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Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs
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ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917
NUMBER 56
VOL. XLII
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Dr. Foster Delivers
'With Allies On Western Front'
Possibly never before has the war
leen brought home to the people of
Ashland bo closely as last Friday
evening, when a large audience lis
tened to the address of Dr. William
T. Foster, president of Reed College,
who spoke on the subject, "With Our
Allies on the Western Front," In the
Elks' Temple. All that had been
read and described In magazines and
newspapers had not the convincing
power that the words of a. man who
had lately come from the battle
scenes, and could tell in an inspiring
' manner the details of the world's war
that is being waged In Europe,
The seating capacity of the Elks'
Temple was taxed to its utmost when
Of. G. A. Briscoe, superintendent
of the public schools, introduced the
speaker, Dr. Foster, who was com
missioned by the American Red Cross
to visit all the allied fronts. He has
Just returned from a three months'
sojourn In Europe, and the horrors
of the conflict have made an Impres
sion upon his mind that time can
sever erase.
While in France Dr. Foster was
with the American troops, and told
of the enthusiasm with which the
Americans were received by the In
habitants of that war-ridden coun
try. "The United States troops are
the best equipped men In France,"
Dr. Foster stated. "They are also
the best fed. The only time I tasted
white bread while In Europe was at
mess with the American troops. They
are not the best disciplined soldiers
In France yet, however, but they are
potting In mighty good licks In that
direction, and are going to be."
While In France Dr. Foster attend
ed, a conference wit'i General Per
O.E. Diebert Accepts
Position In Dunsmuir
O. E. Deibert, who has held a posi
tion as operator at the electric light
plant for nearly five years and has
worked In the electrical department
of this city for over seven years, has
resigned his position and left Satur
day for Dunsmuir, where he goes to
take a position as electrical inspector
for the Southern Pacific.
Mr. Deibert is captain of the home
guards of this city and has received
high praise by all members of the
company who are sorry to see him
leave. However, there is some hope j
yet of retajning him as captain and
letting First Lieutenant Roy Ander
,on drill tha company. Mrs. Deibert
will probably not leave for Dunsmuir
for a month.
Some people won't Bign the food
pledge card because they think they
have displayed their patriotism suffi
ciently by showing the American
flag.
Comfortable barns keep dairy cows
warm far more cheaply than high
priced feed.
CHRISTMAS EIIT1U..
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On Monday, December 17, one S -
week before Christmas, the Tld- S
ings will Issue a special Christ- S
4 mas edition comprising twenty- $
.tcur pages (the largest edition S
in point of pages and circulation
ever Issued by an Ashland news-
paper), with a cover of three
colors of marvelous beauty. S
Three thousand copies will go
r into the homes of Ashland,
$ Jackson and Siskiyou counties.
4 All of the display advertising $
$ space available has been sold, $
y but a limited number of reader 4
$ advertisements will be accepted ?
at 10 cents the line.
' All copy for advertisements 3
4 must be In the office by Decern- S
ber 2 and copy for all reading 8
notices by December 10. "This is 3
necessary because the capacity S
4 of the Tidings plant will be 4
strained In producing such a
large edition, and unless the $
copy for advertisements comes $
In early such an edition would
4 be Impossible. '
4 All merchants who have con-
tracted for display space will
4 help us greatly by baring their
0 copy in the Tidings office by
4 Tuesday, December 2.
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Address On
shing and the heads of the Red Cross
and Y. M. C. A., where it was empha
sized the importance of establishing
a recreation field for the boys at the
front. This was considered necessary
from the fact that the worst afflic
tion befalling the boys at present is
homesickness. He incidentally re
pudiated the newspaper reports that
the boys at the front are abundantly
clothed for the onslaughts of the win
ter weather. He graphically de
scribed the condition of men in the
trenches, standing all day in Icy wa
ter, and when finally they were re
leased were so benumbed with cold
that they could not walk. "Then for
people 6,000 miles away to give out
reports that the men do not require
heavy wool socks!'" was Dr. Foster's
comment;.
It was not Dr. Foster's Intention to
harrow the feelings of his audience
with tales of the horrors of the war
and atrocities committed by the Ger
mans upon the devastated country,
but In a few sentences he brought
vividly to the mental vision of his
audience the scenes of devastation
left in France by the trail of the In
vading Hun. He also cited some ex
amples of the atrocities committed
by the German armies on the defense
less women and children of France
and Belgium, which convinced his
hearers that the stories otherwise
published were not simply "newspa
per talk."
Dr. Foster's address made a pro
found Impression upon his audience
and fired them with renewed patriot
ism and Interest In the csubo for de
mocracy. The meeting closed with
a pleasing vocal solo rendered by
Karl NimB, and the national hymn by
the audience.
National Guard
Arrive In France
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday, Nov. 29. Na
tional guardsmen from every state in
the Union have arrived In France, It
Is today permitted to be announced.
They are among the troops training
or lately arrived.
While it Is not permitted to dis
close the identity of units, it may be
said that all those which sailed from
the United States have arrived safely
and that some already are in training
within sound of the guns on the bat
tle fronts. ,
They are showing a spirit in keep
ing with the purpose of all concerned
to make the American expeditionary
force a homogeneous American army
In which each division, whether regu
lar, national guard or national army,
cannot be distinguished in efficiency
from the others. The former state
troops are billeted over a wide area
and are pronounced excellent sol
diers. Washington, Nov. 30. Announce
ment of thearrival in France of the
first national guard units gives the
first official notice that an extensive
troop movement has been accom
plished despite hostile submarines,
shortage of troops and supply ships
'and other obstacles, but without the
loss 01 a man. inuusauua ui
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nave ueciu iiiuveu iu nw D,M.
from all parts of the country, loaded
on transports and safely landed in
France without any general knowl
edge of the facts having been dis
closed to the country at large.
Mary Pickford at
Vining This Week
Mary Pickford goes back to short
dresses and juvenile ways In "Re
becca of Sunnybrook Farm," an
adaptation of the book of Kate Doug
las Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson.
It offers her as many chances as a
specially prepared vehicle might, and
she proceeds to display her talents
in them to such winning effect that
one is tempted to describe the results
as her best picture. Miss Pickford
gloriously succeeds in gaining a faith
ful representation of an honest-to-goodfless,
true-io-llfe girl, not yet a
lady but J"the makings of one," as
Rebecca remarks In a subtitle.
It Is safe to say that "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook" Farm" meets with all ex
pectations. '
rvittAntaiia pn orv thfl nation
better In rabbit pie than by gnawing
fruit trees.
Deer Killed In
Canyon Saturday
Another deer' was found slain in
the Ashland canyon 'near the first in
take by Bome one who defied the
game laws and braved detection by
the game wardens of this district.
The animal was a doe fawn, not a
year old, and nad been shot by a .22
rifle. The carcass was left lying
where the animal had fallen.
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. F.
F. Whittle were walking through the
canyon and discovered the deer lying
in a pathway just off the main road.
Mr. Whittle immediately notified
Special Deputy State Warden J. J.
Walker, who investigated the shoot
ing and found that the deer had been
shot within sight of the old Scott
place, close to the first intaka The
animal had a bullet through its heart
and had evidently been shot late Sat
urday night. This Is the fourth deer
that has been shot in the canyon this
year, and people who reside In that
vicinity claim the sound of rifle shots
Is heard every day.
Rumor Rife for '
0. C. A. Removal
There is again a rumor In circula
tion that the Oregon Coast Artillery
located at Fort Stevens will be trans
ferred to some other point some time
In the near future. The Oregon Coast
Artillery Is recognized by authorities
beine among the best trained
troops in this branch of the service
and it is very probable that when na
tional gnard units of the Coast Artil
lery division are moved the Oregon
boys will be among the first to go
It is thought that news Indicative of
such a move wlfl be received within
the next two months.
It is possible that a large number
of companies may be transferred to
heavy field artillery, owing to their
previous training on the large coast
defense guns. There is great need in
France for companies Qf heavy field
artillery, and' other troops that have
not received as much training as the
Oregon boys will undoubtedly be
placed Jn charge of the Columbia
forts if the move is made,. Not only
have the Coast Artillery boys been
trained on the big guns, but they
have also been given infantry work
and bayonet drill. Nearly every boy
in training at Fort Stevens is anxious
to be moved nearer the fighting
front.
Heavy'Rains Bring
Relief to Fanners
The finest rain of the season start
ed late Thursday night and continued
with more or less violence during the
entire day Friday. Statsitics claim
that in two hours Friday more rain
fell than during the entire summer
Saturday morning with clearing
weather the mountains surrounding
Ashland were discovered thickly cov
ered with snow, which will help add
to the precipitation, The streams in
the valley have already swollen to
considerable proportions and country
roads are assuming their winter
quagmire condition.
With the exception of 1912, when
the total rainfall for November was
3.38 inches, the present storm beats
the month's total precipitation dur
ing the past six years. The rainfalls
during November for the past . seven
years-is as follows: 1910, 9.33;
1911. 1:67; 1912, 3.38; 1913, 2.82;
1914, 1.02; 1915, 2.96; 1916, 1.99.
Local weather prophets declare the
present rains are a good sign for rec
ord-breaking crops next year.
Unsanitary Street
To Get New Sewer
At the city council meeting Satur
day night a report was read from the
board of health that the conditions
on Garfield street were unsanitary.
The report was accepted and placed
on file and the recorder Instructed to
give the required notice of Intention
to construct a sewer from Iowa street
to east main on Garfield, setting De
(Anther 19. 1917. at 7:30 p. m. for
the time of hearing the same. ..
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These musicians that won't play
itfi "Star-Spangled Banner", persist
in remaining in a country where they
eet star-eDlangled banner wages and
star-spangled banner schools, and
frdom.
Wounded Soldier Is
- Lane County Boy
Harry C. Watklns, whose name ap
pears In a recent list of wounded
American soldiers on the French
front, Is a former Lane county boy,
and is a former member of the 5th
company of the Oregon Coast Artil
lery at Cottage Grove He was born
at Harrlsburg and is 22 years of age.
His mother, Mrs. Fannie B. Watkins,
resides at .North Bend. The young
man only last April enlisted In the
regular army and Joined the Field
Artillery, with which he was serving
when a Boche shell burst among the
gun crew.
"I hope he will be all right," was
the comment made by Mrs. Watklns
when told that her son had been
wounded. She is an elderly woman
and the news was a severe shock for
her to bear.
The mother had just received a
letter from young Watklns dated No
vember 3, when she received news of
his being wounded. Watkins is an
only son.
Congress to Raise
5 Billions More
Washington, Nov. 30. Congress
will have to authorize early In the
session convening next Monday
means of collecting from the Amerl
can people between now and July 1
about $5,000,000,000, in addition to
the $3,666,000,000 from Liberty
bonds already authorized but yet to
be issued, the billion dollars or less
expected from war savings and about
three billion dollars from war taxes
Most 'congressional leaders believe
the $5,000,000,000 balance must be
provided mainly by Issuance of bonds
and Secretary McAdoo has told mem
bers of congress that he favors this
method t If this plan Is adopted, the
country probably will be called on
to absorb two more big Liberty bond
Issue .tween February 1 and July
1, aggregating more than $8,600,
000,000.
The government will need a large
sum of money between now and De
cember 15, when another liberty loan
payment Is due, to redeem $700,000
000 worth of certificates, $300,000,
000 due December 6 and $400,000,
000 December 11, in addition to pay
ing huge daily war expenses and
making loans to the allies at the rate
of $17,000,000 a day. The treasury
net balance today was $1,854,228,
000.
On Educational
Tour Over Road
A party of Southern Pacific offl
clals 011 an educational tour stopped
over between trains at Ashland Wed
nesday and were shown around the
city by Station Agent G. N. Kramer.
The officials are seeking information
regarding the west which will enable
them to explain tlia conditions first
hand to thepeoplo in the east. Those
in the party were: S. C,. Rablin of
Boston. Mass., D. S. Walter of rhila
delphia, Pa., T. E. Street of Balti
more, Md., all assistant ticket agents,
and W. A White of St. Louis, Mo.,
and J. J. Angell of Birmingham, Ala.,
traveling freight and passenger
agents. C. W. Wensell, traveling
nassenger and freight agent of Sacra
mento, Cal., accompanied them to
Ashland.
Telephone Poles
Are to Be Removed
At a regular adjourned meeting of
the city council Saturday night a pe
titlon signed by 56 business men was
read asking that honorable body to
have or cause to have all the tele
phone and telegraph poles removed
from the north side of Main street
from Helman street to the Plaza, and
from the north side of East Main
street from the Plaza to Fourth
street, and from the north side of the
Boulevard from Its Intersection with
East Main street to the city limits,
and have or cause to have said poles
set In the alleys and further refuse
to grant to any franchise or to any
person or corporation giving them the
right to erect or maintain any pole
lines on any of the above streets.
The petilldn was accepted and placed
on file.
A Carnegie library is planned for
Roseburf.
British Hit Back
Italians Hold
General Byng's troops in the Cam-
brai salient In northe'rn France were
on the aggressive again Saturday, at
tacking the Germans who, in a deter
mined rush the day previous along
virtually the entire 18-mile front,
had thrown back the British from a
few advanced positions they had cap
tured in their recent drive.
Prompt counter-attacks by Byng's
troops, while the Germans were still
trying to push forward on Friday,
checked the Teuton advance before
it had gained too great an impetus.
For a time the situation looked seri
ous for the British, as the German
encircling movement toward the
south end of the salient, pivoting on
the west bank of the Scheldt, north
of Banteux, swung Its left flank
through Gonneliou and to Gouzea
court, nearly two miles back to the
original British line, where its cen
ter reached La Vaquerie.
There was a.hurrled exodus of the
British from the sector where envel
opment was threatened, and appar
ently all but a few of the more ad
vanced posts got away.
Berlin reported the taking of 4,000
British prisoners with several field
guns, and dispatches from British
headquarters report the British blew
up a number of their guns which
were In danger of being lost to the
Huns. The counter-attack retrieved
much of the lost ground, Including
the towns of Gouzeacourt and La
Vaquerie, where the penetration had
been deepest, and on Saturday
Byng's forces pushed the fighting in
an effort for the further recovery of
the lost ground.
Ashland Winner of
Thanksgiving Game
-;The Thanksgiving game with Med
ford ended with a score of 20 to 0, .in
favor of Ashland. Both teams played
a sportsmanlike, clean game through
out. Dick Shinn, Ray Clary and Lyle
Sams made the spectacular plays of
the game, but. every man on the team
did full credit to Coach King's rigid,
training.
A little stunt worked out by the!
coach was "pulled off" between
halves. A red and white cannon de-
molished Medford's fort of red and
black and captured its goat as it was
trying to mnke Its escape from the
besieged fort. Ashland rooters then
gathered around Yell Leader Gill
and the goat and sang "Where Do
We Go From Here, Boys?" and gave
a few yells. Medford serpentined
around the field and, led by .Naomi
Wilson, answered with several snappy
yells.
The football boys will be required
to take a rest of two weeks before
beginning busketball practice. ,
City Council Held
Adjourned Meeting
The city council met at an ad
journed meeting Saturday night and
transacted business needing the coun
cil's attention. The matter of in
stalling mineral water in Hotel Aus
tin was brought up, and after some
discussion was referred to the ordi
nance committee to confer with the
city attorney, Jhe mayor to appoint a
committee to act in conjunction with
the council, and the same to report
at the next meeting. The mayor ap
pointed V. O. N. Smith and Frank
Jordan to act with the ordinance com
mittee, council and city attorney In
the matter.
A remonstrance from the residents
of Fifth street In regard to taking up
the sidewalk at this time, and asking
to be allowed to repair the same, was
read and accepted and placed on file.
Public Discussion
Of City Budget
The annual city budget for .1918
will be discussed at the public meet
ing of the council at 7:30 next Tues
day evening. All those who are In
terested In city affairs should attend
and participate In the discussion.
The estimated budget has been cut
lj I lie ill m l m u m 1 Imug a iouu-tt"u
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over las year-8 levy 01 a ir.cuon
viral 9 fnflla
Every t,ime the German crown
prince loses a battle the kaiser takes
a fresh grip on his "divine right."
at Germans;
Austro-Germans
No admission of any retrograde
movement by the British elsewhere
on the front has come from the Lon
don war office, although Berlin
claims to have thrown the British
back upon Gralncourt and Cantalng,
along the north end of the salient.
The Germans gained initial suc
cesses in this sector, but apparently
were driven back by the British,
counter-thrusts before they could,
establish themselves. The German
losses In the counter-attacks are re
ported heavy, and Byng also suf
fered severely.
On the Italian front there hava
been no further efforts by the Aus
tro-Germans to break into the Italian
line. The attempt, if one is to b
made, Is apparently awaiting the ar
rival of heavy guns, which are report-
ed on their way. General Diaz'
armies appear also to have been
largely reinforced, both as regards
men and artillery. In one sector)
they seem to have taken the aggres
sive, probably In an attempt to rec
tify their front, slightly, according to
Berlin, which reports an advance,
declared to have been futile, on
Monte Petrlca, in the hills between
the Brenta and the Plave rivers.
Important developments In tha
Russian-German situation as regards
the armistice which are expected
soon between the Bolsheyikl and tha
German authorities were lacking on
Saturday.
The armistice parley Is set fort
Sunday, the Indications being that It
will take place at German headquar
ters at Brest-Lltovsfc.
Oregon Gas Co.
Asks for Increase
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At the meeting of the city council
Saturday, night a ' communication
from the public service commission
was read from the Oregon Gas Com
pany asking for an increase In ratea
In Ashland. The matter was referred
to the ordinance committee and tha
city attorney.
""Also a communication from tha
Southern Pacific Company asking
i permission to erect a platform for
loading and unloading automobiles
on the corner of Pioneer avenue and
A street at the end of the spur track
to Swift & Co.'s plant, was read. Tha
matter was referred to the street
committee to report ut the noxt meet
Ing.
Irrigation Project
Is Most Promising
F. C. Dillard, engineer of the Tal
ent irrigation district, and Attorney
C. M. Thomas of Medford have re
turned from Salom, where they had
gone to report on the progress on
Jthe Talent system to members of th
staje irrigation board, The directors
of the district will act upon the Inclu
sion of Fern valley In the project on
Tuesday, December According to
the state authorities, the Talent dis
trict Is one of the most promising In
the state.
Ashlaffd Mills
Price List
49 lb. sack Ashland Butte
Flour 9
49 lb. sack Crown Patent Flour 8.0
Crown Patent Flour, per bbl.. 11.60
49 lb. sack Cupid Best (hard
wheat) 8-2
29 lb. sack Whole Wheat Flour l.W
9 lb. sack Graham Flour 0
9 lb. sack New Cornmeel
8 lb.' sack Oermea
9 lb. sack Cream of Oats O
Gluten Flour, per lb .
Table Bran (equal to Ralston
whole wheat) , per pound . . .
70 lb. sack Egg Mash........ -0O
60 lb. sack Mill Feed 1J
Rolled Barley, per sack l.W
nulled Barley, per ton BO.Q9
Feed Wheat, per 100
Shelled Corn, per luw "
Borntch Feed. Der 100
Seed Barley for sale.
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then come here and save money.
Farmers, bring your own wheal
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