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SOUTHERN OREGON
VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OKEUON, THURSDAY. MARCH
NUMBER 81
4. 1915
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Council Meeting
Is Interesting
What was destined to be the most
lively council meeting for a long time
started joff jas peaceably aa a prayer
meeting last Tuesday evening. All
of the members and the heads of the
various departments were present.
The improved appearance of the
floor, caused by oiling, was comment
ed upon. The council chambers have
been cleaned up until they present a
fine appearance.
After the reading of the minutes
the rules were suspended in regard to
the usual order of business and some
citizens were heard.
Mrs. Hum Pracht, chairman of the
Vista street beautificatlon committee
of the Ladies' Club, requested that
the council order Vista from Gresh
am to the top of the hill graded. The
street is in very bad condition, and as
It is one of the approaches to the
scenic drive, Mrs. Pracht asked that
It be made at least passable for autos.
The matter wfcs referred to the street
committee with power to act. C. A.
Malone, in behalf of the local militia,
requested the help of the city in
kauling refuse from and dirt to the
park rows and parking around the
armory building. The militia boys
will do the work but ask for teams
and wagons. The matter was re-
. ferred to the street committee with
power to act.
Mr. Eoyd asked a little time on
putting in sewerage connections to
the studio, saying that the property
owners refused to pay for the same,
Mr. Boyd owns the building but not
the land. The matter was referred
to the sanitary committee and city
attorney.
Ed Thornton, for the Elks lodge,
asKed permission to . build a corru
gated Iron covering over the porch
at the rear of the Elks building. Re
ferred to the fire committee with
power to act.
Mr. Moyer, representing the Star
Theatre management, brought up the
matter of an addition at the rear of
the theatre. After considerable ar
gument the matter waB referred to
the fire committee and city attorney
with power to act.
The recorder started In with the
reading of reports and was well into
the water commissioner's report
when a commotion like a ton of brick
falling down stairs was heard out in
the hall of the city hall and the
meeting rushed out en masse to quell
the disturbance. The affair is treat
ed elsewhere In this issue.
After quiet was restored Water Su
perintendent Hosier was placed at
the door with a star on his coat and
Councilman Cornelius donated a
wicked looking revolver to the new
officer of the law with instructions
to keep things quiet.
Reports of the water commissioner,
part commissioner, electric light su
perintendent, electric plant superin
tendent and street commissioner were
accepted and filed. From this time
on the proceedings were frequently
interrupted by hurry calls for the
mayor and various councilmen.
The regular monthly bills were
passed except that of Fireman Grlsez
and Dr. Swedenburg, which were re
ferred to the committees.
A petition from the Commercial
Club asking for free light service was
granted.
A petition from the Vining Theatre
people regarding the payment of
licenses was read and laid on the ta
ble. Harley Holmes application for
membership in the fire department
was read and his appointment made.
Application of A. L. Lamb to build
an addition to his First avenue
blacksmith shop was referred to fire
committee with power to act.
The purchase of a Wales adding
machine, which was offered the re
corder's office at a great reduction,
was approved.
Monthly reports of the sanitary
committee, water committee, and re
port of a special committee on as
sessment were read and approved.
The purchase of battery zincs by
the light superintendent was ap
proved. By this time the mayor and, Coun
cilman Cunningham were alternating
in the chair and the meeting was in
such a .state of disruption generally
that the meeting adjourned, until
Wednesday evening ."on account of
the unsettled conditions.
Will Erect Modem
Six-Room Bungalow
A. C. Keller will erect a modern
six-room bungalow on hio property at
the corner of Allison and Sherman
streets, starting work by the first of
the month. Mr. Keller's aim is to
build a home which will be modern in
every respect and a credit to the city.
This Is believed to be the forerunner
of renewed building activity here and
in a few months there will no doubt
be many such homes under construction.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. FInnell left
Tuesday for Ohio, where Mr, .Finnell
will take up evangelistic work. He
has been prominent in the work at
the local mission and hag . become
widely known and liked during his
etay here.
Adjourned Meeting
Of City Council
After the tempestuous meeting of
Tuesday evening the council meeting
Wednesday evening was unusually
quiet. A large crowd attended in the
hopes of seeing or hearing something
exciting, but were sadly disappointed
as the council transacted routine bus
iness mostly.
After the reading of the minutes
and the recorder's report for January
the rules were suspended and Mrs. E.
D. Briggs asked that the matter of
removing ill-smelling and unsightly
barns be taken up. The matter was
referred to the sanitary committee.
The matter of superfluous light
poles on Fairview street and else
where was brought up and referred
to the light committee.
A petition from residents on and
in the vicinity of Strawberry Lane
asking that it be graded so that beau
tlfication could go forward was re
ferred to the street committee with
power to act.
A petition was read asking that
the city attorney and one policeman
be dispensed with. The petition was
laid on the table for the present.
The ordinance regarding the vacat
lng of property on West Fork and
legal notices attached were read n -d
the ordinance passed.
Resolutions regarding the rlght-of
way through the Bodayla laads were
adopted. The report of the commit
tee of viewers In which they decided
that the benefits balanced the dam
ages was read and approved.
An amendment to the building or
dinance was read and pushed thrjueh.
At this juncture Mayor Johnson
set Monday, March 15. as cleanup
day. Begin planning aow for tne
most thorough cleaning up ever giv
en Ashland.
Engineer Walker, representing sev
oral' committees of the ladies' clubs
brought up several matters which are
discussed elsewhere in this issue.
The council decided to appoint a
committee to act with the city attor
ney and engineer in securing the
right-of-way for the King's. Highway
or western portion of the new drive
Mayor Johnson will appoint the com
mittce later.
Authority was granted the recorder
to refund several small overcharges
made in reading the meters during
the month of January.
Authority vas given the recorder
to pay bonds and interest which came
due during the month and to pay the
amount due the state for the com
pensation of employees insurance
also to pa7 the, clerks and judges of
election ror January.
Eight hundred dollars was tempo
rarily transfered from the interest
and bond fund to the general fund
and seven hundred from the same
fund to the street fund.
Free water was granted to a widow
In poor circumstances until Juno 1.
It was decided to have the ntrwt
commissioner build a fence around
the city's supply grounds on Water
street.
The matter of the purchase of a rnr
or pipe was, referred to a Joint com
mittee of the water and finance rnm
mlttees with power to act.
The property owner at 1223 East
Main street was ordered to install
sewer connections.
The meeting adjourned, havlne n.
compllshed more business than In a
like period for many moons.
Smith-Emeiy Co. on Ground
Open Offices in Oregon Hotel
Mr. Smith of Smith, Emery & Co.
and Engineer Miller arrived last
evening on No. 16 and are getting
ready for active operations. The
first work will be running the per
manent lines so the springs commis
sion can secure rights of way.
The Smith-Emery people will open
offices on the ground floor of the
Oregon Hotel, next to the barber
shop.
Plans for the development work
Immediately about the springs will
be made before actual digging can
begin. That will take about fifteen
days, so that the large work will not
commence for some two weeks, and
the exact date a full force can be put
on will depend largely upon arrival of
materials and conditions of the
weather.
Auto Fire Truck
Driver Resigns
After a year and one-half of ser
vice in the employ of the Ashland
fire department, Percy Grlsez re
signed last week. Mr. Grlsez will ac
cept a position with an auto drayage
concern in the near future. The con
finement necessitated by the twenty
two hours which he was daily re
quired to spend on the job, and the
inactivity, reacted on his nerves until
he found It necessary to seek more
open employment. The new truck
driver is Paul Guiley.
Tidings Defayed
By Lack of Gas
Owing to a mishap at the gas com
pany's plant the local patrons were
without gas yesterday and most of
today and the Tidings Is out several
hours late. ' ,
Buy your hot chicken tnmnloa t
Rose Bros. Nine years in the busi
ness. 1 1 ' 79.1 mn'
. . .
City Engineer
Will Advise
At Wednesday evening's Council
meeting Engineer Walker represent
ed several committees of the Civic
Improvement Club and brought up
several matters of beautificatlon.
The ladles have a committee in
charge of the beautifying of every
street in town and numerous matters
are continually comlnc up which re
quire attention from the city offi
cials. Engineer Walker was granted per
mission to answer any applications
for bis services by the ladies and Will
always be ready with advice as to
grades, distance from street that
trees should be planted, width and
grading of parkways and any other
matters which may come up in the
matter of street beautificatlon. Any
of the committee desirous of having
him come and look over their Btreet
may get him by phone at the city
engineer's office or at home.
It Is imperative that where the
grade 13 not completed that advice be
secured as to the proper place for
planting trees so that they will not
have to bo moved later on. Mr.
Walker's kind offer of assistance is
greatly appreciated by the ladies.
Never has such a widespread and
effective beautificatlon campaign
been started here and the result at
the end of the year will be surprising.
Weed Lumber Plant
Going Up in Flames
A report has come in while the
paper is going to press that the Weed
Lumber Company's plant at Weed is
burning. Dynamite is being used in
efforts to stop the flames, but with
small .iifcess. The Weed company
Is one of the largest companies of
California and the biggest In the
northern part of the state. If total
destruction results a great number
of men will be thrown out of work.
The biest part of the loss will be In
the lumber in the yards.
Martin Trial Holds
Center of Stage
The trial of Louis Martin, who shot
and killed Game Warden Hubbard
last December, is progressing slowly
before a crowded court room. Con
stable A. L. Irwin was on the stand
most of yesterday and at last report
today.
Four venires of jurymen were
drawn before a Jury was selected. On
mesaay considerable furore was
caused by a charge that the jury had
been tampered with. Investigation
will be made.
Numbers of people from Ashland
and other valley points are in attend
ance and the trial is the one talked
of subject in Jacksonville. It is im
possible at this time to predict the
length of the trial.
Judge Calkins Is hearing the case.
The prosecution is under the charge
of E. E. Kelly and the defense un
der that of Attorney Evan Reamea.
Sensational developments are
awaited by a huge crowd of the mor
bid who hang around the court daily.
Local Auto Dealer
Demonstrates Saxon
Perry L. Ashcraft. Jr.. the local au
tomobile dealer, has Just received
one of the famous Saxons of the 1915
model and is showing it to admiring
groups daily. The little car is sure
.a beauty and fills a long-felt want for
a business man's runabout or pleas
ure car.
' Buy a Mallory at finders',
Remodel Star Into
M dtf. Playhouse
Manager Lawrence of the Star
Theatre has started work on remodel
ing the theatre and will turn it into
a beautiful playhouse, modern in
every respect. He is removing the
back wall and will build the theatre
back twenty-five feet, thus adding
this additional depth. A stage will
be erected upon which first-class
vaudeville and less pretentious enter
tainments may be shown.
The floor will be lowered so that
the front will be at street level. This
dropping of the floor will give much
more1 air space and simplify the ven
tilation which heretofore has been the
malh1 objection to this picture house.
The most modern ventilation system
will be installed. The celling will
be beamed and will be eighteen feet
above the floor.
New opera chairs will be installed
and the remodeled show house will
seat three hundred comfortably. The
indirect lighting system will be used.
After the formal opening of the re
modeled house an orchestra second
to none in the valley will be put on.
Mr. Lawrence is an accomplished mu
sician and realizes the drawing card
which good music will be to Ashland
peojile.
When the Improvements are fin
ished Ashland will have another up-to-date
picture house which will
greatly add to the amusement facili
ties of the city.
The theatre will continue to run
with Its present high-class pictures
while the remodeling at the rear Is
being constructed and will be closed
for a few days while the inside work
Is beinc done, which will be n matter
of a couple of weeks.
E. D. Briggs Wins
Malpractice Suit
Monday afternoon at Medford the
Jury In tho circuit court In the dam
age suit of Russell Wheeler, a minor,
against Dr. R. W. Clancy of Med
ford, for $10,000 for alleged mal
practice in- the setting of a broken
leg, returned a verdict In favor of
the plaintiff for $400 judgment after
a deliberation of six hours. Most of
the evidence was of a highly techni
cal nature. Lawyer E. D. Briggs of
this city represented the plaintiff.
Commercial Club
Enthusiastic
A large attendance of Ashland's
most prominent citizens and the har
monious splrit-which filled the meet
ing marked the Monday night Com
mercial Club session. Instead of the
former spirit of passive indifference,
a new spirit has appeared and be
lief and hope were written all over
the meeting's progress.
After the minutes were read and
the bills for the month passed upon
the matter of resignations and appli
cations was brought up. A distinct
surprise was caused by the fact that
only two resignations were read, both
Patrolman in Mix
With Police Chief
An unseemly occurrence took place
Tuesday evening during the course
of the council meeting at the city
hall. Chief Porter absented himself
from the room for a few minutes.
T . . ...
iuier sounds or a scuuie were heard
In the hall and the entire council
",iv .n uicnc j uBiieu iu me uoor ana
found Chief Torter on the floor and
Patrolman Wilson standing over him.
It seems that Wilson had come up
to find I'orter and tn,et him at the
head of the stairs. Whether any
words preceded the attack has not
been ascertained, but it is certain
that Wilson lost his head and
knocked the chief against the wall
and to the floor. Councilman Cor
nelius and Arthur Strickland held
Wilson, who was fighting mad.
Wilson left the building and after
things had quieted down it was found
that Chief Porter was not seriously
injured but had a large bump and
cut on his forehead.
Mayor Johnson appointed Strick
land special officer with, orders to
find Patrolman Atterbnry and arrest
Wilson. When Atterbnry was found
he refused to arrest his brother pa
trolman and turned in his star and
equipment. The matter was allowed
to rest until morning, when Wilson
was fined $10 for assault. The fine
was paid by friends, according to re
port. Mr. Wilson has turned in his
from people leaving town. Then the
announcement of the application of .star and equipment.
eighty-one new members were read Chief Porter is confined to hia
and the announcement met with , home for several days and Mr. Wilson
cheers.
D. D. Norris reported on the re
cent banquet.
The membership committee was In
creased by three, Messrs. Croxall,
Norris and Trefren being added to
the old committee of Messrs. Jordan,
Banta and Lamkln. The tenor of
several speeches at this point was
that every member should become a
is ill as a result of the affair.
As near as can be ascertained from
reports at hand, the patrolmen have
not been working In harmony with
the chief lately and a series of small
Incidents ahve occurred which have
fanned the feeling of antagonism.
The Incident which was the direct
cause of Tuesday night's mlxup waa
only a small matter and a mlsunder-
commlttee of one to gather In new standing at that and was no just
members. cause for such violation of law. A
Resolutions of thanks were passed hearing of the matters which have
to the Elks for the use of the hall impaired the harmony of the police
uM.im.ei, 10 me emrai roini , uepariment was to nave been neia
band, to the Bchool children, the Ash- after the council meeting Tuesday
land band, the ladles of the Civic Im
provement Club, and all who helped
with the booster banquet.
evening, where It Is believed all the
misunderstanding would have been
straightened out and an amicable ad-
Mayor Johnson then held the ! Jtistment made,
crowd with a pointed nnd timely talk Special officers were appointed for
In which he spoke of the big gain In the night and permanent selections
members as being a more index of j will be made later of officers to take
what gain could be made by the prop- i the plnCe of the patrolmen,
er kind of planned effort, and out- . .
lined a plan for a big boot-tor meet
ing to be held In the Chautauqua
building. vTlie plan was enthusiastic
ally received and was seconded and
added to by several other speakers.
A committee to take dm r ire nf flip
affair will he nn..nite,l lnt,.r iha Manv Ashlanclers aie making early
planned for event will be the biggest i vlslts t0 ,he l"" at San Fran-
In Ashland's history.
Several matters of signs were
brought up and some action will bo
taken by the club In the near future'
as to the placing of signs.
Token altogether, the meeting was
Many Ashlanders
Leave For Fair
cisco. Among visitors from here who
have already gone are: Dr. and Mrs.
Boslough, Andy McCallen, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Koot, Mr. and Mrs. II. O.
Frohhach, I). M. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Turner, Mr. and Mrs It. J. Ed
wards. Mr. and MrM It T. Hurdle
more harmonious and enthusiastic ' Mrs Lou,He Conneri Mrs . Lollia mlly
Mrs. W. A. Freeberg, Julian P. Wolf.
H. V. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs.
than has been held for many years
and speaks well for tho future of
the Commercial Club and Ashland.
Contest Standings
Are Going Up
Despite the European war, despite
the Medford-Ashland basketball ser
ies, despite riot in police circles,
despite anything and everything, the
girls are still bringing In the votes
and rolling up the standings In the
exposition contest. Watch the spec
ials, girls, and get those numbers of
extra votes.
The contest standings:
Bessie Homes 107,838
Blanche Salsbury 157,251
Effle Oslin ". 111,483
Mapel Payne 8.0,250
Madge Putnam 03,511
Ruth Hadley 61,911
Elvera Nelson 30,318
Myrtle Dougherty 22,465
Ruth Scott 13,690
Mrs. Elsie Churchman 11,651
Millie Lowe 9 172
Beulnh Caldwell 6J87
Reta Card 3,280
Mildred Million 628
Miss Louise W. Connor and Hnrvev
V. Richardson, both of Ashland, were
united In marriage by the Rev. Chun
Bomes of St. Paul's Episcopal church
in ban Diego. The marriage cere
mony was quietly performed at th
home of the clergyman on Nutmeg
street. The couple are at home at
2316 Lincoln avenue, San Diego.
Deciding Game
Saturday Night
Saturday evening the Medford high
school and Ashland high school bas
ketball teams will met in the local
high school gymnasium in what will
probably prove tho most exciting con
test In recent years. An Immense
crowd of rooters will be on hand
from Medford and the local fans will
turn out en mass. Jitney service will
run from Butler's and a limited num
ber of seats will be reserved at the
snme place. Should Medford win the
game In that city tonight, which, by
the way, the locals have no Intention
of allowing them to do, they will
mako a mighty effort to settle the
series by winning the final game
here, and should Ashland win the
game tonight (Friday) they will do
the same. More excitement Is evi
dent than over any former games be
tween the old-time rivals, and a warm
time 1b assured.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Finley and Miss
Alice entertained at 6 o'clock dinner
Wednesday evening at their home on
Scenic Drive. The following guests
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Yonker,
Mr. and Mrs. George Eeager, Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Whltmore, Mrs. Emma
Jack and Mrs. A. Ferguson.
The East Side Market pays 11 and
12 cents for good fat hens. 78-4t
George Van Natta, Miss Annu Har
grove, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Lawrence,
Mrs. G. Walker, Henry Stutes, Mr.
Bouillard and wife.
Andy McCallen visited his mother
and sister In Berkeley. Tho Van
Nattas will visit their son, Fred, who
lives in the exposition city. The Law
rences may extend their trip to In
clude Hawaii. The present round trip
rate from here on a thirty-day limit
Is $18.50. On or about March 17 a
round-trip rate of $20.25, good for
ninety days, will be In effect.
Oregon Building
' At Fair Dedicated
The state of Oregon occupied the
spotlight at tho Panama exposition
last Monday. Governor Johnson of
California, Mayor Rolph of San Fran
cisco, President Mooro of the exposi
tion and many other dignitaries from
California wore present. Judgo Wol
verton presided over the exercises.
R. A. Booth was the special represent
ative of Governor Withycombe of
Oregon and presented the greetings
of the governor and the people of
Oregon. Speeches by others and flag
raising ceremonies concluded the
dedication. Young ladles from the
culinary departments of the Oregon
schools prepare all the food In the
culinary department and young men
from the colleges of the state act aa
guides throughout tho building.
Have a fit at Orres.