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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, G RANIS PASS, OREGON, AUGUST 7, 1)S" i ' i 9 I vt j 1 (Imaf, rttiyh and measure trenthinq y,. ftuy American Oncer. THE WHITE HOUSE GROCERY TEAS Do yoanuk Good Tern? A tlntBecxaatfj , Cfcaas Sanbora'a T A W(M who Knrn this lea Utilm ewuuog dui compuments oo tu tragnuocs I I and delicacy. Ilia sealed packages pes. serve tM aroeu and pertama of the ekoet , carefully selected teas packed sod H , suaaosj 3 Fruit canning season is 'now on. We have the now celebrated Easy Vcum Jar. . Nothing Letter on the mar ket. We have thera in pints fquarts and half gal. Fluted Fluted jelly glasses (rounded rim) 45c dozen. Parafine j and all kinds of jar rubbers. A. New. Course. Daughter "Yes, I have graduated, bat now I must inform myself ia psychology, philology, bibll Practical Mother "Stop right where yoa are. I have arranged (or you a thorough oourse in roastology, boilogy, etitchology, darnology and general domestio haetleology. Now get on your working clothes." For lupch goods we have everything to fill an empty head' or a tired stomach. Sliced Beef in bulk or in glass jars. Minced Ham we slice in thin. . Oregon Fall Cream CheeBe. Large Queen Olives. Finest Italian Olive Oil. Columbia River Red Sal mon. Lunch Mackerel, Sardines, etc. Snider's Pork and Beans, (very good) 12jc, 20c and25c. Roned Chicken, Deviled Ham, Lunch Tongue. Comb Honpy and White Rose Strained noney in bulk. Evaporated Peaches, Apri cots and Pears now cheaper. The White House Grocery Fd' F'ns Tw and Coffee 4 PERSONAL ITEMS. 4. 'l-M-1 II .... M-I-l. .H-H-M-t ! E. M. Albright of Waldo was in j town Mutday. Mrs. Vivian McCarthy left Sunday f r Shasta Spriuga for a two weeks' en miner vacatioo. I 10 Per cent discount oo refrigerators at Hair-Riddle's. H. L. Wilson the Leland mer chant, was in Grants Pats last Tues day. . i ! Mrs. X. J. McReynoUlg aud dtagh ter Bessie of Normal, HI., were regis tered at the Josephine Monday. R. C. Williams and wife returned last Saturday aftr having spent a week at Eerby. Rev. J. E. Day and Mrs. Day of Woodville were in the cily bitween trains last Saturday Frait picking ladder at Hair-Rid dle's John Heckui and family left Satur day night for Portland where they will make their permanent hnnie. Mrs. J. M. Booth and- Miss Ada Smith left Thursday evening for 'Newport, for a few week's outing. H. C. Kinney returned home Mon 'day night from Hilt. Cal., where he had been looking after business maters for a few days. Isaac Best of the Best-Foller Realty Co., retured Wednesiay morning from j Portland where h'e had been looking , after the sale of lands. When your pap scratches, put Avenarius Carbolineum on him. Grams Pass Hardware Co. 4(7-81 H. V. Mrade came np from Keu-ut-tf, Cal., lust Saturday morning to spend a few days with bis family. He returned to Kennel t Tuesday morning. 10 Per cent disooaot on refrigtrators at Hair-Riddle's. If you want a washing machine that will do good work for only a small in vestment get one of tbose Hair-Rid die Hdw. Co are selling at $3 60.. - Miss Lucie Oeorge came in from her home at Eerby Monday and is preparing for the opening of the city schools in which she is one of the teichers. Secretary R. F. Wendover and R. W. Sloss of the Oilman Bed Rock Mining Co, left last Saturday for Crescent City and Eureka, Cal., on a business trip in the interest of the company. . Miss' Mabel Lindley of St. John, Waah., who has ben visiting her sis ter, Mrs. O. Swegel at Eoler, arrived In lie city the first of the week to spend a few days with friends. The Lindley's were formerly residents of Grants Pass. Mrs. Fry has sold the fornitore and fixtures of the American restaur ant on Front street aud she and Miss Jessie Robinson left Wedenday night for Portland where they will lemain. Joe Cary returned Wedesday morn ing f-oru Redding, Cal., where he bad been called by the illne.s of his mother. His. M. A. Hough and little daughter Hortone and Mrs. r. D. Strieker left Tuesday morning for Drain, whire they will siend a we-k after which, provided the forest fires are not too formidable, . will go over to Coos Bay to Bpeud a month or fix wekr Mayor Smith and family returned last Monday from a pleasant two weeks ontiDg at Salem and towns en ronte, as the trip was in the miTnr'i automobile. The trip was made by eisy stages aud much enjoyed, and in the fortnight the party took on a good healthy Boston brown bread complexion. Standard cement, any quality at 14.85 a barrel at Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t W fi. Bnrch and son Earle of Graham, Ore., arrived in ;the city 8aturdar en route to the Oregon Caves where they will fish and hunt for a week or more after which they will prospect for gold in the Siskl yous. Mr. Barch wss the firtfrman to inloit the Oregon caes after their discovery. He began way back in 188S, when he put in 200 feet of ladders, for the convenience of sight seers. The caves were so Inaccessible however, that few came to see them and the venture was abandoned. Jnit received a big stock of Stone Jars etc., direct Irtm the factory Hair-Riddle Hdw. Co. Postmaster G. W. Dounell and family went to Glendale Monday to speod week. Mr. Donneil has a mine there knowo as the Gold Flat. Our cilv postmaster bad expected to feast on veoioo daring the week's camp and of course took along, or intended to, his rifle, but be wus so thoroughly innocolated with the buck fever before even getting started, that he went away and left his rifle in the depot. This side step will doubtless yt the ' postmafter a"hri rf good pears are coming ! The second crop of strawberries sre on the market. fo Ptr cent dit-'coaut on rt frigeratois at Hair-Riddle's. Mrs. Chas. Norton was in the city Saturday after having visited her brother Alex Brown at Kcrby. - Mioses Anna aud Kate McCorttiy of Sitcrameuto, Cal., arrived iu the city last Monday to viit with their sister, Mis. J. Rouch, for a couple of weeks. Miss Oro Willson returned from Newport and ether northern points Thursday, after an abfeuee of two weeks. . To close out the few remaining of our stork of hammocks, we are giving 5 per cent off of the regular prion Hair Riddle Hdw. Co. It's been a long time since yon heard from us; oorne- and buv Avenarius Carbolineum. Grants Pass Hdw Co. 7-31 4t Harry Sehmidtt went down to Tun nel 9 Tuesday in the vicinity of which place he will hunt deer for few Says. E. J. Portens left Wednesady morn ing for Portland where his wife w nt some days ago, to be with her parents M's. Porteus has beeu ill for some time and Mr. Porteui received a tele gram from her Tuesday. Manager Sampson of the Grants Pass Ginning Company returned last Friday from a trip to . Medford, Jacksonville aud Ashland in the in terest of the cannery a number of contract for frait. Mr. and .Mrs. B. W. Riegs, and danghters, Misses Ethel, B"rnice and Virginia, and Mifs Georgia Coron left Thursday for Cold Spring, nrar West Foik for a two weeks camping and hunting trip. One-fifth off on any lawn mower in stock at Hair-Riddle's. Mrs. F. D. Smith aud daughter A Ita " returned home Monday from Newport and Portland where they have been spending the last two weeks. 1 hey were joined in Portland by Mr Smith. Rev. Geo. A. Gates, president of Pomooa College .located at Clamniont, Cal., spent Wednesday In the city the guest cf Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ritmey. Ha left for Claremont yes terday morning. We do not want to carry over any of oar lawn mowers so we are selling them at 'one fifth off of the regular prioe. Hair-Riddle Hdw. Co Roy Wilson left Tuesday for Los Angeles where he will pend month or more with his parents. Mrs. Wil son aud her mother left for the same plaon yesterday and will spend some time at Los Angeles. A. N. Holman of Portland, for merly assistant cashier of the Grants Pat-a Bank and Trust Co. of this city, but who is now on the road for the Gluss & Pruilhomme Co , was in the city yesterday selling goods and shaking hands with frienas. J. E. Gerlich, traveling represen tative of the Rudrlph Werlitzer Co., of Chicago, one of the largest manu facturers of automatio musical instru ment') and playing devices in the New' home prou in. oountry, was in the city Wednenday . ' . . . .. a., ... i.i. u i!f the Souhtern Pacific passed and spent the day with his old friend, Prof. Sttnton Rowell. Dr. Horace Prae, and Mrs. Pease who came here lait spring to spend a few months left Saturday night for Portland where they will spend the balance cf the summer. Dr. and Mrs. Pease are the parents of Geo. H. Pease of Placer. Dr. Peare and wife have been married AO years and are yet hale and hearty. Don't waste your energy and pa tience on that old lawn mower. Get one of those fine Ball Bearing Mowers at Hair-Riddle's' While they are giving a 29 per cent discount. Mrs. W. D. Bates, who came here last February from Grafton, N. D., and has been stopping in the city since that time left last Saturday morning for Port-land where she will spend some time after which she will go to Spokane and Heattle. Mrs. Bates, after the death of tier husband some years ago, succeeded him as editor and publisher of ;the Grafton News-Times, which she later sold. She has since been engaged in special newspaper work for some of the large papers. Wby do you lose your chiokens? Because yon do not use avenarios Carbolineum. Grants Pant Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t Mies Ella Caldwell of Chicago,, one of the teachers in tbeJJ publio schools of ;ths Windy City, arrived in Grants Pass hut Wednesdsy and sent the day here with her old friend and; fotmer ichoolmate, Mrs. L. B. u.ii ui,, 'ku r.un ruuiritno hr summer vacation on tbe Pacific coast "ds. It is doubtful if this .tore ana stopped here Ifor the 'day. She,w dld buineas before in left here for" loano rints fwhere she 1 ,brt ti- 14 M impossible at ill visit other friends before return - in east 'Builder's Hardware at Cramer Bros. j tM"I"I"M' IT LOCAL EVENTS. h 4. .H-H-H-H-H-n- 'I I H-HV The l-t half ot the s. mi-annual state school apportionment which baa' just beeu made.gives .lost phine couo'y WSiiO.80, or about 11.50 per fcholar. Count? Superintends nt Savage i now ! making the apportionment for the various distiois of the couuiy. j Reports w thin the past few days 1 stye that the hail storm which recently visited Hugo some weeks ago was not o disastrous as firt ' slated aud that seme of the orcherda will yield part of a crop. . It is also slated that this is the fmt haii storm eer heard of in this section. "Perkins & Phillips, Mining and real e-tate, office in Layton hotel. 7-31 lOt B. E. Meredith, for a number of years interested iu mining in June phine county, but for the past several years with the Paraffiue Paint Co., ii in Grants Pass the fore tart of the wees calling on the trade and meeting old friends. Mr. Meredith Is manager of the company for Oregon aud Idaho territory. M. L. Opdkye, local editor of the Observer, aud Mrs. Opdyke leftyist'r day for Steamboat, where they will tptnda week cr two camping, fish ina nn1 hunting. M. L. is pretty good on fish stories most any time, but when he returns even those who have wocn medals may as wll pre pare to retire. He has promised all kinds of fish aud venison tu tha bal ance of the fraternity who are too poor to take'a vacation, and we all bopti he will make good. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. MoOlellan were down from Hugo last Saturday doing tome chopping. They ctme from Colorado last spring and though he is a mining engineer by profession ha purchased a nice little fruit farm near Hugo, which lie is improving at odd times. As yet the acreage planted Is suialL He has one, sere of bearing Tokay grapes aud will plant five acres more this fall. He also pnfoot apples, peaches, pears and the small fruits. He says the reoeut hail storm did not touch him and that not one of the orohardists were hurt as badly as first stated. Id' fact he says that section of the county is looking fine. Oliver Morrison of Hanson, Idaho last Tuesday purchased the George Lewie 80-acre farm near Wildrrville for $4000. This is an slfala and frait ranch, but Mr.' Morris purposes pat ting a greater portion of it out to fruit within the n"xt year. Twenty aens are new under cultivation but Mr. Harrison fays that be would not take the price paid for the whole piece for half of the tract. He left for his home in Idaho hut night but will return here with his family the first of November, I aving sold out his interests in Idaho. Hb" also pur chased with the farm 20 head of hogs, 14 head of cattle and a span of fine cult, paying fnr the latter -"00. Never bad a good ' wagon for Ore gon reads until I gut a PetorSchutlur of Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t Divixion Supt. L. R. Fields and f I e. 1.,.. . tr T Ti LI..- through here sooth yesterday morning and during their brief ftop ad vised Mr. H. t". Kinney, as a repre sentative ot the Commercial Club, that the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Club would be permitted to go ahead as the ladies had proposed asd decorate and Improve the -park on the com pany's ground jost east of the depot and also the vacant land on either side of Sixth street street on the north side of the tracts. After the fall rains, when the ground has become sufficiently moistened that it oan be worked the 'ladies will .take np the work of improving these plaoes ia view of the depot. This Is moat commendable enterprise on the part of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Com mercial Club and will greatly enhance the appearance of the depot grounds next spring and summer. a Fro it Trees painted with Avenarios Carbolineum will not be troubled with borers and will beoome healthier. Grant Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4t W. R. Small one of the expert salesmen and advertising men on the staff of tbe Northwestern Brokerage and Salea'Co. of Seattle and Chicago, who has been conducting tbe advertis ing campaign daring the closing out sale at the store of P. H. Hartb & Son, finished bis work here this week and left Wednesday for Ashland where hi stopped for day before going on to "Ban Francitco. Mr. Email is veritable whirlwind of poblicity and purveyor of printer's ink, unique ' "na original in nis luoas brought the people to the and be store in 1 times to wait opon the trade. Mr. ' Small knows how to'gi't results from I j advertising and also how to conduct a ' 'sale. Split Bamboo Rods $1.00 to $8.00 ?y liMliiii in Ito;uo Ttivur in Royal Sport V We have a fine stock of such goods as are needed by PROSPECTORS and CAMPERS, and are always ulad to show the oods. Gramer Bros. Odd Fellows Block Hardware SOME BARGAIN POINTERS Newt Note Me From the Business to Readers. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist Oo to Coron tor Plumbing. 1900 Washers at Hair-Riddle's. J. E. Peterson, Pioneer Insurance Man, M. Clemens. Prescription Druggist. A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges atCoron'a De Witt's Oar bol ilea Witch Hasel Salve. It ia especially good for piles Sold by Model Drug Store. 4-8 13. Alfred Letcher, Registered Optom etrist and Jeweler in Dixon sold stand, Front street. Eyes tested free. Get prices on the Alamo Gasoline Engines ind Woodsaws before buying. J. D. Franklin, agent. Office in Ran nle's Plumbing Shop, tween 6th and 7th. U street, be 4-84 tf ZHose 10, 12,'d', IBo foot. Cramer Bros. J. D. Franklin has the agency for the Alamo Gasoline Engines. Office in Rannie's Plumbing! shon. H street, Vetweeu flh and 7th. 4-24 tf. Mamies' Ualice stage now takes passengers from Grants Pass direct to Gallce, leaving Hotel Lstyou at fi a. ni. and arriving at Ualice at 11:50. Returning leaves Ualice at 1 p. m. ar rlringiere at 7 :30. A stop of 4fl win otes will be made at Merlin both ways. 7-17 St Got no hern to to ,t, hot got best buggy on earth, the Jchn Deere G. P. Hardware Co. 7-8141 Oostain's launch will now run every afternoon and evening to the White Rooks and rapids. Fare 10c for round trip. Parties of 8 to 10 can charter at 1 per hour. The launch now has canopy and new coshions and is in charge of a practiced engineer front tbe coast. Dock at olty park. 8-7 tf. Qualitr should bo the first Consideration on what you eut or drink When You Visit RussePs Confectionery; You Take no Chances OUR MOTTO IS, "Sell Nothing to the Public We Would not Eat Ourselves." MY SHERBETS CONTAIN NOZACIDS or artificial flavors, theyare ImadeJofJ the fruits alone-EZZS Herman) Horning', Mg'r. o ly TACKLE Riflea tvnd Shotguns COMING EVENTS. Sept 14 Monday Public school opens. Sept. 24, Thursday Anuual oonMavs of the Grand Coiuinanriery, Knights Templar, at Grants Pais. 8ept. 0. 10, 11 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Auunal encamiment of tlie iSouttiern Oregon Veteran s as sociation. Grand Army of the Re publics at Central Point Oct 1, S, , 4, Rogue River In dustrial Fair at Medford. D, S. Masooll retorned horns lsst Saturday from Rook Island, IU.. where he had been spending the past three months in looking after business Interests, among other tblugs disposing of his last year's corn crop in Illinois at cents per buihsL Had be held it four days longer he could have told it for 70 cents, bat was well satisfied with the price reoeived. . Mr. Mascoll was vert glad to get bark to Grams Pass. While it Is hot here, ha says it is not that sultry heat of northern Illinois whloh kills people off. Frait Jars, Stone Jars, Tin Cans, Jelly G lasses at Cramer Bros. To-moppoiv Is the meanest word in the lan guage.. It's a cheat. ' Yoa may 'not have any tomorrow. Why not live today? Have the fine music Opr aUo, Popular aud tbe Classics Concert selections, tbe Sacred Hyinus, the grand harmonies of the great Binds and Orchestras. Have them without delay. Come in and see na about sending a VICTOR to your home. We will arrange the payments to suit yoa. Rowel I's Music Cf A pp 603 0 STREET , UIUIU GRANTS PASS, ORE. I-I IV 13 FISHING (Haranas oo his rturn. . .