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"The Carlsbad of America'
VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1915
NUMBER 19
Publicity Dept.
Activities Many
The publicity department has sent
ten albums of views of scenery In
and about Ashland to Mr. John M.
Scott, general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific Company. These
are to be placed in the observation
cars of the company. A similar al
bum has been sent to Mr. Frohbach
to be used In the Ashland llthfa
springs exhibit In the Oregon build
ing at the exposition.
The department has received a
photograph of the new springs ex
hibit that has been installed In the
southern Oregon exhibit in the Ore
gon building. Judging from the pho
tograph this exhibit Is very beautiful.
By using a small motor-driven air
compressor to force air through the
water of the spring it has been possi
ble to reproduce in realistic manner
the bubbling effect of our real
springs.. Mr. Frohbach writes the
department that the spring Is attract
ing the attention of countless visitors.
The installation of this spring is part
of the activities of the present man
agement of the department.
The publicity director has ordered
and received a small cut of the front
cover of the new booklet that is to
be issued In a short time. This cut
reproduces the glass of water faith
fully. It will be used on envelopes
and letter heads, and It is the hope
of Manager Duryea that it will be
used by a great many of our business
men on their stationery. This glass
of water, so typical of Ashland's
greatest resource, is destined to be
come the city's trade mark, for it is
going to be sent all over the United
States In the next few months.
The department will have a little
leaflet descriptive of Ashland off the
press this week. These are to be
placed in the auto camp and in the
exhibit building at the station for
distribution to visitors and will be
used until the new booklet is out.
They contain a brief story of what
Ashland is doing to develop her nat
ural resources, and tell of our mani
fold attractions for the tourist.
Twenty-ffte hundred will be printed.
Local Osteopaths
Go To Portland
The "movies" have invaded even
the sacred field of science. The lat
est, up-to-the-minute discovery is
their peculiar value in diagnosis.
This discovery was made by the os
teopaths and will be first demon
strated at the world's congress of
osteopathic physicians, surgeons and
specialists in Portland the first week
in August. Officially it is entitled
the nineteenth annual session of the
American Osteopathic Association,
but as the foreign osteopaths are in
cluded in this organization it is In
reality an International meeting. A
thousand delegates will be present.
Dr. Martin and Dr. Sawyer of this
city will attend the convention. Dr.
Nellie Anderson of Los Angeles will
have charge of their offices during
their absence.
Miss Hamlin Will
Talk and
Sing
Miss Francis Hamlin, one of Ash
land's Most popular young ladies,
who is home for the summer from
Honolulu, Hawaii, will entertain
next Monday evening at the Vining
Theatre with descriptions and stories
of Honolulu and with Hawaiian
songs. Miss Hamlin is gifted with a
beautiful voice and has a most pleas
ing personality which has made her
the friend of almost every Ashland
resident. During her stay in Hono
lulu Miss Hamlin has had an oppor
tunity to become acquainted with
much of Interest through, her work
and has gathered the material for a
talk which will be highly entertain
ing. Southern Pacific Bulletin: On the
Shasta division Conductor Blalock
was commended for discovering a
fire In a box car; Brakeman F. J.
Ahlstrom for discovering a broken
arch on a car at an inspection point;
Brakeman V. I. Van Allen for discov
ering a broken rail in a tunnel and
taking the necessary action to protect
trains running over it; Brakeman I.
E. Francis for discovering a broken
rail in the Redding yards; -,; '
Fhone Job orders to the Tidings.
Boston Paper
Lauds County
The following clipping is taken
from the Boston, Mass., Christian
Science Monitor in an article on the
great Pacific highway:
"Oregon has been slow In waking
up to the necessity of good roads, al
though its people are among the most
progressive In the matter of politics
and education. Jackson and Multno
mah counties are the only ones to
have rendered valuable aid -to the
highway.
"Two years ago a $300,000 bond
Issue was voted in Jackson county
for exclusive improvement of the Pa
cific highway. Thirty miles are now
graded and seventeen hard surfaced.
Thirteen miles of the grading Is over
the Siskiyou mountains and are
crossed on a C per cent grade with
flat curves and a twenty-four-foot
roadbed. The Pacific highway has
eliminated the old mountain road
with its 30 per cent grades."
Camping Parties
Roam the Wilds
Jake Casebeer, Ralph Hedges and
Lynn Purdin returned Monday from
Butte creek, where they had been en
camped for a week. Fishing was re
ported as poor but camping as good
as ever.
When Sam Jordan was returning
from Crater Lake last Monday he
met John Volpe, Ollie Easterling and
"Mac" MacArthur bound for the
lake. This party has been out for
some time and had many interesting
tales to tell. Volpe and Easterling
got lost and spent several distracted
hours in the untracked wilderness.
Mac is reported as being the official
chef of the party, but according to
Jordan stood in imedlate danger of
losing his job at the time when he
saw them on account of putting too
many peppers in a pot of beans.
Most Beautiful
Girl at Vining
Alice Dovey, the charming young
actress, has been accounted the
honor of being the most beautiful
young woman on the stage. In the
"Commanding Officer" she has one
of the most dramatic triumphs of her
career. It is a story of Intense heart
interest in which children share the
honors with the older stage favor
Ites. Amongst the thrilling scenes
the attack of the miners and the
rescue of the commanding officer by
one of the companies are as thrilling
and spectacular a series of scenes as
were ever embodied in a screen play.
This Paramount picture will be
shown at the Vining Theatre Friday,
July 30. Admission 10 and 15
cents.
Playground and
Other Features
The apparatus for the children's
playground Is being set up and will
be In shape by the end of the week.
The youngsters are trying out the
various slides, swings and whirls as
fast as they are put In position.
Water was put , in the lake last
week and two or three boys have
built canvas canoes and are having
the time of their lives on the water.
One boat load obligingly offered to
upset for Publicity Manager Duryea,
who waB taking pictures. The lake
will be surrounded with lawn and
shrubbery and will be one of the
prettiest spots in the park when the
landscapers get through with it.
The tennis courts in the park are
being graded and rolled and wire
netting backstops being erected.
McKee to Serve
Five Days More
A supplementary sentence of five
days in the Multnomah county jail
has been given L. D. McKee, former
assistant postmaster here, who has
recently finished serving a sixty-day
sentence for appropriation of funds
from the postofflce. The additional
sentence was given by Judge Bean of
the federal court in Portland on
July 26.
' Tidings "For Sale" ads are active
little real estate salesmen. '
Springs Work Being Rushed and
Water Will Be
The Smith-Emery people have
nearly seven miles of trench dug.
The first shipment of pipe for the
sulphur spring arrived yesterday and
laying began this morning. The
large drill is at work on the Cunning
ham gas spring preparing it for the
gas tanks. Development work is
completed on the new lithla, the
Dodge lithia-soda and the Berkley
sulphur. The concrete amphitheatre
and Intake is now being put in. Ma
terial Tor the pump house at the
Dodge well, the new lithla and the
central distributing station in the
Australians Here
Next Week
Next Thursday, August 5, Is the
date set for one of the most unique
and biggest entertainments of the
year In Ashland. The Australian
boys, thirty-five strong, who will be
the guests of the Civic Improvement
Club next Wednesday and Thursday,
will appear at the Chautauqua build
ing the evening of Thursday. The
boys have a thirty-one piece brass
band and a big orchestra. The pro
gram Is made "P of music, stunts
and other excellent features unique
In character. The Australian boys
are In America for the purpose of
gleaning "education by travel" and
are the pick or the schools of Aus
tralia. Each and every member of
the party Is a star. The visit of the
Australians several years ago led to
the forming of strong acquaintances
between many Ashlanders and some
of the visitors. In fact, some of the
local people who entertained the vis
iting lads are still corresponding
with them. There can be no doubt
but that Ashland will give these boys
a welcome royal.
The chief mission of the boys' tour
abroad is to give the lads a better
idea o( the countries visited from
an educational standpoint and to
send official representatives from
Australia, a friendly and English
speaking country, so as to obtain an
insight into the customs and habits
of other countries and peoples; to
visit California's two expositions
and to unite more solidly the great
southern republic in bonds of lasting
friendship with America.
County Seeks New
Pathologist
Countv Pathologist M. P. Hender
son has secured a better and more
remunerative position with the Brig-
ham University at Provo, Utah, and
will leave the valley as soon as a suc
cessor can be secured. The Valley
Fruit Growers' League has made
every effort to keep Dr. Henderson,
but having given his word Mr. Hen
derson feels obliged to go to Utah.
"I am deeply Interested in the val
ley," said Mr. Henderson, "and trust
that a new pathologist and a better
one will soon be secured. The big
problem in my opinion is scab, which
has attained a serious hold, but with
energy and thoroughness can be kept
In check. I will have to leave before
the beginning of the school term, but
trust a successor will be secured in
ample time for me to give him the
result of my experience."
The Fruit Growers' League will
meet with Dean Cordelay of O. A. C
and Immediate steps taken to secure
an able man to take charge of the
work.
Auto Party From
Virginia Camp
Three young men from West Vir
ginia, C. W. and J. C. Raese of Davis
and Charles Allen of HawklnBtown,
who have traveled across the country
in their auto and made the trip from
Virginia to San Francisco In twenty
four days, have been camped in the
Ashland auto camp ground for the
past three days. The members of
the party fell In love with Ashland
and decided to stay here for a rest.
The camp grounds here are declared
by them to be the best camp which
they have met with In their entire
trip across the country. The party
left today for Portland and will go
on east through Yellowstone park.
In By Sept. 15th
park ha3 been ordered and will soon
arrive. Some trouble is being exper
ienced by the company in getting
quick action on freight as much of It
comes from the far east, and it seems
the transcontinental roads are giving
the heavy passenger exposition traf
fics' precedence over freight move
men). If the freight comes along as
expected the plant should be fin
ished and water running in the park
by the middle of September. Several
large gangs of men are now at work
on different parts of the Installation
and the development Is going rapidly
forward.
Iowans Will Fill
Park Tomorrow
Several hundred former Iowans
now residing In the Rogue River val
ley, will pour into Ashland park to
morrow and join with the local
Iowans In the biggest picnic of the
summer. The Iowa societies at Med
ford and Grants Pass have been ac
tively organizing for the event and
former residents of the middle west
ern state from all over southern Ore
gon and northern California, whether
affiliated with a society or not, are
urged to attend.
The priri'e requisite which all will
be ! asked to bring Is a well filled
lunch basket. Dinner will be prop
erly attended to at 12:30. Coffee,
with trimmings, will be furnished by
the home people. The Ashland so
ciety will also furnish badges.
The dinner will be followed by a
short prosran vith a time limit on
speakers who run over while telling
how much better the Rogue River
valley is than any other place on
earth, except Iowa.
Following the program, which will
include music as well as hot air, tne
real business of the day will com
mence and hotly contested races of
all. kinds, pillow fight, Indoor base
ball,1 tug of war, horseshoe pitching
and various other athletic stunts will
follow in rapid succession.
Let every Ashlander give the glad
hand to the visiting valleyites.
Local Militiamen
Are Good Shots
The following Is the standing of
the members of the first company,
C. A. R., who have been practicing at
the rifle range between Phoenix and
Medford, to date of July 24. A team
of four men and one alternate will
be selected to represent the first com
pany at the annual rifle competition
at Clackamas, which will be held
about the first week In September:
1. Corporal Irwin 86.28
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Sergeant Adams 84.94
Private Hadfleld S2.10
Corporal Saylo SO. 16
Corporal Grubb 76.40
Captain Malone 76.00
Corporal Butterfield . . . 73.38
Musician Barney ..... 72.00
Private Jeter G!U4
Private Payne 6S.CC
Private Pennlston 65.50
Private Icenhauer. . . . 64.90
Corporal Porter 62.72
Private Prescott 62.00
Sergeant Spencer .... 61.32
Private Brown 58.66
Private Hodge 54.00
Private Graham 51.00
Cook Phillips 50.66
Private Harmon 45.70
Private Hlbbs 39.32
Private Wagner 22.00
Commercial Club
Meets Next Monday
The Ashland Commercial Club will
meet in regular session on next Mon
day evening at the club rooms. Every
member is urged to be present as
there will be matters of Importance
come up for discussion. The commit
tee appointed to Investigate the Dead
Indian road have been over the
ground and are ready to report and
make recommendations on same. It
Is hoped that a good crowd will be on
hand to discuss this question as it is
one of vital importance to Ashland.
Not a property In Ashland but that
can be sold by Tidings "For Sale"
ds In less time and at less cost tbaa
through the regular agent channel
Film Fight Puts
Many in Hospital
Next Sunday and Monday evenings
the Lyric Theatre will show what is
conceded to be the best yet released
of the Mutual Masterpieces which are
making such a hit with Ashland pic
ture audiences. "On the Night
Stage," with Robert Edeson, William
Hart, Rhea Mitchell and a supporting
cast of famous players Is a strong,
virile story of frontier life and love
said to outrival "The Spoilers." A
feature of the picture Is a fight dur
ing which the tempers of the actors
got the best of their acting and re
sulted In a number of actors spending
two weeks In hospitals and the sus
pension of rehearsals for that period.
A more realistic piece of photography
has never been secured. "On the
Night Stage" Is a very expensive film
whose extraordinary merit warrants
a much higher price than the 10 and
15 cents admission which the Lyric
will charge on Sunday and Monday.
Says Camp Finest
in Entire State
M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the
State Automobile Record, was in the
city today and stopped over last
night at the automobile camp
grounds. Mr. Wilkins says that this
camp here is absolutely the finest
thing In the state and that when au
toists find out about it they will not
stop anywhere else In the valley. Mr.
Wilkins said that when his party
reached Grants Pass and were taken
to their camp on Rogue river they
thought tho zenith of camp perfec
tion had been reached, but when they
arrived at the Ashland camp their
Ideas were shattered. Mr. Wilkins
compiles a quarterly record of the
state automobile registration and
puts out a monthly report. In the
course of his work he covers most of
the state and will do a great deal
toward spreading the news of Ash
land's camp.
Bears Are Thick;
Bagleys Kill Three
The Bagley boys killed three out
of five bears last Sunday near the
Lindsay ranch in Dead Indian and
wounded another which got away.
A posse was organized and went after
the wounded animal, which was a
big one, but were unable to locate
him. Hears seem to be very numer
ous in t no mountains around Asii
lnnd this year. There are no packs
of bear hounds at present In the
clnity and old timers say that in
the absence of hounds hunters are
unable to get many bears, and there
fore the bruins increase in numbers.
Some say that there are more bears
around Ashland now than there were
ten years ago when several parties
owned packs of bear dogs.
Tennis Tournament
Medford This Week
The Southern Oregon Tennis Tour
nament opened Saturday at the Med
ford Country Club. The preliminary
rounds are being played this week
and the finals will be played next
Saturday. All contestants are urged
to be on hand at the exact hour at
which their match is called.
Visiting players will be extended
the privilege of the club during the
tournament week and will be allowed
to purchase supplies at the club for
cash. On the evening of Saturday,
July 31, the entire membership of
the club will give a dance to which
all contestants, whether members of
the club or not, are cordially luvlted.
All persons desiring to watch the
play during the progress of the tour
nament will be most welcome.
Crater Lake and
Return One Day
F. F. Evenson, wife and four boys
of Clatskanie, Ore., made a record
automobile trip to Crater Lake from
Ashland last 8unday, leaving here at
7 a. m. and getting back at 8 p. m.
Sunday evening. Mr. Evenson Is the
head of the Benson Lumber Company
of Clatskanie. He has a brother, E.
Ci Evenson, in Ashland, who, how
ever, is out of the city at the present
time.
Much Valuable
Free Publicity
Nearly every mail brings the pub
licity department replies to the let
ters that are being sent out to all
the commercial organizations In
Washington, Oregon and California.
Some Idea of the tremendous amount
of the free publicity Ashland Is re
ceiving from this one activity of the
department may bo gathered from
the following letter from the secre
tary of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce: "Mr. Morris J. Duryea, Director of
Publicity, Ashland, Ore.
"Dear Sir: Acknowledging your
letter of July 14, I take pleasure lu
advising you that we shall publish
the announcement contained therein
in tho Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Record, going to every member of
this organization. We shall also
give copies of It to the dal'.y papers
of this city.
"Yours very truly,
"C. B. Y AN DELL.
"Executive Secretary."
Similar letters have been received
from all over tho Pacific coast. This
advertising would run into a largo
sum of money if paid for at current
space rates, and would not be as ef
fective. This simple act of courtesy
Is bringing big returns on the money
Invested and Is doing Ashland a great
(leal of good from a publicity stand
point. Medford Pioneer
Commits Suicide
Medford Tribune: F. Ossenbrngge,
a pioneer of Medford, former city
councilman and treasurer of the Com
mercial Club, and large property own
er, committed suicide this morning at
his home, 401 South Riverside, by
shooting himself in the head with a
revolver. The act was committed be
tween 5 and 7 o'clock. Notes left be
hind indlcato that worry over busi
ness affairs, failing health, and tho
fortunes of the German army in the
great struggle prompted the deed.
Ossenbrngge was about 70 years of
ago and was well known throughout
the city and valley, where he had
lived for twenty years. There will
be no Inquest.
The body was found by Dr. Barber
about 7 o'clock, when he went to
make his regular call. Ossenbruggo
has been under a physician's care for
some time.
Ossenbrngge had been a resident of
the Rogue River valley for twenty
years, during which time he had been
engaged In the feed and implement
business. He retired from these pur
suits five or six years ago, and de
voted his time to his property Inter
ests. He was treasurer of the Com
mercial Club for a number of years
and also city councilman for several
terms.
A daughter, Mrs. Walter Antle, and
a son living at Ruch survive. Tho
funeral announcement will be made
later.
Bryan Speaks at
Medford Tonight
A. S. Rosenbnum, Southern Pacific
agent at Medford, George Putnam,
F. L. Ton Velio, II. L. Walters and
W. II. Canon, all of Medford, passed
through yesterday bound for Ager,
where they met William Jennings
Bryan, and taking him from the
train motored by way of Klamath
Falls to Crater Lake. The great
peace advocate will arrive In Med
ford some time today and if possible
will be taken over the Pacific high
way to the summit of the mountains.
This evening he will speak in the
city park at Medford and the Med
ford band will give a concert. Mr.
Bryan will speak at 8 o'clock. He
will later be tepdered a reception at
the University Club and will take tho
Shasta Limited for Albany, where he
will make his next stop.
Medford is the only city In south
ern Oregon in which Bryan will
speak and a number of Ashlanders
will go down this evening to hear
him.
Telford Bros, have just received
a carload of 1916 Metz touring cars.
Call and see them at,f!70 Mountain
avenue, Ashland, ,or-iAone 479-R and
have us call on 'you With a demon
strator,. ' Metz five-passenger touring:
cars $685 delivered. We can deliver
at once; : no waiting for 1 your par.
Telford Bros., agents. 18-21