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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1911)
Weekly Rogue River Courier A. E. VOOR1IIES, Pub. and Prop. C. G. COUTANT, Editor. Dally Dellrered by carrier or by mall Per year, $5; six monthi, $3; one monthi 60 centa; glngle copies, 5 cents. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1011. THE RECORD YEAR OP 1912. Public Improvements along all lines should be the watchword In Grants Pass during the year of 1912. Let this be the one city to go for ward early In the year to the end that It may become the most popular commercial, Industrial, educational and religious center of southern Ore gon. With a city administration composed of progressive men, who have sbt the pace In municipal af fairs, Grants Pass Is sure to take the lead In prosperity and the coming year will he the record one for us In every particular. There never was a town In any country that has a brighter outlook than has our municipality, and every citizen should bear In mind the fact that he hat his part tp do In the work which Is Immediately ahead. Good roads will add much, while Ir rigation will follow a close second In the way of bringing to ub capital for the development of our farms. There are many other Industries which will add to the general upbuilding of the city, but everything depends on good roads and the development of Irri gation and consequently of our farms. "From Atlanta to the Sea" was the slogan of General Sherman when he spilt the southern confed eracy in twain; "Prom Grants Pass to the sea" must he our slogan for 191 J. BE LOYAL TO YOUR TOWN. Medford merchants have resolved fo extend their trado relations over a wider stretch of territory, and this Includes Josephine county. They are advertising extensively and, through some sort of a deal, propose to pay the railroad fare of buyers from Grants Pass to Medford and return. The way this matter Is worked Is this. You buy yourself a roundtrlp ticket and go to Medford, and when there you are asked to get a rebate book at any of the stores named In the advertisement and If you do this your fare will be conditionally re funded; that Is, you are to do your trading In Medford. You are not to get something for nothing. Most any one can see through this. The facts are that Grants Pass Is underselling Medford every day, and has been doing It right along. No one knows this better than do the residents of our sister city. Grants Pass rents are cheap, while those of Medford are two, three, and often four times what they are here, and the customers must pay the bill. The big houses there want more trade, which Is perfectly natural, and they have adopted a scheme to get It, but the people of this city and county need not expert to buy goods as cheap In Medford as they are buying them In Grants Pass. There Is another side to this sub ject. No resident of this city or county, be he merchant, professional man, farmer or laboring man, can af ford to send his money to another city If he can get the same article here at the same or less price. The money If spent here gets in the chan nels of trade and It may come hack to the original possessor, but If sent out of town It Is gone forever. If you buy at home your merchant guarantees every article purchased, while If you buy abroad you must bo ratlsfted with what you get. Remember this; t pays to be loyal to your own town, so make a note here, lest you forget. FRl'ITD.ILE. ; Gall Hamilton has been 111 this j week. ' Miss Lizzie Harm left Tuesday for ! her home In Puyallup, Wash. Mr. Daniels, postmaster at Three Pines, made a business trip inrougb ; Fruitdale Friday. , The regular meeting of the Junior; Christian Endeavor society will be , held In the school house Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bates and Mrs. Content were guests at the home of Mrs. N. A. Clemens In Grants Pass Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bates re mained over Sunday. ! The ladles of the Grange are plan ning to have Christmas cookies and other delicacies on sale a few days before Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hefley, Eugene Oakes, Miss Mary, Estelle and Alfred Oakes, Miss Harm and Mr. Carlson spent Sunday at Lorell as guests of Mrs. Emma Heyer. ' Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Stanbrough were Thimble dub hostesses Thurs day. The ladles spent the afternoon Bewlng on dainty Christmas gifts, and at the done of the afternoon a de licious luncheon was served. On golnc o"t nf door after the mid-, day meal Wednesday, Florenas Brelt-i mnyer discovered that a tent, which was used as an uddltlonal sleeping room, had been entirely destroyed by fire, the blaze having started from an overheated stove. The most serious loss falls on Miss Hoffman of Mllwau- j kee, who Is spending the winter at Forest Home. Her trunk, containing : most of her clothing and many art!-1 cleB of value, was consumed. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hefley and Mr. Carlson gave a delightful little danc-1 lng party to a number of their Fruit- dale friends Saturday night In honor j of their guest, Miss Harm. All en-j Joyed a luncheon and much "visiting" j at midnight and although every one ! seemed Inclined to prolong their de- j parture, we think everyone managed j to at least get started on the home ward way before Sunday morning. .Wording to the flmiros of j?oto tiiry of Statu Olcott, C.rants Pass, ac cording to its number of inhabitants, stands next to the highest In the list of autos per inhabitant, it having only forty-six per auto. Medford ranks first with thtrty-sK Inhabitants to every machine. The records show thnt tills city has ekhty-tlmv Hou sed autos. THREK PIES. Misa Rae Snow, teacher of the school at Winona, passed through this place for the week end vacation at VI I BUIO I BOO, William Rolf of the Burrell or chards was a Sunday visitor. Mr. Ira Wagoner, who has purchased a Ave acre tract from Mr. Rolfe, one mile south, accompanied him. Fruit land In this part of the val ley Is being secured by people who will improve the same at once. One thousand fruit trees were re ceived here Wednesday for planting on these lands. Seven hundred will be set by Mr. Rolf. These are prin cipally Mulr peaches. All are from the Hoover nurseries. Many more trees have recently been received from Albany nurseries. Some time since these items stat-j ed that a large area would be set in j fruit and the promise is being fully kept. Mr. McGowan Is erecting a house 1 on the land recently purchased from j the Three Pines Fruit Tract company. ' This Is the seventh , building to be erected on this subdivision of the old Wilson place during tire season Just passed. A young Jersey cow belonging to P. C. Farwell has been killed by ' some one who used a 22 rifle. Six of these small but. deadly projectiles have been found In the animal. They had been nred from various angles, showing that they were not accident al shots. The community is much worked up over this act of vandal Ism. A reward has been offered by i the citizens, and every effort will be made to capture the perpetrators. This Is only one, although the most serious, net of the kind that the peo ple here have been obliged to en dure. Chicken houses have been robbed, fruit cellars raided and many minor depredations committed. W. G. Vanderbilt has a gasoline wood saw In operation and Is assist ing In preparing the comforts of win ter by cutting many cords of wood In anticipation of wlntery weathtr. J. D. Cook returned Sunday from Koseburg, where he had spent sev eral days looking after land busi ness. The Three Pines Lumber company having closed down for the winter Is enclosing the planing mill, where is stored a considerable quantity of choice fir finishing lumber. 11. L. Parnlelle, who has been In charge of the sales department, will leave here for Ms home in Grants Pass Friday and remain a few days with his fam ily before RoltK to Pleasnnt Valley, Maker county, to act In the same ca pacity for the Pleasant Valley Lum ber company. Donald 11. Clark will represent the company here. !.. T. 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