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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, i91j PAGE TWO EKLY ROGUE K1VER COURIER f LOCAL AND PERSONAL f1 Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hildreth spent Sunday In RoBeburg. Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Maynard on Sunday started 'or Laymon, Mont. ' Melvln Emerson went to Roseburg j Monday on business. , Chas. D. Welter went to Dorrls Monday on timber business. j Mr. and Mr. E. R. Crouch return-; ed to Almeda Monday, after visiting' In the city. II. B. Hendricks went to Almeda1 Monday to visit his daughter, Mrs.; E. R. Crouch. ' I Mrs Nellto E. Emerson of Kerby! returned Monday morning from La punto, Colo., where she had been Tlfliting. Mrs. C. h. Barlow went to Port land Saturday night to meet her husband and together they went to Bellingham to visit for some weeks. Mrs. 0. A. Brian and Mrs Sam UcConnell of Roseburg arrived Sun day afternoon and are the guest of Mrs A. M. Evanson. J. D. Cain, special agent of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Socioty of Port land, is spending a few day In the city In the Interest of the worthy In stitution he represents. Mrs. Mary DeLamatter arrived from Portland Sunday to spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. E. T. McKInstry, and also to be present at the celebration of the 20th anni versary of Josephine Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she was a charter member. PROFESSIONAL CARDS M. C. FINDLEY, M. D Practice limited to IYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT Glasses fitted and furnished. Office hour 9 to 12, 2 to u, and by appointment. Phones 62 and 166. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. V.L.DIMMICK,D.M.D. DENTIST Corner 6th and G Sts Phone 303-J Crown, Bridge Work and Fillings of All Kinds, a Specialty. Oillce Hours, ' 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m. All Work Positively Guaranteed. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. E. C. MACEY, D. M. D. DENTI3T Successor to Dixon Bros., Dentists. First-class Work. 109 H South Slx'.h, Grant Pass, Ore. H. D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Office, Opera House Block. C ,11. Clements V. A. Clement CLEMENTS & CLEMENTS Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Offices Sehallhoru Building. D.L. JOHNSTON ASSAYER North Stairway, GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Room 6 and 7, Opera House Block. G.H.BINNS Assay Kit Established 19 Years. 607 E St., opposite Colonial Hotel. GRANTS TASS, OREGON. HERBERT SMITH, UNITED STATES JiAND COMMISSIONER Notary Public GRANTS PAb8. OREGON. DR. W. W. ILLSLEY OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Office Room 201 and Uldg., Grants FaBS 2, Albert Ore. Hours 9.12; 1-5. Calls answered nt nil hours. 171-J. Thono Chas. T. Sweeney m. n. Internal Medlclno and Ol'Btetrli'S J. K. Shearer M. D. Surgeon DRS. SWEENEY & SHEARER Ofllce Hours: 2 to 5 p. m. Howard Hullding. Grants Pass. Ore. i A. li. Cornell w;ent to iledford this morning, j C. C. Grime of Kerby left Mon- day night for a trip to Oregon City. j L E. Strickland and family do- parted Monday for Medicine Lodge i Kansaa. Albert Snyder and Balfour Spiker of Gtendale spent Monday in the city ( on business. i Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pennington ar-J rived Tuesday morning from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and will make! Grants Pass their headquarters. Attorney II D. Norton went to, Salem Monday. C. L. Glazier went to Medford Tuesday morning to attend the fun- eral of a friend, J. W. Barr, who died Sunday. Mrs. E. P. Illstey arrived Tuesday morning from Uernilston, eastern Oregon, to spend a few months with her son, Dr. W. W. lllsley. 11. E. Maynard and family left Tuesday morning for Los Angeles, and later will go to Kansas, their former home. . Fred Mensch returned Monday night from Klamath county, where he spent the summer on government survey contracts. He will be In Grunts Pass during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mooney arrived Monday night from demons, Iowa, for an extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. Sam Stinebaugb. Miss Anna Kolf, formerly of Med ford, but now a resident of Idaho, and Mrs. Morris, who has been visit ing friends here, went to Merlin Monday and will visit relatives there during the holidays. II. G. McCarthy was a Tuesday vis itor from Ashland. Wui, Harris of Harvard, Illinois, Is in the city looking after business interests. Mrs. D. V Rlggs left north Mon day night. Mr. Riggs joined her at Roseburg and they went to Portland for a few days. Thos. Wilson of Manhattan, Nv. who has purchased mining interests in the Illinois valley, has arrived In Grants Pass and is stopping at the Josephine. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stone of Sparks, Nev., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allison for a few days Mrs. Stone and Mrs Allison were girlhood friends in Portland. Mrs. Lottie P. Gilbert, a sister of Mrs. A. C. Holcomb of Grants Pass, won the automobile offered by the Portland Telegram In her district No. 2, Portland with over nine mil lions of votes. She led her nearest competitor by flva million, and was third highest in the hundreds of con testants In the entire state. Knit for Divorce Suit for divorce was filed Monday In the circuit court, Mrs. Florence naerlocher being the plaintiff and Edward A. Baerlocher the defendant. Maniniotli Inculmtor Arrives The mammoth incubator ordered by Dr. Wilcoxon arrived last week and Is being installed. It has a cap acity of 2,400 eggs. Aiiiiih Slumps on Mail .Matter Christmas stickers, including Red Cross stamps, are now allowed on packages going through tho malls. No stickers are permitted on the ad dress side of foreign packages, but they are allowed on the back and sides of such mall. Holiday firertinK for the Coyotes Arrnngeinents are now being made under tho direction of the local fish and game protective association for A" scries of coyote drives between the holidays. It Is now proposed to hold tlu first one on the 27th, a second on tho 2 Stli. and tho third on the 29th of tho month. One drive will be held In each of the Murphy, the Merlin id tho vars creek districts. l.ooiiurd Puri,luists Diiiry Tho Leonard f'lihard Company has purchased the dairy business of th Englewood dairy nnd will here' after conduct that enterprise. Geo. M. Flint will continue to manago the city end of tlw milk route nnd the milk nnri cream will come from the lords of cattle owned by the Leon ard t-ooplp. Anotlior l'.ln-rUHMli'd RooMer A valuable addition to the poultry population of the valley arrived by Irxprt-H from C resell Tuesday Uc hnA Art Commercei For. I morning, billed to John Summers. Cstry, and Music. Numerous lectures whoso Uarred Plymouth Rocks have and discussions ou Farmers' Co I been winners In shows held hero In operation, at homo and abroad, will I , , , be a leading feature. Make this a j years past. The new bird, Quality, j,, ,,rofltable ,.inU,r ouUng j Marred Rook cockerel, is a brother No tuition. Accommodations reason i of "Mlue Quen," a winner of many. nble. Reduced rates on all railroads. j prizes at tho big Chicago show, and gullet sisters of "Quality" were win j tiers at Portland and Eugene shows. I and at the state fair during the past i year. Saloon I Attached Through an action brought by Sac- ramento wholesale liquor dealers against Hardy & Maple, proprietor of the Oregon Wine Company saloon, the establishment was attached for debt, and Is now closed and In the hands of the constable. The amount involved In the suit is $237.70. fculoou Makes Assignment The Oregon Wine Company has made an assignment in the interests of its creditors, the assignment being made to F. W. Capp, who has been in the employ of the company. The liabilities of the company are placed at between $3,000 and $3,500. The saloon conducted by this company vag attached for debt by a Sacra mento liquor house, precipitating the financial difficulties. i Mining MaiiArm Arnold Becker arrived in the city Tuesday from New York and will re muln here for sonue time, giving his attention to the mining properties in the Holland district in which he it interested. He was met here by Leo Leonard, the manager of the Holland property. Mr, Becker, whose health is not the most robust, 1b accom panied by his nurse, and hopes that southern Oregon climate will prove beneficial. Swindler Nips Barber Even barbers fall for graft and hold-up games, J. L. Myers being the latest of the craft to be fleeced by a smooth guy with a sure-thing game. This was an alleged salesman for a well-known toilet compound used in barber shops, and to get the "premi um" offered Myers made an advance payment on an order. The house now discredits the salesman and offers $200 reward for his arrest and con viction. The swindler has worked his game on many barber shops and druggists throughout the Pacific coast. VISITS (HUNTS PASS AFTER ."W YEARS M. J. Luark, the pioneer stage driver through the Rogue River val ley, is In the city taking a look at the country through which he car ried the mall In 1858, or 55 year ago. Mr. Luark was only a young man those days, and has interesting tales to tell of the pioneer times, as well ns of his experiences since. His route was between Oakland, Oregon and Yrekn, California, and he drove a two-horse wagon from Oakland to Grants Pass, nnd from here con tinued on with pack horses, the wag on road ending at this point. The Grants Pass of that time, however, was located -(somewhat further up tho river than It Is at the present time. Since leaving southern Oregon in 1859, Mr. Luark has been In Call fornia, and for many years has been a well known citizen of Chehalis county, Washington, his home being at Moptesano. Since his experience in carrying mail through the embryo Grants Pass, he has been prospector and mining man, newspaper man, county sheriff and assessor, and In his later years an active preacher of the Congregational church, though now retired. IIo will visit at Selma for a few days, but will go to Wat sonvuip, uai., in time to nang up his sock at the fireside of his broth er's household. This Is the first time Mr. Luark has stopped off In Grants Pass since he left It In 1S59. Oregon Agricultural College Farmers' WeeR December 8 to 13, 1013 This will be a notable event lu the educational history of Oregon. "Farmers Co-operation" will be the leading topic of a stimulating series of lectures. Tho week will be crowded with discussions and demon stratlons In everything that makes for the welfare of the farmer and home-maker. Winter Short Course January 5 to 30, 101 1 The colle&e has spared no effort to make this tho most complete short course in its history. A very wide i range of courses will be offered In General Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry. Dairying Poul- For further information address II. M. TENNAXT. Registrar. Corvallls. Oregon. Farmers' Hushiest Courses by Cor respondence witnout tuition. If 3i 9 Mm 4 W1 . i .... ... -ii-Vf,;, ILK-..,...?-. 4l ',! THE PUBLIC FORUM. (Articles bearing on public ques tions, free from personalities or other objectionable matter, will be published under this head. Publica tion does not necessarily imply en dorsement, and the Courier assumes no responsibility for statements mado. Communications must bo lim ited to 400 words.) THE ROXDIXG ELECTION' ' sure. There Is also a very rich It has been ordered. Who asked quartz ledge on which more develop for it; tho taxpayer or the non-tax-' ment work wiH o done, and during payer? Who will pay for it; the! properly owners ur must) w uo uave n-i m v . l j mv. i stallatlon will be completed. There no property to tax? If we get thejg BUfflcient water to furnish power bond voted on us, who will be most for all purposes. benefited by it; we who provide the music, or the others who do nothing roxslL ORCHARD SHIPS but dance? Who will have the bonds nnd the interest to pay; those who furnish the sinews of war, or thoso who furnish nothing? The good roads we are promised will bring an army of tourists, and each one Is bound to leave some money. After they have come and gone, and left all their money, how much of the bond will be wiped out or interest paid? The hotel man, the garage man, John' ., , , . . ' i D., and a few merchants perhaps, ...in . . . i ;' will get some of it. What will the . . .. , , , rest of the army of taxpayers get? Josephine county's debt is about t!-. nno , i ' .. , ... ..., .... .... ... fc,h ' U in uiAca uifcu, ui nibut-i, uwm 11 ue tne same, it we Uond, ?l-5,00 of it can be paid on the itebt, the re maining $100,000 will takecareof the Interest and leave the greater part to be expended on roads. Will It go on the roads or Into some grafter's pock et? The principal will be doubled When the interest on it becomes due what will pay it; our property or an other bond bisgcr than this one? Where is the limit? Are the taxes on!1 ""ueu "l "'3 Tne quarter our proi.ertv now about ns w-v n9 of a '"'" men who play the game at we can bear? At the pace being setlleaSt nC6 a Week 8Pnd .250,000 for us to follow, how long can we hold out? Why Is Josophino county in debt? What caused it? Which is the wiser policy; to go on plunging into debt for roads, or pay as we go and practice retrenchment and re form? When the prospective home seeker comes to invest, sees our fine roads and palatial school houses not paid for, and a staggrrln? public debt; will he stay or go elsewhere? Are we property owners furnishing employment on roads for an army of; non-taxpayers. Rettcr find time to re-' clster and vote; you will be compelled to "pay the fiddler." A. TAXPAYER. ii), H Tt'nnn"v n The heater is so light it may.be easily carried to the dining room or living room or wherever needed. Easy to light and clean. So con structed that it can't smoke. Doesn't smell. Will last a life time. Finished in plain steel or blue enameled drums. For Best Results Use Pearl Oil Standard Oil Company PORTLAND i WILL WORK OLD GLORY PLACER MINE C. L. Mangum, president of the Old Glory mine in the Silver creek district, left Friday morning for the mine to commence active operation for the winter. J. T. Hagan and Wm. Stock are on their way to the mine and a number of workmen will be put on later. The Old Glory Is a hydraulic property equipped wlth,aln Etta Heston; conductor, Hattie l.iuo leet of pipe and a No. 1 giant, and a ditch furnishing 317-foot pres- the wlnter the foundatIon for a mlU nnd nthpr wnrlr tieresaarv fnr Ito In. APPLES TO XEW YORK The Consul Orchards loaded out yesterday the fifth car of Ben Davis apples to go out this week. The apples are going to New York on an advance of $1 per box here. Man ager Pritchard of the big orchard says that ths New York market has not been glutted this season, and th.lt Ha frnH la finflinw avKAllnn. nnl tWo oti. " . 6 'cul- oa o there, and that he expects a fa r mo., .. . margin over the advance payment ynAn i . Bln . made. These cars are of 800 boxes eacb , , .... The Growers' Association is also 'loading out a car, composed of the balance of the Spitzenbergs that had foggn held in the warehouse, with Davis to fill out the car. A couple of carloads more will clean out the warehouse. The association i "t'cicj 010 guiug iu me souin. THE PRICE OF GOLF London, Dec. 15. England's an nual golf bill, according to figures an. nounced today, is conservatively es- l for club subscriptions, $6,250,000 for Bon Dans, $12,500,000 for caddies, Alfred Letcher, Registered Opto $625,000 for clubs, and $250,000 formetrlst and Jeweler, In Dixon's old srcen fee3- stand. Front St. Eyes tested free. 1.3 r-lA : DO YUU UK Bl mm i Takes AH the Shivers From the Morning Shave The bathroom is warmed in almost no time and you shave in comfort if your home is equipped with a Ask to see it at your dealers nil OFFICERS ARE ELECTED IIY THE RELIEF CORPS At the close of the regular busi ness . meeting of General' Logan W. R. C. Saturday afternoon, the fol lowing officers were unanimously elected for the ensuing term: Pre sident, Mary C. HUdreth; senior vice president, Minnie Harmon; Junio i vice-president, Mrs. Winetrout; chap Lamphere; guard, Anna Ahlf; trea surer, Mrs. Pratt. Delegates to department conven tion: Estella Howard, Ruth Harvey Matilda Klnkle, Mary Lewis, Mary Taylor, Elizabeth Wertz, Martha Cornell, Serephina Long, MInnte Har mon. XEW OFFICERS OF MEL1TA COALMAN DERY The annual election of officers of Melita Commandery, Knights Tem pla, was held Friday night after regu lar routine business, and the follow ing were elected: E. C, Jose X. Nel son; Gen., A. II. Gunnell; C. G., G. W. Donnell; treasurer, Frank Mash burn; recorder, Geo. E. Lundburg. TIMBER CRUISE MADE IX NATIONAL FOREST The local officers of the forest ser vice have just completed a prelimin ary cruise of timber on the Siskiyou national forest. The cruise indicates that there is approximately fourteen billion feet of saw timber. Of this amount private owners control be tween five and six billion feet. Ths heaviest stand was found In the red wood districts, where single acres will cut 400,000 feet. BUSINESS POINTERS. Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Surgeon. J. E. 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