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

SUNDAY, March D, at p. IN. III tho
Advent church. with services IN
English and German, conducted by
Rev. f. Sack, of Medford. The
public is cordially invited to attend
! The Colonial lodging house has
been leased by Mrs. I. Nj. Renshaw
who will conduct it as a lodging and
boarding house. The rooms will be
renovated and other Improvements
will be made.
Mrs. Rose Hollenbeck of Eugene is
expected to arrive Sunday and assume
Charge of the piano class of Miss
Ethel Palmer, who has gone to San
Francisco to resume her musical
studies. Mrs. Hollenbeok is Miss
Palmer's former instructor and is q
talented musician and capable teacher.
The Music department of the
Womans Club will meet with Mrs.
II. G. Kinney, on Friday. March 10,
at 8 ;45 p. m. The program will con-
sist OF a reading from 1.-The Life and
Works of Wagner, the story of the
opera Parsifal, and appropriate
music.
DR.. Findley is planning to go East
about the first OF April for two
months course of special study in
New York, and TO accommodate his
patients, has extended his office
hours as follows $3.50 to IL; 1 $50
to 6 and on Tuesdays aud Fridays
from 80 to $3.50 p, m.
W. W. Triplett and family have be-
come residents of Grants Pass and
are occupying a residence on the head
of Seventh street owned by j. A.
Turner. Mr.. Triplett is recently from
Wisconsin, where he disposed Of "a fine
200 acre farm, and now expects to
invest in mining property in this
district. He is not new to the bust
ness, having large mining interests
in the Bak6r City district. Mr..
Triplett has brother who is one Of
the big mining men of Eastern
Oregon and it is possible that he and
his brother may transfer their entire
interests to Southern Oregon as he
is we'll pleased with the outlook for
this district.
l.. b. Akers, farmer OF Jerome
Prairie, was in Grants Pass Monday.
Mr.. Akers is taking up the breeding
Of fine stock and has small baud of
Brown Swiss cattle These cattle are
a combined milk and beef breed and
their special value to farmers in this
section is that they are hardy and
great rustlers, getting these qualities
from leading rugged life ON the hills
and mountains of Switzerland. Mr..
Akers recently lost one of his best
cows by peculiar accident. The
COW was walking along tho side of an
irrigating ditch, when the bank caved
off throwing her into the ditch and
onto her back in such a position that
she was unable TO extrioate herself.
The COW was missed and a search
made bat when found she was dead.
The Grants Pass Good Roads Club
is to have three more enthusiastio
members If present plans do not mis-.
carry with John p Ranzau, the
wealthy hop grower, who has a 70
aero hop yard near this city, and
with Dennis Ii. Stovall, the we'll
known mining writer and novelist,
X. l.. Coe, of the Coe department store,
for these gentlemen are soon to each
be the owner of fine automobile.
Their machines with those now here
and those lately ordered will make
10 automobiles for Grants Pass.
With this showing of automobiles,
the largest number OF any town in
Rogue River Valley, 1t was to bo OK
pectod that the Oregon Good Roads
Association would select Grants Pass
as the place for holding their South
ern Oregon meeting, which Is TO bo
held on March 20 and 81. for auto
mobilists are enthusiastic good roads
advocates for to pry their machines
out of mudhole with fence rail Is
u most convincing argument 70 them
for macadamized roads.
Mrs. j. o. Booth returned home
Wednesday from California, where
she has been for the past month,
visiting with her daughter, Mrs O..
NJ. Holmes In Los Angeles, and with
her sister, Mrs. Lazelle IN Lompoc
and she also spent u short time in san
Jose, Mrs. Booth was accom- panied
home by her daughter, Mrs. g. M.
Holmes aqd the lattor's two little
children. Mrs. Holmes comes Ia
Grants Pass to take charge of the
Western hotel for her father, Judge
ID. o. Booth Mr.. Holmes will not
return to this city for the present
as no has good position IN Los
Angeles with the Western Union
Telegraph Co. Mrs. Holmes has had
previous experience in the hoto! buI-
] iloHh anu huhtI Hti management NUN
Western will continue 10 be- one Of
the leading and best hotels ia Grant,
Pass.
Brown dress linen, fine assortment,
best quality aud prices that are right
at Mrs. Il. Rehkopf & Co.'S
$1,000 takes 100 acres all creek bot
tom land, 80 acres under cultiyati on
ana fenced, with living water
Good seyen.room dwelling aud gooC
barn plenty Of saw timber. (No 1872
See Joseph Moss, THE Real Estat,
| AGENT.
Big bargain week at the
Sugar Pine StOreand Gro
Gerry next week, March {
to 18th. We cannot here
name one half the prices
so will not try, but sim