Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-01-13


learning to navigate the streets.
People are taking advantage of
cheap sale price at Ashland Trading
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Ressler of
StarFweather, N. D., have been visit
ing at the home of R. P. Watkins on
Beach street and are going to Long
Beach, Cal, to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Multi of Port
land arrived Friday for visit in the
city. Mr.. Multi returned to Portland
Saturday, but Mrs. Multi will remain
as a guest at the home of Mrs. H. S.
Multi.
Mrs. G. w. Scott and family leave
today for Portland to make their
home. Mr.. Scott disposed of his resi-
dence property here some time ago
and has been in Portland for several
weeks.
The heavy fall of snow in the
mountains is welcomed not only by
the farmers and orchardists but by
the mining men, as it assures them
Of full streams for placer mining late
in the season.
Mrs. L. Hilty expects to leave this
week for Kansas City for visit with
her parents. She recently received
word that her father was i'll and is
Fastening her departure upon that
account.
j. G. Divet returned to his home
Tuesday from the Granite City Hos
pital, where he has been confined
for two months, having undergone
two operations upon his foot. He is
improving very slowly.
A few pairs of 3Sc and 4Sc rubbers
for children and misses yet to be sold
at the Ashland Trading Company.
Stockholders of the Dead Indian
rural telephone interests met in the
Commercial Club rooms Monday af-
ternoon to discuss matters affecting
the welfare of the line. There are
eleven parties on the line.
Five young Medford men, more or
less favorably known in Ashland,
were arrested for gambling in that
city Saturday. The unlucky gentle
men were Shine" Edwards, Noah
Lyons, Fred Hoover, Bill Jackson
and Deck Hale.
The Misses Greenlease, who have
been visiting at the home of their
sister, Mrs. Sam McNair, expect to
leave in about two weeks for their
Kansas City, Mo-, home, stopping en-
route for a few days visit at San
Francisco.
The big McMahan ranch north of
is to boast the biggest grain /
field in the valley next year. The
Bingham interests from Medford are
breaking about 600 acres on the Nc
Mahan place and will plant to wheat
and barley.
Mrs. E. j. Wykoff, who has been
a guest at the home of her brother,
3. D. Briggs, in Ashland for several
weeks, left last Tuesday for Salt Lake
City, where she will join her hus-
band and with him return to their
home at Austin, MINI.
Harry Silver, one of the incorpo-
rators of the Pompadour Mineral
Springs Company, went to Medford !,
where he met George Soran-
son, another of the stockholders, and
Joined with him in attending to busi-
ness on behalf of the company.
Some of the sheltered streets on
he hillsides which are not exposed !
% the sunshine during the day have
afforded the youngsters Of the city
)lace to coast. Several of the lads
lave skees and make daily trips back
nto the hills where the snow lies
leep.
w. l.. Morthland has returned to
he Hodgson ranch at Rogue River, !
which he has leased for number Of
vears, after spending the holidays
With his family. He says that up till !
christmas the weather has been
BEAUTIFUL down there, with not a sign (
f fog. i
Grandpa Watkins and wife have I
een entertaining friends from North !
dakota, who are on their way to San
Diego, and we are sure that after
Iaving glimpse of Ashland the \
Beautiful we can look for them to !;
ecome residents here in the near
uture. !
Thirty-four permits for the appro- 1
riation and storage of water were !
ssued by the state authorities to
ackson county landowners during 4
he past year, according to figures !
ecently published. Jackson county \
> the fifth county of the state in I