Ashland tidings., July 10, 1916, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

Monday, July 10, 1016
FACE TWO
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A-hland, Ore, Monday, July 10, 1916
OVERWORKING THE RECALL.
Portland Telegram: At Ashland
tte other day tbe people decided that
It lua mistake to invoke the recall
against Bert R. Greer, chairman of
the springs commission, the body
charged with developing tbe mineral
springs which He near the progres
sive city of Jackson county. Tbe vote
showed that Greer was wanted to
finish the work so well begun, and
that a very popular man was not
strong enough to cause the people to
prefer him as a member of the com
mission. Ashland voted bonds In tbe sum of
$175,000 for the purpose of raising
funds with which to create a water
ing place, to develop the really impor
tant asset of the community. A com
mission was chosen by ballot and that
tody proceeded to spend the money
In tbe creation of a wonderful park
and playground. Nature had done
wonders for tbe community, but it
remained for Mr. Greer and one or
two other enterprising citizens to
comprehend the opportunity and
crystallize public sentiment in favor
of spending tbe necessary money to
make tbe asset available. No won
der, then, that opposition developed,
lor the work -was new in Oregon, and
there was no opportunity to show re
sults in the space of a year or two.
In California work of tbe sort under,
taken at Ashland would meet with
immediate support, and instead of
bickerings and an effort to recall the
man responsible for the development,
all good citizens would get together
and make the best of the enterprise.
Instead of fussing, the people of Ash
land would have been better off had
they organized to make the widest
possible UBe of the mineral waters
and in reality created the "Carlsbad
of America" rather than to spend
good money and needed energy In in
voking the recall, with its attendant
dissipation of effort and breaking
down of tbe community spirit.
Ashland has a fair start toward
gaining a place among tbe health re
sorts of the Pacific coast, and now
that tbe recall has failed, it would
be the part of wisdom for the people
to get together and plan constructive
ly for development of every natural
resource which prodigal Nature bas
given them to turn to their own ad
vantage. '
TRIP TO MOI XT ASHLAND.
Vice-President McCormlck, Gener
al Passenger Agent Scott and the
writer made the trip to Ashland
butte yesterday. Leaving Ashland
at 9:20 in an automobile, they wfent
cp the canyon to Long's cabin, where
a team and buggy took them to the
end of the government road. From
there the trip was made on saddle
bones. Lunch was taken at noon
about one and one-balf miles this
tid of the summit in the edge of the
snow. The horses were ridden easily
to the extreme summit, where the
party registered their names in the
book from tbe ranger box from the
back of their horses. Abcut an hour
was spent on the summit, about the
same length of time at lunch, and
the party reached the city at 8 o'clock
last night.
Horseback, the trip Is easily made
in a day with little inconvenience.
Mr. McCormlck, who bas done much
mountain climbing both in Europe
and America, pronounces the Ash
land view surpassed by none on
either continent. He says Ashland
has there a flve-mlllion-dollar asset
if popularized and properly exploited.
It Is an easy day's trip, and every
citizen should make it so that they
may be able to tell strangers about
tht grand view from the summit.
Tbe 8. P. officials visited Grants Pass
today and will leave the valley to
night, after spending a week hereabouts.
ASH LA VP S -VEW SPA.
Portland Oregonian: Tbe peo
ple cf Ashland, who are Just
concluding a three-day celebra
tion in which their neighbors have
Joined with enthusiasm that gives
much promise for tbe future, are
among tbe first to give practical ex
pression to their appreciation of tbe
possiMlities of Oregon as a tourist
resort. Municipal action and co-ope-ation
of the citizens of Ashland and
vicinity bid fair to make possible a
real departure in the development of
Oregon. We who live here have
known all along that these wonders
eiUted at our doors. It is only re
cently that we have begun to tee the
isr-ortance of developing them, of
making then known and of rendering
tliem accessible to the people of a
world outside. -
.The Pacific northwest, with its
mountains and lakes, its rivers and!
springs, its wonderful scenery and its !
ideal summer weather, needs only
tbe completing touches to which ref
erence is made to become a favorite
resort for travelers from all parts of
the land. California capitalized few
er real natural advantages and made
of itself the tourist resort of Amer
ica. Oregon, with more material to
work with, is in a position to surpass
the efforts of its southern neighbor,
and jet in no spirit of competition
that seeks to tear down the one to
build up the other. There is room
for both.
The states of the Pacific northwest
are situated on the natural route of j
travel. "Seeing the west" until re-j
cently has meant to the easterner a j
trip to California. Soon it will be j
realized that the trip is not complete j
until all the west has been included. :
In the 'line of preparation for that j
day, development of Ashland's spa,
plays an important part. In the same I
spirit the Columbia Highway was con-1
celved and will be still further devel-!
opend until a loop trip is made possi
ble around Mount Hood; in the same
direction our new roads through the
forest reserves will point. Our parks
will be made more attractive and
easier of access to all tourists. Our
snowclad mountains lend themselves
to the scheme as if made for the pur
pose. Nature smiles on the plan to
make the northwest one of the chief
pleasure resorts of a world seeking
recreation and healing. I
Queen LIthia and King Sulphur! j
Hall to the new monarchs, appointed !
to rule in a new epoch for Oregon I
and the northwest! Their reign be- j
glnB auspiciously a'nd the future un-1
der the new- dispensation is bright.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S GOOD SUP
PORT. Indicative of the interest the i
Southern Pacific Company has In
Ashland's resort enterprises was the '
visit of Vice-President McCormick, .
General Solicitor Herrin and Gen
eral Passenger agent John M. Scott
at our celebration Just past. Great
impetus was given the enterprise by
the co-operation of the S. P. Com
pany. That company is giving Ash
land a lot of good advertising and Is
keeping in close touch with our move
ments. Mr. McCormlck and General
Passenger Agent Scott have spent
more than a week in the Rogue River
valley, beginning with tbe round-up
and continuing until yesterday.
PUBLIC SERVICE.
"You can if you can't, you will if you
won't.
You're damned if you do and damned
if you don't."
ltltt,ltt?ii?iT
i:i!!ii!in
1 Heard and Overheard
a a
Mayor Johnson says: "Nobody
missed the fireworks on account of
these loud sport stripe skirts which
the girls are all wearing."
It was out at the round-up on the
first day and the fair eastern lady
at least we should Judge she was
from Boston by her conversation
was Jammed up against the rail be
hind the press box. Murray Murphy
had a mule by the ear while a cowboy
was saddling bim. The lady burst
out with: "Oh, they're biting that
mule's ear! Oh, how mean!"
Lelth Abbott said: "I am a bar
ber at the soda fountain up at The
Bungalow." Elmer Ketchura asked
why. L'-ith answered: "I shave the
Ice." (Services from the family resi
dence.) Frank Jordan wore one of the "Ask
me, I live here" ribbons during the
dear df-parted celebration, and got
along very well until a lady rushed
up to him and said, "I am looking for
a email man with one eye." Frank
suggested, "Well, if he is a very small
man you had better ne both eyes."
Gresbam'i main street is to be
paved with bitulithlc.
FIXAXCIAL STATEMENT OF THE
For Week EndingJaJy-
Dat. Vo. No. Name of Party Issued To. Amount
7-1 211 Clark Bush, secretary, for semi-weekly concerts for
one month beginning May 14. as per contract $100.00
2222
2223
2224
2225
2226
222 1
2228
229
2230
A. L. Lamb, for "2i brs. carpenter's labor on Civic
booth! In Litbia Park 10.00
Tte Liquid Carbonic Co., repair and return checks
and safety valve for carburetor 3.35
Frank Crowson, 49 hrs. labor cementing jofnu and
$2.50 per day less 6 cents state insurance 15. 25
F. E. Rosecrans. 49 brs. labor repairing pipe and $3.00
per day less 6 cents state insurance
Uedford Sun, 54 inches advertising space at 12 He...
Medford Mail Tribune, 0 inches of advertising space
at 12Hc
F. Hendricks, installing cooler In fountain
Joe Kerr. Installing cooler and cleaning np
L. O. Van Wegen. salary and transportation for June,
$91.75; hauling on
Total
Palance last reported
Disbursed aa per statement
Balance this date
J. P. DODGE, Secretary.
Hooper Faces.
Murder Charge
i :
John Austin Hooper, the kid glove
highwayman, has brought bis bril
liant criminal record to a close with
a murder. . .
On June 3 Hooper killed Special '
Officer Louis Wells in Joplin, Mo., :
while Wells was trying to arrest tim. ;
He bas made a complete confession. ,
Hooper, who is known In the Mis-!
souri city as Wilbur Mason, w as posi
tively identified as the Oregon crimi
nal de lure. His trial has been fixed
for July 10.
After raiding up and down tbe
coast and executing some particularly
unusual coups In Oregon, Hooper
was arrested in The Dalles, July 20,
1915, for robbery of the Rogue River
Bank, and was put in Jail at Grants
Pass. After he bad been there a
short time he began to tire of the
board and lodging provided by the
county. On August 16, 1915, Hooper
broke Jail and disappeared.
"Sorry to do this," he left word.
"I hate to get my friend, the sheriff,
in bad."
Once outside the Jail, be stopped
an automobile. It was occupied by a
man and a young woman. Bidding
them tbe pleasantest sort of a good
evening, the "slipper tongue" Joined
the group and at the point of his gun
forced the owner of lie machine to
him to safety. '
No courtier could have withdrawn
from the presence of his monarch
with more grace and ceremony than
Hooper left his enforced friends of
the automobile.- He disappeared
into the brush and nothing more was
heard of him until last week.
Hooper usually operated alone.
His was a dashing method of pro
cedure at all times. At the Rogue
River Bank he walked in and quickly
put the cashier hors de combat by
throwing the contents of an ammonia
bottle in his face.
A highwayman by nature and a
gentleman by( preference, or vice
versa, Hooper presented probably the
most picturesque figure in the annals
of highway robbery in this state. His
Bpeech was at all times elegant,
whether or not it matched up with
his actions.
Following a short term in San
Quentin penitentiary, Hooper was
sentenced to life in Folsom for high
way robbery in Marin county, Califor
nia, In May, 1904. He served ten
years and was paroled In September,
1914.
Immediately he returned to a life
of violence. Many of his escapades
were those of a modern Robin Hood.
Get Fine Pictures
Of the Round-Up
The Ashland Studio photographers,
Messrs. Hinthorne and Stevenson, se
cured some first-class pictures of the
buckers and the races at the round-'
up. By special permission these men
and the motion picture men were giv
en an opportunity of running the risk
of having a bucker come down on
them. The pictures secured were
well worth the time, effort and risk,
however. A large number of views
were taken and may be seen and are
for sale at the Studio Ashland. It
Try a sack of our chicken rolled
oats. They look Just like your break
fast oat-flakes, and they sure bring
the eggs. Only $2 the sack. Ashland
j Mills, phone 49. 9-lmo.
IXTERURBAN AUTOCAR CO.
Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix daily except Sunday at
9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00
and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday
night at 6:30 and 12:20. Sundays
. leave at 9:00 and 1:00, 4:30, 6:30
and 10:30 p. m.
Leave Medford for Ashland dally ex
cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m., 1:00,
2:00, 4:00 and 6:15 p. m. Also on
Saturday at 11:15 p. m. On Sun
days at 8:00 and 10:30 a. m., and
1:00, 2:00, 6:30 and 9:30 p. m.
Fare between Medford and Ash
land, 20 cents. Round trip, 85 cents,
SPRINGS WATER COMMISSION
1S.31
6.75
7.50
6.00
9.00
physical plant construction, $75 166.75
, $342.91
Special Physical Physical Plant
Plant Fund. Operating Fund.
$12,099.22 $3,050.23
10S.56 234.35
$11,990.66
I2.S15.6S
BERT R. GREER, Cbajiman
Champ Bucker Is
24 Years of Age
Perhaps yon remarked that long.
lanky, sleepy, nondescript animal f
that was led out in the finals of the '
bucking contest at the round-up and :
was ridden by George Fletcher, the !
Pendleton negro rider. Old Alkali'
Pete he is called. Pete is a tired
looking specimen of horseflesh- ordi-('
narily, but the minute a saddle Is
thrown across his back be becomes
a piece ol galvanized electricity. '
Fletcher won third money on Pete
last week, and remember, please, that ,
winning a bucking contest depends a '
great deal upon tbe horse as well as
the rider. Tbe remarkable part of
Alkali Pete is that he has seen twenty-four
summers and is still one of :
the worst buckers in the west. He is !
owned by Oscar Sanders of Redding. '
Sanders said that he has used Pete
for a workhorse and that be is gentle
and a good worker, but the minute
someone sits on his back, whoopee,
boys, something is going to tear
loose.
Brotherhoods
Hear Speakers
A meeting of tbe various railroad
brotherhoods was held Saturday
night at Memorial hall ,in this
bycity. The railroad men were ad
dressed by S. Veatch, L. Sanford and
83-
Orae
A Fine Bagain
16 Oranges for
Tuesday Only
Bin Eg
The March King's stately name is known wherever music
holds its own, wherever drums and cymbals throb, and
orchestras hold down their job. A
Sousa march just mention that, and
mark how people smile thereat; they
know what Sousa's music is; it's melody
without the fizz; it's full of energy and
pep, and makes old graybeards dance
a step; they hear the sound of marching
men, of chargers trotting down the glen,
the shock of battle and the roar, and
billows beating on the shore. And
Sousa, when he would compose that
music which the whole world knows,
fills up his pipe with good old "Tux"
(name t'other brands, and he says,
"Shucks P). Tuxedo is. the smoke of
men who do big things with lyre or
pen, who make the old world's wheels
go round, whose names will down the
ages sound. .
5E
J. F. McDowell - of San Francisco.
These gentlemen represent the arbi
tration committee which is working
to secure arbitration of the measures
now being contested by the railroads
and the unions. They were met at
the train by the "LIthia Special," the
brotherhoods' float in the Fourth pa
rade. The roundup and celebration are
over, and now is the time to round up
your soiled suit and have it cleaned
and pressed for $1 at Paulserud &
Barrett's. 14-lt
, J. P. DODGE & SONS
Undertakers
State Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant
Deputy County Coroner
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At The
M(0W
JOHN PHtUP SOUSA
And Hit Bud, Sayi
"Alt tht dm, tntrfif
end tnthutiatm itt pat
Into tht playtnf of 'Tht
Start and Strip For
ttti'wtfind In thttUaJf
um of Tuxtia. "
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