Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-14

A. F. Abbott, brickman at the
roundhouse, completed the end of his
twentieth year of service to the S. P.
company last January 5.
The Grants Pass basketball team
was defeated Friday night by the
Medford high school team.
Next week will see the students at
high school busy taking their exam
nations.
The Ashland high school debaters
will hold their first interdistrict de-
bate at Medford on the night of Jan
uary 25.
Professor Briscoe was the speaker
before high school assembly Wednes-
day morning. His subject was Sue
cess and How to Win It."
w. w. Caldwell left Monday for
Portland to attend to various busi-
ness matters.
w. A. Ferguson and wife of Port
land were visitors in Ashland last
week. w. A. Ferguson is brother
of Leo Ferguson of this city.
A. c. Briggs has rendered his res
ignation as manager of the Ashland
Fruit and Produce Association.
L. D. Mckee resigned his position
as assistant postmaster last week.
He has been connected with the local
office for the past ten years.
Mrs. A. H. Davis and son left Mon
day for Santa Rosa, CAL, where they
will join Mr.. Davis.
c. w. Banta and sons, the goat
kings of the valley, sold 100 Angoras
Tuesday to a butcher at Montague.
H. S. Holt also sold fifty to the same
buyer.
The Central Point band started on
a concert tour of California Tuesday
morning. Horace Reno of Ashland
accompanies them and is one of the
leading performers, as cello work,
violin solos, ETC., are given by him.
The First National Bank retains
E. V. Carter as president, c. H. Vau-
pei as vice-president, ]. w. Mccoy as
cashier, and Clark Bush, A. ]. Nc
Callen and Hal Emery as assistant
cashiers, With Miss Maynie Granger
as accountant.
]. T. Branch of the Belleview dis
trict intends to leave with his family
for California at an early date.
Bill Cook, dog catcher, is still cap
turing the CANNES with vigor. I'm
muzzled dogs put their tails between
their legs and run when they sight
him.
Banta and sons, goat raisers, had
a bunch of twelve Angoras poisoned
by saltpetre a short time ago. They
are hot on the trail Of the evildoers.
H. F. Pohland is designated as
president of the Citizens Bank for
the next year, Robert Neil vice-presi-
dent, V. o. N. Smith cashier, and
Fred Engle and Miss Davenport as
sistants. The State Bank has for it's
officers this year Gwin Butler, presi-
dent; o. Winter, vice-president, and
George Eubanks, cashier.
SCRIPTS worth money. Save it.
Every dollar you spend will take you
mile on your journey, anywhere, on
any railroad or steamship line. 1t
will buy a Pullman berth or buy a
street car ride. Get SCRIP at the
Ashland Trading Company.
Latest reports of the Enyart gold
strike say that $35 nugget was TAX
en- from the pan last Saturday, while
the other pans netted $50 each in
gold
w. A. Grondahl, who recently
passed away in Portland, is said by
Engineer c. w. Root to have been
one of the original engineers who
laid out and constructed the Southern
Pacific railway from Roseburg to
Ashland, and also over the Siskiyous.
The Chamberlain bill to increase
the coast artillery corps was met with
approval by Secretary Garrison last
Friday. 1t will soon be placed before
the senate war committee.
On New Years day a calamity
came near happening to Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Patrick and son Donald while
they were walking on the beach at
Newport. While trying to walk
around one of the points of land that
jutt out at intervals on the beach a
big wave swept up and, before they
could get out of the way by getting
around the point, 1t struck them,
washing Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick out
| to sea about thirty feet, while II