Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, April 20, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text20? ,mt'. . ASHLAND MIN ERAL SPRINGS. More and better mineral waters than any spot of its size on earth. '. Third strongest Hthia in the world. iTiDir keep yoi;r eve ov asiicaxp. Soon to be Uh greatest homo ami health report in America. Work is now under way to make it that. VOL. XXXVIII ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY' APRIL 20, 1914 NUMBER Oi HUERTA MET' BE1AM Ashland i "J TfWVWWWWTT WW vqUM m mwmmm I 1 yj&E AMERICA WILL DECLARE CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE $50,000,000 FOR USE BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT Troops Are Being Rushed to Border And The Wires Are Humming Tampico. April 20. Silence greet ed the demand of America that Pro visional President Huerta salute the stars and stripes. All is quite in the harbor and great tenseness Is felt on every hand. The American fleet is lying in the ways about six or seven miles at sea in battle array, although no clearing for action has beer noted from the shore. Washington, April 20. A peace ful blockade is to be declared against Mexico. This is the planned outlined by the cabinet members at a meeting held last night and lasting until after 9 o'clock this morning. This does not necessarily mean that war is to be declared, but enables the American government to do all things except fire shot and shefl on to Mexican soil. Government officials say this will place the president in a position to handle without delay any emergency which may arise. Consist will beUtlvlty Aj, ovx Mexican Herder, akecl to make an appropriation suf ficient to equip and place in the field an army strong enough to effectually blockade the Mexican border, Washington. April 20. President Wilson addressed congress this morn ing at 11 o'clock, asking that discre tionary power be inevsted in the pres ident in dealing with the Mexican sit uation. The passage of a resolution was taken up immediately after the noon recess and was discussed freely upon the floor of the senate and house. While, there is no question but the position of President Wilson meets the approval of almost every member of congress, there is a wide difference of opinion as to the proper course to pursue. President Wibon made it plain he did not desire war to be declared, but desired to establish a "peaceful blockade" against Mexico. It is made clear that the movement of America is not against Mexico, but ,' rather against Huerta and his pro visional government. At 3 o'clock a recess was taken, but little doubt is expressed that the res olution will be passed today. Springfield, Ohio, April 20. The artillery forceB of this sttae have been placed under orders from the war department and are being pre- Will Organize Lien For Social Hygiene Conference of representative men of Ashland, Friday, May 1, at 8 p. m. This conference Is upon such a vital subject that it will cross all political and religious lines for men. The campaign is upon a state-wide basis. Oregon is leading in this con structive work and our community must do its part to maintain their leadership. Sooner or later problems of social hygiene confront every one of us. A careful discussion of the subject and a source of reliable information should appeal to every parent partic ularly. This question of social hygiene is one that reaches down into mankind far more deeply than any of our seri ous problems. Before real progress can be made in its solution mothers and fathers will have to appreciate the seriousness and the far-reaching effects. False modesty and prudery will ave to be banished and men and women will have to face facts equally Important to both. Physicians will tell the people that more sickness and suffering are catmed from sexual vice and Its ram ifications than from any other cause. The responsibility rests with moth ers and fathers. Shall we not realize our responsibility and gladly co-operate In the solution of the problem? BLOCKADE AGAINST pared to embark for Mexico upon day's notice. Washington, April 20. A resolu tion has ben offered in congress ap propriating $50,000,000 to be placed at the disposal of the president and the war department with which to handle the Mexican question. This resolution will probably be passed to day. Troops Moving at All Points. San Francisco, Cal., April 20. All was activity in military circles here today. At an early hour this morn ing two regiments of soldiers were entrained for the border and orders were flying thick and fast on every hand. The Washington government Is in readiness to establish a thorough blockade along the border within a few days. Galveston. Te::as, April 20. Texas rangers and regulars were active all along the Mixican border today. Reg iments of soldiers were moving here and there and boats were being put in readiness for embarking. It is generally believed here that the American government tateudi to strike fast once drastic steps,. nWaji..Kiven a thorough test for effi- found necessary. Vord has gone out all along the border and the wires are hot with, military orders. Local Militia May Not See Service In the event troops are called for in the present crisis with Mexico, it is doubtful if the local military boys will be called upon to go to the front. As eight of the Oregon companies are in the coast deiense service there would be little for them to do unless transfered to the artillery branch of j the service. A transfer would hardly occur un less it was found necessary to make calls in addition to the regular artil lery service of the states. The local military men do not look forward to the smell of smoke or hearing the cannon roar. Ashlander Gains School Honors Following is a clipping from the Sun of Yuma. Ariz., telling of the success of Don Wert, a former Ash land high schooler, in his studies: "The high schol honor roll was given out yesterday by Professor Van i loose. There were five students on the honor roll, the leader being Don West of the Valley, who received the highest grades in all of his courses. The sophomore class bad the most members on the roll, the freshmen being next. It is considered a great honor by the students to be on the honor roll and it is a position greatly coveted by the students. The roll Is as follows: Don West, sophomore class; Victoria Kinsley, freshman; Hose Marquard, sophomore; Gladney Mac Beth, sophomore; Evelyne Hack ett, freshman." Walker Hustling For Votes A. VV. Walker was up from Med ford Friday mixing with the voters In an effort to land the republican nom ination for sheriff of Jackson coun ty. He is making one of the most active campaigns of the large field of candidates and says his chances are growing better every day, and on the 15th of May be hopes to come In a good winner. MEXICO AT ONCE Warning to Auto Drivers From Chief Drivers of autos anil vehicles of all kinds are warned not to exceed the speed limit of fifteen miles an hour at any time. Violations will be pros ecuted and fined $25 for each of fense. The city fire truck is permit ted to exceed the limit when going to fires, therefore any auto going at the same rate of speed or in excess of that of the fire truck is violating the law. When a fire alarm Is sounded all vehicles must be stopped until the truck passes. It CHIEF POUTER. Chief Porter says almost every auto going to the fires in the last few alarms have been subject to arrest and a fine of $25 for exceeding the speed limit. This must stop and in future no favorites will be over looked. Passing the truck and run ning two or three abreast behind the truck is pastime for some drivers. The fire truck is allowed to go be; yond the speed limit, as well as of ficers in the discharge of duty, but all private citizens are subject to a fine. So look out, or Chief Porter will get you. Geo. Trefren Lost Auto by Fire The fire department boys have been called out three times since Sat urday evening and the new fire truck clency. Early Saturday evening a small blaze occurred in the roof of a dwell ing on North Main street on the cor ner of Mechanic street. Later in the evening the barn on the property of George W. Trefren on North Main was entirely destroyed, his auto being lost with the contents of the stable. The fire was beyond control when discovered. The department was called to the Million property on Oak street this morning. Smoke was found issuing from the attic, but no fire could be located. Railroad Official to Talk to Boys' Club The Boys' Vocational Club will meet Tuesday evening. Instead of Thursday evening, in the Elks' ban quet room. Professor Vinlng was fortunate in securing two Southern Pacific officials, J. J. Miller, agent at Red Bluff, Cal.. and J. W. Metcalf, division superintendent of the Southern Pacific, who will talk to the club on "Various Phases of Railroading." This is an open meet ing and a cordial invitation is given the public. Mnd Oi Old Man Clouded An old gentleman by the name of Duke was placed in' the city Jail for safekeeping yesterday. He came up from Redding Friday and was sent to the hospital for treatment. He threatened violence to the attendants and was taken into custody. His friends were notified and will bo here tonigbt to take care of him. Ilia mind is becoming clouded and it was feared be might do Injury to some one. Fruit Growers' ( Meeting Tonight We will have with us Mr. II. F. Davidson, president, and Mr. Wilmer Sclg, salep manager of the North Pa cific Fruit Distributors, who will ad dress us on Co-operative Marketing of our fruits, a subject we are vitally Interested In.. Make It a duty to be present at the Commercial Club rooms tonight at ,7:30. Ashland Frutt & Producer Associtioo.. i H Highway Muddle Taking Shape The members of the special tax committee composed of prominent Medford property owners conferred with a similar committee from Ash land Friday and incidentally went on record unofficially as opposing the Btate highway commission in making the proposed cut through the Dilliiii farm near Ashland, Hays Robert Ituhl in the Sun. A formal resolution wan drawn up by the Ashland committee discourag ing the proposed cut and the expend iture of an amount placed at $25,000 for the work, it being the opinion of the members of the committee that the expenditure of such a large sum was not justified by the benefits se cured. Every member of the Med ford "tax committee endorsed this resolution, not as official members of the com mittee, but as individual citizens and property owners. The members of the county court are said to be In! no way implicated as the route of the highway is entirely In the hands of the state highway commission. It was the hope of the members of the Medford-Ashland delegations that this act would result in a better understanding between the two cities and a solution of the present diffi culty with the highway officials pre venting any community fight over the construction of the Pacific Highway through Jackson county. According to the Ashland delegates they were unanimously in favor of the Pacific Highway and believed State Highway Engineer Bowlby a competent and reliable man, but thought that in this particular in stance he had made a mistake. The route of the proposed cut thvough the Hillings property was gone over and the proposed work carefully explained. E. V. Carter and Ed Staples !ed the Ashland dele gation, while the Mod ford tax com mittee was made u, as follows: T. W. Miles. Bert Anderson, V. V. Me dynski, H. C. (iarnett, (1. Knight, 11. IT. Lumsden, B. V. Emerick, Dr. J. M. Keene. W. T. Grieve, E. M. Wil- ;son, C. W. Palm and 11. G. Woitman. Citizens to Register For Home Folks People from all parts of the coun try are constantly stopping off at Ashland to look over our city and country. There are former residents of every state in the Union and many places in Canada residing in Ashland and vicinity. The Commercial Club desires to obtain the names and ad dresses and the places of former resi dence of all our people, both in Ash land and the surrounding country, in order when strangers come here It may be able to refer them, if possi ble, to some one from their own lo cality back home, and thus give them a warmer welcome. Will you call at the Commercial Club rooms and leave your name and address and place of former residence or fill out and mail the Commercial Club the form below? Former home County. State Local address No.,.. Street R. F. I). No. . . . Dynamite Received For Highway Work Two cars of dynamite to b used on the Pacific Highway have reached here from Giant, Cal. The explosive will be divided between the opera tions which are being carried on near the Stein man and Siskiyou sections of the job. More men and teams are being employed. The arrival of this dynamite Indi cates that rockwork la to be tackled next. Inasmuch as preliminary .clear ing operations are about over within those localities. Some extra heavy machinery also is going forwnrd. APPKX1HCITIH ItOOK KKKK! The Adler-i-ka book, telling how you' can EASILY; guard against ap pendicitis, and how you can relieve constipation or gas on the stomach INSTANTLY, is offered free- this week. -by T. JC. Bolton, drugglnt. 4 Copyright, irl I, liy rnnania-Puc ifto CANADA AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EX POSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. PLANS for the Canadian building at the Pannnia-Pnellie Interna tional Exposition at San Francisco In 1015 have been approved, mid the work on the great structure has started. The Canadian Palace, as it is old. hilly uniueri, will be one of the largest and most imposing of the foreign buildings, having a length of 340 feet, a width or 1MO feet and a height of 00 feet, and will cost in the neighborhood of $;i00,0OO. It will be the largest building ever erected by Canada at n international exposition, covering itt.tHH) square feet, aud will bouse one of the most elaborate and comprehen sive exhibits of the Dominion's resources aud product ever shown on foreign soil. Six hundred thousand dollars has already been voted by the Canadian parliament for the building and exhibit, but a further Srant, bringing the appropriation up to $l,0UO.0O0, will be recommended. HANDSOME BOOK ON PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL REGION MAILED TO ALL INQUIRERS FREE OF CHARGE. A HANDSOME book of sixty pages, illustrated profusely In colors and giving detailed descriptions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco from Feb. 20 until Dee. 4, JTH.r, and of the Panama canal and the canal region, will be mailed by the Panama Pacific lnternatIon.il Exposition free of charge to nil in quirers. The booklet Is intended as a general guide to. prospective vis itors anil will also contain Information concerning the great engineering feat which the Exposition is to celebrate. Write to the Manager, the Korean of Publication. Panama Pacific International Exposition, Ex position building, San Francisco, for the booklet. Ashland-Medford Tax Assessment Discussed County Assessor Grieve, owing to committee from both Medl'oril and the many complaints about the in- 1 Ashland to the effect that the eti equalities in assessments, concluded I gineor was making :i serious mistake that this year he would call upon the! in refusing to use discretion in the citizens of the various towns to meet mutter of the Pacific Highway ami with the local assessor for the pur pose of discussing with him the rela tive values of the real property. The following constituted the committee annotated to advise with the assessor In the city of Ashland: E. T. Sta ples. G. S. Butler, E. D. Briggs, I). Perozzi, Fred Wagner, A. E. Kinney, j Mayor Johnson. G. F. Hillings hndjbe the general opinion, jH. G. Enders. This committee has j The matter of laying the Pacific I met a number of times nnd Is practl-j Highway through the Hillings tract. Jcally through with Its work. Forthewas discussed at some length. The city of Med ford the following com- committee from Ashland took tho po mittee was appointed: Dr. Keene, I Hitton that It seemed to be the inten Hert Anderson, Gnrnott aud S. S. ( tlon of the state engineer, assisted Smith. That committee has also met ( by one or more of the newspapers of and lia practically completed its ; (. county, to make tho city of Ash work. I land the "goat" to beat- the ridicule Friday afternoon the Joint commit-j incident to a possible failure of tint tees of the two cities met at the completion of the Pacific Highway Commercial Club room In Ashland to compare the assessments In the two cities. E. T. Staples iff Ashland acted as chairman. The deputy assessor from Med ford was In attendance with bis books and O. Winter, the deputy assessor for Ashland, was also pres ent with his books and plats. It was agreed by the Joint commit tee that the assessments on the resi dence property in the two cities was nearly us correct as practicable, Uut as to the business sections of the two cities there was a difference of I opinion, and it was conceded by many that the rate of assessment on the business lots In Medford was too high, and on motion It was decided that the committee from Medford should take the matter into consider ation and revise such assessments. There was considerable discussion on various matters affecting taxation. All agreed that it was necessary that retrenchment In expenditures should be made on the part of all county, municipal and state affairs, and all pledged themselves to use their Influ ence to bring about such a result. It was suggested, and the suggestion received favorable consideration, that there should be meetings of the citi zens of the county at frequent inter vals to' discuss, the welfare of the county and make proper, suggestions to the county officials along, these lines. ' ; ' The matter if the Pacific Hltihway also received some attention. Re marks were made by members of the International Exposition Co. knows very little about the condi tions prevailing here. It was consid ered that the wishos of the people of j this county who have to pay the bills , should bo considered by the court. rather than the wishes of the state engineer, whoso only interest is to ' J complete the work. This seemed to within the limits of the bond issue. It was proposed that the committee) us a whole should go personally upon the grounds and examine for them selves as to whether thoy approved or disapproved the dictum of the) state engineer to the effect that tho Pacific Highway must pass througli the Billings tract or work on tht highway would cease at tho Billing place. Having examined on the Him of tho survey, the following resolu tion was offered and unanimously adopted: "Be It resolved by the tax commit tees of Ashland and Medford in ses sion ussetnblcd, that having, on the ground, examined the proposed cut on the Pacific Highway at tho nil -iTngs place near Ashland, that wo unanimously agree that it is not ad visable to make such cut, for the reason thnt such cut would be very expensive and fully If not more dan gerous than tho present railroad crossing; that tho benefits of tho pro posed cut would not Justify the penses Incident thereto." The meeting was very harmonious nnd resulted In a better understand ing between some of the leading men of the two cltleB. Teachers' Review Class. ,W. T. Van Scoy will open in the Polytechnic College a teachers' re view class next Monday, April 27, to continue seven weeks, - 91-it Pbone news Items to the Tidings.