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things from the ground besides goid- Item, Carengie, Pa.
 A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that Russia will make no exhibit at the St. Louis worlds fair. No wonder, after the poor showlngs she made at Port Ar, thur and along the Yalu.-Grand Rapids Herald.
 Queen Iiliuokalani win attend the st-. Louis exposition, but not until King Leopold arrives will the fun really be- gin.-Grand Rapids Herald Cdichigan).
 Tn the interest of the poor hopeless Igorrotes at the St. Louis fair who can't abide anything but dog. fried, boiled or baked, 1t is to be hoped that the starting of any pup trust will be- drowned down.-Wichita Eagle. (Kans) J.
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SASH. DOORS. BLINDS.

Let us figure. your next bill, Special, odd work or stock. Twill be a stamp well used. BIRMINGHAM PAINT & GLASS co.
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Any pair of pants in our house made to order at cost for 5 days. Birmingham Tailoring Go
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Try The Age-Herald Engraving depart ment for cuts.
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paIy's Money Came Easily.

Daly's money came to him easily: 1t went the same way. He was broad gauged. Anaconda. where he built his smelter, needed hotel; Daly built fine one and lost on 1t $50,00O a year. He wanted a good newspaper in the town; he started the Standard. which went 3ooOO0 in the hole the first four years. He took to horsest-on the Bitter Root
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things from the ground besides gold Item, Carengie, Pa.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Wonder Items.
Crowded out last week. }

ACAphANh thN ApsoA WYNN
We are still waiting and listening
for the whistle of the Colonel's rail.
road engine.
Price Sloan and family have moved
down on Rogue River; we regret to
loose them as neighbors.
There is much prospecting done in
this vicinity and claims being 10.
Gated, and we predict a bright future
for this part Of the world.
The season for the Buttercup is past
and gone and now the Daisy doth ap-
pear. Wishing every one joyful
thanksgiving, | now bid you goodbye.
W. II. Devore and family are com
fortably domiciled in their new house
and Hersh McClung Is building a
large two.s story dwelling, while the
Wonder store has been enlarged 10
twice its former capacity; all Of
which denotes prosperity In spite of
poor country and a republican ad-
ministration.
Whereas, Zanoni keeps the readers
informed Of the doings Of the Wilder
vi illans, ! think il meet and proper 70
relate the works Of the Wonder
worthless Our school is progressing
nicely under the efficient manage
ment of the amiable little teacher,
Miss Grubb. There were two gradu.
ates last year, with Prof J. II. Aus
tin as teacher, viz: Master Roy De-
vore and Miss HELEN Ashmeord, and
we see no reason why there should not
be half dozen this term. as the di-
rectors have bought a t65 chart aud
put new floor in the house and made
other much needed improvements -
Dafzv
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Provolt Items

II. Pernoll of AppleRate was at
Proyolt Tuesday on business.
Miss Alice Grimes OF California
returned home this week for a visit
with relatives.
John Littken Of Grants Pass was at
Provolt Saturday visiting relatives
aud to look after his farm In the Pro-
volt district
4. O. Smith of Grants Pass spent
Thursday and Friday at Provolt look o
ing after mininglproperty in the Farris
Gulch district.
l.. o. Hyde and II. Messenger Of
Provolt are building new iues in
their residences; they have become
tired Of heating stoves; this surely
means a hard winter.
Lua Loesch, the Provolt hop raiser
made business trip to Grants Pass
saturday and expects 10 return the
same day. Mr. Loesrh is having
some 5000 hop poles cut at 2 cents
per pole which will be used for his
young yard IN the spring which will
make seven acres additional 10 the
old yard set out in 1891.
T.. ". PrOyolt nf ProYolt has been
doing some good, trading this week
Mr.. Proyolt traded 81 head Of cattle
Tor seven head Of horses the horses
lfe valued at 800; they are young
and unbroke and when they get their
growth, will weigh from 1900 10 1900
pounds each The cattle were COWS
and calves. mostly. Mr. Proyolt il
! cattle raiser OF this section aud a
good trader. He is also a berry raiser.
lie has raspberTies, blackberries
gooseberries IN great quantities 10 put
into market in August and Septem.
Der; he also raises apples and his crop
ihis season WIS good.
Thos. Carter, who has been at work
for J. I. layton. got through the first
u the week, and at the last o. the
week he WAS pot TO pros Getting on the
dividing ridge between Whiskey gulch
aud Brushy gulch. Mr. Carter came
70 Pr0yOit Friday and reports that he
did well a. he took a sl5 nugget from
one pan Of dirt. This piece Of gold
contained no quartz; IL was AZ
smooth A. river pebble. There
ought 10 be rich channels IN that sec
tiOn OF tie mountains for Whisky
gulch was very rich In both quartz
aud smooth gold in the early days OF
d 565. When this gGlch WAS dis
covered, the gold was near the grass
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Civ Council Proceedings.

At the council meeting Thursday
evening, resolution was passed
authorizing the mayor to close con-
tract with the Grants Pass New
Water Light & Power Company for
Ave year period for supplying the
city with street lights on the terms
offered by the Company, condition.
ed that the contract binds the COM
pany to not raise their maximum rates
for light and water to private con-
sumers daring this period. The com
pany to furnish the city nine arc aud
80 incandesoent, Ssl candle power
lights, for $ls5 per month and ad-
ditional arc lights at 81. 80 and incan-
descent lights at sl.40 per month,
service to be all night and no outs
for moonlight.
Resignation of John Patrick, as
street commissioner, accepted and
Mayor Gilkey nominated X. II. Gill
fillan and the nomination was con-
hrmed by the council. A resolution
WAS passed authorizing tho mayor to
appoint day policeman an1 l.. Nc
Grew was given the position.
The following bills were allowed :
Geo. Snow, $40; R. II. Burnett, ss4. 80
]. A. Maddux, 81; ]. b. Malleis 81
all for street work. ]. O. Randle, So,
and A. York. 81, for special police
duty; N. Z. MoGrew, drayage, g, 90
Cramer Bros mdse., Sl7. 06.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
TO TEST PROHIBITION VOTE
Action Before Judge Hanna in
jackson County.

The legality of the election in Jack
son county upon the question OF
prohibition will be tested in the
courts. Saturday, while the official
canvass was being made, protests
were filed against nine precincts in
the county by c. B. Watson and L.
]. S. McCallister, attorneys for the
anti-saloon people, alleging that the
election in these precincts was illegal,
in that persons not living in these
precincts had voted therein upon the
prohibition question. The nine pre-
cincts involved were North and South
Medford, Gold Hill. North and South
Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Apple
gate, Talent and Barron.
The saloon forces by their attorneys
Wm. NJ. Colyig and W. L Vawter
iled a protest covering every pre-
cinct in the county The saloon peo-
pie base their contention upon the
same ETOuuHh a. uu AiltlA NFPpANNN'f
and IN addition will bring up the
point as to whether the local option
law, being a general law has repealed
or superseded the special laws, enact
ed by the legislature in giving cities
and towns jurisdiction in them after Of
granting liquor license.
The matter came up before Judge
Hanna on Wednesday and as taken
audur adyisement. Judge Hanna not
being fully satisfied that his court
had jurisdiction to grant the injuno-
lion prayed for
Thursday Judge Hanna decided that
he had no Jurisdiction in the matter
in spite Of the argument that be had,
advanced by attorneys for both sides,
and dismissed both suits for injunc-
tion. The contest cases will he tried
upon their merits before county Judge
Dunn on November Soth.-Medford
Mail
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

Oregon's delegation are to get to
Washington in ample time for the
convening of congress, which takes
place on the first Monday in Decem-
ber. Senator Mitchell left Portland
last week and Senator Fulton de-
parts from Astoria this week as does
Congressman Williams from his home
at Prineville. Congressman Her
mann, with Mrs. Hermann, will leave
RosebuIg early next week for Wash
ington. Oregon has a delegation OF
workers in congress and in influence
and in importance Of committee posi-
tions rank with many CT the great
states of the East. AS to the relative
standing of the delegations Of the
Pacific Coast states, it is conceded
even by residents of California and
Washington, that the Oregon delega-
tion has more influence and accom-
plishes more in matters OF public
policy and fer the good of their state
than does either of the delegations
from California or Washington, each
of which in membership is larger
than that of Oregon. Az a sequence
Oregon fares extremely well at the
hands of the General government
and no state in the union, in proper.
tion to the import and internal revenue
yielded, receives SO large approprla-
tions for river and harbor improve
ments, public buildings aud other
pu bile needs, as does this state.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
WilderyilIe Items,

We hear that Goldie Lewis is on
the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs Clark went to Merlin
one day last week.
Lulu Conger is now chief cook at
Mrs. O. +. Lovelace's.
Mr.. and Mrs Leo Sans visited
at j. Sam last Sunday.
The Ditch Company are doing son o
more work on their dam.
W. H. Cart has moved onto the
ranch he bought of VIII Brown.
Webster Roberts folks have moved
and are now living ON Slate Greek.
S. L. and ]. B. Robinson worked
ON the new parsonage Friday of last
week
Arthur Wells father is visiting hi n.
I presume he was anxious to see that
new grandson.
Mrs. Rhoten and children have
moved to Emmett Conger's ranch
across Applegate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Loudon and
Grandma Loudon visited at George
Creed's last Sunday.
Emmett Conger is building house
on his little ranch. Wonder what
that mean? Don't you hear those
wedding bells?
A very small crowd was at Sunday
school last Sunday, as the weather
was rather unpleasant. We should
not be so afraid of getting wet.
Arthur Wells and Wesley McOollun
made trip TO Medford several day.
ago, Arthur on business and Wesley
to see the country and people.
A wagon load of turkeys passed
through here Friday of last week
Wonder if the turkeys had suspicion
that Thanksgiving day was 80 near a
hand?
Elmer Walden passed hero Thursda!
of last week on his way home to Med
ford from California. Zanoni.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

The gambling fraternity have re-
ceived a crushing blow in Portland
through a decision by Judge NJ. A.
George in an injunction suit brought
by the gamblers to prevent Sheriff
Word, OF Multnomah county from
closing pool rooms, in which the
Sheriff was sustained. The pool sell
ers claimed that as they held license
from the city Of Portland, the state
authorities could not molest them
and they further claimed that pool
selling was not gambling. Judge
George ruled that pool selling was
form of gambling and that when any
thing is wagered on an event in
which there is an element of chance
that it is gambling, and that no
municipality had the legal right to
license gambling. This decision by
Judge George has caused consterna-
tion among the gamblers, for with a
sheriff who dares to do his duty and
to enforce the state laws, they realize
that Portland cannot longer be a
wide open" town and that the soft
fingered gentry, who live of other
peoples earnings and give no equiva'
lent in return, other than wrecked
lives to the victims, must now move
to places where the town and county
officials are relniss in doing their
duty and Will for town revenue or
for personal gain, allow gambling to
violate the state laws.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Oscar Kennidy Hurt.

d. B. Pope, Of Golden, was in
Grants Pass Wednesday and reports
that Oscar Kennedy, whose home Il
at Wolf Greek, and Who was working
on a road being constructed between
Wolf Greek and Greenbaok. was in
jured Monday by a stump tipping
hack upon him. which he and other
men were rolling from the roadway.
He was carried to the home cf his
uncle, Henry Gross and Or. Major Of
Placer, summoned. The doctor found
the young mans lang was badly in
jured and that three ribs were
broken. He rallied from the sbock
aud Wednesday there was a fair
chance THAI he would recover
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
WoodVille Items.

Mr.. and Mrs. @. Sans spent Thurs
day in Grants Pass.
j. W. Laws was in Medford We'd
nesday on business.
Miss Rose White was Grants Pass
visitor last Thursday.
W. 7. Williams made business
trip to Ashland Wedne sday.
Miss Cord of Grants Pass was q
guest Sunday of Mrs. L. Morse.
w. Williams, a well known Grants
Pass carpenter, spent Sunday with
friends in this place.
Ben Lowell, our rustling real es-
tate man made business trip TO
Jacksonville Wednesday.
@. Moore, who has been working in
mine near Grants Pass. returned
home Thursday to remain.
Rev. R. Tweed was in Grants Pass
Tuesday attending a special session of
the Southern Oregon Presbytery.
Mrs. r. whipple and Mrs. Randle
went to Central Point Saturday to
visit for several days with friends
Roy Stevens was up from Grants
Pass Sunday. spending the day with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Stevens.
There will be the usual morning
and evening services this Sunday
in the Presbyterian church, Rev. r.
Tweed delivering the sermons. Sab
bath school at 10 a. IN.
p. Leverich has bought the build
ing in which he is conducting O
saloon and the dwelling house thai
he resides in together with two lotl
of William Bybee Of Jacksonville.
W. I. Sperry, mail carrier en- this
Woodville-W Winner route, has bought 1
small farm OH Evans creek, a shor
ditanue above Winner and next year a
the expiration of his mail CONTRACT
will move upon it.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

The best advertising investment that
has vet been made by Grants Pass is
that of the mineral exhibit in this
city under the auspices of the Grants
Pass Miners Association. While it
has been but a short time since it was
opened, yet it is already attracting
attention in all the mining districts
of the country, and its has been the
means of causing many mining men
to visit Grants Pass and to become in
terested in Southern Oregon, who
would otherwise have passed this dis
trict by, for many persons passing on
he railroad take a stop-oyer and
spend the time between trains in
viewing the exhibit, and the register
shows visitors from almost every min
ing district in the United States,
British America and Mexico. An
hour spent in the Association room
gives a mining man a better and more
full knowledge Of the mineral re-
sources of Southern Oregon than could
be gained by a months hard travel
over the hills of this section. While
the exhibit does not embrace samples
of all the minerals known TO exist
in Southern Oregon, nor specimens
from all the ledges and deposits now
opened, yet it is so complete as to en-
list hearty words Of commendation
from such mining men and experts a.
Patrick CLARK, ] @. Porter, DR.. J.
L. Reddy, Of Spokane. These
gentlemen, while on recent visit to
Grants Pass, visited the exhibit and
said it was the most complete they
had ever seen in small town, and
Mr.. Clark was so interested IN the
ores that he visited it the second
time. As to the class Of ores, Mr.
CLARK stated that showing was good
and that il indicated that Southern
Oregon was a rich and important
mineral district. Though all other
forms Of advertising msy have %
be dropped for the time being to meet
the expensesof the mineral exhibit, that
should be kept up as it will
bring more returns than any other
means Of publicity that Grants Pas;
could adopt TO push the mining in
dusty that means SO much to the
city's prosperity.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s4, 1904.
This week,s issue Of tLe Courier

This weeks issue of the Courier
re epresents effort under unusually try
ing conditions, which made it impos-
sible to do ourselves justice. For
one thing, the source from which we
were to receive town and county
write-up copy utterly failed us; we
were short handed and no extra help
could be procured, and to make the
work more embarrassing, we are in
convenienced by building operations
which are being pushed On both sides
of us and over our heads and the
Courier Office itself is all torn up.
preparatory to moving, To the above
circumstances are due the incom-
pleteness of descriptive matter and
the lateness of this issue.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

roots and hole was sunk the depth
of foGr feet the first pan full Of dirt
panned out $500 in coarse gold this
gulch has given out more gold than
any other gulch In Southern Oregon.
It is lJSmiles In length, at the head
divides into several different chan
nels Mr.. Carter has probably dis
covered one Of these lost channels that
has lain hidden for a number OF years.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
Gard of Thanks.

We desire to thank the people Of
Greenhack aud neighbors aud friends
of Barney Pollock of Golden for their
kindest sympathy and financial as
sistance in our deep sorrow of last
month during the sickness and death
Of our beloved Sister Maoeabee,
Alma b. Bollock Of Golden.
Ladies' of Placer Hive, No. 81 Of
the l.. o, 4. NJ of the World.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

Thos Taylor aud his brother were
In town from Camas Valley Wednes.
day receiving some long coal drills or
augers for use in developing very
promising vein Of coal on the for
mer's property back Of the Rev. J, l..
Coon farm. 1t Is very easy Of access
and they now have tunnel Of abo at
100 feet. The vein, while not fully
developed, arleady shows q thickness
Of nearly Ave feet. Samples which
have bfen tested, show the coal to be-
Of excellent quality and will make
good coke. They expect. In about 30
days, 10 be able 10 supply the local
market aud by next summer will
hiaye the mine developed sufficiently
for large operations. These gentle =
men, who are handling the mine q II
alone, are from the coal mining dif-
tricts Of England and know q good
article ia this line. They are cou
fident that there IL plenty OF go d
coal in Camss valley. -Roseburg Re-
view.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
r abroad IL nds May be opened

The railroad holdings have been one
Of the biggest haDdicaps to tho do.
Velopment Of Josephine county, the
southern Pacific holding every alter.
uate section under their grant. For
he past two years these lands have
been withdrawn from sale, bat now,
20 the Portland Journal reports, they
arc to be put back on the market, bat
no announcement as TO date or price
aud conditions has been given out.
the company's land department not
having the land appraised and claasi
fed. 1t is expected that within 3
days the date OF sale will be an
nounced
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOST
EST RAY.

TWO OLD black sows, left ear split,
came to my place four years ago.
Owner can have hogs by paying
costs. L. b. Akors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

Elmer Walden passed hero Thursday
of last week on his way home to Med
ford from California. Zanoni.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

All the newest and best thing at
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-17

ing food. clothing and transportation.
The neighborhood of n herder's house.
hold or camp, as ii will be found on
Thanks giving day, is probably one OF
the most isolated and dreary on the
globe. His skin tent abode is pitched
on the desOlate, snow covered tundra,
far from the outposts Of civilization.
The herder is the record breaking
mover OF the world. Every forty
eight hours for nine months his frail
tent home is pulled down and set up
again in the vicinity of his ever row
ing flock. The deer are not allowed
to feed long on one pasture, as the
constant scraping of their hoofs har.
dens tho snow. and it becomes diff.
cult for them to get at the moss I'M
derneath Large herds have TO move
every few hours, and are actually
kept on the so all the winter, as a
territory that has been grazed over
for day is useless till next season.
The moss upon which the deer feed
is a foot or more below the surface
of the snow, and is obtained by bur
rowing down with their sharp cloven
hoofS.
New Mexico is supposed to be pretty
well supplied with the articles and
comforts Of civilization. yet natives
OF Old Mexico are to be found along
the southern border who live in the
most primitive way A woman of
this kind, for instance, prepares bread
nh
ing down and grinding corn upon the
aboriginal stone metate, used hun
dreds of years ago, or maybe she
makes frijoles from beans ground in
the same laborious way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-17
BACK TO EARLY DAYS.
Record of Thanksgiving Celebration
in Plymouth Colony.

One Of the very earliest records OF
how a day Of thanksgiving was OBJ
served in the Plymouth Colony is as
follows:
an we Westinghouse. beginning
some halle an hour before nine &
continued until after twelve o'clocke,
we day beeing very cold. beginning
W.T. short prayer, then psalme sang.
then more larger in prayer, after that
an other Psalme, & then the Word
taught, after that prayer-& then a
psalme-Then makeing merry to the
creatures, the poorer sort beeing in
vited of the richer"
"On October -, 1857. thanksgiv-
ing was held NAMELY for these two
particulars. l. Flor the victory over
the pequouts. ye. 2. Flor Recon
ciliation betwixt Mr.. Cotton and the
other ministers"
Thanksgiving was thus celebrated
irregularly in Massachusetts,, as occa-
sion suggested, down TO 1850, after
which IL was annually ordered by the
General Court, not always in Novem.
Der. but generally after the harvests
were gathered
The manner in which Thanksgiving
day was first instituted as a national
festival has especial interest. During
the war for independence eight pub
lie and general Thanksgiving were
ordered by the Continental Congress,
but after the general Thanksgiving
for Peace in 1884 the proclamations
we're discontinued until 1889. when
the first National Thanksgiving was
proclaimed by President Washington.
the time designated being the last
Thursday in November.
The special purpose, as recon-
mended by Congress, was to give
thanks for the adoption Of the Con
stitution. In 1895. the suppression of
the whisky insurrection was recog-
nized by presidential call for a ma
tional day of Thanksgiving. The prac.
tice Of officially recommending the
observance of n Thanksgiving festi-
val was gradually adopted by the
States until II now has place among
the great national holidays,