Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-31


nave secured the contract to furnish
the lumber for the new Steward
hotel at the corner Of Sixth and X.
Also that used in the construction OF
the big cement works building. Man
ager Pike and his associates are go
ing after business In businesslike
way, with the very apparent results
that they are getting 1t In another
column will be found their display
advertisement
Two handsome bungalows are go
ing nm on d street, between Seventh
and Eighth, one for Arthur Denison,
whicA is almost completed, contains
five rooms and large reception hall,
tis'ically finished and containing
all the modern conveniences. The
other Is on the opposite side OF the
street and is being erected for Mr..
and Mrs. A. c. Goettsche This house
Is only Just begun, the concrete
foundation being laid this week.
when finished the house will con-
tain six room, finished in the latest
style, with strict attention to convent
ence and beauty, and when completed
will be one OF the neatest little homes
In the city,
Ira Chamberlain, OF Hamburg,
Fremont county, Iowa, arrived ri
day afternoon from Roseburg to visit
his brother, Joe Chamberlain, who
lives on the Hogue ranch near Wal
do. the brothers have not met for
q years, when they separated In
the east. The visitor Is delighted
with the agreeable climate Of this
section. and contemplates sett ing
either here or in the Illinois valley,
He Is a retired capitalist and vet
eran of the Civil war, having served
as a corporal under Gen Sherman
during that famous campaign
through Georgia.
Quite a number of owners In the
paved district have expressed their
desire to take up the paving bonds
against their property. Auditor Op-
dycke states that In order to take up
the bonSs application must be made
at his office at once. Those who
wait until the next lnstallment and
interest are due before making their
desire known will be too late to Sc
cure their bonds and will have to
wait another six months.
A. H. Fetters, mechanical engin-
eer Of the Hartman system, and his
wife, who have been visiting Mr.. A.
N Parsons, are very greatly pleased
with the appearance of development
work OF all kinds, now being carried
on In Grants Pass and vicinity, and
think we have laid the foundation
for good healthy city, in addition
to the gratifying results to be ac-
compllshed In the development Of the
fruit industry. They hope they may
be able In the not distant future, to
return here and make this their fu-
ture home.
Mr., and Mrs w. l.. Ingram are In
the city for a short time, coming
from the Ingram-Schrum mine on
Oscar creek, where assessment and
development work have been In pro-
gress The owners have spent seven
years in development work and now
have 400 feet of tunnellng and a
large body OF rich ore blocked out.
II Is free-milling proposition and is
now In such shape that milling ma
chinery could be installed with profit.
H. b, Reed came In from Kerby
Monday night and states that he has
a crowd Of surveyors at work on his
S7O-acre tract adjoining Kerby,
which is being cut up into town lots
and acre tracts.
w, V. Woehlke, Of Santa Monica.
CAL was In the city Monday secur-
ing data to be used In the Sunset
Magazines colored section with
wrlte-up of the Rogue River valley
which will be Issued this summer.
Mr. Woehlke is on the staff Of the
Sunset and the Saturday Evening
Post
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