Ashland tidings., April 13, 1914, Image 1

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St.
ASHLAND MINERAL SPRINGS.
" More and better mineral waters
than any spot of its Blze on earth.
Third strongest lithia in the world.
, KKEP YOUIt EYE OX ASHLAND.
; ' Soon to be the greatest home and
health resort in America. Work is
now under way to make it that.
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1914
NUMBER 92
Biegel Won Marathon;
People of Ashland
Nation Dry Within Ten
Swigart Second, Burdic Has Grit
Celebrated Easter Sunday
Year Aim of Prohibs
SII LAND
The boys' races Saturday were at
tended with a good deal of enthusi
asm. While not so large a crowd
was present as before, the onlookers
were enthusiastic. The races were
started promptly at 1 1 o'clock.
The Senior lineup was as follows:
Milton Biegel, K. L. Burdic, Robert
Spencer, Farman Swigart, John
Jones, Chester Miller. Milton Bie
gel made a great race, coming in first
with a time of 32 and two-fifths min
utes. Biegel has the making o a
fine runner. Swigart came in sec
ond with a time of 34 minutes. He
made better time than before, al
though troubled with his side some
what. Spencer was far in the lead
in the last quarter of the race, but
completely gave out when about in
front of Mars shoe shop, where he
fell, overcome with exertion and
lack of wind, and was carried in a
car to the Elks building. He showed
his nerve, having run until every
ounce of strength was used up. Bur
dic, on account of sickness the past
week and especially Friday night,
could not hold out, bnt fell out by
the normal. He deserves a great
deal of credit for having appeared
at the tape to run, being hardly in
a condition to come down town. The
weights of the winners are as fol
lows: Biegel, 117 pounds; Swigart,
132 pounds.
The Junior lineup were the follow
ing: Leith Abbott, Neil Hinninger,
Frank. Hibbs, Ira Pittman, Lloyd
Smith. H. It. Brower, L. Martin. Ab
bott came in first with a time of 20
minutes 394 seconds. Abbott's
weight is 125 pounds. He showed
the grit he had by the run he made,
running more by the determination
of mind than strength of body.
Brower got second, time 20 minutes
50 seconds. He is a plucky, run
aes as well as in other athletic
branches and gained a good stand in
football this year.
Eleven lineud up for the Colts
race as follows: Amos Chapman,
Children's Day
At CountyTair
At the suggestion of the county ed
ucational board and the secretary and
manager of the County Fair Associa
tion, the following committee has
been appointed to have charge of the
arrangements for a children's depart
ment of the county fair to be held
next September:
Mrs. E. E. Gore, president Greater
Medford Club, chairman.
Mrs. D. Davis, president Jackson
ville Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. E. C. Card, Ashland, presi
dent Southern Oregon Federation of
"Women's Clubs.
Miss S. A. Cope, member of Phoe
nix school board.
Mrs. J. H. Fuller, president Talent
' Community Club.
' Mrs. M. E. Patrick, district school
?rk, Gold Hill
Mrs. Gilmore, president Rogue
; River Women's Club.
Mrs. G. W. Owings, president Parent-Teacher
Association, Eagle Point.
Mrs. J. C. Pendleton, member
county educational board, Central
Point.
Mrs. M. L. Cadzow, district school
clerk, Butte Falls.
Mrs. J. O. Isaacson, Central Point.
Complete Analyses
, By Middle of Week
The following letter from Smith,
Emery & Co., the chemists and chem
ical engineers who are analyzing our
mineral waters, is self-explanatory:
Bert R. Greer, Chairman.
Dear Sir: The analyses of the new
lithla spring and the three others we
expect to complete about Saturday or
Monday and hope to be able to re
port on them by the middle of the
week.
As you are aware, the analyses of
mineral waters to determine their
medicinal properties and metal re
sistance are slow and very par
ticular work, and if not. done In
a painstaking manner, are of little
value. We are making all baste pos
sible consistent with good work.
Very truly,
SMITH, EMERY ft CO.,
Chemists and Chemical Engineers.
Morton's Mlllfeed makes more
ill. 8-tf v
Walter Jones, Horace Sargent, Willie
Cress, Clifford Putnam, Phil Wol
eott, William Parslow, Donald Hun
ter, Dale Brown, Lester Phillips and
Chester Phillips. Amos Chapman
was first, making a time of 11 min
utes 5 Vi seconds. Cress made sec
ond, with time of 11 minutes 28
seconds. Both have good racing
form for such small runners, and if
they keep in practice will stand a
good chance in high school and col
lege running.
Some of the boys were not given
a very good show because of the care
lessness of the car drivers who ran
along with them most of the way
and choked them with the gasoline
smoke. Some of these did so in utter
disregard of the instructions of Pro
fessor Vinning.
The next stunt the Boys' Club will
probably pull off is a "women's base
ball game," the contestants arraying
themselves in women's clothes. This
is exceedingly funny as the antics of
the players excite a great deal of
amusement.
Judge Tou Velle
Awaits Our Decision
Judge Tou Velle was a visitor in
; the city today. In discussing possi-
ble changes in the route of the Pa-
cific Highway he said it was the de
i sire of the court to follow the wishes
of the citizens of Ashland in so far
as those wishes are made known to
the commissioners.
Judge Tou Velle believes the most
satisfactory course to pursue is to
give the Ashland people ample time
to decide definitely what the major
ity of the citizens desire and then the
court will be enabled to act intelli
gently and finally. Until that time
arrives the court will await the
pleasure of our citizens.
Asnland Boys
Making Good
The friends of Percy Hardy and
brother will be glad to hear of the
success they are meeting in their new
location at Oakesdale, Wash. In a
letter to his parents, Percy says:
"People are telling us that our
store is being talked of all through
the country and our advertising is
'getting their goat.' Last week we
advertised in the paper like this: 'Its
in the barrel in front of THE store,
Hardy Bros. ' 'where you do bet
ter." In the barrel we put 'Salmon
17 cents Saturday only." It was
comical to see them come up to look
to see what was in the barrel and the
expressions they would make. Our
strongest competitor Is copying our
advertising as nearly as he' can. but
is just one week behind each week as
we do not let an ad appear twice.
The weather here is wet. It has
been raining steadily now for about
thirty hours. The ground is so wet
the farmers cannot work. The wheat
is looking fine."
S. P. Special Train.
The S. P. will furnish a special
train April l7, leaving Ashland at
7:30 p. m. and returning at 11 p.
m., at one and one-third fare round
trip, for the production of "Within
the Law," with Margaret Illington
as lending lady, at the Page Theatre
at Medford. 92-2t
Talent Planning
Sewer Improvements
Civil Engineer F. H. Walker has
received instructions from the council
of Talent to prepare plans and spec
ifications for a sewer system, septic
tank and street grades. Talent has
a lot of boosters In fact, they are
all boosters down there, as the fore
going testifies. They are determined
to make their town a success and an
attraction.
D. M. Watt and D. D. Good have
purchased the old Sloppy placer claim
at the head of Coleman creek about
eleven miles west of Ashland and will
work same this season. This old
property is noted as a coarse gold
proposition nuggets funning as high
as sixty dollars haying been uncov
ered on It In past years.. ":
Kaster whs observed in the chinch
es of Ashland generally with musical
programs in addition to the regular
services. In the afternoon Malta
Commandery attended services at the
Presbyterian church in full uniform,
'making a fitting climax to the day's
services.
Splendid Kaster Music at tho .M. E.
Church.
(By H. G. Gilmore.)
Considering that Dr. Tilton has to
deal exclusively with amateur voices
in the preparation of his weekly bud
get of music for the M. E. church
of this city, we have nothing but
words of commendation to offer him
for the very tangible results achieved
in the conduct of his choir. Patience,
much good temper and a gracious
but. nevertheless, compelling deter
mination to succeed in the face, as it
sometimes happens, of almost insu
perable difficulties, constitutes very
largely the stock in trade of the di
rector in charge of the music of the
sanctuary. Dr. Tilton has a cheerful
and tactful manner of bringing
things to pass, and it is to be hoped
that the present happy relations ex
isting between director and singers
may be permanently maintained.
Mrs. Wolf, who possesses a rich and
telling contralto voice, was unavoid
ably absent, and whfch was the only
break in the carrying out of the pro
gram in its entirety at the M. E.
church last evening.
The cantata, "Easter Praise," by
Lorenz, while by no means preten
tious, is a tuneful and pleasing com
position and was rendered by the
choir in a manner most creditable to
all concerned.
The sopranos, who consist, for the
most part, of bright, tuneful voices,
always true to pitch, are particularly
good, while much can be said in
praise of tbe balance of the chorus,
as was proved by their crisp and
ready attack, correct phrasing and
prompt recognition of ensemble ef
fects. ' '
Mrs. McGee sang sweetly and very
effectively. "For If We Believe." The
"Siskiyou Male Quartet (a far
fetched title, .perhaps, for a band of
sacred singers), consisting of Messrs.
Tilton. Wolcott, McGee and Ewer, in
terpreted "Abide With Me" with the
parts appearing here and there un
balanced and as though a little at
cross purposes, while Dr. Tilton's
smooth, light, high tenor voice was
heard to good advantage in his solo,
"The Stone Which the Builders Re
fused.'1 Miss Engle, as always, did
complete Justice to her minstrelsy
(so to speak), singing the high notes
most freely and with that telling res
onancy that rendered her "I Will
Extol Thee" a most effective con
tribution. The trio, "Joy Cometh In
the Morning," for tenor, contralto
and soprano voices, and which was
sung by the Misses Anderson and
Mitchell and Dr. Tilton, was for co
gent musical reasons, perhaps, the
piece de resistance of the music con
tributed, and on it should hang a
tale of future effort and realization.
We would in a kindly spirit sug
gest that Dr. Tilton try his hand on
music of a higher standard than that
presented last evening, and would
simply mention "The Heaven's Are
Telling," from "The Creation;"
Dump Salvage
Goes to Keeper
The city council took action Tues
day night which will prevent trespass
on the city refuse grounds. Mr.
Graves, who has charge of the
grounds, complains that certain per
sons prowl about the grounds and
paw around among the rubbish and
make his work of keeping the
grounds sanitary doubly difficult.
The prowlers are of course in search
of various things of value which find
their way to the dumping ground of a
city of six thousand people.
Last week a Medford junk dealer
came up and carried off all the scrap
Iron on the grounds without so much
as saying by your leave. The iron
was worth seven or eight dollars
which should have gone, to Mr.
Graves, who is taking care of the
tract for the city at a very low figure.
There are many things carted to the
city dump on "Clean-up Day" that
have value. Some are thrown onto
the wagons hastily even to. the re
gret of the former owner later on.
"Sing, O Heavens," by Tours;" "How
Lovely Are the Messengers," by Men
delssohn, and "Thanks Be to God,"
by the same composer, as sample
copies of music of a spiritual and up
lifting character,
Mr. Yeo, who has heartily co-oper
ated with Dr. Tilton iu all his musi
cal undertakings, was at the. organ
and accompanied effectively and un
obtrusively. The service attended by a large
congregation did not close without
the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Douglass, on
behalf of himself and his flock, ex
pressing appreciation of the splendid
work done by Dr. Tilton and his co
adjutors on behalf of the music of
the M. E. Church.
The services in the Presbyterian
church marked high tide. Beginning
with a splendid program by the chil
dren of the primary department and
intermediates of the Sunday school,
under the leadership of Miss Estella
Hays and her corps of splendid help
ers. A fine audience filled the
church for the 11 o'clock service, and
again at 1:30, when Dr. Carnahan
addressed the Knights Templar. And
the evening service was an appropri
ate climax to a beautiful Easter day.
The Easter thought of the risen
Christ was the dominant note in all
the services. The beautiful floral
decorations, the splendid music, in
which the efficient choir leader, Mr.
J. S. MacMurray, and his fine choir
added new laurels to their already
splendid reputation, and the work of
the soloists, Mr. MacMurray, Mr.
Strickland and Mrs. F. E. Conway,
elicited only words of commendation
and praise. Surely we gi foith from
the Easter services of 1914 with high
hope aud new courage and inspira
tion. Easter at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Trinity chapel was made into a
bower of beauty for Easter, througn
the fcffort of Mrs. Lucy Wilson, Mrs.
G. II. Hedburg and Miss Victoria
Tavener, who with their artistic skill
made each attendant feel that wit'i
the Resurrection of Him who dieo.
on the cross came the resurrection of
the flowers, so typical of this new
birth.
Many members and fri-nd.; of th
church gave quantities of Eaater lil
ies, many of which came from south
ern California, to enhanc? this flora',
effect. The splendid choir under .he
direction of Miss Natalie Swiynrt and
the assistance of Mrs. Sylvan Pro
vost and Mr.-Strickland rendered the
music which was so largo a part of
this impressive service.
The Rev. John F. Hanaker took
for his text verses 5-13 of the 2 1 -it
chapter of St. John. Thia termoa
emphasized the true dignity cf labor
which Christ taught in Hia l'e op
earth, in His association wH.!i the
fishermen, and with thosi who 'a
bored in the most humble pursuits.
It was through this intermingling
with the publicans and sinners that
Christ was able to teach the great
lesson for which He was sent to the
world. His simplicity of life on
earth taught as important lessons as
did His death on the cross and His
resurrection.
This service was attended by a
large audience.
Rides His Cycle
With Clothes Ablaze
Tho following is an extract telling
of the accident which happened to
Mark Swalni, a former Ashland boy.
Mark ond his mother formerly lived
on Almond street and were well
known here. The accident occurred
in Los Angeles:
"Terribly burned when a bottle of
ammonia he was delivering fell
against his motorcycle engine and
broke. Mark Swnim, 18, his clothing
ablaze, tore through the streets of
Highland Park on his machine today
to a drug store, where he was given
treatment. Swalni Is a delivery boy
for a pharmacy. The ammonia was
Ignited by the engine when the bot
tle broke. The boy was Bald to have
a fair chance to recover."
April showers may be good , for
some kjnds of flowers, but not for the
ones on Easter bats.
According to ' Dr. Ifddge's recent
bulletin, flies multiply almost as rftP-l
Idly as rumors. -
Ex-Governor Patterson of Tennes
see addressed the citizens of Ashland
nt the tabernacle Thursday evening
on nation-wide prohibition. He was
accompanied by. Secretary Baker of
the National Anti-Saloon League.
Secretary Bilker spent, the greater
part of his time in warning his hear
ers of the possibilities of the voters
in dry places from becoming inactive
and overlooking the needs of- the
j country at large by reason of feeling
I local security from the liquor evil.
Ho visited Ashland several years
ago and marked great improvement
and increased population, due, as he
believes, in no small degree to the
fact that Ashland is one of the really
dry cities in the country. He pointed
out that the voters, and especially
the women, are not showing the en
thusiasm iu registering and securing
suffrage that should be shown.
Governor Patterson appeared late,
as he is feeling the effects of his con
tinuous campaign covering almost
three months. His voice is broken
and his physical condition shows tho
Vining to Open
Early Next Month
The new Vining Theatre will be
opened to the public between the
5th and 15th of May. This announce
ment has been officially made and
Mr, Vining is making preparations
for the securing of a fine engage
ment for the opening night. It is
planned to make this one of the
memorable events of Ashland both
socially and in the theatre world, and
no pains are to be spared to this end.
Almost all of the boxes have been
engaged for the opening night and
society is looking forward anxiously
to this great occasion.
Guaranteed extra quality, pure
silk ri- ss mattresses at $11. .10 to $1!
at the Ashland Furniture Co. 90-4t
! Malone Gave Boys
Great Travel Treat
C. A. Malone of the Ashland Pow
er and Light Company lectured to
the boys Thursday night. Every
minute of the evening was full of
Interest to the boys, as Mr. Malone
is such an interesting talker that the
attention never wavered for an in
stant. His subject was the trip of
the battleships around the world, in
which he was serving as chief elec
trician of tho lowu. Pictures were
thrown on the screen that he had
token while on the trip, which he
explained with relation to the differ
ent countries and cities to which the
pictures had reference. Views of in
terest in Australia, China, Japan,
Hawaii and other countries were
shown, which made everyone eager
to travel or learn inoro about them.
The passage of the Straits of Magel
lan was Illustrated, and the difficul
ties that beset the battleships were
elucidated. Life on board the ships.
the pets of the sailors, mascots, cus
toms of the people of different na
tionalities, all were explained with
vivid word pictures as well ns photo
graphs, and when Mr. Malone took
his seat the boys gave u thunderous
applause.
It was announced by Professor
Vining st hat Attorney General Craw
ford will speak to tho Boys' Club on
"What Makes Criminals," Thursday,
May 7. This will be looked forward
to by all, as Mr. Crawford Is one of
the best posted men In the state.
During the evening E. T. Staples
gave a short talk to the boys on
breaking windows and other little
misdemeanors.
Father of Girl
Forger is Here
A. M. Mclntyre arrived In the city
yesterday from Independence, Ore.,
to make an effort to secure his
daughter's releasee from the charge
of forgery preferred last week by
local banks.,! Mr Mclntyre bolieves
his daughter Is not entirely responsi
ble for her acts, as she has been for
the past ear, doing many things her
parents cpuldoot. account, for. The
young .lady; le, now, 'confined In tho
county prison at Jacksonville.
strain. He talked for half an hour,
forcibly giving his reasons (or hin
decided change upon the liquor ques
tion since lie served as chief execu
tive of Tennessee, when lie vetoed
several liquor laws passed by the. leg
islature, believing tiny would affect
his state commercially and retard its
progress. Since Tennessee lias adopt
ed strong prohibition he has seen
wherein his judgment, was at error,
as Tennessee is prospering as never
before.
He is a pleasant, polished speaker
and held his audience iu wrapped at
tention, driving bis points with
clinching arguments and conclusive
climaxes.
The nation dry within ten yearn
was the prediction of both of tlio
speaker;?.
.May Day Ball.
The Lady Maccabees will give ;i
May day ball iu tho armory Friday
evening. .May 1. 92-Gt
Phone news items to the Tidings.
Big Prohib Rally
On Sunday Next
Hon. Virgil G. Hinshaw, national
chairman of the prohibition party,
and Ernest E. Taylor, state secretary,
will speak at the Chautauqua build
ing at 2:30 p. m., Sunday, April 19.
Mr. Hinshaw was a promising young
lawyer of Portland when called to
the national chairmanship. Tlio
young people are especially invited to
hear this young man who is climbing
to the top. This will probably lm
the only time Mr. Hinshaw will speak
in Ashland. Coma and hear him.
All are welcome.
Wanted Chickens at Depot Ho
tel. We pay 14 cents a pound. SS-tf
Make it "Ashland the Beautiful."
Enders to Put Up
Concrete Building
Seventy-five by eighty-five are the.
dimensions of a new concrete busi
ness block one story high which H.
G. Enders will erect on the lots on
East Main street adjoining his pres
ent, department store. The new block
will occupy the entire space between
I his store and the building now occu
pied by the Eastern .Supply Company.
Plana and specifications are already
drawn up ond Mr. Enders states that,
he expects to start the work at once.
At the meeting of the city council
last. Tuesday night Mr. Enders peti
tioned for a permit to move tho smalt
frame building, now encumbering tbe
ground, to hist. lot fifty feet to tin
east on the 'opposite sldo of tin
Eastern Supply Company building.
Ho also petitioned for the privilem
of tapping the sewers etc. The peti
tions were referred to the proper
committees. '
Mr. Enders states that he will di
vide his block iuto four business
rooms. One will be a spacious store
room twenty-four by nighty-five feet,
and the others will be seventy-fivti
feet deep with frontages of eighteen
and sixteen and thirteen feet respec
tively. The latter will be made suit
able for a barbershop with a ware
room at the renr;
Applications for all the rooms rro
already In the hands of Mr. Eiulers
and be expects to have enough others
to make It possible for him to select
those lines of business most needed
In that pnrt of the city. Tho m .v
structure will add greatly to the ap
pearance of the locality and will un
doubtedly be populur with new busi
ness concerns and with old ones soes
ing new quarters.
Drys Will Meet
Friday at Medford
All who have signed the "Out to
Win" Voters' League slips ore In
vited to attend the county conven
tion at Medford Friday at 10 o'clock,
to elect delegates to the state con
vention and nomlnute or endorse dry
men for office. , .
National Chairman V. G Hinshaw
and State Secretary B. E. Taylor will
be' present. There, will be a general'
rally ' and mass meet ng at ; night.
": The meetings will be held In th
Methodist tent. All are welcome.
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