Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-06

Boyd in his published nonsense styled
them "bunches of onio s and radishes,
sere and yellow leaf'' and etc. And
with all this these entertainments 1
we're exceptionally good for home
talent. The ladies in those days VINO [
contributed to the keeping OF the
town alive were Mrs. +. W. yanDyke,
Mrs. T. p Judson, Mrs BIackburn.
Miss Alice Mosher, NJ lss Elva Wheel
er, Mrs. John Goodell, Bessie Brad
ley, May Manning and Nancy Nipper
The gentlemen per contra were Prof
II. l.. Benson A. L. Kinney, M. W.
Wheeler, Chss K Chanslor, DR.. Q.
w. Beacon, Robsrt Cbanslor, Chas.
Buttles, John Goodell. W. Smith, W.
j. Race, and d. l.. Rice. Some of
the entertainments given by the per-
soDs here named were superior to
most of those On the road and they
kept the money at home. The music
lovers never failed to enjoy the pres
ence in the community OF Mr.. aud
Mis-. H. G. Kinney, Mr.. and Mrs
Dodge, +. W. Van Dyke and J.E.
Peterson, who vas one Of those early
to sing in the churches.
According to my files Of May 81.
1885, Mr.. and Mrs H. @. Kinney
: received sfrom Vermont an old
fashioned clock over 15O years old at
that time, Mrs. Kinney's grandfather
having traded yoke Of cattle for it
more than 100 years before.
About this time Hon. r g. Smith
tried his fret law case. 1t came up
before justice of the peace, l think.
:. Bob was go proud that he won this
. suit that the Courier force thought
. seriously OF sitting up with him.
Prof. H. l.. Benson landed il
Grants Pass in April, 1886. the
writer in the following May: Hon.
r. A. Booth came later.
In those days in order to live til,
Courier carried ads of business houss
for Jacksonville, Medford, Contra
;, Point, Phoenix, Gold Hill, Woodville
Kerby and Waldo.
Grants Pass is an ideal spot, situat
ed most beautifully; has splendi'
climate in country which produce
:, every luxury that can be grown iron
favored soil, but it has in addition
I, its gold mines of both placer, quart
:. aud copper and world oil fine tim
% Der, including the sugar pine. WheI
:, / was boy in Iowa, gentlema
named Hawk johnson nsed to talk il
:. my father store great deal abou
=, Oregon; about its climate, game
health and productiveness. He sal
-, peopel could not die at all in Oregon
that they just dried up and quit. Tha
:, to "shuffle Of one had TO return l0C
miles toward the states; that in on
= instance within his acquaintance
- lady deceased aud who was much b.
-, loved was taken back to Oregon fC
i, burial, life returned to her and bein
the mother of 10 little white heade
children. at bedtime she took
:. leather strap and sent all of Il
- youngsters to bed; she said this ha
~ been a custom with her for years al
she would not deviate from it on a
count Of funeral He said that oil
IA day as he was riding past log cabi
Ia oil hn n
~ man 80 or 30 years old run around Il
"a corner of the house crying. Supposir
~ something awful had happened
:, tied his horse to pile of rails al
went to the door. In the house sat
man much older than the other men
ing shoes He asked him what cause
W the little old man to cry. why,
''u said the shoemaker, 1.-THE little dev
''i sassed his grandfather and l had
l"i lick him." de said that out III Or
gon at 80 aud 30 yeras of age thu
To- were just little devils.
JIG can we'll remember also what
- said about the productiveness of Il
SOIL L 10 uOt TclucluueI thc eAo
language. but the substance of it W
nu that in the Fall of the year at HI
~ killing time it was a common custo
hu to cut off the tails Of all the no
III killed and stick them in the ground Al
ne go back there the next Fall and kill
'iu big. fat hog of of each tail W
Ie' young and was ,ven more credulo'
y" then than now. AT any rate the
W " stories, which l fully believed, ga
lis me the Oregon fever, and my moth
ie' said though could not read, l wou
ies get history of Oregon which we hi
en and look at the pictures for hours al
'h talk about Oregon.
ny When first came to Oregon chang
OF, about good deal trying to find Hav
'eu Johuson's Oregon and but for the loI
On rainy, muddy Wiuters, Iamhi
'en conuty would ouite fill the bill