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Monday, A u mint 19, 1912. ASHLAND TTOrNG9 PAGE ITT! The Liberty Bell And Independence Free yourself from the palling yoke of want and dependence, as our forefathers freed them selves and us from the yoke of tyranny. Save! Be Independent! Let a savings account ring out and proclaim to the world your character. GRANITE CITY SAVINGS BANK Ashland, Oregon t LOCAL AND PERSONAL 1 Jesse Smith of Montague spent Monday in Ashland. H. W. Bovee of 315 Granite street returned Saturday from a three weeks' visit with his son, George Bo-i vee, of San Bernardino, Cal. Jack True and wife are spending the week, at Lake of the Woods. Miss Nettie Drew is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd on iNorth Main street. Miss Drew is a former normal school student here and at present is superintendent of city schools at Klamath Falls. Fuller is the leading tailor, clean er and presser. . Miss Juanita Greninger of Glen dale Is visiting friends at Medford and Jacksonville and is expected to call on Ashland friends this week G. W. Kennard, daughter, Miss Charlotte, and niece. Miss Charlotte Switz, visited Crater Lake last week. Mr. and Mrs. Mark True left today for the Lake of the Woods to pictc huckleberries. They were accom panied by Miss Marjorie Watkins of Medford and Grace Gregory of Cen tral Point. Ashland-Klamath Exchange will buy all your empty sacks.. W. A. Cooper, living near the nor mal buildings, lost a valuable horse last week. The animal got tangled up in a wire fence and bled to death before a veterinary could be secured. The Misses Neilie Peachey and Leona Smith spent Saturday and Sunday In the country .as . the. guests of Mrs. R. M. Hedges. Mr. and Mrs. George Rose are re joicing over the advent of a fine baby daughter, born August 10. Dr. David W. Edwards, president of the Bimini Water. Company of Los Angeles and an old-time friend of E. D. Briggs of this city, is in Ashland, having come here for a visit. Mr. Edwards is much interest ed in the mineral waters of this vi cinity. The Xatatorium swimming pool is fine these days. Near the heart of town. Mrs. J. C. Smith of Superior, Iowa, arrived in Ashland Saturday for an extended visit with Don B. Smith and the S. A. Peters family. - Mrs. Stratton Is visiting her son Percy on the Dead Indian this week. Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Wright of Mc Minnville are spending a few days as the guests of Mrs. Sarah Updegraff. Dr. and Mrs. Wright have been tour ing southern California and southern Oregon in an auto. Crater Lake was one of their objective points. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Barbee spent last week with Mrs. Barbee's moth er, Mrs. Chamberlain. J. E. Eastlick has moved to Ash land with his family from Fort Jones, Cal., and will make his residence here on account of the school advan tages. He will occupy one of the houses of his father, W. W. Eastlick. The Citizens Banking and Trust Co. issues "A. B. A." Cheques and recommends them to tourists. The safest and most convenient travel funds. " Hotels all over the world are glad to cash them for guests. Railways, steamship lines, and the best shops generally, accept them. m Mr. and Mrs. Bert Armpriest of Jacksonville are visiting with Mrs. Armpriest's father, C. E. Abbott, for a few days. Mrs. G. C. Creighton is in receipt of a telegram announcing the death in Sacramento of her son-in-law's father, E. P. Hale, a well-known citi zen of Sacramento. Mr. Hale fell from a building and sustained in juries from which he died vesterday. The Electric Snoe Shop is ail equipped and ready for business. 343 East Main street. Dell Hildreth, a former Ashland man, now residing in Oakland, Cal., is visiting relatives in Ashland and Butte Falls. Mrs. Gertrude Sanders and Miss Birdie Tipton, teachers in the Rose burg schools, are visiting the Thrones on Fourth street while en route home from a pleasure trip to' the east and south. Mining location blanks for sale at the Tidings office. j Joshua Young and Sam Childers left this morning for a three days' outing in the Dead Indian. They will divide their time between hunting and picking huckleberries. Dr. M. A. Stratton of Portland ar rived Saturday to join Mrs. Stratton, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. M. E. Wood, for the past two weeks. . Dr. and Mrs. Stratton will leave for the mountains on a hunt ing and fining trip. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Shoemeyer of Medford spent Sunday in Ashland as guests of the Estes and Greer fami lies. Fuller has a special line of novelty woolens that will attract the good dresser. Mrs. H. S. Palmerlee came in from the homestead last Wednesday lor a few days stay In town. Mr. and Mrs. P. Campbell of Sas ketun, Saskatchewan, spent a few days in Ashland last week looking after their property interests here. They own an orchard tract east of the city and will move here later. William DePeatt of Vancouver, B. C, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Antoinette .DePeatt, on Hargadine street. F. H. Johnson anG wife, D. M. Lowe, son and daughter, left yester day morning by tea'-.i for a ten days' outing. They will visit Crater Lake and other points of interest. Scale receipts at Tidings office. Mrs. G. C. McAllister has returned from a three months' visit in Fair mont, W. Va. J. A. Lemery went. to Grants Pass I yesterday, returning this evening. A. H. Davis is changing his place , of res'dence this week from Iowa street to the Boulevard. Residents on Taylor street are glad to note the installation of a light line on that street by the Ore-gon-Californ a company. Mrs. Mabel Snoad and Miss Bertha Norwood of Chicago leave Wednes-1 day for southern California points, en route home. They have been vis-! iting for, a fewrjays wit,h .their broth er, H. Ij. .Norwood, and family, on Hargadine street, and will be accom- j panied on their return by Mrs. Emily j F. Norwood, their mother, who has been spending the summer here. The Park Hotel serves a generous meal with home cooking. 25 cents. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Merrill left Saturday for a vacation outing of several weeks in the Wagner Creek .district. Rev. W. A. Schwimley and family returned Wednesday evening from Newport, where tuey spent a delight ful vacation of three weeks. C. E. Parker, wife and four chil dren arrived in the city from Eu gene last Friday, coming by auto. The family stopped in Roseburg for several days, coming . here direct from that city. M. W. Wheeler and family re turned Friday evening from a trip to Portland and intermediate points in their auto. They left here August 1 and visited many of the important towns of the Willamette valley. The return home was made direct from Albany and consumed two days. Money to loan on improved ranch es, first mortgages; mixed farms pre ferred. W. D. Hodgson, Ashland. Phone 427-J. To W. S. Ball goes the honor of shipping the first Early Crawfords. Mr. Ball delivered 22 boxes at the association last Friday. J. Eastlick, a prominent mining man from Fort Jones, was in the city Saturday. He was accompanied by John Jester, who is on his way to visit a brother in Grants Pass. Dr. Gail C. Kammerer visited friends in Medford over Sunday. John Richards, foreman in the Treadwell mines in Alaska, who has been visiting his family here for some time, has returned to his duties in the mine. His family remains here to take advantage of the school advantages offered in this city. Mr. J. H. Will is now located at the Electric Shoe Shop, 343 East Main street, and will be glad to see his old friends. - Dr. Fawcett and wife have re turned from an extended visit with friends and relatives along the coast. They motored as far north as Yon calla, returning by auto from there. 'Harry Casey left Friday for Mc Cloud, where he will enter the em ploy of' the lumber company at that place. Mrs. C D. Lewis of Gardena. Cal., spent a day the latter . part of the week with the Palmerlee and Gillis families. Mrs. . Lewis . is an old schoolmate of theirs. ' ' .. Miss Charlotte Switz, who has been visiting at the home of her ..un cle, G. W. Kennard, returned to Se attle last Friday. She is employed in the high school at that place. Prof. William E. Snyder leaves to morrow for Decatur, 111., to resume his work as professor of-piano and pipe organ In the music conservatory at that place.' He returns by way of Los Angeles and will visit George Bassett a few days at that city. 7 Soon the school bell will ring, and back to school the children will go. Let them go well dressed. Dressing well is just as necessary ful a part ot the children's education as the mul tiplication table. We are iixed to fix up the children with good strong stylish clothes. Our low prices on good children's goods have made our store the children's store. DRESSES Many prefer to buy children's school dresses ready made. It saves time and worry to the mother who is busy. They are not expensive and styles are pretty, too. Calico and Gingham Dresses la sizes 2 to 6 at 25c. Dresses of Gingham, Galatea, Percales and Linenes, prettily trimmed,' sizes 2 to 14, range of prices from 60c to $2.00. CHILDREN'S SIMMER COATS. Start the little one with a pretty little coat of soisette or poplin. We have about a half dozen left to close at $1.49 and $2.49. COTTON DRESS GOODS We have received a shipment of fall weight cotton dress goods which are just the thing for school dresses or Norfolk suits for the girl or young ladies. Cotton Corduroys and Mercerized Welts in white, tan and pink, a splendid fall weight, 25c to 50c. Crepes, Silk Stripe Poplins. Shepherd Check Suitings, 15c to 50c. Ginghams, Galateas, Nub Suitings, Percales, etc. Try a box of Wunderhose for the children. Start them out right. Give the hose a trial. WOOL DRESS GOODS A large assortment of moderately priced Dress Goods, including Batistes, Mohairs, Plaids, Serges, Worsteds, at 25c, 35c, 50c, 60c and 65c. 5 4 to 58 inch Suiting, so wonderfully popular last season, are shown in greater variety and prettier patterns than ever. For boys' suits, pants or overcoats, for girls' dresses, suits or coats. It takes so little cloth, they wear so long and look so well that you will not regret the cost $1.50 to $2.50. Imported Corduroys, plain and fancy patterns, per yard, $1.25. FREE SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST ENDS THIS WEEK Standing of Contestants (10 high est) Saturday night, Aug. 17 Cora Cliff 50,700 Zenos Moody 38,800 Larkin Grubb 34,275 Melissa Wenner 26,575 Jan Mowat 17,700 Cora Ganiard 9,225 Cornelia Larson 7,500 Mabel Rease 5,300 Pina Benedict 5,250 Hildred Bailey 5,150 Votes counted every evening this week. " ' At close of busineps Saturday night, August 24th, some one of the candidates will have won, the $125.00 scholarship in the new Aehland Normal, Business and Engineering school. While this has" been considerable expense to us we will not regret it since we have helped in the securing of a new school for Ashland und in the education of one of our young people. Victor Mills, Pete Spencer, Ed Steele, Bill Van Dyke and Otto Goet tel left Friday for a camping trip in the Dead Indian country. Mrs. M. V. Crocker and two daugh ters of Portland, who have been vis iting with Mrs. E. G. Porter for a few days, have proceeded on their Way to Los Angeles, whither they were bound. Protect yourself against loss by fire, but see Clif Payne before you take out a policy he can save you money. tt We note the announcement in the Central Point Herald that Rev. E. H. Hicks, formerly of this city, will preach at Central Point this evening, tomorrow and Wednesday evenings. Friends of Rev. Hicks will be pleased to have him call in Ashland. Sam Grubb left last week to take up again his duties as express mes senger on the Milwaukee line out of Seattle. . ' D. D. Good and wife, their son Guy, .. daughters Pearl and Gladys, Miss Edith Merrill and Olin Douglass have returned from a two weeks' outing at Crater Lake and other points of interest. J. F. Meikle is in the city for a few days, having come here in the interest ot a patent vacuum cleaner, for which he has secured rights on the Pacific coast. Mr. Meikle has placed an agency in Ashland and is making other valley towns in the in terest of the machine. . c sra. -T'st.'i'll iYv'Ju mm 1 sift: I nr MA W J. F. Meikle returned this after noon to Oakland, Cal., in response to a wire from his wife announcing the arrival of relatives to pay the family a visit. Mr. Meikle will return' to Portland by boat to complete his work of establishing agencies for his vacuum cleaner. Mr. and Mrs. Geo-ge Carpenter, son Eugene, daughter Bessie, and Ed Stannard have returned from a trip to Crater Lake. They report splen did luccess fishing and Eugene was fortunate enough to secure a fine buck. nfy Two Le ft SOLDIERS MADE HAPI'V. Only One Pair of Slioes Instead of Three to Be Sliined in Future. Vancouver Barracks, Wash. In stead of having three pairs of shoes to keep shining and in order, the United States soldier in the future will have but one pair. As it now is, an infantryman has a pair of marching shoes, a pair of garrison shoes and a pair of dress shoes, the former being tan and the dress shoes black, which are worn with the blue dress uniform. The new shoe is 10 be tan, perhaps a little lighter than the present marching shoe, and it will be worn on all occasions. This change will make the soldier's kit lighter and will be welcomed by the men. Of course each soldier will be supplied with two good pairs 01 shoes at all times. It will require aboht a year to use the shoes already on hand, so the change will not oe made until that time. We wish to call the attention of prospective buyers to the fact that we have only TWO FOHD CARS LEFT in stock and will be unable to secure any more until October. Phone your order now for a FORD TWENTY, $820 Pellett's parage Thg principal effect of the fertil izer in many gardens is to make the weeds grow faster. Holmes Bros! VOL" WANT A GXI DESIRABLE Piece of Property? A firsts-class modern home in a fine part of town, with two large lots, $3,100. A five-room house, close in. good location and large lot; price, in cluding furniture, only $1,500. Easy terms. Or something else that's different. ' , COME AM) KEE. BILLINGS AGENCY . 41 E. Main St. I'houe 211-J. Announcement Having failed to make a sale of ny stock as I expected to do by this time, and having parties in view with whom I hope to make a deal later, I find it necessary to continue the business a few months longer or through the fall season. With this end In view I have selected " from the New York market a beautiful as sortment of the latest styles in ladies and children's fall and winter garments, including a complete line of new Fall Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Waists, Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, etc. As these goods represent the best values from the best makers to be obtained for cash and we are not in position to carry anything over, we are going to start right out with values and prices to beat any competition. The first shipments of the new goods are due this week. Watoh this store for the latest at bottom prices. it. A. MIXKLEH. CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE ASHLAM), : OREGON". t Considering the high price of gas oline and tires, it is going to be preU ty tough to get the children shod so that they can attend school in September. The Si. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company has giv en a mortgage on its property for $200,000,000, runing 40 years and bearing 6 per cent interest.