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Oregon Historical Society nnii) 207 Second Sf Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" City of Sunshine and Flowers IDIN&S Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs "The Carlsbad of America' ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915 VOL. XL NUMBER 50 , . .,.. .... , ...,-,.t-.'-i-.-. --w.".-..'--."-- Ashland-Medford Game Ends 0-0 Ashland high school and Medford 1'igh school battled through an hour ot the most Interesting kind of foot 1 all on the Jackson street grounds In Medford last Saturday, the game ending In an 0-0 tie. Medford threat ened the Ashland goal twice, but In the pinches the Ashland players tightened up and took the ball on downs. Ashland got within scoring distance In the first quarter and at tempted a place kick. Ashland's cen ter passed wide, Fraley dropped the hall, and the MedTord forwards were cn top of Delsnian before he could kick. The game was replete with fum bles and spectacular plays, although lacking at times In the qualities which win games. With a few excep tions the tackling of the players on loth teams was high. Medford tried the forward pass repeatedly and suc ceeded with one for about thirty yards In the last quarter. Ashland tried but few passes and worked two lor short gains. Fraley and Harrell between them fumbled three punts and gave Medford the biggest gains of the day. Fraley punted consis tently, and although Medford's punts traveled farther, Ashland's linemen end ends were always down to drop Medford's safety In his tracks and neutralized the difference In the punts. Fraley and Harrell both tore' off several big gains running back junts. Most of Medford's yardage . was made on lino bucks and end runs, Feeley and Thomas starring for the red and black. , The secondary de fense stopped most of "tbe Medford plays and twice little Harref stopped what looked like touchdowns. The Ashland boys made yardage consist-; ently on old style football and Dels man' could be counted upon for a fcood gain on every straight line buck, but shift plays and wide end runs failed In almost every Instance. The interference displayed by the lo cals was far Inferior to that exhibited in former games this season. Cunningham, Delsman and Har well stood out well above the bunch in Individual work, although Furry at center and Young at tackle took care of most of the plays which came their way in good fashion. Harrell was the surprise of the game, the di minutive little halfback breaking up three-fourths of the Medford passes and playing a stellar defensive and offensive game. Coach Klum has developed the best team that Medford has turned out in years and Is given unbounded credit in that city for his efforts. While no exact figures are obtainable, the two teams appeared to average about the same weight, with the advantage In the Ashland line and the Medford backfield. The game was exceptionally clean and none of the players hurt beyond momentary shaking ups. Ashland tad the ball, on Medford's twenty yard line in the last quarter and was making good yardage with straight football, with Delsman doing j the brunt of the work. One of the Medford players became a little free in the use of language when Delsman had blocked him, and after a run ning fight in which the "survival of the fleestest" played a big part and in which no blows were struck, Dels man and the other offender were or dered off the field, much to the de light of the Medford rooters. This Incident or strategy, whichever it was, came a little late In the game for Medford success, and as a matter of fact the Ashlanders seemed to put more fight into their playing on ac count of the incident. Everett May, assistant coach at Oregon Agricultural College, ref creed, William Beverldge of Medford umpired and Ray Sayles of Ashland acted as beadllnesman. Interest is now centered on the de ciding game which will be played Thanksgiving day on the Ashland high school athletic field, and a crowd of several thousand people Is expected. Football Interest has never Veen so predominate In Ashland as this year, and as a matter of fact clmost half of the 1,200 people who saw last Saturday's game were Ash landers. Medford high school will be up in a body for the holiday game and 500 rooters from among the townspeople are expected. Practical ly all of ABhland will attend the tame. Both teams are confident, of victory, and the southern , ?regon championship event promises to be a thriller from start to finish. ,11 -!i)il Phone news items to the' Tiding A Warning to Dissatisfied Boys Jesse L. Lasky's plcturlzatlon of Edgar Selwyn's most famous dra matic hit, "The Country Boy," Is as tar as possible from the race of sen sational films which claim to warn against this or that evil in the world. Just as It Is more direct and more convincing, however, it Is a more real warning to those "country boys" who feel tempted to yield to the lure of the city for no sounder reason than the restlessness of youth, "The Country Boy" Impersonated by Marshal Nellan is JuBt the aver age self-confident young chap of the small town, who lives with his moth er and seeks to marry "above his sta tion." Unwilling to go through the plodding drudgery of making his way at home, he turns to the metropolis and accepts a $15 a week position in New York. But the city is bigger and stronger than he is, and it takes him In its grasp and brings him down to the level of people not worthy to associate with him at all. But, in the end, It Is the love of the good coun try girl which brings hrm back home, to live down his disgrace and make lis fight for standing In the com munity to which he properly belongs. Admission 10 and 15 rents. At the Vlning Theatre Tuesday night. Saturday Football Scores of Interest The big surprise in last Saturday's eastern football came when a reju venated Yale team defeated the Princeton aggregation 13 to 7. 4 Mln nesdta beat Chicago 20-7. Other scores of Interest were: ' Syracuse 38, Colgate 0; Cornell 40, Washing ton and Lee 21; Michigan 0, Penn 0; Ames 16, Iowa 0. In the west the big surprise came at Seattle, where the University of California, who went down to a 72-0 defeat at the hands of the University of Washington a week ago,, came lack and held the TJ. of W. to a 13-7 store. The Calffortoians played an entirely different brand of football and upset all predictions of the dope Eters. Pullman beat Whitman 17-0. Idaho won from Gonzaga 6-3. . Salem high school won the cham pionship of the Willamette valley by defeating Salem 7-0. The U. of O. freshmen beat the O. A. C. rookies 12-0. A Mere Matter of 125,000 Miles Dressed in a gray cadet uniform end decorated with badges and tags, O. Paul Preussler of Italy passed through Ashland last Thursday. Ac cording to papers which he carried, Preussler was one of eleven young men who were sent out by the Inter national Travelers' Association to gather material for books. He has teen on the road for eleven years, according to his story, and has visit ed about fifty countries. He. is al lowed to ride one hundred out of every thousand miles. Incidentally he rode Into Ashland over the Pa cific highway from Medford, this piece of pavement being one of the best roads for walking purposes be tween Portland and San Francisco. At the end of 125,000 miles Preuss ler will receive $16,000, so he states. The traveler's family is Saxony, Italy. Honorable Mention For Agent Kramer G. N. Kramer, Southern Pacific agent at Ashland, has received hon orable mention in the Southern Pa cific Bulletin as being exceptionally active in solicitation of business. The Southern Pacific offered prizes to em ployes who were most active in the soliciting of business for the period from January 1 to June 30 of this year. Agents and others whose du ties include solicitation were not elig ible for prizes, but seven agents were given honorable mention because of their activity, and Mr. Kramer was one of the seven so honored. ,The territory covered extends from Port land to El Paso, Texas.. s , , ., . ,.. ,. .(;.-!.. ' a c .. ' 'Ladies, If yomwant a suit which combines style, quality and absolute fit. have it tajilored by Paulserud Hi Barrett.,,.-, ' U;.'?'' -..i: ? Seventy-five Business Men Spend Profitable Evening at Club Banquet The Commercial Club banquet held rl Hotel Oregon last Thursday even ing was a most satisfactory success. The affair wns twofold in its pur pose, first to give solid evidence of the willingness of the business men of Ashland to back Manager Dobbins Xit the hotel, who has already raised tiie standard of the Oregon and who will, with the aid of the people of Ashland, change the hotel from a second rate boarding house to a first class commercial hotel, and second to promote co-operation toward the preater good or Ashland among the 1 usiness men. In its who'.e-hearted unity and generosity of feeling and purpose the meeting was memorable. It revealed the existence of local spirit and determination to co-oper-nte for the future welfare of Ashland, which augurs well for the future. Seventy-five men were present, in cluding practically all of the promi rent business men of Ashland except the owners of the hotel building. The dinner itself was a culinary conquest and was described by Mr. Gates of Medford as being "the kind of meal which one liked to sit down to and which would not be followed by the nightmares usually encountered the night after a banquet." Llthia water took a prominent place on the menu. The Lyric, orchestra of six pieces, under' the ' direction of Professor Lawrence, delighted the gathering with, selections throughout the ban quet. .Much credit is due Secretary Norris of the Commercial Club,, who attended to the arrangements for the affair, and to the club members who assisted. The Commercial Club has selected a most effective way of pro moting community interest in ar ranging these get-together affairs. ,V. O. N. Smith, newly elected pres ident of the Commercial Club, pre sided as toastmaster, and in a most happy opening address welcomed the strangers and visitors and outlined the purposeqfthe gathering, C. E.. Gates of Medford, manager of the beet , sugar campaign in that section, was the first speaker and outlined the prospects and possibili ties of the beet sugar; industry in a most understandable way. Mr. Gates ttated that fair progress was being made In the securing of acreage for beets, but that many of the farmers showed an apathy to the project and much personal work was required or the proposition would fall through. He closed his talk with an appeal for the Ashland Commercial Club and business men to get together In se curing 200 acres from the Ashland district for beets. A certain acreage from each parf of the valley is deemed necessary for, the success of the project, and Mr. Gates made a fine appeal for co-operation in secur ing the amount which must be had from the-Ashland section. Emory Smith of Smith, Emery & Co. followed Mr. Gates and in a straightforward, businesslike talk ex plained the difficulties' which had delayed the work of installing the mineral waters mobilization system, and stated that the water would be running from all of the fountains in side of a couple of weeks, barring further unavoidable accidents. Mr. Smith stated that he had for years been interested in the possibilities of bringing the mineral waters to Ash land, and, from his extensive ac Let 'Er Buck at Vining Tonight What are proclaimed to be the best pictures ever secured of the Pendle ton Round-up will be shown at the Vlning TBeatre tonight only. This classic event of the great west shows every detail of the big western show which has made Pendleton the center of attraction during Round-up week. Cowboys., cowgirls, Indians, bucking bronchos, mules, bulls, bulldogglng, parades and huge crowds, made this year's event the biggest yet, and the pictures which will be shown at the Vlning tonight are the best and offi cial pictures of the great show. Prices 10 and 15 cents. . The legal fight over the constitu tionality of the Sunday closing law of Oregon is- being followed, with much Interest in-this city., Shirley Keehe. dajicinf. ,, Memorial rhan. "Phone 43-tf quaintance with conditions at many rf the great health resorts of Amer ica and Europe, sot forth the pri mary reasons for the positive ulti mate realization of Ashland's resort timliitions. Mr. Smith's conservative and convincing talk was greatly ap preciated. As an evidence of Mr. Smith's consuming interest in the project here his remark that he had spent all of the time during the past summer, which he usually gave over to a vacation rest, on the project here hnd had visited his summer home, only twenty miles from San Fran cisco, only for a few hours during' the past year, waB a most convincing statement. Renewed effort and enthusiasm on the part of every man present will follow the address made by Professor Vlning, which can only be described as wonderfu'. Should every man who was present take Mr. Vlnlng's remarks to himself, that talk would be worth a million dollars to the c'ty of Ashland. Taking "Enthusi asm" as his subject, Mr. Vlning de livered a forceful, polished and con vincing discourse which gave unlimit ed food for thought to every man rresent. Telling of the sheaths built up around every form of plant life and which prevent higher develop ment, Mr. Vlning compared humans to the plants In that every human, to a lesser or greater degree, built op sheaths of self-interest, prejudice and stubbornness around bis soul which deflected every .flood of en thusiasm, no matter how strong. He appealed to the people of Ashland to cast off these sheaths and radiate projective enthusiasm. A stronger appeal has never been made before an Ashland audience. C. M, Thomas of Talent was next introduced by Toastmaster Smith and briefly outlined the district plan for .irrigation and told of progress being made in the valley In the, se curing ot irrigation. Mr. Thomas is onsif the l)igi. broad-gauge men of Hie valMy who is accomplishing re suits', and Talent is indeed lucky in ttlng able to claim him as a citizen. Mr. Thomas stated that the farmers in the south end ot the valley were much more favorably inclined toward irrigation than those of the north end, and that little trouble was be ing experienced in signing up the landowners In this vicinity for the district plan. Mr. Thomas made a fine impression with his talk. Alex Nlbley of Salt Lake City, Utah, and secretary of the beet sugar company which will build a factory in the valley providing 5,000 acres are signed up for beet raising, was the last of the speakers for the even ing. Mr. Nlbley proved to be a most interesting talker, wtlh a wealth of rew anecdotes and plenty of good, solid thought-producing Information on sugar beets and Irrigation. He tcld briefly of the growth of irriga tion in Utah and made further ex rlanation of what the beet factory was asking of the Rogue River val ley and what it would bring into the valley. Every man present left the hotel with renewed enthusiasm for the projects discussed. Such meetings as that of last Thursday will do a great deal towards creating the unity f feeling necessary for the upbuild ing of a greater Ashland and a great er Rogue River valley. Would Ask City To Pay One-Third A fair-sized gathering of property owners met at the city hall last Sat urday evening to discuss plans for the equalization of the pavement bur den. C. B. Lamkln acted as chair man and C. W. Banta as secretary. After considerable discussion of vari ous plans a resolution was unani mously passed favoring the plan whereby the city at large should pay one-third of the paving and the prop erty owners the balance. This reso lution will be presented to the city council at Tuesday evening's meeting and should it meet with their approv al the plan will be put up to the peo ple at the coming election. Sewing bags, laundry bags, bead bags,' Congregational sale, Novem ber 20. i a1. 48-lt s : Telephone 420-J for 'dry tier wood; Six-Bit Charge Is Necessary A word of explanation as to the plan under which the committee from the Commercial Club are working In putting on the series of banquets, of which the one held last Thursday night was the first, might not come in amiss. There are always a great many items to be taken care of in arranging fan affair of this kind, which always run into money, especially If outside ppeakers are invited, and all the fea tures which go to make a good time are provided. It Is the Intention of the comimttee to have outside speak ers as far as possible for each meet ing, and leave nothing undone In the way of providing good music and other features. For this reason the tickets were sold at 75 cents and the hotel man was paid 50 cents per plate for his part of the banquet. This leaves 25 cents from each ticket to take care of the tickets, menu cards, speakers and guests and other inci dental expenses, without placing any expense on the Commercial i:iuu proper. This seemed to the commit tee to be the most feasible plan, and one which would assure the best of everything at each banquet. Bride and Groom Plod Through Snow Mr. and Mrs. William Yeager, new Iyweds of a few hours, passed through an experience quite out of the ordinary on the afternoon of their wedding day. The couple left the home of the bride (Mrs. Yeager was formerly Miss Edith Rasor) sup posedly to catch train 15 for Califor nia points, where they will spend their honeymoon. Several auto loads of friends hastened to the station loaded down with rice, old shoes and the other remembrances usually showered upon a happy couple upon such an occasion. The bride and troom thought to slip a joke over cn their friends and left the city in an automobile intending to catch the train at Siskiyou. The car stalled in the snow on the mountain and Mr. and Mrs. Yeager plodded four miles through the cold night to Siskiyou, where they caught train 53 late In the evening. The rice-laden friends fig ure that the Joke was on the bride and groom. A Real Indian Girl at the Lyric Do you like good vaudeville? Man ager Lawrence will stage one of the most unique acts ever seen in Ash land, Miss Cuba de Schon, the only descendant of the great Aztec race in America, a real Indian girl with In dian singing and real Indian dancing. She sings a song in the Indian lan guage and then translates It into English. She carries her own spec lal scenery and wears some very val uable and beautiful costumes. She recently has been playing for some of the leading picture producers, and you will probably recognize her if you have been following the Indian pic tures. MIbs de Schon will be at the Lyric two nights, Tuesday and Wednesday. If you like vaudeville that is worth while, don't fall to see her. The ad mission will be 5 cents for children and 15 cents for adults. $45,000 From State For Jackson Roads The Btate highway commission made the allotment of the road fund for 1916 last Thursday. Jackson gets $45,000 as was agreed by the commission at the last year's meet ing. Only one other section receives like amount or as much, and that Ih Hood RIver-Wasco counties, who bonded themselves heavily In the building of the Columbia River high way. Jackson county received J4t,- (.00 last year. The fund allotted for the coming year will be used mostly on the Siskiyou grade. Although Engineer Cantlne recom mended an appropriation ot $27,500 for Douglas and Josephine counties to build a new road over the divide between the two counties, the com mission was able to allot but $20,000. Cutworms bothered the torri fields In the loweraTIer to a considerable extent this year. Figures Show City Light Plant Pays The Ashland municipal electric liKht plant and system is proving to le a big asset to the city. The plant Ii a success from every point of view. Is paying for itself and setting aside n depreciation fund which will com 1 letely rebuild the plant In twenty ears with some to spare, and Is pro viding patrons with electric current at a less rate than that paid in al most any other city on the coast. According to figures given the Tid ings by Recorder Gillette, the elec tric department sets aside the sum of $730 sinking fund to pay oft tho bonds and $200 depreciation fund every month, above running ex penses. The city plant is at present fur nishing current almost to its capac 'ty, and the exceptionally dry year has necessitated curtailment of street lighting during the past month in order that none of the patrons may suffer Inconvenience from a power shortage. The meter system if installed throughout the city's system would make a big saving both to the city and to consumers of electric current, according to those who have studied lighting problems, and no doubt eventually such a system will be in stalled when the people at large real ize the saving which can be made. At present there are a few meters installed, and In nearly every case the customers are more than satis fled with the change from the flat rate system. Under the flat rate sys tem as Is now used nearly everyone l(aves lights burning when not neces sary, thus causing a loss to the city and to themselves In that every min ute the lights burn, current which the plant they themselves, astitlzens, cwn could sell elsewhere, Is' being consumed and the life of the Incan descent lamp Is shortened. Under the meter system more lights may be installed as the consumer will' pay for the light when burning bnly in stead of all the time as under the flat rate system. Another loss which can not be exactly' computed,' hut which every person in Ashland knows exists, Is from the stealing of current for ' stoves, lights ' and many other uses which are never reported to the city. Some of this stealing Is done without thought of Its being wrong, and many a man and woman who would be horrified If called a thief, thinks nothing of burning a 60-watt lamp when only paying for a 40. A number of calls for current from the city have been turned over to the California-Oregon company people because of the Inability of the city to handle them, and extension of tha system or purchase of current on a wholesale basis from other sources appears to be a profitable move. The city officials are giving a great deal cf attention to the electric proposi tion of late, Immediate realization of the necessity for action having been brought on by the necessary street lighting curtailment, and several plans have been advanced and are under consideration by city officials. The electric light department has found It possible to have the street lights on until 12 o'clock during tha past few nights, and wet weather promises to altogether remove tho necessity for shutting off the lights o( all within the very near future. Attic Fire Was HarditoTight An attic fire starting from a flue did damage to the extent of a couplo of hundred dollars in the Church utrcet residence of Mrs. Elizabeth; f-ni Ith Saturday noon. As near as could be ascertained, a bunch of rags In a closet caught fire from an over heated flue. The house was not wired for electric lights, and for once ''defective wiring" can not be blamed. The fire company arrived , on the scene in good time, but had a . hard time getting the water onto tha fire, which was Just under the roof. Finally the blaze was subdued, most ly by the chemicals. All of the furni ture was removed from the house and! suffered little damage from water. The house was insured with theFirst National Bank and the loss fully cov ered. The park commission grubbed up . , , the magnolia trees from the. Bouio-, ,. . vard parkway and are planting; a jar,, ritty of English holly in their stead,. . . ' ." .1011 "'- Get your watch repairing done at Johnson's Jewelry Store. 87-tl , i. '.. -e i- i'i ' - j - ' t-A s'o.w.v-1 ir if