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FAC3 FOUR DAILY KOGUK 1UVKT. COURIER Till 1US0AY, DUO. 18, 1018. In Every Home where there are children, there ought to be a . Columbia Graphophone And also ia every home where there are no children rnly more so. Complete Outfits from $20 to 1200 1 and tenna ara euy. Com fat tad ask RowelTs Music House AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT , SUr f "Dope." OOMEf Q EVENT Dec 17, Friday Josephine County Legislative Club for Women, at the court house, at 2:30. Dec 22, Wednesday Concert ty Music club and high school, at the opera house. DR. BERT ELLIOTT HEYER ARE WEDDED Dr. Bert Ray Elliott and Miss Mar guerite Ellen Heyer, both of this city, were the principals in a decidedly pretty wedding that occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blanch ard, 315 C street, Wednesday even ing, at which the Rev. Melville T. Wire, pastor of the Newman Meth odist Episcopal church, officiated. The guests had assembled in a room at the Blanchard home at six o'clock, and as tb-e folding doors con nectlng with the parlor opened the wedding party was seen ready for the speaking of the momentous words that would link the lives and the fortunes of the worthy and popular young people. , The bride and groom were supported by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blanchard as best man and matron of honor. The rooms were beautiful ly decorated for . the occasion, and Immediately following the ceremony and the offering of congratulations by the assembled guests a bounteous wedding repast was served In the dining room. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blanchard, Rev. and Mrs. M. T. Wire, Hon. and Mrs. E. B. Blanchard, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Slattery, Dr. and Mrs. Lougbridge, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Riggs, Mr. and Mrs. Plorenz Breltmayer, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Breltmayer, Mrs. L. Perkins, Mrs. Bertha Grill, Miss Annette Pritzkau, David Hefley and Gall Hamilton. UNCLE SAM NOT SPONSOR FOR PEACE PILGRIMAGE London, Dec. 16. The American legations at Christ! anla, Stockholm and Copenhagen today Issued formal statements declaring that the Ameri can government has no connection with the Ford peace expedition, ac cording to Copenhagen reports today, ITALY SENDINQ TROOPS TO ALBAXIA IS REPORT Paris, Dec. 16. That Italian troops and munitions havo landed in Albania and are moving to the relief of the Serbians was Indicated today In a Rome dispatch admitting de structlon of the Italian destroyer In trepldo and the transport Remberto by drifting mines In the Adriatic. The message stated that 43 per Ished, and declared the losses were to light because ship loads of men and material had ' already, reached th'eilr destination unharmed. From this it was taken that the destination was Albania. MARGUERITE . I PER52Nf1L C L. Cole made a trip to Medford today. O. S. Blanchard made a trip to Ashland today. Miss Marie Failln went to Medford this afternoon. Special this week, $2.25 electric toasters tor $1.50, at Cramer Bros. Amos Williams went to Medford this afternoon. . J. D. Southerland' went to Ashland this afternoon to spend the holidays. Large line of trimmed hats at one halt price. Mrs. Rehkopf. 604tf W. W. Lafterty went to Montague, Cal., this afternoon to spend the holi days.' Tern Demaree haa gone to Vernon, Washington, where he will be em ployed. Guaranteed electrtc iron, $2.75. Bush Electric Shop. , Phone 141-R. tf H. J. Talbott. of the Kimball Col lege of Theology at Salem, is in the city today. Misses Ethel Palmer and Genevieve Hall went to Medford thts afternoon to attend a lecture tonight Rare bargains in corsets at $1; formerly $1.50 to $5. Mrs. Reh kopf. 604tf E. B. and E. R. Crouch returned this afternoon from Leland, where they were examining mining property. Arrow collars at Bishop's. 403tf Mr. and Mrs. R. U Demaree, form er residents of Grants Pass, but of late living at Lakeport, California, have returned to tola city and will again take np their residence in the metropolis of the Rogue. IMPROVEMENT OF PORT ORFORD Sot approved Washington, Dec. Iff. Federal Im provement of Port Orford, Ore., har bor was disapproved today In a re port to congress by the board of army engineers, "because of lack of commerce. MAURY DIGGS WEDS MISS MARSHA WARRINGTON . Oakland, Cal., Dec. 16. Apparent ly unmindful of their former es capades and the bridegroom's sub sequent sensational "white slave" trial, Mr. and Mrs. Maury I. Dlggs, the latter formerly Miss Marsha War rington, of Sacramento, spent the first day of their honeymoon In San Jose today. They were married In Oakland last night, and accompanied by Fred Avard, Oakland contractor, motored south immediately after the ceremony. Dlggs gave, no consideration to the two years' sentence in the federal prison at McNeill's island, hanging over his head as a result of the trip to Reno which he and his present wife and F. Drew Camlnetti and Miss Lola Norris took In 1913. He ex pressed the hope that when they re turn to Oakland to make their home they will be permitted to live quietly. Vrespass notices, printed on cloth, at the Courier office. Herman Lieb in his own version of An uplift drama of protest against the Indiscriminate tine of habit forming drugx, with Lara Nelnon Hall," ErneHt Truex, William H. Tooper, Gas ton Merlvale and Christina BloRslng. Six stars and six reels, 125 scenes. This picture ran for 1E0O performances at the Strand Th'fater, New York. ' First Show 7:15 10 and 15 Cents STAR 4 Tonight and Tomorrow DOPE' LOCAL : Dance Saturday Nlghti Moose hall. Tickets 50c. 31 Buys Mill for Lucky' (Juecn Mine J. R. Rush has just purchased two of the roller crusher quarts mills front the local manufacturers and will Install them upon his mine, the Lucky Queen, In the Jump-Off-Joe district. Itnce at Waldorf Saturday night Good floor and best music assured, tor 50o. 631 Notice to W. It C. Member Members of General Logan W. R. C. are requested to meet at the W. O. W. hall at one a. m. Friday afternoon hall at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon tor the final arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Frye, to be held at the Christian church at 3 o'clock. Acceptable Gifts Engraved calling cards, make very acceptable Christmas gifts and cost but $1.50 tor plate and 100 cards. Handsomely printed cards 90c per 100 at the Courier office. 61S Dentists in Session r The Southern Oregon Dental Asso ciation, In session at Medford today, has an attendance of five dentists and one student from Grants Pass, this city being represented by Drs. Flana gan. Macey, Elliott. Walker and Dlm mlck, and student Gail Hamilton. Christian Church Ladle' Br Beginning at 10 o'clock Saturday, at Manuel ft Heston's. 331 Registration Laws Explained In addition to the talk on school laws to be given by E. S. VanDyko and others at the meeting of the Josephine County Legislative Club for Women In the court house tomor row afternoon, E4L. Coburn, county clerk, wiU give a short talk explain ing the late laws on registration. At Waldorf Dance Hall We will have bur Christmas dance on Christmas night and New Tear's you can dance the old year out and the new year in. Six-piece orchestra for both dances. 620 Council Meeting Tonight The city council will meet In the last regular session of the year , to night, though it fs likely that an ad journed session will "be held on the night of the 31st to close up the busi ness of the year and so turn the muni cipal affairs over to the new admin istration with a clean slate. Mayor Mcklnstry and Councilmen Caldwall, Trimble and Davis will close their terms of office with the stroke of 12 on the last day of the year. SEARCHERS FAIL TO FINE TRACE OF LOST HOMESTEADER At a late hour this afternoon the searchers who have been scouring the Savage creek hills in the hope of find ing R. L. Disbrow, the aged home steader who left his home Mon day forenoon, had been unsuccessful In their hunt. No trace of the old man has been discovered and no word has come from blm since he left his home at between 10 and 11 o'clock Monday to hunt for his cattle. Num erous searching parties are now out, several auto loads of people having left Grants Pass early today, and the hunt will be maintained till the mys tery of Mr. Dlsbrow's disappearance Is solved. There Is now little hope that Mr. Dlshrow can be found alive If he has been in the hills since Mon day, as the nights have been cold and Monday night a heavy rain was fall ing part of tho time. That ho suffer ed an attack of heart failure Is thought most probable, and he may have fallen In the.hcavy undergrowth, whore searchers will have difficulty In locating him. A PIPE FOR HIS CHRISTMAS AIho a fine lino of cigars at the Waldorf Billiard parlors. 620 Christmas All the Ysar. ' Doubtless children wish that Christ mas would Inst all tho year, and In a nobler eenso It might and ought to din ponHe Its blessing throughout every season. We should not be content with only an annual nieltlntr Into tenderness toward our brctlncx but hIidkIJ per petually cultivate the nplrlt f unself ishness and practical love. OREGON UTAH SUGAR CO. OFFICIALS WILL MEET fiEXT MONDAY Alex Ntbloy, of the Oregon-Utah Sugar company, passed through the city on train No. 14 this mornlng cn route from Medford to Portland. From the latter city he will go to Salt Lake City, where the directors of the new sugar company are to meet uext Monday. Geo. ; Sunders, the vice-president of tho company, will leave tonight and Join Mr. Nib ley on the trip to Salt Lake City. To morrow morning Wharton Plummor, secretary of the Rogue River Public Service corporation, will go to San Francisco, and will bo in Salt Lake City Monday at the meeting of the directors of the Oregon-Utah Sugar company, and will then go on to Chicago, where he expects to arrive before the end of the year. I The meeting of the directors of the .Oregon-Utah Sugar company Monday will be filled with much of Interest, as the plans of the organisation are expected to be made at that time. Mr. Nlbley announced at Medford tho first of the week that owing to the shortage of the crop of sugar beet seed it would be necessary tor all farmers Intending to plant acreage ,thle year to have their contracts In i his hands before he left for Salt Lake City. Ills father, Bishop Nib i ley, he said, had asked tor immediate information as to the quantity of seed needed tor this district, as .allot ments were now to be made. The seed for this district will be arranged for on this trip. i. ILLINOIS VALLEY Dick Jones and Orby Shaffer claim to be the champion rifle shots of the valley and expect to be barred from future shooting matches on account of their skill. Miss Edith Holland baa returned from a trip to the exposition. She was accompanied 'by her sister, Mist Vera, who will spend the winter at Santa Rosa, California. A slide occurred In the Logan mine a few days ago which will re quire some time to repair before pip ing can be resumed. Jack Fetterly is visiting bis uncle, Mr. Shaffer. ' . ' Mrs. Robert Grlmmett ia visiting with Mrs. Kohler. Mrs. Melvln Lewis spent a tew days last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Leonard. Walter Wheeler has taken up the Jack Zehnder homestead and moved his family there. Constantinople, Dec. 16. Turkish artillery, said an official statement to day, sank a British monitor In the Tigris and forced another to flee. Houses held by the British on the outskirts of Kut-El-Amara were stormed and captured. TRACE PURCHASE OF TO T 1 by L'uitou Press Leased Wire.) Los Angeles, Dec. 16. Attempted identification of M. A. Schmidt as the man who assisted in the purchase and shipment of dynamite at San Fran cisco shortly before the Times build ing hero was blown up continued to day in Schmidt's trial on a murder charge. Mrs. E. Logan, who lives on 19 th avenue, San Francisco, said she had seen Schmidt and another man un loading boxea Into a house on that street, and that she had seen Schmidt carry suit cases Into the house, Tho state alleges tho boxes contained ex plosives. Mrs. A. Whltlock told of seeing two men unloading boxes, but could not identify Schmidt as one of them. Mrs. W. A. Peterson, of East Oak land, said Schmidt and another man vlaltod her house about a woek be fore the Times was blown up .'and offered $500 for the hire of a launch. It was refused. ' , H, M. Nutter, a salesmen for an Oakland sign house, swore he sold two men letters for the word "Peer less,." which the prosecution claims were nailed onto the launch Pastime, which the dynamiters are alleged to have hired to carry their deadly gola tine to Los Angeles from Ban Fran cisco. Nutter could not positively say Schmidt waa one of the men t6 whom he sold the letters. DYNAMITE DEFENDANT SCHMID I. MURPHY .1 Th ' Murphy basketball teams played at Applegate last Friday and Apptegate will play here this week. Wheeler Oaborn and Gone Hayes have bought an ' eugtrio , and saw which Is a little wonder when It comes to sawing logs. The boys ex pect to make good use of It In their contract work sawing wood that Is cut from the right-of-way on the new railroad near Wlldorvllle. Edith Sweeney la visiting In Grants Pans with Mrs. Holman. Murphy Is to have a big masquer ade ball December $1. -'-. Mrs. Ralph Rlloy Is visiting at the Kemp home tor a few days. Dave Harmon has moved from the Vedder ranch Into th city and Harve Sparltn will work the ranch the com ing season. ' Will Hayes is In Portland for a visit with his brother. The coyote has decided to have a Christmas dinner and has relieved the Hayes Brothers of a number of One turkeys. 4 I GRIFFIN FERRY I . ; ; Joseph Hill and wife are attending a few days In Grants Pass. Miss Goldle Green Is In Merlin working for Mr. M. L. Griffin. Even doctors sometimes miss the center of the road on the Hussey hill A Ford might be easlor to get back to the highway than a heavy Oulck. F. 3. Bramwell and Frank South visited the farmers of thla vicinity Thursday who signed np acreage for sugar toeta. Tbey took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Green and family. Miss Orpha Green, who haa been In Granta Pass for the past few days, waa at home for a few hours Thurs day. She was accompanied by Miss Joste Hitler. CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST DIt H.tlgELDEN (By United Press Leased Wire.) Springfield, 111.. Dec. 16. The II llnols state board of health today filed written charges galnst Dr. J. II Haleeiden, of Chicago, claiming "gross unprofessional" conduct In deliberately allowing Baby Bollinger to die without surgical attention, de spite parents', approval of his course. FEDERAL PLUM TREK IS YIELDING ITS FRUIT Washington, Dec. 16. 1 resident Wilson today nominated Otto Praeger of Texas, former newspaper man and city postmaster here, for the post of second assistant postmaster general. Posimastors named Included:' Seward, Alaska Wm. E. Root. Port Townsood, Wash. H. I Tib balls. Centralla, Wash. T. H. McCleary. Legal blanks, Courier office. Make It a Book Christmas BESTSELLERS Michael O'nalloran Felix Day Heart of the Sunset Gray Dawn "K" Dear Enemy rhe Money Master Ithalle Pollyanna Grows Up DEMARAY'S Reduction . - 1 . , Come in and sec our bargains Christmas Goods Half Price on our bargain counters Hand Painted China, Cut Glass and Framed . Pictures at 25$ Discount GIVEN AWAY A 48-Piece Set of Haviland China Hairs Art Store ASHLAND LITHIA (XI. KIJiCTH OFFICER! (By United Press Leased Wire) .Ashland. Ore., Dec. 16. At the t meetlug of the stockholders and directors of the Pompadour Mineral Springs company, hold here late Tues day, George W, Soranson, of Grants Pass, was elected president; Harry Sliver, of Ashland, vlce- prveldonl: M. P. Schmidt, of Medford, secretary-treasurer, and James D. Dell, of Medford, and James B. Ualley, of Ashland, director. The company Is developing the lithla springs near this city and pre paring to market tho waters commer cially, and Is also Planning the. In stallation of a plant for the llqulfao- lion of carbonic add gas for com mercial purposes. It Is understood that the company's plans Include the beautifying of its property and even tually developing It Into a modern health reeort, which plan Is In har mony with the work now being done by the city to make Ashland the "Carlsbad of America." DAUGHTER OF LAUREL CHAMPION TO 8. AMERICA At' the Panama-Pacirto exposition the American Berkshire association purchased a young aow stred oy Laurel Champion, the famous herd sire of Winona ranch, for ahtpment to South America. This aow was selected personally by President Curtis aa the proper type to be sent to the South American trade, and It was President Curtlss judgment that the Berkshire business will be ad vanced greatly by the shipment ot this splendid gilt to the southern country. STORM AGAIN DIHAI1LKR EASTERN WIRE HKRVICK Chicago. Dec. 10. Tho second sleet storm this week again paralysed wires In central Illinois today, snd extended aa far west as Kansas City. NKW TODAY SEND OUDhltS early for Christmas baking. Fruit cake, assorted Christmas cookies, plum pudding, mince pie, Christmas rolls, etc. Mrs. H. S. Prcscott. 620 BERKSHIRE sows In pig to Laurel Champion, the lira who outranks all others In the world In the show record of his get. F. R. Steel, Winona Ranch, Route 1, Grants Pass. tt FOR SALE Good 'carrot's! ITToflTat - my place, cloee to town. J. Christie, Koute z. - z OREGON GRAPE and mistletoe for ChrlHtmaa. DecnrntA vniir hnma or send it east to your friends. Arthur Cramer. Phone 364-Y. 622 LOST On Wednesday morning,' Hamilton watch, gold, open face, with engraved monogram on bark. Finder notify No. 2187, care Courier. 621 Christmas la the appropriate time for presenting your relatives or friends with books. We have a large number of gift books, popular copy rights, and the best sellers In the late copyrights, from which to make your selections, J We also have a beautiful line of engraved Christmas cards and letters and die stamped correspondence cards. Drug and ' Stationery Store Sale
