Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Dunlap OF Port
land are expected as Christmas guests
at the home of r. L. Coron.
Claude Cheshire will come up from
Portland to see the home folks, "and
Others" during the holidays.
John Harrington of Medford, has
been 10 this city for few days look
ing after some business interests.
George Thompson has been looking
after some important affairs in Med
ford for few days past.
The Pfovolt. Davidson and Kubli
postoffices will be discontinued on and
after January, ON account of the
new route service which will then
be set in operation.
Miss Susie Barnard, who is spend.
ing some time at Campbell. near San
Jose, Gal, writes the home folks that
she is enjoying that climate and that
her health is much benefited thereby.
!
H. A. Oorliss, superintendent of the
Ideal Hydraulic Gold Mining Co. was
in from Grave Greek, Wednesday,
looking after some important business
matters of Ashland.
A. S. Barnes, spent Tuesday night
in this city, as the guest OF his son,
Bert. Barnes, the jeweler and family,
while en- route to Portland on bust
ness trip.
This week the Grants Pass Fruit
Growers Association received returns
from another car of Spitzenberg ap-
pies, which were sold in the New
York City market at 1925 and ~. 30
per box.
There is a war on between the rival
Grants Pass liverymen, with the
natural consequence that rates have
been very materially reduced and now
we can almost afford to ride. rather
than take walkers Hack"
M. M. Lewis of this city. who en-
tered the forestry service last April, as
a forestry guard. has already been
promoted and is now Assistant Ranger
and will hereafter be located in the
district tributary to Grants Pass.
Mrs. G. M. Stone of San Francisco,
who is 30 well known 10 this city.
where she conducted drug store for
number Of years, is the guest Of the
family of ]. E. Peterson. Her son.
DR.. Bertram Stone is now full
fledged physician, at San Francisco,
where he is building up very nice
practice.
The city authorities have had a
large force of men engaged in the
laudable undertaking Of digging
bitches this week to carry off the
surplus water from the neighbor.
hood of Sixth and + streets. Pedes-
trians will greatly appreciate this
good work, when the heavy rains
begin to fall, later on in the season.
W. B. Sherman, who is to engage
exclusively in timber: lands, says he
proposes fitting mp one of the finest
Offices to be found anywhere in South
ern Oregon. If it surpasses his last
effort along this line it will certainly
be work Of art, for the quarters of
the Best Fuller Realty Co., formerly
occupied by the W. B. Sherman Realty
Co., were noted for being decidedly
elegant in every sense of the word.
Newcomers cannot help but be
favorably impressed with this city as
place where the people are lswabid-
ing and the fact that there has not
been an arrest made in this city since
November % aud the additional fact
that the saloons are keeping their re.
spective places Of business closed on
Sunday, ought to add materially to
the good impressions they receive Of
the place. Few cities of this size in
Southern Oregon can boast of such a
record as this.
l.. @. Gillette, the realty dealer de.
parted for his old home at Fort
Worth, Texas, on Monday morning s
overland, where Cupid has summoned
him. Rumor has it that he will lead
one OF the fsirest of that city's 20.
cietv young ladies to the hymeneal
altar about Christmas day and after
a pleasant honeymoon trip by way of
Los Angeles, San Francisco and other
Pacific coast points the happy couple
will arrive in this city to reside
about the middle OF January.
Building Inspector, A. S. Hall OF
the U. S. Postoffce Department, in
making tour of inspection of the
Offices in this region, finding that the
Grants Pass Office was growing in
Importance ana that the volume of
business is assuming large proper.
tions, has decided to recommend TO
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