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"I,nla?Lu,e Saving Station" In the
World Today.
VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNK 8, 1914
NUMBER 4
Greatest Public Gathering
The Last Gun Fires
Ever Held in Ashland
T
NO
tion
On
Vote
NG
rs
Only Common Shot
The greatest crowd ever assembled
in Ashland filled the armory Satur
day night to hear the final word on
the springs project and something of
Ashland's future from the most prom
inent men on the Pacific coast. Stand
ing room was at a premium, every
available chair being occupied and
many standing along the walls and j
even out into the hallway. .
When the Southern Pacific officials I
and their guests made their appear-1
ance the enthusiasm broke loose and
continued throughout the two hours
consumed In speaking.
The male quartet made a hit with
an original song on the subject upper
most in the minds of our people. It
was composed by A. L. Strickland
and Professor Gilmore, as follows:
Song of the Incoming Springs.
There are mineral springs out in the
hills,
Du-Da-Du-Da!
They'll make you young and cure
your ills,
Du-Da-Du-Da!
Churus:
"We're bound to vote those bonds,
We're bound to have those springs.
We'll pipe that water into our town,
And then we'll do big things.
Just take a drink when you get dry,
Du!
If you drink enough you never will
die.
It's healing value ain't no joke.,
The doctors, they will all go broke.
The tourists will come flocking In,
And fill our pockets full of tin.
We've waited
long, but now's our
chance
To laugh and sing and have a dance.
Our citizens, Minkler, Dodge and
Greer,
Have worked like for a new career.
Tuesday next will be the day
When Ashland's on the map to stay.
AH is ours, with our springs in town,
And Ashland will have earned, re
nown. Forty thousand in a day ;
Could have a drink of lithia.
If you want another verse you must
wait till we rehearse.
The Southern Pacific system was
represented by E. O. McCormick, first
vice-president, who spoke for Mr.
Sproule and the railroad, telling the
people what they see in the future for
Ashland if our project is consummat-
Oregon California
Mining Congress
The Oregon-California Mining Con
gress will meeting Ashland -on the
9th and 10th of July. It will be held
in a large measure in conjunction
with the Chautauqua program, sev
eral of the mining speakers occupy
ing that platform. Below is the pro
gram: Thur.xlny, July 9.
8 to 10:30 Reception at Commer
cial Club rooms.
10:30 Music. Address of wel
come, Mayor Johnson.
11:00 Response, F. J. Newman,
Medford; S. J. Taylor, Yreka.
12:00 Adjourn.
1:30 p. m. Music, Elks Quartet.
President's address, L. J. Luce.
2:oO Address, S. B. Edwards.
Grants Pass, "Placer Mining in
Southern Oregon."
2:30 Discussion.
3:00 Address, H. N. Lawrle, Port
land, "Mining Industries of the
State."
3:30 Address, R. A. Watson, cor
poration commissioner, "Blue Sky
Law, Relation to Mining Industry."
4:00 Adjourn.
8:00 General discussion and busi
ness meeting.
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(From Oregon Journal, June 3.)
Ashland, Ore., May !M. To S
the Editor of the Journal: Please G
answer In the Journal If a man 4
promoting a bond Issue, to be $
& lald out of public money by tax- S
at Ion, is entitled to a K'iwnURfl
of what the bond called for. If 4
ho, how much?.
M. L. JOHNSON. t
Answer He is not. '
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ed. His utterances were received
with great enthusiasm and removed
every doubt that the railroad is deep
ly interested in the development of
our springs.
Allin Pollok, manager of the din
ing car, restaurant and hotel depart-
ment of the Southern Pacific, looked
over the city Saturday, gaining first
hand information on which to intelll-
gently take up the hotel problems
which will confront the city. He
spoke enthusiastically over the possi
bilities of our city as a resort.
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent for Oregon, well known to al
most every citizen, spoke on the great
travel to be expected next summer
and the development of the Pacific
coast which will follow, and believet
Ashland's time was ripe for taking
advantage of her natural resources to
the greatest possible extent.
John M. McLaren, father of Golden
Gate park and landscaper for the i
Pacific-Panama exposition, looked
over Canyon park Saturday afternoon.
He told our citizens something of the
possibilities for the park. His en
thusiasm over the natural advantages
was unbounded. He says we have the
most wonderful natural park he has
seen in his long experience and little
has been left for man to do except to
enhance nature's work.
Mr. Smith, head of the Smith
Emery Company, chemical engineers
of San Francisco, read the proposition
which his company is willing to bond
for faithful performance. He ex
plained the manner in which the wa
ters will be handled in detail and an
swered questions from citizens, stat
ing that there js not the least doubt
about the successful piping of the
waters into the city. His company
will put up a bond guaranteeing the
project.
Bert It. Greer, on behalf of the citi
zens and committee, thanked the
Southern Pacific officials and the
others for their great interest and
rested the case of the bond issue with
the people, stating that so far as the
Commercial Club development work,
! the committee work was completed
and the campaign for the bonds rest
ed with the people.
Notice.
Hope Rebekah Lodge No. 14 will
hold a business meeting Tuesday,
June 9 at 8 o'clock, at the office of
G. W. Trefren. By order of Noble
Grand, LOUISE PEROZZI.
GUSSIE UPDEGRAFF, Sec.
Why Everyone
Should Vote
Among bond investors there are
three main considerations:
First The security offered.
Second The number of citizens vot
ing indicates the population of the
town, because a certificate of the
number of votes cast for or against
the proposition goes to the buyer
to give him an idea of the security
offered.
Third The bond as a moral obliga
tion. If a large vote is cast It
shows the bond buyer that large
numbers are behind the security.
If a large vote is cast for the
bonds it shows the investor that
the bonds are voted to forward a
movement which the people are
behind morally.
The bigger the vote tomorrow, the
easier the bonds will sell and the
better price we will get for them.
Friday, July 1U.
9:30 a. m. Address, A. L. Lamb,
Ashland, "Mining in Jackson Coun
ty." 10:00 Mr. Mangum, "Mining in
Josephine County." Music.
10:30 Address, Professor Parks.
"Mineral Resources of Oregon."
11:0 Address by state mineralo
gist of California.
12:00 Adjourn.
1:30 p. m. Music. Address, C. B.
Watson, Ashland, "Clay and Kaolin
and Their Possibilities."
2:00 Address, "Iron and Copper,
Their Relation to Commercial Indus
tries. 2:30 Discussion.
3:00 Address, E. P. Hopson, "Ir
rigation and Reclamation."
3:30 Address, C. L. Probsted,
"Mineral Resources of Siskiyou Coun
ty." Discussion.
Subject to change.
Section 4 of Article 4 of
"All persons either male
electors under the laws of the state of Oregon, and who have
resided 30 days in the city and ten days in the ward immedi
ately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote in their
respective wards at such election."
Six months is required to establish a voting residence in
Oregon.
The city charter does not provide for registration and
every voter is entitled to vote Tuesday whether registered or
not, is the opinion of the city attorney.
Tomorrow's Voting Places
And the
FIRST WARD Voting place, Fourth street fire station building.
FIRST WARD Judges, G. W. Benedict, Manly Brower, W. S. Sten-
rett.
SECOND WARD Voting place, McCarthy Hall, corner Granite and
Main streets.
SECOND WARD Judges, Ira Shoudy, Guy C. Prescott, O. C. Tiffany.
THIRD WARD Voting place, City Hall.
THIRD WARD Judges, W. H. Gowdy, E. J. Arant, Blanche Hicks.
The two last named judges in each ward shall also act as clerks of
election.
Springs Talked at
Robert L. Vining returned from a
ten-day visit to Seattle and Portland
yesterday. He is more enthusiastic
over Ashland's future than before
leaving if that is possible.
He was surprised with the number
of inquiries about the development of
the mineral springs and says we have
no idea the amount of talk that is
being beard all over the coast on the
spirit which is shown in our effort to
make Ashland a health and pleasure
resort.
Mr. Vining was kept busy answer
ing questions about the possibility of
a boom coming to our city. He was
surprised over the thorough under
standing the people generally have
of our plans and the confidence they
feel in the project.
He was also pleased to learn that
the new opera house in our city has
been advertised throughout the coun
try In the theatrical journals and the
show people have put Ashland on the
map and are making inquiries for
dates.
While in Portland Friday night he
secured four of the principal acts for
the Vining, Including Martha Russell
and the Dodson and Gordon colored
comedians. These people are making
the greatest hit on the Pantages cir-
Three Reasons
Against the Springs
Three incontrovertible reasons why
the mineral springs proposition ought
to be turned down, to-wit: Bressler
says so, Silver says so and Edwards
says so. Can you beat it?
Professor Silver has an argument
against the mineral springs proposi
tion that Is unanswerable. He says
that the springs water cannot be
pumped into Ashland with their min
eral and medicinal properties. When
asked "Why?" his answer Is, "Be
cause it can't." Can you answer that
"argument"?
Bressler says that the use of the
waters from the mineral springs are
dangerous and deleterious to the hu
man system. This is great. We take
off our hats to Bressler and nominate
him for the position of international
chemist to the Carnegie Peace Com
mission. The following Is suggested as an
eloquent, spectacular and patriotic
speech for Mr. BresBler to make at
the close of the "knockers' " confer
ence tonight:
"Ladles and Gentlemen: I have
JiiBt received a communication by way
of our official medium from the spir
itual realm, that in the election to
morrow we will be licked to a frazzle,
fried hard and turned over and flip
flopped like a pancake. I therefore
suggest that we take steps to get
onto the mineral water wagon, and
the city charter provides:
or' female who are qualified t
Election Officers
Seattle and Portland
cult and the moment Mr. Vining saw
the acts he set about securing them
for Ashland. They will appear at the
Vining Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr. Vining says he is more thor
oughly convinced than ever that Ash
lanff is about to come into her own
and' let the world know she is on the
map. He believes the moment the
bonds are voted and the word goes
out that our people have backed up
their plans with a bond issue, Ash
land's star will begin to rise and at
tract the attention of the entire
world.
He i says there is plenty of money
seeking investment at this time and
we will find investors anxious to
place their money in enterprises on
the Pacific coast Immediately in or
der to reap the benefits which gener
ally will come from the great crowds
coming this way next summer.
Mr. Vining says: "I was never as
proud of my native city than I am
today, and never believed so much
in her future."
R. P. Campbell, who has been liv
ing at Griffin creek for some time
is in the city today.
Buy It at Enders' clean-up.
Telephone Line
To Mount Wagner
R. U. Cambers and a force of men
started work today on a telephone
line from the ranger cabin to the
summit of Mount Wagner. This line
Is to be Installed by the forester ser
vice under the direction of the county
court and the Jackson County Fire
Protection Association.
It will be operated mainly for the
fire-prevention system of the county,
as the pinnacle of Wagner gives an
excellent view of the entire Siskiyou
range and will be one of the most im
portant points in southern Oregon for
this work.
Work is to be rushed as the season
of greatest danger from fire has been
found to be from June 1 to September
30.
JackBon county had two flreB last
month In the mountains, but little
damage was done.
As the tourist seasons opens the
danger is greatly Increased from
camp fires and picnickers.
A man who never argues with a
woman has the germs of wisdom.
If you have a skeleton In your
closet, that's the place for it.
to that end move to make the elec
tion pusillanimous."
C. B. WATSON.
At this hour (2:40 p. m.) Monday,
the Sth day of June, a paper pre
pared and being circulated by the
oppositinn to the mineral springs
proposition has come Into our hands,
and that people may know some of
the contents of it at the last moment
we are holding tho press open to
give it to yon.
First, the paper attacks the Tid
ings and the Record for unfairness
in not permitting them to have the
use of the columns of this puier to
print their opposition.
The Tidings is not now, nor will
it ever bo, under its present manage
ment, a mouthpiece for the knocker.
As to the objection made to tho
ordinance which contains a large
part of this paper now being circulat
ed, all that is needed to be said Is,
read the charter amendment now be
ing published in the paper, which
contains a complete answer to every
thing that is stated by our critics,
the ordinance authorizing an election
to vote upon the bonds Is one thing,
and a charter amendment which pro
vides for the handling of the money
and all the details mentioned in snid
paper is another thing and is pro
vided for in the charter amendment
which is to be voted on the 23rd of
this month.
As to the piping of the Manitou
springs into Colorado Springs, there
has been no statement made of such
a thing. The fact that Manitou
springs is six miles away has no bear
ing whatever. The letter printed
from the mayor of Colorado Springs
says: "The things which chiefly at
tract people to this locality are mag
nificent mountain scenery and
MOUNTAIN RESORTS, our pure
fresh water, our Invigorating atmos
phere and large amount of sun
shine." These are exactly the things
which we expect to make Ashland
like Colorado Springs, a place of
forty thousand people, as Colorado
Springs is. You notice that the may
or says among other things, ' Our
mountain resorts." These magnifi
cent springs In such great numbers
and diversity are the sites for our
mountain resort and the advertising
which is to be given to this enter
prise Is not expected to be the ex
clusive asset of Ashland but of every
one of these springs and resorts
whereever the people owning them
will have the good judgment to build
accommodations for those arriving
there. This mayor says but for these
things Colorado Springs would not
be the city that it is now. It Is now
a city of forty thousand people.
Piping these springs into this city
will not detract from the mountain
resorts and magnificent scenery
which is not excelled In the world
and which we possess, but will at
tract the world to these other things
such as have built up Colorado
Springs.
As to the effect of mineral springs
mentioned In the said paper and
which have not caused rapid growth
to the towns or villages where they
exist we have nothing to say. Any
one of a hundred reasons might be
found and assigned fo
that fact
which could not be found here. The
places mentioned may or may not bo
suited to the building of large towns
or cities ami to our knowledge some
of them are not.
It is assumed in this paper that
the principal purpose of this project
is to enuble the people who live here
to sell their property and get away.
This of course Is not true, and If it
were true and had that effect Mr.
Odd Fellows Hall
Among the Oldest
The Odd Fellows hall, which Is be
ing remodeled because of tho recent
falling In of tho roof, was one of the
earliest brick buildings to bo erected
In Ashland. It was built In 1878,
two years after the first Tidings was
printed. At that time there wero no
railroads In the valley and the town
was very small, only about seven hun
dred people living here at that time.
It was erected on account of the de
struction by fire of tho old wooden
Odd FellowB hall. When the other
building burned the Odd Fellows Is
sued bonds for building the new
building. They stood the cost of the
upper story and Ed Farlow, Jim
Fountain, II. T. Inlow and A. D. Ilel
man bought tho lower atory. Ed
Farlow and Jim Fountain were in the
room now occupied by T. K. Bolton
Bressler and others would find the
opportunity they are apparently
seeking.
' The question or taxes and the ef
fect upon taxes has been fully dis
cussed in the papers and out of them
and is fully understood.
That some efforts have been niadu
in other places to pipe mineral wa
ters which have failed is not surpris
ing; in fact, scarcely any enterprise
is undertaken and carried to great
success that might not find its coun
terpart in kind which has proved :t
failure by reasons of ignorance in
the manner of undertaking it, ami
it is exactly for that reason that tho
committee employed the Sniith
Emery Company to direct every fea
ture of tho technical part of this
proposition in the preliminary work,
and because they have done so tho
great Southern Pacific Company ha
joined hands with us in the assur
ance of its success.
The places mentioned by the said
paper that have not been benefiteil
by increase of population in all prob
abilities undertook to do these things
without the aid of u great corpora
tion like the Southern Pacific Com
pany. It is an unquestioned fact that
the Southern Pacific Company, by
the generous expenditure of its mil
lions in Southern California, ha
built up there their great resorts that
are frequented by the whole world,
and the same company now under
takes in the most open and emphatio
manner to assure to us that they will
do here what they did there, and
with such men as the Smith-Emery
Company, John McLaren, the great
landscape architect who has just vis
ited us, and the other eminent men
who are assuring us of tho success of
this undertaking, we feel that it is
not necessary to pay much attention
to men in our midst who assumo
without knowledge of facts or condi
tions to prophesy failure.
We are not criticising men for
honest opposition, but do think that
coining in at the last hour upon the,
last day with these objections for
the first time when it was thought
too late to have them successfully
answered looks like an old-fashioned
piece of political trickery.
Springs Revert
If Election Fails
By the terms of the agreement
with the land owners upon which the
mineral springs have been developed,
the city must actually bring the wa
ters into Ashland within one year
from the date of the contracts (many
of these signed In December last) or
the title will remain with the laud
owners without recourse by the city.
The contracts provide that the wa
ters must be actually brought into tha
city. These deeds to the city aro
ready to he filed the day the bonds
are voted. If the bond election faiU
tho contracts are void.
The contracts provide for develop-
ment, easement, for the pipe lines ami
siirli other lands as are actually need
ed for the propei- transfer of the wa
ters and protection of (lie springs.
The laud owners have been very
liberal und the interest of the peuplo
entirely protected.
If the bonds are voted the springs
become the property of the city. It'
they fail tho titel will rest entirely
with the land owners as if no devel
opment had been attempted.
and were In the merchandise busi
ness. H. T. Inlow was in the Dan
ford shop, while A. I). Helman hut
' the Monarch Confectionery room.
At the time It was built there wa
only one other brick structure In
town, the McCall building, now occu
pied by Beebe & Kinney. The Ma
sonic, hall was In course of erection
at tho time.
Buy It nt Enders' now.
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S KL1XTIO.V UKTIUXS
'? to bo received at the Comtner- ?
clal Club rooms tomorrow night. ?
Those Interested in the results
are Invited to be present. Mes-
sengers will bring In the returns
1 as fast as counted. $
t- HURRAH FOR THE SPRINGS!