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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,. 1010. THE ItOGUE BIVEIt COURIER PAGE FOBK PLACQUES Through an error an assignment of very pretty decorated placques were shipped to this city and they have been turned over to this store to dispose of at a price to realize charges and freight. These placques are very pretty and consist of several designs and while they last will be sold at 50c Each Call in at our store and see them, and at the price you can not help but buy, and you will be get ting something handsome for little money. O'NEILL The Homefurnisher The Rogue River Courier Published every Friday by A. E. VOORHIE8, Proprietor. C. 0. COUTANT, Editor. Entered at the Postoffleo at Grants Pass, Oregon, as aecond -class matter. Hiihsciiptlon Rate. One Year, In advance $1.50 Blx Montlis 75 Four MontliH 50 BIngle Copies 05 Advertising Rates Furnluhcd on application at the offlco, or by mall. Obituaries and resolutions of con dolence will be chanted for at Go per line; Card of thanks, 50c. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910. MEDFORD, GRANTS PASS AND CRESCENT CITY. On the firm, page of this Issue will be found an article taken from the Ban Francisco Chronicle, In which Is explained the movements being made by the Hill Interests In Hi" way of railroad construction In Southern Oregon and Northern California. There are oilier developments whlib point unmistakably to the fact tniit tho Hill road will extend from f.'iy t lake to Medford, and from iheci i,i Hum's valley, thence near Raldl mountain, then hack to Rogue river, eroBshu at Woodville, thence down the river to Frtilldalo und Granth Piish. From here it Is said the rood will c,o to WHdervlllc, Selmu, Kerhy, Hollnnd. Takllma, Waldo, und ho on over the most practical route to Crescent City, which place will with in a short lime have n seawall built by the I'nltcd Stales government so ns to make a safe harbor w dial point for vessels of laigc tonnage. This route, while It Is not iven on nlmoliite authority, will undoubtedly bo chosen for the very good reason that railroads can only follow lines where business can he secured support of the Halm tlar (,s wm be the route our attention has ben, called (o the fad that California par ties have within a few days tabu money options on J r. .000 acres ol choice agricultural lands In Sam's valley. This land Is of the very best quality for growing potatoes, onions, alfalfa and fruits of all klniN, mid It would scarcely hate been taken had the parties not been aware that a railroad would be built through that valley. These Rumo California people have recently purchased large land and timber holdings in the vicin ity of Crescent City, pttln these two things toKcther, It will not be difficult to rome to the conclusion that the route pointed out Is sub stantially the one thst will be taken. In the meantime It may be slated that lallway construction has route to Oregon and many hundreds uf miles of these advance agents of civilization will be. built within the eighteen months. Now comes the Hariimau system ' to the rescue. The Interests of this 'combine will not tamely submit to Vint; deprived of rich territory alone Rogue river, the Applegato and the country to the southwest. Kecenlly agents of the llnrrlmnn system have been In Grunts Pass and have been looking over the country lust named. We may now expect the Harrlmati people to make Ihe next move on the railroad checkerboard OPPORTUNITY TO MKK RECORD The new city administration wjjch was InaiiKurateil Thursday night will be watched with deep Interest by the pie of Mils city At the late eVitlon there were two pintles In the field and both of these are ' pledged to paving and other Improve ments, and If thl woik goei on as the voters Intended It should, Giants Pass will h'X'ome s beautiful cltv and Its buslnes Interest will largely Increase. The money that Is paid out for paving w be distributed among the working men and their families. When the wage earner has employ ment prosperity is tho rule. Mayor Smith and bis cohorts have the op portunity of their lives to bring about conditions which will make their names levered by our citizens. We have a right to believe that our city fathers will pursue the course indicated and make this a banner year In our history. Should It be otherwise, It will certainly be a great disappointment to those who have Invested their capital here and supported Mayor Smith and his friends. Grants Pass should, wlthlu the next twelve mouths, add greatly to Its population and volume of busi ness, but all depends on those Indivi duals who have been chosen to man age the affairs of the municipality during; the coming; year. Grants Pass Is the only town of Its alze on tho Southern Pacific which Is with out hard surface pavement, and If it Is to prosper It must Join Its sister cities and becymo an up-to-date place, with the ambition to lead In all the things which add to the re putation and prosperity of tho town. .PROSPECTS FOR 'iTlK NEW YEAR Grants Pass and Josephine county have entered upon the new year with brighter prospects than they have ever before experienced. liusiness of every kind bids fair to be better for the next twelve months nml to reach a higher tide of prosperity than at any time In the past. Land clearing, orchard planting, the de velopment of mines and the prose cution of our lumber Industry are the roads which lead to general ac tivity. This county has long needed additional capital for development work and this has been secured in lnre and small blocks durltm the past year with the result that the season of l!M0 mils: or necessity bring to us many Industries here tofore unknow ii In our city or county . Eugene Is said to have had more prosperity and made more substan tial growth dining the past year than any other town m Orem. We have beard this assertion a number of times, but It was not until the New Year edition of tie .Morning Register reached us that we had ocular demonstration of the claim. It was a 21-page paper, containing a review of the year and showing $t,0ui".ouo Invested in the construc tion of new buildings. Very proper ly the Register devotes large space to Lane county as well ns to the city of Eugene The Daily Statesman of Salem Is sued a New Year number which was highly creditable in every res pect. There were four sections, mak ing 32 pages in all. There were all sorts of subjects treated relating to the capital city, and there were many fine illustrations, and taken alto gether, the edition did Justice to Salem and to the first-class printing establishment which issued it. Portland had an earthquake the other day which shook some of its tall buildings slightly and alarmed a whole lot of nervous people. The newspapers up there claim that the earth tremblor was confined strict ly to Portland-and Its suburbs. All right, gentlemen, you can have all the glory. The water wagon ! eolng to be a popular vehicle this year all over the country for that class who have a desire to become prosperous. If you buy land It may double or treble In value; if you buy whiskey it will in time put you in the gutter. Tony King, of Virginia City, who has been a fugitive from justice, re turned home voluntarily last week and committed suicide. It was sup posed that ho feared arrest and de cided to end his troubles. MAGItlKI). GROSS-NKKSKN- At the home of H. Gross, Wolf Creek, Oregon, on December 29, 1909, Henry Gros, of Wolf Creek, and Sarah Neesen, of this city; Rev. Mark C. Davl:' officiating. , P A LM E R -C R A I G At the home Of Rev. Robt. McLean, of this city, on January 4, 1910, John Palmei, of Medford, and Cora A. Craig, of Hel ma; Rev. Robt. McLean of fid at I ng. Among the newspapers o celebrate New Years In the good old fashioned way was the Medford Mall Tribune. which came out with a "0 page pa per showing the growth and pros perity of Medford and Its surround- lugs The publication was a credit to Its city ih well as to its editor and publisher. The merchants and owners of property In Medford make It possible for the Mall Tribune to do these things. Next Saturday will be Jackson day and demociatlc banquets will be In order. Just why President Jack son's birthday Is kept so sacredly by the democratic party has never been explained and hardly can he un less It was because he Inaugurated the system of party spoils and cor ruption by using the slogan among his followers "to the victor belongs the spoils" North Yakima after a hotly con tested election voted in fnor of keeping the town wet This was. without doubt, one of the hardest stiti temperance fights ever mad ln( the state of Washington There was abundance of money used and every-! thing was voted that could h. The wo dally papers of the town made the lampaUu interesting nml did, strong woik on their respect he lde 1H KD, POOL At Klamath Falls, on Janu ary 1, 1910, Mrs. Robert Pool, aged 63. Mrs. Pool was born December 15, 1840, in Galena, III., was married May 8, 1873 to Capt. Robert Pool, a veteran of tho Civil war. Tho fami ly came to Oregon In 1SS3, settling first in Ashland and then, a little more than two yonrs Inter, coming to Grants Pass. Capt. Poo! was a helpless paralytic for ten years, the paralysis resulting from an Injury received in the army. During those ten years Mrs. Pool devoted bcrself to the care of her helpless husband, Impairing permanently her own health In this labor of love. Three years ago she and her daughter, Alice, removed to Klamath Falls, where the latter Is n teacher In (he public schools, Mrs. Pool was a charter member of Bethany Presbyterian church and was Instrumental In getting the pres ent pastor to come, and orgnulze the church while Grants Pass was com paratively young. She was, we believe, also a charter member of the local chapter of the Kastcrn Star, and in both organiza tions was faithful to her duties. She leaves to mourn her loss the daugh ter, Alice, already mentioned, and two sons, 'era and Roy, both re siding at present In Cnlifornfn. Of late Mrs. I'ool, owing to feeble health has lived a very quite life, but a large ilrcle of friends will mourn her loss. The funeral took place Tues day at '.' o'clock In llethany church, and the Interment In the Masonic cemetery. VAN GOTHEM At the South Paci fic hospital of this city, on Sun dn. January 2. 1910, Theresa l.oleta Van Gothem, 10-months-old babe of Mr. tmd Mrs, Win, . Van Gothem. Interment at Gran ite Hill cemetery Monday, Janu ary ;i. rnlemluts for the Year IUIO. The calendar artist and his work represent one of the features of the early part of the twentieth century. Men and women work on these crea tions for many months and when the new year approaches their produc tions are seen In all lines of trade. The calendar In many designs and In nil colors was in Grants Pass prompt ly on or before New Years day and many of them are very flue produc tions The Courier has received copies of these New Years rompllments from the following business establish ments The Oregon Life, the First National Rank, George C Sabln, the druggist, Grants Pass Laundry, J, II Ahlf, the meat market man, and one from the Grants Pass Feed Store. A western school Journal Is respon sible for the story that a youthful pu pil In the history class wrote the fel low lug statement: "The American war cf Independence tik place because the ovicides refused submit to taxation without temptv tb'ti " NAIL GOES NORTH NOW ON TRAIN 16 Old Service Restored to Earlier Train -North Accommodate Muny. Commencing January 1 a change was effected In the northbound mall service, train No. 16, leaving Grants Pass at 6:35 p. m., carrying the local mall Instead of train No. 14 at 9:47 p. m., the mail service on that train being discontinued. The mall for No. 16 doses at 6 o'clock. Northbound mail for the Shasta Limited is made up at 8:45 p. in. instead of 10 a. m. as heretofore, so In order to send mail northward It must be in the postoffice at Grants Pass before 6 or before 8:45 p. m. Southbound mail is carried on trains No. 11 at 4:30 a. in. and No. 13 at 2:04 p. m. The malls close for the above trains at 8:45 p. m. and 1:40 p. in. Home Grown Tokay (rae Vines. Grown from cuttings from the famous Langford Bros.' vineyard at Lodi, Cal., a 160-acre vineyard, re puted to be the purest Tokay vine yard In that famous district. These vines are strictly first class and the greater part of my largo stock has already been contracted for. Any horticulturist will tell you to get nursery stock grown as near home as possible. Contract now before those choice vines are gone. KARL V. INGKLS, Conklln Bldg. 1-7-tf Llghtli Grade Examinations Klghth grade examinations will bo held In Grants Pass on January 20 and 21, 1910, to applicants bearing certified statements from the teacher that said applicants have finished the eighth grade work as outlined In the state course of study. LINCOLN SAVAGE, January 5, 1910. County Supt. If you want some fine, full blooded chickens come and see the S. C. Ruff Orpingtons and S. C. White Leg horns (295 egg strain). The ntiffs are from prize winning stock at the recent poultry bIiow In Portland. Rear 415 Sixth street, corner K. Coulson's chicken food for sale. 1-7-1 1 Dried Fruit Specials At this season of the Year it is rather a difficult matter to get something that will take the place of fresh fruit. We have, we think, secured something that will fill this vacancw and as a special induce ment for a short time have made js-ial price on the following articles: Dried Figs, white or blade 13 pounds for $1.00 Dried Peaches, choice 11 pounds for $1.00 Dried Peaches, extra fancy 9 pounds for J1.W Dried Apples, fancv evaporated. .8 pounds for J1.W Dried Pears, fancv evaporated. . .8 pounds for $1.00 Dried Apricots, fancv e vaporatc.l . 8 pounds for $1.00 Dried Petite Prunes 25 pounds for $1.00 The above prices arc on exceptionally good values and will onlv last a short. time. Better take advan tage of same at once while the assortment is com plete. Gibson Grocery Co. Phone 6 Front Street, opposite Depot, Grants Pass, Oregon Harness Manufacturing Plant. The Jewell Hardware company has fitted up a very complete harness manufacturing establishment in the south room of their store and they are now making harness on a large scale. They will manufacture heavy and light harness, single and double sets. Two men will be employed at all limes and as fast as the business demands it more IiiihiIh will he taken on. The intention Is to build up a large business In this line. (',. M. Rowby, u thoroughly practical har ness maker of many years' experi ence, has charge of the shop and l assisted by J. F. Rogers. o.MI; events. Jan. 0, Sunday Fruit meeting at Denver to which Grants Pas sends a delegate. Ian. 10. Monday -Regular Monthly Meeting of Commercial Club. Jan. 12, Wednesday 2 -" t li Annivers nry Celebration of lirants Pass Masonic Lodge. Jan. 17. Monday Rehekah Lodge Southern Oregon Convention at 0 rants Pass. Jan. 19, Wednesday, 10:50 a. in. Spokane and Walla Walla Com mercial Clubs at (Jrants Pass for If minutes. Jan. 19, Wednesday -Portland meet ing of State Horticultural Society to which Grnnts Pass sends dele gates. Feb. 7. Monday Annual meeting of the Fair Association to lay plans for the fair In Crams Pass next fall. Feb. 12, Saturday--Annual meeting of the Fruit Exchange, THE BIJOU Welcomes all the old patrons and those who are not I have taken charge of Ihe above place and will en deavor to present an entertainment of the highest stand ing in every respect, both instructive and amusing. After the day s work is over "GK.T THE HABIT" of spending an hour at Till ItllOl . J. V. HALE. Proprietor ft i I- Kugs $2 to M per setting. Agent, for ('onlsrm'.- Chicken Feed. 1 -7-1 t railroad. Price, exclusive of stock, $1000. Part cash, balance on time. Address "Blacksmith." J'OR SAI.K Vmiiu Pen heron horse c o- Courier. 12-10-tf colt, fine animal. Speak quickly. FOR SALK-3f.i) ncrosrsituated on At .nml. 2- mi!., north of Grants' public n,ad, 4o acres can be lrrl r ,'l'- gated. Splendid location for hotel. see it and von will tnl.-n it LOST On Saturday night, a gliiV gold ring with duster of sets, tied in handkerchief ujt, initial "F" la corner. Finde: ;. lease leae at FOR SALIC I miner i, in, 1-7-lt Art. 'ir?-s Cox SOfi, Grants Pass. i2-io-tr FOR SALF, iH'ii't It.sid This. 72lixlf0 feet on the coiner of A and 6th streets, price $1100 on, R()od until January 20, 1910. Sv Joseph Moss, 202 6th street, Grants Pass. Oregon. 12-31-tf Finn roslrlonpQ tarn stories, M rooms, bath and sWntncr I'H'ch, modern plumbing through out, lot 9.-X130, handsomely im proved, fine shade trees, roses, 'f Itinuire at Cramer Bros.' hardware store. 11-19-tf FOR SALE-2900 '"" choTcT"edar posts. Apply it Elmor Shank's of .ice. lirants Vuca 1 2-3 1 - It l . "' ''"SrorsHe Ib .i.ht.'eand PnT.ud i SLK-Tlmr claim 'lina. f,, ;; , , ,, ,,, ; 1WP 37, 7 West i:,.., ii . ... PIllne county ...... a'lires3 11 Walter, conductor U ..... sen , "V ?Wn9.end S. P. Co., riii" t rancisco, Ca! " 1,1 '"':ain. 7 rooms, (-... "I !!) C X. Matt-' intalmi:n"'' - -loom cottage and ii w "t. 1'IANo nearly new, for sale nll ''' tertr.v liepriro 71". North 7th Street. 12-21-tf STRAWRKKRY id.,:,., lor sale, to 1 , Wilson, Climax at.d others at l ight pri.es I'h-Hi- 1 1 . G, A. Hamilton io-i5-tr Jose- For particulars " 3rd San 9-3-tf 12-24-31 desiring in INSTALMENT .... . "J,s "ii overland Ave. for wie un the Instalment plan. In 1'iire Mrs. X. p. iMko, 2n West A strm- 11-12-tf I'KSERT LANK n,,t acquire des.n an, ,,, Wn, M. Richard.. Ro Merlin. n, WASTED t.-.'4-ot. sirls aged 12 and s years, from HA -Good alfalfa hay for sale at ! Monda' '""II Friday during school Hie rmu h on Applecatc at New "'ason Telephone long-8hort-long Hope, or leave order, , H,H hdaL- t .J11 ('- K- Selleck. 12-31-tf store. John Lawless, M.rhv WWTFh 7 : , V., ' LDN,'W an(1 Bond hand . i'.o'ieis, uy urn 10-22-tf CLASSIFIED ADS.; NEW TODAY. j FOR S VI.K Thoroughbred Jerse ' bull. L" months old: aNo Black Minorca roosters W. f. Long, j 2t West G street 1-7-tt LOST Larue gray tdiawl. Sundav evouliu Jan. 2. on Crennt teal Finder pb sse leave at Golden Kui.c store and receive re aid I T lt ' Ft'l.L blooded S (' White l.ehmns and piiie wlnnlni! S C Huff Oiplngton for nut,. ;,t . Sivh MISCELLANEOUS. 12-10-tf RED LAND i m, , d '. ratt y den,,,,, r. acres WANTED life Insurant agTnTTfo-r fruit. Picket feI1((, Klld dty and country. Columbia Llf rh building un, Blllllrh,J 4 Tr.ut r , ?' ? ?W! L f sprincs. ,,. , ' "d onKlln i t- nun nouse. I Over ir.00 ,rd,(f ,(1 over half oak. Writ V li u , v.ilUIS, . w 1-31-l " ,in- French and other MEXICO-Wo ro goitf , M.,vll(, -rnrr In the snrlnc ah.i u....i.i v., ... ' t .'i.e. M' l(1 , - - . """ ,,y '' v,ho arc i. ,UNNK. the plumber la ready'Tt teieste.l In u . Anv- ml.,... " Call on " """uie 10 "Pair your plumb' or e.irr.'ii,,,., I i.t 4ntr eni .. ' "" . m Wcsten ii f.reet. F. D 2. Grant pa-, ls-i-.i,'' 555- 402 H 12-31-tf Telephone 4-l-tt '"KMITH ..P f.TR M(JNEJ to loan on Irrigated lindi 7-ie-tt sardine power. 2 . T C. 0. Amon ound ith residen.o ... ,-rr.-- - ," "IMii Good ,-e,v ' r k v 00 Wtl Mort Mtr,,n.P. lu, compe,mon, off , Robblnt laiye 11-811
