Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

Grants Pass anu Leland.
James Porter, formerly Southern
Pacific engineer, living in Grants
Pass, visited here Saturday.
j. II. Smith of the Smith Bros
Mercantile Co. will leave Thursday
for a visit to the st. Louis fair.
Henry Croisant returned on Friday
from Cow Greek canyon where he has
been working for the past two months.
John +. Calvin, former we'll
known Grants Pass hoy, is now city
editor of the Daily News of Vallejo,
Cal
Mrs. Go. E. Howland returned
Saturday from Il three or four weeks
visit with her mother and sister at
Portland.
A. j. Tarrants and A. l.. Irving Of
Placer, were in Grants Pass Tuesday,
returning home from'a business tip
10 Medford,
A. u. Barnard returned from Port
land Tuesday. While there he laid
in a stock of furniture for the fall and
winter trade.
Miss Mae Sutton of Ashland visit
ed friends here last week, arriving
Friday night and returning home
Sunday morning.
Miss Mamie Crouemlller of Ores
cent City was in Grants Pass Thurs
day night on her way home from a
visit in Jacksonville.
f. c. DeArmond, the well known
hop raiser and lumberman, returned
last week from a visit to his old home
near Knoxville, Tenn.
Walter and Joseph Kitto, employees
Mt the Granite Hill mine have been
taking vacation lately, visiting
their homo at Jacksonville.
Mrs E. l.. CassTeturned on Tuesday
morning from a visit to the east Mr.
Cass went to Portland aud accom-
panied her home from there.
r X. Montgomery spent few days
in Grants Pass last week renewing
old acquaintances He has been on
the sick list for the past month or
more.
E. E. Redfeld, formerly of this
place and lately Of Glendale, has
purchased n fine stock ranch OF l53
acres near the mouth of the Illinois
river.
George Calhoun and Jos Fetzner
attended the Grand Commandory
knights Templar at Portland last
week. Mr.. Calhoun returned home
Saturday.
James McFadden Of Provolt came
home last week after spending the
summer Mt Ft. Jones. Cal. He eX-
poets to return to California after n
brief visit at home.
L. d. Weston was in Grants Pass
Wednesday He and Mrs. Weston left
Thursday for Seattle, whore he will
take a position as organizer for the
Lincoln Annuity union.
L. L. STAN left this week for
Tucson, Arizona, to join the railorad
bridge carpenter gang. Mr.. STAN has
been stationed with the 5. Z. Com
pany here for some time pGst
Mrs. L. Mallory is receiving a visit
from her daughter, Mrs j. Reaves, OF
Pendleton. whom she has not seen for
10 years. Mrs. Rcaves will 90 to San
Francisco after spending few weeks
here.
Senator c. W. Fulton was a passen-
ger on Thursday evenings train, re'
turning from a visit to Klamath coun'
ty where he went to personally in
spect the irrigation miz-up in that
section.
DR.. Douglas, while returning on hii
wheel from . professional visit Tuos
day, took q header and his inluGiei
were such as to require medical treat
ment, qnd he now wears numerous
bandagcs
Mrs. j. G. Schmidt and daughter
Florence, returned Monday after ~
lahsence of year or more. Mrs
Schmidt and'family will take up thei
residence at their former homo OF
Main street
". i. Grimmett and son, Loon, O.
Holland, were in town Wednesday Of
a business visit Mr. Grimmett 4
the owner of first rate canyon rancl
Josephine county caves.
Fred Blackman is taking a brie
vacation from labor and is visiting q
home. He has been for some tim
firing on the work train now at RiC
Hill. % miles north Of Roseburg. Fl
will return to work in few days.
Samuel Williams, wife aud chill
arrived last week from Houghton
Mich, TO make Grants Pass thei
home Mr.. Williams was residen
Of this place about 10 years ago. Il
is a brother Of J. II. aud I. ". Will
Jams.
L. c. Smith Of San Francisco,
cousin of Mrs Goo. Riddle, is visit
ing at the home of Mr. aud Mrs Rid
n die in this city Mr.. Smith was
many years ago. a resident Of Kerb
and was a printer in the office Of th
Democratic Times at Jacksonyill
some 20 years ago.
T. p. Cramer made a bicycle tri
Tuesday 10 Bybee bridge and spen
five hours casting the fly withOu
success He wheeled TO Tolo an
took the evening train for HON
fshless, bot with an appetite. Nj
H CrameT reports having seen thre
wild swan on the river about tw
miles below Bybee bridge.
|. A. G.. Armstrong Of Hudson, Wis
y formerly OF the firm Of White
Armstrong, arrived Saturday mornin
10 spend a few days here on business
Mr.. Armstrong had been making hi
plans 10 spend the winter here, bJ
his business demands his attentio
else where. lie says he hopes be wi
never have TO spend another wiutC
in the east.
j Frank Heck, a recent arrival froi
II Rosedale, Cal, has Purchased fou
acres Of the RinehaTt j-acre tract q
north Sixth srest and has gone
\ work making improvements. II wi
III hereafter be known as the Heck plac
II Mr Heck has spent several monti
IL looking about FOR place 10 settle an
y decided that Grants Pass was the be-
he hsd seen We commend his judi
ment
". p. Dobson and Neill Barnett