Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
GREAT GEOLOGIST
PASSES AWAY
DR.. STEPHEN BOWERS USEFUL
LIFE ENDS
Man Widely Known for Learning and
Kindly Life--sodler, Preacher,
Scientist, and Was Loved by
All Who Knew Him

with a life we'll rounded out and
full of usefulness to his fellow men,
Rev. stephen Bowers. the theologan,
geologlst and reformer died yesterday
morning at O'Clock at his home, ll35
Dewey avenue, Pico Heights, after an
illness of only a few days.
Dr. Bowers took charge Of religious
meetings New Years eve at the PiCo
Heights Methodist church He was not
feeling well a the time and in re-
turning to his home contracted a So
we're cold which resulted I'm an acute
attack of neuralgia, from which he was
a great sufferer Thursday, serious
complica tions set in and he was un-
conscious from Friday noon until his
death.
DR.. Bowers was born in Dear
born county, Indiana, March 3, 1892
In his native place he obtained a COM
mon school education. He united with
the Methodist church in early life ana
in 1858 Joined the Indiana conference as
a preacher. At the beginning of the
Civil War he became a private in an
Indiana regiment. He was promoted
to lieutenant and then to captain and
showed much skill and bravery in lead
ing his company in several battles.
Returns to Ministry
Captain Bowers resigned from the
army in 1868 on account of i'll health.
He resumed the work of the ministry
and filled important pastorates in the
Indiana conference and the Pacific
coast. The Indiana state university
conferred upon him the degree of NJ. A.
and the Willamette university Of
Salem, Ore that of Phi, d.
Rev. DIR. Bowers affiliated with the
United States geological survey in 1877,
when the headquarters were in Santa
Barbara. He afterwards took scien-
tific work in connection with the bureau
of ethics in Wisconsin.
He was appointed state mine eX-
aminer by Governor Henry T. Gage in
1899. He was a member of several
scientific societies in this country and
Europe and had been connected with
the California state mining bureau as
geologist for several terms.
Rev. DR.. Bowers first came to this
coast in 1872. He came to Los An
geles about fifteen years ago, after re-
siding in Santa Barbara, where he was
pastor of the First Methodist church; |
Ventura. where he edited a daily paper, |
and in San Diego county.
Rev. DR.. Bowers was formerly the
editor and publisher of the California |
Voice of Los Angeles, strongly advo-
eating the Prohibition principles. His |
writings embraced theology, geology, |
scientific, social and other subjects.
Pays High Tribute
Rev. Wiley ]. Phillips, who pur-
chased the California Voice from Rev.
DR.. Bowers several years ago, said re- |
garding the deceased yesterday:
"One of the first men I became ac-
quainted with after coming to Los
Angeles was Rev. DR.. Bowers. The
first public gathering I ever saw him
in was a temperance convention held
in the old Congregational church, then
at Sixth and Hill streets. l was much
impressed with the doctors deep in
sight into the general trend of the po-
ltical and economic conditions.
'He was a great geologist and as a |
speaker was clear and forceful while |
not an orator in the proper sense OF |
the word, his analytical and logical
powers were of very high order. He
was a man of strong convictions and
when convinced that he was in the |
right was unyielding. He was true
and generous and in his death I have
parted with a beloved and highly es-
teemed personal friend"
DR.. Bowers leaves a wife and three
children, De Moss Bowers Mrs Anna |
Bailey of Los Angeles and Mrs. Dale |
G. Cooper of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be held tomor- |
row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the !
Pico Heights Methodist church, the |
following clergymen to have charge of
the service: DR.. p. H. Bresee Rev. |
Mr.. Ruth of the Nazarene church. |
Rev. David Loofbumow, pastor of the |
church, and ]. H. Blanchard
The pail bearers will be Rev. Wiley
Phillips. c: u. Foster, w. Pitman, |