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Newspaper Page TextOregon Historical Society, 207 Second St. Ashland ; Tidings SUNNY . SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVIII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1913 NUMBER 29 MAYOR EIFERT DIESSUDDENLY STRICKEN IN HIS STORE WHILE ON WAV TO COUNCIL. HEART FAILURE IS THE CAUSE Deceased Was Formerly Member Ash land Lodge, It. P. O. E., and Has j Many. Friends Among Local Elks Who Mourn His Death. . W. W. Eifert, mayor of Medford, died suddenly in his place of busi ness Tuesday evening. The Sim of Wednesday morning says: "The last summons came between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock Tues day night, in the workshop of hi3 place of business on West Main street. Heart disease was the cause of death, as far as a cursory exami nation by Dr. R. W. Clancy could determine. Particularly pathetic is his sad end. A daughter is on a honeymoon, and his wife is an In valid, in poor health, for whom fears are felt, when tbe news Is broken. "Mayor Eifert left his homo at 7:15 o'clock, to attend a regular meeting of the city council. He stopped at his tailor rhop, and the Death Angel called. Tht- council ad journed after he failed to appear. The news of his death fell with a heavy pall on the-community. "The body was discovered at 9: SO o'clock by D. Flynn, a boy 16 yea's old, whose brother, A. A. Flynn, oc cupies the same building. He en tered the store to telephone and found Mayor Eifert lying on the floor by his work bench in the rear of the building. Frightened, he called Ser geant Pat Mego, who investigated, and called Deputy Coroner John A. Perl. Life was extinct. "Death was painless. He wa in his coat sleeves, his coax lying or. the bench, where he had arranged pieces of cloth. The first attack came when he was seated on the bench, and, weakened, he fell to the fl tr. Everything was in order "Tuesday the stricken executive was In good health. At the close of the day he went to his home, le-jving for the council meeting. The funernl arrangements will he made today, the Elks and other frafnidl older? of which he was a member taKlng charge of the last sad rites. A proc lamation will be issued by tne city authorities. "A large family survives, a wife, five daughters, Marie, Ethel. Mrs. Frank Isaacs, Mrs. "WiViam Barnuin, and Mrs. J. J. Buchter who U In San Francisco on a honeymoon, lin ing married Sunday, and a son. Jus tin." Mr. Eifert was prominent in fra ternal circles, having been a Masrvn, a K. of P. and an Elk. He was for several years a member of Ashland Lodge, No. 944, B. P. O. E., holding every office except exalted ruler, lie was past exalted ruler of Medford lodge at the time of his death. 5,000 Acres of Com in Valley D. M. Lowe reported to the Com mercial Club Monday evening that he had made a canvass of the Rogue River Valley this year and that there was over 5,000 acres of corn being raised this year as against less than 400 three years ago. Not only that, but he had with him a part of the time two Columbus, Ohio, agricul turists who estimated much of the corn at 60 bushels per acre. Even at 20 bushels per acre 100,000 bushels of home-raised corn means much to a community which has been ship ping in practically all that it used. A representative of the U. S. agri cultural department, who recently visited the valley, inspected Mr. Lowe's dry farming ranch and pro nounced the product fully the equal of any he had seen anywhere in the United States. Mulhull Wants to Pull Nose of Man Making Faces. Washington, Sept. 3. Testifying before the house lobby committee to day, Martin M. Mulhall of Baltimore, former agent of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, accused James Kirby, Jr., president of the associa tion, of "making faces" at him. "Come outside," he yelled at Kir- by, "and I'll pull your nose." Prices of mules are reported to be rlsipg In Missouri. Nichols Cook Buried at Jacksonville. Nicholas Cook, pioneer of Jackson county, died Monday morning at eight o'clock at his home on B street in Ashland, aged seventy-nine years, five months and sixteen days. De ceased was a native of County Limer ick, Ireland, and came to Oregon in 1853, going into the merchandise business at Willow Springs. He was married September sixteenth, 1876, to Ann McNamara of Philadelphia, who survives him. High mass was solemnized Wednesday morning at eight o'clock at the Catholic church in Ashland with Father Moisant as celebrant. Father Caron, deacon, Schrieiderhand of Medford, subdea con. Interment was in Jacksonville cemetery. The pallbearers were F. G. Allard, Joseph Sander, William Sander, Henry Provost, Robert Quinn and Michael McGrath. Storms Make Low Record in Forest FW Lous. Portland, Or., Sept. 3. The gen eral storms along the Oregon and Washington coasts today virtually ends the forest fire season and the loss this year in the northwest is the lightest in bistory, according to C. J. Buck, chief Clerk in the office of the district forester. He estimated the loss In Oregon, Washington and Alaska at less than $5,000. Ten New Members Added. There were ten additional mem bers added to the Commercial Club Monday evening. The membership is steadily growing and the club get ting in shape to do some good work for the city. Council Considers Many Matters , The members of the city council were all present when Mayor John son called that body to order in reg ular session on Tuesday evening. The minutes of several regular and special meetings were read and ap proved. The monthly report of Fred Rose- erans, city water commissioner, for the month of August was read and on motion approved.. Reported some trouble from, sewers growing full of roots, also that work bad been done to prevent a possibility of a shortage of water while dam was being built at upper intake. Approved. The monthly report of Street Com missioner rFaley was read and on motion was approved. The report of H. G. Butterfield, eity electrician, was received, ap proved and placed on file. Councilmen Cunningham and Gow dy questioned the authority of the eleetrie light committee to hire help ers at electric light plant. Council men Beaver and Werth insisted that they were so authorized. Records were called for and showed that the eleetrie light committee had been or dered to report on the matter. On motion the time checks as read and the bills as audited by the finance committee were allowed. The bill of Mr. Ditnlap for cutting 100 tiers of wood at $ 1 per tier was allowed. The surety bond of A. L. Lamb In the sum of $3,402.75, for the fulfill ment of hie contract to rebuild the city hall, was presented and on mo tion was approved. A recommendation of the superin tendent of the electric light depart ment that a sinking fund be estab lished was approved. Superintendent Rosecrans asked permission to purchase certain sup plies, which was granted. The city recorder stated that there were no written reports on file from any regular committees. No reports were offered from any special com mittees. Councilman Cunningham inquired as to whether the city bill poster was preparing to take advantage of the ordinance and was informed that he was. Members Appointed For Library Board Mayor Johnson at the regular meeting of the city council- Tuesday evening appointed G. C. McAllister, Prof. W. T. Van Scoy and F. E. Wat son as members of the Carnegie Public Library board to succeed C. II. Vaupel, Dr. Swedenburg and G. G. Eubanks, whose terms of office had expired. The appointments were con firmed by the city council. Utah made a record . last year of mining more than three million tons of coal for the firBt time. OLD REGISTRATION IS STILL GOOD ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THOSE PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED CAN VOTE AT BOND ELECTION-OTHERS CAN SWEAR VOTE IN According to Attorney General Crawford, any qualified voter can vote in the good roads election Sep tember 9 whether registered Or not. Those who registered at the last election are qualified and those who were not registered can be sworn in on election day in spite of the law passed at the last session of the leg islature prohibiting such action. The opinion rendered by Mr. Craw ford is as follows: Salem, Sept. 2, 1913. Hon. F. L. Ton Velle, County Judge Jackson County, Jacksonville, Ore. Dear Sir: I am In receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo in which you state that a special election has Trades Business For Stock Ranch A deal was made a few days ago by which E. E. Phipps sells his im plement business, the ten-acre tract known as the E. N. Butler orchard east of Ashland and two lots on Vista street to M. C. Bressler nad son. Mr. Phipps purchased of them a 160 acre farm in Sams Valley, together with the stock, machineryt etc., there with and the crops, paying $10,250 therefor, Mr. Bressler paying the bal ance of the purchase price of the Ashland property in cash. Mr. Bress ler has taken possession of the busi ness and bis son has tome over from Sams Valley and will make his home here and manage the business with his father's assistance. Mr. Phipps has built up a good business and without doubt Messrs. Bressler & Son will keep it up to the same high standard. Mr. Phipps will not, for the present at least, go onto his ranch, though one of his sons is anxious to do so in the near future. Notice. Parties holding shares or having interest in the Jumbo Chief or Gold bug Butte Mining companies of Lake view, Ore., are requested to call at the Citizens' Banking and Trust Co. within the next week. 29-lt HUERTA SHY FUNDS AND WEAKENS INDICATIONS ALL POINT TO SUCCESS OF EFFORTS OF WILSON FOR PEACE IN Washington, Sept. 3. Administra tion officials, declared late tonight that both Charge O'Shaughnessy of the American embassy at Mexico City and John Lind at Vera Cruz were In frequent communication with the Huerta officials concerning the new basis for negotiations through which it was hoped to bring about peace. Washington, Sept. 3. Administra tion officials revealed tonight that the optimism they have felt the last few days over the Mexican situation has been based largely on what they have construed as the indirect assur ances of Huerta's intention to be a candidate for the presidency of Mex ico in the October elections. Much stress is laid at the White House and other official quarters on the assertions of Mexican Foreign Minister Gamboa, in his last note to John Lind, pointing out Huerta's in eligibility under the Mexican consti tution. Some diplomats and constitutional ists here hold that the constitutional prohibition against Huerta's candi dacy could be evaded by his resign ing sometime before election. Unofficial reports continue to reach Washington that the Huerta govern ment can't last much longer because of, financial difficulties. The arrival today of Dr. William Bayard Hale, personal friend of President Wilson, who has been studying political con ditions in Mexico for three months, is calculated to add materially to the president's information. Hale said he went to Mexico unof ficially and of his own volition, but any data he gathered would be at the service of the government. Lind will remain at Vera Cruz wending orders' from Washington. Vera Cruz, Sept. 3. John Lind and Rear Admiral Fletcher returned here tonight from the visit to a Her mosa plantation where they went friend. The trip afforded no tbrills been called for September 9 to vote on road bonds. You ask: "Wil the voters have to register under the new registration act in order to legally vote on the matter, or can those un der the old registration also vote legally on the proposition?" Implying, I beg to state that I am of the opinion that those registered under the old registration are enti tled to vote, for they have shown their legal qualification by that reg istration, and any who are not regis tered may be sworn in and vote by signing "blank A" on election day. Yours very truly, A. M. CRAWFORD. Attorney General. Will the Highway Go Thru Ashland? A report has been current lately in Ashland that -the Pacific Highway may be built to miss the city of Ash land and that those living along the highway will be compelled to pay for the building of the road. Both of these propositions are ab surd. The Pacific Highway has long been established and marked out by the Pacific Highway Association and the call for the bond issue provides that the work shall be on the Pacific Highway. That means that the road shall run entirely through Ashland on the present route. The people living on the highway will not have the construction to pay for, as the bond call provides that it shall be paid for out of the bond Issue. County Judge Tou Velle has asked the Tidings to make this statement in answer to a letter of Inquiry sent to him. ? Railways of the world at the close of 1911 represented a total capital ization of $56,950,329,304. More than two hundred American windmills are i.n operation in Smyr na, Asiatic Turkey. MEXICO other than the knowledge of a raid on the property a few miles from the plantation the same night they spent there, in which bandits killed the man In charge, appropriating 2,000 pesos, and the sight of the body of an executed rebel on the porch of a building along the railway. The number of American refugees arriv" ing here Is increasing slowly but steadily. Mexico City, Sept. 3. That Gen eral Huerta intends resigning the presidency in favor of General Ge ronimo Trevino and become a candi date at the October elections is the statement made tonight by well known Mexicans close to the admin istration. Former Ashland Woman Dead at Ceres. Mrs. Rufus King hands the Tid ings a copy of the Ceres, California, Courier, which recounts the death of a former Ashland woman as follows: "Mermelva A. Wellman was born March twenty-fourth, 1849, in Chau tauqua county, New York, where she lived through childhood, coming west to Daln county, Wisconsin, in the year 1866. She was married June sixteenth, 1866, to Charles Z. Bush of Dain county, where they lived un til the fall of 1866, when they went to Augusta, Eau Claire county, Wis consin, where they shared In the usual early pioneer life with others in trying to make a home. Here one son, Clifford E., was born to them on April ninth, 1869. There they re sided until December. 1898. when Mr. Bush's health broke down, so he came west to Ashland, Oregon. Mrs. Bush and her son following, where they remained until April, 1909, when the family moved to Hughson, In which vicinity they have resided until about three months ago they moved to the Russell ranch, south west of Ceres, where Mrs. Bush passed out of this life July twenty seventh, 1913, at the age of sixty four years, four months and three days." Mr. Turner Will Build. When it became known that Wil liam A. Turner had sold his beauti ful home on North Main street to W. W. Caldwell, it was feared by many that Mr. Turner was planning to leave Ashland, and men of his cal iber, wealth and enterprise a city can ill afford to lose. All will be glad to know that he has purchased the lot at the corner of North Main and Bush streets, owned by E. E. Bag ley, and will erect a beautiful home thereon. Coquille Thinks Streets Are Payed With Gold. Coquille, Ore., Sept. 3. The streets of this town are paved with rock that will yield $6.40 In gold to the ton, it was learned today follow ing the receipt of an assay af speci mens sent to Virginia City, Nev., by J. C. Wilson, i minor, who detected traces of the precious metal in the paving material. The rock is secured from a quarry five miles from town. Organize Teachers' Training Class. A teachers' training class has been organized at the Ashland high school, the course having been provided for at the meeting of the board of edu cation Tuesday night. All pupils completing the course are entitled to a certificate to teach for a year and for a year's renewal without exami nation. Dogwood, the principal source of shuttles for use in cotton mills, .is growing scarcer year by year, and various substitutes are being tried, but with no great success. Grants Pass Bonds Declared Illegal Salem, Ore., Sept. 2. The supreme court today handed down but one opinion, and that was as to the legal ity of the issuing of bonds by the city of Grants Pass for the construc tion of a railroad. The court re versed the lower court and held the city had no right to issue the bonds. The road above- mentioned is planned to extend from Grants Pass to Crescent City, and is promoted and backed by Dr. J. F. Reddy of Medford and Los AngeleB. Last winter the city voted $200,000 bonds to construct the road by a large ma jority, and work of grading is now under way. What effect the su preme court decision will have on the future plans is unknown. Grants Pass, Sept. 2. Although somewhat stunned by the edict of the state supreme court reversing the lower court and declaring this city has no right to issue bonds for the construction of a railroad. Chairman Gilkey and other of the railroad com mission declare the decision will nly result In some delay In the construc tion of the municipally owned por tion of the coast road and that an election will be called Immediately to so amend the city charter that bonds can be issued and construction work continued. Local authorities are convinced that the court edict places the in ability to issue bonds upon the Grants Pass charter and not upon the state law, and it is held that by vir tue of a law passed at the last legis lature a city charter is supreme and with the proper amendment to the charter all difficulty will be removed and the bonds issued again. The election will probably consume 60 days and the supreme court de cision therefore will postpone rail road construction on the municipal portion until next spring, for little work can be done through the win ter. The people of Grants Pass are en thusiastic over the proposed railroad, however, and are determined to build it if such a thing is possible. Mr. Lininger Resigns From A. F. & P. A. M. C. Lininger has resigned as manager of the Ashland Fruit and Produce Association and A. C. Brlggs, a well-known farmer and fruit grower residing on the Boule vard, has been selected as his suc cessor and is familiarizing himself with his new duties. Mr. Lininger will for the present devote his atten tion to the management of the Ash land cannery. The cannery is now at work drying peaches and berries and will begin canning peaches as soon as the Mulrs are ready to pick. 11TH WRECK IN TWO YEARS THIRTEEN KILLED ON EASTERN ROAD TUESDAY MORNING. EXPRESS HITS PASSENGER TRAIN New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Has Gruesome Record of Serious Accidents in Past Couplo of Years. New Haven Conn., Sept. 2. Thir teen persons are known to have met death near Wallingford, Conn., early today when the White Mountain ex press of the New York, New Haven & &Hartford railroad collided with the Bar Harbor express. More than a score of passengers were injured, some probably fatally. The bodies of all the victims hare not been recovered and it is believed that a thorough search will bring the death list up to 15. Railroad of ficials admit that thirteen corpses have been removed from the wreck age, but as all the victims were in their night clothing, identification is proceeding slower. Today's wreck was the eleventh serious accident to occur on the New Haven tracks within two years. The Interstate commerce commission has sent inspectors from Washington to investigate and it is believed that criminal prosecution of those re sponsible for today's wreck will fol low. Engineer Miller of the White Mountain express already has been, arrested. He asserts, however, that he saw no lights on the Bar Harbor train in advance. The latter wa3 moving slowly whn the White Moun tain express, traveling at forty miles an hour, crashed into its rear end. Most of the dead an injured wera passengers In the three rear Pullman cars of the Bar Harbor express. Railroad officials state that the Bar Harbor express, with seven coaches, had stopped near Walling ford in response to a signal and that the first section of the White Moun tain express telescoped the rear coaches. Editor Iliismrr Round Over to Grand Jury foe Libel. Salem, Ore., Sept. 3. Charged with criminal libel, for publishing an I article written by Miss Lasenon, who declared she has escaped from Mount Angel convent, and accused priests of that institution with improper con duct toward her, J. E. Hosiner, editor of the Journal at Silverton, Ore., was bound over today to await the action of the grand Jury. He was released on $300 bond. Germany Will, if John Hull Wilf. Berlin, Sept. 3. Believed to have been officially inspired, a news agency here announced today that If England finally decides to partici pate in the Panama Pacific Exposi tion in San Francisco, Germany will. $200 to Beautify Mountain View The city fathers at their regular meeting Tuesday evening authorized the expenditure of $200 to beautify Mountain View cemetery. The exten sion of Ashland street from the Boul evard to the cemetery was ordered opened up and the fence on the south side of the cemetery set back so as to open the street along that side of the cemetery. The road will be opened through to the East Main street road east of the cemetery, It is said. The appropriation provides for moving back the unsightly building in the front of the cemetery and building cement gate posts, putting In a better looking fence and other improvements. The work will be done under the oversight of Street Commissioner Fraley and Sexton Walrod. Woman Ridden on Rail Asks $100, OOO Damages. Waukegan, 111., Sept. 3. Suit filed here today by Mrs. Minnie Richard son nsks $100,000 damages from six women of Volo, who six weeks ago rode her upon a rail and then forced her to leave Volo, where her husband. John Richardson, conducts a general Btore. There are 5,187 steam laundries in the United States employing 109,484 persons.