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THE TIDINGS PREDICTION: Before December 31, 1918, Ashland will have a potation exceeding TWELVE THOUSAND.
It will be brought about by proper and complete utilization of her best resource Mineral Waters
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"Oregon's lmm iw
VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 1917
NUWBh R 95
Sixty Enrolled
In Honor Guard
The Girls' National Honor Guard
recruiting offices liavo closed. Begin
ning with a membership of 16, the
guard ended the whirlwind campaign
with a membership roll of 09. Be
cause of the present crisis, the state
manager ordered all recruiting offices
closed, so, that class activities might
be begun, preparing the girls for ac
tive service If necessary. It Is be
lieved that the local membership roll
would have reached 1 no if the work
of the guard had been better under
stood. Miss Moflfat, physical director of
the schools, has accepted the o.'flce
of local guard leader and will be
special captain of 3rd corps work and
actlne Instructor of the swimming
class. Miss Moffat Is an all-round
athlete and will be of great help to
the girls.
Dr. Hawley will be captain of
Corps I, the first aid work. This is
a very responsible position to fill, as
first aid work is very important and
valuable). First Rid class has proven
the most popular class, as most of
the girls have chosen this work.
All girls under 18 are taking 2nd
corps work. This will be a very In
teresting study for the younger class,
and their knowledge of social service
nursing will prove to be very impor
tant In the time of local or national
disaster. Mrs. Hal McNalr will be
captain of this corps.
Those who have signed the pledges
and are members of the National
Honor Guard arc as follows:
Ruth York, Bessie McMillan. Irene
Er'ckson, Orphy Zeta Holmes, Evelyn
Turner,
Kato Fulgham, Norma Wil-
Hams, Lena Provost, Nellie Roberts.
Erla Turner, Edna Stcnnett, Mao
Smith, Alice Eggers, ... Philomene
Arant, Edith Anderson, Marie
Holmes, Maxwell Fiddler, Cleo Mast,
Bess York, Mrs. Elmer Ashcraft, Gor
trude Moore, Ruth Whitney, Vera
Moffat, Hortense Winter, Freda But
torfield, Irene Johnson',. Lorena Mc
Nalr, Margaret Anderson, Lora Wiley.
Irene Brandes, Bessie Dunham, Nettie
Mathews, Maud Hawley, Lillian
Arant, Florence Allen, Elizabeth Nor- j The United States Civil Service
Tls, Laura McCormlck, Florence j Commission is making an extraordi
Erickson. Alice Hast, Nellie Penchey. ,nary effort to supply the needs of
Minnie Beaver. Ocean Dc'hcrt, Made-j the navy department for ship drafts
line Silver, Kntherine Silver, Minora men. Millions of dollars are avail
Cornelius. Esther McErlane, Doris al'le for construction, but all ship
Taverner, Mabel Moore, Bernlce budding work undertaken at govern-
Mvers. Marian Summers. Atlilene
Clymer, Irene Ringhelm, Margaret
Powers, Trrna James, Dorothy Tinker,
Bertha Smith. Emma Joorfetz, Helen
Eske, Marjorie Griscz.
High School Girls
To Give Pageant
1 lie .May uay pageant given u.e competUor. Tnose who are f0nd to
high school girls of Ashland promises j je quulified w.nl 1)0 ,fered emi,i0y.
to be an attraction which will draw mpnt at mco Application Form
thousands to Lithia park on Thurs-1S12 and , inforn,tion may be se
day. May 17. The pageant is an an-ciire( from ,he rptary. Eleventh
nual event and the girls have i.een
working for months on the feature
The pageant Is ent'tlod "Ceres and
Proscerpine." It will be given at 8
p. m. on the 17th.
This pageant is based upon a Greek
myth. It will be presented by 12a
high school girls.
In tho opening scene, Ceres, the
goddess of earth, and her daughter,
Proscerpine, wander in a vale. Soon
Ceres, bidding her daughter goodbye,
leaves for the northern harvest fields.
As a diversion, Proscerpine summons
the wood nymphs and her favorite
flowers to play and dance with her.
Arrayed in their brightest hues: come
flip daffodils, hyacinths and lilies.
Troscerpine, while mingling among;
these flowers, Is stolen by Pluto and : give in the high sclr&ol gymnasium
taken to the underworld, where she is j tomorrow night. Miss Trevette spec
entertained with drills and dances. I iallzes on humorous readings, and her
Ceres, returning homo, discovers selections will be taken from the
the loss' of Proscerpine and calls the 1 works of Ribiy, Fiolds and other mod
wood nymphs to learn the fate of her jern authors and poets of note. The
daughter Mercury, the messenger , high school orchestra, boys' and girls'
god, is summoned and sent to Pluto
to rescue here. Having done this, he
returns to the vale and there Is great
Tejoiclng by all.
'Henry Walthalll once studied to be-
come a lawyer In the University of
Alabama.
Lebanon and Roseburg are making
winning fights to establish fruit can
neries. Ontario Fruitland people are to
build a $15,000 canncyr.
Ashland-Grants Pass
Get-Together Lunch
The Chamber of Commerce of
Grants Pass has extended an Invita
tion to members of the Ashland Com
mercial Club to attend their noonday
luncheon on Monday, April 23. Ar
rangements are being made whereby
Ashlanders may go by automobile,
and all who desire to go must regis
ter with the secretary of the Commer
cial Club. The number who will bo
permitted to attend this luncheon will
bo limited and cdmlsslon will be by
card only, so if you intend to go, you
fhould nrtke application as soon as
possible.
If members who intend to take
their cars will leave their names at
j the Commercial Club an effort will
1,6 made t0 Scl Psengers to fill
them. The charge should not exceed
$1 for the round trip. Roads to
Grants Pass are good.
Billings' Crossing
, Is Discussed
Considerable discussion was preva
lent during Tuesday night's council
meeting when the time-worn Billings'
crossing question was brought up.
Mr. Billings appeared before the
council in person and gave the city
a deed to the land over which the
proposed highway is to pass. It was
put In the hands of City Attorney
Moore for verification, adjustment,
etc. Several of the councllmen have
Interviewed piominent county offi
cials of late on the matter, and the
verdict is that there Is nothing which
nn. KtllA. ln the wav of the much-
needed Improvement. While the mat
ter is really a county and state affair,
nevertheless the city council Is deten
mtned that the question shall be set
tled in the near future.
Ship Draughtsmen
Wanted For Navy
mem yarns is reiaroea y a snonage
of ship draftsmen. Salaries range
from $3.2 S to $6 and over per day.
Age limit, 18 years or over. About
thirty vacancies ex'st at the Puget
Sound navy yard, Bremerton, Wash.
Until further notice applications will
be received by the United States Civil
Service Commission, Washington, D.
C, at any time. Papers will be exam
ined Immediately upon their receipt
and a rating will be assigned to the
cvl, Servee nistrict, Seattle, Wash.,
or from the Local Secretary, Board
of Civil Service Excmalners in tbls
c'ty. All qualified persons not now
employed on government contracts
are urged to apply.
Entertainment
At ISighlSchool
Kathcrine Trevette, a renowned
j reader from Chicago, who has de-
I lighted countless audiences with her
readings, has been obtained as the
chief attraction for nn entertainment
which the high school students will
giee ciuim auu umci mumum u.6,.iS
ations of the h'gh school will render
a musical program which will also
make the evening one of enjoyment.
The purpose of the entertainment
'is to raise sufficient funds to cover a
debt which was Incurred dur'ng the
athletic season, and the students hope
to make the evening an enjoyable one
as well as a financial success.
The program will start promptly at
8 o'clock and but 25 cents is charged
ifor admission. '
Phone newi Uemt to the Tidings
Latest War News From
State, Americas and Europe
Allies' Drive
QH11 Drnffrccc!ony' tlie 8ltuat,on Dassed Wond the
Ollll FlUgtCdOCtJ i control or the police. Several big
I German establishments were de-
Late reports show that the allied ' troyed by fire and the Grande Hotel
drive still continues with unabated Schm'dt was reduced to
fury against the German line. Num-1
crous new points of vantage have All doubt that a submarine actu
been taken and during tho past three ally fired at the United States de
days of fighting 1 7.000 unwounded stroyer Smith was swept aside yester
prlsoners have fallen into the hands day when a report direct from the
of the French, together with a large Smith said the officers on watch act
number of cannon, machine guns and ually saw a periscope four hundred
other war material. In yesterday' yards from the vessel. The stater
battle an enveloping movement was ment of the officers was substantlnt
carried out against the Germans and ed by the quartermaster and crew.
1,300 of them threw down their arms j
and surrendered.
The strength of the Germans can '
he gauged by the fact that they em-
ployed 19 divisions of front line
troops The trenches were absolute-
ly filled with men, and, according to !
the German prisoners, they had or-:
ders to stand until the last, but they '
found it Impossible to resist the
French artillery and infantry. The!
flexibility of their great switch trench
system and the effectiveness of their
machine guns are the two great ele
ments of defense which the Germans
seem to be placing their greatest re
liance in in the present fighting. No
where along the front do the Ger
mans longer attempt to keep up with
the allied iucrtase in artillery.
Reports from Rio Janeiro say that
popular feeling against Germany Is
Hyiu Hehe and
Roundup Stickers
Secretary Frohbach has Just re
ceived a quantity cf beautiful stick
ers advertising tho aunual Hyiu Hehe
and roundup, suitable to go on the
back of the envelopes sent out in
their correspondence by citizens.
Every citizen should use one of these
stfekers on every letter ho sends out.
Under the postof.'lce rules these into your pocket for that dime which
stickers must go on the BACK of the' you was going to spend on a cigar
envelope. If they are placed on the j and help along a good cause. Satur
front, address side, the postoffice will j day Is "tag day" and the girls of the
return the letter to the writer and local Honor Guard hope to Increase
not send It to Its destination. Clti-'their treasury by adorning everyone
tens .should remember this. Get the j with a tag which costs but a dime but
suckers from Secretary Frohbach and which will brand you as a loyal clti
use them on your correspondence. It ! zen.
Is an artistic end fetching ad. - 1
Sugar Company To
IncreasesCapital
Shareholder of thn TTtnh-Idabo
Sugar Company will
vote at Salt
Lake Citv on Increasing the author -
ized capital stock from $10,000,000
to $20,000,000. the new stock to be
Irhhp(1 as n Kin nor font HIvMeiift
An offcial statement issued says allowed to leave their prison car long
that the assets Justify this step, as enough to eat at the local station,
the earnings of the past two years, T'ln' wcre " a- "trapping, robust,
due to war prices received for sugar !J"viil1 V0" Mow- a,u t,,py Re,,mt"1
and the profit realized In disposing!10 1,8 nJoy!n themselves thorough
of its Bear river power plant, have!'?- Same of tnom wero TCMe 1,1
l.pon hPirt in BPnnmninfinn nntil nnv 1 their sailor outfits, while others of
The total issue will repreesnt actual
values.
The new sugar factory at Grants
Pass has recently closed Its first sea
son and Is encouraging the produo
tion of more sugar beets In the Wil-
lamette valley. Another plant is in .
prospect at Independence. The Utah-1
Idaho Sugar Company's new plant in !
YsK'ma valley will bo ready for oper
ation this fall, when beets from 15,-
000 acres are harvested.
Fill Eliminates
True Hill Curve
Work on the True hill, a mile east
of the city limits, has resulted In the
elimination of the dangerous "hair
pin" curve which .formerly existed,
and the reduction of the grade to a
considerable extent. A fill was made'
across the ravlno at the top of the.
hill. The newly filled road Is stilff
somewhat muddy, but offers no serl-J
ous obstacles to motorists.
Councilman Cornelius was again
unable to attend the Tuesday night
session of the city legislators. .
I increasing. Ia the city of Porto Ale
Igre, which has a large German col-
Three different coast guard sta
tions announced yesterday that heavy
firing was reported off Prlncetown,
MasB The firing is said to appear
to be from heavy guns, and It Is
thought that a patrol boat might have
come into conflict with a German
submarine or raider, but this Is pure
3y conjecture.
The recently organized Infantry
company at Grants Pass left for Port
land last week. The high school of
that city lost a good many of Its stu
dents by the mobilization. Grants
Pass has a Girls' Honor Guard of 1C0
members.
The conscription bill is still wound
up In a maze of legislative tangles at
the national capital.
Honor Guard
To Sell Tags
if you are accosted by some smil
ing faced young lady while on your
daily ramble through the city streets
Saturday, and she attempts to pin a
tag upon tho lapel of your coat, do
not hurriedly rush by or growl at her
'seeming Impudence, but instead sur-
. prise your face with a smile, reach
German Prisoners
Pass Through City
Twenty German prlsoneis of war
P"9Sed through Ashland Tuesday
' : morning on train No. 13. The men
! ... i ,, hi.
! wpre connnea m a iprc.m car m.
( '""'d doorB aml windows, and were
in the custody of five United States
1 K eniineiii uuie-cis.
The men were
""''" were ntt"p(1 In ell-kept olvH-
an clothes. They are prisoners tak-
fron Gorman ships which were
nterned at Seattle end Portland, and
are being taken to Angel Island
where they will bo confined
until
peace Is declared with Germany.
Local Men Buy
Park Bonds
Considerable competition
wi,s
brought forth in the sale of the $15,
000 5 per cent Chautamiua bonds, as i
was shown In the reading of the bidf
at the city council lneoil.i Tuesila -
night Six banking la.iitions from
various parts ! the eouutrv offered
bids, the nlghwt helnr; ui clfer c.
$187.50 premium, which iv of fered ,
by a group ofThe Clii'e n i Jlank cli
ents. The Lumherma i'. T-nst Com
pany of PortIuid was the next high
est bidder, wit an offer f $152. aO
premium. J.
The Standard Oil Company will
build a (lO.OOO plant at Coquille.
Marsh fluid will do considerable
paving this year.
Many See Recruits
In First Drill
A large gallery of spectators
watched the fifty or more new re
cruits for the first company go
through their firBt Instruction at the
armory Monday evening. The new
men acquitted themselves very credit
ably, showing a remarkable aptitude
for the military work. Drill by com
pany and by squad, setting up exer
cises and manual of arms completed
the evening's work. The new men
are all of good size and as clean a
looking bunch of young fellows as
anyone would want to meet. All
show an earnest deal re to master the
various evolutions, and a few hard
drills will build up a fine military
unit. Tho veterans of tho company
are taking a live interest in helping
the raw material. A drill will be
held tonight for those wishing to at
tend. Art Exhibit at
Country Store
The Indies of the Civ.lc Club
will offer a "Country Store" sale In
the business rooms which were re
cently occupied by Beebe & Kinney,
on April 26, 27 rnd 28. The bazaar
wtll be a novel one, and as an added
attraction there will be an art exhibit
of paintings belonging to W. G. Mc
Donald. This collection of paintings
is a valuable one and Is taken from
the wonderful collection which adorns
the walls of the well-known Elkhorn
Lodge at Trail, Ore. The art works
will be for sale, but the primary In
terest of the display is to make the
sale of interest to everyone. No ad
mission will be charged for the ex
hibit. Artillery Expects
Call at Any Time
Although of course tho orders re
ceived by the offfcers of the Coast
Artillery company are not made pub
lic, it Is rumored throughout the
state that early mobilization of the
Coast Artillery Is contemplated and
the companies oidered to get in shape
for a call at any time.
All members of the Ashland com
pany are sticking around in close
proximity to a telephone In anticipa
tion of a call.
Colonel Hammond Is reported In a
Flnsebiirg paper as follows:
"That the Coast artillery compan
ies In the Oregon National guard are
on the point of being called out is
Indicated in telegraphic Instructions
received late last night by Colonel
Creed C. Hammond, commanding
from Adjutant-General White of
Portland. The instructions direct all
officers of the Second and Third corn-
,,, t0 lfl ,.(,n(y for u clln
mill to remain where they can lie
easily reached by telephone or tele
graph. " 'You may say thut all members of
the Coast Artillery are to keep them
selves in constant readiness for a call
and are to remain where they can be
reached without trouble by the offi
cers.' 8ir!d Colonel Hammond last
n,K,lt
'Colonel Hammond freely said that
a mobilization call may bo expected
any minute and thai every national
guardsman must bo ready to go at
once when callid."
Honor Guard Classes
Will Meet Tonight
Soe'al service nursing class of the
Girls' Honor Guard meets tonight at
the Honor Guard club rooms in the
First National Hank building
This
includes girls of fourteen to eighteen
years of age.
The riding, shooting and swimming
classes of the Girls' National Honor
Guard meet In tho company club
r0om at the Armory tonight, 7 to 8
O'clock. These classes will be In
charge of Mr. Buttorfleld, Mr. Jar
vis and Miss Moffitt.
Miss Maud Hawley will ho captain
of the firBt aid. work. All girls In
terested in military work will meet
at the Armory Saturday evening at
7:30 o'clock.
Gold Hill Mining
here sell for $80,000.
claims near
Arson Principals
Out Under Bonds
Three of the principals in the arson
case resulting from the sett'ng of m
fire in the Strickfadden house here
on March 17, were bound over to the
grand Jury after a prel'minary hear
ing in the Recorder's court here Tuesr
day afternoon. Mrs. Nan Strickfad
den, owner of the house, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Dreyfus, both of Seattle,
confessed their part in the case and
strongly implicated Mrs. M. M. Gar
wood of the Port Angeles Land com
pany as the principal consp'rator la
the attempt to collect Insurance mon
ey amounting to $5000 by burning
the residence
Mrs Gnrwood malnta'ned a brazen
attitude throughout the hearing,
while the other two women brokn
down and wcepingly confessed their
complicity In the matter.
The bohds of Mrs. Garwood wera
placed at $5000,. ano as she has not
yet been able to procure bond to thU
amount, she is In the county Jail
at Jacksonville. The bonds of Mrs.
Strickfadden and Mrs. Dreyfus were
placed at 12.100 each and vre pro
duced by them. Tho grand Jury wtll
meet in May.
Full particulars of the confession
were not' given out, but the story
of the two women, together with the
confession made by N. B. Hemph'll,
the tool ln the case, before he com
mitted suicide ln the Eugene Jail, are
said to coincide and to denote Mrs.
Garwood as the prime mover. It ia
believed that the attempt was made
to secure the Insurance money for
the purpose of backing tho Port An
geles land proposition in which all
four wero Interested.
The precautions taken to assure de
struction of tho residence here wan
so thorough as to defeat their own,
ends. Every window in the house
Was sealed shut by pasted strips ot
paper, the blinds fastened down and
the house tightly closed. The top
was removed from the furnace and ft
firo started In it. Fire was kindled
in practically every room in the
house. Late houicconiers from a lodge
anniversary affair saw smoke and ef
fective fire fighting put out the fire
before the traces of the Incendarlsm
were destroyed.
Hemphill, who it Is believed set
the fire, was well known in this city
where he operated a motion picture
theatre at one time and was a mem
ber of local lodges. Ho was well re
garded by everyone Mrs. Strickfad
den played a prominent part In the
social life of the city during her
residence hero severul years ago. She
was divorced from her husband and
shortly after left the city. Tho house
! was one o the finest residences ia
, the city.
I
Organize To Get
Vacant Lots Planted
The Commercial Club and the
school authorities of Ashland are ac
tively responding to the call of the
governor for mobilization of the ag
ricultural resources of the state. A
j committee composed of Mayor C. B.
I,a 111 k 1 1) . Ileiilon Bowers and John
Dill has been appointed by the Com
mercial Club to organize the work
in this city and Superintendent Brls-
icne of the local schools has promised
his fullest eo-operatiou.
An agricultural bureau will lie es
tablished at the Commercial Club
where owners of vacant lots, who are
unable to cult'vate them, will be
asked to list them with the bureau
.for use by those who have the avail-
able time and not the land. The
school authorities wilt meet with the
Commercial Club committee in the
near future to plan co-operative ac
tion in Interesting the boys and girl
of the city In the patriotic work of
increasing the nation's food supply
and at the same time making money.
An attempt will he made to get
several leaders to visit the young
workers at least onee a week, direct
ing and encouraging them In their
work. The support of the entire citl
zensh'p Is asked in the work and a
means of providing f'nanclal back
ing for the purchase of seeds and so '
forth will be sought.
Oregon's export potato crop for
1916 is estimated at $1,400,000. :
Ten thousand dollars has been sub
scribed for a cannery at Iebanon.