Ashland tidings., December 20, 1917, Section One, Image 1

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ASHLAND. OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917
NUMBER 61
Refunding Bond
Election Carries
Prizfes Awarded
To Beet Raisers
S. P. Officials
Visit Ashland
Kidnapper Caught
In Medford Monday
Allowance Checks
Are Being Issued
IDINGS
The charter amendment to empow
er the city council to Issue general
obligation bonds to the amount of ap
proximately $50,500 carried by a ma
jority of 111 votes at the regular
and special city election held Tues
day. This charter amendment is of vital
interest to the taxpayers In view of
the fact that the annual city tax bud
get for 1918 called for a levy' of
18.675 mills. Under this charter
amendment the budget will be cut to
15.8 mills, a reduction of 2.875 mills.
This is a reduction over the 1916 tax
f 2.4 mills and over the '1917 tax
fi.425 mills. Accordingly, our tax for
next year under this issue, including
titate and county, .will be approxi
mately 40.4 mills, a reduction of
r.bout 7 mills ever the 1917 tax.
Comparatively no competition was
made in the municipal election, cour.
cilmen and park commissioners bein ;
the only officers to be elected. For
the former F, J. Shinn and C. V,'.
7!anta' were elected from the first
ward. C. V. Hoot and T. H. Simpson
from the second add A. C. Xininger
f'ora the third. For park eommis
Kioner Georgiana Foley was elected
to serve one year and W. H. McXair
for five years. Following is the re
Bult of the election:
Councilman for first ward, to serve
ne year Frank J. Shinn, 48; E. F.
Smith, 1. To serve for two years
CL WJ. Banta, 47; George Jarvis. 1.
Councilman for second ward, to
serve for two years C. W. Root, 71'
T. H Simpson, 1; Allen, 1.
Councilman for third ward, to
nerve two years A. C. Nlninger, 81.
Park commissioner, for five years
W. H. McXair, 201; Laura Pierce, 1.
Park commissioner, for one year
fieorgiana Poley, 1880. Hclman, 1;
Mrs. G. B. Lamkln, 5.
For charter amendment First
ward, 43 for, 17-against; second
'ward, 62 For, 26 against; third ward,
74 for, 25 against.
Honor Guard Plans
For Year's Work
At the rc-c.'itt big' drive to secure
members in the Honor Guard, about
fifty members were enrolled in, the
Junior organization.
During the year 1918 there will be
four big red letter days for entertain
ment, which has been arranged by
the committee. Every three months
cne of these affairs will take place.
In January a "Rinkumdiddle" feed
end a marshmallow toast will be pu:
on, in April an April Fool frolic, in
August a park picnic, and in October
a Halloween festival.
Beginning with the new year, the
Honor Guard will be divided into
twelve groups, and it Is planned that
each group will draw a month in th?
year, and during this month will put
on a stunt at the Vining.
One of the interesting lines of
work the girls are planning to under
take is that of making a service flag,
to contain a star for every soldier or
tailor who has enlisted into the serv
ice from Ashland or who considers
Ashland their home. The work will
be under the supervision of Mis3
Kinglieini, domestic economy teacher
at the high school.
Six Junior Honor Guards sold Red
Cross stamps at McGee's, Vaupel's
und Kohagen', Saturday. Those who
Fold were Odessa Foltz, Flora Put
nam, Margaret Dougherty, Josephine
Barber, Violet Provost and Ethel
Towell. The sabs of these stamps
will continue up to December 25.
None of the Red Cross work will
be taken up untifthe first of the year.
An eight-pound boy was born , to
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Davis in this city
Sunday. Mrs. Davis is a resident of
Midland, near Klamath Falls, and
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Koeh
lor. Join the Red Cross today.
Recember the boys who are fight
Ing for you.
Patch that Old Stove
, with a new one.
We Take Your Old Stove
In exchange on new
HEATERS AND RANGES
Provost Brothers
Messrs. Nibley and Thlerolf have
been awarded the two $100 prizes
offered by the Utah-Idaho Sugar
Company for the largest acreage and
! largest tonnage In sugar beets in the
j Rogue River valley during the past
jyear. The $50 prize for the highest
' tonnage on any tract of five acres or
j more wa awarded to R. A. Pierce of
ITolo, who on ten and one-half acres
secured 20.187 tons to the acre. The
j highest acre yield was secured by
S. S. Stevens, but he had only four
acres, w hich was below the minimum
set for the contest. Stevens raised
27.05 tons to the acre. Among the
standings of -the first eight In the
contest was G. N. Davis, who raised
'IS. 379 tons to the acre on his Talent
farm.
Company Object .
To Moving Poles
C. P. Van Houtte of Eugene dis
trict superintendent of the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company, ap
peared before the council last night
and questioned the practicability of
moving the telephone and telegraph
poles from tho main streets as peti
tioned by a number of residents re
cently. He stated that the matter of
moving would involve a tremendous
expense to the company at this time,
on account of the war. His com
pany had been obliged to suspend all
construction work outside of the mil
itary camps because of lack of ma
terial nd of the difficulty of secur
ing labor. He explained the Incon
sistency of moving the poles and
wires when the country is in the pres
ent unsettled state of affairs, and it
was a huge engineering problem, con
sidering that it would be necessary to
duplicate the plant while in course
of instruction in order to continue
service. ,
After some discussion the council
decided to take the matter under ad
visement, and it was laid on the tabbj
until the next meeting;.
Will Ask Railroad
For Spur to Ledge
I Renton Bowers went to Gold Hill
'.Wednesday to meet with railroad of
jficials in regard to Installing a sid
! ing from the main line of the South
jern Pacific at Gold Hill for use at
i the new lime ledge recently opened
I there. Mr. Bowers has just returned
(from the Greenback mines, eig'u
j miles from Leland, Douglas county,
j where he purchased a tramway,
! which will lie brought to Gold Hill
and installed to connect with the pro-
posed siding asked for from the rail
road. The services of seven trusties
from the state penitentiary at Salem
have been secured to remove the
, tramway from the Greenback mine
and install it at Gold Hill, where it
will be used to transport lime from
the .ledge on top of the mountain to
'the railroad, a distance of 5,000 feet.
Evangelist Working
In Ashland ;Church
Rev. Charles S. McConnell, an
evangelist from Long Beach, Cal., ar
rived in Ashland Saturday and, will
! spend some time in this city looking
j after the interests of the Brethren
j church. Mr. McConnell has spent
'twelve years in interdenominational
'evangelistic work, and has made a
special study of the prophecies. Much
of this time he has been engaged in
the New England states, but the past
three years he has devoted his ener
gies to evangelistic work in southern
California. He will remain in Ash
land for some time, devoting his time
to the Brethren church and strength
ening the work in that denomina
tion. Exercises Omitted
In Talent Church
The Christmas exercises which
were planned to take place at Talent
have been given up on account of an
epidemic of measles in that town.
Rev. M. C. Reed, pastor of the Tal
ent M. E. church, has been devoting
some time in writing and arranging
a cantata portraying the prophecy of
Christ, to have been put on at that
time.
Red Cross Drive
Making Progress
The committee In charge of the
Red Cross drive have finished the
work of dividing the city Into dis
tricts and a valiant band of captains
put in a strenuous day yesterday and
is speeding up again today. The re
sponse is excellent and by tomorrow
evening the great drive will be over
and every one may feel satisfied that
an important patriotic duty has been
performed and humanity's work fur
thered. The Christmas cheer in
every household will be augmented
because of its members having be
come partakers in this great work.
Ashland will indeed have given Itself
a Red Cross Christmas.
The following chairmen were ap
pointed for the various committees
in charge of the work of canvassius
the city: Rev. W. L, Mellinge.r,
chairman of minute men; Rev. P. K.
Hammond, speakers; Mrs. H. E. Hub, come,. Mr. Fee said he gained a bet
Red Cross booth at depot; Mrs. Clark jter Impression of Ashland's big asset
Bush, Red Cross booths at banks and
postoffice; O, Winter, chairman auto
mobile committee.
Governor Pardons
Klamath Falls Men
Three Klamath Falls men, Iver
Anderson, Ed Mortenson and John
Lund, who were recently convlctei
of bootlegging and given stiff Jail
sentences and fines, have been par
doned by Governor Withycombe. At
the time of their conviction It was
thought they were professional boot
leggers, but it has since developed
that they are valuable mill employes
and that this was their first offense.
The employer of the men made affi
davit that his operations were cur
tailed by the imprisonment of the
men, and they were released, 1
though the fines were not remitted.
Trains Delayed
By Bad Floods
j All the south-bound trains hav?
been held up in the Willamette valley
ion account of floods due to the hea:
'storm which has been raging north
for several days. Reports state that
the tracks have been flooded and
washed out. No. 53 of Wednesday
arrived here at 12 noon and No. 15
arrived at 1:20. No. 1 3 for today is
expected at 7 this evening, and Nos.
53 and 15 have not been accounted
;for.
Well-Known Man
. Dead at Talent
Frank Joseph Silva, a well-known
resident of Talent, died last Satui
day after an extended illness due to
cancer of the stomach. Funeral ser
vices were held from the Talent
Methodist church Monday morning,
conducted by Rev. M. C. Reed, the
pastor, and interment made in the
Talent cemetery. The deceased had
been a resident of the Talent district
tor the pant eijrht years, and is sur-
vived by his wife, two sons, Joe Silva
of Talent and Frank Silva of Weed,
Cal.. .and' a daughter, Mrs. Ambrose,
of southern California.
Old People's Home
Planned for Salem
Mm F. W. Scllee, president of the
board of the Old People's Home in
Salcm, was In Ashland Friday and
Saturday, a guent at the home of
Mrs. George Way. Mrs. Sellee was
here in the interests of that institu
tion, which is raising a fund to erect
a new building. An .offer of $10,000
has been made this institution, pro
viding the board raises $10,000.
With the $5,000 already secured,
the Institution expects to put up a
$25,000 building soon.
Postoffice Will lie Closed Christmas
Day, Tuesday, December 25.
Stamp, general delivery and parcel
post windows will be open from 8:30
to 10 a. m. No letters registered.
No money order buslnoss transacted.
One collection from street letter
boxes (Sunday schedule). One de
livery by city carrlera. Regular de
livery by rural carrlera.
Rose Bros', headquarters for buU
candies and nuts.
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent, and Charles S. Fee, general
traffic manager for the Southern Pa
cific, spent Wednesday afternoon in
Ashland. They were shown about by
Agent Kramer. They expressed a
lively faitli in the future of Ashland,
Secretary Shinn showed them the
new Chautauqua auditorium the
first time they had the opportunity
of viewing it since its completion.
They strolled through Llthia park
and expressed surprise aud delight at
the splendid results obtained there.
It was explained to them that now
Ashland hud delivering in Llthia
park over 18,000 gallons per day of
lithla water, more than 52,000 gal-
Ions of soda and 74.000 gallons of
medicinal sulphur water every twenty-four
hours. Ample for all batn
and drinking purposes for years to
in her mineral waters and health sit
uation than ever before and that his
faith In its future was growing.
Noted Clergyman
To Preach Sunday
A clergyman of much prominence
is expected to fill the pulpit in tho
Congregational church next Sunday.
This will be Rev. Dr. J. K. Brown,
who was announced to be here a
short time ago, but who was called
to San Francisco and could not fill
the appointment. He is announced
to be in the city Sunday, however,
and much interest in church circles
Is taken in bis visit. Dr. Brown
served for 38 years as a missionary
in Armenia and Mesopotamia, and is
a speaker of rare merit. He will oc
cupy the Congregational pulpit at
both morning and evening services.
Aged Ashland Man
Called By Death
John M. Dickson, aged S2 year:,,
died at his home on Tuesday
alter a lingering Illness. Funeral
services were held from t he farai'y
residence, conducted by Rev. O. A.
Edwards, pastor of the Ashland
Methodist church, and burial ina.M
in Mountain View cem-tery. He is
i survived by his wife, a son, Thomas
E. Dickson of Myrtle Point, and a
daughter, Mrs. Charles King of Ash
land. Medford Man Fined
For Bootlegging
J of the car. and they come highly ree
Wilcox of Medford and Nel- ; oiumeiided as splendid Christian peo
H. B
lie M. Bowman of Gold Hill were ar
rested "in Ellensbiug, Wash., tM
week on the charge of booegglng.
Wilson was fined $100 after he had
pleaded guilty to having an illegal
amount of whiskey in his possession,
and was held in default of bail on
the charge of bringing an illegal
amount of -liquor into the state. Th"
woman also pleaded guilty of bring-
. jns un iuegal amount of whiskey Into
in,,, state, but sentence on her has not
yet been imposed.
Packing House Was
Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed the Chris Werth
! packing house, one of the largest In
i Siskiyou county, last Friday, togeth-
er with the contents. Cramer Broth
ers, lessees of the packing house, lost
$S,000 worth of hams and bacon and
$2,000 worth cf lard. The latter
carried no Insurance on their stoe'e,
but the building was covered by in
surance). Chris Werth was a former
butcher of Ashland and is a brother
of Louis Werth of this city.
Presbyterlmi Church and the Christ
mas Service.
The services next Sunday at the
Presbyterian church will he an ob
servance of Christmas. The sermon
Sunday morning by Dr. Carnahan
will be on the Christmas spirit. Tho
choir of the church will present a
fine service of Christmas' music, un
der the leadership of Miss Anderson.
Sunday evening the children of tho
Sunday school will present their en
tertainment. "A White Christmas."
The program will be a fine one in
the spirit of service and putrlotlsnv
Mrs. Mary Lynch of Santa Ana,
Cat., arrived in Medford Monday,
whither she had come on the trail
of her husband, whom she charged i
with kidnapping her baby girl, and
had followed over a vast extent of I
country.
The man, Joseph Lynch,
was located lu the Snell rooming
house and a warrant sworn out ful
fils arrest on the charge of kidnap
ping. According to the story toll
before Justice Taylor, Lynch had se
cured a divorce and the custody of
the child, but had left California bo
fore the decree was granted. Posses
sion of t he child seemed to be the
sole demand of the woman, and after
I securing that she showed no further
desire to prosecute Lynch, and
case was dropped.
the
Douglas Co. Boy
Dies in France
rrlvate Roy A. Smith, son of W.
A. Smith of Glade, Douglas county,
is the first boy of that county to give
his life for his country. A telegram
from Washington announcing his
death was received lust week by the
father. Private Roy Smith was with
the United States engineers, with
Pershing's expeditionary force now
in France, lie succumbed to meas
les and scarlet fever, complicated
with acute pneumonia. The young
man enlisted In the forestry service
October 5, and was stationed at Ho
boken, N. J. About a month ago his
parents received a letter from him
stating thnt he would probably leave
for France in about two days, and
nothing further was heard from him
until the telegram announcing his
death was received.
Mr. Smith, Sr. , immediately wired to
officials ir Washington asking that
the body b'e returned to his Rome for
burial, but received word that the
request cannot be complied with.'
The news of the death of this young
man brings the horrors of war closer
to the people of Oregon than any
thing thus far l:rzs done.
Chapel Car 'Good
Will' Coming Here
i t Impel car Goodwin, which, .s
nwnerl am oneratei t)V me liani si '
denomination in the interest of I
V Illicit (lit wi i ru j niiTic, "in
ar-
jrive in Ashland to begin a series of
: meetings on December 30. The ciu"
will be here several weeks, during
I which time meetings will be held in
1 it and In the Baptist church.. Rev.
land Mrs. W. C. Driver are in charge, i
ple, devoted to their work for the
best interests of humanity. The Bap
tist people are pioneers In chapel car
work, owning ten of tho twelve chap
el cars that are now in operation.
jy1(, series of meetings planned is for
the ood of the entire community,
however, and all Christian people are
invited to participate,
Cold Everywhere
But in Ashland
Ashland residents should congrat
ulate themselves on the particularly
fine weather of the past month, es
peclally when reading reports of the
storms and blizzards which havi
swept the east and middle west. Tun
frigid weather has also penetrated
some of the pouthern states where
citizens of this city are now located.
Word was received this week froi i
Charles Ramsey and Tom Hudson,
who are spending the winter In Hills
boro, Texas, that excessive cold has
reigned In that state during the past
month. Other Ashland citizens have
received letters from friends In Okla
homa stating that the cold wave h.J
extended to that state.
Ashland Stores Close Christmas and
New Veur's Days.
Ashland stores will be closed as
usual ALL of these two holidays.
H. H. ELHART,
Secretary Ashland Business Men's
Association.
The owner of several pieces of
Portland property wishes home in
Ashland and will trade. Box S81,
Medford, Ore. 61-2t
Santa Clans will deliver Uncle
Sum's first separation allowance
check to the wives, mothers, sisters,
children and other dependents of
America's fighting meit, has been
given out in Washington.
Down in the colossal marble ptle
built to house the new National Mu
seum and turned into a war factory .
overnight, hundreds of pretty typists
are hammering out the slender, pre
cious little whitp vouchers for the
soldiers' and sailors' folks at home.
It Is something now In American
war history. Beginning- with this
first Christmas check and continuing
as long as the war lasts, these month
ly messengers of aid and clioer wili
go sailing out from here in their lonjr.
narrow envelopes. Authority for
tltem Is contained in the war insur
ance bill passed at the special session
of congress.
Fearful that they might not get.
everyono's check delivered beforu
Christmas morning, the tall old man
with the red, white and blue suit and
the star-spangh d stovepipe hat and
j the fat little man who drives the
reindeers ordered a special night
shift of clerks which will jump Into
j the work.
The amounts appearing In tho up
per left hand corner of these unique
Christmas gifts range from $30 up
and represent one month's compen
sation by the government to the de
pendents of fighting men. The $30
checks g' to wives with no v-.'lldren
and represent $15 from trie govern
ment and $15 from the husband's
$30 a month pay. Where there are
youngsters, a wee nip Is added to
each check for each one.
"The aggregate of these first
checks," said an offlcinl of tho war
risk Insurance bureau of the treas
ury department, "while large, will
not run into the inllItons we will be
mailing out next--Christmas.
"We have-only a small poYcentaga
I of men with dependents in the regu
lar army and national guard and
practically none in the first draft,
army and only a few casualties..
Nineteen eighteen will be a different
story."
New Railroad to
Go From Dorris
t lw.ti -:..Mi-fjii1 in lii'lnir Hiirvpvitl
i " '
rls, Cal , to tho largo timber holdings
of the Osbkosh Lumber Company that
lie several miles from Dorris lu Ilia
Klamath canyon. Millions of feet of
standing timber belonging to tho
Western Pacific Railroad, the Osb
kosh Lumber Company and the
Weyerhauser people, which Is ready
ll'or cutting, and a railroad from t'te
main line of the Southern Pacific to
tills belt will bring tin immciiso
amount of logs to Don hi.
Engineers are expected in that lo
cality in a short time to make sur
veys for sidings, switches and yard.!,
aud it is believed operations will bo
gin at once. A new sawmill and bos
factory are also proposed to hand I a
tho output.
Compensation For
Son's Death Given
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peters of
Sawyers Mar havo been awarded com
pensation by the United States Em
ployes' Compensation Commission
for the death of their son. Ivan II.
Peters, who lost bis life by falllnff
over a ch'l'f on the survey of the Sal
mon river national forest road In
September, 191 G. Checks covorin?
the amount due from September.
1916, were given to each parent cov
ering the salary he would havo
earned from the time of his death
and the funeral expenses. Mn. an
Mm Peters will receive $16,517
monthly for a period of eight years.
Rose Bros.'
candies.
headquarters for bu!
It
State Bank of
Ashland .
Saving and Commercial .
Accounts