Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-06-04
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ing paper that Is made.
A general employment office is
now open for business in connection
with the Star rooming house. have
a wide experience in this line and
will guarantee to fill all orders with
promptness and dispatch. 6-4-09
The drinking fountain erected on
Sixth street by the w. G. T. U. ladies
last year is this week being i'm
proved by making the ice receptacle
larger and nearer the fountain. This
is valuable acquisition to our city
and when the work is completed it
will give even better satisfaction
than heretofore.
The Rocky Ford (Colo) Enter
prise says that Mr. and Mrs. II. Van
Buskirk are on visit to numerous
points in the west, taking in Seattle
and Grants Pass. Mr.. Van Buskirl
is a banker at Rocky Ford and also
mayor of that city. He will find a
welcome when he reaches this part
of the Rogue River valley.
Fingal j. Stanfield, Oregon man
ager for the Directory Publishing
Co., was in Grants Pass the fore part
of the week and appeared before the
executive committee of the CONNER
cial Club with a proposition to pub
lish a directory for Grants Pass. The
club thought the present was an in
opportune time for attempting any
thing of the sort so MIR. Stanfield did
nothing further. He reports that he
will take up the matter later in the
fall.
County Surveyor Fred Mensch re-
turned Monday from Hells Gate
where he' had been to survey a new
road to Galice. The Galice road as
1t now runs Is in bad shape, CON
tanning some bad hills, especially on
the other side of Hog Creek. The
new route goes around Hells Gate
Bluff and cuts out some of the worst
places in the road, The newly sur
veyed plan will be put before the
county court and, if it is granted,
the travelling public will have a road
with a maximum grade of 3 per
cent.
John Lietha, the horticulturist,
and Arthur Dunn left here two weeks
ago and followed the Rogue river to
its mouth, and then followed the
seashore to Crescent City. from
that point they started for home,
reaching here Thursday forenoon
They walked the entire distance, ex-
cept the last 16 miles, which distance
they we're invited to ride by farmer
coming to town. Mr.. Lietha says If
any enc Is dissatisfied with Grants
Pass they had better make this trip,
for i, they do they will certainly aa.
prec'atc Josephine county.
S. E. Goldsbey has opened up the
Star rooming house over the Bijou
Mr. Goldsbey has several years con.
Quoted the Sherman House at Baker
City and lately a hotel at Kalama
Wash, but his health gave out and
he came to this county and operated
the Old Channel mine on the Illinois
river under lease from J. II. Harvey
Geo. II. Parker returned last weel
from a 10 days trip in the southern
part of the county and the uppe
Applegate. valley. He reports tina
he found fruit tree business abou
the same as 1t was last year. III
Travelled on this trip something owe
) 200 miles.
Robert n. Mclean arrived her
Wednesday from Auburn, N. Y
where he has been attending tn
Auburn Theological Seminary. MI
: Mclean will spend a part of his sum
, mer vacation here with his parents
u Rev and Mrs Robt. Mclean, bu
during the month of August he wi
T. have charge of the Third Presby
terian church of Portland during tn
.- vacation OF It's pastor He will ais
o occupy the pulpit of the Centrj
r Point church a part Of the summe
u Mr. Mclean or "Berto" as he
'- known here by his old friends, wi
Is return to the seminary at AuburI
q ~ Y. this fall, where he has or
more year to complete his mlnlsteri
10 education.
" Friday last was a big night vii
4 the Woodmen Of the World at the
C. camp in W. o. w. hall in this cit
s. An exceptionally large number
r, neighbors were present at this Il
ri rolling and there were also a larI
n number Of visitors from Medfor
IN The principal feature OF this NEE
"a ing was the large number of cane
datas initiated and tho intprpat nj