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VOL. XXXIX v y ASHLAND. OREGQ THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. 1915 NUMBER C9
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Routine Business
Of City Council
The city coufncll convened in reg
ular session at the city ball at 7:30
Tuesday evening. All the members
were present and a considerable num
ber of leading citizens occupied the
visitors' benches. After the minutes
of the preceding meeting had been
read the recorder read the annual
report, which, showed the expendi
tures and receipts in every depart
ment. The report was accepted and
put on file. Mr. Cunningham then
moved that owing to the comprehen
sive character of the report it should
be published in each of the city pa
pers. Motion was passed.
The recorder read a petition from
several residents of North Main
street asking that the water main be
extended and a plug put in for fire
protection. The matter was referred
to the water committee. Three ap
plications were handed in asking for
enrollment in the volunteer fire de
partment. Harley Brower and L. A.
Wright were appointed members by
the mayor.
Seven residents and business men
in the neighborhood of the fruit as
sociation building petitioned the city
to install a street light at the corner
of First avenue and A'tsreet, say
ing that the lack of light in that sec
tion was a detriment to the sale of
property and also subjected them to
no little danger from tramps. The
matter was referred . to the electric
light committee with instructions to
act.
' The bond of C. W. Fraley for
$1,000 was approved.
Reports of the standing commit
tees followed. ,
The committee on sanitation re
ported regarding conditions at the
back of some Main street business
property. Report was placed on file
and drains were ordered put in.
Mr. Ware read a report on Boule
vard property of the city which is
discussed in another column. The
matter of condemnation proceedings
on a piece of property on the Glen
view drive was brought up and put
on the table to be .considered after
Investigation.
A communication - from Walter
Hash asking that the city rent him
land near the septic tank as in for
mer years was acted upon favorably,
and the city attorney was instructed
to draw up a contract.
Ordlnmces and resolutions were
next in order. Mr. Ware brought up
a resolution regarding the Pacific
highway controversy which has been
discussed at so many turbulent meet
ings. Mrs. H. B. Sober then addressed
the council on matters regarding the
establishment of an orphans' home
here.
Mr. Ware then suggested that,
since it was still early In the even
ing, the council take up the reading
of some of the new ordinances which
codify numerous old ordinances scat
tered through the charter.
Three ordinances were read, deal
ing with auctioneers, fortune tellers,
and one fixing the Balary and remun
erations of the city recorder. On the
latter the rules were suspended and
the ordinance was passed to the sec
ond reading and carried.
The matter of the councllmen's
phones at the expense of the city was
brought up and the recorder was in
structed to have the telephone com
pany remove ex-Councilman Beaver's
phone to the residence of the new
member, Mr. Blegel. The theatre
ordinance was amended and passed,
and the council adjourned until Fri
day evening at 7 o'clock.
Scrip one mile in travel for one
dollar in trade. Ashland Trading
Company.
Remember Enders' sale.
Turn Down
Irrigation
At a meeting of the residents of
the Agate district held at the school
houre Friday evening, those present
voted unanimously against the pro
posed irrigation district.
Members of the irrigation commit
tee were present by invitation to ex
plain the proposal of those present.
An hour and a half was allowed
them, and those agalnBt the project
were also given an hour and a half
to state their reasons for opposition.
The committee report was round
ly denounced by the opponents of the
system. They were present by invi
tation, l "
Local Spdicate
Is Formed
If no outside cash bid Is made for
the Ashland auxiliary water bonds
on January 26 the entire. issue wiil
be taken by a local' syndicate com
posed of forty-eight of Ashland'6.
substantial and progressive citizens.
TbeBe citizens are not purchasing
the bonds with the hope of profit,
but with the view of supplying funds
with which to proceed with the
springs work.
The bonds will be offered to in
vestors at par and accrued interest,
the same price as the syndicate pays
for them.
By this method funds will be forth
coming for thework as fast as need
ed and the springs work will go right
on.
It will take about forty days to
have the bonds properly signed for
delivery, but as soon as the sale is
completed engineers will be put on
the work and the preliminaries will
be at once finished so that actur.l
dirt can be made to fly by the time
the bonds are ready for delivery.
Ashland is waking up. J5he cannot
fall under such a spirit. Her wealthy
citizens are getting behind the
project in such a way as to insure
its success. A
Tell the world that -the Ashland
springs project will be completed by
July 1, 1915.
A committee of the council com
posed of Cunningham, Ware and
Ashcraft and a committee from the
local buying syndicate composed of
Messrs. Nell, Kinney and Jordai
have been appointed to arrange the
details of purchase so that every
thing will be in readiness to consum
mate the deal on January 26, if no
acceptable outside bid is offered.
Shooting Remains
A Mystery
The shooting and killing of Charles
Thomasen on the north fork of An
derson creek last Thursday afternoon
will always be a mystery. Investi
gation Saturday afternoon by. the
sheriff's. -.. and-, prosecutor's- office
brought no new developments on the
Identity of the hunter who fired the
fatal shot. The guns, a 25-36 Marlin
and a 30-30 Winchester, were
brought to the city by N. S. Thoma
sen, the father, and who first found
the body, in the hope that they would
furnish a new clue. They were in
vestigated at Ewing's gun store by
the authorities, Chief Hittson, Buck
Ewing and other local gun authori
ties, but they could furnish no new
evidence.
The pathetic side of the most baf
fling case in recent months locally
Is the grief-stricken father, who is
on the verge of prostration from
worry over the death of the boy who
was his favorite.
Saturday's work, unless new de
velopments arise, will mark the close
of the case. Others living in the
Anderson creek district were ques
tioned regarding their whereabouts
on the afternoon of the shooting and
all furnished complete alibis in the
opinion of the authorities.
Move to Establish
Orphans Home
Mrs. II. B. Sober spoke before the
city council Tuesday evening in re
gard to the establishment of a home
for orphans and other unfortunates.
The council now has a property on
the Boulevard on their hands which
would make a good temporary loca
tion for the present at least. Mrs.
Sober asked the council to discuss
the matter and action upon it will be
taken at an early time.
The women at the head of the
movement have enlisted the aid of
the ministers and charitable wom
en's clubs in the proposition and will
bring it up before the county court,
from whom they hope to secure coun
ty aid.
Mrs. Sober has had experience In
the east with such institutions and
says that in her home town the coun
ty supported a home of this kind.
There Is no place where orphans can
find refuge In this part of the state
and such an institution is undoubted
ly needed.
The matter was referred to the
indigent committee, of which Mr.
Ware is chairman.
Dally TeloKram and Romi-Weekly
Tidings both one year for $5. Good
till February 1
Titnitm die I
Discontinued
'Street car companies in all of the
big coast cities are encountering an
enormous falling off In their rev
enue, due to the establishment of
jitney (nickel) auto bus service. In
Los Angeles it is estimated that there
are over a thousand of these in op
eration. Various cities are passing
rules regulating the parasites on the
big transportation companies and
forcing them to pay licenses. San
Francisco has a licensed woman op
erator of one of the cars.
The local Jitney service was sus
pended recently, owing to lack of
patronage. In wet weather the ser
vice was used quite extensively, but
in nice veather i eople seemed to pre
fer to walk. Incidentally nice weath
er in Ashland overbalances the incle
ment by about ten to one, hence the
withdrawal of the auto street car.
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Dr. E. S. Conklin of the University
Oregon will lecture Frldav even
ing, July 22, at 7:30 at the llbrarv.
Dr. Conklin was in Ashland through
out the 1913 Chautauqua and con-
uicted one of the most popular of
the morning classes as well as ap
pearing in the Round Table discus
sions at different times. His work
was very Intereating and his many
mends will be glad of another od-
portunity of hearing him. The sub-
ect of his lecture on this occasion is
'The Worried and the Worrier." In
these days of "Ich gebibble" that
ought to be a popular subject. These
extension lectures deserve a good at
tendance, as the university in this
way can serve the whole state, and
not simply the comparatively few
resident students registered at the
college. Admission free.
More Harmony
Sought For
Of the several problems which the
Ashland Fruit & Produce Association
has which should receive early solu
tion,, if possible, is that which in
volves the antagonism existing to
ward the association by certain re
tail dealers of the city.
It is regretably unfortunate that
there has developed any ill feeling
and strife, and a permanent elimina
tion of this matter is necessary.
A proper, systematic handling by
the association of the products raised
in this part of the valley can surely
be done with direct advantake to
grower, dealer and consumer.
Also, a fair, equitable management
can certainly -be effected by which
members of the association can se
cure certain staple supplies required
regularly and in quantity, and at
reasonable prices. "' . '
This is the dullest period of the
year. It is an opportune time for a
getting together by association and
dealers, and to determine how best
to handle what is raised and how
best to. secure what the members buy
in quantity. .. '
Without question a simple, practi
cal plan can be evolved, it temperate,
Judicious efforts be made by repre
sentatives selected by these inter
ests; men who honestly desire a
peaceful solution, and who are detre
mined on fair play. Such a plan, ap
proved by the interests involved, can
not but prove very advantageous to
the entire community.
County Teachers
Get Certificates
Teachers' certificates have been Is
sued as follows for Jackson county:
One-year certificates Glenn I.
Wardrip, Myrtle Creek; Clara Winer,
Medford; Virginia Hurd, Central
Point; Alta Pearl Norcross, Central
Point; Zella H. Nash. Medford; Amy
Davis, Ashland; Oscar W. Chrlsen,
Medford; John Nealon, Central
Point; Lou Bussey, Louella; Marjory
Ersklne, Prospect; Mabel Everbard,
Medford; Donna Bell, Goodwin
Brownsboro; Harriet E. Miller,
Sarah Huenergardt, Ashland; Eula
W. Houston, Trail; Olive A. Hogan,
Applegate; Stella E. Kribs, Medford;
Pearl Gould, Medford; Fern B.
Daily, Medford; Mae B. Nealon, Cen
tral Point.
Five-year certificate Arthur
Chase.
Primary certificate Mrs. Mary
White.
Walton shoes for boys and girls
are winners and cheapest. We give
Scrip. Ashland Trading Company.
Oregon University
Extension Lecture
Ordinance Creates
Much Discussion
. Considerable argument resulted
from the definition of "fortune tell
er," when the matter of licensing
such people was brought up at Tues
day's meeting of the city council. As
defined in the new ordinance drawn
up by the city attorney and the ordi
nace committee, "fortune teller" was
defined as "one who professes to
foretell future events In the life of
another." Somebody wanted to
know if the ordinance would cover
spiritualists, and Mayor Johnson fa
cetiously asked if the definition
would not apply to any member of
the council who was moved to orate
a little on the future of Ashland and
Its citizens. The newspaper men
present were secretly considerably
worried, since If the ordinance was
passed in its original form it would
certainly curtail their activities con
siderably in some directions, but the
skies were cleared when the worthy
city fathers finally decided to look
farther into the matter before pass
ing final judgment. Upon looking
njn.the definition of the word in Web-
ster'g one finds that it also means
"one who deceives people by pretend
ing to a knowledge of future events,"
and this lets the papers out, as there
are few publications that are so lack
ing in posltiveness as to merely pre
tend to such knowledge.
Found A place to buy ladies'
suits at half price. Enders', oi'
course.
Thermometers and
Clocks Installed
The school board, has had a num
ber of clocks and thermometers In
stalled in all of the grade rooms In
the two grammar schools. Twelve
were Installed in the West school and
eight in the East school. The clocks
were installed under the direction of
II. L. Whlted and aro the best that
can be procured for the purpose, hav
ing large dials and being thoroughly
reliable In every way. The thermom
eters are of the new round type of
steel instrument and have no mer
cury or other liquid In their mechan
ism. During the last week a trial
was made of the new heat regulators
and, with the exception of one morn
ing when some one left too many
windows open, the rooms were kept
at a temperature which only varied
three degrees.
For Sale Pure milk delivered
twice dally to East Side patrons.
Milk for babies, from one fresh cow,
If desired. Walte'B Dairy, 634 Iowa.
Phone 277-J. 69-2t
J Every family in Ashland should send away at least
one dozen copies of the
Tidings Springs Edition
It is pronounced by all to be the cleanest, best
Sprinted and most effective piece of advertising
matter ever produced in Ashland. Only a few left.
It is a duty, as it should be the privilege, of every
citizen to do his part in' distributing them.
50c the Dozen, at Tiding! Office
r44MM
High School to
Publish Monthly
Instead of the customary and time-
worn custom of putting out an an
nual publication which puts heavy
demands on the advertisers of the
town and is in the eid of no interest
to many outside of the students, the
Ashland high or.hool student body
will publish a monthly paper which
will be live and up to date in every
respect. The first paper will make
Its appearance about the 20th of next
month. It will be a four-page sheet
of ample dimensions and will contain
many features readable not by the
students alone but of, interest to the
general public as well.
The publication will contain one
or more stories by the best writers
from the student body, articles on
athletics, debating, music and other
activities by qualified persons aleng
each of the lines. Up-to-the-minute
news in the local and outside schools
will also be featured together with
other Items of timely Interest.
The people In charge of the sheet
hope to make it represent the pro
gressive spirit of the younger gener
ation and to turn out an artistic
piece of work which all Ashland
people will be glad to send to their
friends as a criterion of the progress
ive spirit of the town. While the
price at which it will be sold has not
yet been announced, It is promised
that it will be low enough so that in
a short while the circulation will be
very large.
Kenneth Lilly Is editor-in-chief.
Robert Spencer is business manager.
The Btaff will be announced shortly.
First basketball game Saturday
night. Etna Mills, champs of north
ern California.
Basketball Game
Saturday Night
The first basketball game of the
season will be played in the high
school gym Saturday evening of this
week. Etna Mills high, northern
California champions, will oppose the
local schoolboys. The Etna team
made a trip as far south as San
Francisco last year and played all
of the best teams of the Sacramento
Valley.
The local boys have only one of
last year's team missing and have
developed a couple of new men who
will make it Interesting for even the
best of last year's players. The line
up has not been announced, but prob
ably Lilly, Plymate, Fraley, Crises
and Delsman will start the contest.
A girls' preliminary will start at
7:30. Song and cheer features by
the whole student body, led by Lelth
Abbott and assisted by the boys' and
girls' glee clubs, will make things in
teresting between halves.
Tickets may be procured at But
ler's at the usual prices of 25 and
35 cents. Reservations can be made
at any time over the phone or In
person. Automobile service will be
better than ever.
Council Favors
State Survey
After long weeks of turbulent dis
cussion the matter of the course of
the Pacific highway through the Bil
lings place was finally settled as far
as the city council is concerned,
Tuesday evening at the council meet
ing.
Councilman Ware introduced a
resolution as follows:
Whereas, a final determination by
the city council or Ashland Is neces
sary to be made, without further de
lay, as to the approval of a route for
the Pacific Highway around the so
called Eagle Mill X f ill or Farnum
Hill in order to expedite the comple
tion of said highway into the city of
Ashland, and the expense of such
highway may be borne by and paid
from the $500,000 bond Issue of
Jackson county, Oregon, and
Whereas, the established policy of
our own ae well as many other states
Is to avoid grado crossings of rail
roads in order to safeguard the trav
eling public, and
Whereas, the state highway en
gineer maintains that the original
route Burveyed by him is the most
feasible and suitable location for a
permanent highway, and
Whereas, the county court strongly
endorsee this survey as compared
with any other made and assures the
city council that lfsaid route Is
adopted and the right-of-way therefor
procured by the city within the city
nmiis, mat ail expenses of excavat
ing, gradinc. bulldimr and rnninlst.
I1K said hlchwav will he nnlri frnm
the proceeds of the said bond Issue,
Including any and all expenses of
such building and. completing withla
the limits as well as beyond.
Now. therefore, be it resolved h
the common council in regular ses
sion assembled, that it is the Judg
ment of the city of Ashland that it
approves the said proposed Eagle
Mill route as recommended by the
state engineer and tbe county court
on tbe terms as above indicated, and
we pledge the councir to heartily and
earnestly co-operate with the county
court in carrying out this necessary
puDiic improvement.
Tbe Introduction of the resolution
led to long and, what at times grew
to be, heated discussion. Mr. Bil
lings was the first to take advantage
of tbe time allowed for debate and
stated his side of the case. Mr. Bil
lings attacked the feasibility of tha
route and quoted numerous authori
ties on the subject. ' Mr. Ware an
Bwered the objections of Mrr Bil
lings In a way which seemed to con
vince the council members and dis
interested listeners. Mr. Briggs then
rose to the defence of Mr. Billings,
and if polished oratory could change
the minds of the members of the
council bo me of' them- must surely
have been wavering when our lawyer-orator
finished.
Mr. Root and Homer Billings theo
tried to change the sentiment of the
gathering, not by attacking the pro
posed under-crossing route, but by
trying to show that another route
wouW be more feasible;
The matter was finally brought to
a vote and was unanimously passed.
In closing the matter Mr. Ware said
that although he and tbe council had
friendship for Mr. Billings, still they
believed that the route as surveyed
by the state engineer was the right
one to select In upholding Ashland's
policy of building for tbe future.
LOOK! We pay cash for poultry
and eggs. Vienna Bakery. It
Talent Farmers
Organize Club
At a meeting held In Talent Sat
urday afternoon for the purpose of
discussing the sugar beot proposition
about forty landowners and ranchers
were present and decided to form a
farmers' club and make It a perma
nent organization.
Welborn Beeson was unanimously
chosen president, Louis Brown of the
Talent Mercantile Company secre
tary, C. M. Thomas vice-president.
The object of the club is to fur
ther the beet sugar project at this
particular time, afterwards to take
up anything that may be of interest
and benefit to the members of the
club and the community at large.
Committees were appointed on acre
age for sugar beets. All members
pledged to give their entire time
TueBday to securing additional acre
age for sugar boots. Merchants are
also interested and promise support.
A motion was presented and car
ried unanimously, that the club offer
a prize of $5 to the citizen growing
the largest tonnage per acre on any
lot In Talent district.
A number of Talent citizens have
already signified . their intention of
entering the content.
REASONABLE CHANGE IX
RATES OF INSURANCE!
All insurance companies, save
those engaged In writing life Insur
ance, will be allowed to make reason
able rates, regardless of whether
they have general agents in the
state, if a bill Introduced by Repre
sentative Allen becomes a law. The
law now provides that general
agents may form a bureau for the
purpose, but prohibits companies
from doing bo.
Announcement.
Dr. C. F. Tilton will change hta
rooms from Camps building to rooms
over the Citizens Bank, February 1.
69-lmo.
Suitcases and trunks at Enders'.
No Developments
In Gold Strike
No new .developments have arisen
in the Enyeart prospect near Jack
sonville, presumed to bo the lost
channel. A force of men are at work
sluklng the shaft, but this Is slow
work. Mining men In general
throughout the valley regard tho
prospect as both probable and pos
sible. Another feature of the case
Is that many Jacksonville pioneers
entertained the notion that the chan
nel could be found in the locality
where Enyeart sunk his shaft, but
never pushed the project.
Better school shoes at Endera.