PAGE TWO
KEKLY ROGL'K KITKB O0CB1KB
TWDAY, ArG VST J, IMS.
( TMMMOX AL AND LOCAL. 4
44444444444444444
P. Hershberger went to Leland
Tuesday to set up tome machinery.
. S. VanDyke went to Portland
Tuesday to spend a couple of weeks.
H. 8. Prescott went to Eugene
Monday to spend a week.
8. D. Corbutt went to Portland
Monday on buslneas.
Mrs. E. J. Hefley returned to Mer
lin Tuesday, after visiting her
daughter, Mrs. M. J. Leach.
k Mrs. Sarah Short, who has been
Tlsltlng ber mother, Mrs. Root, and
ner bister, Mrs. Brlggs, left Monday
for Des Moines, Iowa.
Mrs. A. C. Hough went to Colestln
Tuesday morning. Miss Hortense
Hough has been spending some days
at the springs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Btovall went
out to Thompson creek Saturday and
pent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Kneutzen.
Henry Kneutzen, who has been In
eastern Oregon for some time, re
turned $9 his home at Thompson
ereek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Duncan and
two small children arrived Sunday
night from Portland to reside and
bar rented the Jester house at the
corner of Second and C streets.
AI Crews, one of the Roseburg
high school teachers, who has been
hltlng his sister, Mrs. H. H. War
drip, returned home Monday.
Mrs. J. P. Hartley, formerly of
Williams Talley, but now residing at
Milton, who has been Tlsltlng old
friends, left Sundny night for Co
Qnllle to visit. She was accompanied
by Miss Mattie Mcfi-ee, who will
spend a week or more at the coast.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
M. C. FINDLEY, M. D
Practice limited to
KTE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT
Glasses fitted and furnished.
Office hours 9 to 12, 2 to , and by
appointment. Phones 62 and 166.
ORANT8 PASS, OREGON.
Rev. W. F. Bloeckner returned
home Tuesday from a six weeks'
trip through the Coos and Curry
country.
E. Parr and family arrived Tues
day afternoon from Everett, Wash.,
expecting to make their home in this
section.
Oscar Naucke, who has been visit
ing at Kerby for the paat two weeks,
came over Tuesday on his way to bis
home at San Jose. T. O. Naucke, his
brother, accompanied him as far as
Grants Pass.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Thomas, who
have been visiting their
daughters, Mrs. Dr. Smith and Mrs.
'1. B. Cornell, returned to Jefferson
Tuesday to spend the summer look
ing after business Interests.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Coron went to
Portland Tuesday to spend the sum
mer with tbelr daughters, Mrs. Otto
Dunlap and Mrs. Fred Wilcox. They
will also visit their daughter, Mrs.
J. 0. Gibson, at Centralis, Wash.
FCMUJjT CHIEF GJUVL8
VISITS OIUXIS FAbh.
BOYS PLEAD GULTY
TO ILLEGAL FISHING.
Development of the resources with- j Arthur King and Glen Woolridge,
In the forest reserves of the nation ijoung men about 18 years of age,
is the policy of Chief Forester Graves,
who was In Grants Pass over Friday
night, having stopped here on bis
way south alter having been in Port
land and other northern cities for the
past week.
were arrested early Saturday morn
ing for Sibing beneath the Golden
Drift dam with "foul" hooks, both
the fishing beneath the dam and the
use of the "foul" hooks being In vio
lation of the law. The boys entered
a plea of guilty before Judge Hol-
The head of the forest bervke was
here on invitation from the Commer- iman, and the minimum fine of $50
cial club, matters of policy regarding each and costs waa assessed against
the Siskiyou forest, and of the change them. In lieu of payment
Double Wedding
Judge Holman on Monday evening
performed the ceremony that united
In matrimony Ernest A. Hulsey and
Miss Llllle Lewellyn and Welden Mll-
ner and Miss Matilda Lewellyn.
Mr. Dale's Xew Auto
John A. Dale arrived home from
Portland Monday afternoon with the ,'tlon could be determined.
of the Josephine cave territory from
a monument to a national park, being
questions presented to him.
Forester in Banqueted.
The distinguished visitor was met
at the depot, by the officers of the
Commercial club, as well as by a del
egation from the Josephine Fish and
Game Protection association. Follow
ing an informal reception at the ho
tel, Mr. Graves and a small party dis
cussed the questions of interest
around the banquet table till a late
hour, and the forester convinced all
of the fact that bis administration
of the reserves will be In the Interest
of the public. He stated that be
wanted to open to homestead settle
ment every tract within the reserves
that was suitable for agricultural
purposes, and would do so as rapidly
as the character of the tracts in ques-
This. Mr.
of the
fine the boys went to Jail, and are
laying out the assessment at the rate
of two dollars per day, 29 days' time
being required to satisfy outraged
Justice.
The rigs with which the salmon
were being taken from the pools be
low the dam were composed of triple
hooks weighted with lead and drawn
through the water till a salmon was
snagged upon them.
PEACH CROP RF.LUS
AT 45 CENTS F.
O. U.
handsome Stoddard-Dayton automo
bile which he purchased in that city.
The machine has a gray body, and is
built along classy lines.
Mr. Cook With Uie Berili
The Berlin Dye Works has se
cured the service of L. A. Cook,
veteran cleaner, thus further guar-
Graves thought, was largely a matter
for determination by the homestead
er himself, and wherever a man was
found who wanted to make his home
within the forest reserve, he believed
be should be given the opportunity.
These homes, and especially com- .is Included in the contract, and as
PROVOLT STORE INDER
XEW MANAUfcMEi.
Beginning with Monday the store
at Provolt will be under new man
agement. W. A. Moore having sold
the business, building and land to
Paul Ruttencutter. Mr. Moore win
move bis family to Grants Pass to
remain here while he Is selecting an
other place for business, it being pos
sible that he may locate in mis
Mr Ruttencutter has tor me pasi
two years been farming In Applegate
valley. Prior to that he had consid
erable experience in mercantile busi
ness in the east. He Is a bright,
hustling young man and will be a
helpful addition to the developers of
Provolt and vicinity.
THOMPSO.V CREEK GIRL
BITTEN BY RATTLESNAKE-
Fifty thousand boxes of peaches of
the crop now on the trees In the
Grants Pass district have been con
tracted through the medium of the
Josephine County Growers' aesocla
Hon for shipment to the southern t
markets at forty-five cents per box
f. o. b. here. Included in the sale
are the crops from the Elsmann
ranch, figured at 10,000 boxes, and
25,000 boxes In the Merlin district,
in which are the Martin Angle and
the A. J. Husey crops. At least 70
per cent of the local early peach crop
KENNETH FUYD.
The body of Kenneth Floyd, whose
tragic death occurred at Castella,
Calif., was laid to rest in the family
lot in the Kerby cemetery Friday af
ternoon, Rev. W. B. Hamilton preach
ing the funeral sermon. Young
Floyd was but 15 years of age and
was employed rustling rigging fo the
Burns Lumber company, where he
bad been working for only two
months. He was struck on the head
by a log being hauled by cable, the
log In its course striking a stump
which shot the rear end to one side,
the same log breaking the leg of an
other employe. The deceased leaves
a mother residing at Kerby, two
brothers. Harry and Tom, and a sis
ter, Mrs. R. A. Dean.
munities within the forests, said Mr.
Graves, were the greatest measure of
anteelng the quality of the
done by that establishment.
work 'protection that could possibly come
the buyer will take more than the
50,000 boxes at the same rate It is
expected that others will ship with
to the standing timber, the home- the association.
jsteaders forming a fire patrol
I would prove most effective in
that The contract entered into through
dls- the association calls for fruit of "80b"
IJve Stock Inspector
Dr. R. J. Bestul, veterinarian, has .counting conflagrations. He instruct-'or larger, free from disease, scale or
Just received notice of his apuolnt- ed the full investigation of the tracts split pits. The handling charges of
ment as live stock Inspector for in- In the Siskiyou reserve that are want-ter-Hlate
shipments, the appointment led opened to settlement, and there
being for the balance of tbe year and seems no doubt about the opening of
for the years 1914 and 1915.
Flit EM AX REST Rl X
OVER BY AITO THICK.
V. L. DIMMICK, D. M. D.
DENTIST
Corner 6th and G Sta
Phone 3 03-J
Crown, Bridge Work and Fillings
of All Kinds, a Specialty.
Office Hours,
to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m.
AH Work Positively Guaranteed.
GRANT8 PASS, OREGON.
E. O. MACEY, D. M. ID.
i DENTIST
Successor to Dixon Bros., Dentists.
First-class Work.
109 Vi South Sixth, Grants Pass, Ore.
H. D.NORTON,
I' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Practice in all State and Federal
Courts. Office, Opera House Block.
C .11. Clement V. A. Clements
CLEMENTS & CLEMENTS
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Practice in all State and Federal
Courts.
Offices Schallhorn Building.
J. D. WURTZBAUGH
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Notary Public in Office.
Office In Howard Block. Phone 66-J
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
Sinters Will Wed
Marriage licenses were issued
this, Monday morning, to Ernest Ar-
the association are seven per cent,
with a two cent charge for loading
on the car. As soon as the car is blll-
every quarter section that has value 'ed the producer gets his check, doing
for agricultural purposes. away with the long wait and the un-
certainty of returns. Last year the
Mr. Graves exuressed himself In price received was fifty cents per box ; one of the rear wheels passed over
fnvnr r,f fhe rn.atlnn i.f national In Portland, but from that
Noble Best, one of the regular city
firemen, was painfully injured Sun
day evening at the time of the fire on
Front street, the heavy auto truck
passing over his right leg and badly
lacerating the flesh, though luckily
the bones of the leg were not frac
tured. Best attempted to alight
from the running board of the truck
to connect the hose at the hydrant,
but as he struck the pavement he
was thrown under the machine, and
Lottie Kneutzen, the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Kneutxen of Thompson creek, was
bitten on the thumb of the right
hand Friday evening by a rattle
snake, but as remedies were at once
applied the young lady is now on the
road to recovery. She was In the
garden when the snake, which the
had not seen, struck her. Dr. Swee
ney was at once phoned to and di
rected treatment. The young lady's
arm became badly swollen, but at
last report she was recovering from
the effects of the reptile's venum.
The snake was a small one with
only three rattles, and was dispatch
ed by tbe girl before she went to the
house to tell of having been bitten
by it.
BILLY Sl'XDAY FLAYS
ANARCHISTS AX1) I. W.
Hood River, July 29. Billy Sun-
day, former major league baseball
player, and for years a well known
evangelist, is emphatic today in hit
denunciation of anarchists and In
dustrial Workers of the World and
their alleged vilification of the
American flag. In a speech before
the Horticultural Chautauqua here,
after he had scathingly arraigned
the anarchists and I. W. W.s as be
ing the greatest curse of the coun
try, Sunday said:
"My father made bullet meat of
himself for four years fighting to
free the slaves and prevent a dis
ruption of the country. I am will
ing to do likewise for my flag."
TERRIFIC HEAT WAVE
AGAIN ENSHROUDS EAST
figure the leg at the knee. The chains up-
' . . .... - - . ' w tx'Vi t Aia irtf n trio flour hilt
thur Hulsey and Miss Llllle Lewel-'parks for the preservation of natural tnere was aeauctea n or id cents per p - -
oox ior rreignt. "j i,r,,N"1 .! j
The Muirs and other late peaches i t will be on duty again in a few
lyn, and to Welden Mllner and Miss
Matilda Lewellyn.
wonders such ns the Josephine caves, j
and for the maintenance of areas that j
Lail's Arm is Broken
While cranking his father's auto
mobile Sunday, the 12-year-old son
of W. K. Mc Bride broke both bones tnt it should be made much larger
of his right arm, a kick-back of the
crank being responsible for tbe ac-
would prove as playgrounds in their , w,l' oe canned at tne local cannerj,
pristine state. He advised the plan j a bout ten per cent of the total arre
of campaign for the establishing of age of peaches being of the late var-
ha nnrk nt tho rnvpH but bellfvpd letles.
days.
S. V
than the Blngle township included In
the caves monument.
cldent. I The creation of a game refuge in
I the region of the caves was discussed
hispute Over Iteutnl at length, and it was the emphatic
A Jury In Judge Holman's court is opinion of the forester that the caves
today hearing the testimony of wit-j national park and the game refuge
nesseH In an action brought by A. V. .should be established with the same
Schmidt against Marion Griffin, the boundary lines. In the establishment
suit being for the recovery of 150 al- of this refuge and park Mr. Graves
leged to be due for the rental of 'stated that mining and other present
nremlses at Selma. ! interests should not be disturbed,
'voicing again his support of the pio-
Mwlfnd Man Buys Ford neer who made use of the resources
A new Ford 5-passenger touring Jof the frontier, and who developed
car was purchased from the local them to the advantage of the whole
Ford agency on Monday by Harry
Pellett, of Medford. No Ford tour
ing cars were to be had In Medford,
so Mr. Pellett made the trip to
Grants Pass, driving the car back
the afternoon.
The association also has nn offer
of 11 f. o. b. C.rants Pass for the
Wlnesap apples, and can place the lo
cal crop If It concludes to close at
that figure. ThlB Is a most satisfac
tory price for that variety of apple,
and Indicates that the price for the
crop this season will be a satisfactory
one. Owing to the dry season in Cal
ifornia, ruining a large proportion of
the fruit crop there, the southern
market will he the best available this
i',i:iik;k at
isadora is 111 iim h.
Roseburg, July 28. On accouut
of a bridge over a gulch near Isa
dora being destroyed by fire, Jose
phus Daniels, secretary of the navy;
Mrs. Daniels, Governor West and
other members of the Daniels party
were compelled last night to grope
their way by the light of trainmen's
lanterns through a gulch 75 feet
deep and 150 feet wide, to enable
them to reach Portland on schedule
MERCURY AROIXI) 100
.MARK IX THE EAST.
Noon temperatures. Wash- -f
ington, D. C, 99; St. Louis, 94;
Columbus, Ohio, 94; Baltimore,
94; Trenton, N. J., 92; Wilkes-
barre. Pa.. 92; Muncie, Ind..
101; "Clinton, Iowa, 103; Phila-
delphla, 91; New York, 91;
Rochester, N. Y 91; LaCrosse,
fall, and In reaching this market no time. It required two special trains
other apple producing district
compete with the Rogue valley.
can
SCHOOL DISTRICT XO. 57.
in
D. L. JOHNSTON
ASSAYER
North Stairway,
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
Rooms 6 and 7, Opera House Block.
O. H. BINNS
Assay Kit
Fstablished 19 Years.
f07 10 St., opposite Colonial Hotel.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
Aulo Ntajje to Holland
Frank Johnston is operating an
auto stage between Grants Pass and
the Illinois valley, making the trip
to Kerby every day and to Holland
whenever there are passengers eith
er going or returning. Stops are
also made at all points between this
city and the valley. Mr. Johnston's
headquarters are at the Fashion
garage.
Mrs. Whip N Burled
Tbe body of Mrs. Dora Whip,
widow of Pr. C. W. Whip, was i
brought from Salem, where she had
; resided with her daughter, Monday
night and taken to Kerby for burial!
people. The forester is himself a
member of the leading great game
protective associations of the United
States, and at once endorsed the
movement of the local association to
fill the picturesque Sisklyous with
wild Hfe.
Those participating In the banquet
to the forester, and who presented the
matters that are of local Interest.
Swere President Kroh and Secretary
iQulnlan of the Commercial club;
! Superintendent Macduff of the Slski-
jyou forest; Attorney Sidler, president
of the Game and FiBh Protection as
sociation; Secretary W. B. Sherman
jof the same organization; M. L.
'Kpdyke. H. V. Anderson and Wllford
! Allen.
An effort was made to get the chief
forester to stop over in the city Sat
urday and make the trip out to the
caves, but having his plans made
otherwise, he could not change them.
He did, however, announce his de
termination to return here later In
District No. 57 is a newly formed
district west of Merlin anj bounded
on the east by Rogue river, which has
been formed from the northern por
tion of School District No. 20. A new
school house Is being built on beauti
ful grounds near the mouth of Shan
creek and the work is being per
formed in a desirable manner by
Thomas Ogden. On Tuesday, July
29, men and women of the neighbor,
bood gathered at the school house
to maintain tbe schedule, one to con
vey the party to the gulch, and an
other on the other side to carry them
to Portland.
F.VF.LYX IS KICKER
OX AXI OFF THE STAGE.
New ork, July 30. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw,
slayer of Stanford White, arrived
here today from London for a vaude
Mile engagement. When told that
she had been billed as "Evelyn
Thaw." the former chorus girl was
indignant.
beside the remains of her husband
,tne Mineral rein neit luesoay ni- ho 8eawn Bnd put ,n ft week ,n the
tnrnn.in Tho 1,'in sort tL'RA TfT '
t
'many years a resident of Kerby, com
ing from
'years ago.
Concordia, Kansas. 30
hills In the quest of game and nsn.
He left for San Francisco on No. 13
Saturday morning.
HERBERT SMITH,
UNITED STATES
LAND COMMISSIONER
Notsry Public
GRANTS PASS,
OR KG ON
DR. W. W. ILLSLEY
sn opuine piiysui an.
i Wltxtn Cough rbiim Victim
! Tho little daughter of Mr. and
'Mrs U V I ewtuan. residing nt Mnr
'phy. died at S o'clock Sunday night
J from strangulation, resulting from
, Whooping cough. The little girl.
who was aced 3 years and 11 months. jCal
'had boen sick for three weeks and 'lty
Fruit box labels at the Courier.
Oftii Room 201 and 2. Albert
Bide. Grants Fas. Ore.
Hours 9-11 : 2-5.
was Improving until
her condition crew steadily worse
until dt'ath enme The funeral and
Interment will be held at Missouri
Flat cemetery Tuesday afternoon nt
1 o'clock.
Forinor Pastor Visiting
Rev. Ceo. M. Gardner, formerly
pastor of tbe M. E. church South of
this city, now stationed nt Maxwell.
has spent tho past week In tbe
looking after business matters
Sundav when land renewing acquaintances, and on
Sunday eveninu occupied the pu'l'it
at bis old thnrth. Mr. Gardner lef
Grants Pas six years ago.
Artistic Job wgrk at Courier office.
i art of my contract." nh enM
site and, while the women looked af- "provided that the name of Thaw
ter tne inncn, tne men succeeded in should not nn.r tn if, .v
raising the frame of the building.
Mrs. Rusk will teach the first term
and all In the neighborhood are elat
ed over the prospects of a first class
school.
The new bridge across Shan rreek
and the new public road from there
to a point near H. G. Griffin's resi
dence hasc just been completed In a
first class manner by Walter Jordan.
This road fills a long left want and
Is of great benefit to this commun
ity. The residents show their ap
preciation by the way in which they
extend words of praise regarding it
One of the principal attractions
and a place of unusual ;ntrest at
present la the camp meuicc hei up
held by the Church rf God .
Griffin farm. Beside? ; o.
Grants Pass, there are p.-o
tendance from Butte Falls.
Gold Peach. Myrtle To1
and Woodburn. The r
charge are James P.r.inn "
burn; C. W. Mailer,, . - ,
l F. Rapp. of But:.- V i
Green, of this city T1
lng wl'h success P .. 1 .-.
vice will be held
closes.
Wis., 91; Des Moines, Iowa,
97; St. Paul, 90; Cleveland,
90; Springfield, 111., 98; Pitts
burg, 89; Albany, N. Y., 88;
Scranton, Pa., 87; Buffalo, N.
Y., 83; Denver, S5; Boston, 75.
f
Chicago, July 30. Eighteen
deaths and more than 100 prostra
tions from heat are reported here
today from points between the At
lantic and the Rocky mountains,
which whole region Is a breezeless,
sizzling furnace. In the district im
mediately west and south of Chicago
the suffering of the people Is great
est; crops are being burned and
hundreds of cattle and other live
stock are perishing.
In Chicago the heat is not so great,
but with the thermometer standing
at 86 at noon and the humidity high,
suffering is intense enough to make
the people dread the possibility of
still greater misery, with the prob
able rise in temperature before night.
gram or the billing. They must take
the name off or I will not appear,
have shown that I can make good for
myself. I have refused heretofore
to appear, fearing the public would
think I was trying to make money
out of a 'freak act.' I have succeed
ed in T.-ondon, and pe no reason why
I should not appear In mv own coun-trr."
TIMRERMAN KILLED
BY A FALLING TREE.
New York, July 30. Scores of
prostrations and many deaths be
cause of the terrific heat wave which
is sizzling all east of the Rockies are
reported throughout the east today.
At noon there had been five fatalities
in Philadelphia and other deaths are
hourly reported from many smaller
cities. In New York the suffering
among the congested population of
the east side was Intense and In ev
ery hospital of the city attaches and
physicians were almost swamped,
taking care of the victims of the sun.
Milwaukee, July 30. A light
breeze from Lake Michigan brought
relief from the heat wave here to
day. There were no prostrations.
Centralia, Wash.. July 28.
struck by a snag which rebounded
when struck by a falline treo V.t.
ene. a timber feller, is dead here
1 " i
1 the old ' .
, . , fi,:av.
t fr;n
' i
'.e !n at-v..'..-.
I Off!,
Hall-uj-
sr. .sters iv.
" 'V ' . fi fl JESL
' M...f,r.,. i ?M II tCO
T ir4 tia rs3
1 - 1 . .., .,,,, t ,
Un il 5,-1 I'" ''" 1'
'. . - r i-n.-.. ,t ,
'V ti'.ee'ln c I n VuiooiV..
II
e s'ationery at the Courier.
Vc.ioftl anl Comm.r
' In.t't'ituM,. of
:- ' l'.f tujnt m r.n,
r i!.T f,r a Tit. rhri.titn
.'II -1,'
III.....
St. Paul, July 30. With the mer
cury mounting rapidly and the hu
midity high. St. Paul Is sweltering
today in one of the hottest days of
the season. Four prostrations were
reported and two persons have been
driven temporarily Insane by tne
heat within 24 hours.
POLK'S
OREGON and WASHINGTON
Business Directory
Flrectory of ieh City. Town nnl
Village, giving d'crlptlve "ketch of
"aih p!ao-, location, population, to!?
mr'. ihlplnc BnJ banklnif point;
also ClassitlcJ lilrectory, complied by
I'liFlni'M a ti.l iiruf. .union.
K. I roi.K CO.. fiF.ATTT.K
.