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Oregon Historical Society C"'P 207 SPooiut M ASHLAND' "Ashland Crows While Uthla flows" City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs v I "The Carlsbad of America" VOL. XL ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDA , OCTOBER 14,. 1915 NUMBER 41 IIDINGS Indications of New Railroads The first evidence of coming re vival of railway construction on a considerable Bcale in the northwest was afforded In Tortlnad last Thurs day by the organization of the Ore gon, California & Eastern railway, designed to supply some 400 miles of standard gauge lines for central Oregon and adjacent territory, at an estimated expenditure of $7,000,000. Some forty leading bankers, mer chants and others, Including J. C. Ainsworth, A. L. Mills, William M. Ladd, Emery Olmstead, Julius Meier, Theodore B. Wilcox, H. C. Wort man, Adolphe Wolfe, H. L. Pittock, William F. Woodward and Nathan Strauss met to Inaugurate the enter prises and engaged Robert E. Stra horn, builder and former president of various Harriman lines In the north west, to head the company by assur ances of support. The project, its promoters an nounced, promises a new and direct all-rail line directly south through central Oregon to Nevada, California and the east, Baving several hundred miles over present routes to Reno, Carson City and other Nevada and northeastern California points. It was said It also would open new and rich trade territory In central Oregon and northern California and Ne vada. The plan Is for an east and west line of 150 miles to connect the Har riman and Hill lines at Bend, with the Oregon Short Line In Harney val ley, a north and south line of 170 miles to connect Bend with the Ne-yada-California-Oregon line at Lake view, a sixty-mile branch from the latter In Silver Lake valley south westerly to Kirk, the terminus of the Kalmath line of the Southern Pa cific, giving Portland and Spokane a direct line to Klamath Falls, and a thirty-mile branch from the Lake view line easterly to Warner valley. From reconnaissances and surveys already far advanced, It Is believed the system can be completed ' and equipped in about three years. Jackson County Shows Big. Gain Jackson county ranks fourth in the list of Oregon counties for the num ber of automobiles registered from January 1 to September 30 of this year. One thousand, one hundred and ten automobiles were registered in the county, and we know where there are two or three which got by without registering. Ninety-eight motorcycles were also registered In the county. The county Is exceeded by Marion, Umatilla and Multnomah counties In the number of cars. Marion and Multnomah only have more motorcycle fiends. The total number of cars registered in the Btat, according to figures pre pared by Secretary of State Olcott, is 22,998, the total of motorclcle regis trations 3,123, chauffeurs 3,804 and dealers 171. The increase in the motor vehicle registration over the corresponding period last year is 6,877, the increase in motorcycles 246, the increase In chauffeurs' registration 2,095, and increase in registration of dealers 62. Wins Filth Prize In Car Loading To obtain a marked improvement In car loading, the Southern Pacific Company has held a number of gen eral competitions covering the Pacific System. Under the terms of these contests, money prizes have been of fered for excellence In loading cer tain commodities. For the best load ing of each there have been offered two prizes, one of $50 and the other of $25. The Southern Pacific Bulletin pub lishes the list of the prize winners for the first six months of 1915. The Ashland station, G. N. Kramer agent, took fifth place in the loading of small merchandise. Loading the car to its maximum, capacity means get ting the full measure of service from the car and is an important economi cal measure. f ).i i Leonldaa made history when he held the Pass of Thermopylae.- For two bits you can see hjBtorv, .repeat itself next Saturday when, .Climax Delsman end jhls men .iol, GranU PaSB. ,; .In. . ..; ?! .''! Making Progress With Springs Work Mr. Emory Smith of Smith, Emery & Co., who Is here overseeing the in stallation of the pipes from the vari ous springs, reports as follows on progress being made: "Our sulphur line is working sat isfactorily. The gas line is' done ex cept a few hundred feet. The lithia and soda lines were started at the park end. The former is laid beyond I the railroad and the latter almost to the railroad. Delay on these was caused by a change of ditch level caused when the city established street grades. Two pipe-laying gangs are at work and material Is coming as fast as needed. "The completed distributing sys tem in the park will be tested out with city water in a few days. The central station is rising! Tiles for the roof are on the ground and the tile setter is here from San Fran cisco. Tile is being placed on the lithia spring building and Is on the ground at the soda spring. The steel bridge at the lithia spring is complet ed. The concrete building at the Cunningham gas spring is ready to strip and bridge and retaining wall will be put in at once. "All machinery equipment is com pleted and, with the exception of the compressor and pumping plant for the gas spring, is either on the ground or in transit. The latter ma chinery Is being assembled In San Francisco and should be ready to ship within a week." Utah Sugar Man Here Last of Week Alex NIbrey, secretary of the Utah Oregon Sugar Company, will be In the valley the last of the week In con nection with a $600,000 sugar. beet factory which will be built in the Rogue River valley In the near ru ture, providing contracts for 5,000 acres can be signed up by the farmers of the valley. This statement was sent by George E. Sanders, vice-president, and one of the directors of the recently' organized Oregon-Utah Su gar Company. The commercial clubs of the valley have been asked to co-operate in the campaign to secure acreage, and to help put the sugar beet factory In the valley. White Ribbon Here Monday The White Ribbon special, bearing 250 pf the biggest and best known workers for the cause of temperance in the United States, will arrive in Ashland next Monday. The exact hour has not yet been ascertained. The W. C. T. U. people will spend Sunday In Roseburg. Everybody In Ashland is urged to greet the nation al workers at the station and bring flowers and fruit. If arrangements can be made the train will remain here for an tour and short speeches by women of national Importance will be heard. A big delegation will be up from Medford. Dr. Reader Dies At Santa Rosa Dr. James K. Reader of this city died at Santa Rosa, Cal., Monday night, where he had gone about a month ago for his health. He was 69 years old and a native of Illinois. He came to Ashland about twenty years ago and had been In practice as a homeopathlst. He was a Civil War veteran and had served as medical examiner on the pension board of this district. His wife survives him. Funeral and interment will take place at Santa Rosa. A party of hunters consisting of Councilman R. P. Cornelius, Prof. Vining, Ralph Vinlng and O. Winter returned Monday evening from a so journ In the Elk creek country. Prof. Vining carried off the laurels and secured two fine bucks, one of which, a five-pointer, Mr. Corneliup declares to be the biggest he has ever seen. Fred Sturgis of the Elk creek country, who accompanied' the party In the caplcty of guide, also secured one.,. t, n- - Get your j watch repairing done at Johnson' Jewelry .Store. 97-tf I Talk About The Ashland Tidings one fullyear and the . Sunset Magazine for ten months, all for Two Dollars This offer good for ten If your subscription is not two dollars the subscription wil date of expiration. This offer is made for newymbscriptions, but will extend to old subscribers on above basis. Subscription must be paid at the Tidings office to secure this bargain Beet Factory For Rogue Valley Depends Upon Acreage Signed In a full-page announcement in this issue the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company puts the proposition of a $600,000 beet sugar factory for the Rogue River valley squarely up to the people. This announcement should be carefully read by everyone. The company promises to put In a factory which will employ a big payroll and turn several hundred dollars loose in the valley every year, providing the growers will sign up 5,000 acres for beets. This is the biggest opportunity that has come to the people of the valley in many years, and united co-operation should carry the acreage cam paign through In a few weeks with one wave of enthusiasm. Committee headquarters have been established at the Medford Hotel in Ivied ford and the Josephine Hotel in Grants Pass, and contracts will be ready for dis tribution within a.few days. The. company officials state that they Intend locating a factory In Ore gon and believe the Rogue River val ley to be ideal for beet raising, and therefore will give the valley the chance to secure the factory simply Many Permits For Waterjif County During the quarter ending July 31, 1915, the state engineer Issued 152 permits for the appropriation of water, under which it Is proposed to irrigate 23,143 acres, develop 352 horsepower and construct 15 reser voirs. These permits will require the construction of 210 miles of ca nals and pipe lines and an estimated expenditure of $891,242. . The following permits were Issued In Jackson county: L. A. Salade of. Central Point, for the irrigation of 69 acres, diverting water from Bear creek In Sec. 34, T. 36 S., R. 2 W.; L. C. Leach of Talent, for the irrigation of 20 acres, divert Ing water from Bear creek In Sec. 32, T. 38 S., R. 1 E.; Rogue River Public Service Corporation of Grants Pass, for the irrigation of 12,640 acres, diverting water from Rogue river, in Sc. 15, T. 36 S., R. 3 W.; B. E. Adams of Gold Hill, for the Irrigation of one acre, including do mestic supply, diverting water from springs in Sec. 7, T. 36 S., R. 3 W.; George Lyman and A. Hooton of Gold Hill, for the Irrigation of 33 acres, diverting water from Rogue river in Sec. 1, T. 36 S., R. 3 W. School Children Will Hold Market The pupils of the East Side school will hold a market day on the school ground Saturday, October 16, from 9 to 12 a. m. The children will bring eggs, chickens, vegetables, butter, baked goods, cheese and fruits and the ladles of the city will do well to visit the new market. The market oomes as a result of the gardening and domestic science courses and will amply prove the good work accom plished. ffi Extra heavy, weight and Lout full all over,. trousers for bard wear, and, they , give splendid, ..service 42,50, $3 and J?.60. Mitchell fc JWhfttle.: Bargains ! i ays only uite due, by paying be extended from by getting the required acreage signed up. The contracts call for a five-year term, beginning with 1916, and the company agrees to pay $5 per ton for all beets over' 80 per cent purity or better and containing 15 per cent or more sugar, and for all beets contain ing 80 per cent purity or better and containing no less than 12 per cent sugar, at the rate of $4.25 per ton. It is agreed in the contract that pay ments for alf beets shall be on the 15th of each month. r The Oregon-Utah Sugar Company is officered by men of financial pow er, and the establishment of a beet sugar factory here would mean the Induction of Utah capital into this section. The president of the concern' is C. W. Nlbley, a bishop In the Mor mon church, wealthy banker and tim berman. Alex. Nlbley; his son, Is sec retary, and .Harold Smoot, son of Reefl " Smoot, ' United States senator from Utah, and Wlllard R. Smith, son of the head of the Mormon church, directors. Bishop Nibley's Interest in the project is to establish his son Alex. In a big business. Don't Marry Until After Saturday . ','The Escape," a picture which no one can afford to miss, will be shown at the Vining Theatre Friday and Saturday nights. Don't marry until you see the escape. The picture Is a Griffith production and is ranked next to "The Birth of a Nation" ai his greatest picture. Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, and Owen Moore, sup ported by an all-star cast,' present this great feature. The picture Is In six reels and a prologue. The pro logue is wonderful in Itself and the play which follows will leave an ever lasting impression on the mind of all who gee It. It is a picture of life as it is, showing the best and worse phases. The story revolves around the life of a girl of the Blums and her ultimate arrival at better things Realities which have before been dis guised are brought into the full light of day. It is a strong story and. one which has received the endorsement of both press and pulpit. Admission 10 and 20 cents. Thirty-Three States Honor Columbus x. Christopher Columbus, with the historic little fleet that every school boy knows by heart, the Plnta, the Nina and the Santa Maria, discov ered America 423 years ago, on Octo ber 12, 1492. In 33 states of the Union, Oregon Included, October 12 Is now set aside as Columbus day, a legal holiday. The Ashland banks and postofflce were closed and proper observance conducted In the schools. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Cantlne left yesterday for Klamath Falls, where they will visit a daughter and expect later to continue their journey to Berkeley Where theylll spend the winter. . They ; haw stored their household goods 4s they expect W be gone' the .better-pari of 4 year ,; Mother of Suffrage In Oregon Passes Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, who, as much as any woman, has brought about equal suffrage in many com monwealths of the United States, died a few minutes before 1 o'clock Monday morning at her home In Portland. Her 81st birthday would have been celebrated October 22. Several weeks ago Mrs. Duniway underwent a minor operation on her foot. The infection which soon af terward appeared could not be local ized. She died in Bleep. Mrs. Duniway, the best known Ore gon woman In the United States, be gan her life nmld hardships, endured every vicissitude of pioneer life, and, largely because of an accident which made a lifelong cripple of her hus band, took up the work of legally setting free the wives and mothers of the country. No campaigner for any cause In America underwent more bitter an tagonism than surrounded Mrs. Dun iway for so long a time. For more than forty years she never relaxed her efforts. Again and again, even when the cause of equnl suffrage seemed well advanced and far past the days of general ridicule, did she suffer defeat. But with each defeat she strove only the harder, and she lived to see the three northwest states grant equal suffrage to women. The climax of Mrs. Duniway's life came three years ago, when she penned the suffrage proclamation of the governor of Oregon. Her 78th birthday, October 22, 1912, was pub licly honored. She Couldn't Make Her Eyes Behave Marie Cahill, the famous Eroadway star, comeB to the Lyric next Sunday and Monday In a five-part adaptation of Avery Hopwood's "Judy Forgot," a picture on the border line of com edy and farce. Judy has a peculiar affliction. Every Innocent smile is accompanied by a wink, which men attribute to a friendly spirit when In reality It is due solely to a muscular weakness. The complications that this affliction gets poor Judy Into af ter she Is married would make a mummy laugh. If you enjoyed "Til lie's Punctured Romance" yon will like "Judy Forgot." Usual admis sion of 10 and 15 cents will be charged. Pretty Display of Yellow Newtowns Three boxes of extra fancy Yellow Newtown pippins are on display In Whited's jewelry store window this week. The apples are from the Mount Haven orchard of the Patterson or chard Company and were grown by Messrs. Paul Williams and Arthur Graham, who are managing the or chard. A neater appearing exhibit of high grade apples is seldom seen, and the three boxes will be a great addition to the Ashland exhibit at the San Francisco exposition, where they will be sent. Gathering Data for Irrigation;4Work John H Whistler, government en gineer in charge of reclamation and Irrigation work in Oregon, Is inspect ing the ground and gathering data In the Talent district in connection with the irrigation project. C. M. Thomas of Talent, one of the leaning irriga tion boosters In this end of the val- ey, Is showing the state engineer nvpr the eround. Other reclamation engineers are inspecting Buck Lake other nosslb e sources or water supply, and a full and comprehensive report will be made at a not distant date. Our Bargain List Sunset Magazine for ten months and the Ashland Tidings one full year for $2. Weekly Oregonlan until January 1, 1917, and the Ashland Tidings one ' full year for $2.60. The Daily Telegram and Ashland Tidings one full year for $4. Anr of these bargains apply to either new subscribers or renewals made for a full year.- Good for a short time 'only. Better get in quick. '88-tf Brief Business Council Meeting Just plain, common, ordinary rou tine business occupied the council for Just one-half hour Inst night. Mayor Johnson was absent, as was also Councilman Biegel, and Councilman Cunningham took the chair. Coun cilman Cornelius, who has been ab sent on a hunting trip, answered present to roll call. The report of the city recorder for the month of August was read, ap proved and filed without comment. The report of the park commission was read and filed. The commission asked tbat the Boulevard park row and the triangle in the center of tho Plaza be placed under their caro. Heretofore theFe parks have been taken care of at great expenditures of time and money by the park com mission, although technically theso lawns have been part of the city streets. A motion to ths effect that the city attorney draw up a resolu tion placing the Boulevard park row and the Plaza lawn triangle under tho park board's care was passed. The monthly report of the springs) commission was received and filed. A communication from the park commission relating to payment for water for irrigation was referred to the financial committee. The deeds and resolutions regard ing the Chautauqua Perozzl sewer was not taken up and on motion of Mr. Werth it was reinterned on the table until the regular meeting next Tuesday. Mr. Ware suggested that since cold weather and the freight car tourist season was at hand, the wood to keep the hobo hotel on Fouith street warm should be cut. The matter was re ferred to the street commissioner and chairman of the street commit tee. Councilman Ashcraft was given permission to be absent for a few days. Mr. Ashcraft stated that he hoped to be able to get away for a few days' hunting next week. The meeting adjourned at the un hear Of hour of 8 o'clock. Opening Football ' " Game Saturday Ashland people back the high school well In the big attractions of the year, and one of the biggest crowds of the season should be pres ent at the high school athletic field Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to see Ashland and Grants Pass high school football teams open the sea son In Ashland. Grants Pass came within an ace of defeating Medford last Saturday and has the best team In the history of the Josephine coun ty school. A battle royal Is looked forward to and Coach Hutchinson ex pects to have to uncover every trick in the box to defeat the husky aggre gation from the Pass. It is the duty of everyone who llkea football to patronize these early games of the season. To continue the game a financial success Is neces sary, and every booster who can pos-, sibly get away from business carea Saturday should be on hand and bring his family. If business holda you, send the family anyway. The game will be worth several times the 25 cents charged. Boston Americans World's Champions Philadelphia's last hopes of a world's champlonBhlp went glimmer ing Wednesday afternoon when Hoop er smashed a home run Into .the stands In the ninth inning of a heart breaking contest. The final score of the fifth game was 6 to 4. Four home runs, three by Boston players and one by a Phlladelphian, were features of the game. Foster pitched for the Red Sox and Mayer and Rlxey for the Phillies. Wednesday's game made four. straight, and the majority of the ser ies of seven for the American league team. Philadelphia took the ; first game 3 to 1. Boston won the second. third and fourth, all by scores of 2 to 1. The Nationals appeared to have been outlucked In all of the games , of the series and they were most as-; suredly outhit. , : -' r- a. urant or roruami, woo is siop- ping with S. 3i Orland nd talcing' course of Uthla water treatment "for stomach trouble, reports fine results.