Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-08

| AFTERNOON tney drove to Savage
Rapids and made a visit to Mr.. ant
Mrs. James Savage. returning to tn,
city in the evening and taking tn,
10 80 train for their home.
Vim. Z. Homme, editor of the Glen
dale News, was In Grants Pass Tues
day looking up advertising business
for his sprightly paper. Mr.. Homm,
was caller at the Courier office anC
he stated that times we're good anC
that Glendale was growing and pros
pering quite as we'll as the best Of
the Southern Oregon towns.
]. G. Kincaid, who has a stock
ranch on Williams creek. was in
Grants Pass Monday. Mr.. Kincaid
stated that stock had come off the
range this Fall in fine condition. He
as we'll as number of other stockmen
of Williams, are stsllfeeding a number
of beeves to put on the market later
Oh nuch pa ilOoe kcb hlkhci'
Mrs. E. A. McFerron and daughters,
Misses Alta and Nellie, OF Portland
nave been visiting for a few days
with Mrs. McFerrons sister, Mrs.
Geo. Hansen. Sunday they were
joined by Mr.. MoFerron and left with
him for a visit in California after
which they will return to their home
in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs George Hansen, a
ccompanied by Mrs. W. A. Taylor, OF
Roseburg, a sister of Mr.. Hsnsens s,
left Friday morning for Kerby to be
present at the funeral, that is to be
held Saturday at that place, of Peter
Hausen, whose death took place
Thursday. He was an uncle of
George Hansen and of Mrs Taylor.
V. j. Daniels of New Hope, was
in Grants Pass, Wednesday. Mr.
Daniels has been laid up for the past
month by blood poisoning in his right
hand, caused by piece of rock being
driven into one of his fingers, while
mining. The injured hand has so far
recovered that Mr.. Daniels expects to
resume his work next week. He will
go to Jump.off-Joe next week to join
his brother. law, W. s. Dow, in
operating placer mine they have on
Fall creek.
I. Y. Dean returned Friday from
Portland, where he had been for the
previous week to be with his wife,
whom he had taken to hospital to
have an operation performed to re-
lieve her of a floating kidney. He
stated that Mrs. Dean was rallying
we'll from the operation and there is
every prospect that it would be sac
cssful and that she would regain her
health.
II. L. Smith, foreman, OF the
Granite Hill mine received cable
message Tuesday from Melbourne,
Australia, stating that HIS wife and
child bad arrived safely at the home
of her parents, where she has gone on
a visit. Mrs. Smith left Grants Pass
November 10th and arrived at Mel
bourne December 8, she being on the
way almost a month. All but two
days being on the steamer crossing
the Pacific ocean.
Sheriff Lewis has received word
from Mrs. G. 7. Trefethen, Of Alt.
house, who has been in Portland for
the past two weeks with her son,
Charles, to have an operation per
formed upon him, that she will bring
him to Grants Pass next Monday
where he will be kept while under the
care of one Of the physicians OF thi'
city. The operation developed tn,
fact that the young man had large
abcess in the hip caused by tubercn
losis. He is gaining in strength
and his relatives hope that he may re
gain his health.
f. o. Halliday, one of the owner
in the Michiagn mine, is here from
Los Angeles where he has been for tb'
last two months since he left hi
home in Charlotte, Michigan
Other members of the Michigan Min
ing Company are expected here SOL
and it is reported that they will the
arrange TO have the mine and mil
put in operation. II is also reporte
that the Michigan Company has mad
tn last payment on the mine an
now has full title to the property.
J. A. Shafer, who resides nea
Winner. was in Grants Pass Monda
and procured a coffin at BanDard's Oh
dertaking rooms for an old man, wh
had died that day at the residence
Mrs ]. n. Cleveland, on Ditch creel
The old gentleman, whose name w
Alexander Paxton, was aged ~ year
and had no known relatives here, an
lived on the charity Of his friend
Prior TO this Fall he lived for tv
years at Wolf Greek, and in Septen
Der he went to Evans creek to liv'
Mrs. Cleveland, a friend, bind
giving him a home. His remain
were inferred Tuesday at Winner.
Dec. l6. SaIurdAy-sale Of pre- pert