Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-25

passed through Ashland Thursday
evening on train No. SO in company
with a number of others en- route to
Washington, D. c. Among the rela-
tives who were at the station here to
visit with him during the stop were
his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. s. Splitter, his sisters, Mrs. Levi
Stagg and Mrs. Paul Quackenbush,
and his SON, Joseph Splitter, all Of
Talent, and sister, Mrs. Henry Ma
son of Central Point.
Same old price on wax lunch paper.
sc. Ashland Trading Co., phone 1872.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Yeo and lit
tie daughters, Mildred and Juanita,
of Talent, who have been spending
several weeks with relatives in Cali
fornia, passed through here Sunday
evening on their way home.
Sixty years old with more life in
surance in force in Oregon than any
other company. Northwestern Mu-
tual Life of Milwaukee, Wis. H. C.
Galley, agent, phone 431-J. 67-tf
Fresh clean figs at Ashland Trad
ing Co.
Mrs. William Mannix of Agassiz,
b. c., better known in Ashland as
Miss Mary Downing, is visiting her
many friends here while on her way
home from an extended sojourn in
California.
Reed Harrell is among the Ash
land boys from Fort Stevens who are
spending a ten days furlough with
relatives here. He arrived last
Thursday.
Hickory nuts 15c per pound at
Ashland Trading Co.
Among the soldiers in the quarter
masters department who passed
through Ashland Thursday evening
was Earl Boswick, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T. Boswick of near Ashland.
This young man, in company with his
brother, enlisted in the army some
time ago, and were stationed at Van
cOuver, Wash. By enlisting in the
same department the brothers hoped
to keep together, but one was sent
two weeks ago to Jacksonville, Fla,
and Earl was kept at the station in
Washington until Thursday, when he
started for some point in Texas. Mr..
and Mrs. Boswick and family were at
the station to see the young man
while the train remained here.
Plates, cups and saucers at bar
gain at Ashland Trading Co.
Mrs. A. L. Eggleston left Thurs
day for Portland, where she will re-
main during the rest of the winter
with her daughter, Miss Ruby Palm
er, who is located there.
New northern grown garden seeds
at Ashland Trading Co.
Stevenson Studio for portraits.
Mrs. T. Murphy left Friday for
where she will make her
home in the future.
The present war conditions have
made a marked increase of interest
in the reading of history, not only
among the youth of Ashland, but
among those of older years. The
public library has a dozen general
histories and these and the various
books of travel, and they are in cir
the greater part of the time.
Colored Royal Society crochet cot
.on three for 25c. Ashland Trading
20.
Rev. W. n. Ferris, o. F. Carson
Ind Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Davis went
o Grants Pass Friday night to at
end the meeting of the laymen's
movement held there.
The body of Michael McGrath, who
lied last week at Stockton, Cal, was
brought to Ashland Saturday even
ng, and funeral services were held
n the Catholic church Sunday morn
ng. Mr.. McGrath was former we'll
,nown resident of Ashland, where he
vas manager of the iron works for
many years. He is survived by a
rother, D. O'Toole, of this city.
Mrs. S. F. Baker of Grants Pass is
guest of Mrs. Helen MCGEE for a
ew days while having her eyes treat /
d.
Richard Davis Henshaw died Fri
ay after an illness due to heart
rouble. The body was shipped to
reka for burial Saturday.
Mrs. ]. o. Edwards of Boise, Idaho,
a guest at the home of c. E. Davis
1 Second street, where she expects
remain for time. Her husband
employed as brakeman on the
outhern Pacific, running out of