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VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915
NUMBER 54
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The
Lord Aberdeen.
Local Lightweight
Shows Promise
Beryl Eaton, a local lightweight of
much promise, added another feather
to his hat in an eight-round battle
with Joe Vashbinder of Gold Hill at
that live little sporting city Thanks
giving night. Although the referee's
decision called the contest a draw,
the fight clearly should have been
awarded to Eaton, who bad bis op
ponent at bis mercy throughout.
Vashbinder weighed in at 142 pounds
and really comes within the middle'
weight division, while Eaton weighed
but 128 pounds. The Ashland lad
scored two knockdowns in the fourth
round, floored hiB opponent seven
times in the sixth, and knocked Vash
binder to the canvas as fast as he
could get up in the final period
When the bell tapped the Gold Hill
boy was taking the count of nine and
would undoubtedly have gone under
had the fight continued for another
minute. Eaton did practically all of
the leading and was in danger at no
time. The fight was staged in the
Gold Hill opera house before a big
crowd, the gate receipts being $100
The bout was staged by Kid Jessie
and W. C. Edmunds of Gold Hill.
Tobe Brouse of Gold Hill refereed.
Young Eaton is developing into a
wonderful fighter and bids fair to
establish a big reputation. Brud
Shamrock, a lightweight who at one
time was champion of the northwest,
is handling Eaton and acted as his
second at Gold Hill. He Is now try
ing to 'arrange a match with Bobby
Allen at Klamath Falls for his protege.
Former Ashland
Resident Dead
E. E. Miner, a pioneer of the val
ley and for many years a resident of
Ashland, died at his home on North
Front street in Medford last Thurs
day morning. Mr. Miner platted
Miner's addition on the Boulevard in
Ashland and was well known here.
Heart trouble was the immediate
cause of his death. He was 79 years
of age.
Aberdeens at
Elks Tonight
Under the auspices of the Ashland
Civic Improvement Club. Countess
Aberdeen, president of the Women's
Congress of the World, and Lord
Aberdeen, former lord lieutenant of
Ireland and governor general of Can
ada, will speak at, the Elks Temple
tonight. An admission charge will
be made and every cent taken in will
go to the Belgian relief fund, in the
Interests of which the titled British
ers are touring the United States.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen are giving
all of their time and paying their
own expenses for the work. Ash
land is the only small city between
Portland and San Francisco which
will be honored by a visit and have a
chance to hear the most interesting
talks given. Following the addresses
there will be a public reception in
the Elks hall. Light refreshments
will be served.
Admission 25 and 50 cents.
Moth and Flame at
Vining Tuesday
The picturlzation of the tense and
emotional drama, "The Moth and the
Flame," by Clyde Fitch, presents
with all the realism of life itself the
dominant elements of that great
stage success. The poor little moth
is blinded by the flame, until she
can not see the fatal perils threaten
ing her. Just on the verge of her
great error, her vision returns, and
with the resultant extinguishment of
the flame, the moth sees her danger,
and is saved terribly scorched In
heart, but with her soul rescued from
the devouring fire.
This picture with a Famous Play
ers cast will be shown at the Vining
Theatre Tuesday night only.
A SPLENDID DESTINY.
Grammar School
Team Wins 63-0
There is hope for the football sea
sons of the future. The Ashland
high-schoolers lost to Medford, but
the grammar school team demon
strated that the rising generation of
players will be amply able to uphold
the red and white in years to come
by defeating the Medford grammar
school team last Friday by the over
whelming score of 63-0. The Ash
land lads outclassed the visitors In
every department. ' Jimmy Blair, a
seventh grade boy who is destined to
make his mark in football, was the
star of the game. A return game will
be played next Saturday at Medford.
Why Is it a girl who cuts a man
selects the fellow , who , cares the
most?
Citizen, you hold the destiny of Ashland in your hand.
Nature has provided sufficient resources about Ashland to
make her a great city if intelligently and intensely utilized. Do
not leave the matter entirely to the springs water commission.
The job is too big to warrant splendid success through the
efforts of the few. Ashland has over six thousand population
rnd it will take the earnest and combined effort of all to accom
plish what nature has intended. Put your shoulder to the wheel
and push aggressively and continuously and glory, reputa
tion, prosperity and' solid development will come to us; the re
sults will be so profitable that we will forget high taxes, and
hard times will be things of the past.
Look about you and view ,the wonderful scenic aspect
around you. What a wonderful asset! Compare the twelve-months-in-the-year
climate at Ashland with the same.of other
health and recreation sections sections that have been devel
oped to splendid proportions with little else but climate and
human ingenuity and at once tlm consciousness of this great
building force will break upon you. Wonderful asset, this clim
ate of ours. Compare the waters of Ashland with those of the
most famed American and European resorts world resorts,
where great centers of activity have been raised by the proper
application of the drawing power of mineral waters and you
will discover that our waters carry as great healing contents as
they. Compare topography, geography, accessibility, combina
tion of beauty and fertility and other successful resorts suffer
more from the comparison than does Ashland.
Let your mind run back for thirty years and view the barren
aspect of IiOS Angeles valley at that time mountains parched
and brown, rivers without water, sand dunes without fertility,
producing but sparsely, cactus and greasewood pinched vege
tation of a desert waste. Look now at the wonderful transform
ation there wrought by the properly directed efforts of man
a valley of wondrous beauty a vast empire raised. Phoenix
like, from the desert sands, crowned with a magnificent city
comprising a greater population than the whole of Southern
California had when the transformation began. No wonder the
people of Los Angeles are such boosters! No wonder that never
do you hear a pessimistic note from one of her citizens! No
wonder that everybody rests secure there in the confidence that
they will live to see Los Angeles' population pass the million
mark, and are happy, though' not surprised, to see this year
their city pass in population long-vaunted San Francisco, "the
metropolis of the Pacific Coast." They have the right to feel
and talk as they do, for already the possibility of making much
out of little has been demonstrated beyond cavil and the voice
of the croaker is drowned in the noise of the mart. Prosperity
lias seized he pessimist and forced him into the optimistic view
It is easy enough now for the'pelii of Los Angeles to believe
in the future of Los Angeles, notwithstanding they have naught
but climate to sell. Time has demonstrated to practical cer
tainty that climate is a greater asset than fertility that the
tourist crop is more valuable than the vast wheat crops of the
middle west. Anybody could be a booster in Los Angeles now
But, what splendid courage must have possessed the
sturdy pioneer of thirty years ago what vision had he how
prophetic that vision and how determined the effort that could
meet and overcome the obstacles presented by that original des
ert aspect! Already you can hear the visionless and distem
pered pessimist croak: "It can't be done. These wild-eyed
enthusiasts are leading us to ruin. The idea of attempting to
make anything out of this desert waste but cactus and grease-
wood. If anything else would grow here it already would be
here growing. The soil is without substance, the rivers without
water. All those fellows will accomplish is raise the taxes. It
will take more money than the world possesses to put water on
this land, and you can do nothing without water. " What cour
age it took to brush him aside and smother him in prosperity
( there are hundreds of them living in Los Angeles today made
rich by the efforts of those whom they attempted to block and
everlastingly calumniated at the critical period of the develop
ment they live there, rich, unheralded and ashamed) what
devotion to the task, what sacrifice, but how magnificent has
been the reward!
And all this has been accomplished with one-twentieth the
natural advantages that crown Ashland today.
Men with vision said: "Let's herald Los Angeles to the
world as the playground of America." And the blind ones an
swered: "The idea! Who could make a playground out of a
sand dunef" Men with vision said: "Let's raise a big public
ity campaign fund and put Los Angeles on the map." And the
blind ones answered: "You will utterly ruin us already taxes
are beyond endurance." But, these men of vision were also
men of courage not easily blocked or staggered by the back
trail of the crawfish they stopped their ears to doleful sounds
vnd pursued their steadv course with intelligence and resolu
tion. AND TIIEY WON. When they began Los Angeles was
"too dead to skin." Taxes stood at four per cent. There was
no employment for the people and business was bad. Now their
efforts are crowned with a magnificent city the largest and
busiest in the west and taxes at Los Angeles are lower than in
any city in America.
And all of this was accomplished by a city on a sand dune
with nothing to offer save climate, health and recreation, and
which had the honesty to offer nothing more. What splendid
spirit! What matchless accomplishment!
Think you that Los Angeles "just grew"? No, sir, Mr.
Doubtmore, it is the result of far greater effort than will be re
quired to establish Ashland as the greatest watering resort in
America.
Blind people grope their weary way in every community
better were they away in the asylum better for them and for
the community but they are here, and the scales must be lifted
from theirt eyes that the effulgence of a great light may dazzle
to consciousness and direct them into the ways of prosperity.
With that hope this editorial is written. "
Sudden Death of
Councilman Biegel
The entiro community was shocked
last Saturday to learn of the death
of A. J. Biegel, member of the city
council. While it was quite gener
ally known that Mr. Biegel was In
poor health, the sudden death was
totally unlooked for.
AugiiHt J, Biegel, who died Novem
ber 27, 191"), at his home on Morton
street, was born November C, 1802,
at Manitowoc, Wis., and consequently
was 53 years and 21 days old. He
graduated from the Manitowoc high
school and Immediately afterwards
was apprenticed to the Rand &
Uonier Hardware Company of the
f "
Councilman A. J. nickel, Who Died
IiUHt Saturday.
same city to learn the plumbing and
hardware trade. He worked for said
company for several years, until he
started for himself at the plumbing
business. He was married to Char
lotte E. Buerstatte on May 31, 1893,
who survives him and four children,
Calla. Milton, Earl and Elmer. Be
sides, he Is survived by two sisters
at Waupun, Wis., and one brother at
Elgin, 111.
He came to Ashland In 1903 and
worked for Provost Bros, until 1908,
when he established a business for
himself. '
He affiliated here with the Chris
tian Science church and was one of
their readers for a number of years,
and under whose auspices the fun
eral services were held today, when
he was laid to rest in Mountain View
cemetery. The pallbearers were the
city mayor and councilmen.
In the death of August J. Biegel
the council has lost a conscientious
counselor, the city a good and law
abiding citizen, the church a faithful
worker and the family a good hus
band and father.
Gifted Musician
Makes Home Here
Better Football
Wins for Medford
Dunsmulr News: Carl Loveland,
who has been leader of the Auditori
um orchestra for the past couple of
years, finished his contract Wednes
day evening, and Thursday morning
left on No. 14 for Ashland. Carl has
many accomplishments and during
his stay here made many warm
friends, who regret exceedingly his
departure.
He was accompanied by Miss Julia
Reed and Mrs. Helen Ahl, with whom
the former has made her home.
Thursday afternoon Carl and Miss
Reed were united in marriage In the
presence of a few Intimate friends.
The happy young couple huve a le
gion of friends here who join, the
News In extending congratulations
for a happy, joyous wedded life.
Baby Will Wrestle
All Comers at Lyric
Tonight is a night of curiosities at
the Lyric Theatre. A six and a half
months old baby will meet all com
ers in a wrestling or boxing match
on the Lyric stage. More than this,
one of the great curiosities of the
present age, a Btrange bird, half
China pheasant, half bantam rooster,
will be shown. Several other novel
features and Hobart Bosworth in
that great film production, "The Lit
tle Brother of the tllch."
Prices for the big evening of vau
deville and good pictures will be 5
and 15 cents.
Mrs. Reglnal Mills spent Thanks
giving week as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Hast Mr. Mills came
over for Thanksgiving day.
The team which played the best
football won on Thanksgiving day,
and for the first time in five years
the red and white of Ashland high
school are dipped to the red and
black of Medford high. The final
score of 7-0 was a Just comparison of
the brand of football put up. Ash
land was unable to cope with the line
plunging of a Medford team which
has improved 100 per cent over tho
first game of the scries.
Despite the fact that rain fell
steadily all Thursday morning, the
biggest crowd which has ever seen an
athletic event In southern Oregon
was present, and it is hard to seo
where those who were kept away by
the weather would have been put had
the day lx.cn clear. The field was in
fine shape and no rain fell during
the game, providing ideal conditions
for the best content which has ever
been waged on the local field.
Medford came up 400 strong,
bringing a band and a sportsmanlike
bunch of rooters. The game was
clean and no hint of unsportsmanlike
conduct by either players or spectat
ors marred the day.
Ashland received tho kickoff and
worked tho ball well down toward
Medford's goal In the first quarter,
but finally were forced to kick. Med
ford Immediately turned to llne
plunglng tactics and brought the ball
back to the center of the field by the
end of the first period.
In the second period line bucks,
which regularly averaged a five-yard
gain, soon brought Medford to Ash
land's one-yard line, where the red
and white line held, giving a super
human demonstration of last-ditch
fighting. On an attempted end run
Seeley of Medford carried the ball
outside within a few feet ofthe line
just as the whistle blew, thus saving
Ashland from a score. From the first
it was apparent that the end runs
and forward passes which made yard
age for Medford in the previous game
would not work,- the Ashland ends ,
and secondary defense nipping eyery
effort for a loss. "The 'Ashland "Hne
was unablo to' cope ' with the shift
plays and line bucks' of tho visitors,
and Cunningham, Deisman, Long and
Harrell of the secondary defense
stopped nearly every play.
In the third quarter Ashland man
aged to hold the visitors and kept tho
ball in the center of the field, but did
not make any considerable gains. An
interchange of punts featured this
period, tho Medfordite outklckins
Lowe of Ashland, but the advantage
being nullified by the speed with
which the Ashlnnd ends got down
under the punts and the returns
made by Fraley.
In the fourth quarter the ball
stayed In the center of the field and
it began to look like a tie contest.
Flnnlly a Medford punt carried to the
Ashland five-yard line, and Instead
of letting the ball go over the line
for a safety which counts nothing,
the Ashland safety tried to pick up
the ball on the bounce, fumbled, and
Thomas of Medford fell on the ball.
Ashland held for two downs. Coach
Klnm of Medford sent in a new man,
whose name was not obtained, at
tackle, and the Medford backs car
ried the ball over behind him for a
score. An easy goal was kicked.
Ashland came back strong in the last
few minutes and worked the only
successful forward pass of the entire
game, but the whistle put an end to ,
the contest and gave Medford a well
deserved victory.
Coach Klum has developed a ma-chine-like
team at Medford, and the
one outstanding fenture of Thurs
day's game was the team work ex
hibited by tho visitors. The Ash-
landers seemed to bo lacking in this,
dashing attack which was evident in
the early games of the season nnd
the Ashland line was undeniably
weak. The secondary defense was
brilliant, little Harrell, Cunningham,
Lowe, Deisman nnd Brower bearing
tho brunt of the tackling. The home
team showed their ability to hold In
the second quarter, but wero un
doubtedly overconfident in the early '
part of the game. The fierce tacklin?
of the Ashland backs necessitated
time being taken out for Medford
players on numerous occasions. Har
rell was taken out in the last period
with a strained tendon in his shoul
der. No alibis are offered by the locals
and due credit Ib given Coach Klum
for developing the first real footbalf
team which Medford has put out in
years. Everett May, assistant coach
at O. A. C, refereed the game and '
gave excellent satisfaction.