Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-06-11
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
People as They Come and Go
From Day to Day.

NJ. W. Wheeler spent Sunday in
Glendale, visiting with relatives and
friends.
Miss Minnie Ireland returned on
Friday from Portland after visit of
several weeks.
W. H. Dana, manager of the Copper
Stain mine on Mt. Reuben, spent
several days in town during the week
Mrs D. /. Grimes left for McCloud
Monday to join her husband who
has been working there for some time
G. H. Marshall went to Gold Hill on
business trip and to visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Vim. Marshall
Miss Anna Wade finished success
ful term of school at Murphy last
week and is now home for the summer
H. C. Kinney was in Ashland Fri
day, attending a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the normal board
of regents.
Mrs. McGalliard of Merlin, who
submitted to a surgical operation last
Saturday, is making a very crafty ing
PROCESS toward recovery,
II. S. Prescott of Omaha, Neb., an
experienced newspaper man, is assist
ing at the Mining journal Office in the
capacity of foreman.
J. G. Hayden, owner and operator
of the Little Dandy" quartz mine
on Grave creek, was in town last
week on business visit.
Misses Kate and Eva Newell stopped
at Ashland Saturday on their return
from California, to visit for few
days with Miss Anna Mccarthy.
Mr.. aud Mrs. NJ. ]. Nutter of San
Francisco visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ranzau few days last week on their
retun from the East Mr.. Nutter is
well known hop merchant,
Mrs. B. W. Stark started last week
for Idaho to rejoin Mr.. Stark who
went there several weeks ago They
will make their home there.
Mrs L. NJ. Kane and daughter,
Miss Stella, arrived here this week
from San Fra cisco to visit for some
time with relatives and friends.
Lincoln McGrew arrived here last
week from Crescent City, where he
has been for some time past, to visit
with relatives. He will remain till
after the carnival.
Fred Blackman returned last week
from Coos county. Among the in
teresting things which he saw during
his absence was 20 foot whale which
had just washed up on the beach.
Mrs. F. r, Bowersox of Glendale,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. j.
NJ Kitchen of Stayton, visited several
days in Grants Pass last week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Hansen.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Patrick and
children. of Petaluma, Cal, arrived
in Grants Pass Monday evening to
spend about two months visiting
relatives and renewing former friend
ships.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cramer left
Grants Pass on their wedding tour,
Thursday evening They will go to
Seattle and thence by water to San
Francisco They intend to be absent
several weeks.
Miss Edna Parker left on Tuesday
mornings early train for Portland,
where she will remain till the first of
September. She will take course in
vocal instruction during her stay in
Portland.
f. +. Wheeler and George Pfester,
of Muscoda, Wis, visited here Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Gamble.
They are making an extensive tour Of
the coast. They went to Ashland
Monday, intending to return later in
the week.
Miss Nora Sydow left last Wednes-
day or her home near Central Point.
Miss Sydow has done excellent work
as a teacher IN the Grants Pass schools
for the past two years, She will not
be one of the corps of teachers next
year, having decided to take a college
course.
j. d. Fry went to Corvallis last
week to bring home his son, Will Fry,
who has been in very poor healht.
They returned to Grants Pass Sunday
evening. Will is a student at the
Corvallis college and his illness was
caused from overwork. He is getting
along nicely since his return.
II. S. Evans, who mined here in '64,
arrived this week from Idaho. He
notices a great change in the country
since he last saw it and would hardly
recognize the place. At that time the
hills and woods were open and clear
of underground. He took out a rich
bunch of quartz in the early COS
few miles west Of Grants Pass and has
come back here now to look after the
place. He found it unmolested only
that tailings from a placer mine are
washed down over it.