Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-01-28

months lnlS WINTER represented
Southern Oregon at the banquet and
conference of the national republi-
can committee which took place in
that city this week.
Councilman f. j. Shinn had his
knee badly bruised yesterday after
noon when pile of boards fell
against it in the Fowler
lumber yards, squeezing it against
another pile. 1t was feared at first
that the knee was fractured, but a
medical aid assured Mr., Shinn that
no bones were broken.
Lee Patterson of Portland, who
has been connected with tas Oskar-
Huber construction work on the Pa
cific highway, came back this week
after two months vacation and will
be engaged in the work going on now
in the valley.
Mrs. D. Perozzi had as her guest
over night Mrs. Lee Davenport of
Portland, who was on her way home
from San Francisco where she had
represented the state at the republi-
can national conference held the fore
part of the week in that city. Mrs
Davenport is chairman of the repub-
lican state advisory board, of which
Mrs. Perozzi is also a member. The
visitor left today for Medford, Rose
bug and Eugene whore she viii stop
and feel the political pulse for the
coming campaign.
Ralph French, who has been asso-
ciated with his father, +. T. French
in the Ashland Laundry company,
will leave tomorrow with his wife for
Portland where they will live. Mr..
French's place as driver Of the laun-
dry wagon will be taken by James
Slorah Of Medford.
Rev. p. K. Hammond rector Of
Trinity Episcopal church of this city,
leaves today for Portland, where he
will attend a convention of his
church in session there. Mr.. Ham
mond wi. preach in st. Marks church
in that city tomorrow.
DR.. S. A. Danford is back from a
three weeks revival meeting held in
klamath Falls. He reports these
meetings as highly successful, with
upwards of 1000 conversions.
The seven and one-half acres of
land above the Boulevard belonging
to F. p. Schneider Of Tacoma, for
merly of Ashland, was acquired this
week by Dwight Roys. The trans
action was made by the Beaver
Realty company.
A. c. Godfrey or Los Angeles, who
lived in Ashland some twenty years
ago, stopped over Wednesday to vis-
It with the Homes family south OF
Ashland and incidentally to note the
growth and prosperity Of the town
Of his earlier years. Mr.. Godfrey is
returning to Los Angeles after a visit
with his sisters, Mrs. F. NJ. Carter
and Mrs. Percy Morse of Eugene.
The Godfreys and the Homes are
from the same place in Illinois
Twenty-four cars of sheep were un-
loaded in the local stock yards last
night and were fed by the Ashland
Transfer company.
W. ]. Darham of Dallas, one of
the brothers who have purchased
the timber tract on the Siskiyous with
a view to developing it, has come to
Ashland.
Mrs. HELEN Bonner of Chicago,
H., arrived today to visiLher daugh-
ter, Mrs. Marie Edwards, at Phoenix.
Earl Brown of Belleview, who has
been quite i'll with mumps and grip,
is very much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Carey leave
today for Salem to visit with son
for a time.
The death of B. r. Willitts, for
mer well known resident of Ashland,
occurred recently in Portland where
the deceased had been living for
some time. Mr.. Willitts will be re-
membered by the old-timers of the
city when he lived here many years
ago, and was known by all as Rush"
Willitts.
Miss Louise Gillette, who has been
bookkeeper in the dry goods store
of ]. II. McGee for the past year, has
resigned her position and leaves
there today. In about week Miss
Gillette expects to go to San Fran
cisco to enter a business college.
On account of the freezing weather
the Elks lodge has been unable to
have the new tiled entrance to their
club rooms completed. They had
hoped to have it finished before the
big event 80 be staged there today,
but will have TO be content with the
covering of, boards and sawdust
which hides fhe artistic work bploW