Oregon Historical Society
romn 207 Second
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Ashland Grows While Llthla Flows'
City of Sunshine and Flowers
Ashland, Oregon. Llthla Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa'
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VOL. XL
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 191 G
NUMBER 94
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Pear Cannery
For Rogue Valley
The establishment ot a huge pear
cannery In the Rogue River valley,
probably at Medford, is an lmlnent
possibility. Libby, McNeil & Libby,
the largest cannery operators in the
world, will send Philip Larmon, their
general manager, and Mr. Marrow,
superintendent of their California
plants, to the valley this week to ar
range preliminary details for the es
tablishment of a pear cannery for the
coming season, providing the assur
ance of sufficient tonnage for the sea
son can be secured. The Libby people
will pay 30 a ton, run of orchard,
f. o. b. plant, and some of the promi-
nent fruit men are quoted as stating
that this price is better than a dollar
a box net to the grower and saves
the expense of packing, shipping and
refrigerating and the ever-present
liability of a poor market. The es
tablishment of the cannery will put
pear growing on an absolutely solid
and substantial business basis.
This good news was brought to
Medford Friday by County Commis
sioner Frank H. Madden on his re
turn from Seattle, where he inter
ested Libby, McNeil & Libby. This
year the concern erected a cherry
cannery at The Dalles. They own
In California pineapple, asparagus,
peach and pear canneries ' and In ;
Alaska salmon canneries.
Mohair Pool Brings
Total of $4,800
Approximately $4,800 in cold hard
cash wag paid to the Angora goat
raisers of this vicinity last Saturday I
afternoon for the mohair produced
this year. The price paid was $42.55
per hundred pounds and is a top
notch price for mohair, ranging high
er than the prevailing price in the
east. The bair was pronounced to
be of extra fine quality.
Ten thousand pounds of mohair
was sold, being the pooled product of
the goatmen. This pool represents
all but a few small lots of the mohair
grown in the valley this year. The
goatmen represented in the pool were
C. W. Banta and sons, Davis and
sons, Don Williams and H. S. Holt.
J. N. Dennis, representing the
Theo. Bernheim Company of Port-
and, submitted the high bid in the.Lowe wag about the best all.round
open auction held at the freight depot conteEtant Abbott was not far be.
Saturday. J. M. Williams of the Tay-i hnd him au(, wag by far the begt
lor Williams Company of Jackson-the races e took th(J ha;f mi,e by
ville and Louis Worth, representing a,)0Ut haf a ap an(J m a)most ag
Morris & Co. of Portland, also bid we on the othc,.g , Ml ,)e ra
011 tlle "'ohair- i Slack ran a very pretty long-distance
Big Addition
To Oregon Hotel
Plans have been drawn for an ad
dition to the Hotel Oregon which will
cover approximately -10 by 140 feet
and be two stories in height. The ad
dition will bo an extension on the
east enu ot tne notet to rioneer av-
enue and down Pioneer avenue to the
alley at the rear of the hotel prop-j
cv- I
The arcade across the front of the 1
hotel will be extended to the corner.
The addition will be built of concrete.
The entire lower floor will be given
over to an immense garage which it
is rumored will be occupied by F. L.
Camps. Facing on Main street will
be a display room 43 by 33 feet.
The garage proper will have a floor
space of 40 by 104 and will have an
entrance on Pioneer avenue. This
will give an immense storage space
and workshop room. x
The second story will be divided
into seventeen spacious rooms with
baths. First class in every particu-;
lar, making a fine addition to the i
hotel equipment. j
The contract has not been let and i
plans are still in rather an embryoticj
state, but the erection of the addition j
seems assured.
Train Changes
Take Effect Soon
Effective April 20, the following
changes will be made in passenger
train service:
No. 13 will arrive at 11 a. m. in
stead of 11:35, departing at 11:15
a. m.
No. 53 will arrive at 11 p. m. In
stead of 3 a. m. and depart at 11:15
p. m.
No. 54 arrives at 6:40 p. m. In
stead of 6:20 p; m. and departs at 7
p-m- ,, L.i. i
Bowers Is Delegate
To State Conference
At the meeting of the Jackson
County Taxpayers' Leageu held Wed
nesday afternoon at Medford, J. A.
Westerlund of Medford and Benton
Bowers of Ashland were elected dele
gates, with J. H. Carkin and E. M.
Wilson alternates, to the Btate con
ference to be held in Portland April
22, for the purpose of organizing a
state league.
Discussion of matters affecting
roads and other conditions in the
county were freely entered into. The
matter of issuing a league bulletin
"as "t been fully determined, al-
though the sentiment is strongly in
favor of securing verified information
and giving it due publication to tax
payers of the county.
Church Workers
Will Take Census
There will be no cottage prayer
meetings this week, the religious
workers of the city foregoing other
activities and centering upon taking
a religious census of the city. The
city will be divided into forty-three
districts and committees from the
churches will make a house to bouse
canvass on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The church preference, number in
the family, number of children at
tending Sunday school and other data
will be obtained. The evangelical
party will arrive Tuesday evening
from Klamath Falls and will be
boused at the Swigart residence dur
ing their stay in Ashland.
Juniors Take
Meet From School
The Junior track meet held Friday
at the high school athletic field was
a grand success in every way. The
only drawback to the day whatever
was that it rained some and was
rather cold. This probably made the
average time In the races higher
than it would have been had it been
warmer. Much new material was
listed in the meet and some of it will
probably develop into very good
track men. It is hard to pick out
anv narticular star, tint nrnhnhlv
race. The juniors challenged the
school and, as is usually the way in
a ease like this, got away with it.
The final score was M to 43 in favor
of the juniors. The score was count
ed five points on the first place, three
on the second and one on the third.
The contestants in the events were
as lo. lows: those marked with a
J represented t'.ie juniors, those
marked S the school. The first three
contestants in each event finished in
the or(lei. in whIl.h tlu!. como.
;(0-yard dash: Redifer S, Winno
S, Lowe J, Brovver J, Buck J, Cun-
ningham J, Slack S.
440-yard dash. Lowe J, Bryant J,
Harris S, Gunther S, Warren.
High hurdles: Badger S, Harris
S, Buck J, Holmes J. Badger was
the only one in this event who quali
fied. Mile: Slack S, Brower J, Phipps
S, Fraley S, Ashcraft S, Holmes J,
Warren J.
Low hurdles: Buck J, Cunning
ham J, Brower J, Harris S, Winne S,
Phipps S.
Half mile: Abbott J, Slack S,
Summers J, Loud S, Gunter S, Rel
gei g Fraley S.
shot-put: Lowe J, Furry J, Young
s, Badger S, rhipps S, Cunning-
nam j
javelin: Lowe J, Cunningham J,
Younr S, Harris S.
100-yard dash: Abbott J, Winne
Map of Yosemite
National Park
The Department of the Interior has
issued a new automobile map com
bined with a copy of the regulations
of the Yosemite national park.
These are being distributed by the
department free of charge. The
maps show all of the points of inter
est and routes for reaching them In
the park. Any autoists contemplat
ing a visit to Yosemite should ob
tain a copy. ,
$10.00 REWARD. S
5
4 The Springs Water Commis-
sion will pay TEN DOLLARS j
i REWARD for evidence to con- ?
8 vict persons who tamper with 3
v cup vendors, pud flowers or
shrubs, stone squirrels or com-
mitli other depredations in e
Lithia Tark. Llthla Park was &
4 constructed for the pleasure of ?
the people and the commission S
is determined that depredations S
1 shall cease. There is little use S
$ of spending money beautifying 3
3 the place unless citizens take S
? pride enough In it not to destroy
3 it. It Is the duty of citizens S
? seeing persons commit depreda
tions there to promptly Identify S
the miscreant and notify the 5
S police, 60 that he may be
? promptly apprehended and con- S
? victed. ?
3 Pulling flowers and shrub S
$ blossoms in Lithia Park and the ?
Ashland canyon is strictly pro- ?
S hibited by ordinance. Persons ?
? violating that ordinance will be S
t apprehended and fined the limit.
The park cannot be made beau- t
S tiful unless people let the flow- $
? ers alone. They were not put ?
there to be picked by citizens 8
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Schoolmasters' Club
At Eagle Point
The Jackson County Schoolmas
ters' Club will meet at Eagle Point
on Saturday, April 22. The follow
ing is the program for the day:
10 a. m. "Biology as a Unifying
Basis of General Science," G. M.
Ruch, Science Department, Ash
land high school.
11 a. m. "The Place of Manual
Training in the School Course," H.
H. Wardrlp, principal Grants Pass
high school.
11:30 a. m. Question box.
12 m. Recess.
1:30 p. m. Entertainment by local
talent.
2 p. m. "The Value of Athletics
from a Superintendent's Point of
View," V. Meldo Hillis, superin
tendent Medford school.
2:45 p. m. Address (to be an
nounced later).
G. WT. ACER,
Secretary Southern Oregon School
masters' Club.
H. T. Elmore Buys
In with Monte Bi igg;
I H. T. Elmore of Augusta. Maine,
j has purchased the interest of F. J,
jShinn in the Briggs & Shinn shoe
i store, and took possession this inorn
I ing. Ho is a brother-in-law of J. II.
I Fu'.ler of Talent. He has a family
i consisting of wife and three children,
I who vviil take up their residence in
I Ashland. His father-in-law, Mr. J. E.
I tiller, of Augusta, Maine, and wife
will move here as soon as their prop
erty there can be disposed of. Mr.
Elmore was engaged in the whole
sale grocery business in Maine. He
comes well recommended as a live
business man, and the combination
with Monte Briggs Insures a live,
progressive firm.
S, Brower J, Fraley S, Cunningham
J, Buck J, Holmes J, Radifer S.
Broad jump: Lowe J, Furry J,
Jones J, Loud S.
High Jump: Jones J and Lowe J
tied for first place, Winne S, Ran
dalls, Young b, Furry J.
220-yard dash. Abbott J, Lowe
J, Slack S, Bryan. I.
Discus: Young S, Radifer S, Bry
ant J, Phipps S, Badger S.
Pole vault: Cunningham J, Sum
mers S, Relgel S and Finueran J tied
for third, Randalls.
Relay race: Abbott J, Buck J,
Brower J, Lowe J, Summers S,
Young S, Badger S, Winne S.
The time or distance made by the
first place in each of the above events
was: 50-yard, 6.1; 440-yard, 1.10;
high hurdles, 14.01; mile, 5.0G; low
hurdles, 13; half, 2.10; shot-put, 29
ft. 5 in.; javelin, 101 ft. 11 in.; 100
yard, 11; broad Jump, 17 ft. 5 in.;
high Jump, 4 ft. 11 in.; discus, 75
ft. 2 In. No time was taken for the
220-yard dash and the polo vault was
not measured.
Randalls entered from the Belle
view school, but as he was not a real
contestant he is not listed as a win
ner. He took the high Jump by one
inch and the pole vault by two inches.
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$ TOMORROW IS LAST DAY TO
S RKOISTER.
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Tomorrow is the last day to
register. If you have not al- ?
J ready registered, and a big pro- ?
$ portion of the citizens of Jack- -i
? son county have so far neglected ?
$ that important duty, attend to b
J it the first thing in the morning. ?
S You cannot vote if you do not ? I
? register before tomorrow night. t
? A recent and wise legislature
$ amended Oregon's election laws
3 so that voters would have to ?
register before April 18 of this 3
$ year, or not vote. The excep-
S tions to this are few and far be- ?
$ twrcii. People who get thoir S
$ final citizenship papers between ?
S April IS and September 8 may $
Register in the period between ?
S September 8 and October 7, as S
may also voters who become of
? legal ago during that period, or S
? who will become of legal age be- i
fore November 7. But for all i
S the rest of us APRIL 18 IS
8 THE LAST CHANCE TO REG- ?
S ISTEIt BEFORE THE PRIMAR-
? IES. ?
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Hotel Oregon
Opens This Week
All but two of the rooms on the
second floor of the remodeled Hotel
Oregon are ready for occupancy and
all but six of the rooms on the upper
floor. These will be finished in a
day or two. Manager Dobbins states
that he will be ready to provide
sleeping quarters for his friends to
morrow. The dining room will be
opened next Sunday and an Easter
dinner served. The formal opening
will be held at a date to be announced
j lateif after the hotel is completely
finished and running smoothly. A
committee from the Commercial Club
and representatives of other organ
izations will join in making the for
mal opening a gala affair.
The rooms of tne hotel are fin
Isheivand furnished in a most de-
llghtful manner. Rich carpets, oak
dresser, tables, chairs, etc., heavily
white enameled iron bedsteads, dain- land at tho Columbia Theatre and
ty curtains, artistic electric lighting broke all records for attendance
fixatures, the best of linen and equip- there as it has in the big cities of
nient, hot and cold water in all the i the east. The Vining eight-piece
rooms and private baths, etc., in sev- orchestra will play on both Thursday
eral, roomy clothes closets and, in ' and Friday nights, special music nc
fact, everything provided in the high-1 conipanylng the picture. This is a
est class hotel. Ashland now lias a ! production no Ashlantler can afford
hotel to which the citizens may lie to miss.
proud to send anyone.
j The barber shop is moving their
equipment into their new quarters.
I The lobby and drawing room are re
ceiving the finishing touches and a
few (lays will see the hotel completed
internally. i
I The cen.ent stucco is he'ng applied
to the colonnade columns and walls
'and the brickwork will be painted a
cement color with waterproof paint.
iThe roof will be painted green,
j At the rear the old barn and
I shacks have been torn down and an
I alley put through. A cement retain-
ing wall lias been built between thej
bote lot and the alley and is rein-1
forced with steel and of sufficient ,
strength to support the walls of an
annex.
DEPOT DOINGS.
, Johnny Ilarrell left last week for
Mina, New, whore ho will accept tho
position of stationary engineer. F.
G. Allard, former roundhouse fore
man at Ashland, Is the head squeeze
at Mina. Ed Dews is at Mina, hold
ing down the day hostler job.
A reduction in the size of the cars
used In the railway postal service bo
tweeti San Francisco and Ashland
has been ordorod by Jesse S. Rob
erts, superintendent of the railway
mall service. The cars are now 40
fet long and are considered too largo
by Roberts.
The lithia water fountains at the
depot, make a big hit with visiting
officials and with the passengers on
the trains as well.
Braketnan G. N. Pugh of the South
ern Pacific was killed Saturday near
Anlauf when tho Jar resulting from
the sudden stop following thq break
ing of an air hose throw him from
tho top of tho train, beneath the
wheels. Fifteen cars passed over the
body. Pugh has been a Southern Pa
cific brakeman for sixteen years and
was a member of the Railway Train
men. He leaves a widow, two chil
dren at Roscburg, father, two broth
ers and a sister.
Old-Timer
Visits Ashland
Friday evening Superintendent
Dyer of the Sacramento division of
the Southern Pacific, together with
his wife and two children, viewed
Lithia Park In company with Super
intendent Metcalf and wife. Mr.
Dyer was formerly superintendent of
this division, having changed to the
Shasta division about five years ago.
He was much surprised and pleased
at tho great changes In Ashland since
ho left. Most of our paving, most ot
the building above the Mills property
and all of our park development has
been accomplished sinco his depart
ure. He was especially struck with
the park and remarked on its natur
al beauty and splendid development
along natural lines.
Senator Burton
At Medford Tonight
Senator Burton of Ohio, candidate
for the nomination on the republican
ticket for president, will pass through
Ashland this evening and will speak
at the Natatorluin at Medford at 8
p. ni.
Senator Burton is one of the lead
ers in the United States senate, has
been very prominent in tho councils
of the republican party In the na
tion, as well as in Ohio, is a promi
nent candidate for the nomination of
president and is a splendid speaker.
His name will lie one of those on the
Oregon ballot this year.
Billie Burke in
"Peggy" This Week
The premier moving picture attrac
tion of the year, Billie Burke In
"Peggy," has been secured by Man
ager Bergner of the Vining Theatre
for Ashland ahead ot all the towns
in the valley and will be shown on
Thursday and Friday of this week.
This Is the biggest attraction ever
thrown on the local screen. "Peggy"
i has been showing for weeks In Port-
"Peggy" received more space in
the Portland papers during the weeks j
the play was showing than did Villa.
The winsome Idol of the stage is said
tn he simply irresistible in the Scotch
1 :;.y .;ory.
In Portland tho manager of the
Columbia Theatre was arrested be
cause the crowds which came to see
Billie liurke blockaded the streets.
In Spokane tho picture showed for
six weeks to unprecedented crowds.
In 0;:!iland the theatre manuger ran
"midnight matinees" to accommo
date the crowds. It Is undoubtedly
the "one picture'' of the year.
The story of "Peggy" Is that of a
member of the Scottish clan of Cani-
eron, plunged in, the midst of New
York revelry, who is ordered to Scot
land by her uncle and guardian, a
role masterfully handled Ty William
II. Thompson. Tho hoydenish lass
Invades the Sunday sanctity of the
Scotch village and shocks the natives
by traveling on Sunday and breaking
automobile speed records. Slio fur
ther outrages the feelings of her
stem guardian by donning overalls
to tinker with her car, and then, In a
sack suit of her cousin's, Journeys
forth Into the night, Is caught In a
storm, and takes refuge In tho village
tavern. A delightful fairy tale is
woven Into the story, whllo a flash of
tragedy is introduced through an af
fair between Cameron's son, Colin,
and the weaver's (laughter. Peggy
decides to return to America alter
bringing tho couplo together, but the
minister (William Desmond) per
suades her to remain as his wife.
Hairdressing
Parlor To Open
Mrs. C. D. Wlnelaud will open a
hairdressing, manicuring and mil
llnery parlor at 71 North Main street
this week. Mrs, Wlneland Is an ex
perienced artist in her lines, coming
originally from Detroit, Mich. A
complete lino of accessories will be
carried and equipment installed for
doing the highest class work.
May Electrify S. P.
Over Siskiyous
Electrification of the Southern Pa
clfic railroad over the Siskiyous i3
beingrfonsidered by the Southern Pa
cific officials, and two surveys havo
been made by the company engineers
completely covering the project. A.
II. Bahcock, chief electrical etigineer
of the company, testified before tho
California state railroad commission
Friday that both the Siskiyou electri
fication and the electrification of tho
Southern Pacific lines over the Sier
ras was feasible. Negotiations have
already been entered into with tho
California-Oregon Power Company;
for power.
The cost of the electrification ot
the Siskiyous would be enormous, but
trains could be taken over the grades
at a very small proportion of the
present cost when completed. Ash
land would most likely be the north
ern terminus of the electrical unit of
the road, and should it be accom
plished a complete upheaval In rail
road circles here would result.
The California-Oregon Company la
putting in electrical units on the
Klamath river and at Fall creek
which will develop more current than
can be used commercially In their
territory for years to come, and that
their intention is to provide a sourco
of supply for the electrification unit
seems most possible.
Ames Will Manage
Duluth Boat Club
A. S. Ames, proprietor of the Paclo
ard Interurban truck service which
operates between Central Point and
Ashland, has gono to Duluth, Minn.,
where he assumes the managership
of the Duluth Boat Club. Mr. Amca
has a host of friends In the valley
who regret seelug him leave. Ha
was secretary of the Duluth club bo
fore coming to the Rogue River val
ley and has kept in close touch with
rowing events during his stay la
Jacksou county. The Duluth Herald
states:
"Albert Ames, a former member
of the Ames-Barnes Grain Company
and secretary ,of the Duluth Boat
Club for a number of years, will re
turn to Duluth April l.'i and assiimo
general charge of tho boat club. Tho
national regatta will be staged by tho
l)u nth club during the present sea
son, and Mr. Ames' duties will ba
to run the club end of the big meet.
James 10. Ten Kyck will he the pro
molor of the nga:ta, it has been an-
I noiiiiced. .Mr. Auk's, when secretary
j of the c ut;, was one of the hardest
voil;ing oflVia's the organization
: .ser had. Not on'.', this, but he was
i;o,v i n,
if Hie i
ly lil: ,1 b every member
Remove Slides
On Siskiyou Grade
Travel over the Siskiyou Highway
bus been made diliicult ill one spot
by the presence of a huge slide which
made a rough detour necessary. Tho
i state highway department, sent Dis
trict Highway Engineer T. M. Davis
down to superintend the removal of
the slide. .Mr. Davis has been over
seeing the work of a crew of men at
the scene of tho slide, and now has
things pretty well cleared up. Ha
was a visitor to tho city tho last of
the week, returning to tho mountain
again Thursday.
A number of smaller slides will
soon bo repaired, but until tho earth
above the newly constructed highway
settles there are liable to bo recur
rence of slides. Tho crew of men at
work is making the detention walls
more secure in dangerous spots.
Gardner Replies
To Strictures
To the Medford Mail Tribune:
Relative to the registration matters
ot which you have been so freely at
tacking me, will say that I have been
following the law according to tho
opinion of tho attorney-general of
Oregon, which Is superior to the ad
vice of the county attorney.
If the registrations havo not been
properly taken care of, why have yon
not had your county attorney bring;
mandamus proceedings and the mat
ter could have been settled In a few
days. G. A. GARDNER.
Clif Payne makes bookshelves.