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ASHTiAVD TIDINGS
Monday, January 3, 101 ft
1915 City Council
In Last Meeting
The old city council met for the
lasJyme,T.hu.rsdaK evening . last
week andjn a very-harmonious ses
ion cleared up a lot of business and
. got things in shape for the coming
council to take hold of. .Resolutions
regarding the several unfinished
matters which the new council will
carry on were unanimously passed as
, recorded elsewhere, and several re
ports read.
An ordinance regarding peddlers
and hawkers was passed permitting
the sale by peddling without a
license of products of farm or dairy
by parties raising same, and also of
any products raised or manufactured
within the city, whether sold by the
owners or not.
A. B. Freeman, owning property
on Granite street opposite the auto
camp grounds, proposed to deed the
small tract, 30 by 50 feet, used for
a chicken yard, Just north of the
roadway, to the city, together with
the low land along the creek at the
rear of his home, for sewer connec
tions. The matter was referred to
the new council with recommenda
tion that a committee be appointed as
to same.
The Btreet committee moved rec
ommendation that Park avenue (Mill
street) be improved by paving early
In the new year, but that before this
is done the street be widened, begin
ning at the 15 feet donated by Mr.
Pell for such purpose and running
south to a point at or near the cream
ery property.
Council approved and referred
same to the new council.
The following report was read:
Ashland, Ore., Dec. 30, 1915. ,
Mayor and City Council, Ashland.
Ore. I j'-i
Gentlemen: When the city coun
cil decided to secure certain lands
on Park avenue (Mill street) last
summer, there was one small piece,
about 20 by 30 feet, belonging to
G. F. Billings for a barn, which was
not obtained.
Mr. Billings was quite indisposed
at the time and asked not to take
the matter up until after the Chau
tauqua season, but assured the un
dersigned that arrangements would
be made with the city for said prop
erty entirely satisfactory to the un
dersigned. For various reasons the matter has
been delayed by Mr. Billings from
time to time and as yet no arrange
ments entered Into, In fact, no for
mal proposition has been made.
The undersigned still hopes the
promised arrangemments may be
completed with the city, and recom
mends that the matter be referred to
the new city council and that it ap
point a special committee to take up
the same with Mr. Billings.
Respectfully submitted,
J. B. WARE.
The council followed out the rec
ommendation. Empress Vaudeville
At Vining Pleases
The Empress vaudeville at the
Vlrilng Theatre drew a fair-sized
crowd despite Inclement weather and
was most thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone present. A much better
house will greet this week's perform
ance as a result of the excellence of
the Initial Introduction of big city
vaudeville to Ashland. Every act on
last Thursday's bill was very good.
There was not a hitch or a slow min
ute in the performance and the acts
were clean and high class through
out. A weekly visit of a complete big
circuit vaudeville show Is an attrac
tion which few cities of the size of
Ashland get, and the public should
show their appreciation by attending
This week's bill promises to be even
better than last. A five-piece or
chestra, under the direction of Harry
Howells, furnished music.
Billings Hill
By April First
When J. B. Ware and Benton
Bowers were in attendance at the.
meeting of the county court last
Thursday, County Judge Tou Velle
broke Into the routine of business to
Inform "the gentlemen from Ash
land" that the chief engineer of the
Southern Pacific Company had ap
proved the plans for the Billings
crossing and had promised the ap
proval of the officials at San Fran
cisco at an early date. The Judge
stated that the matter now looked
very bright and the county court
hoped to be able to start work on
the hill soon and have It completed
by April 1.
Phone news Items to the Tidings.
Local and. Personal
Eighteen states of the Union be
sides Oregon are "Jry."
Mrs. C. H. Veghte of this city visit
ed .at thenderson ranch near Eagle
Point a few days .last week.
Bessie Crortvson returned to Little
Shasta Sunday after a week's visit
with her folks, the F. H. Crowson
family.
Mrs. Olive E. Lemery went to Med
ford this morning and is visiting the
D. T. Lawton and H. A. Kennedy
families. i
Mrs. W. W. Watson, formerly of
this city and now residing in Med
ford, has been quite ill but Is im
proving. There has been more outside mon
ey put into circulation In Ashland
during 1915 than during any one of
the past five years. .
Mr. and Mrs. Rudd of Liberty
street entertained their cousins, Rev.
and Mrs. R. W. Farquhar and Mrs.
Shiiver, at New Year's dinner.
Cold weather consumes wood.
Wood costs money. Money is scarce.
You can save by phoning your wood
orders to 320-J. 64-tf
Hornbrook, the northern Califor
nia town which was selected by at
least two liquor houses as headquar
ters for mall-order and wholesale
houses, is going to incorporate. Ore
gon going dry meant a lot of prosper
ity for Hornbrook.
As a reward for efficient service.
Jack Flanagan and "Bill" James, the
affable clerks of the Hotel Manx,
San Francisco, will be given vaca
tions with a free trip to Honolulu
by the hotel management. Flana
gan will sail on January iu ana
James Is scheduled to leave a month
later. They are booked via the Hill
liner Great Northern, and will re
main in the Islands about a month.
The worst of the grippe epidemic
which has hung around Ashland for
the past few weeks seems to be over.
There are still a number of people
confined to their homes. A good
many of the cases of la grippe turned
out to be merely bad colds. Accord
ing to doctors, la grippe is quite dan
gerous in that It makes the patient
liable to pneumonia and other dan
gerous diseases.
Mrs. J. Lilly and son Kenneth ar
rived Saturday from Redding, Cal.,
to spend the week-end as the guests
of friends in tl city. Kenneth will
return the last of this week to Stan
ford University, where he is enrolled
in the freshman class. He reports
lots of hard work and good times.
Young Lilly Is accorded excellent
chances for making the university
baseball team this coming spring.
The Stanford ball team annually
makes a trip to Honolulu, Japan or
China.
A great many pelts of mountain
and valley beasts of the predacious
class, on which a bounty is paid by
the county and state, are being taken
to Jacksonville in cleaning up the
annual hunting results. Seven cou
gar skins were taken to that place In
one day last week. They were cap
tured In the Trail and Prospect coun
try. Scores of coyote pelts and many
bear trophies are- being turned In
from the hunters' districts. The
year's "catch" appears to have been
fully equal to if not greater than
that of last year.
Rogue River Argus: The game
wardens received word last week that
parties were killing deet up Evans
creek, so when the net was cast it
dragged In a man named Rlchey and
his son. The man has a wife and
seven children near Waldo, and he
and one son have been trapping up
Evans creek this winter. Sam San
dry tells us that the only thing he
could see that was eatable was two
deer which the man owned up to hav
ing killed. He Bays there was 'not
even a potato, so the fine was remit
ted as the court felt that the man,
though guilty, was entitled to eat.
George Fawcett
In Strong Picture
The celebrated American actor,
George Fawcett, who took London
by storm, will be the featured Btar in
the picture offering at the Vlnlng
Theatre tomorrow night. "The
"Majesty of the Law" is a masterful
drama of love, honor and duty In a
Virginia county seat.
Commercial Club
Meets Tonight
The Ashland Commercial Club
meets tonight In Its regular monthly
meeting at 8 o'clock. All members
are urged to be present to consider
Important propositions which will
come up, and visitors are welcome.
Phone news items to the Tidings,
Lift In Now York,
In commenting on the "spenders" of
the Great White Way a writer In the
American Magaxlne asks if the improv
ident habits of the average metropoli
tan are due to 'rshoftBFIlfe?"'''
...fThe grocer on the corner told toy
wife that he didn't try rto save any
thing because we all die before we
are sixty, anyway. What's the
use? he said. " 'You never Bee many
old people around. I won't live to be
old, and neither will you. 1 '
"That last statement stuck in my
mind. It is n fact that in the streets
of New York you see few people past
sixty. The actual dangers connected
with street trafllc must keep the old
Indoors to a certain extent,-or else It
drives them away to the little towns.
Anyway, I am sure you see a smaller
proportion of old people In great cities
than you see in small towns.
"Does tbts fact iutluence a good
many, like the grocer, to spend nil and
to save nothing because of nu un
consciously formed opluion that al
most everybody works along and dies
In the harness before sixty? Is this
one reason why city people are more
Improvident and extravagant than
country people?"
Changed His Mind.
When Charles B. Towns, author of
"Habits That Handicap," first began
his practl e In curing drug vjctlms be
bud great dltncuity in securing patients
in order to prove the cliicacy of bis
cure. Mis claim to have discovered a
cure for drugs was reverberating
through the New York underworld;
but, though speculation was lively,
volunteers were timid. Finally, not
knowing what else to do. Towns ac
tually kidnaped a ruce track tout and
put him through the treatment agulnat
his will. "When I get out of here and
tell the boys what you've been doing
to me." threatened the tout, "your life
won't be worth 20 cents. They'll crbnk
you In a minute." But five days later
the tout told his friends quite another
story. He sent, not gun men to kill.
but confidence men to be healed, four
of them. - Towns bad squared -himself
with the underworld as much by his
courage as by his skill.
To Ersct a Tent In Winter.
Instead of using a rope bridge, tents
should be set In winter with a pole be
tween two trees or supported on forked
sticks, and the tapes along the- ridge
should be tied to this pole, says All
Outdoors. If the tent has no tapes run
the pole through the tent from end to
end, and support it at each extremity
with a forked pole. Better still are
two forked poles at each end. the bot
toms of which are spread far apart
When the tent sags it can be tightened
by drawing tho bottom close together
and thus raising tho ridge. Poles
spread apart in this way also add
much to the stability of the tent In a
wind. While this method requires five
poles Instead of three, It Is neverthe
less the best way to erect an A tent
It will be difficult to drive stfikes in
winter, but logs, to which triS ropes
may be tied, will serve nearly tlS'well.
The King I Dead, Long Live the King.
A biographer of Louis XIV. of France
su.vs bis death was announced by the
captain of the bodyguard from a win
dow of the state apartment and that,
"raising his etnlT of office above his
bead, be broke it In the center and,
throwing the pieces among the crowd,
exclaimed In a loud voice, 'Le roi est
mort!' ('The king Is dead!') Then seiz
ing another muff he flourished it in the
air, shouting, 'Vive le roll' ('Long live
the king!')" The phrase was used in
announcing (he death of other French
kings and for the last tittlebat tho
deuth of Louis XVI1L It is often quot
ed to signify the quickness with which
official authority and popular admira
tion are transferred from a dead ruler
to a living one.
The Judge's Hint.
A young Irish barrister began his
speech to the court in these terms:
"The eagle Boarlug high above the
mists of the earth, winning its daring
flight against a midday sun, until the
contemplation becomes too dazzling for
humanity, and mortal eyes gaze after
fit in vain!" Here the orator was no
ticed to falter and lose the thread of
his speech. He sut down after some
vain attempts to regain it. The judge
then said, "The next time, sir. you
bring an eagle into court I should rec
ommend you to clip Its wings." . No
doubt .the hint was taken. Westmin
ster Gazette.
Shrapnel Cartridge Caies.
The material used for shrapnel car
tridge eases generally consists, of a
composition of two parts copper and
one part Iron. This alloy lias been
found to possess the best physical qunl-itles-that
is, high tensile strength and
a large percentage of elongation when
properly annealed-London Standard
All About Metaphysict.
A Scotchman thus defines metaphys
ics: 'When a mnn who' kens naetbing
aboot any subject takes a subject thnt
nae mou kens nnytblng aboot and ex
plains it to nnlthcr mon still more Ig
norant than himself that's metaphys
ics." Weeds.
The earlier you get the upper hand
of the weeds the more you lessen their
later power for mischief. This Is. true
of other soil besides that of the gar
den. Youth's Companion.
Consistency.
MurfJla Do you consider engage
ments binding? Mllllcent Certainly.
If one didn't there would be no fun
to breaking then. Illustrated Bits.
Listen to others, tat do not blindly
dspend on them.
Wife of Professor
Van Scoy Dead
Mrs. W. P. Van Scoy, wife of Pro?
fessor Van Scoy, beloved of all 'for
mer high school and normal students
and friend of most of the people of
Ashland, died at Evans Creek, where
Mr. Van Scoy was teaching school,
yesterday morning from heart fail
ure. The funeral will be held to
morrow njornlng at 10 o'clock from
the residence of D. P. Russell, 719
Welch street (near the Jackson
school), in Medford. The many,
many friends of Mrs. Van Scoy will
mourn her death and extend sympa
thy to the bereaved husband.
Stockholders Meet;
Adjourn to Saturday
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Ashland Fruit and
Produce Association was held Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the city
hall and adjourned until next Satur
day at the hour of 1 p. m. A fair
sized representation of stockholders
was present, but many were unable to
be present who wished to attend tho
meeting, and the day also being a
holiday, the. meeting was adjourned
until next Saturday with no business
transacted.
Recorder Mixes
Council Highballs
Following the council meeting
Thursday evening, the old city coun
cil gathered in the recorder's office,
where Charley Gillette produced a
basket laden with lithla water, lem
onade and grape Juice and proceeded
to mix up a prohibition highball
which the lucky ones present pro
claimed to be the best drink ever In
vented. The old council drank to
the health of the new and to each
other. A very pleasant hour was
spent with all the dissensions of the
past, forgiven and forgotten.
Snow Falls In
Southern California
While Ashland was experiencing
the first snow of the season last
week, southern California orange
growers found their orchards covered
with snow which In places exceeded
the depth of that which fell in Ash
land. It was the first time in many
years that such a scene had been wit
ness In southern California. The or
ange crop was uninjured, as the ther
mometer did not fall below 32 de
grees.
Pullman Football
Wins From Brown
The Washington state college foot
ball team, conceded to be the best
team In the northwest, triumphed
over the Brown University pigskin
artists at Los Angeles New Year's
day by a 14-0 score. The football of
the northwest Is, by this victory,
placed upon a par with the best east
ern game. The gunman aggregation
won by straight football on a muddy
field.
Scores of Shriners
Were Here Saturday
Odors of scorching soles, presum
ably of benighted candidates cross
ing the torrid sands, emanated from
the Ashland armory last Saturday,
and the red fez of the Shrlner was a
frequent sight on the street. Several
score of the Shriners from all over
northern California and southern
Oregon were here for the ceremonial.
The ladles were entertained at the
Vining Theatre and a banquet at Ma
sonic hall by the local ladies..
Entertains Class.
Mr. John Loomis entertained his
class of boys from the Presbyterian
Sunday school last Monday evening
at his home on Granite street. Most
of the evening was spent in doing
stunts, the one receiving the greatest
number of points being given a prize.
Refreshments were served by Mrs.
Loorals. The boys report a very en
joyable time. Those present were:
William Lentz, Rilling Schuerman,
Dale Young, Max Camps, William
Allen, Leslie Heer, Francis Winter,
Edwin Mowat and Lee Wallls.
Dead.
F. M. Carter of Eugene, son of P.
H. Carter. Remains will be shipped
here for burial. Anouncement will
be made later. :
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I Empress
One NightThiiiBay, January 6
Six Complete Acts
Martyn & Florence
Walton & Brandt Baseball Comedy Talk. Meta
Brandt late comedy star with Eva Tanguay Co.
Marie Dreams Lady Baritone
Eddie Herron & Madge Douglas Co. Comedy
S Act "Birds of a Feather."
Musical Hunters Instrumental Nove'lty
Kerslake's Pigs Performing Pigs
VINING THEATER
Admission 35 and 50c, Children, 25c
Performance begins at 8:30
Meeting To Plan
Valley Poultry Show
A meeting of all those Interested
In the proposed valley poultry show
to be held in Medford in the near
future is called for Saturday, Janu
ary 8, 1916, at 2 o'clock in the after
noon at the Medford public market
building, Riverside avenue, near Main
street, for the purpose of discussing
the proposed show, the revival of In
terest in the poultry business in this
county, the organization of a perma
nent poultry association, and for the
additional and more definite purpose
of organizing for the proposed poul
try show, fixing tho date at which it
shall be held and the conditions for
its government. Everyone at all In
terested in this propressive step is
urged to be present at the above
named place and time and assist in
giving the matter an initial impetus
that will Insure its abundant suc
cess. . i
A number of ranchers of the Ash
land district who are becoming inter
ested In poultry raising as a side line
will get behind this valley show.
Dunsmuir News
Sends Boys Advice
The Dunsmuir News quotes from
an article in the. Ashland Tidings con
cerning Carl Loveland's work with
the musically inclined youngsters, j
and has the followng compliment to i
pay Mr. Loveland, who resided In
Dunsmuir before coming to Ashland:
-Pari i.nia (a on fovn,.
ably known In Dunsmuir, and, if the 1
boys under his care will meet him,
nan way iney win never regret uie i
step they have taken. Hard work,!
study and practice are absolute es-j
sentials, for, remember, a bandmas-
ter can not do it all. Many friends
In Dunsmuir wish you and yours un
limited success."
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Trains Collide
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Two freight trains collided in head
on collision Saturday night at the
approach to a high trestle spanning
the Umpqua river at Winchester,
foyr miles north of Roseburg. A
light engine running behind one of
the freights crashed Into the wreck
before a flagman had been sent back.
Glen Patrick, a fireman, sustained
Injuries which necessitated amputa
tion of his left arm.
A car loaded with matches on one
of the trajns buckled and plunged'
beneath the trestle, where it caught
fire and was consumed. The fire
was communicated to the trestle,
which burned late Into the night be
fore the fire was conquered. All
travel was held up and the south
bound trains did not get into Ash
land until late Sunday evening. .
The collision was Bald to have been
caused by the misreading of orders
by the crew of the northbouril
freight. This train failed to stop at
a siding as ordered.
The Standard Oil Company wilt
build a tank at Stanfield, Ore.
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