Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-07-23

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the district needs, for all the work |
heretofore done has been on the |
gopher basis, and while several very |
good showings have been made they
have not reached sufficient depth to
show reliable formations. The Cop
per-Gold company has largely In
creased its force during the past
week and we are daily expecting to
hear something good from that
source. Farmer & oyerton are do
ing considerable work on their new
strike and seem satisfied with their
prospects.
1t is pretty generally rumored
that an automobile passenger line Is
soon to be established between Mer-
lin and Ashland, the purpose being to
afford an opportunity for persons
passing through the Rogue River
valley to see the many orchards and
vineyards that cannot be seen from
the railroad trains This certainly
seems like a paying proposition, for
the whole Of the valley could be seen
without taking up very much Of ones
time, and 1t would undoubtedly be
OF great benefit to the country.
Messrs Griswod & Clark, recently
from Portland, have taken hold Of
the Yellow Jacket mine, one and a
half miles west Of town, and expect
to be shipping in a short time. They
are starting In with the intention of
sinking several hundred feet, and as
considerable $500 ore has been taken
ont from less than 40 feet depth,
they surely have a good chance Of
making paying mine out of 1t. This
property Is on decided land and right
by the side OF good county road,
SO the expense Of transportation will
not prove much Of handicap.
! The committee appointed by the
Merlin Push Club to confer with a
like committee representing the
Grants Pass Commercial Club CON
cerning the improvement of the Mer-
lin-Galice road are diligently at
work on the matter and hope to soon
be able to report satisfactory pro-
gress An effort has been made to
get committee appointed from Gal
ice, as they are the most directly in
terested but so far they have not
:, seen fit to assist us in the matter.
This improvement has always been
held back by the seeming indiffer-
ence Of some of the parties interest
ed, but II Is now up to Galice, for the
: Merlin and Grants Pass contingent
are certainly in earnest in the mat.
ter.
The first bear of the season has
been laid low by a 14-year-old boy
Adelbert VanDorn. He was out
hunting on the hills Just north of II
II. n, Gales place last Sunday morn
ing and came across his bearship in a
thlcket. His being alone did not de.
ter him from starting a fight, and
the first shot SO severely wounded
the bear that he could not get away
The bear then showed fight, charg-
ing upon the boy, but the rifle work
ed too fast and the battle was soon
ended, The neighbors were then
aroused and there was volunteer
army soon formed to assist the boy in
bringing ont his meat. The bear
was surely monster, weighing over
500 pounds, and the whole neighbor-
hood has been subssting upon his
carcass during the past week AS
there are signs of large Bruln
family I'm the hills all Of our sports
are securing the hills In their quest,
and Il Is hoped they will be able To
capture thcm all over 20 skeletons
OF hogs were found IN den near
whore the bear was killed, and at
this rate his summer feeding has
cost some one a pretty good price.
| This probably accounts for the dis
appearance OF several Of II. q. Gales
plgs, which he missed Just after tho
| delegation from the Grants Pass
/ Commercial Club passed by his