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"The Carlsbad of America"
VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915
NUMBER 21
400 Iowans Picnic
In Ashland Park
Four hundred former Iowans from
every part of southern Oregon gath
ered under the trees in Ashland park
last Friday and enjoyed the annual
Iowa picnic. As each arrival regis
tered his name, present address and
former address in Iowa, he was giv
en an old gold badge provided by
Ashland Iowans. The time from 12
to 1:30 was spent in doing justice to
, the picnic dinner spread in the shade,
in family and neighboring groups.
Following this, C. 13. Lam kin of
Ashland called the gathering to or
der at the round table and Intro
duced Mr. E. V. Coffin of Medford,
who presided. Editor Wolf of the
Ashland Record on behalf of Ashland
made a witty address of welcome,
which was responded to by a rising
vote of the assemblage. Fred Mears
of Medford spoke of the Hawkeye
state and Its Influence on western
development.
Mr. Thomas of Talent thoughtful
ly reviewed the reasons why Iowa
takes its high position, morally and
economically. B. F. Mulkey of Med
ford followed In a twenty-minute ad
dress on Iowa as seen from the out
side,
In this he well sustained hiS(that Ashland, Ore., Is the future
reputation as a public speaker.
The musical selections of the pro-
gram, solos by Mrs. olf of Ashland
and Miss Iva Coffin of Medford,
were excellently rendered and
pleased the audience. No less pleas
ing was the martial music of the G.
A. R. drum corps. At the close of
the program a Southern Oregon Iowa
Association was effected, the officers
of which for the coming year are:
President, C. D. Hoon of Medford;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Boehllng of
Medford. The vice-presidents are
the heads of the local societies C.
B. Larakin of Ashland, C. M. Thomas
of Talent, Mr. Hopkins of Central
Point, O. S. Blanchard of Grants
Pass, the Gold Hill head to be named
later.
A permanent organization was
then formed consisting of the Iowa
societies of southern Oregon. It is
hoped that by next year Roseburg
and Klamath Falls will be represent
ed. Much enthusiasm was evident and
a food solid organization ' resulted.
The executive committee Is to consist
of the officers. The committee' on
organization consisted of Mrs. Myron
SheetB, C. B. Lamkin and F. G. Mc -
Williams.
A feature of the program was the
singing of the Iowa song, which was
printed upon cards and distributed to
the crowd.
After the business of the day had
been disposed of, the remainder of
the afternoon was spent In partici
pating in and watching various sports
and games. A feature of the athletic I
events was the winning of the ladies
race by Mrs. Clara True. C. B. Lam
kin won the fat man's race after a
elose heat with F. G. McWilliams,
who says he would have' won but for
losing his hat. Mr. McWilliams says
that Lamkin was not fat enough any
how, but that they are going to corn
feed him In anticipation of next
year's event. The winners of the la
dies' and the fat men's races then
met and Mrs. True defeated Mr. Lam
kin in a close finish. A riproaring
pillow fight concluded the program
and caused much merriment. Every
body had a most jolly time and look
forward to the next picnic which will
be held next summer. A mid-year
meeting will be held this winter. At
the end of a column article on the
picnic the Medford Sun says:
"It was a day long to be remem
bered and msy we have many more
of them. The thanks of the associa
tion are due to all those who partici
pated in the splendid program, to
the members of the different com
mittees having charge of the pro
gram, of the arrangements and of
the sports, to the Chautauqua Asso
ciation for the use of the grounds
and last but not least to the Ashland
contingent, which furnished the best
coffee ever brewed.
Grants Pass To
Have Bathhouse
Last week some of the lively spir
its in Grants Pass conceived the idea
of erecting a municipal bathhouse at
Riverside park on Rogue River. The
matter was taken up by the Grants
Pass Commercial Club and within a
week contracts were left and the
building will be completed in another
week. The bathhouse will cost in the
neighborhood of $500.
Mayor Secures
Fine Publicity
Mayor Johnson sent two boxes of
peaches to two newspaper editors in
Washington, sending them to the
newspaper men rather than to his
personal friends because of the pub
licity which he thought would come
of It. Both papers responded nobly,
the article which appeared in
the
Wendall Irrlgat'onist being repro-1 the point of Intersection near the city
duced below. This is an idea which ( limits. The trench through the city
other Ashlanders would do well to ; to the park will be excavated as soon
follow out. When you are remem-aiJ the pipe arrives, the company not
bering your friends in former home wiping to have open ditch in the
towns, send the editor a remern-' city for any length of time owing to
brance and do not neglect to drop a the many Inconveniences which it
few lines about Ashland. The editor j would cause.
will respond: Seven thousand feet of pipe have
"Peaches From Oregon. . Ibeen laid from the Berkeley springs.
The editor of the Irrigatlonist re- j This is of wood, fir being the quality,
cently received, through the courtesy four inches in diameter inside meas
of Hon. 0, H, Johnson, mayor of the I urement, the lengths varying from
city of Ashland, Ore., a crate of the
famous Oregon cling peaches, which
excellent fruit fully sustained the
reputation established by our sister
state's west slope products. In a
letter appiislng us of the shipment
of the crale, Mayor Johnson said,
among other things:
" 'We want everybody to know
Carlsbad of America. It takes money
an(j effort, and we are using both.
I it ta5es fjne climate, paved high-
ways, scenic drives, health-giving
mineral waters, fine parks, natural
wonders not equalled In the world.
We have them all! Pay us
a visit some time.'
Mayor Johnson owns a farm on
the North Side tract, near Wendell."
Autos Hinder
Fire Department
At the recent fire on Woolen street
the fire department was greatly hin
dered by the many autos and pedes
trians who seemed to think that they
had a right to go anywhere they
pleased to get a good view of the
fire. The department connected a
hose at a small hydrant which did
not carry enough force and had to
change to another hydrant. Several
autos were In the way and as a re-
sut the fire was bevond control be-
fore enough water could be got on it
to be effective. The fire department
Da8 poijCe powers at a fire and will
make it hot for people who get In
the way in the future.
L. O. Van Wegen, Manly Brower
and Glen Guiley were appointed to
jthe department at Tuesday evening's
council meeting. The matter of un
necessary calls was spoken of, the
department having been called out to
extinguish grass fires which a bucket
of water v,0Xla have put out.
Explanation of the fact that the
Wlmer street fire alarm failed to
work is that a call was turned in
before at the central station and only
one will ring at a time.
City Electrician Strickland was In
structed to replace the glasses in sev
eral alarm boxes.
The fact that young Patton, who
left town last week after being ar
rested, had been going to fires and
drawing pay was mentioned. Patton
was not a member of the department
and the boys did not wish his actions
to cast any ref'.ection upon the char
acter of the department members.
The fish and game commission's
car "Rainbow" passed through re
cently, southbound for the hatchery
at Slsson, after 100,000 brook trout
which will be taken to Glendale,
Ore., to be turned loose In streams
tributary to that territory.
Fruit Association
Is In Fine Shape
The -August meeting of the direct
ors of the Ashland Fruit and Prod-
uce Association has been held,. The
financial report for July was ap
proved, and the paying of $1,000 of
money . borrowed by the old board
being an important item.
Manager Rand reported that ex
cept blackberries the association had
not been able to fill its orders for
fruit, berries and vegetables, and
that the prospect was good for the
marketing of pears, peaches and ap
ples at fair prices.
Upon the manager's recommenda
tion the warehouse was ordered
properly ventilated, as at present it
overheated at night during warm
weather.
Seven-Eighths of Trenches
Dug and Portion of Pipe Laid
Seven-eighths of the trenches from
the various springs are dug and the
country east of town resembles the
trenched portions of a European bat
tleground. The trenches from the
'several springs are dug practically to
Have Used Prize
Leather for Years
S. H. Frank & Co. of San Fran
cisco are leather producers at San
Francisco. For five years the East-
!ern Supply Company at Ashland has
used their best grade of leather in its
repair department. This week the
Supply Company has received the
following information in a letter
from the San Francisco house:
"We are happy to inform you that
we have been awarded the Medal of
Honor on our exhibit of leather at
the Panama-Pacific exposition the
highest award civen on California
leather. The leather we received the
award on is the same stock that you
have been buying from us the past
few years and what you ues In your
repairing, and we believe that not
alone Is this a great compliment to
us, but it also should be of great
benefit to the parties who use our
stock as your customers now r,ow
that the stock you are v'.r.g is the
highest grade leather that can be ob'
tained."
Developments
In Lithia Park
All of the heaviest of the Lithia
park work, with the exception of the
excavating for the various fountains
and buildings, Is completed and the
new park Is being leveled prepara
tory to seeding.
The final plans for the auditorium
will be decided upon today. Work
on getting out the timbers is to go
forward on the Martin and Lamb
tracts east of the canyon next week
The excavation for the central sta
tion Is completed. This station will
be constructed of steel and cement,
The steel has been ordered and work
will go forward as soon as it arrives,
The central station Is to be between
the camp ground drive and the old
canyon road about opposite the audi
torium site and up the hill.
The tennis court backstops have
been erected and the work of leveling
and rolling the courts is going for
ward.
The children's playground appa
ratus Is practically all erected and its
popularity is already evidenced by
the hordes of youngsters who make
use of it.
Good Things Are
Coming at Lyric
Some good things are ahead for
the patrons of the Lyric theatre. On
Friday evening Manager Lawrence
has engaged for one night only the
celebrated Georgia Merrymakers. If
you enjoy good singing, buck and
wing dancing, plantation melodies
and so forth don't fail to see these
clever people. One show only will
be shown, at 15 and 25 cents.
The four-reel Mutual master-pic
ture which will be the attraction at
the Lyric theatre Sunday and Mon
day is "Captain Macklin," a famous
story of military adventure written
by Richard Harding Davis and pro
duced under the direction of Grif
fith, the greatest director of today,
who produced the famous $2 a seat
picture which is still running in New
Work, the "Birth of a Nation." Miss
Lillian Gish is featured in "Captain
Macklin." Miss Gish needs no Intro
duction, being acknowledged to be
one of the most beautiful and talent
ed actresses of the screen. Prices
10 and 15 cents.
five to eighteen feet. The pipes are
wound with wire and coated with tar.
At the Berkeley spring the amphi
theatre Is completed, tills being thir
ty feet square and with steps from
all sides down into the pit so that
all of the water goes into the pit.
The Hodge well and llthia spring
are ready for the pump houses,
which wiil be erected upon the ar
rival of the. material.
Final development is going for
ward on the Cunningham gas well.
All of the material for the work
has bei'ii ordered and most of it has
been shipped.
The Immensity of the development
which has been accomplished can
only be realized by a trip over the
entire project.
Kittredge Goes to
California Job
F. A. Kittredge, division engineer
for the state highway commission,
In charge of the Siskiyou section,
who laid out the Siskiyou grade and
superintended its construction as
well as the paved highway through
the county, has resigned his position
to accept appointment as superin
tendent of convict labor organization
for the California highway commls-
slon with headquarters at Willets.
He will probably be succeeded by
T. M. Davis, his present assistant.
The position taken by Mr. Kitt
redge was created by the last legis
lature and carries with it a substan
tial increase in salary over his pres
ent position, as well as a permanent
position. The convicts wi'.l be
worvad on the state highway and
'Ar. Kittredge will have charge of
the engineering, construction and or
ganization. The announcement of Mr. Kltt
redge's departure, although in the
nature of a promotion, was received
wlt regret by Highway Engineer
Canllne and by citizens of Jackson
county generally. The Siskiyou
grade stands as a monument of his
engineering ability as a road builder
and his great regret upon leaving
Is that he can not remain to finish
its paving.
Rapid progress is now being made
in paving the road, 450 feet of pave
ment being laid Tuesday and three
quarters of a mile having been fin
ished. About half the crew employed
last year in paving operations Is em
ployed. Dead Indian Road
To Be Opened Up
The main feature of Monday
night's Commercial Club meeting
was the report on the Dead Indian
road matter by W. J. Moore. Mr.
Moore reported that he had made
several visits to the county court and
received no satisfaction; that he had
been over the road and found it to
be In good shape to the top of the
mountain. Jack True is now work
ing on the mountain. Mr. Moore
recommended that for a few hundred
dollars the road could be fixed in
good shape for auto travel to Lake
of the Woods and that the road on
through to Pelican Bay could be
fixed next year. The road from the
Jackson county line, 28 miles from
Ashland, Is In the forest reserve and
Mr. Moore secured the promise from
the district forester to take the mat
ter of a road up with the govern
ment. The club will take up the
matter with the government, but as
this will take a long time to get re
sults, Immediate action was thought
advisable and the committee was In
structed to negotiate a sum not to
exceed $500 which will be turned
over to Jack True, who will work
straight on through after he has fin
ished his work on this side of the
mountain. The Klamath county
could offer no help owing to lack of
funds, said Mr. Moore, and the Jack
son county court gave the same
reason, it was the opinion of those
present that if Ashland wanted the
road Ashland would have to get it.
The expenditure of $1,500 will open
up the road from Ashland to Pelican
Bay, from whence on there Is a fine
road to Crater Lake.
Frank Leavlns, C. O. Porter, P. K.
Hammond and D. E. Rand were vot
ed into the club and four resigna
tions accepted.
More Publicity
For Auto Camp
Thc following Is an extract from a
letter received by George W. Scott
from his friend, Arthur L. .Martin,
of Dallas, Ore.: partments. In addition to the regit-
"The following Is a part of an arti-jlar attendants, C. A. Malone of the
cle which recently appeared in one 'California-Oregon Electric Light and
of our papers here In Dallas and was j Power Company, Publicity Manager
written by one of our very substan-j IJuiyea of the Commercial Club and
tial citizens, a Mr. Lee ('rider, alter several citizens were In attendance,
spending the night in your city: J After the reading of the minutes
" 'Ashland is sure a live place and the monthly report of the springs)
entitled to lots of credit. Hail our commission was received and filed,
supper and then enjoyed a band con- The city recorder read his monthly
cert, consisting of ;!T pieces, until report, which was duly approved and
10 o'clock. We saw a couple of! filed. The regular monthly reports
signs reading "This way to free camp .of Street Commissioner Fraley, Wa
grouml for autos," so through curl-iter Commissioner Hosier, Klectrlo.
osity we drove out, and Just think Light Plant Superintendent Russill
what he saw a spick-span place and City Electrician Strickland were
filled with automobile campers, I received, read and filed.
spring water flowing over rocks,
pure as crystal, cement steps lead
ing to springs, just as nice as Shasta
Springs; ladies' and gentlemen's
toilets, sufficient to accomoindate at
least 1,000 people. They are build
ing a large kitchen and putting in
gas heaters for camps. Just now
they are letting them build camp
fires, but everything Is spotlessly
clean. I believe there are 250 elec
tric lights on the ground, some of
them hung up about 100 feet in the
trees, which make the whole park as
light as day. And think of it, stay
as long as you please; no charges for
anything. So there we unrolled our
bedding and slept in the machine,
for the first and only time. If you
ever drive south don't forget to make
Ashland for the night, even if you are
late.' "
New H. S. Coach is
Ail-Around Star
Ashland, and especially Ashland
high school, is extremely fortunate
in the securing of a new athletic
coach for the coming year. The new
man who will take Otto Klum's place,
Mr, Klum going to Medford, is an all
around athlete of exceptional ability.
This star, ,R. R. Hutchinson, cap
tained the Purdue University team
which won the northwest champion
ship In 1913. He Is a track, basket
ball and baseball man. The school
officials and townspeople who are
acquainted with his reputation are
overjoyed at being able to secure
him. Mr. Hutchinson will have
charge of athletics, mechanical draw
ing and assist with manual training.
He was offered a position as head
draughtsman with the Mason Auto
mobile Company of Detroit recently,
but having already signed his con
tract to teach here, decided to come
to Ashland. Superintendent Briscoe
received a telegram Monday morning
containing his final acceptance and
stating that he would arrive in Ash
land in the near future.
With the departure of Coach Klum
gloorn was cast over the prospects
along athletic linos for the coming
year, but the acquirement of Mr.
Hutchinson dispels all doubt but that
the good old Ashland fighting spirit
combined with high class coaching
will win for the red nud white In the
future as It has In the past.
With the organization of the state
league and the Inauguration of the
rules regarding age, post-graduates
and eligibility which have always
been observed In Ashland but not in
the northern cities, Ashland will have
a better chance than ever before of
capturing a stato championship. Let
every man, woman and child In Ash
land give the high school their sup
port. Famous Play on
Screen at Vining
"When We Were Twenty-one,"
with William Elliott, the famous
player of "Madame X" fame, will ap
pear at the Vlnlng theatre Friday
night. This picture is taken from
the famous play by Goodwin. The
play Is a clever, original subject,
modern In treatment, with realism
and sentiment mixed by a master-
band.
Its story is a simple one. It turns
on the determination of an old bach
elor to save the Bon of his dead
friend from the follies of youth the
youth of today. He takes the boy's
sins on his own shoulders, and the
sacrifice which he successfully makes
results eventually In his own happi
ness.
Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Routine Business
of City Council
The city council met Tuesday
evening with all members present
and the heada of the various city de-
Several miner bills for routine
matters, the recorder's office time
checks, various department time
checks and the regular bills as audit
ed by the firnnce committee were al
lowed and the recorder instructed to
issue warrants on the respective
funds for their payment.
A communication from Fred
Homes in regard to diversion of irri
gation water was referred to a com
mittee consisting of Councilman
Ware, City Attorney Moore and
Springs Commissioner Greer.
Several appointments to the vol
unteer fire department were an
nounced by the mayor.
Several fire department matters
were discussed as reported else
where. An alley running north from Iowa
street to the Boulevard was the ob
ject of a petition from residents In
the vicinity which was referred to
the street committee.
The right of way for Grand View
Drive through the Charles Polk
property was the subject of a report
and a contract between Mr. Polk and
the city was ratified.
The matter of a park irrigation
system was laid on the table until
the next meeting.
A complete report of recent land
purchases In the vicinity of the park
and Park avenue was read by Mr;
Ware. The report was filed and all
of the transactions made therein
were approved and ratified.
Mr. Ware moved that when coun
cil adjourned it would be to meet
next Tuesday night.
A copy of a deed In the matter of
the Oange ctreei right of way at the
crossing over the Southern Paclfict
tracks having been received, a reso
lution was adopted which closes the
matter. The city now possesses the
right of way over the track, having"
paid the sum of $130 to the com
pany, such being the amount of the
estimated cost to the company.
The sum of $500 was authorized
transferred as a loan from the water
fund to the. general fund.
The recorder was authorized to
pay all bonds , and interest coming:
duo in August and September.
Several matters came up wMch,
are ' reported elsewhere In the col
umns of this Issue.
The council then went Into execu
tive session by requent of the mayor.
744 Auto&Campers
During Last Month
The chief of police has kept rec
ords of the tourists stopping at the
auto camp grounds and gives the
Tidings the figures for the month of
July, which will no doubt surprise
every reader. From the Fourth of
July, when the camp was finished,
to the first of August, 183 automo
biles, carrying 744 tourists, camped
at the grounds. The number is con
stantly Increasing and 1,500 is a con
servative estimate for August. With
every party which camps here more
publicity Is spread throughout the
country, and hardly a tourist arrives
now who has not heard of the camp,
sometimes as far away as the middle
west.
Moreover, every tourist that camps
at the Lithia park auto camp grounds
leaves an enthusiastic booster for
Ashland and Ashland's hospitality.
The camp has already justified an
expenditure of several times the
amount which It cost.
Mrs. Myrtle Johnson and sisters,
the Misses Edna and Ella Brown,
and their nephew, Gordon Didra,
went to Long's cabin Monday to
camp for two weeks.
She
pays?
marries for money. Who
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