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It FfUAY, MAR ft 29. 112. WEEKLY ROOVE RIVER COWUKR PAOH FTPS. n r r r dttUd occtttj ; -iwj Mrs. jesepMHe .WKevin, who nas bees in southern Oregea sine tb feati'eX her lather. Br. S. HaUc. sevral weeks ago, left Taeeday af tertoea tr SU Hi4l, wiere sie in I W1I.IAMS. u Garden Seeds Flower Seeds Seed Potatoes J. Pardee 417 G. Street Biake improvements and put in the crops for the sauuuer. Ben ie4ew aid . F. "Phomvsen ' A ,Wt ldmg solalzed Mwt iui ami Sani.iT ha Crania at the iixue t Mr. aid lira. J. S. Pas. win pead a tw days witk frkes! The Williams steae W aaier new aid thea go to her hotne hi Sissoa, J aaagaent, Ktessrs. Fred O'Keily Cal. aed Will Carl having bought tie ! Gibson company branch located here. 1'onlir) Journal Mr. O'Keily will be manager and fr. Doevas ia Crauts Pass Saturday, March 23, wha Miss Iua Suiitk !Hil Ira Uay were sited iu marriage by Frederic M. Brooke, pastor oi tlu' Christian church. Both the young people have lived here for .several years, and have a host of The Cornier has mud dubbing ar-iCurl will haul the eoods froai town. rangemenu with the Petahima Poul-i.Mr. O'Keily has a thorengh knowl- friends to wish them a long and pros-inn-noi nH ,-.n mmnlv that nu.-:,,! .,f th. bsiupS n.t h wm r.m lrous Journey on life's matrimonial - . Mention to nald in advance Courier 'the store with that success whleh sea" subscribers at 50 rents additional. has characterized it in the past. Both orhood met at the home of Mr Th.. sulw.-rintlim nrice uf the Ponltrv 1 nrnnrlptnra r ennd. irnlnl fallows ', lrs- J- May Sun,,a' dentil Jeurnal without the club rate is ll.'and are well liked in this commun- ity. Coining V.m BH.ks ; Frank Davi8 u a visitor at the The Courier has ordered a nuuiber ,l)ave yinyard home of Corning Egg Books, which are ... nB considered the hinhe-t poultry au thority, and as soon as they arrive from the east they will be placed on sale. The price is $1. D'."-tf PERSONAL AX1) LOCAL. INDUSTRIAL CONTEST ! FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ! The young people of the aelgh- and enlng to welcome the newlyweds home. On account of It being Sunday evening tin cans and cow bells were dispensed with, but cheers could not be sup pressed as the youn couple drove ..t .... Tl. . I - ..!.:-. 1. 1 ,-. . , vuunucy iuui.ipi.uu is wBiuug uio i-, the yard about J 0:30 0 clock. brother, the school teacher. He wM,The buggy wa8 quickly surrounded stay on Williams for some time. land anlld congratulations the young Bei t Bigelow is having his ditches couple were escorted into the house, i leaned preparatory to the spring ir- where an hour or more was spent rigating. With a force of four men ' very enjoyably by all. the work will soon be completed. Rlggs & Lucas are on the creek again with a number of men who are interested ia the building of a rall- ITU 1TPALE. Henry Thompson spent Saturday " t- ' - Paint Values Tte practical painter says, Patton s Sun-ProofPamt is cheap paint for a good house because it lasts twice as long. It's good paint for a cheap house because it beautifies and preserves it. Patton's UN-PR08F Paini represents the only true principle of scientific paint making, com bining the highest degree of beauty with the greatest covering capacity and durability. It ii a dependable paint. It does not lose its lustre. It docs not peel, crack or chalk off. Guaranteed to wear five' years. Send for book of Paint Knowledge and Advice (free) to Lake St., Milwaukee, Wla. Tuesday Edgar Perry returned from Los Angeles. I have $60,000 to loan on estate, in amounts ranging from $500 to $10,000. W. B. Sherman. Judge Stephen Jewell was a bus iness visitor to Medford Tuesday. "Frank Barrie left Tuesday for Ashland. He will visit San Fran cisco before returning here. Bee hives at the Rogue River Hardware Co. 3-22-4t Mr. and Mrs. W. H. MeXair came from Ashland Wednesday morning to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hobart. Why do you continue to let those gophers destroy your alfalfa, and garden when you can kill them with a 25-cent can of (lophergo. The Kogue River Hardware Co. will be glad to show you how to use it. 3-29-2t There is no use In killing your horse with a heavy, hard running wagon when you can get a Weber that runs like a buggy and will carry all your horse can pull. You will find a good line of Weber wag ons in stock at the Rogue River Hardware Co.'s at prices that are right. 3-22-2t R. C. Robertson arrived in Grants Pass Tuesday, coming from Paricn, N. Y., to remain here indefinitely while looking after the Greenback mining property at Placer, which he and his son, Frank Robertson, are working. Mr. Robertson went to Placer Tuesday. Use Orwood Lice Killer and Disin fectant In your chicken house and your chickens will keep free from lice and disease. It is only 50 cents a can at the Rogue River Hardware Co's. 3-29-2t Keystone Installing Four Stump J. F. Pwyer1, connected with the Keystone mine, on lower Rogue river Josephine county is to have the'roa(i up the Applegate and Williams and Sunday at Jerome Prairie, most unique industrial contest for rivers. It la to be hoped that they Miss Kvelyn Curclce of Grants boys and girls of any county in the; win be satisfied with this country to Pass was a visitor this week at the state. Each county has arranged for'an extest that a railroad will be the Henry Huck home. , ia contest aud the county prize win-'result. Joe Pardee and Karlo Voorhies real i , . i . ...,i. ners are to take tneir proaucis io me school still continued in District were in r ruitnaie nauimaj mm state fair. The fair board has ap- x0. 31 with Charles F. Thompson in ed their dinner on top of Baldy propriated $1000 for prizes and charge. This year bids fair to mountain. about $2000 worth of commodities eclipse all former years In the re- Dr. and Mrs. Wafker nnd son, Hay have been contributed by stock grow-!8Uita obtained by the pupils. Mr. 1 mond, spent Sunday at Red Acres, era, poultrymen and merchants. The Thompson and the district are to be guests of Mr. and Mrs. llafiey prizes Include sewing machines, congratulated on the success, writing desks, flreless cookers,. ReTlval meetings are being con chests of tools, thoroughbred stock ,dll(.ted by Rev Mr stormer with the and blooded poultry. Superlnten-! he,p o( Mr Ryan flt the M E chlireh dent Lincoln Savage has just re-Th(? attendanoe 8 good and nopea celved the bulletins from State Sup-j ... tQ t t conver- erlntendent L. R. Alderman, and has i (on8 may bg made dur,ng th(j 8er(e8 Indies of Frultdale are preparing for a sale of aprons and Kaster "goodies" at the Pardee store, Fri day, April 5. The county's fraction engine was at work on the Pacific Highway last week. Work on tho new road near distributed them to the school chil- wm Cai., made a tHp tQ Grant8'tbe school bouse Is progressing. We dren of the county. ira8S Mondav. brlnelne out a load of "' know Just where it s going, nm In every other county the prizes ; for the local contest consist of cash or some commodity, but in Josephine j the prizes are all to be fine poul-1 try. There will be 27 entries for, children of under twelve years of age and 27 for children of twelve! years and over. In each case the first prize will be a trio of chickens, the second prize a pullet and a coek- erl, and the third prize a cockerel. According to Mr. E. F. Carleton, assistant state superintendent, who groceries for the store. The two Lemons boys, Jesse and Perkins, are hauling hay from the upper ranch to the home ranch at Bigelow's. PATTON PAINT CO., SOLD BY CRAMER BROS. ODDFELLOW'S BLOCK. Jap-a-Lac Oak Stains CaBh Hendricks Is here from Wolf Creek, near which place he Is en gaged In mining, to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hendricks. MA II III ED. Bee supplies at the Rogue River Hardware Co.'s. The Big Red Front. . 3-lo-2t SK.LMA. it's on Its way Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Jones and daughter. I.eona, Mrs. Hoffmann nnd Mrs. lleyer enjoyed a drive to Sav n ire Uanids Sunday, nnd were callers at the Havllnnd home on the return trip The many friends of Mrs. Howe, who. with Iter daughter, Mae, spent a year with her son, Charles Howe, in Frultdale. will be grieved to learn of her sudden death at Long Reach, Cal.. on Mondny of last Ira W. May and Lena Smith, both of Josephine county, were united In marriage at the home of J. S. Dobyns on Saturday. March 23, 1912, Fred eric M. Brooke officiating. HORN. DOUGLAS At Grants Pass, Oregon, Sunday, March 24, 1912, to Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Douglas, a dnghter. K. A. Perkins and family have stopped off here from a tour of vis- )llovt( t() tllp E Uale ralK.h we8t week. Ring high schools, to assist Superin-i()f Mei.lin wht,,.e Mr i.el.klllg has tak-' Grange will meet Saturday of this tendent Savage in organizing tne 'en a position. week, the regular day, April fi. be- contest for this county, no other; T,)ere ,a qi(te a )jt of onthusia8lll g given over to Pomona Grange at county has specialized in its list f : KM.e as tile reHlllt of Ule thrt,e auto Murphy. In place of tho usual pic prizes, and Mr. Carleton predicts . . f ,1I1B,nM ,, rui..(m(, mpll nlc dinner the meal will be served that Josephine county will have the whl(.h were tnrough our country at the supper hour, most successful contest of any coun-, Tuesday and Wednesday. Climbing Baldy mountain seems to ty in th state. j Mrs close of Wllderville was In be a popular fad, and numerous The plan of offering these lirl.es o)r vldnlty iaBt Monday. parties, ranging in size from the was determined at a meeting of the j R Tucker and fanlliy were jn small but delightful company of officers of the Grants Pass Poultry Grant8 Pass tne flrBt of the week on two, to the larger picnic crowd, pans association held late Wednesday at- business. Fruitdale almost dally, tei noon. The association will secure j Elbert Tucker spent Saturday and ' Coming events cast their shad the prizes, and the time of holding Suuday in our neighborhood. ows before" and judging from the the contest and other details will be w A jIag(le went to Qrants pass extensive accumulation of tin cans, arranged by a committee represent-! Tuesday, moving Will Eggars. c. already dumped on the Pacific ing the Pomona grange and a com-j Th neEnbors enjoyed a merry Highway, by the time Grants I'ass near Mule creek, has been in the city nlittee 0( teachers appointed by Sup- d ieaijant dan(.e at Mr Casey's in finished her spring hoiisecleanlng I RKLAND- Grants Pass. Oregon. Thursday, March 2S, 1912, to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ireland, a daugh ter. POWKUS- At WildervUlc, O.regon, Thursday, March 2S, 19 1 2. to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powers, n son. SOMK fine Barred Rock cookerels for sale; also eggn for hatching. Cockerels two and three dollars each. Eggs $1.&0 per setting. John Summers. 2-$-tf " f.stkaV NOTICE. KSTRAY Eight head of cattle, brand "H" on hip, crop and spilt of left and half under crop of right ear with dewlap. Iuformatloi wanted. T. J. Hussey, phon 710-F-11. R. F. D. No. 2. 2-16-61 MINI F.LLANKOl'8 R ANN IB, the plumber, la ready at any tnlnutv to repair your plumb ing. C09 II street. Telephone 140-R. 4-a-u EARL V. INGLES, B. So General assay and analytical work. Cement and asphalt testing. Best equipped assay office and testing labora tory In Oregon. All worl' guaran teed. Cal vert-Pad dock block. Phone 370-J. for several days on business, and will return to the mine shortly. For the past two months they have been con structing buildings and installing a 4-stamn mill, which Is expected to be In running order within the next 10 days. Frank C. Hammond, of Portland, who opened up a mining property in the Althouse district last summer, is manauer of the property. Box Siimt at Dixie Scliixd llou.e On April 6 the Sunday school will give a box social at the new school house near Dixie ranch .or the pur pose of raising the funds necessary to buy an organ for the church. About half the amount has already been secured throush a social given several months ago and It is hoped to get the balance at this time. Everyone Is cordially invited. rintendent Savage, at a meeting to be held in this city next Saturday. The products to be exhibited are as follows: Field corn, pop corn, sweet corn, watermelons, muskmel ons, pigs, potatoes,' pumpkins, squash, onions, cabbage, asters, sweet peas , apron (hand made), apron (machine made), dress, darn ing, bread, canned fruit, piece of furniture, labor saving device, ducks, chickens In Mediterranean class, American class, English class and miscellaneous, such as bantams and game. the Selma hotel last Saturday night, that stretch of roa.i wm no a umih Mr. Hough of Jerome Prairie was of beauty and h joy forever (?). in our neighborhood the past week. Hoe, rakes, spading forks nnd hand cultivators with genuine htt'K: ory handles can bo had at the Rogue River Hardware Co.'s. 3-22-2t CLASSIFIED ADS J. R. Tucker went to the city Tues day and R. C. Churchill returned Tuesday. Gopher-go will positively kill the gopher. Get It of Rogue River Hardware Co. 3-22-21 JF.KO.-lK I'KAIKIK. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dobyns of Grants Pass were here Sunday to ,, . r, di, attend Sunday school and to spend Bee supplies at the Rogue River, ' ' I h n ii..,' ii'i.n ,.1.1 lei.. ... III.. 3 22 4t uuj VI 1LI1 IJ1U 1 I K'lltjn Ul i mi: ! neighborhood. j, Mrs. C. J. Armstrong is visiting at ithe home of her brother, J. B. Dor- Hardware Co. iom:v BACK line's Soiiip Talk on Square Deals ough im Rogue river. Ohio Visitors Her? . Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Eddy of Lor ain, Ohio, arrived In Grants Pass Wednesday night and will spend a couple of weeks visiting various sec tions of the county. Mr. Eddy has been a reader of The Courier for two years past and Is much interested In this section, and will probably locate here when he quits railroading. He Lines. Fifty cents; that's all, for a box of MI-O-XA stomach tablets that will bring a smile to your 'yspepfc: coun tenance ten minutes after the first dose. And C. II. Demaray Htates that if MI-O-NA doesn't end the misery of indigestion or banish stomach dis tress of any kind, you can have your money back. This guarantee applies to the fol lowing ailments, gas. a' HIitv, heavi ness, distress after eat'nr. fermea- Is now the oldest engineer, in the point of service, cn the Baltimore & tation. heartburn, waterbrasb, behh- Ohio railroad. iniw. 'dizziness. nervousness, slee'deBsness. bad dreams, night- swt'.its. heala tie. constipation, ucs pnndi'nry. bloating, foul breath, mated tongue, sea or iar sickness, morning si kness Kftty cer.'s a box for MI-O-NA stomal h tablets at C. II. D-maray's ;uii driii: -'ists ever yw here. A Marriage Jesse W. Shook and Miss Maud York were united in marriage Mon day. March 2T.. 1912, at the NVman M. E. parsonate. Rev. W. R. Jeffrey officiating. The brioV Is a lister of Mrs. Fred Mensch of this city. The yount couple left Wediisday morn ing for Portland on a wedding trip, and to visit with relatives. They will reside in Veil. Orfeon. If .urn want to Increase your cress one half ue cir land plaster. Cement Products Co.. opposite S. P. Word is received that Miss Susie May, who has been in Chlco, Cal., for some time, will soon return home. Young CharleB Gelvitz and wife, a young couple from the east, who have ben visiting for some time with the young man's father, J. Gel vitz. left this week for California, where they expect, to visit for some time before locatlilg. Messrs. Roe and Workman have been cutting wood for Paul Rutten- cutter. Mr. Lathrops sister and husband and little daughter from Portland are visiting with Mr. Lnthrop for a few days before going to California, where they expect to locate. Mr. Thompson from Fruitdale spent. Sunday In our midst Mr. .1. Gelvitz has been Improving .... ,11 .i 1 1 ms larm iiy jimmm M'niips mm- mm tk. Mr. J. P.. Borough and son Floyd ln'end to move fin his place on NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the school board of School District No. 33, county of Josephine, Oregon, for the building of a new school hoiiso In snld district. Plans and specifica tions will be on file at the postoffice : in Kerby and with the district clerk, j Bids will dose at noon on April 0. 1 The board reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. V. D. 1 1 TNT, 3-22-3t District Clerk. Buggy whips at the Rogue Klver ( Hardware Co.'s. 3-22-21. I Telephone batteries, the good kind, at the Rogue River Hardware Co.'s. The Bl" Red Front. 3-la-2t HH HAJiK FOB SALE 2Ti pure bred Barred Kocks, on 11 1; hens and pnllets;2 fine cocks. Inquire ut I 01. ' North Sixth street. 3-29-It FOR SALE - Good si long farm team and wagon, especially good for or chard work. Kach horse weighs 1 2110 pounds. Call at Griietter's orchard 011 lower Applegate or tel ephone, 712-X-... :i-2'J-3t uT'AKT, MILL for sale .".-stamp mill, engine and Wilfley concen trator. Also a fine riding saddle, pni'-tlcally new. ('. L. Manguin, !Hij I) street, Grants Pass, Ore. It NlitSKKY STOCK at reduced prices. To dose out will sell all stock on hand at greatly reduced prices. , Still have nearly everything In sery line. Geo. II. Parker, 403, West D street. Phone 2S5-Y It nit .SAl.r, r resn cow; aiso Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for J. C. SMITH of Grants Pass Republican candidate for nominee for STATE SENATOR Primaries, April 19, 1912. ELBERT S. VEATCH candidate for republican nomination for CLKRK OF .lOSKIMUNE COUNTY Primaries April 1!, 1!M2. The pres ent deputy clerk. Five years' expe rience in the) office. Charles F. Thompson OK GRANTS PASS. ORE. Republican candidate for nomina tion for COUNTY CLERK Primaries April 19, 1912. THIS BOOK WORTH HEAPING. The Adle.r-1-ka book, telling bow you can EASILY guard against ap pendicitis, and bow you ran relieve constipation or gas on the stomach almost I.nSTANTLY, Is offered free for a short time by The National Drug Store. batching, T-'.c for If.. Henry lluck, Frultdale. Phone 703-F-13. Grants I'ass, Ore, 3-22-lt FOR SALE Pour seres of good fruit land Inside city limits un der city water; good, well-built six-room house and pantry; some bearing orchard within two blocks of North Main street, Jfl.fiOO. Write Box HIT, Ashland. Ore. 2t MADI I'.O S TRool'S TE III IT 0P TO SOI TH. depot. -22-tf Ckerrv i reek soon. They expe t to f 1 !Ve 'c- WASHINGTON, Ma nil 2S. To prevent the rebel troops from moving to the south, led- eral troops at Torreon st royed th' t the north, a" grams reiche hv the "title d' t'tl I t I'levt .iir' ad nrding 1 l.er- tra'-ks to !, t..e. III'.- In.! V I ! i t 4 i FIVE ACRES OF LAND, two mileH up the liver, v, ii ii small, new house, for sale I 'all at. Courier office. i-H-D. FOB SALE Mi acres, mostly creek bottom land, an be irrigated, I art clean-. 1 nnd In crop, good build-1 lugs, at your price If taken at once. Terms. Also best business hxatlon In Merlin. Address own .r, Pox in. Merlin, Oregon 2-K-lt TlloROI'GHBRED Brown and White Leghorn eggs $1.00 per swttlng; ahd a few hftis and puilets. F. O j T ileox. 407 Rogue River Ave. s Phone 323-R 2-9-1 3t J. M. MASON Democratic Candidate for SlIKIUFF .loSKPHINE Coi'NTV A strict enforcement of Ioeal Option and all other laws. J. E. PETERSON of Grunts 'in, Oregon Republican Candidate for Nominee for COUNTY TREASURER I'rinmiic April II), 1012. P IONEER ASSAYING AND REFINING CO. 1:1 1 .'.Hi St., mar C. S. Mint. SAN FRANCISCO (A M FORM A We buy i;old. rich ore, amalgam, and all mining productr,. We pay nsh and give a sipian; deal. Assay ing .".Or. Established 2" years. Ref erence, First National Bank of San Francisco.