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tion and well dressed men and women.
The people of Ashland don't have to take
a back seat when it comes to being well
dressed. We are offering you an abund
ance of high grade woolens to choose
from and the very newest styles at a price
you can afford to pay.
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Helen Dugan Wins
Writing Contest
First honors In the Jackson county wwpwauve ouserver o ineieonnug-
wrltlng contest go to a ten-year-old ,cal record for tne month ot May'
girl In the fourth grade of Long ! at ABUlituu-urB
Writes of Life
At Aviation Camp
The following Interesting excerpts
from letters of O. 0. Morton to his
parents In this city give an Insight
Into the life at the aviation school at
hich the writer was located:
"San Antonlc, Texas, May 25.
"Dear Ones at Home:
"The weather has been comforta
ble until this afternoon, when the
breeze dropped and we all had a good
sweat. About like August In Ash
land. "They are beginning to cut wheat.
Corn is about three feet high.
"Am eating with a new company
now. The food Is pretty good. Our
boys are better educated than the
average soldiers. I believe I do not
bear one-fifth as much rough talk as
at Vancouver. A field law went Into
effect this morning Imposing a fine
of $1,000 on anyone who sells Hquor
to a man In uniform, and all soldiers
and officers are required to wear the
uniform all the time. All men fill of Kendall Hall Is far better than any
cut qualification blanks here, stating of that on which prizes were award
education, experience and a lot of ei, but he wrote a fairly good hand
other things. As a result, I have 1 laBt fall."
been assigned to a carpenters' and The prize winners, with the schools
mechanics' company. We are in- ithey attended, are
May Weather
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formed that our company will prob
ably leave in a few days for New
York and from there to France. That
nay spoil our chances for flying, but
'I do not care much. I have no ambi
tion for an army career merely
want to serve as much as possible
during the present emergency. So
don't worry about me. I shall prob
ably be safer than if I stayed here.
"Yours with love,
"OLIVER."
"Run Antonio, Texas, May 29.
"Dear Folks at Home:
(We have written a number of
times.) "I still hope for mall, but
never pet any. Perhaps Ithas been
returned. Always put the rturn on.
About all we know Is that we start
for France some time this week. The
officer In chnrRe will have sealed or
ders which he will open every one
hundred miles We will likely stop a
nhort time In New York. We received
a lot of clothes today for both sum
mer and winter wear. We have no
weapons of any kind. Wouldn't
know how to use them If we had. so
I think we will work Instead of fight.
Rome of the boys here are good art
ists. At first they gathered up little
white snail shells and made various
letters and designs about their tents,
then a rain came one night and part
of the snails crawled away, so now
they are using small pebbles.
"Yours with love,
"OLIVER MORTON."
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Mountain school District a, near
Eagle Point.
A. N. Palmer, author of the state
text, The Palmer Method, has award
ed prizes to the nine students in Jack
son county who made greatest prog
ress in penmanship during the past
year. The writing papers showing
the students' handwriting werp col
lected at four different times during
the year. These furnished a basis
upon which to judge improvement.
In commenting upon the work Mr.
Palmer says: "These children have
made great progress. Most of them
wrote a little pinched hand In the j 14 '
fall, while now they write with free-
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dom. Geneva Mandeville, who won xo
third place, did not write at all, but'17'
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Temperature,
a heavy movement. The penmanship
.Honor Guard Girls
Need Ammunition
The Honor Guard girls' class in
rifle practice holds target practice
twice weekly at the Indoor range in
the armory. The girls have been
greatly handicapped, however, by the
lack of ammunition. The shells they
- have got hold of so far are very un
reliable, most ot them going "spiff"
nd falling out of the end of the rifle
Instead of heading for the target. A
regulation weight and pattern army
rifle, callbred for .22 cartridges, Is
used, and the girls need about a thou
sand rounds of ammunition', which
ould copt about $4.60. Who will be
the first to fcelp along the cause by
tuytng a thousand rounds of ammuni
tion for the glrU? Anyone wishing to
Jo so should communicate with Mrs.
JIaJ McNair. ' .
First, Helen Dugan, Long Mountain
school, Eagle Point.
Second, Elva Coleman, Jacksonville
school.
Third, Geneva Mandeville,, Oak
Grove, Medford.
Fourth, Luclle Abbott, Jacksonville
school.
Fifth, ITulda Johnson, Rock Point,
Gold Hill.
Sixth, Glenn McDaniel, Apple&ate
school.
Seventh, Lois Hall, Talent school.
Eighth, May Clarke, Talent school.
Ninth, Kendall Hall, Central Point
school.
The prizes will be sent directly
from Mr. Palmer's office in New York
to each of the above contestants.
Dailey Case Is
Dismissed
On motion of Prosecuting Attorney
Georgo Rolie-ts In the circuit court
yesterday afternoon, W. C. Daley, the
Lake Creek pioneer, charged with
criminal assault upon Miss Anna
Dorn, was released on a directed ver
dict of acquittal.
After thi complaining witness had
been placed upon the stand by the
state and was unable to state her age,
the county In which sho lived or tell
a coherent ntory of the crime, the
prosecuting attorney decided it was
a waste of time and money to con
tinue action further. Commendation
of this move was heard throughout
the court room, It being apparent that
a continuation of the case would be
folly, the general opinion being that
th charge was trumped up by ene
mies of the Lake Creek pioneer, the
girl In the case being mentally defi
cient and a helpless victim in the
hands of anyone wishing to impose
upon her.
The motion for dismissal was made
when court convened for the after
noon session, and the jury was dis
charged until 9 o'clock Monday morn,
ing, when the retrial of the Garwood
arson case will commence. This trial
promises to arouse great public Inter
est and a battle royal is looked for
between the opposing attorneys, Gus
Newbury and Proeecutlng Attorney
Roberts.
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Maximum temperature, 77, on 27th
and 2Sth. Minimum, 30, on ICth.
Total precipitation, 2.43 Inches.
Number of days with .01 Inch or
more precipitation," 12.
Number of clear days, 14; partly
cloudy, 1 ; cloudy, 16.
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Ashland Has
Notorious Guest
Ashland had a guest of some no
toriety last night In the person of a
famous forger. The gentleman spent
the night in the city bastlle and
seemed well satisfied with the ac
commodations. A detective, Fred L.
Ulen, formerly acquainted in this vi
cinity, was with the forger, whom
h,e was taking to Portland from Reno,
Nev. The stop was made here to
break the monotony of traveling in
close companionship handcuffed
companionship, in fact.
One Cook Signed
And More Wanted
The army recruiting stations have
sent out a hurry call for cooks and
bakers. William H. Rushton of Ash
land and Hilt was the first to present
himself to Postmaster Kaiser here
for thi3 service. Any others inter
ested should inquire of the postmas
ter at once, as it is desired to send
them east on A'o. 16 Wednesday..
Assailant ot Guard
Believed Insane
Frank Jones, the tramp who threw
Private Adam Garren of Company I
from a bridge at Graves creek last
month, and who was recently cap
tured by Sheriff Jennings and turned
over to authorities of Josephine coun
ty on the charge of assault to kill, is
believed to be insane. The authori
ties of the Josephine county Jail have
made one examination into his men
tal condition and other examinations
will be made soon.
Forest Grove Construction work
on the extension of the United Rail
ways line from Wllkesboro to Tilla
mook is flow under way.
Classified Advertisements
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
WANTED Milch cow to feed for her
- milk. Good barn, plenty of new
alfalfa hay, good treatment. Ad
dress S. H., care of Tidings. 6-2t
FOR RENT Six-room house at 520
Terrace street. $5 per month.
Apply to G. S. Butler,, 41 Granite
street. 8-2t
FOR RENT Modern seven-room
bungalow, unfurnished. $18 per
month. Call at 41 Gresham street.
6-tf
LOST A small black purse in Ash
land Saturday, on Main street,
near Vaupel's store. Contains $5
in gold and silver. Leave at Tid
ings office. 6-3t
FOR SALE Good modern eight
room house with garden, garage
and chicken house. 340 Almond
street. 6-tf
LOST Auto front, footboard, metal
trimmings. Please leave at Park
Garage. it
LOST Pocketbook containing $5 in
gold and silver, elk tooth, fishing
license, receipt from Jordan Elec- '
trio Co. Reward. Return to City
Electrician's office. W. F. Jordan.
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Oakland
Impending Call
Hurts Clothes Sales
Roseburg Pendleton men
open a new theatre Jjere.
will
Wonderful lavender ties, pink sox,
rainbow-tinted shirts, rakish Tanama
hats and the other loved regalia
which the summer zephyrs blow into
the show windows of the city's haber
dasheries now offer their beauties to
unseeing eyes, for the young men of
the city are interested in the show
windows which offer a glimpse of im
maculate models clothed in the latest
military coats, khaki contraptions for
the comfort of the soldier and the
other regalia of army life.
While the clothiers of the city rer
port that there has been a good sale
of suits, nevertheless it Is noticed
that there has been a very low per
centage of enlisted purchasers. One
of the largest clothing merchants of
the city recently laid in a large stock
of the season's most advanced models,
but the war conditions have Injured
their disposal to a marked degree, for
none of the local militiamen feel that
they should Invest in new clothes
when the time is so near at hand
when their civilian sconery shall be
discarded and the O. D.'s of the army
take their place in the wardrobes of
the city's young men.
Many of the enlisted men are work
ing on nearby ranches and at the saw
mills and logging camps where they
can wear out their old clothes and
thus leave their clothes closets empty
when the call for mobilization la 1st
sued. Another reason for the decreas
ing suit sales Is summed up in the
expression of one of the militiamen,
who said: "Why should we buy suits
now, when they will probably be out
of style when we get home?"
Columbia City to
shipyard.
have another
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Six
eaksfor Itself
Here Is the Judgment of an
Oakland Owner
Perhaps you thought we were making extravagant CLAIMS
for this car. Read the foliowing from an owner who is too
far away to get any service from us, a man who has to
depend on himself for service:
BROOKINGS HOSPITAL
Clark E. Saunders, M.D.
Brookings, Ore., June G, 1917.
C. E. GATES AUTO CO.,
Medford, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
' Herewith my check for $5,05 covering statement of the first. The old sayiDg,
"give the Devil his dues" might be appropriate right now and here. I feel very
well pleased, with the Oakland Six and feel that 1 have fully received in the car
"value received. 1 aid not expect to get a 2,UUU-dollar car for $975. but I fed I
that I have a car for my use and for the roads we have, as good as I could pos-
sibly get for a goodly amount more than I have paid and our car is not for sale. . t
We nave driven it about tw miles and all we have done is to fill grease cups and
give the carburetor a little less gas, I have found that the car has done better
than 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline, and that it is also very economical in t
cylinder oil, yet I have given it a quart in that distance just to be sure that it f
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iiau piemy, 1 uuuguii a yair 01 y amei-ijuiiz glasses ior me neaongnt and it sure
is a fine help. All in all we are "tickled to death with it."
Thanking you for the trade, I am,
Yours very truly.
CLARK E. SAUNDEHS, M. D.
C 0 Gates Auto Co. I
Medford, Oregon
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