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Oregon Historical Society. Ashland Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912 NUMBER 57 BASKET BALL FLOURISHING BAKACA TKAM PLAYS HOT GAME WITH MFDFORD. CHOSEN FRIENDS ARE VICTORIOUS Medford Team Wins When Baracas (Jo Vp in Air Other (James in Sight. The Baraca basketball team went to Medford Tuesday evening to play a team representing the "Chosen Friends" young men's club of that city. While the Medford young men snatched victory from defeat in the last half when the Baracas went up in the air after one of their men was hurt and a substitute was put in, yet the boys are proud of their showing. At the end of the first half the store stood 13 to 7 in favor of Ashland. Shortly after commencing the sec ond half one of the Baraca players was slightly hurt and Mr. Barnt house, one of the substitutes, was put in. This change slightly demoralized- the team for a few minutes and before they could settle down the Chosen Friends had secured the winning scores. The total score was favor of the Chosen 29 to 18 in Friends. Professor Manion of 'the Ashland high school refereed the game and gave excellent satisfaction. The vocal team speaks in highest terms of their treatment both by the Medford teams and by the crowd, the Baracas getting almost as many cheers during' the game as the home team. The party from Ashland con Grisez, Harris and Peters, regular j ivri. na,nti,n a,i P.n,.i Tin.,,-, las, substitutes; V. O. X. Smith, man ager of the team, and Professor Man ion. There are several basketball games scheduled for the future, and inter est in the game in this city bids fair to exceed that of any past season. There are at least five teams prac ticing in this city at present. The city team, the Baracas, the Meth- ooists, tne roiytecnn.es ana me Asn- land high school team. The Baracas are expecting return ; games with the Central Point and ! Medford teams w hich they have al- icauj Via,w auu il .0 ..w,. .u sr. ... i least oe of these games before Xew ! Year's. There will probably be games between the local teams dur ing the season, though so far some of them have been playing each other in practice. There is also a good girls' basket ball team at the high school. Wheth er or not there is any other, girls' team at present in Ashland has not been divulged. It may be that some of them are planning to spring a sur prise on their sisters of the high school. DREAMLAND THEATRE Passion Play Tonight and "Caleb Woods" Friday Night Change of Program Nightly. The Passion Play on three reels and one good comedy. This edition j of the Passion Play is the latest out and far superior to any heretofore given. The first time seen in the city at 10 cents. Big feature Friday night. "Caleb West," in two reels, adapted from F. Hopkinson Smith's famous book, besides a Gaumont masterpiece and a good comedy. Change of pictures every night. Four reels of pictures. Admission 5 and 10 cents. Orra E. Angle, man ager. See it at Dreamland. 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. Split wood 25 cents extra. Lay in your supply now. Wood is getting scarce. Wood choppers wanted. Phone 420-J. J. F. Rocho. 54-tf No Skating Tonight. There will bo no skating at the Natatorium rink tonight, but there will be skating Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. It Probably the only chance to un derstand the architecture and design of mausoleums as explained ln stere opticon lecture Sunday at 2:30 in Memorial hall. ' Free to all. W. V. T. V. Service. The W. C. T. U. will hold an all day service in the Congregational church Tuesday, . December 17, be ginning at 10 a. m. and continuing throughout the day. This has been a custom with this organization for many years past to hold a service on election day, and so is no new thing. The program will be along cus tomary lines as in the past. The public are invited to attend, either to remain a short time or remain through some period. The exercises will be varied and carried on by some fifteen representatives from various churches and other organizations. By order of president. TRAPPERS will find a big sup ply of game traps, Victor, Xewhouse, Jump, and Tree Traps, and very low prices, at Warner's. Postcards 5c per dozen to close out at Ashland Trading Co. AN ERROR CORRECTED Flectrir Light Clerk TransMsed Item in Columns and Made Ap Itarent I'ndcrcharge. One of the things which have caused some suspicion of the man agement of the electric light plant and which has undoubtedly preju diced some against the management, among thenl the writer' was the en' try in the recorder s monthly state ment for September, showing $275 for labor for maintenance, when the payroll of the power house and the office clerk amounted to $265. It looked upon the face of the returns from an official source as if the su perintendence and trouble man had i only been charged up at $10. In fact that was the only construction that C01,,d bu "lU 0,1 the face of the re" order's report of receipts and dis- burscments. The matter was called to Mr. Butterfield's attention by the writer yesterday and he made an ex amination of the time checks and postings in the recorder's office and it showed that the clerk posted the check of the first trick man, amounting to $90, in the column for improvements instead of mainten ance. This showed the total for maintenance (or operation) to be $2 75 when it should have shown $365 The writer regret3 that this occurred, but neither he nor the Tid- ,ngs cou!d be expected to go behind the offjcial returns. Of course, be- ing Illerely in a segregation of ac- counts and not in a matter of amount id f account ln ,)ostine. it did not show up in the recorder's bal ance, and there was nothing to indi cate to the recorder that it was not correct when he got out his monthly balance sheet. Cider Delivery. Powell Bros.' pure apple cider de- livered to any part of the city. Phone 130. 50-tf Clif Payne makes hatracks. :G. A. R. AND W. R. C. j Allied Bodies Held Annual Flection at ; A. U. Hail Last Sat urday. Burnside post, G. A. R., held its annual election at its hall Saturday evening, with the following result P. C, James Mattingley; S. V. C. James Sayle; J. V. C, W. W. New land; Q. M., Amos Dahoff; chaplain, S. S. Wilcox; surgeon, J. R. Casey; adjutant, W. J. Hicks; O. G., B. Beach; patriotic instructor, W. W. Carpenter. The installation will take place January 4. The annual election of Burnside Woman's Relief Corps 'was held at G. A. R. hall Saturday with the fol lowing result: President, Mrs. Lula Howard; senior vice-president, Mrs. Jessie Porter; junior vice-president, Mrs. Malissie Sayles; treasurer, Mrs. Myra McNeill; chaplain, Mrs. James Lowe; guard, Mrs. Ida Jennings; conductor, Mrs. Catherine Rogers. The secretary and color bearers will be appointed by the president-elect. Many persons have said that the nut-brown nut set decorated with puts is the prettiest piece of china in town. It is Plckard china. At Whited's. You'll find a suitable gift for him at Enders. It's easy to buy fcr a man at our store. Ferguson'si prices on holiday goods are the talk of the town. WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT STATEMENT OF WHAT THE ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT CAN REALLY DO WITH $25,000 ACCORDING TO EUTTERFIELD In the handbills circulated by the electric light committee Mr. Butter field gives the following statement as to the proposed expenditure of the $25,000 bonds asked. This informa tion is what the Tidings desired and expected would be in the communi cation from Mr. Butterfield which it published some weeks ago. It is what the citizens have wanted all along. If it had been given them at that time there would have been much less misunderstanding of the question, and the Tidings gladly gives it space: 1,500 feet of 24-inch' wire wound wood stave pipe from previous contracts and estimates will cost not to exceed $1.75 per foot..$ 2.630 800 feet of 2 4-inch steel pipe from contract prices and estimates will cost not to exceed $4.20 per foot 3,360 Power house building and foundations should cost not to exceed $2,500 for a building 20x30, as there is a good site and the loca tion is accessible 2,500 300 K. W., 720 R. P. M. gen erator, f. o. b. factory. . . . 1.9C5 500 horsepower Francis type waterwheel and governor, f. o. b. Dayton, Ohio 1.900 Freight and instalation of machinery 1,000 Switchboard 500 Exciter 250 Engeneering and incidentals 1,923 Total $16,000 For extension of pole lines, for street lighting and con necting of new customers now beyond our lines. . . . 9.O00 $25,000 It is very unfortunate that the above estimate was not made public several weeks ago, for at least two reasons: First, it would have made a much nnniinifll AWQWEDC CTATEIWEMTC (U fIDPITI AD f KUiIDAUI ANjflfcKO J 1 A 1 MlLll 1 J Uf UKIULAK : ' STANDS BY HIS PREVIOUS ARTICLES AND ASKES SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CITY To the Voters of Ashland: A number of our citizens have had the energy to wake up and come out of their slumbers and have had their dreams put into printed form. In this dream I have been charged I with luertrlintr ficures for the liurnose j Qf making ,t appear that our electrjc light system is not a paying proposi tion. I maintain that my figures are correct. The bone of contention seems to be my monthly depreciation charge of $400.60. I maintain that this is not exorbitant. Mr. Voter, did you ever consider that most any part of the machinery in the power house or substation may give out and that new machinery would necessar ily have to be purchased? I have shown no items of this character as j it is impossible to determine by the records as to what they will be, but ' I they will be, just the same, and in amounts to more than offset the fig ures quoted by our superintendent. I contend that the plant has done a great deal for Ashland in reducing rates, and I again repeat that I am opposed to its sale to any one at any time, but I must say that the man who said my report was complicated, is either ignorant or does not wish to ceo the results as they really are. I still contend that my report is ab solutely correct and not colored lor ady purpose. ' Who Pays the Kills. I have been charged with being in the employ of the A. E. P. & L. Co. Nothing would please me better, but, for the truth of it, I must say that I am not, but am to receive for my three weeks' work of investigation, I the magnanimous sum of $25 from about as many citizens of Ashland whose names will appear in the Ash land Tidings. These men, and only these men, are contributing towards the campaign against this bond issue. Bonds Should Not Pass, " 1st. Because the rates now in force will not be lowered. 2d. Because the unbusinesslike methods in the past in the spending better impression upon the people, in view of past experiences as to the cost of the system; and Second, it would have given an op portunity for other engineers, con tractors and others to verify the esti mates. At this late date it is impossible to do this before the election. The Tidings made some effort to do so, but could not on short notice get sufficient data. The only item on which there was data at hand was the 2 4-inch steel pipe which Mr. But terfield estimates at $4.20 per foot laid. Mr. Roberts, who made the plans for the enlargement or the wa terworks system at the time the $175.(100 bond issue was turned down, under date of October, 1910, quotes 24-inch steel pipe at $4.20 f. o. b. Ashland, allowing over $1 per foot for digging, hauling pipe. laying and back filling. Mr. Butterfield state:! to the writer that he planned usin;.'; lighter pipe as it was to run from the main at the foot of Crowson hill to the auxiliary plant at the low- er intake. As to the cost of wooden pipe, .Mr. Roberts report was not clear. As to the other items of cost, machinery, installation, etc., it would take time to get data and figures. Mr. Butterfield states that he would be willing to take the contract and give bonds to do the work, ex clusive of the extensions to pole lines, for the $16, tMHi. It would seem a good stunt, if the bonds pass, to have this done. Tlu- writer for one heard ('. V. Root quoted as approving the esti mate and asserting that it would not injuie the water plant. On being told this, the writer expressed the opinion that there would be few votes against the bonds from those knowing Mr. Root's standin;; as an engineer, it' this were so. Mr. Root was asked as to the truth of the re port, and his answer is in a signed communication elsewhere in this is sue. AFFAIRS IN GENERAL of the city'e money is still to con tinue. 3d. If the plant is paying at pres ent, as claimed by some, then let us firut reduce that $10,545.95 indebt edness over the bonded indebtedness out of the earnings of tho plant be fore we go into further debt. 4th. Because we have had en gineers' estimates before, such as the superintendent has published, but they always called for additional bond issue to complete the work. 5th. Because our water supply, as little as it is and as poor as the water has been lately, stirred up and muddy, had better be left alone. Genera! Taxation Pays the Bill. The rates, as charged to the con sumers of Ashland, are here given as given me by the superintendent: For domestic use, IVic per K. W. hour. For electric irons and motors, lc per K. W. hour. For street lighting, 2',c per K. W. hour. In Ashland, the penalty for being a big user of current, like the city for street lighting, is lc per K. W. hour. Let Mr. Butterfield reduce the rate for the city street lighting, which is paid out of the general taxation fund, and put the big user on the same basis as the small user, and see where the monthly profit will be. Mr. Voter, I have been charged with juggling, but is there a bigger case of juggling than this one? And then we tire informed that our taxes will not be affected by this plant. They cannot help but be, run as it is. Therefore, vote against these bonds until such time when you and I are satisfied that these discrepancies are adjusted, and instead of doing busi ness in private chambers, and that all transactions will be known and understood by the people. J. C. Barnard Frror. In a criticism of J. C. Barnard to an item of $899.89 where he says (Continued on Page Four.) Mausoleum Meeting. There -will be a free stereopticon lecture at Memorial hall Sunday af ternoon, December 15, at 2:30 o'clock, showing the construction and architecture of different mausoleums in the various parts of the world, which everybody is cordially invited to attend. The notice of this lecture will be announced from the pulpits of the different churches Sunday morning. To the W. F. M. and F. B. Members or the M. E. Church: Wc are asked to give a Xmas oTfer ing to go towards the outgoing ex pense for our second new missionary. Can't we take from our Christmas money and give to our treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Hodgson, at once, and so feel that we have helped Miss Ever ett on her way to Korea? MRS. D. F. BILLINGS. Santa Claus will be in Toyland Saturday at East Side Pharmacy. BRIGGS OUTFOR MAYOR Well-known Attorney Nominated for Major at Meeting of Business Men Tueslay. At a hurriedly called meeting of business men in the city held Tues day forenoon R. I). IlriirvK w:ik nliire 1 , .,,f.,,i f ., Ill UUIIIllllldUll IUI llll-Ullltl VJ. 111.1 .1 I , There were nearly forty business men present representing every phase of religion, politics and belief. The meeting was called to put up a i candidate who stood for lower t ixes. There were efforts made to gt .1. P Dodge, A. C. Xininger and others to run. but after all had refused they prevailed upon Mr. Hr'ggs, who hud refused, to permit the u.e of his name. After the me"tins there wan some discussion as to the bond i;uestioii, which had no more nor no less to d; v ith the nomination of M l!rig,-;s than ha;; the gossip at til'? church door after the services has to do with the sermon. Mr. Briggs was compelled to leave for Klamath Falls immediately alter the meeting and is expected back to morrow, lie 'has been bul'ore the people of th city for tile past 2('e people of the city for th past .'0 years and his record is too well known to need commendation from the Tidings, lie was nominate! by those who believed that he nuld give a better business admit. istra tion, or who were personally opposed to Mr. Johnson. The gentlemen are boh good friends of the Tidings, both good men, and the Tidings has eery rea son to believe both are honest and will either enforce the law as he finds it. As to the peculiar fitness of either by reason of personal tem perament or mental equipment for the position is a matter lor each voter to decide for himself or her self. Bedroom slippers for you all at j En(ler8'- No,e the l''" of them. i L neul 111 l'rK e 0,"' C. W. ROOT EXPLAINS Well-Know n Fngineer Tells What Hi Did Say Regarding liuttcr field's Fsti'imtcs. Ashland, Ore., Dec. 11, 1912. Editor Ashland Tidings: I am in formed that it is being reported by some persons who are in favor of the bond issue for the auxiliary elec tric light plant that the plans and figures of cost have been presented to me, and that I have expressed my opinion that the plant could be in stalled for the amount asked for. Thic I emphatically deny. 1 had a conversation with several parties who are in favor of the plant and listened to their iitatemeut of condi tions, us they understand them, and they offered to show me plans, cost estimates, etc., but I did not have time to examine them and so de clined going into details. I have al ways tried to work for tho best in terests of Ashland, and so I Informed these parties that the conditions, as stated by them, were not us 1 under stood them, and I suggested that they make a clear and correct state ment of conditions, and an itemized estimate of cost, and have it printed soon us possible, so that the people could vote intelligently on the prop osition, and 1 made a small contribu tion to help pay printing expenses. Their report may make a showing that will warrant the bond issue. Yours respectfully, C. W. ROOT. E. T. STAPLES ANSWERS REPLIES TO INSINUATIONS IV BONO PAMPHLET. INSISTS ON HAYING THE PROOF Declures That Men Assailed Have, Oone More for Town in One Year Than All of Pamphlet Author. Editor Tidings: In a sheet head ed "Truth About Our City Light Plant," which contained printed statements from H. G,. Butterfield, X. F. Throne, Ira Shoudy, F. E. Rose crans, J. C. Barnard, K. YV. Moore and C. Cunningham, there appears one paragraph, as follows: "This morning a meeting was held in the Commercial Club looms. Among those present were G. S. But ler, C. A. Malone, local manager of the Siskiyou company, E. T. Staples, E. D. Briggs, Joe Hurt and others. E. D. Briggs was nominated for mayor. What does this combination mean? What do these men stand for? What docs the Siskiyou com pany have to do with it?" As it lias no special signature, it is tuir to assume that each of tho above named gentlemen approved the nasty insinuation, or, if not, then some one of the gentlemen slipped it in surreptitiously and was too cow ardly to attach his name. As to all other articles, I care not to answer except as to one Mr. Throne's ungen tleinanly and unwarranted insinua tions. Answers the (Question. "What does this combination mean?" ln the first place there were pres ent at the meeting iioimr.ating Mr. Briggs, 3 6 citizens, many of whom pay more city tuxes than all of the, editors of the sheet refened to com bined. They propose to try to get a set ol representative, active, honest, businesslik), competent men for city officials men who are loyal to ALL INTERESTS or Ashland, who have, proven their loyalty, who believe in LOWERING TAXES and making Ashland happier and better. "What do these men stand for?" They stand for honesty, accuracy, and LOWER TAXES. They stand for protection of our water system. They stand for retaining the electric, light plant. Not one of the 3(i pres ent would vote for sale or that plant. "What does the Siskiyou company have to do with it?" Not a damn thing except that that company pays heavy taxes here and their local representative lias as much right and should be accorded the same courtesy at public, meetings as any other individual. And now as to Mr. Throne. Who is this man? Is his word good? All right, assuming it to be so. Let me ask him a few questions: (Continued on rage Five.) I NAMES ON BALLOTS Two Candidates for Mayor anil Three for Recorder Fights for Couiicilmcit. The time for filing for the city election closed last evening and tho following are the names on the of i'icial ballot: Mayor. O. 11. Johnson, independent. E. 1), Briggs, independent. Recorder. Joe Hurt, Independent. , H. A. Atltry, independent. C. H. Gillette, independent.. Treasurer. G. G. Eubanks, independent. Park Commissioner. Elizabeth Van Sunt, independent, first ward. CouiM'ilnien to Serve One Year. Louis Werth, independent. E. F. Smith, independent. Cou ncil men to Serve Two Years. R. P. Cornelius, independent. E. C. Sherman, independent. Councilman, Soi-ond Ward. G. S. Butler, independent. P. L. Ashcraft, independent. Coiiiii iliiien. Third Ward. D. I). Good, Independent. A. W. Thomas, independent. A. M. Beaver, independent. An excellent lot of solid gold children's neck chains at $2 to $3.5t each at Jeweler Whited's. Home-made sorghum, hominy and kraut at Ashland Trading Co.