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VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 1917
NUMBEJR 40
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Von Der Hellen
Is Given Orders
George B. Von der Hellen received
urord Saturday to report as captain
in the new reserve army, coast de
tense service, at San Francisco. Mr.
Von der Hellen entered the first of
ficers' reserve at the Presidio, re
delved a captain's commission, the
highest grade attained by any appli
cant In southern Oregon. There was
delay caused by an army medical re
port, insisting that an operation for
appendicitis be performed before he
entered active service. Mr. Von der
Hellen was opposed to an operation,
and upon second examination the
medical department declared the ne
cessity for an operation had passed.
Considerable red tape had to be un
wound before final orders were re
ceived. Mr. Von der Hellen, who Is the
youngest son of Senator and Mrs. Von i
tjf&er Hellen of Wellen, received his I
first military training at 0. A. C,
where he graduated. For two years
lie was second lieutenant In the
t'nlted States contabulary, Philippine
Islands. He will leave for the south
as soon as his affairs can be ar
ranged;. r
Missionary to Africa
Former Ashland Girl
Mrs. Charles R. Manley, who' with
ner husband, Dr Manley, were recent
ly appointed missionaries to India,
was before her marriage Miss Ruth
Bass and lived in Ashland about six
years ago. ,
Dr. and Mrs. Manley spoke at the
Baptist church Sunday evening to an
Interested congregation.
Dr. Mauley's father and mother
were missionaries before him and he
Is returning to the house in Ongole,
Southern India, where he was born,
to take up the work where bis par
tents spent many years. He is a prac
ticing physician and will have charge
of a hospital at that point.. They
left Ashland Monday morning for San
Francisco, and from there will take
the steamship China for the Orient
and expect to be, on the way for ten
weeks. y
-All But Billings'
Uill iAvMMlAf a federal land appraiser to inspect land
nlll LOmpieiCfor loans here, and all those contem-
(plating applications for federal land
The last but one opening in the loans should get their applications In
Southern Pacific's tracks on the once, as it will be uncertain as to
Portland division have been filled iniwhen the government appraiser acn
be secured again.
onthe Dollarhlde trestle on the Ore- !
rnn sinnA nf thn RiRlrivnna. Thn re. !
malning opening Is of a permanent jtary Rocho.
Character. Loans are being made on a basis
f Announcement of the completion of 50 Per cent of the approved ap
ti, imn,nnn,nn k t 'nraised value of the land and 20 ner
M. Drake, maintenance assistant to
J. Q. Barlow, assistant engineer. The
fill k 600 feet lone and 40 feet blrh.
and renhlred 70,000 cubic yards of
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.. 1 m. .... . i . a i
ann. i ne mi inciuaes two concrete
arches, 102 and 120 feet long and,
18 feet thick.
With the single exception of the
Billings hill undergrade crossing, the
Portland division represents all solid
fills or steel structures.
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Exalted Ruler of Elks
Will Visit Ashland
Next Thursday the local lodge of
Elks will entertain Exalted Ruler
Fred Hopper of Lynchburg, Va., for
t brief hour. Ho will pass through
route north from San Francisco,
and arrangements have been made
whereby he will be met by a local
Elks committee on No. 16 at Horn
brook. He will be taken in autoB
tvad whirled over the beautiful Siski
you grade, entertained here by the
lodge", and taken on to Medford in
time to visit the club room there and
again catch No. 16 at that point
Advertising
German War Loan
' Germany Is using full-page adver
tisements in the leading papers of
the empire to forward the ne Ger
man loan. In part the notice aays:
"Money needed for subscription.
Easy terms, allowing time. . You
reckon what you can earn in the
forthcoming weeks and months, de
duct the cost of living, and then see
what yon can lend th fatherland."
Records Smashed in
War Appropriations
Congress adjourned Saturday af
ter having broken all world records
In war appropriations. Total appro -
prlations aggregated 16 billion 901
million 966 thousand 815 dollars,
which total appropriations for the
second session of the sixty-fourth
congress and the total contract au-;unlts, one taking the water from voted and has no prospect now for 'him to be mentally deranged. He be
thorlzatlons for the present fiscal jHiatt prairie and the other from Mc- .'immediate Irrigation. Irr giatlon, es-jlleved his wife p.nd children had been
year make a grand total of 21 billion ! Donald creek just above Wagner .peclaliy on the granite soil, is sorely 'murdered and his house burned, and
390 million 730 thousand 940 dollars
for the present fiscal year.
The soldiers' and sailors' lnsur-
ance bill was passed as recommended
hy the committee
Foreign vessels will be allowed to
engage In coastwise trade during the would not be available for next year's sufficient quantities to supply all the was notified and Sheriff Jennings ar
war and for 120 days afterward. ;crop. Land owners along the Mc- ,land above the Talent district by rived today, tuklng the man to Jack
Men absent from their homesteads Donald creek unit, feeling the need building main ditches from the.sonville for Investigation,
by reason of having enlisted in the of the water for the coming crop sea- streams to reservoirs located at dlf- The man Is unable to glve'hls name
army will hold their rights the same son. took the matter up with the ferent places along the hillsides so ,or state from whence he cornea.
as if they had been on the land.
Presbytery Meeting
At Central Point
The Presbytery of southern Oregon
will meet at the Presbyterian church
of Central Point Tuesday, October 9,
at 7:30 in the evening. The Rev. E.
W. Warrington of Roseburg
will
On
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weanesaay evening ur. Anarew
Montgomery of Portland, representa
tive of the Board of Home Missions
n.v.1 vmIII n A .1 n h Mn wins.,
v.bb, ... -uu.cDD a u,BO mccv- when they are Thls en
lng The Rev Boudinot Seeley, as-ableg the t0 beg)n conBtruc.
sisiani 10 ut. Montgomery, win aiso
speak. Another feature for Wednes
day evening's meeting is the address
by Rev. John Forman of India. Mr. i
Forman Is one of the foremost mis
sionaries of the world. His parents
were missionaries in India and he has
two sisters and a brother that have
Invested their lives in that; wonder-
ful country. Do not fail to embrace
the opportunity of attending this un-
usual meeting. All the meetings of
Presbytery are open to the general
publla.
Federal Land
I I ' Awi
LOan WSpeCUOnS
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Secretary Rocho states that ar-
rangements are being made with the
Applicants can get all necessary
information as to loans from becre-
I cent of the value of the improve-
'menta Loans are being approved on !
less than five-acre farms where the
;pHnclpal income of the owner comes
t
Tfrtm If onrl h la ontiiolltr an nn ereA 1 r a
..Bo6ou ...
Arming It.
Central Point to Vote
Refunding Bonds
Central Point will vote upon a
modified Hanson 'plan for refunding
i Improvement Indebtedness on Octo
iber 16. The plan eliminates the ob
lections raised bv the sunreme court
to the Hanson plan as adopted by !
Medford in that it, makes the accept ally the result of sending representa
ance voluntary instead of compulsory, tives from western organizations to
so that any property owner who de- Washington, where they convinced
sires can play his assessments under. the federal authorities that this see
the Bancroft act. '-'on was entitled to a basic Pacific
The legal papers and preliminaries 'coast price In conformity with the
have been approved by eastern bond I $2.20 bushel price established at Chl
attorneys in accordance with a plan cago.
submitted by Keelor Bros., the Den-1 Several conferences were held at
ver bond house. Proceedings have Washington, including interviews
been delayed pending the decision cj.wlth Food Administrator Hoover and
the supreme court in the Medfora Resident Wilson.' The injustice
case, and the objections raised are against Pacific northwest wheat,
supposed to have been eliminated.
German Raiders
In South Pacific
Two German sea raiders are At
work in Pacific waters. Three Amer
ican merchantmen are known to have
been sunk. At least four American-
owned vessels are overdue on the Pa
cific coast from south Pacific ports,
and are probably loBt.
Phone Job orders to the Tiding.
Talent Land Owners Will Borrow
Money and Rush Irrigation
Land owners under the Talent dls-
, trlct. Irrigation scheme give evidence
of a full realization of irrigation for
, the valley land. Under the general
scheme for which bonds were recently
! voted the district is In two water
butte. "While the bonds have been
! authorized for the entire project, ,
likely some two or three months will
! be consumed In detail and sale of!
I bonds, delaying starting of the work
on the main project so that the water
I state board and engineer and were that each reservoir would constitute
authorized to avail funds and begin 'a storage for certain lands. By bulld
I the McDonald creek unit at onc&.ing these reservoirs In a chain sys
Whereupon the land owners met and (tem they could be filled during the
decided to sign Joint notes for a sum winter from floodwaters that are now
sufficient to bring the water through j wasting and held there until needed
Wagner pass and put it into Wagner during the dry season without In any
creek. The cost is estimated at from .way affecting the flow of the streams
130,000 to f 5ft,000, and the Talent during the season of scarcity.
and Ashland banks have decided to
supply the funds for the project at
once on the Joint note of the land
owners at 7 per cent Interest. So
funds will be immediately available
i for the unit. The funds thus sup-j of the land In this section of the val
plled will be paid the banks out of ,ley water will cause the land to pro-
. thn fund a uridine from thn raIa of
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Grants Pass For
Irrigation Bonds
One of the most important steps
for the unbuilding of Josephine
county that has been taken in many
yearg was the adoption by the land
0wner8 under the Grants Pass irrlga-
tlon district, at Thursday's electtlon.
of the. proposal to bond the district
for the - building of the water sys
tem, says the Grants Pass Courier.
The. vote stood 43 in favor of and
opposed to Donaing me aisirici
for $290,000.
The next move will be to complete
the Investigation for determining the
accurate estlmate of cost' 'ormulat
"s "a" ""u
UDOn whlch contracts can be let, to-
etner w,th such data aa wil1 satlsfy
enginee, - and 1 the ' Irrigation
comm "Ion In order to ge
the bonds certified as a state legal j
security, and to place the project In
BhaP9 that the bond8 wI f
"
It will be necessary to appeal to the
circuit court for a confirmation of
the acts of the district. 'This appeal
will be started on the return of Attor-
ney Norton early nex week
There are included in tbe district
5-80n acres of Irrigable land, and a
gross acreage of 8.000 acres, but with
n .Annai.D(li,A ovuaAmaffit with H n
co-operative agreement with the
Gold Hill district a total acreage of
12,000 acres with a combined bond-l
lissue of $390,000. The estimated
, cost of complfting the two projects Is
i $350,000.
Good Commercial
Club Activities
Three million dollars more for In
land Empire wheat growers is virtu
which would be subject to a freight
charge of 30 cents per bushel to Chi
cago, was pointed out and Mr. Hoover
finally agreed to a price of $2.05 as
a basis for No. 1 wheat at Portland
or Puget Sound points. Estimating
the Inland Empire crop at 80,000,
000 bushels, this means $3,000,000
in added money for this section.
We people who growl because Mr.
Hooves asks ns to have two no white
bread days per week are grandsons
of the folks who would have felt rich
If they had white bread on Sunday
alone. , .
tlon work at once so that water will
be available for next season's crop.
Valley land owners are beginning
j to wake up to the value of irrigation.
. Ashland was voted out of, the Talent
; district before the bond Issue was
needed, and no doubt Borne local dis-
trlct enterprise will be worked out
to secure It.
Some say that the flood waters
from Ashland creek, Emigrant creek
and Nell creek could be conserved In
I It looks as If land owners about
ABhland should figure out some plan
whereby water can be put on the dry
land.
It will be the making of this
section.
Leander Nell says on much
.riucn from flvA to ton llmoi Ma nrsi.
ent production. That spells the dif
ference between success and failure,
Mayor Proclaims
, Fire Prevention Day
As October 9 is recognized as fire ,tne case of a Partnership or an Indl
nreventlon dav. I would recommend jvldual. A subsequent section Just
jthat every resident; of Ashland exam-
ine their stovepipes and chimneys and
'see that they are in a safe condition;
lalso burn In some nlace of safetv. on
your premises, all dead grass, weeds,
leavestor other f Ire-Inviting rubbish.
Don't Jet -next Tuesday go by without
making Ashland as safe from fire as
is possime, ana mane our city more
attractive and beautiful.
I Our national loss by fire for the
last thirteen years shows an annual
average of $239,500,000, and so far
this year the average has been great
er. This Is an absolute dead loss,
for insurance only indemnifies own-
ersv but restores nothing.
Our two-billlon-dollar Liberty Loan
carries an annual Interest charge of
$70,000,000, and our yearly fire loss
is large enough to pay three times
this charge; Indeed, the aggregate of
lour fire loss for the last ten years
would pay the principal with nearly
$400,000,000 over.
Let us help to make arson as odI -
ous as treason and every nreventable
fire somebody's crime. '
Fire Prevention Day, with the pres-
ent war need for saving In every dl -
rectlon, means more than ever and
should be made to emphasize the
magnitude of our fire destruction of
values.
Insurance Is a tax which Is based
upon the fire loss, so that such loss
affects every buyer of fire Insurance.
It also Increases other taxes by the
loss of taxable valuation, making fire
prevention of individual as well as
publlo concern.
C. B. LAMKIN, Mayor.
Boys' Appreciate
Ashland's Courtesy
week. It will be open and Senator
Ashland made a hit with the sol- jLaFollette will be heard. There Is
dler boys who passed through here a wide demand, as indicated by con
the past week. Mayor Lamkln re- demnatory resolutions, throughout
celved the following telegram of ap-the country for LaFolIette's resigns-
preclatlon from the 4th company of
Los Angeles:
"We thank you and the good peo
ple of Ashland for the hearty wel
come extended us. Kindly thank the
various committees in our behalf.
We will always remember Ashland.
"K. J. McCORKLE,
"Lieutenant Commanding 4th Co."
Residences Burn
At Sisson, Calif.
Wednesday night the residences of
Ed Lawson, Willis Sloan and Mrs.
Frank Montgomery were completely
destroyed by fire at Sisson, Cal. The
loss was about $6,000, with some in
surance, i -; ,
Deranged Stranger
Captured Here
Some excitement was provided for
the fire boys Sunday evonlng. A
man was seen passing the fire hall
I about 9 o'clock, minus coat, hat and
Jshoes, and on being hallod by Chief
jRoblson refused to heed. Chief Rob -
Inson then overtook him and found
that "they were trying to get him."
Chief of Pollco Hatcher was sum
moned and he was lodged in Jail.
The man appeared to be about 27
years of ago, but from whence he
came no one knows. Judge Tou Velle
Professions and
Businesses Taxed
Business and professional men and
salaried men as well, who have In
comes of more than $6,000 a year,
face a war profits tax of 8 per cent,
In addition to the Income surtaxes
under the provisions of a Bectlon
which has been discovered in the war
tax bill.
The section was not Introduced on
the floor, nor discussed in either
house of congress, but was inserted
by
the conferees while they were
working in secret session to bring out
ithe perfected bill.
The war profits tax section of the
bill lays a tax of 8 per cent on the
net Income of a "business or trade"
when It exceeds $3,000 a year in the
case of a corporation', and $6,000 In
Covered declares that a trade or
bu8lne8S includes "professions and
.occupations."
IJ thla interpretation stands, pro-
fe88lonal business and salaried men
.will pay two taxes on their incomes.
Prize Offered for
Liberty Loan Slogan
A prize of $50 Is being offered for
the best Liberty Loan slogan. Every-
body Is eligible in the contest. The
only restriction is that the slogan
-contain not more than ten words and
be In the mall by October 10, ad-
dressed to tho "Slogan Editor of the
Liberty Loan Committee, 430 Cnllfor-
nla Street, San Francisco, Cal." The
winner will be paid with a $50 4 per
cent Liberty bond
ir,,.o to .nn,'io r,t n,.nnn,nt
slogan: "If you can't go across, ever, Informally, it was tnougnt nesi
,come across." And another: "Putjto have the state committee send a
'un vour money and nut down the, speaker to explain the bond plan be-
i kaiser."
This Is a good chance for one of
, Ashland's bright slogan artists to
land the $50 Liberty bond prize.
La Follette Charges
To Be Probed
The senate privileges and elections
committee before adjournment Sat
urday ordered a hearing on charges
of disloyal utteranoes by Senator La
Follette at St. Paul three weeks ago.
The authority of the investigating
committee does not extend beyond
the St. Paul speech. The committee
held a preliminary meeting Saturday
and the hearing will be held this
tlon or expulsion from the senate.
C. W. Watson Gets
Engineer's Com.
C. W. Watson, son of C. B. Watson,
who is at Montague, writes that he
received his commission as first lieu
tenant in the engineering secttion of
the officers' reserve corps. He has
not been notified when be will be
called or where he will be required
to go. He has had about fourteen
years' experience as an engineer and
is one of the most capable engineers
in this section. .
Tidings 4,For Sale" ads aw active
little real estate salesmen. '
New Stale
VV. C. T. I). Officers
Thursday at the state W. C. T. V.
convention at Albany, the following
officers- were elected for the coming
year: President, Mrs. Frances M.
'gwope of Portland; vice-president,
' Mrs. Jennie Kemp, Portland; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs. Madge J.
Mears, Shedd, Ore.; recording secre
tary, Mrs. S. A. Lowell, Pendleton;
treasurer, Mrs. Jolly, Portland; T.
B. P. secretary1, Mrs, Scroggs, Port
land; L. T. U secretary, Mrs. Jane
Donaldson, Poitland.
Delegates to the national conven
tion: Delegate at largo, Mrs. Henri
etta Brown, Albany. Delegates, Mrs.
Stella Lcavltt, Ashland; Mrs. Mary
Russell, Portlnnd; Mrs. S. A. Lowell,
Pendleton; Mrs. M. I, T. Holden,
Portlnnd; Mrs. Lucia Aditon, Port
land, and the four state officers who
are delegates ex-offlclo.
Mra. Mallcca Ashcraft of Ashland
was placed on the appropriations
committee. On tho committee for
plan of work Mrs. Leavltt was ap
pointed as the member from Ashland.
After one of the most successful
and Interesting meetings in the his
tory of the organization the conven
tion adjourned Friday evening.
Flame of the Yukon
At Vining Tonight
Picture which opened the Liberty
Theatre in Portland. Dorothy Dalton
stars in "The Flame of the Yukon,"
which is coming to the Vlnlng for
three days next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 8, 9 and 10.
Dorothy Dalton appears as a sort
of Alaskan Carmen, queen of tho
dance hall girls, known throughout
the Yukon country as the "Flame.
She Is the trump card of Black Jack
Jlovey, proprietor of the Midas cafe,
the most popular resort In the lively
mining town. One night a stranger
comes to the place1, and instead of
tricking him, as Black Jack orders,
she finds herself Interested In hln
and aids htm to make his way on to
the gold fields, the man's influence
over her is for the good, and she de
cides to go straight, but the gang
Jeer and declare she will flame high
er and fiercer than ever after her
brief period of goodness.
Campaign Open
October 15th
The locnl Liberty Loan commltta
met Saturday night at the Austin
with but six members present, not
'enoneh to transact business How-
fore the locnl campaign was formally
opened. It Is hoped to have a mass
meeting about the 15th of this month
at which an outside speaker or speak
ers will be present.
Immediately sfter that meeting tho
city will be districted and solicitors
for bond subscriptions will cover each
district promptly.
Although the local active cam
paign does not opon before October
15, the local banks are now receiving
subscriptions.
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All Tobacco to Be
Invoiced for Tax
The new war tax bill took effect
October 4 and provides that all tobac
cos, cigarettes and cigars on th
shelves of local dealers shall be in
voiced as of that date and the inven
tory held until appropriate forms are
sent them from the internal revenue
office, on which t,o make required re
port. Special inspectors will later velrfy
these invoices.
Trading Company's
Sale Big Success
Customers literally plied Into the
Ashland Trading Company sale Sat
urday morning,' and the greatest
day's sale in the history of the stor
was recorded, demonstrating idhk
people are looking for bargains and
know them when they see them. Tn
sale will be continued four weeks or
more, until the dry roods stock to
closed out ' ".'