CELEBRITIES
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Photos by American Pra Association.
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James Whlieowb nil, the flooaler HKt (loft), Henry Watterson. editor of
the IxinlMvlllf CtiurleMourual (rlcho, and Alexander Graham Hell, lnveulor of
Iba teltptiou, tu a perambulating chair at I'alra Iteacb. Fla.
SLAIN AT W1LDERVILLE
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breast tod the otber Just back ot
tbe shoulder.
Mr. Akert Shot Four Time
Mr. Akera bad been ahot through
the breast, and death was apparently!
nearly Instantaneous. Mr. Akora waa
hot In at loaat four places, howover,
and bad undoubtedly put up fight
in nrnimnt tilmielf from hla aaaallant.
IKIVO RHVIP UWI I'RHVU UIVUSU "IB
right forearm within a few Inches ot
each other, and another ahot had
passed through his body. Entering
the head at the left eye waa fifth
wound, thla nearly blowing the (op
of the head from the body. It waa
evident, however, that the name bul
let that had crashed through Mr.
Akera' bead had been one that had
first penetrated hla forearm as ha
raised tho arm In protection. Other
wise eight ahota would have tp be
accounted for, and only seven empty
ahella were found.
lUiuHiiuut Attempts! Suicide
In bla story to tho newspaperman,
1).... ...... ..1,1 ).. ,nAH rnmmttllnir
liuuiiuou nmu tiiftv mvn ..., ...... .
th orlinn tin wont at nnm to till awn
home, and ho thought ho would end
it all bv taking hla own life, lie
went Into the loft over his woodshed,
lie said, mndo hlnmelf a bed of sacks,
N f l rank tho contenta of a bottle of
laudanum, and laid down to die. The
overdose of tho poison proved an
emetic, however, and ho aoon throw
the poison out of hla atomach, though
. It left him deathly atck, and he was
still a vory alck man when brought
to the Jail hy the sheriff. He atlll
had his rifle, which be had reloaded
;Jn both magazine end barrel after his
V"" 'return to hla home, and other cart
K o ridge in tbt hoosa, though he evl-
' V-)t t i' not wth' o,dle. badly
.iot to fire one of thorn into hla
' own head.1, Bousman la widower
.1 who haa lived" by himself the most
of the time during the paat 11 years
since removlng'tto ihe Applegate dis
trict, ff taa been prospector end,
miner. , Be had the reputation of be
ing quarrolaom, and" had had (rouble
with othen fcestde the Akera.
tnqae.it la Held
The bodice of Mr. and Mrs. Akera
were brought to Granta Paaa Sun
day night,1 ftftd Utile morning an in
quest waa held V. Hall's undertaking
rooma. The Jury, was composed of
Messrs. W. 0.'HltttC.lI. MoCann, A.
M. Ruttencutter, J. ffl., RdMnson, B.
V. Smith and, Paul Ruttencwtter. Af
ter hearing the evUence they return
ed fterdic' fcoldinithat Mr. and
V Mra. Akera came to their deaths from
gunshot wounds Itiflieted by M. D
' Bouaman, Sr., nd holding the latter
.responsible for the killing.
An Estimable Couple
' ' Mr. and Mra. Akera had lived in
the Wlldervllle neighborhood for 11
'years, living upon ft farm on Dull
creek, three miles from the village.
Mr. Akera waa a former minister of
the Methodist church, coming to Ore
gon from Minnesota and Wisconsin,
where he had been upon the circuit.
( Since coming to thla state he had
' preached on many occasions, often
occupying the pulpit at Wlldervllle.
He waa 64 years1 of age, end waa a
native of Illinois,
Mra.' Akera was 54 years, four
; months and 23 days of age, end was
born in Wisconsin, her parents being
AT PALM BEACH
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Mr. and Mra. David 8paldlng. She
haa three brothera In Grants Pass,
they being Wm., Denjamln It., and
Francis J. Spalding. She also haa
(wo alsters it Bend, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Akera had many
frtenda In the Wlldervllle district,
where they were held In high esteem,
and (he tragedy thai removed them
from the community was a shock that
haa left their friends and neighbors
dumbfounded.
The funeral services will toe held
at Wlldervllle, at the church, Wed
ncaday, at two o'clock.
SETTLE DEADLOCK
'. Washington,, Fob.. 28. England.'
alleged orders to merchant ships to
attack submarines, as claimed by
Germany,' seemed today to offer the
last hope for a satisfactory adjust
ment of the German-American dead
lock. If those orders are proved to exist,
the American position toward Ger
i
I
many may be somewhat altered.
AmbasHador von Bernstorff'a in
structions from Berlin, however,
offered no apparent basis for a settle
ment. The German envoy had an
appointment with Secretary Lansing
shortly before noon.
Austrian Charge d'Affalres Zwie-
denok also had instructions from his
government in the matter ot the
Teuton decree for war on armed mer
chant vessels, and It was regarded as
possible he would visit Lanalng also.
Though the state department heads
expect no postponement of this de
cree, they were gratified that Ger
many, in her Instructions, haa recog
nfced that the Lusitanla settlement
Is Involved In the decree dispute.
Von Bernetorff'a word from Ber
lin was reported to Include assur
ances that Germany recognises the
pledgee given in the Lusitanla and
Aralbio cases not to attack peaceful
ships without warning, hut it ia said
to hold that armed vessels are not
peaceful ships entitled to such con
sideration. ,
, Congress is not expected to inter
fere in the administration's German
American course. Excitement there
has subsided. Senator Gore said he
would not press his resolution call
ing for warning to Americana' to
keep off armed belligerent merchant
ships, and the house pacificists hafe
practically abandoned similar agita
tion. The house and senate kept hands
off in the situation.
It is reported Bernstorff'a instruc
tions point out that danger to Amer
icans from the German decree is re
mote and administration men believe
this Is a fact, particularly as no arm
ed British, French or Russian ships
touch America and take American
passengers. The general arming of
Italian ships is the principal dan
ger. But Germany la not at war
with Italy, so naturally would not
attack her ships. Any dispute about
Americans on Italian armed ahlpa
Would probably be with j Austrln,
which la at war with Italy.
It Is reliably reported that Ger
many la not yet proposing to discuss
ENGLISH
ORDER
MAY
what constitutes defensive arma
ment. Ambassador Dernatorff conferred
with Charge Zwledenek before going
to the conference with Lansing. The
ombuKsy said it did not expect post
ponement of the armed enemy mor
chantmen decree.
Portland, Feb, 28. Today's mar
ket quotations were:
Wheat Club, 83; blucstcm, 90
Oats No. 1 white feed, 25028.50.
Hurley Feed, 28.50.
Hogs Jlest live, 8 8.03.
Prime ateors, 7.50 & 7.70; fancy
cows, 0.50; best calves, 8.
Spring lambs, 9 9.05.
Butter City creamery, 31; coun
try, 25 029.
Egga Selected, 18 0 20.
Hens, 10017; broilers, 18020;
geese, 10011.
Copper, 28
Never elf Applied.
"Father," said the email boy, "what's
state of righteous lndlgnatlonr
"A state of righteous Indignation, my
son, la the frame of mind Into which
you drift because of some other per
son's shortcoming." Washington Star.
JOSHUA W. ALEXANDER.
Congressman Presents Bill Per
Government Merchant Marine.
Photo by American Ftcm Aaaoclatlon.
Political Cards
(Paid Advertisements) .
EUGENE L. COBURN
RcpubMcan Candidate for
Nonjinee for
County Clerk
Present Incumbent ,
ECLU3 POLLOCK
Republican Candidate for
Nominee .for
Assessor v
Present Incumbent
A. E. VOORHIES
Republican Candidate
for
Nominee for
Representative
CP. BISHOP
Of Salem, Oregon
Republican Candidate
Nominee for
Presidential Elector
Congressional Disk No, 1
for
J. A. WHARTON
Republican ' Candidate for
Nominee for
County Clerk
WILL O. SMITH
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
Sheriff
Preeent Incumbent
GEO E. LUNDBURG
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
State Senator
PORTLAND
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FOH BALI;
40 ACRES 4 miles from Grant
Pass, no Improvements, for sale
at $40 per acre. Under ditch sur
vey. Address No. 2415, care
Courier. , 657tf
I HAVE four vigorous 8. C. Brown
Leghorn cockerels to sell at $1.60
each. They are from high scoring
egg-laying strain. Nothing better
In the state. Tbeo, P. Cramer,
Granta Pass, Ore. Phone 364-Y.
Day-old chicks $12.(0 per 100.
Eggs, $1 per setting ot 15. 656tf
FOR SALE Six-room plastered
bouse, close In, lot 100x100, good
shade. Address No. 2413, care
Courier. 657tt
MORE BERKSHIRE3 were exhibited
at the Panama-Pacific exposition
than all otber breeda of swine put
together. Get ft start In the most
popular breed. F. R. Steel, Wi
nona ranch, R. 1, Granta Pass,
Ore. 661tf
195 EGCS per hea is the average for
my entire flock of breeders. Mated
to 200-egg strain O. A. C. cockerels.
Chlcke $12.50 per 100. Egga $1
setting. Geo. P. Cramer. 091
FOR SALE 26 acres bottom land
near Granta Paat, all under fine
irrigation system. Inquire 2501
Courier. ' 694
FOR SALE Homestead, 160 acres,
14 acres cleared, 7 acres In crop,
house, barn, chicken house, 800,
'000 feet saw timber, 4 miles from
R. R. station, 13 miles from
Grants Pass, $300. Inquire 707
South Fifth street 681
FOR SALE Thoroughbred white
Leghorn rooster. Also new
'woven wire bed spring. Phone
234-R. - 681
INFORM ATION LANDS. Oregon-
California- Land Grant Landa.
Three maps, showing all tracts in
Douglas, Josephine and Curry and
Jackson counties, with general de
scription and status of said lands,
for II. 5? for each map. Township
ownership plats, 2-Inch per mile,
of Coos and Josephine counties,
showing government, private and
grant lands, at 75c per township;
. other counties in preparation. I
sell the Anderson maps you know
them. M. J. Anderson, Granta
Pass, Ore. 701
MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE 1915
three-speed twin Excelsior, fully
equipped. Cheap. Inquire No.
288, care Courier. 682
FOR SALE Asparagus roots, one
1 ft !
aouar per nunarea. vwu scoviue.
Phone 602-F-14. 682
HOUSES For sale at 300 and up;
lota at $50 and up; small payment
down and' installments for bal
ance. Improved ranches. Inquire
of Charles Morrison, 622 L street
If you wish to eell, list property
with me. 683
MRS. BURTON'S spring stock of mil
linery has just arrived and the
public is cordially invited to call
and lnepect it. 407 N. 6th St. 704
FOR SALE 900 yearling loganberry
plants. Rogue River Orchard
company, Merlin, Ore. Phone
600-F-2. - 685
FOR SALE OR TRADE Modern
six-room home. Sacrifice price.
Terms. Will take Ford car In Al
condition as part pay. Inquire
Bartlott'a shoe store. 681
FOR SALE Twin Indian. Also five-
passenger touring car. Inquire
Ray Williams. Phone 36. 681
FOR SALE Fresh dairy cows. H.
S. Diftenderfer. Phone 602-F21. 85
FOR SALE Two tons carrots; $6
per ton in ibulk. W. 0. Hough,
521 Rogue River avenue.
2t
TO RENT
FOR, RENT Seven-room houBe, with
bath.', Good location, Large gar
den spot. Inquire at 801 North
Sixth street. 681
TO LEASE
PALACE HOTEL, Grants Pass, to
lease for term ot years; furniture
for sale. Retiring on account ot
ill health. Address W. S. Wood,
City. 603
ASSAYEIIS
E. R. CROUCH, Assayer, chemist,
metallurgist Roms 201-203 Pad
dock Building. Grants Pass.
SPRAYING
NOTICE 1 have bought the John
Relschel .spraying equipment and
am prepared to do first-class work
In this line.. See me before hav
ing your spraying done. Prices
reasonable. Work guaranteed.
Phone 43. ' ' 6S4
Classified Advertising
WACTED
WANTED A Curry county ranch on
easy payment plan. Address J. F.
Santee, Connell, Wash. .681
WANTED Horses or burros, also
saddles suitable for packing. State
approximate weight, condition,
price and where can be seen. Ad
dress Mr. Fluhart, Glendale, Ore
gon. ,684
LADY DEMONSTRATOR Live ones
make $5 to $10 dally. Something
new. Apply 515 North Sixth
street, before 9 a. m. or after 5
p. m. Monday. 681
VH, R. J. BESTUL, Veterinarian,
Office in Wlnetrout Implement
Building. Phone 11 3-J. Resi
dence phone 305-R.
ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACTS When buying prop
erty or loaning money, protect
yourself by insisting on an authen
tic abstract We make them.
Grants Pass Abstract Co., W. E.
Hanson, manager, Albert building,
opposite post office. Phone 226-J.
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
VIOLIN INSTRUCTION Franco-
Belgian school of violin playing.
E. R. Lawrence, 215 I street
TIME CARD
California and Oregon Coast
ttaiiroad Company
(The Oregoa Caves Route)
Effective Monday, Dec. 20, 1J15.
Train 1 It. Granta Pass7:00 ft.m.
Arrives Waters Creek 3:00 a.m.
Train I lr. Waters Creole 8:1S sun.
Arrives Grants Pass ,1:16 ft.ni.
Train I lr. Grants Paas2:00 p.m.
Arrives waters Creek3:0Q pjn.
Train 4 It. Waters Creek 6:00 p.m.
Arrives Grants Paaa 6:00 p.m.
On Sundays trains No, 1 and S are
canceled.
All tralna 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
tbe office of the company, Public Ser
vice building, or phone 1I8-K for
same. .
Train will stop on flag at any point
between Grants Pass and Waters
Creek. Passenger service every day
In the week.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
CLEAN-UP DAY
I wish to announce to the public
that Wednesday, .March 1, will be
observed this year as the official
clean-up day for the city ot Grants
Pass. Property owners, tenants and
citizens generally are earnestly re
quested to co-operate with us in the
Important work of improving the ap
pearance of the city and of main
taining sanitary conditions by the re
moval of all rubbish from premises
under their respective control.
Street Superintendent R. A. Dean
will have charge of tbe work of haul
ing the accumulated rubbish to the
city dumping grounds. The teams
will begin to haul on the morning
of March 1. It will therefore be ne
cessary for the people to begin now
In order that all rubbish shall be In
readiness by the time the hauling be
gins. .
In the Interests of efficiency and
economy please observe the following
suggestions:
1st. Reduce your quota to the
minimum by burning all combustible
rubbish. , .
2nd. Put tin cane, broken crock
ery, glass and all like accumulations
in - boxes . or , sacks to facilitate
handling.
3rd. Place the accumulation out
side of your yards, on the Bide ot
alleys accessible to wagons. v
4th. Have your part of the work
finished before March 1, and thus
avoid the necessity ot an additional
trip to your neignoornooa.
Yours truly.
J. P. TRUAX, Mayor.-;
-Love Per an Hour.
What la It that makes people so much
better company at a masquerade than
under any other circumstance T
In the circle of the black mask and
the domino we have no name, no past,
no future, no self to live np to or down
to and the mood that Is uppermost
need never Impose itself upon a later
mood.
We can be spontaneous and genuine.
No wonder we are good company!
For on the whole our spontaneous
impulses are kindly and gay.
We are almost rendy to love our fel
low men for nn hour If we are nor
thereby committing ourselves to loving
them for a llfetlme.-Plttsbnneh Press
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Oregon rntnlr.f laws, 40c. Courier
PHYSICIANS
L. O. CLEMENT, M. D. Practice
limited to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat Glasses fitted.
Office hours -12, 2-6, and on ap
pointment Office phone 62; resi
dence phone 369-J.
S. LOUGHRIDGe', M. D., Physician
ana surgeon, city or country calift ,
attended day or night Res.
phone 369; office phone 183
Sixth and H. Tuffs Building.
J. P. TRUAX, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon. ' Phones: Office, 325;
residence, 324. Calls answered
at all hours. Country calls at
tended to. Lundeburg BIdg.
DR. ED BTWATER Specialist oa
diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throat; glasses fitted. Office hours:
9 to 12 a, m., 2 to 5 p. m. Phones:
Res. 23 4-J; Office, 267-J. Schmidt
Building, Grants Pass, Oregon.
DR. F. D. STR1CKER Diseases ot
children and general practice. Tele
phone 174-J. Office: Masonic build
ing, tf.
DENTISTS
E. C. MACY, D. M. D., Flrst-claas
dentistry. 109 H South Slxta
street. Grants Pass, Oregon.
BERT R. ELLIOTT, D. M. D. Mod
ern dental work. Marguerite H.
Elliott, dental assistant Rooms 4
and 5, Golden ' Rule building.
Grants Pass, Ore. Phone 265-J. ,
ATTORNEYS
H. D. NORTON, Attonxy-et-Lew.
Practice In all State and Federal
Courts. First National Bank Big.
COLV1G ft WILLIAMS Attorneys-
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. Offlca Masonic Temple,
Grants Pass, Oregon.
W. T. MILLER, Attorney-at-LftW
County attorney for. Josephine
County." ' Office: SchaUhorn BIdg.
O. S. BLANCHARD, Attorney-at-Law,
Grants Pass Banking Co. building. '
Phone 270. Grants Pass, Oregon.
V. A. CLEMENTS Attorney-at-law,
practices in state and federal
courts. Rooms 3 and 3, over
Golden Rule store.
DRAYAGE AND TRANSFER
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. AU
kinds of drayage and transfer
work carefully and promptly done.
Phone 1J2-R. Stand at frieght
depot A. Shade, Propr.
F. G. Iaham, drayage and transfer.
Safes, pianos and furniture moved
packed, shipped and . stored.
Phone Clarke k Holman, No. 50.
Residence phone 12 4-R.
THE WORLD MOVES;, so de we.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
15-R.
MISCELLANEOUS
CRYSTAL SPRINGS water ,put np In
6-gallon glass Jars and delivered
at yonr door, fresh, pure, sanitary.
Telephone 293-R and water wage
will caU.
NOW is the time to have your trees
and rosebushes sprayed. It yon
want prompt and careful work
done, write. P. O. Box 347. Phone
3 50-J. 681
PURB . MOUNTAIN WATER Clear
and refreshing. Bacterial test as
sure that thla water la pure. De
livered In five-gallon bottles.
W. E. Beckwith. Order 'by phone,
602-F-3. 45tf
LODGES
GRANTS PASS Lodge No. 84, A. F.
A. M. Stated Oomminlcsr
tlona 1st and 3d Tuesdays.
Visiting ; brethern cordially
invited. A. X. Casa, W. M.
Ed. O. Harris, secretary.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE, NO. 78, 1.O.
O. F., meets every Wed-
nesday eve in I.O.O.F.
" hall, cor. 6th and H. Sts.
Visiting Odd Fellows cordially invit
ed to he present. I. V. Howell, N.
O., Clyde Martin, Secretary.
DECORATORS AND PAINTERS
PAPERHANGING, graining, paint
ing. For tbe best work at lowest
prices phone 296-J. C. G. Plant,
South Park atreet. .
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