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FRIDAY, Jl'LY 12, 1812. EEKLY ROGIK RIVER CO I HI Kit rAGE F1V GROCERIES CANNING SUPPLIES MASON JARS ECONOMY JARS JELLY GLASSES JAR RUBBERS JAR TOPS J. Pardee 417 G. Street snwJ 4 PERSONAL AND LOCAL. t Seth Bailey went to Portland Tues day night to spend his vacation. Miss Sarah Dewey of Flint, Mich., stopped off Tuesday morning to visit Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Strieker. Fruit jars a. the Logue River Hardware to. s. Mrs. J. Borick returned to her home at Portland Wednesday after visiting three weeks with her sister. Mrs. W. H. Robs. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harvey return- ed Tuesday night from Klamath Falls, where they have spent several 0ne Fourth ot July Afcldem days visiting. Albert the youug goc of j Q gee Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Crouch return- leV( wag eerlou8lv buriled ln botn d to the Almeda mine Wednesday eye on tne Fourth by lbe exploelcn morning, after spending several days ot a Bmall flrework. u wa8 eared for ln this city. 8 wnlle tDat thi gIght of one eve Geo. Sparlin of Scotts Bar, Cal.. mlght be lost but tbe doctorg now who has been spending the past week are confident that no permanent in visiting his people at Williams, left jury wlll re8uU TLe lad ls about Wednesday morning for Etna. Cal. elght year8 of age Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Knlsely of But- ler, Ind., stopied off Tuesday to spend a day with Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Maxwell. They Left Wednesday for California points. Miss Adeline Stewart of Roseburg arrived Wednesday night to visit her lister, Mrs. J. A. Wharton.' Mrs. N. Mackley left for her home at Portland Thursday morning after visiting Mrs. L. A. Heberlee for the past three weeks. Jelly glasses, the good kind, at Kogue River Hardware Co. for 40 tents per dozen. 7-12-2t Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Veatch and lit tle son and daughter, left Thursday for Cottage Grove to spend two weeks with Mr. Veatch'g mother and other relatives. Mra. A, J. Volk left Thursday morning for Tunnel 6 after visiting her brother, G. W. Donnell. She will spend some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Donnell. Mrs. Eliza Mendel left TutBday night for her home at ColumbuB, O., after viBitlng her son for some weeks. Mrs. Mendel ls much pleased with this section and expects to return ln the fall. Pure Manila binding , twine, the kind that goes 650 feet to the pound and works perfectly ln your knotter, can be had at 15c per pound at the Rogue River Hardware Co.'s store. Grants Pass Woman Honored At the Chautauqua at Ashland Wednesday afternoon a Southern Oregon Equal Suffrage leaque was organized and Mrs. Arthur Conklln was elected president, notwithstand ing strenuous efforts of Medford la dies to elect their candidate. Inspecting New Bungalow Mrs. E. Erlckson of Jacksonville has been ln the city Inspecting a new UuUB1U ... ChallBon, bai Just completed tor ner on Pine street, and on Thursday re turned to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Erlckson are expecting to move to Grants Pass In the near future to re side. June Weather Equable The report of Observer Paddo'k shows the weather for the month of June to havd been exceedingly equa ble. The warmest day of the month was the 6th, when the thermometer registered 9! degrees, and the low est was 36 on the nigbt of the 16th. The mean emptrature was 63 de-,from a rotten 1"? Hu'ert. wim a grees The rainfall for the month quick triage along the sights of the amounted to 1.59 inches. There. rifle, sent a bulle- into -he bears were 11 clear davs. four partly clear. Vain, making h!m a g'od f ear with : nd 15 cloudy. If you want to increase your crops cne half use our land plulnr. emect Products Co.. opposite S. P. depct ' J-22-tf MiMakeu Identity Irrigation Fnglneers Here . "Slim" Jone-v. who recently James Chinook and H. K. Donnolly. Jumped the bond which he had given connected with the state board of wa in a Merlin liquor case, was report- ter commissioners, can.e here from ed In Gold Beach Tuesday, and W. I. fcalem Friday, and left Saturday for Sweetland, one cf his bondsmen, was Wllderville, where they will lnvestl appointed a deputy sheriff, and start-! gate certain water rights on the Ap ed for Gold Beach to bring him home, plegate river. On reaching Waldo, however, Mr. Sweetland was notified that It was a Hull Hn, in Tokay Heights case of mistaken identity, not being Daniel Hull of Kansas City. Mo., "Slim" at all, and he returned to last week purchased from R. E. Kroh Grants Pass without his man. several of the latter's choice Tokay Height tracts. Mr. Hull, who Is Honeymoon at Asliland Ed. Allen and wife, nee Miss Anna Huber, who were married at the horn of the bride's parents in this city Sunday at noon, are spending their honeymoon at Ashland, but are expected here within a day or two. when they will commence house-1 keeping In the home the groom has provided for them on Fifth street, The wedding ceremony was perform- ed by Father Powers, the Catholic priest. ! If you want an irrigating plant put It In this season, you can save money and future worry by having the Rogue River Hardware Co. Inttall It. Talk over your wants with them. 2t Week-end Party Mr. and Mrs. Robert Randolph will entertain a week-end house party at their home, "Roanoke," at iHugo, from Friday evening to Moft-lto dav. The guests will ' be Misses Rafaellta Single and Marion Jeffers, and Messrs. Ernest Jeffers and Paul Blanchard, with Mr. and Mrs. G. D. ;WIlcoxon as chaperones. All the guests are from Murphv. Buys Case Automobile J. R. Gunning celebrated the Fourth by the purchase of a 5-pass-enger Case automobile from J. M. Tetherow. This is a handsome car and Mr. Gunning says ue bought It for a pleasure car and he will use It for that prp0Be soleiy. He left this m0rnln for Klamath Falls to resume his position as engineer at the Har vey. mill. .itteiKiing Mineral oi I'augtuer . T .... t - r.- ... I day night, called there on account I of the death of his daughter, Mrs. C. J. wells, wnicn occurrea luesaay; morning. .Mrs. Lnper went to Ai bany some weeks ago to be of assist ance to her daughter. The funeral waB hed at Albany Wednesday at 10 a. m. with Interment ln the Ma Bonlc cemetery. Mr. Luper was ac companied by his son, L. E. Luper. Will .Make Old Channel Clean-up Sheriff Will Smith, who was op pointed by Judge Calkins of the cir cuit court to make the clean-up in the Old Channel mine, left Wednes day morning for Merlin, from which point he will take the stage to Galice, there to carry out the orders of the court. He thought that it would re- qulre from a week to ten days to re cover all the gold from the sluice boxes and riffles. The go'4 is to be produced ln court, and distributed according to court Instructions. Scrapped and Paid Fine R. E. Stebbins, who came here from Portland recently in charge of the big trucks brousrbt to haul ore ' from the mines and to do local j trucking, and J. Eatcb, one of the truck drivers, tried to settle a dlf- ference of opinion Wednesday morn- M ftnd rrMisrls Police Judge Johnston's little aside of "15 and costs" had a cooling effect on the ardor of the two men. however, tneir t pleas of guilty to the charge of - creatine the disturbance bringing their the light assessment V , . . . Hubert Cahill. of H-.go. celebrated the Fourth of July by killing his first bear. The lad. with tic brother. Du- re.l. was o-t n me ov-ov uuu- ing Jack rabbits in the orchard when thev ran across bruin digging ants the one shot, and new. oi course, iVcry proud of the tr"l.y of his skill. The animal was of tr.e e.a- k an-1 wlzhed abo-t b"".nd Artlstl" Job Wcrk a' tie Co-.rler ninih enamored of Grants Pass and its surrounding country, contem - plates making this city his home and ' I110V his-family here in the near future. Little Child Me George, the 7-nionths-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Go. MoLo, living on a farm five miles north of the city, died Wednesday of marasmus. The par-j"P enta are Italians and have lived In the county about a year. The fath er Is away working, but Ij expected home at once. Mrs. Hong Head- Jessie Bell Hob?, wife of Edward W. Hoag, died at the family home on East D street at two o'clock this serious transportation problem of afternoon, of Brtcht's disease. Fun- the Southern Oregon and Northern eral services will be held Saturday California dlst-lct. A first effort was afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at Hall's, made to Induce the Southern Pacific Chapel. The remains will be taken .to build it as a spur, connecting with Janesvllle. Wisconsin for Inter- ment. The deceased was 29 years, ;11 months and 23 days of age, and leaves a husband and one daughter, seven years of age. to mourn her denth. Planting Trout State Gam Warden W. L. Find ley passed through the dty Thursday morning enroute to Klamath Falls with Sn.onn trout which he will plant in the streams of that section. He was accompanied by Photographer Welster of Portland, who will take motion pictures in the Klamath coun try. Mr. Flndley stated that he would be In Grants Pass Inter with rainbow and eastern brook trout which are to be planted In tbe smaller streams of the country. More Auto I ruck- ; Tw0 more automobile trucks have been seen on the streets of Grants Pass the past week. One of them, a 5-ton Pierre Arrow, arrived the b0,,rtn' nav,ng Deen arnen ,n lTm Portland, and Is Intended for hauling gravel and crushed rock for Grants Pass street Improvement work. The other truck nassed throufth this city 'en route from Eureka. Cal., to Scotts fl WQ pag ,g about 90 g b)U ,t wftg n(,regsary t0 travel by wagon road, 330 miles. a distance of about Funeral of Mrs. Hoag Held The funeral of Mrs. Edw. W. Hoag, who died of Brlnht's disease at jthe family residence Friday, was held at Hall's chapel Saturday af- ternoon and at nignt tne oereaveu husband and little daughter left with the body for Janesvllle, Wis., the former home of the deceased. She will be laid to rest In Milton Junc tion cemetery near Janesvllle, where members of the family are burled. Mr. Hoag will return to Grants Pass In a few weeks, but the daughter, lda R wj )ve wttb her grandmoth- er. Mining Men to Go to TaKilma Messrs. A. P. Rogers of New York. R. B. McGinnis of San Francisco and C. W. Hitchcock of Cleveland arrived in the city WedDesuay night, and Thursday morning left for Takllma. beDg accompanied by Manager W. K j!(aai of the Takllma mine, who met tbe gentlemen here. They went out by aut0i taking a large quantity of surveying and drawing instru- menU, and rep0rt ha. it that they will make a complete survey oi tne jXakllma and lt9 smelter with the j vlew 0f having It put in the best pos- cjtde shape for operation on a large i grale Hore Commit Suicide ' A horse belonging to C. H. Peter drowrnd Thursdav bv walk ,, .. ,. ,v ,, oor (ng off the bluff Into the river near the white rocks, a half mile above this city. Being blind, and likely injured f. in ov mil --.- v. - ' the water, the equine wag unable to find Mb way to the shore, and his corpse finally hung up on the old dam jjust below the brldire Belnsr at about the exact middle of the river, thPrn was some eonfll't of opinion as to whether It was a matter for the county rr city to deal with In d!spoB Ins of the rody, and It was still orna 'mentir.g 'h scenery '.h'f yeswrdav afternoon. h'.,ier rnovd u-t-r in t ! 1 ( e n ! . v Railroad From Grants Pass Is the Report i The report comes from Portland that the building of a railroad up the Applesato river from urants Pass to the Blue Ledge mining district has been financed. While no verification of the re- .Port has heen obtained at this writ- 1 those iw,,n '"'"i who are best in touch railroad matters believe tnat it is substantial, and that the voa.t is t0 le constructed at once. Tne report, as published In the , Portland Journal of Thursday even- lnS is as follows: "A railroad to cost H.OOu.OOO and t0 extend r2 miles from Grants Pass the AppWate river has been financed and authorized by the own ers of the copper mines In the Blue Ledge mining district. The contract for the rails has been let, the final survey is to be made at once and the contrail fr the construction of the road will be let soon The building of this railroad is to solve an old and ithelr lines at Grants Pass. This ei- loit failed. K. M. Chester, local ! agent of the eastern capitalists who are financing the road, has been ln Portland several days completing final arrangements for the construc tion. The road will be partly In agri cultural, partly in mining country." DltHTON Will. Itlll.lt Ml lil HV GHANGF. II ALL. E. W. Britton, of the city, was the successful bidder for the erection of Sam doesn't know how rich he Is ln I ,the new hall to be built at Murphy, lands and mineral resources. He has j his bid of J1.787 being the loweat of been trying to find out for three I the eleven that were submitted, years, with a board of experts, but j iWork is to be commenced within the :the stock-taking 1b still unfinished, .next week, and the building complet-j j ed within thirty days. if you are not making money out j i The structure will be 40x92 feetjof imi. nl . ,,,. Hlore HI)(1 , in size, ana two stories nign. jne,i,.t us show von how to Increase vour upper floor will contain what is prom- lapA ,n .... ..bRnlutelv th heat rtanca floor In Southern Oregon," and from Instructions that have been given the builder, the promise Ib sure to be made good. As soon as tbe building ls ready for occupancy a series of entertain ments and social parties are planned, frnm the nrnceprifi nf which the hall ' , be cleared of indebtedness. Mur phy has never had to take a back seat when it came to entertaining Its friends, and with a modern hall and lodge room It wlll likely surpass Its present reputation. i SEATTLE, July 11. After serving :nne monthg of a two vearg- sentence, ,t ,g reported today that George 11. park(.r promoter of United Wireless 'stock, will be paroled within the next few dayg parker Is Imprisoned at McNeH'a Island. j You can't swat the fly your i cows, but you can use No-Fiy, which will keep the flies off of them. Try It at once and vou will alwavg use It. Rogue River Hardware Co. :'t NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The deferred annual meeting of the stockholders of the Josephine County Irrigation & Power company I will be held In the Commercial club I rooms In tbe city of GrantB Pass, .Oregon, on July L:ird, 1!H2. at 2j I o'clock p. m. for the purpose of elect- , jlng a board of directors and the! transaction of such other business as1 should come before the meeting. All j stockholders are urged to be present. JnRE:t,HrNE C0UNTY IRRIGATION !712.2t By j o Rlggs SeCy j CONTRACTORS AND HIILDKItS ATTHNTION! : This ls the opiortunlty you have ibcen looking for. All the lumber of the Three Pines Lumber Co., consist ilng of assorted yard stock of fir and jrarJoa(Jg of 4 foot flr W0(,d on dof:) , ready for delh ry, now en sale In ! nuantltipK to suit. 'JEFFERSON i ,v cfl.. r ,,, D. COOK, Receiver, Thr'e Pines, Oregon. CITY TltLASl RLR'K NOTICK. There are funds In city treasury to redeem all warrants prot'S'ed to August 1st, l&l". Interc-' will ease after Line 20th. Iaed at Grant? P,t-. ( m-w i;. 'hlf 2Mb. day of .Lire, 1012 p ii';"r;:iL Hi - Ti ;. , 1 -- 4 1 Are You Ready for August 1st? What would you have done with i late model Whu timer or a new autoloading Remington on last year's hunting trip? lon't wait until the Inst moment, lut get your ruii picked out now. We have them all rnlihre ami full length, small or larjje calibre'. The new 22-Remington At $0.50 Is tine lor turret shooting You naturally will do some lUlilng ami we can show you the best selected line of toils, rwN anil line at rlht price. Cramer Bros, ODD FELLOWS' h:ts. 65 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR The balance of the bankrupt grocery stock of Dixon & Co Is for sale at 65 cents ou the dollar. This stock consists of. spices, teas, extracts, lamp chimneys, economy and Foster Seal Fast fruit Jars, etc. Fixtures, consisting of computing scales, trucks, McCasky register, cheese cutter, shelving, vegetable rack, show cases and cash register, are also offered at a big bargain. Apply to d. RAPHAEL, At Southern Oregon Supply Co., Grants Pass, Orenon. I'NCLK SAM'S M ltlLV THL'ASIRK. WASHINGTON. July 11. Uncle profits. Koyue River Hardware Co, not mt: of mii:hiit sai.i:. in the Circuit Court of iho State of Oregon in and fur Josephine Coun ty. Robert Keed, Plaintiff, VB. The Southern Oregon Supply Company, u cor poration, licl'c ml a nt My virtue of an execution Issued out of tho circuit court of the state of Oregon In and for the county of Josephine upon a judgment rendered ami docketed In said court April 15, 1!(1S, In an action wherein Robert ltee( Is plaintiff and the Southern Oregon Supply Company, defendant, in favor of said plaintiff and against the said defendant for the sum of $ 1 ,:. K 1 with Interest thereon at the rate of X per cent, per annum from the 27th day of December, 1911, and $,".11.(111 iittorney'B fees and the furth er sum of $10.00 for costs and dis bursements of and upon this writ, which execution was directed and de livered to nie tis sheriff of (lie above named state and county and pursuant .thereto I have levied upon and am directed to sell upon virtue of such 'execution anil Judgment of the icourt. the following descrllied real property, to-wlt; Lots ti and i in II. it. Miller and jCoiiipiiny'H addition to the town now ,cty, of Grants Pass, Josephine coun ty, Oregon, and also the west one half of lot 2 In Hlock h of J. Bourne's first addition to the town, 'now city, of Grants Puss, Oregon, j Now therefore, by virtue of said I execution and .lodgment and In coni .plliuice with the commands of said I writ. I will on the 1 7 1 n day of Au jgiiHt, lit I 2, at the hour of 10 o'clock 'a. mi. at the front door of the county icourt house In Grants PaHS, Jose phine county, Oregon, seil at public million subject to statutory redemp tion to the highest bidder to cash In hand, all right, title and Interest which the within named defendant, the Southern Oregon Supply Com pany, a corporation, had on the 15th day' of April, I !H 2. In and to the above described property, or any por tion thereof to satisfy sold execu tion. Dated this 11 day of July. 1912. WILL C SMITH, Sheriff for Josephine County, Ore. SRin Troubles Grow In Hot Weather l'i'!hii!ni!M pcrspiiation (iiusex rash ex, bles, hloti hen. pimples and 1 , r i My lie;it. orien the lieuiinilng of v. llell fck ill trolllilex, 'I'd wash awiiv the poison entirely apply the Kiinple solution D. D. D. I'l en 1 Ip'lori. the fiiimius -pecHlc for i;,i:n,i. For we inn L'lye you 1 vi. th.'it 1! e very first c'!eiiii.;g, BLOCK. WATKK HAGS. FRUIT GROWERS ATTENTION A commission house owned and controlled by fruit and pro duce grovers guarantees you a square deal on your products consigned to us. Ample mar kets, ability and Inteiilty, are. our hopes (,f success. We want consignments of early fruits and produce. Peaches, tomatoes, melons and canteloupes can -i hanJled ln large quantities at all times. Correspondence solicited. COWLITZ Fill IT K PRODUCE ASSOCI ;io.v. C. C. .Stephen, Mgr. Kelso, Wnh. NOTRE TO CONTRACTORS. District No. 22, Hugo, Oregon, asking for bids ou frame school house, plans and specifications may be had for a period of four days by deposit of $5. Plans at the office of A. J. Green, architect, 606 E street, lilds to be sealed and accompanied by certified check for 1100 addressed to County School Superintendent Lincoln Savage, and marked "Did on School Route." Dlds wlll be opened at superintendent's office July 20, at 3 p. m. Building must be completed by September 7. GOV, W I IKON TAKES DAY OFF AND WoKkS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10. Fatigued by the two weeks of al most continual receptions that he baa held at Sea Girt, Governor Wilson to day utilized much of his time in At lantic City to catch up on his corres pondence. He did not appear until nearly noon. Governor Wilson's day In Atlantic City was planned to be brief. At noon be was to lay the cornerstone (f the Y. M. C. A. and at 2 p. m. he was scheduled to address tbe annual convention of the National Building k Loan association on the steel pier. "I am here as governor of New Jer sey and not as a presidential candi date," he said, and added that poli tics would have no place In his talks Tents at ware Co.'i. tbe Rogue Rlv Hsrd-6-14-tf drops soothe ri I hen I tbe Inflamed skin as nothing cl.-'e can. Ue Miiich for the wonderful prop erties of D. D D, for we ,.tmw that If brings 1 11 nt a 11 1 relief for all kinds of skin trouble et if the first regu lar bottle doe- i,ot prove this beyond ciuestion 11 wl not rout yon a tent. Hetter n--l us about D. D. D. today. scl!n dnifM