Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-01
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

hnlgnts ana LADIES' O1 Security VIII
meet for organization and installation
at the Modern Woodmsn hall Hall &
Bldg)st Z 80 Saturday, March 9. 81 1t
DR.. Douglas now rides in an auto,
high wheel Postal, which srriv ed
last week. He expects to take it over
the mountains into California when
he leaves here. Mrs Douglas will
take the train in preference to trip
over the Siskiyous in an auto.
A. c. Hoofer came from Portland
Monday and left for the Mt. Pitt
mines where he will superintend the
treating Of some high grade ore.
The Mt. Pitt has five stamp mill in
operations with all other mining
equipment. 1t is possible that a
cyanidiDg plant will also be added.
Whenever chicken pie supper is
announced the citizens of Grants Pass
begin to take notice. and the supper
by the ladies of the Baptist church
last Friday was no exception to the
general rule for it was we'll patro-
nized; the ladies realizing over $50.
r. A. Reed. saloon keeper Of LIE.
land, was brought befor5 Justice
James Holman Monday on q charge
of permitting gambling in his
saloon. After examination Reed was
bound over in the sum of 500 to
await the action of the grand jury.
The information was brought by q
citizen of Leland who states that at
one time he saw about $50 in stakes
on the tables at one time.
The ladies of the W. R @. held
their regular meeting February 25 at
their head quarters over Halls under.
taking parlors. At the close of the
session a short program was rendered
in honor Of Washington birthday.
After the program all retired to the
banquet hall where light refresh
ments were served by the ladies to
the G. A. r. and friends.
On Monday. March II the Apple.
gate Valley Telephone Company will
hold their annual meeting at the
church building at Provolt, at 2 p.
M, sharp. for the purpose Of electing
board Of directors and other officers
and for attending to the business con-
nected with the installation of CO.
operative telephone system for Apple
gate Valley. All members and all
others interested in the undertaking
are expected to attend.
The most wonderful performance
ever witnessed by Grants Pass
audience was that Of Marc at the
opera house Thursday night, it being
the last number of the entertainment
course, and fitting close to a series
of splendid entertainments brought
here by our citizens. Marc, the
Prince of Magic, as he is called
showed himself a master Of his pro-
fession and kept the audience in a
fever of expectancy and wonder dur.
ing the entire entertainment. Not
only is he a magician but as mu-
sician and artist he was equally good.
George Dunlap, a farmer of Pro-
volt, was in Grants Pass Thursday
his principal business to find where
he could buy good milk COWS. Mr..
Dunlap in the time past hauled hay
to Grants Pass a distance of 10 miles
but he finds it more profitable to feed
it to cows now that there is a cream
cry at Provolt. He il one of the
patrons of the creamery and is vel
satisfied with the returns that he IL
getting on his cows. Nearly every
farmer of that section of Apologize
Valley was adding to his dairy hero
and the demand could not be hall
supplied 80 large was the number
wanted.
f. n. Provolt was in Grants Pas
Thursday from Provolt. OF the
creamery built at Provolt this Winter
aud put in operation the first of the
year Mr.. Provolt stated that it wal
proving success and it was now Ger
tain to prove profitable invest
meut to the Applegatc farmers, wbC
are stockholders in it. The creamery
is in charge of Stanley Taylor. for the
past two years butter maker IN th'
Medford creamery, and he is turning
out an extra fine butter that bring
the top price in the Grants Pass mar
ket During the present month Of
February l4oO pounds of butter were
made and by April it is expected Il
have the output doubled.
Jasper Jennings, sent to the peni
tentiary from this county has the dis
tinction of being the first person un
der death sentence who has beer
allowed TO do manual labor in the
Oregon penitentiary. He is spending
a considerable part Of his time EN-
ployed in lumbing. He is quite 9