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ROGUH RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS OREGON, APRIL 3. lX)8. Count, veigk and meaturt tvaytkint you huj American Oncer. The White House Grocery 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 line 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 UMmd sought by we ecnSume t 'Remember we have Fresh Bread Daily 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 White House GROCERY ""he Tea and Coffee House '; Items of Personal i Interest. y Willis Knox was in from Applcgate Tuesday. W. J. Stanley ef Eugene was in the city Saturday. H. E. . Christy and son. sawmill men, came in from Wonder, Monday. P. M. Kerchaw of Medford was in the city Monday. R. W.Yeatch and family are prepar ing to move to Eugene. B. S. Radcliffe of Ashland, spent Sunday in GrantajPass. "Jap" Wetherbee was in from Wilderville the first of the week. 0. O. Bigelow, one of the leading farmers of William r Creek, was in town Monday and Tuesday. W. B. Hurst, one of the mining near Wolf Greek was in Grants Pass Monday. Ed Smith ieceiver of the Enterprise mine, was down for a few days, the flist of the week. T. R. May of Huron, S. D. , has been in the oity the past few days visiting friends. Mrs. H. O. Perkins left Wednesday morning for a brief visit with friendB in Eugene and Portland. Z D. S. Mascall and family moved last j Monday from H street to their new home on Sixth street. Z. B. Pool returned last Saturday from Sisaon. Cal.. and Is visiting : with pareuts and friends. ;Boy Gray and C P. Rader left early in the week for Kohler to work in the Williams Bros, saw mill. A. U. Bannard left Thursday morn ing for Portland, wli ra he will bay goods and also take a few days of rest. Albert Taylor, with the Gazelle Manufacturing Co. came over from Crescent City last Friday. A. W. Rees, land inspector of the So Paoifio was in the oity the first of the week in the discharge of official business. Mrs. J. H. Hatsav of Tacoma. en route to Trek a, Cal., was visiting friends in Grants Pass the fore part of the week. Dr. Findley expects to leave soon for Europe for a six months coarse of study, in bis specialties, viz: eye, ear, nose, and throat.' Miss Edna Disbrow has bern en gaged to teach at District No. 50, about four miles south of Merlin and will commence a three-months term Monday. Elmer Bressh-r of Pueblo, Col, ar rived in Grants Pass last week with his wife and household goods to make their permanent home in this section of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewmnn of Provolt will leave Sunday for Wal port, Oregon, where they will spend several mouths in the hope cf bene fitting Mr. Lewmau's health. N. D. Young, the veteran surveyor, returned hosae Sunday evening from the Jump off Joe mining district, where he hid ben sbowiug an east erner about tliee miuea Manager Sampson of the Grants Pass Canning Co., is having the factory nswly painted. Paint is the proper term, but many of Herb's friends say that it is only "Sampson Spray." Messrs. R. W. Farrens, Eugene Myers and J. K. Farrens, who have been doing assessment work on Jose phine creek properties came in Satur day to spend a few days at the capitol of Josephiue county. J. K. Couant, who has been doing some stoping and cleaning up the ground work on the Hidden Treasure for the Mt. Pitt mine came down from the mines Tuesday. Mr Conaut displayed a nnmber of beautiful nug gets, which were especially interest ing to the "tenderfoot." Crl. C. G. Otwtant and wife and tl eir fo'd, K.li'er, W. S. Coutant, and wife, who re;nvtly ninje down from June-"! ''n'-Vi are stopping at the Palace ); ui uliI looking over Grants Pass and Joitethiiio county, with the lnoa or lrcatirg. uoi. uoutaut is a resident ui v, vomiug and is tht author of the early history of the country from which Bill Nye fled to attain fame aud fortune by the funny things which afterwards escaped the poiDt of his Fabfr. 4 ' Clans. Schmidt, the Tgrocer, with I his wife and four children expect to, leave about April IS, for Hamburg, Germany, on a three months trip. I Mr. Sschmidt's former bourn was near Hamherg, which place he left , 2-Tyears ago and since that time bis, parents" have both died. He has a sister ; f till liviDg " then. Mrs. Schmidt left about 24 "years ago. 1 Both her prents""are living.' They , will also spend sortie time visiting in the East. J. R. McKnight, fcfm-rly of this flare will ' havecbargeMhe business until MrrSchuaidt'e" return.. P. M. Kershaw was oyer from Med ford Monday. Wm. Benjamin of Plauer was in the county hub Toetday. T. A. Seofert went to Portland Thursday for brief business trip. Mrs. R. P. Cheshire went to Med ford Friday to visit friends for a few days. Mrs. Chas. St. Louis left Wednesday morning for Eoreka, Cal, after a few weeks' visit with friends here. Miss Oro Wilson returned Tuesday from.Placer, where he has been en gaged in teaching the school at that place. Mr. and Mrs. E. Jackson of Porter ville, Cal , arrived in Grants Pass Friday, with the view of locating in this valley. Miss Bertha McCann, who has been visiting friends at Kerby for some weeks, left Wednesday for her horns at Waitsburg, Wash. Thomas Large of Oak Park, 111, arrived in Grants Pass Weduesday and interviewed Mr. Carson, the dean of Tokay grape colture in this section of Oregon and looked over Josephine onnnty. Mr Large was somewhat reticent when interviewed by a Courier artist, refused to have his photo taken or to say that he was going to invest a million, but between the lines of his brevity there were strong symptoms that Graots Pass and Josephine County look good to him. A. H. Dean and E W. Pickers of Santa Monica, Cal, arrived in Grants P88 Sunday, en route to the Illinois river in search for the body of Archie Johnston, whose tragio death by drown ing was mentioned in these columns last week. Mr. Dean is in old employe of the Piokerton detective agency and went over to the river Mtnday morning in search 'of Mr. Johnston's body. He retarned Wednesday even ing, however, withoat success. A reward of $100 has been offered by relatives for the discovery of Mr.Johu s ton's body. Miss Ethel Caroline Palmer left Friday morning with five of ber piano pupils, for Medford where they gave a concert in the evening in connec tion with the pupils of Mrs. Neill of Ashland and Mrs. Gore of Medford. It is the intention to give a concert at Ashland soon and another inGrante Pass, thus giving eauh town varied program by performers of esch of the ; places. Those who take part from here ate Misses Ltla Caldwell, Alma Wolke, LaCosta Maugnm, Flavia Hackett and 6-year old Lucile Gar be rs. BOEN. ADBERY In Grants Pass, Ore., March 38, 1H08, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Aobery, a daughter. DIED. GEHRETT At Grants Pass. Oregon, Monday. March 80, l'i8, Lloyd O. Gehrett, of pneumonia, aged 28 years. The defeased was born in Maryville, Run., and lised in that state until the breaking out of the Spanish American war, when he enlisted in the regular army and served three years, a I art of the time in the Philippines where he had a siege of typhoid fever, which left him in a more or less weakened condition. Four years ago he came to Oreifou, settling near Ashland on a homestead. On January 15, 1V07 he was married to Miss Margaret Caldwell and in May of that year they came to Grants Pass where Mr. Gehrett took a posi tion in 'he R. L. Coe store working i there continuously until five days previous to his death. The funeral j was held at the Coe home Wednesday forenoon and another service at Ash land the following day, hers inter ment was made. Mrs. Aaher of Ash laud, a sister of Mrs. Gehrett, at tended the funeral. He loaves a wife and infant child, a mother liv j ing at AtchUon, Kan., a brother at i San Francisco, and a sister in Nevada, the latter two coming to Ashland to ' attend the f :reral. Mrs. Gehtett and ' child iv!ll remain this sumiirr w ith jher f. rents at Ashland. The do- ceil1-' 'i while having born a resident of , this )!ue liss than a year has made . m my :..ui friends and iiaiueu the resr' U and confidence of tveiyoue w?tti whom he came in ccntact. TREFREX At Grants IVs, Ore., Friday morning at 7 :30, Jonas Tref ren. aid 25 years and 11 mouths, of tuberculosis. fUNFORD-On Wednesday April , J. Xhos. Kanford, aged 25 years and 25 days. CARD OF THANKS. In our dear son and brother's memory, we wish to thank our friends for their numerous kindnesses and to express or appreciation for the many floral offerings. Mrs. W. W. W.-bb, Mrs. C. W. Risden, Mr. and Mrs. I. C Spencer. Give Coles 'cough and consumption cure a trial. It cures when all others fail For sale 'at.. the National drug store, Grants Pass, Or. 8-27 4t A Brief Record of : 5 Local Events. The Williams Bros, saw mill at Eohler is expected to start running this week. J. B. Osbrone, the socialist lecturer and amhor, will speak at the court house Saturday evening, April 14th. The Dermond saw mill is now about ready to start up. Logging has been in progress by Magley aud Wict man In the horse race last Monday after noon Shirley V., owned by Robrt Baber, won the 15 parse against Kestuckv Bell. A. J. Wells of the Sunset Magazine came up from Sau Francisco Monday aud spent couple of days here gathering data for the Vooklet which will soon be issued by that publica tion fur the Grants Pass Commercial Club, telling of the many advantages offered by Grants Pass and Josephine county, both in the way of investment and beautiful' home environment. Twenty thousand conies of this booklet are to be priuted and every one'of them should be conscientiously mailed to eastern friends who are thinking of the West as new home. The booklet will be oat within the next two or three weeks. While typo graphically aud otherwise the booklet will be a thing of beauty, its infor mational contents wiU.befconerative and accurate, so that none may be afraid to mail a copy to friends. D. H. Knight last Tuesday pur chased the delivery business of Messrs. Hall and Sohallhorn and as sumed the management Wednesday. That the automobile epldemio is still on in Graots Pass is evidenced by the fact that agent Wilson for the 1 'Tour ist" has nine more cars ordered and F. B. Olding for the Mawxell people has a number of orders and expeots a shipment within a few days. Those holding tickets for the Dun bars, the' last number of the enter tainment course, should beat in mind that the date has been changed, and the entertainment will be given on Tuesday, Arril 7, instead of April tf, as announced on the course tioket. Remember the Dunbar Company is the last number of ihe'emntertainment course. The Dunbars embrace a ( quartette and are an nnusoally clever coterie of bell ringers. In apprecia tion of a 'fitting finale of the, enter tainment course the Dnnbars should be greeted by a large hoosa April 7. There is no accounting for the start ing of many rumors whish seem to be serious in their Import One of the latest rumors was to the effect that J. E. Peterson, the pioneer lnmranoe and real estate agent' was deceased. The first intimation he bad of the rumor was the receipt of a letter by Mrs. Peterson from cne of the iusnr anae companies "Mr. Peterson repre lents, asking what disposition had been made with the agency. Mr. Peterson takes it as a good joke but is at a loss to know how it started. April Fool Pfcrly. A very enjoyable evening was spent at the Newman M. . E. churcji parlor under tlie auspices of t.'ie Enworth relative to their co operation In seat League April Fool's day, during ! ig and planting the trees in grand which many very instructive speeches stand park. aud debates were participated in, the City Attorney Clements was also opening of which was an impromptu ' authorized to draft an erdinance regn speech by A. B. Cornell along the latinir the sneed of automobiles aud lilies of Local Option, relating some sctual occurrences .which took place in a nearby town. , The song by Errol Gilkey, entitled "Asleep in the Deep," was well ren dered. The duets rendered by Prof's Martin and Smith were received with much delight and elicited a hearty eo- .core, lu the debate, many new ideas wore presented. The subject: Re solved, that "When a house burns down, it burns op. " The story writer, Dennis S total 1, I being present, was called npon for a ( story. He first proclaimed his re?ret that he had t e. u lorn in Texas, aud .also that his niiiin was Dennis, both i of which he said, were waiters over jwhiih he had no control. Judging I from the exi resion of the audience, i his stories took effect, and soon the j April Fool telegrams commenced coming in and even President Roose velt was heard from. At this junc ture of the program, Mauairer Geo. llnr.er arose and annoud 'iat a fine buqnet in the "banquet rg in readinefs, aud all were si The' refreshments were s courses, by Mrs. A. B. Cornell. Miss Spaulding and their assistants. The first course was hot tamales, which' proved to be Boston Baked B ans, bding well mixed with Cayenne pep per. All other eatables w re true to name, with the exception of the p'li'rh. whirh when arialr.wd was red waU-r, but had that settling prop.-ityT j even better than Coleatin. After the bunqnet, a short time was spent in j sames, then all returned ! to their ' homes feeling "April, Fool's" well paid for entertainment. their SOME BARGAIN POINTERS New Notes From the Business Men to R.drs). Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist Ooto Conm tor Plumbing. M. Clemens rrescnption Druuuist A splendid tine ol Royal Charter itak Ranges at Comn't List Your Timber Lands With Hersinger A Mitchell. 12-30 tf Mrs. Waughtd will bold her Milli nery opeuing Sitorday, April i. 4-3 it The ladies of the Christian Church will give Puzzle social at Hill's Hall on Wednesday, April 1. Th.pro- gram will be free, but refreshments will be served to those who desire at nominal sum. 8-27 It Cash paid for Green and Dry Hides, 1 Fors and Wool, J. H. Ahlf. at City Market. S 38 tf List Your Timber Lands With Herzinger & Mitchell 13-20 tf , "If yon hear anyone speak ill of i the Little Wonder Store, you will be safe in betting that, the onery oosa has been trusted when he bad no money, and now that he has eaten up and worn out the goods, he does not want to pay for them. " Qua Karner received some of the finest yoong cattle that have ever come from Deer creek, and that creek bas produced the finest stock to be found. As these were youag beeves, the hoocekeoper may be sure of nioe, juicy cntr. Order now from Gos Karner. 4-8 It City Council Convenes. The City Council met in regular ses sion last night with Mayor Smith in the ohalr and all 'members present, exopt Oounoilmen Fetsch and Kinney. A remoustrance against the paving ordinance was referred the street com mittee ' j A remonstrance against ordinaaoe No. 804 .known as the real estate ordinance was read and '.the lioense fee raised from ISO to $100 laid on the table. The stroet commit toe favorably on the improvements on I and J streets and no extension of the work on J. A number of uiaor bills were then read and ordered paid in the osual form. Ordinances No 808 was read referring paving was read second time by title and referred to the street commmit tee. Ordinance No. 803 was read third time and passed. Ordinance was trad third time and aftor slight amendment was passed. For Ward 1 the following Judges were appointed : J. B Paddock, R D Dole. J D Fry. Clerks: JE Peter son, Geo H Slover-Goild Hall. Ward 2: Judges J C Campbell, N B Meade, W ' H Freed. Olerks E S VanDyke, J L Nels.u Court Honso. Waid 8: Judges Harry Smith, W E Dean, W M Hair. Clerks Lluooln Savage, P P Proctor City hall Ward 4: Judges Geo Crook, Jas Woodson, John Niday. Clerks: T Y D an, Joe McKinney fiarnette building, 4th and G streets. Auditor ai.d police judge authorized ; to communicate with the It R Co motor cycles within the city limits. COMINu'e VENTS. April 4. Saturday, Millinery Opening at Mrs. Waoghtal's 4 8 It April 7 The Dunbar Company male quartette and bell ringers, last num ber of the Kiiteriaininent coarse. April 7, Tuesday Registration boojes closed for primary election. April 14 Edward Baxter Perry, blind Mr '.V'v--iv..vi-r'i 'T' 'VSv fnit, 'Put a coat of paint on an old r ,1 A MM. s near to having a new house," is an old Baying that's proven true every day by the old houses made new with The Sherwin-Wiluams Paint. S. W. P. protects and beautifies. of finish, and economy, gives It's easy working qualities, great coveting capacity, honest measure, and strict purity, satisfy the demands of both painter and house-owner. ALB Hair-Riddle PLflfJET Jr. T OLS This is the day of labor saving devices, and none are- more BO than the well known tjt a mt?t ml! s PLANE1 JR.fcne. Our D6W Stock IS now ifr and W6 have. on hand Planet Jr. No. 4 Drill No. 25 44 No. 1 Planet Jr. Double Wheel' Hoe. Planet Jr. Single Wheel Iloo. 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 pianist, opera house, nuder dieotion of Miss Ethel Palmer. April 17, Friday Primary election, April 20, Monday Circuit Court con venes. April 81, Tuesday-Registration books reopen. April 21, Southern Pass. Tseeday Presbytery ofr Oregon meets in Grants April 28-24 Examination of appli cants for forestry service. May 8, Friday "Experience" social at Bethany Presbyterian church par lors. May 18, Friday Registration books- close for election. Juue 1, Monday,-General election.' The True Mechanic After a utuu has worked In shop for ten or fifteen years there Is a great desire for a change, gome wn,nt to go out on a farm, others think that the Invention of something that can be patented will solve the problem, while others wiui t to own mid run a shop themselves). The latter Is really the truo mechanic, hut not tioresHnrlly the mun who will get out the moat or even the best work while working for ' boB, says Onirics Henry lu the Work ers' Magazine. On the eoutrary, he will often be consMoml the lazy man by the foreiuun v hen the work la of ' an ever recurring character. Let, how ever, soino Ultllciilty nrlso In connec tion with a lob or have aOme bard. proposition to meet and ho will always have a suKi-cstlon to offer that will help to solve the problem, while the ordiaary man and the bustler will, stand aroisnd helpless and often dis interested. Ho will have the elemen tury laws of mechanics aud physics at his finger tips, will know enough of electricity allow him to discount uixm the subject hi nn Intelligent man ner, and he will be well posted upon the niechutilcal proyreKs of the day. Ths Largest Flower. The largest flower In the world grows In Sumatra. It U called tile Rflinesla arnoldl, und some of the spcrliiieiiR are thirty-nine Inches la dl nniKer. The centrnl cup will bold sit MUiirtM of water. a house, and you'll come pretty It's great durability, beauty satisfaction to the houic-owncr. T - ft 1. Hardware Co. i