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VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1914
NUMBER 79
THIRTY MEMBERS
FIRST
$:lOO smSOUHKI) IIY ENTHl'SI
ASTIC 11TIKNS IN SHOUT TIMK.
SCHOOL CHILDREN RAISE $20.00
Rooster Meeting Has Aroused Kvery
lioyal Southern Oregon Supporter
for Active Work Help of All
Needed.
Will Ashland back up the Normal
School Association Campaign? The
reports point that way. The two
committees appointed for Belleview
have only received one turndown and
hand running signed up 30 member
ships right off the bat. That makes
1300 on the face of It without count
ing the moral influence that this
spirit will contribute to organized
work. That is not all. The matter
of boosting the campaign was men
tioned to the school children attend
ing Bellevlew's two-room school
house and they went home and told
their folks and surprised everybody
by returning with a collection from
their own little savings that amount
ed to $20. This kind of spirit counts
more than the finances and augurs
well for the success of the workers.
A thermometer will be set up in the
plaza and after the committees make
their first report it will show the
steady progress of the membership
up to the ninth day of March, on
which date the organization will be
perfected by the election of officers
by those signing up memberships.
The thermometer idea was suggested
by those who have a scientific curi
osity and a tendency to want to know
how the community pulse, is beating.
Ashland wants the state normal
school re-established and the friendly
rivalry Tuesday evening shows that
both sides of town desire it. The
funny contest of "sides" of town
boosting was introduced as a feature
for the purpose of having' an argu
ment. The results were about sve:-;
ly divided. The West Side, sold the
most tags and the East Kide nosed
them out In attendance.
The musical program consisted of
singing by the Siskiyou quartet and
a cornet solo by A. J. McCalles;. who
was accompanied by Miss Ruby
Palmer on the piano. The Uoya' Vo
cational Club band played on the
Ashland Looks Good to
Man Who Vent Away
R. L. McBride formerly of Rogue ;
River Valley, and with whom W. D.
Hodgson has transacted a good deal
of business, traded his holdings he;e
some time ago for property In Holly
wood, California. Hodgson wrote
him concerning property there and
concerning business. The following
W an extract taken from the answer
and contains good advice to dissatis
fied property owners:
"As far as coming this way is con
cerned, forget it absolutely for the
present, if you are thinking along
that line. Later it may be better,
in a few months or a year or more,
but I want to assure you that any
one comfortably situated In a home
iu as good a town and climate as
Combination Motor
. And Baggage Car
A motor with baggafee compart
ment arrived from Los Angeles the
first of the week to take the place of
the small motors which have been
running between Ashland and Grants
Pass. It was taken to Grants Pass
Tuesday to take the run out yester
day morning. Hereafter baggage
will be carried on the motors as well
as on the regular trains. This will
be a great accommodation to the
' traveling men as well as to the local
residents of the valley. All bag
gage, according to present arrange
ments, will have to be checked at
the main line depot In this city, but
the motor will take on passengers
and hand baggage at the city depot
as heretofore.
Wire for us and we'll wire for
you. Danford's. 4 ,
Sturdy, March "V,"
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SIGNED
DAY FOR NORMAL
streets and gave a short open air con
cert in front of the Armory before
the meeting opened.
C. M. Thomas of Talent was un
able to be present on account of be
ing engaged with an entertainment
there that evening. He sent word
that Talent would form an organiza
tion there and raise a fund for the
campaign. This news was received
with enthusiasm.
Prof. Van Scoy brought out the
purple and gold scarf that was hand
ed down from one graduating class
to another and explained the cere
mony. He also reviewed. the fortunes
of the classes turned out and the
work of students that did not gradu
ate. One boy of special interest to
the professor was Harvey Inlow of
the class of u6. Inlow was raised
on Trail creek In the most remote
country district in Jackson county
and at the eighth grade examina
tions stood at the head of the county.
He was solicited to become a student
at the Normal and when graduated
was elected to the Pleasant Hill
school In Lane county, then principal
of a Cottage Grove school, then su
perintendent of the schools there,
then superintendent of the city
schools at Forest Grove, the seat of
one of the strongest of the indepen
dent universities in the northwest.
The professor thought the class of
'06 made the best showing afterward
as well as being the largest class
turned out. His remarks showed the
far-reaching work that results from
the operption of a normal school
work that cannot be estimated at the
time but which when accounted for
as the years accumulate tells its story
in fact with more emphasis than the
imagination will reveal.
The Alumni Association held a sec
tion of the audience and delivered
the familiar war whoops of the old
school, led by President Fred C.
Homes, Jr., with the old class scarf
In hand.
The address of Dr. Rebec certainly
put faith in the cause in the heart of
the most Doubting Thomas In the
congregation and renewed the en
thusiasm of all those who know for
a certainty that the people of Oregon
can be made to understand the virtue
of an educational campaign and the
necessity for a normal school In
Southern Oregon."
Ashland or anywhere else in southern
Oregon has nothing to gain in a
financial way by moving down this
way just now. You can perhaps
make more there, being established,
and with acquaintance, but if you
can't you can live on a lot less and
with greater comfprt at the same
time. And times will be better there
this spring and summer, I am sure.
They are due andrhey will come,
not with a rush perhaps, but Improv
ing. There are a great many things
here that are all right, but they
haven't a strearj like your Ashland
creek In all southern California nor
a park as pretty naturally, nor the
fruit, berries, and all that sort of
thing from all those growers around
there."
Work Is Opening lp.
Work In Ashland and vicinity is
beginning to open up. A. L. Lamb
reports that he set a crew of niec at
work on the irrigation reservoir near
the Lamb mine Monday and will i-i
a short time take charge of the work
personally and push it to completion.
The city engineer informs the Tid
ings that work cn the ditch for the
change in the wa'erwo'ks pipe line
will commence next week. Local
men will be employed on the work
exclusively.
Saturday, March 7,
day?
To Our Patrons
Owing to Important changes in the
line voltage of the California-Oregon
Power Company transmission system
the current will be off the ASHLAND
ELECTRIC POWER & HOHT, COM
PANY'S, distribution lines from 6:45
a. m, until about 7:30 a. m. Sunday
morning, f March 1.1914..,. j , ,
.., I i P', A- MAJNE' Manager.
a a $ (8-4 s
LONG 'TRAIN STOPS IN
ASHLAND..
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The Mate exhibit of agricul- .
? tural products at the1 depot for s
' 1015 in Ashland is being urged
for but one reason. The trains
- ft top here longer than any otiier
S city in the state outside of Port-
land. '
$ The hard climb over the 8
mountains makes It necessary 3
3 to thoroughly inspect all train
? equipment before and after $
' leaving .Ashland. This requires
more or less time, und the aver- S
ave stop here Is greatly in ex- $
cess of the twenty minutes $
given for meals. $
4 This is the sole reason Asb $
land Is being unanimously
? agreed upon as the logical place 3
for the exhibit, by the foremost $
! i men of tlie entire state.
? " Do you realize what this
means for Ashland?
? $ $ $
Ashland High Defeats Medford
In Fast
Ashland ihgh school defeated Med
ford high school on the Med ford
floor Wednesday evening in a hotly
contested game of basketball. The
boys went down on a special train
accompanied by a brass band and a
big bunch of boosters and played the
game of their iives, winning by a
score of 17 to 15. The Ashlar d girls
were defeated in the preliminary
game by a small margin.
Jolly Entertainers
- Happy
The Jolly Entertainers, who ap
peared at Dreamland Theatre last
evening, are a jolly crowd of young
sters when off the stage as well as
when in costume and entertaining
the public.
The entire troop is made up of
children from the Children's Home
at Des Moines, Wash. They number
24 on the road out of 43 now in the
home.
The home is remarkable in that It
receives no aid from state, county
or charitable institutions. While
friendly contributions are not re
fused, the main reliance is upon the
earnings of the children and school.
At their home they have their own
printing office, the postcarda and
small advertising of the troop being
produced there. They also do con
siderable printing for the business
men of Tacoma and Seattle.
While here the kiddles were nearly
all entertained by various citizens
and enjoyed a joljy good time. They
are a remarkably healthy and happy
lot and appear to dearly love "Doddy"
and "Mother," as they call Superin
tendent and Mrs. Draper.
In the afternoon they were taken
Ashland Scenery
Decorates Cover
James R. Croxall of Ashland has
been doing considerable boosting re
cently. A short time ago he sent a
photograph of Ashland Creek falls
to- tho Travelers' Protective Associa
tion. Magazine of America, and this
week received a copy with the pic
ture of the falls on Its cover. This
is really an Important thing in the
way of advertising Ashland as the
magazine has a circulation of over
45,000. Inside was an article which
gave Ashland a big boost, containing
the Oregon song, "There is no Land
Like Oregon," etc. The Travelers'
Protective Association of America Is
an organization which Mr. Croxall
formerly belonged to when he lived
in New Albany, Ind., and he desorves
special credit in giving such a boost
to Oregon.-' . .
Light your car with electricity.
See Dan ford 'a.
, rStiirday .March t7,
day?
Fishing and Spring Here.
Spring Is evidenced on every hand.
The balls and bata are coming Into
use and the fishermen are alive. The
run of fish iu the numerous streams
of Jackson couuty is fine and the
boys are having the sport of their
lives. The rain of last week muddied
the water but little and it is clear
again.
Fish -stories are being told on
every hand. Ruck Danford relates
how lie landed twenty a few days
ago, hut the boys say he didn't pro-
iduco the evidence. O. W. Hake re
ports a fine catch of steelhends.
Newt Harrison says he landed five
nice ones, while Claud Sanders and
Art Shepherd made good strings.
Will Penntuton says the "run" of
agates are good. He was out recent
ly and made some good finds.
Rooster Sermon by Pontor.
The first of the booster sermons
by Rev. William J. Douglass will be
Sunday evening, March 1. The
theme will be "Water." Remember
Professor Viriing's talk at the Fp
worth League meeting at 6:15.
Plant a Gruss an Teplitz, the of
ficial rose of Ashland.
Saturday, March
day?
Basket Ball Game
All of the members of the Ashland
school board who were in the city
went with the crowd and also a largo
number of citizens. The features o(
the evening were the marked cour
tesy shown the Ashland delegation,
not only by the team but by the
crowd. The Medford team is coming
up here to play return games and
they should receive equally courteous
treatment.
Are
Crowd of Kiddies
to the high school in autos and gave
five numbers in the assembly room
of the school, making a great hit.
Usually Professor Draper leads the
band with his cornet, but he sup
posed that it was in the case with
his music until he reached the high
school, when he found it had been
left at the theatre, and they were
obliged to play without him, which
they1 did In good shape.
They are fine musicians and won
hearty applause from the school, the
school under the leadership of Leroy
Ashcraft giving them three cheers
when they left.
One of the songs given, "Tho Base
ball song," proved them a bunch of
rooters which make Dlllie Hrlggs
and Leroy Ashcraft's bunch look like
fifteen coppers.
At the Dreamland in the evening
they played to a crowded house and
gave excellent satisfaction, the en
tertainment being one continuous
laugh. . j
Edward Castfne, son of Dr. Cas
tine, a former occulist here, is a
member of the troop, and Viola I't
terback, a niece of Dr. rtterback, the
chiropractor of this city, Is also with
them.
Will Discuss the
New Currency Law
Dr. Young of the U. of O. will dis
cuss the new currency bill at the
library building next Saturday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Young has
discussed this subject from the
school man's standpoint before the
business men of Eugene, Portland,
Medford, etc., aud this lecture Is es
pecially for bankers and business
men, who aro especially invited to
be present. Tho lecture Is free.
Tree IlooUt (log Hewer.
City Engineer Walker has on ex
hibition at his office a roll of fine
roots which was taken out of a drain
tile on the Boulevard near Mr. Vau
pel's residence. It is about four feet
long and shows how the rootlets of a
tree will fin up a tile. The roots
entered between the joints of tile
and the little rootlets, as fine
threads, entirely filled the Interior
of the pipe.
Semi-indirect
at Danford's.
lighting fixture
CASH RECEIVED FOR THE
PACIFIC HIGHWAY BONDS
Carson Issues (iean-t'p Orders to
Orchurdist.
Horticultur.il Commissioner Carson
has written as follows to County In
spector Myers:
"Grants Pass, Feb. 9, 101 i.
"Mr. J. W. Myers, Comity Fruit In
spector, Central Point, Ore.
"Dear Sir: In about six we..katl;e
blooming period for pears will be
here. It is very Important that ym,
with your deputies rovir every tree
in tho valley with a careful incper
tlon for blight goiiiis before the
blooming period ni rives, so that
every holdover o" ullght canker be
removed. It would lo remarkaolr.
with tho most paiiistaki.'i.? inspection
that every holdover i.i ihe viltev
could be found and removed, al
though 1 am sure you and your force
has done painstaking vcvk
"I wish you would Impress on the
minds of the orchard nwi of .'at-k-son
county the neeess'ty of their
earnest co-operation In aiding yci
In every way they can to make ;his
Inspection thorough.
"We know the sou roe of npring
infection from the bligh comes front
these holdover or cankers, and no
one can be more interested in see
ing that the source, of infection is
removed than the owners of the or
chards. "Instruct the growers that when
the blooming period arrives you will
expect the owners to patrol their or
chards every day during the bloom
ing period, so that should they note
any blossom blighting that at once
they cut out the diseased parts and
hunt up the source of tho holdover.
"You can sny to the growers,
should they neglect this detail, that
under the law It will be my duty to
declare orchards so diseased a pub
lic unisance, and destroy the Hame.
The law will warrant me in being
drastic, and I feel it Is a duty I owe
those who do give honest co-operation
to the eradication of the blight
every protection - the. law can give
them, as against their negligent
neighbors who fail to co-operate with
you, and thereby carelessly neglect
the disease and permit it to infect
again. Yours truly,
"A. II. CAKSO.V.
"Commissioner Third District."
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
Commercial Club Committee
Progressing With Springs
The Commercial Club committee In
charge of the Ashland mineral
springs development campaign re
ports negotiations under way for the
services of an expert or expert who
will supply it with necessary Informa
tion as to the qualities of tbe waters
it now has under option and the prop
er methods of handling them.
The committee has gone as far as
it can with its work. It has devel
oped and secured options on springs
which It has every reuson to believe
will supply in abundance waters of
every variety known to this locality
I III) la, sulphur, soda, iron, etc.
The next step is to have an accurate
analysis of these and to know to an
absolute certainty what can be done
with them in the way of piping, etc.
In this regard citizens generally
will agree with the committee's idea
that the best authority Is none too
good. If the waters aro to be piped
In at public expense the public must
know absolutely that they are worth
It and that tho proper methodn are
used. It Is not a matter in which
guesswork can be tolerated. With
this idea the committee will secure
the services of the best export the
country affords and will also avail
itself of experts In the employ of the
great railway systems which would
naturally be Interested In seeing a
great resort city built up here.
While negotiations are under way
the committee will be busy getting
the various properties under option
In shape for Inspection, They have
already occasioned much labor but
give great promise being traced and
walled to , bedrock. Their actual
qualities are not yet known but they
are belloved'to have about' all the
"goods" for which the old Tolman
springs are famous.
The llthla spring on the Murphy
place needs much work In the way of
excavation, retaining walls add road
way to make It accessible.. The land
above this spring give's forth' a hol
LAittiKK IORTIOV OF PKWKKDS
OK llOM) SALK ARR1VKS.
SMALL PORTION IS YET UNPAID
Operations on l!wk tVushing Will
Commence Soon Money Will be
Distributed Among Various Hunks
of the County Next Week.
Letters received Tuesday from
County Judi;e F. L. Ton Velle statu
that $-ICi.04 0. 1 0 road bond money
wus deposited last week in the Con
tinental National Hank of Chicago to
tho credit of Jackson county, and tho
balance of the $500,000 will be paid
as soon as the county has redeemed
$34,000 in warrants, probably by
April 1. As soon as Jndge Ton Velln
returns, the latter part of tho week,
the money will be distributed as de
posits among Jac.ksou county banks.
on the understanding that they co
operate in placing county warrants
at. pur.
Operations of the rock-crushing
plant at Cold Hay by the county be
gan Monday crushing rock for the
granitoid surface or tho Central
Point road.. Concrete mixers and
other machinery Is being assembled
and it Is expected that another week
will see actual paving in progress.
State Highway Kngineer Uowlby,
who is here to attend the grand Jury
probe, states that satisfactory prog
ress is being made.
Contractor Sweeney ta.s tha he is
progressing well mill the work of.
getting his camps (stjblished and by
the time settled sp;in? wenther .r
rives will be reudy ior I usinesi.
Jackson County Har Association Or
ganised. Tuesday evening the lawyers of
Jackson county organized a bar asso
ciation at the Medford Hotel. A. K.
Reantes was elected president, and
D. Briggs, H. K. Hanna, Jr., and
Gus Newberry were elected vice-presidents.
Those In attendance from
Ashland were A. H. Davis, J. W. Trer
ren, H. V. Richardson and K. Ii.
Briggs. An enjoyable time and a
successful meeting are reported.
Cook on your electric iron with
the new attachment from Danford's.
low sound when driveu over and ap
parently it is a direct outlet from the
great underground reservoir which
must supply thn various springs and
seepages of the immediate locality.
The public awaits with much Inter
est the opinion of experts on thin
spring. The quality of Its waters
leads many to believe It may rival
the fumoiiH springs at Carlsbad, Ger
many. The bare possibility of such
au outcome is somewhat staggering
It would mean an Inland city the
rival of Seattle, Portland, San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles an luland
city that would leave Denver and
Spokane in the shade. Stranger
things have happened.
Saturday, March 7,
day?
KEEP YOUR
EASTERN FRIENDS POSTED
ON ASHLAND!
Ashland Is on tho eve of her
greatest era of development.
Your friends In the East are
naturally Interested In the com
munity In which you have lo
cated. Keep them posted by
sending tbetu tho
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of our share of the "Forward
ing Oregon" movement. ,