Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-10
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Brief Notes end Items of Interest
and Importance

woven wire fence TO replace wooden /
fence about the residence property
of r. l.. Coe, thereby greatly improv-
ing its appearance.
The youngsters have discovered |
that the bark of the willow will slip
and whistles are now the order of the |
days. When "willer whistles" can
be made it is sure thing that spring
is we'll advanced.
]. l.. Mitchell, supreme secretary
of the Order of Washington will be in
Grants Pass Friday, March II. and
wishes TO meet every member of the
order. The order meets each alternate
Friday evening in the Woodman hall.
The six year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. @. Brown while at play
last Friday, fell and broke her arm.
The fracture was reduced by DIR.
Douglass and it is healing SO we'll that
the little girl will soon have the use
of Der arm again. :
" The Grants Pass Music House has
4 been removed from he Odd Fellows
building to the New Courier building
where it occupies the front room with
A. L. VOORHEES, photo supply house.
The Courier business office also is
located on this floor.
n James Noah has sold his cottage on
West Main street to IL. A, Corliss
and will leave next Monday with his
family for La Grande, Ore, where
he will take up his residence. Mr.
Corliss has rented the house to Ohas
Ellis, who has moved his family to
tn is city from Jerome Priarie,
j. NJ. Ward will stay in town al
most constantly from now ON and will
pay strict attention to tuning. He
also has ordered Hardman piano
player, one of the latest improved
styles and hopes to interest many in
this player and to build up trade in
them. New location at Courier
DlOOk, frOnJ oJ.
A valuable work for those interest
ed in irriagtion can be promptly OBJ
tanned free at the Office OF the expert
mont sation. U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, ID. O. 1t is
entitled Bulletin No. l45 and is u
treatise on the uses Of water, level
ing ground and other matters pertain
ing to irrigation.
The Grants Pass school is preparing
an exhibit for tho Lewis a. Clark
fair Nothing elaborate. is being at
tempted. require so much time as to
as that would seriously interfere
with the regular school work, it
being the plan of City superintendent
Turner to simply have showing
made of the average. everyday work
of the schools as carried ON in all the
grades and classes.
Mrs. !. p. Patterson arrived in
Grants Pass Monday from Eugene to
take charge of tho mnsio class, until
recently taught by Miss Ethel Pal
mer. Mrs. Patterson will only be IN
Grants Pass until such time as Mrs.
Rose Hollenbeok, also of Eugene, can
come, when she will assume perma-
nent charge of tho class. Mrs Holl
enbeck being detained by the serious
illness of her father.
4. W. Williams met with quite 4
troublesome accident on Tuesday OF
this week. While working with 4
hatchet. the tool slipped and cut th'
! second and third fingers of his lef
hand quito severely. The third hngel
, especially was badly cut as thu
hatohet severed piece of flesh ON th'
ball Of the finger from the first Join
to the tip. The bone, however, wa
not damaged 80 that the injury
though voxatious, will not bo perma
nent.
The court house gronds have beef
considerably improved in appearance
this week by the removal OF Tn
superannuated picket fence ON th
sides facing Sixth and q streets, th
young cypress hedge planted ON tn
inside OF the fence having attaine
growth which gives it suiiicieD
: decorative quality TO atone for til
} absence of a fence. The top rail @
the old fence is left as protection
the hedge but the posts are cut short
or and much neator effect is pre-
duced.
Grants Pass now has five barber
shops with total Of ~ chairs, a no'
shop having been opened at the corne
of q and Fourth streets IN u room q
tho building belonging to b. a. viii
! Jams. This new shop will be- con
Quoted by j. Il. Bird, who until thro
months ago had charge Of the Palac
I barber shop. Mr.. Bird last fal
bought 40 acre wood ranch on Gil
. bert creek, but that not being to hi
liking he sold the place to j. Q
Sandberg and will again tako np hi
I regular trade.
A thoroughly metropolitan e'
tablishment in all its numerous dc
1 partments is the new store Of Thoma
81 q O'Ncill, the hous6furnishers
Thoroughly awake to the rapid
t changing conditions IN Southern Ore
gon they have put in tho larges
, stock of furniture south of Portland
! The now elevator. the only and frs
one In Grants Pass is of great assist
anco in tho rapid handling uf order.
Their prices seem very reason
able for We noticed very neat iro
bed full size for a.. 60 also new ido
, In bed oouohes for 81. 20. The fac
that such large establishment