nlTritt7 or Owion Com-,
. L. PouglM. Librarian
MHLANI)
Tidings
Hshland Grows While Uthla Flows':
'; City of Sunshine and Flowers
AshljnJ. Oregon. Lilhld Springs
. "Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918
NUMBER 15
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Allied Nations In
4th Of July Parade
Among the Interesting features of
the Fourth of July parade were the
following characters and the people
who represented them:
Goddess- of Lllie-ty, Miss Emma
Jenkins, by the Civic club. Ti jck
furnished by A. W. Walker agency.
George Washington, Will Coleman.
In car furnished by Treichler & Pier
Bon agency.
Joan of Arc, Miss Harriet Trask
find assistants, Misses Dorothy Tin
ker and Jessie Inlow.
Abraham Lincoln, W. F. Moore, In
car with W. A. Turner.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lapsing, represented by J. II. Fuller
of Talent and Itev. Edwards, In car
with D. M. Watt.
Speaker of day, C. L. Roames, with
i E. V. Carter. '
Paul Revere, Dr. Jarvls, mounted.
Uncle Sam, C. M. Frost, In car with
ITayor Lamkin.
Belgian officer and family, Prof.
Wilson and family, In car with Mrs.
Bcslough.
French oflicer, Blanche Provost,
In car with Jerry O. Neil.
Lafayette, Prof. Vlnlng, In car
vitli )I. G. Eastman.
"John 2ull," Dr. Webster, in car
with T. II. Simpson.
Canada, W. D. Hodgson, in car
uriven by himself.
Scotland Highlander, A. McMillan,
in car with Fred Engle.
Ireland, in car with Mrs. Vaupel.
Australian group, in car with Mrs
I'al McXalr.
Pervia, Charles King.
Kussia, W. G. Curry, in car driven
by C. W. Banta
O. A. C, !n car with Miss Rosa
Thomas.
Japan, represented by cars of Ves
Patterson and Court Hall, contain
ing George And :" and others of
the Mikado cast, all In gorgeous Ori
crrtal costume.
Italian officer, George Cyestor, In
car with Mrs. Norris.
Cuba, Dr and Mrs. Woods.
Panama. Mr. and Mrs. Georga
Kramer. ' '
(Greece, Mr. and Mrs. B. Jl. Greer.
China, Mrs. Wall Chung, daughters
rod girl assistar.ti!, on large float
magnificently decorated with Orien
tal laces and ornaments, rented from
San Francisco for the parade.
Brazil group in car driven by Miss
Florence Allen.
Lifesaving float, operated by Mas
ters Dennis Espy and Kenneth Mill
rrr. Decorated pony cart, Master Booth.
Chautauqua float. Mrs. O. Winter.
New Chiefs Elected
At Elks Grand Lodge
The administration made a clean
tweep Tuesday in the election of offi
cers at the annual meeting of the
grand lodge of Elks at Atlantic City,
iJ. J., all of its candidates being suc
cessful. Fred C. Robinson of Dubuque, la.,
and Charles White, Chicago, won
over James Richardson, Cincinnati,
end J. P. Brennan, Denison, Texas,
respectfully for grand secretary and
grand treasurer.
Bruce A. Campbell. East St. Louis,
111., was chosen grand exalted ruler,
Mlhout opposition Other officers
elected were:
Thomas L. Rellly, of Meridan,
Corn., grand esteemed loyal knight;
F. L. Chapman, Groat Bend, Kans.,
(.rand esteemed lecturing knight; C.
H Horn, Colorado Springs, grand
tiler; W. H. Brown. Santa Monica,
Cal., grand inner guard; C. F. J.
McCue,' Cambridge, Mass., grand
trustee, five-year term, and W. E.
Driskon, Albany, X. Y., one-year
term.
Atlantic City was selected for the
I ft 19 reunion.
A second million dollar fund was
voted by the delegates for war relif
work. The money Is to be under the
care of a commission headed by John
IC Toner, former governor of Penn-i-ylvania.
Express Co. Asks
Increase of Rates
An application has been filed with
the public sorvice commission of Ore
gon by the American Railway Ex
press company for permission to ad
vance all existing commodity rates
applying to shipments between
points within the stata of Oregon.
The- application asks for an increase
tf lo per cent in these rates.
Bad Smashups On
Pacific Highway
Two bad smashups occurred on
the Pacific highway Sunday night,
In which fortunately no one was in
jured. The first occurred at about
' o'clock between Medford and Cen
tral Point, where a large automo
bile ran Into the wagon belonging
to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bedding. To
gether with Mrs. Beldims's brother.
Glenn Coffee, this couple was travel -
ng from Bandon to McDowell, Cal.,
in a wagon drawn by two horses.
The impact threw all threo occu
I ants out and the wagon's other con
tents were spilled and badly dam
aged. Fortunately the people fell
on a pile of hay and bedding and
were not hurt.
The driver, who va3 the only oc-
tupant of the car, took Mr. and Mrs.
Bedding nnd Mr. Coffee to the Dow
hospital In Medford, but Ihey were
in no need of medical attention. The
identification of the driver of the
i.hr is not known.
j Late Sunday night Vera Orr was
: driving Mr. Owen of Grants Pass
from the latter city to Ashland, when
j between here and Medford (heir car
land that of Mrs. Josie Offenbacher
j collided. Botli cars wero wrecked,
i.i't no one was Injured.
Navy Continues To
Attract Recruits
Tho naval recruiting offlc-rs have
been bury during the past week en -
listlns voiinz men from the. eonntv
: i.nd nearby sections into tho various
i departments cf that service. Twelve
i . lurtaers have left within the past
; i: days and more ere expected to
! leave shortly. Those enlisting are:
Darwin M. Hoag'.and, iral S. Stewart j lepeuis ukm. u:."uuo.,b in
and Leonard J. Freeman, all of Cen-, ";;il:il,S the enemy back from strong
tral Point, who enlisted July 3. in i petitions f.-om which he -.night easily
kip rarii'n ,1 n:.w nit n,i rm,n!1(Jch vital ground along the French
tc San Francisco for trali'.iiig. El-
mer E. Kyle of Central Point. Fran'.; i
Mayfield of P.ogne River and Jam's! ,oen I'limlttcnt artillery duels,
F. Butter of Jacksonville enlisted deepening here and there into bom
July C, as seamen, second class. July ! l'rt?ni-.-.t cf great, intensity., This
A. HPnrv A fWn... Hnv-,1 I Sfvrn ! W'n the tuse east ot Amicus,
of .Medford, Fred Combesl of Bun
com and Herbert R. .Mitchell of Jack
sonville, enlisted as seamen, second
class. J'tly 10. Joseph P. Hammer
r.ley enlisted as fireman, third ciass.
end Louis S. .Merrill of Montague,
Cal., enlisted as seaman second claps.
Ashland Boy Burned
flTk m t T I TV
Wnen&Oat lOOKHre
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hall received a
Utter today from their son Orvllle
who Is chief master mechanic on
l onrd the submarine chaser No. 210,
....
staling mat ins crart naa taKen nro,
and he with many others was badly
burned.
According to some newspaper clip
1'Iiirs which Orvllle had enclosed
with his letter, the craft was on the
marine railway at the plant of tho
Esslngton Shipbuilding company on
the Delaware river, in Pennsylvania,
v.here it was awaiting repairs, it
was reported that the boat was fill
"'i with torpedoes, and the residents
cf Esslngton village, fearing an ex
plosion, fled from the river front.
The fire was extinguished by sub
merging the stem of th? beat.
Orvilla stated that he was badly
burned on the back and leg. and
( tiiat his clothing and money were
0' destroyed.
1433 Rejected From
Service of U. S.
Total rejections in tiie draft which
reported at Camp Lewis beginning
june 2i and finished July 1, are
1433, according to figures given out
pi the camp mustering office .Mon
day. The percentage is 12.22, an in
crease over that of last draft.
.Eleven thousand, seven hundred
nnd twenty-four men wore accepted
out of tho 13,157 who reported.
Most of the rejections were caused
from a failure of the entrants to
make the height regulations.
When the war was declared the
minimum height for entrance In th.t
army was five feet four. Xext to a
lack of sufficient height, ear dis
eases was the next highest contrib
uting factor In the number of rejec
tions. Tlfteen thousand men will arrive
at Camp Lewis in the seven days be
tween July 21 and August 1.
Phone Job orders to th Tidings.
Greatest Fighting
Where Allies
In the sector to the southwest of
Solssons the French have continued
their gains, occupying LaGrllle farm,
adancing to the outskirts of Long
lort and penetrating the northern
Loctlon of Courcy, according to the
war office announcement last night.
rr moment, the eyes of tho
; lJ,Ie(! wc:'ld are tur;lcJ u'va' froin
! rrHllc-- wllere the ;o"i!ar.s are be-
l.eved to be preparing for a resump
tion of their offensive. The most
i.etlve area In the various theatres
b Albania, where the French and
Italians are continuing their suc
cesses against the Ausl'lars.
While it Is not expected that far
i caching results will brought
abcut by the offensive In this sec
tion of the' world, the movement has
pon-ibilitlcs. The rapid progress
made by the French and Italians,
the probability that the Austro-Hun-tarian
line to the cast puBt Lake
Cchrida may be outflanked, and the
legibility that an offensive may, be
launched along tho Salonika front-,
lend to give the events In Albania
some importance at a time when
the main battls area is quiet.
There have been indications that
cn offensive m's;ht be begun In Ma
cedonia. It is reported that the Bul
garians r.:e war-weary and a powcr
i ir.l blow might bring about notable
I military and political rtEtiits. The
I '"eutonic allies in Macedonia have
l'l.een savagely attacking the entente
, ,, liut , e ,)Cen dri ,1Bck
1 , . ., , ,
1 rro!lcl1 trPs continue their of-
tensive tactics east of the Itctz for-e-;
tlcug the line from the Marne
to the Alsno. The fighting has grad
ually extended south .vard along the
foiit southwest of So'ssev.s, with the
I line cf drf ?r.se.
i
Along the British front there have
v.here the Germans have drenched
Found Rattlesnake
In Rabbit Warren
Mrs. W. II. Paul, who lives on up
per Granite street, had a thrilling ex
perience last Triday morning when
I discovered a Huge rattlesnake in
" raM.it pen. She had gone out
to feed her Belgian hares, and saw
several young rabbits lying dead in
thf pen, some of which were crushed,
and In the corner was the immense
snake that had already eaten one of
i . ..
the rah.iits
Mrs. Paul summoned a neighbor,
Tom Praytor. who Bhot the Intruder.
The snake had seven rattles and a
button and Is the first rattler seen
In the canyon for years. It Is sup
posed the dry weather had brought
his snakeship down from the moun
tains after water.
House Rifled While
Inmates Were Away
The home of the Eanta brothers
at the Lane place on the Grecnsprln
mountain was entered last week by
a man and woman traveling with a
team. Tho owners were In Ashland
mending the celebration, and dur
i !ng their absence the marauders took
everything in the way of eatables In
the house as well us a goat that was
ratzing nearby.
They were later located at the
team camp ground In Ashland and
placed under arrest. On their prom
ise to leavo the state the couple
w?re relenred.
Gold Hill Cement
Seeks Lower Rate
Representatives of the Southern
Pacific railway company and tho
lieaver-Portland Cement company of
Cold Hill, appeared before the pub
lic service commission la Salem Wed
nesday iu a hearing on tho complain
i'! the latter, against the Southern
Pacific, In seeking a lower rate. The
Southern Pacific company contends
that, since tho government has taken
over tho control of the railroads,
the commission no longer has Juris
diction to regulate rates on Inter
state traffic. The case will serve
tc test that question. 1
in Albania
Continue to Gain
AuFtrallaa positions with shells nnd
then attacked in an attempt to regain
(.round lost when the Australians
and Americans attacked on July 4.
The enemy has been repulsed with
lnrses, '
.Near Mcrris the British have im
proved their positions.
There have been no everts ot un
unusual character along the Amerl-cup.-hcld
sector of tho line, except at
Chateau ' Thierry, whsr? American
cviatcrs have been active On ? squad
ron has penetrated far behind the
Cerman lines and It Is bollovid U
1. rough', back valuable infermatio:!.
The rlt-iallon In Russia remains
cbscure and Germany has, as yet,
made no move as tho sequel to the
assassination of her ambassador.
Count von Mirbach, at Moscow.
In the mountain scctois of the
Italian front tho Austrian have been
pushed back slightly on the Brenta
valley and on the Asiago plateau.
Vienna, July in, via Loudon
The te:;t of the official statement is
sued by th: Austrian war office to
night reads:
"In the Brenta valley on" reserve
troop!.- repulsed an Italian advance,
in the fat-.' of pressure from strong
enemy fores, our southern Albanian
fi out has been withdrawn ncroM tho
Perat-I'iirl line. Since yesterday
morning the fi.:!itln'; activity there
'its been very moderate."
Lou 'on, July in r!d Marshal
I'jlr's report f-ori 'Jri-.ii head
quarters in I"rp"c tonight s.tvs:
"in the sucmssf'il minor operation
carried nut by us last night In the
lielrh'iorhnod cf Merrls, v.-.e raptured
ni; e machine p.:nn a-.id two trcne'i
r ortars, !n addition to a number of
prisoners. Further prisoners have
been brought In during (lie (lav by
rr.r patrols on different parts of the
front.
"W'ith the exception of sonic
'-1
tile Wlbry activity in tho, Morlan
courl, Hinges and Locro sectors,
there is nothing to report."
Park Restored to
Pristine Freshness
The park commissioners have been
bu :y this week removing the debris
left after the threo days' celebra
tion last week. The concession stands
have been removed, the walks and
r.rounds swept and cleaned, and the
place has been restored to Its usual
appearance.
The camping grounds for Chau
tau:ua attendants have been staked
rut, and arc ready for those who will
come In and spend a period In thlH
delightful manner. Already one tent
has been erected and Is occupied by
Mrs. Elhia Caldwell and Miss Sabrey
Pookor of Ro?uo River, who have
come here to rttend the session of
Chautauqua.
Received Sad News
From San Diego
H. P. IIo!me3 received a lot-gram
Tuesday stating that :!is son-in-law,
Charles D. Sheldon, had been accid
entally killed in the p hipyards of San
I 'lego, Cal., where he had been em
ployed. Xo details of the casualty
have been received, only a later. mes- j
saire came this morning saying that ,
the burial would be made In San
-Lleiro.
Mr. Sheldon wan the son of M. M.
r.hcldon of C003 Bay, and had bee:i
a resident of San Diego for the past
two years. Ills wife was formerly
.Miss Alia Holmes of Ashland.
Striking Picture
Of Naval Battle
Another very successful picture of
u difficult nature on display In the
windows of Studio Ashland Is at
tracting much attention. This pic
ture bears the title, "Battle of Lithla
Lake," and is a very realistic picture
ul the naval battle fought there on
the evening of July 4, 191S, which
lesulted in a complete victory for
.-'."bland and the Rogue River Round
up.
The service flag tells of someone
n the fight. The question Is, who is
tending him wheat?
Patrols Fighting
Bad Forest Fires
Various sections of Jackson and
the surrounding counties have been
teslnged with had fires during the
past week. Federal Supervisor Mc
Duff of the Siskiyou national forest
lusuod a call Tuesday for five experi
enced firefighters at once to work
on a threatening fire In Josephine
county.
Supervisor Rankin, who had bom
I r.ubdnlM:; fires in the Rabbit Ears
di'.trlct, reports that It is all headed
rff and will probably bo burned oil!
within a short time. He loft a corps
cf men working thc-e tin fore part
of the week.
A new fire was also reported bum
ins.' in t lie Flat crock region on the
other rlds of the Fnipqua divide, but
U; Is surrounded and it is' thought
will soon bo under control. The
Wtodruff Meadows fire In the Pros
pect district is reported as under coi
t vol. Assistant Foreat Supervisor
Harold Foster has returned from ns
tir.tlng in fighting the big fire on the
Klamath reservation and I'l tho Cra
ter national forest. This fire Is now
prnctlcnlly out.
Crater Lake Road
Will Be Improved
The Jackson county court this
v.cek decided to make severul badly
needed Improvements on the Crater
Lake road which will make travel
back and forth much moro pleasant.
The Improvement.1! will be conduc
tive to Increased travel between Med
ford and the lake ar.:l were desired
by the business rrcn.
The court will have the road be
tween Evo-;;repn nr.ch at Flnuooc
Rock, which is about s'x mileii lrcm
Prospect, and I'roT.peet draiig d and
will install a rprinkler to keep It wet
down. A crew will also be set to
v.ork at r. moving the rocks from
ho road in the vicinity cf I'nlon
(' k and to level and f'll up the
hiimps be) ween i,'h's',y creek and
Silver camp.
Park Commissioner Will G. fitr-d
leports that up to Saturday, Crater
Lake travel averaged about the sam
as lust year, although tho park was
open earlier. A total of 91 ft persons
had registered as against S70 on the
iaine date a year ago and 213 nutos
a;;ainst 211 in 1017.
Boy Lost In Forest
While Fighting Fires
George Mansfield, the 17-year- old
con of Mr. and Mrs. and .Mrs. Georgs
A. .Mansfield of Prospect, was lost
in the forest at Rabbit Ears near
the rnipn.ua dlvldo from 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon until Sunday
i.:ornlng at 1 0 o'clock.
Young Mansfield was a member of
the fire fighting crew and was sent
back from the fire line at 2 p. m. to
take an a:; to the cook at the camp
headquarters some distance, nvvav.
i In some manner-he roon got off the)
trail and was lost. When night cam1
and It was discovered that he had
not returned to camp the fire fight
ers began a search for him which
did not end until 10 a. m Saturday.
Mansfield was pretty well tired out
with his wanderings and was glad to
see his recunrs show up. Me was
only three miles from camp when
found.
Escaped Prison By
Enlisting In Army
According to the Corvallis Daily
Gazetto-Tinies, Hal Harrington, who
ran a vacuum cleaning business In
that city, was accuned of stealing var
ious mechanical appliances and at
one time breaking Into a laundry and
taking a blower. For these offenses
L'arrlngton was sentenced to serve
from two to five yeurs In the peni
tentiary, last week, then was p:roled
on condition that he enlist In the
army at once.
Harrington was a former well
known Medford and Jacksonville res
ident, and had heretofore borne a
C.ood reputation. He had tried to
enlltt In the Canadian army Imme
diately after the sinking of the Lu
sltunla, but claimed his wife would
not let him go.
In spite of scarcity of Implements
and shortage of farm labor, England,
fcotland and Wales have all Increas
ed their acreage of wheat this year.
Lightning Struck ;
Hotel Austin Cupola
During a mild electrical storm
Ti'csday noo-.i a holt of lightning ap
parently wont astray and landed on
Ihevflag pole at the Hotel Austin,
ladly splintering it and scorching
tho limbers of the cupola supporting
it Rut for a rad'ator pipe running
JUom the top of the lions'? near where
(tin flag was, attached, which attract
":t the L'-'htriirr a-.id a.'forded an out
let, the entire building might have
been ablaze In a short tlmn.
fevcral !:i?::;t.s of the hotel were
affected '-by the bolt. Mrs Lewis,
fir lp.ivlb !y, .end a chambermaid,
cii: lo'iK'r"; ci.t cf a window, and
both wee krocl:fd ovr. They were
so ha l;y i f.' Hlri by the shock that
the servers of a physician were nec
essary. II. S. Nettler, an express
missenger, who was sleeping on the
top floor near the radiator, was
thrown frc r,i Irs bod to the floor,
bile Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Perry, who
bad Just arrived from Crater Lake,
were i-.iiocl.:il from their chairs cn
the porch. When tho bolt passed
ort of tho bo-.'si at. tho rear it bowl
ed over a boy who was cleaning an
antomoli'le ti; "re.
The th.' d'-'partni sat responded to
the call and -.x:i-imt!sho.l with chemi
cals tho flames that had started. Very
little damage io i!-.c;-,ht to result.
During tho same ' torn Homer II II
I Unas, wch out near Emigrant creek,
nn;i witnessed a trv struck by light
ning only a few fe:t ahead of him.
Tlic bolt r:i" (Inwn tho tro and juinp-
j cd to aw I iv iV.'ici:, vvh;r. It set two
tires in th" foxtail. Very little ralil
I aoi iiiiiii.-.:n'ed tik. titi'.r.n.
Assures Ro dmgtx
0? Sugar Famine
IVfiiiiM a-nraiu-v that there Is
r.o danger of a cimar famine wero
given by llio food administration last
Tuesday and tho fui d situation gen-c-'-ally
was declared to bo bettor than
at any tlmo blnce Amc-ica undertook
the feeding of the ailled world.
Tho American public, however,
will be expected to observe closely
the new regulations limiting tho
household per capita consumption of
sugar to threo pounds monthly and
to continue all other conservation
measures. Whatever saving other
than provided for in tho regulations
that may becomo necessary to re
move all danger of famine, will be
done by manufacturers.
It was pointed nut regarding the
wheat situation that oven with the
prospect of !H0,000,000 bushel wheat
crop, there can be littlo if any lessen
ing of present conservation measures.
A reassuring wheat reserve must bo
1 nllt here and abroad, officials de
dare, and maintained against a pos
sible short crop nc?t year.
Shrapnel Shells
From War Fields
L. J. Orres Is displaying In tho
window of his tailoring establish
ment some shrapnel shells sent re
cently by Lieut. nValter A. Phillips,
who Is In the air servlco in France,
to his mother, Mrs. Lena A. Phillips.
Each shell contains 2TiO steel shrap
nels about one-half inch In diameter,
and these shells on exhibition were
tired by Lieut. Phillips.
Another Interesting war relic In
Mr. Orros' window Is' a Babre owned
by M. C. Edglngton of this city, which
his fattier carried in the Civil war.
Mr. Edglngton, Sr , belonged to tha
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and the
Milne still bears blood stains on its
point which shown that !t had seen
rctlve service during the War of the
Rebellion. These relics of the two
wars have created much Interest dur
ing the past wee!? they have 'been on
exhibition.
Library Closed
Sunday Afternoons
The public library Is Hooverlzing
In its service during this month and .
next. The librarians are going with
out extra asilstar.ts during their va
cation period and the library will be
closed Sunday afternoons through
July and August.
This will not work a hardship on
the people of Ashland, however, as
the park cud autur.iohlllng during
the summer call most of the Inhabi
tants out of doors and very few visit
the li'j.ary.