KQQl E RIVER COURIER, GRANTS TASS, OREGON Jt L 31. los i ': 5 ft. i ou wtiuK and mwwure nrrythmq yn I kuiA mmoin Unerr. THE WHITE HOUSE GROCERY JAUS Fruit canning season is now on. We have the now celebrated Kasy Vncum Jar. Nothing Letter on the mar ket. We have them in pints quarts and half gal. Fluted Fluted jelly glasses (rounded rim) 45c dozen. l'arafine and all kinds of jar rubbers. A. New Course. Daughter "Yen, I hare graduated, bat now I mint ioform myielf in psychology, philology, bibll Practical Mother "Stop right where you are. I have arranged for yon a thorough course in roastology, boilofty, ttitcbology, darnology and general domestic hustleology. Now get on your working clothes." I For lunch goods we have everything to fill an empty head or a tirtfi stomach. Sliced Beef in bulk or in glass jars. Minced Ham we slice in ithin. 1 Oregon Fall Cream Cheese. I Large Queen Olives. I Finest Italian Olive Oil. Columbia River Red Sal f mon. Lunch Mackerel, Sardines, etc. I Snider's Fork and Beans, I (very good) 12 Jc, 20c and 25c. i Roned Chicken, Deviled ? Ham, Lunch Tongue. ; Comb Honpy and White Rose Strained Honey in bulk. Evaporated Peaches, Apri cots and Pears now cheaper. The White House Grocery For Fine Teas and Coffees. ff Doyoa nats&oJTa? A tmrnrntmUg W If Chase San bora 'f I II Package Teas. If 11 A IMttMS who aerves this tea Uujiaa L 11 aothiog but comnUawnts on ita fragrance Ml It and clicacy. The scaled Dackane pia- L j acrva lha aroma and pcriume of to flanej carefully eelectad tcaa sackad and v-- Xeoldto-dljr. TOMT0 A MpEASj I-I-l-l-I-I- I-I-I-I-I-l" 4 4 4- PEKSOXAL ITEMS. Bert Margie was in from M-rlin Sunday. W. A. Moore and wife were in from Holland Monday. Phil Starr, foreman of the Briggs mine, was in the county eat ovtr Suudav. I r. crcnmiar or isriiniinr tiros, siw mill at beluia, wag in Grints Pass Sanday. Win. Richards, one of the old time miner, was in from the Picket Creek district Tuesday. A. J. UcKinuey of tha Palace hotel wag over in the Wulco district tha lore part of the week. Migg Mary Kentworthy cf Portland ig viaitiug with the family of O. A Hamilton at Fruit dale. John Deveuay of Harrison, Idaho, wag in the city the lirst of the week looking after land intereta. Mr. Willard Wright cf Elko, Ne vada, is here visit iug with ber hus bauds pareu'., Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wright Miss Ada Brockman of Merlin, came op Tuesday morniug to spend a week with tbe family of City Marshal Mo Ore. John Swnasou, the carpenter, bag secured the contract for and is new building a school house, three milts east of IVntral Point. Standard cement, any quality at 14.25 a barrel at Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 Mta. J. Hansen arrived in the city last Sanday from Alaaka where lit r liusoauu nag bcttu sucot ssfully en gaged in mining operations. Migg Mary Brady of Kerby brought her mother, who hag been critically ill for gome time, to the hospital the til st of the week fur trvatmeut. Geo. Williams, Dick Bland aud Harry Thrasher went to. Medford Tuesday morning to attend the auuual meeting of the Red Men lodge. Mrs. W. H. Stacy of Osage, Iowa, arrived in the city yesterday morning and will upend tbe summer with the family of he r.sou-iu-law, J. V. Klein. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. New kirk of Log Angeles have been in the city tbe past week. Mr. Newkirk is interested in a newly invented piece or mining machinery. Mrs. Maggie Sollivan came down from Albany last Saturday morning to look after a timber claim and has been spending the week here with ac quaintances. Miss Cora Smith returned from Holland last " week where she has been teaching school. She left yes terday.lor Walla Walla where she will attend summer tchtol. Mrs. James Marsh returned Sunday from Dnusmoir, where fbe tins spent the past several weeks visiting with her sons, James and Hurry of that place. ; Ed Fry and D. E. Dotson went to Medford Wednesday eveniug to take in tbe sighta at tbe Kidman's big pow wow, which was on for four days there this week. C. MoPherson, who was a delegate from the local lodge returned lust Sat urday from Portland where he bad been in attendance at the annual ses sion of the A. O. U. W. grand lodge. Gay Ruinmells and Cbai. Ferdine will leave next week for Alberta, Canada to investigate the oppor tunities in that province for the average young man of strength and industry. Fruit picking ladders just the thing yoo have been needing at Hair-Riddle Hdwe Co. Cal Wells, who left Grants Pass recently for tbe Willamette valley, has located in Newberg, having bought a place there. Mr. Wells is much pleased with tbe country and sayslit is unexcelled for dairying, cbsrries and berries. Rev. J. W. McDoogal, pastor of the Ml. Tabor M. E. church of Port land was in Grants Pass this week and assisted in conducting the Victor Peterson funeral. Ke. McDougal wag formerly ratsor of the Newman M. E. church of Grants Pass. Robert Hart, U. B., .Olover and O, L. Smith, who are Identified with the United Copper-Gold Mines Co, were in from Merlin to confer with other members of the the company here relative to.'this new organiza tion Tuotday. Malleable Steel" Rans-ee "at Hair Riddles'. ; Chas. Meserve, ' secretary and Manager cf tbe Grants Pass Fruit growers' association, Jwas in Medford and other Jackson county points tbe for part of the week, look iug up fruit matters in general. Mr. Meserve statesthat Jackson county is now one of the cleanest in" tbe state so far as fruit tree pests are concerned. He says that tbe acthracnose is almost MUlIylaUly arMiiwUnl. D. B. Kuaiiell of Medford was in Grunts Pass Saturday. i Malletble Steel Ranges at Hair-Riddle's. J. C. Mattison of Galice is in the j city a few days looking after business The new machinery fir the Elite matter". , Steam Laundry arrived from the fac- P. B. Herman aud wife left yester- tory last week and is now being in day for a brief sojourn on the beach at stalled. As stated in these columrs Newport. j last week the new equipment inrludes Coouty Judge Jewell has been look- j the very latest in laundry machinery, ing over the roads near the Oregon j Jugt receive our third stork of rem cave this week. ; ngnt pge ,,.,,. ,o0 Brade) MUg Lfdia Barnea left Wednesday i m foot ronplid. In lengths from morning for her home at Sacramento, I io to 23 feet at Hair-Riddle's. cal., after a pleasant visit with her, sitter, Mn. Tiiog. Horner of this city. Mgses Hazel Gillette aud Mildred unarcnui reunion noma mesuay I n ii i i , i iiuiu ruriiuuu wituru iney nau ueu visiting the Ismiiy of L. G. Gillette. Mrs. Augdgta Linkey aud Miss Tulaire Linkey, motl er and S'ster of Mrs. O. S. Blanchard, arrived Thurs day aud will make Grants Pass their home for a year or more. So t. of Salaries and allowances H. B. Hill of the postal department, after ,rriu.,j .u...U w.o Fiuif. .. 1 1 : . . . : a i ' bis wag the beat arranged aud best equipped office he had let seen in auy town the size of Grants Pass. I Mrs. A. B. Cornell returned home this morning from Galice where she bad been spending the past 10 davs with friends. Forest 1' anger Earl ! You uk and brother George came np 1 from Mine creek Mondxy, where they j have be n at ork on the new govern- meut trail. Earle returned the follow ing oav. Mrs. Maude Wertz of Morris, III., who has ren spending the past couple of weekg heie with her cousin, C. Clinton Page, left for ber home at Morris. 111., last night, going via Portland, Seattle and other Washing ton points, and Salt Lake City. After spending a few days at the latter place she will be joined bv friends aud proceed to Morris. 1000 Washers at Hair-Riddle's. Among the latest arrivals to take op their home in Grants Pass are Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Slogs, Mr. and Mr. F. L. Austin aud Harry Gill all of Sacramento, Cal. The men folks are all identified with the Oilman Bed Rock Mining Co., which company, by tbe way. has brought more residents . - . u - i .i . i u. . it a ! than any other single agency. Lincoln Savage returned Wednesday from Jackson county, where he and his brother bave just started their large steam threshing machine; this is the largest threshing outfit in the Rogue River valley. A pitchfork accidentally fell into tbe machine last Tuesday while it was ronning, tear ing out SI cylinder teeth, four con oave teeth and oue concave grate, delaying operations five hours. Fiuit Jars at Hair-Riddle's. uovernmeui engineer j. r. oiarun of Washington, D. C, who is in the i forest service department, has been here the past week drawiug the plans and applications for the nw trail . bridge scroi-s Rogue River gome 10 mileg below Galice creek. This struo-I ture will differ materially from other bridges of this character in that there ! will not be the same vibration. It j will be a steel cable sugpeuiion with ' a clearance of six feet. ! Mr. and Mrs. G. Abrahamson of Holdrege, Neb., stopped off at Grants; Pass Wednesday evening aud spent ' yesterday looking over the city and I learning of the letources and oondi- 1 tions of the beautiful Rogue River Valley. They are on the Paciflo coast for a month's summer oatlng, having come via Los Angeles, Oakland i and Frisco. Tbey left last nlgbt for Portland where they will spend a week or more before returning home, via Spokane, Seatte aud Billings. Mr. and Mrs. D. Eismaun this week sold a portion of what is known as the Eismann fruit ranch west of town and owned jointly by the father and three sons, Chris, Frits and Deitleff. The sale iucluded 24 aores and the consideration was (270 per acre or a total of (4480. Mr. and Mrs. Eis mann will leave Wednesday of next week for their former home in tbe fatherland, Burg, Holegtein, Ger many, where they expect to remain. They have been auccasfal in Oregon and retire with an ample competence. The sons will remain on the large fruit ranch which Is one of the best io the county. While coming in from his farm near Selma Tuesday, Ex-Pogt master C. E. Harmon, accompanied by another gentleman, counted 114 teams travel ing over the main road in the opposite direction. Tbe count was made as the leault of a "knock" from other fellow on tbe expenditure of money over a road traveled so little. This fellow should hereafter boost a little. Money expended for the building of,,','t crnnrl'rriarl ifl'onn of th rt InVMit- 1 the ments the county can make. Partic ularly is this true in a 'mountainous county. Mr. Harmon hadteen put ting up hay'on his ranch tb rnt Uiwiilliia tu XU U.l.ii H-I 'I-l-I-I'-l-H-H-I1'!1 ! '1"M ! 4 4 LOCAL EVENTS. 'I"l"l' I I II I I I I I I 11 ll'lt J. B. Paddock lost a valnable cow ' las' MnnrinT I j He haJ hpr 0Q t(,e war of hi. , j(1 j , ' wi h about 30 feet of entangled rope, in which she became aud broke hr neck. When your pup scratches, put Avenaring Carbolineum on him. Grams Pais Hardware Co. 7-81 4t The dense smoke in the mountains, almost obscuring their view from Grant-. Pass within the past 24 hoors plainly indicates that the ravenous (orf!t ,irpl BDiniIllHrJg tl.e tllll her and other property in the moun- I tains. lonlf "ince you beard from as; oouie aud buy i Aveuarius Carbolineum. Grants Fats Hdw Co. 7-31 4t A. J. Fulk, the Illinois creamery man, is buildiug a new residence on the old Brigiis place, which when corn- pleted will probably be the beet bouse in the valley. It is two stories aud will ooutain eight room. E. E. Wag staff is the carpenter in charge. The "Batik" saloon building owned by W. H. Rinehart of, Portland, was gold the first of the week to Mariou Lauoe, a mining mta on Foot's creek who purchased it as an investment. The building will probably be fitted np and reuted for store purposes. The consideration is understood to have been (4500. Perking & Phillips, Mining and leal ettate, office in Lay ton hotel 7-81 lOt Police Judge Slover latt Monday charged three individuals & each for pulling off an impromptu mill in the alley between the Bank saloon build ing and Williams Bros, soft drink par lor. Each plead gnilty to fighting, paid the pries and went his way. Never had a good wagon for Ore gon roads nntil I got a Peter Schntler of Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t Kinuey & Truax have just received large new Duplex Bpouger, a ma chine need for sponging and shrink ing wash goods and linen. The firm have bad oue of the smaller sizes of , these machines, but have discarded it on acoount of greatly increased business in this line which teudured the former Inadequate. Fruit Trees paiutjl with Avensrius Carbolineum will not be troubled with borers and will become healthier. Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t j. Loomis residing at 337 West J Street brought a cluster of black Lerriei to the Courier office Weduesduy murine which is a wonder for urolifio bearing. The bunoh was eight inches long and bore 01 berries most of w,ioh were already 'ripe aud all of excellent size and flavor. Mr hmnii stated each square yard of ground plauted to this variety will produce 12 worth of berries this season. Why do you lose your chickens? Because yon do not use avenarios Carbolineum. Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t The Oregon City Enterprise makes a suggestion which the people of the Rogue River Valley suight well heed when it says: The colonist rates from all points in the East to all points in Oregon ouinmenoa September lit and continue until October 81st. Every commercial organisation and every citizen of Oregon should begin to make these rates the subject of every letter that goes out of tbe state. The fare is f;tO from Missouri Kiver points. St. Paul, Duluth and Winnipeg, 3S from St. Louis and 18 from Chicago with proportionate rates from every point In the United States. A recent issue of the Huston, Texas Daily Poet contains an exteuded ac count of a trip along tbe lower Pa cifio coast by T. J. Patillo, who la a brother of W. H. Patillo of this city, and a party of other captallists from Huston. Mr. Patillo and bis asso ciates were attracted to tbe state of Sinaloa, Mexico where sugar cane and fiber are extensively raised. The soil in this vicinity is very rich and all sorts of vegetables 'are raised in profusion. The party was much pleased with tbe trip and'mucb Im pressed with the .Mexican towns among which were Nogales, Ysqui or Sonora country, Henuosillo, Guymas and Culian, the capital of the state of Sinoloa. Got no horn "to toot, but got best buggy on earth," a JohnIere of i Uxw kmut Him. O. 1- TENTS W e nave tne i i Right Prices Poles 50c set when sold with Tent Camp Stoves, Camp Kettles, Camp Axes, Camp Clothes Bags, Camp Cooking Outfits, Fishing Tackle, Winchester'Rifles, Savage Rifles, Cartridges, Shells. Cramer Bros. Odd Fellows Block Hardware WRITE Th School that Placet SOME BARGAIN POINTERS New Notes Ma From the Bualnaea n to Handera. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist Go to Ooron (or Plumbing. 1000 Washers at Hair-Riddle's. J. E. Peterfon, Pioneer Insuranoe Man. M. Clemens Prescription Drnsvist. A splendid line of Koyal Charter Oak Ranges atOoron's DeWitt's CarbolUea Witch Hazel Salve. It Is especially good for piles Sold by Model Drug Store. 4-8 18. Alfred Lett hor, liegistered Optom etrist and Jeweler in Dixon sold stand, Front street. Kyr s tested free. Get prices on the Alamo Gasoline Engines and Wood Haw a before buying. J. D. Franklin, Burnt. Office in Hun nie's Plumbing Shop, II htreet, be tween 6th aud 7th. 4-24 tf J. D. Franklin bas the agency for the Alamo ' Gasoline Engines. Office in Rannie's Plumbing shop. II. street, between Ch aud 7tb. 4-24 tf Ma'sies' Galire stsge now takes passengers from Grants Pbhn direct to Galice, leaving Hotel Latyon at 6 a. m. and arriving at Galice at 11:60. Returning leaves Ualice at 1 p. m. ar rlvinghere at 7 :80. A stop of 40 min utes will be made at Merlin both ways. 7-17 8t Fruit Jars at Hair-Riddle's. Notice. I will on the 1st day of August, 1908. sell at tbe Court House door in the city of Grants Pass, Josephine County, Ore., all property to which Josephine Coonty or any other publio corporation hag acquired title by vlr tue of sale for taxes, to the highest bidder for cash. W. J. RUSSELL, 7 81 It Sheriff. M. C. Kennedy, vice" presldenfand general superintendent of the Cumber land Valley railroad, and party, in eluding his family, passed through here JTuesday evening in their pri vatecar"The Cumberland Valley," attached to No. 16, en route to Port land. This was their first visit to the Pacifio coast and Mr. Kennedy said they were enjoylug tbe trip im mensely, particularly tbe Oregon scenery. Members of the Graots Pans Commercial club, who had been noti fled of tbe approaching nartv bv Paaseuger Agent McMnrray of the Southern Pacifio, met Mr. Ken nedy at the train and showed him tna glad hand during his brief stop. " Mis. H. W. Clay, sister of Mrs. II. E. Getbing arrived Friday from West lake, Colo., Jto make Joseph iua county ij her horns. - Mx. Ciay wui axrtv iataor. i a poods and the Rlflea tvnd Shotguns Si BUSINESS COLLEGE WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON FOR CATALOG You in a Good Potition Next Winter! You can enjoy your summer sweat over again if you Take a KODAK With You on your hunting, fishing, camping, sea Miore, or tuouutain trip. Full line at Howell's Music Store 603 O st. Grants Pass nita milium iidi jmm ASHLAND, OREGON Homo! liiuif HMliil llus ntsa and Shorthand Training, tlioi- ourIi and practical S MONTHS SCHOLARSHIP S4S.00 9 MONTHS SCHOLARSHIP SSO.OO IN Ii the MMMlnl All aturienta who secure a nine months scholamliip and enter Hepteinler 7 will be entitled to the combined course of July !, i ma ioths you an extra monui. io vestigals and oome. Aureus, f. KUNEK, fres. YEARLY PROFIT PROSPIRITV dapands mora upon InvaaU mant tbaa any otbar aoarea of pruAC OooS tnratranta ars aa difficult la Sod aa a naadl in a haatack. RIAL CSTsT! tha haute of all ralua. It haa nada aura bis fortunaa than all othar Inaaatmanta eorabinad. Provided It ia da alrablr locatad. It la Impoaaibte to laaa. THg NORTHWEST la tha aantar of sraatar raal aatata ac tlrltr than any othar part at tha Uniud Hum. van fcaatarn capital kaowa it and invaata. 0RE00N ha nitlaa than lta raaouroa mora waalth. making optwrta an" otbar Htata In tba (Jnloa. ara DhononuMial. TK HmmIok- mantof Lha Btata mnana richaa fur tha Cam. PORTLAND to 100 par 4 altr Invaaliaanta pay from 20 it annual! Wa that raiiulra a few dullara a month and will not tha lnvi oual profit. itor bis money and earn an an ror particulars mall the ooupoa THE BPANTON COMPANY 170 Stabs, Btbsst Portland. Oaaoon : Gkhtuhm Plaaae inform ma bow I ran qiilmi i a YEAkl.y PKOKIT on a email aaaathly Investment io Portland real aetata. Nams Armases The Spanton Company 270 E STARK STREET PORTLAND, OREGON