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Cregon Historical Socletj
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r Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows"
' City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917
NUMBER 37
Ashland
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Local Students
To Enter U. oi 0.
Several local high school graduates
will enter the University of Oregon
' Monday. Formerly, practically all of
Ashland's students have sought high
learning In the Oregon Agricultural
College, with but a small number at
tending the state university. How
ever, the tables have been reversed
this year and practically all of the
local young people who will go ahead
with their education this year will
enter the University of Oregon.
Among the local students who
will enter the U. of O. this year are:
Miss Fern Murphy, vice-president of
last year's graduating class; Harley
HolmesT treasurer of the class of
1917; Amelia Esparza, a graduate of
last year's class, who will enter the
university to fit herself for a mis
sionary for service In Mexico; LeRoy
Ashcraft, president of the class of
1915 of the local high school, who
will enter the school of Journalism,
and Lelth Abbott, who leaves tonight
to accept a position with the Eugene
Register and to take a course of Jour
nalism In the U. of O. Johnny Fin
neran', a member of last year's class,
;ls thinking seriously of entering the
university soon,. Ruth Brown, a
graduate of last year1, left recently
for Seattle, where she will enter the
. University of Washington. Mary
Mathes, a graduate of the class of
16, left this morning to enter the
V. of 0.
Among the boys of last year's grad
uating class who would prohably en
ter the university this fall but for the
fact that they are enlisted with the
1st company. C. A. C. at Fort Stev
ens! are: LaVerne Buck, Forrest
Wolcott. Fred Payne, Frank Tinker,
Reld Harrell, Oliver Anderson. Oscar
Silver, Aubrey Furry. Robert Keller,
Elwood Hedberg and Cleo Kirk.
Members of last year's class who en
listed but who were rejected In the
physical examinations are: . Claude
"Warren, Lelth Abbott and Ernest Ab
bott. V.
'White Hussars '
Saturday Night
Dunbar's famous White Hussars, a
singing band numbering nine people,
come to the Chautauqua Saturday
evening. September 29. This attrac
tion has played over the Keith's east
ern vaudeville circuit and also the
Orpheum circuit as the headline ac
at a salary of $1,000 a week. They
are now starring over the Redpath
Chautauqua circuits.
There is absolutely no doubt but
what this organization Is first class,
and those who attend the en't,ertain
.ment at the auditorium Saturday ev
ening will be treated to a full even
ing novelty vaudeville and musical
program which will be highly pleas
ing. On account of the troupe being
booked on short notice, It was Im
possible to receive, their excellent
line of advertising matter which is
generally used previous to their ap
pparance. All grammar school children are
to be admitted for ten cents which
should prove a rare treat for the kid
dies. Six hundred seats Immediately
In front of the stage are now on sale
at Ros,9 brothers, at 35 cents, all oth
er seats are 25 cents. These prices
are less than half what Is charged
elsewhere for this entertainment. The
curtain will rise at 8:30.
Dr. Lance Briscoe
Called to Service
Dr. Lance Briscoe, who has been
Tisltlng with his parents, Superinten
dent of City Schools Briscoe and wife,
for the past month, awaiting a sum
mons for military service, received a
call yesterday morning and left last
i night for Bremerton, Wash.
Dr, Briscoe took an examination
for surgeon In the navy early last
spring. He passed with high honors
and received an appointment as as
sistant surgeon. He expects to be
placed on a battleship for active serv
ice soon.
A large crowd of hi many local
trtends were at the train last night
to wish him godspeed In his new ven
ture'. The state highway commission has
let the contract for a road from Ore
gon City to Canby, at a cost of $145
731. ,-
Lamb to Build On
Opera House Ruin
A. L. Lamb, well-known Ideal con
tractor, who was connected with the
building of the Chautauqua auditor
ium and the local city hall, has been
awarded the contract to erect a sub
stantial and attractive building on
the old Opera House corner. He ex
j pecta to start work as soon as the
i necessary materials can be collected.
The plans for the new structure,
which have been approved by the
owners, show that the building will
have a frontage of 60 feet on Main
street and 100 feet on Pioneer av
enue. The building will be but one
story high. However, plans are be
ing made to build the walls so that
another Btory can be erected If It Is
needed. The new structure will be
divided lntp two business rooms with
full .plate-glass fronts, with a large
plate-glass window added to the room
on the west side. The building will
have a flat roof and will be construc
ted from brick and concrete through
out Sale of Blue Ledge
Mine Falls Through
Mail Tribune: The sale of the
Blue Ledge mine to the Ladysmlth
smelter syndicate, pending for sev
eral months has fallen through, ac
cording t,o word from the purchasing
syndicate, who desired the mine on
account of the fluxing character of
the ore for use In the smelter. Had
the sale materialized It was the In
tention to do extensive development
work to ascertain whether the ore
body was sufficient to justify a rail
road. In the meantime the county
would be assisted in road construc
tion and ore hauled by truck.
The reason of the failure to make
the deal Is given as the "Imposition
of such onerous terms and condi
tions' by the Towne estate, owners
of,' tlra property, 'that. negotiations
were abandoned for "the purchase of
the ' property. ' The res.umption of
copper mining1 In the Towne proper
ties in Mexico Is said to have made
the owners Indifferent as to whether
the Blue Ledge was sold or not.
The failure of the deal Is a disap
pointment to local mining interests,
as a Bale meant the development of
the mine upon a large scale and the
eventual building of a railroad. The
prospective purchasers are high-class
developers and not speculators, and
their advent would have resulted In
the development of a successful min
ing district.
Arrested Man
Not Guilty
Lloyd B. Johnston of Grants Pass
was taken from one of the conscript
traina Tuesday evening by Southern
Pacific Officer Atterbury, on the
charge of not registering when he
was of a draft age. He was lodged
In the local bastile Tuesday night.
An investigation was made Wednes
day. It appears he was broke in San
Francisco and boarded one of the
drafted men's trains. The officer in
charge of the train did not notice
him until after several eating sta
tions had been passed and Johnston
I had no meal ticket. The officer
! promptly looked Into the matter and
when Johnston could not produce a
registration card he was turned over
to Mr. Atterbury when the train
reached Ashland.
The local officers later found that
.he had registered but had lost his
registration card. He was released
and advanced $3 In cash after he had
given a good watch and chain as se
curity. TELEPHONES PROM FORT. S
The fact that the local boys
at Fort Stevens are not out of
immediate reach of local people
was made evident Wednesday
morning when Fred Payne5, one
of the local boys at Fort Stev
ens, called up Johnny Finneran
at Enders' store and held a few
minutes' conversation with him
over the telephone. Fred Is one
of the men detailed to care for
the fort telephone exchange.
The rate from Ashland to Fort
Stevens is $1.75 for the first
minute and 90 cents for each
additional minute. Fred talked
three minutes. He recently had
a payday. . . '
Fall Gives Bates
A Fractured Rib
C. F. Bates was made the object of
a brutal assault by a terror-stricken
lamb at the stockyards Saturday
, night. The young sheep used foot
ball tactics and made a leap for Mr.
Bates, striking him In the side with
such force that he was knocked over
and fell on a lantern which he was
carrying, which resulted In one of his
ribs being fractured. This is the sec
ond accident which Mr. Bates has
j suffered this year. He had his collar
jbone broken last spring. He is still
Confined to his bed as a result of his
.recent Injury, but he Is Improving
i rapidly.
Soldiers Muss Things
Down Depot Way
The drafted men who made up the
last train of conscripts which passed
through the city Tuesday evening evt -
rtentlv thought thev wer to he made
into a troop for tearing up barb-wire
out an trimmer, t a sin af tha fmnf and
that they should start training early,
for they left the depot district look-,hich the local people have. ever had
Ink like a section of "No Man's occasion to hear. Besides the regu
Land." A huge counter and display l&r band music, consisting of music
stand which occupied a space near
Curt's restaurant were picked up and
deposited one on a main part of the
street and the other on the depot plat -
form: a long piece of a new railroad
'hose was cut into Innumerable pieces;
a nearby lamp-post- was decorated VIile rusis. aim umer muiviuuui ea ip sign tne iouu cuiiBervauuu
with several parts of a baggage truck! 'musical selections the kind that pledge which Is being sent out by the
to say nothing of several "this way Illustrate the word "Jazz" to perfec- head of the order to every subordl
to the llthla fountain" and other sighs tlon. jnate lodge In the United States,
which were pried from their places! The entertainment will start Exalted Ruler Choate of the local
and used in decoratine the various promptly at 8:15 In the Chautauqua lodge has appointed a committee
cars of the train.
Local Share For
War Library Small
The local library board report
there has been but 916 contributed
A - 111 i- a u i . t
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so far in the campaign, Ashland's
i n - a mi i i i i ii
nil tire ib fiov. me uua.ru muugui
!ko It 1,1 h. ..nnnnna.n.n I.
sort to a house to house sollcltat on
i
j to get Ashland's share of the fund,
as tnere are so many people in tne
!cuy wno tane an acuve interest in
1 1. , 1,1 1 . . A 1 1 1 .111
iae iui'ui nurary, uui unless me cur-
zens respond more energetically
j within the next few days they must
j fall back on this resort as a means of
j raising Ashland's quota. Practically
I every city in the state has responded
j quickly to the need. The latest re-
!port from the state shows that $2, -
1 421.50 of the state's auota of t45.-
,000 has been raisedv Portland's
j share, in the sum already raised is
j $1,000; Roseburg, $94; Astoria,
! $24.59 ; Eugene. $146.50; The Dalles, the cement.
j$116; Baker, $300. The company has adopted the plau
j The local people can make their 0f employing local men only in oper
! contributions at the library, at Mayor atK the plant, under these experts
jLamkin's office1, with G. G. Eubanks wh0 i,ave spent many yea,rs in the In
,or with any member of the local dU8try. Gold Hill has a large popti-
; board. .lotlAn nf ovnort 1fntrlrnl wnrliprs.
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Big Grain Shippers'
Get First Service
The western carries, in discussing
wars and means of properly handline:
jthe great grain crop of the west, in
the face of the ever-increasing de-
Imand for cars, are said to be confer-
ring upon a plan ror the run use or
all available equipment In a manner
! calculated to be of the best advaw-
I calculated to oe oi me uest aavan-
;tage to the people at large.
j The roads are expected shortly to
notny snippers mat tney win jieiuse
to allow light loading of grain, and
that all things being equal, the man
who loads to 110 per cent capacity
will get first service of available cars
This policy will be justified on the
ground that the roads have no right
to deprive shippers of grain of an
adequate part of the car supply be
cause some other shipper elects to
use two cars when one would suffice.
Freight traffic men explain that
shippers who are obeying the gov
ernment's advice to load to full ca
pacity are demanding that the car
riers meet their demand ahead of the
man who perlslst In wasting space,
contending that by doing so the larg
est amount of business and the great
est number of shippers will be pro
vided for.
The practice of furnishing cart tip
on demand is likely to he superseded,
It Is alJ. hy the shippers Informing
(Continued on Page Eight)
F. B. McDonald New
; Man at Vaupel's
fTIS. McDonald of Portland, Ore.,
has been secured as a successor of
u. vt. uuc.o u0 ucuu ui me senile- , inose living on me racuic mgnwayone design are to be a part of tha
men's, furnlahiug goods department east of the city, are being continually I ammunition that will be used In the
in Vaupel's store. Mr. McDonald has molested by men who Insist on shoot- 'Liberty loan drive to start before Oc
had a great deal of experience In 1ng at game birds and animals froni:tober 1, according to local Liberty
work of this nature, aB he has been the road. Several farmers have re- loan headquarters. The contracts
connected with large clothing stores ported Instances of extreme careless-, for the powers and cards have Just
in Portland and other cities for the noss on the part of passersby In! been let, by the treasury department
past many years. He is a brother of shooting at digger squirrels, birds, ; and the awards were made after n
iL- G- McDonald, who recently accept-
ed a position In the shoe department
of Enders' store.
Mrs. McDonald and three children
will arrive as soon as Mr. McDonald
secures a house.
Band Promises Real
Conceit for Tonight
The' Ashland, Central Point and
Bedford bands that will combine in
i the big massed band concert at the
Chautauqua auditorium tonight met '
Tuesday evening for practice, anti
from renorts of the band leaders to -
i night's' concert will rival any concert
of everv variety, there have been a
number of features added to the pro-
gram which will Insure an evening of
; unusual attractions. There will be
songs by a trio of young men who!
jstng after the fashion of real vaude-
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auditorium tonight.
Cement Plant Will
Start Work Soon
An Important event In the devel
opmert pf Gold Hill's industries will
lva ihi nnariitlnn tha tl 00 000
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cement plant of the Por lltnd Beaver
rmAnf Frnmnnnw'a fairimr nn tha
vcuicuv vumpouj
nil t all I rtfl tt CVlO cliV Til A ftVir ET1 II I Z-
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ation plans of President Fletcher
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Linn have been successful, and from
present maicaiiuiia me uinnmvo ma-
cm.., u una ,,,.-.. , u-,.
nln.l n.111 liA mmH,l(V TlOVt H'OdIT
ihhjil w """"'6 h.m,
Fifty laborers and machinists have
been employed the past two weeks
overhauling the machinery and re-
opening the quarries. und?r the su-
perintendence of Engineer J. A.
Blank, late of the Allentown, Pa.,
'and Mason City, Iowa, cement dls-
trlcts Victor Delfenderfer of the
same districts Is expected dally from
the east, and will be Engineer .
Blanks' first lieutenant In producing!
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machinists and mill men, who htve
had considerable experience in the
mines in this district, and these em
ployes are readily adadpted to this
new Industry in Gold Hill. The elec
tric power from the California-Ore
r,v ; " " " n.i
Wn Power Company w s recently
turned on, and this week the massive
machinery, which requires many hun- vegetal)Ie8 grown tn war gar.
dred horsepower, was tested ot-!dens- Th)g hflB resuited , the or.
proving to be In first-class working, .,..,..
vi lDllo,) fc tha
well-known Hunt Engineering and
Construction Compny, cement plant
, constructors.
; Crude oil from California will he
usea tor iuei m uie iun.,
large quantity already stored In the
Immense tanns on tne ractory
(Continued on rage Eight.)
Roseburg Cops
PonfllfA Rn07f
vaJJtUlU UUULv
1
Sheriff Qulne of Douglas county
and Southern Pacific Agent Mahoney
upset a bootlegging attempt of large
proportions Monday when they cap
tured a shipment of 244 quarts which
was on Its way to Portland In a re-
frlgerator car consigned as bananas.
The detection was" the undoing of
a clever plot .by the officers who had
been on the alert for the car for sev
eral days before the capture.
The booze was consigned to Port
land parties,
It was all whiskey and
ent by uno, Fran-
c'0 flrm
Farmers toArrest
Careless Hunters
Many farmers In the territory sur-
rounding Ashland, and particularly
etc., and in doing so endangered the
lives of all living creatures nearby,
The following section of the state
law deals with the matter: "Chapter
,232. Section 22, state laws of Oregon:
Tt till oil 1m unlawful of Drtir rlma In I
" '"diers with aeroplanes and battleships
the state of Oregon to shoot or dls-n the bBckgronndi The lnscrlptloa
charge any gun at any game bird or ,g taken fr0 one of g, ,fe.
game animal from or while upon any Adqo,B gpeecheg( gllall we bfl ora
railroad, right of way, or any public tendor hJi om dolftrg
road
or highway."
It would be well for hunters to no
tice this section of the law, as these
farmers have determined to arrest
and prosecute all offenders.
, ElkS PlSd&6 SUDDOlt
, D CF
For Conservation
The members of the Ashland lodge
of Elks will take part in the national
food conservation campaign which
hasbeen launched by the grand lodge
of the order. Every member of the
Ashland lodge, in common with all
other Elks In the country. Is expect -
i . i I, , .I
composed of Messrs. I. E. Vinlng, E.
V. Carter and Ira Shoudy to circu
late the pledge for signatures.
The pledge as proposed by the
grand lodge of Elks is as follows:
I. A.' That one meal each day shall
! be served without wheat food.
I B. That one meal each day shall
be Berved without meats.
C, That no butter shall be nse
for cooking purposes when a eatlsfao-
-
That bread shall be sliced dur-
Ing each meal only as required for
. ,, , ' ,
immeaiace consumption,
, R m
each week '
nf lonat nn a Htoh oil all It a ftaMiad nra.
unconsumed at pre.
1
vious meals.
! The committee may also request
the local hotels and restaurants to
observe the same rules In so far as
possible.
Library Receives
Food Saving Manuals
j The public library today received
from the National Emergency Food
Garden Commission of Washington a
bundle of storage manuals for distri
bution In the food-saving campalgrv.
These manuals are free and addition
al copies can be had by readers of
this paper by writing to Charles Lnth-
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mn lnilr rvfisn I il art t nf tlia Untlnnnl
Emergency Food Garden Commta
slon, 2 10-2 2d Maryland building
Wnslilneton. D. C.
The commission has been conduct-
InB a natl,on-wlde food-saving cam-
n)w
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BHIII.1UIUU Ul Will buiuuii CAumua,
throughout the country. P. S. Rlds-
secretary of the commls-
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B,on( Bay8 tnere are Btj a few prj.eg
certlfcateg of merlt t0
be apport,oned t0 thlg Btat6i and thnt
offical8 of war garden exhibits or
fa,rg ghould comraunlcate wltn tne
commission at once.
A close estimate, based on early
reports to the commission, says the
women of the country have placed
1460,000,000 Jars of canned stuff on
1,19 Panty shelves this year and that
a j00(j conservation records have
been brokem
Warning to ITunters,
The undersigned take this means
of warning all persons that their!
property has been turned over to the
game reserve and all persons caught
hunting thereon will be prosecuted.
MARK TRUE,
BUTLER WALKER.
37-4t ' W. L. TINKER.
Permanent works along the Colum-
bla river at Portland. In the way of
dikes and revetments, are to be start-
ed soon.
Plan for Liberty
Loan Drive Ready
Four million posters of eight de
signs and 500,000 window cards, lu
competition In which 150 sketches
were submitted without cost to tha
eovernmpnt
The first design chOstTi represents
Uncle Sam pointing to khakl-clad sol-
lives of our sons?"
The second design shows thej
Statue of Liberty at sunrise and tha
sky'la interwoven with the flag. Tha
inscription reads, "Before sunset buy
a Liberty bond,"
The third design presents the old
Liberty bell and carries the Inscrip
tion, "Ring It again."
The fourth la a soldlor and sailor
with clasped hands under the Ameri
can flag.
The fifth deslsn Is of two llttla
children saying, "My daddy Is fight
ing at the front for you. Back him
up by buying a Liberty bond."
Design number slxls a bronze tab-
Iot effect can.ying a plcture of Prej!l.
dent Wilson and the American shield
with the president's statement: "The
time has come to conquer or submit.
There is but one choice and we have
made It"
Design number seven has the pic
ture of the treasury with the inscrip
tion, "Lend your money to the gov
ernment," The eighth design shows an Immi
grant ship arriving In New York har
bor with the Statue of Liberty. Ellis
Island and the tall buildings In tha
foreground.
The window card has a bronze steel
, tablet effect reading. "Second Liberty
Loan 1917. Buy a Bond." .
Jt sunnlv of the Dosters Is exnected
, a Bnort time
Soldiers Stop Here
On Way East
The 3rd Oregon infantry, excepting
Company C and the sveral other1,
companies which remain in the state
on guard duty, passed through the
city at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning
en route from Clackamas to the bis
cantonment at Camp Green, Char
lotte, N. C. The train was divided
Into two sections. The early morning'
section was composed of companies
I and K, the regimental band and
headquarters staff. Colonel May, for
mer Aslilander, was In charge of thai
train. It stopped but for a short
while In Ashland.
The second section arrived about II
o'clock. It was composed of about
100 men of the quartermaster corps
and details of men from different
pompnnlos. The train was composed
chlofly of freight cars containing;
PP"- The men were allowed a
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joye(l the park thoroughly during tl.9
.stop here. They wore all clean-cut.
few hours' stay m Asliianu ana en-
quiet, orderly young Americans, an
example of what military training
'will do for the undisciplined drafted
men who passed through the city re
cently.
Camps Raided;
No Booze Found
Special Agent R. O. Porter and as
sistants raided two camps In the Sis
klyous of employes engaged In work
on the Pacific Highway, Tuesday.
The raid was without' result b far
as finding any liquor concealed In tha
oamps. A number of foreigners,
mostly Italians, are employed on the
highway work, and the authorities
have known for some time of their
having liquor. In fact!, there hava
been several disturbances In tha
camps because of drinking.
As the camp contained no booze,
the officers feel confident that tha
liquor Is cached on the nearby moun
tain sides.
Women working In the box fac
tories In the northwest may save tha
apple crop of Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.