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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1921)
GRANTS ru* DAILY CXH'IUKR Eyewitness Tells of Lincoln Assassination in Ford’s Theater The Brand of Battery Quality An eyewitness of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1" I» a phrase that even fifty-odd years has failed to strip of Interest. In an office of the »»Id National Museum building at Wash ington one can And George C. May nard, curator of technology. Au at mosphere of peace pervades the place until one speaks the magic words which bring to mind that fateful night at Ford’s theater tn April. ISWV Then Doctor Maynard tell« of what he saw. “That evening.** says Doctor May nard. referring to the nlgbt of April 14, 1886, “I went to Ford’s. As every body knows, the play was *Our Ameri can Cousin.* My seat was tn the find gallery, on a level with and In full view of the upper right-hand box. which was reserve»! for President Lin- coin and hts party. 'The occasion was an unusual one. The war had come to be regard,*d as an Interminable conflict, something By this brand on the battery case you will re- cognize the Willard Threaded Rubber Battery. Buy this brand and you will get the only battery that is free from the famil iar wood separator troubles expensive replacement carbonizing, perforating checking and cracking. The Willard Threaded Rubber Battery is the only battery that can be shipped and stocked absolutely bone dry—no deterioration. Drive in and get ac quainted with Willard Serv ice. Ask us about Thread ed Rubber Insulation. mltted Several people climbed aver ■eats. I myself helping one Imly th«’ In making her exit. Some seats were broken. Yet, withal, tin* people left the theater «lowly and quietly. It was about ten inimités la-fore the President wa» removed. f,»Bowed by Mr». Lincoln supported by two gentle- mra. A crowd of people fill»«! Tenth street. “At that tlnu* I was a member of tbs military telegraph corps of the War de partment. being a cipher operator. I rushed to the office. I'ersous 1 u>et on the way were ignoraut of the tragedy. At the office the news had been learned, but no det a II a, and D. 11. Hates, manager of the uilce, asked for particulars. “A full force of telegraphers sprat the ulght tn the office, sending out re ports of the President*« condition. It was eight o'clock on the following morning before I left for my lodgings. I walked along G street. The morn ing was rainy, raw ami cheerless. Be tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth strrat», almost in front of Kpiphany church. I met a small squml of cav alry. accompanied by a few military officers and civilians on foot. The band was proceeding quietly and with an evident desire to avoid public no tice. They were escorting the Presi dent’s body to the White House. “There Is one other memory of that time of sorrow which I retain vividly. On the morning the President's body began the journey to Springfield It was warm, bright and altogether a day best suited to rejoicing, yet all Wash Ington had come down town to see the funeral procession. Processions, nor mally. are stretched out. but thia one was made as compact as possible. In the front went a detachment of cav alry, wedge shaped. Very slowly they proceeded, making their way steadily Into the crowds which swarmed the H. S. DISBROW y Merchant Outshines the Splen dors of the Old Empire In Settings. Au unusual an<l most elaborata name welding rarviuony which place iu Rangoon recently was of the daughter of Lin Chin Tseng, Chiuese merchant and «hip owner, which Is described lu tlie Louden Dally Mall by one of the wvililitig guests. The palace of th«» Chiuese merchant is known as “Dreamland." Here, ac cording to the article, lie liv«*s with all hi« sous and daughters ami brother« and other relatives who can «b»>w rightful claim to relatlotishlp. There are so many of them. In fact, that he malntalus twelve motor cara tor their use When the guests arrived lu "Dream land" they fouud the bride alone at an altar engaged lu a religious ceremony. She was dressed in magnificent robes aud ou her head site wore a gold crown eight inches blgli. which even lu the palmiest king and queen days was con sidered to be some height for a crown. But this particular crown extended In both directions, as It were, for all around It hung long ornaments, which hid the face of the little bride, blush ing under her careful makeup, to a point Just a bit tielow the mouth. She wore enough diamonds to outshine an American »>i>era singer, and not one of her ringers lacked the adornment ring. When the happy anti doubtless fortunate bridegroom arrived, six neae musicians ta-gan working welrtl looking instruments nnd duced what they called a song of cstue to the bridegroom. win was at tired In a rot«* of blue and gold. After the two principals had advance»! to greet eu> It other, the bride relir»*»l to an antechamber, where all tin* gu»«ts fllevl by to congrntulat»* her. After this wes over everybody wept Into tin* bridal chamber. which c»>ntaln<*»l a tied enveloped In pule pink silk ami In-e. looped back on each »Ide with sllvi-r embroidered curtain loops. A I«*: ter of tile sum,* material divided th»' Lc'l. on tin* bridegroom's «Id»* was u sihi-r **>|ver tilled with tobacco, To look at him nobody would li.ive thought that he was sti» li a heavy smoker a» that. After the gu- -is hn*l exumlned the bridal chnmlwr a number of Chi nese girls skipped In nn»l entertained the guests with dani'liig. This is Studebaker Year WHY ? BECAUSE IT SATISFIES THE DEMANDS OF THE MOST FASTIDIOUS Economical Beautiful Distinctive J. F. BURKE, Dealer theater Tenth street, Washington, where Lincoln was shot 20 minutes past 10 on the night of April 14, 1865. It is now used as a government office building. - CHINESE WEDDING IS GORGEOUS CELEBRATION which would always engulf this try. Those In the tlnater that were giving vent to perhaps their tir.?t real enthusiasm that the war had actu ally ended. It was to be a gala night. An atmosj.l. re of fi'-r.vity 'I the place. Also, it was Laura Keene's benefit. ’Naturally, ft wa» a patriotic per fortnance. I still have a small -* r ■ of paper on which I wrote the mu* program. *Th*' Star-Spangled B i* •Red, White Along’ were -•ornpany wa FIXING ST/ HOARDS FOR WEIGHTS ANO MEASURES Studebaker Cars •a i .1O.IM1 »I liM.Oo $ i 73O.IMI sj ir.o.iMi COQD- Th« house at 516 Tenth street, Wasn in^ton, where Lincoln died after hi» assasinat.on by Booth. back to f Opportunity. SALES FOR JANUARY NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A. E. Vooihies, Special Six ,-tude. L. B. Hall, Special Six Stude. Luther Ruth, Light Six Stude. Earl Knox, Buick A. J. Green, Overland a patriotic song of li! of « SPREAD WITH < OI X ri’A BITTER or mo’hcr - "'o.l what greater treat for the bov than a slice or bread? It and excellent for his tender stomach. Our bread is light and pure, a real treat for kids to eat! Ask your Grocer for Bread baked by the GRANTS PASS BAKERY 503 G WALK KIGHT Don't Jimp with corns or lous»-s. .’•! ik.- f<• t fr NYAL Corn A Remover I.IÇt ?D pa in and ONLY 23c NATIONAL DRUG STORE J. A. Mover, Mgr. “Once a Trial—Always Nyai” CHICHESTER S PILLS W THK M5MC!VD IIRASr». A V.adlraat A»»/•«•r 1’rsffM for / a \ < hl-vhras-ter • lismaml R rand//VS I'llH lb Red m l Uoid r * ICS, MAkol with M m W Take «aber Bar af jrywr v _ A»kfe<< fTl-4 ifouTFB* MAMO’if» RKANR yean k nowa M Baut, Seiest. AI a-ayt P ellsMa SOLD BY DRUMSIS EVtKYWHEÄ k L H rl r F 1BBRAII1M LINCOLN is a Taco upon wmen men may see The hushed austerity that nature wears At touch of twilight, brooding on the cares Of bygo- e days and of the days to be; And yet which bears the clear tran quillity Of on? whose youth has breathed sweet prairie airs. Or followed firm behind the plowman’s shares, Or tro lien leafy forest ways and free. A » iiii;s>rialit, tlmugti known to th»* general public, Ini tlon.il Institution Is the Internal bureau of weights and measure« Gated at Sevres, near 1’urls, Franc»- It 1» then* that the standard1 of weights nnd nuasuri for m arly nil the important <• >untrl»* of the world are «!• ’"rmlm'd. 1.bureau ■ - tabllshed In 1873 by a group of lead ing nations including the United States. I >» llente Instruments Inven * 1 by f* irwHis scientists are used In the he forehead telts of mattery; a mind d»-t, ri lmitlon of llu- standard*» an Which holding life a thing Inscruta yeais have been «petit In r»'-"nr».*h In connection with this very luu*ort ble, Kept faith and hope forever sentinel; nnt ivork, without the knovvle»!; *• of The fur'owed cheeks, the locked tips wh'ch International Intercogr*»*', ** »ve know it today, could not exist. Th" dined, will the nation knew so metric system I» i used In tlx* work of the bur*'uu and I though the T’nlted •ye. c.'iowed a love for all States bn« not n’tpoteri the metric system, thh gov m*nn»ent has adopted Ind, many o the stai ndurds Issued by toe CLINTON SCOLLARD. bureau. Prof, Charles Edward Guillaume, one Farming in Alaska. forotnost authorities on of the world's ’ won Id r 'i ,.i volley, the chief weight«. nn»l measures nnd winner of r-nrc X district of Alaska, the aver- the 1920 Nobel prize for physl* », Is of th* i;»l rainfall Is only about 12 director of th»* hnrenu. * b would ordinarily imik<* The picture shows Professor Gull- methods appropriate, hut lanino making n difficult experiment military unlfor i*w crops rnl«»*<l after ii the President b; clltnbln with a n . nonietf r, an Instrument which ict hof men cleared In this region can df'tetmlno accurately n nil 111» in i li stage Into th»' box. th» t plent of moisture from the wit- par’ of a melar by ne .ms of electric been barred Laura Keene can ly through the gallery with a pitcher Ing of mil ri.ys Invisible to tin1 naked eye. of wa’er. lending an o*!d note to the of a few «cone with her costume and make-up. cedes to L. S. Gave $30,000,0C0 to Near East. The door of the box by this time was more fe moisture Arnerlcnn organizations expended <»l ene»| and s|>e enter»’»!. inorc than ItHO.lM’l.iXsl Inst year In re “Intense excitement reigned, yet no I necessary lief work In the Near East. Tills Mini lack of self-control. There seem»d to not only Imluded money spent by the govern be a desire to lend whatever assist I tielow th< ance was possible, while the air was ¡evaporation, but also maintain a sur ment for flour nnd foodstuffs, distrib electrical with a spirit of vengeance ra* •• mulch of loose soli, which fur- uted under the supervision of Herbert Hoover. against Booth for the crime Just com- |ther »hecks evaporation. Hardie Power Spray now have in stock at Grants Pat of I lardie power spn and 4*/_, h. p. outfits. SPRAYING MATERIAL Oreg in Growers’ Packing Corporation Breakfast ¡ Muffins ■* I J «»111 )>. II11*.;«kl'.111 11 will Is* nlmolutely pure if l>nk- cd from home made graham or whole Wheat flour. ,x<> <|lrt or bugs can work into this flour because It Is sacko»l In s|M*clal heavy, rope*paper Isigs, JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILLS Phone 123 Cor. 3rd and G Sts.
