Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
Items Of Personal
Interest.


Mrs. S. K. willett of Roseburg il
visiting friends in this city.
Misses Orc Wilson and Bessie Nc
Colin went to Merlin Friday to visi
Mrs. E. W. Shattuck.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Fisher arrived Monday
from Portiand to visit her daughter
Mrs. Geo. Z. Rowland.
Mrs. Jos. Mess and children re
turned last FRIDAY from their visi
at Portland and Roseburg.
Mrs Geo. Farr, formerly a resident
of Grants Pass but now of Boise, Ida
no, is visiting friends here.
Miss Leila Prim, who was in Grants
Pass last week taking teachers exam
ination. returned Saturday morning te
her home at Jacksonville.
Miss Vora Story, of Ashland returned
to her home Saturday evening, after
spending several days in Grants Pass,
taking the teachers examination.
Mr. and Mrs B. A. Williams lef,
Wednesday for Vending in Lane
county where they will take charge OF
a big messhouse at one OF the Booth.
Kelly Lumber Company's mills They
will remain there until late in the
fall and may stay all winter.
. o. A. Thomas returned from his va
cation Friday morning having spent
the past week in camp near Reuben,
putting in portion of his time trout
fishing and deer hunting in company
with Glendale friends. Mrs. Thomas
will remain in camp until next week.
Claud Trimble arrived home Mon
day from Washington where he has
been with a line construction crew
for telephone company for several
months. Wednesday he and Claude
Williams left for the head of Wolf
creek where they will camp and fish
and hunt for the next month.
Misses Hattie and Emma Telford
are to arrive home the 27th of this
month from Saena, Ills, where they
have been visiting with relatives for
the last two months Miss Elsie Ball.
who makes her home with the Misses
Telfords and who is visiting with a
sister at Wsumpum, Wis, will return
to Grants Pass in October.
Rev. G. W. Hays. of Portland. drop
ped into the Courier office this week
to visit old friends He is on his
way from California to his home and
will spend a few days with his wife
and daughter. visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Crsmer. While in California.
Mr.. DAYS visited San Francisco, Palo
Alto and Santa Cruz He will
preach at the Bethany church next
Sunday morning.
Prof. R. R. Turner, city superin-
tendent of the Grants Pass schools
will return the middle of next week
from the East where he went at the
close of school in May. The first
part of this vacation Prof. Turner
spent with his home folks at Staun-
ton, Virginia, but for the last six
weeks he has been in Napoleon, Ohio,
where he was principal of the High
school for Ave years before coming to
Grants Pass two years ago. A mum
ber Of the teachers are in the East.
some at their homes and Others visit
ing and they are all expected to re-.
turn about the first of September to
be in readiness for school, which will
begin the second Monday in September.
Mrs. H. A. Corliss arrived home
Tuesday evening from Yreka, where
-he went two weeks ago with Mr..
Corliss, who is preparing to operate
large placer mine near that place.
The property is known as the Blue
Gravel mine aud it is known to be
very rich but never has been worked
only in limited way ON account Of
wa ter flooding the working. The
gold is found on a gravel deposit on
the bedrock at depth of so to 40
feet and it is mined by drifting and
hoisting the gravel to the surface
where it is put through the sluice
boxes. Mr.. Corliss is installing a
large centrifugal pump to handle the
water and hosting plant to raise
the gravel He expects to have his
plant in operation within GO DAYS and
will then be able to mine at all sea-
sons of the year.
S. +. Carey was in Grants Pass
Wednesday on business. Mr. Carey is
mechanical engineer at the Buckeye
niue, about seven miles from Wonder.
This mine formerly known as the Will
Jams & Ramsey is now owned by the
Buckeye Mining and Smelling Co.,
which is made up for the most part of
residents OF Wilmington, Ohio. The
president, ]. NJ. Jarvis, resides at that
place and W. T. Mccoy. who is super.
intendent, secretary and treasurer,
came from Wilmington as did also