, erfn fit ,::!-.. r MALARIA GERMS CANNOT LIYB JHHJEE i MONTHS W THQjPO&E OZOtfE AT ASULAN"i. - .OURiPUR'E WATER: llELPS. VicvX ; ASHLAND y CLIMATE WITHOUT f THE AID OP 1 MEDICINE WILL CURB NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OF ASTHMA. "'S ';-; - '.. , v '1, a VOL. XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919 NUMBER 45 The Big Celebration was the most successful in the State outside ol Portland ' v - 1 1 Now for the Greatest Chautauqua Gathering ever held in Ashlandl Fourth of July Celebration Was A Marked Success For a genuine old-faahloned celo-1 bratlon of Independence Day give CROWDS ATTRACTKD RV FINK FIKCWOHKS Ashland the credit for producing the irruvla rlifhr nn tn thft ton nntrh. when i Thousands of autos with their at the citizens lay themselves out foi-tendant occupants packed tho park It. Compare this year's event with and the drives adjacent Friday night last, when each day hearts were ' to view the fine display of fireworks wrenched with fear of news from 'presented from Upper Granite street, the front stating that our hoys had This display wrs one of the finest Fire Gutted House On Scenic Drive The handsome bungalow on Scen ic Drive, owned by V. C. Wells of Flint. Mich., and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Veale, caught fire Saturday evening and was badly damaged. A defective flue Is sup- Red Rupert caught jHuge Crowds Attended a i n 1 ss.iif requisition was Issued Saturday on the governor of California for tiio. return of "Red" Rupert, escaped j.y KXTRAXTS TO Oregon convict, and bank roller. Ru- j A I' TO KHOW I.V PARK pert was captured at Drawley, Calif. J . , ' : Warden Steiger, of the state penl- gone up before the Hun butchers, and every person was doing his ut most to conserve in order that the ar could come to a speedy end, it ',1s no wonder that it required an ef fort to put on a celebration. vBut .this year! . The war Is ended and a 'victorious peace has been declared. Oh.Ha.I1i. nil id. lini'. a ia tlAfflA again, and conditions are assuming 'haa been hard at work for a lon& time, and were ready for a good old holiday, and they surely had It here In Ashland. .' ' Thursday was virtually spent In getting a good start for the Fourth. A right smart crowd gathered thru out the morning and were given the glad band of welcome by the com mittee In charge and the citizens who had arranged entertainment for the visitors. A representative bunch of racing fans were present at the roundup in the afternoon, while In the evening the crowds surged thru the park, listening to the fine music by the bands, tried their luck for prises at John Hunt's concessions and packed the dance pavilions, not only for the sake of the Joy of danc ing, but to listen to the tip-top jazzy music of the orchestras. - ever shown here, and the beautiful balmy night made conditions per fect for witnessing this cpectacular feature. The fireworks of Saturday night were also as brilliant as the preceding night, altho not so large a crowd witnessed the djsplay. Automobiles were put on display the park all day Thursday," but posea 10 uo me cause or me con-:ienuary, saiu mat an orncer win ne n flagratlon. The fire was first dls- sent to Brawley, Cal., to return 'llle gnow proper wag nt opened un covered by Mrs. J. J. Cambers, who Clyde J. (Red) Rupert, to Salem, asjm Friday morning. A fine array of IL'Uo Httfnr nn hn nnrith nonpliv ' ainn aa l.tont I f Iaq ( inn nf Hia manmit ' ... . . - rvu j . v, ... ""i"-'-' curs or me various maxes were rep- Seel ng a smoke from the roof she held there is complete A full to-! resented by their agents, and this Immediately sent In an alarm to thejscrlptlon and photographs were eent attraction was visited all day by fire department which speedily to Biawley. A message announcing' lare crowds of interested spectators, Drougnt the engine to the scene. The. the arrest or a man believed to be wuo received much valuablo Infor alarm had spread thruout the nclgh-j Rupert reached Warden Stolner Fil-,matlon In regard to tho merits of tho Man Killed When Auto Turned Over One man killed and four other people Injured was the result of an accident on the Paclfio highway about two miles this side of Talent when a car driven by C. R. Williams ot Klamath Falls turned over. Chas. Davis, who with his wife, mother-in-law and sister-in-law, were Inmates of the auto, was Instantly killed. All the other passengers were badly in jured, one possibly fatally hurt. Mr. Davis, a white man married to an Indian and residing on a ranch on the Klamath reservation, had hired Williams to bring the fam- lit. narlir in ... .1 I. I. - "J J'i.tJ w lug ivuwi Ul, uu VkUUV I waiting for the parade oa the morn- But if any one had an idea the I lug of the Fourth they decided to Fourth was going to be a fizzle that' drive to Medford and return' In liorhood, however, and a host, of j day, anklng for an Identification and willing hands assisted In removing the amount of the reward. - Only the the furniture from the house, so that the loss to Mr. and Mrs. Veals was practically nothing. About $1,000 damage was inflicted on the usual reward of $50 offered by the state Is on Rupert's head. Robert Lee Ringer, who Is s.tld to have recognized Rupert on the house, as the roof and upper story ; streets of Brawley, is a former Port were badly burned. Mr. and Mrs. '.land sports editor and writer. Ru- Veale are occupying the house on .pert was a famous Portland athletic the corner of Scenic Drive and and Ringer's familiarity with ath- Church street until the bungalow Is letlcs of. Rupert's day la believed to made habitable. i-make identification virtually certain World War Veterans Have , - Big Dinner After Parade theory was exploded from the time Old Sol sent his first smile over the eastern rim and the Independence sa lute was fired, for by that time ev eryone In the valley was up and do ing, getting ready to start for Ash land and the big celebration. By nine o'clock a continual stream of automobiles began to appear In the city limits from all directions, while the morning trains were packed with pleasure-seekers from the south and north. By the time the parade reached Alain street both sides were so close y packed with visitors that only I narrow lane was made to allow the pageant to pass thru. ..This crowd broke up after the parade had passed and all sought the various forms of While some of the events planned fort the entertainment t the guests failed to materialize, enough were presented to please everybody, and the day's sports passed without ac cident or casualties to mar the joys of the great holiday. The roundup took an Immense crowd out to the grounds east of the city, but the crowds In the park were so great all afternoon that to a casual glance It looked as If no one was missing from that famous resort All gathered there In the evening. however, for . the fireworks, and thousands of spectators, with their cars were packed In the park to view the splendid pyrotechnic display Dancing at all the pavilions kept up until a late hour, and the hosts de parted reluctantly, but with the con sciousness that Ashland as. a host ctnnot be excelled. It is estimated that upwards of 25, OQO people were In the city on the Fourth.. , Saturday was practically a repe tition of the preceding days. , Many -people from a distance had come to spend the entire three, days', cele bratlon and remained over, until the Almiintr AvantB sth Hia Ian Anv. fifl. lers came for just ono day of cele bratlon, so that while the crowd was not so large as those, of. Friday a whole lot of people spAt the day 'here, and remained over for the fire works and dancing In the evening. With the exception of the celebration of 1916 this la considered the banner celebration and roundup ; of the H Rogiio River valley. Dance Saturday night at Nata torlum. L&unspach's jass orches tra. 45-2t short time. According to reports by eye wit ii esses ot me casualty two cars came alg-eant on the way to Ashland just as the Wllllms car met them In order to avoid a head-on collls ion, Williams turned off the paved road, his car slipping to the lower level and causing it to turn turtel The occupants were all burled be neath the auto. Davis sustained fractured skull and broken shoulder, and death resulted Instantly. The other occupants wtere Mrs. Alpha Davis and her mother, Mrs. Kate Crowley, and sister via Crowley, 15 years old, and the driver, Mr. Williams. Miss Craw ley was picked up In an unconscious condition and Is thought to be fa tally Injured. The others are badly bruised and cut. All were hurried to Medford, but were later brought back to Ashland by their friends and are camping on Water street with the exception of the injured girl, who Is receiving treatment at a lo cal hospital. Sen. Thomas Gave Patriotic Address A good sized crowd gathered the Chautauqua building after the parade on the morning of the Fourth to listen to the address given by Senator C. M. Thomas. The latter was preceded by vocal numbers by Carl Loveland, the former well 'known citizen and band leader. Ash land citizens will go any where to hear this popular singer, and his presence Friday was greeted with hearty applause. He was accompan ied In one selection on the piano by Mrs.' Loveland and In a second by Mrs. Reynolds at the piano and Mrs Loveland with a flute. Senator Thomas , gave a , patriotic address that was listened to with In terest by the audience He also touched upon leading political and national questions and leading events of the day. WKATHKR FORECAST FOR OOMIXG WEKK About forty of the boys who went out with Ashland's old First Com pany at the outbreak of the war got together for. an Informal reunion and dinner Saturday night. At the close of the parade In which they partici pated on the Fourth the ooys de cided that the gathering In of the old bunch for the celebration pro vided too good an opportunity for a real feed to be passed up and de cided on a' "Dutch Treat" dinner. Passing the hat among themselves ppeedlly provided the whierewlthal and negotiations were entered into with A. L. Lamb with the result that a dinner which was regarded as "some swell chow" was Set for them Saturday evening in the build ing at the corner of Pioneer and Main. C. W. Winne, who has been In formally adopted by the Company as one of themselves, furnished a loud- tooting horn to each plate and more than enough good cigars. He then disappeared much to the disappoint-j ment of the boys. After making a most thoro clean up of the eatal'les, the serious bust ness of eating being Interspersed with much racket and merry niak Ipg, tlfe returned soldiers started out to help along the celebration. The good-natured traffic, policeman at the corners didn't mind being car ried' off the streets by the boys, the dancers at some of the Jazz affalrb gave them a chance to whoop it up a bit and the people in the park more than enjoyed their serpentine and songs. Altogether It was some little evening. One or two strangers al most got In the way of the hand- wagon but applauded with the rest when theofound out who it was. The First Company expects to maintain their organization for pur rtoseJ of future activities and re unions in years to come. Major Mai one has bean selected by common consent at "big. boss" of the gantc and all First Company men are urged to keep In touch with the or ganlzatlon by occasionally droppln; a card telling of. their whereabouts to Lynn Mowat at the Ashland Com merclal Club. . . .. Afternoon Sports In Lithia Parle Delight Everyone One of the most successful fea- over. Four thousand programs of Forecast for the period July 7 to July 12, 1919, Inclusive!. Pacific coast, states: Generally fair and nor mal temperature. turee of the 'celebration on July 4th was the afternoon of sports, games and contests held near the tennis courts in Lithia park. A better ar ranged and) morje satisfactorily handfed feature of Its kind has nev er been staged at any celebration here. Every one of the two or three hundred children and; oldler con testants were satisfied. ' There were prizes galore, many of tho events having a prize for every contestant whether he won or. not. If there was any dispute as to the winner' the management made all happy by giv ing first prizes to both the1 disputants. It would be manifestly Impossible to give a list of the winners as there were so many no attempt could be made to keep track of them. The events .staged covered a; wide range and were enjoyed Just as tniuch by the spectators as by the participants. The crowd never tired of laughing at the pUlow fights, centipede race 011(1 other novelty affairs. Owing to the warmth of the- afternoon thle' events were not started until the sun's rays were slightly aslant but a ' large orowd gathered in a few minutes and kept growing until the event were several makes of cars. Band concerts thruout the day was an attractive feature of tho auto show and kept the crowds entertained. Girl Burned To Death In Home The fourth annual Rogue Rivei Roundup closed Saturday aftjornoo'i with a record of attendance that wax. only equaled the first year when thv opening ot this great event started tlie movement that has grown eaclr year to one of the leading sports or Southern , Oregon. , For the - thre days, Thursday, Friday and Satur day, thousands of people came t Ashland solely to witness the ridlns and racing contjiits that are such- n. leading featuito of the west, and tli1-. ! year, at leant, no one needed to go away disappointed with result. There was excitement, plenty 'of (I. with just enough danger to give th events plenty of thrills, and with, nil the former roughness and cruel ty to animals eliminated, so that spectators were thrilled and alt agog with excitement, but no oat had) their sensibilities shocked by unpleasant or brutal spectacles. W. T. Sims and his bunch of fuse rldk-rs appeared from Klamath coun ty early In the week and spent the out this A distressing accident occurred Thursday nlcht which resulted In the death of Belle Viola Rouse, the ! Intervening time trying 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and 'Kaunas ana getting reaay ror me- Mrs. C. R. Rouse of Fifth street. Th-j young g'.rl met her death by being burned by the accidental overturn ing of a lamp while she was alone In the house. There were ho eye witnesses to tht accident, but recording to the re-, ports the little girl had gone outi uttli n rnmnnnlon tn tlia nark. A ftp" she had left the rest ot the family oxcl ment, bands playing cheerlnjc also went out to take part In the cr0,U nd ".atchless horseman tjelebmtloa festivities, anu.fc w.a "hll of which true lovers or sport a .h. m.iJnever tire. The attendance on the- girt returned home. Shortly' after lrd was good cons derlng crowd nan noi goi laariy uuu events of tlv three days. Pictur esque cowboys and cowgirls wero I nrnnilnnnt font nriM na fhA treat, inif livod up to tholr roputatlon of dar ll'C,, fearless riders when the time came for them to make their public' appearance. The rodeo Itself on all three flays.- presented a constant round of thrills-. the-tho 11 nVlnrk tliA MnnlnvoH nf thn rnnnit-i1 house saw a fire In the Rouse resl-i8W,ll8 f "me. but V the fourth; donee and hastened to extinguish tveryldy and their neighbors were . The child was found unconscious In 1 0,1 11,8 B eaEr ,0 wltnc8f, th 2 the burning building and was rush- 8no,'t thot never Br0 oW ed to a hospital, but she only lived 0n the fourtl1' nM IollarhltI. ft a few hours after arriving there. lt;IlKue Rlver was t,,tt ' Is supposed that a lamp had been hero of the Thls ,,,tro,ld H,l1' overturned or exploded, setting fire wo ,ln,t money In the bucking con- lent ana iiuuieiiiiueiy thrilled the audience by riding Xoro. the famous bucking bull. Dollarhlde. with Chandler and Jackson, got lnt' the finals of tho bucking contest'- tv8 made In tery. Mountain View ceme- to the house and burning the child so severely that death resulted. Funeral services was held Tues day afternoon at tho home ot Nr. Alilstrom on Fifth street, t lie irrniiil- father of the deceased, and burial . Chandler won the bulldogglng, but liad a streaK ot uaa iuck wnen t mount plunged Into the fence. The Murphy string of Teluy hbrse-'r cleaned up everything In the relay and pony lexprcss evonts. Ray Mur phy rode in the men's events amt Miss Engle In the women's relay.' No accidents marred the pleasure of the thrt1 days' events and tlm concensus of opinion was that the? preset evjenta wer)9 the cleanest, freest from disturbing features' ever presented here. ' ', CA I.MTHt'MIM''.'tf MKT WITH KXTIIl'SIASM events had been distributed earlier in the day. Credit for the success Of this fea ture should be laid mainly at tin door of John Beeson of Talent who made all arrangements and directed the events. He was assisted In gath ering material and prizes and stag ing th'e affair by Misses Mildred and Thelma Beeson. Mr. 0. . W. Ager, whjoseJ experience at school meets made him an Invaluable aide, acted as starter and Instructed the partici pants. Messrs. Kin cal d and Fhlpps acted as Judges. Mr. and Miss Bee son were aided In selecting tho events for the program and in other ways by Misses Goldstaub and Saun ders and Lynn Mowat. Elton Beeson and Harry Olelm of Talent thole charge of the tennis tournament, and conducted It. In most satisfactory manner. It is such features as noon ot sports, tennis, etc., thaf, fill up the gaps In a jcefobratlon pro gram and provide entertainment for those who don't care tor the more rugged features. ..Ashland owes, a debt to those ,Talont folks for. the whole-hearted manner In which, jthey did their share, . k ,. , M l t : the after- J. P. Carson, brother of our 0. T Carson, who has been in Eastern Oregon for several years where he took and proved up oh & claim, has returned to Ashland 'ahd: Is now on the old Britson ranch between, Ash land and Talent where he will farm the coming season. Mr. George King, also an Eastern Oregon claim hold er, cami3 ovr- with him. , One of tho closing features of the celebration was the Callithum plan parade Saturday night that traversod East Main, street to the Plaza, then to Lithia park, where tho Immense throng gathered there lis tened to the speech by the gray- boarded patriarch wujo was the spoakor of the evening. J-Ieadbd by the Ashland band the Victory float drawn by a team of mules was the Imposing throne of the Calllthumplan queen. Emll TVI1 In a gorgeous eve ning gown represented this charac ter. The speaker of tho evening, B. R. Oreor, followtod, after which the Auxiliary Club in a Temperance Vic tory parade made a delightful char acteristic showing. The old town pump, which is expecting to bo greatly overwdrMsd in the future. was In evldonce, as well as the water wagon, iiatchor's Last Haul ' was shown, a wagon of beer bottles filled presumably with that dollghtful bev erage was on display for the last time. A parade of fantastically dressed mummers completed the pegeant, which halted 'at thle band stand In the Lithia park where thn speaker gave the past history and future alms of the Calllthumplans. Several lliuLno!i plad?s wfe also represented In the parade. CONDUCT ORDERLV ' "y " : THRU CI'XKBRATIOX "This was the most orderly crowd 'I ever handled," is the report made ,hy Chief of Police Hatcher, roferrlng to the three days' delobrutlon last we'ekj "I did not see any one und' r the Influence of liquor and there was no disorderly conduct ' among uny. Billy Sunday Day WiJl Be Big Event Billy Sunday day will be a bin. dajy for Ashland because people are coming from everywhere to the big' . plcnlo In tho forenoon, to the blx'v filngs In the park to hear Dr. Joseph Clarke who was a Pastor at Petro-' t'.nid and tells us about the "Riddlo of the Russian Revolution," and fi ually to hoar Hilly Sunday in the-, evening. Mr. Walter Jonklns, War' Camp Community Song Leader of" Portland, Is to put mort life Into, the Blnglng ' feature than we havo ever known, and this is to be a genu- Ino Shilling, Singing time. Begin to smile and sing now.- ' ' Klamath Falls. Fifty million doN larslars appropriated for irrigation. Includes two million to finish pro-. Jocts In Klamath couiity. ' , old or young." Traffic condition were excellent all three days, and considering, the thousands of caxs- that packed the streets all over. the city, this showed excellent regard to traffic rules. Taken all around- Chtof Hatcher stated, this celebra tion was the quietest, morally, of" any ever held here.