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) it coil Historical Society. Ashland SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON TDINGS ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED TREASURER ORDERED TO SKT ASIDE FUNDS. PLAINTIFFS' POSITION STATED Attorney Briggs Outlines Claims Iade By His Clients Contends That Road and Bridge Fund is Al ready Exceeded Ily $ 12,000. Judge F. M. Calkins has Issued an order restraining James Cronemiller, county treasurer, from using any of the money collected for road pur poses, in redeeming general county warrants. The order is to remain In effect until the court has had time to arrive at a decision on the in junction suit brought by Benton Bowers and S. A. Carleton to check the erection of a new bridge over Bear creek in Medford. Over one-half or the money de rived from the four-mill tax levy for road and bridge purposes by the county of Jackson has been collected and turned over to the county tieas urer, but instead of being placed in a road and bridge fund as specified by the state law, it has been placed in the general county fund and has been paid out for the redemption of county warrants. To be exacty: On June 10, the latest figures available, $48,075.84 out of approximately $76,000 which should be placed in a bridge and road fund has been collected and nearly all of it expend ed. Tiie order of Judge Calkins forces the county treasurer to dis continue this practice. Attorneys for the county in argu ing the injunction suit against the bridge called attention to the state law which provides that money raised by the road and bridge levy should be placed in a distinct fund and be used for road and bridge purposes only. Continuing their ar gument, they declared that this money should be available for such purposes as the erection of the Med ford bridge and would not place the county further in debt. Attorney Brlggs of this city, who is representing the plaintiffs in the nuit, when asked as to the position of the plaintiffs, said: "The plaintiffs claim, first, that lue unuge is in. me cny. wnicn. 18 platted on both sides, and that por tion of the county road within the limits has changed its character as a county road and is now a city street, and, if a city street, the coun ty is not liable for the building of the bridge; second, if it were a coun ty road, the county having already paid out and issued 1,912 road war rants in excess of the amount of the road and bridge tax of 1912 under the supervision of the county court, no funds are now available to pay the contract for the Medford bridge and would necessitate an increase in the indebtedness of the county be yond the constitutional limits; third, that even should the money be avail able to the full extent of the 1912 road tax, nevertheless it is an abuse of discretion on the part of the coun ty court to pay out practically half of the current road and bridge tax to build a new bridge where now ex ists a good one, when hundreds of miles of road in the county need re pair in order to be passable and many streams need bridges where fords are now used, especially in view of the fact that the county court has turned down all of these outside roads and bridges on the ground of lack of funds; fourth, that even though all of the foregoing might be construed as favorable to the build ing of the bridge, nevertheless it is apparent that the present bridge is adequate to carry all the water of the creek at its present height and width, and that the county should not be put to the expense of raising the .grade of the bridge 'four feet and putting another bent on the east side of the bridge entirely outside the wa ter course for the express purpose of permitting the Butte Falls railroad to pass entirely under the street crossing, and in building a bridge of a grade and capacity not needed for ordinary bridge purposes, t,he court has gone too far and beyond its power." Mr. Briggs further stated that al though but $48,980.74 of the road and bridge fund had been collected, the county treasurer has paid out al ready this year $37,978.20 for road warrants, and that in addition to this the court has expended or issued warrants on the road and bridge fund to the amount of $30,041.62.1 making a total claim upon the fund' of about $88,000, or $12,000 in ex cess of the half of the road tax which comes under the direct supervision of the. court. Mr. Brigga contends for the plaintiffs that the county "court has no right, to build a bridge in-Medford, on the, ground that it .would be just as consistent to claim "every bridge In the valley towns should be built by the court. In speaking of the effect of the suit upon the present indebtedness of the county, Mr. Briggs said: "It is not the intention of the plaintiffs in any manner, by infer ence or otherwise, to repudiate or in validate any pre-existing county war rants, but the defendant Perham, who has the contract for the bridge, asks for an ' injunction restraining the paying out by the county treas urer of any money until he has been HAIL STORM AT TALENT. Garden Truck Destroyed and Fruit Slightly Damaged. The storm of yesterday afternoon assumed the form of a hail storm in and near Talent, where about two inches of hail fell, completely crush ing garden truck under the weight. Early reports were to the effect that fruit crops were also badly damaged, but this is denied today. In some places-the foliage on trees was badly damaged and a few ranches report the peach crop bruised. The storm, however, as near as can be learned, did nbt result disastrously in uie majority of instances. Wellborn Beeson of Talent stated last night that the fruit crop was practically uninjured. "The ice that fell." said Mr. Bee son, "was of a soft nature, and even the foliage was not cut by the fall. The only damage that I noticed was that the vegetables and grains were flattened beneath the weight of the ice. However, these will resume their original position within, a few days. I don't believe the fruit is In jured to any extent, and I examined several orchards. Had the hail stones been hard and well fromed the loss would have been heavy, but as It Is there is really no great dam age done." ONE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE. Washington Might Have Had Major ity for Roosevelt. Seattle. Little Sunshine precinct in Pacific county may be held re sponsible for the failure of Theodore Roosevelt to have a majority in the republican convention at Chicago. Little Sunshine is a remote corner on the shores of the Pacific ocean. It is sparsely settled by hard-working farmers. They forgot to elect delegates to the county convention recently and hence were unrepresent ed at the South Bend gathering. Had they expressed a preference for the former president, the Taft forces would not have controlled Pacific county and thereby Roosevelt might have had a majority at Aberdeen. But Little Sunshine lies all uncon cerned 'where the waves of the Pa cific wash the evergreen forest, un mindful of the great influence it might have exerted at such troublous times as these. Truthseekers' Class. The meeting next Sunday night will be the last meeting before the summer vacation. A business ses sion in which officers will be elected will be held after the class meeting. All members' are requested to be present. .Special shoe sale at the Hub this week. CHAUTAUQUA TUESDAY Best Session Ever Offered in Ashland Opens Xext Week Season' Tickets Going Rapidly. Chautauqua is upon us. The in itial , entertainment will be given in the tabernacle next Tuesday after noon, when the Chicago Operatic Company will give a musical pro gram. The course this year is rich in music and this excellent company will be heard for two days. The company is composed of a full mixed quartet of talented musicians, well known all over the country. They produce scenes from Faust, Martha and other operas in a manner that does credit to the great .opera com panies, and all of it in costume. Other numbers of the program are just as strong and the public is prom ised, altogether, the best session ever offered. Xext Monday is the last day for securing season tickets at the re duced price. Tickets are on sale at Gillette's real estate office and you will save a quarter by buying now. Aiso you will assist the 'management by avoiding the rush of the last day or two if you buy this week. The demand for tenting space from outside parties is larger than usual this year and the prospect is that the grove will be filled to its utmost ca pacity. Everything points to a rec ord attendance, and with the pro gram afforded the 1912 assembly Is sure to -go down in history as t!ie mot successful to date. Just a Scare. The calm serenity of Ashland was disturbed about 7 o'clock last even ing by the sound of the fire alarm. The cause was the burning out of a chimney on Church street and all danger was over before the crowd was half there. No damage reported. One Dollar a Pair. We have on sale for this wpek on hundred pairs misses' and children's oxfords and pumps in black and tan at $1.00 a pair at the Hub. paid the contract price, $34,000, for tne Bridge. He sets up in his plead ing that the outstanding county war rants to the amount of over half a million dollars, issued without au thority, are illegal and constitute no liability against the county for that reason, if, during the course of these proceedings, the court should find, as claimed by the contractor, that all debts were illegal, and the injunction Is granted against the pay ment of any debts, it will not he be cause of action of the plaintiffs, but solely because the contractor asks for relief." ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912 AUTO AND MOTOR RACES ATTRACT LOCAL GARAGES PREPARING CARS MEDFORD MAN TRIES OUT SPEEDWAY-SEVERAL ENTRIES IN MOTORCYCLE EVENT The work of fencing the ball park at the high school grounds is well under way and will be completed be fore the big celebration next Thurs day. The fence will be seven feet in height, with knot-holes few and far between and above the reach of the small boy. Temporary bleachers will be constructed with a seating ca pacity of 1,000, the highest seat be ing on a level with the top of the fence, affording an excellent view of the game, and seats will be far enough apart to be comfortable. The combination of the ball game and the bucking contest within this en closure will make a strong feature. For the latter event, much Interest has been aroused. Ashland is prom ised a genuine attraction in this fea ture. Two full-blood Indians and two daring white riders from Klam ath Falls have signified their inten tion of entering the contest, all of whom participated in the recent rodeo in Klamath Falls. Others from the country east of the moun tains are planning to enter the event. The automobile races are attract ing racers from all over the valley. j.Mr. Kees, of the Valley Auto Coni j pany of Medford, was in Ashland Tuesday with his 30 horse power Chalmers and tried out the speed jway, attaining a speed of 60 miles. Harry Pellet is stripping a Ford for the contest and will have an expert from Portland to drive it for him, the same man who won the race in Medford last year. W. J. Saviers is preparing a 30 horse power Rambler, DEXOUXCES TAFT, Senator Bourne Sees No Justification of Nomination. This dispatch from Washington has been given out from Senator Bourne's local office: "My attitude toward the re-election of President Taft was publicly announced many months ago, in an open letter to the voters of Oregon." said Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr. "I then declared that if Taft should be renominated In a fair and lawful manner, in accordance with the ex pressed wish of the republicans of the country, I wuld support him, but if he should be nominatel by the steam roller methods that have too often prevailed in the past,. I would oppose his election. "There were In the recent conven tion 1,078 delegates, of which oil) were required for a majority. Taft received 561 votes, but in these were 251 votes cast by delegates chosen by steam roller methods from states, territories and island possessions that never cast an electoral vote for a republican candidate. The repre sentation from those southern states is out of all proportion to the re- i publican vote in the general election. "By no manipulation of figures can Mr. Taft demonstrate that he is the choice of a majority of the repub licans of hte United States. He has chosen to force his renomination by using the southern delegates. Let him look to them for his election." Money to loan on Improved ranch - es, first mortgages: mixed farms pre - ferred. W. D. Hodgson, Ashland. Phone 427-J. ' GODDESS OK The' ladies are preparing a beautiful float for the Fourth of July parade and the Goddess of Liberty will stand supreme on it. WHO WILL BE THE GODDESS? That is thequestion. The friends of Dorris Bagley, Gertrude Hicks and Kathryn Shook have suggested their names, and the ladies have entered them. Voting 'boxes have been placed at the following places: Lane's, Nelson's, Grieve's. Pracht's, McNair's, Hosier's and Sayles' pool hall, and you can vote for your choice by depositing 5 cents with your vote. The money will be used to defray the expenses of the float. A worthy cause. If your choice is not on the list, vote for her anyhow. You have the right to enter anyone you like for Goddess of Liberty. Oregon to A'isit Oregon. For the first time In its history the famous battleship Oregon is to visit its own Btate. During the Elks re union, in July, the historic old fight ing ship will be brought to Portland harbor, where it will be much ad mired by all loyal Oregonlans. Nav al officials have at last given their consent to the request that the Ore gon be brought here. Attention, Comrades. ' All old soldiers meet at the G. A. R. hall not later than 9 o'clock a. m., July 4, to participate in the pa rade. By order of the commander. . ?$$?$$ 3 $$$ S ROYS WANTED. Wanted Thirty-three boys between the ages of 14 and 20, to appear in the Polytechnic float July 4. Report to Prof. Van Scoy or Jack Peebler at once. which he will drive in the races here on the 4th and In Medford on the 5th and 6th. Only two autos will run at a time, each one taking one sid.- of the Boulevard-, and the best two out of three heats will decide the contest. Races will start at the opera house and the rmiruti will ha i exactly a mile long, entirely on the I'un'meni. To date, about a dozen entries are recorded in the motorcycle races, W. T. Smith and Ralph King, each with seven horse power Indians, Floyd Dickey with a five horse power In dian and Elwood with a Flying Mer kile being among the number. Sev eral from down the valley are in cor respondence with friends here re garding the races. The sports are slated to begin at 10:15 and will continue in some form or other throughout the day. The time of the parade has not been def initely decided upon. In point of brilliance and number of entries it promises to be the biggest feature of the kind ever pulled off in south ern Oregon. Two bands will be in evidence all day and will be so con doled that there will be music at both ends of the race ccurse and at every place where amusement is be lli; carried on. In short, the public may rest assured that nothing of the details of the giant celebration is be ins neglected, the committee having everything in hand to the minutest detail. All promises heretofore made will be carried out and visitors will be treated to a grand holiday. EXTENSIVE TRIP. Portland Business Men Will Visit Eastern Oregon Ily Auto. Portland, Ore., June 27. The most extensive "seeing Oregon" trip ever undertaken from Portland will be the big excursion to Lakeview next August. Business men of the metropolis will go by automobiles, covering about 2,000 miles. Alter nate routes will be taken going and coining, so that an immense area of the state will be covered. j At Lakeview me central Oregon ieeicpnieni league win De in se. Bion August 20, 21 and 22. and the journey will cover ten days. Some I.: n i . j . . in ho uy uain to eno, orners uy uto, and all will leave Bend and motor southward to Lakeview, fol lowing different routes. Returning, the Klamath country and Crnter Lake will be visited and delegates from Portland will take the train at Bend for home. Secretary C. C. Chanman of the Oregon Develpoment League is mak ing plans for the trip and those who go will have a better knowledge of interior Oregon than ever before. Attention, Riders! Al persons who will ride horse back on July 4, please report to Mrs. C, H. Gillette at the East Side school S ounds Saturday evening, June 29, to make plans, or phone 296-L. I Please report promptly at 7:30 p. m. 1 Cooked Food Sale, 1 The Pythian Sisters will hold a home cooked food sale at Cameron & j Patty's, July 3, beginning at 2 p. m. L1RERTV. The Human Flag. All girls between the fourth and seventh grades are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. C. H. Van pel on the Boulevard at 7 o'clock this even ing. It Is the intention of the ladies to put on a beautiful drill in the form of the American flag. A hun dred girls are desired and more if possible. The exercises will be well worth the effort. Delia liong Gowland. Mrs. Delia Long Gowland died at' the home of her father, N. M. Long, on upper Granite street, at 1 o'clock this morning. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. COMMERCIAL (TA R. The July meeting of the Com mercial Club will be held in the club rooms next Monday even ing. Important matters will be presented to the club. A full attendance Is desired. ROY A LLY EXTERTA I X ED, G. A. R. Encampment at Salem Was Most Enjoyable Affair, Comrade James Mattingley and wife, Mesdames Dlvet. Thomas, Crocker and Miss Rose Thomas re turned Sunday evening from Salem, where they have been In attendance at the recent (i. A. R. encampment. They report an enjoyable as well as profitable time. Mr. Mattingley took occasion to meet with several celeb rities in the capital city, especially Governor West and State Architect Knighton. He pronounces the for mer Hu excellent gentleman to meet and says he spent considerable time with the latter, going over the plans for the armory that isto be con structed here. Mr. Mattingley states that the plans for the armory are nearly complete and will be ready tor bids within a few days. The build ing, he says, will be complete in every detail, showing many advan tages over other buildings of the kind in the state. In company with several other old soldiers, he went through the state prison, asylum and other state buildings, the old soldiers being shown every courtesy possible by the sttae officials. ' KILLING CUTWORMS. Poison Bran Is Rest Dosei for structive Pests. Corvallls, Ore. That poison bran mash is the best thing to kill cut worms is the belief of A. L. Lovett, crop pest expert of the Oregon Agri cultural College. "The cutworms pass the winter In the soil as partly grown larvae," he says. "They are in the soil in the spring when the ground is prepared for planting. The poison mash should be sown over the ground a few days before the crop appears. If there is no green vegetation, the worms eat the mash greedily, and the field is freed of them before the plants appear. For later treatment the only way is to put a small heap of the mash around the base of the planis to be protected. To make the mash, mix 16 pounds of coarse bran, a pound of Paris green, half a pound of salt, a gallon of any cheap syrup, and enough warm water to make a heavy mash. "Poultry should not, of course, have free range where the poison is." Xoi'iual Alumni. A meeting of the alumni of the Southern Oregon State Normal School will be held at the home of Roy Walker on the Boulevard tomor row (Friday) evening. All alumni are urged to be present. Can they jam the crown of thorns on the houn' dawg? BRYAN IS DEFEATED Baltimore Convention Taking Course Similar to Republican Strug gle in Chicago. The opening scenes of the demo cratic convention in Baltimore last Tuesday bear a striking similarity to those in the convention just closed in Chicago. As in the latter, the fight was over temporary chairman, the conservative and progressive wings being nearly equal in strength. The hand of Bryan was in evidence throughout the fight, the Commoner having used all his influence to har monize the factions before the mat ter was put to fi vote. A last des perate effort to avert a blue fac tional fight was made by the Bryan forces when the convention took up the problem of selecting a temporary chairman. So sharp did the lines divide that W. J. Bryan himself be came a candidate for the temporary chairmanship. He was defeated. Alton B. Parker was elected. Standing before u yelling mob of delegates, ilr. Bryan, who thrice lias led democratic presidential cam paigns, made an impassioned plea for progrpssiveisin, the progressives, his progressive candidate for tempo rary chairman, Mr. Kern. . Ho denounced Parker, slated for the temporary chairmanship by the national committee, and said that .hough he had once supported Par ker, he was not In sympathy with him or with what he represented. And while he stood there "Boy Orator of the Platte" in ISilC, later the "Peerless Leader," the "Com moner," democracy's best-known fig ure jeers were mingled with ap plause. Yells for "Parker!" were echoes of his denunciation. When he struck a note that was not fac tional he was applauded. After Bryan had made a speech nominating Senator Kern of Indiana, Kern went on the Btand. He made a plea for harmony, asked Parker to join him in withdrawing from the contest for temporary chairman and substituting any one of a list of sev eral men. After waiting in vain for a reply from Parker, Kern himself withdrew and nominated Bryan. Again Bryan took the platform. He accepted the nomination and the lineup for the final struggle was complete. 'The official vote on temporary chnirman was: Parker 579, Bryan 506, O'Gorman 4. On this, the first ballot of the con vention, Oregon gave Bryan nine votes and Parker one. July -Ith Dinner. The Woman's Relief Corps will Berve dinner In the G. A. R. hall from 11:00 to 2:00 p. m. Price 25c. Cllf Payne makes dish cupboards. NUMBER 9 PROGRESSIVES REGAIN HOLD JAMES MAY SUPPLANT PARKEIJ AS CHAIRMAN'. BRYAN WARS ON CONSERVATIVES WiNon Boom (Jains Great Headway Today Late Dispatch Indicates He is Probable Choice of Couveu. tion at Session Tonight. Special to the Tidings. BALTIMORE, MD., JULY 27. "THE WILSON BOOM IS GAIX'NG GREAT HEADWAY. WITH TUB PROGRESSIVES IN CONTROL OF THE CONVENTION IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT WILSON WILL BE NOMINATED AT THE SESSION THIS EVENING." Baltimore, June 26. Refusing to subside even after yesterday's defeat, the progressives in the democratic convention today engaged in a des perate effort to reverse yesterday's setback and succeeded in regaining much of their lost ground. The first victory was in reversing the program of the conservative steering committee which intended to continue the temporary organization and make Judge Parker the perma nent chairman. Instead, the progres sives forced the selection of Onie James of Kentucky by the committee on permanent organization to be per manent chairman. Although Instruct ed for Champ Clark in the presiden tial fight. James is a progressive and one of Bryan's closest friends. His keynote speech is expected to be strongly progressive. Bryan today repudiated the Mur-phy-Taggart-Sullivan attempt to mol lify him, and refused election as chairman or the resolutions commit tee. He also made It plain that un less an out and out progressive plat form is adopted, he will return a minority report and carry the fight, back to the floor, even to the voters of the country if forced to do so. Not only did Bryan refuse the chairmanship, but he made it plain in retiming that he feared that the committee had been packed against him. By a vote of 41 to 11 a motion by Bryan to adopt a platform after, and not before, the candidates are named, was adopted by the resolutions com mittee today shortly before the con vention assembled. The new pro gram will have to be ratified by the convention before it becomes effect ive. Bryan was strongly supported by Senator Rayner, but the schemo was opposed by Committeeman Clark of Arkansas. "This plan will insure a progres sive platform and campaign, regard less of the nominee," explained Sen ator Rayner. "It is a good move to make even a conservative candidate stand for a progressive platform and issues. Of course, such a plan must have the consent of the convention, as it will hnve tn lie iHuniivt.il hv Mm j .... II " ' I rules committee. " WILD BIRDS Tl'RN ACTORS. Films to Reproduce Habitues of Tbree-Arch Rock. Game Warden Finley, accompanied by Professor Dallas Lore Sharp of Boston, has gone to Three-Arch Rock, -near Tillamook, to observe the birds inhabiting that game preserve. Mr. Finley was instrumental in having this rock on the Tillumook coast selected as a game refuge in 1903. Sea fowl of all species con gregate there and at all times ltd rocky sides are covered with mother birds and their young. The place is Inaccessible in rough weather and boats can be landed with difficulty even at the most fa vorable times. A moving picture machine consti tuted part of the equipment taken by Mr. Finley. WILL EXHIBIT PRODUCTS. Oregon Development league to En ter Eastern Laud Shows. Oregon will pay more attention this year than ever before to eastern land shows, and Secretary C. C. Chap man or the Oregon Development League is determined that this state Bhall be well represented at the vari ous expositions to be held next win ter. He has taken steps to collect a good showing or grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables from various parts of Oregon for exhibit later In the east, lie asks the co-operation of the various districts in order to do this, and emphasizes the value this sort of advertising will do every section that falls in with the plan. Hop contracts for the 1912 crop are being made at 25 cents, at which figure there Is a net profit to the grower of about 16 cents. The Ore gon crop for this year is estimated by hop-growers at 110,000 bales. The annual convention of the Christian churches of this state t.i now in seccion at Turner.