Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, April 19, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'Ashland Grows While Lithia Flows' City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland Tidings. Ashland, Oregon, Lithia Springs "The Carlsbad of America' VOL. XXXIX ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1915 -a j 'j NUMBER. 94 Ship Exhibit of Game and Fish Trophies of the chase, comprising a dozen b'.n.ck, brown and cinnamon bears, nine cougars, a dozen irounted deer heads, a hundred pair ol deer antlers, wolf, coyote, bobcat skins, mounted bear cubs, cougar kittens, civet cat, deer, gray squirrel, pheas ants and grouse, together with tro phies of the rod, Comprising mounted salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout, are being shipped to the Panama ex position at Sru Francisco today for a special exhibit depicting the hunting and tishlns attractions of Jackson county. F, W. Bartlett, the well known Med ford taxidermist, has for the past two weeks been working, preparing ?.nd boxing the exhibit un der the direction of the special com mittee nnnVed by the county court, and has left for San Francisco, where he will install it and preside over it the coming summer. It is the intention to Install the exhibit in the horticultural building, which is more central than the Ore gon building and visited by ten times the number of people. A space sev eral feet in length has been reserved and in this space a hunting camp will be erected, amid green forest trees, and the trophies of road and gun grouped in artistic and natural fash ion. In the trees in the background will be placed the mounted animals. Mr. Bartlett will be on hand to sup ply literature and information. Most of the exhibits have been loaned by the public-spirited citizens and sportsmen of Jackson county, who have taken a keen interest in the display. The total value of the col lection, as insured, totals over $1,500. To secure the fish, a special permit was issued by State Game Warden Finley and a dozen steelhead secured by net at Gold Ray. Another dozen steelhead and cutthroat were sent down from the Elk creek hatchery by Superintendent O'Malley, and all of them mounted in lifelike fashion by Mr. Bartlett. As the season pro gresses it is expected to increase the Gang of Boy Thieves Broken Up Lloyd Wolsamott, George and Fred Anderson, three of the Medford boys who were .tried on the charge of chicken stealing before the juvenile authorities, were sentenced to the Oregon State Training School, and Cecil Randall was paroled to John Soutter. .Confessions were obtained from' the boys and ten other Medford boys are Implicated. The operations of this gang of boys covered every thing from stealing milk bottles to robbing clothing stores. It is thought that this same gang were the perpetrators of the recent robberies in Ashland when several stores and a bank were broken into All of the jots performed here bore evidence of being the work of amateurs. All Business Men Welcome The members of the Ashland Busi ness Men's Association now numbers forty-seven. Not only merchants, but all business and professional men, are eligible to membership. The associa tion is making no general canvass for members, but wants all business and professional men to understand that they are welcome. Charter list is with Mr. Seager, the managing secre tary, who has his office with Hodgson & Whitrnore, at the corner of Oak and Mainfstreetg (the old Granite City Savings Bank building). The objects of this association, briefly stated, are for the protection of its members and the betterment of all business conditions. Mr. Seager will be pleased to go over the matter to you in detail and take your name for membership. Every business and professional man of Ashland and vi cinity should be a member of this as sociation. It conflicts in no way with the Commercial Club in fact, is a necessary adjunct to it. By joining fish display materially, and anglers now yu become a' charter member Will Be Necessary to Call Another Charter Election There will need be another charter amendment election. The attorney for the members of the springs water commission has advised them that money cannot be expended on the park improvement by them without laying themselves liable under the law. The powers granted under the charter amendment of June 21 are not broad enough to warrant that. So a charter amendment has been prepared by the city attorney and will be submitted to the council to morrow . night. It is expected the council will call an election for the purpose, to be held on May 3. No more work will be done in the park until after the amendment is adopted. However, the Smith-Emery con tract will go right on and the-springs brought down to the park. Beginning on the park after May 15 and ratting on a big force of men, the fountains and park improvements may still be made ready for the wa ters by the time the Smith-Emery contract is finished. The trouble is simply a matter of financial liability. . The council asked the springs commission for a bond of $10,000, which was all right and was satisfactory to the commission, pro viding the work could be legally done. That was impossible as the charter now stands, so it was decided to again amend the charter. New Bishop Has Throat TrOu Girl Hikers Will Anive Thursday V. M Bishop Taylor Walter Sumner, of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, is undergoing treatment at Mercy Hos pital at Roseburg for an affliction of the throat, and according to doctors must remain under treatment for sev eral days. The bishop was admitted to the hospital for treatment Thurs day evening. He has canceled his en gagements at churches in Eugene, Oakland and other southern Oregon cities. Although the doctors in charge have every hope of a speedy recovery without recourse to heroic treatment, an operation may be necessary. Bishop Sumner once before suffered will be asked to send in their choicest specimens. All of the exhibits are the very best of their kind in the county. Many were refused because not in first-class condition. One and a Quarter Million for Roads and save $3 on membership fee. Pythians Invite Bryan to Crater Multnomah county has passed a $1,250,000 bond issue for good roads and will start immediately on hard surfacing seventy miles of trunk highways out of Portland. The road bonds passed at the recent election by a big majority. Jackson county started the good roads movement in Oregpn with her $500,000 bond issue. Multnomah has followed suit and other counties are fast getting in line for smaller amounts. Within the next few years Oregon will Jump from the position at the foot of the ladder as a good roads state to a position near the top. Oregon is slow in tak ing hold but is a whirlwind when once started. The completion of a hard surface A campaign of nation-wide public ItV fa hplnfr TsmrrtniaA hv V Vnfnht I . . . ... 0 , ,, xiinfeuio , traln however or rymias ror their conclave at Cra ter Lake next August 17, 18 and 19. The proposed initiation in the cra ter of Wizard Ishland August 18 is attracting so much attentidn that the valley lodges are beginning to worry about transportation from the valley to the lake for all who want to at tend. Among notables who are expected is Governor Johnson of California, who 8ay8,he will surely attend. Su perintendent Steel says that William J. Bryan,, who is an enthusiastic Knight, has told him that when he can so arrange his time he wants to visit the lake, and an effort will be made to get him here at that time. Robert S. Yard of the department of the interior at Washington, D. C. has asked about the particulars of the occasion bo that he can give it not only national but world wide public Travel to Fair Is Increasing Passenger traffic to the Panama exposition at this time is not as heavy as expected by the railroad of ficials. While numerous reservations have been made for later In the sum mer, the number contemplating going seems to be small. Nearly all of the early visitors to the fair advise against going down before the summer months. Thirhas kept a great number who would oth erwise have made the trip in the cool spring months, at home. Travel on the through trains is picking up steadily and from now on until the height of the summer vacation season In August, railroaders look for a steady increase in travel. The first of next month will see the beginning of the through auto travel, but the big volume will not start until late in June. A greater portion of the local peo ple who intend visiting the exposition are planning on going down in July and August. Many will make the trip from here in cars. Traveling by auto has many attractions since not only can the autoist have the use of his car' while In San Francisco, but will see a great deal more of the country and In a more leisurely man ner than by rail. The dust and dis comforts of an auto trip will cause many automobile owners to en hv will have on the railroad freight rates for short hauls. Already the auto truck has supplanted the freight in the hauling of a great part of the lo cal freight between Medford and Ash land. highway from the California to the , " . i. i 11 ,8 nls sole business to look Washington line is not a very remote ,, on , , . ,,7l ,x , w , . ii after all Items of interest, espec al y nnoc k lltv 1 will Ho IntorDcHnir in J 1 T " ' v wk "-"- '".those out of the ordinary, in regard note. the effect which the paved roads . t. . ' , inn uaiiunai jiai ns, aiiu ll Wrlies them up In Interesting style for the newspapers and magazines at home 1 and abroad. . The Hearst-Selig company, with of fices all over the world, has written here offering to send men to get mov ing pictures of the unique affair and their pictures are flashed on screens all over the world. The grand lodge officials of this state are working hard with assured success of the. conclave. They have sent to each lodge in Oregon and to many othera In the northwest an of ficial circular letter telling of the pro posed trip and Initiations, and these letters are being read in lodges to thousands of Knights. Each letter was accompanied by a well-written descriptive circular telling about points of Interest In connection with the trip and each lodge Is requested to give the proposition publicity through the columns of their city pa pers. Pythian Journals throughout the United States are asking for advance Information for publication and mag azine and newspaper writers are anxious for knowledge on the subject, so it is very evident that Medford and Crater Lake will be placed on the map as never before. Volunteer Fire Company Meets The Ashland volunteer fire com pany met last Thursday evening and perfected an organization. The vol unteer company numbers fourteen members. Officers elected were: O. E. Deibert, chairman, and Sam Jor dan, secretary and treasurer. By laws were adopted. A meeting of the volunteers will be held every first Thursday In the month. The volun teer firemen are not paid any regu lar salary but are supposed to respond to all alarms and recelVe pay for the time they are on the Job, with a mini mum of one hour's pay for every call. W. H. McNalr spent Friday morn ing In Medford renewing acquaint ances and attending to business matters. Beulah A. Stebno oi Eugene, Jose phine Moorhcad of Junction City, Marian Tuttlo of Eugene, Mina Fer guson of Portland, Mandall Weiss of Portland and Mrs. J. Frederick Thome of Eugene were among the cast of the Oregon University Dra matic Club that played In this city Saturday evening. Fish Poachers Lose in Suit Rains brothers of Grants Pass, con victed a year ego of illegal fishing In Rogue river, the conviction after wards being reversed on appeal to a higher court, lost their suit in the Justice court at Grants Pass against Game Wardens Sam Sandry and Fred Merrill for $450 for the confiscation of nets and a boat UBed as evidence In the case. The case attracted considerable in terest as it opened a loophole for slm nar suits by game violators. The court Instructed the Jury, after all the evidence was submitted, to bring In a verdict in favor of the defend ants. Sandry and Merrill were repre sented ty County Attorney E. E Kelly and County Attorney Miller of Grants Pass. the states from which such proceeds are derived. These roads commonly Pare planned to connect the conimuni- Exhibit Attracts Thousands Daily Mr. Frohbach Is in the city looking after matters connected with the Jackson county exhibit In the Oregon building af the exposition. He says the exhibit 1b attracting much atten tion, more than five thousand peo ple, average, per day passing through the building. He Is very anxious that a duplicate of the marble caves as well as an attractive dlsplay'of our mineral waters be installed with the southern Oregon exhibit. He does not think a bottle display the proper thing.- He says we need "something different" to properly attract attenU tlon. Gets Money From B. C, For Fine Verl narntbouse, who a few days ago inadvertently fractured the speed ordinance governing traffic over the Pacific highway by hustling in record time a passenger in order to overtake No. 14 at Medford, has just received the following letter from the Hotel Strathcona, Victoria, B. C, under the date of April 11: "I very much regret to learn that you were fined for exceeding the speed limit while doing me a favor. You will find Inclosed a check for $.", trusting this amount will cover all costs." The letter is signed by A. C. Car tier, lieutenant Royal Canadian Guards. Verl realized at the time that he was violating the law, but thought the cause warranted the violation. Hereafter he will observe the law to the best of his ability, according to recent statements. Numerous cases of speeding may be observed by any one .who cares to take the trouble of sitting by the highway for a few min utes at almost any hour of the day or night. It will no doubt be neces sary to put a police car or motorcycle cop on the highway before the violat ors will slow down. That Barnthouse was nabbed was due more to the fact that they had the goods on him when he confessed to the fact of beating the train, which confession could hardly have been avoidable under the cir cumstances. Too much newspaper publicity is blamed for his fall. If all the papers would make public the hundreds of boasts which their repre sentatives hear dally concerning the ability to "make the. trip in nineteen minutes" and the like, the judges of the county would have time for noth ing but speeding cases. The three Portland girls who are walking from that city to San Fran cisco will arrive in Ashland on Thurs day of this week and will remain here over Friday. The girls. Misses June and Faye Shea of Portland and Kittie Berbertz of Saginaw, Mich., left Port land several weeks ago and have been greeted with big crowds all along the line. The mayors of several of the cities have mot the young lady hikers and they have been entertained at receptions and dances in several places. At Eugene they were the guests of a sorority. One of the pleas ant stops made by the girls was at from an attack, of throat trouble and ! Salem. While there they called upon was under the care of one of Chica- Governor Wlthycombe and other state go's famous weeks. physicians for several Finished Amateur Drama Pleases "My Man and Lady," put on by the University of Oregon Dramatic Club at the high school gymnasium last Saturday, drew a fair-sized crowd and was very favorably recevied. The play was by far the best amateur per formance that has' been put on In Ashland and ranked above a good many of the professional productions which have appeared here. Trof. A. F. Reddie, the director, is to be high ly complimented on the smooth, fin ished acting of his cast. The play is in four acts and was of absorbing Interest throughtout, with just enough humor and comedy mixed in to keep the audience happy. It is hard to pick an individual star as each player handled his or her part to perfection and no Just criticism can be made. The play was put on under the auspices of the Senior class of the local high school In lieu of the cus tomary class play. The high school orchestra rendered several selections during the intermissions. H. L. Whited Passes Examination Ten and more years ago In Oregon any one, no matter how incompetent, could sell and fit spectacles. Ped dlers, fakirs and any kind of trades man took up the business at their officials, who treated them royally. The girls are accompanied by Mrs. Shea, who," hovever, does not walk all of the time as do the others. All three of the girls are said to be jolly entertainers. Miss June Shea has a delightful voire and her renditions have been the cause of much favorable newspaper comment. Miss Shea Is a great admirer of Joseph Howard, composer of "I Won der Who's Kissing Her Now," and other songs of national prominence. These are the class of songs she ren ders when appearing In vaudeville. After their trip is finished the girls expect to fill an engagement at the Pantages Theatre in Portland. It is possible that they later will become a permanent fixture on the Pantages circuit. -' The versatile young entertainers will appear at the Lyric Theatre ou Thursday and Friday evenings of this week, and all indications point to a full house. Glowing reports have been received from all of the theatres where they have appeared and mon ster crowds have jammed the play houses. A bunch of Ashlanders, supposedly Joyriders, ran into the Interurbau car between Ashland and Medford one night last week, but caused no dam age beyond a slight dent In the big car and a broken wln.lshleld on the smaller. The Joy party were taking all of the road and seemed unable to control their car. The number of the car was taken and Ihe parties are known. Eats and Sleeps Shackled to Wheel convenient c with one Idea sale get the money. -make the i I Money for Roads From Timber Sales One of the constantly Increasing In 1905 a law was passed requiring number ol travelers who are wln a board of examiners to Investigate nB f,t.u! wairer passed through the qualifications or those wishing to i Saturday. The latest gentleman of takejp the practice of optometry, by j Mils class Is a man by the name of requiring P.n examination, practical, j w, j. Salzer, who is riding a bicycle and technical. Those who were regu- j f rom Portland to San Francisco hand larly engaged In the optical business !.iffed to the bar of the bike with a at time of passage of the law were, j three-root chain. Ho is doing it on however, exempt from this examina-'a wager and has twentv-slx davs to do It In; must make all his own re- Tlie Forest Service Is authorized to expend 10 per cent of all moneys received from sales of timber, graz ing iermits and other resources of the forest domain for the construc tion and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests In 'before the Board of Optometry and tlon. Having practiced In Ashland for some thirteen years, our local op tician, 11. L. Whited, was accepted as an "exempt" and remained In that class for some ten years more, though never feeling satisfied with this standing. On A pril 6 Mr. Whited appeared tools the regular examination, pass ing with satisfactory percentage. This Is pleasing to him because some- ties in these sections and so be of times as high as 50 per cent of appll- servlce to the people who are resident In the national forest areas. Almost surrounded as we are by national forests and needing as we do the good roads, the people of this vi cinity would certainly appreciate see ing a few thousand dollars spent on the roads; A great portion of the country between here and Crater Lake by the Dead Indian route Is. na tional forest, and It Is planned to se cure some of the funds from the re cent sales of timber In this foreBt for use, on the roads. pairs and make his way, having started with only 25 cents and no tools. lie can't leave his wheel, hav ing to sleep with It and eat with it; he can't even take off his coat. Ho has been on the road seven days and Is almost half done. When In Ashland he ate at Curt'si restaurant and was obliged to set the bicycle on a stool beside him. m We should rather surmise Mint Mr. Sal zer would require a bath by the time he arrives in the exposition city. Horace Bromley, Milton Schuhard, Frank Kay, Leon Speck and Hobb Deuel were among the Medford visit- The American Musical Comedy cants for certificates fail. The cer tificate to this effect has been Issued" and Is now hung In his office. With n lnrfa atnr.Tr nf Inriuna ntwt I , , . ' , i lors ' Ashland Friday evening materials, a properly arranged opt I-1 e cnl dark room and a modern lens edging and finishing equipment, prompt and efficient service Is assured. Died. Edward X Smith passed away at his home on Morton street last Fri day at the ae of 55 years, 7 months and 5 days. ' Funeral services were held yesterday from the Christian Company, a theatrical attraction com-'church, Interment In Ashland cenie- n.ini,.. tin .1. . . prising fifteen men and women, went stranded at Cottage Grove Inst week. At the close of their performance at the Kex Theatre Wednesday evening, one of the girls caused an action nt law to he filed against the manager for back pay.- This precipitated a general row, and the company dis banded, Borne members of which had a hard time getting out of town. They were traveling north, and their reper- tolr consisted of muslc'al comedy, singing and dancing. The aggrega tion recently appeared at the Vlnlng Theatre in this city. tery. The services were In charge of the members of the I. Q. O. F., of which tho deceased was a member. Mr. Smith leaves a wife and one son, Walter, In Ashland. Smith, Emery & Co. Bonds Filed Funeral services of Thornton Smith of Talent, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Smith, who died on the 12th Inst., were held at the Methodist church here on Wednesday. Interment was In Hargadlne cemetery. He was in his twenty-third year and was former ly a student of the local high school, being a young man of much promise. Friday morning Smith, Emery & Co. filed their $50,000 bond and started on their contract. The Oregon laws are such that a foreign corporation miiKt take out a state charter before it can do business legally In the state and the bond must be written In the state. This caused a delay In furnishing the proper bond and the matter was thus delayed for a week. Thero seems to bo no further legal . tnpe to comply with and It Is now thought the work will go speedily forward. Jimmy Hibsch was one of tho many Ashland auto owners who took advan tage of the beautiful weather Sunday to pilot a party of friends over tha highway between here and Medford.