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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1800. THK KOGUE RIVER COl'-JEB, PAGE EIGHT THE You wibh (he purest, frenh- mr cut groceries procurable to-jW aml prosperous life. Li a I The people of Frultdale are re- eeuier w th reasonab o cost,1 , , , . . . fe ivunuimuiv " eelvlng au unexpected visit from an prompt HOrvice and Courteous s' trnstt. merit. I. I. li liy plaefiig a trial order here, either in person or by 'phone you will be convinced of the fact that thin is the establishment to purchase your grocery supplies of. J. Pardee VAt Front Street Grocer WOLF C'ltKKK. The Southern Oregon weather has broken Its record for being change able in the last few days. It began with a heavy rain and flood which caused the creeks to sheer from their courses In several places, after which there was quite a severe snow storm and freeze which has lasted for four days. The snow Is at present four inches deep on the level. Neatsfoot Oil at Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Go's. The cold weather Is causing the farmers to worry some as It Is drawing quite heavily upon their feed for their stock. All the placer mines are now closed as the freezing weather has robbed them of the water. Died Grandma Laws, the foster mother of Mrs. Wm. Lltchenberger, agd 84 years. The deceased was an old pioneer of Jackson county. The body was Interred In the Wood vllle c-tmotery last Sunday. Died At Golden, Friday, Jan. 8, Grandma Dennett, aged 81 years, 2 months and 17 days. The do ceased leaves a son, C. Dennett and daughter Mrs. C. Mcintosh, both of Golden also several grandchild ren and groat grandchildren to mourn her. She was an old pio neer of Josephine county. The body was Intorrid In the Wolf Creek cemetery last 8uuday. Many friends extend their sympathy to the bereaved ones. Sole Leuther at Halr-ltlddle IMwe. Co's. Miss Mabel Mcintosh Is homo for few days during examination days. H. ('. Ilateham, fruit Inspector for Josephine county punned throiiKh the country and seems pleased with the conditions of the orchards. Sl'NSillNK. KKUTIVU.K The pnstor of the M. K. church South of (linn: Pass, will preach at Krultdale Sunday afternoon at 3:30. There was a fine attendance at Sunday School last Sunday after noon. Nice Things For Nice Homes We not only carry tin SUplCli in UrOCeneS, but I money and skill can produce and we have some of the nicer ilh"y Hr" ",,ld f"r "" more u",n "n11- I , ... . 'l"rv wagons Ask Hair Kiddle things which tempt the u.ue tv to show them to ,. appetite, atld make you fed' Kd Friday, master mechanic at like eating also make youith, v!m,,,lrt 'eiter. ws surprised feel like vou had vour 2" T?. h" Uh 'Mrth" S money's worth. The way i to buy is to buy the bent and then you will not be disappointed. You can! find the best at C. F. Dixon's 303 f ront Street. j It. L. Huck Is serving on the grand ! Jui this weel' I A'. 3. Couiant lias 1j n appointed deputy road commissioner for the : Fitiitdale. district. ; i'rof. II. R. Turner has a fine i new team. ' SAMPSON Spray In any quaMty at j Halr-Klddle Hdwe. Co. l-H-l't j On last Sunday afternoon, at the . home of il. Huck, occurred the mar- lias''-' of Kdgar I-aiman and Miss i Khoda Mansfield. Ilro. Newman pronounced the words which united I the happy couple. Their many : friends join In winding them a nap 'old Eastern acquaintance, Winter, wearing his familiar mantel of snow. Like most people , while on a visit, he Is showing only his best side. Sole Leather at, Hair-Kiddle Hdwe. t'o's. The heavy load of snow on the trees caused many breaks in the telephone wire, making it very diffi cult to collect newB this week. Everyone is enjoying the snow while It lasts, though, and very likely we will be picking wild flower a month bence. .Ml'KI'H Y Snow, snow everywhe-e, which Is something unusual for this part of the country, as It hfs been several years since we have had enough snow to lay on the ground ha:? a day. With half the telephone poles down and everybody snowed !n, news Is scarce this week, as the proverbial hens teeth. The telephone llnemei are out repairing the line and the phones will soon be ringing again, for which we will all be thankful. Roy McAfee departed for North Bond Thursday to work In a saw mill a that place. A -few people braved the storm Saturday night, to attend literary. It was decided to have no more mock trials and substiute some thing more uplifting and beneficial instead. Sole Leather at Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Co's. The quarterly meeting of the Free Methodist church, will be held at the Murphy school house, begin ning on Friday evening, the 16th, and continuing over Sunday. At the annual meeting of the Ap plegate Telephone Co. held at Pro- volt .Monday, January 11th, the fol lowing directors were elected to serve during the year. O. E. Hose, J Pernoll. II. D. Kubll, McKeel. W. I) York, C. O. Dlgelow, Kd. Swlnden Fred Knox and I. K. Hayes. A pleasant surprise party was given our popular R F. D. man, L. M. Mltcholl, Thursday evening, it being the occasion of his th birth day well really we don't think he would like to have mentioned Just how many summers he has seen, so we leave our readers to Imagine the exact number. After an cvonluK spent In music and games all de parted, wishing Mr. M. many happy returns of the day. Neatsfoot Oil at Halr-ltlddle Hdwe. Co's. In regard Jo the proposed change of names of places mentioned In the Courier of Jan. 1st, I have (Ms to sav: "Crayb'ick mountain w,.s never named after any gtaylmcks, tint because Its summit was crowned ny perpetual snow and ii would lie a great pity to try to change Its name now after It has been known for f years by Its present name. ni'STKK HliOWN. tiAl.lt K. Haven't seen anything from our camp lately. Christmas made things lively here as many of the people from (he Hand were hero and target and turkey shooting were Indulged In. The New Year was also celebrated by tur- j key filled dinner pails. There was i a leap year dance at Hand which was attended hy all of Gallce. Weber Wagons are the tumi i j ! ; , l j I I ; mmj. I'UUUllIUI S!'I'! .T WMtl tt.ir. ve,l ny the llallre ladies and the even ing was enjoyed with games Hut to wind i.p the festivities, four big men carried Kd to the hydrant, and Kd can tell the rest. Many prospectors are at work here and assessment work Is being done en n, nin properties Work at th smelter It going ahead at t a good rate and It will be In ready t o "bio i" ,n h. a "I 1 ' f.ipi. i.. i roucn is running full blast with a Urge force of men. All the placer mines are running again and the echo of giant pow- jer can be beard through the ontaius. The Gallce Consolidated is run ning three giants. Dob Jackson Is out with his cam era and is looking for a cook. Bob says he Is 35 and has never been kissed. So get busy, ye bashful .Jiaids. Noah Jones is very sad now; why? (Jallee is a dry town except when it rains or an express package from Portland shows up. RKD WINGS. WALDO. Our school, under the efficient management of Prof. Wells, Is a refutation of the charges that ours is a bad school. Sole Leather at Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Co's. Tucker Is attending strictly to business over at the copper mines. J. T. Robertson, writing to the Ob server, says that he has seen coyotes running Jack rabbits and lying on the ground watching the holes of digger squirrels, and that he Is op posed to a bounty on coyote scalps. I suspicion that be has so many rab bits and squirrel pensioners that he wants the coyotes left alone to catch them. Is that it, Rob? No panthers catch deer near html; while it is a well-known fact that one of them has caught as high as two full grown deer in a day, eating but a mouthful catch deer near him, while it Is a as much as kill the little cringing fawn on Slate creek, out of each of them. They do not The writer has recently been greatly flattered by a wlde-Bpread yarn about him and his 31 years' business In this valley, and would publicly thank the busy originator j of the tale If he could trace It back. 1 Oarnum once said he cared not what j people said about him Just so they mentioned his name, but he had a show. I am thinking of getting me a show so that I can profit off of my portion of the silly gossip that goes about this country of ours. I hesi tate only at the thought that envy would be disarmed and the main Item that sustains the nerve force i of a large percentage of our people ' would be so flattened out at the idea ! of my ' prosperity that they would lose all Interest in both me and my show. NeatBfoot Oil at Halr-Rlddle Hdwe. Co'b. You know, Mr. Kdltor, In your business the hardest lick you can hit any one is to say nothing at all about them: and that the man who throwB his hat and coat In the gut ter and walks the cement In front of your office licking his fingers while the policeman has gone around the block, Is a factor In your behalf for he is doing his part to prove that you are making a live paper. Since I have no paper I am going to get me a show, If It Is nothing but a monkey climbing a pole and a Hilly goat on the dead level. I could name a half dozen liars in this valley who Imitate to a nlcelty either or both of these animals down to the Infinitesimal fraction of a hairs breadth. If when I began the organization oi my snow monkeys and goats are scarce in the market I shall sub i stitute the imitative in full confi dence that the public will never know the difference The snow Just covers the ground over Here and the thermometer stands at :'( degrees above zero. If the people of our valley knew the Importance of the work the State Grange Is doing for the mid dle classe?, for the schools, for the proper raising of our young people, for good laws and against bad ones and for a general and wide-spread moral uplift, they would not be so shy of the dollar and twenty cents It takes to belong to a grange a ' whole year. A r.niwpo CEMETERY EMBELLISHMENT. Buriil PI,CII Should B. Mad. Park lik. and Beautiful. While we have cemeteries we should make and keep them as ornate . slble. To this end the miserable so called monument should be excluded and none but works of art allowed In nearly all l.urlal grounds may be found reunions of cheap and poor designs which add both monotony and poverty to what Is already too gloomy and conventional. All cemetery assort- "n'ld so control the lots sold ai to prevent any work of a low order ' lv"r design, ys a correspondent of the I.os Angeles Times While the writer does not visit cemeteries, he has a certain amount of compassion for the who do, and as many consider these places In the same llcht m,hii parkj thej should be kept up to a hlch .rZ ' " J, ' 'mtnUttlr . r"""" W,T- wm 'tioi.r3 S"On c come wnen i-.m..i ..-I-. will be abolished by law. but those who faror them may stay the march or enlightenment somewhat by selng that the enttr tract I. reslly mJe Prkllk. and ths monuments kept I Would you give us 50c or 75c if we give you $1.00? We are doing this; the change is merchandise just as good as the coin. Over 500 pairs of extra Trousers; 75c buys a dollars worth of them. l-4th off on all Men's and Boys' suits and overcoats. Boys' Rain coats just one-half price. Big discounts on our complete line of Wool Under wear, Flannel Shirts, Sweaters and Sweater-Coats, Trunks and Suit Cases, Umbrellas, Duck and Corduroy Clothing, Wool Blankets. Comforts, etc. You make money by spending it now. Geo. S. Calhoun Co. small and unobtrusive in size and slra pie In design. The whole effect should be of a garden, not of a stone yard. Many stnnll towns have no tract re served for park purposes, and the peo ple hare been used to regard their lo cal burying ground somewhat lu the light of a public square. This Idea should be kept In mind hy those In charge even where a park or parks are present and unusually attractive. A bonrd uf lntellleent directors should be elected who will exercise powers some what akin to those of a park commis sion and see that much of the same class of wor'; Is carried out. "WpWWWIWIIKslWsJsf I Farm j !w anted If you have one for sale, send full par ticulars to HAYES & REED Anaconda, Mont. Citizens Telephone Company See Our Modern Style Telephones Call and we will explain their advantages Pacific Outlook Window (Conklin Bldg.) Wc Charge no Royal tiesNo extras HANGWELL utfitters to Boy and INDIGESTION ENDS IN FIVE MINUTES Misery frrom an pmt Stomuch does Ik-fore You Kealize it. Every family here ought to keep some dyspepsia In the house as any one of you may have an attack of In digestion or stomach trouble at any time, day or night. This harmless preparation will di gest anything you eat and overcme a sour stomach five minutes after wards. If your mealB don't tempt you, or wnai nine you do eat seems to fill you, or lays like a lump of lead in your stomach, or if you have heart- uurn, that is a sign of indigestion. Ask your pharmacist for a 50- cent case of Pane's Dinnensln mil take one triangule after supper to night. There will be no sour riB lugs, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavv feeling in the stomach, Nausea, Debilitating irnuatuus, mzziness or intestinal griping. This will all go, besides there will be no sour food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Tape's Diapepsln is a certain cure for all stomach misery, because it will take hold of your food and di- kcsi u just the same as if your stomach wasn't there. j Actual, prompt relief for all vm.r stomach misery is at your pharma- , cist, waiting for you. ! These large 50-eent cases contain 1 more than sufficient to cure a case of Dyspepsia or indigestion. Prefer Peaoe. "Jnpao Is catching up with the world in every other line at on auto mobile pace, but It doesn't appear to take to football." "Perhaps the Japanese got all of that kind of exercise they want for while and Uo not enre to fight the Husslau war over aguln." Of Course She Had Been Shopping. What Is the first thing that a mar rled man says when he gets home at night "Good evening, dear." "No; that Isn't It." "Well, what does he sayT "tT.ow mu.-b did It cost?" Liked the Color, "noircs wss visiting Scroggs, and came away green with envy." "n account of what?" "Levi green." be ! No Frills. duke."'" ,r SOlD t0 "Not much. A plain American dd- en Is good enough for me." "How plain?" "About a million dollar. ni.in ... da - -vuiu TROUSERS Man" Without the Tintsl. Th actor on the stage of life . He has to play his part With no one In th wings to prompt Or signal htm to start He slowly blunders on his war Without the printed text To tell him what to do or say And what to tackle next Mo manager la standing back To criticise hts art Or order him to hit the track And from the scene depart He has to work It out alone With patience, toll and skill. His sole reward a cruet or bone Or just a bitter pill. No spangled garments clothe his form. No royal robes are made To keep him sheltered from the atom Or to his shape lend aid. He picks up In the marts of trad Such clothing as he can At bargain prices ready made On the Installment plan. The actor cn the stage of life Must softly come and go And feed his children and his wife Without the footllght's glow. And when he aids a noble cause Without the hope of pay He has no thunders of applause To cheer him on his way. WALL PAPER Crockery Glassware Picture Framing Are to be found at Hall's Art Store. This is the store where you can' have your wants satisfied in any of the above wares, and you should not fail to come in nd look the lines over. This store is becoming more popular every day. BALI'S ART STORE Blore Telephone lufl Residence Telephone 1063 I i Novelties Etc.