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ASHLAND. OREGON. MONIUY JULA 2, 1914
NUMBKR 16
Queen Contest
Exciting Enthusiasm
The queen contest Is showing much
interest, all places of business where
tickets are given reporting a big vote,
Suicide Near
Bybee's Bridge
While walking through the woods
about fifty yards from the river, near
Bybee's bridge, C. H. Farmer of this
and two new names have been added city found the dead body of a man
to the voting places Loomis & Nel-' hanging from the limb of a tree, still
son and W. M. Flackus. Other places warm, seeming to have been dead
The
have asked for more tickets.
vote now stands:
First, Feme Murphy, 2,482.
Second, Hope Burdic, 1,813.
Third, Mildred Applegate, 1,691.
Fourth, Peryl Wamsley, 1,638.
Fifth, Beula'h Caldwell, 1,638.
The queen's costume is furnished
by the Civic Improvement Club and
will be a beautiful creation of white.
The highest vote elects the queen,
and the other four young ladies in
the contest will be her maids in wait
ing and share the honors with her.
The queen's float is furnished by the
Civic Club, but the decorating is to
be done by the winning lodge.
Mrs. C. W. Chattin has charge of
the baby parade for tha. East Side
and Mrs. J. J. Cambers of the vrest
Side. These ladies are working for
a big showing in the second night's
parade. The club urges all mothers
to enter their babies and show that
we can raise fine babies as well as
apples and peaches. All information
about details of entry will be given
by these ladies.
The Oregon Trail Girls will have
something of interest to show the
third night in the doll buggy proces
sion. Mothers should let their little
girls try their art in decorating their
buggies and dressing tbe'r dollies for
this event. Misses Kathleen and
Madeline Silver wish to, meet the chil
dren at the Congregational church at
:30 Tuesday evening,-to: make ar
rangements for .the affair.
The comic parade Jb under the
mant of C. A. Malone, with W. W.
Ussher and Henry Provost as assist
ants, and promises to be a big suc
cess. Anyone having a suggestion re
garding the comic parade will please
be personally responsible for it and
enter it as a feature, at ah early date.,
The committee on the first night's
parade are promising many good fea
tures and ask the. people to help in
making this a big success. All auto
owners are asked to enter their deco
rated autos. They would like any
lodge or society to enter a float or
march in a body. Let us make this a
gala time and keep Ashland the
Beautiful on the map. . .This is a re
sort town and the Civic Club wish to
give a good entertainment to its own
people and any visitors with us at
this time. All work for' a bigger and
better Ashland.
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Good Roads
Convention 27-28
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about two hours. He called, to Ever
ett Acklin, also of Ashland, who was
fishing a little way above stream, and
who immediately came to the spot,
being the second man on the scene.
His father, T. W. Acklin, was the
next person to arrive.
The body was found at 9:30 Sun
day morning. It was located about
four hundred yards up the river from
the bridge on the left- hand side.
Many people were In the Bybee park
picnicking, and In a little while about
a hundred had seen the grewsome
sight. Deputy Coroner Perl was
called and arrived on the scene with
the sheriff about noon. The man
was examined and nothing to Identify
him was run across. He appeared to
be a laboring man. His pockets con
tained no money nothing except an
Ingersoll dollar watch and a new deck
of cards. He had no coat, at least
none could be found. From appear
ances he had climbed the tree,
slipped the noose around his neck and
let himself down on the rope. This
was evident from the fact his neck
was not broken. His hat hung in the
tree about four feet above him. The
rope was small and probably an old
piece he had picked up. He appeared
to be a foreigner.
Everett Acklin and C. H. Farmer
went to Medford this morning as wit
nesses at the coroner's inquest held
at 10 o'clock. '
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important Meeting
For Fruit Growers
Pacific Highway
Work Progressing
A meeting of the fruit growers of the Ashland district nicni
hers of the Ashland JYuit and Produce Association and others is
hereby called for Saturday night at the city hall council chamber at
8 o'clock. The A. P. and P. Association has arranged an advan
tageous contract with the North Pacific Fruit Distributors for sell
ing the present season's fruit output, and all details and advan
tages to the growers will be discussed. The outlook is satisfactory,
if united co-oieration is secured amrtng the growers. Plcu.se co
operate by attending this important meeting.
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Editor Balfrey, in the Scott Valley
Advance, has an article on the work
progressing on the Pacific Highway
in Siskiyou county, which we print
for the information of our readers:
"Messrs. W. H. Mason of Klamath
Falls and F. T. Fradenburg of Horn-
brook, who have the contract for the
building of the first unit of the state
Accurate Scales
And Measures
Finds Tarantula
In Bananas
Hood River in
Line For Highway
' By a vote of 1,652 to. 428 the peo
ple of Hood River county last week
authorized a bond issue of $75,000
fdr the completion of the Columbia
River Highway through their section
of the state.. Every precjnctln the
county, except one, gave a big major
ity for the bonds.
In addition to this action of Hood
River, Columbia county has issued
bonds to the extent of $360,000 for
good roads, $260,000 of which will
be applpied to the Columbia River
Highway; Clatsop county will spend
$315,000 on her section of the same
road; Multnomah county is spending
$400,000 In cutting the road from
Portland to the eastern line of the
county, and it will spend about $200,
000 more before the work Is fin
ished; Wasco county has but about
two miles of the highway and Is
working on that little link now. The
highway to the east of Portland will
unite the Columbia river district with
(From the Medford Sun.) Central Oregon, while on the west it
The committee of the Good Roads , will be a beautiful road down the
convention to be held in Medford
July 27-28 spent yesterday interview
ing some of the merchants and rais
ing funds to defray the expenses of
the meeting. '
The committee secured the opera
house for the two days' session and
made arrangements for the
Columbia and as far down the coast
as the Tillamook county line.
The recent decision of the supreme
court confirming the validity of the
$1,250,000 of bonds issued by Mult
nomah county clears the way for the
disposal of bonds and the commence
ment of actual construction of the
Get what you pay for in regard to
the standard weights and measures.
The state assumed authority over
the use of weights and masurea
within its jurisdiction for the protec
tion of the purchasing public. The
purchasing public is the whole pub
lic, but unfortunately the man who
wants sixteen ounces when he pays
for a pound is sometimes near-sight
ed when he puts his own wares on
the scales for sale. But supervision
of weights and scales does not neces
sarily imply that short weights and
scant measures are the result of dis
honesty. Not at all. Carelessness is
often responsible for a scale that fails
of exactness or of a measure that
does not hold enough potatoes. The
officials have recently Issued the fol
lowing note of warning regarding the
essential provisions of the law:
"It is unlawful to sell any com
modity at a greater or less weight or
measure than Its true weight of meas-
ure. For instance, a cord of wood,
a pound of meat, a pint of milk, a
cubic yard of gravel, or a pound of
ice.
"Under this law, a purchaser is en
titled to the true net weight or meas
ure of any commodity ordered.
"It - is unlawful to include, . the
weight "or measure of anything other
than that of the commodity being
sold. If a purchaser buys a ham, he
Is entitled to the net weight of the
ham and should not be made to pay
for a canvas cover and several ounces
of wrapping paper.
'The standard apple box for Ore
gon is: Depth 10 inches at end
width lHj inches, length 18 inches
All are inside measurements and rep
resent 2.173 'cubic inches. Boxes
not measuring up to the standard
must be marked 'short box.' Violat
ors of the law are liable to a fine of
$1 a box.
'Under this head let me say that
there are no other standard meas
ures for peaches, grapes a ad pears
and in fact fruits in general, but a
purchaser In buying a box or crate
must receive a full box or crate, or
it can be considered short measure
ment and the seller is liable."
Page orchestra to open the meeting j great interstate bridge across the Co
with several selections of music. The
committee also arranged with the
AahUnd ladies to entertain the visit
ors July 28 when an excursion to that I anticipated
city is contemplated. . The committee
is now working on plans to decorate
the bridge and park by electric illum
ination. Shortly headquarters will be
opened for the information of visit
ors who are expected from all the
Pacific coast states.- Mr. Boos, the
secretary of the association, is in re
ceipt of letters from many who are
coming by way of the Pacific High
way and from those who have been
appointed delegatwto represent their
cities. Twenty speakers are sched
uled to take the rostrum. The mem
bers of the Greater Medford Club
have offered their assistance and will
entertain the visiting ladies.
All citizens of southern Oregon;
particularly those of Jackson county;
are requested to extend their usual
courtesy to the visitors. Arrange-
ments will be made to have the visit
ors taken through the valley by autos
and those having carB are asked to
help in this respect1. '" Arrangements
will also be made to' take the guests
over the Slsklyous' and' let them see
what progress is being made on the
road. The 27th the new road' be
tween Medford and Central Point will
fee open and trips of Inspection will
be made over this portion of the Pa
Klo Highway. " "
lumbla. The bonds will be adver
tised for sale at once and no diffi
culty in finding a market for them is
The office of Dr. F. H. Johnson,
dentist, will be closed until August
17. 15-tf
Enders' ladies hat sale, $3.85.
Crops of Corn
Unusual This Year
It was not many years ago that it
was thought corn could not be com
mercially grown In this valley, but
in recent years It has been demon
strated that corn Is a very profitable
crop and unusual number of bushels
per acre have been raised between
the trees In the young orchards. This
season has been ' very favorable for
the corn crop and everyone having a
corn patcli should keep their eyes
open for , good specimens for the
county display at San Francisco.
The various varieties ' of sweet
corn,' such as well-filled ears In
straight, even rows, are wanted for
processing. "Mr. Frohbacli would ap
preciate it If the growers give this
subject thelf attention at the proper
time. Leave specimens at the Beaver
Realty Company, should hla labora
tory be closed.
G. T. McDonald of the Hot Springs
bath house in 'Klamath Falls had a
narrow escape last week when he
escaped the bite of a huge tarantula
which was lodged in a bunch of ba
nanas. The Klamath Falls North
western tells of the occurrence as
follows;
"To be within an inch of possible
death by coming in contact with the
fangs of a monster Central American
tarantula was the experience of G. T
McDonald yesterday evening while
cutting bananas from a bunch in his
store at the Hot Springs bath house
for a customer.
'Mr. McDonald ordered a fresh
bunch of this luscious tropical fruit
from a local wholesale dealer and it
was delivered yesterday morning
After hanging in the store all day and
both Mr. and Mrs. McDonald having
Cut several from the stalk for cus
toaiers, the monster spider was dis
covered by Mr. McDonald while he
was running his finger under the
fruit to get hold of one particularly
ripe for a customer. His fingers were
within a few Inches of the venomous
nsect when he saw it, and to say he
got his hand away fro mthe vicinity
pit the spider in short order is put
ekjffi it mildly. . .
i j "Mr. McDonald Is thoroughly con
versant with the poisonous tarantula.
He did not have to look the second
time to know what the Insect was
Following its discovery he attempted
to capture it and cage It in a glass
jar. . It showed much agility in elud
ing all efforts at capture by Jumping
to the floor and attempting to run
away. It was finally caged, however,
and now Mr. McDonald is showing his
'pet' to admiring and cringing
friends. It Is a very large specimen
and one sting of Its fangs would mean
almost sure death to its victim."
New Pathologist
Has Arrived
The county court has selected the
new pathologist in the person of Dr.
M. P. Henderson of the University of
Wisconsin, to succeed Prof. , P. J.
O'Gara, who resigned recently. Hen
derson arrived this week, and will
immediately take up his new duties.
According to the Medford Sun we are
informed that Dr. Henderson was ac-
highway in Siskiyou county, which 1 companled by Professors H. T.
lies between the Oregon line and i rentn ani Jackson of O. A. C,
Hornbrook, were in Yreka last week. who came t0 at,end the final de"
tailR or the nrrancAmnnt hptwppn th
county court and the agricultural
They informed a Journal reporter
that work had commenced on the
highway and with an even break they
will complete their contract by the
first of October. They have estab
lished three camps and at present are
working forty men, and that within
a few days they will be prepared to
put a full force, consisting of over
seventy men and sixty teams, to grad
ing. The first unit is eight miles. It
does not follow the old traveled road
from Bailey Hill to Hilt, but keeps
to the mountain side of Bailey Hill.
This makes a very pretty scenic route
besides being an easily made grade.
The road when completed will be
21 feet wide. The contract calls
for the care of surface water and a
railing placed along dangerous
places. This railing will extend over
a mile and a quarter of the eight
miles to be built. The contract calls
for thirty-five concrete culverts and
100 corrugated Iron covers for the
carrying of surface water, besides
the three concrete covers that will be
built by the county.
Sanfoid Receives
Fine Calf
R. D. Sanford, who resides on low
er Helman street and has some high
class registered Jersey cattle, , T
ceived by express last Saturday from
Benton county, Oregon, another reg
istered male calf, to use In his herd.
His dam is a Mella Ann cpw and a
half sister to one he has owned for
.two years, which last year produced
college. A conference with CoOntyj
Judge Tou Voile and County Com
missioner Leever waH held yesterday
afternoon and plans for the season
outlined.
Under the new arrangement Dr.
Henderson will have charge of plant
diseases, insect and spray work, with
headquarters in Medford, while Prof.
E. C. Relmer of the Talent experi
ment station will have charge of gen
eral agricultural work, soils, fertil
izing, cover crops, etc. Professor
Relmer on certain days will be at
Dr. Henderson's office in Medford
for consultation with the ranchers,
and the two experts- will co-operate
In every way though keeping their
duties distinct.
Under the present arrangement? the
new pathologist's nalary will be
$2,500 instead of $5,000, which waa
paid to O'Gara, the county paying:
only half of this and the state half.
The expenses of the office will also
be borne jointly by county and state
with the understandiug that the total
expenses of the county will at no
time exceed $2,000. The state fur
nishes Dr. Henderson with an auto
mobile so that he will be in a posi
tion to visit any point in the valley
on short notice.
Dr. Henderson has made a special
study of plant diseases the last three
years, has had practical field work
experience with pear blight in hla
former home in Idaho, and comes
with the very highest recommenda
tions from the University of Wiscon
sin. He was very much. pleased with
Follow the crowd to Enders'.
Arrested For
Killing Deer
William Hillls of Rogue River and
some friends were arrested and fined
$119 for the killing of a deer last
week. They were arrested by Game
Warden Hammersley. The'deer was
shot near Bybee Springs Sunday and
was bung up in a tree by the parties
while they went home to get proper
implements to handle it. On Monday
the men came back with the idea of
quartering it and bringtng it into
town. Meanwhile Game Warden
Hammereley, while on his way to get
supplies, paBsed the place where the
deer was hidden and his horse shied,
telling him where it waa located. He
promptly investigated, left the deer
hanging there, and rode on. down the
trail, where he soon met the hunters.
These he passed, and as boo nas he
secured a witness retraced his steps
to the place where the deer was con
cealed. There he found the parties
skinning the deer and promptly ar
rested them. Upon being taken Into
town a fine was imposed upon them
of $25. They refused to pay and
demanded a trial, which was given
them. However, the results were far
from pleasing as the next hearing
fined them $119. .'
O. F. Billings left Saturday night
for Colestln, where he will recuper
ate from the hard work of the Chau
tauqua.1'
NoUoo Cut Cockleburrs.
Chapter 6458, road laws of 1913,
provides that property owners shall
cut thistles and weeds along the high
ways upon which their land abuts
and inside of their enclosures, and
property owners in District No. 1 are
hereby notified to cut all cockleburrs
and thistles. JACK TRUE,
It Supervisor.
707.08 pounds of butter for him, I appearance or me vauey out oe
which he sold for $245.15. Her male t0, 4make f. ta temen
calf when a few months old sold for 'ns ure possib .ties until he
. , . . . ,.,u naa Decome more uu nuar wun iocb
$75, having been fed $27 worth of i
skimmed milk at 2 cents per gallon, conditions
making her gross earnings for twelve
mnntho H7 1 T, Tftu nlr In ft trrnnd-I
. nu, . .i . .i, .o Phone 64, Orres the clothes doctor,
son of Chief Golden Glow, who has i ' .
more register of merit daughters , uear mo,or de,,ot'
than any other Oregon bull, and Is at
present owned by Ovid PIckard of
Marion, Ore., who has built up such
a high producing herd from him that
the Oregon Agricultural College has
recently honored them by purchasing
all of them for the college, except a
few young things which we presume
Mr. PIckard reserved as a foundation
of even a better herd later on.
Your garments need cleaning.
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Lectures on
Exposition. 1915
W. C. Poole gave the closing fea
ture of the Chautauqua program by
his lecture on the exposition of 1915,
illustrated by colored slides, which
The feed outHlde of pasturage for j were Indeed beautiful.
Henderson Assumes
New Duties
Mr. Sanford's high producing cow he
tells us cost $70 for the year, figur
ing bran at $28 per ton, bay at $12
and beets for Biicculence at $4 per
ton, cost to him of production. Many
people no doubt keep cows that eat
as much and do not make groBS over
70 hence the reason so many
think dairying does not pay.
"There Is very little blight in the
valley," said M. P. Henderson, county
pathologist, after a tour of the orch
ards, "but this should not lull the
fruit men Into any sense of false se
curity. The price of good fruit Is
eternal vlllgance and I would particu
larly warn all orchardlsts to keep a
close watch on Infection and prompt
ly cut It out as it appears. The way
to keep blight out of the Rogue River
Valley Is never to allow it another
Btart."
When asked regarding the weather
bureau Mr. Henderson said he pre
ferred to confine himself to patholog
ical work alone and believed that
weather forecasting would seriously
Interfere with his more Important du
ties. The question of who will take
tbe place of Leland Beverldge, pres
ent forecaster, has not yet been de
cided. - r
Mr. Henderson Is now looking for
an office In Medford and hopes .to
Hocure a place In the next' few dnys,
his family arriving from the east In
the near future. '
New fall styles and woolens a.e
now being shown at Orres tailor
shop. It
-t-Good chambermaid - wanted at
Oregon Hotel. Apply at once. It
Professor Vlning, Darrell Mlnkler
and Arthur Maxedon returned the
first part of the week from the Little
Applegate, where they have been
fishing. They report the fishing ex
cellent.
Big suit sale at Enders'.
Billings Elected
For 21st Term
At the meeting of the life members
of the Southern Oregon Chautauqua,
held In the O. A. R. hall Friday af
ternoon, O. F. Billings was elected
to serve for the coming year as presi
dent his 2 1st term. The vote was
almost unanimous in his favor. Rev,
J. 8. Smith was re-elected to the of
fice of vice-president and Leo Tretren
as secretary and treasurer.
The meeting was very short and
there were not many other .matters
that came before the assembly.
About sixty members attended.
For the next session it Is hoped
business may prosper sufficiently to
Justify a . new building. . It would
mean a great deal to the city as a
social center, where public meetings
could be held and people congregate.
Such a building is necessary,, as. the
armory la not suitable for public pur
poses. , . ,.lt ....
The scenic beauties of America
were emphasized, and the spouker re
marked that though he hud traveled
through all parts of Europe and for
eign countries, he had never viewed
scenery that compared with that of
our United StateH. He brought on
to San Francisco by several different
routes by the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, by the Alamo in Texas,
through New Orleans, by the Can
adian Pacific, the Garden of t"he Gods,
and many other beautiful places.
Finally he ended up at the wonderful
exposition of all nations.
The people who go to San Fran
cisco and San Diego in 1915 will not
be disappointed in their expectations,
for a most wonderful year is being
planned and wonderful buildings are
being erected. The San Francisco
fair is to be a world event, people
coming from every country In tha
world. The lecturer bad Just re
turned from New Zealand, where he
had been telling the New Zealandem
about our wonderful United States of
America, and he thinks many -wilt
come from that section of the globe,
as they have put on a wonderful ex
hibit. Another of the points that he
brought out was that the exposition
of 1915 will be a modern one, that
no products manufactured befort
1905 will be on exhibit. This fair in
to show what a wonderful advance
has been made since that time.. The
lecture was much appreciated and en
Joyed by tbe audience, and certainly
was a fitting number to close the
Chautauqua session. Mr. Poole took
the place of Dr. Fisher, who was un
able to attond. i , v-
Made-la-Ashlund , suits for men
and women at Or ros' , tailor shop,
near motor depot. v. .. It,.