Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-17
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

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Z Frank Heck has sold his livery stable
business to H. N. Parker. who took
charge last week. Mr.. Heck left this
week for Meadows. Idaho. where his
family had preceded him.
g. A. Cobb has sold the cottage on
d near Fourth street, that he erected
last year to Jerome Duncan, who re.
Gently came to Grauts Pass. from Wa.
co, Texas. Mr.. Duncan's family are
yet in Texas, but they will come tc
Grants Pass this fall.
The Grants Pass Hardware Com.
pany completed the work last week
of laying the sewer mains in Medford.
the contract amounting to about $4,000.
]. L. Shaska had charge of the job
and the Medford papers compliment
the work as first-class in every respect.
August Strauss who recently COM
pleted his business training at the
Ashland commercial college. accepted
a position at $75 per month as stem
ographer and bookkeeper for the S.
P. r. r. Co., at Ashland. The
young man is to be congratulated on
this starter.
THE lawful season for the killing for
male deer opened August 10. and the
season for female deer will open Sep
tember /. The season for both closes
on November 1st. 1t is against the
law to hunt or kill desr at night be.
tween one hour after sunset and one
hour before sunrise No person may
kill more than five deer during the
season. Hunting deer with dogs is pro-
hibited.
In speaking Of apple prospects in
jackson county the Medford Mail
states the yield will be large and of
fine quality. In comparing the yield
with that of last this paper said that
J. W. Myers, of Central Point, sold
last year over sl1OO worth of apples
from 1875 trees. This is an income
that can not be had from any other
crop that can be grown on two acres
of land, and is proof fruit is the most
profitable crop that can be grown in
Rogue River Valley.
Diphtheria has appeared in both Med
ford and Crescent City. Some of the
cases are quite severe but no deaths
have taken place. The houses have
been strictly quarantined and in
neither town is the disease spreading.
With so many children travelling with
their parents on summer outings there
is great danger that diphtberia will
appear in this city and the greatest
care should be taken by parents that
their children are not permitted to
20 where they are liable to catch the
disease.
DR.. G. R. Ray has received a hand
some gasoline launch from Portland
and has placed it ON the lake that is
formed In Rogue river above the dam
of the Condor Power Company's elec-
tric station at Gold Raw. The launch
will be fused for towing logs on the
lake to the compauy's saw mill, also
as pleasure craft. Dr. Ray has q
summer residence ON picturesque To-
cation at Gold Ray overlooking Rogue
river and the pretty waterfall made by
the dam fer the power rstation of his
company. and now that he has a pleas
ure boat he''can give his friends a ride
on the river for the two miles that the
water is backed up.
Fred Mensch, U. S. deputy sur
veyor and party composed of Lee Pat.
terson of Portland, Walter Randle,
AL Dean and Joe Dean of Grants Pass,
left Monday morning by Crescent
City for Curry county to make sur
veys of government lands in town
ship 3S, south, range IA west on the
Pistol river and township 32, south
range 10 west, on the Skies river.
After completing t. cir work in Curry
county they will go to Lane county.
They expect to work this fall as long
as the weather will permit. Mr..
Mensch has a large contract, in
GLIDING besides the work mentioned,
tracts in Douglass and Crook counties
and will probably not be able TO com
plete the work this year.