Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, January 20, 1913, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextASHLAVD TIDINGS Monday, January 0, 1013. Special 1 Phone 122 BzChOklk' To the Newcomer r Oldcomer Home-canned fruit in glass quart cans, VV CCB.1L, 20 cents. : : : : : Home-cured bacon 18 and 20 cents per pound. ASKLAND TRADING COMPANY Phone 122 TTTTTTTTTTTVTTrT 1 lntiiTiiTiifiitnf 1 V V V i'V TT f V 1 r OHIO VALLEY FLOODEDjWOULD OPEN ROGUE Many Village and Towns Along Southern Oregon Representative Will In the Social Realm Season's Greatest Musical Offering River Abandoned ami Numer Try and Open Stream to . All Anglers. 11 lt.il r ( '4 T I I 1 A TTTV . . . I"M"M"H l H-l-H ous Fatalities Reported. PAGE POCK Society New. Please phone all news iter. is, so ciety or otherwise, to the Tidings, No. It is often necessary to lat. ik ins over until the next Is-sue, so as to insure insertion please phone them in as early as possible. The Tidings goes to pres early each Monday and Thursday afternoon and items must be iu and in type by noon if possible. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational church held its regu lar monthly meeting this afternoon with Mrs. C. H. Willison on Allison street. The Elks have given their hall to the ladies of the Sunshine Society for the concort of Miss Olga Steeb next Monday evening. The proceeds from this concert are to be used for charitable purposes by the Sunshine Society. The Wednesday Afternoon Club will meet this week with Mrs. Win ter on the Boulevard, at 4:30 Wednesday. Mrs. Jud Miller and Mrs. W. H. Smith will assist. All members as well as all strangers are cordially iuvited. The P.usy Hoe Sewing Society of the East Ashland district met with Mrs. C. R. Moore last Wednesday af ternoon. Those present were Mes dames C. G. Rush, J. O. Miller, Vic tor Payne, Ij. Sparks, William High lands and W. A. Cooper. All had a pleasant time. Lunch was served. The Junior Christian Endeavorers of the Congregational church held its regular meeting Sunday afternon at the church. In the evening the young people of the Y. P. S. C. E. united with the Young People's So ciety at the Presbyterian church un der the direction of the union meet ing. Mrs. Ci. U. Yeo entertained Janu ary 16 at her home on Bush street, in honor of her mother, Mrs. J. W. O. Gregory, and Mint, Mrs. W. A. Cordell. it being their birthday. There were about twenty fiiends there. Miss Itemize Yeo played sev eral selections on the piano, after which a lunch was served. The guests on departing whined their honored friends many returns of the day. Mrs. C. C. Pago entertained the Fortnightly Club last Thursday af ternoon. Mrs. Fred Wagner made highest score. Tuesday evening this club held a business meeting at the home of Mrs. A. I). Graham. Mrs. Ira Shoudy was made president and Mrs. C. C. Page treasurer and sec retary. Two members were voted into the club, Mrs. Emil Peil and Mrs. Stewart Sr.unders. Friday evening Mrs. E. I). Briggs with Mrs. Arthur Briggs an 1 Mrs. J. R. Bur nette as assistant hostesses will en tertain the club ladies and their hus bands, at Mrs. Briggs' home, corner Rush and Almond streets. The "Internationals" of the Chau tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle were delightfully entertained by Mrs. F. G. McWilliams at a 1 o'clock luncheon on Friday, January 17. In place of the usual toasts, the hostess requested each guest to write on her place card a conundrum. Strange to say, they were solved. The remain der of the afternoon was taken' up with a spirited review on the book vntitled "Social Progress in Contem porary Europe," which the club is just finishing. This was conducted in a very able manner by the effi cient leader, Mrs. Jack. The Inter nationals have be-n doing excellent work along the lines of study mapped out by the great Chautauqua leaders. The officers are: Mrs. Jack, presi dent; Mrs. Kocho, vice-president; Mrs. Perozzi, secretary; Mrs. Sta ples, treasurer. The other members are Meslames F. G. McWilliams. C. McWilliams. Hilty. Putnam, Par- nierly, Mathews, Page, White, Sum mers, Choate and Gummeur, the Misses Dr. Sawyer, Nellie Briggs and Maud Putnam. The club meets every Monday evening at the homes of the different members, purely for a liter ary feast. At the K.Iks Temple. Mrs. Carl Harris was hostess at Ihe Elks Temple Thursday at the "weekly party. Progressive 500 was played, Mrs. William Wallace win ning first prize and Mrs. Hugh Gil- lette consolation. A cafeteria lunch eon was served and a delightful af ternoon spent. There was a large attendance. Junior Minstrel Show. The Junior Minstrels, under the direction of Professor Irving E. Vin ing, at the high school gym Friday evening, was a marked success. The original joke3 would have put Dock stadter's Minstrels to shame. The sons were all the late popular airs from Broaway and were sung with all the enthusiasm of high school pupils. Harry Roese as interlocutor was splendid, and Billy Briggs, Ced riB Myer, It. L. Bardie and Harold Merrill made a real hit as the four end men. The Little Chauffeur and their auto stunts, by Billy Briggs and Ced ris Myer, were original in the ex treme. Strawberries, sung by Miss Sonnichsen with the minstrel chorus, was taking. Poetry Old and New, by Burdic and McWilliams, had its indi vidual stamp. B-r-o-k-e Spells Broke, with Mr. King as the hobo, Mr. Phillips as the newsboy and Margaret Seimantle as the beggaf mother and her child, little Elebert, Eleanor Greer, both in rags, made this song very touching, with this wee baby voice singing b-r-o-k-e spells broke. The New Year's reso lutions by Messrs. Wagner, McWil liams and Roese were catchy. The modern morality plap, called "Every City," was original with Pro fessor Vining. It was not only full of humorous illusions but was artis tic in every detail. The opening of the play was in the public square, with the council in session, repre sented as follows: Introductory. .. .Meeting of Council Mayor Genuwlection. . .Mr. Withrow Councilman Foxybacon. . . .Mr. King Councilman Gaudy Mr. Scott Councilman Gravelson. . .Mr. Garrett Councilman Erlost Mr. Burdic Councilman Dunning-s. . .Mr. Swigart Councilman Footman Mr. Scott The following is the personnel of Every City: Prologue Miss Sonnichsen Father Destiny Mr. Merrill Fair Ashland ....... Miss Applegate A Mysterious Stranger ... Mr. Roese Business Mr. Birggs City Fathers (Nurse to Taxes).. Mr. Freeman Taxes (a Baby) Mr. Moore Homes Miss Patterson Industries Miss Greer Speculation. . Mr. McWilliams Schools Miss Turner Churches Miss Payne Improvement . . . s Mr. Wagner Sin and Vice (a Blind Beggar).. Mr. Peters Golddust Twins Paving Chester Phillips City Lights Lester Phillips Epilogue Miss Sonnichsen The proceeds of the evening are to be used for the junior reception to the seniors and any left shall be turned into the nigh school fund. Much credit is due Professor Vin ing for his care in drilling the pupils, for which no compensation was asked. Spirella Corsets. Mrs. Myra McNeill, 190 Oak street, phone 3 44-L, is the only rep resentative now in Ashland for the very popular flexible, comfortable Spirella corset. lt-Mon. Electric Locomotive in France. The state railway of France is be ing rapidly changed into an electri cal system. Orders for 100 electric locomotives have been placed. Hoe for Federal "Lifers." Washington, Jan. 18. The senate passed a bill providing for the parole of federal life sentenced prisoners after 13 years' imprisonment. lcnver Out for Conventions. Denver boomers announce that they are out to capture all of the 3,000 conventions to be held next year in the United States. Suffrage Ijooiiis in Dakota. rieire, . jj., jan. is. i ne House passed the senate equal suffrage resolution, assur'ng its submission to the people next year. This country last year imported more than $2,872,000 worth of Swiss cheese, and the amount is constantly being Increased. Clif Payne makes footstools. Evansvilie, Iud., Jan. 18. Houses floating down the Ohio river; Enter prise, Ind., with a population of 20, abandoned and probably swept away; Madisonville, Webster and Tompkins, all on the Kentucky side. abandoned, and urgent calls for re lief from a dozen neighboring towns, make up the flood situation here to day. That the crest was reached was in dicated by the river stage, stationary now 24 hours at 46.5 feet. The dan ger will not be over for several days. however, as the effect of almost a week's steady rain will keep the wa ter high for some time. Fatalities were certainly caused by last night's high wind, said experi-that this bill would be resurrected enced river men today, but owing to ! and passed over the governor's head, the absence of ordinary means ofjuut tus l'-an has now been aban communicatiou no confirmation of ' doned. these fears could be obtained. Wires were down in the seriously damaged districts and the train schedules were abandoned. Six houses floated down the river, supposedly from Enterprise, which is believed to have been wiped out by the high wind and flood. The in habitants have fled to houses in the''011- Those interested iii the subject hills. Owensboro and Baskett, Ky., be sides several small villages in Illi nois, have made frantic attempts to get food and provisions. Evansville's relief arrangements are strained to the utmost and state officials are on the ground today to offer aid. In the emergency, bakeries and grocers are giing to the limit of their re sources, on the city's promises to pay later. Twenty flood victims are housed in a hose house. There are a score of cats, rescued by Mayor Heilnian himself. COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERVISION. Superintendent Wells Replies to Toil Velle's Statement. There is but one point in County Judge F. R. Tou Velle's reply to the County Educational Board which I deem needs answering, and that is merely a matter of figures. By an acrobatic feat in the use of figures he makes it appear that county su pervision cost $3.S5 per pupil en rolled. He arrives at this estimate by dividing the total cost of school supervision, approximately $5,000, by the number of pupils enrolled in the two smallest of the three super visory districts. The whole number of pupils enrolled in the county for 1911-12 was 5,239. The amount spent for county supervision, includ ing traveling expenses and clerk hire, was $4,700, or a cost of S9 cents per capita. While districts of the first class (Medford and Ashland) are not in cluded in either of the three super visory districts, the county superin tendent has a large amount of work in connection with these schools. County, state and high school funds are apportioned by this office, the latter being made once each month. Census reports ara received, checked and compiled. Monthly statistical reports from all the schools in these cities are checked and compiled each month. All contracts, certificates, diplomas, etc., are registered here. Eighth grade final examinations are given through this office. The coun ty superintendent has organized and conducted spelling and arithmetic contests for the county which have been participated in by the Ashland and Medford schools. But there are three supervisory districts outside of Medford and Ash land, in which there were enrolled for the school year 1911-12 2,760 pupils. Counting one-half of the county superintendent's time as giv en to supervision and the other half to the administrative duties of his office, county supervision cost $1.27 per pupil, not counting time for Med ford or Ashland. But even by plac ing the most liberal construction pos sible on the term ' supervision," and counting the whole cost again the three supervisor districts outside of Medford and Ashland, the cost Is but $1.70 per pupil enrolled. Instead of $3.83 as stated by Mr. Tou Velio. Mr. Tou Velle's statement that 1 was glad enough to hold the office of county school superintendent for two terms at $1,000 per year is sim ply another one of his errors. I held the oTflce for less than one term at that salary. J. PERCY WELLS. Salem, Ore., Jan. 18. Represent ative Rearues of Douglas and Jack son counties today introduced a bill j in the house opening the Rogue riv er from the sea to the mouth of the Illinois river, a distance of 30 miles, to commercial fishing. Declaring that the Hume fishing plant on this stream and other fish ing industries enjoyed a monopoly to the extent that it destroyed angling, the people of Jackson county secured the passage of an initiative measure two years ago, closing it to commer ; cial fishing. At the last session the legislature passed a bill opening the otreani, but it was vetoed by the gov ernor. For a while it was thought Reanies' bill will not prove satis factory to the representatives of either Josephine or Curry counties, the two other counties interested, and announcement has been made that another measure will be intro- duced which will be patterned after the measure passed at the last ses- in Josephine and Curry counties take the position that Reanies' measure will only benefit the Hume fishing plant and a few other fishermen, and their plan is to open the river to Commercial fishing as far as Grants Pass; When the subject comes finally before the house it will pre cipitate a fight. TALKS OX ADVERTISING TO TID IXGS READERS. (By Ralph Kaye.) How many jewelers who advertise really study the market they appeal to? When diamonds are to be ad vertised, does the advertiser appeal to the fondness people have for dia monds? Does he play up beauty of his goods in a way so that people can readily see the point? Or does he just announce a "beautiful collec tion of diamonds of the first water. Come in and see tnem"? When advertising bracelets or chains, does he appeal to the effect they will give when worn by the reader? Personal adornment is uppermost in everybody's mind. The way to take advantage of it is to picture to the leader's mind how different articles will look when worn. This holds true of the other goods jewelers generally carry, such as cut glass, opera glasses, etc. But he can't sell them if people don't know their real points. Next talk will be on ladies' cloth ing. Is your advertising "O'Kaye"? Home-cured bacon, ISc and 20c. Ashland Trading Co., phone 122. i! Great Sweater Clearance Sale Right in the season of our eutire line of every kind of sweater at clearance prices. There's every color and - combination in this assortment Ruff-neck, V-neck and j blue, gray, red and tan at the following prices: $1.00 garments for T $2.00 garments for $3.00 garments for j Women's and Misses' Coats, Values lo $25, to go at $5 t A wonderful money-saving event. We are offering the best assortment of women's I and misses' coats ever shown in Ashland at anywhere near the price. All staple col- ors. j..ttuo uu (.Miuuipany J Values to $25 00 for only ALL FIRS ARE REDUCED. Timely indeed for these cold, frosty days are the reductions we make in rich, hizh-grade furs. Prices range from $2.00 to $75.00. To close out at One-fourth Off We are offering our entire stock a misses separate sKirts at HALF one dollar do the work of two. ASHLAND STEE I ' - w V; i World's Greatest Elks Monday JAM U ARY Under auspices "Go to Europe. You can teach us how to play." Paderewski. "Concert brilliant success. Absentees missed the musical ex perience of a lifetime." Portland Oregonian. "MoM .,,,.!;. . ..!!! I .... . ...u Bt.-Huuuiiu ovation." Portland Journal. "She is a first-magnitude Prices $1.50 and $1.00 UQ5E Notice of Stockholders' Meeting. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rogue River Fruit and Pro duce Association will be held at the public library building in the city of Medford on the 11th day of Febru ary, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. R. C. WASHBURN, Pres. COXRO FIERO, Sec. January 11, 1913. Phone news items to the Tidings. 1 1 . i T..r the year when a sweater is 79c $1.50 garments $2.50 garments $5.00 garments $1.5S $2.37 in u-ruauciuuis a jew raincoats of women's and PR!CE. Make afihiney a .. Woman Pianist Hall Evening of Sunshine Society ior two nours, then received star." San Francisco Chronicle. an Seats on sale at Lane's Pianoforte and Theoretic Branches TAl'GHT BY MARY E. YOUNG Thorough and systematic instruc tion. First year class work free. 124 Nob Hill street. Ashland Billiard Parlor 10 East Main St. J. P. Sayle & Son , , , i n 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 most needed, we are offeiinc Military collar styles, in for $1.19 for $1.95 for $3.98 in the lot. An 3D.UU - ( 27 "''"IBW WOMEN'S WAISTS from 14 to V2 off. Not to be comnared with the ordinary finish and ordinary style of garments are these waists we offer now. To close out at One-fourth to one-half Off In order to make room for spring stock we are offering our line of Warner's Rust-proof Corsets at a reduction of 20 per cent. OREGON 1 ' lil-f Wr.M..4.