Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-10-05

sion, among other amazing discov-
cries was the fact that Miller & Lux,
the San Francisco cattle firm who
buy most of the cattle shipped south
from here, own 100000 acres OF
California land.
The season on China pheasants in
Jackson county closes on the 10th of
October Hunters should not be con-
fused by the curtailment of the sea-
| son elsewhere in the state from a
month to Is days. Ten days is all
that is allowed locally for hunting
the big game birds.
Real estate men state that there
are as many strangers in Ashland
now as there have been any time
during the past summer and that in
quiries concerning real estate are
most numerous. Several deals have
been consumated recently, outside
parties being the purchasers.
Conqueror hats are still made OF
the same good material and for the
same old price of $500. For sale
by Mitchell & Whittle.
Roseberg Review: w. e. st John
of Sutherlin passed through here late
last night enroute home after pass
ing a couple of days in Ashland visit
ing with his wife. Mrs. st. John
is not well and has been living in
Ashland for the past two months.
She is said to be improving slowly.
Lee Hall and wife of Amarillo,
Texas, have taken apartments in the
Pioneer block and are preparing to
make a lengthy stay in Ashland.
Their son is also with them. They
have toured over most of Oregon.
Mr.. Hall went over into klamath
county this week to see the country.
Galvanized pipe, l inch, l " inch
and Q inch, for sale at cost by Peil.
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A. c. Briggs has moved in from
his ranch for the winter and is oc-
cupying the Bagley house on Skid
more street. Mrs. Briggs duties as
manager of the Ashland Fruit and
Produce association require close at
tention and the trip out to the ranch
morning and evening grew irksome.
E. j. Ryan has returned from his
trip to TIE east and is at the home
of his mother-in-law on Dewey st.
Mr.. Ryan was formerly travelling
salesman for Schilling & Co. at San
Francisco. He has been visiting his
parents in Illinois and is much i'm
proved in health. He is at present
undecided as to what business he will
follow.
Chas. Martin took a party of Ash
land school teachers to the Jose
phines caves the past week, the trip
extending from Friday evening to
Sunday evening. The ladies were
the Misses Nellie Matthews, Bessie
Durham, Irene Ringhelm and Mar
garet Power. The party went the
long way around to cut down the
distance to be walked, going around
by the Crescent City and Sucker
creek route.
Walter Phillips, who has been in
this city for the past two weeks visit
ing his mother and also enjoying a
hunting trip, left Monday evening
for Corvallis, where he will enter
Oregon Agricultural college. He has
been employed in the mines at
Lowell, Arizona for the past year.
While at. o. A. c. in 1914 he was a
regular on the varsity basketball
team and his advent back into ath-
letic circles will be welcomed.
The Damn ranch, formerly owned
by Wilbur w. Damn and Aimee Chip
ley Damn, located west of the city
limits, was ordered disposed of at
sheriff's sale at Jacksonville last Sat
urday, through foreclosure proceed
ings. The amount involved in two
mortgages which were held by Chas.
f. Chipley and John w. Motley,
both of Chippewa county, Mich, was
$4,000 in addition to interest and
costs. The tract included about so
acres.
Miss Nell Purves has returned
from a stay of month or six weeks
at Colestin.
Ladies' tailoring by an expert la
dies tailor at Orres' Tailor Shop. 1t