Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-09-11
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Durham re-
turned Wednesday from Portland.
Eogene Debs, socialist candidate Tor
president will speak at the opera
House Sunday evening.
The Bethany Presbyterian Sunday
School will hold their annual picnic
AT Riverside park next Saturday.
Bethany Band composed of the Sun
day school classes of Mrs. Hathaway
aud Mrs. Pardee, had picnic at the
city park Tuesday.
H. L. Herzinger and son Grover
left early iu the week for Gailoe
Creek where they will visit for a week
or 10 days enjoying hunt and at the
same time look after business.
Mrs. Alice Jordan came in from her
country home Oh Tuesday to seek medi-
cal attention, as she was suffering
greatly from poisoned oak. She VIII
remain for sew raj days at the hospital
7. ]. Briuckerhoff, owner of the
~" mine near Galloe is making
working with a small force but expects
TO add six or seven men soon. They are
now working on the tunnel which is
24O feet on the vein.
A Bryan and Kern club was organ
lied in this city last Wednesday even
ing with 1876 members. @. L. Mangum
was elected president and j. M. Booth
secretary. The club will meet again
on Monday to arrange plans for the
campaign.
The Bishop of Oregon, Rt. Rev.
Chas. Scadding accompanied by the
Revs. Dorrance and Bartlett, will
arrive in Grants Pass Saturday, the
10Th, and will hold services at the
Episcopsl church on Sunday goth,
morning and evening. cordial in
yitstion is extended to all.
The residence of Fred Gumpert on
Second street was so d this week
through the Best. Fuller Real estate
agency to Geo. T. B. Franks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Franks and children arrived in
this city last week from Montana and
will make this place their future
home.
Stransky Kettles, just the kind for
preserving fruit at Cramer Bros.
Judge ]. o. Booth received a tele
gram this morning announcing that
Senator Gore of Oklahoma will ar
rive in Grants Pass on September Goth.
Senator Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma. as he is generally called.
is one of the ablest speakers in the
United States, and he is sure to be
greeted here bv a large house.
The following from the Portland
Journal will be of interest to our
fruit growers. Rogue River valley
Bartlett pears are bringing third
higher hgues than pears from any
other section in the United States in
eastern markets, and this despite poor
conditions prevailing and the fact that
the quality is below the.aVerage "
Heating stoves at Hair Riddle Hdw.
Cos.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Scovill last Sat
urday entertained number of friends
at their home at Walnut Hill fruit
farm to enjoy the afternoon and meet
Mr.. Scovill's mother who has just ar
rived from Des Moines, and his sister,
Mrs. Pease and husband. The ladies
spent the afternoon aud as meal time
approached, the men appeared. There
were present aside from the Scoyille
fsmtly Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shank aud
Mrs. Shauk's sister. Mr.. and Mrs. o. S.
Blanchard, Mrs. and Miss Linkie,
Mrs. A. f. Voorhies and son Earle.
A representative of the Courier was
in the Jump.otf-Joe district the first
of the week. Crops are looking well
and everyone is of an optimistic state
of mind. +. o. Meeker who has a
farm three miles north of Merlin has
about go tomato plants that he has
irrigated with centrifugal pump.
Some of these have attained height
of five feet, bearing tomatoes 16 Inches
in circumference. Mr.. Meeker is
man throughly versed in modern ir.
rigation methods and he says that
next year he can raise frcm l5 to 20
tons per acre with the aid of his ir-
rigation plant.