Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-29
Items Of Personal
Interest.

George Slower went to Portland Sun
day to spend Christmas week with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. voorhies and
Earle spent Christmas with Mr..
VOORHEES, parents at Portland.
Arthur Sampson is spending the
holiday vacation with his parents.
He will return to Stanford after the
New Year.
A. W. Moon and his mother came
from Portland Sunday to spend the
holidays. Mrs. Neon has been here
with her father and sister for several
weeks past.
James Schrimpf, who for several
months past has been employed :by
his brother-in-law, E. N. Provolt on
Applegate, left Saturday for Santa
Paula, Cal, to visit brother aud
possibly locate there.
Miss Sade Chase, whose home is in
Oregon City and who holds one of the
higher positions in the Portland
schools. arrived in Grants Pass last
Sunday 10 spend week the guest of
Mrs. George E. Rowland.
W. }. Jones of the Firm of Jones
& Hart, merchants at Woodville was
in Grants Pass Thursday. Although
Mr.. Jones is interested in the Wood
willie store he is regularly employed
by the Booth Kelly Co. at Fall Greek.
Mrs E. N. Provolt and daughter,
Elva and son Glenn, came to Grants
Pass Saturday from their home at
Provolt and left that evening for
Eugere to spend the holiday week
with her brothers and sisters whose
homes are near that city.
Miss Rhoda York, who has been in,
Portland for several months with the
family of DR.. Moore, has returned to
Grants Pass to spend Christmas va
cation aud is now visiting at her
home on the Applegate. She will re-
turn to Portland after the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bartlett enter
tanned a number of their friends Tues
day evening at their home on North
Fourth street. A very pleasant
evening was spent, in games, music
and conversation with fine lunch to
give added pleasure to the occasion.
Mr.. and Ms. Fred Isham who
have lately moved into their new
house on East A street were the
victims" of surprise party by some
40 or more of their neighbors on
Thursday evening. The intruders
brought refreshments and a pleasant
evening was spent in games and gen.
eral sociability.
Fred Smith, pressman in the
Courier Office, left Friday morning
to accompany his sisters, Mrs. o. l..
Shogren of Portland, and Mrs. j. S.
HARRISON of Tangent, to their homes.
He will go first to Portland and spend
week there and then return to Tan
gent and spend week with his
sister at that place.
W. r. Nipper, Of the Oregon Tim
Der Mining & Investment Company.
and Mrs. Nipper and little daughter
Essie, left Tuesday for San Jose, Cal +,
where they will spend two weeks.
Mrs. Nipper will visit with her
par ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Chambers S,
and her sister, Mrs. Chas. Ruff, who
reside in that city, and Mr.. Nipper
will devote his time TO looking up
Californians who may be desirous to
put money in some of the many profit
able investments that are to be had in
Rogue River Valley.
j. N. Hall, who has a stock farm
on williams creek six miles above
Williams postofiice, was in Grants
Pass over last Friday night. Mr..
Hall stated bears were more numerous
this Fall and Winter than usual. ln
trap, which he has set near his
place. he has caught two old bears
and two Cubs lately, and has seen
signs Of other bears. Now that cold
weather has come the bears will take
their annual sleep in the shelter OF
caves or hollow trees and they will
not be seen for a month or six weeks.
A. Aubrey, who has been fishing in
the Columbia for the past three
months, where he had very good sue
cess, returned to Grants Pass Sunday.
Mr.. Aubrey has fshed since his boy
hood days in Rogue river, he being
born and raised near Illihee about 4C
miles below Grants Pass and he IL
reputed to be the strongest fisherman
on the river and able to put big
fish boat across rapid so swift that
an ordinary msn cGnnot get boat
over. Mr.. Aubrey is very success
fol fisherman and has made money al
it and he owns a nice residence prop
erty on South First street where hi
family reside.
Crop Prospects Good.
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