Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-12-20
(From Mondays Daily
Who VIII Winter in South?

n lUCdl party IeCelNcu tWO icttci'
this morning from friends in Los
Angeles announcing that it had beer
raining might and day" for the pas
week in the metropolis of southern
California. Doesn't sound like much
better weather than can be found in
Ashland.
MedfOrd S. p. Man Visits
Mark Montgomery, agent for the
Southern Pacific at Medford, and l.
r. Sparks, district freight and pas
senger agent for the same road, with
headquarters in Eugene, were in the
city on business today.
Takes Place as Clerk
]. e. Kuykendall has taken the
place Of L. G. Fitzwater as clerk at
the Plaza market. Mr.. Kuykendall
came here recently from Texas and
expects to make his home in this
city
VIII Leave for Portland
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wood and son
Kenneth expect to leave Wednesday
for Portland, where they will spend
the holidays as the guests of Mr..
Woods parents.
Leaves for California
Dave Whittle accompanied AL Beck
on a To-day trip into California. The
two young men yeft by machine late
Saturday night. San Francisco, Bak-
ersfield and Fresno will be visited.
The trip down was made by the coast
route.
Vacation Dates Announced
Official information regarding the
holiday recess of the Ashland public
schools was made today. The vaca-
tion period will begin Friday after
noon, and will last for two weeks.
A great many of the teachers are
planning on spending the holidays at
home or visiting with friends in 9th
er cities.
Bask etball Practice Begins
With the senior girls and the soph-
omore boys winning the class cham
in basketball respectively,
interest at Ashland high school has
now turned toward the regular quin-
tet, work starting in earnest today.
Try-outs for the various positions are
now being contested by many play
ers who are seeking berths on the
first team. Selection of a manager
will be made in a short time.
Heer Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for l.. James Heer
were held from the Elks' lodge rooms
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock, In
terment was made in Mountain View
Chester MacCraclen Returns
Chester MacCracken, a senior at
the Oregon Agricultural college, re-
turned home Saturday night for the
Christmas vacation. He Is member
OF Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Lyceum Poorly Attended
Too many counter attractions, a
week before Christmas and a Satur-
day night contributed greatly to the
size of the crowd that attended the
Stewart |. Long lecture at the Ar
mory Though Mr. Long gave an
excellent talk, the gathering was ap-
one-half OF that gener-
ally in attendance at the lyceum
numbers. But two more numbers
remain on the course.
Here from Butte Falls
Royal U. Gamblers arrived in Ash
land from Butte Falls last week to-
spend the holidays at his home. 1913
Holly street.
Christmas Program Planned
Ashland high school will give Its
regular Christmas program FRIDAY
afternoon at the assembly room. A
feature will be the forensic play
Christmas at Pine Knot Ranch. y
Music speeches and stunts are also
planned. The public is invited to
attend the program.
Return from o. A. c.
Oliver Anderson and Malcolm
Wharton returned Saturday night
from Corvallis where they have been
attending the Oregon Agricultural
college. The men drove down In a
iliyyer roadster and report a fine
trip. with the exception of a coating
OF ice on the highway between Cor
wallis and Cottage Grove. The trip
was made without any serious mis-
hap.
o. A. G. Student Arrives
Miss Marjorie Adamson. well
known young woman OF Talent. who
has many friends in Ashland. has
returned home for the holidays from
the Oregon Agricultural college at
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