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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-27

much anxiety. A
man gained ad-
mission to the
Morgan house at
No. IL Princes
Gate OH the pre-
tense that he was
employed by the
telenhOne c0p,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
School Men
Hold Meeting

The boards of school directors, the
principals of town schools, and the
superintendents of the different city
schools held an interesting session
at Medford all day Saturday The
meeting was called by County Super
intendent Wells at the request of
the county board of education for the
consideration of questions looking to
the advancement of the schools of
Jackson county.
The first question considered was
a more uniform method of taxation
for the entire county. After consid-
cradle discussion committee was
appointed by Superintendent Wells
to go into the matter in a thorough
way. The results of the labor of this
investigating committee are to be
presented to the county court for ac-
Ition.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
A RESTRAINING ORDER is SERVED
ASHLAND POWER LIGHT COMPANY SECURES TEMPORARY NJUNC
TON AGAINST MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

Mayor Johnson was served Satur-
day with an order from the United
States circuit court restraining the
city from interfering with the lines
and plant of the Ashland Electric
Power & Light Company, and also
requiring them to show cause why
they should not be permanently en-
joined from interfering with the COM
pany in the operation of it's plant in
Ashland. The writ is made return
able in Portland and the hearing on
the injunction is set for one week
from today in the United States cir
cult court in Portland
Mayor johnson states that the city
is glad the order has been served as
it outlines the defense of the COM
pany. Few believed that the matter
would be settled short of the United
States supreme court, and this being
the case it is certainly we'll that the
delay of a trial in the, state courts
has been avoided. The sooner the
question is settled and settled finally
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
L. S. SENDS GEoLoGIsT.
Government Expert Examines Gran.
ite Quarries.

E. F. Burchard, Washington, D..
c., of the United States Geological
Survey, was in Ashland Friday to
examine the granite and quarries of
the Permission Granite Company with
a view to determining the quality of
the granite and the amount available
shonld it be specified as acceptable
in the Portland postoffice building,
Mr.. Burchard drove to the quarry,
taking time to look the country and
the quarry over thoroughly. He re-
fused to talk for publication, as is
the case with all government OF
ficials, but ordered samples sent to
Washington by parcel post. He was
only here during one afternoon but
made very thorough examination
of the quarry and of the possibilities
of opening it up.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
REPORTS MUCH INTEREST.
Rev. Chisholm Says Presbyterians
Will Boost Normal.

Rev. Harry Chisholm has returned
from the meeting of the Southern
Oregon Presbytery and the Oregon
Synod at Portland. In an address
before the Synod he spoke on educa-
tion in Oregon and discussed the sit
aation of the state normal schools
as well as the university.
81 was surprised at the interest the
ministers exhibited in the matter OF
reopening normal schools, as / ex-
pected they were not much concerned
in our situation. Ministers from all
over the state informed me of the
weaknesses of the public schools OF
all sections for the want of good
teachers. Every minister in the
Synod can be depended upon to sup
port the reopening of the Southern
Oregon State Normal"
The Alumni Association were
pleased to hear this message from
the Synod. Previous to educational
Sunday in the Presbyterian churches
they mailed each minister in Oregon
the Normal Bulletin.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

well-prepared paper was present
ed by a member of the county board
of education on the subject, THE
School House as a Social Center"
The position was taken that the
school house should be the center
of neighborhood activities, especially
for the older members of the COM
unity; however, the warning that the
entertainment for the evenings
should not given by school children
was given and called out compli-
mentary remarks from number Of
school men who think the work re-
quired of the children in actual
school exercises is all they can do
and do well. The speaker urged the
Importance of properly planning all
school houses with the view of hav-
ing them fit structures for neighbor-
hood activities without in any way
interfering with the real work of the
school.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the proposition of industrial fairs
and how to make them constructive
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Missing Girls
Are Located

Medford, Oct. 20.-Beatrice Kava-
naugh and Myrtle Hanscom, aged IA
and 16 years, star witnesses in the
immortality allegations against Dave
Titus and H. Boggs. held in the coun-
ty Jail awaiting the action of the
grand jury next week, were located
in Protland Friday morning by Prose-
cutor Kelly and are being held by
the Juvenile authorities pending the
arrival of Sheriff w. H. Singler, who
left that night to bring them back to
Jackson county.
The two misses have been traced
from Medford to Eugene to small
towns in Washington, thence to
Portland, in a month of wandering.
Some interesting developments as to
the why and wherefore of their de-
parture, and where they received the
money for travelling, are expected to
be brought to light.
1t is alleged that the two girls
were induced to go to Ashland by
Boggs and Titus, and were about to
enter a lodging house in that city
when arrested by the chief of police.
One of the girls was wearing a long
dress, furnished to deceive her age.
Another witness in an immortality
case disappeared this week in Cecile
Potter of Ashland, aged 16, who is
alleged to have been betrayed by her
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
is shot BY
HIS BROTHER
ELSIER CONGER KILLED BY MIS-
TAKE FOR DEER.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY
GrOther Shoots Into Brush and Fa-
tally Wounds Elmer, Who Died
Soon After DIR. Gregg Reached the
Scene of Shooting.

Elmer Conger of Jacksonville was
shot and fatally wounded Friday af-
ternoon by his brother, A. P. Con-
ger, while hunting near Grizzly creek
soda springs in the Jenny creek dis
trict of the Dead Indian country
According to reports reaching here,
the men were not over 100 feet apart
when the brother, seeing the brush
move, fired, without waiting to see
what at, and struck Elmer just back
Of the left arm, close below the
shoulder, the ball passing through
both lungs. The gun used was high
power 303 calibre and carried soft
nose bullet.
The father was with the sons and
help was summoned as quickly as
possible from Hooper & Reeser's saw
mill, a phone message being sent
from there Friday evening for Dr.
Gregg. He left here Friday evening
and reached the wounded man about
o'clock in the morning. 1t was i'm
possible, however, to do anything fol
him and he passed away about
O'Clock Saturday morning. Mr.
Hooper brought the remains to Ash.
land Saturday evening and was met
here by Mr.. Perl, the Medford un'
dertaker, who took the body to thai
place, where an inquest is being held
today.
While all feel sorry for the broth
er who did the killing, there seems
a general belief here that the Law
should be permitted to take it
course. The killing of hunters b!
careless men cannot seem to b.
checked by the knowledge of sucl
accidents and many hunters believ'
that some will be less likely to b.
careless if they know penitentiar!
sentence faces them is they shoot D.;
man for deer.
Only a few days ago Mr.. Inflow
Of Ashland had the. rim of his ha
shot away while out deer hunting
1t is declared by hunters also tha
more than one man has been shot il
the woods, mistaken" for a deer by
some man who had grudge agains
him.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
BURGLARS VISIT ASHLAND LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
Provost Brothers Store Entered and Revovers and Knives Are
SOlen-Other DepredaOnS Same Night

Burglars were in Ashland Friday
night. They are thought to be a
regular gang which is working up
and down the Southern Pacific rail-
way, as places in Grants Pass were
burglarized Thursday night and
down around Redding the gentry
were active the first of the week.
Provost Brothers were the heaviest
losers in Ashland. The burglars cut
out portion of the glass in the rear
door and reached in and turned the
key and shot back the bolt. They
took six or seven revolvers, about
forty or fifty knives and a number of
pairs of shears. The same night the
rear room of the Buckeye restaurant
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

was broken into and about 81 worth
'of bacon and pork stolen. This was
all the eatabies in the hack room.
l.. j. Orres reports that his o.cycle
was taken from the porch of his resi-
dence on upper Palm avenue and
Mrs. F. G. McWilliams heard prowl-
ers around their place on Church
street that same night, showing that
they worked the town pretty thor
oughly. AS soon as the burglaries
were discovered the police raided the
jungles, but there was not a hobo
to be found, though they had been
plenty the day before. The officers
think that they walked out of town,
catching the freight as it pulled up
the hill.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Prof. Young
To Lecture

Prof. F. G. Young will lecture at
the public library Friday evening,
October "a, s p. m.
The subject for the first of series
of lectures by DR.. Young will be
THE Evolution of Mind and Our
Social Order" The purpose of the
first lecture will be to give the scien-
tific setting of some of our funda-
mental social problems. The lead
ing aim of the entire series Is to give
bearings for insight into the social
situation that confronts present So
ciety.
The texts used abe "The Individual
and Society,"" by Baldwin, and so
GEOLOGY in Its Psychological Aspects" :"
by Elwood. The other authors used
to supplement these texts are as fol-
lows: Social Psychology" by Ross;
Social Organization" by Cooley;
Constructive Rural Sociology" by
Gillette; European Cities at Work, 4"
by Howe, and "Christianizing the So
cial Order" by Rauschenbusch Cop
les of these books will be found in
the public library. These books,
furnished for the study class by the
state library at Salem and the uni
versity library at Eugene, will be
cared for by the city librarian and
may be obtained by any person desir-
ing to use them in connection with
the lecture work.
In the first lecture society as stud
led by the psychologist and the So
ciologist will be set in contrast. OF
course in the end these two views
will be seen to have just the same
aim. however they are arrived at by
wholly different routes.
The three successive types of group
organization will be dealt with al
length, and the character of the soli-
darity of each type will be discussed
Upon the biological distinctions ol
these types rests the working basis
and treatment of the different social
groups.
DR.. Young is not an experiment.
For many years he has been identi-
fled with the educational interests of
Oregon. He comes to Ashland as a
representative of the extension de-
partment of the University OF Ore
gon. 1t is the hope of the promoters
of this course of lectures that large
earnest audience will meet DR.. Young
Friday night for the study of this
subject. No charges except for those
who want credit at the university for
work done in this class. In such
cases the fee will be 81 for the first
course and 81 for each additional
course.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Near Arctic Circle
Quarter Century

Edmonton, Alta, Oct. 15.-John G..
Knott, an employe of the Hudson's
Bay Trading Company, who has been
stationed in the north country. on
the fringe of the Arctic circle, the
last 2S years, has come to Edmonton
to visit friends of his boyhood days
and get into touch, as he puts it.,
with modern commercial and indus
trial methods. Edmonton, now a
city of 10000 population, had less
than so when Knott came through
here from the east in 1873. Where
large herds of buffalo broke the
trails in those days he found paved
streets and boulevards, lined with
substantial business houses and
pretty. homes. The Red river OK cart
and dog teams have given way to
high-power touring cars, spanking
cams and electrically propelled street
cars of the latest models, and the
Saskatchewan river, formerly forded
or crossed by rope ferry, is now
spanned by structures of STEEL con
crete and stone. The pioneer from
the silent north reports that the fun
catch this year will reach the $2,,
100000 mark.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
SAYS BRAKEY
KILLED HIM
COLESON, HOBO SHOT at TAI.
ENT, ALLEGES MURDER.
SAY SHOOTING UNPROVOKED
Story, However, Does Not Agree
With That Told by Talent Men
Who Were on Ground shortly AT
ter Shooting.

jeff Coleson, the hobo dishwasher
who was shot Saturday night at Tai
ent, is dead and before dying made
an antemortem statement charging
that he was shot by a brakeman OH
a northbound freight train. He al
legged that a number of them were
sitting beside the track and that ona
of them began to cuss the brakeman
of passing train and that the
brakeman shot him without warming
or cause.
This account disagrees materially
with that given to the Tidings by DR..
Hart of Talent and by Joe Witherow,
assistant at the depot there, both de-
claring that the entire bunch were
drunk and expressing belief that they
got to quarreling among themselves.
Coleson is native OF indianapolis,
Ind, and is about 81 years OF age.
He has half sister, Miss Luella Car
ter, residing at 216 North Illinois
street, Indianapolis.
According to reports received here
a farmer near Talent heard the ho-
boes quarreling and heard the shots
and there was no train near at the
time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
CEMENT PLANT ASSURED.
Gold Hill Concern Makes Contract
With County.

A mutually satisfactory contract
between Jackson county and the
Beaver Portland Cement Company
for $4,000 barrels of cement to be
made at the Gold Hill plant for use
on the county highways, delivery to
begin June l, 1914, has been drawn
up and approved by State Highway
Engineer H. L. Bowlby, Attorney
General Crawford and the state high
way commission. 1t only awaits the
arrival of President Burch of the
company, who is due the latter part
of the week, to be formally executed
by both parties. The county is am
ply safeguarded as to quality and de-
livery.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

A party of about twenty hoboes is
in Jail at Jacksonville pending the
outcome of injuries received by ono
of their members Saturday night at
Talent. The bunch was put off the
freight train at Talent that evening
and amused themselves by shooting
at the train as it pulled out and af-
terwards apparently got busy among
themselves. About 1880 o'clock ono
of them called Dr. Hart up to attend
fellow hobo who had been shot
through the abdomen. After cur
sorry examination of the wound DR..
, Hart put the wounded man, who
gives his name as Coulson, into his
auto and brought him to the Granite
City Hospital, where Drs. Hart and
Swedenburg performed surgical op-
GRAFTON in the hopes of saving his
life. He was shot through the abdo-
men and is in very critical condi-
tion.
The rest of the crowd of hoboes.
with the exception of one who helped
Dr. Hart to bring the wounded man
to Ashland, were loaded into a fruit
car and locked up until Sunday morn
ing, when Sheriff Singler came up
and took charge of them. The man
who accompanied DR.. Hart to Ash
land was turned over to Deputy Sher-
| iff Good, who tok him to Jackson
vile Sunday night. The gang is
thought to be the same one which
robbed Grants Pass stores a few
nights ago and may have been en-
gagged in the robberies here Friday
night, though they were trying to
beat their way south. They had evil
IDENTIFY secured money some way as
they were more or less under the in
fluence of liquor and had a supply
with them.
If sufficient evidence to convict
them of the Grants Pass robberies is
found they may be turned over to.
the Josephine county authorities,
otherwise they will be held and the.
shooting of Coulson will be investi-
gated thoroughly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
COURT AT JACKSONVILLE.
Ashlanders Are in Attendance at
County Seat.

Court sets at Jacksonville today.
There are a large number of crimi-
nal cases to come up, including sew
eral for trying to induce states wit
nesses to leave the country.
Among those who went down TODAY
were Mrs. Louise Conner, Alden
Whitney and Mr.. Young, the clerk
at the Wells-Fargo Express Company
They go to appear before the grand
jury in the matter of Sam Solomon
who is in Jail charged with defraud.
ing various hotels by means of fake
express packages.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
c. Anderson
Killed by Cars

Word was received here Saturday
of the death of Chauncey Anderson,
formerly of Ashland, at Redding Fri
day. Mr.. Anderson was a son of
T. K. Anderson, a well-known mining
man formerly of Ashland but now re-
siding at Gootville, CAL, and lived
for years in Ashland. The young
man was employed as a trainman on
the Southern Pacific railroad and
started to climb onto a car of lumber
while the car Was in motion. The
lumber was insecurely loaded and
gave way with him and he was
thrown under the train, killing him
instantly. The remains were brought
to Hornbrook for burial, funeral ser
vices being held there today.
While in Ashland the Anderson
family were prominent members of
the Presbyterian church, Mrs. Ander-
son, mother of Chauncey, being one
of the leading singers in the choir.
The young man was of exemplary
character and was leader in the
work of the Y. P. S. C. E. while here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Ashland 80
Grants Pass 0

Ashland 3S, Grants Pass 0 tells
the story of the football game Satur-
day between the Ashland and Grants
Pass high school teams. The game
was the second this year for the
local boys, and although it is early
in the season, yet they certainly
showed themselves capable of defend
ing the red and white. The team
showed so much improvement since
last Saturdays game that it was sim
ply a walkaway for them over the
Grants Pass tossers. Grants Pass
was in the game all the time, but
Ashland outplayed them at every
stage of the game and found no trou-
BILE in rushing six touchdowns over
their opponents goal line. The Ash
land backfield was in fine shape and
Plymate and Spencer's runs brought
big gains. At this we forget Dels-
man, the 180-pound full, who
through his spectacular line bucking
rushed the ball down the field for
gains of to 20 yards. Delsman
must be given a big share of the
credit for winning the game, al
though he gained but one touchdown.
The Ashland line also deserves much
credit for the way in which they sue
cessfully held the many Grants Pass
line bucks.
The attendance at the game was
quite small compared with last Sat
urday's crowd, but those that did
come were full of enthusiasm and
boosted strong for Ashland. The Of
ficials gave the best of satisfaction
and especially the Grants Pass um-
pire, who was square all around.
Phillips, the referee, is too web
known to need mention here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

agency in each community. Assist
ant State Superintendent Carleton,
who had charge of the children's in
dustrial exhibit at the recent state
fair, was the speaker. He went into
detail as to the value of children S
exhibits. 1t is the opinion of Mr..
Carleton that there is no better way
of waking up boys and girls to their
real possibilities than the competitive
display.
Before the conclusion of the days
work committee appointed early in
the day to draft memorial to the
state superintendent of instruction
offered set of resolutions asking
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Prof. Vining
TO Lecture

On Thursday evening, October 23,
at the assembly room of the West
Side school, Prof. e. r. Vining will
lecture on Education, Old and
New" Every parent in Ashland and
everyone interested in education
should hear this lecture. Admission
is free and all are invited. The lee
ture will commence at 1880 o'clock
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Gov. Sulzer
Is lmpeached

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 17.-Governor
Glynn issued very short formal
statement late this afternoon, in
which he said that he felt only sad
ness at succeeding Sulzer, and
pledged himself to an honest, pro.
gressive administration.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
Sacred Concert
Sunday Night

There will be a sacred concert CIV
EN- at the M. E. church next Sunday
evening. The choir and mems chorus
of this church are very proficient and
a high-class concert will be given. All
are invited
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

the better for all concerned. It is
reported that the city may take up
the question of the jurisdiction of the
United States court in the case, but
this is said not to have yet been fully
determined upon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

Permanent Board at Hotel Oregon.
Mrs. L. W.. Conner of the Hotel
Oregon is prepared to accommo modate
permanent guests by the month for
family table with rooms if desired,
or board alone. Reasonable rates.
36-1mo.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

that he use his influence to secure a
state tax sufficient to provide schools
of reasonable length in all the ruraP
districts. The resolution was unan-
imously adopted, after which the ses-
sion was adjourned.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

How far should our strictly secu-
lar government so in ransoming or
protecting people who have become
disturbers in a foreign country by
trying to impose upon the inhabit-
ants a system of religion that they
do not want?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

Japanese paper umbrellas and Ian
terms are waterproofed with an oil
extracted from rubber plant seeds.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20
The lineup:

IUUOIluU" IISI ~ LIdlt d, DUeNC6I
2, Delsman. Goals, Plymate 2. Sub
stitutes, Shinn for Holmes, Withrow
for H. Frame. Holmes for Shinn,
Shinn for Lilly, Lilly for Wallace,
Harris for Freeman, Anderson for
Holmes, Triplett for Harris, Cum
mings for Triplett, Brewer for Ash
craft, Gumaer for Lilly. Officials:
Referee, Phillips; head linesman,
Mowat
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

own brother, Earl, who is now agait-
ing action of the grand jury. A war
rant will be issued for her arrest.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-10-20

Even the babies that are not ad-
judged nearly perfect are darlings
nevertheless.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-01
SERVANT GIRL PROBLEM.

The servant girl problem is a general one. It is confined to no one section oe the country. but is causing the housewife as much concern in Vir- r1nfa as ft is in Connecticut. A cook 0r s maid Is giving the women of Richrnoad more bother than any other question just af the present time. One who has given the matter some thought urges the establishment of a training school for servants that gems znAS be sFsloesd from the rough ox ths maintenance Of 6 servants ex- change. which would give ths rating and qualifications of servants and pre- vide a nst or openings fer employ zz@rf
 Wh&ehever plan is adopted the Rich xso1d Times Dispatch believes il fin ~oI~as cooperation among the employ CTS. They should feel duty bound to report servants who failed to make rnef, Thsy would Rise have to agree upon some schedule of hours, duties and wages fer certain occupations Thss is st the hsaFa ef ths dificuity uhen o1e heaseBtfs Rays extra wages se4 poeF serslcs, she BHssTTHines the standard of kaeoE When another hires