Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-01
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

The young people of Granite Hill
had very social dance last Saturday
evening.
The regular Christian services
will commence next Sunday, Septem.
ber 8, by Rev. CLARK Bower. The
morning subject will be "Laborers
Together With God" The evening
subject is "The Two-E old Ministery
of Christ.
The regular services, morning and
evening, will be resumed this Sab
bath at the Episcopal church by the
rector, Rev. Frederick c. Williams.
At the evening service this Sunday
special musical program will be rend-
cred, selections by the choir aud solos
by talented singers. The public is
cordially invited t. attend these SER
vices.
|. Skinner and his family are
among the late arrivals in Grants
Pass, coming here from Los Angeles
last week. Mr.. Skinner sometime
since purchased the Daniels place of
200 acres in the New Hope district
and he expects to move to his farm
next spring. Mr. Skinner is a car.
penter and will for the present work
at his trade.
Mrs. W. W. Webb, who formerly re-
sided in this city, but who now lives
in Los Angeles, left for her home in
California Wednesday, after spending
month with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. l. S. Spencer Mrs. Webb was
accompanied by her son, Iheo Hama
ford, who had teen on trip to Port
land, and made brief stop here with
his grandparents.
Clark Bower, wife and two children
of Albany, Ore, arrived in Grants
Pass Tuesday evening TO take charge
of the work at the Christian church.
The people of the church are fortu-
nate in securing the services of Rev.
Bower, as he is a man of over 10
years experience in the work of
Christ, having spent the last three
years at Albany. Rev. Bower will
occupy the Hemenway house one
BLOCK south of the church.
A campmeeting was begun Thursday
in the grove near South Sixth street
by the Free Methodists, which is to
continue for 10 days Presiding Elder
W. Il. Goode, of Medord, is in charge
and will be the principal speaker.
Ho will be assisted by Rev. e. |.
Harrington. pastor of the Free Metho.
dist church in this city, and by other
ministers of their denomination.
The meeting will be afternoon and
evening and rybody is invited to
attend
Wilbur Garrow, who for the greater
part of the time for the past six years
has been with one of the big lumber
companies at MoCloud, has taken a
position with the California Pine Box
q Lumber Company and will be lum.
Der inspector in the Company's yard
in this city. Mr.. Garrow has
worked about sawmills since his boy-
hood days, his father being one of the
leading mill men of the Columbia
river section and he il thoroughly
posted on ali that pertains to the lum-
Der business
Next Monday in conformity to a
state law and to proclamation by
the governor the people of Oregon
will observe Labor Day. That is all
public offices and banks will be closed
while the laborlng men aud the rest
Of the community will work on as
| though day had not been set apart
by politicians and labor leaders rs an
alleged holiday. So next Monday
in Grants Pass the banks, the court
house, the city hall, and the post.
office will be closed. The postoilioe
though will be opened for an hour
after each mail Is received, bat the
register and money order department,
will not be open.
Rev. NJ G. Wire, presiding elder
for this district, spent last week
holding quarterly conferences at the
NJ. Il. churches in Jacksonville,
Medford aud Central Point and at
Wilderville. where he was on last
Friday. Mrs Wire accompanied
Elder Wire TO att nd TO her official
duties. she being pr sidint Of the
northwestern branch of the Womens
Foreign Missionary Society Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Elder
and Mrs. Wire were in Grants Pas,
over Friday light guests OF Judge
aud Mrs j. O. Booth at the Western
hotel and Saturday they left fol
Rosoburg and other points between
here and Eugene which is their home,
to attend to their church work.
Charlie. Hansen, one Of the leadinG
farmers of Illinois Valley aud VIII,
resides IN Kerby, was in Grants PAS
Tuesday Mr. Hansen is farmer o
progressive ideas, and fully realizing
tho benefits that will come to III,
agricultural interests Of his section
he is givn every encouragement
possible for the success Of the farmer
institute that il to be- held at Kerb'
on Saturday, September iG, by DIR
Jas. Withycombe aud other member
Of the faculty of the State Agricul
tural College. This will be- the frs
farmers institute ever helc In III
Illinois Valley yet the farmers Of th
Valley and the business men Of Kerb
are taking such an interest in It tina
in the opinion Of Mr. Hansen it vii