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VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918
NUMBER 69
Story of the Big European War
Related by Canadian Officers
' "When peaceterms are made we,
the allied nations, will make them
and sign them in Berlin," was the
emphatic statement made by one of
the Canadian officers who addressed
Ashland audiences Tuesday after
noon, and which was endorsed by
overwhelming and unanimous ap
plause. When the speakers finished
no one was left with the shadow of
a doubt as to their regard for the
invading Hun, or their opinion of the
outcome of the terrible war. That it
has to be fought to the bitter end,
and result In Germany's defeat, is the
only solution presented by these men
who have given their services to this
cause.
Long before the hour set for the
addresses to be made it was seen
that the Methodist church would be
far, from adequate to hold the audi
ence that turned out to hear first
landed a description of the war in
which our own men will soon have
an active part. In order to accom
modate those who were unable to
secure seats, the Presbyterian church
was opened and was also filled to
overflowing. The speakers made ad
dresses in both buildings, thus af
fording all an opportunity to listen
to the most graphic accounts of ac
tivities along the western front that
have been presented hero.
The speakers were accompanied on
their itinerary by Bruce Dennis, state
worker of the Council of Defence,
who presented the officers with a
brief description of the work this or
der is doing throughout the state in
connection with the National Council
of Defence. On the entrance of the
three officers to the rostrum the
audience stood, while one stanza of
"America" was sung. "Capt. E. J.
Gook of the 5th Canadian Infantry
was the first speaker, and gave an
Interesting description of his first Im
pressions of the war. He was Im
pressed by the terrible waste caused
by the devastation of the country.
Whole villages were annihilated and
agricultural districts laid waste.
This was a condition prevailing with
out exception In the 'unfortified
towns inhabited only by women and
aged men, and carried out apparently
by the Invading Hun for no reason
other than wanton destruction.
"When war was first declared and
we entered the fray," Capt. Gook re
Jackson County
Gains Half Million
Assessment rolls for 1917 have
been turned over to Sheriff Jennings
for tax collection by County Assessor
Coleman. They show an increase in
assessed valuation for Jackson county
of $534336.47. the valuation for
1917 being $27,028,471.73 asgainst
$26,494,135.26 for 1916. Neither
year showed the Q. & C. land grant,
which is among the non-assessed gov
ernment land, which totals 1,932,000
acres.
Medford and Ashland evidently
grew wonderfully in valuation in the
past year, fo? Medford is forced to
pay upon an assessed valuation of
$4,288,995.25, as against $4,033,-
185.71 In 1916, or an increase In val
uation of $245,809.54. Ashland has
to pay on $72 953.70 higher valua
tion for 1917 than it did for the year
previous, the assessment standing
$2,663,813.02 for 1917 and $2,590,
855.22 for 1916.
Gold Hill and Rogue River also
had a boom in valuation, each show
ing an increase, while the other towns
depreciated. The public service cor
porations, including the Southern Pa
cific, experienced a falling off in valu
ation. According to the assessor's figures
there was a gain of 13,201 acres in
tillable land in the county In 1917
ovpr 1916, though the valuations
upon the land shows a decrease of
$206,205 in spite of the Increased
acreage.
, There was a decrease of 10,236 in
the acreage of non-tillable land,
-which was increased in value by the
loss of acreage $197,920 over the val
uation of 1916. The total acres of
tillable land Is placed at 105,426 and
the value at; $6,573 035, while the
total acreage of non-tillable land is
.714,104 and the valuation $6,642,
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Chrome, manganese and molybde
num ores. Might purchase or take
Interest in proven mine. Western
Reduction Company, 24th and Nicolal
streets, Portland, Ore. , 69-,2t
marked, "I could not believe the re
ports of the wanton cruelty of the
Huns. But I soon changed my
opinion of him. The German is not
a good sportsman. He is a most
treacherous enemy." He further de
scribed the evacuation of Ypres,
when the German airplanes shelled
the fleeing women and children along
the roads.
Capt. Gook also gave a word of
advice to the American boys who are
just entering the battle arena.
"When you meet men in the trenches
It is best to shoot first and then ask
questions," he advised. He told of
an American boy, new to the game,
who encountered two . men in the
dark, and hailing them said, "Don't
shoot! I'm an American." The re
ply came back, "It is Americans we
are after!" and the boy was shot
dead. "That is the kind of an enemy
you are going to meet," Capt. Gook
concluded. "They are after Ameri
cans." Major F. B. Edwards, who lost both
arms In battle, was the next speaker,
and told of the great satisfaction felt
by the allies over the advent of the
United States in the war. "Your
country is regarded as a great big
brother helping to win the scrap," he
said, "and we want it won quickly."
Major Edwards gave a graphic de
scription of trench life, and of going
into action with the tanks. Accord
ing to his description, our troops will
not meet with the unsanitary and un
comfortable conditions the troops
had to contend with during the
earlier periods of the war. Efforts
are being made right along to pre
serve health and strength with clean
liness and orderliness, and trenches
are drained and cleaned so far as pos
sible, making conditions there more
livable.
"You can help your boys win the
war right here at home," the major
remarked. "Engender cheerfulness
when he goes, and keep it up when
you write. Don't recount the un
happy events at home, -but tell him
of the pleasant things. Tell him
about his dog or his horse, or, if he
has one about his best girl. And
above all, write often. The men in
the trenches are hungry for news
from home. I have often seen, when
the rations' come in, the men pass
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Lincoln Club Will
Banquet at Medford
The Lincoln Club of Jackson coun
ty will hold its annual banquet in
Medford February 12. The follow
ing prominent men have already ac
cepted invitations to be present and
other public men will be invited:
Governor Withycombe, Gus Mosier,
Dr. J. E. Anderson and Louis J.
Simpson, candidates for governor; R.
X. Stanfield, candidate for United
States senator; Spence Wortman,
sealer of weights and measures;
Fred G. Buchtel, public service com
missioner, and Editor E. -B. Piper of
the Oregonian. Congressman W C.
Hawley, Senator C. H. McN'ary and
Ben Olcolt have declined owing to
their official duties requiring their
time.
French Hold 'Boche'
In Great Contempt
Ashland people have had the op
portunity of enlarging their French
vocabulary since returned soldiers
from the western front have been
lecturing here. Many unpronounc
able French names now rattle glibly
off th,e tongues of those who heard
the Canadian officers talk about
them Tuesday. Captain Gook, one of
the speakers, gave a very lucid defi
nition of the word "boche," which is
used extensively in descriptions of the
Germans. This word, the captain
said, is French for hog, and means
a very degraded variety of the por
cine family. He says when a French
man uses the word he invariable spits
after It, thus expressing the contempt
in which his enemy is held.
O. H. Johnson of Ashland and J.
W. Johnson of Medford left last even
ing for Garfield, Wash., where they
were callied by the tidings of the seri
ous Illness of their father. A tele
gram received later In the evening
after they had started announced the
death of Mr. Johnson, Sr. Pneumo
nia was the cause of his demise. .
7th Company Men
Are Transferred
A letter has been received In Med
ford from the chaplain of the 65th
Mobile Field Artillery Battalion, 41st
division, of the regular army, giving
the names of the 7th company mem
bers recently transferred to the bat
talion, the present headquarters of
which are at Fort Stevens. The list
follows:
Sergeants Carl Ringer, Ben Ply
male and Treve Lumsden; Corporals
William Beveridge, George Gates
Frank Coleman, Everett McKee, Paul
M. Leonard, Leland Noe and Carle
ton Martin; Mechanic Wm. Pierce;
Bugler Rollie Petty; First Class Pri
vates Harry Bryant, Lowell Grim,
Frank White, Lloyd J. Goble, Joseph
Homes and Artemas Spooner; Pri
vates Myrl Garnell, Merrill O. Betts,
Clark Walker, George McDonald,
Morris Leonard, Fred J. York, John
Moffit, Dewey Purdin, Ralph Balcom,
Muriel Kindle Irwin Koenig, Floyd
Ross, Richard Morelock and Leo Wil
liams. Salary Ordinance
Held Over-Week
The salary ordinance was under
discussion at the meeting of the city
council last Tuesday evening, and
was passed up for final action at the
next meeting. The salaries were
agreed upon to be practically the
same as last year with the exception
of city treasurer, who will draw an
increase of $5 a month, making his
salary the coming year $25 instead
of $20 a month, and $10 was added
to the monthly salary of Miss Calla
Biegel, a clerk In the recorder's of
fice, who has been drawing $50. An
adjourned meeting of council will be
held next Tuesday night.
Rogue River Rises
Five Feet In Day
Rogue river rose five feet Satur
day afternoon, the highest of the
year higher, probably, than for sev
eral years, but fell two feet In the
next two hours. Butte creek at
Eagle Point rose nine feet Saturday
Indicating a cloudburst at headwa
ters, but fell within a few hours.
The total seasonal rainfall thus far
is S.91 inches, divided as follows
! September, .30 inch; November,
14.25 inches; December, 2.75 inches;
,January, to date, 8.91 inches.
The season has been unusually
mild and free from frost, the ther
mometer reaching freezing point but
a few nights. There Is comparative
ly little snow in the mountains, less
than for many years, which augurs
an unusually short placer season and
8 dry summer.
Woodshed Burned
On Walker Avenue
An improvised smokehouse against
the woodshed at the home of Mrs.
Kate Spindler, on Walker avenue,
and occupied by J. M. Taylor,
caught fire Monday afternoon and
nearly destroyed the shed and its con
tents before the- fire -was discovered.
An alarm was sent in and the engine
went to the scene of the conflagra
tion, but a neighbor with a garden
hose had succeeded in subduing the
flames before the engine arrived.
The damage was . cpnfiried to the
woodshed and amounted to about
$25.
Billie Burke at
Vining Theatre
Billie Burke, with a country-wide
reputation oa the speaking stage,
and with added laurels on the screen,
will be seen on the screen at the Vin
ing Theatre In "The Mysterious Miss
Terry," a photodrama of unusual in
telligence by Gelett Burgess, Friday
and Saturday, January 18 and 19.
Miss Burke has been given a drama,
the title rolo of which permits her to
give to the screed what she has given
tc the spoken drama her magnetic
personality and clever t!t.i of comedy
for which nhe won success before
thousands of appreciative audiences
throughout tho country and abroad.
Love and mystery are the keynote of
this fascinating drama, "The Mysteri
ous Miss Terry." It is light and airy'
and radiates joy and gladness. m
Local Business
Changes Hands
L. S. Brown who is the principal
stockholder In the Ashland Trading
Company, Thursday bought the stock
owned by T. M. Acklin, and is now
virtually the sole proprietor of the
business. This company, which has
been one of the leading department
stores In Ashland, was established In
1906 under the name of the Cash
Buyers' Co-operative Company, with
a large number of stockholders. Mr.
Brown became a heavy stockholder
In the company in 1909, when the
name was changed to the Ashland
Trading Company. Since then he and
Mr. Acklin have owned the majority
of the stock in the business, of which
Mr. Brown has been the active man
ager. Several weeks ago the com
pany started to cloBe out the dry
goods 'department, and will handle
only groceries in the future. Mr.
Acklin, the retiring member of the
firm, has no definite plans, but ex
pects to continue his residence In
Ashland.
Boys Ready to Go
At Foit Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Simpson,
who have , been spending the past
week visiting their sons, Glenn and
Harold, at Fort StevenB, returned
home Tuesday evening. They report
the Ashland boys In fine fettle over
the prospect of seeing active service.
"First company boys are no slackers,
let me tell you," Mr. Simpson' re
nlarked on his arrival home. "When
asked fifteen or twenty years from
now, jWhat part did you take In the
great, world war?' they do not want
to answer, 'We were stationed at Fort
Stevens during that campaign.' That
is the kind of stuff our boys are made
of," Mr. Simpson says with pardon
able pride, as his two boys, his only
children, are at that fort? and one
has been called to start soon tor the
front; "Those not called first will
undoubtedly have the privilege of go
ing r?cxt," Mr. Simpson concluded
"and they are only anxious to serve
their country when the opportunity
arrives." The cases of measles at
the -fort are very mild, Mr. and Mrs.
Simpson report. Only the Y. M. C.
A. is closed and noi)e of the boys are
very ill.
Council Decides On
Five-Year Franchise
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company's franchise was the princi
pal topic of discussion at the regular
meeting of the city council Tuesday
night. District Manager Van Houte
of Eugene was present, and the sub
ject underwent an exhaustive exam
ination in all Its phases before a set
tlement of terras could be readied.
It was finally decided by the council
to give a five-year franchise for a
'cash consideration of $500 a year, in
stead of the offer made by the com
pany of a ten-year franchise at $100
per year with bIx free phones. The
company's representative will take up
the matter and it is probable that
final action on the franchise can be
taken at the next session of council.
Collecting Stamps
To Aid Belgians
The pupils in the public schools are
busy at present collecting cancelled
stamps which are being sent to the
leader of the Belgian stamp-saving
campaign,' with headquarters in San
Francisco. It is claimed that the dye
extracted from 1,000 stamps will
keep a baby a month. According to
reports, the stamps are sent to the
queen of Belgium. From most the
dye is extracted and sold to le used
for wallpapen. The money obtained
lb used for buying milk for the babies
and for hospital work at the front.
Stamps printed on envelopes are ac
ceptable as also Is any color. Quite
large amounts have been already col
lected by the school children, who
are taking a great interest In this
work. '
Kenneth Lilly, a former Ashland
boy, was elected captain of the base
ball team at Stanford University for
1918.
George W. Holley has gone to Hafl
bor. Ore., where he is erecting a new
home. He expects to take his family
there next summer.
Hindenburg Supreme In West
Leaving Russia to Diplomats
Although the peace pour parlers
between the Bolshevik! arid the Teu
tonic allies have been resumed at
Brest-Lltovsk, the peace by agree
ment section of the German populace
and some of the newspapers continue
their expressions of dissatisfaction
with the ambitions of the pan-Ger-manlsta
and the terms that have
been advanced by the German dele
gates at Brest-Litovsk as the basis
for a peace.
Amsterdam dispatches announce
that an understanding has been
reached between the military and po
litical parties In Germany on the
basis of the Russian program of no
annexations and no Indemnities In
the east, and leaving to Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg, In case of a
German victory, the liberty of deal
ing with possible annexations In the
west, but the evidence tends to show
that the factions are still at odds.
Additional meetings, at which
speakers endeavored to outline the
viewpoint of the militaristic element,
have been broken up, and it is an
nounced that Chancellor von Hert
llng Is to be permitted to deliver his
delayed) address on Germany's war
aims to the main committee of the
reichstag next Friday, for which the
country has been clamoring.
. Adding to the political strife In
Germany and Austria comes the an
nouncement of the resignation of the
Hungarian cabinet, due to the con
duct of the war. Failure to obtain
adequate support for the military
program put forward by the cabinet
City Recorder
Wimer Enlists
City Recorder John B. Wimer has
enlisted in the quartermaster's de
partment of the army. He leaves for
Portland on the 27th for final exam
ination for clerical work, and if his
examination is favorable be will ten
der his resignation as city recorder.
Mr. Wimer has given splendid sat
isfaction to the city, besides having
a host of friends In the city who will
regret his departure. The govern
ment is making a strong plea for
help, and Mr. Wimer thought It his
duty to offer his services and his tal
ent to the government.
Men Past 31 May
Not Be Called Out
Washington, Jan. 16. Secretary
Baker has advised the senate military
committee the War Department fa
vors discharging from draft liability
men who have passed the age of 31
registering on June 5, 1917, and
without having been called to the col
ors. Meatless Days Are
To Be Discontinued
You can eat boef and mutton every
day until March 13, if you live on the
Pacific coast.
This was the sense of a telegram
from Food Administrator Hoover to
Acting State Food Administrator C.
D. Blaney.
In the place of meatless Tuesday
hereafter It is to be porkless Tues
day, making two porkless days each
week Tuesday and Saturday. The
order applies to the Paclflo coast
states and Is the result of congested
transportation.
Oregon Boys' War
Records to be Kept
The state records of Oregon will
contain somo Interesting data con
cerning the military records of her
sons In the present war, if the advice
of Adjutant General J. M. Williams
Is followed. According to the Ore
gon military code, the adjutant gen
eral Is made custodian of all diaries,
documents, relics and the like which
Oregon soldiers wish to send to him
for permanent records. The com
manding officers of Oregon soldiers
have been Instructed to aid in secur
ing historical data by helping the
men keep their records In shape and
by sending such records to the adju
tant general.
Is given as the reason for the resig
nations. The program included the
formation of an Independent Hungar
ian army, which Emperor Charles
vetoed.
The situation between Russia and
Rumania apparently is growing
acute. On demand of the American
ambassador and the heads of the
other diplomatic missions accredited
to Russia the Bolshevik! authorities
have released the Rumanian minis
ter and the attaches of the Rumanian
legation who were arrested Sunday.
The council of national commission
ers of Russia has sent an ultimatum
to Rumania calling for the immedi
ate release of members of the Bol
shevikl arrested recently In Rumania.
A rupture of relations with Rumania
and "most energetic military meas
ures" are threatened for non-compliance
within 24 hours.
Except In the Italian theatre, the
military activities are still confined
to small affairs carried out by raid
ing parties and bombardments on
various sectors. The Austro-Ger-mans,
both in the mountain region
of northern Italy and around the
lower Piave river, have made vicious
counter-attacks, after heavy prepara
tory artillery work,, to recapture po
sitions wrested from them early In
the week. All the attempts were
without result.
Again there hnsiocn considerable
aerial activity In this region, in whicli
five enemy aeroplanes were sent to
earth.
Business Men Meet
. And Elect Officers
The Ashland Business Men's Asso
ciation was well represented at the
business meeting held in the Ladies'
Auxiliary hall Monday evening when
the officers for tho ensuing year were
elected and other Important events
transacted. The following were chos
en to fill the offices during the com
ing year: President, J. H. McGee;
first vice-president, W. IT. McN'alr;
second vice-president, A. C. Xlnlngor;
secretary, H. II. Elhart; treasurer,
II. G, Endurs, Jr.; directors, C. E.
Sams, H. P. Holmes, W. M. Dodge,
F. F. Whittle and L. S. Brown.
A review of the past year was giv
en, which was satisfactory to the as
sociation and showed progress along
lilies mapped out the beginning of
the year. Excellent short talks were
also made by various members pres
ent. Among these was one by V. O.
N. Smith, cashier of The Citizens
Bank, In which he spoke of the sacri
fices all must be ready to bear in
order to win the war. He was fol
lowed by S. T. Halowell, who gave a
talk on a phase of bookkeeping and
Attorney L. A. Roberts, who spoke on
business law.
Several Impromptu addresses were
made by different members, and out
line of the coming year's work was
nindo. It Is the intention of the as
sociation to appoint a membership
committee to line up business men
who are not members and enlist their
Interests with the association. Light
refreshments were served after all
business was transacted.
Officers' Orderlies
Also War Veterans
Two orderlies wore in attendance
on the Canadian officers during their
tour through the state, and were also
wounded voterans. According to the
Medford Mall Tribune, Private E. W.
Peet, who belongs to one of the Can
adian Highlander regiments, has 17
shrapnel and bullet Wounds and part
of his chin and face were shot away.
The other, Private W. K. Lorlmer,
was shot through the arm, knee and
abdomen, 'either of these orderlies
were In Ashland Tuesday.
The regular meeting of the Auxil
iary Club will be held next Monday
evening at Auxiliary hall. Members
are requested to come at 7:30, bring
ing aprons and headdress, as they
will adjourn to Red Cross headquar
ters for work after the business meet
ing. Miss Bertha Ellason left this week
for Salem, where she will spend a
month visiting at the home of a
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