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ASHLAND ,
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1913
NUMBER 16
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GRANTS PASS
PROGRAM FINE
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ASSEM
BLY PASSES INTO HISTORY.
WAS SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT
Grants Pass Does Herself Credit
Other Numbers of Last Few Days
Are Equal of Any That Went Be-
', fore.
The people of Grants Pass , may
well feel proud of the program put
on at the Chautauqua Thursday af
ternoon by Grants Pass talent, and
the people of Ashland are certainly
grateful to the people of Grants Pass
for the pleasure given them.
As a prelude to the program ttie
three members of the Stevens Musi
cal Company each gave a delightful
number. The first, a whistling solo,
was encored, but President Billings
announced that because of the length
of the program it would be impossi
ble to permit the responding to en
cores. All were heartily applauded.
Miss Welch gave a beautiful violin
solo and Miss Maud Stevens told of
going to the circus in a most "fetch
ing" manner.
The Grants Pass people made it
plain that they were in sympathy
"with Mr. Billings' announcement,
and though every number on the pro
gram was heartily applauded, the
performers of the next number made
ready to appear in a manner which
discouraged any insistence on the
part of the audience. for encores.
The first number on the program
was the overture, '.'Queen of Au
tumn" (Blgge), by the orchestra,
under E. R. Lawrence, leader.
Grants Pass has an orchestra which
will compare favorably with any am
ateur or semi-professional orchestra
on the coast. The overture was
beautiful and was excellently ren
dered. A. K. Cass sang the bass solo, "The
Turnkey's Song" (DeKoven), in fine
voice and with good expression.
Grants Pass may well take pride
in Mrs. Sam Baker. Her reading
consisted of two numbers, "Salva
dor," a recital of a thrilling horse
race as told by his jocky, and "Do
They Miss Me at Home?" This is a
beautiful poem by James Whitcomb
Riley, and was most feelingly ren
dered. A male quartet consisting of
Messrs. Veatch, Stonager, Cass and
Bailey rendered a "Medley From tha
South," containing portions of sev
eral of the old favorites, in a highly
pleasing and artistic manner.
Next came another beautiful num
ber from the orchestra, "L'Escarpo
lette," by Barnes.
J. S. McMurray was in excellent
voice in the baritone solo, "Die Lor
eli" (Liszt), and was heartily ap
plauded. The piano solo, "Eighth Rhapso
die" (Liszt), by Miss Alma Wolke,
was beautifully rendered.
The male quartet then sung "Loch
Lomond," a beautiful Scotch air,
which found great favor with the
audience.
The well-known "Hungarian
Dance" (Brahms) was then beauti
fully rendered by the orchestra, after
which the contralto solo, "Good
Bye" (Tosti), was delightfully ren
dered by Miss Genevieve Pattillo.
A duet, "Come With Me" (Cam-'
nana), by Miss Doris Bagley of Ash
land and Professor MacMurray,
was splendidly sung and heartily
greeted.
The program closed with the over
ture, "Berceuse" (Schytte), by the
orchestra.
Some -of the Grants Pass people
returned home on the evening trains,
both of which were detained until
about 7 o'clock by the bursting of a
watertank at Coles, which blocked
the track. The main portion of the
crowd, however, remained to hear
Dr. Matt S. Hughes in the evening,
returning home on tbe special train
at 10.: 30.
Two Fine Lectures.
The two' lectures delivered before
the Chautauqua by the Rev. Matt S.
Hughes, one Thursday evening and
the other Friday afternoon, were
among the big treats of the session.
They were interesting and instruct
ive and held the large audiences in
close attention throughout. Mr.
Hughes is aVlne speaker and pre
eminently made good.
Panama Canal Lecture.
The lecture given as the last num
ber on the Chautauqua course, by
Frederick Vining Fisher, official lec-
HAS STRANGE PET.
I). A. Snyder Has Rattlesnake in
Captivity Near This City.
D. A. Snyder, one of the Snyder
brothers who have a good-sized
ranch of their own on the Ashland
mine road, and who also manage the
old Wagner ranch in that same sec
tion, have a captive rattlesnake. Not
exactly a tame one, but one in cap
tivity. Sid Carter, Will Penniston
and a Tidings representative went
out the first of the week and took
some photos of his satanic majesty.
Ditch Dug With Powder.
Wallowa, Ore., July 17. A dem
onstration of the possibilities of
ditch digging with dynamite was
given on John McDonald's dairy
ranch west of Wallowa this week
by E. F. King, a representative of a
powder company. A ditch about 125
feet long, ZV2 feet deepand six feet
wide was thrown up. Seventy-four
half-pound sticks of dynamite were
used, being placed about 18 inches
apart.
PRUNES WILL BE HIGH
All Prospects Point to High Price for
Boarding House Dessert the
Coming Year.
That the prune crop of the Rogue
River Valley will be in big demand
the coming season if properly dried
seems evident from the reports of
the damage to the crop in California
because of the heat last week. The
Redding Searchlight says of the situ
ation :
That the heat wave of last week
caused a prune drop that was general
throughout northern California is
the information received here. Re
ports of the drop have been received
from as far north as Shasta county
and as far south as San Jose.
A prune drop of from 25 to 60 per
cent is reported from Anderson and
Cottonwood, with an average drop
of about 40 per cent. The same con
dition holds true in Redding, accord
ing to S. A. Reynolds, except in the
orchards which were irrigated and
fertilized heavily.
. A similar drop of prunes occurred
at Yuba City, where the Thompson
Seedless grapes also are reported
burned. In the Vacaville section the
drop is between 40 and 45 per cent.
The following letter from a San Jose
packer to E. T. Reynolds & Son of
Chico outlines conditions in the San
Jose district:
"The weather here is ripening-and
burning the cots. We think all the
cots will have to be harvested with
in the week. No doubt many of them
will spoil from lack of help.
"Prunes in orchards where the
foliage is not heavy have been-badly
burned and in orchards that have
not been irrigated I -fear that the
crop will be destroyed. We can tell
better in a week or ten days from
now.
"Prices are running here at about
4-cent basis to the growers. Only
a few packers are buying at that
price. Growers, as a rule, are not
anxious to sell and are holding for
higher prices.
"When, the drop will quit is con
sidered uncertain and it may con
tinue. The loss is considered by
some as being the result of the frosts
which left the prunes susceptible to
the heat, while others claim the hot
wind was responsible directly.
"The prune drop is the worst since
1902." ,
Mulhall Said to Be Near Nervous
Breakdown.
' Washington, July 19. The senate
lobby committee held no public hear
ing today. Colonel Mulhall was ex
cused for the day by Chairman Over
man. Mulhall ,it is said, is on the
verge of a nervous breakdown.
An American engineer seems to
have solved the problem of building
a tunnel under the English channel.
Calvm Silvermale, aged 90, of Win
sted, Conn., has used tobacco over
80 years.
turer of the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion, was a most excellent one, show
ing both by vivid language and beau
tiful pictures the state of advance
ment of the Panama canal, and was
well worth several times the price of
admission. The moving pictures of
the work on the canal were well
.taken, and in addition to the pictures
showing the canal there were many
beautiful pictures of western scen
ery. Taken altogether, it was one
of the finest entertainments of the
Chautauqua.
TARS TAKE I. W. W. TO TRIMMING
REFUSE TO TOLERATE ATTACKS ON FLAG AND SACK HEADQUARTERS
OF THE AGITATORS AT SEATTLE
Seattle, July 18. A mob of BOO
men led by sailors from the Pacific
reserve fleet at anchor in the harbor
here broke into and sacked various
headquarters of socialists and Indus
trial Workers of the World and de
stroyed the meeting place of the Sal
vation Army under the impression it
was the Industrial Workers' hall.
Furniture, books and papers were
dragged from the socialists' and In
dustrial Workers' headquarters and
burned in the street. The trouble,
which was caused by an attack on
three soldiers last night when they
:vere passing the Industrial Workers'
meeting, began at Fourth avenue and
Pike street, where the socialist news
stand was demolished. A mob wav
ing American flags and yelling
marched to the socialist headquar
ters at Fifth avenue and Virginia'
street, where they broke the win
dows, then marched down Fourth
avenue to Washington street and
sacked the Industrial Workers' head
quarters, burning, the furniture in
the street.- The mob was dispersed
by the police.
Later they reformed, returned to
the socialist headquarters, which
they previously had broken into, and
sacked the place, burning $900 worth
of furniture and literature.
Other branches of socialists at
Seventh and Olive and Seventh and
Union streets were broken into and
sacked. The mob again marched to
Washington street, where some one
pointed out the Salvation Army
meeting place as the Industrial
Workers' hall. Then men broke into
it and destroyed the furniture. The
police were unable to handle the mob
and a provost guard of fifty men
were sent from the warships to round
up the sailors and send them back to
the ships.
When the mob started it consisted
of 100 civilians led by a dozen sail
ors, but it grew until there were 500
men, 200 of whom were in uniforms.
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Notice to Water Users
You are hereby notified that from and after the 24th day of
July, A. 1). 1913, and until further notice, all persons residing on
the east side of Walnut street to its junction with Wimeis street,
thence in a southeasterly direction to junction of Woolen street
and Scenic Drive, thence along to the east of Scenic Drive to where
said Scenic Drive would intersect Strawberry street, thence in a
southeasterly direction to Granite stheet near the northwest corner
Granite and Mill streets, th along Granite street to junction of
of lot owned by Robert Casey,ence in . an easterly direction to
Hargadine street, thence in a northerly direction along Hargadlne
street to where Park would intersect said street, thence along Park
street to junction of Park with Meade and Vista streets, ' thence
south along Meade street to Holly street, thence east along Holly
street to junction of Idaho, thence in a southeasterly direction to
junction of Harrison street and Euclid avenue, thence in a south
easterly direction to junction of Liberty and Ashland streets, thence
out Asldand stneet to Boulevard, thence out Boulevard to city lim
its, will be restricted to the use of the city water for irrigation
between the hours of 5 to 10 o'clock a. m. and 5 to 10 o'clock
p. m. of each and every day.
All persons using water contrary to above will be prosecuted
'under the ordinances of the city of Ashland, Oregon.
FRED ROSECRANS,
Sujerintendent of Water System.
LOGANBERRIES ARE DRIED.
Dorena Grower Constructs Cheap
Drying Plant on Ranch.
Cottage Grove, Ore., July 19.
With a $20 drying plant and a cheap
stove, Charles Bales of Dorena has
solved the problem of marketing lo
ganberries. For years berry grow
ers have been complaining of no way
of preparing them for outside mar
kets. Tired of waiting for someone
to put up a dryer, Mr. Bates decided
to attempt to solve the problem him
self and constructed a building of his
own with drying racks, the net cost
of which was $30. With a stove to
furnish heat Mr. Bales finds that he
can take care of all the berries from
his five-acre tract.
'Mr. Bales is a member of the Eu
gene Growers' Association, which
will handle his crop for him at 27
cents a pound for the dried fruit,
netting him over 5 cents a pound
for the green fruit.
With a $30 plant taking care of
five acres of berries, Mr. Bales be
lieves that It Is cheaper than it
would be to haul them" to a central
dryer and makes growing of berries
practical for those situated a long
distance fro a city. 1 .
Seattle, July 19. Although 500
sailors from the fleet were ashore
tonight, good order prevailed. A
patrol from the fleet under the com
mand of a captain was also ashore
and several men who were intoxicat
ed were picked up on the street and
sent aboard ship. Fifty police were
held in reserve at headquarters and
125 firemen were ready for duty call.
The Sunday Times was issued as
usual and the regular editions of Sat
urday came out also, Superior Judge
Humphreys having overruled Mayor
Cotterill's order suppressing the pa
per for two days on account of its
alleged incitement of the sailors to
riot.
Judge Humphreys also forbade the
mayor to close the saloons and they
did an enormous business tonight in
the closing hours of the Potlatch!
Portland, July 18. When Sheriff
Word attempted to halt the soapbox
orators In a city park tonight a mob
of several hundred gave resistance.
A squad of detectives and deputy
j sheriffs- rushed to aid the sheriff.
I The mob was eventually broken.
jWhen the sheriff started to prison
with an orator the mob gave pusuirt.
Five men were arrested as a result
of the disturbance.
I Allege rracung stamps Illegal.
tw, -m. n.
Tacoma, Wash., July 19. Alleg
ing that the Tacoma ordinance im
posing a tax on merchants who give
trading stamps is unconstitutional,
Gustaf Salander, South K street gro
cer, began suit in the federal court
today to recover $100 stamp tax
money paid to the city. He also asks
that the ordinance be declared in
valid. Experiments by aquarium experts
have indicated that salt water baths
will cure some ills of fresh water fish,
while fresh water makes sick deep
sea,.lenizens well.
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RECALL MINISTERS.
European Nations Recall Their Min
isters to Mexico.
Mexico City, J.uly 19. Many persons
are believed to have'been injured as
the result of the dynamiting of a fed
eral troop train at Lampazas, Nueve
Leon, by rebel soldiers, according to
despatches received here today. De
tails are lacking.
It was learned authoritatively here
today that England recalled Minister
Stronge as a result of complaints of
his actions during the bombardment
of Mexico City by General Diaz's
rebels. He will be succeeded by
Minister Carden. It also was learned
that Italy has recalled her minister,
but no reason is assigned for the
transfer. v
General Diaz Is scheduled to leave
for Japan tonight and an extraordi
nary demonstration will be held In
his honor.
It was reported again today that
special concessions have been given
50,000 prospective Japanese settlers
in Morelos and in adjacent states. It
Is said the special concessions were
made at the request of the mikado.
It's easier to go broke in a month
than it is to get rich In a year.'
THOROUGHLY OVERHAULED.
Presbyterian Church Has Been Paint.
ed Within and Without.
The work of renovating the Pres
byterian church will be finished this
week. The building has been re
paired both inside and outside. The
Wednesday Afternoon Club has fur
nished thexfunds for painting the
pews and retinting the walls. The
Ladies' Aid Society has purchased a
new velvet carpet for the church and
the men of the congregation paid for
the painting of the exterior. These
repairs were much needed and have
made the church look like new.
O. W. Dickerson did the inside
work and O. C. Tiffany the exterior.
Notice to the Public.
Beginning Monday, July 21, drug
stores will close every evening at 8
o'clock excepting Saturday and Sun
days, when the closing time will re
main as heretofore'.
W. M. POLEY,
McNAIR BROS.,
T. K. BOLTON,
16-2t J. J. McNAIR.
WHERE HONOR IS DUE
G. F. BHlingsc Elected President of
Chautauqua After Nineteen
Years' Service.
Few stop to think what a task it is
to successfully conduct an affair like
the Southern Oregon Chautauqua. A
twelve days' session, with two regu
lar programs daily, besides various
classes, round tables, etc., are to be
provided for, their conflicting dates
harmonized, the advertising looked
after, and the thousand and one de
tails taken care of. To do it one
year and to do that without one cent
of pay, neglecting one's own business
for that of fh3 Chautauqua, is a
thing few successful business men
would think of doing. But when it
comes to dolna; this day after day
for nineteen years it becomes a rec
ord of public spirit which few cities
can boast of men willing so to sacri
fice their private pocketbooks.
Ashland has such a man in G. F.
Billings, and not only has he done'
this but has consented to continue
the work another year. Mr. Billings
has more than been faithful to Chau
tauqua. He has thought, talked and
lived Chautauqua for the past score
of years until ho has become one of
the most thoroughly posted men on
Chautauqua talent and Chautauqua
management on the Pacific coast.
The Chautauqua' Association did
well in again trusting the manage
ment of the Chautauqua to Mr. Bil
lings and it goes without saying that
the 1914 Chautauqua will mark a
new high water mark In talent as in
attendance and interest. The entire
list of officers elected was as fol
lows: President G. F. Billings.
Vice-President Rev. J. S. Smith.
'Secretary L. J. Trefren.
Treasurer G. G. Eubanks.
Trustees H. L. Whited, Ella
Mills, Elizabeth Van Sant, George W.
Trefren, Ashland; A. J. Hanby, Med
ford. Honorary Vice-Presidents, repre
senting various religious bodies of
Ashland M. E., G. W. Gregg; Pres
byterian, Mrs. J. S. Parsons; Baptist,
Mrs. V. O. N. Smith; Congregation
alism Rev. W. A. Schwimley; Episco
pal, Miss Victoria Taverner; Chris
tian, Mrs. Leah Caldwell; Nazarene,
Mrs. Slingerland; Spiritualist, Mrs.
E. C. . Gard; Brethren, Mrs. Lou
Reader; First Brethren, D. M. Brow
er; Free Methodist, Mrs. P. L. Ash
craft; Catholic, Peter Provost; Chris
tian Science, Lena Casey.
' General Vice-Presidents Medford,
D. P: Lawton; Butte Falls, E. A.
Hildreth, Sr.; Talent, J. H. Fuller;
Rogue River, J. B. Hair; Central
Point, W. E. Kahler; Grants Pass,
Mrs. Arthur Conklln; Gold Hill, A.
E. Kellogg; Jacksonville, M. E. Ab
bott; Phoenix, Mrs. D. Lehners;
Eagle Point, Mrs. A. C. Howlett;
Klamath Falls, George J. Walton.
Much credit for the success of the
Chautauqua just closed Is also due
to numerous other Indefatigable
workers. Rev. W. A. Schwimley has
been unremitting and efficient in his
efforts to make the round table of
1913 the most memorable In the his
tory of the association. Acting Sec
retary George W. Seager and his
faithful wife, who has assisted him
In the work, have also done much to
keep things moving. Vice-President
J. S. Smith, of the association, was
on the ground dally and rendered
Mr. Billings efficient aid In the work.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U., headed
by their local president, Mrs. P. L.
Ashcraft, and their secretary, Mrs.
FOUR INDICTED;
PLED GUILTY
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GRAND JURY MKT FRIDAY AND
ACTKD ON THESE CASES.
THREE OF THE FOUR PAROLLED
LeRoy Copeland, William Kellar, C.
P. McGuire and E. D. Smith In
dicted and Receive Their Sen
tence. Jacksonville, July 18. A special
session of the grand jury was con
vened this morning and concluded
its labors before the noon hour, re
turning true " bills against LeRoy
Copeland, William Kellar and C. P.
McGuire for uttering forged checks
and a true bill against E. D. Smith
for child stealing. All of the de
fendants appeared before the grand
jury and entered pleas of guilty and
upon arraignment before Judge Cal
kins each entered pleas of guilty and
waived the time for sentence.
Copeland, McGuire and Kellar
were each given indetertninate sen
tences or from two to twenty yeara
In the state penitentiary, but upon
the recommendation of the district
attorney and others were placed upon
parole, conditioned upon good be
havior and their total abstinence
from intoxicating liquor. Smith waa
given a sentence of from one to twen
ty years, with the recommendation
that the prison authorities Investi
gate his mental condition.
Judge Calkins stated that there
had so far been but one violation of
his parole and that in that case the
party had been apprehended and waa
now serving his full sentence. In
every other instance the paroles
granted were working out satisfac
torily and the persons on parole were
earnestly trying to become useful cit
izens. The grand Jury was adjourned
until October 20, there being no oth
er persons confined in jail to await
their action.
Copeland and Kellar.Jt will be
remembered, are the parties who
treid to pass a check forged upon the
Weed Lumber Company on Ferguson
Brothers of this place. Ferguson
only advanced $2 on the $19 check
and the parties afterwards returned
the $2. The check was forged in
Weed and forwarded by registered
letter by Kellar to Copeland and
taken from the office here by the
latter, who tried' to pass It. Both
were arrested here the same even
ing. Copeland Is apparently a mu
latto. '.
BIG EXCURSION.
"Hello Bill" in Evidence Sunday at
Colestin.
The special train to Colestin Sun
day under the auspices of the various
Elk lodges of the Rogue River Valley
was a great success. There were 11
cars on the train and standing room
was at a premium. It is estimated
that upwards of 1,000 people were
on the grounds, Including those who
went by auto and team and who
came from Weed and Intervening
stations to the south. Games of all
sorts (not gambling, but sports)
were indulged in and a kangaroo
court was held. Local Elks report
that Dave Good drew the big fine,
but fall to tell what offense, if any,
he was found guilty of.
The occasion was one of the pleas-
antest of the season.
Search for Drowned Boy.
Portland, July 19. Search is be
ing made today for the body of Paul
Schoenlck, 12 years old, who was
drowned In the Columbia river when
In attempting to draw a bucket of
water from the stream the strone
current pulled him in.
Atlanta, Georgia, has installed a
new water worifs- pump capable of
pumping 10,000,000 gallons an hour.
Eighty-six per cent of the factories
in Switzerland use electricity as mo
tive power.
Edmunds, have done a noble work
during the Chautauqua in keeping
the temperance question before the
assembly.
Others too numerous to mention
by name have worked faithfully to
make the session of Chautauaua lust
closed one of the best if not the best
In the history of the association.