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"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
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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.
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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.