Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-02-01
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every Sunday; everybody invited
to attend. Services commence ct II
a. N. Come early and take q part in
the Bible reading which commences
at 10 O'Clock.
Remember tho box social to be
given at the Proyolt school house
Feb. s, which will be observed
throughout the district and large at
tendance is expected. Come early SO
Bs TO get seat in the front as the
program is q splendid one. The boxes
go to the highest bidder. After the
social there will be aplace provided
to which the young folks, old and
middle aged folks will be invited to
spend the remainder Of the evening in
dancing. All are invited to come and
be entertained for the evening as the
proceeds will go to help pay for the
new organ.
II. Ruch of Tompson creek has COM
pleted tho hauling Of the telephone
poles from Applegate to Proyolt. The
number was 1902 poles which he had
the contract of delivering at 30 cents
per pole. The p. & A. line will
commence setting poles ~ Superin.
tendent John Pernoll has received
word that the contract sent off some
time ago was received Saturday, Civ.
ing the farmers full possession OF the
Grant Pass and Williams Telephone
line which hereafter will be under
rural telephone system. There
will also be line from Missouri Flat
and one from New Hope and Upper
Williams which will connect with the
main line at Williams. Provolt and
Murphy. There will be a switch
board at the Provolt postofiioe for the
central valley and Applegate line.
Miss Bertha Kennedy OF williams
passed through Provolt Monday en-
route to Thompson Creek accompanied
by her grandfather, James Nee Of that
place. Miss Konney returned home
Tuesday.
Will Bowler OF Provolt WAS at
Grants Pass Monday also Mr.. Jack.
son, returning Tuesday.
Fred Tear of Grants Pass was at
Provolt this week visiting his many
friends and relatives at this place,
returning TO Grants Pass Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Wooldrige OF
Grants Pass spent Wednesday at Pro
volt. the guest Of August Rehkopf and
son
DR.. 8. Loughridge OF Grants Pass
was oalle TO Provolt Tuesday, TO see
Mrs b. W. Baldwin, who has been
very i'll, bat st present is much i'm.
proved aud is getting. along nicely
DIR. Loughridge was also called TO
Williams the same evening by the
illness of Mrs. Johnson, who is also
improving.
H. O. Hyde of Provolt has moved to
Williams where he will make mis-
home for the future. Mr.. HYDE lately
bought the +. Dickson farm at VIII.
Jams which Mr.. Hyde will in the
future put to fruit, which is-a profit
able crop to be raised. Mr.. Hyde's
new farm Is we'll adapted to the ouI,
ture OF fruits, more 30 than. that of
berries, grains or other products that
pertain TO the farm In the vegetable
line
IA | travel through the beautiful
Williams Creek valley aud see the
road improvements which have been
the good work Of our rrovolt super /
visor, George Sparlin. aud the fields
of green fall sown grain. II makes
one feel that the valley ia coming 10 |
the front in every respect, but in the |
culture OF fruit; what do we seeY
The mammoth old orchards, once
hanging So full OF choice and luscious |
big rod apples, are now dying and |
rotting away for thu lack Of oare and
the pests. These orchards, IL out down
aud started anew. could be brought
out again by spraying what still re.
mains in both young aud old orchards.
In 1907, m our fruit inspector,
Charles Mcservo of Grants Pass in.
tends to suforce tho fruit law. to the
almost, which heretofore has been
much neglected through this valley.
those who refuse to spray will be
compelled to rid their orchards Of
their many pests by cutting aud burn.
ing up the trees. which should have
been done some years ago. We also
would appreciate Mr. Moserve's pres
enoe as fruit inspector in the Apple
gate valley, jackson county as there
are many orchards in very bad condi.
uon, inspection " which would be-
hetterment to those who are trying to
protect their fruit from the scale.
ThoS II Thompson Of salem.
salesman for the Oregon Nursery Co,
was in the valley this week taking
orders for fruit trees with S07I s1T-
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