Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-15
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\ PERSONAL AND LOCAL

Cottage Grove visiting Win felaIiVes
and friends, returned Wednesday to
this city.
l.. Gano and wife, of Springfield,
Mo. arrived on Friday night last
and have been for several days look
ing over the county with a view to
locating near Grants Pass.
H. w. Stewart, of Spokane, Wash,
is looking over Josephine county
and expects to locate here. He is
pleased with the country and Is en-
thusiastic over the climate, soil and
irrigation.
Mrs. John RAIDER and child return
to Portland Saturday after a visit
of a month with Mrs. RAIDERS moth
er. Mrs. Culp, at Merlin. She will
be accompanied by her sister, Tishia
Culp, who will attend school in Port
land.
| Half a dozen men were walking up
country road one of the warm days
last summer; they took off their
coats for comfort, and five of the
coats had the Hart Schaffner &
Marx name in them. Calhoun says
that's about the proportions to l.
The Southern Pacific depot is this
week receiving some much needed
repairs. New flooring is being put
in the freight and baggage rooms
and the old floor in the waiting room
is being partly replaced by new
one.
If you want the best cider mill
on the market get a Hooking Val
ley at Hair-Riddle Hardware Co.'S.
for $500.
Mrs. F.. F. Grove, formerly Of
this place, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Griffin, and sister, Mrs. j. G.
Wertz. She has spent the summer
with a sister, Mrs. Boyd, at Alturas,
Cal, and in a couple of weeks will
leave for Colorado Springs, to join
her husband who has been there a
few months. Mrs. Boyd is also visit
ing here.
Rev. Frederick Bartlett went to
Portland Monday to attend the din
ner which is to be given to Bishop
Spauldimg of Utah at the Portland
Tuesday evening, the occasion being
in the nature of welcome to the
Pacific Coast. Mr. Bartlett return
ed Thursday with the Bishop, who
spoke at st, Anne's church in the
evening.
John Wells, of Kerby, was in
town last Saturday, having just re-
turned from Newberg where he visit
ed his son, Cal, and daughter, Mrs.
Geo. Linton. Previous to going
north he spent a week at Ashland
with his daughter, Mrs. Erb. Mr..
Wells was very i'll in the spring and
1t was thought for time that he
would not recover but he is now re-
gaining strength and feels quite we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeley, from Ne
braska, spent several days in this
city visiting with Mrs. Sweeley' S
uncle, G. r. Gowan. They have been
making an extended trip visiting diff
J ferent places of interest, among the
} places being Alaska, Seattle, Sand
} wich Islands, YELLOWSTONE Park, Cata-
lima Islands, ETC., and have had a
most enjoyable time. Mr.. and Mrs
Sweeley left on the southbound
train Thursday morning.
J. p, Dobbyns, superintendent of
the Sugar Pine mine at Galice, last
Saturday while on tour of inspec-
tion of the mine with the president,
j. j. McCabe, climbed up an old raise
which has been abandoned for 80
years or more, and when about %
feet from the bottom one of the
rotten tlmbers gave way and he fell
to the bottom. sustaining few
bruises and the loss or sundry Sec
tions of cuticle on his anatomy. Mr..
McCabe Just the moment before had
been standing directly underneath
but decided that the position was not
entirely safe and called to the super
intendent to he careful as the tim
bers seemed unsafe. Mr.. Dobbyns
accompanied Mr.. McCabe to Grants
Pass Tuesday, and aside from a little
lameness says he feels no effects
from his fall.
South Bend Chilled Plows are the
worlds best Everyone sold on a
guarantee by Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Co.
You don't have to take the old
styles OF fence that the conservative
farmer won't have. When you buy
PAGE FENCE you get the right
fence In the right place-it comes
direct from the factory in CARLOAD
lots-we sell for less money. ]. d.
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