Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-17
Local and Personal
TUESDAYS NEWS

age OF tue pIOpOseu lNo Hllll taA
measure for common school Dur-
poses, to be voted on at the May
election.
q Among the company officers Sc
lected from the senior class at the
Oregon Agricultural college mil
itary tournament held there ap-
pears the name of MorriCe G. kae-
81 of Ashland, who received a
commission of second lieutenant.
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Mrs Anne Stephenson, who mas
been spending several weeks with
her son, George Stephenson, near
Grants Pass, has returned home.
County Treasurer Myrtle Blake
ley has rendered her resignation
to the county court, to take effect
as soon as possible She has done
this to accept a position with the
Beaver Cement company at Gold
Hill, and expects to assume charge
OF the company's office the latter
part of this week. Mrs. Blakely
is serving her second term as
county treasurer, the expiration
of which will not occur until next
January.
The Talent Farmers club will
hold a get-together meeting in
the /. o. o. F. hall at Talent next
Friday evening, beginning at s
o'clock. County Agent C. C. Cate
will talk on matters pertaining
to the county farm bureau. Prof
F. c. Reimer will tell about agri-
culture in China, George A.
Mansfield, president of the county
farm bureau, and Miss Pool, coun-
ty home demonstration, will inter
est the women of the community
with a talk on her department.
The directors of the Talent irriga-
ton district will make a detailed
report on the status of the district,
and refreshments will be served
by the ladies of the Talent Com
munity club.
This section of the valley has
been receiving considerable snow
and rain for the past three or
four days which is going far to-
wards thoroughly wetting the
ground and proving a great bless
ing to the farmers. The fact that
snow has covered all the noun
tains and foothills out of the city
On the mountain roads report wa
ter running down the roads in tor
rents, showing that the snow and
rain in the mountains has been
great within the past week. The
only fear is that the rain and
snowfall has come so late in the
season it will not do the good it
would had it fallen early in the
winter.
The Como Fiero orchard north
Of Central Point has been sold
to Lieutenant Paul Scherer of
Pasadena, for a consideration OF
$4,000. Lieutenant Schurer is
now in the U. S. navy, but will be
discharged in May, after which he
will move to his new ranch.
Mrs. Harry Silver, who was
called to Cottage Grove a couple
Of weeks ago by the illness OF her
daughter, Miss Madeline Silver,
who is one of the corps of teach.
ers in the public schools there,
returned home last evening, ac-
companied by her daughter. Miss
silver will remain at home until
she is fully recovered from her
attack of influenza.
Mrs. Larkin Grubb of the Me.
Gees drygoods clerical force, is
among the sick today.
Mrs. w. j. Wallace, who was
called to Seattle some time ago
by the sickness of : sister, has re-
turned home.
The electric sanding machine
that has been employed on the
floor of the Ashland Armory has
finished its work and the floor is
now ready for a dressing of oil
and wax which will soon put il in
shape to be one. of the finest
dancing floors in Southern Ore
gon.
Mrs. s. c. Gavin is reported to
be very i'll at her home on Iowa
street, suffering with neuralgia
of the head. She was little bet
ter today.
Addison Helms, aged II, is
proving himself a full-fledged
financier. Last spring Addison
took advantage of the offer the
banks made to school boys and
girls, and borrowed IS from one
of the local banking institutions
with which he purchased a pig
This he raised until a short time