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"Ashland Grows While Uthfa Flows'
. City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLII
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1918
NUMBER 92
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Ashland Is Asked to Subscribe
$103,000 to Third Liberty Loan
Our government is asking the peo -
pic Of the United States to subscribe
not less than. $3,000,000,000 to the
Third Liberty Loan. These bonds
will draw Interest at the rate of 4 V
per cent per annum, interest payable
semi-annually. , Jackson county is
asked to subscribe not less than
$388,000, and Ashland and vicinity
will be called upon to subscribe not
less than $103,200.
This community has made an ex
cellent record in subscribing to both
former bond issues and has, as well,
"gone over the top" In Its subscrip
tions to Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Y. W.
C. A., Armenian relief ,etc. Solicitors
will appeal to all to subscribe liber
ally and cheerfully to this new call
ol our government.
Every man and woman In this city
should respond with a subscription
proportionate to bis or her means
and there should not be a single re
fusal to subscribe to at least one $00
bond. The initial payment asked will
be 5 per cent of the subscription
made ($2.50 cish for each $50 bond).
Subscribers to Red Cross, Y. M. C.
A., etc., havo GIVEN their money
cheerfully, the only return for it be
ing the consciousness that they are
"doing their bit" in worthy causes,
Field and Track
Meets Discontinued
Representatives from all the small
er towns of the valley constituting
tho Southern Oregon Athletic Asso
ciation, at a called meeting Thursday
evening, awarded a trophy to tho
hoys' basketball team from the Jack
sonville high school for having won
tho championship of all schools of
tbelr class in Jackson county for the
rast season. The girls' basketball
team from Central Point having won
the championship among the girls
teams, was also awarded a trophy.
Owing to urgent and frequent calls
Cue to labor shortage for assistance
from our older boys and girls, espec
ially in the high schools, and to the
fact that so many other patriotic ac
tivities are now demanding the at
tention of the students, it was
thought best to postpone the annual
field and track meet which has been
held during the past few years with
much success at Talent, and at which
hundreds of children have taken part.
It was further decided to accelerate
school work in all essentials so far as
possible, so that, should urgent de
mands come, our schools might be
hotter prepared to meet any emer
gency.
It is not the Intention of the school
men to do away with those exercises
which aid in the physical develop
ment of the child, but to substitute
military training, war garden activi
ties and other lines of useful occupa
tion or employment which, under the
excitement of the times, will prove
quite as valuable to the child and of
considerable aid to our nation in the
present crisis.
Second Jr. Rainbow
Regiment Completed
March 2 6, marked the closing date
for membership in the Second Junior
Rainbow regiment; Jackson county
will havo tho names of twenty boys
and girls Inscribed in V 8' r being
published by Superintendent J. A.
Churchill. While many went far be
yond tho requirement, tb'j list given
below contains the names of the
twenty who sold at leaRt- $50 wcrth
f thrift stamps. From tl . '-noenix
school, Roland Carless, Leta Stevens,
Kuth Martin!, Chester Hcndrickson
and Herrlck Wheele- ' im the
"Washington school In Medford, Lil
lian Robinson, Warren Hamlin, Mil
dred Stewart, Bruce Putnam and
- Margaret Van Scoyoc; from the Lin
coln school in Medford there wore
two, Neil and Wilbur Newman; Agate
has one, Fae Beebe; Rogue River,
'Alva Laws, Arline Earhart and Don
ald Magerle; Central Point has three,
Mervyn Gleason, Charles Cowley and
Minnie Stewart.
. Eight names have already been
Bent in for membership in the 3rd
regiment in the procesa of organiza
tion. Clif Payne makes work benches.
1 but in making a subscription to this
un "ssue suuscriuers arc, m neipmg
the government, helping themselves,
a' the Investment is an excellent one.
These bonds are marketable at any
time, and In the event of the. holder
being pressed for funds, they can be
sold readily or used as security in ob
taining temporary loans.
Our government insists that the
time has come when it will not be
satisfied with a $50 subscription from
one who is able to subscribe to a
larger amount. The majority of the
people have subscribed liberally and
in proportion to their means in the
past, but, unfortunately, there are
many who have been content to sub
scribe the smallest possible amount
that they could "get through" w(th,
and the government now and for the
first time declares that people MUST
SUBSCRIBE! IN PROPORTION TO
THEIR MEANS or be regarded as
slackers.
When solicitors call on you, be
ready with your subscription and
your initial payment. If by any
chance the solicitors fail to see you,
go to one of the banks and make your
subscription. We have been lavish
with the lives of our boys, let us be
on liberal, at lea3t, with our dollars.
LIBERTY OAN COMMITTEE.
Sudden Death of
Well Known Teacher
Prof. W. T. Van Scoy. one of the
best known educators in the Rogue
River valley, died Thursday night at
T.ogue River, where he had been
teaching during the past winter. He
had been 111 for only a few days and
death was due to a heart affection.,
No man was better known or more
dearly loved than Prof. Van Scoy,
who has been so widely associated
with educational circles in southern
Oregon. He came to Ashland in 1895
and for four years was the head of
the normal school, which he conduct
ed without state aid. After the state
took over that Institution he re
mained as one of the chief instruct
ors for ten years. After the closing
of the Ashland normal school he
taught in the public schools of this
city, a well as Medford, Jacksonville
and other points In the county. It
can be said of him that he literally
died In the harness, as he was absent
from his place in the school room
only a tew days previous to his death
Prof. Van Scoy was a clergyman as
well as a teacher, and his influence
for good over the young people of
southern Oregon has never been
equalled. He Is said to have kept in
touch with practically all of the stu
dents who attended the normal dur
Ing the 14 years of his reign there
and many of them made long Jour
neys in order to have their beloved
teacher marry them. ..
The body was brought to Ashland
where funeral services were held
Sunday from the Methodist, church
An address by the pastor, Rv. C. A
Edwards, expressed the sentiments
of the large concourse present when
he said that Prof. Van Scoy was the
man who had the greatest influence
for good in' the county and was one
cf the best beloved. Burial was made
in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Med
ford, conducted by the mflmUers of
that order. The following were the
pallbearers: Prof. G. A. Briscoe
Rev. W. L. Kellinger, Fred Homes
A. C. Joy, W. A. Patrick and J. W,
Bruner, A large number of Ashland
people accompanied the body to Its
last resting place.
Klamath Falls Road
Is Making Progress
Rails on the new Klamath Falls
municipal line under construction
from that city to Dairy are being laid
at the rate of a quarter mile a day,
and' have reached a point at Pine
Grove seven miles east of Klamath
Falls. The grading Is practically
completed at Olene, and the roadbed
13 ready for the rails at most points
to the Dairy terminals. Inability to
procure steel under the present war
conditions will prevent the contem
plated extension of the line from
Dairy to the Sprague river, but It Is
the intention to go ahead 'with the
roadbed and other preliminaries and
be ready for the rails as soon as they
can be secured.
Red Cross Appeals
For War Nurses
Nurses, and more nurses, if Uncle
Sam Is to win the war, is the nation's
cry to her women today. There are
at present 7,000 nurses In military
and naval hospitals at home and
abroad, and a call for 5,000 more be
tween now and June 1 has. been made
up in the Red Cross by Surgeon-General
Gorgas of the army. He says
that of the 80..000 registered nurses
is the United States at least 30,000
will be needed for service in army
hospitals this year. San Francisco
chapter of the American Red Cross
13 earnestly endeavoring to supply Its
quota of this enrollment by appealing
to women and girls to qualify them
selves to take the places left vacant
by registered nurses who enter the
nation's service.
2Q3 Go From Sun Francisco.
Of the 460 registered nurses in San
Francisco when President Wilson de
clared war, only 197 are left, 223
having accompanied the three base
hospitals organized here and 40 join
ing units in the east. Fifty women
are taking the courses in elementary
hygiene and home care of the sick,
til st aid and dietetics, which the edu
cation department of San Francisco
chapter is teaching, and which, when
completed, enables them to take up
hospital work, twelve to thirteen
weeks being necessary to acquire the
series of lessons. The membership
of these classes must bo greatly In
creased to comply with General Gor
gas' demand. Every hospital in the
city wants more registered nurses
than it now has, and the need will
become more acute as tho war pro
gresses unless more women prepare
themselves to do hospital service.
What One Girl Did.
An example of what any healthy
voman or girl of moderate pecuniary
means can do to help the government
in this respect is furnished by Miss
Muriel Valentine, 775 Post strteet
San Francisco, who departed on April
4 to perform hospital work in France,
While taking the elementary bygieno
and first aid courses she incidehtly
learned how to run and care for a
nctor car, and studied stenography.
and now she is thoroughly equipped
to perform almost any service re
quired of a woman attached to a mili
tary organization.
That more women are not respond
ing to tho call for nurses is because
they do not fully realize the vital
need of the country for their help.
Whether the American soldiers will
he protected and cared for when sick
or wounded depends on whether
American women are willing to make
the same sacrifice their brothers ara
making. Failing' in this,, they will
have done Incalculable harm to the
efficiency and morale of our troops.
The women who have not had the
necessary training for nursing service
can find her largest opportunity to
help the nation by taking It now.
The elementary hygiene and home
care of the sick class Is to start In
Ashland as soon as twenty women
and girls have signed for the course.
The other course will follow Immedi
ately as we are anxious to finish the
entire course for those who would
like to offer their services to their
country.
All those Interested may register
name with Mrs. Frank Dickey or at
the Red Cross headquarters on Wed
nesday and Friday afternoons.
Soldiers9 Library
Wants More Books
The public library reports that tho
people of Ashland contributed 408
books during the past week for the
ueo of our soldiers and sailors, and
that more books are still coming in.
It is hoped that week after week
they will continue to come in stead
ily, for our men will need books 83
long as the war lasts, and the supply
must be constantly replenished. All
stations which. have been opened for
the receipt of books will be continued
Indefinitely, and the public Is urged
to form the habit of turning In their
new boohs as soon as they have read
them. In this way a constant stream
of fresh books into the camps will be
assured, and a most effective barrage
established againBt the blue devils of
loneliness and depression.
The American Library Association
has built up on organization capablo
of handling thousands and thousands.
That the book3 will be forthcoming
can not be doubted.
Home Guards May Be
State Organization
If the plan succeeds already under
advisement in tho Ashland Homo
Guard the company may be merged
Into tho state militia, although no
special effort has been made by the
officers to enlist men into this com
pany. According to notico given out
recently, Governor Withycombe has
requisitioned 4,0(0 Krag rifles from
the ordnanco department for equip
ping the Homo Guard throughout the
slate, and it is considered that there
is good prospect that they may bo
procured within a short time.
Should the Home Guard be mus
tered Into the state militia a service
will be required of two years, but it
is understood that all such militia
companies, composed of Home Guard,
that may be taken Into tho service of
the state will be mustered out at the
ond of the present war. In this re
spect the Homo Guard will be under
no more obligation than he would bo
In the local company, and he could
bo of much greater service, if needed,
if he were properly provided w ith tho
training and proper requirements of
a soldier.
First Lieutenant A. Bert Freeman,
who has enlisted in the naval serv
ice, has been succeedod in that posi
tion In the local Home Guard com
pany by P. L. Sponcer of Talent, a
formtr member of the old let com
pany here. Lieutenant Spencer is ac
tively interested in this branch of
military service, and is effecting a
strong organization among the men
In his district, who come up every
Tuesday night to drill at the armory,
and who will no doubt enlist into tho
militia if the Homo Guard Is mus
tered into the service. The movement
Is gaining In popularity all over the
state and bids fair to be a strong mil
itary organization.
Church Officers
Elected for Year
At the annual congregational meet
ing of tho Presbyterian church held
last Wednesday evening church
finances wero pronounced to lie in a
gratifying condition, with a small In
debtedness which is already provided
for. At the election of officers J. R.
Robertson and J. B. Icenhower wero
chosen for riders, and W. M. Poley
and Dr. F, H. Johnson will serve on
the hoard of trustees, with F. J.
Shinn as treasurer and C. II. Gillette
clerk. Miss Allie Shinn was elected
treasurer of benevolences. The mem
bership of the church numbers 252,
21 additions of which have been
made during the past year.
Forest Supervisor
May Leave District
According to unofficial reports
Martin Erickson, federal forest su
pervlsor in this district, has resigned
his position and will enter the lumber
business at Vancouver, B. C. Mr,
Erickson is at present In Madison
Wis , to which city he went two weeks
ago, but is expected homo soon and
will then leave at once with his fam
ily for Vancouver. The announce
ment of bis successor is looked for
daily.
Schools to Enter
4-Minute Contest
A Junior Four-Minute Men War
Savings Contest is being Inaugurated
in the public schools throughout the
county, and will be a feature In the
Ashland schools. The plan as out
lined and presented to the teachers is
to arrange a speaking contest at
which ai few of the best speakers of
the schools will compete for first hon
ors, with one or three disinterested
persons to decide the Issue. These
meetings will bo public nnd the pa
trons of the schools will be invited to
attend. Every school in Jackson
county, regardless of tho size of
school or age of pupils, Is expected to
enter this contest, as this is consid
ered an effective way of driving home
some of the great principles of thrift.
U. fi. DEPARTMENT
WEATHER BUREAU
Forecast for the period April 8 to
April 13. Inclusive. Pacific coast
states: Fail1, with cool nights.
Huns Try to Beat Down Allies
By Sheer Force but Gain Little
The Germans are continuing their
plunging tactics in the Amiens bat
tle area, with their operation rapidly
developing Into a greatly magnified
Verdun.
Tho similarity with the classic ex
ample of a German attempt to beat
down an enemy by sheer force is
dally growing. This development ob
trudes Itself because of the narrow
ing area Involved In the attack and
the practice of hurling great masses
of troops at the defenders of a nar
row front, regardless of sacrifices.
Attack Allied Center.
Saturday the main attack was de
livered on the allied center, after tho
blow alunched south of the Sonime
on Thursday and that driven Into the
north of the river on Friday had
spent themselves.
Saturday's big plunge appears to
have had Its starting point just to
the south of the Somme. v Apparently
aiming at the Albert-Amiens railway,
in the vicinity of Corbie, about ten
miles east of Amiens, the enemy
threw heavy masses of troops toward
the opposing line from Vaire wood,
east of Corbie.
The battle seemed likely to develop
into one of importance, as affecting
the tenure of what remained to the
entente allies In the angle formed
here by the Somme and the Ancre.
Weather Improve.
The weather on the, battle front
was reported Improving Saturday,
but the aviators were still handi
capped by low visibility.
Premier Clemenceau has odedd to
French confidence In tho outcome of
tho great battle by an explanation of
the situation to the parliamentary
military committee, in which ho told
them the situation might safely be
left In the hrnds of France's admir
able army. His statement supple
ments General Foch's "all Is goln.-;
well" in his remarks on tho state of
affairs In the battle area.
Unix's Report,
"Today's Infantry action on tho
battle front has been confined to lo
cal fighting in the neighborhood of
the Aveluye wood, north of Albort,
without change In the situation, and
engagements between small bodies
of troops at different points," says
Making Amusement
Books for Soldiers
The Junior Red Cross members are
making amusement books In the pub
lic schools for the benefit of the sol
diers. Those books will contain clip
pings of funny stories, Jokes, car
toons and anything that will be' of
Interest and amusement to the sol
dier wiien he hns a period of relaxa
tion from his duties. A host of tlicsa
stories and pictures are wanted by
the Junior Red Cross workers and
the public in general is asked to assist
In gathering the material for these
amusement books. Government rules
demand that the cartoons must not
he larger than 4 by 6 inches, and
should simply bo torn from the paper
or magazine when given to tho chil
dren, as It Is along tho lino of their
work to cut tho pictures out and
make up tho books under tho direc
tion of the art teacher. So hereafter
vhen you come across an amusing
story. Joke, conundrum or funny pic
turd, don't keep It to yourself and
forget about it, but remember the
pleasure that It may bring to the boys
far away from home, and sene" "t to
tho schools to bo handed along tho
line of well-doing that Is embodied In
tho making of the amusement books.
Jackson County to
Draft Twenty Men
The county board received in 'ruc
tions for the draft of 20 men as the
noxt quota from Jackson conntv,
from Acting Adjutant General Wil
liams of Portland Saturday. The 20
men to be selocted are all In Class 1,
and their numbers range from 28 to
80, and are in the current draft.
The men will be given notice of their
appearance before the hoard in a
five-day period commencing April 2C.
The men are to be sent to Camp
Lewis, American Lake, Washington.
This information was given out Sat
urday evening by G. A. Gardner,
president of the local board.
Phone job orders to tht Tidings.
Field Marshal Halg's report from
Franco.
At least ten German divisions aro
known to have been engaged in the
enemy's unsuccessful attacks Friday
north of tho Somme, and the fight
ing was very severe on the many po
sitions of this Trout as far north as
Bucquoy.
Heavy fighting has taken place in
the Otoe and Somme regions, but all
the powerful German attacks Satur
day were repelled by the French
troops, except on the left bank of the
Oise, where the French were forced
to withdraw to positions previously
prepared, according to the war office
announcement Saturday night.
Gorman, War Iteport. j
(British Admiralty, per Wireless
rress.) The official statement Issued
by the war office nays:
"Western theatre Local enter
prises near Bucquoy and south of
Hebuterne resulted In bringing In
some prisoners and numerous ma
chine guns. An English thrust
against Pulsleux failed.
"On the western bank of tho Ancro
we extended our bridgeheads' posl-
I lions by means of an attack. On both
sides i) Albert, and south of tiio
Somnifl there were lively engage
ments and minor successful infantry
fights.
Shell Amiens.
"Railway establishments at Amiens
were shelled. French attacks on wide
sectors between Morcull and Mont
didier, made to wrest from us gains
we secured on Thursday, broke down
with heaviest losses to the French.
"Montdldlor was subjected to
French fire.
"There was lively artillery firlnj
before Verdun', which Increased dur
ing tho day.
"In the other theatres of war thero
Is nothing new."
The communication from German
general headquarters 'Saturday night
says:
"From thrf battlefields on both
sides of the Sommo there Is nothing
new to report. French attacks on
the westorn bank of the Avre failed.
South of the Olse wo" penetrated tho
enemy's positions near Antlgny."
Interest Continues
In Dairy Meeting
Owing to a delay, Prof. E. P. FItt3
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
who addressed tho second dairy meet
ing in Ashland, arranged by the ex
tension service of the college, no
morning session was held. A good
sized assemblage of agriculturists and
dairymen had gathered during the
forenoon, and spent the time In dis
cussing Informally tho topics of the
day and comparing notes on the vari
ous matters interesting and Impor
tant to farmers. Tho speaker was
present, however1, for tho opening of
tho afternoon session and gave tho
two addresses which were scheduled
for the day's program.
Prof. Fitts' firot talk was about th
cowt-tostlng association and work, in
which ho described Its methods and
the mannor of conducting the work.
He enlarged upon the necessity -of
weeding drones from the herd, and
in this manner stop a big leak In tho
profits which frequently exists. He
also showed the results obtained from
cood breeding, and tho care dairymen
should take In seeing that their cut
tle have good blood In their veins.
Silos and silage was the topic of
tho other addreses given by Prof.
Fitts, In which he described the dif
ferent types of silos and the material
used for their construction. He also
enlarged upon tho silage for different
classes of livestock, and the place of
silage in the dairy rations.
A third meeting will take place ,
May 2 in Auhland, when the topic, .
"Hay Curing Undor Western Oregon
Conditions," will be discussed.
Mrs. W. H. Frulan, who attended
the funeral of a relative In Oakland
recently, has returned home. She
spent some time visiting friends In
San Francisco, Oakland and Duns-
raulr while she was in the south.
The sale of thrift stamps for
Klamath county was $17,861.86. Of
this amount the pupils of the schools
solicited $3,080, $2,781 of which was
owned by the pupils themselves.