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Newspaper Page TextOregon Historical Society, 207 Second St. AS HLAND ilBINGS SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL VOL. XXXVIII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913 NUMBER 32 BOWLBY WILL BUILD ROADS STATE HIGHWAY EXGIXKEU IS TO BE IX CHARGE. CO. COURT.ASKS CO-OPERATION i State Official Talks at length on J I acific Highway and Action of Jackson County in Voting the Ilonds. Oregonian: At the request of the Jackson county court, the state high way commission will take complete charge of the road construction work for which $500,000 in bonds were voted in Jackson county on Tuesday. The work will be supervised in per son by Major H. L. Bowlby, state highway engineer. Major Bowlby, who was in Port land yesterday, was pleased with the action of the Jackson county voters. He explained ' the purpose of the bonds and outlined his plans in the road work, which will be taken up at once. "The $500,000 is to be spent for a modern, first-class highway, 24 feet . wide, with a hard surface 16 feet wide," said Major Bowlby. "The en tire bond issue is for the construc tion of one main trunk road, an ex tension of the Pacific Highway north through Jackson county from the California line to the . Josephine county line. The distance is about CO miles. "The state highway commission al ready has a party in the field sur veying the new road from the Cali fornia line, where it joints the new California state highway, thence north over the Siskiyou mountains to Ashland. This stretch of 13 V2 miles will be of new construction. The grading alone for this piece of road will cost $135,000 ad the hard Eurfacing as much more. Much of Grading Is Easy. "Theie is little grading to do over the rest of the route. We shall let the contract for the grading as soon as possible on this section some time in October, probably so that it can be completed and have time to settle through th,e winter. Then we can start hard-surfacing in the spring. "The voting of these bonds is a big thing for Oregon. Jackson coun ty is the first county in the state to take advantage of the county bond- (Continued on Page Four.) Mayor Gaynor Died at Sea New York, Sept. 15. Succumbing to the effects of an assassin's bullet, which two years ago lodged in his neck, Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York died Thursday aboard the steamer Baltic, which will reach Queenstown, Ireland, tonight on its voyage from this city. Mayor Gaynor's son, Rufus, who was with him, immediately senthe news by wireless to Queenstown, whence it was cabled here. The im mediate cause of death was constant coughing caused by the bullet which wounded him and which since has been lodged at' the base of his tongue. Immediately upon the linet's land ing at Queenstown the body of the dead mayor, will be shipped back to New York. AGES AT ALTAR TOTAL 220. Vi-ide 70, Bridegroom 78 and Judge Who Ties Knot 72. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 15. Com tined ages of the principals in a wedding Wednesday morning in Juc tice S. C. Hyde's court was just 220 years. The groom, George E. Butler, is in his 78th year; the bride, nee Mrs. Jane Elkins, is nearly 70, while Jus tice Hyde, who united the newly weds, is 72. The Butlers are well-to-do people of 'Reardan. Both have grown families. That love and sentiment blossom even late in life is apparent from the fact that the pretty little romance started in Spokane Just three months ago, when the chivalric George as sisted Jane to find the proper street car to carry her to her destination. The precise difference between the longitude of Washington and Paris is to be determined by representa tives of both nations. Willow Springs Strong for County Road Bond. Through a mistake over the phone, the result of the bond election at Willow Springs district appeared wrongly in the papers. The total vote was 52 for the bonds to 14 against. Willow Springs thus going on record as one of the most pro gressive precincts in the county. A Slight Correction. I The Tidings reporter was mistak en about there being no rooms with bath in the 'Columbia and Oregon hotels. There are such rooms in both hostelries, but so few that they are seldom adequate to the demands made upon them. Many Improvements in Hotel Oregon Mrs. Louise Conner, the popular manager of the Hotel Oregon, who recently took a new six-year lease on the building, has been making a wonderful improvement in its inter ior appearance. The office and dining room, in fact the whole first floor, have been treated to a coat of wall finish and varnish and are spick and span and glistening. It is on the second floor, however, that the improvement is most marked. The old carpet which has graced (she says disgraced) the par lor for almost a generation, has giv en place to a handsome Brussels car pet, the parlor and all the halls on that floor having the same pattern. With new paint, wall finish and var nish the hall and rooms are as clean and inviting as is possible for any room to be and are certainly a great improvement over previous condi tions, as it was several years since the hotel had a thorough renovating. The third floor has also been re carpeted, and retinted and repainted. The hostelry is as perfect as it is possible to make it with the present facilities. Mrs. Conner's hope and ambition is to have baths and lava tories Installed in the rooms on the second floor and lavatories in those on the third floor,. Many of the rooms on both floors have large al coves, in which there could be baths and lavatories very easily installed. She is also in hopes to secure an entrance from Oak street to the din ing room and believes that this would bring considerable Ashland trade. Mrs. Conner states that she has of fered the owners of the building 7 per cent interest on the expenditure needed, in the form of additional rent, and is in hopes that they will make the necessary improvements, which will enable her to hold the very best class of trade. The work of renovation of the ho tel was done r.nder the supervision of Mrs. Conner, the expense being borne by the owners of the building, while Mrs. Conner put in the new carpetc, etc. The tinting, etc., was done by Will Stennett and M. S. Em ery and reflects credit on their abil ity in that line. The carpets were furnished by J. P. Dodge & Sons and put in place by them. Scrap in Restaurant. There was a lively time in the Chi nese restaurant on A street Saturday night. A white man known locally as "Jack" was called into the restau rant by a woman to ask about some thing she had heard he said about her. While there a dispute arose between the Chinaman in charge and Jack and the former used the meat chopper on the latter. Both were up before Recorder Gillette this morn ing and he fined "Jack," by which name only he was arraigned, $5 for going into the place and the China man a like amount for using the cleaver. Jack was not seriously hurt. The Forest Rangers Kill Three Panthers The forest rangers in the. Crater Lake national forest recently killed three panthers. Roy Cambers of this city, one of the forest rangers force, was out one evening and saw one, but not having an adequate weapon went to camp and notified the Fry brothers, also of the forest service, who took a dog and started after the "varmint," which they soon found and killed. When they went back next morning after the carcass the dogs jumped two more, which were also killed. George Hargadine de clares that Bud Van Dyke of this city brought some of the flesh to Ashland and his sisters ate it for venslon, which he declared it was. TALENT ENCAMPMENT BEGINS TODAY OLD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS GATHER THERE FOR WEEK OF ENJOY MENT AND REMINISCENCE EXCELLENT PROGRAMS PROMISED. The annual encampment of the veteran soldiers and sailors of the Civil War residing in southern Ore gon formerly opens tonight at Tal ent. The grounds are in a beautiful grove near the school house and have been put in excellent condition by the committee of patriotic Talent citizens who have the work in charge. The first eampfire will be held this evening when the affair will be presided over by President J. H. Fuller of the Talent Commer cial Club. There will be an address of welcome by Mayor Brcese, re marks by Editor Bert R. Greer, and a number of musical selections by the four-piece Talent Orchestra, with perhaps other musical selections. Tuesday will be Central Point and Gold Hill day, the veterans in these towns having charge of the program ; for that day. Wednesday is Grants Pass day and the veterans and others from that live city will give something well worth hearing. Thursday is Medford day and the G. A. R. and W. R. C. of that city Congratulates Jackson County Salem, Ore., Sept. 10, 1913. Hon. F. L. Tou Velle, County Judge, Jacksonville, Ore.: The state highway commission wish me to congratulate the people of Jackson county pn the splendid result of the bond election. We all feel that it will have a great effect for good on the other Counties of the state, urging them to bond for the improvement of their trunk road3. I have been busy the last few days, getting together specifications and forms of, contracts and bonds for this work, bo that no time would be lost when the survey is complete. I want to have the contract let by the county court for the Siskiyou moun tain section at the earliest possible date. With kindest regards, I am, Very sincerely, H. L. BOWLBY, State Highway Engineer. THE INDUSTRIAL ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING SCHOOL FAIR TO BE HELD BY THE ASHLAND PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION What are you doing towards mak ing this fair a success? Remember, all garden products should still receive especial attention to make them a success. Mrs. Hunt is chairman. Fresh Fruit The children must pick and select the fruit they bring for exhibit. We expect to have a fine display. Mrs. Seajer will help i J on. Canned Fruit Mrs. Frohbach ex pects every sirl and some boys to bring at least one can of fruit. The jelly department, under the direction of Mesdames Barber and Weir, should be a very fine one, as we have an unlimited amount of all kinds of fruit. The girls and boys should be now planning what they will furnish Ai der the domestic science head. We should have at least a hundred en tries. Mrs. Bergstrom in charge. I The needlework, under the super vision of Mesdames Eubanks and Saunders, will have a large display, as our girls are now receiving espec ial attention and every girl should take an active personal interest to see this department a success. Mrs. Sylvan Provost and Mrs. Wolf will see that all flowers brought are displayed in an attractive manner. Remember, boys, to bring your chickens and rabbits.. Mrs. Brady has charge of your department. The manual training department promises to be a full one and will demonstrate rfhe value of this work to all who attend this fair. Mesdames Bagley and Schuerman will be glad to give snggestions to all exhibitors. Photography Mrs. Hunter is mak ing an especial effort in making this the most complete ever, shown in Ashland. All having kodaks must as sist by bringing what views your young people have taken. will do things in the true Medford way. On Friday Burnside Post and W. R. C. will have charge, it being Ash land day. Rev. Schwimley and it is hoped Professor Vming will be the afternoon speakers, and at 11 o'clock mcio "in no me uresentat nn nf a U ...Ml l . i ... . . - nag 10 tiio Talent schools by the women or the W. R. C. In the even ing Professor George A. Briscoe of the Ashland city schools will speak. Everything possible has been done to make it pleasant for the old sol diers, and with the lovely weather that today forecasts the encampment is bound to be a success. Revival Meetings at Baptist Church. A series of revival meetings com mence tomorrow evening at the Bap tist church. Rev. Dr. R. W. Mac.Cul lough, pastor of the Baptist church of Medford, will be in charge, assist ed by Mrs. R. W. MacCullough, pas tor of the Baptist church of Talent, and Rev. w. N. D. MacCullough, pas tor of the local church. There will be special muics every evening. Negro Is Injured, Says by Trainman A negro giving his name as George Mills was brought to the Granite City hospital Sunday morning about 8 o'elock by a farmer who found him near the railroad track near where it crosses the Boulevard. The negro had two cuts on his head and had lost a great deal of blood. He claims to have been beaten over the head by a brakeman on a south bound freight. The farmer left the hospital before his identity could be learned. The negro will recover. Death of Mrs. R, Burton. Mrs. Ellen Borton, wife of R. Bor ton, a veteran of the Civil War, died yesterday at her home near Pilot Rock. The funeral will be held at Dodge's undertaking parlors in this city Wednesday forenoon at 10 o'clock. The deceased was born July 15, 1848, and was nearly 75 years of age at the time of her death, which was caused by dropsy. FAIR AT ASHLAND Dolls Mesdames McN'air and Til ton will have one of the most attrac- tive booths. Mothers, see yourldows ot T- JI- Simpson's hardware daughters of all ages dress one doll. Baby Show Under the direction of Mrs. Hilty will be one of the most interesting baby shows ever held in Ashland. Instead of the prettiest baby it is to be the best physically developed one. Score cards are fur nished by the state fair board of eugenics department, and a leading physician and nurse will make the measurements and examinations re quired. The first ten babies regis tered with Mrs. Hilty will receive the first attention and as many more as there is time. The educational part of this work will be of unlimit ed value to every mother and the public in general who are Interested In child growth and development. The art department is under the charge of Mrs. F. S. Engle. There are fine prizes offered in this line also. Foot Creek School District Votes $2,500 School Building. Gold Hill News: By a majority of 24 to 2 the voters of Foots Creek school district at a special election held on Saturday, September fi, de cided to construct a commodious new school building, to cost $2,500. The new structure will bo located near the creek bridge, and will be con structed as soon as possible. At present two schools of ten pupils each are maintained. Pro fessor Howell Isaac of Ashland spent Tuesday in this city, launching his class at the local schools in music and elocution. Professor Isaac had charge of this department last year, and was re-engaged by the school in compliance with a general demand for the continuance of the course. The Tidings tor artistic printing. Fishermen Had Good Luck. Stuart Saunders, Harry Hosier, H. V. Richardson and J. G. Hurt re turned Sunday evening from a three days' fishing trip to the Rogue river. They went to the Flounce Rock coun try on the upper river and reporV excellent luck, catching over 100 pounds, mostly steelhead and cut throat trout. Boy Wanted. The Tidings wants a bright, indus trious, fairly educated boy to learn the printer's trade. Under the law in Oregon h r.inst !. 1 f. vuura ,.r " ' tl . t , BU none younger need applv. This is a first-class chance for a boy to acquire a Rood trade. 32-U S. P. May Lose the C. St 0. Line Eugene, Sept. 15. Railroad men are talking of an interesting possi bility in the abandonment of the present Southern Pacific route in Oregon by the Southern Pacific. This company's lease on the O. & C. line between Portland and the Cali fornia line expires in 13 years, and expires without an option to buy. A rumor is current that a rival rail road has so gained control of the stock of the O. & C. that a new lease will be impossible. , This is the explanation given for the hurried construction on the Willamette-Pacific from Eugene south via the coast route, and for th& preparation for rushing construction on the Natron-Klamath cut-off. Fourteen years is not too 'much in which to prepare for the loss of a main line into California. Many be lieve this to be the explanation to the construction of the P., E. & E., a Southern Pacific line, almost parallel to the present O. & C. road from Salem to Portland. The P., E. & E. has been constructed on a stralghter and heavier line than the present Southern Pacific, and is more adapt- j ed or a n,am line- ln ca8 the Southern Pacific should abandon the present line trains would operate over the P., E. & E. from Portland to Eugene, and thence to California or the east by Natron or the Coast line. Fino Amateur Work. Ashland has several very fine ama teur photographers, as the exhibits recently in the various show windows around town attest. A bunch of pictures taken by Ralph R. Hadfield, at the recent mil itia encampment at Ft. Stevens, showing the effects of the cannon shot on the water and other matters of interest at the encampment, were on exhibition several days at the Danford Electrical Shop. A series of copies of old photos and other pictures, showing Ashland as she was in the early days, the work of S. A. Carter and W. B. Pen niston, are on exhibition In the win- store. Messrs. Carter and Penniston "hunt in pairs" and their work Is exceptionally good. The writer re cently gave a visiting friend a couple of pictures of birds' nests with egs in them which were so fine they brought an earnest request from Hood River for copies. Berry and Potato Expert Coming Here. W. A. Orton, potato expert for the department of agriculture, and C. L. Shearer, pathologist, who specializes on berry diseases, are expected in the valley within the next few days to study conditions and diseases of potatoes and berries in the valley. Much good Is expected to result as the result of their visit. France hiH more than a million and a half wine growers. Draws Trade From a Long Distance The Warner Mercantile Company of this city has just completed the installation of a furnace and range in the handsome now home which Judge Calkins is erecting for himself at Medford. Since entering the hardware business at Ashland Mr. Warner has made a reputation far and wide as a close seller and has shipped three ranges and several heaters to Dunsmuir. He has also sold several heaters and ranges to go to Gold Hill, Eagle Point and other distant towns. Only this week a man from Roseburg bought a lawn mower at this store and took It to Roseburg on the train with him be cause ot the saving he could make. PROGRESSIVES HOLD RALLY MISS ALICE CARPENTER, OF BOS TON', SPKAIjS ON PARTY'S PURPOSES AND AIMS About One Hundred Ashland IVopIo Listen With Interest to the Ablo Discussion of Live Progressive I Mies. "The Platform and Future of the Progressive Party" was ably dis cussed in a forceful speech by Miss Alice Carpenter on the Plaza Satur day afternoon. Miss Carpenter rep resents the national progressive Com mittee. Her mission is education and organization. She is one of tiro foremost women orators of the na tion, and had Ashland been awara of the distinction and ability of th speaker the Plaxa would have been filled with eager listeners. Shu spoke in part as follows: "During Colonel Roosevelt's last two administrations the progressive element of the republican party be came dominant and secured the nom ination and election of Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft from the beginning proved false to the pledges definitely laid down by htm during the campaign, and after the Ballinger scandal it was evident that the administration was going to prove of the most reac tionary type. A group of the pro gressive republicans, therefore, met in a small town in Ohio early in April, 1910, and outlined a plan of campaign whereby they might hopo to win the nomination in 1912. In the fall of 1911 their plans had ma tured and in December Robert La Follette entered the field as a can didate for the nomination of presi dent on the republican ticket against Mr. Taft. The progressive repub licans supported him and hoped and expected he would prove strons enough to win. "Much to their disappointment. i however, as his campaign pro gressed, while his crowds were enor mous and the immediate response great, the actual results showed lit tle strength. Colonel Roosevelt warf approached and asked if he would run. With characteristic fairness and generosity he replied, "Give Ln Follette his chance.' "ln February came the disastrous press dinner in Philadelphia, when (Continued on Page Elgt.) Penniston Wins First on Dahlias W. B. Penniston ot this city woi first prize on dahlias at the Medford fair last week and second prize on i asters, these being a very close sec ond. Mr. Penniston's garden of dahlias Is one of the show places of Ashland and a display put on exhibi tion in the window of Butler's con fectionery in the Masonic block it certainly one of the finest ever shown In the city. It contains many of the latest creations, the expensive kind that cost a dollar and more per bulb, and shows a very great variety of colors from pale straw to a crim son so deep as to be almost black. It will pay anyone to visit Mr. Pennis ton's garden on Helmau street and see his dahlias, asters and other flowers. BARGAIN' TIMES. Oregonian and Tidings From , I'ntil January 1, 11)15, for $2.30. Xow We have made special arrange ments whereby we can give the Ore gonian and Tidings from this data till January 1, 1915, for $2.50. This offer holds good only until Novem ber 1. After that the price will her $2.75 for tho two for twelve months.. This will be applied to either old or new subscribers.. Payments strictly In advance. Those taking advantage of thi offer during September will receivH both papers for 15 months at tho price of one year. W. G. Gordon,, on the Welfs ranch, will hold a public sale Sep tember 25 to dispose of hid horses, cattle and farm machinery. 31-4t One of the bells In a new Paris cathedral weighs 20 tons, while it accessories weigh another 10. tons..