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DINGS
VOL. XXXVIII
ASHLAND. OREGON vMON DAY, MAY 11, 1914
NUMBER 100
LAND
Springs Mass Meeting
Friday Night a Rouser
THE LARGEST, MOST ENTHUSIASTIC AND HARMONIOUS PUBLIC
MEETING EVER HELD IN ASHLAND
In answer to the rail of the mineral
springs development committee for a
mass meeting to be held at the Chau
tauqua building on Friday night for
the purpose of advising the commit
tee how to proceed with the bond
election and for handling the springs
project after the bonds are issued, an
audience variously estimated at from
nine to fifteen hundred citizens and
taxpayers gathered in the most en
thusiastic and harmonious meeting
ever held in the history of Ashland.
The spirit of unity and co-operation
permeated the meeting and not a dis
cordant note was heard. Everybody
there was for the project, heart and
soul, their only interest being to
shape up the enterprise so as to make
it the great success that the splendid
mineral waters Justify. After the ob
jects of the meeting were explained
by the committee the meeting was
Riven into the hands of the taxpay
ers, who freely discussed the proper
methods to be applied to make the
venture a success. The committee
announced the splendid donation
made by Messrs. Butler and Perozzi
and what it meant to the city park as
well as the springs enterprise, and
the audience went wild with enthusi
astic applause. The spirit of com
munity interest and forward move
ment was there stronger than it had
ever been exemplified in Ashland be
fore. There was a total absence of
self-interest; every mind and heart
centered on the big thing, for the fu
ture of Ashland. There was no bick
ering, no reflection on anybody. The
mayor and most of the councilmen
were there and joined the crowd
heartily in the plans for a greater
Ashland, each pledging bis hearty
support and co-operation in forward
ing the movement.
The Following Resolution
was read and adopted by unanimous
vote:
"Whereas, The piping of the min
eral waters to our city park and es
tablishing Ashland as a watering and
health resort is, and ought to be,
considered separate and apart from
the regular routine business of the
city, on account of its many peculiar
problems and complications, and
must be handled with deliberate and
careful thought if it is to be made
successful, and
"Whereas, The necessary legal pro
cedures whereby the bonds are to be
voted and the springs project is to be
bandied to completion are to be pre
pared under the direction of the pres
ent mineral springs development com
mittee, and
"Whereas. The said committee has
expressed a desire for suggestions
and advice from the taxpayers as to
how the plans shall be laid, before
tire proper legal steps are taken, and
Ticket Endorsed
By Prohibitionists
The following candidates for state
offices were nominated by the state
convention of the prohibition party:
party:
United States senator, H. S. Stine
of Medford.
Governor, W. S. U'Ren (indepen
dent) of Oregon City.
State treasurer, B. Lee Paget of
Oak Grove.
Supreme court justices, C. J. Bright
of The Dalles and Judge William M.
Ramsey (democrat) of McMinnville.
Congress: FirBt district, W. H.
Meredith (democrat) of Curry coun
ty; Second district, George L. Cleaver
of Union county; Third district, Ar
thur L. Moulton (progressive) of
Portland.
Labor commissioner, Mrs. Lucia
Faxon Addlton of Portland.
Railroad commissioner, Frank J.
: Miller (republican) of Linn county.
' Attorney-general, William 11. Trin
5' die of Salem. V
State superintendent of public In
struction, Curtis P. Coe of McMinn
ville. State engineer, John II. Lewis (re
publican) of Salem.
Circuit Judge, Department No. 6,
Multnomah county, John Van Zant'e
(democrat) of Portland.
Admiral Howard seems able to
prove an alibi In case of that incen
diary fire at Manzanillo.
have called this meeting of taxpayers
for the purpose of receiving such ad
vice, therefore,
"He it resolved. That it is the sense
of the taxpayers of the city of Ash
land, in mass meeting assembled, that
the said development committee is
hereby advised as follows:
"First That the bond election be
so provided that the funds arising
from the sale of said bonds shall be
used for the mineral springs project
and for no other purpose, and shall
he made a special fund separate and
apart from all other city funds for
the purpose; that said funds bo de
posited in the city treasury in said
separate fund, and that same cannot
be paid out by the city treasurer ex
cept upon special mineral springs
vouchers showing that the specific
amounts are paid for labor performed
or supplies furnished, in strict pursu
ance of the construction and forward
ing of the mineral springs enterprise.
"Second That the necessary legal
procedure be followed so that a spec
ial commission, composed of three
members, shall take charge of the
mineral springs and park develop
ment and completion, entirely sep
arate and independent from the city
council, and that the said commission
be elected at the same time the bonds
are voted.
"Third That no other matter or
issue be presented to the voters at the
election for said bonds but that neces
sary in carrying out the objects here
in set forth.
"And te it further resolved. That
in the employment of labor and pur
chase of material in connection with
this enterprise, preference be given
to citizens of the city of Ashland.
"Ashland. Ore., Hay 8, 1914."
The meeting was then open under
the head. "The good of the order,"
and again the spirit of unanimity and
optimism was reflected in talks from
citizens and city fathers. Then a mo
tion was offered and carried unani
mously asking the present springs de
velopment committee, composed of J.
P. Dodge, R. L. Minkler and Bert R.
Greer, to stand for election as tile
commission proided for in the reso
lution just adopted, as a commission
to carry out the plans of making Ash
land a watering and health resort.
Under the Instructions given in the
above resolution the development
committee will now proceed, in con
ference and co-operation with the city
council, the park board and city at
torney, to prepare the proper legal
proceedings to carry into effect the
bond election and the commission as
provided by the resolution.
The city band dispensed splendid
mu6ic from 7:30 to 8 at the Chautau
qua bandstand, for which thanks are
due from the citizens.
Water Rights
Settled June 15
All the water rights of Jackson and
Josephine counties, which have been
in the course of adjustment for the
last eighteen months, will be adjudi
cated by June 15, according to Wrater
Commissioner Chlnnock, who is in
the city for a few days completing
the preliminaries and arranging the
final details. The decision will be
given by Judne F. M. Calkins of the
circuit court, upon the recommenda
tions of Commissioner Chlnnock, sub
ject to appeal to the supreme court.
The final ruling Is awaited with in
terest by farmers and growers.
Acreage, Irrigated and in course of
irrigation, totaling 55,000 acres in
the two counties, will be affected,
and water rights that have been mud
dled up since water first flowed In
southern Oregon streams will be
straightened out. Some were bo in
volved in litigation and technicalities,
due to no accurate records, that the
labor generally accredited to a Phila
delphia lawyer was necessary to find
a way to give the rights.
One of the most Important and
best known sites to be affected by the
decision will be the water rights
owned by the Sterling mine, now con
trolled by the Bullls interests.
When we remember that Colorado
Is a civilized state It is hard to be
lieve the stories published about tho
mining war in progress there.
Portland Stock
Market Good
Receipts at Portland for the week
have been: Cattle 1,595, calves 34,
hogs 3,591, sheep 4,528.
Cattle Heavy receipts of cattle at
the yards this week, about 55 cars
on the market Monday. Few good
cows and heifers in the lot and same
would find ready sale at steady
prices. Prime grain-fed steers would
bring $8 to $8.25, hay-fed $7.50 to
$7.75. Strong demand for heavy
bills and prices would be fully as
high as preceding week.
Hogs A liberal supply of hogs for
the week. One load sold at $8.60
Thursday evening, but market is clos
ing Friday around $8.50 to $8.55 for
extreme top on best light selected
swine.
Sheep Orass sheep beginning to
show up in good numbers. Best
grass wethers $5.25 to $5.50, ewes
$4.25 to $4.50, spring lambs $7 to
$7.23.
Danger Period Past
For Fruit in Valley
The danger period for fruit in
Rogue River Valley has practically
passed.
Fruit prospects at the present time
never have shown up better than this
year. The heavy blossom of the
earliest spring in, recent years has
fallen and spraying has been general
in the entire valley for the past two
weeks. Those pear growers who had
benefited by the experience of the
last few years in regard to orchard
heating have succeeded in saving an
extremely heavy and well-distributed
crop of pears and apples.
In the Bear Creek. Allen. Daggett,
401, Schuchard, Bingham. George B.
Carpenter, Scudder and Kenley, IIol
loway, Palmer Potter and Gould, Bar
num. Gold Range, Washburn, Fiero,
Dr. Dean and Marshall orchards par
ticularly is the value of orchard heat
ing shown, tp greatest advantage. ....
These orcharflists as a rule have
had experience in previous years in
orchard heating, but this year was
the first time heating was resorted to
on the Daggett orchards, and the re
sults speak for the good work of the
grower.
The cold night of March 25 caught
many growers unawares, but the loss
was not so great as at first feared.
Apples have been nicely thinned in
several orchards where heating was
usually considered unnecessary, but
-where heating of apples was done in
time to prevent freezing the crops
are unusually heavy.
Thinning of several varieties of
pears will be necessary unless cold,
rainy weather during the next few
weeks causes an unusually heavy
drop. Hillcrest orchard, protected
naturally from frost by the slope of
the land and better drainage, will
have as large crop of pears as last
year, when about thirty cars were
shipped.
Propping of Bosc pears will be
commenced shortly as the pears are
beading under the load already. Ap
ple thinning will be in progress with
in the next two weeks in a great
many orchards.
The second spraying for codling
moth will be in progress shortly, as
first brood codling moths will be
hatching by the 20th of May of this
year.
The first caged moths came out the
latter part of last week, but the ma
Child's Life Saved
By Fall on Awning
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Bernard DeVore had an accident
Monday evening which might easily
have proven fatal, says the Central
Point Herald. The child was in a
bathroom on the third floor and when
left alone for a few minutes she
climbed upon the sill of an open win
dow, lost her balance and fell out
ward. Two stories below she struck
on an iron rod which holds the awn
ing in place and slid down onto the
awning roof, where she clung within
a few inches of the edge and a fur
ther drop of ten feet to the pavement
until help came and she was taken
down. Beyond some bad bruises the
little one is none the worse for the
strenuous experience.
A co-operative cheese factory is be
ing urged by Gold Beach residents.
Thirteen Candidates
For Governor
The election supplies have been
sent om by the secretary of state to
the counties for distribution and the
ballots show a keen competition for
nearly all 0f the different offices.
The most sought for office is that
of governor. For the republican
nomination eight men are on the bal
lot. They are George ('. Rrownell,
William A. Carter, A. M. Crawford,
Grant U. Dimick, T. T. Geer. Charles
A. Johns, (Jus C. Moser and Jamas
With. ouibe. This office is also at
tracting most attention in the demo
cratic camp, rive being out for the
nomination. They are A. S. Bennett,
G. A. Cobb, John .Manning, Robert
A. Miller and C. J. Smith.
The progressives are also in the
field with a ticket, but have no can
didates out for county offices, their
efforts being concentrated on state
offices.
jority of the larvae that wintered
over in their cocoons are still in their
winter clothes and have shown no
desire to risk our smoky atmosphere.
Spraying should be done for both
pears and apples by the 21st of May
in order to catch the earliest worms
of the season, and as the brood prom
ises to be very straggling this year
a later spray of the arsenate of lead
may be necessary about June 1, es
pecially should we have any consid
erable amount of rain in the mean
time. Pests of all kinds seem to be in
the minority this year and the year
1914 gives promise of great prosper
ity for Rogue River Valley.
Will Lecture
On Crater Lake
Will O. Steel, superintendent of
Crater Lake Park, has arranged for
a visit of Prof. J. B. Horner, for
many years one of the prominent fac
ulty members of the Oregon Agricul
tural College,
Prof. Horner will give his great
j illustrated lecture, "The Road From
Jerusalem Down to Jericho," in this
place Friday evening, May 15. The
I lecture will be given in the Chautau
j qua building if weather is pleasant;
I otherwise in the Methodist church,
7:45 p. m. Admittance free, but a
collection will be taken to defray
traveling expenses.
This lecture was prepured from
notes and photographs taken by Prof.
i Horner along this historic road dur
ing the summer of 1911 and is highly
spoken of by the press and those who
have heard it. Mr. Steel says that
this lecture will be a treat for Ash
land people, and Prof. Horner de
serves a good hearing. Come and
bring your friends.
Sheridan's new dog ordinance, re
pealing all previous enactments and
taking a new start, provides that no
tax at all shall be imposed on dogs
kept tied up or held In leush when
taken upon the street.
The elimination of Huerta appears
to grow in popularity wit heverybody
except Huerta.
Store and Home
Ruined by Fire
The store and home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Duphree, who live at Duphree
spur, four miles north of Butte Falls,
was completely destroyed by fire
Thursday night about 9 o'clock.
How the fire started Is not known,
but the supposition ls that oil, which
was kept in tho store, exploded. No
one was at home at the time and the
fire was well under way before dis
covered. The loss is estimated at
$2,000, covered by insurance.
Last summer Mr. Duphree lost a
large amount of timber by fire and
about six months ago his auto was
burned In some mysterious manner.
Secretary Bryan haH no Intention
of resigning. Those who started the
rumor must have forgotten that this
Is the first, office the colonel bas held
In twenty-five years.
The Right Spirit Back
Of Ashland's Great Enterprise
G. S. BUTLER AND D. PEROZZI DONATE LARGE BLOCK OF LAND TO
CITY FOR PARK PURPOSES
The spirit that spells a greater
Ashland was exemplified Thursday
when G. S. Butler and I). 1'erozzi do
nated the tract, of land at the head
of Mill street, which extends up into
tho upper park. Already the city
owns all of the land on both sides of
it, and this being a piece facing S7
feet directly at. the head of Mill street
and extending back into the park
grounds some five hundred feet, and
covering, as it does, a large part of
the level ground at that point, it was
necessary to the successful laying out
of the park that the city acquire that
property.
Outside of the splendid fountain
erected by the Carters in the plaza,
the writer has been unable to discov
er anything before donated by citi
zens to the city for strictly public
purposes.
The Following Letter Ls Self-Kxplana-torj'
s
Ashland, Ore., May 7, 1914.
Bert R. Greer,
Chairman Mineral Springs Develop
ment Committee.
Dear Sir: In reply to your request
for a price on that certain tract of
land now owned by us and located at
the head of Mill street adjacent to
land now owned by the city for park
purposes and being about 87 by 500
feet in dimensions and known as the
Messenger place, we have the follow
ing to offer:
We will donate the said property
to the city of Ashland for park pur
poses, provided that there shall be
the sum of $3,000 placed in the
hands of a trustee for the erection
of a memorial fountain to be built in
the park, either upon the land herein
donated or some other suitable place
In said park, the money to be placed
in the State Bank of Ashland as
trustee.
As soon as the bonds are voted and
the funds available for carrying out
the mineral springs project wo are
ready to execute said deed to the city
upon the above condition.
Very truly,
G. S. BUTLER,
D. PEROZZI.
The Right Spirit.
Beside and above the money value
of the land, the spirit of public inter
Ashland Pioneer
Of 1850 Buried
Mrs. Sophia Emory, or "Grandma"
Emery" as she was familiarly known
to her intimate friends, died Monday,
May 3, at the home of her adopted
daughter, Mrs. James Davis, of Tolo,
aged 94 years, one mouth and eigh
teen days. Interment was in Central
Point Cemetery, where she was laid
to rest by tho side of her husband,
who was buried there In 1S91. The
funeral services were conducted by
the Rebekah lodge of Gold Hill,
which lodge she was a member of
at the time of her death. She was
the oldest living Rebekah in the
state, having joined in 1S54.
She wns born in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, March 15, 1 80. Wheu
a young woman she moved to Ash
land county, Ohio. She was then
Miss Sophia Hoover, and when in
Ohio she met Uber Emery, to whom
she was married In 1841. They emi
grated to Oregon in 18,10. There was
nothing out of the ordinary in the
life of this young couple, until they
came to this state by way of the Isth
mus of Panama, which route was
then beginning to be used. They
traveled overland by pack team.
They were destined to become active
ly instrumental In the upbuilding of
southern Oregon.
Mr. Emery being a millwright as
welt as a first-class miller, located
on the present site of Ashland, Ore.,
and commenced the erection of a
flouring mill in 1851, and a sawmill
in 1851 and 1852. He was possessed
of considerable means and was count
ed among the Influential citizens in
this then decldoly new country. He
gave to the settlement the name of
Ashland from his home county in
Ohio. At that time little was
thought of tho prosperous town
which would afterwards occupy the
present site of Ashland, and while
many of the present facilities which
are enjoyed by tho residents wore
hoped for, they were so remote as to
est exemplified by two of Ashland's
leading citizens means much to the
future success or the. springs enter
prise, for it is only through such spir
it of sacrifice for the public good that
the community is brought into that
unity absolutely indispensable in
working out tho larger things in com
munity development. So long a.-t
everybody's interest is centered in
themselves and each individual citi
zen holds back unless there is privato
gain to himself, little can he accom
plished, but. when every citizen be
gins to realize that the best way to
help himself is by helping his com
munity, the power and force neces
sary to community advancement in
soon generated and the community in
bound to go forward by the very
force of that spirit.
This gift by Messrs. Butler an.!
Perozzi is worth fifty thousand dol
lars to Ashland, coming at this timw
and with the object of helping in the
springs enterprise. The city of Ash
land owes a debt of gratitude to thesn
gentlemen far beyond tho money
value of the gift.
Special Pictures
Dreamland Tonight
The program of pictures shown at
the Star Theatre Sunday evening met.
with such a splendid response that,
they will be reproduced at tlm
Dreamland tonight by special request.
It is seldom that such interesting and
fascinating details get before the pub
lic in such a clean and distinct man
ner. The two-reel Indian war drama,
"The Tiger of the Hills," and "In the
Midst of the Jungle" were real heart,
pictures and kept every one on tn
point of suspense during the entire
evening.
These pictures met such enthusi
asm as to assure a crowded house to
night. Although this is a special fea
ture picture, the price will remain at
ft and 10 cents in order that all may
be able to attend.
Paint your house. Help make it
"Ashland the Beautiful."
occupy the thoughts but for a mo
ment. Mr. Emery afterwards erected t li
Ashland House, which has since been
enlarged to a hostelry of no mean
proportions, and ft still stands an.l is
a monument to the foresight of thin
plain couple, who were imbued with
that spirit of adventure which lias
actuated so many of our American
citizens.
During the Indian wars companies
of cavalry were wont to asseinbltt
around the old mill, uud there train
for service.
After spending several years fn
Oregon they went back east in IS.'iS
and returned in 1859, and through
their reports of the territory others
were Induced to visit the new land.
Mr. Emery died U) Gold Hill in
1S91, which, when they moved titer,
was only a way station on the South
ern Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery had no chil
dren of their own, but reared several
adopted children, nmoug them lielttn
Mrs. Lulu Davis of Tolo and If. H.
Emery of Ashland.
They were both devout Christians,
being members of the Christian
church.
Fred Wagner
For Legislature
The only candidate from the south
end of the valley for a statu offkt
Is Fred Wagner of Ashland. Sir.
Wagner has not made a systematic
canvass as his time has been taker
up largely by his work. As Fred H
one of the native sons of southern
Oregon and for many years editor
of the Tidings, he Is known person
ally to almost every citizen of the)
county.
He needs no Introduction, as thn
past Is as an open book to every citi
zen, and the fact that he U a candi
date will be all that Is necessary to
secure his nomination and election.
Phone newg ltm tn TldJngs.