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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1913)
FIUDAY, J.1MAI1V 17, 1913. r.E two WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COl'IUEn Mrs. Henry Uaight of Saginaw ii PKKAONAL AD LOCAL, In the c ity. J. G. Houck was in R. 8. Taylor of Yrtka, Cal., wan in town Sunday. John Jacobson of Spokane wag an arrival in town Monday. 8. I. Towers of Seattle registered Monday at the Josephine. J. U. Crawford of the Provolt dis trict was In town Monday. A. M. Vliieyard of Drain, Ori-Kon, wag an arrival In the city Monday. W. K. Turnbull and Herbert Moore of Portland came in on No. 15 Monday. ; A. H. Noye spent Sunday at Ash land, returning home Monday morn ln. ' Mib. John Casey t Sclma, wife of tho proprietor of the Hotel SVIma wan In town Monday. i H. I.. Tabke of Portland arrived In Grants Puss Monday and will make thin place bin head'iuartci for sev eral weeks. i If. A. Pearsc of I'ort Oiford, whoi has been (topping at tin1 (Iranis Pass for neveral days returned to htH from Kerby here Monday Webster of Monday. . J. J. Wilson was from Corvallls. K. It. Geisel and L Portland are in town. A. II. W't-ble of Sacramento arriv ed in Grant Fans Tuesday, i Mrs. Grace White, of Weed, Cal., Is visiting rolativen In the city. F. M. Ohlint' returned Tuesday morning from a trii to Portland. II. Kinphoiixf, a iultr tnan from Seattle Is reglatered at tho Oiford. 1 Job. ShaHka left on Tuesday for Fresno, t'al , to be absent several weeks on business. It. ('. Robertson, owner of the Greenback mine, ame in from the property Monday. ! K. Hinds of Oakland. Cal., Ib stopping at tin; Oxford. Mr. IIIikIh in hen- ait a judge for the poultry show. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Lee went to Asliliirii Tuesday to spend a few days Willi MrB. Lee's parents. K. J. Anderson, in charge of the home Monday. , crceiinack mining property at Placer Oliver Messenger arrived from : Wi,H '" ""' ''"' Tuesday on business. Eugno Monday morning called here j Mr. and Mrs. Chat. Gardner ar on account of the serious condition : rived Tuesday morning from Napon pf Mm. Messenger's father, C. G. t set, 111., and will upend a few days Content. j with their kod, Ira Gardner, nt Apple- K. L, PoyBcr, a former Grants Pass Kate, man, but now of tho lllrdaeyc Creek j M. L. Slilnnoberger, third trick op dlHtrlct, wah In tho city Monday. jerator at the S. P. dejiol for a iium M. Sander and wife of San Fran-'ber of inontlis past, left Monday for ci8 o arrived In town Monday morn-1 Portland, having quit the Job on ac count of ill health. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. I'nderwood and son Allan, who have spent the past year at their old home at Deg Moines, arrived In Grants Pass Mon day to remain. Mr. Kii'hard Lewinuii, of North Da- Mervin Hope Married Advices to Grants Pass friends from Mr. and Mrs. George Hope, now of Ios Angeles, contain tbe news of the marriage of Mervin Hope at Fair Hope, Cal., to a young lady of that place on January 1. Tbe Hopes for merly resided here, where they con ducted an abstract office. Mrs. Llijilvclli Komi I (cad The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, of North Uth b'reet, wife of W. II. Ross, who has been a sufferer for some months with pulmonary tuber culosis, occurred on Sunday morning. Services were held in Hall's chape! Sunday afternoon and Sunday even ing the body was sent to lllllsboro for interment. The deceased was 3 4 years of age and leaves a husband, father and mother and a number of brothers and sinters, who were with her during her last illness. Ing. M. M. Alnsworth and daughter were In town Monday from tho Ap plegate. Nino Reynolds, foreman of tho big Pcardalo ranch was attending to bus nesB In town Monday. Robert Crcager is Pupa Robert Creaner, deputy city audi tor, is authority for the statement t hat a real Ty Cobb has arrived, and that Jimmy Martin has already draft ed the newcomer for a position on the Methodist team. At least the happy papa says that ho never saw a piece of humanity before that was so full of ba.se bawl as is the youngster w ho made a homo run Into the Creag er household at 7:15 Saturday even ing. Tho team, manager and all, doing nicely. FUEE TO YOU This Beautiful "Solid Comfort" REED ROCKER We want to put at least one of these fine Rockers into your home. You can get one for every room if you desire Rev. Powers went to Mndford Mon-ikyi,,, brother of Thomas Lew man of day to upend the day. .the Applegato vicinity, wag In the ; -i'lty Monday. J. F. Stewart, an engineer from Ashland stopped hero Monday be fore leaving for points down the PROFESSIONAL CARDS Rogue. II C. FIND LEY, M. D. i Practice limited to - and " HROAT Judge' Convention Judge Stephen Jewell went to Portland Monday night to attend the convent Ion of county judges of Ore gon, which will lie In session for three days. HE, EAR, NOSB Olatsei fitted and furnished. Oftce hours I to 12; 2 to I; ta by appointment. Phones 62 and ORANTS PASS, ORBOON. i V. L. DIMMICX.D.M. D. DENTIST Corner (th and 0 streets Phone 308-J. Crown, Bridge Work and Fillings of AH Kinds, a Specialty. O'flce hours, to 12 a. m.; 1 to C p. m. All Work Positively Guaranteed GRANTS PA88, OREGON. . 0. MAOY, D. M. D. DENTIST accessor to Dixon Bros., First-class Work. Dentists I'm" Sampson Spiny ' Patronb-.e home industry anil send ln your orders not later than Janu ary III. Test 110, price Ave or more barrels 14 cents per gallon; single barrel 1.' cents. Sampson Spray Co., jGrants Pass, Ore. 7I0- ! Asliliinil Pioneer I He Mrs. Geo. S. Calhoun went to Ash laud Tuesday morning to attend the i funeral of her grandmother. Eliza beth Prealer, who died on Sunday, aged !- years, 4 months nnd 10 days. .Mrs. Preater was a resident of Ash land for half a century. (i. II. Carner Returned G. H. Carner returned home Sat urday from a business trip to I'tah and Colorado. Mr. Carner was met at the depot by shivering friends who commented on the extreme cold weather we are having, but Mr. Car ner said It was a pleasure to return to a warm country once more. While In Salt Lake, the thermometer stood at 15 below and everything was frozen up, the water supply being en tirely cut off. At Grand Junction, Colorado he took a drive when the thermometer was 2 below zero. "None of that for me." S. r. ( liesliire to alifornla S.. F. Cheshire, ex-county clerk, anil resident of Grants Pass for 22 years, left Saturday morning for Fresno, Cal., to seek a new location, the change being made necessary on account of his health. Mr. Cheshire has served four terms as county clerk of Josephine county and was at all times efficient, taking thought ful care of the county's Interests, and always accommodating to tin; patrons of the office, all of whom remained bis friends. Mr. Cheshire wl be missed from the Commercial club band and orchestra, and by a wldo circle of friends. When he finally decides on a, location Mrs. Cheshire and the family will join him. . bmm1 Keeil Kot kiiiK ( hair is one piece of furni ture for tthich you always have a plate. That' why we haw arranged to uive these tine lUn keis as premiums to our i ii-tnmer. Without a supply of Keekers no home is complete. We have s.sinetl from the AMEKICAX ( U IU CDMPWV, of St. Louis, Mil, the exclusive control for this locality of their celebrated "SOLII COMI'OKT" ItnCKIVG Cll.1i:s, like illustration. These Him kers fairly breathe rest ami comfort: they are appropriate for all ronis ami are also an attractive alilition to the porch, veranda and lawn. They are beautiful, comfortable anil durable; strongly made -of SingaiKire Iteed, supported by well seasoned wood, and are liiiisljed with the finest Japanese Shellac. They have full, continuous roll arms, well braced, and a solid reed seat in basket form. The lwu k is woven reed, and is restful as well as attractive. The stretchers are neatly turned. The chairs are large and roomy, gentlemen's size. These chairs sell regularly for $.-).( Ml. Pasted on one of the stretchers midearneath the seat of every chair made by the AMERICAN" CIIAIK COMPANY you will find their trade-mark, as shown In the illustration, which is your safeguard against imita tions and inferior goods. This trade-mark is n sign you are getting the best reed furniture made. Look for it. We make this liberal oiler to secure new customers and In increase our trade with old customers. Here Is the Offer: Willi every 8-".H worth of goods you buy from us for cash, whether bought at one time or dif ferent times, we will give you one of these Kim kers I'ltkK. Get as many Rockers as you wish, one Rocker I'RL'F. with every jjCI.j.OO you trade. The P.i'ckers are innv on exhibit ion at our store. , You are invited to call and see them and get a punch filial. Ilae all of your purchases punched on your card. Do nil of your trnding with us and you will soon have a Rocker fur every room. You will always hud a choice selection of dependable merchandise at our store and our prices mean a saving to you. e I rs. E. Rehkopf Millinery, Ladies' and Children's Furnishings, Hair Goods, Corsets, Fancy Dry Goods, Etc. 208 S. Sixth St., Grants Pass. i IIYSlt'XL HIRl.t TOR FOR ROYS' ( LI P.. MINKU COMES OYER ROGl E KIYEK TRAIL, A. V. Lewis, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Grants Pass Friday evening, having made the trip up the Rogue river from Horseshoe Kend 101 H South Sixth, Grants Pass, Ors. H. D. NORTON ATTORN BY-AT-LAW Practice In all State and redaral Courts. Office, Opera House Block. J. D. WURTSBAUQH Attorney and Counnolor at Law Notary Public lu office. Offlre In Howard Illock. Phone bl-J GRANTS PASS. OREGON. Pettltt Hound Over Wm. F. Pettltt, held in the county jail charged with Incest against his 'daughter, Julia, has been bound over to the April term of the court for trial, 1Ib bond being placed at tr.OO. No bond having been forth- i vb toiy by ;i score of coming, the man is still held In tliel'he fast Pivsbv teriau live. Jail. . la foul i:i:sp TERi s lose GAME TO METHODISTS. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Associated Hoys' dub was held Friday evening afti r the basket hall game, in which it was decided that in order for the boys 'over the government trial to Galice of the city to get the greatest pos-and from Galice to Merlin by stage siblo good from the gymnasium ; where they caught the Southern Pa work, a competent physical director ' eifie train for this city, should be employed. To this Scott ! Horseshoe Rend is 2." miles below Hamilton, the husky Prosbyu rian i Galice. and Mr. Lew is is a foreman Twilight Leaguer, was chosen as. on the Horseshoe Liar idacer mine Wou u best qualified to till the position, as . located there. He has usually gone he has- bad several years 01 train- out to West Fork to do his trading, lu a most closely contested game Friday tuning, the Methodist Sun- iday school basketball team 10-'.t over ine ires- i,,,r i tiii -m-L- in v t r i.vterians s.ored the first baskets and ..! is :!,.. :, 1 u- I ii - . k . tu.mwi.s WH' SiorO o-U illtlT th. i.l-iw Tin. a r-.f th I 11 . in: . it 1 . i flin liivi l.m i, . ..i' .1... i i.e. ... ...miiis,,.,- .remnc. - uu.u.us ui piuj ami ii association have borne the burden of cloned Rev. John McAllister of Ashland ! "'.v "1 the last part of the half ,, ,,Xpense: ..... . . i, .. . 1 1. . t . i. . i . . prcacneci noin morning and evening I ll" .ueuiuuisis succeeded ill on Sunday at Hofhany Presbyterian 0erc-oniing the had by olio point, churi-h. an, he has' been engaged to j ''he second half started in with a preach during the remainder of the ''""It and was marked by consider- CALIEOJtNTA ROX FACTORIES DISCHARGE MEN". Parties who have recently return ed to this city from northern Cali fornia points say that the freeze through the citrus belt has had a serious influence upon the labor sit uation In the milling towns of Weed, Dorris, Hilt and other centers of the lumber trade. With the destruction of a very great proportion of the orange crop these mills will have practically no call for packing boxes, which was their principal output, and as a consequence the mills in the A. gyms, j but now the trail over the divide to ! three tow ns mentioned have dis til t.-d lor 'West Fork is under deep snow and boys of the charged 3,000 men. From southern California come re ports of orange groves blackened by the frost, the trees being killed back D. L. JOHNSTON ASSAY Kit North Stairway. OK A NTS PASS. OREGON. Rooms 4 nnd 7, Opera Houm Ulock. M. 0. II. DAY CONTRACTOR AND UUILDKU. KckI Joncen a Specialty. Plan and entlnmtct furnlahed. Residence, East A ;'t. Phone 10I-J GRANTS PASS, OKKGON. mouth, his tune , weeks. Ilt expects t spend all of here during the next two Ian Mis V eH hell III, ll ,1.1 I in a ,1 iv . w be;i ,l.i il I tea I 1 1 '.' V S H.ii i :e of has a f.i.tliful l' in. lli.'lil.iud Mtli Km k as be,-M e, bide, lie nil" an ei'; :ru-. i'i, I'll t,n t!Oi' .III. I I I etl Sible roughness, as each side was de :ci tinned to increase its score. The game swung one way and another until time was finally called with the Methodists one point ahead, al though the teams were so evenly mat, hed that h torv as it came out does not in, Ii, ate superiority. Scott Hamilton, the last Presbv- jtravel that way has had to be aban- Since the forest service peo- s through i fie entrance ' pie have clone work on the trail im lees, but it is hoped that the people the Rogue much of the difficulty of t0 the trunk ln manv instances, and ot the city will, loall they, an to help travel this way is eliminated, and Ua ,in- nre nn.nnir tbe iw to fnel with the completion of other wo-k i th(. effect of this great damage, that is now in progress Grants Pass ' will get much of the trade. Mr t ho idea along, I basketball game being only ten turning' out to the , tlie admission fee cents. These re- lower river Mo ter Ins G. H. MNNS A s V, I ii KstsMliheJ 19 yean 507 K stieet, etpcslte Colonlt1 hotel. Grants Pbkh ilr DR. E. W. BARNES PHsU N m m MN 111 llllvel ;.U i ,! v ,,. Rooms 1 an, .' S. ! i.. i ', i. 'pbiiu ' ' I : acl t elilil V) f e n In i :an : ti a: .1 we igh ; .u. , ,1 I1 I ..111 ! ila: ivv.ii.l, easi;.v slione above Uiatcs, and Kesterson did r'.v for the Methodi-ts al '. I" is er evenly ibe ;.!-,e -up ,' the Pres e.'.m !,.;!.ws: Forwards. ;'!ui a:i. S.iai Stiucbaagh; -i.ir.ls. Kid.lle a;i,l l!-e Metho.'., '"1 ll i,,r, j, ;4 i i' ' ' . guar,!.-. K, i:.!c . c-eipts will go a long way toward , ov ti'ing' running expeuscs, and the townspeople should be gla, to do their share to keep this worthy cause on its feet. Ml who at'end these games are guaranteed their money's worth of fun and excitement. 1 he howling; alley w il! h, next week and oilier imp are being' made all the time Two gam, s are s. hedub'd for next week, the first being between the V Ls's. wh,. won their first game, and the Christians who v,re also xi '''.."'is in their I't'st contest. This i'i:c ;!-. ::;, to be an especiallv' ' I :i:i, iiM'.ics on Tuesday, the When you want a reliable medicine jfor a cough or cold take Chamber Lewis reports the nlacer min-' Iain's Cough Remedy. It can always ers as making good use of the water i 1,e 1dp"fende,it !",on ',rul '8 PiPasa"f ,, , . . ... 'and safe to take. For sale by a!! that is m all the mountain creeks dealers. now. the mine with which be is con- I ' 1 installed rovem, nts nected having three "giants" wash ing' the gold from the gravel. The Horseshoe Bar mine is owned by Portland parties, and some extensive development work is contemplated. The water for the hydraulic work on this mine is taken from the small streams in the vicinity, the pipe linn of one of them being carried across tho river on a cable, and with the tall that is developed the TO St RSTITI TE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR XOOSE SALEM, Jan. 14. To substitute electrocution for hanging ln Oregon after May, 1913, Is proposed in a hill introduced by Speaker McArthur of the house. Witnesses to an exe cution are to he definitely limited. In on ,i Ml " and firs- I'e.ilb , I ei tii r i;es,,e,n- av. th. l!apVs honor f mix to lar addition to the warden or denutv in stream charge of the execution, there are v from the giant strikes with sufficient be three persons and a jury 'of 12 re- heavicst boulders i putable citizen, .ill to be Rinsmoncd by the warden and such peace officers and electrlcinns as may be needed to execute the judgment. ior-. e to Tear the 1 Mh, the from their beds. Mr. Lewis was purchasing supplies re Saturday whhh. will be shipped dice, and from there packed In to ov. r ' he Rogue trial ft,. miles t: V t KI SINKSS pi M MKl'si Vr Fl.imsati. Pti.vb-lan n- i S trew n ' r' P"teriiir).l'bv,e rlnurm.,.M in " i'l R n!tp.H t . . !rug Alfred Letcher. ;iec!f,r..l Ot,ta "ef-Ut .T-- , pixnn', 3 Mtel, Froot lit Fes tfe. freo. mine. I 00 M IT I R RS R1-T. I L . ( ( IHLNTAL IMS( HAIKiE IM-'fil X KILLS Ilt NTI R. rcg;- CINCINNATI. .Ian. 14 - Much suf :ng following the Ohio river floods I i ing relieved today. The river 1 t',l.l feet earlv tod.-iv tcr;iv,) ' ar.l at the Co trier. PASCO. Wash., Jan. 13 Albert jTrovethlck is dead at Leavy, IS miles east of here today as the result o' using his gun. mnzzle-nn n a walk- Stick while trudging through the iiu snow. When he jammed It again?' a stick It was discharged, the bulVt f:ng upwards through his limns.