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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, ioo0.
THB ROGXTB RIVER COURIER.
PBOFESSIONAL CARDS
U. C. FIN I) LEY, M. D.
Practice limited U
JSTB, BAR, N08B and THROAT.
OUssei fitted and fnrnlibed.
T)fflce hours 9 to 12; 2 to 6; and
wa appointment. Phones 211 77.
Grant Tims, Oregon.
S. LOUOnRIDGE. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Res. Phone 714
City or country calls attended day
ir eight. Blzth and II, Tuffn Bldg.
Office Phone 261.
OriiDts PttHfi, - OreRon.
DR. C. A. CAMPJJELL,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Oraduate American School of Osteo
pathy, Klrksvlllo, Mo.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Wo
men and Children a specialty.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Rooms 1, 2, 3, lBt Nat'l. Bank Bldg.
Phonen: Olllce 771; Res. 793.
rnnt Push, - Oregon.
Ii. F. DeVORE, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
City and County calls promptly
answered. Office hours, 9 to 12 a.m.
and 2 to 6 p. m.
Phones: Res. 472; Office 941.
Rooms 1, 2, I, Sballtaoru Bldg.
-Grants Pass, Oregon.
I) It. II. (i. KIMHLHV
Osteopathic PhyNlciun
"Will open up offices In Grants Pass
during the month of August.
rjrunlH I'iinh Oregon
J. S. M MURRAY
Voire Cull lire
.Studio over Residence
anil's Art Store 716 Lee Street
II. 1). NORTON,
ATTORN13Y-AT-LAW
Practice In all State and Federal
Courts. Olllce Opera House Bldg.
(ranis Puss, Oregon.
OMVKU S. BliOWN,
LAWYER
Office over llijoii Theater,
(ntnls Puss, Oregon.
O. S. IHjANCJIARI),
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
'jvacUee In all Slate and Federal
Courts, nankins & Trust Co. Bldg.
(iraiils Pns, Oregon.
N. E. McGREW,
pionei:u
TRUCK and DKI.IVERY
furniture ami Piano
'.Moving
GRANTS PASS, OKHGON
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The Farmer and Merchant Again.
Editor Courier: Having been
asked by several for my views of the
correspondence which has been pub
lished the paBt three weeks regard
ing the treatment of farmers, I beg
to give you a few thoughts of the ex
isting conditions from the standpoint
of a merchant who, by the way, was
raised on a farm in this county. As
to a rest place for ladles I heartily
agree with Mr. Lucke that it is one
of the most essential necessities and
for which I made ample calculations
when I opened my business house
by giving the most prominent part
of my store room and fitting up
same with suitable furniture so it
would be comfortable for any one,
and advertised it verv extensively in
all the local papers. This alone cost
something like $ I .' , mid, figuring
on rental of place, a:i one should,
would cost $100 per year for main
tenance, and then to have it Ignored
by some of the people as they s'-eni
to be doing, does not cause one to b "
In any too 'good way for lending a
helping hand. Hut that is ail right,
for I am aware that Homo do appre
ciate It and I am sure there is plen
ty of room und a cordial welcome
to any others who might wish to
come. As to handling your produce,
It might, he well to go into details a
little, so ns to make it plainer for
the farmer, who possibly does not
take into consideration the cost of
doing business. We all have to pay
for rentals, Insurance, clerkship and
miscellaneous expenses such as light,
water, etc., which amounts to about
12 per cent of the average grocery
man's business. Now any one can
get 8 per cent for his money loaned
on good gilt edge security, and the
12 per cent of the cost of doing
business, the amount you have to
dig up every 30 days or be closed
out, and 8 per cent which you are
justly entitled to for accommodating
the poor man, who Is being robbed
by us, would necessarily cause us to
have to get 20 per cent for doing
business, and there Isn't a grocery
man In the city of Grants Pass made
that In the past five years.
Now as to the price paid for your
produce. It has been the custom in
this city to pay the farmer In mer
chandise the same for his produce
as It was sold for ami up to Ibis suni
ijier I have done the same, bul It
Isn't ilulit . For Instance, the heavi
est demand for groceries from the
hi i s is sunnr a nil i lour. , sad;
of sural' today sells for $11.7.1 a sai k;
a sack ol' Hie best flour sells for
$ I .S.I. The flour costs $l.Ti!. Now,
I lien we may say you brought us but
ter and e;!gs and traded ,l'or a sack
of sugar or flour, as the rase may be.
We pay mi whatever (he butler and
"i',:"i are sellhis.; for and keep votir
bu'ter en Ice until sold and s :id
your n:g out over ,.v. u in wag.uis
ami take the risk ol' breakage for the
;aat s.mi i , r. k ., .
vested, or !i i i ms on f 1 .Ti! Invested,
ns the case may be. Who is getting
ml. lied. (Mi. Wi V. von in ,i nv lliat
I w don't 1 1 ade leu ter :i n e:; '.s all
Hie lime, ignite line. Take lor in
stance, on berries ihat we imy I'rom
.miu. I tried to sell at retail t'er '.'.V
per rrnle advance I Ills su nine r: t hat
Is, We made il different e of L'.'i tents
per crate sellim; I hem out at a few
boxes at II time; otherwise we sold
I hem by the t rate for the same ns we
paid for them, and if any were left
over night they were rinsed out for
about one half price or railed out to
Hie garbage. Who makes the profit
on I bem? On your hunch vegetables
we pay v.ni l.'i and eti rents per
dozen hunches. Same are retailed
out at " cents per bunch, (! bunches
for l!.r cents or .Ml cuts per dozen.
We all lose from one to three or
four bunches of some varieties every
day, depending, of course, on iho
season and supply and demutul for
different kinds of vegetables. Where
is our profit? On potatoes, onions,
cabbage or such varieties that mine
In Quantity we figure from a Quarter
to half n cent advance In sidling hi
retail, depending, of course, on the
supply and price, ho that It will cover
shrinkage, ns all that class of pro
duce necessarily has considerable
loss. Now hs to the farmer not get
ting cash for bis produce. 1 am
proud to be able to dispute this arti
cle. When 1 first started in business
1 always Quoted a cash and trade
price on all commodities brought to
me. but it appears that all or most
of ihein wanted ttle trade price as
they only nid a small ninmint and
they needed the merchandise. Could
"e H to a better advantage than
taking the discount which they
j la 1 1 w,i . as reotl as . to lh. e
I M t" ' lit I !u i e (s s' an i h a d.n
passes that we don't pay out , ;,),
f'"- !"' !'!' ! I,, the f.in,., .,. ,. .
here. Now, dear frlciitK o mis.
a .-a't'd at'b b put It h t -t
t Km v.;,;v and y,e , au .r ... ;
, It to a good advantage a",d , ,-ot
. pi b ' If oi nio W l',';c ; (,. ,'.u ,,.
merchant a reasonable profit for
handling the same; which should
not be less than 25 per cent on all
perishable produce. Now as to the
Fruit Exchange handling everything.
I pelleve.lt to be one of the best
things that could happen to our city
and would help to maintain prices
for the farmers' produce. For ex
ample, there Is no market price to go
by. We are all afraid to buy any
quantity of produce for fear our
neighbor has bought a little cheaper,
and consequently will undersell us
and cause a loss to us. For example,
suppose Mr. Jones comes in town
with a load of potatoes, he stops at
two or three stores and we are all
loaded, or perhaps he miu'ht sell five
to ten sacks at the market price and
it begins to seem to him that he is
going to have a bard time to disw'"
of his load so he drives on to the
next man, who has all that he can
use, and by this time Mr. Jones
wants to go home- possibly is in a
hurry so he will say "If you will
take what I have left, you can have
them for (possibly) li cent, under
what I sold the rest for." What Is
the consequence? The man that
bought last cuts the price and the
other follows have to compete or
lose their customers, and the next
man that comes along can't sell his
unless every one is out, and more
than likely has to take the price that
Mr. Jones made in order to sell at
all. Consequently where is our mar
ket gone to? There are conditions
that come up every day and which
can't be remedied unless there Is
some place here to dispose of your
produce, so that we are all on a mar
ket basis. Respectfully yours,
J. O. GIHSON.
What Is I test for Indigestion?
M. A. Robinson, of Drumquln, On
tario, lias been troubled for years
with Indigestion, and recommends
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets as "the best, medicine I ever
used." If troubled with indigestion
or ' constipation give them a trial.
They are certain to prove beneficial.
They are easy to take and pleasant in
effect. Price "'t cents. Samples free
at M. Clemens' drug store.
Hiiuavvay on Suede Hasiu Hoatl.
An exciting runaway occurred last
Sunday three miles the other side of
Love's Station on the Swede Basin
road. In which Mrs. C. C. Cllbert was
sevelelv bruised ami the other nr-
t
cupants of tin' hack, C. C. Cllbert,
his'brotlier and the driver, James
Flowers, were more or less shaken
up. The accident occurred on a
steep mountain road and was caused
by the screw ia the : imble md of
the neck yok" veil, lag out, then by
letting the lllilio ie sli;i off. This
caused the iieigao in drop down and
the hac' baiiiot,! "p against ihe
horses I i Ii re I ll (,;. ,e coid slop
the wa.'on and I h team bet-ami.
I'll lit' le,l ;i"(l I a a ,'t.WII I lie ;.(. e,i
li'i line. Tile 1 1 . v. n tvji broken a id
in this iierilous con': bin the liois, s
dashed around a sharp curve and an
:tle bn.tf,
I'eet illtll the
i t hi i a ii i - I
Inn auain i
I lie !
i ii
Cni'i'.: I .".ntt
Ite.v and Ihe
'0 feel, ln.1
C. C. (lilbert
curve v;is
iH tin-' iv. ii
s w Inch.
' , caused iter
SI'S ll.nl ie";
t'l'ir.iM In ;in
thinking she
I it V ij.l ll
II al'titit :
a tree.
jumped i, in Ii. !
the
reached , In ' h '- w I !
out ail ' la!;:. t i'
'icretl er 1, ti,,. i! ..,
to I'alul. Alter ih- I,,, i
rium' '. Mrs. (lillieit
Illicit'"" ii il.; si ;tl e ;i " I
was tieatl, Mrs. Ciihe
I t 'S I'l til hef
went to Love's Station and tele
phoned to tills city for a doctor, w ho
on examination found her to he lia,.
Iv bruised mid shaken up ami lii.!un-i,
to some, extent which, however, s
not considered serious. She was
brought to this city and Is now at the
home of Mrs. I K. CUbert.
This rig was sent out for Mr. (ill
bert and his wife and brother from
the Uurkhalter & Parker stables of
this city and was in perfect condi
tion when It left here, hut In some
unaccountable manner the screw
worked loose in the neck yoke and
caused the mischief Murkhalter &
I'arker are always very put tit ular
about the rigs they send out and
send none but those they know from
personal Inspection ate In the best
of condition. Since this accident
they have had all the neck yokes In
their stables removed and have rivet
etl the thimbles in place In a manner
which makes it Impossible for simi
lar accidents to occur. The driver,
lames Flowers, Is considered ,u,e of
the best in the count and had a
Poor driver been In bin nhi,e th
i blent
si't'lt'US
might hne proven far more
ll.ihy MoipbiMf rirM,,
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iiie.l:, lues th,,i , or.taj,, mi
'i d tiarceMcs M',c 's :,,n V". i 1 1
1 ''ii 1"' 11 Mll'lniis or l .,; , ell,
I' ' f .vn kind. A s;c. and
' '"' '-I tll-o!i. :. d H'.e , ,s.
and fn tf i!iies.; j f ,,.
'' "''li': ir'icts So',1 lv N.,t:, ,,,,!
PROMINENT LADY DIES
FRUITDALE MOURNS
Mrs. Florenze Rreltniayer Died
the KouHi Pacific Hospital
Saturday Morning.
at
Another home has been entered
by the fell destroyer and a young
wife and mother taken from Its
sheltering influence. Mrs. Florenz
Hreitniaver died at the South Paci
fic hospital on Saturday after a sev- j
ere illness of two weeks duration;
which she bore with Christian forti- ;
tude from first to last. At a late !
hour on Thursday night, it having ;
been decided to resort to a surgical
op' i at ion, she was removed from her
beautiful home at. Fruitdale to the j
hospital at Grants Pass. The noted j
Port land surgeon, Ur. Coffey, came '
here to perform the operation, which
i
took place at about noon liilay.
ut neither surgical skill or loving
lends could save her. While she
.'illl.wl I'i'ini tlin ulinel.- lit Itlft Ottem- '
Hon she died at 4 o'clock on Satur
day morning. It cannot be said that
her death was unexpected, yet when
the blow came her many friends in
Fruitdale and this city were over
come with grief. The funeral and
Interment will be at the old home
in Jacksonville, Mich., for which
place the sorrowing husband and
little son, William, accompanied the
remains on the Saturday evening
train.
Mrs. Rreltniayer Joined her hus
band here in October last; he having
purchased property and built a home
In Fruitdale preparatory to the com
ing of his wife and three-year-old
son. From the very first she made
strong friends of all she met and
hound them to her with enduring
cords of love. She was at the time
of her death 39 years old, having
been bom In Germany in the month
of June, 1S70, from which country
she came to Hie United States with
her family while yet very young. In
llio;! she was married to Florenz
Hreitniaver, a veieran of the Spanish
and Philippine war. Last year they
decided to seek a home in Hie Rogue
Itlver valley and finally, as stated
above, they located at Fruitdale.
S. 1. I'asseiiKer Sclietliile.
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Intense Colicky Pains llelievcd,
"For some years I suffered from
intense colicky pains which would
come on at times and from which I
could find no relief," says I. S.
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lierlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy was recommended to
me by a friend. After taking n few
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