Oregon Historical Society, 207 Second SI. Ashland ' SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON IDING ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVIII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1913 NUMBER 24 MARKET A SUCCESS GOOD OFFERINGS AND MAX1 CUSTOMERS ON OPENING DAY. ALL STUFF SOLD BEFORE NOON Everyone Connected With the Public Market ProiKsition Well Satisfied With Results Upon Opening Mar ket Day. Ashland's public market started out auspiciously Saturday. The only complaint was that there was not enough of some commodities to fill the demands of the customers. A large number of people were present when thw band began to play at 9 o'clock to usher in the enterprise, at least a dozen automobiles being lined up outside the curb. The Ashland band gave a number of beautiful se lections of music, but there was no formal opening. The plan of having the rigs backed up to the walk on Main street, with the horses removed and hitched at the rear of the lot, worked fine. There were about a dozen producers present and the Tid ings Is informed that with the excep tion of a few blackberries everything offered was sold and the producers were on their way home before noon. In many lines, notably dairy butter, chickens, eggs and meat, there was a marked demand. ' All the dressed chickens were snapped up in less than no time and dozens more would have gone. The fresh eggs also went quickly. There was no fresh meat offered, but there many calls for it. It would seem that some arrange ment might J)e made whereby a screened meat stall could be arranged on the market to handle the meat of the farmers. It would certainly be a drawing card and a great ac commodation both to the farmers and the citizens. Another thing which was in demand but not in evidence was ripe tomatoes. The variey of vegetables was fairly good and will no doubt increase as it becomes bet ter known what the demand will be for. Few novelties were on the market, but one man had some Swiss chard and said no one seemed to know what it was or what it was for. Celery would have sold well had it been in evidence. Taken altogether, the first market day was a decided success. That every farmer will sell entirely out every day is not to be expected, any more than any merchant will sell out an entire line of goods every season, but the jingle of the coin to the pro ducers who had only heretofore re ceived credit slips sounded good to them. It meant that they could pay cash for their groceries and also for other things which they needed. The Tidings cannot go into detail as to the offerings of various parties, as all the vegetables and fruits of fered would have done credit to a county fair, but the offering of home canned fruits, pickles and home-made cider vinegar in bottles offered by R. M. Hedges was certainly most tempting. The market will be open again to morrow and Thhursday and Saturday of each week. If it continues as well as it commenced it will be a decided siiccpRa nnil -tirnvfi henpficial to nil. even including those grocers who have heretofore handled much green stuff. The waste of handling green goods at a grocery is much greater than through a market, because there is no set time for the consumer to call for it and more or less goes to waste. Again, the grocer will now get cash for his goods from the pro ducer who sells through the market. A suggestion: It would be a very good plan for housewives knowing in advance that they will want vegeta bles, chickens, eggs, etc., to place their orders -ahead for them with some producer. He will then know more accurately how much stuff to bring. But having done this, the housewife should make it a religious duty to be on hand to take the things ordered, as nothing is meaner than to order stuff and have a producer hold it awaiting the arrival of the party ordering, when he might have sold it to others, and finally have it left on his hands. Notice. Dr. F. H. Johnson wishes to in form his patients that he has re turned from his vacation. 24-4t Coney Island is to have a board walk two miles long. COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS. The Southern Oregon Broom Manu facturing Co. Organized. The new corporation organized to handle the broom manufacturing business in Ashland held its first meeting Saturday and elected the following officers: President W. A. Farmer. Vice-President-W. R. Davis. Secretary-Treasurer V. O. N. Smith. Directors W. A. Turner, W. R. Davis, V. O. N. Smith, E. L. Mineer, Medford, and Louie. Brown, Talent. J. G. Miller, whose broom factory on his ranch east of Ashland is the nucleus around which it is expected that a good big plant will be built, was selected by the directors as busi ness manager. The Tidings has used several of the Ashland brooms and can say that they are first class in every respect and every resident of the valley should insist in having them. BIG TIMBERDEAL MADE Large Tract of Jackson County Tim ber Reported Sold to Portland Capitalists. Portland, Ore., Aug. 15. Portland investors, whose names will not be made public until titles have been passed upon, have today purchased 11,164 acres of timber land in Jack son county for $1,485,000. Several parcels of Portland real estate will be included in the purchase price. The tract contains 65,000,000 feet of Baw timber, comprising fir and pine. This is probably the largest timber deal of the year. Medford, Ore., Aug. 15. The prop erty referred to consists of the Big Butte creek timber holdings of the Big Bend Milling Company, of Hutch ison & Lumsden, of W. I. Vawter, George F. King and others. The deal has not been completed, state those interested, though near ing consummation. It has been pend ing for some weeks, as have several other large timber transactions in Jackson county. One of the stipulations made of the purchasers is the construction of a large lumber mill at Medford that will furnish employment to a large force of men, conditionally upon a 20-acre site being furnished by the citizens and free water for a log pond for the first few years. If the deal is completed it will mean a great deal to the city and the valley. Memorial to the Pilgrim Fathers. London, Aug. 16. Ambassador Page, together with many prominent members of the American colony in London, journeyed to Southampton today to attend the dedication of an imposing memorial erected there to the Pilgrim Fathers. The memorial stands on the quay where the Pil grims gathered in prayer on that memorable day in 1620 before em barking on the Mayflower to begin their journey to the great, unknown land across the sea. A feature of the. memorial is a tablet inscribed in memory of John Alden, the young est of the Pilgrims, who was given immortal fame by the poet Longfel low. The cost of the tablet was contributed by the Alden Kindred of America, composed of descend ants of John and Priscilla Alden. Inspect New Route Over Siskiyous. Mail Tribune: T. A. Belford, state highway commissioner for the north ern division of California, and N. E. Graves, chairman of the Siskiyou county highway board, arrived in Medford Saturday to confer with the county court on the new road over the Siskiyous. They inspected the work now un der way and found that both the Jackson county and California road parties will reach the line about the same time and that the work is pro gressing rapidly. Messrs. Belford and Graves will auto to Eureka to attend the tri state good roads meeting to be held there August 20 and 21 Kentucky Elks to Meet. Covington, Ky., Aug. 18. Coving ton la putting on holiday attire in an ticipation of the assembling here to morrow of the annual state conven tion of Elks. The sessions will be held at the Elks' home and will last three days. A reception, ball, barbe cue and other features of entertain ment will be included in the pro gram. Phone news Items to the Tidings, TO ORGANIZE S0NS OF VETERANS PAST COMMANDER OF DIVISION OF CALIFORNIA AND PACIFIC TO ORGANIZE CAMP HERE TUESDAY- EVENING ... Colonel C. S. Scott, past division commander of the Division of Cali fornia and the Pacific of the Sons of Veterans, arrived in Ashland Sunday, and tomorrow evening, August 19, at 7 o'clock sharp, at the G. A. R. hall, Colonel Sfcott expects to organize a canp. He will also organize camps at Medford, Grants Pass and probably Roseburg and Eugene, then organize the division encampment of Oregon, so that the state will be on the map for the first time at the national encampment at Chattanooga, Tenn., to which he is on his way. Colonel Scott had excellent success in securing members here, having enough sign the charter this fore noon to insure the organization of a camp. It is hoped to have over 30 members, among whom will be sev eral past captains. All male descendants of soldiers of the civil war, including the sons of daughters of veterans of the civil war, are eligible if 18 years of age or older. All eligibles are requested to ac cept this as a personal invitation and request to come to the G. A. R. hall Tuesday evening and become charter members of the organization. The Grand Army veterans are growing old in years if young in spirit and patriotism, and it is but fitting that they should have the organized arm of the sons to lean upon. The Sons of Veterans have been recognized by the national encampment of the G. Ifery Important THE ELECTION FOR THE PROPOSED FIVE HUNDRED J THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND ISSUE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR t SEPTEMBER O, JUST 21 DAYS FROM TODAY. UNDER THE NEW LAW OLD REGISTRATIONS DO NOT J; COUNT. UNLESS YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITHIN THE PAST THIRTY DAYS YOU WILL NOT .BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON J THE BONDS. THE REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL CLOSE FIF $ TEEN DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. UNLESS YOU ARE j REGISTERED YOU CANNOT VOTE. 4 J DO XOT FORGET TO REGISTER. 4 rTTTTT'rTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTV" CITY HALL CONTRACT UP TONIGHT COUNCIL OPENED BIDS ON CITY HALL SATURDAY EVENING, BUT DELAYED ACTION UNTIL MEETING TONIGHT The city fathers met in adjourned meeting Saturday evening and opened the bids for the remodeling of the city hall. On motion of one of the councilmen the matter of letting the contract was laid over until this evening, to which time the council adjourned. The bids were as follows: A. L. Lamb, remodeling city hall $4,537.00 Remodeling jail 393.00 HIGH OFFICIAL HERE. Consulting Engineer of Southern Pa cific Stopped in Ashland. J. D. Isaacs, chief consulting en gineer of the Southern Pacific sys tem, as well as other large railroad systems, with headquarters in New York city, arrived in Ashland on No. 16 Friday night, accompanied by Mrs. Isaacs. They were traveling in the Southern Pacific official car Sac ramento and were accompanied over the line by Mr. Burkholder, engineer of the Portland division. The car was cut out here and remained until the Shasta limited went north Satur day morning. Through Jhe courtesy of Mr. J. P. Wolf of the Depot Hotel the 'party was given an auto ride around Ashland and were much im pressed with the beauty of the place. Though they had passed through sev eral times this was their first stop here. Mrs. Isaacs was especially at tracted with the beauty of our sur roundings and declared that she would never be gotten past here again without a longer stop. Figures recently compiled give Italy a population of 34,368,814. A. R. as the official escort of the vet erans on all occasions and the need and value of such an organization is growing more and more imperative. If you are eligible turn out Tues day evening That you have not been seen personally is because either tne fact of your eligibility was un known or the organizing officer and his assistants were unable to get in touch with you. Remember the place, the time, the G. A. R. hall Tuesday evening at 7. Any sons of veterans residing at Talent or vicinity are requested to join the Ashland camp and the or ganizing officer expects to be in Tal ent Tuesday In company with Mr. Talcott of the Tidings, and will be pleased to meet any eligibles. Ore Dock Workers' Strike Ended. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 15. The swan song of the Industrial Workers of the . World in Duluth was sung for the alleged agitators by the striking ore dock workers today. The men voted to call the strike off formally so those who wanted could return to work. The men realized that there was no hope for their cause and quietly dispersed. Quiet reigns at the A1 louez docks. Many strikers are re turning to work? while others left the city. Denver is planing to hold a world's fair six or eight years hence. Leonard and Borror, re modeling city hall 5,6 85.00 75.00 Remodeling jail 3 V. V. Hawley, remodeling city hall 4,700.00 No bid on jail. Frank Jordan, remodeling city hall and jail 5,7 ilO.OO Deduct $343 if jail is not 'remodeled. V. H, Penter, remodeling city hall . . . . S 5,2 28.38 Remodeling city jail. . 5 00.85 WILL SEND PDOCESSED FRUITS. Commercial Club Arranges for Dis play at Eastern iLand Show. The Commercial Club, through its trustees, has arranged to have some fine samples of the fruit of the val ley processed under Mr Frohbach's patent, placed in the eastern land products show, alon,g with the sea sonable fresh fruits and grains Un der the agreement with Mr. Frohbach all the expense the club is to is the crating of the fruit, the railroads carrying them gratuitously. They will make a fine addition to the dis plays. A Great Service. The service at the Chautauqua building last night was worthy to be called great. The Christian church choir led the audience In a delight ful song service for about a half hour, then Mr. Browning, their gifted and boloved pastor, held his audience in the deathlike silence of rapt at tention. His subject was "The Price of Unbelief." Professor Isaac and the pastor understand each other thoroughly, so their work blends into united action that is pleasing to all. PROPOSED FIREMEN. Names to He Presented to Council By Mayor Johnson. Under the new ordinance the fire department of Ashland will be reor ganized, the members being appoint ed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. The names of the mem bers who will be presented to the council at the expiration of ten days from the passage of the ordinance are given the Tidings by Mayor John son as follows: Clifford Jenkins, Fred Roseurans, B. F. Rosecrans, E. E. Hilman, John Cameron, J. E. Crowson, E. E. Porter, Ed W. Flaok us, H. D. Butterfield. Ray C. Stoner and W. -D. Du Peau. These with Jhe chief and driver will compose the fire department. Many worked-out coal mines in Pennsylvania are being filled in with sand and other waste material to prevent their surfaces caving and damaging valuable property. WILL FIGHTTAMMANY Thomas W. Lawson Announces Wil lingness to Contribute $100,000 to Fund to Aid Suler. Portland, Ore., Aug. 14. Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston financier, who is famed for his relentless fight on Wall street and its methods, has today announced that he would be one of 25 men to contribute $100,000 each, if necessary, to comprise a huge fund to be used in backing Governor Sulzer of New York in a finish fight with Tammany Hall. Lawson states that he had wired his offer to Governor Sulzer inform ing him that he would contribute "any amount within reason" to com bat the Tammany organization. "What if Sulzer does go down?" said Lawson. "He has nothing more to lose and he can be the means of freeing New York of the rottenest and most sorrupt political gang the world has probably ever known. "I told him in my telegram that if he would put hia back to the wall and turn over the whole fight to the committee I would form, if he would accept my offer, we would get rjght behind him. And we can get them all, from the crooked bribe-taking members in the New York legislature to Boss Murphy himself and all of his gang. "It is the greatest opportunity to clean out crooks since the insurance Investigation of eight years ago. I regard it as the great opportunity to make a fight against Tammany Hall that will wipe it and its power and corruption off the slate forever." Lawson stated that he would, if necessary, raise $2,500,00 with which to fight Tammany. He has not yet received an answer from Gov ernor Sulzer. Sunday School Baseball. In what proved to be largely a pitchers' battle the Methodist Sun day school baseball team defeated the Christian champions last Friday evening, to the tune of 3 to 2. Lowry in the box for the Methodists did ex cellent work. Stewart for the Chris tians did good work also, but lacked the support that Lowry had. Only four Methodists and five Christians got as far as first. While both pitch ers did good work and held down the number of hits, on the whole it was not the high class, clean ball that has so far been played in the Sunday school series. This is the first defeat of the season for the Christians, but they are still safely in the lead for first place. The games this week are as fol lows: Tuesday, Congregational vs. Chris tian. Friday, Congregational vs. Baptist. Present standing of teams: W. L. P.ct. Christian 4 1 800 Methodist 3 3 500 Baptist 2 3 400 Congregational 1 3 250 Santa Fe Officials Pass Through. A party of officials of the Santa Fe system, headed by J R. Codding ton, general counsel for the system, together with J. M. Noble, general manager of the Boll Telephone Com pany in Oklahoma, passed through Ashland Saturday evening on No. 15, en route home from a hunting and fishing trip In eastern Oregon. Messrs. Coddington and Noble are old friends of Mr. Greer and enjoyed a brief visit with him at the depot. Skins of 100,000 animals are used every year to .make covers for Oxford-printed Bibles. MISSION IS PROGRESSING FIRST COMMUNICATION FROM LINO RECEIVED BY HCERTA. MO POLITICS IN MEXICAN AFFAIR Republicans and Democrats Will Get Together in Congress in Solving the Difficulties in Comicctiou WilU Mexico. Washington, Aug. 1 6. Substantial progress has been achieved by John Lind in discharging his delicate mis sion to Mexico's administration offi cials. They feel the American em bassy's adviser at least has made- a breach in the wall which theoretical ly has been erected by the Meiriean government to obstruct negotiations. The American government's first communication is now under careful consideration by the Mexicans, a fact regarded as a promise for ultimate success of the negotiations. The state department expects the next step not to be taken before Monday. Senator Lodge had a long talk with Secretary Bryan today about Mexican affairs. In view of his for mal declaration in the senate of hia purpose to stand squarely behind the president providing the Mexican difficulty was kept out of politics, this is believed to foreshadow a bet ter entente between the democratic and republican members of the senate foreign committee than existed yes terday. Washington, Aug. 16. Reports received at the state department to day indicate that the situation in Mexico City is not so strained and that John Lind, President Wilson's special emissary, is progressing with his work. It Is reported that the president has asked him to hurry ne gotiations. The supply ship Glacier and a col lier left Topolohainpo for Mara Island, California, today with 18 American refugees. Re-dlstributiora of American battleships is progress ing for the purpose of keeping two at Vera Cruz and one at Tampico. Accordingly the Michigan sailed from Vera Cruz and one at Tampico. A reserve warship is to be held at Gal veston. Eagle Pass, Texas, August 1C. Several hundred killed on each side Is the reported result today of con tinued clashes between constitution alists and federals at Rodriguez, state of Coahuila, Mexico. It is re ported In the dispatches that several thousand men on each side are en gaged In combat with the federals slowly but surely gaining ground. Charged With Luring GUIs. David Bogs and Joo Titus of Med ford are under arrest and will have their hearing in this clt this after noon on a charge of luring two girls from Medford. According to reports the girla walked from Medford to Phoenix last night and the young men followed them in an auto, the four coming to Ashland by the midnight train. They were overtaken here by the father of one of the girls and the men put un der arrest and the girls taken home by the pursuer. Prosecuting Attor ney Kelly is coming up today to pros ecute the case before Justice Hurt. The father will also come along to prosecute, according to ithe informa tion in the hands of the local police. Fair at Phoenix. The Phoenix local fair on Septem ber 6, 1913, promises to be an ex tensive and successful affair. Prizes for all kinds of vegetables, melons, flowers, bread, canned fruit. Jelly, sewing, poultry, etc., will be given and many prizes have been provided for the best children's exhibit. FrofesBor Reimer of the O. A. C. experiment station will speak as welt as Superintendent Briscoe of the Ashland schools, and County Super intendent Wells. The Ladies' Aid Society will serve dinner at the W. O. W. hall. Change of Hour. The Epworth League of the M. E. church asks the Tidings to announce a change of hour of the corn roast to be held at the picnic grounds up the canyon. The hour of meeting will be 6 o'clock instead of 7:30 as hereto fore announced. Phone job orders to the Tidings.