Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
FRIDAYS NEWS

FRIDAYS NEWS
DR.. ]. b. Webster is making IA
business trip to Portland for several
days this week.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Wagner and daughter,
Elizabeth, were guests of Medford
friends over Wednesday night
Mrs. Henry Carter of Mountain
avenue is visiting friends in Cali
fornia this week.
Harry Paul Gustafson, who served
for three years in the navy hospital
corps in the Philippines. return home
on Christmas day to unexpectedly
gladden. the hearts of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Gustafson. The
young man has been honorably dis
charged from the service.
Mrs. s. L. Allen has recently nego-
tiated two sales of properties through
lfer real estate office. These are
the ]. II. Lozer home and lot on Lau-
rel street which was purchased by
Attorney W. ]. Moore and the w. s.
Stennett house and lot on Oberlin
street purchased by j. NJ. Poole.
Mrs. Harry A. Wagner of North
ern California was an Ashland visi-
tor this week.
Frank Motion, the officer from
San Quentin penitentiary who was
in Ashland this week in charge Of
the prisoner whom he was returning
from Seattle, is a brother-in-law of
James Fewel of Mechanic street and
of Joshua Patterson of Talent. These
men both enjoyed visiting Mr. Mol
ton, whom they had not seen for
many years. Mr.. Motion has been
employed at San Quentin for the past
30 years and is always detailed to go
after dangerous criminals.
At a meeting of the directors OF
the Citizens Bank held December
81, in addition to declaring the Gus
tomary dividend the directors voted
to carry a surplus fund of $500 out
of the earnings of 1919 This brings
the surplus up to $4,000, which is
the maximum amount the law re-
quires. This bank was organized
in November, 1910, and started out
with a paid up surplus of $4,000 in
addition to the $4,000 capital stock.
The other $4,000 has been accumu-
lated since out OF the earnings.
Mrs. II. Mattern had the misfor-
tune to fall Wednesday afternoon
and fracture two bones in her arm.
She slipped on the front steps Of her
home and fell down the flight. The
injury is a very painful one and one
will incapactate her for some time
Misses Lilly and Arndt, who have
been holiday guests of friends in
Ashland, left for their homes last
evening, the former going to Port
land and the latter to her home In
San Francisco
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dougherty
who have been spending the Christ
mas holidays with the formers pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Dougherty
in this city, returned to their home
in Dunsmuir Wednesday night.
Mrs. F. Mcdonald Of Tacoma is a
guest of Mrs. Isaac Crisp for a few
days. Mrs. Mcdonald has daughter
teaching in the state whom she had
been visiting, so she continued hel
trip to Ashland to pay visit to hel
old-time friend.
Mrs. Susan T. Neil of Portland is
in Ashland visiting relatives ant
friends while on her way to Pail
Alto where she will locate this win
ter, as teacher of music in the Gas
tellejo school for girls.
Tom Peach, clerk in the White
House grocery, has come home from
La Grande where he had been spend
ing a vacation with former friends
Local athletes were much inter
ested in the big football game played
in Pasadena yesterday between Har
ward and the University of Oregon
While the score resulted in favor
of Harvard with score of Z to 6. II
was so close that it was practically
toss-up from the beginning of thf
second half to the end.
SATURDAYS NEWS
T. II. Harrington and family re