Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, March 11, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVr?on Histories! Sirtoy, Auilimrium - ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT THE AID OP MEDICINE WILL CURE NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OV ASTHMA. HLANl ASHLAND IS A GREAT PLACtf FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA. , VOL.'XLIII ASHLAND. OREQUN, TUESDAYrMRCH ll,"l919 NUMBER 11 A Pipings Officers Nominated at Junior High Friday the pupils of the Junior High school held a primary election to nominate officers for the student body. Two parties had candidate In the field, the Liberals, who favored th paying of dues to the Student Body Association, and the Conserva tives, who opposed it. The purpose of this organization Is to secure equipment for the grounds in prepa ration for the track meets. " The primary object of the election was to teach the pupils the Oregon system of voting, and a regular poll ing place was arranged in the library where the registered voters came to f ast their ballots. An election board consisting of Raymond Bowers, chairman, William Brlggs, Clara Mills, Dale Heath and Elsie KltUi officiated, while voting booths were stationed in regular order, The candidates on the ballot were fig follows: Liberals President, Ray mond Bowers, Louise Harrell, Caro- line' Tilton; vice president, Luclle Perozzl, Carl Weaver; secretary, Nor ma Craig, Aliena Keeley; treasurer, William Briggs, Flora Putnam; tax ' collector, Clare Heath, Vincent Hun ter. Conservatives President, Grant Selby, Herbert Doran; vice president, John Gayley, Paul Koehl er; secretary, Thelma Heer; treasur er, Helen Bryant. The primaries resulted In the nomi nation of the following candidates and the vote received: President Louise Harrell. Lib eral,, 26; Grant Selby, Conservative, C3. .Vice president Carl Weaver, Lib eral, 27; John Gayley, Conservative, 55. Secretary Norma Craig, Liberal, 33; Thelma Heer, Conservotlve, 83. Treasurer William Brlggs, Liber al, 20; Flora Putnam, Liberal, 20; Helen -Bryant, Conservative, 78. Tax Collector Clara Heath, Lib eral, 35. . , ' The general election will probably take place Wednesday afternoon. Previous to the primary election the students held two rallies at dif ferent times in which some fine im promptu speeches were delivered by the various candidates. A large num ber of very clever cartoons were pre pared by the pupils on the two par ties, which were preserved and aro on exhibition in the assembly room. Members of 69th will be Welcomed . At their regular meeting last Sat urday night Ashland lodge of Elks voted to receive the returned sol dlers of the 69th regiment, C. A. C, with as much good cheer as that. ac corded those who had corns before, and who were welcomed with the re turned C5th. These boys, upwards of 35 in all, are at present stationed at Camp Lewis, waiting for their dis charge from the service. It Is not known yet when they will' return , home, .but arrangements are being planned for a rousing welcome to greet them, for which the Elks have again tendered the use of the temple for a reception. More definite an nouncements will be made later. Cannot Withdraw t From Irrigation Judge Calkins handed down a de cision on the appeal to the circuit court last Friday, affirming all the orders made by the directors of the Medford Irrigation District last sum- mer on the question- of excluding ' lands from the district. A large num ber of owners had petitioned for the exclusion of 5200 acres of their property, and the case was tried be fore the directors, and afterwards appealed to the district court. The reasons given for not excluding any land was that the district should comprise at least 20,000 acres, and that If one manias excluded any other man would have the same rights, and the result would be a district so small that water could only be supplied at a prohibitive price. Monday, Tuesday and' Wednesday soap sale at Ashland Trading Co. ' Orres will dye for you. MEDFOKD WOMAN RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE Mrs. Ernest Pruitt of Medford was struck by acas driven by W. A. Crane on the streets of Medford Sat urday afternoon and received serious Injuries from which death resulted later. The accident occurred on the corner of Riverside and Main streets when Mrs. Pruitt crossed the street In front of the Crane car. The latter came to a Btop, and it Is thought Mrs. Pruitt caught sight of another car coming south on Riverside and at tempted to retrace her steps. The Crane car had started again and while the driver jammed on his emergency brake the front wheels 'struck the unfortunate woman and passed over her body. She sustained three fractured ribs, a severe lacera tion of the arm and several minor bruises, besides internal Injuries. She was taken to the Medford Sani tarium where she died later. (Funeral services were held yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock and the body was brought to Ashland where interment wag made. Funeral of G. M. Lowe Held Sunday Funeral services over the late Po liceman Q. M. Lowe; whose tragical death occurred Sunday night, March 2, were held over, the body at the Dodge undertaking parlors Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M. Blake of Portland. Mayor C. B. Lamkln also made a brief ad 'dress in which he eulogized the de parted official of the city for the ex emplary service he bad rendered. Mayor Lamkln said: "When I appointed Mr. Lowe po liceman he said to me: 'Mr. Lamkln, I will give you a square deal. If I ever show any favors It will be to the poor and unfortunate.' He kept this promise to the letter. O. M. Lowe was a faithful, honest, earnest. capable and efficient'' police officer. A few days before his death he stat ed to George Robison that it afford ed him a great deal of comfort and satisfaction to know thai the mayor and chief of police had absolute con fldence in him, and trusted him In every particular, "In the passing of G. M. Lowe the city of Ashland loses a worthy and trusted citizen and officer and one whose place it will be hard to fill Interment was made In the Stearns cemetery near Talent In the family burial lot where the deceased bad a daughter burled. One of the largest concourses that ever went out of Ashland followed the body to its last resting place. The casket bearers were among the city officials and well known acquaintances of the de ceased, and were Chief of Police J W. Hatcher, Fire Chief Geo. M. Robi son, V. V. Hedgpeth, W. L. Loomls, C. E. Sams r.nd William Myer. Holibaugh House Burned to Ground ' The residence of F. C. Holibaugh of Valley View was totally destroyed by fir Saturday afternoon, together with the greater part of Its con tents. It Is not known how the fire started;. About four o'clock Mrs. Holibaugh left her house and went to a neighbor's across the road, and had not been absent from the house but a short time when it was dis covered that the entire upper story was in flames. An effort was made to secure some of the furniture from the lower floor, but the blase could not be extinguished until the house was burned to the ground. Mr. Holi baugh carried insurance on bis prop erty. - SCHOOL ARRANGING FIELD EQUIPMENT Work was started. this wfeek on the grounds of the Junior High school for graining purposes for field equip ment preparatory to tne field,, meet which Is to be one of the -leading athletic events In tNe near future. The city scraper has been engaged to lay out a 75-yard straightaway, a playground baseball ground and oth er athletic stunts. Much interest Is being manifested by the pupils in the school, and bright days are look ed forward to when training will be actively started. , Darling's for Cameras and Sup plies. 7-tf Dairy School Heidi ' Successful peet With but a fow ' days' notice, a two days' dairy school was put on at the city hall, with the great majority of the dairymen of this section In at tendance. Remembering the helpful meetings, put on by the Extension Service of the O. A. C. last year, all were heartily In favor of these meet ings. The meetings this year were In every way as successful as those held In the past. Talks on feeds and feeding, breeding, by-products, calf raising, management, and the value of dairy products, were given In '3 very practical way and were much appreciated by all present. Prof. FItts brought out the fact. that the dairy side of our farms should be put on a business basis and that ,th dairyman should have enough for bis product to cover the cost of production'. His talk alona the line of the food value of dairy products was Interesting in the ex treme. He told of a series or experi ments that had been carried out along these lines which go to prove that an Individual or a nation cannot attain its fullest development, bodily or mentally, where milk or its pro ducts do not make up a considerable part of .their food. Chlldron especi ally nesd" plenty of milk, at least a quart a day, for their best growth. Miss McCormlck, Jackson County Home Demonstration Agent, gave. talk along the same lines. She stated that the best authorities on food val ues find that a family of five, should buy three quarts of milk per day before considering meat as a part of their diet. All felt well repaid for the time spent, and went home with more re- snect for the dairy cow and . ber products. - - National Guard to 7 be flustered In Word has been ' Bent to the local company of the National Guard that Captain A. A. Hall of the adjutant general's office will be here Thurs day evening to inspect the new Ash land company at the armory. Cap tain Hall will also muster the com pany Into the National Guard at tills meeting. The general public Is invited to this meeting, when, after the mus ter In of the Guard, dancing will take place and refreshments will be Serv ed. All the Ashland citizens are re quested to be present to show their Interest in the formation of the hew National Guard company and partak? of the general good fellowship that attends its organization. Children unaccompanied by their parents will not be admitted. BARBER TO BE TRIED BY FEDERAL COURT J. D. Johnson, a barber from Pow ers, Ore., was held at his preliminary hearing Saturday before U. S. Com missioner F. Roy Davis, accused of violation of the Mann white slavery law under a bond of $2,500. He was taken to Portland Saturday night for his trial In federal court. . The evi dence of the government was the confession of Mrs. Mary May of Ash land, who was also taken to Port land as a witness against Johnson. The latter is a divorced man and has lived for some months in Ashland, while a divorce suit is pending be tween Mrs. May and her husband, j Ashland National is Ashland is practically fSnred of a National Guard eompan arrange- ments for whlcnhaye befeu ia prog-- ress during the past week. ; Captain H. W Frame baa been reiving re: crults at the armory ery after noon' and evening, .end men.' eligible to this organisation have.fc'Je fairly prompt to respond,- now that it Js known that 4 regiment -o infantry will be organised in the state; . One hundred and ten members are necessary to organize a company of the National Guard. While that num ber was over-recruited last week, it was discovered when the applicants came to enlist that several of these Del Norte Mine -Soli'ta.Ef(fepters iWhat purports to be the largest and most significant mining deaYk' ever staged In Del Norte county, says the Crescent City Triplicate, centers around the sale by the Del Norte Claim Holders association, of eighty nine quartz claims, In the Preston Peak district, to the Del Norte Min ing corporation, presumably a hold ing company composed of former members of the Del Norte Claim Hol ders' association and the Interests represented by Mr. A. C. Ross, who is planning railroad construction out of Crescent City to tap that region. The papers were presented this week for record at the court house by. Rubens, Fischer, Mosser and Bar num, a Chicago firm of lawyers. The amount involved was not made known, but the deal called for an outlay of one hundred and twenty five dollars' worth of Internal reve nue stamps to make it valid. It has been generally known for some time that the Roes Interests were contemplating a location for a profitable division point on the "over th mountain" route, also that the railroad was to be merely a by-product of the greater operations and developments of these people. And with this In mind, it become appar ent that the opening of this gigantic mining field will offer the proper location for a new townsite, division point, and fertile field for large in vestments. There were 205 names on the list of grantors attached to the deeds as recorded here, and among them the holders of the present townsite of Waldo, Ore. Executive Workers of Farm Bureau Met The executive committee of the Jackson County Farm Bureau met at Ashland Tuesday forenoon with a goodly number present. From re ports of the different county project leaders it appears that the work of the'Bureau Is being carried out in a very satisfactory manner. Work on rodent control, egg marketing, and the Home Study Hour were especial ly interesting. The work being carried out by Mr. Dill, In egg marketing Is attract ing attention all oven the state. Project leaders from other commu nities were eager to learn of the work that It might be carried on among their own people. Poisoning digger squirrels Is the big work of the Bureau this sieason. F. C. Homes Is County Project leader and he plans a very active campaign. Thru tha courtesy of the First National Bunk the committee lunched In a body at the Austin Hotel. VICTORY LOAN LISTS TO OPEN APRIL SI Secretary of the Treasury Glass has announced that the victory loan will be ODBned to subscriptions on April 21. ' "It will be the last of the popular war loans," he said. The secretary would give none of the details of the loan which will be In the shape of short term notes bn terms deemed attractive to investors The general understanding Is that the government will seek to raise ap proximately $6,000,000,000. Guard Virtually Assured were among school boys undei" 18 years of ase, and will have to be dis carded. Other rejections- will pos sibly be made when the final physi cal examinations are undergone, so that recru'illng1 will continue until It Is assumed that the requisite num ber will be available. .' ' A, representative from the adjut ant general's office will be sent as sopn as; the required number of en listment's have been received and If conditions warrant the organization a government official will arrive and n.UBter In the company. A captain Is elected by vote, who will appoint his lieutenants, or they, too. may be elected by the organization. NEW ERA CONFERENCE MEETS IN MEDFORD An Important conference . under the auspices of the New Era commit- wl" 1,0 ""'I ,n u,a MWHord Presby terian church, tomorrow weuieB- ay) afwhlch delegates from Pres byterian churches as far north as Glendule and south to Ashland will be In attendance. The program calls for a woman's conference In the af ternoon and a mass mCetlng at 7:30 In the evening. Addresses will bo given by Rev. Boudlnot Seelcy. of Portland, Mrs. C. B. Lamkln of .Ash land, Mrs. D. Hatfield! of Central Point and others, and a supper will be served the visitors at 6 o'clock. The adoption of a great worll wide program for five years Is the object of these meetings and much Interest Is being manlA-set'ed1. On March 23 the nation wide victory fund drive will be put on among the Presbyterian churches and it In ex pected to raise over the United States that day In three hours 138,000,000. This covers the whole Presbyterian budget for work at home and abroad J for the new church year b?glnnln", i April 1st. Ashland Furnishes Number of Officers Ashland has occasion to be justly proud of her war record which will be handed down to future genera tions. Not only have practically all of hnr eligible young men served in some branch of the service durlntt the war, but she furnished many of ficers of rank to the service. This list of commissioned officers ban go from colonel In' the. military service thru the several offices In the mili tary, naval and aviation departments to the number of at least twtenty-sev en. Following is the list that has been compiled: Colonels Tboraas W. Hammond, John L. May. Commander James Moore. MaJors-t-Clyde A. Malone, A, McCallen. Captains Frank M. Moore, Dr, Gordon MacCracken (Medical Corps) First Lieutenants Donald M Spencer, Wm. H, Brlggs. Second Lieutenants Millard W Grubb, Vernl V. Mills, Lynn G. Mow at.. Carroll H. Wagner, J. Qulncy Ailnmn. Bernard Silencer, John E. Finneran. Harley L. Irwin, Wm Bruce Allen, Archie Anderson. First Lieutenants (Aviation) Walter A. Phillips, A. Crit Tolnian Lieutenants (Medical Corps) Lance A. Briscoe, A. W. Boslough i p Johnson. Donald A. Walker (Dental Corps). Ensigns Perry L. Ashcraft, Jr Edward N. Stannard. Medford Suffering From Fuel Famine According to the Sun, Medford Is fnplncr a fue famine. u is siaieu that there Is not a stick of cord wood In the city and no prospects for get ting any. Cordwood has been sell Ing for $10.50, thus far. but the con dltion of the country roads makes It Impossible to haul It In from any dlj tance and no community has a sur plus supply. . The Gagnon Lumber company claims to have plenty of cordwood at the end of the Jackson ville railroad, but Is unable to get It transported over the road, and with the suspension of the P. & E the usual sources of firewood have been cut off In that direction. : The demands for coal are so great that the local dealers could -not fill (ho orders. . ' LAKW HIGHWAY MAY GO THRU THIS YKAK Jackson county and the state have been requested to co-operate with the Forest Service In building the road between the forest boundary and Prospect, In addition to the sev enteen miles between the National Forest boundary and the National Park. Twenty-two miles or rona in all will be constructed, and It is es timated that It will cost $246,000. Definite action will be taken at meeting to be held early In April, at which Unite bids will be asked for, and work will begin In June. Orres remodels and repairs clothes for men and women. Appointments will be Ftlade by Gov. Olcott Nino laws were passed by the re cent legislature creating offices and boards and commissions which must be filled by appointment by the- gov ernor. In all but one instance these appointments will be made by Gov. Olcott. The one exception is tho soldiery and sailors' commission, created to have charge of expendi ture of the $100,000 emergency fund appropriated for relief of stranded soldiers and sailors. That commis sion was appointed by Governor Wlthycombe. Among the most Important ap pointments in the list toJe made by Gov. Olcott will bo the board of con ciliation and arbitration and Oregon Hand settlement commission, wlUlo much interest will be centered In tho appointment of a judge of the newly n portland. netutd coun oi uumesuc relations - One member of the board of con dilation and arbitration is. to be ap pointed from a list of five names to bo submitted to the governor by the Employers' association, while anoth er Is to lie appointed from a similar list furnished by the State Federa tion of Labor, while the two aro 1 1 select the third member. The Oregon last settlement com mission Is to consist of five mem bers to lie appointed by the governor This commission has a fund of $50. 000 for Its Immediate expenditure It itovalnnlnir nlflna trlf niAvllflniT OR tabllslied farm homes! for Oregon soldiers, while an additional $750. 000 will be available for use by tho commission If voters approve tho $5,000,000 reconstruction bond Is sue. Selection of a Judge for the court of domestic relations for Multnomah county will be made from a list of three names to be submitted by tho circuit court Judges of that county. Another Important commission will lie the tax supervisory commission for Multnomah county. This com mission will be composed .of three members who will act as an advisor' capacity for all tax levying bodies in Multnomah county. ' A board of five is to bio appointed to be known as the state board of architect examiners. Another board to lie appointed is to be kuown as the board of auto mechanics examin ers. It will consist of three members. Still another created by tho last legislature will be known as the state lioard .. , of engineering examiners. which is to consist of nine members to be appointed by the governor. Another commission of three mem bers Is to be annointed to codlfj:- lnws relating to children. COAST CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY U. OF O. University of Oregon basket-ball players have won the Pacific const championship In the two games they won from the University of Califor nia during the series the latter part of last week. Oregon won the first game by a score of 35 to 37, and th i last by a score of 20 to 28. No third will ne necessary, due 10 uregon a two straight victories. International Red Cross is Planned Plans for Organization of an in ternational Red Cms, to be led by the American Red Cross in a great peace time campaign to 'prevent dis ease, relieve suffering, and "make the world' what tne war was fought for a better place to HVe In," waa outlined by Dr. Livingston Farrand newly-appointed chairman of the cen- v tral committee of the American Red Cross. ' Dr. Farrand warned Red Cross workers that they would be called on for continued service for a long time after peace had been declared, and announced that a nation-wide ppeal for funde to carry on the or ganization work would b'e made soon. "I don't mind tolling you," he said "that the bottom of the Red Cross treasury is in sight." Discussing the proposal of the or ganization of the international Red ' Cross, Dr. Farrand declared the war had shown "that the war basis or the Red Cross has become out grown."