Ashland tidings., December 26, 1912, Image 1

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Ashland Tidings
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND,
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912
NUMBER 61
ML SUE FOR
TAXREFUND
PROPERTY OWNERS OX B COM
MENCE ACTION AGAINST CITY.
PAID FOR TWO STREET CURBS
Attorney H. V. Richardson Presents
Claim for Refund in Behalf of
Property Owners Who Were Com
pelled to Pay Double.
The city council received an unwelcome-'
Christmas gift Christmas
eve in the form of a claim for refund
for the amount assessed against
property on East B street for curb
ing put in at the time the street
was paved. Previous to the paving
there had been curbing constructed
along the street on lines and grades
furnished by the city, engineer, ahd
it is alleged under orders of the city
council. At the time the paving
was ordered in the eastern part of
the paving was narrowed despite
the protests of many (some say
of all) of the property owners, and
they were assessed for a second curb,
the old one having been left in the
park row, about midway between the
new curb and the sidewalk. There
was strong talk of enjoining the city
at that time, but the property own
ers failed to get together and most
of them either paid for or signed
up for the curbing along with the
paving. "They have at last decided
to get together to fight for a refund,
and II. V. Richardson has been se
cured by them as their attorney.
Unless the city council at once au
thorizes the refund Mr. Richardson
notified the council he will com
mence legal proceedings to enforce
the claim.
The W. C. T. U. will meet next
Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock at the Meth
odist church for prayer and praise
service. 61-2t
Depot hotel wants chickens of
every kind. Will pay 12 cents a
pound. 61-tf
BASKET BALL GAMES
Baracas Played Sioux Monday Night
and Play Chosen Friends Here
Friday Night.
Basketball has the center of the
athletic arena at present and there
are some fine games being put up,
both between the 'local teams and
with out-of-town organizations. One
of the warmest games of the season
was pulled off Monday evening in
the normal gymnasium, when the
Baraca . team defeated the Sioux.
The Sioux are an organization of
young men living in the neighbor
hood of the normal school, and un
der the coaching of Mr. Millner are
putting up a good game, but they
apparently got into a little too fast
company Monday evening. The Ba
Tacas took their scalps to the score
of 26 to 16. Mr. Millner refereed
the first half and Lynn Mowat of
this city officiated in that capacity
in the second half. The following
was the lineup the first half:
Baracas. Position. Sioux.
Roese C Stevens
Fayell F Eaton
Grisez F . . .. Porter
Earl Douglas G Parker
S. A. Peters G Brown
In the second half the Baracas put
in Bob Spencer and Harris as guards,
while the Sioux substituted Haynes
for Porter at forward.
The game was well played through
out. Eaton got all the field baskets
for the Sioux, while Brown got all
the foul baskets. In the Baracas the
honor's were pretty evenly divided,
all of the players doing excellently
and dividing the scores among them.
On Friday evening the Baracas
will play the Chosen Friends, a team
representing the club of that name
t Medford. The Chosen Friends
succeeded in defeating the Baracas
at Medford a short time ago, the Ash
land team having gone to pieces just
long enough to permit the -throwing
of the winning baskets. The Chosen
Friends club, according to the Med
ford papers, is a club of delivery
drivers and they play fast basket
ball, but the Baracas expect to take
th m into camp at the Natatorium
rink in this city Friday night. The
proceeds of the game will go toward
the building fund of the Baptist
church in this city.
Phone job orders to the Tidings.
BEAGLE CLAIM SETTLED.
City Pays $125 as Result of Defec
tive Street.
At the meeting of the city dads
Tuesday night the last echo of a
claim for damages growing out of a
defective place in North Main Btreet
during the paving, was heard. It
came in the form of the presentation
of a bill for $100 in full of the claim
of Maggie Beagle against the the
city for personal damages caused by
a fall at the corner of North Main
and Nursery streets and the addi
tional bill of $25 for attorney's fees
for Attorney W. H. Moore, who act
ed for the city in the settlement of
the claim, which was put in at $500.
Served Fine Dinner.
All who took dinner at Hotel Ash
land Christmas speak in the highest
terms of the repast put up by Mrs.
Mahan and agree that it was one of
the best ever served in Ashland.
One-half off on trimmed hats,
shapes and fancy feathers, and 25
per cent off on beavers at Mrs.
Simons', 167 East Main. 56-tf
Phone No. 39 when in need of job
printing. Work and prices are right.
0. A. C. BAND COMING
College Band Will Give Concert at
H. S. Gym Under Auspices of
First Company, O. A. C.
The O. A. C. band touring western
Oregon during the holidays has been
organized over twenty years and is
now in its eighth year under the
leadership of H. L. Beard.
Mr. Beard is himself a graduate
of O. A. C. in the class of '99, and
during his college course he was a
member of the band, being student
leader for over two years. He was
a member of the 56th Infantry band
ofor two years in the Philippine
Islands, being promoted to the rank
of principal musician.
Since taking charge of the college
band in 1905 it has been the aim of
Mr. Beard to eultivate a taste for
the best there is in music. The band
is well known throughout the north
west as a high-class musical organ
ization. Many important engage
ments have been filled, and many
others have been refused' because it
is hard for a student organization to
get away from school. For this rea
son the band is taking its present
tour during the holidays. The band
travels in a private car, and, besides
the regular, players, there will be a
vocalist, who will sing from grand
opera, to the accompaniment of the
full band.
One of the clarinet players, V. D.
Colvig, better known as "Pinto, the
Nightmare of Caricature," is an ex
ceptionally good cartoonist. Ho
promise sa very interesting stunt to
be put on during the intermission.
With the easel and some large paper
and crayon he will .furnish fifteen
minutes of lively entertainment. The
musical program will be selected
from the works of such masters as
Verdi, Wagner, Rossini, Bizet and
others, while enough of the late pop
ular music will be used that all
tastes will be pleased.
At the high school auditorium
Saturday night, December 27. Re
served seats now on sale at Rose
Bros.'
Bones of Unknown Animal.
Edmonton, Alta, Dec. 24. Work
men digging a tunnel for a trunk
sewer a half mile north of the Sas
katchewan river, which bisects the
city of Edmonton, unearthed at a
depth of 100 feet several bones of
an animal which professors at the
University of Alberta are unable to
classify. One of the pieces resem
bles the femur of a buffalo, while
others appear to belong to a larger
animal. J. W. Begg, chief engineer
of the sewer construction depart
ment, will invite scientists of Canada
and the United States to give their
opinions respecting the find. The
discovery proves that at one time the
surface of the land was at least 100
feet lower than at present. How
ever, it may be, experts say, that the
river changed its course centuries be
fore the coming of the white man to
this country.
Strictly Business.
"Now, son, you're through college,
had a long vacation, and I want you
to start business."
"I'll start next month, father."
"Why can't you start business to
day?" "Why, father, it will take me at
least three weeks to get some busi
ness suits."
FIXED CITY TAX LEVY AT 14 MILLS
CITY FATHERS PARED DOWN ESTIMATE FOR COMING YEAR AT
MEETING HELD TUESDAY EVENING
The outgoing council met Tuesday
evening and among other business
transacted fixed the tax levy for the
coming year. There will be a marked
reduction in the levy from that of
last year, approximating one-fourth
on all the levies it is expected. The
levy last year wa3 21 mills for city
purposes and this year will total 14
mills. The school levy last year was
8 mills and was reduced this year
to. 8 mills. It is expected that re
ductions in state and county levies
will bring the total to about 30 mills
In this city this year instead of 40.5
as was the case last year. There
was quite a considerable reduction
in the assessed valuation of the city
this year as compared with last, so
FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Program Being l'repared for Gath
ering of Ranchers.
There will be a fine program at
the gathering of farmers and fruit
men at the Commercial Club rooms
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week. Professor Lewis, head of
the department of horticulture at
the Agricultural College, will discuss
and demonstrate "Maintaining an Or
chard." He will also be glad to take
up for demonstration any diseased
plants or trees brought him.
Reserved Seat Sale.
Reserved seats for the concert of
the O. A. C. band, to be given at the
high school gym Saturday night un
der the auspices of the First Com
pany, C. A. C, are now on sale at
Rose Bros.' Get your seats reserved
early.
Strawberry, raspberry and black
berry plants in large and small quan
tities Apply at the Hotel Ashland
dining room. 50-tf
Phone No. 39 wnen in need of job
printing. Work and prices are right.
FINE BULLETIN ON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
(
Extension Division of the Oregon
Valuable Treatise on Road
One of the most valuable bulletins
ever put out in the northwest is
College Bulletin No. 67, of the ex
tension division of the Oregon Agri
ultural Collegec, treating on the con
struction and maintenance of good
roads. It is especially valuable in
that it deals with the construction
and maintenance of dirt roads. In
the middle wesl (the Mississippi val
ley), where in many instances stone
must be shipped scores if not hun
dreds of miles, the maintenance of
dirt roads in condition for travel is
a problem which had to be met and
which in many sections has been
met successfully. The bulletin in
question is along the lines of the ap
plication of this method of road mak
ing to the conditions existing in Ore
gon today.
Of course the thickly settled por
tions of the state, with plenty of
rock almost at the roadside, the con
struction of permanent rock roads is
BARN ORDERED OUT
Hotel Oregon Barn Mnst Be Re
moved, is City Council's
Mandate.
The sanitary committee of the city
council on Tuesday night reported
on the petition demanding the re
moval of the Hotel Oregon barn.
The committee was unanimous in its
recommendations that the barn be
ordered removed. Councilman But
ler believed that other barns on the
same street should be included in
the order, but the committee took
the ground that as it had not been
asked to have the other barns re
moved it could not do so, a position
in which the mayor concurred. The
council then ordered the barn re
moved, giving the owners until
March 1, 1913, to do it in.
Safer.
Baker In five years you won't
see a horse on the street.
Wayburn Yes; they would be
safer on the sidewalks.
that the burden of taxation upon the
city should be considerably less in
1913 than in 1912. The following
is the city levy in detail:
Mills.
Street fund i.o
Bond and interest 5.5
Library o.8
Fire department 0.75
Park commlss'on 0.75
General fund 5.2
Total 14.00
It will certainly be gratifying to
property owners to know that at last
the downward tu-n has come in tax
levies. They have been climbing
steadily upwards for several years
past.
I
BUYS IIOSLEY TRACT.
City
Fathers to Take Over
Near Intake.
Lund
At its Christmas eve meeting the
city council authorized its finance
committee to piy Charles Hosley
$1,500 for a 40-acre tract of land
near the upper intake. The council
deemed it necessary to have this
land to protect the purity of the
city's water supply.
Louie for Wealthy,
An American tourist on pricing!
tea in a Chinese store in Shanghai
was surprised to find that he could
j purchase five pounds of a certain
kind of tea for $2, but that if he
bought ten pounds the price would
be o. The American argued with
the Chinaman th?t such an arrange
ment was ridiculous, but the proprie
tor of the store insisted that logic
was on his side. "More buy, more
rich. More rich, more can pay," he
explained." New York Tribune.
Cider Delivery.
Powell Bros.' pure apple cider de
livered to any part of the city. Phone
130. 50-tf
Agricultural College Sends Out
Making to Ail Who Ask
the best and the cheapest in the long
run, but in the outlying districts, or
in stretches where rock is not at
hand the methods outlined in this
bulletin will prove of great value.
In road building, as in many other
things, a stitch in time saves nine,
even if not more so.
There is much
space in this bulletin devoted to the
proper care of roads as well as to
their construction. The bulletin also
contains explicit directions for the
making of cement culverts, the lay
ing of drains, etc. In fact, it is a
complete manual of 80 pages of up-to-date
instruction on the subject of
building and maintaining roads,
building culverts, draining roads,
etc. It should not only be in the
hands of every road officer in the
state of Oregon, but every farmer
who has any roads or trails to main
tain on his own property will find it
well worth sending for. It will be
sent free to any iesident of Oregon
upon request.
HAD TWO BIG CROWDS
Dreamland Coiniielled to Turn Pa
trons Awny Another Good
Show Tonight.
Two crowded houses enjoyed the
show at Dreamland last night. Ev
eryone was delighted with the songs
and dainty dances by Mile. Grey, the
English comedienne, and she re
ceived much merited applause. She
appears again tonight with new
songs and costumes. Her perform
ance is very refined and high class.
The pictures projected by the new
picture machine are clear, bright and
steady, and another excellent pro
gram, Including the famous "Bison
101," will be shown tonight. Admis
sion 10 cents. Two shows, at 7:15
and 8:25.
One-half off on trimmed hats,
shapes and fancy feathers and 25
per cent off on beavers at Mrs.
Simons', 167 East Main. 56-tf
Phone news items to the Tidings.
ONE TO A DISTRICT.
Public Buildings Committee of Na
tional House so Rules.
Congressman Hawley last week
presented the claims of Klamath
Falls, Corvallis, Roseburg, Oregon
City, Grants Pass, Ashland and As
toria for public buildings. As the
committee has ruled to allow but one
building for each district there is a
small chance for each city. Con
gressman Hawley has not as yet sig
nified which of the cities he will
urge for an appropriation.
Snow for Christmas.
For a little while Tuesday it
looked as if we would have what
New Englanders call a "white Christ
mas." The snow began to fall about
noon, and for an hour or more it.
gave Ashland as petty an imitation
of a real snowstorm as anyone would
need to see. It made many an east
erner think of the past years in a
climate proving the old adage, "A
green Christinas means a fat grave
yard," and that other one, "A green
Christmas means a white Easter."
However, the storm only lusted about
an hour and the weather again be
came more like Ashland traditions of
what Christmas weather should be.
CAUGHT JN A CAR
Watchman Irwin Captured Three
Hoboes in Burglarized Freight
Car Christinas Night.
A. L. Irwin, watchman for the
Southern Pacific Railway, captured
three hoboes Christmas night who
will stand a good show of doing time.
While inspecting the freights in the
local yards he came upon a car of
household goods en route from Port
land to Frisco which had the sea!3
broken. Upon Investigation he found
three hoboes Inside whom he put un
der arrest. One of them had a glass
of jelly in his pocket, which he threw
on the rails and broke as soon as he
found he v?as caught. The others
also had on their person goods which
Mr. Irwin is confident were stolen
from the contents of the car. There
was a harnessmaker's outfit among
the goods and tools from it were
found ui)on the persons of the men
arrested. They had also taken a
hammer from among the tools and
J had broken the tops off a large num
I her of fruit jars and eaten parts of
I the contents. The men, who gave
their names as Hob Emmett, alias
j R. Mackey, Fred Fillmore and
George Cheney, were placed in the
j city jail aud will probably have their
hearing tomorrow. In the meantime
irwin is cnecKing over tne car to see
how much stuff is missing.
Five Bridges and State Highways.
Lewiston, Idaho, Dec. 24. The
Security Bridge Company is proceed-
ing with the work of constructing
; the bridge across the Clearwater riv-
er. The bridge is designed for a lift
span. It will be constructed without
at this time installing the lifhting
machinery, but in such a manner
that the lifting machinery can be in
stalled later at any time when it is
desirable to use th! Clearwater river
for navigation. The construction of
this bridge connects the Idaho high-
, way system with the I'alouse-Spo-
kane highway system in the state of
Washington and affords an outlet
for all the cental I and north Idaho
counties.
The state of Idaho will bo urged
to join with the state of Washington
in acquiring a bridge over Snake riv
er between Lewiston and Clarkt-ton.
This will give access for the central
and north Idaho counties to the state
of Washington highway system con
necting with Pomeroy, Dayton,
Walla Walla and thence to tlie coast
where the Washington h'ghwuy con
nects with .the Pacific highway now
being constructed by co-operation of
the states of California, Oregon,
Washington and the Canadian gov
ernment. These two bridges, when
completed, will tie the central Idaho
highway system into the Pacific
coast system.
Her Idea.
Father Do you think you can
support my daughter in better style
than that to which she has been ac
customed? Suitor Privately, and between
you and me, sir, 1 believe Mabel's
idea that I can is one of the reasons
why she Is leaving home.
No Wonder.
"Oh, papa," exclaimed the young
girl, "that pretty plant I had sitting
on the piano is dead."
"Well, I don't wonder," was all
the father Baid.
REFUSE TO PAY
MORE ROAD TAX
COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
TO COUNTY COURT.
IT HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY LEVIED
Councilman Butler Calls Attention to
Yiolation of City Charter by Coun
ty Court in levying Itoad Taxes
on City lrojerty in Ashland.
At the city council meeting Tues
day evening Councilman Butler pre
sented a resolution notifying the
county court that in accordance with
the charter granted the city of Ash
land by the legislature of Oregon, it
was unlawful for the county court to
levy any road tax upon the property
within the corporate limits of thw
city of Ashland, and asking that they
refrain from so doing. In the past
in the neighborhood of $G,000 per
year has been collected in Ashland
contrary to law for expenditure in
other parts of the county. It is this
unlawful levy that the resolution is
intended to stop. The resolution
waVadopted under suspension of tho
rules, all voting aye.
it is said that should the county
court fail to heed the resolution and
make the levy as in tho past, an in
junction will be brought to prevent
the collection of the taxes.
Smiled Too Soon.
The missionary smiled benevolent
ly on the native tribes around him.
"I will cure them all of cannibalism,"
he said, hopefully. "They have treat
ed me kindly so far, and I am sure I
shall convert them all."
After being introduced" to their
chier he retired to the special hut
the tribe had prepared for him,
where he was shortly afterward
joined by a native.
"The king has sent me to dress
you for dinner," said the man.
"Ah!" smiled the missionary.
"How thoughtful of him. You aro
the royal valet, I suppose.?"
"Nope," replied the native, "I'm
the royal cook." Honolulu Gazette.
PEACE PROSPECTS PALE
Conferences Are Apparently Hope
lessly Deadlocked Peme in
Europe Distant.
London, Dec. 23. Hope that the
meeting of Turkish and Balkan en
voys here will result in peace in the
near east got a shock today when
conferences to that end hopelessly
deadlocked, were abandoned until
Saturday.
The impasve came over the de
mand of the Turks that they bo per
mitted to revictual Adrianople be
fore proceeding to a discussion of
the terms to end the war. Set as
ever against this concession, the Bal
kan envoys flatly refused to yield.
Then camo the announcement this,
evening that the conferences would
go over until Saturday on account of
the Christmas holidays.
Tills, it. is believed, is a niero
glossing over of the facts, and a sub
terfuge to conceal the certainty that
the envoys are as far as ever from
agreement. In fact, it was semiof
ficially admitted that all the envoys
want further time to consult their
home governments before taking tho
final steps which will mean peace or
war.
Before resumption of the confer
ences here today between envoys of
Turkey and the Balkan allies, the
Turkish delegates stated they would
persist in their demand that Turkey
be permitted to revictual Adrianople..
It is conceded that a crisis in the
negotiations will be reached at the.
formal meetings this afternoon.
The envoys met officially at 4
o'clock. Before going into confer
ence it was admitted that a resump
tion of the war was possible unless
one side or the other yielded on the.
Adrianople mutter. Premier Daneff
officially stated that unless the
Turko withdraw their revictualling
demands, the Balkan allies' delegates
may recommend a resumption of hos
tilities. Before the formal conference to
day the envoys conferred at their ho
tels. The Balkan envoys declared
they were disgusted with tho atti
tude of the Turks, but the latter
strenuously denied that they wore
playing for time and declared their
demands were made In good faith.
La Follette's Weekly Magazine
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