Oregon 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.