Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-07-28
A Brief Record of Local Events.

/ The Baptist Junior Union held a
social business meeting under the
direction of their Superintendent,
Mrs. Everton, last Tuesday at the
home Of Alex Mitchell. A very en-
joyable time is reported,
Will Shaw will speak at the Y. NJ.
O. A. Sunday afternoon on the sub
ject Wisdom or Foolishness, Which?
Mr. Shaw was former Grants Pass
boy and has many friends here.
Benke- Walker business college at
Portland and later was employed as
stenognpher for the government, re-
signing that position recently and
will come to Grants Pass for his
health.
swarm of yellow jackets having
their abiding place under the l.
street bridge across Gilbert creek is
responsible for the wreck of one of the
Cold Storage Company's ice wagons,
The yellow jackets have bad habit
of swarming out of their nest when
ever team is driven rapidly across
the bridge and in this case the horses
were stung and ran away demolish-
ing the wagon before their career
was ended
Roy Kremer, son of DR.. W. f.
kremer, who has been spending his
vacation at his home in this city, will
return to San Francisco Sunday to
resume his studies in Cooper Medi.
cal College. The regular term does
not begin until August 10, but Mr..
Kremer has some preparatory work
In adj III Oh h.N t.I..
to take up before the classes are
formed. This will be MIR. kremer's 5
fourth year at the medical college
and he expects to graduate next June
and to receive his sheepskin and the
title of NJ. d.
DIR. G. II. Douglass returned st
Friday night from Portland accom-
panied by DR.. Anna Il. Douglass, who
has just completed post graduate
course in San Fransoisco. She
graduated in 1897 from the North
western university of Chicago where
later she held the position of assistant
instructor to the chair of obstetrics.
She makes a speciality of diseases of
wcmen and Children. Dr. Douglass
has recently added to his equipment
a static machine for X.Ray work and
he is prepared to diagnosis all kinds
of disease. The Drs. Douglass have
reception room and office in the Pig
ney home.
W. N. Rhinehart has decided to
remove from Grants Pass and has
deal on now for the sale of his saloon
and he has already sold mis- residence
property on Fifth and | streets. to
Chas. A. Dickson of Dean q Dicki.
son, proprietors of the Black Horse
livery stable II is very desirable
property for the dwelling house is
large and well built and the yard has
been so cared for that it is one of
the handsomest in Grants Pass. Mr..
Rhinehart has been one of the most
progressive men of Grants Pass, ready
to assist in any public undertaking
with liberal contributions of noney
and he has large number of friends
who regret that he is to leave the
city.
Aley Watts, pioneer of Waldo of
1858 and resident of Applegate
since 1858, was in Grants Pass We'd
nesday with his cousin, James rripp,
who had spent week with him and
who took the train that day for Port
land, where he will visit the fair
after which he will return to his
home at Greenview, Ill Mr. Wat
and Mr.. 1ripp were playmates and
schoolmates until they became young
men, when Mr.. Watts came to Ore
gon to seek his fortune in the gold
mines of this district. Both have
prospered, one as an Illinois corn
raiser and the other as an Oregon
miner and later as successful
farmer and now in their old age they
are enjoying life, for both are hale
and strong. 1t has been many years
since the cousins had been together
aud they had IA delightful time re-
counting "reminiscences Of their boy
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