Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-10-20
ProXolt Items

Grants Pass pleasant call Wednes-
day.
Martin Peruoll and Mr. Grub Of
Bridgepoint. Applegate wers at Pro
volt Thursday hunting cattle.
Remember the dance Thanksgiving
at the public hall. Williams, Oregon.
Numbers, s200, L. W. Smith is the
giver.
There was neat little bunch Of
beef cattle-50 head-passed through
Provolt on Friday Ell route to the
Wintrout farm to be fed this winter.
James Flowers of Grants Pass was
at Provolt Thursday. lie will Iut in
80 acres Of hops in the spring on the
Williams Pernoll farm at Applegate
while the rest Of the. farm will be
put in hay.
| Charles NJ. Rexford. one of our
prosperous farmers is engaged hauling
baled hay to Grants Pass Hay is
still holding its own. Loose hay is
$40 per ton, baled hay, sl5 to $l6 per
ton. There has been some bought FOR
IS and good grain hay for 80 pei ,Dn.
Tne heavy rains tat have cone
have found lots of hay down in the
fields through the valley and also in
the stacks waiting to be baled. This
hay will probably be damaged to
certain degree. s. Provolt has about
i2 tons of clover hay in the field
which will be damaged and probably
ruined before the srain ceases, as it
has now been raining for five days.
Thos. Lewman has been baling hops
for the past few days for Louis
Loesch Of Provolt Mr.. Loesch's crop
this season was good. He will have
rs, 600 pounds this year to put in the
market, Of which half are contracted
for 20 cents per pound. The rest will
bring near 80 cents which is the
highest price paid since 1887. Hops
were then sl.00 per pound. which
will probably never be seen again
Richard Vining and brother of east
ern Oregon have purchased .sthe farm
of Amos Shrimp Of Laurel Grove, for
the sum oil $1,000. There we're cattle,
farming implements and also good |
water right in the Laurel Hill Ditch
Company'g big ditch. which flows
from the Applegate river through it in
the bargain. Mr. s. will soon leave
for Los Angeles, Cal, where they |
will make their home In tho near
future.
Sam Meas Of Grants Pass was out
the first Of the week to the Rehkopf
hop yard on business and to see about
baling hops. Mr.. Meas will act as
since the death Of ]. A.
Rehkopf OF Grants Pass. We have
that the farm recently pur.
chased by Mr.. Rehkopf will be put
out in hops as planned before the
death of Mr.. Rebkopf. The yard
will contain 20 acres and will be put
out in 1905 IL nothing prevents.
Edward Estis will be employed as
manager. q
Why is Provolt an industrious little I
'urgr Because it has one ofkthe best ]
localities in the valley. II is the head /
quarters for the mining industry of v
he Williams creek valley and saw Y
Milling industries, also number Of "
armers from the Applegate make .
his their trading quarters instead of
irants Pass or Jacksonville. They ,
ave In the summer aud spring base
'all and croquet going every Sunday \
md ice cream and cake for lunch in
he afternoons each Sunday and a live
correspondent to do their writing
ach week.
W. M. Sonson Of Provolt went to
irants Pass Thursday with load OF
Inc potatoes for I. B. Cornell of that
ity, Potatoes are selling at 81. so
'er hundred at the present time and
short time will probably be g. 90
or they are scarce In the valley this
eason, although there was a quantity
TAINTED. but few that came up or did
ny good at all. The scarcity Of a !
hing is what makes it carry a good
rice, so that is the reason potatoes
re high this season at Provolt and
ther small towns throughout the
Ipplegato and Williams valleys. 4