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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
LaSSen BurieS
Valley in Mud

Mount Lassen, California's widely
known active volcano, burst forth in
an eruption late Saturday which far
outshadowed any previous outburst
Clouds of steam and smoke rose for
miles into the air, ashes fell for hun
dreds of miles around and great
streams of lava and mud poured down
the mountain sides and into the val
leys.
Thirty-five families were driven
from their homes in Hat Creek valley
by flood of hot mud which buried
the valley for fifteen miles in from
one to three feet of mud, destroyed
all crops, washed out all bridges and
killed many cattle.
Heretofore Mount Lassen has been
freak which gave the Redding dis
trict much free advertising and was
great tourist drawing card. Now
the old peak bursts forth in new
role and belehes out streams of lava
which leave desolation in their wake.
Scientists claim that none but the
valleys nearest to the mountain can
be harmed by the eruption, saying
that the volcano is too far from the
sea for any widespread danger to ex-
list from a monster eruption such as
those of the famous European vol
canoes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Suggests Giant
Lawn Fete in Park

A novel suggestion for a unique
entertainment was offered by A. S.
Ames of Talent at Friday evenings
band meeting, and one which if prop
erly carried out would result in a
very jolly evening for the people of
Ashland and out-of-town visitors.
Mr.. Ames suggested that with the
terraced hillside above the park and
the level part of the park illuminated
with Chinese lanterns strung on
strings of electric lights such as are
used in street decorations, with music
by the band, possibly a few speech
es, a short program of readings and
vocal music, and many novel features
which would naturally suggest them
seslves, lawn fete on large scale
could be put on which would provide
most enjoyable time for everyone.
No doubt various clubs and organ
izations could arrange money-making
plans to be featured in conjunction
with the fete, which should of course
be free. The idea is not new, having
been tried with astonishing success
elsewhere. but Ashland park would be
an ideal location for such a fete and
would most assuredly draw a large
crowd. The idea is most worthy of
consideration.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
McLaren Going
Over Park Plans

Donald McLaren and Landscape
Engineer Hammerstrom came in on
No. 16 last night and are going over
the general plans for park improve
ments today. Mr.. McLaren will make
general plan of the work and Mr..
Hammerstrom will remain here for
some time and direct operations.
Actual work will be begun on the
park at once, as some of the units are
already planned for development.
F.4C. Clark of Medford, who will
present sketches for buildings, is also
here today in conference with Mr..
McLaren, with the idea of getting
the landscape and architectural de-
signs to harmonize.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Five Thousand
HObOeS This Year

Every night of the year the patrol
men of the Ashland police force test
4SS windows and doors to see wheth-
er careless merchant has left any
open. If one is found open the mer-
chant is called up and informed of
the fact. During the month of March
seventy doors were left open. The
number is not so great now, the aver
age merchant learning to be more
careful after being aroused from the
depths of slumber to come down town
and lock up his store.
Since the first of the year the
amazing total of Ago hoboes have
been rounded up and guided ont Of
town by the local police. One thou
sand, six hundred and eighty were
handled in the month of April alone.
The local police say that probably
twice that many more pass through
Ashland, either eluding the police or
riding through.
Ashland is little bothered with the
hobo who begs at the back door and
has been free from petty thievery,
burglary or worse crimes. Being a
division point and at the foot of a
mountain barrier, nearly all of. the
hoboes stop in the city, and the police
have their hands full keeping the city
cleared of the undesirables. At Med
ford and Grants Pass there are hobo
camps where large numbers hang
out. In Ashland the camps are brok-
en- up and the transients forced to
move on, hence the freedom from
crime.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Auto Owners Will
Be ReCOmpenSed

A new system for providing cars
to show tourist parties around town
has been effected. The council ap-
proprated $500 and hereafter car
awners will be paid for gasoline and
oil in ratio to the length of the trip
taken. All car owners are requested
to get their names down at the Com
mercial Club and help along the best
advertising possibility which the city
has ever developed.
All of the several parties who have
been driven over Ashland are de-
lighted with the entertainment given
them and say that 1t beats anything
along the line.
Three routes are mapped out for
showing the tourists over town, the
one taken depending upon the length
of the parties stay in the city. The
first, for twenty-minute stop is up
the canyon, over Glenview drive and
back in the Boulevard and to the
depot. The second, for stops of two
hours, will include a trip to the lithia
spring and longer stop in the park,
where more time can be spent in ex-
planning the development under way.
The third will include trip down
the valley to Talent for those who
stop three hours Auto owners will
be paid in proportion to the length
of the trip. and while the amount is
not large il is sufficient to cover the
expenses and wear and tear on the
car.
The Southern Pacific Company is
cooperating with Ashland and will
stop all special trains here for from
one to three hours. The fact that the
S. p. company thinks enough of the
entertainment offered here to stop
all of the specials for hours and even
hold some of the regular trains for
a few minutes does more than any
thing to make Ashlanders realize and
appreciate the really tremendous
value of the scheme
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Lawrence Engaged
To Lead Band

At the band meeting last Friday
evening it was formally decided to
engage e. R. Lawrence as director
for the coming season. Mr.. Lawrence
is real musician and a most excel
lent leader In the past weeks dur
ing which he has been directing the
band the musicians have become en-
thusiastic over his directing and with
his formal engagement as director
the band has entered upon a new era
of enthusiasm.
Ashland has band which is capa-
BILE of playing class of music which
the average amateur band is unable
to handle. The local band is COM
posed in the main of business men
who play for the love of playing and
numbers among its members some
soloists of exceptional merit. Under
the direction of leader of Mr.. Law
rence's calibre Ashland will soon have
"a band which will be second to none
in the state
The band will give the first concert
within the next couple Of weeks, the
exact date to be announced later. All
members are urged to turn out for
practice promptly at s o'clock Mon
day evening. Several new pieces
have been received and will be used
for the initial concert.
A monster band dance which will
attract crowds from throughout the
valley and will be the biggest social
event of the season is planned to be
staged sometime next month. The
various ladies' clubs, the Commercial
Club and other organizations will be
asked to cooperate in making the af-
fair an unrivaled success.
The band will be often in demand
during the coming summer, and un-
der the new regime will stand ready
to turn out a brand of music that
will be real music. With the hearty
support of the townspeople and the
financial support which has been
granted by the council Commercial
Club, park commission and Civic I'm
provement Club, together with the
enthusiasm and loyalty of the mem
bers, the Ashland Concert Band will
be an institution to which the people
of Ashland can point with pride.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Hood River Boosts
New Manager

Hood River News: d. e. Rand's
many friends we're pleased this week
to learn that he has been elected
manager of the Ashland (Ore.) Fruit
and Produce Association. This is an
organization composed strictly of
growers organized on a cooperative
basis. 1t is an important association
in that section of the Rogue River
Valley because t supplies a consider
able field in northern California with
fruit and vegetables. Mr.. Rand's ex-
perience of several years here, first
with the Davidson Fruit Company and
later with the Apple Growers Asso-
citation, has fully qualified him to fill
his new position and should make him
OF great value to Ashland and vicln-
ity.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Many Visit at
Exhibit Buildings

Visitors to the exhibit building at
the depot are increasing So far this
month 175 people have registered
there, while the total for last month
was only SO. The register does not
show one-fifth of the visitors, either,
as it would be safe to say that hardly
one out of five register. The build
ing will soon be painted and then
new and additional lettering will be
placed on it, giving the tourist and
strangers more information about
Ashland and especially our springs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
1912 Road Tax
Refund Being Made

Ashland taxpayers are receiving
the refund from the 1912 road fund.
The refund comes in the shape Of
county warrants with no discount,
however. All who paid this tax and
have not already made application for
the refund should do so, sending the
amount of taxes and number, If posi-
BILE. If the receipt has been misplaced
an application without receipt will be
honored.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24

Samuel Hill, good roads advocate.
and Major Bowlby, former state high
way engineer, passed through Ash
land last Wednesday bound by auto
from San Francisco to Portland.
They report the highway in the VIZ
cinity of Redding to be in far worse
shape than the siskiyou grade but
say that by July the entire highway
Will be In shape for comfortable
travel. ''-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Mckee Technically
Guilty, Says Briggs

& d. Briggs returned the last of
the week from. Portland, where he ap-
peared in behalf of l.. d. Mckee in
the postoffice case. Mr.. Briggs says
that it was the opinion of the court
that Mckee was technically but not
criminally guilty and therefore he
was advised to plead guilty and a
light sentence of sixty days was i'm
posed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24

June "a has been set aside as Ash
land Day at the exposition. No defi-
mite arrangements have been COM
pleted as yet for the day, but we
would suggest that everyone from
Ashland contemplating making trips
to the fair arrange them so as to be
there on Ashland Day. Keep this In
mind and make your arrangements
accordingly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to extend our thanks to
those friends and neighbors that so
considerably and kindly gave their
aid and sympathy and also for the
flowers during the sickness and death
Of our husband and father.
MRS. JAS. CRESS AND FAMILY.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24

L. NJ. Meeker and wife of Hubbard,
Ore, spent Friday in Ashland. They
are motoring to the San Francisco
exposition. Mr.. Meeker says that af-
ter coming through Pass Creek can
yon the dreaded Cow Creek canyon
was yeritable boulevard. The Pass
Creek road is the worst in the state,
according to the Hubbard man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24
Food Sale.

The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid have
the third Saturday of each
month as food sale day until fur
ther office. Next sale, June 10. 1t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24

Dancing at the parish house We'd
nesday night. Single admission 35c,
couples SOC. at 1t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-05-24

You Will not go hungry II you eat
at the Royal Cafs,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
Announces lent.

To the Voters Of w ythe County
/ hereby announce myself an
independent candidate for re-
lection to the office Of Commits
ioner of the Revenue for tn,
Western District of WITH.
County, at the coming Novem
Der election. Having had thrr,
years experiences AS CommiS-
sioner, l feel sure that | car
transact the business of the Of
fee in II manner satisfactory t.
the voters of he County.
l hereby solicit the support OF
all vot,rs irrespective of party
affiliations This April 18th,
1915. Respectfully,
f. l.. MUSSER.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
AGRICULTURE
BY peter Radford.

There is no escaping the market
problem and the highest development
Of agriculture will not be attained
until it. is solved, for a market
is as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop.
Governmental and educational insti-
tutions have spent s1S0,O00,O00 in the
United States during the past ten
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, but
very little attention and less money
has been given to the marketing side
of agriculture.
The problem is a monumental one
and one which will never be solved
until 1t gets within the grasp of a
gigantic organization where master
minds can concentrate the combined
experience and wisdom Of the age
upon it. It is problem which the
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solving.
The Farmers Union stands for all
there is in farming from the most
scientific methods of seed selection to
the most systematic and profitable
plans of marketing, but does not be-
lieve in promoting one to the neglect
of the other. We consider the work
of farm demonstrators valuable and
we ask that governmental and COM
mercial agencies seeking to help us,
continue to give US their assistance
and advice, but we believe that their
influence should be extended to the
marketing side Of our farm problems
also.
We cannot hope to develop manu-
featuring by over-production of the
factory; we cannot build up mercan-
tile enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplus goods
and no more can we develop agricul-
ture by Cutting the market with a
surplus of products.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
Is Sickness A SinP

If not, It's wicked 10 hegle ct lln, IS
and means of rlief Us wick. d to
endure Liver IBIS, Headache, | digest
ion. Const patton, when one dose If
Pc Do-LEy is Podophyihn (Mas
Apple. without the grip. 1t acu es
the Liver, increases the flow of blle-
Natures annsept il he B. wells
Yodr Constipation an otter Ills dis
appear over night because Pc Do lax
!. helped Nature TO remove the cause.
Get a bottle from your Druggrs, TO day
Get rid of Your Constipation overnight
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
You. c ugh Can BE Cured.

Ueipg care to avoid daa0eh g. exposure
udden changes, and taking treat
msnt Of nr. KIng's New Discover, w,l
estively re ieye, assss n time NJ
urel nd you, Of your Cough. The
fret dose soo'hs tie irritation, checks
our Cough. Nhi5h alaos in short
'ime Dir. Kings Nav RECOVER haF
,'en used sure essfnlly FOR 10y YRS end
IL guaranteed 10 cure you Mon y
oach Vt IT fails CIT q bottle from ,ou
Drnggis'; il costs only a little aud viii
'elp you SO much.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
FLIES MATCHING AFTER
COLD SPELL.

time but he is a dan gsr only
i hen he has had acceks to filth
through he failure Of men III
taking proper precautions. Ii
filth were not scattered about,
the Hy could not play SO large 4
part iii the spread of typhoid
+, Yer. This means that III com
Imunlties where it is cssible
to prevent the breeding OF flies,
the ali important thing is to keep
flies from filth by proper sewage
disposal and to bar from the
house those flies that may have
rme i'll contact with filth.
Many requests are received
by the board fer suggestions as
u the best way Of destroying
flies After studying most of the
devices in use, the board un
qualifipdly recommends the
giant fly trap" az perhaps the
best and most economical method
of com batting the past after the
flies have Matched.
This trap consists of d wire
! ting drum, about two feet
Ii oh, raised about an iuch from
the ground and supplied, at the
b tom, with a wi cone, the top
of which leafs into the drum.
! he bait is put under this Gene,
tllv f1ie< crawl toward the bait
u d hen go up into the trap.
As many as 5000 flies have been
C ,ught in a single day in one Of
thes- traps. This device, which
is merely a larger model Of the
oli-fashioned bee gum trap is
illustrated in II special bulletin
issued by the board and sent free
upon request. Tue same bulle-
Tin contains suggestions Tor
making fly paper aud for other
methods oil fighting flies.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
Constipation Causes Mo t Ills.
f. l.. MUSSER.

Accumulate WIS., in 80 thir y
.et of bow els canees Il SCRIPT on OF
poieons. tends to produce fevers. upee's
digestion. Iou belch gas, feel stuffs
irritable, almost cranky. 1t Isn't you
its your condition Eliminate this
poisonous waste by taking one or tive
Or. klng's New Life Pills TO night.
Enjoy full free bowel movement in
the mornir,g-- feel SO greatfu .
Get an original bottle, cons aiming 36
pi is, from your Druggist 10 da! for .5c
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11
IN HPCLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF " YFHE COUNTY.
On The 4th day of June 1914.
Rose Coryin, Plaintiff,

Against
Mat Corvn, Defendant
The object of this suit is to obtain diverse
vinculo matrimoDi. upon he ground of adultery
and for the custody of the children of said Rose
torvin and Matthew corvin. And an affidavit
having been made and filed that The defendant
Matthew orvn is not resident of the State
of Virgin a, it is ordered that he do appear hero
here within Is days after due publication here
81 and do what may be necess airy To protect his
interest in this snit. And it is further ordered
that copy hereof be published once week for
four weeks in Tho Rural Retreat Times, and
that copy be forthwith posted at the front
door of the court house Of this county
A copy-Teste,
Robt. Sayers, p. q. G. G. Tate Clerk
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-06-11

"You Must Como Every Day and Tell
Me How You Have Progressed"
they could do was to hold the men for
the grand jury.
Norton was in fine temper. After
all his careful planning he had gained
nothing - absolutely nothing. But
wait; he had gained something-the
bitter enmity of cunning and des-
perate man. who had been forced to
remain hidden under the pier till al
most dawn.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07
CHICAGO BRIEFS

John Pearson, 4, PIP Addison, ran
away yesterday to go to Riverview.
Got lost. Found last night. Walked
8 miles.
ogciaIs of Midway Gardens refus-
ed to discuss delayed dividends of
company. $4,000 stolen from safe
yesterday.
Geo. Fullerton yesterday gave self
up to police and said he had embez-
zled $500 from Kimbau hotel at
Springfield, Mass. Said he had time
of life. Is broke.
Unidentified man, so, found dead in
barn, Oak Park av. and Raven.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07

). PIerpont Morgan, Jr., to stop the
furnishing of ammunition to the
allies, and who has been partially
identified as Prof. Erich Muenter, al
legged wife murderer, committed sui
eide in his cell in the Nassau county
Jail last night. 1t was his second
suicidal attempt in "A hours.
Considerable mystery surrounds
the method of Hollis suicide. It is
now declared he killed himself by
climbing through the opening at the
top Of his cell and plunging head
down to the floor below, where his
skull was crushed. At first, how
ever, Hollis keeper said he was posi-
tive the prisoner was killed in his
own cell where, he said, he found the
body. 1t was also rumOred that Holt
had shot himself with a gun passed
to him by visitor, and that he had
cheWed a percussion cap.
jeremiah Organ, the keeper de-
tailed to, watch Holt, was absent from
the cell for a few minutes. He said
he was brought back by what sound
ed like the report of a gun and that
he found Hollis body in a pool of
blood in a corner Of his cell. Later
he modified the statement and said
he found the body outside the cell.
Several others said they heard an
explosion, but Dr. Cleghorn, the Jail
physician, and Warden Hulse said
there was no truth in this. CleghOrn
said Holt died of a hemOrrhage of the
brain caused by a depressed fracture
OF the skull.
On the floor of the cell a note was
found written on sheet Of yellow
paper and thought to have been writ
ten before Hollis first attempt at sui
eide in the morning. 1t read:
MY DeaTs-I must write once !
more. The more I think about it the
more I see the Uselessness of living
under circumstances such as these. !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-07
MUCH MYSTERY IN DEATH OF MAN WHO SHOT
MORGAN SHOT SELF OR LEAPED TO DEATH?

OR LEAPED TO DEATH?
of God and man. God bless you, my
sweet. AfectiOnately, Frank.
''P. S.-An please pardon me for all
the heartache l have brought you.
Pray with me that the slaughter will
stop. My heart breaks. GOOdby."
1t is unlikely now that the mys-
terry surrounding Holt will ever be
cleared up. His leap to the stone
tagging beneath his cell tier mutilat-
ed his head, making it very imprOb-
able that old friends of Muenter,
now on their way here, can identify
the peace fanatic and the Wife-mur-
derer as the same man.
Hollis suicide came with the dis.
cOVery of one of the most important
clues in the case, the finding of a
cottage near HicksviIle where Holt
had lived apparently for weeks and
constructed the bomb that partially
wrecked the capitol and practiced
shooting at a target for the Morgan
attack. From the Long Island cot
tage detectives traced Hollis black
trunk to a warehouse in Each 38th st.
in which enough explosives to wreck
several blocks were found. Inspector
Eagen Of the Bureau of COmbustibles
said that Holt must have been a stu
dent Of bomb making for years.
]. P. Morgan is said to be progress
ing most favOrabIy. He teIephoned to
business associates yesterday.