Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-07
LIVE NEWS FROM PROvOLT
PROGRESS In Mining. LAUNDERING
and Agriculture.


Mr.. Rexford of Applegate was do.
ing business in Grants Pass Tuesday.
James Coffee Of Powells' creek
was visiting relatives at Provolt the
last Of the week
Mrs VIM. sonson, who has been
very i'll with the bronchitis, is i'm
proving very rapidly.
Mrs. L. W. Smith, the Provolt
postmistress, who has been in Grants
Pass for the past few weeks returned
home Tuesday. We are glad to say
that little Lewis is improving nicely
under the present condition, from
serious burns which she received n
short time ago.
The baseball games have started up
again for the season at Proyoit
Last Sunday was their first game of
the season which was not very largely
attended ON account of very few
knowing anything about it. After
next Sunday, they will be ready for
any challenge which they receive.
b. W. Baldwin of Williams is
work with force of men in his hon
yard. The yard will be grubbed by
Tuesday and then il will require
1000 new poles to replace the short
ones in the old yard, and also Mr.. B.
is going to pat out seven acres of new
yard in few DAYS, which will make
both old and new Ia acres.
II. d. Kubli, the Applegate enter.
prising farmer and cattle raiser. was
at Proyolt and Williams Sui day.
visiting with friends. Mr.. Kubli
reports that WORK is in full blast.
owing to the good weather which we
are having at the present time. In
two weeks more, the most of the
small farms will be seeded down with
grain and alfalfa.
The valleys most enterprisinR farm. |
ers are the Ofinbarger Bros. who |
have four teams running from d.y.
light till dark, turning the soil wh cb /
has been farmed for many years.
and produced an abundance to its
owners. This farm has I05 acres of
tillable land to be cultivated Four
years ago the brothers purchased the
north half Of the Matrey farm, which
made an addition OF 20 acres, which
is run with skill and profit.
The weather is settled and the sun
shines like that of summer, through
out the Applegate and Williams val.
leys, and the birds are singing and
the flowers and shrubs Of different
Kinds are in bloom and the farmers
are all busy plowing and sowing grain,
and grubbing for alfalfa, which will
be sown later in the season, and ir-
rigated. The Lewman Bros never
SOW their seed till the 10th of MAY,
which brings good crops the first sea.
son.
The Sonson hop yard which is run
by Lua Loesch is now un der full
headway, plowing and gtubbing dur c
ing the good weather. Mr.. l.. is also
making preparations to start on his I
new yard which he will put out the
latter part of April He has men at ,
work grubbiDg, which will be com. r
pleted Tuesday and be ready TO set t
out new plants in the additional yard. a
The Cook q Rexford yard, which t
Will be put out THIS spring is too wet .
TO farm yet, although they have the {
poles cut and sots secured to plant as v
soon as plowed. This yard contains a
seven acres Of fine black loan from a
The Applegate river. which will make v
lops produce about 1000 rounds per G
lore. 1t is also irrigated from the 2
Bridgepoint Ditch Company's ditch, y
which comes through above this yard.
The marble enterprise is good
hing to invest in The company q
which is steadily operating, is doing :,
! large business. From 1908 to 1904 =
hey sold l0I monuments which
anged from $40 to S75, and since the !,
lrst OF the year they have disposed of -,
o, which was a larger sale than last :, -
ear Josephine county has 10 miles : :
4 this marble, which can be seen :,
rom the surrounding valley. 1t
lys In great crags, which are covered -,
With moss and ferns which have been ~ ~
rowing there throughout the ages of
lme; some of the marble is red
louded while other is pure white J.,
nd some is black with red, white -
nd mixed colors which can discount -,
le Nermdht marble in color and can -
o obtained at u much smaller figure. ~
) that which could be had here for :,
% they charged $50 and $50 for in H. H.
nat state. The GraybaoE mountain -,
so contains marble in abundance. - -
The Exchoquer quartz miuo at te
aurel Grove, which is known in
lronghout Oregon and many other an
ates OF the union for its richnes, th
nd width, is owned by Or, Flanagan
Grants Pass and has been worked
IT several years with good success.
hroe years ago it was bonded to ST. me
'hn, VINO worked the property with II
ill to see if it was paying propo
tion. II proved that it was valu. 10
No. and the only drawback was the -;
'ioo which 81, John refused to pay. I'm
the mine was soon shut down and Re
e machinery moved to Grants Pass Ca
III shipped to FIT Jones, California.
he Lewman Bros, mine is extcn.
vcly worked through the winter and ~.
Us idle during the summer. The Su
inc is known as the Isabelle and
Us ON the head Of whiskey Gulch. De