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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1917)
Monday, April 80, 1017 PAGE EIGHT Eagle Creek Camp Ready For Season Local Citizens At Luncheon Y. M. C. A. Active, In War Times AflHiiAVD 'rmrros Ore?on Observer: The luncheon Out where the boys are lighting Forest Supervisor T. H. Sherrard cf the Oregon national forest has put jl. Pmolr rimn prnunria In .. . 'RfiitBn members of the Ashland bo notable in the world war that readiness ior mo ii i recreuuun bco-i . . . , t ... . ton. The water pipes have been con- Commercial Club come In autos the Lord James Bryce former British .t nn n that mire running water miles i. .vn,M. , tho various camD sites. I Sam H. Baker presided when the of It: end the comfort station has been speaking began. A warm welcome .pened. New tables for use of camp-j was 8vea the guests by Frank C. ers and picnickers have been built, Bramwtll, who sounded the keynote nd a splendid parking place for ma- tor wider and more effective co oper chines is conveniently located near atlon on all valley projects. He gave namn Prnnnrt i them full assurance of the desire to A four-room tent house has been 'our part to do all that cau be done tlan spirit." ,u ,,,.,, i,,r. 1 for Ashland and the towns between, The opening of a Y. M. C. A. ters of the forest officer who is again j tor by helping our neighbors to pros-, In a German pn'son camp made such H..tv nf tho eroundh 'Per and thrive helps us to do like- an impression on Ambassador Gerard, Eagle Creek camp grounds are lo-:lse-rated on the Oregon national forest, Mr. Baher then presented Bert R. 44 miles east of Portland, on the I (Jreer- pdi,or of the A8l"and TldlngB' wonderful Columbia Highway. It is ti,eer eloquently and elaborately e place of great natural heauty-a nalnted word Dictures of ,,,e wonder ,it of wilderness set apart by the gov- ful 8ce',lc assets of southwestern Ore rrnment for the free use of the pub- Ho made accurate ' contrasts with wnat exists in soutnern uauror n'a and here, and nowhere can there be found as picturesque and pleasur Monday was a complete get-together close to a hundred battle fronts, the event of Rogue River valley interests. , Y. M. C. A. has been doing a work ' ambassador to America, recently said "It has been and is today one f the most active and pervasive agen cies to help young men form high ideals, as well as for directing them Into the paths In which they can be3t serve their fellows in a t,rue Chris "Hut" J'c. Over 15,000 people visited these grounds In 1916, and it Is expected that several times that number will enjoy them this season. The picturesque Eagle Creek trail leads up the canyon from the camp grounds.' This trail has been cleared cf the few windfalls and slides which came down during the winter, and Is now open for a distance of four and b half mllps. who participated in the ceremonies, that ho cabled to the secretary of state: "Wojik of Inestimable value. J hope the American association will 'expend the work to the prison camps throughout tho world. i The records of tho war disclose that no front has been too remote but that some means of conveying equipment for association work would 1 able effects as can be found In Ore-j be found. No route has been too goiv Yet the people of that region rough and no danger too grent. have capitalized what they have In ; Where the Red Cross ministers to the this way by the expenditure of mil-1 men who are wounded, the Y. M. C lions of dollars, and are reaping vast j A. provides them facilities for recre- sums from tho tourists and visitors ation. creates about them Uio whole there. j Should Oregon awaken to a realiza- A high bridge has been built across tion of the advantages she possesses Eagle creek where the trail now ends, In real attractiveness, it would not be , ind it Is expected that the trail will necessary to spend great sums of lie completed to Walttum Lake during moniey before wo have the guest In- the coming field season. This will come In preference. Small expend-; open up some very attractive country Iture in roads and development woulld ivnt la umi innoneaalMa find mnlte onen to the world the ereatest won- i fine 27-mile h'k'ng trip ' ders of thousands that exist here In , Vlaea Bomo po,laulu T, , A scouisii mmmier vitmeu me front and came back so enthusiastic about it that he told his congregation some atmosphere so badly needed to offset tho sordid things of camp life and keeps near them ever the re minder of home and love dones. Even the rearer may have received a letter from some boy In uniform writing from "somewhere" along the fronts It Is an even chance that the letter was written on stationery pro- posslhle a from tho Columbia Highway at Eagle matchless array and close proximity, j -Creek camp grounds up the Eagle ' The Josephine Caves, he said, he Creek canyon and over the divide to long to the world, and Instead of a Wahtura Lake, returning to the High-' government monument, as now there ay at Herman ranger station by'way 'should be a government park fully f Herman Creek trail. j equipped with government Improve- i The O.-W. R. & N. company has , ments. under government control. A : Greeted a station at Eagle Creek, slight effort on the part of the people . vhlch is now a flng stop the same as jean bring this about, and congress Wultnomah Falls, so that parties may and the world made to know of the Vslt the camp grounds by highway or , existence of these really valuable fea-1 ,y rail. tures of our country. j Our efforts in this regard would i i bring wonderful dividends as well as 111C BUK1C IWdU On Billings Hill the thanks of the world, for there would be no limit to the travel these wonders will inspire. The audience listened with wrapt attention, and when Mr. Greer had finished he was most heartily ap plauded. His shots were well aimed, and it action does not follow It will there were literally tons of writing paper and many writing tables. There were tables spread with re freshments and f. platform with a piano on it. Nearby was a little chapel where the men, in all the real ization of their responsibilities and dangers, could, and did, retire for prayer. Net content with getting associa tion "huts" to all the prison camps of more than 10.000 and to the men back of the barb-wlio entanglements, ,the Y. M Oat. NT BULLETIN to r 1 correctly refined from asphalt-basecrude.it main tains its lubricating body and value at cylinder heat, thus forming a perfect pis ton seal, reducing friction, and enabling the motor to develop its maximum power. Zerulene is the oil for your car. For sale by iet'.ert everywhere and at our Service Stations. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Clifnu m our exporl , the faotort, . cyilnd9r oar mi ' - "our. mlf b9en with , b9tt" aulte Standard Oil 0omp&ny,B J rioant than nth Whloh - a used. ' aaT tMa t0 b8 M attePt on ou, tha , - to aetata M9 bra-1l Of oil irhlnK wbloh yon ehoula as. but merely to call ' call your attention to th faot that tv,4 other. f98Ult8 tha an7 otnera which v ' lTin3 you t . ""T info: yW8 J truly. m PRiES3 lfOTOfl "tlon. c4fl COMPACT Livestock Hit by Late Season Pelouze Chosen To Go To Front Medford Sun: George W. Owen, .county commissioner of the Ashland district, reports that the contract with 4ha Rniiiharn Parlfir Cnmnnnv has been executed for the under-gradt be. bc.c.aBe of Mhargy gone to seed. crossing of that company's right-of-way on the Bill'ngs hill; that the bleeds have been executed, also, for the right-of-way for the new roadway t Around the hill, and that the state AncHnaAfo dm avnpptftri In nrrivt B11V . . .,. ...., ,n , at Ashland is loaning money without ,, lay to make a final survey for the ' tab es, , , , m. ... v. I..V........ dclui m-J m DLiimJ tnnuiuii null vuicid ork to he done. The state highway 1 Medford Sun: Word has been re celved that. Robert Pelouze, former athlete in the high school, who was graduated two years ago, and is now a student at Leland Stanford Uni versity, has been . chosen one of the 21 students of that institution to be Ing 1,000, and the U. of C. cadets, about 1,500 strong, participated la the parade. Potato Matinee Is Huge Success E. V. Carter, banker from Ashland, was next intorduced. He was pleased at the harmony now existing in all .this region and added his encourage Iment to harmonious and effective ac tion. He made plain how his bank commission will supervise that work, to promote the production of food- j ii . i. .m i. stuffs along patriotic lines, lie says, and that It will be done Just , r s quickly as workmen can perform the service after the final survey, H. O. Frohbach. secretary of the Astilajid Commercial Club, was called Livestock conditions in the national forest regions of Washington are C. A undertook In Canada 'good, with a fairly high lambing aver- a work which received the highest 'age, according to reports received by approval of military officers. - I District Forester George H. Cecil of A physlccl director in a Canadian Portland, Ore. In Oregon stock con city saw a number of recruits turned j ditlons are below normal in the na- down for lack of chest expansion arm tional forest region.. This is due to gent t0 serve, in the American ambu power of endurance. It was his oppor- the unusually long feeding season. ' mnce corp8 in France., tunity. He took them in hand Soon i many sectlrns the Kay Is entirely j Th)g ,B the gocond t0 be Bent dozens were reporting agan for ex- uged up. ! from Stanford to serve in the corps, aminatlon with the required chest e- In the Deschutes country, near the and membership in It is regarded as pansion and power to endure, In Fremont natlonaJ forost, th. upper ' a v.ry high honor the Canadian associations, before John Day wmUy wd lltBaker coun. j Ro,,ert Pelouze ,8 the g0n of Mr. their departure for active serviced ty, Oregon, will occur the severest !and Mrs. Fred Pelouze of Eagle soldiers had right of way at writmf ,0S8eg on ftcC0UDt of ,ate gcagon and ;p()lnt had ft tclegram from Boub swimming pools, snower nains, , shortage. Most range cattle In ,nin,, m. nf hi .i.-t!nn mh Mr m me gjmnasium ana uuu lonuiifa. Oregon and Washington have come : PeOUW on Thursday, "and relating six potatoes each sold for 2 and $3 When Uncle Sam's national through the winter in rather poor his Joy over it. The unit will leave j each., The money was donated to th. guardsmen were sent down to the condit'on. I for France June 1. and of course he! Red Cross fund. The potato matinee which was held at the Page Theatre in Medford re cntly was a tremendous success, and nearly one thousand pounds of pots toes were received at the entrance door from the vast crowd of children that sought entrance with a potato being used for an admission ticket. The potatoes were auctioned off at the Page Theatre Wednesday evening and six sacks were sold at from 17 to $10 each, while several baskets of Ashland is not alone Interested in ! out by Mr.' Baker, and he boosted for .Ashland's Chautauqua and the round- I up. The new Ashland auditorium, he said, will seat 4,000, and if need be ' 3,000 more can be seated in the gal jlery when the bulflding Is completed i He said: "No doubt Grants Pass, as Mexican border, association secre taries with equipment were on the ground almost as soon as they, great ly to the discomfiture of the organ ized forces of vice that had also sought the camps eager to exploit the soldiers for their own pernicious purposes, regardless of the harm to them. With the first d's'cussion of the th's project. For two years automo Vle drivers, both of tho tourist class and the local contingent, each of which Is numerous, have reviled that particular section of the famous Ta 'fic Hlehwav. More than one man las done violence to the Command-; she always has, will again send up to j 1 41.x 1 1 1 K I n jilt ntvinlA nilnf A f t A , t ments as he strained his machine iO;' """"" ''" 'entrance of the United States Into the evercome that obstacle to an other-j gates for eaca of these entertain- ( Q Ro08evelt vlso delightful drive. Let us hope ments.' 'assistant secretary of the navy, sent that Commissioner Owen will make; The master of ceremonies closed' ft ca fpr gpM,n, gervce to all It h's special business to follow up the hour with further expresisons of y M c A gBylng lht eyery MW strenuously tho good start he has the benefits of these get-together oc-, enlfllment m(1(lnt a ,)ew prolllem ln made on that part of our county boul- canons artd bespoke much good tor character ,,uiW,ngf and conclu.lin-;: in. un:.ea enori,s ue..Serleu lu , The mvy owpg much t0 the young t the. greater development of our re- rhl.lu.an Association for what - A month's pass to the Page Thea tre was given as a prizo for the larg est potato, which proved to be an To meet the emergency which ex- wni come home for ft visit before Ists, the supervisors of the national : then." forests in Oregon and Washington ' At San Franc'sco last Tuesday a have been authorized to open them '0g patriotic demonstration was held, i enormous tuber which weighed three to livestock which is short of feed preceded by a military parade, in 'pounds and four ounces. Many earlier than the usual date, whenever honor of tho Stanford and University i unique verses were attached to the it can be done without material in-1 of California students who arc going , potatoce, and one youngster from jury to the early grasses. The forest jint0 the ambulance corps service in Prospect presented a large spud which tfvard. nr. end Mrs. E. A. Wood enter tained the teachers of the West Side chool with a mo3t enjoyable party at thejr home on Wlmer street Friday rvening. Music proved to be the most enjoyahl part of the evening s pro-1 cram, as all the Wood family are tal filled musicians, and many class'cal selections of music were rendered, to the enjoyment of all. Several of the j teachers bIbo made the even'ng en-j Jnyable with their musical talent, the M'sses F.nele, Kramer, Flinn and An derson being the gifted ones. Great I merriment and some discomfiture was ci.used when Dr. Wood, who bad gath-, ered a snapshot cf each one present, showed them on u screen with a stere- opt'eon machine. Delicious refresh- ments were served nt a late hour, fie- j sides the th'rteen members of the West Side school teaching staff, Mrs ;. A. lliisroe. Mrs. Emma .lack and lrs. W. W. Caldwell were present. sources. , Those present from Ashland were the following: J. W. McCoy, Denton Bowers. V. O. -V. Smith, E. V. Carter, I). R. Greer, Joe Alnutt, A. H. Pracht, Clifford Jenkins. J. P. Dodge, A. M. . ' IVaver". Rev. W J. Douglass, W. D. Hodgson, G. F. Hillings, George Loos ley, Rev. P. K. Hammond, H. O. Froh bach and L. L. Mullt of Portland. it is today, for character means effi ciency." Now that the United States is defi nitely committed to the titanic con flict, Y, M. C. A.'s all over the United service will make every effort to aid France. The University of Califor the stockmen In saving their animals nia aifl0 has a unit of 21 men for the from ntarvattcn. I corps. The Stanford cadets, number- Forest service reports show that ! severe weather condition? are causing : heavy losses cf cattle and sheep in ! the northern Rocky mountain region, j Because of unusually deep snow, con tinued storms and the lato spf'ng. the j suppfly of feed in most of the region has been practically exhausted. Hay ; Is now selling at $20 to $40 a ton j and It is almost impossible to get it , even nt these prices. j The loss of sheep in Wyoming, j Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada 1 had been guilded like a nugget and bore the inscription, "This is what we grow at Prospect." We Curd of Thanks. wish to sincerely thank the States are mobilizing their forces oo , wmi it )g feared, be unusually heavy, that their services to Uncle Sam's y.ell, posted stockmen estimate that soldier boys may be as wholesomely j may reach 20 per cent. It is stated heflpful ana nspi-ing as u is ueeuiui. that the sneep are generally in poor MARSHALL N. DANA. many kind friends who by their kind- j ly acts and words of sympathy made . our recent bereavement more easy to l.Hr. MRS A. It. CAVIN. CAM CAVIN. boar recommended to congress and Presi dent Wilson, that will make it poss' ' Lynn Mow Rt, who has beon In the j h,e ,n n)e of pefl0r for mprCan ves liosp'taa for the past week, has been 1 Rp)g tQ opprate ln competition with moved to his borne on Iieech avenue fore,Kn ,)0ltomg and is rapfdly ga'niig his strength. I 110 will be sufficiently well to be back mnlngi fmnR rallroad'ng. cn the Job at the Tidings office t-, i)0iKelooplni5 cud every line of Indus morrow. try Is being revolutionized and made Seattle maritime Interests have banded with tho Chamber of Com mence and Commercial Club there to i. t.AfnM l, a farlnml eh'nnfrtf? 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Y. condtion, and many of tho bands which came through the winter with-1 out losses are now beginning to suf-1 fer. A ligh lamb and wool crop is ! ; anticipated for the whole Rocky mountain region. j All Mid'catlons are that the cattle-1 men have been equally hard hit. In j ports of Idaho. Montana and Wyom-! ing unusually severe losses are in prospect. No reliable figures are oli-: talnable. from northern .Nevada and; Utah, but all reports agree that the ' number of livestock wMl be greatly f reduced In those sections also. ! The fact that supplies of grain and I hay luve been ailmost exhausted and the spring ranges nre generally cov ered with snow, leads experienced stockmen to fear that many more ani mals will die before the situation is relieved by warm weather". In some regions the snow is so deep that hay can not be hauled to the starving stock except on hand-drnwn sleds. Pbone Job orders to the Tidings Clif Payne makes hope boxes. MS1 VP ART-RUGS What About Your Floors ? 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