Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-10
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items of Interest
and Importance.

will do the preaching.
The mdsic department of the Wom-
ans club will meet at the home of
Mrs. II. C. Kinney on Friday after
noon, November IL, at S:45 O'Clock.
The subject for the afternoon will be
The Origin and Development of
German Opera.
Geo. Calhoun left Tuesday morning
for San Francisco to look over Eastern
samples and select goods for his new
stock. Mr.. Calhoun has taken five
year lease on the Howard corner
formerly occupied by Smith Bros. and
will put in a new and complete line
of clothing and gents furnishings.
Deputy Sheriff Ernest Lister and
Thomas Calvin spent Sunday at He'll
gate rapids angling for salmon trout,
aud they report their catch at 80 big
fine fish, statement that is believed
implicitly by their friends who are
for veracity, especially when telling
fish stories.
r. n. Bishop, civil engineer aud
mine expert for the Groenback Com
pany, returned to the Greenhack mino
Tuesday after being in Grants Pass
several days ON business for his COM
pany. Mr. Bishop is now superin.
tending the development of the
Scenic ledge, promising property
owned by the Greenback Company
and situated about mile from the
Greenback mine. He has 10 men en-
ployed working on three tunnels, two
of which are in 800 feet and one in so
feet. The ledge is showing up we'll,
but whether il will justify mill or
not is yet to be ascertained,
W. j. Smith. the Selma merchant,
was in Grants Pass this week ON
business visit. He reports good times
in his district with promise OF better
and more lively times in the future
1t is likely that some of the new prop
critics Of the lower Illinois district will
soon be opened and that new life will
soon develop in that camp, This dis.
trict is full of mineral and has many
good mines of gold and copper unde.
veloped The lower Illinois and ad-
jacent districts are offering fine oppor.
tunities to the prospector as there is a
large area of land known to bear min
eral which is almost virgin ground as
far as systematic prospecting is con.
cerned.
@. T. Furness returned Saturday
from Jacksonville where he had been
for a couple of days looking over
that place with view of pntting in
a gents furnishing and shoe store.
He also has other locations in view,
but is very favorably pleased with
the trade prospects of Jacksonville
that have como to the old town as a
result of renewed mining activity in
that district. Mr.. Furness has for
the past year and a half been in
charge of the store at the Gretnback
mine, but desiring to secure better
school facilities for his children, re-
signed his position and will move
to some town. Mr.. Furness is a
bright, hustling business man and has
high standing in the trade world
and will be u good acquisition TO the
town that he may locate in.
l.. q. Higgins of Higgins q Philips,
assayers, and q well known mining
man of this district recently had u
narrow escape from losing his right
hand by blood poisoning. While work
ing on a quartz property. he has on an
upper tributary of Illinois river in
Curry county, he bruised his hand,
| injuring the little finger. Being anx-
ious to push his development work the
remained at the mine treating his in.
| jury with such remedies as were
available. But the injury grew worse
and he returned to Grants Pass and
Monday DR.. ID. p. Love operated
upon his hand. Necrosis had set in
on the entire bone of the little finger,
making IL necessary TO take Off the
finger back of the wrist joint. The
entire hand was in serious condi.
tion. but the swelling aud pain has
been allayed and the wound is now
healing with every prospect that Mr.
Higgins will save the remainder OF
his hand, though it will be some tim,
before he can resume work in his as
say office.
Rev. f. Sack, pastor Of the Ger
man Lutheran church in Medford
came to Grants Pass Saturday even
ing and Sunday morning he held ser
vices in tho Advent church build
ing. Rev. Sack holds regular ser
vice the first Sabbath in each montl
in this city and for the present
through the courtesy Of the Adven
people, he will use thoir chu1ol
building, but it is the hope OF thl
Lutherans TO erect building Of thei
own within the next year Rev. Sacl
is foroeful pulpit speaker aud an in
defatigable worker, and he has bull
up the Lutheran church at Medford {,
be one Of the strong religious organi
cations Of Rogue river valley an,
though he only began his ministerial
labors in Grants Pass last spring, 80
this soon, good results are comin
from his efforts, and his services ar
we'll attended and the congregation
steadily increasing in numbers
Early IN the spring. Rev Sack hope
10 organize Sunday school for IN
benefit Of the young people Of his con
gregatlon.
Hon. Geo. W. Stspleton and Mrs
Stapleton arrived by the 10 O'cloC
tram Saturday and remained owe
until Sunday morning, guests at th
Hotel Josephine, when they returne
to their home in Portland. Nj. Sta
pletou WIS here to address the repub
lican rally held Saturday evening a
the opera house. This was Mrs. Sta
pleton' first visit TO Rogue river val
ley and she was greatly pleased wit
scenery Of the valley and the man
points Of interest to be seen. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr.. andMr,
Stapleton were shown about the cit
! by Geo H. Durham, Joseph Moss AN
! Geo. w. Colyig, aud Miss Goodin al
! sisted in Entertaining Mrs SaPletor
II had been some time since Nj
Stapleton had been in Grants Pas
] and he noted the many improvement
! that have been made in the city an
{ the large number Of substantial bus
o ness blocks and fine residences IN;
: are now under course Of cOnstructio
a and he was frank 10 say that he ha
=. seen no town In Oregon that had mad
4 a better gowth the past year than h,
7 Grants Pass. Mr. Stapleton, Is
I member Of Cooyert q stapleton, on
d Of the big firms Of Portland
Rev. W. G.. Connell has resignc
. the uaEtOrate Of Betbauy preglvff