Oregon Historical Boctty.
Auditorium
ASHLAND WEEKLY TIDINGS
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1920
NO. 85
QAVQ CADCQ COUNTRY GIRLS
Utt I U I nlLU im nronnr nrniin
SHOULD BE
REDUCED
(i)v United Press!
NEW YOKK, March 2. Presi
dent Underwood o( the Erie rail
road, toduy stated passenger faros
should be reduced to two cents
a mile, except on certuin lines
serving a limited territory. He
said he favors a readjustment of
freight rates and raising the tar
iff on commodities of compara
tively limited use.
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TUESDAY'S NEWS
Rev. Robert Tweed, formerly
tf Ashland but now of Kopowein,
Wash., Is a business visitor In
Ashland this week.
J. S.'Reed, an insurance man
bf Portland, is in Ashland on busl
' ness today.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Finley, who
have been driving up from Pasa
dena during the past week, arrived
in Ashland this morning.
Lieut. J. Q. Adams, who has
been In Ashland for several days
In the Interests of army recruit
ing, left this morning for Klam
ath FallB.
Fireman Mitchell has been laid
tip for several days nursing un
attack of flu, but h now reported I
M..t. I..,.- tii. ...i. t !
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ueen an inmate or a local no8pitui
for some time where she under-
went an operutlon, is also much
improved. She had expected to!
return to her home before this, 1
but owing to her husband's illness
it was thought ndvlsablo for her
.to wait awhile.
Miss Shaw, who makes hei
home in Ashland every summer,
lias returned from Oukland and
is occupying her residence on
Palm arenuo.
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II. S. Pulmcrlee of the Citizens
bank met some old-time Minneso
ta acquaintances at the train yes
terday as they were passing
through, and had a pleasant visit
With them while the train stopped
here. These were Mr. nnd Mrs.
Charles Hager, who have recently
sold their home In Ontario, Ore.,
and are moving to Klamath Falls,
i
' Thanks to the storm yesterday,
the Billings agency claims, they
sold two good sized acre tracts of
land.
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If you wish your garden lot
plowed call up 98. 151-Ct
O. H. Barnhill, who, with his
wife, left Ashland a week ago to
drive to his new home, a ranch
located between Corvallls and Al-
bany, writes the Commercial Club
here that the road3 are very bad
pn Smith Hill, 15 miles north !
of Grants Pass, as also is the I
highway hill between Wolf creek
and Glendale. The latter can bej
avoided, Mr. Barnhill stated, by!
faking the tunnel road. Cars are
being stalled on the roads in that
.vicinity every day, and have to
be pulled out with teams. Mr.
Barnhill advises no one to make
the trip at this season of the
year except in case of extreme
urgency.
Frank Ilibbs, an ex-service man,
Who has been employed by the Os-lcar-Huber
Construction company
running a tractor on the highway,
ttot his thumb caught in the cogs
of his machine Yesterday and is
now minus that member.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jordan, who
have been spending the winter at
Long Beach, Calif., are visiting
the former's uncle, H. S. Emery,
at his home on Mechanic street.
fAt. and Mrs. Jordan are return
ing to their heme in South Da
kota. Hillnh Temple of the Mystic
Shrine of Ashland will go to Eu
gene Saturday, March 6, to attend
the springtime ceremonial session
to be held in Hint city. A num
ber of candidates will be initiat
ed into the Shrine.
Much interest was taken in the
recent visit of Mrs. Jean Morris
Ellis, who was in Ashland Satur
day ana nunuay unner ine auspices
of the Y. M. C. A. as vocational
guidance to the young men of this I
section, particularly ex-service Stuart Saunders, Illustrious po- rations has a detrimental effect j music filled the evening's enter- Dr. nnd Mrs. J. J. Hodges of Al
Jnen. Mrs. Ellis addressed a pub- tentate of the Shriners, is expect-ion mllk secretion of cows and tainment, and refreshments were bany weer over Sunday guests at
ic meeting in the Methodist church ed to arrive In Ashlnnd this even- growth of calves. A remedy was served by tho hostess, after which the home of the Litters' brother,
Saturday evening, and also spoke ing from Santa Cruz, Calif., to be' found In the addition of sodium 'the company broke up at a late Dr. W. E. Blake. Tho visitors
Sunday morning In the Congre-lhere to attend the tprlngtline cer-i phosphate In the rations deficient 1 hour. The event was given as a bad been making a trip through
gational church and in the even-monial that takes place in Eu -
Jog Iu the Baptist church. She alsogene next Saturday.
i vi ttr i i ir ni nuir
IM lLUUUL IIUIIIL
It Is the girls from the small
er than those from the city that
furnish the majority of the in
mates of the Salvation Army res
cue and maternity home in Port
land, according to Major Sophia
Harris, matron of the home. In
vestigation of the home's records,
which ure never shown except to
rightful authorities, reveals that
the institution shelters girls from
practically every Oregon county
although more than half are reg
istered from that city.
Salvation Army county advis
ory boards, already formed as
part of the Army's Home Ser
vice program for 1920, which are
investigating their local conditions,
are bringing to light unexpected
problems relative to immorality.
In several sections where there
are large industries employing
many women housing conditions
have been found to be such as
to contribute directly to Immor
ality and the Army officers have
under advisement suggestions as
to how these may be remedied.
held many personal Interviews
with young men, telling them
their fitness for a life vocation.
Mrs. Ellis visited the high school
yesterday forenoon before leaving
. ,, .
Ashland.
.
Among the social events of the
week will be the big dance at the tioiis and will not allow the League
Nututorium Wednesday evening. ! of Nations to have Jurisdiction
Launspach's orchestra will fur-; over such matters,
nlsh the music. Mr. and Mrs. j The vote on the Lodge reserva
Floyd Dicky of Ashland hare 1 lion was 5G to 25.
Joined the Launspach's orchestra.!
fra I)irkv u-EM ru.,trA il.a 1
"V"" .11
ul" u"" "itKy nie oa.ioimone. ,
Arrangements have been made
through the Parent-Teachers' as-!
sociation to have Mary E. Fawcett,
dean of women of t lie Oregon Ag
ricultural college, speak in the
Auxiliary hall Wednesday even
ing, March 3, at 8 o'clock. All
women of the city aro cordially
invited.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Webster
have given up their apartments
In the Yendome and are moving
this week to their ranch near
Phoenix.
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The local Epworth League so-!
ciety of the Methodist Institute;
win ne neiu in Asnianu some lime j
tho coming month. This institu-
lute occupies about a week and i
will bring a large attendance of
young people into the city for j
ii,t n,.io,i zn .mii,. !
uC
n-neii mier.
Miss Frances McWillianis, whp j
has been stopping In Ashland with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. j
McWillianis, for the past two '
weeks, has returned to Oakland
where she Is a teacher in the pub
"c schools.
March "came in like a lion,"
with two days of snow and rain
already to its credit. Farmers and
town dwellers alike are hoping
more of this sort of weather will ;
appear during the month
ELKO, Nev. A mine of min
eralized material suitable for the
manufacture of face powder has
been discovered and located be
tween this city and Carlin and
active work on the new claim is
to be commenced as quickly as
the weather breaks.
Elko county recently stepped
to the fore in the manufacture
of high grade soaps when a com
pany from the ea3t began develop
ing a soap mine on the South
Fork near Lee. Th3 mine is
ing successful and Is producing n
very satisfactory product. The
new face powder claim is said to
offer excellent prospects and is
being watched with great Interest
by local as well as outside capi
tal. The last of the series of lectures'
Rev. C. A. Edwards has been de-
liverlng Sunday night for the pasi j
month was given lust evening.
when he addressed rn audience on!
"David Livingston. ' This was a
particularly Btrong lecture nnd
wag greatly
hearers,
1
appreciated by Ills;
FACE Fill
rnuir nnn
lYIIht, WLWh
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INCOME TAX IX XUTS1IKLL
Who Single persons who $
hud net Income of J 1000 or s
S more for the year 1919. Mar- S
-., re(i C0Uples who had net in
$ come of $2000.
S When March 15, 1920, is $
final date for filing returns
and making first payments, i
i Where Collector of in- t
ternal revenue for district In
" which the person resides. In 8
Portlund, the customs house. ?
t How Full directions on
5 form 1040A and form 1040;
v also the luw and regulations.
3 . What Four per cent nor- i
v mal tax on taxable Income 't
up to $4000 In excess of ex-
i emption. Eight per cent
' . normal tax on balance of $
taxable income. Surtax,
8 from 1 per cent to 65 per
cent on net Incomes over
'! $5000. $
? ? J s $ f
(By Undid fiess)
WASHINGTON, March 2. The
8(Jmit0 l0(ay ,ldol)te(1 tne original
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: Lodge reservation, providing the
United States reserves the right
'o decide what are domestic ques-
The senate rejected the substi-
tute for t hfl I.ndirn rpqprvfitioli
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"I "..... imu.mi-
il-S the United States is not ro-i
quired to submit to the. League'
aly domestic questions,
MONDAY'S NEWS
Owing to a number of other di -
IS LODGE
mm
MAKES PROJECTS
FOR MORE WATER
versions in the city Saturday even- continue making Talent her home,
ing, not as many citizens as were! Mrs. Edith Nyswaner, will make
wished (or responded to the cali ;hfi,r home with Mrs. Carey for the;
for i
mass meeting in ine cny nan
t0 dlliCuss ways and means for se-!
curing more water for the city,
The lack of the usual rainfall dur-i
ing the winter has caused some
apprehension that the 5U1)piy win
be inadequate for irrigation pur-L
. . . ..
,,ses anu uomesuc use, especially
should the .coming summer be as
dry as thej past year or so. A
meeting was called by the citizens
,to try and devise some plans
whereby all the water in the
creeks is conserved for the city's
use, or to increase the supply.
Prof. F. C. Reimor of the South-
em Oregon Experiment Station out ri()inK with Mr8 Est03. ,,,,,
was present and made an address! ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith of
on the needs of water for irrigat-' that place. Mrs. Estes had sev
ing purposes. He spoke particu-l era,.,ri1!8 bok?n' ,w,'ile J'1'-
larly of how the people ifl the
Medford district could not see the!
need of water eicht years a en.
when an effort was made to se-
cure an irrigation pioject, but how1 kitchen BhoWer In honor of Mis.
these same people, on being asked Edith Anderson, who was recently
their opinion at the present time,' married to Armle Coddard They
one and all claim they want wa-i met the Odd Fellows hall. Many
, beautlmful nnd useful present-'er-
' were received. About sixty
Ashland soil, Prof. Reinier! were present, minus the children
states, is especially adapted for J Everybody had a delightful time
ir.-t..t;nr. r i. n. i. n
. filiation. It is the best soil for
holding water, and produces bet-
j ter results from irrigation than i
that in any other part of the;
j
discussion fol -
country.
A free for all
lowed the address of the evening. I
and resulted in a committee con-1
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sisting of J. H Dill, chairman; J.j
H. Fuller. A. C. Joy, P. L. Ash-j
craft, Thornton Wiley and F. D.
Wagner being appointed to meet
with the city council to Investigate
methods of conserving or incre in
Ing the water supply. This com
mittee expects to act nt once In
pror-lonIer , get fu,
the com
ing summer.
.MINERAL MATTER IS
MILK IIEXEI'ICIAL
I Experiments conducted by the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Unit
ed States Department of Agricul-
t,lre' witn dillry cows are showing
cn important relation between
mllk secretion and mineral Bub-'
stances- Ceding compounds of
nlosphorus and calcium have re -
8ulte" 'n decidedly beneficial
etfect on ,he mllk flow hoth 1
qu"n,i,y an(' 'ut rnlent.
It has been shown also that a
deficiency of phosphorous in dairy'
,ln phosphorous.
I ing continued.
The work Is be-
ir ' ft '1 kTn
Ilr iiW' Foil. W0' Tf
Talent Tidings
Lloyd Lamb came home Satur -
day from an Ashlaad hospital, af -
ter a complete recovery from
an l
0pL.,..ltion (or appendicitis
M,.a joh(,s )lil3 ,.et.ne,i to her
home at the Suncrest Orchards
from St. Helens, Ore., where she;
was called on account of the ill-
ness of her daughter, Mrs. Victor,
Mason She repor's Mrs. Mason's
! condition as better.
William Carey died al the home
1 of his adopted daughter, Mrs.
Hlakley, at Astoria. Ore, Feb. 14,
and was buried there February
17. He was an old resident of
Talent and wus about 87 years
old. Ho leaves to mourn bis de
mise, his wife nnd danahter, Mrs.
Blaklev. Mrs. On rev returned to
'her home here Sunday, and will
utlimiiv ui inn null, .'I.
P0ed to thrbeds wml ihe
flu."
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lacy and
children are uble to bo up auiiiti
1 after an attack of "flu."
Wiss Mabel Kerby and Mr. Art
: Stennatt of Ashland wer visit-
in nt the H.l7.on h()me Sullll
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Shunecar have
moved into one of the Alford
houses. Mr. Sliiinegar has given
up the barber trade and is Roinu
into the chicken business.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Fstes, for
merly of Talent but now of filen
dale. were auito seriously Injured
In an o ntmuMiila nrPtrlitnt U'liMP
nH HllllltMl UIMMIl Sill, III. I. i -
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were also in-
lured, but not so badly as Mr
nnd Mrs. Estes.
Last Thursday ufternnon the la-
rlioo nf IhA fnnimlltiitv L'ilVf a
ma program consisted oi a im
we(1(,ng Mrs ,1(,ll:im H,.tinK
gr0om. After refreshments were
served, everybody departed for
home wondering why they inon .
give a double shower.
Mrs. Chas. Chapman and son.
Oeorge Rowley, were Ashland
visitors, Thursday,
Mis. E',ith Hazen is able to be
up again after being confined to
bfld for , .,
g cettlne along nicely.
Joshua Patterson hud the mis
fortune to injure one of his eyes,
while blacksmitblng last Wednes
day, a small piece of steel flyin'.i
up nnd striking him in the eye.
John Beeson has purchased a
building from Fred Furry at
Phoenix It was formerly used
for a butcher shop. Mr. lieeon
will move it to Ills ranch and use
the lumber in building a barn.
Mr. Perry is moving bis house
hold goods to Medford from the
Ames building. 1
A. Kouns, Eectlon foreman, was
a visitor at Clcndale. Sunday
Sun"'" Pncfy
A surprise party was tndei
Mr. Aita Winehuiger last 1'ri
day evening at the home of le i
paronts, Mr. and Mrs. .i. V.
jwriKht. Thirty-six yomiK peopl
were present and the parly w. s
composed of the members of Ih"
Sunday school class in the Chris
tian church of which Mrs. Wine-
burger Is a member. Games nnd
farewell to Mrs Wineburger, wh-
left Sunday for Pendleton.
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MONDAY'S MOWS
Tho Ashland Really company
1 l"l',"',s -'t'''lay
jwhen they negoti iled the sale oi
the riymato property on North
j Main street. This was purchased
by (!. W. (ioldie
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The weather forecaster lias
promised rain for the comiiu
wei'k. In the
Ihu week rain
Wednesday and
'port issued for
i foretold about
again Saturday,
with Hoi inal tempi ral ures.
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Miss Hazel Powell, who has been
spending a vacation of severa'
veelfn in i'orlhind. is back to her
position on the' clerical force in
ithe First National bank.
; s
The members of .Mrs. J. L.
j firiihu's family met with her at
her home on 1! street yesterday
jdt dinner. Pontoon sat down at
I the uthle to.net her.
I ? 1
Mr. E. ft. Hunt was called to
'Indiana by the serious illness of,
his brother. 1
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A card was received this morn-;
ing by the W. M. I'oley family
from Irving Finley of Pasadena,
Calif., stating that he and Mrs.
Finley ure on their way to Asli-
laud and had got as far as Red
Bluff on their journey. "II Is rain-1
ing like sixty here, and as I like
rain, think I'll slay awhile." Mr
Finley concluded his mesJaue.
The rain is probably detainiu ;
l hem, and will be the reason why
they will "stay awhile,"
S .s. j
"The price of land Is uolni! up,"
remarked a citizen this mm ning. I
'.V man who claims he knows
states that March will be very i
stormy, and thai April will have:
twice as much rain as usual. This
accounts for the rise in price ol
land."
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The Lilhia bakery wa!
broken into Saturday night and
a sum of money and a quantity of j
food was taken. A back window!
had been broken into anil entrance
made that way. The police slate!
they found fiimer prints and clews
that they expect will lead to the
apprehension of the guilty parties
soon.
F. M. Bushy, who was relief!
auent of Ihe S. P. last summer in!
MontiiKiie, who recently married.
Miss Sadie Nelson, and Is now j
train despateher at Ashland, was
hero Sunday to pay his wile and
friends a short visit. Mrs. Bushy,
has resigned her position at the!
Ml. Shasta mill office anil us soon
as n successor can be put Inti
el'vile, will move to Ashland, to
ll" with her husband. Montagu"
Messenger.
O. J. Ralbbiill, who with his
wife, returned last week from San-!
t.i Cruz, Calif., bus secured a
home for himself. Saturday Ihe
Heaver Really company closed e
do, il whereby Mr. Itathbiin secured,
ihe C. O. Howard residence prop-'
erly on Falrvlew and Union,
streets. i
Southern California and were on,
their way home.
Where the
Big OnesWill
Unlimber
With the first gust of March
winds, the sixteen major league
ball clubs will journey to the sun
ny south for six weeks training.
Seven states of tho south have
been selected for tho training
camps. Florida is most popular
having been the choice of four
i clubs. Texas is second with three.
Alabama, Arkansas, (leorgia and
' Louisiana will he host to u pair
and California will have one team.
Following is a late list of the 1020
training sites:
.National Lcnuiio
Pittsburgh at Hot Springs, Ark
Cincinnati at Miami, Fla.
Chicago at Pasadena, Calif.
New York at San Antonio, Tex
Brooklyn at Jacksonville, Fla.
Boston at Columbus, Ca,
Philadelphia at Birmingham
A hi.
St. Louis at Brownsville, Tex.
American l.muuo
Boston at Hot Springs, Ark.
Cleveland nt New Orleans, La.
Detroit at Macon, (la.
St. Louis at Mobile, Ala.
New York at Jacksonville, Fla
Chicago nt Waco, Tex.
Washington at Tain pa, Fla.
Philadelphia at Lake Charles
I. a.
MONDAY'S NEWS
Mrs. Matt (lilbert and two sons,
who have been visiting for the
past two months with relatives in
Ashland, leave today for their
home lu Crangevillo.
!
Mrs. Harry Silver has gone to
Col li ii g O. rove to be with her
daughter, Miss Madeline Silver,
who is teaching school there. The
hitler Is suffering with an attack
of till.
Mrs. Utterback, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. O. A.
Paulseriid in this city for the past
week, left yesterday for her home
lu Tacuina. 1
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Mrs. C. I. I). Jones has been
called to Tacoina by Ihe illness;
of her father. Sho leaves foi
that city this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Spnnnus
are rejoicing over tho birth of a
daughter, who arrived at their
homo on Second street February
HI.
The pyrene whicii was lost off
(be fire engine the oilier day wup
picked up by Mr. Mlnlle. who saw
the advertisement of the lost iu
tide iu the Tidings and relumed ,
It lo the city fire ball. j
Mrs. G. L. Shelion received a
letter this morning from her
friend, Mrs. Boiraln of Klamath
Falls, containing news which lends
tho former to think (he report of
the death of Mrs. Pearl Hoskins,
daughter of Mrs. Hoi vain, is not deuce property on North Pioneer months with Ihe Red Cross bureau
true. According to the letter. I avenue. Newson Harrison. ho ! f(,r refugees in France, and seven
which was written Saturday, Mr, j occupies the house, is the pU1- months in the Red Cross general
Boivnlii had received a letter from chaser. j rfi''t '" Rouinania. Since she r-
her daughter from Nevada stating turned to America in September
they were very well. As the re- Mrs. 8. C Williamson Is In she has been associated with the
port staled Mrs. Hoskins had died j Pasadena, calied there by the ill-1 American Red Cross Disaster Re
Wednesday, it Is hoped that It Is ness of her sister. Miss Carol Van lief work following the tidal wav
a mistake. i Nice. i Corpus Chiintl.
AFTER TIMBER niiunnAn
PORTLAND. The LongKcll
Lumber company, with headquar
ters in Kansas City are neitotiat
lug for additional timber holdings
on tho Pacific coast.
In October, IMS, this com
pany, the largest producer of pine
lumber in the United States, ac
quired for about $4.nnn,000 ap
proximately 1,700,000,000 of pine
limber on 87,000 acres In the
Klamath district from interests
allied with the Booth-Kelly Lum
ber company and since last sum
mer has carried through a deal
for the purchase of the pine tim
ber on 71.000 acres in Shasta
county, California, from the Me
C'loud River Lumber company.
The Long-Hell Lumber rumpany
Is known to be negotiating tor ad
ditional pine timber in Southern
Oregon and Immense holdings also
of fir timber in Southwestern
Washington.
It Is known th;i'. the intention
, of the Long-Hell Lumber com
pany is to convert its new pur
chases of timber in California.
Oregon and Washington into com
mercial products as rapidly as
possible Instead of retaining tin;
holdings for a turn over to other
investors or operators.
NORTH 10 MEET
In co-operation with the farm1
bureaus of Jackson, Josephine and
I Klamath counties in Oregon, the,
'"hasta co'iotv f ine bureau at Its
kKohruaiy meeting instructed Farm
rtiivisei i iiiri'i laiuiii anu i.ewin
Ciirrigau, secretary-manager of
tho Northern California Counties
association, to arrange a slock
meeting in Monl.iiie, Siskiyou
county, on Saturday, March IS.
inviting the stockmen of Siskiyou,.
Trinity, Modoc an l Lassen conn
ties lo be present. 1
Tho purpose of Iho meeting is
to consider the formation of an
inter-county niarkoliiig association
for the eight counties, lo lay out;
a schedule of sale dates for auc
tion sales through which to mar-!
ket Ihe cattle of northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon. The
action sale system has worked suc
cessfully in the marketing of
hogs iu the San Joaquin valley
and can be extended to Ihe sale
of cattle. The California Cattle
men's association has endorsed
the system, Thu auction sale en
ables the producer lo sell direct
to the packer.
"Cattlemen, unacquainted with
tho system," says Carrigan, "may
question the loss of corral weight,
but this question will ho cleared
at the meeting. Auction sale days
mean new life and business to our
small shipping towns In the north,
belter profils to our producers
and closer co-operation anions
stockmen. Buyers of all large
packing houses follow the date
schedule. Montague Is the center
of Siskiyou county nnd ' easily
reached f mill all eli'ht counties.''
May Organize II. A. It.
Mrs. WilkiiiH, stale regent of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, has sent word to Ash
land that if she gels word from
Washington in regard to the Ash
laud applications for membership
she will be here to organize the
local chapter before the stale con-;
venllon lo be held lu Eugene
March 5 and li. This mooting, if
called, will he held at the home
of Mrs. Schueriiiaii on First street.
An Interesting llihle study is
being conducted in Ashland It v
the help of a chart the teacher
is handling the work iu such a
way that the confusion that was
hitherto encountered by many, it
is staled, is cleared away. One
class meets at Mrs. Wheeler's
home on North Main street at
7:30 each Tuesday evening, and
others meet at various places dur-;
Ihe the latler nart of the week i
George King, who has been son
ing us mail clerk running out from'
Ashland to Gerber, has been trans-
ferrod to another run, with Duns-j
niulr as his headuil irters. and left i
for thore yesterday morning. Mr. I
King is succeeded by Mr. Hobbs of'
Diinsmuir. who will move his!
famil here
.
Harrv Cu.ev hn ,d,l hi. ,i. I
MEIN OF
DU lUHU
YREKA, Cal. Strenuous ef
forts are being made here by a
committee of citizens to raise
25,000 by March 5 lor the pur
chase of the railroad line which
connects this town with tlm
.Southern I'aiii'ic Sln.ata route at
Montague. The committee Is
composed of It. H. DeWitt, S. 11.
Williams, C. J. I.uttell and J. E.
Tinner.
The citizens of Yreka have been
notified that unless the road Is
purchased by March 5 it will bo
abandoned and junked. Tho
town of Yreka formerly owned
the line, but later sold it to San
Francisco capitalist), who now as
sert that it is unprofitable.
It is estimated that it will re
quire an expeudiuip; or ? 10.1100 to
placH the line in condition for
traffic.
SACRAMENTO. Eighty thou-
! sand dollars is the film estimated
necessary to be expended In or
der to Improve the Sacramento
canyon highway for a distance of
about 21 miles
between La Moino
rn line of Shasta
and Ihe north
county.
The sale highway commission
has three rock crushing machines
available for this task. One Is at
Caslella, another now Is being
used at Meats creek and a third
is at Delta.
Travel on the highway Is said
to be rapidly increasing and it
is the proposal nt the commission
lo make the roul a good adver
tisement for tho state.
Horsefly
District Plans
For Dam
KLAMATH FALLS. A peti
tion has been filed iu the circuit
ourt by the directors of the Horse
fly Irrigation district for confir
mation of the proieeding of tlm
lisi iitt iu regard lo Issuance of
bonds. The directors aro paving
the way for the marketing of the
second series of bonds, $50,000 in
value, which will be used in
building a dam on the old Har
bold site, lo supersede tho two
small existing dams, the Bii;
Springs and Yono valley dams.
The ili.ilrict authorized a $700,.
lioO bond Issue five or six years
ago. The first of the series, $115.
000, has been sold and the pro
ceeds used. The state law re
quires, however, that tho court
set the stamp of legal approval on
e.ich separate batch of securities
marketed.
By building a bigger dam lower
down the river, the district will get
a greater storage urea, and hopes
lo store enough water to make an
increase of Irrigated acreage pos
sible. Danco 1'or Newly Weds.
The announcement comes from
Diinsmuir that Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
K- Brown were the guests of hon-
or at u banquet and dance at tho
Weed Hotel hist week, given by
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wickes, par
ents of Mrs. Brown. This attrac
tive young couple were married
February i. in Sacramento. The
bride was Miss LaVerne Wickes,
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wickes of the Weed Ho
tel. She is a social favorite In the
younger Bet there. The groom ii
u fireman on the Shasta division
Other affairs are being planned
in their honor. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Ilrowu are now taking a honey-
""""J tril through Southern Cal
ifornia
Social Service 8eker
Miss Alida Bowler will be in
Ashland next Friday, and will de
liver an address on social service
in the Auxiliary hall at 8 o'clock
In the evening. .Miss Bowler Is
sent out by the Northwestern di
vision of the Re.l Cross and is
touri"! t,,e rountry organizing so-
cial service work ill Ihe various
communities. She served for five
Ifl ON
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