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ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918
NUMBER 6
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$169,300 Mark is
Reached in Ashland
Subscriptions to the Third Liberty
loan cont!nueto come into the banks,
and while not In the overwhelming
amount during the first rush of the
campaign, they show that interest
Las not died out and that the peo
ple of this city will each do his part
in this big game if given -time, Last
week the Liberty loan committee Is
sued a call urging the duplication
of Ashland's quota, and it Is thought
I hat with a little extra effort this
can be aoiomplished
Up to Saturday nlghi me subscrip
tions total $169,300, Of this amount
$94,200 has been paid into the First
National bank, $45,800 In the Citi
zens bank, $17,350 to the State bank,
$8,050 subscribed by the railroad em
ployees and $3,900 by the county.
1 he following subscriptions have
been made since last Thursday's re
port up to Saturday night:
92000 Subscriptions
Eli Albert.
', $1000 Subscription
, H. J. and Cora B. Van Fossen.
$000 Subscriptions
Carl Bonderson.
$500 Subscription
8. S. Mitchell, 0. P. Calef.
$300 Subscriptions
William J. Wallace and wife.
$100 Subscription .
John M. Clausen, Otho C. Hinds.
Jred E. Porter, Fannie P. Bates, T.
F. Doran, Mrs. T. W. Sanford, Chas.
W. Fraley.
$50 Subscriptions
W. A. Bibby, Vern Dollarhlde, F.
B. Edwards, John H. Doran, Vernon
H. Doran, Mrs. Eliza Hicks, Elton
Kerby, Ethel Powell, R. L. Wardle,
Pearl E. Warble, Raymond L and
Wilbert Cotter. G. Verne Blue, Mrs.
J. H. McKlnzie, R. H. Hargadlne,
Mrs. Ancll Nortrldge, 0. H. Johnson,
A. Weedon, Hulda Parr, Mabel Ros9
Moor, Margaret Moor, J. H. Provost,
David G. Hicks, O. E. Hurst, Jay J.
Arant, Mrs. Jay J. Arant, Charles H,
and Ida A. Veghte, Mary E. Ward.
Anxious to Have
Hand in the War
Henry Provost, of Provost Bros.'
hardware store, has offered his serv
ices to the United States navy. Dur
ing the stay of the recruiting party
in this city last week, Mr. Provost
took the physical examination and
was told that if a place was found
for him he would be notified by tele
gram shortly.
Mr. Provost is a naturalized Amer
ican, a Canadian by birth and a !
Frenchman by nationality, therefore
his Interests in the war are treble,
lie is more familiar with the French
language than he Is with English,
and his object in offering his. serv
ices is because he feels he will be of
use as a linguist, as the demand is
great. When asked if he objected
to being sent to France, Mr. Provost
remarked that he would be tickle. I
to death to ride into France and
-walk into Berlin. "Some of the Pro
tosts should be present in this war,
and I seem to be the only one able
to go," he remarked.
W. S. S. Campaign
Director to be Here
G. W. Wonacott, associate director
cf the War Savings campaign for the
State of Oregon, will be in Ashland
and meet the people at city hall at
8 o'clock, Tuesday evening, April 23,
for the purpose of boosting the sales
of these government securities.
County Chairman Dr. Henry Hart
was in Ashland Saturday arranging
with local thrift stamp leaders for
the meeting. The presence of all citi
zens interested in this feature of the
government's service Is requested. Es
pecially all the local selling agents
and the teams that made the last
rfrive.
It may be of interest to know that
Ashland is not buying these smaller
securities as rapidly as its quota is
expected to be sold. The post office
department has called the local post
master's attention to the matter.
Mrs. Wesley Xewland and little
daughter, Carmel, came down from
Roseburg Saturday night, on account
cf the serious illness of Isora Hodges,
who is lying critically 111 at a local
hospital. Little Miss Carmel had a
old when she arrived, which has
since developed into pneumonia and
is being cared for at the home of her
ymcle, E. E. Gall, of Bellevlew.
Soldier Is Given
Military Funeral
With flags at half mast from the
tity hall, Ashland paused in her
round of duties for an hour Friday
afternoon to pay tribute to another
young soldldr, who displayed the
"greater love" by giving his life for
his friends and country.
Algle V. Loomls, who died at Fort
Stevens last Tuesday afternoon, was
laid to rest in the family burial plot
under the old Stars and Stripes for
which he had given his life with mil
itary honors accorded to him In token
of the great sacrlfic he had made for
his country.
The Armory where the military
funeral took place was filled to Its
utmost capacity at 2:30 o'clock,
when with the advent of the mem
bers of the G.A.R., Women's Relief
Corps, Honor Guard, Home Guard,
Soldiers' Auxiliary and other military
organizations, the burial services
were conducted by Mayor C. B. Lam
kin and Dr. H. A. Carnahan, chap
lain of the Home Guards. The cas
ket, draped by the American flag,
was surrounded by beautiful flowers,
gifts of love and affection from the
neighbors and sorrowing community
to the bright young life that bad gone
out so suddenly from. their midst. A
quartet composed of Messrs. J. W.
McCoy, D. D. Norris, J. H. McGee
and Henry Enders, Jr., sang several
selections accompanied by Mrs. End
ers. John 0. Rigg, a former mem
ber of the 1st company, 0. C. A., of
which Algle Loomls was a member,
gave a brief eulogy on the departed
soldier, after which Chaplain Carna
han gave the funeral addres.
At the close of the service the cas
ket was bourne from the Armory on
the shoulders of the pallbearers, who
were Sergeant Harry Grubb, Corporal
George Evans, Private Orvel Settle,
Ted Seamon, Harry Silver, Jr., and
Ralph Harris. The remains were
laid to rest in Ashland cemetery,
where taps were sounded over the
grave of the second soldier who left
his home in the firsf flush of youth
and gave bis life io.- his country's
honor.
Market Inspectors
To Report Diseases
Covallis, April 22 Farmers in
districts from which fruit and vege
table shipments have arrived in con-1
dition unfit for market through dls-I
i
ease or bad handling, will be noti
fied by U. S. food products inspectors i
in the large cities of the country,
inspection and report is designed to
detect and curb serious outbreaks of
plant diseases in any community, and
inform growers how their products
can be handled to insure least dam
age In transit.
When the presence of serious rot
or disease is shown by inspection,
the county agent or other represen
tative in the district from which the
products were shipped is at once noti
fied. He is given precise informa
tion concerning the trouble and how
to minimize future losses due to it,
and will distribute this information
among growers. Notification at the
point of shipment will prevent ship
ments of the products certain to spoil
in transit, wasting both the products
and tonnage space.
Federal Inspection of fruits, vege
tables and other food products is now
conducted In 23 cities of the coun
try. At this time Oregon Is attach
ed to the San Francisco inspection
district, but Dr. Orton, of the federal
horticultural board, tells Prof. H. P.
Barss, of 0, A. C, that when the
servicers extended to other cities,
Portland will be made the inspection
center for this territory. The inspec
tion is conducted under the provis
ions of the food production act, ap
proved August 10, 1917.
A new system of federal market
inspection in large cities provides
for notification to farmers of seri
ous outbreaks of diseases and rots in
their territory. Notification on how
best to treat and handle the products
to Insure minimum future loses.
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S. DEPARTMENT
OF WEATHER BUREAU
Forecast for the period April 2$
to April 27, 1918, inclusive. Paclfio
coast states: Probably showers first
of week north of central California,
fair thereafter with temperaturt
above the seasonal average.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Americans Crush
Renewal of
With the American army In Franco
April 20. Twelve hundred German
storm troops, the largest number
ever concentrated against the Ameri
can troops for an offensive opera
tion, were hurled against the Ameri
can positions on a one-mile front
west of Reheres forest, northwest
of Toul, today, after a terrific bom
bardment of gas and high explosive
shells.
The enemy succeeded in penetrat
ing the short ilne trenches and tak
ing the village of Seicheprey, but,
after furious hand-to-hand fighting,
which was still going on at night
fall, the American troops recaptured
the village and most of the ground
lost in the early fighting.
No Americans were taken prison
er, but three Germans were captured.
German airplanes, flying at a low
altitude, attempted to disorganize
the American fighting men, but two
enemy aviators were brought down
and the others driven off.
The Germans suffered heavy cas
ualties and the American lines re
mained virtually intact.
The Germen airmen poured machine-gun
fire into the) American
troops, but the anti-aircraft batter
ies came into play and American air
men took the air, bringing down two
of the enemy planes and dispersing
others. All the American arlmen re
turned safely.
The attacking troops carried ra
tions and entrenching tools, Indicat
ing that they intended to occupy
the American positions for a long
period. A heavy haze overhung the
sector when the attack began, but
later there was brilliant sunshine
The American artillerymen did vail -
ant work, the men on many of the
batteries wearing gas masks.
The enemy's casualties are believ
ed to have been the heaviest sustain
ed by him thus far in any operations
against American troops. Numbers
of German dead are lying in No
Man's Land in front of the American
trenches.
With the British army in France,
April 20. Latent German energy In
plenty was waiting to be released to
day at numerous points along the
tattle zone, but up to noon little of
it worked through to the surface.
The slowing down of hostilities since
the Germans suffered a grevous de
feat Thursday has represented ono
cf those lulls which inevitably must
come In any battle.
I iiirie were plenty 01 signs, now-
cver, that hostilities might be resum
New Draft Calls 8
Men From Jackson
Still another special draft call, the
third in a little more than one month,
has been made by the war depart
ment. Under this third call Oregon is to
furnish 251 men for service in the
national army, In addition to the 369
called out by the order of March 11,
who have already reported at Camp
Lewis; and the 923 who are to re
port to Camp Lewis In the five-day
period beginning April 26.
The 251 men to be taken in the
new special call are ordered to report j
to Fort McDowell, Cal., in the five-
day period beginning May 1. As this
is an artillery training post, the sup
position is that these men are to be
put into the artillery, though no of
ficial announcement has been made
to that effect. These 251 men con
stitute 3.4 per cent of Oregon's first
gross draft quota.
All told, since March 11, a total of
1541 men from Oregon have now
been called into military service
through the draft. The state and
various counties are to be credited
with these men against the net quota
for the big draft call that is coming
soon.
In this call, as in the two special
calls previously made, men actively,
completely and assiduously engaged
ir. the planting and cultivation of
crops will not be called until the end
of the quota.
Following 'Is the location of men
to be furnished from the southern
Oregon counties:, Jackson 6, Jose-'
phine 2, Douglas 6, Coos 8, Curry 1,
Klamath 5, Lake 3.
Orvel Settle left for Fort Stevem
Sunday morning after visiting his
mother for a time, who has been
quite ill recently.
Big Hun Attack
Struggle Presaged
ed on a big scale at any moment. In
the meantime the allies, with their
reinforced and solldfled lines, are
waiting complacently for the German
armies to make the next move.
The defenders are eminently satif
fled with the outcome of the opera
tions In the last few days. Not only
have they held their lines steadily
in the face of furious 'attacks, but
they Inflicted most serious losses on
the enemy. It was a bit of a shock
sentimentally to pull back from the
Passchaendaele ridge system, over
which the British standard was car
ried In such Invincible fashion last
rummer, but the wisdom of the move
needs no defense.
Reinforcements and the infantry
has been sent forward without the
usual methodical preparation for a
prive.
The German higher command, see
ing the futility of this method, has
paused to organize greater prelimin
ary operations. Now another bid
for Kemmel and the surrounding re
gion may come at any time.
Along the Tpres front the Ger
man artillery kept up an lntermlt
tnet bombardment. Some British ad
vanced posts were driven In north
east of Ypres yesterday morning, but
these almost Immediately were re
established. About noon the enemy attacked
the British post of Hill 35 southeast
of Fortuin and forced the defenders
back.
Hostile artillery did more shoot
ing in the Scrape valley last night.
The villages of Bretonneux and Cor
bie and the surrounding region he
low the Somme continued to be shell-
led by the enemy.
On the Flanders battle front the
British ejected the Germans from ad
vanced positions gained by them In
Thursday's attack in the region of
Givenchy and Festubert. 1
The British gained all their ob
jectives In their counter attack In
Flanders, advancing their defenses at
G'vnchy and Festubert and re-establishing
their positions.
In sharp fighting southeast of Ro
becq the British, drove back Ger
man attacking parties.
No further big enemy attack de
veloped during the night. Trouble Is
still brewing in the northern zone
and south of the Somme river. There
are Indications in the latter region
that ancf.her mighty thrust for the
British supply base ol Amiens is pre
paring. The Germans are nursing
their hurts In the region oi l-a Has
see canal.
Declaration of Fuel
Must Be Filed Soon
Portland, April 22. Although no
'.Imitation on the amount of fuel that
may be stored has been fixed, Fuel
Administrotor Holmes has complet
ed arrangements for registering every
fuel purchase In the state of Oregon.
Within a few days every purchaser
of wood or coal will be compelled to
file a declaration as to the amount
of fuel used last year, the quantity
remaining on hand and the quantity
desired. This statement must be
certified to and any wilfully false
declaration opens the way for gov-
ernment prosecution.
Purchasers will file their state
ments and fuel orders with) their
dealers as usual and the dealers In
turn will forward the date to the
fuel administrator's office along with
their reports.
Consumer's application blanks are
being printed now and dealers will
have them on hand in the immediate
future.
Under the new arrangement, the
dealers' reports will show for what
purpose fuel is being purchased. By
this method Mr. Holmes will be able
to keep In close touch with the needs
of the state and the information will
he of utmost value in arranging for
wood and coal distribution.-
"Everybody," said Mr. Holmes to
day, "should order their fuel now.
Otherwise, they are taking big
chances of being caught in a short
age this fall. The transportation sit
uation, the shortage of miners and
woodsmen and general conditions
are such that production for Oregon's
needs can only meet the demand
through steady shipments and fuel
storage during the summer."
Harry Reames a merchant of Phoe
nix spent Sunday in Ashland.
Oregon Service Flag
Carries 651 Stars
Six hundred aid fifty-one stars
gleam fortli from the University of
Oregon service flag which now floats
in the breeze above the entrance to
Johnson hall, the administration
building. Each star represents a uni
versity man who has gone forth in
the serviso of his country. Six of
the stars are golden, for the sir stu
dents who gavei tleir lives while
wearing the khaki. They are: Ken
neth Kellems, James Gurney, Dale
Melrose, Frederick Kingsbury, John
Kelly and Irvln Brooks.
Simple yet impressive ceremonies
marked the presentation of the flag.
J. E. Hedges of Oregon City, a mem
ber of the Board of Higher Curri
cula; Walter WInslow of Salem, pres
ident of the alumni asoclation, and
James Sheehy, president of the asso
ciated students, each spoke a few
words of appreciation on the sacri
fices the men have made.
Miss Dorothy Collier, chairman of
the committee which superintended
the making of the flag, unfurled the
banner, while the university batta
lion stood at present arms. Many
townspeople attended the exercises
also.
Enlistments since the flag was de
signed have run the total number of
sons of the university In the service
close to 700.
County Rally at
Christian Church
An Interesting county rally was
held in the Christian church in this
city last week, commencing Wednes
day evening and continuing over
Thursday. Mrs. Clara G. Essen of
Forest Grove and C. F. Swander of
Portland, who are touring the state
In the Interests of these rallies, were
the principal speakers. Wednesday
evening a song servlse opened the
rally and was followed by a sterop
tlcon exhibit.
Thursday morning's session began
at 10 o'clock with a song servi-e, fol
lowed by a roll call of churches, anij
discussions on the county needs,
state needs and the Bible school
Ideals. After the non recess the fol
lowing addresses were given:
"Christian Stewardship," "Dlble
School Alms". The present day
problems were discussed with ten-
nilnute addresses as follows: "Aris
ing from the War," "From Church
Slackers," "Spiritual Upkeep," "The
Church Support," "Bitilo Study,"
"Soul-winning."
At the evening service the annual
business meeting of the church was
conducted, after which Kev. F. H.
Huffman of Medford gave a talk on
the mission fields, Instead of the ser
mon as announced. Mr. Huffman
has visited all of the mission fields of
this denomination throughout the
world and was qualified to discuss
the position In a practical and Inter
estlng manner. A large attendance
of delegates and visitors attended all
the sessions.
Public Schools to
Close Next Month
Saturday, May 18, will see the close
of the present term of the local pub
lic schools. This has been an unusu
ally successful and satisfactory term
despite several changes In the admin
istration due to war conditions, and
the removal of several students of
the senior class who have enlisted In
the army or naval service. A class
of 47 students will be graduated this
year. Following Is the schedule for
the last month of school:
Seniors excused Friday afternoon.
May 3, 1918.
Senior class play, Friday evening,
May 3.
Class sermon Sunday morning,
May 5.
Senior final examinations, May 6,
and 7.
Operetta Bulbul Friday evening,
May 10.
Commencement Friday evening,
May 17.
Examinations Thursday, May 16,
and Friday, May 17.
School will close, Saturday, May 18.
The class sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. P. K. Hammond at the
Methodist church, Sunday evening,
May 5, and the commencement ad
dress will be delivered by Rev. C. A.
Edwards. The commencement exer
cises will be held In the Chautauqui
building.
Rev. Edwards Gives
Stirring War Sermon
Tears and applause greeted an Im
passioned presentation of the atroci
ties suffered by the allies In the pres
ent war and the righteousness of tha
Tart taken by tho United States in
the conflict. Following are a few
striking passages from this notabla
address, which was delivered by tha
pastor of the Ashland Methodist
church:
"The present mobbing of a pacifist
In Ashland and the refusal of tho
Medford banks to assist in the Third
Liberty loan lndicato the need , of
what I am going to say.
"Pastor Russell, loader of the Rus
sellltes, said that Germany and tha
kaiser were not responsible for thia
war, but that Almighty God was;
that the allies cannot stop the war
by fighting, but that It will end
whenever God wills it to cease.
"No person or denomination has a
right to say that the destruction of
humanity shall be permitted. Pacif
ists are fighters for their little idio
syncrasies, but the all-Important
thing Is resistance to evil.
"A man who will see such atroci
ties committed as the Germans are
committing and make no resistance
Is unworthy of the name of man. It
any man in this country says any
thing pro-German, he should be
placed where the dogs won't bite
bim.
"It Is cowardly to accept any priv
ilege In life that we are unwilling
to defend. The United States can
not float a flag like the Stars and
Stripes and lot such damnable deed
as the Huns are guilty of occur any
where In the world without armed
protest.
"Germany has lost her soul In this
war and the United States would
have lost her s If she bad kept out of
the conflict and refused to defend,
helpless women and children from
German lust and cruelty.
"The German kaiser commanded
his soldiers In this war to be more
cruel and brutal than the Huns un
der Attlla and to Btrike terror Into
the hearts of all the people wherever
they went. In order to sear their
consciences he gave them buttons tt
wear like the one I hold In my hand,
it bears this Inscription, in German:1
'Strike him dead. In the day of
Judgment you will bo asked no ques
tions.' "Contrast th!s with Kitchener'
command to the English soldiers:
'Keep away from wtnr .:3 be kind
to women.'
"Germany boasts that not a foot
of her soil has been devastated and
thnt the war hasn't cost her any
thing, because she made it pay ln
loot taken from other countries:1
tight billion dollars' worth from Bel
glum and twenty-one billion dollars'
worth from France. She has not yet
used up all the ammunition she had
manufactured before the war began.
"A few months ago I said this con
flict would likely last several years
longer and cost the United States for
ty billion dollars and that we would
have to send five million men across
the sea to fight for liberty. We wilt
give all our boys, if necessary, and
please God we will stamp out
this vile curse of sin.
"The boys we are sending to the
front are the finest that ever went
to war. They are safer from slm
and their morals are better safe
guarded In the army than they were
right here In Ashland.
"These are the grentest times In
the history of the world. I thank:
God every day that I am living now.
I would rather live In these daya
than In any other since creation, be
cause there Is now a greater chance
to work for the advancement of the
Kingdom of God than ever before."
Cyril Maude Again
Scores in "Grumpy"
Cyril Maude In the role of old!
'Grumpy" will appear at the Pagu
theatre, Medford, Tuesday, April 30.
In the role of Grumpy, Maude is of
fered an extraordinary opportunity to
bring out his talents for character
portrayal. And the authors, Horace
Hodges and T. Wlgney Percyval, pro
vide lilm and his company an excel
lent plot of absorbing Interest la
which old Grumpy moves. A good
thread of romnnce runs through the
play, which comes to a happy ending
when Grumpy's niece, Virginia, final
ly gives her hand to the nephew.
Ernest.