Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, June 23, 1911, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COURIER FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1911 MM , ... - " .... L Groceries RANGE SALT THK NEWEST AND REST THINO I.V STOCK The proper amount of Bait Is absolutely neces sary for stock, too much Is as bad as too little. We have the best thing on the market 6 pound blocks, solid as marble, no waste, has wire attach ment, so It can be hung up In stall or some con venient place. Come In and see It. J. Pardee To MiningMenof JosephineCo. All mining men of Josephine county are requewted to aid In cre ating a mineral exhibit to be placed on display In Grants Pass for the benefit of Incoming lnrestorsand prospective Investors. Every mining man and prospector In this region will be benefited, as a dis play of a character which It Is proposed to assemble will advertise individual nroDortv of the owner sending In VI Vl UtwaaV'Vp hbw - w m w ore. Sales will result from action of this kind, mines will be opened and all lines of labor, Industry and commercial, life will prosper. The mining congress will be held In Grants Pass July 18, and It would be wise to get your ore In before that date. Place a label on It, telling from what district, name of the property and name of the owner, or owners. Deliver to O'Neill's store in Front street, where the temporary display Is to be made. MURPHY. A. II. Carson commenced work on his new barn this week. Mr. How ard, of Modford, Is doing the carpen ter work. Whcelor Osborn came out from Grants Pass last Wednesday to as sume his duties as substitute rural mnll carrier, while L. M. Mitchell takes his annual vacation. George Flint, Hiram Vedder and Mr. Fern loft Monday morning for the const for an outing. Misses Mornico and Eveyln Quln lan were vlHltlng MIhb Mnrlon Jef fers a few days last week. Miss Ethel Brockloy spent several days In Grants Pass last week a guest at the b,ome of Dr. Loughrldgo L. M. Mitchell left Tuesday morn ing to join Fred Knox and E. N. Pro volt and others on a trip to Grey back mountain. It seems ns If accidents did not come sliiRly In our neighborhood, as about the snnio time of Mr. Lolth's ureldont, Dr. Sweeney was very pain fully Injured by falling from the roof of hlB bonne, breaking his collar bone ana otherwise Injuring himself. Dr. Loughrldgo was called In attendance. Dr. Sweeney's neighbors all hope to lier.r of Ills rapid recovery. Hay Miller, who has been working for the Madroua people left Saturday for bis homo In Spokane, Wash., much to the regret of the young peo ple of Murphy. Friday evening, ns Mr. Lellh and daughter, Miss Annnbel, were return ing from Grants Pans, and when nenr tiiiTiin 111., lwirupa (nnlf frliflit m-isiini- ably at the umbrella and bolted, throwing Mr. I.elth out of the hnk dud Injuring his severely. lie re ri!. lined uiicoiihcIoiih for some time. Dr. Smith was called and found that Mr. I.elth hud sustained the fracture of one bone of one of his arum nnd was bruised severely about the hend. At last accounts Mr. I.elth was rapid ly Improving. Ills many friends hope to sen him nbout soon. Tuesday the little three-year-old (laughter of Mrs. Folkensteln, of North Hend, Ore., who Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Alonzo Hyde, hnd the misfortune of breaking her arm by filling from the fence. Dr. Smith was summoned and set the broken tone, ami she Is doing as well ns could be expected nt this writing. Children's day exercises were held Si. inlay at Laurel Grove, under the n.ivplivs of Laurel Grove Sunday Pi hool. The servlres were held In a shady grove, the pulpit being bcnutl T'l'ly decorated with evergreens nnd flowers, A large crowd were In at tendance, some coining from Wil liams, some from Missouri Flat, Pro- volt, Murphy, Grants Pass, and even Medford had Its visitors there. The services were opened by singing by the Sunday school after, which Rev. Mr. Plnkerton offered a short prayer, followed by an address to the children by Mrs. II. L. Reed, which was lis tened to attentively by old and young. At the close of Mr. Reed's address a recess was taken and a pic nic dinner was served on long tables. And such a dinner. Someone asked what they had. Had he asked what they did not have the question would havo been easier answered. After lunch the congregation again came to order and listened to some excellent iccltatlons and appropriate songs, af ter which Mr. Plnkerton gave the children a short talk which closed the exercises of the day. Ice cream anci cake was then served, of which there was an abundance for all. The Laurel Grove people are to be cou giatulated upon the success of the day. WOODVILLE ITEMS. MINING NOTES. The home talent play, given under the auspices of the Improvement club, was a great success. Each actor was a star, according to public opinion. John ' Ilolcom Is building a fine house on his lots on Broadway. Mr. Wakeman Is building a cot tage on his lots on Cedar street. Charles Hatch has written to friends here stating that he expects lu return to Woodvllle about Septem ber 1. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Owens expect to leave for an Inspection of the coast country nnd Del Norte county about July 1. W. F. Chlsholm spent Monday vis iting In Gold Hill. Kev. and Mrs. Coeu were calling en friends ncroas the river last Wed nerdny. Carl Kahle, Btntes that ho expects a Irrther to locate In Woodvllle, and t'.o Into business with him In his general store. Miss Hernlco Smith nnd Miss Viola Myers were In tho Evans creek coun try last Tuesday. Mrs. Phil Robinson nnd children have returned from their two weeks' visit with relatives In Grants Pass. Everyone Is pleased over the open ing of the Home Stake mine, as It has given employment to so many men around Woodvllle nnd has drawn many to this locality. There Is great mineral wealth right at our doors, and wo hope to see some capital In vested here to develop this great wealth. The city council hns nt last passed an ordinance forbidding the use of the town as n cattle range. This ban been urged many times, but fail ed to pass, ns some of the people wished to let the town be used as n papturc, but at the last meeting a petition was presented, signed by n largo part of the people, and the o'dlnance passed. To Sink on Grey Eagle. With the Intention of sinking 500 feet from the 125-foot level, gaining a total deptn or tzo ieei, a new com pany, organized last week in Port land, has leased the Grey Eagle mine . i. m it y" on sardine creeit irom me uregon Qold Hill Mining company. The new company will be known as the Grey Eagle Mining company. of which Ward B. Stevens will be manager, with headquarters at the mine. J. R. Wolfe will continue as engineer. For mer Manager Vanllouten will remain in the Gold Hill district, which he believes Is soon due to come to the front in a mining way. The Grey Eagle has a new and complete mill ing equipment. A two-machine air compressor is now being Installed, which will operate the two drllla that will be used in sinking. The mine will be developed by drifting from the 625-foot shaft, which may be sunk even deeper if it Is deemed ad-Tisnble. To Dredge Rogue. To dredge Rogue river for the gold which it Is believed has been deposit ed in ita rock bed for ages is the plan of J. W. Lane, late engaged in min ing in California, and Medford as sociates. A lease has been secured from the Chavner estate to, operate a dredge In tho river in the pool below and the channel above the railroad bridge at Gold Hill, the land on both sides belonging to that estate. The dredging process, which is of Mr. Lane's invention, will have its first trial here, and If it proves success ful it means that miles of Rogue rlv er's bed will bo worked for Its yellow treasure. A boat will be built from which to operate the dredge, either electric or gasoline power to be used. Before actual operations begin, how ever, tne oca or tne river , win oe thoroughly prospected. To Work Placer Mine. A compromise has been effected be tween tho Oregon-Ontario Mining & Smelting company and the Gold Ray Realty company, whereby the former will be enabled to operate their mine three miles north of Gold Hill by electric power furnished by the Roguo River Electric company, a kindred corporation of the latter. Three pla cer claims, comprising CO acres were in dispute, and the Gold Ray Realty company through an Injunction nnlnst tho Oregon-Ontario people proceeding with the work on a power plant In Rogue river contiguous to the claims In dispute. By the terms of the compromise two of the placer claims, or 40 acres, nro allowed to remain In possession of the Qregon Ontarlo, the third, or 20 acres, ad Joining the river goes to the Gold Hay Realty company. Work Is now being pushed on a power line down the north bank of Rogue river from Gold Ray to tho Oregon-Ontnrlo prop erty to furnish power for the mine. thoroughfares or marching in the pro cession were nearly 100,000 soldiers, under command of Field Marshal Viscount Kitchener. To. some extent' the tremendous military display was, I Indeed, necessitated by the shortness j of the route and the consequent con-; geatlon of the crowd to an extent j which, orderly as Londoners usually! are, would have rendered the'ordln-j ary "thin red line" powerless to con trol it. Immediately the abbey doors were opened, hours before the actual cere mony, those privileged persons pos sessing tickets of admission began , taking their seats, and as the ancient edifice filled, the eye was dazzled by the sparkling of th women's Jewels ; nnd the brilliance of the uniforms worn by the men. Some 7,000 were admitted in all, . including 40 members of the royal , family and relatives, more than 200 foreign princes, princesses and spe- clal representatives from every civil- j ized country in the world, 1,420 peers and peeresses, 300 bishops, clergy, statesmen and ambassadors, 900 members of parliament with their wives and 800 representatives from India and the British colonies. Peers and peeresses were in full robes of scarlet and ermine and car ried the upen King George'B head. Coronets, gems, chains, orders and medals scin tillated in the subdued light and showed up even more plainly beside the occasional plainer costume of some one of less exalted rank than the nobility on the outskirts of the f;roup of higher aristocrats. their coronet3 ready to put on moment the crown wa3 placed A re You Going Tenting This Year on the Old Camp Ground ? If you are, the first thing you will need 'will be a good tent and this we can furnish in full weight goods at close prices. 8 by 10, 8-ounce tent $ 7.50 10 by 12, 8-ounce tent 8.75 10 by 14, 8-ounce tent 10.00 12 by 14, 8-ounce tent 11.75 We carry camp stoves, reflector ovens and camp cooking utensils. . CRAMER BROS. ODD FELLOWS BLOCK. Fishing Tackle Rifles and Shot Guns We are still making those pain prices on Stransky ware, liter Bros. bar-Cra- Cement Sewer and Drain Pipe MIK IN Git W IN PASS.) Our new plant Is now In useful operation and wo have al na.ly manufactured over ti .000 feet of Cement Sewer and Praia IMpe. . Following Sizes in Stock Ml Two-Cool Joint. y. '". in. r Hi, -:w and Zk Inch. Cement Products Mfg. Co. I 14.11 1 11 an. I I SIKI IMS CORONATION OF KING GEORGE AT LONDON LONDON, June 22.-George V, nnd Mary III. were crowned today j MiiK and queen of "the United Klng-i doiii of Great Britain and Ireland and I the Hrltlsh dominions beyond the; hens." j To tho orthodoxly-inlnded the cere- irocy was an nwe-lnsplrln? display' of the pomp of militarism, of oeelesl nstlcal solemnity nnd of medieval j iii.r.MilfU eiii o. To the cynic It was , an 8 'most pathetically childish exhl-' I billon of delight In tinsel and span-! Ucw. The radical paw In It a posl- j llvily wicked waste of millions, in a country where fully one-third of the j C'iilatlon Is on the brink of pauper-1 il'nllon ami one-twentieth Is literally i jutarvlni. 'lh" nverase llrlton Is stilctly or-i ii"i',',.', bowevr. Hvfore dawn the I ooplo bacon t-w annlnc by hundred t ! (I'O'VliniU Int.i the streets thvotuh j ' ' .ch tt'n ro :il p-iveton w.i to' l'c, between H'lcldnKhnm palace and Went minuter Abbey. The foot and mounted police who shepherded them seemed numberless. Lining the This is the Piano We Give Away i,;,J KliU-W -ON Bee. 23 Value P$400 What seemed to iis to be a question is now a gratifying success. It pays to be liberal with our trade. Since we first announced that we would give away this BEAUTIFUL UPTON PARLOR GRAND PIANO to some one of our customers on December 23rd, our business has shown a BIG increase. Of course the unusual values which we are offer ing have helped to make this increase and we shall continue along these lines. We are daily receiving NEW and ATTRACTIVE offerings in furnishings from the fashion centers and you will find our stock complete in all lines, regardless of the heavy daily demands. Be sure and ask for your Piano Votes with every purchase. Peerless Clothing Co, "If Men Wear It, We Have It" II y.i 9 v s I J I I ' V t r v j I