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VOL. XLH ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917 NUMBER 7
3:30 P. M.-TOTAL LIBERTY BOND SALES IN ASHLAND $96.55l)-iWMiX
Two Killed in
County Jailbreak
After y'eldlng Jailer Basye a death
blow In the head with a flatlron, tak
ing his gun and keys and forcing an
other prisoner from the county Jail
at Jacksonville at the point of a re-,
volver, and escaping for a short time
in a nearby brush patch John Rags
dale, a convicted prisoner from Lake
creek, shot and killed himself Tues
day afternoon. Chauncey Florey,
county recorder, Is also seriously in
jured as a result of a fall received
during the search.'
The first intimation that a crime
had been committed came about 2:30
Tuesday afternoon when Bert Rlppey,
a prisoner In the jail, called through
Ms cell window to the employes in
the county clerk's office that he
heard a man groaning and thought
the Jailer had been hurt.
The employes in the sheriff's and
county clerk's offices rushed into the
jail and found Basye lying in a pool
of blood on the floor beside his desk.
His head was crushed. They imme
diately gave the alarm. County Re
corder Florey and Carl Newbury, son
of Attorney Gus Newbury, Jumped
Into a car. the latter armed with a
30-30 rifle, and started down the
Medford road, while J. A. Norris, the
court house Janitor, grabbed an au
tomatic and started on foot, on the
back road.
The chase might have been fruit
less but for the courageous action of
four small Jacksonville lads ranging
from six to ten years old, who saw the
two men walking rapidly, one hold
ing a gun on the other, by a yard in
which they were playing, and who
followed them despite the older man's
pointing his gun at them and warn
ing them not to follow. They came
to the Medford road Just as the car
containing Florey and Newbury
dashed up, and hailing them pointed
to the two men crossing the field for
the brush west of the road near Jack
son creek. Newbury Jammed 'j on
the brakes; the car coming to a sud
den stop, which threw Florey, who
was riding on the running board of
the car, a considerable distance and
Riving him a heavy fall on his head.
Although he lay still, Newbury .de
cided the escaped prisoners demaid
ed first attention, so he Jumped out
with bis gjn and tried to puno In &
cartridge, but the J-Ti Jammed.
Without a moment's hesitation, how
ever, he covered the one man who
was In sight and told him to throw
up his hands or he'd fill Mm full of
holes. The man promptly obeyed Just
as Norris appeared with his auto
matic. The prisoner pioved to be
Irving Oehler, the convicted forger,
who at the point of a gun had been
forced to leave with Ragsdale.
Tn the excitement of, the momnt
Ragsdale disappeared In the thick
' brush at this point, and it being fool
hardy for one man to attempt his
capture whllo the other held the pris
oner; Oehler was taken back to Jail
hy Norris while Deputy Sheriff Leslie
Stansell quickly gathered a makeshift
posse and notified Sheriff'jennings,
who wa3 in Medford, and who quickly
gathered a group of the Company I
men and rushed them to the scene.
It was shortly after Oehler's arrest
that a shot was fired, and the young
forger claimed Ragsdale had fired at
him when he saw him surrender.
This was the shot, however, that
killed Ragsdale. The posse surround
ed the brush, and as they advanced
(Continued on rage Bight.)
Dennis To Open
Big Feed Store
J. N. Dennis, who recently sold the
grocery stock of his store on East
Main to Enders' department store,
has taken over the stock of the Klam
ath Exchange in the Hosley building
and will combine it with his present
stock in his old business rooms. With
thiB added stock Mr. Dennis will have
cno of the largest feed supply stores
in southern Oregon. His stock In
cludes flour, grain, hay. fertilizers,
need and like necessities; u. He will
also handle, potatoes, .poultry and
wool on a wide scalei.i w.'-.'sju-. '
The Klamath Exchange business
Tooms will be occupied 'by C. D;
Wood's Eastern Supply: ' Company ,
which Is vacating Its present location
to make way for thenew Improve
ments which are to be- added to the
Enders block. ' ' . .
GOAL OF $85,000 ALMOST
REACHED.
3 Ashlnnd had bought 172,400 S
4 worth of Liberty bonds by 3
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and t
? a heavy dVlve is being made in
3 this last day in an effort to
S bring this city's purchases up
S to $85,000, the quota which was 3
apportioned to Ashland. If
Ashland does this it will have
J upheld the city's reputation for
? patriotism in deed as well as
word. The time for subscribing $
to the loan closes at noon Fri-
t day and must necessarily close 4
a little before that In Ashland, 3
4 aa results have to be tele- ?
$ graphed in to the San Francisco
mother bank of the federal re- 4
serve.
Gay
Case Taken .
From Jury
Probation Officer Charles Gay,
charged with contributing to the de
linquency of a minor, wa3 exonerated
yesteVday when Judge Calkins in the
circuit court instructed the Jury to
return a verdict of not guilty.'
The action of the court followed a
motion by Attorney E. E, Kelly, who
with Attorney P. J. Neff represented
Mr. Gay, that the case be taken from
the jury on the grounds that the in
dictment was faulty and no sufficient
evidence had been submitted to justi
fy the case going to the jury.
' ' The evidence of the complaining
witness was not corroborated, and in
several -places under cross-examination
the stories fell flat.
The trial occupied the afternoon
session of the court and a large
crowd was on hand to hear the sala
cious details, which were' not lack
ing. ..... ' .
Accomplish Much
AtChautauquaBee
The business houses of the city
closed all morning Tuesday and near
ly two hundred citizens from every
walk of life contributed their hit to
the construction of the new Chautau
qua auditorium And a great deal of
work wa3 accomplished, probably the
equivalent of a "werk's work by the
regular crew. Movie Man Hull took
motion pictures of the mcb of work
ers. The ladles of the city, under
the direction of the Chautauqua Park
Club, served a dinner at noon which
was ample ' pay for a day's work,
everybody had a good time, and in fact
the Chautauqua bee was a big suc
cess. The sheeting on the roof of the
building extends several feet farther
up as a result of the day's work.
A notable feature wa3 that every
man of the regular crew donated the
full day's work, "hey were under no
obligations to do so, but freely gav,9
their services and were of inestimable
service in directing the work.
Joint Concert at
Mediord
Friday
The Ashland Choral Society went
toMedford en masse Tuesday night
for rehearsal. On Friday evening,
June 15, at the Page Theatre, the
combined choral societies of Ashland
and Medford, consisting of 150 sing
ers and musicians, will participate In
a Join); concert program. " The prepa
rations for this concert have been
long and painstaking. The rehears
als have been regularly attended once
a week for over a year and a half
and they are singing a splendid class
of music.
Whole City
Heaves
Sigh
of Relief
At, last after years of bickering
and dickering Jack True started a
crew at work on the grading of the
new road around Billings hill Mon
day.. "Ten men and four teams were
started on the Job. and more will be
added later. The crew started at the
"bottom of the hill and will swing the
roatTarbund to the east. ; : .a
Editor Piper of Oregonian and
Prof. Vining at Monday Picnic
The great community gathering
which will be held next Monday In
Lithia park from 1.2 until 3 o'clock,
to usher in the active week of Red
Cross campaign, will be addressed by
Edgar Piper, editor of the Portland
Oregonian, and Prof. Irving Vining
of Ashland. Music will be furnished
by the Ashland band, by a quartet
and Mrs. H. T. Elmore, who will sing
a solo and lead a community chorus.
The picnic gathering, at which
every family in Ashland should be
present, will be held at 12 noon, and
each family should bring their own
basket lunch. Coffee and Ice cream
will be sold to those who wish it.
The program will begin at 2 o'clock.'
The stores of the city will close
from 12 to 3 and every Ashlander
should attend this gathering, which
It Is hoped to make the biggest ever
held here.
The drive for $5,000 from Ashland
for the Red Cross is now all lined up
and next week will see the most effi
cient campaign for money raising
which Ashland has ever seen.
Red Cross Notes.
All the ladies of the Red Cross are
urged to meet at the Red Cross head
quarters not later than 8 o'clock this
evening to attend in a body the Flag
day exercises to be held in the Elks'
Temple. .
To Serve Lunches.
Several of the churches in the city
will serve a noonday luncheon to the
solicitors of the Red Cross during the
Red Cross week aa their part in the
great Red Cress drive. There are a
large number of Red Cross solicitors,
and by having this noonday lunch it
saves the solicitors the trouble of gof
ing home and preparing their lunch
and also offers them an opportunity
to get together and discuss topics of
interest In their work. The lunch
will be held In the basement rooms of
the Elks' Temple at 12:15, commenc
ing Tuesday of next week. The Red
Cross committee for this feature con
Flag Day Service
Elks' Temple Tonight
Ashland lodge No. 944, B. P. O.
Elks, holds Its annual Flag Day serv
ice this evening at the Temple. The
pu,bllc Is cordially invited and it Is
expected that this year the attend
ance will be unusually large. The
various military and patriotic orders
are expected to be largely represent
ed. Special features of this year's
service are the" address of Professor
Vining, who comes from the east
where war conditions are marked,
songs of patriotic character by Pro
fessor MacMurray and Mrs. Henry
Terry Elmore and a 'cello solo by
Professor Loveland. The program
follows:
l'.i Music, "Star Spangled Ban-
per,"-orchestra.
2. Introductory exercises, exalted
ruler and officers.
3. Prayer, Chaplain Brother P, K.
Hammond.
4. Solo, "The Red, White and
Blue," Brother J. S. MacMurray..
5. Flag record, Brother W. Hal
McNair.
6. 'Cello solo, selected. Brother
Carl H. Loveland.
7. Altar service, esquire and of
ficers.
8. Music, "Auld Lang Syne," "My
Old Kentucky Home," "Dixie," or
chestra. 9. Elks' Tribute to the Flag,
Brother W. E. Newcombe.
10. Solo, Kipling's Recessional,
Mrs. Henry Terry Elmore. Music by
DeKoven.
11. Recitation, "The American
Flag," Bonnls Jennings.
12. Music, overture, selected, or
chestra.'
13. Address, "The Spirit of the
Flag," Brother I. E. Vining. .
14. Gong, "America." Audience
requested to join.
Bids Wanted for Exhibit Building.
Sealed bids for the sale of the ex
hibit building will be accepted by the
Commercial Club op to June 17. The
club reserves the right to reject all
bids."" , H, Ov FROHBACH,
t-Z . .. Secretary,,
'Phone news items to the Tidings.
sists of Miss Lillian Patterson, Mrs.
Sam McN'air and Mrs. Marsh Wag
ner. 'The churches which are doing
this work are the Wednesday After
noon Club of the Presbyterian
church, under the supervision of Mrs.
A. Schuerman, which will serve the
lunch on Tuesday; the Christian
church, under the direction of Mrs.
W. L. McUlnger, on Wednesday; the
Catholic church with Mrs. J. P. Wolf
as chairman, on Thursday; the Siski
you Circle of the Congregational
church, with Mrs. F. G. Swedenburg
as director, on Friday, and the Tea
cup Club of the Methodist church,
under the supervision of Mrs. W. D.
Hodgson, on Friday. Mrs. Hlnthorne
is chairman of a committee from the
Baptist church which will decorate
the banquet room-.
Phoenix Enthused Ry Red Cross
Rally.
There was an enthu?lastlc Red
Cross meeting held in Phoenix last
evening, the Rev. Bailey presiding.
Dr. Hill, Mrs. Osborne and Miss Put
nam of Medford gave short talks, also
E. V. Carter of Ashland. The main
address of the evening was a really
eloquent appeal by Mr. Vining. who
held the very closest attention of his
audience for the half hour which he
spoke.
' Just at the most interesting and
engrossing point in Mr. Vlning's ad
dress' there was a startling crash in
the room and Dr. Hill and Mr. Carter
were found iylng on their backs on
the floor. For the moment the audi
ence suspected that some German
might have set off a stick of dyna
mite and gotten results, but on fur
ther' investigation and upon helping
these gentlemen to their feet it was
found that their chairs only had col
lapsed. Phoenix is showing real enthusi
asm and. all are expecting that good
results wjll be shown when the solic
iting committee are through with
their work". Another meeting will he
held tonight in Talent.
If Stock Arrives
Will Buck Sunday
If some of the stock which the
roundup boys are expecting dally ar
rives, some tryouts will be staged at
the roundup grounds next Sunday.
Two relay strings, those of Doc
Helms and Ray Murphy, will train at
the roundup grounds and should pro
vide some lively tilts. Several head
of wild horses are being brought In
and other stock, including enough
bucking stock to make things Inter
esting. From now on the roundup grounds
will be the scene of dally activity.
Twenty-three hundred seating capac
ity will be added to the grandstand
and bleachers. A platform for chairs
will be built along the top of the
grandstand and divided into boxes
which may be reserved In advance of
the show. Additional bleachers will
be built and the seating capacity of
the amphitheatre will total well over
17,000.
- A barn has been completed for the
relay stock, corrals are being built
for the buckers and wild steers, etc.,
and a feed rack seventy ieet long is
being built and will be covered by an
Immense tent which will , house the
stock brought up by Dell Blanchett
from Pendleton and Philomath.
Acquit Mrs. Garwood
Of Arson Charge
The sensational case which devel
oped out of the burning ol the Strlck-
fadden house In this city several
months ago came to a close at Jack
sonville Wednesday when Mrs. Gar
wood, the woman whom Mrs. Strlck-
fadden and Mrs. Dreyfus claim en
gineered the attempt to collect fire
Insurance, was acquitted by a jury
In the circuit court at Jacksonville.
3Jie jury was oQt but a short time.
Pf new testimony of great bearing
was brought out In, the- new trial.
Mrs. Garwood was set free. -
RrMAhnrr W will'' be' started
4 once on $5,004 dam at North Ump-
qua. fish natcneix .i Stf-f 'j- '
$3$32t$i$33$$&
$ SEMMYKEKLY RAXD COX- f
S CERTS START SUNDAY. 3
3 Next Sunday afternoon at 3 $
o'clock in Lithia park tho Ash- &
S land band will present the first 3
$ of the regular series of serai- 3
J weekly band concerts. Arrange- S
3 menla have been made through
3 the donation of $100 from the S
$ park board, $50 from the Com- $
merclal Club and money from
other sources to hold the con-
certs on every Sunday afternoon i
P and Wednesday evening from ?
$ now to the celebration, and !
from then on the concerts will
$ be financed by popular subscrlp- $
Hon an they were last year.
$ Ashland now has a band of
which any city might well be
-i proud, and several thousand $
3 people should turn out next !
$ Sunday to hear It. i
Expects To Have
Soda Water Soon
Good progress is being made In the
piping in of the soda water from the
Songer well. The pipe to conuect the
Songer well and the main soda pipe
lln Is being laid this week, and It is
expected will be all in the ditch by
the end of the week. The soda water
should be running in the fountains
by the middle of next week if all goes
welL The work Is being done under
the superlnteudency of City Engineer
Walker, . i . . . .
The fountains, bowls and faucets
are belns cleaned up and put Into
shape. The cup machines have fur
nished a surprisingly large income
considering, the few who visit the
park In the winter, and the summer's
receipts will, assist materially In
Keeping up the fountains and Water
system, .
Club Trustees Lunch
And Do Business
The trustees of the Commercial
Club met at noon Monday at the Bun
galow In Lithia park, the business
meeting following a luncheon.
Rook lets.
On report of the advertising com
mittee It was decided to have a
twelve-page booklet printed, the club
being entirely out of Ashland adver
tising material.
For Hand,
Upon motion, $50 of the club's
funds was appropriated to the band
to continue the band concerts during
the month of June and up to and
after the Fourth of July,
The purchase of Economy Jars for
Mr. Lowe to replnce the ones now In
use In the office of th,e club was re
ferred to the house committee.
Park LlKhtinK.
The pork lighting question was
brought up, and In order to find out
the difficulty as to why the park has
not been lighted, the president upon
motion appointed C. B. Lnrakln as a
committee of one from the club to
confer with the park board and the
lighting committee of the council.
To Assist Ticket Bale.
Inasmuch as the Chautauqua Asso
ciation Is making extraordinary ef
forts to complete their new building
and expending a large sura of money
over and above the amount given
them from tho city for the property
sold, It was voted that the Commer
cial Club appoint a committee to as
sist the Chautauqua in selling as
many season tickets In advance of the
session In order to make the same a
great financial success and thereby
help to pay the Increased expend!
tures. , .
Rillboard.
The billboard sign committee was
given authority, upon motion, to have
the billboard constructed at the
spring house near the station.
There wilt be no meeting for the
purpose of nominating school direct
or candidates at 10 o'clock Monday
mornng, as announced elsewhere In
this Issue through mistake. The polls
will be open from 2 to 7 p. m. and
all may vote, , ,! , .
All members of the Honor Guard
are requested to be at the Armory
Monday morning at 11: 3 s6 that the
Honor ..Guard can attend to Red Cross
picnic in a body, i
Civic Club Has
Membership of 234
If thero Is a more wide-awake, In
telllgent, cnpitble or efficient organ
izatlon in ABhland than the Women's
,'ClvIc Improvement Club, we would
like to know It. Its widespread actlv.
Itles and varied accomplishments,
should place It well up In the ranks
with similar clubs In the state as well
as make It a power for great good Id
the community.
While Its constant aim and en
deavor Is to WORK, WORK, WORIfl
along practical lines, yet that on occa
sion it knows how to relax from th
more rigid formalities of current bus
iness was pleasingly shown on Tues
day last, when it held an adjourned
meeting In Lithia park on recreation
bent, for
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men" and
women!
The occasion was specially Intend
ed to celebrate the happy conclusion
of Its most successful "new member
ship" campaign. After this no one
can doubt the popularity and ability
of tho organization, and ye voters
may well sit up and take notice.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Gil
lette the winning forces were assem
bled at the city hall and marched to
the park In regular and long-drawn-out
formation to the stirring muslo
of their own orchestra band, consist
ing of Mesdames Loveland, Winter,
Poley, Gllman, Dodge, Woods, Mill
ner, Hllty, Carleton, Stennart, Jones
and others. They were met by tba
president and executive board and
the equally , happy "losers," who,
themselves, stood ready to put tha
halo on the crowning result of such
splendid work and Interest a cam
paign that had added nearly, If not
quite, two hundred new members to
its ranks.,
Mrs. Qljlette, In a strikingly effect
ive 1860 costume, wielding the baton
of authority, and her quaintly and
uniquely arrayed contingent, were
promptly escorted to the plnce select
ed for the exorcises of the afternoon,
while the nondescript band, consist
ing of horns, fifes, drums, cornet,
mandolin, hand-organ, trombone, etc..
pounded forth a wonderful medley of
sound, In which each Individual In
strument strove for special excel
lence. The entertainment which tho win
ners provided was quite as varied and
Interesting. A monologue with musi
cal accompaniment on an Invisible!
guitar given by Mrs. Stewart, was
cheered to the echo. A C. I. C. cllnlf
was hold to Investigate the serious
condition of n beautiful young maid
en named "Ashland," who, recllnlnjj
gracefully on' a stretcher, submitted
to the critical examination of such
eminent professionals as Dr. Poley, '
X-Ray Expert Lnmkln and Nurse
Winter, nnd whom they found to be
afflicted with a complication of dis
orders noticeably, hot air on tha
lungs, Insufficient lights,, an opera
house ulcer, a depot carbuncle, mud
In the lntako, and bruises from tha
"knocking" element. The "clean-up"
squad was also called In to prescribe.
Mrs. Rocho and her qualified assist
ants, Mesdames Cambers, Wllshlre,
Lamb, 0,rres, Miller, Murray, Oliver,
Nesbit and Shell, armed with their
Implements of office, gave a practical
demonstration which should, If prac
fContlnued on Page Eight.)
General Liggitt
Visits This City
General Liggitt, comamnder of tha .
Western division U. S. A., was In Ash
land yesterday, accompanied by his .
wife and F. C. Lathrop and wife. Mr.
Lathrop Is general paasengtr agent
of the Southern Pacific. The party
were taken on an automobile trip
over Ashland park and scenic drives.
They also spent some time at the new
Chautauqua auditorium.
The party were traveling; In Mr.
Lat.hrop's special car and were met at
the station by Agent G. N. Kramer
and Commercial Club Secretary Froh-
bach. The scenic environment of tha
city, the park and the Immense new
Chautauqua auditorium made a fln
impression on General Liggitt, .,who
told Mr. Frohbach that he had had no
Idea Ashland, had anything ef tha
kind, The. army bead also visited tha
armory, General ' Liggitt hat suc
ceeded General, Bell In command ot
the Western division. -"