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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Former Ashlander 81
Now In the City

Mrs. w. H. Leeds of San Diego,
Cal, is here for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Ellen Wagner, and
numerous other relatives. She is the
wife of former proprietor of the
Tidings, her husband having also
served as state printer. On Thursday
last, accompanied by Mrs. Wagner
and Mrs. A. E. Kinney, family re-
union was held at the home of T. W..
Miles at Medford Mrs Miles and
Mrs. Kinney being daughters of Mrs.
Wagner and sisters of the visiting
guest. Howard Leeds is an electric
engineer located in Los Angeles, and
his brother Albert is law student
at Stanford University.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Dinners Cause
Of Auto Accident

The Roseburg News gives the fol-
lowing account Of the auto accident
that befell R. H. Boyle Of Medford
Monday evening near Roseburg:
"Mr Boyle had left the city early
In the evening and was driving to.
ward Dixonville, and at point about
quarter OF mile this side Of the
Smick fran met another car occupied
by Grant Mclaughlin and Mace Tip
ton. who were en- route to Roseburg
from the fish hatchery on the North
Umpqua. On seeing the approaching
car, Mr., Boyle at once dimmed his
lights but being unfamiliar with the
road at this particular point and a
new fill Of loose dirt having Just re-
Gently been made at the curve in the
road, drove too close to the edge.
His DINNERS" not lending sufficient
light to see any distance ahead, his
car lunged over the embankment.
turned completely over and then
righted itself Had II not been for a
number of small maple trees the ma
chine would have continued its wild
flight and landed in the creek. only
a few feet distant from. where it
lodged.
"The occupants OF the incoming
car did not see the machine go over
the embankment. hut heard the crash
of the windshield, and at once alight-
ed from their machine and returned
to the scene Of the accident. Here
they found the injured man lying on
the ground and In great pain. He
had been thrown from the car on it's
first turn and probably received his
injuries when the machine passed
over his body"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
34th Annual Con-
vention W.C..T.U.

The Oregon W. c. T. U. state or
ganization will meet at Albany this
week, October 2 to 5. It will be the
thirty-fourth annual convention.
Mrs. P. L. Ashcraft is president of
the local union; Mrs. Stella Leavitt,
county president. These two officers,
accompanied by Mrs. Alice Jillson,
will leave for Albany on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Jennie Kemp, state
president, will deliver an address,
and Mrs. Margaret Houston will have
charge of the gold medal contest,
both being recognized as active work.
ers in the w. C. T U. work through
out the state. The election of officers
will be held on Thursday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Southern Oregon to
Have Corn Show

Southern Oregon is to have corn
show.
Through the generous cooperation
of the Josephine County Bank, the
Grants Pass Banking Company, the
G. & o. G. R. R. and the Winetrout
Implement Company. series of
prizes, amounting to 800 in cash
prizes and $50 in farm implements,
will be given to the successful exhib-
itors.
The show will be held in ground
floor store building on the main
street Of Grants Pass, some time
about the middle of November. Ex-
pert corn men from up the state,
probably Corvallis, will be on hand
to Judge the exhibits. Prizes will be
given for the best ten ears, the best
single ear, the best bunch Of corn on
the stock, and the best showing per
acre.
The show will be open to all
southern Oregon corn growers and
there will be no entry fees. Proposed
exhibitors can secure further details
and arrange for the making of their
exhibits by communicating with G. A.
Winetrout, Grants Pass.
It is intended that this shall be
the first of series of annual corn
shows in southern Oregon.-Grants
Pass Courier.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Liberty Loan Bonds
Are Now Ready

The following communication from
the Liberty Loan committee of Ore
gon to the banks of the city is self
explanatory. AS the 3k per cent
bonds subscribed for from the first
issue will be Immediately convertible
into the 4 per cents of the issue to be
offered October Is, it seems better
for the subscribers to wait till then
and get 4 per cent bond instead of
taking the 3h per cent bond and
later surrendering 1t for the new
fours. OF course the 31s per cent
interest will continue to accumulate
on the old bonds until the new ones
are issued.
Following is the letter:
Portland, Ore, Sept. 20, 1917.
To the Banks of Ashland.
Gentlemen The following was to-
day received from the Federal Re-
serve Bank of San Francisco and will
doubtless prove of interest as 1t COW
ers the exchange Of the first issue Of
Liberty Loans 31ss for the new issue
Of As, and also contains the fact that
the 31ks are now ready for delivery
at the Federal Reserve Bank Of San
Francisco to your customers through
you, II they desire to hold 8 u securi-
ties:
Delivery of permanent bonds of
the first issue: Answering various
inquiries, we beg to repeat what is
already contained in the official cir
culars, namely, that the government
has engraved large number of per-
manent 3Iks, some of which are in
San Francisco available for delivery
upon the surrender Of the interim
certificates here The government
has discontinued engraving bonds OF
this first issue and desires as far as
possible to encourage the conversion
Of the first issue for the second issue,
and in the case Of all converted
bonds, to avoid the unnecessary ex-
pense Of engraving additional bonds
OF the first issue-simply delivering
permanent bonds Of the second issue
when available under proper regula-
tions against the interim certificates
now outstanding for the first issue.
In other words, the government con-
siders It more important to rush the
work of preparing permanent bonds
of the second issue which it is hoped
TO have in small denominations by
October 10, rather than prepare en-
graved bonds Of the first issue to be
Immediately converted into As"
Yours sincerely,
LIBERTY LOAN STATE CEN
TRIAL COMMITTEE FOR
OREGON. BY G. A. Miller,
Campaign Manager.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
First Annual Convention Of the
So. Oregon Christian Endeavors

! The first annual convention OF the
Southern Oregon Christian Endeavors
met in convention session at the
Presbyterian church on Saturday and
Sunday, September 29 and 80. Quite
number of out-of-town delegates
were present at the sessions, and the
conferences were enjoyed, judging
from the manner in which questions
and discussions we're handled.
On Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
the registration Of delegates began,
followed by an opening song service
and devotional period led by Rev.
Brett of the Congregational church.
Mr. Brett handled in his usual earn
est manner the subject, "His Favor
is Sufficient"
Miss Delpha Edlund of Portland
gave the keynote address. Complete
in Him." after which business ses-
sion was held and committees ap-
pointed.
The Endeavors had the room beau
tifully decorated in red and white
the Christian Endeavor colors-with
the convention motto, Complete in
Him. in large letters across the front
of the church. The American flag
also was prominent. large flag be-
ing draped on each side of the room,
and with the large lunches of noun
tain ash displaying the handsome
red berries and pampas grass plumes
the room looked quite artistic.
The afternoon session began at Q
o'clock with a rousing song service
with such songs as God Will Take
Care of You" True Hearted, Whole
Hearted" "In the Service Of the
King" after which W. L. Mellinger
of the Christian church gave an ad-
dress on the subject, Let the Word
of Christ Dwell in You Richly" Mr..
Mellinger said he loved the Christian
Endeavor work because the churches
forgot denominational lines In this
Christian work and worked together
in unity Of spirit. He said II CO.
operation was needed in the business
world, how much more was 1t needed
in the religions world. The thought
of more charity and love for each
other as Christians was also empha-
sized, such as we find described in
l Cor, 18th chapter.
Miss Edna Whipple at this time
gave a splendid address on "Oregon's
Challenge Campaign" Miss Whip
pie is president of the Oregon G. e.
Union and came up from Eugene in
order to be present at this Christian
Endeavor convention. Among the
other good things that Miss Whipple
gave us was some noted progress of
Oregon's c. E. work, such as 5000
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Returns From State
Lime Board Meet

Benton Bowers, member of the
state lime board, has returned from a
meeting of that body at Salem, where
the matter of selecting the location
Of state-owned quarries was settled.
Properties in the vicinity of Gold Hill
were chosen. Some details are yet
to be settled, the board having op-
tions on several notable quarries in
that locality. Gold Hill looks for
ward to boom in connection with
the operation of its big cement plant,
supplemented by the installation of
lime development on scale commen-
surate with the demands Of the state
at large.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01

new Endeavors that were gained dur
ing the last two years in Oregon, and
200 and more of life work recruits,
also nearly 200 new @. e. societies
organized in the challenge cam
paign." The watchword for Endeav-
ors is, "Your best is challenged"
In the conferences conducted by
Misses Edlund and Whipple many in
teresting things were brought out.
Miss Whipple spoke of the Endeavors
giving help to the Y. M. c. A, at
American Lake, where a building has
been named the Oregon building, and
the Endeavors of Oregon are going
to furnish extra comforts for the SOL
der boys camped at American Lake.
This work comes under the direction
of the new war service committee.
Prayer circles among the students in
high schools we're also recommended
and the Endeavors were given new
ideas in regard to other important
committee work.
The afternoon session was closed
by prayer by Rev. Carnahan, in
which mention was made of our SOL
dier boys who have gone out from
our midst to do service for their
country.
Big Feed.
AT s O'Clock about fifty or sixty
Endeavors met in Lithia park and en-
joyed a splendid picnic supper to-
gether. The tables were loaded with
good things and the visiting dele
gates and Ashland Endeavors en-
joyed together the good fellowship
and good eats Of one of the most
splendid picnics Of the season.
Evening Session.
The evening service began with the
usual lively music after which re-
port from the constitution commit
tee was read and accepted by the con-
vention. Miss Whipple, the speaker
Of the evening told the worldwide
influence of Christian Endeavor and
said that the c. e. movement had
touched every country on earth and
that, regardless of war conditions,
the Endaayors were still keeping up
their work.
: Greetings we're brought to the con-
vention from the former G. E. state
president, Lloyd Carrick, who is now
stationed with the soldiers at Ameri-
can Lake, and in response night
letter was sent Mr.. Carrick with a
return greeting from the societies OF
the two counties that were in con-
vention session.
The evening session closed with a
closing watch by Miss Clara Calhoun
of Grants Pass.
Continued on Page Eight)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Local Liberty Bond
Committee Meeting

The local Liberty Loan committee,
v, o. N. Smith chairman and j. W.
Mccoy secretary, will hold its first
meeting at Hotel Austin Thursday OF
this week at 1880, for the purpose
OF organizing for the sale Of Ash
lands apportionment Of the new 4
per cent Liberty Loan bonds.
+ It is expected to organize for a
whirlwind campaign. The per cent
bonds are splendid investment, and
no doubt Ashland will come through
srandly with"its apportlonment.
an Citizens Interested are expected to
attend. the meeting at the Anstih
THURSDAY noon. F'',' @ Il
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
County Surveyor
Will Leave Today

County Surveyor A. T. Brown, who
resigned his position with the county
Thursday, will leave today for San
Francisco to assume his new duties
as engineer Of the Redwood Manu-
featuring Company Of Pittsburg, Cal,
After spending a few weeks in the
headquarters office at San Francisco
Mr.. Browns permanent location will
be at Pittsburg, Mrs, Brown and
daughter will probably not leave for
Pittsburg for several weeks. II, MI.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
Round Up Of Draft
Evaders Is Begun

With reward Of $50 for the deliv-
cry of each deserter, the provost gen.
erals office Friday began drive to
round up at once all drafted men who
have noto reported to their local
board as directed. and alrwho have
not reported to theadjutant generals
o. their respective states when or
dsred. ~
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01
An Ashland Sensation

There are rumOrs aflOat
around town about myster-
iOus plot being Matched right
in our midst. Some very
prominent people are said to
be involved In this affair; In
fact, the principal ones are
no other than some we'll
known merchants. The Tid-
ings is In full possession Of
all the facts in the case, but
is not prepared to divulge
the matter at this time, but
1t will in its next issne on
Thursday. Until then keep
cool and don't get excited,
but get ready fora big sur
e~YN -; y;
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-01

SMiss Pima Benedict, primary teach
~ 1t Eagle, Point, visited home folks
In Ashland on Saturday.
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

AS appears from the table, France, Italy. Russia and Belgium were self supporting, while the United Kingdom drew its entire sugar supply from ex- terior sources. The supply of the Unit ed Kingdom came to the amount of about 70 per cent from countries from which it is now cut off by the war. Ten per cent came from the East h. dies and 20 per cent from the United States and the West Indies.
 The prospective 1918 crop in France has diminished to 207,0O0 tons and that of Italy to 75.0O0 tons, and they are therefore short 590,000 tons. The disbursement of United Kingdom sup plies amounts to 1.435.00O tons; and therefore, in total, these three allied countries must import about 2,7O0,00O tons in order to maintain their normal consumption. Of this. 100000 tons must come from new sources.
 The disturbance of shipping re- duces the tonnage available and drives the demand to large degree upon the
The courier-index., 1917-08-24
ss,O9o.OOO s2. $50 ,OoO i15. .Oo5. 900

aolU1VVVU 5liouV,VVV 1IOlVO'VVV The problem facing the American people is not only one of supplying the immediate demand of the allies, but one which is more far-reaching in its future significance. As the war goes on there will be constant lessening of the capital stock of food animals of the world. Among our western al- lies the demand outruns further every
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

1otAi s.SVVtco'VW l,tso,44eO oz5, ,662,oo0 In order to provide normal consump- ton 1t would therefore be necessary to import in the next 12 months a total of 577,000,0O0 bushels of wheat and 674,0O0,Oo0 bushels of other cereals.
 The prospective position of our own and the Canadian harvest is given in table No. 2.
 Our crops, especially our corn crop, cannot yet be considered as certain, but If all mature safely, North Amer lea will have an apparent surplus of wheat of 20S.O0O,OO0 bushels and of other cereals of about 950,000.000 bushels.
 Demand on Our Crops.
 The allies are isolated from those markets, other than Canada and the
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

The high price of fodder and meat in the United Stat ' during the past few months induced by the pressing Euro pean demand has set up dangerous cur rents In this country, especially in those regions dependent upon butter and the sale of milk to municipalities having made 1t more profitable to sell the cattle for meat than to keep them and produce dairy products. There fore; the dairy cattle are decreasing
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

Decrease Increase or In other
 decrease Decrease countries
 United western including Total net States allies enemies decrease Cattle 7.090,000 S.420.00o 26.750.000 2S.0S0000 Sheep 100000 1T. .500,0o0 340oo, 900 54.5oo 000 Hogs 6.27sOOO 7,10o,0oo sl l6O0.000 g.. .42500o
The courier-index., 1917-08-24

Total ..sec.7ss.ooo i.ass.44s.ooo
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09
Soldiers Mail Weight Cut.

Washington, Nov. 9.-An order
by the postmaster general limits
fourth class or domestic parcel post
matter intended for the American
expeditionary forces in France, to
seven pounds. The order is mod
ifca ion of that of July "A last
which fixed the weight limit at 20
pounds, The -hange is made nee.
esssary because the French railroad
companies will not carry mail pack
ages Of more than seven pounds.
In order to prevent confusion, de-
lay, and perhaps the loss Of pack
ages anxiously awaited by Ameri-
can soldiers at the front, the postal
authorities have expressed t b (
hopes that the change in weight
will not be forgotten.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09

IN the orner lue inertia of JHp lIr,
head and body And The fae fji~ f.
done the more energy is used up pe
step Hence il is tlal a sloW walk ea.
be maintained not merely for q longer
time than fast one. bHt for longer
distance on stretch
Under the principle outlined above
would come the loss of energy due TO
all swinging articles. such rs hayonet
scabbards, tin cups tassels, etc These
have to be put in motion, then jerked
back and stopped by bodily contact
then put in motion again. Al this con
sumes energy, and work has to be done
Again. any weight on the breast of a
soldier or tight coat or shirt, has to
be overcome every time he breathes
And the deeper his chest expansion the
more work he has TO do with his breast
every time he takes breath This
amounts to an enormous total during 80
days march 4 loose coat and under
clothes will cause ldm to travel with
less expenditure of energy. Ii must be
remembered that this is actual energy
used up. taken from the store Of en-
ergy available TO march with
Besides the NJ aud down motion of a
soldier while marching, he sways from
side to side Every article he is carry
ing and his own body are thus started
and stopped in this swaying direction
also. Thus energy is used up. Now,
the upper part Of his body sways fur
ther than does the lower part, SO if the
pack there must be. the heavier part
OF it should be placed just as low down
the trunk as is convenient or comforta-
BILE. The heavier articles should also
go as close to the back as possible, so
as not to increase the leverage on the
straps holding the pack to the body
To sum up then The gun should be
carried with its center of gravity Just
wee bit behind the shoulder, so as
to balance the weight of the hand and
forearm which keeps it steady (this is
the usual practice, be it saidl the pack
should be as compact as possible, close
fitting to the back. the heavy articles
tightly packed in the lowest available
space; no swinging articles should be
allowed not even tassels; the coat
across the breast should be loose fitting,
as should also the underclothes; slow
gait should be used as small a rise and
fan as possible Of the body should be-
indulged in and as short sway as pos
sible. To the above may be added that
the shoes should not have stiff soles,
for every time the sole Of shoe is bent
energy is used up.
To decrease the rise and fall of the
body in walking the old Indian wall"
used by some surveyors is useful 1t
consists i'll slightly crooking the for
ward knee as the body is showed for
ward on to the front foot Philade-
phia Press
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09

Do you think that you'd hasten to
fiji up the same
With a vo1th shat is very like
yen
In his manner Of working think
yo1 that youd find
Any trait that won d cause you
to gloat :?
Oh, if you were boss, are you sure
you're the kind
Of a fellow that you would pro
mote
If you owned the business this
morning instead
OF working for people who do,
Do you think you would trouble or
bother your head
About young fellow like you !
Take look at yourself though ii
gives you a jar,
You may rally the next time you
tire;
If you were the boss, would you
say that you are
The kind of fellow you d hire
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09
TRADES COUNCIL

The Co operative Trades and La
Dor Council met in regular session.
President \ E. Eggleston presided
and on account of the city electi IN
not many delegates were present.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
A communication from til e
Chamber of Commerce askin g
council 10 appoint committee to
meet with them to make pre-
parations TO give the soldiers a
Christmas present. Received.
A committee of textile workers
were granted the privilege of the
floor The committee asked for
the moral assistance of the entire
labor movement.
The molders asked that a com
mittee be appointed to meet with
Miles Lindley. The committee also
was instructed to meet with Chick
Ballett who is harboring mens y
jectional to the best Interests of or
ganized labor. The chair, appoin-
ted Henry Betscher, A. B. Lom-
bard, Tim Farley, on the commit
tee.
Complaints were made against
John Musch who hauled the non
union girls to and from the Woolen
Mills.
A committee of three was ap-
pointed to wait on A. Eberhardt, a
Lindenwald grocer by request of
the textile workers. The commit
tee consists of Weiss, Yer'gan and
Thompson.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09

leagues spent tong Imc m comm@r
ing the research
At the tine of the Investigation Nb
ner Graves. one of the ORIGINAL PLAYERS,
was a mining engineer at Denver Colo
He proved to be the only survivor
among those young Cooperstowu boys
who played SO long ago in village
field. conveniently near Greene's Sc
lect school He reported than he saw
Doubleday mark off the lines and place
the bases and players virtually as they
are in baseball today
The game had previously been moth
ng more than the English FOUNDERS, to
which baseball. as now known bears as
little resemblance as drafts to chess.
Abner Doubleday who was then twen-
". received his inspiration one day
while he was playing FOUNDERS. and
he lost no time ia marking out a dia
mond with a crooked stick Later he
blocked out his new scheme on paper.
but it is interesting TO remember that
he tried 1t st on Mother Earth
The diamond he drew was thirty
yards square Players. amateur and
professional, have come and gone; rule
after rule has been modified; under
hand throws aud curved deliveries have
arrived, a change has come in the size
and weight of the bah, which originally
was two aud one half ounces of rubber
covered with yarn and leather weigh
lug six and one-half ounces and meas
uring ten and me-haf inches in cir
conference. IN The wake of the ball
have followed padded gloves, catchers
mitts, breast pads and masks but the
diamond Of today still measures ninety
feet along each side. Youths Com
panion
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09
"A Little Bill Of All Right.

New York, Nov 9.-The Amer
lean Alliance for Labor and Dem
ocracy swung in and did walloping
good work in the Liberty Loan
campaign just closed.
In Washington President Com
pers spoke every night for almost
two weeks.
In New York the Alliance itself
conducted twenty-five Liberty Loan
meetings During a ten day cru
sade twelve speakers were on the
job every night.
This is just sample of the con
structive work the Alliance can do.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-11-09
IF You WERE
BOSS.

II you were the boss and a fellow
like you
Came in and requested raise,
If he did his work in the way that
you do
Would you speak Of his toiling
in praise
Would the way that you tackle
your task every day,
Indifferent to profit or loss,
By another from you win an in
crease in pay
If you were the fellow that S boss.
If you were the chief and a vacan
cy came,
AS vacancies frequently do,