Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-12-25
MERLIN DEPARTMENT

!. Almeda mine Tuesday evening anS
) will go on to Portland to spend tn,
holidays
J. ID. Mason, of Talent, is spend
ing the holidays with his son Mill
and renewing old acQuaintances IL
Merlin.
Mrs. Chas. E. Short returned Sun
day morning from Portland. a little
sooner than expected-but Charlie
don't care.
A. L. Edgerton will begin the con.
struction of two cottages on the lots
he recently purchased, next week.
R. L. Burghart. of Salem, who has
recently taken a working lease on
the Oriole mine at Galice, passed
through Merlin Wednesday with a
party of capitalists who were going
down to examine the property.
Mrs. Alice Bacon is clearing up a
large part OF her 80 acre tract just
north of town with the intention OF
planting it to Tokay grapes. The
success which attended her last
years effort in this line has encour-
aged her to greater endeavors.
1t is expected that work on the
fiume Of the Three Pines Timber Co.
will commence again in a few days,
and many of the boys have already
secured work on it for the winter.
j. R. Harvey, C. l.. Barlow and d.
l.. Smith, of Galice, passed through
Merlin Tuesday. They report min
ing matters in their district In er-
cellent condition.
Several of the boys went over on
Pickett Creek to dance Tuesday
evening. They report a jolly, good
time. although they did not enjoy
the going and coming through he
heavy rain.
Several of he school children have
been on the sick list the past week.
Among those who have been absent
on this account are Gertie Robertson,
Audrey Schaffer. Clarence Limerick.
Nathan Gale, Vaughn Massie and
Martha and Violet Carter.
II. E. Booth attended to business
in Roseburg Tuesday. He was sur
rised at the number of green slips
he saw on the streets of that city
announcing that "Therell be some
thing doing in Merlin very soon."
Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Gale were
shopping in the Pass on Wednesday.
Iohn Lanterman, who homestead
ed the townsite Of Merlin, has been
on the sick list several days the
past week, but is around again.
Mrs. Thompson, mother Of Frank
and Charley, accompanied by her
two daughters, Anna and Lenna, left
Saturday evening for Nebraska.
where the girls will attend school.
They will be missed In our younger
social circle, in which they were
considered leaders.
Apparently undismayed by past re-
verses, the progressive element of
Merlin seem determined to have a
new school house of which they can
be proud, and a petition has been
presented to the school board ask
ing that a special election be called
for the purpose of voting bonds in
the amount of $4,000 for that pur-
pose.
Something of a commotion was
created in Merlin Monday when Ed.
VonAllman came in from his home
stead and reported seeing a monster
black bear on his way down. A COM
pany of sports was Immediately or
ganized and the woods were beaten
for miles around with no trace of
Sir Bruin. From one cause or an
other every dog in the district that
could be depended upon in a bear
chase has met a violent death during
the past season, and much regret has
been expressed that at least one of
them had not been spared for en-
ergency use.
Merlin has many things to be
proud of and does not hesitate to
brag on anything in which II excels.
Just now she presents to the world
the champion Old Fogy. There is
man here who is convinced that
the proposed electric line from Mer-
lin down Rogue river to the coast
will kill the town that q new school
house will never be needed, and that
II the district is put under irriga-
ton nine-tenths OF the farmers will
go broke trying to pay taxes. He
can also see dire failure following
every man who is clearing land for
the purpose of putting out fruit trees
and the utter uselessness OF any ef-
fort TO improve the town. There
are other things concerning which
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