Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-07-28
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Ed Sites of Williams, was at
Provolt Sunday.
John Bailey and family of Will.
Jams, were at Proyolt Sunday.
Mrs. G. Il. Smith, of Grants Pass,
was visiting relatives here Monday
and Tuesday.
Mrs. W. NJ. Fields of Savage
creek. is in our little burg visiting
her many frienGs and relatives here
| this week
l.. W. Smith, the Provolt post
master and merchant, was at Grants
Pass Monday on business, returning
| Tuesday.
Miss Minnine Woodbridge of Mis-.
souri, Flat accompanied by her
brother, Jinks, spent Monday here
on business
Mrs. ]. O'Brien and daughter. Miss
Anna, Of Applegate were at Provolt
Sunday visiting with their relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Baldwin.
J. S. Roberts has also bonded his
farm at Missouri Flat for $4,000.
Other bonds are being made which
can not be mentioned at present
Ulysses Provolt was at Grants
Pass Tuesday for medicine for Orley
Provolt who has bsen in poor
h alth for some time. She is feel.
ing some improved at present.
The air is filled at present with
dark, heavy thunder clouds, which
have been raising for the past few
days, with threats Of rain. A rain
would be appreciated by all.
The Provolt correspondent was at
Williams Friday to attend he funeral
Of Mrs. Rose Chapman an aged
pioneer, who died July 90, and was
laid to rest in the Williams Creek
cemetery Friday, July 81. Mrs.
Chapman leaves two sons and one
daughter to mourn the loss OF low
ing mother.
A partv of young folks left Mon
day for Crescent City, where they
will end two weeks vacation. fish
ing and catching clans along the
ueach They also will take a ride on
tue ocean, which will be rare
thing, and perhaps the first for some
If them The party consists Of II.
Rehkopf and wife and Miss Minnie
Woodbridge ana others
Willie Farris OF Applegate, was a
visitor at Provolt Wednesday and
Thursday. He tells of hot weather
and OF small hay crops in his vicinity.
He also states that the immense
quantity of hop lice that covered the
hops have most all gone and the
vines are vigorously growing again
The hop lice are vanishing from all
the yards throughout the valley and
the vines are free of them and
pleasant smile is on the face of the
hop growers
Charlie Fields, of Appiegate has
bonded his farm to the Oroville
Dredging Company for the consider.
alton of $500, of which $1,000 II to be-
payed January LIST and the balance at
the end of one year. No prospecting
will be done until all payments are
made This farm is one of the most
favorable propositions for mining yet
bonded. Six years ago Mr. Fields,
while digging wei picked up
pieces of gold which contained from
10 to 10 cents
G. T.. Smith Of Hotel Lavton of
Grants Pass was at Provolt the first
of this week looking after mining
property in the Farris gulch district
and also on the dividing ridge be.
tween AppleRate and Williams He
was also at Williams Wednesday to
look at the machinery left ON the
ground at the Rising Star quartz
mine of that place, and while there
hc looked over the stamp mill on the
farm OF MIR. Gocher, owned by st.
Johns & Cox. He found everything
satisfactory,
j. $ arliu, Que of Williams most
respected young farmers and stock
men, was at Pruvolt Wednesday. He
tolls II large grain crops in his
vicinity and harvesting in foil head.
Woy, The hay crops of Upper
Williams creek valley are much
luiger this season than usual, saws
Mr.. Proyolt, Of that place. He also
gives the hay prices o. his vicinity
at s. 90 in the field, aud IS to 80 in
the barn That will he tho standard
price there this season among the hay
myn, so states Williams Creek
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