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PAGE EIGHT ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, January. 27, 1019 A MISTAKE ! IN IDENTITY Br OSCAR COX Ilavlng been Invited lo spend the week eud at Seabright, on Friday after noon, suit ensn In linml. I iinnonred at the railway station. A pule faced child fwkknri n hintrh nf vlnlef niuli'i- mr nose and looked an appeal to buy them. I did so, and putting them in the but tonhole of my tout I istrolled toward the door through which passengers ' were going to the trains. "Are you Will?" The voice came from a very pretty girl who was looking Into my f:iee In quiringly. My mime Is William, and it is so common for men that 1 was not especially surprised at being asked the question by a stranger, thinking uer to uave made a mistake tu the per- nun. my reply was: "It Is." "I snnnosi'rt sn hv fln rlnlnls Cnmn- let us net on I,. th train. 1 hnv m ticket" She slipped her arm through mine as confidingly as If I belonged to her. Not knowing what to do I did nothing, but I fully Intended to make her aware of her error at once. "That last letter of Clara's," she said as we walked to the train, "decided nie." Curiosity here stepped In to take a !a like nature. The proceeds go to liatid. I wondered what Clara had 1 ward furnishing the club rooms of the said In the letter. I company. "Cm," I said by way of saying noth-! , liig. Hut by this time wo reached the car steps, and I handed the young lady in. She took a seat, and 1 sat down beside her. I bad thus far taken uo advantage of her mistake. 1 would let her go on a little further before head ing her off. I have noticed that If a woman has anything to say sho will usually say It without encouragement. "Clara Is Just too lovely for any thing," said the girl. "Urn!" , "She has been very kind to me. When she wrote me that vou had grown tired of your lOuely life, that a big city like .New York Is of all places in me wonu the most desolale, that you wished she would Introduce you to some girl who would make you a good wife and without the bother of n courtship. I realized that it was the same for men as for women, and, while I didn't like your words 'the bother of courtJng'-l felt that In the main you were right. Then 1 received her letter making the arrangement for us to spend the week end with her and saying that you would meet me for this train and would wear a boutou nlere of violets." I bad got the whole story In a nut hell. There was none of that shooting out in different directions like a burst ing rocket, but a concise narration of facts. Just then the conductor came along taking tickets. My companion showed one for Dune, a station not quite so far as Seabright. Both tickets were taken up, and she did not see that mine was for a different station from hers. 1 began to explain: "I dare say you will blame me when you have hoard" "Clara told me all about your mar riage and divorce," she Interrupted. "1 may as well say right bore that I don't consider you In the least to blame. Indeed I don't see how you could have acted otherwise." Why not make the break right here? 1 concluded to plunge. "I am not a divorced man," I said. "I have never been married. I think you must have made a mistake. For whom have you taken me?" She looked at me In -astonishment. "Clara gave me no name except Will. She said your other name would come later If the affair proceeded." "I am quite sure there has been a mistake. 1 began to tell you a few minutes ago, when you Interrupted me." "Oh, my goodness gracious!" "Don't disturb yourself. Your secret Is perfectly safe with me. But 1 re gret that yon should have fallen Into the wrong hands. Is there anything I can do to right matters?" "No, no, uo!" "now do we know that If you have made a mistake Fate has not?" The young lady was apparently at least calmed by this. At any rule! Rho seemed Interested. I look out my card case, drew a curd and. having pen ciled my address on It. handed It to her, asking her to let me know how her affair with Will emm t. . few moments later the train slowed tip, the guard cried. "Dune!" and I handed my new found friend out of the train. She gave me nn embar rassed smile nt parting. I saw her en ter a carriage driven by a coiicliinan In livery and roll away. I heard nothing more of the matter till one day I received a note signed by a name 1 did not recognize as mong my acquaintances. As soon as I had read a few lines I knew it was from the girl who made the mistake. To keep her promise she Informed me that the matter which had come to my knowledge had not materialized. She seemed much mortified at having entered upon It In the way she had. I wrote asking permission lo call and received It 1 found one who bad lived In affluence, but, baring been reduced to want, had gone to the city to earn ber living. She had so suffered from loneliness that when a friend un dertook to make n match for her In a rather crude way she was tempted. She discovered that the man she was to meet did Dot suit her. I found ber ready to be consoled In the matter and consoled ber. but not arltbout "the bother of courting." Company Host At Oyster Feed The Asbland company, Coast Ar tillery Corps, were hosts to about six ty Wednesday night at an oyster feed preceded by a basketball game, liter ary program and music. In the bas ketball game the privates defeated the non-coms In an exciting and close- ' contested game, the score being lU-a The crowd then adjourned to the company rooms, where the following program was greatly enjoyed, every number receiving an enthusiastic en core: J. Kenneth McWIllianis, vocal solo; Misses Minta Cherry and Jean Anderson, duet; Miss Jillson, read ing; quartet composed of Earl Itasor, Farnham Swigart, S. A. Peters and Charles Freeman, selections; Dick Posey, reading. The reading of Dick j posey wng especially enjoyed. The scene of the campaign was then transferred to the basement, ! re the company cooks had pre pared an oyster supper which will long be remembered by those who partook. A social time followed and those Interested were shown the workings of the artillery plotting ap paratus. The affair was voted a grand suc cess and will be followed by others of Gets $5,000 For Injuries Received John Dagger, formerly employed by the Southern Pacific at the local station but who is now in the employ of the Oregon City paper mills, Is a visitor in the. city for a couple of days. He is bound for southern California antl Arizona, after which he intends to take a trip to Honolulu. The why and whereof is quite a story. John was working on roller high above the floor, he having been sent up to scrape the paper pulp off which had gummed up the roller. It seems that the rollers became charged with elec tricity, and when he made a contact between two of them with his steel scraper, a blinding flash-of electricity burned hjm and tho shock threw him from the scaffold. He lit on a steam pipe twenty feet below, smashing his hip. The company made voluntary set tlement, giving him $5,000, a life job and his expenses on his present trip. John says ho expects the Injury Is likely to cripple him a little. He is gaining strength fast, however. Great Oarsman Will Visit Here James E. TenEyck, foremost row ing coach of America and old friend of A. . Ames of Talent, has tele graphed that gentleman that he will passe through Ashland some time this week. Mr. TenEyck Is at present pulling down a salary of some five hundred good hard dollars per month from the Duluth Rowing Club, whose crews he coaches. Mr. Ames was formerly secretary of the Duluth club and has a wealth of anecdotes cocernlng the great oarsman. The crews coached by TenEyck cleaned up first and second In every event In which they entered at the last na tional meet and are conceded to be the best club crews in America. Mr. Ames Is looking forward to an enjoy able visit with his old friend. As he says, "It is a long cry from national rowing championships to the Rogue River valley," but the many Ashland ers who were interested in rowing will he Interested in TenEyck's visit. Charlie Chaplin At Vining Saturday Charlie Chaplin, the inimitable Charlie, will be with us at the Vining Theatre Saturday in his latest two reel film release, "Work." Now any one who has seen Charlie act has probably noticed that he has a pe culiar aversion to labor and prefers to let the other fellow attend to that. "Work" deals with Charlie's troubles along working lines and is a scream. a farce, a spontaneous outburst of the real comedy which has put Charlie at the pinnacle of fame as the greatest screen comedian. In conjunction with the comedy will be shown a three-reel feature pic ture from the Universal studios. The Commercial Glut) requests the names and addresses of parties who are considering coming, to the coast bis summer. We wish to send them Iterature and give them a good con ception of Oregon. 74-tf Republicans Lead In Registration County Clerk Gardner reports 499 registrations up to January 22 of this year. The registrations are coming in Blowly and voters are urged to register early and avoid the rush of the last few days. As will be noted the republicans lead In the registration by almost two to one. The socialists have the prohis nutnumbered by two. But three progressives have thrown their hats in the ring. There have been 354 men regis- tered as against 145 women. Reglsteration for 1916 up to Jan uary 22 is as follows: Republicans Males 209, females 70. Total 279. Democrats Males 108, females 50. Total 158. Progressive Male 3. Prohibition Males 5, females 4. Total 9. Socialists Males 8, females 3. Total 11. Independent and Refused Males 2-, females 18. Total 39. Total registered 499. Candidates in!Race For Representative C. M. Thomas of Talent, who has been active in Irrigation and orchard matters in the valley for the last year, is actively spoken of by friends for one of the seats in the legisla ture on the republican ticket. Mollie B. Towne of the same place is also considering the advisability of mak ing the race for re-election on the democratic ticket. Attorney W. I. Vawter will probably make the race for re-election as representative on the republican ticket. Finish Phoenix Canal Feburary 15 The Phoenix segment of the Rogue River Canal Company's irrigation system will be completed about the middle of February. From the Bear creek Intake above Phoenix the high line canal will extend Into a farm and orchard territory of great productive value, covering an area of 2,000 acres. The canal, as It will be com pleted next month, will be seven miles in length. Thirst Special To Hornbrook Rumored Persistent rumors of nn auto stage "thirst special" service to be Inaug urated between Ashland and Horn brook as soon as the Siskiyou grade becomes passable In the spring, are keeping hope alive In the souls of those who believe they can not go forever without the "cup that cheers." According to tentative plans, fares will be $1.50 for the round trip or $1 each way. Cut prices on block wood. Phone 4 20-J. 65-tf One dollar will make your suit look like new at Paulserud & Barrett's. You Can Own an Bargains in Used Cars In order that prospective buyers for used cars may get In touch with cars that are in A 1 shape, we have opened a salesroom on Mill street, In the building occupied by Charles Hast, the vulcanizer. We have a me. chanlc in charge and all .cars are put in first-class shape before being of fered for sale. We have at present ONE OVERLAND (electric lights and starter . This car is a bargain. Don't fail to see It if you are in the market for an up-to-date car. One Cadillac One Ford One Btffck These cars are all for sale at reas onable prices, so that anyone can own a good car at a small Investment. Used Car Salesroom Mill street. Right over Ashland creek. Auto Electric Situation : Misquoted at Eugene The city of Ashland has been liber ally quoted by the Eugene Guard In a fight for a lower purchase price for the electric system of the Oregon Power company In Eugene. The Guard, In a series of front page edi torials, has been attacking the deal which Is proposed and by which the city of Eugene will pay the power company $150,000 for the plant and $5000 a year for eight years for emergency service, claiming that the amount is away out of proportion to the worth of the plant and especially te emergency service. In one rather vital respect the Ashland .situation has been mis quoted by the Eugene paper. An editorial in the issue of the Guard of January 24, says: "That cities as a rule are not given to paying exhobitant profits when purchasing property of public serv ice corporations is evidenced by a number of recent transactions close to home. In the city of Ashland the distributing system of the California & Oregon Power company was pur chased at rock bottom the price was $3S,000, with a condition attached for emergency service for a reason- able compensation. This transaction sianus in su-iKing contrast to tne $190,000 which the city proposes to pay for property which is not worth to exceed twice the value of the prop erty purchased by the city of Ash land, basing the estimates on the rel ative size of the cities and the gen eral condition of the two distributing systems." Ashland has not purchased the dis tributing system of the California Oregon Power company but has made a deal with the company which is far superior to outright purchase. As a matter of fact the people of Ash land, at an election held last August, voted down a proposition to buy the distributing system of the company in the city. This winter the coun cil entered into a three years' con tract with the company by which the city takes over the distributing sys tem of the company for three years at no cost and agrees to the whole sale purchase of whatever current may be needed above that which the municipal plant Is able to produce, a minimum amount of $700 a month to the company being guaranteed. Price paid for lighting current will be on a sliding scale from one cent per kilowatt hour down to of a cent per k. w. hour and for heat ing current .0023 per k. w. hour. These prices will allow of retail ing the current to the consumer at no increase over former rates which, Incidentally, are as low as those of any city In the west. At the end of the three years' trial, if the people of Ashland desire, the city may purchase any of the poles, lines and equipment of the company In the city, which the city can use. The price to be set by mutual agreement or referred to dis interested parties for valuation. The purchase price, if the city does de cide to purchase the plant at the end of the three years' trial, would probably not approach $38,000. If the people of Ashland do find the present deal satisfactory, the dis tributing lines will be purchased and the contract for wholesale purchase of current continued for 20 years with clauses which provide for a re duction In wholesale rates should the California-Oregon company re duce rates to any other customer. In view of the fact that the com pany's business in Ashland amounted to several times $700 monthly prior to the city's taking their lines, and that the city plant ruulng at fullest capacity cannot take care of any where near the entire city, the pres ent deal is deemed excellent by those who have studied It from all angles especially since the city can take or refuse current at any hour of the day thus enabling the city plant to run at full capacity at all times and take additional current from the company only when needed. Timber buying Is reported active in Coos county. Pilot Rock has a new garage. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING may be reduced by closely watching your expenditures. This can best be done by using a checking account with this strong bank. Let us explain the value of such an account to you. First National Bank ASHLAND, OREGON. Oldttt National Bank Injackton County Ashland Lyceum Course Judge Geo Alden, Lecture? t SttfcJect"The Friday. January 28th at 8 p. in. f I FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Many Magazines . Drop Liquor Ads A number of magazines are already appearing in Ashland without the cus tomary liquor advertisements, but some of them still continue to print the ads and the dealers, before they may Bell the magazines, are obliged to tear them out. One news dealer said that he had received word that all the magazines that circulate In Oregon and are in the habit of carrying liquor advertise ments are preparing to issue special editions for Oregon and Washington to fit the prohibition laws in these states. Thev will nrint a certain nnni- ber wthout the ,Iquor ads and print I the remalntlei. wllh them ln unleB3 nf ,,. dry" states have such laws, too. Some of the publications have con tracts with the liquor concerns and naturally they are finding some trou ble In making adjustments. That is the reason that it is taking them a little time to comply with the law. It is said that two or three maga- zines, such as the Bellman, published at Minneapolis, ana me Army ana Navy Journal, New York, will con- tinue to distribute their magazines' In these two states by means of sub- elKlntlnnn nililnh 1 AsrArmnA ...til u.a.eu, uo no mn niKeini'iii ui me iuw. The magazines which have an nounced that they will prlat a special edition to comply with the prohibition law are: Popular, Smith's, Field and Stream, Ten Story, Peoples, Wide Awake, Vanity Fair, Pearsons, Puck, AInslee's, All Around, Recreation, Judge, Top Notch, Police Gazette, Smart Set and Life. Alexander Martin Alexander Martin, president of the First National bank of Klamath Falls, and well known In Ashland, died at his home in Oakland, Cal., Tuesday night. He was 80 years of age. Alexander Martin at one time own ed and managed the Oregon-Call- fornla stage route between Portland 'and Sacramento which had a station at Ashland. Mr. Martin suffered a stroke of, paralysis about two months ago while visiting his daughter at Oakland. I Since then he has been In a continual state of coma. The stroke took place while Mr. and Mrs. Martin were in California on a vacation. Mr. Martin was a well known character up and down the old stage route which followed practically the same route the Southern Pacific rail way now follows. He could recall Comply With the Law AND USE Printed Butter Wrappers ACCORDING to the ruling of the Oregon Dairy and Food Commission all dairy butter 8old or exposed for sale in this state must be wrapped in butter paper upon which is printed the word "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 has put in a supply of the standard sizes of butter paper and will print it in lots of 100 sheets and up ward and deliver it by parcels post at the fol lowing prices. 100 Sheds, 16 or 32 ounces $1.35 . 250 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $1.85 500 Sheets, 16 or 32 ounces $2.65 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. 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, Oregon Need of the Hogg" many interesting reminiscences of pioneer day in the early history of Oregon. His next birthday would have been In March. Mrs. Pierre Provost Crosses Divide Mrs. Pierre Provost passed away Wednesday morning at 12:45 at the home of her son, Sylvan Provost, where she has been since an attack of paralysis two weeks ago. All of her children except her son Horace, who Is in Ottawa, were with her at the time of her death. Mrs. Provost was agrd sixty years, three months and one day. She was born at Jacksonville, Ore., and was united in marriage to Mr. Provost when she was fifteen years old. They lived for a time In the Willamette valley, later in the vicinity of Que bec, Canada, and for the past six teen years In Ashland. She Is sur vived by her husband, a sister living in Arizona, and the following chil dren: Mrs. E. V. Hughes, Mrs. Clara Parkhlll nf Portland Miusoa TTnlpn 'Ange,lnef Lailra K,ora and vlola, on. cno jv1 -,,,, ,, tloracci." Them aro nlan novoral granddlll(lren. Fllnera, services wlll be he,(, Frd morn, 1Q oc,ork ..ifrora the Chlm.h of 0,r Lady of u,e I Mountain. Father Dolphin will offi- elate. I Fore,f governments must now be aWT We. Bre n0t t0 pr0Ud t0 write. Brooklyn Eagle. Tidings "For Sale" ads are active little real estate salesmen. Classified. Advertisements TOO liATK TO CLASSIFY. .FOR SALE Thoroughbred White Wyandotte henB. Phone 282-R. l-5 FOR SALE OR TRADE Small black horse, fine for lady; ride or drive. Also buggy and harness. $100 for outfit. 712 Boulevard, cltv. 71-3t FOR RENT Furnished house, five rooms, modern conveniences. Op posite Lithla Tark. Phone 411-R. It i WANTED One or two milch cows. . Will give good feed and care for their use. Will pay rent for ex ceptionally good cows. Phona 257-Y or address R. F. D. Box 33. 71-4t FOR SALE A good farm with water rights, bi a good location, or would. take part Ashland property, bal ance cash and mortgage. Billings, 41 East Main. 71-3t i ('