Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-08-23

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Elmer Lee went TO Portland Wed.
nesday.
Misses Kate Newell and Vera
Reymer returned Tuesday evening
from a 10 days outing at Newport
Miss Maggie veatch leaves this
Saturday for several weeks visit
with Eugene friends.
Chas. 81. Seward. one Of the owners
Of the Grsyback mine is In the city,
looking after some business matters.
A ]. Fulk, the well-known
creamery man is in the city, from
the Illinois Valley, on business and
pleasure. bent.
The Misses Maud and Bessie Lee
of Central Point are spending a few
days in Grants Pass, guests of Miss
Mae Harrington.
Chas E. Short, manager Of the
Merlin Mercantile Co. and Merlin
Townsite and Development Com pany,
was in town Monday on business.
Mrs Geo. H. Nichols is visiting
with old.time friends in her old
home. down in Yamhill county. She
is expected home in the near future.
."Shorty" Richie, one Of Love Sta
tion's popular young men has been
mingling with his many friends and
acquaintances at the county seat, this
week.
Travel on the Southern Pacific is
very heavy nowadays and as result
the passenger trains are all being
run in two sections ..and the train
men report heavy traffic all along
the line.
Mrs. f. d. Smith Is down from
Portland and will leave today by
stage for Holland, where her husband
has some very promising mining
properties which he 10 now develop.
ing.
Geo. W. MoDougall. a prospective
settler from Aarengo. ILL.,. 10 In
Grants Pass, finding out more about
this wonderful section, with which
he is more than pleased and he 10 very
sure Of making this his home for the
future.
Il. K. Doan. . prominent Gold Hill
mining man Is in the city and he
brought along a sack Of what seems
to be very promising ore to show
why he has great faith in his part Of
the country's mining business.
Jos. Sowell. one of the Oldest resi-.
dents Of this valley. having rented
his fine ranch out in the Holland dis.
trict. left Yesterday for Portland
where he will now have q taste of
city life. He was accompanied by his
family.
Oscar Johnston, a brother of At.
torney j. N. Johnston arrived Mon
day from Indiana and may possibly
make the West his home. Mr.. Johnston
is locomotive engineer and. has been
on the roads in Indiana for the past
six years.
W. NJ, Hodson, the hustling Med.
ford auto man was in the city yester.
day, on business and pleasure bent.
He found Grants Pass moving along
in good fashion and was very favor
ably impressed with this city's future
prospects.
Col. j. @. Crouch of Olympia
brought down his fifth party from his
home city last week to locate on Jose.
phine county timber lands. The party
was composed of Will Langrege, a
farmer and owner of oyster beds. Mrs.
D. c. Bates and Mrs. McCulley.
He was also accompanied by Mrs.
Crouch.
@. W. Sargent, an extensive timber
man from Osborn, Idaho, is here
making some purchases along this line
ane so well pleased is he with the
climate and the possibilities Of this
section, that he proposes to return
here TO make his future home. He
will make some large investments In
realty when he comes back TO reside
permanently.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Ireland and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. R. RIDDLE will
leave Monday for a very enjoyable
overland trip TO that famous pleasure
resort, Crater Lake. They will be
gone about two weeks and it goes
without the saying that they antici.
pate having the time Of thsir lives.
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Jno. Summers, the obliging.South.
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