Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-24
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Fifth street by raising the roof and
constructing cool and ocmmodious
sleeping apartments.
The Southern Pacific Co. has had
a crew of men busy raising the siding
at the Grants Pass Box Factory,
which is a great convenience to the
factory hands in loadinggcars.
Editor W, o. Span of the Sissen
Headlight, died Thursday of last week
of peritouitis at the age of 60 years.
Funeral services were held on the
following day under the direction of
the Masonic lodge of which he was
an honored member.
@. II. Mckee, colportage Missionary
for Southern Oregon, in charge OF the
colportage wagon of the American
Baptist Publication Society. arrived
in Grants Pass Thursday evening
from McMinnvil'e, leaving the next
day for Medfori, which will be his
headquarters for this district.
Supt. Turner announces that school
will open September l4th. During
the summer vacation he has been
looking after his fruit farm two.miles
southeast of town where he has out
25 acres of apples, five acres Tokay
grapes and five acres OF cherries and
peaches, which he reports are doing
nicely.
County Judge Jewell succumbed to
the warm weather last Wednesday and
spent good portion of the day IN
bed. However, he is on deck at his
office this morning awaiting the
pleasure of those young people who
contemplate entering the matrimonial
world and other official duties.
Malleable Steel Ranges at Hair
Riddles.
It is estimated that Medfford and
vicinity will ship 400 cars OF fruit
this season not withstanding that the
late frosts bit some of the orchards.
Some orchards not touched by the
frosts, however. will produce record
crop.this season. The pear crop will
be somewhat lighter this season than
usual.
Fritz Dean, while at work at the
Cold storage plant last Monday night,
about midnight fell from the roof OF
the building and as Q result has sine
been confined to his home, DR.. Van
Dyke who hss been in attendance says
the young man is getting along nicely
and will soon be about. Miraculous
as it may seem. no bones were broken.
Word has been received in Ashland
that the petition asking for the con-
sent OF Alkader Telnble for the estab-
lishment of q temple OF the order
at Ashland, to be known az Hillah.
has been granted. A committee OF
Portland Shriners will confer with
officeis of the new temple as to the
risdiction of the latter, which may
include all Southern Oregon south Of
Eugene and portions OF Southern Ore
gon. Just when the new Shriner'
will be instituted cannot be told but
it will be in the fall perhaps. Any
way it will be quite al occasion
and will call for pilgrimage Of thu
= Shriners from Portland to Ashland.
Fruit picking ladders-just the thint
Won have been needing-st Hair'Rid
die Hd~e Co.
Five car loads of baled hops wer'
shipped from this city last week for tn
London market. These hops wer
raised by Messrs Flanagan and Cor
nell on their ranch west Of town
The selling price was but five cent
per pound. whereas the cost of raisin
= is vsriously estimated at from to ]
g cents per pound. In the earlier day
5 when prices were good, many me
!. made immense sums OF money grow
!, ing hops in Josephine county bu
n during the past few years prices hAv
b declined to such an extent that nu
S merous hop growers have lost besvil
: and many vinegar have been dug u
and the land planted to fruit and othe
d crops
l. Campers, have your wants supple
10 st Crsmer Bros. Hardware Store.
r. Il. DeArmond, who has been er
gagged in farming and cattle rsisin
. In Malhsur county for number
years, has Just sold his holdings
that part OF the state and arrived
y Grants Pass last week TO locate PEE
manently somewhere In Josepbir
" county. Mr.. DeArmond is brothe
in-law of Supt Of Streets q. K. Nj
u Lane Of this city. During the pa
y few: days Mr.. DeArmond has bee
n interviewing farmers and others who
10 he has met relative TO the organic
3. tion of a co.operatiye company amor