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Newspaper Page TextOregon Historical Society. ASHIvANlJ SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON IDING ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY..MAY 8, 1913 NUMBER 99 J. W.McCOY IS PRESIDENT HAVKER WILL COXDUCT COM MERCIAL CLUll AFFAIRS. SECRETARY W. H. DAY RE-ELECTED C. K. Wolf Vice-President, F. S. Engle Treasurer, It. P. Campbell, F. F. Whittle and Homer Billings Trustees for Ensuing Term. ' The Ashland Commercial Club held its Bemi-annual meeting Monday evening and elected officers as well as transacted other business. The officers elected were: W. J. Mc Coy, president; C. B. Wolf, vice-president; W. H. Day, secretary; F. S. Engle, treasurer; R. P., Campbell, trustee for six months; Homer Bil lings, trustee for twelve months, and F. F. Whittle, trustee for eighteen months. The only contest was over the of fice of secretary, the name of H. O. Frohbach being placed in nomination also. Mr. Day received fourteen votes and Mr. Frohbach ten votes. For Land Show Exhibit. D. M. Low was present and ad dressed the club at some length on the proposition of an exhibit the coming autumn at some of the land shows throughout the country. He stated that the best plan in his opin ion was to exhibit at one of the shows in the middle west. He also offered to devote his time free of charge is the club bo desired to mak ing arrangements for the raising and preparing of the exhibits, and also to raise a dry land exhibit himself. The club instructed Mr. Low to go ahead with the project, pledging him its support. Oppose University Referendum. The Commercial Club went on rec ord as being strongly opposed to any action toward a referendum on the appropriations of the legislature for the state educational institutions, one of the members going. so far as to advise the usj of tar and feathers on anyone caught circulating such a petition. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: "Whereas, There is being circulat ed in some portions of our state peti tions calling a referendum on the appropriation made by the last legis lature for certain buildings at the University of Oregon, which are much needed by that institution in order to effectively handle its work; and "Whereas, Such a movement as this is, in our belief, wholly uncalled for and the special election necessary to decide the matter would cost the state nearly as much as the appropri ation itself; and "Whereas, It is very evident that this movement is but an outlet for a 'grudge rather than a sincere inter est in the welfare of the state; and "Whereas, The University of Ore gon is a valuable asset to our com monwealth, and the continued perse cution is bringing it into discredit at home and abroad, with an ever-increasing number of young people go ing out of the state ' for their uni versity training, "Bevit therefore resolved, That the Ashland Commercial Club heartily condemns the efforts of those seek ing to place this referendum and hereby declares itself favorable to every move for tho better equipment of our state university." A letter from D. T. Stanley, a for mer Oregon educator, but now of the east, asking the aid of the club in establishing a private normal school HOSE COMPARES ELECT Fire Department Elected Officers During the Week All Re Elected. Hose Company No. 1 met last Fri day and elected the following of ficers: President, Louis Dodge; vice-president, C. T. Bates; secretary, Charles Hooper; treasurer, G. G. Eu banks; foreman, Mike Morgan; as sistant foreman, Jim Beagle. Hose Company No. 2 met Tuesday evening and elected officers as fol lows: President, John Cameron; vice-president, John Hughes; secre tary, Ollie Easterling; treasurer, Sam Davis; foreman, John Blair; as sistant foreman, Alex Hall. At a joint meeting of the com panies Tuesday night John Morgan was elected chief and W. F, .Loomis assistant chief. ';. OFF FOR THE WARS. Artillerymen Leave lor Coast for Practice. A squad of members of the first company, C. A. C, left Tuesday night for Ft. Stevens, at the mouth of the Columbia river, for practice in the use of the big guns. The party was made up of Captain Spencer, Lieuten ant Dean, First Sergeant Bailey, Ser geants Ganiard and Spencer, Corpo ral Tate and Privates Flackus and Deibert. They expect to be at the fort about a week. "That's where the Japs won't come in," remarked Captain Spencer before leaving. GOLD RIGHT IX TOWX. Rich Ore Discovered in City Fine Specimens Shown. W. A. Conner has uncovered a ledge of rich ore on his property near the lower intake and has some fine specimens on exhibit at 'A. J. Biegel's store. The ore contains gold, copper and lead. MAY HAVEY. M. C. A. Methodist Brotherhood Favored Such an Institution for Ashland at Its Meeting Monday Xight. Ashland may have a Y. M. C. A. in the near future. The matter was broached at the meeting of the Meth odist Men's Brotherhood last 'Mon day night and a decided sentiment in its favor showed up. Two gentle men expressed their willingness to give $1,000 toward such an institu tion and others proffered smaller sums. The idea of forming a union of all the men's religious organizations in the city was also talked over and found favor. The project of fitting up the old Baptist church as a boys' gymnasium was also discussed, as was the form ing a local company of Knights of Methodism among the youthful mem bers. . The organizing of a baseball team was taken up and Jack Rigg and Jim West were entrusted with that duty. Messrs. Beaver, Hodgson and El hart were selected to chaperone the boys of the church on a camping ex pedition next week. County School Hoard Meeting. The Jackson county board of edu cation met at Jacksonville yesterday with J. Percy Wells, Dr. Shaw, J. P. Briggs, Mrs. Pendleton and Welborn Beeson present. They elected Mr. Peterson and Mr. Chase as county school supervisors for the ensuing year at a salary of $120 "per month for eleven months, each to pay his own expenses in visiting the schools. The superintendents will "travel each approximately ,000 miles hi per formance of their duties. These gen tlemen were chosen on account of their special training which fits them to round out the departments of nor mal and agricultural work in which this county has been heretofore defi cient. Mr. Peterson is a native Orejwn ian, educated in the common schools of Coos county, and finished in the Oregon Normal School at Monmouth with two years' special training for the position of superintendent. Mr. Chase has had two years' spec ial training at the Ames Agricultural and two years at the Oregon Agricul tural colleges. C. B. Lamkin Resigns. - At the regular meeting of the school board Tuesday evening the resignation of C. B. Lamkin was re ceived and was accepted with regret as Mr. Lamkin proved himself a val uable man on the board. His resig nation was because of his continued absence from the city. O. F. Carson of the Carson-Smith Lumber Com pany was elected to fill the vacancy. Grants Pass Visitors. The local Masonic lodge has In vited member of the Grants Pass lodge to meet with them here tomor row night, May 9, on which occasion the, third degree work will be exem plified by the visitors. There are oil and salt wells in China more than 2,000 feet deep that have been drilled through solid rock by hand with the most primi tive tools. In Ashland, was referred to Homer Billings for reply. . Before adjourning there was a heart-to-heart talk of the members concerning financial and other prob lems confronting the club. SURVEY ROAD OVER THE SISKIYOUS COUNTY COURT ORDERS SURVEY WHICH WILL AVOID HEAVY GRADES AND DOLLARHIDE TOLL GATE J. S. HOWARD IN CHARGE J. S. Howard, pioneer civil en gineer of this section, was instructed by the county court Wednesday to proceed at once with a survey for a new wagon road over the Siskiyou mountains to the California line. The construction of the road will eliminate the present toll road over the mountains, will cut down the grade to an easy climb, and make the trip far more ppleasant for tour ists. The county court will make ar rangements for the construction of the road later. It will be a part of tho Pacific highway. Mr. Howard knows the Siskiyous better than any other engineer who has ever endeavored to put a road over the Siskiyous. He located a line for a railroad many years ago and engineers later pronounced it PRAISES OUR SCHOOLS Representative of State Department of Education Lauds Ashland Institutions. E. F. Carletcn of Salem, assistant state superintendent of school fop the state of Oregon, spent part of Wed nesday and Thursday in Ashland. He is checking up the work in the schools to ascertain just how nearly the work comes up to the require ments of the state school depart ments in preparing students for teaching and college training. He is a charming visitor and talks inter estingly on educational topics. In regard to the work in Ashland public schools he said: "The public schools of Ashland are introducing the industrial work and giving it just the proper place in the school system. There is a .tendency today in many schools of this coun try to give the right of way to only those subjects which "show. "Here I find that the scholastic subjects are being taught thoroughly and well in the high' school, and that in the grades reading, writing, geog raphy and arithmetic are not being A BLACK HAND OUTRAGE AT WEED ITALIANS ATTEMPT DESTRUCTION OF OFFICE AND RESIDENCES OF WEED LUMBER COMPANY Weed, Cal., May 5. Wounded In the hand and leg and weak from loss of blood, Pietro Lissere, alleged to be one of a band of Italian black handers who tried to rob the Weed Lumber Company, here, is under ar rest in Sisson. Other alleged mem bers of the gang are in jail here. They are G. Vignia and A. Vignia, George Melacco and Frank Crippa rone. Forced to take part in the attack which followed black hand demands upon the Weed Lumber Company for $10,000, Cripparone gave informa tion and officers were in waiting when the Italians Lissare carrying a box of dynamite advanced. With the first volley from the officers, Cripparone fell on his face and was unhurt. Lissare was wounded but escaped, and the others were quickly rounded up. It is believed that the attack of the Italians was largely directed against Leo Giormonte, a clerk for the Weed company. Giormonte is unpopular with his countrymen, who declare he was a spy for the com pany in the McCloud strike which four years ago involved more than four thousand men. Many more Italians are believed to be involved in the plot and startling revelations are expected. District Attorney Hooper is on the spot chasing down the evidence. Yreka, Cal., May 5. Two mem bers of an alleged black hand gang who attempted to. dynamite two homes at. Weed, near here, are un der arrest today. A third member, wounded, escaped into the forest. ' Sheriff Howard at Yreka was no tfried late Saturday that an attempt was to' be made to dynamite the home of Leo Drimondi, an employe of the Weed Lumber Company. H4 organized a posse and placed his men on guard. Thirty minutes lateC three men approached, carrying i box of dynamite. i t The posse opened fire with shot the best ever put over the mountains. He will follow this line with the new road and declares that when com pleted automobiles will be able to follow it at 20 miles an hour. The grade will be 2 per cent the greater part of the distance with a few G per cent climbs. At present some of the grades encountered range from 25 to 35 per cent. For some time the matter of pur chasing the toll road over the Sis kiyous has been discussed, but the price demanded was considered too high. Mr. Howard states that the new road can be constructed at less cost than it would require to pur chase the toll road and place it in repair. Mr. Howard will start the survey at once. BUYS CAR LOAD OF PIPE City Fathers Decided to Purchase . About 3,000 Feet of Four. Inch Pipe for Mains. At the meeting Tuesday evening the city council decided that it would be good policy to purchase a carload of pipe for the use of the water works. By taking 3,000 feet they could save about $100 on the amount. It is probable that at least 1,000 feet of the purchase will be laid on Beach street to replace two inch pipe which is inadequate to han dle the irrigation on that street. ' The University of Oxford has the reputation of having been founded by King Alfred in 872. neglected. At the same time I can say that I have not seen a larger or better kept group of school gardens In Oregon outside of Portland. The wow in domestic -science and normal training will also compare favorably with any of our schools. I am es pecially pleased to see such well-balanced work throughout the entire system." guns. Two men surrendered and the third, leaving a trail of blood, made a successful dash for liberty. The home of Superintendent C. E. Evans was also to have been at tacked. Both Evans and Drimondi had received demands for money. . Mr. Evans is well known in Med ford, having formerly owned the Medford Hardware Company and be ing at the present time one of the owners of the Big Pines Lumber Company. CHURCH A X XOUXC EM EXTS. Brethren. Subject for Sunday evening, "How Readest Thou?" Trinity. ' There will be n services at Trin ity church Sunday because of the ill ness of Rev. William Lucas. Congregational. Rev. H. M. Tenney, D. D., of San Francisco, will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational church next Sun day morning and evening. At the morning service Dr. Bonner will play a violin solo. The choir will have special music. In addition to a fine musical program for the evening ser vice, Dr. Tenney will give a stereop ticon lecture. This of itself will be an uplift and inspiration to all who may attend. A very urgent invita tion is extended to strangers in our city to worthip with us. In fact, everybody will be given a warm wel come. Good music and fine services I . t f . i next eunaay. The ladies' quartet will sing at the morning service. Maude Adams Advance Sale. Tickets for the Maude Adams en gagement in "Peter Pan" at the Page Theatre, Medfard, .will be placed on sale at Lane's Confectionery, for Ashland patrons, at 9 a. m. Friday, May 9. For particulars call 149. Laundry cars have been built for the Russian troops. ' PYTHIAXS TO MEDFORD. Party of Knights VisiU Lodge in Sis. ter City. A party of eight Knights of Pythias from the local lodge visited the lodge at Medford Monday even ing, going down in automobiles. The members of the party were George W. Seager, John Patty, S. B. McNair, C. D. Elliott. Tom ,Book, E. A. Morthland, "Doc" Saunders and Claude Saunders. They report a very pleasant time. FLYING OLD CAXXOX. Ancient Artillery Mounting Being Repaired. The cannon belonging to Burnside post, G. A. R., which became dis abled while firing salutes last Fourth oi July and was left on Chautauqua Butte, has been brought down and the mountings are being repaired at Wilson's blacksmith shop. Phone Job orders to the Tidings. COMMENCEMENT WEEK Exercises Connected With High School Commencement Will Cover Ten Days This l'ear. The high school commencement and associated events will cover more than the traditional commence ment week in Ashland this year. The program of the events will be practically as follows: May 19 Junior reception to sen iors, at the high school gymnasium. About 110 plates will be laid. The feast will be prepared by the domes tic science classes and served by the members of this class who are below the junior year. May 20 German play at the high school gymnasium. May 23 Senior play at high school gymnasium. May 23-24 Art exhibit. Especial ly work in agriculture, manual train ing, domestic science, domestic art, drawing, penmanship and primary work,' at the high school building. May 25 Baccalaureate sermon, by Rev. N. L. Browning, at the M. E. church. May 29 Commencement exercises at the Chautauqua Tabernacle, Presi dent P. L. Campbell of the Univers ity of Oregon delivering the address. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE XOTES. Orville Whitley of the commercial department has accepted a position at Costello, Cal., at a good salary. The new students in the teachers' review class are Ella Tyrrell of Med ford, Elsie Crowson, Irene Skeen, Ramona Harrell, , Myrtle McGee, Glyndon Scott of ABhland, and Ham ilton Fox of Lake Creek; and In the commercial course, Ivan Donaughue jot Ashland, shorthand, mathematics and typewriting, and Henry Moore of this city. Miss Bayley, who has been the teacher of stenography for four months, has returned to California to take post-graduate work in the state university at Berkeley. Miss Adelaide Fowlea of Oakland has tak en her place here in the college. While the students regretted to see Miss Bayley go, they find Miss Fowles to be the same kind of ener getic and sympathetic teacher. Miss Parks and Miss Buck of Bun com and Miss Vogili of Talent are among the new students. Miss Pearl Johnson has accepted a good position with the gas company of this city, and Miss Ruth Van Dyke has accepted the position as book keeper at the foundry, while Miss Farnham is stenographer for Attor ney Burns. Additional students will enter the teachers' review the last of the month. This work closes June 18. Ashland Hen Xow Has Egg Record. Phoenix made a bid for the cham pion egg-laying hen with an egg measuring S inches in its greatest length and 6 1-8 in its smaller cir cumference. Now comes A. Bert Freeman of Ashland with an egg vhich measures 8 by 6 inches, laid by a Black Minorca pullet. It 13 the third big egg produced by Mr. Free man's flock this year. Will Speak on Prohibition. Albert J. Bolster, former prohibi tion candidate for governor of the sUte of Iowa, and now field secre tary for the "Out to Win" prohibi tion campaign in Oregon, will speak at fhe Nazarene church Sunday even ing next. "Admission free. No col lection. All invited. COUNCIL HOLDS "HEAP TALK" REGULAR SESSION LARGELY DE VOTED TO DISCUSSION'. BUSINESS DONE MOSTLY ROUTINE City Fathers Discussed Iirge Num. ber of Matters at Length at Regu lar Meeting Held Tuesday Evening of This Week. The meeting of the city fathers Tuesday evening was marked by the most discussion of any since the ad vent of the present council. A large amount of routine business was done, the usual monthly reports were read and aproved and the monthly grist of bills was allowed. The recorder read a. letter from the Warren Construction Company stating that when one of their men who was away returned they would take up the matter of settling for the damage to the steam roller done by them. Several petitions and remon strances regarding the improvements on Gresham street were read and dis cussed, t A report of the city engineer ad vising that certain work done on Roco street by the street commis sioner under the orders of the street committee be changed to avoid a law suit created some discussion and the changes were ordered made. A bunch of protests on the pro posed sidewalk on High street were read and the matter was discussed to some extent, but no action was tak en. E. C. Evanson presented a claim against the city for money alleged to have been due him under an as signment of a claim due John Haank inBon. The recorder read a release to the city from liability on the claim sicned bv Evanson and also stated that the city had a receipt in full for Mr, Haanklnson signed by C. B.' Watson as his attorney. The bill was therefore tabled. The Hotel Oregon barn bids fair to excel the electric light wagon as a "cause celebre," and was again on the boards Tuesday night. After a lot of discussion the city attorney was directed to draw a resolution covering the desires of the city coun cil, which was done, and the same passed. It is hoped by all that thin is the end of the episode. The water committee reported rec ommending that the rates to livery barns, feed stables an! some other classes of business places be raised and that the schools and parks be compelled to pay for water used. The city attorney was directed to draw the necessary ordinance or amendments to existing ordinances. The attorney was also directed to draw an ordinance covering tho Issu ing of permits for the use of the dumping grounds. Certain petitioners on Liberty, street were granted culvert pipe on condition that they put it in place and fill in over it so as to make the street passable. The Jap question was also up. neighbors having complained that a Jap who roomed on C street was us ing city water without paying for it, and was otherwise a nuisance. Water Commissioner Uosecrans stat ed that he had investigated the com plaints and found them untrue. The matter was passed by the council! without action. Uruguay imports much paper and syrup from the United States. SPEAKS MEMORIAL DAY President Campbell of University of Oregon Will Deliver Memorial Day Address. Burnside post, G. A. R., has se cured an excellent speaker for Me morial day in the person of Presi dent P. L. Campbell of the University of Oregon, who will deliver the ad dress of the day at the Chautauqua building. Comrade Campbell is a fine speaker and a man of note in Oregon, whom all should hear. , ' That the post is able to secure Mr. Campbell is due largely to the fact that he will deliver the address at the graduating exercises on May 29. The temperature of steam at a pressure of one pound a square inch is 216.3 Fahrenheit.