Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-03-16

t the Ashland telegraph office, while /
he latter attended a meeting OF the !
rider Of Railroad Telegraphers held {
{ Portland Sunday.
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The Ashland High school has de-
ided to have both track and base l
all for the spring season Of sports. I
hey possess some good material in '
ach branch and with coach like u
Ir. Hughes at the head. should annex {
few records.
Edwin Fraser and Walter O'Don-
hue, both S. P. employees, took No.
. this morning for Rosebufg, Where
hey will witness the basketball game
,etween Ashland and Roseburg to-
light.
Mr.. Mcpherson has taken over the
Good Eats" restaurant on Fourth
treet and reports a good business.
Ie has adopted the "All White Help"
logan, which is very popular with
he roalroad men.
o.
Miss Blanche Hicks of the Ashland
Public Library deserves great credit
or the new technical books she. has
secured for the users OF the library
worthy of mention are the
books on Telegraphy, Wireless, Auto
mobiles and Railroads, principles
,f Railway Transportation" Rail ,
road Operation, Engineers Exam
nation" Automobile Handbook" are
nut few OF the series OF useful books
that may be obtained from the library
shelves.
Ashland people enjoyed hearing
the rendering OF the march composed
by Prof. Gilmore OF this city and
dedicated to the Ashland Civic Club
which was played on the pipe organ
at the vining theatre by E. Flat Bent
the popular organist, Saturday at-
ternoon and evening. Both the mu-
sic and performer were given gem
erous applause by the large attend
ance present.
President Humphreys OF the Or
der OF Railway Clerks, reports that
their meetings, held on the second
Tuesday OF each month, will prob
ably be changed from Grants Pass
to Medford. This change will be due
to the fact that the roads between
Grants Pass and Medford are much
better, enabling the members from
Grants Pass to attend with little diff
flculty.
A small sized riot has been stirred
up among the local railroad men it
is reported, on account Of the Good
Eats" restaurant going out of busi-
ness. The railroad men are the boys
that can spot a good restaurant as
far as some guys can spot a pretty
girl, and there is considerable numb
lings and grumblings in the under
current around the depot region.
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Bobby Foltz, son of F. S. FoltZ,
local Southern Pacific storekeeper,
has Just returned home from cali
fornia, where he has spent the past
six months on account OF his health
When he went south last September
he was in pretty serious condition
with heart trouble and pneumonia,
but the trip has brought him around
and he is now getting along all right.
Jean Harris, an employee oi the
Southern Pacific company, has been
forced to lay off for few days as
result of an ingrowing toe nail IL
seems that a second nail began to
grow under the original nail and was
forced down into the flesh. Both
naile were removed at local hos
pital and Mr.. Harris will probably be
able to go to work in a few days.
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This cleanup business in the city
does not only apply to the back
Yards. Saturday morning when No.
70 came in, the s. p. buildings and
employees were looking their best.
]. NJ. Scott, general passenger agent
for the entire Pacific system and j.
W. Fitzgerald, superintendent of the
Shasta division, were on No. -, the
former going through to Portland,
and the latter stopping here and TAX
ing No. l3 for Dunsmuir.
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The public should receive some
pretty good railroad service during
the present time. A large number
OF the freight trains that leave Ash
land daily are equipped with an en-
gineer on either side OF the engine
cab and quartet OF conductors for
a train crew.
Donald Dickerson, Phil Wolcott
and lady friends took hike to Horse
shoe Rock last Saturday afternoon
and report a wonderful time. 4