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Oregon Historical Society J'omp 307 Second It "Ashland Grows While Llihla Flows" Ashland. Oregon, Llthla Springs4' ti City of Sunshine and Flowers 'Oregon's Famous Spa" ASHLAMT:1 : ' frniNras VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917 kttt,,- Siskiyou Grade To Be Paved Soon ' S. S. Smith and Bert R. Greer, who were selected by the Medford and Ashland commercial clubs to appear before the State Highway Commis sion at Portland Friday to consult upon the plans adopted for road work through Jackson county, returned Saturday well satisfied with the work accomplished. The State Highway Commission, the highway engineer and Governor Withyconibe were unanimously and heartily in favor of paving the Siski you grade sixteen feet wide from the California line to the base of the mountain. Equipment is now being assembled for the work. Owing to a contract entered into by the former highway commission for sixteen thou sand yards of crushed stone, part of which was used last year, the first work will be rock macadam eight inches thick and sixteen feet wide. The work will be done by force ac count and the macadam 'will lie through the winter before the bitu minum top is put on. The commission unanimously favor the completion of the Pacific High way from California to Portland as the work of first Importance. Al ready, besides the funds available for the Siskiyou grade, $450,000 Is now available to grade and otherwise Im prove Pass creek, Cow creek and Wolf creek hills in Josephine and Douglas counties. Work on the Billings hill Is again held up, this time by the railroad, company. Agreements between the county and railroad company are all completed. The construction plans have been turned over to Superin tendent Metcalf and the work ordered done. The delay Is caused, by scarc ity of labor. Mr. Dyer told the writer that labor was getting to be a great problem. On some of the road sec tions only the foremen were working, being unable to hold men enough to do the section work. The Ashland Commercial Club will take up the matter at once with Su perintendent Metcalf and try to ar range some plan, of co-operation to supply labor so the work caq go forward. & FIIIE! FIRE! FIRE! TAKE $ $ NOTICE. S ? Protection of your homes is ? $ now urgent. The forest fire is $ S spreading about the upper wa- $ t ters of Ashland creek and is ? Daring Attempt To Rob Safe Made in Broad Daylight On Sunday afternoon daring yegg men attempted to break open the safe hourly growing beyond control. S ' in the office of the Swift & Company S All the help that can be possibly J planti Frank 0rouchi the 8uperIn. obtained Is needed to protect 3L, , , , . . . , . i. 1,1 ,! u , itendent of the plant, .iad been In the the Ashland watershed. Every 5 household in this city Is Inter ested, and nothing is at the mo- S ment so urgent as fire fighters. S ? Mr. Grebble, the forest super- visor, is calling frantically for 3 office till noon. Intending to return $ ; In the afternoon, he only closed the outer door of the big safe In the of fice, but locked the inner door. Upon his return in the afternoon he found help. No hoboes noed be sent, Q i the glass broken in the front door, S as he has no use for them, but S i the safe badly damaged and a crow- MEN, MEN, MEN are wanted S bar lying on the floor nearby. While ? and wanted badly. Now Is the ? the deed of unusual daring was at- time to show patriotism at $ tempted In broad daylight, no one home. S, noticed the yeggman around. Mr. 3 Report to Mayor Lamkirt. $ i Crouch notified Chief of Police A- $ terbury, at once and he hurried to the scene, but no clue could be ob tained whereby to got trace of the robbers. The bold yegmen obtained entrance by breaking the glass in the door, reaching through and unlocking It. They were careful to carry the brok en glass across the driveway and hide it behind a fence. Then they took a crowbar that they had picked up somewhere i'n the vicinity and evi dently tiled to pry the inner door of the safe open. The safe was con siderably damaged by the yeggmen evidently gave it up as a bad Job a3 they did not succeed In obtaining en trance to the strong box. Cbjef At terbury anf s they were undoubtedly experienced yeggmen. 3$.$.e$S$S$$,$$j,j. DOVT lH'Y Oil RECEIVE S $ PLASTERS FROM VENDERS ? J Reports from various parts of ? the country to the effect that S venders are distributing court- ? f plaster and cornplaster carry- $ 4- ing germs of leprosy and other S $ diseases are current. Don't ? ? take a chance. t . S Trained Animals Shown in C. P. Examining Officer To Be In Medford Goddard Concert Is Disappointment "The Barrier" Big; Strong in Realism The James Goddard grand concert ine examining orncer tor me sec- given ja8t Thurartay evening was the ..u un., illume tamp appn- ony disappointing number on the cants will arrive in Medford July 28. entire program ot ... vea... Chau. a.i applicants lor me second onicers" tauqua. The noted bagg-baritone sin- camps win men De examined for final ger of tnc chlca0 Grand 0oera c acceptance wfeo live in this section of ;panv had been advert8ed go exten- the state. Forest Fires Nearby Beyond Control Word was received this forenoon that the forest fire, near Humming Bird springs is beyond control and an effort is being made today to pro-jJames Goddard did not come" up to cure additional fire fighters. The ! expectations, sively as the "greatest living bass baritone" that the audience naturally expected much of him. While many In the audience doubtless had not the musical appreciation that the true musician has, and therefore were not capable of just criticism, the noted singer disappointed even those capa ble of judging the best in music. So there is really ground for saying that fire is burning down the slopes into the government reserve and Is endan gering the city's water supply. The big fire, which has been rag ing for the past week, has been under control several times, but has again James Goddard is a giant in physi cal build and size, standing six feet and a half In his stockings, and re minds you of the pictures of Jess Wil lard. When he first appeared on the platform he fairly shocked the audi- gotten a big start. It has burned 1 ence w,tn hls Dullt anl height. By the side, of his pianist. Bobert'Yale Smith, the latter appeared as a mere boy in size. If the people had not expected so over about 200 acres already, and unless gotten under control very soon the city water supply will be perma nently crippled. If it continues, the From Portland Oregonian, July 1. Rex Beach's latest photoplay is powerful In realism. In this new play he has given to the public a ten-reel epic of the frontier and racial conflict that grips you, for Its characters do not stoop to picayune quarrels; their fight is over something big, and the spectator is Immediately caught with the power of the great play. Ed. Note This picture will be shown in the Vinlng Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday Instead of at Chau tauqua, as originally advertised. The first companywill be guests of the theatre on Tuesday night. In addi tion to the picture there will be two acts of vaudeville each night. Jackson County Registration business houses of Ashland may have ! mucn of Goddard, it is safe to say to close their doors to help fight the ; that the audience would have enjoyed flames as they did In 1911. llis singing, for he has a voice of wonderful range and power. Even Hip rnitrfllnoi! ant aauM .AnH1n An Lisnt and Power iteet the fact that ,n his singing he v I shows that he has had many years of RatM Ffll13ll7Pf1 !the verv fincst training that could " be obtained. In his technic you could , not find much room for fault-finding, Rates for electric and water service j but in the quality of his tones you furnished by the Cailfornla-Oregon j could. The range of his voice is Power Company in Oregon are re-1 wonderful and it is of sufficient pow adjusted by an order issued Saturday er to fill the largest auditorium, by the Oregon public service commis- j However1, in Miss Ruth Ray, a violln sfon. Towns affected by the order j 1st of remarkable ability for one so in the Rogue river division include j young, the big crowd was truljy de Medford, Central Point, Gold Hill, lighted. This wonderful young vio- Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Rogue Riv- linist Is destined to reach the tonmost Sheriff Warns People of I. W. W. The following notice has been sent out through the sheriff's office: "In view of tho recent destructive activities of the I. W. W. In Klamath county, I deem It expedient to ask you to keep this office posted about any suspicious characters or occurrences In your precinct. "While no trouble Is anticipated in this county, owing to lack of labor union organizations, etc., It must be remembered that there Is consider able floating population, and un doubtedly members of the I. W. W. who might run amuck, and poison stock, fire mills, fields and farm buildings as they have In the Klam ath country. "Anyone caught committing any of these felonies should be held and this office notified (Sec. 1769, L. O. L., provides that private persons may ar rest without warrant for (1) crime attempted or committed In the pres ence, or (2) crime when he has reas- onabje cause for believing the person arrestl to havo committed It). I ita preparedto make deputy appoint ments In each precinct in order to minimize any possible danger, and in vite volunteers for this purpose. "Youri very truly, "RALPH G. JENNINGS, "Sheriff. "By L. W. Stansell, deputy." Arthur Altcliley, the well known animal trainer who lives west of Cen tral Point, gave an exhibition of his work at the Central Point Opera House not long ago. The wonderful miniature horse that he received from the cast last spring was exhibit ed for the first timo. This little pony stands only a little more than two feet high and has been taught by Mr Altcliley to do many remarkable tricks. He alw) showed his two dogs, Dodo and Dum Dum, which he has been training. The many stunts per formed by these animals were very nicely done and Is a credit to Mr. Altchley's ability as a trainer of ani mals. These animals will soon be ready for the road, says Mr. Altcli ley. Federal Probe of I. W. W. Actions er, Phoenix, Tolo-Gold Ray, Prospect, Graves Creek, Wolf Creek, Glendale, Eagle Point and Talent. It will be noticed that Ashland is round in musical fame. Her playing alone was mo-re than worth the entire evening. Ker numbers were marked by a finish and a beauty of tones of tne oniy incorporated city in mis dl-1 transcendent quality. Robert Ray vision that was not affected. The Smith also rjlaved excentlnnniiv u-p11 ' The following Is a complete list of registrations, showing the number registered in the various parties up to close of registration on July 14: Republican Male 3,282, female 2,448, total 6,730. Democrat Male 1,907, female 1,4121, total 3,319. Progressive Male 27, female 7, total 34. Prohibition Male 56, female 166, total 222. Socialist Male .213, female 96, to tal 309. Miscellaneous Male 221, female 170, total 391. Totals Male 5,706, female 4,299, total 10,005. If yon want to buy or seii any thing, try TIdlnga want aas. They do the work. . . U. S. WEATHER FORECAST. . , For week beginning July 22.. $ $ Pacific states: ,( Warm In in- 4 t trelor, moderation coast; fair. S $ except scattered, showers in Ore-, egon and Washington by th middle of the week,, . $ ' " " . commission asserts that changes are made to maintain as nearly as possi ble the present total income of the company. "The commission is satisfied that the company has not received an un reasonably high return upon its prop erty, but on the other hand has ob tained less than investors might reas onably be entitled to expect from in vestments involving like risks, and less than the prevailing rate of inter est throughout the territory," said the order In part. "In view of these findings no gen eral reduction in rates is justified, nor is it believed that total returns can be satisfactorily increased by ad vanced charges. All charges In pres ent tariffs will, therefore, be designed to maintain as nearly as practicable the present total Income and to erase any possible unjust discrimination between consumers." Eoth in technic and in quality of tones produced he deserves to rank among the best. Both of these as sistants won loud applause and were called back time and again. In tho singing of "Old Black Joe"' and "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" James Goddard was most ap preciated. In these songs he ap pealed most to the cosmopolitan audience present. Back From Tour Of Valley Points Government officials left San Fran cisco last night to investigate the ac tivities of the I. W. W. at Dorrls and other points along the Oregon-California line and at Klamath Falls on telegraphic communication from Washington. The party Included United States Attorney Casper A. Ornbaum, Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal George ft Burnham and Deputy Mar shal Thomas B. Mulhall. They have full power to act and will decide as to the advisability of sending troops to quell attempts to burn crops and livestock, to hampor transportation and to damage the waterworks at Klamath Falls. Mr. Ornbaum will co-operate with United States Attor ney Clarence L. Reames nt Portland. Fifty arrests have already been made in Dorrls alone. 1st Company Now Ready for Duty The local 1st company, Coast Ar tillery, are now recruited to 104 men, and it is probable that It will coma to full wnr strength of 109 men be fore or soon after the call for mobil ization, which will be Issued Wednes day. Captain Malono is highly satis fied with the company, and under his able captaincy the local organization will prove to be one of the finest or ganizations of Coast Artillery on tha coast, a record which It has hld for the past few years. The personal ap pearance of each man Is excellent, and during the encampment at Fort Stevens In the past years a member of the 1st company could always ha picked Diit from the men of the other companies by the cleanness and neat ness of his attire. The men nre all anxious to ha called and thus settle the unsettled condition which they have been placed in since Inst March. The men who are out of town are returning daily and every man will be on hand tomorrow night to report to the arm ory Wednesday morning. Considerable equipment has ar rived, but a good many of the men will have to go to the mobilization point in their civilian clothes. This is the condition all over the state, and over seven hundred men In tha state who will bo mobilised Wednes day will have to leave without equip ment. Several new non-commissioned of ficers, have been appointed and the arrangement of squads will take place soon. The out-of-town men will live In the armory after mobilization, while those who live In town can eat and sleep at their homes If they desire. The company has no Idea when they will legve or where they will go, r.lthpugh It Is highly probable that they will leave within ten days after the call for mobilization and their destination will probably be Fort Stevens, nt the mouth of the Colum bia river. 'Quaker Show' Gives To Red Cross Auto Replaces Team on Farm Prof. "Heins" Heldenreich of last year's high school faculty and Lynn Mowat, ex-city editor of the Tidings, returned this morning after a week's jaunt through the Willamette valluy. They were guests at the Delta Tau fraterinty house at Engene, and are displaying coats of tan obtained dur ing an extended canoeing trip on the Willamette river. They say that Eu gene Is full of college men returning to answer the call with the Coast Ar tillery and that they enjoyed a royal good time. Mr. Heidenrelch's name was well along toward the head of the list In the Lane county draft, but since Lane county, like Jackson, had furnished Its quota of volunteers, he will not be called until the second draft. Mr. Mowat Is a member of the local artil lery company. Mr. Heldenreich has entered the service of Lane county as a deputy sheriff and will return Thursday to take up his duties. 0. & C. Land Grant Opening Delayed Big Party For 1st Company Boys The young people's societies of the local churches wljll give a lawn social on Thursday evening at the First Presbyterian church In honor of the 1st .company boys, who may leave soon: for war service. ' Arrangements are about complete for the affair and a fine time Is assured. All young peo ple and especially the friends of the soldiers are cordially welcome." ' " Last Thursday, late in the after noon, the pedestrians on Main street witnessed the novel sight of an auto hitched to a farm wagon with a big load of hay moving along with com partlve ease. It has not been many years since the modern automobile first came Into existence. The use of an automobile to pull a farm wag on instead of Dock and Dobbin, while not entirely new, is a real novelty today. Tomorrow will we see big loads of hay floating through the air suspended to a Zeppelin or some other air craft? Although it is impossible for a mo torcycle to knock a heavy automobile off the street, raany'taotorcyclists feel called' upon Jn tha interest 'of1 science to try' the experiment. . ' Dog Poisoned by I. W. W. Is Claim A telephone message received to day stated that the dog owned by the "call boy" at the depot was poisoned by a member of the I. W. W. The dog died after suffering untold agony. We were unable to confirm the facts related. Rev. W. F. Shields, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Burns, who is here on his vacation, preached at the First Presbyterian church Sun day morning. Opening of the Oregon & California grant lands, for which arrangements have been practically completed by the general land office at Washing ton, D. C, Is clouded with uncertain ty as a result of tho attorney gen eral's opinion advising against pay ment of any penalties or interest on taxes to be paid by the government. Senator Chamberlain believes the attornaly gonoral's office is wrong on the law In saying tho taxes are not a Hen on the lands. Congressman Sln- nott held the same view, and It Is also known that some of the attorney general's advisers do not agree with the opinion, which Is rendered in his name by Assistant Kearfut. Commissioner Tallman of the gen eral land office plainly Is stumped by the opinion. Ho withholds comment and is i undecided whether to follow the advice of the department of Jus tice and proceed with the effort to dispose of tho lands, with an appar ent cloud resting upon the title1. SInnott has wrltton Attorney Gen eral Brown of Oregon1, Inviting sug gestions for solutions. It is consid ered certain that congress will do nothing, since its legal advisor re ports that no lion for taxes exists nnd any payment by the government would bo more gratuity. Assistant Attorney General Kearfut, comment ing on his opinion, was positive in the declaration that the taxes create no Hen on the lands. He does not feel called on to advise congress as to Its policy, ho says, but no legislation is needed as the lands may be die posed of without delay. Oregon coun ties, if not satisfied with settlement on this basis, have their remedy by a test In court, he suggested. The manager of the "Quaker Chow," which runs every evening this weeW, Is willing to give 10 per cent of the door receipts to the local Red Cross Auxiliary. The show will be In the VIning Theatre and will be frea to everyone die i'lrst night Monday. The show consists of high-class vau dovllle and comedy drama. Tonight a valuable present will be given to the ohlost lndy and the oldest gentle man present. If you want to spend pleasant evenings go to the VIning this week nnd help along the Red Cross cause at the same time. Yon will do well to read their ad In this Issue., Josephs Arrested; Pleads Guilty Klamath Falls, July 20. The cap ture of Joe Josephs, for whom a com plaint was issued for transporting liquor from a wet state into a dry state, was effected last night by Sher iff George Humphrey and Federal Of ficer William Byron, when Josephs returned to his homo in Mills addition. He was arraigned before Justice Hi W. Gowen this morning and plead guilty to the charge. He will be sen-, tenced tomorrow at 10 a. m. Josephs was caught Wednesday at tempting to bring two cases of whis key into tho city by means of a launch from a point two miles below town, where he hnd cached it the night be fore on his return from a trip to Dor rls. He was held up by a plucky Klamath county woman, who thought he was an I. W. W. bringing in dyna mite. one new ttetdi to he Tidlacs, Rev. If. A. Carnahan, pastor of the First Presbyterian churchleaves for Salem. .ton attend i'the1, Presbyterian synoa oi uregoa, Tuesday. .M . The Tiding ! m sale aCPoTeir '$ ru store, 17 Easjr'lftin W In the wafy of stage adornment at the Chautauqua auditorium, Miss Hortense Winter, Ashhjnd student at 'one of1 the leading California art schools, painted, the cuplds at the ape 'of 'the stage arch-. Her. aunt is Miss Mabel Russell, an artist of more than local celebrity. It is predicted that congress will be released on suspended sentence about August 15. . S . Washington, July 21. The house gill appropriating $640,- 000,000 for the aviation service $ was passed late today by the ' senate without amendment ar t 0 record vote, and with' lees than an hour's discussion. It now $ goes to the president