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Tidings
A CLEANER AXD BETTER
"City Beautif ul." lielp the Women's
Civic Improvement Club in its worthy
work. '
ASIILAXD THE BEAUTIFIX
depends largely upon the wonwu.
Proper encouragement should be srn
stinted. VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1914
NUMBER 90
Clever Entertainer
At Armory Saturday
Ashland
Electricians Talk
To Boys' Club
Boys' Club was one of special in
terest Thursday night,' as two of the
prominent electric men of the city ad
dressed them, and the heart of most
hoys koes out to a description of any
thing that runs or looKs like machin
ery. First, the meeting was opened
by Professor Vinlng by a talk on the
races Saturday, and also the prelimi
nary movement for baseball teams
was made. The plan of Professor
"Vining is to have three teams, em
blematic of the Boys Vocational
Club, namely, the Beavers, Vampires,
and Coyotes. Three captains were
wanted, but Kenneth Lilly and Proc
Klum were about the only ones in
discussion and were loudly clamored
for by tho boys. The matter was
dropped until next meeting.
The dollar prize 2qt the best Boys'
Club monogram was awarded to
Berle Eaton.
H. G. Butterfield, city engineer,
cave a verv interesting talk to the
boys on the different phases of en
gineerlng work. He impressed them
with the fact that if they took up
the work they must expect to study
and work to accomplish a success.
The meaning of electricity was ex
plained, and of obtaining it. The
Htudies necessary for the course were
made clear, and the early training
in apprentice work, which he stated
was essential. "Be a good one when
you try," was his watchword.
Mr. Malone, manager of the Siski
you Light and Power Company, fol
lowed with a talk that impressed and
inspired the boys. He started in to
show them what made the generator
"gent" and the motor "mot," and
he certainly carried out his idea. He
first stated concisely the openings one
could expect in the electrical field, in
wireless and other branches, how
there was room for so much invention
alone electrical lines. He followed
this with an ideal description of
power plant, following the different
stages through from the dam to tb
dynamo. A simple explanation of the
transformer was given which satis
, fied the curiosity of many who often
wonder what sort of a thing it is on
the poles.' The practicality of corre
spondence In "electrical lines w as alao
emphasized that is, the using of the
corresDondence work to gain a foot
ing whereby one might finally grad
iiate from college. Mr. Malone's talk
and easy manner won the hearts of
the boys.
These talks on electricity were
especially Interesting because, next to
farming and horticulture, the regis
tries showed electrical engineers to
command the greatest number of
boys.
The Mineral Springs Committee
Will make a complete financial report at the Commercial Club meeting
tonight.
i
You Should Be There
So that you may know for yourself what has been accomplished what
has been done with the funds subscribed for the purpose,
and what is proposed to be done.
No Collection Will Be Taken
as more than enough funds have already been subscribed.
Gome whether you belong to the club or not. The meeting is for every
body. BRING THE. LADIES
i
The Civic Improvement Club will
give a splendid entertainment at tho
armory Saturday night which no one
should miss. The Granville (X. Y. )
papers says:
"The entertainment. Friday even
ing Riven by Elizabeth ile liartie. Hill
held the closest attention of the audi
ence from the opening number to tti
close. She is an extremely clever
imperonator, being particularly good
in her delineations of child life. Her
harp and contralto solos were also
most pleasing, as w:m the rendition
of "Suwanee River" with harp imi
tation of banjo accompaniment. Her
descriptions of the old lady's account
of the race at the county fair, which
was won by tno minister s Horse,
driven by his daughter dressed in ber
brother's clothes, was a humorous
gem, and every selection was roundly
encored by an appreciative audien
Mrs. Gill's beautiful harp was an ol-
ject of much interest. This splendid
Instrument, costing $1,000, has been
her almost constant companion for
the past fifteen years and has twenty-
four times crossed the continent from
ocean to ocean and appeared in hun
dreds of cities and towns, including:
every capital city in the Union. She
has been forty-seven times in John
Wanamaker'8 church, the large Beth,
any church in Philadelphia, Penn."
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TABERNACLE MEETINGS CLOSED.
The evangelists who have been
holding -services at the Chautauqua
tabernacle have closed the meetings
and have gone to Portland for a
meeting. Their presence was a bene
diction. Mr. Browning and his
church have received great benefit
from their service. The chorus choir
did fine work at the church yester
day. They expect to have special
Easter music next Lord's day and a
sacred concert one week from next
Lord's day.
Dancing Class .Thursday.
Thursday night, April 9, 1914,
class in Hesitation Waltz and One-
Sten starts. Class 8:30 to 10 p. m
Informal dance till midnight. Fifty
cents admission includes lessons and
dance.
MISS OLIVIA IRELAND,
CR. E. S. SAWYER.
Governor Patterson Here
Thursday for Speech
KOKMKK CITIZKX DEAD.
8 p.
-Ben Hur, Dreamland, tomorrow,
m. Tickets 25c. It
Biegel Won Marathon Race
Burdic Made Fastest Time
Saturday's race was one of the
most exciting and lively events pulled
nff in Ashland for some time. A
large crowd was in attendance, the
street by the Elks building being
lined with people and cars. - The
Senior lineup consisted of Burdic,
Biegel, Swigart, Young, Jones and
others who came late and did. not
give their names. The Junior lineup
included Leith Abbott, Lynn Slack,
Brower. Martin and others who failed
to enter their names. Colts lineup:
Domino Provost, Merrill Butterfield,
Clyde Gunter, James Merrill, Audrey
Sanderson, Finley High, Amos Chap
man, Willie Crest, Phil Wolcott, Jim
mie Blair, Chester Phillips, Lester
Phillips, Clifford Putnam, Horace
Safgeant and Walter Jones.
The races were started by Dr. Jar--vis
at the crack of the pistol, with
Mr. Malone as timekeeper, the Sen
iors going first, Juniors second and
Colts third, so the time was pretty
well filled with incoming racers, and
the crowd was kept continually at
hieh tension and excitement. Burdic
utarteH off In the lead with Biegel
and Swigart close behind. Later, by
the Normal. Biegel forged ahead and
kept his lead till near the Free Meth-
odist church, when Burdic started up
a wonderful sprint, and Biegel
dropped behind. Swlgrat dropped
out near Sixth street, having run a
great race up to that time, but was
finally winded. Amm me cneers oi
k nnrdlc and Biegel sprinted
lUO i v ' v .
for the tape, both picking up In an
.... thir,tr manner. BtlrdlC, not
MSlUUIOaalllB
knowing the rules, did not break the
. hut went to one flide or It. nav
run on the sidewalk to avoid the
crowd, and deemed It unnecessary to
M. R. Patterson, who gained
world-wide criticism for his attitude
on the liquor issue, while governor
of Tennessee, has changed front and
is now one of the foremost advocates
on the prohibition platform. He will
be in Ashland Thursday in the inter
est of a nation-wide prohibition.
A fgw extracts from Mr. Patter
son's speeches are typical:
"Intoxicating liquor has no place
in Christian civilization. It is an
acquired habit, has no food value, and
has been proved by many scientists
to be a positive deterrent to the de
velopment of the human race. The
right to sell liquor is a permit and
not a contract. Nowhere can it be
the home. "Destroy that and we de
stroy civilization," he said. His an
alogy: I
"On a beautiful day in spring I sat
on my porch in my Tennessee home.
The warm showers had fallen, and
the grass was springing green. It
was the mating season, and a pair of
robins fluttered about my rose tree.
TJie'y flew away and back again.
They brought a string, a straw, a
twig, and' the robins appeared su
premely happy. The husband sang
bravely and blithely. The wife was
serene and joyous. She laid four tiny
eggs in the nest and soon there were
four fluffy bird children. How gay
the parents were and with what im-
Mr. Bert dale died in Yakima
Wash., March 30 and was buried
April 1. He used to live In Ashland
and was well known and well liked
by everyone. He ran a blacksmith
shop here and up to his death had
been running a blacksmith shop in
Toppenish. He has a sister living in
Yakima.
Two Wrecks in
The Local Yards
"Every Picture
Tells a Story
street. On account of this the judges
disqualified him, as this seems a hard
and fast racing rule. However, Bur
dic came in seven seconds ahead of
Biegel. his time being 32 minutes 37
seconds, while Biegel came in with a
running time of 32 minutes 45 sec
onds. Biegel made a plucky run and
deserves a great deal of credit, and,
on account of Burdic's not breaking
the tape, would have received the
cup.
Because of the train cutting off
several of the strong runners, the
race will be run again next Saturday,
if all parties are willing. Burdic has,
according to old racers, a fine form
to his racing, having a long, swing-
Inz. easy stride which carries him
without much effort. He stands a
fine chance to go to the race meet in
Eueene. later in the spring. The
Junior cup was won by Lynn Slack,
his time being 21 minutes 63 seconds,
the course being 3.45 miles long.
Brower came in second and Martin
third. He is destined to become a
fine runner with more practice. The
Colts' race and cup was won by Fin
lev Hlch. who made a nervy race
from start to finish. Jimlme Blair
came In second, with Chapman third.
High's time was 10 minutes over a
1. 75-roile course.
Next Saturday they will start at
prompt 11 o'clock in order to avoid
the train. The people of Ashland will
see a great race. The little side bet
ting among the bystanders was quite
Tumorous, as Bordlc, 8wlgart and
Young were the ones to command the
bets. There was many a tear-dimmed
countenance wbeij they found that
Burdic bad not won on account of
(Coi.tta.ve4 oa Pace Fovr.)
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Hen Mui'.
Mr. Foskett will give his lecture.,
on "Ben Hur" nt, the Dreamland
Theatre tomorrow evening. The
quartet will have a flue musical in
troductory. One hundred and four
beautiful Illustrations will be thrown
on the screen, more than one-third of
them reproductions from the greut
masterpieces of Christian art, the fin
est group of illustrations ever brought
together for this purpose. Nearly all
of them are shown hero for the first
time. They are the most expensive
slides manufactured, some of them
costing $u each. It
Two wrecks occurred in the South
ern Pacific yard limits lust week.
Five box cars were overturned near
the yardmuster's home at about
o'clock Thursday evening. Two of
the box cars were wrenched clear off
their carriages, while the other
were Injured more or less. It took:
the wrecker about eight hours to
clear away the wreck, and it was u.
sight to see the derrick raise the earn
and place them on the track. Tho
cars were loaded with fruit, very lit
tle of which was spoiled. The acci
dent occurred which switching.' Tho
other wreck was a slight affair, how
ever it derailed two cars near the
stockyards.
An Oregon millionaire was sent to
the rockpile for speeding an automo
bile, but probably he is accustomed
to handling plenty of rocks.
Now that munitions of war can be
secured by all Mexican factions, they
can get all the typewriters needed to
conduct hostilities with.
New Flowing Lithia Well
At Depth of 112 Feet
sold under respectable conditions.
Several times has it been commercial
ized, purely for the sake of revenue,
and I submit that the government
has no right to commercialize vice
and crime.
"Seventy-two per cent of the area
and 50 per cent of the population of
the United States in now In prohibi
tion territory, and as a result of the
movement started by the great con
vention held in Columbus not long
ago, that territory is going to be ex
tended until It embraces every acre
of ground over which the American
flag floats."
One of the most Impressive com
parisons made by former Governor
Patterson, in a recent temperance ad
dress, grew out of his general propo
sition that civilization is founded on
partiality did they feed the little gap
ping mouths? But a dark cloud
came. A hawk flew near. A sly cat
prowled around the tree. A sllmjt
serpent found the nest. The little
bird children were slain. The parent
birds were driven away, broken-heart
ed. Their home hud been devastated.
"I knew a strong, handsome young
man. He wooed anJ won a beautiful
cirl. and led her to the altar. It
seemed that the brlghest smile of
God and the angels rested upon them.
They built a home and love was the
scepter. A year passed and a baby
came. How happy they were!
There's no music so sweet as the cry
of the first-born child. But a dark
day came, a day that cast its shadpw
over the wife, over the babe, over the
home. Something entered that was
The artesian soda Veil turns out
to contain large quantities of lithia.
The ground has been penetrated to
a depth or 112 feet. The water How
rose to within 9 feet 3 inches of the
surface of the ground. The ton of
the well Is Ue feet above creek
level. 2X feet away. Hy the work of
lone man Tor two days the well can
I be made n llowlnir well.
Here Is what the first test In an
alysis shows:
Bert R. Greer, Chairman.
Dear Sir: We have made a quick
determination of the total solids.
carbonate of soda, chlorine and sur-
phates, together with a test for lithin.
in the sample of water taken from
the Dodge well, and find the water
to contain lithia In considerable
quantity and to be heavily mineral
ized, and also to be different from
any other sample which we have tuk-
130 far as these determinations
go, they would indicate tnut tne
water ranges somewhere between the
new lithia und Shepherd springs,
with possibly a large amount of
lithia; at least, this is indicated by
tho spectroscopic test.
We ure proceeding with the com
plete analysis of this water as rapidly
as possible.
The complete analysis of all wa
ters taken by us will bo completed
within a week.
Yours very truly,
SMITH. KMKKY & CO..
Chemists und Chemical Engineers..
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fiercer than tho hawk, slyer than the
serpent. The husband and father
became a drunkard. The wife's heart
was broken. The song of Joy was
cho!:ed In the baby's throat.
"This Is no fanciful picture. There
is scarcely a family but has Its scar,
due to the ravages of rum; scarcely
one among whose kin a loved one
does not Ile beneath a grussy mound
in God's acre.
"Shall we tolerate this monster
that wrecks our homes, that breaks
our women's hearts, that takes the
bread out. of mouths of little chil
dren? No a thousand times, no."
Former Ashland
Girl Died Friday
The friends of Miss Ruby Elliott
will be grieved to learn of her deutli
at Redding at 5 o'clock Friday morn
ing. Ruby Elliott is the 18-yeur-oM
daughter of Jeff Elliott, a barber who
formerly lived in this city. Duriug.
the time she and her family had then
residence here she made many
friends. She, with her parents, lived
here for a year and a hulf, before
leaving for Redding last August. Shw
has been sick with rheumatism for
several months. The interment wan
held Sunday in Redding. The Mooku
lodge and Knights of Pythias went
two beautiful floral wreaths as
token of their esteem.
Dorothy Dix asks If women should
be allowed to select their own hus
bands.. Next In these suffragette
times they will be demanding to tie- 0
lect their own parents.
The modern woman may not know
how, to make bread,; but owing to
cooking schools, the household need
never be shy on fudge.
run to the tape In the tt.aaie i toe