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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, I9i2 PAGE TWO WEEKLY HOG I E RIVER COURIER PERSONAL AXD LOCAL. C. K. Root of Kotteburg arrived Sunday to spend a few dayi with bla mother. Mrs. C. S. Bixby went to Corvallls Sunday and will probably go to Port land also. Elmer Borwbk returned Sunday to Rcedvllle after visiting the W. II. Ross family. B. P. Hogue and family came In from Kerby Sunday and will spend few weeks In this vicinity. Miss Mildred Thresher went to Jacksonville Monday to be with an aunt, Mrs. C. F. Dunford, who Is 111. Miss Fleda Wooldrldge returned from Med ford Sunday evening, after visiting several days with friends. Mitts Mattie Earner left Sunday for her home at Guthrie, Okla., after spending several months here. C. L. Proebstel, secretary of the mining congress, stopped over Sun day In this city, enroute from Port land to Yreka, Ca. Mrs. L. D. Hart of Kerby returned to Grants Pass Sunday night from Punmnulr, where she- had spent four weeks with her sou, Geo. Hart. Mrs. J. II. Howard returned to her home at San Francisco 8unday after spending several weeks with old friends and attending to business matters. Mrs. Geo. Sliattuck and son, Charles, and Mrs. Nancy Hunt of Te hama, Cal., are visiting relatives here, and will also visit at Missouri Flat before returning home. B. V. Smith and family left Mon day by automobile for Williams, whore they will spend a day or two and then go to Crater Lake for a week. "PROFESSIONAL 0AKDS M. 0. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to CTE, EAR, NOSE and " HROAT Olaisea fitted and furnished. Office hours 9 to 12; 2 to B; ji by appointment. Phones 62 and 1(6- Q RANTS PASS, OREOON. . . . V. L. DIMMICX, D. M. D. DENTI8T Corner 6th and 0 streets Phone S03-J. Crown, Bridge Work and Fillings of All Kinds, a Specialty. O'flce hours, t to 12 a. m. 1 to I p. m. All Work Positively Guaranteed GRANTS PASS, OREGON. E C. MAOY, D. M. D. DENTIST Successor to Dlion Bros., Dentists First-class Work. 101 H South Sixth, Grants Paas. Or H. D. NORTON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and FedoraL Courts. Office, Opera House Block. 0. S. B LAN 0 HARD ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and Federal Courts. Hanking A Trust Co. Bldg GRANTS PASS, OREGON. J. D. WURTSBAUGH Attorney and Counselor at Law Notary Public lu office. Oflce In Howard Block. Phone bi-J GRANTS PASS, OREOON. D. L. JOHNSTON ASSAYER North Stairway. GRANTS PASS, OREOON. Rooms 6 and 7, Oners House Block. M. C. H. DAY CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Residences a Specialty. Plans and estimates furnished. Residence, East A ;Jt. Phone 10I-J GRANTS PASS. OREOON. G. H. BINNS As Y I K Established 19 or &o7 E sheet, orposlte Colonial hcM, Grants Pan. Ore. , 1 Mrs. Geo. Carr returned Monday nltrht to her fcorr-e at Ca!!'. Mrs. R. A. Harnden went to Med ford Tuesday for a short stay. Miss Mable Callaway left Tuesday morning for Eugene and Newport for a short visit. A. and A. W. Dubury left Tuesday morning for Bandon to engage in salmon fishing for the season. Mrs. A. S. Barnes and daughter, Miss Maude, returned to their home at Ashland Tuesday, after spending a few days with Bert Barnes and family. II. E. Booth and a mining engineer of Portland came to Merlin Monday to look over the Copper Standard property. Mr. Booth returned to his home near McMlnnvllle Monday night. A. W. Butler went to Glendale Tuesday. F, L. Trummell went to Ashland on business Tuesday. Mrs. M. Zimmerman left Tuesday for San Frunclsco. Miss Ethel Woodcock returned Tuesday from her visit at Portland. Mrs. C. F. Nutting and daughter, Miss Katherlne, left Tuesday morn ing for a visit with friends at Junc tion City. Mrs. J. C. Powers and two children left Tuesday fur their honut) at Mari copa, Ariz., after visiting relatives In thin county. Mrs. Geo. Tabbe and family re turned Tuesday to their home nt Yreka after spending some time here under care of Dr. Findley. W. A. Lockett, who has been spending the past five months with bis son, W. C. Uxkett, left Tuesday for his home at Frulta, Colo. Rev. Robert Leslie la entertaining his brother, James, of Clinton, Iowa, who has been spending the summer with relatives at Cove, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hope left sooth Tuesday morning, tho former for Fresno for two months, and the latter for Castle Cralgs to spend sev eral Weeks. Miss lloiteiise Hough returned Tuesday from her visit, at Glendale. Slio was accompanied by Miss Mar garet Sherer, who will be a guest at the Hough home. Phil and William Schaefor and their families, comprising nine peo ple, left Monday for San Francisco. The Schaefers have. lieeii residents of the lower Rogue river for tho past eight years. Mrs. C. C. Pane returned Monday morning from a week spent in Port land. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. M. Ayes of Chicago, who Will spend ;i Week nil their .I(I1'S creek farm. Clinton Slurges, of th Courier me chanical force, returned Sunday ev ening from Evans creek, where he had been hunting; deer for a couple jot Weeks. till' deer, cripple, mid easy o run down, was the sum total of results. I Mr. and Mrs. Kred Colvlg of Jack sonville on Sunday visited Mr. Col vlg's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Col vig, and his sisters, Mrs. !'. V. Co usee of Portland, and Mrs. Dr. Stone of San Francisco, who are S-iulinK the summer here. Mrs L. .1. Itoyce arrived from Portland Sal unlay to spend a week or more with her son, Chas. Itoyce, and will then return to her home at 'Hamilton. N. Y. Mrs. Hoyce is an art list of note and has done many works ; In oil from nature. She has been spending the summer In Portland, j Mr ami Mrs. Geo. IVck of Monl- peller. Vermont, nrried Sunday night ;iiiul are spending n few days with I Mrs N. P. Dodge. They have been spending the summer with a son near Medford. ! F. II. Applehoff went to Roseburg .Monday nigh- to return home with ,Mrs pplelioff, who was taken ill while viMtltig friends. She has been i with her son at Taeonui for three months, and lslted at other points. V It Cornell went to l.eland Tuesday Immediately on his W'tnrn from a camping trip, to adjust the death i l.i i in of Win. Khun, who was drowned little more than a week .ago, and who carried a J.i.oio) pohev : In t he Oregon Life. G It. Uvl-tow 1,'tnrne.l Monday f-om two weeks spent in the moun tains In the C,ruhack cotinm. He was .to ompaniod by Mr Johnson of ' Williams ac.l together they hunted 'cos and i a-.'iped a part of the time on the snow line, Mr ai d M ' ' ! lit iin VI: To s , d.n for I, os ag. ' to attend the Na tional G A K, eih .i i n i nv ti ' They ti'. bet! l i'l urn ! w ,iv t Salt I ,tko Ci: to their Umi Mr and M:s PMlu haw lii'l peldilU sco'll Wieks with thetr daughter. M;s .1 F Ca tut l' '1 la Kruitd.ile Marriage License Houed J A iiiituid6 license was lul ou the 24th inst. to James O. Kearns and Georgia B. Dunahoo, both of Grants Pass. Reduced I La let. For (irange Fair The Southern Pacific company has announced a flat rate of one and one third fare to Grants Pass from any point between Roseburg and Ashland, tickets on sale September 17 w ith the 21st as final return limit. limiting Party Returns The hunting party composed of Judge JohnBton, O. P. Johnston and Tobe Rimer have returned from their trip to Cow creek, bringing back with them three buck deer as the result of their quest. Laurel Cret Lot Selling Miss Nellie Miller, owner of Laurel Crest, reports the sale of three de sirable lots to S. B. Gillette, who will booh build on the property and make It bit borne. Attending Progressive Convention S. C. Phillips, delegate from the Jo.-vphine County Progressive club, recently organized, left Monday night for Portland to attend the state con vention of progressives. Off For College Paul Blanchnrd left Tuesday after noon for Palo Alto, where he will at tend Leland Stanford University, in which institution he is a senior. Fay W. Kiser left Monday morning and will enter Stanford as a freshman. Start For Klamath Iike L. L. Jewell and two sons, Dwight and Robert, and County Assessor Kolas Pollock left this afternoon by automobile for Crnter lake and the Klamath lakes on a hunting and fish ing expedition. They will be absent about two weeks. I'oii la lid People Tour F, S. Stanl'y and his son, G. P. Stanley, of Portland, headed an 'au tomobile party that stopped Sunday nt the Josephine hotel, while enroute home after an extended tour over western and southern Oregon. From here they go to Crescent City and will return north via Marshfleld. keariis-Piiiialum Weeding .las. Otto Kearns, who is with the Producers' Fruit Co., and Miss Geor gia B. Dunahoo of Itiggs, Cal., were married by Rev. Hamilton at the min ister's residence' Saturday evening, August Mtli. Mr. and Mrs. Kearns will make their home In this city. School House Waring Complet ion The new school house for District No. 22, Hugo, is nearing completion and it Is hoped to have it completed for the opening of school September 9. If not, the opening will 1 post poned for one week. Miss Irene Vbern has been engaged as teacher. Milliners Return Mrs. Kdith Rehkopf and Mrs. S. C. Nease returned Sunday night from th'ir trip to San Francisco, where they went to study millinery styles. They were accompanied by Mrs. Mary .Nease Hrown and on the return the three ladies stopped for several days in northern California to visit Mrs. Dovefus. Mr. Sabin llaiv(sts Peaches George C. Sab In Is In tho midst of his peach harvest. His crop is ex ceedingly tine and lie expects to pack out a l.iMin or more boxes. The lo- ation of his orchard is about a mile and a quarter north of the postofftce. This orchard always escapes destruc tive frosts and brings its fruit to ma turity with great regularity. Fireman .lost Scalded Fireman .Tost, due to go out on freight No. 2 2."., was painfully scald ed on the right arm and side through the bursting of the hose from the en gine injector this morning. Mr. Jost I was unable to go with his engine, but I prompt treatment relieved the pain. and he will he on duty again in a few days. Mrs. t let eager School Dirc-otoi I The sc hool board Monday elee'rd -Mrs. Sarah Clevencer as member of the I'oa'd tii till tho vacancy caused !' the failure of C, W. Dontiell to c..;,ilif. M- IVoinell was elected at ' ' f-'tv g s, .e,l election to succeed ! : cto! I., uilkcy, but did not ' l.u'.iu. leaving M.e board with but two t,,'.t,crs (Living the sumtiior. i 'Wet, al1 n;e hi !:." ; ) Previous . .is Cb.i ud t lain ' i 'i " eh : m i Vo( i Rome.!- t ! I .tiM be n: tch hctter oT and the veto n'- .'..; of ; r.er ir, g g'var'v dei r. asod." w i a',' L:nd:n S ,.t:. of Temple. h h for s 1 1. i v ,i : J de i lei's Stop Look eweii Mr. MiicMiirray Wants Divorce In the Jackson county court J. S. MacMurray has broughjt suit for di vorce from his wife, Ella MacMurray. Pomona Grange at Hugo Mt. Sexton Grange of Hugo will entertain tlw? next meeting of Po mona Grange, which occurs on Sat urday, September 7. Members are looking forward to a good meeting. Kenneth Fun Married Cards have been received by Grants Pass friends announcing the marriage of Kenneth Farr, formerly of this place, and Miss Lilly Christen sen, at Minneapolis, August 21st. Their home will be at Boise, Idaho, where th groom has resided for some years past. Killing Hattlosnnkes Mrs. V. D. Litton, living a short distance from the county home, on Monday heard her dog harking in the garden and making an unusual fuss. On investigating the cause of the commotion Mrs. Litton found a big rattlesnake which she promptly went after and soon the rattler was a dead one. A short time later the same kind of a racket eminated from the garden and Mrs. Litton (went out and killed another rattler. jThe first one measured four feet and had 10 rattles and the other three I feet and had seven rattlers. Last ;year Mrs. Litton also killed a big one in her garden. IUS1XKSS POIXTKKS Dr. Flanajan, I Physician and Surgecn. I J E Peterson, Plonerlnsuriti-p'tf Rexsll Remedies at ?!emer.. r Irnirs ' Alfred Letcher, Registered Opto 1 metrlst and Jeweler in Diion's old ! ttnd. Front st. Eyes tested free. I NII F.D STVTF.S (il BOATS IN MEXICAN WATERS. i MEXICO CHY. Aug. 27.- That the Tinted States will soon have two jgun boats in Mexican water was the ; announcement here today of Amerh jean Ambassador Henry L. Wilson. The Vi'-ksinirg will cruise along the ,(-' i a coast and the Des Moines j tho east coast, according to Wilson, but the warship will make only f'iet;d!v calls. Listen at our store the first time you are in town you'll be welcome. at the stock of fine harness, horse goods, etc., we are carrying. we cire usKiu lur The goods will do naraware To Judge Livestock Prof F. L. Kent, of the department of dairy husbandry at the Ore gon Agricultural college, will be judge of live stock at the Grange fair to be held next month. ScbiMilliouse Painted For some days the Central school has been in the hands of C. G. Plant and assistants and the outside wood work and the inside woodwork of th.? first floor have been painted ppe" the rooms and halls on the lower floor have been calelmined. Foots Creek Resident Dies The death of Wilson Hosmer, aged 79 years and 9 months, occurred last week at his home on Foots creek, where he has lived for many vnrp, being one of the earliest residents of that section. He leaves a wife and three step-children, Grant Matthews, Mrs. Rosenbaum of Medford, and Mrs. Bessie Anderson of Foots Creek. Go to Crescent Carnival Daniel Willtrout and wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. II. L. Green, and her son McKinley Green, and Mrs. H. L. Lilly, a sister of Mrs. Willtrout, left for the big carnival at Crescent City on Friday morning by team. They were well supplied with camp equipage and expect to have a good time. They will return to this city In 10 days of two weeks. Kindergarten Will Open Miss Emma Telford, who for more than 1.1 years has conducted a pri vate kindergarten, will re-ope'i her school on Monday, September 9. the same date on which the public school open. Miss Telford has been very successful In her work and hundreds of students received their first Instruction under her super vision. Fruit of OualHv It is not an exceptional thing to see big apples and luscious peaches In the Rogue valley, but that Gloria Munda apple grown by II. H. Basler on his property In site northeast part of town is hard to beat. It weighs 21-1-2 ounces, and Is as perfect as it is big. In the poach line. Jos. Moss brought in some that were sure 'nough loaches. They were grown cn granite soil, without irrigation, and had size, flavor and color. Mining Blanks at Courier office. ! muse gouus the rest. ARRESTED OX CHARGE OF SELLING I (OOZE Prosecuting Attorney Mulkey Is af ter the bootleggers with a sharp stick. Saturday, on complaint made by him, H. B. Havens was arrested at Merlin, and "brought before Justice uolman in this city, charged with having sold liquor in prohibition ter ritory. The specific Instance was a sale of beer on July 9th. Havens was given till Monday, at nine o'clock in the morning, to enter his plea, with bonds placed at $300. This is Havens' second appearance before the court on an illicit liquor selling charge, he having been convicted in the previous case. J. C. Henry, of Kerby, was also be fore the court Saturday, charged w ith the sale of liquor without a license. He entered a plea of not guilty, and was placed under bonds of $300 to appear for trial. Henry pleaded guilty to a like charge in February, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to serve a short jail sen tence. The governor was appealed to, however, on account of the age of the man, and he was pardoned from the jail sentence. Both Haven and Henry are pro prietors of soft drink establishments in their respective towns. FAMILY DIFI EKEXCES TAKEN' INTO CO I RT. Lillian I. Whitney, wife of S. H. Whitney, residing a mile southeast of town on the Pacifiic Highway, made complaint in Justice Holman's court Saturday, charging her husband ft'tl having threatened her life, with bru tal treatment, and with having used vile language in addressing her. Warrant was Issued for Whitney's arrest, and Constable Handle brought him into court. Judge Uolman will make disposi tion of the case later, having taken it under advisement. COMMISSION" Ill IJMi AFFECTS ALASKA RAILWAY. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Alask- jan railroads may redwe their rates on 10 days' notice, according to an order Issued here today by the Inter state commerce commission. In creases In rates, howevrr. will be come effective only aft-r C' days' m tbo. Co V