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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
Music Department.

Tho Music department of the
Woman's Club will meet at the home
of Mrs. II. G. Kinney, on Friday,
November l3, at 1880 p. m. The sub
ject for the afternoon is church music.
A ful attendance is desired. The
program will begin promptly at $50.
l.. II. Clarke, Sec'y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
Another Big Bear.

Fred Miller Of Davidson and two
Bailey boys killed a 400 pound bear
Saturday. They chased Bruin about
fo5r miles from .the Minors creek
over the divide, to the headwaters Of
Birdscye creek Finally the dogs,
one Of them 8 months old, freed the
bear, aud the sport commenced.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

Who would keep their children In
good health should watch for the dTst
symptoms Of worms and remove them
with Whites Cream Vermifuge II
6. the children's best tonic. II gets
digestion AZ work 10 that their food
does them good and they grow up
healthy and strong &c at Slower
Drng Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

Celery four feet tall, and stalks Of
rhubarb four feet high and five inches
thick will be exhibited at this World's
Fair by Washington gardeners to
show the capabilities Of the soil aud
climate Of the great northwestern
state.
Buy your Chistmas gifts Of the
Presbyterian Ladies' at the / 90. f.
hall, December 4.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
MARRIED

fTe home of t6e
brides parents. Mr. and Mrs Nick
Thoss, near Wilderyille, Suniay,
November 9, 1903. Carl G. LIND
and Miss Florence L. Thoss, both Of
josephine county.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
Christian Church Services.

Services as follows at Christian
church:
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Preaching at II 90 a m.
We will join in the union services
at the Opera house az Z p. M. Sunday.
Revival services each evening all
next week. y which all are invited.
g. i. Sandorson, pastor.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
CountY Treasurer's Notlce.

tn re are funds in the treasury TO
pay all warrants protested 70 Sept.
lst, 1897. Interest will cease from
this date. Oct. 10th, 1908.
J. 7. TAYLOR,
Treasurer Of Josephine Co, Ore.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
WoMAN'S CLUB NEWS.
Art Department.

The Art department of the Womans'
Club will meet at the home of Mrs
W. @. Hale Friday, November 20.
All members are invited.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

When looking for gold or gold filled
watches, you will make a mistake IL
you don't examine my stock before
purchasing A. Letcher.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

TOILET SOAP, lots Of It largest
5-cent bars in the city-White House
Grocery.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12
DISHES AT COST

In order make for increasing stock of Hardware
we are closing stock of Dishes and Chinaware
of all description We have exceptional bargains in
Holiday Chnaware which will not last long.
If you need any dishes don't fail to let quote you prices
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

Is in tho northern part of the
city. about one block north OF tho
new brick Public School Bldg
between Seventh and Ninth
straets.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
RAIN IN NEW YORK
FLOODS MANY STREETS TO A DEPTH
OF FIVE FEET.
Families are Held Prisoners
Strikes Tammany Hall, But Docs No
Material Damage Greatest Loss Is
Along the Water Front Sewer Caves
In With Fatal Results.

New York, July New York and
vicinity, as we'll as ether parts of the
country, we're flooded today by down
pour OF rain, during which, in the
course of few hours, about half as
much water fell as in the prolonged
period Of wet weather last month. The
storm was accompanied by thunder and
lightning and Tammany hall and sew
eral other conspicuous spots we're struck
by bolts but no damage to speak of
done.
Streets in various sections of Greater
New York we're inundated, and it is ex-
pected the damage by water will be
very great. The food was most serious
along the shore front, on South and
West streets, in the borough of Man.
haitian and in the Williamsburg section
OF Brooklyn. where much damage was
done by food IL years ago.
For a good portion of the day here,
the water in some of the streets was
four and FIVE feet deep, and many fam.
lilies we're held prisoners in their
homes.
Fifteen feet Of sewer which is te.
ing constructed in Brooklyn Caved in
and filled with mud and water. About
20 men we're at work in tho excava-
tion, but all managed to escape except
Peter Sears, who, 1t is supposed, was
caught in the food and was washed
away in the sewer.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
WHERE ARE THE GUIDE BOARDS
Law Says Road Supervisors Shall Place
Them.

There is on section OF the road Law
whi b is more imperative in its require.
ments and which is more disregarded
than that which makes it duty ol
road supervisors to erect guide boards
at the forks OF every highway. If the
law we're strictly followed no super.
visor could draw his salary until he
had erected guideboards wherever roads
unite or cross, yet ii IS remarked by
everyone who travels in the country
that there are very few such boards in
evidence. Newcomers in particular
notice the absence of signboards. The
law on the subject is section 80 of the
latest edition of Oregon road lave and
reads as follows:
Every supervisor shall erect and keep
up at the forks OF every highway and
every crossing Of public roads within
his road district guide or finger
board, containing an inscription in leg
ipie letters directing the way and spe i
flying the distance to the next town OF
public place situated on each road re.
spectively; provided, that the road su'
pervisors shall not be paid after sub
mitting their report to the county
court until they have shown to the
satisfaction of the court that the pro-
visions of this section have been COM
piled with.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
Lands In a TangIe.

A large stack Of disapprovals Of lieu
land selections which lay on the desk
of the state land agent a few days
ago shows the wholesale manner in
which the general land office and
the department Of the interiaor are
turning down Oregon lieu lands.
Thousands of acres which have been
selected by the state and sold after sp-
prevail by local land offices have been
rejected recently by the general land
Office, and the end is not yet. Appeals
are being taken TO the secretary OF the
interior, but if that official adheres to
his present pol;cy thee is small
chance of a change in the decisions.
Beyond question the state land depart
ment is involved in the worst tangle
ever known in its history, and it will
be long time before the kinks are
Strengthened out.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
HARVEST PROSPECTS EXCELLENT.
Linn County Crops Have Been Helped by
the Showers.

Linn county farmers are elated over
the excellent prospects for good crops.
The damage done by the few days Of
hot weather early in June has been
overcome by the cool weather and
rains of the past week and the indica'
tions are that almost a full crop will
be harvested.
Just now the rain is doing some
damage to hay. A considerable
amount of clover hay has been cut and
will be injured some Ey the rain. A
weeks good weather would see large
portion of the hay crop safely har'
vested.
The fruit outlook is excellnet, al
though the crop OF apples and pears
will be light, there will be an extraor'
dinary yield OF prunes, which consti'
tute by far the greater portion of most
orchards. The prune trees in this sec
tion will be loaded with all the fruit
they can possibly bear. In some in
stances . part OF the fruit will have tC
be shaken of to save the trees
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
PLUNGE OFF BRIDGE.
Spanish Train Goes Into River and SOC
are Drowned.

Madrid, July L. Fourteen bodies
and fifty injured persons have been ex-
tricated from the wreck oil the Bilbao
train which overturned at the Nejerills
river last night. According to Off.
cial information, thirty persons we're
killed and sixty others seriously in.
iured. Many Of the latter will die.
OF the 800 passengers on the train. il
is stated that only six escaped unhurt.
The train, which was composed Of
two engines and l6 coaches, was cross
ing the bridge, when the couplings
broke between the engines. The Sec
ond engine left tho track and fell, fol.
lowed by the entire train, into the
bed Of the river. Fortunately, the wat.
er was low.
The nearest medical attendance was
mile and half distant, and those
passengers who were least injured aid.
ed the others and did all possible until
the arrival of relief trains bringing
nurses, doctors and soldiers from Bill
bao.
The train fell fifty feet from the
bridge to the river bed, the coaches pill
ing up in a mass of splintered wood
and iron-work. The scene is described
as horrifying. Many corpses were car
ried down the stream, which was &C.
tually redeemed with blood.
1t was found impossible to extricate
numbers of the injured who were PIN
ioned under the wreckage. A railway
guard was arrested in the act OF rob-
bing the dead and narrowly escaped
lynching.
1t is believed that the official figures
underestimate the number Of killed,
some accounts giving the number Of
dead as 100. The full extent Of the
catastrophe will be known only when
the wrecksge has been cleared waay.
The latest dispatches from Sara
gossa, near which place the catastro-
phe occurred, give the number Of dead
as 80 and the injured as 100. The res
cue of the injured from the debris is
not yet completed.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.
Awful Explosion Of Fire Damp in a Wy
omIng Mine.

Hanna, Wyo., July 2.-At 1890 A.
NJ. today an explosion Of fire damp in
mine No. ! OF the Union Pacific coal
company snuffed out the lives OF 2So
men, injured scores Of others and
caused the destruction Of a vast amount
of property. The mine was not fired,
as stated in the early reports, but the
explosion was terrific, and completely
shattered the timbers OF the main shaft
and numerous entrances, filled the
workings with debris, and those OF the
miners that were not killed outright by
the explosion were buried alive.
The explosion was heard for many
miles around, and attracted people from
the adjoining settlement. Huge tim
hers and railroad iron we're hurled from
the mouth Of the shaft a distance OF
200 and 800 feet.
Superintendent e. S. Brooks and q
large force of men went to work with a
will to remove the debris from the
shaft and reach the entombed miners.
Their progress into the mine was block
ed by the foul gases, and several times
they were forced to return TO the sur
face.
ALI day the rescuing party worked,
the force being increased from time to
time by the arrival of ranchmen and
others from near by settlements, ahd
by those OF relief train sent out from
Rawlins, which arrived about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon.
About o'clock this afternoon four
men were taken out alive, and half an
hour later they were followed by AZ
others. Many we're unconscious and
had to be carried from the workings.
some were injured, but none fatally.
Several are in a critical condition, but
it is believed all will recover.
Two hundred and eighty-two men
went down in the mine at Z o'clock
this morning, and up until q late hour
tonight only 48 had been accounted for.
OF this number two are dead.
Horses and scrapers were put at work
hauling debris away from the shaft,
and cars we're pushed down the inclnie,
loaded and hauled back up to the tipple
and dumped. The work is progressing
slowly, owing to the narrow space in
which the rescuers are compelled to
operate, but by daylight the mine
should be opened sufficiently 10 permit
of deep explorations and the rescue Of
the dead bodies.
Late tonight a party OF rescuers
reached four mules that were alive. and
this caused hopes to arise in the breasts
of the tired workers and the anxious
women and children gathered about the
shaft. It is a faint hope, however, for
experienced mine bosses and miners say
that when the imprisoned men are
reached all will be found dead. Some
of the miners that escaped say that
they saw 20 dead bodies in entry II.
They reported that many Of the men
we're cIazed by the explosion and ran
hither and thither in the mine. Many
of these could have escaped, but they
laid down, buried their faces in their
hands and gave up the fight.
OF the 243 dead about 176 were mar
ried and leave large. families. About
100 we're Einlanders, 30 were colored
and the remainder we're Americans.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
SECOND STARCH BEGUN.
Ground Between Hsppner and Lexington
VIII Be Covered.

Heppner, Or, July L. Another
body was today added to the number
found. This was the body OF a woman
dragged from the mud and slime of
deep puddle OF water in front OF the
residence Of William Dutton, two
miles below town. Though badly de-
composed the corpse was identified as
that Of Mrs. Clarence Andrews, mem-
Der OF the iIl.iated family OF George
Swaggert. Searchers were attracted
to the place by the noiscme odors and
found the body partly exposed.
Yesterday the executive committee
went over the ground between Hep
pner and Lexington, to note the prog
ress OF the work Of search and decide
upon future plans. The result was
that all men were called in and paid
off, then three crews OF ten picked men
each were selected and sent back to go
over the searched territory a second
time.
All cases of need have been relieved
temporarily, andwMrs. Britton, who
has had charge OF emergency work,
leaves for her home at The Dalles to-
morrow.
Contributions continue to arrive.
Those which came today amounted to
t2,S45.72.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
slavs rIau In a Frenzy.

Austin, Tex. July 2.-Frenzied by
supposed wrongs, W. 6. Hill, an ex'
attache of the state controllers office,
today entered the private Office OF State
Controller r. NJ. Love and killed hin
by means Of two bullets from large
caliber revolver. As Hill turned tC
fee, he was intercepted by Chief Clerh
Stevens, Of the department, who en-
gagged him in a scuffle, during which
Hills revolver was accidentally ex
uloded. The bullet entered Hill'l
abdomen causing a wound frcm whicl
he died this afternoon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
Caught RobbinR Mail Boxes.

Harrisburg, Pa, July Jacob
Devine was arrested at Columbia last
night charged with breaking open and
pilfering street mail boxes. The postal
officials have been working at this case
for three months, and claim to have at
last captured the culprit. PostOffice
Inspector Malone, Of this city, says
Devine was detected breaking open a
box and the Columbia police notified.
When Devine was searched one of the
numerous decoy letters sent through
the mail by the inspectors was found
on him.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
ARID LAND NOT IN DEMAND.
Department Of the Interior Approved
Two Applications for Reclamation.

The rush which was made year ago
for land under the arid land law Is not
in evidence this year. Only very few
applications for arid land contracts
have been received in the lsat six
months. and all Of these are for small
tracts which will be occupied, reclaimed
and cultivated by the applicants. Only
two of the applications for large tracts
have been approved by the department
of the interior. One OF these is the
application of the Portland company,
organized by W. E. Burke, which COM
pany has a contract for the reclamation
Of about 5000 acres northeast of Mai.
heur lake. This tract is entirely in
cluded within the reigon recently with
drawn from entry by the department
with view to examining 1t to ascer.
tain whether a suitable site exists for
the construction of large irrigation
works by the government.
The other application approved is
that OF the Pilot Butte development
company, which has secured some S7,.
900 acres near the headwaters of the
Deschutes, from which stream the
water for irrigating the land will be
taken. This is the company organized
by A. M. Drake. Among the applica-
tions pending are those Of the Oregon
development company for $4,000 acres
near the headwaters of the Deschutes;
the Three Sisters company, for 27, 900
acres between the Deschutes and the
Cascade mountains, and the Harney
valley improvement company, for &C.,
999 acres near Malheur lake, in Harney
county. A part of the application Of
the Oregon development company has
been rejected on the ground that the
land is timbered and cannot be proper.
ly classed as arid land.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-walla walla, 70@74c; val
ley, 77c.
Barley-Feed, $4,000 per ton; brew
ing, t2l.
Flour-Best grades, 1896 q 4.S0;
graham s3.46@S.S5.
Millstuffs-Bran, t23 per ton; mid.
dlings, s27; shorts, 32S; chop, SIS.
oats-No. white, tl.1O q LIS;
gray, 81 05 per GENITAL.
Hay-Timothy, $2O@21;. clover,
nominal; cheat, tl6@l6 per ton.
Potatoes-Best Bu-panks, 50@65C
per sa, <; ordinary, S5@4Ec per Genital,
growers prices; Merced sweets, $50
$50 per Genital.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, l0@llci
Young. 13@l4c; hens, 12c; turkeyei
| live. I6@17c; dressed, 20@22c; duke
.7.OO97.5O per dozen; geese, s6.OO9
$50.
Cheese-Full cream, twins, 15R@
Ice; Young America, 15@15kc; fact
ory prices, l@11fe less.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 209 22H'
per pound; extras, 22c; dairy. 2OG
~ &c; store, l6e@ls.
! Eggs-l7@sOc per dozen.
Hops-ChOi,e, is@2Oc per pound.
Wool-Valley. I2k0l7c; Eastern Or
egon, s014c; mohair, S5@a7<c.
Beef-Groes, COWS, Sk@4c, pc
pound; steers, 5@5kc. dressed, SIC.
veal-7k@Sc.
Mutton-GrOss, $3.50 per pound
dressed. 6@6kc.
Lambs-Gross, &c per pound
! dressed, 7kc.
Hogs-GrOss, 6@6ke per pound
dressed, 79seo
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
Mrs. deer Made President.

The Oregon federation of women's
clubs completed most successful three
days session at Astoria last week by
the election of the following officers to
serve during the ensuing year: Presi.
dent, Mrs. T. I. Geer, Salem; first vice
president, Mrs. Samuel Elmore, Astoria; |;
second vice president, Mrs. A. Bern
stein, Portland; recording secretary,
Mrs. Hattie Young, Grants Pass; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Samuel
White, Baker City; treasurer, Miss
Olive Slater, La Grande; auditor, Mrs.
Florence Sheldon, Eugene. The feder-
alton will meet at Baker City next
year.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02

Washington, July 1.-The president
has Issued the first of series of procla.
nations under the Porto Rican land
act, reserving for the use Of the United
States government such OF the public
lands OF Porto Rico as are needed for
naval purposes. The lands reserved in
today's proclamation are 80 acres along
both sides of the Cagaus road between
the harbor and the railroad station, the
Isla Grande, all public lands and struc-
lures on Punctella point, the park and
the presidio and the Island Of Culebra
and ada ent keys.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
COMET HAS TWO TAILS.
Observations Made at the Lick OBJ
servatory.


San Jose, CAL. July 1.-The follow
ing report was received from Lick OBJ
servatory this evening: The conspicu-
ous white spct on Saturn, which was
observed at Lick observatory on
Wednesday, has not again been in ia.
vorable position for Identification until
Sunday morning, when 1t was looked
up at Lick observatory. The spot ap-
pears to have divided too far to be cas-
lily distinguished.
The comet discovered by Borrelli q
week ago at Marseilles has been regu-
larly observed with the 12-inCh tele-
slcope at the observatory. 1t has also
been fully photographed with the long
exposure, showing two tails.
This is an unusual observation, as
only about one comet in 20 is SO situat'
ed as to permit Of this direct measure
ment. It's nucleus is about the bright
ness of 9h magnitude star. 1t lief
due south at 2:90 in the morning, 30
degrees above the horizon and is about
three fifths OF the way up TO the zenith
in the stellar aquaris.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
crook,s Formulation Increases.

Crook county is getting its share OF
the newcomers into the state. -Four
hundred and forty eight claims of differ
ent kinds have been proved up since
July /, 1902. Beginning about July l
the land commissioner says that there
will be n ade at his Office here from III
to IL proofs a day until October l.
More than ! 1000 settlers have come in.
to the county in the last year and
every stage from Sahniko to Primville
is crowded with people looking for
land.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
China Sees Methods in Move.

Tien Tsin, July 2.-The local news
papers comment on the alleged sisnif-
cance Of the gathering Of the Ameri-
can, British and Japanese fleets in the
northern part Of the Gulf Of Pechili.
II is asserted that no less than 81 Rus.
sian warships Of one sort and another
are assembled at Port Arthur. The
Japanese reserve officers who we're on
leave in North china are said to have
been called home.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
BID ADlEU TO KEEL.
Americans Leave German Waters Amid
Great Booming of Cannon.

0A&dS O0OAAAAHB SA
Kiel, July 2.-The United States
squadron sailed at P. M. today from
Kiel, all the German ships saluting
and the Americans replying. The flag
ship Kearsarge, Tioggo and San Fran
cisco will go through to Cattagat, stop
ping at Kallund Borg, Denmark, for
two days. The Machias will go by way
Of Kiel canal to Biunsbuttel and thence
will rendezvous with the other Ameri-
can ships off Spithead. The squardon
will arrive at Portsmouth July Z.
The salutes OF the imperial standard
we're fred as the Hohenzollern sailed
for Eckernforde this morning to accom-
pany the emperor and empress tonight
after the cruiser yacht race. The EN-.
peror started for Eckernforde on board
the Meteor at 7 A. M. The empress
was on the Iduna, which also started
for Eckernforde.
The American naval officers at
tended series of receptions on board
the German warships this afternoon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
SCARCITY In Brick and Masons.

The state board of capitol building
Com mmissioners has recently let con-
tracts for three new brick buildings. an
addition to the prison. new indus.
trial building at the reform school and
a closed cottage at the asylum As a
consequence, there is immediate de-
mand for large quantity Of brick and
the prison brickyard will be kept work.
ing at its full capacity for nearly two
months to supply them. The contrac-
tors all wish to begin work at once
and hence each wants brick first
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
An Immense Landslide.

-ouray, Colo, July Ian immense
lnadsIide, 200 feet wide came down
from the main range into Silver creek
basin, beyond and between the Reve-
nue. and Camp Bird mines. The whole
top Of the mountain broke off, and an
other section Of the mountains Looks as
II Il would break of. The slides are
caused by the melting Of deep snow.
No damage has resulted.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-02
pnhhed hv Clever Ruse.

Little Valley, N. Y, July 1.-Rob.
bers broke into farm house two miles
from Limestone last night and robbed
James and Patrick Qiunton, who lived
there alone, Of $4,000. The intruders
set fire to a mass of rubbish in the
ward, and when the brothers opened
the door to run to the fire the robbers
hit James on the head. knocking him
unconscious. The other brother is q Grip
ple. Both were bound aud we're not
able 10 releaes themselves.