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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Road to Rim Of
Crater Lake Open

The road to the rim of Crater Lake
was opened up to automobiles last
week and dozens of cars make the
trip to the rim daily. The road was
cut through the huge drifts in places.
This is the latest for a number of
years that the snow has held back
the autoes from the rim.
Never have the roads been as good
to the park as they are now. All the
way from Medford they are as hard
and smooth as floor. The late rains
have benefited them. Since then the
highway has been scraped and
dragged, removing every rut and
rough spot. The 81 miles is a trip
of continual delight and pleasure.
The Prospect grade was never better.
The portion that was soft and loose
last year, because of new work done,
is firm. Through the Crater Lake
national forest. beyond Prospect, the
road is like city boulevard.
The new highway, giving an en-
tirely new approach to the park, is
completed and avoids many of the
crooked sections, as we'll as taking
visitors through a more interesting
part of the big playground.
A crew of men is smoothing out the
few rough spots left in the road.
Several Ashland parties have left
within the past week for the lake, and
many others are planning to leave
within the next few days. Ashland
is also becoming a headquarters for
tourist parties before leaving for the
lake. Several parties have made the
Ashland auto camp their headquar-
ters for trips to the caves and other
points of interest about the valley
while waiting for the road to open up. I
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Boxing Match Was
Feature Of Camp

According to the returning boys,
one Of the most interesting occur
rences of the Coast Artillery annual
encampment at Fort Stevens this
year was a boxing bout held at the
skating rink between Burney Bur-
nett of the first company of Ashland
and Murray Scott of the Fort Stevens
regulars.
Six rounds were scheduled, but af-
ter Burnett had the best of it in
three of the six the referee had them
go one more round, which resulted
in draw, the same as most of the
rounds which were not decisively
Burnett's. The decision was a draw.
The first round was a draw.
The second round was Scott's by a
shade.
The third round Burnett had Scott
groggy throughout the whole round.
The fourth round Burnett knocked
Scott TO his hands and knees during
the first part of the round and had
him groggy during the rest Of the
round.
The fifth was Scott's by small
margin.
The sixth and seventh rounds were
even.
"Burney" shows only one black
lamp" while his opponent displays
two, and it is needless to say that
the first company is proud of the fis-
tic ability of their genial comrade
and his showing against a regular
who had opportunities to train for
this bout which Burney could not in
iulge in. Such condition can be
only through constant
care.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Band Dance To
Buy Big Bass Horn

Owing to the fact that two or three
members of the Ashland band have
been obliged TO leave town because OF
lack of employment or better oppor-
tunity elsewhere, and others for vari-
Gus reasons, the band is now hiring
five men from out of town, who come
up for the concerts Wednesday even
ing and Sunday afternoon. The band
is steadily getting better and now
ranks as very high-class organiza-
tion for city the size of Ashland.
The Instrumentation is very evenly
balanced, and of course the out-of-
town men brought in are the pick of
the valley players. The band now is
composed of twenty-four pieces. Ow-
ing to the unforeseen strain resulting
upon the bands finances from the
necessary hiring of outside talent,
the band finds it difficult to make
ends meet from the amount sub
scribed by the citizens. However,
this is being done. The band has
needed and must have a double B
bass horn, also a new bass drum.
The bass section of the Ashland band
will equal the best anywhere in the
valley if such horn can be procured,
and the boys are determined to go
after it. The drum is a necessity, the
old one being all in. Rather than
ask for further subscription the band
is to give benefit dance, the man
agement of the Bungalow having do
mated the floor. On next Thursday
evening, therefore, everyone who
dances and enjoys dancing to a big
five-piece orchestra of the city's best
musicians should come up to the Bun
galow, help out a worthy cause and
enjoy very pleasant evening. The |
band men have been intellectually
giving their time for practice and
twice weekly this summer,
and the citizens owe it to them to
give their dance the biggest kind of
Dancing will be so cents for the
entire evening or 10 cents a dance
or single dances. Anyone who does
lot get several times so cents worth
If fun out of the evening should see
| doctor. Everybody is invited and
Urged to come and bring their
riends.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
ASCendS Ashland
Butte Backwards

Milton Biegel achieved a unique
feat Sunday when he accomplished
the ascent of Mt. Ashland backwards.
He walked backwards all the way
from the postoffice to the summit,
consuming little over six hours in
the trip. The distance is about four
teen miles. He was accompanied by
his two brothers, who walked fright
side ahead" Last year Milton rode
and pushed his bicycle to the summit
and rode back down in less than two
hours. Young Biegel is an all-around
athlete and won the marathon race
held in the city two years ago.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Will Be Taken Over
Parks Tomorrow

General Passenger Agent Batters
of the state of California and other
California Southern Pacific officials
are in the valley today and will be
shown over Ashland parks and the
city tomorrow by Agent Kramer and
Mr.. Greer. Mr.. Batters holds the
same position in California that John
M. Scott holds in Oregon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Need Lithia Trough
For Deer Visitors

A trough filled with lithia water
for the accommodation of the wild
deer which hang around the lithia
fountains may become a necessity
before long. On Saturday morning
an early visitor to the park found the
three does which have been seen fire.
quently lately, down in the fountain
plaza. Some friends with a camera
were called and snapshots obtained. +"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Ohio Bankers Due
This Afternoon

Three carloads of Ohio bankers
will arrive this afternon on the sec
ond section Of train 16 and will have
an opportunity to drink lithia water
at the station during the twenty-min-
ute stop. Local Ohioans will greet
the visitors.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
A Quiet Mining
Deal Pulled Off

T. M. Lowery, D. M. Watt of Butte
City, Mont, and D. d. Good of this
city have bought the rich mining
claims of the Hopwoods located on
North Hungry creek, Siskiyou coun-
ty, California. Dave will go to the
mines this week and resume opera
tions.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Artillerymen
Back From Fort

The first company, Coast Artillery
Corps, returned yesterday evening
from the annual encampment at Fort
Stevens, and report the ten days to
have been full of hard work and good
times. Several of the militiamen
stopped off in Portland and at other
points to visit before coming ON
home. The men were given separate
return transportation for this pur-
nose. The boys made good records
in every department at camp and
gained much valuable experience.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Seventy Men For
Crater Rim Road

According to the Medford Mail
Tribune, seventy men will leave this
week to commence work on the road
which the government is building
around the rim of Crater Lake. The
work has been later than usual in
starting this year because of the late
ness of the season.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
BAND CONCERT FOR
EDITORS.

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" Wednesday evening of this week o
o has been postponed until Friday o
@ on account of the visit of the o
" State Editorial Association to o
u" Lithia Park on Friday evening. o
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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
Cost Of Justice
In County Low

The following Is the data on the
business Of the circuit court for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1915, as
compiled by the county clerks Of
flee:
There have been 234 equity, las
law and "a criminal cases filed In
the year, making total of All cases
filed, for which fees we're received
in the sum of $3,103.
Hon. F. M. Calkins was the only
Judge presiding during the year, and
tried cases as follows:
Equity, 70; actions, with jury, 20;
without jury, IL; criminal jury trials.
10, plea Of guilty, 10. Trial fees re-
ceived, $3.50.
Default cases were entered as fol-
lows; Equity, 151; law actions, 61.
Dismissed cases not tried: Equity,
80; law, As; criminal, /, with 6 not
true bills. Motions, etc., taken up
in old cases, previously disposed Of:
Equity, 10; law, Z.
Court attendants, excepting clerk:
Orler '''''........... 1851
oaiiiiIs .''''........... lit
Reporter .'................ 80
1oIai '.'...... 1868
All other expenses for circuit
court, which includes witnesses be-
fore petit jury and grand jury, as
well as grand jury expenses, aggre-
gates $1,24S29, making q grand total
cost for the year of $S,6O5.15.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31
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AUTOMOBILIsTS, ATTEN-
TION.

o The police department is de- 9
o termined to put an end to the Q
o driving Of automobiles on the o
o wrong side of the street, stop o
o ping on the wrong side or more o
@ than two feet from the curb. o
o The department announces that o
o the last warning has been given @
o and that hereafter arrests will o
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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

The Mt. Hood loop highway has
been promised $4,000 from the for
estry department this year.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

Astoria's council has voted hard
surface for several more streets.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

klamath Falls gets additional pas
5enger train service from Weed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

Waco, Grant and Wheeler counties
plan new highway to the Idaho line.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

Phone news items to the Tidlngs
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-31

Phone news items to the Tidings
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
SEED CORN TESTS
RESULT OF TESTS AT HGHMORE
EXPERIMENT STATION.

Brookings, March 31.-"Recent
tests OF seed corr at the Highmore
farm OF the South Dakota experiment
station prove that the single ear test
OF corn is unusually important this
year." says Manley Champlin of the
State college agronomy department.
"Of 1900 September picked ears"
he states, "only SO per CEN grew, and
of 1900 ears picked after the Octo-
Der frost from shocked corn, only As
per cent grew. Both lots were tested
at the same time and In the same
testers.
This was a gain of s per cent in
favor of picking seed corn early and
agrees with tests conducted I'm pre-
vious years in proving that seed corn
should be picked in the early fall.
But il will be noted that even In the
case of the early picked corn, forty
seven ears out OF every hundred were
dead, so that III such corn had been
planted without making this individ-
ual test, the stand resulting would
have been so per cent of what 1t
should have been. Thus forty acres
would have a stand that should be
obtained on twenty acres. After the
seed Is ear tested, 1t is possible to
obtain a stand of 80 per cen or bet
ter by careful grading and planting"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
R. R. Commission
FIRE WEAKENED TRESTLE WAS
CAUSE OF RAILROAD
WRECK.

Watertown, March 31.-A hearing
on telephone rates charged by the
Dakota Central Telephone company
and Investigations into the causes of
two railroad accidents, one the wreck
of the South Dakota Central passen-
ger train in which two lost their lives
and a score were injured, were con-
Quoted here by the state railroad
commission. The Investigations were
secret. Railroad officials and en-
ployes only were allowed to attend
The investigation into the wreck
of the South Dakota Central was for
the purpose OF determining the cause
and taking steps to prevent a recur-
renee of a similar catastrophe. 1t
was established to the satisfaction OF
the commissioners that the accident
was caused by the trestle being
weakened by fire and allowing the
passenger train to drop through.
The investigation into the cause Of
the death OF III. Stone, killed near
Wallace by a Minneapolis and st.
Louis freight train, tended to show
the man was intoxicated and fell un-
der the wheels.
AS a result of the telephone hear
ing, the Dakota Central Telephone
company was ordered to restore
phone service Immediately between
Garden City and Clark. The ques-
ton of rates was left for later action
by the commission.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
War SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, March 31.-Special:
After having pushed back the French
lines along the w~esternly bend of the
salient in the Malancourt region
northwest of Verdun, the Germans
have desisted for the present from
the effort to advance there.
Further west, however, the crown
princes infantry has again been
counter attacking in the Avocourt
wood. Paris declares, however, that
the attempts were fruitless.
German aeroplanes have attempted
another raid on Saloniki, according
to a Paris dispatch, but French air
men repealed them.
Destruction of merchantmen by
German submarines In the new un-
dersea campaign Is continuing. To-
day the sinking of the British steam
er, Diadem, of 3,752 tons, Is reported.
French ~aviators have again been
active behind the German lines, bonn
harding railway stations in the region
of Metz, which is the base for the
German offensive at Verdun.
Paris reports a renewed outbreak
OF German activity south of the river
Somme. where aft r a violent bonn
bardment an attack resulted In the
penetration of the advanced French
lines to the north of Chaulnes, the
Germans, however, being immediate
ly driven out by a counter attack.
Rome announces that four Aus
trian aeroplanes were brought down
during the recent air raid over the
Venetian provinces and hat eight
Austrian officers were made prison
ers. A few persons were injured,
but the damage done was insignifi-
cant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31

north of Madison. East of Edgerton
1t has been raining instead of snow
ing all day. Outside t~elegraphic
communication has been cut off by
the breaking down of the wires this
afternoon.
The inch or more of rain which fell
last Friday night and Saturday was
hailed by South Dakotans as the pre-
cursor of a bounteous harvest. Com
ing while yet the frost was scarcely
out of the ground 1t put the fields in
excellent condition not only for re-
tanning moisture for a heightened
period, but for receiving the seed.
And yesterday, and even before the
former rain, considerable grain was
own But last nights rain, the
heavy thunder storm between 5 and
6 this morning and the heavy, wet
ting snow fall that has continued
since before daylight. has brought us
from two to three inches more of
water.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
RETURNED BABY'S BANK.
Thief Robbed tho House, but Brought
That Back.

Sierra Vista, Gala thief with a
conscience recently entered the home
of Clark Rubido here and after de-
camping with valuables amounting to
800 returned to the burglarized house
and deposited a child's bank containing
81 In pennies, which had been part of
the loot, on the front porch.
The Rubido family visited friends In
Los Angeles that day. and about noon
a neighbor, Mrs. Caroline Martin, saw
a well dressed young man carrying a
suit ease walk up to the front door Of
the Rubido home, tumble with the lock
a moment and walk In.
Mrs. Martin thought the stranger
was probably a friend OF the Rubidos,
and when the young man reappeared
some time after. still carrying the suit
case, she told him that the Rubido
family was passing the day In the city.
The young man thanked her and hur-
ried on.
Half IN hour later Mrs. Martin saw
the young man come back and deposit
something on the front porch Of the
house.
When the Rubidos returned they
found that the pleasant faced young
man had carried away all their silver.
several articles Of jewelry and $40.
The baby's penny bank. which had
been returned. was about the only
movable valuable not taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
STATE NEWS.

Miller-"Billy" Paul and Andrew
Myers, who broke jail here last sum-
mer, were captured In Montana and
were placed in Jail here again today.
Myers is charged with passing worth
less checks and Paul is charged with
grand larceny.
Watertown-The railroad commits
sioners were In session here today in
vestigatlng the causes Of the wreck
on the South Dakota Central railway
on March A, which cost two lives and
injured sixteen, as well as entirely
destroying the train. The hearing
vas private and confined to officials
and employees of the road.
Matchmaking under the pro-
visions of the state law. the members
of the Fourth Regiment band of Wa
tertown have circulated a petition
asking the city commission to submit
to the voters at the regular election
on April is the proposition of levy
ing not to exceed / mill for the pur-
pose Of raising money for the sup
port of the organization. No oppo-
sition Is expected to the measure. as
citizens consider the band one of the
city's biggest assets.
Watertown-"I didn't raise my
boy to be a soldier" can no longer be
said of the boys OF the seventh and
eighth grades OF the local public
schools. Under the direction of Coo
ley Ferguson, athletic supervisor. the
boys will take up the work on out
door rifle ranges through the organ
ization of a school boys rifle club.
The abandoned state rifle range on
the former camp grounds of the
South Dakota National guard is also
available IL desired.
Huron-A club to be known as the
Huron Beautiful club has just been
organized for the purpose OF carrying
on q general campaign for beautify-
ing the town, and the following Off
GERS were elected: Mrs. B. X. Beach,
president; j. w. Campbell. vice pres
ident; Mrs. George G.. Fullinweider.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. a systematic
line OF civic improvement will be
worked out, including enforcement of
all city ordinances pertaining thereto.
and a uniform plan OF improving each
street.
Observation-Disclosures Hornbeck, a
young man who for some months has
been conducting the local hotel, has
disappeared and his creditors have
taken possession of stoves and other
goods purchased for the hotel, caus-
ing the closing of the hotel. The
missing man left Chancellor saying
he was going to Sioux City on bust
ness, and since his departure nothing
has been heard of him. He had mum
erous friends who are shocked thai
he should have taken this means oil
making his disappearance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-31
SERB RETREAT
AMERICAN SAYS SOLDIERS PER-
ISHED so RAPIDLY NO AT
TEMPT WAS MADE TO
MOVE CORPSES.

Rome, Italy, March 15.-(Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press.)
Henry Halter, formerly of the
Fifth United States cavalry, who was
one of the few Americans in the Ser
bian retreat, declares hat during the
journey to Podgoritza In Montene-
gro. In a four days snowstorm more
than $4,000 men died.
What Halle regarded as his most
remarkable experience was the sight
of a mad soldier dying from starva-
ton. Clothed only in a ragged un-
dershirt he was running barefoot
down a snow covered Albania road
straight as an arrow, believing as he
ran" he said. HE ran on and on
down that road, seeing nothing yet
wonderfully avoiding stumbling over
the bodies of other dead and dying
soldiers and the meat stripped car
cases of the army horses which
blocked the way. Suffering intense
ly as | myself was, l turned N
watched this strange figure. At last.
a half mile down the road he pitched
forward and as l passed him later l
saw ne was TONE uedus
"Other than that incident there is
one other that will stick In my mem
DRY SO long as / live" said Halter.
This was the hanging OF a Serb
mother by the Austrian troops be-
fore / was made a prisoner. We were
marching across a rough country
near Lochnitzer when we stopped
near a wayside hut at its spring to
get a drink. Col. He'll. of our regi-
ment, also went to get a drink. AS
he arose from the spring a shot came
from the hut. That shot was fired
by a She stood at the door,
an old shotgun in one hand. a baby
In the other.
"One of the captains ordered her
hung. There was nothing else TO DO
but execute her. AS a rope was
placed about her neck and she was
led TO the nearest tree all b a
was this, in a hard, cold voice: MY
husband is a soldier. i too die Tor
Serbia She made no appeal. She
did not cry out. We left her body
hanging there In the wind. The baby
was picked up and sent to the near
est prison camp. to be cared for"
Through the efforts OF Robert
Maverick, representing the United
States among the Austrian prisoners,
Halter was rescued from starvation
at Durazzo and later Ambassador
Page In Rome interested himself in
the case Il am going back home
the best American citizen you ever
saw" declared Halter. Il wish had
words to express my feeling for the
kind of people that are grown In the
United States"