Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-27
LOCAL EVENTS
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piaiht tniS week OF tne ury weather
l Elmer Shank took in the foot ball
game at Portland between the Ag-
ricultural College and the U. of o.
There is only one sugar beet fac
tory in Oregon II is located at La
Grande where 10000 tons of beets
will be handled this season.
w. ]. Roberts, the engineer in
charge OF the Fish Lake water prop
osition at Medford, has spent several
days in Grants Pass this week.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Rogue River
Fruit Exchange tomorrow (Satur-
day. afternoon to discuss the mat
ter of spray material, Owing to
the Importance of the matters which
Prof. O'Gara had to talk of at the
meeting last Saturday, the buslnes
part of that gathering was post
poned until tomorrow
For Elastic book cases see O'Neill;
they grow with the books.
The estimates given out by the
Reclamation Service show that Ore
gon contributed last year approxi-
mately s1,3S7,413 to the reclama-
tion fund, making her total contri-
button to June 81, 1908, sS,I67,-
S22. For the first time since the
reclamation law passed, Oregon
dropped from first to second place
on the list of contributors. due to
the boom in land sales in North Da-
/ kota.
An exhibit of magnificent apples,
the kind raised in this part OF the
famous Rogue River Valley, adorn-
ed the stage of the opera house ca
/ Saturday during the meeting of the
Fruit Exchange and on Monday for
the Good Roads Convention. The
stage from side to side was banked
with the beauties, and It is safe to
say that no finer collection of ap-
Piles has ever been gotten together
in any place not only In the state
but in the world. for Rogue River
apples signify to the world the best.
A subscription amounting to $50
was taken up this week to defray
the expenses Of sending the apple
exhibits to Portland and Spokane
for the apple shows there. The ex-
hibit will be shipped tomorrow.
Miss Minnie Ireland is home again
after an absence of three months
lduring which time she visited in
Minnesota Illinois. Missouri. Utah
and Colorado. She returns great
ly improved in health. While In
Chicago she visited Miss Matilda
Barret. formerly OF this place.
The treasurer OF the Prohibition
party In Oregon has forwarded his
report to the Secretary of State,
that the sum OF s566.0S was expend-
ed for campaign purposes. Tic re-
port was not sworn to, therefore moi
accepted. A. C. Masters and + w.
Kercher, presidential electors. have
written to the Secretary of State
that they expended nothing for cam
paign expenses, but their letters
were not accompanied by the re-
quired affidavit, and likewise could
not be accepted. These are the only
attempts, so far, to comply with the
corrupt practice act, and the legal
time for filing sworn statements has
passed.
The window OF the White House
Grocery contains display of 10
sephine county's Thanksgiving" this
week, CONSISTING OF boxes of the
most beautiful fruit imaginable,
There are boxes of Spitzenbergs.
Shannon Pippins, Black Twig, Ar
kansas Black, Arkansas Red, Yellow
Newtowns and Ben Davis apples.
Just to show that Josephine county
raises other fruit than apples,a box
o. luscious Fleming Beauty pears
are included, but the main exhibit is
OF apples. The apples selected are
SO perfect that they are attracting a
great deal o. attention Mr.. Bob
zien, when complimented on his dis
play. remarked that with such fine
material az Rogue River apples to
work with one could not help but
make an attractive display.
Agents for Tompkins' Glove fitting
corsets-Gardner 81 Co. Ills II
Garland Stoves and Ranges, the
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