f* àûk froro ******** * * * » '* * * * ■ Ñb öAitf ilßttSI A l . . ‘ - ~ ^ t T r n n i i m i t i n 1111’ j ! LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES A D ally Chronicle of those who coine and go, and events of local Interest. M biiJaj, Septem ber 10, - • ■ i »vr H M W W » W n l i T l i l f t . è « *»+.»>, ....................... « STATE chamber plan ' ¡ OREGON DEVELOPMENT ENDING TODAY < I 153 Granite Street Frese F a m ily To Travel— some wonderful snaps of the four Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Prose and generations of the family, who Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Prose left were never all together before and Saturday for a month’s vaca­ probably never will be again. tion trip. They will visit Prlnvllle, which was their former Attorney Returns— home, and leisurely motor to Pen- L. A. Roberts and daughter, dleton and other ei.l™ a , their ■ Bowraa. return’ed Ashland ' . T “ “-. “ r' an'1 0 A- ' »undo, evening from their vaca Prose will probably return to Ash lion , jaunt to_Coos Bay cities. land to live this winter. Scores of former neighbors and friends were visited by the Ash­ land folk, who also had opportun­ Walter Leaper of San Jose, Cal ity of attending the Coos County is the newest man at the Meat ¡Pair given during the week that Market where Jack Barnhouse J they were in the vicinityl spends most of his time. Mr. Leap- ______ " ia very much pl.a«cd with Ash- wl!‘ and Mrs* Geo‘ C* ^lanie>’ and son of Ontario, Cal., were in been delayed in returning to Port­ A -; 'and recently visiting relatives land. en route Io their home from a Oscar McKinney of Eugene i J ‘nOl° r lOUr ° f Oregon and other a late arrival. northern states. Mr. Stanley has .______ ¡entered the grocery business In , the.South. R etu rn s lo Collegi*— aoolpm zumo « niiUTi T o M edford— Mrs. Bates, who has b^en vis­ Mrs.Demers and son of Sher­ iting at the home of her father man St., have returned to Ashland R. C. Jorgenson In Ashland, re­ from an extended visit with rela­ turned to Medford today. tives in Portland. H o sp ita l N ew s— Phone 411-R. Mrs. W. M. Barber, Proprietress. 'RACING ‘tífA M S 1 THEODORE ROBERTS 4M» RICHARD "*♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ * * > ♦ ♦ ♦ M > » > » ♦ -♦ ♦ M U M M » DIX Ct QamamuttQidm TU ES.—-WED.—THURS. ♦ t 1 > M I I » > > > » Notice To All Water Users This Refers To Meter Users As Well As Flat Rate Y°u are hereby notified that on and after Sept. 11, 19~3 the City of Ashland will he divided into two districts, upper and lower, for irriga­ tion purposes, the dividing line being the Boule­ vard and Main Streets. U PPER DISTRICTS That portion of the City lying above the Bou­ levard and Mam Streets to be known as the 1. pper District will be allowed to use water for sprinkling lawns, and irrigation of acreage on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Acreage tracts from 6 a m to 9 a m and 4 p. m. to 8 p .m. (Lawns from 5 p m to 7 p m) LOWER DISTRICT JACQUELINE LOGAN CEf^CE FAWCETT M aurice flynn WIUIAM B.MVIM0N The spirit of Bret Harte is W. C. T. U. Meeting— in this splendid production A meeting of the W. C. T. U. of his world-famous story. It will be held to morrow afternoon at the Methodist church at 2 was screened at the very o'clock. All new members are ex-¡scene of H arte’s inspiration, That portion of the City lying below the Bou­ levard and Main Streets to be known as the Lower District, will be allowed to use the water tor sprinkling lawns and irrigation of acreage on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Acreage tracts frmo 6 a m to 9 a m and 5 p m to 8 p. m. (Lawns from 5 p m to 7 p ra) No Irrigation Or Sprinkling on Sundays Mrs. Yorey of Hilt recently un­ derwent an operation at the Com­ Water used for sprinkling streets, store fronts munity Hospital. Mr. Yorey, who or sidewalks prohibited. is employed In Weed, has return­ • , ,, . . ed to his home, owing to the sat­ pected to be present as election 1 By Order of Common Council. of officers will be held. Mrs. C. I31111(1 “ le pictorial Splendor isfactory condition of Mrs. Yorey. 'of California’s Redwoods. E . H. Noyes, recent accident vic­ w . Fraley, president). »♦« M M M I I M M M I » ♦ ♦ ♦ » tim , lias left the hospital very much Improved. Miss Amy Farm­ er lately was operated on by a local physician to receive bene­ fit from a nassai obstruction. She was able to return to her home after the operation. Glenn Myers Is comfortable after a slight op­ the farms frequently beat them norance of those responsible for eration. with ropes, quirts, bridle-reins and the care of the men. State laws pistols, without necessity or au­ provide, for Instance, for periodical D e ta il Reported— thority, and that in some instances batbtng, but in some cases this is the guards have ridden over the done by putting two men into a Mr«. A. E. Briggs of Oroville, prisoners with their horses and tub at the same time. More often Cal., received news September 6, have set the dogs on them, inflict­ than not one or both of the men 1923, of the death of her sister, ing Bertous and painful Injuries.” are diseased. Mrs. Carrie B. Cyester, who has in describing conditions among Chained in Bunks been living at the home of her the chain-gangs. Mr, Tannenbaum in describing the insanitary con­ daughter, Mrs. D. D. Norris at gives graphic pictures of the mis ditions in one of the penitentiaries, ery and suffering that are products Frankford, Indiana. Mrs. Cyester Mr. Tannenbaum quotes an official of the system. ORUTALITY in Southern prisons recently revealed in the was very well known in Ashland report tbat states, "Prisoners were Two Chain-gang Types in Eastern Star circles and among A-J trial for murder of a “whipping boss" in a Florida found in one instance chained in “There are." he says, “two main their bunks by a heavy trace Masous as she lived here many leased convict camp has united in vehement protest one of years. Since leaving Ashland three the large national magazines with the editors of southern types of chain-gangs: those where chain, one end of which was pad­ the men live in cages set on wheels, locked around the prisoner’s neck years ago, Mrs. Cyester has lived and northern newspapers. those where they lire in tents and the other end securely fasten­ The Century Magazine, shocked at the conditions in­ and at the home of her daughter in set on the ground.” The gangs are ed to his bunk," Another report Frankford. Indiana. No particulars dicated by the Florida revelations, commissioned Frank made up of men whose ankles are says, "The beds were infested with are known as the death was an­ Tannenbaum, a noted prison investigator, and Adolph chained, and who have still an­ chlnces that ran in droves, and nounced by wire and received here Lewisohn, an authority on penal reform, to lay bare the other chain connecting them to not merely a few.” by a letter from A. C. Briggs, facts in its July issue. The indictments brought by Mr. gether. They work, eat and sleep former well known business man fl annenbaum against prison systems in several Southern in this condition. slates, are literally blood-curdling even in their mildest “The typical cages,” he reports, now located in Oroville, Cal. descriptions of the living conditions and treatment of “are small and stand on wheels. They range from 7x7x16 to 9x9x20 pi tsoners. <4 Temporary Residents— feet. The typical cage has eighteen Because of the unbelievable Mrs. Walter Davis is here from harshness of the facts he discov- who have to work from half past beds. There are nine beds on each four in the morning until seven at Dunsmuir visiting Mrs. Ray Jeter, , er.;d, Mr. Tannenbaum prepared night, doing nothing but watch, side of the cage, three tiers of beds, while Mr. Davis la taking Herbert^ to fortify his personal observa­ nervously clutching their guns. three in a row. Tbat makes the McCarthy’s place as train master. tions with numerous quotations “The most frequent wage." be 1 space between the beds very nar­ from official sources. He has quotes from an official report, “Is row. If the men were free to move The latter being away on his va completely avoided mention of the around fifty dollars a month. Such about, they would have tittle room; cation. meat atrocious discoveries. And, a wage, coupled with the class of but they are shackled. Even in In order that the people of the work that a guard on a chain-gang the daytime they are often locked Return Home—. north and west shall not take ad­ must do, does not attract the type to one another. They lie on their Albert aud Raymond Cotter vantage of the revelation of condi­ of man who is fit to have charge beds, their faces almost touching have returned from a week’s vis­ tions in southern prisons, to pride of other men. The guard Is usually the bed above them. The cage it with their Uncle, Alfred Gray, th.mselves at the expense of the without an elementary education, frequently has a tin roofing. On south, he has given a brief sum­ often illiterate. He is ignorant, of hot Sundays, Saturday afternoons at Morley, California. mary of barbarisms that exist in course, of any method of controll­ and holidays the sun streams down on the cages and makes an other sections. ing men except force.” Mw. Zeigler Ht oven of the place, and the human Mr. Lewisobn’s article la de Dogs Set On Mrs. Annie Zeigler arrived here voted to constructive suggestions beings in it roast These cages are Mr. Tannenbaum quotes from not clean. Under this crowding It from Klamath Falls to spend a for eliminating the conditions that an official report concerning the would be impossible to keep them few days In her old home, com­ dow exist prison farms, which, with the sanitary.” bining business with pleasure. Not a Kindly Tale prison proper and the chain-gangs, WHERE IGNORANCE C e n tu r y In ve stig a to r R e ­ v e a ls H o rro r o f P rison R e g im e in S o u th e rn In describing what he found, Mr. T o Rod B luff— Tannenbaum throws out a warning Mr. and Mrs. John Sells left to the extremely sensitive: “I t la here early Saturday morn­ not a kindly tale. I f you are sensi­ ing, by auto, for their home tive, it w ill give you sleepless In Red Bluff. They were called nights and harrowing dreams, here by the death of Warren Wil­ w rite it because I m ust It Is sim­ liams. who was a brother of Mrs. ply an attempt to tell the things Sells. Thqy were accompanied by th at good men do to one another, Miss Norma Williams who will and to women, too. all In the name proceed by train from Red Bluff of virtue and at great expense to to San Francisco, where she is the State. “These happen.“ he continues, employed by the Telephone com­ “to men like yourself and are done pany. by men like yourself, the sufferer and the perpetrator both being un­ G oes»« D ep a rt— fortunate souls caught In a vortex Mr. and Mrs. Merle Maxey, of passion and hate that drives and Herbert Maxey have return­ them to madness and brutality. Un­ ed to San Francisco after a fam­ fortunate. Ignorant men. strained ily reunion with their parents, beyond capacity, incapable of for- dtnds and needing some outlet and Mrs. and Mrs. Walter L. Maxey escape from a fruitless, barren ex­ on Allison Street, this being the istence, impose their wills upon first time they have all ever vis­ more unfortunate and ited here together.) The time was »pant on many picnic outings and ^He oonlfiers the prison gnards. comprise the three forms of prison punishment used in the south. “The guards on these farms were hardened against human sympathy and of a rather shiftless nature. We find that the guards In charge of prisoners* work In fields and on Mr. Tannenbaum describes simi­ larly foal conditions in the gang camps, tells of vile and vermin- filled bedding, and suggests a pic­ ture that at the same time provokes nausea and demands pity. Sanitary conditions do not e xis t This Is largely because of the Ig­ past been Handicapped by ri Èeud—Now t h ^ bahd tulli o< Ersoks-Scanloa Co., starts opera- th e ! tic:.«, lack - - ■ . of ,unds find alsd by the lack of Estacada hotel sells for t i o OCO J in the next year or two, of sufficient vision to carry ¡Will undergo extensive improve- Jealousy Troubles 0Ut 1,10 Jarge Plana of advance-| inelite. The biggest problem which the ment wI»ich the state needs. Ac- o ! state Chamber is facing in this cortcling to the new president and Oregon City grammar schools great development program is that h® ®tate® lhal ,n the next fe w ' to get many repair« and imnrove. of jealousy of the different sec- year3 lf the People of the different ments. i tions of the State and if this can 1 3ectlon8 wil1 set behind the State ! only be overcome and the Chamb- f liara^er ar*d boost the state as a |e r can succeed in getting all sec- whole the results will astonish TOO L A T E TO C L A S S IF Y tions of the state pulling togeth- thST— A pair of eye glasses. er for a common good and a ------------------- —----- Please return to Public Library “Greater Oregon” it is assured, Columbia River IDghway being and receive reward. 7-2* of success in the plan for the set- widened between Astoria and fling of the great areas which are Svenson. WOMAN WANTED— To do house at present unoccupied and also is work at the Windburu Lodge, 8" “ MS iO ‘he “'! Slx,y «»idem ,., to be erect up the Ashland Creek Canyon. £ , r - “ • * - pd <- n — > •*<■<>«>». p »«- Address Bert Moses, Ashland, „auized for their commond bene- land. Oregon.