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The Washington times., 1920-07-20
NEWPORT X. l..
Sometime in July.

Sometime in July.
We ARE here.
ON A ferry boat
ON SUNDAY morning.
AND LEAVING tn. ferry.
A GUIDE grabbed US.
AND WE let him in.
AND HE made a speech
AND ADDED.
~IF YOU'LL turn to the right.
-AT THE next corner"
AND 1 did.
AND AFTER that
FOR AN hour.
WE DROVE along.
PAST BIG gates.
AND STONE fences.
AND IRON fences.
AND vAsDERBnTs.
AND AsToRs.
AND PAYNE whitneys.
AND AUGUST Belmonts.
AND DRExELs;
AND MORGANs.
AND CLARKs.
AND GOULDs.
AND eoELETs,
AND II. Suffern Taylor.
AND THE last name.
1T SEEMED to me.
The Washington times., 1920-07-20
We TOW NE GOSSIP
IL Registered u. g. Patent Once
BY X. c. b.

THAT THE guide liked 1t.
AND THE way he said it,
1T SOUNDED p.Of.ne,
AND HE kept saying it,
AND HE'D say il.
WITH AN exclamation point.
AND ON the way.
1T BEGAN to rain,
AND THE guide said.
1T WOULD kill his business.
FOR THE day,
AND A bad Sunday:
MEANT A big loss.
TO ALL of the guides.
AND JUST then.
HE POINTED again.
AND SAID.
.THERE'S ANOTHER view.
"OF THE residence.
"OF II. sutrern Taylor''"
AND ANYWAY.
WE LEFT Newport
AND THREE hours later.
WERE BOWLING along.
AND A wheel went fiat
AND l stopped;
AND EXCLAIMED.
'H. sUFFERN Taylor"
AND GOT out.
AND FIXED It,.
l THANK you.
The Washington times., 1920-07-20
PLANO FALLS; MAN JUMPS
UNDERNEATH TO SAVE IT

PHILADELPHIA. July 20.-Jump-
ing under a falling piano to save IL
from breaking. John Clark. thirty
four years old. was severely injured.
He Is in the Woman's Homeopathic
Hospital.
Clark was moving the piano from a
The Washington times., 1920-07-20

truck. II suddenly slipped and listed
TO one side. Clark jumped under IT,.
He was injured in both legs and the
abdomen. Physicians believe mat
treses wrapped around the piano
saved his life.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26
SOv|ETS WANT TO
 MEET IN LONDON
Begin Move to Secure Allied
 Recognition

Paris. July 26.-The proposal by inc Russian soviet government for q conference in London with all he Allies will be the subject of an ex- change Of views between Franca and Great Britain. II k possible tha; Pre- mi,rs Lloyd George and Millcrand will meet during tho week for discugzion Of tho reply To hc made 10 Moacow.
 Ns viewed here the soviet goveri- Icnt has seized thr Allied demand tor an arrnisti with Poland as a prctcx; Tor return of the original tov.ci cam pa gn for o:fic!a1 recogni- lion of the Moscow govcrnment and pol ual circles in Paris regard the mapruver a. g skiurul on" which has placrd som~ nf she All'cs particula Iy Franc. in a ':rlicat" poslt on.
 Fra Cn h.. nnt ceased to consider the sns ict government as an irregu- lar one. not Ut ported by tn" free will of the reonl-' and cons0ques1tly it has resisted all @c''o with reference to Eussia that m'Eht even remotely be cons dcred as recognition.
 IL is pointed out that Premier Lloyd George spoke for all the Allies. how ever. when he communicated with the soviet authorities Gemanding that they stop the forward movement on tho Polish frontier and asking them to arrange an armistice to he followed by a conference of delegates from all the countries bordering on Russia.
 Thus il is admitted now for the first ;ime in political circles hero that France may he forced into position where she will he brought to recog nize the soviet but ii is declared she will do SO only after due guarantees arc given that the fsussian foreign debt will he paid
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26

 hospital are among tlte victims to testify.
 The Secret Service operatives are making a nation wide search for one soldier who. totally blind, is believed 10 have been swindled out of $1,400 just week before the government took up an investi gation of the con spiracy. This man disappeared soon Utter he had been paid part of his GlD i'm
 In the course Of the investigation It has developed that u number or the defendants have alleged false claims against the government and have dr:,wi. sums as high as $500 for bogus claims.
 Senator Snnoot of Utah will urge thorough investigation of the War Risk Insurance Bureau as soon as he returns to washinCton. Col. F.. c. Cholmeiey-Jones. director of the bu- reau. is making a searching inyesti-
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26
INDIAN i23 YEARS OLD
Cherokee Ell, Oldest Known Living Person, Still Hobbies About With Canc-Was Born in 15e7. r

Grand Junction. Col. July 26.- Cherokee Bill, veteran of the plains and soldier m the War of 1872, has just celebrated his I23I birthday at the county home here.
 Cherokee Bil is the only name he knows. In the early days of the country he fought with bow and arrow with the aborigines and even use that primitive weapon, he says. when he fought the British m 1912, enlisting in the army when he was 15 years old. He was born June 6, I1s7, and was twice listed in the United states census as me oldest na- tive of Americl.
 The aged Indian recently made ? cap for himself out of the down of cat-tails and wears this proudly when he hobbies along the streets occa- sionaIly with the aid Of a cane he has owned since the Civil war. He is getting feeble, though he still has a good appetite.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26
ANTI-LIQUOR CAMPAIGN
Paraguay Has Plan for Gradually Bringing About Prohibition-WilI Restrict Sale.


 Asuncion, July 26 Persons arrest ed for drunkenness more than three times d year m Paraguay will be con- sidered confirmed drunkards and their photographs posted in saloons and police stations under the provi- sions of bill which has been ap- proved by the senate and is now be- fore the lower house.
 The law would also forbid the sale of liquor in theaters, moving picture houses. race tracks and other places of public gathering and within two hundred meters of places where la borers work. The president is em- powered to issue d decree determining g the alcoholic content of intoxicating liquors and fixing other restrictions tending to make their consumption less injurious to the public health. Provision is also made for anti-alco- holic propaganda in the public schools.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26
HUNTER SHOT BY OWN GUN.
Stumbled on Doorstep and Killed By
 Discharge of Weapon.

Hampton, Mass. July 26.-Thor Statenberg. IS, was found dead in the rear of the home of Peter Molin in South Bend. There was a bullet wound in his left chest just above the heart. A discharged shotgun lay on the doorstep. Investigation by Medical Examiner Mahoney and Deputy sheriff Leyden resulted in the finding of death due to accident.
 It is supposed that Statenberg, who lived alone and who had been hunting for two days approached the Molin home and stumbled over a step in the dark. In .llling the gun is believed to have been discharged
New Britain herald., 1920-07-26
R SWINDLE AR VETERANS
|vice Rounding Up
 ed COnSpiratOrS

h, July 26,---Ono of the Ic spectaclcs ever pre- burt house will be shown
 orning whom thirty-tlve rf and Enssed World
 ' appear before Il grand
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17

The school district has just
closed a contract for $50 cords of
wood with the Williams brothers
of the Barron district. This will
be sufficient to supply all the
schools for one year. The pur-
chase price is SS a cord.
W. II. McNair is back from
Portland where he had been spend
ing several days on business.
The funeral of the 9-years-Old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Irwin,
who died Wednesday night, was
held from Stocks undertaking
parlors this afternoon at o'clock.
Services were conducted by Chris
tiOn Scientists, and interment was
made in Mountain View cemetery.
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Mrs. Anna Zigler is the owner
of a handsome new Overland au-
tomobile which she purchased this
week from the Overland-Marcy
garage.
Mrs. r. j. Luke of Frederick was
an Ashland shopper today.
The stone house on Sixth street
belonging to George Monroe of
Eugene has recently been pur-
chased by Donald Stevens, who
will reside there.
The funeral of the late Thomas
Beagle will take place tomorrow
afternoon at | o'clock from the
Stock undertaking parlors, con-
Quoted by Rev. C. A. Edwards of
the Methodist church. Interment
will be made in the Jacksonville
cemetery.
J. II. Williamson and family are
newcomers to Ashland and will
soon locate in their residence they
recently purchased.
l.. j. Orres had business which
took him to Medford yesterday.
The f. E. Kenyon place of about
one acre has been purchased by
Lieutenant James Q. Adams. Bill
lings' agency made the trade.
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j. II. Williamson and Charles
Morton have gone down into Cal
ifornia where they have obtained
employment.
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Henry Stute of Woodburn, .
former resident, is here this week
looking after his property inter-
ests in this city.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17

Mr.. and Mrs. F.. J. Shinn left
Saturday night for Portland tC
spend a few days with their son
Neil, who is in that city attending
a dental college.
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Quite frequent rains for the
coming week is forecasted by the
weather bureau. This will be in
the north and central portions ot
the state, and generally fair in tht
south portions with nearly nor
NAL temperature.
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William Hintze of Redwing.
Mimi, a former resident of Ash,
land, is in the city today lookinl
after business affairs and calling
on old-time acquaintance.
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Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Stoney of
Long Beach, Calf, are in Ashland
for the benefit of their health
They are occupying apartments in
the Allen building.
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Robert |. Ellis, a Southern Pa
cifiC switchman of Oakland, drove
from that city to Ashland in his
Cadillac last week and visited for
several days with the afmily of c.
r. Rose. Mr. Ellis reported that
it started in to rain after he LEFT
Redding. and the roads we're quite
bad all the way here on account
of it. He left this morning for
Grants Pass where he will locate
on ranch he is improving in the
Applegate district.
Mrs. C. B. Glison left today
with her husband, who is serious
ly i'll, for San Francisco whoro
the latter will enter a hospital for
treatment.
Mrs. Oscar Fansteen of Madison.
Calf, arrived in Ashland Fri
day night and will visit for some
time with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Patterson, and other rel
atives.
John Pohland of Reno, New, is
in Ashland, visiting with hi
mother, Mrs. H. F.. Pohland.
Miss Kathryn Miller, a teacher
in the Junior high school, is able
to resume her duties this week
after being absent for several days
on account of illness.
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George NJ. Robson and Otto Nc
Michel went down to Fern Valley
yesterday afternoon to witness
the starting of the oil well drilling
in that vicinity.
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Miss Elene Robinson of Grants
Pass dropped i'm Saturday and
spent the day with Mrs. J. l.. Heer
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17

Mrs. NJ. E. Riley, a former resi-
dent OF Ashland but who has been
living in Texas for several years,
is back in Ashland and expects
TO locate here again. Mrs. Riley
is delighted to return to this sec
tion, which she claims is the best
in the world.
Rev. w. w. YounPston, one OF
the leading Methodist clergymen
of portland, has been secured to
preach a sermon to the Knights
Templar in the local Methodist
church on Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Hardewald accompanied
the MacAdams children to Med
ford this week where the latter
underwent an operation in which
their tonsils were removed.
Mrs. Howard Buer of Spokane,
Wash, and Mrs. Gertrude Fussy of
Rathdrum, Idaho, are expected
in Ashland tomorrow morning
and will be guests at the homes
of Mrs. T. II. Simpson on North
Main street and Mrs. II. j. Carter
On Alta avenue.
A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Fahs at one of the
local hospitals this morning.
John Harris Of Hornbrook has
accepted a position as second trick
operator with the Southern Pa
cific company in this city. He has
assumed its new duties.
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Mrs. Joseph Policy has gone to
Corvallis where she will make a
home for her two daughters, Miss
Minnie and Evangeline, who are
at the Agricultural college. They
will remain there during the rest
OF the school year.
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Miss Matte Turner of Talent
came up this morning to spend
the week end with her aunt, Mrs.
George Robson.
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Provost Brothers closed a con
tract yesterday for the plumbing
of eleven new bungalows and i
new hotel to be built by the Fruit
Growers Supply Company at Hit
Calf.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17

]. T. Decker was a visitor IN
Montague during the past week.
Mrs. Alene Bomar Flynn, daugh-
ter of Mrs. c. NJ. Bonar of this
city, is gaining an enviable repu-
tation' as an advertisement illus
traitor in San Francisco. Several
stores and business places in the
city are publishing advertisements
with illustrations designated by
Mrs. Flynn, who makes most at,
tractiye pictures for this purpose.
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Mr., and Mrs. w. J. Mclean OF
Window, MINI, and Mrs. b. b.
Sutlilt of the Moody Bible nsti-
tue of Chicago, arrived in Ashland
Saturday and are guests at the
home of their cousin, Mayor c. b.
Lamkin. incidentally the mayor
states he is going to locate them
here.
II. 0. Frobgcn, the newly elect
ed secretary of the Medford Cham
Der of Commerce, has arrived at
his new destination from Three
Forks, Montana, and together
with his wife is looking up a To-
cation preparatory to assuming
his duties the first of April. Mr..
.Frohbach was former secretary OF
the Ashland Chamber of Com
mere, and was q caller on his for
mer friends and acquaintance
here Saturday afternoon.
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Grover c. Walters, aged 20
years, died in Phoenix Friday
night from injuries sustained by
falling from a building the fore
noon of the same day. He was
well known and was a popular
young man in thai community.
Funeral services were held from
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17
FRIDAYS NEWS

Mrs. Homer Barron is recover
ing nicely from an operation per-
formed at a local sanitarium.
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Mrs. Lena Brittson has returned
home from Yreka where she has
been caring for her mother, Mrs.
Susan Butler, who has been quite
sick with the "flu."
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Word comes from Miss Helen
Walker that she is now in Seattle
visiting her cousin, Mrs. Hanson.
While in Portland she was the
guest of Miss Zelma Gaines, for
mer Ashland girl.
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Mrs. Frank Snyder of Belleview
has returned from a two weeks
visit with friends at Goldendale,
Wash.
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Mrs. Gertie Lucke of Beach
street had the misfortune to in
iure her hand quite badly one
day this week. She was washing
and a steel pin in the garment
she was rubbing broke off in her
hand and had to be cut out by
a physician. The wound is heal
ing nicely although very painful.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Presbyterian church held an all
day sewing at the church today.
Mrs. Elva Hobart. pastor Of the
Free Methodist church OF this
city, has gone to Alameda, Calf,
10 spend the coming three weeks.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17
Local and Personal
WEDNESDAY'S NEWS

Attorney W. j. Moore is home
from Los Angeles where he and
Mrs. Moore had been spending
several weeks. The latter has
been seriously i'll during her So
journ in California and was una
BILE. to accompany her husband
home. She Is now in sanitarium
In Los Angeles
Mrs. ]. L. Logan, telegraph OPP
orator at Siskiyou, was a business
caller in Ashland today.
Mrs. ]. B.. Winner is up from
Medford is spending a couple OF
days in Ashland.
Elmer AshCraft Of Seattle is
spending a couple of days in Ash
land visiting with the parents. He
expects to go from here to Nevada
to locate. His wife will come
here shortly to visit for time
before joining her husband.
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b. r. Stevens, who has been liv-
ing in Weed for some time, is
moving back to Ashland and will
reside here.
+. C. Hollbaugh, one of the en-
terprising ranchmen from the Val
ley View district, was an Ashland
business visitor yesterday.
Ralph Cowgirl and Frank Far
rell were up from Medford last
evening attending the banquet
given by the American Legion at
the Hotel Austin.
Larkin Grubb is confined to the
house this week with severe cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kimball of
klamath Falls were in Ashland
yesterday. They stopped off here
to call on friends while on their
way home from Eugene.
A fine rain fell at intervals yes
terday, and has been of inestima-
BILE benefit in the valley. Consid-
erable snow fell in the mountains
also, which will add greatly to the
water supply.
r. f. Hall, an S. P. employe,
had the misfortune to smash his
foot while working in the local
yards Sunday. He left last even
ing for the Southern Pacific hos
pital in San Francisco, accom-
panied by his wife.
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Henry Carter of this city has
placed an order with LeVon Zun-
del, the Medford automobile man,
for a Nash six car.
An invitation has been extended
TO Ashland through the CONNER
cial Club to take part in the Rose
Festival at Portland which will
be staged the week beginning
June 20.
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Charlie Slade, is able to be
around again after a severe at
tack of pneumonia which has kept
him indoors for several weeks.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17
THURSDAYS NEWS

The Sunshine club asks for used
garments or any discarded aTti-
cles from the households Of the
city, which are being unearthed
during the annual spring house
cleaning. This club looks after
the needy in the city and repairs
and makes over garments donat ID
for the use of the lnfOrtunGtes
and also fits them Ort with any
necessary household articles to
help out those who are needing
this help.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Beagle were
called in this week from the Gel
bish camp on the Green Springs
mountain by the sickness and
death of their brother, Thomas
Beagle.
Miss Alma Ross, who has been
sick for several weeks, has re-
sumed her duties as teacher in
the Junior high school,
w. r. Nyswaner, one OF the
business men of Talent, was an
Ashland visitor today.
D. B. Grant OF Portland is a
guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Blake, this week.
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Clarence Melvin Irwin, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. irwin,
died at 1870 O'Clock this. morning
at the home of his parents on
Scenic Drive, after a short illness
No arrangements have yet been
made for the funeral.
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G.. A. Briner of Wagner creek
is in Ashland under the care of
one Of the local physicians taking
treatment for neuritis.
E. A. Crandell of the En-
ers' Indemnity association o. .Jrt-
land, was a business y.sitor
"Wednesday.
Friends of Rev. w. L. Mellin-
gers family will be pleased to
hear that MaxOn Mellinger re-
Gently took the life-saying exami-
nation in Ogden, and was the only
one out of 200 to pass. Maxon
is accredited with being the
youngest live-saver in the state.
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Thomas ]. Beagle died yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock after a
short illness due to pneumonia.
Mr.. Dagle had been staying at
the home Of his brother, James
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17
A REAL STOCK AND GRAIN
FARM

$50 acres alfalfa, timothy, grain
and pasture, with large out
range, two irrigation ditches,
plenty of water, iood buildings,
located on paved road, foW
miles from railroad station, eli
ovation 1900 feet. All ncces
sary machinery and tools, team
and harness. A very produc-
tive ranch mostly level rich
land and can be had on terms
for $50 per atle, or if taken
before March 18th, 100000.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17

] DpobAS bN ohh Nuo OlAV
of the entire family who has been
i'll with influenza for the past
week. The others are all report
ed better. No funeral arrange
ments have been made as yet, on
account of waiting to hear from
distant relatives.
Mrs. c. C. Cole arrived on train
No. 54 last evening from Oakland,
Calf, to make an extended visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. D0ran.
At meeting of the city school
board held Tuesday night the
principals for the three schools
were elected. MessH, Forsythe
and Wilson were reelected to the
Senior High and Junior High re-
spectiyely, and Miss Ila Myers was
elected principal to the Hawthorne
school. She succeeds Miss Gretch-
en- Kreamer. who will enter o. A.
c. next year. The rest of the fac
ulty will be elected later.
Miss Anna Payne, clerk at Jor-
dams electrical store, is able to
be out again after ten-days'
siege of influenza. Her mother,
Mrs. c. y. Payne, has also been
q victim Of the same disease, and
is now able to be around the
lOuse.
Mrs. Mary Freeman and sons
Charles and Edwin, arrived in
Ashland yesterday from Denver,
Colo, where they had been max
ing an extended sojonrn. Charles
Freeman had been in a military
hospital there ever since returning
from France, and his mother and
brother had joined him in Denver
eight months ago.
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The W. r. VegEte property at
47S Allison street has been sold
to Mrs. l.. b. Jackson, a newcomer
to Ashland, who will take posses
sion at once. This sale was made
through the Beaver Realty COM
pany.
Mrs. May +. Withrow was a cal
Ter from Talent yesterday after
noon.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Mcguire,
who have been spending several
weeks in Roseville, Calf, are back
again in Ashland and will make
their home here.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Anderson
of Bridgeport, Wash, have come
to Ashland to remain for several
weeks, while the former takes
treatment at a local hospital.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs
George Baughman is quite sick
at present. Mrs. Baughman, the
mother, who has also been i'll, is
making a recovery,
Miss Brundage, one of the
teachers of the Junior High
school, has resumed her duties af-
ter a weeks illness.
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Mrs. T. j. Malmgren of Phoe-
nix, who has been reported very
i'll during the past month, is re-
covering. Mrs. Malmgren is well
known in Ashland where she had
been conducting classes in French
during this winter, and her many
friends will be glad to hear of her
regaining her health.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Long of
Grants Pass are spending several
days in Ashland this week visiting
friends.
Mrs. Victoria Nicholson under
fent a serious operation at a To-
cal hospital yesterday. She stood
the ordeal well, it is stated, and
is recovering nicely.
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DR.. C. F. Scheller left on the
midnight train Tuesday for Wood
land, Calf, where he expects to
locate.
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Mrs. S. S. Smith of Medford and
her sister, who has lately come out
from Kansas, were Ashland visi-
tors this afternoon.
FRIDAYS NEWS