Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
IE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items of Interest
and Importance.

fence about the residence property
of r. L. Coe, thereby greatly improv'
ing its appearance.
The youngsters have discovered
that the bark of the willow will slip
and whistles are now the order of the
days. When "willer whistles" can
be made it is sure thing that spring
is we'll advanced.
]. L. Mitchell, supreme secretary |
of the Order of Washington will be in
Grants Pass Friday, March II, and
wishes TO meet every member Of the
order. The order meets each alternate
Friday evening in the Woodman hall.
The six year old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. q. Brown while at play
last Friday, fell and broke her arm.
The fracture was reduced by DIR.
Douglass and it is healing SO well that
the little girl will soon have the use
of her arm again.
The Grants Pass Music House has
been removed from t he Odd Fellows
building to the New Courier building
where it occupies the front room with
A. Il, VOORHEES, photo supply house.
The Courier business office also is
located on this floor.
James Noah has sold his cottage on
West Main street to II. A. Corliss
and will leave next Monday with his
family for La Grande, Ore, where
he will take up his residence. Mr..
Corliss has rented the house to Uhas.
Ellis, who has moved his family to
tn is city from Jerome Priarie.
\ ]. NJ. Ward will stay in town al
most constantly from now on and will
pay strict attention TO tuning. he
also has ordered Hardman piano
player, one of the latest improved
styles and hopes to interest many in
this player and to build up trade in
them. New location at Courier
block, Front st.
A valuable work for those interest
cd in irriagtion can be promptly OBJ
tanned free at the office OF the expert
ment sation, U. s. Department ol
Agriculture. Washington, d. O. 1t IL
entitled Bulletin No. l45 and is 9
treatise on the uses Of water, level
ing ground and other matters pertain
ing to irrigation.
The Grants Pass school is preparing
D an exhibit for tho Lewis 81 Clarl
9 fair. Nothing elaborate, is being at
. tempted, require SO much time as t.
as that would seriously interfere
> > with the regular school work, i
e. being the plan of City Superintendent
Turner to simply have showing
d made of the average, everyday worl
of the schools as carried on in all th'
grades and classes.
Mrs. J. p. Patterson arrived ii
= Grants Pass Monday from Eugene t
take charge of the music class, unit
n recently taught by Miss Ethel Pal
[ mer Mrs Patterson will only be II
= Grants Pass until such time as Mrs
Rose Hollenbeck, also of Eugene, cal
y come, when she win assume perma
u nent charge of tho class. Mrs. Holl
~ onbeok being detained by the seriou
illness of her father.
il 4. w. Williams met with quite
10 roublesomo accident on Tuesday o
this week. While working with
hatchet, the tool slipped and cut th
& second and third fingers Of his lef
hand quite severely. The third ange
10 especially was badly cut as tn
hatchet severed piece Of flesh on th
tx ball of the finger from the first join
to the tip. The bone, however, wa
IN not damaged 80 that the injury
though yexatious, will not be perma
IN nent.
or The court house gronds have bee
considerably improved in appearanC
10 this week by the removal OF III
'0 superannuated picket fence ON tl
sides facing Sixth and o streets, I'll
u young cypress hedge. planted on Il
inside OF the fence having attainC
Ia growth which gives IL suiiiciel
or decorative quality to atone for Il
to absence of fence. The top rail
the old fence is left ~ a protection
Is the hodge but the posts are cut shor
no or and much neater effect Is pr
- duced
Grants Pass now has five barbe
shops with total Of l2 chairs, ne
shop having been opened at the corn
3 of q and Fourth streets in a room
n, the building belonging to B. A. vii
ou Jams. This new shop will be co
llo Quoted by j. Il. Bird, who until thr
months ago had charge Of the Pala
ler barber shop. Mr. Bird last ia
boughtG Il 40 acre wood ranch on Gi
EE bert creek, but that not boing to h
liking he sold the place to j.
'' Snndberg and will again take up Il
nj regular trade.
ICY A thoroughly metropolitan {
'uS tablishment In all its numerous d
.ad partments il the new store OF Thom
- & O'Neill, the houhefurnishel
)n. Thoroughly awake to the rapid
lnt changing conditions in Southern o.
gon they have put in the larg,
stock Of furniture south Of Portlau
6e The new elevator, the only aud ni
one In Grants Pass IL Of great assi
iii ance in the rapid handling Of orde
Sc Their prices seem very reasc
pe able for We noticed a very neat ir
' bed full size for g. 60 also new I'd
AL In bed oouches for 1910. The fc
that such largo establishment
Int. located Ia Grants Pass, would seem