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? & Trail of Ujq Lonesome Pine Have you read it? If not-don't wait-it's good. By John Fox, Jr. the writer of the "Little Sheppard of Kingdom Come" For Sale at Sabins Drug Store KQouu RIVER COUKlKR. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, NOVEMBER 6, 108 .j. "H M I I- X"Z IH-J.1 The August Fetich residence will 1 "M-.M ! t t, ,t ,tt,.r..t,.M. .M.M. PEBsnvit Barney Hall tU .h. d, . . last weejr. " ",ae e M, .ad Mrs. Jlln Rackett are in I Angles for the winter. . Sit J,k I1'-0" " ho,ue TU,lt w,th '"ends to Medfo.d. Mr. and Mr. J. Ne f Attorney A. C. Hopgb attended oourt at Jacksonville for several days ton week. !Li!-Gorh4mfth4 LnokrQ was a Urants Wednesday. , soon be ready for oravnnanrv. i - j Wed- Pacs een visitor NOTICE. My wife, Minnie Everton, hag left my bed and board without just cause and I will not be resposible for any debts contracted by her. 10-3-5t. ELMER EVERTON. ;By the Leave orders North 6tb street Sweet Cider. gallon or by the barrel Smith, 1015 with A. 10-28 8t Vaunt, weigh and measure everything you , huy American Grocer. Know how to select good things for the table. That's why they go to THE WHITE HOUSE f GROCERY New Crop Jersey Cranberries, per quart 15c Hazelwood full cream cheese per pound v 20c New Norway Mackeral 15c Durkees Salad Dressing New canned Salmon 10, 15. 20, 25c Spanish American Chicken Tom ales 12c and 15c Spanish American Soups (Vegeta ble, Tomato, Chicken) .... 10c Eastern Pop Corn, the kind that Pops Sampsons Boiled Cider. Sampsons Canned Plums 3 cans for 25c Sampsons Green Grapes 2 cans for ' 35c New Celery, Cabbage, Sweet Pota toes, now arriving. Bell Peppers and Corn Husks for Tomales. The brggest bargain in Toilet Soap 9-bar box Jnrgens Toilet y p Soap LOL TIE WHITE HOUSE GROCERY Mr. and Mr. Herman Heitmau and little son are visiting Mrs. Heitman's m, Jir. and Mrs. W. R. Kipper. Mr. aud Mrs. George Sabin. aocom pan.ed by the latter", mother, re turned this week from Portlind. iu. liweil has lost rai,nnl. J 1 . . . . - vv - audition to hi. residence, making it now a house of eight rooms and ery cozy. Miss Edna Dishrow returned Son day to her school at Pickett creek after visiting her parents and attend ing the luBtitote at Medford. H. E. Gale, one of the thrift, nr. ichardisUof the Merlin conntrv rnt a couple of days Itransactlng business in Grant. Pass this week. E. H. Brown went to Glendale Wednesday on the lookout for business for the National Protective Legion. He is expected to return Saturday. W. Craadlrners, whf) hts been look ing over Giai.ts Pass for th n.t 'three weeks left Wednesday for j Stockton, Cal. Jake Pollock, who formerly resided in Grants Pass, was in the oity for ft couple of days this wek bot letorned Wednesday to hi. Glendale home. It isn't a new baby in W. P. Smith's home that make, him so good natnred -his wife is asm Folger's Golden Gate Coffee ber grocer griods it. J. C. Baiey, foreman of the Swas tika mine was. in the city Wednes day poruhaaing supplies and securing some needed repairs. He was accom panied by H. York. M. B. Grifln of Cresent City was in Grants Pass for several days re cently and contemplates making ibis plaoe hi. home. Master Fish Warden H. , O. Mo AUister spent several days In this city the early part of the week in specting Rogue River with a view of solving the problem of protecting tho fish. Frank Jantzer left the rriddle of the week for Booth, in Douglas county where he will mine during the win ter. The Courier will make weekly visit, to him, living the new. of friends in Grant. Pass, and the sur rounding coontry. Chas. Bacon, for the past two years, freight clerk at the S. P. depot, has left tne service of the company and moved to Eageue, where lie and bis brother, John I., will engage in the tea and coffee business. Mr. Bacon has been in the employ of the South ern Paciflo for the past eight years. The hooting party, composed of Jas. Toffs, Frank Schrader and Mil lard Hall, returned from Peavine early in the week. Tbef were re warded for their trip bv securing eight Ideer and other game. They were gone about two weeks. W. W. Mc.Elroy of Butte, Moota na. Is in this city with a view of looking over the country. He is a personal friend of E. T. McKinstry, the real estate man and B. L. Coe, the dry goods merchant. Mr. McElroy is a gentleman of means and later may take some interest in the country. He will remain in Grant Pass for some weeks. I MORE FURNITURE i 1 Our second car of furniture has arrived and we are now busily engaged nun loading and placing it on display. Ue are a little behind with delivering but those who have goods ordered will re ceive them in a few days. trhoMwho can Beieci uum I: need new furniture Two Carloads of New Goods lare stock. Call besides our already and examine them. I J. B. Stevens of Tolo, arrived nesday to visit G. W. Guy ton. The 8ugar Pine Company is baling new roof put ou their warehouse. Office room in Coorier building for rent. Inquire of A. E. Voobie. 11-6 tf Ike Davis is having his bouse on I and 6th streets repainted and re shingled. J. M. Irwin and Charles Gresham of Placer were in the city on election diy. Hon. B. F. Mulkey was a Grant. Pass visitor for a several day. this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Partyn after a stay of six month, with G. W. Guy tou, returned to the borne at Los Angeles Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. . K. Kennedy, who have been visiting their son J. T. Kennedy at William, for the past month, returned to their home at Rose burg list Satnrday. At the special city election held in Medford on Thursday, t the people voted in favor of the Little Butte water proposition, by 585 oot of 580 votes cast. " E. C. Newell, returned ' Wednesday to Freeport, Cal., after having at tended the funeral of his son Fred, which was held in this city bust Sat urday. Engineer Frank C. Kelley arrived from Portland this morning and leaves tomorow for Ashland where he is en gaged in installing the light and1 Power plut. Rlph Davis, who for the past reveral months ha. been located at the Eoler stwmill as engineer, ha. returned to this city and taken the position of night baggageman at the depot. Bob Smith made several trip, to Medford during the week, giving bi. time to the que.tlou of Medford'. water supply . when not giving it in aid of the democratic party. Mias Dai.y Cole, one of the Jose phine county teachers, ' who atteuded the institute at Medford, returned Sun day evening to her school at Wolf Creek. She spent Satnrday and Son- day here with hex parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Cole. ' ' J. J. Hull .f Wenachee, Wash., this - week purchased a 90 acre tract adjoining the Oity Park and will at onoe prepare the ground for planting fruit trees. He is man of large ex perience in irrigation and ha beeo a successful fruit grower. On Tuesday next. Prof. McMurray will give a vocal recital in the opera house. Admission tickets 85 and 50 cents, now on sale at the usual place. li e it Elmer Dement, for 34 year, a resi dent of Kansas, arrived in Oregon from Independence Sunday and will try Josephine county. It is safe to predict that be will become a resident of this place. ' Rev T. L. Thnemler, for a great number of years stationed in ftw Yorx City, arrived in Grants Paw last Thursday to take charge of this field for the Seventh Day Adventists. Rev. Mr Thoelmer In the near future will deliver a lecture on "Darkest Jsew York" illustrated by aaovlng pictures. This lecture is very highly spoken of. William Emerick, whose death at Merlin was ohroolcled in the Coorier of last week was one of the pioneer. of Oregon, 'he having crossed the plains in '61, being then boy of 13. He lived In Benton county until 1695, that year removing to Merlin. For many years prior to his death he was engaged in freighting to the Galioe country. Dnrlng his life in Oregon be made friends wherever he went and bl. death at the age of 61 is mourned by them all. The county court ha decided that they will make an appropriation to oover the expense of making an ex hibit from Josephine county at the State Horticultural meeting at Port land the first week in December, and at the Spokane Apple blow and at that Alaska-Yokon-Paclfio next sum mer. The money thus expended will be well used, and it it is to be hoped that the appropriation will be a liberal one. y The old stage barn ont near Tokay Heights was torn down this week and most of the timber converted Into stove wood. This was one of the first buildings erected in this city. It liu nujud onits last location for 50 year and before that was out in lb northern part 'of the city. The logs at tinstiuje.; were. all .sound, which Teak's well for Oregon' timber's laat- LOCAL EVENTS. t i"M"i in mm in H-i- W. F. Moor is laying the founda tion for a six room brick house which he will bnild on H street two blocks ease of 6th. It is just the right time to make a clean-up aronnd your residence Rake np the leaves and burn them the first fair day when they are dry enough. Company Na ISO of the U. S. Coast Artillery Corps passed tlirogh Monday en route frjni San Francisco to Fort Stevenson, their new station. Fred Wlloox, night baggageman at the depot, is now installed a. freight clerk, s nee the resignation of Chas. Bacon. Th? new 8 -room brick re.ideuoe nf Herbert Smith on 5th and I streets Is ncaring completion. This will be one of the tine residences of the city. The four musical artists which furnished the entertainment Saturday evening for the first number of the Lyeeuni course, gave the people of this oity a treat which was heartily ecjoyed. Each one of the musicians was an art st indeed and lnoky were those who heard them. J. W. Whitney, representing the Remington typewriter, with head quarter) at Portland, waa in the city a couple of dsys this week, showing the new visible Remington. Machine operators say that this new model has all the good points of the original Remington. The Illinois valley Railroad will soon commeuce active operations in the way of construction. President Collins has just returned from a trip along the line and Ik making every preparation for work. This road when oompleted will be a great help to the business interest, of Grant. Pass. Wednesdaay, a young man who gave Lis name as O. J. Williams was J SOME BARGAIN POINTERS New Notes From tK Business Men to R.dere. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Dentist Go to Corun (or Plumbins. J. E. Peterson, Pioneer Insurance Man. M. Clemenk. prescription Druggist. A splendid line of Royal Charter Oak Ranges at Coron'i Alfred Letcher, Registered Optom etrist and Jeweler in Dixon sold stand, Front street Eyes tested free. Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis., say "I have only taken four doses of De Witt Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have Cone fur me more than any other medioine baa ever doue. Sold by Model Drug Store. , Demaray, have r residence. This 4 room cottages needs a whole lot Mr. and Mrs. J. F, moved into their new is one of the coxiest in the oity. The Commercial Club scheme whereby to raise a of money dead easy. The Grants Pass Feed Company', warehouse is undergoing a fw re pairs. The foundation is beiug bolestered up, and a new platform i being oonstruoted in front on which freight will be teoeived from the car. The hospital formerly owned and managed by M'ss Mattison will here after be carried on by Mr. R. P. Cheshire and Mis Martha MoQee. Miss Mattison ' 1 still In Southern California, where she went early in June. The Grants Pass Cannery building, will soou be given a thorough painting. The Warehouse and packing room of the Roane River Fruit Exohanire la j being painted and fixed up in good shape. It i white with green trim ming. Old paper for sale. Two bunches for 5o until the present lot is gone. ll- tf arrested, pending an investigation as M H. N. Wallace, an employe of the iiial quaimee. lThre will tins valley he furtlie eicorston City of M A. U. lpavlnir ou the regular overland on i Ly?Tmter 12th. Ift8. Fare ronnd trip e from GruiitSjPae. :.4o goi for 60 dT. K'ir'forther information, write - Ur agent of the valUy, Kmil "AIand.-Oregon. 1 1-fi-lt ft- pr,i: to where he secured a number of article which he was trying to dis pose of to a second band store in this city. On Thursday he was released as no evidence wag secured against him. T. J. Hickey of Portland who has been in the city for the past few days repairing cash registers, was taken to the hospital Thursday. While walk ing on Sixth street Wednesday after noon, be stumbled and felL An examination showed' that be was suffering with heart trouble and be was removed to bis room at the Lay ton Hotel and the next day to the hospital Last Tuesday there was an election in Grants Pas, an occasion formerly for drunkenness and disorerly conduct and yet the writer, who was all day long and up to mldoight about the streets, did not see even a single in toxicated individual. The "question naturally arises why tbls change from dsgostiog intoxioation to sober oltizensbip? Waa it because Grant Pas is a "dry town?" It ha been raining for sometime and the dry weather is long past and yet irrigation is as popular as ever. Th one cry heard on every side is for Irrigation next spring and the mana gers ofjthe company mutt bear this in mind. Water supplied for next June means fully a quarter of a million dollars worth of forage for oor horse and cattle. It also means an addi tional yield of all other farm and orchard crops. State Senator elect Albert Abraham, of Roseborg, announces his intention of introducing a bill at the next ses sion of the legislature providing for the punishment of persons who kill or wound people, "by mistake" "or ac cident" while out hunting. Mr. Abraham, who is a lawyer, thinks the present Oregon statute on manslaught er applies to such cases, but does not think it will be enforced in that re spect until a ipeoifio clause is em bodied. It bas been announced that Charles Mesurve, formerly of this city, will shortly oommeaue the publication of a journal devoted to the interests of the fruit industry of the Rogue River Valley. The new periodical will be in semi-msgazine form, issued monthly and known as th Rogo River Fruit Grower. Mr. Meeerve i now a resi dent of Medford and that city will be the home of the publication. There is a broad field for a fruit journal and properly conducted it will be of great benefit to the Rogue River Valley. j There will be a meeting of the Med-' ford Horticultural society at Medford on Saturday, November 7, at which Prof. P. J. O'Gara will (peak on the work and result of pear blight eradi cation a well as spraying In foil for various diseases. District Commis sioner A. H. Carson and County Fro It Inspector H. C. Bateham will attend from here. Inet-ector from Asbhtnd and Medford will alao be in attend ance. Chas. Meaf-rve, formerly of thioity and Mr. Taylor, manager of the 'Medfcrd Frolt 'Union !!) ke Well Fargo Express Company on the run between here and Dunsmulr had one of his ribs fractured while playing basket ball at the Coliseum rink the first of the week. The in jury, although painful, was not serious as ha wa able to continue at work, and he expect to be back In the game In a ooople of weeks. . Prof. McMurray has prepared an ex cellent prorgam for bi vocal recital in the opera bouse on Tuesday next. Ticket 85 and 50 cent are now on sale at the usual plaoe. It-6 It olearing np land in this section of the Rogue River Valley preparatory to planting vineyard. It ha been thoroughly demonstrated that this is the one ideal location for all kinds of fruit. Apples, pear, peach, grape and all the small fruits have been successfully cultivated and the result is that hundreds of people will with in a year or two commenoe fruit growing in this favored section. V. S. Grout, who has a farm one half mile west of Hugo, was In Grant Pass Monday, buying seed preparatory to the fall sowing of wheat and oat. Mr. Grout also intends putting out 325 fruit trees this fall, 150 apple and 75 cherry. This will increase his or chard to a little over six acres two acres of which Is now In bearing. A boilding for storing vinegar has' recently been oompleted at the can nery. It contain two tanks with a capacity of 8000 gallons each, which have already been Oiled. In addition to this there Is on hand 8000 gallons of vinegar, making 16,000 gallons In all, and still the manufacture. this article goes on. &e Newest Thing's In Tinware Wh have just received in a larger - shipment from the factory, and we offer the following NewKiuk Pot Covers . 5 Family Dippers 10" Wonder Egg Beaters .10 Soup Strainers 15 Buffalo Sieves 20 Handy Sifters 2fv Oil Stove Tea Kettles . .30 Egg Poachers .50- Cereal Gokers 1.25- Galo Wash Boilers . 1.2S Savory Roasters........ 2.50 Copper Wash Boilers 3.50 - and many others Special 25 per ceat discount on Amethyst Granite Ware Cramer Bros. ODD FELLOWS BLOBK Heaters Ranges "WORTH REMEMBERING Housekeepers should bear In mlndL that when asked by canvassers or gro cer to purchase a phosphate baking powder, that if they value their health they will refuse such powder. Phosphate baking powder Is made from burning the bones, gathered at There are at least 60 person at worVf slaughter bouses, ' whether from dlsv - animal or not It I thetw mixed with a solution of oil of vltrloL Such baking powder sells for 36. oenU a pound. Be on the safe side and protect yonr health by demanding the Pnr Cream of Tartar kind, which I made frona ' the pureit of grape. Read the label and don't be de ceived. 10-80-5. . COMING EVENTS. Nov. 10. Tuesday Prof. MoMurray'a . Vocal Recital at opera boose. Nov. 19-Lee Willard In "A Poo Relation" at Opera House. Nov. 80 "The Holy City" at opens . House. Msckey's art studio is the place to get the best aristo jKirtraits to be XaA aauywbere. Always firetclaaa. 118 Id . The October issue of the Crop Re porter, published by authority of the , secretary of agrloulturs, Washington. D. 0., gives total of wheat output for the year at 660,000,000 buahel a compared with 68,000,000 the year pre vious. The yield of oats is 78V, 000, 000 as compared with 756,000,000 in 1907. part - , T -IT Tl Again I want to call your attention to Q Coffee It's my own Special Blend the very beBt to'be had for the money anywhere. I make a specialty of fine Coffees and Teas, and. anything sold by me may be relied upon as to both quality and quantity Gibson's Grocery Front Street, opposite Depot. Phone 61 Grants Pass, Ore. It