Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-10-21
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TWO weeks on business trip.
Miss Agnes George returned n
this city Saturday after visiting with
friends in Ashland and attending the
dedication services of the Elk lodge
in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Myers. who
have spent the past six weeks in
Grants Pass, left Saturday morning
Tor Santa Anna, Cal, where they go
@ reside permanently.
Mrs. A. Baker, who has spent the
past month visiting with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Melvin Andrews, of this
city, left Saturday evening for her
home at Port Townsend, Wash.
Mrs. H. Minthorn, who has spen+
several days in Grants Pass visiting
friends, returned to her home at
Woodville Saturday morning.
Mrs, Ames Willis, of Ashland. who
has been the guest at the ]. B. Pad
dock home for the past few davs re-
turned to her home Saturday morn
ing.
Mrs. H. L. Herzinger returned
Thursday evening from Portland
where she has been visiting relatives
for the past three weeks.
]. P. Cudiby, of Michigan. who has
been spending few days with Elmer
Shank in this city, left Saturday on
mis- return to his Michigan home.
Mrs. H. NJ. Gorham, whose name
was omitted from the list of awards
made at the fair, is the winner of
the first prize on butter. She got
the prize, but the butter vanished.
F. F. H. Graves and H. L. Mum
ford spent Saturday in Grants Pass
in the interest of the Oregonian's
special edition, which will be pub
lished Christmas.
j. B. Hughes and family, of Sc
attic, have arrived here and will
make their home permanently on
the Werner ranch in the New Hope
district Mr.. Hughes is enthusiastic
about the country.
R. L. Fromme, forest supervisor,
left Friday evening for Merlin, from
which place he will inspect the
Rogue river rail, which is now COM
pleted to point % miles below
Galice. The forest service has spent
about $4,000 this summer on this
trail and have it in fairly good shape
at this time.
During the past week there has
been a car shortage on the South
ern Pacific lines which has hinder
ed the Rogue River Fruit and Prod
uce association from shipping fruit
from this city, The coming two
weeks. however, the association ex-
poets to ship two cars Of fruit a day, |
as cars are now plentiful and also
fruit.
C. II. Clements leaves this Sunday |
for San Francisco, where he will ac-
company his father F. A. Clements, |
to a sanatarium at that place in the
hopes that his health may be i'm
proved, as he has been suffering with |
cancer for several months past. Mr.
Clements will remain with his father
for some time in San Francisco.
Clyde Martin, one of the postal
clerks of the Grants Pass postoffice
left Saturday afternoon on months
vacation trip. Mr.. Martin Will visit
at San Francisco and Los Angeles
and other California points. after
which he will go to New Orleans to
spend a week or ten days
A. II. Oliver, who recently return
ed from Alaska, where he has been
engaged in survey work on the
Alaska-Canada boundary line ar
rived in Grants Pass Saturday and
will spend some time here looking
over his property interests in this
city.
James Tufts and sons, Mack and
Rex. returned Sunday evening from
West Fork. where they had been
spending a week hunting in the
mountains back Of that place. Rex
saved the hunting reputation OF the
three by bringing down a big buck
and naturally feels very proud OF
his success, as he is only II years
old and this Is his first big game
The Grants Pass hotel on Front
street reports having fed 1000 people
during the past week This shows
how people are attracted TO Grants
Pass. and aside from this hotel all
the other hotels in the city have been
full during the past two weeks ana
many have been turned away on ac-
count Of insufficient accommoda-
tions This Is one OF the best pos
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