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Oregon HUtorlcal Boctoti Komp 207 Second Bt 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' ' Ashland "Ashland Grows While Lilhla flows' City of Sunshine and flowers ID1NGS Ashland, Oregon, Lllhia SprMs "Oregon's famt us Nw' VOL. XLI ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1917 NUMB ( i 93 Llilitia Expect Call In the Near Future Orders for mobilization of the Coast Artillery1, 0. N. G are not ex pocted until after congress has settled the conscription hill now before that body, accorldng to Colonel C, C. Tara morid, who attended a meeting of the general staff In Portland recently, Bays the Eugene Register. This seemed t be the general opinion of all members of the staff present, says Colonel Hammond. The general staff has ordered that none but soldiers be admitted to the Portland armory, and commanders of the various units where thero are lo cated state armories were advised to take similar steps to protect the buildings and contents from cranks and enemies of the country, but in a small city like Ashland, where' the frmory is the center of social activi ties. It is not thought best to keep the building closed. The local militia, which has been hampered to a great extent by the lack of equipment, will soon receive a consignment of supplies from Cap tain T. B. Harris of Eugene, quarter master of tha Coast Artillery Corps, -who has just received a big shipment which he will distribute among the various companies of the corps at once. Hyiu Hehe ! Are Here Have you seen them? They are here and they sure are some pin. The offla'al roundup pin arrived Saturday and they Immediately sprang onto the coats end automobile radiators of counties roundup enthusiasts. The pins are finished In green and white and bear a picture of the celebrated Lea Caldwell riding a bucking bron cho, which Is claimed to be the best bucking horse picture that has ever been taken. Around the outer edge of the pin are, pi.tnted the words 'Ash land Rogue River Roundup" and the dates of the big show, July 3, 4 and 6, while underneath the picture ap pears the roundup slogan, "Let Mm buck." The pins are made in two sizes', one being about the size of a 60-cent piece and the other is an Im mense pin similar In size to the p.ns which were Pit out uv tlie Husnes J mmnalen committee In the latter days of tho presidential campa'gn. which Is six inches In diameter. The smaller pins sell for 10 cents each and the larger pins can be bought for 50 cents each at Hosier's, Greive's, "Whjlte House grocery and numerous other stores. Automobile Class Is Formed Nine g'rls signed up In the Honor Guard automobile class which met at the armory building Saturday morn ing, under the supervision of Delmar Harmon. The class promises to us j an interesting one, ana many ura , girls are intending to Join th's de-i partment soon, the work Satui Those who took up ...t. Caixprfav mnrnlnir nrp the UIO wuin oamiu.j mv o . Misses Ringhelm, Powers, Cornelius, 1 Silver, Winter, Moore, Dunham and McCormlck. The class will meet every Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Drill instruction and the other sched- j tried classes will meet in the armory torfght. Tho swimming classes will meet tomorrow night at Helman's sw'mming pools'. The swimming pools will be re served for the girls of the Honor Guard only and no spectators will be allowed. On account of the contin ued coldness of the weather the baths will not lie opened to the general pub lic until a future date. Subscriptions Due May 1st One-half of the subscriptions made toward the 1917 celebration are due on May 1 and are payable to G. G. Eubanks, the treasurer of the com mlittee. It is hoped Uiat these sub scriptions will be promptly paid, as It is necessary that money be now used for publicity purposes. If there Is no money on hand to advertise the celebration it will materially reduce the number of people In Ashland on July 3, I and 5. They Committee Elected For Y.M.C.A.Work At the invltaolon of State Secretary I. B., Rhodes of tho Young Men s Christian Association, several Ash land mon went to Med ford last Tues day to meet with a group of men from Medford, Central Point, Jacksonville and Grants Pass to discuss ways anj means of supporting the work of the army Y. M. C. A. among the American troops that are rapidly being mobil ized. The following committee was named to organ'ze this work in Ash land: C. B. Lamktin. 0. Fv Carson, J. P. Patty, G. C. McAllister, G. R. Sllngerland, Clark Bush and G. 11. Billing!. This committee have nut and elected 0. F. Carson permanent chairman and Clark Bush treasurer. One-third of the older boys and young men of our state and nation will be under arms within a year. The safeguarding of the moral, physi cal and Intellectual life of these men is quite as Important as licking the Kaiser. The need and effectiveness of the Young Men's Christian Associa tlon in war time has been demonstra ted in the camps along the Mexican border, and at no less than 2,500 points In the army and prison camps of Europe. The work is conducted with the authorization and hearty en dorsement of the War Department. Command'ng officers welcome the as sociation and the appreciation shown by the crowded buildings and by their ready co-operation In the various ac tivities. Major-General John F. O'Ryan, commanding the New York divlison on the Mexican border, after seeing the array Y. M. C. A. work last year said: "If America goes to war, mon ey can be turned over to the Young Men's Christian Asosciation with every confidence that it Will be ex pended scientifically and along lines most acceptable to soldiers." Country Store Is Big Success The Country 3tore closed on Sat urday night after three days of very successful business, having taken in about $150. Besides raising money for very good causes, the ladies feel I that they ave done some good in i placing many useful articles, that have been lying idle, in homes where they will be put to practical use and enjoyed The Civic Club wishes to publicly thank those who so generously con tributed to the success of the enter prise: Miss McCall and Mr. E. V. Carter for the use of the build'ng: the city council for lights; Mr. Lover land and his Boys' Band for lively music; Mr. Sams for the "Plaza Blend" coffee served at the lunches; H. P. Holmes for dishes: C. H. Vau pel for shoes; Boot Shop, shoes; White House grocery, milk can fast eners: Mars Haser, bassets n. l,. Whited. papers: T. H, Simpson ana'P" f enlisted men during the war Provost Bros valuable articles; J. I A. Kohagen, hats and papers; Mrs. Simon, hnt: the three drug stores, - - - Side Pharmacy. McNair Bro,. "u 1 ".. "' able art.'cles that sola wen; me asii- .... jr. , . . ' lunrf ' ri'ntro onn afln nnn Kpnnrn much publ'city. The banner contrib utor was Mr. Ferguson of Ferguson Bros.' up-to-date "bargain store." who gave much good merchandise j"" ickly. The club also mm " - iiii'i-"!. "'jine Auxiliary nun rruaj cvtmnfi. vishes to thank al! the good people May 4 at lho xat From the work of Ashland who contributed articles and bought at the store, and the country ladies who so kindly ga.e thelr services as clerks in the store. I . Diflr CfAVA fe I I arK iJbOre IS imm ! LC43CU rui oummu The attractive little park provls'on store which Is located near the en trance to the nuto camp ground, and which proved very popular with pic nickers and auto tourists last sum mer, has been leased by Mrs. Susie Allen to C. K. Crosno, a newcomer from Toledo, Oregon, who with his wife will take noseossion on May 1. Mr. Crosno has heretofore been in the grocery and abstract business. He is a brother of Mrs.. Thayer, who pur chased the Gash place on High street. Portland's bonded debt limit has been passed, but will be within the limit -May 1 when some Is paid off. Latest War News From State, Americas and Europe Invite Joffre to Coast. Governor William Stephens by tele- graph Saturday urged tho governors jof the stales of Wash'ngton, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and Montana to join with California In a movement to bring to the west era states the representatives of the allied European countries who are now in Washington. May Send Troops to Europe. As a result of tho conferences held with the British and French commis sions in Wash'ngton the general key note of their visit shows that it will lie an absolute necessity to send American troops to Europe in the near future. These men have im pressed upon Freo'dcnt Wilson that if the war is to be brought to an early close tbolr armies "must be strength ened not only by food and munitions but by men. There is no desire e'tber on the part of Great Britain or France- to send green men to the front. They want this government to train large bodies of men as rapidly as possible and to dispatch them to England as soon as they are ready. In th meantime Great Britain and France will be more prodigal in their expenditure of life knowing that at the proper time the Un'ted States will have at hand a sufficient force to take the place of those who have been k,IHed. It was pointed out that tne 1 use in common aerense, ana otner eie presence of an American army on Eu-i ments which may be advisable for the ropean battlefields alone would be j same purpose. Draft Plan Passed By Both Houses By overwhelming majorities both the senate and the house passed late Saturday night the administration ernment was made recently to Adju bfil to raise a war army by selective i tanl General White of the Oregon draft. ,. .jNatlonaf Guard, at Portland, by Dell The filial rollcalls brought into line Elancett of Pendleton, cowboy and behind the bill many senators and roundup star, representatives who had fought for j He wrote Genoral White that with the volunteer system until routed by out a doubt ha can organize a squad decisive defeat of volunteer amend- ron 0f cavalry as good or even better ments earlier In the day in both than the Rough Riders of Spanish houses. The senate, which had voted j war famei iea )y Colonel Theodore down the volunteer plans 69 to 1 8, j Roosevelt. passed the bill by a vote of 81 to 8. Mr BIancctt ig we known t0 peo. In the house the vote against the vol- , . h ntt(,ndpd recent round- unteer plan was 313 to 109, and that by which the bill Itself was passed was 397 to 2i. As passed by the sen- ate the measure provides for the draft of men between the ages of 21 to 27 years,, wh'le in the house the age limit was fixed at 21 to 40. This and lesser discrepancies will be threshed out .11 conference early next week so thft the bill may be in the hands of the president as quickly as possible. The war department has already complet ed plans for carrying it Into effect. Both senate and house adopted amendments just before the final roll- calls which would greatly Increase the lne no,,sc i'"'B' l"" pay ?3n a month, ana tnai npproveu by the senate would fix It at $29 a month. The present pay Is $15. Auxiliary Ball At Natatoriura will lie headed by Eliliu Root, secre The May day ball will be given by tury 0f wftr under President McKln- the Auxiliary Cluli Fr'day evening. the different committees are dolus there surfly will be a good time. The feature committee aiv putting every etrort forWard to ph ase the spectat- 01s. The dedicating committee are tryjng to outdo any committee before them. And those refreshments, home- mndo cakes, ice cream and coffee for " c i ts. Dance tickets are $1; extra ladies r.nd spcctatois 25 cents. It Senater Moser Postpones Visit ( Senator Gus Moser. who was to speak at Ashland on next Wednesdav evening on the $6,000,000 road bond issue, sent word that It would be im- possible to be here on that date, but that he would advise later as to when he will come. The Barnes Fish Company is to op- eiate a cannery at Gold Beach., I such a vital moral effect on the allies' armies as to be worth a great battle itself. Russia Causes Trouble. Among tho countless worldwide questions which are now confronting congress comes the rumor that Russia and Germany are about to make sep arate pence. This would probably mean that about a million and a half veteran flght'ng men would swing Into the balance against the British and tlio French fronts, that Germany would be fed, supplied and equipped for endless war, aifd that the allied blockade to starve Germany out would have gone to naught. In the Meantime The allied armies still keep up their terrific plunging against the Germans and are fighting desperately, and as -period. a result no tremendous gains or de- Mr. Daniels came here at. the in cls've battles have been fought in the stance of Mr. McCormlck and Mr. past , few days. The allies have j Greer to help work out a feasible launched tho biggest force of men plan whereby capital could be In that have ever charged forward, and duced to make such an investment, the greatest blast of artillery that the j Mr. Daniels will supply the local corn world has ever known recently and a mlttee with sketches of plans for the terrific chargo is in progress against . structures, probably w'th'n the next the vandals' Una Guatemala has broken relations with Germany, and has offered the United States the use of her terri torial waters, ports and railways for Offers To Raise Cowboy Cavalry An jffer to raise several troops of crack! cavalry for the use of the gov- upg flt pendletoni where lie appeared n ste,ar ro,eg an(J g the man throllgh whom lhc local roundup as- 'goclnt.on recently made contracts for the well.known COW,oy gtars who will npppar at the ,)g r0undup nere ncx, . . Mr. Blanchett's offer to raise a cava'ry squadron can not be accepted until it receives further consldera- tion. and It is rumored that the mat- ter will be put off until renowned. cowboys from all over tho west gath- er at the local roundup, where it would be a simple matter to form the company, as all tho cowboys would be gathprcd'togethcr , ... AAf Uatfo LllilU KOOl HCdUS Council to Russia America's conimlrslon to the new democratic government of Russ'a eyi secretary of state under Itoose- icy, secretary or state unner noose- j volt ,) for Ex yeanj a xew York 8HW,tor. Ho called on the PiWdont I st Thursday to accept the task and f,pni. 0f the president's plans for of- forR uiiHtinted rid to the provision- Hi minorities at Petrogrml in their task of carrying on the war with Ger- many. netting up a permanent govern- meat and rehabilitating their coun- try. Only acceptance by other men se lected for places on the commission are aw i'ted before formal announce ment of their names and details of their mission are made public. The president Is anxious that they leave for Petrograd as promptly as possi- . bio, since the trip will require several j weeks. The route to be followed will M kept secret for safety's sake. Word of the commission's coming already 1ms been conveyed to the Russian government and It has been Indicated ( In response that It will be warmly , welcomed. I The commission will go to Russia ,ln the spirit of helpfulness and will (not offer unasked advice. Crystalizing Sanitarium Plans Friday, Mark Daniels of San Fran o'sco met with the committee recently appointed by the council and Com mercial Club for the purpose and dis cussed tentatively plans for a water cure sanitarium and new tourist ho tel. In answering a questlou from one of the committee as to how much the Investment should contemplate, he said: "The sanitarium and hotel should lie built separately, but should lie close enough together so that pa tients could walk easily from the ho tel to the baths. The sanitarium proper should contemplate an Invest ment of some s'xty thousand dollars and the hotel about ninety to one hundred thousand." He said the in vestors would expect the city to fur nish sites for each of these structures and contract to furnish the water for sanitarium purposes for a long thlrty days. The matter thus crys tallized will be ready to put up to Investors in an intelligent shape. Mr. Dan'els Is In touch with capital that looks favorably upon such an Invest ment. The party visiting Ashland Friday and Saturday was composed of E. O McCorralck. g?ncral traffic manager of the Southern Pacific; John M. Scott, general passenger agent for Oregon; General Frc'ght Agent H!n shaw and Mr, Daniels. Mr. Scott and Mr. Hlnshaw returned to Portland Saturday evening and Mr. McCormlck and Mr. Daniels went south in Mr. McCormlck's private car on No. 15 Saturday night at 11 o'clock. More Lots Wanted For Gardening If you have a vacant lot that is not working, or If you know of someone who has, please let it be known at once. Interest is growing Intense in the local campaign for Increasing the food supply by encouraging the plant ing of vacant town lots as well as suburban property suitable. The schoolboys are evincing a keen Inter est and already quite a number of them have secured a liloek of soil and are getting busy But many more are interested and want assign ments of land to work. Quck action must lie taken (o get the best results. At the First National Bank, where money is being loaned to young peo- - pie to purchase seeds, etc., without Interest, it is stated that there up-. pears to be more of the youth Inter- ' ested in the garden campaign tliun 1 there Ik land offered for the same thiio fur All ivlin l.n.a lta ml I IU V lllf W IlllilU Ltl ill 1C . I II HI. IN H Hi L ! u ...ttii., j ,. ..rA i n m ,.rffn,i m .iB.,i,m, ii liank, giving description of same, so . it can lie located readily. rt 1, uuiiin, iiuja i 11, iiti.c- -,- readv completed their plans are go- lag into special crops, beans helm the favorite. Some of them are nra-: r,,. l,n ,l, l,oa ol paring to handle as miieli as an acre of land. A q , la AUlO KaCln2 10 D& Feature of Fair Once t lie people realize tlint It 1 Plans for a larger and better conn- the auto, not the taxpayer, which car ity fair than has ever been presented rles the f'nnncial burden of both prin j were started at a meeting of the olpnl and interest on the bonds, their .stockholders of the Rogue River Fair Instinctive dread of tax increase will ! Association held In Medford Tuesday .vanish, and they will avail themselves evening. Realizing the need for new 0f the opportunity to unload a large features and added Improvements, part of the road burden upon tho the stockholders have decided to se- owners of the vehicles that use and cure permanent grounds for the fair, diiniane the trunk roads the most. and a plan was devised by which it can no doubt bo accomplished. A mile automobile track suitable for f'rst-cliiss racing will be built, and autom iblle races will be the big fen- , tures f the fair, according to plans ;. laid at the last meeting of the stock- holders. Polk and Merlon count'es are again goljig to get plans for a bridge at Salem. The old br'dge Is closed and the delay In building for three years has cost thousands of dollars in ad vanced material prices. I Red Cross Needs More Members The local . Red Cross corps now numbers 164 members and the mem bers are making all efforts possible to have 200 members by the end of thin week. Those who have joinod lu thu past week arc: Mrs. G. A. Briscoe, Miss Marie Andrews,. Mrs. H. I.. Whit ed, Mrs F. F. Miller, Mrs. Gussie Fos ter, Mrs William Clyde, Mrs. J. R. Robertson, Mrs. Frank Merr'll, Mrs. C. H. Vaupel, Mrs. G. H. Iledberg, Mrs. P. I). Sergsnt, Mrs D. S. Whit ney, Mrs. Ellen Wanner, Mrs I.ouisu Case, Mrs. F. G. Swedenlmrg, Mis Ethel Davenport, Miss Esther Wli'ted, Mrs Nellie Robertson, Mrs. A. L. Stewart, Mrs. J. P Dodge, Miss IU Myers and the Messrs. O. Winter, Dr. A', W. Boslough, G. M. Rnch, D. S. Whitney, W. O. Hodgson, Felix K. Moore and Rev. E. J. Conaty. Subscribing Members. Miss Grace Chamberlain, Mrs. Ben ton Bowers and Mrs. W. D. Hodgson. The regular members who were omit ted from the recently published list are: Mrs. Homer W. Barron, Miss Florence Erickson, Mrs. J. P, Spencer and Mr1. Elmo Nell. Subscription Made. A few donations were made during the part few days for the purchase of supplies, etc. Those who contributed are: One dollar per month from thH Ladies' Auxiliary Club, along with thti privilege of using their beautiful cluli room for Red Cross class work when necessary; $1 from the Eastern Star; 25 cents from Mrs. Reno: 50 cents for three months from E. S. Hathaway: $1 from the Shriners; 75 cents from Dr. Sawyer and Mrs. A. II. Pracht. who confiscated a nest of eggs which had been hidden by some motherly hen, and, after selling them, donated the money to the cause. He On Hand Wednesday. Every member of the corps Is re quested to be at the Red Cross head quarters' Wednesday and Friday af ternoon wrlth needle, thread, sfl'ssor, etc , for the purpose cf making hos pital supplies. All who can donat but a few ni'nntn to the work are) requested to do so. as the work is Important. Rereipts Expected Soon. The official receipts have not yet been received by the secretary, but are bedng expected dally. As soon Pft they arrive they will marled to the members of the local corps by th secretary. Auto Pays Bill For Good Roads It is astonishing how few voter 'seem to realize that it is the nutomo- ,"1K! W!l c" m" ,1,L !. t .1.. ti ajiii nnn Hn.t,i i.nn,tlni , ; ..-l..l..nl n,.A : 1,1 esl bill. Many people seem to th'nk that t,,e WI,0K'-.""""" '"' 0T1 1,10 ttxinyT. 1 .w.l 1 1 til ..11 Willi even a inoueruio i nurenHB in tile niMHlCr of automobiles, the license fees will more tluin lane care of interest and sinking funds, and re- deem the bonds without using a pen nj'u'.'"in the stale niillage tax. ok "' ai"1 " i8 moro lllHn 8,lfff J1 10 t,,kB "" lhe Hl"ck ln t,,e iln" probable event that the number of lllf 111 IHIKf H'l I" m-- autos does not increase. On the basis of the present number of autos, the license fees and the ex isting niillage tax will more than meet principal and Interest on t he $fi,000, 000 bond Issue anil the $1,9011,000 bonds for forest and post roads in addition. tv !. f f i ? WKATIIKlt Piim-iiNt For the Week Begin ning April Uf, HM7. Pacific states: Generally fair, with normal temperature. S E. H. BOWIE Forecaster. . . 4. Vale is to huiH a new hospital this spp'.ng.