Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-12-18

ing the week with his mother here.
He has accepted position with
Cory Mattison, the Galice mining
king, and will assist in the develop
ment OF properties on Howard
Creek.
AIRY Messler of Medford, who
noticed a yellow ribbon attached TO
the wheelbarrow of Colonial Jack,
bearing the legend, "There'll be
something doing in Merlin very
SOON" came up to get in line and has
concluded to remain here. He has
taken a lease for two years on two
store buildings with the intention OF
starting a temperance saloon in one
and an up-to-date cafe n the other
What Harry starts in to do, he does
right, so look out, there'll be some
Steps are being taken to have the
Agricultural Exhibit train stop a
day in Merlin when 1t passes through
Southern Oregon in February, and
also to have Prof. O'Gara of the U.
D. Agricultural Department, ad-
dress us on matters pertaining to
the raising of fruit some time early
in January.
That Merlin is improving in a re-
ligious way is evinced by the fact
that the Methodist church
which has remained unoccupied the
past two years, will hereafter have
the services of a minister for two
Sundays each month. Rev. Cary, a
man of considerable ability, will be
in charge. Rev. Jacquemin, of the
Baptist church, will hold services
once a month on the second Sun
day.
Some one always profits by an
other mans failure. The dredge
that refused to work has enabled the
residents on the west side of Rogue
river to convert the scow into a
ferry boat and thus gain access to a
good road to Merlin. 1t will oper-
ate between the Booth property on
the east side of the river and the
VanDorn place opposite. This gives
large mining, timber and fruit
raising district direct connection
with the town that all roads lead to-
Merlin Acres" the tract of land
tdjoinlng Merlin on the 4asE. which
was recently plated into small tracts
" : A. Ieynolds "f Portland, T. e.
g.inln4 to attract tha r.;ehtion of
prospective investors. it is II srlen-
did piece of property and We expect
to see many nice homes in that Vi
cinity in the next few years. 1t is
offered for sale on the installmcnt
plan, improved or unimproved.
We are panied to see that Adah
Brockman, Merlin's candidate in
The Courier's Golden Eagle Con-
test, has her name so far down the
list and believe that if she would
get out and put a little ginser Ito
the contest there would be enough
doing in Merlin to place her well
within reach OF the $40. None of
our young ladies are held in higher
regard than she, and we are adverse
to seeing Merlinite start out - ac-
cor'plish anything and not meet
with success.
There is a general movement on
all sides toward getting ready for the
winter placer season. A party of
miners came down from Roseburg
Tuesday morning to start the work
on the Taylor Creek mine. The
Swastika mine op Jump-off-Joe has
already done enough work to fill the
creek with mud. Aubury Bros.
have taken charge of the He'll
Gate mine and c. f. Emerson has
the Emerson-Flanagan property in
shape for active operations when a
little more water comes. From
Galice creek comes the report that
the Old Channel and Lewis mines
are in position to move more gravel
this season than ever before.
Melvin Culp, an aged resident of
his town, was killed Tuesday morn
ing by the first section of train No.
10, south bound, He was going to
his work in the woods and had
reached the center of the trestle
over Jump-oft-Joe when the train
'ounded the curve short distance
ahead and he started to run back. !
rhe train was coming down steep
grade and could not be controlled |
md he was struck within few feet
If safety. Death was instantaneous.
lie leaves a wife and large family |
If children. The burial took place |
It Pleasant Valley cemetery on |
Wednesday