Grants Pass daily courier., July 02, 1921, Page 3, Image 3

GRANTS P,
BAIT HD A Y, JULY II, limi.
DAILY (XM IUKH
HERE PATRIOTS GATHERED
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JUNt *6 _ 1775
tZiXJ CONfiNLNIAl. 1 HOOP5
Water!
Water!
UNDER GOMMANO OF
Cl NEPAL PRESCOTT
AiTLR PRAYER BY
PRESIDENT LANCOON
ih EY MARCHI 0 TO
BUNKIH HILL
for your Battery
Water is as necessary to
battery life as it is to
plant life.
This marker, at Cambridge. Maae., la erected on the epot where the Con.
tlnrntsls gathered for the march to Bunker Hill.
New Facts
About
Bunker Hill
YELLOWSTONE I
NATIONAL PARK
The World’s Greatest Playground
'
and Museum of Natural Wonders
Magnificent Ixrtols nnd commodious rampe; IUM» mllra of Improvol
highway«; all In the mklst of nialchltwt
marvcloun ratabllshmcnu.
kch <T)
.
Ils hot«*!» ar«'
There are many odd as well as un­
familiar facts in regard to the battle
ot Bunker Hill, the "dawn of the Revo­
lution." fought June 17. 1775.
It Is a curious fact, writes Alexander
Corbett in tiie Boston Globe, that Gwi
Artems» Ward. American «'otnniander
in chief, did not believe the erection
of the redoubt would spur the British
to attack ti* hill, hut feared and pre­
pared for a retaliatory attack on the
American camp In Cambridge.
And the 1.00« or more provincials
who built the redoubt during the night
of June 16 had no idea that after a
sleepless night and nearly 12 hours'
labor of the hardest kind with not a
drop of water within half a mile, they
would he called upon to fight one of
the memorable battles In history.
They had been promised that fresh
troo|rt would relieve them the morn­
ing of the 17th. Deep was their con­
sternation when, hungry, thirsty and
Mleepy. and while the British were pre­
paring to-crosa the river. Colonel Pres-
<ott, their commander, on l>eing asked
to send to Cambridge for the fresh
troops for their relief, coolly replied;
"No. boys, only those who built the
redoubt shall have the honor of de
fending it."
It was a wonderful proof of the
fanner colonel’s influence over his
farmer heroes that they accepted his
dictum without a murmur and pre­
pared for the reception of the enemy!
Hundreds of redcoats had deserted
lu the Americans In the six months
preceding the battle of Bunker Hill,
and even a number of officers had
written home tu England that they
had no heart in their work here and
sympathized with the Americans In
their stand.
Even while the British attacking
line was being formed at the foot of
Breed's hill, the correct name of the
elevation where the battle occurred,
a dozen or more redcoats made a dash
to Join the Americans. In order to
stop so serious a menace. General
Howe, the British commander, had two
of the deserters who ware caught
hanged to the nearest ap^ile tree as an
example to the rest.
Bros, with their haying this week.
Earl Kendall is working for War­
ren Mee this week.
A. Borde and family, of Jackson­
ville. and Mm. Mary Mee were vis­
iting Mrs Mee's daughter. Mrs. M
Bingham a few days ago.
Provolt and l^ttiken took a drove
of 150 cattle to the Steamboat stock
range a few days ago.
George Kendall Jr., and F.
F.
Grove went to Provolt on business
on Tuesday of last week
HAYH AMERICA IM THE HAPPY
HUNTING GROUND FOR DIVORCE
Its i«m|» are pretty Ulti«' tent village»«.
iiHMk'Is of ch'auiliiK'ng. »imitation, ordre-, comfort
and
»impl«',
informal living. An id««l place for vacation pleeeurvw. Send for
<mr beautifully Illustratesi bo«>klr< tolling all about Ita a ondees In
word and |dcture.
THROUGH SLEEPING CAR
Operated DAILY during the season between
Portland and West Yellowstone
by the
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
.LEAVING l*OKTUAND AT 5:0«
J.et our representatives explain the var­
ious tours which enable visitors to see the
Yellowstone so comfortably and at mini­
mum cost; also quote fares, prepare your
Itinerary and ntako your reservations.
.1. H. O'NTflllLL. Traveling Passenger Agt.,
with headquarters
at
701 Wells Fargo
Building, Portland, will be glad to call
personally on anyone wishing to visit Yel­
lowstone and arrange all details.
Droi
him a card or address
WM McMURRAY, General Passenger Agt..
Portland. Oregon
THOMPSON (REEK
Mrs M. Bingham visited Mrs. W.
Grain on Monday.
Mr and Mrs. Clarence Sherman
and children. Ralph and Wilde, of
Granta Paas, were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. F. F. Grove a few days ago
Mr and (Mrs. K. R Ballard, of
Weed. Cal . and Mrs. Ixtng. of Duns­
muir, are visiting
Mrs
Ballard's
father. George Hoffman.
Mrs Dick Hoffman and son. Leo,
returned to their home last Monday
from M«tdford.
Mrs John tlMngham'a father, T.
Rirhardaon, of Napa county, Cal., and
slater. Mrs. Jansen, of Glendale, re­
turned to their homes last Friday af­
ter visiting a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. John Bingham and other rela-
lives.
Mrs Fred Ruch
visiting at
the home of .Mr. and
John Blng-
ham one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Grove motored
to Grants Pass last Sunday to see
Mrs. Grove's mother. Mrs. Griffin,
who -was quite sick, but Is improving
at this writing.
Joe York made a business trip on
Thompson creek last Saturday.
'Frank Kendall is helping Hawkins
P.)—Am-
Ijondon, July 1.—(A.
erica was descrlbed as "the happy
hunting ground of divorce" and "the
home of divorces." by the Rev. A.
V. 'Magee, vicar of St. Mark's church,
Jx>ndon, during a discussion of the
dlvoroe question by the Loudon dio­
cesan conference Just ended * A
resolution was adopted pledging the
conference "to adhere to the princi­
ple of the indissolubility of Chris­
tian marriage.’*
The Rev. Mr. Magee, denounced
lx>rd Buckmasters' bill in parlia­
ment for divorce reform, saying it
could adequately be described in two
Wait"
titles, "Divorce While You
Six
and "marriage on Trial
for
Months."
No Field Artillery.
Many modern accounts of the battle
of Runker Hill contain references to
the effect of British and American ar­
tillery Are there, yet Gen. Henry I*ear-
born, then a lieutenant with John
Stark’s New Hampshire troops, de-
dared that not i shot was fired by
field artillery on either side during the
battle.
Both armies had artillery, but the
British had only twelve-pounder halls
for six-pounder guns and the American
artillery men were not to be found
when they were needed. The Ameri­
cans in the redoubt were exposed to
bombardment by British warships and
the battery on Copp’s hill, however.
The noise of the guns was heard
about noon in Newport. R. I., by Presi­
dent Stiles of Yale college, who was
at Newport that day. At least, he so
declared when he heard of the battle
later.
Decorative Church Windows.
The art of glaas decorating Is not
a modern Bohemian accomplishment.
The Ilotnan Cathedral of Prague con­
tained. in 1276. two windows which
were decorated with Old and New
Testament scenes.
Decorative win­
dows soon became a favorite form of
church ornamentation. Asnaes Sylvi­
us, who subsequently became Pope
Plus the Secmul and incidentally was
a very close student of contemporary
affairs of Bohemia, records that the
churches of the Czechs possessed
many "high and wide windows which
were brightly and artistically decor
ated, and such style of decorating was
not confined to the churches In the
large cities and towns, but even the
distant hamlets prided themselves on
churches containing windows orna­
mented in a similar fashion.” Tl>e
curriculum of the division of techni­
cal arts of the University of Prague
Included courses In painting, wood­
carving, and glass ornamentation. No
degree was ever conferred on a student
unless he could exhibit sufficient apti­
tude as a "glass man” or qualify in
••glassery," a practical demonstration
of the high esteem in which this
branch of the nrts was held.
At the war council the day before
the battle younger officers proposed <X>
rounds of ammunition for each man.
An older one. "a noted hunter,” prob­
ably Israel Putnam, scoffed at the
suggestion, saying :
“Five rounds each
means 5,000 rounds,
can't hit his mark three times out of
five ought not to he trusted with a
musket.
If half of 5.000 shots hit
their mark the British will be out of
the tight."
a compromise 15 rounds for each
was allowed and the Yankees
were routed. After the battle It
was generally agreed that 15 more
rounds would bave reversed the re­
sult, the redoubt having been given
up to the British solely for want of
powder and ball.
Not a Flag Displayed.
Both British and provincial flags
flaunting in the breeze and American
officers in uniform are depicted in
soiue pictures of the Imttie of Bunker
Hill, yet men who were in the battle
declare not a flag was displayed by
either side nnd not one Amerii-an. from
private to major ¿eneral, wore any-
thing but civilian içirti. Colonel Pre»
rotUU "uniform" consisted of rough
breeclo-s,
coarse I
homespun
knee
woolen stockings, low shoes, a red flan-
nel waistcoat nnd H figured calico sack
coat.
*
A Connecticut company of militia
appears to have been the only one pos­
sessed of uniforms. Capt. John Ches­
ter, its commander, wrote home that
on being ordered to Bunker Hill to I
take part in the battle his men all
dunned overalls and Jumpers over
their red and blue uniforms, lest their
brilliant colors should make them too
good a target for the British.
Effect of the scarcity of lead among
the Americans and of the advice of
Colonel Prescott to his men as* the
British advanced: ''Alm at their hips,
boys, every time,” appears in a report
of a British army surgeon after the
battle, in which he said : "Most of our
men were wounded in the legs, We
found old nails and pieces of scrap
iron, instead of buliets.
wounds."
Avoided the Churches,
The battle made hot -<>rk for the
Tory civilians in Boston as well as
the military, for they were <-alled on
to supply private coaches, rarriages,
carts, handrarts and even wheelbar­
rows to convey the wounded redcoats
from the Brat on side of Charlestown
ferry to the various Improvised hos­
pitals.
A curious superstition deterrred both
British and Americans in the Revolu­
tion from utilizing churches as how
pitals; in many places the British
showed no scruples about using Amer­
ican churches for barracks and stablee,
while the provincials melted the pipes
of the organ in the English church at
Cambridge for bullets to make music
about the ears of the British at Bunker
Hill.
The British who died In hospitals
after the battle of Bunker Hill were
buried several deep In the graveyard
on the common.
,
British and Americans alike who
were killed in the battle were bnried
on Breed's hill.
One of the humorous circumstances
of the night following the battle con-
cerned a British officer who climbed
the blazing ruins of Charlestown. Sud­
denly he was alarmed by the seeming
whizzing of bullets about his ears,
but was relieveil on discovering that
what he heard was merely the whirr­
ing of the wings of Innumerable June
bngs out for their nightly flight in the
dusk.
The water should be pure
—and it should be put into
the battery regularly, at
least once every two weeks.
You can easily put this
water in, but we will gladly ,
do it if you prefer.
We are also equipped to
recharge and repair bat­
teries. We carry a com­
plete line of Willard bat­
tery parts, rental batteries
and Willard Threaded Rub­
ber Batteries.
Ask us how Willard
Threaded Rubber Insula*
tic© puts an end to the
separator replacement ex­
pense caused by warped,
cracked, punctured and car­
bonized wood separators.
H. S. DISBROW
Willard
Batteries
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it any wonder that our bread
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Not So Innocent.
Sometimes we think the world la
growing worse and sometimes «re
think It is merely bettar informed.—
Dallas News.