Y,
Orr?nn Historical Soclstf
Auditorium
ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT
THE' AID OF' MEDICINE WILL
CURE NINE CASES OUT OF TEN
OF ASTHMA.
IDING
ASHLAND IS A GREAT PLACHJ
FOR THOSE SUFFERING' FROM
ASTHMA.
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1918
NUMBER 52
Ashland
Southern Oregon ; 1
Strong For Normal
The abstract of votes cant at the
lust general election has been -compiled
by the Secretary of State and
a Ilt'tle review of It with special ref
erence to the Normal School meas
ure is of Interest. Out of the 26
counties In Oregon the measure car
ried In eleven of them; In most of
the other counties the majority
against the measure was very light.
In several cases less than 100. The
total majority against it was 16,130
and In this election the "Mack belt"
was located the same as It has al
ways been In lower Willamette Val
jjey, Marlon county was funning
true to form with 4610 to the bad,
Linn 320S, with Clackamas, Polk,
Yamhill, Washington and Benton
. counties apparently scared stiff for
; fear the Normal schools might carry
' in the Btate., Among the , coun
ties that favored the adoption of the
measure were the following: Raker,
Clatsop, Deschutes, Harney, Jack
son, ' Josephine, Klamath, Malheur,
Umatilla, Union and Wasco.
Southern Oregon as usual did It
ftlf proud. Jackson county hit the
line at a six to one gait and Klamath
came thru with three to one, while
' Josephine county gave It a good
round majority. The favorable ma
jority In Clatsop county Is worthy of
cote. In Multnomah county we prac
tically split even on a total of over
37,000 votes which were cast for and
against the measure.
The Influenza undoubtedly made
a very much lighter vote In some sec
tions of the state and shut off all
public meetings at a time when the
local committees were planning to
do their most Intensive work; these
conditions on ton of the war clouds
made an unravorawe aimospnere tor
the Normal rchool measure that was
too much for an Oregon electorate.
INDUSTRIAL CLUB WORK
IX COUNTY MARKS GAIN
The Industrial club boys and girls
of Jackson county produced in value
during the past year $1,576.77. The
cost of production was $S4..'!u. leav
ing a profit of $792.47. These fig
ures do not include the many hoys
and girls who did part or nil
their work but made no final
of:
r - ; -
port on what they did.
The Lest record made In our coun
ty was made by the potato club mem
bers who produced in value $291.57,
at a cost of $48.20, leaving a profit
cf $243.37, Corn club members pro
duced J29K.lt; nt a cost of $137.64.
with a profit of $131 .82. The pig
club members produced $410.07 at
a cost of $267.21, with a profit or
$142.86. The five Belgian hare club
members offered a little surprise by
netting $92.49. The profits in other
projects were less. Such projects as
sewing and baking are of course not
commercial In any sense.
FORECAST OK WEATHER
FOR THE COMING W EEK
Forecast for the period Dccemlter
30, 1918, to January 4, 1919, inclu
sive. Pacific coast states: Rain early
in the week In the north portion aud
again after middle of the week ex
cept snow In the mountains; fair
south portion, with nearly normal
temperature.
SHASTA GROCERY
Has Reduced the High Cost of I.ivin?
by Its system or
Cash and Carry
Mazola Oil, Mi-gal..; 1.45
Mazola Oil, quarts ; . . . , . .73
Mazola Oil, pints 45
Wesson Oil, large. 1.85
Wesson Oil, quarts .90
Wesson Oil, pints 45
Karo Syrup, blue label, 1 gal. 1.00
Karo Syrup, blue label, -pal. .50
Red Crown Chill Con Came
Beans, per can 10
Van Camps Chill Con Carne
- Beans, per can 10
Ravlolas, per can ".10
Armour's very best Catsup, per
bottle .30
Spices and Extracts, all kinds
At Old Prices
California Walnuts, per lb 20
English Walnuts, No. 1, per lb. .40
Lemons, per dozen .:w
Heinz India Relish .:3
Heinz Chow Chow Pickles.... .:JO
Heinz Sweet Mixed Pickles. . . . .:10
Rosedale Mashed Sweet Pota
toes, per can 15
Sperry Flour .20
Best Eastern Corn Meal, 10-lb.
sack
Compare the above prices.
Come here and save money.
. SHASTA GROCERY .
Cor. 4th and B
WILL TRY TO EXCLUDE
' COURT -ITEMS FROM BUDGET
A new suit was filed at Klamath
! Falls lat week in the ever recurring
Courthouse fight which has harassed
Klamath county for the last decade.
Three items In the tentative budget
submitted by the County Court fo.
the coming year, that of $20,000 for
Courthouse purposes, the $3500 for
deputy hire In upholding criminal
laws aiul the $4000 Item for attorney
fees for the County Court are In
volved. The suit was brought In the name
of J. M. Lindsay, J. W. McCoy and
Charles Loomis, represented by At
torneys Thomas Drake, C. J. Fergu
son, A. E, Reams, Harrison Allen and
C. F. Stone. The complaint recltcn
that the sum of $20,000 is set aside
for Courthouse. purposes, w hen a du
ly authorized Courthouse will be
completed for the county on block
35, city of Llnkvllle, by February 1,
at a cost of $131,775, on which $41,
048 has already been paid by the
county. ' ,
The Prosecuting Attorney shoull
perform services required by the
county, faithfully, It Is declared for
the sum of $1200 per year. The
$4000 Item for attorney fees for the
County Court Is declared to be with
out the sanction or warrant of law
and Its expenditure a burden on tho
taxpayers of the county. An order
from the Circuit Judge restraining
the expenditure and a permanent In
junction following the hearing Is
asked in the prayer of the complaint.
CHRISTMAS DAY WAS OK
PARTKTLAR GOOD CUTER
Despite the fact that Christmas
was not a "white" one everything
else prevailed to make It all thai
was needed to be the merriest day
In many a year. The cold crisp air
with Just the proper tang of frost
the clear blue sky and brilliant sun
shine that followed after a period of
fog made weather conditions par
ticularly festive. Owing to the fear
that Influenza might again start up
It public gatherings were held to
any great extent the usual Christ
mas treats were abandoned this year,
and only family gatherings and small
neighborly parties' wre In vogue
Many households were giuddened by
the advent of Koldier boys home
from the camps, several of whom
had come to stay. All in all Christ-
!nias of 1918 will go down in history
jas one of the happiest ever experi
enced.
$75 MIM.Mt M WA;E FOR
TEACHERS RECOMMENDED
One of the Important matL-r
brought before the Oregon State
Teachers,' Association held in Port
land last week was the recommenda
tion of a $75 minimum of teachers"
salaries. Considering that the pres
ent salary of a great number of
teachers in the smaller districts of
Oregon now ranges from $45 to $65
a month, the recommendation of
$75 minimum Is consldqred to be a
great step In advance In the educa
tional status of the state. The
recommendation came following an
Intensely interesting report from the
committee on minimum salary and
teachers financial status which re
vealed the fact that altho the cost
of living had increased In some In
stances as high as 68 per cent, the
Increase in salary amounted to but
9 to 17 per cent.
PNEUMONIA VICTIM UROT.
TO ASHLAND FOR BURIAL
The remains of Mrs. Margaret M.
Shepherdson, who died of pneumonia
at her home In II tit. Cat., Sunday,
December 22, were brought to Ash
land for burial Tuesday which took
place In Mountain View cemetery
after funeral services held by Rev.
C. A. Edwards' In the1 Dodge under
taking parlors. .Mrs. Shepherdson
was 26 years of ago, aud Is survived
by her husbanr, C. A. Shepherdson,
and three small children, the young
est of whom was only two days old.
She was the daughter of Barney
Nohl, who lives near Central Point
CITY SCHOOLS RESUME
AFTER LONG VACATION
The city schools opened Monday
after the enforced vacation of nearly
three weeks dtie to the Influenza
epidemic which had cut down the at
tendance to such an extent that It
was deemed advisable to close until
conditions improved. This Is thought
to be so much better that another ef
fort will be made to continue the
term. Plans nre being made to ex
tend the first semester Into Febru
ary in order to complete the term's
work, and time will be made up In
the manner decided most advisable
by the faculty to complete the yenr'i
work.
Aged Resident Met Death
By Clothing Catching Fire
A mobt distressing accident oc
curred In Ashland Saturday niom'.ii;
when Captain Ivan Applegate, one of hostile Indians and attendant prlva
tho oldest and most respected c't'-ltlons in pioneering this section. Llnd
zeng of this city, was burned so ie-. , ,. . .. ...
that death resulted several hours if-
lerwards.
.The casuulty occurred at an early
hour In the morning when Captain
Applegate aroso and started a fir? In
the fireplace In the dinl'ig room of his
home. He was clad In his night
clothing, over which he had donned
ft lint li rnliA Aftpr klnriltnfr flin f irp !
Captaia Applegate stood' In front of
the fireplace to -fct warm, anl In
some manner h,3 hath robe c.viTht
fire and was n ma hi of flames before
he discovered It. His c.ies hi-Hight
Mrs. Applegate to hia ild, avl .-.he
made a valiant effort to vxtinvilsh
the fire which by time hnd virtu
ally enwrapped the sge'l man.
The alarm was spread to Mr. avl
Mrs. Emil Pell who live next door,
the latter of whom Is a daughter of
the Injured man, anl they haltered
to the scene of the dls-ister, tir.fi suc
ceeded in putting out the flames i-nd
called a physician who ministered to
the injuries as far as posrlbK The
shock, together with th severe
burns, proved fatal, however, aid
death followed at about five o ' flock
Saturday evening.
, .,, ' Itlve always, It Is told of him that iiu
neer among pioneers, ills residence . , , , , ,,.
,' , recouped a modest fortune In the
In Oregon dates back to 1S4.1, seven- . . . . . ,,.
, ...... , .. . Jshecp growing business In the lava
ty-flve years, to the time of the ay-1. , , .. ., ,, ,,
iL ... ,i . . ... , .. bed region near the state line after
Ing of the first foundatfr.in for t he . . . ... , ,.,.,
...Mi , . . J "ad passed the age of sevent)
ui m niiiu .',. mr J all.. I
Coast, He often referred to the fact
that his first recollections wri-? at
three years of age as he tuggod nt the j
ragged skirts of his mother on the
turbulent voyage down the Columbia
river rapids near The Dal'ts, whore!
nis eiaer iirotner and hr.a o.'ieis
were drowned, on the last l?g of the
long journey across th? unbeaten
paths of the great American conti
nent from the Missouri river to f hr.
land "where rolls the Oregon." The I
Applegate Immigration of 1843 was!
the first extensive movement of sct -
I tiers to this state from tii inl.t.IIe
west and the party numb-m;? koto ;'"" with his devoted wile in
eight hundred all told soon mu.le lis 11,1(1 Quietude.
Impress upon the great viri'it: terrl-1 "e ls rvlveil by his wife who be
tory, and its sturdv American citlrnj. their marriage was Miss .Mi'Sf'le
ship was largely responsible ro- the ; Hutchinson, daughter of one of the
rescuo of the territory from British l'ioneer settlers of the Klamath re
domination. ; Blon; and herself one of the flnt
At the head of this great 'niml
grant party, which was organized and
set out from Missouri, were the three
Applegate brothers. Jesse. Charles
and Lindsay, each of whom with their
families have made a strona Imnress
upon the history of Oregon. Ivan
was a son of Lindsay Applegate, who
after some years spent In the Willam
ette and Umpqua valleys, located at
Ashland, the old homestead compris
ing a.large part of the present site of
the city, the family dwelling having
been located upon the lot which now
Is. covered by the Elks templo. Lind
say Applegate and his aons literally
blazed the way and were conspicuous
in opening up the Immigrant trails
thru this region and Into southeastern
FIRST SOLDIER FROM
FRANCE ARRIVED HOME
The first soldier to return to Ash
land from Europe Is Charles T
Freeman, who arrived here last
week for a mouth's furlough. This
young man went out with the old
First company, when that organize
tlon left Ashland for Fort Stevens
then later was a member of the 65th
regiment to go to Europe. On ar
riving in France Mr. Freeman was
taken ill with pneumonia and spent
the greater part of his sojourn there
in a hospital. He was returned to
the United States In the first ship
load of sick and wounded men, and
was sent to Fort Suelllng, Minn.
Clarence Galey, who has been liv
ing In Los Angeles, Cal., for some
time, arrived home the first of the
week and will make an Indefinite
stay with his mother, Mrs. E. C.
Galey.
Jioin the new classes at the Med
ford Business college, forming dur
ing the month of January, 1919.
Large, ' commodious, comfortable
rooms Just Inspected by a member
of the health committee of the city
of Medford and pronounced sunltary
and free from danger of Infection
from contagious diseases. Re-opened
by permission of the mayor and
health officer of the city after care
ful Investigation. 5 2-u t ,
Oregon and In safeguarding the later
settlers who braved the dangers from
came the first government agent for
the Klamath Indians and his sons as
sisted him In establishing and main
talnltig friendly relations between the
redskins and the white settlers whr.
were gradually encompassing their
homes and their hunting grounds.
Ivan Applcgate, schooled and train
ed In the ways and character of the
aborigine and an adept In their lan
guage, became one of the noted In
dian scouts of the region, and It ts
sai'l thRt few If any white men ever
gained and maintained their confi
dence as he. He represented them In
their conferences with the settlers,
and was trusted to represent them hi
their dealings with the government
He rendered Important service to the
government and people In the Modoc
Indian war and It has often been
said that If his counsel had been fol
lowed many of the horrors of that
war would never have occurred.
With the opening up and develop
ment of the great Klamath basin,
Capt. Applegate engai,ed In the stock
business there and operated upon
quite an extensive scale, experienced
the ups and downs of that business In
ilhd Anrllnt- ,l:.Vd
Energetic and ac-
years.
Sturdy and honest of character,
keen of mind, typical of Oregon pio
neers, he was also broad and toler
ant, loved the freedom of his country
and Its Institutions. He was proud
Of the stale which he had seen grow
and develop from Infancy and loyal
to his own home and community.
A year or more ago Capt. Applo
ga'" sold out his stock interests In
tbeTvIamath country and removed to
Asn,ann' lDe nome ",s
1 . 1.. . nnl Iinvnti
lBMLre "u,lt '
! and sought to spend his remainhiK
school teachers In Ashland, aim ny
' two daughters, Alice, wife of E. I'eil
' "'Is city, and Una. wife of V O.
. Smith, editor of the Klamath Falls
j "emu, anu ny one son, .. -
I planter In Mexico.
Three brothers.
Jesse of Roseburg, Cupt. O. C. Apple-
gate, the well known citizen of Klam
ath Falls, and Luclan B. Applegate,
also a prominent resident of Klamath
countv. as well as two sisters, Mrs.
Alice Sargent, wife of Col. H. H. Sar
gent, U. S. A. retired of Jacksonville
and Mrs. Rachel Alford, wife of M. L.
Alford, city recorder of Mcdford, sut-
vive of the original Lindsay Apple-
gate family..
The funeral was held and '.:'. t
mcnt made today at Klamath rail?,
NAME OF ASHLAND MAN
IN LIST OF WOUNDED
L. O. Walker, aged 27, reported
wounded In Tuesday's casualty list,
and address given as Ashland, Ore.,
was a resident of Gold HIT- for a
number of years. His home is closed
and his wife, Millie P. Walker,
Hold) Hoi ,girl, has been residing
with relatives In Ashland since his
enlistment In 1917. He Is known
In Gold Hill and Ashland, where he
formerly resided, as "Deacon Walk
er, a nickname given him while a
student at the Ashland Normal
School.
AN UNUSAL COMEDY
AT VINING THEATRE
An unusual comedy of the highest
value, Is "Romance and Brass Tacks,"
the new Flagg comedy, starring pret
ty Peggy Adams, the famous Broad
way beauty, which will be shown at
the Vlnlng theatre next Wednesday
end Thursday. The story deals with
the romantic daughter of a stove king
who becomes Infatuated with a musi
cian but whose' dreams are rudely
shattered when she learns that her
Idol wears a "dicky shirt." The situ
ations Rre extremely humorous anl
the support provided Miss Adams Is
excellent, her leading man being OH 11
Howland.
Ashland will only go forward by
the combined work of her citizens.
05tli MAY CROSS OCEAN
ON OR BEFORE NEW YHAK
Continual reports are coming In
that the 65th artillery Is expected to
arrive in New York very shortly.
Letters have arrived from members
of this regiment to friends In sur
rounding communities as well as In
Ashland and are to the effect that the
boys expect to reach some French
port of embarkation and Indications
point that they may land In New
York on or before the New Year.
The 65th Was In several Important
engagements after their entry Into
the line at Rouroy, 12 weeks before
the signing of the armistice. On
three different occasions the 65th
was cited for effective firing and on
one occasion they established a rec
ord for moving heavy artillery. The
company took part In the offensive
at SI. Mihlel and the Argonne for
est. It was the first American unit
to enter Verdun when it fought side
by side with the 17th corps of the
fourth French army under command
of General Gourard.
IRON WORKS INTEREST
TAKES' HY G. W. DODSON
A business transaction took place
In Ashland last week which resulted
In George W. Dodson, secretary and
manager of tho Ashland Iron Works,
securing the Interest of the plant be
longing to the late Michael McGrath.
By this transaction Mr. Dodson be
comes the heaviest stockholder in
the foundry business. Mr. Dodson
has been identified with this Industry
since 1903, and thru his efforts ba
built up a flourishing Industry. Much
emergency w. work has been manu
factured at this plant during the
past year,
INT1.
r IN ASHLAND
MILLS CHANGES HANDS
D. I. Gasaway of Portland has pur
chased the Interest of A. 15. Denton
in the Ashland Mills, and as soon as
some necessary formalities have been
undergone will assume an active In
terest in the management of the mill.
Mr, Gasaway Is an experienced mill
man and Is familiar with work alon
this line In the biggest mills In Kan
sas City, Oklahoma, eastern Wash
ington und-PortJaniU It bus J ilk en
over one-third of the Interest in the.
Ashland Mills and he and his part
ner, T. N. Humphreys, will extend the
business us rapidly as possible. Mr.
Gasaway has moved his family to
Ashland and they are occupying a
home on Almond street.
"FLU" RULING MODIFIED
l!V .MEDFORD OFFICERS
The "flu" musk ordinance exist
ing In Medford bus been modified
liy the city health officers and tho
requirement at present consist
of the wearing of the musks only In
theutres, churches and other plates
where public gatherings are held
Originally the masks were required
011 the streets, and In all stores both
by employes and by shoppers. Christ
mas day was the first tlmo no new
cases were reported hIiicc the Incep
tion of the epidemic over threo
weeks ago.
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
TOTALS 220,417 IN STATE
Official compilation of the Red
Cross membership returns for Ore
gon, as reported by the various chap
ters, give the state a total of 220,'
417 annual members. This num
her is slightly less than the unof
ficial total previously announced
The returns as tabulated from south
ern Oregon counties are: Jackson,
3537; Josephine, 2100; Douglas, 8,
000; Klamath, 3550; Lako, 1700.
Dr. Gordon MacCrackcn returned
Friday night from San Francisco
where he had been serving In the U.
S. army as surgeon In tho Letterman
hospital with the rank of captain. He
has received his discharge from the
army and will return to civilian life.
His family, who have been spending
the winter in San Francisco, will
also come to Ashland as soon as ar
rangements can le made
Misses Gladys Norton, who Is at
tending school In San FranclBco, and
Mary Norton, a telegraph operator ai
Pardo, Nevada, Rpcnt the Christmas
holidays with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. N. Norton, on Mechanic St.
"New Year's DBy'wIll ho a complete
holiday at tho Ashland postofflco.
Collections from the street letter
hoxes on the Sunday schedule. In
coming mall thrown to lock lioxes.
No deliveries by city letter carriers
or rural carrlor.
A leak In a water plpo In the
Junior High school resulted In the
building being so badly flooded Mon
day morning that school had to be
dismissed for the day.
Will Wake Up City
When 69th Arrives
, "We may be aide to get home by
New Years If we re lucky." write
Corporal Alden I, Powell of the 69tli
artillery in France, to his mother,
Mrs. D. S. Powell, In a letter she re
ceived a few days ago. "It will cer
tainly be a great day when all the
fellows get back, and they will sure
ly wake old Ashland up." He stated
that they had turned in most of
jthelr equipment, gas masks, steel
helmets and even big guns, so he
thinks they will he coming horou
noon.
Alden was among the last Ashland
boys to go to France, as the 69th left
during the summer. They crossed
the continent to Camp MIUs, N. Y.,
then went thru the New England
states Into Canada and embarked
fror Quebec. After a sixteen days'
trip on the water this regiment land
ed In Liverpool, England, then cross
ed the channel to Havre, France,
where they went Into a rest camp for
several days. After that they made
a trip to Lihourne In box cars which
took three days and three nights.
with 32 men and their equipment In
a car.
"We are now stationed In a little
town called Sussac," Corporal Pow
ell stated. "Most of the fellows
havn't seen anything of France, but
I was fortunate enough to see Paris
and some of the larger towns when
I was sent to school. The school was
sltuatod on the headquarters of the)
Marne. We don't have hardly any
thing to do now. Just waiting for
orders to leave."
f
THRIFT STAMPS SHOULD
RE CHANGED TO W. S. T:
Today Is the last call to have all
1918 thrift stamps changed to war
savings stamps, and anyone falling
to do so previously should not neg
lect It now, as It has been given out;
that all stamps unsold by the end of
the year will bo exchanged for lie',
year's Issue.
According to Information issued to .
tho county committees thruout the
state, ..peccmber 31, tho 191 8 War
Savings Stumps will be withdrawn
from sale and the new series 1919
War Saving Stamp will lie placed 011
isale. The same thrift stamp will b
'used In connection with the new 19 'i
W. S. S. as used during the past yeiir.
The 191 K stamp now sells for $4 2-1
each while the new W. S. S. cowi
tnences at $4.12 each inci easing I
cent eacli month during the year and
maturing one year later than tlm
191 X series.
l-:iks to Hold ()M'it House "
Ashland Lodge No. 944. B. P. O.
E., will keep open house for the hoyst
In uniform who are In Ashland Wed
nosday afternoon. The club rooms
will be turned over to the boys all
afternoon, and light refreshments
and smokes will be served.
Wuteh Mt WiiiK
Tho Epworth League of the M. B.
church invites the young people of
Ashland to Watch-night service New
Year'a eve at nine o'clock. Refresh
ments.
Clarence Mathes, Private in U. S.
army, who Is stationed at Camp Lew-
Is, Wash., Is spending the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo
Mathes. His wife, who Is staying In
Portland, accompanied him.
Luther Deuel, who Is In the U. S.
Navy at Mare Island, was a guest of
friends In Ashland Sunday while
spending his furlough at hfs home In
Medford.
S. P. Shutt, who has been seriously
HI at the Sanitarium for nearly two
weeks, tins so far recovered as to be
able to return to bis home. .
Miss Maude Barnes, librarian of
the Grants Pass public library, .was
a holiday guest of Miss Blanche
Hicks.
Eugene Carpenter is homo from
Camp Lewis on a furlough, visiting
his father, George Carpenter, on Lib- .
erty street.
Mrs.' Guy Good of Dunsmulr Is a
guest at the home of. her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Merrill, of tha
Boulevard.
Lieutenunt Millard W. Grubb has
returned home from Fort Mouroe,
Va., where he was discharged from
the 27th artillery oil December 16.
Mrs. W. S. Eaton and daiighter-lu-luw,
Mrs. G, S. Euton, of Dunsmulr,
were Ashland visitors the fore part
of the week. Mrs. Eaton, Sr., was a '
former resident of this city and still
has a much kindlier feeling for Aslw
land than for the city of her adoption.