Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-06-07

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The Grants Pass ball team accom-.
panied by about 30 Of the local fans
went to Jacksonville last Sunday for
the second game this year with that
famous jackson county. team. The
game was little more closely con-
tested than the game of week ago.
the score being to 8 in favor of
Jacksonville. The boys all played
pretty good ball. but like Jacksonville
week ago. sit was their day of"
and this fact taken into consideration
with the old story "rotton desl"-
what else could be expected? Losing
this game puts their percentage
down to tie with jacksonville
for second place each having 800 per
cent, while Medford now leads the
list, but the boys expect to get up to
their old place at the top in a few
more games.
The A. A. @. and Medford ball
teams cross bats on the local A. A. q.
diamond this next Sunday. This is
expected to be one Of the most inter.
esting games Of the season as these
teams are considered the strongest in
the r. r. Valley league and are fight
ing hard for first place. The Ashland
team was supposed to play here this
Sunday but owing to some change in
the schedule their game has been post
poned.
The Medford and Ashland teams
had their second game Sunday on the
Medford diamond. Ashland again
losing BY q score of 6 to 8, which
puts Medford in the lead.
It is runored that the Ashland team
has imported two new players from
California; one Of them 10 expected to
do the twirling act while the other
will do the receiving. Il Is about
time they were doing something II
they intend to win any games this
season as they haven't won Q game
thus far But they have not played
Grants Pass yet and they play their
irst game with Jacksonville this next
Sunday, 90 when they 60 the rounds
1t may not be 90 bad after all
= Miss Margaret Hanseth left Tuesday
evening for Portland. where she will
make her future home.
The Newman M. e. Sunday school
picnicked at White Rocks Wednesday
and spent day Of enjoyment on the
banks of the Rogue. 49,
Rev. @. l.. McCausland Of Corval.
lie, the presiding elder Of the N. Il.
Church South, will preach In Grants
Do nIav tsrax nj kha
lar quarterly meeting.
Miss Lizzie veatch who has been
spending the past month visiting
friends at Eugene and Cottaoe Grove,
returned Tuesday to her home in this
city.
o. @. Miller of Greenville. Mich.
spent Thursday In Grants Pass visit
business. Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Voor.
hies are cousins and were near neigh
bors in Michigan.
Mrs. G. B. Archer and daughter,
Miss Gladys. left Tuesday morning
for North San Juan. Nevada. county,
Cal. to spend the Summer with Mrs.
Archer's parents. They will return
before school commences in the Fall.
Jas. Hare was very pleasantly
surprised Tuesday evening by the
Newman NJ, K. senior Bible class Of
which he is teacher, which called at
his home to spend the evening.
Mrs. E. A. Wade made very ap-
propriste speech which was responde |
to BY Mr.. Hair. Ice cream and cake
were served.
Bethany Band of the Presbyterian
church held rose festival in the
church parlors Wednesday night, with
roses for decorations. roseate fun and
sociability, rose tinted refreshments
and rose favored selections. Mrs. II.
S. Prescott was voted the rose queen
and was seated beneath rose canopy.
there to receive homage from ber sub.
jects. The entertainment was sue
cess and the Band realized n snug
sum-