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Newspaper Page TextM'MIAY, FKIIia'AUV 18, 1010. DAILY ROGUE fUVEtt COURIER PAGE 8EVKX LUIHLUIL lilLUHLJ IHIL MUnilULU 11 Nine of Those Honored Lost Their Lives In Efforts to Save Others Who at the Time Were , In Distress. - il (ho twelfth auuual meeting of A (bo t'nnu'uli) hero fund commls r slon ( Pittsburgh seventeen nets of uendNiu were recogubwd. Four sliver ami thirteen brouse mud' U were awarded. Nine of (ho heroes lost tbelr live, and to ttio 1t'iidcnta of four of these pension aggregating $l.lrJ0 u ywir were grunted. To tint dKttlnt of four of the others who lout their lives sum totaling ia,(NK woro grunted, to Iw applied In various ways, subject (o tho direction (if (ho rnimnhuilon, lo addition tn ihfuo iiitmcy grant, lu oiio tout' auui uf f 194,000 wus appro printed for educational puriMwct, ami In six iiiMt-a swards aggregating $4.ro wcro miide for other purpose, I'ny nients lu these cases will not ho ituuli' until (ho beuedctiirlcs' pinna for tbe uao of (ho awards hnrt beeu approved by (lit cihiiuiIIud. The statement of (ho cases of hero ism aa given by (hi communion fol Iowa In part: J. Lamar McCann of Tuscaloosa. Ala., waa awarded bronze medal. McCann, aged twenty-three, a student, saved Mary T. Hunter, aged twenty, two. and attempted to aaTo IUx B. Partlu, aged (blrty-fuur, from drown ing, at TuacnliKMn, Jan. 3, 1013. Par tin and MU- Hunter full from tbolr canoe into (ho Icy waters of the War rior river, altty feet from he bank. Mis Hunter grasped Partln. who waa not a 6id awtinmer, and pulled hi in bcnenlli the aurfm. McCuiui. wbu waa uear In another ennoe wttb a young woniiin, dived and swum about Ave feet to Pnrtln'a canoe. Ills com panion used n atlrlc and alowly pnddled to the tin ttk for help. McCniin swung the end of Pnrttu'a ramie between Par tin and MtM Hunter, and they grasped It. McCann supMrtcd MIm Hunter by reaching over the cauoe and gnisplng her anna. Partln seemed (o be demor alised. He (tied twice to climb np n the ennoe, and enen (line It wen( be neath the surface. He disappeared after the ieond attempt and was drowned. After Mint In. the water a Nuit fifteen minute McCann and Mlaa Hunter went taken to the bank by a man who rnme to the rescue in a boat They had drifted until they were 150 feet above the overflow of the dam. where the drop waa twenty feet. Mc Cann wanted to reinnln In the water and dire for Pnrtln. Mlxa Iluuter waa nnrtmaebma. but ahe wn revived. Tried to Save Han In Well. Fred 0. ItiiHkuhl of Friend. Ore., waa awarded a bronxo medal Bimkuhl. aged forty-one, a farmer, attempted to aave Joseph I. Parke, need fifty-eight. farmer, from aufTocntlon at Friend on Auk. 3. 1011 Parke waa overcome by powder fumea In a well twenty four feet deep, Bnaknhl. who waa aomewbat weak from a recent .opera tlon, responded to tho calls of Parke'a helper and, against the bolpcr'a pro teat, Inalated uinm descending, no waa lowered with bla foot In a loop in tbe well rope and. although dlr.iy from (ho fumea, bo grasped Parke and call ed to bo raised. When tbo wlndlaaa had been turned only a few (linen Buskuhl fell unconaclona (o (he bot tom, He waa removed fifteen minute later, but remained unconscious for two daya and waa disabled for more than five month. -Parke died aa ho waa taken from the well. Anattn Hall of Iva. S. C waa award ed a bronzo medal, nail, aged twon-ty-two, a farmer, saved Edward Har rta, aged twenty-eight a woll digger, from auffocatlon at Iva on Aug. 0. 1010. John P. Burn of Atlanta. Oa., was awarded a bronze medal Burn, aged thirty-alx, an engraver, saved Isaac Jnnko, aged three, from drowning ou May 12, 1013. Isaac foil through the opening In tbo street curb Into a cham ber whlcb gave entrance to the shaft of a acwer. From the chamber Isaac altd over Into tho shaft and fell to the bottom of tho sower, which wax nine teen feet below (he street level. Burn, who knew nothing about the sewer, en tered, crawled over Into the aim ft and descended. Ho sprond his feet and got a bcniing on the bottom and sides of tho sewer and followed tho courso of tho water ten feet to where he fonnd Isnnc, Ho was not seriously Injured. Saved In the Atlantic William 8. Turner of Seaside Park, N. J., wna awarded a bronxe medal Turner aaved Oeorgo 8, Lewis from drowning nt Avalon, N. J., on Aug. in, 1014. Lewis and Turner swnm in the Atlantic oconn to n point 800 feet from shore, and then Lewis become distress, ed In deep water. Turner swam to Lewis and tried to push him shore ward, but Lewis turned and grasped him at tbe shoulders with both hands Lewi pushed Tumor beneath the aur face, (nd then Turner shook himself tree. Turner tried to awlm toward shore with Lewis, tint 'becanse of n TO Widows of Men Killed Are Awarded $35 a Month For Life or Until They Re- . marry Each Child $5 a Month. uudortow made no progress. Turner wont beneath the surface once or twice more ami culled to person on shore to come out with a buoy. Lewis wo very weak. Turner left him and swam bard for a distance of about 123 feet and then waded to shore. Ho was frightened by LowU' condition and was weak from bis exertions, and bis logs trembled a bo waded. Ho ran MO feet, got a buoy and returned to tbo water. Ho asked a man to go out for towla and explained (but bo was o tired that he did not know whether he could undertake the remuo or nut 't he man would not go. Persona on shore held the end of a rope that was attached to tho buoy, and Turner uuug the Imoy on bla back by means of a loop of to)), Ho waded 173 feet and awani 130 feet to Lewis, wbo wai ready to collapse wben Turner reached hlin. Lewis grasped a loop of rope on tbo buoy, and Turner held hlra with one arm while holding to tbo buoy with ono baud. Both were pulled to shallow water and belucd to shore. Lewi waa semiconscious, and Turner waa exbsusted. Tho widow of Arthur II. Plngrco of Norwood, Mass., waa awarded a bronxe medal. Plngree, a clergyman, died at tempting to save Helen L Maraton. aged Of teen, and Helen M. Perkiua, aged fifteen, from drowulug at Anula juani, Mass., ou July 10. Tho two girls ventured out and became dis tressed at 133 feet Tbe man allowed Miss Mars ton to bold to his shoulder while he drew MUa Perklna to tbe sur face. Sho sclxed him around the neck, causing bltu to sink, and all three were borne off by the current Mis Mara ton remained at tbe suriiice by Mid dling and was later rescued. Miss Per klna was drowned. Plngree waa re covered unconscious, but efforts to re vive him were fruition. ( Eeroio Attempt Faila. The mother of Tboiuns Mi Grady of Fredoula. Kan., was given a brouxe medal Mctirady died asslstlug ui au at tempt to aave Hubert M. Oliver and Edward J. "Detect from drowning at Pittsburgh on Jan. 13, 1013. Oliver nd Hetxel were rowing on the Monon- gahcl river. Their boat wa swept against tbe upper end of a fleet of auchorvd barge. McGrady, who bad but ouo leg, and another man entered a yawl and rowed more than "00 feet to the aceue. Oliver stepped into their boat and sat down. McGrady and bla companion then rowed bard and reach ed a point thirty feet upstream from Hetxel. They lost control of the boat, aud tho current (hen swept it broad aide against tbe barge. All three meu were drowned. Tbe father of William F. Nlebaus, Jr., deceased, of Evanavllle, Iud waa awarded a brouxe medal. Nlcliaus died assisting in tbe attempt to save Kobert M. Oliver and Edward J. Ilctzcl. Nle baus accompanied McGrady to the res cue and lost bis life- The widow of Horace M. Parbam of Austell, On., waa awarded a bronxe medal and $10 a month for support during her life or until she remarries. Par ham, a farmer, died attempting to aave Thomas Johnson from suffocation at Mableton. Ga on Aug. 10, 1014. Johnson waa overcome by noxious gaaea In a well thirty-five feet deep. nenry II, Roger of Austell, Ga., waa awarded a bronxo medal. Roger aav ed Johnson in tho accident In which Parbam lost hi life. William Pratt of Austell Ga., waa also awarded a brouxe medal for at tempting to save Parham, The widow of Andrew J. Atkinson of Vontay, Va., waa awarded a bronxe medal and 133 a month for support during her life or until ahe remarries, with $3 a month additional for her daughter until ahe reaches the age of sixteen. Atkinson died attempting to save William 8, Johnson, aged twelve, from drowning at tfllmerton. Va., ou Aug. 4, 1013. The widow of C. Gilbert Danner of Fort Worth. Tex., was awarded a bronxo medal and $30 a month for life or until she remarries. Danner died attempting to save Peter T. Sktd more from au electric shock at Fort Worth. Tex., Juno 0, 1015. Tho father of Melvln Ilagen, de ceased, of Canby, Ore., was awarded a silver medal. Hngcn, aged eighteen, died attempting to aave Alum F.. Sum merflold, nged slxteeu, from being ruu over by a train at Canby, Ore., on Jan 7.1014. narold W. Snow of Chicago was awarded a silver modal. Snow at tempted to save Mollle Meredith, aged seventy-three, from being killed by a train nt Jackson, Miss., ou April 20. 1012. , The father of F. Lawrence Hryne. doceascd, of Philadelphia, waa award ed a altrer medal. Bryno, aged eleven, schoolboy, died attempting to save Wil liam 8. Ward, aged twelve, from drowulug 4Hi May .21, 1013. i Tbe widow of William D. Bard, Br, I of Little Flock, Ark., was awarded a silver medul and l.'i." a month for sup port during her life or until she re marries, with f' n month additional for etieh (if three children until cmcu reiiihi's the nue of sixteen, Hord. an sited wire chief, died attempting to save EMe IliiHlck, aged sixteen, from drowning at Benton. Ark., on July II, 1013. "TIPPED" BY LINCOLN. H Paid a Rjllresd Enaintsr to Mod arste Speed of Trsin. IM ward "iirkittone. a railroad man of Phllaio!;ili!ii. narrated an Instance wheu PrcNliieiit Lincoln paid an engl uii-r to slow up til train If was ou the second trip that the president made from Philadelphia to tt'uxhlngton over the old i'hlluilelphui. Wllinluuton und Baltimore railroad Oeorgo Feoiu-y of Wllinliigton. Pel., win the engineer of the train, and Markntone was the biukeman in describing Hip occur fence MarkKioiio said: "George ran ho fast that when New ark, tcl.. was reached and the train stopped for water President Lincoln got out of the car und. walking up the platform to where Fwnoy was stand lug. snld. 'George, take this and don't ruu so fast, will youV The president had nHtmll;. In", i d Geo :? e to hold hN Higluo lit n Ml " It Is ice 'iIckk to s,i that the cuglc". r did as d rcted When Llncol.i 1'rnt made hi iwtooni bio trip fror I'liUadelphla i V.'uxliin ton at the mil ivnk of the cU wp.r Markstone wn - cue of ilu iirmcl guard on tho presldeut'a car. In tell, ing of this historic ride he said: "The slccir wus atiached to tbe rear of the train and wus empty In order to allay tho suspicion of the passenger as to the cuusc of the delay trucks were wheeled backward and forward bearing trunks and baggage of every description. After a wait of nearly half on hour a cab dashed up to tbe station, and a mau unattended quickly alighted. He wore a long coat, tbe cope of wbtcb was drawn over bis bead. It was Lincoln. He came to ward me and quickly entered the car I could see but little of bis face on ac count of tbe cote, but I noticed bis searching eyes as be looked at me. The doors ou both euds of tbe sleeper were then locked and guarded. I was ono of tbe three meu who rode on that couch, Lincoln ou the Inside. I wa on the outsldu nt one end. and another guard was at the other eud. From Philadelphia to Baltimore, where I alighted. I stood with pistol in band ready to shoot any trespasser. r s kaw't ( aBg tai I I ' lr t tr i ; r ; I 2 Vjav? 8 IZttliBjaisjsVliMslS BnaiasjsssasnixjBnitata iieiBiaitieiMMMasaiattaxaiMt 5? r-r-nrn tt m am ii.-.Miba taiiitaB9R9ns1SBnainfa.Ba riBBjtieaBHiiaiiBuaga.wa)a "The Machine J with a' II ST C9 Personality" f 13 matter what your f9 HI touch this new S3 Royal Master- H 2 Model 10 will fit it it 8 Just turn the set-screw f mm i . . t t S W wz. ana revuiate me rnncn a a i unu re: 3 of this new Royal to J g fit YOURSELF! Make g it light and smooth as velvet or firm and J5 snappy as you like. H Built for "Big. a) a M Business" and its Great Army of " i Expert Operators 9 m Every keen .wilted iten S f oitrspher every office msna- J J 22 Koyal's Adjmloblt Tmch Zu jj liiai ihci iliv , kiiuu vui w- f U of typewriting I 1 1 9 But the new Model 10 has f I many other big, vital new II J leatures. Invtstigalt tkem I Get the Facts! JJ ! Send for tha "Roysl man" ejsl M and ask for a DEMONSTRA TION, Or writ ua direct for 5 our nwbrochura,"rr 5 J SERVICE,'! and Ono V- f 2 b!tn Soloed a postal brings l! S them free of charge. ! 44 - tt"'kV t J fl 1 1 m m ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO, lac. I 1H.HJUW mvEK S a I II it 1 ! J mm K iy espen unnioi on d the firlnfi line of ,f Big Bull- sj nets " will grasp tho enormous J WWr'39VIE TBIUO Or IQB BOW 7 - a i'O.t HALf, 40 AC11E3 4i miles from Grants Pass, no Improvements, for sale at $40 per acre. Under ditch sur vey. Addrei No. 2415, care Courier. 657tf I HAVE four vigorous S. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels to sell at $1.50 each. They are from high scoring egg-laying atraln. Nothing better In (he state. Tneo, P. Cramer, Grants Pass, Ore. Phone 364-Y. Day-old chicks $12.60 per 100. Eggs, $1 pec setting; of 15. 656tf FOR SALE: Six-room plastered bouse, close Id, lot 100x100, good ahade. Address No. 2413, care Courier. 657tf MORE BERKSHIRES were exhibited at tbe Panama-Pacific exposition than all other breeds of swine put together. Get a start in the most popular breed. F. R. Steel, Wi nona ' ranch, R. 1, Grants Pass, Ore. 6ltf FOR SALE Artist's violin, probably 200 years old. Coat $150, will give an excellent bargain to some one who wants a choice Instrument In quire at Joe Wharton's gun store. 668 FOR SALE A good Jersey cow, fresh in about ten days. C. R. Brechtblll. 671 FOR SALE Durham cow and heifer eight months old and three small calves. Inquire P. Olscn, R. F. D. No. 1. Phono B00-R-2. 671 IF YOU have a snap Jn property, list It with me, aa I have calls for sev eral places. Chas. Morrison. 671 195 EGGS per ben is the average for my entire flock of breeders. Mated to 200-egg strain O. A. C. cockerels. Chicks $12.50 per 100. Eggs $1 a setting. Geo. P. Cramer. 691 FORD""fOR SALEFivfr-passenger, equipped with electric spot light and presto tank, trunk rack, spare tire carrier, for quick sale. Address No. 2482, care Courier. 671 FOR SALE One splendid grade Hoi stein heifer, 22 months old, in line condition,' daughter of a four gallon cow. F. A. Wilson, Three Pines, Ore. 672 FOR SALE Jersey male, four months old. large, fat, fine. Mother extra Jersey milker, bucket rich milk. Ten dollars. Address W. J. Wlmer. 668 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 TRADE Improved ranch half mile from river, good buildings, orchard and water right, near school, price $5,200, tor city property. Address No. 2840, care Courier. 668 TO RENT FOR RENT Seven-room house cheap. Partly furnished. Inquire of H. M. White. 721 North Fourth street. . 671 WANTED A HUSTLING, energetic man, with good referencea and bond, to es tablish tea and coffee route. Liberal commission and opportunity to ad vance to right party. -Address 448 Washington St., Portland, Ore. 668 MUSICAL INSTRUCTION VIOLIN INSTRUCTION Franco- Belgian school of violin playing. E. R. Lawrence, 215 I atreet. ELECTRICAL REPAIRS ELECTRICAL REPAIR WORK done at reasonable prices. Bring down the Iron you thought was worn out and perhaps I can repair, it. R. S. Bush. Phone 141-R. 664tt ASSAYERS E. R. CROUCH, Aasayer, chemist, metallurglat. Roms 201-203 Pad dock Building. Grants Pass. VETERINARY SURGEON DR. R. J. BESTUL, Veterinarian. Office in Wlnetrout Implement Building. Phone (113-J. Resi dence phone 805-R. Many tidod Kloka of the Camol. A camera hlud lega will reach any- where-over bla bend, rouud bla chest and to his hump. Even when lying down au evil dlspwed uuimni win about out hla legs uud bring you to a sitting posture If be wants to. Com iuiimm! with ii camol a mule Is really a most considerate kicker, so beware wheu thm el look aa if be w going to klck.-Nvw Yuik World. Classified Advertising TIME CAIU California and Oregon Coast Railroad Company -(The Oregon Caves Iloute). Effective Monday, Dec 20, 1915. Train 1 lr. Grants Paa7:00 a.m. Arrives Waters Creek 8:00 a.m. Train 2 lr. Waters Creek8:15 a.m. Arrives Grants Pas..-:15 am. Train S lv. Grant Pass..-2:00 p.m. Arrives Waters CreekJ:00 p.m. Train 4 It. Waters Crek6:00 p.m. Arrives Grants Pa. 6:00 p.m. '-On Sundays trains No. 1 and 2 are canceled. All trains leave Grama Pase from tbe corner or G and Eighth streets, opposite the Southern Pacific depot. For all information regarding freight and passenger aervice call at the office of tbe company. Public Ser vice building, or phone 128-R for sane. Train, will atop on flag at aay point between Grants Pass and Waters Creek. Passenger service every day; la tbe week. . i I REGISTRATION Ail naturalized citizens must ex hibit "FINAL citizenship papers when registering. Do not ask to be registered unless you comply with the above. Wives of naturalized citizens, no matter where born, and children born in a foreign country if naturalized by father must present their fathers' or husbands' "FINAL" papers. E. L. COBURN, 675 County Clerk. COUXTY TREASURER'S CALL FOB ROAD WARRAYTS All Josephine County (Pink) Road Warrants protested prior to and in cluding June 15, 1915, are hereby called In, and are payable at the treasurer's office on and after the 15th day of February, 1916, on which date interest will cease. J. E. PETERSON, 668 County Treasurer. NOTICE The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Grants Pass Rochdale company will be held on February 19, 1916, at the Rochdale etore, at 10 o'clock a. m. All stockholders requested to be present " E. V. SMITH, President. DWCOB mm Is.' Fri 1Wm b mm The Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858 made Lincoln a national fig ..in i i I . r t tire. Uougias may have electnned the crowds with his eloquence, ;. but as each man went to his home ' his head rang with Lincoln's logic and appeal to manhood.'- 'Lincoln," by Herndon and Weik. brmlol. A.kf t llVi llV t-TERU SOLD BY WUGGISTS EVIKV. "i;L st i'- Fill Ii Bt4 4 4M .m.iiV I,m. mUk! with Mm RUoa. V PHYSICIANS L clement, m. D.-practic nose and threat. Glasses fitted. Office hours 9-12, 2-5, and on ap pointment. Office phone 62; resi dence phone 359-J. STLOUGHRIDGE, M. I)., Physician and aurgeon. City or country calls attended day or night. Res. phone' 369; office phone 182 Sixth and H. Tuffs Building. J."'p7tuaX, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. , Phones: Office, 825; residence, 324. Calls" answered at all hours. Country calls at tended to. Lnndeburg Bldg. F. H. INGRAM, D. C, D. O. Men tal, Spinal, Nervous and Chronlo Diseases. Office, 215 North Sixth street. Hours: 10 to 12, 2 to 5.' Other hours by appointment Phone 7. Res. phone, 197-J. DR. ED BYWATER Specialist on diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat; glasses fitted. Office hoars: 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. Phones: Res. 234-J; Office. 257-J. Schmidt Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. DR. F. D. STRI CKER Diseases of children and general practice. Tele phone 17 4-J. Office: Masonic bnild Ing. - ' tt DENTISTS E. C. MACT, D. M. D., First-class dentistry. 109 South Sixth street. Grants Pass, Oregon. BERT R. ELLIOTT, D. M. D. Mod ern dental work. Marguerite IL Elliot, dental assistant Rooms 4 and 5. Golden Rule building. Grants Pass. Ore. Phone 265 . ATTORNEYS H. D. NORTON, Attornvy-at-Uw. Practice In all State and Federal Courts. First National Bank Big. COLVIG t WILLIAMS Attorneys-at-Law, Grants Pasa Banking Co. Building, Grants Pass, Oregon. ErsT 'VAN DYKE, Attorney. Practice in all courts. First National Bank Building. EDWARD H. RICHARD, Attorney-at-Law. Offlca - Masonic Temple, Grants Pass, Oregon. W. T- MILLER, Attorney-at-Law County attorney . tor Josephine County. Office: Schallhorn Bldg. O. S. BLANCH ARD, Attorney-at-Law, Grants Pass Banking Co. building. Phone 270. Grants Pass; Oregon. V. A. CLEMENTS Attorney-a.t-law, , practices in state and federal courts. Rooms 2 and 3, over Golden Rule store. DRAYAGE AND TRANSFER COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. All kinds of drayage and transfer work carefully and promptly done. Phone 132-R. Stand at frleght depot A. Shade, Propr. F. G. Isham, drayage and transfer. Safes, pianos and furniture moved packed, shipped and stored. Phone Clarke & Holman, No. 60. Residence phone 124-R, THE WORLD MOVES; so do we. Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone . 15-R. MISCELLANEOUS CRYSTAL SPRINGS water .put up In 5-gallon glass 'Jars and delivered at your door, fresh, pure, sanitary. Telephone 293-R and water wagon will call. PURE MOUNTAIN WATER Clear v and refreshing. Bacterial test as sure that this water is pure. De livered In five-gallon bottles. 7.'. E. Beckwith. Order by phone, 602-F-3. 459tf LODGES GRANTS PASS Lodge No. 84. A. F. A. M. Stated Communica tions 1st 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- O nesday eve in I.O.O.F. hall, cor. 6th and H. Sts. Visiting Odd Fellows cordially invit ed to be present. I. V. Howell, N. O.. Clyde Martin, Secretary. DECORATORS AND PAINTERS PAPERHANGING. graining, paint ing. For the beet work at lowest prices phone 295-J. C. G. Plant, South Park street-