Ashland tidings., September 08, 1913, Image 1

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SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913
NUMBER .30
ARMORY IS
COMPLETED
CONTRACTOR IS INSTRUCTED TO
TlltX OVKK KKVS.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
Work Done Hy Contractor Veghte
and Sulx-ontractoi-s is First (lass
and tlie Building is a Credit to the
' City.
The Ashland armory is now com
plete and C. H. Veghte, the contract
or, has received instructions to turn
the keys over to the officers of 1st
Co., C. A. C." The artillery boys
were away at Ft. Stevens or the
transfer, would have been made a
week ago. t
Through the courtesy of Mr.
Veghte a representative of this pa
per was shown through the building
recently. It is certainlya dandy and
well adapted to the uses for which
it was designed. The workmanship
is first class in every respect and
the material O. K. Mr. Veghte has
done a Job of which the city and
state may be proud as well as him
self. The building, which is of concrete,
is 90x145 feet and is finished in
Oregon fir 6n the interior. The first
floor contains the drill hall, which
is 76x86, with a gallery 16x76, and
a -small stage with two dressing
rooms at the rear end of the drill
hall, while at the front are rooms
for the various officers and a large
room for a lounging or reading room
for the men. On the second floor,
over the officers' quarters, are bil
liard room and a reading room, the
latter, like the lounging room and
the captain's office, supplpied with a
tasty fireplace. It is thought that
the billiard hall will be turned over
to the G. A. R. for their use.
In the basement is a good sized
dining room with fireplace, and a
well-equipped kitchen. A shooting
nailery is also located in the base
ment, together with storage room for
company stores. The heating plant
is in the basement, and there is room
for a fine bowling alley, also a room
designed as a gymnasium, though
rather low in the ceiling for this pur
pose. In the basement are also lo
cated the men's toilets and lavatories
and several shower baths. There are
also shower baths and lavatories in
the officers' suite.
The concrete and carpenter work
was done by the day under the per
sonal supervision of Mr. Veghte. The
interior decoration was also done by
the day, but under the supervision
of W. O. Dickerson, who furnished
the material use8 in this part of the
work.
The Center Door & Lumber Com
pany of Portland had the contract
for the patent roof on the drill hall,
while the contract for the gravel
roof over the front and rear was
held by W. H. Smith of Medford,
who also had the contract for paint
ing the exterior. The plumbing and
heating was put in by Provost Bros,
of Ashland, while the Danford Elec
trical Shop had the contract for the
wiring, the electrical fixtures and
the finish hardware being furnished
by the state. All contractors did
their work well and promptly.
The soldier boys have a big load
on their hands to properly seat the
drill hall and otherwise equip the
building and should have the hearty
support of the community in any ef
forts they may make along the line
of entertainments to raise funds for
this purpose.
HAD STRENUOUS TRIP
Harry White and Party Have Hard
Luck in Trip to Crater Lake
Last Week.
The trip to Crater Lake seems to
be a hard one on motor cars. Harry
White and a party comprising Mrs.
H. L. White, Wiss Watkins and Fred
Tostevin returned a few days ago
' from a trip that was strenuous. They
broke an axle when 47 miles out of
Medford and the party had' to wait
at the Prospect hotel while Mr.
White went to Medford and had the
car repaired. ' They came back by
way of Klamath Falls and had sev
eral blowouts, being compelled to
come in the last 40 miles on a flat
tire.
Canada imported more merchan
dise from the United States than
from any other country.
Why Vote tlie
Road Bonds?
There is a well-defined movement
on foot by San Francisco and the
counties along the coast to build the
main highway from north to south
in California and Oregon through
the coast towns. That was the most
pronounced note among the dele
gates from the coast counties at the
Eureka good roads convention, al
though the proposal was temporarily
defeated by the delegates along the
Pacific Highway.
Portland has already induced Mult
nomah county to make a large ap
propriation for a highway across the
Cascade range along the Columbia
river and the road is nearly complet
ed. This is the beginning of a Portland-California
highway east of the
Cascades through Klamath county.
Therefore we have strong compe
tition for the main artery from both
east and west oftus. If the bond
issue is defeated it is likely that
Klamath county as well as the coun
ties along the coast will enter into
immediate competition for the Pa
cific Highway by building a first
class road through their territory.
Such would result in the loss to the
Rogue River Valley of the Pacific
Highway and would amount to a ca
lamity. For this reason small local
considerations should be laid aside
tomorrow and every person vote for
the bonds.
Siskiyou Highway
Beekman's Dream
"It has been one of the desires of
my life to see a fine highway over
the Siskiyous," states C. C. Beekman,
pioneer banker of Jackson county
and for upwards of half a century
one of its leading citizens. "Ever
since I conducted the express office
at Jacksonville in the early '50s and
carried millions in gold over the
mountains for the argonauts, I have
looked forward to the time when the
two states should be permanently
linked together by a trunk highway.
The old trail of pioneer days served
its purpose long ago and the toll road
which followed it has also had its
day. The time is ripe for the com
ing of the real highway, one that
both county and state can be proud
of, and one that will provide a fit
ting entrance into the most beauti
ful valley in the county that is the
gateway to the finest state of the
northwest.
"The road bonds to be voted upon
September 9 offer a businesslike and
practical method for highway con
struction. I am heartily in favor of
the improvement and sincerely hope
the bonds will carry.
"C. C. BEEKMAN."
Ashland Vegetables
Attract Attention
That Ashland can furnish better
fruits and vegetables than can be
raised south of the Siskiyous is be
coming more and more apparent
every day. Ashland has for some
time been supplying green corn for
the Southern Pacific dining car ser
vice, and another proof of the super
iority of Ashland vegetables and
fruits was shown a few days ago.
Superintendent Metcalf of the Shasta
division of the S. P. was here with
his private car and chanced to visit
the Ashland market. He was so well
pleased that he not only bought the
entire load of one farmer, but bought
a large amount from -others, all of
which he had the farmer deliver at
the depot for the use of his official
car Shasta. He said he tried to buy
out the entire market, but the car
would not carry it all.
JackNon County Vital Statistics.
The Quarterly Bulletin of the Ore
gon Board of Hea'lth for April, May
and June has been received. It
shows 46 births and 37 deaths.
There are three deaths attributed to
tuberculosis. There was only one
Case of typhoid fever, none of diph
theria, two of scarlet fever, fourteen
of measles and none of smallpox or
"other Infectious diseases." There
were 39 marriages in the county dur
ing the three months.
Carolina Coast Island Safe.
Beaufort, N. C, Sept. 8. No loss
of life oecurred on the Ocracoke or
Portsmouth islands In Pamlico
Sound during the storm Wednesday
night, according to reports received
tonight.
WHERE TO VOTE
LIST OF VOTING PRECINCT POLLING PLACES FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
-OLD REGISTRATION HELD SUFFICIENT
Because of the ruling those who
registered under the old law as well
as those under the new will be al
lowed to vote, the voting at the
special election Tuesday that decides
the fate of the bond issue is certain
to be heavy. The polls will ba open
from S a. m. to 7 p. m. 'andiiot
until 8 p. m., as was previously an
nounced. The normal vote of the
county of 6,500 is expected to be in
creased. Those who have not regis
tered can be sworn in election day.
CAMINETTMS GUILTY
Jury So Finds on One of Four
Counts in Trial I'nder White
Slave Law Friday.
San Francisco, Sept. 8. Guilty on
one count of violating the Mann
white slave act was the verdict and
finding Friday against Drew Cami
netti, oldest son of the commissioner
general of immigration.
The jury in the federal court was
out three hours and took eight bal
lots. From the first the vote stood
ten to two for conviction and finally
the two agreed to compromise by
finding Caminetti guilty on only one
of the four counts. Ten thousand
dollars bail was furnished as soon as
the verdict wa sannounced.
Sentence will be pronounced next
Wednesday, the date set for the sen
tencing of Maury Diggs, jointly in
dicted with Caminetti and convicted
on four counts. Counsel for the de
fense will appeal from Judge Van
Fleet's rulings in the case.
Caminett took the verdict lightly,
smiling a forced smile and nudging
his brother jocularly. His mother
and wife showed no emotion, sitting
with lowered heads looking into their
laps.
The four charges against Cami
netti were:
1. That he aided in the trans
portation of Lola Norris from Sacra
mento to Reno for immoral purposes.
2. That he aided in the transpor
tation to Reno for immoral purposes
of Marsha Warrington.
3. That he persuaded and enticed
and aided in coercing Lola Norris to
leave her home and accompany him
to Reno.
4. That he so aided in persuad
ing and enticing Marsha Warring
ton, Maury I. Diggs' companion, in
leaving Sacramento for Reno.
Kansas Heat Breaks Record.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 8. New
September heat records were estab
lished in parts of Kansas and Okla
homa Friday and unusually high
temperatures prevailed in Missouri.
In Kansas the average maximum
temperature was well over a nun
dred. A new heat record for the
year was established at Lawrence,
where the government theremometer
registered 105 degrees, in the
shade.
Prize Baby is Here.
Mrs. A. R. Mount of Dunsmuir,
and son Robert, came up Friday
night to visit at the home of Mrs.
Mount's sister, Mrs. Arthur Abbott.
Little Robert is the baby who won
the first prize as the prettiest baby
in California in the Sacramento
Union's recent beautiful baby con
test.
Two cherry orchards in New South
Wales, Australia, yielded $10,000
worth of cherries this season.
One Result of U.
S. Trust Busting
It is often said that there are no
tangible results of the United States'
efforts at trust busting and break
ing up of combines. J. S. Jordan
called the attention of the reporter
a few day's ago to one thing in which
the action of the United States courts
has saved the people of the United
States thousands of dollars monthly.
This is in the matter of electric
lamps. The 60-watt Mazda, which
before the United States brought suit
against the electrical combiae sold
for $1.25, now sells for 60 cents, and
all other sizes are reduced in propor
tion. While this seems a small item
on one lamp, on the thousands Bold
every day in the United States it
means much.
AT BOND ELECTION
. The following are the polling
places in this city:
Wr-.-t Ashland Store building just
south of Xiins & Saunders' grocery
store.
Central Ashland The city hall.
East Ashland Fourth street fire
house.
South Ashland .105 Palm avenue,
oppose Orres residence.
Boulevard Precinct House at
junction Boulevard and Iowa street.
$12,000,000 jS DAMAGE
City of Hot Springs, Ark., Suffers
Terrible Disaster From Flames
Friday.
Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 8. Fire
which started in a negro cabin at
2:30 Friday afternoon was slowly
dying out at midnight that night at
the foot of West Mountain, the
southern extremity of Hot Springs,
after reducing to smouldering ruins
an area over a mile long and seven
to ten blocks wide in the eastern
part of the city. The loss is prac
tically $12,000,000.
In the flames' path were many
homes, hotels, several pretentious
residences and publjc buildings which
were burned, and it is estimated that
two thousand persons are homeless.
As far as is known there were no
fatalities, and the few persons hurt
suffered only minor injuries. A few
whose homes were burned saved
their effects and hotel guests gave
little heed to valuables and luggage
in an effort to escape.
Driven by a high wind the fire
spread rapidly, and dynamite was
used when it was seen water was of
no avail, but this also failed to check
the flames.
The burned district for some dis
tance skirts the ' business section.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the city light and power plants, the
county court house, park. Princess
and Moody hotels, and the city high
schools.
Crescent City Motor Record Broken.
Medford Sun: W. V. B. Campbell
of Suncrest orchards broke the auto
mobile record to Crescent City re
cently and incidently won a banquet
from Stewart Patterson for 15 Uni
versity Club members, when he trav
eled from the coast city to Medford
in his Lozier roadster in six hours
and 47 minutes.
The wager was that he could not
do the distance in eight hours or
less. Mr. Campbell was accompanied
by Charley Brown and a formal affi
davit was made out to attest to the
correctness of the claim. The two
men left Crescent City at 8:23 a. m.
and reached the University Club in
Medford at 3:08 p. m. They had
one blowout on the way and had to
stop and back in'order to pass teams
several times. No other stops were
made en route.
Boston 111 ue Moods Sell Homes for
Oil.
Boston, Sept. 8. Rivalry among
fashionable families of Boston for
high priced automobiles has become
so keen that Back Bay mansions
valued at $2,500,000 have been of
fered for sale at cut prices to raise
gasoline money, according to a Bos
ton newspaper. Sixty mansions, It
is said, are on the market at bargain
prices ranging from $20,000 to $95,
000. Ships 140 Dairy
Cows Into Valley
F. W. Moore returned tlie last of
the week from an extended trip
through several of the northern
counties of California. lie brought
back with him 140 dairy cows and
heifers which expects to sell to the
ranchers in this vicinity. It is good
dairy cattle that the valley needs.
There has never been a time when
they were not profitable. With the
crops of Oklahoma and Kansas
ruined by the drought Oregon should
prepare to furnish alf her own butter
and cheese and have a large amount
to ship out.
In China women carry their chil
dren in baskets that hang from aar
that crosses the mother's shoulders.
Let Ashland
Reciprocate
On Medford day at our Chautau
qua the good people of that town vis
ited Ashland by special train, five
hundred strong. Now we have the
opportunity to reciprocate, and show
that our desire for friendly relations
between the towns erf the valley is
not mouth desire alone. Lefs show
them. Wednesday has been set aside
by the managers of the Medford fair
as Ashland day. We are assured
that it will be made the big day of
the meet. Negotiations are on by
the Association to get the Ashland
band for the occasion. We are told
that there will be fine art and wom
en's work exhibits us well as splen
did racing events and big bucking
contests.
Ashland should attend the Med
ford fair en masse Wednesday and
show our neighbors that as far as
Ashland is concerned .there shall in
future be real friendliness between
the two communities.
To cultivate good feeling means
much to both communities. The
managers have arranged for reduced
railroad fares and the auto road is
in fine shape.
Let Ashland go to Medford Wed
nesday and show them.
A sailing vessel built 101 years
ago recently began another voyage
from England to South Africa.
Don't Forget the
Election Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the day when the
people of Jackson county will regis
ter their opinion on the $500,000
bond issue.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.
Everyone who was registered n
the last county election will be en
titled to vote and it is their duty to
do so.
The county sentiment seems to be
strongly in favor of the issue. After
going fully into the matter the Tid
ings believes it is to the best interest
of the county that the bonds should
carry.
Will Have Fine Store,
Johnson Brothers are fixing up
their jewelry store in fine shape.
They have had it retinted and the
shelf room largely increased. Mayor
Johnson states that when the goods
they have now ordered arrive the
stock will be more than double what
it was when they took the stock over.
They are adding a fine line of china
and clocks, and also have a large
line of holiday goods bought. They
will also handle optical goods, in
cluding field glasses, etc.
Good Showing at
Cub Bear Mine
The Cub Bear mine, owned by the
Siskiyou Syndicate, in which a num
ber of Ashland people, including Dr.
Swedenburg, Mrs. Susie Allen, E. B.
Hunt, and others, is making a fine
showing. A recent copy of the Sum
mit Lookout, published by L. 15.
Yockey, formerly of Ashland, con
tains a report of a visit to the mine,
which contains pleasing reading for
the stockholders. Mr. Yockey made
the trip on the rear end of a motor
cycle from Weed and says the trip
was strenuous, but he feels well re
paid. Recent statements in other
California papers show that tire Cub
Bear, which adjoins the famous
Highland, is making good. A mill
will be installed in the near future.
State Buys Plant of Mrs. Duniway.
Salem, Ore., Sept. 8. Advices
were received by State Printer Har
ris Friday that Mrs. W. S. Dun-way,
widow of the late state printer, had
accepted the offer of $15,470 made
to her by the state printing board
for the plant Installed and operated
by her husband. Harris will assume
charge of the office today. This
valuation was placed on the plant
by a board of appraisers.
Potato Crop Shore Hundred Million
Bushels.
Chicago, Sept. 8. A leading crop
expert here announces that the po
tato crop this year in the United
States would be 100,000,000 bushels
short of last year.
Prices for Minnesota and Ohio po
tatoes in the Chicago market ad
vanced today 8 to 10 cents a bushel.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
LONE MEXICAN
TRIES INVASION
FIRED IPOV AMERICA CIS
TOMS OFFICE!! AT EL PASO. '
WAS KILLED BY RETURN FIRE
Lieutenant Starts Across Line to
"Kill a tiringo," But. the Ameri
cans Were Too (hhmI Shots for
1 1 i in.
EI Paso, Texas. Sept. 8. Beforo
Lieutenant F. Aeosta, an officer in.
Ceneral Salazar's federal command
at Juarez, crossed the Stanton street
international bridge Saturday he re
marked he was' "going to kill a grin
go." He was killed by United States
Cuctom Inspector T. F. Jonah and
Immigration Inspector Thomas X.
Heifrin, after he had opened fire on
them with a rifle on the American
side of the international boundary.
Aeosta was shot through the mouth
and arm, and his horse, from which
he had dismounted, was shot through
the side. The American officials
were uninjured.
Heifrin was standing at the Amer
ican end of the bridge when Aeosta
first opened fire on him. He fired
back, using his automatic plctol.
Jonah hastened to his assistance and
began firing at the Mexican. Aeosta
was within 30 feet of the Americans
before he was killed.
Mexican officers at Juarez tried to
stop Aeosta from crossing the bridge
before his Invasion, but he threat
ened to shoot any one who interfered
with him. The Mexican officers said
Acosfa"had been drinking, and after
he was killed a bottle of Mexican
,whlskey was found in his saddle
bags.
It Aeosta came to Juarez from CM-,
huahua with Salazar's troops a few
days ago. The body is being held in
El Paso. Heifrin and Jonah wero
arrested and released on $1,000
bonds.
Two troops of the 13th cavalry
were ordered to the bridge following
the ' shooting, in order to restrain
1,000 Mexicans who had gathered on
the Mexican side of tlie bridge. Bit
ter feeling against Americans was
manifested in Juarez by Salazar's
federal troops following the shoot
ing. Japanese Warships Rushed -to t'lifnii.
Tokio, Sept. 8. Premier Count
Kamamoeo went to Nikko Thursday
to discuss with the mikado the kill
ing of several Japanese during tlm '
battle between the Chinese rebels
and government troops at Nankin.
It was believed that Japan would
demand an apology and indemnity.
Many newspapers demand occupation
of a Chinese port until China com
plies. Japanese warships are as
cending the Yangtse river to Nankin.
Bank Robber (Jets' One to Ten Years.
Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 8. Virgil
Perrlue, who several months ago held
up the State Bank at Milwaukee and
secured $365, was last week sen
tenced to from one to ten years im
prisonment In the state penitentiary
by Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell.
Nicaragua Unearths Plot.
San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua,
Sept. 8. That the government has
discovered a liberal plot for a revolu
tion leaked out last week. It was
said simultaneous uprisings were
planned in Managua and Leon.
Germany gets by far the largcsr
portion of Its tin ore from Bolivia
HONORS DEAD. MAYOR
Medford Business Houses Closed
Friday Afternoon for W, W.
Eifert Funeral.
All the business houses of Med
ford were closed Friday afternoon
while tlie business men and citizen
of that city paid their last tribute to
the memory of the late W. W. Eifert.
mayor of the city, who died sudden
ly Tuesday evening last while on his
way to the regular meeting of tii
city council.
The funeral was largely attended
and was conducted under the beauti
ful ritual of the Elks, the Knights -of
Pythias attending in a body.
The city council at its meeting?
Friday evening postponed the elec
tion of a mayor until a special meet
ing to be called later. There are
several parties talked of for the posi
tion. ,