Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-02
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
People as They Come and Go
From Day to Day

Sa'uiuaN niBnt ana SUNDAY VISITING
with friends.
Miss Vesta Leach returned las
Saturday from Ashland, where sh,
had spent week on delightful visi
with friends.
Miss Esther Brannan and brother,
Johnnie and Harry left Thursday fol
Cheyenne, Wyo., where they will
hereafter reside.
W. L, Ingram, after spending few
days in Grants Pass, retarned Tues
day TO the Murphy district, on Ap,
plegate, where he is developing fine
gold vein that is very promising.
Mr.. and Mrs !. r. Wishart and
Russell left Friday evening for Rose.
burg and Oakland where they will
visit relatives before going to
Baker City. their future home.
Mrs. Julia Knight is very sick at
the home of her son, Fred H. Knight.
and her recovery is matter OF
serious doubt, but turn for the bet
ter is anticipated and it is the hope
of her family that she will soon be
on the way to regain her health.
A. X. Russ and family of Ashland
arrived in Grants Pass Thursday to
visit friends. Mr. Russ was formerly
in the grocery business in Grants
Pass, moving to Ashland, where he
conducted grocery until month or
more ago, when he sold his stock.
Mrs. H. @. Perkins has been
seriously afflicted for several weeks
past with infiammatory rheumatism,
but for the last two weeks she has
been steadily gaining and there is
every reason to expect that she will
soon be enjoying her former good
health.
Hugh Stephens, former resident Of
this city but who is now residing
with his family near Winner, where he
is engaged in farming, was in Grants
Pass during the latter part of this
week to see his wife, who is spending
a month here at the home of her
brother, W. Williams.
Calvin Wells is having an addi.
tion built to the front of his home,
located on Eighth street near the
East shool house, Montgomery & Har-
rington doing the work. This add.
tion will have four rooms and will
be well finished and will give his
residence handsome appearance and
greatly add to its convenience.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Swain returned
Friday from Ashland, where they
spent a couple of days attending the
annual campmeeting Of the Apostolic
Holiness church. Mr. and Mrs.
Swain are among the new residents
of Grants Pass and this was their
first trip up Rogue River Valley and
first to visit Ashland. They had a
most enjoyable trip and were we'll
pleased with the appearance of the
Valley and of Ashland, but Mr..
Swain says that Grants Pass has a
more business-like, solid appearance
than has Ashland.
@ H. Clements arrived in Grants
Pass this week from Bucoda, WASH,
and after looking over the advantages
Of this city he decided to locate here
and engage in his profession, that of
law. Mr.. Clements is a young man
OF good address and appears to be a
hustler AID has a wife to give i'm
the helpful word when a word means
so much to man making start in
new location. Mr.. Clements is not
altogether stranger to Grants Pass,
for his parents Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A.
Clements reside at Placer, where his
father is interested with 4. II Wise
in general merchandise store in that
place. Mr.. Clements is graduate of
both Drain and Ashland normal
schools and several of the young men
and women of this city we've class.
mates with him, among them being
Police Judge John Minor Booth. Mr..
Clements will open his law office next
Monday in the the Masonic Temple
and will reside in the Booth residence
on Eighth and A streets.
]. j. Hunter is spending the week
in Grants Pass, coming in from
Grouse Mountain in the Mt. Baldy !
dlstciot where he has been working |
for some time on quartz claim that |
he and A. l.. Smith were developing.
This property they lately sold to a
Spokane company, rel resented here
by A. N. Nelson Of that city. Mr.. |
Nelson began at once to prepare
for extensive development OF the vein |
aud Monday began work with two |
shifts Of men, with A. i l. Smith az |
foreman. Work will b. carried on all |
summer aud Il the showings would |
so warrant "A mill will be likely to be |
put on the mine this fall. The |
vein that is being opened up as.
says good values and is having "A |
steady gain in width as depth il |
reached and has every indication cf |
becoming profitable mine. Being /
SO near Rogue river electric power /
can be readily had for operating the |
Il achinery, and being but five miles |
from Grants Pass with very good |
wagon road the cost OF getting in |
supplies and machinery will not he
the big expense that it is for some
mines.
The members Of the Baptist Sun.
day School had a picnic Thursday
aud spent the day at Savage Rapids |
The time was delightully spent in |
games flower gathering and 9th,
and a fine time was en-.
ioyed as only band of rollickipg,
hungry boys aud girls can enjoy.