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FIUDAV, JANUARY 23, 1909 r AGE. TWO THE BOG LIS Ml van .1 . . - ..W - w.n nsrr TlfTI PROFESSIONAL CAED3 L C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT. Oltiaea fitted and furnished. Offloe hour 9 to 12; 2 to 5; and on appointment. Phonei 261 ft 77. Grant Pan, Oregon. S. LOUGIIRIDQE. M. I). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Ret. Phone 714 City or country calls attended day or night. Sixth and H, Tuffi Uldg. Office Phone 261. ttranO Vuh, Oregon. DR. C. A. CAMPBELL, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteo pathy, KlrkBVille, Mo. Chronic Diseases and DlaeaaeB of Wo men and Children a specialty. CONSULTATION FREE. Rooms 1, 2, 3, 1st Nat'l. Hunk Dldg. Phones: Office 771; Res. 793. GranU Pass, Oregon. 15. F. DcVORE, M. I). THYSICIAN AND SURGEON City aad Country calls promply answered. Office hours, 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 0 p. m. Phones: Res. 473; Office 941. Rooms 1, 2, 3, Shallhorn Bldg. Grant Yhhh, Oregon. The Pesslsr Isrbor Shea Oct your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS Oa Sixth Street Three chairs Bath Room la connection N. E. McGREW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano fcUTinf GRANTS f ASS, OREGON. H. D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and Federal Courts. Office Opera House Bldg. GranU Pwm, Oregon. OLIVER S. BROWN, LAWYER Office Cor. 6th and F Sts. Grant PaM, Oregon. IL 13. HENDRICKS, COUNCELOR AT LAW Civil and Criminal mutters attend ed to In all the Courts. Real EHtato and Insurance. Office 6th St., oppo. Post Office, Grants Puhh, Oregon. O..S. BLANCHARI), ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and Federal Court. Dunking ft Trust Co. lildg. Granta I'imm, Oregon. WILLIAM P WRIGHT, V. 8. DEPUTY HURVKYOR MINING KNUlNKKR AND DltAUUIITSMAN Uth Bt., north of Josephine Hotel. tjiABTS Pass, Okiuon, Fruit, Shade Ornamental Hedge plauU, Cypress and Privet Berry Plants Tokay Grapes as well as other kinds of first class grape roots. Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry and other trees at reasonable pricea. It will pay you to see tue before buying. Let me have your otdcrs before the assortment is broken. Some kind? ate scarce already. I. T. Taylor Offloe in brick near Court Hook TEA ' You think one tea as ,8:ood as another? Why don't you buy at I the lowest price you see In the window? Yr tram NtvrM rir iwi I JM, nkkUUM' mi: mi aim. TREES A SPECIMEN LETTER TO COMMERCIAL CLUB OiCMtloiiM to bo A ii hw end Eitior bjr lifter or Through a Hook let The buHineus of the Commercial Club Is largely to answer letters and sending out literature relating to the conditions as tbey are in Jose phine couny. The applications for Information cover a wide range and each question In order to give satis faction, must be answered either by special letter or booklet whi'.h will give full Information regarding all matters In the county. Below we give one of the letters sent to the Commercial Club. It is true this particular communication Is more verboBe than the usual letters but to a certain extent they are all alike; therefore It Is ponslble to prepare a booklet which will in general an swers the questions that any ordi nary correspondent may ask. It will be seen that the object In print ing this letter is to give tho reader an Idea of the Important work the Commercial Club is doing. Colo. Det. 11, 1908. Grants Pass Commercial Club, Grants Pass, Ore. Gontlemen: A neighbor handed me a little pamphlet about the Rogue River Valley, issued by you I am getting Interested and desire a little more Information. 1. Is there any alkali in the soli? 2. What is tand worth with good water right? 3. I notice by tho weather chart that you have considerable rainfall so la irrigation necessary? 4. I see you want capital to Irri gate 30.000 acres of land: could you give me details of proposition probable cost, etc? 5. How many times do you cut alfalfa there and bow many tons per acre per season? Will It keep in the stack and what Is the price of hay? 6. What is the price of butter and eggs now? Average price? 7. Has Oregon got a herd law? 8. Is horse raising profitable there? 9. Does snow lay on the ground long or does It melt soon after fall Ing? 10. Does It freeze Ice there In tho winter time? If so, how thick? 11. What branch of horticulture do you consider tho most profitable and the best all around? Why? 13. Docs blight occur In your or chards? 15. What Insects and diseases do you have to fight In the or chards? 10. Are there any poisonous weeds on the range? 17. Is the range free or Is It un der the fee system? 18. Can you send me a weather chart, that gives minimum tempera ture for 10 years punt. 19. Is it a good sheep country? 20. What kind of grains do you raise there and what prices ate ob tallied? 21. Are thero any homesteads to be taken up or desert claims or pre emptions? How many acre can -i man take up? 22. Doen the land seep there? 23. What Is the natural growth on the land In tho valley when In natural state? 2t. Can you raise bows success fully and profitably there? What are hogs fattened on there? What price do they bring? Is there a good market for pork? 25. What Is the altitude of Grants Pass? I am a horticulturist and would thankfully receive nil the Informa tion you can give me about all branches of horticulture. Trusting that 1 am not annoying you with so many quest Ions, 1 am Yours truly 11. A. C.OLMAN. Iiafiir Cannot 1m Cured ley locnl applications, as they canot reach the diseased portion of the car. There Is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflummed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you haw a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear- Jf and when It Is entirely closed. deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be takeu out and Ibis tube restored to Its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever; cases out of ten are caused liv catarrh. whlou is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucuous urftfos. We will give $10D for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Ca tarrh Cure. Send tor circulars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by druplsts, 75c. Tske mil's Family Pills for con t I patios. MORE PREMIUMS It Pays to Kvhiblt Our Fruit. Important Letter to V. B. Sherman In our last Issue we gave the gratifying news that Josephine County had taken premiums at the National Apple Show held at Spo kane In December. This week, Fruit Inspector Bateham received three more applo premiums from the same fair which places this part of the Rogue River Valley In the front rank among exhibitors at the great National Apple Display. The citizens of Grants Pass and Josephine County can well afford all it has cost to place our fruit on exhibition and nearly the entire amount has returned to us In cash premiums. All must admit that It pays to make these displays and we should go farther afield and place exhibits at every fair held In the country. The following letter re celved by our townsman, W. B Sherman will confirm our position in this matter: Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22, 1908 Mr. W. B. Sherman, Grants Pass, Oregon. Dear Sir: I have received sev eral papers and other literature per talnlng to the Rogue River Valley from you for which kindly accept my thanks. Under separate cover am mailing you program of the National Hor tlcultural Congress held last week at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which is right across the river from Omaha. Several of us who were rather badly hit with Oregon fever went over there to take In the show and were greatly disappointed at Oregon, es peclally that the Rogue River and Grants Pass were not exhibitors at this show. Washington and Idaho had large exhibits there that were very convincing and entertaining. By referring to second page cover of program sent you, you will find that this congress is likely to be an annual Institution at the same Dlnce and 1 sincerely hope to Bee Grants Pass and the Rogue River re spond next year. If this could be done, would suggest that you make the exhibit as general as possible as I am confident it you go at it right, Grants Pass or Rogue River would walk off with all the honors I expect to go out to Oregon some time during late summer or early fall and shall make It a point to take In Grants Pass and in that event shall take great pleasure In calling on you and thanking you personally for past courtesies. Wishing you the compliments of the season, I remain Very truly yours C. II. de WAAL, Quartz blanks at the Courle LAMPS FOR LIGHT. How to Get ths Most lumination From Them. Tb. lumps should I'.rst bo collected rrom every room ni.il nil put together on a litrse tny In the kitchen. Then u big wooden box Is brought out. which contains greasy cloths, soft cloths, n pair of old gloves, wl. k ra;:s. si Issors chamois leither and chimney cleaners Opinions iire divided us to whether n wick should be cut or rubbed down The best wny U to nib It down with n bit of rn;:, xvhl. h should be burned and uot put back Pi the box. ami then mu st ray ends of cotton cut off with scis sors. (,reat care should i, hold the burner well away from tho amp wiicn the wick Is rubbed down, itherwlse the charred portions are nnt to falcon to It. "nee a month the burners should ! boiled Remove the dace the whole of the burner, first r. leasing Its various portions from ..hp another, In a saucepan of water with a little soda and bring to the boll. Twen- y to thirty minutes- boiling win .rmk,. the burners as hrluht w aF.,. v.... were, nnd should any black still nrt. here it can I removed win, n hatpin. nor wuicn ttio burner Is boiled up gain. Of course a saucepan must be ept specially for this, and It should be Itbcr plainly marked or Went nwnv from other culinary utensils. The bum. rs must be thoroughly dried nnd If possible put In the sun for n few min utes. Meanwhile the Wl.'ka nmut It... " mri mi een seen to. If very dirty thev nhonM be washed out in clean suds, but usual- a tnomuvu drvlne In th II M p It a warm kltcbeu will put them in con dition for burning properly. It Is ex tremely important that they should be quite dry before being put back into the oil. Dally cleansing of every lamp In use should be ns much a part of the house wife's duties rs making the bods. Another precaution to take to pre vent wicks from smoking is to toll them. Buy them in tmuch t.i. a porcelain kettle, cover with strong vinegar, bring the latter to a boll nnd set where the kettle will keep warm for three hours. Drain out the wicks, drj thoronghljr and keep from dust -t v in " ' " Curtis & Co are selling out their of Jewelry, including Everything mnst Go at Wholesale Prices, Prices that Will Astound You Nothing Will Be Reserved Our intentions are to go Out of Business at the Earliest Possible Date. This Announcement is Not Bait; on the contrary Grants Pass has never seen Jewelry Sold at Prices we will quote from this date on. Curtis Company Wicks thus soaked rarely smoke. If chimneys are bought in quantity and boiled they also may be prevented In a great measure from breaking. Lay some shavings in the bottom of a wash boiler, pack In the chimneys, throw a handful of salt over them and till with cold water. Allow to come to a boll slowly, simmer for two hours, then take from the fire. Cover thickly, so that they will be at least three hours In cooling. When old wash the chimneys in hot wrUer In whHi a lit tle soda has been dissolved. Kltise in 1 hot water, dry nnd store In a cupboard. Chimneys should also be washed in I hot soda water. I IV ON THAT The Page Woven 1 Twenty-seven inches to first carbon coiled I Standard Ranch Fence Page fence is An experienced man and tools are furnished to assist in the erection of all Page Fence without tr. w!M c- ct fence over any jrround without cutting or i.i. 5!,.W'l30Ut extr OaWw & D son. ' The TaFence Men" Dutnoitois Soutnem Oregon nd.orthern C.lilornia. Cor. 6th Watches, Clocks, and Silver I Plated Ware 4 CLEMENS SEL-LS BOOKS and DRUGS CANOE FRONT Courier and is the time to RABRITPROOF FENCE umrn'i Wire Fence Co. tXiSS Fcnce' made 17mx wide spntv. The s tme quality of all Pace Fence TTiVh Men. Stands a ntmin of guaranteed to be exactly V-H'S r-"ji?44 :'rf v? entire Stock GRAFTS PASS, ORE. Oreqonian $2 over 18,000 pounds. Hog Sheep Coyote Lawn n- as represented t D pravxw , and I S, PQrVgoa kdk if 3 "A 1