Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-04-04
Leland Sift;nss

IA N1rr-
The ears are running on 'he Kinney
short line.
Mr. Frank Fletcher took nip to
Grants Pass last week.
Kinneyyille is lively town. J. J
Kinney has bailt an addition to he
store to accommodate the growing trade.
The miners have plenty Of water as
the snoS ia the mountains is melting
and will furnish water for some time
yet.
Our population Is increasing quite
rapidly ana the farmers are faising q
large supply Of garden vegetables to
supply the gFoEing need.
There is also talk Of building a toHn
hall for the benefit Ct our last growing
town. We also have material for tie
organization Of a literary society III the
near future
II. L. Wilson, OF Leland. is bringing
his new store building 10 com pletiou.
Il will be nice building. As she pee
pie OF Leland are soiid men. they dou't
want any cheap buildings.
Business ia Kinnsyyille is good. To
see The big loads Of ir, INT hauled to
Kinney E siore by Macdonald aad others
does not look like dull times The
Kinney business men are talking Of
putting up solne pub &c buildings. some
thing thai is needfd 10 a fast growing
town.
We have the pfomss Of new ware
house at onr station The pr-s-nt one
does not hold tie freight. The amount
Of freight that comes here is surprising.
Much Of il has 10 be LETT at the stores
mill it can be taken away a. ;he freight
house is SO small.
Report says that Wilson will give a
house and lot in desirable locality to
the person who buys The largest amount
Of goods during the frs. week after open
ing his store. Leland will soon BE- the
center Of trade between Roseburg and
Grants Pass.
We are having some immigration from
California They say times are hard
there. What Se need is people with
money, but some Of those that COM
plain Of the hard times have had to
come to Southern Oregon to make a
living
We have been having a good deal Of
cloudy weather. Tue people are PLAN
ing their spring gardens. As we have
two towns in our vicinity. also many
wood cuiters. there will lie a large
amount of vegetables consumed here
this summer 81 the farmers are raising
large gardens.
Il Is almost useless to say that the
people are healthy for in This vicinity
We have balmy atmosphere and good
law abiding citizens, no use for LAWYERS
aud bnl little use Tor doctors. We have
some people who want to change their
situation or, in other words, to Join the
ranks.
The rfiIroai company hired Jap, to
oad the wool cars on the Kinney short
line. They could not load more than
half as much as white men. They got
'ted OF the work and now they are al
gone away and there is nobody 10 load
he wood. We think il the company
would pay 4 fair price they could ge,
plenty Of men.
We notice an article in the CoURrsR /
inder the heading Grave Creek Grave
lets We think the writer is Quite
unny, but what looks Ike impossibiliti.
hat he Wrole may come to pass, as our
own Is forging ahead 50 rapidly The /
'mount OF goods sell would surprise I
any one not familiar with the volume Of /
Leland olsiness.
q Dan Petersen, our general section
oremau, is going away. lie has been /
brennan for long lime. lie intend, to /
ley1'e his attention to farming and [
.to, kraising and will locate IN this
'ountv. josephine county suits him.
Robert Crockett takes his place Robert
$ an old abroad man though Young in
'esrs. Robert j. a happy go-easy,
ilead, young man. The company would
'e better of II they bad more such men.
We observe a lumber of new faces in
-eland, Of people who have stopped
lere looking for new openings: Many
iave come TO stay. BOB.