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(-omn il'storlcal As. "Ashland Grows While Llttila Hows' City of Sunshine and Flowers IDINGS Ashland, Oregon, Ufhla Springs "The Carlsbad of America' VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1915 NUMBER 34 From Producer Direct to Consumer F. S. Myers, postmaster at Port land, has been designated as a dis tributing agent of the parcel post system, according to advices received by Postmaster E. J. Kaiser. His duty in this capacity will be to en courage direct Dales from the pro ducer to the consumer through the medium of the parcels post. In this manner It Is expected to put the country districts of the stato In more direct touch with the people of Port land, so far as sales of produce, with out profit to middlemen, are con cerned. A bulletin Issued by the posloffice department in connection with desig nation of the Portland postmaster as a distributing agent, addressed to the producer, says: "Opportunity Is now offered all farmers and other producers to en gage in the mail order business by disposing of their products through the medium of the parcels post. J Never before has a greater opportun- j Ity been offered to producers to build up a profitable business Gold Hill Host To Thousands A number of Ashland people at tended the Industrial fair held at Gold Hill last week and report some fine exhibits and, above all, a ilproaring good time. On Saturday a big salmon bake, at which several thousand were fed, was a feature, and In the evening "Roaring Camp" features, with all ot the gambling joints, dance halls and other novelties of the olden days, bul at which only the Greater Gold Hill Club's '49 money was accepted, en tertained a crowd, estimated In the thousands. Gold 1:11 proved to be a royal host. Barron Steamer And Buggy Crash i Talk About Bargains ! j The Ashland Tidings one fall year, and the Sunset Magazine for ten months, all for Two Dollars This offer good for ten days only If your subscription is not quite due. by paying two dollars the subscription will be extended fiom date ( f expiration. This offer is made for new subscribtions, but will extend to old subscribers on above basis. While returning from Gold Hill about midnight Saturday, George Barron and his Stanley Steamer col lided with a buggy driven by a man, name unknown, from the Applegate district. Besides the man the buggy The post-,De'd a C0P f chickens, who aided Subscription mast be paid at the Tidings office to secure this bargain Cowboy Roping Act at Vining The greatest roping and cowboy act 1 In vaudeville, featuring Tex Walker and Arizona Bob, is scheduled to ap pear at the Vining Theatre next Fri day and Saturday nights. Watch for the mounted street demonstration or these world-famed ropers. Every feat ever attempted by fancy ropers is done by these two experts. The act conies straight from the exposition and is on its way to Join a big circuit In the north. This act played in Lon don with unprecedented success. Prices will be but 10 and 15 cents. office department agrees to adver-l materially In making the arrair one tise your business, your name, and of blood and terror. No one was hurt, the products you have for sale with- but Barron's machine suffered a brok out cost to you. Experiments con-! en wheel, bent frame and other in ducted so far Indicate that the 'farm to table' plan is a comparative suc cess and is capable of being devel oped to much larger proportions. Juries and the buggy was badly smashed. The accident occurred Just beyond Frederick, on the highway. After Many consumers in Portland are now striking the buggy head on the receiving weekly shipments of farm j Steamer knocked three posts In the products. Many more are willing to heavy fence along the right of way co-operate. Avail yourself of this over the big culvert and ended up opportunity of securing customers ! hanging with the rear end over the i'-1rt4H'WV$Y-fr9 Pioneers at Annual Gathering Enjoy Day of Reminiscences Southern Pacific Aids Distribution for your surplus products. "If you have farm products to ship by parcels post to city consumers, write the postmaster, Portland, Ore., fifty-foot drop to the orchard below. According to Ashland parties who arrived on the scene shortly after the accident. It appeared from the tracks what you have and the prices you that Barron was oh the right side of want. Your name will then be pub-j the road, and it is presumed that the llshed In the list now being compiled. , driver of the buggy became blinJed There Is a big demand in Portland j by the automobile's lights. There for home-cured hams and bacons, iwas no light on the buggy. The horse smoked and fresh meats, poultry, .escaped uninjured. When the smash eggs, butter, cheese, nuts, maple occurred the chickens were scattered syrup, fruits, vegetables and other jau over the landscape and set up an farm products at reasonable prices. I unholy racket which caused a lady Do not expect prices asked by city passenger in the Barron car to think producers. Divide your profits with; that there was a baby in the buggy, the consumers. Offer Inducements she screamed and for a few minutes to your customers in order to retain them. Remember, one satisfied cus tomer recommends another. Use business methods. Will you not, Mr. Producer, Join hands with the post office department and help make this plan a success for your own benefit as well as for the people at large?" Several Ashland growers, notably Mr. Joy of the Bclleview district, have built up extensive mail order businesses in fruit. While Portland ; Is in the third zone from Ashland and j postage Is necessarily more to Port- land than from nearer points, there Is no reason why growers can not at least realize a gre?t deal more j than is possible in the local market , where peaches, for instance, were 1 practically given away this year. It j will pay the grower to get bis name on the lists published periodically by tho Portland postofflce. confusion prevailed. Antlered Herd Will Take Medford Takes Off Hat to Jackson I Thursday and Friday of this week ;are big days for Elks of the valley. ;On Thursday Medford lodge dedicate their magnificent new temple. Pro cessor Irving Vining of Ashland will (deliver the dedication address. 'About fifty carloads of local Elks jand possibly a band will go down. Hundreds of antlered visitors from i throughout the coast states will be In attendance. The dedication ball takes place Thursday evening. On Friday evening a smoker will enter tain and amuse. The streets of Med- i ford are being strung with purple i lights and pennants and the city is I already assuming a gala appearance. County Talent Man Turns Tables on Gypsies Cecil H. Bauer, a prominent Port land attorney, writing for the Port land Oregonian concerning an 1,100 mile automobile trip, condemns the lack of uniformity in Oregon roads Saturday and, in fact, condemns a consider able portion of tho roads. For Jack son county, however, he has only words of praise. He ays: "I take off county for Its splendid road over the j Sisklyous. We met no less than 100 ears coming from that direction and the occupants of most of the cars would say, 'Wait until you get to the Sisklyous; there you will find won derful roads.' "Some of the counties in the Wil lamette valley have stretches ci splendid road, but they are of gravel surface that will have to be done over and over again. Unfortunately for lis. some of the worst roads in tlw state are located on the main high- j JgJ UjfYCSt ways near roruanu. "The people- of Oregon hardly ap ' predate what a wonderful Institution Crater Lake is and few realize how easy it is to get there. The authori ties at the park Informed me that about 6,000 people had visited the crater this year. This is more than the number of visitors for two or three preceding years combined. A large proportion of the visitors this year were from outside the state." A gang of gypsies came near to ter rorizing the little city of Talent last One Talent gentleman, Mr. took, the hardware man, was touched up for two and a half. An other man suffered to the extent of five dollars, the system used by the wnndprprn bnrderinp nn hlirhwnv rnh. my hat to Jackson i - - - - uery. i ne laiier securea revenge and his money after he had scurried home and secured a rifle with which he intimidated the nomads. The gang, arrived in Ashland during the after noon and were cordially but firmly Invited to get out and get out quick. The policy of the local police in re gard to gypsies has saved Ashland and Ashland's citizens many Indigni ties which have been perpetrated in other valley towns. Sale at McGee's Attention Is called to the After Harvest Sale bargains which are of fered in McGee's full-page advertise ment which appears In this issue. It will pay you to look over the prices and offerings listed. What can "The Gows" be? Two hundred and fifty pioneers and sons and daughters of pioneers of southern Oregon gathered in Ashland last Thursday. This was the thirty ninth annual gathering of the old timers of the valley and their direct descendants and every section of southern Oregon was well represent ed. A literary and musical program was held In the Vining Theatre, com mencing at 10:30 in the morning. Fred D. Wagner presided over the session and Introduced the several participants In the most enjoyable program. Rev. H. A. Carnahan of fered the invocation; Miss Edna Dougherty, one of Ashland's most tal ented musicians, delighted the pxther- in with a piano solo; the Siskiyou quartet, composed of Messrs. Ewer, McGee, Wolcott and Tilton, furnished several selections which were most certainly enjoyed; Miss Minnie Jack son rendered a reading well suited to the occasion. Evan Reames, who was to have delivered the address of the day, was unable to be present and In his stead Professor Irving Vining held his audience wit han entertain ing talk on the epochs of Southern Oregon history, concluding with an eulogy to those who had prepared the way for the advantages enjoyed by those of the present generation. With Professor Vining and F. D. Wagner serving as masters of cere- j monies the banquet held In the Elks' banquet hall will long be remem j bered. The ladies in charge of the j affair were Mrs. R. M. Garrett, Mrs. E. V. Van Sant, Mrs. A. E. Kinney, Mrs. G. M. Grainger, Mrs. Butler Walker, Mrs. Will Dodge, Mrs. J. True, Mrs. Charles Christensen. This committee especially deserved un bounded credit for the success which the banquet most assuredly was. In the afternoon an exhibit of moving pictures was given at the Vin ing, preceding the reading of tributes of respect to the memory of pioneer fathers and mothers who have passed away since the last annual gathering. W. II. Johnson of Jacksonville read a biographical sketch of Robert Vin ton Beall of Central Point; Rev. W. F. Shields of Medford paid a deserved tribute to the memory of Cornelius C. Beekman of Jacksonville; W. II. I Gore of Medford rendered a like serv viee in behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Thornton of Ashland and George A. Jackson of Medford; Professor Vin ing reviewed the life and faithful service of Albert Gallatin Rockfellow of Ashland, while J. S. Howard of Medford had a paper relating to the biography of James R. Wilson, a de ceased pioneer of that vicinity. A proposition to erect a museum in Ashland nark in which should be gathered relics of the early days and history of southern Oregon met with unanimous approval, and a committee consisting of Irving Vining, G. S. But ler, Sylvester Patterson of Ashland, Moses Alford and W. H. Gore of Med ford was appointed to further plans for such a monument to the pioneers. Emil Britt of Jacksonville was elected president and W. H. Gore of Medford vice-president. Mrs. M. Day Nelson of Jacksonville Is secretary and also treasurer of the organization In that territory, Mrs. Ella Garrett filling a like position in Ashland. A vote of thanks was extended to all those who had contributed to the success of the 1915 reunion. Jack sonville was chosen for the next year's gathering. Following the bus iness session the pioneers were taken over Ashland in automobiles through the courtesy of local car owners. The meeting was most thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present and many were the tales and reminis cences of the early days. James Thornton of Ashland, now In bis 90th year, was the oldest pioneer present, Mrs. Mary Miller, 80, of Jacksonville, being the second oldest. A partial list of those present fol lows: Pioneers: Jurvis, Howard, How ell, Hour:.-, Mille, Moore, Day, Smith, Reauies, 0'3rlen, Farlow, Russell, Paine, Wagner, Vining, Ulrich, Har baugh, Oatman, Cantrall, Chapln, Hockersmlth, Herrln, Kahler, Mor gan, Carpenter, Mils, Patterson, Han- ley, Willett, Mathews, Howard, Rapp, Emery, Blackburn, Murphy, Giddings, Yan DS'ke, Applegate, Barron, Jack son," But'er, Houston, Colemtfv, Stev ens, Wheeler, Thornton, Hoffman, Songer. Cameron, Furry, Graff Is, Grubb, Neil, Matties. Native sons and daughters: James and Lizzie Cronemiller, Mrs. Colonel Sargent, Mrs. Henry Barneburg, M. L. and Miss Alford, Alice Hanley, Mrs. William Angle, Jessie Matlics, Alfred Rockfellow, Butler and wife, Mrs. Muhlon Wheeler, Mrs. The passenger department of the Southern Pacific Company is giving the publicity department a great deal of help In the distribution of Ashland literature. John M. Scott, general passenger agent of the company, nev er neglects an opportunity to show his interest in the success of Ashland and the development of the springs project. He has secured several con cessions for the department, such as placing the albums of Ashland views on the observation cars, etc. On Monday of this week the department shipped 6,500 of the new booklets to Mr. Scott for distribution through the eastern ticket offices of the Southern Pacific. These books were wrapped In separate packages, mark ed with the name of the agent to whom they were to be sent, and will be shipped out direct from Mr. Scott's office to their destination. Similar packages are being made up to be sent to the company's principal offices In Oregon and California. About twelve thousand of the booklets will be distributed through this help of the Southern Pacific offices, and the head of the department feels under obligations to Mr. Scott for this splen did co-operation In the work of put ting Ashland on the map. Cigar Stores May Close on Sundays Salem, Ore., Sept. 14. Pronounc ing the Oregon Sunday closing law constitutional, the state supreme court todny reversed the decision of Circuit Judge R. G. Morrow in tho case of tho state against Leigh Nich ols, arrested In Lane county for keep ing open a cigar stand on Sunday. The decision upholds the law lit its entirety, und means that under the statutes it is unlawful to keep open on the Sabbath day any business Institution save theatres, drug stores, physicians' offices, livery stables, meat markets and bakery and under taking establishments. The law was assailed on the ground that It contravened a section of tho slate constitution which provides no law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens privileges which shall not equally belong to all citizens, and also on the ground that It was In violation of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitu tion. The court held (but the law had Its sanction In the acknowledged right to provide for public health, peace, wellnre nnd safety, and that the only question was the reasonable ness of allowing certain lines of bus iness to remain open. Tho defend ant's attack on the statute was based upon the proviso exempting theatres, drug stores, physlicans' offices, livery stables, butcher shops, bakeries and undertaking establishments. The court held that a good reason for this was that theatres afforded mental di version conducive to rest and relaxa tion, while the others ministered to wants more Imperative than those ex cluded. Ashland Chosen for 1916 Encampment The Southern Oregon Old Soldiers' and Sailors' Reunion closed its ses sion at Medford Friday night with the most Interesting program of the en tire encampment. Over two hundred Walker iGrand Army veteraim wtih their wives i and families gathered about the fare- Will Van Dyke, l ieu 1). W agner, sirs. G. M. Grainger, Mrs. Mabel Kinney, Mrs. Alice Butler, Mrs. Pearl Rus sell Potter, Mrs. Bertha Russell Win ter, Mrs. Mary Neil Dean, William and Anna Myer, Will Johnson, Ida Wells Tucker, Maud, Myrtle and Po cahontas Wells, George Anderson, Mrs. Emma Coleman Anderson, Mrs. Ellen Giddings, Mrs. Wing, Miss Lil lie Patterson, Mrs. Martha Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn, George Rarron, Edward Thornton, Mrs. Jas. I'.ader, Mrs. Arthur Furry, Mrs. Al Rose, Dora Harbaiigh, Marcla Robin son, Ursula Dean, C. J. Howard, aioi- lie Britt, Issie McCully, Mollie and Anna Towne, Jesse Ilouck and wife, Mrs. Carey Ferguson, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Sant, Lillio Robinson, Dolph Naylor, Anna O'Brien, Mattie Cole man, Mrs. ilearn, Air. i.'oieman, ivirs. Frank Swingle, Hattie Reames White, George Alford and wife, Mrs. Alice llrich, J. L. Clennnons, Fanny Bee- son Cole, Mrs. Thornton Garrett, Mamie and Katie Cronemiller. well ramplire nnd recalled the days of the civil war. The farewell ad dress was given by Attorney B. F. Mulkey. A victrola furnished the music for thet evening. j Ashland was chosen for the en campment next year and the follow ing officers were elected: Major, J. W. Byrne, Grants Pass; adjutant general, C. Thomas, Ashland; quar termaster, J. Mattingly, Ashland; Chaplain, Mary Iiildreth, Grants Pass; colonel, N. B. Bradbury, Med ford; lieutenant colonel, W. P. Pow ell, Ashland. According to a statement of the district attorney at Eugene, the dis trict attorneys of the state are plan ning for a meeting to consider plans for the enforcement of the 1916 pro hibition laws and that no doubt they would try to get together on common ground regarding the enforcement of the Sunday law. In Ashland billiard halls are closed, or at least no playing is al lowed In pilblic halls on Sunday. However, all confectionery stores are kept open and an effort to close them would result in quite an upheaval. The law allows of theatres being open on Sunday. Nothing definite in regard to what steps will be taken In other cities fias appeared as yet. Company Assets Include Glasses Ina Claire a Revelation Of Charm and Grace Ex-Mayor Dies In Los Angeles, Cal. W. B. Colton died Friday night at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 75 years. Mr. Colton, who is well known and remembered In Ashland, has been living In Gardena, Cal., for the past fourteen years and for the fifteen years previous lived In Ash land on the property now known as the Albert Johnson nlace. He was In the abstract business during the last years of his residence here and was mayor of the city of Ashland for two yearB. He leaves a wife and three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Whited of this city, Mrs. Lora Fallls of Gar dena and Mrs. Charlotte Shldoler or Los Angeles. The funeral is being held in Gardena today. Mr. Colton was known and respected throughout southern Oregon as a man of abso lutely steadfast principles and the highest plane of character. Ina Claire, t ho youngest and most celebrated of Broadway musical com edy stars, makes her motion picture debut in Jesse L. Lasky's pictiirizu tlon or "Tho Wild Goose Chase," which may truly bo said to "fit her liko a glove." The role which Miss Claire plays Is that of a romantic girl who refuses point blank to marry a mail she has never seen, for mercenary reasons, and, running away, joins a troupe of barn-storming pluyers. Though she has to go through many vicissitudes, the audience is always left with the Impression that no serious trouble Is ahead, and that the experiences which seem most trying at the moment will serve for laughter In after days. Miss Claire, who Is exceptionally beautiful, brings just the right spirit of romance and comedy to this part. There should be no question whatever about her future on the screen. This picture will be shown at the Vining Theatre Tuesday, September 21. 10 and 15 cents. Champagne glasses, creme do mentlie glares, highball glusses, punch glusses and claret tumblers are not necessary In conducting a public utility, admitted A. C. Hough of Grants Puss, who appeared Mon day before tho Ptnte Public Service Commission at Salem as attorney for tho California-Oregon Power Company In a hearing to determine If rates and service of the utility are equitable. Commissioner Aitchlson precipitat ed tho subject In the course of tho examination. The uses of the com pany's $52,1100 building at Gold Kay, Ore., were under discussion. It de veloped that the third floor was used as a club house for employes. The drinking glasses appear In the In ventory of the company'B holdings. "I want to know If the chninpngne glusses, creme de menthe glasses, highball glasses, punch glasses and claret tumblers are reasonably neces sary in the conduct of a public util ity?" queried the commissioner. Attorney Hough explained that the company was willing for "that kind of stuff to be thrown out." "We want to be fair with tho com mission," ho concluded. The investigation Is the result ot complaints filed by the cities of Klamath Falte, Medford and Grants Pass. D. McLaren arrived Saturday from San Francisco and is looking over the work which has been accom plished In Lithla Park and outlining further developments. Mr. McLaren returns tonight to the city. R. H. Halley, proprietor of the Pal ace rooming house at Modford, was the owner of the Dodge car which was demolished last -Wednesday when struck by a northbound passenger train on a crossing this side of Med ford. Mrs, Halley and Miss Glady Wilson were the other occupants of the car, but all Jumped to safety be fore the collision occurred. The ac cident occurred on a private crossing. Shirley 702-R. Keene, dancing. Phone