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ITT' Iff FKIIAV, JAMAHV 19, 1912. WEEKLY ROGl'K RITKB OOl HI EH IMG K TWO AlfSG POWDER Abtouioy Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal Crape Cream ofTartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE 1'KIWONAL AXU LOCAL. August Fetsch left Sunday evening for Portland, where he will be Joined tu a short time by bin wife and three daughters. All will make their home la 1'ortlund. K. T. McKlnatry went to Eugene Sunday evening to spend several days. Hugh Hulbert, who ban been vis iting with his Hlsler, Mrs. Cbaa. At wood and his brother, Walter Ilul bert, returned Saturday to his home at Auburn, Cat. He was accompan ied home by J -nxe Heymera of Grants Pass. Forest 8upervlHor R. L. From me went to UoHcburg Saturday evening on business connect' d with the for ent service. Mrs. Claude Davis and two chil dren came from Galhe thin afternoon to spend several days with relatives. Arthur llowland. . 1:. ad baby came tip from Swastika Monday to spend a day with Mr. Howland's brother, Oeorge llowland and fam ily. P. Meredith Xeal came down from Medford Tuesday to spend several days with Grants Pass friends. Mra. II. I,. Wilson and children re turned Tuesday from Leland, where they had visited over Sunday and Monday with Mr. Wilson. Mrs. V. J. McKlnney came up from Hugo Tuesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Young, mid family. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. H Imhler, who came from Hood Itlw Saturday to tend the funeral of Mr. Imhler' mother, who died suddenly of heart trouble lu tills city Friday, left Mon day on their return home. Mrs. R. M. West arrived here Hun day morning from Oils, Oregon, to visit with her brother. M. J. Maslker. and sister. Mrs. Ksther Mnbler. not being nwnre until nftor her arrival, of the death of the hitter. E. N. Clluinn left Monday evening for Chicago to attend the meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America, who are holding convention there next week. This meet In k was set for June, 1911, but had to be tidjnurn ed nt that time. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Miller arrived Monday evening from Klamath Falls to vlHlt with Mrs. Miller's parent. Mr. and Mis. II. II. Clhl.s, of Alt- house, . ' Lew la Mayea and son, Koy, who have spent the ia.st several months In Grants Pass, where they have been employed with '"Contractor Fred Smith and P. Archhlue. left Satur day for their home at Sandpolnt, Ida ho. They expert to return here lu. the spring. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Holmes and chil dren, who have spent the past two weeks with rrlathes ami friends at Fveter, California, returned Saturday to their home in tuls city. Mr. and Mrs, Edward Smith of this city are expecting a visit from their daughter, Mrs. Myra Harden, who Is coming from Santa Monica, Cal., to Visit here with her parents until her health Is Improved, Mrs. Pardon will be well remembered by many Grants Pass friends ns Miss Myra tfmlth for merly residing here. J. V. Halo went to Portland Sun day evening to Join Lester Kenney, manager of the Independent Wiring company, and the two gentlemen ex pect to be absent from Grants Pass for about a week ou business. Mrs. J. C. MattUon arrived Sunday from San Francisco, where she went with Mr. MattUon about two weeks Rijo. Mrs. Mattlson returns at this time on account of itie severe Mines of her mother at Spokane. She was accompanied from Alameda. Cal . by her sister, Mr. A. Abrahams, and the two ladles stopped In Grants Pas only between 'rains, leaving en Nc 14 for Spokane. Miss Kul.i Howard, a former Gi.v.ts Pass girl, who has beer, htudiug music In San Francisco for sever il ars. parsed tlivouh Grants T.i-s Siuul.iv evening enroute to l'orthii,.! !o vlxlt friend. A number Cr.i:. I'asn friends were at the dejvt to greet Mlts How aid and she po;,iie to stop here '' t'.T rcuvu t ', California Mrs. J. D. Cook and daughter, Mrs. Iris Lutz spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foster of Medford. They returned to Grants Pass this morn ing. Mrs, Lutz will go to her home In Portland In a short time. Rev. M. F. Childs went to Medford Tuesday morning to assist In the meetings In session there for the Free Methodl t church. Rev. Wheat lake of Chicago will also be among the visiting members. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Yantls and baby passed through .Grants Pass this morning enroute from Salem to Med ford, w here they go to attend the Re tall Merchants' association. Mr. Yantls was a former Grants Pass resident and he and his family will stop here on their way home to visit with old-time friends. L. I,. Jewell made a business trip to Medford on the motor Tuesday afternoon. A. H. Brown left Tuesday after noon for a visit. In I)3 Angeles, where ho expects to Bpend several v.eeks. Charles Meserve, editor of the Fruit Grower of Medford, whs In Grants Pass Tuesday, going to Wood vllle on the afternoon train. George Newland, former manager of the Grants Pass Hardware com pany, went to Portland on train Xo. 10 Tuesday, Mrs. Harry Schmidt went to Hugo Tuesday evening to spend a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pardee went to Medford this morning to attend the sixth nnnual convention of Oregon Retail Merchants' association In ses sion there today and tomorrow. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. M. Smock of Hol land were In Grants Pass Tuesday, leaving on the evening train for Brownsville, where they go to visit with friends. Mr. Smock Is n pros p i ons merchant of Holland. E. T. MeKlnftry returned this af ternoon from a business trip to Sa lem and other northern points. I). P. Broiighor of Los Angeles, who purchased land west of Grants Pass home time ago, has been spend ing the past few days here looking after his property, He Is well pleased with bis land and with the city of Grants Pass and hopes to return in the near future. Mr. llrouglier left Wednesday afternoon for Los Ange les. Uluc Prints of (runt Pass lllue print plats of the city of Grants Pass may lie secured at the Courier ol'tlce at I . o . Also Wright's mining map of Houthwestern Oregon and northwestern California, at 11.50. The I'lneM I Have eeii One merchant who has examined The Courier line of Calendar samples states that this Is the handsomest line he has ever seen. We will take pleasure In showing you the line. Utler Currier Fleet Ofci- The Grants Pass branch of the Na tional Association of Letter Carriers held a meeting last Satur -. Offi cers elected for the ensuing year are: Arthur Wlhel, president; Donald Cal vert, secretary; Donald Graham, treasurer. The two new names add ed to the local membership at this time were Arthur Dunn, who serves tho No. I route, and Ross Bailey, who Is substitute clerk and currier. lUkery llore Ditgnu-cs HimVif ( J. C. Gilbert's horo Indulged in a ! lively ten yei'erday evening, taking ! tli- Model lukety ,i,iM with its load I of tesli luave.. up Thhd stteet where ! P ;s almoM pre. ipit.i'ed info (',;! . bert 1'ieek. jur h front of Arthur ! I'l'iikltu'i I'.'i.i.' Tlie bank this j phlce ii !. v. 1 ;f,d f. et h;;!i ' at d t'.- h.'i ... pl-uue.1 ever. ) ..'; I -c :').'" : he .1 ;,i:i. The w .1.;. 'he -.-i ' e v.r t .: 1 r (old Mct-Miite Itwtiml Dr. K. X. Bywater haa received word from friends in Oi'Un, Iowa, that the thermometer r filters 41 U'rw zerr, in that city. "Q lite a .. . . ..... , entrant to tne nanny spring cays iu thUrlty during the past week," says - -tor. G. P. Ai bi-M.n Seri.-usly III G. P. Atchison, formerly ff Grants Pass, but now residing at Santa Bar- bara. Cal., ts reported seriously 111 and his son, Garrett Atchison, has gone to his father's bedside. Mr. A'chlson Is well known In Grants Pass, where he was at one time In ( barge of the Commercial club ex hibit rooms. I.m-mI Trxim Itreover Ferdinand IKsrh of Waco, Texas, ' valued at $500,000 in domestic ore, who was taken from a northbound ' H.050,000 in domestic bullion. 130 -traln a short time ago, suffering with ' 000iOu in United States coin, and pneumonia, Is reported as much !m-' $2.:50,O00 in foreign coin-a total proved by the attending physician, m 4).S0,OnO. The excess of lm-( Dr. Loughrldge, and will probably be ports was about $15,500,000, Indl ablo to continue his journey north eating a marked change from the In about a week. Mr. Husrh, with .onditlons In 1910, when the excess his wife and two children, Is enroute of Imports over exports was $447,- from Warn to Salem, where they will locate. Oiniiliii isitor May Locate Mrs. Rose F.. Meiryfleld, Fnlon Pacific operator In the general office at Omaha, Neb., Is In Grants Pa?s looklnij over the country with a view to locating here. Mrs. Merryfleld's hiiHlmnd In asslhtar.t superintendent of the rnion Pacific company t Omaha. During the few days she has been In this city, Mrs. Merry- fl..M hfia tnknn n nimilier of trios 111- to the countrv adjacent to Grant8 ' smaller shipments were also made to Pans nnd expres.es herself as much , Fi ance. South America, the West In pleased with the city, its surround-! and Ja- ! ina nnd the delightful climate of! southern Oregon. "I am pleased to recommend j Chamberlain's Coush Remedy as the; best thlnn I know of and safest rem-j eily for i nulis. colds and bronchial i trouble." writes Mrs. I,. It. Arnold of! Iieiiver, Colo. "We have used It re- peatedly and It has never failed to give relief." For t-ale by all good dealers. i GOLD PROUK ING 1U11 LESS THAN 110- ; ..j .... ,. . . , , , lh gold mining Industry was gen-, erally active in 11)11, but early fig- Urns iudUate a total production for .t i- i. , o. . i v. i ii i , ! nit' i. iiuuu .liiiitii auu rtiuaivu niiui,- ilyl below the output of ID in. The linos; notable features of the indus try in ID 11, according to 11. 1). .Mc- .... , .. ... ..... , ........ ,.....,.. bill Survey, were the resumption of normal labor cotnlit'ons lu the Mack i condition Is now good and I am glad Hills of South Dakota, the Increased!0 that 00(1,1,3 Kldney 1119 are oil rhit la rlfiiniorl fi-t rfioill diedge output in California, develop- me nt of production in the new Itino-, ko-lditarod placer region of Alaska Hin, I llw. I 1 1 1 1 1 . .lUtri.l nf W'.vli. , ,1 Remember the name Doan's I lngton, continued development aud'und &e n0 0.ner- j prosperity of the great Gold field '(Nevada I and Treadwell (Alaska) j mines, normal conditions also on the ' Mother I.ode in California, improve i inetit in metallurgical methods, and general increase In activity at many ' iuall deep and placer mines. Re viewed Interest in prospecting was I shown In Colorado, although the gold miTmif nf ftl, Klllto ilitrr.i.'K.iil nuintr to th gradual exhaustion of several large ore bodies and to continued 1 small decrease In production from ( t lie great Cripple Creek camp. 1 In addition to the yields from ' placers and gold sillcous and py-1 title ores, notable contributions to the gold production were made from copper, lead and mixed ores, panic-' ularly in I'tah ami Arizona, the min-j tng of w hich w as also generally pros-j perous in 1911. Notwithstanding a! decreased output of copper in some states, due In part, as In Montana, to prearranged curtailment, the total production of copper was greater In 1911 than In any previous year ex cept 199. The output of lead and of mixed ores was also notably heavy in 1911. Increases in output of gold ore In dicated by early figures published by the director of the mint as follows; Idaho. $13:!.3t".l; Nevada. 94,7S; New Mexico, T.97; South Dako ta. $"."'" 1 1" 7 Dei re.ises are and Utah, M97,'M7. tlmated Of $:t'..-' :M !" A!:,!,K'- l Arizona. II In California. $ 1 .3 7:. istu It: Colo do. jr.-.n.-iM ir. Mor,t:i';.. ?s-'.l-. in Oregon V;i-h':itt,ui and '.'M.-f.S 1 rforniatio :r, t; 11; 1. ir.d. afes !ha final f.g-.'. - ..f ore ;,r.d -oM a -id "I-:, f .'1; at: ( -.,( ; 0f 1:1 Brit.sh Cv'r.tn'e.a :c.-e-.- hi"'i;l. t hu'.'r the g.'.d t;- du.-tlon from deep mines is derived from ore treated at gold and silver amalgamation mlMs and cyanide plant,, a much smaller quantity be ing .reduced by smelting crude ore ...... .v,nrntratea. .Neany a nua.. - "u ,.nming of the total output is a .1 con " gravel, of placer mine main y by dredging lu California ana drifting in Alaska. i-rellnilLary figures of the director of the n,,Dt indicate a total domestic g(jld output 0f S6,233.52S in 1911. aKalD6t $96,269,100 in 1910. According to estimates made by thft bureau 0f btatistic the imports .... comprtfed gold valued at 111,150,000 In foreign ore, $29,300,- 0U0 in foreign bullion, $5,750,000 in ! United States coin, and $10,050,000 In foreign coin a total of $56,250,- Tbe gold exported in 1911 was 000. fitu;. and also from those in 1909, when the excess of exports was $88,- 7 J 3 , S o o . The gold Imported In 1911 was mainly In the form of ore and bul lion, and came chiefly from Mexico, althoimh considerable gold Is recetr ed from Canada every year and smaller amounts from the Central i o..h Imnrlenn rniintrles and '1,M ' In 1911 a large quantity of po a a Imported from Japan. The exports iamniii f (7n M pnin Ann c""!,1Blcu " went chiefly to Canada, although j NATl'RE'S WARNING Grants Pass People Must Recognize ! and Heed It Kidney Ills come mysteriously, But nature always warns you. Notice the kidney secretions. If there are settlings and sedt- nient, Passages frequent, scanty, pain-1 rut. I It's time to use Doan's Kidney Pills I i ttmu uii beiiuua uiocuf I loan's have done great work In HhU locality. Mrs D. Cole, 125 Scond street, i Ashland, Ore., says: "I suffered for -f ' an(J baddor complaint. If I stooped a stitch Jarte,(1 acrtsa my back, and often 1 couia naruiy siraigiueu The kld- i nev secretions were also unnatural and I was badly run down when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They seemed to be just the remedy 'I required, for in less than a week niv health improved and the pain r.J lamenesx was less severe. Mi- p . . ,. drk,r. Price 50 rents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United states. j (i HANTS PASS HAKDWARi: CO. IXFCTS Ol Fit i: IN. j Rev. Plnkerton of Murphy held j At the annual election of officers services in the school house Sunday. ! of the Grants Pass Hardware com- Me will be here every alternate Sun j pany last evening, John M. Tethe- day. row, president and Thomas More- I land, vice president, were elected to 1 sueceeu ineiiisenes, uie oiuy inange in management being that Geo. New land Is succeeded as manager by O. F. Braeger. In speaking of the change in man agers today, Mr. Moreland said: "Mr. Braeger will make a flrst- ! class manager, he has made manv friends and is an experienced and thorough hardware man. Mr. New- Get a fifty cent bottle today and be , , , , .... come acquainted at once with the land is no longer connected with , . i v i j 1 .L most delightful hair dressing in the management of the firm and I have world. been told that he will return to Port- "I gladly recommend it as the best lund." 1 nalr t0Dic 1 naye ever known. 1 find , it the only hair tonic that will cure 1 dandruff, cleanse the scalp, and make For pains In the side or chest the hair grow lone and beautiful." dampen a piece of flannel with Cham- berlaln s Liniment and bind it on over the seat of pain. There Is noth- Ing better For sale by all good deal- lers NOTICE OF BOUNDARY BOARD MEETING. Notice is herebv given that the District Boundary Board will meet I ; in the court house at onP o'clock- n m . February 7 1 ; titlon to change the boundary line!er' s,a"8hter brought the ore from , t een school districts numbered "2 ! l'lalms near Columbia in southern and 47 so that all of section I? nf in;twr.ship :M, south of range 6 west, , 1 nd all the territory west of said: v-section Z2 adjoining school district' No. 17 will 1m taken from school disTlct No. 22 at.d become a part of "hool dis'r'ct No 4' . uooi a.s.r.a .no. ,. Da-.-d it Grant.; Pass. Or this -,;h day of January, 1912. LINCOLN SAVAGE. Sec'y of Board 9 i-r? A, The Famous JRmfO Lamp The Rayo Lamp is the best and roost serviceable lamp you can find for any part of your home. frit j It u in use in millions of farniliea. Its strong white light has made it famous. And it never flickers. la ll.e c'ini.-room or the pwlof the Riyo give )uU the light tnt ii mort effec tive. It i. a becoming Ump-in illl snd to yoo. Jut the Ump, too, tor bedroom or librnrv. where t cler, lf id light it needed. . The Kyo ii mide of tolid brto, nickel-pUled ; slio in numeroiu other itvlei ana oUhr. Ealy lighted without removing ihide of chimney ; euy to clen and rewick. A.l J' m to Jw rouhk liae i Rro Wnp. i or write f or dncriplw circuUr to ur atr ol th Standard Oil Company (Incorporated) XEW HOPE. Mra. Lieth and daughter, Miss An - of Mur,)hy visited with Mrs. Lawless siunaay auernoou. Mrs. Wynant spent Sunday with Mrs. McCallister. Hughie York of Missouri Flat j spent Sunday with friends. Inhn MoCfllllKter Klient Saturday ,,r,lhv rru vro&ncuDir. ... . . . j Miss Kerllnger, Jonn &cneny aau 8i)eut Saturdav at the pag3 McCalltater . Wanted At the Hopewell farm, a. first class cook. Must furnish good reference. State wages ln first let ter. Lady preferred. Address W. II. Parkey, president Hopewell farm, Murphy, Ore. Mr. Diedtrelch of lower Applegate spent Sunday with Mr. Dutcher. John McCallister, Bert York, H. S. Wynant and Clarence Wynant spent Wednesday and Thursday at their mines on Murphy creek. They have SOIe ver- ore la Bht i Some of our folks jpent Sunday ev. enlng at the river. MISSOURI FLAT. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Young and son , of Grants Pass visited a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Win. Young last week. The dance given at K. J. Kubll's Saturday night was well attended and all present enjoyed a grand time. At midnight a sumptuous table of re freshments was spread before the guests, which they all heartily en joyed, after which came time (all too soon) to bid good night and "hie I thee" home. 1 Ed. and Ray Boling of Foots creek. Louise, Minnie, Herman and George Walter of Humbug were among those present at the dance Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hannum and son of Murphy visited relatives here Sun day. PARISIAN SAGE BANISHES DAXD Rl'FF. It quickly kills the dandruff germs that's why dandruff vanishes so promptly when PARISIAN SAGE is used. Parisian Sage is Guaranteed by (.'. H. Deniaray to eradicate dandruff, to stop falling hair and itchiug scalp, or money back. Miss Slgna Ahl, 2 Farwell St., W.' i orcester, Mass. . THINKS HE FINDS RADIUM. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 17. Samples of ore believed to carry ! pitchb,ende' (rom whk'h radium is ' extractet1' were sent toda' t0 Wash- 1 ln!i'on. Denver and Tuscon for assay ; I y W. H. Slaughter, a Thoenlx min- Ya',avai rointy. where he says it ex- ists 8n'at Quantities. Chamberlain's Stomach amt T i..r Tablets do not sicken or crlne ami "way bt ,aken ttlth I'rfect safety by! ! the most deli, ate woman or the! .youngest .hu.t ,.i.i -.,1 ..u oungest child The old nnd feeW ill also find them a most suitable! .remedy for aiding and stvigthen-' , Ing their weakened digestion n,i r 1 j regulating the bowe ' : U good dealers. s. For sale bv iisi 'y k i itf TO BEAT ICE COMBINE. ; ino avcpi ps ion 17 win, . . tfa 'change Ice and Cold Storage corn- , pauJ( organized aa an anti-combine ! concern, began operations here to- day. The new plant is co-operative 'and Includes among its stockholders i .i ,in l..h .n.i... I n.-.ni,.i- I u fected after repeated appeals by mer. chBnt8 associations to the companies aiready ln the field to reduce their prices had failed. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. Joseph Manning saw Minnie Neilly baking bread and proposed. Told his twin brother Robert. Bob proposed to Mlnnle.B gl3ter Anua. Doube wed. ding chimes. GASPED FOR BREATH. Gastritis Nearly Ended Life of AVm. V. Mathews. Read His Letter. "I was bothered for years with stomach trouble and gastritis. Food laid like lead in my stomach and fer mented, forming gas. This caused a pressure on my heart so that I choked and gasped for breath, and thought my time had come. MI-O-NA cured me after I had doctored without suc- icess. Win. V. Mathews, Bloomlng- ton, Ind. 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