Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-01-19
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes. o nd Items of Interest
and Importance.

high school building, to cost $25, 600
E. A. Calhoun returned on Sunday
evening to Cleo. CAL, after spending
a week visiting with relatives and
friends in this city.
The Eureka mine Of the Soldier
creek district has a crew Of men stead.
lily at work and some good ore is being
taken out. The mill is not now run
ming but will probably resume opera.
tions in a short time.
Grants Pass has three applicants for
positions in the Roseburg land office,
should Register Bridges and Receiver
Booth not be reinstated, but for rea-
sons best known to the aforesaid
gentlemen, their names are not made
public for the present.
1.-THE Little Outcast," presented at
the opera house on Friday evening,
was given a very good attendance.
This play is given by a very able
troupe and is full enough of excite.
ment to keep mp keen interest
throughout the performance.
The legislature having adjourned
Thursday evening over to Monday,
Hon. r. G.. Smith came home to at
tend to legal business in the circuit
court Friday and Saturday. He left
for Salem Sunday evening to again
take mp his legislative duties
Some quartz specimens from the
Owl creek mines on Rogue river have
been received at the mining exhibit.
This property is under development
by W. B. Sherman and others. A
depth Of 40 feet on the ledge has been
ttained and at that point the vein
shows a width of 4 feet. The ore
is of very favorable appearance and
carries good values. This property
was discovered a few years ago by
Shaska & Robinson and yielded con-
siderable free gold from the surface.
A reception was given Friday even.
ing at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. f. Voorhies in honor of Mr. and
Mrs Arthur Conklin. The Voorhies
home was tastily decorated, Oregon
grape predominating and presented "a
very attractive appearance. A light
punch and ices, together with con-
fections and cakes made up refresh
ments that were just to the taste
and which made most pleasing
feature of the evening. Mrs. A. E.
Voorhies and Mrs. Geo. e. Rowland
did the honors of the occasion and
under their direction ii was a sue
cess in all details and an enjoyable
event to Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin and to
their friends, who called to more than
hundred to pay their respects and
to greet Mrs. Conklin and wish her a
hearty welcome as a new resident of
Grants Pass. =
The examination in the schools
of Oregon for eigth grade pupils for
promotion to the ninth grade is to be
held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week. No examination
will be held in tho schools Of this
county, as no application for the list
of questions, which are prepared by the
state superintendent, has beon receiv-
ed by supt. Savage, the teachers
evidently preferring to have their
pupils take the later examinations
These examinations are only for
schools outside of incorporation towns
and are held four times year. The
first examination is on January lS, 49,,
90 the next, April l2, 10, IA and
May II, IS, 10, and June 2, 8, .. The
examinations a.e conducted by the
teachers Of the schools, assisted by a
member of board designated by the
county superintendent. Scholars pass
ing these examinations are given a
diploma that will give them admis-
sion, without examination TO any of
tue ninth grace schools Of the state.
County Assessor w. H. Fallin began
his second term Of Office on January 1,
and under the new law no will now
serve four years instead of two as was
his previous term. All the other
county officials elected last June took
their Office the nrst of July, bat AS the
assessment is begun in the spring'and
finished in the fall, il is necessary that
the assessor complete bis work before
retiring from Office so Tho term for
that Office was laugthonod 20 mako il
end on January lst MrTalliu in thc
term just closed bias proven himself
to be one Of the most competent assess
OTIS Josephine county has yet bad. lie
has been very successful in securing d
complete listing of all property sub
iect TO taxation in the county AND
he has held the values higher thar
many other Oregon assessor, yet bic
valuations have been equitable and b,
has done much toward making the bar
den of taxation fall alihe on the ricl
and the poor, the resident mad the non
resident. While thpro never was al
assessor, nor never win be- one, whit
can give perfect satisfaction TO al
Taxpayers, yot in Assessor Fallin Jose
phino county has an official who /
giving satisfaction 20 a very larg
number Of the taxpayers Of th
county.