Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-06-28


months, The activity of the industry
is shown by the fact that night shift
of rs men has been put on at the
Ewauna box factory at klamath
Falls. 20
Among the Medford young people
who attended the dance at the Nata'
torium Saturday evening were Johr
Demmer, Leon Speck, Frank Ray
Harold Cochran, William Beveridge
Dan Plymale, George Gates and Tom
Scantlin.
After meeting with committee
from Medford, the county court and
the state and county highway en-
gineer on Billings hill last Thursday
Councilman Ware and Publicity Man.
ager Duryea went over the Siskiyou
grade with the state engineer.
A. H. Lea OF Portland was visitor
in the city and valley last week. Mr.
Lea was appointed game warden by
Governor Withycombe but was un'
able to accept the position on account
of business affairs which demanded
his attention.
Miss Ruth Turner, who taught
school at Gold Hill during the past
year, left Saturday with Prof. Burt
Adams and wife of Gold Hill for
klamath Falls and Lakeview. The
party expects to be gone about two
weeks and will return by way of Cra-
ter Lake. Mr.. Adams and Miss Tur-
ner will teach school at Lakeview
next winter.
F. C. Clark, the Medford architect
who is submitting plans for some of
the park buildings, resided in Ash
land until few years ago and was
] the first Ashlander to own a gasoline
automobile. The car was one of the
original little Oldsmobile runabouts
with a curved dashboard and steered
with a handle instead of a wheel Mr..
Clark says that the little machine is
still chugging away under the direc-
tion of its present owner, a Medford
man.
The Medford Merchants Associa-
tion has decided to lend their hearty
endorsement to the Jackson county
fair and has appointed committees to
help with making the annual event
better than ever. The association
also passed resolutions censuring GER
tain Portland organizations for di-
recting tourists through Oregon over
the eastern route. The western roads
are now in better shape and take the
tourist through scenery and country
which is so far superior to the east
ern Oregon deserts as to be beyond
comparison.
Mrs. H. H. Wardrip and three chill
dren of Grants Pass arrived Tuesday
afternoon for visit with Mrs. War
drip's mother in this city.
Monte Briggs and Arthur Strick-
land spent the week end on fishing
trip to Jenny creek, returning with
plenty of fish and glowing accounts OF
a fine time.
Bruce Evans, the evangelist who
won such wide popularity during his
recent stay here, received approXi
mately $500 for his labors in the city
He went from here to Independence
klamath Falls Ford owners pulled
novel affair recently in the form o.
Ford picnic to one of the klamath
resorts Seventy-five of the popular
cars were in line.
A. T. Meyers, one of the oldest
pioneers of Scott valley, California
is visiting friends in the Rogue River
valley. Mr.. Meyers drove stage from
Ashland to Klamath Falls over thirty
years ago.
James Munroe and family of Cot.
tage Grove, who have been visiting
in California, stopped off and visited
w. G. Hale in the city Wednesday
They were enraptured with the beau
ties of Ashland.
Mrs. P. H. Bodkin of Los Angeles
visited at the NJ. c. Reed home last
Friday. Today Mr.. Reed has as {
visitor DR.. Clarence True Wilson, 6
noted lecturer, who is on his way tC
San Francisco.
Henry Carter and wife are receiv
ing visit from Or. Glenn and Mr.
Latimer of Montesano, Wash, whose
wives accompany them. DR.. Glenr
is a brother of Mrs. Carter and Mrs
Nellie Van Leer.
H. Chandler Eagan, former nation
al golf champion, is entered in thu
Pacific Northwest golf championship
being held this week at Tacoma. Mr.
Eagan is entered from the Medfort
Golf Club His home is on Rogue
River valley orchard.