Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-10-19
A Brief Record of
Local Events. !

ferred, wanted in Grants Pass fol
cash. Address A. O. H., Box 562.
Rev. S. G. Adams of Sacramento
will preach at the Baptist church Sun.
day morning at 1880. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
National Drug Store wants to fill
prescriptions that you are most par
ticular about. NJ. d. Ellis, proprie-
tor; James Slower, prescription clerk.
The first number of the Entertain.
ment Course is the Lulu Tyler Gates
Company, at the opera house Satur-
day, October a. Reserved seats on
sale at Horning's. Wednesday, the
24Vh at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. ]. I. Russell. living across
the river, has made complaint against
crowd of hoodlums who have been
annoying her. Sunday night they
threw rocks against the house and on
Monday night pistol was fired,
the bullet breaking window and
lodging in the opposite wall. These
boys should take warning and devote
their time to better occupation.
Having faith in Grants Pass residence
property as business investment Sam.
uel Provolt last week purchased thro
W. l.. Ireland the two Croxton houses at
Third and @ streets. Mr.. Provolt only
short time ago purchased through the
same source a residence properly on X
street. and is holding all the property
for renting purposes. Mr.. Provolt is
one of the pioneers of Josephine
county having lived on the Apple.
gate bel ween 30 and 40 years and has
a good farming property,
The Big Bend Milling Co., which
is composed of W. l. Vawter, A. A
Davis, Geo. W. Howard and others.
has sold its timber holdings in the
Big Butte and Rogue River districts
Nearly 5000 acres were sold to the
Iowa Lumber and Box Co. and the
balance, amounting to nearly 5000
acres more, was purchased by parties
interested in the Butte Falls Lumber
Co. The terms are private, but the
transaction was the largest ever con e.
summated in Southern Oregon and
ipvolvad a laroa su,n
J. D. Cook of Portland and Geo. E.
Rowland of Grants Pass were in
Jacksonville Friday, to give testimony
in their suit against Erick Oberg of
Iron River, Wis, who was located on
their placer mine, in Forest Creek dis
triot, and included it in his timber
claim when he offered proof at the
Roseburg land Office. Louis Oberick
represented Mr.. Oberg. and the mat
ter was compromised by the contestee
giving Cook and Rowland deed to
80 acres, on which the mine is stu.
ated.-S. o. Oregonian.
The Southern Pacific r. r. Co. has
given out news that 10, 900 Dunkards
are heading for California from the
States Of Ohio, Illinois, Kansas and
Missouri. A large colony is to be To-
Gated in Butte Creek Valley, this
county. where the Dunkards have
purchased 10, 900 acres of the Miller
tract. They will locate two towns on
the projected line of the s. p. r.
Co., which is to run to Klamath
Falls. Ore. They also intend, it ID
said, to increase their colony in size,
aud make Butte Creek Valley the lar
gest Dunkard settlement in the world.
-Yreka Journal.
A fire was narrowly averted at the
Golden Rule store Thursday owing tC
the persistence of Mrs. Mashburn in
seeking the cause of the odor of burn
ing cotton, which people in the store
had detected the day previous. Al
examination by Mr.. Mashburn re-
vealed box Of cotton garments IL
which fire had been smouldering fol
several hours. At the point wher'
the bux was burning there is chin
ney stop and it is probable that Z
spark from stove on the upper foo
had fallen down and lodged on tn,
pasteboard box and smouldered 70