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THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913
NUMBER 7!
LOCAL ANGLERS
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ARE SORE ON REAMES' ATTITUDE
Local Sportsmen Declare Action of
Jackson County Man in Ignoring
liocal SjKirtsmen is Breach of
Trust.
Many local anglers are up In arms
over the action of Representative C.
L. Reames of this county in intro
ducing a bill in the legislature to re
peal the act of the people of Oregon
in closing the Rogue river to com
mercial fishing except with a hook
and line.
The act in question was passed by
the people on an initiative petition
by a large majority, and the last
legislature, through the efforts of
the Hume interests, which had a mo
nopoly of the cannery business at
the mouth of the Rogue, passed a
bill opening the river. Governor
West vetoed that bill. Mr. Reames
has introduced a similar one this ses
sion. The anglers of Ashland and vicin
ity voted and worked almost solidly
for Mr. Reames at the last election,
believing that he would abide by his
pledges to guard their interests, and
many of them are now outspoken in
their denunciation of his action in
introducing this bill without at least
consulting them before declaring
that the bill expresses the wishes of
the sportsmen of Jackson county.
They feel that they were at least en
titled to a hearing and say that they
will be heard in the future if not
now.
Trades for Ashland I'roertj-.
N. Nyby of Portland has traded a
bungalow and vacant lots in Port
land with Louis Jelen for his two
acre tract and residence on Maple
street in this city, paying the differ
ence in cash. Mr. Nyby and his fam
ily are already in the city and Mr.
Jelen and family leave this week for
Portland to occupy their new home.
Mr, Jelen will probably engage in
the bakery business !n th0 Rose City.
I grange enabling act, which the peo-
Xo Costs Taxed. j pie of Oregon rejected by a large
E. D. Briggs has received word 'vote last November. The machinery
that the decree in the Benton Bow- provided is complicated and cumber
ers bridge case has been so modified : some and it is to be hoped the sen
that no costs are taxed to either i ate committee rejects this bill, even
party. Instead of all the costs being ! if the house passes it.
taxed to Mr. Bowers, as in the first "The house roads committee seems
decision. f to think it has solved the highway
i problem by its plan to cinch automo-
The PORTLAND EVENING TELE- i bile owners and make them pay
GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year. I heavy taxes for owning autos. In its
$5.00.
FEEDING JHE BIRDS
Tidings Representative Accompanied
Game Warden on Rounds of
Hills to Feed Quail.
A member of the Tidings force
had the good fortune to accompany
Deputy Game Warden Hubbard on
one of his tirps to feed the quail and
other birds. They left Ashland on
horseback, going up Ashland creek
to the Watson cabin, feeding several
covies on the way. Upon reaching
there they saw where a large num
ber were coming regularly for feed.
Taking up the south fork of the
creek toward the Lamb mine, they
were compelled to leave the trail
because of ice and climb the sides
of the mountain, their horses nego
tiating hillsides as steep as a house
Toof while wading snow nearly two
feet deep.
Once a fine covey of quail was
seen, but they had evidently been
hunted a great deal and were very
wild. Another time a buck jumped
from his hiding 'and went bounding
up the hillside.
On the way home voices were
heard up on the mountain, where
there was known to be no trail, and
a short detour was taken to see if
anyone was trapping quail, but it
proved to be only a couple of well
known Ashland men out on a skee
ing expedition..
It was very evident to the Tidings
representative that Mr. Hubbard was
not only very alert to capture any
violators of the law,. but that he was
interested in protecting and preserv
ing the game in very way. '
Hay -for Sale.
I have a quantity of hay for sale
here in the city. EmUPeil. 71-tf
LEFT FXK THE KAST.
Professor Vining Starts Back to Du
ties in New York.
Professor Irving E. Vining left
yesterday for Los Angeles, Cal.,
whence he will go via the Grand
Canyon to New York, to resume his
duties as a lecturer. Professor Vin
ing has been spending the past six
or eight months In and around Ash
land, recuperating from a gunshot
wound in the arm received at one of
the armories in New York, where he
had gone to deliver a lecture.
Not only Ashland, but all of Jack
son county has been highly fortun
ate in having Professor Vining with
us so long, he having delivered a
large number of addresses while
here, as well as aided in other ways
in the upbuilding of good causes in
this section. All hope that his plans
to return to Ashland next year may
be fulfilled. Theae plans include a
world's tour, which his many friends
here hope may prove of much pleas
ure and profit to him.
DON'T LIKEPROSPECTS
Medford Commercial Club Not Satis,
fied With Proposed Legislation
in Hehalf of Good Roads.
Medford, Jan. 25. Medfordites
returning from Salem are' very pes -
simistic over securing much good
roads legislation .'rom this legisla
ture. They state that according to
indications, an enabling act will
probably be passed to put into effect
the county bonding amendment, but
little can be hoped for in the line
of state-built or state-aided high
ways. "The grange has got the goat of
the house committee," said a mem
ber of the Commercial Club's road
committee who returned Saturday,
"and the house roads and highways
committee seems to think that the
two or three grange leaders who are
there as a lobby are the people of
Oregon, and so, because they are op
posed to state-aided roads or state
built roads or a-state highway com
missioner, that the people of Oregon
are, and are not considering any leg
islation looking to the construction
of a system of highways by the state,
either by direct taxation or bonds.
"The house committee has reject
ed Representative Reames'' enabling
act and. Instead, endorsed the
present form this bill is unconstitu
tional, besides working an injustice
on the auto owners. There is no
justice in taxing the auto and plac
ing no tax upon other vehicles. But
the amount of money so raised will
be so infinitesimal as to be of no
practical benefit.
"Millions of dollars should be ex
pended upon our highways. Instead
of considering thi:s the legislature is
considering expending a few thou
sand in each county not enough to
make a showing and as a result the
exposition year will find fine high
ways throughout Washington and
California, and mountain trails in
Oregon.
"No legislation has been intro
duced and none is being considered
for building the Pacific highway.
Senator Von der Hellen has intro
duced the best bill yet before either
house, one providing for state aid
and the creation ot a highway com
missioner. He is sanguine of its
passage."
A Lincoln Story.
Nearly all the watch signs, prob
ably 90 out of 100, have their hands
at 8:18, but comparatively few peo
ple know why this is. It is no acci
dent. W. K. Washburn of New York
was painting a sign for a jeweler of
that city, when the news of the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln,
April 14, 1865, was received in New
York and the jeweler ordered the
painter to paint upon the dial the
exact time when the fatal shot was
fired, namely, 8: IS, and so it has
continued ever since. Whenever you
see a sign after this recall to your
self that it points to the fatal mo
ment. Boiling a piece of glassware in a
weak solution of salt in water, and
allowing it to cool gradually, will
make it less brittle.
VOTE ON FRANCHISE FEBRUARY 21
PETITIONS FOR FRANCHISE ELECTION CIRCULATED IN ONE AFTER
NOON ONTY THREE REFUSALS OUT OF 373 SEEN
The date of the special election on
the franchise to be granted the M. T.
Minney people for the interurban
and street railway has been decided
upon as February 21, and formal ac
tion will be taken at the regular
meeting of the city council to be
held next Tuesday evening.
REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Large Attendance and Good Interest
Shown.
The revival meetings are holding
up well in intereft, there having
been several conversions this week.
On Monday evening Rev. William , ports to be submitted, aud in view
Lucas preached an effective sermon of the present session of the legisla
on "Faith." On Tuesday evening fture other matters of importance
Rev. S. A. Douglas took "Love" as ' will come before the meeting.
his subject, and last night Rev. W. i
A. Schwimley took "Excuses" as his i ( nl
subject.
Not Going to Leave.
A report has gained circulation,
growing out of the fact that Dr.
Julian p Johnson has given up his
house, that he was going to leave
Ashland. He states that the report
is entirely without foundation. In
view of the fact that Mr6. Johnson i
will be compelled to spend the win
ter and spring in southern Califor
nia, Dr. Johnson decided to quit
housekeeping for the present, but
has no intention of leaving Ashland.
Superintendent Metcalf Here.
Superintendent Metcalf of the
Shasta division of the Southern Pa
cific Railway, with headquarters at
Dunsmuir, was in the city yesterday
on one of his regular inspection
trips over the road. In company
with Agent Kramer, Mr. Metcalf
called upon a number of the busi
ness men of the city.
Phone No. 39 when in need of Job
printing. Work and prices are right.
A. A. WILSON FELL DEAD TUESDAY
RETIRED LAWYER FOUND DEAD IN ORCHARD WHEN SON RETURNED
HOME FROM SCHOOL IM AFTERNOON
Americus A. Wilson, a retired at
torney, residing at 624 Ligberty
street, died very suddenly at his
home Tuesday. Mr. Wilson had
been suffering for some time with
heart trouble and when his son re
turned from school Tuesday after
noon he found his father lying dead
in the orchard near his home. Mr.
Wilson had been in poor health for
along time, having suffered from
heart trouble. He had frequently
told his friends that he expected to
be called suddenly and he had only
a few days before his death instruct
ed his oldest son what to do in case
of his sudden death.
NEW ARRIVALS.
Lyman mid Atkinson Families Ar
rive to .Make Ashland Home.
The family of T. V. Atkinson,
consisting of Mrs. Atkinson, a daugh
ter 18 years of age, a son 12 and a
daughter 6, arrived the first of the
week from Washington, and are tak
ing possession of the Clyde Payne
place which Mr. Atkinson recently
took In a trade for a Washington
ranch. Mr. Atkinson is coming with
the goods and some stock by freight.
Mr. and Mrs. C. WT. Lyman and
two children accompanied the Atkin
son family, and will also make Ash
land their home; Mrs. Lyman being
a' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Atkin
son. Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Lyman, Sr.,
are the gentlemen who recently
traded for the Jack Morris second
hand store on North Main street.
A Happy Giri.
Some little Ashland miss will be
happy next vacation. A. J. Biegel
is preparing to give a miniature
range complete with furniture to the
child securing the most votes before
the last day of school. Read hiB
advertisement elsewhere.
For up-to-date Job work call up
the Tidings,, No. 39. Prompt service
and satisfaction guaranteed.
t was necessary to secure 300
signers to the initiative petition, and
one man started out and secured
370 in one afternoon and only met
three refusals. It is seldom the peo
ple of any city are as nearly a unit
as the people of Ashland seem to be
in the matter of granting this fran
chise. CLIH MEETING.
Commercial Organization Get To
Ket her Next Monday Evening.
On February 3 the Commercial
Club will hold its regular monthly
gathering. There are several re-
Grants Pass., Ore., Jan. 29. Two
j hundred dollars and costs, amount
ing in all to about $!!00, is what it
cost E. Gardner, detective, employed
by the city of Grants Pass, to get
evidence against gamblers, to bet a
drink of soda watfr with a miner,
Judge Jewel having imposed that
sentence upon Gardner this morning.
The detective was found guilty Tues
day night on the charge of contrib
uting to the delinquency of a minor.
Appeal has been taken to the circuit
court.
Prosecuting Attorney Kelly stated
Wednesday that tile city of Grants
Pass is badly worked up over the
Gardner case and declares that an
appeal to the circuit court will not
save him. Mr. KeMy states further
that back of this case lies a very
sordid one, Gardner being accused of
making indecent proposals to several
Grants Pass youths.
Ex-King Manuel of Portugal 5s
said to be about to marry the daugh
ter of a former noble of his vanished
kingdom.
Mr. Wilson came here some years
ago and purchased the home on tip
per Liberty street, where Mrs. Wil
son died about a year and a half
ago. They leave two lads about S
and 10 years of age.
Mayor O. H. Johnson, who has
been acquainted with the family for
many years, speaks very highly of
Mr. Wilson, both as a man and as a
lawyer. He had practiced very lit
tle since coming to Ashland and led
a retired life.
Relatives living in various places
have been telegraphed to and no
funeral arrangements will be made
until they are heard from.
WOXG WONG DIES.
Well-Know n Chinaman Died in Ash
land Monday.
Wong Wong, a Chinaman who has
been in and around Ashland for a
long time, died in this city Monday
forenoon and was buried on Tuesday
with full Chinese honors in Ashland
cemetery.
The deceased, who had worked in
various restaurants in this city,
leaves a wife and a sou 17 years of
age in China. He came to this conn
try first about 25 years ago and had
returned to his native land several
times.
Western State Normal is Formally
Abolished.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 29. The West
ern State Normal School in Umatilla
county, is formally abolished by a
bill presented in tho house today by
Representative Ilinkle, and the
buildings and about ten acres of
property deeded to the public school
district. The school ceased to live
four years' ago when the legislature
refused an appropriation.
The public automobiles of Ant
werp, Belgium, must be fitted with
mud-guards for the protection of pe
destrians. ,
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Old papers for sale at the Tidings
CHICKENS 1LIASTRATKD.
i Poultry Infill re Friday Evening of
I This Week.
It is desired to give the widest
possible publicity to Professor Dry
den's illustrated lecture on poultry,
at the Common ial Club rooms Fri-1
day evening, January 31. This prac
tical talk will be illustrated by a
wealth of stereopticon views, those
pictures being amusing and distinc
tive. The lecture is based upon a
complete knowledge of poultry work,
and not only farmers but townfolk
will profit by it. Professor Dryden
conies here under the auspices of the
extension division of Oregon Agricul
tural College, a circumstance which
gives prestige to the entertainment.
The lecture is free, and it begins at
8 o'clock.
FXen Exchange.
Eggs and produce taken' in ex
change for dry goods, shoes, gro
ceries, etc., at the Ashland Trading
Company. 71-tf
KILLED BYG. N. TRAIN
Ill-other of Dr. Blake Struck Ity
Train and Fnlal'y Injured Xear
Vancouver, Wash.
Harvey Blake, brother of Dr. v'.
E. Blake of this city, was fatally
hurt Tuesday by being struck by a
train. The Oregonian of Wednesday
has the following to say of the acci
dent: "Harvey Blake, .17 years old, a re
tired business man, living at 496
East Eighteenth t.freet North, was
fatally hurt yesterday afternoon
when he stepped in front of a Great
Northern train a few miles outside
of Vancouver, Wash., and was
thrown of the track. He waB
brought to Good Samaritan Hospital
last night, and died shortly after ar
riving. His skull was fractured and
internal injuries had been inflicted.
"With his brother, George 9.
Blake, of 374 East Eleventh street
North, Mr. Blake was walking along
the Great Northern track into Van
couver, after looking at farm land
out in Clark county. As the train
came up from behind the two
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u.iaw, .mo uie ,,u. o. u.e engine.
ne was smicK ny tne pnoi ana
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i lie train, wn.cn as in charge
nf f?nnd net or J 1 Hrnilpriplc ntul
j engineer 1 lionias Uosley. stopped at
lonce. Mr. Blake, conscious. aiowlnK a t(.st of th rl palat on Ilia
. placed In the baggage car and Washington postal .vehicles.
' "iought to Portland and hurried to
I a hospital. He complained of slight
i pains in his side, but did not think
he was seriously hurt.
"Mr. Blake leaves a brother,
George; a son anJ a daughter, Mrs.
James Hart, of New Meadows, Idaho,
besides his widow."
According to reports reaching Dr.
Blake, the brothers were walking
between the double tracks when the
train approached, and the Injured
man stepped onto the track thinking
the train was on the other track.
He leaves two brothers, one in Port
land and one in Corvallis, besides Dr.
Blake of this city, and two sisters
residing in Albany. His father is
also living, his mother having died
last month.
Youthful Hikers Returned to Med
ford Parent.
Gold Hill News: Three boys, tho
oldest not morn than 15 years of
age, bent upon seeing the world and
escaping the discipline of home,
tramped Into Gold Hill Tuesday af
ternoon down the muddy east road.
All three live at Medford, two being
tho nons 'of John Wattenburg, and
the third their companion and chum.
On the evening train arrived Mr.
Wattenburg, who sought out Mar
shal Noe and set that intrepid sleuth
upon the trail of the truants. In
due courso of time the fugitives
were dtscovered lurking near the
railroad tracks, and, after a stern
chase, taken into custody by the
guardian of public peace, who re
stored them to Mr. Wattenburg. In
his escort they returned to Medford
by tho late train. The boys left
homo Monday ufternoon and de
clared they were bound for Eugene,
where one of them has relatives.
Their distraught parents searched
for them In vain, until Mr. Watten
burg met up with a hobo who had
passed the boys upon the road near
Tolo. Then it was "home and moth
er" for three kids who were, per
haps, glad enough to get there.
The PORTLAND EVENING TELE
GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year,
t.5.00.
WANT 0. A. C.
ONBOARD
IXMWI, FKl'IT GROWERS DEPRE
CATE KIGHT OX COLLEGE.
MANY SIGN PETITION FOR BILL
A Large Number of local Fruit
Growers Memorialize legislature;
on Fruit Iiisns ti.n Measure.
The attitude of the Mail Tribune;
aud Professor O'Gara in opposition
to the bill recommended by tho
State. Horctkultural Society for a
state horticultural commissioner to
be appointed jointly by the governor,
the president of the State Horticul
tural Society and the horticulturalist.
of the experiment statiou at Corval
lis is not being kindly received by
local fruit growers, who believe thai
the bill should pass. The opposition
seems to be directed against the In
clusion in the appointive power of a
representative of the Oregon Agri
cultural College.
Just why this opposition to tho
leading school in the state should
bo manifest seems a mystery to thoso
who know of the good work being
done in the state by the school. It
would seem impossible that any pro
fessional jealousy should actuate
Professor O'Gara in the matter. Tho
attacks of the Mail Tribune on the
O. A. C. for the past few months
have been so continual as to remove
any lingering doubt as to there be
ing either a personal or political
reason behind them, and are react
ing in favor of the college in this
section.
Fruitgrowers are circulating a pe
tition to the legislature to pass the)
bill as recommended by the horticul
tural society .committee, and had
over 5,000 acres of orchard repre-
J sented, w!th many of the heaviest
orchard owners who are- known to
sympathize with and approve the bill
absent from the cily.
f All Mail Wagons to Ho Painted Red.
Washington, Jan. 29. "Paint all
rm.a an(, pal,,.0, dt.,very
Wj,,,on8 red"
This is the order that is being
Hmit ,)y ,.0htniHsl(1. it,nril, ,litdl.
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the ,.onnt bbastii.g tho wagons, i'ol-
Invitation Dance.
The dance to be given by Hurdic.
and MoWillianis at the Armory will
not be a public (lance and the invi
tations should he presented at the',
door.
MOROS AREJEFEATED
V. S. Soldiers Capture Stronghold of
Head Hunters in Philippines,
After Hard Fight.
Washington, Jan. 20. Details of
slashing fighting in tho Philippines
In which more th'in 100 Moros haver
been slain and hundreds wounded
during the past few days were re
ceived here today by the war de
partment from General Pershing,
who is at tho head of the American
expedition.
Pershing's cRble says' that in yes
terday's engagement J. 11. Ilara of
the eighth cavalry was killed and
Corporal Joseph Bagala and Privates
Clarence Underwood, Hoy Keller,
Robert Tracy and Sylvester Young
of the same regiment were danger
ously wounded.
The troops hesleged I he Moros in
their stronghold for three days and
then charged the natives in the faco
of a withering fire. With drawn sa
bres the cavalry attacked the twisted
bamboo stockade belli ml which tho
headhunters crouched, cut through
tho tangled underbrush and barbed
wire and with the sweep of cold steel
drove the Moros from their trenches.
In the fortress piles of dead and dy
ing Moros were found.
After the decisive defeat dealt
the mlt Is doubted that the Moros
again will face the American steel,
and It Is said that the depredations
of the bolomen will bo ended for
ever. Every gun and bolo is expect
ed to be taken from the natives by
the troops who are scouring all that
part of the country adjacent to tho
Jolo, near where the last' fight took
place. .
Phone No. 39- when In need of job
printing. Work and prices are right..
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