Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-04-14
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes md Items OF Interest
and Importance.

DR.. Van Dyke can be found at his
Office in Oprea House Block. General
practice and surgery.
Timber claims. Homosteads. w.
b. Sherman, Rooms 10 and 12 Masonic
Temple, Grants Pass Ore.
Z. B. Brown, the wood dealer, has
expounded new idea in advertising.
as he has his wood wagon profusely
decorated with signs. indicative of his
business and the quality of the pro-
duct. This may be termed travel
ing instead of standing advertise
ment.. Mr.. Brown brings in wood
daily from his place four miles north
of town.
A roadside view along the S. p
line between here and Portland. gives
the impression that the Southern Ore
gon grain crop will be comparatively
far better this year than that of the
Willamette valley. South of the
Calapooias the difference is very
noticeable, the grain having far bet
ter growth and more general healthy
and vigorous appearance.
In regard to an announcement of
the death of Mrs. I. ]. CLARK at
Olakamas, which appeared an II cor
respondence column Of the Courier of
Marh II. Mrs, Clark herself writes
from Milwaukee to say that the re-
port is a mistake. Her friends and
acquaintances in Southern Oregon
will note with graticfation the cor
rection OF the sinister report.
The students of the State Nor
NAL have organized club to con-
duct the dining hall at that in
stitution for the remainder of the
school year. the death of Mrs. Fair
clio, in charge Of that department.
having determined this course to meet
the situation for the remainder of the
school year. Kay Loosely is presi.
dent and Fred r. Neil secretary of
the club which will employ the
necessary cooks and look after the
business affairs of the hall.
]. I. Wiseman, we'll known far
mer of Deer creek. returned to his
home this Thursday after being in
Grants Pass for the past 10 days under
treatment of DR.. I. Il. Beard. He
has made very satisfactory recovery
from his injury and expects soon to be
enjoying his usual good health. Mr.
Wseman has farm on Deer creek
above Dryden and is engaged in stock
and hay raising. He stated the crop
aud fruit outlook was never better
and that the farmers were certain
Of very prosperous year.
o. d. Sargent. farmer of Selma,
has found that ii pays to advertise in
the Courier. A fine Jersey, for which
he paid $50 last summer, strayed
away in January and after persistent
searching, he gave her up as dead or
gone entirely out Of the country.
Recently he decided to make one more
effort to regain the COW and inserted
local in the Courier describing the
COW. Last week Mr.. Sargent received
letter from j. b, Marshall, living
on Rogue river near Grants Pass,
stating that the COW was at his place.
Mr.. Sargent came in Tuesday and
Wednesday returned to Selma with
his COW.
John Hackett, who conducts a
shoeshop in Grants Pass during the
winter and operates sawmill on
Powell creek during the dry season,
will close his shoe shop this week aud
leave Saturday for his sawmill. He
has men at the mill getting all In
readiness and he expects to begin
saving the first of next week. W. S.
Dow, who for the past two years has
been sawyer in mill at Hits, will
be his sawyer and Geo. Herriott
will be engineer, position he has held
for the two last seasons. Mr.. Hackett
will not lot the logging ry contract,
but will do it with his own teams.
He will deliver his lumber in Grants
Pass and will have it hauled by the
thousand. 1t will require about 10
teams to haul the lumber as fast as
cut. Mr.. Haokett's timber is mostly
nina ~ which be has "A fine body.