Ashland tidings., March 01, 1915, Image 1

ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Ashland t Tiding
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
VOL. XXXIX
People Abroad Who
Want to Know
This column is printed bo that citi
zens who have something to sell or
who think the Rogue River Valley a
good place for people o come may
open correspondence with the per
sons therein named, informing them
through such correspondence of what
Ashland is doing and her tremendous
possibilities. And, incidentally, it
may result in some of our citizens
making profitable deals as well as
getting new blood and new activity
Into the community.
Following are names and addresses
of those who express an interest in
southern Oregon, and a hint of what
they desire. This data Is compiled
by the Ashland Commercial Club:
William Houston, Corning, Cal.
"I am interested in light farming and
fruit."
M. Nordahl, P. O. Box 178, Cho
teau, Mont. City of Ashland, fruit
lands, grain lands, alfalfa and stock.
C. S. Dickinson, 3832 Aldrich av
enue S., Minneapolis, Minn. Book
let describing Ashland and vicinity.
J. L. Gibson, Box 102, Umatilla,
Ore. "Would you please send me list
of small tracts of land, three to ten
acres, with or without buildings, also
places to lease or rent in vicinity of
Ashland?"
M. W. Craine, Wapato, Wash.
"Received literature O. K. Thanks.
Received also a late copy of Ashland
Tidings. Pleaes thank editor for
same. Will see your country some
time this season."
Fred Hitchcock, Box 4 61, Atkinson,
Neb. "I would like Information in
regard to your part of the state as to
climate, business chances. How is
veterinary business and horse busi
ness?" William De Ronden-Pos, manager
arts and crafts department, Hilmar
high school, Irwin, Cal. Saw Ash
land write-up in current Issue of Sun
set and is much interested and wants
further information.
J. N. Green, Lamar, Mo. Land
open to settlement in Jackson county.
L. P Plasket, Powell, Wyd.
Wants to know about southwestern
Oregon.
S. C. Wilson, Bertrand, Neb.
Fishing and hunting, alfalfa and es
pecially stork.
H. F. Noble, R. R. 7, Rome, N. Y.
"In regard to your city, give me
educational and railroad facilities,
also distance to larger markets."
Fruit, alfalfa, stock.
G. D. Lay, Marlette, Okla. Ash
land and points of interest, fishing,
hunting, fruit lands.
R. C. Edwards, Delta, Colo. "I
am thinking of looking over Oregon.
Your literature will be thankfully received."
Girls, 20,00 Votes
can be easily added to your standing
by a little work among your friends
this week.
On Thursday, March 4, we will give
2,000 extra votes with each sitting.
Get busy now.
STUDIO ASHLAND.
Standing of
Contestants
Look, look, look! Here are the
contest standings for the exposition
trip. Girls, get busy. People of Ash
land, boost for your favorite. It Is
never too late to try. The contest is
only Just started. Big changes are
predicted for next week.
The standings:
Bessie Homes 104,795
Effle Oslin . 102,106
Blanche Salsbury 83,010
Madge Putnam 63,511
Mapel Payne 55,571
Ruth Hadley 48.835
Eivera Nelson ... 30,318
Myrtle Dougherty 22,465
Ruth Scott 13,690
Mrs. Elsie Churchman 11,651
Millie Lowe 8,676
Beulah Caldwell 5,460
Rita Card 3,280
Mildred Million 628
Ladies Ask Lot
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Owners to Help
At a recent meeting of the Feder
ated Clubs' cemetery committee the
following letter was drafted and the
secretary was instructed to forward
a copy of same to every owner of a
lot in Mountain View cemetery:
"The ladies' cemetery committee
have undertaken the beautifying of
Mountain View cemetery and find
that a manvmust be employed to wa
ter and tend the lots. For this pur
pose they would kindly ask eachlot
owner for the sum of one dollar and
a half for this year's work. Please
send this amount on or before the
first of April to the secretary and
treasurer of the committee, Mrs. L. S.
Brown, Ashland, Ore. (care Ashland
Trading Company)."
We are sure the lot owners will be
glad to respond and co-operate with
the ladles, who are putting forth
their best efforts to improve and
beautify this long-neglected spot.
They already have trees planted
along the driveways and will soon
have it seeded to grass.
Country Schools
Are Progressive
Supervisor A. R. Chase was on a
tour of inspection of the country
schools of the upper valley the last
of the week. Together with the
teacher, Mrs. Purvis, he took the pu
pils of the Murphy school, who, by
the way, are all boys, over to Bob
Peachey's school at Soda Springs,
where they were much' interested in
the manual training department
which Mr. Peachey has installed. In
the afternoon an arithmetic drill be
tween the two schools was held and
the Babcock test for dairy cows dem
onstrated. The' Neil Creek school has recently
purchased several pieces of play
ground apparatus, among which are
four teeter boards, a basketball and
baskets, and traveling rings.
MIm Glyndon Scott returned to her
Pilot Rook school Sunday. The Pilot
Rock school has recently acquired an
organ, a gift from the Belleview
school.
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY. MARCH 1, 1915
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Impressions of a Visitor at
Civic Body's Booster Meeting
(By Will Wright Wateon.)
Good Words for
Ashland Schools
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Rhodes of
North Dakota are visiting at the
home of Mrs. A. L. Irwin on North
Main street. Mrs. Rhodes is a sister
of Mrs. Irwin, whom she hns not seen
for thirty-four years. The Rhodes
will sojourn In Ashland for several
weeks. Mrs. Rhodes came by way of
Fresno, Cal., and visited her brother
there, together with whom she viBited
the exposition.
Get scale receipts, legal blanks,
etc., at the Tidings office.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Feb.
28. A 100-page report on the school
system of Ashland, Ore., is to be made
In about a month by the committee
that finished a few days ago a de
tailed survey upon which a week was
spent. The survey was made by Fred
C. Ayer, professor of education in the
State University; Charles R. Frazier,
superintendent of schools at Everett,
Wash., and Don C. Sowers, professor
of municipalities at the State Univers
ity. The committee reserves specific
comment as to the needs and merits
of the Ashland school system until
publication of the report, but Chair
man Ayer has made this statement:
"The most significant feature of
the system as a whole la the striking
spirit of loyalty and co-operation that
exists among patrons, school board,
superintendent, principals and teach
ers." .
The survey was Initiated by the
Ashland school authorities a -year
ago to discover actual achool condi
tions. The board thought It had a
good system but wanted to discover
methods for possible Improvement, as
well as to know wherein the strength
lay. During the year, under direction
of Chairman Ayer, George R. Briscoe,
superintendent of schools at Ashland,
has assembled exhaustive statistics of
the equipment, teaching staff, distri
bution, Instruction, ' administration
and progress of pupils. ' The recent
week s work of the committee was to
get a complete first-hand survey of
related community activities as well
as of the schools. The Ashland
school board, it is expected, will pub
lish the report.
It was a day of emuscatlon! It
marked the close of the local reign
of Mossbackiinus. It unlatched the
gates of Optimus and set him upon
the journey with the rising sun of a
new day of progress. It tore the
mask from the dial of local time and
revealed the benign countenance of
Prosperitas a face that mirrored
the dawn of an era of blessed for
tune to Ashland and, through Ash
land, to all the world if it care to
hear, and see, and come, and be
blessed!
That was a big day's work! It
was done on Friday, too, the 26th
day of February, 1915.
But that isn't all that was done.
The first of all the field forces to
appear in battle array was a happy,
shouting, romping pageantry com
posed of more than a thousand repre
sentatives of the rising generation,
fresh from their class-rooms In the
city schools, led by one brass band
and followed by another with ban
ners aloft and the shout of good
cheer on thousands of tuneful
tongues as they paraded to principal
business streets and assembled final
ly in front of the Elks' hall building
with, hurrahs and huzzas of encour
agement and enthusiasm.
It was a gala day for Ashland;
and I have been asked to give, brief
ly, my impressions of it.
Gartificatlon and Joy.
It was the Ashland Commercial
Club's booster day, preceding the
date on which work shall be com
menced on the actual development
of our mineral water projects, the
completion of which v. 1 1 1 total an ex
penditure of $175,000.
A banquet was spread in the Elks'
banquet hall, 600 covers being laid
and every one taken some of them
taken twice. The standing-room-only
warning struck no fear in the
hearts of those who found opportun
ity to squeeze in. They came and
stood and helped to conquer. In
cidentally, they, too, feasted on the
good things the ladles had bountiful
ly provided and cheerfully passed to
them.
And right here I formed a fixed
impression. The fact that I have al
ways been partial to the ladies ought
not adversely to prejudice my state
ment that Ashland possesses the liv
est, sanest, busiest and most practi
cal class of women boosters to be
found anywhere between Stillaguam
ish and Hermisillo!
I am almost a stranger here; but,
on that night, I found elements of
Inspiration in the subject under op
timistic discussion that produced sug
gestions of profound interest to me.
They must, therefore, have created a
source of sincere gratification and
Joy to those so materially interested
in every helpful outgrowth of the
movement to increase the numerical
I and working strength of the Com
mercial Club.
Xo Kuril Word ns Fail.
Now that the Commercial Club and
the Women's Civic " Improvement
Club, two strong civic bodies, are
working earnestly, vigorously and
concertadly to make Ashland the
greatest health resort on the conti
nent. If not, 'ultimately, In'the world,
Ralph Grunian of Portland gained
the decision over Jimmy Duffy of
New York In a ten-round match in
New York city last Wednesday.. It
was commonly supposed that the
Jimmy Duffy In the case was the
lightweight who has given the best of
the class many hard battles, but It
seems that this Duffy Is not known
outside of New York city.
there ought to be, in the broad lexi
con of business, no such word as fail!
. The earnest speeches, by both men
and women, foretold a profound in
terest in the future commercial and
social welfare of Ashland: that the
work of local civic bodies would be
analyzed for the evidence of our con
fidence and determination, and that
multitudes of people in thousands of
other communities were peering at
us through field-glasses to see if we
really meant that the "City Beauti
ful" should become the Carlsbad of
America. My impression is that they
will get a quick and enthusiastic re
sponse.
It was made clear that the marble
and mumblepeg period in Ashland's
history has passed. The supine hour
of primitive sereneness has gone. A
new ambition has awakened the local
masses. . The Megarian philosophy is
just as applicable and sound today
as it was in the time of ancient
Greece. That was the active spirit of
the evening. That philosophy domi
nated all of the addresses.
The Rip Van Winkles.
Ashland was not slumbering last
Friday; nor has it slumbered since;
nor will it 6lumber again. If there
were a Rip Van Winkle present at
the booster meeting, snoozing be
cause he had never experienced the
real joy of being alive, he awoke be
fore the flow of oratory had ebbed.
I got the impression that the speaker
pitied him; that they desired to treat
him kindly and, in that treatment, to
give him generous baths of lithla wa
ter. Indeed, he may have been wait
ing these forty years for this treat
mentand the free bath that goes
with it!
Like a soothing dream the impres
sion stole upon my senses that the
good people of Ashland are not
asleep. Their splendid business
blocks and residences, paved streets
and avenues, magnificent parks and
scenic .driveways are not the prod
ucts of a nightmare any more than
are their churches and schools and
this last grand stroke of business pol
icy: the utilization of their priceless
mineral-water resources. The latter
will yet prove to be a veritable Foun
tain of Youth to the thousands who
will hasten to use it for ills of the
flesh and mind.
Several Other Impressions.
The proceedings were a succession
of impressive events. I cannot set
them all down in a brief comment.
However, I was impressed with the
diatonic tone of optimism, altruism
and enthusiasm that ran through all
of the speeches, and the earnestness
and exultant harmony that featured
the booster songs, the solos of senti
ment and the enlivening instrumental
music.
If the spirit of that meeting lie a
fair representation of the enthusiasm
that will follow this great work to
completion, the magnificent fountain
proposed for Chautauqua Park will,
ere many months, yield its health-
giving waters to thousands of visit
ors, and the tourist hotel and water-
cure sanitarium will soon follow as
completed business entitles, ready for
patronage from all parts of the continent.
Ladies Civic Club
Expanding Fast
. We, the ladies of the- Civic Im
provement Club, regret that we did
not have time to canvass the whole
city and Invite all the ladles to join
the club before our famous get-together
luncheon last Friday evening.
However, this Is only the beginning
of great things. Mrs. Briggs, our
president, says our motto must be,
"One thousand strong." The school
children are being enlisted in a "chil
dren's auxiliary," under the able
leadership of Mrs. D. Perozzi, and
Mrs. Peil is organizing a young peo
ple's auxiliary. The new ladies In
the club so far outnumber the mem
bers of a month ago that we are plan
ning to give a reception just to get
acquainted with our new members.
Do not wait to be solicited, but give
your name, either in person or over
the telephone, to any one of the mer-
bership committee, viz: Mesdames
O. H. Johnson, chairman: J. F.
Rocho, G. W. Seager, F. F. Whittle,
F. H. Johnson, II. O. Frohbach and
W. M. Barber.
Ladies of Ashland
Pledge Support
There is no mistaking the attitude
of the women of Ashland toward the
mineral springs project. Tuesday af
ternoon the Federation of Women's
Clubs adopted resolutions pledging
the unqualified support of their vari
ous organizations to the springs com
mission and condemning any action
that might retard the Immediate de
velopment of the enterprise. The
federation feels that much is to be
gained by pushing the project to com
pletion before the tide of coast tour
ists begins to ebb.
Such actions as this show the true
booster spirit of the ladies of Ash
land. Nothing can stop it. Nothing
can hinder such spirit. The ladies
have many plans for Ashland's future
which will be carried out.. It is up
to the men to show the same spirit.
The private car Nanoose with Can
adian Pacific officials on board
passed through Sunday.
Italian Wins
Grand Prix Race
If your roof leaks, no matter what
kind of a roof, see us. Carson-Fow
ler Lumber Co. 7912t
Grants Pass Man
Will Manage Star
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E. R. Lawrence of Grants Pass,
former proprietor of the Bijou Thea
tre In that city, has assumed the con
trol of the Star Theatre here. Mr.
Lawrence brings with him to Ashland
his wife and baby. Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence are accomplished musi
cians. A. Miller, who formerly American drivers refused to continue
owned the Star, Is now managing the In the race after rain begnn to fall.
Bijou at Grants Pass. ;The contest devolved Into a proposi
tion of who was most willing to risk
Newspaper high school champion
ships will be aching of the past when
the organization of the state high
school league goes Into effect, this
spring. It will then be possible by
elimination contests in the Various
sections to have the winners mt for
real state championships. In addi
tion to this fact the northern schools,
who have heretofore played Just
about anybody they plensed on their
teams, will be forced to use only bona
fide high school students Instead of
some of the baldheaded collegians
who have worn high school colors on
bygone teams.
D. Uesta, an Italian driving a Pen
got car, won the Grand Prix race last
Saturday at the San Francisco exposi
tion. The winning driver averaged
only 57.5 miles per hour. The rains
made the track extremely dangerous
and several of the widely known
his life Instead of who had the fastest
car. Wilcox was second and Hughes
third.
Willie Ritchie Is raising all kinds of
howls because WelBh demands $25,
000 ss hla share of a fight for the
championship. Willie forgets the
balmy daya when he wore the laurels
and demanded almost nn Identical
amount for a fight with the present
title holder.'
Follow the crowd and buy John
ston's chocolatet at Rose Bros.'
79-lmo.
Commercial Club
Meets Tonight
You, and you, and you are urged to
be present at the regular monthly
meeting of the Commercial Club to
night at the Commercial Club rooms.
Meeting called promptly at 8 o'clock.
The club is at the dawn of a new era
of activity. The largest class in the
history of the Commercial Club will
become members tonight. Applica
tions are pouring In. The citizens of
Ashland will all he members soon.
Come tonight, and if you are not al
ready a member, join. Ladies of the
Civic Improvement Club are request
ed to meet with the Commercial Club
'and take part. The ladies are the
Strong right arm of the Commercial
Club.
Following are some of the exam
ples of the proper spirit of loyalty.:
A. I). Barr arrived here from Spo
kane, Wash., on February 17, an en
tire stranger. Joined the Commer
cial Club February 27. Mr. Iiarr is
neither a wealthy man nor a philan
thropist, lie Intends to make Ash
land his home and believes $1 a
month to the Commercial Club is a
good Investment.
Charles H. Wulls arrived but a few
days ago from HcatHe, and hns not
definitely decided to locate here, but
wants to help out In the work we are
planning, and joined the Commercial
Club on th(j 27th.
David F. Fox, 75 years old, so
much Interested that he pays a year's
dues In advance. Also a new mem
ber.
George Taverner hns sent In his
application and check for six months'
dues In advance.
Many are coming In voluntarily
every day. Don't wait to be asked,
but call at the secretary's office, next
to the Ashland Record office, over
Mitchell & Whittle's and II. L. Whlt
ed's stores, and sign application for
membership. DO IT RIGHT AWAY.
GEO. W. SEAGER, Secretary.
NUMBER 80
Boosting Banquet
Is Big Success
Friday night's Commercial Club
booster banquet at the Elks' hall waa
a gathering which has never been
equaled by a city of Ashland's size)
In point or numbers of the civfc bod
ies who turned out and In enthusi
asm. The booster spirit was evident
throughout and broke put time after
time in bursts of applause and en
thusiasm. About six hundred of the men and
women of Ashland sat down to the
bounteous luncheon served by the la
dies of the Civic Improvement Club.
The Ashland and Central Point
bands rendered several selections In
front of the building.
The tables were decorated wltbj
potted plants and cut flowers and the
walls decorated with booster signs.
Lithla '.vater was served throughout
the evening.
W. E. Newcombe, president of tha
Commercial Club, actin as toastmns
ter, delivered the welcome address.
For the first musical number tho
Elks Quartet rendered a parody on
"The Old Oaken Bucket," featuring
Ashland nnd lithla. --They responded
to an encore with "It's Great to B
a Booster for Your Own Homo
Town."
Following Is the program:
"The Ashland Spirit," by V. O. N.
Smith.
"Work of tho Ladles' Civic Im
provement Club," Mrs. E. D. Briggs.
"The 1915 legislative Assembly,'
by Hon. F. D. Wajmer.
"The City Beautiful," by Mrs. J. F.
Rocho.
"The Booster. Text, 'Why Sit
Here Till We Die?' " by Rev. H. A.
Carnahan.
Music, "Then You'll Remember
Me," Annie Laurie, Prof. J. S. Mac
Murray. "Work for the Boys and Girls for
the City Beautiful," by Mrs. D. Fo
rozzl. "Scenic Crater Lake," by Will O.
Steel.
"Our Constructive Force," by Mrs.
E. C. Card.
Music, "I Want a Girl Just Llko
the Girl That Married DarOid Dad"
and "Gee! It's Great to be a Booster.'
Elks Quartet.
Address and tonst to the ladles, by
C. M. Thomas of Talent.
Our slogan, "Ashland Grows Whiln
Lithia Flows," Mrs. Whitney.
"The Possibilities of Three Years
for Ashland." by Bert U. Greer. Ono
a $150,000 tourist hotel as soon as
Ashlan l's Commercial Club member
ship reaches 1,200. Will we have it
March 1st? We will!
Mrs. Lnmkin on "Difficulties."
"Opportunity, Co-operation," by
Mayor O. H. Johnson.
The committees who had the affair
In charge were: Mesdames Winter,
Barber, Graham nnd Briggs for tho
Ladies' Civic Improvement Club, and
Messrs. Newcombe, Norrls, Strick
land, Pracht, Johnson and Croxall
for the Commercial Club. Mesdames
Vaupel and Pracht superintended tho
table committee.
B. II. Dunlap nnd family, who bavo
been residing on Laurel street, left
Saturday for their home at West
Plains, Oregon. Their stay here was
for the benefit of Mrs. Dunlnp's
health, which is greatly Improved.
Slogan Selected by
Civic Club Ladies
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
"Ashland Grows While Lflhfii
F!owu" was the slogan selected by
the slogan committee of the Ladies'
Civic Improvement Club. Mrs. Otto
Winter submitted the slogan. Over
two hundred offerings were sent In
from all over the state, thus showing;
how videly watched are the develop
ments of Ashland's plans. It was
necessary that tho slogan be selected
In time for the announcement nt tho
banquet Friday evening so that In
reality only one weeli was allowed
for the contest. That so ninny offer
ings should come in during a single)
week Is Indeed a great proof of tho
attention Ashland Is .receiving.
The work of tho committee In
choosing a slogan was very difficult
as a motto had to be selected which
would be sufficiently comprehensive,
and ns there were so many admirable)
offerings. The comnltteo believes,
however, that they have made tho
best possible selection and that tho
new slogan will be a good advertise
ment. Tho committee was composed of
the following ladles: Mesdames I
R. Whitney. Ira Shoudy, A. D. Gra
ham, C. E. Pell and J. F. Rocho.
Mrs. E. M. Wright, mother of V.
N. Wright, assistant ticket agent In
the local Southern Pacific offices, ar
rived Saturday from Chicago and will
stay for some time.