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Oregon Historical Society, 207 Second St. Ashland : . ' Tiding SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE .BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVIII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913 NUMBER 21 AUTOTRUCK IS ACCEPTED council' accepts pmxs for remodeling citv hall. OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS Hitching Post Proposition and Mat ter, of Absence of Officers and Em ployes Provided for by New City Ordinances. All members of the city council were present at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. The usual reports of oftioers were read and approved. A petition was read from property owners on North Main street, ask ing that the city place a tile on the west side of Main street from Maple to Grant streets, and also give them sidewalk grade, same to be not more than one foot above the curb line. The petition was referred to the street committee. A petition was presented asking that the city order in sidewalk on the west side of Gresham street from Vista street to Iowa street, the same to be put in under the provisions of the Bancroft act. Dr. Swedenburg appeared to urge the walk, saying that though not owning any of that particular property he was a heavy taxpayer, and interested in being able to get downtown in wet weather. City Engineer Walker, one of the owners of property affected, ques tioned whether or not there was a majority of the property represented. He also objected to the ordering in of a sidewalk until the street was graded, saying that it would simply be the gutter in which water, would run most of the way as it would be below the present road level. Ques tions as to the amount of grading necessary to obviate this brought the reply from Mr. Fraley that the cost would be comparatively light.1 Mr. Walker stated that he was willing to build a sidewalk in front of his prop erty providing the stTeet was roughly graded so as to keep the water off the walk, and the matter ' was re ferred to the street committee. Dr. Swedenburg was granted a re bate of the penalty on a street pav ing assessment, notice of assessment having followed him throughout his recent trip to the east. Had he re ceived the notice before leaving the Pyment would have been made then. Jt was piade as soon as he returned, Mrs. Creighton, residing 6n-B street, was granted $15 toward pay ing her expenses to California to join her friisband, who i3 dying of tuber-t culosis-. The balance 6f the money necessary had already been raised by private subscrlptiom. B. E. WhitirtOre and E. E. Phippa, repesenti the Commercial Club, and J. R. Pittiager and L. H Oalfa Via in behalr of the producers th flressed the council on the sufcject of a public market. A joint meeting with the council committee was Called lor Saturday 'etching at the office of the Beaver Realty Company. The deed of 'Charles Hosley and wife, covering property up the can yon, purchased by the city some months agd, having been corrected to suit the city attorney and council, Was (accepted. ' The abstract of the Casey property adjoining the city park, recently or dered purchased, was presented, to gether with the written opinion of City Attorney Moore on sanve. On motion the abstract was accepted and the deal ordered closed. The sanitary committee reported that they had been able to arrange with C. F. Bates to haul carcasses to the dump grounds for (2.50 each, and with Frank Sherman to burn them at 25 cents 'per hour, all costs to be paid by owner of animal. Councilman Sherman reported that someone had buried a horse in the pit used for burning carcasses fn and that an endeavor was being made to find the identity of the person doing so with a view to his arrest. The street committee reported that the city engineer had established the grade for sidewalks on Scenic' Drive as requested by W. D. Hodgson and others. An ordinance was passed requiring all city employes and appointive of ficers to refrain "from Absenting themselves from the city without the consent of the city council, or, in an emergency, of tire niaytJfTand declar ing positions forfeited if same was done. Elective officers' -were elso confined to the strict" wording of the city charter, which "permits not to exceed 29 flfiys 'tffleicdsed absence. FRUIT AXI) FLOWERS. Many Exhibits Sent to Building But Many More Needed. There have been a number of fine accessions to the fruit at the Com mercial Club's exhibit at the depot recently, but there is room for more and the citizens 'are urged to bring them, either to the exhibit building or fo the Commercial Club rooms. jand they will be appreciated. Among the recent additions are fine samples of plums" raised by T. W. Hudson on Woolen street, which are remarkable because of the pro lific yield. Another beautiful sample of plums was furnished by Agent Kramer of the Southern Pacific. James Lennox contributes some beautiful Wheeler peaches and Mr. Mars of the Overland shoe shop brought in a turnip that would make a meal for several families. Buys Summer Home Here. Edward T. Merrill, who came here from southern California, where he has a winter home, some months ago, has purchased of Mrs. James Doran the residence property at 570 Boule vard and will occupy it as a summer home. Mr. Merrill will make exten sive alterations and improvements in the property. The Tidings 13 &lad to welcome Mr. Merrill and family to Ashland as permanent summer resi dents. WILLTALKGOOD ROADS Miss Rigelow, Representing United States Good Roads Bureau, to Speak Here. Miss Bigelow, who is sent out to talk good roads to the women of America by the United States gov ernment, will speak at the Chautau qua tabernacle Tuesday evening,. Au gust 19, under the auspices of the Ashland Parent-Teacher Association. An ordinance governing the licens ing of bill posters was read and re ferred back to the ordinance commit tee until next meeting. While ex cellent in many respects, It practical ly gave a monopoly of distribution of bills to the licensed poster or. post ers, even prohibiting local firms sending out their regular employes to do such work. Councilman Cun ningham, chairman of that commit tee, stated that it had been handed to him by the city attorney but a few hours before and that there had been no opportunity to present it to the committee. - A new hitching post ordinance was read and passed' undor tho suspen sion of the rules, placing all hitching poglg Oil ine. Btrfeei dirtily 'under the city council - 6.'.id prohibiting the maintaining Of hitching posts, racks or rings On paved streets, also pro- hiW'tifcg hitching to poles, tiee.'s, I TMriiaitigs, etc., on the paved streets. 'and providing that no posts, rings or V. acks shall be hereafter put on the unpaved streets except by the con sent of the council. I i The plans and specifications for the proposed Improvement of tho city hall, and tho new engine house, were presented and explained by Architect F. H. Fitch, and on motion same were accepted and the city recorder was authorized to advertise for bids for building, bids to be opened Fri day evening, Augnst 15. City Recorder Gillette reported that complaints Were being made that water from Meade street which, was carried through tile to the park was filling up the fountain basin at every rain. The matter was referred 'to the street committee. A irequeBt for ipermission to 'build a fence up the Canyon on city land was referred back with instructions that It -be iptft in writing. One thousand dollars was ordered transferred from'the general fund to the street fund as a loan. The new La France auto truck was ordered accepted, 'the acceptance In no way affecting the company's guar antee. The company's representative explained that under their, blanket insurance the moment they permit ted a demonstration of the engine, or its use by other than the com pany's representative, the insurance lapsed and It V.as necessary for the city to accept truck before the rep resentative of the company could be gin the instruction of the local men in the handling of either the truck or the chemicals. On motion the council adjourned to meet Monday evening, August 11. Musical treat at the Dreamland tonight and Friday.' Hawaiian Sing ers. . ' j BALKAN WAR BROUGHTTOANiS SERYIA, GREECE, MONTENEGRO, ROUMANIA AND BULGARIA UNITE IN PRELIMINARY TREATY AT BUCHAREST TODAY Bucharest, Aug. 6. Peace" was concluded tonight between the BaN kan states and a preliminary treaty will be signed tomorrow by delegates of Servia, Greece, Montenegro, Ron mania and Bulgaria. The agreement was reached only after another exhibition of utter help lessness of Bulgaria to face her ene mies. . The discussion threatened to be come interminable but the Rouman ian premier ditched matters by threatening that the Roumanian army would occupy Sofia next Satur PIONEER PASSES AWAY. George X'V. Albright Dies at Gold Hill, Sunday, August 3. George W. Albright, one of the pioneers of the Rogue River Valley, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. H. Moore, at Gold Hill, Ore Sunday, August 3, 1913. Mr. Al bright was born at Washingtonville, Pa., January 22, 1831, and came to Oregon from Iowa 31 years ago to run the flour mill at Phoenix, later going to Jacksonville to take charge of that mill. After a number of years he moved to California. Since the death of Mrs. Albright some years ago he has spent part of his time in Puyallup, Wash., with a daughter who resides there, and part with Mrs. Moore at Gold Hill. He spent part of last winter at San Jose, Cal., where he has two sons and where his wife Is buried, returning to Gold Hill in May. Although he was past 82 years of age he was as spry as a man of 60 and was plan ning to make a trip to Washington in the fall. He went to bed Saturday night feeling well as usual and his daughter was awakened about 2 a. m. by hearing him gasp for breath. He passed away in about ten minutes. The remains were shipped to San Jose, Cal., for interment beside his wife. The PORTLAND EVENING TELE GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year, $5.00. COMMERCIAL CLUB HELD ITS MONTHLY MEETING Mdnaay Evening Session Lightly Attended bul Faithful Members Discussed Several Important Matters lidsummer meetings ai'8 seldaiti welj attended and the regular August meeting of the Commercial Club was no exception to the rule. The usual routine business was transacted and five new r.'embers were added to the role Ka follows: T. Bruhn, C. H. Veghtfs, Dr. G. R. Utterback, W. Y, CVbwson and Roy G. Walker. 1 The committee appointed to draw resolutions ot respect for the late Ralph H. Burns reported and the re port was accepted and the committee was discharged. The matter of a public market was brbtlght up, and after considerable fieeussion a committee consisting of E. E. Phipps and B. E. Whitmore 'was appointed to confer with the city council regarding the seenrrng of a vacant lot for a tryout at the market privilege. Those present expressed themselves as heartily in favor of the proposition. A communication from Eureka, Cal., was read regarding the coming good roads conference there and af ter considerable discussion the sec retary was instructed to consult the Medford club In tne matter. W. A. Freeburg, who recently re turned from a trip up into the Wil lamette Valley and to other northern points, had several interesting things to report. He stated that the pro prietor of the Renton Tiling and Pottery Factory wished samples of the kaolin, coal, etc., in the Ashland district, with a view of determining whether or not it would justify the expense of sending a man down to Investigate the possibilities of a pot tery and tile plant here. The nec essary steps were ordered taken to secure for him the desired samples and information. Mr. "Freeburg also stated that he met a promotor who wanted to pro mote the building of sanitariums at our mlneTal springs. The word pro moter seemed to grate harshly on day if Bulgaria did not accept the modified frontier. London. Aug. 6. The second Bal kan peace congress having concluded peace on a basis of compromise which Is unsatisfactory to all the states coii'-ernpd except possibly Rou mania, the question is being asked how soon a third Balkan war will break out. Bulgaria will seek to introduce in the peace protocol to be signed at Bucharest tomorrow a reservation practically appealing to the Euro pean powers for a subsequent re vision of the peace terms. HUSlUItl) MAKES ARRESTS. Hunters Held on Charge of Mutilat ing Deer Carcass. Medford, August 7. Warren H. Holbrcok of Medford and C. Davis and W. Davis, prominent Griffin creek ranchers, were arrested Wed nesday by Deputy Game Warden Hubbard of Ashland on the charge of mutilating the carcass of a deer to disguise its sex. The deer when found In their possession was with out a bend, but the men refused to say whether the animal was a buck or doe. Unless they can prove the animal was minus a head for other reasons than to disguise its sex they must pay from $25 to $200 fine. Justice Taylor says that the matter of whether the deer is a doe or not will not enter into the case as the law requires that the carcass of a deer must not be mutilated to dis guise the sex. The men have been hunting for several days, and according to one of the Davis brothers, had already killed one buck this season. Hubbard heard the shots and rushing to the spot found the men with the head less 4eer. They will be tried before Justice Taylor this morning. UNION MEETING. Good preaching and good music at the union meeting at the Chautauqua tabernacle next Sunday evening. ttie fcai's bi those present and was mH VrUh jeers and groans, several remarking that the valley had al ready too many professional promot ers. What was needed "was men to put in money without wasting a good portion on promoters. The Polytechnic school matter was practically closed up and the com mittee instructed to attempt to se cure no more scholarships. Star Theatre "Professor William Nutt." Professor William Nutt, a vege tarian, while lecturing on the evils of eating animal food, meets Mr. Hast ings, an old school mate, who in vites him home to dinner. It hap pens to be on a Monday, and Mrs. Hastings is obliged to do her own washing, the washerwoman having left in a huff. Sire is horrified when she sees her husband and tne pro fessor coming, and an accident hap pens which renders the little food she hag left In the house unfit to eat. Not wanting to disappoint the professor at not not having a good meal, the wife advises her husband of the accident and both, unknown to the professor, hurry from neigh bor to neighbor getting eatables. They succeed in getting quite a nice menu, consisting of a roast chicken, etc., but when the professor' is es corted to the table he refuses every thing and takes from his pockets his meal, which consists of six peanuts. Goes tm Eugene. Misss Edith M. McCune, who has been teaching the third grade In the East Side school, has resigned her position and accepted a position In the third grade of the Eugene schools. Hawaiian Singers at Dreamland. The famous Hawaiian Singers will be at Dreamland tonight and Friday evening. Admission 15c and 25c S. S. EXCURSION PAYS BEST. Sunday School Exclusion Pays Bet I ter Than Sunday Excursions. That the Rogue River Valley is a better Sunday school district than it is a Sunday excursion district was ap parently proven by the experience of the Southern Pacific railway the past few days. On Sunday the Centra! Point Band and Orchestra ran an excursion to Colestin. That is. it was .nominally a -band excursion and they played en route and at the grounds. Yesterday the Sunday schools of the valley gave an excur sion, or it was run in their name. On Sunday 33 went from Ashland to Colestin, while today 117 went. The total number today was 335, much higher than tho whole number that went Sunday. State Printer. The death of Willis S. Duniway leaves the office of state printer va cant. George Putnam of Medford -is mentioned as his successor. The ap pointment lies with Governor West. West and Putnam are close friends. Putnam should have the place. He has made a good fight for the ad ministration in southern Oregon, and is entitled to recognition. The Tid ings is for Putnam for state printer. Mining location blanks for sale at the Tidings office. COUNTY COURT REPORT Grind of the Jackson County Court Mostly Routine Work for Last Week. Marriage Licenses. Roderick Baker and Bernice Ed- mondson. Fred J. Warner and Emma Cush- man. Ciivuit Court. J. I. Lumber Company vs. Trail Lumber Company. Action to recover money. Complaint filed. Affidavit and undertaking for attachment. Writ issued and certificate of at tachment filed. Summons. Arthur II. Davis vs. California Oregon Power Company. Action for damages. Complaint filed. - S. T. Rawlings vs. Trail Lumber Company. Action to recover money. Complaint filech Affidavit and un dertaking for attachment. Summons. Certificate of attachment filed. Farmers & Fruitgrowers Bank, a corporation, vs. Fred II. Thompson et al. Suit for foreclosure of mort gage. Complaint filed. Affidavit and order for publication of sum mons. Probate. In the ma.to'r of" the estate of James Cook., deceased. Order direct ing sale of real property. In the matter of the estate of Eliz abeth K. Smith, deceased. First and final account filed. Order approving same and settling final account. In the matter of the testate and guardianship of Helen M. Scott, Naomi Sf-ott. George W. Scott, Jr., Firte B. Scott and Ida Nola Scott, minors. Order for the investment of funds. In the matter of the estate of Wil liam Treacey, deceased. Final re port ahd account of administrator filed. ;Decree of final settlement and order 'discharging administrator and sureties. ' In the matter of the estate of John Margreiter, deceased. Order ap pointing Harry Luy, B. M. Collins and Fletcher Stout appraisers. In ventory and appraisement filed. In the matter of the estate of Isaac Wright, deceased. Inventory and ap praisement filed. In the matter of the estate of Jacob F. Ritter, deceased. Order ad mitting will to probate and appoint ing Owen Dunlap as executor. That Dog Pound. A lady aBked the Tidings repre sentative to investigate the Ashland dog pound, saying that a Bmall boy told her that dogs were kept in the pound indefinitely without food or water. The reporter interviewed Chief Porter, who states that all dogs under the law must be Kept 48 hours before- killing. All dogB when con fined are kept constantly supplied with fresh water and are fed three times a day. That a dog howls when shut in a strange place is no evi dence that It is eitlrer hungry or thirsty. It is estimated that there are at least 2,000,000 gasoline or oil en gines at work on the farms of the United States. BIG CUT IN EXPRESS RATES COMMERCE COMMISSION MAKES BIG SLASH IX TARIFFS. 10 TO 65 PER CENT CUT MADE Following Lead of California, Na tional Commission IUhIiiccs Kate for Express Ail Over the United States. Washington, Aug. 4. Following the lead of tho state railroad commis sion of California in the Wells-Fargo Express company decision, the inter state commerce commission ordered today sweeping reductions in express rates for parcels all over the coun try. The cut will range from 10 to 60 per cent and will become effective October 15. In a statement the commission de clared that for two years the rates will be "experimental," when, unless the companies lose too much, they will become permanent. When a proposal was first made to reduce express rates all the com panies vigorously opposed it, and in June, 1912, tho proposed rates wera suspended, pending an investigation. Today they were ordered into effect, following admissions by the compa nies that tho cut, which they orig inally claimed would reduce their revenues 30 per cent, really would cut them only 15 per cent. Today's order will force c'.oeo com petition "between the express com panies and the parcel post. In many Instances the new express rates will be lower than the poHtal rates. Prac tically all rates on parcels under 50 pounds in weight are radically low ered. On small packages carried more than 200 and less than 3,000 miles the rates will be nearly all lower than the parcel post rates. For distances over 3,000 miles the ex press and parcel post rates will be about equal. The order reduces the rates on all articles of food and drink to 75 per cent of first-class rate3. CLUBS WILL PICNIC. Women's Clubs of County to Be In vited for September U. The Ashland Federation of Wom en's Clubs met Wednesday afternoon and decided to invite all of the wom en's clubs of the Rogue River Valley to join them in a basket picnic in tho Chautauqua Park, Ashland, Thursday, September 2. Committees and further particulars will be an nounced later. , -a Mother of Mayor Johnson Dead". Mrs. A. S. Johnson of Garfield, Wash., mother of Mayor O.. II. John son and J. W. Johnson of Ashland died August 5, 1913. She had been a long sufferer froui paralysis. She with her husband and children were for 16 years residents of Med ford, Ore., locating there in the in fancy of that city. Mrs. Johnson was 70 years old, a native of Williamsburg, Ohio. She is survived by husband and seven children, O. H. and J. W. Johnson of Ashland, Mrs. Maud Gartin of Portland, Clyde of Lewlston, Idaho, Mrs. J. North of Billings, Mont., Mrs. A. Hickman of Colfax, Wash., and Mrs. M. D. Overby of Garfield, Wash. iThe sympathy of tho community la with tne bereaved relatives. i . . ! Husbands Run In Here. Mrs. Willbanks and Mrs. Branc who were injured, the former pr ob- ably fatally, at Roseburg a few days1 ago, are wives of brakemen r . unnifug on tne southern t'acinc between Roseburg and Ashland. T . he apnfri'ant occurred when an auto, party gtruck a dog near Rosebur g Bwerving tne. machine Into a fer,re Mr8 Wilbank8. had one huig Wer'ced clear through by a splinter. Her husband hadf al ready gema to the depot to go out.on uis run to Ashland on the Shasta limited, when dent. apprised of the accU NOTICE. .i Please get your Items for the. TJd. tngs in the day before date of publl cation, if possible. All matter must hereafter be In type by noon on pub. Ucatdon day. The Boston Museum nf iin a iita-ai iei has acquired the Mcnmh -n.. "-iicuiUU or Chinese pottery, the finest in the-