Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-30
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items Of Interest
and Importance.

John W. Bacon and H. +. Taylor
left Wednesday morning with two
pack horses heavily loaded with full
prospectors outfit bound for the head
of Steamboat creek. They go in by
way of Holland and will spend six
weeks on Steamboat and nearby
streams from Grayback mountain, but
if they strike it rich they may stay
all summer
]. W. Spence, VINO came from
Langley, Kansas, early this spring to
Grants Pass, expects his wife to join
him next week, and if she likes this
country, they will become permanent
residents of this city. Mr.. Spence is
painter by trade and formerly was
in the shops of the Santa Fe Railroad
Company. He is now doing the
painting on the fine new house that is
being erected for E. @. Dixon. Mr..
Spence has a son in this city, who
arrived here in the winter and is
machinist in the Grants Pass Iron &
Steel Works.
The Southern Oregon Chsutauqua
Assembly will be held at Ashland,
Ore. July 18th to 2lst, inclusive.
Reduced rates have been made by the
Southern Pacific Co. ON the certicfate
plan, from points on Oregon Lines.
This Assembly promises to be of un-
usual interest Among the prominent
speakers will be DI. f. W. Gunsau-
lus, DR.. Wm. A. Qusyle,- and Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise. Special attention
will be given the Musical Depart
ment. The Assembly building has
been enlarged to double its former
capacity, making ample acoommoda-
tion for all
John Randle has been appointed
city dog tax collector and he has be-
gun his WORK and announces that he
will collect the tax on every dog in
Grants Pass, which is 81. 80 on male
and s. on female dogs. And Pound.
master Randle says that there will he
no favors shown and that every owner
of dog will have to put up the
license or get his dog out of town, or
the luckless canine will go to dogland
in hurry. The ordinance makes no
distinction as to whether the dog runs
on the street or is kept in the house
as to liability to tax and all will
have to pay alike is the orders under
which Mr.. Randle is working.
G. II. Clements, who recently
opened law office in the Masonic
Block, has bought the abstract busi-
ness of B. o. McCulloch and has
moved his law office to the McCul-
loch building on Sixth and c streets
near the Court House. Mr.. Clements
will reorganize his abstract business
and the new firm will be known as
the Josephine County Abstract Com.
pany He and Mrs Clements will
reside in the rooms to the rear of the
Office and as she is an expert type
writer she will assist him in the
Office work. Both Mr.. aud Mrs
Clements are bright, hustling young
people and they doubtless will make
a success OF their abstract business
W. A. Hemenway, of Garman &
Hemenway, has bought of Fred Geyer
the old Miller place located across
Rogue river, mile from Grants Pass.
There is 1860 acres in the tract, of
which 100 acres is fine level land
suitable for fruit or crops. There
was 40 acres of the land in cult
walton years ago but it has been al
lowed to grow up to brush. Nearly
all the land can be readily irrigated
when ditch is put through that dis.
trict from Rogue river. There is a
fine spring on the land and ii is Mr..
Hemenway's intention to dig back in
the bill and open it so as to secure a
larger flow of water, and then he
will construct reservoir in the
ravine below and store water for ir-
rigation. Mr.. Hemenway intends to
put the greater part Of his land to
fruit.
o. $. Goodnow, of Grants Pass,
is pushing development work on his
mine on Jump. .oif-Joe near the Ham
mersly mine. Mr. Goodnow has
recently put in all aIrastre on Jump
off-Joe at point a mile from his
mine where he has secured fine
water power and five acres Of land.
He has a good wagon road from his
mine to the arrastre and this week
he will begin to haul ore and expects
to steadily operate his mill for the
next three months while continuing
development work. The work now
done consists of two shafts, one Of 20
fee, and the other 40 feet, and tun-
mel Of 100 feet. The deepest point
reached the vein is thee feet in
width aud the ore is assaying $50 a
ton. IL is soft, free milling ore and Mr..
Goodnow expects TO get good returns
from his arrastre.
b. o. MoCulloch has sold his al
straot business to G. II. Clements and
vii spend the summer and fall on a
] yacation Mr. M,rullocb hos haau