Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
HAS STEADY INCREASE
Both City and Town Property
Selling at Good Prices
New Settlers Plea sed.

While Grants Pass and the adjacent
section Of Rogue River Valley is not
in the midst Of boom, yet investors
are coming in and property sales are
being made at good prices. W. L.
Ireland, the real estate man, has done
his share in making sales as the fol
lowing transactions Indicate:
]. L. Iindley, who had been
operating a 1000 acre wheat
farm near st. John, Wash, decided to
sell his farm and give up wheat rails
ing and go 10 less unpleasant climate
than Eastern Washington, and to a
section where he could engage in fruit
growing and fine stock raising
Visiting the Lewis and Clark fair he
was much impressed with the fine ag.
TicultuTal exhibit from jackson
county, and being given a full de.
scriptiOn of that county by its rust
ling representative at the fair, he de.
cided to take a trip to Ashland
and Medford. Mr.. Ireland learn
ing through friend, that Mr.
Lindley would soon take a trip to
Ashland and was contemplating loca-
ting in jackson county, wrote to
him and asked him to take look at
the agricultural possibilities of Jose
phine county before he should buy a
farm. Mr.. Lindley made the trip to
Ashland and Medford and looked over
the farms in those sections then he
came 10 Grants Pass and carefully ex-
amined the land in this section Of the
famous Rogue River Valley. He
made seooDi trip to Jackson
county and then returned to Grants
Pass fully convinced that the quality
of the land, the prices and the other
conditions fully met his expectations
and were far better than he had found
in any other section Of Oregon.
without further delay Mr.. Lindley
bought of Ed Hannum, what was for
merly known as the Croxton farm.
three miles below Grants Pass. The
land is nearly all rich Rogue River
bottom and is the making of one of
the most valuable farms in Southern
Oregon. 1t consists of l50 acres
and is we'll improved aud has
good buildings, orohatd and other
permanent improy ements. The price
paid was $500, Mr.. Lindley has his
family in Grants Pass, but will move
at once to his fam. MT. Hannum
will move to Jump Joe, where he
has leased an interest with Joe Dy-
sert in the Dysert- Booth placer mine,
and will begin mining operations at
once with the two giants with which
the mine is equipped,
Mr. Ireland has sold two lots in ire.
land Il Meade's addition to j o. Sand
berg, who will build cottage on
them early in the Spring. Mr..
Sandherg owns n fine 20 acre farm
tract on North Sixth street and may
continue to reside there and to rent
the cottage that he will build on his
rec, mt purchase.
The W. A. Hemenway property, ON
near Fourth street, now occupied by
Rev, Clark Bower, has been pur.
chased as an investment by Frank
Fetsch
Miss Ida Fyfeld. bookkeeper and
stenographer at the Sugar Pine store,
is now the owner Of II fine residence
property, she having purchased the a.
5. Hammond property ON West {
street. The price was Sll00. Miss
Fyheld and her mother and family are
residing in the house and have done
30 for some time past, heretofore
renting,
The J,hu Taylor residence properly
ON West q street has been sold to h.
A. Edgar aud a. l.. Smith, who will
occupy It with their families, 70 soon
AS extensive repairs are made and an
addition built to 1t,