NEWSPAPERS: Harlo Arthur Davidson drowning, Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with United States Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by noncommercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 30 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 28 Mar 1944, p. 8 G. PASS RESIDENT FEARED DROWNED Grant's Pass, March 28 - Harlo Arthur Davidson, 58, has been reported missing from his home at the end of Portola Drive by friends, and police authorities said Monday they believe it may have been Davidson's body that was seen in Rogue river Friday afternoon. Davidson lived alone in a cabin at the edge of the river. He was last seen Friday noon and the body was sighted about 4 p.m. under the Caveman bridge. Davidson's hat was found on a fishing board that was lying on the ground parallel to the river, and his rake was on the ground not far away where he had been preparing a garden plot in the morning. Search for the body by police and the county coroner continued Monday. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 9 Apr 1944, p. 10 SON AIDS SEARCH FOR ROGUE RIVER VICTIM Grant's Pass, April 8-Pvt. Arthur H. Davidson, son of Harlo A. Davidson believed to have drowned in Rogue river, arrived this week from his post at Fort Knox, Ky., to assist in the search for his father's body. It has been two weeks since the body of a man was seen floating in Rogue river on the same day Davidson disappeared from his home at the end of Portola drive. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 11 Apr 1944, p. 8 BODY IS FOUND IN ROGUE RIVER Grant's Pass, April 11. - The body of Harlo A. Davidson, 58, missing since March 24, was found Sunday in Rogue river caught in driftwood at Findley bend. Frank Dolan, Route 2, a fisherman, reported the body to the state police. Sgt. J. A. Maulding and Coroner Virgil Hull removed the body and identified it from a driver's license and other papers in the pockets. The death was pronounced accidental by Coroner Hull. Davidson was last seen at noon of the day a body was noticed in the river by men fishing from Caveman bridge in late afternoon. His hat and rake were found at a garden plot at the river's edge where he had been working near his home at the end of Portola drive. His son, Pvt. Arthur H. Davidson arrived last week from Fort Knox, Ky., to aid in the search. He left to return to his post Monday. The remains were cremated at Hillcrest Crematorium. Davidson was born Nov. 5, 1885, at Corning, N.Y. He is survived also by his wife, who is in a Salem hospital.