Oregon Historical Society
Cnmn 207 Second P
"Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
' City of Sunshine and Flowers
Ashland, Oregon; Uthla Springs
"The Carlsbad of America"
VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1915
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Three Thousand Pay
Tribute of Silence
A crowd of approximately 3,000
people greeted the Liberty Bell at the
station Friday morning at 3 o'clock.
When the train carrying the historic
relic drew Into the station the packed
assemblage paid the highest of all
tribute, the "tribute of silence."
For several minutes hardly a word
was spoken, while the thousands
gazed on the greatest of all American
relics.
As a bell it deserves little atten
tion. Not very large, cracked and
worn, In a thousand steeples there
hang sweeter toned bells than this
broken relic of the past so cracked
and worn that it must be handled like
a precious piece of cut glass. Through
age alone it cannot demand venera
tion. There are many bells which
Ftlll ring forth glad and sad tidings
that pealed forth many years before
this bell was cast. But that poor
broken, cracked relic of the past Is
enshrined In the hearts of the people
of Ashland and of the entire country
In a place of its own.
Bent old soldiers, young school
girls, hard-headed business men, lit
tle children, every person present Fri
day morning was carried away for a
few minutes with a feeling remote
from the busy buzz of life. Many
people have seen the bell since it
started out across the" continent,
bands have greeted It, speeches and
flowers, but nowhere has the great
relic met a finer tribute than that
paid It by the people of Ashland.
The historic relic which boomed
forth the message of Independence so
many years ago and has been careful
ly guarded In Philadelphia since, is
under the guard of a number of Phil
adelphia officials and six stalwart po
licemen. While here, several thou
sand books and cards telling of the
history of the bell were handed out.
One hour previous to the bell's
arrival whistles and bells aroused
those who bad not remained up
through the night. A display of fire
works by the Chinese colony greeted
the train. For the last time the city
was thrown open for fireworks and
the night was a noisy one. Hundreds
attended the dances and made them
selves at home at the "open bouse"
at the Natatorium while awaiting the
arrival of the bell. The night greet
ing was a typical display of Ashland
spirit.
A Little Match
Does Much Damage
Someone threw a match Into the
grass along the fence of the high
school athletic grounds, starting a
fire which did several dollars' worth
of damage to the fence last Friday
afternoon. The fire department was
called out and arrived before the fire
had got under good headway and ex
tinguished the blazing fence with the
chemicals.
This Item In Itself 1s hardly worth
anything as a news item, but as ma
' terlal for preaching a sermon to the
children yes, and the grownups of
Ashland It Is very valuable. Every
summer thousands of dollars' worth
of damage Is done by fire which
starts from the same cause, a match
or cigarette stub. A fraction of a
second of time and an atom of
thought Is all that Is necessary to
see that a match is out before throw
ing It away. The Siskiyou county
forest service advises breaking every
match in two before throwing it
away. This would be a good plan to
follow and will Insure enough atten
tion to the match to Insure against a
burning spark. Fire prevention Is
heard on every side and signs are
plastered throughout the national
forests warning against fire. To the
average person all of this preaching
rolls off their minds like water off a
duck's back. Some few who have the
bablt of observation and are accus
tomed to spend an qccasional minute
thinking about what they see, remem
ber to take the precautions advised.
In time everyone will have the
thought of fire prevention pounded
Into them and there will be no more
forest and grass fires except those
I which start from lightning and kin
' dred natural causes. . ' .
Marshfleld Johnson & Larson will
erect $20,000 concrete block at Ban
don'. J. A. and Marie Steach have
bought the Long Creek Hanger. ' '
The Portland port commission will
expend $22,600, on new dredge.
Ashland Entertains
Many Shriners
Friday and Saturday were busy
days at the exhibit building on the
depot grounds, where a delegation of
our citizens were greeting the hun
dreds and thousands of Shriners who
were passing through Ashland In
special trains. Thousands of souve
nir cards, Shasta daisies and glasses
of Llthla water were given to the
visitors. At times the little exhibit
room was literally packed with people
waiting their turn to get samples of
our spring waters. Many of the vis
itprs expressed themselves as delight
ed with the Rogue River valley and
seemed especially pleased with Ash
land and its surroundings. Those of
our people who worked hard for two
days helping to entertain these gen
ial visitors were amply repaid by the
expressions of appreciation of our
simple hospitality on the part of hun
dreds of the passengers on these
special trains.
At one time there were five special
trains in the yards and the members
of the entertainment committee were
literally swamped by the crowds.
However, everyone was happy and in
a pleasant frame of mind, ready for
i anything in the way of fun and good
! fellowship. With very few exeep-
tions thepe visitors were of a high
j type, the kind of people who appreel
: ate courtesy shown to them and al
ways ready to show their apprecia
tion by word or act.
Those who helped entertain these
visitors were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
McXair, the Misses Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. M. F. Cyester, Mi. and Mrs. W.
E. Newcombe, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Hurt, Mrs. C. P. Chrlstensen, C. H.
Vaupel, T. K. Bolton, R. P. Cornelius,
T. H. Simpson, E. T. Staples, Miss
N'atalie Swlgart, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Xorris and Mr. and Mrs. M. J
uuryea.
Park Entrances
Portland Visitor
B. W. Richards of the firm of Ger
linger & Richards of Portland and
George II. Smitton, general freight
agent of the Great Northern railway,
with headquarters at Portland, to
gether with their wives, stopped off
for two days in Ashland last week
while en route from the exposition
In the former's automobile.
Mr. Smitton called at this office
before leaving, saying that the party
felt that they could not leave Ash
land without telling of the Impres
sions which Ashland had made upon
them. Mr. Smitton said: "You have
here the most beautiful natural park
on the coast If not In the entire coun
try, and are proceeding along the
right lines In your wonderful devel
opment work. Ashland is my ideal
of a place to live and I certainly envy
you who live here." Mr. Smitton has
had extensive railroad experience and
in the course of his work has made
a complete Investigation of the tourist
traffic. Here In Ashland he sees a
resort city which has the attractions
to draw the entire tourist traffic
which comes to the coast. One of his
remarks- was that all that we lacked
was a good hotel and that there was
an opportunity here Tor a man to
build a hotel and become a million
aire in a few years.
The party spent practically all of
their two days here in rambling
through the park and over the ad
jacent hills. "We are sure coming
back," were their last words.
Many Camp in Park
For Chautauqua
About three hundred people camped
In the Chautauqua park this year. A
still greater number came up from
valley points for single days and to
camp over one night. Those who
signed up for tents were:
P. N. Grisez, C. F. Tllton, Mrs. E.
A. Pratt, A. A. Moody, Mary B. Orr,
W. K. Tinker, John Patty, Mrs. Sie
mantel, E. E. Kelly of Medford, G.
B. Conwell, Frank Tompkins, Mrs. W.
J. Elmer, Mrs., Jennie Spender, Mrs.
J. D. Heer, A. H. Hayes, J. P. .Pace,
Mary . Payne, J. G. Smith, Robert
Tweed, C. H. .Jeffry, O. T. Salsbury,
H. P, Holmes, w! S. Ball, : R. C.
Wimer, O. J. Hawley, J. R. Wick,
Miss Maud Holley, H. B. Mills, Rev.
Camahan, Mrs. Moore, H. C. High,
Mrs, K, a Smith, F, O. G. Club, Miss
O. Engle, A, E. Miller, George Holley,
George, Millner, W. A. Akin.
Pbone Job orders to the Tiding
County Court Selects Route
Around East of Billings Hill
At a meeting of the county court
last week the Finings hill problem
was definitely settled. The route
chosen is the one swinging around
the east side of the bill and crossing
under the railroad track at the creek
culvert near the present crossing.
The route selected leaves the com
pleted pavement at the end running
straight ahead through the Arnold
property and then In a sweeping
curve around the entire hill with a
maximum 4 per cent grade to the
culvert crossing, tho curving to the
left and making a gentle grade up
into the Ashland paved street about
200 feet from the present crossing.
Mr. Billings has agreed to donate
Injured
Fireman
Will Recover
Dunsmuir News: Engineer Grant
Taylor and Mrs. Loyal Taylor re
turned to this city last Sunday even
ing from San Francisco, where they
attended the bedside of their son and
husband, who was so seriously in
jured In the railroad wreck which oc
curred at Ashland on the 6th instant,
mention of which has already ap
peared in these columns. We are In
formed by Mr. Taylor that from
X-ray tests Loyal's hip was not brok
en as at first anticipated, but instead
was thrown out of the socket and
twisted. He also stated that no in
ternal injuries existed, and the at
tending physician believed there
would be no permanent injury after
his son's, recovery.
While his ultimate recovery will
be a matter of some time, It is cer
tainly gratifying news to Loyal's
many warm friends to know that
eventually he will be with us again.
Annual Chautauqua
Business Meeting
The Chautauqua Association held
their annual meeting last Friday af
ternoon. The election of officers re
sulted as follows: Officers: G. F.
Billings, president; Rev. J. S. Smith,
vice-president; L. J. Trefren, secre
tary: G. G. Eubanks, treasurer.
Board of directors: E. D. Brlggs, C.
W. Root, Mrs. D. Perozzl, George W,
Trefren, H. L. Whited.
The problem of a new building was
discussed at some length but no defi
nite action taken as to the means for
securing one. All of the officers and
directors are unanimous in that
new building is an imperative neces
sity.
Although the financial report of
the past session Is not quite finished
as yet, Mr. Trefren assures us that
the assembly broke even if not better
than even. ' The Ellison-White Com
pany, who furnished the talent, was
paid $1,200. An approximate est!
mate of the receipts at the door Is
$2,600.
The association looks forward to a
busy year and expect to have a pro
gram which will be better than ever"
presented In a new building next
year.
Portland Chamber
Investigates Division
Portland Oregonlan: Complaints
have been received by the Chamber
of Commerce from merchants and
business men of Grants Pass, Ash
land and Medford to the effect that
efforts have been persistently made
by interests In Portland to direct
tourist automobile travel through
central Oregon on the pretext that
the roads in southern Oregon are In
poor condition.
The chamber Is investigating the
complaint and will take every meas
ure to offset such activity if it can be
found who is engaged In It. Thus far
automobile organizations, tourist
agencies and other organizations have
emphatically denied that they have
influenced tourists to the detriment
of southern Oregon.
O. W. R.i& N. is considering
short line from Ontario to Bend.
East Marshfleld Sets mile of street
improved and" may order water sys
tem! .. . ..'j
Pendleton-i-SIX treetg. ordered. Im
proved with standard Ditulltnic ti.1
his right of way, while Arnold's right
of way will be purchased by the coun
ty court. The contract for this con
struction will be let in the near fu
ture. Bids for the construction of the
Pacific highway route north of Cen
tral Point running went of the S. P.
tracks and avoiding the three grade
crossings have been called for and
construction work will be rushed to
completion.
The county court has decided to
route the highway on the left bank
of the Rogue river, not crossing to
Woodvllle, but at Gold Hill It Is prob
able that the road will follow the
present highway through that place.
Grants Pass Voters
Ratify Railroad
For the fourth consecutive time the
people of Grants Pass have registered
a practically unanimous vote In favor
of the coast railroad issue. At the
election held Wednesday only 76 of
the 940 voters who went to the polls
voted against ratification of the con
tract made between the city council
and the firm of Twohy Brothers Com
pany, the action of the majority as
suring the continuation of railroad
building and the pushing of the couRt
line Into the Illinois valley without
delay.
At the same election, by a vote of
730 to 196, a franchise was granted
the Rogue River Public Service Cor
poration for the installation of an
electric lighting and power system
within the city, service to be guaran
teed within nine months, by which
date at leRrt two miles of wires carry
ing current shall have been erected
within the municipality.
From Ashland to
j Brooklyn, N.Y.
The following Is a clipping taken
from the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn,
X. Y.:
Women of Ashland, Ore., Send Moral
Greetings.
(Correspondence of The Eagle.) .
Ashland, Ore., July 2. That the
spirit of Peter Grimm is abroad in
this wonderful little city of Ashland
was evidenced when our train pulled
into the station early this afternoon.
The women of Ashland sent to the
women of Brooklyn and elsewhere
beautiful floral greetings, each one
receiving a bouquet of roses. It was
a beautiful tribute, and made a de
cided hit also with the men of the
Eagle party. All of us alighted, and
during our stay of twenty minuteB or
more were entertained by the secre
tary of the Ashland Commercial Club,
who spoke of the wonders and beau
ties of Jackson county and the gate
way city, Ashland. Ashland Is a city
of some 6.000 persons, 2,000 feet
above set level, in the foothills of the
Siskiyou mountains, 431 miles north
of San Francisco, on the line of the
Southern Pacific, and has several
mineral springs. One of the springs
the llthla has a flow of 23 gallons
per minute, and the city has Issued
bonds for $175,000 to pay for piping
the springs Into the city. P. II.
Miniature Spring
Exact Reproduction
The manager of the publicity de
partment has received the following
letter from Mr. Frohbach In regard
to the springs. exhibit at the exposi
tion: "Turned the water Into the Bprlng
this morning for the first time and
tried out the compressor, and it's
great. Mr. and Mrs. Perozzl and
Andy McCallen, who are all familiar
with the original spring, say that
there never could possibly be one re
produced any more perfect In opera
tion as the one we have constructed
here. I 'am very pleased to assure
you that the bubbling part of the
spring Is a success. . Although I had
the advice of experts, I felt a little
uneasy about Its operation and assure
you it will be the distinctive feature
In the Oregon building- Mr. Mc
Laren sent the ferns and trees and
be did well by us."
Eugene' lays plans for' $6,000 pota
to, itarth factory.
Shriners Keep
Railroaders Busy
Over two thousand Shriners passed
through in two dozen special trains
during the past three days, bound
from the Imperial Shrine at Seattle
to the San Francisco exposition. All
except perishable freight has been
sidetracked and an almost continuous
string of specie's has taxed the
equipment and force of the Southern
Pacific. The local yards have been
the busiest place in the city for the
past few days. Several of the Shrines
carried their own bands and played
on the depot platform while here.
Of all the trains, that of Lu Lu
Temple of Philadelphia attracted per
haps the most attention. Lu Lu is
the Philadelphia Shrine. The special
train cost $140,000 and was In so
muny sections that It required ar.
hour to pass. The trains did not stop
long enough to allow the passengers
to see Ashland. Lu Lu'TenipIe rep
resents the last syllable In the appli
cation of unlimited wealth to Shrine
doni. It has a band of eighty pieces,
every man In which Is said to be a
millionaire. This super band scorns
the wearing of the same uniform
every day. It has five changes. Each
uniform Is more porgeous than the
ceding one. The Monday uniform
has about a thousand dollars' worth
of gold dewdnda on it. You have to
look at the Friday costume through
smoked glasses. Besides the band,
there is a bugle corps of 30 pieces
and a mounted patrol of 24. The
mounted patrol scornes such a cheap
procedure os renting retired cab
horses at each stop. They carried
their 24 black horses on the special
train with them. These horses have
been duly Initiated Into the Shrine
and are familiar with all hand shakes
and secret words of the order.
Highway Amazes
Advisory Board
"I am amazed that such a highway
could be built through the Siskiyou
mountains,', Jt la the final word hi
road building the climax of Ore
gon's highway efforts," said S. Ben
son of Portland, Oregon's most use
ful citizen, chairman of the state ad
visory highway commission, Thurs
day evening after a trip over Jack
son county's mountain boulevard.
"It beats the Columbia highway,
A more difficult problem Is most sat
isfactorily solved. In vista and
scenic grandeur and perfect roadway
the Siskiyou highway surpasses any
thing I have seen In highways," said
J, II. Albert of Salem, also a member
of the commission.
Leslie Butler, the third member of
the commission, was equally pleased
with the highway. "I never dreamed
that you had anything like this," be
said. "We have been boasting of
our Columbia highway, but this road
way Is fully its equal and In many
ways its superior."
Former Ashland
Young Man Killed
Gordon Lindsay, a brakeman In the
employ of the Weed Lumber Com
pany on their logging railroad, while
starting out on a fishing trip Sun
day morning was In some manner
thrown from the horse he was riding
and sustained a fractured skull, ren
dering hfm unconscious. His horse
coming back Into the logging camp
from which he started aroused sus-
pecion that something was wrong,
and a searching party found him ly
ing by the side of the road. He was
rushed to the Weed Hospital, where
Dr. Tebbe did everything he could,
but to no avail, as he died Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. Coroner Tur
ner held an Inquest upon the body at
Weed Tuesday, and the verdict of the
jury was that he came to his death
accidentally, by being thrown from
his horse and fracturing his skull.
Lindsay was 18 years old and a son of
William Lindsay, a conductor running
out of Rosevllle. The body will be
shipped to his parents and burled at
Rosevllle.'
Gordon Lindsay went to school in
Ashland several years ago and was
well known to numbers of local peo
ple. ' '
Salem Eppley baking powder fac
tory doubles capacity of plant.
1 Beaverton, votes ,$23,50-0 .bonds for
high school.
Accomplished Won
ders in Ten Days
The twenty-third annual session of
the Southern Oregon Chautauqua
closed Friday evening with "The
Great American Circus." Of all tho
most excellent numbers on this sea
son's program this was by far the
best. A crowded house greeted the
opening numbpr arid applauded al
most continuously during the succes
sion of drills, games, dancing and
acrobatic work. There were nineteen
numbers, five of which were given by
Prof. Lnrimore and his two assist
ants. The remainder were various
stunts and drills put on by tho vari
ous classes. Tho ucrolmtlc work of
Mr. Larlmore and the two young men
who are with him excelled anything:
which has ever been seen In that. lino
In Ashland. Some of tho stunts
which the trio did are exclusive fea
tures which only one troup of profes
sionals In tho United States carry In
their repertoire.
Over two hundred boys and girls,
from little tots-of three to high sclioot
girls and boys, were Included In Prof.
Larlmore's classes, and it is needlesa
to say that each and every one wor
ship their Instructor as the ball fans
of New York worship Christy
Mathewson.
The results which Mr. Larlmore
has accomplished during his ten days'
stay here were amply exemplified Fri
day evening in tho hi mils, drills and
dances. "Wondreful" Is too weak a
word to describe tho results of tho
work of the king of physical Instruct
ors and prince of good fellows. To
adequately descrlbo each of the fea
tures would require more space and
more eloquence than this pnpor can
afford. The foil; dances were prob
ably the prettiest features of the pro
gram. Each and all of the little par
ticipants deserves personal mention.
The training which has been given
the children of Ashland by Mr. Larl
more will have a lasting effect. Many
were taught to swim, and It is to bo
hoped that the parents of every boy
and girl will see that ample oppor
tunity Is afiorded the children to con
tinue the exercises and swimming.
Not only the young people but the
parents of Ashland wait the return
of Prof. Larlmore next year. It Is to
be hoped that we can get hlni for a
longer stay.
Home cooking at Cafe Elite.
Guide Names At
tractions in'Caves
R. W. Rowley, government guide
at Oregon caves, gave to the Grants
Pass Courier the following list of
some of the picturesque and Interest
ing features In the caves:
Lower entrance: Judge Watson's
Grotto; Petrified Garden; Heavenly
Boudoir; Old Satan's Cauldron; Old
Satan's Cradle; Old Satan's Back
hone; Little Bush Lake; Prison
Cells; Royal Gorge; Judicial Hall;
Bee Hive; Bottomless Pit; Adam's
Tomb; Cape Horn.
Upper caves: Lion's Jaw, where
Frank Ellis accidentally shot and
killed himself August 1, 1909; Amer
ican Falls; King's Palace; Neptune's
Grotto; Queen's Dining Room;
Queen's Reception Room; Grand
Column; Paradise Alley; Grandma's
Teakettle; Toboggan Slide; Pipe Or
gan; Niagara Falls; Bacon Room;
Elephant's Head; Old Satan's Hitch
ing Post; Fat Man's Grief; Grave
yard; Washington's Statue; Joaquin
Miller's Chapel; Lake Michigan; Gar
den of the Gods; Mt. Shasta; ,Tw(n
SIsterB; Across the Atlantic, or Over
the Brussels Carpet; Up the Golden
Stairs; Dante's Inferno; Bridal Veil
Falls; Cascades; Archangel, Presid
ing Over Inferno; Bridal Chamber;
Bride;. Three Sisters; Taffy Room;
Crystal Lake; Transparent Rocks, In
Bridal Chamber; Old Nick's Slide;
Ghost Room; Garden of Eden; Para
dlse'Lost; Klncaid's Dance Hall.
The average time spent on a trip
through the caves is three and one-
half hours, the distance covered be
ing three and one-halt miles.
The extreme explored length, from
entrance to end of Ghost Chamber,
Is five-eighths of a mile. Lowest
known vertical depth of the caves la
1,600 feet. .,,.....,..
Miss Cora Williams of Lexington,
K . ntrlvAri Yesterday for a visit with.-
Mrs. Robert iWlley. x From here she;, :
will go to visit Miss Jessie Rose at
Plnewood Place In Klamath county.
Miss Jessie Rose returned' to 'Aejr''.
Klamath home last week' after an 'ex
tended visit here.