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GRACE LUTHERAN.

drl without the ieas1t" { rac gTy. faitl
~ In her voice. the IL
lartv morning 1,efore Dr Rev. 81 g
able to 60 to bed and then pied.
10 tired TO sleep. AS he lay call I
tried to forget the events Of It par
but they kept crossing his III
b conversation with the te1e- noard
orator seemed TO have i'm. hoped
lin most and It was not SO Ins
Il to think Of as some Of the START
hgs. How sweet her voice heynt
he thought, so different to was a
\ telephone operators, differ GOWN
" otI,ei. women's. nerhaps found
his mothers. He wondered a girl
A OF girl she was, a very fine perso.
(. was anything like her voice. calied
a shame for nice girl like LOT
b shaving away at switch. ASK n
wasn't anv worse than a The
8, though, he confessed as he IL wal
} the tired faces he had seen abie
His mind kept wandering evenl'
IS returned to the telephone VINO q
Her voice and polite words eppol'
My made more than an ordi- outy,
lession ON him and he hoped night
to meet her. There wasn't FINAL
hectic do so. She might not who q
10 his expectations, II he did, been
better to picture her as some monti
creature. He wove all man. pecte'
lures Of what she would be answe
1elf asleep with his mind on The
had very wonderful dreams hung
the girl with the pleasant anyth
! the central figure, and his 81
h Ills mind on her. VINO q
bpital was filled and accom- death
lhad TO be taxed to the limit, that h
Ia DR.. REYNOLDS was not able her.
BE ANYTHING but his work. his s,
lush subsidized as quickly as munie
Eun and the hospital was and s
d normal routine. In the dress.
- - ~-&t' ". -. SStSJ.
Corner Market and Diamond Sire
j. Ebert Wells, Pastor.
Tomorrow: Sunday school at
will be followed at 10:45 by the "Wl
Gifts for the King" service. All dep
ments of the Sunday school will be
( resented. A large attendance and
s unusually interesting service is
ticipated. Epworth League devotic
meeting atS:S0. Evening worship
preaching at 1880; sermon theme, az
paredness, Fundamental Doctrin,
Christianity A watch night meet
will be held New Years eve which
vice will begin the week Of pra
Evangelistic services will follow
2 week of prayer. The latch strine
this church Is out to everybody.
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SALVATION ARMY
Fairmont, w. Va.
49, -. r, Ga

1laII @11 1uehsOH w
Captain and Mrs. o'Beirne in Com
mand.
Jail meeting. 10 A. NJ.
Company meeting, $3.50 P. NJ.
Open Air meeting, 1880 P. NJ.
Salvation meeting. P. NJ.
Public meeting Wednesday, Thurs.
day, Friday. Saturday and Sunday. s
p. NJ. The public is cordially invited
to attend all Of these services.
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45oo,. at the CHM.

ID
Mrs. Joseph n. McDermott enter.
tanned Thursday afternoon at her
ZONE, 1.-THE Cliffs" with five hun
dred party, in honor OF her daughter,
Miss Jane. who is here for the holi-
days. The Young ladies spent the aft
ernoon playing cards and at $3.50 de-
licious luncheon was served by the
hostess. The guests were: Misses
Martha Trotter, Elizabeth and Gladys
Edmonson. Margaret Reay, Louise
Keener, Mary Stewart. Louise Kelley
and Barbara Willoughby, both OF
Washington, D. c., the house guests of
Miss Stewart, Pauline Mattingly,
Georgia Wade. Genevieve Mcneil,
Josephine Morgan, Josephine Dougan
and Jane McDermott. = Morgantown
New Dominion.
Dance at Assembly Hall.
The Masonic Assembly hall was the
scene last evening of one of the most
attractively appointed Of the holiday
festivities, the event being dance ar.
ranged for members Of the younger
set who are spending the Christmas
holidays at their homes in the city.
Paul Hutchinson and Bernard Arnett
were in charge Of the appointments and
the patronesses were Mesdames C. e.
Hutchinson, J. A. Clark, Jr., E. B.
Moore, Thos. W. Arnett and w. S. Hay.
mond. Vincent's orchestra rendered
music for the dancing. ..afy
Attended Dance.
A number of Fairmont people attend.
&c the Railroad employees dance at
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CHURCH. OF CHRIST.

We invite you to attend services at
the Church Of Christ on Columbia
street. Morning service at 1890. Les.
con Nat. 3 chapters. Evening services
at7:s0 when Elder James Allen will
preach on q subject Of much import
ance, by request Of interested people.
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M. p. TEMPLE.
!. c. eroomfield. Patton.

- ". SNSSuue1up rdSkoTs
$3.50. Sunday school, W. w. Coma.
say. superintendent; 10:45, morning
lsrvice. sermon by DR.. Charles e.
Mshop, Morgautown, W Va; $3.50,
christian Endeavor, Miss Ethel Reed,
eader; 1880, evening service. with ser.
son by Dr.. bishop. Monday evening
he Young Ladies' Aid Society will
heet IN the Red Cross rooms. They
nm work until 10 o'clock after which
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CHRIST CHURCH.
Baird Mitchell. Rector.

7:aoa. M, Holy Communion; $3.50 a.
M. church school; 10:45 a. M, morn.
tngprayer and sermon; 1880 p, NJ, chill.
dren's service. This Sunday the even
ing service viii be omitted. Welcome.
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BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH.
Barrackville, w. Va.
r a 1 autlar pasfor

Bible school Sunday at 1000 a. m
The pastor will preach at II a. m. b
Y. P. U. at 7:60 p. m. Monthly bust
ness session Text Thursday evening
Annual meetings begin Sunday even
ing, January 9th. Visitors are always
welcome.
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FLEMINe cHApEl

Sunday school at $50 a. M. No
,vening service.
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SUNDAY In
The Churches
.PALATlNE BAPTIST CHURCH.
"Ths Home Like church"

ll77 J. w. Brown, PabtoF.
Sunday school at $3.50, Prof. w. A.
Hustead, superintendent. Morning
service at 1916, sermon, Garry On
BY. p. u. at $3.50. Evening service at
7:se, sermon, "Life's Opportunity"
End the old year by being present at
al the services Of your church.
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refreshments will be served. The pres.
ident requests as many members as
can to be present.
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Guest Of Miss Phillips.

Miss Josephine Ogden has arrived
fere from Huntington where she had
been the guest Of her sister, Mrs. os.
car Stannard, en- route west from New
York where she had spent the winter
and is the guest Of Miss Ruth Phillips.
Her mother, Mrs. H. N. ogden. who
has been here for several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. r. L. Cunningham, and
Miss Ogden will leave next week for
Chicago where the latter will enter the
University of Chicago. Mrs. Ogden
has been i'll for a week and IL she has
recovered sufficiently they will leave
on Monday.
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$50; evening service at 1880 with the
pastor in charge.
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A WEEKS WARTIME MENUS

souffle, rolls, fruit salad, cup cakes
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ST. PAul's BAPTIST CHURCH.
Fairview. W. Va.
r. n. Lawier, Pastor.

Announcements for next Sunday:
Bible school at $3.50; B. Y. P. o. at
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LOGAI sOCLA.I EVENTS s

Wheeling Thursday night, returning
home yesterday morning. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Riley, Mr.. and
hrs. N. E. Nuzum. Laurence Nuzum,
Miss Lucille Nuzum, Miss Mary Killeen.
Miss Pearl Thompson.
-
Attended silenof Dance.
DR.. and Mrs. c. II. Neili and Miss
Ann Moran returned from Grafton yes-
terday where they had been the guests
CT DR.. and Mrs. L. G, Walker and at.
tended the Silcrof dance Thursday
night. :,
Entertained Club.
Mrs. Charles Michael and Mrs. r.
H. Rassel delightfully."- entertained the
Young Married Women's club last
evening at the home of the former on
Broadway evenue. The guests includ.
ed husbands of the members and the
event was a Christmas party.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Grant Land Timber
Sold This Week

The United States land office at
Roseburg made the first sale of Ore
gon-California timber Monday when
it sold the timber from a half section
of land for s12,5OO. The timber was
badly needed for ship spars, as it was
of unusual length and strength. The
land is situated in township 81 south,
range II west, and is not far from
Powers. The sale was made to the
Coos Bay Lumber Company. The es-
innate of the timber on the tract
showed 9500,O0O feet, of which
100000 feet is Port Oxford cedar
and the remainder fir.
The land still remains the property
of the United States government, and
after the timber is removed may be
taken up for settlement if fit and
suitable for that purpose. The log
ging operations will begin at once.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Woman
Burned to Death

Mrs. Jennie G. Rogers of 345 Iowa
street received telegram last week
stating that her niece, Mrs. William
Smith, of San Diego, CAL, has been
burned to death in that city. 1t is
not known how the accident hap
pened as Mrs. Smith was alone in the
residence, that was reduced to ruins
before the firemen arrived. How
ever, relatives think that she had at
tempted to start fire with coaloil.
She was we'll known in Jackson coun-
ty, where she grew up and married.
Her maiden name was Laura Mute,
and she was about 40 years old. She
leaves a husband and son 10 years
of age.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
New Offensive On Italian Front;
Austro- Germans Gain In ASiago

every public square is filled with
crowds gazing upward as the young
aviators bank and slide and spiral
and twist.
The British aviators apparently are
much younger than their French com
rades, whose numerous decorations
attest their long experience. Both
groups, however, are composed Of
picked men, who have had careful
training in fighting the Germans in
the air. The British squadron has
many young men who won commits
sions by brave conduct on the front
in France and who were transferred
to the aerial service from the infan-
try, cavalry and other arms.
The fliers are curious to know
what the future holds in store for
them, since few of them ever have
flown over mountainous country, as
they will have to do here They ad-
NIT it will be test to put them on
their mettle, since emergency land
ings, generally feasible in France, are
almost out Of the question here. They
anticipate however, that they will
not have to face superior numbers of
enemy aviators, as it is not believed
the Austro-Germans will be able to
maintain numerical advantage here.
The Canadians and Americans
nightly entertain their comrades and
crowds of curious Italians by holding
song festivals at their hotels. Ameri-
can songs are sung, mostly with an
Italian officer who has spent several
years in England and America as the
pianist. The piano flaunts its Ger
man origin with the name-plate,
Zimmerman, Leipzig" while its
strings echo American one-steps and
ragtime.
One effect of the arrival of the
French and British in Italy has been
the rapid drop to normal Of Franco
Italian exchange, which went up
when the Austro-German offensive
was in the full flush Of its success.
At that time 100 francs brought 100
italian lire, but with the arrival OF
the troops the same number of francs
now buy.13S lire, and exchange daily
is approaching par.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Two Army Balloons
! Escape Their Leach

Two United States army observa-
tion balloons that were unleashed by
accident and shot unguided into the
air were brought to the ground early
Monday night. One of them huge
bag of the new French type, escaped
from students at Fort Omaha, Neb.
late Sunda-, and trailing 5000 feet
of steel lettering cable. travelled a
spectacular course through Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Kansas and thence back
into Nebraska, where it was captured
The other, of smaller type, carried
two army officers 1t was brought
down by the men about 80 miles from
Fort Sill, Okla.
The Fort Omaha balloon, inflated
with $4,000 cubic feet of gas, for
neaa'y "a hours played a sigantic
game of hide and seek with Kansas
:cities and towns, where strong wind
waited it back and forth.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Red Cross Seals
Are Now on Sale

Don't forget to buy Red Cross seals
this year Buy three times as many
as you did last season. These little
stickers may be the means of saving
the lives of some of our boys, as the
society hopes to realize war tuber-
culosis fund with which to carry on
educational work for the protection
and care of soldiers. The seals are
on sale now at all the local drug
stores, at Kohagen's and at Baugh.
mans stores. Mrs. H. H. Multi Is
chairman of the local committee.
Three million dollars is the goal set
for the war fund. Help raise this. A
few pennies will not be missed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Report Conference
At M. E. Church

At the Methodist church Sunday
the morning subject of the sermon
will be "The Ministry of Rescue" In
the evening a report Of the Older
Boys Conference will be given by
delegates in attendance as follows:
Statistics of the Twelfth Annual
Older Boys Conference for Western
Oregon" Marion Kincaid; "The Serv-
ice Flag" Award Leavitt; 1.-THE
Challenge to Prepare, to Produce and
to Live" Zadok Thayer; "The Eel
lowship Supper and the High School
Stunts" John Hodgson; "The Life
Work Session." Theo. Russell; "The
Challenge to War; Clyde Gunter;
"The Closing Session and Farewell
Circle" Dwight Gregg; Impressions
of the Conference Rev. C. A. Ed
wards.
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Warning Against
Holiday Fires

We. do not know to what extent
the stores will display their Christ
mas goods, but we are going to be
early and appeal to the merchants of
this state to take every precaution
possible against the destruction of
their stores by fire.
In the past vast amount of prop
erty has been destroyed through care
lessness and thoughtlessness in deco
rating and displaying Christmas
goods. Statistics show us that many
fires originate through defective wir-
ing and placing of electric bulbs too
close to paper or other inflammable
decorations. Candles or open lights
Of any sort should never be used near
Christmas decorations, and trash and
rubbish should never be allowed to
accumulate in the basement or in the
rear Of the stores. II you intend to
make an electrical display, do not
permit amateurs to tinker with your
electrical wiring. While it may be a
little more expensive, It will pay to
have an expert make your electrical
changes. '.rt
This is a year we can not afford to
lose one store of any value, as we
must protect and preserve our re-
sources, for once a fire gets started
no one can tell but what an entire
block or town may be destroyed,
Just remember that fire prevention
is the elimination of carelessness, and
it is your patriotic duty to prevent
carelessness by taking every precau-
tion to remove possible cause of a
fire.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Hens Took Prize
At Poultry Show

w. NJ. Nortridge, who resides at
272 Orange street, has one of the fin
est flocks of chickens in this part of
the state. At the poultry show held
in Medford last week Mr.. Nortridge
entered pen of four pullets on
which he received first, second and
third premiums. For the benefit of
all who were unable to attend the
poultry show in Medford, Mr.. Mort
ridge will put his prize pullets on ex-
hibition in the window of the East
ern Supply Company's store on the
corner of Third and East Main streets
Friday and Saturday afternoons,
where poultry fanciers of Ashland
can view these beautiful birds.
Mr.. Nortridge makes speciality
this year of Buff Leghorns. He has
a flock of 100 pullets of unusually
good strain, bred this year for fall
and winter laying. AS the question
has been raised as to whether or not
there is any profit in poultry raising
during the present high cost of feed,
Mr.. Nortridge made test case of his
hens for one month In that time
he purchased one sack Of wheat for
$4.45 and sack Of rolled barley for
$1.75. During that month his net
gain from the sale of eggs was $4.45.
Later he bought another sack OF
wheat for $4.20 and had a net gain
left of 1858. These eggs were all
sold at the ordinary market price.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Ministerial Assn
Convened Monday

The Rogue River Ministerial Asso-
citation held its stated meeting in the
Presbyterian church at Central Point
Monday, convening at II o'clock. The
subject under discussion for the day
was Evangelism. An address was
made by Rev. H. A. Carnahan on
Billy Sunday and one by DR.. A. j.
Montgomery, superintendent of homs
missions in the Presbyterian church
Of Oregon.
A so-called war lunch" was served
by the church ladies at noon. and
was pronounced some lunch" by the
visiting clergymen. It was conceded
that war lunches are all right, and
that this one In particular was fine.
The ministers in attendance were
Revs, Baillie, Rollins, Walbeck, Bel
nap, HoVt, Bandy and Carnahan.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Refunding Plan
To Be Voted On

At a regular meeting of the common
council held Tuesday night, a resclu-
tion was adopted calling a special
election on December is, 1917, for
the purpose Of amending the city
charter, and for providing for the
issuance of $56,500 general city OBJ
legation bonds. These bonds will he
issued for the purpose of refunding
approximately $36,500 paving inter
section bonds. $4,000 general obliga-
tions for purchasing of park lands,
and $10,S16 general Indebtedness of
the city of Ashland and expenses in
cident to said issue It was stated
that these obligations are mostly
drawing and 8 per cent interest and
1t has been found that to meet these
obligations, which will fall due with
in the next three and four years, It
would require an enormous burden
Of taxes placed on the people at a
most critical time. Therefore II was
decided that 1t would be much better
for the taxpayer to vote the issuance
Of the bonds than to stand the re-
quired heavy taxation.
It was also decided by the council
that the interest rate Of these bonds
shall not exceed 5ls per cent inter-
est and that the bonds If voted will
be sold strictly on competitive bid
on the interest rate, and no bids can
be accepted in an excess Of " per
cent interest. This not only reduces
the interest rate but lengthens the
time Of meeting the obligation over a
period Of 20 years II necessary. From
figures shown at the meeting the pro-
posed payments of these bonds will
cost the citizens In direct taxation
less than what one years interest and
yearly payment would amount to on
the obligation. 1t was suggested also
that a meeting be called in the near
future, giving those who might dis
approve of the plan chance to in
form themselves on the subject.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Anna Held to Be
At Page Dec. IL

Anna Held will appear in the musi-
cal comedy, Follow Me-" at the Page
Theatre, Medford, Tuesday, Decem-
Der II. This is typical Broadway
attraction and had long run at the
Casino, New York, last season, serv-
ing as the vehicle. for the return to
the American stage, after two years
passed in administering to the maim-
ed and blind soldiers of France. The
attraction is in three acts, the scenes
all laid in gay Paris, a villa, green
room of a French theatre, and,
Partisan restaurant. Catchy songs,
new dances and general high merri-
ment are woven in about story of
philandering hubby the Marquis de
Launay, whose American wife discov-
ers his Irritation with the actress,
Claire, of the Theatre Varieties.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Quarantine, Asked
For All Diseases

A committee composed OF promi-
nent women from the Civic Club and
the Parent Teacher Association at
tended the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night to launch an argument
in favor of the rigid quarantine Of
measles, whooping cough and other
diseases. Those who addressed the
body we're Mrs. ]. w. Mccoy, Mrs. H
c. Galley, Mrs. James McNair, Mrs.
o. e. Deibert and Mrs. W. NJ. Barber.
The ladies advanced some pointed ar
gument in calling the councils spe-
cific attention to the fact that this
was of great concern to the mothers
Of Ashland. "Measley" people should
not be allowed to run at large, they
said, and modern methods considered
by medical authority we're in favor Of
the strict quarantine of measles.
They also stated that the schools
had been greatly hampered this win
ter because Of the scourge Of this dis
ease and that mothers did not desire
to have them thrust upon them They
urged the council to act, and to pass
an ordinance to conform with the
state law for the enforcement Of rigid
quarantine. Mrs. Barber addressed
the council and suggested that an or
dinance should be drafted compelling
fumigation after tuberculosis and
other diseases. This suggestion was
met with approval by members of the
council. After some discussion of the
matter and sanitation in general at
was moved that the matter be re-
ferred to the board of health to take
under consideration, and if found
necessary an ordinance should be
drafted to cover the quarantine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06

The train was hauled by two en-
gines, which both left the track
dragging with them the mail and ex-
press cars and one smoking car One
engine was torn to pieces, while the
other skidded down the canyon.
About 100 yards of track were torn
up. The passengers were removed
from the wrecked train and taken to
Weed, and the injured men were
cared for in the Weed hospital.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-06
Boys Conference
Successful EveLG

The twelfth annual Older Boys
Conference for western Oregon, held
at Eugene November 30-December Q,
and directed by the interstate execu-
tive committee of the Y. NJ. G. A. Of
Oregon and Idaho, with the Boys
Working Reserve, U. s. A., Oregon
Sunday School Association, state De-.
partment of Public instruction, was
the most successful in the history OF
the league Four hundred and nine
boys of high school age attended, ex-
ceed ng the largest attendance Of pre-
Tious conferences by 81. The most
surprising thing about the attend
ance was that in the 400 delegates
present 79 different towns we're rep.
resented.
The conference spirit reigned SUI
preme, and as the interesting meet
ings progressed enthusiasm and good
feeling gained momentum. The con-
ference was headed by such men as
H. r.. Albee, ex-mayor of Portland,
who made an excellent address on
"The Boys of America in Time Of
War; Dr. f. H. Pence. who spoke on
"The Challenge of War" H. @. sey-
mour of Oregon Agricultural College,
who spoke on "The Challenge to Pro-
duce;" e. W. War; ngton, who spoke
on "The Challenge to Live" John H.
Matthews of Seattle, who spoke on
"The Home Guard" and Rev. c. A.
Edwards OF Ashland, who gave the
final address on "Christ's Challenge
to Serve"
Many events Of interest took place.
Dir. A. E. Coswell presented the serv-
ice flag with stars TO represent the
43 members Of last years conference
who are engaged In military service.
A fellowship supper was given In
the social hall of the NJ. E. church to
the delegates, where the boys showed
their originality and uncorked the
valve Of surplus jazz In 6 wing differ
ent yells and stunts by boys from all
over the state.
The meeting closed Monday night
with the members OF the conference
forming a fellowship chain around
the entire room of the church and
singing "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds" A moment later the boys
scattered. some to their homes in the
northern part of the state, some to
the southern, but all with the deter
mination to do their part in the war.
whether home or abroad.
Everyth ng was done to make the
delegates happy and feel at home.
The college Y. M. G. A. and the diff
ferent homes of the Eugene people
were thrown open and the glad hand
was extended. The people of western
Oregon certainly owe debt of grati-
tude to the people of Eugene and all
who helped make the conference
success.