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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
TELLS OF PANAMA CANAL
II VIII TaAe Ten Years to Com
plete Task.

G. f. Grunsky, former City Engi-
neer of San Francisco, now a Panama
Canal Commissioner. arrived IN this
city yesterday, says the 5. +. Exami-
ner of Sunday. Nj. Grunsky's return
was not on official business. but to
attend to personal affairs. Speaking
of the work of the Canal Commits
sion. Mr., Grunsky said;
"The work of the men who have
been appointed by the Government to
superiutend the building of the Pana-
ma Canal is we'll under way. The
Commissioners visited the Isthmus of
Panana in body several weeks ago
and made thorough inspection of the
proposed route of the canal. The
Commission found that the work done
by the old French Panama Canal Com.
pany, from which the United States
bought the franchise for $40, 900, 600,
will be very helpful to the United
States in Fastening the work Of the
canal
1.-THE Commission spent two weeks
on the isthmus and made thorough
Investigator of the canal zone. On
returning to the United States aftsr
tho investigation, crop of assistant
engineers was sent to Panama to
make surveys and estimates of the
work to be done. The report OF the
engineering body cannot be made for
some months yet, and the plan and
definite route Of the canal cannot be
determined by the Commission for
nearly a year. When the exact route
of the canal has been determined on
we will be able to definitely estimate
the amo1nt of excavation that will be
needed and will then be able to give
fairly close estimate of how long IL
will take to build the canal.
"When the commissioners arrived
on the isthmus they found 600 or 700
men at work on the excavation. These
men were in the employ Of the French
company and in order to hold the
franchise of the Colombian govern.
ment for the canal, we were COMPEL
ed to keep these men at work. 1t
will be o year before any large con-
tracts can be let because il will take
that time for the commission to de-
termine on a definite plan Of build.
ing General G.. W. Davis. one of the
commission, has been appointed by
President Roosevelt as Governor of
the Canal zone. and is now actively
In charge Of the work heing done on
the canal
"None of the people at present in
charge of the canal or who have in
the past been connected with 1t have
ever estimated the time of building
the canal un Ter eight years, Some
have expressed the opinion that II
willpke 90 years. think 10 years
is allow estimate of the timo 1t will
take to complete the Panama canal. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
H. B. MILLER, U. S.'CONSUL
The Rus ian Bear Take Down
to Him.

4 correspondent Of the San Francis
co Examiner, Edwin II. Clough, has
the. following to say of former resi-
dent of Grants Pass, Hon. II. b.
Miller. The article appeared in the
issue of June 10 and is as fellows;
"There is one American, however,
wto laughs quietly at this Russian
hatted-one citizen of the great re-
public who tells Russia's agents TO
their teeth that they must respect
every right of American citizens
guaranteed under the existing treaties
with China. Consul Miller of New
chwang has been sharp thorn in the
side of the Muscovite behemoth ever
since the stupendous larceny of 1901,
when Russia stole Manchuria from
China, and, in the language of Bill
Tweed, asked the world what they
were going to do about it.
"Mr Miller is a slender, delicate
man, whose gray hair is less an in.
dication Of advancing age than the
premature evidence of long contin-
ued and strenuous struggle against
the aggressons OF the most unsrcupu.
lous diplomacy on earth.
al wish you would ascertain
~ whether Mr.. Miller, Consul General
at Newchwang for the United States,
is authorized to exercise ministerial
functions. is what Viceroy Alexief
wrote Civil Administrator Crosse
when informed that the representative
Of the hated republic had demanded
and received from Russian authority
some unusually obnoxious concession.
"The Russian is an adept in the
brutal art Of bluff, but Mr. Miller is
Westener-an Oregonian-and he
knows how to oppose the coarse pre-
tense Of the Cossack. His uniform
snccess in beating the Russian at his
own game has unquestionably COM
mended him to the conservative ele.
ments Of the State Department, but
this tacit approval of his action is
due altogether to the circumstance
that he has been successful thus far.
II he had not known how to make
the Russian coon come down out OF
his tree, there would have been no
occasion for that pathetic inquiry by
Alexieff concerning the powers Of this
Crockett Of the Far East
at was Consul Miller who ordered
lCivil Administrator Crosse TO restore
the American flag hauled down by
the Russians as a guarantee Of the
good faith that animates their hatred
Of Americans.
q" Put that flag back where you
found it, was. IN effect, what Consul
Miller wrote to the Civil Admins
traitor.
A" 1t was floating over a Chinese
inn and it is the law Of Newch wang
that only the Russian flag shall fiy
over Chinese houses, was Monsieur
Crosses reply.
Never mind Russian law as yor
have made IL applicable TO th,
Chinese. was the Consul's Tetort
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
Government Crusade Against
Medical Frauds

The attention of the Postoilice De-
partment at Washington has been call
ed to the use the patent medicine con-
oerus are making Of the mails, to ex-
ploit their so-called "oures" for all
human ills, with the result that gov
ernment scientists have been annly zing
many nostrums, and finding them in
capable Of performing the wonderful
cures claimed for them.
Governmental control Of the mails
makes the PostoiIice Department abb
solutely master Of the situation. with
power TO exclude from the use Of the
postal service every letter addressed
to concern which, in the opinion Of
the Postmaster General, Il condu' ting
a fraudulent business, also every cir
cular sent out by such a firm. 1t can
90 still further aud exclude from the
mails every newspaper or other pub.
lication, which after fraud order
has been issued, persists Ia carrying
the advertisement Of the concern so
excluded No loyal proceedings are
necessary. The Postofiice Department
is said to be convinced that the
patent medicine fake" IL greater
humbug than any Of the get rich
quick" concerns. which thus far have
been shut out from the mails.
The Department Of Justice has as
sured the Postohioe Department that
even IL the concerns which have been
refused the privilege Of the mails
seek in the courts q reversal OF the
Postmaster Generals decision, such
suits will be unavailing
Will the Ladies Home Journal, ="
"Collier's Weekly" and all other
papers which have accused the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of doing little or nothing
against alcoholic patent medicines,
please note that it was the woman's
Christian Temperance Union which
called the attention OF the postoillce
authoritios to this matter? Mrs
Emile d. Martin, National snperin-
terdont Of the department Of Purity
in Literature aud Art. who mas been
working for several years towards the
publication Of the mails, Is directly
responsible for exposing the patent
medicine fraud.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
NEW GRAND OFFICERS
Oregon Masons Elect Officers for
Ensuing Year.

The Grand Lodge of Oregon, A. Il.
4 NJ. elected the following new Off
GERS at the annual communication in
Portland, last week;
Grand master, Thomas Grey, Port
land; deputy grand master, W. II.
Flanagan, Grants Pass; senior grand
warden, W. 4. Williamson, Portland ;
junior warden, Lot l.. Pearce, Salem
grand treasurer, Henry Roe, Portland I;
grand secretary, James +. Robinson,
Eugene; trustees of educational fund,
John NJ. Hodson, NJ. S. woodcock and
John b. Cleland all of Portland.
ROYAL ARCH MASoNS.
The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons has elected the following OFF,
GERS:
Grand high priest, Thomas Il. Ryan.
Oregon City; deputy grand high
priest, Edward Biddle, Dallas; grand
king, Lot X. Pearce. Salem, grand
scribe, Frank W. Davis, La Grande
grand captain of host, L. Steiner, Sa.
lem; grand lecturer, George II. Bur
nett, Salem; grand p. s., Edward
Kiddle, grand r. A. captain, Frank
W. Miller, Albany; GIN. third vail,
A. j. Marshall, Portland; G.. NJ. sec
ond vail Henry Roe, Portland; G. NJ
third vail, @. J. Buchanan. Oregon
City; grand sentinel, John Dukehart,
Portland grand secretary James +.
Robinson, Eugene; grand treasurer,
d. p. Mason, Albany.
EASTERN STAR,
The grand chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, has elected the following
grand officers for the ensuing year;
Worthy grand marron, Mrs. Della
Houston, Portland; wcrthy grand pat
ron. o. F. Coshow, Rosaburg; asso-
ciate grand matron, Inez M. Ryan,
Oregon City; associate grand patron,
George M, Highland, Portland; grand
secretary, Mary Scott Myers, The
Dalles; grand treasurer, Clara +. Lyle,
La Grande; grand conductress, Bay l..
Sherwin, Ashland; associate grand
conductoress, Florence Nasberg,
Marshfeld.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23

Can anything be worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last?
Such was the experience Of Mrs. S.
H. Newson, Decatur, Ala. For
three years" she writes, 81 endured
insuTerable pain from indigestion,
stomach and bowel trouble. Death
seemed inevitable when doctors aud
all remedies failed. At length / was
induced 20 try Electric Bitters and
the result was miraculous | i'm.
proved at once and now I'm com.
pletely recovered. For Liver, Kid.
ney. stomach and Bowel troubles,
Electric Bitters is the only medicine.
Only Joc. rs guaranteed by National
Drug Store and Grants Pass Phar-
macy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
LODE CLAIMS ON PLACER
An Important Decision Recently
Rendered.

Judge DeFrance of Colorado, re-
Gently made an interesting decision
concerning locating lode claims on
placer ground. Parties located placer
claims and twice applied for patent.
The ground was about the same In
each case. Patent was denied ON the
ground that the land was not placer,
In the second case the matter being
carried to the secretary Of the inter-
ior and there affirmed. Subsequently
four lode claims were located ON this
ground, the owners Of the placer
claims having regularly performed
the assessment work The lode men
applied for patent and the defend
tnts in error, the placer mon filed an
adverse claim. In the district and
tate supreme court of Colorado, the
opinion was In favor Of the palintiff.
The matter was sued out and went
to the federal supreme court This
court held that when rejecting tho
patent application, as neither the
commissioner or the secretary of the
interior declared the location Of the
placer claim void, the claim, there
fore remained in force and was valid,
even though the land Office may yet
set aside tho claim notice and restore
the tract to the public domain.
The court says N part; "Our con-
clusion is. therefore, that one may not
go upou prior valid placer location
to prospect for unknown lodes and
get title to lodes thereafter discovered
aud within the placer boundaries
unless the owner had abandoned his
claim, or valves trespass. -
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23

That flag was hoisted by my orders
it was my flag-to protect the lives
and property of American citizens.
Put it back
con the following morning. just as
the Manchurian dawn was breaking
in all its splendor across the Liaou.
tung gulf, an inspector of police came
to the correspondents mess and with
profuse apologies for the mistake,
hauled Old Glory to the masthead.
$50 it has happened in AL the deal
ings between Consul Miller and the
autocarts Of Russia. Even in his
capacity as the custodian of japanese
interests in Manchuria, he has formu-
lated the law Of international courtosy
tn the ill-mannercd Russian. Only
the other day he procured the release
of the two japanese boys arrested on
board the steamer of Chicago news
paper and detained as spies He has
been the sole bulwark between the
Russian avalanche and the American
settler in Manchuria. He has safe.
guarded American trade interests
aud he has compelled Russian AFRO.
gance TO respect American rights in a
land where might is right and where
the bayonet is the symbol of the sort
of justice that has superseded the an.
cient arbitrament Of the knout.
Consul Miller should enjoy the os.
teem Of every patriotic citizen Of
America. He has already compelled
the respect Of every Russian autocrat
with whom he has come in contact
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
THE S. 0. NORMAL SCHOOL
Board OF Regents Hold Annual
Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Board
of Regents of the Southern Oregon
State Normal school was held at
Ashland. Wednesday, and presided
over by Governor Chamberlain.
The existing officers of the board
were all unanimously reelected ms
follows: II. q. Kinney, president;
W. l. Vawter, vice President; O. II.
Thomas, secretary; L. V. Carter,
treasurer executive committee, II.
O. Kinney, r. p Neil and y. II,
Carter.
The board reelected the entire
faculty of the past year except in
the case Of Homer |. Watts. of the
chair of mathematics. The filling of
this place and the selection Of an nd
ditioral critic teacher was left to the
executive committee. No changes
were made in the matter of salaries of
teachers. The following IL the
faculty for the yea le0i-5 as far ms
selected
b. f. Mnlkey, President, psychol.
ogy, History and Philosophy aud Ed
ucation.
W. T. Van Scoy. English and Latin.
Stella NJ Case, Literature and Flo
cution.
Armilda Doughty, History and
Economics
Clyde A. Payne, Natural Sciences
Armeda Kaiser, Principal Training
Depa tment.
Della Tibbetts, Critic Teacher.
Fred Il. Neil, Bookkeeper and
Librarian.
Esther Silsby, Vocal Music,
Aileen Webber, Instrumental Music.
Presd dent b +. Mulkey submitted
his report Of the work of the school
for the past year which makes q
splendid showing for { G institution.
The total enrolment for the year wai
239 in the several departments. an
increase OF 10 per cent over the pre-
vious year and 300 per cent over the
year before. Tho enrolment of the
training school reached 05 and Of the
sub.normal departent 3d. The morale
OF the school the past year, President
MulkeY considers worthy Of note,
Athletics have been greatly improved
the past year, as has also the training
department The library has been
increased from 100 volumes at last
report to 1900 at the present time, cx
elusive Of government reports, .oto
The students OF the school the past
year have come from most parts oi
the state There have been II enroll
ed from the Willamette valley, II
from Douglas county, while tn,
greater number Of course come from
Jackson, Josephine, klamath ant
Lake counties During the past year
President MulKey says he has de
liyered 80 educational lectures in var
ious parts OF the state.
TIE reports Of officers Of the iinan
cial condition Of the school show Il
to be a healthy one. Over $1,000 wa
received for tuition the past year ant
over $500 for dormitory rent
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
That Tired fssIInsl

II you are languid, depressed and
incapable for work, it indicates that
your liver is out Of order. Herbino
will assist nature to throw Off head
aches. rheumatism and ailments akin
to nervousness and restore the ener-
gies and vitality Of sound and perfect
health. j. J. Hubbard, Temple,
Texas, writes, March 20. 1902: II
have used Herbine for the past two
years. 1t has done me more good
than all the doctors When feel bad
and have that tired feeling, take
dose Of Iierbino. 1t is the best medi-
cine ever made for chills and
fever. 90 cents bottle at Slower
Drug Co
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
A Roaring Well.

A press dispatch from Eugene says
the neighborhood of Henderson is ex-
cited over the discovery Of an alleged
subterranean river or ohasm on farm
near Henderson, where a well is being
drilled When the drill had penotrat-
ed to a depth Of 81 feet, Suddenly
tremendous roaring down in the how
els of the earth became apparent.
The noise sounded like the roaring
OF great waterfall.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23

Westmoreland, Kans, May o, 1902
Ballad Snow Liniment Co: Your
Liniment cured an old sore on the
side Of my chin. that WIS supposed
to be a cancer. The sore was stub.
born and would not yield to treat.
ment, until | tried Snow Liniment,
which did the work ia short order.
My sister, Mrs Sophia J. Carson,
Allensyille, Miiiin Co, Pa, has a
sore and mistrusts that It is cancer.
z ease send her Soc bottle. For sal,
by slower Drug Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
KLONDIKE SURPASSED
Most Wonderful Gold Find Yet Reported in Oregon Dis
covered by l8-Year-0d Boy,

men of the gold and gave the facts
substantially as above stated. Mr.,
Briggs was born in Josephine county
and the 90 years of his life have been
spent in Jospehnie county and we can
vouch for the truth of whatever he
may state.
All day Monday, people called at
the bank and Cashier Jewell was kept
busy showing the milk pan full of
gold to open-eyed spectators, who,
used TO gold finds as we are, were not
expecting anything of this magnitude.
In the evening a telephone message
was received stating that an addi-
tional $1,000 had been taken out on
Saturday and the ledge was getting
better the farther down they wonk
The ledge is about one foot wide
and thus far, they have made an ex-
cavation about 10 feet long by seven
feet deep. The gold is found in de-
composed quartz, in some instances
the gold being in layers an inch or
more in thickness and standing on
edge with layer of decomposed
quartz sprinkled with chunks of gold
alongside. Ona of these layers Of
gold weighed in the neighborhood of
81, 800.
The gold brought to Grants Pass
Saturday was the first taken ont and
was from the surface, with dust car
ried by the shifting winds still upon
it. while some of the larger pieces
had grass roots entwined in the
crevices Of the metal. The gold is Of
dark color and covered with dust
as it was, might easily have been
Travelled over many times without
being discovered But as they went
down the color frightened and the
quartz became harder. Some of the
specimens were very beautiful with
clear white quartz studied with
bright yellow POINTS and seams of
pure gold finding its wny through the
rock.
The find is located in the South.
western part Of Jospehine county, near
the California line and in the direct
line of the mineral zone which touches
the Steamboat country. Already pros
pectors are securing the hills and a
stampede is expected. We confidently
expect to hear of other rich finds made
in that district during the next few
months, as that county las been
neglected so far as systematic pros
peoting is concerned. In the early
SOS however. many rich finds were
rpuorfr1
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
Th., ThrobbIOe Headache

Would quickly leave you, II you
used DIR. Kings New Life Pills
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for sick and
nervofs headaches. They make pure
blood and build mp your health.
Only % cents. money back II not
cured. Sold by National Drug Store
and Grants Pass Pharmacy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
Acute Rheumatism.

Deep tearing or wrencbing pains
occasioned by getting wet through ;
worse when at rest, or on first moving
the limbs and in cold or damp
weather, is cured quicEly ny Bal.
lard's Snow Eminent Oscar Olesou,
Gibson City, Illinois. writes, Feb
10, 1902: "a year ago was treGbled
with a pain in my back Il soon got
80 bad 1 could not bend over One
bottle Of Bnllard's Snow Liniment
cured me. 25c. 5oc. siOO at Slower
Drug Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
riardi Gras and arrival.

Account Mardi Gras and Carnival
10 be held Mt Portland. June 2Sth, TO
July 9th, inclusive. tickets viii be
on sale at rate of One and oneshird
fare, plus 80 cents for the round trip.
sale dates June 27th and July 7rh.
with limit of six days after date Of
sale, but not later than July 10th.
W. L. CONAN, G.. p. A.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23
How About Your Summer vAca
toni

Newport on Yaquina Bay is the
ideal seaside resort Of the North
Pacific Coast Round trip tickets AT
greatly reduced rates on sale from
all Southern Pacific points In Oregon,
on and after June lst Ash agents for
further information and handsomely
illustrated souvenir booklet, or write
to Edwin Stone, Manager g. & 4. X.
r., Albany, Ore. or w. T. Conan.
q. p. A.. s. p. Co, Portland
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23

New line Of ladies aud gentlemen's
solid gold watch chains at Letcher's
Je welry store.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-06-23

Bicycles sold on installments and
old wheels taken as part payment at
Cramor Bros.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
HARRIETS DEFEAT M0HAS
TWO EXCITING GAMES OF
HOCKEY PLAYED YESTERDAY
GLENS.

In spite of the frigid weather and
sharp wind, the hockey teams were
out on the ice Sunday. At Lake Har-
riet the Harriets downed the Mohas
in two short halves, by score of 4
to 0. The Mohas have had good prac-
tice and promise to develop into a
snappy team, but yesterday they were
outclassed by the swift Harriet for
wards, who, by good team work and
fierce rushes, scored three goals in
five minutes Of play, and one in the
succeeding seven minutes.
J. Struck, who played cover-point
for the Harriets, was struck. over the
eye by the puck on a raise. Attic
the puck cut bad cash in his fore
head, Struck played thru the game.
The Harriets show considerable i'm
provement in their play, putting up a
stiff defense, as we'll as a strong for
ward game.
At Lake of the Isles the Lake
Shores defeated the Glens by a score
of 2 to o. in a fast game, marked
by splendid defensive work on the
part of the Glens, and strong agrees
sive work by the Lake Shores.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
MONDAY EVENING,

termination. Ban, so asserted one OF
his intimates, declared that the
American league would go ahead with
It's schedule, selecting such Sunday
and holiday dates as seemed best, ir-
respective. Of any probable conflicts
with the National league, and would
also cease al parleying about the
sunday games at Ridgewood, in
Greater New York. These games will
be played by the American league
clubs, and If the National wants to
make war over the question it is well
come to do so.
The National league will not sup
port Barney Dreyfuss in his schedule
demands and will instruct either
James A. Hart or Garry Herr
mann to resume negotiations, broken
orr sharply on Saturday with Ban
Johnson. president Of the American
league. This statement was made
Yesterday by person closely in touch
with National league affairs.
"Dreyfuss has allowed the dictates
OF Brush and Freedman to influence
MIN, said this baseball man. "If
Dreyfuss was allowed to have his own
way there would be red-hot baseball
war all along the line, but fortunately
there are other people In the National
league who want peace and will have
1t at any COST