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Oregon Historical Socletr Comp 207 Second St "Ashland Grows While Lithla Flows" City of Sunshine and flowers HLAND NGS Ashland, Oregon, Lithla Springs "The Carlsbad of America" VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916 NUMBER 71 1JJ1 Our Medford Subscribers C. 0. P. Company Elects Officers The Mail Tribune complains bit- The California-Oregon Power com- terly because the Ashland Tidings pany which furnishes Ashland with got 101 new subscribe in Medford Part of the cur.rent used in the city, Professor Anthony of Saratoga New York Will Speak Tonight In one day at a price "net to the pub lisher" more than both the juvenile dailies are worth. It might have Professor Anthony, famous en gineer of the Saratoga mineral springs of New York, is in the valley and is one of the biggest elecrical power vunu, uu m v.ua0i, m an(J w,,, s)pak ton,Bht flt U(J C()m meeting of stockholders held in San ....... ,,, nnn invitnflnn n. Mip gone farther, U it wished. The next rranciscu, im iujiu.ii uMsra ... (.1lb Mr Antllony has 1)e(,n ld(,UU day, and the next, and the next, the the personnel of the officers and the ,m wUh UlR ,jn;ding up ot the great Tidings got nearly as many Medford board of directors. N( w York BI.inKS r,,s01.t and )g con. subscribers as the first day, and itj Joseph D. Grant was elected pres-; Meni Rn authorty ,u,on min(;ral expects to finally have more sub-. ident, vice Jesse Churchill, who re-; watm anJ Rage iiis talk will deal ecribers in Medford than either of tains his place on the board. C. jt, ,,h . develol)m(?nt an(1 Guigne and Joseph Hyman are new ))0s6iljilitieg an( Bhou!d bring out a board members. ,a,.ge crowd E1,ht 0.c,ock gharp The corporation is the successor of ( Mr Anthony is here ag tlle congult. the Siskiyou Electric Power and tn?,ineer of the Pon,1)adollr Min. Light company. It supplies 24 com- raI Companv and EpeMt Wed. I munities with light and power in ' Northern California and Southern I .: the Juvenile dailies. There is a very clear reason why it should. Its poll tics are broad and it prints the news without fear or favor. Set this over against the contracted, two-by-four policy of the Medford dallies their arbitrary bluff and bluster their nesday at th? springs in the company of Harry Silver, George Sornnson, J. D. Hell, M. P. Smith. J. S. Bailey and Opens Salesroom For Used Cars Rotary Plow Wins Battle With Snow J. Kenneth McWilliams, who has j Last Saturday and Sunday the been directly and Indirectly connect-, Southern Pacific trains on the Shasta ed with the automobile business in 'division were tied up almost com Ashlaml lor several years and who ! pletely by the biggest snow in 14 Ralph Woolford. all of whom are 1 ils ,lone considerable business in tho years but a big rotary snow plow Identified with the company which "and. Ing of "sod cars in the past, has aided by a warm rain finally cleared will develop the Pompadour lithia lu'm;(1 a salesroom in the building the track so that, trains are now and gas tprlngs. Mr. Anthony is eon-; a lIHltio of which Is occupied by. running almost on schedule tinio. ducting a series of tests and pro- ' Carlos Hast, the vulcanizer, on Mill i Every manner of snowplow and claims the lithla spring water to bo a ,8treet over 1,10 creek. Mr. McWil-'even ditch diggers and crams wero wonderful water, In a class by itself. ''allls wl" handle used cars exclu-, cnlled into use to open the road from Plans for development and market- iBivo,J' aiu' anticipates a good business the Siskiyou grade south of Ash ing of the water and other features of i 1,8 1,10 d-'mad for used cars is good land to Diuisniuir and the Klamath tho springs development will be gone over with Air. Anthony during his visit Ash'and mobilization svstetn desire to control the politics of the Oregon, and In building an additional CMf; AcJlljJfld Trt county their vindictive spirit their Plant on the Klamath river to gener-'uv'iv ",iualu v Enter New Field Workmen Busy bullyragging tactics their rule-or- ate o3,000 horsepower, ruin attitude toward men and lnstl- tntimic u'hn differ uith Ihom ThplH persistence In thece has made Med ford citizens hungry for a newspaper that can be relied upon and that prints the news without bias. For that reason, knowing the Tidings to be fearless and fair without ambi tion to control politics or favor pets printing all the news all the time not easily bluffed Into supine fol lowing of a chosen political bunch, Medford citizens did subscribe, when solicited, and the Tidings feels com plimented by the- confidence so- ex pressed and is zealous to publish such a paper as will more than meet their expectations. It Is well known that the narrow vicious and vindictive pol icy of the Medford press has well nigh ruined the valley, and their overbearing and overshadowing de meanor has nearly marooned the splendid city of Medford from other valley communities. The Tidings believes that the Rogue River valley is so physically constituted that It is utterly Impossi ble for any local community to pros per except by fostering the prosperity and development of the whole valley. Topography has so related the com- In Hotel Oregon With the coming of spring and the opening of the new Lithia Park to tourists, a new department is to bo added to the popular Studio Ashland. in Ashland. lie has several attrac-: Falls branch from Weed live buys on hand at present. A ne is greutiy interested in the! "' .": ni put an chih comothts f r:.... ........ ... i i in i.iri-viusb Hiiupu. vnnounceineni i rive of appears in the advei tisin this paper. iusmess Elect OfficeisCivic LnProvsment The Business Men's Association met Monday evening at the Commer cial Club and e'ected officers for the year. The club turned down the prop- I Work on the remodeling of the Ho !tel Oregon commenced this morning. . The floor In the second story is being ,torn up preparatory to insfalllng I plumbing. The hotel will remain open and a few rooms at a time re- ! modeled. fittPd up with plumbing and then the carpenters and decorators will take charge of them. When the first set of rooms are completed and ready for occupancy the next set will be taken care of. The work downstairs will be handled In the same manner. Within a few weeks Ashland will have a hotel of which the city may well be proud. This will comprise an extensive line of opsition whirh was under considera ' attractive views of Ashland and vi- tion to merge with the Commercial cinity. Lithia Park will be featured, ! Club as a bureau and will continue also all of the great scenic attractions of s-outhern Oregon and northern Cal ifornia. Tl.ir, t.,M.L- ..-ill Kn n.n.lrt i,. I... n n t-, ,, ,,. r 1 hid nu.iv nil. ur: iijauu ill' llliu nil Four or five rooms will be , . , ' anraetivo nne or pasiearos, also en largements, both plain and hand-colored. . as an Independent organization. Meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month and luncheons he'd occasionally to vary the monot ony of routine business. Frank J. Shinn was elected presi dent; Will Dodge, first vice-presi- Lyceum Course Lecture Friday Kodak finishing for the amateur dent; C. II. Vaupel, second vice-presl-on a large scale, of which quality of dent; Monte Briggs, recording secre work and quick finishing will be a tary; Henry Enders, Jr., treasurer. feature, will also be Included in this j The Business Men's Association has ' department. j been tho means of saving Ashlnnd Mr. Hinthorne has had extensive merchants over a thousand dollars on j experience In this line and will push advertising schemes during the past it with all the energy and talent year and has saved hundreds of dol- which has made Studio Ashland lars by their credit co-operation. noted for its high class portraiture, aldition a much better feeling, both With the opening of the new park socially and in a business way, has and the development of Ashland into been engendered. I a tourist resort .an extensive line of One of the features of the meetings Judge George D. Alden, one of the tnfs nature, of Studio Ashland qual- during this year will be five-minute greatest of the present day lecturers, j should be a success and do much talks by the members upon their lines At one time Saturday night 15 lo- were stuck in the snow. them on the branch from columns of , wnfri tn Kt,lmth i.-oiiu .n.. ... i .... .. , . .i. ..m ! i nun, I7U1, 1)1 j- ant, running the flanger on the Weed I branch, stuck In a cut nrar Bray and ! was helpless. The dispatcher at Duiismuir wired that nothing could flail r.fTrtt-.V.v 1,0 ''one to relieve him. He and hi Villi iCCtIiijJ!crew had bt-tler go to bed for tho - j night. They obeyed the order. A fine attendance of members and ' Tno rotary snowplow, the savior in friends heard M. J. Duryea address nlany a blockade, juinp"d tho track the Civic Improvement Club at tho near JSpna Saturday night and pau city library Tuesday afternoon and senger trains behind it were heip- , participated in a busy business meet-1 lesa:-v snowbound. Ing. Mcsdumes C. H. Vaupel, C. H ! But the Southern Pacific got Veghto and H. 0. Frohbach were ap-' its second wind Sunday. The rotary pointed to take charge of the pluns j was jnckscrcwed bark to its placo on for tho sweet pea show which will; the rails. The Hanger was shoveled be staged by the Civic Improvement out of the Weed branch, and a heavy Club during the three days' celehra-' rain a warm, melting downpour tion in July. The ladies plan to make 'set in, taking the place of the Satur this event one of the most unique and dn' night hurricane that drifted tho pretty features of the big event. isnow everywhere and filled up the H. 0. Frohbach spoke, outlining ' rai,roa(1 -'"ts bank full. the plans which had already been j The rotary snowplow arrived "at laid for the dedication of the springs Sisson at 8 o'clock Monday morning, and park and the celebration features , having cleared the track to the north, which will make July 4, 5 and C the .The rest was easy to Dunsmuir. The liveliest days Ashland has ever ' Shasta limited, south bound, followed knOWn. Thp Hill) lnrliua AntAaii in the I'ntnrv anil pninn vavv nuntiltr ntalr- I lane uiiui Be 01 me resi rooms, seven i mg scneouie lime. of which will be established In dif-l The warm rain settled and melted ! fprpnt nnrfa nf iha nlv tnr lm l,.i.. a .... . . . wliJ lllc u-uc- me snow, oisson naa live leet sun fit of the women and children. The ( day morning, after the big storm of club will also assist with the parade: the night before, but the rain settled and will no doubt later on give ma-1 and melted It so that bv Monday will speak at the Methodist church i to advertise the beauties of Ashland of business, Eventually It is hoped Miunities here that there must be a ; Frldav evenlne of thla week, this be- ailJ southern Oregon free and helpful intermingling of all Ung one of the regular numbers of the communities with the others to I Ministerial Association's Ivceum It achieve a reasonable degree of expan sion and prosperity. And any news paper or individual who stands In the way of such good feeling and ex change absolutely hampers the ad vancement of the valley. The Medford newspapers are most ly responsible for the ill feeling en gendered In the past between the communities of Ashland and Med ford. .Their domineering, overshad owing policy did it, and nearly ruined both the splendid cities. They were too narrow to understand, as did the most of the citizens of both communi ties, that nature had fixed the des tiny of both cities os that there was no excuse for bitter rivalry and ani mosity between them. Design bad placed Medford in the center of a tremendously fertile valley and had decreed that she should be the com mercial as well as the geographical center of it. Man had as well at tempt to stop the sun in her diurnal course as to change the commercial relations of Medford to the valley. She is, by nature, the commercial me- tropolls of southern Oregon, and only, unthinking men will attempt to deny it. So is Medford and so will she con tinue to be. So, also, has nature fixed an indi- course. Judge Alden conies with the highest of recommendations from big men all over the country. He himself is a truly great man and has a mes sage which is worth hearing. The governor of Michigan pays him the following compliment: Local Company 6th In Trophy Shoot i Scores of the 15 organizations of i the Oregon National guard compet-j I ing in the bankers' trophy shoot held j to have every business heard from, and much good will result In a broad er conception of the difficulties which the fellow business men are cailed upon to meet. terial assistance to other features. Mrs. Rocho reported on the year book and later they were distributed morning the depth of snow in Sisson was only three feet and a half. The rain sent the streams upward with a to the members. The year books are j bound, and while the snow blockado artistic and full of Information, and , is lifted, the railroad company may i lira A nn t Vi a TTarria Tnafiturj lvonrvi . lt ilast December have been received by nniircA tu'lnp Ho tract rnllPn tho nop. i ' Crater Lake Park Dry With Oregon .11 a 1.U..JUC U. tlllCB KJl 1.113 EJIUIU Crater Lake park went dry when ilnpnl nrtlllnrv nfflnora Tho rnmnonv tile State 01 UreROH UBSSed the ant - ond time because he gave immense ,t c Groye q 8aIoon law according to advices from satisfaction on his first visit. Judge L. . ivi,i(. The Ashland company took sixth ' Representative "awley was In- place with the following score: i formed by the ' 1"" . terior that the park regulations rirsi company j. n. v., Asuianu Alden Is a man of attractive person ality. He is a clear, incisive thinker and is a man who always presents be fore his audience the highest Ideals. Judge Alden is an orator of great , Strength, 65; firing, 21; possible, power." Woodbrldge N. Ferris. Cafeteria supper, Chautauqua Hall, by the Wednesday Club, Saturday, January 29. Service from S o'clock on. Public cordially invited. It ties. Each must develop along its proper natural line, and the degree of success of one will determine the degree of success of the other. This nature has decreed. Let no narrow newspaper policy hamper it. The paved Pacific. Highway ties Ashland and Medford together like 2100; grand aggregate, 1392; per cent of possible, 66.29. Cambridge block in Portland is to be remodelled at a cost ot $30,000. I would be modified to prohibit the sale of liquor within the park. Here tofore, a system of licenses such as is in effect in other national parks, was In effect. Hubbard's fine new school house is nearly completed. Work on the Umpqua-Crater lake, road has been started at Tiller. CHf Payne makes window seats. Tidual destiny for Ashland, out of Siamese twins, and the life blood of range of Medford's proper line of de velopment, out of contra-contact with her ambitions, an ally and helpmate, not an enemy. Located, as she is, at the head of this splendid valley, nestling at the foot of great Mt. Ashland, amidst one of the most pic turesque and charming environments the world affords, with an unrivalled climate, with her beautiful home Bites, her wealth of health-giving mineral waters, with her crystal Ash land creek dashing and singing over both courses through this vital ar tery. The flow should be free and healthful and prosperity and good feeling should articulate between them, each giving strength and sup port to the ambitions and enterprises of the other. This the Tidings thinks is the nat ural and proper relation between the two communities; and It will be its greatest ambition to foster and strengthen it. Last September the Ashland Print- granite boulders through absolutely I ing Company was organized, with the grandest natural park on this earth, gives her an individuality and a possible destiny all her own one that hampers the development of no other community, but a resource which, if properly utilized, will build her into a splendid home and resort city. She is now, busy developing along this, her natural line, and her success in the undertaking will con tribute tremendously to the advance ment of the whole valley. The work Ashland has undertaken has potency in it alone to triple the population of both Ashland and Medford and dou ble the population of the valley. There is no possible excuse for bitted rivalry between the two comm'uh'i-' twonty thousand dollars capital, all paid In, not a dollar of which ia which is owned by any bank or poli tician in Jackson county. It is all new capital in the state. The Ash land Tidings was purchased by this company with the view of making It a strong county newspaper.. The company is clear of debt and has cash in the bank. It has the financial strength apd believes it will be able to employ the brains to make the Ashland Tidings the biggest and best newspaper in southern Oregon. Its policies are broad and clean-cut and its ambition Is to help mould south ern Oregon Into a great, homogene ous' and distinctly prosperous whole. , .., . , . i . ' , , i .r - : W r. I,...-,, .1 ,,t ,,- I ,'., ,,' III I . h CHARLIES CHAPLIN . ,Q will be treasured by ail the Civic members. Those who have not al ready received theirs may get them from the secretary. Dues were collected, and those who have not already paid are requested to hand In their dues at the earliest opportunity. The club members were asked to sell tickets for the Tom fhumb wed ding to be held tomorrow night, the request meeting with ready response, Mesdames Hum Pracht, D. Perozzl and C. B. Lamkin were elected to fill the vacancies on the advisory board of the Auxiliary Club. The club vot ed to give $5 to the scholarship loan fund being established by the state Federation of Women's Clubs. This concluded the business of the meeting and was followed by a pro gram of music and addresses. Miss Myrtle Dougherty favored the club with a piano solo. M, expect to have to battle with land slides and washouts. The Southern Pacific, as far as the Shasta division is concerned, had the hardest battle with snow In 14 years. Aided by the rotary and tha heavy warm rain, the blockade was of short duration, and by Monday evening all passenger trains were making nearly schedule time. Ashland High Wins From Eugene High In the most closely contested game of the year the Ashland high basketball team nosed out a 20-18 victory over the Eugene high team In .the local gymnasium last Satur day evening. The game was fast and exceptionally clean. The visitors put up a good brand of hali but did not J. Duryea then addressed the have the success In locating the bas- gathering, his subject being "Ash-; ket which attended the efforts of the land's Future." He outlined the vis-jiocalB. Eugene high ranks well with ions of the young men and drenms of the best teams of northern Oregon, the old, basing his discourse on the and this victory means one more step Bible text. Mr. Duryea's visions for toward the state championship goal. Ashland include many beautiful Tho irnnip nlnvcd bv th Ashlnndnru homes on the hillsides around the city; factories and canneries to care for the fruit crops raised in the vl- slowed down In spots and team work was lacking at a few critical times, but otherwise was first class. Coach In "Work," Two-Keel Essanar Come dy, HulunUy, January 29, cinity, and much of which now rots .t to Klum of Medford reforeed. for lack ot a market; a scientific ' Gl.Hez 8tarred for Ashland with ten water cure sanitarium and resort fea-'points t0 n)s crP(iit. "Gravy" Ply tures which will make Ashland notniatCi old hif;h BcllonI basketball and alone a pleasure resort but a health baseball star, is back in school and resort as well. He outlined the Ho- 'pInye(1 hia first ganie Saturday. Man tel Oregon as it will be when remod- 'ormJ wn8 the whole show for Eugene, eled; spoke of golf links which will getting 11 points, be a valuable adjunct in appealing to jn a preliminary in which fast, the rich class of tourists nnd pleasure cean team work overcame rather seekers and which will not only ald,r0UBn guarding the Phoenix team de in furnishing pleasure, but force ( feated the Ashland high second team, health upon tho patrons, and pleaded I for a city of optimists, with no pes simists, His final vision was that of a beautiful club house on tbe hill side, the home of the Civic Improve ment Club, with the motto over the entrance: "And now abldeth faith, hope and charity. Faith in ourself, our town and our neighbors, hope In It and love for it." The talk was enthusiastically re ceived and made an impression which will last upon every hearer. The club gave a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Duryea. Medford Election Contest Baseless Our tailoring expert will give you a real fit at reasonable prices. Paul serud & Barrett. The Medynskl-Emmons election contest at Medford was decided Sat urday after an official recount, which exonerated Dr. Emmons and gave him the seat as councilman of the first ward. Charges of Irregularity and intima tions of fraud had been made, but the original majority of 28 votes was sus tained, and aside from a tew changes in minor offices the recount tallied with the first count. ,