Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-11-30
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

or Mrs Herbert Smith
The new brick scheol house is read,
for occupancy and school will b.
opened there next Monday.
The annual mask ball given by tn,
Grants Pass Foresters will be given a
the opera house on Monday evening
December 81. 1923 6
National Drug Store wants to fill pre-
scriptions that you are most particu lal
about. NJ. D. Ellis. proprietor james
slower, prescription clerk. l1.l6 Il
The Classified Ad columns of the
Courier contain many items which
will be of interest to you and you
should make it a point to read them
each week.
b. +. Skillman, formerly of Cottage
Grove has removed to Grants Pass
and will open a confectionery and ice
cream parlor in the building just
west of the Palace hotel on Front
street. He expects to be ready for
business the early part of December.
Testimony in land contest case,
Webb VS.. Alstock, was taken at the
courthouse on Friday. This is a
case OF timber land location covering
q portion Of mineral claim. The
mineral ground In question is q por-
tion of the copper property of Web.
brothers near Waldo.
The union Thanksgiving services
were held at the tabernacle on Thurs.
day morning. There was good at
tendance and an excellent address
was given by Rev. Mr.. Lovett Of the
Baptist church. The song service was
led BY the tabernacle chorus under the
leadership of Mr.. Bilhhorn.
A number of our citizens are burn.
ing the coal now being mined few
miles southeast Of Medford. Several
wagon loads have already been hauled
to town this week and more are on
the way. Those who have used it say
that its heat. producing qualities are
excellent. Southern Oregonian.
western Tours" is the name of a
new magazine which Mrs. Edith
Tozier Wethered. well known in
Oregon journalistic circles has
launched from Berkeley, CAL, with
"See America first on its sunset
shores" as its motto, and the exploit.
ing of western scenery as its peculiar
field.
The operations of the State Treas.
urer during the period from October
1, 1904. to September 30, 1906. as
shown by the last biennial report just
issued by State Treasurer Moore,
shows that there is no state debt of
any kind, and balance of cash on
hand of $4l5, $40. SO, as against $685..
1S9. 65 a year ago.
Fred M. Carter and Jesse Houck
made a trip to the new coal fields
Thursday. to the scene Of the develop
ment work on the Furrey place, north
of Ashland. and brought back a couple
tons of of the bituminous product
from there. The coal is being hauled
to valley points about as fast as it is
mined. Ashland Tidings.
Reuben Steelquist of this place,
aud for the past two years a student at
the University of Oregon, is men,
ber of the university glee club The
Evening Telegram of the Goth gives a
picture of the glee and mandolin clubs
and states that Manager Glafke is no W
arranging for Southern Oregon trip.
for the club, and they will appear in
Grants Pass about December 81 or 90.
Harvard Moore, a former Grants Pass
boy, is also member Of the Glee
Club.
The WeiDhard Brewing Co. who
own the ice plant at Medford are
sinking deep well on their grounds
with the hope OF securing artesian
water. They had gone down $40 feet
about year ago and gave it up, bat
after the Southern Pacific struck an
artesian flow in their Ashland yard,
and NJ. l.. Pellet later at Talent.got
q big gusher at 800 feet their courage
came back to them and they began
anew. The soriginal. hole was a six
inch one and they cut the $40 feet into
l0.inch size, and are going past
that depth. J. W. Green Of Portland
is doing the boring making about 10
feet per day.
J. ID. Stevens, formerly marshal
Of Grants Pass, and who has been in
the Idaho mines for some time past
is now employed by the Lewiston
Lard and Water Co., Of Lewiston,
Idaho, company Of Portland capital
lists who have bought 1000 acres of
land just outside the city of Lewiston
aud are cutting it up into fve-acre
tracts which are selling at $3.50 and
$500 per acre. Mr.. Stevens has charge