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ASHLAND TUB nEAUTIFUI.
depends largely ' upon the womeu.
Proper encouragement should be unstinted.
A CLEANER AND BETTER
"City Beautiful." Help the Women's
Civic Improvement Club In its worthy
work.
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VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1914
NUMBER 89
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Boys Will Race
Next Saturday
The Boys Club hike to Panther
Peak failed to 'materialize last Sat
urday owing to inclement weather
and the fact that Professor Vining
was pressed in'u service as timekeep
er over the crew of thirty men now
engaged on the Vining theatre his
ltfother Robert being under the ne
cessity of going to Portland and Se
attle to hurry up supplies for the
structure.
The boys still have the hike in
prospect and also another over-night
hike in the near future. The grand
finale of the club's outings will come
early In May when it is planned to
charter a train and take the club and
as many friends as can be accommo
dated to Rogue river for a day. For
this occasion a barbecue and other
attractive features are planned of
which more anon.
The meeting next Thursday night
will ha ft rAPiiTatlnn affair fnr rluh I
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members only. It Is planned to have
William Finley of the State Game i
Commission present to give an illus
trated talk on the wild life of Ore
gon. In case be cannot be here the
evening will be devoted to electricity
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wiu viecu iai ouiumi iu jicaois.
Malone and Butterfield discussing the
topics and conducting some of the
simpler electrical experiments. The
ext great event in Boys' Club circles
will be the Marathon races next Sat
urday, April fourth. The races will
start from in front of the Elks' Tem
ple at half past eleven o'clock this
being considered the most desirable
hour in racing circles from a physi
ological standpoint. The special fea
ture of these races is to test endur
ance rather than to foster speed.
There are to be three races the
Seniors running five miles, the Jun
iors three and a half miles and the
Colts a mile and a half. The general
route of the races is out the Boule
vard and back by "Main street the
cross roads being selected with refer
ence to the distance to be covered by
the different classes. .There are to
be twelve or more boys in each race.
The boys have all been examined as
to physical fitness and have been in
training for three weeks.
The beautiful trophies which are
to be awarded to the winners the
Thursday following the races are now
on display in the window of Whited's
Jewelry Store. The boys who will
race are all your own or your neigh
bors' sons and you are expected to
evince your "local pride" by being
on the ground to see the start of the
race and stay till the finish if possi
ble. These races are a favorite form
of athletics among the Canadians and
the crowds that turn out to see them
in some of the big cities fairly block
traffic till they are over.
Assessors Named
For 1914 Taxes
The following men have been ap-
pointed as deputy assessors to make
up the tax roll for 1915. They will
begin work at once:
E. M. Wilson, Medford; Otto Win
ter, Ashland; J. Terrell, Talent; C.
Gallatin, Barron; Lloyd Pierce, Eagle
Point and Butte Falls; A. W. Moon,
Central Point and Appiegate; W. W.
Truax, Gold Hill and Sams Valley;
George Lawd, Evans Creek and
Rogue River; P. M. Janney, Jackson
ville; E. A. Langley, east side Bear
creek; George F. Hall, upper Rogue,
Trail, Meadow, Elk Creek, Big Butte
and Dead Indian. -
STAR GIVING
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Star theatre is the only house
between San Francisco and Portland
laving a regular and continuous ser
vice of special features every day.
Most of the theatres only show this
class of pictures once or twice each
week, owing to the extra expense, but
the Star Is sparing no expense In
serving the people.
The educational picture showing
.the pearl button industry and por
traying the hands through which
they pass fro mthe shell to the con
sumer, was Indeed Interesting.
The picture showing how talcum
powder Is made was another of es
pecial benefit, as every one It Inter
ested In this much-used article; '
A number of good ones are com
ing every day now and should not be
missed.
Many streets in Conrallla are. to be
.rraded and graveled this spring.'
WOMEV RALLYING
TO DRY STANDARD
While the men of Jackson county
put their names down to the tune of
180, the women were there with 250,
which establishes a new record, last
week.
The relative standing continues
the same with the republicans far in
the lead, the democrats next and the
independents and prohis leading the
progressives.'
The women are flocking to the
dry tsandard fast, 147 being regis
tered as prohibitionists and only 75
men. The total, 4,071, is a good reg
istration and it looks as though near
ly a complete list would be secured
by election time.
Men. Women. Total.
Republicans . . .
Democrats
Progressives . .
Prohibitionists ,
Independents . .
Socialists
Refused
1408 642 2050
825 349 1174
127 76 203
75 147 222
114 128 242
94 52 146
13 21 34
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A movement was started recently
by the churches in Klamath Falls to
prevent boys from becoming addicted
to the cigarette habit.
Boys' Club
Council Meeting
Tuesday night the boys' council
met at the city hall to properly start
by organizing and selecting commit
tees. Mayor Johnson was present
and explained the regular routine of
work as well as parliamentary law.
Mayor Abbott appointed the follow
ing committees, which were unani
mously ratified by the council: -
Finance S. A. Peters, Otto Klum,
Bill Holmes.
Electric Fred Garrett, Verni Car
ter, Bill Holmes.
Fire Otto Klum, Merrill Throne'
Fred Garrett.
Street Merrill Throne. Verni Car
ter. Bill Holmes.
Water Vefnl Carter, S. A. Peters,
Fred Garrett.
Sanitation Bill Holmes, Peters,
Merrill Throne.
License and Ordinance Garrett,
Klum, and Drs. Fay Phillips and
Fred Payne.
Police Chief, Robert Spencer;
first assistant, Leslie Cunningham;
second assistant, Cyril Weeden.
Street Commissioner Kenneth
Cummings.
Fire Chief Fred Van Dyke, with
Arnold Rickman as driver.
City Attorney Walter Carpenter.
Light Superintendent Lynn Mo
vat. Electric Trouble Shooter Bob
Wagner.
Chief Operator Power Plant Far-
man Swigart
Water Commissioner Ed Stan-
nard.-
. Helpers of Chief Operator Lynn
Slack and Charles Brady.
City Engineer Harold Frohbach.
Mayor Johnson then outlined the
different duties of the committees.
The next meeting will be Monday
night at the Elks' temple, where the
council will go over the charter of
the city of Ashland and the document
will be discussed. Tuesday night was
set as the regular meeting night of
the council.
A Word About
Mineral Wells, Tex.
Mineral Wells, Texas, all of whose
waters have but a soda and magnesia
base, had 150,000 tourists last year
and shipped over three million bot
tles of wster. It Is located 51 miles
south of Fort Worth and has an In
different climate. Its mineral wells
are its only asset. Its waters are
purely medicinal. It has no palat
able table waters. It has a hot, dry
climate and the soil is not productive.
Both in quality and quantity their
waters are Inferior to the Ashland
waters. Mineral Wells Is isolated.
It has an elevation of 1,400 feet. It
has no such dense population to draw
from as the Pacific coast. ' It Is not
a tourist country. It Is not located
on a main railroad. Ashland, In soil,
climate, scenic beauty, quantity and
quality of waters distances Mlnoral
Wells. If Mineral Wells draws 160.
000 tourists a season, Ashland, with
the same effort, should draw more
than three hundred thousand. Al
most a million of them now go
through Ashland on the trains each
year. . Let's, stop them If we can.
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Copyright, 1913, by the Panama -
A MARVELOUS SETTING FOR SCULPTURE AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1915.
THE dominating architectural feature of the exposition, the superb
Toww of Jewels, which will command the south entrance of the
Court of Sun and Stars at the Panaina-Put-ific International Ex
position in Pan Francisco in 191&. This tower, 430 feet la
height, will have a bane one acre in extent' The tower will Hue upward
in terraces, giving wsy at last to a group of figures npKrting a globe,
typifying the world. The repeated flgnres of armored horsemen and of
explorers of the ocean will be used on the tower, which, with its statu
ary, mural paintings aud mosaics, will be ludesrrlbably beautiful.
Messrs. Carrere & Haotings, architects in chief of the Pau-Aiuerk-an Ex
position at Buffalo in 1901, are the architects. '
Ex-Mayor D. B. Provost
Answers Last Roll Call
D. B. Provost died at the home of
his nephew Henry Provost on Vista
Btreet at nine-forty-five Tuesday
morning March twenty-fifth at the
age of sixty-three years and one)
month and five days. He had been
ill for months with organic heart
trouble and for twelve hours preced -
Ing death was unconscious. Funeral
services will be held from the house
ThltraHnv Bftarnnnn A nrtl eju,And o f '
two o'clock. The services will be con
ducted by Rev. W. T. Van Scoy for
many years a friend of the deceased.
Danina Bananl Provost was born
on a farm near Montreal Canada
February twenty-sixth 1852. During
his boyhood days he was a pupil in
the national schools of Canada. In
1867 he went to Troy New York and
a few months later worked his way
to Savannah Georgia. In the spring
of 1870 he came west to California
and in the fall of the same year set
tled in Oregon.
For three years Mr. Provost rented
a farm near Gervais in Marion coun
ty, on French Prairie. Removing
from there to Yamhill county in
1874, he embarked in the meat busi
ness at Bell.evue and . continued in
that enterprise until 1S90. Mean
while he bought and improved farm
lands, and owned eight hundred
acres of fine valley land, all under
improvement, a few miles north of
Sheridan.
In 1893 Mr. Provost disposed of all
his possessions in Yamhill county and
came to Ashland, where he built a
residence and became a member of
the firm of Kinney & Provost, deal
ers In hardware. Later he purchased
his partner's Interest and conducted
the business alone until 1902, when
he sold out to bis nephews who con
stitute the present firm of Provost
Brothers. Shortly after selling his
hardware business Mr, Provost be
came actively Identified with the Ash
land Iron Works, of which be was
made president and treasurer.'
It was during this period, of his
career that Mr. Provost filled tho of
fice of mayor of Ashland being
elected on the democratic ticket In
December 902 and taking tbe oath
f office in January 1903 for a term
of one year, lie was long prominent
In democratic rnks and rendered, ef-
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Pacific International Rxpooltion Co.
ficient service as a member of county
and state central committees. Fra
ternally he was connected with the j
Woodmen of the World.
Ai, nia iifB Mr
Provost has been
an active and hnrd.working man.
After entering the hardware business
he ,earned tne tradeB of tinsmltn and
plumber and 5uilt up a nouri8ning
bu6iness in these lines. In his earlier
days in Oregon be had mastered the
builders' trade and superintended the
building of various structures. He
possessed mechanical ability of a high
order.
ITntll tho last year or two Mr.
Provost prided himself on his sturdy
constitution a fact that doubtless
led to the over-exertion which caused
his heart trouble. That he possessed
a strong constitution was proven by
an experience In 1903. While work
ing about an oil well he was hurled
fifteen feet against a pile of lumber
by a flying cable. He was picked up
for dead and lay four weeks uncon
scious. From this experience he
finally came out apparently none the
worse.
In recent years Mr. Provost has
owned and . operated the Ashland
Rrick Yards at the edge of town and
practically lived on the Job. Among
Ashland people he was esteemed for
his integrity and public spirit and his
success as a business man. Deceased
was never married. His relatives
here are his brother Pierre Provost
and family.
Chicken Thief Stood
Oliicer Up With Gun
A thief stole a large number of
chickens near Talent Saturday and
found a market In this city for his
borrowed stock. The Talent consta
ble located the offender Sunday
morning a short distance south of
Ashland, but was compelled to look
down the barrel of a big gun. Here
turned for assistance, but the thief
escaped and has not been located.
As be Is well known to the police
be will be landed In Jail soon.
Phone No. 89 when In need of Job
printing. Work sod prices are right
AGED RESIDENT
PASSED AWAY
Miss Kliza Oterly was born in the
town of Russia, Herkimer county,
New York, January 13, 1842; depart
ed this lii'o after a prolonged illness
on March 2S, aged 72.
Site was united in marriage to Levi
Long December 25, 1S61, at Rains
ville, Ohio. Of their family only two
children are living, Eugeno Lous of
SI.on Reach. Cal., and Mrs. tl. R.
Slim;erlanfl of this city.
Mrs. Lous cav.io from Long Reach,
Cal., a few months ago to make her
home with her daughter on Pine
street. She, was a member of the
Church oi' the Nazarene, a good,
faithful Christian, was patient in nil
her sufi'ering. ever looking with
strong hopo and expectation of the
life to come. Friends viewed the
body Sunday afternoon at Dodge's
undertaking parlor at the hour from
2 to 4. Mr. and Mrs. Slingerland
left Monday evening with the body
for Long Reach, Cal., where inter
ment will be made.
You may not bo able to get invited
to tho parties if you don't own an
automobile, but your grocer "will
smile on you quite as sweetly.
What Springs WiU
Be Brought In
Many persons have inquired as to
what springs will be brought into the
park.
The new lithia, flowing 23 gallons
per minute.
Tho hot sulphur, flowing 60 gal
lons per minute.
The Shepherd spring, flowing 10', 4
gallons per minute.
Tho Cunningham, or Songer, spring,
flowing about 10 gallons per minute,
and carrying a heavier gas flow than
any other sprin.; in the valley.
Tho new artesian soda spring,
flowing a large quantity of good wa
ter and gas.
These are the springs that have
been developed for the purpose. , All
I of them seem to be different in min
leral contents (the analysis will show
Just what difference). There will bo
also enough extra gas from the Cun
ningham spring to carbonate a fino
spring of our mountain water, if we
desire to do so, as well as supply
a number of gas jets in the park to
bo inhaled for the relief of catarrh.
The Cunningham gas analysis shows
it to be a fine remedy for catarrh.
CHAXGK IX LOCAL
KKAL ESTATK FIRM
E. K. Ragley has disposed of his
Interest in tho realty firm of Cun
ningham & Co. to Frank W. Moore
and will go to Rogue River to look
after hiu farming Interests during the
crop season.
Frank Mooro needs no introduction
to tho people of the city or" valley.
He is one of the extonsivo property
holders in the valley and Is perfectly
familiar with conditions. Ills con
nection with this realty firm will give
strength to real estate.
Rig orders are being taken in ad
vance of the railroad going Into Coos
Ray, and lumber mills are preparing
to get into operation.
Parcel Post Brings
ISO Young Chicks
Postmaster Casey Is not going into
tho poultry business extensively, al
though the postoffice resembled a
poultry yard a few days ago. The
postmaster' soffice was turned Into a
temporary chicken yard and small
"peeps" ran at liberty over the floor.
Tho mall brought one hundred and
fifty chicks from California. They
arrived on the morning train after
traveling for twenty-four hours, only
one being dead from tho long trip.
Tho fussy llttlo fellows attracted
great attention.
The parcel post cnrrles some great
surprises to the clerks And the scope
of things mailable Is being enlarged
at frequent Intervals.
W. K. Wright of Duluth Minneso
ta wrote the Commercial Club about
the first of March for literature and
Information and arrived in the city
on Tuesday. He says he Is tired of
the rigorous winters ot Duluth and
Is looking for a. place for, a home
where he can live and enjoy llvlngi
Mr. Wright has "made good" In the
real estate business at Duluth.
Conway Company to
Build on Big Scale
F. E. Conway has been in Ashland
for several days closing his htisitiex
affairs in order to start operations
in the Coos Bay country and southern
Oregon. He has spent the last two
months in Los Angela and San Fran
cisco preparing plans and ouMiniu;
building work at Marshfield, whern
he is to put in an up-to-date apart
ment house. Ho m also planning ilij?
same, character of construct ion alons
the coast on an extensive scale.
F. K. Conway arrived in thw city
last iTiany to spend a couplo of.
weeks with his family and also' to dis
pose of a number of mortgages aul
equities in order to use the money in
his operations on Coos Hay. He has
Just completed a stay of nearly two
months in San Francisco and Iu
Angeles, where he made a special
study of the very latest "wrinkles''
in apartment houses with a view ii
erecting at Marshfield Oregon tm
swellest apartment house between
Portland and San Iraneiseo.
The Conway Company Is now pre
pared to take on any kind of busi
ness, largo or small, for cash or on
terms or percentage, anywhere on tlm
coast. Their heavy purchasing power
and splendid working force, with tho
addition of ample capital, place them
in a position second to none in their
line. Speaking of his present crews.
Mr. Conway states that while in Los
Angeles he hired an expert orficH
manager, an assistant master build
er, a master plasterer and a master
painter. These men, who are expert h
in their respective lines, will supple
ment the Conway crews which arr
now already working on Coos Ray.
Mr. Conway says tho company now
has without doubt one of the finest
organizations of expert building me
chanics on the coast, working on it
profit-sharing basis.
Judging'
m
the architect's
sketches and blue prints which Mr.
Conway has exhibited to his friends
here, Marshfield will have an apart
ment house that will be one of th
things pointed out to newcomers a
one of tho city's attractions. Cer
tainly tho plans leave nothing to be.
desired in the way of external beauty
or interior convenience. A picture of
the building is on exhibition at the
Citizens' Bank.
Mr. Conway says Marshfield Is
growing so fast that 5uc.l1 a -building
is an absolute necessity. The devel
opment of the vast retirees back of
j that city, tbe prospective river and
harbor Improvements of that section,
the opening of the whole coast coun
try to the west of us by railroads now
projected and under way is attract
ing thousands of people of whom
Marshfield is getting her full share.
Mr. Conway himself found difficulty
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Discuss Celebration
Monday Night
It is Ashlund's turu this year to
have the Fourth of July celebration.
Medford wants to kuow if we want
the Bhow and sends word that they
will co-operate with us in every way
If we decide to celebrate. This will
be made a matter of xpcclal business
at the Monday night meeting of the
Commercial Club. It is up to tho
people of Ashland to decide.
Another matter that will bo up for
discussion on Monday night is tlu
plan for tho exhibit here In 1915. K
a state exhibit is not to bo placet
here it is proposed that we make it
a Southern Oregon exhibit. In an
event we must nave a very creditable
Ashland exhibit and it Is time w
were deciding and making plans. Jn
this connection it is suggested that
we nrge our people to have in mind
this exhibit In the planting and earn
of show products. A very full attend
ance is desired at Monday night's
meeting.
i ET-Ti Hi KTH Kit MKKTI X (
AT MKDKORI) Fill DA Y
The Commercial Club is Just in re
ceipt of an invitation from the Med
ford Commercial Club, extended to all
members of the Ashland Commercial
Club, to attend tbo get-together ban
quet and moving picture lecture by
State Ounie Warden Finley at the
Hotel Medford Friday evening,. April
third, at eight o'clock. It Is expected
a goodly number from here will at
tend this banquet. We should let
Medford know by Friday morning an
to the number that will attend from
here. You are therefore requested
to -inform the secretary of the Com
mercial Club If you nish-to attend.
Arrangements can be made to go by-auto.