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
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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.