'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
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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
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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.