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Oregon Historical Society Pomp 207 Second Ht TV "Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows" City of Sunshine and flowers DING Ashland, Oregon, Llthla Springs "The Carlsbad of America" VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1915 NUMBER 02 S Municipal Xmas Tree at Medford Medford, in common with several hundred other ch:es or the United States, hold a municipal Christmas tree last. Friday evening, and from 'Sugar Factory Assured Valley The Rogue River valley finds one very desirable Christmas present in its stocking this year.' The follow ing telegram was received by the various valley newspapers Friday: j reports which come from our nclgh Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 24. I ,)0rin8 city the affair must have been The directors or the Oregon-Utah I a rand HiiweM. Practically every Sugar Company held a meeting Tues- j vhM 1,1 Medford and a good propor day and accepted the contracts to tion of the grown-ups gathered grow sugar beets that have been ! aronn-(1 the 1,iK trc0- whl,;h was set in signed by the farmers of the Rogue ' the Medford city park. The tree was River valley, which contracts were i ii:inca.iy ug.u.-.i anu a picture o. heretofore aomove.l bv the field su- i ,,ea,lty- A!1 J0'"1'-1 ln si"SnK CMs' All Mineral Waters Running At Central Station In Lithia Park perlntendents of the company. . Arrangements have been made for beet seed to plant 5,000 acres of sugar beets. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the company held on De cember 23 financial plans and ar rangements of the company were ap proved, and immediately after the holiday season contractors who are !r the business of building sugar fac tories will be invited to submit bids i pon a contract for the erection of the factory that will be built In the Ilogue River valley. It Is the Inten tion of the company let let the con tract before the expiration of Janu ary, 1916. mas anthems, after which gifts were distributed to all of the children. Our Auto Camp in American Motorist The December number of the Amer ican Motorist contains an illustrated story on Ashland's automobile camp, under the caption, "An Auto Camp de Luxe; What Ashland, Ore., Has Done for the Motor Tourists." This story was written by the manager of the publicity department. The American Motorist is the offi cial organ of the American Autnmn- By another Christmas the people of be AssofiIatlon n a.very wi(e the Rogue River valley will be enjoy ing prosperity such as has come to the state of Utah by reason of Us sugar Industry. GEORGE E. SANDERS, ALEX NIBLEY. It is thought imminently probable that the factory will go to Grants playing the matter perfectly safe and refuse to commit themselves until tvery phase of the proposition has been Investigated. The establish ment of the sugar factory means a great deal to the valley as a whole. It means the putting of $500,000 In circulation In the valley this year and every year afterward an amount al most as great. The sugar factory will be followed by other big indus tries as sure as flies follow the syrup ivg. Y.M. C. A.- Boys Win and Lose In one of the most closely contest ed games which has ever been played in the local high school gymnasium the visiting University of Oregon Y. M. C. A. basketball team won out jele in the American Motorist Is worth over the local high school team last I hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars circulation, copies being sent to each member of the association and hun dreds sold on the news-stands each month. It reaches thousands of read ers In every part of the United States. The story on the auto camp covers an entire page. The' heading is a very artistic arrangement of photo graphs and drawings. The artist has carried out the camp idea by drawing tents, Indian tepees, trees, mountains and a canoe on a stream as part of the setting for the title. The photo graphs are very clear, shewing good work in making the cuts and in the presswork. Ashland will receive a great deal of solid advertising from this story, for it will reach the class of people we need to get in touch with, the tourists who are in the habit of tak ing sight-seeing trips every season. This is high-class publicity, for it does not convey to the reader the-rm-' pression that it Is advertising. The publicity department has been suc cessful In getting a great deal of this kind of advertising for Ashland, with out any cost to the city beyond the manager's time in preparing the vari ous articles that have appeared in different publications. This one arti- The sulphur, lithia, soda waters and gas are. all flowing Jo the cen tral station In Lithia park and the springs project Is near completion. Smith, Emery & Co. are filling up all of the ditches. More than twenty three miles of pipe lias been laid and thoroughly tested. Work at all of the springs is practically competed. The electric motor at the lithia springs burned out when, a too high votlilge was applied, but not until the lithia water bad been successfully pumped through. -The motor is being the park for some time and all the pipe tas;te is gone from the water, it i,ov being exactly the same as at the spring. The fountains are being complete! Game Wardens Arrest Violators Vaudeville From The Big Circuit Upon the attendance at the Em press vaudeville chow at tho Vinin Theatre Thursday night depends thu continuance of Ashland upon tho Em press vaudeville circuit. The show Game Wardens E. . Walker anil Lon Applegato arrested W. A. Gar rett and C. G. Garrett of Ruch, on the divide between Griffin creek and the Littlo Applegate, Monday, charged with killing venison out of j us given here wilt be exactly the samo as rapidly as follows and should be r''"30'1' wardens found a ham as In Portland. Sun Francisco and tha or venison in their possession and ! other big coast, cities. Ashland i: also four game traps out baited with tho only city between Eugene anil venison belonging to them. It Is s-.ild Sacramento having u full vamlevilln they have out 48 traps baited the .show, and tho theatregoers should same way. The wardens also tonl ! show their .nmn'ciiitinii nf uii!ni fl'.-mpleted in a couple of weeks. C:- tlle that time tho water will be i pumped through to the central sta tion, and when It Is turned on at tho fountains no vestige or the new pipe taste will be left. Emory Smith of Smith, Emery & Co. has been here for tho past few rewound and will soon lie In opera- j days, superintending the finishing un tion again. Tho sulphur water has j of the work, and is highly gratified been running to the cave spring injoier tho results secured. I their guns and brought them to Med- Bergner'H ford. Their Ma's will take place bo foro Justice Taylor. Marriage Rot Cause For "Can" The state supreme court has ruled that a school board can not dismiss a school, teached because she sees fit to enter into the "matrimonial slipernoosium" or In plain English, to get married. A Portland teacher committed this heinous offense and was dismissed. Hubby went to law (fbout It and the supreme court de cided that getting married was not a crime sufficient to warrant dis missal. Without Inquiring into the state of mind which ted hubby to want his wife retained, It woud appear that i jo stivrcr.io rr,;:r. res set a prece dent which will stand. In Ashland it has always been the custom or rule or whatever regulates the school board's actions, to employ unmarried although not unmarriage- Week of Big Things At Lyric Theatre Manager Lawrence of the Lyric theatre has arranged for a week of extraordinary attractions for his pop ular picture playhouse. The Lyric orchestra will play every night, this feature alone being sufficient attrac tion to draw good crowds. On Monday evening Theda Bara, Jean Southern and William Shay In "The Two Orphans," a wonderfully staged drama which pleased a good sized audience last night, will appear for the last time. Tuesday and Wednesday the at traction is Hobart Bosworth in a strong play, "Fatherhood." Thursday and Friday comes Ash land's favorite actor on the screen, William Farnum in "The Nigger," a play which has received more discus- able women for teachers. It being islon im,n I'rouauiy any release oi a the theory that they will have no counter Interests. There being no married women on the payroll In Ashland, all will be serene unless one of the present incumbents decides tu become a Mrs. and keep her job at the same time. 1 recent date, Saturday In conjunction with the regular pictures the versatile Love land will appear in some new stunts. Sunday and Monday Betty Nansen, the famous tragedienne, in "The Song of Hate." Hotel Committee Raises Bonus Thursday evening. Delsman, bul . wark of the high school defense, was unable to play, but despite his ab sence the team showed up fairly well. To lack of condition may be attribu ted the Ashland defeat. The high schoolers have not got down to hard work yet and were in poor shape. The game was even from the start with first one team and then the other forging ahead. At the end of the game the score stood a tie and five minutes additional was decided npon. Grlsez scored for Ashland, but Wheeler came back a minute later and tied the score, where It re mained until the time agreed upon was up. Another five minutes was played and the better condition of the visitors finally brought them out on top by a 32 to 27 score. Wheeler, varsity man from Eugene, was easily the star. The armory team challenged the Y. M. C. A. boys for another game for Friday night and succeeded, in beating the visitors 28-25 in a game In which Millard Grubb was the bright star. Grubb scored nearly all of the Ashland points. Wheeler, the visitors' star, was unable to play on account of an abscess on his foot. Armory f., M. Grubb; f., Brown; c, Freeman; g., L. Grubb; g O'Don abue; sub, Sergent. High School f., Fraley; f., Grl sez; c, Harris; g., Abbott; g., Buck; sub, Badger. Y. M. C. A. f., McCready; it., Watkins; c, Dunn; g., Wheeler; g., McCallum; subs, Phlpps, Brlstow. With the exception of Wheeler none of the university boys are letter men. The Y. M. C. A. deputation Is playing a series of six games, and is pending two weeks in Southern Ore gon on Its annual extension trip,, The entire delegation consists of seven members of the University of. pre gon Young Men's Christian Associa tion and two girls from the Young, Women's Christian Association. They are visiting Roseburg, Medford, Ashland, Riddle, Central Point, Phoenix and Jacksonville. , Various, members apeak 1b Ifte schools,,, nd, to Ashalnd in general exploitation of Its attractions for the tourist. Farmers Can Not Sell Hard Cider Twenty district attorneys from various Oregon counties met at Salem Friday with Attorney General George W. Brown to discuss ways and means for enforcing the Oregon prohibition law after January 1. One of the questions decided was that farmers will not be permitted to sell hard cider. The farmer, It was held, may allow his cider to turn to vinegar and sell the vinegar, but it will be held unlawful throughout Ore gon for cider to be sold while it is between the sweet cider stage and the vinegar stage. It was the declared consensus of opinion that prosecutions under the prohibition law shall be brought only in cases where there Is good prospect of conviction, the idea being that numerous acquittals would tend to weaken the law's effect. It was decided that each pharma cist employed In a drug store which handles liquor shall be required to furnish a bond as well as the proprie tor and that each shall keep a sepa rate record of sales. churches of each city visited and a fifteen-minute program Is put on in the theatres. Expenses of the trip are raised by scheduling basketball games. The purpose of the delega tion Is not to make money, but to promote Interest in higher education and in the Christian religion. , The members of the deputation are Walter Dlmm, James McCallum, Louise Allen, Glen, Wheeler, , Gerry Watkins, Arlo Gillies, the '.general secretary of the ;Y. .W. C. and L JX Foster, general secretary;, of t,he Y. MrC. A. at the UAiverslty .of Ore gon This ia the first visit pf .the team Jn the southern part pf the state; ana it piannea to make it an The hotel committee from the Com mercial Club which has been at work securiug the $1,800 bonus asked by Messrs. 1'erozzi and Owens, owners of the Hotel Oregon, contingent upon the securing of which they promised to remodel and modernize the hotel to a total expenditure of $15,000, re port that the bonus is now practical ly assured. The hotel owners are now arrang ing for the financing of the improve ments and work will be commenced soon after the first of the year upon the remodelling of the hotel. Exact plans have not yet been decided upon, although Manager Dobbins has put a few of his ideas down in pre liminary plans. However, plumbing will be installed throughout the building, hot and cold water in every room., Several rooms will be equipped with private baths and will be equipped to equal the best rooms of city hotels. Extensive changes In the dining room are now being made and the entire lower floor will prob ably be arranged differently, with a ladies' drawing room on the lower floor, spacious lobby and sun parlor. Rogue Fish Feud Is Discussed Report Banking Conditions Good annual vent 1 -V -a? That Oregon banking conditions are very satisfactory, and that there is a feeling of confidence and optim ism In all lines of business, and that the prospects for the coming year are extremely encouraging, are declarations made in the annual statement of Bank Superintendent Sargent, which was made public at Salem Monday. The adoption of con servative methods and the general care exercised In all lines of business with the resultant shrinkage In every bank in the state of doubtful Items has marked the return of normal con ditions, the statement said. During the past year six new state 'banks have been organized, one closed Its doors through the agency of the banking department, two went Into voluntary liquidation, and two were absorbed by national institutions. The old feud between tho commer cial fishermen and the sportsmen an glers of the Rogue river was re opened at the meeting of the Oregon Sportsmen's League held in Portland Monday. Jjlo definite action followed a heated discussion of the matter, but a committee was appointed to Investi gate and report upon the charges brought against the commercial fish ermen. Those on the committee are: A. E. Reames of Medford, halrman; I. A, Robie of Grants PasB, Walter F. Backus of Portland, J. B. Johnson of Gold Beach and Dr. Dundy of Med ford. The committee will turn In Its re port to the league at a special meet ing to be called by the president at the will of the committee. Gus Newbury of Medford, repre senting the anglers, made a plea against allowing commercial fishing and stated that there had been prac tically no fishing during the past sea son, owing to the fact that the fish had been seined out. The commer cial fishermen claim this Is due to low water and not to seining. Inves tigation will follow the discussion, and it may be that several reprehens ible practices Indulged in by the fish ermen will be eliminated and the sportsmen will be better paid for a trip to the river. Elks Make 1,000 Children Happy Nearly a thousand Ashland kiddles were made happy Friday afternoon and evening through the benevolence of the local Elks' lodge. And every man who aided tho Christmas tree plan In any way was amply repaid for his trouble when he saw the hun dreds of awed faces and heard the chorus, of rapturous "ohs" when the curtain on the Vlning Theatre stage was raised, disclosing the beautifully decorated Christmas trees. And the exclamations of Joy when Santa Clans and his assistants handed out the presents, one for every child, and not a one was slighted. Many of the children who attended the affair en joyed it only as one of a happy series of Clirlitmas joys, but to some the Elks' Christmas tree was their whole Christmas. Whether the children In their receiving or the Elks In their giving were the happiest, no one can tell. Each child was required to register at Provost's store previous to Friday afternoon, and by the middle of last week It became apparent that the Vlning Theatre could not hold them all at once, so a matinee affair was arranged for the children under eight years of age. About four hun dred children attended the afternoon tree and a like number in the even ing.' The lower floor and boxes were crowded with the youngsters and the balcony and gallery with tho grown ups, eager to share In the little oue's happiness. A couplo of reels of comedy were shown, after which a program by the children was given, followed by the distribution of girts. Manager Ilergner of the theatre, Professor Vlning and his brother Elks who had the event In charge, and all of the ladles and men who assisted are fully thanked and repaid In the Joy which they gave. efforts in securing 10m- pret-s vaudeville for Aslilaml by giv ing him a full house Thursday night. The curtain goes up at 8:15 sharp. The following criticism of the hill Is from the Portland Ore'.'oninn: "A mental mystic, who li vfne'-i your thoughts, locates all your miss ing friends and relatives and at tho same time creates mirth and curios ity, is Frescott, of the master mind, who heads this week's Empress bill, with his co-worker, Selman Fruzer. "The whole of their act Is unusual and weird. Hyiiental telepathy they tell the names of a number of per sons In the audience, answer ques tions and give advice. Tho blind folded man on tho stage receives mental messages and gives reply wltU astounding accuracy. "Fun and song feature an act by Hylands and Dale, In which a clover girl is made up as a handsome muni and 'singing beauty' in stunning gowns. The act Is snappy and pleas ing. "Two contortionist dancers are tha Imagistic Pantzer Duo. An attract ive girl, who bends her suple body Into curves and angles and (lances and winds herself about chairs and her partner, and a mirthful anil clownish fellow In futurist garb make their sketch In a 'different one.' "The blackface comedy act, savor ing of the old-tlmo minstrel show, with battles, pranks and much sons and melody, is a good one by the) Billy Link and Blossom Robinson company, who in fun and noise 'out do Custer's last fight' In parody. "With tinkling banjoes and a splen did array of classic and popular mel odies, Kimball and Kenneth win tha hearts of tho audience. "Mildred Grover and her artful, popular pianist are liked for their winning personality and the snappy act they offer." National Park Head Asks Camp Advice Old Pioneer Dead At Talent NeighborjICounty Raises Bonus ,; . FJnal announcement is made that the '.total tax levy will b 562,O00 less, than Jast. year. i. Klamath county has raised the bounty on coyotes to $2.75 as a re sult of the waging of a war on the pests. In the vicinity of Fort Klam ath scalps bring $4.75, the residents of that community putting up $2 in addition to the county bounty. Adjoining counties In southeastern Oregon, northern California, Idaho and Nevada have . determined . to stamp out the rabies. Jackson coun ty has not suffered to any great ex tent from rabid coyotes. Uncle Billy Willis, the pioneer hunter and trapper who for fifty years has lived In the hills and mountains surrounding the Rogue River valley, fearless and Industrious In his favorite employment, Is dead. He has many times thrilled Interest ed spectators with his tales of ad venture with the wild beasts of the forests and the howling, whirling, fiercely shrieking storms of the high er altitudes of the mountains of southern Oregon. A narrative of Uncle Billy's life and experiences for half a century in the wilds of the rugged hills of southern Oregon and northern California would make a volume of great Interest to those who love the life of the wilderness. He died at Talent. For many years the bent figure of the old pioneer was a familiar sight on the streets of Ashland, and many are the stories told concerning his exploits. He was the owner of a cabin near the top of Wlmor street. For the past few years he has been living at Talent, and died at the home of J. N. Pace. , Eugene will have caterpillar cars on its street. ....... ,i Contract has been let to build the Florence Ore., water system. Elsie Janis at Vining Tuesday Versatile little Elsie Janis, one of the really accomplished actresses of the screen, will appear at the Vlning Theatre tomorrow; '(Tuesday) night only in, "Nearly a Lady," a play writ ten by, herself. This play Is Miss Janls's favorite and is sure to please. The story is of a! western girl and her romance in New York City. Phone Job order j to tha Tidings. The following letter received bv Mayor Johnson from Col. L. M. Brett, superintendent of Yellowstone na tional park, means a great deal Vt Ashland. Here In Ashland we littlo realize the great amount of publicity which the Ashland Llthla park auto camp has brought to Ashland. It la hard to realize that all over tha United States auto tourists are tell ing the folks at home of Ashland's) prrfect camp for the autolsts. This letter coming from the Department of the Interior Is proof that the Ash land camp Is the most talked ' of achievement along this line on the coast today: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Yellowstone National Park, Office of Superintendent. Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Dec. 17. The Mayor, Ashland, Ore. Dear Sir: Automobiles were ad mitted to Yellowstone park for tha first time on August 1, 1915, ami from that time up to the end of tho season (September 30) 95S prlvata cars made tho trip through the park. Many of them carried their own sup plies and camped. It is our desire ta provide for these travellers, suitable! free accommodations, at the expensu of the department, and tho question Is coming us as to about what they require. I understand that your city husj done much In this line for the com fort and convenience of this class oC travel, and if you can give me any information as to the nature of tha accommodations that have proven popular in your city, I shall be great ly obliged to you. Thanking you In advance, Very truly yours, - L. M. BRETT, Colonel of Cavalry, ' Acting Superintendent. Big merger plan for development of mining on a gigantic scale is pro'' nniml Rnmntnr. I :i! .!l',:l V") Tha Tidings Is ion taia at Poley- - drag stor. 17 'Easi Main lreV f 1 et