SUNNY .
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
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VOL. XXXVIII ; ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1913 " . NTTMRFT? m
PUT ASHLAND
0NTHE MAP
ASH LAND GRANITE SHOULD
IJUIL1 PORTLAND P. O.
QUALITY OF STONE UNSURPASSED
Quantity is Inexhaustible and (All
That in Needed to Make Ashland
Granite Famous is Capital and a
Rig Roost.
That Ashland could be put as per
manently on the map as any of the
localities In the east furnishing fam
ous building stone has long been
known to experts tn that line, but
until the present time it has been
impossible to, get United States archl
. tects to specify, even as an alternate
stone, the use of Oregon granite.
Now, however, through the efforts of,
Congressman Lafferty the secretary
of the treasury has given an order
that Oregon stone may be used in
the construction of the Portland
postoffice building, which will cost
over one million dollars.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce is sending out an invitation
through the Portland papers end
otherwise for all having stone suit
able for the purpose to communicate
with them.
some years ago certain parties
whose ignorance of the requirements
of building stone was only equaled
by their optimism attempted to quar
ry granite on Ashland creek and ship
it to Portland and the stone when
received there was rejected as worth
less, which it was, and this led many
to believe that Ashland granite was
all worthless, but such is not the
case. The Penniston Granite Com
pany of this city has three guarries
of granite the equal of any . in the
United States and they only need
capital to develop a business which
would mean much not only to the
company but to the city and to south
ern Oregon In general.
The company has . Been working
one of the quarries on a small scale,
getting out stone for their monu
ment work, and has done some to
ward opening up the others, but they
have not been able to interest large
capitalists because of the unfriendly
attitude of the government architects
toward western stone in federal
buildings. Now that this has
changed they have great hopes of
being able to interest large and in
fluential granite firms in the Ashland
quarries. Two of the quarries, which
are of gray granite, are in the terri
tory tributary to Ayers Spur, and
the product can be delivered by grav
ity trams direct to the Southern Pa
cific railway. These are the two
quarries which would be most avail
able for the construction, J of build
ings. Their third quarry is in what is
known' on the geological maps of
Jackson county as Penniston canyon.
This canyon lies between the two
forks of Ashland creek and no one
going to Mount Ashland would for
one moment suspect that within a
little over a quarter of a mile from
the road there were sheer cliffs of
solid, high-grade granite suitable for
building purposes and the equal ot
any- In the United States, and suffi
cient in quantity to construct all the
buildings In Frisco. Not only this,
there .are vast quantities of varie
gated granite in various shades' of
pink which make the very best of
ornamental work for either interior
or exterior decorations.
A representative of the- Tidings
visited this deposit with William
Penniston recently and was dum
founded at the magnitude of the de
posit, as well as at the solidity of
the rock and its freedom from fis
sure. The largest blocks of granite
needed., for the most stupendous
buildings could there be secured.
A trip to the quarry, however,
showed clearly that it would have to
be worked on a large scale to be
profitable. It would require a plant
of many .thousand dollars expense to
handle the 'stone, which would have
to be transported to the wagon road
on a gravity tramway which would
cost thousands of dollars ,to con
struct. In one way, however, the
quarry can be cheaply operated. It
is high dn the side of a deep canyon
and the refuse stone can be dumped
into the canyon without doing dam
age and at little expense. The quar
ried stone would have to be conveyed
from the mouth of the canyon to the
city by motor trucks, which could be
done at a good profit with the. varie
gated granite, which will bring a
? ' ADVEXTIST COXFEREXCE.
Annual Sleeting for Southern Oregon
'' to Re in July.
The annual conference and camp
meeting of the southern Oregon con
ference of Seventh Day Adventists
will be held in Medford July 17-27.
Delegates and other members will
attend from the various parts of the
conference, which comprises the
counties of Lane, Douglas, Coos,
Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath
and Lake.
The grove' has been secured on
Beatty street, about siz blocks north
of the postoffice, and the meetings
will be held in a Jarge pavilion.
Among the ministers who will at
tend this gathering, besides those
laboring in the conference, are the
following: V. A.' fipicer of Wash
ington, D. C, secretary 'of the For
eign Mission Board of the general
conference; M. MacGuire, secretary
of the Young People's Department of
the general conference; C. W. Flaiz
of Walla Walla, Wash., president of
the North Pacific union conference,
and W. F. Martin, secretary of the
Religious Liberty Bureau of the
northwest. -.
DOLL SHOP TUESDAY XIGHT.
Last Rehearsal of Play Will Occur
This Evening.
Tonight the cast in "The Doll
Shop" will put on th finishing
touches and tomorrow, night, July 1,
this delightful play will be presented
to the people of Ashland, at Chautau
qua building. Remarkable interest
has been created in the play and un
questionably the theatre will be
packed to the doors. "The Doll
Shop" will be notable for its pretty
girls," its dainty, artistic costuming
and all else that goes to lend a
charm to a theatrical production, not
to say anything of the talent which
has been brought forth to bear the
burden and responsibility of the. suc
cessful presentation of "The Doll
Shop." There is every reason to be
lieve that the young folks who are
to participate will not onlymeasure
up to expectations, but the chances
are they will do more and that their
work will prove a revelation to even
their most ardent adm'rers. The
young ladies ot the cast are those of
ability and talent, of good voice and
with sufficient training to assure suc
cess for the play. The majority of
the young men have had previous ex
perience in theatrical productions
and many are favorites. It is but
superfluous to say that the boys will
come up to the standard. Taken all
in all, "The Doll Shop" gives every
promise of being the stellar amateur
show of a decade and it is safe to say
that those who witness it will, upon
the drop of the curtain, feel grateful
to the dear old shopkeeper for going
asleep and thereby enabling tnem to
see all -that takes place In his very
wonderful dream. '
The daintiest of specialties will be
"Baby Dolls." It has been entrusted
to the Misses Hortense Winter and
Helen Barrett. Another, "Pink Petty
from Peter," for which Miss Frances
Hamlin promises to make a hugh suc
cess. One of the most exactiny and
difficult parts, "The Spanish Maid,"
will be in charge of Beatrice Miller,
who will no doubt dance her way into
favor with the audience. These are
only just a very few of the many and
varied things that will take place In
the very unique production.
Tickets are on sale at Rose Bros.'
adn Poley's. Popular prices. Re
member, one night only tomorrow,
Tuesday, July 1 and it's under the
auspices of the W. C. I'. C. of Ash
land. high price for trimming and decora
tive purposes. ' . '
There will be, once the quarries
are opened and established, a steady
market In a limited amount to the
monument trade in the west, but it
will not be large enough to warrant
the installation of tramways, der
ricks, etc., necessary to successfully
and economically handle- the stone,
but with the possibility of landing a
contract for the stone in the federal
buildings on the coast it becomes
feasible. . s
Messrs. Penniston & Son do not
expect to secure local capital to any
great extent to develop the quarries,
expecting rather to interest eastern
men of money and of experience in
the business, but they do hope that
every resident of Ashland will be
come a booster for the use of Ash
land granite and help in that way to
build up an Industry which will not
only bring many thousands of dollars
into the city, but will help to adver
tise Ashland ..' and her products
throughout the entire country.
R. H. BURNS DIED
CITY ATTORNEY LAID DOWN TO REST AFTER DINNER AND WHEN HIS
WIFE WENT TO CALL HIM SHE FOUND HIM DEAD
City Attorney R H. Burns died
very suddenly this afternoon. sHe
was not feeling well this forenoon,
but was able to come down town and
transact some business. He went
home to lunch and after lunch laid
down to rest. About 2 o'clock Mrs.
Burns went to call him and found
him dead. The news of his sudden
death created much sorrow when it
became known as Mr. Burns was a
man Vho "made many friends and few
enemies. , Te was active in business
FOOD MAN REPORTS
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Deputy Schrock Examines Rogue
River Valley Meat Markets,
Slaughter Houses, Etc.
M. S. Schrock, deputy state dairy
and food commissioner, was in Ash
land Saturday to attend the meeting
of the producers at the Commercial
Club Saturday evening and gave out
his report on the various slaughter
houses, meat markets and bakeries.
The plants are marked on a basis of
100 points for a perfect plant, 40 of
which are' for perfect construction
and 60 for perfect methods and
cleanliness. All plants marked less
than 50 per cent have been advised
to clean up and remedy defects. The
following isfthe report:
Markets and Slaughter Houses.
Jones Barrett's market, Talent,
88.6.
A. ft. Brown's slaughter house,
Ashland, 86.0.
East Side market, Ashland, 85.6.
Main Street market, Ashland, 81.0.
East Side market, Medford, 76.8.
Depot market, Ashland, 76.8.
Economy market, Medford, 76.0.
West Side market and slaughter
house, Medford, 76.6.
Rex market, Medford, 74.2.
Warner, Wortman & Co. market
and slaughter house, Medford, 71.3.
W. D. Lewis, Jacksonville, market
and slaughter house, 66.9.
Lewis Bra's., Jacksonville, market
and slaughter house, 65.0.
Woodcock & Blackert, Gold Hill,
market, 57.4.
ORGANIZE PRODUCERS'
Prodncers' Development League Listens to Talk from the Dairy
and Food Commissioner Dairy Cow Problem Discussed
There were about forty farmers,
ranchers and fruit raisers present at
the Commercial Club last Saturday
evening at the meeting called to com
plete the organization of the Pro
ducers' Development League. The
constitution and by-laws were adopt
ed practically as presented by the
committee appointed for that pur
pose, the by-laws providing that the
officers elected at the previous meet
ing be the officers until the coming
annual election.
The greater part of the evening
was devoted to the discussion of
dairying and attendant problems. M.
S. Schrock, deputy dairy and food
commissioner, was present and de
livered a well-received talk- on the
subject. He told of the necessity of
keeping an accurate record of the
milk and butter fat of each cow in
the herd, giving an experience show
ing the necessity of a test and the
inefficiency of guesswork, At one
farm where he was requested to
make a test f the cows the farmer
had one little cow which he declared
was worthless and wanted to sell.
His wife had always objected so
strenuously that he had not done so.
A test showed that this cow produced
double the butter fat of any other
cow in the herd. He has her yet and
is building up the herd from her
calves.1 ' x
Mr. Schrock also spent some time
discussing the problems of housing
dairy cattle and distributed plans
and specifications for sanitary stalls,
which are so arranged as to keep the
cow, whatever her size, clean In the
stall. He answered a number of
questions regarding the care of the
dairy cattle and gave an extended
talk on the feeding of stock for this
purpose, also answering many ques
tions in regard to the matter. ,
An important feature of the meet
ing was the appointment of a com
mittee, the executive committee of
the league being so named by the
chair, to take up the matter of. se
curing more dairy cattle for this ter
SUDDENLY TODAY
and fraternal circles and was very
prominent in making arrangements
for the Shriners' ceremonial Saturday
and was present Saturday evening.
He leaves a widow and a little
babe but a few months old.
Mr. Burns came from St? James,
Minn., about two years ago and has
made many friends in Ashland dur
hi9 sojourn here. '
It is too early to make any definite
announcement as to funeral arrange
ments. Huth & Erskine Star market, Med
ford, 53.8.
J. R. Crowder market, Medford,
49.2.
Rakeries.
Vienna bakery, Ashland, 89.6.
Talent bakery, Talent, 88.0.
Gold Hill bakery, Gold Hill, 82.0.
Buckeye bakery, Ashland, 81.1.
J. F. Taylor, Central Point, 79.2.
R. C. Jorgensen, Medford, 68.1.
Model bakery, Medford, 63.0.
ftoyal bakery, Ashland. 48.7.
C. H. Corey bakery, Medford,
4&.0.
James
33.7.
J. W.
28.2.
Hruska bakery, Ashland,
Morrison bakery, Medford,
E. C. Stilliman candy factory,
Medford, 17.5.
The slaughter houses of southern
Oregon have made the greatest im
provement of any line in the last
two months, since Mr. Duncan's visit.
M. S. SCHROCK,
Deputy Dairy and Food Com'r.
Fortune Telling.
Jap Can you tell what is to hap
pen? Clairvoyant Always.
Jap Well, what is going to hap
pen to me?
Clairvoyant In a certain contin
gency you are going to get what in
thisneck of the woods is known as a
Vh.iu'ig. Judge.
Natural gas, compressed In steel
tanks, is being experimented with as
automobile fuel in ,the West Vir
ginia natural gas region.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
ritory. W. J. McCoy, cashier of the
United States Nationaf .Bank and
president of the Ashland Commercial
Club, was present and promised the
co-operation of the club in the mat
ter of financing the project of secur
ing more dairy cows. Mr. McCoy's
statement was heartily received by
the farmers and highly complimented
by Mr. Schrock, who stated that he
was glad to see that , the time was
rapidly passing in Oregon when the
farmer's credit wax not as good at
the banks as that of the business
men. Confidence between the farm
ers and the banks was essential to
the growth of any community.
LOCAL S. I. TIME CARD.
. Xoi'thlMunl. Leave
Xo. 20 . .,7:00 a.m.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot) 9:50 a.m.
Grants' Passmotor (city
depot) .10:00 a.m.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot) v .... 3:30 p.m.
Grants Pass motor (city
depot) 3:35 p.m.
depot). .. . 3:53 p.m.
Xo. 16 4:50 p.m.
Xo. 14 . . '. . . . . 5:20 p.m.
Southbound. Arrive.
No. 19 ' 12:30 a.m.
Grants Pass motor (city'
depot) 9:30 a.m.
Grants Pass motor (.main
line depot) 9:40 a.m.
Xo.- 13 11:35 a.m.
Grants Pass motor Ccity
depot) ' 3:10 p.m.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot) 3:20 p.m.
Xo. 15 '4:15 p.m.
Considerate.
"So you want to become my son-in-law,
eh?"
vY-yes, sir. That Is, if you can
afford it." Boston Transcript.
The fibers of wood are strongest
near the center of the trunk.
AFTER DOE KILLERS.
Riddle Rod and Gun Club Passes
Resolutions.. Whereas, The Riddle Elk Support
ing Rod and Gun Club is an organ
ization formed with the objects of
fostering a spirit of true sportsman
ship and to assist in the conserva
tion and propagation of the fish and
game of the state of Oregon, and
Whereas, The killing of fema!e
deer is a violation of the laws of the
state of Oregon, and
Whereas. The killing of female
deer by hunters, especially those
from cities and outside points, is be
coming, so prevalent that, there is
grave danger of our wild deer being
rapidly depleted, in witness of which
we point out the finding of a heai
of carcasses of fifteen does' and
fawns at one place in 1912, and the
woods strewn with the carcasses of
does left to waste in all parts of the
nunting grounds, and
Wherearf, Thig Club believes that
there Is no matter so essential to the
perpetuation of our wild deer as the
protection of the female deer which
produce the Increase from year to
year, the saving of one female deer
and all of her female progeny for
ten years, making, at a conservative
estimate, 25 more does for breeding
purposes in the hunting grounds,
and
Whereas, It is the sense of this
club that this matter should be
brought forcibly to the minds ot all
sportsmen, and that this club go on
record against the practice of mur
dering female deer, therefore be it
itesoivea, mat tne Kiddle Elk Sup
porting Rod and Gun Club, with a
representative membership of the
hunters and residents of southern
Douglas county, Oregon, expresses It
self as strongly opposed to the kill
ing of female deer by anyone at any
time; and be it further
Resolved, That under this club's
standard of true sportsmanship, any
hunter who kills a female deer or a
deer without horns is not a true
sportsman and is unworthy of the
respect of sportsmen and of men.
And that the members of this club
pledge themselves hereby to employ
every opportunity to discourage the
practice of killing doe deer until the
time may come when the fear of ridi
cule by the man who kjlls one will
be so strong that the disgrace of the
act will put sportsmanship on a high
er plane; and be it
Resolved, That the hunters from
outside points who come here to
hunt deer be warned by this club
and its members against the killing
of female deer or deer without horns.
j and that each member of this club
constitute himsllf an ex-officio game
warden for the'prevention and prose
cution of this particular form of
game law violation. Be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this reso
lution be sent to each gun club In
this state, and that it be given as
much publicity as possible through
the press and all other agencies.
Adopted June 21, 1913.
L. N. EMERSON, Pres.
C. A. Riddle, Sec.
A Ruck- lander.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, en
route for the suffrage congress at
Budapest, said on the Minneapolis:
"I see that a number of Influential
women have appeared as anti-suf
fragists before the senate committee.
I'm sorry for this.
"These women declare that they
wish their sex well, but it is hard
to understand their attitude. To me
they seem to be striking a back
handed blow at progress. They are
like the spiteful lady who said to an
old friend:
" 'You don't show your age at all,
darling.'
" 'Oh, don't I?' cried the old
friend, delighted.
" 'No,' said the other. 'I was look
ing for it In the sittingToom. When
did you scratch It out of the family
Bible?' "
A Disheartening Sight.
Mayor Gaynor at a luncheon in
Xew York talked about laws.
"It Is difficult to execute," he said,
"laws that the majority of the people
don't want and don't believe in."
The mayor smiled and added:
"VVh, a friend of mine Just back
from a prohibition state said to me
the other day: . .
" 'In every large city In that state
I saw well-dressed citizens drinking
with relish from bottles labeled rat
poison, liniment, and even furniture
polish.' " Washington Star.
Musical Instruments composed
principally of wood Buffer more from
the climate In India than any other
wooden article. ?,
CEREMONIAL
A SUCCESS
HI I. LA 11 TEMPLE FULLED OFF
SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR.
LADIES MADE HIT WITH VISITORS
Parade Was Gorgeous Sands Were
Hot Zem Was Plenty and Camera
Milk in Profusion at Armory and
Masonic Temple .Saturday.
HEAD TO COME ,
v It was demonstrated last Saturday
beyond cavil that the clerk of the
weather must be a Shriner, and i
the sun is not a Shriner he was at
least a shiner Saturday, all right,
all right.
The city commenced Friday to put
on holiday attire and by noon Satur
day the business houses were nearly
all decorated in red and yellow. It
would almost be an injustice to men
tion any particular place, as prac
tically all the business houses had
ma.de special efforts in that line.
The Euwana cigar1 store, owned by
Harry Hosier, had a window which
attracted much attention and hold a
good-sized crowd in front of it most
of the time. It was a very lifelike
model of a desert with camels, Arabs,
phramids, the sphinx, etc., and the
window was decorated with a large
number of cards, clippings and post
ers pertaining to Shriners and their
doings, including a lifelike portrait
of "Roy Davis" and his goat.
C. H. Vaupel had a window that
was unique and suggestive and which
attracted considerable attention.
Dozens, almost, of the business
places showed the crescent, star and
ci meter, E. T. Staples' office in the
Hotel Ashland being especially, well
adorned with these emblems.
The decorations of the Granite City
Savings Bank window attracted con
siderable attention, as did the win
dow of J. P. Dodge & Sons.
The entire city was at the disposal
ff tho Vtultnra nUAn (ha lift, 1 , ft . . ! 1
being decorated with the Shriner
colors and having the word VWel
come" over the door. The city re
corder's office was profusely deco
rated with the Shriner colors, "Con
tagious" signs in red and yellow.
The charming recording angels de
clined to say whether or not it was
themselves which were waiting to be
"caught."
The W. T. Grieve cigar store also
displayed a unique desert with pyra
mids and palms. There were many
other windows which deserve men
tion, but space does not permit.
The parade was up to the high
standard set at previous ceremonials
and was witnessed by a large num
ber of people. It started from the
armory shortly after 4 o'clock and
proceeded down B street to the de
pot, where it took in charge arriving
Shriners and sons of the desert, the
lauer oi wnom were oruereu to
"hang on to the ropes" with the rest
of the victiniB. From the depot the
line of march was up Fourth street
to Main, thence north on Main to
the Elks building, where Professor
Muckenfus was scheduled to make
his airship flight. There was some
hitch, however, in the mechanism of
the aeroplane and after a short wait
the parade continued to Laurel
street, where they countermarched
to the Plaza, where the Arab Patrol
under Captain Nims gave a drlall
which was well executed and heartily
applauded. From there the parade
returned to the armory.
The Ashland band led the proces
sion, followed by the Imperial Divan:
of Hillah Temple gorgeous In 'their
official robes of office. Following
them came the novices, some mount
ed on burros, nd some "hanking
onto the rope." Following them
came the Arab Patrol, then the
kazoo band and next nearly 100 No
bles wearing red fezes. Last but not
least came a team hauling a cage fir
which was Willard Veghte, one of
the novices. " The Shriners declared
Mr. Veghte, brother of Contractor
Veghte, who Is building the armory,
showed undue curiosity as to what
was going on in that structure Satur
day, so they caught him and prompt
ly caged him. Nearly all the novices
wore white winding sheels.
A feature of the parade which at
tracted considerable attention was
the pair of little Arabs and the huge
dog which were in E. T. Staples' auto
during the parade. The youngsters
were the twn sons of Mr. Norris, the
baggageman at the Southern Pacific
(Contlnuea on Pace Bight)'