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207 8ecoad St.
ASHLAND MINERAL SPRINGS.
More and ketter mineral waters
KEEP 'YOUR EYE OX ASHLAND.-.
Soon to be the greatest home and
health resort in America. Work is
now under way to make it tliat.
than any sjo4or i)T sfte'oa eartb.
Third strongest Htlia in the world.
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1914
NUMBER 93
B
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Southern Pacific Officials
Talk of Springs
H. A. Hinshaw, general freight
agent, and S. L. Burkhaltcr, super
intendent of the Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon, ware in Ashland and
spent Tuesday with Mr. Greer look
ing over the mineral sprin.nn proposi
tion. They had not before seen the
newly developed springs. They in
quired jnto our plan carefully and
pronounced It good. They expressed
doubt as to whether our people real
ized what a big thing it -would be to
Ashland if the project was success
fully carried out. The possibilities
are wonderful; no place is so well
equipped by nature for a resort such
as we contemplate: they had never
seen such an array of magnificent
mineral springs in so small area:
they talked of other resorts on the
Southern Pacific lines and remarked
how much greater the possibilities
were here for a big resort. They
said we must lay the foundation for
big crowds, for that is what would
come. The writer told them our peo
ple were anxious to know just what
the Southern Pacific proposed to do
for us if the bonds were voted and
the springs brought in. They said
there are many things to do in mak
ing watering resorts besides piping
in the springs. Much depends upon
the artistic settings given the springs
in our park and the artistic and at
tractive aspect of our park. They
said your people must know that they
are now proposing to absolutely
change the material character 01
Ashland. Heretofore you have de
pended upon your fruit and agricul
tural crops. Now you propose to
plant for a tourist crop. It takes a
different kind of culture: different
preparation of the soil for a tourist
crop than for what we have been
raising, and if we realize that and
lay our plans accordingly we will
magnificently succeed. What the
Southern Pacific does for Ashland In
this transition to a watering resort
depends very much upon what Ash
land does to make the resort attrac
tive. If the thing is forwarded on a
comprehensive plan one that will
Justify big advertising and big effort
on the part of the railroad we may
depend upon it that the railroad will
put big force behind the enterprise.
Oregon Apples
Sold in Egypt
Billy Ware, well known commer
cial traveler who sells shoes all over
the coast, semi-annually, is in
the city and tells a very interesting
story of his recent tour of foreign
countries. Mr. Ware was particular.
!y Interested to find the Rogue river
apples in many unexpected places. In
Bgypt. six hundred miles down the
Nile at Assouan, he found apples la
beled with a big sign "Rogue River,
Oregon, Apples." In many other
places he ran across them and wher
ever he found them they were fea
tured above all others apparently
being considered superior to anything
else In that line the trade could se
cure. At Harods in London one of
the biggest provision emporiums of
the city he found them featured
with signs printed in box car letters
and selling at ten cents apiece. He
says he bought a sack of them and
was tickled to death to get them even
at that price, but Jokingly told the
dealer that out in Oregon he could
get them for picking them up.
Southern Oregon
Shown in Pictures
Arrangements have Just been com
pleted by C, R. Miller of the Miller
Photo Company whereby a motion
picture studio will be established in
Klamath within tho next few weeks.
A motion picture machine has been
ordered by Miller, also blank films
and other equipment. (
The Elks' Rodeo will be taken In
motion pictures and sent to' all parts
of the country. In addition different
views of Klamath county ' will be
taken for the Panama-Pacific ExpobI-
tlon. wmie no neiinue urri'iiK
ments have been made by the Klam
ath Chamber of Commerce, the Idea
of showing motion pictures, Instead
of having an ordinary exhibit of
produce, received the Indorsement of
the chamber several weeks ago.
7 The Klamath Indian Reservation
and Crater Lake National Park will
receive special attention and many
Tiewa will be taken.
because there will be good profits to
the railroad in hauling people in. Do
the thing right and the railroad can
be depended upon to bring the peo
ple here in crowds. They remarked
that there was no other resort of the
kind on the Southern Pacific line be
tween San Francisco and Portland
andNsuid an immense traffic could be
built up along excursion lines be
tween these points to Ashland, as
well as the long haul tourist travel
from the east. Already our resort
possibilities are being diseusse.' from
San Francisco to Portland and every
body expresses confidence m the fu
ture of Ashland as a resort flty.
Vining is Hearing
Finishing Stage
Expert decorators from Seattle ar-,-
rived in Ashland Tuesday ready to
begin work on the interior of the
Vining Theatre. The Weisenborn Art
and Decorative Company have the
contract. Their specialty is interior
decorations and their special specialty
is theatres. Though the building is,
to all appearances from the outside,
far from complete, the decorators are
now at work on that portion of the
interior which has already passed
through the hands of the plasterers.
Nearly every stage of the building
of the Vining Theatre is going on at
once. In fact there has been no time
since the building began to rise but
what a large force of men was en
gaged on the job and small gangs of
them were following closely on the
heels of each other at various phases
of- the construction.
Tuesday the west wall of the build
ing was completed at noon. At the
same time the roof was going on,
lathers were working in one part of
the building, plasterers in another
and ' the plumbers and electricians
were alo on the job. One of these
fine days . Ashland people will arise
in the morning and find the theatre
incomplete and along towards even
ing they will stroll up to the front
and find somebody selling tickets.
Socialists Name
County Ticket
Socialists from all parts of Jack
son county held a mass meeting Tues
day evening to ratify referendum
nominees for the Jackson county so
cialist ticket:
Jackson county state senator G.
R. Satcbwell, Medford.
Jackson county representative D.
M. Brower, Ashland.
Jackson county representative
George W. Herriott, Applegate.
County commissioner. W. H.
Ree6e, Talent.
County clerk F. H. Chamberlain,
Talent.
County sheriff John Reter, Jack
sonville. County recorder E. J. Odell,
Agate.
County school superintendent
Mrs. G. R. Satcbwell, Medford.
County treasurer J. A. Smith,
Medford.
County coroner W. J. Dunn, Tal
ent. They unanimously adopted the pre.
vlous county plpatform and included
the following as their stand on local
Issues:
"For profits the evils in present
day society are fostered, and for gain
to the exploiting class are they main
tained. Therefore by the establish
ment of industrial liberty will be
struck the blow that will free future
society from poverty, social vice and
tho liquor traffic; dire evils thrust
upon is by the capitalist system.
Against tbese degrading wrongs are
socialist party battling for economic
freedom uses the only effective
weapon."
Hike to Cliff Satuidjiy.
It weather permits, the Boys' Club
will take a hike to Van Dyke cliffs
next Saturday. The trip will be of
special Interest as C. B. Watson will
go along and explain the geology of
the country. He is especially quali
fied to discuss geological problems
as he Iras made It the study and life
work, and by discussions and lectures
bag given out at school, the boys can
expect a very instructive and inter
esting hike. I
Business on Coast
Looking Better
The report of the Southern Pacific
Company on the condition of busi
ness on the Pacific coast shows great'
prosperity prospects. The rain has
been general throughout the state re
cently and has been sufficient to do
all that was required. The Febru
ary storms filled tlio underground
reservoirs and deposited an ample
supply of enow upon the mountains.
Water for irrigation and power is as
sured. The report says, in part:
Oregon Outlook considered good
i if not better than at the same time
in 1913. Ranks in excellent condi
tion, with heavy resources. Among
banker?, merchants and manufactur
ers a more optimistic feeling prevails
than for some time. Lumber outlook
better. Crop prospects good.
California Prospects for very
large yield of crops. Orchards in
splendid condition. Stock ranges in
fine shape, affording an abundance
of feed. In Santa Clara Valley quite
an amount of planting to prunes and
apricots, most of it new, other than
replanting on account of dead trees
due to past two seasons.
May Day Ball.
The Lady Maccabees will give a
May day ball in the armory Friday
evening. May 1. 92-6t r
Ladies' hat sale at Enders.
The Council and
Chautauqua Park
There seems to be some misunder
standing as to the attitude of the
city council toward the care of Chau
tauqua Park. The ladies usked that
the city appropriate three hundred
dollars a year toward the care of that
part of the park owned by the Chau
tauqua Association. The council had
no legal right to make such an ap
propriation because the park did not
belong to the city. Legally the city
had no more right to appropriate
money to upkeep that ground than
it had to appropriate money to keep
up the lot of a private citizen. That
is the legal phase. On the other
hand, the Chautauqua grounds have
been used freely by the people as a
park and there was a moral obliga
tion against the city for the free use
of the grounds. There was the di
lemma. The council considered both
the legal and moral phase and decid
ed that while the city could not legal
ly meet the request of the Chautau
qua ladies, some provision should be
made. It was legal for the city to
furnish police protection everywhere
within the corporate limits. So it
was decided to put a special police
man in the park whose duty it should
be both to supply police surveillance
and take care of the grounds. In
consideration of him taking care of
the park as well as looking after the
Chautauqua grounds a policeman was
commissioned and the park club will
get exactly what they petitioned for
a caretaker for the park at the
expense of the city and the matter
will be handled according to law in
stead of according to sentiment. The
Tidings is with the council in the
matter. We think they did the right
thing and the only thinghat could
be legally done in the premises. That
day is dangerous when public officers
begin to make illegal appropriations,
for, once started, there is no end to
it.
There has been a lot of unneces
sary agitation and criticism growing
out of the transaction.
Swaiitf'Dies as
Result of Bums
Word has been received that Mark
Swalm died Sunday, the result of
serious burns caused from an acci
dent while riding bis motorcycle. Ac
cording to report, he was riding his
motorcycle, while delivering for o
Los Angeles drug company, and a
bottle of ammonia which he was car
rying fell on the engine and ignited,
the ammonia spilling over his clothes
and burning him terribly. Mark and
his mother lived in Ashland for sev
eral years, and the many friends they
gathered around them while here will
grieve for the loss of the boy. While
the family was living here the death
of Mr. Swaim occurred, from con
sumption. The Tidings wishes to ex
tend sincere . sympathy , to Mrs.
Swalm.
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
Woman Forger is
Splendid Songbird
A. M. Mclntyre of Independence,
Ore., father of Miss Nellie Mclntyre,
who was held in the county jail on
a charge of forgery preferred by
Ashland banks, has secured his
daughter's release from the county
jail on $.-,00 bail and left with her
for his homo in Independence. Mr.
Mclntyio does not believe that Miss
Nell in is altogether responsible for
her acts: and stated that his daughter
had done several things in the past
year that he could not account for. i
Sunday morning Miss Mclntyre re
quested that she be given an oppor
tunity to attend the Easter services
at the Presbyterian church in the
county seat. The request was grant
ed and Miss Mclntyre attended and
took part in tho singing. She sang
ho beautifully that she was asked to
sing a hymn alone. This she did and
in such a way that it was highly en
joyed by all. She was brought to
the city from the county jail In an
auto by Deputy Wilson.
S. P. Special Train.
The S. P. will furnish a special
train April 17, 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 leading lady, at the Page Theatre
at Medford. 92-2t
The Pacific
Highway Muddle
. The Tidings has taken no part in
the Pacific Highway controversy
mainly for the reason that it is ig
norant as to the facts and the needs.
TheTidings does not assume to know
more about where the highway ought
to go, or just where the money
should be spent, than the engineers
who are employed to do the work.
One thing certain, large enterprises
of the kind must be laid out on a
definite plan looking to the ultimate
results desired and not warped to
meet local situations. We assume
Engineer Bowlby is trying to get the
best results for the money and we
shall not interpose an objection to
his plans unless convinced to the con
trary. On the other hand, no mau is to
be blamed for trying to protect his
home. Mr. Billings feels that the
proposed route will greatly damage
him and hopes that another way will
be found just as good for the high
way. But the controversy Is one that
must be settled between Mr. Billings
and the engineers amicably, or be
determined by a proper proceeding
In court. There can be nothing
gained by working up a lot of public
sentiment either for or against Mr.
Billings or the engineers. The mat
ter should be settled according to
justice and equity and Ashland
should not put herself in the light of
obstructing public Improvements, or
get in a position where she can be
charged with attempting it.
The engineers are supposed to
know their business. Mr. Billings
assuredly has rights In the matter.
His friends or public sentimeut cun
not and should not Interfere. Let's
have the Pacific Highway and allow
all questions of dainuges and Justice
to rest with the courts for adjudica
tion. Zapata probably wants to show
Villa that he has no monopoly of the
blackmailing business.
Visitor Talked on
Work Among Indians
Rev. Robert D. Hall, secretary of
the international committee of the
Y. M. C. A. work among the Indians,
with headquarters In New York city,
is spending a few days at the home
of A. M. Beaver, being the nephew
of Mrs. Beaver and the grandson of
Mrs. E, J. Calhoun. Ho gave quite
a comprehensive talk In the parlors
of Mr. Beaver's home Tuesday even
ing, before a few friends, illustrating
with magic lantern views. Mr. Halt
Is specially fitted tor this work, hav
ing been born at Fort Berthold, In
South Dakota, his mother being' the
first white woman missionary among
the Indians of that section. He Is
giving a talk this morning before-' the
student body of the high school.
From here he goes to the Chemawa
School for Indians, north of Salehi'."
Knights Templar Heard
Sermon on Temple Building
Rev. Carnahan delivered tho Eas
ter sermon to the Knights Templar
lodge of Ashland last, Sunday in the
Presbyterian church, which was con
sidered one of the most polished ever
heard in this city, in part he said,
taking as his subject "Temple Ruild
ing," from tho scripture text. Exodus
20:30. According to the Pattern
Showed Thee in the Mount," and 1
Cor. :: :17. "For the Temple of God
is Holy, Which Temple Ye Are."
These scripture words, though tak
en from widely separated pages of
the Bible and from widely separat-j
ed ages yet. have reference to one
and the. same thought temple build
ing. Typical and symbolical of the
moral and spiritual. All things
earthly, if their true meaning and
purpose be gathered, lead to tho
heavenly, from tho seen to the un
seen "for we know that if this
earthly house of our tabernacle be
dissolved, we have a building with
God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in tho heavens."
Tho world has had very many
beautiful, wonderful and magnifi
cent temples, conceptions of man's
wonderful genius, creations of man's
skillful hands. Some of them are
standing today, moss-grown and ivy
covered, the marks of the ages upon
them; while many others have been
either ruthlessly destroyed by the
cruel and heartless invader of sa
cred domains, or have fallen beneath
Time's abrading and decaying touch.
Chivalry as an Institution existed
from the reign of Charlemagne, but
the Templar order came into being
through the inspiration of the Cru
sades. They were the brave soldiers
pledged to the defense of the Chris
tian religion, to friendship loyajty
to their sovereign, to the courteous
bearing of the true gentleman, und
the protection of womanhood.
Each of ns is engaged in temple
building. Our life is our temple
building. s
Our Master had his plans. Out. of
that place in the Inner chamber
whither he hud withdrawn himself
he emerged to spread before his
workman those patterns for the com
pletion of that most glorious edi
fice. Sir Knights, we may erect no cost
ly mansions of brlcli and marble
upon some grand avenue or public
thoroughfare for human eyes to look
upon and to criticise or admire, but
each of us Is building a fabric which
God and angels see
"We are weaving every day, as we
pass along our way,
Intent upon our busy work, or Just
as busy play,
Beneath the casual gaze of men, and
an;;els' steady eye,
The robes of Resurrection, In which
we shall arise."
' Can you wonder that on this Eas
ter day that us a traveler and build
er, as one who has seen His star In
the east, as one who has walked
among the pillars of stability and
strength, and have mounted by easy
stages the golden stairway of learn
ing and universal knowledge, that
by all the wrecks of human charac
ter which rill the world, by nil the
battered and broken derelicts that
strew t no shores of the ocean of
Time, that we should enjoin you and
Compliment For
Worthy Girl
The poople of our neighbor city of
Ashland paid their greatest respect
to u most worthy student when Miss
Francos Hamlin, a senior of the Ash
land high school, was called by cable
gram to teuc-h In Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands, by tendering a public recep
tion in her honor, one man present
ing her with fifty dollars cash, many
of the merchants supplying the neces
sary clothing, and friends bestowing
upon her scorns of useful gifts, so
that she was fitted with everything
for the trip and the work, says the
Medford Sun.
It was said by those who witnessed
tho crowd at the depot last Saturday
that no one ever left the city having
more friends, and It was plainly seen
that she was the most popular girl
In the c.'ty.
,' Miss Hamlin worked her way
through school In a creditable way,
she was a member of the girls' quar
tet and of the Presbyterian choir,
possessed a fine soprano voice, and a
(bver"bf''niu8lc.
encourage you to learn wisdom and
adorn your life temple, with baeuty
and truth and "to take heed how you
build," remembering that every wiso
and careful builder uses constantly
his pluinbline?
We shall speak briefly of threo
elements of a glorious knighthood
and a Christian chivalry:
1. Let your foundation stone im
truth
I'pon this foundation stone
rests the success or failure of tlio en
tire structure. Tho woiif's best ex
emplar of a man was .Jesus Christ,
and He was the. very embodiment of
truth.
A second element of trim
knighthood is purity. Impurity ot
life Is the forfeiture of manliness.
It. rolis all life's intercourse of tlio
freshness of its joyous innocense. It
sullies all beauty. There can be no
such thing as an impure gentleman.
Impurity destroys like rust, and rot
like dampness. Sin distorts, deforms.
destroys. Without reservation wo
say there is no furnishing of temple.
of character quite so glorious, su
rich in the adornment ot that spirit
ual palace-like purity.
3. Yet another element of true
knighthood is gentleness. One of the
glaring faults of our age, uuseemly
and unhappy, is the lack of gentle
ness of conduct and bearing. The
highest encomium paid the Christ by
mortal tongue was Shakespeare's tri
bute: "Jesus Christ the first Chris
tian gentleman." No other hero
moving through the multitudes has
ever been so courteously gentle, so
sweetly considerate in his personal
bearing, ns Jesus. Who never has
failed to kindle in the hearts of men
in whose breasts beat the desire of
true kuighthood, transports of de
light and enthusiasm.
There are those who esteem the
age of chivalry gone. But u grander
crusade Is on than ever rolled Its tide
of courage toward the Holy Sepul
chre. Let us remember that there in
a God-given spirit in niuu, whether
he be the man o Rome,of Greece or
of Egypt, the man of history or the
man of today, a spirit breathed into
him with God's own breath, whicli
makes grand and chivalrous deeds
possible in every age.
Hitch Racks to
Be Increased
At the adjourned meeting of the
city council held Monday evening few
items of formal business were trans
acted, but Informal consideration was
given several Important subjects.
The cemeteries particularly were)
considered at length, and It Is nut.
improbable some important steps will
be taken in the near future.
An additional appropriation of $"0
was made in connection with the
Crowson hill waterworks, now about
completed.
More bitching rack accommoda
tions for teams and horses was de
cided necessury and a committee wast
appointed to locute new rucks, con
sisting of Messrs. Bouver, Cornelius,
Enders, Mlnkler and Saunders.
Market matters were considered,
but action wus delayed until a later
da to.
Pictures to Aid
Social Evil Workers
Tho Dreamland Theatre has en
guged u special evening of films for
April 2S, tho "Truffle In Souls," and
It Is one of tho most stirring and
vivid pictures of this kind ever of
fered. It reveals and brings home to
the spectators the horrible crime
which aro committed in some ot our
Ini'hor cities, and Inspires people to
devise ways of eliminating tho terri
ble curse the white slave traffic.
These pictures have had-long runs In
tho cities and ure attracting a great
deal of attention among social evil
workers.
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Begin Work on Big Dmii.
Work will commence In a short
time on the big dam to be put In
southeast of Ashland for tho new
Irrigation project. It is planned to
Irrlgute about G.OOO acres under thl-
dam and thc-re is some talk of ex
tending It to greater proportions than
considered In the original plans.
Surveyor Osgood was here the first
of the week with a force of men com
pleting the details.