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About Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1915)
As HLANB IDINGS Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Llthia Springs "The Carlsbad of America' ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915 NUMBER 29 VOL. XL Selling Fruit by Parcel Post Ttmsday was the last oay mm growers could ship frui by parrels: Mr. una Jirs, eyivesu-r rauersan 01 port to certain towns iying in the! this city, left about August 5 for a first and second zones, taking ! trip to Alaska and the exposition. On wore than 300 wiles Of tranoporta-jher way through Portland she was 'tion to get It mere, ami nu or boxes going In thw first and sec ond zones will be classed In the third zone rate, which about doubles the rate. This affects 93 pouioffices in Oregon (flrom Ashland) and 98 in California and tvro In Nrvada. While the rate In the territory af fected Ik raised to the t ird zone f, the lim-ftation ns to weight remains at fifty pounds.. ' For 'Instance, heretofore fruit lias been .shipped to Bend and Fort Itock in lialce connty, for Eecond aone prlws, as that local'ty wa3 Included in the circle drawn around Ashland on the map. But tl'at fruit hud to go flint to Portland, then down into Lake county by train and Ctages, waking ttbout an 'SOO-mlle Ttm. Men who ship'fry parcels post must not thlt.lt, however, that this will work much of -a hardship in rural fruit markets, ft-r the few puBtofflces :lt touches are not a drop hi the buck .et compared U the unlimited 'fte'id 'for mail order fruit business. A. 'C. Joy 'is by far the biggest 'frutfBhipper ty parcels post at pres ent, and ho Boes not feel as if the change in rates would materially af ' feet" his Buslwjss. Mr. Jy has shown marked ability In the way he has succeeded In getting market for his fruit this and last year. He 1b get ting good prices and more orders than he cm fill. He sent tut his advertising folders, giving prices, tc, arid has gained rulte a reputa tlon, as well as many customers, who send "in orders for large -amounts. He aims to get his boslness from ru ral points and plact off from the railroad, as MarshfleTU, Bandon and eastern Oregon points. For (he past two of three weeks b"has been ship ping 'by parcels post about 1,000 boxes a week, and sometimes more. Mr. Joy, Walter Kittredge, M. C. Llnlnger and the Greenhouse com prise' about all the shippers of any consequence from Ashland. These men have managed to buird up quite a trade on their products of vegeta bles, ' frnlt, . etc While other fruit growers have let their peaches fall on the ground, these men have boxed and shipped every available peach and vegetable that fhey have. They did not wait, however, until the fruit season was upon tnem ana ineir peacnes were on me ire UCIU'" . . . . i.nrnHA they tried to get a marKei, dui our-. ing the winter months their litera-L ture was arranged and sent out. To llr. Joy is due most credit for the mail ortter business. Railroads Are Much Interested The publicity department is en deavoring to keep the officials of the railroads that have lines in Oregon 'thoroughly posted on Ashland's de velopment While the Hill lines do not reach Ashland directly, yet the officials are interested in knowing what is going on all over the state. Copies of the Tidings of August 19, containing a story on Ashland civic improvements, were mailed to the president of the Northern Pacific Railway, the president of the Great Northern Railway and to various of ficials of those two systems, in addi tion to the prominent officials of the Southern Pacific. A copy was sent to D. C. Freeman, publicity agent for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Raflway, Oregon Electric Railway, Oregon Trunk Railway and other Hill lines in Oregon. In response Mr. Freeman writes the following inter esting letter to the director of pub licity: "Dear Durya: I am very glad that yon thought to send me a copy! of the Tidings containing your very interesting article on Ashland's plan of development, including not only the springs and park system but oth er matters. "I have been asked many ques tions concerning Ashland and its new resort scheme, and therefore- have made it a point to Inform myself just what is going on down there; of course everyone who has taken an in terest in these matters has heard about Ashland setting the pace by offering free camp privileges to auto tourists. Sincere flattery has come to this scheme through numerous im itators. ''From the marked copy of the Tid- Takes Passage On Fatal Boat mim i uuersun, uausiuer joined by Mrs. Hurley L. Walter and daughter Ruth, both well known here as klnfolk to Mrs. Russell. They made the trip en the steameT Ad miral 'Watson which was sunk 'a few days ago in Seattle harbor. TheS' had just left'thv; boat before the acci dent. Mlas Patterson Is now Visiting iu Tacoana, Wash., at the home of Mrs. Jaim;s A. O'Neil, who used to be Misd Vivian McCarthy. In a short time she will 'talce passage on a coast Steamer for Fan Francisco, where she will be jollied the latter Tart of the month by "her father and sister, Syl vester Patterson and Miss Lillian Vat 'terson. The following article "from the Ore gon Daily Journal is very interesting: "Mrs. Harley L. Walter and daughter, Miss Ruth Walter, -trocom panied by Miss Rose Patterson, have returnd from a month's trip to Alas ka, where they saw the beginning of the new Alaska government Tailway ! at 'Anchorage and the great -glaciers near Cordova. They made the jour ney both ways by the steamer Ad miral Watson, which was sunk yes ter'day at her wharf at Seattle by collision with the steamer Paralso in afos" Fishing Season Turns Out Big The season just closed 'was the big gest fishing season known on Rogue river since the reopening of the river to commercial fishing, in spite of the fact that there was a so-called fish ing war. The Wedderbnrn Trading Com pany, operating the TSiacleay estate ol Portland, packed about 12,000 cases of salmon, which is the largest pack for many years past. The fish ermen have all made money and Goto Beach and Wedderbum, the Rogue river towns, are now -enjoying an un usual prosperity, due largely to the fishing and the sale :ot the -wool clip and mutton and cattle. - George D. Wood, one of the own ers of the Curry County Bank at Gold Beach, is authority for the state ment that there Is more money per icapita on Rogue river 'than any other point on the coast. Th navron o the Macleay com any hag been very large, and Mr, I. - . . th t th, h been an lra. !.portant factor in tDe present pros- perity of the place. 'The season Is now closed unfil the "10th of September. From that time on until September 202 salmon can be caught and packed, but the fall fisn are Inferior to those caught dur ing the esason Just closed. However, several thousand cases of the fall fish will be packed and sold as such. The controversy between the two fishing companies has attracted the attention of the people all over southwestern Oregon. There 1 been no actual fighting or serious clashes, but the matter hae been en tirely one of a business nature, and finally found its way into the courts. Ask Manager For Booklets The publicity department desires the co-operation of the citizens of Ashland in the distribution of the new booklets. These books were pur posely made small so that they eould be mailed in an ordinary letter with out increasing the postage. Every letter that goes out of Ashland ought to carry ose of these books. The de partment will be glad to furnisn tne books in large or small quantities to those who will make good use of partment will be glad to furnish the them. Those who desire to get books will please apply to the office of the department at the Commercial Club. Please do not bother the printer by asking for books at the Tidings office it Is bis business to print them, not to distribute them. What can "The Gows" be? Ings, which has been read with much attention by our officials, It Is clear that many strangers have availed themselves of your community's gen erous hospitality. "Yours truly, "D. C. FREEMAN." Forest Fire Situation Reaches Serious Point Portland, Sept. 1. The forest fire situation Is now at a critical point throughout the entlre Pacific north west, according to a bulletin received today by the Western Forestry and Conservation Association, the clear ing house for all protective agencies. i'By great effort and better equipment than ever before employed, private, state and federal forces have so far practically kept control of the in creasing number of fires due to the protracted hot weather and prevent ed disasters which would have been inevitable under similar conditions in past years. But except in a few lo calities where there have been light local showers, the protective system is now taxed to its limit and condi tions are extremely dangerous, es pecially if wind shall arise. A few fires are already breaking bounds, men 'cannot easily be spared to fight new ones, and the dense smoke ren ders detection of new ones difficult. The disastrous fires of September, 1902, followed just such conditions. Appeals are being made to all per sons in the woods not only to be ex tremely careful with camp fires and matches, but also to work on any fires they find without depending on the overtaxed patrol forces. Settlers are urged to risk no burning of slash ings. Up to within twenty-four honrs the Oregon situation was well In hand. Over 450 fires had been ex tinguished with practically no loss of merchantable timber. Yesterday, however, the bad fires near Mt. Hood, near Butte Falls In southern Oregon and in Union county are said to have escaped control and many new ones were reported. The gov ernor has been asked to prohibit hunting until It rains. Engineer Views Siskiyou Work State Highway Engineer Cantme went over the highway work on the Slsklyous Saturday, and he reported, are Bartletts raised by Minear of very favorably on the work. . He says 1'ad ford and they are beauties, that everything la moving smoothly r J, p. Loosley Son and the Wood and as fast as could be expected. Mr. !Biver Valley Creamery of Fort Klam Cantine is very much pleased over jath have cheese and butter on display the settlement of the controversy be-1 at the Klamath county booth. Some tween the state engineer and tne state highway engineer, and now that he has been placed, in complete charge of the highway building it; will progress more rapidly. Mr. Can tine is now free to give orders to the men under him and they now under stand who to look to and take orders from, which will greatly aid In sim plifying and pushing the work. Wrhen asked about the Jackson bill, he said that that matter would soon be settled and definitely agreed npon. He hoped to have the proposi tion of the undergrade crossing and the question of the bridge Eettled soon. Prominent Men Are in Ashland E. O. McCormick, vice-president of the Southern Pacific, John M. Scott, general passenger agent, and H. A. Hinshaw, general freight agent, and the secretary of Mr. McCormick, ar rived today on train 13. They were met by the springs com mission and Publicity Manager Dur- yea and were shown over the city, especially the park development, the springs, etc., and plans were outlined fully to them. Monday's issue will give a full account of their com ments. Football Coach Is OnlGround R. R. Hutchinson, football coach for this fall, arrived yesterday and is now getting located for the season. He is to have charge, not only of the football season but of all athlet ics In the high school, and assist in manual training. Opinions expressed by the boys are very favorable on Mr. Hutchinson, as reports tell that he himself is a husky fellow and seems to possess a form that would do good service on the line. Mr. Hutchinson comes from ' Flint, Mich., where he had charge of athletic work. Ashland people may, expect to hear more of him. The Washington Forest Fire Asso ciation reports none of its green tim ber destroyed yet, but 200 dangerous fires already extinguished and the situation very grave. The state forces have had as many more. Every effort is being made to control the burning territory in Skagit and Whatcom counties, where 2,000 acreB of green timber has already been damaged and the loss by settlers of buildings, fences and crops is heavy. Other had blazes are in tho White Salmon region, in Snohomish county, and on the upper Cispus and Snoqual mie rivers. In North Idaho small fires are numerous but none have escaped con trol by the patrol association. The hazard Is exceedingly great, however, smoke handicapping the lookouts and the forests being exceedingly dry. There are bad fires in south central Idaho, where there are no associa tions. Montana reports conditions threat ening but no serious losses yet. Most agencies agree, however, that unless strong wind arises the tension will soon be relieved by the cooler weather, if not by rain, and that if the public will co-operate by unusual caution during the next few days no serious disaster will occur. Satisfied that many of the fires in the Trail creek district have been set, bloodhounds have been imported and will be put on the trail of the alleged firebugs. The dogs are be ing Imported by the federal forest service, who are working in conjunc tion with the Jackson County Fire Patrol Association. The dogs were "brought into the valley Wednesday morning. New Exhibits Are Received The southern Oregon booth boast's the first new pears sent in. These , new vetch has been added here also, I and five varieties of flour made by the Klamath Roller Mills is a good advertisement W. S. Bair of Oregon City has sent down some fine potatoes now shown at the Agricultural Palace. Another shipment of potatoes was unfit to show. Some fine fleeces from Pendleton now grace the eastern Oregon and Pendleton Woolen Mills booths. Figs from J. Pruner of Riddle, Douglas county, are here. Klamath now sends beans and Medford, Ashland and Gold Hill some fine Crawford peaches, Howell and Cornice pears. Party Goes To Josephine Caves Clff Payne, Sid Carter, W. S. Ite peau and Ed Kadfield returned Sun day evening from a three days' trip to the Josephine County Caves. Mr. Helman took them down in his auto to within about five miles of the caves. They bring back very enthusi astic tales of what they saw. They spent some six hours In the cves Saturday, and during that time took a great many flashlight pictures, many of which were very fine, as later proved upon developing and printing. They say there have been over 400 visitors at the caves this season, and that those who wish to go to the caves must go soon, for the government guide leaves vIthin a short time. Among other things that they tell of Is the fact that there are a great many deer In that neighborhood, as they were awakened several times In the night by the animals. They se cured a very Interesting flashlight picture of a woodrat. Roads are fine, they report, to where the trail begins, if one goes by way of Kerby. Why bother to carry ice cream from town on your Sunday excursions to the picnic grounds, when you can get it at the same price across the bridge at the camp grounds? It Camp Grounds Are Appreciated The flow of tourists into the auto camp grounds Is still steady. From Thursday noon of last week to Tues day noon of this week 13S people, from towns as follows, have camped in the local camp grounds in the city park: San Francisco, (; Batulon, 2; Cor vallis, 2; Corning, Cal., 2; Philo math, 1; Oxford, Oh'o, 6; Seattle, 3; Portland, 13; Altoona, Kan., 1; Prlnev!!!", 2; Salem, 4; Monmouth, 1; Ager, Cal., ,r; Springfield, 3; Mc Minnville, 3; Seattle, 3; San Luis Obispo, 1; Vancouver, It. C, 2; Tampa, Fla., 1; North Yakima, 5; Cardington, 3; New York City, 2; Sacramento, 4; Roselmrg, C; Garden City, Kan., 6; Medford, 9; Eagle Point, 7; ewell City, 1; (IrantsJ Pass, 5; Annesville, Ore., 2; Hilt, 1; Spo kane, 8; Phoenix, Ariz., 6; Maple ton, 4; Elk, Wash., 4; Keno, 2; St. Pettisburg, Fla., 3; Alaska, 1. Last week a total of 5S cars camped in the grounds and 204 peo ple occupied them. Besides that, 28 outside cars stopped for lunch at the grounds, bringing 107 more people. Eighty local cars took picnic dinners there, holding about 400 people. Forty-two picnic parties, having about 423 people, bring the list up higher. Mr. Caldwell kept track of the last figures. Ibsen's Drama At The Lyric On Sunday and Monday, Septem ber 5 and 6, the Lyric management have booked the remarkable Mutual Masterpiece "Ghosts," adapted from Ibsen's famous drama. The stage version, superb in technique, let loose a torrent of abuse In continen tal Europe, and was so censored In Great Britain that even today it Is a forbidden production. It Is gener ally conceded to be a drama of great power and some critics claim that it Is Ibsen's greatest achievement. A famous New York critic says that the moving picture adaptation Is greater than the spoken drama. Manager Lawrence will arrange spec ial muBlc from Ibsen's greaf country man, "Greig," tp fit the action of the picture. ' ' There Is a nation-wide Interest for encouraging better motion pictures, and no doubt the -Ashland people will respond to the excellent program thnt the Lyric management have booked for the coming season. The prices on this and similar fea tures will be 10 and 15 cents. Mtidge Morton Trio, the noted mu sical act that delighted the large cowd last night, will be on the boards again tonight with entire change of pictures. Rifle Team Is Finally Chosen The local rifle team, to represent tho division of the O. N. G. at Ash land, has been chosen by Captain Malone. They are Sergeant AdauiB, Corporal Irwin, Corporal Forter and Private Ilndflold. Tho boys leave for the rifle meet at the Clackamas range tonight. Lieutenant Blake leaves Wednesday evening to take charge of tho team. The rifle shooting con tests take place on the 9th, 10th and 11th of September. Teams from every company In the state will be present, making about 300 to 4 00 men. From this large number will be chosen the men or team to represent the Oregon forces at the Florida meet. Bullis May Extend Road It Is reported that the Bullis In terests have plans under considera tion for the extension of their line up Jackson ceek, as they believe that a great deal of business could be se cured from that locality, on account of the lumber mills that would spring up, should a way of transportation be supplied. Medford buys some $100,000 of boxing material every year from outside concerns. Bullis also threatens to discontinue the Medford Siskiyou Heights exten sion line, unlesB holders of property In that section who gave a contract for bonuses for the building of the line abide by their written word. He says that line Is loBlng $200 a month. New Route Out of Ashland An effort Is being made to estab lish a second rural route out of Ash land. The proposed route will begin on Oak street, just beyond the rail road crossing, and go through the Waite tract, and after threading It3 way through the Uogue River Orch ard tract will cross the Hear jreek bridge at the foot of Farnhnm hill and enter the Wrights creek section. After touring around the hill it will go through the W. W. Dann place and then into Wimer street. After threading its way through a couplo of streets in the western section of town It will follow the Scenic Drive to Granite street and, if desirable to tho residents of upper Granite street, they can he added to the route. This is a tentative plan. Tho population of the Rogue River Orchard tract Is increasing every year and, though the population through the Waiie tract is small, It has a fu ture before it. It is believed that the residents of Oak street and the west em section of the city will be willing to join the rural route and add their denseness of population iu order to make up for the scarcity of homes across Hear creek. If so, the percent age of population per mile will be obtained. Postmaster E. J. Kaiser Is working out the details and expects to have tho matter ready for circulation of the petition in due time. In case the route is established it will cover about fifteen miles and the postmas ter expects to readjust the office force so that the rural carrier will leave the postofflce at 8 o'clock -which will permit the trip to be made by about noon. In this way the Oak street patrons would be served sev eral hours before the city delivery reaches them and would receive or ders for vegetables, fruits, flowers and so forth In time to set on train 13 before noon, rn the western edge of town the delivery will be practical ly the same. A rural route has some advantages over a city delivery In that the rural carrier makes out money orders, sells stamps, receives parcels post to mall, etc. Should the route be established the postmaster will recast the three city carrier districts and add consid erable territory to the city carrier ' service. ' -v Eugene Man Writes of Ashland Last week the publicity depart ment mailed a number of copies of the new booklet to citizens of Eugene. Among those to whom booklets were sent was Henry W. Stewart, secretary of the Wisner Abstract Company. Mr. Stewart passed through Ashland In July, on his way to the exposition at San Francisco, and camped for two days In our automobile camp. It Is quite evident the beauty of Ash land and its surroundings and the city's great possibilities as a resort made an impression on him, for, in writing to the director of publicity to acknowledge receipt of the book let, he says: "I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, your cup of Carlsbad, which In my humble opinion Is a very unique and valuable piece of adver tising for the city of Ashland. It seems to me it would be a dificult matter to produce anything that would more aptly apply to your won derful and fortunate litle city, 'The Carlsbad of America.' I predict a great future for Ashland; the day Is not far distant when she will be the greatest health resort on the Pacific; coast, if not In America." The Tidings takes great pleasure In printing this splendid letter from Mr. Stewart for two reasons: First, to acknowledge his enthusiastic tri bute to our city and Its future de velopment; second, because it will stimulate our own faith In Ashland to read Bucb strong expressions of faith in Its possibilities from an out sider. Certainly If a two-day visit to our city inspires such faith in Ashland as a coming resort, we, who live here and know so well all that we are blessed with In the way of natural advantages, ought to have, and must have, a deep and abiding faith In our home town. If we have that faith, and then back it up with good works, there Is no limit to what Ashland can and will be. School crayons and paints at East Side Pharmacy. 1.
