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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
LOCAL And PERSONAL

W. B. Kirkland, trainmaster of the
Shasta division, was visitor in this
city last week, registering at the Aus
tin.
Mrs. Bert r. Greer and daughter
Elbert spent the weekend at Gloria
Vista, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Stevenson.
H. Reid of Gerber, Cal, has been
a visitor for the past few days at the
Carl Loveland home. He is Mrs.
LoVeland's father.
Miss Bertha Eliason, who has been
spending a months vacation here,
left Sunday for McCloud, where she
will resume her teaching.
Several Boy Scouts of troop No. l
enjoyed a hike to Gaerky Falls last
Saturday. An interesting feature of
the trip was the killing of large
porcupine.
Mrs. Haun and Miss Florence
Haun of Ookland are visitors in our
city and are renewoing old acquaint-
ances and being honored by many
dinner invitations.
Ross Eliason, who is on a ranch in
Alberta, Canada, has now suffered
another change of postoffice address
and gets his mail through Turin, AL
berta postoffice. He writes that he
hopes this will be the last change for
a few months at least.
w. H. Goodwin, from the Portland
branch of the Ford Motorcar Com
pany, is in the city this week and is
making his headquarters at Halls
Ford garage. Mr.. Goodwin is an ex-
pert sent out by the company to assist
agents in details of the building up
of an agency.
Spanish lessons 25c each, given by
Mrs. Brcese, in the study of the
Christian church on Tuesday and
Friday evenings from 5 to 9 o'clock.
Reference, Miss Young at Hotel Aus
tin. CAST
Robert Spencer, who has been
spending the holidays with his par
ents in the city, left Sunday morning
for the Hawaiian islands. He will
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Editor Greer Busy
For Association

At a meeting of the State Editorial
Association held at Salem last Fri
day Mr.. Greer was made a member
of the legislative committee which
will take charge of legislation per-
tanning to the printing industry Of
the state. Also he was made chair
man of a committee to prepare a bill
upon the Public Service
Commission power to examine into
the cost of paper products used by
the printing trades. Mr.. Greer will
remain in Salem the rest of the legis-
lative session, appearing before legis-
lative committees in the interest Of
measures designed to affect the
printing trade.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Equal to Two Jitney
Trips Around Earth

The two big gray cars of the Inter
urban company have in the past year
together Travelled $4,000 miles, a dis
tance equal to two trips around the
earth and few miles to spare. The
figures are compiled from accurate
records kept by Manager Williamson
of the company. The most astonish-
ing feature of the great distance trav-
eled is that not a single accident has
'marred the years record of the In
terurban drivers. The years travel
Includes about four thousand trips
between Ashland and Medford The
big cars, which seat twenty-siX pas
sengers and on which many more
have ridden on crowded trips, have
stood the wear and tear in fine shape,
due to a great extent to careful
handling by Drivers Ashcraft and
Henselman and careful oiling and
greasing and daily inspection of me-
chanical parts.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

to this city early in the spring. II
has been known that this proposition
was in view at the time that the rail-
road was built, but just what action
is to be taken at this time could not
be definitely ascertained Local cap
italists and others interested in rail-
road activities were interviewed to-
day in regard to the rumor and were
inclined to be skeptical, although
they stated that there might be some
foundation. Should the railroad com
pany have such intentions there is no
doubt but what the city would show
a perfect willingness to assist in all
manners.
DR.. Gordon McCracken made bus
mess trip to Medford last week.
Cliff Payne makes footstools
Mrs. Faulkner is visiting her father
and brother, F. M. and Frank Blevins.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Finley Will Show
Wild Life Of State

State Biologist Finley will be in
Ashland Thursday to give his fam
Gus illustrated lecture on the wild
animals and birds of Oregon. Thurs
day afternoon from 4 to O'Clock
Mr. Finley will lecture for the school
children at the Vining theatre. The
lecture will be absolutely free. Mr..
Finley has story of bird and animal
life which is bound to captivate old
and young alike, and illustrates it
with motion pictures which created a
sensation wherever shown in the east,
ranking among the best wild life mo-
tion pictures ever taken.
Thursday evening Mr.. Finley will
give his lecture in connection with
the regular show. There will be no
advance in admission, usual prices
prevailing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Died..

Mrs. r. P. Campbell passed away
Sunday evening at O'Clock after a
brief illness. Mrs. Campbell was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bar
rett Of Kingsbury ranch. She is sur
vivod by her husband and three chill
dren. The funeral will be held to-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

enter the employ of the Kahului Rail
road and Steamship Company on the
island of Maui, in the same depart
ment that Jan Mowat, another for
mer Ashland boy, is located. Mr..
Spencer is not a stranger to the
islands, having taught school in Hon.
olulu for the year after getting out
of high school. He returned to the
coast this past summer to attend
school at the University of Califor-
mia.
The Blue Ledge mine will ship its
first car of orc the first of next week,
and is now waiting for car from
the Southern Pacific railroad. Over
car of ore is now dumped at Jack
sonville awaiting transportation.
Teams are making regular trips from
Jacksonville to the mines.
Mrs. Nan Strickfadden has recently
returned from Seattle, and Will reoc-
cupy her fine residence on Mob Hill
permanently. A sister accompanies
her. 1t is Mrs. Strickfadden's plan
to completely renovate the house and
surroundings, they not having been
occupied for some time past.
Among the Ashlanders who attend
ed THE Lilac Domino" at Medford
Friday evening were Mrs. o. T. Berg
ner Miss Hortense Winter, Miss
Charlotte Chappclle, Wilfred Carr,
Kenneth McWilliams and Miss John
son. The musical comedy proved to
be very snappy and entertaining,
with comedy features especially good.
We will have on exhibit tomorrow
at the Civic Club, baskets of differ
ent shapes and sizes, sandwich trays,
etc, that are so easily made of raw
eled mating sewed with raffia. Come
and take your first lesson. You can
learn in two lessons. We will have
the next one at our next regular
meeting. All free. Everybody in
vited
The Hotel Austin has been desig-
mated as the approved autoists' hotel
of Ashland by the Automobile Club
of America, Of which A. Austin CHS
holm has become a member. The
Austin is now decorated with three
"best hotel" signs-that of the Auto
mobile Blue Book, the Trail Blazers
Assertion and the Auto Club of
America. The two latter have ar
tistic signs with the name of the or
ganization upon them, and the other
is a white square with a black square
in the center.
San Francisco papers state that
Mrs. Regina D. Pearson, the three
months bride of Charles H. Pearson,
has been granted divorce from her
husband on a cross-complaint filed
by her in proceedings begun by Mr..
Pearson. Mrs. Pearson is a daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Robinson of
Jacksonville and as Dorland Robin
son won coast wide fame as an artist
and portrait painter The, couple
were married at Astoria after brief
acquaintance on October %, where
the artist was visiting.
The Greenback quartz mine, near
Placer, in Josephine county, is being
put in shape for operation The mine
has been closed down for several
years, but the present manager, Mr..
Baker, is on the ground and is super
a vigorous reconstruction
Of the property. Tho electric pole
line to the mine is being rebuilt and
gotten in shape to supply the neces-
;ary power and light.
Pendleton Tribune: A land office
business in its true significance is
being done in Malheur county since
he new law went into effect allow
ing homesteadors to file on $40 acres
Of land, according to DR.. T. c.. Ohm
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

of Ashland. He was a great lover of
Ashland park and believer in Ash
lands future. He is survived by a
wife and daughter Particulars will
appear in a later issue.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22
Died..

Levi Eagon died this morning at
his home near the park after an ill
ness of about a month. He was 62
years of age and a longtime resident
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

morrow at o'clock. The two sisters
of the deceased will arrive from
northern Oregon tonight.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-01-22

The Mt. Scott Herald has been sold
to Messrs. Fox and Dunbar and Mrs.
Hyde.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
GENERALS TOO
OLD-CLEMENCEAu

PARIS, Dec 26.-Premier Clemen-
ceau has sent a circular letter to Gen.
eral Petain and all the army chiefs
pointing out that the experience OF
three years Of war has shown that
existing age limits are too high and
that with a few rare exceptions com
mands are not effectively exercised
at over Sc years for regiment, So
for a brigade. SO for a division and
81 for an army corps. Under these
conditions, he adds, general and field
officers over these ages must be given
commands hereafter in the rear or
placed at the disposal of the minister
Of war.
The only exception to this rule will
be general officers recommended TO
retain their commands on the personal
responsibility of generals commanding
armies
In the future the premier declares,
no promotions will be made to the
rank of general of officers who have
served only short time in the line.
This policy will result in placing at
the head of the fighting troops, he
hopes, chiefs who know them well
and in whom the soldiers can have full
confidence, from having seen them al
work. The same principle will be used
in promoting field and subordinate
officers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
Tree Loaded With Gifts for
French Tots Provided BY Sammy

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, December "a (By The Asso-
ciated Press) The American exped:-
tionary force tonight capitulated TO
Santa Claus With a light snow fall
ing throughout the zone, every man in
General Pershing's army - dough
boys" cavalrymen. arullerymen, mar
inc engineers, 'mule-skinners" -
stopped work as the sun went down
and started in to do the bidding of the
jovial Saint, temporarily in command.
First there was a rush to open the
Christmas packages from home, for
during the day mail truck after mail
truck had arrived in the various towns,
where the troops are quartered, loaded
to the top with presents.
The mail arrived at the base part
late, and extraordinary efforts were
made to get it to the soldiers promptly.
Given Cause to Rejoice
So many lonely American fighter,
who had about come to the conclusion
that his friends at home had forgotten
him, had cause to rejoice.
With their new sweaters on, new
pipes in their teeth, some Of them
smoking fragrant cigars, the men of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
FISH BUREAU TO
ACT ON PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Quality
and price of new fish foods put on the
market through the assistance of the
department of commerce must con-
form to standards set up by the gov
eminent or the producers will not reap
the benefit of official recommendation
of such foods.
Secretary Redfield said today that
an official Recommended by
the Bureau of Fisheries'-was being
provided for all new fish products
which meet the government require
ments. Two manufacturers recently
were debarred from use of the label
one because he allowed the quality of
his product to deteriorate, and the
other because he attempted to take
advantage of the growing demand for
the new foods to profiteer by increas-
ing prices.
Secretary Redfield recalled that to-
matoes once were sentimentally known
as love apples" but We're regarded
as poisonous and fit only for decora-
tive purposes. What has been accom-
plished with tomatoes, he expects to
be accomplished with dog fish, of
which one million cans have been sold
since the name was changed. Men
baden, eulachon, shark and whale also
are being eaten in increasing quaint
ties. On the Pacific coast, especially,
whale is meeting with high favor.
Leather shortages are being miti-
gated by the use of fish skins, samples
OF which have been put on exhibition
in the secretary's office. A soft, PHI
able leather, suitable for shoe uppers
or heavy gloves, was made from the
intestines of a whale. The skin of a
porpoise produced a fine grain, thick
leather, shark skin was tanned into a
coarse, tough leather for mechanical
purposes. and the sray fish produced
acceptable leather for book backs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 26.-Butter-
Creamery whole milk extra SIC, CEN
tralized extra 50hc. do firsts 48c, do
seconds 46c, dairy fancy 44c. packing
stock No. /, 33c; No. 2, 29kc.
Eggs-Prime firsts loss on Soc, firsts
sac, ordinary firsts 40c, seconds, 3Sc.
Poultry-Broilers under , lbs, 21c;
fryers over lbs, 21c; roasting lbs,
and over. 24c, ROSTERS Ice, hens lbs.
and over, 24c; roosters 15c, hens lbs.
ditto under 31s pounds. Is cents;
hen turkeys lbs. and over, csc; toms
young 10 lbs. and over csc; do old IS
lbs. and over csc; culls &C.; white ducks
3 lbs, and over csc colored do &c,
geese choice full feather 1Sc, do med
ium. tic; guineas 1925 per dozen,
younger guineas " lbs and over 81
per dozen, do under IL lbs, $3@350:
geese, choice full feathers 1Sc; do
medium, tic.
Potatoes-Early Ohio $2.75@2.s5 per
1O0-lb sack, Michigan $2.40@2.50 per
100-lb sack. Wisconsin per 100-lb sack
$2.4O@2.6O.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
Berlin Householders Are
Forced to Clean Walks
During Heavy Snowstorms

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10. (By mail)-
Early in December, Germany suffered
from storms and cold weather. says
the Vossische- Zeitung. the severity of
which has not been equalled for many
years. For more than ten days rain,
snow and wind were working havoc,
interrupting telephone and telegraph
ic communication.
The whole country was in the grip
Of severe frost which in Berlin almost
entirely stopped horse traffic, accord
ing to the Berliner Tageblatt. which
adds that horses are in very bad
condition owing to lack Of food and
to the fact that boy and women driv-
ers do not know how to handle them
properly, causing frequent accidents. .
With each fall of snow, Berlin fam
lilies are faced with the duty of clear
ing away the snow in front of their
dwellings. Several mornings have pro-
vided the spectacle, over which the
newspapers make merry of all sorts
and conditions of people busy clearing
the snow from the pavements. This
official order is occasioned by the fact
that there is not sufficien, labor to
distribute coal in the city, take away
garbage or handle goods at the sta
lions.
The Vorwaarts calls them Honorary
snow sweepers," but refuses to treat
the matter as joke. 1t says: at is
all very well to laugh when there is
only an inch or so of snow, hut what
will happen when there are a few fee:
to clear away" and demands that
prisoners of war be used for that and
similar work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily BY Esgemeyers)
Corrected Daily by Eggemeyers.)
VEGETABLES
SELLING PRICES

Brussel sprouts, soc; green beans,
scarce; beets &c per pound; carrots
&c per pound; cabbage to SC per
pound; caulifower Is to CSC per head ;
dollhouse cucumber 15c; egg plants
Is to Csc; kohlrabi loo bunch; kahl 5
to SC per pound; leaf lettuce Is per
pound; head lettuce 5 to zoe per head;
French endive, 75c per pound; leak,
10c bunch; mushrooms Is to $1.00 per
pound; onions 4 to SC per pound;
Spanish onions, SC per pound; shall
lots SC bunch; young onions, &c
bunch; oyster plant, 10c bunch; pars-
ley, &c bunch; mangoes to SC each;
radishes &c bunch; squash 10 to zoe
each; spinach. 13c per pound: H. H.
toms 20 to 35c per pound; turnips 8
to SC per pound; water cress &c per
bunch; celery cabbage, 10c per pound.
FRUITS
Apples 8 to Sc per pound: grape
fruit to 10c; emperor grapes 13c per
pound, 2 for Csc; col nicheon 13c per
pound. for Csc; Spanish malaga 13c
per pound, 2 for Csc; Calf. malaga Is
per pound, for Csc; cranberries Is to
18c per pound; Keefer pears 2 to Sc
per pound; Honey dew melons 35 to
soc; Valencia oranges 40c doz.; Flori-
da oranges Acc doz.; lemons 3Oc per
doz.; bananas &c per pound; lines 30
per doz.; pine apples 15c each; Cal.
pears, 6 for Csc; pomegranates to
each; home persimmons, 15c box; tan
gerines, 40c per doz.
MISCELLANEOUS
Chestnuts. % to 4Oc per pound; new
shellbarks, SC per h.; black walnuts, 3
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
Chicago Officer Says He
Was the First American
To Enter No Mans Land

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Lieutenant Wal
ter B. Schafer, former halfback on
the University of Chicago football
team, claims to have been the first
American officer to go over the top
into no mans land under the barrage
of French gunners, according to a
letter exhibited by Schafer's fraternity
brothers at the Midway school.
Schafer in his letter told of the
manner in which the small body of
American troops crept out in the night
under a peppering of bullets, to cut
away the barbed wire entanglements
in order that a heavy assault might
be made the following day. ut was a
dark night when we were told in the
trenches that it was time for our
start" said Schafer. Just as we were
making final preparations a French
officer came running from an outpost
yelling, Guess! Guess!'"
Guess WHAT we asked him.
Guess! Guess!' was his only re-
ply.
"T'll bite. I'll guess your right
hand said one of the men, who looked
at his clenched fist.
"'Non! Non! Guess Masks shout.
ed the Frenchman as he siezed his
safety helmet
I'VE had just TIME to put on our
gas masks before the danger came,
and If we had kidded him much longer
there might have been sad results.
We went out into no mans land and
I know that l was the first American
officer to go over the top for Uncle
SAM"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26
SCARCITY CAUSES
CORN TO ADVANCE

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Scarcity of Of
ferings brought about moderate ad-
vance today in the corn market. De-
mand. however, was only OF scat
tering sort The market was of de-
cidedly holiday character. Opening
prices which varied from unchanged
figures to " higher with January
s1.26 and May at $1.24h to 70 were
followed by gradual gains all around.
Strength developed In oats on ac-
count of general covering by shorts.
The impetus came from signs of re-
vival OF shipping inquiry on the part
Of seaboard interests.
Higher quotations on hogs gave
firmness to provisions. Receipts Of
hogs were less numerous than had
been expected.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-26

the army then set to work in earnest
making it merry for the children of
France.
At some distance from the American
zone the railway engineers at the Brit
ish front and other engineers at the
French front were spending their
Christmas eve under fire, hut even
there the children of nearby neighbor-
hoods We're being cared for.
1t was in the headquarters town OF
the first division to land on French
soil that the most elaborate entertain
ment was held, however Because the
church there was small, the Y. NJ. C.
A. hut was Communicated.
Gigantic Trees on Hand
During the afternoon the American
officers and men worked hard erecting
gigantic Christmas tree and decorat-
ing it, while sentries posted outside
kept inquisitive youngsters at a safe
distance. Finally the doors were open
ed and the procession filed in, each
little French boy and girl dressed in
his or her best, and accompanied by
the mother or, in the cases Of the lit
tie refugees, whose mothers and IA
theirs are missing, by the woman who
is caring for them
There was tense air Of expectancy
until the lights suddenly were flashed
on and the tree and Santa Claus were
revealed. The revelation was the sig
nal for chorus of shrilI, joyful cries
from the assembled youngsters, who
were all eyes for the tree with its
glittering tinsel set off here and there
by the customary red, white, green
and purple lights.
Crossed American and French flags
numerously were displayed, and from
every branch there hung boxes of
candy, jumping jacks and candy sticks,
drums, dolls and other playthings and
a plentiful sprinkling of apples and
oranges. Piled high at the base of the
tree there were many boxes containing
toy soldiers, guns, uniforms, tops, sew.
ing sets, with heavy WOODEN mittens,
mufflers, warm coats, dresses and
shoes.