Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-11
LOCAL and PERSONAL
FRIDAYS NEWS

ferguson, slSterln-laW OF Mr.. Fer
guson. The funeral of Mrs. Fer
guson took place this afternoon,
Miss Aaileen Hickey of Duns-
muir who stopped off in Ashland
from visit in Portland and spent
three days with the Misses Ruger
left for her home last evening.
She was accompanied to Dunsmuir
by Miss Gertrude Bissell.
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ID H. BarneDurg, VINO recently
purchased the Turner residence on
North Main street, has moved into
his new home. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Turner have returned to Long
Beach after spending the past
month here closing out their Ash
land interests.
Mrs. j. X. Benson and Mrs. Pearl
Hendricks OF Myrtle Point are
guests at the home OF l.. A. Rob
erts on Nutley street this week.
Mrs. Benson is the mother OF Mrs.
Roberts.
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John Taylor of the willamette
valley has been q guest at the
home of J IL Greenwood on Lib
orty street during the past week.
Mr.. Greenwood and Mrs. Taylor
were boyhood friends and school
mates, and had not seen one an
ether for so years.
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Tom Murphy, the Medford man
who shot up-or at least at
George Douglas OF that city when
the latter wanted to come into
his house to sample some home
brew he was cooking, was fined
500 and even 80 days for VIC
lating the bone dry law Wednes-
day. He will face 2 charge of at
tempting to kill ct the October
term of court.
Residents of Rogue River ap-
peared before the county court
Thursday and asked that a strip
of pavement 20 feet long be laid
from the Pacific highway to the
west side of the Rogue river bridge
In order to give Rogue, ,River-the
town, not the stream-access 10
the paved highway. The court
will 90 down and lock the prop
Osition over.
Miss Edith Merriman, daughter
of William Merriman of the South
ern Pacific company, is a guest
from Oakland at the home of Mrs.
c. II, Peirce this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hill and
little daughters, who spent a fort
night vacation in Los Angeles and
other points in the south, are
back home again. According to
Mr.. Hill, the earth's tremors in
Los Angeles were 4 little too fire.
quent for much comfort, although
nature kindly withheld all her
shakes during their stay there.
The day before hev arrived in he
southern city a quake had taken
place, while another followed the.
day after they left, but during
their sojourn they did not expert
ence any earthquakes. Still, Ash
land seemed good and safe to
them on their arrival home.
Mrs. ]. H. Fuller is entertain
ing two friends from the east at
her home on North Main street.
These are Miss EudOra Snyder,
principal of a school in New York
city, and Miss Alice Palmer, a
teacher from Atlantic City, N. j.
These ladies are making an ex-
tensive tour through the coast
states, and stopped off in Ashland
to visit their former friend for
couple of days.
A 1O-pound son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Namely, Wednes-
day at a local hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newson Harrison
left Wednesday evening for a trip
to Crater lake, to be gone for
several days.
T. N. Humphreys, who recently
purchased a pruno orchard in
Douglas county, left for his new
home yesterday. Mrs. Humphreys
and daughter Mildren joined him
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Barber have
purchased a new Ford and have
built a garage on Granite street.
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Miss Elizabeth Schaumloeffel
and Elbert Grer are spending the
week end at the Dunn ranch.
/ Miss Flora, Francis and Ruth
Green, Dorothy and Ono Ge Bauer
enjoyed a camping trip with Mrs.
Green as chaperono.
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Miss Eleanor Greer and Mrs.
Newland have taken house on
Granite street belonging to V. V.
Mills.
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