Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-31

d. ". MdttlsOn OF Oallce Is IN Int
city few days looking after business
matters.
p B. Herman and wife left ysster.
day for brief sojourn on the beach at
Newport.
County Judge Jewell has been look
ing over the roads near the Oregon
caves this week.
Miss LYDIA Barnes left Wednesday
morning for her home at Sacramento,
CAL, after a pleasant visit with her
sister, Mrs. Thos, Horner of this city.
NJ sses Hazel Gillette and Mildred
Churchill returned home Tuesday
from Portland where they had been
visiting the family of L. G. Gillette.
Mrs. Augusta Linkey and Miss
! Tulaire Linkey, mother and sister of
Mrs. o. S. Blanchard. arrived Thurs
day and will make Grants Pass their
home for year or more.
Supt. of Salaries and allowances II.
B. Hall of the postal department. after
carefully inspecting the postoffice
here, told Postmaster Donnell that
his was the best arranged and best
equipped office he had yet seen in
any town the size of Grants Pass.
Mrs. A. B. Cornell returned home
this morning from Galice where she
had been spending the past 10 days
with friends. Forest Ranger Earle
Young and brother George came up
from NIUE creek Monday, where they
have be, at work on the new govern
meut trail. Earle returned the follow
ing DAY.
Mrs. Maude Wertz of Morris, H..
who has been spending the past
couple of weeks here with her cousin,
q. Clinton Page, left for her home at
Morris. ILL.,, last night. going via
Portland, Seattle and other Washing
ton points, and Salt Lake City. After
snendiug few days at the latter
place she will be Joined by friends
aud proceed to Morris.
1900 Washers at Hair Riddles.
Among the latest arrivals to take
up their home in Grants Pass are Mr..
and Mrs. Fred A. Sloss, Mr.. and Mr..
F. l.. Austin aud Harry Gill. all of
Sacramento, Cal. The men folks are
all identified with the Gilman Bed
Rock Mining Co., which company, by
the way. has brought more residents
to Grants Pass within the past 60 days
than any other single agency.
Lincoln Savage returned Wednesday
from Jackson county, where he and
his brother have just started their
large steam threshiDg machine; this
is the largest threshing outfit In the
Rogue River valley. A pitchfork
accidentally fell into the machine last
Tuesday while it was running, tear.
ing out 81 cylinder teeth, four con-
cave teeth and one concave CRATE.
delaying operations five hours
Fruit Jars at Hair. Riddles
Government Engineer ]. P. Martin
Of Washington. D. c., who is in the
forest service department, has been
here the past week drawing the plans
and specifications for the new trail
bridge across Rogue River some 10
miles below Galice creek This struo-
ture will differ materially from other
bridges of this character in that there
will not be the same vibration. II
will be steel cable suspension with
a clearance of six feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Abrahamson of
Holdrege, Neb,, stopped off at Grants
Pass Wednesday evening aud spent
yesterday looking over the city and
learning Of the resources aud condi.
tions of the beautiful Rogue River
Valley. They are on the Pacific
coast for months summer outing,
having come via Los Angeles. Oakland
and Frisco. They left last night for
Portland where they will spend week
or more before returning home, via
Spokane, Seattle and Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Eismsnn this week
sold portion of what is known as the
Eismann fruit ranch west Of town
and owned jointly by the father and
three sons, Chris, Fritz and Deitleff.
The sale included "a acres and the
consideration was s270 per acre or a
total Of s84SO Mr.. and Mrs. Els
mann will leave Wednesday of next
week for their former home in the
fstherlsnd, Burg. Holestein, Ger
many, where they expect TO remain.
They have been successful in Oregon
and retire with an ample competence.
The sons will remain on the large
fruit ranch which is one Of the best in
the county.
While coming in from his farm near
Selma Tuesday, Ex-Postmsster G. E.
| Harmon, accompanied by another