Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-04-28
Provolt Items.

Charles Fields of Provolt, was at
Grants Pass Saturday.
John Sparlin of Williams made
Grants Pass visit Friday.
Bert Bigelow of Williams is very
busy this week hauling potatoes to
Grants Pass.
Clarence Wintrout Of Thompson
Creek made a flying trip to Grants
Pass Saturday.
Mrs. White of Missouri Flat left for
Grants Pass Tuesday where she will
work through the summer,
Anna Vinson and Mrs. NJ. Beck
wers at Provolt visiting relatives.
They returned to Grants Pass the
same day.
We have learned of late that Miss
Flossy Rexford of Applegate has been
very i'll with la grippe. She is now
improving nicely.
The Provolt Ditch Co. have just
completed cleaning their big ditch
which is ~ miles long. They were
engaged some 40 days in the work.
]. T. Layton of Provolt has started
TO placer mining for the season.
There are five men at work picking
rock which will be Kept up till
September or October
Clinton Cook, the new hop grower
of Applegate, was at Provolt Tuesday
m business and to announce the ar
rival of the h1p sets which ho had or
iered some three weeks ago.
The sawmills of this vicinity are
ali getting ready to start the wheels
of the machinery rolling. The Pow.
ellis creek mill has lots of logs ready,
and will start up in a few weeks
We are sorry to learn that Miss
George Stevens of Grants Pass is
very i'll at present with the typhoid
fever. Miss Stevens home is at Will
Jams, where she will soon be removed.
There will be grand First of May
dance given at the hall of o. Il. Rose
at Bridge Point, Applegate which,
will be largely attended. Everybody
invited and good time guaranteed.
The dance will be on Friday, May 6,
1904.
Hay is on the boom at the present
time at Provolt and Applegate.
There has been a number Of buyers
hero in the past week looking for
hay. Tho Provolt hay farm sold, dur
ing the last week, % tens at sl5 per
ton, They have nice lot to dispose
Of
The Golden Eagle quartz mine is
still moving on very rapidly. They
have just completed 800 feet aud have
eoO feet moro to finish before tipping
the shaft which they are running for.
They have also found q small vein Of
ore in the face Of the tunnel, hat not
of puyiug quality by any means
They have faith in finding something
good yet. We hope they will
This spring is different from any
ever seen by the old settlers of
Southern Oregon, who have been here
for the past 60 years, On April 2S
theru was y very hard shower Of snow,
which was followed on the 2lst by a
light frost which.killed the early corn
and beans that were mp and also the
tomatoes that were in the houses in
boxes, but very little fruit was
damaged.
Your correspondent has bcen trav.
cling for the past week up and down
the Applegate river taking in all
the views aud looking 1t the improve.
mcnts that have been made the past
four months, which aro very pleasing
20 see. The farmers have been clear
log the fertile soil. that has been ly.
ing idle for the past years, and over.
run with brush and heavy timber.
rhero-are three new bitches which
have been dug in the last five years
which cover several hundred acres Of
this fertile soil which is being cleared
up aud put in alfalfa and other grass
es The Applegate valley is noted tor
its vast quantity Of water. The Ap.