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Oregon COillii cal Society 27 See orid st Ash Ashland Grows While Lllhla Flows" City of Sunshine and Flowers i i Ashland, Oregon. Llthia Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa" ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 1, 191 G VOL. XL NUMBER 98 Farmers Recommend District Treasurer Buck Lake Project Is Considered "17" TPw "W TL. T" 'M Motors from Beyond Roseburg to Lecture Virgil O. Strlckler, the Christian Science lec turer who Bpoke here last J? Tuesday the Talent Farmers' Club hed an Important meeting at the town hall. Some time ago a meeting was held for the purpose of recom mending directors for the Irrigation proposition, and the men recommend ed for this job are 0. A. Manning of Talent, R. E. Roblson of Talent and J. W. Mlllner of Ashland. At that time the treasurer of the district was overlooked, so at the Tuesday's meet ing Mr. Emmett Beeson was recom mended. The question of whether an irrigation district will be formed will be decided at the primary election on May 19, and if at the election the majority of votes are for the irriga tion district, the above mentioned directors will have full charge and will proceed with the consideration of the Irrigation projects. At the same meeting J. J. Cham bers, who owned Duck Lake water supply, submitted a report. He was asked by the club to submit more definite plans. Another important meeting of the Farmers' duo will be held within the next two weeks, and all farmers who are interested are expected to be present. Local and County Registration Total The total registration in Ashland was 1.670 at the close of the registra tion for the May primaries. Barron and Bellevlew precincts are included in this total. C. L. Loomls registered the largest number, 521 voters, In the East Main, Southeast and Boulevard, precincts, affixing their names to blanks In the Loomls confectionery. Mrs. Susie Allen registered 429 from the Northwest Ashland and Ashland West Central precincts. J. A. Lemery registered 299 from the East and Central divisions, and G. F. Billings registered 421 names from the Oak, North Ashland, Bellevlew and Barron districts. Republicans led in the reg istration by a large majority. The women were very well, represented. The registration for the county shows a total of 7,650 voters, with twice as many republicans as demo crats. Three thousand, seven hun dred and forty-seven men designated their political faith with the G. O. P., and 1,915 women did likewise. In the democratic party there are 1,405 men and 881 women. The Bull Moose still retains the affections of 27 men and 9 women, a total of 36. The prohibition party has 42 men and 114 women, the only party in which the women lead. The socialist party contains 137 men and 60 wom en, a total of 197. One hundred and seventy-four men and 139 women, a total of 313, registered as possessing no particular political faith, and are classed as miscellaneous. About fif teen of the registrations were sent back for minor corrections. Will Stage Pageant In Ashland Park One hundred students of the ex pression and physical training classes of the Medford Conservatory of Music and Art will stage a spectacular pa geant, "The Masque of Myths," in Llthia Park in this city on the even ing of May 23. Music will be fur nished by two bands and an orchestra and elaborate costumes especially de signed. The Medford students are being trained under the direction of ' Mrs. Hovious of the conservatory. The pageant will be given under the auspices of the Ashland Civic Club and the Greater Medford Club. Lured Minors From Phoenix Home Mrs. Lizzie Thurman Colby, eight-teen-year-old girl who was arrested at Hornbrook last Wednesday on a charge of contributing tq the delin quency of minors, was bound over to the grand Jury by Justice Taylor at Medford Friday. One of the Jitney drivers between Ashland and Medford Is mixed np in the case and ah abund ance of sordid details developed at the hearing. ' ' ' ' : : According to the testimony Mrs. Colby Induced the two minor girls to accompany her to Ashland, first baT-i Ing the girls retire, and then meet her when their mothers were asleep. They attended a1 dance in Ashland The Buck lake irrigation proposi tion, which Is offered the Talent-Ash-land Irrigation district by J. J. Cam bers and the company which backs him, Is receiving serious considera tion from the Irrlgatlonlsts. Mr. Cambers has been asked to submit detailed data concerning the project. Through misinformation the state ment was made last week that the main stream which feeds Buck lake is thirty yards wide and twelve feet deep. This should have read thirty feet wide and four feet deep, accord ing to Mr. Cambers. This river flows from an Immense spring. The Mathis-Vessey Meetings Attract The Mathis-Vessey revival meet ings are attracting big crowds at the Chautauqua building svery evening. Special services for every evening this week and afternoon services on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday have been announced. Tuesday night will be devoted especially to the young people and the high school has been Invited to attend. Wednesday will be Medford night, Thursday women's night and Friday men's night. On Saturady evening the choir will give a sacred concert. The concert given by the children last Saturday evening was heard by a large crowd. Sunday was a great day, with three services. Hundreds of women attended the afternoon meeting. Churchill Outlines Rural School Plan Superlntendent Churchill, head of the Oregon school system, outlined a campaign which, has been instituted to raise the standard of the rural schools of Oreeon. before the South - ern Oregon District Federation of Women's Clubs last Wednesday. Mr. ChurcbiH first told of the deplorable condltions which had existed in, the" rural scnoois 01 uregon prior 10 me awakening of Interest in this impor tant devision of the state's education al system three years ago. He stated that for twenty-five years absolutely no record was kept of the rural schools and no standard manded. The rural schools com- manded no attention outside of their little circles and were not recognized as a part of the state's system. Now, however, the rural schools have be come recognized as a vita! part of the educational system everywhere and nil the states have made some kind of systematic effort to raise the stand ard. At the last session of the legisla ture Miss Towne of Jackson county Introduced a bill which required a minimum term of eight months In every school In Oregon and required that teachers have at least one year of elementary training In teaching. The school authorities have now outlined a plan which they designate as the county unit plan, and Superin tendent Churchill is working in the interests of this plan. The plan is to divide every county into five dis tricts. At an annual meeting each district is to elect one member to a board which will have the handling of school funds and elect the superin tendent of the district. The board will place the teachers and buy and install equipment. The county will then be the unit of taxation for the rural school systems. This plan has the backing of the United States board of education and is considered the ideal way of hand ling the problems of the rural schools. A part of the campaign for a higher standard of rural schools includes more normal schools in the Btate. Mr. Churclhil's statements regarding the re-establishment of the Southern Ore gon Normal were applauded enthusi astically. He stated that the time Is coming when there will be no state teachers' examinations, but the teach ers will be required to keep up to the minute by reading circle work. and secured a Jitney for the return trip. There were three young men along. It was alleged that they drove the car Into the brush near Phoenix and extinguished all the lights.. :.The prosecuting attorney's office is invest igating the conduct of the boys on the' trip. : , ' ,;' Tidings "For Psfleads'are active little real estate salesmen!" ') S - ':. . , (..VV'2 Ki "' : . qf V J Katliryn Wllliunw In "The Xe'er-Do. Tuesday, M Here's Where Greer Got the Money ' It is unfortunate that Ashland of ficials are compelled to resort to affidavits to defend their reputation against false and malicious charges. The following affidavit and re ceipt show where Greer got the money to pay off the $4,000 mort gage which enemies recently in- 1 slnuated likely came out of the , Smith-Emery contract on the springs enterprise, and that the Tidings was ;P"t out of Greer's name to avoid de- . ticiency judgments, , X umber One Nailed. Just to bring out the truth, the following items are copied from the ! vouchers which the Springs Water ; Commission issued for printing let- de-'ter heads, and include every letter! head printed by the Tidings for. the Springs Water Commission: June 14, 1915, 1,500 letter heads for publicity depart ment 7.00 Sept. 25, 1915, 2,000 letter . heads (one color).. 8.00 Nov. 23, 1915, printing glass of water on 500 letter heads 1.25 Jan. 13, 1916, printing 1,000 letter heads 6-00 Jan. 26, 1916, printing 1,500 letter heals, two colors. ... 10.00 March 10, 1916, printing 1,000 letter heads, two colors... 7.50 It will be seen that in not a single Instance did the Tidings charge $10 for 1,000 letterheads. The only item that nearly approximates that is the item of January 26, in which 1,500 letter heads not 1,000 were print ed for $10. These were printed on twenty-four-ponnd Exchange bond, in two colors. This the Tidings sup plied and charged the same price it gets from other customers for the same service, $10 for 1,500 of them. Blow Up Produce Association Safe Some time ean sunuay mornuiK, i burglars, who must have been ex- J perts, from the thorough and work- j manlike job which they pertormeu, blew up the safe In the Ashland Fruit and Produce Association's office, so- curing about $20. Entrance was se cured through a window by breaking the glass. The door was blown off the safe, the explosion breaking sev eral windows and scattering frag ments all over the office. Probably because of the proximity to the rail road yards, the explosion was not heard by anyone In the neighborhood. No traces of the burgHars were left except two heel marks In front of the safe. Not a single finger print oonld be fpund.or other clue of any wstew j Swift's packing uompany m entered the same night, but nothing taken except a ten of pineapple. Ek,,Bagley left last .night; for .'shapes, also the reJa4tyleMite xtended business trip in theL ell ft Whittle.- ? f an extended business trip 'V " -V " VSp ' , V'".''.'-:. '&' A.'.'A -- Well" t the iiiing Monday and ay 1st and 2nd. Number Two Nailed, AFFIDAVIT. Ashland, Ore., April 28, 1916. This Is to- certify that Bert R. Greerldid, on the 30th day of Octo ber, 1915, deposit for collection in The Citizens Bank of Ashland, a check drawn on the Los Angeles Trukt and Savings Bank of Los An geleal., dated October 22, 1915, ia the' sum of $5,000.00, made payable! to the Ashland Print ing' Cqmpany and signed by H. H. Hail. This check carried In its lower left hand corner the following notation: "Payment In full for 50 shares of the capital stock of The Ashland Printing Company, Ashland, Ore." The check was duly collected through the regular channels, and on November 9, 1915, The Ashland Printing Company Issued Its check against this collection In the sum of $4,123.50, payable to F. D. Wagner, carrying the following notation on the lower left hand corner of the check: "Payment In full of four $1,000.00 Greer notes and Interest to date," which check was presented for payment and paid by this hank oa the 10th day of November, 1915. j V. O. N. SMITH, Cashier -Citizens Bank of Ashland. ' Subscribed and sworn to hefore me this 1st day of May, 1916. F. S. ENGLE, Notary Public for the State of Ore gon. My commission expires January 18, 1920. RECEIPT. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22, 1915. Received of The Ashland Printing Company, Certificate No. 7 Tor 50 shares of the capital stock of The Ashland Printing Company. HARRY II. nAIL. No doubt, as editors nre usually Inclined to bo fair, the Ashland arid Medford papers will give this matter the same prominence that they ac corded tho 3lander. StC31HCr AflfC Attracts Crowd Attracting more attention than the revival meeting or the attractions of Ashland park, a crowd of several score pedestrians and dozens of autos poured down Oak street In the wake of the fire truck Sunday afternoon. An alarm was turned In from the vi cinity of a barn Just below the Ash land lumber yards, where a little steamer car of the vintage of '97 was on fire. By the time the truck ar rived the blaze waa put out. The car Is the property 61 Henry Hammond. Genuine Panaiht;at $8, $4.60 and $5 In the -latest high- crown Thursday evening, underwent a try ing experience in getting to Ashland in time to meet his engagement. On account of the train wreck at Itico ! Hill, north of Itoselmrg, Mr. Strlckler I drove all the way from Yoncalla by automobile, arriving at 9 p. m. and immediately taking the platform. Yoncalla Is just this side of Drain and several miles north of Roscliurg. Mr, , Strlckler had to go hungry all day. j Several hundred people crowded the i Elks temple to hear him lecture , Thursday. Mrs. Canby of Grants Pass Is President The following officers wero elected at the concluding session of the Southern Oregon Federation of Wom en's Clubs' annual convention in Ash land last Friday: President, Mrs. W. W. Canby, Grants Pass; vice-presidents, Mrs. E. D. Briggs, Ashland, and MIbs Marian Towne, Phoenix; record ing secretary, Mrs. C. D. Hoon, Med ford; corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. O. Clements, Grants Pass; treas urer, Mrs. Madge Buchanan, Rose burg; auditor, Mrs. F. C. Smith, Jack sonville; district organizer, Mrs. J. F. Mundy, Medford. The president-elect, Mrs. Canby, was for four years national president of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fratern ity. Berkeley Ranch Sold To Howard W. H. Howard has purchased the Berkley ranch, four miles east of Ashland, from A. F. Berkley. This ranch property Is considered one of the most fertile farms in the south end of the valley. The sulphur spring from which water is piped to Lithla Park is on this place. " Hodgson & Reed negotiated the deal. Report of District Federation Meet The following comprehensive $ $ report of the third annual con- $ ventlon of tho Southern Oregon ? District Federation of Women's "S S Clubs was written for the Tld- Ings by Mesdames Jack, Whit 4 ney and Roland of the Ashland $ clubs. The account of Wednes- 4 & day's sessions appears in this Issue, and the reports of the $ Thursday and Friday sessions 3 ? will follow In Thursday's issue. & The First Southern Oregon District Federation of Women's Clubs held its third "annual convention In Auxiliary hall at Ashland April 26, 27 and 2$, 1916. Jfiss Marian B. Towne of Phoenix presided in her happiest vein through out the entire session. She furnished an unusually instructive and classy program. Following the refilstratlon of dole- gates, the entire audience made "America" ring, giving promise of the enthusiasm and intense Interest that would prevail. Then we came right down to solid thinking in State Superintendent Churchill's address on "The Influence of School Legislation." He spoke earnestly on what can bo done to Im prove rural schools, but does not ad vocate the "teachorago" of which the Washington state superintendent Is so optimistic. By this plan rural teachers have a cottage in each dis trict which becomes a real home to them during tliolr Incumbency. There are twenty-eight such school-cottages In Oregon, but In Mr. Churchill's opinion they are a failure. Then he gave us some measures necessary to carry out the program of Improve ment through legislative enactment. He explained at length the county unit system and the connty unit of taxation. The schools of our state He near to our hearts, and any meas ure that will better them or our teachers when set forth by so able an advocate ' as State 'Superintendent Churchill has ' great weight with us. If we ' learned nothing more during the three days' convention we. should nave been heartily repaid for altend- (Continued on Paee Eight.) "The Ne'er-Do-Well" Tonight and Tuesday Tonight and tomorrow night the Vlning Theatre offers the greatest production which has been thrown on the screen In months. As great if not greater than "The Spoilers" Is tho great Rex Peach story of Panama, "The Ne'er-Do-Well." The cast is much the same as made the great Alasknn picture, the story Is Rex Beach's greatest, and the Solig play ers journeyed to Panama to get the actual sett'ngs for this wonderful and fascinating nine-reel picture. Kath lyn Williams, Wheeler Oaliman and a supporting cast of virile, "live" play ers was gathered together to produce this great Sellg fenture. The story of the Ne'er-Do-Well Is familiar to almost everyone. Con taining, as It does, unrivalled oppor tunities for plot, action and thrilling Incidents, it is the ideal motion pic ture story. The greatest achievement of the a?,'fi, tho building of the Pan ama canal, furnishes Inspiration for the greatest picture of the age. Special music and concert by the Vinlng eight-piece orchentra accom panies tho picture. Pon't miss this attraction. Grants Pass Gets Monster Sawmill A sawmll of 50,000 dally capacity is to be established in Grants Pass. Seven carloads of machinery are on the way and the erection of the mill will be rushed. Logs for the mill will be brought in over the newly con structed railroad which extends Into the Illinois vafcy. Edgar Hafer of Medford will manage the mill, being associated with representatives of the Twohy company. , The mill is one that is shipped In the first Instance to Butte Falls about four years ago, and was to have been erected to cut the fir timber there by the Hart Interests. About the time the mill arrived Mr. Hart died and the estate was closed up without put ting the mil!! Into operation. It was taken over by the Owens of Medford, by whom It has now been transferred to the new company which Is moving It from Jackson county to Josephine county. The mill will be erected upon lino of the Twohy railroad, on t tne north side of the river, and with j fhe city limits. s This mill Is but one of se)Veraf, new Industrles which will ma .terialize In Grants Pass within tr,e next few weeks, resulting upon '(he opening of the vast territory to '4he west by the new railroad. Summer Opening of Crow son's Wednesday Wyn Crowson has secured the serv ices of David Wicker, head dispenser from the Hazelwood Confectionery of Portland, to preside over the fountain at Crowson's Confectionery in Ash land. Mr. Wicker Is a real artist at compounding fancy drinks, sundaes and other fountain delicacies, and Is a valuable addition to the attractions which Crowson's have to offer. a formal opening of tho summer season has been announced for Wed- j nesdny afternoon and evening of this week at Crowson's. Special enter tainment nfternoon and evening, In cluding Lowland's orchestra, will bo offered, and the public Is invited to drop In and spend a pleasant hour some time during the day. Mr. Crowson will have orchestra music and other attractions afternoon and evening during the summer. He Intends to make Crowson's Confec tionery one of Ashland's most attrac tive recreation centers. We can dupllcato any broken Ions. Bring us the pieces. H. L. Wh'ted, i optician. 97-2t Q COMMERCIAL CLTO TONIGHT. ? The Commercial Club elects $ officers tonight. The future i policy of the club will be dls- 3 cussed and some definite action will be taken outlining a policy $ Several other important matters $ are to he voted npon and the ' $ meeting will ,be an important 1 $ one. Every member should at- tend. u Eight q'cjoclt, S:j 4 mil , (