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MONDAY, IIIIUUAHY 7, 1 01 (I. DAILY ItOGUH RIVER COURIER PACK THREE SPECIAL BOARD INQUIRES INTO E-2 EXPLOSION Classified Aertising s .! 1. 3 ". 'V ""C 1 - 'V'-'. fhiito hy Amorli-nn i'rw AMoolatlon. Tli miliiiuulim K 'i fttr Hi exploatoo wbUh killed flvt tod Injured othort Kt-w Yiirk imvy yml. A ihh-UI board of nart! offlcem bat bn appointed to wan nii.d wliu U nw Etllop 1 tun go buttery. THK W KATll Kit Itl ltKAU IMHIKM FLOOD WAHXIXfl W'Mhlniiton, Feb. 7.--Tb weatlier bureau (o1ay warned axttlnut the po Iblllty of dangernua avalanchea In tbe Diountolm of Washington, Or&aon and Idaho and II nod 11 on the eautern aloie of the Caeradra In VVashlnicton at he reault of ralna and warmth, followloi now atorma In that region. VOl!J IUXIR1I TOH.UKX) ; FKOM STIliaJT C.XHH Lob Angelea, Feb. 7. Declarlnif to bacco amoklna cauaea much crime and degenerary, repreaentatlvea of the W. C. T. IT. today aaked the city coun cil to prohibit the alleged "fllthy habit" on etreet can. GKIULDIXi: FAIUUH A nitlDK OX Tl'WDAY New York, Feb. 7. Oeraldlne Far. rar, tar of the niovMt and grand oera, waa awamiod today with con Kratulatlona following announcement that aha will wed Lou-Tullotcun, ataKe and arreen etar, tomorrow. nroadway received the announce ment of the coming wedding with no aurprUe, aa It had 4en peralntcntly rumored LAY KKKL FOIl THK DEHTItOYKIt ftllAW .1 . 11 8nn Francisco, Feb. 7. The keel for the 1,110-ton 30-knot -dcatroyer Shaw waa laid today at the Mare la land navy yard, and It la expected ahe will go down the ways In four months. The Shaw la tho first modern warship to be built here, and ahe will be about the equal of any European ship of the same type now afloat. ' Wlacjttein. WlmsiMNln lum frmu Unit tt hue lieuu mi aniu'X f vmlii" ftuic Aft er Olilu wnH uduiliii-! to tin- anion Wbuitnslu from li" ' 1mi:i "ini'd u part of Indiana territory From !); to 1818 WIim (iiimIu wiih ctnliraced In lln territory of llllnuta' W'hua Illinois U came a suite ull tiu wiutry north of It, Incliitllus Wbu uiiHlii, waa Joined to UlcblKnn. After more than forty years or sblftluu, Wisconsin was ad mit tod Into the L'lilou with ln-r present boundaries In 1W3.-8L Louis l'ot Dispatch. sumoient proof. A citizen waa standing on a street corner looking a bit depressed when friend sauntered along. "What soems to be tho trouble, old man!" solicitously queried the latter "1 have JtiMt bud something of a Jolt," answered I be sud ouu. "I wus bequeathed u silver service ns the solid thing a few weeks itiio, and now i know that It I only plated wure." "Sorry to bear lliut, old fellow," re jitf,tv.d';tlVo rleiid.wtfi'y' may be miHiuk(iu 'v, ,'(.',;'' ,";;,:;.'. j- f "Oh, iiovl'w uotr wuHtbi' (iiouriifui rejoinder of ,lhe sud one P'lie servlc . oit, the ultleliiMira,. .the ,y Herii)!lt whoaburiflui broke In, bin Hiuy never touched lt.,'-f,blludclphln,TfU(:i)l. im - fpr Lovers of Mystery" V DEPENDABLE CAUPHE MAID Valuable Rtwardi for Thvt Who "ftottir D" a kwMk Mm. Tn. SnnMi kjHW ft SMKtPtHK twHlfnrT f) at u ' '' 4 TESTS FOR HEARING. Rigid Ordeals Fr Candidates For Our Army and Navy. The physical requirement of Amer- j lean soldiers and .illr ure of a blgti - ttondnrd as coinimrvd with tboxe of other countries. , The tot for bearing, for eximple. In our nnvy and nrmy Is more severe (ban of auy other country. , One of thiMe fet for udmlttsloo to .our Nuval Qiitttemy, may be taken as a itypd al, example, j)), the tborotigbness 1 with wblrh the sii(lldntca' faculties are tested.?, in Uila'ieKt the ticking of Votrh m oft le bciird at forty Inches Ui unlet aurroundlnit. and this tkklnit muxf lie beard a that dlHtHitcf by each ear separniely . In sddltlou to ililn. the iandldutv will te rejected If, there I th- slltflitcxt sui;t.'vstou of any dls enxed . condition ntMoii uuy porrion of the ear , , '"In all the forrlcii navies, as well as in our own. the wverest tests of bear-1 tnt: are lmpomd omhi tlu uieu wbo are to" undertake submarine ecrvlce 111 rhl- Hcrvlcv den sn ol!!vr will not I sn cpivd if the " Murgetui I able to dud uii,v eldein tlinl he Ims ever liceu at- tlictcd with ear .trouble ai.an.v time. rtiuit a slli;lit lutliiiumutlou ot (be ear which ot-curred In 1illdliKl may dls-1 qualify the olticer for submarine erv. ' Ice. tbmiuh tils hearing may tie o good that be would tie readily aeiiied In any oilier branch of military servk-a -I.om Anueles Tltues ArsBian kaugnmg uv. An extremely strange blni is the singing plgeou, or Arublau inugulug dove. In color these piteous ar usual y rotl, mottled or checkered, though they are sometimes found of a bluish 1 color. Their voice bullies all descrip tion, being tremulous und broken, with ; gurgling notes, like the noise of water poured fmn n Imttle T!i. n!te:nnce j is vnrliM. uinl. Uiooiib tl:.!e is 11 n-scm 1 bianco at' times to tho druuimliu of n j true trumpeter. It Is uot so eoiiorooa. It Is frequently Interrupted by mie or more of tut Inspiratory "ahs." which uo doubt gives them . tho mime of laugher. Their cooing Is soft and me lodious, and both sexes tuke port In the song., Familiar Name. "Well. Davie, did you enjoy your Tl It to the uuseumr .. - 1 "Yea. mother." , - 1 ' "t)6 you remember auy of the nice things you anwr "Ob, yea, I remember lots of them." ."And can you tell m'e what thoy were called r . "Yea; most of tbetn, were, called 'Do Not Touch,' Excuuuge, . GENERAL RUZSKY. Commander of Russian Armies en North Front Rstirtd. ' iV . 5 fC" Pholo by Arhsrlosn Prssa Assoctalloa. ' JTi ' . .... 1 -A wbtla nndcrifolng ropiln In tb InTcatlgau tbe xuIonIoo; TbE-2 lEOTfiPE INJAPAH Ml They Have a3 Fins a Brand There as We Have Ourselves. EOT IT IS' NOT VERY COSTLY. An Experience With the Circumlocu tion 1. Office.. That Would Hcva Been . Amusing to the. Innocent Victim but For the Dread of tht Expense There are nmur curious- cuxtoms In Japan, uud many Uilugs are done In that .biteioMilug empire umirdUig to methods thui .would -,l called, topsy torvy when Judged by the standards of clvllixstliai In W estern lands. ' But In one resjieci the Japanese ere fully ubreaiit of iiny of the 'oceldetital couu tries, and thul Is In t'jolr ability to ma nlpulnto olltcl-il red .Uipe The follow lug Incident, rcvouuicd by a corre spoiideut of the Youtb's Companion, admirably lliiHtrutc the oiut. . Ilf writes: .' . ' ' ' ,' ' "Allluaigb I have lived long in Ja pan.' I have tried to k-ep puce with western Ideas. A oruer lu ray com pound bears witness 10 the fact that I once tried to muke pruitlial applies, lion of the modem maxim. 'Help the, poor to iielp, theniselves' sit worked out In u rutber hiiih I,sm way A beg gar asked iim for uuiiiey one morning, and I saw a way to help htm without as the exprewdon iro. 'puuneriilng him.' . ,' ; . There wa a laid iince Just inside the couiiound Hate that needed to be tilled In Willi stones., of which there wcii, ''plenty ou fhe seashore uear by here was a' mini 1 who eiaild transfer the stones to the couiHiind ' for the SO ten (15 ceutsi that he bad asked of me. The man fell In with the plan cheerfully and aot to work. . . "The Job was about completed to bis, satisfaction and mine when a police man, who appeared pn the scene, ask ed my man If he , hod received permis sion to remove the atones. The work man referred the officer to me.' and I had to confess that. I had not thought It necessary. Evidently the officer thought otherwise, for 1 waa politely but firmly told that I might secure permit by applying at the city hall "To the city ball 1 went, knowing that It Is not wis to trifle with tbt regulations of the police department From there I. was referred to the. pr rlnclal building.. As I waa personally known to the governor of the province, I tent my card luto blm, only to learn that bt waa absent . The lieutenant governor, however, said he would bt glad to receive me. That courteoua geutleman was going to pass the whole thing by,, but thought it well, first to speak of It to the. department of public work. ( . "Now, the department of. publlp works bad an efficient bead, wbo be tloved In letting nothing go at loose ends, tie announced that t must All In certain form In duplicate, making formal application tor the atones. Then two maps would bare to be drawn, showing .where the atones. had been found and the place to wh(cb , wished to remove them. "The board ' ot public works stood ready, to make the tnapa-at my ex pense.' There was nothing to do ex cept to agree to this arrangement since I hud already had tho stones moved. I thnnked tho lleuteuaut governor for bis assistance and withdrew. : "In a day or two a' messenger came with the mnpn and forms requiring my signature., After that, they were sent to the city hall. . Then another mes senger look tbem to the governor for his signature One set wns Med nt the city hall nnd the other at the ottlce 0? !!;i executive, ... , ,",lu. due time, iiotitti nthm enme .by tijieclal iirsseuucr thai I was permitted to remove the stones-which every one Knew I bad done' a week before. AH that j'lvventeil me from thoroughly en jnyltm the whole ntfnlr wus the .thought nt the bill Hint I should receive,, from the department of public works. : ' v "After several weeks of suspense I wits notlHod to nppenr before the treas urer, ut city ball., to pay my Indebted (Oil KAI.i- 40 ACRK3 i k miles from (irants l'as, no Impiovcrneuts, for sale at f 40 per aero. L'nder ditch sur vey. Address Xo, 2415, care Courier- C57tf I HAVE four vigorous 8. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels to tell at 11.60 each. They are from high scoring cgS-laylng strain. Nothing better in the state. Tbeo, P. Cramer, Grants Pass, Ore. Phono 364-Y. Day-old chicks $1 2 50 per 100. Eggs, 1 1 per setting of 15. 656 tf FOIl SALIO 8U-roym plastered bouse, close In, lot 100x100, good shade. Address No. 2413, care Courier. ... 657tf MOKE: BERKSHIRE were exhibited at the Panama-Pacific exposition than all other breeds ot swine put together. Get a start In the most popular breed. P. R. Steel, Wi nona ranch, R. 1, Grants Pass, Ore. 1 661tt FOR SALE Fox terrier pupa. Mrs. C. G. Plant. Phone 295-J. 662 u ',, ..' FOR SALE! One fine ifamlly Hol- eteln cow, six years old, giving four gallons milk and better daily. Also one thoroughbred bronze tur key gobbler, weight 30 pounds, .splendid breeder. Price 15 deliv ered expresa office Grants Pass. Address E. E. Bagley, Rogue River, Ore. 663 FOR SALE Jersey cow, 7 years old, and calf. . I. J. Howard, 313 K street..!,. -. .; , ;- ',-r ( 63 TO EXCHANGE EXCHANGE I have several choice California residence and ranch properties to exchange for Grants Pass modern bungalow or close In acreage. Quick action. A. N. Par sons..; . , .- 630tf I OWN two dwellings in Portland, a wheat ranch In eastern Oregon, a highly Improved ten acres near Portland, and want to exchange any piece of the above property for a ranch In the Rogue River val ley suitable for cattle and hogs, etc., of about "$6,000 of $7,000 value. Address 10 to 14, Beck- wlth building, Eugene, Ore. 663 WANTED WANTED, SEED OATS Quote price 650 Vm. spring oats for seed. Also .5 tons hay; and feed barley. F. R. Steel, Winona Ranch, R. 1, Grants Pass, Ore. 665 ASSAVERS E. R. CROUCH, Assayer, -chemist, metallurgist. Roms 201-303 Pad dock Building. Grants Pass. VETERINARY SURGEON DR. Rl " J. " BESTUL, Veterinarian. Office In Wlnetrout Implement Building. Phone 113-J. Resi dence phone 305-R. ness to the municipality " Armed with my bank book. I apicared at city ball What was my surprise and relief to find that the,. hill for all thl red tape and .Infinite "trouble amounted to 11 sep, equal to about !Wj cent in good American money " :'. 1 All In' Fifty . Year.- 1 Generally seaktitK. a man fifty yenr of age has slept !." days, worked 6,500 days, wulked WW 'days, -amused himself, 4,000 days. -eaten .1X00 days and has .been .sick 000 dajs. . He baa eaten 17,000 pounds of bread, 16000 pounds of meat and 4,000 pounds; of vegetables, eggs aud fish and drunk. In all 7.000 gallons of UquW. ,, , v, the Grsst Phllhellene. There Is at least one Englishman for whom Greek affection has never wav eredLord Ryron. Not only Is be com memorated In Greece by statues and street names, but his portrait Is to, be found everywhere, even, in the most unlikely places. . Mr. W., Miller tn his "Greek Life In Town aud Country tells bow bo cumo upon a portrait of the poet In a provincial restaurant Tho moment be took notice of It ."the proprietor, n,, stout, prosaic looking man, whom po one would have suspect ed of Sentiment, stepped toward the picture. clnsHd his hands In pathetic gesture and, with a faraway look In bis eyes, stood for u time In rapt ad miration of the great Phllhellcue." Before and After, Before marrtnue he has a duck fit If she sees him with a shnve nnd tubs sago that are more than two honrs old or,;,the perfect poise of his correct tie disturbed hair's breadth, but after ward bo comes to the table with Ma shoestrings untied, uo collar ou aud a stubby, growth of beard that would play a tune if you ran H through, a music box.-jfujle, , ; , TIME CARD California and Oregon Coast Railroad Company (The Oregon Caves Route) Effective Monday, Dec. 20, 1915. Train I lr. Grants Pass.....7:00 a.m. Arrives Waters Creek 8:00 a.m. Train 2 Iv. Waters Creelu8:16.a.m. Arrives Granu Psss..9:15 a.ra. Train 3 lr. Grants Paas 2:00 p.m. Arrives Waters Creekl:00 p.m. Train 4 lr. Waters Creek .6:00 p.m. Arrlvea Granu Pais 6:00 p.m. On Sundays trains No. 1 and 2 are canceled. All trains leave Grants Pass from the corner of G and Eighth streets, opposite the Southern Pacific depot. For all information regarding freight and passenger service call at the office r,f the comoany. Public Ser vice building," or phont 138-R for aamt. Train will stop on flag at any point between Grants Pass and , watera Creek. Passenger service -every aay In the week., REGISTRATION All naturalized citizens mast ex hibit "FINAL" ' citizenship papers when registering. Do not ask to be registered unless you comply with the above. J Wives ot naturalized citizens, no matter where born, and children born in a foreign country It naturalized by father must present their fathers or husbands' "FINAL" papers. ' E. L. COBCRN, 675 County Clerk. CHARGE JOHN TEIPER WITH MURDER OF MOTHER Buffalo,. N. Y., Feb. 7. Murder of bis mother was charged to John Ed ward Telper today , when he waa ar raigned and remanded without bail for preliminary bearing Wednesday. The district attorney in charging matricide made no reference to tho killing of Telper's brother Fred and the wounding ot his sister Grace. . According to the story Telper told after the tragedy, they -were attacked y a negro as their car waa being fixed on a road outside the city... His sister was badly wounded and ten dered unconscious, but coming out of her coma she revealed something that caused the authorities to place an extra guard over Telper, and which, presumably, was responsible for to day's charges against him. PETROLEUM COMBINE IS BEING FORMED New York, Feb. 7 Formation of a $30,000,006 petroleum combine is under way on the part ot the Ameri can Petroleum & Transport company. according to President B. L. Doheny, of the Mexican Petroleum company, one of the largest concerns which will be absorbed. Plans for capital izing the new company and market ing its stock have been practically completed. 955,000 PURSE FOR GETTING PACE PU Mfcll) (By'United Press Leased Wlre New York, FeW 7. Jess Wlllard's cut for oeettng Frank Moran on the night of March 17 -will be $55,000, - This was made known today when it was learned that the promoters of the bout had given Willard $7,500 as k bonus for signing an agreement end had given Moran $2,606 tor perforate in g the same service. :'- ,1 With the $47,500 -previously, an nodnced -this will make Wlllard's share $55,000. 1 j SWAUX)WED GLASSES BUT DOCTOR FISHED "EM OUT Unlontown, Pa., Feb,' 7. Jack Kurnes, arrested, charged with drunkenness, chose to swallow his glasses as the beat way out of his trouble. Doctors suved him with an emetio. ' Her Compensation. Her Lndyshli You are a disgrace to your title barred from decent society and expelled from all your clubs for crooked gambling and dissipation aud, though I am from common stock. I've paid all your debts and kept you In .luxury. I'd like to, know what I've had out of our marriage. ., Lon! Black-sheep-Dash, It all. woman,, baveu't 1 made you my equals-Exchange. Alaskan Ocean Rocks. The almost complete absence of lift in the Alaskan, ocean during , the peri od of deposition of many thousands of teet of. sediments has .left .the rocks practically, devoid of fossils, which. are so yalunble in determining rock ages. , -'Oregon mtnlr.t las,-4oi. Conrlef 1MIVSICIANS L. O. CLEMENT, . M. D- Practice limited to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.' Glasses fitted. Office hours 9-12, 2-5, and on ap pointment. Office phone 62; resi dence phone 259-J. - 3. LOUGHRIDGE, M. D., Physician and surgeon. City or country calls attended day or tight Res. phone . 369; office phone 183 Sixth and H. Tuffs Building. 4 J, P. TRUAX, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ' Phones: Office, 328; residence,' 324. Calls answered at all hours. Country calls at tended to. Lundeburg BIdg. F. H. INGRAM, D. C, D. O. Men tal, Spinal, Nervous and Chronlo Diseases, Office, 218 North Sixth street Hours: 10 te 122 to 6. Other hours by .... appointment Phone 7. Res. phone, 197-J. DR. ED BTWATER Specialist on diseases ot eye, ear, nose and throat; glasses fitted. Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m., 3 to 6 p. m. Phones: Rea. 23 4-J; Office, 257-J. 8chmldt Building, Grants Paas, Oregon DR. F. D. STRICKER Diseases of children and general practice. Tele phone 174-J. Office: Masonic build ing. U. DENTISTS E. C. MACY, D. M. D., First-class dentistry. 109 South Sixth, street. Grants Pass, Oregon. BERT R. ELLIOTT, D. M. D. Mod ern dental work. Marguerite H. . Elliot, dental assistant Rooms 4 and 5, Golden : Rule . building. Grants Pass, Ore, Phone 265-. ATTORNEYS H. D. - NORTON, Attonuy-at-Law. Practice in all State and Federal - Courts. First National Bank Big. COLVIG WILLIAMS Attorneyt- at-Law, Grants Pass Banking Co. Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. E. S. VAN DYKE. Attorney. Practice In all courts.' First National Bank Building. EDWARD H. RICHARD, Attorney-at-Law. Office Masonic Temple, Grants -Pass,-Oregon. , ',. .. W. T. MILLER, : Attorney-at-Lw County attorney tor Josephine County. Office: Schallborn Bldg. O. S. BLANCH ARD, Attorney-at-Law, Grants Pass Banking Co. building. , Phone 270. Grants Pass, Oregon. V. A. CLEMENTS Attorney-t-law, practices in state and federal courts. Rooms 2 and 3, over Golden Rule store. ' ' DRAYAGE AND TRANSFER COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. All klndB of. dray age and tranafer work carefully and promptly done. Phone . 132-R. Stand . at , frieght depot .., A4 Shad Propr. . F. G. iBham, dray age and transfer. Safes, pianos and furniture moved packed, I shipped and stored. Phone Clarke A Holman, No.-60. Residence phone 12 4-R.v THE WORLD . MOVES; so do wt. . . , uuncn Bros. , ijansier w , rnoai MISCELLANEOUS CRYSTAL SPRINGS water .put up In "Vgallon glass Jars and delivered atyoor door, tresh, pure, sanitary. TeJepbont;i9'3-R and water 'wagon wil)LcaU.,j' iviwv,' f & f PURE , MOUNTAIN WATER Clear and refreshing. Bacterial test as sure that this water, la pure. De livered in. five-gallon bottles, W. E. Beckwlth.- Order by phone, 603-F-3. i59tt LODGES GRANTS PASS Lodge No. 84, A.' F. A. M. Stated Communica tions lBt and 3d Tuesdays. Visiting brethern cordially Invited. A. K. Cass, W. M. Ed. G. Harris, secretary. GOLDEN RULE LODGE, NO. 78, 1.O. ; O. F., meets every Wed- 0 nesday eve In I.O.Q.F. hall, cor. 6th and H. Sta. Visiting Odd Fellows cordially Invit ed to be present. I. V.- Howell, N. G., Clyde Martin, Secretary., '. DECORATORS AND PAINTERS PAPERHANGINQ, graining, paint ing. For the best work at lowest prices phone 295-J. C. Q. Plant, South Park street. ) '-... ,1