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! Hidings ... i "Ashland Grows While Utfcia flows" City of Scnshlne and flowers Ashland. Oregon; Lithla Springs -i , j "Oregon's famous Spa" VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1917 NUMBER 57 BAN Sergeant Morton Tells of Army Life Mn and Mrs. J. J. Morton are in Teceipt of two letters from their son, Sergeant Oliver C. Morton, who ia with the American aero expedition In France, dated November 5 and 11. Following are extracts from the let ters: "Since writing to you I have re ceived many letters from you. I get them In hunches sometimes, as you do mine, on account of irregular malls across the water, I suppose. It Is needless to say all letters are very welcome. Th s evening I received the sweater. It suits me perfectly and I want to thank you very much for it. It arrived just in time. The weather is not cold yet have had only two very slight freezes hut we have considerable fog and It is very dwip all the time and often quite ctfiUy. We still have mud i everywhere; everything you. touch is muddyj, but we keep working just the same. There is quite a number of men here now and more coming all the time. Also qu te a few aero planes. Several of them are in the air continually when the weather is suitable. Materials for a large new Y. Mi. O. At. are here which they plan to put up by volunteer labor, work ing by moonlight and lantern light, as we do not have -time to do it dur ing the day. General Per shing and his staff visited our camp some time back. "Affectionately, "OLIVER." "I keep f ne all the time and find working outside less disagreeable, aside from the mud, than I had im agined it would be at this time of the year. We have several con struction companies here helping us now, so are making better progress. Jtmors are that the government has dlcfded to classify us ts a permanent construction company. The aviation section has a number of such com panies, wh ch fact we did not know before. This Is quite a disappoint i ment to some of us, as it probably ends our chances of flying. '."How ever, It Is work that must be "done, and I guess we are better qualified than some others to do It. We have been getting rusty on military mat ters, so now that we have more time, beginning this morn ng, we must drill one hour each day. I have been pro moted again: now have the rank of sergeant. Handle anywhere from ten to forty men, some Americans and some Germans. "Affectionately, "OLIVER." Two Army Balloons . Escape Their Leach Two United States army observa tion balloons that were unleashed by "accident and shot unguldeM into the air were brought to the ground early Monday night. One of them a huge bag of the new French type, ".scaped from students at Fort Omaha, Neb late Sundrr, and trailing 6,000 feet of steel tethering cable, traveled a spectacular course through Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas and thence back Into Nebraska, where It was captured. The other, of a smaller type, carried two army officers;. It was brought down by the men about 30 miles from Fort Sill, Okla. The Fort Omaha balloon. Inflated with 35,000 cubic feet of gas, for neaA'y 24 hours played a gigantic game of hide and seek with Kansas .pities and towns, where a strong wind wafted It back and forth. Never was a greater He than the old saw that "advice is cheap." It's dear at any price. Had a friend once who undertook to follow all the ad rice given him. Poor devil, he's in the bug-house now. CHRISTMAS EDITION. 1 Reading notice advertise ments for the Christmas edition should be sent In at once so they may be properly . distributed throughout the several pages. Eveny business should be repre sented in this splendid edition with at least a few .lines of local, readers. The display, space is all sold, but we can accommo date you for a few, reading no tices at 10 cents the line. GET TOUR COPY IN NOW. . Well-Known Woman Burned to Death Mrs. Jennie C. Rogers of 345 Iowa street received a telegram last week stating that her niece, Mrs. William Smith, of San Diego, Cal., has been burned to death in that city. It is not known how the accident hap pened as Mrs. Smith was aione in the residence, that was reduced to ruins before the firemen arrived. How ever,, relatives think that she had at tempted to Btart a fire with coaloll. She was well known in Jackson coun ty, where she grew up and married. Her maiden name was Laura Nute, and she was about 40 years old. She leaves a husband and son' 10 years of age. Quarantine. Asked For All Diseases A committee composed of promi nent women from the Civic Club and the Parent-Teacher Association at tended the meeting of the city council Tuesday night to launch an argument In favor of the rigid quarantine of measles, whooping cough and other diseases. Those who addressed ths body were Mrs. J. W. McCoy, Mrs. H. C. Galey;, Mrs. James McNalr, Mrs. O. E. Delbert and Mrs. W. M. Barber. The ladies advanced some pointed ar gument in calling the council's spe cific attention to the fact that this was of great concern to the mothers of Ashland. "Measley" people should not be allowed to run at large, they said, and modern methods considered by medical authority were In favor of the strict quarantine of measles. They also stated that the schools had been greatly hampered this win ter because of the scourge of this dis ease and that mothers did not desire to have them thrust upon them They urged the council to act, and to pass an ordinance to conform with the state law for the enforcement of rigid quarantine. . Mrs. Barber addressed the council and suggested that an or dinance should be drafted compelling fumigation after tuberculosis and other diseases. This suggestion was met with approval by members of the council. After some discussion of the matter and sanitation in general at was moved that the matter be re ferred to the board of health to take under consideration, and if found necessary an ordinance should be drafted to cover the quarantine. Grant Land Timber Sold This Week The United States iand office at Roseburg made the first sale of Oregon-California timber Monday when it sold the timber from a half section of land for $12,500. The timber was badly needed for ship spars, as it was of unusual length and strength. The land is situated in township 31 south, range 11 west and is not far from Powers. The sale was made to the Coos Bay Lumber Company. The es timate of the timber on the tract showed 91,500,000 feet, of which 3,000,000 feet is Port Orford cedar and the remainder fir. The land still remains the property of the United States government, and after the timber Is removed may be taken up for settlement if fit and suitable for that purpose. Th,9 log ging operations will begin at once. Report Conference At III. E. Church At the Methodist church Sunday the morning subject of the sermon will be "The Ministry of Rescue," In the evening a report of the Older Boys' Conference will be given by delegates in attendance as follows: "Statistics of the Twelfth Annual Older Boys' Conference for Western Oregon," Marlon Kincaid; "The Serv ice Flag," Alward Leavltt; "The Challenge to Prepare, to Produce and to Live," Zadok Thayer; "The Fel lowship Supper and the High School Stunts." John Hodgson; "The Life Work Session," Theo. Russell; "The Challenge to War," CVyde Gunter; "The Closing Session and Farewell Circle," Dwight Gregg; "Impressions of . the Conference," Rev. C. A. Ed wards. ' Phone Job orders to the Tidings. New Offensive On Italian Front; Austro-Germans Gain In Asiago Rome, Dec. 5. Enemy forces have begun an attack on the Italian lines on the Asiago plateau, the war office announot'd today. The only gains achieved In the attack were some po sitions, the loss .of which has not Im paired the Italian defensive line. The Italians withdrew from some of the more advanced positions of their lines between Monte Tondera car and Monte Badonoccho, northeast of Asiago. Austria-Hungary, with whom the United States ia on the eve of a dec laration of war as the principal ally of Germany, Is taking the lead in a new attempt to break through the present Italian front, compel the re treat of General Diaz's armies from the mountain capture Venice and permit the Austro-Germari invaders to swarm over a wide extent of the northern Italian plains. A break In the Italian line at the point of the present attack would flank not only the Piave line, but render the line of the Brenta, approx imately 30 miles to the rear, impossi ble to hold and would compel an Italian retrea to the Adigo, some 30 miles farther westward. With the French Army in Italy, Dec 4. Among the troops and units that have arrived In Italy with the British and French armies Is a large group of aviators, who are impatient ly waiting to get Into action. The British have sent a large contingent of fliers, half of whom are young Canadians and Americans who have been doing scout work in Flanders and northern France). . The squadron, which expects to be given work at the front very soon, Is proving quite an attraction for the Italian While awaiting orders the fliers are keeping themselves in trim, and the natives in fascinated delight byi practicing over the town where they are billeted. There is scarcely an hour but that the hum of at least two and generally four or more, mo tors Is heard above the town, and One Dead, Two Fatally Injured In S. P. One man is dead and two fatally Injured when train No. 15, the South- ! era Pacific passenger going through Ashland at 11:45 p. m., was wrecked about three miles north of Weed at about 7 o'clockjhis morning. The dead man is an unidentified hobo and the Injured are Engineer E. M. Harrington and James Jones, another hobo. The accident Is supposed to have been caused by spreading rails. Noted Missionary To Speak Sunday Next Sunday, morning and even ing, Dr. J. K. Brown, for thirty-eight years a missionary In the land of Mesopotamia, the traditional Garden of Eden, will speak at the Congrega tional church. Dr. Brown Is a rare man, of fine personality, and an ac complished speaker. Let us come out and hear hiiru Anna Held to Be At Page Dec. 11 Anna Held will appear In he musi cal comedy, "Follow Md," at the Page Theatre, Medford, Tuesday, Decem ber 11. This is a typical Broadway attraction and had a long run at the Casino, New York, last season, serv ing as the vehicle, for the return to the American stage,, after two years passed In administering to the maim ed and blind soldiers of France. The attraction is in three acts, the scenes all laid in gay Paris, a villa, green room of a French theatre, and. a Parisian restaurant. Catchy songs, new dances and general high merri ment axe woven in about a story of philandering hubby, the Marquis de Launay, whose American wife discov ers his flirtation with the actress, Claire, of the Theatre Varieties. Knitting is proving a godsend . to the idle hands of the country,. Now if we could find some equally profit-. aMp employment for the Idle tongues we would be going some. every public square Is filled with crowds gazing upward as the young aviators bank and slide and spiral and twist. The British aviators apparently are much younger than their French com rades, whose numerous decorations attest their long experience. Both groups, however, are composed of picked men, who have had careful training in fighting the Germans in the air. The British squadron has many young men who won commis sions by brave conduct on the front In France and who were transferred to the aerial service from the Infan try, cavalry and other arms. The filers are curious to know what the future holds In store for them, since few of them ever have flown over mountainous country, as they will have to do here. They ad mit It will be a test to put them on their mettle, since emergency land ings, generally feasible In France, are almost out of the question here. They anticipate, however, that they will not have to face superior numbers of enlemy aviators, as It Is not believed the Austro-Germans will be able to maintain a numerical advantage here. The Canadians and Americans nightly entertain their comrades and crowds of curious Italians by holding song festivals at their hotels. Ameri can songs are sung, mostly with an Italian officer who has spent several years In England and America as tho pianist. The piano flaunts its Ger man origin with the name-plate, "Zlmmermann. LelDZle." while Its strings echo American one-steps and I ragtime. I One effect of,, the arrival of the French and British in Italy has been the rapid drop to normal of Franco- Italian exchange, which went up when tie Austro-German offensive was In the full flush of its success. At that time 100 francs brought 160 Italian lire, but with the arrival of the trops the same number of francs now buy138 lire, and exchange dally is approaching par. Wreck Near Weed The train was hauled by two en gines, which both left the track, dragging with them the mail and ex press cars and one smoking car. One engine was torn to pieces, while the other skidded down the canyon. About 100 yards of track were torn up. The passengers were removed from the wrecked train and taken to Weed, and the injured men were cared for In the Weed hospital. Hens Took Prize At Poultry Show W. M. Nortrldge, who resides at 272 Orange street, has one of the fin est flocks of chickens in this part of the state. At the poultry show held in Medford last week Mr. Nortrldge entered a pen of four pullets., on which he received first, second and third premiums. For the benefit of all who were unable to attend the poultry show In Medford, Mr. Nort rldge will put his prize pullets on ex hibition in the window of the East ern Sirppty Company's store on the corner of Third and East Main streets Friday and Saturday afternoons, where poultry fanciers of Ashland can view these beautiful birds. Mr. Nortrldge makes a specialty this year of Buff Leghorns. He has a flock of 100 pullets of unusually good strain, bred this year for fall and winter laying. As the question has been raised as to whether or not there Is any profit In poultry raising during the present high cost of feed, Mr. Nortrldge made a test case of his hens for one month. In that time he purchased one sack of wheat for $4.45 and a sack of rolled barley for $1.75. During that month his net gain from the sale of eggs was $4.45. Later he bought another sack of wheat for $4. 20s and had a net gain left of $3.63. These eggs were all sold at the ordinary market price. , If "Sin-Fein" is pronounced any thing like it reads, it's a misnomer. Seems to us its adherents have the genuine article," Judging from their activities. f ' . ; - Red Cross Seals Are Now on Sale Don't forget to buy Red Cross seals this year). Buy three times as many as- you did last season. These little stickers may be the means of saving tho lives of some of our Duys, as the society hopes to realize a war tuber culosis fund with which to carry on educational work for the protection and care of soldiers. The seals are on sale now at all the local drug stores', at Kohagen's and at Baugh- man"s stores. Mrs. H. H. Mullt Is chairman of the local committee. Three million dollars Is the goal set for the war fund. Help raise this. A few pennies will not be missed. Warning Against Holiday Fires We, do not know to what extent the stores will display their Christ mas goods,, but we are going to be early and appeal to the merchants of this state to take every precaution possible against the destruction of their stores by fire. , In the past a vast amount of prop erty has been destroyed through care lessness and thoughtlessness In deco rating and displaying Christmas goods. Statistics show us that many fines originate through defective wir ing and placing of electric bulbs too close to paper or other Inflammable, decorations. Candles or open lights of any sort should never be used near Christmas decorations, and trash and rubbish should never be allowed to accumulate In the basement or In the rear of the stores. If you Intend to make an electrical display, do not permit amateurs to tinker with your electrical wiring. While It may be a little more expensive, It will pay to have an expert, make your electrical changes'., This Is a year we can not afford to lose one Btore of any value, as we must protect and preserve our re sources, for once a fire gets started no one can tell but what an entire block or town may be destroyed Just remember that fire prevention Is the elimination of carelessness, and It Is your patriotic duty to prevent carelessness by taking every precau tion to remove a possible cause of a fire. Refunding Plan To Be Voted On At a regular meeting of the common council held Tuesday night, a resrlii tion was adopted calling a special election on December IS, 1917, for the purppse of amending the city charter, and for providing for the Issuance of $56,500 general el'v ob ligation bonds. These lwnds will be issued for the purpose of refumlin approximately $36,500 paving inter section bonds,. $9,500 general obliga tions for purchasing of park lands, and $10,816 general Indebtedness of the city of Ashland and expenses in cident to said issue. It was stated that these obligations are mostly drawing 6 and 8 per cent Interest and It has been found that to meet these obligations, which will fall due with in the next three and four vea's, It would require an enormous burden of taxes placed on the people at & most critical time. Therefore It was decided that It would be much better for the taxpayer to vote the lssunuce of the bonds than to stand the re quired heavy taxation. It was also decided by the council that the interest rate of these bonds shall not exceed 514 per cent Inter est, and that the bonds If voted will be sold strictly on a competitive bid on the Interest rate, and no bids can be accepted In an excess of 5V4 per cent Interest. This not only reduces the Interest rate but lengthens the time of meeting the obligation over a period of 20 years If necessary. From figures shown at the meeting the pro posed payments of these bonds will cost the citizens in direct taxation less than what one year's Interest and yearly payment would amount to on the obligation. It was suggested also that a meeting be called In the near future, giving- tliose who might dis approve of the plan a chance to In form themselves on the subject. Any . man wio growls about the new taxes'can .always enlist and help shorten the time, we have to pay them. Boys' Conference Successful EvehL The twelfth annual Older Boys' Conference for western Oregon, held at Esgene November 30-December 2, and directed by the Interstate execu tive committee of the Y. M. C. A. of Oregon and Idaho, with the Boys' Working Reserve, U. S. A., Oregon Sunday School Association, state De partment of Public Instruction, was the most successful In the history of the league. Four hundred and nine boys of high school ago-attended, ex ceed ng the largest attendance of pre vloiis conferences by 81. The most surprising thing about the attend ance was that in the 409 delegates present 73 different towns were rep resented. The conference spirit reigned su preme, and as the Interesting meet ings progressed enthusiasm and good .feeling gained momentum. The con ference was headed by such men as H. Ri. Albee, ex-mayor of Portland, who made an excellent address on "The Boys of America in Time of War;" Dr. E. H. Pence,, who spoke on "The Challenge of War;" H. Q Sey mour of Oregon Agricultural College, who spoke on "The Challenge to Pro duce;" E. W. Warr ngton, who spoka" on "The Challenge to Live;" John H. Matthews of Seatle, who spoke ont "The Home Guard," and Rev. C. A. Edwards of Ashland, who gave ths final address on "Christ's Challenge) to Serve." Many events of Interest took place. Dir. A. E. Coswell presented the serv ice flag with stars to represent tha 43 members of last year's conference; who are engaged In military service. A fellowship supper was given lot the social hall of the M, E. church to the delegates, where the boys showed their originality and uncorked the valve of surplus Jazz In g vlng differ ent yells and stunts by boys from all' over the state. , The meeting closed Monday night , with the members of the conference? forming a fellowship chain around the entire room of the church and' singing "Bloat Be the Tie That Binds." A moment later the boys scattered some to their homes In the northern part of the state, some to the southern, but all with the deter mination to do their part In the war. whethor home or abroad. Everyth ng was done to mnke th delegates happy and feel at home. The college Y. M. C. A. and the dif ferent homes of the Eugene peopla were thrown open and the glad hand was extended. The people of western Oregon ortnlnly owe a debt of grati tude to tho people of Eugene and all who helped make the conference a success. Ministerial Ass'n Convened Monday The Rogue River Ministerial Asso ciation held Its stated meeting In tho PreBbyterlan church at Central Point! Monday, convening at 11 o'clock. The subject under discussion for the day was "Evangelism." An address was made by Rev, H. A. Carnahan on Billy Sunday, and one by Dr. A. J. Montgomery, superintendent of homal missions in the Presbyterian church of Oregon. A so-called "war lunch" was served by the church ladles at noon, and was pronounced "some lunch" by the) visiting clergymen. It was conceded that war lunches are all right, and that this one In particular was fine. The ministers in attendance were Revs. Balllie, Rollins, Walbeck, Bel nap, Hort, Bandy and Carnahan. Jack Pickford In 'The Varmint' Tou can't forget "Dink." Trt umphant Egghead," "Tennessoei ShadV' "Doc" McNooder or Laura. Ik seems that the magic of the screen te bringing back your own period of adolescence, when marbles were worlds and tops and knives audi things seemed all there was to the. universe. This play IS youth yours and mine., , It's just what yon ar saying right now "Lord, I wish was a kid again!" You DO actually Hve It for the hour. It's a play wftls lots of humor, thrills and romance' At the Vinlng Sunday and Monday. Studio Ashland Is busy. 57-1