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VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918
NUMBER 72
Resolution Adopted
At Annual Council
The following resolution, presented
ty U. L. Upson, Jr., delegate from
Grants Pass, was unanimously adopt
ed ly the annual conference of agri
cultural councils and county agents
held recently at Oregon Agricultural
College, Corvallls:
"Whereas, the farmers of the state
of Oregon are pledged to heartily co
operate with all departments of the
government in carrying out its pro
gram and recommendations in so far
as they relate to the conduct of the
war, and
Whereas, It Is realized that every
dollar needlessly expended Is a dollar
withheld from the use of the govern
ment for war purposes, and
Whereas, over one million dollars
are expended annually in fighting
forest fires In the coast states, a
large proportion of which fires are
the result of incendiarism:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that
we, the agricultural councils of the
state of Oregon, in convention assem
bled at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, Corvallis, this 4th day of Janu
ary, 1918, do most earnestly urge
upon all loyal citizens of the state
the subordination and renunciation of
any opinions held by such citizens,
relative to proper methods of fire
protection which are in conflict with
the policies now promulgated by the
government In the protection and
conservation of Its forest resources;
and
Ee It further resolved, that we
urge upon all county agents and
members of agricultural councils to
extend all the Influence they may
possess to foster the action hereby
taken.
Commenting on this resolution,
District Forester George H. Cecil
says there Is already a fine spirit of
co-operation for protection from for
est fires on the part of the state for
ester's offiqe and the forest service.
The carrying out of this resolution
should bring about closer co-operation
by individual farmers living in
or near the forests In fire prevention
work, and Is an advance step toward
complete protection of Oregon's tlm-
ierland from fire.
Clamors for Peace
Made In Germany
' Peace advocates are again insistent
In the central empires, hard upon the
German chancellor's new declaration
of Germany's warlike purposes. A
report Is current that the Bolshevikl
have decided to continue the Brest
Litovsk peace negotiations, and an
other, quite unverified, that Austria
Is prepared to make a separate peace
with Russia.
In Germany, Philip Scheidmann,
the socialist leader, in his remarks
following Chancellor von Hertling's
speech, pleaded for peace before
spring.
Regarding Russia, Scheidemann Is
sued a warning that the military lead
ers of the imperial government would
be deposed if they did not bring about
peace with her.
lie insisted that there was ground
for a general peace on the basis of
the program laid down by President
."Wilson, on 11 points of, which an
agreement was easily possible. He
was as uncompromising as Chancel
lor von Hertling, however, as regards
'Alsace-Lorraine, declaring this terri
tory must remain German.
Scheldemann's words comprise per
haps the most radical utterance that
has yet come from the majority of
moderate socialists In the reichstag.
Foreign press comments on the
speech of Chancellor" von Hertling,
however, points out that there Is yet
so sign of acknowledgment on the
part of the German government of
any responsibility to parliament and
that to all appearances the military
party is still in full control.
The Bolshevikl report an organiza
tion of Cossacks from the front Into
a congress which has declared war on
General Kaledlnes, driven him and
his staff from their headquarters,
and announces Its purpose of hunting
fclm down.
In the military situation there
have been no developments of note.
'Artillery duels at Isolated 'points, oc
casionally raids and plentiful air
plane reconnolterlng are reported.'
Charles Lamkln, son of Mayor C. B.
land Mrs. Lamkin, is spending a four
days' furlough In Ashland. He ex
pects to leave shortly with his battery
for France.
Neglect to Report
Is Serious Matter
Portland, Ore., Jan. 28. Neglect
by any draft registrant who has been
granted deferred classification to re
port to his local board within five
days any fact that might change or
affect his classification will be a very
serlouB matter, indeed, for that draft
i
registrant. '
The penalty for such forgetfulness
Is up to one year in Jail. Government
appeal agents and the police have
been Instructed to watch very closely
the status of all registrants In de
ferred classes.
As an example, suppose a draft reg
istrant, who otherwise would be In
Class 1, to have been granted de
ferred classification by reason of his
employment In a shipyard.
His deferred classification holds
good only for the time he is actually
go employed.
If he quits work In that shipyard
for any reason whatsover, he must
report the fact, within five days of
his quitting, to the local board.
If he doesn't report It, the change
In his status Is certain to become
known sooner or later. He will be
arrested, prosecuted and probably
sent to jail. j
Making a false report Is punishable
as severely as neglecting (o make any
report.
The rule cited does not apply only
to men employed in shipyards. It
applies equally to any draft regis
trant In a deferred classification
whose status has been changed.
Church Laymen
Wet In This City
A good-sized assemblage gathered
at the Methodist church yesterday af
ternoon at the Laymen's Evangelistic
Missionary Movement meeting which
was called for 2:30 o'clock. A num
ber-of churchmen from Medford and
Central Point were here, and various
plans for increasing interest in this
movement were discussed. Members
were solicited at the meeting, and a
number-Joinetr-the'mtjvement. This
organization was started in Medford
several weeks ago among the mem
bers of fte various churches there,
and a widespread Invitation was
given to all the men in the Rogue
River valley to enlist in the move
ment. It bears to the churches a
corresponding relationship that a
commercial club bears to the business
of a community, and Its purpose -is to
enlist the services of men who will
take a deeper interest and a more ac
tive part In the practical as well as
the spiritual work of the church.
At this meeting plans we're also
discussed for the convention which
will be held in Medford three days in
March.
Grants Pass Men .
Joined Knitters
Grants Pa33 men are not allowing
the women to do all the Red Cross
knitting. Several men have already
turned in some very creditable work.
Among these are two sweaters knit
by Alan Wl3e, a farmer, the last one
being started and finished entirely
without help. Other knitters are
Philip Helmer, a merchant, who has
made one sweater; T. M. Renshaw,
two pairs of cocks, and II C. Lawton,
rural mail carrier, who is now work
In? on socks.
Farmers Convene
At Neil Creek
s A get-together meeting of the farm
ers and stock-raisers of Neil Creek
and Belleview districts was held last
Friday evening at the Nell Creek
school house, which was largely at
tended by the people of that commun
ity, who have become impressed with
the idea of the necessity of farmers
working in unity for the good of their
community. A large company assem
bled at this Initial meeting, at which
F. C. Homes was the presiding of
ficer. County Pathologist C. C. Cate
was present and addressed the assem
blage, and A. C. Joy, one of the repre
sentative farmers of the Belleview
district, also gave an address. Other
meetings will be held from time to
time, the next one to be held. In the
Belleview. school house In the near
future. .. .
Milton Box factory here Bearing
completion , . .. r .
Ration On Ration
President Issues War Measure
The-American people will go on a
war-bread diet today as a part of a
war-rationing system prescribed Sat
urday night by President Wilson and
the food administration. "Victory
bread," the food admnistratlon calls
it.
The reduced rations are asked for
the purpose of creating a larger ex
port surplus of food for -the allies.
Curtailment of consumption will be
accomplished largely by voluntary
effort, but force will be employed
whSrever permitted under the food
control act.
The rationing system, as presented
by the president in a proclamation
and by Food Administrator Hoover
in a list of regulations, forms the food
administration's 1918 food conserva
tion program, of which the chief fea
tures are:
A baker's bread of mixed flours,
beginning Monday, with a 5 per cent
substitution of other cereals
tor
wheat until a 20 per cent substitu
tion is reached, February 24.
Sale by retailers to householders
of an equal amount of substitute ; lean people to sacrifice. In the last
flours for every pound of wheat flour ! analysis the success or failure of any
purchased at the time the wheat flour ! such plan as outlined rests with the
is bought. .people. We have but one police force
Sale by millers to wholesalers and' the American woman -and we de-
wholesalers to retailers of only 70
per cent of the amount of wheat flour
sold last year.
Two wheatless days a week Mon
day and Wednesday and one wheat
less meal a day.
One meatless day a week Tues
day and one meatless meal a day.
Two porkless days a week Tues
day and Saturday.
Manufacturers of macaroni, spa
ghetti, noodles, crackers and break
fast foods, pie', cake and pastry will
be permitted to buy only 70 per cent
of their last year's purchases, and are
asked to perform a patriotic service
by using substitute flours.
Flour will be sold through the reg
ular channels and in such a manner
that each community will receive its
equivalent share.
The food administration will pur
chase for the army and for the allies,
as announced recently, 30 per cent
of the flour output, and out of this
store will fill emergency require
ments if stocks run low In any part
of the country.
Wheat millers are required to pro
duce one barrel of flour of 196
pounds from 264 pounds of wheat,
which represents a 74 per cent flour.
Y. W. C. A. Drive
Started
Today
The war work of the Y. W. C. A.
drive is organized and commenced
this morning. The work was ex
plained Sunday in the sermons from
the various pulpits, and the women's
clubs are all giving valuable assist
ance. It is hoped that the money
will soon be raised, as Ashland's pro
portion Is only 500. This will not
necessitate a large contribution from
ary one person, if all respond to the
call.
Mrs. E. C. Gard is chairman of the
drive and has appointed the follow
ing captains, who will visit every one
some time during the week: Mrs.
W. L. Mellinger, Mrs. C. II. Gillette,
Mrs. H. H. Mllllcan, Miss Josephine
Saunders; Mrs. A. W. Boslough, Mrs.
F. H. Walker, Mrs. George E. Car
penter, Mrs. Jud Z. Miller of Ash
land; Mrs. A. S. Furry of Phoenix:
Mrs. Crawford of Talent; Mrs. F. E.
Homes of Belleview; Miss Crosslin of
Neil Creek.
The necessity of hostess' houses at
the encampments and the protection
of young girls at all the Industrial
centers is as necessary as any other
part of war work. The misunder
standing of the proposition delayed
the drive one week.
Class 1 Registrants
Called Before Board
A call was issued Friday by the
county registration board for all reg
istrants in Class I to appear this week
for physical examination. The board
wishes it understood that this Is not
a draft call and has nothing to do
with the draft call. The government
merely wishes to know how many
able-ibodied men are in Class I in the
district. The board will hold the ex
aminations at the federal building in
Medford. ' There are approximately
600 registrants in Class I in Jackson
county.
Basis Today;
No patent or' special flours may be
manufactured, although whole wheat
flour may be made as usual.
Hotels and restaurants will be
classeel as bakeries and will be re
quired to serve the new victory bread.
State food administrators will be
permitted to designate the wheatlcss
meal In each state. Where this is
not done, the food administration
requests that the evening meal be ob
served as wheatless.
The president's proclamation, be
sides calling on the public for a fur
ther reduction In consumption, makes
a renewed appeal to the housewife to
slop the waste of food. It asks gen
eral observance of the food adminis
tration's regulations and calls on the
people in addition to hold down their
consumption of sugar.
There Is no forcible limitation of
purchases by householders, and in
this connection the food administra
itlon Rays:
"The effectiveness of these rules
Is dependent solely upon the good
will and the willingness of the Amer-
pend upon her to see that these rules
are observed."
Of the nearly 20,000,000 house
holders in the United States, about
13,000,000 have signed the food ad
ministration's nledge to follow its
food conservation directions, and
food administration officials believe
that the regulations will be generally
observed.
Mr. Hoover estimates that observ
ance of the regulations will save
about 15,000,000 bushels of wheat a
month for shipment abroad. This
will enable the allies to subsist, al
though their rations will be short.
All of the allies, and the central
powers as well, are on war-bread diet
r.o'w. Most of the allies are mixing
about 40 per cent of cornmeal and
other substitutes with wheat flour in
all b.tai baked, and all of Europe is
milling a large amount of the whole
wheat grain.
Both France and England have re
cently cut down the bread ration by
almost half.
"If the voluntary rationing system
fails in this country, it then," Mr.
Hoover said, "is up to congress. We
have no powers under the law to
compel people to eat less."
Proud to Belong To
Officer's Command
A company of soldiers belonging to
the medical corps from Fort Lawton,
Seattle, Wash., were on train No. 53
Friday evening, e'n route to Camp
Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal. The con
tingent numbered 25 pharmacists
and nurses, and was one of the finest
lot of young men that has passed
through Ashland. Their splendid
physical condition and good training
were due to their officer, Captain
Truax, former mayor of Grants Puss,
the men declared in a cenveroatlon at
the station. "Captain Truax is one
of the grandest officers a man could
serve under," one remarked, "and we
ore proud to belong to his command.
We gave him a hearty three cheers
when we left him." These boys ex
pect to take several weeks' training
In the southern camp, after, which
they will be sent to France.
Lawyer to Lecture
In Baptist Church
At the First Baptist church on
Tuesday Frederick W Peabody, a
lawyer of twenty years' practice In
Boston, will give his famous lecture,
"The Case Against Christian Sci
ence. Mr. Peabody conducted two
important law suits against Mrs,
Eddy, one of them as attorney for
her son and her adopted son, and
says that his lecture contains nothing
but the sworn testimony of witnesses
examined by him and Mrs. Eddy's ac
knowledged utterances and her court
records.
The lecture has recently been giv
en twenty-nine times in California
and very large crowds have attended
Its delivery.
There" is no charge for admission
to Tuesday's lecture, but a voluntary
offering will be taken.
The Dalles Ranch On Fifteen Mile
creek sold for $28,640.
Local People Care
For Frencb Babies
Twenty-six French children have
been adopted by people in the Rogue
River valley in the past few weeks.
Ten of these were pledges mde for
two years and sixteen were one-year
pledges. Several of those who became
ged-fathers to little French children
were American children. Many sacri
fices have been made by children in
order to send contributions to help
the more unfortunate' brothers and
sisters in France.
During the past year many thou
sands of fatherless children have
been provided with the necessities of
life by Americans. These have been
amply repaid by the letters which
come once, a quarter from France
bearing thanks and messages of love
and good cheer. Marshal Joffre, wh
has unfailingly refused to accept any
office, has made a single exception ol
the "Fatherless Children of France1
and Is the president of the league.
The society of ihe "Fatherless
Children of France" is to provide for
tne little children who have been de
prived of the support of their fathers
who have lost their lives in the
trenches, and whose mothers have
ueen draiteu into service in some
form. Ten cents a day will bring to
some war-despoiled child these neces
sltles of life which will insure him or
her the chance to grow Into a strong
and healthy citizen of the French re
public.
Men Wanted In
The U. S. Guards
According to Sergeant Weston of
the army recruiting office stationed
at Medford, men are accepted for the
United States guard service between
ages of 31 and 40. The war depart
ment wants to enlist 1,400 men in
this branch of service for duty in the
Oregon district. So far as is possible
the men enlisting in the guards are
given duty near their homes and can
not be sent out of the country.
Ashland Defeated
By Roseburg Team
Roseburg defeated Ashland last
Saturday night by a score of 37 to
21, The game was hard fought
throughout, but the superior team
vrrk of the visitors and the Inability
of the home boys to "shoot" accounts
for the high resultant score In Rose
hurg's favor.
. Roseburg has three of last year's
team back and has specialized all
year In basketball alone, while Ash
1 ami's team was at a disadvantage on
account of McWililams' bum knee
and the bad colds Fraser and Clary
were suffering from.
Seeling of Junior high and Black
of Roseburg refereed the first and
second halves respectively. Peter
Spencer of Talent was scorekeeper
and S. T. Hollowell timekeeper.
Ashland plays Phoenix next Friday
night at the high school gym. This
In the third of a series of games with
Phoenix and gives promise of being a
Ihely one.
All-Day Meeting
At Talent Church
The Christian church at Talent
held an all-day meeting Sunday which
was well attended by the followers of
that faith there. Among t lie clergy
men present who addressed the vari
ous sessions of the meeting were Rev.
F. B. Huffman, pastor of the Chris
tian church of Medford, and Rev G.
C. O. Humbert of Eugene, Rev. W. L.
Mellinger, pastor of the Ashland
Christian church, has had the chdrch
at Talent under his charge and
preaches there every Sunday evening
before filling his home pulpit. A din
ner at noon was one of the features
of yesterday's meeting.
U. S. Department
Of Weather Bureau
Forecast for ,the week beginning
January 27, 1918. Pacific coast
states; Fair oyer southern and fre
quent rains over northern districts;
somewhat warmer in the interior af
ter Monday.;
North Bend may buy an electric
pump.
Students Invest
In Thrift Stamps
Several weeks ago the principals
of the Junior High and Hawthorne
sehools issued an appeal to the stu
dents to buy thrift stamps in order
to do their bit towards helping win
the war. The question of patriotism
and sacrifice was enlarged upon.. In
stead of investing every penny and
nickel that falls Into childish hands
in something of no great benefit or
pleasure to the owner, the Important
matter of saving until a quarter has
uen accumulated and Invest that in
a thrift stamp was enlarged upon by
the teachers In the various grades.
The children responded to the appeal
with a promptness and enthusiasm
which augur well for the future citi
zens of the United States.
All Borts of methods were resorted
to to collect money and save It to in
vest in thrift stamps. Even the little
lots. In the primary grades heroically
passed the tempting displays In the
candy shops and clung to their pen
nies until 25 cents had been saved
end was passed over to the safe-keeping
of teacher's hands. Others earned
the coveted "two-bit" pieces by stren
uous labors of their hands or mind,
prd were well awarded for their sac
ritlces when presented with the little
fcreen stamp which proclaimed each
one a real bolder of a "baby bond.",
Friday afternoon Miss Gertrude
Engle, principal of the Junior High
school, Invested the accumulation of
the various rooms in that building
and presented the children with their
cards and stamps to the amounts
each had given in. As one of the
Four-Minute speakers recently re
marked in an appeal to the children,
"Every time you lick a stamp you
help lick the kaiser," and the gusto
villi which the stamps were fastened
on the certificates proclaimed the sat
isfaction of Young America In doing
his "best licks" for his country.
The amounts Invested by the pu
p'ls of this school reach the sum of
5 1,531.38. Of this $4,000 was Invest
ed In Liberty bonds and $531.38 in
thrift stamps. The latter was prin
cipally the accumulation of dimes,,
nickels and pennies of the children,
who took this means of helping the
government In the stupendous task
before It.
The students of the Hawthorne
school has Invested the following:
Liberty bonds, $1,200; War Savings
Stamps, $95; Thrift Stamps, $154. 50
Bootlegging Raid
Caught Offenders
Rankin Estes, Carl Reed and J. D.
Buckley were arrested Thursday
night on the charge of bootlegging.
Estes and Reed are old transgressors
and each has a suspended Jail sen
tence hanging over him.1 Friday
County Prosecutor Roberts caused a
charge of illegally selling liquor to
be placed against Estes, and two
charges against Reed that of pos
sessing liquor and of rocelvlng It, and
a charge of vagrancy against Buck
ley. When arraigned before Police
Judge Taylor of Medford each of the
prisoners pleaded not guilty.
The authorities had been keeping
a watch on Reed's house in Medford
for some time in hopes of catching
him and Estes in the act of Illegally
trafficking in booze. The night on
which the arrest was made the of
ficers were In hiding near the Reed
house when Estes was seen to ap
proach It. Estes and Reed were seen
to confer on the porch, and It Is
Claimed that Estes was seen to hand
over a quart bottle of whiskey to
Reed. At this juncture the officers
closed In quickly, and secured the
men.
Last August Estes was captured on
hln way home from Hornbrook with
a large quantity of liquor in his anto.
He was found guilty and fined $500
and sentenced to six months In jail. '
After he had served two months the
remainder of his sentence was sus
pended. Reed Is also an old offender.
Last March he was arrested for boot
legging and was entenced to ninety
days in jail. His sentence was sus
pended after he had served two
months. Both men had been suspect
ed of being guilty of bootlegging
again for some time.
Mrs. Ada Sheffield of Spokane,
Wash., a former resident of Ashland,
visited a few days with old friends .
here, en route for San Diego, ;where
she is to spend a season with friends.
Frank Jordan, went to Klamath
Falls this morning on a business trip.
Ht expects to be gone several days.