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nm-A: :-u:r liiv...n.it,-r.- jr.,?.. 1.1?.. a. 1 f -' J Ashland Will Entertain 75,000 People at the Greatest Patriotic Celebration in the West; Annual Hyiu Hehc and Rogue River Round-up, July 3, 4 and 5. j Annual Hyiu Hehe : :: Ashland. Julv 3. 4. 5. : Rope River Round-up ;p Ashland, July 3, 4, 5. j j VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917 NUMBER 4 A qui i A.xrn . Twelve Questions on Registration Cards Twelve questions are listed on the card which all men between the ages of 21 and 30 will be required to sign tomorrow at the registration places: First: Name In full and age In, years. Second: Home addres3 In full. Third: Date of birth. Fourth: Are you (1) a natural born citizen, (2) a naturalized citi zen, (3), an alien, (4) or have you declared ycur Intention (specify which) 7 . i Fifth: Where were you born? Sixth: If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen or subject? Seventh: What Is your present trade, occupation or office? Eighth: By whom employed? Where employed? Ninth: Have you a father, moth er, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12 solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? Tenth: Man led or single (which) ? Race (specify which)? ' Eleventh: What military service have you had? Rank? Branch? Tears? Nation or state? . Twelfth: Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? The ' answers to these questions must he sworn to before the registrar of your precinct. If a person Is of American descent one corner-of the card la to be torn off. Upon proper registration a card certifying to same Is presented the registrant and must be kept by him and produced upon call of any officer of the law. Lemery Acquitted Of Blackmail Charge J. A. Lemc-y of this city was aq quitted on a charge of blackmail by the circuit court at Jacksonville Thursday. The charge was flled'seT eral weeks ago by G. O. Van Natta of Ashland and revolved around let ters sent by Lemery to Van Natta In an effort to collect a bill which Van Natta claimed he did not owe. A great deal of feeling was aroused over the case. Van Natta presented a letter from the Ashland attorney In which the latter urged the payment of a bill amounting to $17.75, and also men tioned the fact that the plaintiff had been accused of stealing a horse col lar from a Mr. Thomason. to whom the original amount was owed. Pros ecuting Attorney Roberts maintained this constituted a threat to extort money, while Attorney H. A. Can' aday, who defended the Ashland at torney, maintained his client had merely stated a fact and hoped to warn Van Natta so ho could avoid trouble. The jury brought In a verdict of "not guilty" after being out but a few minutes. o Neil Buys 5,000 Acres of Range Portland Telegram: One of the largest realty deals in the state since the first of the year was completed yesterday when former United States Senator Joseph Simon and former State Senator Ben Selling sold for $3o!oOO a 5,000-acre ranch In Jack son county, near Ashland, to Elmo Nell of Ashland. The new owner Is a cattle raiser and the purchase of the ranch gives him extensive holdings In southern Oregon. He has San Francisco and Portland for markets. The former owners purchased the property almost twenty years ago. The original pur chase price was not announced. Note The ranch referred to Is known locally as the Hargadlne range and Is located across Bear creek from the city. ' t ig, WEATHER Forecast. For the Week Begin- nlng Sunday, June 3. . $ L " t & Washington, D. C, June 2. 4 Pacific States: Generally fair with normal temperature. B. H. BOWlci, rorecwHoi. Tomorrow Is Mail Holiday Tuesday, June 5, being registration day, the Ashland postoffice will ob serve the same as a complete holiday. The office will be closed all day. Outgoing mail will be dispatched to all trains as usual. Incoming malls will be distributed to lock-boxes. There will be one collection from street letter boxes according to Sun day schedule. No delivery of mail by carriers, but regular delivery of mail will be made by rural carriers. Annual Musicale Much Enjoyed The fifth annual recital occurred Friday evening at the Congregational ! church, in wheih Elizabeth Will - Goodman presented her pupils: "Fairy Bells," by Inez Monroe, was perfect In memorization. The trio by Ellalcen Stennett, Guylda Selby and Esther Patty was well given. Duet by Clara Will and Inez Monroe was also memorized and played per fectly. The selection by Master Fobs Cramer, just eight years old, prophe sied a future pianist. "Don Juan Minuet," by Mozart, played by Ruth Holley, was nicely rendered, and the "Minuet In G," by Clara Will, would have pleased Beethoven himself. "II Trovatore," Verdi, by Mary Jane Wiley and George Wiley, was well received. The singing qualities of the piano were well exhibited In Mabel Trott's rendition of "Romance San Paroles" and the "Anvil Chorus" by Loletla Pierson was splendid In rendition. "Soldiers' March" from Faust. Gou nod, by Lyle Sams and Mary Norton, wag good in spirit, tempo and style. "June Roses" by Marjorle Grlsez, showed good Interpretation. Trio by Mary Jane Wiley, George Wiley and Esther Patty reflected credit on themselves. "The Palms," by Mar- fjofte Grlsez and Mrs. Goodman, was beautiful. Clara Will and Ruth Hol ley Interpreted Dvorak's "Humon eske" In a very creditable manner. "Twittering Birds," by Loletla Pier son, showed splendid execution. Hof mann's "Barcarolle," by Loleia Pier son and Mabel Trott, was as delight ful as ever. 'The singing by Ermlna Selby, ac companied by Guylda Selby, also that by Zelda Monroe, accompanied by Inez Monroe, were indeed pleasing, and the "Bird Song," by Robley Ellis, accompanied by Sybil Ellis, brought before the audience a future tenor. Little Dorothy Grlsez, Just four years old, sang to the audience as if she were accustomed to such perform ances. Probably the most difficult selec tion was the "Alpine Horn" by Schlr ner, played by a senior of the high school class of 1918 Lyle Sams. The technic, Interpretation, memoriz ation and skill in dexterity displayed by this pupil would have done credit to a finished artist. The entire program was memorized throughout and the closing numuer was the difficult "Freischutz, by von Weber, rendered In a faultless man ner, true to the spirit of that great opera, by Clara Will, Sybil Ellis and Ruth Holley. Will Cripple Co., Unless Action Taken Unless some action is taken by the city at large to provide for the care of the families of seven married men in the 1st company, Coast Artillery, In case any of them should be killed in action, the company will be sadly crippled by the loss of practically all of the non-commlssloned officers. Seven non-coms will be discharged from the company unless some such provision Is made, and the company men are working hard to arouse sen timent which would save the men to the company. Several married men have already been discharged and two sergeants have been sent to the officers' school. Should the dis charge of all the married men result the company would be practically without seasoned leaders in the ranks. It is figured that assurance of $30 a month in case of the death of the husband would be sufficient to keep the men In the guard. Have a fit at Orres'. It 8stts8& 8$8s8s838s8$8'8588t8j8 a s a Mast Register Tomorrow 8 Every man who has passed his 2!st birthday and who 1ms not reached his 31st birthday must register at his home precinct poll ing place tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5. The registration places are the same as were usod for voting at the special election to day. It makes no difference whether crippled, sick, married, sin gle; no matter, what religious belie" or nationality. Every man of the above age, with the single exception of the members of the regular army and national guard, MUST register or be liable to Im prisonment. All will be given an opportunity to state reasons which are believed sufficient to exempt from draft, out register everyone must. Those who, through sickness, shall be unable to register, should cause a representative to apply to the county or city clerk for a copy of the registration card. The clerk will give Instructions as to how this card should be filled out. The card should then be mailed by the sick person, or delivered by his agent, to the registrar of his home district. The sick person will enclose a self-addressed, stamped Envelope for the return to him of his registration certifi cate. Any person who expects to be absent from his voting precinct on Registration day should apply as soon as practicable for a reg istration card to the county clerk of the county where he may he Btop'plng, or If bo Is In a city of over 30,000, to ,the city clerk. The clerk will record the answers on the card and turn It over to the absentee. The absentee should mail this card to the reg istrar of his noma district, so that It will reach that official by Registration day 'A self-addressed, stamped envelope should be 8 enclosed with .the card to insure the return to the ehsentee of a registration certificate. Registration booths will be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. on 8 Registration day, June 6, 1917. 8 88$838a8&88888888$888 Wolf Kills Deer Within City Limits A buck deer was chased down into the city limits of Ashland, presum ably by a timber wolf, got caught In a fence and was killed and partly eaten by the wolf last night. Resi dents In the Wlmer street neighbor hood on the. western edge of town report having seen the wolf once or twice recently, but so far have been unable to get a shot at It. The deer came down the hillside at a terrific pace, as shown by the tracks, which showed him to have been taking twenty-foot leaps. It plunged into a wire fence and one horn caught, breaking off. The wolf apparently made short work of the deer, and af ter making a good meal departed. The carcass has been left as It was found and a watch will be kept to night in hopes that the m olf will re turn. Deer are becoming numerous around the immediate vicinity of Ashland owing to the fact that the Ashland creek watershed has been made a game preserve. Several deer are making their home in Llthla park and are becoming so tame as to visit the mineral water fountains in the early morning hours. Deer are seen In the park dally. Some of the woodsmen of the city scout at the idea that a timber wolf would come into the city, but those who have seen the big brute are posi tive in their statement that it Is a wolf and not a big dog. The tracks seem to bear out their contentions. Gets Carload of Sewing Machines Emil Peil has received a carload of White sewing machines and will put out agents in Beveral of the northern California and southern Oregon coun ties. Good crops in prospect through out this country and prevailing high prices should make this a fine year for the sale of White machines. Installs Model Ice Cream Plant E. N. Butler has installed an ice cream manufactory in the basement of the Plaza confectionery which Is one of the most complete and up to date in southern Oregon. He has a two horse electric motor which oper ates two freezers and an ice crusher. Eighteen gallons of cream every ten minutes can be turned out. Mr. But ler now has the equipment to make any kind of frozen confection. Every thing about the plant is compact and complete. Everything is arranged with a view to keeping the plant in a spotlessly clean condition. The Standard OIJ Company will build a $150,009 distributing station at Astoria. ' 8 it 8 8 Judge Gay Faces Grave Charge Charles B. Gay, probation officer of Jackson county, was arrested Thursday by Sheriff Jennings at Medford. The charge for the arrest was that he had contributed to the delinquency of a minor. The com plainant In the case is Mrs. Johnson, 16 year sold, who as Fern McDanlels was committed to a home for delin quent girls in Portland, about a year ago, and taken there by the probation offlcei. It was during this trip that Mrs. -iron pVp ,th.) crime, was committed. Owing to the prominence of the defendant and his activities in the juvenile court, the arrest caused con siderable sensation. Mr. Gay stoutly claims his Innocence and says his arrest is the result of spite work on the part of the girl, whom he claims never forgave him for being instru mental In her committment to the home, and a Mrs. Upton, who is head of. the Louise Home for Friendless Girls in Portland. He maintains that the court of Jackson county formerly sent all delinquent girls to this home, whereas the girls are now committed to other places of correction, and that his present predicament was ar ranged by the officials of the home and the girl as a revenge. Judge Gay has secured the services of Porter J. Neff and former Prose cuting Attorney E. E. Kelly, and has entered a plea of not guilty before Circuit Judge Calkins. The case will probably be tried toward the end of the present term of court. Commercial Club Will Meet Tonight On account of the fact that the election board Is using the city hall this evening, the Commercial Club will meet in the office of the club. The matter of securing a fruit evap orator and a number of other matters will come up before the meeting. Coyotes Invade Citv for Chickens Coyotes are growing extremely bold up in the region of Bert Free man's chicken house. On two occa sions of late the coyotes have picked fat hens from off Bert's roost and once took a hen from a brood of chickens. The forays are more nota ble in view of the location of the chicken coop, which Is within thirty feet of the house and well down with in the bounds of civilization on Nut ley street. One hundred thousand acres of land in eastern Oregon will be wa tered at a cost of $5,000,000. Albany will pave six blocks of Ba ker street with asphaltlo concrete. Plunge Mo Gulch But None Injured ' A Grants Pass automobile went through the fence and down into the gulch at the Bllllngo corner in the west end of the city. Sunday. Luck ily, the car did not turn over and no one was hurt. The driver, a woman, tried to turn around on the pavement and went through the fence. By means of a block and tackle the ma chine was hauled back Into the road and was found not to be badly dam aged. ( Ribs Nearly All Up For Chautauqua The ribs which form the dome of the new Chautauqua building are now all up but twenty, and these will be up within a couple of days. Work has been held back somewhat by fail ure of lumber to arrive and the crew has been laid off for a part of last week. Two carloads of lumber ar rived from Eugene this morning and work will now go ahead with a rush. About forty men have been employed and this number will be Increased to one hundred when the work of nail ing on the sheeting begins. The Im mensity of, the building can now be better realized than before since the dome has taken shape. There are 126 ribs in the roof, each about 180 feet In length. The roof is sixty feet high at the center and when com pleted will support itself without trusses or pillars. Largest In Country, The dome will be the largest in the country supported without trusses, The Salt, Lake Tabernacle is bigger but trusswork is used. About 160, 000 feet of lumber go Into the roof ribs. Each rib is composed of six Inch by six-inch boards, nailed to gether. They are built In forms on the ground before being erected. Sheeting. The rlbi will be covered with. solid sheeting composed of three- fourths by one and an eighth strips nailed both to the ribs and to each other. Mr. Lamb states that when this sheeting is on it would stand by itself without the ribs and will be ab solutely uncollanslble. In case the roofing is not all on by the assembly dates, the sheeting will keep out the rain. The sheeting will use 600,000 feet of the strips. Stage. The stage will be the largest In the state and will be sixty feet in width at the proscenium opening by thirty feet deep. The largest scenery and lie handled on It, the dome above giv ing room to care for eighteen foot scenery. The great productions which have heretofore been able to show only in the big cities can be accommodated at Ashland. An as bestos curtain and one set of scenery will be Installed In time for the com ing assembly. First Band Concert Draws Thousand It looked like old times in Lithla park yesterday, the Ashland band np pearlng in the first concert of the seasoh, and a crowd which was as large as at the height of last sum mer's season attending. xThe park drive was lined with parked automo biles and probably a thousand people heard the concert. The program was well arranged and well rendered and gives promise of fine entertainment by the band this summer. The in itlal concert was given by the band in order to arouse Interest In the campaign for financing the summer concert season, a campaign which Is now being started by the Commercial Club. Appeal To H.S. Bureau For Help The Fruit Growers' Supply Com- . ..... . i , i, t-fl. pany or urn. nas bskbu me uigu school employment agency for twelve or fifteen boys for work in the box factory. Any of the boys who want work of this kind and are not already engaged, call Homer Billings, secre tary, at once. Boys 16 to 18, only 18 hours a week; above 18, 60 hours a week. . , , Says Railroad Changes To Be Few The following telegram was re ceived by Southern Pacific Asent Kramer this morning: "No serious inconvenience will bd occasioned the public by the readjust ment of the railroad service to meet the needs of the government." This assurance was telegraphed; from New York by Julius KrutV schnltt, chairman of the executive committee of the Southern raclflo Company and member of the "rail" road war board." The message will serve to allay apprehension of th general public that passenger servlcaj will be radically curtailed. Mr Kruttschnitt's telegram Indicated that; the railroad war board has done noth Ing other than suggest avenues of Inquiry and Investigation to deter mine means to increase transporta tion. The positive statement has beeni made that the board baq neither di rected nor suggested that the roads! reduce passenger service to the ex tent of wrongly discommoding thf public. So far no reductions in pas senger service have been made except; In some local and community Bervlce, and this, it la pointed out, should no( cause alarm to anyone. The meet ing of the traffic men In Chicago! June 5 Is for the purpose of consider ing only the elimination of such serv ice as constitutes duplication or un necessary facilities. At the Southern, Pacific headquarters In San Francisco it was decided that the needful facili ties for travel would always be avail able and that no one need have any) worry as to the Interference with) summer plans. . . Boy Collides With Cai and Breaks Leg Carl Lowman, 12-year-old son ot Max Lowman of 147 Laurel street, la lying in Granite City Hospital with a broken leg as the result ot smashing Into an automobile at the corner o Main and Granite streets while riding his bicycle. The boy was coasting down Granite street and was unabla to stop in time or swerve out to avoid an automobile driven by A. J. Waning, Southern Pacific agent at Medford, which was coming down Main street. The Van Waning car) was not going fast and stopped with in a few feet. The boy was thrown; across the front of the hood and one leg broken above the knee. According to Mr. Van Waning, thd boy, who was riding a man's bicycle, did not appear to be able to reach; the pedals In order to put on thai brake properly. Witnesses of the ac cident absolved the automobile party' from blame as they were proceeding slowly and stopped In the shortest possible time. Mr. Van Waning carried the boy Into the gas office, and after first aid; assistance had been rendered took! him out to Granite City Hospital. Mr. Van Waning, In view of the fact that the boy's parents are in poor1 circumstances, has taken it upon him self to pay the hospital bills of the lad and also secured a position for an older brother. The other Medford men in the car were J. H. Mulkey, R. Adams and V. S. Andrus. The boy's bicycle was badl? smashed. This Is the second accident which has occurred at the Granite) Btreet corner, which on account of the steepness of the streets and the angel at the Intersection Is dangers ous. The Grant Smith Company of Port land Is to start a shipyard at St. Johns. The Bandon shipyard has been sold to the Pacific Shipbuilding Company of San Francisco. $. LIBERTY LOAN BOXDS. $ To date Ashland has subr scribed $49,700 for Liberty Loan Bonds. Thirty thousand was subscribed by the three 9 banks and $19,700 by Individ- uals. This is very encouraging, but Ashland has a duty to raise $ $100,000 all told, and the com- mtttee is making a strenuous effort to bring Ashland up to $ her apportionment.
