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ASHL Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1912 AND MTTVTPT?t 1f : 1 ! : GUY T. DUNBAR LOSES HIS LIFE ii ' LOCAL ENGINEER KILLED IX .WRECK NEAR WEED. ENGINE TURNS OYER ON CURVE Branch Line to Klamath Falls Scene of Accident Fireman Escape) Without Injury When Heler Jumps the Track. I' - ' Engineer Guy T. Dunbar of this city met death about 6 o'clock Friday evening when the engine he was driv ing turned completely over on a sharp curve at Grass Lake, near Weed, Cal., on the Weed-Klamath Falls line. Fireman Arthur Selby escaped without injury.- It is ex plained that the accident happened when the engine was returning after helping train No. 230 to Grass Lake. Dunbar was unfamiliar with the road, according to the report, and was driving a light engine. The curves are very sharp and the acci dent is said to have been due to ex cessive speed. The engine turned completely over, clearing the track. Engineer DunDar was caught under it and badly bruised. Train No. 40 found the derailed engine and picked up the crew. The injured man was hurried to the hospital at Weed, where competent surgeons did all they could for him. He was found to be beyond assistance, however, and died at 8:45. Superintendent Metcalf and Mas ter Mechanic Small hastened immedi ately for the scene of the wreck, tak ing with them a board of inquiry. The decision of the board has not been learned. Mrs. Dunbar hastened to Weed as soon as the intelligence was received and from there accompanied the body to Sacramento, Where funeral services will be held under the direc tion of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers. The local Masonic order made instant inquiry and ten dered its kind offices upon receipt of the news,' Mr. Dunbar being a member of the Blue Lodge and Chap ter in Ashland. Besides a wife be leaves an aged father in Sacramento. PAVING POSTPONED. Medford Residents Threaten Injunc tion on Improvement of Street. A threat made by several 'prop perty owners on Eleventh street to serve an injunction -against the city if the Clark-Henery Construction Company was allowed to fulfill their contract and pave the street, caused the improvement work to be tempo rarily "postponed Thursday. The matter will be taken up between now and September, when the pav ing company will resume work in the city again. At the time of the letting of the contract the property owners main tain that the council gave the work to the paving company when there was a remonstrance of 175 majority to tne petition to pave. According to these people, the Bancroft act holds that a street cannot be im proved unless a majority of the prop erty owners have signed a petition to that effect. Porter J. Neff, for the city: states that the Bancroft act is valid "if only 1 per cent are in favor of the improvement if the council has ordered the improve ment. The, council claim that in letting the contract they were apprised that though there were 175 feet more on the remonstrance than on the peti tion to pave, a large number were in favor of the improvement who had not signed the petition. Rather than be inconvenienced by a suit, the Clark-Henery Company abandoned work and moved their plant to Eugene, where they have a large amount of work. They will return again this fall, to ' complete Eleventh street and several other streets. Medford Sun. TEACH KKS VISIT CKATKIl. Make Hound Trip - From Klamath Falls in Day. With characteristic pedagogical energy, ; three Oregon schoolma'&ms made a record trip to Crater Lake Tuesday and, return. 'Starting from here at 5 o'clock in the morning, the party was back in the city at 8 o'clock at" night, , and if there was anything they overlooked in the way' of interesting sights no one has yet discovered what it is. The teachers are June Seeley- and Hazel Seeley of Independence, ' Ore., and Bertha Koetzochim of Portland. The party was not able to reach the rim in an auto, but the young women were not dismayed by the three-mile uphill jaunt through the snow. They negotiated the distance easily, and were not too tired to .fully appreciate the grandeur of the mys terious lake. Klamath Herald. Notice to' Veterans. All comrades of Burnside Post 'No. 23, G. A. R., are requested to riieet at their hall Thursday morning, July 23, at 9 a. m., to attend the funeral of Comrade E. H. Gould. :"' By order of the commander,. '' lv JAMES MATTJNJLY. i' Clif Payne makes footstools. ' " WILL INSTALL FAX Xotl Tunnel on Cut-Off to Be' Sup plied With Air. . Twohy Brothers have received a large tunnel fan which will be shipped to the front and installed at once at the Not! tunnel. The fan will be operated by a steam engine and will pump in pure air and draw out the foul air. Th tunnel is now so far in that some difficulty has been experienced in furnishing a sup ply of wholesome air at times. The progress on the tunnel during the past month has been rapid. The work is now completed for-640 feet, while the head extends considerably farther. More than 1,000 feet was completed within the past month. Considerably more than one-fourth of the total 2,360 feet is now fin ished. The formation is now uni form and solid, and much better progress is expected in the future. Work is also beginning on the other end. Eugene Herald. WORKFORPOLYTECHNIC Prof. Van Scoy Starts Canvass in Valley Towns Vendome Hotel Being Fitted Up for Opening. Extraordinary offer! Wonderful opportunity for young men' and young women! The Tidings will give away one scholarship in the Polytechnic College, good for twelve months' schooling and worth $125, to any young man or young woman in Ashland or out of Ashland, who will secure the greatest number of scholarships' or students by Septem ber 2. All students secured for the school must be for one year of twelve months, and all scholarships must be sold for $125. The scholar ship obtained by the one winning out can be used by the individual himself or be sold to some one for $125. Now how many will get in and drill for this excellent offering by the Tid ings? Another! The Ashland Record will also give away a half scholar ship, good for six months' schooling and worth $75, to any young man or young woman in Ashland or out of Ashland, who will secure the next highest number of scholarships or students by September 2. All stu dents secured for the school must be for one year of twelve months, and all scholarships must be sold for $25. How many will get in line and work for this second valuable prize? All who wish to work for these prizes will see Secretary Day at the Commercial Club rooms or write to him for information. W. T. Van Scoy is now canvassing the Rogue river valley for students. Later hefwill visit Scoffs valley and Little Shasta valley. California, and then the Klamath country. I We. wish to call attention to the ' fact that all departments of the school will open this year. Some people nave been led to believe by the first folders sent out that only two departments will be in force. Particularly the mathematics of the engineering courses will be taught from the opening of the school, and as soon as students are ready for the practical work, the apparatus and machinery will be put in. The school, opens September 2. Teachers are to be added as the number of students so Increase as to demand it. Prof. Hardy, a gradu ate of the Oakland Polytechnic Col lege, will have charge of the book keeping courses and the accounts of the school, and Miss Grace-Stevenson is at the head of the department of stenography. Either at the open ing of school or a little later a strong methods teacher will be employed as as colleague of W. T. Van Scoy In the normal department. Although the best time to enter school is at the beginning of the year, yet students may enroll any month of the year. The school is open the year round. A peculiar style of fine school fur niture is being made in the east for this school, and the same will reacfi Ashland by freight about August 15. The building to be used for the first year is the Vendome. It has been overhauled, cleaned, painted in side, and the rooms enlarged. More changes will be made before the opening of school. . Rooms on the third floor will be rented to boys at reasonable rates. A fign will be in position in a diy or two. Look for the building with the big signboard and opposite the new library building.- Let every citizen be a committee of one, either tcsecnre a scholarship or a student before August 15, by which date we must round iip the 100 for the school. Many hands make light work. Be not satisfied until you have some part in the work of founding this school which will be a blessing to the rising gen eration of this section for all time. Comrade K. H. Gould. E. H. Gould, who has been a resi dent of this city for a number of years, passed away at his home on Laurel" street yesterday afternoon from valvular heart trouble. Mr. Gould had been a sufferer from this trouble for several months.. Funeral services will be held from the Episco pal church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Mountain View cemetery. Comrades of the G. A. R. and ladies of the W. R. C. ,will attend the services in a body..: Notice. Dr. Gail C. Kammerer will have charge of Dr. Bertha E. Sawyer's practice for the next two months. 7 l6-4t PREPARE DISTRICT FAIR EXHIBIT D. M. LOWE URGES PREPARATIOM OF GRAINS AND FRUITS-SCHOOL CHILDREN ASKED TO ENTER. CONTESTS FOR PRIZES Work on the district fair that is to be held in this city in September is progressing, and according to all preparations now being made, the fair this fail will be by far the big gest and best that has been held in the district since the inauguration of the present fair system. On every hand is manifest an interest in the fair. Many ranchers and fruit grow ers are preparing their products for exhibition and the list of exhibitors is growing daily. D. M. Lowe, who has charge of the exhibits, is work ing incessantly and is enthusiastic over the prospects. All interested in the contest for prizes are urged to observe the following notice from Mr. Lowe: ' Now is the time to select sam ples of grain for the 1912 district fair. Cut the grain near the ground, selecting good stalks and uniform heads of its kind, and tie in bundles about four inches in diameter. Wrap them in canvass or any old cloth to keep flies from specking the bundles, then suspend by wires to keep mice from getting at them. There are some good premiums of THE BOY ADVENTURERS. Party of Three Meet Adversities in ' Storm. They were all after adventure Robert Peachey, Walter Smith and Guy Reynolds. Town life was too tame and tiresome, so they must "rough it" a little just for one after noon at least. The day was very warm and sultry, not a leaf of na ture's trees was stirring, and the boys wondered where the best place would be. They finally decided upon going to the great stream of Bear creek. Starting about 1 p. m.,- they reached the creek in the vicinity of Mr. Kennard's ranch. The boys were very warm and the water was very cool, so they started their adventures by wading and often forded the creek where it was unnecessary. Presently Robert Peachey espied a crow's nest. Nothing could be done till they had investigated the matter. There was a very deep pond between them and the tree, so they went around to the other side. The brush was so thick that they could not see" ten feet in front of them. That did not stop them. They forced their way through the vines and wild grape, nettles, poison oak, thorn and myr tle. At last the tree was gained, but it was at least twenty feet to the first limb and two and one-half feet in djameter. Walter Smith then stood o'n the ground, Robert Peachey mounted his shoulders and Guy Reyn olds mounted Robert's shoulders, but to their disappointment they still lacked about three feet of reaching the limb, so they had to leave the tree and work their way out to the open again. They had no more adventures till they reached the Murphy soda Bprings. They took a drink of the water as it started to rain. They started for the lithia springs then on a run. The rain began falling faster and the boys were getting wet. Rob ert Peachey, who is very quick eyed, espied a table which some campers had made of six-inch rough lunmber, so they got in under that. The rain was coming faster and harder and the boys began to get wet. They decided to try and make it on to the lithia springs. On they went through water to the knees of altnost running mud, then on rocks and on till they reached the springs. Walter picked up a dry stick and began rubbing very fast on the edge of a table. It began to excite the other two boys when they saw smoke rise, but it did not burn enough to start the fire. Then they all worked. They took rope and wrapped arounu the stick and sawed real fast, but it burned the rope before it made the fire. To keep things lively, Walter gave a few of his stories and cracked some jokes, as they say, so things were not so monotonous. But it still got colder. Then they found a can containing three matches. Then they built a fire, which they all enjoyed very much. As soon as the boys had warmed themselves enough to go on their way if was 6:30 o'clock. All along the road they found squirrels, snakes and rats that had been drowned. Numerous places were seen where the water had cleared the road so that it made good roads. They found places where they had to wade the streams, but .were not so anxious as when they were starting at noon. WALTER F. SMITH. Bungalow Nears Completion. ' The fine modern bungalow the F. E. Conway Company is building for Dr. Endelman is nearing completion. It embodies many of-the very latest southern California ideas, including a fine specimen of the California cob blestone fireplace which will draw the hat off your head. The doctor will shortly occupy it as up-to-date bachelor quarters, and as he is a great, lover of the beautiful and ar tistic, he has already arranged for a profusion of flowers for the built in flower boxes and lawn. Extraordinarily fine, those fine woolens for fall and winter at Orres' Tailoring Shop. fered for samples of grains, alfalfa and timothy. Try for them. "Arrangements will be made for the cold; storage of fruit. Select some' ffod, solid Early Alexanders, wrap them about one inch deep in their owp foliage, then give them a good covering of cotton batting. Place only one layer deep in a box and put in cold storage. Mark the contents of the box on a card on the instd, giving also owner's name and residence. On the end of the box (outside) mark 'Care D. M. Lowe, Superintendent District Fair,' and deliver to Ashland Cold Storage Company. "School scholars should now be preparing grains, grasses, legumes, pressed flowers and native woods for their department. Especialy care will -be taken to make this depart ment' of the fair prominent. Write me, or give Secretary Day of the Commercial Club of Ashland your name if you desire a premium list and one will be sent you; We are expecting them shortly from the printer. D. M. LOWE, "Fair Superintendent." FIItK BLIGHT DISASTROUS. Prof. O'r.Vi-a Says Much Destruction in Other Districts. According to advices received by Prof. O'Gara vast destruction of fruit has occurred all over the country by fire blight this year. The ravages have been heavy in many sections and requests for advice from the lo cal expert and demands for literature issued by O'Gara are being daily re ceived by wire and mail. But little damage has occurred in the Rogue river valley, where blight is under good control, due to the efficient pa trol of orchards by owners and in spectors and prompt action following the discovery of infection. Blight is working havoc among 25 square miles of apples and pears in British Columbia, where it is mak ing its first appearance. Ignorance of effective methods of fighting it is to blame for its spread. In Idaho all pears and some apples are affected, and unless prompt ac tion follows,, many thousands of acres of orchard will be lost. In California blight made Its ap pearance early in the spring in many districts, but prompt action by au thorities has controlled its ravages. In some districts the crop of this year is seriously affected. In the Milton and Freewater dis tricts in Washington, and in other districts, considerable damage has been done, but effective fighting has diminished the ravages. In Montana, where blight is a new importation, practically all the pears and crabapples have suffered heav ily, and some other varieties of ap ples are also affected. In Georgia the pear crop is a total failure and many of the pear or chards destroyed. LAW CAN'T TOUCH GLADE. Man Who Executed Bogus Option on Siletz Lands is Safe. Salem, Ore. That there is no law in this state under which George H. Glade, Joplin, Mo., can now be prose cuted for executing a bogus option covering 112,640 acres of lands In the Siletz Indian reservation belong ing to settlers, to A. M. Hasell of Springfield, Mo., is the declaration made by Attorney General Crawford in a letter to Congressman Haw4y. The contract was filed in Toledo in February and recently was re leased and the congressman asked the attorney general for the status of the matter and also for the law ap plicable to the case. The contract, executed purported to give Haswell the right to sell the land and was execluted without the knowledge of the settlers who had taken it up un der the homestead law, and the re lease Is also filed without their knowledge. The attorney general gives it as his opinion that it was executed for the purpose of casting a cloud upon the title of the settlers and In the hope of securing a reversion of the public domain by the department so th ose interested in the contract could appropriate the tracts involved. BOY SUSTAINS INJURY. Plays With Dynamite Caps With Dis ust rous Results. Gervals, Ore. Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock little 8-year-old Harry Kenny, who with his mother, Mrs. Harry Kenny, of Portland, was on an outing at the home of George Manning near St, Louis, played with dynamite caps, Touching a match to one, it exploded, tearing off the fingers and thumb of his left hand and pieces of the brass struck him in the face and went through his clothing. Dr. Kettle of Gervals was called and, after dressing the wound sent the lad to a hospital at Port land, as there was some danger of lockjaw. To Subscribers, ' Whenever extra copies of the Tid ings are wanted for sending to friends, they can be secured at this office if we are notified before pub lication day. I . ARGUMENTS ARK HEARD. Further Evidence Produced in Bridge Injunction. Further evidence was produced by both sides of the controversy in the hearing befo-e JiYge Calkins In the matter of the injunction against the Medford bridge. The arguments were made in this city. The hearing went more into detail than in the former hearing in June, much addi tional evidence being introduced. Judge Calkins hopes to give a de cision within a week. New Suffrage Club. Several prominent equal suffrage workers of Medford visiied Butte Falls Thursday and assisted the la dles of that section in organizing an equal suffrage club. The'club has a large membership and promises to conduct a rapid fire campaign. Mrs. J. Calzow Is presi dent of the organization and Mrs. Leola Stoddard is secretary. CONGRESSWAS SUCCESS Meeting of Mining Men at Yreka Last Week Proved Best of Its Kind in District. Mining enthusiasts to the number of about fifty went from this city to Yreka last week to attend the ses sion of the Southern Oregon and Northern California Mining Con gress. The Tidings is indebted to F. G. McWilliams for a letter writ ten Friday, which is published be low. According to a number who at tended from here, Ashland had rea son to be proud of those of her citi ens who assisted In the program. At torney R. H. Burns gave an excellent address on conservation, which was heartily received, while Mrs. Sylvan Provost was the recipient of enthusi astic applause for her solo work. Mr. Dozier's address on "Freaks in Ore Deposits" was much appreciated. The final program and concert6atur day evening was one of rare, enjoy ment. Local talent, assisted by Mrs. Provost of Ashland nd Mrs. Dr. Ma son of Dunsmnir as soloists and the Elks Quartet from Medford, contrib uted the numbers of this program, in which the Yreka band played a prom inent part. All In all, the visitors report royal treatment at the hands of their hosts. The confidence of Siskiyou county in their mining fu ture was evidenced by the purchase by the county commissioners of $10,000 worth of high-grade ore for a permanent exhibit. The letter of Mr. McWilliams fol lows: Yreka, Cal., July 19. 1912. The Ashland Tidings: 1 am sorry Ash land did not have a representative from either of the Ashland papers at the mining congress now in ses sion here. However, there is a fair representation from Ashland and a big delegation from Grants Pass. Siskiyou and Shasta counties, Cali fornia, Josephine and Douglas coun ties, in Oregon, have all fine exhibits I of ore, but Jackson county not an ! ounce. The committee for Jackson county failed to do anything in send- ing an exhibit. The people of this fine little city are treating all delegates royally and the town is filled to overflowing from all over northern California and southern Oregon. When the first Ashland bunch ar rived in this city we all piled into the bus of the Franco-American Hotel, but found when we arrived there that all rooms were taken. We then went to the Clarendon, only to find there was no room in the inns ot Yreka for the lost tribes from Ash land. We finally found good rooms at the Pollock rooming house, so that we are comfortably situated for the balance of the session. . Ail trains have been loaded coming In since we arrived, also all boats coming up both the Shasta and Klamath rivers have been "chuck a block" with miners and mining men. The next congress will be held at Redding, as the territory has been enlarged, taking In Shasta county. The congress will end tomonovf noon, and in the afternoon all who wish will be taken on the free auto mobile excursion to Ft. Jones. Scott's valley and .Aetna. The building where the congress is being held, when entirely com pleted, will cost $15,000 and is a fine, commodious concrete building, a credit to the town and the builders. This congress is a grand success, In fact, the most successful yet held, and there are several reasons for it. In the first place all the citizens oi' this city took an interest in the con gress and the committees spared neither pains nor money to make it a success, and everyone attending the congress will always retain a most friendly feeling for the people or Yreka on account of the royal treat ment accorded them. WJiile Yreka is only a town or about 2,500 people, it is much more metropolitan In appearance in the heart of the city than many other cities, as it has. no railroad running through the center of the business part, which always takes away all metropolitan appearance from any city. The depot is a half mile from the center of the city and all trains are met by the hotel buses, three in number. Yreka is a rich town, also a prosperous town, made so by many producing mines, of which Yreka reaps the trade, besides the hundreds of residents who have been made wealthy by the production of these mines. The many beautiful homes testiTy to the prosperity of the mines, as mining for 60 miles west Is the chief industry of the Yreka country. F. G. McWILLIAMS. RAIN STORM BREAKS HEAT HEAVY TORRENTS DRENCH EN TIRE DISTRICT. BELLYIEW HLL BADLY DAMAGED Some Hail ReNrted and Gulches Suffer From Swollen St renins Little Damage to Fruit .Muddy Stream Flows Through I'la.a. The hot weather that has prevailed here during the past week was brok en suddenly last Friday evening by the heavy thunderstorm that thor oughly drenched everything in this end of the valley. The heaviest rail or rain was in the east city limits and farther up the valley, where it descended in torrents, rushing down the hillsides in streams, carrying with it considerable dirt. So far as can be learned, however, very little damage was done to fruit trees, the greatest damage resulting in the low er levels, where soil from the hills was washed over the gardens, cover ing some of them to a depth or sev eral inches. Reports from the Hellview district indicate that the country south oi the school house probably received the heaviest fall of rain. Some hail is also reported in that Bection, though not in sufficient quantities to injure the foliage or fruit. Far ther east streams were swollen by waters rushing down from the hill sides and some damage to alfalfa is reported. Most of the grain hay is out of the way, but considerable of alfalfa was ready for the second cut ting and suffered somewhat by the , heavy downpour. The Neil creek " bridge near the Homes ranch, at the junction of Main street and the Roul avard, was submerged by a foot or more of water and Bear creek was made a raging torrent by the inpour ing of immense volumes of water from tributary streams. The Bell view culvert is said to have been un dermined so as to be unsafe for travel. Gulches were in the greatest dan ger and In some localities heavy dam- age from washout is reported. Mr. Dozier, living south of the Hellview. is minus a wagon road, according to the report, the rain having washed out- a gulley several feet deep. ' Mr. May, residing some distance east, had a similar ' experience, being obliged to exert himself to keep tho torrent from entering his house. A number of ranchers in this vicinity announce the loss or chickens by drowning. The i'laza was the scene of consid erable excitement when the storm broke about 4:30, a stream or muddy water rushing down Main street with such force and volume that catch ba sins could not cnre for it. As the stream reached the west side of the Plaza it flowed over upon the side walk and merchants ; prepared to keep it from entering their 'stores. Mitchell & Whittle were in the great est danger, but luckily the water be gan to recede before it had reached the door. Continuing down to the Main street bridge, catch basins were unable to take care of the flow and a few cellars suffered slightly. The water backed up here. to the doors on either side qf the street, finding its way to Ashland creek down Water street. ROAD IX BAD SHAPE. Klamath Commissioner Complains of This End of Route. "Jackson county is doing very lit tle toward improving the Klamath Falls-Ashland road this year, and from the Jackson county line to Ash land the road is in an awful condi tion." says County Commissioner Sam T. Summers, who returifod re cently from an automobile trip to Ashland. "From Green Spring moun tain on toward Ashland the road in many places is almost impassible. Three or four men and one team are at work on the road, but thev will be able to accomplish but little be fore fall. '1 he Klamath countv uor- tlon of the road, I am gla l to say, is in excellent shape." Klamath North western. To Unseat , Member. By a vote of six to three the house elections committee on Friday voted to unseat Representative Theron E. Catlin of St. Louis and to seat ror mer Representative Patrick Gill, democrat. Catlin's campaign ex penses were so great -the committee held his election to be corrupt. It also held that Gill would have been elected but Tor the uso of money by Catlin's managers, whose- majority was 1,200. The resolution will be reported to the house for action. Ladies of the W. K. C. vYou are requested to meet at the G. A. R. hall Tuesday. July 23, at 9:30 a. m.. to attend the funeral of E. II. Gould. By order of the president, MRS. JAMES MATT1NGLY. Midsummer Hats! The new felts at Madame Dilhan's Millinery Store, 201 East Main street. The favorite for outings. Buy your peach boxes of Carsou Smttb Lumber Co.