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"Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers '
Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs
The Carlsbad of America
VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915
NUMBER 31
fiSHLAND
Rebonding Plan
Meets Opposition
Medford's city council staged a
miniature word war Tuesday night
when several of the members locked
horns with the backers of the scheme
for rebonding the city of Medford
for an amount in the neighborhood
of a million dollars to postpone the
day of Judgment on pavement assess
ments which have put some of the
property owners up to their necks in
debt. After a considerable discus
sion which one would deem must
have grown quite heated at times
from the accounts which appeared in
Medford papers, the matter of call
ing an election for September 28 was
tabled. The opponents to the re
bonding plan claim that the pave
ment assessments should be collected
under the Bancroft act.
The proposed rebonding plan would
throw a portion of the payment onto
the owners of. land In the unpaved
districts In the city and is meeting
with much opposition.
Ashland may well consider herself
lucky In that the pavement was not
greatly overdone here and that with
the exception of a few of the main
thoroughfares which become seas of
mud In the winter and will eventu
ally have to be paved, there Is no
immediate need for much more pav
ing as the sandy nature of the streets
on the hillsides of the city 1b Ideal
for gravel drives, insures good
drainage, and is adaptable to grad
ing.
Medford may well be proud of her
wiles of paved side streets and cross
tretches, but at the same time she
may well be sorry because of them.
Masterpicture
Promises Thrills
. "The Darkening Trail," by C.
Gardner Sullivan, a Mutual Master
picture In four parts, is one of those
vividly virile western American
dramas upon which Thomas H. Inee
has so deservedly founded his high
claim to recognition as one of the
foremost motion picture directors
producing today. ,At the head of the
cast Interpreting this drama Mr. Ince
has placed William S. Hart, who has
no equal in the type of ro'.e he is
called on to play here.
The vivid action of the thrilling
and compelling Masterpicture com
mences In a Chicago department store
and carries the watcher into the wilds
Offers Solution of Railroad
Grant Land Problem in Oregon
Permanent organization of a move
ment having for its purpose the en
forcement by congress of the original
in the lands, amounting to $2.50 an
acre. If the terms of the original
grant are enforced by congress rcla-
terms of the Oregon & California tive to future disposition of the vast i of the approval of numerous officials
Railroad Company's land graut was 'area, whereby the lands ahull be sold the Water Users' League has secured
Government Aid
For Irrigation
The aid of the United States and
state governments will aid the Uogue
River valley in the planned Irriga
tion projects. After the expenditure
of much persuasion and the getting
offected in this city last Tuesday
night at an enthusiastic meoting In
to actual settlers only In quantities i the promise of a federal Biirvey of
not exceeding 169 acres and at a the water resources of the valley.
Chautauqua .tabernacle, over which price not more than ?2.50 an -acre, The survey wlM be made immediately
Bert R. Greer, editor of this paper, j for which the speaker contended, In by Division Engineer Whistler of
presided.
John A. Jeffrey, now of Portland,
but for several years prosecuting at
torney for the judicial district em
bracing the counties of Josephine,
Jackson, Lake and Klamath, was the'lative body.
bis opinion, all the lands involved
would pass Into private ownership
and become subject to taxation wl'h
in six months after the passage of
such a measure by the national leglH
Joffrey warned iis hearers against
all attempts to have the grant Incor
porated within the limits of any res
ervation, forest or otherwise, and
cited glaring Instances where there
of Alaska. This picture Is said by principal speauer, aitnougn at tne
New York papers to rank as an equal close of the meeting there was a gen
of "The Spoilers." It will be shown .eral discussion of the Issues involved
Sunday and Monday with special mu- in the final disposition of the lands.
sic at the Lyric Theatre. Incidentally, Mr. Jeffrey Is a native
Ranking on the same high plane son of Josephine county, having been jhad been abuses of the act of Juno
with this Mutual Masterpicture are born and reared in the Applegate 11, 190G, permitting homestead entry
the feature films which will be shown ' country, and has a twin sister resid-' of lands susceptible to cultivation
on the week nights this week. Thurs-'ing at Medford, hence Is well quail- even though situated w ithin the con
day only "The Wedding Ring," a j fled, both through experience and , fines of a forest reserve. In the re-
five-nart Schubert feature, promises 'ability, to handle the subject of blsjgion north of Butto Falls, he said, in
to be one of the most beautiful re
leases yet shown here, and on Friday
only the most talked of film of the
discussion.
After paying an loquent tribute
to the natural resources of this vl-
year, "The Lure," will be sure to 'cinlty, and directing special attention
draw. This latter is also a five-part
picture.
New Jail to be
An Inside Inn
After thorough lnvestletion of the
Jail location matter the council found
hat to build the Jfil at the first
named location back of the present
edifice would Inconvenience the
property owners next door even more
than at first apparent. While not
acknowledging the lack of legal right
to do so, the council decided It would
be as veil for all concerned if the
Jail should be built Inside the pres
ent fire department hall. Plenty of
room was found at the rear, and as
plans progressed It was found that
considerable saving could be made
by using the cement floor and one
vail in the fire hall. Plans for the
Jail are the same as for the outdoor
gtructurei Two cells and plenty of
passage room.
Many Matters
Occupy Council
The city fathers underwent the
sual agony of the reading of the
lengthy monthly reports Tuesday
evening, after which a paving matter
adjacent to the Silsby estate waB ex
plained by Mr. Billings and referred
to a committee. A project for ex
tending the park sewer for several
hundred feet north and south on
Granite street was talked over and
referred to a committee. The sani
tary committee reported finding no
Interest In
Revival Growing
Unheralded by trumpet blast and
without special preparation of anj
nature on the part of the church,
revival services were begun at the
Christian church last Sunday by N.
J. Reasoner, a former citizen of Ash
land who has returned to look after
business interests, having entered the
ministry since leaving. At the very
first service two accepted the Invita
tion and were baptized at 6 o'clock
Sunday evening. At the evening ser
vice Sunday a good sized audience
was present and enjoyed the inspir
ing music and gave splendid atten
tion. Thus far the sermons have
been directed primarily to church
members, though last night Mr. Reas
oner paid his respects In no uncer
tain manner to those who cleared
Martin of the charge of murdering
Hubbard upon the ground of self
defense. Services tonight, Friday and Sat-
to the importance of the improve'
ments hereabouts in connection with
the Ashland park project, which he
prophesied would operate to attract
settlers and Investors from every sec
tion of the globe, Mr. Jeffrey pro
ceeded to enter Into a full and care
ful diagnosis of conditions surround
ing the. disposition of the grant lands.
That he was indulging in no idle re
marks Is evidenced from the fact that
Mr. Jeffrey was equipped with an
authentic copy of the decision of the
United States supreme court, ren
dered June 21 last, besides copies of
township 34 south, ranges 2 and 3
east, of the Crater national forest,
settlers had gone there for the pur
pose of creating homes by the exer
cise of their legal rights under the
act of congress noted, but bad been
driven out In cold-blooded fashion by
the Forestry Service on the ground
that the tracts of land embraced In
their homestead applications were
more valuable for timber than agri
cultural purposes, notwithstanding
the fact that positive evidence In the
form of sworn testimony was pro
duced before the Department of Agri
culture to the effect that all of the
land affected was prolific in charac
ter, and that sc.ne of it was of the
"beaver dam" nuallty. Moreover, he
Portland In conjunction with State
Engineer Lewis, and will be paid for
by the state and government from
the Joint fund set aside for reclama
tion work.
The object of the survey is to as
certain definitely the area of the val
ley that can be Irrigated, the amount
of water available for Irrigation from
the various sources, the estimated
cost of construction and recommend
ations as to methods of securing the
water.
The amount of water that can be
developed from path available source,
tho cost of developing and placing It
on land, and the comparative merits
of the various Irrigation schemes
will be definitely ascertained by non
Interested and authoritative en
gineers, whose recommendations will
form a definite plan to present to
the people to secure needed irrigation.
urday at 8 o'clock, but beginning 'gunreme court Imposes on the rail-
Sunday evening the hour will be- d company but a nominal equity
y:3u. jne suoject irmay snoum in
terest all young people "Ten Ash
land Girls." Sunday evening, "The
Resurrection." This Is a subject of
tremendous importance, an appeal to
the intellect, and all thoughtful peo
ple should hear it.
the government's bill of complaint, said, the region was deemed capable
of purporting such an enterprising
Community that the erection of a pub
lic building was begun for social pur
poses, the foundations of which are
still standing as mute evidence of the
Inhuman attitude of the Forestry Ser
vice. jAccording to Mr. Jeffrey,, the only
Ioj.1v.bl relief available tinder the cir
cumstances Is for the voters of the
district 1n this state affected by the
grant to express their views in no un
certain language, calling for the en
actment of national legislation en
forcing prompt compliance with the
conditions of the grant as it existed
originally, which contemplated that
and Judge Wolverton's decree of ab
solute forfeiture of the grant for non
compliance with Its terms by tV rail
way corporation, In addl". to copies
of affidavits from the assessor of
each county affected by the grant,
showing the extent thereof, its tax
able Valuation, together with its re
lation to " economic development' of
the region. j" '
He declared that 441,000 acres are
included in the grant in this county
alone, and that the amount of unpaid
taxes thereon aggregates more than
$90,000, only a small proportion of
which can ever be collected for the
reason that the decision of the U. S-
Increase In
School Enrollment
NewHational
Tennis Champion
W. M. Johnston of San Francisco
won the United States championship
at Forest Hills, N. Y., Tuesday by
defeating his fellow townsman, Mau
rice E. McLoughlin, 1-6, 6-0, 7-5,
10-8. The contest, which developed
(Continued on Pace Eleht.)
the most sensational play since the
reason why the petition of adjacenj famous meeting between McLoughlin
property owners, asking for con- and Brookes on the same strip of turf
demnation of the blacksmith shop on ja year ago, was an exhibition of both
First street, should be granted. They 'racquet skill and court generalship,
recommended, however, that the or- Another factor, and the winning one,
was that of endurance, and in this
respect the victor had a decided ad
vantage over the vanquished, espec
ially in the long drawn out fourth
set. Johnston's ability to keep Mc
Loughlin in deep or mid-court most
of the time while he used his short
ground strokes and backhanded cross
court stashes gave him the winning
points in crucial rallies.
t -
dinanees regarding street obstruc
tion be Inforced in connection with
this establishment. Investigation of
the overflow of the Southern Pa
cific's sulphur spring, near the Con
gregational church, was ordered
Property owners down the hill from
It complain that Its recent walling up
with concrete has not altered the old
seepage conditions.
Other matters of Import and im
portance were discussed.
Congressman Was
Here Yesterday
1 Congressman Hawley was a visitor
in the city yesterday and was shown
around town by Representative Fred
Wagner and others. While here he
tonferred with several parties in re
gard to homestead lands and otner
matters. Mr. Hawley Is a member of
the committee on rural credits and Is
enthusiastic over tho possibilities of
the proposition. He Is In Medford
today.
Tell us about "The Cows."
Taft Passes Through
In Dead of Night
Maybe he rolled over in his sleep
and maybe he didn't. At any rate
ex-President Taft passed through
Ashland yesterday morning on the
Shasta Limited. He was bound from
San Francisco, where he recently had
the honor of burning the last debt
of the Panama-Pacific exposition, to
Seattle, where he will address the
American Bankers' Association. None
of the old regulars that we know of
were down to the station In hopes of
hearing our esteemed visitor "deliver
a few extemporaneous remarks."
Free Rides For
Talent Students
Council Gives
Autos Leeway
Vaudeville at
Vining Delights
One of the best crowds of recent
weeks enjoyed the vaudeville pre
sented by the seven members of the
Cox family at the Vining Theatre last
evening. Every member of the troupe !
is really clever and their act merited
the bursts of applause which greeted
each selection. Singing, dancing and
lively comedy woven Into each pther
make up an entertainment which will
"drive dull care away." Ask some
one who was there id then go your
self. Regular pictures In addition to
the vaudeville with complete changes
of program every night this week.
At Tuesday evening's council meet
ing the automobile finally was rec
ognized to be almost if not perfectly
harmless while standing on well-
lighted streets, even although the
lights are unlit meaning the auto
mobile lights, not the street lights,
The new concession admits of saving
coal oil only when the cars are stand
ing between the library and plaza on
Main street. Incidentally the lights
must be going full blast before the
car is put Into motion. In the same
district it Is now legal to park cars;
that is, to back up against the curb
at right angles to the sidewalk. This
allows of leaving In either direction
from the curb.
I The Simpson gasoline tank was
was given permission to stand where
It is. No mention was made of
whether It needed headlights.
At a meeting held Tuesday even
ing of the school board members of
the Talent, Wagner Creek, Anderson
Creek and Ashland districts it waB
decided to send all pupils who finish
the tenth grade In the Talent high
school to Ashland high school for the
rest of the high 'school course. Ash
land has offered free tuition to the
Talent young people and their dis
tricts will pay the transportation.
They will be carried on the Interur
han or Stanley Steamer cars at the
rate of 7 cents for a single fare.
The 1915 school year is now well
under way and in another week It
will be difficult for the uninitiated
to observe any radical difference be
tween an emerald freshman and a so
phisticated sophomore. As usual the
freshman class Is "bigger than ever"
and will enroll more than forty mem
bers before long. The midyear
freshman class Is almost as big, and
out of the eighty there really should
be several huskies who will develop
into football material.
The total enrollment in the Ash
land schools Is 837 at the present
date and of these 211 are in the high
school. There were no figures com
piled at this time in 1914, but two
years ago the enrollment at the end
of the first week was 795, of which
160 were in high school.
Several of the classes are being
subdivided owing to nnlooked for
numbers. The pupils are fast mak
ing the acquaintance of the new
teachers and everything is progress
ing swimingly.
Among the new Innovations Is a
music room being fitted up and ar
tistically arranged by Miss Harris,
Saw Hooper In
Klamath County
Klamath Falls Herald: That
Hooper, the gentleman hold-up man
and criminal of repute, walked
through Klamath county on his way
south, was established Monday morn
ing by tho sheriffs office, when 8. A.
Nlchaelson, a farmer near the fair
grounds, reported to the office that
he had seen Hooper and talked with
him.
He was following the Southern Pa
cific right of way, inquired the dis
tance to the state line, and went on
his way after talking for a few mo
ments. Nlchaelson stated that though he
had Been the articles appearing in
the Herald about Hooper, and that
he was being Bought by tne authori
ties, he did not think tnoy wanted
him very bad.
Hooper was reported last week to
have been In the Wood River valley.
Word has been received from tho
sheriff of Grants Pass that ho was
In the Klamat. country, but was be
lieved to have been farther south.
He was wanted at Grants Pass for
breaking jail and for holding up tho
depot there. He has a record of a
string of hold-ups from Yreka to The
Dalles, and is a parolo prisoner from
San Quentin.
Nlchaelson said that he was satis
fled that the man he saw was Hooper,
as he wore glasses, answered Hoop
er's description as printed In the
Herald, had bushy hair, and was
wearing a cap which he wore tightly
over his head. Hooper told him he
had money and could ride, but pre
ferred walking.
Sheriff Lewis was telegraphed this
morning of Hooper's presence near
here, and that he had gone to California.
Commercial Club
Drops Delinquents
The Commercial Club held its reg
ular monthly meeting Monday night
and transacted the usual routine
business after which a number of
members who lacked the spirit or
money to keep their-dues paid up
were dropped. The Commercial Club
now has a solid active working body
of over 250 members, every one of
whom Ik a live member and a booster.
Several matters were discussed hut
no important action taken. Commit
tees wero reported to bo hard at
work on the Farnum hill grade pave
ment matter, the Lake of the Woods
road and the hotel proposition, and
results may be looked Tor.
Announcement was made that the
mineral waters would be flowing In
who bns charge or music. A vlctrola i the ,,ark by tne middle of October,
and piano form part of the equip-
nient and a music course of para
mount attractiveness Is being offered TfljJHlJltll T2CS TWO
and taken advantage of by many. I
From Medford Team
Ashland Cannery
Should be Busy
Famous Player
In "Wildflower"
Marguerite Clarke, the dainly,
magnetic little queen of the movies
who is running a hard race with
Mary Pickford for the favor of Ash
land film lovers, will appear in
"Wildflower" at the Vining Theatre
Friday night. This Famous Players
four-part feature appeared here once
before and so impressed tho3o who
had an opportunity to see it that
Manager Vining was only too pleased
to take advantage of a chance to se
cure a return engagement of the
The Commercial Club requests the
names and addresses of parties who
are considering coming to the coast
his summer. We wish to send them
Iterature and give them a good con
ception of Oregon. 74-tf
Under the management of M. C
Llnlnger the Ashland cannery is be
ing operated Intermittently until the film.
full co-operation of the growers is "Wildflower" Is a bewitching char
secured and a supply of products acterizatlon, constructed for Just
which will warrant the hiring of a such a star as Miss Clark. The story
full force is secured. The cannery
is owned by Dr. F. G. Swedenburg.
The Talent cannery is not running
this year and the Medford cannery
is enjoying a most successful season.
Fruits are going to waste in large
quantities in and around Ashland
and proper co-operation would pro
vide a booming cannery industry and
furnish a market for the fruit "which
is not shipped.
Klamath Falls clinched their claim
to the amateur championship of
southern Oregon and northern Cali
fornia by defeating Medford by the
! scores o,' 10 to 1 and 9 to 8 respect
ively, on Sunday and Monday at
Klamath Falls.
The Weed team was the only other
contender for championship honors,
but has disbanded Tor the season.
Kenneth Lilly qf Ashland played with
Weed and finished the season with a
batting average of over .500. Young
Lilly Is n-w attending Stanford Uni
versity and will no doubt be heard
from on the diamond.
The fast Rosohurg team will play
Medford on each day of the county
fair and next Sunday. Roseburg la
reputed to have a fasst aggregation
and Medford is rustling a few extra
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. u 11 1 , a ,a nicn to meet the contingencies of the
of the sunklssed forest, and tne.
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aepins ana snaiiuws ui unman mo.
A not tier Carload of Fencing via Pun
aina. Even with prices raising or going
up on galvanized goods, I am able to
sell fencing at a lower price than
ever, as I bought 52,000 pounds be-
foer the big advance at the lowest
possible market price for cash.
31-lmo. EMIL PEIL.
New Chautauqua
Seems Assured
Have you got "The Gows"?
A new Chautauqua building before
next summer's session seems assured.
The Chautauqua association held a
business meeting Tuesday afternoon
at which various plans for the build
ing were discussed. Finances for the
building are assuming definite pro
portions and a commute Is consider
ing plans.
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
Citizens Meeting
Friday, Sept. 10
A citizens' mass meeting Is called
at the Commercial Club rooms for
Friday evening, September 10, at 8
o'clock. The purpose Is to devise
steps to enable bona fide settlers to
become possessed of the 441,000
acres of land, now held In Jackson
county by the Oregon & California
Railroad Company, on terms of the
original grant. You are earnestly
urged to be present at this meeting
by the committee.
When are "The Gows" coming?