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TirrJUY, MARCS! . 7. lit, RICH GOLD QOTZ iB LOCAL FOUuD OIIDIRDSEVE DAILY ROGUE IUVE3 OOlTjm if ;-8 1 V J $ t . '. 7. ' .1 . , v. V'l . CttBC t ST1 Kit., ' - 1 f '.;7 ' - Music Houxc ", .':-7 : ; - ;'.7 ?: 7 .,TbpfaBd t" Cr" ! ... -h-- ' 7"" Apprsp-ist. ',v" V ;"?' yr sjaloarift your ' tfrc;M It bs&iia o bc ' V nixi tb Cwe t t fought ti;i sJ :j LoVt-..Trtmipt- 3..i;,ir.v ct wVt to b; poll , ' lb .-...." iBft': Mv issues. BOc: 7.7ii5-io rioatU, J.;'.'), pJd la ."" sn:'i, He lifts, jr.J-ap-iir:- 1 i wort' i-ia ifi II I Mrs. 'f"ii EFNY 4rcd. bC--iUi or ted frte'f rwKfe 'tiadvr i."riirtibii. i Xui-i f.i'H 'ft'.'ti.iii'-r,, Address .,' .coy.' an-rca!?, and Isr? yonng n'.'kf ,'iai i ' '.rnithj Shasta vaiV, A''.irtM? Mis." istgaret ': ' At.h!is.!,.:0r?5ct.: 7 . : 693 IHIoiGATKD tarn; t 1&m vr. 8. -II, on ' 'i:fKt) !- ire tn.-i?. Oyod llOOSe ? .-Ettd tt'i'n.' '.'1 "4 'iii' from. Water .;. CVrik tft.on. ictep ttUnoi.' -14 INrftfsik'd. (l;,nk-2 ' ni-itl; Good vi 411. Tl i?r :tri Wife C WrJL 93 VA . TEJ-SUr-j ( mSU, !tjo7 three Watti-fc,'-1,000. JlL or -;;iore each. , Alvi Q f9t '!?'. ! in-ea ; or tfn ;. Ad4rc-...Xf.'.- 412, 'care .';Vi1ir.' . ' " 692 H. T. Hull went to Medford tnls morning to pend the day on. husl- nees. 7 ' ' .' , Dr. A. A. Wltham lef last nlht tor Oakland. Cal hating been called in consultation on a case. He will not W la his office until Friday. Robert R. Kuhlman anrt wife ar rived on Monday from San Francisco etpecting to make Grants Pass their home. They are at present with Mrs. Knhlman's mother, Mrs. M. J Leach Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Weichleln and baby returned to Roseburg thta morn Ing. They were accompanied by Mrs. Welcblein's sister, Miss Lila Metsner. Dr. Loughrldge went to Jackson- rille this morning, called on profes sional business. ; Mrs, John Cole and baby arrived this morning from Cottonwood, CaL, and will visit Mrs. Cole's mother, Mrs. M. J. Maslker. Miss Anna Woods arrived this morning from the Chemawa . Indian schjol and will leave in the morning tor her home near Crescent City. Robert Mansfield and wife arrived last night from Ashland and left this mnrntnt for Crescent City, where they expect to make their home. Mrs. O. M. Rice and son came from Salem yesterday and stopped oft at Grants Pass en route lor Crescent City, having received word that Mrs. Rice's mother had fallen and broken her hip. ' :v' v- J. E. Tnrnbull. special represen tatlve of the Portland Journal, went to Medford this afternoon for a few day. . - Mrs. Herbert Lester arrived yes terday from Klamath Falls and will visit her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Murphy,' for a week or more. T C L. Hobart arrived this afternoon from Seattle and will spend a tew days in the city on business and with old friends.' C Strong and D. Norton, of Waldo, who have spent several months In various parts of California, returned here yesterday and will leave . for Waldo tomorrow. , . Geo. Matthes, of Grass Valley, who spent the winter In California, ar rived here this morning to spend the day visiting former lrasa; Valley friends. , --,.:, -i-. v- v -"- Miss H. D.; Payne, of Harbor, and Mrs. Hulda Payne, of Brookings, are at the .Grants Pass hotel, .stopping over Tor a day. oa;. their .way. .to the coast. - ', Mrs. Sophia Larson and two chil dren arrived this morning from Ta coma and will leave la the morning for Crescent City, their ultimate des tination being Marshfield. v . . .Mre Vou Going? To the union revival services at tie Presbyterian church to-nlghtT liod music, Inspiring topics. Come) ark A llolnian, I'ndertakero ( Licensed embalmers. Phone 60 tt urjihr lMnco March 11, Kellogg, Costell & Har y. Call It St. Patrick's day. Wear green and come out. l.oo, lunch ahd all. ; " V C89 Send Bw4 Seed to Medford A part of the shipment of beet seed that arrived from Salt Lake city Mon day has been sent on to Medford tor early planting of the acreage signed up for the Oregon-Utah Sugar com pany there. The shipment received was of a carload containing some 440 sacks of 10? pounds each, or about it tons. , . ; ' .. .,7:7 Save the Babi By feeding them pare Englewood Dairy milk. Phone SS3. 68SU Change 1 Time of Train No. 53 The Southern Pacific railroad an ounces a change In the time of train No. 53, effective March 19, that train, now arriving at one o'clock In the morning, to reach Grants Pass at nine o'clock in the evening, thus giving an evening service to Medford and Ash' land. No changes in time are noted in the time of running of other trains, but trains 13 and 14 will go via Marysville Instead of Willows, and train 15 via Willows Instead of Marysville. ' J For Td Phono 160. 10c in City Bramwell ft Gunning. 67Stt Visit at Mnrphy . Mr. and Mrs. & S. Van Dyke and Miss Berenice Qulnlan returned Mon day afternoon from Murphy, where they had visited over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jeffers. Automatic Electric Washer ' Best medium priced machine ob tainable. Strong steel stand. for ex tra tub; swinging, reversible wringer. Terms. Bush Electric 8hoD. 688 :;f.tlni for ai.y oc- a lln.i''',;.! - kuwUr iiy.'MU, t:.;S:.iw;.-e will r-celve , piano 215 693 70. r'tV! . . i-r.Mw house . ,c;f ncrc' cP f'::tt );,;n mgar wr laa r:;nA':t Cicfi. duff in " I.--itri L-i t. .' 69. MUa'AngJU Swingle Ped Word was received by friends here of the death last night of Miss Angia Swingle, at San Francisco, the result of cancer. Miss Swingle was a sister of Mrs, R. W. Honey, leaving here for Everett, Wash, last summer, later going to San Francisco.' 7 I vi " . lnj.,., .... t if V. 'fcht-tt it Stove Pol?'?!. Injured Girls Improving The seven-year-old daughter of Jess Neathammer, of Evans valley, who was run over by a wagon about two weeks ago, suffering the frscture of her thigh, ia improving satisfac torily. The seven-year-old daughter of John Pitman, of Rogue River, also suffering a fractured leg, Is making good progress toward recovery. I n4 -I J- mwi .MtiVtf W ?1 situ ( k,;ir. j v ,.u,.lt.'.!.u ...J., ..r., 5' JKff-t. ,'MI? ''" I -lit ' l"rt.S'. ' Hit J; ,4 KkA II.. i , f flfct in" 4 Tf , GlU. I: fi.' 11.... t II n t. 7 V. "11' . 1. . r,' Candidate for Commissioner J. W. Turvey, of the upper Wil liams creek district, has Med notice of his Intention to become a candi date for the republican nomination for county commissioner. Mr. Tur vey Is one of the well known farmers of the county, and Is In charge of the agricultural display at the fair to be held next September In Jose phine county. Ills candidacy was the result of a meeting held among the residents of Williams creek, at which he was urgod to (become a candidate. Favorable Opening I'nion Revival Good . crowds were in attendance the initial services of the union revival, both Sunday night and last night Sunday nigfht Rev. J. IT. Harmon preached at the Presbyterian church, his subject being "Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth." At the other Sunday night service, at the BaptiBt church. Rev. Melville T. Wire preached on the subject, "Does a Man Get His ; Hell Here?". . . Last night, at the Presbyterian church. Rev; G. A. Taggart took as his topic, "The Need of a Vision." .Services will continue at the Presbyterian church this week. , 1 '. :: ,' .., For Taxi 8ervlce '.'. Phone 262-R. Rosa Bailey. 6S4tt Want Corn for the Fair ' J. W. Turvey, of .Williams, who has been appointed by the county fair board to take charge of the depart ment of agriculture for the exhibit in September, Is especially anxious to improve the quality of com grown In this section, and' to -that end is making plans to offer ' substantial prizes for corn samples of quality. He wishes to give notice to corn growers to have this In, mind and take particular care with their seed and cultivation in order to. raise a crop that will be nearer perfection than any yet produced In this section. Mr. Turvey was In the city yesterday and today on private business and looking after matters connected with his department ' ; . ' Tho old saying that gold Is whore you find it Is proven true in south ern Oregon about every day. J. R. McReynoUls came In from Blrdaeye creek .this morning, and has been ex hibiting some of the richest samples of gold-bearing quarts ever taken from the ground. The find was made only halt a mile up th creek and near the traveled highway, la one of the most accessfUla places in the country. It was discovered by Messrs. McReynolds and Swacker about four weeks ago, the trace having been fol lowed up by the panning method till a stringer was found. The rich vein is less than two inches wide, and Us extent has not yet been determined, though a tunnel is now being driven to cut it at some depth. The samples brought in show a coating of the gold, with the metal showing all through the quarts, and sot .a great quantity of the ore would bo needed to make the strike a bonama for Us locators. " Khler Bunch Accepts Idaho Call . Elder Taylor G. Bunch, president and field manager of tho Southern Oregon Seventh Day Adventist asso ciation, stopped off here Sunday morning and spoke in the evening to an appreciative audience. .This ser mon was perhaps Mr. Bunch's last In Grants Pass, as he has" accepted a call to a much larger field In Idaho. , The church and Held work In' southern Oregon will hereafter be under the direction of Elder H. G. Thurston, of Salem, who will be In tho city soon, accompanied by Elder C J. Code, of Eugene.' Mr. Bunch has made many friends In thla city, out side of his church relations, who wish htm unlimited success.' He leaves tonight for Roaeburg, and after a short stay will go to Boise, Idaho, his new home. 7" ; '. , MAX KILLED AT HUGO WHEN i TRAIN AND ALTO COLLIDE to attend ths Uinmoim ISevnval Service 0 At the Presbyterian Church this week 7t' .. .7 ..v . , -- - 7' ; .77 Oomo and.be interested, helped, inspired. Good music A warm welcoma 1. OBITUARY .1 The regular freight train coming south struck an automobile at the railroad crossing near Hugo thla af ternoon, and a man named Dillon, an occupant I of the auto, was killed. His companion, named Barrett, was severely Injured. No other particu lars of the accident, were obtainable at the hour of going to press. The regular freight was In charge of Con ductor Kurtz and Engineer J. V. Hale. Doctor Strieker was called and left at once to cars for the injured man... 7-. ,v ...7 -; tXLIj:GE GRADUATE LEAVES . 7. 1 TRAIL OF BAD CHECKS Portland, Mar; 7U A graduate of Fordham . and a past- professor in Latin in a number of American In stitutions, George T. Whitfield, alias Melville R. Moore,, was arrested by deputy, sheriffs this morning, follow ing a series of bad draft, operations In leading hotels from Canada to the Mexican line. Arriving la Portland Sunday from Victoria, via 8eattle, Whitfield registered at a ltfcal hotel. where he cashed an order for fib yesterday. - . Old papers, 60 per bundle, at the Courier office. !; Ihe BIJOU "Tie lnrF3 DYNAMITER SENTENCED , TO LIFE IN PRISON Sandwich, Ont., Mar. 7. Charles Respa, of Detroit, convicted of dyna miting the Peabody overall factory at Walkervllle In June and attempting to destroy Canadian troop barracks and armories at Windsor, was sen tenced to life Imprisonment today. The Peabody. factory was mannfac turlng khaki uniforms for Canadian N Kce tho Giat Furopcnn Conflict Tonight and Wednesday at the Bijou The most HciiMittioiial war picture ever made, ; . w Close up picture f,f mlnnl flghtlng and Its horrible resiilta in tho worlil'd intmt titanic atrtiKgle now at 1U helgHt, slwrnlng the hug and ingenious engines of destruction nt . tlielr gruesome work. You can have no possible Idea of Euroite'a tragic conflict until you ' '' - luve seon v' : "THE HORRORS OF WAR"- , , Are we prewired, and should wo prepare? See this picture of war i ami IU ronsequences, ", .' v.. ;7 Henry Fowl said of "Tlie Horrors of War"i These pictures will " B,l' war." . '.. ' f Pathe News and Comedy : NO ADVANCES IN PRICES . ? ;". Ethvlu C. Smith Edwin C Smith, who passod away at the family residence on street on Monday, was born la Philadelphia in July, 1834, coming west with the 1849 gold rush, making the trip by the way of the Isthmus ot Panama, and later coming to Oregon. In 1863, at old Williamsburg, bo was married to "Minerva Vlutorla FlddUr, who survives him. Mr. Smith mined on the American river and also In Jack sonville district, out In later life was engaged as a contractor and builder. He Is survived by eight children, Robert G. and Lincoln, of Grants Pass; Anna C, of San Francisco; Sam Hay ward, Cal.; Mrs. Mary Martin, Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. Myra A. Dorden, Los Angeles', W. E. Smith and Mrs. R. A. Fenton, of Portland. Mrs. Fenton had been wtth her father for the past two weeks. W. E. Smith arrived Friday, and Sam C is expect ed here tonight. The funeral will be held at the Presbyterian church at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday, with Interment In the L. 0. O. F. cemetery. , . ' WUllam Freed William Freed, a formor resident of Grants Pass, died at his home In Philomath! Oregon, Sunday, after an Illness of only a few days, though ho had been In gradually ; falling health for a year or more. The fun eral services were held at the Freed home. In Philomath, this afternoon, at two o'clock. Rev. D. H. Leech, pastor ot the First Methodist church ot Corvallls, preaching' the sermon. Interment was In the Mount Union cemetery at Philomath. . Mr. Freed was one of the earlier residents of Grants Pass, and left somo years ago to reside with his daughter, Mrs. Dennis Stovall, at Philomath. ..He still, held extensive property Interests in this county, In cluded la bis holdings being the Ob server building on G street . He is survived by his wife and - by the daughter, Mrs. Btovall. 5 , Architects' tzi fcgbcrs' S:;;L:3S drawing Paper Tracing Paper lrorUo Paper Croat SecUwa Fapr Blue Print paper Tracing Cloth Lettering Feaa . . Hold Hooka Drawing Instruments Protracion Curve Triangle T Bquam Straight Edge . Pens, IIlKRlns Ink, Pencils, Water Colors, Brashes, Ruling 1 Triangular Bcalcs, Thumb Tacks EVERYTHING FOIt THE OFFICE Pons, emaray s r. . bmwvitiil J TIT MINIMI M WAGE 7 WW FIUM NEW ANGLE Taconia. Mar. 7 Washington's minimum wage lnw will probably be put to the test ot tho highest courts to determine whehther it violates the Constitutional right of freedom from Imprisonment tor debt, as tho result of action brought in Justice Graham's court hero." , 7 - According to State Labor Commis sioner E. W. Olsea today, the entire question of minimum .wago legisla tion 'for women is involved, and ho said the state will carry tho contest to the United States supremo court it necessary. ; fr i The ease Involves A. M. Anderson, head ol Tacoraa collection firm, who was placed on trial on a cnarxe of violating the act. He admitted tho farts m alleged, basin it htf de tense 'upon tho constitutional provi sion against Imprisonment foe dolit GENERAL MOTORS DENIES BEING TAKEN OVER BY CHEVROLET A report has gone out to the effect that the stockholders ot the Chevro let Motor company recently author ized an Increase of the capital stock from $20,000,000 to . f 80,000,000, and empowered1 the directors to ex change Chevrolet shares for General Motors shares on a basis of five of Che rolet for one ot General Motors. Tills report has, however, ..just been denied to the representative of the Automobile Trade Journal. 688 '- What U an Idsf "What la an IdeV" It U 1 natural pitfall for modern 'Kenuratlous. Even Bulwer Lytton allowed Ouo of his Ro man characters to say, "It stauds fixed for the ninth ido of August," alUiougb be must bnve known that "Ides" Is a plural without a singular. Why the Romans called the l!Hli of March, May, July, October and the 131b of every other month the Ides they do not seem to bare known for certain themselves. Some thought It meant the halfway day ot the month, from on Etruscan word meaning "to dlvldo." but mod em philology, digging law ganskrlt. has suggested thai It mentis the brhrht time of the month, full iiumiii, London Notes and Queries 1 J. fi TETIIEROW Sheet Metal Works Hydraulic and Irrigating Pipe Gnlvsnlwd Iron Tanks , t ' . Mnlorl.il nnd Worknmnshlp , Gitnrantooxl , And WEDNESDAY ;. .Helen 'Holmes In reels one and two of Chapter j,one of the great railroad film novel aai tie Gsme" (J The most tlirillingr, interesting, blood 7 quickening ' story ever told on the screen. (Jj Do not fail to see the first chapter to J night. The tory of "The Girl and the Game" , is running in 100 daily newspapers. dj "The Girl and the Game" will be y shown at the STAR Theatre every i Tuesday and Wednesday for fifteen weeks. (J In addition to the two reels of "The - Girl ahd the Game," thrca other se - lectcd Mutual reels, usually including' a Keystone comedy, will fca exhibited ,'' a", ' . ' .-'- ',,.' First perfennance 7:33 Afr.::;::3 lCc cJ lEc troops when It was blown up. r