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Ashland T 'Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows' City of Sunshine and Flowers' IDINGS Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs "The Carlsbad of America' VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1915 NUMBER 44 Talk by Wireless Across Atlantic w. w, the Bell us the followin great wireless Ussher, local manager for Telephone Company, gives account of another telephone achieve- Herrmann The Great Coming On Wednesday and Thursday, Oc tober 27 and 28, thanks to the man agement of the Vining Theatre, a real treat will be offered to the pa trons of this well-known house. Herr. mann the Magician, nephew of Herr mann the Great, is coming with his company after completing a most suc cessful engagement with the Orpheum circuit. Everybody knows that the being heard In Honolulu, Ha-j name of Herrmann is synonymous The following account comes I with the art of magic, and was ever ment. Some weeks ago the announce ment of the transmission of a wire less message from New York to Hon olulu was made. Now the voice of man has been carried through the air to Paris In France, the conversa tion wail from John J. Carty, chief engineer so since the days of Herrmann the; I jj Talk About Bargains ! J of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company, who had the experi ments in charge: "To 15. B. Webb, a telephone en gineer, foil the honor of being the first man to Bpan with his voice the Great, when that wonderful public entertainer established a reputation in stage delectation that has never been eclipsed. Critics who remember the marvelous performances of the great Illusionist recognize many ol space between the old world and the i his best nnd mystifying trickB in the new. Sitting in the powerful wire-j entertainment now offered by Prof, less nlnnt nf the nnvv at Arlington. I Felix Herrmann, nephew and pupil of Va., Mr. Webb, shortly after mid-1 the original trickster, and heir to all tiW&HW4M44 tMi.,yw-W night Thursday morning, asked the : stage illusions and paraphernalia left 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 from date of expiration. This offer is made for new subscriptions, but will extend to old subscribers on above basis. Subscription must be paid at tfec Tidings ofiice to secure this bargain Drunk Leaves Security for Fine wireless operator to signal the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The wireless snapped out the signal and soon there came back a response. Awaiting word from Mr. Webb at the Paris end of the wireless radiation were H. E. Shreeve and A. M. Curtis, other en gineers, and a group of French of ficers, listening with especially de signed apparatus. "In Honolulu, 4,800 miles from Arlington, Mr. Espenchied, another telephone engineer at the Pearl Har bor navy yard, also was waiting. "Webb at Arlington had a trans mitting instrument, but no receiving apparatus. He knew, therefore, that he would have to wait for the cable to confirm the success or failure of tho experiment. " 'Hello, Shreeve,' he shouted Into the mouthpiece. 'Hello, Shreeve." He then began to count: 'One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four. Good-bye.' "When the expected message came It was addressed to the company here and said that Webb's 'hellos' and 'goodbyes' had been distinctly heard by the engineers and French army of ficers in Paris and that portions- of his test figures had also been picked up. At about the same time, there came a message from Honolulu, say ing that Webb's talk had been under stood in full by the receiving en gineer there, and that even the voice had been resognlzed as Webb's. "Mr. Carty says that much experi mental work v111 have to be done yet, however, before telephone com munication across the Atlantic be comes an every day affair of com mercial life. "The French government and the navy department at Washington, he said, had mado it possible to conduct the test by occasionally permitting the use of the wireless stations. Mil itary necessities of France prevented more than brief use of the Eiffel Tower station at any one time. by Alexander Herrmann, at the time of his death some years ago. Added to the best of the latter's tricks are several more modern and up-to-date features that have brought the present Herrmann offering to a high standard that makes it pre-eminently the greatest magic and illu sion act of the present time. The cross illusion and the trunk mystery alone are worth the price of admis sion, and it would be impossible to give an exact description of the num erous tricks performed on the stage by Professor Herrmann. It would be also too long to mention all that has been written the world over about this prince of magicians, and the immense attendance of people at every one of his performances is the best proof that the popularity of Pro fessor Herrmann is constantly increasing. Fire Plays Havoc In Town of Merlin About Packing Fruit Properly "Picking is one of the most im portant factors of getting the apple upon the market," says the 0. A. C. bulletin on Handling the Fruit Crop. "It has a marked influence upon the keeping qualities, size, color and flavor of the fruit. Too much atten tion is frequently given to getting depth of color bo that over-ripeness, caused by the fruit hanging too long on the tree, very often results. Some apples, such as the Grevensteln, drop before they are ripe. Others, such as Grimes Golden, drop when they become ripe. And still . The little . town of Merlin. Jiine miles north of Grants Pass, was' visit ed by a disastrous fire Saturday morning. The blaze started in the Merlin Hotel, presumably from a de fective flue, and wiped out a big por tion of the town. In addition to the hotel, the Southern Pacific depot, sev eral stores and houses were de stroyed. A car of merchandise on a railroad siding was also destroyed. Forest Fire Season Over Thursday evening twenty-four men were rushed from Ashland and Tal ent to a big forest fire which was raging in the vicinity of Wagner gap and had assumed dangerous propor tions. A night's hard work put the fire under control and the rain Fri day eliminated any possibility of fur ther danger. Friday's rain was general over southern Oregon and was heavier in the mountains than in the valley. All fire danger for the year is now con sldered to be past and the fire patrols will be called in. A number of fire guards were called in a couple of weeks ago but were sent out again last week. Oregon Rifle Team Takes Fifth Place Chimmie Fadden At the Vining Chimmie Fadden, the quaint, open- hearted Bowery tough, is familiar to nearly every one who reads the maga zines of today. Tuesday night at the Vining Theatre Victor Moore plays Chimmie Fadden in the picture of that name. As a play "Chimmie Fad den" ran for years on the legitimate stage and is hailed as one of the greatest comedy offerings of the sea son. The picture will be shown in connection with the Punch and Jones Ragtime Opera Tuesday night. Postoffice Has Big Business The business conditions of Ashland are picking up as far as the Ashland postoffice is a barometer. Along with about half the postoffices of Oregon, the postal receipts of the local office have had a steady downward tend- others, as lency for the past two years, but dur- the Jonathan, may hang on the tree after they are ripe and develop core rot." Fuller information may be had from the bulletin, copies of which will be sent on request of any citizen of Oregon. Ragtime Opera Opens Tonight Punch and Jones' minstrels and ragtime opera, with their big colored band orchestra and company of col ored comedian artists, open tonight at the Vining Theatre. A piece of water pipe made from a hollow log is on display at the city recorder's office, and was found by City Engineer Walker on First street. The pipe is thought to be part of Ash land's first water system, which was Installed fifty years ' ' 1 ing the month of May the reaction was arrested and there has been a steady gain in every month since. The net gain over the corresponding month of the previous year was as follows: May 123.89, June $73.89, July $16.66, August $71.61, Septem ber $131.81. This makes a total net gain for the five months of $317.86. Postmaster E. J. Kaiser attributes the gain to the increased use of the parcel post service by the local pro ducers. The increase shows even bet ter than the figures, as one year ago a large amount of postage was pur chased from the local office as a re sult of the campaign for the reopen ing of the Southern Oregon State Normal. There was also a material increase in the postal savings system there being on deposit in the local deposit ory, to the credit of the Ashland post office, over $10,000. The rifle team representing the Oregon National Guard, and of which George Irwin of Ashland was a mem ber, defeated every team except Mas sachusetts in the final matches of the team events in the national rifle matches at Jacksonville, Fla. The Oregon shots also beat teams repre senting the navy, Annapolis, West Point and service teams of the regu lar cavalry, marines and infantry. The Oregon team ranked fifth among the 44 teams which competed. In the 1,000-yard range, considered tbo most difficult of all, the Oregon team took first place. The Oregon team started in bad form and fell to six teenth place in the chort range events but started to pull up in the 600 yard event and ranked ninth, and in tho 1,000-yard shoot pulled the Ore gon standing up to fifth. Corpora' Conner of Cottage Grove was high man for the Oregon team. Sergeant Pearson of Itosebuig qualified for the United States service match, a po sition awarded because of his high standing throughout the national matches. The team left Jacksonville for home Friday. Even Postcards Must Be Neutral If any person attempts to mail a postcard bearing the inscription, "Gott Strafe England," or envelopes, stickers or postcards bearing pic tures of the German escutcheon with a red tlot labeled "Lusltania, the Blot That Won't Come Off," they will go no farther than the window at the local postoffice. Postmaster Kaiser has received an order from the postoffice department that matter of this kind must not be admitted to the malls because it is unneutral and reflects on certain classes of persons. These pieces have not yet been received here, but have appeared in the mails in the eastern states. The new city jail was not quite ready for Mr. A. Hamilton of Port land, who looked upon the whiskey when It was 100 proof last Sattirdny, and tho gentleman was Interned in I the old bustile. The new jail is still a little damp and the police wished to take no chances on their prisoner catching cold. Hamilton is a butcher block trim mer by trade and became a little bols teroi'3 on the streets last Saturday. Chief Porter cndea'.ored to get him to go to bed, which he refused to do. The chief then informed him that ho had better get off tho street, at which request tho polluted visitor took um brage. Mr. Porter called over to George Itobison, and when he turned back the Portland visitor aimed a blow at his head with the handle of an adz which he carried. The chief warded off the blow with his arm, which was numbed by the blow. Be ing unable to locate Patrolman Wimer, the chief deputized Oil le East erllng and Art Strickland and pro ceeded to round up tho belligerent adz man. After spending Sunday as the guest of the city Hamilton was fined $10 and left a valuable plush robe as security, incidentally he left the city. Hamilton threatened to split Chief Porter's head with his adz, hence the calling of reinforcements. Governor Sets Conference Date 1 Phone newt Items to the Tiding!. Gets Story in Big Publication The December number of the Amer ican Motorist will contain a descrip tive story on Ashland's auto camp ground written by M. J. Duryea. This magazine is the official organ of the American Automobile Associa tion. In addition to Its general cir culation it claims to reach 49,324 automobile owners every month. This story ought to give a wide pub licity to Ashland's attractions for the touring motorist, many of whom are likely to pass through the city during the coming season. Mr. Duryea is going to send this magazine a story on the Siskiyou grade of the Pacific highway, featuring the trip from Ashland to the California line, which the editor has asked for. These stories ought to be helpful in ex plotting our manifold attractions for the torn 1st. ' V ' - ' ' .-Governor Witbycombe has set Thursday, November 18as the tenta tive date for a meeting of representa tives of the Southern Pacific with a committee composed of state officials and other representative Oregon men to confer relative to a satisfactory solution of the Oregon-California land grant question, so that the lands may be opened to settlement without further litigation. The governor set the tentative date upon the receipt of a letter from General Superintendent D. W. Camp bell., of the Southern Pacific Com pany, stating the company stands ready to send representatives to meet the committee. The meeting will be held at the state house. The members of the committee provided for at the recent land grant conference here are: Governor Withycombe, Secretaiy of State 01- cott, State Treasurer Kay, W. I. Vaw- ter of Medford, L. E. Bean of Eu gene, S. M. Garland of Lebanon, and C. E. Spence of Oregon City. Any recommendations emanating from the conference with the railroad will be submitted to congress. Guideboards-Are Not For Targets The forest service has erected good solid galvanized Iron guideboards at intersections of many of the trails throughout the mountains. These boards are most assuredly welcomed by the traveler over the trails. Boys and even men are wont to make tar gets of the Bigns and sometimes bat ter them with rocks until they are undecipherable. Any one who loves the mountains enough to want to travel through them should have sense enough to refrain from such practices. For the most part such acts are the work of thoughtless boys who do not realize that the forest service is doing the work of making trails and putting up Bigns for them as much as any one else. Incidental ly there is a penalty under the law for defacing the signs. Re-bonding Plan at Medford Election Medford will vote on the Medynski rebuilding plan at the general elec tion in that city November 9. The proposed plan Is to rebond the city for the pavement debts. The fifty- fifty plan of payment for the paving will be voted upon at a later election if the Medynski plan fails. Exponents of the two plans and opponents of both are keeping the Medford papers full of signed articles. Karl Thompson, popular clerk at Vaupel's store, Is suffering from a serious case of blood poisoning and was taken to Grants Pass Friday by Miles Humpton and , Is now In the Good Samaritan hospital in that city. The poison set in as a result of a cold sore on Hr, Thomson's jaw. i f Xotlce. The Btores of Ashland will close at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, Octo ber 29. This action wae taken by a vote of the Business Men's Associa tion at their last meeting on account of the football game between Ashland and Klamath Falls and for tho pur pose of showing an interest in the work ot our high school. M. C. REED, Managing Sesretary, Business Men's Association. It Still Less Slant In Angel's Flight A big improvement to the Park garage property was the erection of a big stone and cement retaining wall to prevent the back end of the prop erty facing on Granite street from falling down in front of the garage. The wall Is about twenty-five feet high. Incidentally, the "Angels' Flight," the steep stairs by which res idents of the Granite street section short cut to the Plaza, has been re built and at a still less slant than formerly. The stairs are now almost perpendicular. New Restaurant . Well Received The Royal cafe and bakery has been completely renovated and refin ished Inside and is now open for busi ness under the management of Marie and W. E. Boyd and Miss Elizabeth King. The cafe is meeting with good success already and promises to build up a big trade In their delicious home-made pies and salads, besides the regular lunch trade. The prices are low and the meals served are excellent. The new owners will keep the cafe open until 10 o'clock on week nights and 12:30 Saturday nights. Short orders are served at any hour of the day. Advance Plans To Equalize Tax A meeting of about fifty owners of property on paved streets was held last Friday evening in the city hall to discuss plans Tor lightening and equalizing the load of pavement as sessments among the people of Ash land. Mayor Johnson was requested to take the chair and outlined, brief ly, the purpose or the meeting. Ho stated that Ashland was in good shape financially, was paying debts faster and was on the whole in better finan cial condition than any city In tho state. Ho expressed some fear that such a meeting might be misunder stood on the outside, and made it plain that the proposed plans which might be considered would be merely co-operative propositions for equaliz ing uneven assessments and relieving heavy tax pressure on .1 few who find the burden hard to bear. He stated that the case of Ashland was not at all parallel to that of Medford, where some kind of relief from pavement assessments was necessary to keep the whole city from practical bank ruptcy. He explalne dtho condition in Medford, where with less than twice the population, four times as much pavement has been laid as in Ashland, Medford having approxi mately twenty-four miles to Ash land's six miles. Mr. Johnson then outlined a few ideas of a plan which he believed would relieve the neces sity of any property owner In Ash land suffering from the pavement as sessment. He stated that In Medford a large amount of property had gone by default to the city, a still greater portion would go in the near future, and the biggest portion was delin quent, whereas in Ashland there are only six or seven and possibly less possible defaults. Mr. Banta spoke briefly, favoring the fifty-fifty plan, whereby the property owner bears half and the city at large half. Mr. Maxedon spoke briefly and outlined his position with regard to the coming assessments. Mr. Thomas gave as his view that the equalization should have been made In the first place and grew Blightly heated In his arguments. O. Winter, who was acting as secretary of the meeting, outlined a few idens and stated that his conception of the plan was that their purpose was to make times better and not to relieve any bnnkrnptcy wh'ch did not exist. Sev eral others spoke briefly In favor of creating sentiment for an equitable plan. Since the majority of property own ers own property not on paved streets and were not represented at Friday's meeting It was moved that Mr. John son appoint a committee of three to arrange for a big meeting at some fu ture date when the proposition could be put before the property owners of all kinds. Special Excursion To Exposition See display advertisement In this issue for details of tho personally conducted excursion to Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco early In November, If a sufficient number desire to make the trip. The exposition is but one of the many at tractions in and about San Francisco, and without doubt the only Interna tional exposition for many years to come. New Ashland Hotel. The Ashland Hotel, clean, warm, running water. Rooms by. day or week, with or without board. Hard times rates' will be given. - i It Avery Trask motored over to Klamath Falls Thursday afternoon to attend the football game Friday, tak ing the following passengers: Harry and Fred Van Dyke, LeRoy Ashcraft, Will Holmes, Howard Frame and Lelth Abbott. The party mado the trip over in four and one-half hours, but on account of the rain Friday found slippery going on the return trip. They report quite a little snow on Green Springs mountain. Salem Journal: Superintendent R. E. L. Stelncr will send four of his patients bnck to their old homes across the Atlantic ocean today when tho train conies through from San Francisco at 8 o'clock this evening. Two go to Sweden, one to Italy and one to England. These patlent3 will be deported at government expense; and the four will bo placed aboard the train In custody of D. R. E. Ross of tho Oregon asylum staff. Dr. Ross will accompany them to New York, where they will be placed in charge of the government agents. There is a largo number of insano patients to be deported at this tlme and the ones from San Francisco and Salem will he joined by others across the continent. The work of electrifying the Medford-Jacksonville railroad Is fast pro gressing. . " ' Amos Nlnlnger autoed to Antelope creek Sunday morning and spent sev eral hours scouring the brush In search ot quail, but with no success. He reports a number of Medford -hunters in the same section. In the afternoon be had better luck in, the , territory south of Ashland and. re- , turned with a good bag ot grayjquir-, . rels. I
