Oregon Historical finrM
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"Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
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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."
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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. .'
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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.
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