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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918
VOL. XLII
NUMBER 71
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Northwest Hit
By 8-Hour Day
Lumber producers and logging op
erators were given what they call a
solar plexus shock yesterday morn
ing on learning that President Wil
son intends to issue a proclamation
fixing an eight-hour work day in log
ging camps and saw mills through
out the Pacific northwest without ap
plying the same regulation to pro
ducers in the southern states or even
l.i California. Issuance of the execu
tive proclamation is reported to have
teen determined upon at the conclu
sion of conferences between the de
partment of labor, the federal ship
ring board nd other government
agencies as a means of "preserving
harmony in the lumber Industry" and
to expedite production! of fir for
ships and spruce for airplanes.
A meeting of members of the West
Coast Lumbermen's Association will
be held at Seattle Friday, when it is
likely that something of interest to
producers will be announced. It is
understood it will be reported at this
meeting that recently a delegation
from the association was at the na
tional capital, where they had the
question up for consideration with
department officials, and the assur
ance was given that, no discrimina
tion would be made against the Pa
cific northwest and In favor of the
southern states In applying an eight
hour work day in logging and lum
bering. It is even declared that Sam
uel Compere, the administration's
adviser on organized labor problems,
took a stand on the side of the Pa
cific northwest lumbermen.
One of. the new features Injected
Into the latest discussion over the
question of a regional eight-hour
-workday is the constitutionality of an
xecutlve order requiring a shorter
workday for Oregon and yashington
lumber producers without applying a
similar requirement to other states,
where ten and eleven hours for a
basic day prevail at lower wage scales
than here, thus giving a distinct ad
vantage to southern producers over
the forest products of the Pacific
northwest in competitive markets.
Y. V. C. A. Work
For Five Months
Five months ago the question
came swiftly and incessantly, "What
are you going to do for girls In war
time?" Today the national board of
the Y. W. C. A. has set under way,
through its war work council of one
hundred representatives, called to
gether June 6 to 8, a program of
work that makes reply to this ques
tion possible.
Forty-six centers of work for girls
in communities adjacent to army and
ravy camps have been furnished with
sixty-five specially chosen workers.
These have formed numerous clubs
and circles of younger girls who are
rallied to patriotic service through
channels of expression suited to their
youth" and enthusiasm. Red Cross
activities, care for orphans of Bel
gium and France, physical exercise
carefully supervised and directed,
and a high code of dignity and honor
are proving safeguards to the dan
cers incident to the departure from
our usual social restraints, a condi
tion due to war times.
A junior war work council, as an
adjunct to the senior council, has
taken as part of its activities the pro
. motion of the Patriotic League.
Klamath County
Is Well Fixed
The report of the treasurer of
K'amath county was made public this
week and shows the largest balance
ever in the hands of the treasurer.
The total amounts to $304,830.40,
and while this amount will soon be
reduced to about $200,000 by out
standing warrants, the balance will
rtlll he unusually large.
The amount is distributed for the
most part In four funds, the general
fund. $103,810.29; the general road
fund, $46,957.70; the new court
house fund, $72,982.41, and the high
school fund, $17,099.97.
The general road fund, with this
.year's levy of $60,000 will be brought
Yip to over $100,000, and the court
house fund will have a total with the
levy for next year of over $130,000.
Hon. Ben C. Sheldon of Grants
Pass and Warden Murphy of the state
penitentiary were among the Shriners
l.i Ashland at the meeting last night.
Local Store Moved
To New Quarter
Wednesday mofnlng as planned,
The Bargain Store, better known as
Ferguson's to the thoi:3Jiids of Ash
land shoppers, opened for business In
their new store. Judyin? i.tm the
throng of customers that swarmed to
and fro and the many compliments
heard, no doubt this store bids fair
to become the most popular store of
Ashland. Coming as they did, just
seven years ago; they opened a small
store 20x60 in the Camps building.
By their low cash prices and selling
c nly dependable merchandise and
courteous treatment of their custom
ers they were soon forced to double
their space, and took the adjoining
room, of the same size. This only
answered their purpose for a few
years more, and their new room, cor
ner of Pioneer avenue and Main
street, 33 by 100, with full cement
basement, is now their new home.
All this In seven of the poorest years
the valley has ever known, when
complaints were frequent in regard
to business conditions 'in general, it
goes to show that honest efforts and
fdir dealing win their favor and pa-
tionage.
Dry goods, hosiery and underwear,
ladies' and gents furnishings are the
lines carried by this firm, and their
siogan, "Every day Is bargain day at
Ferguson's Bargain Store," seems a
winning one.
Bids On Bonds Are
Rejected by Council
Council convened at an adjourned
meeting Tuesday night at which the
principal business before the body
was the action on the bids for Ash
land's $56,600 general obligations
bonds were opened. Three bids were
presented,' out au were rejecieu,
These bids are as follows:
The Lumberman's Trust company
of Portland submitted a bid at par
and 5 per cent, with accrued In
terest to' date of delivery, the city
to allow $500 for furnishing bonds
and legal expenses.
John E. Price & Co. of Seattle bid
par and 5 per cent interest, with
accrued interest to date of delivery,
and asked for an allownace of $1,-
71 for furnishing bonds and legal
expenses. Premium $11.30.
Morris Bros. Inc. of Portland bid
par and 5 pef cent Interest, with
accrued interest to date of delivery,
the city to allow $1,810 for furnlsh
in" bonds and legal expenses. Pre
mium $9.00.
After much discussion on the part
of the councilmen all bids were
turned down.
At an adjourned meeting of the
council Wednesday night it was de
cided to reconsider the rejection of
all bids on the bonds, and the record
er was ordered to ask the bidders to
reflle their offerings.
Former Ashland Lady
Died at North Bend
Mrs. Frances Trask1, a former resi
dent of Ashland, died at her home in
North Bend Saturday, after an ex
tended illness. Besides her husband,
George A. Trask, she Is survived by
four children, a mother, Mrs, Mary
King, three brothers, Rufus, C. A.
and Frank King, and a sister, Mrs.
Frank Nelson, all of Ashland. Two
other sisters, Mrs. C. B. Crlsler of
Klamath Falls and Mrs. Anna McNeil
of Stanfleld, also survive.
Southern Pacific Map
Of State of Oregon
The Southern Pacific Company has
Issued some fine-folders containing
the map of the state of Oregon for
general distribution. Aside from the
map, the folder contains much gen
eral information regarding the state,
with an Index of the cities and their
location. A large number of these
folders have been left by Station
Agent Kramer In the Commercial
Club rooms for the use of the general'
public.
Rev. C. A. Edwards of the Meth
odist church will give his third lec
ture on the great war next Sunday
evening. The topic will be "United
States." Other lectures on "Eng
land" and "France" have been deliv
ered and are attracting much interest
among the citizens of Ashland.
Growing Disorders
Cause Peace Hove Among Huns
With the reported amelioration in
the political unrest in Austria-Hun-pury
and a continuation of silence as
regards the Internal situation In Ger
many, the notable feature in the
world war Is the apparent resump
tion, on a somewhat large scale, of
the military operations on the west
ern front. v
Although for the moment these
oneratlons, viewed from 'the cold
facts as announced by the various of
fices, do not transcend in Importance
tho usual small operations by raiding
and reconr.olterlng parties, reuding
between the lines of the communlca
t'ons, it is not difficult to see that
tne maneuvers now in progress on
various sectors are in the nature of
trying out processes of a marked
character.
From the .North sea to the Swiss
frontier the lessening In the rigors
of winter has permitted the belliger
ents again to send forth their men In
enterprises which seemingly forecast
tiie Intention shortly to resume fight
ing activity more extensively.
For weeks the big guns along tho
entire battle front have been roaring
la intensive duels on numerous sec
tors, but the Infantry has lain idle,
owing to the deep snows and later to
tho morasses which formed as a re
sult of the thaw.
On their extreme right in northern
Belgium the Germans have carried
out an "important raid." They gain
ed a footing in French advanced
trenches east of Nleuport, but later
were ejected. Along nearly all of
Highway Bids Fair
To Be Completed
Work on the new road leading to
the undergrade crossing at the Bil
lings hill north of Ashland is pro
gressing. . In a few days excavation
will begin under the railroad, and
when that Is finished the establish
ment of a grade to intersect with the
highway on the south side will occu
py but little time. Should the favor
able weather hold out It Is thought
tne road will be completed in a very
short time.
Received Tidings
Of Husband Slain
Mrs. Phil Me(z of Los Angeles
cime to Medford, Tuesday to visit
with her cousin Mrs. M. J. Snider,
and just as she was stepping oft the
train was handed a telegram by a
messenger boy which gave her the
startling news that her husband,
whom she bade goodbye Sunday,
was killed In Los Angeles the night
before by a highwayman. The tele
gram gave no detils of the murder.
The murdered man conducted a gen
eral store In the suburbs of Los An
geles, and both he and his wife were
veil known In Medford.
Belleview Chapter
To Sew for Belgians
The Belleview chapter of the Red
Cross has taken up the work of mak
ing clothing for the needy Belgians
and will occupy their time in this
branch of Red Cross work during the
next month or so. The patterns for
these garments have'arrlved and sew
ing will be pushed as rapidly as possi
ble. A room has been secured in the
old normal building for a workroom
of the chapter, for which Fred Homes
has arranged to provide heating fa
cilities while the work is being prose
cuted there.
Shasta Division Gets
New Superintendent
J. W. Fitzgerald of Tuscon, Ariz.,
has been appointed to succeed Mr.
Metcalf. The former has been su
perintendent of the Arizona division
for two years, and prior to that time
Im was assistant superintendent on
the Shasta division for six years.
A laymen's missionary meeting
will be held in the Methodist church
rext Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. A large delegation of Med
ford laymen will be present and the
convention to be held In Medford In
March will be discussed.
In Austria
the front, in Flanders the artilleries
have Increased the volume of their
fire.
To the south, around LenS, Arras
and St. Quentin, the fighting dally Is
growing in strength, while eastward
along the Chemin-des-Dames, past
Verdun and thence to the Swiss bor
der, the French and Germans are
continuously engaged on various sec
tors in artillery fighting and Infantry
activities greatly above the normal,
as compared with the early days of
the war.
On the front in Italy the change
in the high command evidently has
not resulted as yet In any betterment
of the strategic positions of the Aus-fo-Cerman
invading armies. From
the Aslago plateau eastward to the
Plave river and thence southward to
the Adriatic sea the Italians again
have been victorious In numerous
r.Inor operations.
The greater portion of the striking
workmen in Austria are said to have
returned to work, but the situation,
both in Austria and Hungary), Is de
clared still to be acute, owing to the
desire of the people for peace.
In Germany some trepidation is
being evinced by newspapers of pan
German leanings over the situation
in Austria.
The socialist newspaper Vorwaerts
of Berlin again has been suppressed,
this time for announcing the solidar
ity of the German proletariat wth
Austrian labor In the peace struggle,
New Food Rules
In Effect Soon
Down will come the present home
card in the 13,000,000 homes of
America within the next few weeks,
and up will go the brand new pledge
curd with its more stringent rules
end regulations. The electro-plates
for the new cards have left Washing
ton city and as soon as received at
the local food administration office
thi thousands of copies needed for
distribution in Oregon will be struck
off.
Innovations on the new card are
two wheatless days a week hereafter,
which will take place on Mondays
and Wednesdays. The instructions
on the use of wheat are more drastic
than before and urge abstinence from
the use of every form of It, whether
cereal, pastry, macaroni, etc.
Two porkless days are now in
vogue, Tuesday and Saturday, when
absolutely all hog products, even to
lard, sausage, ham, bacon, etc., are
taboo. The first porkless day falls
ou meatless day, but until March 13
all people on the Pacific coast may
eat any meat except pork on these
dxys. The reason for the lifting of
the ban in the northwest is because
traffic congestion has caused a consr
quent accumulation of beef and mut
ton. The restrictions as to sugar are the
same, only every person Is definitely
urged to restrict his sugar consump
tion to three pounds a month.
On the new home card Herbert
hoover urges the people of America
to eat more potatoes and more corn.
Tlio first named article is plentiful
In the west, but the price of corn is
too high to be used extensively. To
avoid paying the high price for corn
n'eal a great many families both in
the east and west are purchasing
hand mills, through which they
grind their corn at home, thus bring
ing the price down to that of wheat
flour. Barley and other grains may
b4 ground at home in the same man
ner and patriotism shown in a prac
tical way.
Two Siskiyou Boys
Died In France
Perry F. Harris and George Heln
ingeri, two Siskiyou county boys, are
reported among the deaths In Gen
eral Pershing's command In France.
Harris was the son of George Harris
of Greenvlew, in Scott valley, and
died January 9 of pneumonia. Hein
inger was the son of Joseph Helnin
ger of McCloud, formerly auditor of
the McClo4d River Lumber Company.
I belonged to the 10th Engineers
Forestry, and his death occurred Jan
uary 8, due to heart trouble
Phone job ordors to the Tidings.
Shrineis Entertain
National Officers
Yesterday was a big day In lodge
circles when Hillah Temple, Mystic
Shrine, entertained a national officer
and many other visiting nobles from
various sections ofi the valley.
Charles E. Ovensh'ire of Minneapolis,
Minn., Imperial potentate, who Is
making a tour of the coast, was the
honor guest, and the members of Hil
lah Temple endeavored to give hiin
a royal welcome.
Mr. Ovonshire arrived in Ashland
on train No. 13 yesterday morning
from Portland!, accompanied by his
vlfe and private secretary, Mr.
Hutchinson, also from Minneapolis.
They were met at the station by a
delegation of the officers and mem
bers of Hillah Temple and were tak-
ei to the Austin notei, wnere luncn
con was served. During the after
noon Mr. and Mrs. George T. Collins
took the guests under their especial
care, and they were conveyed by auto
through the parks, over the Siskiyou
highway and shown other interesting
features for which Ashland Is fam
ous. Later the guests, accompanied
b a large number of the Ashland
local citizens, had dinner In Medford.
The evening was devoted to a
lodge meeting, after which a banquet
was served. Beside the national of
ficers, Shriners from Salem, Gold
Hill, Grants Pass and Medford to the
number of about 75 were In attend
ance. Three Arrested On
Conspiracy Charge
Georgo Hellmuth, a well-known
and promlnont resident of Siskiyou
county, California, and Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Crawford of Montague were
Indicted by tha United States grand
jury in Sacramento, charged with
conspiracy to defeat tho selective
d-aft law. Warrants were served on
them last Friday. Hellmuth put up
$6,000 and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford
$2,000 each, and they were released.
Hellmuth, who is of German descent,
according to tho federal officers, has
been carrying on a German propa
ganda in Siskiyou county. He is
charged with trying to block the Lib
erty Loan and conspiring to defeat
he draft.
Crawford Is charged with having
conspired with Hellmuth to secure
his exemption on a dependency
charge, and his wlfo is charged with
having falsely sworn to exemption
of her husband. Crawford is man
ager of Hollrauth's store at Monta
gue, and his wife is also an employe
In the store The man drew both
the salaries of hlmsolf and his wife
and filed a dependency charge. It
is claimed an agreement was drawn
up whereby Crawford was to receive
the wages of himself and his wlfo
under his own name.
These arrests are the outcome of
an investigation mo.de by Special
Agent Georgo Hartz of tho Depart
ment of Justice, with headquarters
In Sacramento, following - a report
that government activities in the
northern part of California wore be
ing blockod.
Points Named for
Potato Inspection
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22. An order
was Issued by the Oregon public serv
ice commission today designating
Portland, Salem, Albany and Eugene
as potato inspection points for Ore
gon, with the provision that other
points may be designated as neces
sary. It Is held that the four points
named serve adequately at present
the convenience of the public and of
the commission.
Inspections are to be made by the
service commission through its grain
inspection department. Chief Grain
Inspector Porter of the commission
is empowered to appoint deputy In
spectors at the designated points.
Representatives of potato growers
have put before the commission the
need of Inspection of potatoes before
shipments are made for the protec
tion of growers In marketing the
commodity. It is said that growers
have lost In California markets par
ticularly because of poor condition of
potatoes upon arrival there.
Roy Hartley of Stelnman, son of
J E. Hartley, visited at the home of
Vernon Doran on Ashland street
Wednesday. He left this morning for
Portland whore he will enlist in the
cavy.
Important Meeting
Held by Church Men
The Men's Social Service Leagua
held a meeting In the Presbyterian
clinrch Tuesday evening at which a
number of tho progressive church
men of the various congregations
throughout the city met and planned
a vast amount of work for the fut
ure welfare of the community. Sev
eral important committees gave re
ports of projects under advisement
which will be worked up by the)
league during the coming months,
and some important events in church
circles were exhaustively discussed.
Two interesting readings were
given, one by Rev. J. H. Van Fossen,
'The Son Thou Gavest Sle," and the
other "Trail of Boy Travels," by It.
T. Campbell enlivened the meeting
and gave an inspiring touch to the
business before the assembly.
Among the committees who re
ported was that composed by F. J.
Slilnu and G. C. McAllister on the
observance of a national Father and
Son week, which will be held Feb.
U to 17.
O. F. Carson of the Buptlst church
was the chairman of a committee
which is planning a drive to enlist
the adults in Sunday school atten
dance. Along this line the league
planned to luagurate a contest among
the men and boys of the city begin
ning with a "Father and Son dinner",
which will bo held some time in
February,, and continuing to,' three
or four months.
The Laymen's Missionary conven
tion which Is going to be held in
Medford some time In March also
came under dlcusslon, and is an
event In which the men of Ashland
will take an Important part.
A meeting has been announced to
be held In the Methodist church in
his city next Sunday afternoon at
which a number of men from Med
ford will be present and discuss plans
for the convention. This is an all
southern Oregon affair and will be
attended by a number of national
IcaderB who will visit tho coast at
that time.
Reconsider Action
On Sale of Bonds
Mayor Lamkln not being satisfied
with the action of some members of
the council In rejecting the bids for
the purchase of the $56,000 refund
ing bonds at the regular meeting of
the council January 22, called a spec
ial moetlng last night to reconsider
the sale of same and Invited several
of the local bank officials to be pres
ent to discuss the matter of the error
on the part of those who voted
against selling the bonds on the bids
presented.
Mayor Lamkln and Councilmen
Lnmb and Shinn strongly favored
selling the bonds,, but for minor reas
ons Councilmen Root, Banta and
Caldwell stood against the samo at
the mooting when the bids worn
opened, and in the absence of Coun
cilman Nlnlnger they carried the vote
to reject a bid which the other coun
cilmen considered an error.
Council then decided to change, the '
bonds from optional to serial and
ai- ked the bonding houses to wire bids
on serial bonds instead of optional.
On receiving answers a special meet
ing of council was again called at 1
o'clock this afternoon, when tho
!red answers were read. The Lum
bermen's Trust Company made their
bid at, par wit accrued Interest to
date, plus $120 premium. The next
best bid was Morris Bros., who asked
a fee of $450. After discussion tho
question was then put to vote and
the bonds were unanimously awarded
to the Lumbermen's Trust Company.
Mrs. Louis Schwen was among the
Ashland people who went to Medford
Tuesday evening to see Mltzl in
"Pom-Pom." Mrs. Schwoin had a,
former acquaintance with this fam
ous Hungarian actress, having been
entertained at a dinner given by Mrs.
Schweln's cousin In San Francisco
several years ago. She also had some
friends who were former members of
Mitzl's company, and was hopeful of
seeing them In the play In Medford,
but In this she was disappointed.
Ivan O'Donoughup, an Ashland boy
who is In a training school at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, recently passed the.
first half of his course In radio, lit .
which he made 100 per cent. Thl
course was completed In one and one-.
half months. He will take another,
month and a half in electricity, which
mill finish his course.