Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-01-26
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes and Items OF Interest
and Importance.

Boyd is giving handsome present
with each dozen cabinet photos for a
short time.
will take carpenter work for full
or part payment for valuable lot.
Have new 4-room house to sell; terms
to suit ]. ID. Drake, A and Seventh,
Pthone 4S4.
Q. ]. Roberts has an exhibition at
Roy Bartlett's shoe store, fine new
pianols with 100 records which he will
rsffie off at 81. chance. See him
for particulars and hear the instrument
play and be convinced that it is o
bargain.
L. X. Parker, an employe of the S.
P.was the victim of quite serious
accident on Tuesday, He was helping
to unload some heavy timbers from
cars near the depot and one of them in
falling, caught his log and broke it
just above the ankle.
The Woman's club have secured
Mrs. Ellen Miller of Portland to take
charge OF class in cooking, which
will commence February 6. Mrs. Mil
Ter is recognized as one of the best in
structors in the Pacific Northwest and
the local club is fortunate in securing
her.
Rev. +, c. Williamson will arrive
this Thursday from Moscow, Idaho to
assume tho reotorship of st. Pauls
Episcopal church and he will hold his
first services this Sabbath at II q. m.
and 80 p. m. He will be acoompan-
iedd by his wife and child and they
will occupy the Episocal reotory.
a young lady has been engaged to
try the pianos at tho store of Allen
Gilbert Ramaker Co. every Saturday
I from 2 to p. m. The musician is q
very oreditable performer and we'll
able to display the tone of the beauti-
full instruments this popular firm al
ways have on hand. Everyone well
come.
Louis Streuber was acquitted Satur-
day in jury trial before Judge Fur
man on charge of fishing without q
license and this Wednesday he is up
again before the same court on a
charge.of fishing within 600 feet Of a
pam. II. d. Norton is Struber's attor.
ney and Edward Van Dyke represents
the state. The complaining witness
is W. II. Williams state water bailiff
for Rogue river.
Temperance and Anti Saloon union
meeting at the Grants Pass churches
next Sunday, January 30, as follows: |:
At the Newman NJ. Il. church at II
q. IN. DIR. Il. s. McAllistei will
make the address. A general mass
meeting at 3 p. m. at NJ. Il. church
south at 7'30 at the Baptist church
DIR. Il. s. McAllister will deliver an
address At the Christian church
the same hour DR.. G. l.. Tufts will
deliver the address.
After more than months delay
Grants Pass is soon to have its bust
ness streets lighted by arc lights to
replace the present incandescent lights
which will be removed to unlighted
residence streets. The order for tho
lamps and fixtures was placed early
In December by the G. p. N. w., l..
g. p. Co., with the manufacturers,
but so rushed with work were the lat
tel that they have been unable to fill
the order promptly. The fixtures
have arrived and the lamps are OK
pected this week and so soon as they
are here the Company's electrician,
Carl Gentner, will begin the work Of
installing them. With arc lights the
business streets of Grants Pass will be
more in keeping with the fine stores
and other metropolitan features Of
the city.
The muddy condition of Sixth street
and the sidewalks along that street in
the business sections not being free to
bicyclists the wheel riders residing in
the east part of the city have had
trying time this winter to reach tho
lower business sections, for It
was either ride in mud on the street
or lead their wheel and walk on tho
sidewalk. To relieve this mud block
ado on the bicyolists, Street Commits
sioner Gilhllan has had the sidewalk
on the west side of Fifth street from
the northern part Of the city down to
f street put in good shape for
wheelmen and pedestrians. Such
sections Of the sidewalk as were
not improved were covered with
granite sand az were all the street
crossings and the entire walk was
leveled and put in good shape and
now bicyclists can ride from the north
part Of town to tho National Bank
corner on Sixth street on smooth,
clean sidewalk, with only one bad
place to trouble them. This is at the
intersection Of the Fifth street side.
walk with that on Il street. Hhe
sidewalks do not make good con
nection and bioyolist has TO be care.
ful in making the turn not to land in
the gutter.
Encouraging Outlook for Lumber
Market.
Frank Nee, from Hits, California
"a ananding tha Nuaak In Grant. p.sa