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.. MALARIA GERMS CANNOT LIVE ;THREB":1I0NTI? IN THE PURE OZONE-AT ASIJLND..tUR PUE WATElMlELP8..i . '-.;.y pirn AV 4l31Afyl V JlUmJ A AU - T AAV V 4 TUB.- AID OB MEDICINE .WILL CURE NINE CASE? OUT Off TEN OP ASTHMA. ': ;VOL.XLIII A8HLAIND. OREGON, TUESDAY,- JULY 1, 1919 NUMBER 45 fidi lire fey Piwm Entire Country Went Dry Last Night At Twelve O'clock On the stroke of midnight tin prohibition law went Into effect, and the United States went dry and will remain bo unless President Wilson lifts the ban when his power to do so has been made clear by the com pletion of demobilization. y WASHINGTON, June 30. War time prohibition, effective at mid night, will be strictly enforced by tho department of Justice, Insofar as ex isting machinery can function to that end. It was said at the department to day that open violation of the law, threatened In Now York and other cities would be promptly dealt with by federal agents. Whether the de: pairtment's present force- will be table to break up secret . traffic re mains to be seen. Beer containing 2 per cent ofl alcohol Is regarded by Justice offic ials as intoxicating and persons who undertake Its sale will be arrested. It was said. Information has reached the de partment that many persons living In dry territory have stored quantities of liquor in "wet" cities with a view to transporting It after today, but ' enforcement of the Reed amendment will in no wise be relaxed. vo. CAITAIN CALLS . - FOR ENLISTMENTS Major C. A. Malone, former cap tain of the old first company, Is in Ashland, and is extremely anxious to have every member of that or-, ganization meet at the armory this (Tuesday) evening for the purpose of orcaniztne a local Post of the! American Legion.' Every other' vet eran Included In the army; navy end marines from Ashland are also -urg ed to join. S. P. Employe Fatally Injured J. J. Holiart, an employe at the Southern Pacific roundhouse, met a shocking death yesterday afternoon at about 4r30 o'clock, when he was crushed by an engine, and Injured so badly that death resulted a few minutes after the accident occurred Mr. Hobart was employed In fir ing the engines In the roundhouse previous to their going out. At this time he had stepped out from a moving engfne, but before he had time to get oft the step the engine reached the door, which is only wide enough to allow it to pass thru. He wag caught between the door casing and the tender of the engine, and was terribly crushed. The injured man was removed from his precarious ' position and hurried to the Sanitarium, but death resulted Just as he arrived there. Mr. Hobart had been a resident of Ashland for about a year when his wife, Rev. Elva Hobart, was .called to the pastorate of the Free Metho dlBt church. For a short time he -served as extra man on the police I force, and had .been employed In tho (round house for the past three months. . The body will be Bhlpped to Moscow, Idaho, tomorrow for bur ial. Surviving Mr. Hobart are his wife, Rev. Elva, Hobart, and one daughter. FIRE STARTED IN PILE OP OILY WASTE Spontaneous combustion In a pile of oily waste Was noticed In time to prevent a fire .Wednesday morning at S, S. Stiles' automobile agency. The waste was on a low shelf in tho auto accessories room, and Percy Griisez, who was . running the en gine of a car In the adjoining room land Stirring up quite , a,. smoke, did not notice the .additional . smoke which came from the burning waste. Stanley Butler across , the street first saw it, and, on. Investigation the cause was found. The waste was carried to the street where It burst Into flames. 'Luckily the shelving was not even scorched. - 'Had the lire started at night another talo Blight have been told. Yreka News NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS The next edition of the Tld- ings will be printed and Issued $ 4 Thursday of this week Instead 4 4 of Friday, July 4. All advertls- 1' ers and persona wanting any $ i space In the paper should get t i their copy In by Wednesday $ i night at the latest. ' All Can Dance At Celebration Alnutt'i dance pavilllon will be ready to accommodate Terpslchorean devotees by the third of July, and will lie a popular place during the three days of the celebration. A splendid jazz band from Portland will furnish music, and the location near the park will make this place one of the liveliest points during the celebration ' The ever popular dance floor In connection with the swimming tanks In the Ashland Natatorlum will draw crowds to that section every night during the three days' celebration. iLaunspach'a six-piece orchestra will be .the(mu8lc feautre there, i "'.Victory dance, under the aus pices of Company B, O. N. G., will be held ech. night of the celebration at the armory. Music will be fur nlshed by Pederson'g 6 -piece Marim bap hone band, and dancing la an nounced to keep, up from 7 p. m, until breakfast ' CONCESSIONS WILL BE READY POR BIG EVENT Carpenters have begun work on the concessions to be established Id convenient sections of the city In order to feedl and (entertain the crowds to be. here the three days Of the celebration. About ten or twelve eats concessions have been Sold to citizens who will provide an abun dant supply of good things for all who are here. The warm weather Starting out the first of the week Is putting much more pep and enthu slasm Into the hearts of the cele bratlon management, as Indications now point to genuine Fourth of July celebration weather to rule on the days of the great event. Will Not Attempt To Enforce Dry Law The department of justice will make no attempt to enforce the war time prohibition act. once the peace treaty has been signed and Presl dent Wilson has proclaimed demo bilization complete, according to in formation Theodore Bell, attorney ifor !the, California grape growers, announced he had received from Washington. Bell said he had pos itive Information that President Wil son would declare mobilization at an end after the treaty was signed. The announcement caused a sensa tlon In San Francisco. It is believ ed by local liquor dealers that they may be closed for a few days but will ' soon be open again and con itlnue In business until the first of the year. Billy Sunday Coming To Ashland July 18 Billy Sunday comes to the Rogue River Valley for the first time. Altho Mr. Sunday has made his home In Oregon for the summer sea son for a number of years and Is one of enthusiastic farmers and fruit growers of the HoOd River re gion It remains for Ashland to pre sent him to Southern Oregon for the first time at the annual Chautauqua for 1919." Everybody wants to see and hear him. JULY 3 8:30 9:15 a. m. Serenade of bands various parts of city. a. m. Opening of Open air and address by Hon. c. E. 10:00 a. m. Parade of band and where Yreka Native Sons cross Wallopers. 2 p. m.- Parade to Roundup. (Program of events Issued dally). 3:00 p. ra. Concert by Medford Band In Park. ZOO iv m. Special entertainment water polo and other contests ming all day and night at both famous mineral waters will 8:30 to 9.30. Music in the Park. Dancing at large pavllllons all day and night till "bed time." Jazz orchestras and all latest specialties. JULY 4 Sunrise! Morning salute, heavy detonation flash and signal bombs, 7-mlle sound. , 9:00 a. m. Morning serenade of business districts by three bands. 9:30 a. m. Forming of Parade on Helman and Mechanic streets. From Presbyterian church corner down Helman and North on Mechanic to Main, Headed north on Mechanic. 10:00 a. m- Parade starts south from Mechanic and Main and con tinues to Plaza, thence east to East side school, then counter-march to Library Plaza, then break route to award prizes. Don show your preference by cheers and applause. Come on, every body. Don t act line dead ones. Jazz up, EVERY BODY, HIP, HIP, HURRAH. Make the parade builders feel good. 11:00 a. m. Band marches to Chautauqua where program of music and speaking will occur. Hon. oi tne aay. can ixveiana Loveland. Parade Prizes Offered: Special by Ford Agency of Ashland: Best decorated Ford car New tire, t 2nd best Spot light. Special by Overland Mlllner Agency: , Best decorated Overland car Motormeter. 2nd best Pair Auto driving gloves. Committee Cash Prizes: . Society, State or Club 1st, $25; 2nd, $10. Special or Individual feature 1st, $25; 2nd, industrial or merchant 1st, Best Pony Cart $5. Best Lady Saddle Horse $5. Baet Pony Saddle Horse $5. Best Decorated Store or Business front $15. p. m. Parade to Roundup. 2100 8.00 p. nu i-onceri in ram. Games and contests for small children wua prizes ior All. 4:30 p. m. Athletic contests and games for -everyone, In Llthla Park Hear Tennis courts; continuing thru lute afternoon and early evening:,. Obstaple races; centipede race; 50 and 75 yard dashes ror girls and boys under ( relay races; cracker contests; wems ror gins, Doys, men grams oui on morning or prises. 5:30 p. m. Tennis Tournament for snip. croquet tournament. 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. Music In Park. 9:30 p. ra. Fire works from Granite will be largest and, best display ever. May he seen from any part of Park. Opening of Fire works announced by ,3 heavy detonation bombs, signal and flash 7-mlle Dancing at Pavllllons day and night. Water sports and swimming at Helman's Sulphur Baths and Natatorlum all day ond night. Continuous attractions at Vlnlns Theatre day and night. JULY 5 9:00 a. m. Band serenade business sections. 10:00 a. m. Parade to Ball Park where Klamath Falls Bunch Grass Giants will play the Ashland Llthla Water Wallopers.' 11:00 to 12)00. Concert In Park 2.00 p. m. Parade to Roundap. 3:00 p. m. Concert in Park. 7:00 p. m. Calllthumplan Parade from Elks Temple to Llthla Park where the Calllthumpian speech will be delivered at 7:45. Don't miss this, the funniest thing of the week. Good view of the parade anywhere from Plaza to Llthla Band Stand. 8:00 p. m. Band concert. 9:30 p. m. Grand display of Fire works by Hltt Fire Works Co. of Seattle and direct management or S. nvrotflcnle exnert. Swimming and water sports at Natatorlum and Helman Baths, dy and night. Continuous performance Vlnlng Theatre, 10:00 a. m. until midnight. Information Bureau: rtalnhr&tinn Hoartn nar t ers In Hotel Jitneys will be continuously In operation so that the Hotels or mearora will afford splendid accommodations for those who win line few minutes' ride. Ashland Man Heads State Lime Board At a meeting of the state lime boafrdj held at Ckrval(llfl Thursday Benton Bowers of this city was elect ed chairman, and Dr. A. B. Cordley of the agricultural college secretary. Dean Cordley reported that 2482 tons of agricultural lime had been shipped since the plant was opened n September. Farmers have report ed beneficial results thru use of tho lime. WEATHER FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK Forecast for the period June 30 to July 5, 1919, Inclusive. Pacific coast states. Fair, except occasional rains along north coast early In the week. Nearly normal temperatures. Auto Show In park, with band music Gates, Mayor or r.iearora. ball players to High School ball park bats with the Ashland Llthla Water at Natatorlum. swimming races. for prizes. . Water sports and swim the Nat and Htelman Baths. These provide great pleasure for all. ranks. Judges stationed along the t ran to show your appreciation and C. M. Thomas of Medford. Speaker win sing solos, accompanied by Mrs. $10, $20; 2nd,. $5. 18; ple-eatlnr contest: nillow fleht: fat women's race; and many other and women of all ages. Detailed pro itn. scores of cash and merchandise Llthla Parte Tennis cud chamnlon i, street Just above Uthla Lake. This sound. U Young, ror i years Bpeciuny I AuBtin Bide. Rooms obtained there Commercial Club Has Crater Lake Booklets The Denartraent of the Interior has Issued a booklet containing gen erajl Bnjformatlon xiegirdlng- Crater Lake National Park and the ap Broached to this famous itesort, which, are accessible to tourists. This Is one of the finest descriptive pamphlets regarding soenlo points In the coast country ever Issued to the public, and copies may lie securert at the Ashland! Commercial clitb rooms. ' Henry M. Mairsh has become the new manager for tne mieruruan Trunk nomnanv -running out from Medford. Mr. Marsh has recently returned from Ellington Field, Tex as, where he served me government In. the air service. . . Ashland Wins Game; Opens Celebration TICKETS ON SALE FOR CHAUTAUQUA Season tickets for Chautauqua are on sale at the Camps building near entrance to the Chautauqua grounds. Price of season tickets will be $3.00 for adults; $1.50 for children. This Includes war tax. Single admissions will be 55c for all evenings; morn ings and afternoons, 35o, except the Bryan afternoon lecture which will be 55c. Editors Will Dine In Lithia Paik That Ashland will have an oppor- Ltunlty to entertain the National Edi torial Association's party at dinner In Lltlila park is assured. The fol lowing letter was received by the Commercial Club: , Oregod City, Oregon. June 25, 1919. Mri Lynn Mowat, Secy., Comnierclul Club, Ashland, Ore. My Dear Sir: 1 have your wire of June 23, as follows: "Referring your wire this date to Greer Ashland delighted to serve dinner Llthla Park for editors as scheduled, letter, follows." I congratulate you at the happy termination of this matter. Under the revised Itinerary, we will leave Crater Lake about 10 a. ra. August 12, and will ask the hotel people to furnish a box lunch to "be eaten on the road, arriving In Ashland when ever the automobiles get us there, and having dinner In. your beautiful park as your guests, eliminating the" charge dinner at Medford. ' I am sending copy of this letter to Mr. Will G.. Steel, secretary Medford Commercial Club: Mr. W. J Hof- mann, chairman of the Oregon com mittee; Mr. John W. Scott, general passenger agent S. P. Co., to pre vent any misunderstanding. I am asking Mr. Hofmann to arrange with Mb. Parkhurst the matter of tho box lunch In lieu of the lunch at the lodge. ' The National Editorial Association party will leave Portland special train Sunday, August 10, arriving at Mledford Monday, August 11, 6:30 m., and will have breakfast at once courtesy or jueuroru, leaving Medford for Lake at 7:30 or as fast as any members of tho party finish breakfast. Box luncheon en rout to Lake, dinner. sleep and breakfast at the Lake. Kindest regards of Brother Grenr, who usually gets what he wants from me, when It is posslblo. Cordially yours, E. Ei. BRODIE. A irenaral Idea of the scope of the tour of the editors and of the potential value of the publicity which they will give the places that they visit may be had from the following Item from the Portland Oregonlats: Will Wllkle, chairman of the transportation committee of the Na tional Editorial association, has completed the details for the 8000 mile trip of more than 300 persons who will come to Portland the sec ond week of August. Editor Wllkle, when not engaged In the association of American editors, presides over the public welfare as chief of the Gazette, published at Gray Eagle, Minn. Hie arrived in Portland on Tuesday morning and spent the day with -HL E. Brodle fif the Oregon 'CJlty! Eliterpirlse ' ' "The Pacific Northwest will de rive: more than 15,000,000 lines of front-page publicity front the visit of the editors," said Mr, Wilke. "Meeting at Chicago,' July 28." Mr. Wllke continued, "the party will proceed to Winnipeg and will travel to Edmonton, thence to Vancouver and arrive at Portland August 8. Two days will be spent here, leaving August 10 for' Medford and spend ing the night of August 11 at Crater Lake. Leaving Victoria, B. C, Ah- Series Thursday "Did they kiss the pill?" "Oh Boy, we'll say they did." There are several boards knocked tiff the Yreka ball park fence and, about three balls that they never did find. The fenco busting aggre gation that the ball-firm of AlnutC and Endcrs have gathered together simply murdered tho old apple. Re sult: Ashland 11, Yreka 7. Twenty hits, most of them Ion? drives for extra bases and three of them home-runs tells the story of, the undoing! of Pitcher Bobby Ed monds, formerly of Santa Clara college- and lately of Yreka. The Right Honorable Kennetlr Lilly, student-body president of Stan (fordi Unlvjerslty, won hjgh honors with two home runs, a double and a single. Tho Left Honorable Dwlght Wilson, student-body president , of the University of Oregon, was close behind with a triple, a double and a single. Maybe a college educa tion, has Its advantages after ad Mr. Eugene "Brick" Moody collect ed two doubles, Mr. pravy Plymato got a triple and a single, Messrs. Veal, Sluitt and Trigilgas each got. 4wrk ttjwiUliv wallntta nfwT XTi Pnlp- man earned two pteoes of pie fdjr- supper by pitching seven Innings of winning ball and walloping out home-run and two singles. What do you think of thatt And the Yreka bunch Is a rea" gang of 1all-players with three col lege m-?n and several other old- time knights of the diamond. They;. Ue,)d Dunsmulr to a 4 to 3 score on the previous Sunday. Coleman got off to a' bad start Irr the first two Innings. He couldnT locate the pan to his satisfaction and the Yrekaltes collected six runs. -ThenColey. settled down and he who saw, first base was lucky. , Chief Wllsoit tossed1 them over the lost two Innings and struck out threw men, two of them after he had hit (Continued on page eight) Huns Finally Sign" Treaty Of Peace. VERSA1LLES, France The peeee treaty was signed Saturday afternoon In the historic Hull of Mirrors by- t)o German peace delegation, an if their conquerors, formally ending the world's greatest wop a four year strugglo between the Teutonic autocracies and 27 other nations. President Wilson and the Amort-' aan delegation completed! signing the peace tuvnty at 3.14 o'clock Par- 1b time. Premier Clemenceau put the di rect question to the Germans wheth er they were willing to sign and ex ecute loyally all the terms. Other (Delegates did! not orise when th," Germans came into the hall. ' The treaty was signed by Dr. Her man Mueller at 3:12 and Dr. Johan- . nes Boll at 3.13 for the Germans, The American delegation signed lit this order: Secretary Lansing, Hen ' ry White, Colonel House and Gen eral Bliss. . The other delogatlons headed by : the British signed after the Amer ican plenipotentiaries In the order set forth In the tircaty. All of the plenipotentiaries hav- Ing signed the treaty M. Clemen- ; ceau declared the session closed. i The German delegates left the hall first, the allied representatives re maining In their seats. Those who had assembled In the hall then went to the terrace , to see the fountain r playing. , s ' HOLIDAY SOIIKDUJiE AT THE ItWTOFFICK Friday, July 4th, will be a com plete holiday at the Ashland post office. - The service will be the same as Sunday except that mall will be distributed to lock boxes. Sunday schedule collection from street let-.' ter boxes. , gust 19, for the return, the trip thru the Rockies will be made entirely In-daylight." '