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Ash ft. 1 : "Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" City of Sunshine and Dowers IDINGS Ashland, Oregon, LItbfa Springs "The Carlsbad of America' ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915 VOL. XL NUMBER 2G Director of Apple Exhibit Visits Almon E. Smith, In charge of the northwestern apple exhibit at the San Diego exposition, was a visitor in the city Thursday. Mr. Smith is touring the northwest In the interests of the apple exhibit and is securing addi tional material. He is traveling in a hlgh-pover car and has with him an exposition gaurd and his chauffeur. "The northwestern apple exhibit is the only apple exhibit In the Horti cultural building," states Mr. Smith, "and Is the only big fruit exhibit with the exception of the orange exhibit." Oregon frlut Is given a prominent place In the exhibit. Mr. Smtih ex pressed his belief that the apple ex hibit at San Diego was doing a great amount of good, since, being the only one of Its kind, it could not fail to at tract and does attract much interest. He thanked the Tidings for the paper which Is on file at the exhibit and which iB often referred to by persons seeking information regarding this section. Mr. Smith will cover 3,000 miles In his trip through the northwest. For fifteen years he was a resident of the Rogue River valley, although he Is now living In Portland. In speaking of the San Diego climate, Mr. Smith says:! "It Is a beautiful country and is delightful for a winter's stay or a ehort visit, but does not appeal to me as an all-year-round place of resi dence. The climate simply takes all of the 'pep' out of a person. Give me the Rogue .River valley." While In Ashland he arranged to have some literature sent to the ex position. The new booklet greatly Interested him and will make a decid ed appeal because of Its uniqueness, according to his belief. He expressed surprise when told that the entire booklet, including the difficult three color cover, was a local product. . Mr. Smith continued his journey to the north Thursday evening. One Man Against A Drunken Mob Jesse L. Lasky's photoproductlon of Blanche Sweet In "The Captive," with House Peters In the leading male role, contains a most thrilling scene in which one man, single hand ed, defends a girl against a mob of drunken Turkish soldiers, giving a very vivid idea of the terrors that best women in the days of war. The hero, who so bravely meets this situ ation, is himself a Turk, and has, through the fortunes of war, been the servant of the peasant girl. Though she has treated him most un justly, he has come to love her, and tie finds himself In the strange posi tion of having to protect her from his own superior officer. He barricades the house and prepares for a hopeless resistance, but Is rescued by the Montenegrans, who retake the vil lage In the nick of time. At the Vin ing theatre Tuesday night. A Para mount picture. "Who Pays?" and the travel series will be shown Thursday, followed by a Bray cartoon comedy. Finds Rare Bird In Siskiyous A song bird, heretofore unknown In the state of Oregon, but common east of the Rocky mountains, the red eyed vlreo, was found by A. C. Shelton, field worker of the depart ment of xoology at the University of Oregon, during his survey In the Rogue River valley and the north spur of the Siskiyou mountains. Only three or four times has this bird been found in the west, once or twice in British Columbia and once or( twice In the state of Washington, he' states, and never has It been fouDd so close to the Pacific coast as the bird he brought back among 220 specimens of birds, animals and reptiles collected during his six weeks' trip. Mr. Shelton, who traveled alone, being guided at times by prospectors, made his main camp at the bend of Rogue river, thirteen miles west of Grants Pass, and made side trips back into the mountains. Here he found eighty-five different kinds of birds, the greatest number he had ever found at the season of the year In any locality in the state, among them being the red eyed vlreo. Donald will improve 10,000 feet of streets. Greatest Good Roads Convention New York, August 23. Arrange ments for the Pan-American Road Congress are approaching completion. The congress will assemble at Munici pal Auditorium, Oakland, Cal., Mon day morning, September 13, and con tinue five days, closing Friday after noon, September 17. The congress is to be held under the auspices of the American Road Builders' Association and the Ameri can Highway Association, acting jointly. In previous years these great organizations, which are national in scope, have held separate annual conventions. They will be aided on the Pacific slope by the Tri-State Good Roads Association and the Pa cific Highway Association. The mem bership of these two western organ izations covers the state of Califor nia, Oregon and Washington. Invitations to attend the congress and to appoint delegates have been sent to the governors of the states, , the executive officials of the Cana Idian provinces, and the presidents of the Central and South American 'countries. Similar invitations have j been - sent to mayors of cities, and special and general Invitations ex pended to highway officials of states, 'counties and cities, and to many oth jers Interested in road and street con struction, maintenance and adminis tration. Sufficient responses have al j ready been received announcing ac ceptances and delegates appointed to I Insure a very large attendance. I The program has been given very careful attention. Practically every subject relating to materials and methods of road construction, main tenance, financing, engineering and education has been accorded a place, and will be discussed by the ablest men in the country in their respective branches. There will be two sessions of the congress each of the five days. The opening session Monday morning will be devoted to the usual complimen tary felicitations. Monday afternoon will be given to educational address es. The sessions of Tuesday, Wed nesday,' Thursday and Friday fore noon will be taken up with the pre sentation of papers on the various subjects, and their discussion. Fri day afternoon the adjustment of the business of the congress, the reports of committees, and the adoption of resolutions will complete the work. The Tri-State Good Roads Associa tion and the Pacific Highway Associa tion will hold conventions in con junction with the national affair. Several prominent Oregon road boost ers will Bpeali, among them being a Medford man. Burglar-Proof Safe for Tipplers' Names Redding Searchlight: The names of 380,000 tipplers in Oregon and Washington are catalogued and ar ranged in an alphabetical index by a mail order liquor house that is pre paring to open for business in Horn brook, the California town that is nearest to the Oregon-California line. Oregon and Washington states will go "dry" on January 1 next. The law In both states allows, after the opening of the new year, any per son in those two states to purchase three dozen bottles of beer and two quarts of whiskey every four weeks. The enterprising dealer in Horn brook, who proposes to shoot alcohol across the state lines Into Oregon and Washington, has built a warehouse one hundred feet long and eighty feet wide In which he will store his alco holic beverages. A fire-proof, burglar-proof safe has been built, in which are kept the names and addresses of the 280,000 tipplers of Oregon and Washington, whom he deems will be likely pur chasers. The value of town lots In Horn- brook has advanced 60 per cent with in the last three months, or since the property owners realized what a geo graphical advantage they have In dealing with "booze" shipments to the northern states. A second mall order house has bought a large lot and proposes to enter Into the business that , prom ises such handsome returns from the "dry" states north of California. Mossbacks are litigating proposed union high school at Holly. Corvallls C. E. Hout erects two story brick, 50 by 100 feet. Mass Meeting at Chautauqua Tonight for Election Discussion To the Voters and Taxpayers of Ash land: A number of our citizens have sug gested that a mass meeting be called for the purpose of open discussion of the electric light problem and the proposed contract to be voted on at to-morrow's election. Believing that a considerable number of our citizens Why Is Blue Ledge Copper Mine Idle? Medford Tribune: All of the cop per properties in Josephine county are in operation or preparing to oper ate, the most successful of these be ing the Queen of the Bronze. The ore is being shipped to the smelters at Tacoma, Wash., and Kennett, Cal. The Blue Ledge mine, one of the richest copper properties in the west, is still idle, though better prepared for active mining than the majority of local mines, with thousands of tons of copper blocked out. The idle ness of the Blue Ledge with copper at its highest mark in a year, and in strong demand for munition manufac ture, is one of the Industrial mys teries of the state. Four Hundred Road Boosters Coming Between 300 and 400 good road boosters from various parts of the United States will pass through Ash land on September 11, en route to the Pan-American good roads con gress at Oakland, Cal., September 13-17 inclusive. The good road special leaves Chicago September 2 and makes stops along the route to pick up delegations. The prrty will arrive in Portland on the 10th and will be shown over the Columbia hlehwav. No doubt good roads boosters of southern Oregon will make arrangements to have the party taken over the Jackson county paved highway and possibly the Sis kiyou grade. The advertisement de rived from having the party taken over the Siskiyou grade would repay a great effort. This mountain grade is proclaimed by engineers from all over the country to be one of th best pieces of mountain grade in the country. The congress at Oakland will be held under the joint auspices of the American Road Builders' Association the American Highway Association the Tri-State Good Roads Associa tion and the Pacific Highway Asso ciation. Oregon will be officially represented at the congress by J. H Albert of Salem. W. I. Vawter of Medford, Arthur Langguth of Port land and Judge W. S. Worden of Klamath Falls. A number of good roads enthusi asts from southern Oregon will at tend the convention. Southern Pacific Lecturer Here Major John B. Clum, official lec turer for the Southern Pacific, ac companied by Mrs. .Clum, spent a short time in Asbland Sunday morn ing. Major and Mrs. Clum had been isiting Crater Lake and were on their way to San FranciBco, where Major Clum is lecturing in the Southern Pacific building at the ex position. A. S. Rosenbaum, agent for the Southern Pacific at Medford, brought them over the Pacific high way from Medford to Ashland. Through the courtesy of Mr. Rosen baum Publicity Director Duryea had the pleasure of meeting these visitors and showing them something of our development Into a resort city. They were taken through the park system and over Glenview Drive. They were given some of the new booklets, which they praised highly as very unique and Interesting. Both Major and Mrs. Clum were enthusiastic In their comments on the beauty of Ashland and its sur roundings. Glenview Drive seemed to make a great hit wtih them, and they both said it was one of the most beautiful rides they had ever taken. These visitors seemed very much Im pressed with all that Ashland has to make a resort city, and predicted a splendid future for the city. are not thoroughly familiar with the proposition, I hereby call a public mewing at the Chautauqua building ton-nt (Monday) at 8 o'clock, where every phase of the matter may be openly discussed. Every voter and taxpayer in the city should be pres ent as the matter Is one of great im portance. O. II. JOHNSON', Mayor. Highway Work In Northern California Sbtiyou News: The unit of the California state highway rade be tween llorn'orook and the Oregon state line is practically completed. The highway commission will widen the by-pass around Bailey hill, making it safe for travel. Tlie Penn Bridge Company, who have the contract for bridges on the state highway between Yreka and the Oregon staie line, have sublet the concrete work to a Grants Pass firm, who will commence work at once. E. F. Johnson, contractor for the Yreka-Hornbrooit unit, reports that the portion between Hornbrook and Shasta river ia about ready for ac ceptance. Tuesday Meeting of Vital Importance i As announced elsewhere In this isiue, a meeting will be held In the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday night, August 24, of all interested in procuring irrigation. Every farmer and landowner of the Bear creek and district above town are urged to attend this meeting. The meeting will be called at 8 o'clock sharp and the Commercial Club rooms should be packed. This year has brought before us with renewed force the im perative necessity of irrigation. It Is" the only course by which growers can secure the crops which are their due. If you do not believe In the efficacy of irrigation, go down the valley and see the results which Egan is getting from his Irrigated pear orchard. Then for contrast go over into the Suncrest orchard lis - trict and see the carloads of little dried up apples wnicn wouia nave.,n he ,H,au(y o( )ne ity and ,ovel developed into a crop or large ana perfect apples had the owners been nhlo tn ppt wflfpr. The ranchers and fruit growers of tne Mefliora aistrici are awuKemns to the need of irrigation and have formed a Water Users' League which has already signed up 15,000 acres for irrigation. It is under the auspices of this organization that the meeting Tuesday will be held. A plan for making a unit of the Ash land and Talent district will be ex plained. Five Dollars for Bigg st Fruit We have seen some fruit grown around Ashland that is "some fruit." The grower of the biggest peach and apple and pear will each have a chance to rake down $5 and consid erable fame to boot by following the directions outlined in the following letter from H. O. Frohbach, In charge of the southern Oregon exhibit at the San Francisco exposition: August 19, 1015. I am authorized to offer $5 for the largest apple, $5 for the largest peach and $5 for the largest pear grown In Jackson county and dis played in the southern Oregon booth at the Panama exposition. Fruit must be perfect and true to shape and should be sent by parcels post. No freak fruit will be dis played. H. O. FROHBACH, Oregon Building, P. P. I. E., Ban Francisco, Cal. No one is obliged to live where he Is not suited. If one hasn't an en couraging word for the' business en terprise and Institutions of his town, he should shut up and "go 'way back and sit down." If things don't suit you, move to where they will. A growler and sorehead In a town Is an enterprise killer every time. It would pay a town to donate him $5 and tell hlme to move. Phone Job orders to the Tidings. Recognition From Portland The following article was clipped from the Chamber of Commerce News, the official publication of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The Portland chamber is working to ward a unification of all the commer cial bodies of Oregon toward the fur therance of the state's welfare. Dur ing Mr. Duryea's recent visit in Port land he met with the heads of the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon and was asked to outline the work which is going on here. Tile follow ing article Is the result: "Ashliiml-Oregon'N New Spa. "Several municipalities in Oregon have slio.vn remarkable courage dur ing the past fe, months by undertak ing large projects that Involve the expenditure of Ug lii;; for small towns sums of money. Citizens, by big majorities, have voted for bond issues to raise money to finance rail road construction, build sawmills and carry out development plans of various sorts. Faith in the future of I their home town, faith In the future of Oregon, has been shown. Notable among these cities is Ashland, In southern Oregon. "Ashland is located In a wonderful belt of mineral springs. For all the years that the city has existed the citizens have enjoyed these waters, but have not given much thought to them as important factors in the commercial life of the community. Now these self-same springs have be come the foundation on which there is to rise a bigger and better Agh- I land. "Already Ashland is getting chesty and brags about being the 'Carlsbad of America.' One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars In real money has been raised by the sale of bonds. Given forty, or more, magnificent springs of lithia, soda and sulphur water and $175,000 in cash and you have a pretty good Btart towards a resort. Ashland has that start. "Next year the city will be a full fledged resort with sixty acres of park Bystem, full of attractions for the visitor, and' a world of the finest mineral waters flowing. "Health and happiness are the two things mortals need most, want most. The citizens of Ashland nre getting ready to give these to the people of Oregon and all the world, for one can find health in drinking Ashland jwa(erg and breathing Ashland air an(J co(,d not fa t0 find nappness ness of Its environment." , JjjlfOjd Official Shown the Sights John M. Scott, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Com pany, and Mrs. Scott were visitors to Ashland on Friday of last week. In the morning they were taken over the Sisliyou grade of the Pacific Highway by Mr. Rocenbaum, who brought them over from Medford. In the afternoon Mr. Scott was taken out to the springs by Mr. Kramer, Southern Pacific agent, in company with Chairman Greer of the springs commission and Publicity Director Duryea, and shown all of the present development. Later In the day Mr. 'and Mrs. Scott were taken through the parks, the auto camp and over tho drives. Mr. Scott seemed pleased with everything that was shown to him. He expressed himself, as he has in the past, S3 confident that the citi zens of Ashland will get adequate re turns on their investment of $175, 000 In the development of the springs and construction of parks. He said he hoped our business men would give earnest consideration to the need of hotol accommodations before next season. He compliment ed the publlc'ty department very highly on the new glass of water booklet, and said the passenger de partment of the Southern Pacific would aid in their distribution at the exposition and all over the United States through its numerous agents. Mr. and Mrs. Scott left for Grants Pass on train 16. In his private car "Magnet," James Cousens, treasurer of the Ford Motor Car Company at Detroit, passed through Monday. He was accom panied by a party of friends. Standard legal blank forms of every kind may be procured at. the Tidings office in any quantity. New Booklet Is Well Received The publicity department is ex tremely gratified over the favorable comments that everybody, practically, have passed upon the new glass of water booklet. The manager la pleased with the impression made by the book, lor it is his own creation from start to finish. It is his desire and purpose, ns long as ho directs Ashland's publicity efforts, to give the city the best he has to give and to turn ont nothing that Is not high grade. The Tidings shop was not satisfied with the appearance of the type In the first few tiooks that were printed, and, ns it desires to make this book a credit to all concerned in Its pro duction, a new case of type has been purchai-ed and the entire book re set. The book will be a splendid ex ample of the printer's art, and Asli- j land people may be satisfied, in every i way, w ith the quality of Its advertis ing literature from every point of view. Twi nty-teven hundred of these booklets were shipped to Mr. Froh bnch on Saturday by express, for dis tribution at the exposition at San Francisco. A sample copy was sent to Mr. Frohbach by mail, and in com menting on it to the manager of the department he said, "It's great." Mr. Frohbach will see that thousands of these unique booklets are given out in connection with our spring exhibit from now to the close of the exposi tion. Victim of Auto Wreck Buried Here James W. Glimore, Southern Pa cific agent at Cottonwood, was killed, and Hayden Saunders, Miss Verla Honcratt and sister, Mrs. Frank Hall, all of Cottonwood, were seri ously Injured in Redding at 8:45 Wednesday evening, when the five- passenger automobile in which they were touring backed off the Pine street hill and tumbled ninety feet to near the bottom of the precipitous river bank. Mr. Glimore was a brother of Mrs. May Rice, formerly in the Southern Pacific stations at Gold Hill and Medford and now located at Brook lyn, Ore. The body was brought to Ashland Friday for burial. Mrs. Rice arrived' in the city Friday evening and Mrs. Glimore and other relatives came from the south on the same train with the body. Mr. Giimore was well known in Ashland, the family having formerly live! here. He has been agent at Cottonwood for twenty years. Mr. Glimore was a Knight Templar and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Besides his wife, he left four children Henry, Joseph, Elmer and Floyd, ranging in ages from nine to three years. Unique Crater Lake Conclave Success One hundred and six automobiles carried 486 members of the Knights of Pythias to Crater Lake last Tues day, where, under the auspices of the Medford lodge, tho most unique ini tiation and ceremony In the history of the lodge was staged In the crater of the extinct volcano on Wizard Island in the center of the lake. The drama, Damon and Pythias, was en acted upon the rim of the lake. Among those Initiated were John M. Scott, traffic manager of the South ern Pacific; Will Steel, superintend ent of Crater Lake park; A. J. Boyd and twenty-two others from different parts of the state. The representation to the conclave was broader than had been expected. Lodges from Portland and the upper Willamette valley, the Umpqua, Coos Bay, eastern Oregon and eight lodges from the state of California were represented. Arrangements for the accommoda tion were carried out without a hitch and the Medford lodge is to be con gratulated on the success of the event. The Medford band accom panied the lodge and furnished the firBt band music that has ever awak-. ened the echoes from Crater Lake Portland Willamette Iron Steel Works employing day night shifts. and and Phone Job orders to the Tidings.