9fIm Historical SociMf, '
Auditorium
ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT
THE AID OB" MEDICINE WILL
CURE NINE CASES OUT OP TEN
OF ASTHMA. , . . . . .
MALARIA CERMS CANNOT LIVE
.THREE MONTHS IN THE PURE
OZONE AT ASHLAND. OUR PURE
WATER HELPS. .
I'DING
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919
NUMBER li
LAND
Egg Market Day
Growing in Favor
The Ashland Fruit & Produce As
sociation building on Oak street Is 1
busy place every Saturday when egg
producers bring tji)elr products to
tha Ashbellent Egg Society to be dis
posed of. From early In the morn
ing until late in the afternoon a host
of wagons, cars and other vehicles
are stationed about the building
where ranchers from a distance had
driven in with large lota of eggs,
white women with a basket on their
arms were seen wending their way
to this emporium with one or two or
three dozen eggs as the case may be,
the weekly supply from the back
yard chicken coop. For the Ashbel
lent Egg Society takes any and all
eggs, no matter the amount, only
that they ar fresh and up to the re
quired perfection.
A. C. Brlggs, secretary of the
Fruit Association is a busy man Sat
urdays. He receives all of the de
posits brought In, counts and in
spects them and keeps a record of
the number each individual has for
sale. Later on when the brooding
period starts esgs will be carefully
candled, as a precaution against
sending out any but the best, as this
is to be the object of the society
none but first quality will ever be
issued from the Ashliellent Egg So
ciety, so that its reputation for hand
ling a superior article will always
be maintained.
Saturday's egg market resulted
In the disposal of 760 dozen, at pric
es ranging from 35 to 37 cents per
dozen.
Ashland Lady Died
at Madera. Calif.
Word was received in Ashland
yiesterday morning of the death of
Mrs. Fannie Blalock, formerly .. of
this city, which had occurred at
Madera, Cal. The message was sent
here by a sister of Mrs. Blalock,
Mrs. Hoslen, with whom she had
been llvlns for a few weeks, having
gone to that city for tha bene
fit of her health. The change
had proven unavailing, however,
and her many friends in
this community were grieved to
learn that she had failed rapidly un
til death resulted Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Blalock was a well known
and popular ' woman of Ashland
where she had lived for many years.
About three years ago she and her
husband, Walter Blalock, moved to
Dunsmulr where the latter was In
the employ of tho Southern Pacific,
A year ago Mr. Blalock was killed
on the railroad, and ever since that
tragical (event Mrs. Blalock's health
has been declining, She spent the
past year In Ashland until a short
time ago, when she went to Port
land for treatment. Finding that
her condition was gradually getting
worse, Mrs. Hosier took her to h
home three weeks ago. While her
condition was known by her friends
In Ashland to be serious,' her death
was unexpected by many at this
time and the news came as a great
shock.
The body will be brought to Ash
land this evening on train No. 54,
and arrangements for the funeral
will be made after th.9 arrival of tho
relatives.
Col. Leader Will ,
Visit High Scbool
Col. John Leader, who is in charge
of the military training in the high
schools of the state, which have
adopted this work, will make a tour
of the high schools of Southern Ore
gon during the week cf April 14. He
i expects to visit Ashland Wednesday,
' April 16, and. will address the mem
bers of the high school on that date
An effort is being made to have a
public mass meeting In the evening
of that date, with Col. Leader to
make an address.
iWEATHKR FORECAST
FOR COMING WEEK
Forecast for the period March 31
to April 5, 1919, inclusive. Pacific
coast states: Fair in southern and
occasional rain in northern portion;
porma) temperature.
MAX BIKXKD TRYING
TO SAVE HIS MONEY
While attempting Co save his mon
ey and liberty bonds amounting to
$800 from his burning cabin, W. L.
Blgham, a former well known Jack
son county man, was badly burned
last week, at his stock ranch on the
Umnqua riter In pouglas coirnty.
Mr. Blgham has been absent from
the ranch and on returning discov
ered the fire. He rushed into tho
burning building in an attempt to
save his money and bonds, but the
fire was so fierce that he barely es
caped with bis life. While being
badly burned about the face and
hands, Mr. Blgham Is suffering from
no permanent injury.
Pacific & Eastern
Hay Again Operate
Contingent upon their ability to
make financial arrangements and
upon the decision of the Portland
district freight trafflo committee of
the United States railroad adminis
tration to grant an attractive rate on
lumber for outward shipment, the
Pacific & Eastern railway will re
sume operations, according to reports
from Portland. This road, running
33 miles out of Medford to Butte
.Falls, went Into receivership early
this year because of Us Inability to
earn enough to pay operating charg
es, and its renewal of train service
will be a source of Joy to lumber
producers of Southern Oregon now
without means of transporting their
product to outside markets.
Last leek a delegation of Jackson
County business men and lumber pro
ducers headed by E. W. Messereau,
had a preliminary conference with
the Portland district freight traffic
committee with a view to obtaining
extension of the Coast group rate on
lumber from Butte Falls to any point
reached by the Southern Pacific and
connecting lines. Another conference
will be held the coming week and in
the meantfme the Southern Oregon
men will learn Just what they may
be able to do in the direction of ar
ranging for resumption of operation
of the railway.
i Without extension of the Coast
group rate to Butte Falls, the rail
way is or would be handicapped by a
differential of 6U cents a pound
freight compared with- competing
points situated on branches and feed
ers of the Southern Pacific. This
amounts to $2 a thousand feet ' on
lumber, and It is possible to have it
absorbed by the long haul charge,
as Is commonly done in like cases.
If plans to resume "operations of
the Pacific & Eastern line carry, the
immediate sacrifice sale and scrap
ping of the road will be averted.
Shorthorn Cattle
Sale Was Success
The upper end of the valley was
well represented at the auction sale
of shorthorn cattle held at Medford
Saturday afternoon, when many
farmers and stockmen were interest
ed spectators and bidders at the first
sale of registered cattle conducted
in this valley. These were shipped
In for the benefit of dairymen to bet
ter their herds in this section, and
the sale was an unprecedented suc
cess from start to finish.
The eaitflre consignment of 26
head of cattle brought the total sum
of $7,415, the seven bulls averaging
$387.43 each, while the 19 cows av
eraged $247.89. The highest price
paid for any one animal was $850
paid by E. E. Beeson of Talent for
the bull Sllverdale. O.D. Lowe was
the only representative from this sec
tion who secured ffne of the register
ed Btock, when he bought the bull
Comet.
Colonel A. L. Stevenson of Cor-
vallis was the auctioneer and Prof.
E. L. Potter, head of animal indus
try of the Agricultural College and
secretary of the Northwest Shorthorn
Association, assisted at the sale. The
advent of this sale marks a new era
In dairying In this valley and will be
the means of better stock and better
products in the future. Mr. Lowe
later sold a half interest in his ani
mal to Butler Walker of Ashland.
All groceries going at a great re
duction while they last at Ashland
Trading Co.
If Huns Reject Peace Treaty
Allied Army Will Advance
Reliable Information from London
has been received in this country
that In case the German delegates
refuse to sign the peace treaty, Mar
shal Foch has authority to order a
general advance of the allied armies
along the Rhine. The department
of the German foreign office having
charge of the peace negotiations has
Teached a decision as to its attitude
toward the negotiations, a German
wireless message says. The depart
ment has decided the German gov
ernment should act only In accord
ance with President Wilson's four
teen points.
PARIS, March 31. Premier Lloyd
George and Presldent Wilson confer
red privately for an hour this fore
noon before the council of four met
at the president's residence. It is
understood that the purpose of the
conference was to expediate the peace
proceedings.
General Mangin, who it has been
reported, will be appointed to com
mand allied operations In the Bal
kans and Russia, bad a conference
with Premier Clemenccau today at
the ministry of war.
LONDON, March 31. Georgo
Lansbury, editor of the new labor
newspaper, the Daily Herald, de
clares that the allies have received
a new proposal for an understanding
with the present rulers of RubsIb and
Intimates that the conditions of that
understanding are the withdrawal of
troops from Russia and the abandon
ment of trade policy of interference
in Russian affairs. Jtuisla, on her
part would be willing not to Inter
fere with the affairs of other na
tions; allow Finland, Esthonta, Uk
raine and other republics formed
from the bygone Russian empire to
choose their own forms of govern
ment; and to pay Russia's interna
tional debts.
The writer minimizes stories of
outrages by Russian revolutionaries,
declaring that such happenings have
been less frequent than In other rev
olutions on a similar scale. He avers
that Nikola Lenine, Bolshevik pre
Court House Case
Brought to Jackson
The long standing coutroversy ov
er too many court houses for Klam
ath county was carried on to Med
ford Friday, where It was aired in
circuit court before Judge Calkins
The case will result either in the
legal phases being simplified or in a
still further complication In the
much mooted matter.
The. last phase was the filing of
an Injunction suit by Contractor Dou-
gan against the county to compel
the county to accept the new court
house and there was a possibility of
the Incorporating of all . five suits
in the court house row Into one
equity suit for trial.
Contractor Dougan was represent
ed by Attorneys Harrison Allen of
Portland, C. . F. Stone of Klamath
Falls and A. E. Reames of Medford.
The county of Klamath was repre
sented by Attorneys Jay Bowerman
of Portland and Fred H. Mills of
Klamath Falls. County Judge Bun
nell and Burrell Short, county com
missioner, are among the Klamath
county officials in attendance.
Big redaction; in1 woolejns take
advantage of the drop and have your
suit tailored to fit you at Orres
tailor shop.
Victory Exhibit
in
The early hour at which the Vic
tory Train of war trophies arrived
in this city yesterday morning caused
many to miss viewing the exhibit
during Its stay here, A large num
ber, however, gathered at the sta
tion and inspected with Interest the
various Implements of warfare which
were picked up on the battlefields
after th retreat of the Huns from
the Invaded districts of France and
Belgium. ...
A stop of two and one-half hours
was made in Ashland and the cars
mier, and Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik
minister of war and marine, have
been "outrageously slandered" and
describes the present administration
of Russia as clean and uncorrupt.
The re-orgnnlzatlon of Industries Is
proceeding everywhere in RihbIb, Mr.
Lansbury says.
PARIS, March 31. A small force
of French troops -stationed In the
neutral zone between Hungary and
Roumanla has been attacked by Hun
garian troops, 360 of tho French be
ing taken prisoner, according to an
official report received here.
On demand of the French general
the release of the prisoners has been
promised by tho Hungarians. Great
ly disturbed conditions are reported
to exist In Hungary. Industry is a'
a standstill in Budapest, according
to advices to the state department in
Washington yesterday. A dispatch
from Vienna states that all Indus
trial activities have been stopped in
the Hungarian capital, that an In
ventory Is being taken by the new'
Bplshevlk authorities of all factory
plants, banking institutions and
shops of every variety.
All property is being sequestrated,
both real and personal. The dispatch
says every house Is regarded by the
authorities as belonging to the state
and arms and ammunition of every
kind have been requisitioned. Some
prominent people have been arrested.
It Is stated also that the new rep
resentatives of the Budapest govern
ment had been formally accepted at
Vienna and that the Budapest au
thorities have ordered that full re
spect le paid to flags of foreign gov
ernments.
BASEL, Switzerland, March 31
(Havas) The Hungarian govern
ment Is reported In Vienna dispatches
to Va sent an ultimatum to the
i t
Czecho-Slovak government. This
action, It Is said, was taken because
of the concentration of Czecho-Slov
ak troops and a rumor that there
would be a general mobilization In
Bohemia in the near future.
Judge to Determine
Rope water Rights
On Saturday, April 5, Judge F. M
Calkins will enter his final decree in
the matter of the determination of
Relative rights to the use of th
water of Rogue river and Its trlbu
tarles. This adjudication affects the
water rights In Josephine, Jackson
and Curry counties. The state water
board made its findings some months
ago and the appeals to the circuit
court upon these findings have Just
been completed. The signing of the
decree will be looked for favorably
by the water users of these counties
it is said, for the season that they
will then know definitely of what
their water rights consist.
Any water user who may be dis
satisfied with thj decree of the cir
cuit court will have the right to ap
peal to the supreme court of Oregon.
BOOTH REMAINS OX
HIGHWAY COMMISSION'
According to late Intelligence from
Salem, R. A. Booth of Eugene, will
remain a member of the state high
way commission until all contracts
covering operations for this year
have been let. He made this known
Friday after a conference with Gov.
Olcott. Whether he will remain on
the commission longer than that, lie
said, was not settled.
Shown
Ashland Monday
on which the exhibits were on display
were open to the nubllo. Accom
panying the train were a number of
prominent men from the state who
are traveling in the Interests of the
Victory loan. Among these was Pri
vate C. C. Llkins, who wears a
Croix de Guerre with a palm for dis
tinguished tank service.
, Private Llkins gave an ' Interest
ing description of the tank service,
and explained the methods of this
implement of warfare, one. of which
was on exhibition on the train.
LARGE DELEGATION
WILL ATTEND ItALLY
A large delegation of Epworth
Leaguers of Ashland will go to Med
ford tonight to attend tho rally for
Southern Oregon which takes place
In the Methodist church in that city.
This rally is to be conducted in the
Interests of the centenary movement
of the church, and one of the lead
ing features will be a banquet to take
place at 6 o'clock. Among the prom
inent speakers to give addresses at
this banquet will be Dr. Carl Doney,
president of Willamette University,
and Dr. T. D. Walters of Spokane,
Wash.
Want War Record
of Ashland Soldiers
An effort is being made - In the
public library to preserve the records
of all men from Ashland who have
served In the world war In any
branch of the service. The librarians
have started a loose-leaf . portfolio
with the war record and photograph
of each soldier, or sailor. Up to tho
present, however, only a few have
responded to this request for pic
tures and history, and out of the
hundreds of Ashland men who have
Been service, less than fifty have sent
In their record. .
The public and especially Hiobo
who have had members of the fam
ily In the war are urged to call at
the library in inspect the soldier and
sailor history, with the hope that It
will arouse more Interest In the pro
ject. While the war is fresh in the
minds of all, few realize the im
portance of keeping a record of the
service of those who participated,
but for the coming generations this
will be of inestimable value and in
terest, and should he carried on.
. Those who fought the Revolution
ary war were simply men and boys
who went out of the home towns
like these of the present war, but th
descendents who realize the effort
It takes to trace out their ancestry
in order to be classed sb a Son or
Daughter of the American Rovolu
tlon can appreciate what such a his
tory of the soldiers of the great war
may mean in the future.
Any man serving in the army
navy, marine or aviation during th
recent war, or any person having
members of the family in the ser
vice are urgently requested to tak
to the library a brlof war history
and photograph to be 'entered In th
history of Ashland's representatives
In this great struggle.
Souvenirs of Trip
Around the World
Orvllle Hull, lately returned from
overseas where he had beon serving
as master mechanic on a submarine
chaser, has a fine display of souve
n Irs which he had picked up while
on his travels around the world. This
display Is on exhibition in the win
dow of Ferguson's store, and has
among it a white scarf pitrchased at
Madeira, Spalu; a pink Scarf from
Gibraltar; a hand bag from Azores
Islands; a crochetted lunch cloth
from Tanglers, made by the favorlty
wife of the Sultan, and many other
beautiful pieces of hand work which
he had brought to the niomlwrs of
his family. He has also a fine as
eortment of coins of various denomi
nations from foreign countries; pins
and cuff buttons made from the
Rock of Gibraltar, and hosts of other
Interesting mementoes of his Jour
ney. Mr. Hall's exhibit is one of
the most elaborate that has been
made public by the boys who have
been abroad.
LEADED GUILTY TO
BLUE SKY VIOLATION
H. W. Qulnn and W. J. PIcard
mining stock salesmen, pleaded
guilty in Portland, Friday, to viola
tion of the '"blue sky" law. Qulnn
was fined $200 and PIcard, who was
acting as Quinn's agent, was fined
50 In the circuit court. The mon
were selling stock In a copper mine.
They wore arrested at the instanc
of Corporation Commissioner Schul-
erman on charges of selling stock
In Oregon without first submitting
their proposals to him and securing
permit.
Memorial Services
Held For Dead Hero
It Is a far cry from the shell torn
battlefields of France where Ray
Morgan lies In his last sleep, to th
peaceful little home church,- deckei!
in the sweet spring blossoms, whero
the loved ones of his own land had '
gathered Sunday afternoon to pay a
last tribute to this brave young Asht
land boy who mado the supreme sac
rifice for his country. A solemn and
Impressive' memorial service was)
held In the Christian church in hon
or of one of tho members whose
presence . will never again gladden
the hearts of those who knew and
loved him best.
' Special musical numbers wero
sung by Miss Grotchen Kreamor,
Mrs. Mabel Jacobs and Rev. D. E.
Millard, pastor of the Christian
church at Medford. Rev. W. L. Mel
linger, gave a fine eulogy to the dead
soldier from the hero text, "Greater
love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his
friends." He spoke of the young
man who, when the call to aid his
country In peril came, responded to
the service asking for the greatest
activity, that of the marines, and
how, Just before the great conflict
ended he gave bis life on the battle
fields of France for his country's
sake.
Ray Morgan wae the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Morgan of Mountain
avenue. He enlisted in the marine
corps In February of last year and
left for France In May. He was
killed In battle November 10. Ray
was 21 years of age and a gradunta
of the Ashland High school.
Ship Builders in '
Final Conference
Delegates of tho Pacific coaat met
al trades unions In a final conference
in Washington Saturday with offi
cers of the international organlza- .
tlons agreed to submit to the ship
builders proposals of a new working
agreement to a referendum vote of
tfiotr locals, unaccompanied by any
recommendations.
The vote will be taken Immediate
ly and the canvass begun at San
Francisco on May 5. Meanwhile
work will be continued In tho ship yards
under existing wage scales and '
conditions, tho delegates said A
strike vote being taken among: tin) -Pacific
coast locals will bo disregard
ed pending the referendum decision
on the employers' proposals.
Under tlio existing wago scalo, the
men receive a minimum wage of 80 '
cents an hour, with some trade re
ceiving as high as $1 an hour. Th!s
rate was fixed by the ship labor ad
justment lioard of tho Emergency
Fleet corporation, which ceases Its
functions the end of this month. At
the time this wage was fixed, the
men asked for a flat rate of $1 an
hour for all metal trade crafts, and
in a new agreement the .workers de
sired that this rate be fixed, but
the employers declined to increaso
the existing wago. The men also
failed to reach aRicflment with the
employers on a proposal that pref
erence In employment should be giv
en to union men.
Ashland Working
For Masonic Home
Ashland Lodge, No. 23, A. F. &,A.
M at a recent meeting voted te work
to secure the Masonic home that la
to be erected somewhere In the stato
In the near future. A committee
consisting of F. J. Shlnn, Stuart
Saunders and O. Winter, has been ap
pointed to take the matter in hand
and to report results on or before
April 10. The unrivalled cllmatlo
fpnf ii taa nf A li In ml fur sncli an in
stitution Is urged as a drawing card
In favor of the erection of the homo
here, and efforts will le made to use
all necessary Influence to bring1 it
about. The Eastern Star Is also In
terested in this project and will work
n connection with the local Masonic
lodge for the furtherance of tho
scheme.
Orres cleans clothes. Phone 64.
Special price on coffee for a short
time at Ashland Trading Co.