if AGE TWO ashlaxd tidings Monday, April J, J91H ASHLAND TIDINGS Established 1878 Published erery Monday and Tbnreday by JHX ASHLAND PBLVTLNQ OOMPAM (Uoorpornted) Brl B. Greer-.-.. -.-.. .Editor OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION BATES Dma Year, when paid at expiration 11-60 Du Tear, when paid In advance .00 tlx Month, when paid In advance J (Tire Month, whan paid In advance ..' 76 No subscription for lws than three month, at aspiration urUtu renewal Is received. All subscriptions dropped In ordering changes of the paper always (ire the old street address or ostotflee ss well as the new. ADVERTISING RATES tfeplay Advertising Single Insertion, each Inch ..-... S6c Six months, each inch iOo One year, each inch 17 He Beading Notices 10 cents the line. OaaatOed Column 1 cent the word first insertion, V cent the word each other Insertion. Thirty words or less one month, f 1.00. Cards of Thanks f 1.00. Obituaries I cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies Advertising for fraternal orders or societies charging a regular initia tion fee and dues, no discount. Religions and benevolent orders will be aharged for all advertising when an admission or other charge is made, at the regular rates. When no admission Is charged, space to the amount of fifty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional at regular rates. The Tidings has a greater circulation In Ashland and Its trade territory than all other local papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postoffloe as second-class mall matter. People's Forum Soldiers On Kat Coast. Some Where, 1 Some Place, . Sometime. Dear Mamma and Papa: The cen sor says we can't tell where we are or when, but H'b the east coast, any way. We have had SOME trip and I lave not been at all sick, much to nay surprise. All the fellows who nere sick are all O. K. again. Our trip will soon be over and it will be good to be ashore again. We 'were ashore for a while this afternoon and I saw more negroes than I even saw before. I don't believe I'd like to live where there are so many. We -were down in the negro section. I "saw more boats of various descrip tions than I ever saw before. Things look much more warlike here. We expect to get to the city of my dreams tomorrow. Guess where. I bought a newspaper toda, the first I have seen for a couple of tek8, and it never mentioned any thing west of Kansas. Punk paper; eh? We bought some apples today, big nice looking red ones, at & cents each, but they lacked the good old Oregon flavor. I'm feeling fine but dirty, which won't hurt me, I guess, If I don't stay that way too long. First time I ever considered a bath a luxury! Lovingly, HAROLD. March 17 Arrived Jersey City O. K. New Yorf is some place, although it'; rather misty and we can't see much. Boats - running around like bees. warm nere, sun shining. Hope we get passes soon. Statue of Liberty Is quite SOME ctatue. Woolworth building looks like Mt. Shasta (?). v H. Camp Merritt, N. J., March 18. Here we are at Camp Merritt, set tled for a little time, I guess, thougn they haven't told us anything of the future. Mail not censored here. We arrived In New York harbor yester day morning about 7 o'clock. Passed the Statue of Liberty at 7:30 and docked shortly after 8. There was a heavy mist along the shore so that we pawed the big buildings before we saw them, and It was not until the mist lifted that we could see the city. We docked on the New Jersey side, so the city was some distance away. It Is Impossible to appreciate the size of the place. I was not at all dis appointed In JCew York, and only hope we will be able to get over there. We were on the boat until 5 p. m. and I spent every possible mo ment upon deck rubbering, I expect In true country style. At 5 they unloaded us and we marched through Hoboken to the edge of Jersey City, where we took the train for Camp Merritt. arriving there after dark. All the people we saw In Hoboken were Jews, and It seemed Just like inarching through s foreign city,. I, don't want to ever live In a place like that. Flats, bar ren looking houses, nothing green, no trees, no grass. We did not go through the best of the city, perhaps. but it was not the worst , Dirty! Ouch! After we got on the train we got some of the little "Sheenies" to get us some fruit, and they brought us Yakima valley apples. They are con siderably more expensive than out west. " It is about 17 njlles from Hoboken out here. We marched directly out to the Camp and got settled. Had supper at 10:30 p. m bread, butter, corned beef, pears and coffee. We got up this morning and the wash house has been overrun all morning. I feel like a new man, with all clean clothes on. This Is a blg'camp, with a capac ity of about 30,000 or 40,000. It is not full now, but troops are coming In every day. Another regiment of artillery and several of infantry came In yesterday, besides us. The major ity of ttyese are drafted. There are a good many buildings still under construction and finished buildings in every direction. v It is warm here and the sun Is shining. Some of the fellows are out playing ball, without their coats. We are not allowed to leave camp without passes. We may get 24 hour passes, and If we do wow! Mailed cards and letter from Portsmouth." Did you get them? Will mall this now and write more later. Lovingly, HAROLD. saw were wonderful. At the Hippo drome the performance was vaude ville, but the acts were all blended into' one big show. I think there were 350 people on the Btage at one time. There was everything you could Imagine, just like a three-ring circus. Impossible to see it all at once. At the Winter Garden "Sinbad the Sailor" was playing a musical comedy, with the most gorgeous cos tumes, the best actors, the most elab orate scenery and lighting effects you can Imagine. It took over $20 to cover the trip, but it was worth it. We had a salad at the Strand, composed of bananas, oranges and grape fruit, with a little salad dressing; 75 cents per plate. with a 10-cent war tax. The Winter Garden was $2.75 per seat, the Hippodrome $1, the dinner, seven courses, at the Pekln, $1.25. We got along all O. K. Don't think they would have taken us for coun try guys or wild and woolly western ers. We were "highbrows" (?) for one day, at any rate. Had our shoes shlned on Wall street, one block from the Morgan building. Nerve? And i after that we came back to camp and I spent part of the afternoon shov eling coal. Guess that was coming down! Your letters 1 and 2 were waiting for me when I got back this morning, and, believe me, I was glad to get them. I didn't mail any letters from Pan ama because they wouldn't allow It, and they would reach you sooner from here. We ran onto a sailor down town last night, from the same boat Charles Brady is ori, so we sent him our cards. They are on convoy ves sels. Elwood Hedburg was with Law son and me last night. We did not attempt to look up Professor Vining as our time was so limited. We are fortunate in having lovely weather, the warmest seen In New York in 33 years, in March. Th&re were not so many soldiers In New York as I expected to see. We were about the only ones on Wall street and attracted quite a little at tention. When we say we are from Oregon we are a.seml-curioslty. It was fun when we would ask for "four bits' " worth of anything. One "Hasher" refused to take a $5 gold piece. Bonehead! , I've had an awful time writing this as there is a vaudeville performance going on and they are shaking this bench, so "there's a reason." Love, HAROLD. Canip Merritt, N, J., March 20. Dear .Papa and Mamma: Once again there is so much to tell that I don't know where to start In. Law son (Riley) and I succeeded in get ting 24-hour passes, starting yester day at 10 a. m., so we caught a jit ney to the 130th street ferry. It Is only two blocks to Grant's tomb from there, so we hiked up there and went through it. There we caught a River side Drive bua infi rode on top down Riverside Drive and Fifth avenue to Eighth street. There we walked over to Broadway and went through John Wanamaker's store, then dropped Into a restaurant for lunch. Imme diately after lunch we took a street car, with a lady conductor, down Broadway to Wall street. Walked down Wall street past the Morgan building, Subtreasury building, etc. Back at the corner of Wall street and Broadway we caught a subway back up town" to the theatre district, 46th and Broadway. Took In the matinee at the Hippodrome, and It was some show. After the show we did a little shopping. Got a hair cut a real Fifth avenue "movie actor" hair cut and rubbered. We took din ner at the Pekln Cabaret, overlook ing Times Square, and then went to the Winter Garden and saw Al Jolson n "Sinbad the Sailor." From there we went to fhe Strand Roof Garden and from there to the Hotel Hermit age, Corner4Broadway and 42nd. This morning we got vp at 7, had breakfast, then took the elevated to Battery ' PJace and the aquarium. From there we took the subway back to the ferry, then came on out here. I don't see how It would be possible to gee more of the city In 24 hours, although there Is much of It we .did n't see. We sure took the town In, and If our mouths gaped open you couldn't blame us. The shows we Camp Merritt, March 22. There's a movie going Qn just now at the "Y," but I'm behind with my corresnondence. so wll lnass It un. There 'are six "Y's" and a K. of C.for mlles'-ller father I)lcklng UP ne,J- in response to numerous requests for more California letters. Most every bedy is more or less Interested In our sister state south of the Slski yous, for it Is truly a wonderland. San Diego has waited ten years for the completion of the railroad to the Imperial valley and there Is still ten miles of heavy rock work before the rails meet the sails Before the soldiers came to Camp' Kearney 30,000 of them, with many thou sands of sailors and aviators the "Sandy Egg-ans" were getting pretty hungry, for the population of the city had doubled In anticipation of a rail road which was never completed. The beautiful exposition buildings at tiaiooa parK are being used as barracks for the marines and the grounds for a naval training station Surely no salt water Sammies are more pleasantly located. So far as climate is concerned, Camp Kearney has all the other cantonments pushed off the map. Coronado Beach Is one of the most beautiful places we visited. Before going over on the ferry we strolled around the docks scanning with curi ous, landlubber eyes the big ships at the wharves, some of them manned by swarthy crews of pliatlcal Mexi cans, reminiscent of the bold buc caneers who used to sail the Spanlsn Main. A fishing boat had its hold full of luclous lobsters, while enor mous turtles, some weighing as much as a man, dozed on the slippery deck. A dozen aeroplanes circled over Avia tor's Island, while swift-moving gov ernment boats, armed fore and aft with quick-firing guns, carried sail ors and supplies across the bay. Near the harbor entrance lay the battle ship Oregon, a mighty engine of de struction in gray war paint. A husky soldier-sailor recognized us and smilingly Introduced himself as Claude Saunders, formerly of Ash land, now an aviation mechanic. ow we are at Coronado, gazing at the great hotel with Its many-tur-reted red roof and old-fashioned white walls, one of the world's great hostelries. A sea wall extends north ward to the racing stable3 and golf course, where gouty millionaires and dainty scions of foreign nobility gam bol o'er the greensward. A splendid boulevard encircles the mile-wide Island, which Is covered with beauti ful homes. Adjoining the hotel is Tent City, a beach resort for common people. The "tents" are . composed of hoard floors and palm-thatched i roofs, the canvas walls being re moved during the winter season. Mrs. Kirkpatrick and I motored along tho narrow sand cpit which connects Coronpdo with the main land, while, the Little Lady, shoes and stockings off, waded In the surf TShe Bank ifh tho . Chima, Clock, ! The Third Liberty Loan AS in past Liberty Bond campaigns the facilities and services of the First National Bank are available to both Government and Public in putting over the Third Liberty Loan. Information will be given upon request and sub scriptions received. YOU be the first person In Ashland to get on the "Honor Roll" In the coming drive. ' kTkHrstNatiotiatmttk III"" E V CARTtR. PBI& CM VAUPfl VICE PRCS J W M COY. CASMItR CLARrv BUSfl.ASiT CASK saving are now decorated the same as a hero on the western front. The decoration takes the form of bright red paint on the circular plate which fronts the boiler. At a dis tance that number plate gives the Iron monster' the appearance of a somewhat gory and indignant Cy clops, but the locomotive crews ex plain that their "hogs' really are all swelled up over the idea. Be cheerful. Mental depression checks digestion. Poor digestion wastes food. Wasted food helps the enemy. Cheerfulness Is therefore conservation. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL. hall here. There Is something doing every night, and they are now hold ing a big theatre In one of the Lib erty theatres. It seems fairly certain we will leave here about Sunday, We have been Issued two pairs of trench shoes, a trench hat just like the Scottish Highlanders wear, six pairs of heavy sox, new rifles and several other minor things. We are fully equipped now, I think. Our time has been taken up with Issues and inspections. They have 'stopped Issuing passes to the 65th, so we are'lucky. The music we sent you Is some that Is played at. the different places in New York. One a song sung by Al Jolson, "Over There," Is played by all the bands. As our ship sailed Into Chesepeake bay one of the bands on a big battle ship broke Into that. The harbor Is full of navy ships, one having an ob servation balloon floating over It. Submarine chasers, launches and war ships, too. We have had very little mall; apparently held up some place. Lawson and I went to Englewood, N. J,, this afternoon and had our snoes half soled. Cost us $2. Ouch! Englewood is a nice town, mostly res idences of New Yorkers, I think.' No wonderful mansions, but many fine homes. This country looks old old' trees, houses, etc. Camp Merritt ap pears to have been built on several old farms; several nice houses and several old orchards. There are troops coming and going all the time Infantry, cavalry, artillery, drafted, militia and regulars, part of the mili tia from Massachusetts, Alabama, etc. H. Camp Merritt, March 23. Well, we are all packed and ready to leave. Will cable as soon as I get across, if I have a chance The weather has been grand. We have been so busy and seen so much that everything Is muddled up. We are leaving 34 of our bunch in quaran tine with scarlet fever. One case broke out and that entire floor was put In quarantine. Doctors are very careful. That makes 83 of the bunch we have dropped. There are only six Ashlanders left, In Battery E WInne, Lamkln, Spencer, Delsman, RHey and I. Love, HAROLD. Attractions of San Diego. Editor Tidings: This Is Written hies and shelb along the beach, both supremely content. The next and last letter of this series will treat of churches, apart ment houses and real estate; O. H. BARNHILL. Health is Worth Saving, and Some Ashland People Know How to Save Many Ashland people take their lives in'thelr hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know these or gans need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suf fering and lit health the slightest delay Is dangerous.' Use Doan's Kid ney Pills a remedy that has helped thousands of kidney Bufferers. Here Is an Ashland citizen's, recommenda tion: Mrs. E. F. Wolters. 263 Mountain avenue, says: "I have been taking Doan's Kidney Pills off and on for a long time when I have felt any need of a kidney medicine and they have never failed to give good satisfaction. I am subject to backache at times and my kidneys act Irregularly. Doan's Kidney Pills soon correct this trou ble." Price 60c, at all dealers. 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