Ashland tidings., April 05, 1915, Image 1

'Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers
TIDINGS
Ashland, Oregon, Llthia Springs
The Carlsbad of America'
VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON,, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1915
NUMBER 90
Friday Meeting
of City Council
The council met In adjourned ses
sion at 4:30 last Friday afternoon.
This was the last of a series of ad
journed meetings which have been
continued since the first of last
month.
All members except Councilman
Werth were present. Chief Porter
was absent from his usual post by the
door, the council having decided to
dispense with police protection for
this occasion.
Messrs. Phipps, Neil, Jordan and
Beebe of the original bond syndicate
were present. City Attorney Moore
was also in the house.
A communication from the Ashland
Trading Company was read request
ing permission to install a drain from
the vestibule of their store to the
gutter. The matter was referred to
the sanitary committe with power to
act.
The recorder repdrted that while
In Jacksonville Thursday he had as
certained the amount of taxes due the
city to be $4,275. Official notice of
this and the transfer to the city will
come in a few days. Mr. Gillette also
reported receiving the bill for the
carload of pipe ordered by the city.
The pipe weighs 43,000 pounds and
costs in the neighborhood of $1,900.
, In view of the fact that the bonds
were all sold and the money in the
local banks, the council released the
$3,500 check put up by R. P. Neil,
representing the bond syndicate,
which was put in a local bank when
the syndicate took over the bond is
sue. Mayor Johnson brought up the
matter of the unsightly awnings
which are a constant source of danger
to bypassers in front of many Ash
land store buildings. The matter was
referred to the proper committee, who
will look up an ordinance covering
such nuisances.
Councilman Ware suggested that
some action should be taken in re
gard to the poison oak which is evi
dent along many Ashland streets and
in the park. This was referred to the
ordinance committee, as was also the
framing of an ordinance to cover the
depredations upon the flowers, shrubs
and bulbs in the upper park and can
yon. The council accorded Mayor John
son permission to publish a proclama
tion in regard to proper observation
of Friday, April 9, which Is the anni
versary of the surrender of the
armies of the south to those of the
north in the Civil War.
The council then adjourned. The
next meeting will be the regular
meeting for the first Tuesday In
April, tomorrow evening. This meet
ing promises to be an important one
as several matters which have been
' the subject of discussion in executive
meetings will be brought up for final
settlement. The reading of the min
utes alone will be a lengthy proposi
tion as the council has held several
adjourned and executive sessions
since the last regular session.
Work Started on
Park Boulevard
This morning men were put to
work on grading the park boulevard.
Six teams and about thirty men.
This grade runs along hy the Chau
tauqua building and crosses Ashland
creek at tho old picnic grounds, after
which It will follow along the timber
line, coming down the creek and Join
ing Mill street at the old planing mill.
The grade is being worked out twenty
feet wide, in the clear, and carries a
water grade. The wagon road which
now goe3 up the creek through the
park will tie transformed into a broad
gravel walk and no vehicles will pass
over it after the park boulevard is
completed. The decomposed granite
soil from the upper grade will be car
ried down the hill In shoots and
spread on this walk six or eight inches
deep so that the way will always be
dry and clean. The walk is under the
supervision of Engineer Walker and
It. P. Cornelius.
Bonds Are All Sold and Cash
Is In Hands of City Treasurer
The Ashland auxiliary water bonds I to. Sweet, Ceusy & Foster, of Den-
have all been sold and the caRh Is in ver.
the treasury. .
The first $15,000 were sold to the
Woodmen of the World and the
money received some time ago. That
sale was made direct by John Rocho
and the springs commission.
Friday the Citizeno Bank of Ash
land deposited $100,000 cash with the
treasurer and took over the bonds
contracted to Smith, Emery & Co.,
they having sold them to Blythe, Wit
ter & Co., of San Francisco.
Saturday the First National Bank
put $60,000 cash in the treasury for
the bonds sold to their clients and
The syndicate are now rid of all
responsibility, all of the issue having
been disposed of and the cash, par
and interest, being deposited with
Treasurer Eubanks. The members of
the syndicate filled a very necessary,
useful and trying position in the
transaction. The council Friday re
turned to it the $3,500 check which
was deposited when the syndicate
took over the issue.
Now fie work will go at once for
ward, both on the physical plant and
the park development, and it is hoped
to have the project completed early
in July.
Judge Watson
Is Whiskerless
To Exterminate
Much Poison Oak
A stranger appeared in our midst
last Saturday. His. voice sounded fa
miliar and he appeared to know us,
but it required several moments of
careful inspection before we recog
nized Ashland's old friend, Judge
Watson. The reason? The judge
has unmercifully shorn the hirsute
adornment men are wont to call whis
kers from off his physiognomy. Mr.
Watson has been a farmer now for
the past two -weeks and it must be
that the whiskers got,tangled up in
his rake, or maybe the hired man
made a mistake when he was burn
ing brush.. Mr. Watson is still alive
and happy, but says that he has to
take a friend around with his 'for
identification purposes when he visits
the banks.
Unsightly Awnings
Must Come Down
To Preserve Wild
Flowers in Park
Councilman Ware brought a mat
ter to the attention of the council at
last Friday's meeting which has been
a source of worry to nature lovers of
Ashland for some time. Mr.. Ware
stated that many persons were
thoughtlessly but ruthlessly breaking
large branches of blossoms from trees
and bushes in the upper park. He
also said that many people were tak
ing the wild flowers and that one per
son at least was making a business of
digging up lily bulbs and selling
them.
Ashland's park would not long re
main the beautiful park that It is if
people continued to carry away the
flowers and blossoms. It Is not the
single little bunch of flowers that
matters, but the aggregate whole.
The matter was referred to the
ordinance committee, who will frame
an ordinance to prohibit the picking
of flowers or the breaking off, of blos
soms in the canyon park.
While this may seem harsh to many
who have been in the habit of mak
ing flower picking expeditions into
the canyon, still all may easily see
that it is the only possible method of
preserving the beauties of the park
for the casual visitor. There are
many other places where flowers may
be picked besides the much frequent
ed canyon.
A dollar purchase means 1,000 ex
tra votes at Enders' this week.
The many old, unsightly and even
dangerous awnings which are a dis
grace to the ' store buildings upon
which they are hung, must come
down. Nothing lends such an air of
dilapidated shiftlessness to the front
of a store as does a tattered old can
vas awning or a sagginc wooden su
perstructure that momentarily prom
ises to descend on the head of the
passerby.
At the last council meeting Mayor
Johnson brought the matter to the
attention of "the city fathers and it
was referred to the proper committee,
who will see to it that an ordinance
is passed to regulate awnings if one
does not already exist.
Many of the property owners will
no doubt remove the objectionable
features before the law goes Into ef
fect. Some of the awnings besides
being unbeautlful are actually dan
gerous and more than one tall man
hag given vent to his feelings after
coming Into contact with the Iron
rods which support the awnings In
fro at of some of the places of busi
ness In the city.
A determined campaign against
poison oak will be the result of agita
tion started at Friday afternoon's
council meeting. This poisonous
shrub is a constant source of danger
to visitors and Ashland residents.
While many are not susceptible to tho
poison, many catch it through the
I slightest contact, and all poison oak
(must be removed where there is a
possibility of the passerby coming In
contact with it. Many a casual vis
itor to the park has unknowingly
j taken hold of the brush and has suf
jfered.the painful results. Any one
who has ever suffered from the poison
realizes the effect which it would
! have on the tourists' opinion of Ash
land. I The oak is found not only In the
park but also along the streets and in
yards. . The council will in all prob
ability pass an ordinance making it
compulsory on the part of the prop
erty owner to grubb out the brush
where there is any liability of the
passerby touching it. The city will
cut it out from the streets. It would
be impossible to grubb it out alto
gether without enormous expense and
the council will not ask this to be
'done, but jt is imperative that it shall
be removed from aloug the streets
', and the drives and trails in the park
In view of the proposed campaign,
the results of experiments In killing
the brush which are now being car
ried on in Eucene arc of especial In
terest. The Eugene Guard prints the
following:
"In an effort to exterminate the
poison oak bushes which abound In
largo numbers on the south slope of
the butte. L. P. Wygle, superintend
ent of narks, is exnerimentlnir with
a strong solution which he applies to
i them. The solution consists of ar
senic, cam-tic potash and caustic soda,
and is so strong that it literally eats
i up the plants, but whether it is strong
enough to entirely kill them or not
remains to be seen."
If any loca! person tries this meth
od they should be very careful in
handling the solution as it. is very
poisonous and will burn a hole in
clothing or almost anything else with
which It comes In contact.
First -National Install Improved Sys
tem. Commencing 'April 1 the First Na
tional Bank of Ashland installed the
daily statement system which is
gradually being adopted by all the
leading banks of the country.
Under this system the customer's
pass book need not be presented for
balancing excepting to cover business
to and including March 31. 1915. The
book is presented in making deposits
as heretofore and constitutes a per
manent receipt for customers' funds.
The statement of account is kept
on a ruled blank in the form of an
envelope in a suitable size for filing.
It Is an exact copy of the bank's rec
ords made from the original checks
and deposit slips. When receiving
the statement the customer Receipts
for 1 on acard kept by the bank as
a permanent record, The checks are
Inclosed In the statement envelope
and it is ready for delivery on request,
without the delay Incident to the
balancing of pass books. i
The system has found great favor
wherever tried and without question
the customers will be pleased with
this lmprovod service. ' The First Na
tional is to be congratulated on in
stalling It promptly after discovering
Its value and practical worth.
Rumor of Murder
Is Unfounded
Undertaker Stock was called to
Trail creek Sunday by the death of
Ranger Andy Poole. It was rumored
that Poole had been shot and it was
feared that a regular old-time Ken
tucky mountain feud had been start
ea in me Iran district, it was
learned today, however, that Poole
died from a paralytic stroke. He was
an important witness in the recent
Martin case. . I
Phone news items to the Tidings.
PLAZA (JltOC'KUY KPIX IAL.
All this week we will give 1,000
extra exposition voted on each dollar
paid on account due May 1.
Tuesday and Thursday only, 500
extra votes on each 25-cent purchase.
On Wednesday and Friday, 1,000
votes with each 50-cent purchase.
On Saturday only, 2,000 votes on
each $1 purchase.
PLAZA GROCERY. It
Josh Wlllm-d knocked out Jrk
JohnHon In the twenty-sixth round of
their battle at Havana today, anil 'a
white man in again the champion of
the world.
Are you going? Yes, sure. Frisco
Fair at the Vlnlng April 12. Remem
ber FriBCO Fair, April 12, Vinlng. It
Hints for Lawn
Beautification
Children Run on
New Parkways
Complaints have come In to the city
authorities from several parties that
children aro thoughtlessly running
over newly seeded parkways and
parts of tho parking cystem. Every
parent in the city should take it upon
themselves to see that their children
understand the harm which such
thoughtlessness does and see to it
that such things do not happen In the
future. Some of the offenders no
doubt know no better, while others
trespass on tho pavkings in a spirit
of mischievousness, but at any rate
a stop must bo put to such practices.
As a whole the children of Ashland
nro the boot boosters we have, and if
the matter is put to them in tho right
manner it will not be Ions before the
boy who runs on the new parkings
will receive a callinc down from his
fellows.
Pi
e and Program
Friday" Afternoon
ser
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make
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Hints for the beautification of the
many western Oregon lawns that will
be made up for the first time, or
worked over anew, during the spring
of 191"), are siven as follows by II.
M. Fisher, the grounds superintend
ent who hau produced at the Univers
ity of; Oregon a campus that is the
admiration of all visitors:
"In all ?ases shrubbery for the
lawn Ghoul'! be licked according to
the size of the dwelling, not in a hap
hazard way. For a fair-sized lawn
and a r.iedi'in-nizcd house the rhodo
dendron bush is the prettiest I can
think of. It is not only a pretty bush
but bloonin for a Ions Interval with
very pretty flowers. The lilac bush
is not a good shrub, as some seem to
think, It sprouts and spoils the lawn
and does not bloom through a suffi
ciently Ions period.
'If the ho;;se is of tile or other
appropriate material, the Boston ivy,
a creeper, is a vine that heirs greatly
in beautifying the dwelling.
"Should rose hedges be planted, the
Valley Fruit Men
Are Organizing
Medford Mail Tribune: The peti
tions for the signatures of the oreh
ardists of the valley who desire to
join the local council of the North
western Fruit Council are being cir
culated anion;; the growers. Mr.
Westerlund of the board of control of
the southern Oregon council requests
that all orchardists that desire to join
and have not already signed up send
their names to him at once. As soon
as all have signed that Mr. Wester
lund thinks will, a meeting will be
called of all the members and ways
and means will be discussed. It is
expected that 75 or 80 per cent of all
the growers in the valley will sign.
This is one of the biggest and best
things that the valley has had for
some time. It will mean an increased
profit of 100 per cent and a sure mar
ket for all fruit, so all growers sign
up and help boost for organization
ihis own.
Weekly Band
Concerts Possible
and co-operation. It is the only way
roses should be cut back each winter I the frult 6roer wl ever come ,,,t0
after tho blooming season to prevent!
the rflseK.frora becoming bushy. The I
cut-uaoi: rose tecomen stociuer ana
better Moons result.
"Rcse hedges are alvays suitable
for dwellings or lawns of any size If
they are on the sides, and a rose
hede in front looks well if the lawn
is long and sweeping. The Caroline
Testout, the official rose of Portland,
is a fair hedge rose.- If the lawn is
a.rpe enough for an arbor or bower,
I advise the Dorothy Perkins rose; it
serves a doutle purpose, being a beau
tiful vine as well as having a beauti
ful bloom."
Superintendent Fisher's lawn grass,
rose hedges and shrubbery on the
state university campus are consid
ered among the finest in the northwest.
rilay, April 9, will be ob
oughout the nation. It being
th anniversary of the sur
the armies of Virginia to
J. 9: Grant of the northern,
The governor of the state vill
a proclamation in regard to
observance of the day and the mayor
of Ashland will join with the mayors!
of all other cities in issuing a proc
lamation. This will be printed in
Thursday's paper.
The'local G. A. R. are in chagra
of tho arrangements for the day here.
The stores will be asked to close from
2 to 4 on Friday afternoon and tho
school children will be dismissed at 2.
A big turnout of citizens is expected
to take part in the parade and listen
to tho short rrogram which will bo
given in tho Plaza.
The members of the G. A. R., W.
R. C. and local militia company will
meet at tho armory and prepare to
march to the Plaza, where they will
join w ith the parades of school chil
dren from tho respective schools and
the Ashland band. Headed by the
band, the procession will march to
llelman street, then back out Main
to First street, then back to tho
Plaza, where a brief program will bo
given. The afternoon will close with
the sinking of the "Star Spangled
Banner" by the entire assemblage.
All citizens are requested to join
in the parade and to decorate with
flage and bunting.
Police Were Busy
Saturday Night
About twenty loyal members of the
Ashland band are putting in several
hours every Friday night at band
practice and are making good head
way. All of the musicians are not
turning out as they should, however,
and all bandnien are urged to be pres
ent at the regular weekly practice
which will be held next Friday even
ing In the city hall.
A movement is under way to put
the band on a firm financial basis so
that an experienced professional lead
er may be obtained. Under the pres
ent syutein the leader is donating his
services and a lot of valuable time
without remuneration. The bandnien
would turn out better and take hold
of the work better under a paid man.
The present organization holds forth
no reward to the players. The band
men arc merely devoting their time
in a public-spirited manner for the
Patrolman Johnson arrested a boy j
at tlie station Saturday evening andj
fnunrl In bin r.nscesHlnn n anlf nf
cloth, which had been stolen at Hilt. Bod of ,he l,y' With a "alJ Ieader
The lad gave his name as William a flrnier organization would be per
Ahrendt and his home Portland. The f,cted a,,d betler ,11,,hIu Prod,,ced on
offices at Hilt did not wish to go to ,ubIlc occasions. A weekly concert
in me pun; hub suiiiiuer iv i u uraw
the expense of having hlin brought
back and he was allowed to go free
and continued on his way to Port
land. The suit was returned to the
wner.
Saturday night several Medford
youths made themselves altogether
too prominent around own while In
various stages of Intoxication. One
boy finally went clear under and was !
taken In charge by the local police.
He was taken to the police station
and threatened with a night In the
city cooler, but some of his friends
skirmished around and managed to
raise $6, which was accepted as ball.
The crowd of roisterers then returned
to the city of the swinging doors
broken in spirits and pocketbooks.
The offender was due to appear at 9
o'clock this morning and answer to
drunlc and disorderly charges, but
failed to do so, thus forfeiting his
ball.
This business of Med ford's young
hopefuls coming to Ashland to show
off a Jag Is getting altogether too fre
quent, and the polite will see to it
that the next offender suffers the
penalty of the law and that the affair
receives due publicity.
1,000 extra votes" with every dollar
purchase at Enders'. Get yours.
numbers of people from down the
valley and will be enthusiastically
welcomed by all Ashlanders. These
concerts will be forthcoming If the
band gets the right kind of backing.
A good band Is an indispensable asset
for a resort city. Ashland has a suf
ficient number of really high class
musicians to assure a fine band pro
viding the right kind of support Is
accorded them.
Mr. Phipps KetflCH With City.
The following is published that the
public may understand the transac
tion In the sale of the auxiliary water
bonds:
Ashland, Ore.. April 3, 1915.
To Mayor and City Council, Ashland,
Ore.
Gentlemen: In order to aid the
city in selling the $175,000 auxiliary
water bond's, I entered into contract
with the city on January 26, 1915, to
endeavor to secure purchasers for
said bonds ai par and accrued inter
est, and upon the basis of receiving
$8,750 therefore, being a commission
of five (5) per cent thereon.
The bonds have been sold and tho
city treasurer ha.- received par and
accrued Interest for the entire issue
of $17.1.000. The city has paid ma
the $8,750 under the contract named.
While I received, per tho contract
named, the nam of $8,750, the actual
expenses in connection with such mat
ter were $3,051.44, leaving for profit
to me, $5,698.50.
I entered into the contract with tho
city in order to assist it In the bond
sales and not with expectation or de
sire for ien;onal profit to myself. I
take pleasure, therefore, In turning
over to the city' of Ashland the sum
of $5,698.55, being the amount which
I might have legally pud properly re
tained under the provision of said
contract. I remain,
Yours very truly,
E. E. PHIPPS.
Proclamation.
Attention Is called to the fact that
Friday, April 9, Is the fiftieth annl
versary of the surrender of the armies
of the south to General U. S. Grant.
This day has been set apart for the
purposo of celebrating the event by
display of flass and general patriotic
demonstration, and I would urge our
citizens to unite in this celebration
by decorating their places of business
and homes with national colors, etc.,
closing business hours from 2 to 4
p. m., and unite with G. A. R., W. R.
C, National Guards and school chil
dren In a demonstration at the Plata
and upon the streets, and meeting at
the armory. O. II. JOHNSON,
It Mayor.
, Got scale receipts, Jegal blanks
etc., at the Tidings office.
Exposition'Contest
StandingVToday
Things have been doing tho past
three days in the contest line. Two
of the girls have gone over the mil
lion mark In votes. By reading tho
contest ads today it will be noticed
that all advertisers are preparing for
a fast finish the rest of this week.
Extra votes are hanging around ga
lore and It Is still anybody's race.
The contest closes next Saturday at
5 o'clock. No votes will be received
after 5 o'clock Saturday. There will
lie so many of them It will likely tako
the whole Tidings force from Satur
day evening to Monday to count them.
The result will be announced In next
Monday's paper. Get your last votes
In before 5 o'clock Saturday evening.
Next Saturday only, 1,000 votes on
each 25 cents paid on Tidings sub
scriptions, either old or new, and
1,000 votes on each 25-cent classified
advertisement.
Following are the standings:
Bessie Homes 1,140,177
Maple Payne 1, OSS, 81 2
Blanch Salsbury 9SC,257
Madge Putnam 508,988
Effle Onlln 415.040
Elvcra Nelson 497.16S
Ruth Hadley 303,41 1
Myrtle Dougherty 211,151
Mrs. Elsie Churchman 69,72 1
Millie Lowe .'. 47,998
Beulah Caldwell 34.437
Ruth Scott 21,178
Reta Gard
18.1T