Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-12-15
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
TUESDAYS NEWS

the sales OF Christmas seals which
have been on sale during the past
month. This city's share of the coun-
Tvs quota is S275, which amount has
already been raised. The sale OF
Christmas seals win still continue un'
I'll Christmas day, rs all wish to use
these attractive little s.ickers on their
Christmas packages and letters. and
if anyone runs shoTs in their supply
they can be procured either at the
Rexall Drug store or the Boot Shop.
Twenty-Five per cent of the money
raised by the sale of Christmas seals
is kept in the county to be used on
local cases of distress.
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Mrs. Razor, who has been spend
ing the past two months in Califor-
MIA. has returned TO her home in this
city
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The house of Mrs. Henry Apple
gate on the Dead Indian road mar
rowly escaped being burned to the
ground last Saturday, when "a fire
started in a bedroom in some un-
known manner and entirely consumed
the contents. When discovered the
fire was eating its way into the walls
of the room, but the family succeeded
in putting out the blaze with buck
cts of water. Miss Lena Provost, who
teaches school in that district and
boards with Mrs. Applegate. lost the
most of her belongings by the fire.
Mrs. DeVaney, who mas been living
in the Allen apartments for several
months, expects to leave this week
for California, to be gone all winter.
Mrs. Edwards, an aged lady resid'
ing on Oak street, who has been seri
ously ill for several weeks, is re-
ported very much better and hopes
are entertained for her retavery.
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Ernest Peachey is in Portland
spending the week. During his alb
sence Mrs. Peachey is staying with
her sister-in-law, Mrs. NJ. c. Kinney.
AL LaMoss and family Of Winters,
Calf, expect to arrive in Ashland
in a few days to make their home.
They have rented the Meikle home
stead on street where they will
reside. =
Issac Crisp left yesterday for Port
land on business trip. Mrs. Crisp
expects to join him in a few days
and they will visit In that city.
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Mrs. Halleck, sister of Mrs. G. H.
Ketchum, who has been the latter's
guest for the past week or so, re-
turned to her home in McCloud to-
day.
A. B. Cornell, the well known Ore
gon Life Insurance man of Grants
Pass, was in Ashland yesterday call
ing on his many friends throughout
the city. While here Mr.. Cornell dis
tributed among his acquaintances a
number of the attractive calendars
this company produces each year.
Guests from Washington who are
in Ashland stopping at the Hotel Co.
lumbia are, C. l.. Leonard and wife
of Tacoma; G. S. Berg of Seattle, C.
e. Raymond of Centralia and D. B.
Hutchings Of Carson.
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The traffic between Grants Pass
and Crescent City has been tied up
for some time by the heavy snowfall
on Oregon mountain which has made
it impossible for automobiles to get
across. The stages go to the foot
of the mountain and the passengers
go over the worst place on foot or
horseback. The snow has reached a
depth OF about four feet on the noun
tain.-Grants Pass Courier.
The wreck on the Southern Pacific
at Hugo Sunday night. which caused
a delay of all southbond trains was
caused by three cars. two. box cars
and a gondola loaded with lumber.
jumping the track All were badly
damaged. the gondola being iammed
endwise into the bank. One box car
was overturned and the third was
lying on the upturned car The wreck
er went out from Ashland and cleared
the tracks, but all trains were delay
ed several hours.