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ASHLAKD TIDINGS
Thursday, Febrnarjr 28, 1018
High School Notes
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(By Dave Whittle.)
Last Thursday afternoon school
-was dismissed at 3:30 and a big ser
pentine was formed and paraded
through town advertising the game
with Medford for Thursday night.
John Hodgson and Jack Br.ady were
dressed in basketball uniform and
led Ashland's goat. The freshmen
were all roped together at the end
of the line, all joining in fine spirit
and thereby proving themselves true
sports. It was a serpentine "like we
used to have 'em.'1
Thursday morning of last week
Professor Moore broke routine and
spoke from the freshman side of the
assembly. His talk was made in such
a. way that the little annoyances he
wished to correct have stopped en
tirely and no ill feeling was felt by
anyone. t
Last Friday the thrift campaign
was given another boost. The First
National Bank has offered prizes of
$2 and $1 to the different classes for
the best composition of one thousand
words on the subject of "Thrift." A
prize of a $3 war savings certificate
will be given to the school that pro
duces the best composition in addi
tion to the other prizes to the classes.
Junior high Is working hard and the
race promises to be a close one de
spite the higher standing of the stu
dents of the Senior high.
church and at different times has
talked before Roseburg audiences on
religious topics In a most Interesting
manner. (
China Sam landed at Eureka, Cal.,
when he was 17 years of age. From
there ha went to Crescent City, Cal.,
later coming to Jacksonville, the fam
ous placer mining town d southern
Oregon. Here he cooked for Araeri
can families and worked In the mines
and has a vivid remembrance of all
of the old pioneers of that part of the
state. Sam mined on the Applegate,
at the Dry Diggin's near Grants Pass
and later came to the Cow Creek can
yon, where he was a member of the
Chinese crew which Danned and
sluiced the bed of that stream for
a long distance and took therefrom
thousands of dollars of shining, vir
gin gold.
While living! near Jacksonville,
Sara worked at the home of Mrs.
Clara Blrdseye, mother of Mrs. Wil
liam Colvig. Mrs. Blrdseye taught
Sam to speak and read English and
Sam to this day holds her memory
In great reverence. "I think great
deal of her," says he, "but she has
passed away a long time now." Sam
names the Bybees, Colvigs, Bealls,
Merriraanns, Deans, Owens, Plymales
and other pioneer families of south
ern Oregon as among those who were
his friends and acquaintances.
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SKIRTS and CORSET COVERS
The skirts will measure up to your ideas of quality
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Who Steals My Purse
Steals Trash
The man who can truly say this is to
he envied. YOU can say It, and with
TRUTH, if you
GKT THE BANKING HABIT.
"When your money Is in the Bank it
is SAFE safe from the sneak thief,
from the con man, from the bum
SAFE. Then it's so handy for YOU
to reach it when you want it. Let
the thief have the purse if he wants.
Keep your MONEY in the Bank.
State Bank of Ashland
Olin Conwell attended a dance at
Hilt Saturday night of last week.
Misses Dorothy Jones, Edith Cole
and Alice Poor were arrayed In col
onial costume and served punch at
the Red Cross dance at the Elks Tem
ple Friday evening.
The students were called together
..in the assembly at S:S0 laBt Friday,
Washington's birthday, and a pro
gram was given by the seniors.
Those who participated were: Helen
Van Dyke, who recited a poem by
Henry Van Dyke; Rosa Banks, who
told of the work of the Red Cross in
time of war; David Sweet, who spoke
of the character of Washington In an
apt comparison with that of Wilson;
Donald Fraser won much applause by
his recitation of a war poem; Miss
King gave a vivid picture of the
meaning of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. The Star Sanglcd Banner
was played on the victrola by Miss
McCormlck.
Preliminary work on the senior
play has commenced, the general con
census of opinion being to have it
early In the spring as possible.
School was suspended long enough
to allow all the students to meet the
train carrying the Ashland boys south
Wednesday.
Chester MacCracken was severely
bruised and shaken up last Friday
when he attempted to jump from a
moving automobile. A cut near the
left eye has necessitated his having
to miss sclin'ol since, but the last re
port was that he was "coming around
all right."
Eighteen or twenty display cards
are being exhibited In the hall as a
holp to the students on the composi
tions they are to write on the thrift
subject. They are humorous car
toons representing extravagance,
waste, etc.. but on the whole give
some splendU suggestions that are all
tco true.
Coos County Man
Justice of Hawai;
CHINA SAM WAS
oitixiON pioxi;i:k
"Jesus Christ and the Stars and
Stripes, the two best things in the
world."
This is the unqualified statement
of China Sam, for 50 years a resident
of Roseburg, well known, respected
tand esteemed as a friend by many of
the most prominent people of the
city and county, says the Roseburg
Review.
China Sam was born In Canton,
China, and Is 81 years of age. His
grandfather and his father were
preachers of Confucianism, the an
cient Chinese religion based on an
cestor worship, yet including many
of the principles of morality and the
cardinal virtues. Instead of having
the "law and prophets" as a "school
master" preceding the gospel of
Jesus, China Sam had several gener
ations of Confucianism. When Sam
heard the Christian gospel preached
ty a missionary he discarded the re
ligion of his fathers and Incorporated
Into his life the faith in the living
kd. He Is a member of the M. E.
Monday's edition of the Portland
Journal contains a picture of James
L. Coke, recently appointed chief
justice of the Hawaiian Islands. The
news of this recent appointment is
of great interest to the people of this
community, where he has visited sev
eral times. Justice Coke was reared
In Coos county, and his brother, John
3. Coke of Marshfleld, is now circuit
Judge of Coos county. Before he was
elevated to his present position, Jus
tlce Coke was associate justice of
Hawaii. Last summer Justice Coke
camped at Lake of the Woods for
several weeks with a party of Ash
land people.
U. S. May Direct
Mills of the West
Portland, Feb. 27. Beginning
March 1. the loeeine ram nnri lum
ber mills of Washington and Oregon
win go on a basic eight-hour day, by
an order of the government, which Is
taken to indicate a move for ultimate
control of the Industry in these
by the government, because of the
announcement from Washington late
today that It would assume control
of the spruce production.
Weekly Report
Of Stock Market
Tuesday's market opened with
very light receipts in all lines, the
strength of Monday's market contin
uing. Steers of best classes are sell
ing fully steady wtih last week's
sales. Cow stuff, however, is a little
slow and In some Instances is lower,
especially for medium and poorer
classes. There has' been quite a
sprinkling of very good stuff on the
market with a preponderance of
mediocre stuff. The calf market is
strong too strong, In fact, for pro
ducers who ship their calves dressed.
The hog market Is very good, fully
25 cents to 35 cents above last
week's market. Hogs sold as high
as $17 to $17.10 for strictly prime
offering. The market is ruling
strong.
officer arrested
AS AMEN ENEMY
Thomas Ilelmuth Ritter, former
sergeant-major In the office of the
division adjutant at Camp Lewis, ar
rested last December, following the
disappearance of valuable papers
from the office of the division adju
tant, was discharged from the United
States army Wednesday, and immedi
ately arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal John T. Secilst, on a
presidential warrant as an enemy
alien and taken to the Pierce county
jail at Tacoma. He will be taken to
an internment camp, it was said.
Ritter has been confined In the
361st Infantry guardhouse olnce his
arrest, and according to his own
statement, made In January, when
the fact of his arrest was revealed,
served three years in a German artil
lery organization in German East
Africa. He was known to have been
on friendly terms with the German
consul while serving with the United
States army In the Philippines, and
had a personal acquaintance with the
members of the staff of Franz Bopp,
lormer German consul In San Fran
cisco. Military authorities tried to con
nect Ritter with the dynamiting of
60c to $1.50
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CHEMISE
In Many Smart Styles
We take pride in offer
ing you such daintily
made garments as these
are. They have been
tastefully trimmed with
laces and embroideries,
and the prices are rea
sonable as you will note.
$1.19 fo $2.50
CORSETS
New Gossard Corsets for spring are here. The
corset is the first consideration. Be correctly fitted
to one before you buy your 6pring garments.
Prices $2.25 fo $8.50
THE FIRST SHOWING NEW GARMENTS
Suits
$19.50 to $40.00
That's not so bad a raDge of
prices considering the price of
cloths. There is a big raDge of
styles.
Dresses
Betty Wales and Virginia Dare
dresses in silk and serges and
combinations of silk and serge.
COATS
$15.00 to $37.50
A surprisingly clever lot" of
popular priced coats. You will
surely find many you like if you
look soon.
New Sweaters
and Yarns
Wonderfully attractive are
the new spring sweaters. Many
Shetland, fibre silk and worsted
sweaters in the spring 6hadiDgs
are now on sale.
Yarns
Knitting Worsteds
$1.15 and $1.25
We have received several
shipments of khaki and gray
knitting worsted, everyone a
first class quality'. Some infer
ior yarns have been put out.
Put these to the test, $1.15 and
$1.25.
New "FITRITE" Silk Petticoats for
March Are Now On Sale
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WHITE FABRICS
For Spring
Bridal muslins, cambrics, nainsooks,
Longcloths, tubings and sheetings, A com
plete line of the various qualities in stock.
Voiles for dresses promise to be a3 pop
ular as ever. The range is from 35c to 75c
in plain and fancy voiles.
Beach cloth, gaberdines, middy cloths,
poplins and fancy skirtings are here in
quantities that insure early buyers a very
moderate price.
Largest Stock of Renfrew Devonshire
Cloth Is To Be Fotmd Here
a troop train near Minneapolis, and
his case was referred to Washington
for final disposition, the order for his
internment being the result.
Ritter flatly denied every accusa
tion concerning his army career and
talked freely about himself. He told
correspondents of being tried for de
sertion while on the Mexican border
and of- hi3 final conviction on a
charge of being absent without leave.
!e served with the Hth infantry and
after leaving the border was sta
tioned at Vancouver barracks and
at Fort Lawton, Seattle, before com-
ng to Camp Lewis.
Ritter spent most of his time while
niprisoncd at Tacoma In reading and
studying.
At the time of his arrest Ritter
was regimental sergeant-major, the
highest non-commissioned rank in
the army. When he left the guard-
louse he still wore his uniform, ex
cept for the army overcoat and the
blue hat cord of the infantry,.
Pro-German Not
Allowed to Lecture
Pastor V. A. Baker of the Interna
tional Bible Students' Association of
Brooklyn was refused to be allowed
to make an address In Grants Pass
iwhich had been previously announced.
According to the Courier, a copy of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger dated
February 17, which had iiiRt been re
ceived at Grants Pass, contained an
Item referring to the arrest of mem
bers of the International Bible Stu
dents' Association in Toronto on the
charge of distributing copies of a pro
moted publication. This Item was
brought before leaders of the Council
of Defense late Saturday nleht and a
meeting was called Sunday nornlng,
to fully discuss the matter. It was
decided to propound to the lecturer
four questions, to be answered by
"yes" or "no," the questions being
substantially as follows:
"Are you a member of the Red
Cross?
"Are you a subscriber to the Lib
erty loan?
"Have you purchased thrift stamps
or savings certificates?
"Are you whole-heartedly and uil
reservedly backing the government's
war program?"
Mayor Demaray, Sheriff Lewis and
Manager Truax of the opera house
were delegated to wait upon the lee-
turer and invited him to the meet
ing. He was promptly told to answer
the questions by yes or no without
debate. To each the reply was "No,"
and to the last question he attempted
to offer debate but was told no de
bate would be tolerated. lie was then
asked to leave the room. A vote was
taken which was unanimous against
the holding of any meeting, and the
man was so notified.
The news item from the Philadel
phia Ledger reads as follows:
"Toronto, Feb. 16. W. C. Doug
las, a printer, and Aaron Secord, eld
ers of the International Bible Stu
dents' Association, were arrested
here today, charged with deceiving
and distributing copies of theJFin
ished Work,' a prohibited publication,
which Implies that the Germans are a
scourge sent by God and a weapon in
God's hands. The arrest followed a
raid upon the office of the associa
tion. Bundles of books and literature
were seized."
Family Has Four
Sons In the War
Germans are said to be wearing
clothes made of paper. The kaiser,
should be able to furnish them some
raw material 11! they can utilize
"scraps."
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Hill of Derby
were In Ashland last evening to greet
Mrs. Hill's son, Irwin Koenig, who
passed through on one of the troop
trains of the 63th artillery. Mr. and
Mrs. Hill possibly have done more
for their country than any one family
in Jackson county, having four sons
In the United States service. These
are Dewey Hill, who enlisted with the
7th company, 0. C. A., from Medford
and is stationed at Fort Stevens; Reu
ben Hill, at Camp Lewis, both sons
of Mr. Hill; Irwin Koenig, with the
6 5 th regiment, and Herbert Koenig,
in the navy hospital corps, probably
locat'ed somewhere In the war zone.
These last two are Mrs. Hill's sons
by a former marriage. Mr. and Mrs.
Hill are very proud of the patriotism
of their children.
I time of war, and to hammer home
the patriotic necessity of investing
j savings in tho war fund through the
medium of thrift Btamps and war
savings stamps.
Once the objects of the campaign
are understood, it is tho belief that
the thrift stamp movement will gath
er momentum of Its own accord and
pile up more than Oregon's $17,000,
000 quota of the national $2,000,
000,000 goal for the year.
County chairmen present explained
some of the difficulties attendant
upon a house-to-house canvass in the
outlying rural districts at this time
of the year. All reported county or
ganizations of strong men and true,
however, and pledged themselves to
I leave no stone unturned to go over
j the top with their part of the program.
STORIES SHOULD HE
GIVEN' XO CREDENCE
THRIFT CANVASS
TO HE TAKEN' NEXT
Portland, Ore., Feb. 28 At a
meeting of the state executive com
mittee and county chairmen of the
Oregon War Savings Stamps organ
ization, plans were outlined for a
state-wide, house-to-house thrift can
vass to be made during the week of
March 19 to 23 Inclusive. The can
vass will be in no sense a drive for
money. Volunteer workers were a
unit in their conviction that In keep
ing with the purposes of the thrift
campaign as outlined by the federal
war savings committee, the house-to-house
visit should be In the nature
of an educational undertaking. The
object of the canvass will be to ex
plain to every householder the vir
tues of thrift, particularly In this
Stories of broken glass having been
found in yarn and gauz3 have come
to us occasionally. In one Instance
upon Investigation it was found that
one of the women had unknowingly
broken the crystal of her wrist watch
while making surgical dressings.
Recently another chapter reported
finding broken glass in a case of
yarn. A survey of the packing box
developed the fact that it was mark
ed "lamp chimneys." The chapter
decided to use 90 per cent common
sense and gave out the yarn, decid
ing that the box had. not been thor
oughly cleaned before shipment was
made.
A little investigation of this kind
will often save a lot of useless
worry.
Old papers for sale at Tidings office.