Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-28

The Wednesday Afternoon Club
will hold a food sale Thursday morn
ing and afternoon, July 81, in the
vacant storeroom formerly occupied
by the secondhand store on North
Main street. Bread, rolls, cake.
cookies, buns, pies, salads and cold
meats will be offered for sale and
your patronage is solicited.
J. J, Maokrodt of the Depot drug
steFe was at Talent on business Sat-
urdsy,
G. f. Pierce of Santa Barbara,
Cal, and family were in the city the
past week, coming up from Santa
Barbara by auto, headed for Port
land. They have been on the road
some time and visited the Crater
Lake country before the recent
storm, finding the roads good at that
time. They are stopping in the city
with Charles Cleary and family on
the Hilldale ranch.
j. o. Wheelock of Endicott, N. Y,
is in the city, being registered at the
Hotel Oregon.
&. II. Tostevin, who is spending
well-earned vacation at the home of
his daughter in Eugene, writes that
he is having a fine time and is in
! no hurry to return to the tread-mill
of business. With his two popular
and efficient sons in charge there is
no need that he should. Mrs. Toste-
vim, who has been at the home of her
daughter for some time taking medi-
cal treatment, is improving.
Mrs G.. H. Tostevin has received
the sad news of the death of her
brother, James Dunlap, which oc-
Cured at Atlantic, Iowa, July II.
Will Holmes and Leroy Ashcraft
are after the record for the number
of trips to the top of Mount Ashland
in a season. They made their fifth
trip there this season Saturday night,
arriving in time to see the sun rise
or the mountain. They have only
heen beaten so far by the govern
rent forest guard, who has to make
the top of the mountain every day
TO watch for forest fires.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Atkinson of
Sacramento, Cal, were registered at
the Hotel Oregon Saturday. They
are making tour of the coast.
There is still considerable snow
or Mount Ashland, though the rain
last week reduced the visible supply
of water from that source very ma
terially. While there are no govern
nlent instruments for gauging the
lainfall there, Gus Stinson, the
guard camped at the old GribDei
camp, states that judging from the
way water was caught in ordinary
buckets during the rains last week
dt least three inches of water fell
o. v. and o. b. Olson of Chicago
were at the Hotel Oregon several
days the past week. They were look
ing over the Rogue River Valley with
view to investing and expect to
return to Ashland in the near future.
George Rose, the well-known
Southern Pacific conductor, is TAX
ing few days layoff. He has been
running on the south end for the
past few weeks.
Judge Tou Velle of Jacksonville
and Judge Kelley of Medford were
| in Ashland on official business to-
day.
A. c. Crews and family of Rose
burg are visiting at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Crews, on Granite street.
E. G.. Gait of San Francisco, SUI
perintendent of agencies of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company,
stopped over between trains Sunday
to look over the town and visit r. ].
Burnette, the local agent.
Frank Burgess and family of Med
ford spent Sunday at the home of
R. ]. Burnette. Mr.. Burgess is dis
trict superintendent for the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company.
1t is reported that Nate Bates cap
tured 25-pound Chinook salmon in
the Rogue river Sunday. The It'd
ings editor cannot vouch for the re-
port as he has neither seen nor
weighed the fish, but doubtless the
size is correct.