Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-03-16
A Brief Record of
Local Events.


will give a chicken pie supper in the
Hall building opposite court house,
Tue'day, March 81. 3-i6 ct
Henry Walter has sold out his sa.
loon business to NJ. f. Hull and
Johnnie Lance, and says that he is
done with the saloon business for
good. He still retaining the building
and will conduct his restaurant bust
ness on Sixth street.
E. E. Redheld's property on the
corner of Yamhill and Park streets,
Portland, was sold last week for
s26, 900. A, Mr.. Redfeld raid but
$l7, 500 for the property q few months
ago, he has little reason for regret
ting that he made the investment.
Glendale News.
l.. A. Marsters. the well known
breeder Of fine Angors goats, was In
town from Cleveland today. He
brought In sample of mohair 26 in
ches long-two years growth upon
one of his fine goats. he believes
this growth to be world-beater. -
Roseburg Review.
G. A. Cobb is having a cottage
built on ID street between Third and
Fourth streets that will be hand
some and we'll arranged five-room
structure. The carpenter works Is be-
ing done by A. G. Williams aud j.
+. Wyman and ii is expected to have
it ready for occupancy by the first of
April.
The Monumental Mines Company
has about nine or 10 tons of concen-
trates on the east side OF Mill creek.
awaiting shipment to this place thence
to San Francisco The high water in
Mill Creek has interf.red with getting
the concentrates here. A large new
wagon arrived recently for the Monu-
mental Mines Company, to be used
for hauling between this place and the
mines. Record, Crescent City.
]. ]. Morton. who purchased the
Redwine q Branch -four and feed
store, has taken charge of the business
and has changed the name to Grants
Pass Flour and Feed Store. Mr.
Morton has been in the milling bust
ness all his life, owning AID operating
Touring mills in the eastern states
and is yet interested in Touring
mill in northeastern Oregon, coming
to Grants Pass on account of his
health.
Through an oversight the name of
O. j. Knips was omitted in the list
of members of the Grants Pass
Breeders Association in the write-up
of The Association in the Courier Of
last week. Mr.. Knips resides three
miles west of this city, where he has
q fine hay and stock farm. He will
add horse raising to his farm indus.
tries, he like many other farmers, be-
coming convinced that there is big
profit in large horses and the supply
far below the demand. while for little
horses the price is low and the de-
mand lower.
Ed Cockerline was in Grants Pass
Monday with consignment of butter
for the local market. Mr.. Cockerline
has fine dairy farm on the Applegate
near Murphy and has one of the best
band of milk cows in Josephine
county. He has a model milk house
and a separator for handling the milk
He does not sell cream as the cost
of delivering it as single lot in
Grants Pass is too costly, so he manu-
factures butter for which he finds a
ready sale in Grants Pass and at a
good price, as it has fine reputs-
tion for quality in the markets Of this
city.
II. J.. Rogers. who came to Grants
Pass last Fall from Boulder, Colo.
has bought a 90 acre tract on North
Sixth street of M. w. Wheeler and
Wednesday he moved his family to
their new home. The place is we'll
improved and has good building and a
fine orchard. In addition to fruit
Mr.. Rogers will raise poultry, max
ing a specially Of thoroughbreds, one
breed being the Golden Wvandottes.
Mr.. Wheeler moved this week to a
large stock ranch near Medford, where
his family will hereafter reside. He
has considerable Grants Pass acreage
property but he may hold that as an
investment.
Mrs Mollie Belding will begin a
four months term of school in the Muir
ply district next Monday. The offer
of the school came to Mrs. Belding
without her requesting it of the
directors. which il compliment Of
their confidence in her as a teacher.
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