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ASHLAND. OREQON MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 191 G
VOL. XII
NUMBER 4G
Ashland
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None Killed and a
Day Left to Shoot
The deer season closes tomorrow
evening at sundown and there has
been a grand final rush of local
hunters to the hills for the final last
chance. A minor accident was re
ported from Forest creek Saturday,
where Gus Stone was shot In the leg
by his father, who mistook him for
8 deer. The wound was not serious.
This Is the second accident of the
season, either of which might have
resulted in tragedies had the bullet
gone a few inches differently. There
have been no hunters killed in south
ern Oregon as far as is known to
date.
Record-Breaking
Dry Spell Broken
With a light rainfall Friday after
noon, a dry period which has broken
all records which can be found in
the records kept by the local observ
er came to a close. The rainless
period extended over forty-eight
dayB. But .50 inch has fallen since
early in August. The rainfall rec
ords kept hero extend back but
twenty-three years, and in this time
no fall dry spell has approached that
of this fall. Coming at this season
of the year, the lack of rain has done
practically on harm, but farmers and
fruit growers will welcome the rain
now as it will make fall plowing
more feasible. Fall pasture should
flourish under the present precipita
tion. Gold Hill District
Wants Irrigation
On November 27 a petition will
be presented to the county court call
ing for an election prescribing m
irrigation district in the Gold Hill
district which will cover 1,200 acres.
The north end of the valley Is prac
tically a unit concerning the necessi
ty of water and there Is no doubt
that the election will carry.
Big Campaign Meet
At Lyric Thursday
All of the county candidates will
be present at the Lyric Theatre at a
big republican campaign rally to be
held Thursday night of this week.
Fred Mears and Ben Sheldon will be
the principal speakers and a lively
evening is promised.
Girl Returned
To Reform School
The last chapter of the escapade
of Winifred Coldwell, formerly of
this city, who escaped from the Ore
gon reform school, Is told In the
stilted legal language of the court
record In the Yreka News as fol
lows: "In the matter of the application
of Clara W. Caldwell. Petition for
writ of habeas corpus, filed October
20. In her petition it Is claimed she
was unlawfully Imprisoned and re
strained from her liberty; further
that she was detained upon the pre
tended claim that she is a fugitive
from justice from the state of Ore
gon, which she denies. The petition
claims that she has never committed
any crime, that there is no Indict
ment found against her, nor has she
been committed to any prison or
home of detention. The court di
rected the responsible parties to have
the girl in court on October 24. In
the meantime extradition papers call
ing for the return to Oregon of the
girl, charged with escaping from a
reform institution, were Issued Mon
day at the governor's office In Sac
ramento. "The girl, sixteen years of age,
escaped from the Oregon Industrial
School at Salem last September, In
company with twelve other girls.
She eluded the Oregon authorities
and went to Hilt to live with rela
tives. The Oregon authorities came
here and after Investigating the case
applied to Governor Johnson for ex
tradition papers. The girl retained
attorneys and fought extradition.
"Judge Lodge, after the Issue of
extradition papers, dlsmussed the
case and the girl was taken Into cus
tody by the Oregon authorities on
Tuesday and returned to that state."
Skeleton of Lost
Man Is Found
The skeleton of Edmund Hall, who
was lost in a snowstorm on the trail
between Evans creek and Trail creek
last January, was found Wednesday
evening 100 yards from the mouth of
Railroad creek, near the head of
Evans creek, by D. E. Cotrell of Bear
gle, who was. looking for cattle In
that vicinity.
The snowshoes, rifle and a match
box with the Initials "E. H." marked
on It were found by the skeleton of
the deceased.
Mr. Hall had many acquaintances
in Medford and Was well known on
Trail creek. He resided at the home
of Scatter Hammond several months
previous to his death, and left Mr.
Hammond's home one morning In
January for a place called Ritcher's,
on Chicago trail, and was never
heard of again until the discovery of
his skeleton and rifle Wednesday
evening.
A posse of men searched for sev
eral days after he was lost between
the two points of his Journey, and at
one time was near the place where
his remains were found by Mr. Cot
rell. Says Barley Brings
KIO IfcTATIAU 1TI SMlth!" n tp thirtl Pla' Captain Les
Cecil Grisez and Howard Frame
came over from Merrill vicinity Sat -
urday for a few days' visit with their
parents. The young men have been
working with the Grisez threshing
outfit which lias had a big season in
northern California and Klamath
county. Cecil is chief engineer on
the big tractor and Howard has at
tained considerable speed at the genr
tie art of sewing up sacks as they
are ejected at the rate of four and a
half a minute. They will leave Wed
nesday for the Sacramento vicinity
to work at rich threshing. Accord
ing to Grisez, at the last place they
threshed in Klamath county the
rancher had sold his crop of barley,
8,000 sacks, to a San Francisco firm
for 1.92 a hundred. The barley
was the best quality.
Portland Auto Stage
Through for Winter
Cramer Stage and Realty Com-
auto stage line through Ashland
from Portland to Klamath Falls,
have made their last trip for the
winter, but will resume trips next
spring, the venture having proven a
success. During the winter they
vill get out a beautiful color folder
descriptive of the towns and country
lUllUUKIl W11H.11 men line (JUODCa, mm
in which Ashland will have a promi
nent place.
Civic Club Has
Interesting Meet
At the regular meeting of the
Civic Improvement Club at Auxiliary
hall Tuesday afternoon a select and
appreciative audience listened atten
tively to a program of more than
usual merit furnished by the mem
bers of the C. L. S. C. under the
able leadership of Mrs. J. F. Rocho.
Mrs. Wolf stirred the hearts as
she sang so feelingly the touching
words of Carrie Jacob-Bond's "A Lit
tle Pink Rose." She was accom
panied at the piano by Miss Mary
Young.
Then Mrs. Hilty carried the gath
ering back to old school dayB In her
sketches of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Julia Ward Howe, Helen Hunt Jack
son, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Louise
May Olcott. Especially close and
dear are the recollections of the
vivid human bond In "Little Wom
en." Every enfranchised woman of Ash
land should have listened to Mrs.
Presscott'B lesson on the commission
form of government. In summing
up the essential advantages and fear
tures she proved Its efficacy In:
First, the small number of officers
required; second, their election by
the whole body of voters instead of
by ward; third, the exercise of ad
ministrative oversight and broad
appointive power as well as legisla
tive authority by the board; fourth,
the assignment of each commission
er to the head of a definite depart
ment for the conduct of which he is
responsible to the people; fifth, the
Ashland High Upsets Dope and
Defeats Klamath High 13-6
resetting the "dope" in a most
thoroughly efficient manner, Coacii
Meidenreich's Ashland high school
football team proceeded to outplay
Klamath Falls in every department
of the game last Thursday and won
b well-deserved victory of 13 to 6,
which Is a just comparison of the
brand of football displayed by the
opposing teams. The game was the
cleanest, fastest football and one of
the best exhibitions ever seen In
Ashland. Not a semblance of rough
play or of "crabbing" marred the
game, while at the same time
!"flirht' uno Tint lneklner In plther
team and the play was at times ter
rific. Battling from one end of the
Held to the other, both teams exhib
ited remarkable gameness', and had
it been written in the stars for Ash
land to have been beaten, the locals,
both players and spectators, would
not have begrudged the game, gen -
I tlemanly Klamath boys a victory.
I A good-sized crowd, made up hi
the main of students of the high
school and the grades, who, by the
way, enlivened the game with well-
j organized rooting throughout, was In
i attendance.
Ashland hopes suffered a relapse
He Cunningham got his neck pretty
nearly uncoupled in a terrific tackle
snd had to be taken out of the
1 ame. Winne took his place and
- gave an exhibition of line plunging
through the four quarters which has
marked him as the coming star of
the year.
Ashland scored In the first quar
ter after a series of line plunges,
Lentley carrying the ball across, af
ter Winne had spurted through
tackle for a fifteen-yard buck.
The quarter ended with the ball
near the center of the field, and soon
after the beginning of the second
period Klamath opened up a sack
full of forward passes and deceptive
end runs which soon brought the
1 all within scoring distance, and al
though the Ashland line held for
two downs, it finally was carried
over. Klamath missed goal and the
score stood 7 to 6, Bentley having
converted the Ashland try at goal.
Through the rest of the second
period and the third quarter the
teams fought like well-matched tug-of-war
teams, swaying from one
thirty-yard line to the other, pound-
tne- linp bunks hpine flltprnntpri with
passes. Both teams were
exceptionally strong with the aerial
I game or else lacking In defense
against the passes of their oppon
ents, as both completed more than
half of their tries, which were num
etous and which made the game es
pecially interesting to the spectators.
Time was taken out frequently for
Accused of Giving
Young Boys Booze
Rob P.oberts, who resides back of
the hospital In the east end of town,
is being tried in the police court this
afternoon on a charge of giving
liquor to minors following a spree
during which he is said to have giv
en whiskey to two boys. The affair
came to light when Billy "Whlzzer"
Cress was found in an alley near the
hospital, lying half-frozen and very,
very drunk. Fred Ritzlinger is the
other boy mixed up in the affair,
and according to the lads' story Rob
erts gave them whiskey. Roberts
himself was too far under to talk
coherently when arrested last night.
Attorney Trefren is defending him.
The case wds called for 3 o'clock.
Wheeler county is to vote on f 80,
000 road bonds.
Springfield will ship 100 carloads
of late potatoes.
check" designed to assure direct
popular control.
The program closed with a bright,
'compact and practical lecture on thjp
Initiative and referendum by. Mrs.
Putman. She proved great privileges
for the "Oregon system" and advised
the careful reading of Allen Eaton's
book on the subject. She made It
clear to her audience that great leg
islative power now lies In the hands
of the masses.
At the next regular meeting of the
club, which occurs on the second
Tuesday in November, the annual
election of officers will take place.
Klamath
field but
soon recovered.
Ashland gained "pep" as the
fourth quarter progressed and
rammed the ball over after bringing
it from their own forty-yard line
with a series of line punches. Har
i ell carried the pigskin over the last
white line. Goal missed.
Klamath resorted to forward pass
es after this continually in an effort
to score, but met a stone wall de
fense which seemed to get better as
the game drew to a close.
Ashland was penalized forty yards
and Klamath five, all for technical
violations.
Mucli to the relief of the Ashland
fans who have seen team built up
around stars in years gone by, only
to fail when the stars were forced
out by injuries and other causes, no
! individual stood out briliantly, but
j every Ashland player was "there" in
his particular sphere. Whine, for
j his of fem-ive work In what was real-
!y his first big game, and Lowe for
the cajiable manner in which he
stepped into Captain Cunningham's
jiace on the defense, should receiva
special credit, however.
The Ashland team Is a very prom-
j ising looking machine which the two
or three games prior to the big
events of the year, the Medford
fames, should weld into an organ-
ization capable of putting the red
and white football colors back where
they belong. Injuries have been the
oig handicap all year, and although
a sturdy string of second team men
are showing real stuff and coming
rut every night, the experience nec
essary for first team material Is
lacking. Ashland would have been
strictly up against it in the Klamath
game had, another man been taken
out, but several who are limping
around at present will be In shape
tor Friday's game at Klamath. The
entire. Medford team was up to get a
line on the locals who returned the
compliment Saturday.
The locals lined up with Buck and
I.eavitt at ends, Jones and Furry
tackles, Spires and Tinker guards,
with Long substituting for Spires in
the latter part of the game, Young
center, Lowe, Bentley, Harrell and
Cunningham starting in the back
Held and Winne replacing Cunning
ham.
Klamath used the following men:
Motschenbncher and Delzell, center;
Stearns, Carl Adams and Orem,
niards; Helhase and Hilton, tack
les; Riggs and Elliott, ends; Klehl,
Foster, Cecil Adams, Short and
Montgomery, backs.
The officials were: Motschen
bacher, referee; Mowat, umpire;
Erower, headlinesman.
Medford Wallops
Tired Klamathites
The Medford high school football
team cleaned up the Klamath boys
27 to 0 Saturday at Medford. The
visitors played slow ball and Bhowed
the effects of the hard Ashland
game. The Medford team showed
up better than anticipated and re
moved any lingering ideas held by
Ashland that it will be "easy pick
ings" for the locals. The Klamath
bunch are playing at Grants Pass to
day. A good many Ashland fans and
the entire team saw the game at
Medford Saturday.
Senator Fulton at
Medford Wednesday
Senator C. W. Fulton will make
his only speech in southern Oregon
at Medford at the Natatorium Wed
nesday evening, November 1. The
meeting should bo the largest of the
campaign in this part of tho state
and no doubt many will go down
from here. The meeting will start
at 8 o'clock. Mr. FuIton is one of
the most effective of the republican
campaign speakers'and will be sure
to interest anyone.
Spokane may have a municipally
owned telephone system if the city
wins its suit to cancel the franchise
of the present company.
Work on a big paving contract has
been started at Astoria,
riilnor ii juries and one
man was tarried from the
America's Sweetest !
Singer Is Coming
The mere announcement that
Ulchard Jose is to appear in person
and sing a series of the songs made
famous through his golden voice, in
cidental to the action of the highly
interesting six) part photoplay, "Sil
ver Threads Among the Cold," at
the Vlning Theatre on Wednesday
evening of this week, Is sufficient
guarantee that his welcome will be
most cordial and his reception com
1'ionsurate with the characteristic
warmth of local playgoers. The
popularity of this world-famous sin
ger Is too well known to necessitate
reiteration. Suffice to add, Richard
Jose Is acknowledged the peer of
the world's singers and his melodi
'.us voice has thrilled the hearts of
millions throughout the land.
The photoplay production Is con
ceded by critics to be a noteworthy
production and in keeping with the
dignity and distinction of tho noted
Einger.
The reserved seat sale for the
evening show of this special attrac
tion Is now on at tho Vlning. Mati
nee in the afternoon.
Company Men
May Take Exam
Announcement thnt an examina
tion for the appointment to West
Point of a member of tho Oregon
National Guard has been received in
this city. The examination will be
held in Portland January 12.
This arrangement Is under the
new army law passed at the last ses
sion of congress. The law provides
that the governor of a state may
recommend a member of the nation
al guard. The successful candidate
then takes a final examination he
fore the army board, with candi
dates for cadetshlps recommended
by congressmen and senators. Ap
plicants may file at City School Su
perintendent Alderman's office at
the court house in Portland or with
Governor' ' Withycombe at Salem.
Final examination by the army
board will occur next March at Van
couver barracks.
Indian Boy Wants
To Leave School
George Montgomery, nn Indian
boy whose home Is near Montague,
was taken from train 13 here one
day last week and held until the
arrival of F.d Smith of the Chemawa
Indian school, who took the hoy
buck. The lad claimed that his
father was sick and hnd sent for
him, but' the school officials in
formed the police that the boy had
run away from school and that the
story was merely a bit of Indian
strategy.
Campaigners Kill
Deer with Rock
By far the most thrilling occur
rence of the 1916 political campaign
in Jackson county occurred Thursday
when J. B. Coleman of Talent, who
is running for county assessor on the
republican ticket, while campaigning
in the district along Applegate river
killed a fine spike, buck with a rock,
Mr. Coleman and Dr. J. F. Hart of
Talent, in the latter s automobile,
were driving up what Is known as
the "Flume grade" on Big Applogate
where the road winds along above
the river, which is enclosed by pre
cipitous walls of rock. The water
lies In a vast pool with falls at the
upper end. The men noticed a deer
swimming across the pool toward
them and Mr. Coleman jumped out
and, taking up his position at one of
the two possible places for the deer
to climb the bank, pelted the animal
with rocks whenever he approached,
while Dr. Hart held the fort at the
other landing. After heaving rocks
until the river was almost dammed
up, Dr. Hart finally bounced a good
sized boulder off the deer's head and
put hlra under for the count. With
the aid of a long pole they fished
out the carcass and bore the deer in
triumph on the rest of their tour.
Luckily one of the men had bis hunt
ing license along, as the county
game warden was met up with at the
little settlement of Buncom. Both
of the participants in the unusual
killing are nursing sore arms as a
result of the bombardment.
Grants Pass After
Ben Sheldon
Directors of tho Grants Fass Com
meiclal Club have made a flattering
offer to lieu C. Sheldon of Medford
to become secretary of that organiza
tion at a salary larger than that of
any other commercial club In Ore
gon outside of Portland. The offer,
cunie as an entire surprise to Mr,
Sheldon and he at first declined It,
but on a suggestion that the position
would be held open for him till next
.March, he has taken It under ad
visement. Mr. Sheldon is famed
over the fatate as tho "greatest boost
er" of the Rogue River valley and
Is one of the best friends the Ash
land normal has.
Master Salesman
Back In Ashland
J. S. Lnnghorn, master sales man
ager whose personality and price
cutting, value-giving methods have
brought him such good results In
previous sales held here, returned
today to take charge of a grand
clean-up sale nt Beebe & Kinney's
which will start Saturday. Over,
$25,0110 of merchandise has been
sold from that store since thoy start
ed disposing of the stock under Mr.
Langhorn's direction, and about the
same amount of good, clean mer
chandise remains and will be prico
butchered until It Is gone, according:
to the sales manager. Prices are
going up by leaps and bounds and
an opportunity to buy at the prices
which will be made will be welcomed
by the buyers of the entire valley.
Potter Rooming .
House Is Sold
What Is known as the "Potter"
rooming house on Fourth street, one
of the best equipped in the city, baa
been sold by Sam Potter to Mrs.
Belle Butcher of Gazley, Ore., the
new owner now being In possession.
C. L. Young negotiated the deal. Tliu
building Is of concrete and tho rooms
are fitted up with every convenience.
Grading Half Done
On New Extension
The Jacksonville railroad Is being
extended about six miles west of tliu
city to a new sawmill which is being
built. About fifty men are employed
on the construction work. About
half of the grading Is completed.
Dr. Lincoln Wirt on
"Wake of the War"
In his lecture "In the Wake of tho
War" Dr. Wirt tells the story of hla
thrilling aventures as a war corre
spondent; of the day the Lusitanla
was torpedoed not far from his
own ship; of his Journeys over a
large portion of Europe, and his lifo
in the American ambulance corps.
He vividly describes the construction
of trenches, redoubts and barbiwire
entanglements; he tells of the en
gagements witnessed and the part
played in them by machine guns,
shrapnel bombs, hand grenades,
mines, liquid fire and asphyxiating
gases. You Bit in the balcony of his
villa at Dunkirk while a military re
view is In progress; land forces are
massed on the beach, naval forces
are maneuvering off shore, and
scores of air craft from monoplanes
to dirigibles are scouting overhead.
"In the Wake of the War" is a
theme of tremendous interest to
every human being because tho fata
of unborn millions hangs on the re
sult of this great world-wide catas
trophe now burning up the manhood
of the Old World. Groat and kind
America needs the counsel of her
wisest statesmen, her shrewdest in
tellects, her profoundent scholars and
her noblest and best men. On this
vital topic of supreme importance to
mankind and to the American public
In particular no one is better able
to speak than the pioneer, the ex
plorer, the former United States '
commissioner, the scholar, the doctor;
of science, the author, the orator,
the publicist and the American, citi
zen, direct from the trenches of Eu
rope, the Hon. Dr. Lincoln Wirt of
Boston. '
Hear Dr. Wirt at the M. E. church
Tuesday evening, 8 o tiock, Oct. iU