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VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1914
NUMBER 18
Hidings
Carnival Opens To Inspect Harbor
Tuesday Evening' At Crescent City
Since early this morning all sorts
of curious looking articles, such as
tents, wagons and stakes, have been
appearing on C street. This means
the carnival is on the job.
This is bound to make the Gateway
City noisy and lively for the next few
days and will draw crowds from the
outside. Let's turn out and show
some of the spirit that wbb predomi
nate when Ashland woke up and vot
ed the bonds for the springs.
The carnival company arrived Sun
day and are today putting their at
tractions in place. The carry-us-all
will begin running this evening, to
the delight of the children.
The queen's contest is getting hot
ter every hour today, and when the
voting closes tonight at 9 o'clock the
news will spread rapidly. The queen's
magnificent gown is on-display today
in Crowson's window and brings
forth many exclamations of praise for
the Civic Club and the lucky queen.
The prizes for the four parades are
on display at Crowson's and are sure
ly worth trying for. The parade for
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock is keeping
many busy and we hope there will be
many decorated cars enter. The
horseback riders were out for prac
tice Saturday night and Talent riders
have been invited to Join them, so
this promises to be one of the best
features. Misses Susan and Mary
Homes will be glad to hear from any
others wishing to join. '
Wednesday night's parade at 7 is
one of the crowning features the
babies In buggies or some fancy con
veyance. Mrs. Cambers and Mrs.
Cbattin are making a success as man
agers. The entries for the children's pa
rade for Thursday evening are many,
and the little folks have some fine
ideas for decorations. Any member
of the Civic Club can give you In
formation. Let all the children have
a chance.
The comics hold sway Friday night
in all their dignity Tafent -is going
to be out in force and our own talent
have some things worth seeing. Come
out and have a good l&ugh..
Following is the program ag hand
ed to the Tidings by the comrajttee:
Tuesday's parade forms at East
Side school; proceeds to M E. church,
down Factory to Helman, back to
Main, through to First, then to
queen's throne on C street, where
the coronation of the queen will take
place. The mayor will crown her.
The comic parade follows the same
line Friday.
Wednesday and Thursday nights'
parades form at the library, march
around the plaza, back to First and
the queen's, 'hrone.
The band boys have charge of the
Saturday night street dance and it
will be a success, and a Jolly time is
in store for all t hmyrreel b sdgf.sM
In store for all the' merrymakers.
The standing of the .candidates in
the queen's contest, Saturday, is as
follows:
Moose, Pearl Wamsley . ; . 2.8S9
Maccabees, Feme Murphy. , . . 2,832
Odd Fellows, Beulah Caldwell 2,528
Elks, Mildred Applegate 1,946
The count will be made at 6 o'clock
today from the stores and will be an
nounced by megaphone in front of
Crowson's tonight at 9 o'clock and
at the Vining and Star.
12-Foot Vein of Coal
On Roxy Ann
A twelve-foot vein of high-grade
sorol-bitumlnous coal was struck Fri
day of the new coal mine of Little &
Burr at Roxy Ann mountain, three
and one-half miles northeast of Med-'
ford, on a part of the Westerlund
orchard property. Development will
be continued, says the Sun. The coal
has excellent gas-making qualities as
well as good steaming "and coking
qualities and carries almost no sul
phur. The discovery was 'made' by Mr.
Little and not W. A. Burr, as' first
reported. Mr. Little is a' coal expert
and Issuperlntendent c-V the mines.
He is acknowledge das' be'In'g'ohe of
the foremost authorities on' 'coal In
southern Oregon., " . ' ' : '"'
According to the', owner's, actual
working of the mines' wh1! be started
at once. It is their intention to sup
ply the demand of southern Oregon!
In order to get the coal"transported
from the mines to Medfor'a the Bullls
street car line will probably be ex
tended to the base of "Roxy Ann. ' '
Summer shoe sale at tenders'.
The board of army engineers which
heard the delegation from Grants
Pass and Crescent City last winter
upon the Crescent City harbor project
will make Its promised visit to the
coast next month. There will be
seven or eight United States army
engineers in the party and they will
arrive at Eureka on Tuesday, August
18. From Eureka they will go to
Crescent City, where they will inspect
the harbor project, and on Tuesday
will come to Grants Pass by automo
bile, inspecting the country that will
be affected by the improvement of
the harbor and the building of the
railroad from here to the harbor,
This board is the one that heard
the argument of the delegation last
winter at Washington city, and at
that time the engineers stated that
they had been convinced that there
were sufficient undeveloped resources
back of the harbor to warrant the
expenditure of funds for the construc
tion of an even better harbor than
had been asked, and it is believed
that the present visit will be followed
by a congressional appropriation and
by immediate work upon the harbor.
Action by this board Is a necessary
preliminary to the appropriation for
the work, for without the board's rec
ommendation congress will not pro
vide the finances. The board comes
west to Inspect this work at the re
quest and invitation of the Grants
Pass and Crescent City delegations to
the Washington hearing, and its com
ing is a distinct victory for the har
bor project. The party plans to leave
this city for Portland on the evening
train after arriving here from Cres
cent City, hut an effort is now being
made to have it prolong the stay
here, in which event some plan of
entertainment will be provided,
though in its letter the board states
that it is Its desire to have no formal
receptions while on the trip. Col.
Thomas H. Rees of San Francisco,
under whose' direction the prelimi
nary Survey of the Crescent City har
bor was made, will accompany the
party here from the south.
State Corporation
For Springs Resort
The following is from the pen of
the Ashland correspondent to the
Oregonian:
i
"Encouraged by outside as well as
home influences, the possibility of
creating in the state of Oregon a
popular watering place and health
resort is being studied by the com
mercial interests of Ashland, with the
help and advice of the Industrial and
survey department of the University
of Oregon school of commerce.
"The help of the consular service
of the United States has been enlist
ed through the efforts of Director H.
B. Miller of the school of commerce,
who was a vllstor in Ashland during
the Chautauqua period, and data,
financial statements, analyses of bus
iness and advertising policies and of
medical and sanitation attractions
are being collected from all the fam
ous watering places in both hemis
pheres. " 'Oregon has no resort of just thia
kind, says Director Miller, 'but it
seems that at least one municipality
in the state, which' has the appropri
ate natural advantages,, should turn
its efforts in this direction.
" 'What the Ashland people hope
to do with the help of this world
wide information when, it is once
gathered is to go- straight toward
their purpose with the least hesita
tion and the least unnecessary ex
pense, the fewest' mistakes and the
greatest possible celerity and effect
iveness. : .
" 'It is to Bupply this element of
certain and exact knowledge that the
school of commerce is co-operating
with the city of Ashland.' "
Grape Juice
Pleasing Drinkers
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S. F. Starr has taken the agency
for the Jacksonville Conserving Com
pany in this city. The high grade of
grape juice being put up by the Jack
sonville firm is fast attracting atten
tion, tq the Rogue River Valley as a
grape-producing section. This pre
serving company is certainly pleas
ing the followers of William Jennings
Bryan in his now famous beverage,
and Mr. Starr, says the product U sat
isfactory to all who desire a fine
drink.
Robbery Epidemic
1 At Medford
Medford Is suffering from an epi
demic of petty robberies. The po
lice are making an effort to clean the
city of all undesirables and Friday
night raided a Chinese laundry. Thir
teen Chinamen were found in the
laundry and the restaurant. Eleven
were deep in gameB of fantan and
something over $700 was the stake.
The policemen entered, covered the
men with guns, and confiscated the
opium, the money and the fantan out
fit. What was left of the money was
returned to the Chinamen after their
fines were paid. A Chinese woman
who apparently does not speak the
English language was among those
caught.
The colored porters on the South
ern Pacific trains are the links that
connect the opium ring recently un
earthed at Vancouver with Medford,
is the belief of S. B. Sandefer of the
state board of pharmacy. He says
the opium is smuggled in from the
Orient at Vancouver, passed to the
porters, who deposit it with China
men in the. towns that they pass
through. That a large amount of
opium has been left in Medford in
the past few years is shown by the
quantity found in the possession of
the Chinamen in the raid made by
the police on the Chinese laundry and
restaurant on South Riverside.
Local Enterprise
Overcomes Difficulty
The following dispatch from Hood
River to the Oregonian is of timely
interest'to Ashland citizens. Those
people have overcome the general
bond conditions with local enterprise,
in this way:
"A record for community enter
prise has been mide here this year
by the East Fork Irrigation District,
which was established last year to
take charge of the big ditch supply
ing water to the orchardists of the
East Side district, the largest unit of
valley orchards lands. After the or
ganization of the district the sale of
$175,000 worth of bonds was author
ized. An issue of $150,000 was of
fered by the board of directors the
first of this year. On account of the
quiet bond market no attractive bids
could be secured from bond compa
nies, however.
"Not discouraged by their failure,
the citizens of the community and
residents of the bonded district began
taking the bonds themselves, and up
to the present time the money for
Increasing the service of the irriga
tion system has been secured from
sales of the bonds from time to time
this spring. Of the $150,000 offered,
$144,000 worth have been sold, most
ly to valley citizens.
"The system, while still Incom
plete, has been made one of the best
In the state. Three big pipe lines
have been installed, placing the
greater portion of the district under
pressure."
Big Strike Reported
On Hungry Creek
For ten days past there have been
well-defined rumors of a big strike of
gold In the Hungry creek district.
Feeling that gold discovery stories
should be taken with a very liberal
supply of salt, the Tidings has made
an effort to secure reliable informa
tion and prints the following reply
to one of many letters sent out in
an effort to secure information:
Hornbrook, Cal., July 25, 1914.
Ashland Tidings, Ashland, Ore.
Dear Sirs: C. D. Perkins of Hilt,
Cal., has asked me to answer your
letter of July 21.
The Hopwood brothers struck a
rich ledge of gold-bearing quartz on
July 5 at the Iron Ledge mine on
North Hungry creek owned by Mrs.
Ella Hopwood, their mother. The
ledge is about seven inches wide.
Mr. Perkins has seen the ledge and
says that the rock that he has seen
will run not less than $1,000 per ton
and some will go as high as $50,000.
C. D. and O, T. Irvin of Oottville
havo also made a very rich strike in
the old Yonker mine on Empire
creek. . The Yonker mine has been
abandoned for about twenty years
and has been relocated by the Irvins.
They have taken out several thousand
dollars within the last two weeks. I
am, Very truly yours.
WM. W. McNEALY.
Straw hat sale at Enders'.
Live Tips on
1 Postoffice Robbers
The Talent postoffice robbery, the
Colestin postoffice and a number- of
other robberies were partially ex
plained as the result of a confession
made by E. R. Erom, the Portuguese
who recently robbed the Greek bunk
bouse on South Front street in Med
ford lu!t week. Erom made the con
fession in the county jail in Jack
sonville Saturday. He stated that he
had seen a gang of safe breakers at
work preparing liquid nitroglycerine
for cracking a safe in the county seat.
Although maintaining that he was
not a member of the gang, Erom told
where he had seen them, told how
they got the powder and how the
preparation was made. That he knew
their names he denied. According to
Erom the making of the preparation
was carried on in a vacant lot in
Jacksonville and it was while the
grang was getting prepared to make
a haul that he heard them gay some
thing of robbing the Beekman bank.
The big haul was set for Thursday
night but nothing materialized. Evi
dently thinking it too much of a
chance in the county seat, the bur
glars transferred their operations to
Gold Hill, where they robbed the
Johnson saloon. Since the arrest of
Erom five robberies have occurred in
the valley.
Portland Market
Growing Rapidly
As an indication of the tremendous
growth of the livestock industry in
Oregon and other sections of the Pa
cific northwest, the Portland Union
Stockyards Company has foiinl it
necessary to immediately make a
large addition to Its pen space in or
der to keep pace with constantly in
creasing shipments. The necessity
for increased yardage for sheep feed
ing Is mainly responsible for th ad
ditions which will be madj at thw
time, and it is estimated that the new
pett.will take care of at least 15,0"'0
head, making the total sheep capn"
ity of the yards approximately 35.000
head.
Receipts last week: Cattle 555,
calves 16, hogs 1,680, sheep 4,0Si.
Light receipts of cattle for thai
wiek, with good demand, price be- j
Ing fully 25c higher on all graJes.
Top on steers $7.25 to $7. SO, cows
and.helfers of best quality moving
at $6.
Swine run also light, outlet broa'l
and demand urgent. The top the
first half of the week was $8.75, but
price rapidly climbing to the 9c level,
di, two loads Bold Friday a'. $8.90.
Medium receipts of sheep aiAl
lnmbs, both in qunlity and quantity.
Very littje east of the mountains
stuff offering, most of tho receipt
being from western Oregon points
rriine wethers $4.50 to $4.Vo, prlmo
ewes $3.85 to $4, medium ewes $3 2j
to $3.75, spring lambs $5.50 to $6.
Team Plunged Off
Of Small
Bridge
When their team became fright
eiiid Saturday afternoon at a large
parasol and backed off the Central
Point bridge and landed In a heaplmornln afu'r a fi,x montha' ,ourn,y
twenty feet below, J. ('. Horn was
Injured Internally and his wife badly
bruised about the head and shoul
ders. Only the steel back of the car
riage seat saved them from death.
The couple were returning to their
home in Agate from a short visit to
Central Foint when the accident oc
curred. As they were crossing the
bridge their team became frightened
at a large parasol on a carriage pass
ing them. Mr. Horn was unable to
control the frightened animals and
they backed off the bridge, breaking
off the weak hand rail. The couple
were picked up unconscious and
rushed to the Doll hospital In Cen
tral Point. Mr. Horn's Injuries may
be fatal, while Mrs. Horn Is suffering
greatly from the nervous shock.
Later In the afternoon a team driv
en by J. Stuart with hlB two daugh
ters. Ethel and Edith, as passengers,
became frightened at a boy riding
a bicycle across the Central Point
bridge with a long fishing pole over
his hhoulder, and ran away. It wan
not until the team had broken the
carriage and kicked themselves free
that the runaway .was stopped.' Al
though scratched up considerably no
one was seriously injured.
Estimates Vary
For Apple Crop
The following 1b an estimate sub
mitted by A. P. Bateham, vlce-preBi-dent
of the Northwestern Fruit Ex
change, Portland, on the number of
cars of apples to the shipped this sea
son. The wide variation in reports
from the districts has been taken into
consideration and the whole compiled
as nearly correctly as is possible. By
the collection of reports from each
district tho general belief is that the
tonnage will bo enormous, far exceed
ing former years, but Mr. Bateham's
opinion of this is that the estimates
point skyward, out of all proportion.
The Indications as received aro for
a good trade this year in almost every
variety. When there is an exception
it appears as though tho variety had
been left out of the scheme of things
entirely thia year. Yakima, as usual,
will lead the shipping from the north
west, with Wenatchee districts a close
second," and Hood River an Increas
ing third. The estimates as given,
of course, aro subject to the usual
shrinkage owing to storms, etc.
Mr. Bateham hopes to be able to
give a much closer estimate by this
time next month, and one which will
indicate the marketing policies for
the coming season. "Plans are in
full swing," said Mr. Bateham, "to
go ahead with our distribution as
though we could exactly tell just how
many cars of apples are going to
market. While conditions may alter
these plans as the season advances,
we feel pretty certain of accomplish
ing our ultimate aim in this respect.
The export markets will be dealt
their percentage of the shipments of
apples going through the Northwest
ern Fruit Exchange on an established
systematic basis.
The apparent total apple crop of
the northwest Is 15,000 carloads, dis
tributed throughout the various dis
tricts as follows:
Wenatchess 4,500, Yakima 5,500,
eastern Washington 1,000, Rogue
River 600, wetsern Oregon 350,
Hood River 1,200, eastern Oregon
350, Idaho 900, Montana 700. Total,
15,000 cars.
Milk Bottles
Thoroughly Sterilized
The Telephone dairy has Installed
a huge refrigerator for cooling milk
rapidly which will greatly facilitate
earlier delivery of pure milk by this
popular dairy. Messrs. Sauder & San
der are using every modern Idea and
advancement to bring their dairy to
be the leader in the entire state. The
last report of the pure food depart
ment of the state made very favor
able mention of this dairy and it in
ambitious to be considered the first
in the next state report.
Messrs. Sander & Sander have In
stalled an electric bottle washer und
sterilize all the bottles under a steam
pressure of 220 degrees. The milk
is then placed in the'refrigerator and
rapidly cooled. This will enable them
to deliver the cream and milk two or
three hours earlier than formerly.
Ashland is rapidly becoming known
as a dairy field and this firm is doing
Its full share toward attracting at
tention all over the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Sinclair of Los
Angeles arrived In Ashland this
by wagon." Their, outfit Is equipped
to enable them to be independent of
hotels while on their travels, the
object of which Is health and pleas
ure, Mr. Sinclair having been a suf
ferer for some time; Having heard
of Ashland's mineral waters, It is Mr.
Sinclair's intention to remain here
for a time and Give them a thorough
trial.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fohb of Talent
attended the animal show in our city
Thursday.
Regular Service
For Big Auto
A. S. Ames blp thirty-pnseuger
cur will bo run' to Ash'nnd every
evening during the carnival to b'rlnj?
t tailors from the valley Snturdsi;'
ovenlng It will run from Br.tler'B con
fectionery store to tako those of our
citizens who desire to see "Omar tho
Tent Maker" In MVdford. A large
crowd will go from here In the rub
berneck car. ;' Reservations may b
made at Butlef's. ''" ' ''' "It'
Enders' clearance sale.
Woman Disappears
In the Siskiyou
Where is Mrs. E. P. Lamson, a
widow, who left Redding six weeks
ago for points up the canyon and has
not been heard from except for one
letter mailed from Weed June 24 to
her eleven-year-old daughter, Ethel
Lanii-on, who has been left practically
alone in this city?
This question is puzzling the police
of both Shasta and Siskiyou counties,
who are unablo to offer any explana
tion, as well as other investigators
who have been making every effort
to locate her or find a substantial
clew. Friends in this city fear that
Mrs. Lamson is either dead or has
met with foul play in the lumbering
camps, possibly amoug foreigners,
where she went to solicit industrial
accident insurance for the It. II. Nich
ols Company of Redding.
Mrs. Lamson'H hur.band died sis
months ago. She came here from
Denver with her daughter to earn
her living. She first engaged in
newspaper and magazine soliciting,
later taking up insurance. She pros
pered, earning ninety dollars in com
missions the first three weeks of her
work. She visited nearly all of the.
canyon towns where men aro em
ployed, Weed being the last, though
she wrote in her only letter that she
Intended to make her next stop at
Hilt. It Is not knowu whether shu
reached there. She visited the min
ing camps of Shasta county and on
one occasion met with a reverse that
disheartened her. A laborer at Iron
Mountain was Insulting to such an
extent that Mrs. ' Lamson returned
here with the Intention of abandon
ing the work as a sohcUor. She was
persuaded to keep on, however.
The vanished woman is aged 33
and Is of comely appearance. This
has led to a fear thai she may have
met with foul treatment or that she
has been detained against her will.
There is a possibility that she la a
victim of white slavers.
Ethel Lamson has been cared for
by friends, her mother having provid
ed for her support only- for a short
time. She was first With Mr. and
Mrs. Sheridan Strnnca, Strunck belnR
with the Nichols company. "At pres
ent Ethel Is at the heine of Mr. and
Mrs. Ehrlich in East street. She has
no clothes and is penu'iless. An ef
fort is being made o find her a
home with a family.
The letter received from Mrs. Lam
son by her daughter contained two
Important statements,." The writer
said that she was feeling vory sick
and that If she' did not return to
Redding In the ' near future Ethel
should find a home for herself with
friends, who were willing to take her.
and that she (Mrp. Lamson) would
send money to pay for board and
lodging and other expons-eB. Nothing
more has been beard.
Every effort on tho part of Investi
gators to obtain even the slightest
clew has failed. No one knows any
thin got the departure of Mrs. Lam
son from Weed or of her present
whereabouts. If "she is alive and
acted of her free will in remaining
away she has confided to no one. It
is hoped that publicity Will bo of avail
in throwing some light. on the mys
tery of the woman's disappearance.
Because of the fad that she was es
teemed by her employes and respect
ed by those whose acquaintance she;
made whjle here, deep concern as to
her safety has been aroused.
Roseburg Conductor
Dies in Denver
Norman P. Young, a Southern Pa
cific conductor .who, is well known in
lodge and railroad circlet in Ashland
and whose homo In In Roseburg, lies
dead In Denver, where he has been
attending the Elks' reunion. During
a playful prank amoug a few jolly
Elks a feather' tickler which wan
thrust In Norman's face made a slight
scratch that resulted in, blood poison,
cuustng his death.
Mr. Young was well known In
Roseburg and Ashland among rail
roud people. He was a member of
the Roseburg Ellis und Masons as
well as the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. Arrangements were made
by trainmen in Roseburg to have the
body taken there at once, where it
is to be interred. : , !
T Conductor Young's death Is regret
ted by a host of frionds up aud down,
the line. He was fort years of age
and other than a wlfb leaves no fam-,
"y. ' ; ' .: '.
-Cllf Payne makes1 ftour bins.
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