Monday, Jane 12, 1916 FACT TOO JWUu u,,u, ; : c. . i nwmnnnnnam;:miKim:iii;nnmnm Ashland Tidings Bj JTHB ASHLAXD PRIXTTXG CO. (Incorporated.) BEMI-VTEEKLT. ESTABLISHED 1876. Bert R, Gmr, Editor and Manager. Lrna Mowat, . . News Reporter : Issced Mondays and Thursdays Cllicial City and County Paper SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ob Tear $2.00 III Months 1.00 Three Months , 60 Payable in Advance. President Proclaims June 14 Flag Day President Wilson has Issued thfc following proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to cel ebrate FlagDay, June 14, with patri otic exercises, giving expression to "our thoughtful love of America": "My fellow countrymen: 'Manycir cumstances have recently conspired to turn our thoughts to a critical exam ination of the conditions of our na tional life, of the Influences which have seemed to threaten to divide our interest and sympathy, of forces within and forces without that seemed likely to draw us away from TELEPIIONE 39 Advertising rates on application. Flr6t-class Job printing facilities. Equipments second to none in the , i been so proud. No subscriptions for less than three "it has, therefore, seemed to me 1 fitting that I should call your atten- Ask Co-operation To Regulate Jits LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Fay Carver, of Phoenix rlslted friends In the city Friday and attend- IIIIIIIIMIt 1 The Oldest National Bank in Jackson County i The Medford council has decided to ask the Ashland, Talent and Phoenix ed the pageant in Lithia Park. , authorities and the county court to j Dr p A wall has encased Dr. A co-operate In regulating the number ;c CaWweH t0 blm in nls ot. of Jitneys which ply over the Pacinc ices dur)ns the month of June 44t Highway, limit the number of pas-j sengers which each can carry, time of j The contract for building the high arrival and departure, and other jway round Blackwell hill has been features which have caused trouble. , completed by Contractor .Chris Nat Many complaints have been made of. wic&- overloading the Ford Jitneys. Onej For concessions for the Roundup man claims to have ridden from Med-1 see W. S. Voorheis at Sus'e Allen's ford to Ashland with fourteen pas-'real estate office or write P. O. Box!l sengers on a five-passenger Ford. '94. - 6-tf Member Federal Reserve System j The only serious accident which has! The macadamizing of a half milei the happy traditions of united pur- j occurred was wnen an ovenoaoea i-'of the Eagle Point-Bronsville road pose and action or wnlcn we oaveiney u v& " i was qruerea uy me uuiiuiy tuuri ui Ashland was tnrown irom tne fora,!a meeting held last Thursday. months. AH subscriptions dropped at expiration unless renewal is received. In ordering changes of the piper always five the old street addresser poitoffice ?.s well as the new. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon. Postoffice as second-class mail mat-) ter. Ashland, Ore., Monday, June 12, 'Id HEARD A XI) OVERHEARD. A very pretty young lady, spying one of the signs forbidding throwing stones at squirrels in Chautauqua Park, remarked to her mother as we wero passing: "AVhat's the use of that sign? I don't see any squlr rels." We indiscreetly giggled and she added, "Although there are plen ty of nuts for them to eat." , ' V. O. N. Smith, who was one of the bitten, suggests: "While the ladies are collecting paper, why don't they gather up all the perfectly nice bond paper used for shares In the broom factory? It should not go to waste altogether." A certain Miss M. A. of Medford was heard to remark, being shown the lithia water fountain In the park: "Why, I didn't know there was water In those cages. I thought on,e of them was for monkeys and one for birds like they have in all parks." Somebody pnt two dimes and a nickel Instead of a quarter In the gas meter at the "auto camp last week. The meter calls for a quarter and ndoubtedly the unlucky camper thought it made no difference wheth er the two bits was in pennies or a money order tion to the approach of the anniver sary of the day upon which the flag of the Un'ted States was adopted by the congress as the emblem of the Union and to suggest to you that It should, this year, and In the years to come, he given special significance as a day of renewal and reminder, a day upon which we should direct our minds with a special desire of renewal to thoughts of the ideals and princi ples of which we have sought to make our great government the embodi ment. "I therefore suggest and request that throughout the nation and, If possible, In every community, the 14th day of June1 be observed as Flag Day with special patriotic exercises at which moans (shall be taken to elve senlficant expression to our thoughtful love of America, our com prehension of the great mission of liberty and Justice to which we have devoted oursqlves as a people, our pride In the history and our enthusi asm for the political progress of the nation, our determination to make It greater and purer with each genera tion and our resolution to demon strate to all the world its vital union In sentiment and purpose, accepting only those as true compatriots who feel as we do the compulsion of this supreme allegiance." Wak'ng his collarbone. Council Votes To Light Park After an argument of some length over the means, the city council vot-' day. Hodgson & Reed have a special piece of improved property on Gran ite street, fronting the park, for sale at a bargain. See them at their of fice, Hotel Oregon building. 4-3t Editor Ruhl of the Medford Sun Is the proud father of a nine-pound , haby boy which arrived last Thurs-1 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital and Surplus $120,000.00 x DEPOSITORY OF City of Ashland County of Jackson State of Oregon Untied States of America M I M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t f f ' " ' Fishermen Strike On Lower Rogue All fishermen fishing on the lower Rogue river went on strike last Tues day. They demand that tho price of aalmon be raiBed to $1 pe fish or 11.25 where the fishermen furnish their own gear. Rod Macleay, who i .was In Ashland a few days ago, Is expected to arrive at Gold Beach and settle the strike As an act et retaliation the Wed jjerburn trading Company is reported td nave ordered their stores in Wed derburn and Gold Beach to refuse credit to all fishermen. San Diego Fair -. Attracts Crowds The half-million mark has been passed in 1916 attendance at the Panama California International Ex position. In view of the fact thai the early months are considered low from an attendance standpoint along the coast, the showing Is highly grat ifying to exposition heads. President G. A. Davidson points to the fact that the attendance is greater than for the tame period last yea, and is firm in the belief that July, August and Sep tember will bring the biggest months enjoyed by the exposition. D. L.' Greenman returned home Thursday from Rosebiirg, where he was called by the serious Illness of his cousin, Charles Greenman. His cousin Is Improved somewhat. Investment Dun's Agent Says Conditions Improved O. L. Lasslter of R. G. Dun & Co., the company that fixes the financial rating ef all firms and merchants, was in the city last week on his regu lar trip. Mr. Lasslter's territory In cludes all of western Oregon, Speaking of business conditions in Ashland, Mr. Lasslter said that be" found business so far this year to be a great improvement over the same period last year and conditions to he much better. All throughout western Oregon he reports finding conditions picking up, and while In many places the actual conditional are not much better, everywhere the feeling 1 won derfullf luore optimistic and good liiues are felt to be on the way. In Ashland this feeling is exceptionally apparent,, according to the visitor, and a co-operative spirit is becoming evident here which should mean much for the future of tbe city. Mr. LasBiter Is a great admirer of Ashland as a borne city and is in love with Ashland park. He says he has beard rndfre comment oh Ashland's park and chiefly the automobile camp ground everywhere that he has been than of any other tourist attraction In Oregon. He gave as an Instance of the widespread advertising which Ashland Was receiving from the auto camp the query concerning Ashland which he had received In a letter from a friend in the far east concerning Ashland. He says this friend, who has never been west, was told by an eastern acquaintance, who had toured the coast In an automobile last year, of Ashland's auto camp and beautiful park, and wrote to him, asking if Ashland was one of his stopping places. The writer of the letter win Include Ashland In a tour of the coast this summer.. The Hotel Oregon, Mr. Lasslter re marked, was a very comfortable place and a great improvement over the old hotel accommodations. He says that heretofore he always stayed In Medford and came up daytimes to do his business here, but that this trip and hereafter he would stay at the Oregon. ' ed at Tuesday evening's meeting to light Lithia Park and Park avenue from the Peil corner to the park en trance according to plans submitted by the electrical committee and City Electrician Strickland. The path through Chautauqua Park will be lighted by the springs commission at a cost of approximately $70, the lighting being done on the theory" that this path, being the' only foot entrance to Lithia Park, is in reality a component rart of the system. The i cost of lighting Park avenue and Lithia Park will total about 1600. I .: ft - :jr"S. - vw;;: WW r :v-; Juvenile Court Judge Charles B. Gay was a visitor in the city Tues day, coming up from Medford to at tend to court business. . jliss Alice Thompson, one of the West school teachers, has with her W. S. Voorheis, a newcomer from mother left for Berkeley, whgre she 'Napa, Cal., will open the Park pro- The 'great Northwestern roofing for mills, factories, barns in fact every It It nuklnr eood In tvry wmr. Fretiample. -A. ... n.h.hi and literature oorequert. tatalbuldiac. BtadfaalWelthebw , of your deJer or write M direct DURABLE ROOFING MFC. CO. Portland, Oregon tructuree it U now covering-end where E. C. Payne will attend summer school. The'Phoenix high school has pub lished an annual, this being the first publication of the kind issued by the schools of that little city. Fined $27.50 As Aftermath of Smash Tom McEnery, a Southern Pacific locomotive fireman running out of Ashland, was fined $15 and $1,2.50 costs, or a total of $27.60, in Justice Taylor's court at Medford Tuesday afternoon for alleged violation of rules of the road. McEnery, driving a Dodge car, collided with a Ford driven by E. R. Oatman of Medford Sunday, doing considerable damage to both cars. McEnery agreed to pay th rinmne to Oatman's car. The accent occurred near Talent Strike Causes Heavy Traffic The heaviest business of months resulted beginning last week over the Southern Pacific, both freight and passenger, due to the longshore men strike which tied up, all coast boating traffic. The. passenger trains are filled to capacity and be ginning Sunday have carried fourteen cars In many cases. A rumor Is prev alent to the effect that trains 53 and 54, which were recently taken off, would be placed back on again. vision store this week in the store building located at the entrance to the auto camp which was recently built. H. R. Palmer of Los Angeles Is the For concessions for the Roundup' possessor of the Brush ranch on Wal- an 18 months interueshlp in the ker avenue as the result of a trade uwisvuie city nospuai. e nas Deen Involving California property. The I practising on the coast in Oregon for the past 18 months. Dr. Xanse Briscoe, son of Superin tendent of Schools G. A. Briscoe, of Ashland, will enter the practice of medicine' in Talent this week and will open offices In the Ames building. Dr. Briscoe Is a graduate of the Ken tucky College of Medicine and served see W. S. Voorheis at Susie Allen's real estate office or write P. O. Box 94. N 4-tf J. H. Basler of Portland arrived in Ashland last week and has accepted properties involved were each valued j at about $10,000. j For concessions for the Roundup Twenty teams and three auto! see W. S. Voorheis at Susie Allen's a position with Briggs & Elmore. He! trucks are engaged in the work of ( real estate office or write P. O. Box is an expert shoeman and will be a 'hauling gravel ou the, resurfacing or . 94. x 6tr Mr. and Mrs. Stacy and daughter have Just arrived In Ashland from their home In Athol, Mass. Tbey are stopping with Mr. Stacy's sister, Mrs. E. Grant Emhree, and "niece, Miss Maye Glover, also with his step- valuable addition to their sales force. . the Jacksonville road. The contract Mrs. O. H. Coffee and daughter,!'8 hcl by Carlton & Schultze. The Miss Georgia, left laat Saturday onjrk N finished by the middle tra'n 13 on a three months' trip back of Julr- to the middle west. They go by the V. O. ,X. Smith of The Citizens Ogden route and will visit friends and j Bank of Ashland was elected a mem- relatives first at Columbia, Neb., later j ber of the executive committee of the ' mother, Mrs. A. E. Stacy. They ex- at Elgin, St. Charles and Chicago, J Oregon State Bankers' Association at j pect to remain in Ashland quite a 111., then back to Denver and then to j Portland Wednesday. E. V. Carter i while, as he'has a long vacation. Mr. southern California, where they will . and J. W. McCoy of Ashland were Stacy holds a very responsible posi visit Long Beach and Los Angeles. ' also in attendance at the convention, tion with the B. & M. Railroad Com They expect to be gone about three j which was attended by bankers from j pany, having many clerks in bis of months. practically every city in the state. flee. 1 I Vining Theatre, Mon.-Ttiesday, Jam J2-J3 k. u. nouaom presems we . 7 Drys Initiate Bill' To Clamp on Lid Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott at Salem Monday approved, as to its form, a petition for the initiation of an amendment to the Oregon con stitution prohibiting the importation of liquor into the state for beyerage purposes. The existing prohibition law per mits ' the importation of a limited amount of liquor. The amendment, which will be voted upon at the elec tion in November, was filed by the Oregon State Prohibition committee. When you nave 'money to Invest, the officers of this bank will be glad ' to have' yoi confer" with them ' and receive the benefit of their experience in determining 'the kind of invest sent best suited to your seeds. First National Bank ASBXAJTO, OBBOO.V i Old ft ffatltnuxl Bamkimjatkion County o ASHLAND, LUMBER . .COMPANY Dealers In LUMBER KooJing Papers, urjwooa, . factory Clock Wood I "t -T -rf- s:Til HERE IS THE TRUCK ATTACHMENT o o 1IMABER Formerly ol the Panama-Pacific ExposiliHn 1 1 With the Ford It reduces the cost of delivering goods to a ridiculously low fis The load Is 'on the truck not In 1U ure Look it over before buying M5 ' I it fit t n v.-.- .. 51 FEATURES ., Light weight - Strong construction Timkey bearings Steel castings For sale by;; fll ,h Central Point Autrf Co. Central Point, Oregon Sole Arents Singers- Players and Princess Annie Kealbha Hawaii's Most Fanlaslic and Sensational Danscnse Dane ers Soloists David Nahea The Sweet Toned Hawaiian Tenor Tiie Royal Hawaiian Sextette HULA PANGING Refined and Still Sensational Singing Dancing Comedy. A night on the ISLE OF PARADISE Complete Change , ol program fach.Bay. , Also Monday Night, EOiel Batnmore in "The Kiss ol Hate", 5 reels,; Icesday Night, John Barrymore In "Nearly a gf, Areels. Two Performance Don't miss this unusual high, class' a tirac tion AdmisJiOn 1S-2S. Children under 12. lCc