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<DIV><STRONG>The newspaper in Grants Pass is the Grants Pass Courier. They
have been publishing since 1885 so this might be an option to have someone there
do research for you. Since you know the date of the incident, the cost for
research might not be too great.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>ARCHIVE SEARCH</STRONG> is available through the newsroom library.
There is a charge of $20.00 per hour for the service, plus .50 for each 8-1/2"x
11" photo copy. Copies are from microfilm. Contact the library by e-mail at <A
href="mailto:librarian@thedailycourier.com"
target=_top>librarian@thedailycourier.com</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>FYI</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=-1>April 3, 1935 (Golden
Anniversary edition) at that time called Grants Pass Courier. The item was
written by Amos Voorhies who was the owner of the publication<BR><BR><BR>COURIER
HAD SIX OWNERS SIX YEARS<BR><BR>Newspapers in the early day of Grants Pass had a
precarious existence.<BR><BR>The first newspaper to be published in the town was
the Argus, a four page sheet, pages 6x8 inches, and printed one page at a time
on a small hand press. Its first issue was dated March 13, 1885. Dr. Keeler
Gabbert was its publisher and he was able to issue it at irregular intervals or
several months.<BR><BR>The first issue of the Grant's Pass Courier (the
apostrophe was then used in the name of the city) appeared only three
weeks after the Argus was started, and was dated April 3, 1885. J.H. Stine was
its founder and he continued publication until June 4, 1886, when J.W. Wimer's
name appeared as a partner of Stine under the firm name of Wimer and Stine,
which partnership continued for one month, until July 2,<BR><BR>Mr. Wimer
changed the name of the paper to the Rogue River Courier.<BR><BR>Mr Stine had
started a half dozen or more country newspapers in various parts of the state.
He was shot and instantly killed near McMinnville while on a spree, some years
previous to 1898.<BR><BR>The Courier had no less than six owners and publishers
in the first six years of its existence. The sixth owner published it for seven
years.<BR><BR>The Courier publishers have
been:<BR><BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1885<X-TAB> </X-TAB>J.H.
Stine<BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1886<X-TAB> </X-TAB>W.J.
Wimer<BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1887<X-TAB> </X-TAB>A.a. Allworth &
Co.<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>1888<X-TAB>
</X-TAB>Frank T. Sheppard<BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1889<X-TAB> </X-TAB>George H.
Currey<BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1890<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Jerry
Nunan<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>1897<X-TAB>
</X-TAB>Price &
Voorhies<BR><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>1899<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Amos E. Voorhies* --- to
date<BR>++++++++++++++++<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>*This has been a family owned
newspaper since 1899.<BR><BR>A</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=CARROLLOUC@aol.com
href="mailto:CARROLLOUC@aol.com">CARROLLOUC@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:40
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Daniel Ryan -
Josephine Co. obit</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I am looking for an obit or write up on the death of
Daniel Ryan - my grandfather's uncle.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I received the following from a lady in Baker City
and would like to follow up on it:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The
Weekly Bedrock Democrat<BR>Monday, June 1, 1896<BR>page 6<BR>Baker Co.
Library microfilm collection, reel # 312<BR><BR>Died at Grants
Pass<BR><BR>The intelligence has been received here of the death of Daniel
Ryan, a former resident of Baker City, whose demise occurred a few days ago
at the town of Grant's Pass, Southern Oregon. Mr. Ryan at one time owned
some suburban property here.<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><STRONG>Daniel died 21, May 1896. The story my grandfather told what that
Daniel had been set upon by thieves and murders while hauling freight.
However, he said it happened in Baker Co. This is apparently wrong according
to the above excerpt,</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would appreciate help from anyone having access to old newspapers files
in Grants Pass that could look this up. I live in Medford but can no longer
drive to Grants Pass or I would come over and do the research myself.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you</DIV>
<DIV>Carroll (Cooper)
Summers</DIV></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>