Vn-sn Historical SocJely. Ashland Hidings' SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII PROGRESSIVE PARTYFORMED TEDDY MEN HASTEN TO THEIR OWX CONVENTION'. COLONE ACCEPTS NOMINATION Governor Johnson of California Ire. Hides at Meeting Great Enthusi asm Greets Birth of the New Tarty. Chicago, June 24. Fulfilling what they believed to be the will of the majorities that lected them, the Roosevelt delegates who are adher ing to the colonel's attitude of non participation in the republican na tional convention met Saturday night at Orchestra hall and there voted Theodore Roosevelt their choice for the presidency. Because not all of the states of the Union were represented the meeting was not a ' convention" in the strict sense of that word. It was merely an expression of steadfast adherence to a candidate whom they believed had been forced out cf the race in the republican convention by the seating of illegal delegates. Anyway, the meeting was preliminary to what may later develop into a convention of Colonel Roosevelt's new progress ive party. The meeting was held while the crowds at the Coliseum were cheer ing the nomination by the fifteenth republican national convention of Taft and Sherman. Governor Johnson, California's fighting chief executive, presided at the noosevelt meeting. The colonel himself was there and addressed the conferees. Resolutions were adopted declar ing that the legally elected republi can delegates had struggled vainly to accomplish their mission of electing the ex-president in the regular con vention, had failed through trickery and therefore nominated him as "the candidate of our party." The same Roosevelt brand of en thusiasm that has swept the Coliseum during the past few days was mani fest at Orchestra hall and the colonel, in fighting trim, was plainly pleased with the reception his supporters ac corded him. In accepting the nomination the colonel appealed to the people of all sections, regardless of party affilia tions, to maud with the founders of the new party. , Colonel Roosevelt thanked the del egates for the nomination by what he declared "the lawuflly elected dele- ; gates to the republican convention," who represented the majority of the voters who participated in the re publican primaries and accepted, subject to but one condition. He advised the delegates to return home and ascertain the sentiment of the people and then reassemble and formulate a platform. The only con dition was that when reassembled they would be entirely free to substi tute someone else for him as their candidate for president, declaring that he would loyally support that candidate, whoever he might be. The colonel declared the convention "that has just sat did not represent the republicans of the country, but Was only organized to carry out the, sin ister purposes of political bosses" He said the time had come when all who believe not only in the pro gressive policies but elementary prin ciples of public morality should join in one movement. He daclared in this fight his principle should be "Thou shalt not steal." It was im material, he said, whether they stole the nomination, stole in politics or in business, or stole the birthright of the people to rule themselves. CHKROKEE PERFECT ALPHABET. Oklahoma Editor Gains Possession of Entire Plant. J. S. Holden, editor and owner of the Fort Gibson (Okla.) Post, has purchased for $151 the type, plant and fixtures of the old Cherokee Ad vocate, the only newspaper publishedd in the North American Indian tongue. It will probably be placed in some state institution, where it will be pre served as the greatest Indian relic of the commonwealth. It was recently reported that this outfit was to be sent to Washington, D. C, and the printers of Oklahoma will be glad to learn that it is to be kept within the borders of the state. In connection with the purchase it is stated that the Cherokee alphabet is the nearest perfect of any devised by man. Equal Suffrage Meeting. The W. C. T. U. hold an equal suf frage meeting in the park Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A fine pro gram has been prepared, as follows: Music by Madame Sylva's orchestra. Invocation by Rev. Mr. Douglas. Speeches by Mr. J. A. Lemery, Prof. George Briscoe and Mr. C. B. Lam kin. Solo by Miss Silsby. Other features not yet positively decided upon will enliven the afternoon. All are welcome. July 4th Dinner. The Woman's Relief Corps will serve dinner In the G. A. R. hall from 11:00 to 2:00 p. m. Price 25c. A Shakespearean evening June 26 on the lawn at the East Side Inn, by the Wednesday Afternoon Club. ASHLAND SENDS ELEVEN. Teachers' Examinations in Jackson ville Last Wednesday. County Superintendent Wells has given out the full list of teachers who took examinations at Jacksonville last Wednesday. The number in cludes eleven from Ashland, some of whom were members of the 1912 graduating class at the high school. The list follows: Ashland Amy N". Stannard. Helen E. Chappell, Nina O. Morris, G. Ver non Blue, Minnie C. Larsen, Gussie Updegraff, Jennie L. Hogue, Silva Brown, Mrs. Jessie N. Stannard, Mrs. Laura A. Grow, Olive G. Davis. Medford Eva Richardson, Mabel Everhard, Mrs. Blanche Canode, Alma Gould, Agnes M. Salter, Lucile Rader, Samuel M. Whorton, Myrtella Z. Williams, Eleanor Maule, Grace P. Smitn, Etta C. Whorton, Bertha B. McCain, Theone E. Carkin, Dora L. Smock, Charles R. Bowman, George H. Grover. Butte Falls Leta Peelor, L. Blos som Morris, Enid E. Peelor, M. Ar villa Patterson, Mrs. O. M. Goss, Miss J. V. Sears. Central Point Katherine Foley, Myrtle 1. Dunten, Mae B. Nealon. Gold Hill Bessie Xewton. Sams Valley Mabel E. Marsh. Phoenix Maud E. Miller. Trail Eula Houston. Rogue River Stella Hulen. Tolo Jessie Webb, Gay Webb. Jacksonville Grace V. Pearce. APPROPRIATION CURTAILED. Crater National Forest Gets $2,000 Less Tlian Last Year. The shaving of the national forest allotments that has come about 'by the lack of a large enough appropria tion by congress last year, has cur tailed the appropriation of the Crater national forest $2,000. This year Supervisor M.' L. Erickson will have but $28,000 to carry on the coming year's work and as a consequence a great deal of the important work planned by the local office will have to be laid aside until another year. The allotment is divided into three appropriations. For- salaries for the 38 men employed in the service, $12, 400. Fourteen of these men are re tained the year around for adminis trative work, the remaining 2 4 being employed only through the fire sea son as guards. The field and station allotment is $3,200. The last item is for timber reconnalsance and the amount appropriated is $1,200. The Crater national forest has since its creation stood entirely alone in the manner in which it has been supervised. Thought the forest con tains 1.080,500 acres of land and Js one of the heaviest timbered on the coast, the fire loss in this forest has been reduced to a minimum, the best protected against fire of any national forest in the western division. Al I though there are but 24 men provid j ed for to protect the forest in time of lire, supervisor Erickson has ar ranged for the presence of 31 men. Of this number 24 men will be regu lar patrols covering an average of 34.834 acres constantly. Though the curtailment of the al lotment is but $2,200, the work that will be stopped temporarily will amount to a great deal, as the great er part of the appropriation is used for salaries. Directly this winter the effect will be felt when the cruising of the timber which has been carried on in that season will be stopped for lack of funds. May Affect Maneuvers. Washington. As the result of the president's veto of the army appro priation bill, the 1912 maneuver camps of the regular army and the national guard may be prevented. Drills were ordered in most of the states to take place before the middle of July, and preparations have been made for the encampment of north western state troops, including Colo rado, Washington and Idaho, begin ning July 21 this year. ine Din vetoed by the president contained an appropriation of $1, 350,000 to pay in part the expenses of the encampments. An effort is being made to induce the president to forward to congress a special mes sage urging that the appropriation for the encampments be authorized so that it may not be necessary to postpone them. Just what effect the president's ac tion will have in other states support ing national guar Ismen, Is undecided, but it is fer.red all the states will be prevented from holding annual en campments during 1912. CHECKS UP LICENSES. Accountant Finus County Hooks in Excellent Condition. Seth L. Roberts of Crandall & Roberts, accountants of Portland, has completed the work of checking up receipts in the county clerk's office for fishing and hunting licenses. He is traveling over the state checking up each county for the state fish and game commission. Mr. Roberts states that he found everything in this county in excellent condition aside from one or two clerical errors. This is the first time that such work has been undertaken by the state officials. It Is calculated to place the fishing and hunting funds upon a more businesslike basis. Fourth of July Hat Sacrifice. I have still one hundred beautiful hats which I will sacrifice from now until the Fourth of July. Madame Dilhan, 201 East Main street. A final decree has been entered dissolving the alleged powder trust. ASHLAND, OREGON, TAFT AND SHERMAN NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT AT CHICAGO ROOSEVELT'S NAME IS PLACED BEFORE THE CONVENTION, 107 DELEGATES VOTING FOR HIM 344 REFUSE TO VOTE TAFT'S VOTE IS 21 MORE THAN NECESSARY Chicago, June 24. With 344 of Roosevelt delegates declining to vote and hastening away at adjournment time to tender Colonel Roosevelt the nomination of the new party, the fifteenth republican national conven tion, at the end of a long and tumult uous session Saturday night, renomi nated William H. Taft for president and James S. Sherman for vice-president. When Chairman Root declared nominations for president of the United States in order, Warren G. Harding of Ohio took the floor to re-nominate President Taft. I The first mention of Taft's name in Harding's nomination speech was the signal for a wild demonstration I'll the floor and galleries, which con tinued for fifteen minutes. Later, when Harding referred to Taft as the greatest progressive of his time, the demonstration threatened to break out anew. The Roosevelt supporters "heck led" Harding throughout most of his speech, hissing and booing his ora tory, hurling taunting questions at him during his pauses, meant to be effectve in parts of his peroration. A delegate in the back of the hall tooted vigorously on a steam roller whistle when Harding made refer INCREASE JN RECEIPTS Recorder Adds $1,080.20 to the An nual Income of the Wuter Depart ment by Thorough Checking. . Several weeks ago, at the sugges tion of Recorder Hurt, the council passed a resolution authorizing the recorder to procure extra help and proceed with a thorough checking of the water users of the city. The work now is practically finished and the recorder presented his report to the council last Thursday night. The report in full follows: Ashland, Ore.. June 17, 1912. To Common Council of the City of Ashland. Gentlemen: In the matter of I checking up cf the water users of j the city of Ashland I report: The residence portion of the town I was checked by George W. Seager and the business portion of the town, was checked by A. L. Irwin, the irri gation was also checked up by Mr. Irwin, and we find that we have in creased the irrigation 89' acres twim irrigation checking not yet j completed), making a gain in irriga tion for the year of $71G.00. We (also found 4 4 families and business ! houses that were not paying any wa- ter rental, making a gain in the I water collections, per year, of $633.60. We also adjusted the rates on 130 parties that were not paying the full amount as provided by the water rate ordinance, making anoth er gain in the water collections for the year of $336.60, which makes a total gain in all for one year of $1,6S6.20. The above figures are based on the regular monthly collections and do not include the arrearages that are due and owing the city for many years back (in some instances), amounting to several hundred dol lars. I find that, with the exception of two instances, the city is not at fault for not having made the collections of the great number of people that we found were not paying water rent, as the water ordinances are very piain in this matter and cover very fully. Before any water user can use any city water he must appear at the re corder's office, state his case fullv and pay his water rent in advance, no matter whether the water is turned on or off on the premises he proposes to occupy, and it provides further that any person using city water and not paying for the same. sucn water rentals shall be ulaced against the property as a lien, and it also provides that it is obligatory on the part of the property owner'to pay water rents where more than one family or service is using off one tap, and failure to comply is a violation punishable in the recorder's office by a fine. Imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment. J. G. HURT. OFFICE IS ROBBED. Pacific & Eastern Depot in Medford Relieved of $21. A bold daylight burglary occurred at the Pacific & Eastern depot in Medford Wednesday between 11:30 and 12 o'clock noon, the thief break ing open the till in the office and escaping with $21 cash. No clue was left. The depot of the Pacific & East ern has two stories. Downstairs the ticket office is located, while upstairs the clerks are gathered, one of them being in the ticket offce below dur ing the short periods before trains pull out. This gave the thief an opportunity to wrench the till loose and take the money left in it. The police were notified at once but have found no clue. A man of principle doesn't always drawn the most interest. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1912 ence to Taft's strength. The demon stration was interrupted by a booing and losing so bitter that Root came to the rescue of Harding. Another demonstration followed Harding's conclusion, but Chairman Root Hilled it at once. John Wana maker of Philadelphia seconded the nomination of Taft. But a single ballot was necessary and resulted as follows: Taft 5 CI, Roosevelt 107. La Follette 41, Cum mins 17, Hughes 2, not voting 344, abseii! 5. The decision of Roosevelt people, under direction of their lead er, Im refrain from voting, left no other candidate near the president. The vote for vice-president was aa follows: Sherman 597, Borah 21. Merrium 20, Hadley 14, Beveridge 2, Gillert 10, absent 71, present but not vottiis 352. The conveniton, amid mucli confusion, adjourned sine die. At no time was there any indica tion of a walkout of Roosevelt dele gate. They expressed their revolt in silence. In the confusion just before ad journment a resolution was adopted giving the national committee power to declare vacant the seat of any man on the committee refusing to support the nominees of the regular conven tion of 1912. BIG PARADE PLANNED Ladi.V Rooster Club Will Hold An other Meeting Tonight Several Lodges Will Enter Floats. That the parade scheduled for the Fourth of July Celebration will be the tiggest thing of its kind ever pulled off in southern Oregon is a matter that admits of no discussion. The Ladies' Booster Club has the matter in hand and they report more than usual Interest. Practically every lodge in the city Is planning to eiter the parade with some man ner ( r loat, while business houses are entering into the spirit of the rele bratic n with unanimity. The ladies have called another meeting for this evening in the library rooms and a lar'fee attendance is. desired. Other features of the celebration are receiv ing equally enthusiastic attention and support. Ex-Congrtssman Reeder of Kansas has been secured for the ora tion of the day, which will be given in the morning in the Chautauqua building. Appropriate music will be supplied and the exercises will not be so long as to interfere with the sports of the day. As originally planned, there will be something doing at every moment of the day. The advertising force has been constantly at work, both north and south, and on every hand conies assurance that the entire coun try will flock to Ashland on the great day. M ILL PATROL RESERVE. Greater Protection to I to Given Itirds on Klamath Lake. The bureau of biology survey, de partment of agriculture, has let the contract for a $1,200 launch to patrol the water of the Klamath Lake bird reserve, to take the place of the launch Grebe, which is now up for saif. The. new launch will be fast and able to overtake anything on the Klamath water at present. The new launch is expected about July 1. "The government is going to ex pend more money and effort in the future toward the protection and the preservation of- all kinds of game," ciiiil Warden J. J. Furber. ."Parties desiring to visit Bird Island or wish ing to take parties down must apply for jiermjssion from the warden. It is not the' policy of the department to keep people away from the islands, but it is desired to know wlio and how many visit them, and to prevent the undue exciting of the young birds. "No firearms are allowed on the reserve, and. all species of birds, both water fowl and all other kinds, are protected at all times of the year." Public Warning. The people of Ashland and vicinity do not need any warning in regard to where they should have their clothes tailored, elenned and pressed. L. J. Orres of this city is no amateur at this game. He has had many years experience at tailoring and dry cleaning, and will fully guarantee all his work. During June and July he will dry clean men's suits for the low price of $1.00. Ladles' garments also reduced. Goods called for and delivered. Phone 141. Attention, Riders! All persons who will ride horse back on July 4, please report to Mrs. C. H. Gillette at the Fast Side school grounds Wednesday evening, June 2(1. to make plans, or phone 296-L. Please report promptly at 7:30 p. m. Chautauqua Tickets. See Mr. Lager, 29 East Main street (Gillette office), for Chautauqua tickets. Reduced prices this week. Celebrate the Fourth In Ashland. ASSOCIATION MEETS. Henry Kofeldt is Named as Assistant Manager. The Ashland Fruit and Produce Association held a special meeting last Friday evening to elect an assist ant manager. The action of the as sociation was made necessary by the prospect that Mr. Lininger will soon er or later retire from active work In connection with the institution, he having recently purchased an interest In the Ashland Preserving Works, which will require his personal atten tion. Mr. Kofeldt will begin work at once and learn the business under the guidance of Mr. Lininger and will succeed to the position of manager upon the retiring of Mr. Lininger. The Ashland association is at pres ent the best managed and the best paying institution of its kind in this valley. Mr. Lininger has had active charge of the institution for about six years, during which time the rep utation of the association for hand ling the best of fruits In the bet manner has steadily grown and today Its output is In demand all over the coast, and even at this date several carloads of peaches are already sold. The retirement of Mr. Lininger will be a matter of universal regret in the light of these facts, for to him is largely due the present standing of the association. Mr. Kofeldt brings to the work his wonderful energy and unlimited ca pacity for work. He came here two and a half years ago and bought the Messenger place on Granite street, which he has improved to such an extent that it is now one of the finest placeB of its size to be found in the vicinity. It is his intention and de sire to put into the new work the same energy that made possible the transformation in.hls home. Mr. Kofeldt states that he will do all In his power to keep up the present high standard of excellence of the associa tion. 1X1ST IN CRATER FORESH. Globe Trotter Sees Lake Almost Loses Life. John Grieve, pioneer of the Pros pect country and well-known citizen of Central Point, came down from the upper country last Tuesday with a story of more than ordinary inter est, having to do with a young Chi cago man who recently started from the Windy City on a tour of the world, traveling west. E. W. Brown is his name and his main object in making the trip is to study the poultry business in the vari ous parts of the globe and to see the many points of interest en route. Since leaving Chicago Mr. Brown vis ited Yellowstone Park and portions of California. Starting north, he felt the call of Crater Lake, and although too early in the season for a safe at tack, he attempted to storm the cita dals of that silent land alone. He made the rim of the larke all right but was unable to make the descent to the water line. After safely ne gotiating the trip back to the govern ment camp he tried to take the trail for Prospect. Eight feet of snow, however, made trail finding difficult and for three days and nights the young man struggled through the slush and snow without food' or fire. Finally when almost ready to lie down and die he was found by a party of cattlemen who were returning from Klamath and by them was brought to the Grieve Hotel at Pros pect, where he wns given every atten tion. Brown was crazed by his awful experience and it was only after two or three days of careful nursing and attention that he was able to tell his story. He will continue his globe tour as soon as he is fully rested, but does not expect to encounter any more strenuous experience than that which came to him on the upper reaches of the Rogue between Crater Lake and Prospect. REHEARING DENIED. Naturalization Case In Taconia Causes Considerable Interest. Taconia. United States Judge Hanford has denied a motion for re hearing in the case of Leonard Ols son, the socialist, whose naturaliza tion papers were revoked on the ground that they were obtained by fraud. Olsson's motion was support ed by District Attorney McLaren on orders of the attorney general. The case figured prominently In the charges preferred by Representa tive Berger in making congress begin impeachment proceedings against Hanford. Hanford ruled that the facts stated in the petition were not sufficient for the reopening of the case. He set forth that the supreme court of the United States had, in what he styled the Johansen case, held it was the power and duty of the courts to revoke citizenship papers where fraud was practiced upon the court at the time of issuance of the papers. He declared evidence of such fraud existed in the Olsson case. As Good as a Pension, II. H. Leavltt, 440 Chestnut street, has a Royal Ann tree full of cher ries, which he says Is a sight to look at. He estimates that there are 500 pounds of cherries on the tree. With cherries selling at 10 .cents a pound or more, who would object to owning a cherry orchard? For Sale. Alfalfa hay. Close In. Phone 259-Y. O. J. Rathbun. 6-3t The Big Horn river in Wyoming Is out of ts banks and the Colorado Suuthern rallroud Is blockaded. NUMBER 8 SCENE SHIFTS TO BALTIMORE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION' AS SEMBLES TOMORROW. BRYAN LEADER OF PROGRESSIVES Fight Hears Similarity to "Chicano Struggle With Conservatives Win niiiK Initial Steps X Candidate Has Sufficient Votes. With the closing of the Chicago convention, the scene of activity in political circles has shifted to Balti nifire, wjiere the democratic conven tion assembles tomorrow. William J. Bryan, the peerless leader of de mocracy for the past sixteen years, left Chicago, where he has been for the past ten days an interested spec tator of the acts of the republicans, early Sunday morning and is now bending every effort to make the progressive wing of the democratic; party the controling element of the convention. Mr. Biyan, as a control ing force in democracy, is a problem for the conservative forces, and hia elimination is being made the object of the strongest endeavor on the part of the conservatives, as championed by Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall and Judge Alton H. Parker, who has been successful In securing the appointment as temporary chairman of the convention. Mr. Bryan has given vent to his feelings against the selection of Parker and the fight be tween the two factions of the -party promises to take very much the same course as that in the republican con vention. The 'present standing of the vari ous candidates presents a perplexing problem, not one of the half dozen aspirants having the required two thirds delegates pledged. Champ. Clark, who leads, has but 4 06, while Governor Woodrow Wilson Is his nearest competitor with 315. Har mon and Underwood are contenders for the honors, but neither can boast a hundred delegates, while a few scattering votes will be accorded other candidates. With 728 votes necessary for choice, Rn early settle ment of the nomination is hardly possible. Conjectures us to the out come seem to favor a dark horse, and above all candidates for this role stands William J. Bryan. Mayor Gaynor of New York is also being put forward by hi friends. But Mr, Uryan may be found too progressive for the delegates, and in this centera the light. Ml AT QUESTION TROUBLES. , Medford Council Unable to Deter. I ininei Course With Market. The public market in Medford while a irrent huccpuu (a hurH to keep up with as the standing of the leuins in tne Aorthwost League, the liresent time th i-ltv At is worrying over the meat question They consumed over an hour of Thursday afternoon's council meeting in a heated debate over the merits of the question. Mitchell seemed to bo the obdurate one. as Mavor Canon said, "the Roosevelt of the council." Medford butchers state that the council Is granting special privilege to one man In allowing him to sell meats. They are of the opinion that the council should allow them to have a stall In the market, where, away from rents and other expenses, they claim that they can furnish meat as cheap as any one. The councilnien are not wholly opposed to this, but declare that they wish to afford the farmer an opportunity to sell his meats direct. At the liresent time the" council claims that the farmers, being too busy in haying, will not bring In meats, and the long line of people) who gather in the market must bo kept supplied with the staple of food. At the next meeting of the council some action will be taken which members hope will settle the question to a finality. APPROPRIATION LOST. No Road Around Rirn of Crater Laka This Year. The friends of Crater Lake have lost their fight for an appropriation to build roads and make other Im provements in Crater Lake National Park for the present at least. This news is' contained in the fol lowing Washington dispatch: "The house has rejected Congress man Hawley's amendment to the sundry civil bill for $50,000 for Cra ter Lake Park. The amount carried for the park is $3,000 only." This means that no money will be available during the present term of congress for building the. road around the rim of Crater Lake or for other roads projected in the park. The bill has passed the senate but the house turned it. down. The $3,000 mentioned in the regular ap propriation for the park will barely cover the running expenses of the superintendent and no improvement can be made this year. One Dollar u Pair. We have on sale for this week one hundred pairs misses' and children's oxfords and pumps In black aud tan at $1.00 a pair at the Hub. Germany is again borrowing money; in the New York markets. t