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firx "Ashland Grows While Uthla flows' City cf Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Lllhfa Springs -C.Y. "Oregon's Famous Spa" ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY fcl, 1918 vol; xlii NUMBER 70 TT ITS. TT TcY T d l Parents Urged to Teach Patriotism !' At the request of the interstate committee of the Y. M. C. A., Gov ernor Withcomlie last Thursday is sued a message urging the people of Oregon to observe "Father and Son week" between February 11 and 17, the dates set aside for a national movement. Governor Withycombe, who himself has a son in active mili tary service, points out that vbe 20, 000 young Oregon soldiers who have already gone forward are entitled to "constant thought and prayer" and that their younger brothers at home "deserve the fullest possible measure of parental encouragement and coun sel." The governor's message, which, It is understood, will be followed by messages by the mayors of the vari ous cities and towns of Oregon, fol lows: "Mindful that there Is now greater occasion than ever before to cement the bond of fellowship between fath ers and sons, the Y. M.'C. A. offi cials hare set aside the period of February 11 to IT, to be observeed as 'Father and Son week,' and I am Indeed glad to commend the Idea to the hearty support of the patriotic people of Oregon,. "Oregon has thus far furnished 20,000, of the flower of its young manhood to the service of our coun try in the world's great cataclysm. Just as these noble boys who have already shouldered solemn responsi bilities for this nation and for the world are entitled to our constant thought and prayer, so their younger brothers at home deserve, the fullest possible measure of parental encour agement and counsel. It Is through the hearts of our young people that the fervent spirit of loyalty to our country and devotion to our flag are to be communicated to posterity, "Never" in all history have the young men been called upon for such Important work, and never have in dications been surer that the young men of today are to be accorded tre mendous opportunities as they grow into manhood. Therefore, I urge the 8dult men of Oregon to call their boys and the boys from other homes to their firesides and there impress upon them an appreciation of their, responsibilities, and tell them in a friendly way how deeply we .are In terested in them and how much we are depending upon their mental, moral and physical fiber. Fathers of Oregon, ask your boys to study the life" of the immortal Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday Is to be ob served on the second day of 'Father end Son week,' and try to Inspire them to pattern their lives after his example." Late Wedded Cases Will Be Appealed District Attorney George Neuner, Jr., of Douglas county, received in structions from the adjutant general to appeal, as the government appeal agent, all of those cases where the registrant has been classed In Clans 2 or Class 4 on account of marriage which occurred since May 18, 1917. All of the boards and authorities hold that the presumption Is against the registrant who has married since that date, as all were notified of the imminence of the draft. The, ap peals will be taken In all these cases in order to make the action in all uniform and to make it impossible for any such cases to be passed with out having careful investigation. C. I. C. to Serve Meals to Soldiers Arrangements have been made whereby the Civic Improvement Club will furnish meals to the troop trains which are expected to pass through Ashland in the near future. This -will be an arduous task, as the move ment of the troops is expected to be continuous for an extended time, ne cessitating the production of meals at almost any hour of the day. The Elks dining room has been secured by this band of energetic women, and committees are being formed to take charge of the arrangements for each day's service. The , women of the Civic Club expect to have everything Jn working order when the time ar rives for the furnishing of the meals so that all soldiers detailed to them will have the benefit of the excellent service for which this club Is noted, Phone sews items to the Tidings. True Patriotism Of Ashland Man John F. Rocho, one of the most respected and Influential citizens and property holders of Ashland, owing to .the shortage of help, has through Agent Kramer tendered his services to the Southern Pacific Company while the war lasts, to take an eight hour "trick" In Ashland, either as a telegrapher or In the capacity as a clerk In any department. Mr. Rocho Is an old-time telegrapher and station agent, having done service on most all the leading railroads In tho mid dle west. He has also established the Ashland Farm Loan Association, of which he is secretary and treas urer, which Is the largest and most prosperous In the state. Me has not only tendered his services, but will divide his salary between the Ashland Red Cross and the Progressive Think ers' motor ambulance fund, the lead ing Spiritualist paper, located at Chi cago, who have already taken two motors on their contract with the Ford company and is now on the ! third one. No doubt Mr. Rocho will soon be seen Jerking lightning be hind a "ticker." Remarkable Case 01 Skin Grafting Upwards of sixty persons contrib uted 150 square inches of skin, which the attending physicians believe will restore Harry Gladstone Weigar of the United States forestry service to health and usefulness. Some time ago Welgar sustained severe elec trical burns, for which an appeal was made for contributions of skin to be given voluntarily to replace that lost by the unfortunate man, In response to the appeal a band of men and women, drawn from all walks of life, visited the St. Vincent hospital in Portland Friday morning and heroic ally submitted to the loss of strips of skin aggregating about three square Inches, which were placed upon the limbs of the" burned man. The sur geons commended the people who do nated cuticle for the Injured man on their heroism during the operation, as the paring process is extremely ; painful and no local anaesthetics ; were used. ; Bankers Ready For Next Liberty Loan I Organization for Oregon's part in the next Liberty loan drive will be undertaken without delay. This was announced Saturday morning by Ed- jward Cooklngham, president of the Portland Clearing House Association and chairman of the executive com mittee of the state campaign organ ' ization, on his return from a confer ence at San Francisco, called by the governors of the federal reserve bank for this district. There was full rep resentation from all of the coast and Intermountain states composing the district. Besides Mr. Cookingham, the Oregon delegation was President A. L. Mills of the First National Bank, who served as chairman of the state committee Tor the first Liberty I loan campaign; R. G. Smith, editor of the Tax Liberator, who probably will be campaign manager for the next drive, and Edgar B. Piper, In the absence of any official an nouncement from Washington, the opinion prevailed at the conference that the third Issue of war bonds may be for an amount equaling the first and second issues and that the Inter est rate would not be higher than 4 per cent, although the new bonds might run for a longer period and sell on a different basis than either of the former Issues were offered at. The understanding is that the cam paign for the third ward loan will open in March and run about a month before subscriptions, close. x .. t Charles Hosley Died This Morning Charles Hosley,' a well-known resi dent of Ashland, died this morning after a lingering Illness. The de ceased had lived In Aphland many years and has been Identified with the growth and development o'f the city. Funeral arrangements have not been, made at the present writing. On account of discussing the fur nishing meals to the troop trains soon, a full attendance of the mem bers of the Civic Club Is requested at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. Constituent Assembly Precipitates Fresh Crisis In Russian Affairs The long-awaited convening of the constituent assembly has apparently precipitated a fresh crisis in Russian affairs, with renewed disorders as a possibility.- The Bolshevikl evidently are not taking kindly to the legislative body, in which the very first vote of the opening session on Friday revealed a decided antl-Bolshevikl majority, which easily elected Its candidate for chairman, 24 4 to 151, and this without the help of the constitution al democrats', who were not present. The Bolshevikl and their supporters, the extreme social revolutionists, thereupon withdrew from the assem bly. This break with the majority social revolutionists, who showed their con trol by electing as chairman one of their leaders, M. Tchernoff, minister of agriculture in the Kerensky cabi net, is interpreted as a probable pre lude to an attempt on the part of the Bolshevikl government to assert It self In supreme control, regardless of what course the present assembly may desire to take. The forcible dis solution of the essembly or its reor ganization) as a Bolshevikl body are" among the possible courses forecast. The peace conference proceedings Ashland Wins Two Basketball Games The result of last Friday night's game with Grants Pass was a score of 3 to 9 In favor of Ashland. At the end of the first half the score stood 20 to 4 in favor of the local team. A preliminary between the high school girls' team and the alumni girls ended in the defeat of the alumni girls, the score being 8 to 7. All the members of the boys' team played so well that no one can be said to have starred. Even the Grants Pass Coach, Kenneth McWll llams, says we have the best team since 1911. The game at Central Point Satur day night between Ashlard high and Central Point high ended In the de feat of Central Point to the tune of 25 to 10. "Deke" Bryant was the star of the game. The girls of Ashland were defeat ed by the small matv,,':n of 8 to 7. Ashland plays Roseimrg in the high school gym ne:;t Saturday night. This Is he flr3t cf a series of games With the northern teams and promises to be a Hcly ona. Lieutenant Watson Writes of Camp Lee Judge C. B. Watson Is In receipt of a letter from his son, Lieut. CW. Watson, who Is stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, where he holds a first lieutenancy commission in the en glneerlng corps. The young man gives the following interesting his' tory of camp life in the east: "We are working furiously and, I think, to- good purpose. There Is a mighty substantial bunch of men in this training camp (which, by the way, Is a very small part of Camp Lee). A great many of the men have had a good deal of military training and the rest of us can't stop a minute if we expect to keep up at all. The schedule leaves practically no time from Monday morning to Saturday at 2 p. m. The rest of the time I find I have to study. "Yesterday I jammed one of my ribs scuffling with another man for a gun (IP was part of the physical arlll). I feel pretty sure, though, that I can keep up the pace. Just rebruised an old break and got it strapped up. It's a strenuous pace, all right, but it's good for us. Com petition is keen many men are al ready pretty well advanced in this training, bit we can only keep plug ging. It does not seem to me possi ble to learn all they have us sched uled to learn In three months, but I feel that if the average man here can do It, I have no excuse for not mak ing It too. Am feeling fine and am enjoying It." Ferguson's Bargain Store Is being moved today from the Camps block to the new location on the corner of Main street and North Pioneer av enue. The store will not be opened for business until Wednesday. La Grande has yearly disburse ments to labor of over 2,000,000. at . Brest-l.itovsk again have been suspended and Foreign Minister Trotzky Is reported to have returned to PetroKrad. Foreign observers In Petrograd believe that the negotia tions are working to a final break and the fait of the price of the Ger man murk In neutral markets is pointed to as an indication of loss of confidence among the neutrals in the success of the peace parley. The Russians apparently are stick ing firmly to their demands along the lines that Teutonic troops be withdrawn from Russian territory.' Only one spot on the military map Is showing any activity outside the ordinary for the winter the right flank of the Italian river front on j the lower reaches of the Plave. Here the Austrians have made further ef fort to drive into the Italian lines near Capo Sile and wedge their way further towards Venice. The latest assault appears to have been no more successful than the other recent efforts, the Italians meeting the enemy with a devastat ing artillery fire and wiping out with machine guns and rifles the few de tachments that succeeded In getting across No Man's Land to the defen sive barricades. Hardships of War Are Not Felt Yet , "Just because you can't get all the sugar you want you think you are a real war sufferer," remarked an Ash land resident in a conversation with his fellowmen recently. "But mere Inconvenience is neither hardship nor suffering, and you may be all the bet ter for it. It Is true that war usually brings suffering, the beginning of which is Inconvenience after which it grows worse and worse until it spells suffering. We are only in the inconvenience stage as yet, but with fair prospects of suffering later on. This Is not pessimism, but merely a suggestion concerning a probable con dition not far distant. "One year ago you would have laughed at any one who would have hinted at present conditions," the res ident continued, "and yet we are not in the war in an active sensev Wo are only preparatory. If the prepara tions are so trying, what will the ac tivities be?. Here is something for everyone to think about, and to think about seriously, so we may as well begin now. "Thus far this war has bPen a play game, not only here at home, but iu the training camps. None have complained of real hardships or suf ferings, but instead have been enjoy ing themselves at receptions to de parting soldiers', or engaging in agree able Red Cross work. You can't fully imagine how different it will be when the boys have gone across and are engaged In the effort to go over the top, and a shipload xr two a week will be coming back disabled, and some will not, be coining back at all. This is not only the possibility, but the almost assured probability. Sad and serious as It seems, we have to think about it, and sometimes talk about It. But above all, we must prepare for it. Now is tho time to liiiit prepare hospital supplies and get ready for the time ahead of us when we may need these things. If we don't, some one somewhere ejse will, so each should do his share cheerfully and willingly, for If we don't we may have to do It unwilling ly." Social Service League to Meet The Ashland Social Service League will meet at the Presbyterian church next Tuesday night, January 23, at :30. Among the features of the evening will be the following: Rev, II. J. Van Fossen will read "The Son Thou Gavest Me." R. P. Campbell will read "The Trail a Boy Travels." Both of these storleB are written by II. S. McGowan and are of intense Interest. In connection with these numbers the real purpose of the meeting will be presented by the chairmen of committees which have been appointed to investigate new activities which the members could well take up for the betterment of the community. Every man In Ash land is most urgently , requested to attend this meeting. Church Societies Elect Officers At a joint meeting of the Sunday school board and Epworth League cabinet of the Talent Methodist church held last Monday evening the following officers for the coming year were elected: Sunday school Superintendent, J. H. Fuller; assistant superintendent, II. C. High; secretary, J. E. Bicker dike; assistant secretary, Lucille Holdridge; treasurer, C. E. Frohman; pianist, Helen Adamson; chorister, Mrs. J. E. Fuller; librarian, Anna Anderson. Epworth League President, P. L. Spencer; first vice-president, Mrs. Edna Holdrldgc; second vice-president, Lucille, Holdrldge; third vice president, Helen Adamson; fourth vice-president, Miss Dlnges; secre tary, Carl Frohman. The new officers In the various or ganizations began their terms Sun day under auspicious condition despite the fact that the church has recently undergone a four weeks' quarantine for measles,. Y. W. C. A. Drive Starts Next Week The Young Women's Christian As sociation drive will not be conducted until next week, as more time is needed to formulate plans. The government Is planning to raise $3,000000 to build headquar ters for the Y. W. C. A. to have a place where women may go to stay all night, get meals and meet their soldier acquaintances. There are many problems coming up all the time, the Y. W. C. A. has worked out at American Lake and demonstrated their usefulness, so now the war of ficials will have these workers at all cantonments. Y. W. C. A. have been organized for fifty years and can supply able, efficient workers. Ashland, Including Talent and Phoenix, are asked to raise $500. This drive Is under the Woman's National Council of Defense, with Mrs. E. C. Card, president; Mrs. O. B. Lamkln, vice-president, and Mrs. Grace Turner, secretary. Grants Pass Will ' Unite Churches Giants Pass, In common with many another community has been compelled by the exigencies of the times to many a re-adjustment of conditions, says the Observer. Most of them have been In tho direction of a utility and efficiency basis. In the majority of cases someone has had to suffer because of what In military parlnnce la known as "shortening of the lines," but generally the changes have been for the better. Like the majority of towns, Grants Pass has been suffering from a ple thora of religious denominations. There are not too many to provide for the grent body of "unchurched," but too many for tho available ma terial. Some of them are Juut suffi ciently discernible to have a local habitation and a name, but haven't any real excuse for their existence, unless it be to stand as warning ex amples as to the handicap of being too closely bound to past-age tradi tions and dogmas. Most of them have been too busy keeping their machinery in operation to devote much time and energy to the expect ed product of an evangelistic body. Happily the day of denominational differences and unpleasantness Is past and there are very few of the old school who were wont to consign members of an opposing denomina tion to perdition because of a differ ence as to scripture interpretations. For many yiears there has been a marked degree of fellowship among the denominations of this city, and it Is as natural as It Is gratifying that out of the enforced retrenchment of the times there should come a propo sition for a working agreement among three of the leading churches ot the city. While the plan of fed eration is as yet merely tentative, there is nothing to prevent It from developing Into what will amount to denominational amalgamation, with one capable, energetic pastor serving the needs of all three. If nothing else evolves from the experiment, the members are likely to discover that the partitions of doc trine and usage and government are very flimsy affairs after all. Normal Committee Plans Campaign The normal school executive com mittee, composed of F. C. Homes, Mrs. D. Perozzi, Mrs. E. D. Brlggs, C. B, Lamkln and F. D, Wagner, has been busy arranging plans for the 191S campaign for passing the measure submitted by the last legis lature. BenJ, C. Sheldon has Just recently returned from a trip to the northern part of the state, where he investigated conditions at the request of the committee and will make a report of his findings to the general committee at the city hall Wednesday evening, January 23 at 7:30 o'clock. This is a matter which concerns the whole community and a general In vitation Is extended to all persons In terested in this proposition to be present at that meeting. We are coming to realize as never before that a well-developed and en lightened rural life is necessary to the national security and prosperity. In order to obtain this the rural schools of Oregon miiBt be treated more fairly In the matter of trained teachers. The three-normal school plan must be put over If these re sults are accomplished. The Mon mouth normal school Is pitifully in adequate to supply the need. We have already lost too much In Oregon on this scorey These arguments must get Into the hearts of our Oregon people sometime, and It Is up to us to put them there, and wnen we have done It, It will have leen a good work well done. Our children and our children's children cannot say that we were slackers on this deal. The third time Is a charm over the top we go In 1918. Placer Property Has Changed Hands W. A. Sharp of Grants Pass and L. G. Sharp, representative of the Western Machine Works of Platts mouth, Neb., recently purchased from Mrs, Elizabeth Smith of this city the placer property known as the Hydraulic Mining Company on upper Jump-Off-Joe creek. It is the Intention of the Sharp Bros, and the Western Machine Works to Install their hydroelectric precipitating value recovering machine on this placer with' a view to expediting the complete cleaning up of this section and recovering the lower values. Considerable Improvements and ex penditures are contemplated on this property with new 'and special ma chinery now being constructed and on the way. Grants Pass Men Knit for Soldiers Grants Pass men are not allowing tire women to do all the Red Cross knitting, several men already having turned In very creditable work, Alan Wise, a farmer, bus complet ed two sweaters, the last one being started and entirely finished without help; Philip Helnier, merchant, has turned In one sweater; T. M. Ren shaw has completed two pairs of socks; II. C. Lawton, rural mall car rier, Is now working on socks. U. S. Department of Weather Bureau Forecast for the week beginning January 20. Pacific coast states: Some1 probability of rain Sunday in southern California, and occasionally after Monday on north coast; other wise fair. No decided temperature changes. " ' ' l. Ben Sheldon Plans An Eastern Trip The records and office of the Chamber of Commerce have , been turned over by Ben C. Sheldon, re tiring manager, to Edward G. Harris, recently elected to that position, says the Grants Pass Courier. Mr. Shel don has recently turned over his rec ords as secretary of the Red Cross to Mrs., Jennie Moss, the Boy Scouts to D. B. Reynolds and the secretaryship of the Patriotic Service League to Fred Williams. He severed his con nection with the Courier the first of the year. Mr. Sheldon will return to Medford for a few weeks prior to & contemplated trip east.