Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-18
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Thomas Lewman made Grants Pass
visit Tuesday.
Mrs. Alex Watts made Grants Pass
business trip Monday.
X. Fields visited relatives and
friends at Grants Pass Wednesday.
/. G. Roberts Of Missouri Flat was
in our vicinity Sunday 90 business
L. G. Hyde made Grants Pass a
business trip Monday returning Tues
day.
Tillie Farris of Applegate spent
Saturday here visiting relatives, j.
Lewman and family.
We are glad TO say that Miss May
Smith who has been on the sick list
is able to be out again
Miss Alice Lewman made Williams
a visit Friday, returning home Mon
day. She reports a most pleasant
time when there.
Ned Dunlap, who has been gone for
the past three months, has returned
home on a short visit before leaving
for California, where he will spend
the winter
Miss jessie Layton was at Murphy
Saturday to attend the daEce given by
the Michigan Mining Co. The other
members of the family were also pres.
ent aud an enjoyable time was had.
DR.. j. A. Lewman was presented
on his 72d birthday with a beautiful
present by Mrs. X. Fields. Mr..
Lewman is an old pioneer, he coming
to Oregon in 1851, when 1T was settled
with Indians
Mrs. Joseph Shirley and family left
Tuesday for Fall Valley, Texas, where
they will meet relatives. Mr.. Shirley
will remain iD Rogue River Valley
until later, when he will leave and
join his family. They will make
Texas their future home.
August Rehkopf of AppleRate passed
here Monday en- route to Grants
Pass where he will make arrangements
for hop pickers. tie will begin pick
ing September 4th. Think of the fun
that can be had 10 the hop fields of
the AppleRate valley. Put in your
names at once and be sure Of job be.
fore too late
Mrs j. Hackett Of Grants Pass was
at Provolt Tuesday whore she visited
friends and her husband, John Hac.
kett, who is partner in the Powell
Creek Lumber Company of this place
|. A. Vinyard of Williams was at
Grants Pass Tuesday with load of
fine cabbage, which was raised at
that place Mr. Vinyard has one of
the largest cabbage fields in Southern
Josephine county.
Mining is our present excitement
aud many farmers are bonding their
land. The drills Will soon con-
mence. They have two steam power
drills at Grants Pass which soon will
bo put to work here. If the ground
prospects we'll they will ship -four
more drills and thorough investiga.
tion will be made, when if the
grounds are found sufficiently rich
dredRers will be- laced at work
Applegate valley lies in the gold
belt and its tributaries have carri9d
gold in paying quantities These are
Poormans, Palmer, Sterling, Little
Applegate, Steamboat and Thompson
creeks, and Farris and Whiskey
gulches and these have yielded inn
monse treasures aud are yet rich.
Biz Applegate confined in u narrow
channel and spreads out at Budg,
Point aud at Provolt and has many
bars on which gold is deposited dur
ing the high waters of the winter
and on these bars person can max,
from 81. 60 to ST. % by rocking.
Harvesting is over aud threshinI
has begun in the Applegate valley
lhe grain crops this season are larg,
aud the quality is frst.cass Tn,
farmers Of this section hay,
almost abandoned raising grair
aud are raising huy instead TIL,
throshlng run this season will ex
coed 20 day, which is but one hal
the days put n 10 or ~ years ago
Hop fields now occupy the sandy
loans of the river bottoms whlcl
loss,ns the grain area. On the higl
lands, the crops are short because o
! sp muph dry Npathpr