Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-11-29
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

W. A. Hood, who used TO be car
penter, quit that business, couple
of ears ago and since that time he
has been gardening. Although some
what of a novice at the business, yet
from three acres of ground, on Iowa
street he is easily making good liy-
ing. Besides having plenty of feed
for his horse aud COW and all the
vegetables for the table use at home,
he realizes fully $500 per year from
the truck he sells and he is finding
very hesltbful employment. He has
had green peas from May and had
nice ones for the Thanksgiving sea.
son, as his many customers can attest.
lie had fine celery, some of the
bunohss weighing over six pounds.
Other products did fully AZ we'll. Now
he is going to be we'll prepared for
carrying on the business, having al
ready installed an electric motor,
which brought up much moisture
from one we'll and now he is putting
IN a windmill and reservoir. With
such an equipment he will be in fine
shape to carry on the business on q
large scale. He informed the Courier
man that the family only buys flour
and sugar. aside from clothing, hay.
ing all the good things desired from
the garden patch, all-tbe year round
Well, We are soon to have another city
election" sagely remarked voter,
who resumed as follows: 'and now
IL is up to Us to decide who shall fill
those important places. To my way
Of thinking, this is very important
matter. In fact. the future welfare
very much depends upon the manner
In which our municipal affairs are
handled. Newcomers take notice Of
such things and IL they find that our
city council is conducting things In a
safe. bus businesslike manner, they
are favorably impressed and in order
to have the Affairs carried on that
way, 1t is Of great Importance that
only men Of recognized ability and
n tegrity bc chosen for those places.
80. for ono, am deeply interested
In seeing the best men chosen and to
that end am working and will con.
tinue to work until the polls close
next Mo nday evening"
1t 10 too bad that the people OF
Grants Pass do not appreciate . really
meritorious play moro than they
showed they did by the way they
patronized the Kilties," said Mr..
Kinney. He .spoke all too truly, for
o. he and everyone else knows. the
people seem to want the cheap, poor
assrogations and they will pack the
play house to hear such nonssnsical
stuff. Mr.. Kinney lost about esO In
his efforts to afford the play lovers of
this vicinity ia good and wholesome
attraction snd IL is enough to dis
courage him from endeavoriug to
bring the better class Of performance
to this city,
Say, Mister Pencil. Pusher, did you
realize how our population is increas.
ingY" was the salutation with which
the newsgatherer was accosted by
once bserving citizen, who continued
his remark after this fashion; "Yes.
did you notice that there we're three
births in one day in this city. last
week. That doesn't look much like
Grants Pass people believed much
in race suicide, does it, And say.
IL the population continues to in.
crease at such . rate and the new
comers keep on pouring in here, why
We ser going to outdistance all other
cities in Southern Oregon. surep'
II. W. Warrington, a Canadian, in
subscribing for the Courier, writes
from British Columbia, enclosing
Zone good Canadian paper dollar. q"
He adds IL have been reading about
Gratis Pass aud surrounding country
and l am thinking some of paying
the district u visit. " In conclusion
he says This dollar is perhaps the
forerunner OF many more Canadian
dollars that may follow, if your country
is M good as You say it is"
Just how one woman can be- poss. /
essed of the magnificent sum of $50,
these hard times is what gets me, was
the comment made by one resident.
upon hearing that Miss Ireland had