Oregon Historical finrM Ajoiiiiti.ifi. "Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" ;. City of Sunshine and Flowers - ' : Ashland. Oregon. Uthla Springs J' "Oregon's Famous Spa" VOL. XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1918 NUMBER 42 Ban on City to . Prevent Contagion Claims Normals are Nesessity in State BELGIAN COAST CLE ARED OF ENEMY Peach Pits and Nut State Policemen Shells to be Saved Gave Booze Party FRENCH AND YANKS ALSO GAIN ASHLAND In accordance with a proclama tion Issued by Mayor C. 13. Lamkln all public functions were closed last week on account of the epidemic of Spanish Influenza that Is bo preva lent thruout the country. While Ash land has had only a few cases re ported, a large number of people have been suffering from severe colds, and It was thought by the city board of health and officials that It was better to take time by the fore lock and guard against an extensive spread of the contagion, rather than fight It after It had gotten a strong hold In our midst. As a result of the order the schools, churches, lodge meetings and social functions have disband ed for a time, the length of which will be stated by the state board of health, opon whose order the closing ban will be lifted. According to statements Is sued the worst of the Influenza epi demic was reached several days ago in the army cantonments of the coun try and medical officers think they have brought the disease under con trol. P. J. Hendricks Killed in France Mrs Eugenia J. Hendricks of Sac ramento, Cal , was officially notified last week that her son, Private Pres ton F. Hendricks, with a machine gun battalion, had died September 6 In France as the result of wounds received in action. This was the first official word the mother had received that her son had been injured. Several days previous friends and relatives had letters stating he had died as the result of breaking his neck In a dive while swimming. Preston F. Hendricks was 26 years of age and a former resident of Ash land. He Is survived by his parents, four sisters, one half sister and one brother. Ashland Quota Set For U. W. W. Drive E. V. Carter, chairman of the Ash land Patriotic Fund, who with Prof. Irving E. Vining, had been in Port land attending the conference of the state workers for the United War Workers campaign, stated on his re turn that this drive will begin No vember 11 and continue until the ISth and will Include all the war charities combined. Jackson county was given a quota of $20,850, of which one-third, $6,950, will be ap portioned to the Ashland district which Includes Talent and Phoenix and the south end of the county. Mrs. Bailey Died At Central Point Mrs. Mary Bailey, wife of Arnon Bailey of Central Point, a former resident of Ashland, died Thursday, October 10, at a Medford hospital after a brief Illness, due to obstruct Ion of the bowels. Mrs. Bailey was only sick a few hours when death resulted. Funeral services were held Monday morning and burial was made In the cemetery at Talent. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Arnald of Ashland and is survived by her husband, two little sons, her parents, one brother, Albert Arnald of this city and Mrs, C. P. Good of Long Beach, Cal. Prisoner Escaped , From Moving Train Norrls H. Pyron, a prisoner being conveyed from Los Angeles to the federal penitentiary at McNeils Is land,' Wash., Sunday, October 13, es caped from the train near Ashland and has not been discovered. The man was being taken north to serve a sentence of 15 years, and man aged to slip his shackles and jumped from the moving train near Ashland. Despite the vigilant search by all the police and sheriffs of southern Ore gon and northern California no trace has been obtained of the fugitive. Pointing out that $1,000,000 Is expended annually in relnstructlns pupils falling to make their grades In the state's elementary schools and declaring that 40 per cent is due to untrained eachers, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Church ill has announced the establish ment of two additional normal Bchools In Oregon a wartime prob lem, and tiecesslty, saying it was secondary only to the winning of the war. Superintendent Churchill made the above statement in advocating the adoption of a measure at the coming general election, providing for two additional normal schools one to be located at Ashland, and the other at an eastern Oregon city to be chos en by the normal board of regents. "It costs $50 per pupil each year to educate a child In the elementary schools," continued Superintendent Churchill. "As about 20,000 pupils in this state fall each year to make their grade, It costs the state about $1,000,000 annually to have them re peat their year's work. Exactly what proportion of this sum Is due to the untrained teacher there Is no abso lute way of determining, but from superintendents, principals and su pervisors, I am satisfied that 40 per cent of the $1,000,000 spent yearly In repeating work of pupils In tho, grades Is due to Incompetent teach ing. The millage tax provided in the measure on the ballot for main taining two normal schools would save the difference between $400,000 and $75,000. "The maintenance fund and nor mal school facilities at present pro vide for about 350 to 400 students Whenever the present normal school undertakes to provide for many more there Is danger of lowering Its effi ciency. From this enrollment we cannot expect more than 150 to 200 graduates each year, whereas, as be fore stated, 1000 teachers are seed ed in Oregon each year. "There are about 1000 teachers in eastern Oregon. A normal school In eastern Oregon would, by the end of the first year, have an enrollment of 300 and would soon be furnishing the state with not less than 150 trained teachers annually for rural school work. What Is true of east ern Oregon Is true of southern Ore gon and for these reasons both the normal schools should be establish ed." ' Orlie Powers Died In Military Camp Orlle Powers of Talent died Thurs day of pneumonia following an at tack of Spanish influenza at Fort McDowell, where he was stationed as ell, Cal., where he was stationed as a private in the national army. He had been ill In a hospital for a weel: previous, and on Thursday morning his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Pow era, received a message telling them of their son's serious condition. They prepared to leave for San Francisco, when a second telegram arrived ap prising them of his death. The deceased was 26 years of age and was a member of the Ash land lodge of Elks. At the outbreak of war he attempted twice to enlist, but was rejected on account of min or physical causes. He was later ac cepted, however, when called by the draft about a month ago. He was a popular young man and a well known musician in this section. The body was brought home Sat urday night and funeral services were held In the Talent cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, In charge of Ashland Lodge, No. 944, B. P. O. E. New Paving Near City Almost Finished Automobillsts are gladdened by the fact that the new stretch of pav ing around the Billings hill is al most completed, and providing no do lays intervene the entire road should be open to traffic in a few more weeks. The cement Is laid around the hill from the Eagle mill to the underground crossing of the Tail road and work Is being pushed rap idly to completion. The Sitka spruce mill at Coqullle will go 'on three shifts.' Allied troops on a front of more than 120 miles from the North Sea to the Olse are prelsln'g closely the re tiring Germans. The enemy Is given no rest and may have difficulty in holding his supposedly prepared lines when they are reached. On the north the allies are ap proaching Ghent, French cavalry be ing reparted In the city's environs; In the center the British are marching on Tournal, while the British, French and Americans north of the Olse are threatening the Important railway lines south of Valenciennes. In the Argonne west of the Mouse the Amer icans have Improved their positions near Banthevllle. Unofficial reports are that the Bel gian coast has been cleared com pletely and that COOO German troops have been caught between the ad vancing allies, the Dutch border and the North Sea. Allied troops are re ported near Eecloo, 15 miles east of Bruges and the same distance north west of Ghent, and also are approach ing the Dutch frontier near Sluls. The allied troops in Flanders have re gained 800 square miles of territory In the last four days. Between Bruges and Courtrai the main resistance is somewhat stlffer than further north, but south of Courtrai the British are advancing rapidly from the DouaJ-Lllle line. The Marcq River has been crossed east of ASHLAND RAISED BOND QUOTA BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION Without any noise or excitement Ashland went over the top in rais ing her quota of the Fourth Liberty loan, and at the close of buslnesi Saturday night the city had $6,77S over the quota to its credit. ' This was done by volunteer subscriptions alone. Not once did the executive committee in charge of the campaign bring any pressure to bear other than to put the matter up to the conscienc es of the citizens and establish places where the subscriptions could be tak en. The patriotic people of Ashland did the rest, to their everlasting cred it Ashland's share of the Fourth Lll erty loan was the largest that had been apportioned to her. For the Lieut. Tooze Gave Life For Liberty People of Ashland heard with re gret of the death of Lieutenant Les lie O. Tooze of Salem, which occur red In Franco September 29, at the hands of a German sniper. Lieut Tooze, It will be remembered, was a visitor to Ashland last spring, when in company with Lieut. Hector Mc- Quarrle, he spoke in the Chautauqua building at the opening of the Third Liberty loan campaign. According to the dispatches Lieut. Tooze was killed while engaged "with conspicuous gal lantry, and was accorded a military burial. The young lieutenant was 23 years of age, and was serving his country in France with his twin brother. In a letter written to his father Just be- lore leaving for overseas duty, Lieutenant Tooze penned these mem orable words: "We leave for France soon. I ex pect toreturn. But if I fall, you will know that my Jlfe has been purchased at the highest price it could ever command, for the great est cause history has ever known, the great cause of human liberty in the world." u. s. DEPARTMENT WEATHER 111REAU Forecast for the period October 21 to October 26, 1918, Inclusive. Pa cific coast states: Fair except rain In Washington and Oregon Monday or Tuesday, and probably Friday; slight temperature changes. Card of Thanks. , We wish to thank our friends for their help, sympathy and floral of ferings during the sickness and death of our beloved daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold, i and Family, Lille and the town of Cliereng, eight miles west of the Important Junction of Tournal, taken. From Chereng, southwest to east of Doual, the Brit ish have pressed forward nearly eight miles on a 30-mllo front In three days. South of Valoncenncs the I'rltlsh, American and French forces are widening the wedge driven Into the German defenses and have forced the enemy behind the Sambre Canal on a wide front west of the important rail way center of Gulso. The Sella has been crossed In force wutheast of Cambria and the Brit lih are approaching the formidable obstacle of the forest of Mormal guarding the Yalenclenues-Avesnes railroad, the main Cermun support line in this region. The French main tain strongly their pressure between the Olse and the Serre and eastward along the Aisne. There are some Indications that the Germans are preparing to retire fromhelr position In front of the Americans northwest of Verdun be tween the Mouse and the Boult for est. The American advance threat ens the security of the Krelmhllde positions. A further advance would Increase the menace to the Germans. Bust of the Meuse the enemy Satur day attacked the American position la the Bols de la Grande Montague, but was repulsed. first loan Ashland was asked to sub scribe $S5,000 and raised $96,550 The sceond quota was $40,000 and she loaned hqr country $185,050. The third quota was $102,200, and Vj. people of this district responded with $199,900. Then when the fourth call came and Ashland was ap portioned to raise $181,672, 1175 citizens responded to this call and subscribed voluntarily $188,450. Jackson county has again gone over tha top by a comfortable mar gin and the state has also oversuh scribed. Portland's over subscrip tion of Its quota In the Liberty Loan will be well above $1,500,000,' while the over-subscription of the state out side of Portland will be above $550,- 000. Portland's quota was $18,323,- 400 and that of the remainder of the tate $1,5,384,707. Sudden Death of Mrs. Julia Hodges Word waa received Saturday night of the death of Mrs. Jesse Ray Hodges, formerly Miss Julia Adams, of this city and daughter of Mrs. Emma Adams of Grant street. As no previous Intimation had been re ceived of her Illness the news came as a great shock to her relatives and friends. Mrs. Hodges left Ashland two years ago to accept a position of responsi bility in the Pacific Hospital at Los Angeles. A few months later s'jq enlisted In the service of the 'Jov ernment and became one of Vno IIos- rpltal Corps at Marfa, Texas. While there she became acquainted with and afterward married Sergeant J. R. Hodges. She leaves, besides her mother, a sister, Mrs. Ruth McAllistre, and a brother, Lieutenant J. Qulncy Adams of the U. S. A. Well Known Lady . Pneumonia Victim WJord was received here last week of the death of Mrs. Sarah Ander son Burrall, daughter of the late E. K. and Mrs, Anderson, who died in Seattle October 10. Mr. and Mrs. Burrall had but recently returned from Alaska where she had con tracted pneumonia,, but, it was thought that all danger was past when she suffered a relapse and death followed shortly. Beside her husband Mrs. Burrall Is survived by her mother, one brother and four sisters. O. H. Johnson expects to move In to his beautiful new home some time this week. How many Ashland peoplo know that 200 peach pits or seven pounds of nut shells will produce enough carbon for a gas mask? This waste material that .has been thrown away by tho ton heretofore In this land of abundant pitted fruit is now one of the most important war necessities of the present day. Fruit pits and nut shells, It is claimed, produce the best carbon for this purpose in order to conserve and ship these pits and shells N. S. Bennett of Med ford was In Ashland Thursday ar ranging to place receptacles In con venient locations to catch these pits and shells as they are gathered up from the homes and on the streets. Barrels for this purpose have been placed at tho Ashland Trading com pany store, tho Salvage Depot, the fountain at tho S. P. station and various other localities will be made a depository for this purpose. Only the shells of the nuts and pits are utilized for the manufacture of gas masks. The former should be gathered and dried, then they may be cracked and the kernels extracted for home use or they will find a ready market. Two hundred peach pits are not difficult for a school boy or girl to secure In a day, but it may be the means of saving a beloved brother's life. Set Clocks Back an Hour Oct. 27th Before going to bed next Saturday night don't forget to set your clocy back an hour, as Bometime after mid night Sunday morning, October 27, the change In the daylight savlny will be made. To Insure no mistake the following law on the matter will be republished: "That at 2 o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in March of each year the standard time of each z-r shall be advanced one hour, and a( I o'clock ante-merldlan of the lost Sunday in October In each year, tho standard time of each zone shall, by retarding one hour, be returned to the mean astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing each zone, respectively." George Stannard Called by Death George Stannard, a well known in structor In the public schools of Jack son county, died at his home on, the Boulevard Sunday evening at 8:45 after an extended Illness, the Imme diate cause of which was blood po' sonlng. Mr. Stannard had been p cipal of the schools at Phoenix r R number of years, after which toJ lowed ranching until this -8ummer when his 'falling healthy comi,eie,i him to abandon that cork Funeral services will be h from lg ,ate home at 10S9 Bjg,.,, th8 (Tues, day) afternoon Bt 2:30 0-ciock, con ducted by rAev Ci A- Edwards of the local MeVnodigt ci,urch, anj r)r j, k Baillle, 0f tne phoenix Presbyterian c,,''jrch, and Interment will lie made m Mountain View cemetery. The de ceased Is survived by his wife, Mrs, Ada Stannard, son George, father Orlo Stannard, and four brothers In the east. Survey of Nurses Made in Ashland A survey of the nursing resources of Ashland Is being taken this week. All graduate nurses, pupil nurses undergraduates, trained attendants, 'practical nurses, mldwlves, and wom en who have taken Red Cross courses are urged to report to Dr. Hawloy and till out a Questionnaire. This Is an enrollment, . not an enlistment. The Surgeon General of the U. S. army has ordered this Burvey, and Dr. Hawley has it In charge hero. Major J. Edw. Thornton of the Sixth Separate Battalion, Oregon state militia, has been promoted to the rank of colonel of the several units In southern Oregon. He is at present in Portland with the other commissioned officers of Company E, attending the four-days' school of of ficers. The Gresham factory will send two carloads of Jam to France. Tho room belonging to Sergeant C. C. Trlplett, a member of the state police located at Medford, was raid ed Thursday night at midnight and a drinking party consisting of Slato- Pollceman Charles Smlthers, a man named Brown of Josephine county, and two young women wero arrest ed. Sergeant Trlplett was In Port land at tho time, but will be held on his return to Medford the next eve ning, as the Medford polico olulni that the sergeant had been uslni his room for the headquarters of so cial drinking parties. Sergeant Trlplett and Smlthers tin members of the state police, and have been stationed In Medford soma- time for the purpose of patrolling the- 8lsklyous to catch professional boot leggers from smuggling whiskey from California Into Oregon. For some time the policemen have been under suspicion, according to Chief of Police Timothy of Medford, and after the raid those arrested mad a confession, Implicating Sergeant Trlplett. Election Expenses Lessened Hereafter Council at an adjourned meeting last Wednesday evening passed a resolution to hold a special election on November 5, to amend the char ter relating to municipal elections:. This amendment will be made tu correspond with the state law, and' will make the terms of all state and' municipal officers to go into effect at the same time, thus doing away with half the election expenses. , AH elective officers Jn tho city will be votod upon at the coming elec tion. This will be one councilman tor two years and one councilman for ne year for each ward; mayor, for two years; recorder tor two years for two years; recorder for two year ,T park commissioners - for two y Mt -j and treasurer for two . Heretofore these officers wcrc votej " upon some time In Decern be f jhey will assume their office at Q begin ning of the new year as the -only change being mad r,,' the time of the election. .' -r Vflf . Officer SavS 55th was onA Battle Front : A ceo Allng to a letter reported to been received by Mrs. Wray ' have Ch xe of Eugene" from her huthand, . putenant Chase, a mcmoer off trig JMh regiment in France, that regi ment was on the firing line during: the big drive against the German between September 1 and 14. Lieu tenant Chase writes that the Oregon hoys acquitted themselves with great credit and that there was only one casualty, one of the boys receiving a slight wound. This Is the regiment of which a number of Ashland and Jackson county boys belong, but It is not known whether or not any boys from this section wero on tha firing line. Draftee Arrested For Rifling Bag: C. R. Coubern of Sacramento waa taken from train No. 16 Wednesday evening at the local station by Yari Policeman A. L. Irvln on the charge of rifling the contents of a traveling bag belonging to a man by the nam of Tannenberg of Oakland. , Coubern. who was a draftee on his way to Van couver Barracks, was tried before jury In Justice Gowdy's court Thurs day afternoon, and was found guilty. He was fined $25. and released. Recommends Medford Boy for West Point Klrby Miller of Medford, has been recommended by President Camp bell of the University of Oregon to Representative Hawley for appoint ment to West Point, having success fully passed the mental examination Saturday. If he passes the physical test, he will be called to West Point November 1. Mr. Miller spent three months at the Presidio this summer. and is now a member of the students arnry training corps. 4