Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-05-01
Items Of Personal
Interest.


Gold Hill were in the city Sunday.
]. W. Templeton was in from LIE.
land last Sunday
G. 81. Garner left Theusday for
Baker City to look after business mat
ters.
]. H. johnson, proprietor of the
81. B." mine, was over from Muir
ply Tuesday.
Miss Eva Story of Ashland spent
Saturday and Sunday here with her
sister, Miss Vora Story
James Flowers, one of the hop
kings on Williams creek, was doing
business in Grants Pass last Saturday
Mrs Geo S Calhoun returned home
last week from Portland, where she
had been spending couple of weeks
with her'sister
Mrs. Mary DeLamater left Sunday
morning for her home at Portland.
after a months visit here with her
daughter, Mrs E T McKinstry.
W. J. Riley lhas sold his residence
across the river, and with his family
left last Saturday for Portland where
they expect to make their future
home.
..R. ] Orme, of jackson county was in
from his placer mine on Savage creek
las. Saturday He expects to make his
annual spring cleanup the early..part
of the present month
! Mrs. A. e. Resmes. wife of Dis.
trict Prosecuting Attorney Reames.
was visiting..in Grants Pass while
Mr.. Reames was attending court here
last week fsnd the fore part of this
week.
Mrs. Burke was in from the Apple
gate Tuesday doing some shopping
with the Grants Pass merchants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burke recently bought
the Soverns place and are greatly
pleased with Josephine. county and
Oregon climate.
L. M. Williams returned last Tues.
day from an extended trip through
Iowa. Nebraska and Arkansas He
was accompanied on his return by a
niece, little Eva Mole Of Iowa. who
will spend the summer here.
G L Houghton. residing a few miles
east Of town was in the city last
Saturday doing some trading and get.
ting ready for spring work. MI
Houghton, though native of Maine
has lived on the Pacific coast since
1879. rNrs-n
d. E. Dotscn returned last week
from Hit, CAL, where he had gone to
consider a proposition to operate q
general store. He has not accepted al
yet, and in the event he does. will
not leave the city before the middle
the month.
Miss Hattie B.ckley of Oakland.
Ore, who has been spending the past
few months with the Misses Lucie snd
Agnes George. left Monday morning
for Portland She was accompanied
as fars a Oakland by Miss Agne,
George
Among those who were in fro m the
Applegate last Saturday was d Lind
say, who is engaged in diversified
farming He has nice little apple
orchard and is expecting a splendid
crop this season He has bean resi-
dent of this section continuously fol
the past 40 years.
Ed Jones of Shan creek was In towr
last Saturday looking after litigation
in the circuit court Mr. Jones il
operating what is known as tht
Rich Gulch Placer ON the above creek
The litigation bringing him here a
this time is case involving the It'll,
of so acres of placer ground on which
the Rich Gulch is situated and fol-
which a Mr. Flanagan is contest ms
He was represented by Attorney F "
Taft Of Crescent City
JH Hawkins arrived in the city
last Friday from the Happy CAM
mining district, just over the line il
California, being accompanied b!
Henry Colvin, He reports heav.
snow on the1Althouse divide. BE say
there is from 20 to 30 feet of snow oI
the north side Of the hills at hi
time. and that it is sufficiently har,
that they could walk over it withou
the aid of snow shoes.
Attorney F W Taft of Crescen
City, .one of the promising youn
legal lights in this section of Ore
gon, was in Grants Pass last Satur
day looking, after the interests Of
client in the present term of cour
Mr. Taft, when asked as to his linea
descendancy said that be was sonl,