Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-24
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items of Interest
and Importance.

The Glendale school has an enroll
ment of 107 scholars, l6 Of whom are
in the Grammar department. 20 III the
intermediate and 80 in the primary
department
The evidence will be taken in
Grants Pass this Friday in an i'm
portant land contest case between
the railroad company and the owners
of the California Bar mining claim
located south of Holland
II. N. Parker has put in public
watering trough for horses in front OF
his feed store on West Sixth street.
AS there is no public trough in that
part Of the city, it is convenience
that is much appreciated by team
sters.
r. L. Bartlett will open his ex-
elusive Boot and Shoe store on Sixth
street Monday, November 2S This
is the only exclusive boot aud shoe
store in Grants Pass and will be
a thoroughly up-todate establish
ment.
The professional card of DR.. J. NJ.
Kitchin appears in this edition of the
Courier. DIR. Kitchin, though but
resident of Grants Pass fer short
time has gained a highly creditable
standing in the local medical frater-
nifty and he is steadily building up
very satisfactory practice.
J. d. Cook, president of the Three
Pines Lumber Company operating on
Jump off Joe, of Medford, has been in
Grants Pass this week ON important
business matters connected with a
large mill and lumber deal that is
likel to be consummated and which
will give Grants Pass large ad-
dition to its payroll.
NJ. W. Espey, who has the contract
for carrying the mail and runs thestage
between Leland and the Greenback
mines, states that the opening of new
road from Greenback to Wolf Greek
will not alter the route of his stage
and that he will continue to carry
the mail from Leland and take his
stage by the old route to Greenback.
The W. G. T. U. had a very in.
teresting social meeting with Mrs.
Summeryille at the NJ. E. parsonage
on last Friday. Quite large mum.
Der were present and after the neces.
sary business was dispatched the
ladies were addressed by Mrs Gilkey,
followed by an animated discussion
on keeping the confidence of our
children.
Major and Mrs. r. Dubben in
charge of Salvation Army work in
Washington and Oregon, will con-
duct meetings Saturday and Sunday,
November Goth aud q at Salvation
Army hall. They have Just returned
from International Salvation Con
gress, London. The local work is in
need of clothing, shoes, etc If you
have any to assist with, send note |
TO officers who will call for the
articles.
Grants Pass now has its third auto.
mobile, Carl Gentner having received |
one which he will use in travelling |
about the city while attending to his |
work as electrician for the G. p. N. |
W. l.. p. Co. The other two ma
chimes are owned by John Williams |
and b. .. McCulloch. When Jose |
phine county gets system of good |
roads the automobile will be as
numerous in this valley as team
vehicles,
A sale was made Tuesday through |
the real estate office of j. + Peterson |
of a piece of property that presages
the erection of another fine business |
block for Grants Pass The property |
transferred was the lot and small |
frame building ON East Sixth street |
located between the Sandberg block |
and the Hobbs block, and the convey |
ence was from Major A. Axtell to i. |
II. Harth, the well known West Side |
clothing dealer.
w. D. Shoemake, the old man in.
dictod two weeks ago for the murder |
OF his son-in-law Oliver Sargent, at |
their home ON Williams Creek, died |
in the county Jail Saturday night and |
Sunday was buried at the county s |
expense, his relatives not claiming |
the remains. He had refused to eat, |
trying to starve himself to death, but |
the day previous to his death, he ate |
heartily and it may have been the |
reaction that killed him. Josephine |
county is therby relieved of an expen.
siye murder trial, for his defense
would probably have been insanity.
The undertaking firm Of Cole &
Bigelow has changed location and
membership. @, Ii. Biglow retiring
and going to California to reside.
l.. b. Hall has become associated with
h. II. Cole and they have moved their
stock OF undertaking furnishings to
the h, o. Sandberg building on Sixth
near ID street, which Mr.. Hall has
purchased of Mr.. Sandberg. The en-
tire lower floor will be used and it is
the intention of Messrs. Cole q Hall |
to fit up a strictly up-to.date under.
taking parlOrs that will be in keepinp
with the progressive spirit of Grants
tass.
Lincoln McGrew was given the an.
pointment Of day marshal bv Mav6r
Gilkey aud Saturday he began his
duties and by night he had the citv
jail full of hobos and rough charac.
ters, which have been all too numer.
ous since the city economical and
dispensed with day police. A cam.
palgn Is how being waged nv Dav
Marshal McGrew and Night Marshal |,
George Finch on the hobos and DRINKS
Grants Pass will soon be feed Of
these dangerous and disreputable
characters. Mr.. MGcrew served two
months last summer as night watch.
man during the absence of Marshal
Finch and he made q very efficient
officer. He served three years ana n
hall as marshal at Crescent Citv, re.
signing the position to come to Grants
fass TO get into dryer climate