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'Won niafortcal SoCofV 'Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland. Oregon, Ulhla Springs ''"Oregon's Famous Spa' ASHLAND. OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1917 NUMBER 64 VOL. XLII ASHLAND Nurse Committed To Insane Asylum ' Miss Neva I)e Carlow, a trained nurse w ho has been employed in Med . ford and Ashland for the past two years, was adjudged insane Saturday before Justice Dox of Jacksonville i and sent to the state insane asylum I at Salem for treatment. According I to the Medford Sun, Miss De Carlow has been acting strangely of late, and j although apparently perfectly ration- j aly in many ways, showed signs of certain delusions which convinced j her friends she was mentally unbal-1 anced. Her father, who resides at j Shake, Ore., arrived in Medford ten J days ago, and was not able to locate j Lis daughter until last Thursday, i vhen she was found at the residence j of Anna Beall, on the Central Point road, where she has secured employ ment. Miss De Carlow Beemed to have no objection to the examination, though she stoutly maintained that she was perfectly sane and rational in every way. After evidence was given, however, by Dr. R. J. Conroy and others at the hearing It was de- . cided that it would be wise to have 1 Miss De Carlow in some Institution ,jy rea,ilng all(, otner subjects. ! Initiative, delivering a blow at the Hon has been in Russia of the cen where she could be under observation j Flfth' a,)pl icaUoll of thrift in savings 1 Austro-Cerman line near Monte j tral powers' reply to the Russian and receive exDcrt care and atten-! ' , .,,,u ,,, ., i ,'Tomba. on the mountain front just i peace proposals. One view taken Is tion. ' - , Miss De Carlow Is an unusually at tractive and pleasing young lady and has many friends in Medford and vi cinity. Red Cross Drive Ends This Evening The Red Cross drive which has been in progress in the city since De cember 17 will close tonight. While Ashland falls short of the 3,000 mem bership quota assigned for her, the membership has increased sufficient ly to bring the number up to a fair representation of the city's popula tion. The fact of the drive coming on Just at Christmas time, when everyone is busy with entertaining visiting members of the household. and . other festive events, has In a measure overshadowed this Impor tant event, which otherwise would have all others. Final results will not be in until late tills evening and will not be ready for a final announcement until the committees submit their reports. A material increase has been made, however, since the last report,. Blood Poisoning Caused by Bite Miss Neva l-ounsbury. a milliner Of .Medford. has been suffering dur ing the past week with a serious case j of blood poisoning in her right hand, caused by a bite of a pet cat. The infection from tlv? bite, winch was received while playing with the e.'.:, very soon spread through Miss I.ouns bury's body. She became very ill with chills, f?ver and other bloo 1 poisoning symptoms, an,l tier conn.- tion became so seHous: sh. was re-; moved to the .Medford Sanitarium for treatment. Martin Land Deal Has Been Rescinded . About four months ago the city of Ashland entered a contract with the Martin brothers for the purchase of one-half section of land on the Ash land watershed. City Attorney Moore appeared at the meeting of the coun - cil Friday night and stated that after investigating the title to the same, he found it to be defective. After some discussion the council decided that, owing to the length of time that had elapsed waiting for Martin broth ers to secure a perfect title, they did not feel justified In going ahead with the deal. They therefore concluded to rescind the action and the city re - i. ny,,a iiRtrnrtPrt to take tlie Wl Ui i - matter up with the city attorney and notify Martin brothers to deliver the papers back to the city. Miss Olive Lester and Miss Joseph ine Isham of Grants Pass have been visiting Miss Pearl Hockinson since Christmas day. and returned to their homes Saturday. Stores (lose New Veal's lay. L Ashland stores will lie closed as tisual all of New Year's day. H. H. E HI I ART, It Secretary Business Men's Ass'n Thrift Campaign Starts In Schools ; 18 :3 !8 G. W. Ager, superintendent of the I pilling SCI1UIIIS UI Jiltnouii II. -.l Tnnlr..f.H Ao.llltlf h'JJ recently lieen appointed on the Jack-; son County War Savings Committee to represent the schools or this: 8 county, and to work through them I during the War Savings Campaign.! jhe main duty of this committee will i,e to assist In selling Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates, and to !8 I '8 work in connection with the thrift campaign inaugurated in Jackson county. The thrift campaign in the county includes activity aldng-the following ifnes; First, systematic study of thrift in all its phases. Second, leam- 1))g of thrift maxims and reciting stories of thrift; debates and essays; ' magazine and newspaper articles in i which all will participate. Third, in dustry both in and out of school. This will Include various phases of , most sectors. Only in northern Italy club work, and all manner of other! has tlre been any movement of im legitimate and necessary occupations rortance in the last 48 hours. Even ! of time,. Fourth, application of thrift there an infantry operation is re- iin home life and in the studies ofi'"'ie u,,c ,,,,,, i,i(irv lunfmne-f ppn.r. i a u 1 1 uo. in niiivii vimmui mn ' , ke,i to keen records of their earn- , ... in' war office renorts this engagement, Ings, savings and expenditures. AUidr "1Le rtpun uiB.mtai, ..... . , . . , 'declarine that the Italian attack was these activities are to lie reported at;uetlal'"h 111111 l"c ,lo"a" stated blanks. intervals upon convenient : ! Teachers are urged to explain the thrift campaign to their students, i Th. Idea must not be entertained ' that they must eacrifice all. and must; practice self-denial of everything. Children should be encouraged to form the habit of saving a little eve-; week, and deposit their savings in a local bank, and when they have saved the price of a stamp, invest. Spirit Was Willing ! But Flesh Was Weak When Jack Palmer, Klamath In dian, pleaded guilty to Importing iqUor onto the Klamath reservation last September he asked Federal Judge Bean to defer sentence until j November to enable him to harvest his hay crop. The request was al lowed, says the Portland Telegram. On November 24, the day set for Jack's sentence in Portland, he fi'ilod to show up A telegram was sent him. Thereupon the Indian bor- rowed $2'i and set out for Portland. But at Dorris. Cal., he got thirsty. When he recovered from a general illumination caused by too much npir-, its he found himself back at Klamath Falls. He notified tho authorities at Port- j land of his pr?dicament. United ' States Marshal Alexander the.-eupon looked at the map. Besides Dorri , 1 the marshal noted that Jack woul 1 have to pass through two additionpl oi!$c. which are Weed and Horn brook. ! So lie sent a deputy to Klamatii 1 Falls to act as chaperon for Jack. ' Ti,p 1;itter Alexander was very appreciative of tender regard and so as sured him after JudgP'Ilean had sen tenced Jack to four months' impris onment and a fine of $200. ' "Fairly expensive price for a' pint," commented Palmer in pnro English learned when lie followed the occupation of preacher. I Will Hold Annual New Year's Dinner j j The members of the Methodist ; church will observe New Year's day with their time-honored custom of holding dinner, which includes all the members and their families of the church. The Moose hall has been secured for the renast. and an adjoin ing hall will be open for the children to spend the day in various sports, A regular Methodist dinnei, which j as a matter of course will include ... ... n h otan n t hp nr nr na fOiirSR. w 111 i i ' be served at noon, and will be fol - lowed by an interesting program inan(l represented the following yoam the afternoon. For the past twenty- I men who are enlisted in the several fsinxt. Voiir Voof'a il in liar hna departments of the navy: Charles luui j p in tma .'m tvni b been a feature In. the Methodist church in Ashland, and the partici pants are looking forward to an un usually pleasant occasion tomorrow The missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet at the i home of Mrs. F. J. Shinn on Oak; street Thursday afternoon. The ! topic for the day will be Persia and Syria. GREETING Again the season has come when both custom and inclination prompt folks to remember old friends and good friends and to give some, expresison to that remembrance. In the spirit of the season we send you greetings. This bus been an exceedingly prosperous year with the Tiding. This prosperity has been brought about by your loyal support and continued favors. We are fully appreciative of the part your friendship and patronage have played in our progress. We thank you, and extend to you and yours our sincere well-wishes for a new year of continued joy and prosper ity. THi; ASHLAND TIDINGS. i 'C88 8 3n$8$8$83808$888$8$8888$8 Fighting Reduced to Minimum By Severe Weather and Snow Cold weather and snow in the Eu ropean fighting zone have reduced military activities to a minimum In lattlo line. The Italians took the i to the west of Piave. The German l,ro"e The principal aerial activity also 1 . .1 f ... 1. Ttnltnn fwtnt ,B " """ """" Austrian airmen, recently beaten of f from Trevis0 with the loss 11 a'r; l"ane8- carHed out a, ,K,mb!nf; rald, I r riuay nigni in wnicn me cujr ui I Padua, rich in art treasures, was at tacked. None of the city's noted 'monuments was harmed, but eight bombs dropped in the most densely populated part of the town killed 13 persons and injured 60 others. I Bombs dropped on Trevlso and two other towns closer to the fighting countries, on the other hand, is lack lines than Padua, which Is some 35 j ing, and allied residents in Petrograd, miles from the Jront, caused no dam- j as well as the Russians as a whole, age or casualties. j remain in complete ignorance of In naval warfare, torpedoes or mines scored against British torpedo- boat destroyers operating off the .. I.'j, addition to the aerial activity Dutch coast. Three of these craft ' reported from the Italian front, Brit were sunk on the night of December Ish airmen have been active in France 22 during foggy weather, with the over some of the territory occupied loss of 193 officers and men. by the Germans. The British head The displacing of Admiral Sir John quarters report Saturday said that R. Jellicoe as first sea lord is partly 13 hostile planes had been accounted attributed in England to the loss of for, 11 of which were shot down and these destroyers with many of their the two others driven down out of personnel. King Ferdinand of Ronmania has abdicated the throne in favor of Crown Prince Charles, according to an unconfirmed rumor in Petrograd. Recorder's Court Report Heard At the regular adjourned sesslo-i of the city council held at the cit; hall Friday evening the annual re port of the recorder's court, which was read, showed the following: IV ' tal number of cases handled duriii ,; 'the year, 1 "u ; cases dismissed and action suspended, l'i; fines-inipos'-d on 114 cases, -$1,00S .10; fines reuni ted, suspended and commuted, :$:?93.."l; fines ordered paid, $GK: cost collected recorder's cnur!, $:;."!. 30: total fines and costs order- d paid. $ii4s.3tl; costs in record 'r's court paid out, $:!S; net fines and (costs, $t13 ::). Fines served in ja'i, !$14; worked out on street, 3-'; i'.i J course of collection, $12. .10; appealed ' to circuit court, $100. Net fines and Costs collected in cash to date. $4 so. Christian Church Gets Service Flag The Christian Endeavor Society of ; tlie Christian church presented a i service flag to the church last Sunday I evening In honor of the young men 110 wer " attendance mere uu , r .1 1 1 n tliA inl. wnwuau unaweiru mv van tv . Fourteen stars were on the flag iora - : - I krady, Charles r-orter, Earle Mix, Vernon Milam, LaVerme Buck, Oliver Morton, Floyd Crosslin. Arthur Long, Aubrey Redifer, Robert Willeta, Vir gil Hawley, Delbert Evans, Hubert 1 Bentley and Ben Smith. " " Mrs. h, Mj. Morse arrived from Rogue River Saturday evening and will visit for several days with her .brother, B. R. Stevens, and family. 3! 8; This follows previous reports of a revolutionary plot against Ferdinand and other indications of a political crisis in the kingdom, as described in dispatches received at the Bolshe vlkl headquarters In Petrograd last Monday. Petrograd special dispatches do not Indicate clearly what the recep- that northern Russia is disposed to accept peace on a most any terms, , ,, ' . , , . ., . . while the attitude of the remainder f the nation Is uncertain " Another correspondent considers the Bolshevik! disheartened at the German declination to accept the principle that nationalities hitherto without political independence be al lowed to decide their own future, this refusal being considered a stumbling-block for further negotiations. Meanwhile:, Germans who have ar rived in Petrograd are being permit ted to spread their propaganda and German newspapers are circulating freely. Postal service with entente j what has gone on in allied countries for the past six weeks 'control. ' The British lost three machines in tha nori:1l rnmbnts. mid of the Ger - main airplanes destroyed the British hmnrht. four. 1 - - - - - - Annual Reports RpUfi PfllTnPil -at its previous visit laughed again as ttCdlt CIL lAUUWIili(anily ov(p thtiiBoo)1 fo()1(,ry I The farce is built ii'-ound the diffi The city council held its regular adjourned meeting Friday evening at the city hall. Most, of the even ing's session was taken up with rou tine business needing the council s am ntion. i Tli o annual dump ground report for 1!H? showed ,'-- loads of rulibi- i with permits, 1:' loads without permit-!, and loads of cleanup. Total 1 leads for the year, 14.". The annual report of the city sex ton showed for tbe year 1 ill 7 to dale: r.'irP.'d in Mountain View cemetery,; .".0; in Ashland cemetery, 22; in liar-! inline, (i; total burials, S4, 1(1 of which were non-residents I Tim lwniwlev's office report show - nl that' the interest saved the city or. outstanding bonds during tlv past i war amounted to $2,0(i2.ii2, Pear Publicity Campaign Planned The Farmers' and Fruitgrowers' league at a dinner at Medford Fr' - dav night launched a movement to consider a campaign of publicity re garding the consumption of tlie pear as an important article of food and a delicacy of the table. The dinner was given by W,. A. Sumner, presi dent of the league, to the directors at the Hotel Medford, and although no definite conclusion was reached, the discussion which followed showed that the directors of the organization believe that this is perhaps the most Important problem before the fruit growers of the Rogue River valley. MP. and Mrs. h. Dart, who have been spending the holidays with rel- atives at Wilbur, Ore, returned to 'Ashland Saturday. Potato Show Held At Farmers' Week At the Farmers' Week held at the Oregon Agricultural College, Corval Hs, December 31 to January r, a po tato show will le a feature. Those who have exhibits should send them i probptly to the extension service of the college, where they will be put. on display. No fee will bo charged for entering the exhibit, and over $7". worth of prizes will be distributed. The exhibits will.be classed as fol lows; Class 1 Best sack (100 pounds of Oregon certified seed potatoes. First, $10 merchandise certificates, Portland Seed Company. Class 2 Best display of potatoes, five or more varieties. First, $10 merchandise certificates, Portland Seed Company; second, two bags 'Beaver Brand" fertilizer, Union Meat Company. Note: Plate exhibit, five specimens to the plat. Class 3 Best peck of potatoes (Burbank type), Burbank, Pride of Multnomah, American Wonder", eta (white or netted). First, Imperial potato cutter, Mitchell, Lewis & Sta ver Company, Portland; second, two hag3 "Beaver Brand" fertilizer, Union Meat Company. Class 4 Best peck of potatoes (Rural and Green Mountain' typo,, Rurals, White Rose (Cal.). Carmen, Gold Coin, etc. (white). First, Eureka potato cutter, John Deere Plow Com pany. Portland; second, two lings "Beaver Brand" fertilizer, Union Meat Company. Class 5 Best peck early potatoes, any variety (white). First, Aspln wall potato cutter, Oliver Chilled Plow Company, Portland; second, two bags "Beaver Brand" fertilizer, Union Meat Company. Class 6 Best peck colored pota toes, any variety. First, $10 mer chandise certificates', Portland Seed Company; second, two bags "Beaver Brand" fertilizer, Union Meat Com pany. Class 7 Sweepstakes. Best pecu of potatoes .any variety, open to first prize pecks in the above classes. One Cantonian potato and truck cul tivator, Parlin-Orendorff Plow Com pany, Portland. "Fair and Warmer' Coming January 3 i ; Good wit wears well, and Avery ! Iloiiwood crowded about as much wit into "Fair 'cutild well und Wanner" as any farce hold. Its return to the ! I Metropolitan hist night after a year's ! . , 11 .1 ' iliselK'D was weicoini'ii i.v k"' i welcomed i audience, and many who hail ine thousand laUKhs that, flesh is heir to culties of making your wife love you while good. Billy Harth'tt takes the advice of his sophisticated friend and tries the other way when ho fe-ls "Ills wife slipping. Tilings happen to place his adviser's wife in the situa- (oll 0f an accomplice licforn and after the fact1, and there are many scenes of domestic Infelicity that al ways have a farcical deiiounient, only to plunge Into others equally embarrassing. So the thing goes for three of the most laughable acts of any modern farce. The dialogue has a wit that keeps fresh Willi its own wire edge of truth in ludicrous set - tin Seattle Post-Intelligencer. , n ,,-ill li,. (lie nllraelioil at the Vill - t Thursday, January 3. I Roses Blooming Christmas Day(cityNeeds pied Roses In blossom In the gardens of Vuiiinnii nn Christmas day is an tin- .1 . i ... 1. ....... Ih.i , usual occurrence, ,n,i b... - 'caae this year. On many dinner ta hies Christmas bouquets of beautiful roses were placed, which nan - gathered from the gardens and bush - .. r i, nmU unit ivpre verv fair L-n ui iiiq ...... ropresentatlves of the flower that is helping to make Ashland famous, in the flower beds in the parks stocks end snapdragons may be seen blos soming as brightly as In August, al though not in such a profusion as In the latter named month. Should the present mild weather continue It may be said that flowers bloom the year( round in Ashland, as it Is the usual condition for wild flowers and some fruit trees to blossom In February. Mrs. Gregg is reported ill with la grippe at her apartments on B street. State Teachers Met In Convention About 2,300 school teachers throughout the state were represent ed by the 200 or more delegates a.i I visitors at the Oregon State Teachers' Association which convened in Port- land Thursday, and which was pre sided over by Prof. G. A,. Briscoe, su perintendent of the Ashland city school Tho committee on nomina tions reported at the first afternoon's session as follows; For presided, 11. 1), Sheldon, Eugene; vice-president, F. A: Tiedgen, Marsh field; sec retary, E. 11. Ressler, Corvallis; ex ecutive committee, J. W. Todd, Salem, and. F. II. Whitney, Portland. Friday morning the first general assembly was held, with an attend ance of more than T.fiOO. The lead ing speakers of the sessions wera Frank M.. Ieavitt professor of indus trial education of the University of Chicago; E. G. Crawford, vice-president of United States National Bank; Richard Burton, head of the depart ment of English, University of Min nesota, and B. W, Johnson, federal agent for industrial education. The Portland Morning Telegram of Friday contained an excellent por trait of Prof. Briscoe, who rankl among the representative educators of the state. Uncle Sam Asked To Finish Road The Commercial Club of Klamath Falls is busying itself in behalf of the early completion of the Strahorn railroad to Bend and other points, now that the government has as sumed control, hi answer to a re cent message sent by the club to Mr. Strahorn in Spokane, asking what assistance tho organization might take to further such a move, Mr. Strahorn replied that he had had the 'natter under advisement for several days in anticipation of the president's action, and is hopeful that something may be accomplished aloiiff that line i, i i n i. . .. SOON. MJ lieUUWilJ KHIl I'U HIUUO un til after many larger questions in volved are disposed of, but there Is no don lit hut that lavoranie act urn will be taken upon this project. The building of these lines Into tho undeveloped areas of the state will prove a heavy factor in Increasing the country's food supply 111 this time of stringent need. Bell Co. Franchise Limited to 5 Years The matter of granting the Hell Titephono Company a franchise was discussed at tli" city council nieetui'; held Friday night. It was ordered that a committee appointed by the mayor be instructed to take the maL ter up with tho city attorney to draft a franchise, and It- was also decided to limit tlie franchise, to a period of five years. Arm Fractured In Fall From Cart The little son of Mrs. Julia 1 lock ed of 12H Itusli sheet fell from his j ,ony cart us he was driving alon:; and .Main stretts Friday and j Hush ii,, - l, 1,1j iifin II,. u-.-w niliee! to a. local hospital, where it was found j the Injured member was fracture.! at the elbow, years old. The lad is about seven Piper of Hamelin The siil.ject or rats was brought nt the last meeting of tho c.Tv council, n repui u-u mm m- 1 vacated butcher shop on North Main I utruot was Infested with rats. The c ....... ,llu..,,uUuil und t-i-fel-rpil tO ,v.-. IHIlUei lin iiinviin-u . tlie sanitation committee with in- structlons to act. The health com mittee was also instructed to Inspect the dairies operating in and around Ashland as regards sanitation. A resolution to create a Garfield street sewer was also adopted. Mrs. Lloyd Rldgoway and brother, Charles MoreU. and wife of Sheridan, Ore , have been visiting their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moretz, of tills city and returned to their home Saturday evening.
