Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-05-08
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Jos. Sohmitt was in from Selma
/ last Sunday.
/ l.. E. TidbaIl Of Eugene was in
Grants Pass Saturday.
J. A. Wall and E. E. Bertsch of
Crescent City were in town last Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Buell. OF Eu.
gene were registered at the Josephine
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs W. l.. Ireland left
Sunday for San Francisco to see the
naval fleet enter San Francisco bay.
Mrs. ]. A. Dean of Riddles, but
formerly a resident of Grants Pass,
was guest of her brother-in-law and
family, L. Y. Dean aud Mrs. Dean
last week.
d. S. Mascall, the cigar store man.
left Tuesday for an extended visit in
Chicago and the east. He went via
ooh fiohoio'O III Oiuoi W Wow tue
naval fleet.
1. F. Sparlin and John Miller OF
Williams came in from Williams last
Friday and left Saturday morning
for Frisco to see the Atlantic fleet
come in.
G. G. Clark of the Gilman Bed
Rock Mining Co.. went up to Ashland
Monday morning in the interest of his
company. and will be absent for q
week.
81. V. Meade returned to Kennett,
Cal, Monday morning to resume his
work on the Copper Outlook. He was
called here last week by the illness Of
his wife, who is now improving.
H. H. Hinsley went up to Ashland
Sunday and from there to Sacramen.
to, Cal, where he will spend a few
days before returning TO Grants Pass
to make this a permanent home.
M. ]. Anderson, supervisor Of the
forest reserve. returned home Monday
morning from Portland where he had
been for few days in the dischsrge
of official business.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Collins of Columbia
county stopped of here last Friday
to visit with their nephew 81. V.
Meade and family. They left Monday
for San Bsrnadino, Cal, where they
have purchased an orange farm.
p. A. DeFries of Merlin was In
Grants Pass Monday on brief bust
ness errand. Mr.. DeFries and two
other practical miners are engaged
in prospecting in Josephine county
and west OF here and expect to opeI
up some good properties before the
season Is over.
william NJ. Richards Of Merlin was
in Grants Pass last week and while
here told the Courier of the larges
apple tree in this section. He says
that this tree is now growing on thu
plaza near the sBooth residence snc
measures 76 inches in circumference
1t measures 65l feet..in diameter acros
the limbs.
J. Il. Colby left the latter part o
last week for Vancouver, Wash, Il
look up q new location. Mr.. Cobb,
and family have been residents o
this section for the past % years
Mrs. Colby. and daughter left Sat
urday for San Francisco to witness th
fleet ceremonies and TO visit her siste
at oakland.
Mrs. Frank B. Brown and Sol
Buster-the origina! Buster,
whom Mr.. Outcault, the cartoonist
has so often presented in such felicity
and mischief-arrived in tine cit,
last week from Portland and will spen,
few weeks in the city the guests o
MIR. and Mrs. A. U Holman.
Mr.. and Mrs E. NJ. Emerson lef
last Saturday for their home in Seattl
after having spent the winter at thei
mine near Merlin, the Flanagan q
Emerson mine, formerly known as tn
Dutch Johnnie. 1t has been the de
light of Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson I
visit the mine at semi occasional In
tervals for the past six years.
]. II. Kincaid and family came /
from Williams last week to attend 'h
circus and patronize the local mel
chants. Mr.. Kincaid has been in Ore
gon long enough to be fully acclama'
ed. in fact he hauled the first load
shingles to this city from Louse cree
for the roof which covers the Courie
Office on Sixth street and the structul
opposite, corner of Sixth and G. Fc
twenty years past he has also acted
guide, during the tourist season, to tn
oregon caves in the south part of II
county.
T.. F. Gilman, president of It'll