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Newspaper Page Text01 Second 8t Ash "Ashland Crows While Llthia flows' City of Sunshine and Flower . Ashland, Oregon, Ulhla Springs "The Carlsbad of America" VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1915 NUMBER 52 TT "TT"V "ITi TV T J 4 IJJUNliS A FuU Week at Vining Theatre This will be a week of big things at the Vining Theatre. Tonight, "The Money Master," a Htory of labor and capital which those who attended laBt night proclaim to be one of the strongest pictures shown In Ashland for some time, will make its final ap . pearance. Tomorrow evening Marguerite Clark, beloved of all Ashland movie lovers, will be seen in her favorite role, "The Goose Girl." Miss Clark's name alone Is enough to pack the Vining to the doors. In this attrac tion she is said to be at her best. Dy special request there will be a mati nee at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday evening should see the biggest crowd since opening night at the Vining. Prof. Vining has an nounced next Wednesday as welcome night for the new manager, Mr. Berg ner, and Ashland should give evi dence of its hospitable spirit. Were it not "welcome night," the attrac tion for the evening should fill the house. The "Eternal City," the big gest film attraction ever brought to Ashland, opens Wednesday afternoon with a matinee and will be shown again Wednesday evening, Thursday, Thanksgiving day, matinee and even ing. This picture is heralded as the greatest Paramount production. It is taken from Hall Calne'g novel and staged in Italy with the greatest cast of stars ever gotten together. Prices for the "Eternal City," eight reels, are 10 and 20 cents. All other at tractions of the week, 10 and 15 cents. On Friday and Saturday, mat inee and evening, the sweetheart of America,' Mary Plckford, will bring tears and laughter in the sweetest role which she bas yet assumed. In "Rags" Mary Pickford is provided with a role specially written for her and is at her best. . . Could any one ask for a better week of attractions? -" Few Beet Acres Ashland District All Set For the . - Iiledford Game C. M. Thomas of Talent, President Smith and Secretary Norrls of the Ashland Commercial Club, and J. W., Mllner spent Friday morning canvass ing the landowners east and south of Ashland regarding the signing up of acreage for sugar beets, and met with small success. Mr. Smith states that every available avenue of effort has been exhausted, and as far as the district south of Ashland is con cerned, the sugar beet acreage cam paign is closed Mr. Smith and Messrs. Nibley and Thomas made an other thorough canvass of those who signed up last year earlier in the week, with hardly any success. The beet workers found that very little of the land south of here is suitable for beet raising on account of lack of ir rigation. All of the farmers who already have irrlgaiion told the committee that they were contented with the re turns from their present crops. Many had already commenced operations for next year. The results of the campaign provide a great argument for irrigation. All of the farmers who have irrigation say they are mak ing money and do not wish to make a change. Those who have no Irriga tion are for the greater part willing to try beets or anything which will bring them returns, but because of the lack of irrigation can not raise beets. Any farmers of the district who were not called upon and who are Interested may get contracts at the Citizens Bank from V. 0. N. Smith. If you wish to forget all cares and troubles for an hour, if you wish to have a little red blood circulate through your veins, if you wish to be one of a crowd of 2,000 people all intent on the same object, come out to the Ashland athletic field next Thursday (Thanksgiving day) after noon and let out a few yells for your own Ashland high school. The big football classic of southern Oregon, the deciding game for the football championship, promises to attract the largest crowd which has ever assem bled for any event in southern Ore gon. The recent 0-0 game at Med ford has Intensified the interest a hundredfold and both teams are con fident of victory. The entire student body of the Medford high school will send volumes of confidence and de fiance rolling across from their side of the field, and the local high school, from the most dignified senior to the most bashful freshman, will forget himself and everything else and join in hurling back the yells of the visit ors. Medford and Ashland townspeo ple will turn out, and it is sure going to be a big day. Tickets for the big game are on sale for 25 cents at Butler's, Rose Bros.', Crowson's and Loomis's con fectioneries. On the day of the game the price will be 35 cents, so get your tickets now. Elks' Thanksgiving Ball and Banquet For several years the big Thanks giving social event has been the grand ball and banquet given by the local B. P. O. Elks. It is the big event of the year at which Elks offer their friends an opportunity to enjoy a typical Idlly Elks evening. .The event Is much looked forward to in the so cial word ' and the committee in charge are makjng every effort to make this year's affair the biggest and best yet. An eight-piece orches tra will furnish music and there will be a big Thanksgiving banquet served in the banquet ball in the basement by Manager Dobbins of the Hotel Ore gon. Manager Dobbins has won a fine reputation as a provider of good things to eat, and the banquet served Thanksgiving evening promises to put in the shade all of the banquets of the past. It Melted Lead Flew; Boy May Lose Eye Gates King, fourteen-year-old son of Rufus King, may lose the sight of one eye as the result of too much haste while engaged in moulding bul lets. Young King was melting lead on the King ranch, three and one half miles east of Ashland, Sunday, and in order to expedite matters poured some water on the mould, causing an explosion which splat tered melted lead on his face and hands. Some of the lead flew into one of his eyes and burned the eye ball. The lad was rushed to the lo cal Sanitarium and every possible ef fort Is being made to Save the eye. The doctors say that if the burns were serious enough to cause' a scab to form on the Iris, the eye will be come useless. The ' boy's " Injuries were palnfnl in the extreme Young King Is a freshman in the local high school. : iS -! " .. : i: ' Big Crowd Hears Famous Speakers Every man in Ashland who favors open saloons wbould have attended the lecture of Captain Hobson at the Methodist church Sunday night, and listened to the explanations of the findings of modern science as to the effect of alcoholic drinks on the phys ical man. To listen attentively to Mr. Hobson is to be convinced that liquor is all bad. The church was filled to standing room only. Be yond question the life of the Ameri can saloon is not more than ten years. By that time the traffic in America will be a thing of the past. Dr. Edwin I. Stearns, lecturer for the Anti-Saloon League of America, preceded Mr. Hobson and set forth some very convincing facts. One of his most Interesting statements was that it had cost just $40 to each sa loon which the league had put out of business in the past few years. The Anti-Saloon League is making a na tional campaign to make the nation dry in the next two years. The Methodist church was crammed to the doors. Hotel Committee Starts Campaign To Raise Funds For Remodeling The hotel committee from the Com mercial Club, composed of M. C. Reed, V. O. X. Smith and J. W. Mc Coy, at a meeting held Saturday nlrfTit arrived nt the final conclusion that if Ashland is to have a hotel suitable for the accommodation of visitors in the immediate future, Ashland people miiRt build it. The committee laid plans for a campaign to start tomor row for raisin;; an amount approxi mated at $20,000 to completely re model and modernize the Hotel Ore gon. Subscriptions for stock will be solicited from Ashland people and a corporation formed, the present hotel owners to put in their holdings for a share of the stock deemed fair by the subscribers. An active campaign will commence immediately and will be pushed through until Ashland has a real hotel. There should be little difficulty In selling the required amount of stock as the Hotel Oregon promises to be a gilt-edged proposition for the invest or. Manager Dobbins, v.ho has al ready placed the hotel on a paying basis;, states that he is willing to take a base of the hotel and confidently believes that It will pay good divi dends on the increased valuation af ter the improvements are finished. Ashland must have accommodations to offer visitors next summer. The hotel as It Is at present will not do, and the people of Ashland can bene fit themselves and the community by giving financial backing to the proposition. Thanksgiving at Hotel Oregon Manager Dobbins of the Hotel Ore gon has arranged a menu for a Thanksgiving dinner which sounds exceptionally Inviting. The full menu will appear in the next issue of the Tidings, which will come out Wednesday. The usual price will be charged, and those who Intend tak ing dinner at the Oregon should make their table reservations now. . The Commercial Club requests the names and addresses of parties who are considering coming to the coast his summer. We wish to stnd them iterature and give them a good con ception of Oregon. 74-tf Hundreds Hear Science Lecture William D. McCracken, M. A. C. S. B., member of the Board of Lecture ship of the Mother Church of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, de livered a most Interesting address last Tuesday evening at the Elks Temple to a full house. Over a hun dred out-of-town people attended. A synopsis of the lecture was given fn last Thursday's Tidings. It will be worth your while to read it. Mr. McCracken is a most interesting and convincing talker and held his listen ers throughout. Get your watch repairing done at Johnson's Jewelry Store. 97-tf No. 8747. . REPORT OP THE COXDITIOX OF THE First National Bank AT ASHLAND, OREGON, at the Close of Business on November 10, 1015. RESOURCES... J Aj- Loans and discounts ' '"'"' J 2. Overdrafts, unsecured ' ' 3. U. S. bonds: a U S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) $75,0000.00 b U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. depos its (par value) 1,000.00 c U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal sav ings deposits (par value) r 3,000.00 $268,097.40 200.62 4. Total U. S. bonds Bonds, securities, etc.: b Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits 12,000.00 c Bonds and securities pledged as collateral for state, or other deposits or bills payable (postal excluded) 40,000.00 e Securities other than U. S. bonds '(not including stocks) owned unpledged.. 104 870.55 79,000.00 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 24. 25. 26. Total bonds, securities, etc Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank $7,200.00 a Less amount unpaid 3,600.00 a Value of banking house b Equity In banking house Furniture and fixtures Real estate owned other than banking house Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank a Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis 42,590.63 b Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 105,090.55 Net amount due from banks and bankers ( other than included in 1 0 or 1 1 ) ... . Other checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank a Outside checks and other cash items. . . 18.08 b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents.. 172.82 Notes of other national banks . ' Federal Reserve notes Lawful money reserve in bank: Coin and certificates Legal-tender notes Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than 5 per cent on circulation) 1 and due from U. S. Treasurer 156,870.55 3,600.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 6,000.00 4,234.24 10,500.00 147,681.18 1,66". 09 1,045.33 190.90 ' 2,810.00 ! 10.00 36,284.70 25.00 3,750.00 Total LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In Surplus fund Undivided profits $17,145.13 Reserved for taxes 1,500.00 Interest and 18,645.13 Annual Thanksgiving. The union Thanksgiving services will be held in the First Presbyterian church Thursday morning, beginning at 10:30. The churches uniting are the Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Congregationallst and Naz arene. The sermon will be preached by W. J. Douglass of the M. E. church, assisted by the ministers of the uniting churches. The music will be furnished by the Presbyterian church, directed ,by Mr. E, L. Rasor, and with Mrs. Olive Parson at : the organs -.; .. ; Phone news Items to the Tidings. 27. 30. 32. 33. 34. 36. 37. 38. 40. Less current expenses, taxes paid 6,948.29 Circulating notes outstanding Due to banks and bankers Demand deposits: j Individual deposits subject to check Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days Certified checks United States deposits Postal savings deposits State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by Item 4 c of "Resources". , , Total demand deposits, Items 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 412,505.65 Time deposits: Certificates of deposit Total of time deposits, Items 40, 41, and 42 117,642.25 $736,965.01 $100,000.00 20,000.00 11,696.84 73,600.00 1,620.27 336,977.71 12,275.61 327.65 1,000.00 9,994.48 51,930.20 Auxiliary Will Organize Chorus The Ladles' Anxllinry Club of Ash land gave a very entertaining pro gram on Saturday, November 20, at the club house. This was a special meeting for the purpose of organiz ing a permanent choral society with the object of furthering musical in terest in Ashland. Quite n number of Medfor.l's mu sicians were in attendance and assist ed in giving tho program. These were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Andrews, Mrs. Guy Childers and Miss Velnte Hamil ton. Mr. Andrews Introduced Miss Hamilton's number (Liszt's transcrip tion of Schubert's "ftre-konlg") with a descriptive talk, then later gave a vocal selection and rending. All of these numbers were highly artistic and showed that the performers are real musicians. Some of our local talent also as sisted with much credit to themselves and the club. These were Miss Ger trude Engle, Mrs. C. B. Wolf, Miss Berna Halght, Mrs. Sylvan Provost, assisted with violin obligato by Mr. Lawrence. Accompanists were Mrs. Henry Enders, Mi38 Mary Young and Miss Anna Harris. The chorus will not be for the spec ial benefit of the club, but for the town in general, and the club antici pates giving public performances dur ing the winter, such as oratorios or operas. In case such can be accom plished, Mrs. Andrews will come once a week for chorus drill and special voice culture, and Mr. Andrews will stage the performances. Everyone May Help the Cause Up to this time Ashland has made no contribution, except in a few in dividual cases, to the relief of the war-stricken women and children of Europe. The need of the babes and widows of Belgium grows greater as the war goes on, and the Christian charity of the world is being called upon to relieve in every way possi ble their untold sufferings, Ashland will have an opport-(iy to do her part towards tiiie work on Monday, November. ' 29, when the Earl of Aberdeen and the. Countess Aberdeen will be tho guests of the. Civic Improvement Club and speak- at the Elks Temple. An admission charge of 50 cents will be made, and everybody In Ashland should con sider it their duty to attend. - Every cent of the money taken In goes for the Belgian relief work. The earl and countess, world lenders in hu manitarian work, are paying all of their own expenses ' and devoting thyir entire time and efforts to the great cause. . Beyond the fact that attending will help a great cause, Ashlanders should not miss the opportunity to hear these members of the British peerage, both of whom are speakers sought throughout the country. Lady Aberdeen is president of the International Congress of Women and Lord Aberdeen 1b the head of several humanitarian organizations of world scope. They come to Ash land direct from the San Francisco exposition, where they were the cen ter of Interest at several notable Tunctions. From Ashland they will go to Portland, this being the only small city on the coast at which they will stop. High School Writing Contest The publicity department is going to ask the students of the high school to enter a letter-writing con test. Manager Duryea has submitted a plan for the contest to the princi pal of the high school, which Mr. Moore has approved and to which ho has given his co-operation and sup port. The plan as outlined to a rep. resentative of the Tidings is as fol lows: Prizes are to be given to the st'i d.?nts who write the three best let cers on Ashland's advantanes as a desirable place in which to live. Three prizes, first, second and third, will be given. The winner of first prize will receive $5, second prize) $3 and third prize $2. Letters en tered for competition must be exact copies of letters written to and mailed to friends or relatives who live outside the state of Oregon. The original letter must be brought to the publicity department, together with the letter entered for competi tion, In a stamped and addressed en velope, ready to be placed In he mall. The copy for competition must not be signed by the writer, but will be marked for Identification with a number in order that the judges may not have any means of knowing tho name of the author of any letter they may pass on. There will be five judges. The Civic Improvement will be asked to appoint one, the Auxil iary one, the Commercial Club one, and the other two will be selected by Superintendent Briscoe and Principal Moore, Letters will he judged by the following points: Composition, style, accuracy as to facts, interest and neatness. The publicity depart ment Is to have the right to print any or all of the letters in newspa pers or use them In any way it deems advisable, with the understanding that the author of each letter so used (Continued on Pace Eight.) 117,642.25 r Total $736,965.01 State of Oregon, County of Jackson, ss.: I, J. W. ,McCOY, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. W. McCOY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me I Correct Attest: -! J Mi 20th day of November, 1815. Igeo'w DUNN ' . . . ; I G, G. EUBA.NKS,: . fW. H. McNAIR, ' ,J U'-:- t. Notary Public. ; ; jTHOST, H. SIMPSON, '' . &',.:--' I ' Director Mrs. Leander Neil Died Yesterday Word was received this morning of the sudden death of Mrs. Leander Nell in San Francisco yesterday. No particulars were received, the tele gram merely stating that Mrs. Nell had died at 10 o'clock Sunday morn ing. The news of Mrs. Nell's death has cast a pall over the entire com munity. She Is the wife of Leander Neil, an Ashland pioneer and one of Ashland's most highly respected res idents. Mr. and Mrs. Nell were visit ing in San Francisco. Mr. Nell will arrive on this afternoon's train with the body. , Salvage Co. Sale . Closes Wednesday We wish, o announce, on account of the rain Saturday we will extend the most successful sale ever held ill ABhland until Wednesday noon. Thousands of customers braved the storm of Saturday and were mora than repaid in the striking list of bargains that awaited them. The: store was so crowded Saturday that, the doors were locked nearly alt day. We were very sorry to keep the cus tomers waiting on the outside, but the store will only hold so manj. Thoretore those who could not Bhop Saturday will now have another chance at the most gigantic slaughter sale over held In any county. For the last day the tlianagement will give away absolutely free a num ber of very valuable premiums. So don't fall to attend this most wonder ful bargain event. Sale positively closes Wednesday. Many thanks to every one in Ash land and vicinity for their generous patronage. W. V. Horn, the manager, expects to return shortly to Ashland in re gards to another business deal. He also wishes every one a happy Thanksgiving. W. V. II. It We are never too busy to show you our goods, so don't hesitate to ask to see what you want, though you may not want to buy that day. Mitchell & Whittle. Something Missing At the Postoffice NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. $ The regular Thursday Issue $ of the Tidings will be printed ' t and distributed ot 'Wednesday $ o( this 'Week. Advertisers are requested to get ad copy - in Tuesday' ,.., ..... ,, t.H!i A There is something missing at the Ashland postoffice. A quite defin able something. Postmaster Kaiser has gone to the exposition. Many are putting off buying stamps and mail ing letters until he returns, which. will be some time this week or next. "Happy" Eastman is running the lo cal mall dispensary during the P. M.'s absence and is giving good serv ice, but somehow things don't seem JuBt right and all of Ashland will be relieved when the present crisis is averted and E. J. Kaiser again beama on the public from the postoffice windows, . .... Yes;' we are constantly getting ia : ' some new and pretty patterns Jif four-1' in-haud ties at 25 and 50 cents. Mitchell A 'Whittle.