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irv Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs "The Carlsbad of America' "Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" City of Sunshine' and flowers ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1915 NUMBER 28 VOL. XL y0ry ' Ben Sheldon Writes of Good Apple Market Ben Sheldon writes from the San Francisco exposition as follows: "I have just had a most interest ing and instructive talk with Edward C. Gillette, now and for ten years past secretary of the New York State Fruitgrowers' Association. He re cently visited the Grand Junction section and the Watsonville apple district. In both the crop is way below normal in qoth quality and quantity. Watsonville, he says, will not ship a 50 per cent crop; Grand Junction even less. "The New York crop will not amount to 25 per cent of a normal year. Too much rain and heavy wind storms. The farmers can not get onto the ground to cut their oats; the second cutting al alfalfa is rot ting and the potatoes and beans are under water. He comes from west ern New York, in the lake district, where the heaviest pear and apple districts are located. "Mr. Gillette was recently talking with the state horticultural commits sloner of Missouri, who told him that the Missouri apple crop would amount to about 60 per cent of nor mal. As the Missouri crop Is large ly fall apples and not good keepers he does not think it would notably affect the market for coast winter apples. In short, Mr. Gillette sizes up the situation on apples as 'decid edly good for the man who has some good stuff this fall.' "He also says that, while his sec tion of New York has been the heav iest producers of pears in the world, the new plantings are running much stronger to apples than to pears. Other Items of information are: They can not grow the Bosc success fully in their section; the Winter Nellls are uniformly small sized and unsatisfactory; the only varieties that are successful are Bartletts, Keifer and SeckeP, their experiments on grafting on Keifer stock have not been successful, especially If a slow growing variety is the top work. Ashland Pioneer Visiting In City J. O. C. Wimer, one of Ashland's pioneers, is visiting In the city with his son, on Beach street. Mr. Wimer now hails from Salem. He came to Ashland in 1867, at a time when there were but fifteen families in town, and there was only one store and one hotel, the former feeing owned by R. B. Hargadine and the latter being the Ashland Hotel, which now D. D. Good occupies as a dray barn. When he first came to the hamlet, as It was then, the woolen mills were Just being started, and he worked on them for about a year. Among other things he did as a pioneer of this city was to help in stall the first printing press in Asn land and the second printing press In the state of Oregon the printing press which ran out the first issue of the Tidings in 1876, the paper at that time being run and owned by fr. Leeds. Mr. Wimer left Ashland in '92 for other points in the state. He crossed the plains in 1863. WiU Electrify Jacksonville R. R. S. S. Bullis, head of the Bullis in terests in southern Oregon, returned Thursday from a month's business trip in the east and middle west, and announced that the work of electrify ing the Jacksonville railroad would begin at once. A consignment of copper wire and bonds were recelvod last week for this work. Poles are being distributed along the railroad. Two new trolley cars, modern In every respect, will be ordered. It is expected to have the electrification complete and ready for service by the middle of October, which allows fu. any delay in the receipt of building material. Private School and Kindergarten. Private school, morning hours, 9 to 12. Kindergarten, afternoon hours, 2 to 4. Good ventilation. Big yard end best equipment. Begins Septem ber 6. Call at 108 First avenue. Terms reasonable. ' 28-tf "Mr. Gillette gives me an interest ing resume of experiences In market ing. They formerly depended upon commission and jobbing men to keep them Informed of market conditions, but found that they were being served with misinformation that served the commission men rather than the growers. Now they have partially perfected a plan of ex change bulletins between the secre taries of fruitgrowers' associations throughout the eastern districts whereby each district knows what the conditions are in the sesveral other districts. Mr. Gillette seemed very anxious to see this plan tried on a national basis, but urged that it must be entirely in the hands of the grow ers of their local organizations, and neither commission men, jobbers nor strictly marketing agencies should be connected with It In any way. "Another interesting item was his statement that the editor of Rural New York, which he considers one of the best publications for fruitgrow ers in the world, recently conducted an- extensive investigation of the fruit-marketing problems and found, as the average of hundreds of sales Investigated, that the apple grower the country over' averaged 35 cents out of every dollar paid for apples in the United States by the consum ers. His statement is in line with one incident I ran across two win ters ago while in Cincinnati, where I dropped Into one of the best grocery stores and found some of our Rogue river Newtowns on sale at 60 cents per dozen. I asked the proprietor, after telling him who I was and why I wanted to know, what he paid wholesale for those apples, and he told me $3.15 per box. I afterwards asked the grower who raised and shipped them, and be said f 1.21 per box. As Mr. Gillette said, 'It is in the marketing of our fruit that we must work out the future success of the industry.' " City Receives Good Publicity The average mortal deems it a great achievement if he succeeds in getting something for nothing. There is nothing that pleases a publicity man as much as to get valuable news paper space without having to pay for it, and it Is especially gratifying to him if that space be on the editorial page of a great daily. Ashland was especially favored last week by re ceiving editorial comment on Its present development in two big Ore gon dailies the Oregonian and the Telegram. These will be found re printed in this issue of the Tidings. These splendid editorials will give the city a tremendous amount of most desirable publicity, for they will make a stronger impression on the minds of those who read them than ten times the same space in paid ad vertising could possibly do. Speak ing of one of these editorials, a lead ing business man of Ashland said: "That is worth more than five hun dred dollars to us." If this valua tion is correct it represents a very big return on a very small invest ment, for it cost the publicity depart ment three and one-half cents to get it two and one-half cents for a copy of the Tidings that contained a story of Ashland present development, written by the manager, and one cent for a newspaper wrapper. A marked copy of the Tidings, containing this story, was sent to the editor of each of the daily papers of the city of Portland. As a result the city re ceived these two fine editorials that are bound to do us a great amount of good. The manager of the de partment feels extremely gratified over this result, and the Tidings be lieves he has a right to do so. Miss Mary Young entertained a number of her friends,' both large and small, last Friday evening, when she gave an evening for several of the Sunday school classes of the Method ist church, at which church she teach es a class herself. Many games on the lawn were indulged In, and music was given on ' the piano. Sherbet and cake were served for refresh ment. Fifty cents invested in a Tidings "For Sale" ad often sells a $5,000 property. Did you ever try itT Many Autos In The Camp Grounds Thursday afternoon the registry book in the auto camp grounds was noted, and it was found that on the days of August 20 to the 26th more than 162 people camped In the tour ist camp grounds. People had regis tered from places as follows: Port land 27, Seattle 9, Klamath Falls 2, Grants Pass 6, Phoenix 1, Gold Hill 5, Tacoma 2, Corvallis 2, Belllngham 1, New York city 1, Oregon City 3, Los Angeles 3, Tampa (Fla.) 1, En terprise (Ore.) 3, Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 1, Eugene 3, Salem 2, Rose burg 4, Oakland 5, Medrord 11, Hilt 12, Sterner (Ore.) 5, La Grande 2, Freewater 2, Monmouth 2, Canyon vllle 3, Spokane 2, Randle 4, Bandon 1, Myrtle Point 8, Gravel Ford 4, Lake City (Iowa) 4, Hindsboro (111.) 3, Elkton (Fla.) 8, Sutherlin 6. One lady from San Francisco was interviewed and she said that they knew of the Ashland camp grounds before they left San Francisco, for every tourist was talking of and praising them. She said that the grounds were comparatively well known by through tourists from Van couver to San Diego. Horse Stolen In City Limits John C. Gearing, who resides on Grant street, Ashland, Ore., had a horse and buggy stolen from the C street hitch rack about 9 o'clock Fri day evening. The description given of the horse is as follows: Weight about 1,100 pounds, 16 hands high, 20 years old, dark brown In color, pacer, Bingle foots under saddle, shoe on one of hind feet has double cork, small lump on outside of right hind knee, and wind puffs on front legs. On account of the peculiar shape of the hind shoe having tv.c double corks, it was thought that the ani mal would be easy to trace up, but a careful search has not revealed any information as to the route she was taken out, of bere. Several have con jectured that the horse is being de tained in some barn in the city until the affair blows over, and then will be taken out of town. The mare was hitched to a black painted buggy with the back curtain torn out. Chief of Police Porter and his assistants are at work on the case. Notices giving description and re ward are being sent over the county and along the line. Note: Since the writing of the above item, the horse was found near the Ashland Meat Company's slaugh ter house, standing In the bushes, abandoned. Charlie Chaplin The National Hero One of the five most talked of men in the United States is Charlie Chap lin, the nation's most famous laugh provoker. So popular is this famous comedian that he recently refused an offer of $25,000 for two weeks' en gagement to appear personally at Keith's Theatre, New York city. Lots of people say they don't like Chap lin, but still don't miss the opportun ity of seeing him every time one of his excruciatingly funny efforts are shown. "A Jitney Elopement," that will be the vehicle of one of his best efforts', will be shown tomorrow at the Lyric. A Mutual Masterpiece, "The Lure of the Mask," a fascinating story of Harold McGrath, with special music arranged by Manager Lawrence, with an excellent Keystone comedy, is on the boards at this popular theatre for tonight only. Who are "The Gows"? 22-tf Wallace Rogers was in the city Sat urday to get supplies. H. M. Coss of Medford was doing business In Ashland today. Delbert Jones, a former Ashland boy, but who Is now a resident of Boise. Idaho, is in the city visiting old friends. He is staying with John Enders. The mother and rather of Mrs. W. P. Belluf, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Warmoth, from Red Bluff, Cal., are In the city visiting their daughter. All have Just returned from a ten days' camping outing near Long's cabin. Ashland Man is Loser By Fire Forest fires have destroyed some 300 acres of good timber in Jackson county so far this year, and among the losses is that of George O. Van Natta, who owns timber by the Muhan and Grainger holdings. A big fire started some time Sat urday morning and had a big hold by the afternoon, as the forest carpet is very dry and Inflammable. Many of the big trees were injured. By 2 o'clock Sunday morning, however, the fire was in control, a fire trail having been run completely around it. Some twenty-five Ashland men were at work. Forest Ranger Grlb ble was in charge. Meals were fur nished by Van Natta at the Mahun house. Though several hundred cords of wood were cut there, none was dam aged, as fire fighters succeeded In keeping the fire from it. Some rail road timber land was damaged also. Other big fires In the county are located at Butte Falls, Sterling mine, Applegate district and around Jenny creek. All the male population of Butte Falls are at work checking the flames near there, as some six hun dred acres are afire, some of which Is valuable timber. Ladies Praise Camp Grounds Mrs. P. Bottler, agent of the Old Faithful Camping Company of Yel lowstone National Park, and Mrs. E. A. Carr, her traveling companion, spent some days in Ashland last week, looking over the development work being donn here. The two ladles hired an auto and made two trips to the Hthia springs and through the camp grounds, high drive, etc. Upon being shown the camp grounds she remarked enthusi astically that it was the best thing she had ever seen, and said that she could always sing Ashland's praises for the city's generosity to campers, if, .or no other reason. She devel oped quite a liking for the lithia wa ter, and announced her Intentions to the Tidings to return some time in the near future and make this her home. Indeed, while she was here this time she looked over some of Ashland's property. Mrs. P. Bottler is especially quali fled to talk about camp grounds and camp ground equipment, as she is the representative of the Yellowstone Camp Ground Company. She was more than enthusiastic about the park improvements and the whole general plan of making Ashland fam ous through her mineral waters, and she made splendid predictions for Ashland's future. Peach Week In Two States By proclamation of the governors of two states, the week beginning August 30 will be "Peach Week" In Oregon and Washington. Every one is urged to buy the delicious fruit by the box, and eat, can, pickle and pre serve them. Owing to the peach crop of the United States being the heaviest in years, there has been little eastern demand for the Oregon and Wash ington product. Unless the fruit can be disposed of in some manner the growers face a tremendous loss. Even though most of the remain ing crop is sold during peach week, it is said the growers will scarcely realize the cost of production on ac count of the low prices. Oriole Mine WiU Operate The Oriole mine, one of the rich est properties in southern Oregon, will begin operations within a short time, says the Medford Sun. It Is said that thousands of tons of ore are In sight. The mine was recently Involved in litigation, causing It to close down, and it has not been oper ated of late. At a recent receivers (.ale the Ohio stockholders made an offer to redeem the property, paying off all claims against it, and put the mine in operation. The new arrange ment will place the mine upon a Bolid financial basis, it is said, and remove it from the, litigation that has tied it up for the past few years. Varied Matters Come Before City Council City council convened at about 7:30 Thursday evening, with all councilmen present with the excep tion of Mr. Cunningham. The matter of establishing hitch rai.'ks on Third street near Main came ; up, and waH referred to the street committeo with power to act. The matter of free water to Chau tauqua park was brought up, and the report of the committee on such read, the results of which are found at length elsewhere in this paper. The matter of the gasoline pump of Thomas H. Simpson, which is lo cated on the sidewalk, was the next bone of contention. Unfortunately he had installed the pump without ap plying to the council, through a mis understanding, and the present loca tion was not very satisfactory, as it incurred a good deal of danger through the narrowing of the already narrow street. It was also a strict violation of the ordinance to have same erected without applying to the council. This, however, was due to a misunderstanding. It was' brought out that with a wagon standing in front of the corner grocery, and with . or hoinir fillpri im t Slmnson's. the street was narrowed very much. -. Mayor Johnson thought that If It, were moved north about twenty feet; It would eliminate the danger of peo pie crossing in front of a car, with the liability of stepping out on the other Bide just in front of an oncom ing car. He cited numerous cases where people had walked back or In front of a car and, not seeing an un coming auto, had been run down. If it were moved back it would give people an opportunity to see both ways as It would be far enough away from the crossing. The matter of the pump and its location was left to the proper committee, Strickland applied for a vacation, and the matter was referred to the electric light committee with power to act. Councilman Ashcraft announced that the water meters that had been sent to them some six months ago by an eastern concern for testing on the city system had been given a thorough trial, and were found to be exceedingly satisfactory. These are the first water meters that have ever been able to work on the Ashland Fruit Premiums For County Fair The directors of the Jackson Coun ty Fair to be held in Medford Sep tember 8 to 11 desire to call special attention of the horticulturists to the premiums offered on all kinds of fruits, and desire to state that the premiums are higher than those of fered by the state fair and in most Instances are double. Some of the fruit premiums at our county fair are: General display fruits, $15, $10, $3. Apples, general display, three vari eties of one box each, $15 and $10. Display on plates, $5 and $3. Single box exhibits, $5 and $3, and $3 and $1. Single plate exhibits, $3 and $2, $2 and $1, and $1.50 and $1. Larg est apple, $1.50 and $1. For pears, general display, $15 and $10. Single box exhibits, $4 and $2.50. Display on paltes, $5 and $3, single plates $2 and $1. Largest pear, $2 and $1. Peaches, general display $5 and $3. Display on plates, $3 and $2. Single plate exhibits, $2 and $1. Largest peach, $1.50 and $1. The plate exhibits for prunes, figs, quinces, nectarines, apricots, plums are $2 and $1; for nuts and grapes, $1 and 50c, with $5 and $3 for bas ket display of grapes and $3 and $C for best display of grapes on plates. In addition to the premiums of fered for the largest apple, pear and peach by the county fair, the Panama Pacific exposition offers $5 for the largest specimen each of the above, the fruit shown at the county fair to be Bent to the San Francisco exposi tion. Jim Graham of Fort Klamath and Arthur Maher of Klamath Falls, the two men who were brought over here by Charley McWilllams last week, in rnnmany with G. E. Jackson, deputy United States marshal, are now being held in Portland to appear before the next federal grand Jury, to answer the charge of selling liquor to Indi ans. system, on account of the mica sedi ment In the water. The eastern con cern have been working on the prob lem for some years, with a satisfac tory result. The meters were or dered to be sent back, with a letter of recommendation for them to the company. In the future, if water me ters nre ever to be installed, these meters would be found to be very practical. Three transformers, that had been bought several years ago so that the city might connect up with the Siski you current when It was necessary, on account of accident to the city plant, were sold to the Westlnghouse people of San Francisco for the sum of $1,100. Seventeen hundred dol lars was the original sum paid. This was an exceedingly good price as they had become so out of date that they would have to be rewound. The cemetery committee was au thorized to purchase fifty feet of hose for use In Mountain View cemetery. A clause was inserted in the ordi nance relating to second-hand and Junk dealers, providing that no deal- j er should buy or a minor, unless the latter could show that he was proper- !ly authorized by his parents to sell ( . . . i i i .. such junk ana seconu-nanu guoua. This was copied directly after the Medford ordinance. A proposal was brought up by Mr. Ware to change the name of Harga dine avenue, which runs up by the First National Bank and through to the camp grounds, to Pioneer Drive, and the name of First avenue to Pioneer avenue. Heretofore there has always been a confusion In the streets there, as there is already a Hargadine street. People have also been confused about where First av enue left off. This change In names, when adopted, will make the street "Pioneer" all the way through, with only the difference in "avenue" and "drive." Mr. Ware stated that while there might be names more appropri ate, the Pioneer part of It had oc curred to him to be appropriate as something to commemorate the hardy pioneers who first settled In Ash land. , As the final thing before adjourn ment, the votes of the bond election were canvassed. Help Wanted At Vining Jheatre "Help Wanted," the Morosco-Bos-worth five-reel picture based upon the New York and Chicago success of last season, will be shown at the Vin ing theatre Tuesday evening. When an elderly millionaire who dyes his mustache, affects rich cra vats and Is addicted to perfume sprays, engages a little stenographer who Is pretty rather than expert, and then advances her salary on sight, the little girl had best beware. But Jack Lalt's Innocent little he roine didn't know. She thought a girl in an office was protected by the same chivalry as a girl In her own home. She found out. But youth, In the delightful person of Owen Moore, rallied to youth and middle age skulked out the door. Everyone should see this splendid picture, as It represents the things that might happen to anybody's sis ter. Water Rent Must Soon Be Paid Some time ago a report of the city park commission asked why the city park Bhould have to pay water rent and the Chautauqua park should get free water for irrigation, and the council immediately took the matter up, finding that the report was true and that the Chautauqua park had never paid water rent since their or ganization, over twenty years ago. Last Thursday evening, after some discussion, it was decided that the Chautauqua park would have to pay in the future, and the recorder was Instructed to give proper notice to them. l V Onn. owner of the Opp mine; - near Jacksonville, was in the city to day looking for a house to rent. He is intending to bring his family here, . bo that his children can attend the Ashland schools.