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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.
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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.
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