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All"ltori, 8ocl?ty,
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Ashland
"Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1917
NUMBER 62
IDINGS
Ashland Responding Readily to
Call for Red Cross Membership
On Tuesday, December 18, the first i Jr., have carried the Red Cross
gun in the big Red Cross membership through the Bolleview district, Mrs.
drive was fired. E. D. Briggs and
Itev. H. A. Curnahan, captains of the
down-town osction, went "over the
Mary Tucker assisting them and
reaching locations where even Fords
turn balky, on horseback. Mrs.
tcp," with the result that 250 Red Homer Barron has mado a canvass
Cross subscribers were secured of the upper end of the valley, while
among Ashland's' business men and Mrsi. Elmo .Nell has risked life, limb
women. Next day, Wednesday, the . and a brand-new car In the cause,
ladies' battalion mobilized. Under covering the territory east and north
(he able leadership of Mrs. E. D. of her home. All theso ladies have
Briggs, campaign manager, whose In- j "hit the trail" to good purpose, too.
spiring personality has called out the Rev. M. C. Reed, assisted by Rev.
enthusiasm and spirited team-work C. A. Edwards, Mrs. Burgan of Tal
of all her captains, more than fifty ; ent, and others, and with Otto Wln
woraeu began their advance along the : ter acting as chauffeur, has made a
various fronts. The town had prevl-1 business of giving everyone In Tal
cusly been districted as' it was for ent a chance to keep a Rd Cross
the Y. M. C. A. drive, according to Xmas, while Rov. J. K. Baillle hag
Rev. Mr. Carnahan's clever idea, by done as much for Phoenix,
catting a city map into 25 sections The official campaign closes
and assigning one' section to each j Christmas eve, when it is hoped that
pair of worker By this means the every home In this vicinity will show
"plan of campaign" was made clear; an Illuminated Red Cross service flag
and covering the ground, certain. jin honor of our boys "over there."
Mrs. Roberta Everton and her Should any one fail to. receive this
ardes had the largest territory to 1 service flag they can be obtained by
cover, comprising a slice of the lower ' applying to tho local Red Crocs
town near tho railroad center. Their rooms.
returns numbered nearly a hundred. The latest figures available at this
Mrs. Clark Bush had charge of the writing, Monday morning, are as fol-
c TO EVERY ONE:
':p:ttlffif
. &nui
A Most HAPPY
w rr wv 'i
"standing army," stationed in Red
Cross booths at the postoffice', in the
banks, and at Vaupel's store. 'About
twenty young women were enlisted
for this work, and the uniform adopt
ed by this branch of the service
proved so "fetching" that it kept the
treasurer busy counting booth re-
lows:
Ashland and the upper vaf-
lcy $1,3(18
Talent 115
Phoenix 125
Total for the district $1,60S
While our total membership has
turns. Mrs. H. E. Huls also had a j not reached the 3,000 mark set for
booth at the station the first two lit, it is felt that this was a quota ab
days of the drive. More than $200 'surdly out of proportion to our popu-
have come in from these booths.
The out-of-town captains, who
took the outlying districts of Belle
view, Valley View, etc.. have made
particularly inspiring records. Mrs.
Clay Smith and Mrs, Davenhlll of the
Valley View section brought in $47
from their own neighborhood and $6
from Climax.
Mrs. Joy and Mrs. Frod Homes,
lation. Fifteen million members tor
the United States means 15 per cent
of the population of the country.
Upon this basis our local membership
has exceeded all just expectations,
and we feel that our capable cam
paign manager and her efficient
corps of workers are to be congratu
lated upon the results of their faith
ful and enthusiastic labors.
Minnesota Boys
On Way to Camp
State Association
Interests Teachers
MEWYEAE!
a Hr
Farm Loan Ass'n
Awards Local Man
J. F. Rocho. secretary and treas
urer of the Ashland Farm Loan As
sociation, is in receipt of a Christ
mas present in the form of a check
from the Interior Department, Wash
ington,- D. C, designated as an "e
eniplification check," recommended
I by the bank attorney for the effi-1 people ,and Is the only mining prop
'cient manner in making out his re- erty actively engaged in this vicin-
Barton Gold Mine
Closed for Winter
Italians Restoring Lines On
Northern Front Lost Last Week
Not only are tho Italian lines hold- only in the direction of the Ukraine
ing in the Monte Asolone region, on I and the Don region, but In various
the northern front, where a threaten-i other quarters,
ing salient was driven in them early Evidence of this appears in their
last week, but considerable progress sending emissaries to the numerous
lias been made toward restoring tho . affected districts in an effort to line
original position. This process, oe- theni up again in support of the Bol
gun by the Italians on Thursday, waa slieviki regime at Petrograd.
continued on Friday, the Rome war The status of the Russian peace
office reporting the recapture of fur- negotiations continues uncertain,
ther ground in the hotly disputed Reiterated reports are coming out of
area- Petrograd that the negotiations wers
The Austro-German command evl- broken off because of the objectlon
dently has In nilud the expansion of able nature of the German terms and:
the Asolone wedge in a way further ; that the Russian representatives hav
to imperil the entire Monte Crappa j left Brest Litovsk. Up to a late hour
position to the east the Italian bul-: there had been neither confirmation
wark against the intended drive into nor denial from official sources of
the plains and this possibility still these reports.
remains.
The Italians', however; have nega-
Sotne hint that the Teutonic offer,;
were not of the acceptable nature the
tlved much of the enemy advance. ! Iio,8m!vlkl Indicated they were
and even the German accounts of the exPecting may be found In a declarn
fighting concede that for the present jtlon ,)V Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik!
the aggressive Is on the Italian sldo, I frnlBn minister, that tho Russians
with the Asolone heights the object- would fSt rather than submit to
Ive of repeated attacks.
There has been no fighting of cor.
sequence In any of the other war
tne objectionable terms. Tills was
coupled however, with what ap
peared to bo an admission of Russia's
areas, military activities being at a:pre8e rai?ltary lPotnco nd the
low ebb everywhere else. Even thefe 1 the.RuMla... wore
artillery engagements along the ,U3 "" "poraniy w sunmtt
French front appear to have lewened I? M 'n !lh ",
in intensity and there has been no
indication of a revival of the Infan
try activity in Upper Alsace, where a
German demonstration on Friday
gave the enemy a temporary advan
tage which was quickly wiped out by
the aggressive French reaction.
In Russia the strife for control Is
assuming broader aspects. The ap
parent solidification of the Ukraine-1
in rising against Gorman militarism
the familiar Bolshevik! prediction
of a German revolution being thus
echoed.
I The British admiralty announce
'the loss of the British armed steamer
.Stephen Fnrnes8, of 1,712 tons, which
I was torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine In the rrlsh channel with
a loss of bIx officers and 95 men
A fire at the great, Krupp munl-
Cossack movement In southern Rus- Uona plant at K.ssen, Germany, ap
The H.arroa sold mine, located
about twelve miles east of Ashland,
pears to have been less serious th;in
the early reports indicated. Appar
ently the damage was confined to
the electric power station, where an
explosion occurred due to a short ctr-
sia seems to be giving the opposition
to the Bolshevik! a firmer hold on
that territory.
The Petrograd commissioners them
selves are considerably worried by
tne spread of the separatist move-' cult; The building, however, is re
nient, which prospectively is cutting norted bv Dutch koiiwph to have been
and owned and operated by Harvey j nuge sllces oft RU88ian territory, not seriously damaged
Sallee of Kennett, Cal., closed down -- : - -- - -
last Thursday. The mine started op
erations last summer when Mr. Sal
lee purchased it from the Barron
State Tax Lew
! 3 Millions In 1918
Attention Service
Station Created
Hllibing, Minn., has been receiving! Superintendent George A. Briscoe
some free advertising from the troop president of the State Teachers' As-
trains that passed through Ashland soeiation. announces' that he has se j Interior Department, Washington,
Friday, having on board about 1,200 icured for the Portland meeting, De-toT t.he use of tlie ne!t congress. The
drafted men who were being tranb- j cember 27-29, two of the most noted amount applied for by the farmers
ported to California. On one of the j lecturers In the educational world, j through the twelve farm loan banks
coaeheB was an Immense banner, 1 Dr. Kiclutrd Burton, head of the Eng-; lu Lwtemuer. i is . i w, t ou, ikj, oi
bearing an inscription, "Hibhing, the lish department of the University of
Richest Village in the World." It j .Minnesota, will deliver two address
further credited Hibhing as seiidin;; es before the general assembly one
750 men to the colors; subscribing on "The Literature of the Great
$1.1 ISf.OOO to Liberty loans, $27,000 j War." and the other on "The Social
to tlie Red Cross and $52,000 to the ' and Educational Significance of the through which the money is bor-
I Theatre." The second ' speaker Is! rowed,,
in Ashland the i Prof Frank M. Leavitt of the Uni- j The Spokane district is second in
Minnesota boys had a chance to be-, versity of Chicago, Prof. Leavitt is : nunlher w'th 2a9 associations, of
come acquainted with several resi-'one of the foremost authorities lniwnicn tlle Ashland is a part, being
dents of the city, who were Ht tlin the field of industrial education, and 1 the first and largest in the district,
station to welcome them here. Tiio largely responsible for the movement jnavinS to date T3 applications with
majority of these boys hail from the 1 which culminated in the Smith-j a totaI amount of $170,000 applied
mtnpa nf northern Minnesota. Inches aw. mineen nave received
port of the local association to the ity. The recent rains have, made
Tlie total expense of administering
tli
An attention service station 'wn
e state government for 191S will been created In Ashland by the Amer-
which $105,136,529 has actually
been loaned and approved on a 5
per cent basis. One thousand, eight
hundred and thirty farm loan asso
ciations have been established
Y. M. C. A.
During the stop
Iron
and were a strong, hearty, wholesome Tlie first day of the meeting will
lot. the very stronghold and prop of , i,0 taken up by the session of the
the nation. While they had bee l j representative council. There will
! their money nnd have all taken up
: their old mortgages which were
j.tlrawing a high rate of interest,
thus replacing the same with farm
traveling continuously Since Monday, he nnnrnxiimitelv fine hundred dole.
they were in excellent spirits, and gates present. Every county in the jlomw m 5 per cent. This is certainly
portrayed the American-born instinct ! state and every local teachers' asso-!a wort,iy cause' helPnS tho farmers,
juiio a. line snowing anring these
I strenuous war times. This will be
of getting as much pleasure out of i elation will lie represented. The
life as nossibla. They were particu- council will receive renorts of the
laxly struck with the balmy weather Standing committees which have been ) tho means of llvine miiny a ll0me'
of Ashland, as they'stated that when! at work during the past year. Ona ' ,ner(,,'' keeping the men on the
they left Minnesota the thermometer j 0f the most important reports w-11 jfarms t0 Pr0(U,co the necessary food
registered 35 degrees below zero. he from the committee on tlie thrift
Accompanying the troop train was I campaign, owing to the fact that
Vic Powers, a forlorn yellow "pure- Secretary McAdoo is asking all of th
bred cur dog," according to their 'schools to join him in this work. The
statement, which some of the boys j council will also adopt resolutions,
had picked up in South Dakota and : elect officers, and transact all of thy
had named after the mayor of Hib- j business of the association,
blng. Vic had several owners and ' ...
was treated most royally, as befitted
his station.
Bemidgl, another Minnesota town
represented on the troop train, had
Hie distinction of having sixteen en
listed men accompanying them. The
boys were en route to Fort Winfield
Scott, where they will be put In train
ing for the coast artillery. They
were the first troop trains from the
middle west passing. through Ashland
on their way to coast stationsi
products, which will win the war.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Barnhlll.and
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Klrkptrick will
leave the latter part of the week for
southern California, where they ex
pect to remain for four months.
They will go by train as far as Red
ding and will make the rest of the
trip by automcbilo.
Mrs. Walter Gorham went to Ger
ber to spend Christmas.
Wm. Farnum at
Vining Dec. 25-26
Kaufman Closes His
Ashland Engagement
hauling ore practically Impossible,
balance of' the winter j l,e 3-hiS' "ml of tllis '" 'can Ked and o I Frid;i
in the spring operations will be re-' ,,l,lst ,' ml ,,,y taxa,iu"' ' commercial building near the
cumed on a much larger scale. An "ccor(""g to the state ovy by the depot.
... , . , ,, , . state tax commission. The liu anoo ,,. ..t T . ,
air compressor will be installed and , , t Mis. . L. Maxey has been. 'an-
, . ... ,'will he derived from other rece pis, : ni,,i ,,,,, , .
heavy machinery sunk to a depth of , 1 ' pointed ii,, the military bureau of re-
500 feet, and a large crew of work- all(1 totals '!'s'"4 jlief to have charge of the hulldins.
men will be employed, Power to op- Tlle t(,t11' a inilnlstriition expanse jlie primary object of the station in
erate the mine will be derived from i exceeds that of this year by $12!..- to afford a place where all manner
the California-Oregon Power Com-' 1 li0 ',!l. Hll1 tlle l!Uni to be raised by (1f details may he attended to for tha
pany, which will he brought there by taxation exceeds this year's levy by j convenience of the soldiers who pas
a branch from the main lino about ! 1 -r .!'''''. mills the average l ' y , through Ashland. Mere they will Do
a mile distant. During the past sum-; wi" l,e 30.76. The tax levy ma.leju,(, t0 xvi-ito iml mail letters, send
mer five'ears of ore were shipped iabsorbs all of the li per cent Increase j telegrams and buy money orders,
from the mine, which was hauled to:lllpl1 ""ll'r li 1t 't tax Hm- They will also he supplied with five
the spur at Mistletoe Junction.
Because of the $50,000,000 in
crease In tlie valuation of tlie stiit ji
the institutions dependent on a mil
Second Semester .
Starts January 21
Ashland Trading Company dry goods
and men's furnishing departments
leaves for Portland tonight after one
of the most successful sales made in
wuiiam i-arnum win appear at tne Ashland. When he started on the
Vining December 25-26. Read what I stock about two months ago tlie
the New York Tribune says of it: (stock Invoiced nearly $15,000 and he
date.- Those children who are ilx
years of age or will be six by March
15, 191S, are entitled to enter school ,
on the above date. i
Any child, for whatever reason, !
that does not enter school at tho lie
ginning of the term is not only him
self handicapped but Is a hindrance
to the entire class. For this reason
the superintendent of schools espec-
jially urges 'all parents, having cliil-
Xat .G. Kaufman, who has been dren for the beginning class, to make
managing tho closing out sale of the j preparation to start them at the be
ginning of the term.
No new children will be received
after Monday, January 28.
age tax will enjoy larger revenues
next year. The .Monmouth normal
sehnfil receive'? frnni tin inilliiirH t :i y
The second semester of the public, (a vp,u. 5ft w,ie m,xt y(l!l,
schools will commence January 21.' w,n rm;Ive $;l7i1 44.22 Tho Btnt0
1918. It is important that all be-1 , levy ,,xt ycttp w .,, .
ginning pupils start school on that ... . .. ... .
600. 9S. The-mlllage tax of tho Ore
gon Agricultural College this year
totaled $:i."i1,505.58, and next, year
ft will .receive $371, 442. 2. . Tha
University of Oregon this year receiv
ed $263,1129.1 S, and next year It will
receive $27S,5S1.67.
postal cards Mrs, Maxey, who wan
assisted by Miss Helen Connor Fri
day afternoon when 1,200 soldiers
liiuin .iiniii-s'n.! i,isseo inioiu'.u asiv-
Innd, stated that they gave out 1,50
postal cards, sold $12 worth of
stamps and took two market basket
of mall to the poHtoliiee to mail as
a result of the afternoon's work,. Ono
big soldier wanted to send a present
to a little girl six years old, but did
not have tho time to nelect It on
route. Leaving tho address and n
dollar, he asked the ladies to buy tin '
present and send it to the tot. Simi
lar requests w ill no doubt be general,
and tho hoys will appreciate the priv
ilege of having these details looked!
;tfter.
"Sam Houston Is the best thing
that William Farnum has ever done.
Thousands of horses and some stu
pendous battle scenes are a part of
the entertainment. In fact, the pic
ture quite beggars description, there
is so much of it and it Is so varied.
But bigger than these Is the dynamic,
dramatic drive of 'The Conqueror.'
The picture holds the audience tense,
ever expectant of new thrills, as they
watch the humorous, romantic, some
times pathetic, ever human story of
Sam Houston."
In addition will be shown a two
reel comedy that Is really funny.
leaves it practically sold out. Un
like most sales managers who start
out with a flourish and fall down in
the midst of it, he follows up the
work until the stock is sold. His
methods are clean-cut and forceful
and Ue pushes his sales aggressively
until completed. Probably that Is
the reason he has so many return en
gagements to the same town frora
different merchants who wish to
close out their stocks. He IS one of
the best advertising writers the Tid
ings has como in contaot with.
Phone job orders to the Tidlags.
Draft Board Held
Meeting Saturday
Cement Plant Shut
Down for Holidays
With some 200 questlonalres In
Its hands out of approximately 500
mailed to registrants, the county
draft board held Its first meeting
Saturday afternoon in the court
house. Twenty-five questional rej
were examined and classified. These
were placed In the various classes as
follows: Class 1, 14; class 2, 3;
class 3, 0; class 4, 8; class 5, 0.
Contrary to the situation In many
other counties, Jackson county regis-
Fires wore rulled from the blast
furnace of the Gold Hill cemont plam,
Monday evening until after the holi
days, pending making necessary re
pairs for an extended run the coming
season. In the meantime a full force out
will be employed In the quarries, and Clerk Gardner Btates that very little enlist
Would Still Fight
Despile 94 Years
According to the Rogue River
Courier, George Washington Cole of
(ialice, 94 years old, hale and hearty,
and an old Indian fighter of days
gone by, appeared at the recruiting
office recently and offered his serv
ices to his country. When told bjr
the officer that he was too old to be)
taken he cried bitterly, declaring that
he would live to be 100 years old.
and that he could do his share of
trants are returning their lists made! damage to the kaiser as well as an
In the proper order. County i one, aud again asked that he might
30,000 barrels of cement in the bins
will be shipped as soon as cars are
available. Orders are already booked
for cement that will require a nine
months' run the coming season.
Scarcity of labor has hampered oper
ations since the opening last October,
trouble has been experienced by the
board In this respect. In a few in
stances classes designated by
registrants were changed by
hoard
The argument for Christmas pres
the ents of cash to our soldiers In Franco
the seeins to bo that It will save troubla
The men have the right to aud give satisfaction at both ends.
nn.iaal fi Mia ,tutM hntifd it that''
' l'l"i" v fciiu uinv. iLh . -
so wish.
Phone job orders to th Tldincs.