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ASH LAND TIDINGS
Thursday, Juno 4, 191 1
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Ashland's Big' Cash Department Store Announces a
Ten Days Only Ten Days Only
Our Great June Sale offers Unmatchable values in Summer Needfuls for Yourself and Your Home
iff
Radical Reduction in
Ladies' Spring Suits
Erery Ladies' suit in the house is now reduced 25 to
to 50 per cent
All regular $25.00 values now ; $14.85
" $22.50 values now 14.75
" $18.00 and $20.(10 values now 13.35
" $15.00 values now 9.95
Summer Shirts Reduced
Soft Shirts, French or Detachable Collars,
regular price, $1.50. now
Soft Shirts, French or Detachable Collars,
regular price $1.25, now. . ,
, Stripes or Plain Colors. All Sires
$1.24
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Warner Rust-Proof Corsets
A Few Numbers to Close Out
Nos. 12D, 501, 539, reg. $1.00, to close. . . .$ .79
Nos. 508 and 5K0, reg. $1.50, to close. .-. . 1.19'
Nos. 584 and 180, reg. $2.0 1, to close 1.49
No. 594 regular $3.00, to close 2.39
No. 252 regular $5.00 to close 3.80
Warner's Rust Proof Corsets are absolutely
guaranteed, no matter what you pay for them,
against any imperfections whatever.
Trimmed Hats
Reduced
Values up to $10.00 now
" " 8.00 "
" " 6.00 "
PRICES POSITIVELY BELOW
$5.95
4.85
3.95
COST
Bigger
Better
Values
Special Prices on Ladies' Tan Pumps
1 Lot 5-button tan Oxfords, wide toe, low heel, reguler $3.50 o r
value, now b.lJ)
1 Lot 5-button Tan Oxfords, Champagne top, wide toe, low fp
heels, regular $3.50 value, now tbZ.tD
1 Lot Tan Nubuck pumps, medium heel, regular $3.50 A) p"
value, now. . t pZ.D
1 Lot Champogne 5-button Oxfords, turn sole, regular , A
J3.25 value, now bZ.)
1 Lot Champagne 5-button Oxfords, welt sole, regular (to rn
$4.00 value, now p).)U
1 Lot Tan Russian Calf Pumps, welt sole, regular $3.00 values n M r
now..... .xi)
1 Lot White Buck Pumps, detachable straps, Regular J3.00 Jn m r
valuss, now 3)Z4D
One Big Lot of Patent, Gun Metal and Vici Kid one-strap Pumps and Ox
fords, Regularly priced at $3.00 to J3.50, to clean up at $1.45, sizes from
21 to 6 in all widths. These are the greatest values we have ever of
fered. Give us a description of what you want and we will send them
to you prepaid anywhere. Send at once.
Big reductions in all our four Big Depart
ments on account of overstock. It will pay
you to look over our prices and see the mer
it of our goods. Values unheard of before
in the city. Make your selections early and
get ihe best.
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"Where You Do Better"
Michaels-Stem & Co. Hand Tailored Clothes
All Wool, Hand Tailored Suits (200 to choose from) 1 f A A
Special ; $15.UU
(The Best $15.00 Suit in America. We can prove it)
One Lot Light Gray Suits, Regular $15.00 to $18.00 value M A ( F
nw 31U.4D
Our Suits range in price from $7.50 to $25.00 in nine different
models including Norfolks, Engl'rch, Box Backs, and conservatives.
We carry over 500 Men's Suits in Stock. We can suit yau.
Classified Advertisements
.Continued from Page Three.)
TOO LATH TO CLASSIFY.
OR SALES Grain hay. flO per ton.
Close to town. Phone 409-J. II.
. T. Mitchell. 8-4t
9ian SALE CHEAP A good riding
and driving pony. Inquire of J.
If. Klrfcpatrick, phone 423-J. 3-4t
fiERRIES WANT KD Will pay cash
(or good cherries. Telephone 4 19-J
or call at 675 Liberty St. W. E.
Pltraon. S-tt
MPR SALE Black Tartarian cherries
49 eenta a gallon, or 35 cents if
yon do your own picking. See Mlaa
Porter at millinery atore, 36 Sec
ond St. 8-1 1
HOTICH OK KLKCTION.
Kotice la hereby given that, pur
BAnt to a resolution of the Common
Council of the city of Ashland, Ore
eon, duly adopted the 2nd day of
Jtine, 1914, and approved by the
Mayor the 3rd day of June, 1914, the
following proposed amendment to the
Charter of the city of Ashland will
be submitted to the legal voters of
the city of Ashland, for their approv
al or rejection, at a special city elec
tion, to be held June 23, 1914, to-wlt:
AN ACT
to amend an act entitled "An Act to
Amend an Act entitled 'An Act to
incorporate the city of Ashland, in
Jackson county, Oregon, and define
the power thereof,' " filed in the
office of the Secretary of State, Octo
ber 14th, 1898, and the amendment
of said Act as adopted at the annual
city election held on December lfth,
1908, and proclaimed by the Mayor
on December 17th, 190S.
The people of the city of Ashland,
Oregon, do enact as follows:.
Section 1. That the act entitled
"An Act to amend an act entitled an
Act to Incorporate the city of Ash
land, in Jackson county, Oregon, and
define the power thereof," filed in
the office of the Secretary of State,
October 14th, 1898, and the amend
ment of said Act, as adopted at the
annual city election, held on Decem
ber 15th, 1908, and proclaimed by the
Mayor on December 17th, 1908, be
and the same Is hereby amended by
adding Article XX thereto, which
shall read as follows:
ARTICLE XX.
Section 1. A board Is hereby cre
ated which shall be known and desig
nated as the Springs Water Comnils
slon of the city of Ashland, which
shall consist of three citizens, each a
resident householder and legal voter
of the said city of Ashland.
Section 2. The first Commission
ers to be elected at the same election
at which this amendment is adopted
hall be elected as follows:
R. A. Mlnkler, whose term of office
hall expire the 1st day of January,
1915; J. P. Dodge, whose term of of
fice shall expire the first day of Janu
ary, 1916; Bert R. Greer, whose terra
of office shall expire the 1st day of
January, 1917, each commissioner to
aerve until his successor is elected
and qualified; and the commissioner
elected for the long term shall be the
chairman during his term of office.
One Commissioner shall be
elected at each annual city election
tor a three-year term, and take office
on the 1st day of the following Janu
ary, and the Commissioner oldest in
ervlce on the Commission shall be
Ha chairman. Provided, that In case
of vacancies occurring on said board
the same may be filled by appoint
ment by the Mayor of the city; but
all appointments so made must, be
fore going Into effect, be confirmed
by the City Council. Provided, fur
ther, that all candidates for member
ship on said board shall be nominated
In the manner and within the time
aa provided in Section 3 of Article IV
of the 'city charter. The vote for
members of raid commission shall be
canvassed and a certificate of election
issued and delivered to the successful
candidates as provided in Section 7
of Article IV of the charter, andj
thereafter such persons shall qualify 1
u j luaiug vu7 until isi vitU'O ud 1 J
vlded in Section 9 of Article IV of
the city charter.
Section 3. The first commissioners
elected shall meet immediately after
qualifying and elect a secretary whose
duties and term of office shall be
such as may be provided by the com
mission and thereafter at the first
meeting held in each year said com
missioners shall elect their secretary.
They may also adopt rules and regu
lations for their government and for
the carrying into effect the objeets
and purposes of the creation of said
Springs Water Commission.
Section 4. The said Springs Water
Commission ahall have full control
and management of the auxiliary wa
ter plant, and. is hereby given power
to construct, install and maintain the
same and do all things in and about
the premises necessary for Its com
plete construction, installation and
maintenance; to enter upon and use
for such purposes the public grounds,
streets, alleyB, parks and ways of the
said city of Ashland in so far as
necessary for such construction, in
stallation and operation, but when so
used the same shall be restored by
said commission to as good condition
as formerly existed before such use.
Any and all expenses occasioned by
such restoration, and all expenses
which may be incurred by the city in
connection with said auxiliary water
system, either in the matter of hold
ing election or otherwise, shall be
borne by and paid from the auxiliary
water plant fund to be created and
maintained as hereinafter provided.
Section 5. There are hereby ap
propriated the proceeds which may be
realized from the sale of the $175
000 bond Issue voted by the people
of Ashland for the purposes of con
structing, installing and maintaining
said auxiliary water plant and which
shall be used for such purposes only;
the said proceeds shall be deposited
by the said treasurer in a specific
fund, separate and apart from
other city funds; and said funds shall
be paid out by said City Treasurer
only upon special itemized vouchers
of the said Springs Water Commis
sion, which vouchers shall be issued
under the seal of said commission,
signed by the chairman and Secretary
thereof, and shall show for what is
sued, to whom issued and amoimt
paid for each Item thereon enumer
ated; and the said vouchers shall not
be paid until countersigned by the
payee in such manner that the vouch
er shall stand for a receipt from said
payee to the Treasurer for the amount
so paid.
Section 6. All contracts entered
into by tho Springs Water Commis
sion for material, construction, labor,
supplies and for every other purpose
In carrying out the object of its cre
ation shall be made in writing under
the seal of the Commission, signed
bv the Chairman and Secretary there
of In four duplicates, one of which
shall be filed with the City Treas
urer, one with the City Council, one
retained by the Commission and one
by the contractor; and no work under
said contract shall be proceeded with
until the Bald duplicate son facts
have been so filed.
Section 7. The council may exact
a good and sufficient bond to be en
tered into by the commissioners in
such sura as in the Judgment of the
council may be necessary, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of the
commissioners' duties according to the
tenor of this amendment, and that
they will honestly and promptly ac
count for all funds passing Into their
hands, provided the expenses of said
bond shall be paid out of the funds
herein appropriated.
The commissioners shall enter Into
no contract or Issue any voucher in
excess of the sum hereby appropri
ated for the construction of an auxil
iary water system, and no contract
or other obligation, together with the
total of all contracts and obligation
previously entered into, shall excoed
the amount of funds herein appropri
ated for the purpose, It being the in
tent hereof to keep the expenditures
made by said commission entirely
within the said appropriation, and
any contracts entered into or any
voucher issued therefor in excess of
said appropria'.ion shall not be a
charge against said fund or, the city
of Ashland, but may be recovered
upon the bond of said commissioners
by proper civil procedure.
All contracts shall bo made in the
name of the city of Ashland and all
contractors shall be required to fur
nish good and sufficient surety bonds,
conditioned upon the faithful per
formance of their contracts.
Payments 'to contractors may be
made from time to time as the work
progresses on the estimates, but at no
time shall such payments exceed the
work actually performed, arid In no
case shall more than 85 per cent of
the contract price bo paid until the
work is fully completed and accepted.
Section 8. During the construction
of said plant the said Springs Water
Commission shall file with tne City
Council on the first Tuesday of each
month thereof an itemized statement
of all expenditures made bv tho com
mission during the preceding month,
showing for what the expenditure
was made, and each item thereof, the
total amount and to whom paid,
which itemized statement shall be
published by the commission for the
information of the public; and when
the construction of said plant Is com
pleted tho Springs Water Commission
shall make a detailed statement of all
amounts expended in said construc
tion and of all properties ac
quired for said purpose, for the In
formation of the Council and the pub
lic, and such statement shall le
spread upon the permanent records
of the city; and thereafter monthly
reports shall be made.
Section 9. At the time for making
the tax levy for general city purposes
in each year, the said commission
shall cause a careful estimate to be
made of the money required for aux
iliary water purposes for the ensuing
year, and file the same with the City
Recorder, whereupon the City Coun
cil shall include in the said genorp.l
levy not to exceed one mill on the
dollar of the taxable property of the
city to meet the necessary require
ments, which, when collected, shall be
deposited with the city treasurer to
be placed to the credit of the auxiliary
water plant fund and subject to the
order of said commission.
Section 10 The said Commission
ers shall serve without compensation;
provided, that upon the completion
of the construction and installation
of said auxiliary wator plant and the
filing of the report hereinabove pro
vided, the City Council may, in its dis
cretion, audit and recommend the
payment of such compensation to
each Commissioner as it may deem
reasonable for the services rendered,
the same to be paid out of any money
unexpended of the proceeds of the
proposed One Hundred Seventy-five
Thousand (1175,000.00) Dollar bond
Issue.
The ballot title and number of
such measure shall be as follows:
Measure Submitted to the Voters by
the Common Council.
An act to amend the Charter of
the city of Ashland, Oregon, by add
Ing Article XX thereto, whereby a
board of three Commissioners Is cre
ated, to be known as the Springs Wa
ter Commission, of tho city of Ash
land, naming the commissioners, pre
scribing tholr duties, their compensa
tion, their powers and duration of
office.
VOTE YES OR NO.
100 Yes. !
101 No.
For thl special election, to be held
on the 23rd day of Juhe. 1914. for
the submission to the legal vote-a of
ha clv of Ash'and, Oregon, of the
forecolng measure, the following
Indues of election and frhe-followln
voting places have been duly appoint
ed and designated by the Common
Council:
First Ward Voting place, Fourth
street fire station building.
Second Ward Voting place. Mc
Carthy Hall, corner Main and Granite
streets.
Third Ward Voting place. City
Hall.
And the following named persons
are hereby appointed judges of such
special election:
First Ward Judges, G. W. Bene
dict, Manly Brower and W. S. Sten-nett.
Second Ward Judges, Ira Shoudy,
Guy C. Prescott and O. C. Tiffany.
Third Ward Judges, W. H. Gow-
dy, E. J. Arant and Blanche Hicks.
The last named In each ward shall
also act as clerks of election.
The polls ahall be open at the sev
eral voting places aforesaid from 9
o'clock in the forenoon until 6 o'clock
In the afternoon on the said 23rd day
of June. 1914.
C. H. GILLETTE.
City Recorder.
Date of first publication, June 3.
1914.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Christian Science.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
First avenue above Main street. Ser
vices every Sunday at 11 a. m. Sun
day school at 9:45 a. m. Testimonial
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Subject for lesson-sermon next Sun
day, "God the Only Cause and Creator."
Congregational.
Remember the services at the Con
gregational church next Sunday. The
pastor will occupy the pulpit. Sub
ject for the morning sermon, "The
Opportunity of the Church." Mrs.
Watkins will Bing. Subject for the
evening sermon, "The Old Doctor's
Definition for Faith." Special music.
An invitation and welcome extendi .d
to all.
Christian.
Children's day will be observed
Sunday morning from 10 to 11. See
that the whole family comes. Choir
practice Friday evening at 8. Special
music Sunday morning and evening.
Mr. Browning will speak on interest
ing themes. Visitors are always wel
come at this church. Ladies' mis
sionary tea at the church Friday "f
ternoon at 2:30. There will be a
special program. All ladies are in
vited. First Presbyterian.
Dr. Carnahan will speak next Sun
day morning upon the topic, "The
Character of Mary's Service." In the
evening the toplo will be "A False
Padding."
NOTICW OF ANNUAL SCHOOL
MEETING.
' Notice is hereby given to the legnl
voters of School District No. 5 of
Jackson County, State of Oregon, that
the annual school meeting of said dis
trict will be held at City Mall, to be
gin at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. on
the third Monday of June, being the
15th day of June, A. D. J 914.
This meeting is callel for tho pur
pose of electing one director and tho
transaction of business usual at suet
meeting.
Dated this 3rd day of Juno, 1914.
. J. P. LODGE,
" , Chairman Board of Directors.
" Attest: 1 1. F. POHLAND.
3-2t-Thur. District Clerk.
FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER SCHOOL
This is the first week of the Special Summer
Course and you will find it materially to your ad
vantage to start with the classes now forming.
If mterested, col or jbhone and information will
be gladly furnished.
Polytechnic Business College
TIDINGS JOK U ORK IS ALWAYS SATISFACTORY.
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"Hoyal Rochester"
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We have just received a Big
Shipment of the fine Rochester
Ware securing car lot rate of
freight to the Coast.
Beginning Friday we will place the entire
Shipment in our window and offer it at ruinous
prices for one week.
We have made our "ad" smaller and will
give you the "Difference" by taking the amount
off the price of the goods.
24 Full Size Copper Bottom Wash Boilers
Worth $1.75, at $1.19
24 Large Heavy Galvanized Tubs
Worth 90c at 69c
12 Heavy Solid Copper Wash Boilers
Full size, worth $4.50 at $3.45
8 and 10-quart galv. Pails, While they last 15c
6-Cup Royal Rochester Coffee Percolators
Worth $3.00 at $2.19
9-Cup Royal Rochester Coffee Percolators
Worth $3.50 at $2.65
Full line Rochester Nickel Plated
Tea Kettles at lower Prices
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375 E. Main St.
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