Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, March 28, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextMARC II 1013. PAGE TWO Filf--i H EKK.LT ROGCK RITXa DOI WIM . PERSONAL AXD LOCAL. C. 1'. Chesley and o( Iditarod, Alaska, are visiting in the city. Dave Stephenson relumed to P'lt 'laud Monday after visiting hii m th tr, Isabella Stephtnson. Mrs. Chan. Barrett left .Monday for Fort Bliss, Tex., to Join her hus band. She bun been vikltlng her ti-ter-ln-law. Mm. Jack Hogue. Isaac Trask, who has beta visiting bis sun, Trask, returned to Phoenix Monday. , Miss Felda Uinns returned to Wvdford Monday after spending a week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, lieu, lilnm. ' ' ' bail Warner went to II lit. SatuFday to get everything III readluess for the mill bands who will board with hh', M toon as the mill start running. ('. 8. Graves of Portland U here at the bead of the Josephine hotel staff while the Metschan brothers are In Portland BSKititlng their father In a proper celebration of hit natal day. J. J. Malloy, who was associated with Dr. Iteddy In the preparation of the prospectus of fhe Grants Paas Crescent City road, is In the city. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McKinnon re turned on Monday from Weed. Geo. W. Howe wont to Sedro Wooley, Wash., Monday night. Walter A. Wright went to Rose hurg Monday night for a short stay. Mrs. J. M. Isham spent Tuesday In Medford attending the district meet ing of the foreign missionary society of the M. E. church. Mrs. M. J. Jordan went to Wolf Creek Monday night to spend some time. S. B. Buckner and J. II. Hawkins, of Gallce, are In the city on a busl tens trip. PROFESSIONAL OAUDS 11. C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice Umlte4 to TK, CAR, N08B tad "HKOAT 01 si ssi fitted and faralsaod. Ode hoara I to 1!; I to I: sat by appointment. Phones 12 and IM- 0 RANTS FA88, OREGON. . V. L. DBIMIGX.D. M. D. DENTIST Conor th and 0 streets) Phono SOW. Crown, Bride Work and FUItM ol All Kinds, a SpoeUHy. Olteo hours, I to 11 a. in.; 1 to S p. m. AU Work Positively OaaraaUod 0 RANTS PA88, OREGON. E. 0. MAOY, D. M. D. DENTI8T laoeoasor to DUon Bros., DoatlaU. Flnt-claas Work. 101 ft 8outb BUth, Oranta Pass, On. H. D. NORTON ATTORNET-AT-LAW Practice In all State and Federal CoorU. Office, Opera House Block. .. A. . -x V .11. Clements V. A. (lament CLEMENTS & CLEMENTS Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Practice In all State and Federal Courts. Offices Schallhorn Building. J. D. WURTSBAUan Attorney and Counselor at Law Notary Public Id otflco. Ofoe In Howard Block. Phono t-J GRANTS PASS. OREGON. D. L. JOHNSTON ASSATER North Stairway. OR A NTS PASS. OREOON. Rooms 6 and 7, Opera House BloeJt. M. 0. H. DAY CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Residences a Specialty. Plana and estimate furnished. Residence, East A Ct. Phono 101-1 GRANTS PASS. OREOON. G. H. BINNS AS!.YKR Established II year oOT E stieet, opposite Colonial hotel, Grants Pass Or. Messrs. T. G. and II. A. Work, of Monmouth, Ore., are visitors In the city. W. F. T. Thacher, a leather In the Portland Academy, Is In the city look Ing after some farm lands that he has recently purchased. Mrs. Mert Sill left Monday night for Seattle on account of the Illness of a sister, Mrs. Cavanaugh, who Is In a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. R. Peach left Monday night for St. Louis, called there on account of the serious Dines of Mr. Peach'a father. These Can W Marriage license was ifsued Tues day to T. A. Henderson of Waldo and MIhs Bessie Doren, of Grants Pass. Hmn Eye Roiliovwl ' Mrs. Milton Reynolds of Merlin bad her left eye removed at the South Pacific hospital on Monday, The eye had been blind for some time and had become exceedingly painful. Keibjr Couple Wed John M. Finch and Mrs. Anna M. Adams, both of Kerby, were married In the parlors of the Grants Pass ho tel Monday by Judge Ilolman. Jumee II ck Ling Dead- James Hocking, a former resident of Grants Pass, died at Orenco, Ore gon, on the 19th Inst., aged 76 years. Mr. Hocking left here about a year ago. A daughter, Mrs. Claude Arm strong, now resides here. Mr. .Miller I m pro v Mrs. Klrt Miller, of Sam's Valley, who was operated upon at the South Pacific hospital recently for the re moval of abdominal tumors, Is fast improving. Twenty-Three Feet of Vint Twenty-three feet and three Inches was the total length of a vine, of last seaaon's growth, of the Phenomenal blackberry grown by W. A. Hood, at his home place In the northeast part of the city. The vine Is on display In the Commercial club rooms. Chapman NUII at targe- No word has yet been heard of James Chapman, the 17-year-old boy wanted for the killing of James Barry at Wolf Creek. A young man was arrested at Cottage Grove who was thought to be the lad wanted, but It turned out to be a case of mistaken Identity, KaNter Her vice l-argtly Attended Each of the local churchts was largely attended Sunday, and the special Kaster services were In every Instance appropriate and full of In terest. The programs at the New man Methodist Kplscopal and the Bethany Presbyterian churches were especially elaborate, and both houses well filled to overflowing. Home Grown lituiiou Dr. Lough ridge was exhibiting an Immense lemon grown In the Rogue vat ley Monday, the fruit having been produced at Tolo, by Mrs. Fred Slf- ers. The lemon tree la planted out of doors during the summer, but is removed to the house during the winter months. The Rogue lemon crop will not have a bearish effect on the market, however. InvcMiguUng Poultry Methods C. II. Sampson and toii Art Samp sou, left Tuesday morning for Snn Francisco to spend some, time look ing up poultry methods, both as to enre and marketing the eggs and fowls. In fact, they wint to learn alt there Is to know about the busi ness. They will visit tho Petal uma section and also Los Angeles. Visiting Old Home Jesso Mash, on Monday jnomlug started for his old home at Glendale Springs, South Carolina, to visit friends and relatives. He will stay aa long as the weather suits him and until be get his visit out. Mr. Mash visited there two years ago, but It was 44 years ago that he loft North Carolina for the Pacific coast, and 4 2 ears of that time he haa lived in the Rogue river valley. hnlghu lit Mctlforri MeliU Commander) of this city was represented at the Faster ser vice In the Presbyterian church at Medford Sunday by the following: Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Bobzeln. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. It. Riddle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mahburn, Mr. and Mr. F.d. Shattuck. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jewell and sou, Gisirge Calhoun and son. Joseph Fetmer, A. II. Gunncll. R. L. liartlott. It. II. Allyn. George Lund berg. Herbert Smith, Peter Allison. A. II. Nou and Mr. Klrker. A NEW ONE. On board of an oean liner were a lady and gentleman accompanied by their young hopeful, aged six, and aa Is usually the case the parenta were very lick while little Willie was the wellest thing on board. One day the parenta were lying In their steamer chairs hoping that they'd die, and lit tle Willie was playing about the deck. Willie did something of which bis mother did not approve, so she said to ber husband: "John, please speak to Willie," and the hue band with the little strength left In his wasted form looked at bis son' and heir and feebly muttered: "How'dy do Willie." Ralph Bingham will appear here Thursday, April 3rd, at the opera, house. . THURSDAY'S WEATHER. Weather Forecast Oregon: Fair east tonight and Thursday; rain west tonight or Thursday; warmer to night south and east portions; southerly winds. FLOOD HORROR. (Continued from Page 1.) will not be taken until tbe waters re cede, leaving their prey behind. The money loss la heavy but no body carea about tbe money loss, though it will run into the millions. Dayton, once proud and wealthy, found money tbe most useless thing In the world In Its hour of disaster. It doea not want money. It aska only for food, clothing, nurses, doc tors and medicines. Money of No Use. J. C. Hale, In charge of the relief committee, sends tbe following mes sage to the rest of the nation through the United Press: "Don't send money we cannot use it." This dispatch was written half a mile from the flood center which Is In the middle of the city, where banks, skyscraiers and stores are located. Between the cltyasd safe ty lies a whirlpool. Only one mile , Intervenes, but it might as well be a j thousand or 5,000 miles, for no word ; of what haa happened beyond that j whirlpool since noon yesterday haa come across that brief mile of wa- i ter. , It is known that big hotels are un der water; that theaters are flooded; that department stores are floating away; that the jail la inundated; that churches are awash; that St. Elizabeth's hospital Is surrounded by water and Its hundreds of patients are Imprisoned by the flood. A Night of Terror. No one beyond the flood zone knows the disaster that has over taken that part of Dayton which was the center of wealth. There was nothing but the sullen glare of flames last night to light up the tragedy and Its mysteries. It was a night of terror, and that part bf Day ton having homes to sleep In woke up this morning heartbroken. The flames last night showed men, women and children perched on the roofs of houses In the path of the flames, watching the Ore. Some ventured into the tumultu ou us Htrenm and rescued some of the I victims. Cnder the leadership of Frederick Patterson a gang of men chopped 'a j bole In one roof of the fire district 'and saved a family of three. Then J they tried In vain to reach a raft . bearing a man and four women. The I craft whirled about like a spool In the water and suddenly was sucked inn In the darkness, and another ichapter was added to the tragic doubt which now exists regarding the number of dead. The story of what happened dnr jlng the night and day In Dayton Is I being told by exhausted rescuers and 'prostrated victims. Kvery fragment of the story Is a tragedy In itself. City In Isolate!, Pa) ton Is a lost city todaf. Only one telephone wire Is working out of here and that is to Lebanon. The city government Is completely Im prisoned by the water. Nothing has j been heard from It since the flood j descended. It came so quickly that jno one was prepared. j The only organized relief work is that being conducted by the Nation al Cash Register Company, whose plant lies Just outside the flood and fire zone. The plant has been con verted Into a rescue mission and hos pital, and thousands. Including rich and poor, slept on straw covered floors. The company bought up near ly all of the available food supply In Dayton for the stricken residents. Barefooted. John Patterson, pres ident of the National Cash Register Company, the man who put Dayton on the map, waded through the flood, saving many families. He rowed a boat himself, although he is nearly 70 years old. He has a son, Fred erick Patterson, and a daughter. Miss Dorothy. The son led in the rescue work and the daughter stood In the rain for hours, assisting the refugees. The company's 31 auto mobiles were pressed Into service. There were not enough skiffs in the city, and Patterson ordered bis car penters to build 100 more. Reports of deaths In the flood are beard everywhere. Most of the fa talities were due to the Inability of the refugees to fight the waters on improvised rafts. Others were over whelmed before they had a chance to escape. CINCINNATI, March 26. South of Dayton lies a low range of bills. Last night there were 25,000 rain soaked, chilled inbabltanta of the city camped there. Their anguish over tbe certain death of many of their kin was pitiful in the extreme. No tents or other shelter was obtainable apart from the few poor buts on the hills. Daytonview, a suburb, is under water and the frame buildings there are swept away. Edgemont and North Dayton are similarly flooded. Many persons in -the downtown district are Imprisoned in the third stories of dwellings and business blocks, and tbe roofs there are crowded. Many were reported to be clinging to the tops of trees and the top of poles. Down the great Miami valley, the richest farming section in Ohio, farm houses, barns, livestock and human corpses are all massed together on the crest of the flood. Some places are less than half a mile wide and through these places the ewollen riv er Is sweeping with tremendous force, tearing away bridges and all other obstructions. Tile fate of the villages of Mlamis- burg and Franklin Is in doubt. It is feared they are wholly or partially destroyed. Hamilton reports GOO dead, but this is unverified. Eighteen persons are known to be dead In Delaware. It is expected that later reports from the outlying parts of Delaware county will bring the death toll for that county over the hun dred mark. The property loss In To ledo Is small. Men on horseback are arriving ev ery hour from Plqua, Sidney, Mid dletown and Hamilton, all telling of death and devastation. Thousands ot refugees are camped on the hills about these towns, without food and lacking protection against the wind and rain. Tbe total property loss Is expect ed to run from twenty to fifty mil lions. In Cleveland and northern Ohio, the damage is tremendous, but the fatalities are few. HAMILTON, O., March 26. The plant of the Beckett Paper Company, valued at $500,000, collapsed into the flood waters this morning. At midnight the mills of the Columbia Carriage Company and the Duemer Pattern Worka also collapsed, entail ing an additional loss of $60,000. Last night the Champion Coated Paper mills, the second' largest In the world, Incorporated for $7,500, 000, and the Bender Brothers Plan ing and Lumber mills, valued at $200,000, were destroyed by fire. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., March 26. Authentic information received here today says that 40 persons were drowned In the flood at Brookville, Ind. The bank protecting the city where tbe two forks of the White river meet, broke Monday night. Twelve houses near the levee were crushed and It la believed their oc cupants perished. ZAXESV1LLE. O., March 26. Fifteen persons are reported dead here. today as a result ot the flood. The Muskingum river la at the 40 foot stage and still rising. The Sixth street bridge was demolished last night and the business section Is under several feet of water. Two thousand are homeless. COLUMM'S, O., March 26. "Buildings along Third street, Day ton, are burning and people In them are dying. Farmers and everyone else ought to try to get to Dayton this afternoon, even at the risk ot their own lives." This frantic appeal to the resi dents of Ohio was voiced by Gover nor Cox this afternoon through the United Press. "All people living ,along the rivers leading to Dayton." pleaded the gov ernor, "ought to try to get there In boats r.t or.re. I appeal especially "Young man, when you buy a buggy, be sure it's a Studebaher" Sound advice from the man who has been driving one for twenty years. When you buy a Studefeaker buggy you are buying all the skill, experience and science in buggy building that half a century can produce. You are protect ing yourself against the mistakes of younger builders. You will always be roud of the Studebaker nameplate, for there isn't a buggy on the road that is its equal for style, luxury and good looks. Flexible bent-reach gear, graceful lines, solid cor ner, plugless body, double-ironed shafts, are a few of the special Studebaker features. The new close-fitting shifting rail is enough in itself to make you buy a Studebaker buggy. Fan Whom Buubcw Whom Tracks MUk W Stt out Dtaltr STUDEBAKER NRWYORK CHICAGO ' DAUAS KANSAS CITY DKNVER MINNEAPOLIS SALT LAK1 CITY BAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND, OU. to the people of Troy, where there Is a boat club." COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26. Fire Is sweeping Dayton this after noon and its residents are , now in danger of death from the flames, ac cording to Information received by Governor Cox here. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the governor announced his determina tion to reach Dayton with state troops and assistance regardless of cost. He plans to send a train to Cleveland, and from there to reach Plqua or Troy from that city. He hopes to send the militia and sup plies and newspaper men Into Day ton by boats from Troy. COLUMBUS. O., March 26. At 2 p. m. today Governor Cox was noti fied that Zanesville, Ohio, is In dang er of Immediate destruction. The situation, the message said, could notbe worse. Frantic appeals for aid were Included in the telegram. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26. Tbe first direct message from Dela ware, Ohlo was received here this afternoon. It said that 32 persons were known to be dead there, that 1,000 are homeless, and that the property damage trpproxinnites $600,000. LOXtiSHOUEMAX JOKF.S, THEN COMMITS Sl l( IDF.. PORTLAND. March 26. Thirty minutes after he bad provoked laughter from a party of friends by llsplaying a hemp rope and remark ing that he was going to commit s ii cide. Gus Eckert was found dangling from the end of a rope tied to a tree In the rear of his residence. He was a longshoreman. SOMETHING NEW The Aetocycle Washer It washes, rinses, starches and Irons. It Is a real wonder but does the work thoroughly. Of all the other washing machines invented, you have to resort to the old rubboard to finish, such as real dirty collars and wrtstbaadt of shirts, streaks In under wear or bottom of drabbled tklrts. This machine will clean anything that can be washed on the rubboard with but very little labor. Child 10 years of age can operate It. Free washing at your home. Call at our local office and let us know when to come. Your washday Is ours. ROYAL LAUNDRY MACHINE CO COXSTAXTIXK. MICH. LOCAL OFFICE 513 U ST. Dump WmM or wrttt uu South Bend, Ind. MT. WILSON 1IOTF.L IHUXS. LOS ANGELES, March 26. -The Mount Wilson hotel, a landmark In the mountains north of Los Angeles, Is a mass of ruins today, the result of a fire believed to have caught by an overheated stove in the room of a waitress. The nearby Carnegie So lar observatory was not damaged. m.F.GOX DKl'OBTS 12 I XDKSIUAHLK CITIZKNS. SAI.EM. March 26. Nine persons iuid three convicts left here this af ternoon in a special car for New York where they will be deported. They will be Returned to the countries from which they came. Under the immigration law any person who is committed to a penal Institution or Insane asylum within three years af ter coming to this country, provided they have not taken out their first naturalization papers, may be de ported. HIO SUKPR1SE TO MANY IN GRANTS PASS- Local people are surprised at the quick results received from simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-1-ka, the German ap pendicitis remedy. The National Drug Store states that this simple remedy antiseptlcizes the digestive system and draws off the impurities so thoroughly that a single dose re lieves sttiir stomach, gas on the stom ach and constipation instantly. ltrSlXESS POINTERS Dr. Flanagan, Physician and Surgecn. J.E.Peterson.Ftot)erIn8urRnceMau. Kexall Remedies at Clemen. ' U truss. Alfred Letcher, Registered Opto 'Hfrisi and Jewe'T tn Dixon's old ni uvnnf t Rves tested tri. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? CHANTS PASS, ORE.