Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-11-09
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were visitors at Grants Pass this
week.
Miss Rens Binmsn 'of Williams,
passed through Provolt Saturday en-
route to Grants Pass.
Hop bal:ng is about over and the
yield is good Hay crop fine and
prices right. Baled at barn. 30 to $40;
fruit scarce.
W. Fields left Saturday for Grants
Pass, returning to Savage creek to
look after property at that place before
returning to Provolt.
The stockmen of the Valley have
their cattle mostly all in from the
ranges and all look fine; many will
make beef while others are not so
good. -s~s- sAsG
Miss Florence Lettken Of Williams
is now at Provolt where she will
make her home this Winter with her
grandfather, Sam Provolt OF this
place.
The postoffice has changed hands
and the postoffice and store have been
moved to the corner OF the Williams
and Applegate roads by permit OF the
government in behalf of Mrs. Green,
the new postmaster of Provolt.
Chas. Fields of Provolt is very low
with typhoid fever. We hope his re-
covery will come soon. There are
several cases in the Valley and many
more are expected, owing to the stag
nsnt irrigating water throughout the
Valley.
Dave vinyard, ons of Williams
thrifty stockmen and cabbage raisers,
was in Grants Pass Friday with a
load of cabbage which will excel any
grown in Josephine county for it's size
and quality. Call on Thos Lewman
for red cabbage for salads.
Remember the meeting of the Fruit
Growers Union at Grants Pass, Nove-
mber 12, and learn what is needed to
make our roads better by Hon. 4. N.
Provolt and how hard it is to make a
grape field produce, from the exper-
fence and troubles Of beginner In
grape growing by Hon. R. +. Lew
man. All are invited.
will Jones of Provolt, who has
spent the Summer in the Eastern
Oregon country returned last week,
being called home by sickness. Mr..
J. reports that work was abundant
and men could not be had. he also
states that wages were from 81 to
81. 20 per day and many tons of hay
still remained in the fields.
A bear hunt was recently planned
and carried out by the Provolt Bros.
and Thos. Lewman Of this place.
While in the 3rsyback mountains
gathering cattle they discovered
where Mr.. Bruin was feasting on
the carcass of cow which died some
few weeks ago. Being satisfied that
he made his headquarters still there
they set trap, which was soon found
by Mr.. Bruin, Jr. In the morning
about daylight the boys went to where
the trap was set and their captive
\ WAS found very mad and uneasy some
20 steps away. To see some fun they
turned their cattle dogs loose to give
Mr.. Bruin a fight, but the fight was
not as expected and the bear got one
of the dogs down and to save the dog
from death, +. N. Provolt ran in aud
knocked the bear loose with the stock
of his gun by punching him in the
jaw, which made the brute more
fierce than ever. The boys were not
yet satisfied and to finish turned the
dogs loose again. The dogs were
more careful, but the bears long,
slender foot caught one of the dogs
but was shot before any damage to
the dog could be done. The bear was a
young ons and dressed about l50
pounds, 1t was caught at the Rose
cabins about 20 feet from the road at
the head of Thompson creek.
Readers of the Courier, l will once
more start the news from Provolt for
the Winter months as work is mostly
over aud give you an idea of what
Provolt is doing aud tell you about
the new creamery which will be
erected here by the LIST of January at
the farm of K. n. Provolt, which is
the center of the Applegste Valley.
The dairy business is what the
farmers need in the Valley, but owing
to the long distance of shipping the
cream, it seemed that profitable
business could not be established with
out creamey at home, so everything
was made to hay and sold to the
Grants Pass trade, but in 1907, many
are planning to take up the dairy busi.
ness and milk cows and feed their
hay, Provolt is also going TO estab.
lish a rural telenhone svstam which