Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-09-03
Provolt Items.


Dr. Love of Grants Pass was at
Provolt this week
Levi Lovelace of Williams made
Medford a call Monday.
Amos Cook who has been in Lake
view, returned home Saturday.
Will Messenger of Murphy was on
Williams creek wednesday visiting re-
latives
Misses Alice and Margaret Lew
man made Medford visit Friday and
Saturday.
f. MeGlousin Of Applegate passed
through here this morning ON his way
to Grants Pass.
Mrs. II. Rehkopf of Applegate has
been very i'll the past week, bat is
now some better.
VIM. Sonson Of Provolt made
Grants Pass call Wednesday for con-
trncting his hops
n. Dunlap of Provolt, left Sunday
morning for Phoenix where he will
visit the coming week.
Mrs. Jennie Estes of Applegate
made our little city Of Proyolt a
pleasant call Wednesday.
James Coffee was called home We'd
nesday to Williams creek on account
Of his brother being very i'll.
Arthur Gilmore of Murphy, whc
has been at FIT. Jones the past -four
months, returned home Tuesday.
Louis Loesch of Proolt received
a new hop stone Monday to take the
place Of an old brick furnace in his
upper hop house.
Martin Pernoll of Applegate made
Grants Pass business triR for the
purpose of purchasing dry goods for
VIM. Pernoll estate.
T. Cockerlne of Murphy was at j.
4. Lewman's Thursday purchasing
hay from the last crop coming at the
rate of nine dollars per ton, in the
field.
We are glad to say that the Friday
and Saturday rains did not hurt the
hops of our county scarcely any, but
made several tons more of hay i'll our
vicinity. The third crop will be re-
markable this season.
Everett Lewman and Andy Fields ol
Proyolt went out on hunt Tuesday
and returned Thursday. The two
hunters did not kill more than they
could carry on account of the colo
ana rain, the deer had shifted to 1
warmer place and heavier timber
Eli Taylors people of Jackson, Ill.
passed through here Monday in
search of Eli. They heard he was OF
Williams creek but when they reached
the Lewman ranch they were directed
to Grants Pass They wished hin
to 90 back to Illinois for the purpose
of taking charge of his property.
John Cantrall of Yreka, Cal, re
turned to Bridge Point, Applegate
Tuesday. Mr.. Cantrall intends t.
make his home here this winter, ant
prospect in the gold bearing hills o
Thompson creek and Farris gulch
where many rich strikes have beer
made in the last year, by old poke
hunters Of Applegate.
The hop yards Will commence Mon
day full blast, although the camp
crs are coming in very slowly TIL
crops are light this year Pickini
will last only about week and
half; the usual time is two week
and a half, but the hops will weig
more for they filled out better an
there were not so many on pole
The base ball game that was playe
ON Missouri Flat last Sunday wa
a good, exciting game. Both nine
played for what there was in it, an
to see who would get the honor G
winning. In the ninth inning tn
score was even. In the tenth, II
score was made on either side l
the eleventh, Missouri Flat made on
tally which made the score l2 to IL
1t was one of the most interestin
games of the season. Everybod
seemed to have clear throats to chee
the winning side. The old me
seemed to be young. They thre'
their hats and shouted for the victor
they had won over Provolt, and Al
plcgate, combined Jack.