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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
ANDREW MCCALLEN
DIED LAST SATURDAY
Ashland Lodge, No. 23, a. +. & A.
NJ. InStallS.

Ashland Lodge, No. 23, A. F. &
A. NJ, installed officers Friday even
ing, the evening of st. Johns day.
The following were the officers in
Quoted into office:
w. NH. L. Whited.
S. Wv. e. Blake.
j. W.-Stuart Saunders.
S. D. c. A. Malone
j. D.-F. F. WhittIe.
S. S.-H. C. Stock.
j. ST. II. Johnson.
After the installation there was a
fine lunch served in the dining room
Fred Wagner read from a manuscript
compiled over 80 years ago brief
history of the lodge. 1t was written,
he said he believed, by j. S. Eubanks,
father of G. G. Eubanks, cashier of
the Granite City Savings Bank Ash
land Masons were in 1875 given pow
er to reorganiZe a lodge at Phoenix,
No. 23, of which several had been
members when it surrendered its
charter several years before. They
with others organized Ashland Lodge.
Patrick Dunn, father of Judge George
w. Dunn, was one of the charter
members Of the Phoenix lodge. The
charter members of Ashland Lodge
were w. H. Atkinson, J. r. N. Bell,
n. Conkling, P. Dunn, j. s. Eubanks,
H. c. Hill, A. S. Jacobs, ]. H. Skid
more, T. c. Tolman, Jacob Wagner
Justus Wells, Freeman Yandell. The
first officers were II. c. Hill, w. NJ.
]. r. n. Bell, S. W.; p. Dunn, J. w.
Jacob Wagner, treasurer; w. II. At,
kinson, secretary. or the charter
members two are still living, ]. r. N
Bell, now of Corvallis, and for years
grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge
of Oregon, and ]. II. Skidmore, tn,
latter superannuated clergyman re
siding in the Willamette Valley. Tw,
charter members have sons now be
longing to the Ashland Lodge, #. Z
and J. NJ. Wagner being sons O
Jacob Wagner, and Judge George W
Dunn being a son of p. Dunn.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Road Bond Election Halted.

Grants Pass, Dec. 29.-The road
bond election that has been set for
the 31st of the present month for the
purpose of voting on a bond issue of
1925, 900 for the building of perma-
nent roads in Josephine county has
been called off by the county court,
The reasons that made it advis-
able not to hold the election after it
had been called are general dissatis-
faction with the program of improve
ment outlined and the illegality of
the call that specified redemption of
warrants instead of road building.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
C0lyig Goes to
Southern Pacific

Medford Mail Tribune: Judge Will
liam M. Colvig, famous Medford
booster, received as Christmas pres
ent from the Southern Pacific the ap-
pointment of tax attorney and right
of-way agent at salary Of $4,000 a
year and expenses. He will succeed
the late Colonel Eddy and will have
his headquarters at Portland, though
he will be on the road a considerable
portion of the time.
Judge Colvig is a pioneer of south
ern Oregon, coming across the plains
with his parents as a boy. He has
practiced law for many years, having
served a term in early days as school
superintendent and later two terms
as prosecuting attorney, when the
district included the whole of south
ern Oregon. He has for many years
been local legal representative fol
the southern Pacific.
Two years ago Judge Colvig left
his law practice to become manager
OF the Medford Commercial Club af
ter being its aggressive president fol
the five years previous. His worl
as a booster made him more than
state reputation:
Mrs. Helen Gale and children will
accompany Judge Colvig to Portland
where they will reside after the frs
of the year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Scientists to Have
House Of Worship

First Church OF Christ, Scientist.
of Ashland, Ore, will soon be housed
under its own roof. The church some
time ago purchased the residence
property almost opposite tho Park
Hotel and has decided to remodel it
into a chapel and use II until able to
erect church edlfice. The work.
which is being largely donated, is
now under wal. The Scientists have
been renting of the @. A. r., but as
that organization is about to surren-
der its contract on the @. A. r. hall
and take the quarters provided for.
them in tho armory building, the
Scientists determined TO have their
own homo hereafter.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

Salem, Dec. 29.-Secretary of State
Oicott is complaining that the own
ers of automobiles are not applying
for their 1914 licenses, in accordance
with circulars issued by him recently
to the effect that all automobiles
found on the Oregon highways after
January :, 1914, carrying 1913
licenses would be arrested and the
automobile held until the 1914
license had been secured.
Up till December % there had only
been $500 licenses issued out of ap-
proximately 10000 cars that are in
the state.
Chapter 174, general laws Of Ore
gon, 1918, specifically states that all
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
u. S National
Remembers Clerks

On December 23 the board of d.
rectors Of the U. S. National Bank
held its monthly and quarterly meet
ing for the examination of the banks
affairs and routine business.
The December meeting OF the
board Is always one of especial inter-
est to the banks employees. This year
again. as for years past. the board
made a substantial cash Christmas
remembrance to each member OF the
force" Corporations are spoken of
as "soulless," but the employees insist
that this docs not apply to the old
U. 8. National Bank"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Parcels Post Packages
May Be Heavier Hereafter

On and after March 16, 1914, the
classification of articles mailable un-
der section of the act of August "a,
1912, authorizing the establishment
of the parcel post service shall be
extended 80 as to include books. The
rate OF postage on books weighing s
ounces or less shall be l cent for
each ounces or fraction thereof and
on those weighing in excess OF 8
ounces the regular zone rate shall
apply
All regulations or parts Of regula-
tions in conflict herewith are re-
scinded
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
STRONG COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO CANVASS THE CITY.
J. B. WARE HEADS COMMITTEE
Business Men VIII Give Entire Week
to Securing Members-Big Things
to BE Doing Coming Year and All
Should Belong.

In accordance wit ha motion at the
regular meeting December 4, Presi-
dent Mccoy of the Commercial Club
has appointed committee of five to
solicit membership for the club. The
committee named consists OF ]. B.
Ware, chairman, o. F. Carson, Frank
Jordan and F.. G. McWilliams. The
men are all hustlers and started to-
day to make a systematic canvas Of
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

So far as a thorough investigation
could disclose, no steamship company
has yet quoted passenger rates for
immigrants via the canal, and no
such tickets are being sold either for
cash or on the installment plan. Per-
sistence OF the old rumors caused
this office to make such investiga-
tions and the reports now in hand
from the American consuls stationed
at the important ports of Europe ut
terly discredit the Tumors of a di-
rect Pacific coast immigration.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
l.. G. Johnson
Has Eyes Burned

Leslie G. Johnson, employed by
the Southern Pacific railway in this
city, had his eyes badly burned while
lighting an indicator" in a caboose
in the yards this morning. The indi-
Gator exploded and his eyes were
burned, but DR.. Parsons does not be-
lieve they are seriously injured,
though It will be impossible to tell
for sure for some days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Proverbs BY the Wayside.

Some folks are so used to prophe-
sying trouble they don't recognize Joy
when he gives them a song and
dance on Life's highway.
After all the officeseekers have
promised to save the country 1t al
ways has to whirl in and save itself.
One way to keep from thinking
that this world is "a wilderness Of
woe" is to start a sawmill in the
wilderness and keep the saw a-sing-
Ing.
II the ambitious brethren could
foreclose a mortgage on the moon
they'd die of grief because they
couldn't capture the silver of the
sun.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Man Arrested at Frisco Thought S.
p. Train Bandit.

II. Train Bandit.
San Francisco, Dec. 24.-Identi-
fled by two of his alleged victims as
the bandit who robbed the Southern
Pacific train at Ell Monte, near Los
Angeles, December l, when Travelling
Passenger Agent Horace E. Montague
was shot and killed, man giving
the name of John T. Bostick was ar
rested on the street here Tuesday.
Bostick was identified by Arthur
Colen and Mrs. Colen, who were pas
sengers on the train. They were
walking among the shoppers on Mar
ket street when Mrs. Colen saw Bos-
tick.
There goes the man who held up
the train at Ell Monte" she said to
her husband. The couple trailed the
man for 80 minutes before they en-
countered a policeman.
2 Scores of pawn tickets were found
in Bostick's pockets. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Colen were positive in their
Identification of Bostick as the ban.
dit.
Colen identified a watch found in
Bostick's pocket as the property ot
Engineer Robbins. Colen is also ar
engineer.
Bostick said he was 81 years ole
and had lived in San Francisco fiy'
years. He said he had worked fol
the last three months at the South
ern Pacific roundhouse. On the date
of the hold-up, he claimed, he wa'
at work at his lathe at the round
house.
Bostick also declared that he lived
in a cottage on California street, bu
he was unable to give the police thu
number of his house.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Northwestern National First.

Portland, Dec. 24.-The first Ore
gon financial institution to avail it.
self of the opportunity, the North
western National Bank, Tuesday tele-
graphed the secretary of the treas
ury applying for membership in the
new federal building system created
by the currency bill.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

lish mis-statements calculated to in
cite riot" Complaints were made
by Sheriff Cruise and were a sequel
to an extra published Friday in which
the deputy sheriffs and others were
accused of slugging mothers who
tried to reach the hall where We'd
nesday's tragedy occurred.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Magazines.

Any one who wishes to renew their
subscription, or start a new subscrip-
tion for the coming year, for any one
of the following magazines can sub
scribe at the Tidings office:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Building Collansed. One Killed.

Columbus, Ohio.-William Triple,
laborer, is undoubtedly dead, buried
under two tons of debris, and Ernest
Huggins is lying in the hospital as
the result Of a wall of the old Trinity
building, which was dismantled, sud-
denly collapsing. Both men were la
borers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Heavy Snowfall Blankets siskiyous.

Redding, Cal.-All of California
north of Tehama county was visited
last week by a terrific snowstorm
which continued for about "a hours.
The fall here amounted to six inches.
Heavy damage was done to power
companies and telephone and tele-
graph wires. Officials of the power
companies declared it would require
several days to repair the damage.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Boy 10 Years Old Shoots Himself.

Pueblo, Colo.-Because he was un-
able to buy Christmas presents for
his bride OF seven weeks, Giovanni
Guzani, an Italian, II years old, is
dead here. He shot himself through
the head. His wife told the police
he had been respondent several days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

service will grow Already it has
compelled the laying off of the driver
for the WeIls-Fargo Express Com
pany in Ashland and the same action
is reported in many places.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Ella Flagg Young Triumphs.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young was reelected superintendent
of the Chicago public schools after a
stormy session of the board Tuesday
afternoon. Thirteen of the ballots
cast were for Mrs. Young; seven were
blank.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

A man sold 5o-pound pig for $25
and bought one OF the same weight
for 81; but the one sold was thor
oughbred. There Is a big difference
In pigs az we'll as In people.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Too Much.

whats the trouble here?"
"The bellboys are on a strike"
Want more pay, l suppose?"
mo. A man came in little while
ago and asked to have Wladislasc
PACED. d."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Harrisburg, Ore, Local Option Elec-
ton Illegal and Void.

Albany, Ore, Dec. 29.-In a de-
cision Circuit Judge Galloway has
declared the Harrisburg local option
election illegal and void on the
grounds that it was not held at the
time of general state election or
regular city election.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

Thirty different wood preservatives
are in commercial use in the United
States. Many of them utilize creosote
of one sort or another; others re-
quire chemical salts.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
In 2O15.

as your husband at home, Mrs
Gotavote?"
"Yes, Mr.. Welltamed. Did you wish
to see him?"
"If you don't mind. just dropped
in to see If he would give me his
recipe for making mustard pickles. y
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Automobiles Must
Get 1914 Licenses

motor vehicles within the state shall
carry license of the current year, and
If not SO doing the machine is sub
ject to seizure until such license has
been secured.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

Ultimately positive that the favor
able climate and inviting opportuni-
ties of the Pacific coast will attract
a large immigration from Europe
through the canal, still the immigra-
tion commission feels no alarm over
any immediate overwhelming influx.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29
Proof Positive.

"My wife will know | drank too,
much at the banquet"
why. you are walking straight
enough"
But look at the bum umbrella L
picked out. -Pittsburg Post.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

New Years Skating Party
at the Natatorium Wednesday, skat.
ing the old year out and the New
Year in. 1t*
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

Extremes meet" Too much law
and governing and court interpreting
tend toward anarchy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

The propertyless man has con-
ISOLATION; he doesn't have to pay any
direct and undisguised taxes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

If folly is happiness, it is of
brief and base kind.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-29

The recall Is an instrument prop
erly to be used only In extreme cases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
SEARCH or BOURNE
FARM MADE MONDAY
Nothing Was Found Which
Would Indicate that
Body Was Buried.
DAVIS WAS NERVOUS
When Questioned About His
Business with Missing
Camden Man.
DAVIS WAS NERVOUS
palladium SpeciaD

EATON, O., June 3.-An exhaustive
search yesterday over the 100-acre
farm failed to disclose the body of
Camden, O., thought to have been
murdered. Elwool Davis, So, a for
mer farm hand of Bourne's, is still
confined in the county Jail on the
charge of first degree murder preferred
by a cousin of the missing man, John
Bourne. The search covered every
nook and Granny of the farm, includ-
ing several abandoned wells.
Along with the deeper mystery con-
fronting Sheriff Ed B. Werts and
County Prosecutor Hugh r. Gilmore
is the question of what disposition was
made of the body of Bourne, if he
was killed by Davis on the formers
place. Nothing whatever was reveal
ed in the search that would tend to
shed any light in the matter.
Another phase was given the case
late Monday when an Eatonian de-
clared he had seen Bourne in Eaton
about two weeks ago. He says he has
known the man all his life, and GER
tainly cannot be mistaken.
Prosecuting Attorney Gilmore Sc
cured possession of the letter received
by Davis couple of weeks ago, and
a comparison OF the writing on the let
ter has been made with that of Davis
Both specimens are bad, contain words
improperly spelled. and officials think
there is no doubt but that Davis wrote
the letter and mailed 1t to himself at
Camden from Hamilton. He is said
to have been in Hamilton on the par
ticular day the letter was mailed
In the letter. which was unsigned, it
was stated that Bourne had been kill
ed at Jackson. Miss, where he went
last fall with the intention of buying
a sawmill.
Friends of Davis believe him inno-
cent and are of the opinion that
Bourne will later turn up. He has al
ways been very eccentric and many
think he merely left his country home
for an extended trip.
Although Davis grew a little nerv-
Gus Monday when questioned by Prose
cutting Attorney Gilmore concerning
his business relations with Bourne, he
has since seemed little affected and
talks freely.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
BOYS BITTEN BY DOGS
CANNES Confined on Order
of Health Officer.

Two rat terrier dogs. belonging to
Charles Pitman. city meat inspector.
are being confined since they bit two
small boys named Clemens Monday.
Pitman says one of the lads attempted
to pick up one of the dogs and was bit
ten on the finger. ~
Funny" the small terrier may or
may not be confined for the full ten
days which county health officer has
ordered Ten days viii allow rabies To
develop If the dog has the disease
Funny SO far has chewed his way
through two muzzles, two ropes tied
around his neck. and through the end
of a wooden box in which he was nall
ed The dog was placed In the second
story of the barn and jumped out.
alighting without q scratch, and run
ming under another barn nearby. All
exits were nailed and Funny" is now
living under the barn with family Of
half grown kittens The mother cat
cannot get into the barn without the
dog being let out The health officer
refuses to allow the dogs TO be killed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
$4,000 IN JEWELS
ARE STOLEN TODAY
Daring Robbery in the Heart
of the Rich Diamond
District of Gotham.
(National News Association)

NEW YORK, June 3-Daring jewel
robbers today robbed the Office of J. B.
Theise, eleventh floor, of At and 40
Maiden lane, in the heart of the rich
est jewelry district of America. They
took satehelful of uncut diamonds
worth $4,000.
The gems had been brought from
the safe deposit vault at 170 Broad
way. where they had been kept after
business hours. Theise made the trip
to the vault in person to insure the
safety of the jewels. When he reach
ed his Office with the precious stones
he set the satchel On his desk, then
left the room for several minutes, go
ing to a washroom. When he returned
the satchel was gone. He said he did
not notice any one following him, nor
had he seen any one in the corridor
outside his Office. His explanation of
the theft made the case one of the
biggest mysteries ever placed in the
hands of the police to solve.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
RICHMOND MAN MAY
BUY SCHOOL BONDS
Board Is Unable to Award
$4,000 Issue to Fletcher
American Bank Co.

AS school bonds can not be sold
below par, the school board did not
award the $35, 900 issue to the Fletcher
American Bank company Saturday
afternoon. The bonds pay four per
cent interest, and run for eight years.
The only bid, that of the Fletcher
company, was to take the bonds at
par, the city to pay $500 for an in
vestigation into the validity of the
issue.
The school board believes the bonds
will be disposed of at par, a local
business man stating yesterday that
he probably would make a bid for the
bonds at par. If he does so. he will
be awarded the bonds. In case the
school board can not get par for the
bonds. the percent of interest will be
raised to four and one-half per cent.
The bonds are issued to cover the
cost of erection and furnishing the
new West Side school on South West
Second street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
TELEPHONE CABLE
DAMAGED BY BOYS
Gable Is Target for Youths
With Air Rifles in
South Side.

Youthful "Wild Vests" "Pawnee
Bills" and other famous shots, have
nothing on band of boys, who armed
with Flobert rifles and air rifles, have
been engaged in perforating lead cab
bles of the telephone company in the
vicinity of South Fifth and E streets
One piece of cable, exhibited by VIM.
Bailey. manager of the telephone COM
pany, had fifty-seven holes in it, and
three more shots had grazed the edge
of the cable. The holes were not ap-
parent from the ground, and when
water leaked through and destroyed
the use of the cables. many searches
were made for the leaks. Monday the
ca BILE was tested again and the target
for the boys rifles found.
About 800 had been spent by the
telephone company in searching for
the holes made by the boys guns. If
the cuIprits are caught, they will be
punished severely, Mr.. Bailey states.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-03
City Can Use Sinking Funds
for Retirement of Its Obi
cations Bill for Ordi-
nance Presented.
FUNDS NOW DRAWING
BUT THREE PER CENT
Bill Given First Reading in
City Council Last Evening
Drawn by the Finance
Committee.

A gain in city finances of approx
mately $1,000 annually will be effect
ed hereafter by an ordinance present
ed last night to council by B. A. Ken
nepohl, president of the board of pub
lie works, City Comptroller E. G. Nc
Mahan and City Attorney William A.
Bond, a special finance committee ap-
pointed at a previous council meeting
to investigate the payment Of city i'm
provement bonds
In communication to council City
Attorney Bond explained that under
the city and towns act of 1905, and as
amended in 1911, a clause, hitherto
overlooked, provides that when city
can not utilize it's sinking funds from
time to time for the retirement of the
obligations that are being provided
for, those sums may be temporarily in
vested in government, state of Indiana
or Indiana counties bonds, or in the
street, sewer or other improvement
bonds Of the municipality itself.
The city light plant and the general
sinking funds are the two that will be
affected by the new ordinance The
light plant sinking fund receives $500
each month from the receipts of the
plant and by 1927 it will amount to
enough to retire the bonds outstanding
of the original 1902 issue of $144,0O0.
The general sinking fund receives
seven cents annually from the $1.10
tax levied by the city and is for the
purpose of retiring from time to time
cations of Richmond. About $4,000 an
nually is added to this fund.
The two funds at present, amounting
to approximately $4,000 are deposited
with the various city banks at per
cent interest. July l, $4,000 of the light
plant sinking fund will be used to re-
deem that amount of the plants in
debtedness, leaving $35, 900 in the two
funds. Under the new ordinance this
amount will be invested in various city
improvement bonds which bear inter-
est at the rate of per cent per an
mum. This per cent additional inter-
est should make clear gain to the
city the first year of about $500, and
thereafter it is estimated it will be
$1,000 annually.
The ordinance passed first reading
last night and will be finally passed
and made law at the next meeting of
council. The $4,000 per cent bond is
sue which will be made July 1 to take
up the improvement bonds erroneous
ly issued in 1903 and 1905, will be the
first purchase by the city with sinking
fund money under the new ordinance.