT I
C. M. Reiford waa In Grant Paaa
.one day laat week on business. Mr.
Reiford baa just flniahed the survey
ing of bla orchard, and report th
.r scale to be almost thing of the past
John Meek, made, a trip to Granta
Pass one day laat week on business.
Mr. Meek 1 now dealing eiolnslvely
in aawa, fort and ginseng and report
' at flouriahlng trade.
Joe York, one of our tnoet ener
getic. Miaaoarlans, la doing aome ditch
work for Joe Ruseal of Uranta Paaa.
Bart York, of Grant Paaa I doing
otne ditch work for John Meek, an
other one of our Miasourlans.
Joe York Informa a that he ia
going back to Alaska where be will
perhapa remain for several year.
Thi I the birth place of Mr. York
and from bohyooal h n beeti oon
idored an upright, honorable aud
reliable man, and one whom we ara
orry to part with, for ao many years.
Hot all the tame we wish biin tha
' beat luck that thi world afford.
John Meek inform oa that O. V.
II inkle, the aawmill tuaa will soon
- oomtnuienoe operation uear Wood
vllle. Homer York, an entorprlalng young
- man of thi locality, made a trip to
Grants Paaa, laat Saturday, returning
liomn Sunday, which looks mighty
ourloiia to me.
O. II. Perry, baa been employiug
(jniU) a number of neu ou the monster
Irrigation ditch on which he la un
derstood to be a large share holder and
which paaae through hi beautiful
. farm and ouward through mlloa of
oountry, ooyoriug huudriHla of acre
of the finest farming land that the
world cau "produce. A hind whore
Tokaya floorl-h in a vineyard on cue
lde of the fence and three crop of
alfalfa are out in one season on the
other.
Ii. W. D. MfKeel, au elite' prising
uitlsou of tbia place aud a man who
i Uking great interest in oar school,
was in Urant Pas one day last week,
and reports the arrival of the new ;
library.
Mr. Berry and wife were riaitor
of the Pass one day tbia week. !
Jaa York, former resident of this j
place, is now employed in th livery
tables of T. E. McKoin. '
J. W. York made Oranits Pass a !
visit one day last week on bualoesa.
Willie Fan-la inform ua that he!
will soon be employed In one of the j
sawmill that are ai tasted near Wood-'
ville. Mr. Farris ia a thorough mill
man aud bas followed the business for
many year.
FOXY.
WITH THE CHURCHES
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Morning preauhing service at 10:30.
"God's Ideals for Us" will be the
topic of the message. A Temperance
lesson will tie the opportune study in
the Bible School at 11 :45. The Jonior
Ynong people meet at 8 p. in., and
the Seniors at 6:il0. The latter will
be a Conquest Meeting and led by
Joseph Randall. The last service of
ti e day will be at 7:30 when the pas
tor will speak on the toplo "Mans Po
sition In this World." To all of these
services yoo will be cordially re
ceived. F. C. LOVETT.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
The andiences at the Christian
choroh are constantly Increasing.
The Sunday school is growing, and is
in a contest with Medford. The
church bdilding interior is being re
paired. The theme next Sunday
morniog will be "Thirsting for the
Springe" and Sunday evening "Where
art Thoaf" The Sunday evening ser
vloea are conducted by the children
aad are being very well attended.
The Jonior children give special num
bers' of mnaio and special readings.
Come and enjoy these evening ser
vices as conducted by the Junior. All
moat webome at all of rv Ices.
SALVATION ARMY
Major Faulkner, divisional officer
for Oregon and Idaho, of the Salva
tion Army, will be in Grants Pass
Saturday and Sunday March 28 and 28
and will speak at the Army hall,
Fourth aud Front street The major
made a trip to Southern Oregon In
December last, accompanied by hia
daughter.
RESIDENT OF MURPHY
DIES BY BULLET
William Messenger, a prominent
young farmer, In a fit of despondency
took bis own life at 7 :90 Wednesday
evening at hia home, one mile west
ol Murphy by shooting himself with
a rifle.
Meager reports of the tragedy which
reached Grants Pass early yesterday
morning were suggestion of foul play,
and Sheriff Rurselaud Deputy District
Attoruey Van Dyks drove out to the
scene of the tragedy at au early hour
yesterday inoruing aud discovered that
Mr. Meaaeuger had shot himself in
trout of bis owu home expiring about
80 miuntes after.
Messenger bad placed the lunula of
hia f n u Just over hia heart and pulled
the, trigger. The ball panned through
hia body. Ilia laat worda were "Put
ma out of my misery. "
The defeated was 8'J years old and'.tha
sou of Mr. aud Mrs. Simon Mesaen
ger, one of the mint prominent fam
ilies In Josephine county. lie leave's
a wife aud two children.
Coruuer Strieker waa called to tbu
scene of the tragedy and after the im
paurliog of a jury and a careful ex
amination the jury ton ml that Mr.
Meaaeuger came to his death by hia
own baud.
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The new fabrics, too, are especially
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It's not a habit with us to brag
about the progress we are making. It
doesn't interest the public very much;
you don't care how many suits we sell;
you're more interested in the one suit
you put your money and body into. If
it's a good suit you're probably willing
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not heard us complain of the so-called "hard time." The past few months
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"Outfitters to Boy and Man"
JOSEPHINE NATURAL GAR
DEN OF THE TOKAY
C&rload of Cuttings Received Here
Saturday Which Are Now
Being Planted.
Koo I.'nrIo lor
Canned Goods
Our Grants Pass Plums m
rr can
(RK our choice dried Kruits,
Teaches they are finest in Our Crawfford Teaches
the city; and notice theru in pcr Ca" UC
the window as you go by.
Standard Tomatoes a n
now goat, per cau.. )Q,
J, Pardee1'
Tho Front st. iirovvr
I rants Pass, Ore.
Don't forget our Garden Seeds and rotate
Culture cf the Tokay grape haa al
ready become a peruiau"tit aud sub
stantial reality in Joe hine conuty
and there are a iiomberr of good vine
yards coutiKuotta to Grunts Pass,
which have elicited tlm atteuMon aud
comment of the "nretn eye" of other
sections.
Aa an augmentation to Josephine
'coonty'i already famous distinction
I in the line of grspe culture a ship.
' uicnt of a carlead of splendid Tokuy
cuttings arrived here last Friday for
W. B. Sherman This cunsixuuient
embraces 14, (XX) vlues, all of which
are to be planted iu this county with
in a short distance of Grants Pais.
The plnntlng and tending of theae
viuea will employ thirty-five men and
five teauia and the work has already
berrm.
The Grants Paaa Commercial Club
should in its future campaign of pub
licity, not forget to impress upon the
people that Josephine county ia the
natural home of the Tokav one of
the verv remunerative crops of the
Kogoe Hirer Valley.
of eight oars all first-class.
Further changes are also rumored
but nothing detiuite is known. The
ptesent freight trains Noa. 235 and
i'M between Grants Pass aud Ashland
will liekly he run in the daytime in
stead of night time. Old No. II aud
13 will probably be replaced on the
run with time somewhat altered from
the old schedule.
FIRST OF APRIL
WILL SOON BE HERE
RUMORS OF CHANGE
IN S. P. TIME CARD
A rumor is current that beginning
Aprlt Ut, a fast limited train wilfbe
put on between Portland and San
Francisco, In place of Ne.'14"and13
now ruuuiug. N'o auuouucement'of
exact train sohednle la made hot the
traln"willbe a eUiotlyiSitj"one
But two more issues of the Courier
before the order of the Poateffioe De
partment affectiug all newspapers
will become operative. On and after
April 1, 1908, no weekly newspaper
will be permitted to go at second
class rates to ANY SUBSCKIBEB
WHO IS OXE YEAR OR MORE
IN ARREARS. The rate of postage
after April 1, on papers sent to any
sutwriurr wno is one year or more
in arrears is OXE CENT for each
copy-R?c a year This is prohibitive
so that the Courier will have no
choice in the matter, but MUST
TAKh OFF EVERY NAME ON
OUR LIST WHO OWES ONE YEAR
OR MORE.
While much has been doue, and we
are well satisfied with results ao far,
there are atill many subscription ac
counts that MUST BE PAID BE
FORE APRIL ;. We did not make
the law, but we have to be governed
by its proviaion The law is man
datory, and we have no other course
left to ns but to obey its provisions in
letter aud spirit.
LOOK AT THE DATE AFTER
YOUR NAME on yoor paper and see
it yon are one year or more behind.
If eo, PLEASK REMIT.
Goy Gravlin returned home Mon
day after spending year or more in
San Francisco.
FORMER GRANTS PASS
MAN SHOOTS ANOTHER
w.
H. Carter Kills a Man
Wlnnemucca in a Shooting
Affray.
at
The following special from Winne
uiucca, Nev., published iu the Ore
gon i an refers to a former resident of
Kerby, who is well known here:
"W. F. Armstrong, a so-called 'bad
man' f'om Wyoming, waa shot and
killed in the Palace saloon in this
Place hy W. H. Carter, one of the
managers. Eye wiluecsci say the
shooting was in self-defense. Arm
strong aud two friends walked into the
saloon and commenced gambling.
While ao occupied Armstrong accused
an employe of stealing hia money, and,
pulling a gun, thr atoned to kill any
one iu th housa. 'Pnt up that gun'
said Carter. With that Armntmn.
swung around and said: 'I'll kill
you!'
"Carter then pulled hia revolver and
fired. Armstrong fell to the floor dead.
Carter gave himself up."
William H. Carter who it mentioned
in the foregoing dispatch, is one of
the most widely known saloon men in
the West, and claims Southern Ore
gon as his home. During the days of
opan gambling he was one of the pro
prietors of the Totem saloon one of the
largest jilaces of the kind oa the Coast
He came to Seattle about eight year
ego from the Black Hills ocmntry, itt
Dakota, where be had for a long
time been engaged in cattle raising
and later iu the saloon business. Whan
gambling was olosed in Seattle, Car
ter went to Southern Oregon, wbere.he
bought a large ranch nar Kerby, and
began farming and atockralalng on a
large scale. About a year ago be was
attracted hy the glowing reports from
the new mining districts in Nevada
and went to Qoldfield, where he bought
an interest in a large saloon, aud
gambling house. When the labor
troubles oansed times to become doll
there he went to Miua, Nev., and about
two months ago went to Winuemucca.
His family are living in Medford,
it is taid at the present time.
Carter, who is now in his early
fifties, is a frontiersman of the type
that is rapidly vanishing. He
bom in Missouri and went from that
state into the "abort grass" country
of Kansas when a mere boy, breams
a "oowpuncher" and grew np among
the cattleman cowboys, Indian fighter
and outlaws of what was then thea
frontier For many years he led aud
venurous life and is credited with bar-
intr tint QAVAral tmt.liaa in tliA hntt of
us Hiigiiuoter iHjiore me ruiru oi aw
and order Kaolin in lli nuttlA nnolltrv
tie nun a parwepunt iu several c'"v-
roen'i fends an served with credit
Sheriff of one of the "bad" couuties
in the old days.
Carter's friends are readv to be
lieve that the shooting at Winneniuc-
ca was uuutj m eeu-aeiunse, aa
is personally quiet and anassuniiug
and the soul of good nature, though
those who know hm best vouoh for his
absolute fearlessness In faoe of danger J
ana anow mm as a man well a me w
take care of himself in any company.
In the early nineties Carter spent
some time in Portland and in Taooma
and, during his residence in Seattle,
made frequent visits to Portland city,
where be has numerous warm friends.
R. A. Spronse and wife of Tacoiua
arrived in the city Thursday morning
and took a number of viewa of the
city which will be on sale shortly in
the form of post carda. These cards
will make good advertising for Grants
Pass which the people here abonld send
freely to friends ia toe east.