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Ashland
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913
NUMBER 77
Tidings
SEPTIC TANK A BONE OF CONTENTION
CITY ENGINEER WALKER WAXES WROTH AT CRITICISM OF TANK ON
CARTER PROPERTY DESIGNED BY HIM
The septic tank (sceptic tank is
the way one eastern engineer puts
it) which is located on the Carter
property near Mountain avenue was
again in the spot light at the city
council meeting Tuesday evening.
There has heen more or less friction
or trouble over the tank for some
time, Mr. F. H. Walker, who owns
the property upon which it is situ
ated, declaring that it was not doing
its work and that it was in an un
sanitary condition, while City En
gineer Walker, who designed it and
who stands sponsor for it, declared
that it was doing all that could be
expected of a septic tank.
A. J. Biegel was present by re
quest and told the council that in his
opinion the tank was wrongly con
structed, that there should not be
baffle walls hung from the top, but
that there should be partitions, if
any, constructed from the bottom.
Mr. Staples also spoke in regard to
the matter. Water Commissioner
Roseerans told of the repairs made
and necessary to be made to the
tank.
Here City Engineer Walker took
the floor, prefacing his remarks with
the statement that he was a civil en
gineer and knew what he was talk
ing about and that none of the oth
ers knew anything about septic
tanks. He declared that the tank
should not have been cleaned out
last fall by Mr. Roseerans. When
asked as to tha amount of scum
which should gather in a year on
the tank he said seven inches. A
member of the council asked Mr.
Rosecrans how much scum there was
when they cleaned out the tank, and
he eaid seven feet. This nonplused
Mr. Walker for a time and he seemed
inclined to dispute the accuracy of
Mr. Rosecrans, but finally ended by
raying that he did not doubt his
word but that it was a mystery to
him as he had examined the tank
only two weeks previously and he
tnew at that time there was but
about seven inches; he thought that
there must have some soiid matter
got into the tank trat did not belong
to the sewage.
Mr. Walker also paid his compli
ments to Mr. Carter, declaring that
the septic tank was not supposed to
PLANADA EXCURSION
tVcil A. Townsend to Personally
Conduct Excursion to "the City
lSeautiful."
The excursion to Planada, "the
city beautiful," which was to have
gone last Tuesday, has been post
Kned to Monday, February 24, in
order that Mr. Cecil A. Townsend
might accompany it in person. By
this change a better rate was also
secured and the railroad has given a
round trip fare of $18.70 for the
trip. Planada is a new town in Mer
ced county, California, which is be
ing built along modern lines. Pic
tures of the town and the surround-'
ing country are to be given at a free
how at the Star Theatre this even
nig in addition to the regular four
reels of moving pictures. Children
will be admitted only when accom
panied by their parents.
Mr. Townsend is giving this Plan
ada excursion his personal attention
and will be in his office over the
Star Theatre all day Friday, Satur
day and Monday, and wishes all in
terested to call and talk the matter
over with him. This excursion will
give anyone interested in California
a splendid opportunity to see the
famous lands of Merced county and
to inspect this beautiful little city
of prosperity in the land of sunshine.
Mr. Townsend is no stranger to
the people of Ashland and in local
business matters has shown himself
to be a man who does as he agrees,
and he stands personally behind any
representations he may make. All
he asks is that anyone wishing to
know more about the best part of
California call upon him and talk
the matter over and then go for
themselves and see whether or not
be has misrepresented matters to
them. The cost is certainly light
enough so that anyone considering a
change of location will make no mis
take in going on the excursion.
Among the new enterprises which
are slated for Planada is a large
woolen mill which is to employ at
least 300 people,, which would give
the laboring man an excellent op
remove anywhere near all the bac
teria, and that to purify the sewage
filter beds must also be used. He
said that if Mr. Carter; did not know
what a septic tank was supposed to
do when he permitted it to be placed
on his land that was his fault, not
the city's; that Mr. Carter's sole aim
seemed to be to make the city as
much expense and trouble as possi
ble. After Mr. Walker got through one
of the councilmen asked Mr. Biegel
if he still held to Ins original opinion
as to the construction of the tank
and he said "Suro."
The matter was finally disposed
of by turning th? management of
the lank over to Mr. Walker that he
might have every chance to make it
worK properly.
To Women Voters.
C. 11. Gillette of the recorder's of
fice has given the Tidings informa
tion regarding foreign women vot
ing, which question has come up re
cently. A single woman who is foreign
born must live in the United States
one year and take out naturalization
papers just as a foreign man must
do, before Rhe can vote, but should
she marry an American, by the act
she becomes an American citizen,
with all privileges accorded Ameri
can women. If she has come to
America with her father, who has
been given the right of an American
citizen, she is then an American,
with voting privileges.
Hujh 40 Acre for $t2,(MK).
One, of the real estate deals just
closed is the purchase through C. D.
Hoy of a 40-acre farm four miles
north of Med ford by J. D. Berg of
Chicago for $12,000. The place is
set to one-year-old trees and is nice
ly improved, having two bungalows
thereon. Mr. Berg likes this valley
very much and shows his faith in
the same by making investments
here.
The Artist's Dream, a poem in
pantomime, is one of the attractions
the Wednesday Afternoon Club has
to offer for Saturday evening at Me
morial hall, February 22.
portunity to make a living and pay
for a home.
In addition to "the city beautiful"
itself the Planada Development Com
pany owns a large tract of land sur
rounding the site of the young city
which is being subdivided into small
tracts and which will be sold to pur
chasers who will Improve them on
easy terms. The entire tract is to
be irrigated by a system of concrete
pipes which conserve all the water,
permitting no waste and at the same
time prevents the breeding of mos
quitoes and the spreading of malaria,
which so often accompanies the use
of open irrigation ditches, especially
where the land is comparatively
level. "
The Planada Development Com
pany has some handsome advertis
ing matter showing the attractive
ness of the country and its possibili
ties Irom a home-making and finan
cial standing, which can be had by
calling on Mr. Townsend. who has
personally visited Planada and who
personally recommends tho country
to anyone who desires a climate that
is summer all the year around.
Oranges, figs and other tropical
and semi-torpieal fruits are raised
in profusion in this section of Cali
fornia, and grain, alfalfa and stock
also do excellently. In fact, there is
scarcely a product which, Mr. Town
send states, cannot be successfully
grown in Merced county. It is also
in easy reach of the markets of the
state; being on tho main line of the
Satita Fe railway, with the Southern
Pacific passing within a very short
distance of the town plat, and cross
ing the Planada Development Com
pany's tracts. j
Many n Laugh.
Pleasing the people has been a
trade with the Schubert Symphony
Club and Lady Quartette for many
year3, an dlheir program contains
lots of fun of a refined nature, as
well as a wealth of fine music. Hear
them at the Baptist church, Febru
ary 21. Seats at Rose Brothers'.
Did you ever love a widow?
It's just like trading at Enders'
you' can't overdo it
KIXK m'XCII OF FISH.
Party From Ashland (Jets Fine lnt
of Trout.
A party of Airland disciples of
Isar.k Walton, consisting of Harry
Hostler Kim Mnnv: anil EVt.,1 Pfijc
sojourned to the Rogue river below
the Ray Gold dam on Tuesday, and
one envious sportsman declared that
they did not even leave the holes the
fish came out of. The catch amount
ed to over 200 pounds, mostly steel
head trout, there being a few cut
throats in the bunch. The largest
single fish was caught by Sim Mor
ris and weighed twelve pounds. The
next largest, weighing nine pounds,
fell victim to the skill of Harry
Hostler. The fish were on exhibi
tion at the cigar store of Mr. Hostler
that evening, filling the entire win
dow, and attracted a large number
of people.
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Vote for the
Do not fail to get out and vote for the interurban franchise
tomorrow. It means a great deal to Ashland to have this road, and
it would be an unmistakable evidence that Ashland does not wel
come outside capital to develop the city and surrounding country
to vote it down. Overconftdence that it will pasi might defeat it.
Do not fail ii vote if you favor it.
A MILL AND SMELTER
Cecil A. Townsencl Arrange") to In
stall One for Custom Work
in This City.
Cecil A. Townsend, the real estate
and raining man, is making arrange
ments to put in a stamp mill and
smelter in this city which will do
custom crushing and smelting for
the various mines and mining men
in and around the Rogue river val
ley. Mr. Townsend and Mr. Dozier,
who will have charge of the plant
for Mr. Townsend are negotiating
for a five-stamp mill which is now
at Yreka and expect to install it ad
joining the"SshTah"J7r6ri'"VdfkS.
I Mr. Townsend has also arranged
with the Ashland Iron Works to
erect for him a smelter having a
minimum capacity of T00 pounds to
a charge and which can be continu
ously operated, thus giving it a ca
pacity of several tons of ore per day.
This will be of great advantage to
owners and prospective purchasers
of quartz claims, as it will permit
j actual mill tests of the ore, which
are much more reliable than assays,
and which have heretofore been al
most prohibitive because of the ne
cessity to ship to distant points to
get ore crushed and smelted.
-The Billings Agency will have
the tax roll March 1, so you can pay
your taxes without the expense of a
trip to Jacksonville.
POET OF SIERRAS DEAD AT OAKLAND
JOAQUIN MILLER DIED MONDAY AFTER AN ILLNESS OF TV0 YEARS
-FAMOUS MAN WAS OVER SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Joaquin
Miller, "The Poet of the Sierras."
died this afternoon in Oakland. His
daughter, Juanita, and wife were
with him.
Miller died in hrs one-room cabin
which he built with his own hands
in Piednront hills many years ago.
Death came slowly to the venerable
poet, who became unconscious Thurs
day after a lingering illness which
began two years ago when he was
stricken with paralysis.
Since then, though he has worked
at times, he rarely ventured from
"The Heights," as he called his re
treat. Since his collapse Thursday
he has gained consciousness several
times. This morning he realized he
could not. survive the da'y. At noon
life was barely diacernable and three
hours later the end came.
Miller was one ci: the most pictur
esque characters in the literary
world of the United States in his
day. He was born from Scotch
American parents in the Wabash dis
trict of Indiana, November 10, 1842.
He was scarcely 10 years old when
his father emigrated to Oregon, then
a wild and sparsely settled country.
He received but little education and
lived a wild and adventurous Ijfe.
Three years later Miller, then a boy
of 13, left home to. try his fortune
in California. j
itULFs for garbage (iKorxns.
Sanitary
Committee Directed!
Formulate KuIck.
to
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At the meeting Tuesday evenina
z:T!:i;::T.,"!
of the city clumping grounds. They
reported much cprelessnse about
i burying c arcasses of animals. The
ordinance requires them to be buried
"two feet underground." According
to one man, this v.as interpreted to
mean two of the animal's feet under
the dirt and two of them sticking
out
Ai'ter considerable animated dis
cussion the committee was instructed
to ' formulate rules covering the
grounds and present them to the
council.
Rest for the sole. John Kelly
shoes at H. G. Enrters & .Son's.
Franchise
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TWO GOOD SUGGESTIONS!
Mayor Johnson Maakes Good Suggcs-
lions to City Council Tues
day Evening.
Mayor Johnson it-ado several good
suggestions to the city council Tues
day evening, one being that regard
ing the keeping of park rows in
shape. He believer! if there was not
already an ordinance to compel own-
ers to keep the strip between the
sidewalk and curb in good shape
there should be, and if there was one
it should be enforced. He said, and
truly, that the impression on ctran-gerj-
was very bad.
He also wanted sonieTegulation
of garbage cans so that there might
be regular inspection of them and
property owners be compelled to
keep them in shape. He said there
was no use swatting the fly in the
house and breeding it in the back
yard or alley.
. WATER AXI SEWER MAPS, j
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Engineer Walker Contracted With to'
Make Some.
The council Tuesday evening in-
ftructed F. H. Walker to make maps j
of the city water mains and sewer ,
system 'at a cost not. to exceed $250,
he to be allowed $.ri per day for of
fice vork and $G per day for outside
work, the city to furnish the paper
upon which to draw the maps.
Very little of a reliable nature is
known of young Miller's life during
the seven years he roamed aimlessly
through the wilds of northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon. Gold
diggers, lumbermen and trappers,
Indians and outlaws were his com
panions. When he became a "squaw
man," sharing the tent of a young
Indian woman whose tribe he had
joined, he lost caste with the white
men altogether.
After his return to his home in
Oregon he began to study law in the
office of George II. Williams at Eu
gene. The following year he be
came an express messenger in the
gold mining districts of Idaho, which
position he resigned to become the
editor of the Democratic Register, a
weekly newspaper in Eugene, Ore.
He was well known and bad no
difficulty in finding papers or mag
azines eager to rvint and liberally
pay for his prose and poetry. In
1S73 he published a volume under
the title, "Songs of the Sun Lands,"
and a prose volume entitled "Life
Among the Modocs: Unwritten His
tory." Since then he has published
more than twenty books, poems, nov
els, essays and plays. Of the latter,
The Danltes" and "'49" became
quite popular. The last years of his
life he spent on his estate, "The
Heights," near Diamond, Cal.
MR. CUNNINGHAM
j FINANCE COMMITTEE BELIEVE THEY ARE PERFECTLY COMPETENT TO
$ the enrs money without publicity
At the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night Councilman Cunning
ham arose and dramatically and ma
jestically read the article in the Tid
ings of February daring to criticise
the method of acting upon bills by
wholesale by the city council without
reading them. He put especial em
phasis upon the word sub rosa as
used in the article. Whether or not
he knew the meaning of the word
he did not say. That is neither here
nor there.
Mr. Cunningham went into detail
as to the time spent by the self-sac-i
rificing finance committee in looking
over the bills before the council
passed upon them. Of course they
scrutinized them if thev did their
duty. Why shouid they not? Rut
that does not change the fact that
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ine oiner in ee ineianers oi cue coun
1 cil and the mayor have no certain
I knowledge what bills are being voted
i upon, not to whom the bills run. Mr.
$ I Gillette stated that all bills must
J have the "O Iv" of the party buying
jthe goods. That's easy. It is the
first thing done if there is any iuten-
tion of jobbery.
Councilman Cunningham stated
that he had been on the council since
190S and that the bills had not been
acted upon in open meeting in that
I t illlU it lL.lt.L-.w1 1..T ft......
mittee. In this connection the citv
! tax levy for the past eight years mav
be interesting reading:
190". S mills
190t'. 6
1907 0
190S 14
190!) lei;
1910 14
1911 21
1912 H
The years named are the years in
which the levies were made, they be
ing collected the year following. It
is interesting, to note from the files
of the Tidings that Councilman Cun
ningham . in l'JOS wanted a 10-nvil
levy instead of a 14-mill.
The Tidings would not contend
that the methods .'ollowed in audit
ing bills for the past four years are
responsible for the entire increase
in tax levy (and tax-payers should
j remember that the taxable proper ty
Lecture on the New Citien, With
Salem Side Lights.
'rs- Ala Wallace Unriih will give
a lecture Tuesday evening, February
2 CI , in the Baptist church at 7:30
It Roes without saying that
't will be highly interesting. For
five consecutive years Mrs. I'nruh
has placed before Ashland Chautau
qua audiences tho most talented
j women speakers in our country.
I Last. fall, in Portland, she engi
neered to a successful finish a con
tention of national women, com
posed of 1,000 delegates from every
sta e in the union. She so exploited
A bland that a number visited our
city on their way home. On the
rouritr. in Ashian-J, slie was respon
sible for one of our prettiest floats.
Always a loyr.l admirer of our little
city, she has worked hard during the
Salem legislature for the ic-estab-lislinient
of the Ashland Normal, es
pecially among the .Multnomah dele
gation. During her day of some
weeks ill Salem sir.? worked with the
Mothers' Congress for the widows'
pension bill. Sin has aided Mrs.
Millie Trumbull and others for the
establishment of a' industrial home
for girls. She expects to tell lis in
her lecture what work the new voter
can do best and what manner it will
be most effective. She has an amus
ing way of putting things and will
turn the lights on the Salem salons
in a manner that will be edifying.
As a speaker she is one of the best
in Oregon and tho"e will be no wear
isome moments. Come out and hear
her.
Star Jubilee Singers.
The Star Jubilee Singers, a col
ored male quartet, will give an en
tertainment February 28 at Elks
Temple, under tlu auspices of the
Parent-Teacher Association. The
proceeds will be used for fitting up
a rest room ilr each of the grade
buildings, for tho use of teachers
and pupils, irr case of fatigue, illness
or accident. The need of such rooms
has long been felt.
Hay for Sale.
I have a quuntity of hay for sale
here in the city. Eniil Peil. 71-tf
RESENTS CRITICISM
has increased as much as the levy
has, thus practically doubling the in
creased burden upon the people for
city purposes 1; it leaves every tax
payer to decide, that for hini.-elf or
lie rs If.
Councilman dowdy, with a gener
osity seldom equaled and n. rer sur
passed, Kindly informed the Tidings
representative that the city council
would have no objection if the paper
wished to copy the bills and publish
them. HIess his dear unsophisticat
ed and innocent heart, did he really
suppose for a minute that the Tid
ings did not know that the records
of the recorder's office are public
property, subject to the inspection of
ihe public? Of course the council
men's time is too valuable for thenr
j to sit and listen to
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the reading of
the biiis before tiny are voted upon
an dtlie city is too poor to base them
published so that the tax-pavei s may
know where their i:ionej goes.
There is tint a "onticil meeting but
there in Siinie citizen present ho is
interested in a bill before the coun
cil, but he niih. be there at every
session for a year and not know
whether or not. it was acted upon.
There are rumors of sales in the
past by members of the council to
the city, of material at prices higher
than were being charged other cus
tomers of the same firms, and it is
just such method.! of handling bills
that foster these suspicions. Some
people are just well enough posted
irr their Ilihles to remember some
thing Jesus said about people who
j prefer darkness to light.
At the meeting Tuesday evening
City Treasurer Eiibanks asked that
his books for the oast venr he
checked up and he be given a clear
ance, aH required by the bonding
companies. A motion was made that
the finance committee' be. instructed
to do thi.-i. Councilman Cunningham
objected as he said it would take
considerable time and tho members
acting should have extra pay. Coun
cilman Beaver moved that they be
paid therefor. The motion was
passed. Now wi.l the finance com
mittee audit the bills for this work
and will the council past! them with
a lot of others i.nsight, unseen?
Time will tell.
A FAVORABLE REPORT
Hill Engineer to Kejxnt. Favorably
on Rogue River Valley Inter
nrbnn. Medford Sun: N. A. Summer of
Portland, one or the Hill engineers,
who has been in Medford for the last
week investigating conditions for the
building of an inter urban line In the
Rogue river valley, loft last night for
Portland. Mr. Summer stated that
he would report favorably to the St.
Paul officers of tho Hill lines rela
tive to the building of the road.
Mr. Summer -iIko mado the fol
lowing statement: "in the nast few
months I have heard several remarks
as to the irrigniio:! project that is
about to hi! c;.rri"d out. here. I re
garded it as icily an advertisement
and boost for the valley, but since
my arrival bore I have noticed how
much Interest i:j being tr'.ken and can
fiee for myself how it would help
this valley in never til ways. One is
that it will bring prosperity, not to
the farmers and fruitgrowers alone,
but to every one, and another is that
it will bi a great help t0 the induce
ment of people; with capital to come
into the valley r.nd go ahead with
the work of constructing tho pro
posed Interurlmi! line and tho gas
plant, the cement, plant, etc.
"These will all be built in time if
the people here cauld show they had
something behind thenr. An Irriga
tion system would help every one and
thin valley would bloom like a rose
awoke one fine morning to rind the
long drouth was :ii an end."
RANKS ( LOSE S.VTt'RDAV.
Ashland Financial Institutions Will
Honor Washington,
The banks of Ashland will be
closed all day Saturday, Washing
ton's Birthday, in accordance with
the law and custom which make that
day a holiday.
Fuller has moved to Main street
and has a new barrel. Come and
stand In it.