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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

I. B. Binfield, Prosser, Neb.: while
writing | must request my name en-
rolled as one of the Old Guard, only
regretting that am getting too old to
be of much practical service Was one
of the first populists to organize in
this county and am one of the most
radical. and withal Henry George
farmer"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

II. C. Horsey, Washington. Ia. "As
for being one OF the Old Guard will
say that organized the OLD green
back party into the union labor party
and after its death by fusion | COLI
lected the fragments and organized
the peoples party. | am still its chair
man and ready to act when | become
satisfied that the leaders OF the Den
yer meeting mean business and are
not for the purpose of having some
thing TO SELL | await results hoping
that the next convention Will be the
largest and most enthusiastic meet
Ing ever held by the peoples party y
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

Under no other government except
the dcspotlsm of the money power
could stable article OF food be mo-
nopolized as the beef trust has mo-
nopollzcd all meat products. all of
which goea to show that We are llv-
Ing under most complete despotism.
Such state OF things could not haye
boon effected even In the middle
ages among the peasants, without
having caused general uprising.
Such unthlnking creatures "a our
multitude OF mullet heads are Of mo l.
ern origin.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10
Lincoln Employment Agency

furnishes help TO those employing la
Dor and procures positions for those
who want work 1874 O st.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

Apostle Lyman of the Mormon
church told the senate committee that
he was living in defiance of the law
Of God and man and had not repented
yet. Furthermore he intended to keep
on living in the same way From MS
testimony as well as tnat of Presi-
dent Smith the fact developed that
the hierarchy of the Mormon church
are polygamists of the rankest kind.
A majority Of the apostles" are Nv
ing in polygamy and the defiance that
they now express and the indecercy
of their conduct all results from The
Infamous bargain made with The re-
publican national committee.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

II is said that every county Judge
in the 102 counties in the state OF II
linois, every judge of the supreme
court and every federal judge Is given
annual passes. These passes are
manifestly given with purpose. Ger
tair lawyers in Illinois have organ
lied an association to inquire into how
far the judges are influ enced by these
passes, and how many Of them use
their passes. Now it Is well known
also that every lawyer Of any stand
ing in Illinois as well as in Nebraska
has either annual or trip passes when
ever he wants them. Suppose these
Illinois legal lights extend their in
vestigation to include lawyers and
all other classes of per- who re-
ceive passes why draw the line on
judges?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

is cOmmerci3l,SIn. InaL is What Ids
been the god of the people for the
last six years.
An election is coming in the near
future and it behoove3 tle admins
tratlon to make some sort OF stir
about the robberies of the trusts. That
Is a good way TO catch votes, so the
preliminary action has been taken in
the house and an assault is to be made
on. the beef trust SO they say The
first announcements were to the ef-
feet that Attorney General Knox was
just aching to go for that trust and
all he wante1 was for the people to
furnish him with the information on
which to base a suit. Now 1t hap
pens that a department of publicity
was established more than a year
ago at great cost and a young man
by the name of Cortelyou was placed
at its head. lie was TO furnish the
information that the other depart
mepts needed and Rockefeller was so
mad about 1t that he threatened 20
bounce Teddv out of his job Why
don't Knox call on Cortelyou Tor the
information instead of the people?
What has Cortelyou been doing all
the time to earn his salary and per-
quisites?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

A recent decision OF the United
States supreme court makes it GER
tain that that court will net inter
fere with the grandfather" and 9TH
er clauses in the constitutions CT the
southern states which were adopted to
dlsfranchise the negroes The negro
vote has been permanently eliminated
in the southern states.
Never since the telegraph was in
vented has any nation been able to
80 completely conceal the movements
of large armies and navies as have
the japanese during the last few
weeks. The. papers are filled with
rumors, contradiction of rnmors and
articles by war and navy ''cxrerts. -
but where thu great Japanese army is,
no one knows. During the week there
has been another bomDardment of
Port Arthur and Vladivostok Whe-
ther the Russian feet is in the latter
harbor or no. is not certain, hut the
general impression Is that Ii is not
and that the Japanese fleet is now be-
tween 1t and It's base of supplies. Ii
that is so. Dig sea fght will come
off soon. Rumors that there has been
such fight and that the Russians
were defeated are thick. Another
thing that seems true is that the Ja-
panese have landed a large force just
north of the mouth of the Yalu river.
II that IL true they have flanked the
Russian army entering Korea from
the north. II Is pretty certain that
no great battle, either ON sea or land,
has beer fought during the last week
and that both sides have been ma
aenyering for position.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-10

run with illegitimate children. That
is commercialsrn. That Is what has
been the god of the people for the
last six years.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
DUNHAM GETS 100000
Railroad Company VIII Probably
Garry Case Up.

The greater part Of last week was
occupied in the retrial of the case Of
E. A. Durham VS. the Southern
Pacific Co. Durham was run over
by an engine here two years ago and
lost leg by the accident, being at
the time in the employ Of the COM
pany az brakeman. His fill was
caused by a broken hand hold on the
engine. The case was tried in the
October term and Durham was given
a verdict Of sl2, 600. This verdict
was set aside and new trial granted
for the present term. Dunham's case
was conducted by Judge Bennett Of
The Dalles, while W. d. Fenton Of
Portland looked after the company's
interests. The interest was greatly
increased by the keen ability which
both attorneys exhibited IL. their con
duct Of the case. The jury retired
about 6 O'Clock Friday evening and
after about three hours deliberation,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum of $4,000, exceeding by
$4,000 the amount granted by the jury
in the first trial.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
LEDGES STRUCK
MINING ON WOLF CREEK COOL
Prospecting Around LEILA nd and
Tunnel 9.

We are having cool, cloudy weather.
with a light sprinkling of rain. 1t re-
tards gardening, but it is good for
grass and other vegetation.
Business is good here; we can hear
Of scarcity Of money in some other
parts Of the state, but here in Leland,
business is moving quitely along, as
we do not indulge in any wild cat
speculations. We have had a very
mild winter, with very little wind,
no deaths and no divorces.
Frank McCracken, with some others
took in the Pass last week. Frank is
one of our staunch placer miners, be-
ing located on Birthstone mountain.
He is we'll pleased with his run this
winter as he has good water right,
and his ground is easy to work very
few big boulders. and gold dust begin
ning to come in to pay for supplies.
As most of the miners hac to bring
on long bitches and other extra work,
they went on credit
A good many prospectors are wait.
ing for the weather to clear up so they
can go in the hills to prospect; with
so many good ledges being struck, the
last year, it has stimulated the quartz
miners so there will be more men in
the mountains this year than ever be.
fore. A goou deal of attention is be-
ing paid to the vicinity Of Tunnel 8
as the formation in that vicinity is
very bright as several lodges have
been found but for want OF capital
they never have been fully develope !.
There seems to be a deficiency in the
different quartz mills in extracting
and saving the gold; tine rock in
several ledges in this Vicinity assays
well, but in purchasing a mill and
making run. the mill does not save
the gold. That is one reason why so
many mills cease to run; If we had a
smelter here to treat the ore, then this
vicinity would turn out as good ore
as Gold Bug or Greenback. If cap.
italists could only realize the amount
of quartz lodges we have in this dis
trict, they would not hesitate IN
erecting mill suitable to treat our
ore, then that would encourage
miners to go on with the lodges that
have been idle for quite while.
Capital is what is needed to develop
this country. We have good rock,
good timber, pleuty of good water.
Wide Awake
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
fC0UNClLMEN DISTURBED
Drunken Man Made Night Hid
eous at City jail

Two noisy drunks were arrested
Saturday and confined in the city
Jail II was impossible however, to
conhne their roarlngs aud boisterous
songs which echoed and re-echoed
throughout the city ball. Monday
morning they were sufficiently sobered
to appear before the city recorder.
One of the men paid $40 fine and
was released The other had no $40
and was returned to his cell. Later
in the day he was released on the
promise of leaving the city imme-
diately and was given good advice
about the temptations that befall the
nnwary traveller. The advice was
taken but it did not stick, for he i'm
mediately loaded up again and by the
time the city council was interested
in important matters, he was brought
in and during the remainder OF the
night he furnished alcoholic seleo-
tions Although the doors between
the Jail and the council rooms we're
tightly closed. the city fathers were
greatly disturbed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28

Corvallis comes to the front with a
whiskey tragedy, case where a young
man got drunk and full Of fight and
yearned to kill everybody he saw.
After he had shot two men, one OF
them mortaIly, he was himself killed.
The question now is, how muob
saloon license will Corvallis have to
collect before the dead men are paid
for and how much "fun" must saloon
habitues have to counterbalance the
grief attendant on the tragedy z
When the estimated worth of Dunn
and Ready is balanced on the city
books, how much more must be col.
lected to pay for the trouble OF Officer
Osburn, who is lying with bullet
hole thorugh his neck, and the ex-
pense Of the detention and trial Of
Keady's companion aud accomplicef Z
There Is also an interesting problem
as to the wortL of saloons in com
munity, In the Chiles and Bennett
cases Of our own county, to compute
the expenses Of trials, board Of
prisoners at S. per week, the dam
ages, financial and otherwise, to
Patrick, TO Dolan, and to the rela.
tiyes and friends of Chiles aud Ben.
net, compare the sum Of these expenses
to the revenue, and see how much
financial advantage appears TO Offset
the other considerations in regard to
the business.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28

which is fed by the Siskiyon and
Grayback mountains. where the snow
lays and can be seen the year round.
There Is also the Williams creek
valley which is noted for cattle rails
ing and mining. This valley Is siA
miles in width and 16 miles in length,
which has the finest soil that can be
produced in Southern Oregon, and
this is also beautiful place. Pro-
volt is like the valley of Eden when
its mea dows are green and the sun is
shining brightly and the larks in the
meadows begin to sing and the flowers
ON the hillside are in bloom. You
can stand on the highest points of
Provolt and gaze over the valley and
see the beautiful farms.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
A LITTLE "SN0W STORM"
Scare Head Man Spread
Himself.

The little "snow storm" of Friday
morning, which barely covered the
ground and melted off Immediately,
furnished material for three inch
double column scare head in the
Portland Telegram, with dire
prophecies of the destruction of the
fruit crop II certain conditions Of
weather should onsue. The worst
feature Of the case was that the ar.
rangemont Of the alarm" was such
that careless reader would gain the
impression that the damage was an
actual occurrence instead of being
mere representation. If the Tele.
gram follows up this course of record
ing future possibilities under prosum-
able conditions, it certainly will not
lack for matter to I'll mp its columns,
but we would prefer that our calami.
ties should remain unrocorded until
they occur.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
THOMPSON CREEK MINE
Ma chinery to Be Installed and
Nine Developed

Frank Jordan of Cottage Grove
was in Grants Pass last week, return
ing from Thompson creek. where he
is interested in a mining property
He is associated with Wm. Jordan of
Merlin and Riley Thompson of Grants
Pass The mine is about 11S miles
from Applegate and shows up vein
of ore from to Is inches across which
has been traced for 100 feet and carries
good values. There is already about
200 feet of tunnel besides other i'm.
provoments and it is the intention of
the owners to equip the mine with
machinery and extensively develop
the property during the summer. Mr.
Jordan for a number Of years past
has been operating mining property in
the Bohemia district, where he is still
interested.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
Hoodville Items.

W. V. Jones made a business trip
to Medford Tuesday.
L. n. Stevens went to Ashland to
visit friends las. Tuesday.
c. Moore returned to good pastures
in the Woodyille hotel a few days
ago.
E. Z. Bagley visited friends and
transacted business in Ashland during
the week.
Rev. W. S. Smith, of Oakland,
preached last Sabbath in Winner ana
organized a Sabbath school.
Mr. Martin of Foots Greek was IN
town today and reports good work
beng done by the dredging machine.
Prof. T. r. Townsend, Rev. R.
Tweed and r L. Tweed were in
Grants Pass last Saturday on bust
ness trip.
Rev. W. S. Smith of Oakland, the
Presbyterian Sabbath school mi sion
airy, paid his respects to old friends in
Woodville Friday.
Rev r. Tweed, preached in
Phoenix last Sabbath as the Presby.
terry grouped Woodville and Phoenix
together for the present time
Dr. Parker was in town a few days
ago attending to the wants of one of
our esteemed neighbors, Mrs. Randall
Rev. W. S. Smitt, preached to a
good congregation in Woodville last
Sabbath evening.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
ONE AND 0NE-THlRD FARE
To Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence at Los Angeles.

Account above conference, the
Southern Pacific Go. will make re.
duood rates ON the certificate plan
from main line points in
Oregon south OF Portland. Passcn.
gers will purchase tickets to Los
Angeles, for which Agent will collect
the highest one way rate, giving
special receipt On presentation Of
this receipt, duly executed, by origi-
ual purchaser Southern Pacific
Agent at Los Angeles, will sell TO.
turn ticket ut one-third fare, Sale
datos from Oregon points will be
April 10 to May T, inclusive, also
May 8, l2 10, %, %, and 80, Tn, last
day ON which certificates will be hon.
orod for return at reduced rates from
Los Angeles, will be june 9TH, 1904
w. Il. CONAN, G. p, \.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
o. M @ ID. Co. Will Make Extcn-
sive improvements.

81. b. Bozorth. who is interested
in the Southern Oregon Mining q
Development Company and the Wolf
Creek Mining & Development Com
pany, has just returned from South
ern Oregon. He reports matters in a
very prosperous condition and SAYS
this is an ideal season for the placer
miner. The giants are steadily at
work with plenty Of water and lots Of
snow left in the hills.
indications are excellent for a
good, long run and the final cleanup
will not be made until about July t."
said he to The Telegram. II was ~
days on the Jump. off-Joe property
and while there prospected it thor
oughly in the channel where we are
now piping.
1.-THE gold is mostly OF coarse
order and it was almost impossible to
take a pan Of dirt from any place in
the channel that did not yield good
values, as high as 81 per pan being Sc
cured in some instances. There are
three distinct channels on hummer
Creek. The ole now being worked is
about 60 feet wide, carrying pay
gravel averaging a depth Of four feet
We will commence active develop
ment work on our quartz claims on
Applegate river.
81 inspected the Wolf Creek prop.
erty while there, and will soon ar
range to make extensive inn rovements
in the way Of building new ditch
and installing more hydraulic ma
chinery. A few days ago, Mtssrs.
Wilson & Richard, who are working a
claim adjoining our property on Wolf
Creek, picked up $47 nugget. They
are using self.shooter, and after
every discharge of water numerous
pieces Of coarse gold are picked up
from the bedrock.
"Thero is considerable activity in
all sections Of the country where /
visited, in both placer and quartz,
and some good sales are pending
Southern Oregon is surely destined
to become one of the greatest mining
centers in the entire Northwest. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
A SPECIAL ELECTION
To Vote $500 Sewer Bonds For
The City.

A special election has been called
for Thursday, May l9, for the purpose
Of voting on the proposition of croat-
ing u city indebtedness in tho sum
OF sl500 for the extension of and con.
struotion Of the city sewer as follows
Commencing Mt a point ON Fourth
st, $50 feet northerly from A street,
run thence northorly 30 feet, thence
easterly through the property OF Nj.
Calvin to Fourth st., thence northor.
ly along Fourth ST., to Mnn2anita,
Avenue, which election, will be hold
at O'Clock a. m, and continue until
2 O'Clock, p m. Of said day. The pol.
ling places are as follows,
First Ward-Old school house, G
street between Third and Fourth
Second Ward-Court house.
Third Ward-City Hall
Fourth Ward-B. \. Williams build
ing, corner Front and Third street
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
MIlderNilIe ltems.

There is talk Of building the NJ.
E, parsonage down near Slate creek.
Mr.. Mears preached at wildervillc
Sunday at II O'Clock and also in tho
evening
Everybody busy aud looking ON
the bright side Of life during this auc
weather
lancy McCollum Of Ncwburg,
Oregon. is in the ncighborhood ready
to work in the Williams mill
Guy Wothorboo has a lame haud,
which has prevented him from cut.
ting wood for Mr. Knoell's lime
kiln.
MIR. aud Mrs Leo Sans are back in
this neighborhood after boing in
northern Oregon tho past three
mouths
Tho William Bros are making pre-.
parations to start up thcir saw mill
again Tor the summers ruu-will
start May .
Mr., Eggors aud Youngest daughter
are visiting at J. c, X McCann's.
Mr. EggorS beiug Mrs Mccain s
unclo lie is from Tonuessee and the
daughter from Salem.
Miss Lulu Cougcr celebrated her
sbth birthday 10y inviting in several Of
her relatives aud fricnds ON SUNDAY
the gith There was long table
we'll laden with good things 10 satisfy
the apvCtitH
Miss Alice Lovclaco is on the sick
list lamont
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
Excursion Rates.

The Northern Pacific Railway Com.
Iany will place round trip tickets
from Portland to st. Louis and return
on account of the Worlds Fair to be
held at st, Louis, on sale on dates as
follows:
May 18th, 18th and 18th.
June 10th l7th and 18th
July LIST, I'd and Sd.
August sth 9th, and 10th.
September 9th, 9Th, aud 1th.
October Sd, 4th, and 9th
The round trip rate fiom Portland
to St. Louis and return, good for 90
days from date of sale aud good for
return via any of the direct lines will
be $GL 90.
On the Same dates round trip tickets
will be- sold to Chicago and return at
rate of Si2 90
The round trip rate from Portland
to ST, Louis returning via Chicago and
direct lines or to Chicago returning
via ST. Loais will be $500
All tickets will have to be used to
destination within 10 days from date
Of sale hut will bo good for 20 days
from date of purchase, Stopov rs will
be permitted west of st Paul or Mis-.
souri, River points.
II passenger desges to return
through California, the above rates
will be increased by Sl35l
The Northern Pacific will operate
three trains daily from Portland, and
the ticket agent will route you via
this compauy's line If you ask fer
your ticket via this route
For any additional information in
connection with rates. routes, etc
call on or write \. u. CHARLTON,
Asst Genl Passenger Agent At s65
Morrison St, corner OF Sd, Portland
Orp.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
CHILES PLEADS GUILTY
VIII Receive His Sentence on
Friday,

Edgar Chiles plead guilty ON Tues.
day morning to the charge Of assault
on John Patrick and will receive his
seHtouco ON Friday. This case has at.
tracted great deal of attention ON
account Of It's ulta.scnNtional char.
actor The crime was committed ON
the sidewalk of one Of the busiest
business blocks of Grants Pass, shortly
after noon of February :, Patrick
was attempting the arrest of Chilcs,
who was uudcr tho influence of
iquor when the lattcr attacked
him with a long cheese knife which
ho had taken from his fathers gro
cery, inhictmg number of wounds,
one Of them u deep and dangerous
stab ia tho abdomen.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE
While Boz triding on the River
Graft Cepslzos.

vallard Truax aud George Bakor
had rather a narrow escape from
drowning in Rogue river ON sunday.
They were taking boat ride near the
White rocks and In some manner the
craft capsized about 30 feet from the
high bank ON this side Of the riycr
George swan TO the shore, but Val.
lard clunR to the boat which kopt
turning about and oluding any safe
grasp He was In thc cold waters
some 10 minutes before he was res.
ouod aud was twice uudor the boat.
Otto Walter who was fishing on
the other side Of the riycr. saw the
plight of the boys smashed q chain
with which boat was secured to
tho bank, went to the rescue and
got Nallnrd safely ON board.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
The Punkin Huskers.

The comedy, "Punkin Huskers, "
was played at the opera1 house on
Monday evening The ability of the
company is shown by the fact that
they found small cold, listless
audience and worked it up to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm and ex.
citement The plot is the regulation
thing, mistake, which, through tht
Grass stupidity of the principal char
acters, cannot be explained until the
mischief is done. Many of the
situations were new and some of them
were amusing in quite an intense dn.
gree. Special scenery was used in the
presentation of the play.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28

immediately relieves hoarse.
Uroupy cough, oppressed rattlmg.
rsping and dimcult breathing.
Henry O. S,ams, druggist, Shulls.
bnrg, Wis writes, May 20, 1901; II
hayo been selling Ballards Horc.
hound Syrup Tor two years, aud have
never had a preparation that has
given bettcr satisfaction notice
that when sell a bottle they come
back for more, | can honestly rec
ommcnd it, g5c, soc, Si.00 at slower
Drug Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
Salvation Army Meetings

Tho Salvation Army will hold thoir
meetings ms follows beginning sun.
day, May 1;
Sunday School > r. M.
A special Holiness Meeting At $3.50
p. M.
All Christians are especially IN.
yitedsto attend those meetings, They
will prove real spiritual holp aud
blessing 10 all Christians Let rs
turn in and fight the summer doyil
Also Sunday evening terrible battle
for souls at S p M, other announce.
ments will be made in each meeting
Please remember these meetings
Come along and bring your friends.
{ ihcer In Cha &c. Capt Darwcnt