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"Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows'
City of Sunshine and Flowers
ASH
IDINGS
Ashland, Oregon, Lithia Springs
"The Carlsbad of America"
VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915
NUMBER 10
Officials to Visit
Southern Oregon
Leaving Thursday, a party of ten
state officials headed by Governor
Wlthycombe will travel 950 miles
through central and southern Oregon
on a tour of inspection of irrigation
projects combined wtih pleasure. Six
hundred miles of the trip will be by
rail and 350 miles by automobile.
The party expects to return to Salem
about the middle of next week.
Those who are mating the trip are
Governor Wlthycombe, Secretary of
State Olcott, Attorney General
Brown, Carle Abrams, industrial ac
cident commissioner; Harvey Wells,
state Insurance commissioner; George
Palmer Putnam, private secretary of
the governor; I. N. Flelschner, Frank
M. Warren, Marion Jack and C. F.
Stone, members of the state fish and
game commission.
The party will go direct to Bend
and from there will go to inspect the
Tumalo project. At Bend they will
be entertained at luncheon Friday.
As far as time will permit, the desert
land board members Intend to view
the Central Oregon Irrigation Com
pany's Carey act project. Friday
night the Emblem Club of Bend will
entertain the visiting officials at a
banquet.
The following morning the govern
or and members of the fish and game
commission will go to Klamath Falls
by automobile as the guests of Wes
ley 0. Smith of Klamath, representa
tive In the recent legislature from
Klamath county, and prominent
Klamath county residents. The
Klamath hosts will meet their guests
at Bend.
After passing a day at Klamath
looking over fish hatchery matters
and seeing as much as possible of the
irrigation project there, the vlsittors
will be ttaken to Crater Lake, where
they will pass the night. A commit
tee from Medford pans to meet the
officials at the lake and take them
to Medford, from which city the re
turn to Salem and Portland will be
made by rail.
The remodeling of the building at
the corner of Fourth and A streets,
owned by Thad Powell, Is practically
completed. The building now In
cludes two elegantly fitted office
rooms, several rooms which will be
used for a lodging house upstairs,
and the main storeroom, which will
be occupied by a billiard parlor.
Pay Tribute to
Oregon Exhibit
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, San Fran
cisco. Luther Burbank, who gave
Oregon its most popular potato and
the loganberry as well, a man of
world-wide knowledge and authority,
paid Oregon the compliment of mak
ing a special half-hour viBit to the
Oregon exhibit In the Palace of Agri
culture and of saying that he had
never seen a better of Its kind. He
was particularly enthusiastic over the
exhibit of forage crops and grains
which won the grand prize in compe
tition with similar exhibits from a
"score of other states. He had never
seen a more satisfactory exhibit and
was amazed that Oregon could pro
duce so wonderfully. Mr. Burbank
complimented Chief Freytag warmly
and said that there was no doubt in
his mind that the grand prize had
fallen In exactly the proper place.
Of the recest winnings by Oregon
exhibits, the Exposition News, the
daily official publication on the
grounds, says: "The state of Oregon
has set a record the past few days in
the number of prizes the state and Its
individual exhibitors have carried off
at the exposition. The prizes won by
Oregon products and by Oregonians
were chiefly in connection with the
state's horticultural and agricultural
exhibits. In both of these fields the
Oregon exhibits have carried off the
grand prizes, giving that state the
highest rank among the' states that
participate in the exhibits. The horti
cultural exhibit is in charge of C. N.
Ravlin of Hood River, and the agri
cultural displays are made under the
supervision of O. E. Freytag."
' July 1 is to be Oregon Cherry day
Magnificent cherries from the various
. j, lha at a I a will be on
horpv n I hi.i iLin ui v"J " v
' display and distributed. An elaborate
program is being prepared and tne
day will be made a gala one at the
Oregon building. These special occa
sions bring tremendous crowds to see
the Oregon building, which is unques
tionably one of the two or three most
popular buildings on the grounds. ,
Mulit Resigns as
Bank Examiner
Negotiations pending for several
weeks looking to the acquisition of
a block of stock in the Northwestern
Ntaional Bank by Lloyd L. Mulit and
his election to the position of vice
president created for him, were
closed last week. The first vice-presidency
will continue to be filled by
Emery Olmstead, the active head of
the bank under President H. L. Pit
tock. With his election to a vice-presidency
of the Northwestern National
Bank Mr. Mulit resigned the position
of national bank examiner for the
district between Tacoma and Rose
burg, which he has held two years.
His succesfor as bank examiner will
probably be announced this week
from Washington. Mr. Mulit left the
service of the Southern Pacific rail
road twelve years ago, engaged in
the banking business at Ashland and
took the office of national bank ex
aminer in 1913. In 1907 and in 1909
he was elected state senator from
Jackson county.
Shriners Will Pass
Through Next Week
Seattle, June 2S. Entertainment
plans for the thousands of Shriners
who will next week begin their pil
grimage to this state to hold their
annual council for the first time in
the Pacific northwest have been com
pleted by Nile Temple of Seattle. The
program will cover an entire week,
beginning Sunday, July 11, when the
vanguard will arrive, and continuing
until midnight Saturday, July 17.
About 90 per cent of them will pass
through Ashland either going or com
ing. Trips to different parts of the state
by water and land, huge balls, barbe
cues, lawn fetes, automobile rides and
banquets and luncheons will comprise
the big features of the entertainment.
Dances and songs by 1,000 school chil
dren in the Shrine stadium, the west
ern roundup and stampede and other
similar productions will provide addi
tional diversion. . .
Mrs. Helen Murphy visited over
Sunday In Medford.
Boy Scouts Make
Three-day Hike
Nineteen boys, members of the Boy
Scout troop, under Scoutmaster Geo.
B. Holley, left Friday afternoon on a
three days' hike to the Little Apple-
gate country. Accompanying them
were Mr. Holley and William Murphy.
Several pack horses carried the boys'
rations, each lad carrying his own
bedding. The arasta on Wagner creek
was reached about 7 o'clock Friday
evening and camp was pitched for the
night. The trip on over the Little
Applegate was made the next day and
the return trip to Ashland Sunday.
The stouts enjoyed a most interesting
trip and all report a fine time. This
troop is one of three now organized in
Ashland.
Valley Movies
Shown Here First
The moving pictures taken by A. C.
Allen of Ashland and the Rogue River
valley will be shown for the first time
in Ashland at the Vining theatre on
Wednesday and Thursday, June 30
and July 1.
There are between 5,000 and 6,000
feet of film in the pictures, which in
clude many views of local scenes and
hundreds of other of the valley's
beauty spots artistically woven into
an interesting story. A prominent
Medford lady starred in the story.
Pictures were taken here in the park,
at the springs, on the streets, on the
scenic drive and in other parts of the
city.
There is a notice, from the United
States bureau of immigration posted
in tne postornce wnicn states mat
the commissioner of labor at Okla
homa Clty has' sent out word that
from 16,000 to 18,000 harvest hands
are needed in Oklahoma. This forms
part of a nation-wide movement on
the part of the government to keep
the unemployed informed of the need
for laborers. . . ,
Buy your berry crates and cups
from us. , Carson-Fowler Lumber Co.
Forger Goes To
State Prison
Joe Thomas, or Harry Beard, the
young man brought back from Sclo
by Constable Irwin to answer to
charges of forging several checks
here, has been sent to the state peni
tentiary. He was committed to the
state prison from Douglas county on
a charge of larceny and was paroled
by Governor West last Christmas day.
Having broken his parole, his pardon
was revoked by Governor Withycombe
and he was returned to the peniten
tiary from Jacksonville last week.
Organize Auto
Club at Medford
The automobillsts of Medford have
organized an automobile club. A
name has.not been decided upon, but
it was proposed that the club be
called the Southern Oregon Automo
bile Club and Include all auto owners
of southern Oregon. If such an or
ganization could be perfected it would
be a powerful factor in building up
good roads and in other work towards
the forwarding of the valley.
Oregon Wins
Another Award
The latest awards at the San Fran
cisco exposition were those' which
proclaim that Portland and vicinity,
typical of all Oregon, has the best
milk In the United States. In com
petition with exhibits from fifty
states, territories and provinces, the
exhibit entered by Dr. Marcellus of
Portland won the $100 cash prize for
the highejt average score for ten reg
ular exhibits of milk or cream, re
gardless of class, the gold medal for
the largest total number of regular
exhibits of milk and cream, and a
half dozen other medals for excellence
In individual classes. On top of the
grand prize in horticulture the grand
prize . in forage crops, this third
grand prize for perfection of milk
places Oregon far in the lead In the
matter of winnings and says to all
the world that Oregon is indeed the
leader Oregonians know it to be.
Mystery Is
Cleared Up
The mystery which surrounded the
wedding of a Gold Hill man in this
city has been cleared up. Writing
from Gold Hill, Ben Lampman ex
plains the reason for the gentleman
giving a different name to license
clerk than that under which he is
practicing dentistry. In the article
which appeared in the Tidings recent
ly concerning the matter the Tidings
wished to cast no reflection upon the
gentleman's character, but believes It
Is the duty of a newspaper to give
such matters publicity so that in case
there was something crooked going
on, it would be discovered. Any un
enviable notoriety which the gentle
man may have received is sincerely
regretted.
Says Mr. Lampman:
"The name Patery Is the birth
name of the gentleman, who assumed
the name of Howard upon the second
marriage of his mother to one of that
name. For legal reasons it was neces
sary that the marriage license under
which Dr.. Howard was recently wed
ded should bear his actual, or birth,
name. For business reasons, and his
long establishment as Dr. Howard in
the dental profession, it was incon
venient for him to permanently reas
sume the first."
Bullis Interests
Buy Barnum Lines
The Bullis interests, owners of the
Medford electric street railway, are
reported to have taken over the Bar
num line to Jacksonville. They will
electrify the line, connect it with the
street railway and expect eventually
to extend it to the Applegate valley,
thus opening up one of the richest ag
ricultural districts in the west to rail
road. The Sterling mine, owned by
the Bullis people, will probably be
reached, affording an outlet for un
told wealth from that mine and oth
ers in the district
Don't forget we close all day Mon
day, July 5. White House Grocery.
Phones 155; and 156., 10-2t .
4.
XO FIREWORKS.
Notice is hereby given that
the use of fireworks of any de
scription will be prohibited in
the city of Ashland on the 4th
and Eth of July as follows: "On
the Boulevard, Main street, the
Plaza, Mill street and the parks.
This leaves plenty of territory
for fireworks and makes it more
agreeable and sufe for the pub
lic. Respectfully,
O. H. JOHNSON, Mayor.
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Start Paving in
Multnomah County
Multnomah county has let contracts
to pave 65. 7 . miles of highways at a
total cost of $1,250,000. Fifty-six
miles are to be asplialtic concrete on
either crushed rock base or old mac
adam base. Ten miles are of concrete,
'while brick will be used on curves
and heavy grades.
Work has already started on the
miles of road, and should prove a
boon to the unemployed of Portland.
Daring Robbery
At Hornbrook
One of the most daring robberies in
years occurred at Hornbrook about
11 o'clock Tuesday evening. A
masked robber held up Gordon Jac
obs, manager of the Jones store, on
the street, and after marching him
home forced him and his wife to
march back down the street to open
the store and the safe, from which he
secured $800 and a large amount of
gold dust and nuggets. He then
marched the couple back to their
home and made his escape. Word
was sent north and south immediately
and all trains, searched. Yesterday
Deputy Sheriff L. H. Newton was
over from Hornbrook and insisted on
the Ashland police searching a room
ing' D'jse, although no warrant bad
been issued. It is the opinion of many
people that the bandit took to the
hills, where he will lie low until the
affair blows over.
Popular Young Man
Seriously Hurt
As a result of an auto accident on
the Pacific highway about a quarter
of a mile this side of Talent Saturday
night, one young man is hovering be
tween life and death at the Granite
City hospital, another is suffering
from a broken leg and three others
are bady bruised and battered.
The accident occurred about 11:15.
Howard Frame was driving back from
Medford in his roadster with Pat
Scott and Everett Beeson of Talent in
the seat beside him. The party had
stopped in Talent to recover a lost hat
and had Just got about a quarter of
a mile out of that town when Duff
Harrington and Wright Hicks, on an
Indian motorcycle, bound for Med
ford, crashed into them.
Scott and Beeson were thrown free
from the wreckage and escaped with
cuts and bruises. Harrington was
thrown for a considerable distance
but suffered no broken bones. Hicks
received a broken leg. Frame was
pinioned under the car, which turned
completely over, and suffered injuries
which may prove fatal. All of the
party except Scott were taken to the
hospital in Ashland, where the extent
of their injuries was found. Frame
has a broken jawbone, very serious
cuts about the head and is bruised all
over. At an early hour this afternoon
he was reported to be In a Bemi-eon-sclous
state with no appreciable im
provement evident.
The motorcycle was cut completely
in two and is merely a mass of tan
gled metal. The front end of the car
was completely wrecked. The force
of the collision turned the car com
pletely around and upside down.
According to friends of Frame, he
has been having trouble with his
lights lately, and the boys on the mo
torcycle claim that no lights were
burning. The evening was almost as
bright as day owing to the full moon.
In fact, the driver of the Interurban,
who was ahead of the car at the time,
having passed them in Talent, found
it necessary to get out and look to see
if his lights were on upon entering
Ashland.
Frame was on the right side of the
Success Spelled j
In Big Letters
t..
That Is the way we would speak of
B. W. Craig, better known in the
larger eastern cities. Mr. Craig has
been with Beebe & Kinney for the
past ten days, and beyond a doubt
has proven the fact that the man who
makes a study of one line of business
Is the successful man.
In this day and age men who make
a specialty of one line of business
and become proficient are Invariably
successful. Several years ago Mr.
Craig decided to enter In to the spec
ial advertising business, and his suc
cess has been little short of phenome
nal. We have watched Mr. Craig In his
work on the coast for the last few
years and find that the big success of
this sale Is nothing new for him, and
both Mr. Beebe and Mr. Kinney speak
very highly of him.
Mr. Craig is a great booster for
southern Oregon, and says that our
park will be the greatest summer re
sort in the United States within the
next few years.
Roseburg Man
Is Game Warden
The state fish and game commis
sion Inst Thursday appointed H. L.
Kelly of Oregon City master fish
warden to succeed R. E. Clanton, who
was chosen superintendent of state
hatcheries. Carl D. Shoemaker of
Roseburg was elected state game
warden, on account of the resignation
of A. H. Lea of Portland, who was
appointed by the commission at tis
last meeting.
L. L. Jewell of Grants Pass was
appointed deputy game warden for
Josephine county. He replaces Fred
Merrill. J. H. Driscoll also was ap
pointed a deputy game warden to suc
ceed Sam L. Sandry, who was named
superintendent of screens and screen
construction throughout the state.
The board elected M. S. Barnes of
Paisley deputy for Lake county.
In the future the commission de
clared that all aspirants for positions
with the state game or fish depart
ments would be given examinations
to test their fitness.
"Sari" Voted Best
Musical Comedy Yet
A fair-sized audience greeted the
operetta "Sari" at the Vining theatre
last Thursday evening. The com
pany was excellent and carried an
orchestra which was a great addition
to the performance. Stunning gowns,
beautiful women, spectacular scenic
effects and, above all, good singing
and acting made the musical comedy
the most enjoyable which has ever
been shown here. Mizzi Hajos, In the
title role, won the hearts of her audi
ence completely and will be ranked
In the memories of Ashland theatre
goers alongside of Peggy O'Neal of
"Peg 0' My Heart" fame. Ashland is
greatly Indebted to the management
of the Vining theatre who have the
initiative to secure such attractions.
Says the Medford Sun:
"Ashland may not be the Carlsbad
of America as yet, but the Vining
theatre is doing all it can to make It
the 'show place' of Jackson county."
Klwtricul Rcjwilr Shop on C Street.
The auto painting shop on C street
between Second and Thiid streets Is
now occupied by the oxy-acetylene
welding plant and battery charging
equipment that was formerly in the
Ashland Grrage. Expert battery at
tention and repairs tto all classes of
electrtlcal equipment will be attended
to by Lee Berry. Welding of cast
Iron, aluminum, steel, brass, etc., will
also be done there. This apparatus
was retained by H. G. Butterfield
when he Bold the Ashland Garage to
Perry Ashcraft. 10-2t
road but was no doubt traveling at a
good rate of speed. From all appear
ances the motorcycle was on the
wrong Bide of the road and must have
been traveling fast. According to
Hicks, the boys on the motorcycle
thought that the car was a wagon go
ing In the opposite direction and
started to pass to the left, discovering
their mistake too late to turn. Har
rington was on his second trip to
Medford, according to those who saw
him before he left Ashland, having
already made one trip the same even
ing.
Says Eastern
Route Desolate
N. E. Neibllng of Seattle, who a
month or two ago called into ques
tion the statement of former Highway 1
Engineer Bowlby in regard to tha
condition of the Pacific highway, that
tills route was practically Impassable,
was today in this city, having come
over from Sutherlln, where he is the
guest of Dr. Bennett.
"I have recently been over the
eastern Oregon route, by which I was
advised by Mr. Bowlby to go in reach
ing California," said Mr. Neibilng,
"and 1 am now this far over the
route I was advised to avoid. I am
now sure Mr. Bowlby's advice was
wrong, and will say concerning so
much of this route as I have seen
that It is a touristt's paradise, com
pared to the country that must be
traversed tin reaching California
through eastern Oregon."
Mr, Neibllng while here rend the
letter In which Mr. Bowlby set forth
his Ftntement, and pronounced it
identical wtih the one he received
from the former official. "There arei
some rough spots here, It is true," he
said, "but they are not such as would
give the tourist the least trouble, and
are as nothing compared to the sand
found on the other route, which Is
combined with a desolateuess of
scenery." Mr. Neibllng Is of the
opinion that the advice, even at pres
ent given out in Portland, and result
ing In a large part of the tourist traf
fic being diverted through eastern
Oregon, comes from those who have
land to sell In that section.
Mr. Neibllng is disinterested In the
controversy except that he wishes tho
best road to secure the credit It de
serves. He Is an attorney in Seattle,
and is Journeying to California on his
vacation.. It was for the purpose or
learning the best route to the latter
state that he made an Inquiry of the
Oregon state engineer. Being an old
friend of Dr. Bennett, he will proba
bly visit at Sutherlln for several
days. Roseburg Review.
Miss Olive Thorn returned to her
home in the city Wednesday. Miss
Thorn graduated with high honors
from the San Jose normal and will
take up the teaching profession in
the fall. She wbh president of the
Oregon society at San Jose.
Boy Prize Winners
Now At Exposition
Oregon Building, San Francisco Ex
position. Tho ten winners of State
Industrial Club grand prizes a trip
to the exposition with all expenses
paid are now quartered at the Ore
gon building and will remain one
week. The boys and girls came ii
Sunday morning In charge of Assist
ant State Superintendent E. F. Carl
ton and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Seymour
of Dallas, the latter acting as chape
rones to the pnrty. The boys and
girls in the party, all under sixteen,
are as follows: Clans C. Charley of
Brownsboro, JuckBon county, cham
pion corn grower; Audley Meyer,
Lake Creek, Jnckson county, cham
pion In potato growing; Jessie Keyt.
Perrydale, Polk county, best in the
girls' canning and preserving contest;
K. Vernon Rains, Myrtle Creek, Doug
las county, champion poultry raiser;
May McDonald, Dallas, Polk county,
best at Bewlng; Francell Hawley, Mc
Coy, Polk county, champion at cook
ing and baking; Kenneth Bursell,
Monmouth, Polk county, best at pig
feeding; Perry Pickett, Salem, best
vegetable gardener; Oscar Snyder,
Creswell, Lane county, who kept the
best dairy record; Paul Jaeger, Sher
wood, ClackamaB, best in manual arts.
The young people are enjoying them
selves and the visit Is being made
especially pleasant by Commissioner
C. L. Hawley, who is deeply Interested
In the development of children along
practical lines.
Bryan Will Pass
Through Ashland
Ex-Secretary of State Bryan will
pass through Ashland Inside of a few -weeks.
He is going to the San Fran
cisco exposition, thence to the np-
coast cities. He expects to reach Se
attle between July 12 and 18. Great
Interest will be manifested In what
he has to say on this trip. It Is be
lieved that If he Is going to break.
with the president on general polllt
cal lines, it will become manifest oa
this trip.