Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-02-03

position in the Dimick school
after having taught four months
very successfully. His business in-
terests requiring his full time for the
present. Beginning next Monday,
Mrs. Albert Hood OF this city will
assume charge Of the school and will
teach three months, the remainder of
the term.
7. B, Murphy arrived this week
from Minneapolis to look over the tin
Der of Josephine County Mr.. Muir
ply has been in the timber and lam
hering business in WISCONSIN and Min
nesota for a number of years past and
he represents Eastern capital that is
seeking investment in Oregon. Ii is
probable that he wi remain here and
if the timber tracts prove as extensive
as reported the outlook is favorable for
the establishment of several new mills
through the county.
City Superintendent R. X. Turner
made a trip 10 Ashland Saturday to
secure tescner for the eighth grade
in the Genital school. He engaged
Miss Inez Kitchen, who has a standing
of being one of the most successful of
the young teachers of jackson county.
Miss Kitchen arrived IN this city
Sunday evening and Monday assumed
her duties in the city school While
in Ashland Supt Turner was the
guest of City Superintendent W. +.
Cameron and was shown by the latter
through Ashland's new high school
building. which is claimed to be one
Of the finest and best equipped in Ore
gon for a town the size nf Ashland.
Supt. Turner speaks highly compli-
mentary of the building and its ar
rangements except that of light,
which is so defective that on dark
days electric lights are necessary that
the scholars may not injure their
eyes.
+. V, Metts, manager of the Silver
creek tunnel enterprise, was in town
Wednesday for the first time in
several mOIths. The work of driv.
ing the tunnel TO tap the big basin of
Silver creek, has been progressing
steadily though lately somewhat
slowly as at the present length to
which the tunnel has attained the
work can not be carried on contiu-
uously as a considerable portion of
time must be spent in allowing the
air to purify. The tunnel is now $50
feet in length and is being driven in
the broken rock on the upper side of
the enormous slide. Mr.. Metts ex-
poets that 100 to l50 feet more tunnel
will open the basin The saw mill
has been completed with the ex-
ception of few minor details and
will soon be cutting lumber. AS
soon as the lumber is forthcoming,
comfortable buildings will be erected
and the camp will be otherwise i'm
proved.
Among the new residents of
Grants Pass are Mr.. and Mrs A. L.
SWAIN and daughter, Bertha. They
are from Tulso. tho capital of the
Greek Nation IN the Indian Territory,
and were induced to come to this
city by r. r. Cole of Hsll & Cole,
undertakers, Mrs. Cole being
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Swain.
Mr. Swain was so we'll pleased with
the. prosperous appearance of Grants
Pass thar he at once bought the fine
residence property at the head of
Sixth street that belonged to G.. II.
Kesterson and also the business lot on
Sixth street between O and ID streets
and adjoining the Hobbs building in
which Is the minerals exhibit of the
Grants Pass Miners Association.
This lot now has q small frame dwell.
ing upon it, bat Mr. Swain expects to
erect a brick block on it in the spring.
as il is in a good business section cf
the city. Mr.. Swain as well as Mrs.
Swain and Miss Swain arc delighted
with the winter weather here aud fnd
it in marked contrast to the cold,
very ohangeable weather Of the win
ter months IN Indian Territory
The week following their arrival here
they received letters from their
former home stating blizzard was
on aud the cold was intense aud this
while in the yards of Grants Pass
roses, violets and other flowers were
in full bloom. Mr. Swain is greatly
leased with the possibilities Of Rogue
River Valley and thinks it will be-
come one Of the richest sections of the
Union Mr. Swain has already re-
coived number of letters of inquiry
from his former uoighbors and he
states that there will bo maBy Of the
white families of whom there are
many thousand IN the Indian Terri
tory that will emigrate to this Coast
this spring