Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-03-26
Murphy Items

y tN' EAllAN 4AA'f nun AN''t
volt. and saw some very interesting
things The farmers all along are T.
busy and happy At Ruch they have .
a nice store, post office and telephone .
and / understand that they are getting .
things in shape to connect II with the .
Grants Pass and Williams creek phone. .
/ stopped at the large ranch Of Wa F.
ter Oppeubacker eleven miles from
Jacksonville, and / found the boys
three brothers Of thCm-all very busy. T.
They have a large ranch and have /
everything one can wish for. They
have built fine twO-story mouse, and
are now getting ready for the painters.
The boys are enterprising young men.
Mrs. O'Brion was at home with all
her children, except Maud, who Is at
school in MedfOrd. She has men az
work putting her house and ranch IN
first class condition She Elllcd last
fall, 20 head of fat hogs and had tine
meat baconed, which she sold a few
DAYS ago at a good price and she say
she feels encouraged in her old age,
and thinks times are better now than
they have been Tor years, and every
thing looks bright There have been
three new families moved on the Ap-
plegate in the last month, from Ne
braska-Mr W. Quin, Henry Clarke
and Geo. Bishop They all have
families and they told me they were
surprised and pleased with th- climate
and what they have seen.
Henry Kubli, about one mile from
O'Brien' 5 has a ranch that would 9--
! tonish the nation. He has about 400
acres. His house is elegant and Doc
has some Of the finest stock have ever
seen inOregon They all look as sleek
as new dress. He says times are
good and money plenty. They have
fine schools near him, and preaching
and Sabbath school every Sunday.
There is nice little place at the
Applegate bridge, one large store
kept by John Perncll, a good hotel
kept by Lando Rose, and that is filled
with miners; a blacksmith shop good
schools and they tell me the daily at
tendance is 81, and all are happy as
clans and this nice, beautiful weather
makes them laugh.
On St. Patrick's Day they all had a
jolly time at Roses hall, with q
grand ball. There were some from
Medford, jacksonville and Grants
Pass, and nothing happened to mar
the occasion, and st. Patrick was
surely there for there was no one got
snake bit
! called at Jack Layton's fine home
but found he had gone to Grants Pass
with his daughter, Mrs Wilbur, but
| was received kindly by those who
were there.
At Proyolt, Lew Smith, the post
master, store keeper and blacksmith,
and also Grandpa Fields was there.
They received me kindly, showed me
over his place and they were loud in
their praise of the good times and the
fine Oregon climate and it makes one
feel good to see every one happy.
Mr. Provolt has bought fine team
which he paid $500 for and says they
are cheap at $500. He says when the
president comes to Grants Pass, he
will be there on time
Mr. Moons mill is undergoing big
Improvement, getting ready for the
coming seasons work. He was rushing
| things for all il was worth. He told
me he had received several let tiers
from his eastern friends, asking about
Oregon-the climate, etc, and he
wrote them to pack up and come out
here.
Mr.. Dunlap, late of Phoenix, Jack.
son county, bought the Proyolt place
this side of the mill and is having il
put in number one shape. He feels
encouraged, speaks well of the times.
At school district No. 10, the direct
ors are getting material ON hand in
tending to remodel the old school
house and make it look as pleasant as
| possible for the many children that
attend. | understand the school com.
menes the 10 of April, with Mrs
Kate Hyde as teaher She is sister
of Ed Harriott the popular stage man.
Kaspar Kubli and partner, Ed
Swinden, are doing Some good work
on their mining claim They showed
one some beautiful specimens of coarse
gold Elmer Williams is also working
the same mine ON the Applegate
Chas l.. Swinden is having hi,
house painted and is making general
improvements ON his ranch. Clark
Simons is taking advantage of tn,
nice weather and is pruning up hi,
orchard.
In my last letter | forgot to men
tion the school building near Mur.
ply. 1t is ON beautiful mound
about 100 yards from the main road,
and they have recently built neat
little bridge that leads from the road
to the school house Before il was
done, the children had lad place To
cross. The house on the outside is
painted a pure white and ON the i'm
side il is tastefully decorated. The
location of the house all things CON
sidcrcd, is an ornament TO Josephine
county, and Superintendent Lincoln
Savage ought to bc proud of it.
There will be a weekly prayer meet.
ing ut the home Of y. l.. Williams
and son, ON each Wednesday.
From Jacksonville here to Murphy. ]
found the roads in excellent condition
except in few places.
Fred Knox, Lee sill. Jack LAYTON
and several others went To- Grants
Pass Saturday and | guess by the talk.
the whole county will be- there whuu
the president passes through Th.
clouds have all rolled by, tine sun
shines bright and everyone mp here
happy and we'll, +. BE