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Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows"
City of Sunshine and Flowers
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Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs
"The Carlsbad of America'
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915
VOL. XL
NUMBER 50
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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.
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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
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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,. . .
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