Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-11-08
WHAT PEOPLE SAY

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G. s. Hoxie, who recently came to
Grants Pass. after looking over Med |
ford and other places on the Pacific
coast, and bought q home place. is
more than pleased with the climate
and people. He had spent about So
years in doing indoor work. back at
Omaha, Nebraska and now he pro-
posed to lengthen his earthly career
by having outdoor employment. II
tell you am enjoying this new order
OF things" he remarked to the Courier
man." / have just been putting out
a thousand fine strawberry plants aud
am going to do lots more such work,
| just as soon as our car Of household
goods arrive and we get things
straightened out Yes, we like it
here, very much and don't believe we
will ever have cause to regret coming
here to cast in our lots with your
people. "
Carl Buman, who has fine ranch
near Buch, jackson county is another
resident of the county to the south
Of us who is finding that Grants Pass
affords him a better market for his a
farm products and likewise that he
can purchase merchandise here
cheaper than he can at Medford or 8
Jsoksonv Wills. He brought 10 load i
Of corn, Of which he has q nice crop !
and he found ready sale for it at q
sl.25 per 100 pounds He informed 9
the Courier that he also brought G
some wheat here, the other day and e
that it brought him 10 cents on the +
bushel more than he could get at '
either Of the places mentioned above. n
Although Ii takes him day to come l
and another day to return home. yet U
he finds that it is paying trip to u
come here to market and to do his "
trading. q
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W. L. Babcock, one Of the sub
stantial Sucker Creek farmers, whose :.
place is near Holland. brought in :.
some superb potatoes to relatives in o
this city and the "spuds" we're mag
nifcient to behold. Fifty. five of y
them tipped the scales at III pounds fc
and they were all sound and good. not &C
one having spots or being hollow. A
He thinks this part of the valley is q
she best place on earth and the longer pI
ae lives there, the more pleased he 10. q
Mr.. Babcock is taking lively in to
terest in the newly organized Grange 81
md Predicts that it will prove to he hi
very beneficial to the people OF that '.
locality. His Grange boasts one OF al
.he largest lists Of charter member. Il
ship to be found in any such orsaniza- b
ton in the state p
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Messrs. Clarence and Ray Venerable. {,
IONS Of W. II. Venesble, who owns a :
good farm place in the Upper Apple !,
gate valley. were in marketing some :,
produce and they told tho Courier =
nan that they believed that a great !,
many people from this neighborhood "
would come to Grants Pass to trade,
( the winter roads were only better
or he says that although 1t takes a a,
lay to come here and then another to sc
'eturn home, yet they find the prices al
)aid for farm products are better here M
md that the merchants sell cheaper IL
han they do in places near their W
,wh home. They said that the worst W
'iece of the public highway was the n
asst five miles as they approached this pl
ity, where IL has not been graded and Fl
here are bad chuck holes. They have n,
900 sacks of fine potatoes to market ly
md also much wheat and corn. OF
They are enterprising farmers and IN
AVE agreed to take hold of the Ap- ci
'legate Valley telephone line, If the W
anne is extended mp their way. 1t is W
,lresdy constructed as far as the st
anoh of Henry Kubli, only four miles lie
rom their place. IL
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A. B.. Cornell made two weeks y"
'usiness trip out in the Kerby and
Waldo section Of the county. last "" ""
week, aud he reports having had
plehdid success but he remarked that :"
10 guessed he would not have been so y
uccssful, had the people learned OF the "
InanciAl furry. However. he finds " :.
hat part of.the county, like the whole "
4 Josephine. in good condition and \
he people are not anticipating any =