Oregon Historical Society.
Ashland ; Tidings
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
BOWERS CASE
SAVES MUCH
DIVERSION' OF COUNTY FUNDS
MUST HE STOWED.
THE DECREE IS ONLY MODIFIED
Supreme Court Upholds Judge Cal
kins in Every Point in the Owe
Excepting Regarding the $18,000
Appropriation.
The full text of the decision in the
Benton Bowers bridge case has been
received in this city, and instead of
being a reversal of Judge Calkins it
sustains him in all but one point and
modifies the Injunction in one point.
The decision as handed down de
cides that the county court has been
at fault in mixing the road and gen
eral funds, and that the acts of the
court in past years in paying for road
work out of the general fund have
been illegal. Hereafter it will be
compulsory to keep the funds sepa
rate and when one fund is exhausted
it will not be possible to use the
money from the or.her fund for any
but the purposes of the fund to
which it belongs.
Another point in which the suit
means a great deal to the taxpayers
of Jackson county is in compelling
Medford and the P. & E. railway to
pay $16,000 towurd the Medford
bridge. At the time of the signing
of the contract for the bridge by the
county board there was no talk of
Medford or the railway company do
nating toward the bridge. It was
apparently the plan to pay the entire
$34,000 out of the county funds. Af
the the Bowers suit was started the
city and railway same into court with
the proposal to pay $1C,000 toward
the bridge, but according to all ac
counts there has been no promise of
record, except as ;t was entered into
the pleadings of the case. The su
preme court, however, enjoined the
county court from paying over the
$18,000 that would be the county's
portion of the cost of the bridge un
til tho city and the railway company
has paid in the $16,000 which they
promised. Thus the Bowers case has
saved the treasury $18,000, even if '
the county does have to pay $1S,000
toward the bridge.
Had the rule that the two funds
(road and genera!) must be kept sep
arate been complied with in the past,
then the large amount of warrants
now outstanding against the general j
fund, many of which were issued for I
road work, would not have been is
sued, and the county would have been
in much better shape, and all of her
warrants would have been kept at
par. Even the Medford papers admit
that the law has been violated during
the past four yars, as was alleged
before the recent election. The Mail
Tribune in an editorial Friday last
cays:
"The suit brought by Benton Bow
ers has not been in vain. Though
based upon prejudice and false legal
premises, it has indicated clearly the
cause of warrants being at a discount
and in all probability the new
county court will rigidly enforce the
law. If it does not, the bondholders
of officials should."
The contention of Messrs. Bowers
and Carleton and their attorney, Mr.
Briggs, was upheld upon every point
except as to whether the road in
question was a county road, or a city
street within the Meaning of the law.
This question the court will be asked
to reconsider in a motion for a re
hearing which is being prepared by
Mr. Briggs, and which 'will be sub
mitted by him in the near future.
The rules of the Oregon supreme
court, which allow only an hour
verbal argument in a case of this
character, did not give Mr. Briggs a
chance to more than touch upon this
phase of the question, and he hopes
to be able Jo convince the court that
it should reconsider its decision in
this particular.
Hotel Ashland Dining Room.
The Hotel Ashland dining room is
now open under new management.
Dinner and supper are served at 23
cents each, and short order break
fasts are served. Dining room j)pen
from 6:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. There
will be a fine Christmas dinner
served at 75 cents perplate. Mrs.
E. J. Mahan, who is in charge, is an
experienced caterer and will serve
the patrons of the hotel in the best
of style. ! .
Have your suit pressed up for
Christmas at Orres' Tailoring Shop:
We call. Phone 141,
TRAINED ll'KKEYS.
Texas Man Will Have Them at Tan-ama-I'acific
Exposition.
San Francisco, Dec. 20. Frank
Hoiser of Houston, Texas, has in
formed the exposition that he has
raised a large bunch of full-blooded
Bronze turkeys and being a horse and
dog trainer, has succeeded after six
months' hard work and study, in
training the turkeys to do numerous
stunts. He says:
"I will drive one hundred head of
fancy gobblers with one or more lines
in hand, hitched to a beautiful band
wagon, carrying twelve musicians,
twelve pieces of classy music, the
best I can select.
"Then I propose to bring another
hundred head or upwards of fancy
gobblers, dressed as Turk soldiers,
carrying their guns and parapher
nalia. "I will also have classy trotting
gobblers in trotting horse racing har
ness and stllkeys, and will trot tur
key races under trotting rules before
your grand stands, crowds or places
selected.
"I will have turkey clowns of
comic types. I win have another
hundred head of fancy side steppers
and trotters that will march to sig
nal, strut to signpls and gobble to
signals.
"I propose to l ave these turkey?
dressed in very fancy regalia, and the
largest and finest specimens will be
selected. Beautiful fowls, weighing
as near 50 pounds apiece as I can
get them. It will take several thou
sand turkeys to select there from, be
cause it is not every turkey that will
'train. '
j "I propose to put on an exhibition
'daily during your entire exnnsitinn
with the exception of windy and
rainy days, becalms turkeys will not
perform in heavy wind or rain."
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Her An Economical
Gift-
Gray Dress Form.
This advertisement means $2.00 if
presented at the Gray Model Shop at
Enders' before December 31. We
guarantee this individual form to be
an exact reproduction of your figure,
built in strict conformity to individ
ual lines and curves of the body.
Does not chip off, crack or break.
Removable, adjustable arms and
completed stand your exact height.
AGAIN IN BUSINESS
Win Crowson Buys Confectioner'
Store Which He Formerly Owned
With Hum Pracht.
Vtn Crownoil, who recently re
turned from Portland, has purchased
or Hum Pracht the confectionery
store in the Meikel building which
the two gentlemen opened in the
summer of 1911. Since leaving Ash
land a few months ago Mr. Crowson
has been employed in Sweatland's
famous confectionery establishment
and returns better fitted than ever
to successfully conduct a store of
this character. He is an old-time
Ashland boy with a host of friends
who will be pleased to have him
back in this city.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Congregational Church
Supper.
Gathered at
On Wednesday evening last the
First Congregatioral church of this
city held its annual business meet
ing and banquet. There were 125
members who sat down to supper.
After supper the annual election was
held, all of the officers of the church
being re-elected, as follows:
Clerk L. E. Stennett.
Treasurer W. O. Dickerson.
Trustees W. O. Dickerson and
Charles A. Gray.
Deacons Walter Powell and Percy
Stratton.
Miss Edith O. Porter was elected
superintendent of the Sunday school
to succeed A. C. Joy.
Mrs. W. O. Dickerson was elected
pianist and Rose Thomas assistant
pianist.
Christmas Specials at Ideal (Jrorery,
Phone 1. Id.
Calirornia head lettuce 10c!
Oregon cauliflower.'. . . .15c and 20c
California radishes, bunch 5c
Ripe tomatoes, lb 10c
Green peas, lb. ' 15c
Cranberries, lb ,. 15c
New crop mixed nuts, lb 20c
Special mixed candy, lb. 12 c
Homemade applebutter, lb. .... .10c
Red and blue sugar, fancy cake
candy, etc.
A few nice quinces left yet at the
Ashland Trading Co. .
ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1912
Christmas Eve.
Dream, little child! The shadows fall.
Over the land the mystic veil
That hides the morrow from our eyes
Is swaying in the starlight pale.
Dream, little child ! Tis Christmas eve.
Dream while the magic hours glide by.
Each wind that, blows the snowflakes wild
Is laden with sweet mystery.
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Dream, little child ! The glowing coals
Are painting pictures on the wall.
Out from the quivering shadows there
You almost hear the thrilling call
Of "Merry Christmas, little maid !
1 hope I've brought your heart's desire,"
And Santa's shadow just above
Grows lifelike by the leaping fire.
Dream, iittie child 1 The Christmas air
Is glowing with your visions bright.
And all the joys tomorrow holds
Are shining on the, page of night.
Dream, little child ! And may the years
To you their richest treasures leave.
And may all happy dreams prove real
That come to you this Christmas eve!
SEYMOUR AND SPANOS
Must Pay Penalty for Murder of Geo. Dedoskelous on Gallows on
February Fourteenth Next
Unless Governor West intervenes,
Frank Seymour and Mike Spauos,
convicted of murder in the first de
gree for the killing or George De
daskauolus in Medford in Septem
ber, will die on February 14, which
date was fixed by Circuit Judge Cal
kins shortly after noon Saturday in
the circuit court. The two murder
ers heard the sentence of death un
flinchingly, but Judge Calkins in
passing sentence broke down and
was very much affected, being forced
to pause several times.
Mike Spanos was the first to be
sentenced. When asked whether he
had anything to say why sentence
should not be imposed, he seated
that he hoped the men who had
committed the murder would come
forward and confess, as he was inno
cent. Just Arrived.
Angle & Richardson, lessees of the
Dreamland picture house, have to
day received from Portland a new
Pdwer8 6 A motion picture ma
chine, which is the very latest and
best machine to be had. It will he
installed immediately. Come and
see the best pictures ever shown in
Ashland.
Cider Delivery.
Powell Bros.' pure apple cider de
livered to any part of the city. Phone
130. 50-tf
Ladles' and gents' clothing
made, altered and relined at Fuller's,
81 Oak street. Phone 119.
CONDEMNED TO DIE
The . sentencing of Seymour fol
lowed immediately afterwards, lie
also was asked if he had anything
to say, but did not answer other
than to shake his head.
Following the passing of sentence
the two were returned to the county
jail. They will be taken to the state
penitentiary to await execution.
It is understood that R. 11. Me
Cabe for Seymour will attempt to
appeal the case, seeking a new trial.
The action of attorneys for Spanos Is
not known.
This was the second time Judge
Calkins has imposed the death sen
tence. He sentenced Mike Morgan,
who was executed December 13.
Philiy Doyle and Frank Martin,
convicted or larceny, were given an
Indeterminate sentence or Trom one
to seven years.
Basketball Hurts Girls' Nerves.
Ithaca, N. Y Dec. 20. Young
women students at Cornell will not
be allowed to play basketball with
other colleges in Tuture because' oT
the high nervous tendencies result
ing. The athletic council took this
step upon the recommendation or
Dr. Esther Parker, who told the
council that intercollegiate games
were injurious.
. One-half off on trimmed hats,
shapes and fancy feathers, and 25
per cent off on beavers at Mrs.
Simons', 167 East Main. 06-tf
Our store will be open nights
until Xinas. H. G. Enders & Son.
EXHIBITION I LLL'MI NATION.
Panama-Pacific Exposition Under
Charge of Expert.
San Francisco, Dec. 20. Describ
ing the illumination or the Panama
Pacific International. Exposition, W.
D. A. Ryan, the illuminating en
gineer, who planned the lighting or
Niagara Falls and the wonderrul il
luminating of the Hudson-Fulton
celebration, said:
"One of the special features will
be the intorduction of jewels in the
place of incandescent lamps so com
monly used at previous expositions.
The whole efrect will be surmounted
by a 48 electric scintillator, one for
each state, which will be mounted off
the main axis of the exposition,
about five or six thousand yards out
in .the water. It will be placed on
barges anchored in the bay, and will
require CO trained men to operate
the lights. These will go through an
evolution of color, forming auroras
and various effects in the sky and
over the exposition, and will spread
like a great lily, and will be seen in
all the surrounding bav cities and nn
clear nights will be visible in the sky
t A A r . ; l
iui ui an nines..
"We have" a gret deal of fog here
and this will assist us greatly in pio
ducing wonderful lighting effects.
"The lighting of this exposition
will, without doubl, surpass anything
in lighting in the world's history.
One of the strongest features of the
lighting will be the fact that effects
will be produced here that have never
been seen before.
"The entire lighting' is new in
every respect and it marks an epoch
in illumination. The advance since
the last big exposition in science and
jart of electric engineering and devel
opment of electric apparatus has
been so great tint we are now able
to produce effc.B with economy
which would have been physically
impossible rive or six years ago. In
other words, the exposition is to be
a magnificent picture by night, with
i the architectural splendor brought
out to the best possible advantage in
both form and color, maintaining the
daylight perspective."
You can get the Hoover suction
sweeper, absolutely the best made,
at Simpson's Hardware Store.
CONWAY OK IS BACK
Ruilding Firm Completes $1 (,((
Worth of Work at Yreka in
Ninety Days.
The F. E. Conw&y Company are
i back in Ashland for the winter, hav
ing just completed $10,000 worth of
business in 90 days at Yreka, Cal.,
having built three modern bunga
lows, one for W. E. Combrink, re
porter in the superior court; one Tor
James A. Thomas, vice-nresident of
j the Siskiyou County Hank, and one
j for C. E. IJutlcr, a lending attorney
j and abstractor, and a garage for
James Lodge, superior court judge
! for Siskiyou county. Tliey are all
occupying tnelr noines and voice
nothing but praise of the company's
work.
ChristniiN Dinner at the Park.
The Park Hotel will serve a f irst
class five-course Christmas dinner
from noon to S p. in. This dinner
will equal any served in the city
and will cost you only 50 cents per
i plate. The following Is the
MENU.
Oyster Cocktail.
Soup Rivel.
Dill Pickles.
Tenderloin or Sole with Tartar Sauce
Potatoes Natural.
Pressed Chicken with Quince Jelly.
Waldorr Salad.
Young Pig with Haked Apples.
Stuffed Goose with Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Cauliflower.
. Desserts:
Suet Pudding with Hard Sauce.
Apple Pie. Mince Pie. Pumpkin Pie.
- Assorted Cake.
Ashland Apple in Oklahoma.
Word received today from Ed
Estes, who Is in Muskogee, Okla.,
states that the recent shipment of
apples forwarded him by the Com
mercial Club reached there in good
shape. He further says: "They
were certainly fine, and I think they
will make quite a hit. I will try to
get a good show window and place
them on display. Arter that 1 will
pass them around where I think they
will do the most good." He also
adds to the letter that he is conri-
dent this locality will receive some
substantial Oklahoma boosting.
Sterling silver photo frames 1
to $4 at Whited's.
NUMBER 60
CHRISTMAS AT
THE CHURCHES
YOUNGSTERS TO 11K HAPPY OV
CHRISTMAS FVE.
TREES AT MOST OF CHURCHES
Annual Holiday Will Re Celebrated
at Nearly Every Church in the City
on Christmas Eve Musical and
Literary Programs.
There will be "somehting doing"
in nearly every church in the city
Christmas eve. In nearly every in
stance will there be a distribution of
goodies to the younger children,
while in many cases it will include
more substantial gifts. In several
schools the children will lie taught
to think of others.
'ongergat ional Chu i Wi.
At the Congregational church,
there will be a play entitled "The,
Garden of the Fn'rics." In addition
to this there will be recitations,
songs, etc. There will be. t lie time
honored Christmas tree, with it
goodies for the little ones. The chil
dren are also asked to bring gilts
for children less 1 ighly favored than
themselves.
Methodist ITpiitopj.I Church.
At the Me.thoditit Kp.scopal church,
following the rule of the local church
established several years ago, the
children, instead of receiving pres
ents, have been askt.l to bring them
for distribution among the poor oi'
the city. The evening's entertain
ment will consist of the cantata.
"Around the Manger." This beauti
ful piece w ill be put on under the di
rection of Mrs. G. V. Gregg, assist
ed by Dr. Tilton and the church
choir. There will be no tree at this
church.
PiU'sbyterinii Chimb.
The Presbyterian church will cele
brate with a tree and will have a fine
musical program under the direction
of the chorister, Professor Howell
Isaac. There will be the usual good
ies for the little folks.
Rapt 1st, Cluiirh.
At the Rapt 1st church, which will
hold its exercises on Tuesday even
ing, there will be a cantata given,
entitled "Santa's Elves." There will
also tie other musical numbers by
the choir and Sunday school. There
will be a Christmas tree, with tho
usual treat of good things for tho
children.
Christian Church.
At the Christian church the en
tertainment will consist of the can
tata. "Santa Clans at His Best."
There wiil be about twenty musical
selections in the cantata, which will'
also include a tairy drill In costume..
Uncle Sam, John Bull, the "Little
People of the Unknown" and others
will be present.
There will also lie a Christmas
tree and the Sunday school is pro
viding. a treat of homemade candies
for the little ones. All are invited to
bring presents for their friends and
place them upon the tree. The can
tata is under tho charge of Miss
Maud 1. Ilawley, assisted by Olivo
Thome and Walter L. Smith, while
Miss Cornelia Larson has charge of
the. Christmas tree.
Mad King Otto to He Dethroned in
Near Future.
Munich, Bavaria, Dec. 20. De
thronement ot Mad King Otto and
the installment of Prince Ludwig.
the prince regent of Bavaria, is Uto
pian of the Bavarian premier, who
imparted this information today to
tho speaker of the Bavarian diet..
Otto has never known that ho is a
royal personage and his dethrone
ment is planned for early in 19 13
An amendment to the constitution
to be submitted at a special session
of the diet in January, by which the
regency would receive the title of
king, is the way Otto's dethronement.
Is to be accomplished.
Sweat land's Chocolates in Ashland.
Win Crowson, hack at the old
stand, 171 East Main, is prepared to
supply, your wants in high-grade
homemade chocolates with a big
shipment from "Sweatlands'," Port
land's popular sweet shop. In holly
boxes at no advance in price 50
cents the pound. It's strictly fresh t
Dr. Endelman desires to an
nounce that he is in his office again
after a three weeks' Illness. His or
rice hours aer Trom 9 to 12 and 1
to 5. Telephone 15.
Kodaks at H. L. Whited's.