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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Luncheon at Oregon
Hotel for Visitors

Rufus c. Holman, county commits
sioner of Multnomah county, j. E.
Werlein, special agent Of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, and Judge William Colvig, tax
agent of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, will be in Ashland on October
is as representatives Of the Manu-
facturers and Land Products Show
to be held in Portland October 25 to
November 13. These gentlemen are
touring the state in the interests Of
the show, which is to be held this
year under the auspices and direction
of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce. They hope to create an in
terest in the show among the people
of the state and get their co-opera-
tion in the work of making this
years exhibits thoroughly typical OF
the industrial and agricultural life
of Oregon. The land show offers an
unusual opportunity to exploit the
products of the factories and farms
of Oregon, and has, also, a great edu-
cational value to our own people by
letting them see what we have as well
as what we lack and ought to have.
The Commercial Club. at the meet
ing Monday night, voted to entertain
these visitors at luncheon, and a
committee of three, consisting of
President Newcombe, Secretary Nor
ris and Director of Publicity Duryea,
was appointed to make the necessary
arrangements with Mr.. Dobbins OF
the Hotel Oregon. 1t is hoped a
goodly number Of the business men
OF the city will help to show some
courtesy to these men who represent
the Portland Chamber of Commerce,
by taking tickets for this luncheon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Local Mans Folks
Flee From Turkey

A dispatch from Petrograd under
date of September II gives the fol-
lowing with regard to the finish of
the mission station at Van, Turkey.
where an Ashland mans brother was
located. The hardships of Rev. Clar-
ence Usher and his wife and boy and
the others have been recounted here
tofore. He is brother of W. w.
USHER, manager Of the local tele-
phone office. The telegram says:
"Dr. Clarence d. Usher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Yarow and thirteen other per-
sons comprising the missionary staff
at Van, Embellishments, passed
through Petrograd today on their way
to Bergen, Norway, having had to
abandon to pillage and flame the re-
suit of seventy years work at Van
Aged, but dauntless, Mrs. Rey-
nolds broke her leg in the hurried
flight from Van, and died at Tiflis
two days before her husband reached
there from America. Mrs. USHER
died of typhus fever shortly before
the flight. DR.. USHER was attacked
the same day his wife was stricken
He still is scarcely able to walk, al
though he has recovered from the
disease.
"The entire party suffered great
hardships on the road. Already
weakened through the long nursing
of thousands of refugees, virtually
all the members OF the parties were
scourged by disease and were forced
to halt at Tiflis. There, fortunately,
the board of missions had a fund de-
posted with the American consul.
DR.. William A. Shedd, head of the
Urumiah Mission, and Mrs. Lahore,
wife of one of the missionaries at
Urumiah, and several other mission
aries are here, homeward bound.
"Dr. Shedd lost his wife and two
other women of the Urumiah station
died of disease, due to overwork In
caring for 10000 refugees"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Ashland Students
May Win Big Prize

Every student in Ashland has an
opportunity to win a prize OF Slzo
which has been offered by the Port
land Ad Club for the best song poem
submitted by a student OF the oregon
schools, the subject to be losanberrS
Juice. Two hundred and fifty dollars
in prizes and possibly numerous mer-
ehandise. prizes are offered by Port
land merchants. The offer comes as
a forerunner of a campaign inaugur-
ated by the Ad Club to advertise the
oregon loganberry and loganberry
Juice. The contest is now open and
closes October 81. The first prize is
$125, second SIS and third $50.
The Ad Club intends to have the
best song adopted as an official song
for the public schools of the state
The prize-winning composition VIII
be published for distribution in the
schools, with the pictures OF the song
authors printed on them.
OF course 1t won't be necessary for
contestants to compose the music for
their songs. The words and verses
and swinging chorus are what tne
Ad Club wants. The young authors
may designate the tune to whicn
their songs are adapted.
The winners will be selected by a
committee of five of the leading ed
ucators of the state. Contestants
should write on only one side OF the
paper and must inclose their name
address, age and school with tneii
manuscripts. Address songs to Geo
2. Waggoner, chairman OF commit
tee, sos Yeon building, Portland
Ore.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Jury Disagrees
In Barron Case

For the second time the jury in the
case of the State VS.. George Barron,
accused of reckless driving, disagreed
and supposedly new trial will be de-
manded unless the state grows tired
Of the disagreements and throws up
the Job. The trial was held yester-
day at Medford and the jury and
court were brought to the scene OF
the accident to obtain evidence and
see the nature of the place where the
accident occurred. The car driven
by Barron collided with buggy
without lights near Frederick several
weeks ago.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Masterpicture BY
Griffith at Lyric

Cyrus Townsend Brady, the Epis-
copalian rector whose novels have
won him a host of followers, never
devised a better story than the one
used as a basis for "A Child of God, "
the latest of the popular Mutual Mas
terpictures. 1t tells simple love
story and recites how the straight
forward love of a rough and ready
man in the end conquered the affec-
tions of an eastern girl whose whole
training had taught her to overesti-
mate nonessentials-a girl who al
first was too much affected by ex-
ternals.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Permission DahliaS
Take Many Prizes

The Ashland Tidings office wears
a festive air as the result OF vase
of beautiful 1915 Seeding dahlias
which came as the gift of S. Pennls-
ton and which took first prize at the
Portland dahlia show. Mr.. Pennls-
ton had three exhibits at the Salem
state fair and took first on each. He
won the following awards:
Best display gladiolus, first prize'
$40; best display peony dahlias, first
prize, $40; best general display show
Peony, Cactus Decorative, Collarette'
Pompon and single dahlias, first
prize, $25.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Grand Jury in
Session at Medf0rd

The first grand jury ever held IN
the state outside of Portland is now
in session in Medford and more than
$50 witnesses, judges, clerks, depu-
ties and court attaches are In Med
ford. The sessions are being held in
the Medford Natatorium. The grand
jury term will last two weeks upon
its conclusion petit jury will be
called and the term Of the federal
court will last two weeks. A murder
case and several bootlegging cases
from the klamath reservation Will Dc
among the cases tried.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Progress in the
Development Work

Emory Smith of Smith, Emery &
Co. arrived in the city last night and
is overseeing the work on the water
mobilization. Four pipes have now
been laid in the trench through the
main part of the city. Two more, the
pipes which will carry the soda and
lithia water to the Southern Pacific
station fountain, will be laid before
the trench is closed.
A. L. Lamb has the contract for
the erection of the bandstand in
Lithia park and is making good prog
ress. Frank Jordan is working on
the fountains.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
Hobo SlaSheS
Railroader

Conductor A. B. Rieves Of Ashland
was attacked by hobo whom he had
ordered off OF train Is at Montague
last Monday night. The hobo slashed
at him with a razor and cut through
his vest and some papers in his pock-
ct but did not reach his body. The
hobo was bound over to the superior
court at a hearing before Judge
Chambers and is under $1,000 bonds
charged with assault with danger
GUS weapon. w.ss.a
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
New Irrigation
System Is Done

The valves which have been hold
ing up the new park irrigation sys-
tenn have arrived and are installed
The land which is to put put into
lawn will be wetted down, rolled and
seeded Immediately. 4' ''''
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

The Duo-fold union suits are all
wool outside and all cotton inside
thus causing no irritation to the skin.
Price is $3.50 a suit. Mitchell &
Whittle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Standard legal blank forms OF
every kind may be procured at the
Tidingz office in any quantity. so
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Think of it, good heavyweight
fancy plaid Mackinaw for s., also
many better grades, at Mitchell &
Whittle's. .r, r,r
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Get your watch repairing done al
JOhnson's Jevelry Store, 81 s7-tt
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Phone job orders to tn" Tidings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Phone Job orders to the TidipgA-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07

Phone news items to the Tidinss
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
Millions Kept Of Rolls
Yearly, Says AS
SCISSORS Clerk
DECLARES EVIL
GROWS RAPIDLY
Small Merchants Said
to be Among Worst
Offenders

Tax dodgers keep more than 50
per cent Of assessable personal prop
erty on the city tax rolls. accord
ing to statement made to the
Times by John J. Scott. chief clerk
in the assessors once. The value
Of the personal property on the a.
sessment rolls is about yl37 100000,
which Mr.. Scott figures Is about 81
per cent of the taxable personal
property In the city. Experts figure
that under the present system the
assessors ought to reach about rs
per cent Of all the personal prop
erty.
The assessors complain that they
have neither the time nor the men
to dig up personal property held out
by tax dodgers. Only As days time
is allowed the assessors to 60 over
the personal tar rolls. In that time
they have had to, this year. get out
800 FIRST notices and 100 second
notices to owners OF personal prop
erty.
.The assessors and their assist
ants have to spend most OF their
time assessing real estate" said Mr.
Scott.
ITO keep after the tax dodgers
there ought to be q special corps Of
trained men at work II months IN
the year. This work ought 70 be do
tailed to the present assistants OF
the assessors. and other men ap-
pointed to work with the assessors
ON real estate.
People seem to think that n IL
good business to swear falsely to q
personal statement tax. We have
not the time to look up each state
ment Those that we are almost
certain are false, are investigated.
and the results show the necessity
OF spending more time on personals.
Owners of expensive automobiles
will make statements and swear that
they have no cars. Merchants viii
swear that merchandise stocks are
worth about one-fifth their actual
value. One merchant swore that
his stock was worth $4,000. We In
vestigated and found that his stock
was easily worth more than $4,000.
He then confessed to US that .
group Of merchants had held con-
ference and conspired to defraud the
city by swearing to false statements.
Two people were called before the
board OF review, Monday morning.
The assessment OF one was In
creased 100000 over the amount he
named In HIS statement and the
other was given q $4,000 Increase.
The practice of tax dodging Is grow
ing so extensive that II Is time steps
were taken to jail some Of these un-
scrupulous perjurers. II Is possible
now for taxpayers to Offset almost
any kind Of paper mortgages. land
contracts, stocks, etc.-so that all
we will have left after the automo-
biles are taken on the rolls by state
law, Is merchandise stocks"
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
Sammy Jay Does Kind Deed

Danny and Nanny thought OF moth
Ing but how happy they were. II
Just didn't seem possible that there
could be danger where everything
was SO beautiful.
Reddy FOX crept and crept nearer
and nearer without making a sound.
His yellow eyes were wide with the
excitement Of the hunt and with an
ticipation Of the good breakfast
which was not not more than two
jumps away. He was just setting his
hind legs under him to make those
two jumps, when there was sharp
scream right over his head. Peter
Rabbit over In the dear Old Brier
Patch heard that scream. II was the
harsh voice Of Sammy Jay. and he
was giving warning to Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse. No one had
noticed Sammy. Sitting in tree
ON the edge OF the Green Forest.
he had watched Reddy Fox steal out
OF the Green Meadows and he had
waited to make sure that Reddy
really saw some one. Then on 81
lent wings he had flown out until
he could see Danny and Nanny
Meadow Mouse and Just In the nick
Of time he had given them warn
ing.
That Is the way Sammy has OF
doing. Many and many time has
he saved the lives OF some OF his
little neighbors by giving warning OF
danger In Just this way. or course.
Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse
scampered into their safest retreat
at the very first sound OF his voice.
or course, Reddy Fox New into q
terrible rage and said unkind things
to Sammy Jay. and. OF course. Sam
my just laughed. for that also il a
way he has.
Over In dear Old Brier Patch Pc
ter saw all of this and gave great
sigh OF relief. Then he grew thought,
full. II was only the day before he
had told Sammy Jay that there was
no good In him and so. OF course.
that he could not be Quaddy. Yet
here was Sammy doing good deed
and saving Danny and Nanny Mouse
when no one else could. Peter sud
denly made up his mind. He would
call another meeting OF the Quad
dies at once.
Next story: Another Meeting OF
the Quaddies.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
MAN, THOUGHT
DRUNK, FOUND
DEAD IN ALLEY

Benjamin Schrever, 81 years old.
dropped dead in the alley in the rear
Of No. 1872 Bellevue-ave., Monday
morning. and was sent to the county
morgue as an unidentified man un-
I'll his sister. Mrs. Ida Siebert, OF
No. 3s7 Antietam-st., identified him.
Mrs Siebert said that Schrever was
unmarried, and she did not know
his address.
Mrs. Bert Leighton. of No. 1876 st.
Paulave.. saw Schrever stagger and
fall IN the alley. She called some
men, who went TO the stricken man IS
aid. but thought him suffering from
too much liquor and propped him up
against barn. Some time later II
was discovered that he was dead.
Heart disease Is believed to have
caused death.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
Marriage Licenses.

.rhsophn psn1A 10; Anna ortran.
Sssys Imry. ~; Julia Bahay. IL
Nick PapAxa,/ IA; Sarah FAber, IS.
1ssph n pcionsky. az Olga shko-
steve Monesoi, IS; Mary simon. 10.
etanislsw stsfanski, 70; Katherins
Bsnjsmin H. oates. 10; Laura Hu-
beck. ~.
John Rosu., IS, Josephine Pns, 2s.
wassei Toscsak. 10; Mary IT, outA.
M,shs:s q porun. All Julia Kowsi-
Walter se.ior. a. Detroit; Louise
Huber 40. Plymouth.
Joseph Johnros, 81: AivinA Moore.
Anru. Davenport ~; Laura Wood.
,zs'.2 so',..o2 M...e'.n.sl -; Ani'ia
Frank oood.noush. a. Violet rso-
Charles r. Mccormick. O. Hunting
ton. Ind: Mauds Moconneiiy. ~. FL
Wayne. Ind.
Malcolm Henderson. ~. Detroit; Jo-
sephine Casey, fs, DeForest, wis
Frank Lovasx. 30. Anna cizmadid.
81.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
CADILLAC,

Billy Spea GER. and his supporting
cast OF men. women. and dead cats.
arc back in Detroit again. playing a
weeks engagement In the Cadillac.
The dead cats are mentioned, be-
cause they take leading parts In
'Krousemeyer's Alley" the title Of
the burlesque skit which is the chief
attraction of the show. II there
wasn't such large herd Of cats that
have drawn the last breath In their
last life. and II Billy Spencer
couldn't fire them around with such
unerring accuracy-well, there
wouldn't be any "Krousemeyer's Al
ley" that's all. "Krousemeyer's Al
ley, In its previous visit to Detroit,
played at the Folly. II hasn't i'm
proved much In its travels.
Gertrude Sommers II still the
leading woman OF the company. She
hasn't dwindled q BIT in sire. and
she sings as pleasingly as ever. The
Damon Sisters. well known TO De-
troit burlesque fans. have some new
dances. and their act seemed TO give
welcome relief, when compared with
come other parts of the burlesques.
Zumsra Is the female acrobatic at
traction of the week.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
AVENUE.

According to the Avenue Per
manent Players In the Avenue the
ater, Sunday, there are divers rea-
sons why Girls Go Wrong" Some
OF the reasons undoubtedly were
not thought Of by the person who
wrote the melodrama, but a sum
cient number OF 'em were offered In
tire course OF the four or five acts
to cause the onlooker TO feel GER
cain that there was no escape for
the poor "gu-r-rls."
Virginia Norton. impersonated by
Leona State. is factory worker.
forced 10 a miserable existence by
the tyranny OF stepmother. In
reality she Is the daughter of we'll
to-do parents whose fortune n
awaiting her had she but known II.
which. OF course. she doesn't until
the last curtain.
In the meantime. she Is pursued
by "villyuns," prosecuted. threat
ened, kidnapped and forced to "bite
the dust" hundred times. Roy
waliing. as William Sterling. a
young New York broker. who as
the owner OF house used by
crooks. accidentally finds Virginia
and rescues her from her persecu-
tors, does not have to "act" for Ave
nue. audiences. He Just needs TO
walk on and OF the stage to win
applause from his faithful admirers
who have seen him in real hero
parts so long. that they Just can't
believe he is anything but an hon.
est-to-goodness hero, bound to sue
ceed in the least thing ae under
takes In behalf of assisting perse-
cuted womanhood.
Ruth Amos gives a clever study
OF an east side "tough KID" and
Russell Brady "eats 'em up" in the
villains role.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
Land CASES
DROPPED
Government Will Not
Press Charges Against
DetrOiters

An order Of uolle prosequi was en-
tered Monday morning In the fa-
nous Alaskan laid fraud cases. In
volving several prominent Detroit
ers. by Federal Judge Tuttle, at the
request of District Attorney Clyde /.
Webster, who acted on an order
from the United States attorney gen
eral In Washington. The indict-
ments were returned March s. 1911.
the defendants being charged with
the fraudulent seizure Of valuable
coal lands In Alaska
The following men were named in
the indictments: w. w. McAlpine.
Arthur l.. Holmes. Albert II. Roehm.
George w, Ross, James NJ. Bushnell.
McCurdy G. LeBeau and Frank u.
Andrus.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
AN EXHIBITION
OF BIRD HOUSES

An exhibition OF bird houses win
be held at the clubhouse. sss Second
ave-. cor. Hancock. May to s. under
the auspices OF the conservation de-
partment OF the Detroit Federation of
women's clubs. The clubhouse win
be open afternoons from to and
evenings from 1850 TO 10.
The exhibition has been arranged
for the purpose of Interesting boys
In the protection OF useful birds by
putting up. nesting boxes In the
spring and shelters and feeding
boxes In winter.
Most OF the houses are made, by
boys In the manual training schools.
but the contest IL open TO other boys.
Bird houses Will be on sale during
tho exhibition.
large number OF prizes will be
awarded. among them being two
work benches, n fine set OF tools. sets
Of drawing instruments and plane,
back saw and try square.
Saturday. May s. at 1880 a. M, Mr..
Burton Barnes, principal OF the Cary
school. will give an illustrated talk
on Birds and Bird Houses" The pub
lie Is cordially invited.
Detroit zImes Job Printing Depf.--
Main 4520.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
THE STAGE
LYcEuM.

what Happened TO Mary" an old
fashioned but wholesome drama by
owen Davis. which Is the attraction
in the Lyceum this week. Is one OF
the best productions staged by tho
Vaughan Glaser company during the
present season.
Mary lives on Moses Island, for
saken spot on the Atlantic coast.
Through a meeting with some visit
Ing New Workers she Is transpianted
TO the city. and after escaping a host
OF trials and dangers emerges uium-
phant. engaged end an heiress.
Miss Fay Courteney. OF course, u
the Mary Of the piece. and Is very
charming both as fisher maiden and
city girl Miss Kenyon appear to
considerable advantage as a wealthy
society woman, and Miss Gertrude
Bondhill. as the stenographer victim
of wealthy young rake. does Q
really admirable piece OF work
The performance OF Walter Rent
ford. however, as the would pe Beau
Brummel OF the little fishing village
on Moses Island. stands out pre-
eminently. His appearance ON the
stage is the signal for gale or
laughter and few more talented COM
edy rtnditions have been seen In
Detroit this season.
Mr.. CHASER appears 20 unusual adj
vantage az a business man and wo-
man hater.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
BROADWAY STRAND.

From the Valley Of the Missing" I"
a novel by Grace Miller White. was
pictured on an elaborate scale. Sun.
day. for Broadway Strand patrons.
Like Miss Whites other story. Tess
OF the Storm Country" which had
a wide vogue as a best seller and
has been used for dramatic presenta-
tion and for the screen. the story of
Prom the Valley OF the Missing is
laid In the lake region OF New York
state, and has for its characters the
primitive squatter and river folk
The Detroit times., 1915-05-03
eY THORNTON O. BURGESS.


Peter Rabbit sat I'm the dear old
Brier Patch looking out over the
Green Meadows. The Merry Little
Breeses were racing and playing
over toward the Green Forest. Pres
emily Peter saw a little spot OF red.
II came out OF the edge from the
Green Meadows. Peter watched.
Presently he caught another glimpse
OF Il moving very slowly, very care
fully, over toward the place where
Danny Meadow Mouse lives.
Peter sat up very straight and
watched. He knew perfectly Wen
what that little red spot meant. he
knew that Reddy Fox was out hunt
ing for his breakfast
MY goodness" exclaimed Peter.
II hope Danny Meadow Mouse has
got his eyes open"
Presently Reddy crouched down
and began TO crawl on his stomach
Peter knew what that meant. He
knew that when Reddy does that
he is usually very close TO the one
he is hunting. Peter began to get
anxious. II seemed to him that he
Just couldn't sit still there and see
Danny Meadow Mouse caught. He
must do something. be just must!
But what could he do? There wasn't
time for him to go over there him
self to warn Danny, and even II
there had been. II wouldn't have
been safe for him to go SO far from
the dear Old Brier Patch.
Now, Peter is very fond Of Danny
Meadow Mouse; moreover, you
know. Danny was a Quaddy and
Peter was q Quaddy and all Quad
dies are bound to help all other
Quaddies In time of danger. Some
how Peter felt that he wasn't true
Quaddy unless he did something for
Danny Meadow Mouse.
Nearer and nearer crept Reddy
Fox to the place where Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse were at play
For once Danny had forgotten to
watch out for danger. 1t isn't often
that Danny forgets. but there are
few In this world who do not forget
once In a while. Danny is no differ
ent from the rest Of US. Jolly. round
bright Mr.. Sun was shining his very
best. II was very beautiful down
there among the meadow grasses.
II was good to be alive and happy