Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-02-03
OUR PERSONAL COLUMN
People as They Come and Go
From Day to Day

Miss Otie Kane of Medford is in
the city on visit with her sister,
Mrs, n Bates.
Judge J. o. Booth went TO Salem
Thursday to spend couple of days
at the state capital
NJ E. Moore spent Wednesday in
Merlin on business connected with
his second hand store.
Earle Gordon arrived Thursday from
Oregon City and will assist his father
in conducting the Grants Pass Fuel
Company.
Ohas. Brown, formerly of this place
and lately of Woodville, left tnis
week for TT. Jones, Cal, where he
will remain for some time.
W. L. Love of Canyonville arrived
in Grants Pass Thursday to spend
couple of weeks with his brother DIR.
D. P. Love and his sister, Mrs E. G.
| DoArmond.
W. Symmes, manager for the Sucker
Greek Mining Company, arrived in
Grants Pass Wednesday from his home
at San Francisco and the next morning
left by stage for Holland to spend a
month at their mine at California Bar.
Miss Myrtle Renshaw has resigned
her position in the Jones Greek
school, owing to her family having
moved to Grants Pass, and Mrs. Louie
B. Mcfarland will take charge, the
change of teachers to be made Thurs
day of this week.
Mrs W. NJ Cheshire, who has been
in Portland for some time whittier
she went to have a difficult surgical
operation performed, is rapidly re-
gaining her health and she expects to
be able to return to her home by the
middle of next week.
Mrs Fannie Ellis arrived here Mon
day to spend few DAYS with her
brothers, Jas and George slower and
visiting old friends. Mrs Ellis is
depot agent and telegraph operator at
Seaside, Ore, vbioh position she has
held for several years.
H, A. Rotermund was called to
Portland Monday by the serious
illness of his father, who resides in
that city. During Mr. Rotermund's
absence Will Frye is assisting }. A.
Slower in attending to the needs of
customers in the Rotermund drug
store
f. j., Stewart who has been fire.
man ON the Dallas Portland run and
residing in Dallas, arrived with his
family in Grants Pass Monday and |
will now make this city his home.
For the present he is firing on the
helper between Grants Pass and
Glendale.
W. f. Norris, who is half owner of |
one of the largest restaurants in Seat
! tie was in Grants Pass last Wednesday
and Thursday on short visit to his
uncle, N. G. Longfelow. Mr Norris,
was on his way home from San Jose,
Gal, where he had been on visit to
his mother.
II. V. Doxie of Iowa has purchased
IA acres in the g. \. Savage tract
northeast of town and expects to re-
move here with his family to reside
| some time next summer. Mr.. Doxie |
is a son-in-law of W. J. Sturgess and
was formerly resident of this place,
returning to Iowa several years ago.
Miss Maggie Nipper has taken the
position as stenographer aud clerk |
for the Josephine County Real Estate
Company of which her father W. r
Nippor is a member. Miss Nipper has
recently taken up but stenography,
but she is mastering its complexities,
aud will soon be an expert in pothook |
chiography
Mrs W II. Fisher, with her son
Adraiu, arrived in Grants Pass last
Friday for a two weeks visit with |
her parents, Rev. aud Mrs. d II. !
Summerville. Mrs. Fisher resides IN |
kus5burg where her husband, W. Il. |
Fisher, is a member of Fisher & Bel |
lows one of the largest mercantile
firms in that city.
Mrs j, o. Booth left Saturday for
Los Angeles where she will spend a |
month with her daughter, Mrs c. NJ.
holmes, whose husband is manager In |
that city Of the Western Union tele. |
graph office. Mrs. Holmes may ac-
company her mother on her return to
Grants Pass aud spend a month visit
ing with the home folks
Mr. aud Mrs G. E. Potter arrived |
this Wednesday from Tulsa, Indian |
Territory, and will become residents
of Grants Pass Mrs. Potter is a
daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. A. l..
Swain, they themselves recent ar
rivals here and it Was on their
recommendation that this daughter
and her husband came to this city.
Mrs. S. f. Bates, formerly of this
CITY where she was associated with |
W. b. sherman in the timber business, |
has resumed the management OF her /
paper, the News and Times Of Graf
ton, S. d. In mentioning her sojourn
| in the West Mrs Bates speaks editori- |
ally in the highest terms Of this coun-
try and the advantages and opportuni- |
ties for investment which IL offers
II. W. Atkins, who is a sergeant.
major in the locai Salvation Army /
corps, left Thursday for Blue Earth, /
Minnesota. in response 10 a message |
stating that his wife wes seriously III /
az that place. Mrs Atkins left /
| Grants Pass last ia and has been /
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