Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-27
She returned last Saturday to hel
Ashland home.

Ashland home.
The Southern Pacific Company is
issuing a Weekly fishing bulletin
which gives information concerning
conditions at various fishing streams
along the route of the railroad In
last weeks report the Rogue river
was conceded to be the most likely
stream in Oregon for a big catch.
The Medford militia company win
stage their next athletic meet in the
Page Theatre, and extend the ladies
cordial invitation to attend. The
meets are made up of boxing match
es, wrestling and other tests of physi-
cal prowess. A meet between the
Ashland and Medford companies is
being planned.
Goldie Herndon, formerly pianist
at the Vining and leader of Hern-
don's orchestra in Ashland, arrived
last week after a several months alb
sence in the east and left the same
day for Washington state, where he
will fill a position in one of the
Sound metropolises. He was accom-
panied as far as the Willamette val
ley by his mother, who will visit
friends.
Mrs Albert Morthland returned to
her old home near Mansfield, Ohio,
one day last week, having been called
there by the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. Walker. Her daughter,
Miss Lottie, remained here to con-
tinue her work in high school and to
be housekeeper for her father, who
is in the employ of the Southern Pa
cific.
Johnson the JeweIer for fine watch
work. 97.tf
Yreka News: The Niger Boy
mine on the klamath river, about
seven miles below Hornbrook, which
is managed by Mr.. Salisbury for a
company, is running with full force.
Development work has been proceed
ing for the past year and a strong
and rich vein has been opened. The
mill has been running for the past
forty days on very high-grade ore.
A. A. Wiley, who formerly had
restaurant near the depot, and who
for some time past has been living on
a small ranch in the Frederick neigh
borhood, near Talent, died on Satur-
day, aged 46. Funeral arrangements
are being delayed pending the arrival
of his wife from San Francisco and
other relatives from a distance.
Dodge & Sons, local undertakers,
have arrangements in charge.
Mrs. T. B. Chapman and Mrs. Bon
ney left Sunday to join their hus-
bands on ranches in Alberta, Canada.
The men went ahead with shipments
of household goods and farm machin-
cry. The Chapmans will farm the
ranch recently purchased by R. L.
Burdic from w. D. Hodgson. They
have, however, a 160-acre tract of
wild land in the near neighborhood
of the Burdic property.
A iitney war looms in the offing.
One of the lines operating between
Ashland and Medford has reduced
the fare to 20 cents one way, or 80
cents round trip. About a dozen cars
from the Interurbans, with a capacity
of forty to cars of five-passehger rat
ing, are included in the jitney swarm.
The new cut rate is Just one-half of
the railroad rate, which is fixed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and is Interchangeable.
A hurry-up call came to the Ore
gon-Utah Sugar Company Tuesday
from F. S. Bramwell, at Sutherlin, in
Douglas county, for eight seeders !
and beet seed to be shipped to that
point. Excellent success is being met |
in that district in the signing up of
acreage, and it is expected that every |
acre that the Medfordites failed to
meet their obligations upon will be .
covered with two acres by the Ump-
qua valley farmers. The beets
grown in the Sutherlin district this
season are to be shipped to the !
Grants Pass factory, but it seems as
sured that next year a factory will be !
built there, this having been agreed |
to by the sugar company if sufficient
acreage is signed.-Rogue River !
Courier.
Deputy Sheriff E. NJ. Wilson was
in Ashland Saturday on business con-
nected with the sheriff's office. He
is a candidate for the nomination for
sheriff on the republican ticket to
succeed W. H. Singler, who will not
run for reelection. E. W.-known
to his friends as Curly-has served as
deputy sheriff under Mr.. Singler the
past four years and is thoroughly fa-