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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
ADVERTISING THEIR TOWN
A Business Lea sues Plan of Sc
curing Residen nts

A business league recently organ
Ted in Maine town is doing much
to build up the community. This
league believes in advertising and not
only uses the columns Of the local pa
pers for this purpose. but is now lssu-
ing an inexpensive but interesting
folder giving some facts about the
town. These folders are distributed
MS widely as possible, and If the plan
is energeticaly followed up it ought
to bring good results. Besides this. the
league goes in for anything ana every
thing that will improve the town and
make ii a better place to live in.
The circular issued by the league
says that at tliis time there is not a
single inhabitant sick in bed. and the
large orphan asylum locatsd there has
not had death in ten years The
good points about the town are clearly
and conyincingly stated. The circular
gives the name of the chairman of the
league aud states that he will be glad
to correspond with any one interested.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
BRIGHT'S DISEASE

me largest sum ever paid lor mo
-c'ipuon, changed hands in San F,ar.
cisco, Aug 80, 1901. The transfsr in.
volved IN coin and stock SIP son On snd
"as pad by parry OF business men r.,
a asPec'ur for Rights Disease and bio.
of,eSi hitherto incurshle diseases.
They commenced the ser,ops inv.s,i
cation OF the specific Nov. Ia 1oO6
They interviewed scores of the cn,a1
ana tired % out on ITS merits bv ppttins
over three dozen cases on The traatman,
Ard watching them They also got nbr'
s'c,ans 10 name chronic, incurablecssss
ssui administered it With the obvs,c;a,,5
lo- Judges. Up TO Aug. 25 = Der ren, en-,
NJ the test cases were either well n,
prSsgress'ns iavorahly. ' VI
here being but thirteen per cantof
lS5'ures, the parties were satisfied All
closed The transaction. The mr., sa,tina- 49,.
o. 'he investigating committee. and ,be
reports Of the test casss - ~
published and Sill be maileJ f,aa ,'e ~,
application. Address JouN ! Er,-o,. irV o,i
.oNrASY, 42O Montgomery -. San F,sn, ','yN
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
GOLDEN DRIFT PlACERS
Steady Operations at the Drv
Dissinss Mine.

The Golden Drift Company is max
ing a steady run this winter and ON
To- the PAST week have been operating
10y reservoir heads, the frost having
cat the supply Of water to a consider.
able extent. The late storm has
greatly increased the water supply
and SO facilitated greater effective.
ness IN op,mtion The work this
winter Is near Bloody Run, q lutIe
further south than that of last season
Tho deposit is mainly dirt and slide
rock aud carrics sold in good rayiug
quantities from surface 20 bedrock
The old stage road is bsul pipod
ont the prc,elt road running ON the
bedrock httlo further north.
Next year the company will, in all
hrrlihood, complete their dam acro.s
Rogue river and INSTALL their pump.
'us plant The uine may tDcn ho
'.ntsl from cue years vud to an.
other
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
WilderVille Item.

Lottie McCollum is visiting hc,
uncle J.W McCollum and family.
Mr. Greed was called to Gold Hill
on account Of the serious illness Of
his father.
j. NJ. Hooking aud J. W. McCollum
made a business trip to Grants Pas,
the first Of the week.
The debate At the church was op,to
interesting. The few speakers d,d
credit to the occasion
1t begins to look like the farmers
would have plenty to do as the sun If,
shining brightly after several d,vs of
rainy weather
Henry Hooking made trip TO town
ana the doctors say he is doing fine
and will soon be able to take his arm
out o' the prison it has been in tbe
past three weeks.
There was no preaching last sup.
aay at WiIderyille as Mr.. Nlears was
engaged in a revival meeting at Nor.
'ln Let the good work 20 on. We psod
a revival a, wildcryillc.
r.. NJ, Robinson made a bpsipcss
mn TO town Saturday. Zanopi
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
CoRREsPONDENCE.
Leland Siftings.

Bob Virtue took a trip down G rave
Creek, presumably to look after his
mining interests. The last rains give
the miners plenty of water.
Congress means well to appropriate
big money to deepen the Columbia
river, but alas, it is enriohing few
men, who handle the money, but
small amount ever goes where it is
intended.
W. J. Bryan is in a muddle. he
.ays so many factions have sprung up
in the democratic party that he cant
tell what to do to keep the party in
.ine as the Cleveland wing is the
strongest, poor Bryan.
a good many people stop at our
town as the train goes each way. In
talking with them, they are surprised
TO fnd mud instead Of the ground be-
ing frozen two feet deep. We have
had but little wind, enough to keep
the air clear Of smoke or fog.
Some Of our business men have
quite a desire to attain to literature
and eloquence. We wish to encourage
them all we can. We are wondering
if Dick is writing under new uon
de plume. If so, Dick, let us know
as we like to hear from Fugo.
We are experiencing a little winter
weather or in other words. Oregon
winter; little snow. then sunshine,
then little rain, then little more
sunshine When the weather is all |
sunshine, it becomes monotonous, so a |
change is good. 1t is conducive to
good health.
We have no sickness to report. No
body has run away with another
mans wife. A wedding IN the near
future. We have no cases for law
yars, hardly any split.ups in families
Business is good, plenty Of work tor
wood cutters. T. J. Mackin wants
mere N Il to cat wood.
Stock, so far has needed no feed.
If people in this vicinity would turn
their attention to the dairying rusi.
ness, big money could be made, but
people are nervous, as the biz
'reamery at Portland Incorporated as
he Hazlowood creamery would absorb
I'll small plants, and that enterprise
will be delayed for a time
A new saw mill is being taken
lown Grave Greek. We don't know
whether it will be RATED down the
'roek or taken down by other convey
nce. Miners down the oreeb need
aw mill as the mines are lasting
With heavy channels that pay big
,old. We look for town to be buil,
Iear Harris Flat in the near future.
Wide Awake.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
Slate Creek Items.

The Sunday school has good at.
tendance in spite of the bad weather
About three inches Of snow fell Sun.
day night This will be very hard on
stock that have TO make their living
on the range.
The cold Weather and the scarcity
of food have made the cougars very
bold. Several have been seen near
here lately and one killed a large hog
tor John Brown Sunday morning.
The people here have a new post
office known as Wonder, with J. T.
Robertson, the first post master This
VIII be quite an accommodation to a
great number of people who live in
this neighborhood
Since the Ingram Ramsey mine has
been bonded, considerable inquiry is
being made regarding this property.
and extensions of this have been
taken up for quite a distance, and all
indications point to this place as
quite a lively mining camp this sum.
mer.
Friday night, February 4, the peo.
pie of this vicinity attended a debate
at Wilderville on the question ere.
solved, That President Roosevelt was
Justified in acb nowledging the Repab.
lie Of Panama. p. c. Corum, J. II
Robinson aud J. c. X. McCaup beId
the affirmative, while J. II. Austin.
W. II. Devore and J. T. Robertson had
the negative. The judges decided
that the negative side MADE the hest
arguments and so gave the decision in
their favor A large crowd was
present aud close attention was paid
~ U'e speakers Buttcrcup.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
COMING EVENTS.

Feb. ~, Friday Garnet social at
Bethany church par .ors.
Feb. lG -Tuesday--Social at Chris
tian church parsonage.
Feb. 1G, Tuesday-Uncle Toms Cabin,
opera house.
Feb. IS, 10. 20--Jessie Shirley Com
pany in rerertoir, opera house.
Feb. 10, Friday-Lunch served at !.
90. F.hall by Baptist young people
Feb %, Monday-Knights Of Pythias
anniversary ball
Feb 26 Friday-Musical Recital by
Miss Ethel Palmer at opera house,
auspices Woman's club
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Tho Observer laments editorially
that "some parties in this city, with
better intentions than Judgment, are
now circulating petitions for prohibi.
tive measnreyi In the matter Of intoxi-
cants. " The fear is premature. The
petitions referred to aro doubtless
those for a local option law, which
would render it possible for com
munity to abolish It's saloons if Il so
wished. The Courier believes In the
nbolishmont Of saloons as soon as the
public sontimont is strong enough to
baok mp tho movement and every
effort to bring about this condition
should receive encouragement.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

SIjOOO.OOO year. and cnpsarv,ti,.
estimate SAYS That only on.-n,fr5 NJ,
available land is culuvot,l t.s f.,ir'
due largely Go l.s Inase.s.ib,.., pr,
good roads throucG>tb,s, i,n1s I..
making tncm ace,s.ul, .r5 ,I,, '''r .a
come flom farm p-,lu.ts v..,rl ,,.,, -,
sarlly double rself ror .., s,,,, -,
100000 Vireln,, ,,rr1 I.,, a'', ~. ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
A BIG FIRE IN BALTIMORE
Entire Business Portion Of CITY
Destroyed

Fire which started Sunday morning
about II o'clock, in the dry goods
house of John +. Hurst & Co., Balti-
more, and which for 82 hours ragged
with undated fury, despite the efforts
of probably the largest fire fighting
force ever used was brought under
control Monday afternoon. The area
burnt over is about llO acres, located
in the heart of the city. Public
buildings, newspaper offices, the
principal mercantile establishments,
warehouses and portions of wharyes
have been consumed.
Not even close approximation can
be made of the loss. No guess can
be made on insurance. An expert.
the city building inspector, estimates
the loss in buildings alone at $780,
600, 600; on the other hand il is said
insurance estimates do not place tine
loss at so great figure. So far there
has been no systematic attempt to Ak
values.
Not single life has been lost and
not human being has been even dan.
gerously injured.
Governor Warfeld Monday morning
issued proclamation calling q special
session of the Legislature to provide
relief for the striken city. That
evening the general assembly met at
Annapolis A bill was Immediately
declaring business suspend
ed for 10 lays in Baltimore, in order
to enable business men to get their
business affairs into as good shape as
possible The bill was Immediately
passed and signed by the governor.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
OUC0MM0N COPPER MINE
A 10 Foot Vein With Good Values
In Gold.

Ihe Ducommon copper property
near Holland is among the more i'm
portant Of the coming mines Of that
metalliferous region. It is the prop
erty OF s. Il. Duoommon and consists
Of six claims in tho heart Of the COP.
per belt Of Southern Josephine
county. The ore body has width Of
10 feet and is traceable on the surface
for distance Of 5000 feet. Besides
carrying a high per cent Of copper
much of the ore gives assay values Of
$40 80 in gold, which not Deing free
milling cannot be obtained without
special processes A tunnel is now
in course Of construction to tap the
vein at depth ofl70 feet.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Tho democratic party will have
to practice dove like tactics this year
to nyoida split in the party as the
factional feeling is already quito in.
tense. Tho Hearst element, said to be
backed by Bryan, is at direct variance
with the elemont Of which Cleveland,
Watterson and others Of the Older
demoontio party are tho oxpononts
These factions aro so far apart that
at the present time It looks us though
1t would be exceedingly dimcult to
reconcile them. But it may be- that
the necessities of the case will bring
about a burial Of the hutchet and some
sort OF middle ground prepared, upon
which all may meet
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

The Courier Of April l6, 1903, con-
tanned description Of new maga-
zine gun invented by Il. L. RedGeld.
Recently the Glendale News pub
lished tho piece verbatim, failing to
give credit therefor The Southern
Oregon papers are now ro-printing
the article and arc giving undue
credit to the Glendale News We like
to see the piece reprinted, bat in.
stead OF Glendale News" please ap-
pend Rogue River Courier. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Waste paper boxes are now being
used by a number of towns and cities
for keeping the streets clean. and
the quantity Of paper thrown into these
receptacles shows that the people are
realizing to a considerable extent III
desirabllity Of not littering the streets
The idea Of waste paper boxes is one
that can be proftably adopted by any
city or town which desires to keep the
streets free from the litter of paper. as
they do much toward keeping the thor
oughfarcs in that neat condition which
marks we'll kept town.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Secretary Hitchcock continues firm
In his decision not to re-appoint j.
II. Booth as receiver for tho Roseburg
land Office and it is likely that the
efforts Of the Oregon senator's in be.
half Of the latter will be fruitless.
No criticism Of Booths official record
is advanced by the secretary, whose
objection is solely on account Of
Booths business interests and his
connection with lumber companies.
The secretary viii probably reap
point Bridges as register but declines
TO take such action until the senators
name a successor to Booth. whicn
they arc not anxious to do.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Senator Hanna is very seriously Ill
with typhoid fever, the effects Of the
disease being aggravated by tho worn
out condition Of the senator prior 10
contracting the ailment. The rhysi-
clans express confidence in his re-
coyery, but the crisis Of the dis
has not yet arrived.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
NOTICE.
To District Clerks:

To District Clerks;
You are hereby notified to comply
with the law which requires every
district clerk to enroll annually dur.
ing the last week in February, for
school purposes, all persons in his
district over four and under 20 years
of age.
The census report thus taken shall
be submitted to the directors at the
annual meeting, and all corrections
necessary shall then be made, and the
clerk shall then file his original re.
port in his office, the same to be and
remain a part of the permanent rec.
ords thereof, and the clerk shall in
clude a copy of the annual census re.
port in his annual report to the
county superintendents.
Yours truly,
LINCOLN SAVAGE.
Co. sup't.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

1t is Gow stated that Scntor Fair.
banks of Indiana will mnkc the rae,
Tor vice president with Roosevelt
The senator is man who has had
presidential aspirations of his own.
now said TO be dormant His name
ON the Roosevelt ticket is expected TO
quell at least one anti Roosevelt fac.
ton and one that uadc the nomiun.
ton OF Hanna TAR moro probable
thing than it can De- undor tho present
program Senator Fairbanks is % man
OF known ability who has long and
honorable record II occasion de.
manded, lac is capable Of assuming the
presidency This last qualification Is
one that has at timcs IN tho pst
been lost sight of ia tho selection of
interpretations.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

The Japs nayo tu,d at h,.ofln.
waiting game Of Russia and 0.,,
struck hard and vigorously r ,
midnight attack on Port Arthur Mon.
day might with a torpedo Hgpt tl,,
sank one Russian war yearl 1ud ui.
abled two morc Their col.rty and
adroincss surprises the world and it
Is in these qualities that Ihoy ha,, ,n
advantage over tho Russians Tb.
Japs are probably no lmver th,r
their opponent but thoy aro much
quicker aud can grlsp aud improve
an opportunity an the time 10 take.
the Thought 70 cntrr the Russian
craninm. With equal resource and
condition thcre would be- long odd. IN
favor Of the Japanese but with Rus.
sia's power aud weight the htl,
brown men will bc obliged To mako
,eelerity aud ychomonco go a long way
evening tbe conditions
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Affairs in San Domingo have reach
cd such serions state that a squad
ron Of war ships composed Of the
Minneapolis, the Columbia and the
Hartford has been ordered there by
onr government TO protect the lives
and property Of its uitizcus. Such
little half wild countries as this will
not know peace or prosperity until
they are controlled or at least "pro.
tected" by some strong and civilized
uovpr
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

The special bond election, Tuesday.
for the purpose of determining
whether or not Ashland is to have a
new S25,o High School building
elected a good deal of interest among
the ax-payinS citizens, and was car.
ricd in the affirmative by a decisive
majority of more than thrCo to one
The total vote cast was 209, of which
las were for and 81 were cast against
the proposition. \ notable feature of
the election was the presence at the
polls of a comparatively large number
Of ladies, who exercised their right
Of suffrage with all the sang froid OF
experienced electors, Over so votes
were cast by the women. -Tidings.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Summary Mean temperature, 10.
maximum temperature, TO, date. sl.
minimum temperature, q date. 26.s-
Total precip inches ~. Total SNOW
fail trace No, Of days clear s.
partly cloudy, > cloudy, p. tn. storm
0. prevailing wind.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
ONE WAY TO KILL A CAT
Get the Beast After You and Run
Ia 10 Death.

Charles Marcy had desperate en-.
counter with d wildcat one dav this
week. Mr.. Marcy had a single barrel
shot gun and after giving the ami
NAL load Of birdshot, tried a hand
to-hnnd encounter lie was getting
the worst Of it and concluded to
throw his gun away and fly to place
Of safety. Then the real excitement
commenced, with speedy Marcy in the
lead. He was too fast for his an
tagonist, and after running about 200
yards, the cat dropped dead from the
loss OF blood and exhaustion. Mr..
Marcy, like the fellow who outran
the bear, had the animal handicap.
ped. Myrtle Point Enterprise.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

The sensational cumc of this we,h
Is one Of the most impressive tom.
pepuce lectures that We have had in
Grant Pass for % long time. Hero /.
n young man, uatu rally and normally
a good, peaccablo ciusou, but SO con.
stitutcd that liquor makes him "a
maniac and under It's influence a.
commits "a Terrible criue The hn,u.
ei"l public rroht Of saloon, orrar.
extremely dubious in tho prospect of
'Npenses tor drruu0us aud TRIALS Goa
casos like this Vhilo iCubo victim
dies thoso who frequent and ntro.
niHe saloons will have to COCA unf
deal OF pleasure llom them .a counter.
balance tho uIpf and truull, sur,r.f
by two nm,lios through tb.s u.or.
tunate occurrence
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

Mr. 4 R kaue, a prouinet drug.
slst of Bayter Springs, Kan, says
'Chamborlain's Stomach and Liver
lnh!ots arc. 10 my Judgment. the
most superior preparation Of any
thing in use today for constipation.
For sale by al druggists
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
Grants Pass W Gather.

Following is a summary weather Oh.
servation at Grants Pass during the
month January, 1904, as reported by
}. h. Paddock, local voluntary observer
Tor the Oregon State WeatherSeryice.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

SAW MILL-A good saw ,
to sell, capacity Is, OOO !.
the heart of a good timbes
near mouth OF PowsI'
Teams. logging outfit,
S4OO worth of lumber n
for S3, 600. Enquire at tni
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

FOR SALE-or rent-roor,;
best location in city, An
office. Api
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11

ihe Southern California drought
N.o.diug to dispatches of the last
''" N'ls,bas boon partially brohrn by
i'in Which WAS general ,u the see.
,''n south %, thg rohaohipIs, Thurs.
Jay night aud Friday AtSau Diego
nearly an inch of water fell which the
pd'hei country was sortly IN need
d. The rainfall ls stll mr below
ih' normal Tor thc season
business mems lunch 8 to6:so Feb
10. l. O. o. H. hall
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
FOR SALE.

ENGlNE-21s H. P. Lazis,
Engine. Brought from !.
Y. Never used, and is 4
A bargain for cash q,
ments. E. L. Cass.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
THURSDAY. FEBRUARYn, 1870

Entered at the post Office at Grants Pass
Oregon, as sec0nd-Ciass mail matter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-11
Publlshed Every Thursday.
Advertising Races

A. E. vooRHIEs, PRopR. & MNoR
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-02-03
NEW RURAL ROUTE
Post Office Department Estab-
fishes Another One.

IL will Start ON March First eute Il
be Followed-Five Kontes now Is
tabIisbed-Detaiis Of the order
Country People Get Better mai
Facilities.
Another rural mail route is to be
established out of Morgantown. This
il to be known as Route Number 8
and 1t will start on March LIST. The
salary paid is $500 a year and the
carrier furnishes his own horse and
wagon.
The route was laid out by lnspee-
tor A. B. Smith and his report was
made to the. department on Decem
Der s, 1908. The course Of the reute
is as follows:
Starting from Morgantown 1T goes
to the forks of the road at Scrafford.
thence to the Dorsey School house,
to Ringgold, to Richard Dorsey's,
scale house, to Jonathan Browns
to Mrs. Blsney's, to Summers, to
James Myers to Aarons Greek, to
Z. M. Burners corner, to Dorsey
School House and return to Morgan
town post office.
The length of the route is 23l
miles, the area covered is Is square
mile, the number Of houses on route
10 lao and the population served is
700.
1t would be more convenient to
start the route from Scrafsord but the
of1iciils at this Office do not want to
be bothered with attending to the
mail for the route. The office itself
is intended merely for the convenience
Of the people at Scrafford az they get
their mail quicker from a small Office
right at home than IL they had to
walt for the slow delivery which
would be imperative should they get
mall from the Morgantown office.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-02-03
HELD FOR COURT.
Edward B. Beatty Warrington inspect
Held Under Most Serious Charge.

Edward B. Beatty of Mannington
who was arrested yesterday charged
with holding up Harry Blackstone and
several other startling crimes has been
held for court at Parkersburg. He
was given preliminary hearing be-
fore u. S. Commissioner Casio and
held under bond which was placed at
s., He was unable to give this
and was remanded to jail. He has
refused to make any statement.
Harry Blackstone was formerly a
student of the University here, and is
well known TO many people In town.
He is remembered as lively student,
who participated in a large amount
Of college devilment. Ed Beatty, who
Is under arrest for the crime, is coas-
10 If doc" Beatty, former law
student here.