Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-04-21
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items of Interest
and Importance.

The Grants Pass Music House has
just received another supply of the
popular March, Two Step "Heston's
Last Victory" dedicated to Martin
Heston. the Grants Pass boy who has
made himself famous on the football
field. For a time it was impossible
to secure the music, but now there is
a limited stock ON hand. Call for it
early. 25c.
j. M. RAIDER is having neat ap-
pearing cottage built as an addition
to the small house he now resides in
on his property on Third and L
streets. The work is being done by
j. A. Hubbard, @. H. Day and d.
A. Fitzgerald and they are making
such fast progress that Mr.. and Mrs.
RAIDER will be able to occupy 1t in
less than two weeks from the time the
foundation was laid.
b. l. Plummer is now the sole
owner of the butcher shop in the
Fetsch block, he having bought the
interest of his partner, G. A. Martin,
who has returned to his former home
near Salem. Mr.. Plummer has a
good trade built up by right dealing
and by handling stock of meat
products that are satisfactory to his
customers and he proposes to make
every effort to still further enlarge
his business and to keep up with the
growth of Grants Pass.
One Of the new residents of Grants
Pass who has confidence in Grants
Pass is L. B. Hall Mr.. Hall for
the past year has been purchasing
property from time to time until now
he is one Of the largest real estate
holders in the city. One of his latest
purchases is the corner lot and two
story frame building on the 4oi&keast
corner of Sixth and o street. Mr..
Hall has every faith in the future of
this city and is backing his faith
with judicious Investments and he
also shows public spirit and pro-
gressiveness that makes of him most
valuable citizen of Grants Pass.
That the Courier brings results to
its advertisers is demonstrated each
week. Last Saturday, ]. M. Ward,
the piano man, made sale through
an advertisement that was record
breaking for promptness. Two hours
after copies of the Courier bad been
received at the post Office in Canyon
vile IN Douglas county, subscriber
telephoned to Mr.. Ward regarding
a certain piano offered for sale. He
replied giving description Of the in
strument and price. An hour later
second message came telling him to
ship the piano and before the hour
for closing the freight house for the
day, the piano was at the depot ready |
for shipment to the purchaser.
E. G. Holman, finding renting not
profitable, has brought a handsome
half acre tract on North Second street
of James Blevens and is now able to
sit beneath his own vine and fig tree. |
There is small house on the prop. |
erty and this Mr.. Holman and his
family are occupying while he.
assisted by his father, James Holman,
is erecting three room addition,
which they will have completed in
about 10 days. Mr.. Holman has been
for some months past employed in the
power station of the G. p N. W., L.
a. p Company, but has resigned and
so soon as he has his house completed
he will leave for Powell's creek to
again take up development work on
promising claim he has in that dis
trict.
Jesse Berner, who with Fred Miller
has been operating placer mine on
Missouri Flat the past season, was in
Grants Pass Wednesday ON his way to
Forest Grove, where he will spend
the summer with his family. He was
accompanied by his brother in law,
5. A. Wiley, who has been working
for him the past season. Mr.. Berner
stated that they had opened some
very rich ground and had they
plenty Of water they would have
made big wages for the time they
were at their mine. During one run
Of 10 days when they had plenty Of
water. the three Of them took out
Sl04 90, working only with sluoe
box and rocker Mr.. Miller will re-
main on the Appleagte this summer
ana Mr.. Berner will return early next
fall when they will resume work at
their mine. They plan by putting in
large reservoirs to greatly increase
their water supply and make it posi-.
BILE to operate their mine for the great.
er pat of the rainy season
A. l.. Swain began Monday the
erection Of brick block on Sixth
street adjoining the Hobbs building in
which is located the minerals exhibit
Of the Grants Pass Miners Assooia-
tion. The building will be 25x60 feet
and for the present, one story. but
1t will be 10 constructed that second
story can be added later on. The
brick work is being done by Hiram
Eastman and the carpenter work will
be under the supervision Of Z. r.
Cole. The building will be for store
purposes, but M. Swain has not de.
oided whether he will rent it, or oc.
emmy IL himself IL NAV he nccnnind