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Oregon Historical Society vreb" n0-i Second HI - . - . THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashlandwill have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND. It will be brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters A; nrK Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows' . City of Sunshine and flowers IDINGS Ashland, Oregon, Llthla tyrlnas "Oregon's Famous Spa' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917 NUMBI - 9 Busy Night For Cops and Docs It was a busy night for the police force and the doctors of Ashland. Four knights of the road met with various mishaps which ended with rourm street ponco station iasi night. B:mer C. Pnrlgus of Salt Lake City had the narrowest squeak of the bunch. Elmer and his partner, A. Peterson of Chico, Cal., arrived in Ashland from the south with a glori ous celebration on Tho: ere all irritated up on northern California cooking liquids so drunk In ifact, that vhtn Elmer climbed out of the box car which had been his refuge for the night he fell off pnd lit on bis head on the hard iron rails thir teen feet below. He managed to roll off the track so that the switch en gine would not run over him. and then, firmly believing that his head was cracked In two, lapsed Into un consciousness. He was found a little later and taken to the Fourth street station and a hurry call sent for Dr. Swedcnburg. A unmber cf hoboes were deputized by the chie. of police as stretcher carriers and were kept busy for some time in rrud up to tbelr knees. This morning Timer has a peach of a black eye and Is swelled up around the head, but 13 all right otherwise. Elmer's partner, Peterson, was found lying between the tracks In a state of .intoxication such as only white mule and whiskey mixed could produce. Ho also was carted in the stretcher to the police station. Then James Kellogg arrlvc-d on the scene. Kcllogg's home is in Turlock, Cal., and he is all in, down and out. After Dr. Swe-denburg had done w hat he could to alleviate the man's suf fering from a complication cf disease, he was sent to tbe county hospital. Last came Fete Pedro ot Marys vllle, Cal. Pete had undergone an operation for appendicitis up ln Spo kane and bad started fo i, UUUIO . In the box car route anoui mumu , earlier than he should. When he arrived in Ashland he who nearly dead and was taken in charge by Dr. Jarvis. The fifteen or twenty other hoboes who were here last night vere all in fair health. This Weather Won't Last For Always Even although a little snow falls ns late as this, this wet weather won't last all summer and everr resident will need a hose to Irrigate their lawns and gardens. Preparedness Is he word of the day. and all m'ght do well to take a look down cellar to ! se whether' that hose wi!i stand the Ashland water pressure ler another summer. If it shows s'gns cf cracks and tender places, better trot down to Warner's hose salo and rM In your j order so as to get advantaae of the , unusually low prices which Warner is i offering at present. Mr. Warner has i a plan by which anyone making a deposit of $1 on thoir hose before Anrll 7 run nav the balance when tho v i ., .mi cm nrtvnn-i Is going up April 7. Warner's prices are bound to bo right. Hi is meet ing and beating the mail order houses on their own grounds. Low prices and advert'sing have Im'lt up an ex tensive trade in northern 'California and Klamath county. Butlers Lease The Bungalow Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Butler of the Plaza confectionery have rented the Bungalow near Lithia park entrance for the coming season and will man age it in addition to their down town store. Mr. and Mrs. Butler are cxperlenc- ed confectionery people and are very popular. They will make extensive Improvements in the Bungalow in preparation for tho summer season their management the Bungalow will beoomo one of the, by W. W. nniar Dlacee in the city dur-,down today laiUDb Ing the warm summer months. Umbrella sale at Ashland Trading It Company. HYIU HKHK. be The "Was Chuck" will $ dropped from tho Ashland cele- t ? bratlon name and tho celebra- $ tion known as "Hyiu Hehe," 3 - which is Chinook for geat big nnnH lima Thn Hlns Chuck 8 was dropped as being unneces- , . ,,Lol ho mil.i.iiHor. A , . , . I stood. The roundup men are ? .. .j j uu tit a p well satisfied with Hy.ii Hehe $ , X . , . . ' , . ln A! -? and It will bo Incorporated In ? . . u . ., , it ,w a 1 1 their advertising as well en that , , . . . ,.,.,, , A s of the gencial cclebrat'on com' t mittee. Hcrea'ter write and 5 i speak of the Ashland celebra- tlon as the "Hylu Hehe." Bates Buys Out Good's Transfer C. F. Batos hfa purchased the transfer and storage buslntss of Dave Good and son, Tho property pur chased Includes all of Mr. Good's equipment except the Stanley Steam- jr truck. The storage warehouse and scales, trucks, etc., will make a valuable addition to the already com plete storage and truck equipment of Mr. Bates. The Bates office is locr.teu on Oak street Just above the telephone cen tral station. Mr. Bates hss charge of the Southorn Pacific cattle yards here and does an extensive coal busi ness. He states that rat3 will re main the same as they have been dur ing bis seven years In business here and tho same high standard of serv ice maintained. Eight Ashlanders Join Naval Reserve Eight Ashlanders Joined the naval reserve during the visit of the naval rnurM rpriilrlne officers lust week. " Th n.imM of the Ashlanders who have been placed upon trte reserve list and the occupations which they . stationed in a desert or in muddy will take up in case of a call are as trenches back of the forts. The coast follows: Earl C. Weaver, assistant .artiPIerymen will have all the advan eivil engineer: Warwick W. Ussber, tage over the Infantrymen In this war assistant paymaster; Abraham L. Radcliffe. blacksmith; William W. Butler, machinist's mate, second class; William Pracht, seaman; Perry L. Ashcraft, machinist's mate, first class; O. W. Torrance, ship fitter, second cluss; B M. Linings, yeoman, first class. Orders Odd Fellows To Display Flag Henry 9. Westbrook, grand master of 20,000 Odd Fellows in Oregon, has issued to all the subordinate lodges in tlTe state a proclamation, calling !for tho display of tbe American flag in every lodge room and demanding of the' membership a loyalty to the flag and the country It represents. The older in part is as follows: "Those are days of national lives. Our order teaches a faithfulness to our country and our flag; we must ley this tenet. fi'" """" i Oregon ureed every subordinate i,i m nn in rUsninv the Amer- lean 'flag in tbe lodge room. I di- large the. field o' logging operations 1 1,)0 Portion that was left. When rect a strict rnd prompt compliance 1 for Klamath Fa,' Is to thai extent. tllc r(!Bt'l,e l,art' 1""' &wa!f the with this injunction, and I further di- j The Algomn Lumber Company has ow ,lle ''odies of the two men were rect if any member of the order In its new extended line of railway all if0"'"1 in hed, the slide having un ,,. onrt rnflnetlnns nr as-! but finished rendv for use. and tt is doubteilly occurred during the night perslons upon the flag, or manifests any disloyalty or disrespect to it, or to the countrv or government it recents, that charges of conduct un becoming an Odd Fellow be immedi ately instituted cgainst such mem ber." Frank Jordan Gets Cement Contract Frank Jordan has been awarded ; the contract for the cement work on the new Chautauqua building. Tneto lower wallls will be of cement contract approximates $4,000. The The old fire bell tower which whs bought W. W. Caldwell is being torn Milk and cream can now be had on your grocery orders from tbe Ash- land Trading Co., phone 122. - It Veghte's Store At Falls Burned The stock belonging to Earl Veghte of Ashland In a gun store at Klamath Falls was seriously dam aged by a fire Monday, Mr. Veghte .,S nthern. California present '""" ol"'v ut'"5 "ii " D. w. Duke. Three guns wf re m as- lnB. a window broken and an o spigot running full blast when the fire was discovered, which loads the owners to suspect incendiarism. Thinks Artillery Will Be Called Eugene Register: That the coast artillery corps of the Oregon National Guard is expected to be called out for service immediately lifter con gress declares that a state of war ex ists is the opinion of Colonel C. C. Hammond, commanding the corps. The Third infantry regiment of the state troops was called Hit by the President Sunday night, r.nd while it Is not known what disposition will be made of these troops. Colonel Hammond is of the opinion that they will be used for the present to guard bridges and government rroperty. The members of tho two companies of coast artillery located here are on the qui vive and are anxious for a cajll to arms. According o previous orders, the corps will bo taken to Fort Stevens, at the month of the Columbia, for mobilization, and of ficers here thihk that they vill event ually lie taken to some of the Atlan tic coast forts. Colonel Hammond in discussing the probable disposition 0 the coast artillery said: "The cons artillery men will undoubtedly be tint to the forts where there wUl be advantages which the Infantry will not be able to enjoy. The forts In nearly every Instance are located near krge cities ;and the men will always bt quartered 'in comfortable bulldines. Thev will alwavs be in touch with civilization. " while the infantry will probably be as far as location and convenience are concerned." Klamath Lumber Mills Will Hum The Klamath county lumber mills are preparing for a, record run this season as soon as the weather per mits. The logging operr.tions of the Pell- can Bey" Lumber Company, the Klamath Manufacturing Company I and the Algomn Lumber Company, j which have the three largest mills, are in men condition that there will I be no dhortagp of logs early in the J season at leant. The Pelican Bay mill has 7.000, OiiO feet of tiniher In the'dater at its yards, and tlio Klamath Manufactur ing Company expects to gft 13,000. 000 feet from t ho Weed Lumber Company. This timber will be ' from the north, end of the Weed Lumber Comnnnv's tract and will en- 'expected that that mill w'll be on Jof thoso to use a double shift of raon rep-'from the beginning. Tho cut at Al- j Igoma is predicted to be fully a third heavier than was turned out In 1916. The old North & New hart mill, near Worden, Ore, south cf Klamath FaTls. has been leased to Irving K Kesterson of Grants Pass, i.nd It will begin operations soon. Negotiations are now cn for the sale of the old Milburn Knap'p mil, standing on the Klamath Indian Res ervation near Chlloqnln, Ore. Tho Klamath Lumber Company Is under jnew management and will be moved a location where timbor is more (available, Farmers and citizens of Indepen dence, Ore., are working to secure a sugar factory. ' A 100,000-ton coal ordet has been bid on by a mine operator at Marsh-field. Fishbone Found By Operation Rev. 11. A. Carnahan was taken to a local hospital Monday for un opera tion after exhibiting all the symp toms of acute appendicitis. When the surgeons operated they found the appendix to bo almost normal. In vestigation culminated In the finding of a f'shbone, an inch end a half long, which had punctured an Intes tine. Had not the discovery been made, death might have resulted in a few days. Commercial Club Will Hear Good Talks Regular monthly meeting of the Comemrcial Club will bo held Mon day evening, April 2, at the city hall at 8 o'clock. C. E. Gates, mayor of Medford, will give a talk on the pos aibtlltles of the Rogue River valley, and our representative to the legis lature, V. H. Gore, will present what the $6.00(1,000 bond Issue will mean to Jackson county. Other road matters will probably receive aitention, such as tho roads leading up both Dead Indian and Green Springs mountain. An effort will be made to get the county court to have new grades constructed, as these roads are of exceptional value to Ashland both from well as a commercial standpoint ofjdows are being prepared by Mr. view. Glieve in his spare moments when All citizens of Ashland p.re entitled .the crowds which Vaupel's spring of to attend these meetings. Strangers ferings arc attracting thin out a lit are especially invited. The ladies are tie, and will be ready for the public urged t attend, so that when they 'gaze ln a few days. But next time are called upon to vote on the road! you are down town, look over that bonding quest'on next June they have ! shoe window. It Is a beauty. Information which will permit them) . to do so Intelligently. L !... HT. If any citizen of shland has any - ining to oner, tt would tic considered perfectly proper to do bo at th's meeting, eve.i though they are not members of the club. The Commer cial Club Is always ready to back I ent is . " ' '"-'r """- ..(.l 1.. !...!.,. of ueneru 10 me city or oi us cur zens If any citizen Ins any com-1 plaint as to how things i-re not as they should be, do pot stand on thei curb an'd roast the city, but come to! the club meeting and stat your case. There surely is some way that mat ters of this kind could be adjusted. Canyon Creek Miners Buried in Snowslide The bodies of E. E. Lautzenhlser and D. F. Stearns, the two miners whose cabin was swept away by a snowslide in Canyon creek, were found buried beneath about eight feet of snow by the searching party Patriotic Night at (he Vin'ng that went out from Kerby to hunt (Theatre, and 15 per cent of the pro ifor them. From the condition ofceeds will be donated to the Ited the bodies It was evident that tholOoss fund being raised bj tho local sl'de had occurred at least three ! rtuxillnry. There wll bo music by (weeks ago. Neighboring miners missing , w mull l.twl lt, ;,,, ,,1 ulW1Pfl, nnd when it was found thai the cahln had boon wrecked by the snowslide it was believed that tbe men would lie found dead beneath the debris. The top portions of the cabin were ... .. . " "i'" ".e hi.iiu mi it. ,"t B,luw was ,)aK,,( " w'n tll0y wro asleep, packing the ' closely about them that they smothered to death without be- '"K lo n'e a struggle. J Tho bodies will be brought to Ker by, a distance of about 14 miles, their disposition awaiting word from i relatives In the east. Both Stearns and Lnutzenblser had como to Josephine county ur- f Inff tho rttliit ..nn..nn Ann in rr hnKA 1 from Oatman, Arizona. Stiarns had previously been in the district. They became Interested In placer and quartz claims on the head of Can yon creek where they had been work ing during the winter. They were men of about 38 or 40 years of age. Stearns has a wffe in Ailzona. A card found In his effects also Indi cates membershinjn the Pensacola, Florida, Order of Eagles. Lautzen hlser baa relative in Akron, Ohio, letters being found from Ms mother and a sister, Gortrode, from that ad d'resa Grants Pus Courier. 9 NATIONAL HONOR GI ARD. $ A branch of tho National Honor Guard will be formed In Ashland at a meeting held at t the armory Saturday evening. i Every girl und young woman between the ages of 14 and 30 S Is urged to Pttcnd this meeting l and help form tho larg.ut guard $ In Oregon In this cliy. The alms and purposes of the organ- Ization will he explained and or- ' ganlzation formed. T'.ie Girls' Honor Guard Is becoming one of - the greatest national organlza- tlons of the times and Is taking t a prominent part in patriotic - work everywhere. t Easter Lily Scheme In Dainty Window An Easter symphony of color and arrangement combined with the ar tistic touch of a window dresser who knows his business marks the Easter shoe wludow which L. S. Glieve has built at Vaupel's store. The window Is as dainty tut can he Imagined. It carries out an Easter lily scheme in white, green and yellow and forms a background for an exhibition of shoes which will hold the attention tourist as,(f every woman. Other Easter win- jlldd Hilly 11CW Agate Quaiters William Pennistor. hac nifty quer !t,rs 'i!,l,t' U1) 'or tlie d:sP'!1' and sa,e of his moss f.gutes und olber south ern Oregon novelties, in a portion of the building occupied by Savles' bil liard parlors. Carpenters have been at work fo a week on the new sales room. The southern Oregon moss agates, certain varieties of which are found nowhere else In the world, are featured, and canes and other novel ties are ali40 displayed. No doubt Mr. TVnnlston will renllze a substan tial tourist trade this summer. Saturday To Be Patriotic Night Sal in day night has been nnnounced !",( orchestra, mid it is hi ped to se- cure the hand. A seven-reel picture ...III I.,. n.t.,H fnsil.. It..r Iirilg! Hill W III UV !!, I IH I MM 11 ft program Dorothy G!sh and the Fine Art Kid dles In a delightful drama and a two reel Keystone comedy. Tonight and Friday the Vin'ng of fers Dr. Herbcit T. Travelutto and company in tlif Travclnttn show, to gether with picture prog-nms. Tbe Trnvelntfe show Is said to be some thing distinctly un'que and unusual. Gas Fire WhisMe Has Healthy Toot The gas fie whistle which has AP..n(.il nn llin ntlv hall Kna .,iIa j WH.-H .' tin . vj ifii una iiiuq a heal: by toot. It Is only n four-inch wh'stle at that, A six-Inch whistle lis expected today from Duncniulr and Wu )0 tried out. Tho automatic J mai-lilm ry has not been Irstalled as yet, tle niilst'e being tooto.i by hand. The fire alarm system wll: be given a complete overhauling and put Into first - class shape after the whistle which is most satisfactory has been selected. Mrs. Vine, whose hiiBhanc" Is pastor of the Bapt'st church, has been quite Indisposed at her borne for several days. Coos Bay The Standard Oil Com pany plans an expenditure of $80,000 for storage tanks and equipment here to handle this territory. Grants Pass Club Invites Ashland The Grants Pass Chamber of Com merce has extended an Inflation tt Ashland, through the loci! Commer clal Club, to send down a delegation to one of their Monday luncheon which will be devoted to discussion liy citizens of Grants Pass and Ash land of matters of mutual interest, with a view of promoting harmony between the two cities. The local club will take up the matter at next Monday's meeting. The following letter was received from the Pas club: (irants Pass, March 27. Ashland Commercial Club, Ashland, Ore. Gentlemen: The Grunts Pas Chamber of Commerce Is conducting a series of weekly get-together lunch eons on each Monday noon. Thes4 have proven very successful and help ful in building up a good civic spirit in this city. We arc desirous of hav ing one of these luncheons given over to a discussion, by citizens of thU oily and those of Ashland, of matters of mutual interest with a view of pro moting those mutual interests by co operative effort. Our board of trustees have, there fore, Instructed me to extend to your club, and through you to the citizen of Ashland, a hearty invitation to send a goodly sized delegation down to One of these Mondav noonday luncheons, the same to be known a.1 Ashland day end to be sue!: Monday as you may select. Should you favor us with an ac ceptance thereof, we would appreci ate It U you could let us know ln ad vance what date you had selectod for your day. We desire to assure you of our wil lingness to reciprocate this visit by sending a delegation of our citizen up to Ashland on any similar visita tion at any time you may desire, ask ing only that you give us ample no tice. Very sincerely yours. . CHAMBER CK COMMERCES, By BenJ. Sheldon. Caldwell Buys City Fire Tower W. W. Caldwell was th success ful bidder at the auot'on sale last Tuesday when the fire bell tower was auctioned off by Major Lnmkln. A number of bidders were present but because of the difficulties which loomed In the tearing down of thn building the bids did not run very high. x However, there was a largit amount of good lumber which can probacy be saved from the wreck age and In any event with fire wood selling at present prices, th" building 's worth all and more than It brought. Little difficulty was experienced in getting the bell down from tlV tower and the bell will br sold If a buyer turns up. The mechanism in being installed to operat-i tho fli'ii wlrsllo which has bu n placed on thn city ball. Mayor I.anikfn clo acted as auc tioneer und lured every possible penny out of tho bidders for the old lumber und shingles left from tlu wrecking of the Chautauqua build- lug. Th" lumber was sold In small lots and quite a sum received. The Chautauqua bu'.ld'ny was hut a memory monday, it taking but few days to wreck it. Sugar Company Offers Beet Prizes As the result o' John Dill at a me. a nnvenient by ting of the Asli- land Commercial tint) a few months ago when F'old Ag' iit rettlnglll of the sugar company as here, the I'tuh-ldaho company is offetlng priz es to ochool girls and boys for tlm best one-half acre or larger tract of beets. Each district must have at least ten contestants. The prizes Uif the be3t beets aro paid til I'ddltion to tbe usual price for the heels, which Mi. Pettingfll stated would be $7 pur ton at loading points. Mr. Pettlnglll remarked that boys und fclrls could get bigger returns from small acre ages planted to beets (ban from shy other crop. Tbe. first prlr.e Is $16, second $10 and third $5 for tbe best beets. .1