Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-10-13
ProXolt liens.

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Miss May Smith of Provolt is stay
ing at Williams at present.
b. W. Baldwin of Provolt made
Grants Pass pleasant call this week
Miss Hazel Zumwalt of Talent il
visiting relatives and friends at Pro
volt this week.
Mr.. Drake the hop contractor OF
Grants Pass was at Provolt Saturday
on hop business.
Hiram Messenger, young cattle
raiser of Provolt, was at Grants Pas.
Monday on business.
James Coffee of Williams passed
through Provolt Thursday on hi,
way to Gold Hill to move his sister,
Miss Ella, home.
L. W. Smith, the Provolt merchant
made a business trip to Grants Pass
Wednesday and returned Thursday
with load of groceries.
Richard Vining of Eastern Oregon
is at Provolt at present and probably
will make his home here this winter
instead of at Eastern Oregon.
Say, we nave the best county road in
Oregon for both winter and summer
since James Kennedy was elected
road supervisor from Williams dis.
trict.
The cattle raisers of P:ovolt spent 3
few days the past week in the
mountains gathering up their cattle
for pasture and some for the Grants
Pass meat markets and county at large.
There will be dance at the public
hall at Williams creek Thanksgiving.
Dance, supper and horse feed. 81.
All be ready when it comes. l., W
Smith is giving the dance.
There is lots Of sickness in the val
ley this week. both typhoid fever and
chills, and also three cases of malaria
fever. but none are dangerous except
Bennie Harriet of Bridgepoint. Ap-
plegate.
The new school house at Provolt is
being painted this week so that il
will be dry when school starts. II
will be seated with patented seats
next week, which will be something
new for districts No. s and 80
A party Of young men in our
vicinity left Thursday for a three
weeks hunt in the Crescent City
mountains. Their expectations are of
finding lots of game such as bear and
deer. They have with them three
bear hounds, which will be used when
one is wounded and gets away.
The Powell's Greek Lumbering Com
pany Of Provolt are busy running
their new planer filling out bills
that were collected during the sum
mer. They have new grade of fir
lumber for ceiling and flooring, which
can be obtained at reasonable price
that can be easily paid. Anybody
wanting lumber call and see Mr.. John
Hackett, before going elsewhere; mill
one mile from Provolt postofiico.
The Bone of Contention mine is still
moving onward with good results aud
a neat body of ore winch is good in
value. They have now completed zoo
feet of tunnel work. They have good
faith in finding another Eldorado be-
fore they quit or leave the mountain
eide. There are several new mines in
the Thompson creek mining district
that will start soon. From last ac.
counts the Jordon 4 Thompson mine
ss moving along with good results.
They have been moving the old quartz
arrastre recently purchased Of f. n.
Proyolt to their mine on Thompson
creek, four miles beyond the Apple.
gate post office,
The Fields Bros and Thomas Carter
Of Provolt who have been in Eastern
Oregon for the past three months re.
turned home Friday. On their way
home they came through Fort
klamath and on to Crater Lake where
they stayed for a few days and took
in all the beautiful scenery that
could be seen in the surrouding dis.
triot. They came by the salmon city
on Rogue river and stayed there
awhile and took in the sights that
could be seen there. They report that
there is quite number Of salmon
be,rg caught, but there are as to 50
there to Set them as fast as they are
caught. They also stopped at Jack.
sonyille and took In the exercises that
were going ON there. and reached Pro.
volt for dinner among friends and
relatives.