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Oregon Historical Society fomp 207 Second St "Ashland Grows While Lithla Flows" ' City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland. Oregon, Lithia Springs ' "Oregon's Famous Spa' VOL. XL ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13 1916 NUMBER 93 Soda-Lithia VeU , Ready For Pump The soda-lithla, or Dodge, well has been bored down to the original 131 foot level, the casing drawn and the well made ready for the pump. En gineer Phillips recommends that the capacity of the pump be reduced to approximately 25 gallons per minute it now lifts about 38 gallons as 25 gallons he considers the safe pumping capacity of the well. This will bo accomplished by exchanging the present six-inch cylinder for one four and three-fourths Inches in di ameter. Negotiations are now on for the exchange, and as the pump manu facturers are located In Now York state it may be three or four weeks before the new Installation Is com pleted. The water appears all it was ex pected to be good soda-llthla heavi ily charged with gas. This water, the commission thinks, will now be deliv ered In the park In fine condition. This should allay all doubt, if there has been any, as to the successful de livery of all the waters to the park in the same condition as at the spring. Reports have been received from Corvallis on the lithia water, and it Is found by analyses to be the same at the fountain as at the spring. The lithia and sulphur waters are being now delivered In the park con tinuously, and there should be no serious intermissions in the future. Medford baseball enthusiasts have started spring practice and expect to put a strong team In the field this year. Ashland has much good base ball material but owing to a lack of a field where Sunday games may be played, Will probably not have a team. Voters Turn Down Refunding Deal The voters of Ashland turned down the proposition to rebond the city to the extent of $43,500 by almost an eleven to one majority at the special election held Tuesday. But 402 votes out of a possible 2,000 were cast. Thirty-four votes favored the pro posed deal and 368 voted against it. The first ward stood 18 for and 108 against, the second ward went 9 for and 118 against, and the third ward 10 for and 142 against. The proposition was to rebond the city, redeem outstanding bonds upon which the city is paying 6 per cent and turn the new bonds over to the Lumberman's Trust Company of Portland at 5 per cent Interest, thus saving 1 per cent. The main objec tion raised was that possibly by sub mitting the proposition to the open bond market a still better rate might be obtained. Another objection was to stringing the bonds out over ten years or more when under the pres ent system they would be paid off in four. The public generally did not take the trouble to Investigate the matter thoroughly, hence the light vote. Jackson County Registration The followins is a complete list of registrations, showing the number registered in the various parties up to week ending April 8, 1916: Republican Male 1,639, female 964, total 2,603. Democrat Male 843, female 464, total 1,307. Progressive Male 17, female 3, total 20. Prohibition Male 29, female 67, total 96. Socialist Male 95, female 35, to tal 130. Miscellaneous Male 117, female 77, total 194. Totals Male 2,740, female 1,610, total 4,350. Arrangements are now being made to reopen operations of the sawmill of the Grand Applegate Ditch Co. lo cated near Watkins at the terminus of the canal of that company, nine miles from the Blue Ledge mine. The mill has a capacity of 3500 feet a day of one shift. It will cut the lumber for the flumes and other necessary improvements In the mines and mining camps of that district. Easter April 23. We can have your suit tailored for the great dress-up day if you put your order In by Sat urday, at Ones' Tailor Shop,, : It Civic Club Favors Roller Skating The Civic Improvement Club met at the library Tuesday afternoon. The delegates were appointed for the meeting of the Federated Clubs of Southern Oregon which takes place in Ashland on April 26, 27 and 28. The delegates are as follows: Mesdames Lamb, Leavitt, Jack, Whitney, Hodg son and Winter. Reports were made of the pageant which will be put on on May 21 In Chautauqua Park. Roller skating on the sidewalks of the city came up for discussion and tne ciuu memuers unaiiy weni on record as favoring allowing the chll- dren to skate on he sidewalks, The meeting then adjourned so that the members might have an op portunity to inspect the exhibition of bird houses constructed by the school children.' Train 53 Changes Time April 20 Southern Pacific train No. 53 will run between Portland and San Fran cisco on a changed schedule on and after April 20. The train will leave Portland at,8.:30 a. m. and will ar rive In Ashland at about 11 p. m. Instead of 3 a. m. as at present. Must Reorganize To Get on Ballot The socialist party of the state must reorganize to place a list of candidates on the ballot for the next election, according to an opinion handed down by Attorney General Drown In response to an Inquiry from Secretary of State Olcott, says the Capital Journal. Any political party, under the state law, must poll a vote of not less than 5 per cent of the total vote cast for congressman In the district. At the last election the socialist party caBt more than 5 per cent for congressman in the first dis- trict, In the second district they had no candidate, and in the third dis trict polled loss than 5 per cent of the total vote for congress. This would prohibit the party from put ting candidates in the field except as a new party. The attorney general says the socialists may reorganize and as a new political party may nom inate candidates by circulating peti tions which contain the required per cent of signers. James Vance, who is home from the University of Oregon to Bpend the spring vacation at Medford, was a visitor In Ashland Monday. S. P. Officials See Lithia Park A party of Southern Pacific of ficials, consisting of J. H. Dyer, wife and children in his private car Sac ramento, J. W. Metcalf and wife in his private car Shasta, arrive on train 16 this evening and will be met by two automobiles and driven over the Ashland parks while the train is In Ashland. Local Agent G. N. Kramer will pilot the party during their stay In Ashland. Agent Kramer enter tained General Manager D. W. Camp bell Wednesday while train 16 was in Ashland, he arriving in his private car Siskiyou. Mr. Campbell was very enthusiastic over the springs and en vironment here and remarked partic ularly upon the palatableness of the waters. Would Give Medford Kids Picnic Here Medford Sun: An auto owner of the city, who asks that his name be deleted, has suggested that his fel low auto owners set aside a couple of Saturday afternoons during the summer and donate the use of their machines to take the children of the city to Ashland, for a play In Lithia Park. "Last Saturday," said the bashful philanthropist, "I was going down the street, and I counted over 100 idle machines. I thought then what a fine idea it would be If boys and girls who never see the inside of a machine could be taken for a ride. It wouldn't cost anybody much, and would do the little folks a lot of good." " . " Only Four More Days In Which To Register for the May Primaries Only four more days in which to register. If you have not already registered, crank up the car, hitch up the horse or strike out on foot for the registrar's office of your pre cinct. You may register up until the: Roseburg Will Vote on Bonds Again rndauntcd bv a decision cf the bu prenie cort wnlcn declared $300,000 bonds voted by the city of Roseburg to construct a railroad tapping the rich Rock creek timber, Illegal, the city of Roseburg will submit another somewhat similar bond proposition to the vote of the people. The new bond issue, If It carries, will be legal, In the Judgment of those who pre pared it. A $500,000 sawmill project, backed by eastern capital, will go in if the railroad is constructed. Wilson Murder Trial April 20th J. S. W'Fon, former Ashland police man, who shot and killed a Stockton bartender several weeks ago in Stock ton, California, will be tried on April 20. His trial was set for April 14, but was postponed until the twen tieth. Wilson is held for murder without bail. According to advices from Stockton official opinion is that he will be found guilty of manslaughter but may be recommended to the mercy of the court. The killing oc curred under rather queer clrcum- stances, Wilson having been ejected from a saloon twice, returning with a gun the third time and opening fire on the bartender. Wilson afterward stated that he remembered nothing of the affair. Wilson was at one time a member of the Ashland police force but about a year ago was dismissed following a disgraceful attack upon Chief Por ter. Wilson was a mining man and has a wife and child. Some few weeks previous to the Stockton kill ing, he was employed as a guard at the insane asylum at Stockton. Local and Julian Provost, of St. Paul, Ore., is here visiting relatives in the Pro vost family. He is a brother of Pierre Provost. J. C. Herring, of Central Point, candidate for assessor on the repub lican ticket, was an Ashland visitor Tuesday. George .W. Owens, candidate for county commissioner, spent Wednes- day morning looking arter business on the streets today. Mr. Meikle has and political affairs in Medford. been in Arizona, his wife and tlaugh Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Penrow, recent ters making their home in Berkeley, arrivals in Ashland from King coun-! where the young ladies are attending ty, Cat., spent Sunday as the guests school. of Mr. and Mrs. Grow, In Medford. Leonard Hinton, special writer from whose pen several special art-' icles have appeared in the Tidings, ' left Tuesday evening for northern ' Oregon. The old wooden coping on the front had registered 2,740 male, 1.610 of Simpson's hardware store Is being female, 2,603 republican, 1,307 dem removed, and the change will much ; 0crats, 20 progressives, better the appearance of that place of j business 0 "Inlng theatre has secured . ! "Peggy" with the famous star, Billie Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Brown leave I Dnrk for A 20 , n TIlig uu uu ttu t.umCu auio of the Northwest, which will Include British Columbia points. They ex - pect to be gone for two months. A small-sized army of candidates for county offices is in the city today from Medford. Among those present are "Curly" Wilson, Roy Maule, A. T. Brown and several henchmen. Sher iff Singler is also in the city today. J. W. Massey, formerly in the em ploy of the Southern Pacific as oper ator and trainman, died at Van couver, B. C, March 27, and was burled there. For several years he had been connected with the Hotel Columbia In that city. He was a member of Ashland Masonic lodge. Mr. and Mrs.F. H. Walker of Lib erty street are expecting a visit from some of Mr. Walker's old schoolmates In Wisconsin, whom he has not seen for a great manyears, They are now in San Franplscp and are ex pected to arrive here tba fatter part of this week. (: j j evening of next Tuesday, April 18. You must register in order to vote in the primaries which occur on May 111. See nr:: of Ashland precincts and places to register on second page. Popular Prices for Musical Comedy grouped with other inteiesting Ash Work on tlie musical comedy which i 'and scenes and send them to Mr. will be presented under the auspices of the Commercial Club is progress ing merrily. The cast are now prac tically letter perfect and are receiv ing the iiiiishing polish under the tuition oi Director George Watson. The choruses are being selected and preliminary work on tho music start ed. The (uiuedy will be presented at the Vlniug Theatre, and the present indications point toward a full house. Prices will be 25 and 50 cents. $200,000 Medford Mining Transfer A mqn.-ter mining deal is reported from Meili'ord as being closed last Monday when C. P. Kribs, E. W. Liljegram of Medford and W, S. Hayes of Detroit, Mich, sold their cin nabar property near Gold 11 ill, known as the King Mountain mine, to- an eastern syndicate for $200,000. The eastern syndicate was repre sented by Colonel J. M. Bailey of Rochester, X. Y., and the operation of the mine has already been taken er h w- s- Lashells, a mining en gineer employed by the eastern capi talists. "The King Mountain property cov ers 940 acres near Gold Hill and is probably one of the richest quicksil ver properties on the coast. Accord ing toHhe owners, quicksilver can now be -panned out in a free state without treatment. The new owners, however, will at once install elaborate equipment, including retorts and fur naces, cook houses and shacks will be erected, and 100 men will be put to work as soon as the machinery is in place. ! Personal Engineer E. A. Hunter of the S. P. company, has moved from his resi dence property on the corner of Third and B streets to 505 Boulevard and has rented his B street property to Conductor W. E. Jeter. J. F. Meikle, former Ashland resi dent and owner of considerable prop erty In the city, arrived this morning and is holding an informal reception With but five days more In which ; to register, over 50 per cent of the voters of Jackson county have not registered. It is to date the lightest ble registration of 10,000, but 4,350 picture Is one of the biggest attrac- -tionfl whch hag be(jn releagc(, , monthg and thfl metroI,olit!in apor8 ilave ,)pen fu of t Mana?or norR. ; ner was fortunate In securing It for j Ashland, as usually pictures of such drawing power do not get out of tho big cities for several months after they ore released. Ashland has the picture ahead of any of the valley cities. The original Walking Jarboes, who are on a walk from Kansas City, Mo., to Kansas City, Mo., were In Ashland Wednesday, the first hikers of the season. They left Kansas City broke, and are supposed to get back In the same shape. If they do they will win a purse of $2,000. They exist by the sale of postcards, and so far have not had to sleep out or miss any meals. To date they have walked 3,635 miles, and before they reach their terminal will have traversed, by puttlag one foot in front of the other, over: to, 000 miles. New Panoramic Views Catching The Southern Pacific Company will help advertise Ashland by Installing panoramic views of Lithia Park. The following letter from John M. Scott explains Itself: "We can display in the show win dow of our ticket office, Portland, to good advantage, one of tlio'pauoramlc views of Ashland Lithia Park, or, in fact, any other Ashland pictures, if they portray some interesting views." Tho Eprings commission will havo' some of tho panoramas enlarged and ! Scott for the display. Alsj), we are taking tho matter up with Mr. Hatters, the California S. P. ticket agent, with the view of get ting them similarly displayed at San Francisco, Los Angeles and . San Diego. Auto Stage Line To Klamath Falls C. D. Howard is resuming the auto j stage service between Ashland and S;n,fi,S (1 will make his first y, going by way or llornbrook and Agor. lie will make three trips a week at first and later I w'" 011 wo rarH' 0,10 to '''nvo i nnph eltv nt R'flO nvprv ninrnlntr ' 9,272 More School Children The year 1915 shows 9,272 more children attending school in Oregon than during the previous school year, State Superintendent J. A. Churchill finds In going over the records pre paratory to .making his next biennial report. The total number last year was 151,799. In teachers an Increase of 303 is shown. In public schools 6,055 teachers were employed and 509 In private schools. Exactly 10,000 pu pils were enrolled in private schools. The percentage of attendance was 93. " The total cost of the public schools last year was $7,065,018.54," says Superintendent Churchill. "Ofj this amount $3,7SG,679.9S was paid to teacners, i i,4ii. was use" ' younf!or son aml a,K0 ,,,, a f(JW In building new school houses and In I nlontng himself'every year. The Rrltt the purchase of building sites, $545.-! place ,)ng no friit tr0(!g ,)llt g a 286.45 was expended for repairs and tur),gqll0 .n(.t m,un Jacksonville, janitor work, and $421,791.34 w I nestling attractively among the foot spent for fuel and school supplies. I i.ms wilh sniI1(ij,i vipw of SI10W. School district clerks were paid $47, 198.50 for their sorvices. The In debtedness of the districts at the close of the last school year amount el to $5,560,894.17, of which $1, 718,849.14 was bonded indebtedness which has been assumed in the erec tion of new school buildings." Washington Auto Tourists Camp Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Virdon nnd Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kinney of Clo Elum, Wash., spent last night in Lithia Park auto camp, leaving for the north this afternoon. They are en route home after spending the winter at San Diego. The roads between San Fran cisco and the Siskiyou mountains were found to bo In good shnpo, but they hit the Siskiyou grade Immedi ately after the heavy rains of this week and had quite a slippery time getting over. Tho women of tho party were especially enthused over the auto camp and park, and beforo leaving Mrs. Virden said: "Wo will carry away most pleasant recollec tions of Ashland and the day and night spent at your perfect camp." Scenic Drive Has Maple Trees Residents of Scenic Drive havo planted seventy-five Oregon maple trees in a concerted effort to secure uniform beautlfication of that beauti ful residence street. The drive prop form park rows. These good citizens for mpark rows. These good citizens are setting an example which no doubt will be followed by the resi dents of other streets. We are showing some handsome woolens for your new spring suit at $15, $18, $20 and $22 at Orres'. It Phone job orders to the Tidings. Prizes Awarded For Bird Houses Robert Keller of the high school and Ernest Fulghani of tho grado schools hold the distinction of being the best bird house architects ami builders in Ashland as a result of tho prize competition held at tfie library tills week under the auspices of tho Civic Improvement Club. Over thirty-five bird houses were entered In competition, the styles of architec ture ranging from the rustic log? cabin to ambitious summer bird-hotel size. All of the houses were artistic; and the judges had a hard timo awarding tho prizes. Rob Keller's prize-winning housd was one of several which lie submit ted for competition and was pro nounced by Carpenter Damon, who was one of the judges, to be a very clever piece of woodwork. Ernest Fiilgham'g house won the grado award on tho perfect workmanship and artistic features. John Fowler, Wenre Keegan, Frances Lane and Lea I'eachey of tho grades won the second prizes In tho grade class. Russell Miller, John Johnson, William Lentz, Frank Smith, Xeil Fenne!!, Walter O'Dono h no, Donald Wells, Francis liarnt houso and Ernest Cooper won tho third prizes in their class. Calvin McClelland and Paul Win class ter won the second high school prizes and Wright Tinker and Ray- mond Long the third prizes. Several of the bird houses havo already been sold and others will bo I taken by the park board and other buyers. Much Interest was evidenced in the contest and much interest in the birds and their life aroused as a result. Scotch Capitalist Buys Valley Home The popularity of the Rogue River valley as an all-year resort is Bhown by the purchase Tuesday of tho Emit Britt property of 430 acres by Sir Francis Webster, a wealthy flax spinner of Arbroth, Scotland, for $9,500. Sir Francis did not buy the prop erty for an orchard or a commercial ranch, but merely for a country estate, where he expects to place his rapped Mount Pitt and the Roguo River valley. Sir Francis Is said to be one of tho wealthiest manufacturers of Scotland and plans to make the Urltt place ono of the most attractive properties In the valley. A rambling country houso will be erected at once and the grounds laid out by ono of Sir Fran cis Webster's own gardeners. Sir Francis was the guest of E. F. Guthrlo of Bedford several months ago and became so attached to tho valley that he at once looked over the ground for a future home for his young son. Sir Francis' elder son. a officer in the Rrltish army, was killed a few months ago In France. Two New Teachers Are Selected Two of tho four vacancies in tho teaching staff of the Ashland schools have been filled. Miss Margaret An derson of Central City, Colo., bun been elected teacher of music, suc ceeding Miss Anna 13. Harris. Miss draco Lilly of Portland will presldo over tho destinies of tho English de partment, which is under the direc tion of Miss Elfrolda Merz this year. Miss Lilly Ib at present connected with the University of Oregon. The new appointees will take up their work at the beginning of the full term. Two positions are as yet un filled. Died. Thomas G. Cox passed away at 12:30 a. m. Wednesday at his home on Eust Main street. He was 82 years, 1 month and 9 days of age. He lived with his daughter, Gertrude Cox. The remains will be shipped to Osseo, Wis., for burial. The Immediate' survivors 'of Mr. Cox of Klamath Falls, Miss Gertrude Cox of this city, and another daugh ter whose home Is in Canada: ' i I. F. Brittson add moved to Eagle Point. family - bate-