u i! , f 'I 'I PRICES GREATLY REDUCED ON ALL OUR SHOES Broken lines in Ladies' Shoes, $3.00 to $4.50 values, --- at $1.50 Broken lines in Children's Shoes, $1.75 to $2.50 values, - at $1.00 We put special emphasis on QUALITY Come to our Clearance Sale-It will pay you THE QUALITY SHOE STORE KIM llMIHHHIIItlllll Illlllllllllllllllll It In the Social Realm VOTING A WAV FROM HOME IS AIM OF SENATE BILL 1 1 1 nil n i iiHmnitimmiiiMM The ladies of the Trinity Guild will give a card party at the parish house Friday evening, January 22, at S o'clock. Miss Hjea Scott entertained a few of her girl friends at an oyster stew Monday evening, at her home on North Main street. j grape Juice and cake were served. The following were present: Sybil Ellis, Mary Virginia Hargadine, Dor othy Wright, Louise and Alice Ruo ger, George Francis Barron, Charles Webster Chattin, Foss Kramer, Rob- ley Ellis. Cecil Christensen, Everett McGee, Johnnie Ruger, Elber and Auten Bush. Miss Lucile Barber entertained the regular members of the sewing cir cle and Miss Elizabeth Blackford of Medford, Tuesday evening. The gen tlemen present were Billle Briggs, Roy McDaniel and Andy McGee. ' The Eastern Star met la the Ma sonic hall Tuesday evening. H. L. Whlted, who was away at the tlma of the regular installation, was in stilled as patron, and' Mr. Day was Installed as sentinel. The business meeting was followed by an oyster sapper and a general good time. The annaal election of officers of the Woman's ' Civic'" Improvement Club will be feeld Tuesday, January 26. at 2:30 p. m.. la the library building. All members are request ed to be present. The program com mittee have promised a pleasant sur prise for after the close of the bus! ness meeting. A farewell dance was given at Nell Creek Saturday night in honor of the Fitzwater family, who are soon to move to Portland. There was a large crowd aed splendid music. Light refreshments were served at midnight. Ail who know the depart ing family regret that they are leav ing and hope that tbey will come back to their Neil Creek home at no distant date. A delightful birthday surprise was given Miss Vera McDonough on her sixteenth birthday, Sunday the 17th, at the home of her mother. Mrs. McDonough arranged a very pretty dinner and everyone had a highly en joyable time. Those present were: Obera Morris, Edna Morris, Minnie Walker. May O'Conner, Ethel Mor ris. Elsie Fitzwater, Grace Davis and Agnes McCalltaUr. Prof. I. E. Vinlng was host Tues day evening to the members of the Ashland high school class of 1893 now In Ashland. A box party at the theatre and a luncheon at Crowson's confectionery was the program for the evening, and, needless to say, was replete with reminiscences of old school days. The class original ly consisted of ten members, four of whom were present, they being Mrs. D. Perorzl. Mrs. Agnes Fitch Jury, Miss Susanne Homes and Prof. Vinlng. The Federated Clubs held a very enjoyable meeting Monday afternoon In the library building. About fifty were present. A program was given as follows: Piano solo. Mrs. Cun ningham; reading. Mrs. Bessie Mur phy, and a half hour lecture on Japan by Mrs. Ferfctauon. Mrs. Fer guson has been abroad four times and gave a talk which was po well received that she will undoubtedly be asked to repeat It at some future time. A cermnlttee consisting of Mevlames Moore, Randall and Lamb served refreshments. ' Mter Ether Rush, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bush, celebrated his sixth birthday last Teesdar with a merry party at the Oush heme on Beach avenue. The little guests passed the afternoon in a rery enjoyable man ner, playing (mm A peanut bunt 1o provoked wuch fun among the youngsters. Refreshments consist ing of swedwlches,, crackerjack Mr. and Mrs. D. H. larneburg en tertained at a birthday dinner in honor of Mrs. Barneburg and G. S. Butler, whose natal days coincide. An elaborate dinner was served and the evening was passed at five hun dred. Mr. Butler celebrated the oc casion by carrying off the honors at cards, he and his wife winning straight through. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bates and Mr. anJ Mrs. G. S. Butler. Paul Winter entertained Mr. Vin lng and Fay Phillips as guests of honor, together with Darrell Mink ler, Arthur Maxedon and Howard Gordon, at an elaborate four-course dinner at the Winter home on South Main street. Monday evening. The table was decorated to represent a lakeside camp and all the details were carried out perfectly, a minia ture, lake, trees, tent and figures making the setting perfect. The room was decorated with greens and made a proper background for the camp stories and reminiscences which flowed so freely from the minds of the comrades who have gone over so many trails together. Mr. Vinlng and Fay Phillips leave next week for New York city. Salem, Ore., Jan. 20. Under the terms of a bill introduced, voters ( absent from their home precincts on election day may. In accordance with specific procedure, vote for presi dential electors, state officers and j constitutional amendments. It is as serted that the measure is in the in terest of traveling salesmen and oth ers who find it impossible always to be at home on election day. A cer tificate system is contemplated, each person who anticipates being absent from his registration precinct on election day being required to pro cure in advance a certificate from the election officials, then being per mitted to vote wherever he may be, on exhibiting it. This certificate, duly indorsed and showing a vote has been cast, must be returned to the election officials of the voter's home precinct, in order that he may not return and also vote there. The bill will be closely examined on the suspicion that it may contain a joker which would allow ballot stuffing, though the author himself, having no legal education, might not be aware of the fact. RAILROAD NOTES. WANTS TO CHANGE OLD INSCRIPTION' Discovering underneath the por trait of Senator George E. Chamber lain in the house chamber an in scription reading "Present incum bent." Representative Weeks intro duced a resolution in the bouse call ing attention to the, fact that James Wlthycombe Is now governor and di recting Secretary of State Olcott to chance the inscription to read "1902 1909." Since Senator Chamberlain retired from the governorship the In scription has remained under his por trait and no one discovered the er ror before. FLAX TO CHANGE FISH j AND GAME COMMISSION Provision is made In a bill Intro duced in. the house by Representative Schuebel for the abolition of tbe present State Fish and Game Com mission, and the substitution there for of a commission to consist of tbe governor, master fish warden and state game warden. Authority is given the executive to appoint both the master fish and game wardens, and they are to serve at his pleasure. The salary of both Is fixed at $1,800 a year. The ap oplntment of deputy wardens Is vest ed In the commission, and their sal ary Is not to exceed 2.50 a day. All fees are to be turned Into the gen era! fund, and the two departments are to be operated on a fixed appropriation. QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOL HEADS RAISED The qualifications for county school superintendents are increased In a bill introduced In tbe house by Representative Hlnkle. It provides that to be qualified for the position a person must have actively engaged In teaching In the public schools for not less than twenty-seven school months, 12 of which shall have been in this state, and that he must have a diploma entitling him to teach In any of the public schools of the state. PLAN IS TO REPEAL FREE TEXT-BOOK LAW Because the free text-book law, passed by the last legislature, permits a school district to furnish free text books to pupils in private as well as public schoola, the judiciary commit tee of the house has Introduced a bill to repeal It. Representative Schue bel, early In the session, introduced a bill to amend the law so that books could only be provided free to pupils of the public schools. After consid ering it the committee decided 'it would precipitate a fight between the pubHc and private schools in the leglclature, and concluded it would be wisest to vipe the law from the statute books. MEDFORD COUNCIL AND MAYOR VISIT The city council and mayor of Medford are in town today confer ring with the Ashland council In re gard to electric light matters, and Inspecting the local plant and other parts of the city equipment. The Ashland council and mayor dined the visitors at the Ashland Hotel. Ona of Hook's Puns. Theodore Hook, tbe Inveterate pun ster, could pun with gnyety opon mat ters that touched bis own pocket He enlivened the usually prosaic and on welcome duty of paying his taxes by a word of advice to bis neighbors to do Hkewlne which It Is to be hoped the worthy Mr. Winter, the collector, found of some asslmsnce: Hero comes Mr. WInur. Inspector or taxes I advts you to pay him whMavcr he axes I sdvlea you to pay blm without any aum bry. ror though hie name'a Winter, bis sta tions are summary! A Unique Cross. In tbe heart of tbe Rocky mountains may be seen the Mountain of tbe Holy Cross, which is 14.000 reel in height It derives Its name from a gigantic croM on one side, near tbe summit formed by Assures In tbe rock. It can be seen for many miles with great dis tinctness and Is looked upon with su perstitious fesr by the natives. Ei change. All Right "That girl's all right." said the blond girl In tbe dressing room after she bad looked everywhere for her overshoes. "Tbe one who. has Just left she's gone off with" both tbe right overshoes and left me the left ones." New York Times. His Mistake, "I cannot live without jooT 'Too have evidently got me confus ed with my cvumIii. It Is she woo U wtaltby."-Uoustoo Post 8tnmp puller, good as new, a bar gain. 11S Granite street tf ' J. Keith of San Francisco, head auditor of the S. P. lines, was in town Saturday, stopping off on his way north on an official trip. Harry Sayles, employed in the of fices of the company here, returned from Salem Monday with his wife after a ten days' stay. W. J. Kerton, wife and family ars stopping at the Potter house until they can find a suitable house. Mr. Kerton Is the switchman from Oak land who has traded places with Boo Ellis. Fireman and Mrs. J. B. Wilson left for Dunsmuir Monday evening on No. 15, after a few days' visit with friends here. The Westlnghonse air brake in struction car went to Hornbrook on No. 15 Monday evening.. Instructor Gwlnn and wife, who have been stay ing at the Oregon Hotel, left the same evening. Harvey McFarland, former Asa land boy, stopped off this week for a two days visit. He will go from here to Eugene. He has been em ployed on the bridge gang at Sims. Mrs. J. H. Phillpott of Dunsmuir is visiting Mrs. Bert Cotter. Mr. Phillpot is a brakeman running out of Dunsmuir. The S. P. supply train passed through at 3:45 p. m. Monday. At tached to the supply train was Su perintendent Metcalf's private car "Shasta" with several officials aboard, among whom were J. G. Wiley, chief engineer of bridge construction,- and Division Engineer Wester. Wilfred Carr returned from the monthly watch inspection trip on the supply train. Mrs. F. G. Allard and daughter Frances leave Friday for Mlna, Nev , where they will Join Mr. Allard, who has been In that city for some time. Mr. Allard is foreman in the employ of the Southern Pacific there. From Dunsmuir to Steinman the ground Is snow covered and the change upon dropping into the green of the Rogue River Valley is much appreciated by travelers. H. W. Frazer, head of the plumb ing department of the Shasta divis ion, was In Ashland Monday on an Inspection trip. The Ashland wrecker was taken to Dunsmuir last Thursday. The Duns muir wrecker is laid up for repairs. D. C. Harris, roadmaster on the Roseburg division, came down Tues day from Glendale, where he has his headquarters. The big box plow was in use for one day last week, but cleared things up so that it was unnecessary to run a second day. Joe Poor, who has been undergo ing 'treatment at the railroad hos pital at San Francisco, returned tbe first of the week and will resume work soon. E. K. Garrison and M. Campbell, prominent officials representing east ern roads on the coast, passed through Tuesday. COMPROMISE MEASURE FOR LISTING VOTERS , j ,r After wrestling for several days with two permanent registration bills one introduced by the Marion county delegatlonand one by Repre sentative Kuehn of Multnomah coun ty the. house Judiciary and revision of laws, committees at a Joint session directed Representative Olson, chair man of the former, to draft a com promise bill. Tbe salient featurse of the compromise. b(ll vWlllbe. a pro vision lor the card Index system and a clause directing the county clerks to strike tbe name of an elector from the registration list, if he falls to vote at elections, provided that. after being notified, he does not re quest that his name be retained on t he-list Obituary. Mrs. Lydia F. Hunt, wife of Edgar B. Hunt, died at her home on Harri son street at 2 a. m. on last Tuesday, after an Illness of nine weeks' dura tion. There are two sons in the fam ily, one aged ten and the other eigh teen years. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the house of the deceased. Rev. Vallandingham of the Christian church officiating. Interment in Mountain View ceme tery. A large number of friends and relatives were present to pay their last respects to one whom they had learned to love for her many esti mable good traits. Mrs. Lydia Florence Hunt was born near Monticello, Ind., and grew to womanhood there. When she had arrived at the age of 23 she was united in marriage to Edgar B. Hunt of the same city, and for a few years they remained In that locality,' going from there to the northeastern part of the state, then to Utah, from there to Idaho, and finally to Ashland, ar riving here about nine years ago. Mrs. Hunt, never a very robust woman, had seemed to improve in health since coming here until a few weeks ago, when she was taken ill and nothing that medical skill could do seemed to help her. She steadily grew weaker until Tuesday morning, when she passed away. She leaves behind to mourn her loss a husband, two sisters and two sons. She also had one brother and two half-brothers, one of whom is living In Ashland. Mrs. Hunt had, by her pleasant ways and staunch Christian charac ter, won many friends who will miss her from their circle. She was a faithful member and worker in the Christian church and enedavored to portray the character of the Christ In her daily life. i I I 1 T lays :; FOR THE 5, 10, 15c STORE : : Hailng outgrown its pres- ent quarters, the 5, 10 15c ; ; Store will move to a large : : room In Eaders' new block Inst across the street from ; : our present location. Will be ready to serve yoo In our new home Satnrday, : : January 23. !! J.A.KOHAGEN mn Hiiiinn Daily Telegram and Semi-Weekly Tidings both one year for $3. Good till February 1. Have you visited Enders' big clearance sale? Don't wait too long. Phone Job orders to the Tiding 1T HSHLHND Storage and Transfer Co. C. F. BATES Proprietor. Two warehouses near Depot. Goods of all kinds stored at reason able rates. A General Transfer Business. Wood and Rock Springs CoaL Phone 117. Office. 99 Oak Street, ASHLAND, OREGON. C. S. JOHNSON Carpenter and Contractor Repair Work a Specialty Phone 423-Y 52 Roca St. Comply With the Law and irr Printed Butter Wrappers ACCORDING to the ruling of the Oregon Dairy and Food Commission all dairy butter eold or exposed for sale in this state must be wrapped in butter paper upon which is printed the words "Oregon Dairy Butter 16 (or 32) ounces full weight," with the name and address of the maker. To enable patrons of the Tidings to easily comply with this ruling this office lias put in a supply of the standard sizes of butter paper and will print it in lota of 100 sheets and up ward and deliver it by parcels post at the fol lowing prices: 100 Sheets, 15 or 32 ounces $1.35 250 Sheets, 16 or 32 onnces ....$1.85 . , 500 Sheets, 16 or 32 onnces $2.65 ;0 Send your orders to us by mail accompan ied by the price of the paper and it will be promptly, forwarded to you-by parcel post prepaid. . i . ' We use the best butter paper obtainable and our workmanship is of the best. Let us have your order and you will not regret it. Ashland Tidings Ashland, Orerjon "