Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-11
A Brief Record of Local Events.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Freed moved
into their new cottage this week,
which they built ON the site of the
one that was burned down last winter.
Representative Burns of Curry
county has announced that he will
not appeal the Hume libel suit which
he lost recently in the circuit court in
Marion county.
Rev. II. @. Corbin of Ashl' nd will
preach next Sunday morning at the
Christian church snd in the evening
he will preach at the Bap it olun,
where union services will be held.
City Treasurer Col. johnson, can
now be found in the Brandt house.
corner Of Third and Eighth, where he
and his mother now resides. He sold
out his business few weeks ago to b.
r. Moore, formerly of Woodville.
Fred MCnsch came in from Canyon.
vile Saturday to spend Sunday with
his wife and his sister, Mrs r. W.
Perscn, of Boulder, Colo NJ.
MeDsoh has government survey
contract and is working in Douglas
county.
A camping party composed of Capt.
and Mrs Buck, Mrs. Ora Hood, Mrs.
G. A. Savage and family, wilma
Gilkey, Bertha Swain. Electia Chap.
man aud the Misses Mckarlan, left
TUESDAY for short stay on Rogue
River opposite Woodville and near
the Jas. Hair place.
A hunting party consisting of Claude
Williams, Claude Trimble and Earl
Higgins left Wednesday evening for
West Fork from which place they
"hit the trail" for about 10 miles
back in the mountains. The boys in.
tend to stay as long as their commis
sary department holds out.
jackson county, according to
Superintendent p. II. Daily's annual
report, has 5400 children of suhool
age, of which 273l sre boys and 1869
are girls. Number of teachers EN-.
ployed, male "a, female i02 Average
salary of male teachers $50. 33, female
teachers $l2 Number of districts
SO. Number of books in school
Libraries, 1000.
Tuesday evening Baber Bros. lost
Que of their fine big gray horses.
after an illness Of only two days.
About year ago the mate and full
brother of this horse died. the cause
Of death in both horses being bron-
chial pneumonia. These horses made
one of the finest and handsom, at
teams in the town and the death of
both, inside Of year, is quite loss
to the boys.
G.. Westerburg arrived in Grants
Pass Safe rday from Tonopah to secure
work in the mines here. Mr.. Wester.
burg had been working for company
in Death Valley until the water gave
out and they had to shut down the
mine. He says that at the LIST of May
water was selling in TonoIab at az. 80
per barrel. The horses would not even
drink the water but the men could
manage to make coffee and tea with
it. He says that Southern Oregon
mines are becoming talked of there
and it is probable many piospectors
will come to this section soon.
Prof Joseph stublefeld, who holds
a chair IN Centenary College. Cleye.
land, Tennessee, and Mrs. Stublefeld
will arrive in Grants Pass the last of
this week to spend few days with
Mr., and Mrs. j. NJ. Chiles, Mrs
Siublefield and Mrs Chiles being
sisters. Prof. and Mrs. Stublefeld are
making tour Of the Pacific Coast,
and from here they go to Portland TO
view the fair. after v hi5h they go to
Puget Sound and then to the
Yellowstone National Park, and on
to the Eastern cities, reaching their
home by the time the college year
begins in September
Mrs. II. L. Floyd, landlady Of the
Kerby Hotel, one of the best hotels
on the Grants Pass. Crescent City
stage road, and her niece, Miss Stella
Hart, who is in charge of the dining
room at her aunt's hotel, came in to
Grants Pass Tuesday. Mrs Floyd
returned to Kerby Wednesday and
Miss Hart took the morning train
the same day for Portland where she
will spend 10 days guest Of her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. aud Mrs. X. s.
Evans, while viewing the many in.
teresting sights at the Lewis and
Clark fair. Mr. and Mrs. Evans
were former residents Of Grants Pass.
Mr.. Evans being an engineer on the
Southern Pacific aud he is now an
engineer on the Portland and Astoria
railroad.