Oregon Historical Society. hland Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL As VOL. XXXVII - - ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912 ' MimiiTT" I ' i : 1 FREIGHT RATE PROHIBITIVE CALIFORNIA CONCERN EXAMINES KAOLIN. PRODUCT IS FOUND SUITABLE Four Sacks Forwarded Some Time Ago Are Analyzed and Pronounced Excellent, Rut Cost of Transporta tion is Too High. J. M. Wagner has received defi nite information as to the composi tion and usefulness of the samples of kaolin sent several weeks ago to the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company, which Is distinctly favor able to the product. The freight rate on the material, however, is found to be prohibitive and the im mediate prospect or establishing a market for this great asset is not encouraging. Early in June Mr. Wagner received a request for samples of the kaolin, which exists in unlimited quantities east of this city. Four sacks of the product were immediately secured and forwarded to the company's works at Davenport, Cal., where the material underwent a thorough an alysis. The result of this analysis was entirely satisfactory to the com pany, the kaolin being found to pos sess the proper ingredients for the manufacture of white cement. Upon investigation of the cost of transpor tation from Ashland to Davenport, however, it was found that freight charges alone would be '$13.80 per ton. In addition to this, the cost of bringing the kaolin from the hills to Ashland would be in the neigh borhood of $5. While the company recognizes the value of this product and would be pleased to use it, these revelations make it out of the question for the present at least. Mr. Wagner re ceived a personal letter from the company in which the facts were set forth as above stated. Looks like it is up to Ashland1 to induce the com pany or some other one to come to Ashland to manufacture their ce ment. WILL CONSTRUCT CITY HALL. Rogue River Council Also Considers Water System. At the adjourned meeting of the. town council Wednesday' evening a pruyusiuou was enienainea to accept an offer for the water and light bonds. The offer was made through local people by Medford capitalists and was for par. Specifications were prepared and submitted for the construction of a city hall by Contractor Young. Con tractor Shasta was notified that the water system would be accepted pro vided that a good and sufficient bond was given to insure the nonbreakage of the reservoir and the bursting of pipe joints for a period of six months. A permit was granted to the Odd Fel lows to employ a portion of Main and Broadway streets for a place to pile brick during the construction of their brick block on Broadway. Rogue River Argus. THINKS HE HAS MURDERER. Klamath Sheriff Relieves Man Slayer of Barbara Holtzman. In 6pite of an interview with De tective Baty of Portland, printed in the Evening Telegram, to the effect that the murderer of Barbara Holtz man would probably never be cap tured, Deputy Sheriff Schallock is convinced that the guilty man today occupies a cell in the county jail. "I am convinced that we have the man wanted," said the deputy sheriff this morning. "There are many things in connection with the matter that I am not privileged at this time to make public." There is a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer of Barbara Holtzman. Klamath Herald. Market Day. The Pythian Sisters will have a sale of cooked food Saturday, Jul 27, at the store of Cameron & Patty, beginning at. 10 o'clock. CHEM. COMPANY MOVES Recent Fire Causes Change Labo ratory Will Be Established In, White Sulphur Hotel Property. The recent fire in the laboratory of the Hygienol Chemical Company in the Swedenburg building has re sulted in a change in plans and the company will re-establish their labo ratory in the old White Sulphur Ho tel building. All apparatus and equipment has been moved from its former location and is now being in stalled. It was the original inten tion'of the company to manufacture only spray material in the building, but the fire has caused a change of plans and the entire plant will be operated here. Dr. Boslough has withdrawn temporarily from the practice of medicine to look after the interests of the company. It is un derstood that operations will be more extensive than ever when the manufacture Is resumed.. Scale receipts at Tidings office. GETS BAD FRUIT. Klamath Falls Merchants Complain of Medford Shipments. Local merchants have had consid erable trouble the last two or three days with berries and fruit shipped from Medford which has arrived in such a condition that many boxes have been refused and hauled away to the dumping grounds as worth less. The merchants claim that the fruit and berries that they have been re ceiving from Ashland have arrived in fairly good condition, but since these products have been coming from Medford they have arrived in such a condition that they have re fused to accept them from the ex press company. Medford is only a few miles north of Ashland and the distance is so short that it is not believed that the extra distance can be the cause. The boxes are handled only twice by the express company before reaching this city, and as the boxes arrive here covered with stain where the Juice has run out and the cupsabout half full, it is believed that the berries are being shipped overripe and that the Medford people are trying to pass off inferior fruits on local merchants. Peaches arrive here so soft and de cayed that they are not unloaded from the express wagons. H. B. Manchester called up Med ford on the telephone recently, and as he could not get any satisfaction out of the commission house where the fruit has been coming from, told them that he could not afford to take any mo-e chances with their fruit. County Fruit Inspector O. A. Stearns said when asked concerning the matter that he could not take any action unless the fruit was dis eased, but that there ought to be a city pure food Inspector to look after such matters. Klamath Falls North western. OREGON ROADS DISGRACE. Medford Man Comments on State's Highways. "Oregon roads are a disgrace to a state as progressive in all other lines as this one, and it is to be hoped that the present good roads movement will amount to something," Is T. E. Daniels' summary of his recent trip by automobile to Portland and re turn. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels arrived Friday afternoon from Portland, having been absent two weeks. "I have heard much of the condi tion .of the Oregon roads," continued Mr. Daniels, "but I did not believe that they were as bad as reported, i From this city to Eugene especially I in Cow and Pass Creek canyons the !;oaij a:e if Iiii'l'jtrul toud'tiou.' I Mall Tribune. . M'MAHON RANCH SOLD Illinois Parties Take Over 1,500 Acre Tract Will Plant to Fruit and Subdivide. Miss Kate F. O'Connor and Ed ward Butterfield of Rockford, 111., have taken over the old McMahon ranch of 1,500 acres lying six miles northwest of Ashland and will cut up the property into five and ten acre tracts. The property was purchased from Lester W. David of the David Lum ber Company of Seattle and is one of the richest sections in southern Oregon. The purchasers had the soil examined by experts and the result was so flattering that the deal was closed at once. Miss O'Connor, prominent through out the country as a club woman and suffragette, conducts a large real es tate business in Rockford, 111., and will have her main office in that city. A branch office will probably be established here. Mr. Butterfield is a successful business man who owns and manages a string of retail stores throughout northern Illinois. He is in the valley with his wife and children and will make his home on the new tract. He made the present purchase after looking over orchard property throughout Washington, Oregon and California, and decided on this vicinity because it impressed him as being the most promising district on the Pacific coast. Miss O'Connor and Mr. Butterfield with C. J.. Blake of Seattle and Mr. P. R. Kennedy of, Los Angeles in spected the property Tuesday and were all enthusiastic over it. It is planned to set out pear trees, the soil, according to experts, being par ticularly well adapted to that fruit. Miss O'Connor has just returned from the meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs In San Francisco. She Is enthusiastic over the valley and predicts a brilliant future. The old McMahon ranch was for merly a cattle ranch. It has plenty of water and numberless scenic building sites. It i s about three miles east of Talent. ROAD CREW MOVES. Keene Creek (Crossing Scene of New Operations. Road Supervisor C. W. Jones has moved his crew of ten men to Keene Creek Crossing and will put the roads In that vicinity in better shape. The removal of rocks as well as grad ing and leveling constitute the work now being done. Fully $2,000 worth of damage was done by the recent storm, the repair of which will be undertaken at once. An electric power cable will be laid across the Columbia from Hood River to the Washington side. SANATORIUM BLUE PRINTS ARRIVE PLANS FOR $250,000.00 INSTITUTION AT BUCKH0RN LODGE SHOW 218 ROOMS BESIDES AMUSEMENT FEATURES.' Developments in the matter of the proposed sanatorium to be erected at the present site of Buckhorn Lodge, (ornierly known as Tolman Springs, seem to Indicate that plans for this immense institution will be carried out as formerly projected. The lat est news is the arrival of blue prints with full details of the building. Stevens & Cdmpany, one of the big gest architectural concerns In the country, with offices in a dozen of the largest cities, drew the plans, which call for an institution costing $250,000 complete in very detail for the health and enjoyment of its patrons. It will be remembered that Minne apolis parties are behind the move, Messrs. Eitel and Holliston having given instructions to the Stevens I comnanv for the drawing of nlans Dr. Eitel owns a large sanitarium in Minnesota, while Mr. Holliston Is a capitalist who came here some time ago and found relief at the springs. The plans call for an immense I building with 218 rooms, of two stories and a basement. The form is that of a big hollow square, every room being an outside one. Recep tion halls and spaceous rest rooms are provided, which the exterior is designed to give an appearance, ot luxury and restfulness, with green sward, flower beds and fountains. In fact, the institution will be one of the greatest health resorts of its kind In the country and would lead to the establishment of others at the numerous mineral springs in this vi cinity. Ashland is the logical railroad point for this sanatorium. The loca tion of these springs is about twelve miles from this city and a good auto mobile road from here to the springs would make it of easy access. It is SEES BROTHER DROWN. Engineer Witnesses Tragedy Cab Window. From St. Louis, Mo. When passing Van dalia slough in East St. Louis Sunday morning, Leo Deatherage, engineer on the Vandalia line, witnessed from his cab window the drowning of a 12-year-old boy, who later he learned was his younger brother, William. Deatherage was in a heavy freight engine hauling a long train from the other fide of the river. The engine was going slowly near the slough. Deatherage saw every move in the tragedy. Just before he pulled into the round house in East St. Louis he re marked to his companion that several i boys had been drowned in the slough i and told of seeing another accident as his train had passed. A minute later a message was delivered to him i telling him that his brother had been drowned j Because several men were near when William ventured into deep wa ter, Deatherage did not stop his en gine fo go to the rescue. Three ne groes fishing on the bank ten feet from William, heard his cries as he went down, but made no effort to as sist him. RIG GRAIN CROP. Mills Will Resume Work the Valley. All Over Many of the flour and feed mills which have been closed during the past year or two owing to the small amount of grain which has been planted and harvested in the valley are now preparing for an extended run this season, having secured enough grain to guarantee them a lengthy run. Mills at Central Point, Medford, Talent and Ashland will be placed in operation as soon as the threshing season opens, which will be in the near future. The valley will produce the heav iest grain crop this year in its his tory. The acreage planted was far heavier than usual, while the yield has ben very heavy. Some loss was occasioned by the rain beating the grain down, forcing ranchers to cut for hay In order to save it. "We have no way-of accurately de termining the amount of grain in the valley," stateB Prof. O'Gara, county pathologist, "but ranchers say it is the heaviest in the history of the val ley." RKHGEH IS PLEASED. Says Resignation of Hanford is Ad mission of Guilt. Washington. "I take Judge Han ford's resignation as an admission of his guilt," was the statement of Con gressman Victor Berger of Wiscon sin, who introduced the resolution calling for the impeachment of the Seattle Jurist. When informed that Hanford had tendered his resigna tion to President Tart, Berger said: "In introducing my resolution call ing for action against Judge Hanford I was fighting corruption on the bench generally and not Judge Han-" ford, personally. The Hanford and Archlmld cases are splendid argu ments for the recall of judges. It would be a mighty good thing for the country if a couple of dozen more of United States Judges would resign or be recalled by the people. The pres ent system of Impeachment is unsat isfactory, cumbersome and costly." understood the rajlroad company is prepared to erect a pagoda station at Stein man for the accommodation of the sanatorium. In a letter from the Stevens com pany to Mr. M. G. Lawrence, present owner or the springs, preliminary outlines of the plans are suggested, with the request for changes and suggestions. Among the things out lined are the following: Rooms with private bath (first and second floor), 22. Thirty-two rooms with connecting baths (first and second floors), 64. Four three-room suites connecting bath (first. and second floors), 12.- Rooms with lavatory and water closets (first and second floors), 88. Total . rooms on first and second floors, 186. Rooms with lavatory and water cftsets (basement), 32. Total guest rooms in building, 218. Otiior Features. There is some unassigned space in the basement and some assigned to help rooms which might be used to better advantage if certain condi tions should exist. ' Billiard and other amusement room on third floor, wtih provision for roof garden If desired. Kitchen and boiler room to be lo cated back of main building as shown on the drawings, i Other suggestions call for the Spanish style of architecture; strict ly fireproof construction throughout, making the floor slabs of reinforced concrete; three stairways from base ment to attic, also one incline to run from basement to attic or roof gar den so that guests who are lame can be wheeled to their destination; all bath rooms Inside rooms with vent shafts above the roof line. RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED. Erectiun of Brick Building in Med ford Halted Temporarily. A temporary restraining order has been Issued by Frank M. Calkins, judge of the circuit court, stopping the erection of the Neidermeyer brick building at the corner of Eighth and Fir streets, in Medford, as. the building is so close to the Rogue River Valley Railroad that the box cars strike the bricks. Tfcc railroad bases its suit for tu injunction on a deed given the rail road 22 years ago by the owner of the lot at that time, which grants, for a consideration of $100, the right to the corner for the operation of the tracks,, including several feet where cars hang over the private property there. Mr. Neidermeyer, who recently purchased the lot, started the erec- tion of a two-story brick livery sta- ble. The south wall runs nearly to the track, so close that a box car has already dislodged some of the brick. Work must cease now until the suit filed by Barnum is settled. ItHiEGAMA ROAD ABANDONED. SuiKiintendent Abbott and Family Leave for East. With the completion of the timber cut in the vicinity of Pokegama and the subsequent tearing up of the railroad from that point to Fall River, the existence of Pokegama as an active mill center passed away. The mill has been moved to Upper Klamath Lake and the Weyerhauser road from Fall River to Thrall has been leased to the California & Ore gon Power Company. As a result of these changes, E. T. Abbott, who has made his home in this city for several years, has re moved with his family to their for mer home In Minneapolis. Mr. Ab bott and family are well known in Ashland and their departure is re gretted by a host of friends. Mr. Atibott has been in the employ of the Weyerhauser company for a number of years in the capacity of superintendent. ( LVSTRUCTI XG FISH . V Anient Dam Soon to Be With Luder. rovided Work on the fishway on the north side of the river at the Ament dam was resumed Monday by a crew of men under the direction of Warden Sandry. The ladder is btAng exten ed about thirty feet Into the water and will allow the fish to ascend in very low water. The ladder on the south side is in excellent condition and the fish are having no difficulty in the ascending. Editor Hammers ly in company with Mr. Sandry while looking over the works Monday esti mated that at least 250 fish per hour were ascending the ladder. When the ladder on the north side is com pleted, which will take but a short time, there will be no excuse for the fish to not ascend the river. Rogue River Argus. Notice. Dr. J. E. Endelman has returned and will be in his office from 9 to 12 a. m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p. m. each day. Money to loan on Improved ranch es, first mortgages; mixed farms pre ferred. W. D. Hodgson, Ashland. Phone 4 2 7-J. WOUND PROVES FATAL. Redwood Teacher Dies From Acci dental Shot in Leg. Charles Serve, a teacher, recently of Redwood, Cal., who has been vis iting at the home of W. A. Van goaum, in Evans valley, for the past two months, accidentally shot him self while hunting in the vicinity of Wilcox gulch, Saturday, and after lingering at death's door, passed away at the Ashland hospital Mon day evening. Serve was in company with Will Williams. The country they were in was rough and precipitous. The rifle that Serve carried was a 30-30 automatic. He neglected to lock the safety, and when he suddenly slipped the rifle was discharged, the bullet entering his right ankle and plow ing upward to the knee, completely shattering the limb. Williams was but a short distance from the victim of the accident at the time. After making a hasty examination he left to get help. Dr. Woods of Rogue Kiver Hurried to the rescue and dressed the wound. The injured man was brought to Rogue River and later taken to Ashland. Serve was a highly educated man. having taught In the department of science in some of the best schools of Calitornia. He has been in ill health for some time and came here for a vacation. lOTATOES BEING SHIPPED. For First Time, Balance is in Favor of ExKtrt.K. The first car. of potatoes ever shipped out of the Rogue river val ley was sent out last wek. It is esti mated that the potato crop will be between 30.000 and 40,000 sacks as against less than half the quantity laBt year. A year ago some twenty odd cars of potatoes were imported by the val ley, showing that the valley is daily becoming more self-sustaining, the result principally of the extension of irrigating systems and the increased use of water. Hay is also being shipped from the valley this year, when a year ago a net total of 163 cars were imported. Egg shipments continue weekly, and for the first time no eggs have been shipped in for some months. SHclal Services. There will be a special musical service in the Presbyterian church next Sabbath evening at 8 p. in. The program will consist of choruses, duets, solos and other features, Ser vice will not be over an hour idtiu. This will be the last v ured, conl(Y. uuui auer ine vacation Everybody invited. season. CHILD WANDERS AWAY '1 hreo-Veur-Old Daughter of Ante lope Rancher Smim1s Night Under Rush, Three Miles From Home. After wandering alone and lost for 24 hours, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bradshaw, who reside on the Antelope property owned by the Rogue River Commer cial Orchard Company, was found Sunday afternoon, tired out but un harmed, after nearly a hundred friends and neighbors had spent a full day and night hunting for her. The little one wandered away Satur day morning and was not found until the next day at noon, three miles from the home. Saturday morning Mrs. Bradshaw was very busy with her housework anil, did not notice that Marie, her 3-year-old daughter, was straying away. Later she began a search and could not find the child. She then summoned help and by nightfall the irrigation ditch had been drained and searched, the well had been drained and every building searched. With nightfall the search was re doubled but no trace was found of the child. Sunday morning one of the search ers found a small gingham apron worn by the child about two miles from the farm house. This placed the searchers on the trail of the ci. and about a mile farther on tne lit tle one was found. No injury has re suited from the night in the open. "I slept under a bush," was the child's only explanation. Cooking By Electricity. An exhibition that will be of spec ial interest to the ladies of Ashland is being given every morning and afternoon this week at 81 Oak street, formerly occupied by P. B. Fuller. Demonstrations of all kinds of elec tric cooking appliances are being made by Mrs. Colby, the celebrated New York cooking expert, who has been specially engaged by the Gen eral Electric Company for this pur pose. A cordial Invitation Is extended to all the ladies of Ashland to call and see the great advantages of electric ity for cooking and all household purposes. Mrs. Colby uses the well-known G. E. appliances exclusively and will be glad to fully explain them In de tail. Jersey Cow Lost. If found, hold and notify W. A. Pearson, Siskiyou, and get $10.()()i Fawn color; short legs; slight slit in one ear; tail some black and slightly trails the ground; wore halter with small bell attached with - wire; 8 years old; giving milk; very gentle and answers to name of Nell. Lorlmer can have a vacation. AUTO PARTY VISITS LAKE C. B. LAM KIN AND E. V. CARTER DRIVE ALMOST TO RIM. ENCOUNTER VERY LITTLE SNOW Machines Run to Within Quarter Mile of Crater Roads Both Ways ReMrted to Be in Fine Condi, tion. E. V. Carter and C. B. Lamkin. with a party of ten, drove their ma chines to within a quarter of a mile of the rim of Crater Lake last Satur day. The party, which was made up of Mr. and Mrsr Lamkin, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Ella Mills, Miss Ella Ford of Chicago, Miss Nina Ford of Georgia, Mrs. Kidd and son Paul of Oakland, Cal., and H. R. Lamkin, left Ashland at 6:45 Satur day morning, going up by the Rogua river road over the Bybee bridge, through Trail and Prospect. They made a two-hour stop on the road and arrived at the superintendent's office at Camp Arant at 6:30 in the evening. They spent the night at the camp, which they report overrun with visitors, so much so that the superintendent was obliged to open his home for them for the night. Sunday morning was spent at the lake, which members of the party say surpasses In grandeur anything they have yet seen on the continent. The last quarter mile was impassable for autos on account of the snow, which is from one to three feet deep, and the party was obliged to make this short distance on foot. The weather was favorable and a splendid view of the lake and surroundings was af forded. Several hours were spent here. The return trip was made by way of Klamath Falls, the party arriving at that point at 4 o'clock Monday af ternoon. It was their original Inten tion to spend the night at Klamath. Falls, but the machines had been running so smoothly that the run In was attempted. It was 11 o'clock when they reached Ashland, the Green Spring Mountain road having all to be traversed in the dark. Pine hurst was reached at K. They report no bad luck with their machines, both cars making the tri without mishap and running smooth ly at all times, The roads both com ing and going are reported to be ex cellent. Mr. Lamkin stated that it was not difficult to tell when they reached the county line on the re turn, the Klamath side of the line presenting a perfect highway, while the Jackson county side was far in ferior. COBIRN & WATKINS SELL. New Proprietors Will Oxrato as G. A, R. Shoe Shop. A deal was consummated last Mon day whereby Coburn & Watkins turn over their shoe repairing establish ment to W. M. Lyman and son or San Bernardino, Cal. Mr. Lyman is an old soldier and will conduct the shop as the O. A. R. Repair Shop. The new firm will abandon the pres ent quarters of the company and will open up in the building next to Lam kin's real estate office. Mr. Lyman, his son and daughter are already in the city, while Mrs. Lyman has gone to Washington for a few weeks' visit before returning to make Ashland her home. THIEVES LOOT WRECKAGE. Nevacht State Police Go to IVotect Cloudburst Victims. Reno, Nev. Because thieves are looting the wrecked homes of the survivors and victims of the recent Mazuma and Seven Troughs cloud burst. Governor Oddie has sent state police to the scene. The thieves have been making a systematic search of the wreckage for property, while pre tending to aid the work of rescue. It has been definitely determined that the number of deaths from the cloudburst was seven, while as many more are seriously injured. A great crowd of sightseers visited the sceno today. WILL PAY2PER CENT Local Banks Offer Interest on Daily Balances of City and School ' Funds. ! Members of the city council met In committee of the whole Tuesday evening and considered many impor tant matters. Among them was a proposition from the First National and United States National banks, made jointly to the city and to school district No. 5, to pay 2 per cent In terest on daily balances deposited with them. This proposition la in line with a custom among many banks in the handling of public funds and will mean considerable to the city. The offer goes into ef fect August 1. The daily balance of the city fluct uates from $30,000 to $100,000. which indicates that a minimum in terest of approximately $600 will come Into the treasury from this source. The school district will also reap a substantial benefit from this source.