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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
New Food Rules
In Effect Soon

Down will come the present home
card in the 100000 homes OF
America within the next few weeks,
and up will go the brand new pledge
card with its more stringent rules
end regulations. The electro-plates
for the new cards have left Washing
ton city and as soon as received at
the local food administration office
the thousands of copies needed for
distribution in Oregon will be struck
off.
Innovations on the new card are
two wheatless days week hereafter,
which will take place on Mondays
and Wednesdays. The instructions
on the use of wheat are more drastic
than before and urge abstinence from
the use of every form of it, whether
cereal, pastry, macaronf etc.
Two porkless days are now in
vogue, Tuesday and Saturday, when
absolutely all hog products, even to
lard, sausage, ham, bacon, ETC., are
taboo. The first porkless day falls
on meatless day, but until March IL
all people on the Pacific coast may
eat any meat except pork on these
days. The reason for the lifting Of
the ban in the northwest is because
traffic congestion has caused a conss
quent accumulation Of beef and NUT
ton.
The restrictions as to sugar are the
same, only every person is definitely
urged to restrict his sugar consump-
tion to three pounds a month.
On the new home card Herbert
Hoover urges the people of America
to eat more potatoes and more corn.
The first named article is plentiful
in the west, but the price of corn is
too high to be used extensively. To
avoid paying the high price for corn
neal a great many families both in
the east and west are purchasing
hand mills, through which they
grind their corn at home, thus bring
ing the price down to that of wheat
flour. Barley and other grains may
BIZ ground at home in the same man
her and patriotism shown in a prac-
tical way.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Highway Bids Fair
TO Be Completed

Work on the new road leading to
the undergrade crossing at the Bill
lings hill north of Ashland is pro-
crossing. In a few days excavation
will begin under the railroad, and
when that is finished the establish
ment of a grade to intersect with the
highway on the south side will occu-
py but little time. Should the favor
able weather hold out it is thought
the road will be completed in very
short time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Klamath County
Is Well Fixed

The report of the treasurer OF
Klamath county was made public this
week and shows the largest balance
ever in the hands of the treasurer.
The total amounts to $304,S30.40,
and while this amount will soon be
reduced to about 100000 by out
standing warrants, the balance will
still be unusually large.
The amount is distributed for the
rlost part in four funds. the general
fund, $1O3,S10.29; the general road
fund, $46,957.7O; the new court
house fund, $72,9s2.41, and the high
school fund, $17,099.97.
The general road fund, with this
years levy of $780, will be brought
up to over 100000, and the court
house fund will have total with the
levy for next year of over $4,000.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Former Ashland Lady
Died at North Bend

Mrs. Frances Trask, former resi-
dent of Ashland, died at her home in
North Bend Saturday, after an ex-
tended illness. Besides her husband,
George A. Trask, she is survived by
four children, a mother, Mrs. Mary
King, three brothers, Rufus, c. A.
and Frank King, and a sister, Mrs.
Frank Nelson, all of Ashland. Two
other sisters, Mrs. G. B. Crisler of
klamath Falls and Mrs. Anna Mcneil
of Stanfield, also survive,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Received TidingS
OF Husband Slain

Mrs. Phil Metz of Los Angeles
came to Medford Tuesday to visit
with her cousin Mrs. M. ]. Snider,
and just as she was stepping off the
train was handed a telegram by a
messenger boy which gave her the
startling news that her husband,
whom she bade goodbye Sunday,
was killed in Los Angeles the night
before by highwayman. The tele-
sram gave no detils Of the murder.
The murdered man conducted gen.
eral store in the suburbs Of Los An
geles, and both he and his wife were
we'll known in Medford.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
ShrinerS Entertain
National Officers

Yesterday was big day in lodge
circles when Hillah Temple, Mystic
Shrine, entertained national officer
aud many other visiting mobiles from
various sections of the valley
Charles L. Ovenshire of Minneapolis,
Mimi, imperial potentate, who Is
making a tour of the coast, was the
honor guest, and the members Of Hill
lab Temple endeavored to give him
a royal welcome.
Mr.. Ovenshire arrived in Ashland
on train No. IS yesterday morning
from Portland, accompanied by his
wife and private secretary, Mr..
Hutchinson, also from Minneapolis.
They were met at the station by a
delegation of the officers and mem
ters of Hillah Temple and were TAX
e1 to the Austin Hotel, where lunch
con was served. During the after
noon Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Collins
took the guests under their especial
care, and they were conveyed by auto
through the parks, over the Siskiyou
Highway and shown other interesting
features for which Ashland is fam
Gus. Later the guests, accompanied
By large number of the Ashland
local citizens, had dinner in Medford.
The evening was devoted to a
lodge meeting, after which banquet
was served. Beside the national Of
ficers, Shriners from Salem, Gold
Hill, Grants Pass and Medford to the
number of about rs were in attend
ance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

the front in Flanders the artllleries
have increased the volume of their
fire.
To the south, around Lens, Arras
and st. Quentin, the fighting daily is
growing in strength, while eastward
along the Chemin-des-D Danes, past
Verdun and thence to the Swiss bor-
der the French and Germans are
continuously engaged on various Sec
tors in artillery fighting and infantry
activities greatly above the normal,
as compared with the early days of
the war
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Southern Pacific Map
Of State Of Oregon

The Southern Pacific Company has
issued some fine folders containing
the map of the state of Oregon for
general distribution. Aside from the
map, the folder contains much gen.
eral information regarding the state,
with an index of the cities and their
location. A large number of these
folders have been left by Station
Agent Kramer in the Commercial
Club rooms for the use of the general
public.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Mrs. Louis schweip was among the
Ashland people who went to Medford
Tuesday evening to see Mitzi in
"Pom-Pom." Mrs. Schwein had a
former acquaintance with this fam
Gus Hungarian actress, having been
entertained at a dinner given by Mrs.
Schwein's cousin in San Francisco
several years ago. She also had some
friends who we're former members Of
Mitzi's company, and was hopeful Of
seeing them in the play in Medford,
but in this she was disappointed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Two Siskiyou Boys
Died In France

Perry F. Harris and George Helm
niger, two Siskiyou county boys, are
reported among the deaths in Gen.
eral Pershing's command in France.
Harris was the son of George Harris
of Greenview. in Scott valley, and
died January 9 of pneumonia. Helm
niger was the son of Joseph Heinin-
ger of McCloud, formerly auditor OF
the McCloud River Lumber Company
lie belonged to the 10th Engineers
Forestry, and his death occurred jan
uary s, due to heart trouble.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
Shasta Division Gets
New Superintendent

j. w. Fitzgerald of Tuscon, Ariz.,
las been appointed to succeed Mr..
Metcalf. The former has been su-
perintendent of the Arizona division
fer two years, and prior to that time
he was assistant superintendent on
the Shasta division for six years.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Ivan O'Donoughue, an Ashland boy
who is in a training school at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, recently passed the
first half of his course in radio, In
which he made 100 per cent. This
course was completed in one and one
half months. He will take another
month and half in electricity, which
" III finish his course.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Rev. c. A. Edwards of the Meth
odist church will give his third lee
ture on the great war next Sunday
evening. The topic will be United
States" Other lectures on Eng
land" and France" have been deliv-
cred and are attracting much interest
among the citizens of Ashland
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

A laymen's missionary meeting
will be held in the Methodist church
rext Sunday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock. A large delegation of Med
ford laymen will be present and the
convention to be held in Medford in
March will be discussed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

On the front in Italy the change
in the high command evidently has
not resulted as yet in any betterment
of the strategic positions of the Aus
tro-German invading armies. From
the Asiago plateau eastward to the
Piave river and thence southwark to
the Adriatic sea the Italians again
have been victorious in numerous
r. inor operations.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Roy Hartley of steinman, son of
J. e. Hartley, visited at the home Of
Vernon Doran on Ashland street
Wednesday. He left this morning for
Portland where he will enlist in the
ravy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Hon. Ben C. Sheldon of Grants
Pass and Warden Murphy Of the state
penitentiary we're among the Shrners
in Ashland at the meeting last night,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

In Germany some trepidation is
haing evinced by newspapers of pan
German leanings over the situation
in Austria
The socialist newspaper Vorwaerts
of Berlin again has been suppressed,
this time for announcing the solidar-
ity of the German proletariat with
Austrian labor in the peace struggle
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

The greater portion of the striking
workmen in Austria are said to have
returned to work, but the situation,
10th in Austria and Hungary, is de-
c.ared still to be acute, owing to the
desire of the people for peace.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24

Phone job orders to the TidIngs.
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

dickson whenTh wereF courtrai

We have good biIlets aud our acquuint-
ance with such things Rs "cooties" and
other unwelcome visitors is very lin
tied.
When l discovered my condition. 1
made ii holler and reused the guard.
and right then l got another example
Of German efficiency.
This guard seemed to be even more
perturbed about my complaint than l
myself, evidently fearing that he would
be blamed for my condition.
The commandant was summoned
and | could see that he was very an
CRY. Someone undoubtedly got u Sc
we're reprimand for it.
was taken out Of my cell by a
guard with rifle and conducted about
quarter OF mile from the prison
10 an old factory building which had
been converted into an elaborate fumi-
eating plant. There | was given
pickle bath In some kind Of solution,
and while | was absorbing II my
clothes, bed clothes and whatever else
had been in my cell was being put
through another fumigatlng process.
While l was waiting for my things
to dry-it took perhaps half an hour
| had u chance to observe about one
hundred other victims Of "cooties"-
German soldiers who had become In
tested in the trenches. We were all
nude. of course, but apparently il was
not difficult for them to recognize me
as foreigner even without my uni
form on, for none of them made any
attempt to talk to me, although they
were very busy talking about me. /
could not understand what they were
saying. but / knew / was the butt of
most of their jokes and they made no
effort to conceal the fact that l was
the subject of conversation.
When / got back to my cell found
that 1t had been thoroughly fumlgated,
and from that time on | had no further
trouble with "cooties' or other visi-
tors Of the same kind.
As we were not allowed TO write
anything but prison cards, writing was
out of the question; and as We had no
reading matter to speak of, reading
was nil. We had nothing to do to
pass away the time, so consequently
cards became our only diversion, for
We did. fortunately, have some of
these.
There wasn't very much money as
rule in circulation, and think for once
In my life | held most of that. not due
to any particular ability on my part
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

prisoned there WAS vainly longing
try his wings again over their lines.
But | used to console myself by say
Ing: "Never mind. old boy, there was
never IL bird whose wings could not
be clipped II they get him just right.
and your turn VIII come some day"
One night there was an exception
ally heavy air raid going on. A mum
bcr OF German officers came into my
room, and they all seemed very much
frightened. l Jokingly remarked that
II would be fine II our airmen hit the
old prison-the percentage would be
very satisfactory-on English officer
and about ten German ones. They
didn't seem to appreciate the joke.
however. and. Indeed. they were APP
parently too much alarmed at what
was going ON overhead to laugh even
ut their own jokes. Although these
night raids seem to take all the starch
out of the Germans while they are
going on, the officers were usually us
brave as lions the next day and spoke
contemptuously of the raid of the
night before.
saw thousands of soldiers In Cour-
traI, and although they did not i'm
press me as having very good or abun-
dant food, they were fAtrly well
clothed. / do not mean to imply that
conditions pointed to an early end OF
the war. On the contrary, from what
l was able to observe on that point.
unless the Huns have an absolute crop
failure they can. In my opinion, go on
for yearsi The idea of our being able
TO win the war by starving them out
strikes me as ridiculous This is a
war that must be won by fighting. and
the sooner we realize that fact the
sooner 1t will be over.
Rising hour in the prison was seven
o'clock. Breakfast came at eight. This
consisted of cup of coffee and moth
ing else. If the prisoner had the fore
sight to save some bread from the pre-
vious day. he had bread for breakfast
also. but that never happened Ia my
case. Sometimes We had two cups of
coffee, that Is, near-conee. II was
really chicory or some cereal prepara-
ton. We had no milk or sugar.
For lunch they gave US boiled sugar
beets or some other vegetable. and
once in while some kind of picked
meat. but that happened very seldom.
We also received third of loaf of
breud-war bread. This war bread
was as heavy as brick. black and
sour. 1t was supposed TO last US from
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

noon one day to noon the next. k:x-
lunch menu.
Dinner came at 8 30 p. m. when we
sometimes had little jam made out
of sugar beets, and a preparation
called tea, which you had to shake Wig
orously or 1t settled in the bottom of
the cup, and then about all you had
was hot water. This tea" was sad
blow to the Englishmen If IL hadn't
been called tea they wouldn't have felt
so badly about 1t, perhaps. but 1t was
adding insult to Injury to call that
stuff tea" which with them Is almost
a national institution.
Sometimes with this meal they gave
us butter instead of jam. and once In
while We had some kind Of cunned
meat.
This comprised the usual run of eat
nbles for the day-I can eat more than
that for breakfast! In the days that
We're to come l learned that / was TO
fare considerably worse.
We were allowed to send out and
buy u few things. but MS most OF the
prisoners We're without funds this was
but an empty privilege Once l took
advantage of the privilege to send my
shoes to IL Belgian shoemaker to be
hulf-soled. They charged me 20
marks-S5i
Once in while Belgian Ladies'
Relief society visited the prison and
brought us handkerchiefs, American
soap-which sells ut about $1.50 a
bar in observation-disclosures and
other little articles. all OF which were
American made, but whether they
were supplied by the American re-
lief committee or not / don't know.
AT any rate, these gifts were mighty
useful and We're very much appre-
clated.
One day / offered a button or my
uniform to one of these Belgian ladies'
as "a souvenir. but u German guard
saw me and I was never allowed to
go near the visitors afterwards.
The sanitary conditions In this
prison camp were excellent as a gen.
eral proposition. One night, however,
| discovered that l had been cap
tured by "cooties."
This was u novel experience TO me
and one that ! would have been very
willing to have missed. because In
the flying corps our alrdromes are II
number of miles back OF the lines and
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26
OuTWIT TING
= THE HIN M. :: ;:

Ing away to keep our planes as high
in the sky as possible, and shells were
likely to fall in the prison yard any
moment. OF course | watched hese
battles at my own risk. Many nights
from my prison window | watched
with peculiar interest the air raids
carried on, and 1t was a wonderful
sight with the German searchlights
playing on the sky. the FLAMING on
ions" fired high and the burst Of the
antiaircraft guns. but rather an un-
comfortable sensation when realized
that perhaps the very next minute II
bomb might be dropped ON the building
In which | was prisoner. But per
haps all of this was better than no
excitement at all, for prison life soon
became very monotOnous.
One of the hardest things / had to
endure throughout the two weeks |
machines flying over Courtrai, know
ing that perhaps l never would have
another chance to fly, and used to sit
by the hour watching the German ma
chimes maneuvering over the prison,
as they had an alrdrome not far away
and every afternoon the students-Or
took them for students because their
flying was very poor-appeared over
the town. One certain Hun seemed to
find particular satisfaction In flying
right down over the prison nightly. for
my special discomfort and benefit, IT
seemed. Us II he knew an airman i'm
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

IN the game, but / happened To have
several hundred francs in my pockets
when shot down. But We held lot
terry that was watched without quite
such Intense Interest as that. The
drawing was always held the day before
to learn who was the lucky man. There
was as much speculation as to who
would win the prize as IL ii had been
the finest treasure Ia the world. The
great prize was one-thlrd Of loaf of
bread. Through some arrangement,
which / never quite figured out, it
happened that among the eight or ten
officers who were there with me. there
was always one-thlrd of loaf Of
bread over. There was just one way
of getting that bread, and that was TO
draw lots. Consequently that was what
started the lottery. l believe If a man
had ever been inclined TO cheat he
would have been sorely tempted in this
instance, but the game was played alb
solutely squire, and if a man had been
caught cheating the chances are that
he would have been stunned by the
rest of the officers us long as he was
The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

In prison. / was fortunate enough TO
win the prize twice.
One man-and | think he was the
smallest eater in the camp-won It on
three successive days, but It was well
for him that his luck deserted him on
the fourth day. for he probably would
have been handled rather roughly by
the rest of the crowd, who were grow
ing suspicious. But we handled the
drawing ourselves and knew there was
nothing crooked about 1t, so he was
spared.
We were allowed to buy pears, and
being small and very hard, they were
used us the stakes in many a game.
But the interest in these little games
was as keen as II the stakes had been
piles of money instead of two or three
half-staryed pears. No man was ever
so reckless. however, in all the betting
as to wager his own rations.
By the most schemlng and sacritic-
ing | ever did in my life l managed to
hoard two pieces of bread (grudgingly
spared at the time from my daily ra-
tinnsl hut 1 was nrenarlng fnr the dav
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The Lamar register., 1918-06-26

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23

When your child first starts to kim
dergarten or to school, he is more
than likely to experience some tim
idity in the new surroundings.
He is away from father and moth
er and everything is so different.
Some children will cry and many
Iothers will feel like crying who sue
Iceed in keeping back the tears.
You want your child to nave eX-
periences and overcome difficulties,
but fear is a dangerous proposition.
If your child naturally is ioclined to
be timid, bold playmates, soon will
discover it and make life disagree
able for him, unless you help him.
A father writes tome:
MY six-year-old son is an exceed
ingly timid child. He wants to quit
kindergarten because the other boys
tease him. What would you sug-
gest?"
Have your little six-year-old son
tell you his experiences at kinder
garten. Appear to be very much in
terested in everything that re. re-
lates. When he tells of some expert
nee, show a great deal of enthu-
siasm.
In this way, get him nto the habit
of. confiding things to you. Put the
| temphasis upon interesting, whole
some thoughts about his kindergar-
ten work. Whenever any point comes
lup in the conversation relating to
fear as, for example, fear Of other
boys teasing him. do not pass it off
lightly and at the same time 10 not
allow the child to get the impression
that it is anything to worry about.
l suggest that you talk to him
somewhat in this fashion: "Yes, yes
remember how the little boys used
to try to tease me when 1 was your
size-and do you know what I did
with EN-? Well, sir, l just laughed
at them and do you know they didn't
want to tease me much after that?
I don't know why they didn't but
guess it was because they didn't want
to get laughed at"
Pause at this point to let the child
think it over a little and see If he
has any question. Then continue
| like this: "Of course, if any of the
boys had done anything to hurt me
simply would have told my father
about it and then the boys would
not have bothered me any more
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
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