NEWCOMER TO ASHLAND WRITES
GLOWING ACCOUNT OF SECTION
' C. E. Dudley, a newcomer to sajb they taste better. * The large
Ashland, was , so delighted with ones are coarser. Haven’t been
conditions generally prevailing out wjth my gun yet, but hope to
here that he wrote a splendid let soon. My wife has gained la
ter about this section to old w.elght and is feeling much bet
friends at his form er home in ter since coming up here.
Harlan, Iowa, and the letter was
Maybe some day 1 11 tell some
prominently displayed in the H e r thing of my trip, if I ever get
land newspaper.
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■/ the time and inclination both at
His letter about Ashland fol cnce. I f you wish, you can give
lows:
this to Wm. Vest, and he can send,
Ashland, Ore., Oot 1», 1824.— it to the Republican, as I would
Friend Glen: W ell, we are finally lik e all my friends to know my
loeated, temporarily at least, at address. W rite me at
Ashland.
this place, so you can forward all Oregon, general delivery.
Re
mail to Ashland, Ore., general de gards to you all.
livery.
Yours Respectfully,-
We have rented a little house
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C. E. DUDLBY.
way up on the mountain side over
the city, and can Mbk down on
TO THE GAME
nearly everybody. This is a won
U. 8. C. vs. O. A. C., Nov.
derfully beautiful place and we Sleeper service overnight to Port
sure like it. W e can see about land and return. Low fares. Ask
20 miles up Bear Creek Valley agenU SO UTH ER N P A C IFIC .
and about 40 miles „ down the
Rogue River.* Can also see M t.
Ashland and M t. P itt, covered
w ith snow all the time, also other
peaks from 60 to 90 miles away.
M t. Shasta, Calif., is in sight from
a little higher up.
Pine apples, pears, grapes, Eng
lish walnuts, black walnuts, chest
nuts, tomatoes, potatoes, and, in
fact, most everything in the fru it
and vegetable line grow here, so
we have good eats at a reasonable
price.
The deer season has been o p |i
tor some time and hunters bring
In many big bucks. I see some
brought in every day. They are
biacktail and mule deer. Oeedh
snd ducks are plentiful a few
miles o u t,’ and the fields and
brush are fu ll of valley and moun
tain quail, also grouse and rab
bits. Some bear and cougars in
the mountains not fa r from town.
Bear Creek, that flows through
Ashland, is full of mountain trout
i i i j h e spring, ^ut is too low fo r
fishing this fall. <■
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The Rogue River is fu ll of sal
mon, steel-head trout, brook trout
and other kinds. I went with my
neighbor Sunday to the Rogue*
river over by Grants Pass and
tried fqr trout. W e got 14. They
were from 18 Inches down to
about 8 inches long. Gee, but
they were fine eating, also great
sport in getting them. A fellow
just across the river from us
caught five big ones. They prob
ably weighed from 6 to 10 pounds
ea^b, g ll. steelheads like Zane
Grey writes about in The Country
Gentleman. My neighbor and I
just fished for small ones. He
Ford Car Makes
Genuine R e a
International Convention, boys fleers summer schools, w h |re fit- recelve training for two weeks in
were recognised as a part of the fleers from every branch of the the summer. These schools are
aw l field o f the Y. M. C. A. Prom this
* * period on the growth was slow, Y. M. C. A. field might oomo and a real factor throughout the eoun-
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the first hoys’ work being organ*
lead in Salem. Maas., A p ril 1«,
114», by W . H. Whipple. Pollow-
lag this, In 181«, Robert Weiden-
call began Rural W ork with boys
In Dupage County, 111.
In 1884, one hundred and flt-
tk e e jty six associations reported doing
trip I work with boys, and following this
«lesions year later the first boys*
Bte.;< p m p was established by the Y.
C. A., on Orange Lake, New
Jersey. Prom here on the work
itlre developed In a departmental way.
Miss Ellen Brown was employed
a t Buffalo, and became the first
employe officer for work With
hoys, this was In 1888. Once the
field of boys work was seen by
IIU the Y. M. C. A., it grew more and
Iw p more rapidly, until It was neces-
11 1 sary to employe state and na*
Why
ATTEND THE
tional secretaries for the super-
vision and promotion of the work.
®r,<1 in i» 0 l , the Y. M. C. A. College,
® at Springfield, Mass,, introduced
*7 ° its first course in Boys’ W ork.
4 ® Other features of the work were
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started and grew beyond the Im
F ie ld G e n e r a l
agination of thoee who first intro
duced the idea. Number of Boys*
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Camps were started a ll over the
,
country. Older Boys’ Conferences
’ ,n were started, as were employed of-
N a z a r e n e C h u rch
EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SATURDAY
STATE UNIVERSITY PLANS
BIG BUILDING CAMPAIGN
SALEM , Nov. 8.— ( U P )— A
building
program
aggregating
»768,000 was approved by the
board of regents of the state
normal school in session here to
day. The recommendations must
l»e approved by the state budget
commission, however, before go
ing to the legislature for fin al
K lam ath Palls — Bang clear
ances for October were 81,848,-
880, 8419,888 more than for
October, 1826.
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EVANGELISTS
P. C. and Getrude Thatcher
Further History
Of YMCA Given
Klam ath Palls — “ Hot-Stuff”
paving beifag laid on Crescent
Boys* work in the Y. M . C. A.
Avenue.
was first mentioned at Baltimore
In 1862, and in 1868 the firs t
M errill — Contract let, for boys’ work report was read a t the
wasteway and bridge along The 6th International
Convention.
Just eight years later, at the 11th
Dalles.Californla highway.
Good Preaching
Never again will you
take the time and do
the work to bake your own
cake. Test it by .tasting.
Franklin
Good Singing
You are cordially invited to attend these meetings.
Bakery
L a st W e e k o f
CLOSING OUT SALE
Only four more days left for you to take Advantage o f these wonderful
bargains in footwear as Thursday is a holiday.
Coaster Wagon
Copco Preferred Stock
14x36 inches
INCREASES IN
L adies and C hildren’s S h o es
a t 1-2 Price and L ess
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November
Hardware
The Winchester Store”
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Effective November i f , 1926, the price o f f per cent cumulative pre
ferred shares of The California Oregon Power Company will be advanced to
Xmas house slippers in all colors o f the
newest make
$96 a Share
1-2 PRICE
Orders received up to and including Monday, November t j , will be
filled at the present price of $95 a share.
Boys Shoes, $1.95 a pan-
Polish and laces at 1-2 Off
Information about our investment offering to cus
tomers will be cheerfully furnished by any mem
ber of our organization. Shares may be purchased
for cash or on our convenient monthly investment
plan. *
Do your shoe buying this week as it is my last week in Ashland.
T he C alifornia O regon P ower C o m pany
Jgg.
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dFFICIS.
Medford. Grants Pass. Roseburg.Klamath Falls-Oregon
Yreka. Dunamulr-Califomia.
Tennis Oxfords 1-2 price
$10.00 Hiking Boots fo r ladies $5.00
fe
WW
ler’s Shoe Dept
la McGee’s Store