ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
ilDINGS
SUNNY .
SOUTHERN OREGON
VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON, 'MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1915
NUMBER 76
Beautification of
City Planned
The Ladies' Civic Improvement
Club are inaugurating a movement
for the beautifying of Ashland and
are asking the co-operation of every
man, woman and child. They have
sought information of the best land
scape gardeners on the coast. They
have bought the entire stock of Wag
ner Creek Nursery and these will be
offered at very low prices.' Roses, 5
and 10 cents; shade and ornamental
trees, 5 to 15 cents. In addition,
they ask anyone who has a bulb
plant, shrub or treje that they can
spare, to bring them to 94 Oak street,
and these will be given away free of
charge.
They are asking that every fence
or building not painted to be white
washed or repaired, also each street
to have a get-together meeting of its
citizens "to plan the kind of trees,
flowers, etc., for their street. Every
street should have flowers from Feb
ruary to December, so no matter
when tourists come they find Ash
land a city of flowers.
Look carefully to grouping of col
ors and do your planting around
buildings, fences and walks, leaving
the lawn proper comparatively free
of ornamentation.
Those desiring further information
Inquire of following committees:
City Beautiful Mesdames Rocho,
Ussher, Livingston, Bowers, Hilty,
Gard and Graham.
Plant and Bulb Exchange Mes
dames Gillette, Wbitmore, Merrill,
Carleton, Warner, Scott and Trask.
Cemetery Mesdames Lamkin,
Rondeau, McWilliams, Gard, Brown,
Graham and Miss Susanne Homes.
Plants and trees will be sold at
the Chautauqua building next Tues
day, February 16, 10 to 12 a. m.,
2 to 5 p. m.
The ladles have the following va
rieties: Elm, sugar maple, catalpa,
linden, mulberry, English walnut,
and many varieties of small orna
mental trees and roses. To be sold
at 5 to 15 cents.
The Civic Improvement Club ceme
tery committee held a meeting at the
library with Mr. Penniston of the city
park board present. After discuss
ing ways and means of beautifying
it was decided to hold a meeting with
the city council committee as soon as
possible so that they could take ad
vantage of the sale of trees and flow
ers by the Civic Improvement Club
ladies.
G. 0. P. Elephant
Trumpets Again
A big delegation of local men at
tended the republican get-together
banquet held at the Medford Hotel
In Medford last Friday evening,
About 300 were present, coming from
all over the county. The affair was
a sort of love feast between the old
liners and the progressives. Speeches
by almost all the prominent men
present were filled with loyalty to
the republican cause and denuncia
tion of the democrats. Taken all in
all, it was a merry time and those
who made the trip enjoyed them
selves thoroughly. Benton Bowers of
Ashland spoke concerning the effect
of the democratic policy along the
Mexican border upon the importation
of cattle.
n
Those who went down from here
were: H. G. Enders Jr., E. V. Carter,
H. F. Pohland, E. T. Staples, B. W.
Talcott, A. C. Nininger, G. W. Kra
mer, J. E. Thornton, Homer Billings,
E. N. Butler. H. L. Whited, C. A.
Malone, Frank Toltz, Charles Kame,
D. D. Good, C. B. Lamkin, Benton
Bowers, Professor Briscoe, D. H.
Jackson, George Milner, E. R.
Greive, D. L. Tyson, M. C. Bressler,
D. Perozzi, Joe Hurt, Bert R. Greer,
Charles Greer and E. J. Kaiser.
The program rendered was as fol
lows: Invocation Rev. Hawkins.
Song "Battle Hymn of the Re
public." Duet, "United States," by Mrs. Bert
Anderson and Mr'. Edmeadeb, ;Mrs.
Hoke accompanying.
"Lincoln,'.' by B. F. Mulkey. :
Reading, Gettysburg address, by
Prof. G. A. Briscoe of Ashland. ' ;
"Washington and Lincoln," by
Judge C. H. Gilmore.
Remarks, G. P. Putnam. .
"The Bull Moose," by Col. H. H.
Sargent. .
Reminiscences by J. S. Howard.
"Democratic Party," Col. R. C.
Washburn, Benton Bowers and C. M.
Thomas.
Closed by singing "America." i -
Fruit Association
Elects Manager
Prof. Clifford Metcalf was elected
manager of the Ashland Fruit and
Produce Association at a meeting
held last week. The new manager
comes from Los Angeles and was re
cently connected with the Polytechnic
College here. Mr. Metcalf is an ex
perienced business man and an ex
pert bookkeeper and should be able
to handle the affairs of the associa
tion in a manner profitable to all
concerned.
The meeting at which the manager
was chosen lasted well towards mid
night and considerable heated discus
sion was indulged in. There were
four candidates for the position,
Ralph Hedges, D. D. Morris and Fred
Clausing being the unsuccessful can
didates. Norris is the present book
keeper at the association' place of
business, Hedges was a candidate for
recorder in the recent city election,
and Clausing is bookkeeper at the
Talent cannery. ' All of the appli
cants were well fitted for the work
and the five directors had a hard
time choosing one.
A. C. Briggs, the forme'r manager,
resigned January 1, but remained on
the Job until the first of February.
Mr. Metcalf will take up the work
as soon as he has recovered from the
effects of an operation which it is
necessary that he should undergo.
He will handle both the manager's
and bookkeeper's work but will have
help during the rush season.
Contract Let and Springs
Work Will Begin Feb. 26
After negotiations for more than a
week the springs water commission
closed a contract Friday with Smith,
Emery & Co. for complete engineer
ing and Installation of the physical
springs plant. The contract provides
that work shall begin on or before
February 26 and be pursued diligent
ly until completed. It will require
about four months to finish it, weath
er permitting, and it is expected to
have the whole development com
pleted In time for a big Fourth of
July celebration.
Negotiations are now under way
with landscape engineers for the park
development and architects for water
temple and fountains, and it is ex
pected to have the engineering start
ed on the park soon after work be
gins on the main plant.
In order to have the work on the
physical plant started at once it was
agreed that detail plans and specifi
cations bo prepared in sections, the
first section being the development
Immediately at the springs, and the
details be approved by the commis
sion before work started on the sec
tion. By this method construction
work can begin three or four days
after the engineers are on the ground.
The contract with Smith, Emery &
Co. covers the entire physical plant,
leaving the park, development and
fountains only to be let later. The
commission is now in communication
with Mr. John McLaren with a view
of employing him to landscape the
park.
Trunk and suitcase sals at Enders'.
Sees Great Future
For Ashland
Exposition Contest
Anybody's Race
The Panama-Pacific Exposition
contest is growing fast and furious.
The votes are being cast in stacks.
Practically every purchaser of mer
chandise in Ashland is already Inter
ested iff" the candidacy of one or an
other of the contestants. A fifty-'
dqllar trip to the exposition will pay
earfare, diner, sleeper, hotel bills and
leave a nice bunch of spending money
for the winner.
Under the plan adopted for the
contest the contestant wtih the least
votes now, or possibly some girl who
has not yet entered the contest at
all, may be that fortunate one, for
the contest advertisers are all offer
ing special votes on special purchases
and special sales, and the girl who
watches the advertisements closest
and works hardest to get her friends
gathering votes for her will no doubt
win, the prize.
The race is still anybody's race.
Get busy.
The list of contests and votes to
noon today follows:
Mayple Payne 16,103
Blanche Salisbury 15,755
Ruth Hadiey 15,225
Alvera Nelson 13,021
Madge Putnam - . 8,812
Myrtle Dougherty 8,635
Ruth Scott 7,699
Bessie Homes 6,610
Mrs. Elsie Churchman 6,160
Effie Oslin 5,390
Millie Lowe ,4630
Beulah Caldwell 3,778
Natalie Swlgart 3,024
Reta Gard 3,000
Stump puller, good as new, a bar
gain. 115 Granite street. . tf
Plants and Bulbs
Wanted by Ladies
All persons having bulbs, plants,
rose bushes or trimmings to spare
that they will donate to the Civic Im
provement Club for free distribution
to citizens of Ashland for beautify
ing the city will kindly notify any
member of the committee or leave
same at 94 Oak street Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday afternoon
from 1:30 to 5 o'colck.
MRS. C. H. GILLETTE,
MRS. G. W. SCOTT.
MRS. C. E. TRASK,
MRS. E. J. VAN SANT,
MRS. B. E. WHITMORE,
. MRS. S. A. CARLTON,
MRS. F. H JOHNSON,
- MRS. W. H. S' ITH.
' Business Men's Clans.
After request by the business men
of Ashland, the Polytechnic Business
College will hold a business men's
class in percentage and interest
Thursday of each week, beginning
February 18. The class will be open
to the business men and clerkb only
and will be under the personal direc
tion of J. H. Hardy from 7:30 to 9.
John H. Dill, a substantial citizen
from Muskogee, Okla., an old friend
of the Tidings editor, arrived in Ash
land last Thursday, purchased the
Mrs. Crouch place on North Main
street on Saturday, began overhaul
ing the house on Monday and is now
living in it. He came to Ashland on
account of the climate, scenery and
proposed springs development and is
now a fullfledged citizen. Througn
his efforts no doubt fifteen or twenty
families will be added to Ashland's
population during the year from hia
old home, for he came from a place
that has already accomplished Just
the development Ashland is now ac
complishing, along a different lin,
however, and Mr. Dill and his friends
back home know just how much can
be added in population and values in
a town when it gets started along
natural development lines, and how
quickly it can be done when suffi
cient power it put behind it, and they
are all anxious to "get in on thu
ground floor." ' .
Scenic Attractions
To be Advertised
Phoenix Objects to
Fumes of Plant
Members of the Civic League of
Phoenix are circulating petitions ask
ing that the Rex spray factory which
was recently destroyed by fire be re
built outside of the city limits. It is
stated by members of the organiza
tion that the factory should be re
built away from the city as its pres
ent location is a menace to the public
health and that the fumes are killing
the modrona groves near there. This
grove is said to be the only one of its
kind along the Southern Pacific
route. Already the petitions have
been signed by the majority of the
citizens and in a short time will be
sent to those in charge of the spray
company. Investigations have been
made and it has been found that the
factory can be erected in a suitable
place a short distance south of Phoe
nix. .
Local Syndicate
Sells Bonds
The local syndicate Friday sold
$100,000 of the $175,000 auxiliary
water bonds which they bought of
the city of Ashland on January 26, to
San Francisco parties at par and ac
crued interest to date of delivery.
As soon as the boud blanks arrive
they will- be properly executed and
be ready for delivery,
Local investors have engaged
$15,000 of the remainder of the is
sue and the prospects are good for
selling another block' of $10,000 to
local men. Fifteen thousand dollars
of the issue is contracted to eastern
parties and will be delivered as soon
as signed. This will leave $35,000
still held by the local syndicate, upon
which negotiations are now under
way with good prospects for sale.
If these sales are all consummated
as it now appears they will be, the
bonds will net the local syndicate par
and accrued Interest, so there will be
no loss either to the city or syndicate
in the transaction.
500 Extra Vote.
For one week we offer you re
duced prices on trunks, suitcases and
traveling bags. Going to the fair?
Buy this week. 500 extra votes. See
our Bale ad.
II. G. ENDERS & SON,
"Where You Do Better."
New curtain scrim in. Ashland
Trading Co.
Would Have Former
Partner Locate
Try Meteor bread. It is wrapped
and contains scrip. For sale at the
Vienr.a Bakery and at leading gro
cers'. 75-4t
The Ashland Commercial Club was
represented at a Joint meeting of the
Ashland and Medford Commercial
Clubs by Messrs. McWilliams, New
combe, Seager and McNalr. The
neetlng was held in Medford last
week, and plans were laid for the
Joint advertising by the 'two bodies of
the scenic attractions of the Rogue
River Valley. On Wednesday the lo
cal board met and ratified the deal
which engages fixed space in the
Peck-Judah Blue Book, ajiublication
which is an authority on outings,
transportations and hotels through
out the entire country.
Piece of String
Works Wonders
W. A. Freeburg and J. F. Rocho
started on a fishing trip Friday in an
auto belonging to the latter. The
party managed to get as far as Water
street when something went -wrong
and. the biggest part of the afternoon
was spent by the would-be fishermen
In vain endeavors to locate the seat
of the trouble. Finally they phoned
for a mechanic, who came and looked
the machine over and diagnosed the
trouble as being what he called "in
termediary paralysis of the motive
power." He went over to the nearest
store and borrowed a piece of string
and bad the machine humming mer
rily in no time at all. Freeburg said,
"Isn't it queer what a lot of trouble
such a little thing can cause?" and
the party moved sedately off toward
the scene of their endeavors.
NOTICE Scrip la given for cash
trade. ' We treat all thirty-day ac
counts as cash, but any account not
paid within five days after the regu
lar thirty days time is up we will not
be permitted to give the scrip. No
deviation. Ashland Trading Co.,
Phone 122.
Klamath Falls papers state that
despite the fact that Klamath county
owes nearly half a million dollars,
county warrants are at par.
For spray hose, spray pumps, spray
nozzles and bamboo spray rods go to
Pell for a square deal. 76-2t
Special Election
Changes Boundary
At the special election held hist
Friday the people voted by a majority
of about 19 to lto change the bound
ary of the city so as to exclude '.be
small strip through which the Pa
cific highway passes. The part ex
cluded does not include any hoiue i.r
building. The vote was 521 to 28,
only about a third of the usual vote
being cast. . It is expected that work
on the highway paving up the hill
will now be rushed.
Over two columns of social noteH
are deferred from this issue to Thurs
day's paper.
Highway Tree Day
Is Postponed
Pacific highway tree planting day
in Ja kson county which was set for
February 22 has been postponed ow
ing to the absence of Comltnssioner
Madrid n and the resultant inability
of tlu- people in charge to secure the
county court's official sanction and
help. The date will be announced at
a later date for the tree planting day.
KLAMATH JUDGE
WRANGLE SETTLED
Klamath Falls, Ore. The settle
ment of the Union county Judgeship
dispute by the supreme court also
ended a bitter dispute in Klamath
county, a parallel case, and aa a re
sult Marlon Hanks, a local hardware
merchant, has succeeded William S.
Worden as county Judge. Hanks was
issued a certificate of election and
took the oath of office January 4.
Since then all court orders have been
signed by both Hanks and Worden
as county Judge. Hanks' platform in
the campaign was for a businesslike
administration. Worden, during his
term of office, conceived the Idea of
using the county's credit for the con
struction of roads, and he continued
roadbuilding after the funds were ex
hausted, until the county was plunged
deeply Into debt, '
The Tavern Hotel at Eagle Point
was completely destroyed by fire last
Wednesday. The damage is estimat
ed at $7,000.
D. H. Thompson of Pendleton was
In the city Friday on a visit with his
friend and former partner, Chester
Stephenson. He is seeking a new lo
cation. Messrs. Thompson and
Stephenson were formerly partners
in a general mercantile business at
North Yakima, Wash., which they
sold out because of Mr. Stephenson'B
ill health, and about four years ago
Mr. Stephenson came here and pur
chased the Johnson place on Wlmer
street, where he has been ranching
and ahs entirely regained his health.
Mr. Thompson then settled at Pendle
ton, from where he now conies. He
was attracted here because of our
proposed springs development, hap
pening to call on the Tidings editor
just as Mr. Smith and the springs
commission were consummating a
contract for the installation of the
auxiliary water plant. Mr. Stephen
son has great faith in the future of
Ashland and Is insisting that his for
mer partner cast his lot here.
War Affects
Auto Industry
The European was has rained the
high cost of living in many ways, but
It has lowered the cost of automo
biles and supplies.
Becauses of the lack of shipping
facilities and the dangers from seiz
ure by warring powers of gasoline
an overproduction has resulted and
we buy gasoline now at a lower price
than for many years.
Since England has announced that
crude rubber might bo Bhipped to the
United States from her possessions
many of the tire manufacturers have
announced a reduction in prices. The
greatest reduction has been made by
the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany, who have cut their old prices)
as high aa 34 per cent on the smaller
sizes and 22 per cent on the larger.
These tires are of very high quality
and this reduction in price will great
ly reduce the cost of operating auto
mobiles. At the time the European war'
broke out all foreign orders were
canceled Immediately and an im
mense stock of automobile material
was thrown on the American market.
Fortunately the Reo Motor Car Com
pany had a large surplus of cash on
hand and they were quick to take ad
vantage of the situation to buy in at
low prices. This has enabled them
to place on the market cars with
many high-class features only found
in cars of much higher price.
Thus a war which made for rev
enue stamps and high prices for food
has had a directly opposite effect on
the present and prospective automo
bile owner.
The Ashland Garage agent for the
Reo and Cole Eight has a stock of
Firestone tires for sale at the re
duced prices and has recently placed
a price of 20 cents per gallon on gas
oline.
Firestone tires, the best you can
buy for any money:
30x3, smooth tread $ 9.40
30x3V4, smooth tread 11.90
30x3, non-skid 13.3i
32x3 V4, smooth tread 13.7S
3x4,i smooth tread..,.,... 19.90
36x4. smooth tread 20.90
36x4, non-skid .. , 23.40-
Reo 4 1.200
Reo 6 1,550
Cole 8 1,950
Delivered in Ashland.
Gusoline 20 cents.
ASHLAND GARAGE,
II. (5. Uutterfielch
Ltvture by College Girl.
Tuesday night at 8 o'colck at the
Baptist church, Miss Alice Amelia
Cogill, a student of the University
of Oregon, will lecture on "The
Younger Generation." Miss Cogill is
not a representative of the extension
department of tho university, but Is
here on her own responsibility. Ten
cents admission will be charged.
Ohio Reunion.
The Ohio Association will hold its
annual meeting Tuesday, March 2, in
Moose hall. All Ohloans and their
families are expected to be on hand
with well-filled baskets and regular
Ohio appetites.
Medford Men
Visit Ashland
A party of Medford men motored
up last Friday and spent a couplo of
hours In the city calling on friends
and looking the town over. The
guest of honor was George P I'uJ
nam, secretary to Governor Withy-
combe, who came down from Sa'em
to attend the republican banquet at
Medford Friday evening. Mr. Put
nam said that tne southern Oregon
roads were the best In tho state and
fell captive to the attractions of Asi.
land. The party were brought up by
C. Y. Tengwald. R. W. Ruhl, e.Ut.r
of tho Medford Sun, Engineer Frank
Kittredge. S. S. Smith and W. C. Lea
ver made up the party. .
For Rent.
Nicely furnished room with hot and
cold running water, private bath, fine
location. $6 per month. Inquire
of Mrs. S. J. Irwin, 156 North Main
street. 75-tf
Get scrip with your meals and all
purchases of 10c or over at the
Vienna Bakery. 75-4t
Ashland Logical
Resting Place
There is a rumor that there Is to
be an overland automobile, service
established between Seattle and San
Francisco to run during the summer
months. Although no definite in
formation as to tho establishment of
this service hus been received, it Is
said that It Is a practical certainty.
According to the plan proponed,
the buses will leave Seattle daily and
stop at tho important towns along
the Pacific highway. The vehicles
will operate by day, while the nights
will bo spent by tho passengers at
towns favorable as to geographical
location. It is understood that tho
trip from Senttle to San Francisco
will consume nbout eight days.
Rosehurg has already appointed a
committee to get In touch with tho
mn behind the enterprise In an ef
fort to make that city ono of tho
stopping places. Wherever tho busos
stop the many passengers which they
are expected to carry will spend con
siderable money for meals and lodg
ing as well as for other things they
need during their short stay.
Inquiry should he made Into this
proposition by Ashland, and efforts
made to make Ashland a night stop
over place. Lying as It does at the
end of the Jackson county pavement,
at the foot of a great mountain, and
a great distance from a big California
town, Ashland seems to be a logical
stopping place for such an auto ser
vice. Driving at a reasonable rate of
speed which would Insure the pas
sengers comfort and safety, It takes
two days to drive from Portland to
Ashland. While at some future day
when the roads are paved It may be
possible to drive 341 miles in one
day, at present the roads are In such
shape most of the summer that a
greater rate of speed than twenty
miles per hour would be Impossible,
and eight hours of driving would
cover half the ulstarico between Port
land and Ashland at that rate.