Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-11-08
Items Of Personal
Interest.

Rev. and Mrs. ]. E. Day were in
rom "oodville Monday, doing some
trading.
Lloyd Whipple is down from Drain
i'oogias county, to visit with his un.
cie' W R. whipple, for few days.
Hackett & Edgerton have closed
their sawmill. out near Merlin, for
the winter season.
miss Ada Smith and little sister
Margaret spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs John M. Booth, at Wolf Creek.
returning home Monday.
j. ID. Tharp, Of Benton, Ore, ia
here to pick out good farm, which
he will make his home place.
Mrs F. W. Sawyer and sons, Freel-
ing and Clarence and wife, Mr.. White
and Miss Alfredo Smith were in from
Kerby, this week, visiting with
friends.
Wednesday evening brilliant
comet was seen shooting through the
heavens, by the .people who were
going to the opera house enterta in
ment.
Jim" Gibson, who has been 80 i'll
with typhoid fever at Ray, Arizona,
is still improving and he will return
home. as soon as he eau stand the
trip.
VIM. York, leading farmer of the
Missouri Flat, was in the city, Mon.
day. on his way home from the Gray
back mountain range, where he has
about 100 head of cattle. which he
found to be in prime condition.
E. G. Dixon. who has been visiting
with sister, at Walla walla, Wash. :
is home again. Now that he has dis
posed of his store. on account of his
health, he may spend the winter in
Arizona or New Mexico.
The Misses Bella and Clara Forsyth
of North Dakota, friends of Mrs.
Martindale, arrived last Friday to
spend the winter here. They think
Grants Pass is beautiful place and
are delighted with the climate.
W. II. veuable, head sawyer for the
wilkins Bros. sswmills, which are
operating over in Douglas county, at
Reuben, spent Sunday with his'family,
in this CITY. He says that the plant
gives employment to about 80 men
and that they will probably be in
operation all through the winter.
E. W. Smalley. accompanied by his
family, has arrived from Omaha,
Neb., and his wife's mother, Mrs.
Ella Frace, came with them. He has
rented the Mrs. Close place. near the
reservoir hill and will remain here.
Mr.. Smslley is a brother-in-lsw Of G.
s. Hoxie, who recently came here
from Omaha to reside.
Aparty of eastern Danksrds have
been in this city and vicinity, during
the week. looking the country over,
with a view to bringing a colony OF
hom meseekers here to locate. They
were most fsvorsbly impressed with
the country and will report accord
ingly.
Manager c. E. Tucker of the Takil.
ma Smelter brought his daughter
down from Jacksonville, where she
has been attending st. Mary s
Academy and where she sprsined her
leg, by slipping on the sidewalk.
The limb was in bad condition, when
she was brought here, yesterday and
DR.. Loughridge gave her much relief
by performing an operation upon it.
This afternoon the Grants Pass foot
bal team met the Medford aggregation
ON the local gridiron and literally did
them up, to the tune of IS to big
goose egg
Somewhat OF commotion was
caused this week in this city, when 1t
was learned that at least two postoffice
boxes had been relieved of their con-
tents. One was was that Of DR.. Find
lev. the oculist, who lost two boxes OF
valuable glasses while the box Of the
Hair Riddle Hardware Co. was relieved
of at least one check for $SS, with
other mail to be heard from. The
parties may have found at least one OF
these boxes open, while there is some
doubt as to the other. The party who
got hold of the s3s check, attempted
10 get r. L. Bartlett, the shoe..mau to
cash il, but the fellow. learning that
Mr.. BartlettIhad gone..::into,, the. Gal
boun store, 'next..door, to gcallfup-the
Hair. Riddle. people, skipped out
leaving the check in Mr.. Bartlett s
hands. so ~farrno --arrests-..hsve:: been
made, although there are: some .s. .sns.
poets being carefully watchedsby the
ofGcars