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oreaI - cnl St TV Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs "The Carlsbad of America' Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows" City of Sunshine and flowers ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915 NUMBER 39 VOL. XL Ashland IDINGS Redpath Lyceum Course at Lyric Ashland is to have two Berles of AHIliUlIU J" tw " -i lyeeum courses this winter. In addi- j Bloner of Multnomah county, J. h. tion to the Ellison-White course, i Werleln, special agent or the Port .nBm.r Lawrence of the Lyric ; land Railway, Light & Power Com- Theatre has booked the Reason's at- tractions of the Jtedpath Lyceum Bu- J agent or ne boutnern racmc torn reau and announces the first otter-pany, will be in Ashland on October 1ng for Friday evening October 2!),!" as representatives of the Manu when theOrpheum Musical Club will facturers' and Land Products Show ke presented. There will be five to be held in Portland October 25 to numbers in all, scattered throughout : November 13. These gentlemen are the season. This series of attrac-: touring the state in the interests of tions Is one of the best offered in the ! the show, which is to be held this way of lyceum attractions, and Mr. , ''ar under the auspices and direction Lawrence is the only individual onof the Portland Chamber of Com the Pacific coast who has attempted 1 merce. They hope to create an in- i..,:,n ,.,-,. .wlr. ; terest in the show among the people being usually handled through some association. In view oi me lare : amount of money involved and the! limited amount of seating capacity in the Lyric Theatre, Mr. Lawrence takes a considerable risk. The fol- lowing are the remaining number of i attractions of the course, the dates j of appearance to be announced later: n.i ni,i Mm Tnrksnn-." tho Old Home Singers in an evening, as what we lack and ought to have, of reminiscence. Their program The Commercial Club, at the meet takes the form of a sketch during ing Monday night, voted to entertain which are introduced such songs as I these visitors at luncheon, and a "Sweet Genevieve," "The Old Oaken I committee of three, consisting of Bucket," "When You and I Were ; Young, Maggie," and "Ben Bolt." Their singing is especially effective as it Is presented in costume. The Kellogg-Haines Singing Party, an other musical number, presents a h wt known erand ! operas, light operas and from other : musical literature. No one evening is given over to the presentation of one grand opera, but selections from a number are given In one program. A few of the selections from which their program is made up are: "The Bohemian Girl," "The Chinese Hon eymoon," "II Trovatore," "Dolly Var Wen," "Penelope," "Lovely Galatea," ''Tti Singing Master" and "Martha." The Manrer Sistere' Orchestra com pletes the list. For versatility on musical Instruments the parallel of the Manrer Sisters is Beldom found tne Manrer igome yearg gg0 one of tnem nad been They present a varied program on, stomach Uroubla and They present a varied program on, the violin, lime, piano, ceuo eornet. Mr. Lawrence will sell no season tickets, and aa there are only 250 reserved seats on each list, pa- trons should mane tneir reservations early. These numbers will prove an excellent change from the Lyric's pic tures and vaudeville and will no doubt draw well. They deserve it. Ashland Students May Win Big Prize Every student in Ashland has an opportunity to win a prize of $125 which has been offered by the Port land Ad Club for the best song poem submitted by a student of the Oregon schools, the subject to be loganberry juice. Two hundred and fifty dollars in Drizea and possibly numerous mer chandise prizes are offered by Port land merchants. The offer comes as i forerunner of a campaign inaugur ated by the Ad Club to advertise the Oregon loganberry and loganberry iiilca. The contest is now open and closes October 31. The first prize is 125, second $75 and third $50. The Ad Club Intends to have the i fcest song adopted as an official song for the public schools of the state. The prize-vinning composition will be published for distribution in the schools, with the pictures of the song authors printed on them. Of course It won't be necessary for contestants to compose the music for their songs. The words and verses and swinging chorus are what the Ad Club wants. The young authors may designate the tune to which their songs are adapted. The winners will be selected by a eommlttee of five of the leading ed ucators of the state. Contestants should write on only one side of the paper and must Inclose their name, address, age and school with their manuscripts. Address songs to Geo. B. Waggoner, chairman of commit tee, 805 Yeon building, Portland, Ore, New Irrigation System Is Done The vtalves which have been hold ing up the new park irrigation sys tem have arrived and are installed. The land which is to put put into lawn will he wetted down, rolled and aeeded immediately1. y : '' '' Luncheon at Oregon Hotel for Visitors Rufus C. Holman, county commis- pany, and Judge William Colvig, tax of the state and get their co-opera-j In tho unrk nf niakinir this I - " , , . year's exhibits thoroughly typical of the industrial and agricultural lire m s ml. 1 A nffniin nn r uregon. ibbb unusual opportunity to exploit the , products oi uie lanu,. ..u .a. ... of Oregon, and has, also, a great edu - cational value to our own people by letting them see what we have as well rresiaent isewcoiuue, oei-iewry ris and Director of Publicity Duryea, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements with Mr. Dobbins of the Hotel Oregon. It Is hoped a goodly number of the business men of the city will help to show some courtesy to these men who represent the Portland Chamber of Commerce, by taking tickets for this luncheon Find Cigarette Butts in Spring A communication was read at Tuesday's council meeting from Earnest E. Starr and Mrs. A. A, Starr which was rather out of the ordi nary.' The petitioners stated that witn Btoroach Uroubla and j.h,d 0Dtalned wllef by drInking the gprIng the NttatorIum lt n(jw the,r wlgQ t0 renew tne treatment, but upon going to the spring the other morning a quantity of cigarette stubs, boxes, papers, cans and such miscellaneous trash was fminrt in the water. The Starrs asked the council to take action , which would prevent a recurrence oi such pollution of the spring. While the city council reootthlzed the infamy of such contamination, they were unable to take any action on account of. the spring being on private ttfoptrty. If the complain ants wish the spring cleaned up they should see the owners of the lot. Jewelry Stolen From Reed Home About three weeks ago the house of M. C. Reed was entered when he was absent and his wife was in the yard, and a diamond ring, Mrs. (Reed's engagement ring, two dia mnnrto nna am ul 1 eold rlne and a goIid ,d necitiacei highly valued as an heirloom, were stolen. The police have been working on the case but with no results. The front door was open and the jewelry was presumably taken from a handbag on a table. No publicity was given to the theft before in order that the police might have a better chance of locating the stolen goods. Mr. Reed will give a liberal reward to the person furnish ing information which will lead to the recovery of the Jewelry. Progress in the Development Work Emory Smith of Smith, Emery & Co. arrived in the city last night and is overseeing the work on the water mobilization. Four pipes have now been laid in the trench through the main part of the city. Two more, the nines which will carry the soda and llthla water to the Southern Pacific station fountain, will be laid before the trench is closed. A. h. Lamb has the contract for the erection of the bandstand In Llthia park and is making good prog ress. Frank Jordan is working on the' fountains. 'Phin Job orders to th Tidings. I Talk About The Ashland Tidings one fall year and the Sunset Magazine for ten months, all fur Two Dollars This oiler good for ten days only If your subscription is not quite due, by paying two (hilars the mci iptioii will be extended from date of expiration. This offer is made for new subscribtions, but will extend to old subscribers on above basis. Subscription must be paid at the Tidings otHce to secure this bargain .hH'-H''M- rr--rr p DXpldllW Of Ice Plant Rates A request for Information from Councilman W'erth resulted In a statement concerning the supposed "high increase" in the rates charged the ice plant for electric current, by Councilman Ware of the electric com mittee. It seems that the new rate which the Ice company is now asked to pay is Just one cent per kilowatt, and is the same as is being charged other users of motor current in Ash land. In addition to this fact, Mr. Ware stated that the city was fur nishing, free of charge, transformers which are worth approximately $450. For five years the storage company has been paying 6,6 mills and. the committee could find no reason for such discrimination, according to the report. After the raise to standard printed rates which have supposedly always been in effect here, the Ice plant people threatened a move to Medford, where, said Mr. Ware, the Medford Ice Company was paying one cent -per. kilowatt for a much larger amount of cur-ent, and the trans formers were not furnished by the company. The one cent rate is charged; the Ashland schools and other consum ers. Mr. Ware also stated that the company's figures had been accepted as a basis for the charge at the end of the month, no meters having been installed, y VllTiril Pstl fJfY VWHUWi vuu v Aid Needed Road Exnectations of aid from the coun cil for the Dead Indian road proposi tion were rendered remote when the opinion of Attorney Moore on the matter of the city's spending money for road work outside of the city lim its was read at Tuesday's council meeting. The city attorney's opinion was that the council could not legally Bnend money for Buch purposes, and his opinion was backed up with ,i,niatinna from sunreme court de- iclsions on matters of like nature in other cities. No action was consid ered necessary on the matter by the nuncil. the decision speaking for It self. Hewever, the Import of the opinion was ordered Inscribed on the minutes to provide easy reference In future like matters. Jury Disagrees In Barron Case For the second time the jury in the case of the State vs. George Barron, accused of reckless driving, disagreed and supposedly a new trial will be de manded unless the state grows tired of the disagreements and throws up the job. The trial was held yester day at Medford and the Jury and court were brought to the scene or the accident to obtain evidence and see the nature of the place where the nwMent occurred. The car driven by Barron collided with a buggy without lights near Frederick several weeks ago. The Duo-fold union suits are all wool outside and all cotton inside, thus causing no irritation to the skin. Price is $3.50 a suit. Mitchell ft Whittle. Standard legal blank forms of every kind may be procured at tha Tidings offlc in any quantity. I Barpifis ! 4 State Abolishes Telephone Deposit The state public service commis sion has issued an order abolishing the $j advance deposit required of certain patrons of the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company. It has always been the custom of the tele phone company to require applicants for flat rate service to deposit $5, which was to be forfeited if the con nection was not retained one year. The commission's order does away with this, and after November 1, when it goes Into effect, the only requirement will be that subscribers pay in advance. Except for meter or measured ser vice no deposit shall be demanded from any customer for service. Within thirty days after the 1st of November the telephone company must refund to customers deposits heretofore made to guarantee pay ment for telephone service where such deposits have been abolished, providing the balance due the cora p ty, Including one month's rental, Is paid. Masterpicture By Griffith at Lyric "Cvrua Townsend Brady, the Epls copallan rector whose novels have won him a host of followers, never devised a better story than the one used as a basis for "A Child of God," the. latest of the popular Mutual Mas- terplctures; " It tells a simple love story and recites how the straight forward love of a rough and ready man In the end conquered the affec tions of an eastern girl whose whole training had taught her to overesti mate nonessentials a girl who at first was too much affected by ex ternals. Penniston Dahlias Take Many Prizes The Ashland Tidings office wears a festive air as the result of a vase of beautiful 1915 seedling dahlias which came as the gift of S. Pennis ton and which took first prize at the Portland dahlia show. Mr. Pennis ton had three exhibits at the Salem state fair and took first on each. He won the following awards: Best display gladiolus, first prize, 110: best display peony dahlias, first nrize. J20: best general display show Peony, Cactus Decorative, Collarette, Pompon and single dahlias, first prize, $25. Grand Jury in Session at Medford The first grand Jury ever held In the state outside of Portland is now in session In Medford and more than 150 witnesses, JudgeB, clerks, depu ties and court attaches are In Med ford. The sessions are being held In the Medford Natatorium. The grand jury term will laBt two weeks. Upon its conclusion a petit jury will be called and the term of the federal court will last two weeks. A murder case and several bootlegging cases from the Klamath reservation will be among the cases tried. Get your watch, repairing dona at Johnson's Jewelry Store, : . 7-t, Ministers Back Lyceum Course It Is not generally known that last winter the Ministerial Arsoclatlon se cured dales on six uf the beat lyceum attractions on the platform for Ash land this coining season. The best talent la always booked through rep utable lyeeum bureaus, and the KUi-son-White Bureau, which furnished tho talent for Chautauqua last sum mer, Is one willi the highest standing and their hearty endorsement of the coming course insures its quality. The Oxford Grand Opera Quartet, which Is due December 4 and is man aged and coached by Klias Day, Is composed of artists of the highest type. They sing selections from the bent composers and present a light opera in costume. The Apollo Con cert Company, which is booked for November 23, Is a company of In strumentalists and present a popular concert. Ye Olde Towne Male Quar tet, February 1, conies with endorse ments from many well-known people. JmIko George D. Aldcn will lecture January 2S on the subject, "The Needs of the Hour." Ralph Parlette, the humorous lecturer, is the first at traction, dated C ober 21. Sidney Landon In his character studies or great men will be here March 7. The ministers propose to sell the entire course of six attractions for $1.50, but it will be necessary to place an extra large number of sea son tickets in advance In order to bring the talent here. Every one who is Interested in securing high- class, wholesome entertainment Is strongly urged to place orders for season tickets soon, so that the guar antee may be raised. Monthly Reports Take Council's Time Regular monthly reports of the various department heads occupied the early portion of last evening's council session. The usual city claims and bills were ordered paid. . A requisition for; several , meters from the electric- light department was allowed. A proposition relating to some land owned by Messrs. White and Miller was referred to a committee of three, Including the city attorney. Jane M. Morgan asked permission to tear down and rebuild a barn on Mountain avenue. Permission al ready having been granted by the proper committee, the action was rat ified. G. W. Mathes of 112 Maple street petitioned the council, stating that ho wished sewer connections and would lay the pipe If the city would furnish it. About 150 feet of sewer nlpe would be necessary. The matter was referred to the water committee with power to act, Councilman Cun ningham voting no, assumedly be cause he believed the power to act Instructions so broad as to establish a dangerous precedent. A letter from the Schoenen-Blair Granite Company thanking the city for their offer of road machinery to repair and build the road to thoir quarry south of the city, and express ing their appreciation of the city s good will, was read. A deed of the private sewer owned by D. Perozzl and the Chautauqua Association to the city, Including cer tain exemptions and containing vari ous minor conditions to safeguard the interests of the former owners, was read. The cash which would ac crue to the Joint owners under the terms of the deed is approximately $175. The matter was discussed at length and finally laid on the table for further discussion at the next meeting. Other matters were discussed as reported elsewhere and the meeting adjourned. Hobo Slashes Railroader Conductor A. B. RIeves of Ashland was attacked by a hobo whom he had ordered off of train 15 at Montague last Monday night. The hobo slashed at him with a razor and cut through bis vest and some papers in his pock et but did not reach his body. The hobo was bound over to the superior court at a hearing before Judge Chambers and Is under $1,000 bonds charged. with assault with a danger ous weapon. Phone news items to the Tiding. Commercial Club Plans Luncheons A most harmonious spirit prevailed at the first fall meeting of the Com mercial Club Monday evening. Prob ably the most important acromplish mcj.t of the evening was the enthus iastic reception received of a plan advanced by Secretary Norris and advocated by several members In live ly speeches, of having a series of luncheons for get-together purposes luring the winter. A committee was appointed to take the matter In charge, and the luncheon for the Portland land show men will be tho first of tho series. ,1. VV. Dobbins of the Hotel Ore gon was made a member of the club and five resignations received. Frank Jordan reported on the Hil lings hill proposition. V. O. N. Smith for the hotel com mittee reported progress. He stated that the committee had given the matter careful thought and delibera tion and thought In the near future they would be able to give Ashland some very Interesting news along this line. His remarks were received with hearty applause. Frank Jordan advocated the Imme diate clearing away of brush which Intercepted autolsts' view of the track at the Homes crossing south of the city, and while the matter was out side of the city, he believed that im mediate action was necessary and stated that Mr. Graves would clear the brush for five dollars. A com mittee was appointed to look into the matter and endeavor to have tho owner of the land clear the brush. Among the speakers of the evening was J. H, Dill, a newcomer from Carolina, who In a well-worded and direct speech gave his Impressions of Ashland's faults and outlined possi ble remedies. His talk was well re ceived. Publicity Manager Duryea report ed concerning work which he had ac complished In the four months he has been In Ashland. An almost un believable amount of effective pub licity matter has gone out In this time and the results received speak well for Mr". Puryea's effectiveness. .The meeting closed with generar discussion of the luncheon plan and the benefits In the way of closer un derstanding and co-operation which will accrue. Local Man's Folks Flee From Turkey A dispatch from Petrograd under date of September 17 gives the fol lowing wtih regard to the finish of the mission station at Van, Turkey, where an Ashland man's brother was located. The hardships of Rev. Clar ence Ussher and his wife and boy and the others have been recounted here tofore. He Is a brother of W. W. Ussher, manager of the local tele phone office. The telegram says: "Dr. Clarence D. Ussher, Mr. and Mrs. Yarow and thirteen other per sons comprising the missionary staff at Van, Turkish-Armenia, passed through Petrograd today on their way to Bergen, Norway, having had to abandon to pillage and flame the re sult of seventy years' work at Van. "Aged, but dauntless, Mrs. Rey nolds broke her leg In the hurried flight from Van, and died at Tiflia two days before her husband reached there from America. Mrs. Ussher died of typhus fever shortly before the flight. Dr. Ussher was attacked. the same day his wife was stricken. He Btill is scarcely able to walk, al though he has recovered from the disease. "The entire party suffered great hardships on the road. Already weakened through the long nursing of thousands of refugees, virtually all the members of the parties were scourged by disease and were forced' to halt at Tlflis. There, fortunately, the board of missions had a fund de posited with the American consul. Dr. William A. Shedd, head of tha Urumlah Mission, and Mrs. Lahore, wife of one of the missionaries at Urumlah, and several other mission aries are here, homeward bound. "Dr. Shedd lost his wife and two other women of the Urumlah station died of disease, due to overwork la caring for 20,000 refugees." Think of lt, a good heavy-weight fancy plaid Mackinaw for $5, also many better grades, at Mitchell,; Whittle's. - , .. ., . !., Phone Job orders-1 the Tidings.
