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'V1 8Z TIDINGS' 'Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows' City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland. Oregon, Lilliiu Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' VOL. XL ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30 1916 .Vl'MBKK 8!) Buy Home Products and Western Goods At Home is Slogan of Week Next week, from April 3 to 9 In clusive has been proclaimed Western Club Woman's Consumers' Week by the governors of the northwestern states, and throughout the west' club women are laying plans for Its ob servance. Under the active management of the Civic Improvement Club, Consum ers' Week will be universally ob served in Ashland. All of the mer chants will display vestern-made Company to Develop Emigrant Coal Mine C. A. Shapman and T. B. Weller, representing a company which has the finances to handle a big proposl-1 to make arrangements with the dedi tion, havo leased several acres of j cation celebration committee regard land from J. J. Murphy near the Ash- Ing the immense fireworks spectacle land lithia spring and will attempt the development of a coal mine Messrs. Chapman and Weller are ex perienced coal miners and believe . that they have an Immense proposi tion In hand after carefully going over the property, which they declare to be heavily underlaid with coal. They expect to commence operating wthin twenty days, their terms re quiring the commencement of activity In sixty days. The company behind these men Ib said to be amply financed. The de velopment of a coal mine near Ash land would mean a great deal to the city, If nothing more than the saving made In coal bills by the use of do mestic coal. Several years ago a tunnel was sunk for a couple of hundred feet into the. hillside about a quarter of a mile above the Gillette spring on Emigrant creek. Good indications of excellent coal were obtained, but water was encountered, the men in charge did not understand the proper pumping of it, the money of the local capitalists who backed the mine be gan to run out, and the mine was abandoned. Some of the remains of the shackB and machinery are there yet. Near Medford, on Roxy Ann, a coal mine has been worked for the past year or two and a considerable amount of fairly good coal taken out. First Half Taxes Delinquent April 1 You must pay the first half of your taxes before April 5 or It will cost you 1 per cent a month Interest. Af ter October 5, If it Is not paid, 5 per cent penalty beside the Interest will be added. Two things don't forget: Pay the first half of your taxes be fore April 5. Register before April 18, or you . are shut out from voting at the pri mary. The sheriff's office reports tax cot lections, Including yesterday, to have been $146,280, $35,570 of which was paid yesterday by the Southern Pa cific Company as the first half of Its operating taxes. The total sent up for collection for 1915, now being collected, was $778, 000, and but one-sixth of It has been paid to date. The collections are $45,000 short of the same date last year. That Is accounted for by the new law In effect this year, which does not allow a penalty to be added until next October. True, the first half of the tax, if not paid by April 5, draws 1 per cent a month Interest, but only for the time it runs delin quent; if paid by May 5 only 1 per cent Interest would be paid, and If by June 5 only 2 per cent, etc. This is much easier on those who run delin quent than the old law, and some are not hustling hard for their tax dues. Phone news Items, to the Tidings, Fruitgro wers Will Make Decision The fruitgrowers of the Ashland district will meet at 2 o'clock Satur day afternoon at the Commercial Club to make a decision regarding the acceptance of the government Bureau of Markets agency ilah as described here by Mi1. Basset two' weeks ago. This is an Important de cision and every fruitgrower should Attend the meeting. '; goods In the windows and will talk home buying of western-made goods. On one day, probably Saturday, April 8, a home products dinner will be served which will be something well worth while. Every article on 1 the table will be a western product which can be bought at home. And above all efforts of business! men and organizations the club ladles are arousing the "consumers" them - selves to a spirit of co-operation In the project. Fireworks Expert Visits Ashland W. E. Priestley, "fireworks ex pert," arrived in Ashland Wednesday which Is planned as a part of the July celebration. Mr. Priestley was super intendent of fireworks at the Panama exposition at San Francisco and the Ashland committee was able to get Into touch with him through Mr. Frohba h, who represented this dis trict at the exposition. Mr. Priestley recently returned from Honolulu, where he staged the fireworks at the Hawaiian Mid-Winter Festival. Both going and coming from Honolulu he states the lights on me snip were extinguished and the portholes shrouded as 'a precaution - ary measure against Overman raiders. He sailed from Vancouver on a Brit ish ship. Since returning from Honolulu he has been In Los Angeles and San Diego and says the weather down there is abominable and that Los Angeles was visited by a severe hail storm last Thursday. He was de lighted with the beautiful weather which he met In Ashland. Gold Hill Cement Company Active The Beaver Portland Cement com pany of Gold Hill is actively pre paring to open a plant for the pro duction of cement and limestone flour which will have an output that 'will rival the biggest plants on the Coast. A complete plant Is now In r the process of construction at Gold Tim o . iimoetnno no.... to w ! Hill, a new limestone quarry Is be ing opened and a railroad spur built to it. A tentative contract has been en tered into with the California-Oregon Power company for power with which to operate this plant. It will carry a large payroll, for it will employ a large number of men In its several departments. The Beaver Portland Cement com pany Is one of the Institutions that will help to build up the commercial Interests of southern Oregon very substantially. It will be a permanent development In a field of inexhausti ble resources, so far as raw material Is concerned. Irrigation to be Talked at Talent An Important meeting of the Tal ent Farmers' Club will be held this Thursday evening at Talent for tie purpose of discussing and considering several important matters directly connected with the question of Irri gation In that district. The govern ment engineers' report and recom mendations will be carefully consid ered in all their phases. Proposals and plans from parties who will agree to supply water to the district when formed will be presented and consid ered. There will be a feature of news in this part of the program. Commercial Club Meets Monday The Commercial Club meets In reg ular monthly session next Monday evening, and several Important mat ters are slated which require the at tention and will Interest the mem bers. ' The club has several active committees at work and Is better or ganized than for a number of years for 'getting; r'esul'ti.. Meeting , con venes at 8 o'clock sharp." ' .". . !. ; . . : ' j ' 1 PIUXTA.UXTIOV. 4 Whereas, the week of April $ 3rd to 9th has been set aside by $ proclamation of the governors $ of Oregon, Washington and $ Idaho as home products week, ? S wherein it Is desirable that S S home products be properly dls- S !laea u mercnanis ana gener- s aIly I)ur('na9ed by consumers, therefore, ? - H- John80n. mayor of J ' the clty of ABnland. do hereby ! designate and set aside the week S of April 3rd to 9th as home S products week for the city of S 4 Ashland, and hereby request $ ? the merchants of Ashland to es- $ peclally display, during that ? ? period, home and state prod- ? ucts, to the end that the atten- S b Hon of the public may be gener- S A ally called to them. Also I urge S $ that the people during that S ? week make It a point to pur- 4 ? chase home and state products $ insofar as possible. $ 0. II. JOHNSON, Mayor. j TJfaAl AY A Wlaif XJfit A "ieQIOla "3 VOlC $250,000 R.R. Bonds Prospects of a railroad to the fam ous Blue Ledge mines, tapping a wealth of agricultural, timber and j mining country and eventually a rail - road extended clear down the Klam- ' ath river to Eureka, is stirring Med- ford as no activity ot recent years has aroused tnat city As a result of agitation for a rail-1 road to the Blue Ledge country, a' proposition was maae to tne raiiroaa committee of the Medford Commer - clal Club by S. S. Bullls, owner of the electric railroad to Jacksonville from Medford and one of the biggest own - ers of the Blue Ledge mines, where- by if the city of Medford would vote $250,000 bonds for the construction neve Ashland park Ideally situated of a railroad from Jacksonville, fit- j for such a pageant and are trying to teen miles toward Blue Ledge, he arrange for the presentation In Ash would guarantee the completion of land park They ask the co-opera-the road and would-buy the road con- tion of Ashland and want this affair structed by Medford at the end of five ' to be attended by the whole valley. years. A U'oll-nHonrlod macs mnnHncr wo a i .,.,.... . . f . event, distinctly of southern Oregon. Tuesday night and elected the fol- held in Medford Monday n ght and , , . A r, , i , " . .. ... . , similar to the Portland Rose Show, lowing teachers for the coming year. the proposition accorded an enthusl- ,, . . ,!.... . , . . ' IT ,. M I Pendleton Round-up and other dls- All but four of the present teaching astic reception. Unqual f ed approv-1 .. .. . . . . I ,. . , , , . j v I .itinctive entertainments. i force applied again and were again al was expressed by a number of I , , speakers, Including several prominent1 The plan were heartily received elected: hankers nnrt Inwvpra and nnlv nno an or two conservative notes sounded. The gathering passed a resolution asking the city council to place the proposition before the people at a special election. If the bonds are voted the handling of them will' be put In the hands of a railroad com- mission, probably of three members, The construction of a road from j mnch enjoyed, the valley into the rich timber, min- I The eubject, "The Results of the ing and agricultural country means a ' Efforts of the Parent-Teacher Asso great deal for Medford and the en- clatlons," was ably discussed by Mrs. tire valley. The construction of the W. W. Caldwell, Mrs. Chattin, Mrs. road clear tflrough to the coast, as seems to be an eventual certainty, means a great deal more, giving the i valley an outlet which would mean greatly reduced freight rates, and would open up a world of possibillr ties. The people of the entire valley are ! actively interested In Medford'a op-j portunity and will watch develop- ments with intense interest. Royal Rogue Sport Pictures Attract Oregon State Biologist William ' Under the auspices of and for the Finley, who is touring the east with : benent of the Ashland schools the slides of Oregon gabie and lecturing Elson art exhibit will be shown at on the Oregon system of game pres-' the Ashland armory on Wednesday ervatlon by education, writes the fol-'and Thursday, April 5 and 6. Orig lowing In a letter to a Portland inally the dates were announced for friend: I the fith and 7th, but since the latter "It just happened that I was show-j conflicts with the band dance the Ing these moving pictures of angling ' exhibit will be staged on Wednesday in Oregon the other day to a lot of j and Thursday. sportsmen. Three of these follows, who have angled In most of the fam- ous streams in this part of the coun- 1 try and who have plenty of money 1 to travel on, told me that they were thinking strongly of going to Ore gon next summer to try Rogue river, When they saw the picture's I have of Kelly and Putman wading the Rogue up to their necks and fighting to land some of these game steelheads they yelled like youngsters and de cided forthwith to gp to Oregon next summer." . . . , TldJngs .'lFpr Sale' .di re active tjttle. real estate, lalesmei. S (X)XSIMEKS' WEKK. S t To Commercial Club Members $ j and Others: J Without doubt one of the $ $ most important matters con- j fronting the people of the Pa- ? $ clflc count today is the problem $ .$ of getting more Industries. We $ ? ne,ed to retain within our ownS district the cost of manufacture 4 ? as well as the price of the raw S f material which we produce. To this en:l ve should always gve 8 the preference to western-made S : s goods, the nearer home they ? J s are made the better. The gov- $ $ ernors of several of the west- ? $ ern states, Oregon included, have set aside the week of April 3rd to 9th as a special Consum- a, ers' rf'eek, and you are earnest- a, y requested to carry out the ? s gpirlt of the occasion by featur- ? jng western-made goods in every s possible way during those days. a, v n n smith - ' '. Pn.ifl.nt .uiiimi mmmprclnl . Club. Civic Club Hears Pageant Plans A great deal of interest was taken In the program and business that , rflnlB hefnie the Civic Imnrovenipnt i cib at their regular meeting last'"-'"1, the state 8('1100'8 10- tha reda - Thnrwlav nftprnnnn ira Mimrtv preBdent of the Greater Medford club, and Mrs. Schleffelin of Med ford were guests. The visiting ladies brought a novel project before the - i,,!, The nhvslpai culture class of : jigdforfl. which has 150 members, ' nnv(, beP11 driiiinp, tor a bi pageant and have manv folk-lore dances. Mav I)0e ats an(j an out-of-door nlav i "The Heart of the World," which they have no suitable place to stage i Medford. The Medford ladies be - Tt Ib tinner? tn mnlre thfa nn nnniinl uib nsniauu emu aim u cuiiiiiiiue- ." Dy me Asniana ciud ana a commiiiep club and to make further plans. Tentative anouncement by the Med- ford ladles was to the effect that about May 15 would be the most suit- able date. v Mrs. C. B. Wolf and Mrs. H. Pro- vost rendered vocal solos which were Ussher, Mrs. Card and Superintend ent Briscoe Some very interesting and profitable thoughts were ad vanced. The bird house exhibit and Prl contest has been set for April 11 Many of the boys In the manual train ing department of the schools are busy at the work and some will have several blr'd houses. The bird houses will be sold if the owners wish. Picture Exhibit Dates Changed The purpose of the exhibit Is to raise money for educational pictures for the schoolrooms. A charge of 10 cents will be made. A program, readings, drills and music, will be given each evening. Exhibit will be open Thursday and Friday afternoons from 2 till 5 and evenings from 7:30 to 10. Programs each evening at 8:30. George L. Pervlne of St. Johns, Ore., Inventor of a vaenum fireplace, want to establish a factory. A new: $30,000 busIosM block has been..startd at Bn4, Or. ."" Every Man, Woman, Child and Auto Wanted in Park Sunday On next Sunday, providing It Is a around the fountains, the croquet clear day, at the hour of 3 o'clock, courts and tennis grounds should be Chester Stevenson will take an Im-! ,,'l'll',d. the lower drive and tho . , ... . ' high drive shou'd lo shown with, niense panoramic picture of I.ltlna , , ' numbers of autos, nun in fact the In Patk. The view will be taken with ; tenti(m , t0 B,,ow Alihland ark Bg jt a special camera and will be a mag- j will be on a typical hot summer Sun nificent piece of photography nich as ' day. Everyone In Ashland shout I has never before been attempted , make It a point to be somewhere In upon such a s;'ale In Ashland. The Llthia Talk next Sunday afternoon picture will be used for advertising at 3 o'clock. If you hnven't yet visit- purposes. A crowd of several hun - dred people are wanted to throng 0. & ;c. Land Grant Bills in House The bills disposing of the Oregon- California railroad land grant lands I In Oregon are now In tho house of representatives at the national cnpl - tal. Suit-committees made several i chnngPB from the original Chamber lain-Ferris bill, which Include the method of land classifications, plans for the sale of timber, disposition of the proceeds of the sales of timber end lands, and the settlement of the claims under the executory contracts. I'nder the sub-conimittpp plan the status of the executory contracts will be determined In the courts; tho pro- I01'3 r thfi K,pnt llllllls wl" ,,e dl" vldcd with counties getting 40 per : nation rtind 4U, nml the general gov- cril1,,fint 10 )er ('ent The lands protecting the city wa- 101 8ne"8 816 wllnnol' lrom oisposi- tion for two. years, and the unpaid ; taxes are t0 ue i,a,(1 Immediately from the federal treasury. One hun dred thousand dollars Is appropriated for classifying the lands. Jackson county Is vitally interested 1 in this bill as the amount accruing to ! the county would amount to over three million dollars Teachers For Next Year Are Elected The Ashland school hoard met nign hchuui r. a. hiuuiu, u "'fiu o, ,,UUi . . HaHslnger, Laura McCormlck. 1 ,, I Helen Van Housen, Giles M. Ruch, j Delmnr Harmon, Irene Rlnghelm, , Charlotte Kennard, Vera Moffat, L. j T. Hodge. Junior high school Gertrude En- K,e. lla M- Mycres. Alice M. Thomp- 80n. Irfine Johnson, Irma James, Clar- Ibel Morehouse, Hazel M. Clark, Ver non Pyland, Eva C. Poley East school S. A. McGavern, Nel lie B. Ross. Margaret Powers, Loralne Johnson. Bessie Dunham, Myrtle Johnson, Alice Palmer, Nellie Ma thews. R. R. Hutchinson, Anna B. Harris, Elfrioda Merz of the high school and Mrs Dawson Foster of the llliilor : h,Rh whoo, dld not apP,y. The hoard therefore lias four vacancies to fill. Walks Head on Into S. P. Train Thomas DeLong, a member of the Olympla Walters' and Bartenders' I'nion, walked head on Into n pas senger train with Engineer Joe Poor in. the front cab, with disastrous re sults, near Ilornbrook last Sunday night. Repeated tooting of the whis tle and the glare of the headlight failed to sway the gentleman from his purpose, which seemed to be to walk down the middle of the track regardless of little obstacles like forty-mile-nn-hour trains. DeLonj; either hud a quart on his hip or in his Insldo, one of the two, according to connoisseurs of the smell of whls'itey who helped gather him up, Ills leRB were broken In several places, a bad gash on the head and other Injuries resulted. He Is now In the Yreka hospital. Twenty-five out of thirty Indus trie on the lower Columbia aJe In op eration, employing 10,000 men. A million-dollar shipbuilding plant Is planned for Llnnton, Ore - - Eugene has let a contract for a Bchoor house to cost $13,492. ; : ed the park you shouid. If you have, I you will lie there anyway. Immencc Increase In Freight Traffic The Southern Pacific company in i making heroic efforts to overcome) , the car shortage which lias Htlrrnrl 1 up 'such a row esp.-clally In the Ium ber Industry in the Northwest. Tim railroad's explanation of tho short age Is an unprecedented sudden In crease in traffic and a largo voluma of cars held at the At'antlc seaboard because of lnck of boats. The South ern Pacific sends out Hip following; figures regarding the Increase In freight traffic: There were 1233 more cars loaded In Oregon by the Southern Pacific In February or this year than during; the same month a year avo repre- ; sentlng an average of fil more car a dav. In February, 1916, there wero 44S7 enrs loaded, as agnliiBt 36,r3 cars In 19ir, and 3662 In 1914. i nese ngurcs cover only the com mercial freight and do not Include the company business. An analysis of the figures shows the increase In the principal com modities as follows: Hay, 137 cars; lumber, 800; gen- j eral merchandise, 1 61 ; potatoes, 69; wood, 140. This Incrense furnished an adequate excuse for the car short age, which the railroad Is exerclslnft effort to remedy. Two-thirds of the increase Is dua to the revival of the lumber Indus try, due mainly to renewal of build ing operations throughout the nation. As timber Is the greatest natural re source of Oregon, activity In lumber ing always presages prosperity for the state. Fish Hatchery At Butte Falls Master Fish Warden R. E. Clanton of Portland was up In the Butte Falla region last week arranging for the establishment of a fish hatchery on Ginger creek near Butte Falls. Buildings will be constructed later on, but at present the fry will be hatched at Elk creek and be feed on the Butte creek feeding grounds. The people of Butte Falls are lending their assistance in building the plant and co-operating In every possible way. A flume 1600 feet long, 3 feet wldo and 3 feet dpep will be built to carry water from Big Butte to overflow about 20 acres, making the feeding; ground. The Butte Falls citizens contributed L',6 days of labor and 10 days labor with teams, which will be the shine as a cn.sh contribution of $4.r.n or $.100 as far as tho state Is concerned. Mr. Clanton has appointed J. W. Ben-Inn of Medford as fish rulturlst In charge of the nutte Falls plant. Mr. Burrian has hud many years' ex perience, both with the I'nlted States bureau of hatcheries and tho sfato hatchery, and his appointment Is very satisfactory to local anglers. Columbia beach, opposite Vancou ver, Is to be Improved for a su miner resort. A Little Speed Costs Ten Dollars C. A. Dell has finished the over- ' hauling of the big sixty-horsepower Peerless car which was formerly the property of Smith, Emery & Co. and took It out for a trial spin Wednes day. Apparently he did not have the carburetor tuned to low speed and burned up the pavement quite consid- ; erable, according to those who hap-', . pened to be on the streets at the . time, Some good, citizen swore put, , a complaint and Mr Bell parted wU,h t , ten dollars this morning In Recorder j,; Gillette's court. '.? 'id . .'.Jl .. 1 Ml 'U
