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.
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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.