Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-22


Courier and are content with getting
all the news Of Josephine county all
the time.
In the Second ward 1877 families
Ike the Courier, while the Observer
taken by so and the Journal by 81.
|. this ward 30 families take no local
,.per-the largest number Of any
ard In the city.
Out Of the total Of 1877 fsmilies in
L Third ward 110 are taking the
G, rier, while So take the Observer
ana 80 se the Journal. In this
ward tht urier has a clear ma
jority ovC; tn its competitors Of 2S
subscribers local paper is being
taken by 27 families. The Fourth
ward shows greater comparative
circulation for TIE Courier than the
others, the figures being: Courier,
1852; Observer, 55; Journal, 36; None,
81. This gives the Courier a clear
majority over both its competitors Of
II subscribers.
THotE WHO TAKE NO PAPERS.
The l04 families Of Grants Pass who
take no local paper must not be under
stood TO lie non.readers because Of
that fact. The vast majority Of them
get the local PAPER through some rela.
tive who subscribes. Many young
married couples, or old people
with sons and daughters who
are married, do not take the paper
because their immediate relatives get
it and they have the benefit of read
ing it. In few cases newcomers,
who are only tentatively residents, do
not care TO take local paper, End IN
still fewer cases forei gners who can
not read English do not want one.
There ale very few foreigners in
Grants Pass, buI those here are Of the
educated, higher class from the best
countries Of Europe, and are quite the
equal Of their American neighbors in
all the qualities of good citizenship
This is an American city, inhabited
by virile, vigorous, progressive
clats of Americans.
The column devoted to the "un.
known" repre- sents 81 families whose
population was enumerated, but
whose subscription to the local news
papers could not be ascertained.
This was not because of their refusal
to give the information sought, for
this information was always cheer
fully furnished by all families, but
for the sufficient reason that they
were absent-usually from the city
when the enumeIator called. In
such cases The names of the absentee s
and the size Of each family were Sc
cured from neighbors, who, of course,
could not tell what local papers were
being taken.
The smallness OF the families is a
noticeable feature in these census
figures, but when the true status of
Grants Pass IL considered it can
readily be feen that there il no race
suicide in the metropolis of Southern
Oregon. The school census of 1lG4
last Spring disIroves that there are
no children in Grants Pass. An
there are now more than 1900 persons,
between the ages Of 4 and 20 years. in
this city. The apparent small average
number Of persons in each family is
due to the fact that Grants Pass is a
new town, and many Of the families
are young couples having no children,
or but one or two. Grants Pass being
the center Of a big mining aud timber
section has a large floating popula-
tion Of single men, who make this
city their headquarters.
The comparative circulation in
the valleys and mining camps OF Jose.
phine county of the Courier, Observer
aud Journal Is practically the same
as in Grants Pass. In all commu.
mites more copies of the Courier are
being taken than of the other two
combined The reasons are obvious
The Rogue River Courier is Jose-
phine country newspaper, devoted to
the ineterts SITS Of this county, the de-.
velopment Of its great resources and
the upbuilding Of all its material
interests. 1t has live correspondence
from all parts of the county and gives
all the news all the time.
These facts are appreciated by the
people and the Courier's big circula.
tion is the result. THIS newspaper
reaches the homes 1t is read by the
men and women whom the business
men want to reach, and who can be
reached only through the columns of
the Courier, Here in Grants Pass
two people read II to every one who