"Ashland Grows While Uthla FlowC
City of Sunshine and Flowers V
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VOL. XXXIX
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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915
Ashland. Ore' . NUthla Springs
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NUMBER 87
A Musical Treat
At Armory Tuesday
It "la with pleasure we announce
the coming of the First Methodist
Episcopal choir of Medford, to give
Stalner's beautiful and Inspiring ora
torio, "The Crucifixion," next Tues
day at the armory. This choir is
conceded to be one of the best In the
state. Both the choral and solo work
will equal what is usually heard in
the largest cities, and a rare musical
treat is in store for all who attend.
Both the church and musical ele
ments of Ashland will no doubt take
advantage of this opportunity of
hearing this splendid organization in
this high-class musical work, depict
ing with great vividness Christ's last
days on earth.
Will Make Park
Out of Cemetery
The City Federation of Women's
Clubs committee who have the matter
of the . beautification of Mountain
View cemetery in charge, wish to
thank all those who aided in the
work . either by donating labor or
money. The burial grounds have
been greatly improved through the
efforts of the club ladies. Driveways
have been laid out and trees planted
along the drives. , The grounds have
been cleaned up and shrubs planted.
The unoccupied parts have been spad
ed and will be planted in lawn. It is
planned to gravel the driveways,
pavement being unnecessary owing
to the nature of the soil.
The ladies cordially urge that all
lot owners co-operate with them In
the removal of copings which have
been built around some of the lots.
All of the up-to-date cemeteries have
done away with this custom and are
now making uniform parks out of the
cemeteries. It is planned to make
one stretch of green lawn out of the
Mountain View cemetery as It will
then be possible to keep it In uniform
hape. Lot owners are requested to
look Into the proposition so that work
may go forward.
The committee who have the ceme
tery work In charge Is composed of
Mesdames C. B. Lamkin, chairman;
F. G. McWIlliams, A. D. Graham,
Minnie Rondeau, L. S. Brown, Ira
Shoudy and Miss Suzanne Homes.
New spring suits at Enders'.
Fair Contest is
Hearing Close
Just a little more than a week
tands between some young lady of
Ashland and a trip to the exposition
at San Francisco. Just a few more
days In which to work. It's going to
be some fast finish and the' winner
will deserve the trip.
The contest standings:
Blanche Stlsbury ......... 783,834
Bessie Homes 656,184
Mapel Payne ...602,686
Effie Oslln 415,040
Madge Putnam 319,589
Elvera Nelson 274,156
Ruth Hadley 221,041
Myrtle Dougherty 203,928
Mrs. Elsie Churchman ...., 69,721
Beulah Caldwell 34,437
Ruth Scott 21,172
Millie Lowe 18,34 4
Reta Card 16,179
Civic Improvement .
V Club Meeting
The Civic Improvement Club met
at the library rooms Tuesday after
noon with a fine attendance. .. It was
moved and passed that the club
should buy 1,000 postcards, have the
sfegan printed upon them and have
them put on sale at local stores. The
club will also purchase a number of
tin pennants upon which the slogan
will be printed. These will be used
upon automobiles.
A letter of thanks from the rail
road officials who passed through
last week, thanking the ladies for the
flowers which were presented to the
car, was read.
It was decided to hold a flower
show in the fall. Plans for such a
show were discussed.
The schoolboys have consented to
make window boxes and baskets
which the ladies will undertake to
sell. Orders for boxes or baskets
should be given to Mrs. Bowers or
Mrs. Ussher, who have the matter In
charge. All who have a place for
such will do well to order one or
more as they will be artistically built
and will be sold" for cost. The eight
foot boxes will cost $1.5.0, the six-foot
boxes $1.20 and the baskets from 75
cents to $1.' A prize will be offered
for the best box turned out by the
high school lads.
The matter of turning vacant lots
over to the school children was en
thusiastically talked over and action
taken as reported elsewhere.
The' ladies wish to announce that
they still have a number of trees,
roses and a few shrubs left and that
those who have plants and bulbs to
exchange or who wish any should call
at the Oak street exchange.
Orchardists Plan
For Irrigation
.Orchardists and landowners in the
district lying south of Medford and
on the south side of Bear creek have
organized an Irrigation project. This
proposition is to use water from Bear
creek, using the old Phoenix mill
ditch and a five-mile extension ditch,
as carriers. The Bear creek water
rights are held by the Roguelands
company. The company agrees to
finance and build the emergency irri
gation project at actual cost, the con
tracts to expire and the payments to
apply when the high line canal is
completed in the valley. The cost of
the project Is estimated at $16,000.
Engineers have declared the project
feasible. The plan is fathered by
Welborn Beeson of Talent and W. A.
Snmner of the Klamath orchards.
If the project is a success water
will be ready by the first of May, and
will Insure the final development of
the heavy setting of fruit In that vi
cinity. The present season has been
a very dry one and the fruitgrowers
are beginning to get anxious over the
possibility of another summer as dry
as last year's.
Ladies Plan to Turn Weedy
Vacant Lots Into Garden Plots
Mrs. Perozzi, Mrs. Chattin and Mrs.
Briscoe have been placed In charge
of a movement for the beautification
of vacant lots. Rather than have the
tangle of weeds which make the aver
age vacant lot such a hideous travesty
of the city beautiful Idea, the ladies
have decided to ask owners of such
lots to turn them over to the school
children for planting In vegetables
and flowers. Thus what is now
waste land will earn a profit, the
children will be kept busy during the
summer and a vast improvement will
be made in the appearance of eye
sores. That nearly all of the lot owners
will gladly let their property be used
free of charge for such a purpose is
a foregone conclusion as It would en
hance' the value of the property. The
children who take the proposition up
will no doubt be able to make a profit
on the garden stuff which theyxcan
raise, which will pay them many
times for the labor which will be re
quired. All who have such lots and who
will let the ladies of the committee
know of their willingness to con
tribute the space will be doing a ser
vice both to themselves and to the
city.
This same Idea has been used else
where as a solution of the unem
ployed problem. Hundreds of vacant
lots have been turned over to the
poor In New York city and will keep
many fi-nilies out of the poorhouse.
The Civic Club ladles will organize
a children's market at which the
young gardeners can dispose of their
produce, should a sufficient number
of vacant lot gardens be started.
Militia Will Go to
Coast Fort in June
Some Pretty
Quick Work
The first suggestion of the scenic
drive development now completed
around the summit of Sentinel hill
was made by F. W. Watson to the
city council last August. Then it
was the hope that within possibly
two years steps might be taken to
reduce the grade. But the council
took hold of the matter with a will.
Preliminaries were at once com
menced, rights of vay secured and
work started. It3 completion is a
distinct triumph, both In point of
time and results, for no possible im
provement could have been accom
plished for the money that meant as
much to the future of Ashland. En
tirely aside from the springs devel
opment that drive is worth half a
million dollars, i'or being of easy ac
cess to autoo as it is, it will prove of
sufficient drawing power to attract
thousands of automobiles during the
summer months and will establish
Ashland as the place for beautiful
evening pleasure automobiling.
Restaurant Man
Attempts Suicide
H. N. Lowe, proprietor of the Co
lumbia Cafeteria, attempted suicide
In his apartments about midnight
Tuesday. lie fired a revolver bullet
Into his left side just above the heart.
The bullet passed clear through his
lung and lodged against the skin of
his back, but in some remarkable way
did not sever an artery a ad failed to
cause his death. Mr. Lowe Is now
out of danger at the Sanitarium. lie
left two letters, one to his wife and
one to his father. The attempt to
take his own life came as a result of
a combination of circumstances. Mr.
Lowe has been in poor health for
some time and has had considerable
business trouble which preyed upon
his mind.
Mr. Lowe came here from Los An
geles to take charge of the Cafeteria
nnd bns made th place a popular eat
ing place.
New Cannery on t
Lower" Rogue
The monopoly of the Wedderburn
Interests on the salmon cannery In
dustry on the lower Rogue wilt come
to an end this spring, according to
the Marshfleld Record. B. A. Sea
borg of Portland has ordered ma
terial to build a cannery and has se
cured a site. The new cannery will
be equipped with the moRt modern
machinery and will have a floor space
of 125x520 feet.
The jew cannery la expected to
make a material change In the price
paid for salmon on the river.
Summer House in
Boulevard Park
Under the direction of the park
commission a summer house is to be
erected in the center of the triangu
lar park on the Boulevard at the In
tersection of Iowa street. This park
Is one of the most beautiful in the
city at the present time, and when
the trees in and around it have fully
matured it will be still more beauti
ful. Walks have been laid In to the
center and work on the summer
house will go forward at the earliest
possible time.
The residents of the far east end
of town often find the long walk Is
very tiresome and will appreciate the
resting place. The park is Just a
few blocks from the center of town
and makes an Ideal short walk
Pay Taxes This
Week; Save Money
A week remains in which to make
the first half payment without inter
est on taxes, Wednesday, March 31,
being the last day. After March 31
all taxes, the first half of which has
not been paid, will be subject to in
terest at the rate of 1 per cent until
August 31, when they become delin
quent, subject to a 10 per cent pen
alty and 12 per cent per annum in
terest. First half payments made before
April 1 entitle the taxpayer to defer
payment on the remainder until Sep
tember 30, after which they become
subject to the 10 per cent penalty
and 12 per cent per annum Interest.
Practically all of the taxpayers of
Jackson county have taken advantage
of the half-payment clause. The
Southern Pacific, the largest taxpayer
in the county, Is expected to make Us
half jcyment on the final day.
N'ew middy blouses at Enders',
Tree Specimens
For Park
Adjutant General White, who re
places General Finzer in command of
the Oregon state militia, was in the
city Tuesday evening. Captain Col
lins came up from Medford Monday
afternoon and conducted the month
ly work. On Tuesday the evening
was devoted to officers' school.
The dates for. the annual encamp
ment have boon tentatively set for
June 16 to 27. The encampment this
year, wnue it has always been a
looked-forward-to event by the mili
tia boys, will be especially lively ow
ing to the great crowds which will
stop over in Flavell, which Is only
about a half mile from the c"amp, to
catch the Creat Northern steamships
which dock there.
The Encampment this year will be
the customary instruction school at
the big forts at the mouth of the Co
lumbia and will be conducted much
the same as last year. Formal an
nouncement of the encampment dates
will be made the first of the month
The members of the local organiza
tions of the coast artillery had great
hopes of being allowed to go to San
hranclsco to take part in extensive
maneuvers there during the exposi
tion. Strong efforts were made by
the heads of the coast artillery
branch of the state troops to be al
lowed to make the trip. It was point
ed out that the expense of transport
ing the troops of this state to the
exposition city would be nothing, as
the terms of the grant given the rail
way company by the government
when it built its line from Oregon to
California were that all troops were
to be hauled free of charge, but the
department has ordered otherwise.
Taxes. Pay at least one-half at the
Billings Agency, 41 East Main, on or
before March 31 and save costs.
Band Serenades
Newlyweds
Medford Mall Tribune: Headed by
Medford's newly organized band and
Seely Hall, Ike Frldlger and Frank
Coleman as speechmakers, fifty young
men of this 'city last nigh, serenaded
Albert Ilermanson and his bride.
Following the serenade the newly,
weds were given an auto ride.
Mrs. Ilermanson was formerly Mies
Rose Morris of Ashland.
You know that a good sugar-cured
ham is cheap eating at 18c a pound,
at The Plaza Market.
Military lace' boots at Enders',
New Lyric Theatre
Willflpen Tonght
The Lyric Theatre, Ashland's new
picture house, opens tonight: The
theatre, formerly the Star, has been
completely remodeled and Is now a
refined, up-to-date playhouse. Thel
floor was dropped several feet, doing
away with-the stairs, and raising the
ceiling. A 25-foot addition was built
on. the rear and a stage large enough
for first-class vaudeviie and sketches"
erected. A beamed ceiling and beau
tlTul Indirect lighting system have
been Installed. The new decorations
are very artistic. New and comforta
ble opera chairs are Installed. A
first-class ventilating system will
keep the patrons plentifully supplied
with fresh Hlr. A blj electric sign
hangs In front and but come down
tonight and" see the many Improve
ments. The manager, Mr. Lawrence, and
his wife are both accomplished mu
sicians and have organized a six-piece
orchestra vhlch will play tonight. A
high-class program of pictures wll
be thrown on the gold radium screen.
The price will be 5 and 10 cents.
On tomorrow evening at 10 and 15
cents will appear the Kilties, pretty
Scotch lassies In Scotch songs and
attractions. This Is a Pantagos at
traction and Is guaranteed high-class.
The park board are the recipients,
this Spring, of a number of donated
tropical shrubs and trees. The latest
is a Chinese umbrella plant from Miss
Ewing and a rare and very tropical
native called the Seljoa, presented by
Mrs. Charles Hargadine. The Seijoa
bears delicious fruit in its native
Council Meets
Again Tonight
The city council met In adjourned
meeting last night. Several ladies of
the Civic Improvement Club appeared
before the city fathers and asked the
council to take up the matter of the
removal of debris which has been
thrown onto the motor depot grounds
by residents of the vicinity. As a
result of the agitation started by the
ladles the council will take over the
proposition of cleaning up the
grounds and will plant lawns and
flowers and make a beauty spot out
of the desolate appearing grounds.
Mrs. Gard was spokesman for the la
dies. Mrs. Connor brought up the matter
of a dilapidated shack at the corner
of Dewey and Hlsine streets which is
owned by Mr. Davis of Talent. The
matter was referred to the sanitary
Estate Deals
Several important real estate deals
were consummated during the past
week In the city. Mrs. Martha E.
Rapp sold her beautiful residence
property on Oak street to Dr. Fisher,
Christian Science practitioner. The
property extends through with fronts
on both Oal; street and First avenue
and has two residences upon ft. Mr.
Fisher will occupy one of these. The
consideration was $3,000. Mrs.
Rapp will live in Talent.
S. L. Hoge sold land near Ashland
to Carl Lewis for $500.
F. G. Berger sold a place in Wool
en's addition to Otto Michel for a
consideration of $1,000, and uuother
place in block 12 for the same price.
Rustic Pergola
OnlProspect Point
A beautiful rustic pergola percheif
on the brow of Prospect Point is one
of the attractions planned by the park
board. The pergola will be placed at
the north edge of the grove of trees
on the face of the point and will bo
within a few feet of Glenvfew Drive.
The shade'from the trees behind and
the breeze whirh alwnys caresses th
face of the hill will make the pergola
an ideal place to spend a pleasant
afternoon. From this spot may bo
had a beautiful view of the entire
valley, and we can confidently proph
esy that the rustic resting place will
be one of the most popular places In
Ashland during the coming summer.
The spot upon which it Is proposed
to erect the pergola is just above the
water main which crosses the drive
Just below, and It will be an easy
matter to install bubbling fountains
for drinking and proper drainnge.
The trail is broad enough to drive a
car over and will no doubt bo graded
so that it can be used for this. Mr.
Taverner has agreed to furnish the
poles for the building and has al
ready selected a beautiful piece of fir
for a flagpole.
The location for the pergola fs on
the property of the Carter Land Com
pany, but no trouble Is expected In
the matter of securing permission to
build, as Mr. Carter is known as one
of Ashland's most public spirited cit
izens, and will unHoubtedly give bis
permission after looking into the
proposition.
clime and will be tried as an expert
ment bythe park board to see If it committee.
can be made to thrive in this latl-1 The unsanitary condition of an old
tude. No doubt but that the Chinese
umbrella-trees will thrive here, for
In the Oklahoma climate, where the
winters are frequently more severe
than the average winter here, the
writer successfully grew them, and
can testify to their superb beauty.
In the climate where the "pines and
the palms meet" they should do well.
barn on Harrison street was brought
up nnd will lie looked into by the
council.
The council then went Into execu-
tive session.
Mrs. Lamkiri Heads
City Federation
The annual meeting of the City
Federation of Women's Clubs was
held Monday of last we-ek in the
library rooms. Tho organizations
which are members of the Federation
are: The Chautauqua Park Club,
Civic Improvement Club, Sunshine
Society. East Side, West Side and
Peg o' My Heart
Wins Much Praise
Oregon Almanac Out
In Two Weeks
One dime goo time. Whore?
Maccabees, next Wednesday night. It
The Irresistible comedy, "Peg o'
My Heart," at the Vlning Theatre
Monday evening was unanimously
voted the best production which has
yet appeared at the local theatre, by
tho good-sized crowd which enjoyed
the inimitable Peggy and her wonder
ful acting.
While Peggy O'Nell In the leading
role was undoubtedly tho one big
star of the evening, the other "mem
bers of the company were all excel
lent actors and all received their
meed of praise from the critics In the
audience.
It was not the depth of the plot or
ltn newnesa which gave the play such
an appeal, but the pluck and charac
ter of the leading character which ap
pealed to the maternal instinct of the
audience and made Peg's battles the
audience's battles.
Peg's -art had the audience on tho
verge or tears at one Instant nnd
shaking tho house with lnughter the
next. Her acting Is real acting. She
put her heart Into every gesture and
every word and won tho heart of her
hearers from her first appcaance.
Of the other parts none are built
to appeal and afford a contrast to
Peg's lovely character. All of the
supporting company are experienced
and handled their , part well.
The Ashland Commercial Club has
just received from the press advance
copies of the new Oregon Almanac,
n volume of statistics and Informa
tion regarding every community in
tills state. These .advanco copies are
being sent out as rapidly as possible
to all papers and periodicals in the
state, also to commercial clubs and
similur organizations. In about two
weeks tho mnln Issue of about 300,
000 copies will bo off the press, and
will be sent out in response to written
requests from Individuals anxious to
secure reliable data on Oregon.
KiihIiicnh Men's llunuet.
Invitations have been sent out to
tho act've business men of Ashland
to attend a banquet at the Mooso hall
Friday evening. Some may Have been
missed by error. This will be an In
vitation to any active business men
that may have not received an invita
tion. Your presence Is desired.
Plate $1. COMMITTEE.
Melleview Parent-Teacher associa
tions. The first part of the meeting
was taken up with discussion and sev
eral new projects were talked over.
It wus decided that the Federal ion
should give a banquet some lime in
the near future. Tho reports of tho
various committees were henrd, after
which the annual election of officers
was held. Mrs. C. B. Lamkin was
elected president. Mrs. H. C. Card
was elected secretary and treastierr.
The presidents of tho Federated Club
act as vice-presidents of the club.
The Federation meets quarterly and
will convene again In June. The club
Indies of Ashland aro doing great
things for the city but promise still
greater things for tho future.
Millinery In a Vino Art.
When wo make you a hat It Is not
only attractive In Itself but It Is be
coming to you. It becomes a part
of your personality. You feel that
the hat Is worthy of you. Hargrove
Millinery.
Hlgh-grado vacuum carpet cleaner
for rent, $1 per day, at J, P. Dodge
& Sons'. 80-2t
Steamer Picks on
Little Saxon
The second automobile sinashup
within the past week occurred this
morning In tho Park garago. Percy
Grlsez, driving Good's steamer, ran
Into the garage at a good rato of
speed and hit the little Saxon belong
ing to Avery Trask, which was stand
ing In tho garage. The fender and
hood of the little car were smashed
In, but no further damage was done.
It looked for a mlnuto as If the bttf
car was golns to climb clear over the
dlminutivo Saxon. This will prob
ably bo a lesson to those who have
been In the habit of driving Into 'tho
garage at a high rate of speed.
Rule Extraordinary
of Easter hats. ' See Immense display
at Hargrovo's.