Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-11-17
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
People as They Come and Go
From Day to Day

Stephen Abell. who has ranch in
the vicinity of Merlin, was in Grants
Pass Saturday.
W. II. Purdy. rancher of Hugo
vicinity was trading with Grants
Pass merchants Saturday.
G. F. LeClercq. miner and
rancher Of Applegate, was in Grants
Pass Saturday and Sunday a guest at
the Palace hotel.
George Rowland spent last Satur.
day in Medford on a business for the
Three Pines Lumber Company OF
which he is president.
Mrs. Frank Il. Chamberlain of
Tolo returned home on Wednesday
after visit Of several days in this
city with Mrs. Hemmenway.
W. ]. Smith, who has large
general merchandise store at Selma,
was in Grants Pass ovs- Saturday
night, guest at the Palace hotel.
Attorney A. S. Hammond was in
Medford Saturday ON legal business.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Ham
mond, who spent the day with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Frederick, for
merly Of this city and for the past
year located at Astoria, have removed
to Portland, where they intend going
into business.
W. H. Purdy, who has a ranch near
Hugo and also does sawmill work
during the milling season, was in
Grants Pass Saturday making pur-
chases of the merchants.
Fred Blackman, who is firing on a
work train north of Roseburg, took
advantage Of break in the steam
shovel to spend Sunday at home. He
returned Monday evening.
H. F. Day returned Friday to his
farm near Murphy after being en-
ployed for the previous three weeks
in hauling supplies to the Granite
Hill for l. Sill, who conducts the
boarding house at that mine.
President b. f. Mulkey of the
Southern Oregon State Normal, re-
turned to Ashland Friday from an
extended trip north during which
he took part in teachers institutes at
Salem, Pen0leton, Baker City and
other places.
Mrs. f. W. Van Dyke received this
week letter from DR.. Van Dyke,
bearing the date of October 2S and
the postmark of Doulotne, ~ hours
sail from Rotterdam. The doctor is
in excellent health aud has enjoyed
his trip immensely.
Hon. L. L. Smith of Hood River,
president of the Oregon Development
League and president of the Oregon
State Board OF Horticulture, passed
through Grants Pass Friday on his
way to Ell Paso, Texas, to attend the
National Irrigation Congress TO meet
this week in that city.
Louis Barger of st. Helens, Oregon,
is in Grants Pass, guest of Mr.. and
Mrs II. A. COrliss, friends when the
latter were residents of st. Helens.
Mr.. Barger is telegraph operator
and is looking over Rogue River
Valley with a view of locating as he
is well pleased with the country.
Mrs. L. n. Tibbetts with her two
children left Saturday for Albany to
Join her husband and where they will
hereafter reside. Mr.. Tibbetts was
fireman on the helpers running out Of
Grants Pass, but last week he was
transferred to Albany and is now
firing on the Albany Portland local,
Charles Davidson is among the new
aprftr lc -, Dagg ka ft,r,
from Atchinson county, Missouri.
Mr.. Davidson is a steam engineer,
holding license both in Missouri
and Montana, where he operated
mining engines and he expects to se-
cure employment with some of the
mining companies of this district.
Jack Phelan, who has charge of a
bridge gang working near Merlin,
spent Sunday in Grants Pass. Mr..
Phelan has been in the employ Of the
of the southern Pacific for many
years and has had charge of the con
struction work on most of the Howe
truss bridges that have been put in. on
the Oompany's Oregon lines.
j. +. Espy and Carl Stout of Leland
apd Roy Smith of Greenbaok were in
Roseburg last Thursday night and
were put through the tangle of logs
and brush that all fawns have tc
work their way to reach the greer
and peaceful pastures controlled by
the Elks of No. 326 The young men
are said to have stood the ordeal al
becomes Noble Elks of the forest ant
were greatly pleased with the gooC
fellowship Of the Elks and with the
worth Of tho order.