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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1912)
WEEKLY ROGIX KIVER COl It I Ell PAGE mi Ikmglas Pioneers Locate C. P. Totten and family, pioneer DEATH ENTERS THE YOORHIES HOME GROCERIES residents of Douglas county, have I moved here frcui Glendale to become permanent residents of Grants Pass. ;They are residing u 602 West C. street. Ar. ana Mrs. Totten are I parents of Mrs. R. H. Creager of this city. MRS. HANNAH XI. .MOTHER OF A. E. PASSES AWAY AT IN PORTLAND. VOORHIES. VooUUiha. HEK HOME FRIDAY, JVXE 28. 1912. CANNING SUPPLIES MASON JARS ECONOMY JARS JELLY GLASSES JAR RUBBERS JAR TOPS J. Pardee 417 G. Street PERSONAL AM) LOCAL. ft Mr. and .Mrs. W. H. McNeill of Oakland, Cal., are h;re for a Uu day's visit to their daughter, .Mrs. C. W Stutenroth. H. G. Wrigi.t of Gallce has re ceived a new Ford Commercial Road ster through the agency of Joseph Moss. R. H. Gllfillian has gone to Myrtle Point, In Coos county, where he will spend the summer doirg cement work. Judge Wurtsbaugh will leave Mon day for Oakland, Cal., on a combined business and pleasure trip. He will be absent a week. Rev. J. L. Green and little son re turned Thursday morning from Wood burn, where Mr. Green has been at tending the annual camp meeting of the Church of God. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Norton return ed Wednesday from a two-day's camp ing trip at McVeys. near Holland, in the Illinois valley. They traveled in the new Ford auto, and the trip was made without mishap. . K. L. Miller and son. A. W. Miller, who, with their families have recent ly come here from the state of Wash ington to locate, and have taken up s homesteads and mining claims about fifteen miles out, were transacting business in this city Wednesday. A. E. Glopsop left .Thursday for the Coos Bay country, which district he will look over with a view of lo cating if it suits him. Mrs. Glossop has gome to Wllderville, where she will remain till they are permanent ly located elsewhere. Don't let him live we mean the house fly. Get a 10-cent fly killer at Cramer Bros. H More June Brides Marriage licenses were granted Wednesday by th- county clerk to Enoch Jasper Garrison and Anna Driscoll, both of Kerby, and to Frank E. Dutter and Clive A. Bailey, of Grants Pass. Grants Pass Man In Hotel Fire Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barrie have re ceived a letter from their son, Frank, who Is ln Portland, telling of his nar - row escape from death ln the recent burning of the Templeton lodging house. He was asleep on an upper floor when the fire broke out, and when he awoke the flames were com ing through the floor into his room. He was nearly overcome with smoke, but was rescued by a fireman, though slitrhtly burned. Former Station A Rent Visits R. K. Montgomery, the Southern Pacific agent at Sheridan, Ore., ar - rived Wednesdav evenlne and has been visiting old time friends. It will be remembered that he was the railroad agent in this city previous to the coming of Mr. Islam and had been in charge of affairs here two or three years. He has twice been era- . . i .vi n. ployed by the company In this city. the first time some 15 or 16 years ago. He has many friends In Orants Pass, who are always glad to receive a visit from him. unntv PriMHier Work on Itoads j Thp three men who have been re- , Fldinp at the county jail are now j helping Improve Josephine county roads. Messrs. Hogue and Akers. ! who were serving out sentences Im posed by Judi.e Ifolman for the il legal sale of liquor, are employed on r"ad work In the vicinity of Kerby. and Maxfield, convicted on a like charge. Is at work or. the Hay? hill crade. County prisoners who elect to do road worn ramer man isj uui time !n Jail, are allowed one dollar pfr day In addition f tbe'r Ufi Grants Pans 1m- at Ashland In the official program issued for the Chautauqua session at Ashland. Grants Pass day and W. C. TJ. U. days are transposed, the proper date fur Grants Pass day being Wednes- day, July 10th, on which date people of this city will furnish musical program. the the Circuit Court Joly nth ; Judje F. M. Calkins, who is now in Portland assisting the circuit judges ,of that city in clearing up their dock ets, will bo In Grants Pass to con- jvene an adjourned term of the clr- 'cuit court for Josephine county on Friday, July 5. No Jury will be sum moned and only equity cases, motions and other matters will be heard. Coming to Grants Puss- Frank Bailey, who a few days ago sold his store at Provolt to L. A. Moore, of Baker county, was In jGrantsPass today arranging to move nis lanmy to tms city while ne l8,Portiand. She leaves a husband and 1 i l.i i i . . moamg over several ouoiness propo- sltions for an investment. He rented Ed. Bines' house on C street, near Second, and will take possession of it the last of this week. JiuUe Jewell Insets Road Judge Stephen Jwell of the coun- ty court went by stage to Love Sta- tlon Wednesday to Inspect the work I i. t . i r T 1 1 - a ueing none on najs mu. near u ary 5 1841 at iiter, Mass. While point. This work is ln charge of Con very youn8 her father d)ed and her Fenner, and tj)e judge states that it!mother went t0 Oakland county, is progressing finely, and would wlth ,.. ,am,w Sh wnt greatly improve the highway to the r jifi t x in rweroy uisirici. u win ue cumpieieu within a few daj's. Ilest Cash Price For veal and beef meat. Anv quantity. 133. Karner's market. or any other Call or phone fi-2-2t Eastern Star Wednesday A special meeting of Josephine Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, has been tailed for Wednesday, July 3, at which itlation. time there will he in- r. w. Joiiiisnii i;-tui'ii C. W. Johnson returned Tuesday evening; from Alaska, where he has been for some weeks closing up his affairs In the northern country pre paratory to coming to Grants Pass to make his permanent borne. He was met at Portland by Mrs. Johnson, who bad remained here during ills trip north. The Johnsons have a twenty-acre farm Just northwest of the city limits which they are devel oping as a home place, having recent ly remodeled the house and made other Improvements. Best Cash Prices For veal and beef or any other meat. Any quantity. Call or phone 133. Karner's market. 646- 1 a quart of Fly Knocker and a hand isnraver will pave lots of milk from being spilled. $1 for the pair at ! Cramer Bros. It A pike is not only a fish but alBO the !e8t stone for sharpening knives and kitchen tools. The India Kant break sharpener at 3 cents Is just the thins for kitchen knives. Sold only by Cramer Broi. It I j ! H"" Tiionorr.ii wf.k. drant l'ai tti.eii tun Finil l-'reedom From l i I " Tr'm'tle. If you suffer from ba''narke From urinary disorders Any curable disease of the kid- ii'f- I. se a tested kidne Doan,B K(dney p,i;g JtJPSterl by thousands. remedy, lave been Grateful people teg'ify. Can you aek more convincing proof of merit? L. H. Dyer. 77 Pine St.. Ashland. Ore., says: "For five months I suf fered from kidney troubles. The kidney secretions er unnatural and I bad pains that extemU-d from the small of my back Into my shoul ders. My head bothered me. My f,tmefite failed and the kidney sc re- Itions contained selm-nt. .Notnin--' h' lpcd me In the lens' until I used iDoan's Kidney Pills. This prep:'ra iti'm n..i or'lv rid me of kidney com plaint hut mad m feel better in I t-v r way." I For sile bv all deri;ers Price ,'ft j etit. v v Foser-Mllburn Cu Ti i T rk. sole neen's Ur t!i'- I'n el ?tli,fi9 j" H,Lev jh, ,i liiirif -Dar i A dispatih from Portland, rtstiveu in this city Sunday evening at 0.30, announced the death of .Mrs. Haunah ,.M. Voorhittt, the mother of A. iVoorhl". Proprietor of The Courier.) Mia. vournies iiaa Deeu in tailing . health for some mouths, but a letter was received by the morning mal' Sunday announces that she was bet ter and her relatives here felt eu- couraged over the good news, but lat-1 er the telegraph brought the sad an- j nouncement of her death. A. E. ' Voorhies took train No. 16 Sunday evening and reached the parental horn; in lortland on Monday morn ing The funeral was held Wednes day afternoon. Rev. J. J. S:aub oftl- ; elating: Interment was made in the- i beautiful Mt. Scott cemetery! Deceased was well aud favorably known in Uruuts Puss as she and her husband were accustomed to make long visits with their son in this city Mrs. Voorhies was a member of the Sunnyslde Congregational church of! tWQ gon8i Cnegter R( re8ldig ln Port. laridi and Amos E. in Grants Pass. iTnere are yet vnK 8,x of her br0n j .i, , .n., children. This lady was an exemp- j lary character a true mother in j Israel, who had kept the faith and llved for tn0Be wnom ghe ,oved an(1 wno loved her. I Hannah M. Earle was born Febni- to ve w!tn an unclC( and at the .,. of ,h . marPuH tn t y Voorhies on his return from the front. They went to live on a farm six miles from Greenville, Mich., I then a pioneer country. After 10 j years on the farm the)' removed to ' Stantou, in the same county, where j Mr. Voorhies went Into business and there they made their home tor an other 10 years. In 191, Mrs. Voor hies came west to Portland to Join her husliand who had preceded her. and lived there until her death with the exi eptlon of the time spent in ; Orants Pass. j Tlie deceased was a woman In del- j icate health for 40 years but always active and she always spent her mo ments of reBt with her needle sewing for, others, and many friends cherish I articles of fine needlework done by ber own hands even though crippled by rheumatism. The last few months of her life she was unable to walk and during the last weeks did not again take up her needle which had been her con stant companion for so many years. She leaves many friends both here and in Portland who will mourn' her death. COMING EYKST8 July 3, Wednesday County court for Josephine county will meet fot July term. July 8, Monday Opening of Ellf convention at Portland. July 4, Thursday Fourth of Jul celebration at Hervey's grove, III! cols valley. July 5, Friday Adjourned term o. circuit court fcr Josephine count) will be convened in Grants Pass. July C, Saturday July meeting o! fruitdale Grange. July 19-20, Friday knd Saturday- Mining Cong res at Treka, Cal. If our boy wants a bargain In a second hand bicycle, ask Cramer Bros, to show hlm those two wheels at $fi and 110. H CON THAI TOKS M ATTWNTinV in il li i: Thls Is the opiortnnlty you have been looking for. All the lumber of the Three Pines Lumber Co., consls' Ini; of assorted yard Bto k of fir and (edar lumber, together with sfveral carload? of i foot fir wood on dock ready for delivery, now on sule ln quantities to suit. JKl-V'KKSON I). COOK, Receiver. -2 -4 1 Three Pines, Oregon. c i i v tiu:si rki'. s mu i:. There are funds In city treasury tn redeem all warrants prott-sted to Aueust 1st, litld. Intrest will ease af'er Ji.ne 3'oh Dated at Grant i'a.-s. O-eifi.ii, 'hl-:-vrh day t .June, 1 : I 2 . O 1 .IKSTKR. C-2-4'. ( '". T;.-.-:.:i-' r 2 alnolii in A Holiday Bishop's rt C. P. BISHOP & CO. MAfiY JERSEY CATTLE ON THE OPEN RANGE Mr. and Mrs. t'. (. Billow, luioui panied by Mrs. Frank Topping and her daughter, Miss Haitei. in Crants Pass today, the ladies shop ping and Mr. Blgelow attending to some business matters. I'ntil last year Mr. Blgelow was one of the largest stock raisers ln Kogue Klver valle'. 'vn fr("" 400 ,0 t;,,n haitle which he pastured on the Grey- i,ack mountain range, and a saddle Lm w hU ever-present mode of I jtravel. Now lie rides in a tine auto aud ills clanking spur, saddie, Iioij 'arid dogs, as also his cattle on a Ithoimnnd hills are of the pas'. f.r he has gone into the dairy and creamery business, lie has 4$ head of cows, u)l high grade Jerseys selected from the most noted herds ln the Willam ette valley, that are each avejanliii: 'above a pound of butter per day. These cows he keeps In the broad t.;lfa pastures on his line lun-n f.:rm in Williams valley. He is of the heay stockholders ami ii dent of 'be AipieKate-Villl!!!i 'creamery at Provolt. INDICT PORTLAND WEN. PORTLAND, Jitte H7. -- Vayoi Rushlight, Chief of Polue Slover a:i! Captain of Deieitlves liaty were in dieted today by the county grai.u j..r In connection with the ctiar;;e mad by Deputy District Attorney Coitoi that the city detectives, acting under orders, had attempted to bribe him TIjB exact charge is not known. Clifford Maddux and Prank O .Reed, former police chiefs, also were Indicted. All the defendonts arc (.harged with attempting to bnbi Deputy District Attorney Collier. It Is charged that 4u0 was offered ( '. 1 licr to obtain the dismissal of a true t ill charging Reed and Maddux wltl iortlou. It Ik asserted that the al lleed oflering of money to Culiier wai p.irt of a plot to ";;et tbe tons on' f ollUr, as u, graftei and armt Mm Chief of I'olbe Hlover and Mayoi .Rushlight admitted kr.owle'lg" of th 1 1 !o', saylrm It was Uvltltna'c to us :-..h methods as they believed ( u l.'-r dishonest and thought they n ilil thus cxK,se him. j Collier directed the vthiu J.iry h few weeks ao w hen that bo 1 Ihr'cigl.t In a leport severely irltl'K 1 tl.-e pc.li-e d' ' irti.' M V.r : ' Ifsinir l)rllr', .- i l l otl i- ' tip r''r" I- f Is What You MaKe It CELEBRATE your Fourth of July firing off your old clones and "on with the new." No matter where you go, you will be well dressed if you wear Ready Tailored Clothes Everything here to make a man cool and comfortable on the Fourth. $10.00 TO $25.00 MOVES AGAHST REBELS. Cllllil'AIil'A. .ivine .'7. With federal General Huerta sending his lull Ihilc hi' on tiu.'i's against the '.nil stroiiKholils at 1 tail) i in I .a . Hi '. lies from here, and conll lent ly as ...1111(5 thai he wi.l i'u iu Clilliiialiuu Hitliin live days, the crisis in the Mexi' nu revolution is believed to be at hand today. The rebels, w ell entrenched, and c.rougl.. lui tilled, uie awaillug the attack with a force equal to that of the federals. dencral Huerta has moved his ar tillery up to within seven miles of the rebels. Witjj this he will attack 'hem from the center, while he has sent out two flanking columns to at tack from either side. Consternation reigns here among the foreign residents, many of whom hnve raised the flag of their own na tions over their dwellings. It 1s jthouunt that in case of defeat the Rebels will Me- Into Chihuahua, which Is now under their control, burning bridges behind them, in this event ii disorganized flht Is looked for. '.tiding with rioting and looting with- in the clty. Grants PassOpera House T. F. Hanley, Mgr. Thursday Evening July 4th Katherine Oliver-McCoy Greatest of Readers. In a Repertoire including: "The Little Minister," "What Every Woman Knows' "Alice Sit by the Fire" and "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie; "Bunty Pulls the Strings," by Graham Moffatt; "Drumtochty Folk," by Ian Mc claren; "Doctor Luke of the Labrador," by Nor man Duncan; "That Lass o' Lowrie's," by Bur nett; "The Sky Pilot," by Ralph Connor; recita tions also from Robert Burns, Browning and Shakespeare. ENTERTAINMENT BEGINS 8:45 O'CLOCK. Sale cf '.eats at Russell's Tuesday. Prices 25 and 50 ocnts. j ion mi nt l'IJ MICHAH-S, STERN A CC4 iOUltiTtR. N. Y. El Tli ( IoiIiUm s I McoiniiLc ' milk by nslnt; inilkiim time, 'ramer limn. our i .iwh to more ''ly Knocker" at $I.J." per gallon nt It If you want to increase your crops one half use our land plaster. Cement Products Co., opposite 8. P. depot. 3-22-tf Tents at ware Co.'s. the Rocue Rlvs Hard-6-14-tf FRUIT GROWERS ATTENTION A commission house owned and controlled by fruit tfbd pro duce growers guarantees you a squaro deal on your products consigned to us. Ample mar kets, ability and Integrity, are our hopes of success. We want consignments of early fruits and produce. Peaches, tomatoes, melons and cnnteloupes can handled In lare quantities at all times. Correspondence solicited. COWM'IV. I HUT Ai PltOIHTK ASS( M IATIOX. (', (', Stephens, Mjfr. Kelso, Wash. i (er I." Maud