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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14
VIM. F. Byne Elected Commander
At 24th Encampment Of Veterans

ment headed by bass drum marches
upon the business district and re-
turns triumphantly to the camp bear
ing a watermelon carried in
stretcher decorated with flags.
This Thursday afternoon the vet
erans and w. r. c. ladies marched
to the West school building, where
with appropriate exercises an i'm
mense flag was presented to tho
school, Mrs. Crocker made the pre-
sentation speech. Needless to say
the sight of the grizzled old veterans
of the wars which they read about
in their histories, standing at salute
to the flag, inspired more than a
passing patriotism in the children Of
the schools.
The Entertainment.
Monday evening at the armory
Mayor o. H. Johnson welcomed the
veterans of the city. Response was
made by Colonel N. B. Bradbury OF
Medford, colonel of the reunion as.
sociation. A good crowd was pres.
ent.
In honor of the veterans, first
company Coast Artillery Corps gave
an exhibition drill and inspection,
the work being conducted by First
Lieutenant Donald Spencer and First
Sergeant Millard Grubb. Miss Berna
Haight gave piano selections and the
large audience sang America" The
program was followed by reception
and the serving of refreshments in
the mess room.
Programs we're given Tuesday af-
ternoon and evening at Chautauqua
tabernacle. The afternoon event
opening with the singing of Star
Spangled Banner" by the audience.
Mrs. Margarite Provorse of Portland,
an accomplished reader, gave pleas
ing selection and Miss Jeanne Ander-
son of Ashland sang. The address
was by Prof. l. E. Vining and was
a splendid effort.
The evening program consisted OF
Marching Through Georgia" by the
audience, two numbers by the Ash
land Choral Society, readings by Mrs.
Provorse, Dick Posey. and Bonice Jen-
nings and a talk by R. c. Markee,
commandant at the Soldiers Home in
Roseburg.
Wednesday morning was spent
with storytelling.
Wednesday afternoon c. B. Watson
of Ashland and H. A. Canaday Of
Medford spoke at welBattended
meeting at the Chautauqua building.
Wednesday evening, with the best
attendance of the encampment, the
Medford folks put on program both
interesting and enjoyable, following
which the band concert attracted
many. The Vining Theatre was also
opened to the veterans on Wednes-
day evening.
Central Point is to have program
tonight and Grants Pass will conduct
the programs tomorrow.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

cts to the fair in the afternoon.
There will also be several privately
managed dances, so Camp" and
other features staged downtown in
the evenings.
Exhibits.
The livestock, farm machinery and
agricultural exhibits are housed at
the fair grounds. The women's and
children's exhibits, fancy work, mer-
chants exhibits, industrial, etc., are
housed in a downtown building oppo-
site the Medford Furniture Com
pany's building. Any Medford citi-
zen will direct you to it. Admission
to both is included for the one price.
Ashland Shines.
D, NJ. Lowe of Ashland has organ
ized the county into ten districts in
line with his work as superintendent
of entries. All but two of these dis
tricts were in yesterday noon when
Tidings reporter visited the fair.
Applegate and Phoenix districts were
still missing but we're expected to
come in during the afternoon OF
all the entries the Ashland district
far outshines the others in point of
size and general appearance and
seems to stand excellent chances Of
carrying off the district prize. Mr..
Lowe himself has a wonderful ex-
hibit of products most artistically
arranged. In the Ashland exhibit
number Of local growers are repre-
sented, as in every other department.
The grain display is one hundred
times as large as last year and every
other department far exceeds any at
tempt of the past The livestock ex-
hibits are well worth seeing, and the
fact that the Rogue River valley is
one Of the pasture spots as well as
garden spots of Oregon is well ex-
emplified. Over sixty entries were
in, in the rabbit and poultry depart
ment, and additional pens were be-
ing built The downtown exhibit
contains myriad of things of inter-
est to women and men alike and
should by no means be overlooked.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

From all over southern Oregon
there are gathered in Ashland the
veterans of the wars Of the United
States for their twenty-fourth annual
reunion. Although the ranks are fast
thinning, the parades of men In blue
which pass through Ashland's streets
are made up Of men who walk with
heads held high and the military
bearing OF soldiers who have fought
and suffered. The old familiar tunes
played by some bent and gray-headed
veteran are listened to with more at
tention than the classical selections
of the most famous band.
Thursday morning the annual
election of officers was held with the
following results: William F. Byne,
commander; James Mattingly, lieu
tenant colonel; John B. Renault,
major; Mrs. A. G. Spencer, chaplain
The election of a quartermaster was
deferred.
Practically every community of
southern Oregon is represented at
the encampment from Roseburg to
klamath Falls. The reunion is one
of the largest attended and at the
same time most generally enjoyable
of any held in recent years. The
Chautauqua park provides an ideal
camping place for the veterans, each
of whom is provided with tent,
bedding and straw tick. The busi-
ness sessions and entertainment have
been held for the most part in the
Chautauqua tabernacle, whose PROV
unity to the camp grounds enables
even the crippled and infirm among
the old soldiers to attend without in
convenience.
One hundred and thirteen old SOL
diers had registered up to noon
Thursday, and one hundred and ten
members of the w. R. c. Total reg
istration will probably approach
three hundred, as tomorrow will
bring numbers from down the valley
and every train, brings few more.
A huge campfire burns every night
and around this the old comrades
gather to swap lies" as a grizzled
old veteran put it. Old war songs.
stories and "reminiscences are told
and retold late into the night. The
weather man has been exceptionally
kind, perhaps recognizing the fact
that the men who once slept night
after night in rivers of rain are no
longer able to withstand such hard
ship Cool, sunshiny days and
balmy nights have made the outing
perfect.
Twenty members of the Southern
oregon veterans association nave
answered the last bugle call since
last years reunion in Medford. Five
OF these were from Ashland and nine
from Medford.
All of the tricks which enlivened
the camp life of those long ago days
when most of these men were lively
boys are re- enacted in the encamp-
ment. Almost every hour a detach-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14
Business Men Vote
To Close Stores

The Business Mems Association
met last Monday evening at the Com
mercil Club rooms with good at
tendance. 1t was decided to close
the stores of the city on Friday af-
ternoon, beginning at o'clock, on
account of Ashland day at the Jack
son county fair. The selling of Ash
land badges to raise funds for the
expense of the band at the fair was
discussed. A business mans and
farmers picnic was also discussed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14
Stores and Schools Close Friday
Afternoon for Ashland Day at Fair

The stores of the city will close at
l O'Clock tomorrow friday and the
schools will not convene in the after
noon so that the entire city may at
tend the county fair at Medford. A
special train will leave the uptown
(motor) depot at / o'clock and will
run direct to the fair grounds. Re-
turning, it will leave the fair grounds
at 10 p. m. The interurbans and
jitneys will run special trips and
every Ashland car owner is urged to
make room in his car for capacity
load. Fare to the fair grounds on
the train will be 55 cents for the
round trip for adults, 80 cents for
children.
The Ashland band will enliven the
occasion with music. as will also the
regular fair band. Badges are being
sold to help defray the expenses OF
the Ashland band, Every Ashlander
should wear an Ashland badge and
display an Ashland pennant If car
owner. Several thousand people will
probably go down from here. Med
ford has given royal support to
everything Ashland has undertaken
this year and the courtesy should be
returned by sending down a record
breaking crowd.
Program.
The program for tomorrow after
noon at the fair is as follows:
Baseball, commencing at ~
o'clock.
Two-year-old running race, three
eighth mile.
Cowboys pony race.
Bull riding.
Quarter-mile running race.
Half-mile running race.
Relay race.
Bucking contests.
Wild horse race.
Novelty races and stunts.
In the evening at the downtown
pavilion there will be music, vaude-
vile, living model display, dancing
ETC., free to all those who have tick
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

Advance information as to style
of dances for the coming winter in
dicates that the freak steps, twists
and glides have passed the zenith Of
their popularity and in their stead
will come dances of a more decorus
and modest nature. Probably they
will be Just as healthful and elicit
just as much enthusiasm as a few OF
the extreme movements which are
passing, like otheEss6eiety fads, into
desirable oblivion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14
Plan Picnic For
Farmers and City

AT the Monday evening meeting
of the Ashland Business Mems Asso-
citation considerable discussion was
heard of picnic of the business men
and the farmers of the surrounding
district. No definite plans were laid,
but committee consisting OF
Messrs. F. F. Whittle, T. w. Acklin
and H. P. Holmes was appointed to
investigate and if found feasible a
special meeting of the association
will be called and plans laid for a
big affair.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

band boys to locate in their town
and are offering Director Carl Love-
land an attractive proposition. The
band boys went over in automobiles,
finding the roads fair with the ex-
ception of fifteen rocky miles up the
Oregon side of the mountain. seeIey
Hall of Medford took one load over
from Ashland to Brookings in a big
Cadillac in about nine hours, a rec
ord which the auto stage drivers
would hardly believe.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

The total value of gold, silver. cop
per, lead and zinc in California in
1915 was $32,263,S44a an increase
of $6,5OO,OOO over 1914, according
to figures given out by the United
States Geological Survey.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

Wenatchee Daily World. "Wenat-
chez is drawing some of Medfords
most skilled packing-house fore
men," said Arthur M. Geary, who is
spending a few days in the Wenat-
chez valley.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

bers of the party will fill the several
pulpits of the city or that there will
be a large meeting in the Chautau-
qua tabernacle. Ashland is one of
the six places at which the special
will stop this side Of Portland, in
Oregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

The box industry In the state of
Washington uses more than a hun
dred million board feet of lumber an
nually and, from the standpoint Of
material utilized, is the most impor-
tant secondary wood-Gsing industry
in the state.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

A $4,000 natatorium is zoe be
built at once at Heppner, OreE
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-09-14

Railroad construction work is in
prospect at Sutherlin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
Child Burned to Death.

Monday evening between and 6
O'Clock occurred the most heartrend-
ing catastrophe of years in our COM
munity. While Mrs. Eliza Jones was
preparing supper and doing up the
numerous chores which fall to the lot
of a farmers wife, she heard
scream and ran to the house to inves-
tigate, but when reaching the front
door it was latched and caused de-
lay in going around to the kitchen
door. When she went in she was
met by the most gruesome signt i'm
aginable. Her little two year old son
Scott was mass of flames. The bed
room on the first floor was also on
fire. Little Helen, the baby sister,
but escaped without burn. The hir-
ed man and Mr.. Jones We're at the
barn and ran to the rescue but could
only put the fire out after it had SEN
fenced to death the sweet baby boy,
the delight Of his grandfather, J! F.
Scott, whose name he bears. Help
from town went out and doctors We're
called, but Dr. c. II. Robertson Of
Eagleville was the only one available,
and he could not give the little suffer-
err relief for the few remaining hours
of life. 1t is supposed the child had
found matches and caused the fire,
as no other explanation seems pos
sible. In extinguishing the fire, Mrs
Jones received bad burn on the
hand and arm. The room was totally
demolished, but timely help saved the
house. The little one was burned past
description and words cannot convey
the horrible sight OF the little one
in the agonies Of death. We only hope
a merciful God paralyzed the senses
and made the pain bearable, for life
fingered untll 3 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Funeral services were held
at the home Tuesday afternoon and
burial made in the Blythedale GEM
etery. The child was grandson of
j. F. Scott and wife, our local mer-
chant, and of the late Robert Jones
and Mrs. Sarah Jones, who makes her
home with her son Elza.-Blythedale
correspondent in Bethany Clipper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
THE CHURCHES.
NJ. Il. Church.

Your pastor is visiting this week
with home folks in Kansas. He ex-
poets to be back in Leon by Saturday,
August IL. His best wishes remain
with you in his absence.
Rev. r. B. Carter will preach in the
morning at | 1 O'Clock, and Rev. Chas.
ohumWay will preach at in the ev-
enlhs. No intervening provi-
dence, the usual services of the day
on Sunday, August 10.
we feel certain that all of our sis
ter churches in Leon will be glad to
welcome you to their divine services
IN the absence of your pastor. A
visit with them will refresh you and
VIII strengthen the ties that bind our
hearts lh christian love. We bid you
all to- avail yourself Of all such OPP
portHnities.
,The Decentralization picnic Tues
day evening, July 25th, was largely
attended. Yes, they had the best
time ever. 1t was a happy gathering
a joyous time, a, .sumptuous picnic
supper, and some walked home in
the moonlight. Appreciation and
thanks is hereby expressed to Mr..
Bunch who allowed us the privilege
of his premises; like thanks and APP
probation is expressed to all who had
part in making the happy occasion
possible
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
An Unfortunate Accident.

Last Friday during the Jefferson
Relay Sociability run an accident oc-
Cured east of town that might have
been very serious. Just east of Will
Lees there were two bad places on
the right hand side Of the road which
had caved in above deep ditch, but
were hidden by weeds. AS Lionel
Brenizer started to pass another car
at this point he hit these holes. He
was able to turn out Of the first one
but when the car hit the second ll
turned over spilling it's occupants in
to the ditch below. How they escap-
ed severe, if not fatal. injuries, after
passing over brush, and wire fences,
into the ditch where huge rocks were
lodged is indeed wonder, but they
escaped with only a few bruises. The
''tin Lizzie" was badly demolished,
but is now on the road to recovery
Lamont Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
Notice.
Leon, Iowa, July 81, 1915

Leon, Iowa, July 81, 1916.
TO All Whom 1t May Concern:
The commissioner appointed to va
cate a road commencing at the north
west corner of the ek of the neA of
the mel of section 20, township 6S,
range "a and running thence east to
a place where it intersects the main
travelled road running north and
south on the west side of the river,
has reported in favor of said vaca-
ton, and all objections and claims for
damages must be filed in the county
auditors Office on or before noon of
the 23rd day of September, 1916, or
such road will be vacated without
reference thereto.
WALTER OSBORN,
51-4t County Auditor.
Swift's tankage for sale by the Bid
olson Coal and Grain Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
Church of the Brethren.
FRANKLIN.

ANhLIN.
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Morning service, II a. m.
Christian Workers meeting p. m.
The interest and attendance is
keeping up good at all the services
in spite of the extreme warm wealth
er.
A. L. Sears will have charge Of the
morning service next Sunday.
B. T. Sears leader Of the Christian
Workers meeting.
All are invited to these services.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03
Brethren Church.

Sunday school -. -. 1000 a. m.
z. p. -. ....... .7:15 p. NJ.
Evening Service ........ .S:15 p. M.
Prayer meeting Thursday S:15 p. m.
Attendance continues good despite
the warm weather. Last Sunday the
Sunday school was held in the woods.
1t was a great day of fellowship.
CROWN CHAPEL
Sunday school at 10.
Preaching at IL.
A large attendance of the Mems
and Women's Bible classes is desired
as snap-photOs will be taken.
Preaching at McAnster at 8 D. m.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-08-03

swift's tankage for sale by the Bid
olson Coal and Grain Co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-24
PEWIKY STOCK
,coBunu.d FToa 49,, pAr.l


S5lo.2s9 -. an increase OF S4.iOt51.
oi OS7 per cent The volume OF trai-
nc offered Tor transportation ln the
early part OF the year was below nor
mai and correspondent. decreases Ia
revenue were shown but the business
revival Iu the last haiti OF the year
resulted 10 greater freight shipments
and The revenue thcrefrom increased
suiiiciertiy tu offset the early losses
and close the year with a small IN
crease. There was an increase OF
l-O.hlS or 1872 per cent. IN the NUM-
Ter ol tons carried. and an increase
%: i.'.".Ni5, or 1.uJ per cent. IN the
ton mileage. hut the average revenue
received per ton per mile decreased
l.3U per cent. There was decrease
IN the total number OF passengers
carried Of 1.loi. or 2l1 per cent. ana
a d"crra~" of 2N3 per cent. IN the
average revenue received per pdsscn-
ger per mile. The decrcas, OF s..
t.S.NN in the revenue from "Au other
Transportation was larEcly due 20
the decreased switChiu. revenue from
movement OF lutrrplant tonnage Tor
the Wheeling steel and iron company.
principally pie iron and billet- from
the Top Mill Furnace 20 the plants Ina
lower Wheeling and Martins Ferry.
The operdtiu- expenses Increased
work on the roadway. bridges ana
buildings. also TO change IN the
apportionment of expenses in the on
Grafton OF Collier Yard OF the lessee
used by the freight trains OF your uuo
as its northern terminus. and under
The new rules OF accounting prescribed
by On" Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion. the amounts paid are charg,auir
10 the sO-Called Joint Facility Dr. ace
counts. while the payments made
prior TO 1915 We're char-rd Co ~"
respective primary expense accounts.
and for that reason proper Comparl-
son cannot be made I'm the prescribed
statement of detail expenses The
reduction IN the Joint Facility CT.
accounts D. due 20 the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad COMPANY diycrtiu~
from the lanwood Extension an t.v
business possible 90 It's own line.
The \ct Income for the year was
Sln-.1GG.35. q decrease OF S.N.5>-. 30.
from which am appropriation oi Sill
..n't was made for -in.lug fund
purposes $50. I5uup for dividend Of
twelve per cent and SH>9. as for minor
hett"rmcnts 10 the property. lcayif
S.u.-'".b.. which was transferred 90
credit Of Profit and Loss Account Ap-
Tropriations for dividends arcresa-
ing forty per cent. or 500. 10000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-24

were made from the surplus. leaving
a balance OF S222.g09.GG 10 the credit
of the Profit and Loss Account no the
close OF the year.
The expenditures for additions and
hettormcnts amounted to S4.TSu..I. OF
which S9N9.7G was appropriated from
the Net Income and S5.19U.45 CHARGED
Co Capital Account. The improve
monts consisted principally Of tho
con truction OF new main track and
additional yard tracks. the extension
of steam and air lines at the cnciuc
house. and track and platform extern
sIons 40 Wheeling
Traffic Statistics.
Durn- the year ending December
81, 1915. total of 3l992G passenger
We're carried. "a decrease of .IU4 gs
compared with the number in 1911.
The PASSENGER revenue amounted I'D
$l-t.4il."t. ct decrease OF $J.ST5.NO.
The faisht revenue during 1918
was Si1GNf'93. an increase of SlG.-
s3ioG over 1914 The number OF tons
carried was 1.5G5s05, an increase OF
l2O.Gis.
Among the prominent officials Do
attendance of yesterdays meeting
were. President Taylor. Division SUE
perintendrrt e. G. Mccullough aud
Auditor j. ". orr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-24
new MEDICINE
CREATED STIR
THOUSANDS FOUND 1T To ss
REALLY ALL THAT WAS
CLAIMED FOR 1T THE
PAPERS.
wheeling People by the Score After
Taking Tanlae for Short While
Gladly Praised u.
REMARKABLE STATEMENT MADE

wasn't II remarkable the way peo-
PIE praised that medicine called Tan.
lac here in Wheeling? ChaS. \. be-
Bait. Ia 18th street. well known
packer with Swift & co. The bows
around the Packing house first noticed
"a great improvement in his appear.
anc'. He looked bette. and he ad.
united - was due TO TGuiac. He On
JOYS splendid appetite. GAINED eleven
pounds. Got r,d OF q lot OF Ssins i'm his
stomach and the old tnajrCstinn and
dyspepsia left him. Then there was
the case cf Mrs Margaret Littlrton.
who had long been suffering from
rheumatism. uaiG" in tho stomach and
side, and after ticking Tarlac but 4
short while. .hC passed tape worm
20 inches long. which for proof she
preserved in alcohol. After that she
felt better and improved 50 much she
Joined tho others m Publicly praising
tanlac. she claimed u was truly a
wonderful mc,;cin~. like I'll the rest.
Ihen thc." was the case OF Mrs. John
Rose. 1925 Lind street. She said: Il
suffered from stomach trouble. indiges-
ton and had lost my appetite and some
times ! would be so nauseated after
eating | would lose everything | ate.
Wheeling people all around me kept
praiSinc that new remedy so highly I
began taking il. too. and since taking
II ! have gained q fine appetite and
enjoy my meals. ! don't have to be
particular about what ! eat either and
the Indigestion and stomach troubles
have left me"
At first people were sort Of skcptical
remembering as they did of the MANY
medicines they had previously tried
without results. but now IL is said that
"a case of stomach. kidney or liver trou-
BILE in Wheeling Is a rare thing They
still sell n al one dollar bottle
through &. II. Griest. and should any
one who reads this suffer from these
troubles. they NAV very wisely take
the advice Of tho thousands who tried
IL and foapd 10 a wonderful remedy.
Sold by G. II. Griest d Co, Wheel
ing W Va