Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24

his uncle Pitman Pierce, who resides
on Rogue river FIVE miles above
Grants Pass, left Tuesday for Pendle-
ton, where he will visit for short
time with relatives after which he
will return to his home in Greeley,
Colo.
Grant Ames was in Grants Pass and
vicinity last week, making contracts
with hopgrowers for 90, 900 hop roots
for planting on his farm near Myrtle
Greek. This number will plant GO
acres Of land Mr.. Ames had con-
siderable difficulty in securing roots
as there is big demand Tor them by
farmers who are setting out yards and
by growers who are enlsrging their
yards.
DR.. Arthur Lister successfully pass
ed the examination Of the State Board
of Dental Examiners held in Portland
last week and was granted a certiii-
cate to practice dentistry in the state
Of Oregon. DR.. Lister is a son of Ed
Lister and was resident of Grants
I Pass until recently, when he located
in Gold Hill and opened a dental
Office in that town. He is bright,
capable young man, and there is
every likelihood that be will make a
success of bis vocation and build up
fine practice at Gold Hill.
w. l. Fleck, engineer for the Gold
ell Drift Mining Company and who
supervised the work on the big dam
the company has put on Rogue river
at this place, and of installing the
machinery in their power station has
gone East to look up the latest i'm
provemeDts in mining machinery in
the interest Of several local mining
companies Of which he is consulting
engineer He will visit a number of
the big manufacturing establishments
of the East and also the Worlds Fair,
giving special attention to the machi-
merry exhibit. He expects to he gone
about a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Hubbard re.
turned Friday from Boise Idaho
where they have been since last
spring while Mr.. Hubbard worked on
tho construction OF gates and other
wood work required on number of
irrigation systems which his brother
Z. r. Hubbard had the contract to
put in. Mr. Hubbard was a resi-
dent for l6 years of Grants Pass and
doing carpenter work and contracting,
putting up a number of the best
buildings in town, and he returns
better satisfied than ever with the
town and thinks no town ne has seen
while away has a better, and few
SO good, prospects for a rapid and
permanent growth az has Grant.
Pass.
Walter +. Gray, for the past year
read bookkeeper in the First Nation
ii Bank Of Southern Oregon, but who
the position two weeks ago
md went to Portland, has secured
Inc position In the Portland office of
he Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ince Company. Mr.. Gray has many
'rinds in Grants Pass who -are very
glad to know of his business success |
md have every confidence that he |
Will give the same satisfactory work |
% his new employers as he did to the |
1ank here in Grants Pass, and which |
brought to him, unsolicited on his |
lart, "A fine letter sOf recommendation |
rom Mr.. II. l.. Gilkey manager and |
'ashier Of the First National Bsnk |
md which Mr.. Gray appreciated very |
much.
John Vallen came in from Takilma
saturday accompanying his sister.
Miss Mary ValleD who took Sundays
rain for Ashland, where she will
pend the winter with relatives.
dr. Vallen returned Monday to
nakilma, where he is conducting a
tore at that place, and is also deputy
postmaster under Postmaster Jack |
lgers Mr.. Vallen stated that all
vas shut down about the Takilma
melter, other than some development
work that is being carried on by a
mall force of men on the Queen of
Bronze copper mine. OF the many
opper claims in that district only
assessment work being done on them
" the various owners. With the
llowing-in again next spring of the
'aklima smelter and resumption of |
mining in the company's mines, it is
xpected that there will be renewed
otivity among the holders of copper
laims in that district and that next
ummer there will be extensive de.
elopment work done ON many of the
la