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

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Newspaper Page TextHistoric., .. , . . . , . , i . MALAIUA 0ERM9 CANtfOT LIVE ricrtEfcrarQNTlis in 'the' pi're OZCWa-T:ABULAN. OUR'pCIIB WATER;' HELPS, '"j : ''Cj '- 7 ASHLANB- ,. CLJMATB .WITHOUT CURE Kliifc CASKS ;OUT 05 TS OF ASTHMA. :: X : : - S VOL. XLIII ; ASHLAND. OREGON,' FRIDAY,' JULY li; 1919 NUMBER 46 ; Big Community Sing Lite Park Monday livery person In the Rogue River valley who can sing Is especially In vited to Ashland next Monday night to participate in the great communi ty sing which will open the twenty eighth annual session of the South ern Oregon Chautauqua festivities. And every person who does not think he can sing Is urged to come also, because when he guts here he will find out he can sing, and will go away with perhaps the dream of bis life realized. Walter JenklnB Is coming to lead this great songtest. Don't you know Walter Jenkins? If you don't, thei for goodness sake, don't fall to come Monday night, and you'll sing when you get here, if you never did be fore. This Is a foreordained fact. Beginning at 8.30 o'clock at Ltth ia park the greatest community sing ever held In the Rogue River valley Is expected to lis staged. Leading this will be Walter Jenkins, the not ed song Hsader of Portland who is to have charge of the singing during Chautauqua. The Ashland band, the ni'imbers of, the National Guard of Ashland and' Medford will be pres ent, and naturally every citizen of Ashland will be on the spot prompt ly at the time set But more than this Is expected. Every person In the Rogue River val ley who feels the natural thanksgiv ing In their hearts for the glorious tending of the black years of war are urged to "come to Ashland Monday night and enter into the lovefeast of song which will be given tit that time. This la the logical expression of Joy, aud assuredly Walter Jijnklnj will be able to bring It forth at this tin. Wednesday evening every car in Ashland and the nearby community Will be commaade&red to. go, to Medi JoxltrJ.AjyBamo).unUjlng will be held. . Ashland aiu Medford bare joined hands in .making these social events the biggest, happiest, noisiest songfests ever held In the Valley, and everyone In the interven ing spaces will miss the times of their lives If they fail to be present In Ashland Monday night and in Med ford Wednesday night. The hour will be Monday evening. 8:30 sharp, and the pjace Lltlila park. Don't miss the great event of the week. Returning Airplane Passed Over City Lieut. Peters, the aviator who left Portland after the Rose Festival In June and toured Eastern Oregon, passed over Ashland Tuesday after noon In his Curtis' bl-plane. Word 'had been received-In Medford that the plane would land in that city at noon' to take on gas and oil, so Ash - land residents were on the lookout . The visitors arrived In Medford at about 2:35, however, and made the landing at Gore field, after which It started on its homeward flight to Mather Field, Sacramento, passing over here about 3 o'clock. The plane was flying quite low over Ashland and could be plainly seen and heard 'It apparently took on speed after the city limits were passed and , very soon vanished Into the' ether towards the south.'- Dance Saturday night at Nata- torlum, Launspach's Jass orches tra. 45-2t NOTICE TO WATER USERS: All water shall be turned off on the sounding of the. fire alarm. Don't let', faucets or other fixtures . leak. Don't run water oft to" streets or other property. Don't run waiter be tween the hours of 10 p. m. and 5 a.j m. For Irrigation ,pf , 10,000 sq ft. or 20,000 -sq. ftv use1 sprinklers or nozzle only. Your water receipts will show whether you are paying for sprinkling or acreage.- Useless waste of water Is not necessary. Fines "for any of the above violations will be from 1.00 to 120.00. E. - R'." HOSLER, ; ' Supt. Water Works. 1.1 .-. . CLERGYMEN VISIT A1TLEGATE VALLEY Rlevs. C. P. Koehlcr and J. W. Hoyt of this city joined a party of cltergymen on a tour of the Apple gate valley Thursday to 1 investigate conditions there with a view to placing a Presbyterian church in that section for a five year period. Be side the above named ministers the party" was composed of Rev. W. C. Finley of New York City; Rev. L. Myron Boozer of Medford; Rev. J. H. Gammons of Jacksonville; Rev. J. K. BalJlie. of Phoenix and T. P. Cramer of Grants Pass. These cler gymen with the exception of Mr. Finley compose the home mission ary committee of the (Southern Ore gon Presbytery. Mr. Fdnlcy Is the representative of thejboard In New York. Fisher Laundry Changes Hands i Last week a business deal was made whereby the Fisher Laundry operated' by E. L. Fisher passed Into the hands of F. E. French, formerly of Kalispell, Montana. The latter will take possession on August 18. Mr. French recently disposed of his laundry plant in Kalispell and start ed with' his wife on an' automobile four ending la Sad Diego, Calif. Their route took them thru Washington and Oregon, and on reaching. Ash land they stopped over night here, camping . in the auto park. , They were sf enchanteq with, jthls city thxtt they Immediately Investigated the possibilities of locating in this vicinity, and before leaving came to an agreement , with Mr. Fisher to take over the plant. Mr. French is an expert laundry man of' many years' experience, and will give the business his close per sonal attention. Mn Fisher has! (liven excellent service during his reign at the local plant and has niada (many (trends while In business here He has made no definite plans for the future, after retiring from the laundry here. FOUNTAINS DID GOOD ni'SINESH THE FOntTH According to reports over $160 were taken In at the slot machines stationed at the .several drinking fountains In the park during the Fourth of July celebration last week. This sum was made up with nickels and assumed the appearance of good sized bunch of coin when as sembled together for deposit at local bank. TKST VOTE SHOWS "DRA'S" HAVE LARGE MAJORITY Prohibitionists in the house Tues day won the first test vote on prohi bition enforcement legislation. By a vote of 229 to 6G immediate con sideration of the enforcement bill was ordered, as demanded by drys. The action , was taken by adopting the resolution of the sub-committee. Runaway Children Found In Portland Juanlta and Buster Tull, 13 and H2 years of age respectively, , have beeu missing from their home in Medford since Sunday evening, and their mother, Mrs. Ella Tull,. feared for a time that they had been kid naped. -An unknown woman, It was rumored, had been attracted to the Children at the roundup here ., last week, and it is claimed she offered Juanlta a position as a movie actress. It was at first thought she had' tak en them to Venice,, Calif., but a long diRtance telephone message from Portland notified Sheriff Tarrlll that the children had been picked, up . In Portland. On concluding his Inves tigations Sheriff Terrlll Is convinced the children ran away from home to that city. Old First Company: Aiter War Records Members of the Old First company O. A. C, who were organized In Ash land before the entrance of the Unit ed States Into the world war, are accumulating the war records of the members to preserve for future ref erence. Pictures of every member who went out from this famous com pany and, served In any department during the war will also be obtained to be entered into this history. This history will be of inestimable value to future generations when the great, great grandchildren of the World War veterans search thru musty ar chives to trace their eligibility to join the Sons and Daughters of ths American Legion. Another important project under consideration by the members of the old First company will be placing of some suitable memento in honor of the boys from Ashland who did not rieturn from the war. - Fatal Automobile Ac cident On High Drive One man was killed and another badly Injured Wednesday evening when an automobile overturned on the Glenvlew Drive. Joseph P. Hen dricks, an employe in the Southern Pacific roundhouse, was almost In stantly killed, while C. R. D. Jones, an S. P. engineer and owner of the car, suffered a broken rib and serious bruises. - The automobile Is practi cally a total wreck. The accident occurred about 7:30 o'clock when Mr-. Jones, shortly be fore going out on the road,, took MY. Hendricks ont for a little ride with him In his car. According to Mr. Jones' statement on reaching the high drive Mr. Hendricks reached over and took the wheel from the former's grasp with the statement that he would show Mr. Jones how to drive. In the transaction before the latter could recover possession ' of the wheel the car headed directly over the bank where it turned over four times before striking a tree 100 feet down which finally stopped Its wild plunge. Mr. Hendricks was thrown from the car about half way down to where it lodged, whfle Mr. Jones miracu lously clung to the car and lighted with wreck when the car was halted. Despite his injuries he managed to reach his companion, whom he found with his skull crushed and In a dy ing condition, and death resulted In a very short time. 1 Ki-KAISEU TO BE It ROT TO LONDON FOR TRIAL . The agreement of the allied coun cil for the former) kaiser to be tried Program Made Conference; Opens Monday Miss Helen Carlton was In Ashland Friday, Miss Eva Poley. Satuday, this week making final arrange ments for the Girls' Conference which will open in the Ashland park next Monday for its Initial me.'t. This event promises to be an attract ive outing for tho young girls of the Rogue River valley and Southern Oregon, who will have an opportun ity of receiving Bible and missionary Instructions as well as participating in summer pastimes under the most pleasing conditions. The conference will open Monday, July 14, and will continue until the. following Monday. The program for the week will be: i " Morninjvi Proferam beelns" at 9:15. ' Bible class taught by Miss Helen Carlton, j Mission study classes ty "Mrs. 'John! H. Fuller and Miss Agnes Dunlap (nt 10.15.; The "story hour 11.15, Tues day,' by Mr. H. C. Galcy. ' Wed nesday, Mrs. W. M. Po'ey. Thurs day, Harold Humbert, Friday, Dr. Keeriey Ferris. Saturday, Mrs. F. C. Edmeades, and Mrsi' Chamberlain and others. '.. Afternoon Hours for pastime. 3 to 5. Tues- day, Miss Josephine Saunders will,. S. Sprlggs, , Mrs. E. H. Hurd and lead. Wednesday, Dr. Maud 1'i Haw- Mrs. D. Ev: Williams are representa ley. Thursday, Mrs. F. H. Johnson, tlves from. Bedford. Vice-Prcs: McCor mick Recreates Here E. O. McCormlck, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Company, and sons Henry and E. O., Jr., are spending the week here, fishing and recreating. Thursday they made the trln to- Mount Ashland and tho 'rest of the week will visit the mines In this vicinity and fish the streams. Mr. McCormlck says this Is one of the I'PHt places on the coast to visit this time of year. The boys and Mrs. Mapormlck wfill spend tne month of August here and the boys will do some hunting. General Superintendent Lathrop of the S. P. Company came In from San Francisco, Wednesday, and spent the past few days In Ashland together with Superintendent Dyer of Port land. Charles WImer of Myrtle Creek was a recent visitor In Ashland. As soon as help arrived Mr. Jones wai taken to bis home, whllo the body of the unfortunate man who had lost his life in the casualty was removed to Stock's undertaking par lors to await the arrival of relatives Joseph P. Hendricks had been a resident of this section for about ten years, a number of which he had been associated with his brother, J. Franr Hendrlcks, In conducting a wood yard near the Wagner springs east of Ashland. For the past two years he had been employed In the local (roundhouse. He was about 65 years of age and Is survived by his parents and a sister in Iowa, , his brufar, J. 'Frank Hendricks, two daughters and a son living In Sacra mento. The latter, Harold, had come to Ashland last week to visit his father and is still, here. The daughters are Miss Georgle Hen dricks and Mrs. G. L. Kuhn, who were notified of the death of their father and arrived from Sacramento last evening. Funl'ral services over the body of the unfortunate man- will be hold from the Stock undertaking parlors Saturday afternoon, with Interment In Mountain View cemetery. An In quest Is expbeted to be held this af ternoon. Mr. Jones is reported Improving today, and while he is suffering much . with a broken rib hb is In a fair way to recover and expects to be able to be out in a day or two. in London was tacit, but is regarded as binding.. Premier-Lloyd George suggested London as - tlfe place to hold Jhe trial, and none objected. For Girls' . Miss Dunlap. Evenings Program begins at 7. Monday, Miss McGrail, county nurse. Tues day, Miss Burnett, of Medford. Wed nesday, at 8, In the Baptist church a pageant will be given by the young people of the Baptist and Presby terian churches, and the girls of the camp. Tuesday at 7 Miss May of Los Angeles. . Each evening at 8 the camp girls will join In the communi ty singing. ... .. . Friday, Saturday and Sunday the dollar registration the girls are to pay gives them access to the bene- fits of the Chautauaua nroeram. Registrations are coming . In well to Mrs. J. W." Hoyt and promises, a good attendance. Denominational leaders will have charge of the yari ous groups of girls, and Mrs. C, . B, Lamkin, Mrs. J.. W. Hoyt, -Mrs.. M, C. Reed, Mrs. B. H. Hlnthorne,' Mrs C..:F. Kothler,. Dr.. Keeney Ferris, are the. women serving on the. conv- mlttee of arrangements from Ash-. land, while- Mts. J. L- Heine, Mrs. D. E. Millard, Miss Burnett,, Mrs. . W. 1919 Chautauqua Opens Next Friday Ki:X)M) ACCIDENT VICTIM SICCIMBED Sylvia Crowley, the 16-year8-old Indian girl, who was Injured in the automobile accident on the Pacific highway near Talent on the morn ing of July 4, died Monday at a local hospital where she had been removed for treatment. Death occurred at 1:30 p. m., after a prolonged period of unconsciousness. , The !ody was taken to her home at the Indian reserva tion In Klamath county Wednesday, and was accompanied by the other members of the family. Sylvia was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Crowley of the Klamath agency and was a bright young girl of much popularity among her neighbors aud friends. i President Finds Big Tasks Ahead President Wilson, returning to tho United State this week, Is confront ed with many Important Issues. A great number of bills are on U desk at the White House awaiting signature. In addition, he Is ex pected to name a charge d'affaires fcr the American embassy In Berlin, consult with Secretary Redfleld with regard to resumption of commercial relations with Germany, after the lradlngwjth-the-enemy law expires upon proclamation of peace; tuke action on the persistently reported desire of Secretary Baker to retire; to decide when demobilization will be ended: and war prohibition may lie lifted and take a' band In plans for returning the railroads to their owners. Among; the bills before him are the sundry civil, army and navy, general deficiency, the act return ing telegraph systems- to their own ers and the agricultural appropria tion bill. The latter contains jthe clause repealing the daylight saving. Petitions have been received against this; repeal The president's atti tude toward It is not known. Immediately upon bis return to Washington he is expected to call an important meeting at which for the first time In months he will dis cuss domestic affairs with his offi cial advisers. - - Early decision Is looked for on the question whether peace may be proclaimed at once or not until after j the senate has ratified the peace treaty. Demands for removal of Post mast er General Burleson, some of which have taken the form of petitions, aro not believed likely to move the pres Ident to action. Friends of Eugene V. Debs and lotlijer flmprlsonedi rakllonla are ex pected to soon take their appeals to the White House. The 1920 presidential campaign Is already beginning to loom and some expression from the president as to a third term may be forthcoming, noma observers believe. An utter ance he made In a speech in Paris has been taken in some quarters hero as being a hint that he did not want anothor term. Germans Ratified The Peace Treaty A dispatch from Weimar, Ger many, Wednesday states that a reso lution ratifying the peace treaty was adopted by the German national as sembly by a vote of 209 to 115. The German national Assembly was the first elective body -in any country which slgnied the treaty to adopt the ratifying resolution. ' natlleallon br Germany will cause the' allies to' raise the block ade and lift coramerclalflhlp censor ship on communications with Ger many. ' The signing of ' the peace treaty has caused the department of Justice to decide that most German tand Austrian enemy aliens now on parole may be released from all obligations. Friday, July 18, is the opening day of the 28th annual meeting of tls Southern Progon Chautauqua itnd tbo coming session promises to be of greaDer Interest than usual. Th great, stirring features of tho worl'l war are brought to our attention by those writers and speakers who have been thi're. For Instance, coming oi the first afternoon, July 18, Is Dr. Joseph Clare, of Petrograd, who wa pastor of the British and Amerfcair. church and lived In the Russian cap ital during the war and the days of" revolution, . Lest you become: wearied with thinking of these great, tragic, events, music and fun are in teiBpum J, so on the same opening afternoon the McDonough-Eagleston. Co. furnish a muolcal Fun program. It has Just been divided that open ing day, Billy Sunday, and picnic Any will be the bent day to make Service- Mkn's Day, so the city of Ashlandi and the Chautauqua association ex tend to all service men of Jackson county the freedom of the city and of the Chautauqua on this day. Ain service men will be lexpected to taRn seats on the great stage and join In. the great Victory chorus led by WaK ter Jenkliyt, the camp: community song leadVr. Tho big event of th day will be the address by RlUy Sun day in the evening. Saturday, July 19, will be a tos slcal and splendid program all day with the pkndid million Concert: Party headed by Ferdinand Flllfon;. th famous French violinist, ar- Fern Goltra, lyric soprano and for mer 'member of the Chicago Granct Opera'Co. Dr. A. D'. Oarponter, em iuent scientist, gives us a great leer ture on "World's In the Making.'." In the evening we are to have ar very able and distinguished gentle man who has been the right haul man to Herbert Hoover, In Europe; ,Edwanl A'. ,TraI, who takes us right Into the. problems which are before us In the lecture, "And Now What?""1' Please remember thut wiars to sand--wlch In the greatest Wt of singing1 ever heard in Achrand, Walter Jen- -kins, the war camp sotur Icadar ling -here all tho time. Sunday, July 20. We can't telf -you all a!out Sunday yet. It's to b a big Sunday, with the Camp Lewi . (Continued on page eight) Milbura Harvey Is President Of Classr Among the graduates of the Santtr Ana, Calif., school, Is MUborit Harvey, grandson of Mrs. A. R. Greg ory and Mrs. A. L. Harvey of this city. Mllhurn was one of the presi dents of the class of . 112 student nnd has been prominent In student affairs during the course. Amonc the graduating exercises June 2G was the planting of a deodar tree by the east entrance of the administra tion building of the high school, In which Mllburn Harvey, president or the class, threw In the dirt aroumt the deodar tree, selected as the clas tree, and turned tho shovel over to Douglas KeVch, president of , tli juulor class, and charged hint wltlk the care of the tree for the coming, year. ..... Other ceremonies consisted of. the; placing of a bronze tablet upon the walls of the school upon which were engraved the names of eight former; high school studou's and one former. Instructor who died while in the sec-, vice of their country. The tablet, was covered with a beautiful silk American flag. MJlburn Harvey,' president of the senior class,' In an -address of dedication, declared that, the sacrifices made by those whosft, lives were given must forever be an, . Inspiration to every high school stu-, dent,' not only those of, today but tWt who hereafter attend that . school. Mllburn with his mother, is spend- - lng the summer in Ashland and ex peats to enter the Stanford law school next year: , i . ;, L. L. Mullt, vice president of th Northwestern National bank of Port land, spent the past few days In Ashland, visiting his mother, ant sons, who art) upending the summer here. . -.