Ashland tidings., December 05, 1912, Image 1

Oregon Historical Society.
Doings
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912
NUMBER 55
ASHLAND
THE CLUB
MOWING
XIXE NEW MEMBERS TAKEN IXTO
COMMRCIAL CLUB.
NEW BOOKLET IS DISCUSSED
I. M. Lowe Told of Experiences In
Portland Trip Other Business of
Importance Transacted.
The Commercial Club held its reg-
nlar monthly meeting last Monday
evening An interesting feature of j
the meeting was a talk from D. M. Councilman Cunningham asked
Lowe, as to the recent Land Products J Mr. Mulkey to define a nuisance and
Show at Portland. Mr. Lowe talks j he defined it as anything that an
interestingly .and held the attention noyed any number of people or that
of the club closely. Mr. Lowe stated was detrimental to their health or
that a good share of the credit fori that damaged their property,
his success at the show should go to i
Mrs. Lowe, whose preserves, canned
fruits, etc., were an important part
of the exhibit. The club voted that
the prize of $250, outside the $100
j-ledged by the club, should go to
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and will present
th'm h testimonial later,
There were nine new members I
elected, as follows: Max Pracht,
Gerald Woods, W. T. Veghte, Ed
Hadfield, B. J. Griffith. Avery Trask,
B. W. Talcott, Sidney Sanderson and
C. W. Fraley.
The matter of the Sunset booklet
was taken up and a contract entered
into with that magazine for adver
tisement as heretofore outlined. A
committee consisting of C. B. Wat-1
son, G. F. Billings, C. B. Lamkin and ! Mrs- Jack BfcaSle. weI1 known in
1). M. Lowe was appointed to consult I this cit' as a ood cook and exl,eri
wlth the Sunset Magazine regarding enced at hotel wo,k' has leased the
the booklet.
A vote of thanks was given the
Southern Pacific Railway Company
for its courtesies in connection with
the exhibit at the Land Products
Show.
The club is under obligations to
Professor Gilmore for' several choice
piano selections.
Clean-up Sale.
I will sell my dry wood to clean
up: Cord wood, $5.50; block wood.
$2.50; 12-inch block wood, $2.25.. j
Split wood 25 cents extra. Lay in j
your supply now. Wood is getting
scarce. Wood choppers wanted, j
Phone 420-J. J. F. Hocho. 54-tf I
NEW BASKETBALL TEAM.
Axilla lid Polytechnic School Gets in
the Field.
The boys of the Polytechnic Col
lege organized a basketball team at
the regular meeting of their Ath
letic Association on Monday after
noon. The boys have secured the services
of Mr. Douglas as coach, and have
made arrangements with the man
ager of the Natatorium floor by
which they have the use of the same
for practice work for five nights in
.
the week. The college has good ma-:
. , .
the prospect of the enrollment of sev- i
eral good prospects after the holi-
days the boys are enthusiastic.
PASTOR DIED SUDDENLY
Kev.. M. AV.. Smith Died Shortly After
Havhig Returned From
Ashland.
Wilford W.. Smith, pastor of the
Christian rhu'rch at Talent, died sud- !
denly Tuesday evening from apo
plexy. Mr. Smith had just retired
when be was stricken and died be
fore Dr.. J. F. Hart, who lives next
' door, could reach his bedside. The
deceased had a slight stroke of apo
plexy about tyio months ago. Mr.
Smith had been pastor of the Talent
church about six months. He leaves
a wife and nine children, three of
whom are married &at Jive in Wash
ington, where the remain's will be
taken for interment.
Rev. Mr. Smith was 54 years of
' age. H leaves a wife and ten chil
dren Naonia.; of KennewSirk. Wash.;
Mabel, of Finley, Wash.; Myrtle,
Linn, Minnie and Walter, of Spo
kane, and Milford, Hazel, "Millard
and Robert, all of Talent. He was
pastor of the Christian church, tak
ing nig pastorate in Talent in July
after having served at Spokane.
Rev. Mr. Smith was an old friend
of O. H. Johnson of this city,' and
was in Ashland a few hours before
his death, visiting Mr. Johnson. Mi'.
Johnson speaks very highly of the
deceased, whom he had' ki)6wri for
many years, ,!' ' ' ' ' .
WOULD KEMOVK UAUX.
City Asked to Have Max I'rachlit
Itemove Structure.
Attorney B. F. Mulkey appeared
before the city council Tuesday even
ing to petition them in behalf of E. J.
Arant that Max Pracht be compelled
to remove a barn recently erected by
him near Euclid avenue. The peti
tion, which was very lengthy, recited
I that Pracht built the foundation
seven years ago and put up the barn
last August. That, it was on higher
ground than the residence of peti
tioner and that the manure leached
onto petitioner's land and the odor
annoyed him and his family.
The matter was referred to the
sanitary committee.
To Have. "Bob White" Here.
Deputy Game V.'arden Hubbard has
been authorized by Game Warden
Finley to trap California valley quail
in this part of the state for exchange
for "Bob White" quail from the
northern and eastern part of Oregon. !
The cheerful sound of the Iattle will
be music to
fiippi valley.
many from the Missis-
PARK H0TEL CHANGES
Mrs. Jack Beagle Takes Hostelry
and Will (iive Public Good
Service.
fartc Hotel ana solicits your patron-
age. Mrs. Beagle will have charge
of the cuisine and with a ranch with
plenty of fresh meat, milk, eggs and
vegetables to draw from will en-
deavor to give home cooking of the
highest kind. The house will be
thoroughly renovated and well heat
ed. A good substantial meal will be
served for 25 cents, with salads, ex
tra desserts, etc., extra. Short or
ders at ail hours. Clean rooms at
25 c nts up. Give her a call.
Evangelistic Meetings.
In response to the call published
in last week's papers, a number of
the local pastors met Monday at the
Presbyterian manse to discuss and
arrange for a series of union evan
gelistic services this coming winter.
After a general discussion of the
ways aAd means, it was unanimously
decided to begin the meetings Janu
ary 6 and to hold a week of services J
in each of the following church build-
ings in the order named: Conpre -
gational, Presbyterian, Baptist and
M. E., making four weeks in all as
tne minimum. committees on
finance, music, advertising, ete.,
-were appointed. Further details will
l)e given the public each week. The
-announcement is made now in order
'that all intprestpH mnv nrmno thoii
i .,,,.. . . .....
iiuffairs so as to attend the services,
Meanwhile the pastors ask that all
! I?"0 Pfep,e f City Un5te,
.. : " . .. -
Io,y Sp,r,t U"n thiS "n,0n moVe"
Put in Electric Clock.
The Citizens Banking & Trust
me citizens wanning & trust
Company has put a fine electrically
controlled clock in its banking
rooms. The clock has been placea
In such a position that it is visible
fm the street and a lamp will be so
Placed as to light it all night. As
this is the farthest east of any ac
curate clock in a public place in the
city, it will prove a great convenience
to the resiawnts of that section of
the city, and the bank is to be com-.
mendied for its public spirit in install
ing it
Must OiMect l-iicenses. '
Alderman Cunningham brought
up the matter of collection of vari
ous licenses due tine city at the coun
cil meeting Tuesday night. Record
er Hurt Btated that the billiard halls
and certain occupations which were
obliged under the ordinance to pay
license had not done so. and the chief
of police was instructed by Mayor
Neil to see that the law was en
forced. Sacml Concert at M. K. T)urch.
There will be a sacred concert at
the M. E. church next Sunday even
ing, i There . will be solos, duets,
quartets, choruses, etc. Everybody
invited. ,
Phone No. 39 when In need of Job
printing;. Work and prices are right.
FROHBACH ANSWERS COUNCILMAN CUNNINGHAM
A Little of the History of the Various Bond Issues Is Given De
clares Added Bonds Won't Benefit the City
In answer to Councilman Cunning
ham's arguments in favor of the $25,
000 bond issue, I wish to submit the
following for the voters' considera
tion: Mr. Cunningham asks the question,
"Will issuance of these bonds be a
good business proposition?" Mr.
Cunningham says "Yes," but he does
not base his declaration on any facts
or estimates.
I say they will not be beneficial.
At the time the people were first
called upon to vote for bonds for an
electric light system it was declared
and represented that the city of Ash
land should have, and would have a
board 'or commission to manage the
water and light plants, and that they
would not be left to the management
of a city council, changeable and un
certain. This promise was not kept,
and nothing has ever been heard
from it since the people voted the
bonds.
The city council has never made
an effort fo1- the appointment of any
commission or board of public utili-
ties, but has preferred that the same
should be managed throught the
common council and the political
machines incident' naturally to city
governments, and it does not now
show any disposition to do otherwise.
The light system can never be a suc
cess as long as the system remains
under the control of political coun
cils, with the changes of administra
tions, and as long as the people are
deceived with false statements as to
the paying powers of the plant; and
it is time to call a halt in the council
being given more money to speculate
with, on mere guesswork and uncer
tainties. In order to better understand the
present conditions, let us go back a
few years and look into the history
of the electric light system.
About four years ago the people,
angry at the raise of rates by the
A. E. P. & L. Co., voted $50,000
bonds for the establishment of a mu
nicipal plant, assured that that
amount would cover the entire cost
and that the municipal plant would
be capable of producing all the elec
tricity required for the use of the
NO ONE PROPOSES SELLING CITY LIGHT PLANT!!
Investigation by Mr. Frohbach
Done Without
j
The rep0rt has been started that
tne investigation into the finances of
I tne city light plant had for lt8 object
the creating of a sentiment that
would compel the selling of the plant
So far as the Tidings can learn there
i is no foundation for this. There has
been for several months a rumor that
the plant was not paying, despite re
ports of those in charge, and it was
purely a desire to know the facts that
j lndd a goodly number of the busi-
ness men ana taxpayers of tne city
j'to contribute toward the getting and
tain that the report was not ordered
for the purpose of "putting the plant
in .a hole," nor does the writer be
j lieve that there has been any attempt
I to do so. The Kiinprinipnrint rwont.
ly stated in a signed communication
to the Tidings that the plant was
more than paying its way and that it
was laying aside money toward pay
ing the bonds. Mr. Butterfield said:
"There Js income sufficient at this
time to jiay operating expenses, de
preciation, and lay aside a sinking
fund to pay off the bonds and inter
est on the jame."
The accuracy of the statement was
questioned and the Frohbach exami
nation of the books was the result
That this report was questioned is
probably largely because of the com
mon belief that the books in the past
were so kept that it is impossible to
tell the cost of the plant, or any par
ticular part of it This fact engen
dered a suspicion that equally lax
methods of accounting might still
exist, and according to Mr. Froh
baeh's report they do still exist. The
taxpayers are certainly not to be
blamed for wanting to know these
things, and they are entitled to know
them. Their desire for this informa
tion does not indicate that they are
opposed to the plant, much less that
they are working for the private
plant. No one has proposed the sale
of the plant except as those who take
exception to the report have spoken
of it, nor could the plant be sold ex-
people of the city. This moDey was
spent, and the city plant was but par
tially completed.
Aiuiin the city council had esti
mates made and it was decided that
it would take an additional $30,000
to complete the plant and the people
were again asked to vote that amount
of bonds with the assurance that the
same would be amply sufficient.
That amount was expended, and
still the plant was incomplete. Again
they came to the people for $25,000
more bonds to complete the plant,
and the people, having made a start,
concluded to see the matter through
and again voted the required amount.
That amount has zeen expended, and
now it is found, so they claim, that
the plant will not furnish the re
quired amount of current, and again
they come and ask the people to vote
u.oie uonus, ana u sucn last I
amount should he voted we venture!
to say that it would be but a begin- J
or i i. i . . . , . . j
ning of tuitner bond issues. For
illustration: The estimates made
are that it will require $9,000 to ex
tend the distributing system. That
may be so, as when that amount
shall have been expended something
certainly will have been done, al
though it may not be all that one
would expect. The other $16,000 is
to be applied in building another
power plant at the intake of the
lower water system, taking the water
from the upper system, through
which it is now distributed to the
people, and distributing all the water
through the lower system, of which
purpose we are satisfied that the peo
ple who live on the uplands and have
been greatly crippled in the past for
sufficient water, cannot approve.
But of this vital point we do not pre
tend to deal in this article. We wish
to show that the estimate made for
the construction of the electric plant
at the lower system cannot be built
for $16,000, and that the move is
me!-ly an adroit method of again
pulling the wool over the eyes of the
voters and getting them to make a
start, and then have to vote more
bonds to perfect another plant. 1
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Not for That End, Nor Could It Be
Vote of the People
cept by a vote of the people. How
ever, there does seem to be a decided
sentiment against the voting of more
bonds, in view o? past loose account
ing methods, without some more def
inite knowledge as to the purposes
to which it is to be put; the prob
ability that it win render the plant
more nearly self-supporting, and,
above all, WHETHER OR NOT IT
WILL INTERFERE WITH THE WA
TKKW6RKS SYSTEM. The latter is
the vital question In the matter. A
useless addition to the bonded in
debtedness of $25,000 is bad enough.
The crippling of Ashland's water sys
tem would be infinitely worse.
The present plant has done all tliat
is possible in t he way of lowering
rates. All that an addition could do
that would be of benefit to the city
would be to increase the not earn
ings or decrease the net loss. Wheth
er or not this can be accomplished by
the proposed bond issue seems to lit;
the (inestion before the people, and
many of them Believed the Frohbach
investigation necessary to determine
the status of the present plant as a
preliminary to deciding the main
question. For this reason, as the
writer understands It, the business
men and others contributed to have
this examination made and published.
The other phase of It, that of danger
of t rippling the waterworks system,
is one that is even harder to decide,
and there seems even more conflict
of evidence and opinion in this mat
ter than in the other.
The Tidings fully understands that
the city plant has saved money for
the light users, nor has anyone de
nied that, but the question of taxing
all the people for the benefit of part
Is a question to be decided by the
voters, and they should know wheth
er or not it is necessary to do this;
whether or not It is possible to make
the city plant self-sustaining.
The Parent-Teacher Circle will
meet at Belleview school Friday, De
cember 6.
HOSPITAL FOR GRANTS PASS.
Miner leaves $:15,000 for That Pur.
pwe.
John F. Green, a native of Stock
holm, Sweden, died at the Good Sa
maritan Hospital at Grants Pass the
25th of November, at the age of 39
years. Green had been brought to
the hospital from Galice, where ha
followed the occupation of a miner,
suffering from tumor of the btom
ach. On November 14, eleven days be
fore he died. Green made his will,
bequathing his property, after a num
ber of small bequests were made, to
the founding of a hospital at Grants
Pass, one condition of- the bequest
being that Miss Jean Aitchisou and
Mrs. B. Dolly, who were nurses at
the Good Samaritan, be in charge of
the nursing at the new hospital. His
property is worth about $35,000.
t
Koguc Hiver Wet.
Rogue River went wet Monday at
the annual city election by a vote of
65 to 33, practically a two to one
vote. One hundred and seven votes
were cast, 47 being women, the first
suffragettes in southern Oregon to
exercise the right of the ballot as
given them at the last election. Three
councilmen, M. Burkhardt, B. F.
Janson and John Thresher, were
elected for one-year terms.
MORE CANDIDATES FILE
II. Johnson Files for Mayor and
Several File for Minor Placer
on Ticket.
.
There hap been one filing for
mayor up" to the present writing
(Wednesday afternoon),' that of O.
H. Johnson, the well-known jeweler.
J. G. Hurt has filed for city record
er, making two filings for that office,
Messrs. Hurt and Autvy.
For councilman, Louis Werth has
filed in the First ward for the short
term and F. E. Smith is reported to
be intending to file for the long term.
G. S. Butler has filed in the Second
ward and D. D. Good in the Third.
As previously stated, Mrs. Van
Sant has filed as a member of the
park board from the First ward and
G. G. Eubanks as city treasurer.
College Boy Daren't Spend More
Than Had.
New York. Sixty-five dollars is
oo much for a college boy to pay
for an overcoat when his father is
wearing a $20 one, and the New York
supreme court has just declined to
enforce payment by the father of a
tailor's bill of this character.
The Btiit was brought by a tailor
in Middletown, Conn., against M. A.
Bailey of New York, whose son is a
student at Wesleyan . University.
When the tailor sent his bill to Bai
ley, the father replied:
"I acknowledge no responsibility
for this account. My son needed an
overcoat and I expected to purchase
it for him at $20. The clothes I ex
pected to purchase, were of the grade
that I purchased for myself. The
grade is in harmony with his station
in life."
Women Win at I'nion.
Union, Ore., Dec. 3. The annual
city election was held yesterday.
Unusual intercut was manifested
from the fact that it was the first
time for women to vote. Three hun
dred and seventy votes were cast.
The principal fight made by the suf
fragists was on the two councilmen
and the city marshal to be elected.
The following officers were chosen:
Mayor, Robert Withycombe; council
men, John Jacobs and William Wig
glesworth; recorder, W. A. Terrall;
treasurer. Ostium Richins; marshal,
(.us Caspar; street commissioner,
John Ferguson. The election was a
complete triumph for the women who
are taking an active part In the city's
politics.
W. D. Hodgson, on Scenic Drive,
still has that wood lot for sale at a
bargain. Road all built and two
good camps. All ready for a hustler
to get busy. Close to town. Price
only $4,500. Good terms for the .200
acres. 55-2t
Notice.
Our holiday display will be
ready for holiday shoppers Saturday.
East Side Pharmacy.
The PORTLAND EVENING TELE
GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year,
$5.00.
Fourteen million dollars' worth of
heating apparatus is made and dis
tributed in New York City annually.
INTERROGATE
CANDIDATES
TIDINGS KKyiKSTKD TO ASK
WHERE THEY STAND.
SOME QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED
Several Citizens Have Asked This
I'ajier to Invite Statements From
Aspirants for Office a to Posi
tion. There have been requests made to
the Tidings that this paper ask the
various candidates for local office to
tell where they stand as to various
issues before the people. It has been
suggested that they he asked to an
swer the following questions:
1. Are you for or against the
issue of $25,000 additional electric
light bonds?
2. Are you for or against the is
sue of the proposed $7,000 bonds for
the purchase of a motor hose truck
and additional fire hone?
3. Are you for or against the
maintenance of Ashland as a "dry"
city?
To these the Tidings of its own
motion would add the following:
4. Are you for or against the in
stallation of a system of accounting
for the city which will show not only
to whom each dollar of city money is
paid, but for what purpose, and
where the article or labor was used?
In other words, do you favor putting
the city finances under as close a
system of bookkeeping and checking
as modern business finds it profitable
to install?
Space will be given candidates in
the columns of this paper for a brief
answer to each of these questions.
(ood Things to F.at.
Boneless herring, kippered salmon,
bloaters, salt mackerel, smoked hali
but, home-made sauerkraut, home
made mincemeat, figs, dates, raisins,
all kinds of cheese, home-canned
fruit, in fact everything to be had
you will find at the Ashland Trading
Co. Phone 122.
Cider Delivery.
Powell Bros.' pure apple cider de
livered to any part of the city. Phone
130. DO-tt
"OUNCll, MF.FTING.
City
''nthers Met Tuesday Evening
in Regular Session.
The city council met in regular ses
sion Tuesday evening with all mem
bers present except Councilman San
derson. The usual bills were allowed
and several petitions received.
Among the communications wast,
one from the Fourth street billiard
parlor asking permission to remain
open until midnight. It was laid on
the table, when the council were in
formed that the ordinance required
it to close at 11 o'clock.
Tlie sewer committee reported up
on the matter of the sewer conten
tion on North Main stree, ordering
that Mr. Stone connect- with the
sewer..
DREAMLANDJE-OPENS
Orrae K. Angle Keopens Fast End
Picture House and In Draw
ing (ioori Crowds.
The Dreamland Theatre, which has
been closed for some weeks, has been
reopened under the management or
Orrae E. Angle. Mr. Angle is pro
viding the patrons of that class of
entertainment with the very best in
moving p'ctures to be obtained and
is meeting with good success. He
has secured the best film service to
be had high grade, clean pictures,
has a competent operator, and is ca
tering to and is getting the best class
of patronage in the city. Mr. Angle
has had much experience in the mov
ing picture business, having, with
other experience, been for, some time
with the Star Theatre in this city,
and is popular with show goers. New
pictures are shown every night.
W. D. Hodgson has the Brush.
18-acre tract, with buildings, close
in, for rent. Also owns 8 acres, with,
bungalow, at Roseburg, for sale at
bargain or for trade. 55-2t
Know ye, that magazine sub
scriptions make good Christmas gifts,
and send or phone all orders to Me
lissa Wenner, 272 Maple. Phone-447-J.
65-4t