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, ;rffon Iliatorlcal Society Auditorium r ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT THE AID OF MEDICINE WILL CURE NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OP ASTHMA, i . V MALARIA GEHM3 CANNOT LIVE THREE MONTHS IN THE PURE OZONE AT ASHLAND. OUR PURE WATER HELPS. " . VOL.XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919 NUMBER 25 Track and Field Meet to be Held On Local Athletic Field The annual Track and Field Meet for Ashland and Medford will he held Wednesday, April 30th, at the Ashland High school athletic field. The meK will tie larger and better than, ever since it takes In both the hoys and girls and represents all ages. There' will be six classes of contestants, divided on the age bes ts. Under 14 years will be Class A for both boys and girls; 14-15 years will be class B; 16 and over to 21 will be class C. Twenty-six track and seventeen field events will fe held as follows: Track Events. 50 yd. dash, Class A boys. 50 yd. dash, Class B boys. 50 yd. dash, Class C boys. ; 50 yd. dash, Class A girls. 50 yd. dash, Class B girls. 50 yd. dash, Class C girls. -mlle run. 220 yd. low hurdles, C boys. 120 yd. low hurdles, B boys. 120 yd. low hurdles, A boys. ' 100 yd. high hurdles, C boys. . 120 yd. 24 in. hurdles, A girls. L20 yd. 24 in. hurdles, B girls. 120 yd. 24 in. hurdles, C girls. 100 yd. dash, Class .C boys. 100 yd. dash, Class B boys 100 yd. dash, Class A boys. 100 yd. dash, Class A girls 100 yd. dash, Class B girls. 100 yd. dash, Class C girls. 1 mile run. I 220 yd. run, Class A boys. 220 yd. run. Class B hoys. 220 yd. run, Class C boys. 440 yd. run, Class C boys. H-ralle relay, Class C boys. Meld Event. 4 8 lb. shot put, Class A boys. 8 lit. shot put, Class B boys. 12 lb. shot put, Class C boys. All up Indian Club race. Pole vault, boys C class. Pole vault, boys B class. ' Pole vault, boys A class. Javelin throw, Class,. C boys. Indoor haseihall, Class B girls. Running broad Jump, Class C.boys Running broad Jump, Class B boys Running broad jump, Class A boys Indoor baseball, Class C girla. Discus, class C boys. Running high Jump, Class A boys. Running high Jump, Class B boys. Running high Jump. Class C boys The events are arranged in the order in which they are to come, The meet will be called at 10 00 o'clock , and run the remainder of the day. Admission Is free. Re freshment stands will W9 provided to help pay the expenses of the meet. There will be three fleams one each from Ashland and Medford and one taken from the county at large. The school holding the most points 'wins the meet. Each fevent Is to score 9 points, distributed as fol lows: 1st,, place, 5; 2nd place, 3; 3rd place, rL. . t77T ; Army Workers were Guests of Canteen A company of 3a student army nurses passed thru this section last Thursday on their way from Camp Lewjs, where they lad spent the past ytear, to. the Letterman Hospital at San Francisco. The company stopped at Medford and were met by Miss Marie Gates, a former nurse in the army camp. Miss Gates com mandered a number of automobiles and the nurses were brought to Ash land and were the guests of the local Canteen workers during thfeir short stay in the city.. . A tremendous demand for fur nished houses Is opening up with tbje spring. This morning the Tld 'ings had applications for five fur nl&hed houses and had none to of fer. We had a four room unfurnish ed house that had rented for five dollars a month. We scraped to gether some furniture and rented it for ten dollars a month. This spring people can make good money ! jrenting unfurnished, bouses,' then furnishing them .simply and re-renting them. Thb furniture will rent foe as much as the house.' If we owrted a second hand furniture store that's what we .would do this sum men Wo would, furnish every rent able hoiiff we could find,, fit them and re-rent them. , We would make enough out of It this summer to pay for the furniture. OLCOTT ASKS STATE TO OBSERVE MAY 4 ' Governor Olcott calls attention of the people of Oregon to the designa tion of Sunday, May 4, as "Employ ment Sunday" thruout the United States, and the governor suggests that the churches of Oregon should observe the day. "Employment Sunday" has been set apart by the United States em ployment service and its co-operating agencies, and effort on part of churches will be to assist in finding wprk for returning soldiers and sailors. .,. . Ashland Will Try For Masonic Home Rev. P. K. Hammond went to Portland the latter part of the week where he represented Ashland Lodge No. 23, A. F. ft A. L, to set forth the advantages of Ashland as a de sirable 'location for the Masonic home. At a meeting of the officers representing the grand lodges of the Masons and Eastern Star, which was ki session in Portland Saturday for the purpose of entertaining pro posals for a location for this home, Ashland's claims were submitted, and the advantages attached to the section were set forth. Other Ma- sonic lodges in the county are alBO working for the location of the Ma sonic Home Jn this city. Fast Train Service f.lay Be Installed ' With the Information that a pro posal to restore the Shasta limited train service between San Francisco and Portland, running it thru to Se attle, was under consideration, the Telegram states that F. W. Robinson, traffic manager or the Oregon-Wash-ington Rail Road ft Navigation sys tem, has returned to Portland. He was one of the party to accompany Director General Hines, of the Unit ed States railroad administration, to San Francisco after the group of railway officials had passed Tuesday In Portland. "No conclusion has been reached, but there is a probability that in stead of the Shasta train going back on the run the schedule of trains 53 and 54 will be shortened so that they will make the run In 31 hours or about three hours less than the ex isting schedule," said Mr,. Robinson. It has been learned, however, that It would cost tho Southern Pacific 1700,000 a year to restore the fast limited train service and under pre vailing conditions the railways are not making a standard return such as the government has guaranteed." Travelers and business men in all the large cities on the Pacific coast .are Insistent that faster train serv ice with suitable accommodations be provided between Puget sound and San Francisco such as prevailed be fore a year ago when for reasons es sential to the winning of the war train service was curtailed to such as Characterized the period of a genera tion ago. Faster movement of 'per ishable. express matter and of letter mall also Is demanded. ' ' Some assurance that relief will be granted In part is said to have leen spoken by Max Thelen, director of public service of the railway admin istration, when he was In Portland with Director General Hines' party and It is believed that an announce ment of improved train service will jcome from: San Francisco within a tew days. While the chiefs of the federal railroad administration were In Port- leand early this week there appear ed in the newspapers a statement .from J. R. Bowles, president of the Northwest Steel company, that ; the outlook for shipbuilding ou the Pa cific coast Is anything but assuring. Publication of this In said to have brought from the railway men a sug gestion that no resumption of fast train service could be expected while appearances Indicated a slackening of Industry. ... Ashland Called to Rally For Victory Liberty Loan The Liberty Loan executive committee met this morning and carefully canvassed thei situation in regard to the Victory Loan. While the $127,000 amount subscribed is about 70 per cent of the total quota, several large subscriptions are included In the list, and It was quite apparent that the people of this district are very slow about placing their subscriptions, The Executive Commute Is very anxious that Ashland shall again go "over the top" cn the voluntary plan, without a single subscription being solicited, but feela that something will have to lie done to arouse public interest in the campaign. One plan sug gested was to publish the names of those who should subscribe and have not done so. This plan met with quite general favor, and may h adopted at the nfcrt meeting. Owing to Ashland's enviable record in the last campaign it Is hoped that no such step will be pcrfs(S3iry. , . ' Skeleton Believed to be Lost Trapper The skeleton of a man was found Just across the line, in Oregon Sun day by a party of picnickers from Butte Creek vall'ay, 'and it is thought tn ha thoi rpmnlhs of a tracner who . lost his life in Lower Klamath lake , Pment of agriculture in a number in the latter part of November, 19161 of conferences he held with bureau Joseph F. Wetzel of Yreka was a chiefs la Washington recently, con member of the party that made tba eerning rural development In Ore- grewsome find. Tfco trapper who was lost two years ago, according to the. Yreka News, partment, Bhould be conducted on started from Lairds ranch in this a comprehensive scala. He urged ac county to cross the frozen lake wita'tfon without delay, explaining that a Bled to which a sail had been at-'some agricultural ijehabllltatlon 1b tachetf. Shortly after he left, a stiff . necessary in . southern Oregon, now south wind arose which broke up the1 that the speculators have taken mon ice on the lake, and the supposition jey tor. orchards not planted on or is that the man made for the tales chard land an'i have flown to other at the edge of the water and aban doning his outfit tried to walk thru the shallow water. He must have become exhausted, and on stopping to rest was frozen to death, as the skeleton was'found In lying posi tion with one leg crossed over the other., i , . :r :- The tules in this neighborhood were burned early In the spring and no trace of clothing was left. A pair of pliers and two pocket knives were found with the bones. Identlflca tion was made by some gold bridge work which, had been don'e on the man's teeth. The sheriff of Klam atb county, Oregon, was notified of the find. WEATHER REPORT FOR, COMING WEEK Forecast for the period April 28 to May 3, 1919, inclusive. Pacific coast states: Local rains early in the week, generally fair thereafter; nearly normal temperatures. ASHLAND ELKS PLAN . IHO ENTERTAINMENT Ashland Lodge, No. 944, B. P. O. E., are planning an entertainment on an elaborate scale to be staged next Saturday, this date of their regular meeting. One of the leading fea tures will be an unique parade that will take place at 4 o'clock Sat urday afternoon. It will be herald ed by a band; and participated in by all the leading lights of Elkdom. The parade will form In front of the pub lic library and will proceed to the Plaza, and countermarch to the Elks Temple. In the evening a class of upwards of forty from Ashland and othr points will be initiated into Ashland lodge. Burleson Agrees WASHINGTON, April 28. Presi dent Wilson has been asked by Post master General Burleson to approve the Immediate return of American cable lines to their private owners. In announcing his action today, the postmaster general said he hoped restoration of the properties could, l(e effected by May 10. ' j The following statement was 1st sued: ' ,' "The postmaster general has recr ommended to the president that the government return fne cablo lines to their respective ' owners. "This action is made possible by the fact that tho Would Help Farmers of Southern Oregon Much could bb accomplished by scientific; agricultural investigation and experiments in the Rogue river vaBey, Senator McNary told the de- gon. Experiments in the Rogue rlv- er valley, the djnator told the ,de- i fields. . . He reviewed the situation in de tail, 'explaining that there are many spMndld orchards : in southern Ore gon V-i that the entire section! of the state haa befcn Injured and many of the settlers discouraged by tho operations of the speculators In the early stages of the Intensive devel opment of the Medford and Ashland districts sohio 10 or 12 years ago. It is a country with a great future, he told the department, but that some Inderal aid of a scientific character is needed to help undo the barm of the real estate speculators. The situation Is rapidly righting itself, Senator McNary htelieves, as Is indicated byfhho fact that fruit treks have already Ween cleared off large areas of land nevter suited to the apple industry. It Is probable that the department will take some steps at once toward helping the farmers of that district to improve their conditions. CREAV TO START ON MOUNTAIN SURVEY A corps of surveyors will start out today for the Green Springs moun tain road to take up the work of sir veylng the highway where the work was left off last year. They v.il start from the summit of the Croon Springs mountain and work down towards the Klamath county lino. This work will be in charge of Goo. E MacVlcar, who will take with him a crew of ten men. It will take about four months to completo this survey, and th(e crew will mako their headquarters at DeCarlows at Pine J hurst while In that vicinity. to Return Cable congestion resulting from war condi tions has largely passed. The enemy commercial blacklist has been alwl- ished and the tremendous volume of government cable messages from and to the war trade board have ceased. The bar to commercial code messag es has been removed, thus material ly lessening the cable loads. The use of the cables In connection with the jreace conference has been greatly diminished,, "The postmaster general hopes that the return of the cables may be effective not later than May 10."' League is Adopted at Paris; Ex-Kaiser Must Stand Trial STATE GUARD HAS BEEN' MUSTERED OUT Units of the Oregon State Guard, except the Third regiment, In East- era Oregon, were ordered Saturday by AuJutant General John L. May of h wnn KniiAnni n.mrrt in i, musteced out The state guard was a temporary organization, author ized In 1917, when the National Guard was mustered Into the federal service. Its western Oregon units have been turned Into the new 3rd Oregon Infantry recently organized, Decree Entered in Rope River Suits Judge F. M. Calkins entered his decree adjudicating the water rights along the Roguo River and its tribu taries from the source of the river to the ocean in circuit court last Sat urday. This decision affects every water right along these streams In Jackson, Josephine and Curry coun ties, approximating about 1500. Of these rights affected by the court's decision only 15 to 20 claimants are dissatisfied with the ruling and gave, notice of appeal to the state supreme court. The decrees of this court affirm all the decisions of the state water board, which has been busy for years in petting those water; rights ready for adjudication, except those which were appealed to, the circuit cour and overruled by It. , . . Council Has Signed Electric Contract Saturday afternoon at an adjourn ed meeting the city council signed up the electric contract with thle Cali fornia-Oregon Power company. The contract was made on a five-year basis, tho company giving up their perpettial franchise In the city with th,a exception of the linos that sup ply the Belleview district, Nevada street, Mountain avenuo and the Boulevard. The minimum rate to T.e paid has be.n reduced from $700 to $600. This contract Is considered a very satisfactory one, for the city, which will be granted the opportunity to purchase such equipment from the company as desired at tide present value, to be determined by mutual agreement, and the company will re move the balance of Its 'equipment The company will also waive the amount of tho present heat bills In dispute, which Is quite an Item in favor of the city. This council Is contemplating providing a rate allowing for electric ranges and water heaters In connec tion with the lighting. This will ne cessitate considerable work for this body for the next sixty days, as they will be compelled to take an In ventory of the C. Ol P. Company's equipment, but this arrangement will be of great value to those who de sire to use electricity for cooking nurnoses and to heat bath room tanks. Following is the rate of the new contract: First 100,000 K. W. H., lo. Next 100,000 K. W. II, 8-10 ot. .Nxt 200,p00 K. W. H., 6-10 ct. Excess, 75-100 ct. Minimum, 60,000 K. W. It NO ONE EXCLUDED FROM (Mil BANQUET The members of the Civic Improve ment Club were much pleasfed with the Interest shown In the banquet given by that order last Friday eve ning, and in the hearty riesponso of the Ashland women attending. An opinion apparently prevailed with some that special Invitations were Extended to the guest list, and only those receiving one wefe entitled to take part in the banquet. Tills Is a mistake, an any one desiring to at torn! could secure a ticket and was perfectly welcome. The. Civic Club Is contemplating a repetition of the event, and In that case It Is hoped that no misunderstanding In regard to the participants will be made. PARJS, April 28. The revised covenant of the League of .Nation- was adopted by tho plenary session nf tlm liAPA rnnfnrenPA t.hln After. ,, .,,,, .,, ,.(nh aiwia n tkiiviib UM ruuu t V4 nituuus amendment. The covenant had been: moved by President Wilson, Presentation of the amended Jgue of Natfona covenant by, President Wilson marked the open ing of tho session. The president i then explained the various altera tiona. PnVsldcnt Wilson, in his speech explaining the revised covenant of the League of NaUons, said that Sir j Erie Drumraond of Great Britain, had been named as the first secre- tary general of tho league. The president moved that the powd ers name representatives to form a committee of nine to preparto plana jto organize the loague and establish, the seat of the league. Regarding thb composition of the executive council, the president said that Rolgium, Braxll, Greece and Spain would be represented on the council, in addition to the five great powers until a permanent choice had len made. Baron Maklno announced that tho effort would be continued to have the racial equality principle adopted a a part of the covenant. Paul IHymans, chairman of the Belgian delegation, Expressed regret that Brussels had not been selected as the tent of the League of Nations. However, ha did not offer an amend ment changing tho sent of the league from Geneva to tho Belgian capital. WASHINGTON, April 28. Trial of the; former German empfsror "for a Bupjsme offence- against Interna tional morality and the sanctity of treaties" has been determined upoir ' by the alll'oil and associated powers Holland will be requested to surren dor1, thp royal refuge for arraign ment liefore a court composed of five Judges named by tho United States, Great Britniln, France, Italy and. Japan. Tho state department made pub lic today proposed articles for inser tion "lnthe treaty to be considered ' this afternoon by the' peace- confer-' lence In plenary session, providing; for the trial of William II of Hohen- zollern, und also requiring Germany to delivor' all prisoners within IN bordfrs charged with "having exer cised nets in violation of the law and customs of war," for arraign ment befoif military tribunals of lio allied ami awoclatod powers whose nationals suffered thru sucU offenses. New articles proposed for lnser- (Continued on page eight)' Baptists Convened Three Days in City The annual Roguo Rlvor Baptist Association convened in this city tho 25th, 2Gth and 27th ot this month. A goodly number of ministers, dele gates and visitors wre present from sister cities In conference to estab lish the best methods of maintain-. Ing the further progress of this great denomination. The Ashland' Baptist edifice was approprately decorated for tty3 occasion, and many were the compliments poured upon the city and Its surroundings by those visit ing. . In today's mall we are sending sample copies lof the Tldilngs to three prospective newcomers. When they come they will want furnished hour's. It will pay citizens having furnished houses to rent to adver tise them In the Tidings "For Rent" column. We have requests from people wishing to spend thte summer here for sample' copfes every day. -i- A number of tho Boy Scouts spent, their week end vacation exploring the fastnesses of Ashland canyon. Some started out Friday night and returned Saturday, while others wenk Saturday and remained until Sun day. The summit of Mount Ashland was reached by a nunilwr of the most veuturesomo. - When you think of Good Palnf, think of the Carson-Fowler Lumber Co. . ' 20-H