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Thursday, May 28, 101 i Classified Advertisements (Continued from Page Three.) TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR SALE Thoroughbred single comb White Leghorn day-old chicks. II. R. King, Talent. HAVE grain and alfalfa land in SO or 40 acres to suit buyer, some sown to wheat, three miles from Ager. For further particulars ad dress Frank York, Ager, Cal. 1-1 mo. "WANTED Loan of $3000 from three to five years' time at 6 if possible, from first party, on deed ed land, abstract title, first mort gage. Land in A number one cul tivation. Address K. E. R, care Tidings. l-6t Aged Indian Slave Returned to Die About fifty years ago Pat Howlock, a Pitt River Indian, wag a slave among the Klamaths, Modocs and Snakes that roamed southern Oregon, aays the Klamath Falls Northwestern. He was one of the forty in that con dition of servitude. When the Great Treaty was signed by the Klamaths, Snakes and Modocs in 1864 these tribes agreed to release forty slaves owned by them, and to grant them full rights with themselves in all mat ters whatsoever, even to the acquiring of lands. Howlock's master died when the former was a mere boy and before the Great Treaty was signed. It had been the custom of the Indians in some cases to offer sacrifices to the departed, and on this occasion How lock was selected to be sacrificed on the grave of his master. Only the timely Interference of Captain Kelley, at that time in charge of the United States soldiers in this section, saved Howlock. He was turned over to Agent Lindsay Applegate, the first agent of the government in southern Oregon, and Applegate cared for him for many years, in fact, reared him along with his own son, Oliver, who many years later became agent. After the Great Treaty was signed Howlock, then a young man, went to the home of his tribesmen, the Pitt Rivers of northern California. It waa here many years later that he became chief of the Pitts and ruled long. Now, forty yar afterward, he re turn to the land where he was raised He comes to claim allotments of land forhlmself and hi wife and hit eon. He 65 years old, gray, bent and decrepit. But he is not too old to remember the white boy with whom he played nor too old to shake the hand of that same person, Captain . Oliver C, Applegate, with whom he "once played and who he now asks to assist him in his attempt p secure his rights under the treaty of 1864. Captain Applegate had rather do Kome kindness to a friend than to help himself. And so, of course, he will place the matter before Ihe In dian authorities and use his Influence to secure for Howlock the land due him under the treaty. Howlock, accompanied by hU wife and son, arrived at Jalnax a few days ago, coming from Pitt river in a wagon. The three and Harrison Brown came down from Yainax yes terday and surprised Captain Apple gate. When they met Howlock re marked: "You heap.much older than when I see you. Then you little boy." Captain Applegate was compelled to admit that he had aged, but said to Howlock in reply: "You, too, have grown much older." Howlock says he has come back to mimim n 1 tt -tmti Irliliuls Isn't that grass getting pretty high. It will be much easier to cut now and very much better for the grass. A Coldwell Mower will do the work in splendid shape. A beautiful lawn means a beautiful city. We give a high grade "Coldwell" as a prize through the Civic Club for the best kept lawn. I UAfflImp The Lou Price tt Phone 146 Llorey Applegate' Out of Mexico The following thrilling story of the escape of himself and 149 other ref ugees from Mexico is told by Morey Applegate brother of Airs. Emil Peil of Ashland. Mr. Applegate has been manager of a large banana plantation near San Bias. When the federal troops were routed from that region by the rebels and things became un settled, with danger of losing his life. Applegate boarded the English steamer Cetriana on the morning of April twenty-sixth for the United States. Bringing with them tales of hard ship and atrocity, the refugees reached San Francisco May seven teenth and were emphatic in the statement that had they remained in Mexico a few hours longer they would have met death at the hands of the Mexican soldiers and mobs that thirsted for American blood. The Cetriana arrived at the port of San Bias on the morning of April twenty-sixth. Here Lieutenant Min ister and a party of seventeen Amer ican refugees from the inland town of Tepic, who were being held as prisoners subject to orders issued by the Mexican General Domingo Servin that they be returned with the prob ability that they would be executed By the exercise of persuasion and diplomacy, Lieutenant Minister suc ceeded in obtaining their release, and taking them on board the Cetriana, proceeded to Manzanillo. The vessel reached the latter port on April twenty-seventh and was al lowed to moor alongside the wharf, from which she took on board thirty seven refugees who had been under the protection of the German consul During the night Lieutenant Min ister discovered that the dock had been soaked with oil and mined with dynamite. Upon making protest to the Mexican authorities he was in formed that he would be given thirty minutes' notice before the wharf was fired. The Mexican commander said there was no intention of harming the Cetriana, but the wharf was to be burned in order to destroy Its use fulness to the Gringo enemy," which he expected at any time. Not trusting the Mexican official, Lieutenant Minister armed his pas sengers and kept a close watch on those on shore. On the morning of April twenty-eighth the Mexican steamer Luella, loaded with inflam mable material, steamed into the dock and was moored with her bow ten feet from that of the Cetriana. The manner In which her shore lines were run made it apparent that she had been placed 4n the dock for the specific purpose of impeding the Cetriana when she attempted to pull out, afttd when a short time later the Mexiewa troopships Manuel Herrerias and Gwiwal Pesquelva took such po sitions 1n the- stream as almost to block the egress of the Cerlana, drop ping their anchor chains so that the little vessel would be forced to back over them, it wan decided by Lieuten ant Minister and his officers that it wag the intention of the Mexican au thorities to expose his command to destritNJon by fire and the presum ably accidental loss of lives of all on board. The fact that the Clerman consul had reported the arrival of an addi tional 207 American refugens in Man zaniUo rendered It inadvisable. In the opinion of LieutenftRt Minister. tn leave the dock until the last possible moment In order that the Mexican authorities might not take offense at a seeming lack of confidence in them, When the American cruiser Ral eigh was finally Htghted from the port signal station the signal "ene my's warship sighted" was promptly shown, the wharf being evacuated by the Mexican authorities who had been guarding It. Large additional quantities of oil were poured on the timbers and men were stationed at the doors of cars loaded with kero sene to break open the cases. At the beginning of the prapara tions to fire the wharf. Lieutenant Minister, despairing of any word from the port commander, decided to pull out of the slip, and with a great deal of difficulty he managed the land where he worked and played and has come to stay and to die. 1 1 'tttttttttttt m h i t h i 1 1 ii 1 1 i iiii i TT TTT ii to get the Cetriana past 'the obsta cles which had been placed in her Vay,' but not until the Herrerias had hauled up her anchor and attempted to ram her. No 'sooner had the Cetriana cleared and started to pull out of the harbor than the mines began to explode and the structure burst into flames. In running out of the harbor the Cetriana passed the American brig Geneva, which had been captured on the highseas by a Mexican troopship and towed into Manzanillo as a prize of war. Boats had already been lowered from the Geneva and the captain and crew, together with five refugees, one a babe in arms, rowed toward the Cetriana and were taken aboard amid a fusillade from the Mexican troops on shore and the troopships in the harbor. Captain Ferguson of the Geneva had raised the American flag on his ship in which he and his crew had been held prisoners of war when the Cetriana left the dock, and those on board the latter vessel cheered as he and his party were taken aboard. Notwithstanding the fact that his position on the bridge was one of extreme danger, the bullets whist ling through the Cetriana's rigging and many striking the vessel, Lieu tenant Minister, according to the statement of passengers, calmly out maneuvered the Mexican vessels and made his way out of the harbor. ViniiiK Off For the Xoith. Bob Vining left Tuesday evening for Seattle, where he will spend ten days superintending the buying and shipment of goods into Alaska where river traffic has just opened. Mr. Vining is in the wholesale gro cery and produce business at Fair banks as well as owning the finest theatre in Alaska located in that city. He says word comes from Fairbanks that the city is booming and pros pects for business are ve(ry bright. Mr. Vining expects to return to Ashland in about ten days and ar range affairs with relation to the Vin ing Theatre here and will then go to Alaska for the summer. His brother, I. E. Vining, who is associated with him in the ownership and operation of the local theatre, will be In charge of same., The Messrs. Vining inform the Record that they have some splendid feature films coming and expect to furnish the people of Ash land with entertainment of a grade which they have not heretofore en joyed. . . The Ashland public Is apparently just waking up to the advantages of The Vining. The best audience it has had, at any of its moving picture programs yet was present Monday night, when three hundred people passed through the doors. People who wish to entertain their friends In a new and novel, way are also be coming alive to the fact that theatre box parties present a very satisfactory method of doing so. Monday night the forty couples of Medford people who were in the city to attend the ball given by the Eleven O'clock Club visited the theatre and declared af terwards that they were not only sur prised but delighted with Us artistic beauty. HIGH JINKS A HOWLING SUCCESS (Continued from Page One.) Served delicious punch of Perozzl's own making. All were told JjCinpy wanted more to "come again,"- which most of them did. M entt could see the Immense plh tf meat and bread that the "kids" Went through with they would have been horrified and amazed to think the small tummies of boys could have held so much. After the heavy part of their noon luncheon they were again told to line up for their ice cream cones. Heap ing cones were then doled out to them, but for some reason or other the ice cream line was endless. Can you guess why? After the barbecue the different ball players Boys' Club and Elks proceeded to array themselves in feminine togs, and in short order the players lined up on the field back of Helman'B. ? n ? MM Ashland, Oregon ii i ji i mil 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j Straws! WARM WEATHER SUGGESTS STRAW HATS. We have the most beautiful line this spring that we have ever had, including Swiss and English imported sailors, Tango straws, Splits and Panamas. Everything in novelty straws. See onr line early. i EL Go EMeirs &. tin ii tt ii ii iiii 11. HO HJIO JLLJILLIVLUVWII U3t kJUMllt, DO BETTER" J The Elks players answered to their call as follows: McKee, pitcher; Mc Kercher, catcher; Jennings, first base; Cambers, second base; Van Dyke, third base; Grieve, right field; Pracht, center field; Wagner, left field; Pracht, shortstop. The Boys' Club players lined out as follows: Mowat, pitcher; Dews, catcher; Cum niings, first base; Klum, second base; Grisez, third base; Cunningham, right field; Sanderson, center field; Spen cer, left field; Lilly, shortstop. The game was one of the most fas cinating that Ashland has seen for a long time, at least since the game between the ministers and business men which was held some years ago. It was full of incidents that were side splitters. The players answered to names such as Sally, Edna, Kate, Maude, Eliza, Alice, etc. When the Boys' Club were first up to bat and Proc Klum had hold of the stick, he knocked a little toss-up to the first baseman, Jennings, the gas man. Jennings was so horrified and surprised to see a ball coming his way that he held out his bands in an effort to arrest its flight and it calmly slipped through them and hit him in his stomach, much to his disgust. He, however, tried to stoop and get it, but shall we say it? his shadow skirt and corset stays prevented this and he toppled over like a log, mak ing frantic grabs after the elusive sphere. While he was going through these gymnastics he let Klum make second base. With the aid of base ball fans he succeeded in righting himself. The next spectacular play was that made by Marsh Wagner, In the last Inning, in which he gained the one point for the Elks to boast of. He struck two side winders with awful 1 force, and the third ball, which was j tossed to him out of pity, he hit with ; a resounding whack that Bent it fly- J ing to the pitcher. The pitcher caught ' it in his skirts, and in the melee J which followed in trying to extract; Ii. v - -i .. - - lit, itiur&u iijuub a iiuuie run, iu wio ; 1 extreme glee of his supporters, Wag ner made another play which he will have to tell about, namely, the barb wire episode. Some one had struck a ball over the fence and Marsh, feel ing the agility and exuberance of youth again, gave a dive through the wires and was brought up with a sud den halt. He had forgotten about the feminine wardrobe that he wore and there he was, in a very undigni fied position, hung on the fence. Neither leg was quite long enough to reach the ground and it was worth a good deal to see him lying on his solar plexus, kicking for a foothold. The score was 9 to 1 in favor of the Boys' Club. Some of the costums worn were worthy of careful consideration. Lynn Mowat won first prize for the WMIMHt mm i orduqrofJon 375 East Main Street M. m. m M. m m. m. m tt M tt lif mi Straws! Prices from $1.00 to ii iv ii-vr iw an best comedian, with Kenneth Cum mings as second. Ed Dews showed himself worthy of a predicter of styles, in the twenty-first century costume that he wore. He had a large alarm clock attached to one leg as the future wrist watch. Of course all had to go and inspect the time. Following the baseball game the water sports were held in the rink. The first was known as the "duck waddle," being a swimming race with the hands tied behind the back. Verni Carter made first place and Sherrill Weeden second. The "tango dip" showed one of the prettiest exhibitions of diving by ama teurs one could imagine. The idea of this was to dive and swim under water the greatest distance. Archie Calbert made first, hv.inming the whole length of the tank and coming half way back under vcter. Claire King was the next to coir.e in with a record almost as good. Sherrill Weeden made third. The candle race was a form of fancy swimming, the smoothest swim mer being the winner. The contest ants were each given a lighted candle to hold in their mouth while swim ming and the one that would keep it burning the longest was the winner, this being Sherrill Weeden. Sidney Sanderson made second. The relay races occasioned a great deal of interest with the bystanders. They were executed in the regular miff To have no dissatisfied customer. To give you the best at a reasonable price. To give preference to home-grown products. We invite you to become a satisfied customer. Plaza Grocery WEAVER & HERSEY PHONE 75 take a little Imperial factory with but man. IS,"-?,'.-. '"T'tTiimiimiir Straws!! $5.00 "WHERE YOU mi ei relay fashion one taking the place of the other as soon as each reached the ends. Those running in the re lay were Weeden, King, Carter, and Bryant, Cunningham, Baughman. Weeden, King and Carter won. The grotesque diving contest was the next on the list, in which Cress, Sanderson, Phillips, Grisez, Lynn Slack and Lynn Mowat were contest ants. Lynn Slack made first, Sidney Sanderson second, and Willie Cres third. The water auto race followed the diving contest. There were two con testants, namely, Verni Carter and Sherrill Weeden, the former repre senting the Stanley steamer and the latter the Ford. Each of the contest ants had to carry a person on his. back. Verni Carter came in a half a length ahead of Weeden. Ed Staples was tickled to death to thing his Stanley won. The grand windup of the day was the water polo contest, in which, twelve boys participated. This High Jinks winds up the Boys' Club this season. Hurrah for the man behind the gun, Prof. Irving Vining! If you like a good strong, heavy bodied coffee with a good flavor, try Guittard's at the Ashland Trading: Company, phone 122. 6-1 Hats cleaned and blocked at Orres' shop. B Msm o o When you1 go home on a Saturday afternoon and want to Healthy exercise, just run an Coldwell Lawn Mower over your lawn. 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