Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-28

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tion. very magnetic and will draw--as
we hope he will; but he will have to
riss very early in the morning II he is to
have any a vantage over our resident
merchant. Mr.. X. q. Virtue, in mag
netic drawing. Why we saw Bob the
other day actually drawing nails out OF
cracker box while we were waiting
to make purchase of car ton Of
crackers. We understand that Mr.. r.
u. Virtue will also build new struc.
ture which is to be 22x50 feel, two -stories
high, upper part to be Maccabee and
dance hall, opera house, etc.
We took dinner at the Hotel Virtue
the other day and were agreeably sur
prised to see our genial friend, Mr.. John
Hall, as the chef in the kitchen. Mr..
Halt is the right man in the right place,
and the order is that no Chinese need
apply at the Hotel de Virtue. The
house is running full.
We heard it whispered on the streets
day or two ago that Mr.. II. l.. Wilson,
the coming merchant to Leland, is going
TO present house and lot in the Wilson
addition to Leland, to the man, woman,
child or Jap that makes the largest
purchase Of goods at his new store on
the opening day. Come one, come all
and be filed.
The Board Of Trade OF Leland arec on
sidering the question OF having Grave
creek dredged out to the sea in order to
allow large steamers to ply to Leland,
thereby giving the merchants Of Le-
land cheaper freights. After mature
consideration the Board have concluded
that 1t will be the only way to shut out
Jones, OF Portland, because Jones, he
pays the freight, you KNOW" and the
dear people will always trade with the
man who pays the freight, unless our
merchant comes down. When Grave
creek Is opened to the sea for steamers,
Leland will be made a port OF entry.
Mr.. Geo. Chaplin is talking Of establish
ing ship building plant at Leland,
so that we may yet have the chance to
build some OF those large battle ships,
thereby bringing more money into
Leland.
We took a trip to Kennyville some
days ago, and found the town quite dull.
The boom seems to be over for the
present and the reaction has taken
place. We also visited Yokohama,
large suburb OF Kennyville, and 1t was
really sad to behold the once thriving
city OF littls brown men now almott d..
serted and grass growing in the streets.
The Japs seems TO have about all gone
for parts unknown, and sad to say, that
there are those mean enough TO say
hope they will stay away How awful |
On the same day we visited the ranch
once known as the Chaplin & Moss
place, but now under the firm name OF
Chaplin, Monkers & Fletcher. There
busy ssene met my gaze--everybody at
work, everyone busy. Mr.. Chaplin was
engaged in herding pair Of horses( y
attached TO q plow, while the other two
partners, and the hired help were very
busy indeed laying out fancy garden
plots and beds in which to plant onions,
carrots, parsnips and other garden sass
and delicacies all for the Leland market.
Messrs. Chaplin, Monkers t& Fletcher
have great future before them. 1t
needs no states man to see that. These
gentlemen are intending to plant a large
grove Of oranges, lemon, cocoanut and
banana trees In order 10 supply the
growing Leland market with trophical
and semitropical fruit and nuts--a
great and very commendable enterprise
indeed. Verify, all that one needs in
this world is push.
But while the above named gentle
men are going to supply Leland with
tropical fruits, and other fruits, Mr..
Fred Milton will furnish Leland and
vicinity with hen fruit. Fred Is a great
poultry iancier, and we believe the day is
not far distant when Mr.. Milton will be
able to supply fancy poultry to any who
may desire them. He has a real coy
little chicken farm within the city limits
Of Leland. Fred is an all.around good
fellow, and we wish him success in every
The s. =. company is pushing the spur
to Kinneyville and Yokohama The
piledriver has just finished driving
piles for two trestles on the spur line,
and the men are now laying the track to
the great wood piles OF Kenneyville.
The wood that is piled along the line Of
that spur Is sight to behold. Mayor
Kenny Ia in Portland. As soon as the
wood is taken out Of the way then things
will move again in this neck Of the.
woods. With best wishes for the
COURIER, am a
GRAVE DIooER.