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Ashland Will Entertain 75,000 People at the Greatest Patriotic Celebration in the West; Annual Hyiu
iicne and Rogue River Round-up, July 3, 4 and 5.
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Ashland, July 3, 4, 5.
Ashland, July 3, 4, 5.
VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917
VUMBKR It 4
President Sets June 5 As Date
For Draft Registration
President Wilson's proclamation
putting into effect the selective draft
provision of the war army bill, signed
Friday, follows:
A Proclamation by the President
of the United States:
Whereas, congress has enacted and
the president has on the 18th day of
May, 1917, approved the law which
contains- the following provisions:
Section 0 That all male persons
between the ages of 21 and 30, both
inclusive, shall be subject to registra
tion, in accordance with regulations
to be prescribed by the president;
and upon proclamation by the presi
dent or other public notice given by
him or by his direction stating the
time and place of such registration,
It shall be the duty of all persons of
the designated ages, except officers
and enlisted men of the regular army,
the navy and the national guard and
naval militia while In the service of
the United States, to present them
selves for and submit to registration
under the provisions of this act, and
every such person shall be deemed
to have notice of the requirements
of this act upon the publication of
said proclamation or other notice, as
afore said, given by the president or
by his direction; and any person who
shall wilfully fail or refuse to present
himself for registration or submit
thereto as herein provided, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction In the district court
of the United States having jurisdic
tion thereof, be punished by Impris
onment for not more than one year,
and shall thereupon be duly regis
tered; provided that, in the call of
the docket, precedence shall be given
In courts trying the same, to the
trial of criminal proceedings under
this act; provided, further, that per
sons shall be subject to registration
as herein provided who shall have at
tained their twenty-first birthday
and who shall not have attained their
thirty-first birthday on or before the
day set for the registration', and all
persons so registered shall be and
remain subject to draft Into the
forces hereby authorized, unless ex
empted or excused therefrom as In
this act provided; provided further,
that, In the case of temporary ab
sence from actual place of legal resi
dence of any person liable to regis
tration as provided herein, such reg
istration may be by mall under regu
lations to be prescribed by the presi
dent. Section 6 That the president Is
hereby authorized to utilize the serv
ice of any or all departments and
any or all officers and agents of the
United States and of the several
states, territories and the District of
Columbia, and sub-divlslons herein,
in the execution of this act, .and all
officers and agents of the United
States and ot the several states, terri
tories and sub-divisions thereor, ana
of the District of Columbia, and all
persons designated or appointed un
der regulations prescribed by the
president, whether such appoint
ments are made by the president
himself or by the governor or other
officer of any state or territory to
perform any duty in the execution of
this act, are hereby required to per
form such duty as the president shall
order or direct, and all such officers
and agents and persons so designated
or appointed shal) hereby have full
authority for the acts done by them
In execution of this act by the direc
tion of the president. Correspond
ence in the execution of this act may
he carried in penalty envelopes bear-
Too Much Speed
On Scenic Drive
. Bryan Bowman with a boy friend
and two young ladies were visitors in
Ashland the other day from down he
valley. Young Bowman was driving
h?s own car. Up on Glenview r Drive
b let his speed craving get the best
of him. Now Glenvlew Drive is as
safe as can b. hen taken at a moder
ate rat. of speed, but the winding
turns are not suitable to high .pe.1
Bowman found this out and had to
hire a machine to pull his car b
p onto the grade from
timber. Luckily no one was hurt, but
had the accident occurred at Borne
place, along the grade, the car would
have roll.d clear Into Ashland creek.
ing the frank of the war department.
Persons charged as herein provided
with the duty of carrying into effect
any of the provisions of this act or
the regulations made or directions
given thereunder, who shall fall or
neglect to perform such duty, and
any person charged with such duty
or having and exercising any author
jit under said act, regulations or di
'rections, who shall knowingly make
or be a party to the making of any
; false or incorrect registration, physi
I cal examination, exemption, enllst
jment, enrollment or muster, and any
.person who shall make or be a party
jto the making of any false statement
jor certificate as to the fitness or lia
jblllty of himself or any other person
for service under the provision of
this, or regulations made by the pres
ident thereunder, or otherwise
evades or aids another to evade the
) requirements of this act or of said
! regulations, or who, in any manner,
shall fail or neglect full7 to perform
I any duty required of him In the exe
cution of this act, shall, if not sub
ject to military law, be guilty of a
! (Continued on Page Three)
Best Folks Going
Say Roundup Bunch
The Ashland roundup booster dele-
I gatlon which attended the Roseburg
Strawberry Festival returned Sunday
jand are loud. In their praise of the
. hearty hospitality extended them at
' Roseburg and of the various features
i
1 of the festival. According to the
boys, they were practically "given
,the city." Mayor Rice of Roseburg
j called thera up immediately after
their arrival and informed them that
, the hour from 11 to 12 on Saturday
morning had been set aside for the
j Ashland stunts, and put his automo
i bile at the disposal of the boys, driv
ing It himself. The Dixson brothers
had secured six fine horses which the
i Ashlanders rode in the parades, and
a number of fair maidens decked out
In cowgirl costumes rode in autom
I biles and distributed literature. On
'every side the 'Ashlanders were met
with acts of co-operation and kind
1 ness wlhch brought them home
swearing by Roseburg as the homo of
the best people on earth. The mer
I chants of the city gave best display
I places to the window cards advertis
ing the roundup and Hyiu Hehe, the
handbills and folders were distrib
uted by the thousand and still the
crowds yelled for more. A Bupply
of roundup buttons was exhausted in
a couple of hours.
From reports in Roseburg papers
the roundup delegation was one of
the hits of the festival. Both papers
devoted a column of front page space
to the Ashland bunch and their
stunts.
The 'advertising value of the trip
cannot be overestimated. To quote
John M. Scott of the Southern Pa
ciflc, who was In Roseburg, "It is the
best method of advertising you could
put across." Mr;.! Scott urged that
above all the roundup delegation visit
Portland for the Rose Festival, and
no doubt a delegation will be sent to
advertise along the way and at Port
land.
Tracy Lane and Monte Briggs with
the rounduf) song, sang from horse
back, automobiles, building roofs',
windows, here, there and everywhere,
never failed to attract the attention
of a big crowd and proved to be a
feature unique and effective. Be
sides these two, those who made the
trip attired In roundup costumes were
Fred Herrln, H. O. Frohhach, W. E.
Plerson, E. R'. Grieve and Dan Con
ner. Five Hundred War
Census Marshals
Sheriff Jennings states that a force
of 500 war census marshals has been
organized in Jackson sounty and is
ready to handle the registration on
June 6 without a hitch. Because ot
the special state election June 4, the
registration machinery will all be in
shape without extra effort.
The North Bend box factory may
open soon.
Former Chief Made
Special County Agent
R. C. Porter, who was last week
appointed as special investigator for
Jackson county by District Attorney
Roberts, with several men under his
supervision, entered upon his new du
ties tills morning.
The position which Mr. Porter has
been appointed to Is one which re
quires a reliable, responsible and
well-qualified man, and was galne-
unsolicited through his efficient work
while chief of police of the city of
Ashland for nearly four years prior
to January 1 of tills year, together
with his general knowledge of de
tective work, and came to him as a
complete surprise when asked to ac
cept it.
Mr. Porter's duties are general liv
vestigating of all cases of law viola
tions which are reported to the dis
trict attorney's office, and will re
quire his attention . in all parts of
Jackson county, including the Pacific
Highway over the Siskiyou moun
tains, and being a responsible man of
high moral standing and unapproach
able integrity and loyalty, he will be
a valuable man to the district attor
ney's office In enforcing the laws and
apprehending criminals.
Old Soldiers Will
Hold Reunion Here
Col. James Mattlngly of the South
ern Oregon Veterans Association re
ports that at nn officers' meeting held
at Medford the old soldiers decided
on Ashland as being the one and only
place to hold the annual reunion.: The
old soldiers from all over southern
Oregon will gather here on September
10 and camp in the lower park where
the encampment was held last year.
The new auditorium will be offered
them for their meetings. ' . ;
The Ashland Commercial Club ex
tended an Invitation to the associa
tion to again come to Ashland, and
will appoint a committee to assist in
raising $100 to help defray expenses.
Last year's reunion was the most suc
cessful the veterans have enjoyed.
The Chautauqua park provided an
Ideal camping spot, handy to both the
business portion of the city and to
the Chautauqua building where the
sessions were held. Bonfires at night
and a varied program In the daytime
made the old soldiers' stay a pleasant
one. News that Ashland Is to again
be host is welcomed by the war veter
ans. In view of the present war condi
tions and resultant arousal of patri
otlsm. extraordinary homage will be
paid the men who fought for the
Stars and Stripes.
Coast Artillery
Into Service July IS
The National Guard organizations
of the country are to be drafted Into
federal service between July 15 and
August 5. The Oregon Coast Artil
lery, including the 1st company, will
be made part of the federal army on
July 15. AVhether state mobilization
will precede this date now seems less
likely than heretofore, although It is
possible. No definite orders have
been received beyond the general
ones. The Coast Artillery will prob
ably mobilize at Fort Stevens but
may be sent to some other point.
From the general tenor of the
present reports it appears that the
national guard organizations are to
be made part of the first big army
sent to Europe, although a division
or two of regulars may precede it.
Whether or not a use can be found
for the Coast Artillery in the Eu
ropean contingent Is only a matter of
conjecture. The artillery may be
changed to some other branch or
may be used to replace regular artil
lerymen sent to Europe.
The National Guard will be mobil
ized in 32 divisional camps and given
six weeks or two months of intensive
training which, In view of the present
efficiency, is deemed sufficient to
weld them Into a fighting force.
They will then vacate the camps to
allow the first unit of 500,000 draft
ed soldiers to take their turn. .
Echo A storage reservoir west of
Butter creek is being planned by the
Westland irrigation district.
E. V. Carter Asks
Aid For Children
To the Editor: The Oregon Bel
gian Children's Food Relief Commit
tee, with headquarters in Portland,
has obligated itself to raise $2,800
per month for the next six months to
feed -,S()0 children In the province of
Brabant, Belgium. We have been ap
pealed to time and again In behalf of
theso poor starving children and
many have given repeatedly, but if
they are to be saved we must give
agai.i and again. The undersigned
has been named as committeeman for
Jackson county, and it is hoped that
our county will respond fully and
promiiily In raising our share of the
funds necessary. All the banks of
Ashland have agreed to accept dona- j
Hons tendered, and these will be col-1
lected and forwarded with the names 1
and residences of the donors. It is 1
true that the appeals made now in j
nenair or worthy charities are so
numerous that all can not lie met, but
surely the pitiful cry of these help
less, innocent children will not go un
heeded, and I am sure that Ashland
can lie counted upon to do her full
share in raising the money needed.
E. V. CARTER.
Bowers Appointed
To State Lime Board
Benton Bowers of tills city has
been appointed to the new state lime
board liy Governor WIthycombe. Mr.
Bowers was first recommended by
the Ashland Commercial Club, who
secured the co-operation of the vari
ous other Jackson county commercial
organizations and of the state Tax
peyers' League. The other ap
pointees are B. G. Leedy of Corvallls,
recommended by the slate grange,
and John SImanek of Crahtree, recom
menc";d by the Farmers' Union. Each
of the organizations mentioned made
two nominations, from which the
governor selected the three appoln
tees. The hoard will consist of five
members, the two additional mem
hers to be the warden of the state
penitentiary, acting ex officio, and
the fifth member to be selected by
the other four.
The lime board was created In or
der to develop means of making the
lime'deposits of the state available to
the farmers for fertilizer.
Students' Handiwork
Elicits Admiration
Admiring crowds thronged Dodge
& Sons' furniture store Saturday af
ternoon and exclaimed over the artis
tic and practical handiwork of the
members of the manual training and
domestic arts classes of the Ashland
Junior and senior high schools. To
begin to describe each article which
was worth particular attention would
take many columns and still not do
justice.
The manual training exhibit was
placed alongside some of the factory
made furniture in the store, and if
itVere not for the labels with the
maker's name it would have been
hard In many Instances to tell the
difference". In fact, one or two
pieces of furniture made by the
senior high school boys would' win
the admiration of an expert cabinetr
maker. Numerous articles ranging
from tabourets and footstools to ta
bles and easy chairs were included
in the exhibit of the manual training
departments. Heinrlch Heldenrelch
was the manual training Instructor at
the senior high and Delmar Harmon
at the Junior high school, and the
exhibit was a monument to their abil
ity at teaching the young idea how to
build.
The women visitors were lrreslstl
bly drawn to the half of the show
space devoted to the sewing exhibits,
and there found cause for hours of
surprised inspection of hundreds of
dainty and at the same time practical
pieces of sewing work. No attempt
will be made to describe the scores of
articles of apparel and bits of fancy
work, but Judging from the comments
of the women visitors Misses Ring
helm of the senior high and Miss
Brandies of the Junior high must be
wonder workers at teaching girls to
sew. -
Contract has been let tor' a modern
apartment house, at Roseburg.
Klamath District Epvvorth
League Meet Great Success
'Do
not wait until some deed
of
greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light
afar;
To the many duties ever near you
now be true,
Brighten the corner where you
are."
Sing it! Whistle it! Live it! To ; ite City. The first meeting of tlm
hpar two hundred young people sing district officers was held' last July,
the convention song, of which the and In September work on the pro
above is the first verse, at the clos-'grani was begun. .President E. ().
ing meeting of the Epworth League, Smith organized eleven l-ngue dis
annunl meet at the Methodist church triets in the northwest and thus
Sunday evening, meant inspiration made possible the securing of Dan
plus. Rev. J. It. Van Fosuen. district Rnimmltt, editor of the EpwortU
superintendent, installed the follow"-; Herald, Chicago, to speak at this and
Ing officers for the ensuing year: I other northwest conventions. Brum
Herhert Wilklns, president; Cuther- mitt Is known ns "The Big Epworth
Ine Miller, secretary; II. S. Palmer-Man" and divides with the general
lee,
Anna Caldwell, May Llndley,
May Wells, vice-presidents: Paul
Day, treasurer; Mrs. lioldrldgo, Jun
ior League superintendent.
For two days a big bunch of en
thusiastic Epworthlnns from the
Klamath district, which includes
Klamath Falls, Roseburg and all in -
termediate points, have been holding
Theft Restriction
Proves Big Problem
A problem which is assuming big
proportions in Ashland as well as In
the various other cities of the coast
is that of the theft of Junk and small
articles which are sold to junk aud
second-hand dealers. Restriction of
sale of junk and second-hand articles,
which will render detection of theft
easier and at the Bame time not work
a hardship on honest dealers, Ib a dif
ficult matter to solve, and the city
council wrestled for almost two hours
with a new Junk ordinance Tuesday
night. .New phases kept bobbing up
until the problem looked almost un
solvable to eerybody's satisfaction,
and finally the passage of an ordi
nance was left over until the next
meeting, which will be a special ses
sion lisld on May 29.
The present ordinance conflicts In
some respects and has not proven 1
together satisfactory. City Attorney
Moore presented a new ordinance
Tuesday night, but some of the coun-
oilmen were not satisfied with
11. :
TWr Mnnra'n nrrHnnnnp nermlttpd mln-!
ors to sell junk under certain restric
tions and did not require dealers to
hold such stuff for seven days as at
present.
Violent objection was made by sev
eral to the elimination of the seven
day clause, which while admittedly
working a hardship In some cases,
was deemed necessary to give the
owner of stolen goods a chance to
recover the same. Discussion of
means whereby the clause could be
made to apply only to the atrlcles
more frequently Btolen was lengthy,
and it seems probable that some such
solution will be decided upon. This
would ward against the Immediate
shipping of Junk by dishonest deal
ers and at the same time give legiti
mate dealers an opportunity to im
mediately dispose of bulky articles
such as furniture.
The matter of minors selling sec
ond hand articles and junk was left
up In the air."
The discussion brought out the fact
that dozens of Ashland boys are Im
plicated in the theft of small articles
such as faucets,, plumbing fixtures
and the like and the selling of them,
sometimes with forged authoriza
tions. In any event It seems positive that
dealers will be required to keep com
plete records of buys and sales, to
gether wkh names of those con
cerned.
City Attorney Moore tr.Tffaihed that
the ordinance now In effect had beea
hurriedly drawn and passed by a pre
vious council without proper conning
over. In many respects the present
ordinance in enforcable, however, and
will continue In effect until a new
one Is passed.
Over In Siskiyou county, Califor
nia, a report is In circulation that
Bray Brothers received $70,000 for
their big stock ranch near Cole sta
tion which they recently sold to Reg-
Inald Parsons of Medford. The con-
.(deration by which Mr. Parsosn be-
came owner of the ranch has never .Andrew McCallen of Ashland also en
been made public. rolled at the Presidio.
meetings in our city, planning, pray
ing, singing anil working for ail that
Is good and pure and holy In this
and other communities represented.
Few people realize the importance of
this convention, which compares fa
vorably witli any other gathering oi
similar nature ever held in the Gran
' secretary the work of forming among
the young people of the Methodist
church "a league offensive and de
fensive, with every soldier of Jesus
Christ," which was the announced
desire of John Wesley.
In his address Saturday evening
Mr. Prummltt described the Epworth
l eague as a laboratory of youth,
, comparable to Edison's scientific
laboratory in .New Jersey, where
great discoveries are made as a result
of countless experiments nea"ly all
of which are failures. Whenever all
experiment succeeds the resultant In
vention is taken out of the laboratory
and put to work for the benefit of
mankind. Epworthlans are at the
experimental age and make many
necessary mistakes in finding out
what they can do best and how best
to do it. When they succeed they
enter other fields of useful activity.
One of the most remarkable meet
ings of the convention was the sun
rise prayer meeting held in the park
Saturday morning with an attend
ance ot sixty. That such a larga
number should attend "devotional
meeting at such a very early hour Is
the best possible proof of the spirit'
of service which animated the con
vention. Another remarkable feature of the
convention was the banquet Saturday
evening. This was In charge of the
Teacup C)ul) nnil U(li(,s. A(j f the
I jocnl church, and the ladies certainly
d(, fl gQOd jo)) of Mlng the young
. The "piece d resistance" was
, . . , thp ,,, M SPCUre(i
by fair means or fywl,
as Rev. Doug
lass was observed coming down
North Main street early Saturday
morning with a fat, yellow-legged
rooster under his arm. There were
also sandwiches, potatoes, pickles,
salad, cake, coffee, jelly and Ashland
poaches. Two hundred guests sat
down to supper;, completely filling
one small and two large rooms. The
hour was 6 o'clock, and by 8 o'clock
the eats had been disposed of and
seven speeches delivered and assimi
lated. If any other banquet beats
this record it will have to go some.
Rev. Reed filled the posl'ion of toast
master In his usually l.appy style.
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Mayor Lamkln, J. O. RIgg and
H. O. Butterfield. and responses
made by Hubert Wilklns of Grants
Pass and Dan Brummltt of Chicago.
Mr. Butterfield called attention to
the fact that many of the league boys
were soon expected to enter active
military service ot their country and
that they would need the prayers and
letters of those who remained at
home'. Mr. BrummRt showed a roll
of honor which was being put Into
the various chapters and which con
tains the names of the members who
had enlisted for the war, together,
with a statement that they were
fighting for the establishment of
Christian Ideals and that every sol
(Contlnued on Page Four.)
J. Q. Adams Gets
His Commission
J. Q. Adams of this city has re
ceived his commission at the officers'
training camp at the Presidio. Ha
will receive the pay of a lieutenant
from now on. One hundred men
were given their commissions Friday.
Mr. Adams was a sergeant in the 1st
company here and held a high posi
tion In the O. A. C. cadet regiment.
He went from Corvallls to the train-
Ing camp. ', - 1 '
Walter Phillips,' Verni Mills and