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


gone for a month or six weeks
Mrs. Mary Newman and daugh'
ter Agnes, of Harrison, Arkan'
sas, are visitors at the o, H. John
son home in this city, Mrs. New
man is Mrs. Johnson's sister
II. O. Frobach, secretary of the
AIedford Chamber of Commerce,
was visitor in this city yester-
day. Mr.. Frobach states that the
Medford Chamber, which had S97
members at the close of the Amer
lean City Bureau campaign, now
has 40S members.
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Rev. L. Myron BooZer has an
nounced that he will leave Med
lord to take charge of Presbyter-
ian work at the Oregon AgTicul-
tural college, which was offered
him. He resigned Sunday.
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President Louis Hill of the Great
Northern railroad was a passen-
ger on Train 13 yesterday. Mrs.
Hill and son were along, the party
travelling in a private car
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In the thunderstorm at Crater
lake late last night a sea gull had
a brain storm and followed down
enc of the lake buses, apparently
under the impression ii was a boat
bound for the sea. 1t came as far
as the S. p. depot, settled down
on the gravel walk and started
10 have a breakfast off geological
grape nuts. In tho midst OF its
meal the forest patrol airplane cir
cled over the city and started on
its regular flight to Alturas,
whereupon the dippy gull started
in pursuit and was last seen going
east over Roxy Anne.-Medford
Mail-Tribune. What may have
been the same gull was noticed
flying southwark over this city
Monday morning..
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The Weeks and Duel Del Rio
warehouse at Rock Point near
Gold Hill burned to the ground
Sunday evening about 10 o'clock |
at a loss estimated at $4,000
partly covered by insurance. The
packing house had Just been made
ready for packing. which was to
start Monday morning. There
were tw. car loads of box shook
on hand, car load Of paper and
all the usual packing equipment.
The origin of the fire is a mys-
terry.
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Cliff jenkins went out to Lake
OF the Woods the last of the week |
and returned with his wife Sun
day. She has ben spending a week
at the lake.
H. c. Stock was out to Lake of
the Woods, Sunday, and reports
a wet time getting in Sunday
night. He does not think the
storm hit as hard at the lake as 1t
did in the Dead Indian country
this side of the lake.
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Earl Hosler and Sim Morris and
families went down to Rogue Riv-
er Sunday, where the men folks
snagged out their usual full bas-
kets of steelhead.
d. j. Butcher of Portland is
here checking out and checking
in the accounts at the telephone
office Incidental to a change in
management. r. c. Riley leaves
soon for Eugene, his wife already
having preceded him. and the po-
sition of manager and wire chief
will be assumed by Harold Aiken.
Joe Kelley has arrived from Eu-
gene and will take Mr.. Aiken's
position of repairman. He is TAX
ing the house vacated by Mr.. Ri
ley. Mr.. Riley has made large
number of friends in Ashland who
regret his leaving.
Wesley Coleman was a visitor
from Hit, Sunday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. f. f Otis of Klam-
ath Falls were Sunday visitors in
Ashland.
Miss Hazel Smith is taking a
few days vacation from McGee's
store.
c. b. Hull and wife, of Monta-
que, spent Sunday in Ashland.
X. w. Sinclair and wife, OF Hood {
River, are among the tourist Wis
itors spending a few days in the
city.
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Sgt. F.J.Jirak ,sergeant-instruc- I
tor for the Coast Artillery. Ore !
gon National guard, arrived yes (
terday from Salem on one of his
periodical instruction trips.
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John Maly, who recently sold I
his tailor shop in the Hotel Aus '
lin block. is now employed at Paul- I
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