Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-05-29
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LOCAL EVENTS.
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J Ms. d. A. Harkr ey of Murphv was
In Grants Pass lat Monday.
Frank Fl. Hall and A. NJ. Shaw
were down from Medford Monda,.
Roert bart, who is interested in a
copper mine over on Picket Creek
was in town Monday.
Roscoe Bratton. stP. n. Harth,s
lett SUNDAY fol Santa Rosa. Cal
Where he will spend a month with
relatives.
hussell's new confectionery on East
sixth street. form rly operated by
geo. Harmon, has been newly painted
ana renovated thTouehout and will be
open for business tomorrow. The
store will he In charge of A. Bridge
man of Medford.
A preliminary nesting of wives of
me embers of the Commercial Club was
neld at the club rooms Tuesday after
noon ior the purpose of organizing a
woman's s auxiliary To the club. The
meeting was adjourned to next TUES.
day afternoon when a peramuent or.
ganization will be perfected.
Lewis Lucky, a prosperous farmer
and osiryman residing seven miles
down the river, brought fine 2-pound
roll OF butter to the Couri office
last Saturday morning with a request
that the dairy editor test its quality.
Mr.. Lucky called it Danish butter.
But whatever its name it was sweet
and wholesome.
ID. 7. Lawton, the Medford i'm
plement man, was in the city
few hours Saturday. He came over
in his new Type, o Roadster Tourist
automobile which Rov Wilson, tie
agent, had delivered him the dav be.
fore. He brought Mr.. Wilson back
with him. His is said to be one of
the fastest cars in Southern Oregon.
An adjourned meeting of Fruitdale
Grange will be held Oh this Saturday
evening, the lrincipal business being
to discuss the various proposed Law s
that are to be voted on at the State
election next Mondav. The next
r gulsr meeting of Dimick Grange
Will he held on Saturday evening
June 6.
j. R. Harvey, owner of the Old
Channel mine over on Galice creek,
was in town Wednesday, accompanied |
by his brother. T. W. Harvey of
Chicago. who has been spending the
past month with his brother here.
Mr.. Harvey mines in the winter time
aud during the summer time edits
a splendid garden on land near
the mine; and you ought to hear him
tell about having cabbage and straw
berries He insists too. that by
mining and raising a good garden he
and his family are enabled to eat
three squares a day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Shoemake were
in Grants Pass last week on their
way 10 their home near Selma from
Eugene, where they had been for the
week in attendance to the State
Grange, as delegates to represent the
Josephine county Oranges. They re-
port the session of the State Grange
a success in every particular and the
largest attendance of any previous,
other citizens Of Eugene, and Presi-
dent Campbell and the faculty and
students of the State University were
generous in their hospitality and
everything possible was done to make
pleasant the stay of the Grangers in
the University City. To Southern
Oregon was given the honor of the
second highest office in the State
Grange, that to overseer and TO this
position Mr.. Shoemske was elected
without solicitation on his part. (
decade or more ago county ,
warrants outstanding run almost | 0
haf ad |
This made the interest almost equal
the principle, that is to say, the in ,
terest on each outstanding warrant
was from Go to 75 per cent. Things
have changed wonderfully within late
years and warrants are now called in
for redemption in about three years
and the interest only reaches eighteen
to twenty-five per cent. OF course
this better condition is due in small
to the fact that the legal in
terest rate has been reduced two per
cent per anuum, or from eight to six
per cent. Josephine county is therefore
on the improve in..s.the matter OF its
public finance as we'll as. .industrially
and otherwise.
H. n Mitchell, republican candi-
date for county treasurer, on the
ticket is young man of
ability, a graduate Of the Grants
pass High School aud has been a
resident Of this city for nine years
past During all this time he has
lived an upright life and he feels in
before the electors at this
time for a public office, that ne is
entitled to their attention. With
such a republican majority as Jose
phine county always has shown he
feels that here is no reason for "A
democrat holding the Office for more
than 10 years. He will especially ap-
preciate the votes of the republican
paTty at this time and he promises to
give his careful attention to all the
duties of the office. 0-zS IL
Geo. T. Young and J. W. Fitzgerald