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THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashland will have a population exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND.
It will be brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters
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Ashland Grows While Lithla Flows'
City of Sunshine and Flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Sprlnao
"Oregon's famous
VOL! XLI
ASHLAND. OREGfON MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1917
NUMBI-K 94
Hemphill Is Suicide
Aiter Arson Arrest
Sensational developments In the
Strickfadden fire case have come to
light In the last week following a
quiet Investigation which has been
carried on in Portland, Eugene and
Seattle at the instigation of District
Attorney Roberts.
On Thursday, N. E. Hemphill and
Mrs. M. M. Carwood were arrested
In Eugene and Mrs. Strickfadden and
her sister. Irs. Dreyfus, were arrest
ed by. federal officers In Seattle. A
few hours ator his arrest Hemphill
comm'tted suicide In the Eugene Jail,
analysis revealing traces of cyanide
of potassium In his coffee cnp. Ho
was buried at Medford yesterday.
The other principals in the case face
a charge of conspiracy In a case of
arson comm'tted for the purpose of
collecting-fire Insurance. They are
being brought to Medford.
Hemphill was a resident of Ash
land for several years and has a wife
and four children in Medford. He
was well liked and as far as is known
had never committed an unlawful act
beore. He was a member of the
Medfbrd Elks 'lodge, the Modern
Woodmen and the Odd Fellows at
Ashland. In the opinion of the au
thorities he acted merely as a tool
In the plot, which is believed to have
been originated by the women.. He
was here at the time of the fire and
In company with Mrs. Garwood had
opened off'ces In the Beebo & Kinney
store build'ng for the purposa of sell
ing Port Angeles land. It Is rumored
that Mrs. Strickfadden and Mrs.
Dreyfus were Interented in the Port
Angeles proposition,' and it may be
that the fire was set In an attempt
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to collect money for the company.
The trial prorn'res to bo sensational.
The tragedy goes back to March 17
when the Strickfadden house in Ash
land burned down. The fire waB in
cendiary. Inside, kindling and coal
oil were found. The blinds bad been
glued shut, the windows sealed, with
wrapping paper. Prosecuting Attor
ney Roberts Investigated and for four
weeks worked diligently on the case.
He was assisted by Deputy District
Attorney Charles Roblson a' Multno
mah county. Leon Ray, district attor
ney at Eugene, and Ralph McCurdy,
agent for the California Insurance
Company, who held the policy on the
Ashland house.
Mrs. Strickfadden had left for S?
attle shortly before the fire occurrel.
The house was insured for $".,00i).
Mr. McCurdy held the original pol-
icy. which hal lapsed at one time and pie: Elks' lodge, room, tables and
then had been renewed. . B'llings i chairs: Swenson & Mcliae. furniture
agency represents the company here. I store; C II. Vanpel, dry goods; J. H.
The very thoroughness of the precau- j jjcGee, dry good; J. F. Patty's new
tions taken to mnko the f're destroy and Becond hand store; J. H. Provost,
the house before detected defeated (chest for sewing room"; Mrs. C. It.
their own ends The lack of ventila- j Veghte, sewing machine; Provost
tiori prevented the house from going j Brns hardware store; T. H. Simp
up in one burst of flame. The top,80'g hardware tsoro; Kohagen's 5,
had been removed from tho furnace j10 anj 15 cent store; Ferguson's dry
and a fire set in It. The house was
so tightly sealed that no air for the
flames was available".
When ITemph'll's dead body was
found In the Lane county Jail Thurs
day night Sheriff Parker went in to
deliver to him a telegram which had
come to him from the government,
nrder'ng h'm to report for du.ty in
me naval rus'.i vt? m n
Wash. The sheriff was startled to
' nd the mon lying Tat on his back,
dead. He had enlisted at Medford as
an electrician in tho reserves.
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Counties Required
To Grade Roads
Only
At the moet'ng of the Btate high
way comm'ssion on April 10 It was
decided that the count'es would not
be required to place the base for
pavement. The counties, however,
will be required to place in first-clas
cond'tlon all grades and drainage in
preparat'on for base and pavement.
Plans and specifications will be
prepared In commission's office as
' Boon a3 possible, showing the stand
ards which will be required for roads
to be hard surfacod. Grade for mac
adam roads not having a sufficient
depth on which to lay a pavemen
will be built up and completed by the
state when the road is hard surfaced.
Vale Frultland farmers subscrib
ed .$15,000 stock In cannery. "
The new town fit Qrans Is to have
bank. . . ;
! THIS 18 CONSl'MKIW WEKK. J
t Governor Withycombe has
? issued a proclamation 'setting
? April 14 to 21 as Western
'P Woman's Consumers Week. 3
During this week all merchants 3
4 in the state of Oregon are ex- 8
pected to make window displays 4
! exclusively of western-made
3 goods. One of the large west-
em insurance companies has i
'- this slogan, and it is a good one 4
4 and should apply as well to ?
4 manufactured goods as to life
Insuranco: "Western . money,
western made, should stay at
$ home for western trade." TheIFive bmion war honds, . three o
4 way to make prosperity In your whlch wl1l lpnt . ,.. .
borne country is to purchase
what you consume in your nome
country raisea or manurac- '?
s tured In your 'home country.
' Good scheme to koep your mon-
? ey at home where the dollar al 4
ready slipped through your tin-
gers may .find its way into your
f palm again.
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Perfects Local Red
Cross Organization
The final touches are being given
the organization of the local chapter
of the Red Cross. The staff of of
ficers and working committees have
been chosen and tho equipment room
la the Elks Temple Is being put Into
working order by Mrs. Ed Bush and
her assistants.
Dr. John S. Parson has been chos
en as consulting physician of the
chapter.
The following memberhsip com
mittee has been named to have
charge of recruiting of the member
ship of the society in Ashland: Mrs.
D. Perozzl, MrS. C. F. Shepherd, Mrs.
Ella B. Mills. Mrs Will Dodge, Miss
Luclle Barber, Miss Lena Casey, Miss
Blacnhe Hicks. Miss Lydla McCall,
Mrs. George Dodson, Mrs.' Harvey
Ling, Mrs. Perry Ashcraft, Mrs. Sam
McNalr". J. G. Hurt. Dr. F. H. John
son and Dr. McCracken.
Memberships can be secured of any
of the following placos on appiirs-
'tlon: Public library, McN'alr Bros.'
idrug store, H. L. Whited's jewelry
store, State Bank of Ashland. Elks'
club rooms.
The Red Cross desires to acknowl
edge assistance from the following
in the furnishing and maintenance of
i the equipment rooms in Elks' Tern
goods store; William Pracht, labor;
R. H. Stanley, the chair doctor; Miss
Blanche Hicks, desk; city of Ash1
land, free water and l'ghts.
Four hoys o' the high school man
ual training clr.ss donated useful la
for in the fitting up of the equipment
room.
0. A. C. Lecturer
At Library Tonight
' Prof. Arthur L. Peck of the chair
of landscapo gardening, Oregon Ag
ricultural College, will lecture at the
public library tonight, at 7:30 on a
topic of vital Interest to Ashland peo
ple, the beautlfication of our parks
and lawns and the care of shrubbery.
Prof. Peck's iecturo Is given under
the auspices of tho Civic Improve
ment Club and is free to everyone.
There should lie a large attendance.
-5s 4 $ tf Q Q Q Q
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WEATHER $
Foreran! For the Week Begin- $
$ nlng Sunday, April 15;
$ Washington, April 14.
Pacific States: -Frequent i
rains propable in Washington,
Oregon and extreme northern if
S California; generally fair In
f central and southern California. &
3 Temperature, will average near 4
i .the seasonal normal. , .
E. H. BOWIE, Forecaster.
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Latest War News From
State, Americas and Europe
British bend back Von Hindenburg
line and Vlmy ridge is now three
miles In British rear. San Quentin.
one of the strongholds of the line
and considered a vital spot, should
fall today.
Seven billion-dollar ward funds au
thorized by house at Washington
with no dissenting vote. Senate s
favorable and Drcsldent's sicnatilre
: h w be ... d hy Wpdn(1.,,nv.
Two billion treasury certificate', to
,,e re(lecmed by taxatIon
All recruits Blnce war declared con
sidered as volunteers for term of war
!and t0 be discharged at close.
Troop of cavalry 75 men organ
ized In Portland In one day. Full
squadron of cavalry from Oregon,
cons'stlng of 4.00 men and mounts,
is authorized. Oregon now has two
troops.
Local Institute '
At Neil Creek
A local Institute will be held at
the Neil Creek school house ,on Sat
urday, April 21. All of the teachers,
school board members and other In
terested persons in this district have
been Invited to attend, and a pro
gram has been arranged which as
sures 'u profitable day. Excellent
speakers, leaders In the educational
field today, will speak and lead dis
cussions. The program for the day
is as follows :
10:30. Music by Neil Creek school.
10:45. "Industrial Work in Our
Schools," H. C. . Seymour, state
club leader for Oregon.
11:30. ' "Rural. School Libraries,''
Miss Blanche Hicks, Ashland pub
lic librarian.
12:00. Dinner, under the manase
niwit of the Neil Creek Parent
Teacher Circle.
1:00. Music, selected, by Bellevlew
school.
1:15. "Profess'onal Reading for
Teachers." Earl Kllpatrlck, Uni
versity of Oregon.
2: no. Period for answering ques
tions. 2:30. Music, Bellevlew school.
2:45 "Now School Legislation,'"
Superintendent G. W. Ager.
3:0'" "Some Devices Used in Edu-1
cation," Mrs. Eva Lane Walker,
Central Point teachers' training
class.
Local Boys at O.A.C.
Get Commissions
Two former Asblanders and mem
bers of the 1st company. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, have received commis
sions as first lieutenants in the Of
ficers; Reserve Corps. They arc
James Q. Adams and Robert L
Tweed, who are now doing graduate
work at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. The exe.mlnptions taken were
extremely difficult, and great credit
is due thorn .for having paused with
such a high merk.
Si'ecrss in tho examinations un
doubtedly was due to their experi-
ence as non-commissioned officers In
the cadet regiment at O. A. C.
Can Expect Hard
; Time on Siskiyous
Pearl Davis came down from the
Siskiyous Saturday and Issued a
warning to motorists intending' to
try a trip over the mounta'ns that
there was a bad slide near the Dol
larhide bridge which must bo avoid
ed. Only four cars of nineteen have
gone over tho grade, ho said, under
their own power. He advised no one
to tackle the trip without preparing
for a hard time of it.
Independence has put one over In
securing the erection of a beet sugar
factory at that plr.ee. by tho Utah
Idaho Sugar company. . Over .1600
acres of' sugar beets will be. planted
this year.
Russian socialists send delegates
through sealed carriages to Sweden
to meet with German socialists In at
tempt to bring peace.
Equipment fhortage being met as
fast as possible and probability that
no new troops will be called until
equipment Is ready. Oregon Coast
Artillery only partly equipped Lo
cal company far short and call not ex
pected until equipment Is ready.
Bolivia declares war on Germany.
So navy, hut one of best equipped
armies In South America. Brazil on
verge of declaration of war.
War department Investigating feas
ibility of raising pay of privates in
armies from $15 per month to $20,
$25 and $30.
States given right to Increase na
tional guard forces.
British war offico reports victory
over Turks in Mesopotamia.
Benefit Ball Swells
Red Cross Fund
The patriotic ball given at the Nat
atorium last Friday evening was a
delightful social affair, besides net
ting the snug eum of $S0 to the war
time chest of the local chapter of the
Red (Yobs, which was the advertised
bent'fieiury of tho affair. More than
a hundred couples of Ashland people
who are more or less devoted to Terp
sichore joined In the merriment of
dancing to the splendid music fur-
Dished by Carl Lovoland's orchestra
of eight pieces, which played many
patriotic airs. A feature of the even:
lng much enjoyed was the rendering
pf'Tha Star Spangled Banner" by
Mrs!- H. .T. Elmore, the vocalist,
which was enthusiastically received,
i Fifteen new paid-up Red Cross
memberships and many more pros
pects were received by tho'committee
on membership during the evening.
Much cred't is due the chairman of
the executive committee in charge of
the ball, Mrs. A.. H. Pracht, and her
assistants, for the success of the ball.
It is desired to m.ike aeknowledg
ment to Rose Bros, for refreshment
concessions; the Vlnlng Theatre man- samp'e tbem at the Commercial Club
agement for free screen advertising; 'meeting two mnntln ago when Mr.
to Mr. Sankey for sign writing; to; Smith displayed a number of the
the Canyon Press for free printing;
to tho Tidings and the Record for i
I generous newspaper advertising
! space; to Mr. Pracht for hall rental
conces3'on; to the Roundup boys for
flags for decoration, and to the mu
sicians for the donation of their serv
ices. Are Organizing
Farmers of Country
County Pathologist C. C. Cate of
Medford; C. M. Mc Allic.ter of Port
land, field agent of the Union Stock
yards, and C J Hurd of Eugene,
state orange organizer, have Inaugv
urated a movement to organize the
farmers of Jackson county In order
to encourage eommtin'ty shipments ;
of livestock, foster co-operation In j
buying and selling, have uniform
standardization and grad'ng of crops'!
and to solve community problems in
general.
Toward this end it Is planned to
form five strong granges and consoll-!known ,n ,,, shRpp ,mlatry fl9 rtoB.'t will be made as soon as they
date thom Into a county central orj(,nllprK nrothers. are among the larg-1 re a.v" lal,le. ,K',wlTn 23 an(l
, om"na grange, wnien wum.i ..m dfaIcrg an(J ,)rondcrH of Hh,,p ,
close contact and co-operation with jt).g part of tno Bta(e
the state grange.
Attends Meeting
0! Schoolmasters
Superintendent Briscoe of the local
schools took a prominent part 'n the
program at the rogulnr meeting of
the Jackson County Schoolmasters'
club which was held at Rogue River,
Saturday. Stzto Superintendent
Churchill was the honor guest of the
day and .gave an addren on new
school .: leglealtion. Luncheon was
served by the ladies of the : Rogue
River Cilc Oob.
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FLAG KFFLKCTION SFEN I
& AOAI.V. ?
$
$ , The reflection of the flag on
$ the city hall, cast by the elec- ?
i trie searchlight, was thrown on
? the clouds in the south again
S Friday night and was seen by a
$ number o' people. The reflec- i
Q tlon faded shortly after 9 $
? o'clock when It began to rain. $
$ The phenomenon can only be
observed from places where
4 street lights do not cast their &
light. Many will watch for the "
i flag in the skies on cloudy
nights hereafter. &
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Will Be Here Soon
To Contract Fruit
V. O. N. Smith received a letter
this morn'ng from the Wittenberg
King company., with whom he has
been negotiating regarding tho possl
billty.of securing a plant for Ash
land, stating that Salem has been se
lected as v the site for a Dry-Fresh
plant to coBt $150,000. The plant
will be the largest on tho coast and
will lie ready for operation by July 1
The letter states that their field man
will bo swit to Ashland within the
next ten days to contract for fruit
and vegetables. This should provide
a fine market for a largo amount of
produce.,
Peaches, prunes, apples
and tomatoes are especially desired
from Ashland, but In view of the Im
mense tonnago of almost every kind
of vegetable and fruit which the
company will be prepared to handle,
no .doubt any kind of product can
find a market with tho concern.
Should Ashlnnd prove that the pro
duction is here. It may be possible
i that a plant will bo erocted here In
the future. ,
The Salem plant Is to employ 200
men and women tor ten months of
the (year and will pay out approxi
mately $200,000 annually to the pro
ducers of the state, '
The entire output of the Wittenberg-King
plaitn has been offered to
the government In esse of n-ed. The
Drj) Fresh process enablcc putting UP
tho products In wooden or pasteboard
hoxes and eliminate the need of tin
cans, of wh'ch there In a great short
age this year. The delicious quality
of the products can be attested to by
! the many who had an opportunity to'rpctor8 of tnat orKanjz:Mion refused
products,
Lease Big Grizzly
Peak Sheep Range
Rosenberk Brothers have closed a
lease with Den Selling and the Joe
Simon estate of Portland for 5,000
acres of land on the west slope or I
Gr'zzly lititte, Just east of Ashland,
for a long term and will iiho It as a
part of the sheep range In this conn-1
tf. This addition to their range un
der lease makes' the total close to
12.000 acres.
David H. Rosenborg, who returned
,i Mn.lfnrH Ciitni'rlnv frnm PnrtlnniV
where he closed the negotiations for
the Selllng-Slmon r.rea, known h,H !
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LIT I tt 1 1.V U3 till- IIU1 ftdtllllU laiilll, IP-
gards the territory just acquired as
their best range. It contains about
500 acres of excellent wheat land
nnil will nroliulilv lie used liv the !
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brothers for the production of that i
,
David II. and Harry H. Rosenberg,!
Hall Takes Over
Local Dodge Agency,:
Lee Hail of tho Ford garage has ,
.taken 'he local agency for the Dodge
car. which he will handle together
with the Ford car, The Dodge has
won a well-deaerved popularity In
Ashland and sovoral automobile own
ore drive Dodges. The addition of
the new line will give Mr Hall a
range of cars at prices to suit every
pocketbook, ' - ' ' !
Stevenson Studio for portraits.'
Valley Naval
Reserves Called
Perry L. Ashcraft cf Ashland, au
tomobile expert, who bus been In thu
service of the Park garage, and
twenty-two other naval reservisti
from Medford and vicinity were
called to Bremerton yards last weeK
and left Sunday. N. E. Hemphil',
who died Thursday at Eugene, was
among those called. The party aa
they left Medford Sunday with Joha
Shriek In chnrgo were: Louis Ba
ker, A. I. Applegate, Fred A. Powell,
Perry L. Ashcraft, Gaylord M.
IOomis,,Evprett C. Ferguson, Robert
S. Murray, Edward B. Edwards, Ira
Casebolt, John G. Van Horn, Grover
W. Purd'n, Thomas T. Mcrriman,
Kenneth F. Murray, Daniel W. Bag
shaw, Jr., Carl E. Swainson, Jami.M
C Murray, Albert E. Orr, Jay W.
Diamond, C. F. Burke, L. V. Cam
eron and James E. Walter.
The ladies, too, are doing their
part, and six Jackson county women,
headed by Miss Marian B. Towne of
Phoenix, former representative from
this county, wero called Friday and
seven more Saturday. Tho women
reservists are: Miss Marian B.
Towne, chief yeoman; Mrs. M. T.
Edwards, yeoman; Miss Gladys Cur
ry, yeoman first class; M'ss Jose
phine Clark, yeoman third class; Mlsj
Bertha lxftus. yeoman second class;
Mrs. Helen Minkler, yeoman; Miss
Mabel Bllton, electrician second
class; Florence Whitsel, electrician
third class; lone Theresa Caiigh
thran, electriciau third class; Ada
Elizabeth Evans, electrician third
class; Mabel Florence Evans, elec
trician third class; Edna Hortensn
Barrell, electrician third class; Ruby
Jewell Bailey, electrician third class.
They all left oi train 16 Sundar
eveu'ng.
Portland Man Behind
Rogue Referendum
The real truth of the submission
of the referendum petitions placing:
the Rogue river fish bill before tha
people, to the secretary oif state for
approva, t0 form; , oarnfl(1 from a
report of staio house news In tha
Salem Journal. An erroneous report
was sent out to tho effect that the
Portland Chamber of Commerce was
backing the referendum. Tho Cham
ber of Commerce states t'hat the dl-
to nave nnythlng to do with tho mat
t(,r Tne c(,nl htatt-mt-nt 's as fn!
iows;
"Forms of referendum petition for
referring II. B. 24N, twentyi ninth
leg'slative assemble being a bill for
an act relating to fishing in Rogua
river, etc, submitted by II. L. Cbrls-
tensen, 21 North Third street, Port
land. Oregon, received approval for
circulation for signatures by Secre
tary a' Stut.) Olcott today.".
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Pamphlets Soon Out
An advance copy (if a pamphlet Is
sued tiy the secretary of state, con
taining the proposed constitut'onal
an,on,l"H,',,H Bm' mt'iWur, (with
'' and against same) which
1,0 suhmittvd to the voters at tlm
!ic'nl election on Monday, June 4.
has been received t.y the Tld'ngs, anj
contains well-prepared material com
pletely covering both sides of tho
measures propositi liv the legislative
,, 1 1
assembly. The mailing of the pani-
plib'ts to the registered voters of tlM
May 10. This will give tho elector
ate one month In which to study tim
matters which will he submitted ut
the special election.
The pamphlet contains an innova-
t'on In the lint of ballot titles am!
umbers of the amendments nn;I
measures as they win appear on thu
ballots, and will ennMP the voter to
make a marked list in advance.
Three-mile flunr- completed at V!1
sonv'lle to bring 30.not,000 feet of
lumber to tho river at that place.
Throe proposed Inlt'ative hills at
Portland conflict and air may be de
feated. I :
The Dalles to ' haW a 'new fit.';
proof hospital.