Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-06-05
personal

U. l. Brown was in town last week.
Nv. Howard spent Wednesday in
town.
A. A. Porter, of Grave was in town
Wednesday.
Dan Green, the Galice miner, visited
Grants Pass this week.
Garrett Crockett of Hugo visited
Grants Pass on Wednesday
Miss Dora Colvig went to Portland
Wednesday for few days stay.
j. F. stith, the Kerby merchant, and
postmaster, was in town Wednesday.
H. d. Stewart of Galice spent Mon.
day in town, having come in to vote.
Miss Mae Sutton has returned to her
home in Ashland for the summer vaca-
tion.
Roy Hackett has gone to Glendale
to work for the Victory Mining Com
pany. ...sss->.ss-.
C.NLt Clevenger came in from the
Eureka mine last week to serve on the
election board.
o. S. Goodnow came in from his
Jump-off Joe mine to assist in Mon
days election.
Ed Weston came in from Kerby We'd
nesday on account Of the illness OF his
wife and little daughter.
Rev. ]. Merley, of Medford, occu-
pied the pulpit of the Baptist church
last Sunday morning and evening.
Miss Winnie Paddock went to Mon
tague, Calf, Wednesday to visit with
her sister, Mrs. Adolph Rotermund.
Miss Lillian Hogan has entered up
on her duties as teacher of the Placer
school, the school having commenced
Monday last.
DIR. Spence of Kerby was in town
last week. He says that work on the
copper mines under bond to Whiteside
Dros. Is progressing nicely.
Miss Astella Goodin left on Monday
for her home at Glencoe, Oregon.
She stopped off at Salem to spend
few days visiting with brother.
Mrs G. L. Bloom, stenographer of
the Booth-Kelley Lumber Company,
is in Grants Pass this week doing
some work at the S. p. d. & L. Co.
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Rowland of
Jacksonville, arrived in Grants Pass
Friday and have taken up their abode
in the Voorhies house on I'd and b
streets.
Ed Smith went to Ashland Monday
to look after some repairs that are be-
ing made at the iron works there on
the quartz mill of the Bone of Con-
tention mine Of the Williams district.
F. V. Metts, who has been located
on Silver creek for the past two years,
left ON Saturday evening for Colorado.
He may return later on to continue
the project of opening up the Silver
creek basin.
J. A. Cobel, of the firm of Cobel &
Hnson, miners of Silver creek, spent
few days in town last week on a
business visit. They have not yet
finished cleaning up, but the returns
so far are very gratifying. A good
deal of coarse gold has been secured.
Mrs. N. B. Mead returned from Nc
Minnville, Friday, called home on ac-
count Of the serious illness .of her
husband. Mr. Mead is suffering from
an attack of typhoid pneumonia, and |
has been very i'll. We are glad to be |
able to state that he is now recover
ing.
Miss Cora Smith, who for a number
of years past has been an assistant in
the Portland post Office, visited with |
her parents and friends in Grants Pass
this week. She was accompanied by
her brother, Lincoln Smith, who has
held position in the mail service du-
ring the weighing of mails, having a
run between Portland and Seattle.
NJ +. Mcneil came in from his
mine on Chetco river about l6 miles
from Kerby, Monday bringing with
him the result of his winters run, in
all amounting to about $1,000. The
gold was mostly coarse, running into
large nuggets weighing from $40 to
nearly 800 The mine is equipped
with No giant. The working