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Dregon Historical Soelsty, Auditorium ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT THE AID OF MEDICINE WILL CURE NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OF ASTHMA. ASHLAND IS A GREAT PLACtf xSHLANi IDINGS FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM I ASTHMA. ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918 NUMBER 48 VOL. XLIII D; Our Soldier Boys Will Be Our Guests Thanks to tlie Ingenious thought of Hon. E. V. Carter, Ashland Is In poe sesslon of, and has adopted, a thoro ly worked out and practical plau fo. one of the greatest cclehrn'.lotM the coming summer that has ever been staged on the Pacific Coast. Tho-plan Is for a full week's entertainment of our returned soldiers, and for n mon ument bearing on Its base in l.ronzc .relief the name of every soldier en listed from Ashland. It will 'oe of native polished granite In the t'orrr. of a shaft which will lie completed and erected on a suitable site In Lithla park before the big week so that one of the great days will be the unveiling of the monument. It 's planned to erect a great soldiers' camp, with tents and equipment com plete Including a large coramlsrrat for the feeding of the soldiers who will be the guests of the city for the entire week. Two marine bands with others composed of local men will supply the music. Every Imaginable entertainment will be given the sol diers from fireworks to .roundup ab solutely free of charge. The khal I suit will be a pass to every entertain ment of every description. Arrange ments are In process to make this the greatest, military week ever held in civil life and great military chief tains as well as governors, senators and congressmen will be the guests of the city. The matter has already taken defi nite form. An executive committee has been organized, composed of E. V. Carter, chairman, Prof. G. A. Bris coe, vice chairman; Rev. P. K.' Ham mond, secretary; V.' O. N. Smith, treasurer; and Mayor C. B. Lamkln, E. E. Kinney, W. A. Turner, A. C. Ninlnger, W. H. Mc.Valr and Bert R G.-eer as members who will at once begin on the definite arrangements for the celebration (for it will l.j a celebration of tht victory for tlemoc racy as well as an entertainment of returned soldiers). Auxiliary com mittees from the woman's war and civic societies are now being arrnng' ed.' The date will likely be fixed for the week of July 4th. A fund of not lees than fifteen thousand dollars will be raised to defray expanses And one of the remarkable features of Its inauguration is that fifteen hundred dollars of the fund wan vol untarily subscribed by enthusiastic citizens before the executive commit tee was formed and it Is certain that more than half of the sum will be raised before arrangements are com pleted for opening the subscription lists. Citizens are voluntarily rail' Ing at the banks every day and otter- ing liberal amounts toward the en terprise. There Is no ifs or and about It the celebration Is now assured and will he the biggest thing staged In these parts. W. A. Turner and Mayor Lamkln were appointed to negotiate for the memorial shaft to be made of Ash land granite and to be a credit to the city and a fitting and glorious monument to every Ashland boy who has offered himself for democracy as well as those who have made the last and greatest sacrifice that the world be made free for democracy If every citizen feels about it as those who formed the executive com mittee not one of them will allow this splendid monument to be raise-4 until he has contributed his share to Its purchase. Nor do they expect to be cheap in this acknowledgement of gratitude' to our soldier boys. The monument will be a great one, as it should be. All cities in Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Siskiyou counties will likely be asked to par tlcipate in the festivities. The celebration will be known as "VICTORY WEEK." ONE HUNDRED OFFICERS MUSTERED OUT OF CAMP One hundred officers, the first to be discharged from the army at Camp Lewis, after undergoing physical ex aminations, became citizens Monday and Btarted for their homes.. These "officers are those who desired to re turn home as soon as thearmy had no further use for them and were su perfluous with the reduction of units, and the filling up of other units in camp. Twenty-four of these are medical officers. All have been mem bers of the 166th depot brigade, al tho a few had been attached to the 13th division. The best photographs are the cheapest. Studio Ashland will please you. tf THANKSGIVING SLMPLY OBSERVED IX ASHLAND Thanksgiving was observed In Ash land quietly this year, but with a greater feeling of rejoicing than had ever been felt by tffe residents be fore, due to the fact that the holiday followed closely upon the event so long hoped for by the American peo ple, the cessation of hostilities, and the announcement that the boys may soon bo returned home. Union ser vices were held among a number o' churches while other denominations gave thanks in their own houses of worship. . Family dinners and re unions of old-time friends and neigh bors were the general order of the day. An unusuaj feature was the "white Thanksgiving" that prevailed this year. The snowfall of the Tues day previous continued to cover the ground and added to the holiday aspect. WELL KNOWN SOLDIER DIED IX DISCHIKGE OK DITV Word was received In Ashland last week by relatives of George Turner Nell that the latter had died on the fields of France. This young man was the only son of .ne late George R. Nell and Mrs. Susie Neil now of Portland, and a grandson of the late Judge James R. Neil of Jacksonville. A greater part of his boyhood was spent In Ashland where he attended the public schools, previous to the family moving to Portland. Some time last year he enlisted In the army and went to France with the "1st Division, w here for a time he was In charge of a stretcher bea-ers tquad. Later he was transferred to a field hospital. Pneumonia was given as the cause of his death In the official telegram received by h!s mother. Surviving this young soldier are his mother and sister Marion. L. A. and R. P. Nell and Mrs. J. J. Mur phy of Ashland are uncles rind aunt of the deceased. ROUNDUP WILL II K STAGED AGAIN' NEXT YEAR At the annual meeting of the Ash land Amusement Association last Monday night it was voted unani mously to hold the usual roundup with many added balr-ralslng stunt again the coming July. The dates will likely be July 2, 3 and 4. The $2,500 dollars loss sustained last year was levied against the Associa tion stock and will be collected Ly December 10th. The same board of directors was unanimously elected for the ensuing year ajid arrang ments were entered into for the grounds for another show. Many grounds for another show. Many en tirely new stadium features will be added and some of the time worn and more or less cruel features wherein the life and limb of stockwere jeop ardlzed will be eliminated. Again Ashland shows her undefeatable spir It in overcoming losses and difficul ties and determination to go forward BUSINESS HOUSES ADOPT EARLY CLOSING HOURS - On and after December 2nd, the following business houses will close their places of business at 5:30 o'clock p. m., on all week days with the exception of Saturday, when they will close at 8:30 p. m. The business men believe that the people of Ashland and vicinity will gladly co-operate with them, In con forming to the above hours; thus en abllng them to conserve on light and fuel, and get home a little earlier each evening. Thos. H. Slmpsoi H. T. Elmore W. C. Mitchell J. P. Dodge & Son Nlms & Saunders J. II. McGee II. P. Holmes Ashland Trading Wick & Smith J. N. Dennis W. O. Dlckerson Loomls & Nelson L. J. Perrlne Emil Pell L. F. Ferguson C. E. Sams Provost Bros. E. W. Flackus White House Gro J. B. Icenhower Swanson & McRea C. H. Vaupel Bert H. Hinthorne BUSINESS MEN'S ASSN., By F. J. Shlnn, Secretary. SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO UNITE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM A "call was sent out to the various Sunday schools of the city to send representatives to the Public Library Monday evening to arrange a union Christmas program. Five schools re sponded, Methodist , Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational and Chris tian. Preliminary arrangements were made and the secretary was instruct ed to publish in the city papers an invitation to the other schools to Join In this celebration. W. L. MELLINGER, Secy. Thanksgiving Service Held In Baptist Church At no time elnce the fall of 1865,' when the terrible struggle between the north and south was at an end, have the American people gathered at the annual Thanksgiving services thruout the land with such grateful hearts as they did last Thursday In response to the call to prayer and praise issued by proclamation by the president of the United States, the governor of the state and the mayor of the city. Union services were held In the Baptist church of this city, and were conducted by Revs. G. Southwell Brett of th'e Congregation al church, W. N. Ferris of the Bap tist church, D. D. Edwards of the Nazarene church, W. L. Mcllljiger of the Christian church, C. A. Ed wards of the Methodist Episcopal church and C. F. Kochler of the Presbyterian church. The latter clergyman pi'eached the Thanksgiving sermon to a large and appreciative audience. Special muslo was rendered by the Baptist choir, while Mrs. Esther Ashcraft sang 6 solo. M. (". REED MADE HOOD AS CHAUTAUQUA SUPERINTENDENT W. G. Curry, who In company with W. H. Hodgson," the Ashland real estate man, has lrten making an auto mobile tour thru eastern Oregon and Western Idaho, returned home by train Thursday morning. He left Mr. Hodgson In Gooding, Idaho, u guest at the home of Rev. and Mrs. V. J. Douglas, who were former resi dents of Ashland, and where J. Douglas was pastor of the Methodist church. ' During the'.r Itinerary Messrs. Hodgson and Curry stopped In Cald well, Idaho, and while in that city, heard a good word of the work of M. C. Reed, who hd superintended a Chautauqua there last summer. The man with whom they were convers ing said that the Ellison-White com pany had presented the Chautauqua there for some years, but they had never given the satisfaction they did uMil Mr. Reed came as superintend dent. The latter, he claimed, was live wire and conducted the course so; well that their Chautauqua, which had run behind the preceding year, came out ahead last year. LOCAL DRAFT HOARDS TO CLOSE I1V DECEMBER 1 The local draft boards of the var! ous counties all over the state of Ore gon, will complete their work an close their offices not later than De cember 10. The district boards will have further reports to complete, butfhey also are expected to close during the month of December. An order Issued from the adjutant general, in part says that immediate ly upon completion and reqderlnr; of the list of reports, which must not be later than December 10, the local board records, which are public rec ords of the federal government of the United States, shall be sealed by the chairman of the local hoard and be kept sealed and Intact, subject further orders from the governor T the provost marshal general. GREAT PROSPERITY IS SHOWED IN OREGON BANKS Oregon banking institutions arc very prosperous, with more millions of dollars entrusted to their keeping than In a long time, according to a statement Issued by Will H. Bennett, Superintendent of banks. This statement allows that total deposits in the banks on November 1, 1918, amounted to $226,381,703 an increase of $29,455,285 since August 31 of this year. It Is an Increase of $27,422,928 over the re port of November 20, 1917. Total resources of the banks Is given at $282,086,286, an Increase of $40,610,787 over a year ago, There Is an increase of $5,047,613 in savings deposits in the last year. Miss Mabel Russell, Ashland's well known artist, has placed an exhibit of paintings in Rose Bros.' con fee tionery store which are attracting much attention and interest. Many of the paintings are beautiful, and skillful portrayals of landscapes and scenes of noted picturesque points In this vicinity, and are open to the public for sale. Miss Amy Leavltt, who Is teaching the Pilot Rock school, spent Thanks giving with her parents In ABhland. Miss Leavltt made the trip in by horseback. Elks Hold Memorial For Departed Brothers Citizens of Ashland will be given another opportunity to got Into touch with the activitlo.8 of the city Friday night thru a Commercial club rally to be held nt the Cltytllall. A fine program has. been prepared and refreshments will be. served: citizens will tell what la now hap pening here and the splendid prog ress the city has made dm hi'; the past year, and explain why. Citizens should get in touch with the forwar 1 movement It they hope to tako ad vantage of the good thlnss that arc coming this year.. The best and the quickest way to do that Is to attend the Commercial club meetings. The meetings will be open to citizens gen erally as well as to members. Let the City hall be filled Friday night. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION' TO PAY TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN' An organization of Americans which has planned a special day December 8, 1918 to celebrate Britain's achievements in the Great World War. Under the Initiative of the Sulgrave Institution In associa tion with the National Committee of Patriotic Societies National Security League and American Defense So ciety. We, the American people, are not unmindful of the kindly way in which our wounded and Invalided, sent to Great Britain for recovery, have been and are being cared for, by the Brit ish people; as If the Americans were not foreigners, but members of their own families, blood-kin and not strangers. We realize that for over two years the lives of our people and our for elgn trade on the seas was safe guarded, not by International law, but by the British fleet, against the U-boat pirates. Only for our Allies we would have had to fight the Huns on American oil, I therefore request the people of Ashland and surrounding country to assemple at the Armory Sunday. December 8th at 2:30 p. m.. and en joy addresses by Rev. G. S. Brett .'jUv. P. K. Hammond and Irving E. ilvinlng on Britain's part in the War. Mrs. H. T. Elmore will have charge of the vocal music. Ashland band in charge of Bandmaster Applehoff will also furnish music. Let us show our appreciation for the love, care and affection the British have bestowed on the Soldier Boys of the U. 5. C. B. LAM KIN, Mayor. FRANK milliS WRITES FROM HOSPITAL AT THE FRONT William Hihhs received a letter Saturday from his son Frank, who Is with the 65th regiment In France, written from a hospital where he had been taken to recover from a severe cold, In which the young man stated tli at he was much better and expected, to join his battery the fol lowing week. A previous letter from Frank had stated that the latter had been gassed in battle, but the later communication informed his parents that It was only a cold, altho the doctor had told him he was suffer Ing from gas before he was taken to the hospital. The letter was writ ten November 3, and indicates that the 65th was at the front. Mrs. J. E. Barrett, who has been teaching school at Happy Camp, has closed "her school there on account of the influenza epidemic and re turned home. Her son Julian ac companied her home. Messrs. O. Winter, Stuart Saunders and C. W. Nlms left Sunday night for Salem where they represent Malta Commandery at the grand lodge of the Knight Templars, in session at that place. Food Demonstration Miss Anne McCormlck will give a food demonstration at the home Df Mrs. J. L. Orres of Palm avenue next Wednesday afternoon. It Is hoped that all the housewives of that neigh, borhood will attend the demonstra tion, as It is not known how much longer Miss McCormlck will be em ployed in this county as public dem onstrator. Mrs. F. J. Shinn and daughter Al- lle have returned home after a two months' visit spent with relatives and friends at -various points In Wash ington. Homo made. country sausage, head cheese, pure pork lard and sparerlbs at the White House Grocery, Friday and Saturday this week. . CANTEEN" ASKED TO CARE FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS The local canteen station has been notified by Dlstrlpt Director O. W. Pursell of Seattle to prepare for many months of active service for the tack of aiding and advising over seas troopers when they return. The work before this branch of Red Cross service Is due to lie greater than any thing before accomplished, and to meet It the director urges organiza tion on a more efficient basis than that has ever been made. Director Purcell recommends the Immediate appointment and special training of at least two canteen mem bers for first-aid experts, to be con stantly on duty and to serve during the homeward movement of troops from overseas. Hundreds of wound ed and disabled soldiers rmd many suffering from Illness will require the' ministrations of first aid experts at every canteen. The canteen managers are plan ning to provide the returning sol diers with home made cookies during the holiday season, and desire the housewives In Ashland to assist In extending this courtesy by helping to provide cookies to give the boys as they go thru. FIXE CROP OK APPLES FROM WIMER COVE ORCHARD O. H. Barnhlll Is loading a car of Spitzenbnrg and Newton apples from Wlmer Cove orchard and shipping ""ving vming, louoweu ..y a me them to Fullerton. Cal. Mr. Barn- mortal address by Rev. L. Myron hill's apple crop this year amounted, Boozer of Medford. Mrs. H. T. EI- to 1200 boxes which ho sold for an averago price of $1.70, except culls, which averaged 75 cits, maklnj? nearly $2000 from less than three acres. Two years ago the apple crop from this orchard brought nearly $2,500. B. A. Owens, the new owner of Wlmer Cove orchard, expects to ar rive In Ashland about December 4 with his family, consisting of his wife, daughter and small son. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhlll have not yet de cided where they will spend the win ter. MASON' A. DOR AX SENDS LETTER FROM MID-OCEAN" Mr. and Mrs. James H. Doran re celved a letter last week from the'r son, Mason A. Doran, written on mid ocean while on his way to France, Tho young soldier wrote that he had been six days on the water and that only one other Ashland man is on the same transport, Lieut. V. V Mills, with whom he said he had had a long visit. Enclosed In the letter was a dally newspnper, "The Hatchet," printed by army and navy officers on board the transport. The paper bears the motto, "We cannot tell a lie," and claims to have the largest clrcula tion on the Atlantic ocean. It Is s two-page edition, but contains radio dispatches of the latest news. JACKSON COUNTY PIONEER GONE TO FINAL REWARD Mrs. Lucy Terrlll, a well known and highly estoemed pioneer resi dent of Jackson county, died nt Tal ent Monday evening of last week after an extended Illness due to hardening of the arteries. The de ceased was the mother of Sheriff elect C. E. Terrlll, and had been a resident of Jackson county sine? 1868,the last thirty of which wero spent In Talent. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. A. Ed wards of the Ashland Methodist church Wednesday forenoon, after which th'3 remains were laid to rest In the Stearns cemetery. Mrs. Ter rlll was 80 years of age at the time of her death, and had survived her huBband six years. She Is survived by three sons and Hire's daughters: Byron Terrlll, of Burns, Ore.; C. A. Terrlll, of Jacksonville; Jay Terrlll. of Talent; Mrs. Efflo Seaman, of Talent; Mrs. G. E. Mast, of Irving. Ore., and Mrs.. Roy Seaman, of Med ford. V. O. N. Smith, cashier of the Citi zens Bank of ABhland, was one of the speakers at the meeting of Group 4, Oregon Bankers' Association held In Medford last Tuesday. Mr. Smith's address was on "The Rising Expense Account." J. W. McCoy, cashier of the First National Bank of this city, was also an attendant at the meet ing. The Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company has delivered during the past week new phone directories to its subscribers thruout the city. The directory covers Jackson and Josephine counties of Oregon and Del Norte county of California. Commercial Club Rally Friday Right "The faults of our brothers wi write upon the sand; their virtues upon the tablets of love and memo ry." This enconlum was carried out in the tribute of memorial to the de parted members of Ashland Lodfje. No. 944, B. P. O. E Sunday after noon at the annual lodge of sorrows in the Elks temple. A large company of Elks wero present to pay their re spects to those who had dropped from the ranks during the past year, and were augmented by tho Ashland unit of the state militia, tho mem bers of Burnslde Post, No. 23, G. A. R., and many citizens. Thirteen members of Ashlnnl lodge had answered the Inst roll call elnce the memorial service of a year ago. These were Theo. J. Saul, Michael McGrath, Charles V. Beeler, Blalock, Joseph G. Hurt, Owen T. McKendrce, R. R. Redwlne, Owan T. McKendreo, R. R. Redwlne, Wm. II. Shirk, E. C. Klght. Edsar J. Wright, Earl R. Bceson and Harold Orlle Powers. The last two named died in the service of their country and are represented by gold stars on the lodge service flag. Solemn and Impressive services marked the memorial tribute to the departed brothers by the members of j the order, and tho eulogy, "Our Ab- "nt Brothers." was given by Prof. n" iwu ' """'"i"'1" by Miss Edna Dougherty, and tho latter rendered a plano.solo. - r ' APPRECIATES ASHLAND AFTER LONG ABSENCE Rev. John R. Donaldson of Lafay ette, inu., wno witn nis wire spent a few days In this city recently, wae . the first resident pnstor of the local Presbyterian church, and occnpled the pulpit In 1817-73.' While hero Mr. Donaldson stated that he came here from a theological seminary as a last resort, as his health was so delicate that It was feared he would go the way of the greater part of his family, but after spending two yean here he went away cured. This he claims was effected by the wonderful ' cnrnMi'n cnnrtltlnilB of I hla rllnirttp. and stated that he will always have a kindly feeling for Ashland on that aocount. LAI) RAX AWAY TO GO ' ' i TO AVIATION' SCIIOOU Enthused with the idea of enter ing the aviation servlco Cecil Hughes, the 14 year old son of Ed Hughes of Talent, left his home some time be tween Thursday night and Friday morning. The lad left a note to hla family stating that when they re ceived that he would be many miles away. He took with him a brown suit case and a 25-20 rifle. The lad was heard from at Hornbrook, head ed toward the south, and his father started after him Saturday. BROKEX FLAXGE CAUSED WRECK AT GRANTS PASS A broken flange was responsible for a freight wreck at Tunnel 9 near Grants Pass Tuesday morning. The accident occurred just as an extra west bound freight was emerging from the tunnel and ono car went off. pulling two other cars off the track. The speed of the train, however, cleared, the cars from the tunnel. All passenger trains from the north wero delayed on account of the wreck. Train No. 13, due here at 10:15 fail ed to arrive until late In the evening. while the northbound trains were held over In Grants Pass for several hours. INFLUENZA CAUSED DEATH OF ASHLAND YOUNG MAN Harold Albert Sliver, the nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Silver, died at his home on B street Monday evening. Influenza was tho direct cause of his demise, but tho young man had been In delicate health practically all his life. The funeral was held from the late resi dence Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and burial was ruado In Mountain View cemetery. Besldo his parents the doceased Is survived by several brothers and slstors. Miss Minora Cornelius, who has been employed in the Shasta confec tionery store In. Medford, is in thn hospital there with an attack of in fluenza. She Is miich better at last reports.