Qri Historical
AudltortuM
"Ashland Grows While Uthla flows"
City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs
"Oregon's famous Spa'
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1918
VOL. XLIII
NUMBER 27
ASHLANB
Ashland Audience Thrilled By
Description Of Americans In War
Ashland pcoplo were In France In
Dlnd lant night, following with
breathless Interest the lives of our
luldlcrs In the great drama being
enacted with tho allied natlotiB
thread, as Dr. Carl Gregg Doney gave
h's realistic description of his ex
perience with the armies on tho
Trench battle fields.
Any who went to tho lecture last
Light expecting to have their minds
lllied with d"scrlptons of the hor
lors confronting spectators on the
lattlo fields were agreeably surpris
ed. Dr. Doney's mission to those at
home Is not to harrow tho feelings
of the parents and friends of the
lmyB at the front. Tragedy Is no
doubt there, and alno without doubt
I.r. Doney witnessed plenty of It.
but It is not In his gchemo to re
h.te those things, and no one who
I eard his lecture last night but came
nv.ay letter Americans with a broad
er view of the fact that I'ncle Sam
knows his business, perhaps, better
than we who stay at home are able
to tell him how to run tho ship of
rtate.
Dr. Doney, who Is president of th1!
Willamette university, spent six
rionths on the battle fields of
Trance, and has only been home
jibout three weeks, therefore, his Im
pressions are fresh, and his story Is
B"' and practically up to the minute.
His object was to visit tho various
departments cf the American army
f'-rvlce and see just what position
the I'nited Stut"s occupies In the
vorld. That lie has returned with a
better opinion cf American soldiers
and the manner In which the govern
ment Is looking after her boys than
he had before cr.n only be demon
strated by hearing his address.
Crossing In a camouflaged trans
port was a novel experience which
as graphically described, and the
hnding of the ships loaded with the
Hiakl-clad Ynnkics was thrilling and
inspiring. Dr. Doney told of witness
ing this Impressive spectacle, and the
trat'.tudo and emotion with which
tl'o Americans' durance Into France
Is hailed by the Tremii people.
The disposition of th$ troops and
'mmtnso stores hndlng on the quays
at Brest was also a source of aston
Iw.ent to the visitor, who was Im
pressed by tho manner In which such
enormous undertakings ara accom
plished so expeditiously.
Starting on hi.i tonr of Inspection.
Many Ashlanders
Attend Encampment
Over 50 persons from Ashland and
nearby points took advantage of the
excursion rates to Portland this week
to attend the G. A. H. national en
campment and Women's Relief Corps
convention In session there. The
delegates and visitors began leaving
by tho middle of last week and have
kept It up until tho first of the week.
Among those who have gone out
from this city are the following:
Mrs. Marda Mitchell, Miss Delpha
lien, Miss ' Eleanor Allen, Mrs.
T.aura Allen, Mrs. Pernie Johnson.
Dr. Minerva Kenaga, Mrs. Bertha
ileer, Mrs. Katie Spindler, M. JL
Kenaga, Mrs. Josephine D. Crocker,
Mrs. Elda F. Anderson, Mrs. Lulu
Howard, 0. Howard, E. K. Hall, Mrs.
Mary Hall, Mrs. Laura Salsbury,
Iteuben Borton, Clinton Gano, Mrs.
Louisa Swingle, Ell Coder, Rebecca
Reeder, Mrs. Emma McKlbbon, Mrs.
Elva Rouse, Mrs. Isabelle P. Spen
cer, A. C. Spencer, E. E. White, Mrs.
Bora Young, John H. Scott, Mrs. P.
0. Coder, Mrs. Julia Hockett, Mrs.
Louise Wardner, A. U. Gregory, Mrs.
Belle Cordell, Mrs. Belle Butcher,
Vernu East, Mary Abbott, Mrs. Myr
tle Saylo, J. P. Sayle, Mrs. J. P.
Payle, G. W. Benedict, Marlon Van
Natta Albert ' Johnson, Mary A.
C.-awford, Mrs. C. E. Keith, Mrs. G.
0. Van Natta, G. O. Van Natta, Mary
E. Johnson, Volncy Colvlg, Mrs. Ida
Snow, Mrs. Emma Warren, Charles
Galnlere, Mr. Hurd.
Liquor Ordinance
Drafted For City
City Attorney Roberts was ordered
to draft a new liquor ordinance at
tho meeting of tho City Council last
Tuesday to conform to the present
fctate regulations of the traffic so the
city can retain fines assessed against
violators of this ordinance. An ad
journed meeting of the council will
be held next Tuesday evening, when
f ction will be taken on .this matter.
Dr. Doney visited first the engl
peers' camps down near Spain. Here
he discovered a number of Oregon
boys, who know what trees arc, saw
ing lumber with a French mill. Com
paring tho output of the latter with
nn American mill that has been In
stalled near, Is causing the French to
hold up their hands and say that If
they bring any more mills of that
r.ort over, there will not be a stick
of tinibor left In France.
Tours was described by Dr. Doney
98 a wonderful old town begun man
;oars before the Lord finished ere
i.tlng the earth. Near this city Is the
training camp occupied by the lCfitu
Oregon, which was described, as also
were the camouflage school, the
ni.r.rpshootcr school, tank school,
bom!) school, motor school, plpeon
srhool, heat, light and sound school
fill of which were related in a manner
to make plain the methods of these
Institutions. He also witnessed a
i-fip attack which he described as a
devilish thing, Invented, of course, by
Germans.
One of tho most Impressive feat
ures of the war machinery Is the
Y. M. C. A. organization In Europe.
Every little town has a Y hut where
the soldiers may go to read, to play
games, to write letters, to keep thiir
minds burnished and their sou's
white. A hospital is also a feature
of every town, and Dr. Doney states
that he never saw such wonderful
physicians and such means of taking
care of the sick and wounded, so
friends at home need have no worry
ovet that score.
His visits on the battle rfelds and
through the trenches were absorbing
ly Interesting. When the Americans
first took their places on the battlj
Mne they were alternated with tiie
French, as the latter did not know
the fighting capacity of the Yankees,
and wished to keep an eye on them.
Now, Dr. Doney says, the French
would lie glad to turn the whole show
over to the Yankees.
"The Americans are homesick,"
Dr. Doney said In conclusion. "But
not one will leave until the war U
ended and the kaiser Is knocked off
h'n pedestal. Then they are coming
Kome, and such a welcome as will lie
accorded them has never been con
ceived. The cheers will ring to the
planet Mars, and the inhabitants will
lock down and wonder what Is goin ;
(Continued on parre 8)
Enlisted Men For
Government Work
T. J. Conroy, a representative of
the United States government em
ployment service, department of la
bor, was in A3hland Monday from
Portland to enlist recruits among me
chanics and laborers for shipyard
work at Portland and Astoria. One
thousand mechanics are needed at
Astoria for placing machinery In the
vessels being built there, and two
thousand laborers are wanted in tho
various war industries at Portland.
A federal employment agency has
been established in the Nash hotel
building in Medford for this same
purpose, and applicants are being en
rolled there. Among those who have
applied there was T. W. Hill of Ash
land. A special coach was attached
' to one of the regular passenger trains
last evening to take the recruits to
I their destination tt the government's
' expense.
May Have Better
Water Facilities
The City Council at Its meeting
Tuesday evening took preliminary
steps towards improving Ashland's
wuter storage facilities. City En
gineer Walker has been asked to pre
pare estlmntes on the probable cost
of a reservoir on the east fork of
Ashland creek. A natural site !s
available at that point, and the coun
cil will make a thorough Investiga
tion of the situation In a body, and
decide on the location and capacity
rf such a reservoir. Much water
flows through Ashland creek during
the season, which if conserved, would
be ample to Bupply the needs of the
city This matter will receive an
arly investigation and will proba
bly result in a storage reservoir be
ing erected at the site in question.
Farming and dairying are rapidly
growing industries along the lower
Urnpqua. , . . .
Douglas Fairbanks
Coming This Week
Along the Mexican border the
desert lands of our country with its
forests of giant cactus, there appear
one day a mysterious, lone rider, who
acquires the appellation of "Headin
outh." ;
lie claims to he an outlaw, and
proves to be such, not the desperate
crnol and Inconsiderate type, but the
"good, bad man" sort of a fellow wh )
vins his spoils through mental cal
culation rather than brutality anl
physical destruction.
"Spanish" Joe is at tho head of u
notorious cane of Mexican bandits
who have been very active desiplte
the attempts of tho rangers to curb
tlieir depredations and repeated en
deavors to catch them.
"Headin' South," who Is a born
diplomat, succeeds In persuading
"Spanish" Joe to enroll as a member
of the band. That worthy soon be
gins to suspect the new recruit, hut
the latter's ability as an outlaw ovcr
iialanc?s Joe's suspccloni.
"Hedln" South" was written for
Douglas Fairbanks by Chief Director
Allan Dwan, and presents a plot so
unique that after due consideration
It has been decided not to disclose
too much of the story in order not
10 detract from the pleasant surprise
v.nicli the picture will give.
The plot unfolds rapidly, and Doug
Fairbanks as "Headin' South" dlB
plays his athletic prowess In a series
i.f daring deeds. There is a girl In
the story upon whom "Spanish" Joe
forces lils attentions, and "Hedln'
South" rescues her In a novel man
tier and wins a wife.
This play will appear at tho Vin-
1ns, theatre Friday and Saturday.
When, Where How
Men Must Register
All male persons, citizens or al
iens, born between June 6, 1X97, and
August 24, 1897, both dates Inclu
sive, except officers and enlisted men
cf the regular army, navy and ma
rine corps, and the national guard
while in fuderal service, and offic-
cjs In officers' reserve corps, and en
listed man in enlisted reserve corps
while In active service, must register.
When On Saturday, August 24,
J91S, between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m.
Where At office of local board
having jurisdiction where person to
lie registered permanently resides, or
other place designated by that local
' oprd.
How' Go in person on August 21
to your registration place. If you
expect to be absent from home on
August 24, go at once to tho office
of the local board where you happen
io be. Have your registration card
filled out and certified. Mail it to
t',e local board having jurisdiction
where you permanently reside. In
close a self-addressed, stamped en--clope,
with your registration card,
for the return of your registration
certificate. Failure to get this cer
tificate may cause you serious In
convenience. You must mall your
registration card in time to reach
your home local hoard on August 24.
If you are sick on August 24 and un
title to present yourself In person,
uend some competent friend. The
clerk may deputize him or her to
prepare your card.
If you are In doubt as to what to
do or where to register, consult your
local board.
' Failure to reclster is a misde
meanor punishable by Imprisonment
fo' one year. It may result in loss
of valuable rights and privileges and
In.medlate Induction into military
tervice.
Do not confuse this call with regis
tration, which is only for men who
have reached their 21st birthday
since June G, with the coming regis
tration of men from 18 to 20, and
from 32 to 45, inclusive, which will
be held early in September.
Rock Crusher In
Operation On Hill
The crusher outfit belonging to the
county which has been In operation
on the roads at and near Talent has
been brought this week to the Bil
lings hill just north of the city and
will be employed In furnishing the
rock to pave the new grade there. A
road roller has also been brought
from the Siskiyou to that point for
use on the road. Superintendent J.
M. Baker has a force of men work
ing on the highway, and the paving
will he rut'hed along as rapidly as
tossible. j
Demonstration Of
Blight Control
c The moBt remarkable demonstra
tion of pear blight control ever held
In Oregon will he given at tho South
ern Oregon Experiment Station near
Talent on Monday, August 20, at 2
o'clock p. m.
Professor Rolmer has conducted
an experiment duilng tho present
tumnier and has obtained results
which will mean more to blight con
trol work than anything that has
")een done since the discovery of tho
cause of pear blight. The results
Obtained will completely revolution
ize cortain treatments In combatting
pear blight. Our growers have often
obtained unsatisfactory results from
their work in fighting pear blight,
even where very thorough work has
been done. The result of thlH experi
ment will show why such unsatisfac
tory results have been obtained, and
n'so how entirely satisfactory results
cm be obtained. Experts who have
teen these results stato that this ex
periment should mean a saving of a
million dollars annually to tho fruit
industry of America.
Every orchardist, and every blight
cutter in tho valley should lie present
at this meeting. Tlieso results will
upply to every orchard whether old
or young. The work Is entirely dif
ferent from any that has ever been
demonstrated at the Experiment Sta
tion on previous occasions.
If you want to see the results of
the most Important and- the most
lonvlncins experiment ever conduct
en on the proper method of treat Inn
rear blight you should attend tills
meeting. The demonstration begins
at 2 o'clock sharp and will require
!c:-.z than an hour.
No Excuses Accepted
For Not Registering
So Important Is haste :n register
ing all men who will be affected by
the new draft law soon to be passed
by songress, which probably will ex
tend the draft provisions to include
.Lion from IS to 20. and from
to 45, inclusive, that local boards arc
completing all preparations now to
conduct the registration.
The date of the new registration
day for these men cannot be fore
told definitely until congress actu
ally enacts the law. But it will in
all probability be before Septem
ber 15.
Consequently, for their own pro
tection, all men within the age.?
mentioned should keep very careful
ly posted through the newspapers In
regard to the date of the registra
tion day.
This is necessary because there
will he no time to give long notice
neforehand. Registration day prob
ably will follow very closely the pas
sage of the bill, because of the ur
gent need for more men to keep fill
i d the ranks of class 1.
No excuses will be accepted for
failure to register. Even ignorance
of the date of registration day will
not he accepted. As the penalty for
failure to register will be very severe,
it is doubly Imperative on every man
affected to protect himself by learn
in;; the date as soon as It is an
nounced.
Registration will he conducted by
locnl draft boards. Those boards aro
now imperatively In need of volun
teer registrars to assist them in the
work of registration.
This registration will be the most
difficult feat of It kind ever
attempted by any nation, for It Is
estimated that the number of men
who will register in ono day will bo
close to 13,000,000.
In the meantime, this registration
'icy for mon of 18 to 20, and 32 to
45 years, inclusive, should not be
confused with the registration day
to be held Saturday, August 24, for
the registration of men who have bo
come 21 years old since Inst June C
Canteen Managers
GuestsOf Soldiers
While one of the troop trains stop
ped at the local station last Satur
day the officers In charge Invited the
members of the canteen station to
take mess with them In the dining
car on the train. As tho women at
the station were busy when the offi
cers dined, thoy waited until the men
were served, then boarded the train
and .ate with tho kitchen police.
An excellent luncheon was served
and the men were delighted to have
the honor of the canteen managers
as their guests.
French Within Mile of Noyon;
Three Mile Gain Hear Ancre River
London, August 21. 4:45 p. m.
French troops advanced three miles
today along the Olso and reached
Zcmplgny, a milo from the outskirts
of Noyon, according to reports from
the battle front.
The line occupied by General Man
fin's army nt 2 o'clock this afternoon
rnn from Semqlgny to Pontolso and
thence to La Pommernye, Mont
tholsy, Cuts, Camolln, Bllerancourt,
St.'Aubln, La Tour farm, Mont Du
Ciocqu farm, Vesnponlan, Blouxy
1 aval and reaches the.Alsno at Cour
tll. French progress on the vital sec
tor between the Olse and Solssons
bids fair to bring about a cracking
cr tho German defensive system from
Ypres to Rhelms, Marshal Foch has
connected his Mame and Plcardy
Micesscs with a new triumph which
appears to lie a greater threat than
cither of tho others.
In the new operation between th-i
Aisne and the Oiso tho French hav-j
f.ained tho heights and are advanc
ing rapidly toward Inon and the
tupply lino connecting Laon and
ether places with the Noyon pocket.
In two days Generni Mangln has ad
vanced more than two and one-ha'f
pilles on a front of moro than 15
rulles. Tho Olse and the railway line,
paralleling It are but threo miles
away and tho French apparently hold
all tho Important high ground which
1'fid barred tiie way to Noyon and the
'ine of tho Olso.
If .Marshal Foch can push the ad
'anco to the north of tho Oiso It
v.ould appear Inevitable that the Ger
mans must retire In Iicardy, prob
ably to tho old Illndepburg line, and
withdraw from the Veslo, ot least to
tho Choniln des Dames. With the
French north of the Oise both these
enemy positions would bo outflanked.
Apparently the Germans realize the
I ossibilltios of the new allied opcr
ition, as they arc resisting most
ttubliornly.
Berlin reports that It anticipated
a French blow north of the Alsne and
he Germans aro reported to hove
prepared for a counter uttack. The
French, however, surprised them and
l.alned on Tuesday a half score of
villages and captured SflOO prison
crs, bringing their total of tho three
days to 10,000. Tho German war of
fice says that the French nttacu
I roko down.
The French and Americans con-
Proposed War Tax
On Autos Is Heavy
In the new war revenue hill which
w!!l soon be introduced in the house,
automobiles will ho taxed by the
rniount of horse power of each car.
According to tho final recommenda
tion of the committee having charge
of the bill all cars under 23 horso
power will bo taxed $10. This will
take In tho majority of cars sold and
owned In the valley Including the
Ford, Bulck Four, Chevrolet, Over
land model 90, Saxon Six and Over
land Six.
The tax on all cars of between 23
and 30 horso power will be $20, and
on cars from 30 to 40 horso power
tiio tax will he $.10. All cars over
40 horso power will ho taxed $40.
Dodge car comes In tho $24 class, nnd
in tho $20 class are tho Paige, Bulck
Six, Hudson, all other models of
Overland, and tho Reo and Chal
mers.
M. C. Reed Finished
Chautauqua Work
M. C. Reed, who left hero tho first
ot April to superintend on the Elll-snn-Wiilte
Chautauqua system, re
turned yesterday morning from Boze
man, Mont., where ho closed his last
Chautauqua on tho seven-day cir
cuit. Mr. Heed mado a distinctive
reputation for himself as a Chautau
qua man and holds tho record of
l.eing the only superintendent on the
c:rcult who never lost a contract for
tho coming year. Ho not only mado
a reputation of being tho host super
intendent on the entire circuit hut
has developed Into a magazine writer
of noto, having an article which
holds the most prominent place in
the Lyceum magazlno of Chicago In
the August Issue.
Since leaving Ashland last April
Mr. Reed has traveled nearly 16,000
miles having visited many towns and
cities, hut says Ashland Is the most
beautiful of them all.
tinue their pressure along the Vesla
bin the heavy fighting has not yet
Lpread to the east of Bolssons.
Except In tho Woevre, where tho
American troops repulsed a German
raid, there has been no fighting ac
tivity elsewhere.
American naval aviators have car
lied out tho first American aerial
( If'-nsivo against German suhmarino
leases in Belgium. Ostend was bomb
ed successfully on August 15, but de
tails of the operations aro lacking.
British forces struck the Germans
ever a front of approximately ten
miles on the line southwest of Arras
nt dawn.
According to meagre details tho
British havo advanced from two tJ
three miles and havo captured tho
towns o,f Moyennevlllo, Courcelles,
Achiet- le-Petlt and Boucourt-Sur-Ancre,
and have reached the town of
Aehiet-lo-Grand. A largo number of
tanks participated In the attack.
l.'nofflcal dispatches Indicate that
the British advance has carried the
battle lino up to a point three miles
from Bnpaume, reputed to lie an Im
portant German base In tho Plcardy
sector.
It tho British drive continue
(long tho northern side of the Plcar
dy salient, the enemy forces farther
k. ii Hi would be In a serious position.
They ure at present holding back tho
French and British along a lino west
cf and parallel to tho Somnic, anl
north of that river t hoy havo been
(l.j-perately resisting allied attack
as far north as Albert. Tho advance
proms to have placed the northern
lection of the enemy's front In great
danger.
in tho Flanders battle ar?n tho
Germans also are under heavy pres
sure. Last i)l:;ht nn attack was madJ
Irnm Festuliert to the I.awe river, i
distance of moro than four miles.
The village of La Touret, at about
'he mlddlo of this line, has been cap
tured. This marks an advance of
nearly a milo at this point.
On the northern side of the Lys
snlloiit, tho British made a local at
tack over a milo front near Locra
this morning. The Important Drnn
tutro rldgo has been wrested from
the enemy and. tho Locro Hospice, a
group of buildings which has been
he scene of frequent and terrific
limiting since April, has been at
tacked. Chrome Properties
Are Reported Sold
An extensive deposit of chronnr
was discovered In Pleasant valley,
nn arm of Evans creek valley, by
Tlill Robinson, of Roguo River, who
rfter thoroughly prospecting tho
claim, found the percentage of
chrome to be high. Portland capit
alists were soon interested and It U
currently reported this week that
Robinson sold the property to them
for $15,000.
Fxtenslvo prospecting was Imme
diately begun by tho purchasers who
eport that (lie find is extensive.
They have since been offered $100,
000 for tho mine, it Ib currently re
ported. Another extensive deposit of
chrome, yielding from 15 to 25 por
cent, wns recently discovered by C.
C. Clark, of Medford, In the Kane's
creek district, about four miles from
Cold Hill. Clark has bonded hU
ilaims to Merrick & McClellnn, the
former of Medford and the latter of
the Greenback mine, the ono being
? capitalist and the other a well
known mining engineer. The sum
for which this proporty is bonded 1
$5000. Work on the claims was
begun by tho new ownors on Thurs
day. Clark has other extenslva
chrome prospects in that district, but
the claims bonded by Merrick & Mc
Clelland appear to ho a vcrltablo
mountain of chrome ore. Gold Hill
News.
Married Men Who
May Be Drafted
In answer to a lcttor from Chair
man Chamberlain of the senate mili
tary committee, asking whether it
was true that the war department
proposed to exempt married men as
a class under the now man power
bill, Secretary Baker Informed tin
senator that the existing regulations
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