Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-10-18
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Miss Mary Chapman, of Ashland is
spending a few days in this city.
visiting with friends.
A. NJ. Gardine is up from Oakland,
Cal to look after some property
holdings in this county.
H. E. Bodger and ]. Snydorian,
two prominent Ashland citizens have
been here to attend to some mining
interests.
I Jno. O'BIien and VIM. Payton, two
of Waldo's So ubstantial residents, were
at the county seat on business of inn
portance, the first of the week.
Jos, Holder was up from Portland
this week, in quest of some good
mining claims ard also keeping his
eyes open for choice timber lands
Miss Mabel Beaver, who is to teach
the young idea how to shoot, in the
Waldo school, arrived from Ashland
the first of the week and proceeded to
Waldo for her years work in the pub
lie school.
T. J. Kenuey, a wealthy and in
fluential saloonman of jacksonville,
has been in this city, this week, on
matters of Importance.
c. Green was one of the Medford e
ties who Sundayed in this city.
Bert PeIdue was in from Woodville
Sunday. passing the day with ac-
quaintances.
Judge Geo. H. Durham is at Jack
sonville and Medford this week, at
tend ing to some important legal bust
ness.
Several Ashland youths have been
placed under arrest, on the charge Of
carrying concealed weapons. Their
trial will be held later.
Clarence Lovelace, a leading Jose
phine county farmer was in from the
Williams Creek country, Monday and
Tuesday, doing some trading with
local merchants.
I. Van Dorm, one of Merlin's repre-
sentative citizens was at the county
scat, on Monday and while here
favored the Courier with a welcome
visit.
Judge Prim, of Jacksonville was
ia the city, this week, on some i'm
portaut legal business aud he found
his many old time friends glad to give
h m a welcome once more.
Barn" Gillette, who has been with
the Grants Pass HardU are Co. for
some time, has this week resigned the
position, to take one with his father
in the feed business.
W. B. Striplin came up from
Stockton, Cal, this week, to view
this land, with a view to making
some Investments, should he feel so
inclinad. He reports finding things
even better than he had expected
Malon Wheeler, at one time Of this
vicinity, but who now has a place at
Phoenix, in jackson county, is down
to spend a few days as the guest of his
brother.in law, j. Z. Frye and family.
Isaac Baum, proprietor of enc of
Spokane's big business houses, is in
the city, looking over the field and
he may conclude to invest quite ex-
tensi'ely in property of all kinds
hereabouts.
L. A. Erick of Portland, has been
here for few days, with the inten
ton of making some large invest
ments in acreage He thinks that
there is a great and promising future
in store for all this valley, and par.
ticularly for this end Of it.
One of the big steam vats at the
Ashland Csnnery which was filled
with several hundred cans Of fruit
which was being cooked at the time,
exploded Saturday. Fortunately none
Of the employees were near 1t at the
time aud the damages were confined
| to the stock and the vat. --TidinRs
F. R. McGregor, who once held
forth in this city, in tonsorial way
lhut who is now located at Portland
was iu the city Monday. on his way
fr,,, "a vary 4ucre4sful hunting art