Ashland tidings., April 23, 1917, Image 1

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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 Llthfa flows"
City of Sunshine and flowers
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VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917
NUMB l- ifx96
Work on Chautauqua
Progresses Rapidly
Contractor Jordan, with a band of
sixteen carpenters at work on the
cement reinforcements and five teams
busy grading, hauling gravel, etc.,
has made great, strides toward the
completion of the new Chautauqua
building during the past two weeks.
The lower concrete wall part of the
building will be completed in another
two weeks, according to present
plans, and the entire building will be
finished In time for the regular Chau
tauqua sessions in July, unless some
unforeseen delay interrupts the work.
The earty stages of the work show
that the building will be one of the
most attractive and unique construc
tions in the state. It is being built
on the same general plan as the old
structure, but an added dome over
the stage, wide overhanging eaves,
different arrangement of doors, win
dows, end other minor details, will
give it a much more massive and at
tractive appearance. It will be a
monstrous building and will be airy
and well lighted because of its innum
erable windows, 't will also have
the largest seating capacity of any
building In southern Oregon. The
unexampled plan of a dirt floor cov
ered with shavings and the same seat
ing arrangement of the old structure
will be followed In the erecting of the
new building, with necessary modifi
cations to fit the vastness of the seat
ing space. The natural slopo of the
land on which the building is being
buflt makes the elevation of the rear
seats much easier. Plans for the
stage show that it will be a spaclouB
one and will be equipped with neces
sary scenery for Chautauqua work,
good lighting facilities and a group
of commodious dressing rooms.
Capt Malone Talks
On Coast Defense
Captain Malone of the local Coast
Artillery, who promises to return to
Ashland to take command of the com
pany when they are called to mobil
ize, gave an address before the Elec
tric Delevolpment and Jovian League
at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco,
Friday. The matter Is spoken of in
the San Francisco Examiner as fol
lows: "Coast defense In event of invasion
was the general topic of an address
given by Captain 0. A. Malone of the
Coast Artllery Corps at a luncheon
of the Electrical Development and
Jovian League In the Palace Hotel
Friday noon. Captain Malone dis
cussed the possibility and probability
of coast attack and the method of re
puls'on. He declared that it would
be useless ifor the enemy to land oh
deserted sections of the coast because
they would be without a base of operation."
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We are In the midst of the greatest war the world has ever
known not for possessions, nor indomnlty, nor for love of con
quest, but for humanity, that every country, from the largest to
the smallest, shall have the right to govern themselves as they
choose, so long as they are humane to their subjects.
Our wheat and potato crops are sure to be short this year, and
food of nearly all kinds will be very high. Thercfoie I would re
quest, if you own or control lots or land that you do not Intend to
put Into crops, that you let me or Mr. John Dill know where the
land Is located, and if any one des'res land to plant, please call on
either Mr. Dill or me. Let us all try and have something to spare
to feed our soldiers at the front. C. B. LAM KIN, Mayor.
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Committee Elected
.For Sanitarium
The trustees of tiTe" Ashland Com
mercial Cluh and the members of the
city council had a joint meeting In
the Commercial Club rooms Thursday
evening for the purpose of electing a
committee which Is to take care of
the water cure sanitarium project.
Those present were Frank Jordan,
presiding; H. G. Enders Ji. F. H.
Wagner, V. O. N. Smith, C.,W. Banta.
J. H. McGee, M. C. Reed, O. B. Lam
kin, Louis Dodge, W. E. Newcombe
and F. D. Wagner. Besides Mayor
Lamkln and C. W. Banta, who are
trustees of the club, Councilmen A.
L. Lamb, C. W. Root, A. C. Ninlnger
and W. W. Caldwell were present.
The following men were elected as
the seven members of the sanitarium j the past few days.
committee: C. B. Lamkln, chairman;
J. W. McCoy, M. C. Reed, Frank Jor
dan, H, G. Enders Sr., V. 0. N. Smith
and B. R. Greer.
H. G. Enders Jr , W. E. Newcombe,
C. W. Banta and C. B. Wolf were
elected as alternate members of the
sanitarium committee, and the Com
mercial Club secretary, H. 0. Froh
bach, was dnstructed to act as secre
tary of the committee.
Mountain Patrol
Has Searchlights
The company of Infantry from
Woodburn who are stationed on the
Slskiyous, where they are watching
the Southern Pacific tunnels and,
bridges, have erected shanties and
dugouts and made preparations for
an unlimited stay. The huts are
made from corrugated iron, burlap,
mud, logs and any available material,
but they hare been fitted up Into a
much better protection than that
which their tents offered. Huge
searchlights have been Installed at
the entrance to the tunnels and near
the bridges so that the night watch Is
much more convenient and easy to
handle1.
Local railroad employes say that
the nove'lty of the situation has worn
off to a great extent, and one lone
some guard hailed the fireman on a
passing. locomotive and asked him to
please bring him something to read,
as the position of sitting on a hill
side all day and watching some tun
net or bridge made him hungry for
reading material during his hours off
duty.
Companies of militia from Califor
nia are on guard at all the tunnels
apd bridges from the California line
to Sacramento. Rumors were r'fe re
cently that some unknown person was
sneaking up behind the ridge In back
of the boys and had been trying his
markmanship with the patrolmen as
targets. The rumors were evidently
false, however for nothing further
has been heard of the matter during
Latest War News From
State, Americas and Europe
Internal Crisis
Confronts Germany
New Piano Player
At Vining Theatre
Gustav Levy arrived from San
Francisco Saturday evening to take
the position as p'ano player at the
Vining theatre, which position was
recently left vacant by the departure
of J. L. Fellows, who left for Burns,
0re, Mr. Levy is an experienced
piano player and is a ragtime special
ist. He has held positions in several
of San Francisco's liveliest cabarets
and recently left a position in the
orchestra on board the big ocean liner
Great Northern, which plies between
Portland and San Francisco. He is
taking the present position as a vaca
tion before going in the strenuous
work of the Orpheum vaudeville cir-J
cult which he will enter pext fti.il.
With Mrj. Levy's experience at the
piano the music of the Vining theatre
will undoubtedly become one of the
many attractive features of this popu
lar amusement place. "
Mrs. Dill First
In Essay Contest
Mrs. John Dill of this city won a
first prize of $5 in c state-wide con
test which was recently launched on
the road bond question. The prizes
were offered for tho best essay on
the $6,000,000 road bond, and Mrs.
Dill's winning solution will be pub
lished in those columns later. The
Judges for tho contest were R. C.
Callbert of the Oregonian, Ralph
Watson of the Portland Journal and
Paul Chamberlain of the Portland
Telegram. Mrs. Dill has much abil
ity In writing material for these con
tests, and she won a $100 prize last
spring, which was offeied by the Or
chard and Farm as a first prize for a
slogan for their magazine. '
The Southern Pac'fic Company Is
to build a twoi story brick veneer, sta-1
tlon at East Gardinef. ,.
Independence Farmers are becom
ing enthusiastic about beet growing
In this section. ' , .
Will Advance
Seed Money
Our government is appealing to us
to help grow the crops necessary to
feed our own people and the warring
nations abroad. Right here In Ash
land we should do our part in re
sponding to the appeal.
In order to stimulate interest, par
ticularly among our boys and , girls,
the First National Bank has decided
to advance seed money to such of our
young people as will interest them
selves in growing food crops. . This
advance will be In the nature of a
loan, without interest, and, of course,
no security "being exacted, the note to
be piad when products are marketed.
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Interest in the great French offen-
sive on the Aisne gives way today to
the startling news from the Interior
of Germany. Although the German
press is in a very shackled condition
and rigid censorship of all news ex
ists In Germany, nevertheless suffi
cient reports have leaked through to
Indicate that the German empire !s
facing a great economic and political
crisis.
The latest information received is
that 10,000 striking munition work
ers have engaged in a bloody riot in
the great Pruss'an fortress town of
Magdeburg and were only prevented
from burning the city hall after a
sharp clash with soldiers. . This story
comes from the Dutch frontier with
sufficient detail to make its claims
authentically Impressive. Accounts
of demands made by the leaders of
the Berlin strike are. also current.
These demands are of such revolu
tionary, character that compliance
with them would mean a prompt end
ing of the militarist regime In the
German empire. The exact status of
the strike movement In Germany is
unknown, but it is certain that a very
considerable portion of the munition
workers have been effected. There
are reports of a new strike In Impor
tant branches of the Krupp establish
ment. An ind'catlon of the serious
ness of the situation is afforded by
the fact that Field Marshal von Hin
denburg has considered it necessary
to make a personal appeal to the
workers, in which he denounces
strikes as inexcusable crimes against
the fighting forces.
Great Rattle Slill Rages.
After six days of severe fighting
the allies still continue their great
drive against the German line on the
Alsne. -It will likely continue for
weeks before a decisive moment is
reached, according to the general Im
pression among strategists at the
front. Along the forty-odd miles of
fighting line the battle rases with in
credible fury. Scarcely an hour of
the day or night does not witness at
some point either an attack or the
repulse of a counter-attack. A new
that has ever been witnessed In the
state. In Massachusetts recently a
modern Paul Revere made a midnight
ride over the same road that Paul
Revere traversed and roused the cit
izens to their country's call In Revolu
tionary war times.
Tule Lake Project
Arouses Interest
The Tule Lake land reclamation
Honor Guard Girls
Meet Tonight
All the Honor Guard girls are or
project is causing considerable' stir, j dered to meet tonight at the armory
and tho Klamath Fails papers say that ; building. The regular clesses in,
many people arc arriving In the city 'shooting and first aid work will meet,
daily to Investigate and file on the J and much information on drill work
lanas. ine rooming conditions or, can tie derived from watehlnir h
the Klamath hotels are becoming so
militia drill, which will also be held
crowded that the Commercial Club Is : tonight. Among the classes which
securing a list of places where rooms .have now been formed are classes in
may be secured,
Persons who recently visited the
tracts of land report that a goodly
number of people make the trip daily
and that tracks on the lands Indicate
that many people have been over
them in all manner at vehicles from
bicycles to automobiles.
It Is possible to drive a machine
over mucU of the land' and 'the trip
from Klamath Falls Is not bad at this
time, one party making the trip from
shooting, which are under the super
vision of Mr. Butterfield; classes In
drill work, with Mr. Deihert at their
head, and swimming classes, under
the supervision of Miss Moffat. Tha
shooting classes will have the'r drill
In the target range which is built fa
the basement of tho armory building.
Guns of the popular .22 calibre ara
used liy the girls in their practice.
The drill class has its maneuvers on.
the large upper floor. Helman'3
Merrill in one hour and U'n minute3 j swimming pools will be opened next
recently(
Red Cross Is
Rapidly Organizing
Class organization work In the local ;
Red Cross is proceeding under the ! Improvement, Club
McDonald Paintings
At Country Store
A pleasing surprise awaits visitors
and patrons of "The'Country Store,"
an enterprise that is to be launched
for three days this week in the old
Beebe & Klnnny rooms by the Civic
A collection of
direction of Mrs. Frank Dickey. For
the present two courses of instruction
have been mapped out for paid-up
members.
For the benefit of those who did
not hear Dr. Clancy's explanation, it
may 'be stated that the first aid and
mv cirujttuiaij njgieue classes win
paintings from the brush of W. G.
McDonald, one of the foremost artists
of the Pacific coast, will be on ex
hibition at this store, and they will
be well worth seeing Mr. McDonald
Is a graduate in the French, German
and English styles of painting and
his works hang in the finest homes
fit anient. . iw aid- h nm ln America and Europe., Copies of
as Red Cross nurses. Both courses
are necessary to fit as nurses' aids.
This does not obligate going to the
front, but makes one subject to call
if one wishes to volunteers
. Df.. Clancy will organize, the -first
aid class' the Jatter part of the week,
date td be announced later. It will
his most famous pictures. "The Even
ing of Life," "The Miser," "A Letter
From the Trenches," "Alone," "The
llenpeck " "The Trapper,' and others
will be exhibited here. Twelve years
were spent by Mr. McDonald In. the
wilds of Canada from the Great Lakes
to Hudson Bay painting wild animals
land rtpnlrMnir frnnneru llfn Mnnv
consist of ten lessons, probably two I - ... . ,-,.,
. . . . . ... f these paintings hang in Canadian
a wren, rncn one nuur una a nan iu
duration. The course will cost $1.50.
week for the purpose of glv'ng tha
swimming classes a place to havs
their instruction. Fully three hun
dred of the booster tags were de
posed of by the enterprising girls la
their tag-selling campaign Saturday.
Ten per cent of the receipts taken In
will be sent in to the state headquar
ters of the movement, the remainder
being given over to the local treas
urer with which to defray expenses
and do other patriotic work.
The members are also requested t
remember , the food preparedness
meetings which are to be held Wed
nesday. Particularly are the food
preparation and home cann'ng fea
tures necessary to the honor guards'
work. For program see elsewher
In this paper.
and English galleries. Don't fall to
t spa thp pnllppHnn nf "Tho Pnnntrv
The money is to defray registration . , . . .
' . " Wore" Thursday, Friday and Satur-
The $1.50 must be paid to Mrs. Dick-
offensive attack is being launched at ieVi vi0 will be at the Red Cross head-
fee, to purchase study chart, sample '
bandages, text book and certificate.
The doctor gives his services free.
Any balance left will be donated to
the local Red Cross fund. ..
The second class, in elementary
hygiene, which Mrs. Osborne, an ex
perienced nurse, has consented to
take charge of, will be explained
more fully later. Applicants for
these classes must be paid-up mem
bers of the Ped Cross, must be be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 inclu
sive, with required physical, mental
and moral qualifications, who agree
seriously to pursue In their entirety
the courses, which are rigid. Eighty
per cent of the work must be taken.
On the completion of these courses
and satisfactory passing of the re
quired examinations such members
will receive certificates as nurses'
aids. Already fifteen have expressed
their desire to take up these courses.
day.
The following are the heads of de
partments In "The Country Store" at
the Beebe Kinney rooms Thursday,
Friday and Saturday:
M'lllnery Mrs. Shell.
Furniture Mrs. J. P. Dodge.
Clothing Mrs. Whitney.
Fancywork Mrs. Benton Bowers.
Not Ion Counter Mrs. "ft D Brlggs,
F'sli Tond Mrs. Mattern.
Lunches Mrs. Hllty;.
Flowers and Plants Mrs. Card.
Cooked Food Mrs. McWIUInms.
Vegetables and Fruits Mrs. Lamb,
Art Exhibit Mr. McDonald.
the enemy by the combined French
and Brlt'sh forces, and the fiercest
battle of the war is expected soon.
British Commission Arrives.
Washington announces the safe ar
rival of Arthur J. Balfour, British
foreign secretary, and the other mem
bers of the British commission to the
United States. The object of their
coming is to make co-operation of the
United States and the allies easy and
effective among those who are striv
ing w'th all their power to bring
about a lasting peace by the only
means which can secure It, namely, a
successful war. Secretary Balfour
says that the United States can't ex
pect an easy time in the conflict, but
that she must be prepared for a long
nd bloody war.
Turkey is reported in semi-official
advices from Contantlnople at Am
sterdam to have broken off relations
with the United States.
Two, possibly three, of five German
destroyers that attempted a raid upon
Dover, England, and upon British
shipping were sunk by two vessels of
the British patrol on Friday n'ght,
the engagement lasting only five min
utes. The British losses were slight.
Many of the jargest cit'es in prac
t'cally every state In the Union have
had monstrous patriotic parades dur
ing the past week. One held at Port
land, Ore., was the largest parade
quarters In the Elks building from 1
to 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The names must be sent to Washing
ton, P.' O , and text books ordered be
fore beginning study.
The rooms in the Elks building are
now ready for work and all paid-up
members of the Red Cross who are
able to contribute their little mite to
ward helping their country in Its
time of need please come to the head
quarters on AVednesdays and Fridays
of each week from 1 to 5 o'clock p.
m. to make hospital supplies. Their
services will be welcome If only for
an hour. Each one Is requested to
bring a thimble, needle, apron and a
wh'te cloth for hair, about 27 inches
in length.
The local auxiliary Is under obliga
tions to the following merchants for
concessions In prices on merchandise:
Ferguson's, McGee's, Ashland Trad
ing Company, Enders' and J. P.
Dodge & Sons'. For the equipment
room Mrs. Card donated a machine
and a dresser. R. H. Stanley, the
chair doctor, deserves credit for three
days' free services.
Following are the paid members of
the Red Cross in Ashland:
Annual.
..-Anderson, Margaret.
Ashcraft, WrSj Perry L.
, Atkinson, Mrs. E. L.
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Locals Leave For
Booster Meeting
Seventeen local citizens left this
morning for Grants Pass, where they
will attend a get together meeting
with the Grants Pass Chamber of
Commerce today. Various meetings
will be held for the discussion of val
ley projects, needed Improvements,
etc., and a hlg banquet Is on the pro
gram for this evening.! Those who
left this morning by automobile or by
train were the Messrs. J. W. McCoy,
Benton Bowers, V..O. N. Smith, E. V.
Carter, B. R. Greer, Joe Alnutt, A. H.
Pracht, Clifford Jenkins, JP. Dodge,
A. M. Beaver, Rev. W. J. Douglass
W. D. Hodgson. G. F. Billings, George
Loosley, Rev. P. K. Hammond, H. O.
Frohbach and L. L. Mullt of Portland.
Charlie Chaplin
At Vining Tuesday
Charlie Chaplin comes to gladden
the hearts of Ashland movie fans at
the Vining Theatre Tuesday night.
Charlie takes the part of a pol'cemaa
ln this picture, which is procla'med
to be bis greatest comedy yet pro
duced. It Is entitled "Easy Street,"
and advanced billing shows Chart's
wound up in a mass of trouble with,
a huge burly villain whom he con
uers in an old, gladiator-llke style.
A five-act Morosco Paramount pro
duction with Lenore ITIrich as the
star, entitled "The Road to Love," is
also included In Tuesday night's bis
double bill program.
William Desmond ln "The . Iced
Bullet," a un'que story of a crlma
expert who tries to unravel a mys
tery of how one man killed another
man who was two hundred mile
away A distinct feature of this pro
duction is that it shows many scenes
of the enormous Ince studio at Cul
ver City, Cal. Desmond Is seen 'a
two distinct roles, one as a scenario
writer who invades the studio seek
ing production of his play, the other
as the hero of the play wh'ch he sees
produced before he wakes up. A.
Triangle comedy Is ulso included ia
the bill.
Former Ashlander
Is Honored
Fined Maximum
Case Appealed
C. V. Beeler and Joe H. Wilson,
who were found guilty of selling in
toxicating liquor by a jury of the
Justice court in Medford Saturday,
were sentenced by Judge Taylor this
morning. Beeler's sentence cons'sts
of sixty days' imprisonment and $500
fine, while Wilson received a fine of
$200 and thirty days In jail. The
case was appealed, however, and will
be brought up before the circuit court
In the future. In the meantime Beel-
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Colonel John L. May, who was cap
tain of the local company of volun
teers when they saw active service la
Manilla during the Spanish -American
war, and who was one of Ashland's
best known citizens when ho resided
here fifteen years ago, was recently
honored when he was the first Ore
gon National Guard officer to qualify
for his grade in the federal service.
He received word from the war de
partment recently that he had passed
his examination for colonel and that,
his commission was officially con
firmed. Ills comm'slson will data
from November 1, 1916, when he was
elected to command the 3rd Oregon
W vote of the officers of the regi
ment. Colonel May was formerly lieutenant-colonel
of the 3rd infantry. Ha
has been connected with the National
Guard for twenty-five years and has
held every grade from private to
colonel.
In civil l'fe Colonel May Is assist
ant superintendent of the Portland
division of the Southern Pacific .
Work has started on the Standard
Oil Company's $80,000 plant at Coos
Bay.