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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Musical Comedy
To Be Big Event

Seat sale for the big show "Lin-
ger Longer Lefty" with the popu-
lar comedienne Charlottee Green
wood, opened today at the Vim
ing theatre.
Mr.. o, T. Bergner, who secured
the attraction, has just returned
from a trip over the hills to Let
En- Know" and reports that
Yreka has asked to have a sec
tion OF seats set aside for her
delegation also that large num-
Der of the boys from Hit are try
ing to get away to come. Monta-
que and Hornbrook. also will be
well represented.
The company carries its own
orchestra and it is safe to say that
the only ones to be disappointed
will be those that don't go.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Motor Highway
To Be Dedicated

Dedication of the national park
TO park motor highway, set for
late in September, comes at a
time when automobile statistics
available indicate a production
schedule for 1920 of 100000
cars. Ten years ago the annual
production OF motor passenger
cars in the United States was 175,-
goo.
The scenic motor highway, con-
meeting II national parks will be
dedicated by stephen T. Mather,
director of national parks; Gus
Holms, president Of the National
Park to Park Highway association
and, other in 4 60-day tour
starting from Denver, August 25
The ceremonies include meet.
ing here,
AT the close of 1919 there were
about 100000 cars and trucks
registered in the United States,
and estimates frCm statistical
automobile sources are that reg
istrations viii soon reach lO,-
100000
Ii the present year sees a gem
eral increase Of One-third the num-
Der of autos and trucks in use in
1919, it is not unreasonable to
suppose that tourist transporta-
ton by motor is only in its in
fancy, and that Ashland will share
in the proportionate expansion OF
the cOuntry's recreational bust
ness allurement to the people ma
tional Fairgrounds.
The motor vehicle has firmly
established its position as part OF
the country's transportation sys-
TEN, and citizens Of Ashland win
enjoy the benefits which the pro-
motion of the national park to
park motor highway assures to
this community.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
SOCIALISTS GET
INTO THE GAME

SALEM, 0regon-SOcialist party
candidates. for presidential cleo
tors, secretary of state railway
and food commissioner and pub
lie service commissioner for the
western Oregon district have
been filed with the secretary or
state by officials OF the socialist
party.
DR.. A. Slaughter Of Salem, who
was chairman of the socialist state
convention at Oregon City July 3.
when the nominations were made,
filed the names. They are:
For presidential electors-W. s.
Richards of Linn county: b. +.
Ramp of Douglas county; w. W.
Myers of Clackamas county; John
+. Johnson of Malheur county and
r. h. Ryan of Marion county
For secretary Of state-J. p.
Sears of Polk county.
For dairy and food comissiOne.
y. j. Won Behren of Marion
county.
For public service commissioner
Otto Newman Of Multnomah
county.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
PREPAREDNESS.

Are you prepared TO extinguish
that little blaze when ii is first
discovered? Sooner or later it
will start and you will need all
your resourcefulness to know what
TO do quickly in order to handle
the situation. A little forethought
and preparation may mean the diff
ference between success and de-
ieat-between saving the house
and losing it.
By forethOught, mean atten-
ton to the practices of fire pre-
yention in order to keep the blaze
from getting started and by pre-
paration | mean the study OF ex-
tinguishing agents, and the pro
vision of some effective kind of
fire extinguisher. Every shop,
factory and store should be pro-
tected by fire extinguishers and
every home should have at least
one in condition for use.
Only by anticipating and pre-
pairing for things ere we able to
successfully meet them. When an
army goes forth 10 battle does 1t
go in q careless, shiftless man-
ner to meet the enemy, or does it
go fully drilled and equipped, pre-
pared to win?
Only by being fully drilled and
prepared can we successfully meet
and defeat our enemy-fire. A
fire extinguisher is the best wea-
pom to fight with but the weapon
must be In good working order to
be effective and II must be used
properly. II you have not the
protection OF good fire extin-
guisher you should have one, and
1t must be kept properly charged
and ready for action. The soda
acid type should ba charged once
u year, and all extinguishers
should be kept in convenient Wis.
ible place where they will not be
disturbed and where anyone can
get them quickly II needed.
Barrel OF water with pals ready
for instant use are also a valuable
protection to many kinds OF prop
arty. In the garage a bucket oi
sand is very effective for the ex-
.inguishment Of oil fire. A garden
hose with nozzle and a ladder that
will reach the roof are also usefuk
II you ae not fully prepared now.
don't lose time-prepare.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11

Prof. II G. Gilmore received
the following communication from
a friend. who is doing" Crescent
City and the region thereof. which
may cast a glimmer of light to
tourists as to conditions in that
section of the country:
Can this really be California >
| am vainly trying to keep warm
In two winter heavyweight under
shirts and a winter union suit. A
heavy fog-and no. very high
has been the order OF both day
and night since our arrival here
La hours ago. and We have had
only about an hours sunshine.
Shall not stand much more OF Il.
Give me good old Ashland every
time, say / w. T..
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
JOYRIDES LEAD
TO CAROUSALS

R0SEBURG-Charges brought
by Mrs. NJ. + Swanson and daugh-
ters Mabel and Ruth against Ed
gar Shanks, a local jltney driver,
promise to open up a lively cru
sade against "joyriding" and pro-
miscious relations in which many
youg girls of ROseburg are said to
participate. The Swanson girls
charge Shanks with taking them
on numerous ioyrides during
which the behavior Of the occu-
pants OF the car was far from mod
el. Most of the evidence given
at the hearing held Wednesday
night before the police committee
OF the city council was imprint.
able.
Another hearing will be held
later when additional testimony
will be presented.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Public Schools
Open Sept. 6

As has bsen previously an
nounced, the public schools will
open for the year of 192O-21 on
Monday, September 6. An excel
lent corps of teachers has been Sc
cured and prospects look favor
able to an unusually good year.
9llan f. Montgomery Of Hanover
College, Madison, Ind, has accept
ed the position as teacher Of phys
ical training and athletic coach.
Mr.. Montgomery comes highly rec
ommended for this position, and
athletics are expected to occupy
a prominent place in the school
this year. Miss Ililda 0hde of
Manning. Iowa, has been elected
to place in the junior high schol
made vacant by the resignation of
Miss Bechtel.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
ASK $4,000 EACH FOR
KIN OF GUARDSMEN WHO
WERE KILLED AT LEWIS

Word comes from Salem that
payment by. the government of
$4,000 each TO the wives and next
of kin Of the Oregon artillerymen,
among whom was Ralph Fraley
of Ashland, who were killed dur
ing target practice at Camp Lewis
at the recent encampment, has
been asked OF the secretary OF
war, by George A White, adju-
tant-general OF Oregon. Mr..
White said that If necessary an
act of congress would be urged
to meet the case, since the men
who were killed gave their lives
TO their country rs much as did
those who were killed in the war,
and had not had the privilege OF
insurance under the war risk in
surance act.
The board of inquiry which has
been sitting on the case at Camp
Lewis has not published the re-
suit of their findings, but is is
unofficially understood that the
accident was caused by defective
fuse.
General White, who was in the
neighbOrhOod of the battery of 1876
millimeter guns at the time of the
accident, is determined to push
the matter through, and is using
as precedent for his demands, the
provisions of the war risk insur-
ance act.
During the war $4,000 was
paid to the nearest of kin of men
killed or who died in the service,
either at home or abroad. In
presenting the claim to the gov
ernment General White pointed
out that the men were at camp
under a federal order, were firing
a government cannon under fed
eral supervision and instruction
and using ammunition furnished
by the government for the pur-
pose and were in training for gov
ernment service in event of fu-
ture wars.
Those who were killed by the
explosion and their nearest rel
atives affected by this request
are: Corporal Edwin G. Scott and
Corporal Clyde r. Dindinger, who
leave wives residing at Marsh
field, and Private Ralph r. Fra
ley. whose father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. c. w, Frsley, reside at
Ashland.
Copies of the request were fur
nished the Oregon delegation in
congress and if payment cannot
be made under existing laws, Mr..
White said that he would use
every possible endeavor to have
congress appropriate 100000 to
cover the case.
No action was taken In the case
of the injured men, it was stated
as all appeared to have recovered
fully from their injuries before
leaving Camp Lewis
Ralph Fraley, the Ashland boy
who was killed, was working on
the gun crew Of the gun located
next to the one, manned by the
Marshfield company, which ex-
ploded. The Ashland manned gun
was about so yards from the other.
AT the time of the accident. Fraley
was occupied with duties attend
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Slips From Rail
AT Medford Nat
And Is Killed

His neck broken when he struck
the cement walk after slipping
from the railing at the Medford
NatatOrium, Phillip Anderson, pas
sed away Monday morning at the
Sacred Heart hospital in Medford.
The boy was preparing to dive
from the railing when he slipped
and struck the walk 10 feet below.
The accident occurred Sunday and
that the boy lived until Monday
is considered remarkable.
The boy was the son of Mrs. Ira
K. Anderson and nephew of At
torney A. E. Reamfs of Medford.
He was 10 years old,
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Start Work on
Link River Dam

KLAMATH FAILS-Work on
the Link river dam, which will
control the storage of Upper Klam-
ath lake, will start at once, ac-
cOrding to ]. c. Thompson, diyis-
ion manager of the California-Or-
egon Power company A construc-
ton camp has been established
and a crew of 100 men will be at
work within a few days. John
Boyle, assistant engineer of the
corporation is in charge. 1t is
estimated that the dam will cost
$50, 900 and will be completed
next year.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Interest Taken
In Child Welfare

The preliminary Child Welfare
meeting at Belleview, Thursday,
August 5, proved of exceptional
interest. Miss Pool, Miss Lane
and Mrs. Jessie McComb (Home
Demonstration leader from o. a,
Co. were present and discussed
the different phases of the work
in hand.
At this meeting the official score
cards were filled out in so far as
possible. Seventeen children were
registered for tests and several
others are enrolled for the con-
florence, August 18th, totalling
probably 25 children that will be
in attendance.
The work of this conference is
but the beginning in Child VEL
fare study this center hopes to
accomplish. After necessary
plans were formulated for the con-
ference, Mrs. McCcmb talked
briefly upon the place the women
occupy in the work of the Farm
Bureau-and what may be done
II all grasp the opportunity for
whOle-hearted service.
Miss Pool announced that Dr.
Swedenburg, Dr. Gregg. DR.,
Woods and Dr.. Burdic have kind
ly consented to assist at the con-
ference which will be held at the
Belleview school house, Friday,
August 18th, from to 3 p. III.
Those having children register
time and please be in attendance
at the hour named
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Career of Villa The
: Bandit Is AT An End

troops for years.
villa received one Of the great
est ovatlons Of his career as he
rode back to San Pedro. A crowd
OF 5000 rushed to the plaza when
the town learned he was coming,
and welcomed him with lusty
"Vivas."
Forcing his way through the
thrOng and bowing right and left,
Villa was nearly overcome with
his emotions. He finally was
moved to make Il very eloquent
speech, which was wildly cheered.
The main theme of his speech was
that the people ought to forget
politics and return to work. He
said he had set q good example.
Villa was the center of a joyous
celebration during the day. He
and his men were lionized. 1t was
semi-holiday. Bands paraded
the plaza, playing the old Villa
revolutionary song, in which Villa
is represented as boasting he will
get the whlskers of Carranza and
make himself a garment out of
them.
One of the most dramatic epi-
sodes of the day was the meeting
between Villa and General Esco-
bar, one of Carranza's leaders re-
sp0nsible for the execution of Fe-
lipe Angeles, Villas old aid and
close friend.
Villa had sworn to kill those
responsible for the execution. He
met Escobar face to face while
standing with a group of officers.
angeles, said Villa, was Mex
ico,s greatest general; also he was
my best friend. 1t was a crime to
kill him."
As he spoke he fixed his eyes
on Escobar and glared. Escobar
kept his hand on his gun. The
atmosphere was very tense for a
moment. Nobody spoke. Then
Matinee tactfully changed the sub
iect and the crisis passed.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Deer Season
Opens Sept /

Anxious nimrods are hereby
warned that the open season for
deer begins September 1st. Accord
ing to Game Warden Pat Daily,
woe unto him who taketh a crack
at a deer until the time is ripe, as
set forth in the law of our SOW
ereign state. " Somehow the idea
that the season opened two weeks
earlier got out and is hereby of
ficially knocked cold.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
NEW YORK GIANTS

SIGN LOCAL BOY
j Kenneth Lilly, Ashland boy.
has signed up with the New York
Giants and leaves Monday for
New York City. His parents here
received a wire this morning an
nouncing that the National league
ball club had taken Lilly at his
own terms. Since a recent visit
of Scout Dick Kinsella to the Pa
cific coast, on which Kinsella saw
Lilly perform AMI decided that
New York could use him, the Gi-
ants have gone after the Stanford
star hard While the terms of his
contract have not been given out
it is known that he is to receive
in the neighborhood of 5000 a
month.
Under his arrangements with
Manager McGraw, Lilly Is to be
allowed to return to Stanford on
October /, to go on with his stud
les at Stanford university, where
he is taking a postgraduate course
In law.
The New York outfield is compos-
ed Of "old-timers" who are begin
mink to slip and follower of the
game here believe that Lilly has
a good chance of making a reg
ular berth on the New York team.
Lilly is at Stanford finishing
up some business affairs there.
He will play tomorrow at Watson
vile and leave Monday for the
east. Mrs. Lilly leaves this after
noon for the south.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11

Captain Briggs, when interview
ed this morning, stated that he
had received no official notice re-
garding the steps which were be-
ing taken by Adjutant-General
White on behalf of the kin of the
boys who were killed. He states,
however, that efforts by the ad-
jutant-general will be backed in
every possible way from here.
Personally" Captain Briggs
said. II regard Ralph Fraley to
have given his life to his country
just as other boys who died in the
service during the war gave theirs,
and believe his parents are entit-
led to the same compensation that
parents Of boys killed in France
received"
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
Drunken Hogs
Gave Still AWAY

WHlTEBIIRG. Ark.--A drove
of intoxicated hogs has given pro-
hibition officers the clew that led
to seizure OF Il giant still and ar
rest of two men in Letcher county,
Kentucky. The hogs, according
to one of the prohibition officers,
were found on top of Il mountain
and were cutting weird capers."
A search and the discovery of the
still followed.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
by Ralph II. Turner
(U. p. Staff Correspondent

w. - ptuii WI licopohuchlj
SAN PEDRO, Mexico-Fran-
cisco villa has surrendered. At
ter years of banditry and defiance
of both the Mexican and the Uni
ted States governments, the ia
nous outlaw delivered himself
into the power OF the federals to-
day and drowned his sorrows in
a bottle of cognac.
The formal surrender ceremo-
MES will occur lateT, with pomp,
but Villa actually placed his per-
son in the hands of his former en-
dmies today. He met General
Martinez, federal commander, un-
der an old tree on a ranch five
miles from San Pedro. A half
dozen military representatives
were present where De la Huerta
with Martinez, awaited Villa.
He gallpped up in his customary
dashing style, swung from his
horse and waved his hand gaily
to the group Of officers.
There was a general handshak-
ing and then a bottle Of cognac
was produced. Villas differences
with the federal government were
speedily drowned in the fiery
liquor.
After the reformed" bandit had
taken sc'or9l swallows-without
a chaser-he passed the flagon on
and it went from hand to hand
and lip to lip around the circle,
eventually coming back to Villa.
After Pancho enjoyed a second
turn at the bottle, he sent 1t on its
journey again and said with a
smile:
"Pm ready now &c embrace my
worst. enemies"
The quip was appreciated by
the federals--who laughed loud
ly and manifested the utmost
friendliness for the "scourge of
Chihuahua"-the man who made
his name a terror to government
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
PORTLAND-Built of Oregon

P0RTLAND-Built of Oregon
timber, laden with full cargo Of
Oregon lumber, and owned and
managed in Portland, the six
masted schooner Oregon Fir will
put to sea for Australia in a few
days. following her sister ship the
Oregon Pine, which is already on
the high seas. These two schoon-
ers which we're purchased from
the shipping board as hulls and
completed by Grant Smith & Co.,
are the only deep-sea vessels own
ed in this state.
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ant upon preparing the Ashland
gun, which had fired a few min
utes before, for further firing.
His back swas to the gun which
exploded. A piece of shell struck
him in the shoulder and lodged
in his neck, severing the spinal
cord and causing instant death.
Dozens OF other Ashland boys
were around him at the time, but
only one other, Homer Elhart,
was struck. Elhart had a narrow
escape, a piece of shell tearing off
part of his hat brim and what
must have been a rock or falling
piece of steel, bruising his shoul-
der. That many more were not
hurt is attributed to the trees
around the guns, the battery pO-
sitions being in 4 copse of trees
in order to stimulate war condi-
tions, where concealment is nee
essary.
The fuse in the shells used
should arm" that is, become Ii
able to explosion on impact with
anything, after about 800 revo-
lutions of the shell, which spins
as does a rifle bullet, due to the
rifling. The defective fuse in
this instance detonated before the
projectile was half way out OF
the barrel. setting of the heavy
T. N. r. charge in the shell and
blowing the big gun to pieces.
Large chunks OF the gun were
found several hundred yards
away. One regular army man who
was sitting in Dodge car 900
yards behind the guns with heavy
timber between hir1 and the gun,
was slightly wounded by a piece
which took off the car door. On
the other hand, the man who pull
ed the lanyard on the gun and
was the nearest mar to it, was only
slightly stunned by the conclusion
and several who were standing
within 10 yards of the gun were
untouched.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11

The cattlemen or the county VIII
hold a big meeting at the library
at Medford at 1870 p. m, Satur-
day, August IA. The meeting Will
be devoted entirely to the general
discussion of cattle marketing.
There will be speakers from Cal
ifornia counties where they have
been holding regular cattle auc-
tion sales for fat cattle. These
sales have been very successful
in California and the experience
of these counties will be very val
liable at this time when the ques-
tion OF better marketing facilities
is before the cattlemen OF the
county.
This auction system has many
points in its favor. The cattle are
all sold at home on local weights
and grades, and also has great
educational feature, because the
cattlemen see that the good cat
tie bring the better price, and
consequently will make more OF
an effort to have better grade in
theHuture.
These sales will eliminate spec
ulators, because the packers will
send buyers direct TO these sales.
and consequently the cattlemen
will realize more money.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11

PRINEVILLE-The highest dam
in the northwest and the fourth
highest in the United States has
Just been finished four miles east
of here. 0chJco dam. as the
structure is known, is 1876 feet
high. 1000 feet long. 500 feet
thick at the base, and IS feet
wide at the top. The works Of
which II as a part will lrrigate
25. 900 acres.