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VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917
NUMBER 102
ID1NGS
Neil Creek Sawmill and Factory
Sold and To Be Operated
The .Nell Creek sawmill and the
Ayer's Spur box factory, property of
the Ashland, Manufacturing Com
pany, have been sold to George 42
Hart and associates of I.os Angers ence In the timber, lumber and manu
and a crew of 100 men Is being en- J facturlng features of the business,
gaged to begin immediate operations j lie Is now In charge of preliminary
at both mill and factory. The mill arrangements, having arrived from
has a capacity of 50,000 feet dally j Seattle to assume the management of
and the box factory can care for that j the new company's affairs.
output.
Timber Included.
The purchase Includes 4.000 acres
nf Mmhpif which cruises manv mll-
iinnu nf finfl .. nina Hmiwr A
full equipment of modern appliances
for handling the logging operations
is Included In the deal. Both plants
are modern In every respect, the box
factory having the latest box-making
machinery, with which It will turn
out this year over two million fruit
boxes.. A tram will be built at once
to convey the lumber from the saw-
mill to the box plant.
Fruit Boxes.
The company expects to supply a
large portion of the demand for fruit
boxes in this valley this year, togeth
er with special orders of lumber for
the local yards.
Box shooks will be delivered from
th,9 plant by auto truck direct to the
packing houses at shipping points and
to the orchards, thus saving the ex
pense and loss of time of extra han
dling. Pledge $400 Foi
Army Y.M.C.A. Work
The Army T. M. C. A. work had an
"inning" with the churches of Ash
land yesterday morning, and on the
first oall for pledges in support of
this work almost $400 was raised
without any personal solicitation
whatever; this is counting the month
ly pledges on a basis of eight monthly
payments only. The pledges are tak
en on so much a month during the
continuance of the war, and may be
paid monthly, quarterly or in a lump
sum as desired. The International
committee find that it will be neces
sary to have 13,000,000 for the first
eight months of the campaign, and
Oregon's share of this is estimated at
148,000. About half of that sum has
already been laised, as many of the
cities observed May 6 for this special
work and have followed it up with
solicitation during the past week. It
Is believed that considerable more can
be added to Ashland's contribution.
The efficient service of the Y. M.
C. A. to the soldiers on the Mexican
border and in the European camps
has been the subject of much favor
abel comment among government rep
resentatives', army officers, and the
men themselves. It furnishes to the
soldier what the government does not
provide opportunities for writing
and reading, music and social pleas
ures as well as moral uplift. And It
gets to the soldier In the way that the
soldier likes. The association at this
particular time faces unexampled op
portunities for service to our soldiers,
and it is Important that the work
which It Is doing, and tan do, for the
men and boys that are giving up their
own work and many of them very
lucrative positions to serve the coun
try, should receive the fullest possible
rernenitlon and assistance. Clark
Bush Is ihe treasurer of the local
committee, and payments or pledges
may be handed to him direct or
through any one of the three Ash
land banks.
Oregon City Willamette and West
Linn school districts plan union high
school.
GO,
GOVEItXOR'S LIXCIIEOX.
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? All those who have not al- 8
ready secured their tickets for 3
the luncheon In honor of Gov- $
ernor Withycombe, which will t
4 be held at 12:30 tomorrow
S (Tuesday) at the Hotel Austin, 3
? must do so tonight. Notify f
either Secretary Frohbc.ch at the
S Commercial Club or Manager
Chlsholm at the Hotel Austin.
3 Tickets are 75 cents.
J. M. Sinllli, Manager.
J. P. Smith, who will have full di
rection of the entire business for the
company, has had 20 years of experl-
George E. Hart, one of the big cap
italists and brokers of Los Angeles,
was formerly engaged In the lumber
business In the state of Washington
! b"t during the past 12 years he has
been a large operator in the principal
southern California cities, In which he
and associates have extensive Invest
ments. Work Begins Today.
Manager Smith has a crew at work
today putting the mill In readiness
for immediate operation and plans to
have tne m,n runnln to lt9 fu" ca"
pacuy wunin 3U days. Anunaani cap
ital is behind the enterprise.
The fruit men of the valley, who
have alraady been Interviewed in the
matter, have-offered hearty support
to the company. In fact, it was
through their encouragement that
the properties were taken over from
the First National Bank of Ashland.
The deal means the Immediate ad
dition of a very considerable payroll
to the valley and th,e saving for local
circulation of nearly $100,000 of
home money for fruit boxes.
Fines Sequel To
Rooming House Row
A lumberjack from Weed who said
he was looking for a good time, a
.woman from San Diego who said she
came here from Hornbrook on her
San Diego doctor's advice to recover
from pneumonia with the assistance
of Ashland's climate and mineral wa
ter baths, and the keeper of a local
rooming house were the central fig
ures in a lively mixup at the before
mentioned rooming house Friday
night and at a jury trial In the city
hall Saturday afternoon and evening.
The women were charged with con
ducting a house of ill-fame and were
convicted after a trial lasting well
Into the evening. Each paid a fine of
$50 and the San Diego health-seeker
left for more suitable climes. The
lumberjack plead guilty to a charge
of disturbing the peace and paid a
fine of $25.
The lumberjack and the San Diego
woman each claimed that the row
started over an attempt on the part
of the other to rob. The row ended
with a broken window and the arrival
of the police. The lumberjack's story
sounded more plausible to the jury.
Numerous witnesses were called In an
attempt to prove the general reputa
tion of the rooming house to be bad,
and numerous humorous high lights
provided amusement ior the court
room full of sensation-seeking spec
tators. The local rooming house
keeper claimed to be innocent of any
knowledge of what was going on and
told a well-connected story. The San
Diego woman rambled considerably
and brought down the house on sev
eral occasions. She claimed to have
an income, the income consisting of
alimony from a divorced husband, but
stated she A'.A not know whether her
husband was alive or dead.
Two Local Non-Coms
To Become Officers
Word comes from Portland that
Sergeant Arthur , Graham and Ser. ;
geant Arthur Erlckson of the 1st com
pany, Coast Artillery, have been as
lected to be sent to the officers' train
ing school 'at the Presidio at San
Francisco. The two sergeants were
recommended by the commander of
the local company and approved by
Adjutant General White. Both have
excellent records and should make
good officers. Graham and Erlckson
are both popular with the artillery
men here, and while rejoicing with
them in their good fortune the com
pany hates to lose them. They will
receive their discharges from the Na-
tional Guard upon enlistment in the
officers' camp, and will leave In a few
days for San Francisco. j
Roundup Stunts at
Roseburg Festival
The Roseburg Strawberry Festival
Is to take place In the Umpqua city
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week, and on Saturday the
local Roundup Association will stage
some lively stunts at Roseburg adver -
Using the Rogue River Roundup on
July 3, 4 and 5. In all probability
Tracey Lane and Frank Smith will
put on some bucking horse, bulldog
ging and roping stunts and other fea
tures will be staged.
The Roundup Association will senj
several men, and a special appeal Is
made to all Ashlanders who can go
to do so and to decorate their cars
wlth roundup banners and themselves
with roundup hats and buttons. Many
will make the trip by automobile and
others will go on the train. The
Roseburgers have arranged an attrac
tive program for the three days, cul
minating in the big events of Satur
day which Ashlanders will help turn
into "Ashland Day."
Postoffice at Gold
Hill Burglarized
Gold Hill, May 11 (Special)
Some time during last inght an un
known person entered and robbed the
Gold Hill postoffice of $5 in coin and
quite a quantity of stamps. Postmas
ter H. D. Reed Is checking up the loss
and will notify the postal Inspector at the exhibit, which will be well worth
once. This Is the second time the seeing. In past years these exhibits
Gold Hill postoffice has been robbed j have been staged at the high school,
in the past few motnhs. The work, but thfs year it was thought better to
according to the postmaster's report, .have the exhibition downtown so that
was that of an old offender, for a 'a greater nnmber could visit it with
thorough search of the office was j0ut the walk out to the high Bchool.
made by the thief. Registered mall Under the direction of Heinrich Heid-
was cast aside when It was found to
contain nothing but legal papers.
The Bowers pharmacy was entered,
probably by the same party or parties
who robbed the postoffice. The thief
seemed to be familiar with all the
surroundlngs, and all clues point to
a local party. ,
The exact losses of bota robberies,
so far ascertained, are: M. D. Bow-
ers, $5 and several pounds of candies.
The postoffice loss amounts to $S0423
in stamps and $3.29 in postal funds,
Stevenson Studio for portraits.
Ashland Teachers For Next
Year All Selected But Two
All but two of the positions on the
Ashland teaching staff for next year
have been filled. Several of this
year's staff have accepted positions to the UnlveriBty of Pennsylvania
elsewhere and several leave to take and will be succeeded by Miss Violet
post-graduate work at higher institu- Mcl.ain of Willamette University,
tions of learning. All of the new j Miss Irma James will attend the nor
teachers who have been chosen come nial at Peru, Neb., and her place Is
very highly recommended and the 'to be filled by Miss Agnes Robinson
personnel of the staff Is bound to be ' of Medford. Miss Hazel Clark will
of an equal standard in 1917-18 that
It has been In past years.
Superintendent Briscoe.
Superintendent Briscoe will again
head the Ashland school system. Mr'Cupid claims only one teacher this
Briscoe has established a reputation
as one of Che leading educators of the
Pacific coast and Is nresldent of the
Oregon State Teachers' Association.
Ashland is fortunate In being able to
keep a man of his calibre.
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Senior High School.
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F. E. Moore will continue as prin -
cipal of the senior high school. G. M.
Ruch, science Instructor, goes to the
University of Oregon, where he has(aUend medica Bchool. Harry SeeP
accepted a professorship of science -n
the new experimental Junior high
Heinrich Heidenreich, manual trail'
Ing and mechanical drawing instruct
or and athletic coach, has several po
B'ns of fered him and Is undecided
oa in hla nittt vAnro h rt m Ilia n (1 OO
as to his next year's home. His place
will be taken by Charles A. King of
Oregon Agricultural College. Mr.
King graduates this yenr from O. A.
C. He is married, his wife living In
Ashland. E. T. Hallowell will remain,
as will also Misses Wilmette Hassin
ger, Laura McCormlck. Grace Lilly,
Irene Ringhelm and Marian Ahrendt.
Junior IIIkIi School.
Principal Gertrude Engle and
Misses 11a Myers, Irene Johnson,
Gretchen Kreamer, K. Irene Brandes,
Nellie B, Ross and Claribel More-
"house will remain at the Junior high
'school. Miss Alice N. Thompson goes
to the University of California to take
graduate work and will be replaced
W.R.C. and G.A.R.
Feed First Bompany
The 1st company received a very
! pleasant surprise at drill Thursday
j evening when the order came to lay
j aside guns and belts and the company
was marched to the banquet room in
i the basemeut of the armory, where
tables loaded down with ice crea'n,
strawberries and cake greeted them.
Women of the Relief Corps, assisted
by Honor Guard girls and the veter
ans of the G. A. R., saw to it that
every soldier boy was filled up, and
'the memory of that "feed' will linger
when months of hardtack and bacon
I have made such luxuries as Ice cream
j seem like a dream. Lieutenant Spen-
cer made a speech, the boys nearly
raised the roof with cheers, and it
was a merry hour. The artillerymen
gave their hosts and hostesses a vote
of thanks and returned to the drill
floor wisning that every drill night
could bring such a treat.
Woodwork and Sewi
Exhibit Saturday
A combined exhibit of the work
done during the year by the manual
training and the sewing classes, both
of the senior and junior high schools,
will be on display next Saturday at
J. P. Dodge & Sons' furniture store
on East Main street. Mr. Dodge has
donated the use of the floor space for
enrelch at the senior high school and
Delmar Harmon at the Junior high,
wonderful progress has been made in
the manual training and mechanical
drawing departments, and the almost
- ' professional ability of some of the pu-
pnB weii exemplified In the finely
! executed pieces of woodwork and
; drawing. The household arts feature
unjer the direction of Miss Irene
Ringholra and Miss K. Irene Brandes
, is i,0Und to interest the women folks
particularly.
Clif Payne makes dish cupboards.
by Miss Dea L. Immel, daughter of
Superintendent Immel of the Astoria
schools. Miss Alice J. Fllnn will go
return to her home at Des Moines
land will either teach or pursue her
! stulle8 ,urther and w111 be succeeded
'"V M'hs Alma Ross of Wlnslow, Ariz.
year-Miss Vernon Plyland, whose
successor has not been chosen. Miss
Evangeline Foley goes to lane a
course ,n home economics and allied
st""11'8 al 8 vocational scnooi ana win
I "e rpl"ucea oy M1SB urace wn,ie 01
iAmes, jowa. ueimar narmon is a
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'non-commissioned officer In the 1st
' nnny. Coa,t Artlllepr. and will an-
'swer the can witn tne comp((nVi and
f m,istered out before next fall w(11
, teachln at Bonanza this
year, will succeed him.
East Side School.
At the East Side school there will
be but one change Miss Margaret
j power Ieavln(? to accept one of tw0
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or three positions which have been
offered her In Washington state. Her
position will be filled by Miss Rose: rain inursnay.
E', Caha of Bloomfield, Neb. S. A. ) The affair Is staged on a scale nev
McGavern is prlnc'pal, and his staff er before attempted. Over 125 girls
of teachers Includes Misses Loralne
Johnson, Bessie Dunham, Rose Thom
as, Marie Andrews, Nellie Mathews
and Alice Palmer.
Special Teachers.
Miss Margaret Anderson will re
main at the head of the music and
drawing departments. Miss Calla
Vogell will continue as clerk an
librarian. Miss Vera Moffat will prob
ably accept a position at The Dalles,
and the position of directress of phys
ical training Is still open.
Red Cross, Band
To Join
Several hundred Ashlanders will
Join In the great Patriotic parada
which has been planned for next
Wednesday at Medford Tho Trl
State Good Roads convention will be
staged In Medford on that day and
Governor Withycombe and other no
tables will lie present. Ashland will
send down every avallanel automo
bile loaded with mVmbers of the vari
ous organizations who will parade,
and every citizen is urged to join in
making r.n Ashland demonstration
which will be a credit to the city.
Automobiles.
Every automobile owner In the city
is requested to have his car at the
Plaza at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday to
help transport the band, militia and
Red Cross to Medford. Return will
be made by noon.
Band.
The Ashland band has been lined
up for the occasion and will lead the
parade.
First Company.
The 1st company will probably bewUh DatrlotIc display.
In line, definite action being expected
at drill tonight, and if enough can go
the local soldier boys will march.
Red Cross.
At a business meeting of the Ash-
land Red Cross Saturday evening It
was voted to accept the Invitation
from the Medford Red Cross to Join
In the grand Patriotic parade In the
latter city Wednesday next, and a
committee composed of F E. Watson,
W. D. Hodgson, J. E. Thornton, Rev.
W. J. Douglass, Rev. P. K. Hammond
and Dr. Gregg was appointed to fur
ther the arrangements. Every order,
organization 'and patriotic citizen is
Invited to attend. All who have autos
they are willing to furnish to help
carry the people to Medford are In
vited to come with their cars to the
Plaza, from which point lt Is planneJ
to start at 8:30 o'clock. The parade
starts at Medford promptly at 10
o'clock. All our people who can are
urged to follow the Red Cross and
help make this the grandest patriotic
demonstration yet witnessed In south
ern Oregon. Ladles are requested to
wear white shirtwaist and dark skirt.
Sees Many Snakes
And Kills Twelve
Ben Bowers got Into a regular col
ony of rattlesnakes over on the slope
of Grizzly peak the other day, and to leave town for more than a taw
managed to send twelve of the rep hours without permission from the
tiles to snake heaven. He says he commanding officer, and a call Is ex
counted at least seventy-two, but due ! pected within the next few days. It
allowances must be made In view of j Is rumored that the Coast Artillery Is
the fact that the rattlers might have to be called out as soon as the army
had Ben a little rattled ior the mo- j bill has been signed by th? president,
ment. Ho has a bottle full of rattles but this Is no more than a rumor as
by which to remember the pleasant
little episode'.
The number of rattlesnakes on
Grizzly peak has been decreasing
lately, in the opinion of some stock
men, while others claim that there
are as many as ever. A very peculiar
fact is that rattlesnakes are rarelv
seen south of Bear creek. The Dead
Indian country Is also free from rat
tlesnakes. Pageant Thursday
Unless It Rains
The pageant which has been under
preparation by the girls of the Ash-
land schools for the past many weeks
mi 4 . . , ' .
wlll be staged In Llthla park Thurs
day evening of this week, weather
permitting. Should the weather man
frown, the pageant will be given the
following Tuesday. Tickets which
are now being sold are good for the
Tuesday performance In the event of
1n elaborate costumes are to take
part. Music by the high school or
chestra will furnish inspiration for
the beautiful dances which are Inter
woven Into the pantomime and story.
Electric floodlights will Illuminate
the out-of-doors "stage."
Corvallls Contract let for a new
brick building here.
I in Grants Pass to visit his mother.
Coos Bay North Bend mill buys His wife has been In Portland for sev
Tlver boat Wolverine. eral weeks..
and First Co.
in Medlord Parade
Badges will be furnished members of
the Red Cross.
The following Is a copy of the
formal invitation received from Med
ford: "Medford., Ore., May 9.
"On behalf of Medford Chapter of
the Red Cros3 you are cordially In
vited to take part In a Patriotic and
Red Cross Campaign parade to ba
held In Medford, Ore, May 16 at 10
a. m. Governor Withycombe and
other governors will lie with us and
Governor Withycombe will give aa
address at the close of the parade in
the Library park, on patriotism and
Red Cross work.
"It Is to be hoped that you will
send a large delegation so as to make
the day a Biiccess.
"Yours faithfully,
"DR. J. LAWRENCE HILL."
Roundup Association.
The Roundup Association and the
Hyiu Hehe boosters will have a place
In the parade and will be represented
i by a big delegation In costume and
OiirHiilatloiis in Line.
The organizations now certain to
participate include:
One thousand Medford school chil
dren. i First company, Coast Artillery
t Corps, Ashland.
j Ashland band.
Ashland Auxiliary American Red
Cross.
' -Seventh company, Coast Artillery
Corps, Medford.
Company I, 3rd Infantry.
Veterans G. A. R.
Spanish War Veterans.
Medford Home Guard.
B. P. O. E. Medford.
Medford Merchants' Association.
Medford University Club.
Colony Club.
Odd Fellows. '
Woodmen of the World.
Girls' Honor Guard.
Ladles' Riding Club.
Knights of Pythias.
Medford fire department.
Home Guard, Table Rock.
Japanese assoclalton, Medford.
Central Point band.
Company Told
Call Imminent
Lleutennnt Spencer has instructed
the members of the 1st company not
far as any verification Is possible.
The boys are all "rarin' to go." Re-
, markahle progress has been made in
whipping the new recruits Into shape
and Ashland's company will do credit
to the city when the mobilization call
comes. Tills company is fortunate in
having the cream of the young men
of the olty enlisted, and a more Intel
ligent bunch of young men of high
chnracter could not be found any
where. Graft or Incompetence, Which?
Chlaf of police trying to crawl out,
blames City Attorney Moore and
Wimer. Says he has to work under
their orders. If this is true, Mr.
Moore and Wimer apparently haven't
ftpflHA nnnnph in tinnml ann.l In a rat
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hole. Or If they have, do they use
lt for graft or persecution? Why
should they arrest Mr. Wood, the
manager of the Eastern Supply Com
pany, one of tin most prosperous lit
tle concerns In Ashland, without th9
slightest grounds or laws whatever to
,)ftck them?
Say, citizens, come In and see the
ordinance, and also how the com-
pIaln.t w.fls (,"Hwn up' 8 pnper 8ny
small schoolboy would be ashamed
of.
Judge for yourself. Is this an at
tempt at graft or Is It Incompetence,
or both? C. D WOOD.
Manager Eastern Supply Co.
(Paid adv. 10c line )
Simeon Drake of this city has gone
to Portland for a visit, stopping over