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Oregon Historical Society. Ashland r SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON IDINGS ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON,-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912 NUMBER 49 CRAZY MAN IS ARRESTED STRINGER ATTEMPTS TO ENTER RESIDENCES. WAS CAPTURED BY CHIEF OIEN When Taken lie Had Thrown Pants in Creek and Was Wandering Around Canyon in His Undercloth ing This Morning. An insane foreigner created con siderable excitement in the city Wed nesday forenoon. He attempted to enter the residence of F. E. Watson, above Granite street, about 7 o'clock in the morning, and by bis strange actions considerably frightened the occupants. He kissed the door sev eral times and then tried to break it open. Upon hearing Mr. Watson telephoning to a neighbor he left, going toward the creek. The next heard of his was near Smith's livery stable, where he was seen partially undressed. Chief Oien was notified and upon making search found him near the old electric light station in the canyon. He had thrown his trousers into the creek and was pa rading around in his underwear. Upon being taken to jail he went to bed and was soon asleep. A search of his clothes revealed no money. He tarried, however, a cou ple of small passbooks. One was in his pants pocket when they were fished out of the creek, and was bad ly soaked up. There was consider able writing in it in some foreign lan guage, and partially illegible because of the water. In this book was a card photograph of a handsome woman. The picture was taken by "Louis," Paris, France. He also had a baggage check, No. DC 4551, cov ering goods sent from Seattle to San Francisco over the Southern Pacific railway. In his coat pockets were found a bottle of liver pills, a timebook, which carried no name or address, and a plaster paris cast representing a half open shell in which were the nude figures of a woman and child. Reports came from Ayers Spur that a crazy man had been seen around there and asking that of ficers be sent to look him up. He was seen by some boys running up and down Neil creek. Later in the day when a party of men went to look for him he was not to be found. From the description it is thought that it was the man captured here the next morning. Those who saw him after he left Watson's place, state that he ran down the hill and dashed headlong through the everygreen hedge on Granite street in a manner no sane man would do. Upon later returns the crazy Ital ian picked up here proved not to be the same man who was around Ayers Spur. Deputy Sheriff Thornton and A. C. Nininger went up there Wed nesday afternoon and found another subject for a straight jacket. He was digging alongside the railroad for a bottle of wine he thought was buried there. He said he was in a hurry as he had to be in San Fran cisco by 6 o'clock that night. In stead he landed in the Jacksonville jail this forenoon. From the simi larity of actions they two men must have attacked the same brand of mountain dew. The man who was picked up in the canyon here is now in the Granite City hospital and is still out of his head. His name is believed to be Lane Rossen, but nothing further is known regarding him. MACHINERYJOW HERE Equipment for Miller's Broom Fac tory Has Arrived and Work Will Regin Soon. The machinery for J. G. Miller & Son's broom factory arrived a few days ago and was taken to their home near the normal school Monday. As soon as it is in place he will com mence the manufacture of brooms. Already they have several orders, and as soon as samples can be made up they will put a man out to can vass the valley. Everyone should insist on having Ashland-made brooms. SUNSET MAGAZINE and Ashland Tidings one year $ 2.75 to old or new subscribers. Regular price of Sunset Magazine is fl.50 per yeal FOOTBALL SATURDAY Asldand High School and Medford High to Meet on iLocal Field For Wood. "Delenda est Medford." So say eleven husky foodball players and 200 loud-mouthed rooters from the Ashland high. The occasion for the aforementioned nihilistic utterance is the return game between Medford and Ashland, to be played at the high school grounds Saturday afternoon. In the first game at Medford, Ash land won by a score of 12 to 6, and bbpes to come off with the long end of an even more lopsided score. This, however, will be no easy task, as Medford is always formidable and will come with bloody thoughts of past defeats to be avenged. The 13 to 0 score by which they recently took Grants Pass into camp is no criterion of what they are able to do, as their boys were overworked before the game and consequently were not in the best of condition. The experience of this game ought to put the Medford team in better trim than when she last met Ashland. The local boys, however, are in the best of condition, there being few injuries, and only one man, Frame, being out on account of sick ness. His place at center will be ably filled by Dews, who flips the pigskin like a veteran. "Hub" "Poor has been switched from the back- field to tackle and ought, with Gar rett, to give the line that firmness which it lacked at Medford. "Gravy" Plymate, who drew high praise from the Medford papers, can be depend ed upon to stop anything that comes his way. The back-field is probably the strongest of any high school in Oregon. Ashcraft's fine line bucking would win him a place on a 'varsity team any time. Phillips is a hard player and is especially good on the forward pass. Buck Moody's long spirals are a deiight to the eye of the expert, while Bob Spencer, the last of the quartet, is a sturdy player. Noise and enthusiasm will be, there in big gobs. Tuesday evening Yell Leader Wheeler marshalled his co horts and tuned up their vocal appli ances. The screeching will surely appall the lads from boozetown. Thursday evening a rally with es pecial new features will startle the denizens along Main street. The Ashland team will probably i line up as follows: Ends, Wenner land Plymate; tackles, Huntley and Poor; guards, Garrett and Triplett; center. Dews; backs, Ashcraft, Phi lips (captain), Moody and Spencer. HORSES ARE BURNED Eleven Head Perish in $30,000 Liv ery Stable Fire in Roseburg Saturday Night. Roseburg, Ore.; Nov. 11. Fire in this city last Saturday night totally destroyed a half block of wooden buildings, all but one of which was occupied by Banks & Walker's livery stable, in which 11 out of 50 horses perished. Adjoining buildings were badly damaged, bringing the total aggregate loss up to $30,000, with $6,250 insurance. The net loss to the livery stables and contents is $13,500. The origin of the fire is not known, but there is strong evi dence of incendiarism. A shift in the wind was all that saved the Van Houten annex to the Hotel McClel len and a residence. During the progress of the fire a second blaze, five blocks away, de stroyed the residence of Mrs. Lucin da Moore, together with nearly all of the household goods. In her ex treme nervousness over the l'very stable fire, Mrs. Moore dropped a lighted kerosene lamp in a clothes closet. With the assistance of her sister, Mrs. Moore dragged her 77-year-old mother, Mrs. W. B. Single ton, a paralytic, out of the house and abandoned all else to the flames. NO, SIR! We' do not charge for use of hearse. We prepare bodies for burial with out charges. Excepting shipping rases. Our charges are from $10.00 to $25.00 for embalming. Our line of supplies are second to none. Our prices 25 to 200 jer cent be low others. Our books are open. Bring your bills and compare them. Our funeral parlors are modern in every department. Experienced lady assistant. II. C. STOCK, The Up-to-Pate Undertaker. D. R. MILLS DIED WELL KNOWN ASHLAND BANKER AND BUSINESS MAN PASSED AWAY LAST EVENING OF NEURALGIA OF THE HEART Delos R. Mills, a well-known bank er, retired merchant, ex-mayor and citizen of Ashland, died at his home on East Main street last evening, about 8 o'clock, aged 77 years. Ten days ago, Mr. Mills, who had been enjoying his usual robust health, suffered an attack of neural gia of the chest, but his illness was not looked upon by family or friends as serious, and only a short time be fore his death was joking with mem bers of his family and his physician, Dr. Swedenburg, who felt that his patient would be able to be out of doors again today. The neuralgia went to his heart and the end came very suddenly. Mr. Mills came to Ashland from Iowa about 25 years ago and engaged in the mercantile business, from which he retire da number of years ago. For seventeen years past he has been president of the United States National Bank, the pioneer bank of Ashland. He had also served as mayor of the city. Of immediate relatives, Mr. Mills is survived only by his wife and one grandson, Victor Verni Mills, of this city. The' funeral will take place on Sat urday afternoon, Nov. 16, at 2:30 o'clock, at the residence, and will be conducted by the pastor of the First Congregational church, of which the deceased was a member. He was a prominent member of the various W. C. T. U. Meeting. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will hold a meeting in the M. E. church at 2:30 p. m., November 19. The program will follow the lines of citi zenship, its duties and aims. Every woman citizen invited. By order of president. Try Tidings job printing. The quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten. ASHLAND WOMEN WILL Gov. West's Proclamation Expected in Time to Permit Participa tion in City Election According to the city dailies, Gov ernor West will Issue his proclama tion declaring women eligible to vote and hold office just as soon as the official count is completed. This will be within a few days and therefore the women of Ashland will be eligible to vote at the coming city election which will be held the third Tuesday in December, which this year falls upon the 17th. Not only are the women of Ashland eligible to vote ON A SLIDING SCALE Chris Guckle Gets $30 Fine and Ten Iays in Jail for Third Call for Carrying Jag. Chris Guckle was up in the re corder's court Wednesday morning on a charge of drunkenness and giv en a sentence of $20 fine and ten days in jail by Recorder Hurt. Mr. Hurt's rule in cases of this kind is to impose a fine of $5 for the first of fense $10 for the second offense and $20 and ten days in jail for the third offense. The jail sentence is then suspended during good behavior and the officials are advised if the party is caught drunk again to simply lock them up and let them serve out their suspended sentence. Mr, Hurt says the plan is working finely and in not a single instance has a man been brought back to serveout a suspend ed sentence. This was Mr. Guckle's third offense. The fine was paid and he was released under a sus pension of the jail sentence. Charles Lowry, a transient, drew $5 for a first offense at the same session of court. Closed as Mark of Respect. As a mark of respect to the mem ory of its late president, D. R. Mills, the United States National Bank of Ashland will be closed all day Satur day, November 16. Specials in casseroles, baking dishes, chafing dishes, coffee makers with fine alcohol stoves. Prices will be cut deep on all these. Warner Mercantile Co. VERY SUDDENLY Masonic bodies of the city, and these will be represented at the funeral. The following sketch of Mr. Mills' lift' was penned by himself some years ago: "D. It. Mills was the son of Royal E. Mills and O. A. Carter Mills; was born November 3, 1835, at Western Star, Medina county, state of Ohio. My father died before I was two years old. With my mother I moved to Schoolcraft, Kaalmazoo, Michigan, where I lived until I was 20 years of age, when I left home and went to Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa, where after a few months I was employed in the store of Carter & Co. until the firm went out of business (1860). On June 20, 1861, I was married to Miss Sarah Frances Matthews, and moved to Lancaster county, Nebras ka (then a territory); bought and worked a farm of 1,000 acres (in partnership with Henry B. Clark). Sold the farm in 1869 and returned to Klkader, Iowa, and with Mr. H. W. Carter bought the store I was for merly employed in. Closed out that bus-mess early in 18S6 and moved to Ashland, Jackson county. Oregon. Opened a store of dry goods, etc., Mtrrh 31, 1887. Sold that out in 190, "We have had two children, both born on the farm in Nebraska. Charles Delos Mills, died March 7, 18S0, ager is years, 6 months. Ern est Verni Mills, died March 20, 1897, aged 33 years, 6 months." Eastern Star Meeting. The grand worthy matron of the 'O. E. S. will make an official visit to Alpha chapter No. 1, O. E. S., Satur day evening, November 16, at 7:30. A good attendance is desired. Visit ing members cordially invited. WEATHER FORECAST: Chil ly niornings'and evenings will con tinue for some time. Get one of th6ae GAS heaters. $2.50 and up. VOTE DECEMBER 17TH -No Registration Needed at this election, but they are also eligible to hold any of the offices There Is therefore a possibility that the city may have women candidates for the position of mayor or council man. The Tidings does not mean that this is likely, for it is highly probable that the ladies will not care to pitch into another political fight so soon after their successful cam paign for suffrage, but it is their legal right to do so. FOURTEEN ARE KILLED Flagman Failed to Stop Freight Which Clashed Into Crowded l'ussenger Train. New Orleans, La., Nov. 11. Fourteen persons were killed and 90 injured in. a wreck on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad near here tonight, as a result of the neg ligence of a flagman, according to the railroad officials. It is said that the flagman was sent back from the excursion train, on which the killed and injured were passengers, which had stopped on a curve, to stop a through freight. For some reason he failed to stop the freight, which plowed through the rear of the excursion train. Of the killed, four were white woman, one a white infant and the remainder negroes. The wreckage caught fire soon af ter the collision and the cries of the injured, who were pinned beneath the wreckage, added to the confu sion and the suspense of the others aboard the excursion who endeav ored to save them. As soon as the wreckage caught fire, It is said, the negligent flagman disappeared. Do not miss the Kathrine Ridgeway Concert Company at the Elks Temple tomorrow night. This is the first of these series of enter tainments of the Ashland Lecture Course. Phone No. 39 when In need of job printing. Work and prices are right. THIEVES ARE JAILED Men Who Robbed Chicken House at Ayers Spur Caught in Act and Jailed. - William Wagnre and Hugh Baird are languishing in the county bastile because of an uncontrolled appetite. In this case it was not an appetite for booze that proved their down fall, but yellow-legged fowl. John Christenson of Ayers Spur caught these light-fingered gentry in his chicken house Monday and phoned at once for an officer. Constable Irwin of this city secured Julius Hart of this city, who took the officer up to the Bpur in his automobile, niakin; the round trip considerably under two hours. When they arrived at Ayers Spur they found Mr. Christen son guarding the two fellows, who are apparently of the genus hobo, with a gun. They were brought be fore J. C. Hurt, city recorder, who gave them a sentence of $50 fine or 25 days in jail. As neither had that amount of the coin of the realm they were obilged to take the jail alternative, and Deputy Sheritt Thornton escorted them to Jackson ville Tuesday forenoon. VOTE COST LIFE. L. E. Ixiomis Died at Hospital Mon day. L. E. Loomis of Ross Lane died at the Ashland hospital Monday follow ing an operation for appendicitis. Physicians state that an earlier oper ation would have saved his life. Mr. Loomis had known Colonel Ton Velle for some time and took a great interest in his candidacy for county judge. He was stricken with appendicitis several days before elec tion but refused to go to a hospital for operation until he had cast his ballot November 5. He then went to Ashland, entered the hospital and submitted to an operation, but the malady had made such progress that he failed to rally. The remains were chipped to Med ford Wednesday for interment at that place. Music. lU'cital. Miss Natalie Swigart, one of Ash land's best known pianists, will con duct a recital of her pupils at the Congregational church next Saturday evening, commencing at 7:30 sharp. Miss Swigart has taught in Ash land for the past two years, coming from Wyoming, where she graduated from the musical department of the state university. Her work has been good and her calsses well filled. The class members who will par ticipate in the recital Saturday night are Misses Florence Allman, Helen Hodgson, Imogene Wallace, Lillian Greer, Aletha Gray, Dorothy Fruian, Vlletta Willison, Emeline Branch and Wanda Bachand. The recital Is free to all lovers of music and the program promises to be well worth attending. A NEGIICO INDUSTRY Professor O'tJara Will Write Series of Articles on Cider and Vin egar Milking. Mail Tribune: Although the Rogue river valley produces apples enough to supply all Oregon with ci der and vinegar, but little or it has been made becaues there was no mar ket for it. Local merchants and jobbers have refused to handle It because it did not comply with commercial tests in other words, it was wrongly made. Medford merchants and jobbers have agreed to buy all their supply here If It conies up to the mark. In order that cider and vinegar may be properly made, Professor O'Gara has written a series of arti cles upon the subject, the first of which will appear In the Mail Tribune Tuesday. Later they will be printed in pamphlet form for free distribu tion. The valley can just as well as not add a valuable commercial asset from a hitherto waste product. The city of Dublin is asking for bids for furnishing electric lamps for a period of 10 years. Manufacturers are hesitating to make such a con tract on account of the uncertainty of the price of copper. The whole trend in the British au tomobile line is toward the develop ment of cheap, efficient machines with good wearing qualities. La Follette's Weekly Magazine and the Tidings one year for $2.50. CASE WAS DISMISSED COMPLAINT AGAINST lOT.r. PROVED TO HE DEFECTIVE. DID NOT ALLEGE VALUE OF GOODS The Case Brought Ry Charles Hos ley, Charging Jjtrreny Against Theatr Man, is Dismissed- by City Recorder. W. T. Doll, who came to Ashland a few months ago and reopened the Dreamland theater in the Hosley building on East Main street, was arrested Tuesday forenoon on train No. 13 just as he was leaving the city. The arrest was made on a warrant sworn out by Charles Hos ley, charging larceny as bailee, the charge being based on the allegation that Doll had taken from the theatre und disposed of or concealed the moving picture machine, which was mortgaged to Charles Hosley to se cure the rent, or at least was held under the lease. Recorder Hurt put Doll under $200 bonds, which he was unable to furnish. Ho retained A. II. Davis as his attorney and the lat ter secured a postponement of the case until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. When the case was called upon that date. Attorney A. H. Davis, who appeared for Doll, objected to the admission of evidence as to the value of the moving picture machine in volved, because of the fact that the complaint did not allege that the act was feloneously done, nor did It al lege the value of the goods taken. After hearing authorities bearing on the matter, Recorder Hurt sustained the objection. After the close of the evidence on the part of the state Mr. Davis moved that the case be dis missed because of the defective com plaint and Mr. Hurt was left no option but to do this. Up to the time of writing no new complaint has been sworn out. There are reported to be others besides Mr. Hosley who are in the hole as the result of Mr. Doll's oper ations In this city. A NEW INDUSTRY. Morion & Son to Open Mill in Pago Warehouse. J. J. Morton of this city and his son, E. E. Morton, formerly of Ta coma, Wash., have opened a general milling business in the Page ware house at the foot of First street. Both gentlemen are practical mill ers and believe that they can make it a matter of profit to the people of Ashland and vicinity to patronize this home industry. They will man ufacture corn goods, rolled barley and all kinds of feed. MARY E. HAGI.EY DhAD. Mother of Mr. Will Under Passed Suddenly. Mrs. Mary E. Bagley, niotAer of Mrs. Will Butler, died Tuesday on the Moore ranch six miles east of this city. Death came very suddenly, though she had been in poor health for some time. She was found dead near the house, having apparently been stricken while out walking.. Funeral services are postponed pend ing the arrival of relatives. The de ceased was 67 years of ago at the time of her death SLICED OFFHIS THUMB E. E. Simmons Picks Up Severed Member and Binds It On Wound. E. E. Simmons, who is employed at the Pierce mine, situated on the Applegate road about four miles from Jacksonville, met with a painful acci dent while chopping wood recently. Mr. Simmons was balancing a stick of wood on a log with one hand and wielding an ax with the other, when the butt of the ax handle, striking the log, deflected his aim, the ax blade descending on his left hand and completely severing his thumb. Mr. Simmons searched in the; wood pile for his amputated member, and binding it on the wound, hurried to town for medical assistance. Dr. R. E. Golden dressed the injury and says that, considering the shock Stid ex citement of the moment, Mr. Simmons replaced the thumb in a fairly correct position.