Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10
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Leslie Patterson returned Sunday
afternoon from Seattle, where he has
spent the past few months.
4 Mrs. Henry Hitler went to Kennett.
CAL, Wednesday to visit with rela-
tives.
James DeLamatter left on the ex-
cursion Sunday evening for Portland
to visit the rose show.
Ed Mclaughlin and family have
gone to Crescent City for two
months stay on the coast,
Mrs. Ed Clanton went to San
Francisco the latter part of last
week to visit relatives for few
weeks.
AL Dean is spending a few days in
town this week from Galice, where
70 is now located in the forest serv-
ice.
Mrs. w. j. Rogers and daughter
came up from Wolf Creek Wednes-
day to visit for a few days with rela-
tives in this city
Now is the time to label your
fruit Get your labels of Ladies
Benefit society, or at White House
grocery. 6-10-2t
Miss Edna Tryer went to Medford
Wednesday, where she will visit
friends and relatives. She expects to
be absent about six weeks.
Miss Bird Freitag left Wednesday
morning for her home at Etna Mills,
Cal, after spending some time visit
fng her cousins, Misses Effie and De-
Elite Tetherow. of this city
Geo. Swinney left Thursday morn
ing for Missouri Flat, where he goes
to visit relatives and friends for a
few days, his wife having preceded
him there last week.
Mrs. W. r. McCracken returned
Monday from trip to Seattle and
other Washington points, where she
has spent the past several days visit
ing friends. She reports most en-
joyable trip.
Mrs. Ray Wright and two children
went to Roseburg Thursday morn.
ing of last week to visit relatives
and expect to visit the Portland rose
show and friends at Washington be-
fore returning to this city
E. V. Smith and w. T, Perry have
opened offices over the National
drug store and will sell Canadian Pa
cific lands Mr.. Smith will continue
his timber land business. Mr.. Perry
will leave next Friday for Alberta
to make a thorough investigation of
the country,
Miss Fannie Jewell left last Fri
day evening for Eugene to visit until
Sunday with her sisters, Mrs. Robert
Hendricks and Miss Hattie Jewell,
and on Sunday she and her sister,
Miss Hattie, went to Portland to visit
the rose show. During her absence
Miss Louise Birdsall will take her
place in the Electric Wiring Co. Of
flee.
Drs. Il. p. and H. c. Dixon and
their families left last Wednesday
morning in their two autos for their
future home at Newberg. They have
been residents Of Grants Pass for
about seven years and during that
time have had a very large dental
practice. DR.. e. p. Dixon will devote
his attention to his large walnut or
chard near Newberg and DR.. II. c.
; will engage in dentistry.
Henry Huck purchased new
horse for the wood yard work a few
days ago at an expense OF $3.50. A
few days after, when he went to the
barn he found the animal dead and
no apparent cause for death The
horse was not sick to his knowledge
and there waC no accident, so Mr..
IIuck Is in the dark as to the reason
for the loss of the horse He has
purchased an automobile and will
not depend entirely upon horseflesh
hereafter
A certain small boy had very
narrow escape from death while
crossing the Southern Pacific tracks
on Sixth street one day last week.
The boy was riding a wheel and saw
freight train backing up toward
the crossing but he did not wish to
wait until II had passed so rode fast
across the tracks Owing 10 the
street improvement work the cross
ing Is in bad condition and the lad
was thrown from his wheel right in
b front Of the approaching car BY
, rare presence of mind he rolled over
) and out Of harms way by the frac-
tiOn of a second only