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Oregon Historical Society. Ashland ; Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913 NUMBER CG TAX BURDEN TO BE MUCH LIGHTER PROPERTY IN ASHLAND TO PAY LESS THAN THREE-FOURTHS WHAT IT DID LAST YEAR ON THE SAME VALUATION Ashland property owners will re joice to know that the taxes of the coming year will not. exceed three fourths the amount of last year. In fact, they will, except in a few in stances where the valuation of indi vidual pieces of property was rajsed by the assessor to equalize the bur den, be less than three-fourths of the last year. The total tax levy of last year was 40.5 mills on the dollar, or more than 4 per cent ofj the assessed valuation. This year it Is 29 mills, or 2.9 per cent. The county court levied a 10-mill tax throughout the county, except in the city of Ashland, whose charter pro vides that the city shall not be liable for county road tax. This has here tofore been levied upon Ashland, a portion of it comiiiq; back to the city, but most of it being spent elsewhere. Attorney Briggs recently called the attention of the citizens and of the county court to tli3 provision of the charter in this regard, and the coun ty court has followed the letter c the law in the matter, relieving the city of a burden of about $6,000. The following is the levy for the city of Ashland: State and county 7 School 8 City 14 Total 29 The per cent of reduction over last year of course will not apply to prop erties against which there are spec ial assessments for paving, sewer or other improvements. The levy does not affect this portion of the tax charged up to the property In the ' least, but does affect the general taxes upon such property, the same as it does all property against which there are no special assessments. The following is the regular coun ty levy, no road tax being levied on property in the city of Ashland. The levy is thus divided: i Mills. School and library.... 1.6 State . . . . .". .". 1.1 High school 3 Fruit inspection .4 JACKSON STANDS SIXTH State Ap)ortionment Puts This Coun ty in That Position Regarding State Taxes. The state tax commission at Salem on Thursday completed its appor tionment of state taxes for this year among the various counties. Includ ing the special levy for the Mon mouth normal, the total state taxes to be raised this year amount to $1,122,214.48, derived from the state levy of 1.1 mills, which is the lowest ever made in this state except in the year 1859, vhen the levy was 1 mill. The apportionment is as fol lows: Baker $ 27,277.75 Benton 14,483.25 Clackamas 40,353.75 Clatsop .. 25,256.50 Columbia 18,432.25 Coos 24,811.00 Crook . .' 15,879.25 Curry 4,306.00 Douglas 39,337.00 Gilliam 10,927.00 Grant 9,299.75 Harney 9,282.00 Hood River 12,750.50 Jackson 38,385.25 Josephine ; 13,719.00 Klamath 18,200.00 Lake .. '. . 9,268.50 Lane 44,901.00 Lincoln . .. 8,779.25 Linn ... 36,950.00 Malheur 12,291.50 Marion 51,577.00 Multnomah 410,188.48 Polk 20,954.00 Sherman 10,333.25 Tillamook 18,231.50 Umatilla 48,069.00 Union ,25,044.50 Wallowa 13,035.75 Wasco 19,388.50 Washington . 28,414.50 Wheeler ;'. . ! '5,098.25 Yamhill 24,776.25 As will be seen, Jackson county is placed sixth on the list.' 'jt would look at a glance ai if Multnomah, at $410,188.48, was getting off much eas'er in the way of state' flaxes than in Jackson county at $38', 385. 25. The counties paying more state taxes than Jackson county are Clackamas, Douglas, Lane, Multnomah and Uma tilla. , ... -. Advertising 1 General expense 1.9 Warrant redemption 1.5 Public buildings 1 Road 3. Total 10. The road levy is a mill less than "a year ago. The general expense the same, the school and library the sarne. Warrant redemption is a new levy to redeem outstanding indebted ness and bring warrants to par. Public buildings is to repair court house. Fruit inspection was includ ed in general expense a year ago, and is paid by an extra assessment upon orchard property. Advertising is to enable the county to do publicity work formerly done by the various commercial clubs. An Klegant Map. The Commercial Club has recently received, through the courtesy of the Oregon-Washington RailToad & Nav igation Co., an elegant map of he roic proportions. The territory em braced on this map is Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho in their entirety, also portions of Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California. This work is what its. name signi fies, a map of the Pacific northwest, and the magnitude of its subdivis ions is on a scale which makes it especially valuable as a work of ref erence, containing as it does not only states and counties, but also precinct boundaries, forest reserves, railways and highways. It is mounted in a substantial frame, and the map prop er is glass-covered, features which add to its attractiveness. Notice of Stockholders' Meeting. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rogue River Fruit and Pro duce Association will be held at the public library building in the city of Medford on the 11th day of Febru ary, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. R. C. WASHBURN, Pres. CONRO FIERO, Sec. January. 11, 1913. SUPERVISORS NAMED County Court Rearranges Districts and Appoints Men to lloss Road Building. The county court has finished its work of redistricting the county into road districts. Many changes have been made. Scarcely a district re mains the same a last year. Some of the old districts have been cut down, some enlarged, some consoli dated, but all are more nearly of a uniform size than previously. The following have been appointed supervisors for the new districts for the ensuing year: First District Jack True, Ash land. Second Sam Van Dyke, Phoenix and Talent. Third A. B. Zimmerman, Eagle Point. Fourth O. F. Welcher, West Cen tral Point. Fifth Nick Kimes, Griffin Creek. Sixth Thomas Stanley, Lake Creek. Seventh Frank Nell, Derby and Butte Falls. Eighth J. E. Dhvison, Gold Hill. Ninth John- Grieve, Prospect. Tenth W. R. Garrett, Applegate. Eleventh Arthur Earhardt, Wood ville. Twelfth W. B. Chapman, Sams Valley. Thirteenth E. C. Hamilton, East Central Point. Fourteenth Dave Pence, Elk Creek and Trail. W. D. Hodgson offers for $4,500, on terms, his 200-acre wood lot about a mile and a half from Ashland, on which is estimated 6,000 to 10,000 cords of wood.: Good road made to it and bunk house. Phone him, 427-J. 65-6t Junior Minstrels at high school gym Friday evening, January 17. General admission 35c. Reserved seats 50c. Seats on sale at Lane's Wednesday a. m. Free auto service to and from the- high school from Lane's. That spring line of John Kelly shoeh Is sure some class. See them at Enders'. CANADIAN KXCVKSIOXISTS. Big Train Pause Through South bound Last Thursday. Under the auspices of the Cana dian Pacific, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation, and Southern Pacific companies, a large special passed through Ashland last Thurs day afternoon bound for southern California. The train equipment consisted of 11 coaches and was first class throughout. The excursionists were mainly Canadians from the northwest provinces. The trip had its inception at Calgary, but the gathering point at Spokane, from whence the excursionists proceeded southward in a body, about 150 in number, via Portland an San Fran cisco to points as far as the Mexican boundary. Return limit of tickets is April 30. The train made more than the cus tomary stop here. The excursionists j were a representative body of people. bent on having a good time and not ing conditions throughout the vari ous sections traversed. They were interested in displays at the exhibit ! building and were in turn the recipi ents of several boxes of apples and ten gallons of sweet cider at the hands of the Commercial Club. A matter of note, as showing the trend of emigration towards the Canadian northwest, was the fact that al though these people originally came from various portions of the Domin ion and the United States, the great majority of those interviewed claimed the province of Ontario as their original habitat. F. A. Whitney of San Francisco, traveling passenger agent of the S. P., was in charge of the excursionist special. The Corded Poodle. ' Country Life in America: A pe culiarity of the poodle's coat is that unless it is kept constantly brushed out it twists up into little cords, which increase in length as the new hair grows and clings about it. The unshed old hair and the new growth entwined together thus become dis tinct, rope-like cords, which unless cut off will in time drag on the ground and Interfere with the dog's freedom of movement. A few own ers, who admire these long cords, keep them tied up in bundles on the dog's back, but this is about as un sightly an arrangement as can well be conceived. Wells-Fargo Fixing Vp. The local office of the Wells Fargo Express Company is having its : office fixed up in good shape. A j room is being built in the rear for the storage of unclaimed articles, etc. The counters are being repaint ed and grained and the place other wise slicked up to meet the competi tion of the parcels post. The Ashland Transfer & Storage Co., which has officed with the Wells-Fargo company for some years, has moved to the building adjoining, formerly occupied by Gillette & Campbell. There are a large number of deer reported coming down from -the mountains because of' the snows. Deputy Warden Hubbard reports see ing 75 in one drove. ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP AT PHOENIX SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT BEATEN UP BY THUGS WHO UNSUCCESS FULLY SOUGHT TO ROB DEPOT AT THAT PLACE There was an attempt made last night to hold up the Southern Pa cific depot at Phoenix. Two men were in the Job pnd the agent at tempted to stand them off with an umbrella as a weapon. They then knocked him down with the butt of a revolver and fled. When he recov ered he gave the alarm and the of ficers in the various towns in the valley were at once notified. Chief Oien rounded up a good sized bunch of suspects this morning and held them awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Singler who came up on the 11:35 train. There was but an indefinite de scription of the men wanted, their attack having been made in the dark. It is reported that the agent" at Phoenix is here also, but a telephone message to the Southern Pacific, de pot in this city brings no confirma tion and Chief Oien, Sheriff Singler and Mr. Kelly of Roseburg, railroad detective, are at the time of going to press engaged in rounding up the hoboes in the railroad yards in order to try and find more suspects. There is a strong suspicion that the affair JUNIOR MIXSTKKLS. Modern Morality Play to He Princi pal Feature. The Junior Minstrel Show and the modern morality play, "Every City," to be presented by the Junior class of the high Bchool under the direc tion of Professor Irving E. Vining, will be one of the most entertaining and unique attractions seen in Ash land for many a day. The song features will be especial ly notable, containing such Broad way hits as "There's a Girl in Ha vana." from Lew Field's "Never Homes; " "Strawberries," from "Lit tle Miss Fixit;" "The Little Chauf feur," from "The Vanderbilt Cup;" "B-R-O-K-E cpells Broke," a min strel favorite, and other catchy mel odies that Broadway hummed and whistled for many months. The end men jokes and "stunts" are all orig inal and of a local nature. The fresh young voices and the joyous gambols of the juniors add a quality of verve and dash to the perform ance, that will prove irresistible. The modern morality play, "Every City." which constitutes the Part II of the program, was written by Pro fessor Vining especially for this oc casion. An introductory meeting of the city council is held (luring which the strolling players are invited to perform before the council. Among the characters introduced are Father I Destiny, a Mysterious Stranger, Fair Ashland, Business, City Fathers, Taxes, and others to the number of sixteen. Not only satire and criti cism of faults and foibles are intro duced, but also the voice of hope and commendation and the inspira tion of a glorious destiny makes its appeal to all Peers of Fair Ashland's Domain. You, yourself, will be made a part and you should hear Fair Ashland's ringing appeal for the Blue Bird of Happiness. High school auditorium, Friday night, June 17. General admission 35 cents. Reserved seats 50 cents. Free autos from Lane's to and from the high school. Seats on sale Wed nesday morning at Lane's. Artificial Spider's Web. .The' largest spider web in the world was spun not by a spider but by human hands. It stands on the lawn of a Chicago man's country home, and is of such tremendous size as to startle the passerby when he first sees it. The creator of this in teresting oddity conceived the idea of attempting to see how closely an actual spider's web could be repro duced with rope. Selecting two im mense trees on the lawn of his home, he spun between them this spider's web, 40 by 60 feet, which is so strong that a boy Or man may easily climb to the center or top of it. Mrs. Elizabeth Preater, grand mother of Mrs. John Parsons, died at the Parsons home Sunday. Mrs. Preater was born in England and was 92 years, 4 months and 10" days old. The funeral will be held at the residence of Dr. Parsons Tuesday af ternoon "at 1:30 o'clock. The PORTLAND EVENING TELE GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year, $5.00. last night was perpetrated by the same parties who have been guilty of many petty robberies in the lower part of the valley in the last three weeks, but this is more suspicion. The men arrested this morning are still in the local jajil at this writing, and whether or not they will be tak en to I'hoenix no one around the jail or city hall seems to know. Explanation Demanded. N An Irishman just landed got work on the New York Central as flagman at Tarrytown. 1 1 is first day on the job he waved the red danger signal before the Empire State Express. The brakes screeched down, the train stopped, and the crew ran up. "What's the matter? Why did you stop this train?" the conductor de manded. "Well " began the flagman. "Don't you know it's a state pris on offense to sto a train without cause?" the conductor explained. "We're twenty minutes late now." "That'B just it," was the answer. "Where have yez been the last twen ty minutes?" Newark Star. TROLLEY LINE IN VALLEY ASSURED MINNEY COMPANY GRANTED FRANCHISE BY CITY COUNCIL OF MED, FORD LAST FRIDAY-WILL BUILD THIS SPRING The ordinance granting to the M. T. Minney Company of Oakland, Cal., a franchise for the operation of an electric street car bystem in Medford was passed by the Medford city coun cil Friday night with but one dis senting vote, that of .Councilman George Millar, socialist member. The passage carries with it the threat of the socialist party of Med ford to initiate a referendum elec tion to compel the council to cut the life of the franchise from 50 years to 25 years. Councilman Millar, in support of this contention, introduced a letter as long as the ordinance itself, set ting forth the views of the socialist party on long-terui franchises. The manuscript made it clear that the party, neither collectively or individ ually, wanted to greet capital with a club, but was simply an adherence to the principles to which they are bound. Therein ir was stated that unless a 25-year term was agreed upon a referendum would be in voked. The letter was read, listened to attentively and then passed on without a word of comment from any source. Representatives of the Minney company said after the passage that the franchise would be accepted and a check for $2,500 deposited with the city recorder, as required by the ordinance. Steps will be taken Mon day for the securing of material and the beginning of preliminary con struction by the first of February. The drawing of lines of the first sur vey on Main street will be begun some time this week. It is the in tention of the company to have work in full swing by the first of April and he in position to handle the 191? fruit crops. They will apply at the next meeting of the city council of Ashland for the granting of a fran chise practically identical with the one passed in Modford. Leaders of the socialist party said that they had been assured of enough signatures to a petition to insure a referendum election, and that the dissatisfaction on this fen- TO TAP C0AL MINES Trolley Line May Connect Roxy Ann Mine mid Lime DcpoNitM of Valley. Medford, Jan. 10. That a huge cement plant is to be started in the Rogue river valley in the near fu ture is shown by negotiations now under way between the Iola Port land Cement Company and the Min ney company, with a view to the let ter's extending the trolley line to conuect the coal mines on Roxy Ann and the lime deposits now under option of the company. The cement people will use 200 tons of coal a day to begin .witii. The coal secured from the mines, while not as yet a good commercial coal, fulfills the requirements of the cement makers, who can use both the shale and the coal. A trolley line to bring the coal and lime to gether will be part of the proposed interurban system. ' The Ioia Portland Cement Com pany is one of the largest cement concerns in the world. The company operates plants at lola, Kan., of 20, 000 barrels capacity daily; at Chi nook, Kan., of 5,000 barrels daily capacity; at Independence, Kan., of 5,000 barrels dailv capacity, and at Des Moines, Iowa, of 5,000 barrels daily capacity. Indications all point to an era of development in the valley t6 be in augurated by the new trolley line, and the establishment of long-needed payrolls. What promises to be the best com mercial coal prospect yet secured is being opened up by Colonel Mundy near the top of Roxy Ann, three or four hundred feot, above the old workings. A 12-foot vein, free from shale and clay. Is being opened up, a tunnel several hundred feet in length having been driven. The vein is .evidently in "place" and a few days' more work will tell the story. Klamath whole wheat, graham and rye flour, the finest of Germea seed rye, wheat, barley, vetch, clover, alfalfa, all kinds of garden Heeds, hay, grain, poultry and stock reme dies, china eggs, leg bands, etc., at the Klamath Exchange. Call and see us. Phone 4. ture of the ordinance wa? not alone within their ranks, but that :auy others would side with them in their protest. The socialists are anxious to disabuse any idea that they are taking this stand for any motive other than the best, and that they are as anxious as any one else for the development of the Itogue river valley. But 50 years, they aver, in too long 25vyeais about right. Un der the state law it will be neces sary to secure 10 per cent of the voters at the last election to a ref erendum petition. The ordinance as passed Friday night differs but little from the one first introduced, tire most important change being a time limit of two yea's for the forfeiture by failure to comply with the ordinance, when be fore It was three years a gain for the city. It also provides for a half hour service in the city from 6 o'clock in the jnorning to 9 o'clock j at night, common user rights from I Central avenue to Roosevelt avenue, a bond to insure tbe repair of streets torn up by construction and laying of tracks, payment after two years for the use of the Bear creek bridge, the installation of a telephone and telegraph system in connection with the operation of the road, and 5-cent fares in the city limits, with trans fers. The passage of the ordinance was greeted with cheers by the large crowd that packed and jammed the council chambers. Representatives of the Barnum interests were pres ent, but maintained silence. Final action upon the ordinance pending before the council in their behalf will receive consideration at a meet ing of the city council to be held Monday afternon, when all unfin ished business of the year will be cleared away, leaving a clear deck for the next administration. With the passage of the ordinance It is understood that sovoral holders of property are preparing to offer substantial bonuses to the Minney company. CORPORATION VALUES County Hork Ik-reive Valuations of (Vi-MrationH in Jnckmiii Coun ty 1'i-o-n State. The county clerk has received a notice from the state tax commis sion that the valuation on corpora tion property in Jackson county for 1913 is $4,620,439, which is a small increase over 1912. The state re quires $38,385.25 tax from this county this year, u cotmiderable de- rTtttlUCl mrnt lout iron it The total valuation of the county this year is $36,668,000 as against $38,000,000 in 1912. It was predicted by County Asses sor Grieve that the valuation would bo between $37,000,000 and $38, 000,000 this year, but the valuation made by the statu on corporations, fell below his estimate. picti'uks roMtarr. (ood Roads Illustrated lecture at (Jrand Army Hall. Mr. II. J." Doolittle, representing the Association of Western Portland Cement Manufacturers, is in the city and has perfected arrangements for the good roads lecture at Grand Army hall tonight. Mr. Doolittle is. a civil engineer, and has had ample experience along construction of im proved highways, consequently all those interested in this subject should hear his address along these lines. Admission free. All are cor dially invited. WRIGHT JSJMANAGER Clinton Wright Promoted to Man agement of Ashland Fruit & Produce Association. Tlie board of directors of the Ash land Fruit & Produce Association met last week and selected Clinton Wright, who has been bookkeeper for the association for several years, to the position of manager! C. li. Gillette was re-elected president, M. C. Lininger was elected secretary and C. B. Lainkin treasurer. Phone Job orders to the Tidings