Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-11
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

OnaS. V. GalloWay, democratic
candidate for conrgess will speak in
Grants Pass next Wednesday.
The Jacksonvills local baseball team
will play the American Athletic Clut
at the latter's grounds in this city
Sunday.
Groceries and provisions have in
creased in price, in this section Al
least. since the fire in San Francisco,
says the Crescent City Record.
Registration books are open again.
Be sure to register before May Is, OIL
You cannot vote without getting si1
freeholders to vouch for you at the
polls.
Hon. W. q. Hawley, republic
candidate for congress from this dis
trict. will address the voters of Jose
phine county on Thursday, May "a,
at s p. m.
A lecture in the interest Of equal
suffrage will be given on Friday even.
ing at the w. O. W. hall by Miss
Gail Laughlin. lecturer of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Kenyon and
family, who left this place for Kansas
about Six months ago returned Thurs.
day evening and will continue to re-
side here in the future The Kansas
climate was little too severe for
them.
Frank Litz. from whose right eye
DIR. Findley removed a cataract two
weeks ago il now able to see and read
with that eye after having been blind
for mora thsn year. Mr.. Litz,
whose home is near the Calumet mine,
is nearly 20 years old
Don't forget that we sell the cele-
brated Ludwig Pianos on the easy
payment plau-$25 first payment and
from SO up per month at Hale's Piano
House, Medford, Oregon. Branch at
Grants Pass. Miss Minnie Ireland,
local representative.
The U. S. Civil Service Commits
sion will hold an examination for the
position of Forest Ranger, May a.,
Grande and Prineville. Examination
for Forest Supervisor will be held
same day at all large cities in the
state.
C. W. Evans, the mining man of
Ashla d, reports the sale of four cop.
per lode mining claims for the sum of
$40, 00O The four claims are situated
near the Takilma smelter, Az miles
west of Pass Grants, and are owned by
J. H. Keal and Chas. E. Phillips of
Ashland.
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experienced by Southern Oregon
people during the past week aud a few
of the days have been rather too
warm for comfort. 1t is, however, too
early in the season for continued hot
weather and there will be cooler
weather and refreshing rains before
Summer begins in earnest.
Drs. Douglas & Douglas have
leased the Pigney residence for term
of years and will begin at once re-
modelling it for hospital TO be opened
for business June |. DIR. Anna
Douglas will be the house physician,
a position for which she is we'll
qualified, having operated a hospital
for a number of years in Butte, Mont.
The G.. A. Il. and w. X. Q. are ar
ranging a program for decoration day,
May 30, and have also arranged for
memorial services on Sunday. May 81,
which will be held in the Newman
NJ. +. church with sermon by Rev. c.
o. Beckpan. John Patrick, Theo
Mott and II. b. Alverson are the G..
A r. committee in charge of the ar.
rangements.
Owing to unsatisfactory arrange
ments as to procuring coke, the Ia
kilma smelter will not begin opera
tions until about July /. The teams
of the McIntire Transportation Co.
will in the meanwhile be taken to
Kla nath county where Capt. Mclntire
has a big freighting contract and will
return when the Takilma Smelling
Co. is ready for the freighting of coke
and matte.
Norris & Rowe's circus was here on
Friday and attracted an enormous
crowd from all portions OF the county.
They gave very interesting and salts
factory performances. An accident
occurred in the forenoon, one of the
lady riders falling from camel in
the camel race and sustaining quite
severe lDJuTlte. lHt Iciipi hiihS pNhi
got into mix-up with boy and
severely mangled the youth S trousers
before the keeper could effect a res
cue.
Wallace, the young son of County
CLERK s. +. Cheshire had the misfor-
tune to break one Of the bones in his
right forearm recently. The fracture
was the result Of fall sustained
while climbing about the timber of a
new building which is being built
near the Cheshire home The boys
parents at first considered the burt to
be a sprain and a day or two elapsed
before the increased swelling and
pain in the arm demonstrated the
more serious damage.
The Colvin brickyard began brick
max ing on Monday under the manage
ment Of Henry Colvin. Three brick
yards are now operating in and nesr
Grants Pass and the brick famine
which has been prevailing since the
first OF the year will soon be re-
lieved. The Voolfolk yard has q
kiln now burning and the Mensch
yard will fire q kiln in about q week
and a half. As the prospects, are good
for brisk building season in Grants
Pass this year the yards should have
good long runs.
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