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page root ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, May 30, 1018. AT TOE CHURCHES Christian Church Corner B and Second streets, W. L. Mellinger, pas tor. Bible school at 10 a. m Com munion at 11; preachlnO)- Rev. P. 11. Burnett. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:?0 p. m. Congregational Cliurch Dr. Sid ney L. Guiick of New York will oc cupy the pulpit next Sunday at 11 a. m. In the evening Mr. Brett will speak on "Love to God and Man." Everybody welcome. Presbyterian Cliurch Dr. George V. Nasymth of Washington, D. C. will occupy the pulpit of First Pres byterian church next Sunday morn ing at 11. Dr. Nasmyth will speak on the "Moral Aims of the War," Jle Is a brilliant and eloquent man with a great message for Ashland people. Come and hear him. 'azarcne Church There will be two preaching services Sunday. The subjects are, morning, "Table Serv ing Christianity." This subject deals with the difference between the workings of the Apostolic church and that of the present day. The differ ence In results warrants the com parison. Evening subject, "Differ ent kinds of Plants." In this ser mon the pastor will show that there Is only one church In the world, viz, "The Church of God." This Is com posed of all who have been born again and whose names are written in Heaven. The churches severally are merely working units or corpora tions for the spreading of the gospel of Christ. The latter is essential to the former. Everybody invited to our services. Dorman D. Edwards, pastor. First Church of Christ, Scientist Pioneer avenue south. Sunday serv ice at 11 o'clock, subject of sermon lesson, "Ancient and Modern Ne cromancy, allias Mesmerism and Hyp notism, Denounced." Sunday school at 10. Wednesday evening meeting at 8. Heading room open from2 to 4 daily except Sundayo and holidays. CLUB CALENDAR. CIvio Second and fourth Tuea- days. Auxiliary Every alternate $ Thursday evening. $ Junior High School Parent- Teacher Third Tuesday. 0 Hawthorne School Parent- Teacher Third Tuesday. Sunshine Second and fourth Thursdays. t s Wednesday Afternoon Second and fourth Wednesdays. Trinity Guild First and third Thursday. $ W. R. C First and third. Sat- urdays. Monday Afternoon Study Al- ternate Mondays. Chautauqua Monday evening. s Chautauqua Monday afternoon. W. C. T. U. First and third t Tuesdays. $ Home Guard Tuesday evening. fr Eastern Star Embroidery Sec- ond and fourth Tuesdays. Teacup First Tuesday. Travelers Second Tuesday. Rebekah Embroidery Second and fourth Thursdays. Christian Aid Second and fourth Thursdays. Choral Society Every Tuesday evening. "When you want Insurance, talk with Billings." s Overwhelming Misfortune MAY COME TO YOU No property Is secure against Jo lifetime may go up iu smoke in a day or a niKht. Life is uncertain, and may be cut short when your family most needs you. There is one remedy, and only one l.NSl RANCH . See us for the BEST and SAFEST insurance to be had. None but true and tried companies represented. There's danger in delay. NOW id the time. Billings Agency Real Estate and Real Insurance 41 E. Main St. Phone 211 M X ECLIPSE EVENT OX CALENDAR XEXT MOXTH G. P. Hall of the Modoc orchard gives in the Medford Suu the follow ing details of the total eclipse of the sun, which will be visible In this sec tion June 8: On Juno 8 will occur a natural phenomena that the average individ ual does not have the fortune to wit ness once in a lifetime. That will be a total eclipse of the sun. The eclipse will start at sunrise on the little Island of Borodino, off the coast of Japan, on the mornin of June 9, and as the sun will appar ently be moving westward, and the moon will in reality be moving east ward, the s'.iadow will be projects eastward at an enormdus speed. - It will cross the international dat lino in about an hour and "will get back Into the 8th of June. It will cross the Pacific ocean In two hours and 13 minutes, and will arrive at 2:55 p. m., standard time, The shadow will be traveling at the rate of 47 miles per minute when it reaches Astoria, Oregon. It will then pursue a southeasterly course, crossing the United States at an accelerated speed in 47 minutes Four minutes after leaving the coast of Florida, It will end in sun set 400 miles out at sea. The eclipse will not be total In Medford, but so nearly so that It will take on many aspects attending total eclipse. The sun's corona ought to be more or less visible. At the moment of greatest obscurity there will he There never was a Ume since Adam, as good to buy on easV terms, as the present. Labor lo unprecedent- ly high, and no Indications of it be ing lower for a long time to come; and you can buy a good house and lot now of the Beaver Realty Com pany for less than the cost of the house, and almost on your own terms. This Is especially attractive to R. R. people. Beaver Realty Co. 211 E. Main St., Phone 68 bright flare on the south side of the sun, and possibly a bright protuber ance at the top. Extensive preparations have been and are boing made to utilize the ! minute and three-quarters duration of totality to the utmost. Many large telescopes have been moved into the tone of totality, for observation anJ photographic purposes, and the tele graph will be used to the utmost. It has long been, surmised that thore Is a planet Inside the Orbit of Murcury. So sure of its existence have some become that they have given it the name of Vulcan. The planet Vulcan, if It exists, Is always so involved in the light of the sun that it Is impossible to see It ex cept during a total eclipse. If a plan et exists inside the orbit of Mercury it is likely that Its orbit lies in the vicinity of twenty millions of miles from the sun's surface. It is travel ing at a terrific speed and its density is as great as that of solid iron. Just what function Nature intended the planet Vulcan to perform Is hard to understand, unless It may be to fur nish material for the construction of new worlds after the present solar system is blown into aeriform at the preat cataclysm fon which we are scheduled. MOVE TO RAISE AGE OK VOLUNTEERS TO 5.1 Another move toward full utiliza tion of the country's man power was made Saturday when Secretary Bak er sent to congress the draft of a bill proposing to raise the maximum age limit in the army from 40 to 55 years. All men over 40 so enlisted would be assigned to non-combative service. In a letter to Speaker Clark, ask ing that the bill be pushed, Secretary Baker said: ' "Every man above the ago of 40 years who is enlisted in non-combatant branches of the service, will make available for duty with the lire troops a man within the prescrlb- el ace limit for all troops. "Jlany men whose long experience a 3 mechanics and artisans will make them particularly valuable to the var ious staff corps and departments may b" thus secured, instead of younger vicn without such experience, and the efficiency of the staff corps and the departments will thus be increased." There probably are 7,500,000 men iiMween the ages of 40 and 53, and many thousands of them already at teed their desire to serve by bom barding the dpartment with appli cations. While the great majority of the men in this class undoubtedly will be restrained from enlisting by family and business ties, the number at lib erty, to join the colors Is expected 1 to be more than sufficient to meet uie purpose in view. . The mold la which heroes were cast evidently still exists. General Halg was turned out from it. Talent Tidings Mrs. Fred Brandt and daughter, Catherine, arrived- from Prosser, Wash., Wednesday. .. Mr. Brandt, who will make the trip by team,, is ex pected to arrive in the near future. Mrs. Lizzie Beeson and son, Ever ett, returned from Klamath Falls last week. ' F. Sowash left for Marshfield Sat urday evening. Mrs. Josh Patterson and Mrs. Jno. Budgeon were delegates to the I. O. 0. F. convention which met last week at Seaside, Ore. Henry Brandt left this week for Nebraska. Mrs. Brandt will go later. Mrs. Carl Froraan returned Mon day from Dorris, where she had spent the last ten davs witn ner mother. She was accompanied by her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. Lewis Evans and Mrs. Frank Evans. Miss Lulu Evans is also a guest. Mr. Foster left Tuesday morning for Camp Lewis. Red Cross Tuesday and Friday af ternoons. Now the Germans have re newed their spring drive, it will mean many more wounded soldiers. This work is for their comfort, make it a part of your weekly program. We here in our comfortable hqmes do not realize the awful condition which war brings. Come to the Red Cross, do your bit, that your boy may be encouraged. Mayhap a bandage or a pair of bed socks which mother may have made may be the link which will bind the boy to this life. Come, do your bit. At a council meeting Monday even ing it was decided to gravel the streets with gravel purchased from he county rock crusher, which Is located in Bear creek, east of Tal ent. The result was that work of graveling Wagner avenue began on Tuesday. W. A. Folger, chairman of the coun ty food administration, was a Talent business caller Monday. Arthur Brown was a guest at the Tryer home for a short time Tues day morning. Miss Callie Vogell entertained mist Alberta Harrison, one of the Ashland school teachers, Tuesday night. Church services as usual next Sun day at the Methodist church. The town has been wunoui water for the nast three days, the pump at the town well having been worn out. Josh Patterson was called In to fix it. The farmers in this section; arc busy with their first crop of hay. Krnest Jeffrey returneu mouuay from Grants Pass where he had been attending the Epworth League con vention. .... L. Firestone died Monday nigtu ai a hospital In Ashland. Funeral serv es will he held in the Dunkard church Wednesday. Interment in .the cemetery. RESIDENT WILSON FAVORS CONTROL OF MEAT SUITLV Washington. May 29. Approval by President Wilson of a policy of upervlsion without actual govern ment operation, unless enforcement of regulatory measures Is found 'to be Impossible, was announced tonight by the food administration. This policy was included in recom mendations of the committees, which the president appointed recently to report upon the policies to be pur sued with regard to the industry and all of which Mr. Wilson approved. Other recommendations provides for: The licensing and regulation of stockyards by the department of ag riculture, with a governmental sys tem of animal grading; . Continuation of the present food administration regulations as to max imum profits, unless the federal trade commission, upon Investigation should find the maximums unreason able; ' Co-ordination of purchases by agencies of both the American and al-. lied governments, so as to control packers' profits, and make prices paid by consumers the same as those paid by the government; Appointment of a committee to in. estigate the conditions of the retail trade with a view to better methods Of distribution and private-owned cars of the packers by the director- general of railroads. Today the wheat crisis abroad has grown most acute. This is the fag nd of the cereal supply the last few months before the' new harvest. The allies homo supply Is at Its low est. Their need for outside help is at Its highest. The allies cannot hope to meet the crisis on the first lino trench unless wo assure them help In the food crisis that threatens their rear guard of brave men, women and children left behind to build ships, make munitions and prepare cloth ing for those at the front. Even if there is only a little wheat in it, don't eat that extra slice of h-ar bread. Every ounce counts, and Un cle Sam Is in the market to buy everv pint of wheat flour you can spare. How Is the stock In your pantry? Enough to divide with the boys at the front? If so, get in touch with your county food administrator, who will tell you how to make the "div vy." Your money back, if you ant it, and thanks from Uncle Samj X w t . The United States, importing be fore the war as much as $10,000,000 worth of aniline dyes a year, in 10 months of last year exported 3yes at $12,500,000., , . j, Ira i lip5- RED GROSS CANTEENS; JUST WHAT THEY ARE American Woman Tells Vividly of Her Canteen The Gayest, . Brightest Little Room One Ever Saw. NEVER SO PROUD OF ANYTHING IN ALL HER LIFE Just what a Red Cross canteen Is, how it is outfitted,' and the hundred problems the American women have to meet in feeding the French, Eng. lish and American soldiers Is well shown In this letter from an American Red Cross worker: We have really a wonderful place. It was given to us so rough and plain and ugly. I had a coat of plaster put on the walls, painted a bright blue wainscot three feet high with a sten ell of flowers of red, white and blue above, white walls and celling, doors and windows outlined with light green, and stencils of bright colors between the windows of trumpets, and over the five doors delicious little paintings by Miss KIrkpatrick and Miss Beckett of soldiers and canteeners In the moat :Iever and attractive way. Brightest Little Room. At the end of the room we have two girls, one American and one French, holding French and American flags. We have red and white oilcloth on tlx tables, red glnss carafes and red tur key window curtains, and always flow. ers on the counters. It Is the gayest, brightest little room you ever saw, However, It only holds about 120 men seated at the tables and It Is to be used as a recreation room and even movies. Our big room Is to have a huge kitchen nnd seats for 1,000 men or over, and will open right on to the platform. It is to he decorated by an artist from the Beaux Art, as Miss Beckett has gone nnd Miss Klrkpafr rick Is too busy. It will really be a splendid big plnce and we can work In comfort Instead of being put In straits ns we are now In to feed so many men with only six gas burners In n long row. We make the coffee, soup, cocoa, and ragout or sometimes regular Irish stew on our stoves and the 'roasts are cocked for us gratuitously at the bakers'. All food except coffee, meat, cocoa and sugar is cheap down here. It is the garden district of France. All the men are so pleased and grateful and w get such post cards and thanks. We have stewed apples, stewed dates and figs for deserts and I tell you It keeps us hopping to keep things going. Sometimes we run out of meat and then we fry eggs for them and they love them. The dormitories are won derful. I never was so proud of any thing before. Two Hundred canvas stretchers for beds. We never used them before, but we can keep them clean and put them outside If 'there is' any vermin. Model of Cleanliness. We have a splendid, fumigating plant and an incinerator, and the place is a model of cleanliness. All the men take off their wet and dirty boots. W have good felt slippers for thenv two woolen blankets for each bed, two big stoves and an orderly that wakes them for their trulns, good shower baths and wash rooms and altogether, when the big room Is finished, It will be a model of everything It should be, particularly as our last touch Is a bar ber. Last year the men slept In the road. We have adopted the Auberge sabots ns the only sensible footwear as the r'oads and our floors are always wet. T00Y0UNGT0KEEP OAS MASKS ON Many people say: "Why doesn't the government do the work of the Red Cross?" There is no better reply to this question than to cite some of the activities of the American Red Cross. Last August the American Red Cross Issued an order for an automobile to be given to n French hospitul for chil dren of Toul, near Nnncy. A lot of chintzes for, the bedrooms were sent down to brighten them up, a lot of toys for the children French children brought In from the war zone, too young to keep on4helr gns masks. To day ten Red Cross nutomobiles are hauling to Red Cross hospitals 1a France French children whos parents, held in slavery In Germany, are now being dumped every day at Evlnn, on the Franco-Swiss border,. Fancy our government doing that foi French children. Tet it must be dons If the French morale behind the lines Is to be kept up. These deeds of the American Red Cross are Just as much a part of our military policy in Francs and Italy as though they were done u der articles of war, - - PAGE THEATRE ONE NIGHT ONLY Tuesday, June 4 A. II. Woods Presents The Brightest of All Comedies Manrs Amide" A Farcical Display in 3 Views One Long Lingering Laugh" The San Francisco critics were unanimous in their praise for "Mary's Ankle" Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 Seat Sale, Saturday, June 1 v LOCAL AND PERSONAL While f'i'ins Chautauqua engage ments at Grants Fass an J. Yreka this week, William Jeni.i:igs Bryan wt.s an Ashland visitor Tuesday. He stop ped off between trains at Medforl to call on a friend and was driven to this city tc take the train here on his way south. Mrs. J. M. Wagner, who had been spending several months In Berke ley with her children who are sta tioned there, has returned home. Mrs. W. J. Moore has returned from Emmett, Idaho, where she had been called by the serious illness o her son Frank. She reports the young man gaining in health and ex pects to be entirely restored soon Miss Pina Benedict will return to her home In this city this week, hav Ing finished her school work at Eagle Point for this term. Miss Benedict is engaged at Eagle Point for the next school year with an Increase of salary Word was received in the city this week that Sergeant Wilfred C. Carr, of Battery C, 63th regiment overseas recently underwent a mastoid opera tion In France. He Is said to be get ting along nicely. J. F. Meikle of Berkeley, Cal., a former prominent business man of this city, arrived Wednesday and is renewing old-time acquaintances. Mrs. B. R. Greer and daughter, Elbert, spent Saturday in Medford where they were guests at the home of Mrs. S. S. Smith. Private Hugh S. McV'Icar is spend ing a furlough in this city at the home of his Sister, Mrs. C. A. Ed wards, at the Methodist parsonage. Mr. McVicar is from Camp Kearney San Diego, where he is a member of the field artillery, Mrs E. M. Stannard and son Ed have returned from Kenosho, Wis. where they had accompanied the body 6f Mr. Stnnard for burial. Mrs Stannard exepects to make her. hone here while her children, Ed and Am', fter cpendl.is their vacation in Ash land, will continue their course in trc University of Ciiiloriiia A number of Christian church peo ple went to Talent Sunday where a basket dinner was enjoyed at the Christian church at the noon hour. Rev. Mellinger, having preached in Ashland at 11 o'clock, preached at Talent at 2 o'clock before starting on his journey to the mlddel west where his Chautauqua work begins. Sergeant Electrician Beecher Dan- ford, who has been spending a fur lough "here at his home from Fort Stevens, has had his leave extended to June 5. Sergeant Danford ex pects to be a member of the new bat tery which Is being formed at the fort for overseas soon. Mrs. W. H. Morse and Mrs. Neva Jones of Iowa who have been spend ing the winter In Los Angeles stop ped off at Ashland last week to visit their relatives, Mr. and Mfs. Roy Hale and Mrs. Delhia Hale, of Sixth street for a few days. Dr. L. Elwood Dunn of Pittsburg, Fa., is in the city where he is takin;; a rest and trying the effects of the climate and waters. It Is Dr. Dunn's Intention to remain here several months. 1 Mrs. George N. Kramer and son Foss will leave this evening for Can ada where they will visit with Mrs. Kramer's brother,. Ross Ellason, in Alberta. W. E. Jeter has taken over a Hud son Six which he will run as a pub lic taxi. Mrs. Jeter will have charge of the news stand on Fourth and A streets near the station. WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE West Point is on a food-conservation basis, and the health of the cadet corps is better than ever. All bread used is composed of 45 per cent wheat flour, 45 rye, and 10 per cent white bolted grain flour; and many cadets consider it ' superior to the former white bread. Sugar consumption has been cut down, meatless days and ! meals are rigidly observed, and thtj reduced amount of meat has been j beneficial to health. A lesson from al reliable source. i Taking It From Babies. "Every ounce of wheat products In excess of six pounds per month thati you eat, Mr. American Citizen, is that, much literally taken from the mouths; of the starving women and children, of France," says a Food Administra tion bulletin. "The armed allies may, go without wheat, but these innocents! will actually die unless we s;ive them! of ours In generous proportion." j Victory bread is received with hear ty approval. But don't be satisfied to use it on a wheatless day or at a wbeatless meal, because it Isn't wheat-i less. A million checks a month will soon be going forward from the bureau of war risk insurance to safeguard America's fighting forces and their families. Applications from soldiers and sailors for insurance are near $4, 000,000,000. Pity the girls: First the govern ment commandeers nearly all the eligible young men and now It de mands first choice of the platinum supply. The wheat crop will soon be com ing up, but congress predicts that it will not come up to $2.50 a bushel. Liberty bond subscriptions tell us Kaiser Bill don't stand a chance: Weil give till we wear behind us Bigger patches on our pants. When he comes back are you go ing to be able to look him In the face and say, "I helped you"? You can't do It if you rol) him of wheat, meats and sugar. Frank Rush, a former well known Ashland boy, is spending a furlough. in this city from Fort Stevens. Phone Job orders to the Tidings, Classified Advertisements TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR RENT Five -room furnisher! cottage, with fruit and garden. Phone 2G7-J, or call at 227 Gran ite street. 3.3 LOST Ring. Small rllnmnnH nnr- roirndod by onyx and circle of pearls; near postoffice. Liberal reward. Mrs. Glelve, Sanitarium. 3-3t LOST Lost ill Ashland unnieHmp. ago, necklace, rolled chain with oval locket. Reward. Phone 390-R. 3-2 Notice At all garages on June 1 the price of mechanical labor will be $1.25 pcr hour. OVERLAND-MILLNER CO., ASHLAND VULCANIZING WORKS PARK GARAGE, , LEE HALL, FORD GARAGE, DIX & SON, WHITE STAR GARAGE