Ashland tidings., June 15, 1916, Image 1

Tidings
Ashland Grows While Llthia Flows'
City of Sunshine and Fiowers
LAND
Ashland, Oregon, Llihia Springs
"Oregon's Famous Spa"
VOL. XLI
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 191 G
NUMBER 7
Grants Pass Sugar
Factory Is Sold
A Salt Lalto, Utah, dispatch ot: r
Jimo 7th brings news that the beet '
sugar factory now under construction :
at Grants Pass has been sold to the!'
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company of Salt,
Lake. This company Is one 0f the j
biggest sunar companies In the coun-I
try and operates over twenty fac-!
tories. The disnatch irivet a hiKtnrv'
of the valley factory as follows:
"Alexander Nibley, the secretary of
the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company, has i
been appointed resident manager for I Caring for the thousands of visit
the Utah Idaho Sugar Company atjors who will come to Ashland with
Grants Pass. I the expectation of spending the en-
"Mr. Sanders said that the com-! tire three days of the dedication cele
pletion of this sale concludes an in- J bratlon Is a problem of Immense mag
teresting chapter in the annals of the j nftude. The accommodation commit
sugar Industry controlled In Salt Lake1 tee is attacking the problem with a
City. ! full realization of what providing
"To help the Rogue River people I sleeping accommodations for thou
obtaln a sugar factory Mr. Sanders ' sands of people in a city of the size
personally became interested in the lot Ashland means. Five men from
movement last August and came here
last September, and within a few days
induced Bishop C. W. Nibley and 0.
C. Beebe of this city to assist him in
. financing the factory now being built
at Grants Pass. ,
"To carry out this purpose, the
Oregon-Utah Sugar Company was or-
ganized on September 28, 1915, and
Mr. Sanders became its first presi -
dent. Shortly thereafter Bishop C.
W. Nibley consented to become presi-
dent and Mr. Sanders wag made vice-
president and general manager;
Alexander Nibley, secretary; O. C.
Beebe, treasurer. After organization ( Mr. H. 0. Purucker. Ashland, Ore.
contracts for the growing of beets. Dear Sir: Answering yours of the
were entered into by the farmers and I 7th Inst., regarding the accommoda
arrangements then were made to ob-Jtions of the crowd, will Say that the
tain the necessary seed. Sufficient
contracts for the growing of beets to
warrant going ahead were obtained
about the latter part of December J
and the company proceeded with the
business of financing the construc
tion of a COfT-lOB tfdgar wofk, .
"The plan adopted last December
for the financing of the company was
that of issuing a $50,000 bond issue,
which bonds were shortly thereafter
underwritten by over twenty capital
ists of Salt Lake CltyTTfovo and
Granta Pass.
"During the latter part f Janu.
ary the entire bond Issue was resold
by the underwriters to a bond house
and the capital stock of the company
was increased from $100,000 to
$200,000 and the underwriters were
allowed to subscribe for the increased
capital stock. The first $100,000 cap
ital was' subscribed by Messrs. Nib
ley, Sanders and Beebe.
"Immediately thereafter a contract
was let for th erection of a 600-ton
leugar factory at Grants Pass, since
which time the construction baa pro
ceeded uninterrupted and the factory
will be completed by September 1 to
handle this year's crop, which already
has been planted and said to be in a
splendid, condition. -
"Mr. Sanders says that the citizens
Oregon and the people of the
Rogue River Valley will welcome the
advent of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Cony
pany in that country, and that it will
mean a great deal to Its 'future de
velopment to have such strong finan
cial interests identified with an Ore
gon enterprise.
"The organizers and stockholders
of the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company
have made profits ranging from 250
to 800 per cent on their Investments;
the underwriters in a period of four
months have made nearly 100 per
cent profit, and the bond house, in
the same period, made from 2 to 5
points profit on the bonds sold by
them.
"Mr. Sanders says further that the
present Indications are that the Ore
gon field will support several sugar
factories, and it is a matter of vast
importance that the development of
this (territory be in the hands of a
strong institution like the Utah-Idaho
Sugar Company, which company has
a large amount of liquid assets and is i
able to build one or more sugar fac
tories without issuing any additional
securities."
I Fruit Growers, Attention!
All members of the Ashland Fruit
& Produce Association, and other
growers, are requested to bring to
the association on July 3 any fruit
they may have for display on the
float which the association will have
In the parade on July 4.
See the manager about It bo thaj
every detail may be completed, , Do
yonr part to make It a Buccessf, 1);
ASHLAND FRUIT & PRQDIJCB ..,
ASSOCIATION. . ' , ., Wt
j Jnst received, new line' ot 'laces
and all-overs at Vaupel'g. It
$SS$$$J3$$S$$
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MAGAZINE PAPER. ?
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The dcliveryman will collect
the magazine paper which you
have saved Tor the Civic Club.
Give the paper to the delivery
men. '
TIinilCOTlH Prtf"I
IlUUDOilU VvLd
For July Visitors
. the committee are now canvassing
the city listing every available room.
A deal is being negotiated for the
purchase of one thousand cots whloh
I will either be 6oId at the wholesale
I price of $1.25 or rented for 25 cents
' a day to citizens. H. O. Purucker of
j the committee wrote to a friend who
is connected with the Pendleton
! Roundup, inquiring concerning the
'methods pursued in that city during
j their Roundup In handling the
crowds. The following reply was
received:
Pendleton, Ore., June 9, 1916.
Pendleton Roundup purchased the
cots which they have outright. They
rent these cots out to the people of
the city for 25 cents per day and
they have to take them for three
days. The Roundup has the accom
modation headquarters and people
go ttsre for rooms. They have the
people listed to whom they have rent-1
ed the cots and send the Inquiries' to
the people hating the' cOts." Also they
request the people, of Pendleton,
through the local papers, to phone
in the A headquarters if they have
any rooms to rent and also list these,
for the visiting public.
It is a large task to handle a crowd
.In a small town and It can only be
done with the co-operation of your
people of Ashland. They MUST throw
their homes open to the public. That
Is one of the great features which go
to make our show such a success
here. Our people do. their part.
' And another point that is as im
portant a factor, If not more so, is,
ask, plead, beg and INSIST thai the
people of Ashland do not "hold np"
the visiting public, if they do, you
will get the worst name and it will
be hard to rectify It. Set a price on
a room for one person, for twd, and
the price per cot, the price for a sin
gle bed, a double bed, and advertise
this in your local papers. Even re
quest your hotels not to hold people
Up. Every one Is Inclined to "get
the money" at a time like this, and
it is up to the association to see that
they don't rob people. The people of
Ashland should entertain the thought
of boosting their town, and the fact
that people will come again next year
If they are treated right.
Also Tmight state at this time that
our Roundup posts prices in the
grandstands, etc., what to pay for
refreshments and thus keep the peo
ple from being held UP again.
Any information 1 can give you
along this line will give me pleasure,
for I wish to see Ashland make a
success of the show.
Very truly yours,
CARL POWER.
Notice of Annual School Meeting.
Notice Is hereby given to the legal
voters of Schtol District No. 5 of
Jackson County, State of Oregon,
that the annual school meeting of
said district will be held at the City
Hall, to begin at the hour of 2 o'clock
p. m. on the third Monday of June,
being the 19th day of June, A. D.
1916.
This meeting is called for the pur
pose of electing one Director and the
transaction of business usual at such
meeting.
i Dated this 8th day of June, 1916.
, G. . EUBANKS,
" Chairman Board of Directors.
. Attest: H. T. POHLAND,
It ., . District Clerk.
ii F.,K. Peterson ana j. j. wurpny oi
Sites, Cal., jwere In the city the last
of the Teek, n4, after looking Ash
land' over left Saturday for Klamath
Falls. ".. :. 'V
with a
GENEROUS RETURN OF INTEREST
lit.
You spend your afternoons and evenings for
twelve days, commencing Julv 7tli, at
Chauimqua
Listening to the eloquence, wisdom, music and
entertainment of persons worth while.
You Receive in Return
J st High ideals. 3rd Nobler purposep.
2d Wider vision. 4th Health and happiness.
Remember A season's ticket
$ 4- & ! 4 ! $ 4 S
A FAKE SIGNATURE.
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The name of H. Hash,' 937 $'
Oak street, appears on the Greer
S recall petition. Mr. Hash says
he did not himself sign the re-
call, nor did he authorize any-
i body else to sign his name to it.
-? t- $ 5
Record Warmth
Brings Crowds
The thermometer registered 95
degrees above zero in Ashland yes
terday, one of the hottest June days
for several years. At the same time
Medford was sweltering with the
thermometer' Zt the 100 mark. Ash-
land park Is the most popular and
the iG6lest place in the valley. - The
crowd at the Wednesday night band
concert . was the largest evening
crowd which has yet visited the park.
Indicative of the possibilities of Ash
land weather is the fact that the
thermometer drops down to around
45 nightly and on last Thursday got
down to 32, which ( Is another June
record. The universal wish is that it
will stay warm until after the July
celebration, since it is during really
hot weather that Ashland can offer
the greatest attractions with her doz
ens of acres of shady park which is,
kept several degrees cooler than the
rest of the valley by the snow waters
of Ashland creek.
Roy Davis Receives
Deputy Clerkship
Roy Davis, former Ashland real'
dent and now court stenographer for
the circuit court at Medford, has re
ceived the appointment of deputy
clerk for the United States district
cflurt, succeeding Judge Canon, who
resigned to become register of' the
land office at Roseburg. Mr. Davis
will have tine offices in the new fed
eral building at Medford. District
court meets once a year In October
in Medford to try southern Oregon
cases.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ashcraft and
son Lynn D. have moved up from
Medford and are occupying the Chat
tin bungalow on Hargadlne street.
Mr. Ashcraft is one of the Interurban
drivers, and summer schedules have
made keeping one of the big gray
cars over night in Ashland the best
method for handling the Immense
crowds which visit Ashland from
down the valley.
H. F, Davidson, one of the most
extensive fruit operators in the north
west,, with headquarters at Hood
River, and S. B. Moomaw of London,
representing the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors, were in the valley for
two or three days last week, looking
over the fruit situation.
Miss Amy Stannard, who recently
returned from Berkeley College,
spent a few days last week visiting
on Gall's creek, where her mother Is
teaching and where she has many
friends, having taught the same
school herself a couple of terms.
Mrs. M. Standard retumedto her
home on Liberty street Sunday,' hav
ing finished a nine months' term of
school at Gall's creek. ,
costs only $2.25, if bought now
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ANOTHER FAKK,
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The name of Ethel
Burton, 3
$! 311 Mountain avenue, appears
4 4 on the Greer recall petition.
-?j?' Ethel Burton lives in Medford. ?
C. W. Fraley lives at 311 Moun- ?
Sj tain avenue and no one at his
i house signed the recall.
More Interest in
Roseburg Than Here
O. T. nergner and Frank Hammett
went to iioseSurg Tuesday to spread
the advertising of the Ashland
Springs Dedication' Celebration and
Rogue River Roundup. They report
a fine trip, Mr. Bergner stating: "It
is gratifying to note the friendly feel
ing and' Interest In bur celebration
evidence not inly in Roseburg but
in all of the little towns along the
route." He Bays there Is more en
thusiasm over the celebration - In
Roseburg than in Ashland and that
several hundred people are coming
from there. The merchants of Rose
burg gave the Ashland visitors a fine
reception and, assured them that
Roseburg would be well represented
here during the three big days.
Dunsmuir Band
Concert Program
The following program will be ren
dered Sunday In Llthia Park by the
Dunsmuir band:
1. March, National Emblem, E. E.
Bagley.
2. Imogene (Indian Wild Flow
er), cornet duet (Hill and Slmmlng
ton), Slay Smith.
3. American Patrol, F. W. Mea
cham. 4. Valse Geraldine, Henry Lodge.
6. . March, Around the Circle, Geo.
Rosenkrans.
6. Operatic Mingle, E. V. Berry.
7. The Observatory Two-step, F.
H. Yosey.
8. Masonic Waltzes, J. B. Gampe.
.9. It's Tulip Time in Holland,
one-step, It. A. Whiting.
10. Shades of Night Intermezzo,
L. W. Gilbert '
11. March, Midnight Special, H.
J. 'Lincoln.
H. D. Hill,,.bandmaster.
Mrs. James Ru3d has gone to Min
nesota to be present at the gradua
tion of her son at one of the leading
colleges, and will visit with friends
and relatives in that state and North
Dakota for some time before return
ing to her home in Ashland.
Notice.
All persons driving cars for hire
during the 4th, 5th and 6th of July
must have chauffeur's license.
R. C. PORTER,
6-2 1 Chief of Police.
J. B. Fee, -who is getting out the
Jackson county directory, will be In
Ashland calling on -the merchants and
arranging census details all this
week. He is putting out 1,000 direc
tories In Jackson county and north
ern California,
W. P. Wilson, a prominent mining
man of Grants Pass, came np the last
of the week to spend several days in
Ashland. '-. 4
$ $
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ANOTHER FAKK.
Tlio name of Mrs. Belle Yar
? brough, 532 Scenic Drive, ap-
v pears on the Greer recall petl-
tion. Mrs. Yarbrouirh says:
"Mr. Hooper told me ha was
c'rculatlng a petition to lower
V the taxes. 'Don't you want your I
taxes lowered?' he said. I told i
him of course, I did. 'Then sign
s this petition,' he said. I had
s? not the least idea I was signing
J a recall petition against' Mr.
Greer and do not want my name
3 on it."
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Recall Election
Monday, June 26
The notice calling an election of
, the qualified voters of Ashland to de
termine whether B. R. Greer shall or
shall not be recalled from the springs
."'""'"" Ul U'O HI 01 SU1UI1U
appears elsewhere In this issue. The
election date is set for Monday, June
26, and the polls will be open from
9 o'clock In the morning until 6 in
the evening on that day. Those who
are behind the recall petition which
was filed last week are making an
active campaign to turn out every
vote possible to recall Mr. Greer and
a lively Interest Is apparent in the
election. The largest vote wh'ch has
been turned out in the city in the
past two years is expected.
Candidates for the office of springs
water commissioner of the city to
take office on the commission In case
Mr. Greer Is recalled may be noml-.
nated by the filing of a petition with
twenty-five names attached. It is
rumored that II. G. Enders' name will
appear on the ballots.
All qualified electors who have re
sided thirty days In the city and ten
days In the ward Immediately preced
ing the election are entitled to vote
In their respective wards. The poll
ing places are outlined In the election
call; Following is Greer's statement
as required by law:
"The official acts of the springs
water commission have all been mat
ters of prompt and wide publicity, as
required by the city charter amend
ment creating the commission and
defining its duties.
"I have done my best In the admin
istration of my o'Nce and have
worked with an eye single to the best
Interests of the city. The work
shows for Itself. I rely upon the re
sults achieved.
"Before the work was done the
Smith, Emery & Company contract
was submitted to a vote of the people
of Ashland and was ratified at an
election held on the 3rd day of May,
1914, by a large majority. Relying
upon that approval, the springs wa
ter commission proceeded to carry
out the contract as ratified.
"Section 8 of the charter amend
ment creating the springs water com
mission provided that the commission
shall publish an itemized statement
of all expenditures "and every Item
thereof." This the commission did
at the same rate paid by the city of
Ashland for like notices,
"The 50,000 booklets complained
of by the petitroners were printed by
the Ashland Printing Company for
$600. The net profit on the Job to
the Tld'ngs was $62, less than is cus
tomary on commercial Jobs of the
kind."
Bungalow Dances
Are Most Popular
The Wednesday night dances at
The Bungalow are becoming more
popular with each succeeding affair,
and last night a crowd which com
fortably filled the dancing floor made
merry until late in the evening. The
Bungalow management wlshes-to Im
press upon the public their desire to
make The Bungalow a resting place
during the band concerts.
DUNSMUR BAND. 4
t The Dunsmuir band and a
tralnload of Dunsmuir people
4 will be np next Sunday. The
band will give a concert In
Llthia Park in place of the Ash-
land band, who take a vacation
i on that day. The concert will
begin at i o'clock. ' $f
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Antarctic Pictures
At Chautauqua
Stories of privation, struggles and
want met with heroism always takes
hold of the Imagination. Tales of
exciting adventure enchain the at
tent'on and thrill the hearers.
Of all the tales in recent years
of heroism and tourapoous purpose)
and lonely death, the story of Capt.
Scott has riveted the attention ot
all people who have heard that wlerd
tale. If Scott had lived, what a
tale ho could have told! Yet thcra
is a story of another Englishman, Sir
Douglas Mason, who went through
Just such adventures as did Scott
and yet lived to tell the story to men
who sat content and warm by their
own firesides, reading with chilled
spine of the adventures of this In
trepid explorer.
Mawson ca.'iie back, from the land
of Ice and snow with a story more
gripping than the tales of the Ara
bian Nights, and more profusely il
lustrated than any travelogue leo
ture. He vivifies his own statements
with moving pictures secured under
tho most hazardous circumstances,
preserved through 27 months of win
ter weather and brought back to civ
ilization for exhibition. These mov
I?B are sa'd to be the most costly
of any ever secured. Twenty thous
and feet of film were made and from
this six reels of the choicest parts
were prepared for exhibition.
These pictures were secured 10,
(100 miles from America and 2,00ft
miles from the nearest human habi
tation in a land ucver before seou
by the eye of man. Deep sea crea
tures never before seen were photo
graphed. A perfect picture was so
cured of the windiest spot on earth
Adella Land where the wind has
attained tb,e velocity of 216 mllos an
hour. The largest Icebergs were also
photographed.
And in these pictures of this frozen
uninhabited land there Is humor.
The penguin is more humorous than
the monkey and a million of these
were photographed in a single rook
ery. The penguin Is the originator
of the famous Charlie Chaplin walk.
Photographically the pictures ara
the most perfect ever taken on a
similar expedition. The expedition
which secured them was the largest
In the history of exploration. It was
composed of 66 people and cost over
$300,000. The expedition covered a
period of 27 months.
For real movie thrills the Mawson
pictures are bard to beat, and best
of all they are not fictitious, but
true. And when these movies ara
presented at the Chautauqua and the
story told by Dr. Hunsberger of this
most unusual expedition, it will be am
innovation for Chautauqua, but oner
that will be well received. Evening
of July 13. .
Vining Offerings
Of the Week
Tonight witnesses the return oC
"Peggy" to the Viniug Thoatre at
Ashland. The famous Billie Burke
made such a hit with the record
breaking Ashland crowds which at
tended the Vining on the ocraslon of
her Initial visit here several weeks
ago that the management was only
too fclad to get her in a return en
gagement, and all those who missed,
seeing the picture before, and those
and there are many who want to
see it again, will have an opportunity
tonight. Ask anyone who was there
before, and If you have not see the
picture, don't miss it. Tonight the
regular prices of 5, 10 and 15 conts
will prevail despite the extraordinary
attraction, which broke all records
at the Vining on the occasion of the
previous visit with a 25-cent price.
Friday.
Friday evening brings Fannie
Ward, a famous Paramount star, in
a photo-dramatization of the famous
story, "Tennessee's Partner." Ac
cording to advance notices, this is
Fannie Ward's greatest work. The
story with Its setting and spirit of
the west and early mining days is
familiar to almost evoryone. The
picture was filmed In the rugged
Sierras and a fidelity to pioneer tra
ditions is observed in every detail of '
the production.
Snnday. '
Francis S. Bushman in "Orau
stark" is the Sunday night attraction. "
Even body has read "Graustark,"
which as a story bas a gripping ip-
peal which; in the picture is magni
fied many times. Tills is traly a- reat
feature: Orchestra ' concert ' and j
special music. ' . f ..