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Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1918
NUMBER 44
AS
Yanks Put Foe On
Meuse to Flight
More than 60 cannon, scorses of
77s, dozens of 150s, numerous how
itzers of various calibers and hun
dreds' of machine guns ' were cap
tured by the Americans during the
advance of Friday and Saturday
Vast quantities of ammunition and
war material of all kinds fell Into
their hands. General Pershing's
forces continued their attack In the
region west of the Meuse, capturing
Fosse. This represents an advance
of four miles from the starting lines
thru Dayonviller.
Further Important gains were
made by the British troops east of
Valenciennes, Field Marshal Halg
reports from headquarters. The vil
lage of Marly was captured and Brit
ish detachments entered St. Sau'.vo.
Field Marshal Halg also reports
that Valenciennes was taken 1 y Can
adian troops under General Curr!?,
who have passed thru tho town.
The village of Presseau, southeast
of Valenciennes, was captured by the
British after, they had seized Uic high
ground In that region.
The fighting which one American
detachment encountered at Spltaa'o
bosschen wood, southeast of Wa?h
eghem, In Belgium, was probably
the hardest It has experienced In the
months It has been In France.
This unit of Westerners had come
from a section of the line where It
had seen some bitter engagements,
but the Major who was lending the
battalion which was outflanking tho
wood on the north, and who was
wounded, told the Associated Prejs
that the early stages of the '..nt.e
were heavier than anything his . en
had been thru.
Soldier Buried With
Military Honors
Will Give Aid
In Checking Flu
The local Review of the Woman'i
Benefit Association has received In
structlons from Miss Blna West, Su
preme Commander of the Assocla
, tion, to organize at once In giving ef
flclent aid to the government and
civile authorities In checking the
Spanish Influenza. As the Assocla
tion has well established Hospital
committees and a membership of
. A - AAA - ii a .1 1 ' I . .. ,
ijj.uvu wuuieu uiruuui uio iiuieu
States, It is well qualified to give Its
help.
The organization Is represented In
this locality by Margaret Review,
with Mrs. Eliza Long as Commander
and Mrs. Josephine Wallace as Rec
ord Keeper. Cards with' definite in
structlons as to preventive precau
tlons have been sent out and placed
In the homes of Its members. The
local Review Is joining with the au
thorities in giving all possible aid In
stopping the spread of this epidemic.
Petrolium Technolog
1st Exam to be Held
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces a Petroleum
Technologist examination to be held
November 12, 1918, to fill vacancies
in the Bureau of Mines, $2500 to
$3000 per annum.
Application form 1312 can be ob
tained from the Local Secretary,
Board of Civil Service Examiners,
this city, or from the Secretary,
Eleventh U. S. Civil Service District,
303 Post Office Building, Seattle,
Washington. Applications, to be con
sidered, must be filed with the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C, not later than November
12, 1918,
More Books Wanted
For Soldiers' Use
The public library last week ship
ped two boxes of books collect
ed for the use of the soldiers in the
cantonments in this .country, and
for their use overseas. Each box
contained 97 volumes,. .Another con
slgnment Is being collected, a few
volumes for which ,, have already
come In to the library, and more are
solicited to fill another box. The
bulk of the books In demand Is fic
tion, but the librarians say that it is
surprls'fng the number of soldiers
who call for non-fiction or books on
general and special information. The
call is Issued for donations of any
good book one would like to read
oneself. , .
The body of Horatio S. Hanford,
Jr., the young Ashland soldier who
died at the Letterman hospital, San
Francisco,, Saturday, October 26, of
pneumonia, was brought to his home
at 91 Gresham street Wednesday
evening. Funeral services were held
from the house Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, and in accordance
with the health orders restricting all
public gatherings, the many friends
of the family and the young soldier
gathered on the lawn, while Rev. P.
K. Hammond, vicar of Trinity Epis
copal church, read the burial service
in the open door.
The flag draped casket was borne
from the house on the shoulders of
uniformed members of the state mi
litia, who were Sergeants H. G. East
man, and Elmer Morrison, Corporal
B, H. Hinthorne, Privates H. S.
Palmerlee, J. M, Alnutt and William
Pennlston. At the grave In Moun
tain View cemetery taps were blown
by Buglar H. B. Carter as the body
"returned to the earth that gave It."
Roy Sanford, as be was familiarly
known In Ashland, was a member of
the 55th company, Coast Artillery,
and had been stationed at the Pre
sidio previous to his Illness and
death. He was 31 years of age and
Is survived by his parents, Mr. and
i'rs. H. S. Sanford, one brother, T.
W. Sanford, and two slsten?, Mrs.
Donald Whitney and Mrs. George
Rose.
Nurse's Registry
Taken Last Week
About forty women filled out
questionnaires with' Dr. Maude I.
Hawley In answer to the survey of
nursing resources that was made lu
Jackson county at the order of the
surgeon general of the United States
army. This Included the enrollment
of all graduate' nurses, pupil nurses,
undergraduates, trained attendants
practical nurses, mldwlves and worn
en who have taken Red Cross cours'
cs.
This registration was called for be
cause of the Increased military pro
gram and it has become necessary
that there should be Immediately
available definite Information as to
the number of graduate nurses avail
able for military service. A supple
mentary nursing personnel Is requir
ed, as well as trained hospital at
tenaants ana an others who are
qualified to render aid under the dl
rectlon of graduate nurses in the
care of civilian population.
Do Not Fail to Vote This Time
Likely Our Last Chance For Normal
i This is the most important election in tho history of Ash
land. Re-establishment of the Normal here is likely at issue.
lor the last time. In several campaiffns before we have fail
ed. This time we have a better chance than ever before.
Citizens thruout the state are more thoroly aroused on the
necessity for more teachers than can ever be hoped apain,
except in the exigency of war. If the issue fails this time it
will he hard ever aj?ain to get the normal question before the
people. Every vote counts. He will be indeed a poor citi
zen who fails to cast his vote at this election for the normal.
The future of Ashland is at stake. Let every citizen do his
duty. If well, he should vote early. If sick, he should ar
range with a friend beforehand to take him to the polls. .We
cannot afford to losca vote.
Pitaaii's iirty
Politics
Jitney Overturned
By Striking Rock
E. Davidson of Nob Hill sustained
an injured shoulder last Saturday
when a jitney In which he was rid
ing turned over on the road near the
Eagle mill. According to his state
ment the car was going down the
hill at a moderate rate of speed
when it struck a rock in the road
breaking a wheel and turning the
car over. Mr. Davidson was struck
on the shoulder when the car over
turned and his collar bone was frac
tured. He was taken to a local hos-
tItal and his injuries dressed.
Y Volunteers are to
Be Enrolled Now
Ashland was visited last week by
W. E. Wright, acting state secretary
of the Y. M. C. A., and Fred Sickles,
personnel for this state and Idaho,
who were here for the purpose of
recruiting for army Y. M. C. A
work In Europe. During their stay
In this city the visitors formed a lo
cal committee consisting of Prof. G.
Briscoe, chairman; Clark Bush,
O. F. Carson, G. C. McAllister, C. B.
Lamkln, Rev. C. A. Edwards and G.
H. Billings. This committee will be
ready t enroll any who are think
ing of engaging in this important
army work overseas.
At present only men between the
ages of 37 and 50 are enrolled, and
if within draft age, cannot be of
class 1. The state workers say that
the French and Italian armies are
calling for more American Y. M. C.
A. men than can be supplied.
Saturday evening there was nothing
unusual about the copies of the Mail-Tribune
which circulated in Ashland and Tal
ent. At the bottom of the front page was
a two column war picture and Ashland
readers were not aware that the picture of
our boys in France was run to cover tho
festering scar of one of the dirtiest political
jobs against a popular candidate that the
conscienceless brain of Political Boss George
Putnam could incubate.' ' Here is what was
printed in double column at the bottom o
the first page of Saturday evening's Mail
Tribune which was circulaled in Medford
and vacinity in an effort to defeat G. A
Gardner, who is the popular candidate for
County Judge. Read it and judge of its
dirty infamy in attempting to arouse com
munity rivalry falsely in the hope to encom
pass the defeat of Mr. Gardner who re
fuses to bow to the will of the selfcon
stituted Dictator of Jackson County.
(Here's what Georea Putnam nrlnt-rt In tho Sn
ford edition of the Mail-Tribune, but in the Ashland edition left it out
and filled the space with a picture of our boys In Franoe.)
A SOLID ASHLAND COUNTY COURT
Where Voters Will
Cast Their Bollots
Following are the election pre
cincts of Ashland and nearby points,
with the various polling places
where voters are to cast their bal
lots tomorrow, Tuesday, at the gen
eral election:
Ashland Boulevard, H. F. Poh
land residence.
Ashland East Central, City Hall.
Ashland West Central,' McCarty
Building, corner Main and Granite.
Ashland East Main, East Side
School.
Ashland Oak, SI Oak street, near
Telephone Central.
North Ashland, Stone Building.
East Ashland, Fourth Street En
gine Room.
South East Ashland, cornor Iowa
and Avery street. '
North West Ashland, West Side
School.
Barron, Nell Creek School House.
Bellevlew, Bellevlew School
House.
Dead Indian, Cabin on Myer-Cal-klns
Ranch.
Derby, Derby School House.
East Talent, City Hall.
West Talent, High School building.
Mail Air Route May
Pass Over Ashland
Third Influenza
Victim Laid Away
Regularly scheduled mall aero,
planes may be sailing over Ashland
in the near future, If the proposed:
eight air routes now being planned
are carried out, On of these, called
the Pacific airway, goes from Seattle
to Tacoma and south to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. Should this
line be effected it will undoubtedly
pass over this city.
According to a map In the Grand
'Forks, N. D.. Herald tho eight pro
posed lines are: One starts from
New York, running north to Boston,
then weht thru Detroit, Mich., and
Fargo, N. I)., to Seattle, Wash., and
Is known as the Chanute-Bell air
way. From Seattle a route runs to
Tacoma and south thru Portland,
Medford, San Francisco to Los An
geles, called the Pacific airway.
The next route south Is from New
York to Chicago, Omaha, Denver,
Salt Lake City to San Francisco,
I called Woodrow Wilson airway. The
next south is from New York to
Philadelphia, Dayton, Ohio, Kansas
City, Mo., Pueblo to Santa Barbara,
Cal., known as Langley airway. An
other Is south from Philadelphia to
Lynchburg, Va., St. Louis and Jop
lln, Mo., Albuquerque, N. M , to Loa
Angeles, called Rodgers airway.
The Wright Brothers airway 19
still further south from Lynchburg,
Va., southwest thru Atlanta, Co.,
Vlcksburg, Miss., Fort Worth, and
San Antonio to San Diego and Los
Angeles.
Tho Atlantic airway runs from
Philadelphia south along the Atlan
tic coast to Key West and tho Gulf
airway from Key West to Pensa-
cola, New Orleans, Galveston to
Brownsville, Tex.
Unless the Ceonle of Mfidfnrrl nnil vlrlnltv vnta snIMIv fnr T.iHira
Purdln as COUntV ill deft. Mflilfnrrl the Inrtrpnt to TnavflP and Inro-aat nit v
In the county, will be without representation In the county court, or voice
u vuuuvj auuirs.
If JudKO Purdln la not elortod tlto tlOuf ftnnrt urfll than Ita nt av.
lUSlve As HI and affair, comnnnerl of f!nmmlHlnn,r r.nrw ninn. f
rtoniuiiu, commissioner James Owens, who when county commissioner,
voted against the Medford bridge in accordance with the wishes of Ash'
landers WhO fOUht lt rnnntniMInn In tlia onnrtn nn.4 r.anrot, A
who halls from Ashland, and who thruout his three terms of office, has
uwuuciiicu ii ib Asniana Dias.
In the Old davi when Anhlnnit rnntrnllnri onimtv offalm Kf.J
- , - ------ -. v. wuutia, uiquiui'J
a i!i j uurinern portion or the county received scant consideration
Ashland VOtes SOlId for Aahlnnil onrtMntoQ mtrorrllooo nt Ah
lana VOtes nominated Owens anri flnrrinor In tho nrlmorlan
the scheme to Becure a solid Ashland court, to secure an Ashland man as
ruuuiuasier ana me expenditure of the bulk of the county funds on Ash
land roads.
Only by voting for Judsra Purdln can the nennln nt Marlfnrrt nor 11 r A
icuicDOUiHUun ID COIITHV affaire If fa tint a inaaHtn 9 ist1lilift Vtttt
ui uuBiness. judge Purdln Is far better qualified for the office than
county Clerk Gardner. He has had the legal, business and executive
caci icuue me oince requires.
Rummage Sale Met
With Loyal Support
The Rummage Sale conducted by
the Sunshine Society In the MUls-
McCall building four days last week
met with a very liberal patronage by
the people of Ashland In general. A
quantity of salable goods was donat
ed and found a-eady market.' The
proceeds of this sale will go towards
maintaining the home charities'-, that
this society looks after in an tnos
tentlous manner. The society net
ted $136 from their sales.
Church Wipes Out
Larg6 Paving Debt
.The Congregational church last
week cotapleted the full payment of
their . paving assessment, which
amount. to $856.53. This pay
ment not only redeemed the paving!
Indebtedness In full, but anticipated
redemption of the final assessment
which would not have been payable
for two years to come. On account
of this property facing on two paved
streets, the paving obligations were
very heavy.
Back From Normal
School Campaign
Mrs. Edna I. Tlozold, whose death
resulted from Spanish Influenza at a
local hospital Sunday morning, Octo
ber 27, was burled In Mountain View
cemetery the following Tuesday. Rev.
P. K. Hammond, vicar of Trinity
Episcopal church, read the burial
service at the grave, and the body
was consigned to Its last resting
place by the side of the husband and
Infant son, whose deaths had occur
red a few days previous from the
same cause.
John Bezold, the father of W. L.
Bezold, whose death occurred the! D0J- C. Sheldon, one of Jackson
Wednesday previous, arrived In Ash- county's members of the State Lee-
land Sunday from Pocatello. Idaho. Mature, returned from . Portland
i -
Owing to the long distance and de- last Thursday where he has been for
lays on the way, he was unablo to 1,1081 ' the time during the past
arrive In time to see his son and three months helping In the Normal1
daughter-in-law before they passed SchucJI campaign. Altho spending.
away. The mother of Mrs. Bezold. mucn 01 nls llm8 n us candidacy
Mrs. CImmerle of North Yakima. for th speakership of the next
Wash., also came In on train No. 15 House, he was ablo to give conslder-
Tuesday morning, and was here for a,), attention, without pay, to Ash
the funeral of her daughter. land's pet measure, which was placed'
The only survival of the family, a unon tne balIt thru Mr. Sheldon's.;
little boy four years old, Is still ill W0lk nt the last session.
at the hospital, but Is recoverlne. Ife ejects a good vote for the.
Mr. Bezold and Mrs. Clmmerlo win measure In Portland. Parts of tho
remain here until the child Is ablo WIllamcMe Valley, ha says, will
to be removed, when the grandmoth- roRlBter 8 vte against It. The gen-
er will take him to her home In North erul pamy in matters political; a
Yakima. wide-spread feeling that a country
at war should shelve all other new
proposals; and fi win dial tightness
thruout the state save In Portland.
-nre all working against the meas
ure.
Mr. Sheldon spent the bettor part
of a day rustling about the city urg-
The Jackson County Abstract com- ln& every one to see that a full yote
pany has selected the Billings Agen- 18 brought out In Ashland so as to
cy to represent them In Ashland, register, before the people of tho
This agency will look after the busl- rest or tne state, the sincere deslro
nesB from this section of the county of this community for the Normal..
to take the place of the office re
cently closed here, to be conducted
from Medford. Since the war busl
ness conditions in this section of the
state has not Justified tho keeping
open two offices In the county, and
all business hereafter will be con
ducted from the Medford office
Abstract Company
Represented Here
Little Child Brot
Here For Burial
Little Julia Louise McColllster,
the three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chauncey McColllster of
North Bend, died at the home of her
parents Saturday, October 26. The)
remains were brought to Ashland to
the home of the little one's grand
mother, Mrs. Emma Adams, and In
terment was made in the Hargadlne
cemotory, where on the dny the little!
child breathed her last was laid to'
rest her aunt, Mrs. Julia Hodges, In
her Red Cross uniform with military
honors.
The death of this thlld Is a sad
blow to the family, and especially to
her grandaunt, Miss E. M. Adams,
who celebrated her 80th birthday
on Octobor 20, two days after little
Julia celebrated her third anniver
sary. The aunt had sent a birthday
box to the child, full of charming
gifts so dear to a childish heart, hut .
which the little one was unable to
enjoy lone. Rev. P. K. Hammond.
ir elected county Judge 1 win not wn0 conducted the funeral service at
be controlled by the Mall-Trlbuno the grave of Mrs. Hodires for whom
nor will I bow to the dictates of the the little one was named, read tha
futnam political machine in admin- burial service at the latter's grave.
istering tne uusiness or tne county.
o. A. GARDNER, Want a good Job of flnlsnlnit? Try
uanaiuaie ior county Judge, the Camera Exchange. tt
Tax -Increase by
Normal Bill Slight
Should the normal school bill car
ry as there Is every Indication thnt
It will a person paying on property
assessed at f 1 000 would pay only
eight cents per year extra tax.
Oregon children well taught by
thoroly trained teachers will not
win the war," but will mightily
help towards keeping It won. Tho
best Is none too good for our boys
and girls.
Candidate Gardner
vlakes Solemn Pledge