Tidings
"Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and flowers
Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs
"The Carlsbad of America"
' ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1915
VOL. XL
NUMBER 40
LAND
City Healthy or
Wicked, Which?
Many of us are familiar with the
old saying that "the good die young."
The truth or fallacy of this doctrine
has never been satisfactorily proven,
especially to those who have, passed
the meridian of lire into a ;'rlpe old
age." However, If there be any truth
in the assertion that those who are
good are called early to make the
journey into that "unknown country
from whose bourne no traveler doth
return," then the reputation of Ash
land as a moral and sanctimonious
community will become slightly
frayed around the edges, for the bur
ial statistics for the present year, as
gathered from the city sexton, show
that the majority of those who have
died were in the "sere and yellow
leaf" of life. The city records show
that there have been 27 burials In the
city during the first nine months of
the year 1915. The ages of some of
these are. as follows: 73, 70, 93, 78,
89, 81, 74, 81, 73, 55, 56, 60, 57,
80, C6, 62, 76, 02, 50, 73. Seventy
four per cent of the people who were
burled during that time were well
past middle life. The average age of
these was 70 years. The sexton's
records show that the number of bur
ials In the year 1813 was 41 and in
the year following, 1914, 45.
If we accept the statement that the
good die young as an exploded fallacy
then the figures do not prove Ashland
a wicked city but demonstrate that it
is a remarkably healthful city, one of
the healthiest, in fact, in the United
States. Few cities, if any, have as
low, or lower, death rate. The citi
zens of Ashland have always claimed
the city to be a desirable place of res
idence because of the healthfulness
of its climate and waters. The above
figures Bhow, beyond any fear of con
tradiction, that this claim is amply
justified. Ashland has always been a
health resort, and, when the world at
large learns of its advantages from
this standpoint, it will be one of the
greatest resorts in America. It cer
tainly is the land of health and happiness.
Park Tennis Courts
Open to the Public
The nets for the two new tennis
courts in Llthla park have arrived
and the courts will be open to the
public after Tuesday of this week.
Players must of course furnish their
own rackets and tennis balls. The
courts are Ideal, the surface being I
of fine granite screenings ,packed j
hard and rolled until smooth as aj
floor. The courts have even more I
room between the court proper and
the surrounding walls of netting than
Is required by rules. Tennis enthusi
asts will take immediate advantage
of the newly completed courts.
Rules will be posted later at the
courts, and for the present players
are urged to observe the usual cour
tesy of yielding the court at the end i
of a set, providing others are wait
ing to play.
The Big Ones
Talk About Bargains ! jj
CaUs Attention -To
Free Service
The United States Department of
Labor, through its local branch at
Portland, again directs the attention
of the public to that fact that it
mainains a division of information
for the benefit of employers of labor
seeking help and for the . assistance
of workers seeking employment.
t
While this service is entirely free
and available to all In both city and
country, the government realizes that
it is the employer situated outside
the larger cities and towns who is
handicapped in securing competent
help because of his remoteness from
the ordinary labor markets. There
fore, it Is particularly to such, com
prising farmers, ranchers, orchard
ists, stockmen, canners and manufac
turers, that the government tenders
Its free service. - Employers can be
put in prompt touch with skilled or
unskilled help of almost any race or
nationality and for any kind of work
including domestice service.
Every postmaster Is an authorized
agent for the government's employ
ment branch and will receive applica
tions from employer or unemployed.
Or such applications and requests for
information may be sent to the dis
trict headquarters under the follow
ing address: Officer in Charge, Dis
tribution Branch, U. S. Immigration
Service, 424 Railway Exchange Build
ing, Portland, Ore. The service is
free.
Frohbach Grabs
Opportunities
H. O. Frohbach, who Is In charge
of the southern Oregon exhibit at
the Panama-Pacific International Ex
position, is not losing an opportunity
to exploit Ashland's attractions for
the tourist. The publicity depart
ment received the following letters
from Mr. Frohbach in relation to gift
of Ashland mineral water to the gov
ernor of Ohio:
"Dear Mr. Duryea: At the request
of Mr. O. M. Clark I sent a half doz
en bottles of Siskiyou natural miner
al water to the Ohio building for
Governor Frank B. Willis. I wrote
him a short letter informing him of
! tho nhiopf nf Alir rinvalnnmant wnrlr
and I enclose you his reply. It may
be possible that there may be some
advertising value In this letter. For
that matter I gave it to Mr. Moore
in charge of the publicity work here
and he will give us a little dope on
it in his weekly letters to the Oregon
papers. Yours very truly,
"H. O. FROHBACH."
"Mr. H. O. Frohbach, Ashland,
-Ore. ....
"Dear Sir: I am directed by Gov
ernor Willis to express his sincere
appreciation of your gift of Ashland
mineral water which reached him
this afternoon. The governor much
appreciates your courtesy, as well as
your letter.
"It was the pleasure of the gov
ernor and his party to visit your city
briefly last Friday, and we again
passed through it on Friday. At
these times the governor learned
much of your waters and what you
are doing, and he wishes you the best
of success in your enterprise.
"Yours sincerely,
"O. H. JONES,
"Acting Secretary."
The Ashland Tidings one full year and the
Sunset Magazine for ten months, all for
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This otter good for ten days only
If your subscription is not quite due. by paying
two dollars the subscription will bo 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 st the Tidings office to secure
this bargain
t j Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lawrence spent
Jj Friday evening at the Henry Provost
1 1 home in Ashland. On Saturday
j morning Mrs. Lawrence Iff t for San
Francisco and Mr. Lawrence and Dr.
j Deacon, who Is visiting him, left for
the wilds in the vicinity of Prospect,
where tliey will hunt bear and other
large game. The two gentlemen bad
I sent on a man with their four horses
'and five dogs which Dr. Deacon
brought with him, and made the trip
to Prospect in Mr. Lawrence's car.
Besides the hosier they carry a cook.
They expe to be gone for a couple
of weeks and their friends expect a
big venison and boar meat feed when
they return. I'pon his return Mr.
Lawrence will join his wife in San
Francisco. I
Royal Hawaiians
Will Sing at Lyric
Mr. Klmo, the manager of the
Royal Hawaiian Troubadours who
delighted audiences at the Panama-
Pacific exposition throughout the
summer, was in town yesterday and
made arrangements with Manager
Lawrence for an appearance of these
popular entertainers at the Lyric
Theatre. The entertainers, seven In
number, will appear on Tuesday
night only of this week. They es
pecially feature Princess Kalle, who
Is the leading exponent of the native
hula hula dance. Their entertain
ment, besides the dancing, consists
of trios, quartets and instrumental
music on the steel guitar, mandolin
and the Hawaiian ukelele. Their en
tertainment runs about thirty m'
utes, and to give everybody an op
portunity to enjoy these sweet sing
ers Manager Lawrence has arranged
a popular admission of 10 and 15
cents, with the regular pictures and
Lyric orchestra.
Boston Beats the
Great Alexander
Bulletin on Law
Of Property
The Oregon Agricultural College
has just issued a bulletin under the
series of "The Business Side Of Farm
ing." This bulletin deals with Ore
gon laws on real property and Is
written in simple language, devoid of
a preponderance of legal terms. The
author, E. E. Wilson, attorney at
law and regent of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, states that the aim
of the bulletin is to establish a clear
er understanding concerning the vital
law points in regard to real property.
The bulletin Is free upon request to
the college.
Ashland vs. Grants Pass Saturday.
Tickets at ?ose Broa.', 25c ' 40-2t, .
Boston, with Lennart in the box,
defeated Pliilndelphia and the great
Alexander in the last inning of to
day's bail game. In the eighth the
score stood 1 to 1. The final score
was 2 to 1.
The Philadelphia Nationals won
the opening game of the world's ser
ies Friday afternoon, defeating the
Boston Americans by a score of 3
runs to 1. Despite the fact that the
Red Sox outhit the Phillies, errors
and a lack of playing judgment at
critical moments gave the contest to
the National league pennant win
ners. Neither Alexander nor Shore
pitched sensational ball, but excel
lent defensive work at their backs
kept the score down. Faskert's great
running catch of Gardner's long
drive to center field shut off a Red
Sox rally, and was the fielding fea
ture of the day.
In the second game Saturday af
ternoon Boston won by a score of 2
to 1 in an almost perfect game of
ball. Foster of Boston held the Phil
lies to three hits and scored the win
ning run himself with a hit in the
ninth inning. President Wilson and
his bride to be, Mrs. Gait, were pres
ent at the game and were accorded
almost as much attention as the con
test Itself.
Auto is Nemesis
Of George Anderson
They say lightning never strikes
twice in the same place, but it seems
to be getting dangerously near in the
case of George Anderson's brother,
Mr. Anderson, who works at War
ner's, was called to Salem a couple
of weeks ago to care for his brother
Sol, who was Injured in an automo
bile accident. Mr. Anderson had
been back here but a few days and
last night received a telgram stating
that his nephew, Carl Anderson, son
of the brother who suffered the for
mer injury, was in a critical condi
tlon as the result of an automobile
accident. Mr. Anderson left this
morning for Salem.
Grants Pass Wants
Own Water System
The Grants Pass city council has
made a propostion to the owners of
the city water system to take over
the system, paying $65, ,000 In mil
nicipal bonds payable in twenty years
and bearing 5 per cent Interest. City
officials are now negotiating with
the water plant people. A special
election will have to be called td rat
ify the proposition and vote the
bonds should the private corporation
accept the offer.
Outing flannel nights shirts and
pajamas are "Just right" for the cool
nights. 85c up to $1.50, at Mitchell
& Whittle's.
Orres cleans clothes cleaner than
any cleaner that cleans clothes clean.
Desert Picture
Vining, Tuesday
Tuesday night only an attraction
extraordinary, Edgar Selwyn In "The
Arab" will be shown at the Vining
Theatre. The story of the picture Is
laid In the great desert. It Is an ori
ental drama of love and adventure
and shows whole caravans, battles
with Bedouins and other unusual
scenes of desert warfare.
Former Pacific Mall liner Korea
goes to England. The company has
disposed of most of its ships and will
sell the balance as fast as buyers can
be found, owing to effect of seaman's
act.
Orres is showing some specials in
suits and overcoats at a big saying
during this Dress Up Week.
Grants Pass
Play Here Saturday
Football enthusiasm this year
promises to rench a higher pitch than
ever before in the history of the
game in the valley. Medford banks
their every hope on Coach Klum,
who for two years past turned out
winning teams at Ashland. Ashland
ers claim that Ashlang fighting spirit
Is responsible for Ashland victories,
and the Medford games this year
will probRbly draw crows of thou
sands. Grants Pass has become a new fac
tor and the hitherto despised Pass
team promises to make an interest
ing three-cornered race of the valley
championship series. Last Saturday
the Josephine county boys showed
that the material for a real team is
in Grants Pass, and in fact came
within a few yards of beating Med
ford. With a week's practice on the
weak points revealed Saturday the
Pass high will be a dangerous oppon
ent when they meet Ashland high
scaLfcn the local athletic field. A
big turnout is anticipated, as every
Ashlander is anxious to get a line on
the new material which is being
welded Into a team this year, and the
Grants Pass game will be a royal op
portunity. The game will be called
at 2:30 p. m. Saturday, October 16.
Bonfire Spreads
and Burns Grass
A brush fire burned over a consid
erable' area between Pioneer avenue
and Fork street last Thursday after
noon. The fire department was
called out and a big force of volun
teers soon had the blaze under con
trol before any residences were seri
ously menaced. The fire started
from a trash pile which had been lit
and apparently forgotten. The fire
chief wishes to warn citizens who
burn trash to be careful in this re
spect and always have some one
watch the fire.
Grand Jury Is
Grinding Away
The federal grand Jury, which is
in session at Medford, Is making good
progress with the list of cases up for
its Investigation. Benton Bowers of
Ashland is foreman of tho grand
Jury, i
Twelve Indictments one for
horse stealing, one for Impersonating
a federal officer, and ten for selling
whiskey to Indians, on introducing
It upon the Klamath reservation,
were returned by the federal grand
jury Saturday morning as the result
of a week's work. One Medford man,
Bob Anderson, is among these Indict
ed for selling whiskey to Indians.
The others indicted on the whiskey
charges are: Dan Connor, A. P.
Rider, Aaron Schuler, Earl Pratt,
David Alexander, Robert Ridley,
Archie Maher, James Graham and
George Berry, The ball of all in
dicted was fixed at $1,000.
For $15 worth of groceries he se
cured from Cecil Hunt of Eugene,
upon the alleged representations that
he was a federal officer, Thome
Dahl, alias Tim Doyle, alias Alexan
der Timothy Doyle, alias Dale
Thprne, was indicted.' Dahl, alias
three names, Is alleged to have posed
as a secret service man for six weeks
In the Willamette valley.
George Durkee. a liveryman of
Klamath Falls, was convicted of sell
Ing liquor to an Indian, earlier In the
week and was sentenced Saturday.
An Indictment against a Klamath
Indian named Joseph Brown for the
killing of a neighboring rancher, an
other Indian, Eugene Isaacs, was re
turned early in the week and the
trial Is now going on. C. L. Reames
Is conducting the government's case
and Seneca Fonts of Portland is de
fending the Indian, who puts up a
defense of self-defense.
Fifty Local Fans
See Medford Win
Forty-five Ashland football fans
made the trip to Medford last Satur
day afternoon and saw Medford beat
Grants Pass by a score of 12 to 7.
The game started off with Medford
apparently about twenty points tho
best team and the red and black
scored two touchdowns In the first
half. At the beginning of the sec
ond half a Grants I'ass man inter
cepted u forward pass and ran sixty
yards for a touchdown, and after
that .Medford barely held their own.
Coach Klum got worried along to
ward tho Inst, but. without cause, as
the I'ass boys insisted on trying a
forward passing game which netted
them nothing and almost always lost
them the ball.
Grants I'ass has three or four
stars and a real game is ahead for
Ashland high when they mingle with
tho Pass boys next Saturday. Tlio
Pass camo within a few yards of scor
ing on Medford in the last quarter
and would have been victors had for
tune favored them.
Medford has n big bunch and
showed up well, particularly on tho
defense.
Among those who nttended from
Ashland were: John Enders, Ken
neth McWIlliams, Harold Merrill,
Clair Beebe, Chester Tolman, How
ard Frame, Milton Fraley, Raymond
Thorn, Coach Hutchinson, Leslie Cun
ningham, Arthur Maxedon, Jack
Jones, Leslie Kirk, Miles llumpton,
Ilarley Brower, John Flnneran, Dol
mar Harmon, Prof. Ruch, Buck,
Arthur Long, Jimmy nialr, Cecil
Grlsez, Superintendent Briscoe and
wife, Lance Brlsroe, Kale Shepherd,
Miss Dorris Bagloy, Mrs. Henry End
ers, Mrs. C. F. 8hepherd, Miss Ger
trude Engle, Fred Dodge, Waldo
Klum, D. D. Norrls, C. W. Duryea,
W. W. Ussher, Glen Young, Will
Holmes, "Climax" Pelentan and Le
Roy Ashcraft. -
Ashland Growers
Win Many Awards
Jackson county won fifteen firsts
and four seconds for exhibits at the
state fair at Salem. The farm dis
play honors were won by D. M. Lowe
of Ashland. Awards for the best five
box lot of pears were won by Judge
Ton Velle and R. H. Boyd. The sin
gle box award was won by W. V.
Barnum of Phoenix. D. M. Lowe
won In the five-box lot of Boscs.
H. Casebeer of Ashland carried off
the honors for the five-box lot of
D'AnJous, C. W. Stump of Ashland
won with Newtowns, and Willis Bai
ley of Ashland was given the award
for the peach display. For five crates
of Italian prunes and Hungarian
prunes W. Herzell and R. H. Boyd
were the winners. All plate display
of pears were won by Jackson county
and peaches by A. Johnson.
William Stevens of Tolo won on
Newtowns, and C. W. Stump on Win
ter Bananas and Newtowns. The dis
plays, with two exceptions, were all
made and collected by Mr. Lowe and
displayed in the name of Jackson
county.
At the land show to be held in
Portland this month Jackson county
pears, alfalfa, the Medford canneries
and Ashland springs Drill be exploit
ed. ' ' .;
U. of 0. Boosters
Wear Long Faces
University of Oregon alumni and
boosters in Ashland are wearing long
faces as a result of the 28 to 3 drub
bing which was meted out to the
state college team by the Pullman,
Wash., aggregation Saturday. De
spite the fact that Oregon has a team
of giants and has been accorded ex
cellent chances for a championship,
the Pullinnn pigskin artists waded
through the line or around tho ends
at will. Either the Washington state
institution has an exceptionally
Btrong aggregation, or else some
thing vital Is lacking at the U. of O.
While the university was receiving
its punishment at Pullman, the Ore
gon Agricultural College was wallop
ing Whitman, 34 to 7. "Dad" King,
an Ashland boy, played the entire
game at gaurd for the agricultural
school. King has been playing on
the second team for four years, but
bids fair to win his letter this sea-
son.
In the eastern arenas the big sur
prise of last Saturday was the defeat
of tho navy by Pittsburg University,
47 to 12.
Big Loss Could Be
Easily Averted
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the Ashland Tidings one full year
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Weekly Oregonlan until January 1,
1917, and the Ashland Tidings one
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Any of these bargains apply to
either new subscribers or renewals
made for a full year, i
Good for a short time only. Better
get in quick. 38-tf
The latest crop report from Wash
ington, D. C, for the state of Oregon
shows a falling off of 74,000 barrels
In the apple crop from September 1 to
October 1. While this Is but a com
parative forecast, it is prepared after
careful Investigation and tabulation,
and every section is reported upon by
numbers of crop reporters. This fall
ing off means a dead loss of $188,700
in Oregon at the price of $2.55 which
prevailed on September 15. In the
United States at large the crop
showed on Increase during the month.
Prices In Oregon are 27 cents higher
than Inst year and average 81 cents
higher than the average price paid
throughout the United States. Tha
high price paid for Oregon fruit Is
alone the most convincing kind of
argument for the success of fruit
raising in the state. It is a fact but
little realized that Oregon's applo
crop is only about 1-71 of the total
crop of the United States.
Here In Rogue River valley we
have suffered a direct loss of several
thousand dollars In the past montli
and of a great many more during tho
entire season, because Jupiter Plu-
vltis failed to turn loose the custom
ary showers. Last year It was juHt
ns bad, and next year it may be worse.
for all man can say. There Is but ona
way out, and the few growers wh
have taken it are now looking around
for the latest model of automobile.
while those who have scoffed are)
thinking seriously of selling the last
year's car and walking. The answer
s IRRIGATION.
A big proportion of the growers of
the valley have already awakened to
the need of water, and a movement
Is gaining impetus for widespread ir
rigation. Government engineers ara
surveying the water resources of the
valley and listing every possible
source of supply. When plans ara
worked out it will be up to the valley
land owners to accept or reject their
salvation. A grower here and a
grower over there In the next section
will not suffice. It will take the unit
ed co-operation of all.
Right of way deeds are all secured
for Sutherlln railroad and it is an
nounced work will start at once on
the grade for the Sutherlln, Coos Bajr
& Eastern.
Boys, dress up and show we.. are.
alive. See the big values in men'a
suits and overcoat tailored to you
order at Orres' Tailor Shop.