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! PERSONAL ITEMS. ,. ;days prior to goinii to Nevada to lo
4 -4!oaie.
M"M II II 1 1 I I II hhM-l-
I Frank Me
I Pity looking
of Afhland wai In the
after bnisness mattfrs
1 last t nday.
Mrs. Anna Martin
spendns the week
Giants Pass.
of Jacksonville 1s
with friends in
Atrorne;
act sou vi
py a. o.
Hnngh was in
Jacksonville looking
after legal mat
ters last Fridav.
M iss Fannie Montgomery returned
Sunday from Kerby, where she hd
spent the pat week visiting friends.
R. W. Clarke, manager of the wter
work, returned dome fr m basin u
trip to Portland last Saturday morn
ing.
P. A. DeFries of Merlin was in the
j conntr seat Monday looking after
matters pertaining to the location
i 01 mining propt-rty.
! sranaara cement, any qnality at
M.25 a barrel at Grants Pasa Hdw. Co
1 7-81 4t
Miss Vera MoKenzie returned home
iiom uiendale last Monday atfer hav
ing spent a wek with iier friend,
Miss Pearle Harding
! W. O. Smith of Wolf Creek, the
promoter of tte Wolf Creek colony,
was in Grants Pass btween trains
yesterday. He went from here to Med
ford. 0. O. Matlork and Bert Ayers, who
have been in Portalod the past few
weeks in the Interest of the Oilman
Bed Rock Miuiug Co., retarned to
Grants Pass last Sunday morning.
Deputy Fish Warden J. D. Wilson
of Youcalla arrived in the oity yester
day to aid his successor, E. Clant n.
He will be in this vicnity the balance
of the week
Mrs. C. Clinton Page, wife of the
editor of the Courier, and daughter
Miriam, came down from Ashland
Wednesday, night where they had be-n
visiting for a conple of weeks with
hei sister, Mrs. E. A. Fraser.
10 Per cent discount on refrigerators
at Hair-Riddle's.
F. Hazen, ex assessor of Colombia
coonty, and Mrs. Hazen, are in the
city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sweetland, and will spend a conpU
of week or more camping out btfore
returning to their home at Warren.
J. W. Weston of Portland came,
down last week and met bis sister,
Mi-s Fay who came here a few days
before from Sao Francisco and the
two left last Saturday for Montague,
where they will visit a brother.
Will Riega and Al Schmidt came
up from the Oilman Bed Hock Min
ing Co's uamp last Saturday morn
ing, where the company now bare
everything in readiness for work
as soon as their new machine arrives
from Sacramento.
' 10 Per cent discount on refrigerators
at Hair-Riddle's.
Frank Jordan of Cottage Grove
has charge of the Wells Fargo express
and Postal Telegraph office here dur
ing the absence of; Agent Preslev
while the latter and his family are
spending their summer vacation at
Cresoent City.
Miss Helen Henry, accompanied by
her nephew, Master Hall Lynch,
returned on Thursday from Santa
Rosa, Cal., where she has been for
the past eight months, visiting re la
tivesaud attending commercial col
lege. Ben Rosencrsnse left Tuesday morn
ing for Gaiite, eight miles below
which 1 lace be will cook for a gsnii of
seven meu who are now at work on
the new government Hail oing
built noder tin direction i f Supeivi
sor N. B. Anderson of the Fcreet
Reserve service.
Pi'f. Wardrip. president of the
Ashland Normal soliool, who has been
spending the summer vaiation im
proving his fruit farm at Kroitdale,
departed for Ashland hut Friday pie
paratoty to rooming his school wotk
He tot k with him a up eudid deer
head and pair of horns which be will
have mounted.
M. W. Wheeler of Phoenix was io
Grants Pass tee latter I art of last
week, renewing old acquaintances and
lookicg after probity here. Mr.
W bee It r Is among the pioneers of this
section and owns one of the original
donation claims jost north of the city.
An old log boui-e built in the 60's
still remains on the premises as a
hud mark of the early days, and in
spite of the fact that it has been stand
ing for mora than 60 years, part of
the time unoccupied, is in a fair state
of preservation.
Whin your pop scratches, put
Avenarios Carbolineum on him.
Grants Pass Hardware Co. 4(7-81
John Dykes with bis wife, daughter
and two sons arrived in Grants Paos
last Bunday frcm Rollo. Mo., and
will make their home in this city.
Mr. Dykes n.ade a trip through
Washington, Idaho and Ongtn about
a year ago with a view to locating
in the west and finally aecided or n
this place for a leimanent locatiou.
Mrs. Dkyes and City Attorney
Clements ar coo sins. The two sons
are grown and are band musicians
aad will prove a valuable acquisition
to the Rogue River baud.
Perkins 4 Phillip. Mining and
leal ettate, office in Layton hotel
e v 7-S1 lOt
E. E. Blancbaid, wife aiid son of
Mootezonia, Ic wa arrived in the city
the first of the week and will lecate
Here permanently if after a ;tbre
months trial of the Soobfc rn Oregon
climate it is foond to agree with
thun. Mr. Blancl ard and J. G. Rigtft.
of the GilletU-Ripss Realtt Co. are
brothers-in-law. Though .Mr. Elan
chard iv a lawyer by profession,;!, e ex
r.ects
' tli
erts to ecgspe in the r-ait eonus.
e sun ti taiMiy are mum
: ! tnt wit:: 1 ants Pan fcfc'i
KOGUh klVEB OHiKlF.R. OV ' " .
Ralph Looney went np to the Ham
mere ley mine Wi duesday morning
whire he will spend a ooople of
weeks.
Mrs. H. C. Perkins who has been
spending the pat two or three weeks a"d are now preparing the program,
iu Eogeoe and Portland, returned i pjte 0f the report in ti e spring
home Tuesday morning. t" at the peach crop had been ruined
Mrs. Wm. Jackson returned to her bv the late frosts, conservative esti
home at Portland last Saturday after mutes place the peaoh 01 op of the
having spent a month here with h.r M' rim district alone at not less thn
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Moss. ; 15,0(10 boxes.
Froit Trees paint) with Avenarios Why do yoo lose yonr chickens?
Carbolineum will not be troubled Because yon do not use aveuarius
with borers and will become healthier. Carbolineum. Grants Pa'-s Hdw. Co.
Grants Pass Hdw. Co. ( 7-81 t ' 7-31 4t
Mrs. H. O. Kinney and her Constable Cheshire was io Wood
children, Marjorie and Paul and the ville, Gold Hill and Medford Monday
Misses Helen and Marion Clarke leave ' i search of a niau wanted as a
Monday night for a t o weeks' outing ' witness in a civil case pending before
on the beaob at Newport
Miss Christina daoghter of Rev.
and Mrs. Robert McLean of the
Presbyterian church of this city, came
down from Portland Tuesday morning
to visit her father.
C. M. Weodover
it St. Louis, as-
rived in the oity
for an extended
Tuesday morning 1
brother R. F. Weodover, secretary of
the Oilman Bed Rock Mining Co.
Messrs. R. F. Wendover and F. A.
Sloss returned home yesterday from
their business trip to Crescent City
and ether points in the interest of the
Oilman Bed Rock Mining Co.
Don't waste yonr energy and pa
tience on that old lawn mower. Get
one of those fine Ball Bearing Mowers
at Hair-Riddle's while ther are giving
a 20 per oent discount.
A. W. Calhoun of Chioo, Cal., is
hereto visit his brother George S.,
aud as Bert pot it, to cool off a hit
He says the thermometer has been
registering all the way from 100 to 117
in the shade during the past month
at Chioo.
Mr. and Mrs. H, F. MoClellan
came up from Hugo Tuesday morning
to do some trading. They are im
proving a splendid little Jfrult farm
near that place this summer, and Mr.
McClellan aays that they have one of
the beet 40-aore tracts In the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bland of
Bellingam, Wash., retarned- borne
Tuesday after a pleasant visit of two
weeks here with Mr. Bland's mother
and broter, Richard. Mr. Bland con
ducts a garage and ia enaged in the
sale of automobiles at Bellingam.
One-fifth off on any lawn mower in
stock at Hair-Riddle's.
Miss Jessie Scoville who baa.been
teaching school at Canyonville the
past year came np to Graata Pass
Tuesday to visit her parents until the
fall term opens in September, when
she will resume her work at Canyon
ville, she having ' been retained for
the con. ing year.
S. L. Jewell and 'family came down
from Camas Valley yesterday and will
make this their permanent home, Mr.
Jewell is a son of County J edge
Stephen Jewell. He was elected
superintendent of the Coonty Home
at the last session of the board of
county commissioners, and has already
assumed bis new duties.
Fred Roper, Paul Soballhoro and
Dan Frazelle went up to Medford
Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of
securing, if possible, a couple or three
ball players with which to recruit
the home team. The boys are plan
ning a trip north daring which they
will play a series of games at Rose
burg, Eugene, Albany and other
towns along the line, that is provided
they can get up the proper aggrega
tion. '
Never bad a good wagon for Ore
gon roads until I got a Peter Sob u tier
of Grants Pass Hdw. Co. 7-81 4k
Ut. and Mrs. John L. Moore
ho have been spending a week in
Orants Pass and vicinity returned to
their home at . Portland yesterday
morning. During their stay tbev
went down below Galioe Creek by
boat'snd for the novelty of the thing
purchased a couple of gold fans and
did a little prospecting on the way
down. They washed out some f 10 or
f 15 worth of gold on the trip and took
thenogggets home with tnem as a
memento of the outing.
Mrs. Clara C Roe, who has been
spending the past six months here
with her daoghter, Mrs. Raymond
Lawtcn, ltft Tuesday for brr former
home at Gohirle, Oklahcma. Mrs.
Roehaa been on the Pacific ocast for
the past year for ber health. Her
daughter is a magazine writer, being
one of the regolar contributors to the
Muniey publications. The National
and other popular monthly periodicals.
husband 'recently! finished a
a 6-year 'enliaiment in the United
Stales oaTy during which he was
on the battle ship Colombia, esoper-1
ator of the wireless telegrajh i(ir.
atn. He wss cn the Cclouil ia v. I en
11 t-Kk S-crttary Taftto Cnra n ';'.
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PASS OREGON -vlMsT 14,
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LOCAL EVENTS. i.
1--I--X 'III 11 1-H
The NaiivH Daughters will bold
t' eir annual reonlon at J'cksonille
Am-ost Stth. The ron mittees have
all ben selected lo conduct the event
County Judge Jewell. The case has
been postponed nntil next month. ;
J. B. Boroughs, residing about four
miles west cf town was the first of
; onr farmers to market watermelons
this season. He bi ought in a load of
eight dozen last Saturday, which were
much finer looking than the Califor-
product shipped in during the
p isi com le of weeks. Mr. Boroughs
is the farmer who took the 15 prize
for the largest bona fide family on
Market Day some weeks ago.
If you want a washing machine that
will do good work for only a small in
vestment get one of those Hair-Rid
die Hdw. Co are selling at 3 60..
Harold Kobli, the youngest son
of H. D. Kubll, of Applegate,
met with a very painful aooident
Tuesday. Ha'old found some black
powder in an old cabin, not knowing
what it was put it in an old stove.
As toon as the powder came in contact
with the flames it exploded and
severely burned the boy about the
faoe. Although nothing serious,
Harold will remember his experience
for some time. Jacksonville Post.
We do not want to carry over any of
our lawn mowers so we are selling
them at 'one fifth) off of the regular
prioe. Hair-Riddle Hdw. Co
During the coming month the opera
"Trial by Jury" will be given by the
Rogue River band assisted by the
best musical home talent, under the
direction of Prof. M. E. Robinson,
who gave the cantata Queen Esther In
this oity a year or so ago. The cast
for this entertainment will be made
np entirely of home talent and prcm
sles to be the most enjoyable musical
event of the season. Prof. Robinson
had charge of the musio at the Ash
and Chautauqua this , year and his
ability is well know to the people of
this section. The
"Trial by Jury"
date fjr
has ' not
is yet but
the
been
will
definitely arranged
be annoonced later.
10 Per oent discount on refrigerators
at Hair-Riddle's.
J. J. Lawler, the fellow who was
arrested here some weeks ago and
bound over to the Circuit Court on
the oharge of larceny from the person
of a Swedihb laborer and has since
been confined on the county jail, was
adjudged insane last week and taken
to the aaylom at Salem. Lawler
seemed to labor under the hallucina
tion that he was some other person
than himself. At first he suffered
from this dementia at intervals but
these became more and more fre
quent nntil Sheriff Russell concluded
that he should be taken care of and
he was examined by the insane com
mission with the above result.
Elsewhere in this Issue will be
found the first of a aeries of IA bunt
ing stories by President Roosevelt.
One complete story consisting of three
oolumns will be published each week.
They are the most intensely interest
ing articles of this class ever pub
lished and since they were written by
the president himself, In bis own
inimitable style will be greatly en
joyed by all admirers of Mr. Roose
velt as 'well 'as others interested in
hunting. The Courier has secured
the exclusive right in Josephine
county for the publication of these
Roosevelt Hunting Stories. Remem
ber, the first story appears in this is
sue. Subscribe now so that yon will
enjoy the whole 18.
The Southern Oregon Supply Co.
has just installed new cash register
which is absolutely np to the minute,
Besides all the detail work which the
average cash register does this one
will record the actual time of every
purchaaemade if desired. There la a
separate cash drawer and r giater reel
for each clerk so that there can be no
"mixing" of coin. Then there Is a
TTTt le appliance which irsues a ticket
tor each porbase on which is recorded
tie clerk's carb drawer Initial, the
number of the sale which he has. made
during the day and the amount of the
jMihase., This ia'the best and rr.ot
m dtrn ceh. rt-gititr in the city and
i indicative c;f the irc,pr Hlvijts of
t e otjtl.frn rK- n hnj.i :y Co.' at.d
T; f. c:-.l 1: ;,r" "
108.
C 31 I I A 13 'p
Split Bamboo Rods $1.00 to; 8.00
.Ily linliliitf in
Iloffuo Ttivor in
Royal Sport
We have a fine stock of such goods as are
needed by PROSPECTORS and CAMPERS,
and are always glad to show the goods.
Cramer Bros.
Odd Fellows
Hardware
SOME BARGAIN POINTERS
News Notee From the Bualneas
Men to Katskdere.
Dr. Flanagan,
Physician and Dentist
Go to Coron for Plumbing.
1900 Washers at Hair-Riddle's.
J. K. Peterson, Pioneer Insuraooe Man.
M . Olemem, Prescription Drnggist.
A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak
Ranges at Ooron'i
DeWltt'a Carbollaed Witch Hazel
8alve. It is especially good for piles
Sold by Model Drug Store. 4-8 18.
Alfred Letcher, . Registered Optom
etrist and Jeweler in Dixon sold stand,
Front street Eyes tested free.
Get prices on the. Alamo Gasoline
Engines and Wood saws before buying.
J. D. Franklin, agent
Office in Raa
nie's Plumbing Shop.
H street, be
' 4-24 tf
tween 8th and 7th.
J. D. Franklin baa1 the agency for
the Alamo Gasoline Ensines. Office
in Rannie's Plumbing" shop. H.
street,betweeo 8b and 7th. 4-34 tf
Mamies' Qalice stage now takes
passengers from Grants Pass direct to
Galioe, leaving Hotel Latyoo at 5 a.
m. and arriving at Galioe at 11:80.
Returning leaves Galice at 1 p. m. ar-
t if lngiere at 7 :80. A stop of 45 min
utes will be made at Merlin both ways.
7-17 8t
Got no horn to toot, but got best
boggy on earth, the Jchn Deero G. P.
Hardware Co. 7-81-4t
Oostain'e launch will now run every
afternoon and evening to the White
Rooks and rapids. Fare 10c for roond
trip. Parties of 8 to 10 can charter
at 1 per hour. The launch now has
oanopy and new cushions and is in
charge of a praotioed engineer from
the ooast. Dock at city park. 8-7 tf.
A. and O. D.
Merliu Friday.
Crow were in from
Quality should be the first Consideration
on what you eat or drink
When You Visit
Russ'ePs
Confectionery
You Take no Chances
OUR MOTTO IS, "Sell Nothing to the Public
We Would not Eat Ourselves."
MY SHERBETS CONTAIN NO ACIDS
or artificial flavors, they are made ofj the
fruitsfalonc.
Herman Horning', Mg'r.
VI 1 I IV is
FISHING
TACKLE
Block
Rifles and Shotguns
COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 23, Saturday, danoe at Savage
Creek hall. Tickets including sap
per and horse feed 1.50.
Sept. 8, Tuesday W. O. T. U. oounty
convention, to be held in the Baptist
church at Grants Pass.
Sept 14 Monday Publio aohool opens.
Sept. 84, Thursday Annual eouolave
of the Grand Commandery, Knights
Templar, at Grants Pasa.
Sept. 0, 10, 11 Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Annual encampment of
the Southern Oregon Veteran's a
aociation. Grand Army of the Re
public, at Central Point.
Oct 1, S.- 8, 4, Rogue River Im
duatrlai Fair at Medford.
One of the beet couoerU given by
the band this season was rendered last
Friday night. The boys are get
ting along nicely and it waa common
comment among the people that the
boys have made remarkable progress
during the last month.
J, E. Collins ot Wolf Creek waa in
town last Friday.
Think of Us!
When for any reason there
occurs to your mind the Idea of
Pianos or Organs
Victor Talking Machines
Edison Phonographs
Kopaks and Supplies
Violins, Guitars, etc.
Typewriter Supplies
Stationery
Sheet Music
Post Cards
Let your next thought, be
Rowell's Uqsic Store
603 G st. Grants Pass, Ore.
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