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Or mt,:;?z ""fir. ' II rwX 'Ashland Grows While Uthla flows City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs . "Oregon's Famous Spa" VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918 NUMBER 101 Ashland Drive Made to Raise Funds For Normal School Campaign Starting Tuesday morning the drive for the Ashland normal cam paign fund started with all the en ergy and vim that accompanied the many varied drives for which Ash land has been noted during the past year. At a meeting held a week ago at the home of Mrs. D. Perozzl arrange ments were concluded for canvass ing the city and the surrounding districts.- An executive committee con sisting of F. C. Homes, F. D. Wagner, Mrs. D. Perozzl, Mrs. E. D. BrlggB and C. B. Lanfkin was appointed, with F. J. Shlnn as secretary, ani this committee later got together and outlined the campaign proceedings. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7 and 8, were the dates set for canvassing the city and districts. Captains were appointed and teams arranged, and the business was In full swing at an early hour Tuesday. ' Not to be outdone by the men In the matter of boosting for the nor mal, the women to show their good will and Interest In the proceedings, promised to cater to the Inner man during the drive, and luncheons were arranged to take place each day at the Hotel Austin where the team workers could come In at noon and refresh themselves during their ar duous duties. Tuesday the women of Belleview and Nell ccreek districts gave the luncheon, which was a rpread as only those residing In that neighborhood are capable of placing before hungry human mortals for their delectation. The entire community In these two districts furnished abundantly of the good things placed before the solici tors, while the guests were served by Mesdames Fred Homes, A. C. Joy, Mark True, Charles Brown, Virgil Chapman. Chas. Grown, Frank Sny der. F. C. Homes, acting as toastmast er of the luncheon called on sev eral Interested normal workers for brief talks. Short, pertinent responses were made by Mayor C. B. Lamkln and E. V. Carter, E. J. Kaiser was also called upon, who In turn Intro duced Dr. Morrow of Portland, can Irrigation Agent Inspects Projects R. B. Teale of Berkeley, Cal., has come to southern Oregon In the In terests of the Irrigating projects In this section. Mr. Teale is an Irriga tion engineer with the U. S. depart men of agriculture and has recent ly been transferred from Washington to the coast where he Is engaged in investigating proposed irrigation pro jects for the capital issues committee of the federal reserve board. Mr. Teale was in Talent during the fore part of the week making an In vestigation of that proposed project to make a report to the committee. He later went to Grants Pass to Interview John Dubuls, engineer for the Grants Pass irrigation district, and was driven over the Gold Hill and Grants Pass districts. He was very much Impressed with the-country and with the possibilities for irri gation here. Earl Beeson Died At Training Camp Word was received this mornim; that Earl BeeBon of Talent died last night at Camp Lewis of diphtheria. Earl was among the Jackson county boys recently called In the draft, and had only been In camp a week or two. The family was apprised of his illness yesterday, but owing to the contagion, his mother, Mrs. Emmett Beeson, was not allowed to visit her son. The body will arrive in Medford pome time tomorrow when funeral arrangements will be made. Earl Beeson was the oldest son of the late Emmett and Mrs. Beeson and his c"eath is a great shock to that com munity. Prof. Belllngton and his sister, Mrs. Kipling, of California, made a short stop over In Ashland. They were the guests of Mrs. Mastier, and were delighted with this entire sec tion. John E. Flury of Roseburg Is in this city visiting with friends for a few days. didate for democratic national com mitteeman, who gave a. splendid war talk, as well as an encouraging word on the attitude of the people In the political realms on the normal ques tion. Dr. Morrow further exempli fied his Interest in this Important question by pledging a material con tribution to the campaign fund that was being raised. Wednesday brought the workers In again at noon to the sumptuous luncheon provided by a nunibeV of Ashland women, who In their effort to keep up the record established the day before, served a luncheon that was In keeping with the previous rep utation Ashland women have attain ed. This was served by Mesdames J. H. McGee, C. W. Banta. Fred Wag ner, C. W. Chattln, Felix Moore, Ed mund Dews, Thomas Simpson, D. Per ozzl, J. J. Cambers and W. M. Barber. After satisfying the ravishing ap petites soliciting invariably causes, the assembled workers listened to a r.hort address by Prof. G. A. Briscoe, principal of the public schools, who told of the advantages to be derived not only to Ashland but to the en tire state by' the addition of two more normals. He was followed by Mayor Lamkln whose talk was virtually upon the same line. E. V. Carter was called upon to introduce to the assemblege Senator Walter Pierce of La Grande, who was In Ashland that day on the interest of his campaign for the democratic nomination for governor. Rev. C. A. Edwards, also an ac quaintance of Mr. Pierce, spoke a few words of introduction after which the candidate talked in a manner that endeared him to the hearts of his listeners In regard to his attitude on the normal question. The committees practically con cluded the drive at 6 o'clock when they came In and made a satisfactory report to Secretary Shlnn. Some of the committees have not completed their canvass, but when all results have been taken the showing Is most favorable, considering the demand made upon Ashland every day to meet wartime conditions. Council Transacted Important Business Much routine work and the discus sion of necessary business occupied the city council at its regular meet ing last Tuesday night. On applica tion of Chief of Police Hatcher for an increase of salary of $10 a month was granted, and 0. W. Crews wa3 granted permission to erect a garage on Granite street. Among Interesting discussions that arose was that concerning the camp ing ground for teams at the foot of Water street. Complaint was enter ed by the people living in that vicin ity that the grounds are obstructed, and they want them cleared up and better care given to that section. The obstructions were ordered removed. Sermon To Class of 1918 Given Sunday A large audience was present at the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the Ashland high school Sunday evening in the Metho uist Episcopal church. All churches were dismissed in the city In order to allow their congregations to at tend this service In which the vari ous clergymen participated. Rev. P. K. Hammond of the Epis copal church delivered an inspiring sermon to the graduating class. Spe cial music by the church choir was also a pleasing feature. New Street Openings Approved By Council Viewers on the opening. of the al ley from Pioneer avenue to First street between East Main and C, and the opening of a street connecting the upper and lower Scenic Drives reported favorably at the council meeting Tuesday night, and their re ports were approved by the council These Improvements will be made as soon as formal notice can be given Interested property owners. See Bulbul at Chautauqua Friday. Red Cross Drive Will Start May 20 Portland, May 8. Next comes the second war fund of the American Red Cross for $100,000,000, Oregon plans for which were announced In Portland this morning by II. L. Cor hett, state chairman. Oiegon is to aim at $000,000. as was the case In the first Red Cross war drive, when over $1,000,000 was subscribed. Portland's quota has been set, as before, at $2i0,000, white the aim for the state at large is $350,000. For the first time the Red Cross will conduct a campaign through lt'i own organization, the campaign com mittees in each district being selected by the chapters of the Red Cross, which In turn will work through their branches and auxiliaries. Mr. Corbett has appointed H. E. Witham as state manager, and Mr. Witham, In turn, appointed a series of assistant state managers, who be gan this morning a tour of the stat which will take them to the chapter headquarters of each district, to as sist In perfecting organization. Each assistant manager is , one who has made a record previously in Liberty loan. Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., or sim ilar' drives, and In some cases, In all of them. The assistant manager for Jack son county will be F. L. Chambers, president of the First National bank of Eugene. Mr. Chambers was chair man for Lane county In the first and second Liberty loand, in the first Red Cross and In many other patri otic activities, and it Is through his efforts that Lane county has consis tently made such an excellent roc- ord. Acorn Circle Will Sell War Stamps The subject of helping to save the nation's credit will be a special feat ure of the regular meeting of Acorn Circle No. 54, Neighbors of Wood craft, this week. Our government is threatened with a demand for a higher rate of Inter est on the next bond issue. A de mand is being made that the size of the smallest bond Issued be increased from $50 to $500. That will put the chance for the little fellow to loan direct to the government that much farther away. Fifty dollars Is al ready much too large to be met by the weekly or monthly savings of the average little fellow. It is different with the thrift and savings war loan. In It the savings of everybody can be used, whether they are $50 or $500 or five cents. Larger and larger and ever increas ing loans from the millions and mil lions of the little fellowB, until from that source the government can get the use of all the money It needs to borrow, is the answer to the attack on the credit of the government. The Neighbors of Woodcraft have enrolled and armed themselves to take up this fight on behalf of the credit of the government. Mrs. Josephine D. Cracker, clerk of Acorn Circle has war savings stamps for sale, and anyone wishing to Invest Is requested to call on her. Ordinance Violators May Work Out Fines At the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening' the city at torney was Instructed to prepare an ordinance empowering the police Judge to order men to work out their fines in the various city departments when unable to pay cash for viola tions of ordinances. This ordinance will go into effect as soon as prepar ed and acted upon. Section Added To Committee Report In the report submitted by the executive committee of the Ashland Patriotic fund published In the last Issue of the Tidings, section 7 of Ar ticle II has been added. This Is aa follows: f Provided, that should any contrib utor to this fund stipulate that his contribution should be used solely in the support of one or more of the war charities, bb he shall designate, then and In that event the executive committee may, at its option, accept the subscription as condlionally mad'; Hobson Lecture to Be in ISLE. Church Captain Richmond Pearson Hob- son, lecturer, statesman and hero of Santiago harbor during the Spanish American wiir. will lecture In Ash land Sunday evening, May 12. Thl3 lecture was announced to take place in the Chautauqua building, but ow- Ing to the cold, damp weather, wilt he given In the Methodist church In stead. Captain Hobson is one of the great est lecturers on the American plat form, and has addressed an Ashland audience before. The topic of the coming lecture will be along the same lines, but will be an entirely new address, dealing with the ques tion of temperance aa it effects the present war conditions. Ashland Is most fortunate In securing this not able speaker and all will be afforded an opportunity to hear him in the Methodist church. Commercial Club Elected Trustees A spirit of conviviality and socla bility to an unusual degree marked the meeting of the Commercial club when it convened at the city hall last Monday evening. A large attend ance was present and as the semi annual election of trustees was one of the leading events of the business before the club, members turned out In full force.. The election of new trustees to serve for tlx months oc cupied the attention of the club and teBulted in- the following who will eerve: H. T. Elmore. A. C. Briggs, L. F, Ferguson, F. J. Shlnn, O. F. Carson and W. O. Dickenson. Five new members were also elected as fol lows: Dr. 7. B. Webster, O. T. Berg nei. H. L. Moore, Carl C. Darling, and E. F. Bolssevalne. The Ashland band gave a splendid 'presentation of their powers as musi cal entertainers and played several selections, after which a number of live, up-to-the-minute addresses were made. E. V. Carter was the first speaker, , and spoke of the patriotic spirit of Ashland people in-goin over the top in every campaign pre sented to them. He also outlined the plan of the Ashland Patriotic fund, which has recently become a measure. Mr. Carter Is one of tho best campaign manager In Jackson county, and as a tribute to his effi ciency was unanimously elected to serve the Commercial club as repre- tentatlve on the Ashland Patriotic fund. H. L. Whlted next spoke on tho coming celebration for July Fourth, and gave a sketch of what the ob servance of this day means to the youth. He was followed by Rev. C. A. Edwards, who talked on Commer cial club activities. As Is invariably the case, the topic of war Is virtually impossible to escape, and on this oc casion Mr. Ewards closed his remarks with a brief but notable address on the war. Fred C. Homes presented the nor mal school question and outlined the plan of campaign to start Tuesday morning, while R. P. Campbell gave one of his entertaining readings. Re freshments and an Informal social period closed the meeting. Charles Porter, a member of the coast artillery at Fort Stevens, who was sent several weeks ago to Jack sonville, Fla., to take a course of training In motor track driving, pass ed a creditable examination and has .returned. He arrived In Ashland Wednesday evening ana win visit nis parent, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Porter, until this evening before returning to Fort Stevens. I German Attack Presages New Offensive Along Five-Mile Front What possibly may prove to be the prelude to the long expected resump tion of hostilities by the Germans on the western front, is being played. Soutlieust of Ypres, from the re gion of Voormeezele to LaClytte, the Germans have launched an attack r.gainst the British and French troops holding the lino and at cer tain points over tho five-mile front they have met with some success by peuetratlng front line trendies. Ap parently, however, over the greater part of the fluid of combat they mot with repulse. Tho ground gained is south of Clskcbusch lke, and In Rldgewood around which places hard fighting was continued at last accounts. The objective of the enemy seems to be the pushing forward of his line In this region still farther to out flank Ypres on the southwest and press on toward Poeperlnghe and the railway line running between that town and Ypres. On the remainder of the front in Flanders and Tlcardy artillery duels and small operations continue on Iso lated sectors. The French south of LaClytte have penetrated German ad vanced positions and taken prisoners and the Australians east of Amiens have again pinched in and taken over portions of the German line. On the Toul sector the Americans, for the first time, have opened against the Germans with their heavy artillery. On the other fronts the operations continue of a minor character. In Mesopotamia the British have advanced their line to within 80 miles of Mosul, capturing the town of Kerkuk, which the Turks evacuat ed without giving battle. An American patrol on the Toul sector fell victim to a silent enemy ambush some time last night. The Germans evidently used bayonets and the butts of their rifles.' The Amer icans went out early In the evening and nothing further was heard of then until another patrol happened to cross the Bpot where the others had been ambushed. Not one shot Roundup Interests Point to Big Event Interest In Roundup affairs is as suming a rousing pitch at present, and indications point to one of the best celebrations yet presented In this city. The management decided after due deliberation that all pleasures should not be dispensed with on ac count of war conditions, and for this year the citizens of Ashland and the valley will still continue the time honored custom of celebrating the national birthday In the good old way. Towards this end, the association, of which A. C. Nintnger Is president, at a recent meeting' elected J. E. Thornton secretary and Lee Hall treasurer. Other committees were: Advertising, O. T. Bergner and L. F. Ferguson: soliciting, Charles Rob ertson, L. F. Ferguson and Henry Provost. The general celebration will be managed by W. Hal MoNalr, representing the Commercial club; F. F. Whittle, the Business Men's asso ciation, and J. E. Thornton, the Roundup association. All the pre liminary details of the association are being worked out satisfactorily by these officials. Death Relieved Long Suffering Mrs. A. Stearns, who had been spending the past winter in Ashland at the home of her daughter, Mrs. itella Carson, died Tuesday even ing at the ago of 61 years. Mrs. Stearns came here from Wisconsin In the hope of bettering her health which had been poor for a long time, but that hope was not realized. Fun eral services will be held Friday af ternoon from the residence of Mrs. Carson, 195 Laurel street, if absent members of the family arrive in time She Is survived by six children as follows: Mrs. Stella Carson of Ash land, Mrs. R. W. Cuvelller of Fruit vale. Cal.. Mrs. Rachel Farley of Wis consin, who reached Ashland Wednes day with the Intention of making her home here. One son Is in Wisconsin and two others are In the army. See Bulbul at Chautauina rMay. was fired during the encounter, as far as was known. With the American Army Id France, May 8 American heavy ar tillery was fired today for the first time in the sector northwest of Toul. After several weeks spent In prepara tion, tho American artillerists havlns picked out the targets in the rear of Monesec reported that they were ready to open firo a couple of days ago, but for reasons not disclosed the guns wore not fired until today. About 40 shells were sent over Montsec at the heavy German batter ies composed of 203's, captured from the Russians, which had been firing for some time, especially at the American battery positions. Except for artillery firing and pa trolling there Is little new in Plcardy. Every day the Americans become stronger. Apparently they are better entrenched than the Germans, who are being continually harassed, day and night. Despite the enemy's heavy expenditure in gas, he obtained no advantage In this sector. The weather for several days has prevented Infantry activity. One of the American patrols last night encountered an enemy working party. They shot the sentinel and rushed the enemy but later retir ing owing to the enemy's superiority In numbers. A letter, freshly written, found on the body of a Gorman killed by tho Americans in Plcardy, discloses tha effectiveness of the American fire. The letter follows: "Here we lie! Lie in a village which has been completely demolish ed by artillery fire. The village is near Mondidler. We dare not show ' oursolves. We live In the cellar. We ' have to go and get our food at night. The last night I went out w ith a de tail which brought back food, we ! got a direct bit. A shell hit our par ty, which killed some men and wounded several. I "hope we will soon be taken from the western army." Home Guard Hears Quota For Militia The Ashland Home' Guard turned out well last Tuesday night for the enlistment in the state miHtfa, and al most enough have registered to in sure mustering Into the state organ ization. As the principal business of this meeting was devoted to affairs concerning the enlistment -only a small portion of the evening was given over to the drill, which here after will be the leading business. Another meeting will be held to night to complete arangements, and the adjutant general Is expected to be here soon to muster the company into the state militia. : ' ' The uniforms, which will be pro cured for the company by the county court, will be secured as soon as tho required numbor are recruited. After this week regular meetings of tho guard will be held Monday evening instead of Tuesday as heretofore. Aged Woman Died Tuesday Morning Mrs. Lovina S. Carpenter, wife of V. W. Carpenter, died at her homo at 78 Seventh street Tuesday morn ing at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Car penter had been a zealous advocate of Christian Sclenco work for the past 25 years. She had organized three churches and had been for many jears a practitioner in that cult. Fun oral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the Stock undertak ing parlors under the supervision ot the Christian Scientists, and inter ment will be made In the Odd Follows cemetery at Mountain View. -Beside her aged husband who is in critical health, Mrs. Carpenter Is suvived by the following children: ' w. A. Con nor of Ashland. Ed M. Connor of Port Angeles, Wash., Mrs. Ella Sum mers of Glenwood Springs, Colo., Mrs. Nellie Bakor of St. Louis, Mo., Dick Collier of Tulsa, Okla. . Mrs. Frank S. FolU was called to San Francisco Wednesday evening by the sad tidings of the death ot her brother, which occurred ther yesterday morning. - , : Phone news Items to tha Tiding. I