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Tile AhdrcwR Opera compnny,
Wkioh for no mnny years was n suri
censfnl theatrical company, nre npnin
organizing for n spring tout' on the
ftiMsl. They will open in Medfonl in
tli oxri "Martha," nt the Paro
jKra House, cilitcstlay, March 8,
umler tho auspices of the local Klks'
In Mpehkin$ with 1M Atidrews of
his plans, ho said: '.My brother,
George, hihI invsclf linvo been 'oiim1-
hnnfr for some timo the reoivunijin
lion of the- Andrews Opera company
mid (ho time seems to he most ttrwirit
lous. The high stniulnnl of moving
pictures has, to n jrrcat extent, sup
plied tho demand for the dramatic
performance, but can in no vv sub
stlhito anything for the music drama,
ilesidcs, the various maohanieal de
tlceK, such iih the iluno)ropli and
Die player-piano, have familiarited
the public with classic music to such
an extent that there is now a univer
sal demand for opera and the high
graito concerts.
While the war in Eutojmj has made
Its' feel tho pinch of harl times, it
lias also Kent to America artists of
the highest ktoiIo, who nre unable to
find employment at the extreme high
prides of a. year ago. This makes it
possible to bring Igcther n company
of siiiRcrs to give opera hi the small
er cities, that would havo heretofore
been a financial impossibility. Aside
from tho Andrews family, whom you
all know, we havo engaged as our
lending tenor, Salvntorc Giordano, of
tho Metropolitan Opera company of
New York, who has been singing with
mieli nrtistH ns Caruso, Scotti, the
late Nordica, Farrar, and others of
their class. We will also havo with
us, Julia Zumwalt, with whom I have
appeared m opera and consider her in
a class with artists of the highest
rank. Mr. Kirkoff, nn artist of long
exjwrience, is also a member of the
cotnpany.
The libretto or "Martha" has been
revised by George Ilroatlliurst, the
noted playwright, esjecially for thi
company. The plot of "Martha" is
on tho scriu-iiomic order, and as given
by the crand oiK-rn coiniMinies, the
light ntid humorous plot has been ob
Neiiml by rather ponderous recital
ioe. Jn the Hroadhurst version sj
ken lines nro used, which easily con
veys the story to the audience, brings
out the comedy and makes nn enter
tainment that nil clashes thoroughly
enjoy.
Tho rotitius and contracting dates
for the company will bo in the hands
of George T. Wilson and A. C. Bur
gess. Itoth of these gentlemen nre
thoroughly experienced in this work
and are. playing the company on guar
antees with local organizations such
as Klks' lodges, musical societies, etc.
The encouragement thev nre meeting
with in both Gti-gou and California is
proof positive that there is a demand
for ojiera of tho higher class.
"How long will your present sea
son last?" was asked.
''Until the middle or last of May
is now our idea. There is territory
enough in Oregon, California and
Washington 'to supply one compauy,
and we will bring such celebrated ar
tists from time to time as td thor
oughly establish tho Andrews Opera
company as the lending operatic or
ganization oil the cont.
Tho local lodge of Klks, who are
building such a magnificent Klks
homo in tho city, nre to have half of
the proceeds, which will bo used in
buying the elegant furnishings with
which their building is to bo equip
od. Several of the company, in
cluding myself, nro Klks, and we
deem it a pleasure to help our home
lodge, an order that docs so much
fop charily in a quid .and unussum-
BILLINGS VOTED
OUT OF
BY VOTE 521 TO 28
ASHLAND
ASHLAND, Feb. 13. At the spe
einl city election yesterday to deter
mine the question of amending Ihe
ehnrter to eliminate the Hillings prop
erty from the city limits to permit
construction of the Pacific highway,
llin measure carried by a vote uf o'Jl
for to 23 against. This election de
termines the matter of vacating cer
tain western municipal territory, thus
turning it over to the jurisdiction of
the county oxeluMxely. Hiwifii'nlly
the measure voted uon was as fol
lows :
"An net to amend section 1 of ar
ticle 1 of the charter of the city ol
Ashland, Oregon, changing the north
westerly boundary line of said city to
conform to the southerly line of tho
Pacific highway on the route marked
'Une A' us delineated ninl designated
on the nmp as surveved, staked and
platted by the state highway engineer
from where said, survey enters the
present city limits, southeasterly to
and nlong the north line of tho city
pavement ns laid in 1912, to a point
on the northerly side thereof as in
dicated by said survey; thence north
.It degrees 45 minutes east to the
present north boundary."
Although the vote was overwhelm
ingly for tho amendment, the number
of bnllots east did not approximate
one-third of tho normal voting
strength of the city.
BELLIGERENTS 'SOUTHERN PACIFIC
DELAY REPLY TO
AMERICAN NOTE
ASHLAND
BOND
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.1.--Aduun-ist
ration officials hud unofficial in
formation today ol the presentation
of the American note to the Gorman
government concerning the Gorman
sen wnr gone, proclamation.
The communication was deliveicd to
the German foreign secretary last
night by Ambassador Gerard at ller
lin. The unofficial advices were to the
effect that officials of the German
government declined for the present
tit comment ou the note, except to snv
that it was couched in friendly lan
guage. It was succeed the German
reply which would be made in due
course, prohnblv would contend that
its action was IjiiNtified fully because
of the attempt of Great llritniu to
starve out the German nation, "wom
en and children, ns well as soldiers."
Tlje note to Germany and also that
to Great llritniu pointing nut the
danger to neutral shinpine of nnv un
justified general use of the Ameri
can flag continued to absorb attention
in official and diplomatic quarters
today. Many officials believed the
United Stales would be convinced by
Great Britain that it has no intention
of mnkinir cenernl the use of neutral
flags by British merchant j.hips.
MUST CUT RATES
WASHINGTON', Feb. til.---Ait1lcn.
tlon of tho Southern Pacific for re
lief from the long and short haul
clause of tho Intomtnto conunorco
law on shipments of iouru green
lumber from Oreubn points to San
Francisco points has been denied by
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. Tim Southern I'nelflc asked to through sea nntownyn to points on
continue tho present rates, which nrti.thu tliuilmnu lines,
hlKher to tutermedlnte points than to
Srtn Francisco. Tho commission's
order Is effective May t,
1, N, Teal argued heroin tho com
mission In behalf of Knstern Oickoii
Lumber Producers' nssnclntlnu In tho
enBo against tho tlieut Northern.
Northern Pacific, etc. The lumber
producer of linker and Union coun
ties nro Reeking to havo Spokane,
Uutte and Silver How natcvna
opened to the movement 'of lumber
from that district ou tho same basis
Proposed lucrciisist frelwht inteHj
on content, nro not justirlml froni Salt
I. alio and Devil's Slide, Utah, to
Uutte, Anaconda and other points In
Montana ami tilnho, according to n
ruling made today by .the -Interstate
Commerce commission,
FASTER MAILS TO
A St. Helens shipbuilder will build
new mill for government siingboiil
Mnllilointi.
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State Kmiilouiicnt bureaus vi I'ulve
as applies from northern roads ' cmt0y,m,t,t to unemployed politicians
WASHINGTON, Feb. III. -New uc
rangeiuents for faster inn tl train ser
vice between Chicago and the Paeillo
eoiiHt were announced today by
Postmaster General lluilesoii, Oim
new mall train between Chicago mill
I. os Angeles will make the run in
sixty-four houis mid ten minutes
over the Santa Fc.
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nig way.
SALE CALLED OFF
(From the Record)
The mineral springs bond proposi
tion is exactly where it was immedi
ately after the bonds were nwarded to
tho syndicate of Ashland business
men represented in the deal by Hon,
It. P. Neil. Tho syndicate's -ale of
tho bonds to C. S. Wltody, on his bid
ns agent for tho Portland Trust K.
Snvings bank and the firm of Swect-
Cnusey-Foster & Co. of Denver, has
failed to materialize. 0. W. Smith,
who sjicnt several days hero repre
senting the Denver end of the com
bination, left Wednesday. On his ar
rival here he claimed that Woody was
not authorized to make the offer he
did on behalf of the Denver firm. He
represented that his firm would stand
by the bid providing certain conces
sions were rande. These consisted of
making the bonds serial instead of
optional and also making them pay
able in New York instead of Ashlattd.
After conferring with Dillou-Thomp-
son-Clay, the New York bond attor
neys, tho city council did not see its
way clenr to grant the concession.
Mr. Smith nlso mndo a cash offer of
less money which the syndicate could
not accept. The syndicate will take
tho sale of the bonds up with other
houses that have offered to bid on
Ihera. Tho Smith-Emery company of
engineers at San Francisco was also
represented here, while the negotia
tions were going on, by -their Mr.
Smith thnueh his nr'esence had no
bearing on the negotiations, being
wholly with the springs commission.
HIBLffiliF
BUTTE MINE GUARD
KILLED BY UNIONIST
HUTTE, Mont., Feb. 13. The
denth of Thomas Miinro, mine guard,
who was shot and fatally wounded by
Harry Itobiiison, vice-president of the
Miueworkers' union, nn organization
formed during the labor troubles
here last summer, is momentarily ex
pected at the hoopitnl, where he is
lying with two bullets in his body.
Itnbinson, who is held in the county
jail, has as yet mndo no statement
regarding this shooting. Munro gave
a statement of the affair as his death
declaration, saying- that be had been
frequently threatened with death
because of his employment as an
armed guard.
The shooting frav has revived
much discussion or the labor disor
ders of last year in this city, but the
authorities declare they expect no
further trouble.
Pell
MAKES INSURANCE
COMPANY PAY LOSSES
SALE.M, Ore., Fob. 13. Insur
ance company lobbyists stood aghast
yesterday ufternoou when tho house
passed house bill 233, Introduced by
Vf W. Cardwell of Douglas county,
wkUk hi 54 words wipes out the en
tlreitBtliiR insuranco code arid sub
tihitw simply Uie absolute require
jnat that Insurance companies bo
eewplled io pay tho entire faco value
of'poHclwt In case of loss.
Thomas Drown' ofMnrlon declared
the bill revolutionary ana drastic,
Mid W U it should pass, every re
pwUbie' Insurance company would
Uiv ttik otate and make room for
pjnintPnT "Jl crow" companies that
-weJd, dtray the high standard of
tto Wlw and HHllIfy millions of
toltNr' worth of palUles.
SALKM. Ore., Feb. 13. The house
this morning passed II. I). 212, intro
duced by Davoy, Irvln and Eaton,
which permits the organization of
public utility districts for tho de
velopment of water power or tho con
struction of community projects of
any kind. Tho measure proposes to
extend to tho country regions the
sumo rights now held by Incorpor
ated cities. The various communi
ties joining in tho district nro al
lowed to organize separately and, ac
complish a sort of federation for the
development of a common project,
issuo bonds and conduct tho venture
exactly as other ventures aro handled
In cities.
Greatest Event
in Woman's life
'Ml human exptrlrnco looks back to
motherhood ai the womler of wonder.
The patience, the
fortitude, the sub
lime faith durlnir tho
period of expectancy
nre second only to
the mother love be
stowed upon the
moet helplei but
meat marvelou cre
ation a baby.
Women are quIcM
io learn rrom each
other thote helpful scenclei that old to
comfort, and yet are perfectly ufe to un
and among- theao they recommend
'Mother's Friend."
It Is entirely an external application
designed to lubricate the broad, flat
muicles and skin that protect the
abdomen. It ha been In favorable use
for nearly half a century and Is known
to mothers In almoit every settled com
munity In tho United Btaten who highly
recommend It. You will And it on sala
tn drug stores. "Mother's Friend" Is
utterly harmle. contain no deadening
drug, very u-neacisi, very sootmos sad a
wonderful help.
Get bottle of "Mother'a Friend" to
day at any drug store and write to us
for our instructive little book to mother.
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