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Oregon Historical Society. Ashland : ! Tidings SUNNY, SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912 NUMBER 25 AUTO CAUSES BADSMASHUP Mil. AND MKS. JOHX MORKLAM) ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY. COUPLE. RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS Machine Comes l'p From Behind . Team Without Sounding Warning Driver Turns and Hurries From Scene When Buggy Overturns. John Moreland and wife, living four and a half miles northwest of Ashland near, the Van Dyke place, are fortunate enough to be alive to day as the result of a serious acci dent that occurred Just before noon yesterday at the covered bridge near Eagle Mills. Both are suffering from numerous bruises, although no bones were broken. Mr. and Mrs. Moreland were driv ing to Ashland yesterday morning. As they were crossing the covered bridge near Eagle Mills an auto came up behind them, and as they emerged from the bridge, the driver, without any warning whatever, attempted to pass them. The horses became, frightened and started to run, over turning the hack suddenly and pin ning the occupants beneath it. The team then broke loose, after drag ging Mr. and Mrs.. Moreland for some distance, and got! away, leaving the buggy in a badly demolished condi tion and the occupants unconscious. As for the driver of the auto, he had business in the other direction at that time and showed his great presence of mind by turning about and hastening back through the bridge, leaving his victims uncon scious by the roadside. The acci dent was so sudden that it was im possible for Mr. and Mrs. Moreland to discover his number, and he did not stay to give it. He is thought to have come from Medford, though his identity has not been discovered. Local police officers are on the look out and the case will have a thor ough investigation in an effort to find out the name of the irresponsi ble driver. He was traveling at a high rate of speed and made no ef fort to slow down in attempting to pass. Mr. and Mrs. Moreland were bad ly shaken up and are physically very sore but will suffer no serious re sults. The damage to the wagon and harness is considerable. TRIAL COST lj!2.-.H?-. Likely Rain Charge Will Re Pushed Against Harrow. Los Angeles, Cal. District Attor- I ney Fredericks refuses to make a statement in regard to the Darrow case, but his general attitude is meant to convey the impression that he will proceed to the second trial of Darrow on a bribery charge. If the case comes to trial, Fred ericks himself again will be the commander-in-chief or the state's forces. He will be assisted, as in th'e first trial, by Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ford and possibly Deputy District Attorney G. Ray Horton, who was his chief lieutenant in the trial of the McNamaras. Darrow personally believes that he must face the bar on the Bain charge. He stated that if Fredericks decides to prosecute, he will be de fended again by Earl Rogers and possibly Horace Appel. Rogers maintains an air of indiffer ence. He said: "It is Immaterial to us whether they proceed or not. If the district attorney actually believed the Bain case the stronger of the two against Mr. Darrow, the chances are that he would have tried him on that first. We are ready if there is anything to be ready for." Fredericks admitted that the Dar row trial cost the state $25,000. 250 feet reguar 10c hose to close at 7c. A. J. Biege. CONDUCTORPROMOTED George Y. Gillette Receives ApMint nient as Suierintendent of Trans, port at ion for Northern District. A bulletin posted at the Southern Pacific depot in this city anounces the good fortune that has come to George V. Gillette, the popular con ductor. Mr. Gillette becomes super intendent of transportation for the northern district and will move with his family to Portland at once. He took up his duties in the new field last Friday, the appointment having been made the day before. Th'e promotion of Mr. Gillette is a matter of extreme gratification to his many friends in Ashland. For the past fifteen years George has been a familiar figure in railroad circles in Ashland. For eleven years he has acted in the capacity of conductor, the last four of which have been spent as passenger conductor on the run south from Ashland. He has made his home with his family In Ashland for the entire fifteen years and their removal to Portland will be a matter of great regret. The promotion Is a -reward for continu ous efficient service In the employ of the company. Mr. Gillette has the supervision of transportation on the Southern Pacific line from Portland to Red Bluff, Cal. DEFENDS SINGLE TAX. F. E. Coulter SKk8 to Small Audi ence on Initiative Measure. F. E. Coulter, defender of the sin gle tax and of the initiative measure that is to come before the people of Oregon this fall, spoke Monday even ing in Memorial hall, the room being comfortably filled. Mr. Coulter met with considerable opposition on the part of members of the audience, who plied him with questions un ceasingly. His arguments were forc ibly put and showed that he had made a study of the problems that confront the American people today. Quoting from the estimates as compiled from the present assess ment rolls, he stated that Jackson county would receive in graduated tax over and above enotflh to pay her entire state tax and still leave some $30,000 to be applied to her general fund. He scouted as absurd and preten tious Mr. Shields' contention that the amendment meant the confiscation of land values and asserted that in stead it meant the freeing of the la bor value now confiscated by the interests, to the toilers themselves. ROAI COST $ 125,000, Southern Pacific Paid Heavily for Acme to Coos Bay Road. Eugene, Ore. The sum of $125, tOO is what the Southern Pacific had to pay the Pacific Great Western Railway Company, the West Coast Contracting company and the Coast Linelailway Company for their sur veys and rights of way down the Sins law canyon and from Acme to Coos Bay, according to a deed to the prop erty just filed in the office or the county clerk here. The purchase of this property by the Willamette Pa cific, under which name the Eugene Coos Bay Railway is being built, en abled it to push its work in the Sius lay canyon without hindrance. The two surveys in the canyon over lapped in many places. OLI WORLD IDEAS SOUGHT. American Army Officer to Re Sent . to Euroj for Training. Washington. D. C. The war de partment is extending the practice it recently adopted of sending to Europe for special training a limited number of young cavalry and field artillery officers. Captain John S. Fair, fourth cal a'.ry, now at the War College here, soon will be attached to a Prussian reKinient: First Lieutenant E. P. Graham, fifteenth cavalry, goes to the military riding school at Han over, Germany, and, if the Italian government is willing, First Lieuten ant John, C. Montgomery, tenth cav alry, will'be sent to the Italian cav alry school at Tor di Quinto. GOLD HILLJNQUANDARY Situation in Municipal Government Raises Question of Exact Status of Mayor and Council. Gold Hill is in a deuce of a fix. The town of many troubles does not know for a certainty whether it is a town or not, doubts that it has a charter,' and thinks it is mayorless. To straighten out the tangle it may be necessary to go back to last No vember and hold two elections over again. Now the citizens are plan ning action, and Mayor Kelsey was in Medford Tuesday conferring with attorneys on the merits and demerits of the case. Last November Gold Hill held an election and voted a $25,000 bond issue for municipal improvements, including a water system. At the time a "mossback" was burned in effigy and a big celebration held. Because that election was not held according to the Oregon system, a San Francisco firm refused to buy the bonds, and the place is not what it seems. "To further complicate things they adopted a new charter in the spring and added luxuries in the shape of two new councihnen. Mayor Apple gate resigned and Dr. R. C. Kelsey was appointed in his place, and now steps are under way to secure the ousting of the present council, rein state the old. and hold another char ter and bond election, to make the action acceptable to the bonding hous,e. Unless the bonds are sold there will be little coin in the treas ury and a fiard winter is coming on. Definite action in the adjustment of the complications is being delayed until the opinions of a number of at torneys can be obtained. LAND CASES TO RE FOUGHT. SHMial Counsel Provided for Ry Hoard Savage Tract Rejected. Salem, Ore. The state land board has decided to secure special counsel to assist Attorney General Crawford in the appeal of the Corvallis & East ern tideland cases, the selection of the counsel being deferred by the board. The board also decided to reject the purchase of the Savage tract of land which was recently condemned, the board deciding that the purchase price of $2,000 for the five and a fraction of acres was too much. The costs of the case have been turned over to the superintendent of the prison, the law providing that such costs be paid by the institution which is to be benefited.. As a result, it is probable that Governor West will or der the bill of $11.20 for automob..e hire to pay for the Jury being taken to view the premises be refused. BLUE PRINTS FOR ARMORY ARRIVE PLANS ON EXHIBITION AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK-BIDS WILL BE OPENED IN PORTLAND SEPTEMBER 7, 1912 Plans for the $30,000 armory to.vided with shower baths, dresing be constructed in this city have ar-Jroom, kitchen, dining room and boil- rived In Ashland and are to be found at the First National Bank. Three complete sets of plans and specifica tions are provided,, with the intent that local contractors may have an opportunity to bid on the structure. Blue prints show every detail of a splendid modern armory, ten large sheets being provided. With the final arrival of these plans, it is hoped that construction of the build ing will be commenced without delay and that this winter will see the ar tillery boys safely housed in their quarters. The building Is a two-story and basement affair 100 by 150 feet, and will be located on B street between First avenue and Oak street. The front opens on Oak street, while side entrances are provided on B street. The style of arcnitecture will con form to that followe dby other build ings of the kind, being constructed of concrete, solid up to the floor of the first story, and reinforced the balance of the height. The exterior finish will be rough cast cement. A dome roof will give an imposing apj pearance to the building, while the general plan will make it the finest appearing structure In southern Ore gon. The basement will have a heignt of nine feet and will extend the en tire length and breadth of the build ing. The floor space is divided so as to provide rifle range, gymnasium, bowling alley, toilet, bathroom pro- NAT GOODWIN INJURED. Roat Overturned in Breakers Body Dashed on Rocks. and Los Angeles. Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, was seriously injured at noon Thursday at a rocky point 12 miles south of Hueneme, by first being thrown from a skiff onto the rocks by the strong breakers and then struck by the boat itself as it was dashed ashore. Goodwin in company with a wom an of His company, who refused to give her name, engaged Captain Hyder and a launch of Santa Monica to make a trip up the coast with a view to locating some land whlcn he said he wished to buy to turn into a summer resort. The. woman had a note which she told Captain Hyder was for an Indian who lived near Hueneme, and when that point was reached and she saw the hut on the shore, she demanded that Hyder take the note ashore and deliver it. Hyder refused because of the strong tide and the breakers. Good win grabbed the note, jumped into a rowboat, telling Hyder to follow him. As the boat reached the break er line it was overturned. Goodwin was thrown asnore and stunned. With the next wave the boat was brought ashore and thrown upon Goodwin, rendering him uncon scious. Hyder got Goodwin into the launch and hurried to Santa Monica, where the actor was pliced in a hos pital. His physician says the pa tient's condition is grave. ASH LANDERS YISIT LAKE. R. Smith and Nephews Through Klamath Falls. Pans (From Klamath Herald, Aug. 19.) E. R. Smith of Ashland and his two nephews, Bert and Chester, ar rived in a Ford car this morning from Spencer creek, where they spent the night, after having started from Ashland yesterday morning. They are well equipped for camping, and are on their way to Crater Lake to view the glories of nature there, ex pecting to stop tonight at Fort Klam ath. "We've had no trouble with the car whatever," said Mr. Smith, "but some other folks along the route were not so fortunate, we noticed, and were laid up for repairs. On leaving Spencer creek we possibly took the worst road of the two, for we turned to the left. Maybe we should have picked out the route to the right. We found the roads seemed to be very poor, even for mountain roads, and they were washed out in a good many places." The Smith auto has, one of the healthiest sounding horns that has been heard in this region for some time, and it works by mere pressure of a button. GOVERNOR WILL HIKE. Will Make March That Caused Re cent Militia Insubordination. Salem, Ore. During the Investi gation of the suspended officers of the Becond battalion, third Infantry, Tuesday afternoon. Governor West made the announcement that he will don a khaki uniform, equip himself in regulation army marching equip ment of a total weight of 4 9 pounds and make the trip on foot from Gate, Wash., to Oakville, Wash., and re turn. This is the hike on account of which the suspended officers are al leged to have disobeyed orders. Governor West thus will be in a po sition to state' his opinion on the merits of the case of the officers. Captain H. E. Williams, one of the officers, will accompany him. The hearing was not concluded until late Tuesday night. er room. The first floor comprises the audi torium and drill room, being 77 by 87 feet and provided with a stage 20 feet deep and 40 feet wide, with a 26-foot proscenium, besides a com pany room, store room and offices for captain, first lieutenant, first sergeant and quartermaster. All of these rooms will be finished for the most part in natural finish, some of the rooms being provided with fire places to add to the comfort of the officers. The second floor Is divided into billiard room, reading room and bal cony, the auditorium extending to a height of two stories. The billiard and reading rooms are directly above the officers quarters of the first noor. ine oaicony win anord an excellent opportunity for spectators to witness drills, as well as adding to the seating capacity of the audi torium for public sentertainments. - A gravity return system of steam heating is provided forthroughout the building. Bids for the construction of the ai mory will be opened in the office of Adjutant General Finzer in Port land September 7, and it is expected the contract will be awarded at that time and construction be begun with out further delay. Plans may be seen at the offices of Mr. Finzer in Portland, State Architect Knighton In Salem and L. L. Mulit, at the First National Hank in Ashland. STEAMER ASHORE. Position Uncharted and Wireless Communication Cut Off. San Francisco. The steamer Ple iades, which sailed for Balboa from this port August 11, is reported ashore on the Lower California coast near Magdalena Bay. The Pleiades is a freight carrier under charter to Bates &. Cheesebrough. She is of 3,753 tons and carries a crew of 33 men. Wireless communication with the Pleiades ceased at 5:15 Friday morn ing. At that time her position was given as "inside Cape Nassau, near Providence Island." Neither stand aid atlases nor any map in the pos session of the Merchants Exchange here" n cords either of the points mentioned. It is recalled that the Pacific Mail Steamship Indiana went ashore In the neighborhood of Magdalena Bay about three years ago and that Cap tain Kobinson committed suicide. The San Francisco Merchants' Ex change later received a message from the wireless operator at East San Pedro, in which he reported having picked up a message from the tanker Washtenaw, owned by the Union Oil Company, and two days out from Port San Luis to San Jose, Guate mala, as follows: "In communication with steamer Pleiades. Am 250 miles north of Magdalena Bay. Understand situa tion. Will proceed to Pleiades." WILL VISIT OREGON. Roosevelt to Speak in Portland Sep tember 11. Following the receipt of a tele gram by Dr. H. W. Coe from O. K. Davis, of the Roosevelt Itinerary committee in New York, announcing that Colonel Roosevelt will be at the disposal of Portland Bull MooHers on Wednesday, September 11, from 7 a. in. to 8 p. m., Immediate steps were taken to arrange for his recep tion and entertainment. The telegram received by Dr. Coe reads: "Roosevelt schedule Is fully ar ranged. He Is expected to arrive in Portland at 7 a. ni. Wednesday, Sep tember 11, and leave at 8 p. in. over the O.-W.. R. & N. for Idaho." A telegram was received by the Vancouver, Wash., progressive fol lowers, announcing that Colonel Roosevelt can be borrowed for that city if satisfactory arrangements can be made with the Portland Roose velt followers, who will have charge of the colonel during the entire day. ROY RUNS INTO AUTO. Forest (.'rove Irfid Suffers Injury in Head. 'uinfiil Forest Grove, Ore. Donald Misz, the 12-year-old son of Charles Misz, while riding a bicycle around a street corner here Tuesday forenoon, col lided with the automobile of A. B. Croft and was hurled to the pave ment with such violence as to cut a deep gash In his forehead. Medical attention was promptly given and the lad is not believed to be dangerously injured, as he did not lose conscious ness for an Instant. The boy rode around the corner at a high rate of speed, holding his head down as though to watch the pavement, and when Mr. Croft saw him and shouted to him, there, was not time to turn out and the collision resulted. The boy's bicycle was completely wrecked in the collision, but the automobile, which was traveling at a very low rate of speed, was not Injured. Park Club Dinner. A good dinner and supper at Chautauqua Park Club on Friday. lKHTOR HAS TROUBLES. K. U. Silsby Finally Submits to Am put at ion of Finger. . Dr. E. B. Silsby of Maine is spend ing a few days with his brother, A. W. Silsby, of this city. He is de lighted with Ashland and surround ings and A. V. says he will eventual ly become a citizen of Ashland. He has had considerable ill fortune since leaving home. Soon after start ing on his trip, he began to suffer with a pain in his left forefinger, caused by blood poisoning, and was obliged to have it lanced. Later he found it necessary to have a second laucing ana a part oi tile Done re moved. Still later amputation at the second joint was found necessary, and a few days after the amputation he was laid up and a wire dispatched to his wife to come at once, as it was thought the poison had secured a hold upon his system. Then the whole of the finger and part of the hand was cut out and Dr. Silsby thinks he has the t ouble in nand. Today he is enjoying the delightful air and scenery of Ashland, which, he declares, far exceeds that, of southern California. COMPLIMENTS O'GARA. Editor of EncycloiN'dia of Horticul ture Pays High Tribute. Dr. Granville Lowther, editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Horti culture, now in course of compila tion, pays the following compliment to Professor P. J. O'Gara, pathologist for Jackson county: "If it is possible, we want you to do two things for us. First, we feel that the Encyclopedia of Horticul ture will not be complete without an article from yon, on the 'Control of Pear Blight.' In fact, we wish you would take the whole subject of pear blight and handle it from beginning to end. "Second, we wish, if you can, you would do us the favor to review the materials that we finally get togeth er, on 'Pests and Diseases.' We are collecting, writing and arranging this material, but we want the criticisms and suggestions of a man who com bines technical scholarship and prac tical experience. In other words, we want the best, as we hope our work will be the best of its kind ever pub lished. We think you combine these elements In greater degree than any man in the United States." Physician Arrested. Dr. John V. Anderson of Central Point was arrested Monday for practicing without a license. He was given a hearing and fined $50, .... The matter was called to the at tention of the district attorney's of fice some time ago. Deputy prose cutor Cherry Investigated and con ducted the proceedings for the state. RAILROADMEN GATHER Agent Kramer Returns From Rig Conference With Representatives of Transcontinental Lines. G. N. Kramer returned Tuesday evening from San Francisco, where he went to attend a conference of railroad men regarding general busi ness policies on this and other large lines. Representatives of all the transcontinental lines with terminals on the Pacific coast were in attend ance. Including the Santa Fe, South ern Pacific, Milwaukee, Union Pa cific and O. W. R. & N. Forty men constituted the working force of the conference, this number holding day and night sessions throughout their stay in the bay city. Mr. Kramer states that besides the accomplishment of a vast amount of important business, the company en joyed numerous auto rides and ban quets as guests of the commercial clubs of San Francisco and Oakland. They were taken In autos for a trip of inspection of the water fronts in the two cities. Mare Island," the seat of the government naval yards, San Qnentin prison and Fort Alcatras were also visited and a royal wel come accorded at each place. As to the business of the confer ence and its effect upon this vicinity, Mr. Kramer is silent, stating that a bulletin covering the work accom plished will soon be published and sent out to the public. Mr. Kramer was the only representative from this section, none other south of Portland being In attendance. PANAMA SERVICE RID FOR. Postal Department Will Make Ten Year Contract Willi Provisions. The United States postofflce de partment is advertising for proposals for ocean mail service between Port land and Panama. Contracts will be made for ten years, the service to begin not later than January 1, 1915. Vessels of the second and third class will be employed and the time fixed between the two points Is 16 days. The postmaster general reserves the right to require the steamers, when they can continue their voyage to a point on the opposite end of the Panama canal, to carry any portion of their mail to such port without additional compensation. Bids will be received for this work until Octo ber 15, 1912. ( Measure Repassed. Washington, D. C. After a spirit ed debate the senate Monday re passed the vetoed legislative execu tive and judicial appropriation bill, still carrying the provision for the abolition of the commerce court. MORE WALKS ORDERED IN COI'XCIIj WOULD ALSO II AYR (TRIM CONSTRICTED. POWDER MAGAZINE TO BE MOVED Mayor Announces Changes in Com mittees to (;ive Place to Xew t ouncilmaii Electroliers to Re Coated Ordinance Passed. On account of a protest from citf- . zens in the neighborhood of the Hel- man street septic tank against the erection of a powder magazine in that vicinity, the council last Tues day evening voted to locate the storehouse on the old Goble property up the canyon. A part of this prop erty was accordingly leased to T. H. Simpson for the storage of powder. The matter of storing explosives in the city limits had been brought up at previous meetings and the septic tank site selected for the storehouse. A general shakeup of committees was made in order to give Council man Werth his proportionate share of responsibilities. The new coun cilman was given a place on four im portant committees, namely, fire and water, sanitary, sewer and license and ordinances. An ordinance covering the issu ance of city improvement bonds in sewer district No. 17 was adopted, an also one covering the storing of ex plosives. After due consideration, the coun cil voted to' borrow $2,500 for the electric light fund from the street fund, it being represented that the latter fund has a large surplus, while, the former is depleted. The action was declared to be entirely regular and would at the same time be a menns of revenue for the street fund, the interest rate of 6 per cent being voted. The street committee offered reso lutions calling for the improvement of a number of the principal streets of the city with sidewalk and curb. The streets included are on both sides of town, and improvement is contemplated within the next few weeks, before the fall rains set In. The resolution was adopted and the recorder directed to institute the, usual proceedings. The superintendent of the electric light plant was Instructed to pur chase a supply of coating with which to paint the city electroliers and make them waterproof. Consider able difficulty was encountered last winter with the electroliers becom ing saturated with water, thereby forming a short circuit and burning out the lights. It Is sought to avoid a repetition of this experience. SEVEN MUST HANG, Governor Johnson Finds Utile Sup )Mrt for Abolishment of Death Penalty. Sacramento, Cal. Because the agitation for the abolition of the death penalty in California failed to enlist more than a few thousand sig natures to the petition seeking to make hangings impossible hence forth, Governor Hiram. Johnson an nounced Tuesday that all of the seven men whom he reprieved from time to time because of the existence of this petition must die. He de clared that he had no other alterna tive and that the law must be en forced.. Alexander Szafscar and George . ugeroa are under sentence to be hanged at San Quentin September f, the week of the state fair and just preceding the celebration of Admis sion Day; Willie LuiH, a Chinese; William llurk and Frank Bauwererta are to die Friday, September 13; Charles Carson, whose sanity has been denied by the warden and pris on guards, is to give up his life Sep tember 2(1, and Ed Williams is un der sentence to be hanged Septem ber 27. FIRE DESTROYS BARN Morse Realty Company looses Build in;;' and Several Tons of Hay No Clue to Cause. Fire at 3 o'clock this morning completely destroyed the barn lo cated on the Morse Realty tract across Bear creek from Talent. The barn was well filled with hay, all of which was completely destroyed. Ashlaud citizens were awakened by the sound of the fire alarm and a few got out to luu ni the location of the blaze. When discovered, however, It wast far beyond control and nothing could be done to save the building and contents. Cow sheds on the premises were also completely wiped out. No clue to the manner In whiclj the lire started has been discovered, but owners of the property conjec ture that a wood rat may have been responsible by the gnawing of a, match that had been carelessly thrown down. The blaze was plainly visible for miles around. Fall Millinery. The new hats at Madame Dilhan'ss Millinery Store. For the last week, in August, all summer goods at you i own price. Come in and take your choice.