Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-01-18


fornia.
Charles F. Greer will leave for San
Francisco Wednesday, where he will
go into the publicity department of
the exposition.
f. d. Palmerlee returned to his
home in California after three
months visit at the home of his
brother here.
Owing to the state of finances Bert
X. Greer finds it imperative to en-
ploy most of his time from now on
with the Tidings.
Ray Closer of Seattle stopped over
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Closer, of 235 Fifth street. Mr..
Closer was on business trip to San
Francisco.
The stores of Medford will close
tomorrow and Medford business men
will go out to boost the beet factory
proposition and try to secure addi-
tional acreage.
Jack Peebler was in town Friday
from his ranch on Green Springs
mountain. He reports over a foot of
snow at his ranch and five feet on
Hyatt Prairie.
G.. L. Sans left Wednesday for his
home in Butte, Neb., after an extend
ed viCit with ais son, G. e. Sans. He
was accompanied by Rev. Mr.. Scott
of the local Nazarene church.
Roseburg is having near riots and
much trouble as a result of the in
vasion of about twenty-five I. w. w.
orators. Let us hope they do not
come any farther south.
Dave Goods Steamer is back on
the job after several days absence.
Inability of local or valley garages
to furnish proper tires was the cause
of the trucks vacation.
Visit Enders' big sale.
Mrs. L. Hilty left Saturday for San
Francisco, where she will be Joined
by her daughter Lillian. They will
tour California as far south as San
Diego, returning to San Francisco
for the opening of the Panama expo
sition.
DR.. Lance Briscoe, who has been in
Portland taking the state medical ex-
animation for permission to practice,
returned Friday evening. He has not
decided for certain where he will
practice, but rather favors Roseburg.
Warner, Ashland's wide-awake
hardware man, shipped a Universal
range to Hornbrook, Cal, on Thurs
day last. Mr.. Warner informed us
he has sold ranges and heaters as
far north as Gold Hill end south to
Dunsmuir, Cal.
Sunday was the incest day we have
had this year, and numbers of Med
ford people took advantage of it to
come over the ne whighway. Over a
score of out of town cars were in the
city during tn afternoon.
]. X. Johnson of Pasadena recent
ly purchased the orchard and farm
residence of G. A. Hoover for $50, 900.
Mr.. Hoover took in part exchange a
residence property and acreage in
and near Pasadena. The Hoover
place lies south of Medford.
Enders have real sales.
w. F. Arant and family of Klam-
ath Falls, en- route to that city from
a visit to relatives in the northern
part of the state, stopped off Sunday
for couple of days to visit his son,
e. j. Arant. w. F. Arant was for
merly in charge of Crater Lake ma
tional park.
The contract for erecting Med
ford's new public building has been
let to the Sound Construction Com
pany of Seattle. The contract calls
for completion within q few months
and work will commence immediate
ly Pioneer stone is to be used. The
contract price is $96,123.
Ike Davis, watchman at the Ament
dam, was shot at by some unknown
person one night last week, the
would-be sharpshooter leaving hur-
riedly when Davis turned loose with
his forty-five. G. c. Armour, another
employe at the works, reports being
sh. at also.
II. o. Frohbach, who is putting
the finishing touches on the Ashland
display of processed fruits and vege-
tables for the Panama exposition,
had the misfortune of having one OF
the big glass Jars break in his hands,
his right thumb to the bone.
He has been obliged to hire man to
do the packing of the exhibit for him.
You'll find 1t at Enders'.
In addition to a splendid five-reel
program Wednesday and Thursday
nights at the vining Theatre you will
see yourself as others see you, as in
licated by what our camera man has