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( 'V ffou Historical Uocl.tj, . 07 Second St. CLEAN-UP DAY MARCH 30 M DOOT'jfAIT MAKE ASHLAND BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY A SMI ' -A Mil ' r.TTm.XTo f - l iw 7 U 11 II 1 t y I I II 11 Bi li . I XXJ M TT v v VOL. XXXVIII Helen Keller Took The largest audience ever to fill ( Ride light upon her character and at tho armory greeted Miss Helen Keller j tainments. and her teacher, Mrs. Sullivan Matey, 1 Miss Keller was induced to come to on Wednesday evening. Three spec ial cars carried citizen of the valley to swell the number. The high school nia!e and female quartets ren dered several numbers and Professor Briscoe introduced Mrs. Sullivan Macey, who related her experience in teaching the famous dear, dumb and blind child during her Infancy and later assisting Tier in securing from college the degree of bachelor of arts. Mrs. Macey's introductory, however, but partially prepared the immense audience for the surprises to be met when Miss Keller waB presented. While the remarkable progress made by Miss Keller is nown to every one in the entire reading world, '' those who assembled were not pre pared to fully comprehend what they had read until listening to her words and gaining first-hand information. Few were prepared for the me chanical enunciation, the utter ab sence of expression, the wierd and 'i uncanny modulations of tone which characterize Miss Keller's delivery. Except to those near the stage but few of her words were, intelligible. and at the opening of her remarks the audience seemed shocked Into a! sort of breathless pity. When Miss Macey, her teachr for over twenty years, came to Miss Kel ler's assistance and askd her ques tions, also interpreting questions from the audience. Miss Keller seemed almost like another person, entirely at her ease, interested, re sponsive and alert. She explained how she was susceptible to the ap plause through vibration, how the audience appeared to her through the sense of smell and vibration) how col ors represented ideas and how think ing had come to be her sense of sight Her determination to so through agement of her friends and mem agement for her friends and mem bers of the faculty, was particularly interesting, and threw an Interesting Police Will See No Citizen Neglects to Clean Up "Cleanup day must be observed," says Chief of Police Porter. "Until Monday our appeal will bo only a request. After that date it will be a demand, not to be passed over. We are determined to have a clean, fly less city if work and care can do it. c,, ull c w .u ue asKea to j the request then they will be com-j inanded to do so." . . .L. .. ... . Mayor sohnson and the sanitary ! committee of the council are deter-1 luiueu ii use me severest ineiuous li necessary to safeguard the health of , our citizens, and they have the loyal support of the Civic Improvement Club. Monday has been set apart as a day for united effort. Property own ers will be requested to clean up and put In piles in the alleys all the refuse from their outbuildings, yards and barns. Tho work must be done promptly, as the wagons will start out at 8 o'clock and will make but' one trip through each section of tho city. Notes will be taken of every place where work is needed, and the police department will follow up the work and charge the expense to the prop erty owners. Mayor Johnson says no favors will be Bhown, as a single breeding place left for one swarm of flies will be multiplied by millions of flies within a few weeks. s While the city officials do not hope to make Ashland an absolutely spot less city, they are going to spare no Freight Wreck at Sisson Monday ; . ' : 'I ; Monday a freight was wrecked at a point about six miles this side of Sisson. Ten cars were derailed, some being ground up so as to render them useless. Several cars of lumber'and oro were broken and their cargoes pilled. It caused a delay of only about three hours and a half lnvthe arrival of the morning train;1'' The work waa handled by the Dunsmulr wrecker. Ashland by Storm Ashland by the Sunshine Society. The plans to bring her here have been carried on for more than a year, and it was only through the persistent effort of the ladies that the people j of the Rogue River Valley were given this treat. Miss Keller gives only three lectures on the Pacific coast, at San Francisco, Ashland and Port fland. The great cost necessary to se- curing this lecture made the work of the society doubly hard, but the suc cess of their labors is gratifying both to the society and citizens of the en tire valley. To meet and converse with Miss Helen Keller and her lifelong teacher and friend, Mrs. Sullivan Macey, makes one appreciate the great things which may be accomplished through patient and continuous effort. The happy, contented smile which ! baKe out in ne alley or street, fail continuously wreaths the face of this ' lnS to burn any of it, and leaving it wonderful young lady is contagious. I ,n scattered and inconvenient shape. As you converse and follow the alert brain, the active, intelligent face and fingers with which she grasps details, one's heart immediately goes out to all the afflicted of the world. - 'I am happy and contented almost all the time," said this accomplished but sorely afflicted woman. "My only UDhappiness is in knowing that others are less fortunate than my self." And as one looks into her face there is no doubt the statement is from the heart. "What a beautiful place Oregon must be," said Miss Keller. She found great difficulty grasping the broad sound of the "gon," but as her teacher and friend conveyed the prop er pronunciation her face showed de light,, such as a child might at the sight of a new toy. Words and things are toys to this great and ac tive brain, her sense of discrimination in things being developed beyond be lief. ' :: (Continued on Page Eiglii.) pains or care in doing the best possi ble within human effort. It Is up to every citizen to do his part promptly.' and if this is not done the city will act for tho negligent ones. In calling for early -action the mayor po(ut8 tQ tne f h w u" wm duce and theh. off8nrlns ,., j duce M fast fcy Am x , will be 5,746,670,000 flies from the original pair. a -.i. ,.i, .... . , , " uiuaan u; uiiu Bering He gins to come there are comparatively few flies. I a uy nas neen known to live, for j several monthH and to produce six batches of eggs at Intervals of from eight to ten days, consisting of from 120 to 150 eggs at a batch. Why not Put that original pair out of business April 1 or May 1, accord into season and locality that Is, as Soon as flies begin to emerge from winter quarters In any particular sec tion? Capture the original pairs in early spring and make the hatching places Uin tenable. It is possible to capture all original pairs with one fly exterminator at each house or barn. I Awn Mowers sharpened at reasonablo prices by J, M Densmore. Call phone 286-Y. 85-4t Phone news items to the Tidings. Evangelist Putman is preaching on some great themes at the Chautauqua tabernacle every evening. The people of Ashland who appreciate the good things of life are saying that they count It one of the best . privileges they have ever had. Miss Emma Eg- hrf hou w; ., , ' , .:. bert has been singing the Gospel for years. It is said that her sweet voice and personal work have won thou sands to His service. The large cho rus is doing good work. A great ser vice in planned for Thursday evening. Plant a Gruss an Teplltr, the of ficial rose of Ashland. . ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914 Mayor Issues Cleaning Order for Monday This is cleanup week, without fail. y-i. "mi Monday, March thirtieth, is the day on which the city teams will haul uui uy Kiu uuge una runuisn. r wioh r,irnrir .U1... 1.1 ....... iili.i-ij WUIUU !VO above statements. t .. 4u . ,n every citizen wi enter heart- If costs the city nbout seventy to',,., .-. . , , . ... ;ily into this problem t will be easily seventy-five dollars each year to do ,,., . , ' , this work. The city has been follow ing this rule of free hauling in order that every citizen would respond readily to the matter of cleaning up. Last year many people waited until the very day announced as the day on which garbage would be hauled out, and several failed entirely to get their premises cleaned up in timo to have the benefit of free hauling. Many of our people, failed to give much thought about matters of con venience for the man who hauled the garbage, in simply raking the gar- A11 tnis nas 'ts relation with the cost of cleanup day or haul-out day, March thfrtieth. Burn all rubbish possible. While "CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Tabernacle Meetings. A New York city minister said of Mr. Putman: "It Is a pleasure to hear him. We have never heard a minister who made more of the life of Christ. Every message is saturated with the spirit of the Master." The Ashland people who have heard Evan gelist Putman speak of him in just this way. He has a great theme for tonight, "Will Anybody be Finally Lost?" For Friday evening his theme is "The Grand Old Ark." Tho great question of his sermon for Sat urday evening is, "What is the Pearl of Great Price?" At 11 a. m. Sunday morning he will speak of "The Last Great Supper," and at 7.30 p. ni. of the "Proof of His Mesaiahsbin.". The pedple of Ashland should hear these sermons. The laro chorus leads In the song service. ! Sermon topic Sunday morning "What Ashland needs Most;" Sunday evening, "And Ye Would Not." Brother Lindblad returned from Butte Falls last Saturday and reports a good attendance, interest and spirit at the services. Several are under conviction. He left again Monday, coming homo on Saturday. Frank Lindblad, pastor. The Methodists will hold their fourth quarterly meeting Friday, Sat urday and Sunday of this week. Rev. J. W. Sharpe of Medford. district elder, w lnss. S HI have charge of the meet- Sunday morning at 11 Rev. Sharpe will preach on "What Ashland Needs." At the Church of the Naaarene there will be services this Sunday as follows: Sunday school at nine-forty-five, preaching at eleven and seven thirty. The morning subject will be "What Ashland Needs." and the evening subject '"The Religion of Cain and Abel." All are welcome. R. L. Wisler, pastor. The themes for the services at the Methodist church Sunday will be, for the morning, "What Ashland Needs Most." The evening win bo a service of song and story withVanny Crosby. The blind poetess, Fanny Crosby (Mrs.. Frances J. Van Alstynel, cele brated her ninety-fourth birthday an niversary Tuesday, the twenty-fourth. Sunday at the First Baptist church there will be Bible school at ten o'clock, workers' meeting at nine- forty-five, public worship and sermon at eleven. Mr. Foskett wfll discuss the topic, "What Achland Needs Most." Young people's meeting at alx-forty-five. Evening service at sevpn-forty-five. Inspiring music. Sermon on "Ood's Great Argument With Man.". Everyone welcome. The pastor of tho Congregational church will occupy the pulpit at both I." " lUB pu,p'1 ai 0011 T mornln8 erraon, "What Ashlan tie md Needs Most." Subject for the even ing sermon. "The Relation of the City Church to the Country Church." This Is the fourth sermon in the series on the general theme, "What Must, the Church Do to Be Saved?" Mr. P. C. Stratton and Miss Edna Dahuff will Ing a duet for this service. Tb ser vices of this church are being main- jou me at it, put your tin cans also I At... ft mi ... on mo ire. i ne DUIK can li irronHv I reduced that way. The less bulk the J less weight, the less loads; thereby I the less cost. I ! 1 lilt,,,. vt, n, , , I ( .. I. ..i. nam is it systematic, gen - I nine cleanup nt as low cost as possi- ' i.l 'ir . i . ... t.im win meat trie typhoid germ out oC his fly and have a real sanitary city. Another thing very important: When you have burned all that can be burned, place the remainder in bagB, boxes or barrels and locate it In the alley or street, whichever may be the most convenient, ho it can be easily reached by the drivers and wagons. Strict attention to all of this is the only thing that can per petuate this free system of hauling. In most places ordinances are passed requiring citizens to clean up at their own personal expense, but Ashland will follow this rule of free hauling, and we ask all citizens to help make it a good one. Respectfully, O. II. JOHNSON', Mayor. tained by splendid audiences and in tense interest. A very cordial invita tion is extended to everybody who does' not have a church home else where in the city. The sacred concert at the Presby terian church Sunday evening was one of the finest ever given in Ash land. Excellent training and much practice were shown in the two full choir anthems and the other num bers npheld the high standard. Prof. MacMurray sang a solo, his rich bar itone filling tho large auditorium and reaching the hearts of his hearers. Miss Tiffany rendered a. voprsjio boIo in very good style find "i. L. Strlck-y land gave a baritone sol in his full, pleasing voice. The ladles' quartet. cory Cv "d .. of. Mlries Hamlin. Creek; panm, Nissley and Foiey, gave a very good number. Best on the program was the duet, "Twilight." by Messrs. I MacMurray and Strickland. The song j - " I itself was beautiful and the twojTn TV11 ftf Hi A ; voices blended perfectly. A striking ! feature or the work of these two men j is that the quality of their voices is! j so early identical that on some, tones j il !s almpst impossible for the un-1 1 trained ear to detect, the difference, I Tlle entire i program was excellent and ! I,rof- MacMurray is to be congratu- 'lated on his work with this choir Deal on For T Jlt0 evt'r-v niPI111""- of the club as well DaniUm R0aQlaB t0 th0 seneral public, who are cor Judge Thomas Burke of Seattle, counsel for the Hill lines in Wash ington, spent Monday (n Medford, and took the initial steps for the pur chase or the Rogue River Valley rail road owned by the Barnums of Jack sonville. The acceptance of the deal on the part of tho Great Northern Is iup to President BiTman of the Spo kane. Portland & Seatle. Judge Burke maJe a tour of in-, spection of the Barntni line and hasj offered $125,000 for the right of way. I track, equlpmen. title, etc., to a sec-i ond party who holds un option on the line. This ofer has been formally made to the option holders for their .acceptance or rejection. The purchase of the Barnuin road would give the Hill interests a prac tically unbroken track from Butte Falls to Jacksonville, and mean the tapping of the Applegate and Blue Ledge country, and on to Crescent City. It also explains tho sudJen ac tivity in the Blue Ledge to reopen. Construction work Is now in prog ress on 4he Hill line In eastern Ore gon, west from Bend. The purchase would indicate early activity and another transcontinental line to tap southorn Oregon and Its undeveloped resources. Comparatively Little Damage Is Done While the temperature reached 19 degrees in the valley Wednesday night, but little damage has been re ported to the fruit, although the sea son Is so far advanced much appre hension was felt, especially on ac count of the absence of an organized warning bead In the absence of Pro fessor O'Oara. Warnings were gfvon Fred Wears Out Fred YV. Mean, of Medford an - lioiux'eil hi:) eandidacv tnr . v... u Mu.,it:Biv ueaei last lues- lay. llr Mears is thoroughly con- versant with t no aims and ideals of i in progressive party as expressed in their national nlutform. Ho wants placed after his name on tho ballot, "Social jn.i'tj legislation; national woman sufrage;' presidential pri mary; houses protected; Oregon's de velopment," for these principles and policies are what he advocates. In an interview with a representa tives or tho Tidings Mr. Mears em phasized that we have national repre sentatives to elect this year as well as to elect a state ticket. "The pro gressive party," he declares," differs from the republican and democratic patries in that it is consistently and thoroughly progressive throughout the nation; it is 'the only ono of these three parties which is sincerely endeavoring to do justice to the work ingman, the woman and the child. The progressive party is the only one of these parties which declares for (national woman suffrage, which de clares for a nationnl child labor law, the only truly effective kind of a law, which pledges itself to help the old and infirm, to provide a living wage, to niako It unlawful to employ women at night. In short, the progressive party is looking ahead Instead of be hind; it goes beyond political pre tense and party badges and strikes to the heart or humanity and pleads for universal brotherhood. Fred W. Mears was born at New ton Centre. Mass.. on April 15, 1875. His father, who had served in the Union army, died in 1SS5 leaving a wife and three young children. Fred Mears attended tho public schools of his native town and later graduated from Brown University and the Uni versity of Michigan law school. He worked-his way through college and law school by teaching school, can vassing books, and doing many other Uhvjs 0f . otlcl-V Mr. Mears practiced law in Sioux j City. Iowa, before coming to Medford, Cow and the Farm The features of the regular weekly program for the Boys' Vocational Club at KlUs temple this evening will be an address upon funning and dairying by Dr. James Wlthycombe of Corvallls. Such a subject handled I by one so well qualified to speak upon it ought to lie of Interest and value dially invited to attenJ. Dr. Wlthycombe is one of Oregon's widely known men and particularly intimate Is his acquaintance with tho farming and dairy interests of the stnta. For eighteen successive yeaig and until a few months ago he occu pied the position of director of the experiment station of the Oregon Ag ricultural College. For years his name has been synonytuouB with that from the bureau at Medford, how ever, and where the smudge pots were used no damage has been re ported. Several Instances have been cited whore orchardlsts neglected to take warning and have suffered by reason qf tho fact. Judge Samuel T. Richardson of Salem called on the Tidings Tuesday in the Interest of his candidacy for judge, of the supreme court. He Is a profound lawyer and splendid gentle man and makes a good Impression on first meeting. f - ' is if"" f ti':h J NUMBER 87 for Nomination for Congress , where-he has been ensai , tho "I" i-i.uMne ior lour years. .Air. Mears has wiftf and two Hina'.l Ixn Chimney Sweep ami I'nriiae.- Kvpert. Now Is the time to clean chimney. Ho makes no dirt in hou.-e or pi-I, , , of business. Terms very reasonaM.-. Leave orders at. Ilutler's Con feet i t ion pry or phone H. Tho First National Hank and tie. United States National Hank will close at I o'clock on Tuesday, .Uicu 31. as a convenience iu connection with consolidation and moving. ST-Ut Give Us a Chance To Compete Prayers over tho Mexican situa tion should be addressed to n'lliken. Before sending away for your gro ceries come In and let us fjgure with you. We are here far business, and if good goods ami reasonable prices and courteous, efficient servico count for anything, we are goiug to get it. We have a good business, but would be willing to work harder and put ou more men if necessary. If you want us to handle your fruit and berries, come in now and givo us nn estimate of what you are go ing to have and wo will try to find a market for them. Dou't wait untU they are ready to ship before coming, because we will havo to know whut to do beforehand, so us to have thu market for them. THE PLAZA fJUOCKRY, J. E. Weaver, Prop. What a wonderful work is that oi' Mrs. Sullivan Macey. Twenty-seven years given to tedious, slow develop ment of powers hidden under th. greatest misfortnnos that tWU heir to. But how wonderful are th.j achievements! of the big and popular state colic;;.-. He has held farmers' institutes in al most every hamlet in Oregon and con ducted agricultural demonstration trains -i heiever the railroad lines ex tended throughout the str.te in tlm work of educating tho people alonn the linen of progressive general farm ing and dairying. The lecture will be given in tl main lodne room of the Elks temple. There will bo an entertaining musical prelude. A cordial invitation Is ex tended to everybody to attend. To night, Thursday, March 2G. Notice Water Users Notice is hereby given that tho water will bo turned off from thu upper water system Friday morning I at U o'clock, for the purpo.se of mak- Ing connections with the new pipe just laid. All persons living on tho ! higher points will do well to draw- water to last during Friday in eas Ihat the connections are not fiiilnhe.l In thu time calculated on. Water users In tho lower portions of 'thu city are requested to refrain from using water to Irrigate during tli day or for unnecessary purposes, an by so using the water they will draw from the higher parts' of tho city. The lower intake will be connected with the mains and will serve patrons under that head. All persons who live on the higher poiuts where thv water Is drawn away from them should open their hot water faucet until the water Is again turned on. E. R. HOSLER. It Supt. of Waterworks. Plant a Gruss an Teplitz, the of ficial rose of Ashland. First Ball Game Of the Season There will bo a game of baseball Saturday afternon at 2 o'clock at tho high school ball grounds between A. S. and Polytechnic. This Is tliei first game of the season, and (f you -want to see a good, lively game, comet out. Free. Bo nure and go. .. . , ""Rg'ga , have come off so much in price that some people no longer en joy bavins them for breakfast.