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