Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-18

MIS- Chas. ). Moore of Salem, Ore.
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W.
c. Hale and her mother. Mrs n.
Langwell who is also visiting Mrs.
Hale.
Mrs. ]. r. Mcknight left Sunday
for Portland where she will spend
three weeks with friends and in
viewing the fair. Mr.. Mcknight will
go to Portland about September LIST
to spend week, when he and Mrs.
Mcknight will return home.
Mr. ard Mrs. Brumfield of
Haubdtstadt, Ind. are visiting their
daughter. Mrs. Chas. Patrick at
Rosehug this week and will spend
few days in visiting the John Patrick
family who were their neighbors in
Indiana.
Ike Davis last Saturday received
visit from his brother, ]. d. Davis
of Oklahoma, who staid here until
the following Tuesday. The brothers
have not met before for 3s years.
Jess Cheshire psassed through
Grants Pass Friday from Astoria,
where he has been in business, bound
for fonapah, where he will try his
fortune in the new Nevada gold fields.
Waiter and Samuel Locke, two of
the popular boys of Granite Hill,
where they work in the mine at that
place, returned Sunday from Portland
where they had spent a week seeing
the sights in that city and at the fair.
c. f. Bates and family returned
this week to their home at Montague,
Cal, after having spent nearly three
weeks with his brother, Nate Bates.
The two families spent two weeks
very pleasantly camping at Steam
boat.
Mrs. S. J.. Simpson arrived Sunday
Princeton, Ind, to spend a few weeks
with her sister, Mrs John Patrick.
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and has not seen any member of her
family since that time until Mrs.
Simpson arrived.
J. G. Mattison returned from Port
land Thursday with Mrs. Mattison,
who has been patient at the North
Pacific sanitarium for some time past
Mrs Mattison is geatly improved IN
health but will remain in Grants Pass
some weeks while Mr.. Mattison goes
to Galice.
James Furen one of the best known
residents of Briggs creek, was in
Grants Pass Saturday. Mr. Furen
during the summer attends to his
stock farm, while during the winter
he operates a placer mine that he has
on his place.
Mrs. Minnie Vedder was in Grants
Pass Saturday TO visit her sister, Miss
Ruby Light, after which she went
to Leland where she Will spend two
weeks W tn her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
+. NJ. Light, then returning to her
home in Baker City.
Mrs. Josie Miller, of Cleveland, O..
spent Thursday and Friday in Grants
Pass, the guest of her cousin. Mrs. A.
Z. Voorhies. On Thursday a trip was
made to the Golden Drift mine where
Mrs. Miller got her first glimpse of a
placer mine in operation and saw
gold panned out of the virgin soil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Moss left fol
Portland last Sunday. where they
will spend a week while viewing
the fair, and while Mr.. Moss investi
gates the prospects for investors com
ing TO Josephine county. During hii
Absence Mr.. Moss real estate flee il
in charge of Miss Ida Robertson
Mr.. and Mrs. h. L. Cook of Med
ford, arrived in Grants Pass Wednes
day to locate permanently. Mr.
Cook was formerly the foreman of th'
Iowa Lumber and Box Co., Of Med
ford and has come to this city to tax,
a similar position with the Californii
Pine Box and Lumber Co. and the,
will occupy the Wade house IN Eas
Main street.
Warren Furman arrived last Frida.
with his family from PittsburR, Pa
to spend three weeks at the home o
his brother, Justice George p. Fur
man Mr.. Furman visited Grant
Pass IA years ago and the town ha
, increased so in size since that tim