'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. '
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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 ;
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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
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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 :
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Mrs. h, Mj. Morse arrived from
Rogue River Saturday evening and
will visit for several days with her
.brother, B. R. Stevens, and family.
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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,
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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.
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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
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; 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
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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-
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, 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
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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
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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.