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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913. ffttttttttttttttt t 1'tlWONAL AND LOCAL tftttttttttttttt i, A. Johnson ot ibUlauj is a visitor iu the uiy. iirs. A. iusss ol Uleudale u iu uu oil a snuyvius tour. r, una Mr, t. W. ssaatiuck are !a uoui the Applegate to transact CUJiatUjUd business. j, W. Beckwitu was iu from Kerby the arst of tha week. 0. II. Letever U la town from Gulden lot a lew days. Koy Jeier of this place wag a re cent visitor to Medford. Wheeler Osborn came iu from jlurphy the first of the week. Virgil Ashley was au arrival from Creeut City Monday evening. judge Jewell returned this niorn iug from a short visit to Portland. Herman Wallace went to Ashland Tuesday for a short visit with friends there. jlrs. Ellen Hunter arrived Tuesday morning for a month's visit with her sister, Mrs. II. A. Couglo. Miss Nina Williams, who has been here for some time past, left Tuesday for her borne at Yreka, California. yy. . Young, of the Kerby stage line, spent the night iu town re cently. Miss Ethel Woodcock, who has been teaching at Kerby, is In town for ft iew da'- Mrs. X. L. Casaday of Portland will spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. J. C Taylor. V. F. Gloeckner left Wednesday for Speaker, where he will be en gaged for a few days in Sunday school work. Lineman Wiseman left Wednes day morning for Wolf Creek, wher be will look after telephone line troubles In that vicinity. A. G. Lang and wife of Napa, Cali fornia, were recent 'visitors in the city. .Mrs. C. J. Howard and daughter, Miss Clarice Howard, left Tuesday for Cottage Grove, where they will visit over the holidays. Mrs. S. E. Coon of Portland visited here for a short time with the F. L. Coon family and continued on her way to San Joaquin valley Monday. The Stanford University glee club, which is touring the north, absorbed as much as possible of the southern Oregon climate during the stop of No. 14 here Tuesday morning. Miss Florence Benson, teacher of the Kerby school, visited frLends in the city Sunday while en route for Portland to spend the holidays with her mother. X. 0. Noben of the Methow valley in northern Washington arrived here Tuesday morning. Mr. Noben will spend the winter with his son-in-law, Dr. R. J. Bestul. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gruber of Mil waukie, Wisconsin, were recent ar rivals In the city. Mr. Gruber Is a mining man and will leave for the hills shortly, intending to look into properties In this vicinity. 11. A. Emerson of Kerby, who is Interested in the Kerby stage line, has gone to Klamath Falls, where he will spend the week attending to business matters. Mrs. Dora Ray of Martinez, Cal., who has been visiting for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Hought, left Mon day for Grass Valley, Oregon, where she will visit for a short time before going on to her home. J. H. Chiles, son of Judge J. M. Chiles of this city, is here from Se attle to spend the holiday season. His boyhood days were spent In Grants Pass, but he left here 16 years ago, and Is now prosperous In busi ness in the metropolis of the ever green state. Dr. Shearer, who recently formed 4 partnership with Dr. Sweeney in this town, left for San Francisco Tuesday to attend the surgical.clinics in connection with a meeting of rail road surgeons. He will return some lime before the end of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Coburn re turned Tuesday from their honey- Noon trip to the north. Frank Barrie, formerly of this ; Place, is spending a few days here, j Hiss Fern Cousino Is here from Portland for the holidays. Cuthbert Courtney, was In town Tuesday. J'rs. McLoughlin, who was form ' Miss Marlon Mitchell, Is In town 'or a short visit with her mother. Messrs. C. E. and F. Hudson of Auburn, Cal., the latter formerly of Grants Pass, are here for a Xmas Tisit with their brfther, H. W. Hud and snmlly of Selma. Gorman Hall, formerly a Grants Pass be-, eon of II. H. Hall, arrived to town Wednesday morning to spend 1 few days with his parents and friends. Mr. Hall is now i the em "lov of the Portland Railway. Miss Ruhy Pound, sister of Mrs. A- C Holcomb, arrived from Port ar"l Wednesday and will spend the Widavs here. 0. P. Dorm an a i for a few days " "Qm ' lacer been attending St. Mary. 8't.n tnh'iM Prt,and' hoL7S". iS Pan1, BruD0 and M. M. AInsworth was in from the -Murphy district Wednesday. Win. Haberman and son were in town from the Applegate Wednes day. E. A. Rathbone was in town from Meriin on a shounins? inn, wa . . a i, can to day. Geo. F. Smith was in from the Rough and Ready district in the Il linois valley the fiirst of the week. 0. W. Miller and Bon, Leslio, and daughters. Harriet and Gladys, are in tho c'ty for a few days from their home on Evans creek. The young ladies are teachers at Butte Falls and Table Rock, respectively. Lewis Rees, who has been conduct ing a store at Leland, was in town Wednesday. Mr. Rees has sold out his interests in the Btore and will move to Portland shortly, where his wife, who Is In poor health, will be Placed in the care of a specialist. Married at Grants Pass Hotel Philip c. Brown of Wonder and Miss Etta L. Edwards of Wildervllle, were married at 1 o'clock Wednes day, at the parlors of the Grants Pass Hotel by Judge Stephen Jewell. Annual Meeting Poultry Association On Saturday will occur the second annual meeting of the Grants Pass Poultry Association and election of officers will he held. There will al so be Interesting articles on poultry breeding. The meeting will be held in the Commercial Club rooms at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Wilde's Xnias Gift Arthur Wible appeared on the streets Wednesday morning with a smile that signified the reception of a Christmas gift of more importance than ordinary, and he lost no time in making known the fact that he is the father of a fine S-pound boy. MURPHY ITEMS. Jas. T Cook and Jack Vincent were business visitors to Grants Pass Monday. , II. Mansfield and wife of Apple gate were business visitors from here to Grants Pass Monday. Mr. Mansfield is one of our Valley's pros perous farmers. Herman McFadden, who has spent the summer at Sisson, Calif., where he has been playing ball In the Nor thern California league, is home for a visit of a month. He reports that times are not very lively there at present. Since the mountains have taken on their winter coat of snow it makes one feel cool to just take a look up that way, but the fact that they are covered with snow makes the farm ers rest easy, as it means better crops next season, and it also just what the placer miners want to see, as it will give them a good, long run with the giants and will scatter a few more dollars which heretofore have not been in use. ILLINOIS VALLEY ITEMS Mr. Shaffer has returned from a trip to Grants Pass. He was ac companied by K. J. Khooery and the latter's witnesses on a homestead contest which was conducted at Rose burg on Friday. Mrs. R. P. George 13 on the sick list. Dr. Dixon has been attending her. There will be a dance at the I. V. B. A. hall on Christmas night. Mrs. Ralph Kltterman has been confined to her home by an attack of lumbago. R. P. George returned from Grants Pass on Tuesday. Elmer Morey Is erecting a new barn for his dairy cattle. A sheriffs court was held at' the central creamery in which Vivian McVay was defendant, to determine the ownership of property. The jury disagreed In the case. Ed McCann is busy loading hay these days. Twohy Bros., who brought in a number of horses, and other parties who brought stock from Klamath Falls, are the prin cipal purchasers. We hone that all voters will turn t nH rast their vote on the spe cial election to be held on December j 31. This is a question which vitally concerns all. WOLF CREEK The schools closed for the holl-. davB with a pleasing entertainment, and Miss Irwin, the high school teacher, has gone to her home in Salem and Miss Torter will spend part of the vacation with friends In WEEKLY ROGUE RIVER COURIER Roseburg, also attending th Ktfo convention at Salem. The church and Sunday school are planning a supper and entertainment for New Year's eve which promises to he pleasing and profitable for all who attend. Miss Ruth G. Smith, a senior at the state university at Eugene, is spend ing the vacation with her rarents. Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Smith, and Is much enjoying life in the open. In addition to her studies she Is physi cal director of the women's depart ment of the city Y. W. C. A. Miss Mattie LIchtenberger, who is teaching at Leland. is here to spend the vacation with her parents. The Wolf Creek Mercantile Com pany are distributing beautiful cal endars to their customers. MURPHY ITEMS J. T. Cook, one of Missouri Flats' enterprising farmers, was transact ing business in Grants Pass Thursday and Friday. 0. E. Harper, our efficient road supervisor, has been doing some much needed work on the road this week, but had to Quit before the work was all completed owing to there being no more money avail able. This is an unusual winter for the placer miners and none of them has been able to start up yet owing to the rainfall not being sufficient to cause the creeks to raise. The bond election is not far off at this writing and it will not be long before we know whether we are go ing to have more money to put on our roads or not. We have got some good graded roads here, but they will not remain long that way unless there is some chance to put on a good coat of gravel. CHICKEN DINNER FOR 25 CENTS. Will be served each Saturday and Smuiay at Ui American restaurant, ibrmerly the Good Eats, opposite city baud btand, Grants Pass. Prices tor other meals as reasonable. Clean MMi;h i,ml lomtonable beds for 25 and 60 cents. .Mrs. H. M. Parham, Prop. 6-13-tf NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. After January 1 all subscriptions to the Weekly Rogue River Courier will be discontinued ft the expiration of the time paid for, excepting sub scribers residing In Josephine county. The label on the paper or wrapper Indicates the date of expiration. Make remittance payable to A. E. Voorhies or the Roue River Courier. All combination offers cease after January 1. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the stockholders of the First National Bank of Southern Oregon will hold their annual meeting at the parlors of the said bank on Tuesday, January 13, 1914, at 4 o'clock p. m. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year and to transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting, and es pecially to vote upon the question of ratifying the action of the Board of Directors in adopting amendments to Sections 7 and 8 of the By-laws empowering said Board to fix the amount of the official bonds of the officers and the employees of the cor poration, which said amendment was adopted by the Board of Directors November 13, 1908. H. L. GILKEY, 12-5-5t Cashier. COUNTY WARRANTS CALLED IX! Chicago, Dec. 23. Four inches of ) snow had fallen here today a God All Josephine county warrants pro-! send to the unemployed. Hundreds tested prior to and including April of them were given work clearing 21, 1911, are hereby called in, and the sidewalks. The severe weather are payable at my office. Interest will caused much suffering, however, and cease December 25, 1913. charitable organizations were swamp J. E. PETERSON, j ed. Incoming trains were almost all 12-2G-3t County Treasurer. : NOTICE To the Voters of Josephine County. I You" are hereby notified that the Special Election called by the County Court to be held on the 31st day of December, for the purpose of voting on road bonds, has been called off and no election will be held on that j day. E. L. COBURN. j Clerk of the Court. NOTICE. The stockholders of the Applegate-1 Williams Creamery Company are, hereby notified that their annual I meeting will be held the second Mon-J day in January, viz.: January 12,! 1914, in the office at the creamer. building, at 1 o'clock p. m. APPLECATB-WILLIAMS CREAM ERY COMPANY, Bv E. E. Abel. CARD OF THANKS 1 "Aish to take this means of thank ing those who helped me in winning the grand prize in the Rogue River Hardware Grafonola contest. MISS LIZZIE LEMMOX, 1009 Wllltama. O FRANK GREGORY KILLED BY DISCARDED SWEETHEART Denver, Dec. 24. Further Investi gation today of the tragedy in the RIalto Hotel here late yesterday con firmed the belief of the rollce that Mrs. Luelia Edler, aged 23, had kill ed Frank Gregory, a boy of 21, be fore she ended her own life. The bodies were discovered when the police battered down the door of the girl's room. Notes she left showed she planned the deed because Gregory had refused to marry her. Gregory had informed hts relatives that he intended to break off hts af fair with the girl because he did not think she was a fit person for his people to know. POPE PIUS CONFERS DECORATION'S OX SIGNORA Rome, Dec. 24. Pope Pius has Just called to Rome and conferred un usual decorations and honors upon Signora Angela de Ollverla Ceasre de Costa. Signora de Ollverla is presi dent of the South American Associa tion for Universal Peace and was call ed to Rome from the Hague, where she had Just unveiled a statue to peace which she had presented as one of the ornaments to Andrew Car negie's peace palace. Pope Plus, as did also his Imme diate predecessors, claims that as vicar on earth of the Prince of Peace he should be the legitimate head of the movement for universal peace. His self-imposed imprisonment In the Vatican, however, prevents his exer cise of this duty, but he has never missed the opportunity of granting unusual recognition to those of the church who carry on the peace pro paganda in his stead. GIRL FAINTS DURING HANS SCHMIDT TRIAL New York, Dec. 24. Following stirring scenes when one young worn J an fainted In the court room where 'Hans Schmidt is "being tried for the ' m..MnM 9 A win n A n in 1 1 1 1 a b a.d n , muiutri Ul nulla nuiuiiiici auu au- other young woman was led from the chamber and rebuked by her fiancee, only one woman was present when the trial of the clergyman mur derer was resumed today. The defense rested Its case today. Former Judge Olcott reserved the right, however, to reopen, should nn anticipated hypothetical question be propounded by Assistant District At torney Delancy. WIRELESS S. O. R. CALL COMES FROM ARCTIC London, Dec. 24. The llrsi wire less' call for help ever recorded from the Arctic circle came early today, announcing taat the Norwegian steamship Sagnvalk Jarl was ashore 600 miles north of Bergen. "Bergen is working S. O. S. Wait and listen." This message faintly tapped out went the rounds of the European , wireless stations about 1 a. m. All stations as far south as Bordeaux I were asked by Bergen to close down. Then Bergen caught the distressed 'steamer's message, sent It on here and elsewhere. The steamer's wireless was picked up at double the supposed radius. late, especially from the west. I'OST OFFICE DOES BIO HOLIDAY BUSINESS The local post office reports the heaviest mail traffic for this time of the year of any time In the history of the office. Stamp sales alone havo averaged $100 per day for the paBt few days. Confidence Is expressed, however, that all traffic will be cared for without trouble, as the office bas so far been kept clear without extra help. There Is a steady Increase in business, however, the incoming and ou'golng mail running between 90 to 100 sacks per day each way. The parrel nost has caused great increase In post office business, but present In dlratlftfis are that all this Increase run be taken care of without trouble during the holiday season. Hare you tnytblnj you want to Holiday Greetings TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS: Another year is coming to a close and this fact reminds us of the manv obligations we are under to the friends who have been loyal to us during the past vear and have remembered us with a good "share of their patronage. Our constant aim has been to give ser vice of the highest order, and we can assure our customers of an earnest effort to give such service during the coming year as will merit a continuance of their support. Indications seem very favorable for a very prosperous 1914, andwe sincerely hope you may get your full share of prosperity, joys and health. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Xew Year. Yours very truly, Grants Pass CLEVELAND HAS A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS . Cleveland, Dec. 24. When Cleve landerg awoke today the stage was set lor one of the greatest public celeorations the city bag ever Known. The celebration is to be known as Community Christmas and Cleveland has the honor of being one of the first big cities in the country to in augurate the idea. A Christmas tree almost fifty feet high, decorated profusely with toys and vari-colored electric bulbs, naa been placed on the big public square In the center of the city. Band stands have been erected about it and the ceremonies started last night. The object of the Community Christmas is to combine the activi ties of various charitable organiza tions and make the giving of Christ mas cheer to the poor and needy a matter of civic duty. In the past the Associated Charities, Salvation Army, Volunteers of America and other charitable societies have sep arately ministered to the needy. This year a committee of thirty five prominent citizens, Including Mayor Baker and Lieutenant-governor Greenlund, took chargo of all charitable activities and they boast that not a person in this city of over ! (500,000 souls will be without a good meal and warm clothing on Christ mas Day. I A unique method of raising funds was devised. A few weeks ago all the downtown stores placed on sale shares of stock in tho Community Christmas Company. The shares ; sold for $1.00 each. The certificates were made out in due legal form. They stated the Community Christmas Company would return the original Investment with Interest, not in money, but In satisfaction a feeling that your In vestment had gone to mnke some un fortunate person or family happy on the day on which was declared 'Teare on Earth and Good Will to Men." The stock sold, even beyond the expectations of some of the most enthusiastic backers. On Christmas Eve a great canvas screen will bo spread at one side of the public square and upon it will lm thrown the words of patriotic and Yulelldo songs. There will be B!eeches and bands about the big Christmas tree, while an elaborate program has been arranged by vari ous singing societies. There has been established a holi day "clearing house," and Cleve landers have been asked to send tho names of needy families to the com mittee in charge, which will prepare the lists sent In, eliminate duplica tions and see that every needy per son In the city Is supplied with food and clothing. The tree will be lighted nightly un til New Year. On New Year's Eve another celebration will take place, pack rm Hdw. Co. which is expected to replace the hil arious scenes In cafes and hotels which have characterized the obser vance of holidays in previous years. CHARGE HAXDIT WITH Ml RDEIl Ol-' MONTAGUE San Francisco, Dec. 24. A formal charge of murder was lodged here to day against John BoBtlck, the South ern Pacific robber suspect. He was charged with shooting and killing Traveling Passenger Agent Horace Montague on December 1, the day the Southern Pacific's train was hell up at El Monte, near Lob Angeles. The "alibi" on which Bostlck re lied to establish his innocence was shattered today. He had claimed that he was at work at the Southern Pacific round house here on the day of the hold-up. H. II. Carman, fore man of the shops, was brought be fore Bostlck this morning. "Did you ever see this man he fore?" Bostlck was asked. "I never did," wbb the answer. Bostlck paled when told who Car--man was, but remained silent. ) Sheriff Hammel of Los Angeles ar rived here today. He Is confident that, Bostlck Is the bandit, and de clared he probably would take him to Los Angeles tomorrow. Hammel wanted to. leave today, but Captain of Detectives Mooney would not consent to this, as he wished to make a fur ther investigation here. Bostlck gave his ago as 22 and said bo was from Iowa. Dr. A. B. Clark of Honolulu, a passenger on the Southern Pacific's overland held up near Richmond, Cal., November 14 last, Identified Bostlck today as the man who did thai job. 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