"PAGE SIX
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1009
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER.
MEKLI.V.
The ladles of the Baptist churen
g&ve a social for the benefit of ilo
Sunday school lant Saturday night
which netted them a neat little bud.
MrB. Keyte was the leading spirit, and
ehe can always bo depended upon for
an Interesting and pleasing progran;.
Frank Thomas, who recently sold
his place to W. S. Butler, left Monday
for Grants Pass, where he will re
main until he finally makes up his
mind as to where he will locate. We
believe that Frank is a little bit aorry
that ho sold such a promising place.
Mr. Butler, the new owner, reports
that his strawberries are doing much
better than he expected, and that the
fact that he got them in ho late does
not seem to bother them in the least,
lie predicts that Merlin will soon bi
as famous for its strawberlea as Hood
River.
Ed Savage expects to leave for Ida
ho in a short time, where he has se
cured the foremanship of a big mine.
Ills family will remain in Merlin, he
having purchased the Lalhrop house.
J. V. Reynolds, who has spent the
past Winter in Merlin, has gone back
to Oklahoma. We expect to see him
back again soon after he gets Into
another of those cyclones.
One of tho owners of the Yellow
Jacket mine, one mile west of town,
visited the property last Monday. lie
reported himself us well pleased with
It and that he thought they would
noon resume operations.
The frost has done hut little dam
age In the Merlin district and the
fruitgrowers take pride hi bringing
In limbs of trees hhowing how the
fruit; Is progresing. There Is no doubt
but that Merlin will ship out more
peaches this year than ever before.
Tho old apple tree that was planted
by the Haines family In 18H3 and has
stood on the commons ever since the
railroad was built through the town,
will have an average crop, although
It stands In one of the most exposed
places. It has been given the dis
tinction of having Its picture printed
In a large number of tho papers of
the state during the past year. Tho
latest one appearing In the Oregon
Agriculturist, of Portland.
Tho circus at the Pass Tuesday left
Merlin In the condition of (he desert
ed village. The postmaster and a few
sorowfiil kids were the only ones that
, remained.
Ttov. Cady nnnounces that there
will bo Hpeclal singing at both Her
vices of tho Methodist church next
Sunday, especially lu tho morning,
ana nopen to boo tho seats all filled.
Lou Gibson and Garr Weatherwax
havo been busy this week putting on
tho shingles of tho new livery Btable.
TheBO boys are always doing some
thing and aro among tho few who
never havo a complaint to make.
W. J. Ott hns been busy tho past
week getting his business straight
ened up ho ho could go to Portland,
where he has accepted a position with
Junction, Lewis & Staver. Mr. Ott
Is one of tho oldest residents of Mer
lin, and his presence will be missed
in tho councils of the town.
A patty of surveyors aro at work
' locating the line for the motor rail
road to Gallce. They will try out
three different routes, two of them
coming to Merlin.
. Now that school Is about to close
there is a growing sentiment lu favor
of a new school house, as the old one
hns proved entirely unsatisfactory,
not only In the amount of room It af
fords hut in Hunltary arrange
moots. H will not stand as a dis
grace to the district much longer.
A Tew of the Merllnltes are begin
ning to set up and take notlro f the
Irrigation project at Grants I'm, ami
are asking If s possible to gi t i
extended to Merlin. When (,,1,1
that the only obstacle lu Its way is
the apathy of the land owners In sub
Hcilblng Tor the stork, they serin to
think that this will soon be oveno
A few seasons ,0 (1,,, ,,osont l
iMiiko IrU'ntlonb'tM of ns all. and It
will be to our lasting benetlt. It has
been proven that w can raise fruit
without water, but the amount of hay
we have to ship In from the outside
would pay Interest on the price of an
Irrigation ditch, and the Increase lu
the yield of fruit would make a nice
profit. There are thousands of acres
r (Irst-.lass alfalfa land In this dis
trict H ml water would mean a large
Income from land that Is now worth
lens, Ha this lam! mostly lays In places
Where the frequency of frosts makes
It Inadvisable to plant fruit.
The program for the Decoration
Day exercises at Pleasant Valley cem
etery are about complete. There wilt
be n short precram In tho morning,
at 10:30, followed by the decoration
of the graves, and in the aft. moon
thero will be singing, speaking and a
sermon by llev, McLean, of Grants
Tax-, at :i 00 o'clock. All old soldiers
will be given a place of honor In the
exercises, and It Is hoped tb.it a large
number of them will b, cm hand, as
well ns n full turnout of the cltlcns
In general. While u will m,t p,,
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basis. The mine has lain dormant
for a long time, but now the right
man is in the right place, we believe.
T. K. Anderson, a Gallce miner,
has sold out to Mr. Evans and will
take his departure for Oakland, Cal.
Two stages were loaded going
from the Gallce district to Grants
Pass to see the big show.
Tom Brlnkerhoff. of the Moun
tain Lion, made Galice a flying visit.
I. H. Ward and wife and daughter,
! Georgia, bid Gallce good-by. We all
regret seeing them go.
RED WING.
I County Treasurer's Call for Warrant
j There are funds in the treasury
J to pay all warrants registered on or
j before April 15, 1906. Interest wi'.l
cease from this date, April 23, 1909
' J. T. TAYLOR, County Treas.
I 4-23-5t
A PORTION OF THE CASCADE COURT.
the pupils of the Dryden school on
Friday evening, May 28. As the
proceeds of the social are to be used
as a benefit for the Grange brass
band we all expect to attend.
The telephone switchboard will
be Installed In Wm. Harmon's store.
Marcus Hathaway and Ben Har
mon went to Galice on Monday. They
acepted positions with the Almeda
company.
On Monday our local telephone
lino heeame entancled with the
long distance and for a while we had
all kinds of messages coming Into
our office.
Billy Wimer is running a butcher
wagon and supplying our folks with
fresh meat. SCHOOLMA'AM.
KIXMA NEWS
. , . . . , , i coo nignts ana lack or moisture
m u u"1 ; " " " """' ; d0M not bespeak a bountiful har-
Diay DUUUings nrm completed oy me Ainnna-1 UKun-i-acinc exposition . .t
.u a i i. . . "" 'vest, consequently our farmers are
bulli'.l.'ig!', with which they are grouped, and their position overlooks the
beautiful formal gardens and water display of the Cascades and Geyser
Ilasln.
The exhibit placed within the walls of the Oriental building consti
tute:! ore r.f th" most, gorgeous displays of Far Eastern art and manu
factured i::iic!(K ever shipped from tho Orient, and is bewildering in
beauty and extent. Not a country of Asia is without representation, and
treasurer, of old and modern art, never before permitted to leave the
lands In which they were created, will be seen for the first time in the
land of th" Occident. The matter of arrangement of the Oriental exhibit
has been filuced la the hands of the most competent and artistic men at
commwnd and lt:i display will be worthy of the magnificent collection.
Aboir. tho Oriental building are gathered the great buildings housing
the I'nl'cd studs exhibit and the Alaska, Hawaiian and Philippine dis
plays. One of die largest bandstands is within close distance, and from
Its doors the, most noted musical organizations of the world will be heard
dally.
developing symptoms of the "blues
R. C. Churchill went to Grants
Pass Monday of this week.
A shipment of sixty new tele
phones for and are being Installed
i this week by the Deer Creek valley
telephone company,
i Miss Diana Crooks has accepted
a position at the Union hotel in
Kerby.
j Mr. and Mrs. Shoemake have re
turned from McMinnville, Ore.,
where they attended the annual
meeting of the State Grange.
An apron social will be given by
the nature of a picnic, parties are re
qusted to bring lunches, as the cere
monies will occupy both the morning
and nfternoon. Rev. Cady has charge
of the arrangements and is working
like a Trojan for its success. The
services will he held on Sunday, May
30th.
Sheriff Russell passed through
Merlin Tuesday, and wo all expected
to be arrested for boot-legging. But
ns there had been no d ru nk eti news
since the Joints In Grants Pass were
closed up, he could find no clue and
went away disheartened. Come
again, Joe, wo are on to you.
MURPHY.
Miss Josephine Darnelllo is visit
lug her aunt, Mrs. Ida Harris, at
Med ford, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Benedict were
visitors at the home of the hitter's
narents, Mr. and Mrs. G. WInetrout.
this week.
Miss Iva McArthur closed a very
successful term of school at Laurel
Grovo last Friday. After an Interest
ing program was rendered, a picnic
dinner was served and much enjoyed
by all present.
Have you tried "Wllgrow" on your
roses? Ask Cramer Brim nbmit It
Last Saturday George Reed,
youngest son of H. L. Reed, met with
u serious accident while nsslstlnir
t-. i ... ..mi- minims lerii, Hnil as a remi t
Ernest Loughr.dge In operating a (1WRe f(,l8 m n,.p ; "
stump puller. One of tho tugs on t , , . ' "
tho harness hn,k Bnni -h-., .uue exam
WILLIAMS.
Some nice showers struck the val
ley this week. Of course It will help
the crops, especially the grain crops.
Hartford Bicycles at Cramer Bros.
Mr. Fleming, a cousin or neighbor
Joe Fleming, arrived from South
Carolina recently. He is working on
Jesse Gotcher's place.
Jeff Dixon contemplates building
a nice new residence this summer.
Mr. Broad, of Jacksonville, has
rented the Ptiickpole farm this year
and has begun farming in earnest.
Earl Kennedy came near havlne a
severe accident while going to school
last week. Ills pony threw him, but
luckily he wasn't seriously hurt.
Jno. Taylor and family, who have
been residing with "Uncle Perry
McGee the past winter, moved on his
farm near Ashland this week.
(has. Klncaid Is gardening quite
extensively this summer. He has
several acres In truck on the Ilige
low farm.
A few bargains in second-hand
lawn mowers at Cramer Bros.
"Doll" Lemons Is back In our burg
again. He Just arrived from Myrtle
Creek where he has been looking af
ter his farm the past winter.
George Turvey is staying at J. M.
John's and goes to school In his home
district. No. 31 hns about completed
a nine months' term, and ns a result,
mo Harness broke allowing the
single tree to fly bnck with suffi
cient force to break one bone of the
right leg below the knee. Dr. Lough
rldge was called and set the broken
limb and at last accounts the voting
man was doing well, though It will
i probably be six weeks or two months
I before he Is able to get around
I again.
Ever) body and their uncles anil
J aunts iiud cousins attended the i Ir
! cu" Tuesday and report 11 g( oil
.show. i:rry Utile ubr one seen
an uilirlr in the papers In regard to
! patronising mall order houses, but
!)onr si i lbe ventures to say that tbl i
one show will take tune money on'
of the county than Is sent out of tbe
county In a year to the ditl'civnt mall
order bouses, and nothing In return
i but Just a memory.
! MUSTEK MKUW.V
(nation soon.
WEMFOOT.
The lloo Hoo house on the
grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pncl-flc
Exposition to open June 1 at
Seattle, will cost more than $ir.,0ll0
and will be the headquarters of all
black cat Msilors to the fair this
summer.
li You Own Any Farm
land, or know anybody who
docs, you oueht to get in touch
y with the steps farmers in all
R ,.i,, r a, i.:..
rim -" inc tuuowy an; luiung
to protect themselves from some
of the commission men who
have been robbing them almost
ever since they were bovs.
If pu don't own any, but want
the best short Stories printed this
month, get the
JUNE EVERYBODY'S
For Sale by
Sabln Clemens
National Demaray
Drng Stores
Many Centenarians.
The numerous instances of longe
vity which have appeared in the
newspapers of late are rather re
markable and proves that this day
and age is not behind in producing
men and women who are 100 years
and over of age. The Courier has
announced that it has a well authen
ticated case of a man living in
this county who is now 104 years
old. This aged citizen thinks nothing
of walking from 30 to 40 miles to
reach Grants Pass where he has i
many friends. .
A press report from Reno, Nevada,
gives another instance of a man who
has reached 100 years and over. This
report says:
When Stirling Arnold, a farmer
near here, reached tho ripe age of
1'03 years yesterday, he ceased heavy
work and his eldest son, a mere lad
of SO. is taking his father's place in
the fields. With the eider brother
are four other sons, the youngest of
whom is 53. It was with difficulty
that Arnold could persuade his wife
to cease heavy work. She will he 100
years old next month.
Arnold was horn in North Caro
lina. He has used tobacco all his
life but has abstained from liquors.
He has been a deacon in the Baptist
church for S4 years.
Every month or so a newspaper
announces a case of a man or woman
who has reached the remarkable age
of a 100 years or more, all of which
goes to prove that In our day people
live to great age as well as they did
In past centuries. It has been gen
erally claimed that the pace we live
tends to shorten life, but facts prove
that this is no more true than It was
in the past. Southern Oregon has
many men and women who are wpii
nigh a century old, Right here in
Josephine county there are quite a
number of persons from 85 to oa
and who shall -say that these same
individuals will not be able to art,?
a dozen or more years to their lives.
If a mild climate or general favor.
able conditions will prolong life then
Josephine county Is the place where
people live out their days.
Howe Grown Tokay Grape Vines.
About 40,000 flrat-class Tokay
grap vines aro now on saU by Earl
V. Ingles. These are vines that hare
been rooted from the car load of cut
tings shipped In by W. B. Sherman
last spring. They are exceptionally
good roots, being grown with a lim
ited amount of water. Th advant
ages of planting home grown vinos
ar great. They are thoroughly ac
climated, grown on red granite land
and oan be delivered at any time.
They will be dag whenever the buyer
wants them aid ned be out of tie
ground only a few hours. Any good
fruit grower will appreciate the vaUe
of going to the .nursery rows and
getting stock that la fresh. Those
wanting theee choice vlnee eai now
contract with me for delivery at any
"ass. EARL V. INGLES,
l-J-tf Conklltt Bulldlag.
Private Sale It. P. Hume Estate.
Thoroughbreds. The racing stock
of the late R. D. Hume 13 now for
private sale at Wedderburn, Ore.
Particulars on application. R. D.
Hume Estate, Wedderburn, Ore.
4-30-4t
of PORTLAND, OREGON
Special Rates
to the East
Plan Now
ROUND TRIP RATES
To Chicago $72.50; St. Louis
167.50; Omaha, Kansas City,
St. Joseph, $G0.00
Almeda. i
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supper I
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Cramer
mal.ini; a ,, ;,i ,,,,
The li-.;,-, u , ,
t Imiiiliei laln's Mniioent.
This Is a new preparation and a
good one. It U especially valuable
as a cure for chronic and muscular
rheumatism, and for the relief from
!!"tn which It affords In acute In
! ftnmmator.v rheumatism. Those who
'have used It have Invariably spoken
'of It In the highest terms of pialse
Lame buck, lame shoulder ami stiff
I neck are due to rheumatism of the
i muscles, usually bought on by ex
: posure to cold or damp, and are
quickly cured by applying this llul
jment to the affected parts. Soreness
of the muscles, whether Induced ,y
violent exercise or Injury, is nllayd
I by this liniment. Kor sale by M.
Clemens.
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to hit,
j The Philippine building m the
Alan!. it-Yukon Pacific rpos!t,lMi was
j the first of the structures erected
by the lt,vl states government to
stand complete.
E.
Mr. and Mis. Johnson, of
cave Inc young folks a line
hist nkhi. They leaxe tli
lew months' visit sc,n.
Johnson c,i"s t.i p.,,. I,... i
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Johnson jin,' ; , ; t,:n- ,
s:l '" M ... una Chi,;',.;., t.,
relatives.
Hose lieinnant
J. K. Il.l-Xev
Ills placer luir:,,.
,v I made pi,! i, i
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I no .inti .In peel
Mirvex f,.r a wa.,,
sect the S. p. at I,
Dan tlreen, the
has xMindere,) N.iek.
me. Hie surveying of Hie Cal,,,
onsoit.iatci placer nunc.
'I-'"' first load of machinery , ,,,,,
"'HI at the oM Su:;ar 'irv
Is on the g:,, ind
Your coHvspondeut wants to stv
the working class to stn where
they nre at: I .-.....!
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tN .'amp I, fl! of Idle men ;i
"i"''1 are ,. tiling every dav.
, i. . .
.'i ism name Smith went to t
Pass for a week's vuit
lllue Elaine oil stoves at Cram.
Pros.
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T the t.all, e CoiisoU i.ttcj mi,,,, .
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"'agings for ivrtlan,
Jir. Man. m, ,, (.,,.UT(1 (if
n'1"" n. ' wUe-aw nko man and
will soon hue the ., ., ,v,.,
DATES OF SALE
Tune 2 and 3, July
August 11 and 12.
TO DENVER AND BACK
$."'."..0ti, May 17, July
August 11.
and 3;
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PRIVILEGES
Variable routes and stop-overs
Kates apply via St. Paul
Hillings direct, or Hillings
Denver without extra cost.
The Hurltngion's scenic Mis
sissippi Kixer n,,,-, its direct
lines to the Kast from Hillings
or
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DIRECTORS
WM. M. LADD, Portland, Ladd & Tilton, bankers.
THEODORE B. WILCOX, Portland, Portland Flouring Mills.
WALTER MACK AY, Portland, Capitalist.
RICHARD WILSON, Portland, Capitalist.
RICHARD R. HOGE, Portland, Carnegie Steel Company..
R. L. McCORMICK, Tacoma, Weyerhaueser Timber Co.
C. J. SMITH, Seattle, Capitalist.
EDW. COOKINGIIAM, Portland, Vice-Pres. Ladd & Tilton Bank
S. B. LINTHICUM, Portland, Attorney.
S. B. LOCKWOOD, Portland, Vice-Pres. and Gen'l. Mgr.
Grants Pass, Ore. GENERAL AGENT
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fen tuns of Hie
tour of the Kiist is
th.,t due. not n,
Hurlingion.
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TRAIN SERVICE
Nort hern
dd time ml:;,
I le N e::;in,s
Civ
rat. is
racifie-Kurlington
through service via St. Paul'
'" Hillings. Croat N'orthern
Hiirlingtmi through trains to
be Kast mid South via St.
Paul or llillligs commencing
May 23rd.
CONSULT IS
Write or call for rates, reser
vations, folders, and let me
belp you plan the most desir
able trip at the least cost.
We are located on the Coast
to help you,
A. C. SHELDON
Genernl Agent, C., P.
& Q Ky..
100 3rd St., Portland.
Oregon
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