Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-04-09
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
People as They Come and Go
From Day to Day.


Miss Lucy Swagerty spent Sunda!
at her home near jacksonville
Albert Perry of Jacksonville visite,
Grants Pass this week returning OF
Monday
F. ]. Booth of Newport arrived
Saturday for visit with relatives il
this city.
Rev. NJ. J. Hickey was in tow
one evening last week on his way tt
San Francisco.
Mrs, Eta Hubbard and sister, Mis-
Emmeline Clark, returned on Monday
from Loves station.
Frank Colvig returned Friday nigh
from visit to the mines of Mt. Reu
ben and Whiskey creek.
Senator and Mrs. X. A. Booth. Of
Eugene spent several days in Grant,
Pass during the week past.
Willie Ahlf left last week for Port
land, where he has a position Will
the Armour & Co. packing establish
ment.
Mrs. G. @. Higgins arrived heregor
Thursday evening from Salt Lake City
to rejoin Mr.. Higgins, manager oI
fine Rahv NINA
W. E. Mallory the successful organ
izer for the order of Pendo, has beer
spending number of days in Grants
Pass this week.
Geo. W. and W. J. Winner, the wei,
known hydraulic operators of Waldo,
have been spending several days il
town this week.
W. W. Helms, who is now farming
on the Evans place near Central, l,Point,
came down to Grants Pass this weeE
on business visit.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, mother of Rev.
]. R. N. Bell, we'll known in South.
ern Oregon, died at Myrtle creek on
March 81, IN her 90th year
Mrs. ]. K. Clark, widow of the
late owner of the big hydraulic mine
on Jump-off-Joe, has been in Grants
Pass recently and visited the mine.
Fl. G, Kinney went to Coles, Cal.
Monday on business connected with
the Hit Lumber Co., who will soon
resume the manufacture of lumber.
Volney Colvig and daughter, Miss
Anna, returned on Friday from an
absence of several months in Portland,
where the latter has been attending
school.
Fred Colvig has taken a position in
the Grants Pass pharmacy and will
be located here. Mr.. and Mrs. Colvie
are occupying apartments at the
Colonial.
Geo j. Cole, president of the Oregon
& California Gold Fields Co, owner,
of the Eureka mine was in town last
week, having returned from visil
to that property.
7. f. Rourke the hydraulic operator
of Althouse was in town last weeh
transacting business and visiting Will
his family. There is yet water at hi,
mines for several weeks run.
j. d. Glidden of Crescent City,
a former resident Of Grants Pass, wai
in town Tuesday evening on his way
to the east. Years ago Mr.. Glider
conducted the old Palace hotel in thiI
city.
S. S. Bristow and family seven il
all, arrived here last week from Har
rison. Ark. to make their home il
Southern Oregon. Mr.. Bristow says
that reading the Courier finally de
cided him to locate here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Meas, who have
been at the Greenback mine fol-
several years past, have been spending
few days in town this week, before
starting on a trip to the east where
they will visit for some time.
Mrs. l. A. Robie has been the
recipient Of many compliments botl
from Grants Pass people and from
visitors for her pleasant rendition OF
the Russian Skating Scene" at the
Masonic exercises last week. Mrs.
Robbie is reader Of high degree OF
ability with a particularly pleasant
stage appearance and her readings are
always greatly enjoyed.
A. G, Hough returned Sunday night
on the belated train from San Fran
cisco, whittier he had gone on a bust
ness visit. The diner on his train,
without apparent reason, climbed the
rails short distance below Duns
muir, where the road hangs high ovol
the Sacramento river, and was seem
ingly minded to go over the bluT,bu
the train was stopped before any ser
ious calamity occurred. The sleeping
cars behind the diner were moveC
down to side track and in so doinl
one of them also jumped the track
The wrecker was brought from Duns
muir and some seven or eight hour
were consumed in getting the car
back on the track. Mr.. Hough say
the burned town Of Dunsmuir pre-
sented sad appearance, the entiri
business portion of the town beinl
completely wiped out Of existence.
Oratorical Contest.
Miss Lucie George won third priz,
in the oratorical contest Of the South