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VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1914
NUMBER 10
ASHLAND ! TDTNTttS ?
Southern Oregon
Exhibit Planned
Friday, at Grants Pass, represent
atives from Jackson, Josephine,
Douglas and Klamath counties niet
with George M. Hyland, director o!
exploitation of the Oregon Panama
Pacific commission, with a view of
getting these southern Oregon coun
ties to make a composite exhibit for
display in the Oregon building at the
exposition at San Francisco. An or
ganization was perfected and the va
rious county courts will be asked to
ratify such a movement at their next
meeting, which will be held In each
county on the first day of July.
Jackson county is the only one of
the southern Oregon counties to
make financial provisions for the dis
play. Representatives of the other
counties stated that they believed
their counties would make ample ap
propriations for a suitable display of
their products.
The organization formed was
named the Southern Oregon P. P.
I. E. Association and has as its presi
dent H. O. Frohbach of Jackson
county; vice-presidents, Sam S. Jo
sephson of Douglas county and Louis
Wylde of Klamath county, and secre
tary, W. P. Quinlan of Josephine
county. It was suggested that each
county take care of their own
finances through their county courts
and that a combined effort should be
made to get financial assistance from
the Oregon commission.
On the promise that southern Ore
gon was to make an exceptionally
fine display, choice space to the right
and opposite the main entrance from
the south was assigned to these coun
ties in the Oregon building. The
space contains 360 square feet, being
Bixty feet long by six feet wide, and
this will give all products displayed
exceptionally good opportunity to be
viewed closely.
Oregon has 2,000 square feet as
signed to her in the ' horticultural
building, 2,500 square feet in the
agricultural building and 900 square
feet in the food products building.
Space for the Oregon state exhibit Is
provided in the educational building
and space is to be provided in the.
mining building according to the size
of the exhibit to be made.
One of the main features in the
exploitation of the scenery and re
sources of Oregon will be the moving
pictures. A theatre with a seating
capacit yof 250 is under the roof of
the Oregon building.
Should the various county courts
ratify the action taken, a meeting of
the association will be called, prob
ably at Ashland during Chautauqua,
for the purpose of going into detail
as to the exhibit proper. It was the
general opinion of the' delegates pres
ent at Grants Pass that each county
should specialize on exhibiting the
products which their particular coun
ty is especially adapted for.
Jackson county will no doubt spec
lalize on pears and apples. The Ash
land district has an exceptional op
portunity for the exploitation of her
peaches, and with the assistance of
the orchardists every known variety
of these products could be displayed.
It must not be understood that Jack
son county will not display other
products, but the main feature of the
Jackson county display will be that
for which she is especially noted for.
Hilt to Celebrate
Fourth of July
Hilt, just across the line in Cali
fornia, will put on a big celebration
on the Fourth. The .Ashland band
has been engaged for the musical
feature , and twenty-four hours of
continuous fun la promised.
The celebration is being given for
the benefit of the employes of the
Fruit Growers' Supply Company. The
company has frrnlshed the material
and ground for a big amusement hall
for the employes. This has been
built by the men and the proceeds
from the celebration on the Fourth
will be used to equip the. hall for
reading room and general 'assembly
purposes. , Siu, , ,
Hilt Is growing In importance rap
idly. The Fruit Growers' .Supply
Company is Increasing Its force frpm
time to time, while the agricultural
development la going forward in
leaps and bounds. , ,i i ..
Northern California la the greatest
source of revenue for Ashland, and
our citizens will no doubt go (n, 'num
bers to helD our little neighbor, cele
brate. phone news items to the Tidings.
Vista Point and
'. Prospect Hill
To the Editor: I notice that in
answer to your request for names of
prominent objects about the city "The
Watchman" . for "Roper's Bunion"
and "The Sentinel" for the eminence
west of town are suggested. I do
not like these names; I do not like
the suggestion of "walking, climbing,
tramping or driving" over a Watch
man or a Sentinel If I were either
I wouldn't stand for it, to be "walked
over," etc. A very undignified and
disrespectful way of treating a guard
ian. People will be Invited to the
summits of these eminences for the
splendid views they afford. From
each of them practically the whole
valley is in view, bordered on every
side by magnificent mountains.
From the "Bunion," looking up the
canyon, a splendid view of Mt. Ash
land, snow-clad and majestic, is had,
and the avenue formed by mountains
towering on either side forms a vista
terminating in Mt. Ashland, the great
benefactor and water conservator for
the city. "Vista Point," it seems to
me, would be eminently proper:
"The finished garden to the view
Its vistas opens, and its alleys green."
The driveway to it to be called
"Vista Drive."
The eminence to the west sprinkled
over with beautiful homes has from
its summit a wonderful prospect up
and down the valley. From Pilot
Rock at the southeast to Table Rock
in the northwest the vision stretches.
All the city is at its foot and its sides
and top, garlanded with gardens and
orchards; Old Grizzly and the cliffs
just across the valley and a vision of
beauty to the soul turned for it. It
is not a "sentinel." A sentinel might
be stationed there for the prospect It
affords, if there should be occasion
for so warlike a suggestion, but the
eminence suggests peace, not war;
love,. not hatred; beauty in confident
assurance that it will be adored, not
violated. Hence the weary stranger
stands and
"His eye discovers, unaware,
The goodly prospect of some foreign
land." .
Why not call this "Prospect HiU"T
"Him God beholding from his pros
pect high."
Let us gives names that have some
meaning consistent with the environ
ment and the use we put them to?
C. B. WATSON.
Notice.
All who expect to celebrate July
4 at Talent should be on the plaza
at 9:30 on the morning of July 4.
This applies to those going in motor
cars. Let everybody line up prompt
ly and go in one long procession.
10-2t O. H. JOHNSON, Mayor.
Man of Silence
Dead in Forest
Henry Wright, aged 75 years, the
Btrangest and most picturesque figure
of the Blue Ledge district, known as
the "mna of silence of the Siskiyous,"
wa3 found dead in the forest near his
cabin home on Elliott creek, Monday
morning, by Bard Moses, a prospect
or. Deputy Coroner John Perl left
this morning for Hutton, Cal., to
bring the body to this city.
Death is supposed to have occurred
two weeks ago, as he has been miss
ing that period. Frank Edwards,
who has a gold claim on Silver Fork,
has been looking for him, as he had
been absent from his cabin. The last
person to see Wright alive was F. W.
Carnahan, manager of the Blue
Ledge mine, who met him on the
trail. Wright told him his eyesight
was falling, and when he struck off
Into the heart of the wilds Carnahan
says he had a premonition that he
would never see him alive again.
The cabin of Wright was about
twelve mjlea from Hutton, Cal.,
where he voted, and eight miles from
the Pennsylvania mine on Elliott
creek, in the very heart of the Siski
you wilderness. No one ever entered
his cabin, unless at night, and then
under close scrutiny. By day he
greeted all visitors from his cabin
door. Edwards and Carnahan are
supposed to be the only men who
ever entered his home. They were
bis only friends.
Wright came to the Blue Ledge
district thirty years ago, and every
day his life was shrouded in mys
tery. He led an isolated life and
never talked of his past, except to
say that he was from the south and
had fought with the confederacy. The
prospectors of the district maintained
mm ii
Saturday a
Ashland will be almost deserted the Fourth and but few
will remain to look after the city except the police. Celebra
tions will be held at Talent and Hilt and many of our citizens
will visit each place. Small picnics and mountain climbing par
ties have been organized, the principal one being the snowball
ing party on the top of Mount Ashland to be given by the
Epworth League and other church societies of this city.
ell fTM it i
1 he stores will be closed
exceptions and the day is to be
by old and young alike.
Ashland-Talent Highway Contract
To Be
To give the people of Jackson
county an opportunity to compare
the road work of the county with that
of a professional contractor, State
Highway Engineer Bowlby and the
county court have decided to let that
portion of the Pacific Highway be
tween Talent and Ashland to the best
bidder.
Bids will be called for the second
week in July. Representatives of
the Clark-Henery Company and the
Warren Construction Company have
already arrived in Medford and are
going over the road and the specifi
cations. No certain kind of hard surface
will be insisted upon. Asphalt, war
renite, bithtilithic or concrete may
be decided upon, the final decision
depending upon the price, but it is
not at all probable that concrete will
be tried as that is the sort of road
the county is now building and an
example of some other type is de
sired. This strip of roati will be com
pleted before the winter rains set in.
Meanwhile work is progressing sat
isfactorily on the Medford-Central
Point road and the date for comple
tion is set for July 15. The new por
tion of the road will have to settle
for thirty days before it can be used,
but that part of the road near Cen
Name Suggested
For New Drives
Henry Easterly has suggested new
names for Roper's Bunion and the
two new drives that are proposed.
The name for Roper's Bunion is
"Lookout Point." The proposed
drive on the east he would call "East
Canyon View," while the one on the
west would be "West Canyon View."
We think both the names suggested
are very appropriate, and Mr. Easter
ly Is certainly entitled to suggest
names for the drives. He has always
been a great enthusiast on these
mountainside drives and has contrib
uted a 900-foot strip along Grand
view Drive. He was one of those to
originate the plans for Grandview
and is very enthusiastic over its pos
sibilities for scenery and pleasure for
sightseers.
that he led the life of a hermit to
atone for a deep disappointment.
Rumor says that he possessed consid
erable property and the thirty years'
collection of gold in that district, and
one of the tasks ahead will be the
locating of relatives. A search of the
cabin will be made for a will, If one
was left, and for the gold he is sup
posed to have hoarded.
Wright was a fairly well educated
man, well liked, but reticent and of
a sorrowful meln. For years he was
a subscriber to the New York World,
and once every three or four months
he came to Hutton for groceries and
his papers. Frank Edwards the last
year has insistently urged that he go
to Watkins, Ore., and spend the win
ter with Edwards' people, but Wright
always refused.
The body must be carried on a
stretcher twelve miles down a rough
mountain trail. Burial will be post
poned pending the location of rela
tives. , ,
The death of Wright recalls the
end of a prospetor-hermlt named
Peters, five or six years ago in that
section. Peters lived a lonely life In
a cabin on the middle fork of the
Applegate. One morning be left on
a hunting trip, and was never seen
again, dead or alive.
tin 1 1 1 1 ttHtWHwWTi
Real Holiday
all day Saturday with but a f
ew
generally devoted to pleasure
f
Let to Best Bidder
tral Point is already being used and
fiving satisfactory service.
It is believed that continued crit
icism of the work leing done by the
county has been largely responsible
for the change in the plans of the
county court. They have decided to
try the contract system instead of the
day labor system, not because they
are dissatisfied with the day labor
plan so much as their desire to give
the people a chance to compare the
two systems.
From unofficial investigations the
Central Point road, including surface
and foundation, has cost the county
about $1.50 per square yard. The
city pavement, a similar construction,
has cost from $3 to $4 a square yard.
Klamath Falls
Excursion July 3
Staples' big Stanley auto will leave
Al-nd July 3 at 10 a. m., arriving
at Klamath in time for best events
of the big Rodeo first day.
Returning will arrive Ashland
Monday noon, July 6.
Round trip fare $8.
Reservations should be made be
fore July 2. Apply to E. T. Staples.
Cattle Shipments
Are
Heavy
Simpson Flnnell, Sr. and Jr., Lath-
an Finnell, James Fletcher, J. A
Scriton, W. Clark, F. L. Marx, J. A
Marx, all from Cottonwood, Cal.
were in the city Saturday with t
bunch of cattle, twenty-six carloads
in all. The cattle were bound for
the Portland markets, where a bet
ter price is given. The cattle were
fed and watered at the local stock
yards, under the supervision of D. D.
Good, who has the yards in charge.
This is but one of several bunches
that have been coining through. Last
week there wus milk galore for those
who live near the yards, as all the
cows were milked.
Install Meters
And Cut Expense
According to Superintendent But
terl'leld, the city is now furnishing
$300 worth of electricity each month
that It Is receiving no pay for. That
means that COO consumers are becom
ing careless and are letting their
lights burn more than necessary, or
that they are using: unnecessary
"Juice" from the city's system.
There is a remedy for all this that
will be beneficial to all parties con
cerned. Install meters. Meters will
enable you to keep down the electric
light expense to the smallest possible
amount. If you are careful about the
use of the lights and do not leave
them all burning at once, the meter
will save you considerable light ex
pense, for it registers no more thun
Is consumed.
These meters are being Installed by
the city at no expense except for ex
tra wiring for electric stoves and heat
ers. Get a meter and see if you can't
cut down the expense and enable the
city to increase the number of con
sumers to this extent.
. When considering entertaining
remember that Rose Bros.' Ice
creams, sherbets and punches are
hard, to beat. 9-4t
Concert Friday
Evening Success
I
The concert Friday evening at the
Vinlng by the Congregational church
was a decided success, both from a
financial and a musical standpoint.
The house was packed to its capac
ity, and many of the boxes were
filled. The program rendered was
one of the finest ever given In Ash
land by local talent.
The evening started with a photo
play, followed with a selection by the
Congregational Male Quartet, enti
tled "1 Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble
Halls" (from the Bohemian Girl)
This was rendered very well, except
for the fact, as Rev. Schwimley later
stated, they were a little affected
with stage fright.
Miss Dorris Bagley, who has just
returned from her year's study of
music in the north, Bang a solo and
was heartily encored.
The next number on the program
was appreciated perhaps more than
any other, a duet by Leah Watkins
and Leslie Schwimley, entitled "Sani
and Tildy's Courtship." The two lit
tle folks did their part to perfection,
causing many a laugh among hearers.
Little Miss Watkins has a fine clear
voice, while Leslie Schwimlmey has a
high boyish voice pleasing to hear.
The Ladies' Chorus, in "Greeting
to Spring," was the next feature, and
it certainly took well with the audi
ence and threy a great deal of credit
on the performer and Mrs. Watkins,
the director. The girls, dressed in
white, stood in a sort of half moon,
while in the middle was a crowd of
little folks around the throne where
the May queen, Mrs. Barclay, sat.
Those in the chorus were the Mes
danies Marie Christian Watkins, Syl
van Provost, J. H. McGee, Elsie
Churchman, Ella Mills, F. H. John
Bon, D. D. Norris, Charles B. Wolf,
Florence Bartges Foster, W. H. Bart
ges, Clyde Cunningham, Irwin Bate
man, W. A. Schwimley, the Misses
Ramona Harrell, Madeline Silver,
Kathleen Silver, Gladys Carnahan,
Priscilla Carnahan, Ethel Davenport,
Myrtle Dougherty, Edna Dahuff, Del
Jones, Rose Thomas, Marlon Shaw,
Helen Dickerson, Marguerite Brown,
Maye Glove, Helen Cunningham, Bes
sie Dunham, Floy Cambers, and the
little folks were Leah Watkins, Helen
Harrell, Gertrude Cain, Florence Hig
gins, Geraldine Higgins, Ruth Flakus,
Venetta Walker and Fred Watkins.
After the Ladies' Chorus the Sis
kiyou Qunrtet gave a selection which
was greatly enjoyed by the audience.
Following this, Horace Reno and
Verni Mills gave a duet, violin and
flute, and received a hearty encore
by the pleased listeners.
Mrs. Marie Christian Watkins ren
dered two numbers, entitled "The
Swallows" and "Sing, Smile, Slum
ber," both of which she gave with
the characteristic finish of an accom
plished singer.
The Congregational Quartet ap
peared in "Annie Laurie," which they
sang very nicely.
Another of the best numbers of the !
evening was a whistling solo, "Wed
ding of the Winds," by Mrs. Florence
Bartges Foster. Her clear notes
were very pleasing. She received
strong upplause.
Much to the disappointment of the
audience, it was impossible to have
the comic operetta, "A Husband's
Mistake," on account of the sudden
illness of Miss Ilernlce Foster, who
had one of the leading parts. Mrs.
FoHter is quite 111 at present and un
der the doctor's care.
The luHt number was one of the
Vinlng's exceptionally fine photo
plays.
W. C. T. U. Topics
For Chautauqua
July 7 Greater W. C. T. U. Effi
ciency.
July 8 Pressing Need of the
Campaign.
July 9 W. C. T. U. day.
July 10 Educational (Ashland
State Normal) question box.
July 11 Housekeepers' Confer
ence, snail we Use Alcohol in Med
icine or Cooking?
July 13 Personal Responsibility
to the Local W. C. T. U.
July 14 Consideration of the
great social evil, and how It Is related
to Intemperance.
July 15 Oregon day and national
prohibition campaign.
July 16 Best Use of Campaign
Literature.
July 17 .Public- Opinion; How
Formed and How Changed.
Crops Are Fine
In Rogue Valley
William R. Brower, editor of tha
Rogue River Argus, to something oC
"a chaser-abouter" and has made an
other of his pedal-aute trips over the
north end of the valley. He recite
his observations as follows:
Last Friday morning we took to
the road once more. This time wa
went via the south bank of the river
as far as the Rock Point bridge. We
do not like the road on that side an
it is very sandy, but if you wish to
see things that is the road to take.
The first Bight was a field of wheat
and vetch hay that had been cut, but
while it was standing a tall man
could walk through it and bo out of
sight.
And the corn in several fields
why, you can almost see it grow.
Hut the sight that really took our
eye and caused us to stop was a large
garden nt Riverside. The Bermudas
were being harvested and some of the
corn wns tasscling out.
Everything is certainly looking
fine, but there was nothing startling
until we passed Central Point, and
then we were somewhat surprised.
We supposed the Pacific Highway
was completed to Medford and open
to the public, but we found that only
about two miles had been built thun
far, and if the crew keeps real busy
the end of the Medford pavement will
be reached by August 1. It looks as
though the screws on the road ma
chinery better be tightened up a lit
tle so as to crowd the work along a
little faster. We could find no com
plaint about the quality of the work
being done, but the quantity is what
needs remedying.
Medford Is not so many, after all.
We went there to find a man and wo
didn't even know his name, to say
nothing as to where he lived, and wa
found him with ease.
What interested iib most while in
the city was our talk with Secretary
Streets In regard to the grain and
grass exhibits for the world's fair at
San Francisco next year. He has
bought a machine in which he will
place each exhibit, one at a time, and
when they come out they will be all
tied up In a smooth, neat bundle. Ha
wishes them as soon as possible so aa
to get them fixed up ready for ship
ment. We would like to have at least
twenty-five samples from this part of
Jackson county. Who will be the
first to bring us in a fine exhibit of
hay or grain? This Is not for boost
ing but for good, wholesome advertis
ing. Our next move was to take No. 1C
through to Grants Pass, and the first
interesting thing we saw was that
No. 1 locomotive on the Grants Pass
Crescent City railroad had been all
cleaned up, painted up, fired up and
had been hauling rails across the
river. On inquiry we found that
about half a mile of rails had been
laid and that work would bo shoved
along Just as fust as posslblo.
As far as we could see during our
travels our little town of Rogue River
is doing as much business per popula
tion and money invested ns any of tha
larger towns.
About 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
we 'started for home on our wheel
and we saw one thing that would do
your heart good to see. It Is a field
of wheaton tho Hudson place Just
across the river from here. That
wheat is tall enough to look over a
seven-rail fence and see the autoa
go by, and it is thick enough to play
a game of hide and seek in. Mr. Sis-
son feels somewhat proud
over his
success in raising wheat
Hodson.
for Mr.
Epworth League
To Have Snowball
The Epworth League are planning
a big snowballing on the Fourth.
They are arranging to have a big
picnic and celebration on the top of
Mt. Ashland. Friday at 3 o'clock la
the afternoon they will start for tha
mount, reaching Long's Cabin to stay
for the night. On Saturday they will
go on up to the summit. Some wilt
go home from the top Saturday
night, but a great many others will
remain on top of Mt. Ashland and
Sunday school will be held under tha
open sky among the clouds Sunday
morning. A great many plan to go,
and the Epworth League has invited
other societies in the Ashland church
es, besides the Leagues of Grants
Pass, Talent and Medford, Every
body will take along their Individual '
lunches.