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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED, 10 buy a second hand surrey,
iron tires. Address t. I'll. care
Times Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24

WANTED. an experienced man TO take
caShicrship OF an established bank
in town OF $500 inhabitants Must have
best references. Address Banker" |
I'll, care Times Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
HELP WANTED-Fcrnalc.

MANiCtItlST wanted at once. Apply
2ca south Elm Street. Greensboro, y.
C., Arcade Barber Shop.
WANTED. good cook Apply $500
park Avenue.
WANTED. girl for tailor work Apply
32b west Main. l.. Canter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
Time Is Money

Cons truction is often delayed because
lumber fails to arrive when needed we
spc cha liz. on quick deliveries for local
and out OF town customers. Avoid
costly delays By getting lumber and
when YOU want them
RICHMOND LUMBER co INC.
Fourth and Stockton Streets
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
SAFES.
ICE. COAL. AND WOOD

BEST Pennsylvania white ash anthra-
$3.50; New River lump. $5.75: New River
or Pocahontas nat. 50: run of mine
Si.25. w. g. Rcams. 7O7 North Seven
tecnth. Madison 6i34.
SPECIAL this week. bri0uctts Sc ton:
kindlng wood, So load: large oak
and pine blocks; every kind OF coal
used in Richmond Just try me once
L.. r. Long. Madison 1863
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24

OCEAN VIEW COTTAGES
FOX rcnt-lf YOU wish TO rent 3: sea
shore cottage for the summer season
now is the time 20 make Your seIcctin,
! have good list for boar,ling-ho,Isc
purposes or private use, furnished ami
unfurn'shcd, large and small .Ioseuh
Morris. Real Estate and Rentals III
Board OF Trade Building. Plume and
Atlantic Streets. Norfolk. VA Phone
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
FOR SALE-IInrms

1858 acres. good buildings. : miles west
OF farmvillc. Va. in sight Of mac
ADAM road one mile Of Norfolk and
western Railroad. $40 per acre l. 49,.
care Times Dispatch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
WANTED-Furnished Flat.

WANTED furnished Fat Of niDc
rooms for young men: posse sion
March / state terms Address j 5O5.
care Times Dis patch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
FOR RENT-lIlats.

FOX rent. 1-room fiat; modern con
NcnienceS. Furnished or unfinished
IL South Harrison Street Phone Madj.
son i5S?-W
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24

FOR sale at public auction on the lands
Of Julian Neatly. Goochland County.
Va. a; - o'clock N, February -? one
boiler and engine mounted on trucks
NMrrcN -. brnn. trustee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS
TYPEWRITIIRS

TiPE.W RS-RENT-SALE
MACHINES for every requirement at
prices from 322.50 up. cash or easy
payments. Rent So month: , months.
$50. Three months rent applied on
purchase. Ever: machine Remington.
guaranteed. Remington Typewriter
Company, $40 East Main street
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
The
Commercial Club

Prof. Deschamps of Paris, France,
who is spending a few months in
Ashland mainly for health considera-
tions, delivered a greatly appreciated
talk before the Commercial Club
Monday evening. Prof. Desshamps
is lecturer of more than national
note and has been touring the west
lecturing prior to his stop here for
rest. He will return to France
next spring. The professor delivered
an energizing talk to the room full of
Commercial Club members. He dwelt
considerably upon the natural beau
ties of which Ashland possesses so
many and suggested several things
which Ashland should work for at
once. He called his hearers atten-
tion to the need of sanitarium,
apartment houses and more accom-
modations for visitors, saying, you
must have the places to put them
before you get the visitors He made
an urgent appeal for cooperation and
to Ashlanders to shake off the leth-
argy which prevents progress.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Friends Say Bill
Carries Horseshoe

Bill Loomis's friends claim that
Bill carries a horseshoe under the
back seat along with the extra inner
tubes and tools. The conviction
would seem to be bourne out by the
lucky escape which Mr.. Loomis and a
carload of passengers underwent on
the Siskiyou grade last Sunday.
Three miles beyond the summit when
he was turning around the engine
died" When he cranked up the
reverse gear stuck and the car backed
over the grade and down an embank-
ment $50 feet to the bottom Of a
canyon, the car turning over three
times. On the second turn Mrs.
Loomis's mother, Mrs Humphrey,
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Cox were
thrown out and on the third turn
Mr.. LOomis went out. All escaped
injury except Mrs. Cox, who was only
slightly bruised. The car was lifted
to the road with a block and tackle
and will be in commission again after
undergoing repairs that will cost per-
haps $25.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
War Veterans Will
Camp Here in Sept.

James Mattingly appeared before
the Commercial Club at Mondays
meeting and asked the club for its
cooperation in the entertainment of
the old soldiers and sailors of south
ern Oregon and northern California
who will be here for four days re-
union beginning September IL. The
encampment will be held in Chautau-
qua park and over two hundred G..
A. R.. Spanish war veterans, Indian
war veterans and pioneers are ex-
pected from all over the adjoining
counties. The Commercial Club ap-
pointed a committee to assist in ar
ranging for the entertainment of the
visitors.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Blue Ledge Mine
Owner Dead

News was received in Medford
Tuesday night of the death OF ROD
ert Sanford Towne in New York. Mr..
Towne was the owner of the Blue
Ledge mines and a millionaire mine
owner with interests all over the
world. S. S. Bulls told the Medford
paper that he was not surprised TO
learn of Mr.. Towne's death as the
capitalist was very low upon his re-
cent visit to the east. In Mr.. Bulls
opinion the fact of Mr.. Towne's Ill
health has held back the Blue Ledge
development and his death will prob
ably result in active work at the
mines, as his interests are known to
be in competent hands and well or
ganized.
Mr.. Towne died at the Engineers
Club, where he made his home, and
the New York Times account of his
death devotes considerable space to
his extensive mining interests in Mex
leo and this country. Mr.. Towne was
president of the Mexican Northern
railway, president of the Alvarez
Land and Timber Company, president
of the Sresnillo Mining Company, the
Mexican Lead Company, the Potosi
and Rio Verde railway, the Montezu-
ma Lead Company, the Soubrette
Mining Company, the Compania Met
alurgica Mexicani, and interested ex-
tensively in a dozen other large min
ing concerns. A graduate of Ohio
State University in the class of 1879,
Mr.. Towne was one of the most sue
cessful mining engineers in the coun-
try and amassed tremendous for
tune. He was member of the New
York Yacht Club, the Engineers and
Lawyers Club, and took prominent
part in the American Institute Of
Mining Engineers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Irrigation or
No Sugar Factory

The party of officials of the Utah
Idaho Sugar Company who thorough
ly went over the valley last week
have informed the Medford CONNER
cial Club that the erection of sugar
factory at Medford or other point in
the upper valley will depend upon the
extension of irrigation in the valley.
If the proposed high line ditch is put
through under the district plan about
August 1 next, and an acreage of
good proportions is placed under wa
ter from the ditch, they will put a
proposition for the erection of fac
tory before the people of Medford
The Rogue River valley, said T..
R. Cutler, vice-president and general
manager of the company, is well suit
ed as to soil and climate for the
growing of beets. However, he ex-
planned, he and his associates had
found after carefully examining all
the beet acreage in the valley that
non-irrigated beets are already
shrinking and the tops beginning to
wilt, whereas the irrigated beets are
showing up splendidly and through
this sunshiny weather are showing
increased gains.
A sugar factory cannot continue to
operate, he continued, unless the
beets can be grown profitably by the
farmers. Investigation convinced
him that they cannot be grown in
sufficient tonnage and high enough
sugar content without irrigation, to
be profitable to the farmer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
San FranciScanS
Will Be Here Soon

One of the biggest business mems
excursions of the year is the San
Francisco merchants excursion to
Coos Bay which will pass through
Ashland on the trip to Marshfield on
August 20, and returning on the
26th of August will stop off for a
two hours stay in Ashland. H. P.
Adams was here recently arranging
the itinerary of the excursion, and
plans were made for Ashland to send
autos to meet the party at Medford
at 3.45 and bring them up through
the valley to Ashland, taking them
through Lithia park and then turn
ing them loose to visit the mer-
chants of the city. Other entertain
ment may be arranged by the COM
mittee which has been appointed
from the Ashland Commercial Club.
The excursion will be made up Of
about one hundred Of the leading
business men of the bay metropolis.
They will be the heads of the firms
and many of the biggest men of Cali
fornia will be in the party. While
here they will visit the merchants,
one of the main aims of the trip be-
ing to foster business relations. The
party travels in their own special
train.
Ashland should give this party a
great reception. Every one of these
men will be men who yearly seek for
new places for vacations and to send
their families for the summer. Not
only that, but they are men who can
do a great deal and will do great
deal to advertise Ashland as resort
city should they be given the hospit-
able welcome Of which Ashland is
capable.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Resolution Calls
For New Station

In view of the new spirit which is
awakening in Ashland and the ex-
pansion which the city is undergoing
and anticipates within the next year,
the Commercial Club at their Monday
meeting passed a resolution as fol-
lows:
"Be it resolved, that, in considera-
tion of the important steps taken by
the city of Ashland, in their expendi-
ture of 900 for the development
of Lithia park and the bringing in
of lithia and sulphur waters, the Ash
land Commercial Club ask the CO.
oneration of the Southern Pacific
railway to the extent of erecting a
new depot and Improvement Of their
grounds in this CITY,"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
More Soldier Boys
Bound for Border

Under the direction of A. D. Wick,
travelling passenger agent for the
Southern Pacific with headquarters
at Portland, 165 newly recruited mil
itiamen went south yesterday bound
for TIE border, where they will join
the companies for which they have
denoted their preference. These
boys have all been recruited since
the militiamen went to the border
and have underwent training at
Clackamas and are ready for service.
Others will follow later until the
various companies are up to standard
in numbers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Fire Burns Talent
Packing Plant

Fire of an unknown origin, but
presumably caused by defective cleo
trio light wiring, destroyed the pack
ing house of c. M. Thomas at Talent
Wednesday night, about 10 o'clock,
causing a property damage estimated
at $4,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. The building and contents
were totally destroyed.
Two days pack of Bartlett pears.
being made ready for shipment, a
carload of box material, and guam
tity of fruit wrapping paper went up
in smoke. 1t was the supply for the
season, and thus the loss falls heavy.
When discovered the building was
mass of flames, and the fire-fight-
ing equipment at hand was unable to
cope with the blaze, which was visi-
bic in this city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
A Toast to Dixie and Oregon.

A Toast to Dixie and Oregon.
The birthland is the loved land,
That's the way of the mortal heart.
So Dixie land our loved land
To you.
Childhood days are care-free days,
That's the way of mortal life.
So Dixie days, our childhood days,
To you.
The last Of life is the best OF life,
The traveller chooses his path.
So Oregon land, our last days, our
best days,
To you. BY Angelina.
Dixie" sung as the rousing SOUTH
ern air has never before been sung in
Ashland, sung straight from the
hearts of two hundred folks from the
sunny south who were transported in
memory back to the homeland Of
flowers and perpetual summer,
aroused the echoes in the hills which
hem in Lithia Park, Wednesday even
ing at the close of gathering truly
southern.
From every part of the valley and
from distant points as we'll, the for
mer residents of the southern states,
who have learned to love Oregon and
the Rogue River valley until 1t has a
place in their hearts alongside of be-
loved Dixie, came to meet each other
and with reminiscence and renewal of
old friendships and making of new,
bind closer together the residents ot
this country who are from the south.
Late in the afternoon the gather
ing was called to order by President
John H. Dill of the Dixie Association
of the valley, who requested NJ. c.
Reed, chairman of the program COM
mittee, to preside.
r. P. Campbell opened the program
with a reading from James Whitcomb
Riley, playing upon the emotions OF
his hearers with that consummate art
which is making "Dick Posey" val
ley favorite.
President Dill then gave the ad-
dress of welcome with a warmth
which made every southerner present
feel that he was the friend of every
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Stuck Knife In
Chest While Drunk

Thomas Warren was one of the
passengers on the special train which
brought back the baseball rooters
from Weed last Sunday. Thomas
was slightly under the influence Of
the fiery firewater of the lumber
town. Thomas was so drunk that he
did not know exactly what he was
doing. Thomas got out his knife and
stuck it into his chest. Thomas
wounded himself severely. Thomas
was taken to the Sacred Heart hos
pital at Medford, from which he was
released Tuesday a wiser Tom.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Commercial Club Rejects Death
And lnaugurates Radical Changes

tions from the merchants, has enlist
ed the interest of the young business
men, the live fellows who put
across" Ashland's celebration, and
should within the next two months
take its rightful place in Ashland.
The changes which are to be made
are sweeping in their extent and in
clude those suggested in the recon-
mendations made by committee ap-
pointed for the purpose some time
ago.
The most radical changes include
the disposal of the billiard and card
tables. enlargement of the board of
truseees to twelve members, and re-
moval to new quarters in the city
hall.
The proceeds from the sale of the
tables will be used to place the club
above the board financially This
feature of the club has long been los
ing in favor among the business men
who realize that the Commercial Club
should be place to do things rather
than to play billiards.
At the last meeting of the city
council the council indicated its will
lingness to remodel the storeroom in
the west end of the city hall into an
office for the Commercial Club. The
club will ask the council to allow
them the use of this, water and lights
and the use of the council chamber
upstairs, which, by the way. will be
fitted up by the commercial clubs
chairs and other fittings, thus saving
an overhead expense of $95 month,
which alone is big item.
A determined campaign for new
members will be made. The new
club hopes to be able to produce re-
suits and needs every man in Ashland
and every property owner within Ash
land or living elsewhere as a member
The amended charter provides for
election of officers yearly instead OF
every six months, a board of twelve
trustees instead of five, weekly meet
ings of the trustees to transact all
ordinary business, that all commit
tee chairman be selected from board
members. The clubs finances are
dealt with specially in paragraph
limiting Indebtedness to $500. 1t is
recommended that publicity work be
done at public expense by public
employe.
In line with the new charter pro-
vision for trustees, half of whom are
to be chosen every six months, the
following were elected to serve till
November: ]. w. Mccoy, w. E.
Newcombe, G. H. Billings, H. O.
Frohbach, Henry Enders. To serve
till May: C. B. Lamkin, c. w. Banta
F. H. Walker, C. B. Wolf, NJ. G.
Reed. These ten, together with old
trustees, Fred Wagner, Hal McNair
President Smith and Vice-President
Jordan, ex-officio, constitute the
board of trustees for the present.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Two Signs Which
Should Be at Camp

Between fifteen and twenty-five
automobile parties camp at the Ash
land auto camp every night. There
are two signs which should be placed
in the camp in prominent place for
the purpose of acquainting the visit
ors with the two biggest features of
Ashland as a watering resort.
One sign should point to the path
toward the lithia fountain, with the
words, 1.-TWO blocks to the lithia
fountain. Follow the lighted path"
Then none of the campers would
overlook visit to the fountain, as
many now do because of lack of
knowledge of the fountain.
The second sign should read:
"Hot sulphur tub and plunge baths.
Jitney leaves 1880 p. m. Fare 10
cents" No doubt the Natatorium
and Helman's baths would put up
the price of this sign and would make
arrangements with drivers Of jitneys
to visit the camp ground every even
ing. If the business justified, more
frequent trips could be made.
Auto tourists who come to Ashland
to stay a few days will eventually
find out these things for themselves,
but the tourist who stops one night
only may not. A sulphur tub or
plunge will appeal to nearly every
one of the autoists and will be re-
membered as part of Ashland.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Baptist Pastor
Leaves September l

Rev. Arthur Blackstone of the Bap-
tist church will give up the pastorate
on September 1, his resignation hav-
ing been handed in some time ago.
Mr.. Blackstone has built up the
church during his pastorate and has
won the friendship of host of Ash
landers not church members as well.
His plans for the future are not fully
determined.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Bass Horn Band
Dance Tonight

Remember to drop up to the Bun
galow tonight. The band boys are
staging another "bass horn" dance
and will give you a pleasant evening
in return for a few cents towards
horn. Five-piece orchestra of the
best musicians in the city. Every
body Is going.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10
Heavy Travel Over
Siskiyou Highway

According to the monthly report of
State Highway Engineer John L.
Lewis 2 ,6S9 vehicles passed over the
Siskiyou grade during the month of
June. Two hundred and forty-five
was the greatest number in single
day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10

Kenneth Williams, Grants Pass
ball player who showed some wonder
full stickwork while with the Cincin-
natl Nationals last year but slumped
and was returned to the Tacoma team
of the Northwestern league, has been
sold to the Portland team in the Pa
cific Coast league.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10

Gold Hill Notes: Miss Lowe OF
Ashland resigned her position as
teacher of the eighth and seventh
grades. Oh, how these school ladies
come and go. Like the great Ger
man army, plenty to fill the ranks.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10

Phone job orders to the TidinES
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-10

Phone news items to the Tidings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
EPIDEMIC IN KANSAS
Improper Diagnosis Causes Spread of
Scarlet Fever.

Kansas is suffering from an epi-
demic of scarlet fever, according to
a statement today by DR. J. j. Sippey
of the state board of health. Reports
of 281 cases were received during Jan
uary and it is probabl that the Feb
ruary returns will show an increase.
The disease is prevalent in about sixty
counties.
While a number of deaths have
been reported, the death rate has not
been high, DR. Sippey stated. Trou-
BILE in many towns and counties re-
suited from an improper diagnosis of
the disease. AS a result of the trou-
BILE attaches of the state department
have made numerous trips over the
state. Al this time conditions are not
regarded as serious in any particular
locality.
Most of the cases are in a mild
FORM said DR. Sippey. THE num-
ber of cases in the state show an un-
usual total, although the death rate
has been comparatively low. In ad-
dition to the reports of scarlet fever
cases, many reports of smallpox and
measles have been received"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
zEPS TO AMERICA Save topeka BOY
Fancy Fleet Carrying Cargo OF
st Food Across Seas.
But Such Means of Commerce
Being Discussed.

Berlin, Feb. 2S.-A great fleet of
Zeppelins flying to America and
bringing back food to Germany is a
possibility if this war lasts several
years longer an authority on aero
nautics declared today.
Seems like a dream he said.
But a war that has seen submarines
go from Wilhelmshaven to CONSTANT
nople and Zeppelins and aeroplanes
play unexpected roles may see some
even moe startling developments in,
say three or five years.
For a "Finish Fight
"The very fact that this possibility
is being discussed is evidence of the
realization here that this war between
England ard Germany is to be decisive
if not a bs tile t. exhaustion In this
finish fight Germany expects to win,
if necessary, by bringing into play all
the inventive powers that already have
stood her IN such good stead
In counting the probabilities of a
long war, Germany military critics are
casting their eyes at neutrals that may
become involved. They are speculat-
ing, for instance on what would hap
pen if the English threw an army into
Holland and marched against AK La
Chappelle TO trap the German army
in Belgium.