Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

Mrs. Olds, who underwent a seri-
GUS operation at the Granite City hos
pital some time ago, is able to return
to her home.
Genuine silk fibre socks at 25
cents a pair, in pearl grey, black,
white, tan and navy, at Mitchell &
Whittle's.
Among the many who were up
from Medford to the Mathis-Vessey
meetings Wednesday night we no
ticed John F. Ballinger and wife.
Messrs. Ed. Hunt and ]. Scholer
have purchased Studebaker car, in
which they will travel and sell fruit
and vegetables through California.
Extra trousers that are cut right
and made with tunnel belt loops and
new patterns at $3.50, SO, $3.50 and
$4 Mitchell & Whittle.
Yreka is in the throes of radium
excitement following the discovery
of what is believed to be a radium
mine by c. E. Condrey on Humbug
creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Mansfield
were called to Ashland last week by
the serious illness of Mr.. Mansfield's
mother. They live on a ranch in the
Applegate valley.
Francis Winter, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Winter is dangerously i'll at
the Granite City hospital following
upon complications resulting from an
attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Minnie Wright and son Orrin,
who came here from North Dakota
to visit relatives and look for a loca-
tion, have found what they were seek
ing near Harrisburg, Ore.
Miss Louise Lennsrt left Friday
evening for Portland, where she will
remain for the next two months, re-
turning, however, to "help celebrate
the springs dedication"
It takes only one hundred cents to
buy first-class "Silver" shirt, either
stiff or soft cuff, and many beautiful
patterns to select from, at Mitchell
& Whittle's.
Fatty and Mabel Adrift," featur-
ing Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Nor
mand, at the Vining Thursday even
ing proved to be the most comical
comedy seen in months at the popular
Ashland picture house.
The Murphy Motorcar Company re-
ports the sale of Dodge car to Mr..
Gaines a recent arrival from Canada.
According to Mr.. Murphy, this is the
tenth Dodge which he has sold in
Ashland this spring.
Deputy Sheriff "Curly" Wilson,
who is candidate for the republican
nomination for sheriff, was a visitor
in the city Friday, coming up to at
tend to official business and Incl
dentally shaking hands with few of
his many Ashland friends.
About twenty auto loads of gypsies
are camped near Frederick, below
Ashland, today, there being over
hundred and fifty of the wanderers in
the party. Their cars are mostly
high-powered and recent models.
DR.. ]. w. Morrow of Portland and
Thomas H. Crawford of La Grande,
both candidates for delegates-at-large
to the national democratic conven-
tion, were in Ashland Monday, being
piloted about the city by Postmaster
Kaiser.
Mrs. j. H. Farrar is visiting in the
city from Myrtle Creek, where the
Farrars have ranched since leav-
ing Ashland two years ago. She will
remain in the city until after high
school commencement, when her son
Clyde receives his diploma.
C. V. Atterbury, a former Ashland
patrolman, returned last week from
an extended trip throughout the
northwest. He reports hearing lots
of talk about Ashland in Seattle and
in fact all of the northwestern cities
visited, and urges perseverance at the
publicity work.
One of the Rogue River Canal Com
pany's engineers recently made trip
in to Four Mile and Fish lakes and
reports hard-packed snow to the
depth of four feet at the lakes. This
is unusual at this time of the year.
The Fish lake reservoir is filling fast,
according to his report, and will be
full to the spillway within a month.
H. G. Eastman is the proud posses
sor of a beautiful medal which he
received upon the completion of ten
years of service in the Ashland COM
pany of the Oregon National Guard
The medal is of silver and gold,
mounted on blue enamel. Faithful