Historical
Aaoitorlua
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"Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers ;
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Ashland. Oregon, Llllila Springs
7 "Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XUII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 191 8
NUMBER 17
I i S IS LC-rS
Wi w "1 Ms mm mm I n 1 k I In ' Jtif
12,000 Drafted Men.
At Camp Lewis
.
Preparation:-; he.e aro now active
ly under w&-j for the assignment and
ciuirmo'-il cf tiie draft of approxi
mately lit 00 man vho will Jiegin to
t rrivc in camp beginning pext Mon
day. The headquarters of the IfiOt's
(Ypot brigade were moved Tuesday
and iiarrncks which have been only
half full cro being emptied and oth
ers filled up, so that tho new men
wif Aave ampl quarters. Company
cttpply sergeant s will be designated
in a few d?ya mid men equipped
vit uniforms as voou an 'possible
titer their snivel.
With but a f.-v; days before the
inen entrain, officers of the depot
'iripade ophal.ed the importance
of not bringing to camp anythln.;
that is not 'Ui'solut?ly necessary.
While uniforms are Iraued as soon
u. r.o:;i'iile, :;cveral days elapse lie
lore the men are supplied with uncle-clothing,
ano such iliill and work
must lo performed in the Ivilhan
clothes wlifdi they wear when th:;
rrrive here. Everything that Is nve
rosary can "lie piaesit In a suit case.
Officers 'lire relatives and frkmdn
:t to l.esin .to vr'lting to the wen
is noon ';w they '-rIve, but to wait
until tli?;.' arrive m l are assigned,!
and fn isobsesslon 'of their correct ad
Uresie.i. Hundi-d of letters with I
inertly the add- as,
rcimitL.
Sunday School Group
Met At Butte Creek
Sunday school group Mo. 2 hold a
meeting Sunday, July 14, near Butte
creek. The meeting was opened wK'o
a talk by the president, Mrs. A. II.
Case, followed by a song by the
ichools, and the, secretary's report of
the two previous group raeotinga.
The remainder of the morning
was devoted to the regular Sunday
school session superintended byethe
Sunday school missionary, Mr. G. C.
Griffin.
Upon returning from the several
classes n Interesting review exer
cise on fun diameter nf PMIHn anil
tie geographical location and l.rief ! wIlflt eains tlioy arc making continue
history of Gaza. Ethlonla and Aznfn, to ,e smal1 ones 011 isolated sectors,
i.iiu seemingly are confined to the
region along the Marne and Imme
diately southwest of Rhelms.
Eastward from the cathedral city
through Champagne, the French re
port they are holding the enemy and
reeping their line Intact.
Everywhere the battles are bein
Kaiser's Desperate Blows Fail
To Break Allied Ranks on Marne
Willi the American army on the! distant from tho nheims-Epernay
Aiarnc, July 17 At the hour of f 11- railroad. Th-s French official com
ing tins dispatch there have been no i nunlcation admits the Germans hold
changes on sectors of tho battle front
1'ClJ by the American troops or those
where they are fighting with their
allies.
The fighting continues sporadical
ly th-oughout the Marne region and
the artillery activity is rather heavy
all along the line.
Although the Germans aro still at
tacking the allied lines viciously on
loth sides of the Rhcims salient.
wan gven by different members fol
lowed iiy an inspiring talk by Mr.
Ciinii'..
After luncheon the meeting tras
tjiened by the "Children's Hours,"
conducted by Miss Myrtle Jlillis. An
"riiierestlng talk was given by Rev.
C'hilds of Medford. The hour was
rtuhhnrnlv nn actarl ,t..
thoroughly en l,y the r ones VM ,
resent as well the children, j rfciIed t fiive Kround ft
Music was furnished with a banjo! only utter the Infliction of extrenHy
selection by Mr. Heine anfl several ! heavy casualties on the Invaders
numbers by a huTi-s' quartette. Rev. I The Americans nowhere have been
Spricgs, pastor of the Rapt'st church I forced to withdraw,
of Medford. nave a spiritual and ben-j At Fossoy, near the b?ud of the
eficlal address, taking lor his text. , Marne, between Chateau Thierry and 1
.,.,, m jMhuH nam imn urjrmans. they liave marln fnrthpi.
La7ap iiniftis, l,,r- ,,;eu uoi (irjian; give ye ' improvements In tiielr
i tlif m to eat.
the west line of Na:iteu!l-la-Fosse,
about a inilo and a half south of
Pourcy and relatively five miles
west cf the railroad.
The' German war office is now
claiming the capture of IS.nno pr.s
oners tinea tiie present offensive be
p,an. .;
It Is reported Xhat French reserves
I:avo entered the fighting line alon;?
tho Marne.
The Germans have 1: ought u;i
fresh forces In an endeavor to pueh
lorward their project In this region
On the Rritlsh front I:i northern
France and Flanders, the Germans
are keening up vigorous bombard
ments of various sectors.'
.Nowhere, however, has the German
command seen fit as yet to start an
Infantry engagement, If on is con
templated. In Albania the French and Italian
troops continue to makj progress
against the Austiians, and in the
Italian sectors up In the mountains
repented Austrian attacks have been
repulsed by the Italians.
Sasramesto Man
EivesCity BoupetS'Si;
positions.
l ike their French ccmrmios ulf.
Such a fcafhering proves to be not j Americans also have been engaged
e nly a spiritual uplift but uUo helps !n vlohnt fighting,
lo promo!?' c spirit ti congenial co-: 't becomes increasingly apparent
f-peiation betwesn the various Sun- "ie German command is attempting
thct'ls. the blotting out of the Rhplma cni.
; iert and the Htraightening of tho line
George 7.sn pathss. an f'Xj.rrt can-iPiitt CnanA TtfaA j'afiward through Champagne toward
'a manuf;.rurer mi owimr of a i JpClllCI liCU ''terdnn. Th? hardest fighting of
!a-e confetinery of Sacmwnto, IjI tvViO Ttl FrSinrft T"eF(lay n'RS southwest of Rheimsf,
i-jKUdinK hb- -anniial vj.cat'vri in Ash-1 CIVuIg 111 riduVU ; v.iiere the enemy is endeavoring to
l?.ud, wiier? '.ie Ir, enjeyirrs .r.ie puw ' oaK through the hill and
mountain air anil g-iiins ihh fill of j Mrs. A. C. Swncer received ti.?
ti e porgeoif, scentry 5n this section, j fo'lowhg telegram this morniirr;
.ir. a'xi.jiitlia;i hvx visitor all the
Dr. Stansfield To
Hold Bible Class
Chautatifiua attendants are for
tunate this year In having Dr. Joshtu
ftansfleld present to conduct the
bible study classes each day. Dr.
Stansfield It; the pastor of tho First
Methodist church of Portland, and li
cue of the strong blblo students of
the northwest. Each morning dur
ing the entire session he will conduct
a class every day In hibln study,
the general topic of which will be,
"Christ and His Life." Topics each
day wi!i be as follows: Friday morn
ing, July 19: "Christ of God and
the God of Christ;" Saturday. "A
Arabic cf Our Lord;" Monday: "A
Parable of Our Lord;" Tu-sday:
"Christ the Key to Life;" Wednes
day: "The Judgment of tho Son of
Man;" Thursday: "The Transfigured
Christ."
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock un
ion services will be held in Chautau
qua building at which Dr. Stansfiell
vill deliver the sermon, the theme
of which will lie "Christ's Treatment
of Doubt." All tho singers of Ash
land r.re requested to come on the
ctage 80 that a largo choir may be ob
tained. Rv. P. K. Hammond, vicar of
Trinity Episcopal church of this city,
has consented to have charge of the
round table in the park again tills
yen. Mr. Hammond conducted then:
classes last year and, gave such splen-
id satisfaction that the manage- j r.t the place cf the wreck
ment has been anxious to secure hint
for this service again, and are pleas
ed to announce that li ; has con iint
od. These classes will take place im-
nilllll.lt oil, nf..H !.- ...
t j nun illirrillion SfiR-
from her son, I. lent. Donald Spcncr,
who Is In Fram1: "Guy died to-
WIH care for fchsi.
forest
iv;:!on, reaching the railroad running
f-oni Rhn-miS to Epernay, and force
'he evacuation of Rheims.
In the endeavors, the German war
office asr.rts. the Germans kave
driven lint the allied troops on the
mountain t;f Rheims between Man-
tenal and north of Ponrcy, the last
Quentia Roosevelt
I Shot Down By Hun
i.ttractive inserts of sonf iivr n Cali-
lorn.a with their !im,tefi Vach at-loa;-. Pneumonia
tractions, but. he t&rs they do not : DonalflJ"
i.r:y of U."n come v.f to AritSand for j This news or fht; deatli of this Ash
beauty aiu3 quiet ;t tictivemsss, such i land touhe mini came as a rreat
i's jaaeu cny aenivms neeu. niock to his parents and rphithta. j " scant live miles terday ovor tha
Asm, m in;- cj? aneri iuja pret-1 a3 thth was flie first tidings th?y
tist little 'City I ev.r Mr. am-; hud tVat he hah been 111. He was n
patlias has remartit-a since 'te cain ; membtr or 'Company E, CTith resl
here. "A little judicious nltw-rtising ment. und went with that regiment
would D.tKe this t Wi most sought i to France last spring. It is not known
:,fter resort of the I'Hcific wist in a j def.nittly where he had been sta-1
little while." ttiorea, Imt is Ripposed he was In ' VarK July 17. Eicut. Quenti'i
Ha was particularly pleawj wltii j I.lmoges, where w ere a number ol Roosevelt, youngest son of tha form-
ne ujiucw aier ajmaiicug., which, j Asn:anu boys. I er president, was killed in an air
Guy Spencer r.? one of three sons ) f:lit. the semi-official llavas 7;ews
of Mr. und Mrs. :. C. Spenoer, wh'j ! uxency announces. His machine Ie!l
are pming tliert country overseas. i',lltG the entmy lines.
The others are I.leut. Donald Spencer. 1 Plilllip Roosevelt, Quentin's coniin.
with flit r,th regiment, and .1. M. j witnessed tlw air battle In the vlcin
Spencer with the IllSth engineers, j ity of Chateau Thierry, in winch
The sympathy of the entire commun- Qui ntin was engaged and saw the
Ity go tnt to this aged father and machine fall but did not know uirtil
mother who have given thiir l.oy, later that the airplane was that .uf
at tho ca"TO of his country. p-s cousin, l.e Journal says today.
The machhvo was not In flamai
i w'nen It fell.
Berlin, July 17. via London.
Eighteen thousand prisoners have
been taken by the Germans In the
prefont offensive, according to the
claim of the war office in its re
port tenight. iThlrte?n thousanl
lrh;oners were claimed In C .-rman re
rorts is.-'ii'd Tuesday night.)
It asrerted also that :',7 allied air-
I
pianes ami two captive ballooi::) were ! fJon each day, and will be held
sbot down on Tuesday o,er tit hat-' the round table In the park,
tie front. I . ,.-
The t"..t of tiie conmniriitation fol
lows: :
"There have been local attacks lu
the Savieres region and west of Cha
teau Thlrrry.
"The situation cast cf Rheinn i,i
iirichanijcJ.
"The number of priraners cap
turct.. i-.is Increased to lS.utiO. Fur
ther, 57 enemy airplanes' and two
captive balloons were slint (?n
Car of Dynamite
Exploded At Ager
A bad ficijjht v;rcck that delayed
tr:tf.'io in both directionn on the
frnmhsrn Pacific Tuesday and as a
re.iiilt cf which a car load of low
tirade dyrar.iire and a car of gasoline
blew up, occurred north cf the depot
nl Ager, California, at 11:00 o'clock
Monday night. Fortunately the dyn
amite wr.s cf low trade else tliero
would lime been more serious dam
age. As it watt tii ls damage wan
confined to four wrecked cars and
contents, the destruction of several
construction cars landing On tiio
i-ide track, ami a considerable por
tion cf track destroyed.
The accident was caused by four
cart! of a pasrl ig freight train jump
';ig tt.e track and becoming derailed.
T'scse curs consisted cf the cars of
dynamite and gasoline, n car of crude
oil and a car loaded with atitomo
blifs. Tiie wreckage soon caught fire.
Then began a Beries of explosions as
keg a fter keg of dynamite on be
coming hentrd let go. In the mean
time the train crew succeeded In
lir.ulir.g the odior cars to a place of
safety. The exploding cans of dyna
mite were !n:rloJ in every direction
ever the countryside but did not set
fire to bulldinrs. So one was hurt.
The wreckage was not cleared
away until Tuesday forenoon and
delayed passenger service from the
louth. A portion of track was built
Chautauqua Opens
Session Tonight
HcNary Will Aid
Talent Irrigation ;
battle field.
like many other outside people, ho i
declares ,3,33 not S;elr equtJ any-i
where.
Annual Report of
Supt. of Schools
G. '.. Agor, superintendent tit the
county jiuMic schools, ijis issu'oil the
annual report of the ooEtlition of the
cchools in Jackson county, for the
year entile; June 1". 191 S.
The school census cf Ike past tea
phows thin the number of persons
over four Mid und-r 20 jieas of ige
In the aovrnty is C.2.SC Of these
r?12 are uales and 3 Oil 4 females.
The number of teachers employed lu
tUhe -county 'j 247; number cf schooS
districts rejorting. S3; number of
icthoolhous? in tho couity, 114;
1'i'soolhouses hulit during jise year,
i. The numter of miles traveled by
11' uperinttdent In the jrXorm
mic of official duties durios the
Mrs. Louise Beck
SuccumbedToDropsyi
Ueut. Roosev1t was last seen In
combat on Sundny morning with two
eiifjuy airplanes nbout 10 miles In-
Large Consignment
Of Candy For Troops
Ths largest order for candy yet to
l.e placed here by any of the posts ex
changes in operation was contracted
for Tuesday wheu officers in charge
of ExeJsango .o. 13, In the Iiliitn
cl'ipoi Xirisade, arranged for the de
livery oi ?2'li;,n09 worth.
Two orders, each for $i;o,000
were given one firm, the sweet goods
to lie delivered lu a p"riod of three
Mentha and subjoci to such regula
tions as may be put J:i effect between
how and the end of the delivery pe
riod by the focd administration
S. S. Smith, of Medford,
committeeman, ro.iciv'id a 1 3lr;pl.c!i?
inetstsge Monday from Senator Char,.
1.. M c.ary Elating that It would be
impossible for him to accept his invi
tation to spend a few days in Med
lord and visit Crater Lako at th.s
Tonight is the cp-'ii:!-; number of
die 2t! annual f.-nion of Southern
Oregon Chautai:i)iia, wiiiph will con
tinue every day and evening for
.ght days. Tlibt session of Char
tn ..II..1..1.. ..'....'... l.r...
' - juai
and It Is hopo.l t'i?t otiier roe uf:
stat: fairs will mako way for t'4la mter-
esting and beneficial r.veiiU which
only com.-8 our wav bnco a year.
Every day's program Is brimful
of Interest 'jig numbers. The finest
n'uslcal attractions have been secur
ed for a number on each day's nro-
IM11Q as he Will leaVO Salnm WedlUtS- ! rrnm. Mhlln mioollnr. nf nn.,.n fnm
day evening for Washington and wllljillai- with the great world problems
remain mere attending to his offi
cial duties during the recoss congress
Is taking until August :., and until
t:ie end of the session which will bo
lis last of iieptemlier or tho first of
October.
Senator "dcNary would not leave
OrciTo-i so tioon, but he had arranged
Fiiw commuters in tho Iiitorosbi of
i r.tes committees In tho Interests of
lllin T-ilnol t. ..t f .1, .. . . . .
.. niiKaiiun oiHirict on July
-!. and as the question is of vital
importance ho will he present mid
hopes to present the proposition In
such a way that the committee will
be allowed to sell $1 40,000 of the
s 1. 1) ii nun i,n.i.. ... . . .
'v " i unco so iney can
and events, will be hero and" bring
Hie vital questions of (he day to-our
very doors. At no time has the meeds
of attending Chautauqua been so
great as they are thin year, wheiv
I he; greatest drama ewr enacted la
the world's history will l.e brought
here by messengers but shortly from,
the scenes. r .
Exchange timber 13 controls fivC!I'T?' U'e,r ,rr:KaUo lJ
imic u lemiy tor u;:? next year
J.nst stores and what la brlinve l by
:he officers to be tho largest ordr
for candy jet to bo placed in any!
rifle the German Hues In the Chateau j cantonment in the country, will be
Mrs. Loiib! Beck, iged 56, years,
died at the Tiome of her daughter,
Mrs. A. E. Powell of 4C2 A street
Tuesday, after an extiendad illness
due to a dropiical affection. Mrs.
Peck came her several months ago
The'irry sector. He started out with distributed among the exchanges,
t patrol of 13 American machines. I TJls satlufyJug of the "aweet tooth"
They encountered semi Germans and ' of 1,le se'ect who are ordered to re
were chasing them back when twol,ort ut Camp Lw!s for training In
of them turned on Lieut Roosevelt, the national army has become recog
Reports of the fight ntnte that the I vi-eii M "no of the ants contrihu-
eral services will lie held this af.
;ear is ll.uSC; l umber of county 1 ternoon from the home of .Mrs. Pow-
from Hlldebrana. IClamath countr i,pmans appeared to be shooting at
In the hope of improving her health, j tllp ,leute,,ant from the rear, the
but she gradually liecome worse. un-jthree macn,1ie8 1,elS close together,
til death relieved her sufferings. Fun-r,1,en one ot tno macln? was seen
umiuing through the clouds and a
l atrol which went In search of Lien
Will Take Special
Course At Presidio
Brush Fire Causes
Much Alarm On Hill
John Francis Finr.eran has been
chosen among the 22 students of the
I niversity of Oregon to attend the
r it .i
"" mi; b spec.ai training camp at Sail
Francisco, which begins today. The
men to go to the Presidio recelve'all
tliclr traveling exnm:ou iniirn.,
iiistlMtes held. 1; number of local
V-.ihutes, S- jiumber of llilirary
boike on hand, 110.S77.
May Hold Iowa Day
During Chautauqua
An effort Is being mad 3 by the of
ficers of the Iowa association to hold
the annual reunion In Ashland some
time during the Chautauqua session.
IiiB reunion Is a popular event lu
the valley, and one that brings a
large number of people togsther
e'l, conducted by Rev. P. K. Ham
mond of tin Episcopal church, and
interment will be made In Mountain
View cemetery.
tiiig to the content ment of the moil
and the consequence increase In their
efficiency us r.olJIers. A recent re-i-ort
showed that in 1cm than nine
months existence, no less than one 'food, needed equipment and housing
huh a nan nilil.on of dollars has bee i at the Presidio. Thev will mciv. i.,
tenant Kooscvelt returned without j b!,el11 eoidlei s here for candy and ! eddition the pay of un enlisted man
trace of him. He appeared to IhjI l'cco, Eoft drinks and other knlclc j "0 a month. On the opening'cf
fighting up to the last moment. , I nacks, which ars sold l y Ihe post 1 U;e college yenr thev return in'ti...
One account of the combat states
Mrs. Beck Is survived by her hus-' t,iat the mRcIl,o caught fire heforo
hard, one dnnsrlitcr fivn anna ...i i 't began to fall
oxhunges.
one grandson.
Mayor Takes Woman
To See Grandson
Cyster Bay., July 17 "Quen
Hn's mother and I are very glad that
he pot to the front and had a chance
to render come service to his coun
try and to show the stuff there was
. !n him before his fate befell him.'
Whan f . o i T,lls statement was Issued by Col
Ing from Camp Lewis anived In Ash-!,;08e,VCit.t0(Iay after I"-ess dlsl'at-
land last Saturday, a boy anion tha ' ut" "lrnlBea confirmation of
It Is considered by tho officers that! soldiers asked Mayor Lamkin. who' I'orts thaj his son Lieut.
a pleasing mode of entertainment, ac-: was at the train to greet the passing1, 'oscvelt. had been kllle
eompanying the usual picnic dinner j Fcldlers, if ho knew Mrs. Ruhamah ' B" ncrIal ,,attle 1,1 Frai'ce.
-Former Recorder
Arrivesjn France
Mrs. J. P. Winter, nf G .nits Pi,e.
unnribjiy unci necome nnslstant In
Bts-uctrrs 111 ' military science and
tactics.
Kerby S Miller and Carter Bran
den of Medford are also among th.
::umber chosen for this service.
A fire started In the brush on the
Hndgor place west of the city Mon
day evening which but for timely
attrition might have caused a great
deal of damage. Some boys had
built a camp up on tho hill at tho
loot of a plno Ire? whore they spent
I the afternoon playing, and had loft
ja camp fire. This the night wind
lanueu into quite a morry blaze,
wl ich soon was raeir.g up the tree.
Mayor O. B. Lamkin was apprised of
ti e blaze and he and O. A. Paulso
liid worked at the conflgratlon until
I o clock Tuesday morning when they
succeeded in subduing It until they
thought all danger of Its Bpreadin
'ar. over.
The wind In Cm daytime, how
ever, Btarted the fire again and about
noon It had gained considerable
I end way. An alarm was sent In anj
seven men responded to tho call, and
Mion had the flames ur.Jer control.
vill be the sessions of Chautauaual
during the afternoon and evening, !
ar a departure from the regulation !
program of spending the day.
A large company of people living
in Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Medford
Dew-ess, who resides on Alllsou
street. On being told by the mayor
'hat this lady was an acquaintance,
the soldier said she was his grand
mother, and wished that lie could
11c tumiiicu jii lilt; uilvj."
ana Grants-Pass belong to this assor' The good natured mayor Immediate-i tH-! Rogue river valley who came or
clation, and many are in favor , of ly went to Allison street and hurried Iglnally from Illinois are asked lo
choosing some date during the com- Mrs. Dewees to the station where she tome and help make this a loyful re
Ing session, of Chautauqua to hold had a pleasant little visit with her ' I'nlon. The dinne; will he served at
the reunion. j grandson during his stop here. 'i.oon.
Illinois Picnic
The people from the state of Il
linois will hold a basket picnic In
the park Thursday, July 23, the last
day of Chautauqua.- All neonle In
Army Man's Death
received u card this week from her I FlllIKT I AO fSUCA
husband, elating that he had safe-! MUU & VdU5C
ij arrived ' overseas, .'dr. Wlmer,
who was fomer recorder and polic'
Judge of Ashland, enlisted in the
ouarterniaster's department and had
been stationed at Kelly Field, San
Antonio, Texas, where he had boen
In readiness with his company for
several weeks waiting for orders to
go across. .
Itebeknhs to Picnic
The Rebekah lodges of this district
ill hold a picnic in Llthla park on
t'10 afteriroon and evening of July! (he target.
"0. All members are Invited to come
uud bring baskets
VABEL A. ROBERTS,
tec. Hope Rebekah Lodge.
Details as to the cause of the death
0.' Charles Shirldon, son-in-law of
.Mr. and Mrn. H. P. Holmes of this
city, have lion learned during the
past week. Mr. Sheldon was killed
by a falling log while erecting an
army target at San Diego, Cal. He
was working In a trench near the
tu-'ret when a premature order was
given to remove the supports from
Death followed a few
I ours after tho accident. The de
ceased was 29 years of age.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
Women Encouraged
To Be Druggists
V.'. H. McN'ai-' has returned from
l oyiand, where he went to attend
the session of the State Pharmaceu
tical association of which he is the
retiring president. Among the many
'terns of Interest brought before tho
body during tho meeting was that
of closjng all durg stores through-'
out the state not later than 9 p. m.
and 10 p. m. on Saturdays.
The association also recommended
iho establishment of an army phar
macy corps, the members of which
shall rank as Commissioned officers.
Oivlng to the shortage of men, It was
suggested that women should he en
couraged to perfect themselves In
pharmaceutical work, was another
suggestion of the association.