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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday, July 21, 1916
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"Birth of a Nation"
Immense Production
"The Birth of a Nation," the mas
terpiece of the wizard film director,
David Wark Griffith, founded on
Thomas Dixon's story, "The Clans
man," opens a three-day engagement
at the Page Theatre, Medford, Thurs
day, July 27.
This spectacle has bad phenomenal
success all over the country. It ran
for S00 consecutive performances in
New York, thus exceeding by 55 per
formances any other consecutive run
In the history of the New York stage.
Wherever it has been shown It has
been with the same remarkable suc--cess.
There have been no details left
undone to make the production of
this picture as remarkable as the plc
"ture Itself.
A thirty-piece orchestra under the
the great Lincoln. West Point en
gineers laid out the great battle scene
of Petersburg from maps and re
ports to the war department at Wash
ington. Intimate details ' of the
action were supplied by veterans who
fought on either side. Night ph
t&graphy was perfected for the first
time to secure battle scenes in the
dark.
Prohibition Has
Stage for a Day
Monday was W. C. T. U. day. ' The
lecture in the afternoon was by Wal
ter H. Evans, district attorney of
Multnomah county. His subject was
"Prohibition Law Enforcement."
Mrs. Sleeth, one of the state vice
presidents, had charge of the meet
ing. As a prelude to the lecture,
Mrs. Elmore sang a solo, Miss Mc-
dlrectlon of George Koehelr, former- Donald read a selection, and Mr.
ly conductor of the Minneapolis Sym
phony and for years soloist with
Sousa's band, is carried with it, to
Brooks gave several of his poems.
Mr. Evans' lecture was a good talk
from every point of view. It was
render special music. Every effect the business man's lecture straight
shown upon the screen is reproduced to the point. He said that people do
by the orchestra. The cannons' not turn to prohibition because of
boom, the guns' reports, echo through I duty. They do it because they find
the theatre till the spectators feel
they are actually in the throes of bat
tle. A few facts about "The Birth of a
Nation" will disclose the magnifi
cence of the production. There are
more than 5,000 dlHtlnct scenes In It.
Eighteen thousund people and 3,000
liorses were utilized in making the
It more economical to do so. The
W. C. T. V. women have used statis
tics to kill the use of liquor. At first
almost everyone used it, then some
people began to realize that it was
bad, large companies began to con
sider It In their hiring and promoting
of men, and now almost everyone ad
mits that it is bad. One of the hin-
Barrymore at
Vining Tuesday
The incomparable Jack Barrymore
has played many roles on the screen,
including princes, dictators, gentle
men of extremely elegant leisure and
other interesting types, but he has
never before played a crook. This
remarkable characterization he has
reserved for his latest Famous Players-Paramount
picture, "The Lost
Bridegroom," which Is the attraction
at the Vining Theatre Tuesday of this
week. Of course Barrymore Is not a
bona fide crook In the picture. lie
has been hit on the head by two
thugs while returning from lils bach
elor dinner on the eve of his wedding
to Dorothy Hardin, and has com
pletely lost his memory as a result of
the blow.
After falling off a dock upon which
he elects to take an impromptu nap,
Bertie for that is the alias under
which Barrymore travels in this film
stumbles into a saloon which is the
headquarters for an assorted gang of
thieves, holdup experts and card
sharps."" Bertie's entrance into this
hitherto unexplored stratum of so
ciety is nothing if not picturesque.
His assailants stole his overcoat, dress
coat and waistcoat, but left his top
hat. So our hero enters the saloon
clad in dress trousers, the upper por
tion of his B. V. D.'s and his top hat,
carrying his white shirt over his arm;
having removed that to dry it after
his fall Into the river. His adven
tures when the habitues of the saloon
try to make a gentleman burglar of
him are thrilling and laughable.
Militia Company
At Fort Stevens
On Wednesday night at 7:30 Dr.
Carnahan will resume the lessons in
prophetic teaching which were laid
aside during Chautauqua.
Picnic.
Thursday evening a most congenial
group gathered at the Llthla Park
picnic grounds and enjoyed a "feed"
which must have been worth gather
ing around, from the description giv
en by one of those who was there.
Those In the party were Messrs. and
Mesdames P. H. Graves and daughter
Frances, J. R. Casey, C. H. Harga
dlne and daughter Virginia, B. L.
Nichols and Miss Helene Casey.
narrative. Mr. Griffith worked forjdrances to making prohibition laws
eight months without a let-up to com
plete the picture. The approximate
cost of the production was $300,000.
The women's dresses of the period
of 1860 used up 12,000 yards of
cloth. Over 25,000 yards of white
material was sewed Into the cos
tumes of the Ku-Kluk Klans. Two
hundred seamstresses worked for
two months to make these costumes
historically correct and appropriately
has been the Interstate commerce
laws. The interstate traffic was un
der federal jurisdiction, and state
laws could not touch the shipments
of liquor while in the original pack
age. Then came the Webb-Kenyon
law, which took the respectability off
it and gave the state a chance at it.
The time is not ripe for the proposed
absolute prohibition amendment.
People are not ready for it. It is not
It. It Is going to be the same old
fight at this election and the people
must get behind it. The officers are
sometimes on the wrong side, but da
not be too suspicious of them.
picturesque. Five thousand wonts (needed to duck tne nrewers' amena
and reports on the history of the Civil ' ment. Nevertheless, since it has been
War and the periods Immediutelyi instituted everyone should stand by
leading up to and following the great
conflict were searched for authentic
data. This research was conducted
by four College professors specially
engaged for It. Every piece of ord
nance musketry in the battle Bcenes
Is an exact reproduction of the ar
tillery and arma used on both sides
during the war of the '60s. For the
assassination of President Lincoln,
Ford's Theatre, Washington, was re
produced to the smallest detail. The
scene Itself was taken in the presence
of several eye witnesses of the as
sasinatlon by John Wilkes Booth of
O. E. DIebert was the only one of
the city's employes who was obliged
to get a leave of absence to attend
the militia encampment. Kenneth
McWtlllams, extra man for the fire
department, made arrangements to
feturn before his turn came due.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Notice to Merchants
Jackson County
Directory
Will go to press August 15. For any
special advertising or subscription for
directory notify
H. W. Rothermel
Care Medford Mail Tribune
Medford, Ore.
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Slnia Xu Fraternity Entertain.
The members of the Sigma Nu col
lege fraternity of the Rogue River
alley entertained at an informal
dance Thursday night at the Bunga
low. A large bowl of Bungalow
punch was served during the dance
and at 11 o'clock pineapple sherbet
and cake were served. William Vaw
tor added to the evening's entertaire-
ment wtih a vocal selection. The
members and invited guests present I
were:
Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Vawter, Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Cowgill, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hammerer, Misses Marian Gould,
Dorothea Hill, Hazel Rader, Ruth
Warner, Laura Page, Laura Gates,
Irene Sullivan, Marie Gates, Frances
Kinney, Cladys Peart, Allene Allen,
Dora Sullivan, Florence Hazelrigg,
Leah Walther, Charlie Finton, Lou
Ibo Williamson, Joan Anderson,
Trum Deuel, Jean Budge, Luclnda
Cochran, Marian Gould, Miss Gear
hart of Ashland and Misses Dorothy
Churchill and Helen Gould of San
Francisco, Messrs. Thomas Scantlln,
Clare Seeley, Ned Vilas, Lloyd Wil
liamson, Leon Speck, Harry Rosen
berg, Roy Hill, Francis Bennett, Ed
ward Geary, Geary Garrett, Seeley
Hall, Roland Hubbard, Frank Far
rell, William Vawter, Luther Deuel,
Earl Tumy, Dan Herring, George
Gates, John Mofflt, Carter Brandon,
Ralph Telrce, Carl Mowberry, Ralph
Harris of Ashland, Webster Corliss
of Portland and Nell Ollphet of Can
ton, Ohio.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the many kind
friends who extended assistance and
sympathy during the last days and
following the death of our husband
and father, Thomas Danford. Es
pecially do we wish to thank the Ma
sons for their evidences of respect
and love for the departed. Mrs.
Thomas Danford and family, H. J.
Danford. It
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ASnLAND, OREGO.V.
Olditt National Bank In Jackson
County i
(By A. Bert Freeman.)
Fort Stevens, Ore., July 11. Spec
ial to the Tidings. The first com
pany, C. A. C, arrived safely in Fort
Stevens at 5 p. ra. Sunday evening
fter a trip enjoyed by every mem
ber of the company. The only draw
back was the continuous rainfall,
which began shortly after leaving
Ashland. For those who had never
seen northern Oregon the scenery
held much that was of Interest. The
time was whiled away by cards, songs
that are known only to soldiers going
to encampment, and yelling "Let 'lm
buck," "Scratch 'im, cowboy," and
other cowboy yells at every station.
An Interesting item of the journey
was the sight of a large barkentlne
anchored above Astoria the Ana
dolphus Vlnnen, from Bremen, which
caused much speculation as to wheth
er It was Interned or not.
In camp a quaret composed of
"Kennle" McWllllams, Don Walker,
"Bud" Burdic and "Sleepy" Merrill
sing all the old favorite airs and
some that are very late (at night).
Today (Monday) was filled to over
flowing with exciting events. After
a good breakfast furnished by Cooks
Phillips and Burnett the company
fell In for their first instruction on
the big coast defense guns. It is an
immensely difficult task for the regu
lar army Instruction officers to traiu
a company of men unused to the guns
how to perform their duties without
getting in each others' way. . There
were several near accidents before
everybody found their place. "Sleepy"
Merrill, while standing directly be
hind the gun, came nearly stopping
the rammer as the ramming detail
withdrew It from the gun on the run,
by getting his head in the way. As
the rammer weighs twenty-five or
thirty pounds he was very fortunate
in dodging it in time. A little later
the gun was accidentally tripped and
went into battery with the breech
open and the breech block projecting
to one side of the gun. It tore off
one side of the gun pointers' plat
form, which is directly beside the
gun and about eight or ten feet above
the pit. The gun pointer. Sergeant
Harry Sayle's, attention was called
In time to prevent him being caught
between the open breech block and
the railing around his platform. In
the afternoon during one of the trial
loadings the 604-pound projectile
slipped back out of the powder cham
ber and narrowly missed hitting Earl
Withrow's foot.
In the evening regimental parade
was held on the parade grounds. To
morrow morning we go one mile and
a half to Battery Russell, on the
! ocean, for practice on the later model
guns, with which we expect to make
some records later.
We are comfortably quartered
here, having the best tents in camp,
with electric lights, cots with hay
mattresses, and a stove. The last
mentioned is appreciated here most
of the time, where one may see over
coats and rubber boots all the year
round. Ashland's climate looks good
to all the members of the first com
pany, who advertised its famous
lithla water by taking several can
teens full along and sharing It with
some of the officers from other companies.
'VINING
Tuesday, July 25th
John BARRYMORE
in "THE LOST BRIDEGROOiF
A most interesting comedy-drama in which Mr. Barry
more is at his best. On the same bill
Coming Wednesday and Thursday
FatSy.ArtackSe
in "IIIS WIFE'S MISTAKE"
Don't miss Fatty's latest and very funniest com
edy. In 2 reela.
Regular Admission
Brooks Is Poet
And Story-Teller
Says Desirable
Houses Are Few
Fred Emerson Brooks is a poet as H. A. Rothermel and James B. Fee
well as story-teller. He recites his are ,n Ashland on the last lap of the
own poems exclusively. No one ever. work wllicu ha8 0CCUPeJ them for
wrote much more of a variety of the past tliree montlls. th taking of
noetry. He furnished nart of the , the census for the Jackson county
prelude on Monday afternon, and the 1 dlrectory which these men are get-
full program on Monday evening and
Tuesday afternoon. Monday after
noon he read "California," the of(l-
Steel Rails for
Portland Division
cial exposition poem.' In the even
ing he read "Oregon." The main
stay of the evening's program was
"The Grave Digger." It was a rath
er religious poem of some length, in
which a grave digger moralizes on
the eternity. He said some critics
likened It to Gray's "Elegy in a Coun
try Church Yard." It was really a
good poem with much fine sentiment
In it. One of his selections was "The
Ace." He gave this on his former
visit. On Tuesday afternoon he gave
"The Whistling Boy," another selec
tion given here before by him. This
is one of the best of his poems. In
it he depicts the whistling of the boy
out of tune. He says It Is music
even If It is out of tune. He has
many little verses some sober, some
humorous but all carrying with
them a lesson.
ting out. John Anderson of Ashland
; Is assisting in the procuring of data
i for the directory. Mr. Fee is solicit
ing advertising and subscriptions.
Mr. Rothermel states that Ashland
has but few vacant houses and but a
very few nicely furnished houses for
rent. This city Is incomparably bet
ter off than Medford in this respect,
and In fact is one of the growing
cities of the coast in his estimation.
Want Auto Road
To Lake of the Woods
Eugene Register: The authoriza
tion for the expenditure of $300,000
for the laying of 37 miles of 90-pound
standard rails In place of the old rails
on the main line of the Southern Pa
cific between Sutherlln and Divide
was received yesterday Dy w.
Schultz, roadmaster of the Southern
Pacific, with headquarters in the city.
The work is to begin next month,
according to present plans, said Mr.
Shultz last night. Two large gangs
of men will be put on for the work,
which will take some time to complete.
New Furniture
For Hotel Austin
Two carloads of new furniture for
the Hotel Austin arrived yesterday
and is being installed in the hotel to
day. All of the old furniture which
was used after the remodelling Is be
ing stored and the Austin will have
new furniture from top to bottom.
The register shows a fine business
with tourists from all over the coun
try represented.
Oce Tindell, hotel clerk well known
all up and down the coast, is now day
clerk at the Hotel Austin. Mr. Tin
dell was employed for eight years at
the Hotel Osborn in Eugene before
coming here. ' .
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Phone job orders to the Tidings.
A subscription list is being circu
lated by Leander Neil and others in
the city in an effort to raise $500
with which to open up the Dead In
dian road to Lake of the Woods for
automobiles. A road crew is work
ing out in that region now, and the
public-spirited men who are behind
the project hope to raise the money
so that the crew may work on
through on the road. The Dead In
dian road is in good shape over the
mountain and 'to the forest reserve.
Through the reserve the road is In
fair shape until within a few miles of
the lake. A very small amount of
work, comparatively, would open up
the road and put the most beautiful
camping place in the west within two
hours by automobile from Ashland.
Lake of the Woods, although accessi
ble only by team except to the most
intrepid motorists, yearly has hun
dreds of campers on its shores, and
last year at the height of the huckle-
berry season had over 300 people
there at one time.
Wilson Club
Meets Wednesday
The Ashland Woodrow Wilson
League will hold a meeting at the
Commercial Club room Wednesday
evening, July 26. Among other mat
ters to come up will be the election
of delegates to the state conference
of Woodrow Wilson Leagues.
It H. G. GILMORE, President.
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