Monday, July 17, 1018
ASHLAKD
PAGE SIX
Ashland's Great
Granite Asset
l Continue from Page One)
Mr. Blair is a granite man of vMe
experience, having come from the
quarries at Carre, Vt.. and having
worked in granite as far west as Pu
get Sound, north into British Colum
bia and across the southern part of
the United States from California to
Virginia and South Carolina. Dur
ing tae morning he drew many inter
esting comparlsi. . :, particularly be
tween the Ashland rock r.nd that
from Barre, long known as granite of
fine quality.
Technically speaking, m"st trnntte
lias the "rift," the '"grain" and the
"head grain," corresponding respec
tively to the "flat grain," the "edge
grain" and the end or cross grain in
timber. One exceptional feature of
this lower Ashland ledge is in the
fact that the stone splits with the
"rift" in any direction, leaving the
usual smooth surface. A drill of new
design is used having a hole through
it from end to end, through which
the dust at the point of the drill is
blown away.
The Barre granite is of three
shades, dark, light and medium.
These three shades are also found in
the Ashland deposits, and Mr. Blair
is satisfied that this stone is equal
or superior to the Barre granite in
every particular. It will polish beau
tifully and show up letters in fine
shape two requisites for a superior
monument stone. The granite of the
lower ledge is remarkably uniform,
free from black "knots," "white
horses" and other blemishes. Blocks
of fifty tons without a flaw could be
taken out with adequate facilities for
handling such large ones, which, how
ever, are seldom needed. The two
tipper ledges, while largely free from
blemishes, usually will not yield such
large blocks of equal perfection. The
granite of the second ledge polishes
dark and shows carvings white, mak
ing in effect a 'beautiful contrast.
From Barre, Vt., are sent annually
to Oregon about fifty carloads of
granite of an estimated value of
$100,000. The stone costs $1.35 per
cubic foot in the rough there. The
freight is $1 per hundred pounds,
and, while the net weight per cubic
foot of finished dimensions is but
175 pounds, the stones necessarily
are cut large to allow for dressing.
bo that the total cost of Barre granite
In the rough laid down in Oregon
amounts to $3.85 per net cubic foot.
Finished, the cost runs as high as
from $S to $9 per cubic foot.
At Barre there are ninety-two
quarries, employing in all depart
ments of the work about 12.000 men.
Mr. Blair is confident that on his
property there Is as much fine gran
ite as in the Barre quarries, though
of course Oregon does not have the
trade territory as densely populated
or as well developed as that tributary
to the eastern city. Many Barre
quarries show "white horses" in the
surface rock, but these disappear as
deeper levels are reached, so the
6ame may be true of the two upper
Ashland ledges, which even now fur
nish many large, clear stones, while
the lower ledge is clear from the
start.
'.Mr. Blair submitted samples of his
granite to Edwards and Lazell, chem
ical and efficiency engineers of Port
land, for test. Samples were in two
forms, solid and pulverized. The fol
lowing extract is from this firm in
reply: "Laboratory No. 8.185. This
( granite contains no iron in the form
of sulphide and no sulphur. There
is further very little iron soluble in
acids. 'From the above investigations
we consider the granite to be free
from any material which will cause it
to rust or stain. ' A recent govern
ment reports approves the Ashland
granite for all government work
The company is now engaged In
getting out steps for the new Port
land auditorium. These blocks are
three by four by eight feet and weigh
nearly eight and one-half tons each.
When one rough block was being
lowered to the cutting shed the hand
ler was asked its weight. He re
plied, "About ten tons." The fore
man measured the stone and comput
ed the actual weight at 20,475
pounds as evidence that the quarry
man knew his business even to guess
ing weights. A monument valued at
S00 is being made for the grave of
a well-known Portland business man
recently deceased.
The Blair Granite Company is
equipped with surfacing and polish
ing machines driven by electricity for
turning out completely finished work
as well as the rough product. Solid
blocks of twelve tons weight without
the slightest imperfection are tiow
being taken out. The dirt hill cover
ing the ledge is valuable in place of
staging, which otherwise would have
to be built for handling the stone.
All waste dirt is easily and quickly
dumped into the canyon below. The
company owns 120 acres of quarry
land, and, cornering with this tract,
a good little forty-acre ranch which
will be used eventually for cutting
sheds and employes' homes. A stream
supplying an abundance of water
runs down across the land through
the canyon below the present works.
For present uses the water is piped
from a point 1,100 feet upstream
from the quarry. A buukhouse
twenty-four by thirty feet and cook
house twenty by forty feet now fur
nish temporary quarters for the six
employes.
Nature in conjunction with a wise
utilization of her gifts has provided
a splendid site and ideal conditions
for a granite quarry, and Mr. Blair is
much pleased with the outlook. The
present orders on which he Is now
working and has secured in so short
a time are evidence of his business
sagacity and the true merit of the
stone. Mr. Blair says he has every
thing satisfactorily figured out ex
cept the distressing problem as to
how the tadpoles got into a barrel of
water standing under a majestic Ore
gon fir at the meeting place of the
road and an old irrigating aitcn. ine ,
spot is enchanting and the barrel is j
painted a light blue, neither of which
circumstances is likely to have influ
enced the tadpoles in their choice of
a home. No one in the party was
able to solve the knotty problem, so,
not having their guilt clearly estab
lished, the little frollckers were left
to the Joy of their brief lives.
The location of Mr. Blair's prop
erty is about one mile below the
Chrlstensen sawmill on Nell creek
and is near where S. Penniston and
sons did some prospecting ten or
twelve years ago, but the rock is now
being taken out at a lower level to
much better advantage. Mr. Blair s
men are all experienced. The quarry
UUPH, 1.1. D. JU11113UU, niiu 49 c mvj
cutter and polisher, and Richard
1. " Tl TaIihaah tt' 1 n In n Ian Q '
Fagan, a cutter, are from the Barre
quarries. Robert Gauly and Frank
Olson, both cutters, are from Wiscon
sin. John Blair ls'also a cutter and
Lester Weiss is truck driver and en
gineer. Walter M. Blair, the owner,
Is chief of all and a handy man at
anything.
ASH LAND'S CELEBItATIOX, JULY
4, 5, 6, 1916.
(By Frank H. Hull, Movie Man.)
They let the cowboys have their way.
Let us hope the spirit is here to stay,
For with the roundup and the park,
All classes may come and have their
lark. '
Young and old from every Oregon
dell,
And from California, too, as well,
Will meet each year in Ashland,
With lithia as its foremost brand.
The F6urth is over, the cowboys gone,
Asiiland may rest, for quiet is on.
Tracy Layne, the cowboy poet,
Said old man Adams got his goat.
Smiley Corbett with his million-dol
lar smile
Was there with fancy roping for
quite a while.
Vernon walked away with the bull-
dogging event,
But Cable took the roping and away
he went.
Bob Hall's drunken ride made a hit,
Smiley Corbett brought a yell when
he .lit;
Barrel Cannon won the saddle by his
ride,
For he stayed on. top when he got
astride.
Big black George, the Fletcher boy,
Rode everything as though it were
a toy.
Then right here he would expand
And ride in front of the big grand
stand. When "Skeeter Bill," with too much
booze,
Tried to ride the bull he couldn't con
fuse, He stuck two jumps, then fell on his
face,
And assisted by friends he left, the
place.
Tracy wrote the poems while he was
here,
But since he has beckoned to the
farewell cheer,
I'll fill the vacancy where nothln's
needed,
Till by another guy I am exceeded.
The Southern Pacific Company
will erect a $10,000 station building
at North Bend.
Malheur county is building crushed
rock roads at $750 per mile.
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Zueblin Gives
Good Advice
Charles Zueblin, the Boston civic
lecturer, began his lecture last Tues
day afternoon by saying that Ashland
had the most beautiful Chautauqua
grounds and the worst auditorium of
any city in which he had addressed
an audience. The1 subject of his talk
was "The New Civic Spirit." The ad
dress was one of the best ever heard
on that or similar topics. He did not
talk long, but he talked so fast.and
said bo much in a few words that
when he stopped he had said a great
deal. He started in with the church,
the school and charity. He said the
American church' was no better than
the European church. People do not
talk so much any more about the
"little red school house on the hill."
The "three R's" are a thing pf the
past. Men learn to do things to
make a living. Charity, a few years
ago, was an institution used wholly
for Bhow A man gavej not just for
tho gake of the giving, but so that
someone would see him give. Now
men give as if on a levelwlth the
person to whom they are giving
man to man. He skipped around
some in order to cover his ground,
but all his talk related directly to his
subject. He said that the streets
showed the kind of people -that in
habited the town. That was one of
the things he liked about Ashland.
He liked the paved streets and park
rows. He said that there can be no
competition in public utility there
must be monopoly. Electricity can
not ,)e BUppllea by one company, the
w tep hv another. etc. There must
,)e one ,))g muncpal company to sup-
ply all these things. lie next stated
that he noticed that the streets of
Ashland were swept and wanted to
know what was done with the sweep
ings. All street sweepings, garbage
and sewage are worth money, he
said, and money should be made with
them. He again said he- liked our
park rows and trees. These should
be taken care of by a public author
ity in order to be sure of good and
uniform care. Especially the trees
should be set out and cared for by
one person. "Some people," he said,
"do not know the difference between
a tree and a telephone pole." You
never can tell what such people will
do to a tree. Therefore, have one
man take care of the trees and have
them-all alike. He has met few flies
in this community. This sounds
promising to us. We should endeavor
to keep it so that strangers shall for
ever after be "met by only a few
flies." He said that in Boston aTl I
children were required to take part in I
athletics. No child should be allowed
to escape from school until he can
earn a living with his own hands, j
Most people become criminals behind member of the committee must go
the bars. These were some of hls,flie thanks of the city and to the
sayings. Then came one of the big-
gest things every city must have a
big, progressive, municipal plan. He
said Ashland had started well along
that line with the exception that the
public library Bhould have been built
on the Plaza where the city hall is.
When we get our postoffice it should
be built there also. The idea is to
make the city center around one
place. The park could not have
been put in a better location. It
suits Ashland's municipal plan very
well. Ashland has a chance to be
come one of the most beautiful of
cities if it will but keep the good
work going. But there is danger or
APE YOU INSURED
Yes, that Is a very burning ques
tion sometimes! If you are not fully
protected by insurance against fire,
NOW is the time to attend to Ji.
Don't put off until tomorrow what
can be done today. How about that
home, merchandise, automobile, etc.!
Did you ever stop to think just
how little it will cost you to carry
your Insurance compared to the ben
efits which you receive? A few dol
lars invested today may save you a
thousand tonight.
Billings Agency
Real Estate and Real Insnraoce
41 East Main Phone 211
sitting down when something has
been accomplished and admiring
what has been done and not going any
farther ahead.
Unqualified Praise
From Everywhere
The celebration which is now a
memory, and a most pleasant one,
has brought from every direction
showers of praise upon Ashland.
Added to the parks Vhich will enter
tain thousands without congestion,
were tire mineral waters! the round
up, the parades, the various ceremo
nies, the coutlnual band concerts by
four of he best bands which the
cities of the valley have ever had
good reason to be proud of, the mag
nificently staged roundup, the dozens
of minor events, the ball games, the
dances, the swimming pools, the
whole-hearted manner in which the
people responded in offering accom
modations and co-operation, was the
fact that no exorbitant charges were
made and everybody was given such
excellent satisfaction that they could
not but leave singing the praises' of
the hospitality of the lithia city. To
quote all the comments which have
appeared in the newspapers of our
neighboring cities would require col
umns. Suffice it to say that not a
single Instance of criticism appeared,
and let the following from the Klam
ath Falls Herald stand as a fair sam
ple of the commendation which has
been given the city:
"Klamath Falls people returning
from attending the Ashland celebra
tion are loud in their praises of the
hospitality of the lithia city and the
splendid celebration held. The pa
rades, fireworks and other features
were by far the best witnessed any
place in Oregon outside of Portland.
"The civic improvements brought
about in recent months in Ashland
were the cause of much congratula
tion for the town. The entire town
entered into the spirit of the big af
fair." Credit for the celebration rests in
the main with the directive force
which was centered in the general
committee which was made up of the
following: H. O. Frohbach, chair
man; A. H. Pracht, H. G. Enders Jr.,
M. E. Briggs, Amos Ninlnger, Frank
Jordan, C. B. Wolf, C. Adams, George
Owen, Harry Hosier, D. D. Norrls,
O. T. Bergner.
To H. O. Frohbach must go the
major credit. All of his time for
weeks was devoted to the celebration,
always unruffled despite the many
obstacles which of course appeared,
planning, directing and working, his
ability was an Immense factor in the
systematic manner in which the cele
bration was carried out and the im-
mense success scored. To every other
many who served faithfully and well
on the sub-committees, throwing
themselves with all their soul into
the work of making the visitors wel
come and comfortable. But then our
celebration was a success only be
cause everybody worked and the real
ization of success is sufficient re
ward.
Girl Whistler
At Chautauqua
The Elite Trio, composed of a read
er, a whistler who is, by the way.
only fifteen years of age, and a pian
ist, were heard by large audiences
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Their programs are of first class.
The young whistler is an artist She
was encored time after time. Her
closing number was the old "Mocking
Bird." In it after whistling through
the song she imitated the call of
every kind of bird from a meadow
lark to a screech owl. She has a re
markably clear and beautiful whistle.
When in rendering a selection she
made all sorts of little tryis and
birdlike quavers which quite stole
the heart of the audience. During
the evening's performance the girl
and the pianist whistled a duet. This
was something new and was very
pleasing. The reader rendered a
number of good selections, among
them one from London's "The Call
of the 'Wild." She did not merely
say the words, but one could almost
feei -with the watchers as the dog
pulled the heavily laden sledge past
the finish and won the money for his
beloved master.
The Welnhard Brewing Company
at Portland Is putting out 3,000 bar
rels of non-alcoholic beverage, em
ploying 75 persons.
Salem factories are putting in larg
er equipment for the manufacture of
loganberry and fruit Juices. -These
beverages Increase in popularity.
Hermiston dairymen are building
three new silos.
Everywhere desired and
everywhere admired are the
Wirlhraor
$l00 Waists
The new models on sale tomorrow
When there's such an insistent and overwhelming demaTTd
throughout the country for any particular article, It symbols
just one thing: namely, that the article is superior to any oth
ers obtainable at the same price. That's the case with the
Wlrthmor Waist the same eagerness which greets their sale
ru?re being manifested in hundreds of other cities throughout
, the various states.
The new models for tomorrow's selling are
quite as pretty as any we have ever seen, and
we know they'll meet with a ready sale.
Wirthmor Waists can be sold in jusf one
good store in every city. They are
sold here exclusively
Beer Petition Has
The Most Sigiiersj
Eight petitions for the placing of.
statewide constitutional amendments
on (he "November ballot had been !
iled with the secretary of state when 1
the period for filing these petitions ,
closed. Three petitions which are
known, to be In circulation did not
appear, apparently being given up.
The amendment "to abolish dis-
crimination against home manufac-!
ture of light beer" was brought in j
with 42,046 signatures, and- the
amendment initiated by the Oregon j
state prohibition committee "to pro- j
hlbit the importation of liquor for
beverage purposes" was filed with
30,470 signatures.
The petition validating the location
of the Ashland normal, other state
schools and providing for the loca
tion of a normal school at Pendleton
was filed.
The petition "to repeal and abolish
the Sunday closing law" was filed
with a large number of signers.
A petition providing for the "peo
ple's land and loan law" and several
county petitions were filed.
The rural credits petition, in which
there had been keen interest mani
fested over the state, was filed with
about 26,500 signatures. This
amendment is Initiated and favored
by the Oregon Referendum League,
a federation of the Oregon State
Once there were giants in the land, men who could
scrap t6 beat the band. In modern times the cheapest
skates are known as champeen heavyweights, but long
ago, when Jim was young, men didn't fight with jaw
or lung, but used their fists, and
used them well brave days of
Jackson and John L.I They
slugged away, while they could
stand, when there were giants
in the land. And Corbett won
his laurels then, among those
mighty fighting men. He was
the champion when that meant
something more than getting fat,
and standing, in a graceful pose,
to figure in the movie shows.
He's an authority on sport, and
his decrees the wise ones court.
He's an authority on smok" es, and
as his trusty pipe he stokes, he
often says, "Tuxedo's Best; it
has the edge on all the rest"
VlIUHMOR ti
maims 1 I
The
&4< Bargain
Store
Grange, Farmers' Educational and
Co-operative union and the Oregon
State Federation of Labor.
The statewide tax limitation
amendment petition came in with
about 35,000 signatures. It is fos
tered by the State Taxpayers' League.
The missing petitions were one for
"ne day of rest in seven," fostered
by the Weekly Rest Day League; one
to protect salmon in the Columbia
river and its tributaries, and one re
lating to the admission of health
practitioners to do business in the
state.
Favor Pendleton
Normal Measure
County school superintendents of
the state gathered at Salem to grade
examination papers, endorsed unani
mously the proposed constitutional
amendment to establish a normal
school at Pendleton and to validate
the location of the normal at Ashland
and other stat$ schools. The resolu
tion follows:
"Resolved, that it Is the sense of
the county school superintendents of
the state of Oregon, in convention as
sembled, that the best Interests of the
schools of the state demand increased
facilities for the training of the teach-
ers, and that we, therefore, endorse
the initiative measure to establish a
normal school at Pendleton."
JAS. J. CORBETT
F wmu Prist fighUr uni Aeltr.
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"My tnlhusiam for (Ac r.
France enj mildneu ef Taxed
hoi no limit. TuxeJo It without
doubt the moif talhfacioty pip
fooacco."