Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-10

Durg TUESDAY TO spend some time
with her daughter. Mrs. o. D. Nc
Allister.
VIM. Light. of Grave. was doing |
business with the Grants Pass mer-
chants Monday.
Harry Lewis, OF Galice. is spend
ing few days in Grants Pass with
relatives and friends.
Verne Dyer, OF Seattle, is spending |
q few days with Grants Pass frien
this week. arriving here Monday.
W. M. Sites, of Villa ms. Is look
ing after business al the county
seat this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert G. Baker. of
Grass Valley, who have been on a
visit to relatives and friends in
Iowa, stopped here Monday evening
while en- route to their home for a
few days visit with Mr.. Bakers
brother, Sam Baker, of this city.
Bert C.. Baker is assistant &C. Shit
of the Citizens bank -ss Val
ley.
l. M. Davis last week came into
possession of large wooden mallet
with history. 1t is made from one
of the beams of the Beaver" one of
Oregon's first steamboats,. The
Beaver was built by the Hudson Bay
company and was wrecked and taken
to Vancouver, Wash, where 1t laid
on the sands for years Many visit
ors secured pieces of the boat as
souvenirs and Steve Vaughn, Of this
city, secured the piece from which
he made the mallet Because he
has another piece of the wood in
his possession and was selling out
his goods preparatory to removing
from Grants Pass, the mallet was
sold to Mr.. Davis.
City Engineer Hobson and force
of men are busy making surface pro-
files for dirt grading of A street
from the end of the macadam to the
tcity limit on the east, distance OF
approximately half mile. The
drawings also include granite walks
As vet no contracts have been let by
the city for the work, but bids will
be advertised for in the very neaI
future. A, commonly known as Iowa
street, is one of the best streets In
, the city and, being considerabl!
. used, its improvement will meet will
= general favor.
The gasoline street sweeper which
has been for some weeks LAST on th'
: streets of this city, was taken bacl
to Merlin yesterday, where the ma
" chine will be remodeled and adde'
;, to by the inventor, Mr.. Carter. Tn
machine was brought here on TRY
out" It being the first of its kin
= made, therefore it was expected tina
It would have numerous weak points
However, Manager Patterson,
. Beal & Company, Portland, the firl
~ from which the city purchased II
present street sweeper, was In Gram
y Pass several days for the expires
- purpose of watching the work OF u
" gasoline machine, and he pronounce
- It a practical innovation in Il
=, sweeper line and one that when son
y, y. changes were made would ba a goo
seller.
Jack Moore, of Medford, and e
- win p. Hughes, Of Ashland, we
nv Grants Pass visitors from the nor
:" -, on Monday. Both gentlemen retur
~ ed to their homes in the afternoo
nu after looking over business here.
oA 2. M. Bradford, who has been v
" iting with his parents in this ci
left Monday evening on his retu
'n' to Juneau, Alaska, where he !
-. spent the past several months.
{. Mrs. Gertie Smith. who has be
nu with her father, Ben Dimick, siI
ou' his paralytic stroke some time a
ue' left Tuesday morning for her no
'e' at Chico, Cal. Mrs. Smith repo
her father as somewhat impro'
ine in heath and able to sit up FOL
'a short time each day and his spe
'A' is gradually returning. She expt
to return to Grants Pass In about
-, days.
os' G. s. Morey, Of this city, who
' in Reading, Mich, on a busir
an' trip, ia boosting for Grants Pass.
'u,e Reading Hustler says: Charlie
iii' looking hale and hearty and ST
he is living In country that
SUN bound to make man feel that wi
sal A. M. vinyard, groceryman,
building a Groom bungalow
'n'9 South 9Th street. Harmon Bros,
'ee9 tractors, are doing the work.
tne IMPORTS AND EXPORTS IN
te IN 1910 COMPARED WITH
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