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SCHOOL and supplies at CLEMENS S! . - 29Bcnooiinatlace A good i KluKd-none better. Wrll established reputation. Successful graduate. Skillful painstaking teachers. Living expenses low. Many other advantages. Let OS tell yoa about them. Write for cotalogue. SALEM. OREGON W. I. ST A LEY, Principal "THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" . Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal C.We occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have a $20,000 equipment, employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more calls for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly leads all others in quality of instruction. It pays to attend such an institution. CSald Business Kan t " Keep hammering away everlastingly on thorough work. It will win out in the end." Said au Educator: "The quality of instruc tion given in your school makes it the standard of its kind in the Northwest" COpen all the year. Students admitted at any time. Catalogue free. References : Any bank, any newspaper, any business man in Portland. IRRIGATED Best irrigated small farm in Jackson County for $2500. 40 acres in tract. 30 acres under ditch. 20 acres under cultivation. Come and see for yourself. The Rogue River Nurseries Are strong on TOKAY GRAPES, having about 250,000 fancy cuttings that are rooting nicely in the reddest of lands. We are rendy to contract for fall delivery at prices that will surprise you. We are as well prepared to fur nish you with anything in lino of trees and general nursery stock. Conklin Building Grants Pass Or. tcOreg'on Builders Are you doing what you can to pop ulate your (State? EORGON NEEDS rEOrLE-S;ttrs, honest farmen.rs, echanies, i. Erxlertc. rink jtj)t villi tiaiiif, ttt.i.g hands an a willing heart capital or no capital. Southern Pacific Co. (LINES IN lending tons of Oregon literature to the East f..r distnbut on through eVerv available Vm?. Will you not help the good ork of building Oregon by sending us the names and addresses of our friend. wboareWly to be interested in this sta e? glad to bear the expense of sending them complete information about OREUOJ. and Us opportunities. ,1X1, r-i-i.. Tiu... -ill , on sale durir.g SEFTEMBr.K OCTOBER from the East to all a few principal cities are t- rv - ton fin n i i 1 1 1 1 I if ii v m I - m .ww " Omaha.... 30.00 " KaneasCity30 00 " St. Louis.. 35.50 " Chicago.... 38.00 Tickets can 2If you want to bring a friend proper amount with any cf cur Um, furnished by telegraph. V B. K.llOMWS"1"1'"1 - " vu u ..u r-i;T? a V General WW iU iU V - BOOB - " BUSINESS COLLEGE WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS PORTLAND. OREGON WRITE FftP rATiN Ton in a Good Paitu BEN A. LOWELL WOODVILLE. - - OREGON OREGON) and points in Orrgon. Ihe farts iroai Fmm Louisville $41 .70 .a. a - " Cincinnati " Cleveland " Newlork 42.20 44.75 55.00 Be Prepaid. or relative -to .(. agents. Iht UtWt -ill u.en ie Fa.'Mrrer iftr.t. Irt)ir.d, Or. ROGUg RIVER COURIER GRANTS PASS, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 18. 1908. JOSEPHINE COUNTY REALTY TRANSFERS E P Dixon et nx to Sarah Clevenger- part cf west end of lot 9. block E, of Bourn Addition, fl. Frank Wiltuien et nx, to Andrew Uigler et nx lot 1, block E of H B Miller ad, $150. timer S Shank et nx to Geo F euawelser, SO acres Sec 8, twp 87 S of R 5 W M, 1360. Mary A Cheshire to Elisabeth bwinden, lots 1 and 3 blo:k B, Moss add, fl30o. John H Williams et nx to Julius Schmeer, lot S blk 25, R R add. W E Everton et nx to Belle E Cole lot 7, blk 8, R R add. O & C R R Co to John W Kranse, SWi4' of SWt4. sec 83, twp 9.R 8 WM, 40 ares. Inez DeLashrnott to G H Griffin, lot 7, See 8, twp 8ti. R 7 W M, con taining 44.95 acre. Arthur Conklin et nx to Marcns Rob bing, lots 15 and 18 in blk 4, and Lot 9. blk 7 Lincoln Park add, $450. L M Davis et nx to I N Bnxton, E' ofNWand E of SViU of Seo . Twp 8fl. of R, W of W M, containing 60 acres. Lauia Thomas Qunnell et al to Eugene Kester et nx. EW of 8W4' of NEJi, seo 12, twp 8 S, of R W. 'E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago. Ill Gentlemen In 1897 I bad a disease of the stomaoh and bowels. In the pring of 1302 I bought a bottle of Kodol and the benefit I received all the gold in Georgia could not buy. May yon live loDg and prosper. Yonrs very truly, C. N. Cornell Rod ing. Ga., Aug. 27, 1906. Sold by Model Drug St oi e. 4-8 18 Round Trip Tickets From Grants Pass will be sold as follows : Oregon State Fair, Fair Grounds, Oregon, September 18th to 19tb, $9.90. Paolflo National Fair & Livestock Show, Portland. September Slsl to 2fith, $11.95. Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, Medford, September 28th, $1.85, Jackson and Joseph ine District Fair, Medford, October 8, and 8d, $1.85. On trie certificate plan as follows Annoal conference W. O. T. U., Port land, Octobers to 9, $11.95. Annoal conference M. E. Chorch, Salem, September 23d to 28th. $9.60. For full information call on R. K. MONTGOMERY, Agent. yTRAooop clothes roa sort Ederhcimer, Stein ic Co., Mi ktn I T must carry great weight with you to know the boys' clothe$ we sell are the X T A r' D make. Don't need to advance a better claim for your atten tion; we couldn't. This is the make to rely oo for quality, wear and com plete satisfaction. A splen did example of how the modern tailoring methods of Ederhcimer, Stein & Co., have raised the standard without increasing the price. You can see for yourself the difference between these and ordinary clothes in the garment we're selling for all ages, 3 to 17. P. H. HARTH & SON.inc INCREASE IN LUMBER CUT AND THE REASON j Oregon and Washington produce more lumber than any other two i states. Figures of the lumber cut in 190 compiled by the Bureau of Ceoaos and the Forest service showed the largest total ever reported in the United States, exeeediug by over 7 per ceut the cut reported for lDOfi, ontil then the record year. This does not neces sarilv show a larger actual cat than in j 1906, for the returns ohtaiued last year were more complete than ever betcre. The figures themselves disclose some interesting facts. In 1907, 29,850, mills made returns, and their production was over forty billion feet cf laniber. This is be lieved to Include l8 per cent ot the actual cnt. In 190t!, 22.398 mills reported about 8 r, 500, COO, 000 feet. Since aocordiog to thefe figures nearly 29 per cnt more mills reported last year than the year before, while the Increase in produc tion was only a little over 7 per ceut, it might be thought the amount act ually manufactured mnst have been greater In the earlier year. This however, would be a too hasty in ference, it Is almost wholly among mills cf small individual output that the anionut actually manufactured mnst have been greater in the earlier year. This, however, would be a too hasty inference, for it is almost wholly amoug mills of small Individ ual output that the gain the number of establishments reporting has been made. A classification of the returns by statesand regions throws additional light oo the situation. Individual changes, as for example the retuakble rise ot Texas from eighth to third place among the lutnber-prodaciug states, are doubtless accounted for primarily by the greater accuracy of the 1907 figures; bat in the majority of cases the advances and declines can be traced to speciOo influences. Before the year closed the geueral business depression was severely felt in the lumber Industry. It was not, however, tbe moat important cause of falling off in the production ot the year where a falling' off occurred. For decline In production took place only in certain regions. The South is the region of greatest activity in lumber production and yellow pine the most important wood,, forming 83 per cent of the entire cut of tbs country. The cnt of yellow pine reported shows an increase ot 13 .per ceut over that of 19u6. In the early part of the year many of the southern mills cat so heavily that, In spite of the curtailed output which followed the business diitorbance later, the total waa greater than ever before. But . in both tbe Lake states and tbe Northwest a smaller cat was reported than the number of mills reporting increased. In the Lake states the falling off evidenced the waning supply of white pine. . Michigan, which for many years led all the states in lomber pro duction, and then gave way to Wis consin, sank In 1907 from forth to seventh place, while Wisconsin went from third to fifth. Minnesota as late as 1905 held fourth place. Last year it went from seventh to ninth. It was not until the latter 90 's that the Sooth displaced this group of states as the most improtant source of lumber supply. Since Southern pine is abundant in all tbe Atlantic states from the Carolinas to Texas, the re gion as a whole will doubtless main tain It; leading position for some years, lu spite ot the fact that at the present tate the bulk of the timber will be gone in another decade; but in totals of production by individual states tbe leaderahip baa since 1905 been held by Washington. Tbe fig ores of production show that during 1907 Washington fell off very decidedly from its huge cut of 1906, while Oregon is credited with a slight increase in Its total. In the early part of the vear Washlntgon suffered from a car shortage and at the end the combined effects of busi ness disturbance and higher freight rates had brought Jthe industry to paralysis. Oregon kept op its cut be cause of its larger proportion of coastwise and) foreign trade. These two states together prodooed mora lumber than jany other two states in the Union. It is a striking fact that though '.lumber priors have been steadily going up during the last half century, tbe per 'capita consumption of lumber has also been going op. In 1840, according to the bst figures ob tainable, the averge oonromption to each pel son in the country was'toO feet" in"l900, 40 feet aiidJInlT, 480 feet. This illustrates whathas been foand true the world over that with industrial pi ogress the demand for wood becomes greater and greater. Dr. Geo. T. Penn of Spokane spent a couple of days in oar city early In the week having come here fur tbe purpose of proving up on a tlmbc-r claim. - .- RELIEF CORPS ANL) G. A. A. NEWS NOTES Sou ihor r Oregon Encampment Will Be Held at Jackson, villa Nest Year. The Wonians Rel'ef Corps held their semi-monthly mestiug in their hall on Front street Saturday afternoon, September 12 A large membership was present. The reports of the various Relief committees were most satisfactory. each member taking a just pride in her special work and last, but not least, is the social honr snent at the clofe of each corps meeting consisting of a short literary program and re freshments served by a prearranged committee in alphabetical order. The Southern Oregon encampment O. A. R. held at Central Point last week was well represented by tl'e Posts and Corps of the Rogne River Valley. The visiting G. A. R. from Grants Past were Comrades Alveraon, Holmau, Morris, Mott, Moore, Peter son and Wade. From the W. R. C, President W. R. C, President Mrs. Gooilnow, S. Y., Mrs. A 1 verso n J. V., Mrs. Morris, secretary, Mrs. Mary Hildreth and Mrs. Moors. Tbe en campment next year will be held at Jacksonville, a unanimous invitation having been seat by the business men of Jacksonville to that effect Last week at Toledo, Ohio, there as semhled lu National oovention, the 43d annnal enoampment of the Grand Army veterans and the 2flth annual conven tion, Woman's Relief Corps. It is estimated there were fully 25,000 Civil War Veterans in Hue and what a parade it wast Says the Toledo Blade: "spectators looked on with tear dimmed eyes at the broken ranks of a once glorious army an army oomposed of loyal sons of a dauntless people an army of heroes with a hero's soul in every eye and with hearts fired with a heroes purpose. Instead of the gallant host that In 1801 marched away to the beating of drams and carrying the flag they loved better than life, waa a body ot old men, lame and halt, weak and emaciated, bent with the weight of years." Nearly every state in tbe anion was represented, 44 depattments being in line. Many of the old men were unable to complete the long four-hour march with its continaous ovations, and were foroed to drop ont, bat each was tenderly oared for ' Some of the more notable features or tbe U. A. R. parade: "As the veterans passed the High School, 120 girls, dressed in white, strewed their path with flowers, natures beautiful emblems of love and peace. Befora this cere mony, each of the marches had been given a boutonnler by the young ladies of the city as they formed in line." It was, however, when the parade reached the junction of Collingwood and Jefferson avennes that the most inspiring sight of all met the gate of the veterans, arranged in tie form of a flag on a great elevated stand, were 3000 children in red, white and blue to represent stripes and the blue field. As the soldiers paaied the children sang Freedom Triumphant and nationl airs to the accompaniment of deafening cheers from thousands of throats. The sight was one of a life time, never to be effaced from the memory of those who were present. The 43d annual encampment will be held at Salt Lake City, next year. The new Grand Army officers are: Commander-in-chief J. Rent Hamil ton, Toledo, O. ; junior vice-coin-mandet-io-chief, Charles O. Raycs, Chlco, Cal. surgeon general, G. Line Taneyhlll, Baltimore, Md., re-eleo-tion. ; chaplaln-in-ohief, John F. Spenoe, Knoxvillo, Tenn. ; On the morning of the parade the Woman's Relief corps through its new national secretary, Elizabeth Brown Daggett of New York, accompanied by the new national president Mary L. Oilman of Maasachoretts peaented the Grand Army of the Repuhllo with a check for $1000 for its permanent fund. Mr. Daggett was applauded to the echo in her remarks which showed that since tbe organization of the Woman's Rleler Corps it had ex pended over $3,200,000 In its work that it has "a membership of 163,853 has no liabilities and has assets of over 25,000. ALICE MALLORY, Press Cor. W. R, O. Good Liniment. Yoa will hunt a good while before voa tnd a preparalioo. that is equal to Chamber Iain's Liniment as a cure lor muscular and rheumatic pains, fur the cure of sprains and soreness of the muscles. la cases of rheum aliim and sciatica it relieves the intent pain and makes sleep and rest poeaible. la cases of sprains it relieves tbe soreness and restores th parts to a healthy condition in one-third the time required bv the usual treatment It is equally valuable for lsma back and aft deep sealed muscular pains. 2d and 60 cent sizes for sals by M. Clemens. DeWltt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills. Sold by Model Drag Store. 4 8 18 Bad Attack of Dysentery Cored. "An honored citiien of this town was raf tering from a severe a'-lack of dysentery. He told a friend if he could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, he felt confident of being cured, he having used this remedy in the West He was told thst I kept it in stock and lost OO time in obtaining it, and was promptly cured," says M. J. Leach, druggist of Wei. aott Vt For sale by M. Clemens. voice Culture and Singing PIANO TUNING J. S. McMurrny Box 443 4 44444 CEMENT CLIENT R. H. GrTlfillan PHONE 744 Grants Pass, Orefjon. Wheat and Barley ixu ni:i;i $2 per 100 pjumU. Inquire of J. E. KEKLEY, Grants Pass, Oregon. ASHLAND, OREGON Komt lilnr Hpolnl Business and Shorthand Training, thor ough and practical 6 MONTHS SCHOLARSHIP 948.00 0 MONTHS SCHOLARSHIP SSO.OO INototllHNpcolltl All students who secure a nine months scholarship and enter Heutemher 7 will be entitled to the combined course of July .1, ii"'. i in" k'" you an exira nioniu. in vestigate and come. Adress. f. KITNKK, I'res. Pioneer Atsayin j and Rcf. Co. Capital $100,000. Est. 17 years. Gold base bullion; cyanides, rluh ere, etc bought ; aiaylng AOr. Hpot cash on assaying values. 131 fith st near U. B. Mint, Han Francisco, Cal. 2i ALCOHOL OPIUM T0IACC3 Habile ftvlll One. nrtMnrsn.Tlt.1ina. OAS0LINE ENGINE IRRIGATION, SFRATING & PUMPING MACHINERY Fairbanks-Morse (lanolins Knglnsa for pumping, spraying, sawing, grinding. Outfits complete. Fairbanks Hcsles for weighing. Falrbanks-Mome Dynamos and Motors for tower and llfibt Fairbanks-Morne Windmills and Towers. Kairbanks-Morne Uriuders, Feed Chop pers, Well Pumps. Ail tint quality ironds at lowest prices. Alwsys In stock. I.ilwral terms. Prompt reply to inquiries and quick shipments. Write (or catalogue and prices. GRANTS PASS HDW. 0.. Agents Grants i'ass, Oregon FAIRBANKS. MORSE & CO. POPTLA.NT) nn S. V. MOODY WOOD YARD Cor. H & 3d sts. Phone 434 1 Load Blocks $3.00 Htove Wood 1 Tier Mauranita $2.50 1 1 Tier Oak $2.75 11 Tier Fir $2.50 il Tier Pine $2.25 I Chunk WoimI 1 Tier Oak $2.50 1 Tier Fir $2.25 1 Tier Pine $2.00 1 Load Sawdust $1.00 1 Load Kindling: $1.00 Commercial Cote TYPEWRITERS BOUGHT SOLD RENTED AND REPAIRED M. Mclntyre's Cycle and Machine Shop So. 6th and L. st. Grants Pass