Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-31
The LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items of Interest
and Importance.

JShu heckes nearly loSt a tnumD
Thursday, While chopping wood. The
physician hopes however, to be able
to save the member
The youngest child, a girl of three
years, of Mr.. and Mrs, William Bull
is seriously i'll of spinal trouble and
its case is so serious that it is feared
the little one win not recover.
The Glendale News states that
Willis Kramer, of Mrytle Greek has
placed force of men at work on his
mine in the Mt Reuben district pre-
paratory to putting in a stamp mill
The spring term of school at Wood.
willie began last Monday with Miss
Maude Prim in charge. Miss Prim is
a daughter of Judge Prim of jackson.
vile and she is one of the brightest
and most successful teachers of Jack
son county.
Rev. f. Sack. of Medford, an.
announces that he will be in Grants
Pass this Sabbath aud will hold Ger
mau Lutheran services at 10 a. m. at
the Advent church. a cordial in.
vitation is extended to all to attend
these services.
This issue Of the Courier has been
interfered with greatly ON account of
the frequent lack of power for the
typosetting machine and press The
shutting off the electric current was
made Necessary in order that the
electric light employees might erect
new poles with safety.
Mrs. Sarah A. Griffith has recently
completed finely finished fve-room
oottge on Eighth and X streets,
which she expects to rent. Mrs.
Grifilth has two lots adjoining this
property and she will build house
on each this summer, ona to rent and
Que for her own use.
70 meet tho expected rush of travel
to and from Portland during the
Lewis aud CLARK fair 1t is reported
that the Southern Pacific will put on
flyer between San Francisco aud
Portland that will mako the run in
2S hours, now made in 86 houis.
This "dyer" will only stop at the
largest towns on the route, Grants
Pass being one Of the number.
jackson county has added two
graders to its road equipment, which
now consists of rock crusher, a
steam roller and four graders and a
number of wheel and slip sorapers.
With road master in charge of the
work and crew of men hired by the
month and q camp outfit for boarding
the men and teams, jackson county
has made preparations for building
roads, under modern methods and the
days of mad and dust ON the high.
ways OF that county are ended in the
not far distant future,
W. NJ. Brothers who is farming near
Merlin was in Grants Pass Monday.
Mr. Brothers ia strong believer in
the hetterment Of the roads of Jose.
phine county aud while favoring ma.
cadam roads thinks that the present
roads could be greatly benefited by
changing the drainage from the cuts
and center of the roads as is now
largely the rule TO bitches by the road
side. With tho present roads
properly drained Mr. Brethers thinks
that they would be in good condition
for team traffic fully two months more
of each winter
| Quarterly conference was held last
Saturday ard Sunday at the NJ. Il.
South church. The services were
conducted by Rev. @. l.. McOausland,
Of Corvallis, presiding elder for thin
district, assisted by the pastor, Rev
". 7. GouldaT. Elder McCausla I'd dc
livered sermons that were able an(
forceful at the services Saturday even
ing and Sunday morning and evening
The services were well attended ant
live interest was manifested in thu
work Of tho church. Elder Nc
Uausland left Monday by the north
hound train for his home at Corvallis
stopping though at points on the WA
to hold quarterly conferences fol
churches under his jurisdiction.