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Ashland, Tidings SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1913 NUMBER 07 SEVERAL DEALS ARE MADE JOHNSON HROS. TAKE JEWELRY STOCK OF ARTHUR THOMPSON. WASHINGTON MEN INVEST HERE Gentlemen From the North Make Heavy Investments in Ashland, Trading Farms Xear Mt. Pleasant Thereor. Arthur Thompson has sold his jew elry business to Mayor O. H. Johnson of this city and John W. Johnson of Medford, who will conduct the busi ness under the firm name of Johnson Bros. John V. Johnson owned the Ideal grocery in this city for a short time, selling to C. X. Mackie, and has Quite a circle of acquaintances in Ashland who will Le glad to see him return to this city. Mayor Johnson will remove his present stock of jew elry from Rose Bros.' store and con solidate it with the Thompson stock. Mr. Thompson reserved his tools and will remain at the old stand ' about ten days to finish up the work he has on hand in the way of repair ing. He still retains his property on Granite street and has not as yet de cided what he will do in the future. Tie will not place the property on the market at present as he is a firm believer in the future of Ashland. Mayor Johnson states that he was in part impelled to this move by the need of more time to look after his duties of chief executive of the city than he could get when in business by himself. His many friends in this city will join the Tidings in wishing the new firm all prosperity. Johnson Bros, will install the best and latest equipment to do upto-date work in their line and will also tarry a full line of everything usually found in jewelry stores. There has been several bis deals just consummated in this city aud vicinity, which indicate a brightening up of prospects for the upper Rogue river valley. Among the most im portant was a deal between J. A, Campbell and Messrs. Atkinson and Lyman, recent arrivals from Wash ington. Mr. Campbell traded the stock of second-hand furniture known as the Jack Morris store on North Main, the residence occupied by Mr. Campbell and a residence and an acre and a half on the Bunion, and a ten-acre tract near Medford, for a farm of 150 acres in Washing ton. Mr. Atkinson also traded a 50 acre tract near the same farm at Mt. Pleasant, Wash., in Clyde Paine for his residence and three acres on the Boulevard and several vacant lots. Mr. Atkinson will occupy the Paine home as residence and Mr. Lyman will make his home on the tract near Medford. Mr. Atkinson has gone to Wash ington, accompanied by Mr. Camp bell, and will return the last of next week, accompanied by his lamily and that of his son-in-law, who is a son of Mr. Lyman, and associated in the deal. Mr. Lyman and family have been here some time,x having rented the Nichols home on Church street. . W. T. Atkinson, who expects to take the active management of the business upon his return, will add to the stock and put it in first-class shape to command the patronage of the city. Governor. Hoch is a brilliant speaker; a masterful speaker. Gov ernor Hoch at Elks Temple Saturday evening, 8:15 o'clock, at an hour when everybody can hear him. High-grade Tailoring Shop, this montn. tailoring at Orres' Special Reductions SAVINGS BANK EECTS The (Jranite City Savings Bank Elect ed Directors ami Officers ' Tuesday. ! , . The stockholders of the Granite City Savings Bank met Tuesday in annual meeting and lected the fol lowing directors: S. G. Butler, O. Winter, C, H.. Vau pel, E. A. Sherwin, E. V., Carter, L. L. Mulit and Thomas, H., Simpson, Immediately after the, election of the directors they met and elected the following officers:, " President O. 3. Butler, Vice-President O. , Winter. Cashier G. G. Subanks. Iive Crab is Senc by Parcel Post Medford Mail Tribune: A Port land man sent the first limburger cheese through the parcel post, a Gold Hill man sent a leaky can of varnish, but it remained for a Med ford man to add the final touch by sending a live crab through the mails. The crab was sent by the local fish market r.nd was consigned to Gold Hill. As the package was insecurely bound the crab had an opportunity of gazing about, causing no end of commotion among the pos tal clerks. Articles of clothing, egg cases, implements, fruit boxes and dry goods are among the parcel post shipments of the past few days. U. S. NATIONAL ELECTS Bank Made Splendid Showing; Reso lutions of Respect Passed at Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the share holders of the United States National Bank of Ashland was held at the bank on January 14, 1913. The re port of the cashier for 1912 showed the business to hi in a healthy and prosperous condition. The usual dividends for the yar were paid, and the undivided profit account was in creased to approximately $18,500. The following were elected as di rectors to serve for the ensuing year: E. V. Carter, George W. Dunn. G. S. Butler, F. H. Carter, F. D. Wagner, Thomas H. Simpson and J. W. Mc Coy, comprising the same board as heretofore with the exception of their late president, D. R. Mills, the va cancy caused by his death being filled by Mr. McCoy. Before adjourn ment the following resolutions were adopted by unanimous vote: "Whereas, The time intervening since the last annual meeting of the stockholders has witnessed the pass ing from this life of Delos R. Mills, one of the original stockholders and for more than seventeen years past president of the board of directors of this bank, who died at his home in Ashland, Ore., November 13, 1912, aged 75 years. "Whereas, The work of Mr. Mills in connection with the affairs of this institution was marked by singular ability and dignity, by wisdom and foresight, and by prompt attention to every duty which devolved upon him, he commanded tha high respect of his associates, who admired his uni form courtesy, his keen sense of honor, his unquestioned integrity and his devotion to every obligation of life. "Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Mills his institution has lost a zealous friend and wisex counselor, who ever labored to promote its suc cess and its strength, and whose per sonal worth added much to the con fidence which its patrons repose in it. "Be it further resolved by the stockholders of tho U. S. National Bank of Ashland, That these resolu tions be spread upon the minutes of the annual meeting held January 14, 1913." At the conclusion of the share holders' meeting the new board of directors qualified and elected the following officers: President E. V. Carter. Vice-President George W. Dunn. Cashier J. W. McCoy. , Assistants Cashier Clark Bush and H. C. Emery. Bookkeeper Miss Marian Grain ger. Mr. Carter ass.umes the presidency afterhaving served the bank during its entire history, as cashier from the date of organization in 1884 until September, 1910, and as vice-president from the latter date until the present time. He is eminently qual ified for the position by his years of service and is Well known through out the state as one of Ashland's leading citizens, prominent in mat ters of statewide importance as well as having an enviable standing in his own business of banking. 1 Mr. Dunn is a citizen well known throughout the county both in public and private affairs, as a man of ex ceptional qualifications and business judgment. He has served the bank well and faithfully for a number of years as director, and by his service has demonstrated his fitness for this new position of trust. Messrs. McCoy, Bush and Emery and Miss Grainger have served the bank in their various positions for a number of years, and their retention is evidence of the satisfactory Ser vices they have rendered. The bank is to be congratulated on the exceptionally able character of Its corps of directors, officers and employes. Phone Job orders to the Tidings. t t Special Meeting to Consider Railway Franchise ! There Mill lie a special meeting f citizens at the Commercial Club rooms next Monday evening, January 20, at which there will be a general discussion of the proposed electric railway franchise which is to be asked for by the. Minney company at the city coun cil meeting i.ext Tuesday evening. As this franchise will come before the public to be voted upon, the general public both male and female is cordially invited to attend Monday night and voice an expression of opinion concerning same. In addition to the franchise protoition there will also le discussion concerning the scheme recently Inaugurated by Portland for protecting its water supply and the possibility of adopting such a plan in Ashland will be taken up. These two matter are of vital importance to every responsible citizen and there should be a good representation at the meeting. RETURNS TO ASHLAND. W. C. Coburn and Family Will Make This Their Home. W. C. Coburn, of the firm of Co burn & Watkins, who formerly con ducted the North Star Shoe Factory, and who removed to Medford a few months ago, has returned to Ashland to make his home. The co-partnership has been dissolved and Mr. Co burn, who has been in charge of the shoe sale for Mr. Bressler, has de cided to remain and embark in the shoe business permanently again. He will pat in a complete repair outfit and will also make shoes to order. Mrs. Coburn and their son Will will return to Ashland to make their home as soon as he secures a suit able house, probably in about two weeks. Re-elected IHreetors. ' The First National Bank elected directors for the ensuing year, the following being the list, all having been re-electeJ: A. McCallen, Geo. W. Owen, C. H. Vaupel, O. Winter, E. A. Sherwin, W. M. McNair and L. L. Mulit. Fine Klamath dry land potatoes at the Klamath Exchange at $1 per ,100 pounds. Try them. Opposite Hotel Ashland. Phone 4. Free delivery. ARCHBALD IS IMPEACHED AND DISQUALIFIED Senate Is Almost Unanimous in Its Action Against Judge of Com merce Court Found Grafting Washington, Jan. 13. The maxi mum penalty provided by impeach ment laws was imposed upon Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court late today by the senate fol lowing his conviction of five of the thirteen misdemeanors with which he was charged. This includes his re moval from the federal judiciary, in cluding the commerce court, and dis qualification from ever holding a government office. After voting continuously for three hours, the' senate went into ex ecutive session to decide whether Archbald should be forever disquali fied from any other federal office or merely removed from his present po sition. Conviction on any one of the 13 articles carries with it a penalty of removal from the bench. The highest vote in favor of Arch bald came on article 10, when every senator voted for acquittal except Senator Arshurst of Arizona. While the voting was in progress Judge Archbald and Mrs. Archbald were sequestered in a committee room, the house sergeant-at-arms shielding them from a curious crowd which filled the corridors. The only break in their seclusion was when a page approached with the result of each vote. No comment was forthcoming from the accused judge as he read each ballot. The senators who voted to acquit on the first article were: Burnham of New Hampshire, Ca tron of New Mexico, Oliver and Pen rose of Pennsylvania, and Painter of Kentucky. The senators voted to convict on the first article: Ashurst, Bankhead, Borah, Bourne, Brandege, Bristow, Clapp, Clarke of Wyoming, Clark of Arkansas, Crane, Crawford, Culberson, Cullom, dimming, Curtis, Dixon, Dupont, Fletcher, Foster, Gallinger, Gore, Gronna, Hitchcock, Johnson, Jones, Drawing Dig Houses. Victor Donald & Co., at the Dream land, opened last night to capacity houses at both shows. The playlet, "The Man in Black." made a great hit, and it is certain that the com pany will draw a big house every night while here. The ladies should all see the $275 gown which will be wo,rn by the leading lady Saturday night in the strong dramatic playlet entitled "The Eleventh Hour." Do not fail to see them. The Star Theatre Sold. The Star Theatre was sold today to Messrs. Bronson & Barr of Port land, both experienced men in the moving picture business. Mrs. Bron son is in the cty in company with her husband. The Tidings wishes them success in their new venture. Plenty of Work f o Woman of Fifty. Charlotte Perkins Gilman says that the woman of 5 0 has plenty of work to do in this world. She has done her own housekeeping and now she can branch out into the world and gife" it the benefit of her experience. Amerk 'ans Big Coffee Consumers. All our coffee n.ust be purchased outside of this country, but this does not deter the American public from using 870,000,000 pounds of it every year, or 9 Vi pounds for each man, woman and child in the country. Kenyon, La Follette, Llppitt, Lodge, McCumber, McLear , Martin, Martine, Myers, Nelson, Newlands, O'Gorman, Perkins, Owen, Perky, Poindexter, Pomerene, Reed, Richardson, Root, Sanders, Shively, Simmons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Smoot, Stephenson, Stone, Swanson, Thornton, Tillman, Town send, Warren, Wetmore, Williams, Works, Page and Sutherland. Senators Kern, Dillingham, Till man, Jackson of Maryland and Clarke of Arkansas, Overman, John stone of Alabama, Briggs, Fall and Smith of Michigan were nbsent. Keiskell of Arkansas and John stone, of Texas were excused from voting. Buy Where the Sun Shines 25 Days in the Year. On easy payments, in Planada, 159 miles southeast of San Francisco, 87 miles from the Yosemite Valley, the great natural wonderland and tourist resort, and 4 6 miles north of Fresno, a prosperous, bustling city of 30,000 people - It has an elevation of 171 feet; a dry, healthful climate, free from fogs, with 325 days of sunshine every year. There is no better cli mate anywhere. Outdoor lifjo is pos sible the year round. The man with a family will find here just the con dition for which he has been seeking a good place to make a living, good schools and churches within easy reach, and the right kind of neighbors.- Come in, let us talk it over. Cecil A. Townsend, realty of all kinds, phone 82, Aiken block, East Main street, Ashland, Ore. Very Popular Book. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, after a selling career of more than a decade, has recently gone to a 4 7th edition. More than half a million copies altogether of this book have been sold ,in America and England. Sprcckles Aids to Recall Police Jud.'e I Sau Francisco, Jan. 15. Co-oper- ati n with the movement instituted i by San Francisco club women to se cure the recall of Police Judge Wel lgr for reducing the bail of a prison er charged with a statutory offense was promised here today by Rudolph Spreckles, San Francisco millionaire. Judge Weller reduced the accused man's bail from $3,000 to $1,000, which the latter furnished and left the state. "This is no time," said Spreckles, in a letter to the club women, "to deal leniently with men who, after accepting public office, fail to do their duty." RE-ELECTEDOFFICERS V. O. X. Smith Takes Over J. A. Har vey's Interests in Citizens' Hanking X Trust Co. The annual meetinir nf ih Kt.W- holders of the Citizens' Banking & j sta,e anfI ,0"nty "" municipal gov Trust Company wan held in t he trust. I erBnint- While 1 am ot opposed department of the bank on Tuesday, January 14. The meeting was at tended by a large per cent of the stockholders, representing by far the largest portion of the capital stock. Reports were rel by the piesident and cashier, showing the progress made during the past year, and also the present condition of the bank, after, which the stockholders showed their satisfaction and approval by unanimously re-electing the entire board of directors, which is as fol lows: E. B. Barron, H. E. Badger, J. I'. Dodge, C. B. Lamkin, W. F. Loomis, R. P. Neil. 11. F. Pohland, Don B. Smith and W. A. Turner. Immediately following the stock holders meeting the board of direct ors convened and proceeded with the election of officers for the ensuing year. This resulted in the re-election of all the former olficers, which are as follows: President H. F. Pohland. Vice-President R. P. Neil. ' Secretary W. A. Turner. Cashier -V. O. N. Smith. Assistant Cashiers E. L. Daven port and Roy G. Walker. At the time of Mr. Harvey's de parture it was uncertain whether or not he would return to Ashland, but he has now practically decided to re main in the south and Mr. Smith 1ms taken over the interests of Mr. Har vey in the bank. The many friends of Mr. Harvey, while regretting that he will not return to make Ashland his home, feel that his mantle as cashier has fallen upon very capable shoulders. Mr. Smith has proven himself very efficient and popular since succeeding to the position Selects Xew Deputies, Sheriff Singler Selected Two New Men to Take Charge of Tax Collections. ' Sheriff August Singler Tuesday morning appointed E. M. Wilson, ex pert accountant, who audited the city books a year and the accounts of many California counties during the last ten years, his chief office dep uty, and "Curley" Wilson, an expert office man and well known through out southern Oregon as a baseball player, hiseeond deputy, in place of II. C. Burgess, who resigned. The appointments of the two Wilsons will likely be approved by the county court. Mr. Wilson said Tuesday night that he wotlld accept the position, and the selection of the sheriff will bring into the county court house a man thoroughly versed in every branch of accounting, and able to straighten out at once any mathemat ical tangle that may present itself j without the formality of the red j tape heretofore characteristic The appointment of Mr. Wilson should not be confused with J. H. Wilson of Corvallis, who recently audited the county books. Both are of the same name, and accountants. The action of Sheriff Singler in appointing Mr. Wilson was received with hearty approval by business men and taxpayers of the county. It is in line with Sheriff Singler's policy to take double precautions that there will be no question at any time as to the state of the accounts of his office or the tax collections. Mr. Wilson will attend to these features of the sheriff's office, and It is pos sible that the county court will .call upon him when other figure difficul ties arise. Phone No. 39 when In need of job printing. Work and prices are right. If you have chickens for sale call up the depot hotel. C6-3t SAYS SCHOOLS T00C0STLY COU TOC VKLI.K SAYS JACKSON" COl'XTY PAYS TOO Hit H. COST IN EXCESS OF THE RESULTS Dec lares That It Costs County .?.-,0(H Per Year for Suervisioii and That Results Do Xot Warrant It Rec ommends lU'lK'lll of l.aw. "I would like to call the attention of the taxpayers of Jackson county to the cost of the public schools un der the present system," states Coun ty Judge F. L. Ton Velle. "The peo ple of Jackson county are paying far 'or scnoois man iney are for to education or to the public schools, the cost is excessive for the results. "The school and library levy Is 1.6 mills. The special high school levy is .3 mill. Then there is the district school levy that in some of the big districts, like Medford. runs 10 mills, making 11.9 mills school tax for such districts, as against 8.1 for county and state, including special redemp tion and road levies. "But it. is the situation in the coun ty that I would call attention to with a view to having it remedied. We have a superintendent at $1,800 a year, $200 a year more for traveling expenses, a clerk for him at $300 more; then we hove two assistant superintendents or supervisors at $120 a month each, besides their ex penses. All this brigade has to do is to Inspect and supervise schools, and enforce the course of study. "In 1912 the taxpayers of Jackson county paid approximately $.ri,000 in salaries for having the schools in spected and supervised. Then there are monthly bills for supplies, etc., that reach several, hundred dollars additional. There are less than 101 school districts in the county and most of the pupils are in the incor porated cities and towns, the schools do not average over eight months of school a year and. each has compar atively few pupils, so that none of these superintendents has much to do. One superintendent ought easily to supply all the supervision neces sary. "At the last session nf Mic 1 ture a ,,, VM paKBe(, whjt.h fs re ; p0Hjb,e for the aHKistant Bll,)erlll. tendent or supervisor graft. It per mits counties having more than BD districts to organize and divide the school districts into supervisory dis tricts, but no supervisory district shall contain less than 20 nor moreV than 50 school districts, and provides that the county superintendent shall i be counted as supervisor for one su pervisory district. Salaries for the supervisors of from $100 to $120 a mont hare provided Tor not less than ten months in the year. "This law ought to be repealed by the present legislature and 1 am go ing to ask the Jackson county delega tion to undertake it. It is evident that the taxpayer is being bled in every way possible in this depart ment in Jackson rounty. We have the maximum number of supervisors at maximum pay. If we have to have a supervisor, one at $1,000 a year in ample it fulfills the law's absurdity. "The county court will, if it has in its power to do so, cut down the unnecessary cost of this department, as well as others, and will appeal to the people to sustain It in its posi tion." Dry 16-inch pine and fir wood, $2.40 and $2.50 per tier. Mendota coal $9 per ton. Prices include de livery to all pajts of the city, except the steep hill streets. Ashland let & Storage Co. tf ASHLANDERJN TEAM Walker Thorn Chosen on Debating, Team of Washington University Also Class President. Walker Thorn, stepson of Mayor Johnson, is making a name for him self in Washington State University. He was chosen president of the fresh man class early In the term and hua now been selected as one. of eight te represent the! college in the inter collegiate debate. There were eighty students in the tryout aud he was onet of those selected to take part in the debate against Whitman college. - CI if Payne makes fire xcreens.