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V ... , 1,1 Thnrsday, August 12, 1915 ASHLAND TIDINGS PACK SEVEJT Full Text of Proposed Contract With Power Company AGREEMENT. I Company may be able to Bell the mis r.greemem, maue ana entered Into this tenth day of August, 1915, .. iwl Itottirnan tha fltu nf iohlnnl hv and between the Citv of Ashland. a municipal corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Ore gon, hereinafter called and designat ed the Cliy, party of the first part, and California-Oregon Power Com pany, a corporation organized under the laws .of the State of California, hereinafter called and designated the Company, party of the second part. Whereas, the City is the owner of, and enaged in operating an electric generating station, and system of poles and wires for distribution of electric current in and throughout the said City, and is desirous of ex tending its distributing system and acquiring all of the electrical busi ness within said City; and Whereas, the Company is the own er of Biich of the stock of the said Ashland Klectric Power & Light Company that it can procure the sale of said electric plant and distribut ing system, appliances and parapher nalia; and Whereas, it is the desire on the part of the said City to purchase the , UCi ,v .a ....v. " l electrical plant and distributing tern of the Ashland Electric Power & . . . . V. 1 ,. V. 1 ,1 lM ,w,t T-l I),I,L- D. Light Company and of operating same in conjunction with and in ed 'dition ito the plant of the City, and thereby acquire and have the entire thereby acquire ana nave tne entire and exclusive distribution and sale " , . , ... r-n... or electricity in nam uij, aim Whereas, the generating plant of the City is not of sufficient capacity TO generaiu uu me puei iieucenai ; for distribution and sale In said City, A ! ! .. iloelra r f t-1 i ,1 CUv t1 and it Is the desire of said City to acquire by purchase, additional elec tricity from the Company for the purpose of supplying all needs a!tl demands of the City and its inhabit ants for electricity for any and all Durposes: and where it la thn mutual desire of I the City and the Company to enter j maintain end operate said line for Into an agreement carrying out the and during the remainder of twenty express wlahes and decires of the I (20) years from the ratification here- nun onI Cnnnsni ".'Ifh rolntlnti tnlnf hut inrinz said time the Com- the sale by the said Company of thejpany shall not sell or distribute from oWtrfr- nl.int and distributing SYS tern of the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company, and the sale of electric power necessary to supply the needs and demands of the. City; Now, therefore, these presents wit nessed : That for and In consideration of the premises and the several mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, it is mutually agreed by and between the City of Ashland, the party of the first part, and California-Oregon Power Com pany, the party of the second part: The Company agrees to cause the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company to sell to the City and the City agrees to purchase such part of the poles, wires, property and equip ment of the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company within said City, as the said City may determine upon, free and clear of all incumbrances, for constructing, extending or estab lishing Its electric distributing sys tem in said City, in addition to the system the said City has installed and in operation, the same to be selected by the officers of said City within ninety (90) days from the signing and ensealing of these pres ents, and when so selected and deter mined upon, the price therefor shall be determined by mutual agreement Wween the officers of the City and of the Company, and if they are un- j ; Virt n n come la Tn ne Iixeu ' nd established by and in accordance nith the rules pstab shed by tne Railroad Commission of Oregon in determining the valuation of the physical properties of public utili ties throushout the State of Oregon. If upon making such selection of poles, wires and other property by the City, the same shall not Include all of the poles, wires and other prop erty heretofore used by the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company in said City, the said Ashland Electric Power & Light Company, or the Company, shall within six (6) months from the ratification of this agreement take down and remove such part or portion of such distrib uting system, poles, wires and appa ratus. The City hereby agrees to call a special election of the qualified vot ers of the said City and to submit to them for authorization, a proposi tion to issue negotiable bonds of the City, payable by it at its option in from six (6) to fifteen (15) years after isRiie and sale, and to draw in terest at 5 per cent per annum, pay able semi-annually, and to do and perform all necessary acts and things in the premises as shall cause the said issue of bonds to be a valid and binding obligation of the City, and if the said issue of bonds shall be authorized by the voters of said City, when the same are advertised for sale, in accordance with the charter and ordinances of said City, and the same shall be sold for cash in hand, the City will thereupon immediately pay to the Company for and on ac count of the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company such sum as may be found due in payment for the poles, wires and property of the Ash land Electric Power & Light Com pany, as may be purchased by the City, but in the event that upon the advertisement and offer of sale of said bonds no cash bid shall be of fered therefor at par and accruett interest, then such thereof as shall be necessary at par and accrued in terest to liquidate the said indebted ness of the City to the Company shall be delivered to the Company in pay ment and satisfaction thereof. The City agrees to sell to the Com pany, and the Company agrees to buy from the City, three (3) transform ers, Westinghouse Indoor Type, 75 K V A, Type O I S C, Single Phase. 60 Cycle. A. C. 22000-2300 4000 Star. Serial Numbers 270669, 270670 and 270671, the price there for to be determined by the best price obtainable by the Company upon sale thereof to some person, company or corporation to whom the same, and tne said price for said transformers shall either be paid In unuli n .ll...,..l -.Pff..,.. I... i I. - lodii ui uiiuwcu Ma nil uiiHei uy mo vt uiiuili-u WL Q nil uilDd U J HID Company against any amount which may be found due or payable by the City to the Company. The Company agrees upon the rat ification of this contract, by the qual ified voters of the City of Ashland, to cause to lie surrendered by proper deed or acquittance, to be executed uy tne Asnianu i-jiectric 1'ower & LLIght Company, the franchise here- tofore granted by the Citv to said Ashland Electric Power & Light Company, by ordinance of said City numbered 62, and upon such sur render or conveyance of said fran chise, and the rights thereunder granted, to cease and discontinue within and throughout the City the distribution and sale of electricity to the Inhabitants thereof, save and ex cept that the Company shall have the right to maintain and operate during the. iterlod of five ( X 1 venrn frnm the ratification hereof, a line of poles and wires on end along Nevada Street, Mountain Avenue and the OUCCli ,11 U 1111 IU1U AtCIIU Ashland Boulevard, from Its substa sys-ltlon to be hereafter established in I... - B i .. - 1 A .. said City, a line of service leads for the purpose of conducting electricity thereon to the district outside the city limits, Known as uenview, ana ,at the expiration of the said period nf five s vea. or within Bnch .. ' '. ' . . . , learner penou as may e agreeu Iip, to remove said lines of poles and wires, and construct another line iupon sucn route as may ue uesignat ed and provided by the City, provid ' .1 . 1. . . 1. -,,... .. U 1 1 ., I . nnr ed, that the City shall designate and provide a reasonably direct route which shall cause the Company, in the construction of a new line, no which shall cause the Company, in unnecessary expense either in its con struction or its maintenance, ana when so constructed the Company shall have the right and privilege to said line any electricity within the limits of said City, it being under stood that the said line shall be maintained as a service lead and tel ephone line only for the sale and distribution of electricity by the Company beyond the limits of the said City of Ashland, and the Com pany shall also have the right and privilege to erect and maintain a line of poles and wires which shall be a high tension line, and a distrib uting main and a Company teiepnone line on and along Nevada Street, Oak Street and Mountain Avenue, north of Nevada Street, in said pltv from the limits thereof to the sub-station of the Company on Nevada Street, from wnicn suD-sia-tinn the elertricitv hereinafter pro vided for shall be delivered by the Company to the City. The City shall have the ngnt ana privilege, subject to the rules and re miirements nf the Railroad Commis sion of Oregon, to maintain upon the poles of said line or service leaa, on Mountain Avenue and Boulevard, such of its wires as may be accommo dated thereon, but such wires shall be maintained at the expense of the City of Ashland, and it shall pay for upkeep, repairs, reconstruction and maintenance of said poles to the Company, its proportion thereof. In consideration or tne premises, and as a further consideration or - ' mav rennire. nnri tne comnany agrees to sell and deliver to the City continuously and for a twenty-four (24) hour service during the full period of twenty (20) years from the ratification of these presents by the qualified electors of the City, such a quantity or amount of electricity at its sub-station to be constructed in said City, as may be necessary to satisfy and fulfill the demands of the city for its use and sale at the following rates and prices, to-wlt: When the meter reading during the period of one month shows the current consumed to amount to 100.000 kilowatt hours or less, the price therefor shall be One (lc) cent per kilowatt hour. Should the meter reading show 70,000 kilowatt hours or less during any one month, the fixed minimum charge therefor shall be Seven Hun dred ($700.00) Dollars. 100,000 kilowatt hours $1000.00 all over this and not over 200,000 kilowatt hours .008 per kilowatt hour additional 200,000 kilowatt hours $1800.00 all over this end not over 400.000 kilowatt hours .006 per kilowatt, hour additional 400,000 kilowatt hours $3000.00 all over 400,000 kilowatt hours .0075 per kilowatt hour. It is agreed that the minimum monthly amount to be paid by the Citv to the Compnny shall be $700.00 during the entire life of this contract. The foregoing rates shall apply only to such electricity as may be used or sold in said City for lighting, motor service or power use and cooking, and other purposes except heating, and shall be delivered to the said City upon an independent or separate circuit or -lead out of the Company's sub-station, and shall ap niir rtnrinz the life' of this agree ment, unless during said period the Company shall sell electricity for like purpose, service ana in use quantity tn onv nther Citv in Jackson. Jose phine or Klamath Counties in Ore gon, at a less rate, ana tnereupon thn ciM Pltv nf Ashland shall be entitled to such less rate as may be paid by such other City in any of said counties. There shall be delivered to said nitv nnnn a nenarfltA and independ ent circuit or lead electricity which may be distributed and sola oy saiu City for the purpose of heating only, onA the term "heating" shall be con strued as applying to the heating of water, rooms, dwellings, stores nu buildings, and the rate to be paid monthly by the City to the Company therefor shall be .0023 per kilowatt hour, but always in exceso of, and senarate from the amount due on ac count of the use of electricity from the circuit or lead nereinDerore de scribed for lighting, power and cook inir and it. Ik understood and agreed that the City shall have the right to demand and purcnase one-mira (1-3) or less of the electricity sold hv the fonmanv in the Roane River Valley for heating purposes, and the Company shall supply the same. Ana if the present rr.te of the Company is raised by the Railroad commission mi;t;u uy me iiumuau of Oregon elsewhere In the Rogue River Valley, it shall likewise be raised to the City of Ashland, and if said heating service is discontinued or abandoned by the Company In the Rogue River Valley, by order of the Hiiilrnad Commission of Oregon, it shall also be discontinued and aban doned to the City of Ashland, and the Company shall not be required after thirty (30) days' notice thereof to the City to sell or deliver electric current therefor to said City. rrent therefor to said City. Ail eWtrieitv shall be measured .... . Dy suitaoie meters insiaiieu iui uui mirnose. one bv the Company and one by the City, on each circuit pro vided for herein, to the end that cor rect readings as to the amount of current delivered to said City may be had The officer, agent or employe of the Citv, and the a:;ent or employe OI Hie company appointed iui purpose of reading said meters, shall meet at the sub-station of the com pany at 12:00 o'clock noon on the - . . . . pvprv month- ', ,,' ,() th remiect. and then and there read the respect ve meters here n nroviuea ror. 11 - . "...loi difference " 1 be " ter of ?he tje me;er register of the Cliy ailU liic IllCiei iu&ioici v, wi Company, on either of said leads or -I (a- jL - i .1 i. Un11 Immo. circuits, the said meters shall lmme- rilatnlv lie tested, and unon BUCh test, the reading of that meter "found to tlv ; ,gter Bha be accepted . cr '- t u hnth meters shall, upon as correct. If both meters shall, upon test lie fnnnd to Incorrectly register, then the amount thereof shall be mutually agreed upon or determined by three electrical experts, one to be selected by the City, one by the Com pany, and the two to select a third. All electricity to be delivered by the Company to the City at the Company's sub-station as aforesaid shall be delivered by what is known as 2300 volts, Starred or "Y" con nected, Three Phase, Alternating current. The variation of the afore said voltage shall conform strictly to Rule .25, File No. U F 61, of the Railroad Commission of the State of nreirnn. nr as the same may be here after modified by said Commission. The Company shall not be respons ible for failure to deliver electric current to the City by reason of any unavoidable accident to its lines or power plants; the order or injunction of any court; the inevitable act of r.nd nr anv other cause beyond its reasonable control, and the Orupany shall use all due and rerouatjie dili gence and effort at all times to re pair its lines and plants and to de liver electric current as herein pro vided. Upon determining the amount of electricity delivered to the City dur-ins- anv and everv month as afore said, the City hereby agrees to pay saia, tne city neieuj hbicco i, to the Company in cssh at the re - corder's office of the City of Ash land, Oregon, on or before tne nr teenth day of each and every month, the amount which mav be found due for the previous month, out of the Special Electric Fund of the City. During the life of this agreement, During the l ie or tn.s agreement, mi.ntillnn nr th t nnfl tne I 1TV Oil , its part agrees for such period not to nurrhase electricity from any per- nnn pnmnnnv or corporation, other than the Company, the party of the second part, and the city runner agrees not to extend its lines for the cervine nf electricity bevond its lim its where such service may in any manner interfere, or be in competi tion with the service of the Company in alien nut side territory, but this provision shall not be construed as preventing the City from generating electricity st the plant now owned by said City on A3hland Creek. if at anv time during the life here of the City shall extend its boundary lines and thereby include additional territory within said City, and prior to such acquisition the company shall have erected and maintained nnles. wires and distributing system therein for the service of its patrons, the City shall upon acquiring such additional territory immediately pur chase from the Company and pay for the distributing lines used in the dis tribution and sale of electricity therein, including poles and other ap nnratnq used in connection there with, the price therefor to be deter mined by three (3) arbitrators, one to be selected by the City, one by the Company, and the two so select ed to choose the third; but the Com pany shall not be deprived of the right to maintain and operate through Riich acauired territory nec essary service leads, high tension and telephone lines for the purpose or conducting electricity necessary to the operation and conduct of its bus iness to territory beyond, and upon such purchase of such lines by the Citv, the Company shall thereafter and during the remainder of the life nf thia agreement cease to sell or dis tribute electricity therein to the In habitants of the City. It is further agreed that during the life hereof, the Company will sell to the City electric power necessary f. the nnemtion of the City's Min eral Springs Pumps, not to exceed Fifteen (15) horse power, tne cnarse therefor to be One ($1.00) Dollar per annum. The fomnanv nirrees that It will cause a suitable deed of conveyance to be made by the Ashland Electric Pewer j& T.iirht Cnmnanv. upon the ratification of this agreement by the voters of said City, to the City, of the lot owned by said Company on Ash lanf Preelr an A formerly occupied by It for the purpose of generating elec- trlcltv, tne exprespea conHiueiuiiun m said deed to be One ($1.00) Dollar,. but the true consideration to be a part of this agreement. Wherever In this agreement the term "Railroad Commission" or "Railroad Commission of Oregon" has been used, it is Intended to apply to that body or commission of the State of Oregon having jurisdiction over the public utilities of the State, and particularly electric light and power companies, and if during the life of this agreement the Railroad Commission of Oregon or other body or commission having jurisdiction in the promises, shall be abolished by law, then all matters herein referred .1 i .... law, men an matters herein rererrec t0 the jurisdiction of such conimis sion shall be settled by arbitratloi slon sliull be settled by arbitration of three arbitrators, one to be se lected by the City, one by the Com pany and the two so selected to select the third, and in all cases where ar bitration Is mentioned herein and shall be resorted to by the parties hereto, the decision by the arbitra tors shall be final and binding upon both of the parties hereto. Whereas heretofore there have cx- lJg,cd n.inderstandlnBS and disputes hot the Citv and the Ashland .'v..... me uiiu liic nniuuiiu Eiectn PnU'DP Jp. I l(rVif PnnttitinV 1 x, iJiitt vviiiiuu;i and there Is now pending in the Dis trict Court of the I'nited States for the District of Oregon, a suit wherein the Ashland Electric Power & Light Company Is plaintiff and the City is f!rfpnd:t lit it iintafmlna tha volillfV jof the franchise of the Company and I ordinance of said City numbered 62, i"c irsiei.iive nsui ui me iuj and the Company thereunder, and this a:;reement,is entered into for the purpose or settling and forever put at rest such disputes, misunderstand ings, and the said suit aforesaid, therefore if this agreement Is not ratified by the legal voters of the City of Ashland and does not become a valid contract and obligation upon i t tumiau mm iuiifcCTiiun iii-uii the parties hereto, each party agrees Ilhol it iclll nn n on iKIn n (rKnnninlit that it will not use this aereement nor any part thereof as contained therein, against the other in the said suit pending In the I'nited States Court aforesaid, nor claim any right or advantage therein by reason of any of the terms or conditions hereof, but if thi3 agreement shall be rati fied and confirmed at such election the said suit shall immediately be dismissed. it is expressly understood and agreed between the parties hereto, that the City will provide for and call a annnitil elartlnn nf the nnnllflpfl electors of the City of Ashland, at which election it will cause to be siiu mitted a charter amendment, which, if adopted by said electors, will rat ify, adopt and confirm this agree ment in all things, and if at such election this agreement is not rati fied, nrinnteri anil confirmed hv the electors of said City voting thereat, tnen and in suc.i event, tnis agree ment shall not be a contract or agreement between the parties, nor binding in any manner upon said parties or either of them, but if this agreement is ratified and confirmed at such election, then it shall be binding upon the said City and the said Company and their successors and assigns. For the purpose of identification of this contract, each page of the du plicate parts hereof shall be sub scribed in ink by the initials of the mavnr nf the Citv. made bv the may or," to-wit, "O. H. J.," and by the - - - - - ; president of the Companyi subscribed hv thn nrpaldent. to-wit. "J. W. C In testimony whereof, the City has caused these presents to be executed by its mayor and recorder by resolu tion of the common council duly au thorizing the same, and the Company has caused these presents to De exe- i " ven,. rirar herein wrmen. 1 (Citv Seal) CITY OF ASHLAND. By O. H. Johnson, Mayor. By C. H. Gillette, Recorder. (Company Seali CALIFORNIA-OREGON POWER COMPANY. By Jesso W. Churchill, President. By Alex J. Rosborough, Secretary. Executed in presence of: JOS. B. WARE. A. C. HOUGH. H. L. WALTHER. A. C. HOUGH. State of Oregon, County of Jack son, ss.' On this tenth day of August, 1915, hpfnre me anneared O. H. Johnson. Mayor of the City of Ashland, Ore gon, and C. II. Gillette, Recorder or the City of Ashland, Oregon, each norannallv known tn me. who being duly sworn did say that he, the said O. II. Johnson, Is the Mayor or saiu City of Ashland, and he the said C. T-T r.lllotto la the Dpcnrdpr of said City of Ashland, and that the seal af fixed to the foregoing Instrument is the corporate seal of the City of Ash lnnd and that said Instrument was signed and sealed In behalf of said corporation by authority of its com mon Council, and the said u. m. Tohnson as Mnvor and the Rftld C. H. Gillette as Recorder, each acknowl edged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said City or Asn land, Oregon. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this the day and year first in this my certificate written. , F. F. LODER, Notary Public for Oregon. Mv commission expires December 5, 1915. State of Oregon, County of Jack son, ss. On this tenth day of August, 191.1, before me appeared J. W. Churchill, President, and Alex J. Rosborough, Secretary, respectively, of California Oregon Power Company, to me per sonally known, vho being duly swnrn. each did say: that he the said J. W. Churchill is the Presi dent, end ha thn said Alex J. Ros- boroiigh Is the Secretary of Callfor- nia-uregon Power company, a cor poration, and that the seal affixed to the said instrument Is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was Blgned and sealed in behalf of said corporation bv authority of its Board of Direct ors, and eaid J. W. Churchill, Pres ident, and said Alex J. Rosbor ough as Secretary, each acknowl- Ratification of Contract With Power Company' NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION. The Recorder's Office, Ashland, Ore., Aug. 11, 1915. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of August, 1915, the Com mon Council of the city of Ashland, i Oregon, at a regular adjourned meet ing of said council, duly passed a resolution In pursuance to the pro visions of Ordinance No. 357 of said city, approved August 8, 190S, au thorizing the Co. union Council of the city to call special elections at any time for the purpose of amending the charter of said city, wherein nnd whereby by unanimous vote and with the approval of the Mayor, a special election was called to be held in the said city on the. 25th day of August, 1915, for the purpose of submitting In the legal voters of the said city of Ashland, Oregon, for their approval or rejection, an amendment to the charter of slid city by adding thereto an additional section to be known as "Section 19a." And notice is hereby given that In pursuance of the foregoing premises, a special election will be held for the purpose of submitting to the legal voters of the said city of Ashland, for their approval or rejection on the 25th day of August, 1915, the follow ing proposed amendment to the char ter of the city of Ashland, to be known and designated as "Section 19a" thereof, to-wit: "An Act to Amend the Charter of the City of Ashland, Oregon, said charter being that certain act of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Oregon, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, October 14, 190S, entitled "An Act to Apiend an Act entitled 'An Act to Incorporate the city of Ashland in Jackson county, Oregon, and to define ihe power thereof,' filed in the office of the Secretary of State, February 21, 1889, and the acts approved Febru ary 25, 1895, amending the same," a3 amended by all acts subsequent thereto, either of the Legislative As sembly of the state of Oregon, or by vote of the qualified electors of the city of Ashland, Oregon, to provide for an additional section to Bald charter, to be numbered 19a, for the Isruance of bonds of said city for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, enlarging and completing electric light and power plant or plants, for the creation of a special electric light fund, and the control thereof, and to adopt, ratify, and confirm a contract authorized by the Common Council of the city of Ashland between the city of Ashland and California-Oregon Power Company. Be it enacted by the People of the City of Ashland: That the charter of the city of Ashland, the same being that cer tain act of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Oregon, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, Oc tober 14, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to in corporate the city of Ashland, In Jnckson county, Oregon, rnd to de fine the power thereof,' filed in the office of the Secretary of State, Feb ruary 21, 1SS9, and the Acta ap proved February 25, 1 895, amend ing the same,' as amended by all Acts subsequent thereto, either of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Oregon, or by vote of the qualified electors of the city of Ashland, Ore gon," be and the sr.mo hereby Is amended by adding to the said char ter as the same now exists an addi tional section to bo known as Section 19a, to-vit: Sec. 19a. The Common Council in addition to the powers nnd author ity granted nnd reserved by Section 19 of this charter is authorized and e?r;wered, without any other or fur ther vote or authorization by the qualified electors of the city, to en lnrcn. extend, renew, replace nnd re build any electric distributing plant or plants now owned and operated riy the city, and for such purpose to pur chare any and all necessary material and apparatus therefor, nnd may contract for and purchase any plant or plants from any corporation en gaged In the distribution and sale of electricity within the city, and said Common Council is further author ized and empowered for any of such purposes, and when deemed neces sary, by resolution or ordinance to borrow money on behalf of the city, pledge Its credit, nnd issue negotiable bonds In an amount In the aggregate not to exceed $25,000.00, and are hereby further authorized and em powered to Impose and levy annually In the same manner as other taxes of said city are imposed anJ levied such taxes upon all taxable property In edged said Instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed my of ficial seal, this the day and year first In this my certificate written. F. F. LODER, Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires December 5, 1915. Not a property in Ashland but that can be sold by Tidings "For Sale" ads in less time and at less cost than through the regular agent channel Ashland Tidings wants ads bring results. tf H The Tidings office carries a com plete line of Legal Blanks which conform exactly with Oregon laws, n Wholesale or retail. said city as shall be necessary to pro vide for the payment of the interest on all the bonds hereby authorized as such interest shall become due and payable, and to constitute and create a sinking fund for the payment and redemption of said bonds at matur ity, and are also authorized and em powered to provide by ordinance or resoltuion at or before the time of the issunnce of said bonds for the levy of such taxes, and for the crea tion of such sinking fund and the re tirement of said bonds, and there is hereby created a special fund of said city to be known as the "Electric Fund," which shall be kept by the officers of the city separate from other funds now or hereafter creat ed, and there shall be kept in said electric fund all income and n:oney3 which shall be paid to the city from the sale of bonds; the sale of unus able and undesirable electric machin ery and apparatus and moneys re ceived from the sale and distribution of electricity to the inhabitants of the city, and there shall be paid out of said fund by order or warrant of the Common Council, or In accord ance with the provisions of any con tract of the city, all moneys neces sary and proper for acquiring any and ull electric machinery and appa ratus; for the maintenance, enlarge ment, extension and improvement of the electric plant of the city; all amounts necessary to pay for tho purchase and acquisition of electric ity for the city under any contract and In accordance with the terms thereof; wages an.l salaries oT em ployees engaged by the city In elec trical work and the operation of Its electric plant. Interest on the bonds hereby and heretofore authorized for purchasing and acquiring an electric plant, and for the redemption of such bonds. That certain contract or agreement between the city of Ashland, as party of the first part, and California-Oregon Power Company, as party of the second part, executed by the mayor and recorder of the city In behalf of the city of Aahland, and by the presi dent and secretary of the said com pany on behalf of said company, on the 10th day of August, 1915, as au thorized by the Common Council of the city by resolution adopted on the 10th day of August, 1915, and all the terms and conditions thereof as the same appear and are set forth in said resolution of the Common Council, be and the same is hereby In all things ratified, adopted and confirmed, and declared to be the binding contract and obligation of the city of Ashland and the California-Oregon Power Company." The ballot title and number of such measure will bo as follows: "An Act to amend the charter of the city of Ashlandthe same being; the act to incorporate said city filed with the Secretary of State, October 14, 1908, and the acts amendatory thereof, by providing for an addition al section to said charter and act to be numbered 19a, providing for the issuance of bonds of Rld city for the purpose of constructing, acquiring. enlarging and completing electric light and power plant or plants; for the creation of a special electric light fund and the control thereof, and to ndopt, ratify and confirm a contract between the city of Ashland and tho California-Oregon Power Company." Vote Yes or No. 1"00 "Yes. T 101 No. For the said special city election to be held on the 25th day of August, 1915, as aforesaid, the following vot ing places have been designated and Judges of election appointed by tho Common Council of said city, to-wlt: First Ward: Fourth Street Fire Station. Second Ward: McCarthy Build ing, corner Granite and North Main streets. Third Ward: City Hall. First Ward Judges: G. W. Bene dict. W. A. Bibby and Manley Brower. Second Ward Judges: W. A. Pat rick, Alice Huntley Murphy and Mrs. E. S. Hathaway. Third Ward Judges: W. If. Rowdy, Blanche Hicks and Mrs. L. Illlty. The two Judges last named In each ward shall also act as Clerks of elec tion. The polls will be opened from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until 6 o'clock In the afternon of said day. C. H. GILLETTE, City Recorder. It's Impossible to pick out the prettiest woman In Ashland. They are all beautiful. Get your watch repairing done at Johnson's Jewelry Store. 97-tf Keep your kid on the sunny side of the house. The sun is the best of all doctors. Get your automobile license and Insurance from G. H. Yeo. 18-tf Look out for "The Cows." 22-tf t