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Oreeon Historical Society' fumy 2U7 SucouU St TV "Ashland Grows While Uthla Hows" : City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs v "Oregon's famous Spa" VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 NUMBER 34 IT TTV TT TV T" jT'. - Bootleggers Attempt New Method Of Importing Liquor Into State Special Liquor Agent R. C. Porter and assistants, J. B. Wimer and W. J. Carpenter, unearthed a new meth od of bootlegging Friday night when they took four young Medford men conceivable part of their clothing where room could be found small bot tles of the wet stuff had been tucked away. About three gallons of liquor was R. C. Auxiliary To Meet Tuesday This week Ashland's Red Cross Teachers' Institute Here October 29-31 The Jackson County Teachers In- Auxlllary will hold Its regular semi- jstltute will be held In Ashland Octo weekly working session on Tuesday jber 29, 3 0 and 31. The sessions will afternoon Instead of on' Wednesday be held In the high school building. Ashland To Feed Seven Thousand Three Hundred Soldiers this Week Into custody for bringing liquor Into taken from the men, all of it In small the state. i bottles. Each man succeeded In de- The bootleggers' car was halted 'stroking several bottles while his near the Homes residence, about partners were being searched, three miles south of the city. A j Another car was halted a short dls search of the car revealed no liquor, tance behind the Medford car by W. but the authorities were confident J. Carpenter. The occupants saw that the men had liquor on their per-; Carpenter approaching, o they made sons.. J. B. Wlmer started to search a wldejswerve close to the fence by one young man for a concealed the roadside and stopped and awalt weapon, but the man remonstrated, !ed his approach. When he got to saying that Wimer had no right to the car he could find no liquor, so he search him for booze without a search allowed the car to pass on. As the warrant. The young men thought second car passed the car which Por they had found the one big way to ter and Wlmer were searching Mr. get away with the booze by having It Wlmer noticed a nod and suspicious on their persons, but City Recorder sounding greeting pass between one Wlmer sprung the big surprise of of the Medford men and a man in the their lives when he reached in his 'passing car. Later Wlmer and Por pocket, brought forth several war- ter returned to the spot where the rants, filled them out and handed ,last car had stopped and found six them to Mr. Porter. One young man, i pints of whiskey, two pints of gin and seeing that the game was up, grew a number of broken bottles which pugnacious, but was quieted when he ,the men had tossed over the fence felt a pair of steel bracelets snapped when they saw Carpenter approach- about his wrists. The four young ing. afternoon, Its usual time of meeting, Mrs. E. V. Carter, directress of the workroom, states that the reason for this change Is that the tables now In use at our local headquarters will be needed later In the week to serve as dining tables for the Immense num bers of troops now mobilizing at American Lake and to be fed In Ash land within the next few dayd, Wreck Injures One; Demolishes Cars Four freight cars and a caboose were demolished and Brakeman Kel- Ashland will feed. 7,300 soldiers the 22nd, one at 8 a. m one at 7 this week. According to present p. m,, one at 7:30 p. m.; Sunday, the plans, trains carrying 10,000 drafted 23rd, one at 6 a. m., one at noon and men will pass through the city, from one at 7:30 p. m.; Monday, the 24th, San Francisco on their wnv n r limn rfik at A a r. rnn nt ft , A 1 the school teachers and official. will Lewl8 at Amerlcan Lak, Wa "? ; "" - - ton, for a period of five days starting The ctlc8 nampd ag Bt , on Thursday of this week. placefli w,th the flumber Qf m(m t(j Ashland will feed 7,300 of these, 'be provided for, the number of times as will Roseburg, Ore., which Is the meals are to be served and the num- er Definite announcements will be! arSe8t XlUmr ,f J"en who w111 eat'ber of dfly8 ln whlch tne hospitality in mi uue vuy in Oregon or Lauror- will be required are given below: nia. None of the men will eat In Medford, as was previously arranged, but 1,443 of them will stop in Grants Pflflft fllirfnp tflA ftva rlnva I Each train will contain about BOO 'jddlng ' 00 men. Three hundred of these will be unsraulr arA .. k a 'Fresno 467 wi LMO UCJIUl I!Ult?l UII11I15 There will be dally sessions and one ! night meeting on October 30. All1 be present and other big school men of the state will be secured to speak at the meetings. The Ashland teach ers are planning on several means of entertainment tor the visiting. teach made later. "Taps" Sounded For Old Soldiers Friday Towns. Culifornla. No. Men. No. During Meals. Days 9 5 The twenty-fifth annual reunion oliroom; the other 200 will eat in the ine oia soiaiers or southern Oregon lother restaurants of the city. East logg of Dunsmulr, Cal., received bad ended .Friday night. Friday was ' erllng's restaurant Is preparing to' injuries as the result of a train wreck Medford day, and under the auspices arrange the vast banquet room of the I which occurred at Zuleka, Cal., near .of the Woman's Relief Corps, No. 34, Elks' temple so that hundreds of men Hilt. Saturday afternoon. of that city the following program can be ted there. The eovernmnnt second section of southbound train No. 13 ran Into the rear end of a northbound freight train. The freight train was on a sidetrack and, as is often the case, the train wan an lntiz The men who were taken appeared tthat part of ,t wag on the 8,dIng and The accident occurred when the was given In the Chautauqua audi torlum Friday night as the closing event of the most successful reunion: "America;" flag salute, Earl and Adalln Boardman; song, Miss Cars- men were searched and booze ln every size of bottle Imaginable was, before Justice of the Peace Trefren jpart of ,t wag on the ma,n ne Th0 found on them. They had filled their , Saturday and were rined iso eacn. pockets with quarts and pints. InThey are all prominent young men the tops of their shoes and cuffs of.from Medford and refused to give their pants half-pint and tenth-pint jtheir names. According to the license bottles were found. In their hats, ,number of the second car, It belongs Test pockets, shirt fronts and every jto a Medford family. 200 Attend Annual Pioneer Reunion Over two hundred members of pioneer families of Jackson county gathered in Ashland to attend the an- road work on the Pacific Highway on To Rush Highway Work on Siskiyous State Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn of Portland, who inspected the nual pioneer reunion which was held in tat city Thursday. . The program and buBl&ess meeting of the day were held in the Chautauqua auditorium. The picnic dinner was held in Pioneer the Siskiyou mountains last week, has determined to have the work rushed forward at the fastest speed possible, and a. a result two ten-hour shifts will be started soon. A twenty-hour hall instead of . the park ;plmiC' shift on the macadamizing of the Sis grounds as had been planned on, be- klyou grade will complete from 700 cause of the coolness of the weather, jto 800 fejet of the sixteen-foot road The morning program, which start- way a dayi The crew will work until engineer on the first section of No. 13 had just called in the rear brake man of that train, and Head Brake man Fair of the freight thought that it was his engineer calling him in. He left his position just as second section 13 came along. Engineer Grant Taylor, thinking that the freight was short enough to get all of its cars on the sidetrack, and as he had no signal given him otherwise, he kept ,on going, coming upon the rear part of the freight train, which was on the main line, with too short notice to stop his train and avoid the collision. Brakeman Kellogg was on one of the rear freight cars when the acci dent occurred. He received a baldly mashed nose and had two ribs brok en, but his Injuries 'are not thought to be dangerous. The Ashland wrecker w'as prompt ly called to the scene and the wreck age was cleared up so that north will pay 60 cents for each meal. The Commercial Club, Red Cross Auxiliary and practically every or ganization in the city are preparing special features for the entertainment (jems; reading, Mrs. Mulhollen; read-:of the men during their stay here, ing, Mrs. Clay; song, Miss Lacey; .Each train will probably stay here an reading, "The Knitting Bee;" read-jhour or an hour and a half, ing, Mrs. Carstens; song, Clarence The present schedule of the trains Meeker; reading, W. E. Norris; read- j which will stop In Ashland, but which ing, Mrs. Kinyon; grand finale, "The iwlll undoubtedly be changed to some Star Bpangled Banner." The main extent before Thursday, is as follows: address of the evening was by Rev. jOn Thursday, September 20, two J. C. Rollins, the pastor of the Meth- trains will stop hare one at 12:30 odist church at Medford. p. m. and one at 2 pv m.; on Friday, The oldest veteran present was the 21st. two trains will ntnn nnn t Mojave 467 i Williams 54) Sacramento .... 2000 Chlco 1004 Stockton 1006 San Luis Obispo 350 San Jose 601 1 p. m. and one at 5 p. m.; Saturday, edat 11 o'clock, consisted of: Invo- snow falls, and expect to have the L d passenger tnJn No , cation by Rev. P. R. Burnett; Instru-1 highway r,eady for hard-surfacing as mental and vocal selections. Prof, jsoon as the weather will permit next Carl Loveland; solo. Miss Gertrude year. Mn. Nunn says that everything Engle; address by Rev. H. A. Carna- is ready for work on Billings hill cut hart, who gave a most fitting address 'off as soon as the Southern Pacific for the occasion and paid a high trl-Jcompletjes its overhead crossing, and bute to the many virtues of the lhat it Is thpught there will be a com ploneers who made the present pro- plete pavement from Central Point to gresslve comraunltlies of southern .the California line within a year. Oregon possible. get by after a delay of over six hours. Spencer Promoted To Colonel's Stafi It is a hard matter to keep track A new truck and two rollers were of the officers of the 1st company at At a business meeting held In the recently received from the state high- afternoon the following officers were way equipment, and laborers are he- elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Miss Alice Hanley of Jackson ville; Mrs. Miles Cantrell of Ruch, vice-president; Mamie Day Nelson of Jacksonville was re-elected secretary treasurer of the territory outside of Ashland, as was Mrs. Ella Garrett to a like position for the ABhland dis trict. A memorial tribute was rpad by the secretary to the memory of Mrs. EllZ' jing attracted by the 13.50 a day wages. ' Home Guards to Meet 'Every Week About twenty citizens attended the Home Guard meeting which was held abeth Jones of Jacksonville, whose I11 the armary Frm ev6nlng for,th! death was the only one which oc-P"rPOse 01 ettlng re rsanuea curred in the ranks of the members, and for outlining future work. A of the association during the past j committee was appointed to make out tear l the rules and regulations of the or- The matter of erectine a oloneer .gamzauon, ana n wu ueuum. w mCCl cabin ln Ashland park, ln which to permanently store the records and relics of the pioneer era; was dls- once a week for the purpose of drill ing and perfecting the group so that It could protect the city should the cussed, but was Indefinitely postponed I occasion demand. The next mateting I ill 1 L.I J TV.i A n r I rrV and Avanr because of the many other serious matters now engaging public atten tion. A committee consisting of Mol lie Brltt of Jacksonville, F. D. Wag ner of Ashland, Rachel Alford of Med ford and Welborn Beeson was ap pointed to prepare and file the histor ical data of the association, which will be kept ln the Ashland library. .. George W. Dunn is the retiring president. ReVj P. R. Burnett, Mrs. Dunn's father, introduced an innova tion at the gathering by chanting a weirVi Indian song in the Chinook, jargon. The reunion in 1918 will be held at Jacksonville. will be held Friday night and every citizen Is urged to be present. Stevenson Studio for portraits. WEATHER FORECAST 9 For the Week Ending Sept. 16. fc x ' V Pacific states: Fair, except occasional rains over northern aiBtricta, ) f Officers Raid House But Find No Liquor Statue Agent R. C. Porter, Assistant Jl B. Wlmer, Sheriff Jennings and Deputfes Stansell and Anderson raid ed a Jap rooming house in Medford about 1 o'clock Sunday morning, af ter receiving information that a quantity of liquor was hidden in the building. The officers met with no remon strance and made a thorough investi gation of the house, but found ffio liquor. '' '" . Fort Stevens, as the officers are con tinually being shifted from one com pany to another. The latest Inform ation Is that Second Lieutenant James Franklin, a recent graduate of the officers' training school at San Francisco, who was assigned to the Ashland company has been assigned to Colonel Hammond's staff. Lieu tenant John J. Herrtan of the 4th company, of Roseburg, has been transferred to the 1st company. Lieutenant Spencer Is still with the local boys, but he has also received an appointment on th.e colonel's staff. He has command of the signal work of all the Columbia river defenses. Corporal Oliver Anderson has been appointed company shoe cobbler with a chance of being promoted to the regimental cobbler's position, which would place him In control of a good sized shop at the fort. Private Gerald H. Wenner, former employe of the First National Bank, has been advanced to corporal. William Songer of Ashland, aged 91, the only one responding to the roll call of those participating In the Mex ican war, serving in Company C, 1st Illinois volunteer Infantry. The youngest was G. N. Wamsley, aged 69, of Central Point, Company C, 2nd regiment Missouri artillery. The reunion was a most successful one, .Colonel Van Natta, Adjutant ,U. Convention was held Friday at the Peterson , and Quartermaster Sayle, local Methodist church. seconded fiy efficient aides, worked j 7 The morning sessions started at 10 early and late in behalf of the com fort and entertainment of visitors. Red Bluff 423 Bakersfleld 422 Tracy ......... 511 Weed .... 969 Willows 601 Oregon. I Roseburg 7300 14 4 j Ashland 7300 14 5 1 Grants Pass ... 1443 S S I Albany 2400 5 3 ' Eugene 1074 2 2 ; Salem 601 1 1 N. B The first column indicate the total number of men to whom thm meals Indicated in the second column will be served. County Convention W.C.T.U. A Success The 1917 annual country W. C. T. Co, Fair Promises Many Attractions East Side Grocery Quits Business Indlcatlops are . that this year's) county fair, which will be held ln) Medfiorid starting tomorrow and end Ing Saturday, the 22nd, will he th o'olock with a devotional service con-1 best county fair that the Jackaoa ducted by Mrs. O. P. Sllngerland. , county pepple have ever got together. Rev. Douglass of the local Methodist 'This year's management has dons) church gave the Invocation, after away with the red lemonade, horw which reports were given by the sev-jrace style of county fair, and in Its eral delegates from different unions. Place they will nreaent a show wlthi j During the morning sessions a letter ! unusual attractions with departments) was read which was sent to the dele-'to Interest every ona. igates from Mr. Edmunds, the former! The fair will be held ln the Med county president, wh,o Is now ln Cali-fornla. ford Natatorium. There will be thai usual amount of orchard and farm The Ashland W. C. T. U. ladles products and a number of special at- The stock of the East Side grocery, i on the cornier of the Boulevard and Iowa streets, has been sold to H. G. TT'nrlnra & Qrtna Tlia TToat CMa rrrt eery was formerly own,d by Howard e"ta ' ",ner 10 a" 1,1089 .factions have been added 1,0 each. Ewer and W.B.Holmes, but the hus-if", T"' . . . , lday'8 r0m There will be anl iness was suspended soon after the1, A the ' afternoon se88lonf th f -;aut0show with auto dealers from all reqent death of Mr. Holmes. 17 IT , ... . . , , , i ver lne couniy a"(1 V0THl l omana Mr. Enders will remove the newr"1' , , !"trlimtor showing their models, d stock to his grocery department. The !J T . "Vln8l"on Bnow. rocK-aruiing comcsc, East Side grocery building is owned Z '' c,,r,rePson'"ng ; choral society rehearsal, special can. by V. A. Stewart, formerly of thls ,M. 1 rice of Medford; riding jnlng contest, and dancing ever iciaij, mm, nuijr ui unKie ruiui, night to music by the Oregon Grill Hfv. whn la nnv In Alaakfl Mr. Ewer leaves soon for a twoi,rer' uing o Medrord. . Jazz Orchestra of Portland, which; weeks' camping trip to Lake of the i e8(,ames Leavitt and Jll,8on were made the Hylu Hehe dance famous. Woods, prior to entering the Unlver- ie ef ed to "t"6 a8nude'ete81 to the:A h"e he an at- ovnio ixiiivciiuuii. ! no iuiiu ins pror traction Wednesday at noon. Th gram was rendered after the business evening's program starts at 7:301 meeting: "Fundamentals of Temper- ;every evening of the fair. The ad ancd," Mrs. Tabor; "Our .Needs," Rev. 'mission to the Natatorium will be 29 D. D. Edwards of the local Nazarene cents. church; reading, Mrs. Hughes of Phoenix. The visiting delegates were Mes- Ity of Oregon In Eugene, which opens October 1. Hold Fall Style Show This Week McGee's popular ladles' furnishing Thursday will be Ashland day. ThS ; fair management have arranged tot n anopfnl nrnprnm nn thfit rlnV. And dames Godlove Hill, Lunnls, Price, L ,8 probbta that aImoet tn(J enttr9 McDonald and Broomfleld of Med- Choral Society to Resume Practice . , ,. Spiritualist Meeting. (v.Tbe First Spiritualist Society of Southern Oregon will hold their an nual, meeting Wednesday evening, .September 26,- 1917, at the Temple of Truth. - - F. W. MOORE, Pres. V IU'' ' O. O OOG.6eo. ' The Ashland Choral Society will resume practice in preparation for its winter concert, Wednesday night, September 19, at 7:80, ln the Ladies' Auxiliary hall. Professor Andrews will again direct the chorus, and it is necessary to have full and regular attendance on the part of members in order to retain the services of this well-qualified director. All persons in the city who are In terested in rocal music are invited to become members early in the season. A very excellent class of music , will be taken up at once. . . Profleasor Andrews has agreed to spend on afternoon each week In Ashland giving private lesions. Any one Interested may consult Mm Wed. nesday evening. store and-Hargroves' millinery will ford, Mrs. Florey of Eagle Point, and have a fall showing of the latest mod- ( Mrs. Hughes of Phoenix. els in ladles' clothing, hats, etc., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Mr. McGee, who Is recog- Lance Baker, who hac been em ployed In the local Tislt rlgnr factory nlzed as having one of the most pro- or the past year, has accepted a like gresslve stores In southern Oregon, 'position in Treka and left for there has assembled a big showing of the Iast e His family will join him latest styles which the stores of the iater. larger cities are showing, as Is the Hargroves showing of fall headwear. Announcement of his fall showing Is made in this issue. Phone news items to the Tidings. Parade Advertises County Fair Ashland people were made "boost- . PROCLAMATION. $ ? In view of the fact that the $ county fair officials have deslg- $ $ nated Thursday, September 20, 4 S as Ashland day; It Is urged thlat 4 era for the fair" Friday afternoon a all who possibly can shall as- when a long procession of autos 'S semble at the Plaza with their filled with Medford people drove : cars at 1 o'clock p m. Thurs- t through the city streets distributing U day, September 20, with every advertising for the county fair andjg car bearing flags and. Ashland 4 making the air ring with the noise $ pennants. All cars should watt 4 of their auto horns and other dinful $ on the Plaza until the word is 4 instruments. Thle parade was com posed of abouti thirty cars, each dec orated with banners proclaiming the many attractions of the fair1. 1 Oregon Is asked to double Its grain crop tor next year.- 1 3 given to start.. Let us show our & appreciation of Medford's splen-4 J did attendance at our Fourth of t $ July . celebrations and other functions.,,. ,Uy .v-.v t '' 4 ""'..q. Bt,LAM,KIN. Mayor. $ city will visit Medford then to let the Medford people know that they ap preciate the help which Medford has given Ashland in making the Hyla Hehe a success. ' 200 Local Women Register Saturday Returns from the registration bu reaus show that hilt 200 Ashland women registered Saturday for auxil iary service in the war. The county registration has not been ascertained) yet. Three hundred and fifty women registered in Medfprd. It is probable that the indifference) shown by the women In general will cause President. Wilson to Irene a proclamation requiring the women to register. The registration officers) think that many of the women hesi tated to register because they thought that at some later date they would b called to other plaoes for service of some kind. Any woman who cosld not register Saturday can do so this week at th public library- ' There Is talk of prospecting for od ln the Coos Bay section. .