Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, March 21, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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    DAILY ROGUE MVKR COCRIKK
Tl'KMDAY, MARCH ill, 1016.
PAGE FOUR
THAT BEAUTIFUL
HAWAHAX LOVE SONG
"She Sang Aloha
to
Don't fall to hear it.
Hawaiian songs are all (be
rage now. We have a full
stock of the best sellers.
Also Hawaiian Instrumental
and Instructors In Hawaiian
methods of playing them.
Music and Photo House
STAXTOX ROWKLL, Prop.
Pleased Beyond
compare. This was the state of
mind, Hud, in scores of in
stances, the positive, unsolicit
ed declaration, ' of every one of
the 500 persons that witnessed
the superb William Fox seven
reel production of "The Two
Orphans" at the Star theater
' last Saturday.
The STAR, on an early date,
is going to offer another Wil
liam Fox super-feature, "The
Song of Hate," based on Tic
torien Sardoa'a "La Tosca," In
terpreted on the spoken stage
by Iternhardt, Immortalized by
Giacomo Puccini In music, and
lyrically made familiar to
Americans through the art of
Caruso and Melon, Farrar,
Scottl and Amato.
"La Tosca" also has an all
star cast, headed by the Royal
Danish actress, Betty Nansen.
In the supporting company are
Arthur Hoops, Claire Whitney
and Dorothy Bernard. -
AMI SOLENTS TONIGHT
Bijou
"The Slim Princess." '
Star
"The Girl and the Game."
COMING EVEXTS e
March 21, Tuesday Music club re
hearsal, 7:30, Presbyterian church.
till IA.1 I A( UlVUiUE TU
WILSON RENOMIXATIOX
Lincoln, Neb., Mar. 2 1 . W. J.
Bryan was on record today as favor
ing the renomination of President
Wilson. In a speech In behalf of the
Nebraska prohibition amendment,
the former premier said be believed
there would be no other candidate
than Wilson at the St. Louis conven
tion. FIRST WOMAN IN
COOS COUNTY DEAD
Marshfleld, Mar. 21. Mrs. Esther
Lockhart, 91 years old, the first wo
man to come to Coos county, died
here this morning. She was born
at Ulysses, N. Y., January 13, 1825.
After driving an ox team across the
plains with her sick husband, she
taught the first school established
at Coos Bay In 1854.
Mrs. E. Pollexfen, of San Fran
cisco, is one of her three surviving
children.
Keeping tits Ball Rolling.
Marks It seems as though women
have a mania for spending money.
Parka I know it Why. whenever my
wife Is too sick to go shopping she
sends for the doctor. Boston Tran
script
Old papers, 6c per bundle, at the
Courier office.
NEW TODAY
CLASSIFIED AD RATES. 25 words,
two issues, 25c; six issues, 60c;
one month, $1.50, when paid in
advance. When not paid In ad
vance, 5c per line per Issue.
WANTED Experienced girl for gen
eral house work. Phone 612-F-5.
FOR RKNT Five-room house, elec
tric lights, bath, fireplace and
. kitchen range. See Ivan Llvlng
, ston, at Courier office. 705
TYPEWRITING or any klnd"orbook
work done. Phone 141-R. Mrs.
Bush. 664tf
PER52NfH-
Chas. Yager left this morning (or
'Seattle.
. H. A. Schell vent to Portland to
day on business.
Bert Eastman arrived this morn
ing from Portland. '
Mrs. A. C. White came In from
Weed, Cal., this morning.
J. M. Rose went to Portland last
nlsht for a short stay.
I. A. RoMe made a business trip
to Ashland this morning.
Chas. Gray went to Jacksonville
thts morning on business. , , .
Wlllard Kenan left last night on
a business trip to New York city.
Mrs. R. L. Burdtb came down from
Ashland last night tor a short stay.
: Mrsi Harry Cook arrived this af
ternoon from Cottage Grove to visit
her parents.
J Mrs. Winkelman and three chll
. dren csme in from Kohler this after
noon for a short stay.,
i Mrs. O. P. McGee, who visited Miss
Mattle McGee, returned to Glendale
this morning. v ''
W. 0. Smith, of Wolf Creek, was
in town yesterday.
Merton and Glenn Sill arrived this
morning from Portland, called on ac
count of the death of their father,
Lee SHI.
Mrs. Edwin Arkell and daughter
arrived In the city from Redlands,
I Cal., last Sunday and will make their
home here at 719 West Tenth street.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Everton left
last night for Portland, accompanied
I by their son, A. E. Everton, ' who
came tn that morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Everton came to the Rogue River val?
j ley 28 years ago and this will be
the first visit Mr. Everton has made
to the Oregon metropolis since that
time.
; Graff Baber left this morning for
Santa Rosa to look after property In
terests, and will go to Tla Juana to
attend the races.
i Mrs. H, I. Pelton, returning from
I a visit at Portland, stopped off here
.this morning and continued her trip
to Gold Hill in the afternoon.
Yes, at 7:SO
,. Meet me at the Newman Methodist
church union revival services. 700
SIMPSOX LUMBER CO.
SELLS PART HOLDINGS
Marshfleld. Mar. 21. Philip
Buehner, of Portland, has purchased
a part of the Simpson Lumber com
pany holdings for $950,000. The
purchase includes 25,000 acres of
timber land, 3,000 feet of water
front in North Bend, a large tract
of tldelands, a lumber mill, a sash
and door factory, the steamer A. M.
Simpson and some North Bend city
property.
The property will be taken over
April 10.
U. S. NAVY MAY HELP
TO CAPTURE VILLA
Washington, Mar. 21. It was
learned today the navy department
had prepared plans for the fleet to
co-operate with the war department
In case Francisco Villa should -make a
dash to either coast. Several war
vessels are stationed on the Atlantic
side, and a small sguadron would be
available if Villa started for the Pa
cific. Upon the first Intimation of
Villa attempting to reach either side,
additional battleships could be rush
ed to land marines and head him off.
Mining blanks, Courier Office.
BIJOU - Tonight
The Beautiful Four-Act Comedy-Drama
By GEORGE ADE
"THE SUM PRINCESS"
A most human littlo princess who lias acquired a taste for pickles,
despite the fact that It makes her thin, which is next to a crime in
her country, Then she wakes up to find that there Is a fairy
country, America, where slim (tersons are most beautiful. And she
flmbt her prince charming in a rich American also.
A Delightful Story tieorgo Ado's nest Effort
Produced In a Magnificent Manner
With
Francis X. Bushman
And un All-8Utr Cnst 1 '
LOCAL
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Union Revival
Last eventng. at the Newman
Methodist church, Rev. G. A. Taggnrt
preached on the "Dangers of Putting
off Decision." J. M. Isham sang the
Ninety and Nine."
Knglewood Ialry, Phone 223
The pure milk dairy. 69Stt.
Hearing Postponed
The hearing which was to have
been held in Judge Gllletto's court
wherein Bert Ameut, a juvenile, was
the defendant, was postponed from
this forenoon till some later date.
Taken to Asylum-
Adam Falcormnyer. the young man
who was committed to the insane
asylum after a. hearing yesterday,
was taken to Salem thts morning, an
attendant having come for him.
Flrwt Auto to Crescent City !
Roy Jordan returned Sunday night
from-Crcsceht City, being the oral
auto to make the trip over the moun
tains and bark. Mr. Jordan made
the trtp e.tcb way In a day easily and
had no great difficulties, although
he encountered some snow near
Schelly creek.
To the Public
In keeping with the prevailing
custom, the banks of Grants rass
will close at noon oh Saturdays, be
ginning with the flrsf of April. The
First National Bank of Southern Ore
gon, by H. u ojntey. casnier; Jose
phine County Bank, by Sam H.
Baker, cashier; Grants Pass Banking
Company, by Marshall Hooper,
cashier. 705
Come-
To the union revival at the New
man Methodist church this week. 700
IiaAketball Series to Close
The last basketball game of the
season between the churches will be
played tonight. The Methodists and
Baptists have both been putting In
extra time practicing and the game
tonight promises to be the best game
of the season. A large crowd will he
present to cheer their favorite team
to victory, which means the cham
pionship for the winner.
Clark Holman, Undertakers
Licensed embalmers. Phone 60 tf
C. K. Harmon on Crutches
C. E. Harmon Is walking with
crutches today, with a sprained
ankle, the result of his horse run
ning away yesterday while coming to
the city from his place at Love's
station. Mr. Harmon, with his
brother, had Just passed the steam
roller on the macadam road across
the river. The horse was somewhat
frightened, and when one of the reins
broke the animal plunged ahead,
throwing out the occupants.
Paving AsseMment Delinquents
All persons concerned are hereby
respectfully notified to pay all Inter
est and principal Installments due on
assessment for paving and other
street Improvements now, and there
by avoid the expense Incident to fore
closure proceedings. The City must
enforce the collection of street as
sessment delinquencies In order to
meet the payments due on the paving
and street Improvement bonds. City
of Grants Pass, by H. H. Basler,
auditor and police Judge. 702
CAVE-IH SERIOUSLY
WES
Mi
Dave Manning, a minor at the
placer claim owned by Dr. MacKonsle
on BrlKRs creek, was seriously, If not
fatally, Injured by a cave-In at the
mine Monday. The gravel bank up
on which Mr. Manning was working
broke down, covering him beneath
the mass. The stream of water from
tha riant was at once turned upon
the gravel mass and Manning was
rescued as expeditiously as possible.
lie was conscious and able to talk
when first rescued, but soon lapsed
Into unconsciousness, his tnjurles be-
In internal, and Dr. Strlrker, who
was called from this city, does not
hold out much hope for recovery.
The mine at which the accident oc
curred Is 17 miles from Gallce. Dr.
Strieker reached Oallce by auto at
6:80 o'clock Monday evening, but
had to bo tho other 17 miles In the
saddle and on foot.'reachlng the side
of the Injured man at 1:20 In the
mornlnir. after clambering over Iors
land snow banks on the Brlegs creek
divide.
The injured man Is a resldont of
Vancouver, B. C, though he has
worked at the mine for three rrs.
He has a family at Vancouver.
GERMAN t OFFENSIVE
: HEAR MALAIICOURT
London, Mar. 21. Hurling a Dank
Ing force from the west, the Germans
are trying to force abandonment of
French Doaiflons northwest of Ver
dun, Paris dispatches declared today.
The Gorman offensive west of Malan-
court followed the failure of frontal
attacks west of the Meuse.
On a narrow sector ten miles north
west of Verdun the German crown
prince Is applying his familiar "nut
cracker" tactics. His thrust near
Malancotirt was accompanied by an
advance from Regnevllle. Evident
ly the plan is to drive French troops
from the villages of Cumlercs and
Chattancourt, behind "Dead Man's"
hill, and force a retirement from the
northwestern chain of forts.
I ThA ttemnt was nartlv successful
around Malancourt, according to the
I . . . r .
Paris aomission. uermana n.-u
ground under cover of a terrific bom
bardment. As they charged, the
French were sprayed with flaming li
quids. An attempt to break the
"nutcracker's" eastern jaw failed.
Germans marching southward from
Regnevllle were swamped In the
flooded lowlands by a hot fire from
the east bank of the Meuse, suffer
ing serious losses.
LIND TELLS OF INTEREST
IN O. A C. LAND GRANT
Washington. Mar. 21. The con
gressional hearing on the Oregon-
California land grant was reopened
today, with John Llnd asserting that
7,000 acres of timber had been as
signed to him by the C. A. Smith
Lumber company of Minneapolis as
security for debt of f 63,000. '
ROUTED BY AN ECHO.
Story of the Most Curious Victory Kver
Wen en Britlah toll.
Did yon ever bear of an army of
fierce fighters that fled In terror when
It was attacked by the 'one word.
"Hallelujah!" sboutod by an army that
was not even in sight? The fact that
the sboutcrs could not be seen had
something to do with the amsslng ef
fect of the word The knowledge sud
wit of a foreigner, who knew how to
Otlllze a curious fact in nature and
remarkable topographical formation,
must be given the final credit for the
moat Interesting victory ever achieved
on British soil. It was less thau fif
ty years after the beginning of the
conquest of Britain by the Angles.
Saxons and Jutes from Germany.' when
a small band of those wbo were form
ing the nucleus of a coming nation
was on the point of being attacked by
vast army of ferocious Plcts.
There were no better fighters than
the Plcts. and the native Britons, to
gether with the Saxon invaders, were
facing certain extermination. Then
one of the foreigners, called Gormanos
by the Brtons, told tbe soldiers that
be would tfve them the victory if they
would follow him. He led the way to
hollow place in tbe till 1m, un tbe road
the Tlcts were tmlng In their approach.
When the scouts reported t hut the ene
my was coming up the mountain roud
Gormanus and bis bund shouted "Hal
Iclujohl" three times In quick succes
sion, The bills took up tlx.' echo, and
the Plcts thought they were surround
ed by a mighty army. They turned
and flod.-8U Louis Globe-Democrat
Old papers, for starting fires, So
per bundle, Courier office.
"A WORKMAN IS KNOWN
BY HIS CHIPS" (
Hut he knows that It Is the quality of the tools Mint determine
the number of chips.
What he don't always have
' the
Highest Standard
That's our business, and we are vary pnrtW-ulsr that the meii
constructing the Beet fiugnr Factory get only QUALITY TOOIii.
While we nre no less particular, relative to the entire Hue of
hardware, paints and harnea good, we Mini to give (he purchaser
Hie best the market affords. ,
Grants Pass
At Your
P"
Be Sure
to Attend the
UNION
REVIVAL
This Week in the
1 ' ' '
Newman Methodist
Episcopal Ghureh
Good Music
Servico begins
JAMES R. GARFIELD IS
PHEPAltEDNKMS ADVOCATK
Pasadena, Cel., Mar. II. James
B. Garfield, secretary of the Interior
under Roosevelt, and son of the late
President Garfield, strongly advo
cated preparedness today,
v "In America an Invading force
could go through the country from
end to end and meet no effective
oppositionexcept in a few places,"
he told an assembly at the Throop
College of Techology. "The Volun
teer system Is worse than useless.
Why should one man volunteer and
another stay at home? Every man
should know how to take care of him
self In the field and be an intelligent
tinlt In an army."
' Lesal blanks. Courier office.
Star
TONIGHT
and Wed.
Chapter Three of the Thrilling
Railroad Story
Girl and
the Game"
With Helen Holmes
Two-Reel Drama
The Man in the Sombrero
Featuring Harold Lockwood
Also Two Other Mutual 1 tools
AdiiilsNloii Children under, 'i
yours, JJ. 01 hers, 1.1c
' " '''
COMING-lAura Hope Crews,
In "Blneklilrds," grent Para
mount feature,
time to know Is Just where to go for
Carpenter Tools
Hardware Co.
Service
A Cordial Welcome
at 7 :30 p. m.
CALIFORNIA RAILWAY
BALK IS Al'THORIZFD
Sacramento, Mar. 21. Tbe state
railroad commission has Issued an
order authorising the Hueneme, Mall-
bi and Port Los Angeles railroad to
sell to the Hueneme, Malibu 4V
Southern railway all Its property for
600 shares of Its capital stock of the
par value of 1100 each. The property
Is to be free of debt.
Tbe selling company was Incorpor
ated In 1903, with capttal stock of
1760,000, to build a railroad from
Port Lot Angeles, northwest of Santa
Monica, Lot Angeles county, along
the shore of tbe Pacific ocean to Hue
neme, Ventura county, 65 miles, Of
this, but 16 miles have been com
pleted. All the construction has been
on the Malibu ranch from tbe easter
ly line of the ranch to a private
wharf. The road as originally pro
jected was intended ultimately to
connect Santa Barbara and Ventura
with Loa Angeles,
NRW MKlfll'RB TAKTCS
PLACE OF SHIELDS BILL
Washington, Mar. 21. Tbe house
committee on Interstate commerce to
day rejected the senate dam bill,
framed by Senator Shields, and sub
stituted Chairman Adamson'a mea
sure. President Wilson urged senate
leaders to agree on some satisfactory
wtter power blh which could be paus
ed at thts session.' ' , '
Conservationists In the senate did
not favor the Shields water powor
bill. The president Is understood to
be unsympathetic with soma of Its
provisions.
2M2 PRlrtONERS ARIS
TAKEST BY GERMANS
Berlin, Mnr. 21.- Capture of
French positions JO miles northwest
of Vordun and northeast of Avo
court was officially 'assorted today.
Tho Oormnns captured 2532 men and
a great amount of booty,
Nomination petitions at the Courier
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