Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-16

the Gold Hill miners employed at the
mine are Perry Knots, Tony Ross
and Billy Knots.
There was large attendance at
the M e. church Sunday school in
this city last Sunday morning. Many
Of the young people of the church
who nave been engaged In orchard
work and absent from their respec-
tive classes have returned. DR.. H. J..
Van Fossen Of Ashland, the presiding
elder Of this district, preached a most
helpful and instructive sermon on
Sunday evening. There will be no
services at the church on next Sun
day. All the churches in southern
Oregon have been invited to be pres
ent at the dedication of the Chautau-
qua building in Ashland. DR.. Mat
thews of Seattle, pastor of the largest
Presbyterian church In the world, will
preach both the day and evening SER
mon. A large delegation from Gold
Hill will attend, leaving Bowers
pharmacy at s a. m. and returning
after the services in the evening.
Mr.. c. Neidermeyer and Miss Cod
ward Of Jacksonville visited the Rev.
R. M. Hutchinson and family at the
parsonage last Sunday and remained
over at the services at the M. e.
church In the evening"
Mrs. s. v. McFerren Of Gold Hill,
who recently recovered from her late
illness, and is now visiting with her
daughter at Seaside, Ore, in writing
to her husband, S. V. McFerren, in
this city. said: az am doing fine
Walked three miles from home on
the beach and had a feed at a clam
bake, and sat and watched the tide
ebb and flow"
H. H. Lampman, formerly of the
Gold Hill district, has sold his "Hlll-
billy" ranch in the upper Meadows
district to Elmer E. Kyle of Central
Point, who will take possession of
same at once and equip the property
for the cattle business This ranch
is situated twenty miles northeast Of
Gold Hill, on the summit of the d.
vide between Evans and Trail creeks |
1t consists of 100 acres of fertile land,
with several million feet of saw tim
ber standing on the property, also a
large commercial apple orchard and |
extensive irrigated hay fields are on
the farm. 1t also commands broad
range on the grass and rill covered
slopes of the neighboring mountains.
Such is the closing chapter Of the
life dream of an old newspaper man,
whose fancies had always been to es-
cape to mountain fastness, such as
the "Hillhilly" was. For four years
Dad" as his two boys, Ben and Rex,
always addressed him, roamed over
these far-ex.ending foothills Of the
Umpquas, chasing the crafty deer and
whipping the stream for the sportive
trout. He was never known to kill
deer or hook fish. In his mountain
home his dreams took him back to
the sanctum of the editorial and press
room of country and city papers
where he had once ruled over the
devil. Tad relented, and is now go
ing back to his old love. Last week
he was in Gold Hill, springing jokes
among his old friends and bidding
them goodby. He. left the next day
for Opheim, Mont, where he goes to
take charge of the leading paper in
that city. The boys, both formerly Of
the Gold Hill News, have followed in
the footsteps of their venerable sire.
Ben is at the head of the staff of the
reporting room. Rex is
on one of the big dailies in Pittsburg,
Penn.
Fred Courtney, formerly Gold
Hill boy, recently of Montague, is a
member of the Field Artillery, sta
L;onad 81 Fort McDnweI1 He IA a