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"Ashland Grows While Ulhla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers' '':
Ashland, Oregon, Ulhla' Springs
"The Carlsbad of America'
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1915
NUMBER 48
VOL. XL
Ashland Wins From
Grants Pass 6-0
Ashland high school football art
ists ran Into the surprise of the sea
son at Grants Pass Saturday and
brought home a 6-0 win only after
the hardest played game of the year.
Although doped to win by a big score
the locals found a rejuvenated team
at GrantB Pass which put up a ter
rific battle. The Ashland goal line
Is yet to be crossed, however, the
stone wall defense developed by
Coach Hutchinson holding in the
pinches against the terrific batter
ing of the heavy backs of the Jose
phine county team. The game was
rough throughout and nearly mater
ialized into a free-for-all on several
occasions.
Grants Pass worked the ball near
enough to Ashland's goal for a try
at a place kick, which was smeared
by the Ashland linesmen. Ashland
crossed the Pass goal line In the
third quarter after a series of end
runs and line bucks.
Coach Klum of Medford was pres
ent at the Pass game and kept a care
ful eye open for new stuff. Captain
Delsman was not In the game on
account of school requirements but
will be able to play against Medford
next Saturday.
Saturday's game completely upset
the dope on the coming Medford con
test. ABhland appeared to have the
edge by about one touchdown by
comparison with the scores rolled up
by Medford against Klamath Falls,
but Medford won from Grants Pass
in the latter city 34-0, and odds are
now considered to be even. All of
Medford is confident of a victory
over Ashland as a result of Satur
day's score.
Several hundred fans will attend
next Saturday's game at Medford.
That city is making preparations to
make the affair the most memorable
of its kind ever held In southern
Oregon, and a crowd of 2,000 hi ex
pected. The Interurban cars and Jit-'
neys will be run extra trips In order
to handle the crowd from Ashland.
Every Ashland high schooler who can
raise 75 cents for carfare and admis
sion will go down, and Cheer Leader
Leltb Abbott expect to have a lusty
longed contingent of about 150 root-
ers to send forth united words of en
couragement to the red and white
warriors. One side of the field will
be set aside for Ashland rioters,' and
everybody who attends is urged to
"join the crowd."
Little Rainfall
During October
October of this fall was one of the
dryest Octobers in the past twenty
years. But .43 inch of rain fell in
Ashland, according to the report of
Co-operative Observer Louis Dodge.
The rains which fell occurred on the
n j nj qo.il Tvanttr.flva rinva I
were clear, four partly cloudy and
two cloudy. The month was ideal
from a nice weather standpoint, but
from the farmers' standpoint fur
nished a convincing! argiment for ir
rigation. ,
Oddly enough, the prevailing
winds on all but one day of the
month were from the northwest. A
killing frost occurred on the 11th,
when the thermometer registered as
low as 28 degrees above zero. The j
temperature was, on the whole, very
uniform, the maximum being 81 de
grees on the 6th and the minimum
28 degrees. The mean maximum
was in the neighborhood of 70 de
grees and minimum about 36 degrees.
Oregon Building
Plans Discussed
The committee of ten appointed
from the Commercial Club to Investi
gate the feasibility of removing the
Oregon building from the exposition
to Ashland held their first meeting
Thursday. The committee took un
der .advisement plans whereby the
building could he used for a Chautau
qua auditorium in addition to other
uses, and part of the cost borne by
tbe'Chautauqua people,who are con
templating the erection '. of a haw
building. G. F. Billings, . president
of the Chautauqua Association, who
Is In Lo Ang'elea at present, was
wired an outline of the plan,, nd, a
possible agreement may W reached.
The exposition" officials , ha,ve,, been
asked for an extension. Plying for
Ashland's final decision In regard tP
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Jackson County
Valued Fourth
Jackson county stands fourth In
the tax valuation of the counties of
Oregon. This county Is exceeded by
Multnomah, Marlon and Lane coun
ties. All the county 'assessors, save
those of Coos, Curry, Hood River,
Umatilla, Washington and Jefferson,
have forwarded to the state tax com
mission the tax valuations for the
present year. They do not include
the valuations of public service cor
porations which are to be fixed by
the tax commission.
The valuations so far as reported
are: Baker, $18,400,340; Benton,
$11,242,710; Clackamas, $24,242,
200; Clatsop, $18,988,192; Colum
bia, $15,087,915; Crook, $7,552,
895; Douglas, $27,622,865; Gilliam,
$6,848,403.34; Grant, $6,407,250;
Harney, $8,131,843; Jackson, $28,
311,430; Josephine, $8,606,520;
Klamath, $14,406,764; Lake, $9,
316,303; Lane, $35,353,640; Lin
coln, $9,422,980; Linn, $26,971,
660; Malheur, $8,933,730; Marlon,
$37,119,565; Morrow, $9,731,729;
Multnomah, $286,888,255; Polk
$12,794,110; Sherman, $6,257,040;
Tillamook, $20,319,885; Union, $16,
067,975; Wallowa, $10,828,635;
Wasco, $12,574,550; Wheeler, $4,
154,343; Yamhill, $15,257,347.
Civic Luncheon at
Oregon Tomorrow
The Ashland Civic Improvement
Club's luncheon at the Oregon tomor
row afternoon promises to be one of
the biggest events In the local club
world of the season. The luncheon
hour Is set for 1 o'clock sharp.
Plates 50 cents. The club has ex
tended a most cordial invitation to
the ladies of the city who are not club
members and strangers particularly,
to attend, and, will make the affair
a big get-together meeting. Follow
ing the banquet the club will meet
in the .hotel parlors at,. 2:30 tor. an
nual election of officers anl business
meeting. . During the past year the
Civic Club has Uken a leading part
In city affairs and has accomplished
wonders. Plans will be laid at Tues
day's meeting preliminary to the
spring campaign along various civic
betterment lines.
Dope
Gives Rivals
An Even Break
To date Ashland football team has
won four games, aereaung n.a.uBiu
n8 '"Vm
19-0 and 6-0. Total 71, opponent
0. Medford beat Klamath Falls
24-6, 20-13 and Grants Pass 12-7,
34-0. Total, Medford 90, opponents
26. Thus Medford has scored 64
points over the same opponents over
which Ashland scored 71. Medford
has shown a wonderful offense in
every game so far and has a defense
which may be reckoned with. . Ash
land has an uncrossed goal line,
which would indicate a superior de
fense. Whether the Ashland defense
will stop the Medford offense re
mains to be' seen Saturday. Ash
land's scoring machine has been sad
ly disrupted in the last two games
with the absence of Captain Delsman
from the lineup. Delsman missed
four days of school on account of out
side duties, and under the Oregon
high Bchool conference rules was in
eligible for the past two games.
However, he is now eligible and will
be in the lineup Saturday. That Ash
land will score is universally con
ceded in Ashland if not in Medford,
and the southern Oregon champion
ship would appear to hinge on the
locals' ability to keep Medford away
from striking distance of their goal.
All indications point toward the clos
est game in the history of athletic
relations between the valley schools.
More football interest haa developed
this year than ever before, and all
of Ashland who are unable to attend
Saturday's game at Medford will anx
iously await the returns. The last
game, of the series will be played in
Ashland on Thanksgiving day.
.. . ; Notice. .
ijlss Carland wishes to announce
,tq,le ladles that are interested in
the, sewing ,class that the "class will
begin, a Tuesday afternoon,1 'and "any
one tfcat ta Interested may fall at E 4 4
TT..AltiA rtrtmt nr nhonrl64-J for
City's Actual Bonded Indebtedness
Being Paid By Gen, Tax, $221,628
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OP THE CITY OF A SI I LA XI), OREGON.
Bondb. Original.
Electric light $105,000.00
Water 73,000.00
St. intersections. . 80,000.00
Sewer trunk line. 20,000.00
Septic tanks 12,000.00
Fire protection.. 6,000.00
Auxiliary water. . 175,000.00
$471,000.00 $92,500.00 $378,500.00 $34,158.62
The above bonds are a lien on the city of Ashland and are paid by
taxation.
The electric light bonds and the water bonds are taken care of from
receipts for sale of current and water. In the electric light department
there is set aside each month the sum of $730 for a sinking Tund and
$200 for depreslation.
In the water department there Is set aside each month the sum of
$750 sinking fund for the payment of Interest and bonds. In each of
these two funds the running expenses and all betterments have been
taken care of and there is a surplus at this date in each of the funds:
Water, $8,193.52.
Light, $4,504.96.
Plus $3,150, bonds and accounts drawing Interest.
Bancroft or KiKTIal
Bonds. Orieinal.
Amt.
raving $234,653.27
Sewers 26,103.20
Cement sidewalks 10,260.92
Curb and Sutter. . 1,995.81
$ 82,567.00
15,471.00
3,000.00
210.00
$273,013.20 $101,248.00
Dated this 30th day of October, 1915.
The above statement of Ashland's
bonded indebtedness includes every
cent for which bonds are now out
standing. A careful study of the
above statement will reveal a condi
tion of affairs in Ashland's finances
which should be a source of gratifica
tion. First let us call attention to a
statement In the above which could
be easily misinterpreted. Below the
general bonds Recorder Gillette
says: "The above bonds are a Hen
pn the city of Ashland and are paid
by taxation." Immediately after he
states that the water and light bonds
are being taken care of by receipts
for sale of current. 'Hence there Is
a chance for misunderstanding In the
first statement. No discussion need
be entered into here regarding the
water' and light funds. The people
ttf Ashland1 receite watef and light
at rates as low If not lower than any
city in Oregon, and the fact that the
plants are paying off their own cost
Is indeed gratifying.
Toe Bancroft or special assessment
hnnrln ore nnlrt bv the nroDertv own
ers of adjacent property and need notjsessed valuation of $2,971,963 and a
. A nnv iaAiiBDlnn nt tha doht nt ti1Afi19 nil mnkp ARhlflTld'll
CUIC1 I II IU auj uiniuuu.uu v. .
bonds which are paid by the taxes on
the people as a whole.
Considering, then, ' the general
bonds, we find that the street and
water bonds balance still due is
$148,000 and that the plants are tak
ing cave of these. Hence we may
Bubtract this amount, from the total
lso 8ubt'act the '87U1 Ca8h
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628.29 as the total amount of bonded
Indebtedness which la being paid by
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Returasjto
Medford Home
Miss Dorothy Connor of Medford,
one of the survivors of the Lusitania
disaster, returned Thursday from
England, where she has been since
the wreck of the big liner. Miss Con
nor is a trained nurse and was en
route to the front to take service j
with the Red Cross when the Lusi
tania was torpedoed.
The LuBltania was torpedoed by a
German submarine on May 7, when
within a few miles of the Irish coast,
and 1,400 lives were lost, among
them 100 Americans. Miss Connor,
with other survivors, was taken to
Queenstown.
Artesian Water
In ShastaiValley
Treka News: Dr. G. W. Dwinnell
of Montague has struck artesian wa
ter on his property two miles east of
the Shasta River bridge. This is a
large well and the Water is running
over the road In that neighborhood
and will probably necessitate chang
ing the road. The News Is informed
that there' will be other wells bored
in ShaBta valley and that it may
mean a big" thing to the farmers of
that valley fend solve the" irrigation
pr6blem io fir Disadvantage.
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Amt. Paid.
$16,000.00
15,000.00
42,000.00
12,000.00
6, 000. no
2,000.00
Balance. Cash on Hand.
$ 90.000.00 $12,516.24
58,000.00
37,500.00
12,770.67
8,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
175,000.00
8,871.71
Assessment IHmW.
Paid.
Balance. Cash on Hand.
$152,086.27
10,632.20
7,260.92
1,785.81
$ 9,241.27
3,433.40
635.00
619.42
$171,764.73 $13,929.09
C. H. GILLETTE,
City Recorder.
' While Intimate knowledge of the
financial status in other Oregon
cities would be necessary for a
minute comparison, we find by look
ing over approximate figures that
Ashland has a smaller bonded in
debtedness on which taxes are being
paid than any other city in Oregon
which Is making progress.
For instance, Medford, with an
assessed valuation of only one-fourth
more than Ashland, is saddled with
general bonds to the amount of
$513,000, for which general taxes
are being levied. In spite of this and
Bancroft bonds which bring the total
up to $1,245,500, Medford will vote
on rebonding and bringing their in
debtedness up to $1,701,250.
Roseburg, with a total indebted
ness of $311,655 on a less valuation
than Ashland; Eugene, with an as
sessed valuation . of 'approximately
three- times that of Ashland and 'a
debt, of $1,333,5307 Astoria,' with an
assessed valuation of $5,606,572 and
a debt of $816,300; Klamath Falls,
with an assessed valuation of $3,
456.162 and an indebtedness of
$419,709; Grants Pass, with an as
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j little debt look insignificant.
Incidentally Ashland's taxes are
lower than thirteen other cities of
over 1 000 population in Oregon.
Ashland's taxes are lower than those
of Astoria, LaGrande, Grants Pass,
Salem and Eugene, all of which are
considered to be the live and growing
cities of the state today. With the
coming of the deficit which will re
sult Xrom the good-bye to the sa
loons, taxes in Oregon cities will
take a big jump and Ashland will
find her taxes among the smallest.
Gold Hill Boy
Lost in Shipwreck
Delmar Bogue, six-year-old son of
Mrs. William Bogue of Gold Hill,
was one of twelve passengers drown
ed when the coast steamer Santa
Clara was wrecked off the south en
trance to Coos Bay last Tuesday.
There were 48 passengers aboard.
The Santa Clara operated between
San Francisco and Portland via Coos
Bay and Eureka. The steamer went
ashore in a heavy gale. Mrs. Bogue
was with her son on the ill-fated
ship but was rescued. She and her
son were en route to visit her son
who is engaged in fishing on Coos
Bay. Mr. Bogue is in Alaska.
St. Elmo Coming
This Week at Lyric
"St. Elmo," the famous play which
is familiar to almost everyone, has
been adopted Into a moving picture
by the Mutual people and makes an
even better picture than it did a
play. It will be shown at. the. Lyric
Theatre Thursday and Friday of this
week
The county court has included an
appropriation for the Jacks n county
fair in their budget for the c( iuing
year. The County Merchant Asao-
etion haa vromlsed their tctlve aid
uid ciana are aireaar mn uua ior
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Paving Plan at
Medford Election
Medford is on the eve of a crisis
In the history of the city. Tomorrow
in that city an election will be held
to vote upon an amendment to the
city charter which has become known
as the Medynski plan. Councilman
Medynskl was the originator of the
plan, which proposes to rebond the
city for the total amount of the pav
ing assessments. According to the
Medford Tribune, the new bonds
which might be sold under the plan
would increase the city's debt to $1,-
701,250, which would be larger than
any city's In Oregon.
Both Medford dally papers are op
posed to the plan and many of the
prominent citizens have taken up
arms against it. However, the plan
would offer immediate relief to the
speculators and heavy property own
ers and It may be that It will appear
enticing enough to the majority of
the voters to get by the election. Of
course, disposal of the bonds would
be another bridge to be crossed by
the Medynskl backers.
Throughout Oregon the progress
of Medford's plans to lighten the pav
ing load is being watched with great
Intereat. Medford is unfortunate in
having been overpaved, having twenty-four
miles of pavement to a popu
lation of 9,000.
Oregon Baby Home
Deserving of Help
In Portland there is a model char
itable institution known as "The
Baby Home." The tiny unfortunates,
waifs, foundlings and orphans, of all
Oregon are there given a chance to
become credits to the world that so
misused them at the outset. During
Its existence the home has cared for
more than 1,400 Indigent Infants
and found them good homes. There
Is a constant worry In the managerial
office over the shortage of funds,
though. To brighten things up a bit,
It has bene suggested that the home
begiy'en,a shower by kindly people
all over Oregon on Thanksgiving day
clothing, food supplies, flour, fruit,
jellies, etc., , or money in small
amounts. If you want to know the
address, It is 111 Grand avenue,
Portland, Ore., for packages, and 623
Chamber of Commerce for letters.
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Exposition uoses ,
December Fourth
President Moore of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition has
announced that the exposition will
close on December. 4. More Ashland
people have attended the exposition
than from ' any other city in the
southern part of the state. This is
due in part to the fact that ABhland
Is a division point on the Southern
Pacific and many of the employes
make' their home here. Thus many
families have gone to the fair on
ptoses. However, while no definite
figures are aa yet obtainable, it is
believed that the ticket sale from
ABhland exceeded that from any of
the other valley cities.
Many Ashlanders who have
planned to visit the big show and
have been delayed will leave during
the next two weeks. Returning vIb.
Itors report the San Francisco weath
er to be ideal.
Sunday Closing
Law Held Invalid
Oregon's Sunday closing law,
which has been on the statutes many
years, but which no attempt has been
made to enforce until a month ago,
was declared Invalid by the state cir
cuit court last week. Dan Kellaher,
groceryman, charged with violating
the law, was found not guilty. The
law was declared invallod on the
grounds that it specified that certain
lines' of business should not be con
ducted on "the Lord's day." The
court held this to ie religious dis
crimination, i . .
Following a decision some time
ago several counties attempted to en
force the Sunday law. The Kellaher
case will probably go to ,a higher
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, Reports say new. placing mill .will
be built in R)sebur.g.lth,Ii.wintrr?t
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, A JBilk $qndenr plant Is talked
ot lor Cottage Orova. ,
Just a Joke on
Klamath Falls
The Klamath Falls football team:
are some alibists. in Ashland they
were "doped in their drinking water"
and in Medford they were "probably
affected by the lower altitude."
Havcnt heard yet what happened In
Grants Pass, where they were de
feated again, but we are sure of ono
thing, and that is that the referees
nerve did not fail. Up until now we
thought we would let a very good
joke go by unmentlnned, but it is
too good to keep. On the day after
the Ashland game the Klamath ref
eree called together the officials who
handled the game and announced
that the score should have been 14
to 0 Instead of 20 to 0. He calmly
stated that he had blown his whistle
simultaneously with the timekeeer'a
whistle Just as the last touchdown
was made by Ashland and that ha
had meant to call a foul for tripping,
which would have, of course, put tho
ball back at Its starting place and
rendered the touchdown null. He
had forgotten to call the other offi
cials or any of the team's attention
to the foul or to mention It to any
one the day before, and had not tak
en the ball back and bad allowed
Ashland to attempt to kick the goal.
However, be had meant to do all this
and thought it best to tell Ashland
about It so that there would be no
misunderstanding concerning the
score.
We should rather judge that the
referee bad spent a sleepless night
worrying about it. According to
Klamath friends, the referee has a
lawyer's shingle hung out in that city
and It may be merely a lawyer's pon
derous way of making a decision to
wait until the next day. The Klam
athton informed Coach Hutchinson
that "of course the decision did not
affect the result of the game, but
that the smaller score -the better It
would please the people back in dear
old Klamath Falls." If the Ashland
boys had understood before the game
that their visitor had felt that way
about it, we can't see how they could
have , been so cruel as to run up a
twentjt-polnt score. ' ""--'
! Anyway, we will bet that he- is a
good lawyer. 'u
Former Ashlander
Dead at Roseburg
Mrs. B. F. Morgan, wife of a well-' ;
known Southern Pacific fireman and
for several years a resident of Ash
land, died at ber home In Roseburg
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Her
death followed a hemorrhage and
I sudden attack of illness. Mrs. Mor-'
gan was found unconscious on the'
floor when her three children re-'
turned from school at noon. Rose
burg doctors attribute her death to -a
severe case of uraemlc poisoning.
The death came as a shock to Mrs.
Morgan's many Roseburg and Ash-'
land friends, as she. had been in good
health and had pursued her usual
household duties on the morning ot
her attack.
Mr. Morgan arrived in Roseburg a
halt hour before his wife's death.
The funeral was held Thursday. In
terment in Roseburg Masonlo corae
tery. Mrs. Morgan was born at Etna,
Cal., where she has a number of rela
tives. She was 36 years of age. She
had lived In Oregon for fourteen
years, eight of which were spent In
Roseburg, her husband being em
ployed on the railroad. Prior to her
residence In Roseburg she spent sev
eral years at Ashland. BesldeB her
husband, she is survived by Gertrude.
Joseph and Benny, her three chil
dren; Mrs. Sarah Marx, her mother,
who has made her home here; Mar
tin, George and Homer, her brothers,
and Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, her sis- .
ter, who resides at Etna, Cal.", and
Mrs. Anna Richardson, her sister, of
Stewart Point, Cal.
Oregon Editors
Meet at Salem
The Oregon State Editorial Asso
ciation convened in Salem Friday, ,
morning and continued over Sunday. ,
Among the prominent speakers were
heads of several of the big' dallies,
Prof. Allen' of the Vnlversity d( Ore-';',
gob Icho6l'of journalism :and.,state
official.' Editor Bi R.; Greer of. the ,
TMIbge" waa 'in' attendance.
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